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Voting Rights Groups Launch Campaign to Defeat Voter ID Ballot Initiative that Would Restrict Access to the Ballot for Millions of Californians Posted March 5, 2026

California Announces New Online Portal to Report Misconduct by Federal Agents  Re-posted December 18, 2025

ACLU-NorCal and the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) filed lawsuit challenging San Jose's warrantless ALPR mass surveillance.  Posted November 18, 2025

Our chapter opposed San Jose Mayor’s proposal to criminalize unhoused people and we expressed concerns about increased surveillance.  Posted March 18, 2025

ACLU of Northern California's letter to San Jose’s elected leaders in opposition to a restraining order the city obtained against a resident and mother Cindy Chavez whose son was killed by San Jose Police Department   Posted January 27, 2023

Community organizations advocated against the deployment of new Automated License Plate Readers (ALPR) in San Jose and expressed concerns about its Data Usage Protocol in the San Jose City Council meeting on September 20, 2022.  Posted October 18, 2022

To achieve true reproductive justice in California, we must look beyond Roe v. Wade.  by Arneta Rogers of ACLU-NC, posted July 3, 2022

Reparations is a Path to Restorative Justice   by Susan Hayase, posted May 11, 2022

Advocating against the deployment of new Automated License Plate Readers (ALPR) in San Jose: letter submitted to the San Jose Public Safety, Finance and Strategic Support Committee (PSFSS) meeting on March 17, 2022   by Santa Clara Valley Chapter (predecessor of Santa Clara County Chapter), posted March 22, 2022

Privacy and Free Speech: It's Good for Business  by ACLU of California, posted Nov 9, 2018

How to make smart decisions about smart cities?  by ACLU-NC, published Nov 15, 2017

Santa Clara County Passes Landmark Law to Shut Down Secret Surveillance by ACLU-NC