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Blue background with white and yellow quote text reads "San Diegans don't need more watchful eyes, they need a helping hand. We urge the San Diego City Council to end the contract with Flock Safety." Quote by Blair Overstreet Central San Diego Organizer ACLU of San Diego and Imperial Counties.

ACLU-SDIC Testimony – San Diego City Council Considers Whether to Continue Surveillance Use Policies

The following testimony outlines the ACLU-SDIC's opposition to the San Diego City Council continuing the city's contract with Flock Safety. This testimony was delivered before the San Diego City Council by ACLU-SDIC Central San Diego Organizer Blair Overstreet on December 9, 2025.

By Blair Overstreet

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Nov 20, 2025

The ACLU of San Diego & Imperial Counties Launches Local Civic Engagement Campaigns

Nationwide, our communities are experiencing a coordinated attack on our civil rights designed to make us feel overwhelmed and powerless.

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Quote in white text from Nalini Gupta, ACLU-SDIC managing policy director

ACLU-SDIC Testimony – Vista City Council Considers the Community Safety and Due Process Resolution

The following testimony outlines the ACLU-SDIC's support for the Vista Community Safety and Due Process Resolution. This testimony was delivered before the Vista City Council by ACLU-SDIC Managing Policy Director Nalini Gupta on November 18, 2025.

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ACLU-SDIC Testimony – San Diego County Board of Supervisors Considers Drafting CLEAR Ordinance

The following testimony outlines the ACLU-SDIC's support for drafting the Civil Liberties Enforcement and Accountability Rules (CLEAR) Ordinance. This testimony was delivered before the San Diego County Board of Supervisors by ACLU-SDIC Staff Attorney Brisa Velazquez October 21, 2025.

By Brisa Velazquez

ACLU-SDIC Testimony – San Diego City Council Considers Due Process & Safety Ordinance

The following testimony outlines the ACLU-SDIC's support for the Due Process & Safety Ordinance proposed. This testimony was delivered before the San Diego City Council by ACLU-SDIC Immigrants' Rights Staff Attorney Brisa Velazquez October 20, 2025.

By Brisa Velazquez

Sep 30, 2009

U.S.-Mexico Border Crossing Deaths Are a Humanitarian Crisis

Sep 07, 2009

Pink-Haired Cardiff Student and ACLU Obtain an Apology for Principal's "Clearly Inappropriate" Stereotyping

Aug 21, 2009

The Departure of Superintedent Terry Grier

Aug 11, 2009

ACLU Statement on Protests of Library Lecture on Islam

Aug 06, 2009

San Diego Sheriff's Department's Immigration Enforcement Policy

Aug 05, 2009

Forum on ACLU Patent Challenge

Wednesday, August 5, 2009
5:30 - 7 pm
Featured speakers:
- Leonard Deftos, UC San Diego
- Kevin Keenan, Executive Director, ACLU
- Stacy Taylor, DLA Piper LLP
Reuben H. Fleet Science Center [Venue information]
This is a free event.

Click here for details on the event.
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The lawsuit by the ACLU and the Public Patent Foundation, a not-for-profit organization affiliated with Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law (PUBPAT) was filed in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York on May 12, 2009, on behalf of breast cancer and women's health groups, individual women and scientific associations representing approximately 150,000 researchers, pathologists and laboratory professionals against the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO), as well as Myriad Genetics and the University of Utah Research Foundation,

Aug 03, 2009

Map of Locked Facilities in San Diego County

This map includes all of the locked facilities in San Diego county including:

Police holding facilities, represented by a "P"
Border Patrol holding facilities represented by the DHS logo
Federal prisons, represented by the orange placemarks
State prisons, represented by the green placemarks
County jails and prisons, represented by the red placemarks
Juvenile facilities, represented by the blue placemarks
Immigrant detention facilities, represented by the purple placemarks
Conservation camps, represented by fire

Jul 31, 2009

Free Expression Win as Judge Prohibits Government from Seizing Motorcycle Club's Property

Jul 30, 2009

Landmark Lawsuit Accuses State of Failing to Protect Farm Workers from Heat-Related Death and Illness

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