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ACLU-SDIC Public Comment – City of San Diego Risk Management Presents on Settlements & Judgments Against SDPD
By Branden Sigua
ACLU-SDIC Public Testimony – San Diego City Council Resolution in Support of Somali Community
By Samantha Itazawa
ACLU-SDIC Public Testimony – Support for Pride Month Resolution at Central Union High School District Board Meeting
By Daniela Vega
ACLU-SDIC Public Comment – City of San Diego Holds Hearing on Approval of FY27 Budget
By Branden Sigua
ACLU Endorses Adult Use of Marijuana Act
Low-level marijuana possession was reduced from a misdemeanor to an infraction in California in 2011, but marijuana law enforcement still results in thousands of arrests each year. In 2011-14, according to the California Department of Justice, law enforcement agencies made 60,000 marijuana arrests statewide. In 2014, young people under the age of 20 accounted for 73 percent of all misdemeanor marijuana arrests in the state. Nearly 70 percent of all marijuana arrests were of people of color. A recent analysis of infraction data from Fresno and Los Angeles Police Departments found racial disparities in marijuana enforcement remain even at the lowest level.
“The disastrous war on marijuana in California continues to ensnare thousands of people – particularly young people of color – in the criminal justice system every year,” said Margaret Dooley-Sammuli, criminal justice and drug policy director with the ACLU of California. “It is time to move from prohibition to regulation. AUMA will establish a controlled and regulated market for adults, sig
La ACLU de San Diego busca registros públicos relacionados con la táctica militar del departamento de policía en la manifestación de Trump
San Diego ACLU Seeks Public Records Related to SDPD’s Militaristic Tactics at Trump Rally
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Defending Freedom of Speech for Everyone, ACLU Sues UCSD to Enforce First Amendment Rights of the Student Press
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Read a blog by our legal director, David Loy.
Sanciones por posesión de marihuana aplicadas injustamente contra las personas de color en California
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