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ACLU-SDIC Testimony – San Diego County Board of Supervisors Considers CLEAR Ordinance
By Eddie Meyer
ACLU-SDIC Testimony – San Diego City Council Considers Whether to Continue Surveillance Use Policies
By Blair Overstreet
ACLU-SDIC Testimony – San Diego County Board of Supervisors Considers Drafting CLEAR Ordinance
By Brisa Velazquez
ACLU-SDIC Testimony – San Diego City Council Considers Due Process & Safety Ordinance
By Brisa Velazquez
ACLU-SDIC Testimony – August 2023 Special Election (BoS D4)
Below is testimony urging the San Diego County Board of Supervisors to vote to hold a special election for the District 4 seat. The resolution passed unanimously. We will continue our efforts to ensure that the election on Aug. 15, 2023, is inclusive and equitable because... Democracy is priceless!
Border Humanity Project Newsletter
In 2021, the ACLU launched the Border Humanity Project, an ASNI-facilitated multistate initiative whose goal is to better align the efforts of national ACLU and affiliates and to strengthen our nationwide work, capacity, and mobilization power in support of more humane, equitable, and lawful...
Testimony to San Diego City Council’s Public Safety Committee to include the PrOTECT ordinance in the committee’s 2023 Work Plan
Testimony delivered on Feb. 15, 2023, by Organizing & Political Director Jeffrey Karahamuheto urging the SD City Council Public Safety Committee to include PrOTECT (Preventing Overpolicing Through Equitable Community Treatment) in its 2023 workplan.
Norma Chávez-Peterson Testimony to the San Diego County Board of Supervisors SDRRN Migrant Shelter Letter
Our county government has civic and moral obligation to ensure that our region is prepared and has the necessary resources to welcome migrants with dignity and compassion.
Follow-up ACLU Letter Tells Imperial County Registrar of Voters to Ensure All Election Materials are Available in Spanish
After seeing no meaningful change and receiving no response to the letter, the ACLUF-SDIC and the Asian Americans Advancing Justice sent a follow-up letter on October 31, 2022.
ACLU-SDIC Testimony to the San Diego County Board of Supervisors TRUTH Act Forum 2022
Every year for the last five years, the ACLU and our community partners have attended these Truth Act meetings asking for sheriff’s department to: stop this collaboration with DHS, stop transferring county residents into ICE custody and stop being complicit in detaining and deporting...
ACLU-SDIC Testimony to Imperial County Board of Supervisors: ARPA Priorities
Chairman and Supervisors, the ACLU, Imperial Valley Equity & Justice Coalition and other partners, are ready to work together to achieve meaningful, long-term commitments in Imperial County’s ARPA plan that improve the quality of life for all county residents and prioritize the needs...
ACLU-SDIC Testimony to the San Diego County Board of Supervisors Evening Budget Hearing '22
We urge the Board to approve $5 million in continued investment in the county Immigrant Rights Legal Defense Fund…and to increase funding for community-based services to address homelessness, mental health and substance use issues to help reduce our jail populations effectively and permanently.
ACLU letter tells Imperial County Registrar of Voters to ensure all election materials are available in Spanish
On May 18, 2022, the ACLU sent a letter to the Imperial County Registrar of Voters reinforcing that all election-related materials must be available in Spanish, highlighting deficiencies and making recommendations for improving language access.
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