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ACLU-SDIC Testimony – San Diego County Board of Supervisors Considers CLEAR Ordinance
By Eddie Meyer
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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 URGING SD CITY COUNCIL TO REJECT RECOMMENDATION THAT NO MID-YEAR REVISION BE MADE TO THE FISCAL YEAR 2021 BUDGET
The following is a prepared testimony urging the San Diego City Council to reject recommendation that no mid-year revision be made to the fiscal year 2021 budget. The testimony was delivered to San Diego City Council by ACLU-SDIC Policy Associate Chelsey Birgisdóttir on February 22, 2021.
ACLUF-SDIC Letter to Oceanside Planning Commission Regarding Conditional Use Permit Proposals
The following is a letter sent to the Oceanside Planning Commission regarding proposals related to the conditional use permit for Brother Benno’s. A PDF copy of the letter can be found here.
By David Loy
ACLU-SDIC Prepared Testimony Urging SDUSD to Hire a Recruitment Firm and Center the Community in Superintendent Hiring Process
The following is ACLU-SDIC Policy Associate Savana Doudar’s prepared testimony for the San Diego Unified School District Board of Education meeting on Feb. 2, 2021.
By Savana Doudar
ACLU-SDIC Testimony Urging SDUSD to Implement a Community-Centered Superintendent Hiring Process
The following is a prepared testimony urging the San Diego Unified School District to implement a community-centered, equitable superintendent hiring process. The testimony was delivered to SDUSD by ACLU-SDIC Policy Associate Savana Doudar on January 26, 2021.
By Savana Doudar
ACLU-SDIC Testimony to San Diego County Board of Supervisors Opposing the County’s Participation in Operation Stonegarden
The following is a prepared testimony delivered to the San Diego County Board of Supervisors by ACLU-SDIC Immigrant Rights and Binational Affairs Advocate Esmeralda Flores.
By Esmeralda Flores
Lawsuit Filed in Federal Court Challenging SDPD’s Prolonged Seizure of Protester’s Cell Phone
Today, the ACLU Foundation of San Diego & Imperial Counties (ACLUF-SDIC), Community Advocates for Just and Moral Governance (MoGo), and Singleton Law Firm, APC (SLF), filed a lawsuit in federal court challenging the City of San Diego’s prolonged and ongoing seizure of a protester’s cell phone.
By Edward Sifuentes
The Challenges and Opportunities of Community Organizing During the COVID-19 Pandemic
SAN DIEGO – The ACLU of San Diego & Imperial Counties’ community organizing team brings people together to challenge unjust power structures and to promote a more equitable society. Hard work under the best of circumstances, this has become even more difficult with the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic.
By Edgar Hopida
COVID-19 Isn’t the Only Reason to End Homelessness
SAN DIEGO – The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated longstanding inequities that criminalize and punish individuals experiencing homelessness.
Letter to San Diego County’s Public Health Officer on Advancing Equity Issues
The following is a letter addressed to Dr. Wilma J. Wooten, M.D., M.P.H. regarding advancing equity issues pertaining to the pandemic response. A PDF copy of the letter can be found here.
By Norma Chávez-Peterson
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