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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.
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.
One Year of Prop 36: Treatment Stalled, Justice Denied
Prop 36 proponents promised safety, accountability, and mass treatment. California’s getting more mass incarceration instead.
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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.
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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.
Nov 03, 2025
One Year of Prop 36: Treatment Stalled, Justice Denied
Prop 36 proponents promised safety, accountability, and mass treatment. California’s getting more mass incarceration instead.
Sep 09, 2025
ACLU and Partners Urge Appeals Court to Find Trump’s Deployment of Military in Los Angeles Unlawful
Free speech organizations filed a friend-of-the-court brief today in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in Newsom v. Trump, California’s lawsuit challenging President Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops and active-duty Marines earlier this summer in Los Angeles and surrounding counties.
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