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December 7, 2008
Program - 2pm | Reception - 3pm

Honoring The National Center for Lesbian Rights with the Chief Justice Earl Warren Civil Liberties Award

Also presenting the Lola Hanzel Courageous Advocacy and Dick Criley Activism Awards

Admission: $10

December 7, 2008
Program - 2pm | Reception - 3pm

Honoring The National Center for Lesbian Rights with the Chief Justice Earl Warren Civil Liberties Award

Also presenting the Lola Hanzel Courageous Advocacy and Dick Criley Activism Awards

Admission: $10

On Nov. 19 the California Supreme Court granted review in the legal challenges to Proposition 8, which passed by a narrow margin of 52 percent on Nov. 4. In an order issued today, the Court agreed to hear the case and set an expedited briefing schedule. The Court also denied an immediate stay.

On Nov. 19 the California Supreme Court granted review in the legal challenges to Proposition 8, which passed by a narrow margin of 52 percent on Nov. 4. In an order issued today, the Court agreed to hear the case and set an expedited briefing schedule. The Court also denied an immediate stay.

On Nov. 19 the California Supreme Court granted review in the legal challenges to Proposition 8, which passed by a narrow margin of 52 percent on Nov. 4. In an order issued today, the Court agreed to hear the case and set an expedited briefing schedule. The Court also denied an immediate stay.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – An attempt by two landlords to identify two dozen people who posted comments anonymously about the apartment buildings where they live is nothing more than an effort to intimidate critics and should be denied, Public Citizen and the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Northern California said in a federal court brief filed today in California.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – An attempt by two landlords to identify two dozen people who posted comments anonymously about the apartment buildings where they live is nothing more than an effort to intimidate critics and should be denied, Public Citizen and the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Northern California said in a federal court brief filed today in California.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – An attempt by two landlords to identify two dozen people who posted comments anonymously about the apartment buildings where they live is nothing more than an effort to intimidate critics and should be denied, Public Citizen and the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Northern California said in a federal court brief filed today in California.

The next edition of Microsoft Windows threatens to give location information to applications without your knowledge or consent. Here's why you should be concerned.

Download the Fall 2008 ACLU-NC Newsletter and read about our latest events and initiatives.

The ACLU of Northern California (ACLU-NC) today filed a California Public Records Act request seeking to prompt the San Jose Police Department (SJPD) to release police reports relating to all 2007 arrests for public intoxication. The formal request for the reports stems from the recent revelation, reported in the San Jose Mercury News, that the SJPD arrests people for alleged public drunkenness at extraordinarily high rates, and that a disproportionate number of those arrested are Latino.

The ACLU of Northern California (ACLU-NC) today filed a California Public Records Act request seeking to prompt the San Jose Police Department (SJPD) to release police reports relating to all 2007 arrests for public intoxication. The formal request for the reports stems from the recent revelation, reported in the San Jose Mercury News, that the SJPD arrests people for alleged public drunkenness at extraordinarily high rates, and that a disproportionate number of those arrested are Latino.

The ACLU of Northern California (ACLU-NC) today filed a California Public Records Act request seeking to prompt the San Jose Police Department (SJPD) to release police reports relating to all 2007 arrests for public intoxication. The formal request for the reports stems from the recent revelation, reported in the San Jose Mercury News, that the SJPD arrests people for alleged public drunkenness at extraordinarily high rates, and that a disproportionate number of those arrested are Latino.

Google is using search data to track flu outbreaks. This may be an admirable goal, but it shows a startling sense of ownership over your queries - you, not Google, should choose how your queries are used.

With the Geode extension, your Firefox browser can determine where you are. Here are some ways to keep that information out of the wrong hands.

With the Geode extension, your Firefox browser can determine where you are. Here are some ways to keep that information out of the wrong hands.

For the third time in four years, voters in California rejected a measure that would have endangered the health and safety of pregnant teenagers. Proposition 4 represents a third strike against mandatory parental notification laws and the harms they cause.

The California Attorney General, Equality California, and the nation’s leading LGBT legal groups agree that the marriages of the estimated 18,000 same-sex couples who married between June 16, 2008 and the possible passage of Proposition 8 are still valid in the state of California and must continue to be honored by the state.

The American Civil Liberties Union, Lambda Legal and the National Center for Lesbian Rights filed a writ petition before the California Supreme Court today urging the court to invalidate Proposition 8 if it passes. The petition charges that Proposition 8 is invalid because the initiative process was improperly used in an attempt to undo the constitution’s core commitment to equality for everyone by eliminating a fundamental right from just one group – lesbian and gay Californians. Proposition 8 also improperly attempts to prevent the courts from exercising their essential constitutional role of protecting the equal protection rights of minorities. According to the California Constitution, such radical changes to the organizing principles of state government cannot be made by simple majority vote through the initiative process, but instead must, at a minimum, go through the state legislature first.

For the third time in four years, voters in California rejected a measure that would have endangered the health and safety of pregnant teenagers. Proposition 4 represents a third strike against mandatory parental notification laws and the harms they cause.