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Feb 15, 2023

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...

Feb 7, 2023

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.

Dec 1, 2022

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.

Nov 15, 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...

Aug 16, 2022

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...

Jun 16, 2022

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...