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Current Local Civil Liberties Actions
Current Local Civil Liberties Actions
We have a lot of work ahead of us and welcome your involvement! Contact us at smcaclu@gmail.com to learn more.
What can you do to help?
What can you do to help?
Local initiatives
Volunteer with the ACLU San Mateo County Chapter (your level of commitment is whatever you can give) and/or join our email list to learn of opportunities like:
Conduct voter education, outreach, and advocacy
Fight government surveillance overreach
Protect the rights of local immigrant families
Resist ICE detention centers in Northern California
Advocate for affordable housing measures
Lobby state legislators for laws that protect and advance civil rights
Speak out to protect incarcerated youth
Rapidly respond to urgent local civil liberties issues
Fight for equity, accessibility, and inclusion of all residents
Phone your local rapid response number to report ICE activity in San Mateo County: (203) 666-4472 (203-NO MIGRA)
Know Your Rights
Learn about your rights as a protester, student, disabled person, immigrant etc.
Order Immigration Know Your Rights cards
As an employer, learn what to do if ICE turns up at your workplace
Make a family preparedness plan in case someone in your family is detained by ICE
Statewide
Join us for ACLU NorCal virtual webinars and events.
Check out the ACLU of Northern California's website. Watch this message from Abdi Soltani, executive director of the ACLU of Northern California.
Nationally
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Defeat, Delay, Dilute: The ACLU vs. President Trump
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The ACLU National offers opportunities to take a variety of actions, from signing petitions to registering for trainings to volunteering. *Note: If you are not a citizen, the ACLU suggests that you do not provide your real name in the "First Name" and "Last Name" fields for your security.
Past Chapter Projects
Past Chapter Projects
2025
Immgirant rights advocacy and education
Advocacy to improve conditions of adult and youth incarceration
Community education about sheriff selection process
Other past actions we have taken:
Election education and Get-Out-The Vote
Convene Youth Advisory Council
Advocacy for unarmed response to mental health calls
Organizing support for local immigrant rights protections
Law enforcement oversight
Preserve ethnic studies, advocate for school social equity
Pursue curbs on police surveillance tools to protect residents' privacy rights
Engage with county leaders to demand health protections for our incarcerated neighbors
Bring attention to Sheriff’s cooperation with ICE
Budget advocacy to enhance social services and reduce the role of law enforcement agencies
Lobby state legislators to expand paid family leave benefits
Advocacy for an eviction moratorium in San Mateo County
In the wake of three Taser deaths of unarmed people of color in San Mateo County, implement multi-faceted campaign to demand police use of force reforms
Negotiate major overhaul of the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Use of Force Policy
Meet with state legislators to demand passage of a groundbreaking law modernizing statewide police use of force standards
Lobby to restore voting rights to formerly incarcerated citizens
Initiate multi-year, multi-dimensional effort to rid our communities of money bail, which puts poor people in jail solely for inability to pay
Press law makers to enact law prohibiting law enforcement from using facial recognition technology
Lobby for legislation compelling law enforcement agencies to publicly release records of serious misconduct
Advocate to prohibit religious restrictions on delivery of local and regional healthcare
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