About Us
We are the chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union serving the middle region of the San Francisco peninsula. We provide support for the cities from Mountain View to Redwood City.
We are an all-volunteer group. Your ACLU dues and donations
support the salaries and expenses at the regional and national offices. You can use
these links to go to their web sites:
ACLU National Organization
ACLU of Northern California
Our mission is to supplement the activities of the regional offices by providing a local presence in the mid-peninsula cities.
Complaint and Information Phone Number
The ACLU of Northern California staffs a telephone line to handle civil rights violations. For information on what types of cases the ACLU handles and the telephone number, you can click here:
Oct. 4, 2010--Annual Dinner Meeting
Our annual dinner meeting is on Monday, October 4, 2010. The location is:
Michael's Restaurant in Shoreline Park
2960 North Shoreline Boulevard
Mountain View, CA 94043
In addition to dinner, we will have the election of officers and two special speakers:
Anjuli Verma
Senior Program Strategist for the Center for Justice
and
Alan Hopper
Police Practices Director for the ACLU
The topic will be:
Drug Policy and Drug Policy Enforcement
in the United States
The cost is $30 for ACLU adult members and $10 for ACLU student members. Reception is at 6:30 with dinner starting at 7:00. You should receive invitations in early September. Otherwise, RSVP via email and bring payment on the night of the event.
Death Penalty
For video of the California State Hearing on Lethal Injection, click the link below:
False Convictions
For video on false convictions, click the link below:
Our Local Area
Redwood City
Atherton
Menlo Park
Woodside
Portola Valley
Menlo Park
East Palo Alto
Palo Alto
Los Altos
Los Altos Hills
Mountain View
About 500,000 people live here. About 3600 are ACLU members.