Local Civil Rights Restoration Act

• The Local Civil Rights Restoration Act aims to (a) reiterate Fourth Amendment standards constraining suspicionless data collection / intelligence gathering, (b) create enforceable remedies to address racial & ethnic profiling, and (c) impede collaboration between local police agencies and federal agencies (including ICE and the FBI) unrelated to criminal law enforcement.
  
  
• Suggested talking points in "plain English" are posted online.
  
  
• A recent blog post explains the strategy and why these particular reforms are compelling in the wake of SB1070 and recurring FBI scandals. 
  
  
• Our request of grassroots groups at the outset is simply for their "name only" support of these proposed reforms, around which we can mobilize further support.  As allied groups join the coalition, we can shift into a more public phase including mobilization and outreach to officeholders.