Friend –

In 2022, ACLU California Action helped enact vitally important legal protections for all Californians and strengthened the civil rights and civil liberties of the most marginalized communities in our state.

We ensured protections for pregnant people and their medical providers from criminalization for pregnancy outcomes like stillbirths. We enhanced voting rights for people with disabilities and for people at risk of being mistakenly removed from voter rolls. We fought to repeal loitering laws that have enabled discriminatory policing of communities of color, including trans women of color; to allow prior racist convictions and sentences to be overturned; and to establish a process for eliminating racially offensive place names.

The progress we seek can only be achieved in partnership with state legislators who carry our sponsored bills and vote with us on the bills we sponsor. Not all lawmakers share our vision for a more equitable, and more just California. We keep score to hold them accountable to our shared vision and values.

ACLU California Action publishes an annual legislative scorecard evaluating the vote records of California's 120 state legislators on pressing civil rights and civil liberties legislation from the prior year. We weigh in on hundreds of bills a year, ranging from criminal justice to privacy to voting rights. Our "champions" are legislators who score 100% on bills officially sponsored by ACLU California Action.

Review the ACLU California Action's just-released 2022 legislative scorecard to:

• Find out where your legislators stand on the most consequential civil rights and civil liberties issues impacting Californians today.
• Thank "champions" for their support.
• Call on all legislators to partner with the ACLU in our ongoing fight for a just, equitable and inclusive California.

These California legislators distinguished themselves as Civil Liberties Champions in 2022.

ACLU California Action will push our state lawmakers to fight for the rights of all Californians in the new year. See how your lawmakers scored in 2022 and learn how to get involved in our work in 2023.

In Solidarity,

Carlos Marquez III
Executive Director, ACLU California Action