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Community Safety

Our Focus

The Community Safety Program aims to diminish societal reliance on carceral systems – police, jails, prisons, ICE detention, surveillance, and supervision – in ways that will strengthen the low-income and immigrant AAPI communities we serve.

In particular, we seek to disentangle state and local government agencies from immigration enforcement and to reimagine AAPI community safety by building preventative, restorative, and community-based alternatives to our punitive criminal legal system. Our work includes community education, legal representation, and policy advocacy on behalf of low-income immigrants and communities of color.

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We provide free legal help to victims and survivors of hate-motivated violence or cross-community violence in San Francisco and Alameda Counties. Contact us to schedule a consultation, get help navigating local legal systems, and find support in your preferred language to recover from harm and feel safer.

Our Work

Guides & Reports

Community Safety Resources for Bay Area Residents

To create safer communities, ALC provides free legal services and education. We also advance policies that prevent violence and provide alternatives to policing, prison, detention, and surveillance.

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Perspectives

Broken Stems: A Story of How California Prisons and ICE Tear Families Apart

Broken Stems is a comic project that tells the story of how California prisons tear apart families by voluntarily colluding with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

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Perspectives

Breaking Patterns and Meeting Needs: A Q&A on Community Safety

News & Perspectives

Guides & Reports

Know Your Rights: Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Executive Order

June 30, 2026

Birthright citizenship remains the law in the U.S. The Court’s decision affirms the fundamental American promise that all children born on U.S. soil begin life as equal members of our community.
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Settlement Reached in Mathis v. County of Siskiyou: Shasta Vista Residents Secure the Right to Reliable Water Access

June 30, 2026

Under the settlement, the County will refrain from enforcing local laws that had the effect of curtailing water deliveries to Shasta Vista.
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Siskiyou County Settles Claims Over Race-Based Traffic Stops, Agrees to Major Reform

December 29, 2025

Siskiyou County approved a partial settlement in a civil rights class action lawsuit that exposed the county’s pervasive and systematic racial discrimination against Asian American residents