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Political repression plays out state by state — shaped by local institutions, prosecutors, and movements for defense. These are the documented political prisoners and cases the census holds for California.
1,526Documented
39In custody
898Released
17Awaiting trial
Eras of repression in California
Where California’s entries fall across the census’s historical eras.
1930s 354
1970s 205
1960s 198
1910s 174
2020s 131
1980s 90
Recent dashboard entries from California
The newest published events and reporting located in California, updated automatically from the live dashboard.
Other
Whistleblower alleges FBI targeted Los Angeles anti-ICE protesters
Prosecution
Charges dropped against five Stanford students over pro-Palestine protest
Prosecution
Judge dismisses all charges against the Stud Alley 18 arrested during San Francisco Pride weekend
Protest
Two injured at Teamsters protest outside Amazon warehouse; sheriff says motorcyclist intentionally struck crowd
Other
Five invited reporters held at gunpoint by Vandenberg Space Force Base security
Other
Photojournalist Steven Berumen shoved by federal officers while covering an LA immigration protest
Prosecution
Anti-ICE protester accused of pouring lighter fluid on CHP car is sentenced to prison
Prosecution
Westlake man sentenced for anti-ICE protest actions
Documented cases
1,526 entries in the census — every one stays in the record, whether the case is open or closed.
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Ella Lively
Ella Lively was jailed December 10–14, 1982 after an anti-nuclear blockade at Mather Air Force Base.
V
Vincent Lombardo
Released
Vincent Lombardo was arrested during a May 22, 2002 antiwar demonstration in Santa Cruz, California, that conf...
J
James La Londe
Released
James La Londe was an IWW member from Sacramento. James La Londe received a four-year prison sentence, which h...
D
David Lopez
David Lopez was one of four cantaloupe-strike prisoners denied habeas relief by Judge A. C. Finney in El Centr...
F
Fred Lopez
Fred Lopez, identified as the Brown Berets’ minister of communication, was one of the East L.A. Thirteen arres...
G
Gregorio Lopez
Gregorio Lopez, reported as 57 years old and living in El Monte, was named among defendants in the Los Angeles...
R
Roberto Campa Lopez
Roberto Campa Lopez was a California prisoner represented in the March 20, 2012 public petition to the United...
S
Sandra Loranger
Released
Sandra (Sandy) Loranger was a Santa Cruz food-sharing activist. Contemporary reporting places the soup-distrib...
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Max Lucas
Max Lucas was a juvenile anarchist activist jailed in California in 2002.
R
Raymond Lugo
Raymond Lugo was named among approximately twenty arrested with William Z. Foster at the Los Angeles Plaza dem...
P
Peter Lynch
Released
Peter Lynch was an IWW delegate organizing agricultural laborers around Calipatria, in California's Imperial V...
A
Anna Lyons
Anna Lyons led a Los Angeles Young Pioneers group. The June 1 dispatch on page 5 of the Daily Worker, June 3,...
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Thomas Lyons
Released
Thomas Lyons was an IWW member from Los Angeles. Thomas Lyons received a three-year prison sentence, which he...
J
James MacInnis
Released
James MacInnis was a defense lawyer for labor leader Harry Bridges who was cited for contempt of court during...
C
Charles MacLauchlan
Charles MacLauchlan, Communist candidate for Congress in California’s Nineteenth District, was individually...
F
F. C. Macias
The July 23 Western Worker prints the July 12 San Diego report of a letter from eight Imperial Valley chain-ga...
P
Pete Madis
Pete Madis was detained on Angel Island in a deportation proceeding alleging subversive activities. The June 1...
G
Gus Madsen
Released
Gus Madsen was a class-war prisoner held at San Quentin (inmate no. 44461), listed on the ILD's roster of Amer...
R
Robert Majors
Released
Robert Majors is an anti-drone activist arrested at U.S. drone bases.
F
Frank Malizia
The San Pedro dispatch dated July 5, 1934 identifies Frank Malizia as a picket jailed on suspicion of burglary...
A
Allan Mancino
Allan Mancino was a California prisoner whose account alleged retaliation for refusing an order to kill George...
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William Manners
William Manners was one of the named defendants arrested in the September14, 1931 San Francisco City Hall unem...
E
Edwin Osvaldo Manriquez
Released
Edwin Osvaldo Manriquez was prosecuted for firing paintballs at a Federal Protective Service officer during a...
R
Richard Marino
Released
Richard Marino was a U.S. Army prisoner and one of the Presidio 27. On October 14, 1968, twenty-seven prisoner...
Institutions in California
Prisons, jails, and detention centers in California that appear in the census’s case files.
San Quentin State PrisonSan Quentin, California
171 cases
Federal Bureau of Prisons
60 cases
Sharp Park Detention CampSharp Park, California
33 cases
Presidio StockadeSan Francisco, California
27 cases
Los Angeles County JailLos Angeles, California
26 cases
Folsom State PrisonFolsom, California
22 cases
San Quentin Rehabilitation CenterSan Quentin, California
16 cases
San Diego County JailSan Diego, California
13 cases