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CAIR-CA Welcomes Gov. Newsom’s January Budget Proposal, Identifies Areas for Growth
The California chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-CA) welcomed Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Budget Proposal, unveiled last week. The California budget is a statement … Read More

Civil Liberties Groups Celebrate Oakland City Council’s Decision to Ban Predictive Policing and Biometric Surveillance Technology
The San Francisco Bay Area office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-SFBA) and other civil liberties groups, including Electronic Frontier Foundation, Secure Justice, Justice … Read More

Responding to the U.S. Capitol Attack
Dear Community, Not even an act of insurrection instigated by President Trump or renewed calls for impeachment have stopped white supremacist disinformation campaigns that have … Read More

From the Civil Rights Desk
As’Salaamu Alaikum, CAIR-SFBA’s legal team would like to wish you a Happy New Year and hope that you and your family are keeping safe and healthy amidst the pandemic. As the new … Read More

Leaked Location Data Shows Another Muslim Prayer App Tracking Users
“Government agencies must immediately stop acquiring user data from popular Muslim digital applications to surveil, spy on or otherwise target the Muslim community in the … Read More

Capitol Building’s Police Tactics Questioned
Why wasn’t the Capitol police force prepared? There are a lot of heated discussions and big questions Thursday about the security at the nation’s Capitol … Read More
What We Do

Outreach & Education
CAIR seeks to educate American Muslims about their rights so that they may fully engage in all aspects of civic life. CAIR also works with … Learn More

Youth Empowerment
CAIR has always believed that in order to secure a brighter future for our communities, investments must be made in providing our youth with the … Learn More

Advocacy
Raise Our Voices: Monthly Calls to Action Watch our monthly series! BECOME A CEC! Even if you aren’t able to vote in this election, you can help … Learn More

Legal Services
Civil rights advocacy remains at the center of CAIR’s work. CAIR has served more than 25,000 victims of discrimination since its founding. Our California offices … Learn More
Our Campaigns

Protecting Muslim Youth
As part of our work to empower and engage young American Muslims, CAIR-CA offices set out on a statewide effort to better understand Muslim youth’s … Learn More

Stop TrumpIntelPro
TRUMPINTELPRO (Trump’s Intelligence Program) is named after COINTELPRO, the FBI’s covert and profoundly illegal Counter Intelligence Program. This program was used in the United States during the … Learn More

#NoMuslimBanEver
The #NoMuslimBanEver campaign is being organized and led by the following organizations, Asian Americans Advancing Justice –Asian Law Caucus, Council of American-Islamic Relations (CAIR)’s San … Learn More

Immigrants’ Rights Program
For more than 20 years, CAIR-SFBA has provided civil rights legal services to individuals facing discrimination because of their Muslim identity. Now CAIR-SFBA is expanding … Learn More