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Court Issues Ruling Against Los Angeles City Gang Injunction

LOS ANGELES — In a victory against gang injunctions that subject thousands of Los Angeles residents to probation-like conditions without hearings, the U.S.

September 7, 2017

Advocates Applaud Governor Brown and Chief Justice's Commitment to Reform California's Unjust Bail System

SACRAMENTO — Today, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr., Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye, Senator Bob Hertzberg and Assemblymember Rob Bonta announced their plan to work together to reform California’s fraught money bail system. The bill cosponsors issued the statement below in response:

August 25, 2017

ACLU to honor “When We Rise” and Attorney Advocates for Civil Liberties

Writer Dustin Lance Black, “airport lawyers” among those to get awards at annual luncheon LOS ANGELES – The ACLU Foundation of Southern California will host its 23rd annual awards luncheon Friday, June 23, honoring law firms and individuals who have worked with the ACLU SoCal in the past year on

June 16, 2017

Bill to Address Secret and Unregulated Use of Jailhouse Informants Passes Out of Committee

Justice Advocates in Support of Bill Highlight the Rights of the Accused and Victims, and that the Integrity of State’s Criminal Justice System Are at Stake

March 21, 2017

ACLU Statement on L.A. County Board of Supervisors Approval to Study Alternatives to County Money Bail System

Please attribute the following statement to Peter Eliasberg, chief counsel/Manheim Family attorney for First Amendment Rights at the ACLU of Southern California, regarding the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors' unanimous decision today to investigate alternatives to the county's money bail

March 8, 2017

ACLU SoCal Hails California Supreme Court Victory for Transparency in County Litigation Spending

LOS ANGELES - Today, the California Supreme Court affirmed the public's right to access government billing records with private law firms, overturning a previous appeals court ruling in a California Public Records Act (CPRA) case brought against Los Angeles County.

December 29, 2016