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Unhoused Residents with Disabilities Sue San Bernardino for Civil Rights Violations

The city destroyed personal property, including prescription medication, a walker, food, and a first aid kit.

August 3, 2023

Immigrants’ Rights Organizations Urge Release of Mauritanian Asylum Seekers Detained by ICE

Over 100 Mauritanian asylum seekers fleeing enslavement, forced statelessness, and ethnic cleansing are being detained solely based on their inability to pay bonds as high as $5,000, lack access to language interpretation.

July 20, 2023

ACLU Sues Riverside County For Violating Public Records Act

Riverside is the only CA county to completely disregard public records requests related to indigent defense

July 18, 2023

ACLU & Catalyst California Report Finds L.A. and Riverside Sheriff’s Departments Waste Millions on Traffic Stops

LOS ANGELES – Today, Catalyst California and the ACLU of Southern California released two new reports shedding light on the massive proportion of time that Riverside and Los Angeles Sheriff’s deputies spend on unproductive and harmful traffic stops.

July 13, 2023

Press Conference: Civil Rights Groups Call for Accountability of L.A. Sheriff Deputy Gangs

8:30 a.m. Thursday, 6/29, rally before court hearing in ALADS v. County of L.A.

June 28, 2023

ACLU Reaches Landmark Settlement in L.A. County Jails Case

Agreement to create 1,925 community beds is first in nation to enshrine decarceration measures.

June 22, 2023