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Agreement in ACLU Lawsuit Gains Rights for Incarcerated People in San Bernardino County RIVERSIDE — In 2014 the ACLU Foundation of Southern California and the law firm of Kaye, McLane, Bednarski & Litt LLP filed a lawsuit against San Bernardino County over its discriminatory treatment of incarcer
Months before Nepali and Honduran TPS holders are set to lose their work authorization and face possible deportation, TPS holders, representatives from unions, immigrant rights organizations, and legal groups will hold a press conference announcing a major legal development in the fight against the
SACRAMENTO — Today, the ACLU of California, faith-based organizations, police reform advocates, labor unions, and families who have lost loved ones to police violence called on the legislature to pass AB 392: The California Act to Save Lives. The bill was introduced by Assemblymember Shirley Weber
SACRAMENTO — Yesterday, the California Secretary of State confirmed that a bail-bond-industry-funded referendum campaign asking voters to overturn Senate Bill 10, the recent legislation that would eliminate the bail bond industry in California, has qualified to be on the November 2020 ballot.
Today, 50 LGBTQ and allied organizations (listed below) released the following statement to demand a thorough investigation by Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department and District Attorney’s Office of the second death of a Black man at the West Hollywood home of Ed Buck, a prominent political don
SACRAMENTO — Today, California Governor Gavin Newsom introduced his budget proposal for the 2019-20 Fiscal Year. Included in the budget was a commitment to expand paid family leave to six months from the current six weeks.