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Hector Villagra Appointed Legal Director of the ACLU of Southern California

LOS ANGELES, Calif. – The following statement is from Ramona Ripston, executive director of the ACLU of Southern California:

February 9, 2010

Lawsuit Challenges City of Costa Mesa's Anti-solicitation Ordinance

On Feb. 2, MALDEF, the ACLU of Southern California and the National Day Laborer’s Organizing Network (NDLON) announced a lawsuit challenging the City of Costa Mesa’s anti-solicitation ordinance as unconstitutional.

February 2, 2010

Landmark Federal Class-Action Lawsuit Targets LA County for Failure to Educate Youth in Probation Camps

An alliance of legal groups today filed a ground-breaking, class-action lawsuit against the Los Angeles County Probation Department and top county education officials for their total failure to provide youth in the county’s largest juvenile probation camp with basic and appropriate education, the

January 12, 2010

ACLU/SC Calls for Overhaul of Inglewood Civilian Review Board

LOS ANGELES, Calif. – The ACLU of Southern California welcomes the civil rights probe being conducted by the Department of Justice into the polices and practices of the Inglewood Police Department in the wake of a series of officer-involved shootings, and we applaud U.S. Rep.

January 11, 2010

ACLU/SC Condemns D.A.'s Failure to Prosecute El Monte Officer in Police Abuse Case

LOS ANGELES, Calif.

December 30, 2009

Charges against Army veteran are dismissed days after ACLU/SC takes case

A series of citations against a 67-year-old Army veteran for displaying the American flag upside down on federal property have been dismissed only days after the U.S. Attorney’s Office learned that the ACLU of Southern California was representing him in defense of his free speech rights.

December 11, 2009