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LAPD Racial Profiling Study Flawed

LOS ANGELES - The city of Los Angeles is on the cusp of commissioning a report to analyze data collected each time an officer stops a pedestrian or searches a driver to help determine whether the LAPD engages in racial profiling.

March 3, 2005

New Bill Will Protect Californians' Privacy Rights

SACRAMENTO - The ACLU, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse support legislation introduced by Senator Joe Simitian of Northern California that would prohibit identity documents issued by the state, including driver's licenses and library cards, from containing

February 24, 2005

New Funds for Jail Beds Must First End Overcrowding that Leads to Public Health Risks

LOS ANGELES - In a letter to Sheriff Lee Baca and the L.A. County Board of Supervisors, the ACLU of Southern California sought assurance that a county jail budget increase will end the practice of forcing inmates to sleep on the floor.

February 17, 2005

Overcrowded Jails, Lack of Access to Showers and Clean Clothes, Put Deputies, Inmates and Public at Risk of Infection

LOS ANGELES - County Supervisors and Sheriffs officials must ensure inmates in the seven jail facilities in Los Angeles have access to a bed, timely medical attention, clean clothes and showers in order to control the ongoing outbreak of a virulent form of staph infection.

February 15, 2005

New ACLU Board President Begins Term

Los Angeles - Southwestern Law School Professor Isabelle R. Gunning began her term as president of the ACLU of Southern California Tuesday after she was unanimously elected by the organization's executive board last month.

February 2, 2005

UC Changes Study Abroad Policy After Irvine Student Challenge

Los Angeles - A UC Irvine junior studying in France, and hundreds of her current and future classmates, can now participate in demonstrations abroad without risking disciplinary action.

January 26, 2005