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New School Notices Will Help Speed School Repairs and Increase Access to Materials, Teachers for Students

LOS ANGELES - Students returning to school today will see a difference in their classrooms.

January 3, 2005

Lawsuit Settlement Information for Public School Children in Underperforming Schools Now Available

LOS ANGELES - The American Civil Liberties Union and the State of California reached a settlement agreement in the class action education lawsuit Williams v. California in August 2004.

December 16, 2004

Border Patrol Remains Silent About Immigration Raids this Summer

LOS ANGELES - Nearly six months after hundreds of people were arrested outside of bus stations, schools and hospitals for alleged immigration violations, the American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit seeking Border Patrol records after the agency repeatedly ignored requests for records relat

December 15, 2004

Santa Monica Housing Authority Agrees to End Discrimination Against Gay Couple

In response to a letter from the American Civil Liberties Union, the Housing Authority of Santa Monica today agreed to allow a gay man on disability to live with his partner of 10 years.

December 9, 2004

ACLU Files Challenge to Proposition 69

LOS ANGELES - The California affiliates of the ACLU filed a class action lawsuit today stating that Proposition 69 is unconstitutional.

December 7, 2004

The Equalizers

By Dashka Slater

The father and son who made a billion-dollar difference for California's students

November 21, 2004