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ACLU Applauds Governor Davis For Signing Bill To Reverse California Supreme Court's Open Meeting Act Decision in Case Arising From UC Affirmative Action Ban

The ACLU today applauded Governor Davis for signing into law a bill that reverses the California Supreme Court's June 1, 1999 decision in Regents of the University of California v. Superior Court (Molloy).

September 17, 1999

Statement of ACLU-SC Exectuive Director Ramona Ripston on LAPD Corruption Probe

"The uncovering of a pattern of deception, perjury and evidence planting by officers of the Los Angeles Police Department is shocking, but sadly not surprising.

September 17, 1999

Judge Turns Down Efforts To Halt Elmer "Geronimo" Pratt's Civil Rights Suit

'Mr.

September 13, 1999

ACLU and Health Care Provider Settle Lawsuit Over Alleged Discrimination Against Lesbian on the Basis of Sexual Orientation

The ACLU of Southern California and Bristol Park Medical Group, Inc. announced today that they have settled a lawsuit brought against the company and one of its physicians earlier this year over alleged discrimination due to sexual orientation.

August 25, 1999

ACLU of Southern California Sues School District Over Use of Religious Textbooks in Public School

Today the ACLU of Southern California filed suit in federal court against the Belridge School District, a public school district near Bakersfield, in Kern County, California, challenging the constitutionality of the use of textbooks that convey a particular religious perspective on a wide range o

August 24, 1999

ACLU of Southern California and Assembly Speaker Villaraigosa Applaud Resolution of Proposition 187 Litigation

A court approved mediation today ended years of legal and political debate over Proposition 187. The agreement confirms that no child in the state of California will be deprived of an education or stripped of healthcare due to their place of birth.

July 29, 1999