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Judge Grants ACLU Motion For Class Certification in Disabled Bus Rider Lawsuit Against MTA

The ACLU of Southern California today won a significant victory in its federal lawsuit against the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) on behalf of disabled bus riders in Los Angeles County.

August 24, 1998

ACLU of Southern California Files Lawsuit For Group Seeking Signatures For an Independant City in the San Fernando Valley

The ACLU of Southern California today filed a federal lawsuit [Valley Vote vs City of Los Angeles] against the City of Los Angeles and the manager of the city-owned Van Nuys airport for discrimination against a San Fernando Valley group seeking signatures for a petition to initiate a study on the

August 17, 1998

ACLU Tells El Monte Police Chief to Ensure Safety of Clinic Patients

This afternoon, the ACLU of Southern California faxed a second demand letter to El Monte Police Chief Wayne Clayton calling for the El Monte Police Department to ensure the safety of those seeking services at the Family Planning Medical Center located at 11046 Valley Mall Boulevard in El Monte.

August 4, 1998

Seeking Temporary Restraining Order to Stop LA Unified School District From Implementing Prop. 227

The ACLU California and the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF) will seek a Temporary Restraining Order from U.S. District Court Judge Lourdes Baird this afternoon at a 2:00 p.m. hearing to stop the state's largest school district from implementing Prop.

July 31, 1998

Demanding AIDS Medication For Federal Detainee

In a strongly worded two-page letter sent this afternoon to United States Attorney Nora Manella, the ACLU Foundation of Southern California demands that authorities at the United States Federal Detention Center in Los Angeles give detainee Peter McWilliams his AIDS medications.

July 30, 1998

Civil Rights Advocates File Lawsuit Against Contra Costa County For Excluding Women and Minority Businesses in Violation of Federal Anti-Discrimination Law

In the first case of its kind following the implementation of Proposition 209, civil rights advocates filed a federal class action lawsuit (Lucy's Sales et al. v. Contra Costa County) in U.S. District Court today.

July 29, 1998