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Community Group Sues Pomona for Denying Right to Free Speech, Protest of Police Killings

Pomona is enforcing an unconstitutional sign ordinance against public art.

August 24, 2023

STATEMENT: Court Says OC District Attorney Must Produce Prosecutorial Data Related to Racial Justice Act

DA Spitzer stonewalled requests for data for years.

August 23, 2023

Unhoused Residents with Disabilities Sue San Bernardino for Civil Rights Violations

The city destroyed personal property, including prescription medication, a walker, food, and a first aid kit.

August 3, 2023

Immigrants’ Rights Organizations Urge Release of Mauritanian Asylum Seekers Detained by ICE

Over 100 Mauritanian asylum seekers fleeing enslavement, forced statelessness, and ethnic cleansing are being detained solely based on their inability to pay bonds as high as $5,000, lack access to language interpretation.

July 20, 2023

ACLU Sues Riverside County For Violating Public Records Act

Riverside is the only CA county to completely disregard public records requests related to indigent defense

July 18, 2023

ACLU & Catalyst California Report Finds L.A. and Riverside Sheriff’s Departments Waste Millions on Traffic Stops

LOS ANGELES – Today, Catalyst California and the ACLU of Southern California released two new reports shedding light on the massive proportion of time that Riverside and Los Angeles Sheriff’s deputies spend on unproductive and harmful traffic stops.

July 13, 2023