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ACLU to Honor Activists and Legal Champions at 2023 Advocates for Justice Event

Thursday, June 1, at The Grammy Museum in DTLA

May 10, 2023

BREAKING: ACLU Sues Kern County for Operating Plea Mill

Over eight years, more than 50,000 Kern defendants have pled guilty without lawyers at their first court appearance

May 8, 2023

ACLU SoCal Statement on LA Board of Supervisors Decision to Send LA Sheriff to Juvenile Halls

LOS ANGELES – Yesterday, the LA County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to fill juvenile hall staffing vacancies with reserve LA sheriff’s deputies.

May 3, 2023

ADVISORY: Contempt Hearing on Wednesday, April 19, against Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, Sheriff over Jail Conditions

WHAT:
For nearly 50 years, Los Angeles County has failed to provide the most basic level of humanity, sanitation, and care to people in its jails.

April 17, 2023

ACLU SoCal Foundation Board Chair Joins Georgetown Law Faculty

LOS ANGELES — Today, the ACLU Foundation of Southern California announced that its Board Chair Michele Goodwin, chancellor’s professor of law and director of the Center for Biotechnology and Global Health Policy at the University of California, Irvine School of Law, will join the faculty at Georg

April 4, 2023

Civil Rights Report Details Improvements Needed to CA School Funding System

Ten Years into LCFF, the Promise of Equitable Outcomes has not Been Fulfilled

March 17, 2023