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Please attribute the following statement to Peter Eliasberg, chief counsel and Manheim Family attorney for First Amendment Rights at the ACLU of Southern California, on the jury’s verdict in the federal trial of former Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca, who was convicted on three felonies of
Please attribute the following statement to Peter Eliasberg, chief counsel/Manheim Family attorney for First Amendment Rights at the ACLU of Southern California, regarding the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors' unanimous decision today to investigate alternatives to the county's money bail
NEW YORK — The Trump administration today announced a new Muslim ban executive order. Omar Jadwat, director of the ACLU’s Immigrants’ Rights Project, had this reaction:
LOS ANGELES — The ACLU Foundation of Southern California and the law firm of Bird Marella filed a friend of the court brief on Friday supporting the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department's efforts to make information about past misconduct of its deputies more available. This brief, filed last week
Please attribute the following statement to Michael Kaufman, the Sullivan & Cromwell Access to Justice staff attorney at the ACLU of Southern California, regarding a letter sent today by Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, City Attorney Mike Feuer and City Council President Herb Wesson to Immigr
LOS ANGELES - The ACLU Foundation of Southern California and a coalition of advocacy groups today sent a letter to Los Angeles Police Department Chief Charlie Beck, Mayor Eric Garcetti and city council members, demanding that they take steps to prevent Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) of