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ACLU challenges California ban on ballot selfies

Hearing set for Wednesday in San Francisco

November 1, 2016

Los Angeles Gang Injunctions Violate Due Process Rights, New Federal Complaint Charges

LOS ANGELES—Gang injunctions that subject thousands of Los Angeles residents to probation-like conditions without a hearing violate due process rights under the United States and California constitutions and should be immediately suspended, according to a complaint filed today by the ACLU of Sout

October 25, 2016

New study shows police presence in schools has negative effect on students

LOS ANGELES – Vast policy disparities among California school districts on how and when to summon law enforcement officers to campuses expose students to improper arrests, detentions and possible violations of their civil rights, according to a new report from the ACLU of California.

October 19, 2016

Orange County’s Plan to End Homelessness Is Failing to Meet Goals, ACLU SoCal Report Finds

Santa Ana, CA – More than six years after its approval by the Board of Supervisors, Orange County’s Ten-Year Plan to End Homelessness is falling woefully short of meeting key goals and benchmarks, according to a report released today by the ACLU of Southern California (ACLU SoCal).

October 4, 2016

Gov. Brown Signs Historic Bill to Rein in Asset Forfeiture Abuse, Paving Way for Other States

SB 443 protects vulnerable Californians from having police permanently take and keep their property without a conviction

September 29, 2016

ACLU’s Ahilan Arulanantham Awarded MacArthur Foundation “Genius” Grant for Groundbreaking Immigrants’ Rights Work

Los Angeles — Ahilan Arulanantham, director of advocacy and legal director of the ACLU of Southern California (ACLU SoCal), is the recipient of a prestigious 2016 MacArthur Foundation “genius” grant for his legal and advocacy efforts to protect immigrants’ rights.

September 22, 2016