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Street Vendors Sue LAPD and Downtown Business Improvement District Over Illegal Seizures

LOS ANGELES — An organization of street vendors filed suit today against the Los Angeles Police Department and a business improvement district for illegally seizing and destroying vendors’ carts, dollies, and other personal belongings.

October 29, 2015

ACLU Comment on Immigration Bond Hearing Ruling

PASADENA, CA — A federal appeals court has affirmed and expanded its prior ruling that immigrants in prolonged detention receive a bond hearing. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled for the plaintiffs in the class-action lawsuit brought by the American Civil Liberties Union.

October 28, 2015

Los Angeles County Schools Fare Poorly in Accommodating Lactating Students, Employees

LOS ANGELES – When it comes to accommodating lactating students who would like to pump their breast milk or feed their babies, school districts in Los Angeles County get a grade of “D” on a report card a coalition of groups advocating reproductive justice released today.

October 27, 2015

EFF, ACLU SoCal Ask California Supreme Court to Order Release of Los Angeles License Plate Reader Data

SAN FRANCISCO —The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and the ACLU Foundation of Southern California (ACLU SoCal) are urging California’s highest court to rule that license plate data, collected indiscriminately on millions of drivers by police across the state, are not investigative records a

October 27, 2015

In Landmark Victory for Digital Privacy, Gov. Brown Signs California Electronic Communications Privacy Act into Law Sends Message to Nation About Importance of Saying No to Warrantless Digital Searches

Sends Message to Nation About Importance of Saying No to Warrantless Digital Searches

October 8, 2015

Elections Laws Illegally Force Some Candidates to Falsely State “No Party Preference”

October 8, 2015