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Dept of Veterans Affairs reaches historic breakthrough agreement

In the next step to end homelessness among Los Angeles veterans
VA Secretary Robert A. McDonald to Lead the Launch of a New Master Plan for West Los Angeles VA Campus

January 28, 2015

ACLU expands advocacy in Sacramento

January 15, 2015

ACLU SoCal applauds California Court of Appeal ruling on impound case

LOS ANGELES — Today, the California Court of Appeal ruled that the Los Angeles Police Department’s impound policy, known as Special Order 7, is lawful.

December 26, 2014

ACLU SoCal releases statement on body cameras and police

Please attribute the following statement to Hector Villagra, executive director of the ACLU of Southern California:

December 16, 2014

ACLU achieves consent decree that addresses rampant violence in L.A. County Jails

December 16, 2014

Federal judge allows suit by detained asylum-seekers to proceed as nationwide class action

LOS ANGELES — A federal court judge has certified a nationwide class, and rejected the government’s motion to dismiss, in a lawsuit filed on behalf of certain asylum seekers who are detained by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for months while they await screening interviews that allow t

November 26, 2014