As part of our work, the ACLU of Southern California issues reports, position papers and advocacy materials that study and note developments in civil liberties. Below is a listing of some of our publications organized by issue.
Dissent is patriotic.
January 1, 2017
A disturbing trend has emerged in California — police officers are stationed in schools and are replacing educators as disciplinarians for minor offenses and student behavior issues.
October 19, 2016
Nowhere to Live: The Homeless Crisis in Orange County & How to End It, a report by the ACLU of Southern California's Dignity For All Project, finds that since the OC Board of Supervisors approved a Ten-Year Plan to eradicate homelessness in 2010, the homeless crisis has grown
August 8, 2016
All across California, charter schools are implementing admissions policies that exclude students from enrolling. Like other public schools, charters must admit all students who wish to attend. By law, they may not discourage certain students from enrolling based on income, national origin, academic
July 31, 2016
This report features a number of veterans who were in the U.S. legally and sustained physical wounds and emotional trauma in conflicts as far back as the war in Vietnam. Once they returned from service, however, they were subject to draconian immigration laws that reclassified many minor offenses as
July 7, 2016
California jails are required by law to protect the reproductive health of the people in their care. But across the state, we're seeing that accessing reproductive health care becomes a frightening and traumatic experience for incarcerated people.
January 20, 2016