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.
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Annual Report 2013 – 2014
The national ACLU turned ninety-four this year — five hundred thousand Americans united in one cause. Since 1920, the political currents have repeatedly threatened to take — and sometimes have taken — America off course.
November 1, 2013
Williams v. California: Lessons From Nine Years of Implementation
Books to study. Clean, safe and functional classrooms. Qualified teachers.
Students in all of California's public schools deserve at least these basic necessities for educational opportunity.
September 23, 2013Muslims Need Not Apply
Muslims Need Not Apply exposes a covert government program called the “Controlled Application Review and Resolution Program” (CARRP), which was created in 2008 to make it all but impossible for many Muslim, Arab, Middle Eastern and South Asian individuals to become American citizens, or otherwise August 21, 2013
Annual Report 2012 – 2013
On May 15, 1923, angered by the LAPD's brutal treatment and imprisonment of striking longshoremen, renowned journalist and novelist Upton Sinclair appeared at a rally in San Pedro. Sinclair began reading the First Amendment to the Constitution.
November 1, 2012
Sheriff Baca’s Strike Force: Deputy Violence And Head Injuries Of Inmates In LA County Jails
This report compiles some 64 sworn statements from inmates, former inmates and civilian eyewitnesses taken since 2009, describing attacks in which deputies targeted inmates’ heads.
September 1, 2012