News & Commentary

As we celebrate 100 years of ACLU SoCal and Pride Month, we recall the first L.A. Pride Parade on June 28, 1970.

The 2022 midterm elections brought a lot of wins for Southern Californians, including housing rights and sheriff accountability.

After serving two decades in prison, for a crime he did not commit, Franky Carrillo proved his innocence and is now fighting for justice.

Remembering the life of Paul Rea and how we can support families devasted by LASD violence.

Q&A with Community Organizer Natalia Serrano

In the summer of 2020, when so many of us joined Black-led protests and peacefully took to the streets to march, mourn, demand an end to police brutality and call for justice for George Floyd and the many other Black lives taken by police, California police spied from above with high-definition video surveillance.

After decades of advocacy by community and grassroots organizations, California is making significant strides toward criminal and juvenile justice. This past year, Los Angeles County’s new district attorney began working to end cash bail for misdemeanors, enact new sentencing policies, and stop the transfer of children to adult court. Meanwhile, a 2020 state law and a budget directive from the governor’s office have resulted in plans to close all three of California’s juvenile prisons by 2023.  

Here are six things we can do in Southern California now to demand justice and protect Black lives

The state of California just made it clear: Face recognition surveillance isn't inevitable. We can — and should — fight hard to protect our communities from this dystopian technology.