Garden Grove Reaches Agreement with Buddhists Over Controversial Temple Zoning Issue

ORANGE, CALIF. – A Buddhist congregation will be able to move forward with plans to build a long-awaited temple under the terms of a settlement announced today with the city of Garden Grove.

By ACLU of Southern California

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Religious Group That Feeds the Homeless Reaches Settlement With California Parks Officials

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By ACLU of Southern California

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Victory: Key Ruling in Orange County Free Speech Case

ORANGE, Calif. – A state appeals court has affirmed the dismissal of misdemeanor charges of disrupting a meeting against Coyotl Tezcatlipoca, a former Orange Coast College student involved in a free-speech lawsuit against the city of Costa Mesa.

By ACLU of Southern California

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ACLU/SC Director of Immigrant Rights and National Security to Speak at Public Forum on Government Repression

LOS ANGELES, Calif. – Certain laws meant to fight terrorism have actually hijacked the war on terror, says Ahilan Arulanantham, an attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California who will speak at a public forum on government repression Wednesday evening.

By ACLU of Southern California

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ACLU California Affiliates Join Forces to Compel Government Data Centers to Release Information

The three California affiliates of the ACLU have filed a joint request for detailed information on the focus and methods of two little-known government centers in the state that gather broad data about American citizens in the name of fighting terrorism.

By ACLU of Southern California

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ACLU/SC Applauds Calabasas Mayor and City Council for Ordinance Change

LOS ANGELES, Calif. – The ACLU of Southern California today applauded Calabasas Mayor Mary Sue Maurer and the other members of the Calabasas City Council for approving a new resolution on grant funding for community groups that eliminated language from an earlier version that violated First Amendment protections.

By ACLU of Southern California

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ACLU/SC Reaches Agreement with County Defendants to End Lawsuit over First Amendment Rights of Day Laborers

This is a joint release by the ACLU of Southern California and the County of Orange.

By ACLU of Southern California

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ACLU Seeks Release of Tortured Refugee

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – The continued incarceration of a transgender refugee from Mexico who was tortured in her home country and has been granted asylum by a U.S. immigration judge is ‘unconstitutional,’ the ACLU and two legal partners argued in a petition filed today.

By ACLU of Southern California

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Pioneering Actress Nichelle Nichols to Receive Liberty and Justice Award at Outfest 2008

LOS ANGELES, Calif. – Pioneering actress Nichelle Nichols, who played Lt. Uhura on the original ‘Star Trek’ television series, will receive the Liberty and Justice Award from the ACLU of Southern California Foundation on the closing night of this year’s Outfest 2008: the 26th Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Film Festival on Monday, July 21, 2008.

By ACLU of Southern California

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