News & Commentary
Jun 11, 2007
U.S. Citizen Illegally Deported From Jail Is Missing in Mexico
LOS ANGELES - Federal immigration officers and the L.A. County Sheriff's Department illegally deported a U.S. citizen last month, the ACLU/SC has learned. He is missing in Mexico, and today the ACLU/SC and the law firm of Van Der Hout, Brigagliano & Nightingale file a lawsuit in U.S. District Court seeking his safe return.
By ACLU of Southern California
Jun 06, 2007
Momentum Picks Up for California Police Reform
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By ACLU of Southern California
Jun 06, 2007
Developer Tryies to Dodge Low-Cost-Housing Rules in Downtown L.A.
Tents on the street in downtown L.A. in 2006
With L.A. in a housing crisis, the ACLU/SC and other groups that represent low-income residents are fighting a downtown developer who wants
By ACLU of Southern California
Jun 06, 2007
L.A. Housing Crisis Focus of Legal Action Involving Developer Who Wants to Evade City Rules
LOS ANGELES - With L.A. in a housing crisis, a downtown developer sued the city in February to evade its affordable-housing rules. Today groups filed papers in L.A. Superior Court to prevent G.H. Palmer Associates from shutting downtown's doors to low- and middle-income Angelenos.
By ACLU of Southern California
Jun 06, 2007
ACLU Opposes Developer Trying to Dodge Low-Cost-Housing Rules in Downtown L.A.
By ACLU of Southern California
Jun 04, 2007
ACLU of Southern California Condemns the Bush Administration's Abuse of Power in the 'War on Terror'
LOS ANGELES — The ACLU of Southern California has become the first ACLU affiliate in the nation to adopt a resolution condemning the Iraq war. The measure also condemns the Bush Administration's many instances of abuse of power during the so-called "war on terror."
By ACLU of Southern California
May 30, 2007
ACLU/SC Statement on LAPD MacArthur Park Investigation
LOS ANGELES — ACLU of Southern California staff attorney Peter Bibring today criticized the L.A. Police Department's preliminary after-action report about the May 1 action at MacArthur Park. His expanded remarks to the L.A. City Council are below:
By ACLU of Southern California
May 22, 2007
Real Local TV Alive in Los Alamitos After ACLU/SC Settles Free-Speech Lawsuit
LOS ALAMITOS - The Los Alamitos City Council voted unanimously yesterday to settle a lawsuit over its censorship of public-access television programming last year. The city agreed to adopt new policies to protect free speech at Los Alamitos Television Corporation, whose LATV Channel 3 is available to Time Warner customers in Los Alamitos and Rossmoor.
By ACLU of Southern California
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