News & Commentary
Jan 26, 2005
UC Changes Study Abroad Policy After Irvine Student Challenge
Los Angeles - A UC Irvine junior studying in France, and hundreds of her current and future classmates, can now participate in demonstrations abroad without risking disciplinary action.
By ACLU of Southern California
Jan 03, 2005
New School Notices Will Help Speed School Repairs and Increase Access to Materials, Teachers for Students
LOS ANGELES - Students returning to school today will see a difference in their classrooms.
By ACLU of Southern California
Dec 16, 2004
Lawsuit Settlement Information for Public School Children in Underperforming Schools Now Available
LOS ANGELES - The American Civil Liberties Union and the State of California reached a settlement agreement in the class action education lawsuit Williams v. California in August 2004. The Williams lawsuit was originally filed in May 2000 by the ACLU, the law firm of Morrison & Foerster, the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund, Public Advocates, Inc., and other groups on behalf of California students who attended substandard schools in California, and charged the state with reneging on its constitutional obligation to provide students with the bare essentials necessary for education: sufficient instructional materials, adequate learning facilities, qualified teachers, etc.
By ACLU of Southern California
Dec 15, 2004
Border Patrol Remains Silent About Immigration Raids this Summer
LOS ANGELES - Nearly six months after hundreds of people were arrested outside of bus stations, schools and hospitals for alleged immigration violations, the American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit seeking Border Patrol records after the agency repeatedly ignored requests for records related to the raids under the Freedom of Information Act. The suit was filed in federal court in the central district of California.
By ACLU of Southern California
Dec 09, 2004
Santa Monica Housing Authority Agrees to End Discrimination Against Gay Couple
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By ACLU of Southern California
Dec 07, 2004
ACLU Files Challenge to Proposition 69
LOS ANGELES - The California affiliates of the ACLU filed a class action lawsuit today stating that Proposition 69 is unconstitutional. The case challenges those portions of the law that require DNA testing of people who are arrested for a felony and never charged or later found innocent, and people who have been convicted of a felony but have already served their debt to society and are no longer under any supervision by the criminal justice system.
By ACLU of Southern California
Oct 29, 2004
ACLU Tells Santa Monica Housing Authority To End Discrimination Against Same-sex Couple
LOS ANGELES - The American Civil Liberties Union told the Housing Authority of Santa Monica today to stop stalling and allow a gay man to live with his partner of 10 years.
By ACLU of Southern California
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