2024 ACLU SoCal Year in Review

2024 was a year full of battles won, new challenges, and renewed hope. Let’s revisit some of our key moments and individuals that continue to guide our work in protecting the civil liberties of all people.

By Rocío Ortega

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Activists and storytellers inspire hope at the 2024 Bill of Rights Awards

The ACLU SoCal honored Viet Thanh Nguyen, Will Ferrell and Harper Steele, Mark Ruffalo, and Brittney and Cherelle Griner.

By Veronica Valdes-Perez

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Voting rights for all

Measure DD would allow noncitizen residents in Santa Ana to vote in municipal elections for the first time.

By Julia A. Gomez

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Our mission endures

A message of hope and gratitude from our outgoing and longtime leader Hector Villagra.

By Hector Villagra

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Vote No on 36: Setting Critical Services Ablaze Will Not Keep Us Safe

The solution to houselessness, addiction, and theft is not returning to a failed mass incarceration experiment but serving our communities with resources and support.

By Jess Farris

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UCLA suppressed student and faculty freedom of speech. So, we sued them.

Following the violent destruction of the Palestine Solidarity Encampment on the UCLA campus, students and faculty members speak out.

By Benjamin Kersten, Mohammad Tajsar, Salih Can Açıksöz, Graeme Blair

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A Right to Dignity: Protecting the Rights of All Unhoused Individuals

A year after filing a lawsuit against the City of San Bernardino, unhoused plaintiffs reached an agreement in a major win for people with disabilities.

By Kath Rogers, Eve Garrow

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Our Right to Speak Out

The ACLU SoCal’s history on the freedom to protest.

By Veronica Valdes-Perez

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Trans futures are worth fighting for

The ACLU SoCal marched at the L.A. Pride Parade under the theme “fight for trans futures.”

By Rocío Ortega

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