News & Commentary
Dec 26, 2024
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
Dec 18, 2024
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
Nov 01, 2024
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
Nov 01, 2024
Our mission endures
A message of hope and gratitude from our outgoing and longtime leader Hector Villagra.
By Hector Villagra
Oct 23, 2024
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
Oct 22, 2024
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
Sep 30, 2024
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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