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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.

LOS ANGELES - Michael Tocher was a peaceful man with a megaphone and a message of protest when Santa Barbara police arrested him on Veteran's Day in 2004. Today the ACLU/SC announced a settlement of its lawsuit against the city over his wrongful arrest.

LAKE FOREST - Nearly three weeks after the ACLU of Southern California filed a lawsuit to protect the free speech of day laborers in Lake Forest, the City Council voted to repeal the unconstitutional law. The ordinance prohibited people from soliciting employment while standing on sidewalks in the city.

LAKE FOREST - Acting on behalf of day laborer groups, the ACLU of Southern California has filed a First Amendment lawsuit against the City of Lake Forest in federal court. The suit challenges a city ordinance that prohibits, and city enforcement actions that discourage, day laborers from soliciting employment while standing on sidewalks in Lake Forest. The suit alleges that the ordinance and the city's enforcement actions violate the free speech rights of day laborers guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution.

style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px;" width="196" border="0" />Pop-music superstars the Dixie Chicks just won five Grammy Awards. But before that they took home the ACLU/SC's prize for standing up for free speech.

Pop-music superstars the Dixie Chicks just won five Grammy Awards. But before that they took home the ACLU/SC's prize for standing up for free speech.

LOS ALAMITOS - The ACLU of Southern California and the law firm of Kirkland & Ellis LLP filed a free-speech case late yesterday on behalf of a public-access TV host whose show was censored by the City of Los Alamitos.

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