LOS ANGELES — Today, a coalition of community groups, impacted people, and advocates released a report, “Costs of Injustice: How Criminal System Fees Are Hurting Los Angeles Families,” documenting fees L.A. County collects using the criminal legal system and demanding it eliminate these fees.

BEVERLY HILLS — In a rare public appearance since her brave testimony before Congress last year, Dr. Christine Blasey Ford received the Rodger Baldwin Courage Award at the ACLU of Southern California's annual Bill of Rights dinner Sunday night. Ford, whose presence at the event was not previously

LOS ANGELES — On Wednesday, a coalition of community activists, faith leaders, and families who lost loved ones to sheriff deputy shootings will gather at the Hall of Justice for a press conference and rally. Participants will deliver to L.A. County Sheriff Alex Villanueva's office a lawsuit, filed

LOS ANGELES — On January 1, a new law went into effect giving Californians more access to law enforcement officer records than they had in 40 years. The American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Southern California, one of the key sponsors of the law, immediately sent out requests to nearly 400

SANTA ANA — On Wednesday, the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Southern California, the ACLU Immigrants’ Rights Project, the National Day Laborer Organizing Network, and the law firm Latham & Watkins will be in court to appeal a ruling that allowed the City of Huntington Beach to ignore

LOS ANGELES — A person experiencing homelessness, Joseph Safuto, has sued the City of Los Angeles, challenging the city's practice of towing vehicles as a mechanism for collecting debt — in this case two unpaid parking tickets that resulted in a lapsed registration.

SACRAMENTO — Today, Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 24 (Leyva), groundbreaking legislation that will require student health centers at all 34 California public universities to offer medication abortion. The bill, also known as the College Student Right to Access Act, is the first of its