SAN BERNARDINO—The ACLU Foundation of Southern California (ACLU SoCal) sued the County of San Bernardino today for violating the free speech rights of Efren Montiel Jimenez, a local artist.

TEHACHAPI, CA – Today, the Greater Los Angeles Area office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-LA) and the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California (ACLU SoCal) sent a letter to the California Correctional Institution (CCI) demanding that its officers follow the law and allow Muslim women to wear their hijab, a religiously-mandated headscarf, during visits.

COSTA MESA—The City of Costa Mesa repealed its unconstitutional anti-solicitation ordinance three years after civil rights organizations sued on behalf of the Asociación de Jornaleros de Costa Mesa, whose members had been restricted from peaceably expressing their need and availability for work in the city’s public areas and Colectivo Tonantzin, an organization dedicated to protecting the interests of immigrant workers and their families in Orange County.