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ACLU-SDIC Testimony – San Diego City Council Considers Whether to Continue Surveillance Use Policies
By Blair Overstreet
ACLU-SDIC Testimony – Vista City Council Considers the Community Safety and Due Process Resolution
ACLU-SDIC Testimony – San Diego County Board of Supervisors Considers Drafting CLEAR Ordinance
By Brisa Velazquez
ACLU-SDIC Testimony – San Diego City Council Considers Due Process & Safety Ordinance
By Brisa Velazquez
San Diego ACLU to Bill Horn: Three Strikes and You’re Out!
SAN DIEGO – Upon being alerted by San Diego CityBeat that Supervisor Bill Horn had proposed a $10,000 grant from the supervisor’s taxpayer-funded “Neighborhood Reinvestment Fund” to an organization with a professed religious mission, the San Diego ACLU sent a letter to the Board advising supervisors that approval of the grant would violate the Constitution. Shortly before the item was to be voted on at the Tuesday, September 11 Board meeting, the item was removed by Supervisor Horn.
San Diego ACLU 2012 Ballot Measure Positions
• The dignity and equality of every human being
• Vigilance against abuse of power
• The principled approach rather than the convenient one when individuals’ rights are at stake
• Speaking truth to power even when it is unpopular to do so
• Fairness and respect in human and organizational interactions
• An educated and participatory public
Voting Rights Quiz: What is at Stake
Shocking attempts to block the vote have been all over the news this election cycle.But do you know how many people are at risk of having their fundamental right to vote taken away? Or who these out-of-control laws are targeting the most?You'll know the answer to both those questions after you complete a short quiz, part of the ACLU's new "Let People Vote" initiative.Click here to take the quiz!
Parents and Doctors Sue Clovis Unified School District Over Sex Education
FRESNO, CA – Today parents and physicians sued the Clovis Unified School District over its high school abstinence-only-until-marriage sex education. The lawsuit charges that the district is violating California law and putting teens’ health at risk by teaching students misinformation and denying them critical instruction about condoms and contraception.
ACLU, Allies to Ask California Supreme Court to Continue Teacher Layoff Protections for Students at 45 Los Angeles Schools
LOS ANGELES – Attorneys representing students and parents at three struggling Los Angeles schools released the following statement in response to the California Court of Appeal’s decision earlier today in Reed vs. UTLA. The following statement is from Catherine Lhamon, Director of Impact Litigation at Public Counsel; Mark Rosenbaum, Chief Counsel at the ACLU of Southern California; and Sean Gates of Morrison & Foerster LLP:
School District Agrees to Ensure Equal Opportunity for English Learners
Major civil rights organizations have reached a settlement agreement with the Dinuba Unified School District (DUSD) to ensure that young English learners have an equal chance to succeed. The agreement, which was finalized at a school board meeting last week, comes as the result of a lawsuit filed in May by Dinuba parents and teachers. The plaintiffs are represented by the ACLU of Northern California, the ACLU of San Diego and Imperial Counties, the ACLU of Southern California, California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc., the Asian Pacific American Legal Center (APALC), and the law firm of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati.
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