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ACLU-SDIC Public Comment - Support for San Diego City Council's Anti-Muslim Hate Resolution
By Eddie Meyer
ACLU-SDIC Public Comment – Support for San Diego County Board of Supervisors Board Letter Regarding AB 2760 to Prohibit Shock Gloves
By Eddie Meyer
ACLU-SDIC Public Comment – End City of San Diego's ALPR Contracts
By Branden Sigua
ACLU-SDIC Public Comment – City of San Diego Risk Management Presents on Settlements & Judgments Against SDPD
By Branden Sigua
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.
Escondido’s Special Events Permitting Ordinance Unconstitutionally Restricts Free Speech
A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words: So SDPD, Let Photojournalists “Speak”
San Diego, CA – Concerned that the San Diego Police Department (SDPD) may be interfering with the First Amendment rights of photojournalists to record events occurring in public, the ACLU of San Diego and Imperial Counties sent a letter to Police Chief William Lansdowne emphasizing the strong legal protections enjoyed by journalists and members of the public alike.
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