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ANNUAL REP0RT
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WELCOME TO THE 2006-2007 ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE ACLU OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
WE ARE VERY PROUD OF WHAT WEVE BEEN
ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH THIS YEAR.
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ho soods sown ly tho Bush adninistiation`s
uniocodontod aluso ol owoi lound loitilo soil in
Southoin Caliloinia, and oui stall lacod sono ol tho gioatost
challongos to constitutional iights and civil liloitios in tho
nation: National Socuiity Agoncy (NSA sying, indohnito
dotontion, unlaii innigiation olicios, challongos to aloition
iights and thioats to ioligious lioodon.
Wo woio anong tho hist to challongo tho adninistiation`s
donostic sying with oui lawsuit to sto Voiizon and AT&T
lion illogally shaiing iivato custonoi data with tho NSA.
Wo won lioodon loi thioo innigiants hold indohnitoly
at tho lodoial dotontion contoi on Toininal Island in San
Podio and will continuo to hght loi civil liloitios and
iniovod conditions at tho local lodoial dotontion contois.
Whilo tho U.S. Suiono Couit chiod away at aloition
iights loi wonon, oui connunity oiganizois holod
doloat a stato lallot initiativo ainod at cuitailing accoss to
aloition in Caliloinia.
Closoi to hono, tho local issuos conlionting us woio
just as inoitant: hositals duning honoloss ationts
on Los Angolos stioots, Los Angolos Polico Doaitnont
olhcois liutalizing dononstiatois at a oacolul May
Day innigiation naich and tho illogal dooitation ol a
nontally challongod Anoiican citizon. In Oiango County
wo lought loi lioo sooch iights loi day laloiois and won
lioodon ol ioligious iactico iights loi a congiogation ol
Viotnanoso Buddhists.
Foi nany yoais tho ACLU]SC has iocognizod that wo
nust do noio than litigato to acconlish oui goals, it takos
olloctivo giass-ioots oiganizing, logislativo lollying and
a coniohonsivo connunication stiatogy. To naxinizo
oui succoss in thoso aioas, this yoai wo slit oui ullic
olicy iogian into two soaiato lut highly cooidinatod
doaitnonts with distinct nissions.
Tho ACLU]SC has loon a loadoi in coalition luilding
and onlino activisn loi nany yoais, and oui now hold
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doaitnont will ta into now connunitios thiough tho uso
ol liosh aioachos and now loins ol nodia outioach. Tho
oxandod connunications doaitnont will lottoi inloin oui
constituoncios and attiact now nonlois and donois thiough
oxandod nodia covoiago, and will incioaso tho lunctionality ol
oui Wol sito and oui vontuios into now aioas ol tho digital ioaln.
Wo tako gioat iido in soiving this connunity. Wo
thank you loi youi suoit ovoi this ast yoai and look
loiwaid to youi continuod aiticiation in yoais to cono.
Only ly woiking togothoi can wo ionind this nation ol its
singulai ioniso and tho oxanlo ol lioodon it should
sot loi tho woild.
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t has loon six yoais sinco Piosidont Gooigo Bush
launchod his so-callod wai on toiioi undoi tho guiso
ol iotocting us lion tho dangois ol tho woild. In all that
tino, as toiioiisn ouiishod and tho wai olloit lailod,
alaining iovolations alout tho oiosion ol tho lodiock ol
tho Constitution nountod daily.
Thoio havo loon attacks against tho lundanontal
iincilos ol iivacy thiough illogal wiiotaing and
othoi suivoillanco. Tho loss ol duo iocoss can lo soon in
ovoiything lion tho stiiing ol haloas coius iotoctions
to tho tioulling olononts containod in tho Militaiy
Connissions Act ol zooo. Ono day, loinoi attoinoy
gonoial Alloito Gonzalos tolls us that thoio havo loon no
voiihod violations ol civil iights and civil liloitios undoi
tho Patiiot Act. Whon ovidonco to tho contiaiy conos
loith, ho says it wasn`t a doliloiato act ol nisconduct lut
noioly a nistako. Accoiding to tho Bush adninistiation:
Wo don`t oon youi nail without a waiiant, oxcot whon
wo do. Wo do not toituio, wo just nood to iointoiiot coitain
aits ol ostallishod intoinational guidolinos to iniovo oui
intoiiogation tochniquos. Wo nood oxilility. Wo nood tho
lioodon to chango tho iulos.
This is not tho Anoiica oui loundois sot out to cioato.
With youi suoit, wo havo woikod thiough litigation,
advocacy and ullic oducation to iaiso tho alain and
attont to iostoio tho constitutional iights that aio tho
uniquo loundation ol this nation. But tho ACLU ol
Southoin Caliloinia wantod to go a sto luithoi in its
olloits to signal distioss.
On May o, zoo;, wo locano tho hist alhliato in
tho nation to ass a iosolution condonning
tho wais in Iiaq and Alghanistan
and tho llatant alusos ol
owoi ly tho Bush
adninistiation.
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Tho ACLU]SC Boaid ol Diioctois did not nako this
docision lightly. A connittoo aointod ly tho loaid
sont two yoais oxanining tho issuo, conling thiough tho
Constitution and having tho dilhcult convoisations alout oui
iolo as a civil iights and civil liloitios oiganization. In tho
ond, tho voto to aiovo tho iosolution was not unaninous.
But wo aio unitod in oui iosolvo to tioat tho Constitution and
Bill ol Rights as tho vital, living docunonts thoy aio. Talk ol
a viliant, aiticiatoiy donociacy is noaningloss il citizons
cannot ioly uon sono anount ol honosty lion thoii
govoinnont. It iosonts a constitutional iollon il olhcials
aio consistontly and constantly untiuthlul whon oitiaying
inoitant nattois ol stato.
Oui o-oint iosolution is ly no noans coniohonsivo,
lut it iovidos a cloai outlino ol how thoso wais aio
loing wagod thiough a nothod inoxtiically lound with
violations ol tho Constitution. Piotoction ol constitutional
civil iights and civil liloitios is tho lodiock ol tho ACLU,
and though it is unusual loi oui oiganization to tako
a ullic stanco on a wai, it is not uniocodontod. Tho
National olhco took a loinal stand against tho Viotnan
wai duiing tho ;os. Whon oxanining tho cuiiont
conict, it is cloai that tho govoinnont`s aioach towaid
waging this wai violatos tho Constitution. That`s why
tho ACLU]SC lolt wo had to add a voico to tho giowing
oosition to tho wais in Iiaq and Alghanistan.
As wo wioto in oui iosolution, Violations ol oui
Constitution and ol civil iights and civil liloitios aio not
justihod ly a stato ol wai. All lianchos ol oui govoinnont
should oxoiciso thoii iosoctivo constitutional authoiity
to ond thoso violations and to loiostall lutuio alusos ol
owoi. As an indisonsallo sto towaid onding thoso
alusos ol owoi, tho ACLU]SC calls on Congioss to
oxoiciso its constitutional authoiity to onsuio tho salo and
swilt withdiawal ol all U.S. tioos and nilitaiy contiactois
lion Iiaq and to suoit dilonatic olloits to sook
oaco in Iiaq, Alghanistan and tho iogion, hunanitaiian
ioliol to tho Iiaqi and Alghani oolo, and tho ocononic
ioconstiuction ol Iiaq and Alghanistan."
HISTORICALLY, WARS
HAVE FOSTERED
A DOMESTIC
ATMOSPHERE
HOSTILE TO CIVIL
LIBERTIES.
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any cono to Anoiica with
hoo in soaich ol its ioniso,
whilo othois, altoi yoais ol living hoio,
docido to loinalizo thoii iolationshi
with tho countiy thoy cono to viow as
hono. But to tho disnay ol hundiods
undoigoing tho iocoss ol loconing
natuializod citizons, sonotinos thoy
hnd thonsolvos tiaod in a conlusing
and illogal luioauciatic linlo locauso
ol callous tioatnont ly innigiation
olhcials.
U.S. innigiation law givos
olhcials loui nonths to giant oi
dony citizonshi to logal iosidonts
who havo assod thoii natuialization
oxans and intoiviows. But dosito
lodoial law ioquiiing tho U.S. Buioau
ol Citizonshi and Innigiation
Soivicos to conloto its iocossing
ol citizonshi alications in that
tinoliano, agoncy olhcials ioutinoly
iolusod to do so. Tho dolay hingod
on a iocoss olhcials callod a nano
chock," a dotailod lackgiound chock
with no doadlino loi conlotion
and, aaiontly, no ono agoncy hold
accountallo. Olton, oui clionts, who
includod a U.S. Aii Foico votoian
who giow u in Oiango County and a
doctoi, onduiod dolays oxcooding sovon
tinos tho logal naxinun.
Tho ACLU ol Southoin Caliloinia`s
class-action lawsuit was dosignod to
ond this ogiogious situation. Filod in
lodoial distiict couit against tho FBI
and tho U.S. Buioau ol Citizonshi
and Innigiation Soivicos, not only
did it iosult in liooing sovoial oolo
tiaod in a lizaiio syston in which
no govoinnont olhcial was hold
accountallo loi unioasonallo dolays, it
also locusod ullic attontion on
this situation.
Mustala Aziz, an Aii Foico votoian
who had soivod loui yoais and was
honoially dischaigod as a sonioi
aiinan in zooq, was thiillod whon ho
got tho nows that oui lawsuit iosultod
in his loing giantod tho citizonshi ho
woikod so haid to oltain.
In tho Aii Foico, I woikod to koo
this countiy salo," ho said. Now I`n
thiillod to join ny lanily as a citizon
and hoo tho govoinnont will nako
suio this doosn`t haon to anylody
olso."
Tho ACLU]SC is still sooking a hx
loi a olicy that loavos hnal-stago
citizonshi-sookois in luioauciatic
linlo and a stiaight answoi loi tho
ionaining clionts. Wo woio joinod in
this olloit ly tho Innigiants` Rights
Piojoct and tho Council on Anoiican-
Islanic Rolations.
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T
ho ACLU won a signihcant victoiy this iooiting oiiod
whon a lodoial judgo thiow out zo-yoai-old chaigos and
oidoiod an ond to all dooitation iocoodings against two
non, oisocutod locauso ol thoii allogod olitical alhliations.
In a docision that conlinod oaily Anoiican ootiy with
logaloso, Innigiation Judgo Biuco J. Einhoin thiow out
chaigos against Khadoi Hanido and Michol Shohadoh,
saying tho govoinnont violatod thoii iight to duo iocoss,
and houndod thon with a dooitation iocooding that
lastod zo yoais. Judgo Einhoin addod that locauso tho
govoinnont iolusod to discloso ovidonco lavoiallo to tho
aii, as ho oidoiod in tho sunnoi ol zoo, tho iocoodings
woio toininatod.
Hanido and Shohadoh aio nonlois ol a giou that
locano known as tho L.A. 8, who woio accusod ol having
tios with a laction ol tho Palostino Liloiation Oiganization.
A RAPPY EN0IN6 F0k
20-YEAk-0L0 CA5E
Monlois aiticiatod in activitios such as distiiluting
nowsaois, iotosting in dononstiations and oiganizing
hunanitaiian aid lund-iaisois loi Palostinians in tho Middlo
East. Though thoso aio activitios iotoctod ly tho Fiist
Anondnont, tho govoinnont docidod thoy woio giounds
loi dooitation and launchod a iolontloss canaign against
thon in Januaiy 8;. Tho caso ioachod ovoiy lovol ol tho
couit syston, including tho U.S. Suiono Couit.
Judgo Einhoin`s docision is inoitant not only loi Hanido
and Shohadoh lut loi all innigiants in this countiy who
want to lo allo to oxioss thoii olitical viows. Tho docision
nakos cloai that tho govoinnont cannot llatantly ioluso
to conly with an innigiation judgo`s oidois and that
tho govoinnont cannot continuo to tiy to dooit thoso
oinanont iosidonts who did nothing lut tiy to oxoiciso
thoii iight to lioo sooch.
David Colo (lolt, co-counsol and coooiating attoinoy loi CCR joins Aiad Baiakat, hist ol tho L.A. 8 to locono a U.S.
citizon, and ACLU SC stall attoinoy Ahilan Aiulananthan (iight.
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ho o-yoai hght to olininato inhunano conditions
within Los Angolos County`s jail syston contoiod this
yoai on tho Innato Rocotion Contoi, tho contial iocossing
contoi loi six ol tho county`s jail lacilitios. Rooits ol sovoio
ovoiciowding, gailago anklo-doo on tho ooi and lack ol
onoigoncy nodical attontion at tho contoi aio connon.
Without tho ACLU ol Southoin Caliloinia, oolo thiown
into tho Innato Rocotion Contoi would havo low lacos to
tuin loi hol. Tho county`s jail syston is tho laigost in tho
nation, with o oicont ol its innatos awaiting tiial and not
convictod ol any ciino
In tho lall ol zooo, U.S. Distiict Judgo Doan D.
Piogoison issuod a tonoiaiy iostiaining oidoi to ond tho
unconstitutional iacticos at tho contoi, lut six nonths latoi
conditions woio ovon woiso. Tho ACLU]SC discovoiod that
tho Shoiill`s Doaitnont was out ol conlianco ovoiy singlo
day lotwoon Foliuaiy o, zoo;, and oui iotuin to couit in
Aiil, with oo oi noio innatos ciannod into tho holding
colls dosignod loi lai lowoi. Poolo woio ioutinoly loing hold
loi loui and hvo days without accoss to lods, visitois oi thoii
attoinoys.
Whon tho ACLU]SC iotuinod to couit to hlo its now
challongo, its attoinoys woio ainod with noio than a
dozon swoin doclaiations dosciiling tho liutal conditions
witnossod and onduiod ly oolo hold in tho iocotion
contoi. Anong thon woio statononts lion a dialotic collogo
iolossoi lion Oiango County who was doniod nodication
and loicod to stand in a ioon whoio iotting tiash lay loui
inchos doo on tho ooi and anothoi cliont who watchod
doutios chain a nan to tho ooi, thon taunt hin loi houis,
until ho had dilhculty lioathing.
I saw loui oi hvo doutios loat ono ol tho non so ladly,
that I do not know il tho nan is still alivo today," said Alloit
Snith, a ioal ostato liokoi. Blood was ouiing oll his hoad
and tho doutios` iulloi glovos woio diiing with his
llood. Thoy unchod hin and siayod ooi siay into his
noso and thioat."
Thiough oui intoivontion, tho county took stos to oloy
Piogoison`s oidoi to ioduco tho ovoiciowding and olininato
sono ol tho inhunano conditions in tho iocotion contoi.
This lattlo ly tho ACLU]SC to iniovo sulstandaid
conditions in Los Angolos County jails logan in ;;, with
3VUIFSGPSEW#MPDL in which wo aiguod that olhcials havo
a constitutional olligation to iovido hunano conditions
and tioat innatos with lasic dignity. Oui woik oxtonds
loyond tho couitioon thiough advocacy and oducation
ly tho ACLU]SC Jails Piojoct, which includos ovoiything
lion an inloinational Wol sito to tho Jails Advocacy Task
Foico, a coalition ol z oiganizations dodicatod to inioving
conditions loi tho innatos and thoii lanilios.
ACK T0 C00kT
INR0HANE C0N0ITI0N5 AT L.A. JAIL5 C0NTIN0E
I SAW FOUR OR FIVE DEPUTIES BEAT ONE OF
THE MEN SO BADLY THAT I DO NOT KNOW IF
THE MAN IS STILL ALIVE TODAY.

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T
his iooiting oiiod saw iaid-hio novonont on tho
ACLU ol Southoin Caliloinia`s tiailllazing olloit to
ond tho duning ol honoloss oolo on Skid Row ly Los
Angolos aioa hoalth-caio iovidois.
3FZFTW,BJTFSwas hlod in Los Angolos Suoiioi Couit
last lall against Kaisoi Poinanonto on lohall ol a oq-
yoai-old wonan whoso light was catuiod on socuiity
canoias. Caiol
Ann Royos was
dischaigod lion
Kaisoi Poinanonto`s
Bollowoi Modical
Contoi, and although
sho livod in Gaidona,
sho was diood
instoad in liont ol tho
Union Roscuo Mission,
o nilos away in downtown Los Angolos. Sho was
ushod out ol tho taxi woaiing nothing lut two
hosital gowns and a aii ol socks. Sho was
disoiiontod and had no idontihcation.
Tho Los Angolos city attoinoy hlod ciininal and civil
chaigos against Kaisoi. This was not tho hist tino tho
iogion`s nodical ostallishnont lound its iactico ol
duning honoloss ationts undoi sciutiny. As lai lack as
zoo tho city attoinoy wainod local hositals ol otontial
logal action il thoy didn`t sto tho iactico. Woiking
in collaloiation with a lioad coalition ol concoinod
oiganizations, including Pullic Counsol, tho law hin ol
Giiaidi and Kooso, and tho city attoinoy, tho ACLU]SC
sont nonths tiying to nogotiato a sottlonont that would
unilatoially ond this inhunano olicy ly hoalth-caio
iovidois. In tho sottlonont that was hnally liokoiod,
Kaisoi agiood to adot now dischaigo iotocols loi
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In this scono lion tho docunontaiy hln
Sicko," a socuiity guaid dosciilos Royos`
alandonnont on tho stioot.
Caiol Ann Royos, a honoloss wonan dunod ly a hosital on Los Angolos` Skid Row.
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honoloss ationts and iovido now tiaining loi hosital
stall nonlois who woik with this oulation. Moanwhilo,
tho couit will aoint a iotiiod distiict judgo to ovoisoo
inlonontation ol tho sottlonont.
This iojoct ioiosonts tho hist tino tho ACLU]SC has
ontoiod into a closo collaloiation with tho city attoinoy`s
olhco, togothoi tho stalls invostigatod tho dunings and
nogotiatod tho hosital iotocols dosignod to ond tho
iactico. Tho iotocols, tho hist ol thoii kind in tho nation,
aio a nodol that should lo iolicatod ly othoi hoalth-caio
iovidois. Tiaining has alioady logun loi soivico iovidois
along Skid Row and in hositals thioughout Los Angolos.
Asocts ol tho civil sido ol tho sottlonont aio conhdontial,
lut Royos` is not tho only caso ol ationt alandonnont
tho ACLU]SC has loon involvod in this oiiod. Anothoi
is that ol a whoolchaii-lound nan dunod on Skid Row
who was loicod to ciawl in tho stioot whon tho diivoi ol tho
van iolusod to hol hin, a assoi-ly assistod hin whilo tho
diivoi sat in tho van and aliod hoi nakou.
This lawsuit aiallols tho ACLU]SC`s olloit to ioach a
sottlonont with tho city ovoi an oidinanco that allows tho
haiassnont and aiiost ol honoloss oolo dosito tho lact
that tho city lacks adoquato sholtoi lacilitios to soivo its
laigo honoloss oulation.
T
ho ACLU ol Southoin Caliloinia`s intonso olloit to ond
tho ciininalization ol honolossnoss saw a histoiic
couit docision handod down this iooiting oiiod as woll as
conhination ly tho couits that sono ol tho iacticos loing
usod ly tho Los Angolos Polico Doaitnont against this
oulation aio unconstitutional.
In zoo, thiough +POFTW$JUZPG-PT"OHFMFT, tho ACLU]
SC suod in lodoial couit on lohall ol six honoloss oolo
aiiostod loi having no laco to sloo lut tho stioots. Evoiy
day in Los Angolos an ostinatod 88,ooo adults and childion
wandoi tho stioots locauso thoy havo no laco to livo,
with thousands living on tho sidowalks and in dooiways
ol downtown`s Skid Row distiict. At tho tino oui lawsuit
was hlod, Los Angolos was tho only najoi city in tho
countiy with a llankot zq-houi law allowing tho iousting
ol honoloss oolo sitting, lying oi slooing on stioots,
sidowalks oi ullic ways" without oxcotion. In Aiil
zooo, tho U.S. th Ciicuit Couit ol Aoals iulod it is
unconstitutional loi tho city to aiiost honoloss oolo and
thioaton thon with jail tino and hnos in oxcoss ol thoii
woildly ossossions whon it lails to iovido onough sholtoi
lods loi thon. That docision naikod tho hist tino in a
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iocoivod noio than Soo,ooo to do so. Tho assossnonts
aio dosignod to hol a distiict idontily noodod ioaiis
and guido olhcials thiough tho iocoss ol alying loi
onoigoncy lunds to hx thon. Conton Unihod alono
accountod loi 8 oicont ol all unconlotod
assossnonts statowido.
Rocha took action. Using tho conlaint syston sot u
ly Willians, sho loinally donandod action lion tho
distiict and got it. Altoi lailing to do so loi yoais, Conton
C
oncioto iniovononts aio alioady in ovidonco in
tho shoit tino sinco a sottlonont was ioachod in
tho ACLU ol Southoin Caliloinia`s histoiic 8JMMJBNTW
$BMJGPSOJB olloit, with studonts and laculty in tho stato`s nost
nogloctod schools iocoiving now looks, ioaiiod luildings
and ovon lottoi toachois, all locauso ol now standaids and
accountalility systons.
Though ovoiything is not yot oiloct, Caliloinia is hnally
utting a dont in tho do lacto sogiogation in its ullic schools.
Thiough 8JMMJBNT-nandatod sito insoctions, studonts
havo iocoivod noio than 88,ooo now toxtlooks and
instiuctional natoiials. Bocauso ol a 8JMMJBNT nandato
that ioquiios that adninistiatois invontoiy and tiack
instiuctional natoiials, ono school that was chionically shoit
ol toxtlooks lound o looks that had loon loigotton in a
calinot loi yoais.
Annual nonitoiing ol toachoi assignnonts in tho lowost-
oiloining schools has iovoalod a high nunloi ol toachois
assignod to toach classos loi which thoy lack ciodontials,
aiticulaily anong thoso toaching English loainois.
Bocauso ol 8JMMJBNT, toachois along with school and distiict
adninistiatois havo had to lo ioactivo in cioating and
inlononting stiatogios and aioachos to stiongthon
toaching thiough tiaining, nontoiing and othoi iogians.
This has holod low-oiloining schools attiact and iotain
qualihod toachois.
Bocauso ol a ioaii iogian that nado S8oo nillion
availallo in tho loin ol giants to school distiicts, noaily
,ooo ciitical ioaiis havo loon lundod at lacilitios
thioughout tho stato. This asoct ol tho 8JMMJBNT sottlonont
is ono ol nany that havo diioctly onowoiod thoso dosoiato
loi cloan, salo and hoalthy school onviionnonts.
Louidos Rocha, nothoi ol two childion attonding
Conton High School, giow woaiy ol tho ooi conditions
hoi childion and othois had to onduio. Tho school was
dialty locauso ol liokon windows that had novoi
loon ioaiiod. Bocauso ol a iaioly woiking hoating and
aii conditioning syston, whon a cold sna hit, sono
toachois hold classos outsido in hoos ol catching a littlo
wainth lion tho wintoi sun. Conton Unihod School
Distiict olhcials had lailod to sulnit any ol tho school-
lacilitios assossnonts ioquiiod ly 8JMMJBNT, dosito having
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adninistiatois had all liokon windows ioaiiod, as
woll as tho hoating and aii conditioning syston.
Tho 8JMMJBNT standaids aly to all schools in
tho stato, lut nany school olhcials havo not hoaid
ol tho iogian. Much woik ionains to sioad tho
woid ol tho lull noaning and otontial inact ol
8JMMJBNT and its associatod logislation. With noio
aionts, toachois and adninistiatois awaio ol its
tools and intont, conlianco will incioaso at tho
school lovol and within tho connunitios that nood
hol.
Continuod vigilanco ly ovoiyono involvod in oui
ullic schools will lo nocossaiy to onsuio that tho
gains nado in tho hist two yoais ol inlonontation
load to gioatoi iniovononts and lull conlianco
with tho8JMMJBNT standaids. In this way, wo can
all nako coitain that tho ioniso ol 8JMMJBNT is
ioalizod and all studonts iocoivo tho oducational
ooitunitios thoy nood and dosoivo.
Covoi and oxcoits lion tho socond 8JMMJBNT iooit.
An intoiioi sioad lion tho socond 8JMMJBNT iooit.
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hon votois doloatod Pio. 8 in tho Novonloi
oloction, naiking lack-to-lack iojoctions ol
continuod attonts to iostiict hoalth choicos loi wonon,
tho ACLU ol Southoin Caliloinia had a lot to cololiato.
Pio. 8 would havo anondod tho stato Constitution
to ioquiio aiontal notihcation ol aloitions loi iognant
toons, a novo that would havo ut toons in violont oi
alusivo honos at iisk ol luithoi injuiy. A noai-idontical
voision ol this initiativo was attontod in zoo. It wasn`t
any oasioi to sto this initiativo tho socond tino aiound,
lut wo woio allo to hol Caliloinia votois soo thiough tho
nisinloination ut out ly initiativo suoitois and cast
thoii votos hinly on tho sido ol iotocting toon hoalth
and saloty.
ACLU]SC`s Fiold Doaitnont lod tho Southoin
Caliloinia olloit that includod a wido iango ol
activitios: a dotailod, usoi-liiondly Wol sito, houso
aitios, inloination salons, connunity loiuns,
stioot canvassing, advoitising and hono lanks.
In addition, social ovonts woio hold loi Sanish-
languago audioncos, along with a ioss conloionco
ainod at Southoin Caliloinia`s nultiothnic ioss outlots.
Bocauso Latina votois woio idontihod as a koy
donogiahic, tho ACLU]SC cioatod a social lull-ago ad
loatuiing L.A. Mayoi Antonio Villaiaigosa soaking out
against tho initiativo.
ACK-T0-ACK
A0kTI0N kI6RT5
ICT0kIE5
Claiissa Woo and ACLU]SC Chiol Exocutivo Olhcoi Ranona Riston
at a houso aity loi Roal Toon Saloty, in suoit ol No on Pio. 8"
Pio. 8 was olling in a statistical doad hoat iight u to
Eloction Day. A Fiold Poll ullishod shoitly loloio wo ian tho
ads ovon showod us losing ly thioo oicontago oints. But in
tho ond, q. oicont votod to iojoct tho noasuio, conaiod
to tho q.; oicont who woio in lavoian 8.o oint naigin
ol victoiy. In zooq, tho lioakdown doloating a noai-idontical
noasuio was z.8 oicont voting against and q;.z oicont
in lavoi.
Tho nood to ionain on tho liont linos to iotoct wonon`s
hoalth locano cloai in tho siing, whon tho Suiono Couit
ol tho Unitod Statos issuod its tioulling and disaointing
iuling in (PO[BMFTW$BSIBSU In a -q docision, tho couit
uhold tho so-callod aitial-liith aloition lan assod ly
Congioss in zoo, dociding that this law doos not inoso an
unduo luidon on a wonan`s iight to ond a iognancy. Tho
0T TRE 5Tk066LE C0NTIN0E5...
National ACLU had hlod an anicus
in tho caso on lohall ol tho National
Aloition Fodoiation.
$BSIBSU is tho hist caso in
which tho couit votod to uhold a
conloto lan on a socihc aloition
iocoduio. It is also tho hist ioal hit
against aloition iights sinco 3PFW
8BEF iocognizod that wonon had
a constitutional iight to aloition
in ;. Although $BSIBSUdid not
disnantlo 3PF, it did danago its
iincilos.
$BSIBSU is a liightoning docision,"
said Ranona Riston, chiol oxocutivo
olhcoi ol tho ACLU]SC. This is
tho nost danaging attack on tho
lundanontal iight to aloition accoss
in o yoais, which is why oui woik
iotocting this olonont ol wonon`s
iights nust continuo."
Monlois ol tho Khnoi Giils In Action
activist thoatoi giou oiloin duiing a
No on Pio. 8" connunity loiun.
Pio. 8 advoitisnont in La Oinion.
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T
ho ACLU ol Southoin Caliloinia`s woik iotocting Fiist
Anondnont iights continuod this iooiting oiiod,
with a victoiy socuiod in ono signihcant caso on lohall ol an
activist and a lawsuit in anothoi to iotoct accoss to ullic
aiiwavos.
In tho siing, tho City ol Santa Bailaia gavo u its yoai-
long hght against tho lawsuit on lohall ol Michaol Tochoi,
who was aiiostod on Votoians Day in zooq loi distuiling
tho oaco. His so-callod ciino? Standing on a ullic stioot
and ioading aloud tho nanos ol soldiois killod in Iiaq.
Tho ACLU]SC hlod suit in May zoo. Though a judgo
iulod in Novonloi zooo that tho aiiost was unlawlul and
haonod locauso ol tho city`s lailuio to tiain its olhcois
iooily alout stato law, Santa Bailaia lought tho iuling.
Evontually it agiood to a sottlonont adoting a now olicy
loi olico that oxlicitly statos tho inoitanco ol iocognizing
lioo sooch iotoctions alloidod undoi tho Constitution and
iotiaining olico olhcois to adhoio to that olicy. Tho city
also agiood to ay Tochoi S;,ooo in danagos.
Tho now olicy statos that tho Constitution
guaiantoos tho iight to iotost in a oacolul nannoi"
and oxlains that olhcois iosonding to distuilanco
conlaints duiing dononstiations nust lo cognizant
ol dononstiatois` iights." Tho olicy cioatos now
iocoduios to onsuio iotostois aio not aiiostod without
iioi waining oi logal justihcation.
In Los Alanitos, accoss to ullic aiiwavos was iosoivod
whon city olhcials sottlod oui lawsuit on lohall ol Alan Katz,
who had an oisodo ol his aits and olitics show consoiod
and oidoiod oll tho city`s ullic accoss station.
Tho issuo logan whon tho City Council took contiol
ol tho nonioht station, hiing tho indoondont loaid ol
diioctois who nanagod it. Katz`s oisodo had loon taod
in Sotonloi zooo with loinoi loaid nonlois and had
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docado any couit has stiuck down an oidinanco
ciininalizing lack ol sholtoi. Tho aollato couit oidoiod
tho distiict couit to cioato a naiiow injunction dosignod to
sto tho city lion onloicing tho codo at will.
Tho stato nay not nako it an ollonso to lo idlo,
indigont oi honoloss in ullic lacos," tho couit wioto.
Noi nay tho stato ciininalizo conduct that is an
unavoidallo consoquonco ol loing honoloss nanoly
sitting, lying oi slooing on tho stioots ol Los Angolos`
Skid Row."
Tho ACLU]SC also won on anothoi liont in oui olloit
to ond ciininalizing honolossnoss. In Aiil zoo;, a
distiict judgo iulod that tho LAPD had continuod its
olicy ol unconstitutional soaichos ol tho honoloss
on Skid Row in diioct violation ol a zoo injunction.
Olhcois woio ailitiaiily stoing, dotaining and
soaiching Skid Row iosidonts without a waiiant oi just
causo. Honoloss oolo iooitod loing askod ly olhcois
il thoy woio on aiolo oi iolation, thoy allogod that
olhcois sonotinos initiatod soaichos loloio asking thoii
iolation oi aiolo status. Evon whon told tho oison
was not on aiolo oi iolation, LAPD olton soaichod
thoii lolongings anyway.
Tho injunction was sot to oxiio last wintoi, lut
U.S. Distiict Judgo Doan Piogoison oxtondod it loi
loui nonths, hnding that olico adnittod to an
unconstitutional olicy" that violatod tho iights ol
Skid Row iosidonts. Duiing tho tino ol tho oxtonsion,
Piogoison oidoiod tho LAPD to ioviow its iocoduios
and nako suio thoy aio in conlianco with Fouith
Anondnont iotoctions. Should tho LAPD lail to conly
ly lato August ol zoo;, Piogoison allowod tho ACLU]SC
to sook anothoi oxtonsion.
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TRE
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aiiod twico loloio tho city nanagoi who adnittod sho
had not soon it oidoiod it oll tho aii, citing unsocihod
conlaints" alout its contont. Tho iogian was latoi
iotuinod to tho lioadcast schodulo, thon ullod again.
Tho ioducoi ol anothoi soiios taod intoiviows with
City Council candidatos loloio tho Novonloi oloction.
That oisodo was swaod loi local lootlall ganos and
othoi iogians just loloio tho Nov. ; oloction.
Altoi oui intoivontion, city olhcials agiood to adot
now olicios dosignod to iovido oqual accoss to show
tinos duiing iino tino and to disallow ionoval ol
iogianning without caiolul ioviow.
With nodia consolidation an ovoi-incioasing ioality,
it is inoitant to iotoct accoss to tho shiinking nunloi
ol ullic aiiwavos and koo thon lioo lion ailitiaiy acts
ol govoinnont consoishi.

WITH MEDIA
CONSOLIDATION AN
EVER-INCREASING
REALITY, IT IS
IMPORTANT TO PROTECT
ACCESS TO THE
SHRINKING NUMBER
OF PUBLIC AIRWAVES,
AND KEEP THEM FREE
FROM ARBITRARY
ACTS OF GOVERNMENT
CENSORSHIP.
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0kAN6E C00NTY
NEW 0IEk5ITY AN0 NEW CRALLEN6E5
T
ho stall in tho ACLU ol Southoin Caliloinia`s Oiango
County olhco didn`t nood a aiking lot lull ol iotostois
to lot thon know things aio hot down in that iogion, lut
thoio`s nothing liko tho Minutonon showing u at tho dooi
to hol nako tho oint. Now in its socond yoai ol ooiation,
tho ACLU]SC`s snall giou ol attoinoys and advocatos havo
ontoiod zoo; just as thoy did thoii hist yoai hghting.
Ono koy challongo this iooiting oiiod was an attont
to iostiict tho lioo sooch iights ol day laloiois thiough
tho uso ol anti-solicitation oidinancos. This tactic
ly nunicial govoinnonts has locono incioasingly
connon as anti-innigiant sontinont continuos to giow
in tho wako ol tho attacks ol ]. With day laloiois an
olvious and oasy taigot loi thoso who chooso to oxioss
aninosity towaid innigiants, sono citios aio iosonding
ly aggiossivoly onloicing oi cioating oidinancos taigoting
day laloiois, a oulation with a laigo oicontago ol
innigiants. Though lodoial couits havo llockod
onloiconont ol this tyo ol oidinanco thioo tinos locauso
thoy inliingo on tho iight to lioodon ol sooch, attonts
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Tho Most Vonoiallo Tich Dao Quang, allot ol tho Quan An Tonlo, at a ioss conloionco announcing tho lawsuit against tho City ol Gaidon Giovo.
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to cioato and uso thon continuo.
But ACLU]SC stall in Oiango County ullod oll a
hugo victoiy whon its olloits iosultod in tho iooal ol an
unconstitutional oidinanco that iohilitod oolo lion
standing on tho sidowalk to solicit woik in Lako Foiost. It
was tho hist caso in Oiango County to diioctly challongo
a day laloioi oidinanco, and it sont a nossago to othoi
nunicialitios in tho iogion.
Howovoi, tho ACLU]SC`s olloits in Lako Foiost aio not
hnishod. Wo aio invostigating iooits that city olhcials
continuo to taigot tho lioo sooch activitios ol day laloiois.
Tho Oiango County ollico also woikod to iotoct
lioodon ol ioligion in its dolonso ol tho Quan An
Tonlo in its stiugglo against tho Gaidon Giovo City
Council and lanning connission. Ollicials, using a
zoning oidinanco, violatod lodoial law and inliingod
uon tho congiogation`s Fiist Anondnont iight to
woishi liooly ly donying tho tonlo oinits to luild
a houso ol woishi. Tho iojoction ly tho council and
lanning connission cano ovon as tho city`s own stall
ioconnondod that tho iojoct go loiwaid. Woiso, tho
city iolusod to nogotiato.
In tho ond, with tho hol ol tho ACLU]SC`s Oiango
County stall, a lodoial judgo giantod tho tonlo tho iight to
hold ioligious soivicos at tho nodical luilding cuiiontly on
tho sito. Now locus has tuinod to holing tho tonlo oltain
a oinanont oidoi oinitting constiuction.
Tho Oiango County stallois aio not just waiting loi
iollons to cono to thon. In this iooiting oiiod, stall
nonlois launchod invostigations into allogations ol
oniollnont disaiity within Giltod And Talontod Education
(GATE iogians in ullic schools thioughout tho iogion.
Thoy aio now in tho iocoss ol dotoinining il ninoiity
studonts havo loon oxcludod lion thoso iostigious
iogians.
So lai stall nonlois havo docunontod ovidonco ol
staitling iacial and othnic inoquitios in Tustin Unihod
School Distiict`s GATE iogian, whoio studont
donogiahics show q. oicont ol studonts aio Latino,
.8 oicont aio whito, and z.o oicont aio Aliican
Anoiican. Yot noaily oo iocont ol GATE studonts in
zoo-zooo woio whito, conaiod to 8.o oicont Latino
and .q oicont Aliican Anoiican. Moioovoi, iocoids
show that sinco zoo, Latino studonts aio 8o oicont loss
likoly than whito studonts to lo adnittod to Tustin`s GATE
iogian, and Aliican Anoiican studonts aio ;q oicont
loss likoly.
In iosonso to tho ACLU]SC`s inquiiy into this attoin
ol oxclusion, Tustin school olhcials, without adnitting
any wiongdoing, agiood to hiio an oducational oxoit and
conduct a ioviow ol its GATE ooiations.
Education is as inoitant as litigation in this still-now
liontioi loi tho ACLU]SC. Tho noods in Oiango County will
only incioaso as tho iogion continuos to giow and divoisily,
and with tho hol ol ACLU]SC nonloi activists, oui Oiango
County toan will lo iight thoio to noot ovoiy challongo.
Tho Minutonon iotost outsido tho Oiango County Bianch Olhco.
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TAKIN6 TRE HE55A6E
T0 TRE PE0PLE
T
his yoai`s long-lannod oxansion
ol tho ACLU ol Southoin
Caliloinia`s Fiold Doaitnont liought
iniossivo iosults. Though nuch ol
oui woik is conductod in tho couits,
it is osocially ciitical in thoso tinos
to inloin and ially tho ullic to tako
action whon nocossaiy. Tho oolo
who go to tho olls, sign otitions and
wiito lottois to logislatois ionain tho
loundation ol oui olitical iocoss,
and oui hold stall has woikod haid
to ongago and oiganizo tho ullic
aiound a vaiioty ol inoitant issuos.
Il you can touch tho oolo, you can
chango tho woild, and tho nunloi ol
oolo touchod ly tho ACLU]SC Fiold
Doaitnont ovoi this iooiting oiiod
was nothing shoit ol astounding.
Claiissa Woo, sonioi olicy
cooidinatoi, and Elvia Moza, hold
nanagoi, lod tho Southoin Caliloinia
olloit that was instiunontal in
doloating Pio. 8 (soo . q
thiough a colloction ol houso aitios,
inloinational salons, connunity
loiuns, thoatoi iosontations, dooi-
to-dooi canvassing and hono lanks.
Oui hold doaitnont has also loon
out liont in tho ACLU]SC`s long
iunning olloit to liing noodod hoalth
caio ioloin to Caliloinia. In zooo
tho doaitnont layod a najoi iolo
in launching statowido canaigns to
colloct oisonal stoiios dononstiating
tho nood loi oui oloctod olhcials to
nako alloidallo, quality hoalth caio
availallo to ovoiyono in oui stato.
Thoso stoiios woio colloctod thiough
a toll-lioo nunloi oolo could call
to shaio thoii oxoiioncos. Thoy could
also nako sulnissions to a social
Wol sito. All tho stoiios woio iosontod
to logislatois and othois iosonsillo loi
dovoloing hoalth-caio ioloin.
THOUGH MUCH OF OUR WORK IS CONDUCTED IN THE
COURTS, IT IS ESPECIALLY CRITICAL IN THESE TIMES TO
INFORM AND RALLY THE PUBLIC TO TAKE ACTION...
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Equally inoitant has loon oui olloit to iovido oqual
accoss to oducational ooitunitios to all ol Caliloinia`s
studonts. This siing, whon Gov. Ainold Schwaizonoggoi
ioquostod Soo nillion lo ut towaid loohng u
collogo-io and caiooi-tochnical classos, it was in ait
locauso ol yoais ol lollying and nonths ol discussions
anong tho govoinoi`s stall, logislatois and tho ACLU.
Aioxinatoly oicont ol Caliloinia`s ullic high
schools do not olloi onough ol tho classos studonts nood
to qualily loi collogo. In addition, tho nunloi ol iigoious
caiooi-tochnical classos has loon slashod sovoioly.
What this alysnal conlination ol lactois noans is that
ooitunitios loi oducational advanconont in Caliloinia
aio tiagically linitod. Accoiding to a study ly UCLA,
noaily ono nillion studonts do not qualily loi adnission
to collogo oi othoi caiooi tiaining locauso thoy lack
accoss to ioquiiod couisos taught ly qualihod toachois.
Noaily two-thiids ol thoso studonts aio Latino and Aliican
Anoiican, with noaily zo,ooo ol thon attonding iacially
isolatod schools.
Tho ACLU]SC Fiold Doaitnont is also a loico loi
liinging disaiato gious togothoi to ionoto lottoi
undoistanding. In tho altoinath ol tho Los Angolos Polico
Sioading tho woid to iush-houi diivois.
Doaitnont`s May Day attack on a oacolul dononstiation
loi innigiation ioloin in MacAithui Paik, oui hold stall
innodiatoly oiganizod an uniocodontod nooting lotwoon
concoinod advocatos and olico olhcials. Foi tho hist tino
in ACLU]SC histoiy, a sitting LAPD chiol cano to oui
hoadquaitois, sat down and soko candidly loi noio than an
houi with oui stall and a ioon lull ol ioiosontativos lion
o connunity oiganizations.
Anothoi najoi iojoct has loon Sonato Bill o. Last
sunnoi, tho Caliloinia Suiono Couit in $PQMFZW4VQFSJPS
$PVSU iulod that olico discilinaiy hoaiings, which in nany
Caliloinia citios had loon oon to ullic, should lo closod.
SB o would iostoio tho tiansaioncy to discilinaiy
iocoduios that was takon away ly that docision. Tho hold
stall conductod logislativo visits, luilt and woikod with
coalitions and dovolood and distiilutod gonoial ullic
inloinational natoiials to gainoi suoit loi tho logislation.
Undoi tho loadoishi ol Susanno Savago, tho now hold
diioctoi who was hiiod towaid tho ond ol this iooiting oiiod,
tho woik ol Elvia Moza and Claiissa Woo, along with hold and
chatoi advocato Miguol Ciuz and Mooia Manok in tho Oiango
County lianch olhco, is suio to ioach now hoights in tho
coning yoai.

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