Feed The Poor ... Get A Ticket?
The American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California has filed suit in U.S. District Court to protect the free-speech and religion rights of volunteers for Welcome INN (Interfaith Needs Network), an interfaith group that was providing free meals to the poor at Doheny State Park. The suit seeks to overturn an unconstitutionally broad state law that allowed park rangers to interfere with their work.
Man Takes Wife's Surname - Finally
Michael Buday had no idea the State of California would take his simple request to get a new driver's license with his wife's surname and turn it into a two-year ordeal. But that's exactly what happened in this state where - until the ACLU of Southern California intervened - there was no state law guaranteeing the rights of both married couples and registered domestic partners to choose their own names. Today, Michael and Diana Bijon celebrated their happy ending at the Santa Monica office of the DMV. Read all about it.
Photo courtesy of Brandon Wise, Santa Monica Daily Press
ACLU/SC and Civil Rights Groups Support a Halt to Immigration Workplace Raids in California
The ACLU of Southern California, along with a coalition of civil rights groups, is supporting a call from California Assembly speaker Fabian Nuñez and 22 other California lawmakers to stop immigration workplace raids in the state until an investigation determines whether federal agencies are following the law.
Last February, during a raid in Van Nuys by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) of the toner manufacturer MicroSolutions Enterprise, more than 130 people were arrested, intimidated into talking to the officers, and barred from consulting with attorneys or relatives before being questioned.
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