ACLU/SC News Releases For 1999

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December 1999

ACLU and Other Civil Rights Groups Urge Sheriff's Department and County Board of Supervisors to Retain Key Information Regarding Officer Misconduct (12/21/1999)

ACLU Applauds County Board of Supervisors for Vote to Oppose Proposition 22 (12/21/1999)

Civil Rights Groups Announce Formation of Coalition For Police Accountability (12/16/1999)

ACLU Joins Local Coalition Announcing Opposition to Proposition 21 (12/14/1999)

ACLU Condemns School Board for Blocking Formation of Gay-Straight Alliance Club at El Modena High School (12/8/1999)

November 1999

ACLU Suit Prompts School Board to Abandon Display of Ten Commandments on Schoolhouse Walls (11/23/1999)

ACLU and Morrison & Foerster Attorneys File Suit to Stop Private Security Guard Infringement of Civil Rights of LA's Homeless (11/17/1999)

ACLU Sues to Stop Display of Ten Commandments on Schoolhouse Walls (11/16/1999)

ACLU Condemns Local School District's Decision to Post Ten Commandments in School Offices (11/11/1999)

ACLU Promises Legal Action if School Board Refuses to Allow Students to Form Gay-Straight Alliance Club (11/11/1999)

ACLU Applauds Los Angeles City Council For Opposing Youth Crime Measure (11/10/1999)

Federal Appeals Court Rules Alleged Interrogation Policies of Local Police Departments "Unconstitutional" (11/8/1999)

ACLU Applauds Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors for Urging Law Enforcement Monitoring of Racial Profile Traffic Stops (11/2/1999)

October 1999

ACLU-SC & CWLC Announce Settlement of Significant Lawsuit Against City of Los Angeles (10/27/1999)

ACLU of Southern California Wins Federal Lawsuit Guaranteeing Citizens Right to File Complaints Against Police Officers (10/20/1999)

September 1999

ACLU-SC Responds to Governor's Call For "Voluntary" Racial Profiling Data Collection (9/29/1999)

ACLU condemns Governor Davis (9/28/1999)

ACLU-SC calls on Mayor to Appoint Independent Body to Investigate LAPD (9/24/1999)

ACLU-SC Calls On District Attorney to Name Special Prosecutor to Investigate LAPD Corruption Scandal (9/23/1999)

ACLU-SC Voices Support For District Attorney's Decision to Halt 18th Street Gang Injunction (9/21/1999)

Statement of ACLU-SC Exectuive Director Ramona Riptston on LAPD Corruption Probe (9/17/1999)

ACLU Applauds Governor Davis For Signing Bill To Reverse California Supreme Court's Open Meeting Act Decision in Case Arising From UC Affirmative Action Ban (9/17/1999)

Judge Turns Down Efforts To Halt Elmer "Geronimo" Pratt's Civil Rights Suit (9/13/1999)

August 1999

ACLU and Health Care Provider Settle Lawsuit Over Alleged Discrimination Against Lesbian on the Basis of Sexual Orientation (8/25/1999)

ACLU of Southern California Sues School District Over Use of Religious Textbooks in Public School (8/24/1999)

July 1999

ACLU of Southern California and Assembly Speaker Villaraigosa Applaud Resolution of Proposition 187 Litigation (7/29/1999)

ACLU of Southern California Sues State Education Offices and Inglewood Unified School District on Behalf of Students Denied Equal Access to Advanced Placement (AP) Courses (7/27/1999)

June 1999

ACLU Joins Burbank Human Relations Council, Students and Parents in Honoring Seniors Barred From Graduation (6/21/1999)

ACLU Condemns House Vote to Allow the Display of the Ten Commandments in Public Schools (6/17/1999)

ACLU Disappointed By California Supreme Court Rejection of Open Meeting Lawsuit Against Ex-Governor Wilson and U.C. Regents (6/1/1999)

May 1999

ACLU Stops Religious School From Getting County Funds (5/25/1999)

ACLU Joins Community Leaders in Support of USC Workers Demanding Job Security (5/21/1999)

ACLU Foundation Honors Martin Scorsese and Lava Record's Jason Flom (5/19/1999)

ACLU Files Suit Against Healthcare Providers Who Discriminated Against Lesbian Patient (5/19/1999)

ACLU Praises US Supreme Court Decision in Welfare Case'Saenz v. Roe' (formerly 'Anderson v Roe') (5/17/1999)

DWB Efforts Expand Outreach to Asian Community (5/14/1999)

ACLU Files Suit Against Healthcare Providers Who Discriminated Against Lesbian Patient (5/12/1999)

Commentary on DA's Decision to Not Charge Riverside Police in the Tyisha Miller Case (5/6/1999)

ACLU Speaks Out Against Scheduled Execution of Manuel Pina Babbitt (5/3/1999)

April 1999

ACLU Files Suit Against San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors (4/29/1999)

9th Circuit Directs Mediation in Proposition 187 Appellate Litigation (4/26/1999)

ACLU Participates in Press Conference Held by the Los Angeles Coalition to Stop the Execution of Mumia Abu-Jamal (4/21/1999)

ACLU Responds to Governor Davis' Announcement on the Future of Proposition 187 (4/15/1999)

ACLU Launches Statewide Campaign for Persons Stopped by Police for "Driving While Black or Brown (4/15/1999)

March 1999

April 8, ACLU Foundation Law Luncheon Honoring Pro Bono Attorneys (3/30/1999)

ACLU Foundation Law Luncheon Honoring Pro Bono Attorneys (3/30/1999)

ACLU to Represent Hip-Hop Conference Organizers (3/17/1999)

Unanimous Passage of "Raise the Bar" Program Signals Major Victory for City-Wide Equality in Women's and Girls' Sports (3/1/1999)

February 1999

Supreme Court Rules Aliens Have No First Amendment Defense Against Selective Deportation For Political Ties (2/24/1999)

HIV Positive County Jail Inmates to Receive $1-Million Worth of Life Saving Drugs (2/22/1999)

Author's Life Jeopardized by Federal Government's Refusal to Allow Use of Medical Marijuana (2/18/1999)

California Court of Appeal Affirms Elmer 'Geronimo' Pratt Was Unjustly Convicted For Murder (2/16/1999)

ACLU Condemns Mob Violence Against Merchant Forced to Remove Controversial Picture and Flag (2/10/1999)

January 1999

ACLU Joins Defense of Local Store-Owner Forced to Remove Controversial Picture (1/28/1999)

United States Supreme Court to Hear California's Challenge of Ninth Circuit and Federal District Court Rulings Upholding Right of New Residents to Equal Public Benefits (1/11/1999)

ACLU Salutes Civil Liberties Heroes at Bill of Rights Dinner (1/4/1999)