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Who's Counseling the Counselors?
The ACLU of California is strongly urging the state agency that regulates mental health counselors to immediately remove the National Association for Research and Therapy of Homosexuality (NARTH) from its list of approved organizations from which California counselors can obtain continuing education credits (CEUs).
ACLU/SC to L.A. County Supervisors: Keep Parolees with Probation
The American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California and Public Counsel urge the Board of Supervisors to accept the Los Angeles County Probation Department's Strategic Plan for the Implementation of AB 109 to address the unique needs of the returning prison population, to prevent recidivism, and to ensure public safety.
Affirmative Action in Michigan Upheld by Appeals Court
The American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California (ACLU/SC) today applauded an appeals court decision allowing public universities and public employers in Michigan to continue to use affirmative action to ensure a diverse student body and workforce. The 2-1 decision strikes down a 2006 amendment to the state constitution, which, similar to California’s Proposition 209, prohibited all affirmative action policies.
Sweeping Anti-Bullying Settlement Announced Following Federal Investigation into Suicide of Tehachapi Teen
The U.S. Department of Justice and U.S. Department of Education has reached a significant settlement with the Tehachapi Unified School District, following an investigation into harassment of Seth Walsh based on his non-conformity with gender stereotypes. Seth Walsh killed himself in September 2010 after enduring years of bullying and harassment at school.
Brown’s New Budget Prioritizes Jails & Prisons, Cuts Schools, Universities and Healthcare
In his latest proposal to the Legislature, reportedly already embraced by Legislative Democratic leadership and poised for passage by majority vote, Governor Jerry Brown proposes guaranteed funding to local governments for building jail capacity and hiring sheriffs deputies and probation officers to supervise low-level, nonviolent offenders at the county level.
Seth’s Law Passes Critical Senate Committee
The Senate Education Committee passed Seth’s Law (AB 9) in a 7-2 vote. Seth’s Law is designed to address the pervasive problem of school bullying by providing California schools with tools to create a safe school environment for all students. The bill is authored by Assemblymember Tom Ammiano (D-San Francisco) and co-sponsored by a coalition of organizations advancing LGBT equality, including Equality California, the ACLU of California, National Center for Lesbian Rights, Gay-Straight Alliance Network, and The Trevor Project. The bill is named in memory of Seth Walsh, a 13 year-old gay student from Tehachapi, California, who took his life in September 2010, after facing years of relentless anti-gay harassment at school.
Veterans’ Attorneys Respond to VA Master Plan
We have closely reviewed the VA’s latest press release and publication, as required by congressional mandate, of its final Master Plan for the West Los Angeles campus. The release is virtually identical to a press release from the same office dated August 2007 (attached). There is nothing new in the VA’s newly released plan. And it remains merely a plan, with no firm commitments for any project. Indeed, the only progress the VA made in four years is to change the stamp on the paper plan from “draft” to “final.”
Court Affirms Right to Privacy for HIV-Positive Adult Film Performer
A judge has ruled that the compelled release of HIV test records of adult film performers to state investigators would violate state and federal privacy guarantees. The ACLU and the law firm of Davis Wright Tremaine LLP represented an adult film performer, dubbed “Patient Zero”, who tested positive for HIV in 2009.
Writing about sex, saving lives – all in a day’s work for Dan Savage
Sex advice columnist Dan Savage headlined an impressive list of honorees at ACLU/SC’s 17th annual Law Luncheon on Thursday, June 16, 2011. Chaz Bono, who bravely and publicly chronicled his transition to becoming a transgender man, presented Savage with this year’s Social Media Advocacy Award for his work with the It Gets Better Project. Savage founded the life-saving series of viral videos to let teenage victims of anti-LGBT bullying that it does indeed get better.
Cosmetic "Reforms" to S-Comm More Spin than Substance
In response to mounting criticism, the Department of Homeland Security announced today changes to the misnamed "Secure Communities" (S-Comm) deportation program. While the Administration’s announcement acknowledges grave problems in S-Comm’s design and implementation, it falls far short of the moratorium on the dysfunctional program that an increasing number of lawmakers and advocates have demanded.
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Criminal Justice
Sentencing Reform: Balance Our Priorities
Disability Rights
Veterans’ Attorneys Respond to VA Master Plan
Educational Equality
Revised LAPD Protocol to Reduce Curfew Tickets
Freedom of Speech
VA Violated Free Speech Rights of Veteran
Immigrant Rights
ACLU/SC Sues ICE Over Failure to Grant Fee Waiver for FOIA Request
Jails Project
LGBT Equality
Seth Walsh Student Rights Project Home
Privacy Rights
Court Affirms Right to Privacy for HIV-Positive Adult Film Performer
Religious Liberty
FBI Targets American Muslims Solely for Practicing Religion
