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LOS ANGELES — On Thursday, a federal court in California ruled that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (LASD) unlawfully detained thousands of suspected immigrants on the basis of unconstitutional requests from ICE known as immigration detain
LOS ANGELES — While shopping at a Walgreens in Hollywood last year, Jessie Meehan asked to use the women’s restroom.
But she was told by a clerk she would have to use the men's restroom.
LOS ANGELES — Please attribute the following statement to Hector Villagra, executive director of the ACLU of Southern California, in regards to the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors' recent appointment of N
Sacramento — On Thursday, Jan. 25, 2018, the First District Court of Appeal of California issued a ruling casting further doubt on the constitutionality of money bail and holding significant implications for statewide bail reform in California.
SACRAMENTO — Today, Governor Brown delivered his final State of the State Address, highlighting, among many other things, California's productive journey towards sound criminal justice reforms.