Subject: ACLU of Southern California

• Chapman Sammys on the offensive

  As the Weekly reported a few months ago (see "Scarlet Letters," May 10), a group of students at Chapman University hoping to establish a chapter of Sigma Alpha Mu, a national Jewish fraternity, have become a major pain for the college's administration because of their unwillingness to shut up. Today a group that stands up for people who are told to shut up, the American Civil Liberties Union, announced it's put up time. At a press conference at the ACLU Foundation of Southern California offi

  October 3, 2007

• An OC-RAP Challenge

  This Saturday Golden West College is hosting an Impeachment Forum. Details follow below the e-fold, but the method of delivery for this information was quite novel indeed. Quite novel indeed? Who am I, Jeeves? Anyway, I received an e-mail from the one, the only, Thu-Trang Tran, the indefatigable force behind OC-RAP and the issuer of the following challenge: What do counter-military recruitment and impeachment have in common? Give up? Our government couldn't care less about either one! OK, t

  April 3, 2008

• ACLU Suing Newport-Mesa Schools Over "Rent" Debacle

  MOVING UP AND UPDATING WITH DISTRICT REACTION, MORE BACKGROUND.Newport-Mesa Unified School District officials say they were attempting to resolve a complaint stemming from the staging, cancellation and re-staging of the musical Rent at Corona del Mar High School when they learned today the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California was suing the public school system.The ACLU announced this morning its suit against the district and Corona del Mar High officials "for permitting and sanc

  March 18, 2009

• The Tale of No Tape

  A self-appointed Minuteman-watcher says he had some video of a police traffic stop—but not for long

  January 17, 2008

• Show Us Your Scars!

  March 15, 2001

• DWUS

  April 29, 1999

• ACLU Demanding That Feds Turn Over OC Mosque Spying Records

  The case that erupted with ex-con man Craig Monteilh's confession that he's been spying on OC mosques for the FBI will hit local federal courts this afternoon, when the ACLU makes arguments asking for the release of all theJohn GilhooleyCraig Monteilh says he spied on the Islamic Center of Irvine for the Feds. information attached to the FBI's infiltration of various local mosques. ACLU missive below: SANTA ANA, Calif. - In the wake of news that an FBI informant infiltrated several Orange County

  April 20, 2009

• ACLU: Guilty Pleas in Terror Case Pave Way for Appeals

  Mission Viejo's Hossein Kalani Afshari and six other Iranian-Americans who pleaded guilty last week to raising funds for a U.S.-designated terrorist group made the plea so they can appeal their case before a higher court, claims the ACLU. Besides 52-year-old Afshari, Roya Rahmani, 48, of Vienna, Va.; Alireza Mohammadmoradi, 38, of Los Angeles; Moustafa Ahmady, 54, of Los Angeles; Hassan Rezaie, 54, of Los Angeles; Navid Taj, 58, of Santa Monica; and Mohammad Omidvar, 54, of Corona entered guilty

  May 5, 2009

• ACLU Blames Hate Mongers Coming to CdM High on Original 'Rent' Stance

  Corona Del Mar High School officials' initial decision to cancel the student production of Rent and their subsequent failure to address a growing atmosphere of intolerance at the school created "a breeding ground for homophobic attitudes" that is bringing the Rev. Fred Phelps' "God Hates Fags" group to campus today, says American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California attorney Lori Rifkin.After first being allowed, then being canceled, then being allowed again, a tamer high school version

  April 24, 2009

• Pat Boone Talibanizes ACLU Over LAPD Special Order 40

  Pat Boone. American.The ACLU says the California Court of Appeals decision today to uphold the Los Angeles Police Department's use of Special Order 40--a decades old policy prohibiting officers from using immigration status to initiate investigations--"strikes a balance between immigrants' rights to equal protection and officers' duty to protect communities."That makes former bubble-gum singer-turned-evangelical Christian commentator and former owner of Orange County's KDOC-TV Channel 56 Pat Boo

  June 17, 2009

• Laguna Beach Settles Lawsuit Over Homeless Ordinance

  Laguna Beach agreed today to settle a lawsuit over the city's treatment of disabled homeless people, according to the ACLU of Southern California.   "Under the agreement, the city's police officers will not cite, arrest or harass people under state law simply for sleeping in public places, as long as there are no reasonable public health or safety concerns," states a just-released media advisory from the civil rights group. "The agreement also establishes a process for sealing, expungi

  June 25, 2009

• OC Cities Fail to Crack 10 Meanest List, Must Try Harder

  Photo by HulagwayBoxed in.No Orange County cities cracked the top 10 Meanest Cities list included in a report released today by the National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty and the National Coalition for the Homeless. But Laguna Beach, Santa Ana (by way of Dana Point) and just-beyond-our-reach Long Beach were singled out for giving it a good try.According to "Homes Not Handcuffs: The Criminalization of Homelessness in U.S. Cities," which researches laws and practices in 273 cities acros

  July 14, 2009

• UPDATED: ACLU Announces Settlement of Suit Tied to Corona del Mar High's Production of "Rent"

  Photo by Matt Coker Karyl Ketchum and Mike Wiggins talk about the hell their 17-year-old daughter Hail endured at Corona del Mar High School last school year.​Three varsity football players at Corona del Mar High School posted a video on the school's Facebook page in January in which they describe how and where they would rape now 17-year-old Hail Ketchum-Wiggins before disclosing the manner in which they would shoot her to death. The video also includes homophobic remarks directed at another

  September 9, 2009

• Can the Colectivo Tonantzin and the ACLU Beat Orange's Anti-Day-Laborer Ordinance?

  October 1, 2009