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Despite Criticism of ‘DC Politics,’ City Council Backs Virginia Transgender Case
The San Diego City Council voted Monday to sign onto a brief in support of a transgender teen whose case against a Virginia school district over bathroom use is headed to the U.S. Supreme Court. The...
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ACLU Files Lawsuit in San Diego for Access to Records Related to Travel Ban
The American Civil Liberties Union Wednesday sued U.S. Customs and Border Protection offices in San Diego and other cities, demanding government documents detailing the implementation of since-scuttled...
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Liberal Nonprofits Get Donation Boost from Trump’s Election
One development in the aftermath of President Trump’s victory in November is a big increase in donations to nonprofits championing liberal political causes. Charity Navigator, which evaluates charities...
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ACLU: Discriminatory Admissions at 20% of California Charter Schools
More than one-fifth of California charter schools have discriminatory admission policies such as illegally excluding students for having low grades or requiring parents to donate money, according to a...
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Too-Inky Pens May Erringly Record ‘No’ Vote on Mail-In Ballots
Ink used on some absentee ballots in San Diego could bleed through the paper and record a “no” vote on a controversial proposition, supporters of Measure K announced Wednesday. They said that on some...
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Protesters Gather at Lindbergh Field, LAX after Trump’s Muslim Ban
Protesters stood in front of Terminal Two at Lindbergh Field Saturday afternoon to oppose President Trump’s executive order temporarily halting immigration from certain Muslim-majority nations. And at...
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Trump’s Travel Ban Stranded Grossmont College Student in Saudi Arabia
A Grossmont College student from Yemen is back in the United States after a court injunction was placed on President Donald Trump’s travel ban, KPBS is reporting. The ban had stranded Wasim Ghaleb in...
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Immigration Raids Around Los Angeles Spark Rumors in San Diego
San Diego County is home to 170,000 undocumented immigrants, but apparently wasn’t a target in a series of federal raids that arrested hundreds across the United States. The Immigration and Customs...
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In Rebuke to Trump, San Diego Hails Diversity with ‘Year of Solidarity’
The City Council Monday declared 2017 to be a “Year of Solidarity” in San Diego, recognizing community organizations that provide support for a diverse populace. Councilwoman Georgette Gomez said the...
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Despite Criticism of ‘DC Politics,’ City Council Backs Virginia Transgender Case
The San Diego City Council voted Monday to sign onto a brief in support of a transgender teen whose case against a Virginia school district over bathroom use is headed to the U.S. Supreme Court. The...
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ACLU Files Lawsuit in San Diego for Access to Records Related to Travel Ban
The American Civil Liberties Union Wednesday sued U.S. Customs and Border Protection offices in San Diego and other cities, demanding government documents detailing the implementation of since-scuttled...
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Liberal Nonprofits Get Donation Boost from Trump’s Election
One development in the aftermath of President Trump’s victory in November is a big increase in donations to nonprofits championing liberal political causes. Charity Navigator, which evaluates charities...
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ACLU Demands Feds Probe SDPD Use of Force Against Mentally Ill
The local American Civil Liberties Union and 26 other groups sent a letter Wednesday to the Department of Justice calling for an investigation into the San Diego Police Department‘s use of force when...
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Former Staffer Challenging Council President Myrtle Cole in 2018 Election
A former staffer for San Diego City Council President Myrtle Cole said Tuesday that she plans to run against her ex-boss next year. Monica Montgomery, now an attorney for the San Diego chapter of the...
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ICE at Your Door? Rapid Response Network Vows to Send Help: ‘Sacred and Holy...
With a local rabbi calling their efforts “sacred and holy work,” local church and rights groups are vowing to monitor immigration enforcement while defending people with a new initiative. Faith...
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Free DACA Help, and Maybe Fees Paid, at Application Renewal Workshops
Amid confusion over DACA’s fate, two local workshops are being offered this month on how “Dreamers” can renew in the program that shields young people from deportation. They’re being hosted by Jewish...
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San Diego ACLU Behaving Like Trump in Gender and Age Bias Case, Lawyer Says
Rebecca Rauber is suing her former employer. The 59-year-old Lemon Grove resident wants to prove to a jury that she suffered age and sex discrimination and a hostile workplace. Plus being punished as a...
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Congo Mom in Otay Detention Kept from Daughter, 7, in Chicago, ACLU Says
A federal lawsuit filed Monday in San Diego aims to reunite an asylum-seeking mother and her 7-year-old daughter, who fled violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo only to be forcibly torn from...
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ACLU Defending Tony Diaz: No ‘Criminal Act of Living in a Vehicle’
A man cited for allegedly living in his truck near Mission Beach got some support Monday from the American Civil Liberties Union, which filed a friend of the court brief on his behalf, arguing the law...
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ACLU Sues Trump Administration in San Diego for Separating Families at Border
The American Civil Liberties Union filed a national class-action lawsuit in San Diego federal court Friday challenging the Trump administration’s practice of forcibly separating asylum-seeking parents...
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