Open forum, vol. 68, no. 4 (Winter, 1993)

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Poverty, Race and Wilson:


The California Dilemma


BY RAMONA RIPSTON


The ACLU, like the nation, welcomes the inauguration of a new and vigorous president.


Atthe same time, we, like the nation, regard the future with mixed emotions - with hope and


trepidation. For the first time in 12 years, a president who is not openly hostile to the ACLU


occupies the White House. The 103rd Congress which convened this month includes historic


numbers of women: six in the U.S. Senate - including two from California - and 48 in the


House of Representatives. And, for the first time in several years, the U.S. Supreme Court is


no longer poised to overturn Roe v. Wade and revoke the reproductive freedom of American


"women.


While these developments give us reason to rejoice, here in California,


and especially in Los Angeles, we are still confronted by very real


problems. The most profound problems we face are racism and poverty.


Nationally, one out of three African- Americans-and 45% of black


children-live in poverty. In Los Angeles.County, more than 15%


of the population lives below the poverty line; 90% of them are


women and children. The median net worth of white households is


$39,000, while that of African-American households is $3,100. This


means that for every dollar of wealth in white households, black


households have just nine cents.


Economic prospects still look pretty grim. Though there are some -_


_ new signs for the national economy, in California the recession continues to


state government last year. Los Angeles County, meanwhile, expects close to a $1 billion


dollar budget shortfall this year which means we must anticipate another round of deep cuts


in social services.


What I find most troubling about this bleak economic picture is that state and county


officials will undoubtedly try, as they did last year, to balance the budget on the backs of the


_ least fortunate, those unable to defend themselves.


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nevertheless managed to push his "welfare reform" package through the legislature, creating


| atwo-tier welfare system that pays recently arrived AFDC recipients no more than they


received in their previous home state.


In December, the ACLU joined several other public interest organizations in a legal


challenge to this two-tier welfare system. We succeeded in obtaining a temporary restraining


order to block immediate implementation of the system, but a long court battle looms ahead.


_ We were not able to block the general relief cuts mandated by the Los Angeles Board of


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Restoring Civil Liberties:


The National Recovery Begins


BY ALLAN PARACHINI


Calling for a clear commitment to end the 12-year "state of siege" against the Bill of Ri ghts _


and civil liberties, the ACLU conveyed a detailed, 175-page plan to then President-elect Bill


Clinton this past December.


The document, titled "Restoring Civil Liberties, a Blueprint for Action," urges the


incoming administration to rectify Reagan-Bush policies that have systematically gutted civil


rights and civil liberties guarantees. It also urges new legislative and political steps to redress


more longstanding grievances.


"The ACLU's `Blueprint for Action' constitutes an agenda for restoring rights that were


lost, weakened or eroded over the past decade," said Ira Glasser, the ACLU's national


"executive director.


) "Te Ss time for the people-the ordinary people of this country, as opposed to simply the


richest fatcats-to have the legitimate rights embodied in our


Constitution returned to them," said Ramona Ripston, execu-


tive director of the ACLU of Southern California. "The


ACLU Blueprint points the way for a is `president to take


significant steps to make sure this occurs.'


The ACLU plan includes specific recommendations for


~ Clinton Administration attention in 21 separate areas. They range


from free speech to national security, from equity in education to the


a against discrimination based on sexual orientation.


- The new administration can act to implement the ACLU Blueprint


plan by i issuing executive orders, proposing legislation or adopting


a `new legal positions in pending and future litigation, Ripston said.


In a cover Ber dispatched on Dec. 14 to the Clinton transition team, Glasser noted that,


during the 12 Reagan-B oe years, "no right seemed safe from assault by the highest


government officials.


"Censorship was encothite, press restrictions were imposed, a crusade was launched to


breach the wall that separates church and state and protects religious freedom. Remedies for


racial injustice were blocked and racial fears and resentments were fanned. Hostility toward


equality for women has been palpable and unrelieved; the rights of gay men and lesbians have


been belittled, and the rights of aliens and refugees have been both ignored and resisted."


Among many specific recommendations, the ACLU Blueprint proposes that the new


administration:


Implement policies toward the National. Endowment for the Arts-that return-the agency


to its previous position as a courageous advocate of freedom of artistic expression and that the


please see National, page 3


Kidnapped Mexican Physician Released


Judge calls government's argument "wild speculation" in ACLU case that reached the Supreme Court.


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ACLU/SC Takes Lead


in Colorado Boycott


On Jan. 15, a Colorado judge issued an injunction tempo-


rarily stalling the enforcement of Amendment 2-a measure


Pissed last November that repealed all gay rights ordinances


inthe state. The ACLU of Southern California had an-


: . Its support of an economic boycott of Colorado on


ec, 14,


While the recent ruling is a positive sign, the ACLU/SC-


hg with other groups endorsing the boycott-takes the


Position that a boycott of Colorado should be continued until


nendment 2 is held unconstitutional by a court of final


`uthority or Amendment 2 is repealed.


: The Colorado boycott-which has cost the state more


a $25 million-has been endorsed by civil rights groups,


"lebrities Corporations, professional organizations, local


e0Vernments and the National Conference of Mayors.


Announcing the ACLU/SC's support for the action, Ex-


oe Director Ramona Ripston said, "We know that there


(R) Several cities and many, many people in Colorado as


: "Pulsed by Amendment 2 as we are. We know, for instance,


please see Colorado, page 7


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BY ALLAN PARACHINI


After being kidnapped from Mexico by agents paid by the


United States government and spending more than two-and-


a-half years in a U.S. prison, Mexican physician Humberto


Alvarez Machain was freed in mid-December when a U.S.


District Court Judge dismissed all charges against him. Last


April, the ACLU of Southern California had unsuccessfully


_ argued before the U.S. Supreme Court that the kidnapping


of Alvarez was a violation of the extradition treaty between


the U.S. and Mexico.


But the prospect of civil litigation filed by the ACLU on


Dr. Alvarez's behalf and a political initiative to the incoming


Clinton Administration indicate that the case-and the


ACLU's involvement-is far from over.


Dr. Alvarez had been accused of complicity in the 1985


murder of Drug Enforcement Administration agent Enrique


Camarena. The case gained international prominence imme-


diately after DEA operatives kidnapped him from his


Guadalajara medical office in April, 1990.


The ACLU has represented the doctor since August 1990,


when Judge Edward Rafeedie ruled that the Alvarez kidnap-


ping violated the extradition treaty and ordered him repatri-


ated to Mexico. The ACLU continued to represent Dr. |


Alvarez as the case went before the U.S. Supreme Court.


With its ruling in the matter last June, the high court


appeared to sanction the kidnapping of foreign nationals by


American law enforcement agencies operating in other coun- :


tries, Ina passionate dissent, Justice John Paul Stevens called


the majority ruling "monstrous."


ACLU of Southern California Legal Director Paul


Hoffman, who argued the Alvarez case before the Supreme


please see Alvarez, page 3


HILL, STREISAND HONORED AT DINNER


Honoring two of the country's most courageous women, the ACLU


of Southern California bestowed its annual Bill of Rights Awards to


Professor Anita Hill and entertainer Barbra Streisand this past Dec. 21.


The event raised more money than ever before in ACLU history.


Senator Barbara Boxer presented the awards to both honorees.


Rose and Alex Hoffman were also honored during the evening's


program, receiving the Eason Monroe Courageous Advocate


Award. Retiring U.S. Rep. Ed Roybal was given a special


Legislator Lifetime Achievement Award for his long history


of fighting for civil liberties.


Emcee for the event was comedian Paula Poundstone, who


had over 1,500 supporters in hysterics as she touched on the


evening's recurring theme: while the presidential election was


over, the hard work is still ahead.


Excerpts of Barbra Stresiand's speech appear on page 5.


MICHAEL JACOBS


ACLU Wins Temporary Halt to Welfare Cuts; and a talk with Angela Oh


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BRIEF PROTESTS FCC PENALTY


AGAINST "SHOCK JOCK' STERN


First Amendment cited as unprecedented fine is levied


against popular radio show for airing "`indecent material."


BY OPEN ForuM STAFF


On Dec. 17, the ACLU of Southern Cali-


fornia announced the filing of a brief protest-


ing the Federal Communications


Commission's (FCC) proposed penalty


againstradio station KLS X-FM for its broad-


casts of the Howard Stern Show.


The fine represents a severe encroach-


ment on the First Amendment rights of both


the station and Stern, a radio personality. In


conjunction with the filing, the ACLU also


issued a letter to then President-elect Bill


Clinton's transition team emphasizing that


the FCC should never be used to force adher-


ence to subjective standards of taste.


Specifically, the ACLU demanded that


the FCC drop its proposed civil forfeiture of ~


$105,000-an unprecedented amount-


against KLSX-FM for broadcasting alleg-


edly indecent material on the "shock jock's"


program. Later that same day, however, the


FCC proposed other civil forfeiture actions


in the amount of a $600,000 against three


Infinity Broadcasting stations that air the


Howard Stern Show.


Foremost in the ACLU's argument is the


violation of Stern's First Amendment right


of free speech. As stated in the letter to the


_ Clinton transition team, "Our involvement


in this issue has its foundations on one of the


ACLU's bedrock issues-a commitment to


the principle that free speech ina free society


often may offend, often may enrage and


often may dismay its audience; however,


speech may not be inhibited or penalized


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without creating an unacceptable precedent


for censorship that deprives artists, enter-


tainers and the public of their most funda-


mental liberties. Few issues are as clearly


covered by the First Amendment as the


controversy over Mr. Stern."


The letter was signed by Ramona Ripston,


executive director of the ACLU of Southern


California, and Marjorie Heins, director of


the ACLU's Arts Censorship Project.


In its brief, the ACLU noted the contra-


dictory rulings the FCC has issued with


regard to its decency standard-rendering


such a standard unconstitutionally vague.


"These rulings have left licensees hope-


lessly confused about whether or not broad-


cast material will be deemed indecent," said


Raleigh Levine, ACLU Slaff Fellow.


Aside from the issue of the decency


standard's vagueness, the brief attacks the


FCC ruling on a number of other grounds.


The argument that such FCC censoring is


necessary to protect children is undermined


by the lack of evidence that large numbers of


unsupervised children listen to the Howard


Stern Show, or that any who do suffer psy-


chological harm. Also, the tremendous popu-


larity of the show is evidence that the listen-


ing audience does not think it to be "patently


offensive."


Inits letter to the Clinton transition team the


ACLU urged that future FCC appointments


reflect a sincere commitment to freedom of


expression and that the commission not at-


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BY REBECCA McMILLAN


Six months after a panel headed by retired Judge James G. Kolts issued a report finding a


"deeply disturbing" pattern of excessive use of force and lax discipline within the Los Angeles


Sheriff's Department, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors made its first attempt at


significant action. On Jan, 5, the supervisors voted unanimously to adopt a nominal version


of external review of the Sheriff's Department. The vote came one day after Sheriff Sherman


Block and Kolts reached agreement on the terms of the review following weeks of private


discussions.


The review procedure, first proposed by


Kolts in July, calls for.a panel.of retired


judges to review departmental records sur-


rounding citizen complaints denied by the


department. The plan establishes a board-


appointed ombudsperson to act as a liaison


between LASD and the community to ensure


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BY CHRISTOPHER J. HERRERA


Just three days before Christmas, a Sacra--


mento federal judge handed down a ruling


that temporarily blocked Governor Wilson's


two-tiered welfare system. The system-


which the ACLU and others argued violates


the constitutional rights of the poor-re-


quires lower welfare payments for families


who have recently moved to California. The .


new law was passed by the state legislature


in September and went into effect Dec. 1.


"With this decision, as many as 50,000


people are not going to be homeless during


this holiday season," said Mark Rosenbaum,


general counsel for the ACLU Foundation


of Southern California.


The ACLU joined with the Legal Aid


Society of San Mateo County and the Coali-


tion of California Welfare Rights Organiza-


tions in arguing the case. :


The temporary restraining order-issued


by U.S. District Court Judge Milton Schwartz


on Dec. 22-will keep the new welfare


system on hold at least until the next hearing


in the case. That hearing, on plaintiff's


motion for a preliminary injunction, is cur-


rently scheduled for Jan. 28.


For people moving to California, the


Wilson plan restricts Aid to Families with


Dependent Children (AFDC) to the level of


the state from which they moved for 12


months. Wilson pitched the system to the


legislature as a means to ease California's


economic woes.


Yet according to the California Depart-


December, the coalition offered a critique of the Kolts proposal along with its own detailet |


model for civilian review in a report entitled "Los Angeles County Sheriff's Departmetl


Civilian Review: A Blueprint for Accountability." The coalition's criticism of the Kolts plat _


centers around two concerns: the review panel's lack of independence and the lack of diversi |.


among the retired judges who make up the pool of prospective panelists.


The board-approved plan calls for one reviewer, selected from a panel of retired judges |


"mutually acceptable to the Sheriff and


department's adjudication of the citizen's complaint or to "remand it for further investigatio!


or readjudication." The reviewer has no power to go beyond LASD documents and no powe |


to compel testimony from deputies or other witnesses whose accounts differ from thi! ;


contained in LASD documents. In the end, no matter what conclusion the reviewer comes!


"It is downright Orwellian to call this


proposal


civilian review;


there is no


review and there are no civilians."


Gloria Romero, co-chair of the


Coalition for Sheriff's Accountability


that complaints against the department are "investigated in a timely fashion" and to inform


- complainants of the investigation's progress. Finally, the board plans to retain Merrick Bobb,


general counsel under Kolts, to monitor LASD's compliance with the 180 Kolts recommen-


dations for three years.


The ACLU and other members of the Coalition for Sheriff's Accountability called the plan


"completely unacceptable" because it fails to provide real, effective civilian review. In


whelmingly white and male, retired judges simply do not reflect the racial and gender divers


of Los Angeles County. A review panel composed of retired judges represents "an elili!


removed model of justice from above," the


Gloria Romero, ACLU board member and co-chair of the Coalition for Sheriffs |


Accountability, expressed her frustration with the plan saying, "It is downright Orwellian!"


call this proposal civilian review; there is no review and there are no civilians."


ACLU Wins Temporary Halt in Wilson .


Welfare Cuts; Second Hearing Scheduled


ment of Social Services, the agency thatnyy, _


the welfare program, Wilson's welfare plan


will save only $10 million a year-less thay _


one-fifth of one percent of California's fam, |


ily aid budget.


Wilson also claimed the plan would di.


courage people from moving to Califom |


simply to receive higher welfare payment,


The state's Legislative Analyst office, hoy.


ever, has no evidence of such a pattem ty


support that claim.


One plaintiffnamed in the case is a womay


with two children, one of whom is Suffering


from sickle cell anemia. She had left he;


abusive husband in Louisiana and retume/_


to Sacramento to live with her mother. Upon


finding her mother destitute and unable to }


help, the woman applied for AFDC,


Under the Wilson plan, her grant for,


family of three came to $190 a month, The


normal California grant for a family of thre: *


would be $624. The woman has been unable


to find an apartment she can afford and


currently depends on a temporary homeless


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payment for a motel. That, however, woull


have ended under the Louisiana assistance |


level. Under the law being challenged bythe


ACLU, she and her children would become |


homeless. .


"This is one more example," said)


Rosenbaum, "of government trying to plac:


the burden of this slumping economy


squarely on the backs of the poor. Its'


government blaming those who have suf:


fered the most," said Rosenbaum. 1


the Board," empowered either to affirm tlt


"the Sheriff shall make the final determination'


The second concern raised by the coalition'


the lack of diversity among the pool of prospt '


tive panelists. In a supplement to its Decembt!


report, the coalition reported that of 87 retitt


judges and commissioners listed on the 10


Angeles County Trial Panel, 96.5% are menatd


94.2% are caucasian. Because they are Ove |


coalition report said.


ALLAN PARACHINI


New ACLU Prez Elected


An inauguration of a different sort took


place at the ACLU of Southern California on


Tuesday, Jan. 20, when Antonio Villaraigosa


was elected president for 1993. He succeeds


two-year veteran Gary Mandinach.


Villaraigosa, a business agent for United


Teachers Los Angeles and longtime politi-


cal activist, is also a member of the board of


the Southern California Rapid Transit Dis-


trict.


The annual election of officers produced


new slates of vice-presidents and executive


committee members, as well:


--Trisha Murakawa was elected secre-


tary-treasurer and Lloyd Smith assistant sec-


retary-treasurer.


--A panel of four vice-presidents was


elected, including Nancy Greenstein as first


vice-president; Alex Shapiro, second vice-


president; William Wong, third vice-presi-


dent, and Isabelle Gunning, fourth vice-


president.


--Joyce Fiske was elected national board


representative.


--Executive committee members were


elected, including Erwin Chemerinsky, Toni


Cordero, Duncan Donovan, Joyce Fiske,


Mary Ellen Gale, Glenn Goodwin, Ellen


Greenstone, Michael Klein, Gary Mandinach


and Wendy Mitchell.


--Wong was also elected affirmative ac-


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Dr. Alvarez Machain is reunited with two of his sons, Fernando, left, and Ramon upon returning to his


homein Guadalajara. Alvarez spent 2 2 years in prison after being kidnapped by agents paid by the U.S.


Alvarez Returns to Mexico, Civil Suit Expected


continued from page 1


Court, continued to press the physician's cause after the ruling. Hoffman and ACLU attorneys


filed a series of new dismissal motions arguing that the abduction violated not just the U.S.-


Mexico extradition treaty-the argument the ACLU made to the Supreme Court-but other


treaties and customary international law. As a November court date approached, Dr. Alvarez


selected court-appointed attorney Alan Rubin to focus on the criminal defense.


On Dec. 14-in a rare ruling granting a defense motion for dismissal at the conclusion of


the presentation of prosecution evidence-Judge Rafeedie threw out the government's case


and angrily chastised prosecutors. In an extraordinary rebuke, he said their case was built on


"suspicions and hunch" and that key government evidence was "whole cloth, the wildest


speculation." Dr. Alvarez returned to Mexico the next day.


Days later, in an equally remarkable development, Rafeedie disclosed that the government


had concealed potentially exculpatory evidence from the defense. The evidence-obtained


months previously-disclosed that the Justice Department had an informant who specifically


said Dr. Alvarez had never assisted in torturing DEA agent Camarena, as the indictment


charged,


A day after the ruling, Hoffman, Rubin and Robin Toma, ACLU staff attorney, flew to


Mexico to meet with Dr. Alvarez and with Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gortari, as


wellas other top government officials. During the trip, the ACLU and Rubin announced they


would collaborate in a federal civil suit on Dr. Alvarez's behalf later this year.


Inearly January, Hoffman and Rubin wrote to then President-elect Bill Clinton urging that


thenew administration move quickly to rectify problems implicit in the Alvarez case. Actions


urged in the letter included an executive order immediately barring kidnapping of foreign


nationals, support for legislation codifying the kidnapping prohibition, a broad investigation


of government conduct in the case, financial compensation for Dr. Alvarez and an end to any


US. attempt to demand further prosecution of the physician in Mexico.


"We believe that the Justice Department's conduct in ... this case cries out for investigation


and remedial action," the Hoffman-Rubin letter told Clinton. "This kind of conduct cannot be


tolerated in a government committed to the rule of law." =


THE CHALLENGE


BEFORE US


CALIFORNIA'S


DILEMMA


continued from page 1


Supervisors in November.


Clearly, the ACLU has its work cut out


for it- this year and in the years tocome. In


these very tough economic times, our chal-


lenge is to make sure that the economy


serves the needs of everyone living in Cali-


fornia. We must ensure that all people


receive decent educations, have roofs over


their heads, food on their tables and access to


good jobs and affordable healthcare.


For the forgetful among us, there could


be no more vivid a reminder that racism and


poverty continue to plague our society than


the civil disturbance that rocked Los Ange-


les last April. With two crucial trials sched-


uled to begin next month-the "LA 4+" and


the federal trial of LAPD officers involved


in Rodney King case-there may be more


reminders ahead. This much is clear: until


everyone has a stake in this system, until


there are real economic and political oppor-


tunities for everyone, _no one will be safe.


If we want a peaceful society, we must


have a just one. We must transform public


opinion so that women, African-Americans,


Latinos, Asians, Jews, lesbians, gay men and


workers are no longer viewed by the major-


ity as special interests. When the term spe-


cial interests was first introduced, itreferred


to the interests of banks, Wall Street, oil,


insurance companies and international con-


glomerates, not disadvantaged people.


Finally, we can afford no illusions about


the Christian Right's agenda which opposes,


the ACLU on censorship, school prayer,


school vouchers and women's rights. It is a


well-funded, well-organized movement. In


recent elections, the Christian Right has qui-


etly picked up seats on school boards and


city councils throughout the state.


Now that a new administration has taken


office, we who care about liberty and justice


may be able to win new rights - for the first


time in 12 years - and to regain rights that


were lost during the Reagan-Bush era. Our


challenge remains great. =


THE NATIONAL


RECOVERY


continued from page 1


administration specifically reject continua-


tion of the censorship role into which the


NEA was cast over the last four years.


-Rescind the so-called Barr opinion that


held that kidnapping foreign nationals by


U.S. law enforcement agencies was accept-


able public policy. The ACLU also urged a


Clinton executive order prohibiting this prac-


tice.


-Order relevant federal agencies to sub-


stitute testing that actually determines if an


employee is unable to perform job duties


because he/she is under the influence of


drugs for the current system of random uri-


nalysis.


-Eliminate restrictions on female per-


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sonnel in the U.S. Navy, Army, Marine


Corps and Air Force that currently ban


women from combat assignments.


-Repeal federal mandatory minimum


sentencing laws.


-Declare "an immediate cease-fire" in


the misdirected War on Drugs and channel


federal resources away from ineffective law


enforcement programs to new priorities that


stress prevention, education and treatment. s=


GENE M APPING AND CSGENETIC `TESTING: will have severe (and ey costly) genetic diseases


Why civil libertarians should be concerned about new technologies.


should be discouraged.


Perhaps the most difficult problems will involve the use


BY BRYAN WEBB AND WENDY MITCHELL


Consider the following scenarios:


- Ayoung couple is debating whether or not to have children.


The man's mother, however, has Huntington' s Disease-a


disabling genetic neurological disease with onset in middle


age. Before deciding, the man undergoes testing to see if he


has inherited the gene for the disease. Uponfinding out that


his test is positive, and he has a 98% chance of eventually


developing the condition, the man decides to buy insurance


(life, disability, health). If his test results are known only to


him, he may increase the rates of others due to the "shared


"ISk" policy of the insurer. If the test results are known to the


insurer, the firm may choose to increase his rates or cancel


his insurance, classifying him as a "high risk."


A gene is identified which is strongly associated with impul-


`We, violent behavior. A program is then developed to


Provide genetic testing on large numbers of young children


and identify "at risk" subjects. These subjects are then


enrolled in preventive therapy, which has a high chance of


Success, that uses behavioral and educational techniques to


teach children how to control their impulses and prevent


"iolent behavior.


ae first scenario is completely possible today-for not


y Huntington's Disease but several other serious neuro-


ical conditions as well.


e ae ee scenario is complete speculation-much as


Scenario was 20 years ago.


Genetic testing and human gene mapping raise severe


civil liberties issues regarding privacy and equality. The


technology itself is of great value. The misuse of the


technology may be of great potential harm.


The Medical Rights Committee of the ACLU of Southern


California has been studying the matter and run into some


very difficult questions. For example, if extensive and


accurate genetic testing of asymptomatic individuals be-


comes feasible, who should have access to such information?


of genetic testing to predict, and possibly treat, behavioral


abnormalities. While currently only theoretical;a gene may


one day be found capable of predicting violent or impulsive


behavior. Testing for sucha gene would then raise enormous


civil liberties issues. On one hand, early identification of


individuals with the gene might allow for prevention and


treatment. However, early identification might also lead to


a self-fulfilling prophesy: if maladaptive behaviors are ex-


pected from an individual they might therefore be seen, and


perhaps even subtly encouraged.


ivil libertarians strenuously oppose police sweeps of youth


wearing "gang apparel."


What


if police began preventive


surveillance of youth kKnowntocarry agene for "violenttendencies"?"


Individuals and their families? Potential mates? Insurance


companies? Employers? Law enforcement agencies?


Access to such information-and whether or not such "`ge-


netic data banks" should be kept on everyone-will become ~


highly volatile issues with advent of new technology.


It is estimated that every individual carries from five to


seven genetic abnormalities (recessive genes). As these traits


become more readily identifiable, voluntary testing and


prenatal diagnosis clearly should be available when desired


by individuals and families. But society, and government,


need to decide how far to go in utilizing such tests-whether


or not, for example, the conception and birth of children who


Civil libertarians strenuously oppose, for example, police


sweeps of youth wearing "gang apparel." As recently as last


year, the ACLU of Southern California strongly resisted


police attempts to ban suspected gang members from public


parks. If police began "preventive surveillance" of youth


known to carry a gene for "violent tendencies," the ACLU


would surely have to investigate.


The potential for abuse of genetic technology is obvious


in some cases-such as the forced sterilization of retarded or


handicapped individuals, and parental indiscretion in seek-


ing "gifted" or "perfect" babies.


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Angela Oh is amember of the American Civil Liberties


Board Union of Directors. As an attorney, she is also one of


the most active advocates for civil rights in greater Los


Angeles and especially in the local Korean community.


Ramona Ripston: Could you give us a brief history of yourself, so people who don't


know all there is to know about you get a general idea? :


Angela Oh: I'm second generation Korean-American. I am a part of the community


within the larger Asian-Pacific Islanders community which is very young. Next to the Southeast


Asian immigrants, the Korean immigrants are the youngest as acommunity ... I grew up ina very


traditional household. I did not speak English until I started in the public school system.


My experience comes from having done work in the women's movement, in the environmen-


tal and labor scene. Asian movement work has been a part of my life only for the last maybe 10


years, when we had all of this anti-Asian violence surging across the country, really starting with


the Japan bashing and the Vincent Chins. And then there was akilling of a high-schooler in Davis.


A Vietnamese kid, and it was definitely racially-motivated. I got involved in Asian-movement


work at that point and, when I moved back to LA in '87, translated that interest specifically into


Korean-American women.


And you know there really was no encouragement for Korean-American women's organiza-


tions to be formed separately from the broader community. But, there was certainly no holding


back the eventuality.


Not that we don't want to work with [the community] because we do, and several of us are


involved in broader social service agencies within the community and other advocacy groups.


But, we wanted a place where we could work with other women. So that's what we've done. And


in five years' work, the Women's Organization Reaching Koreans (WORK) has grown from an


idea among 14 women, who found themselves being vice-presidents of all kinds of groups and


committees saying, "Why aren't we the president here?"


RR: It's a traditional problem women have had in all cultures.


AO: That's right, that's right. And that's where the tie-in is, I think, with the larger women's


movement...


From being out and speaking since [the outbreadk of violence on] April 29, I have had many


young Korean women come up to me and say, "When my mom saw you on ABC's Nightline, and


_.saw.who-you were,.that was the first time she said to me that I don't have to get married before


"Hinishcollege orright after college." See, the expectation in the Korean community in the 1990's


is still that a young woman will be married right out of college. If you hit 26, 28, and you're not


married, there's something wrong. I think it's changing, but young women are struggling with that.


Why the ACLU?


RR: You are not the first Asian to be on the board of the ACLU, but you are probably the


first Korean American. Why did you become interested in the ACLU. Why did you run for our


board, why do you work actively with us?


AQO: Clearly, the ACLU has this history-especially the affiliate here in Southern


California-of leading the way in areas that we need to open up. I'll tell you in all honesty, I had


trouble with the ACLU about Skokie . . . And then, because of [Staff Attorney Robin Toma's]


involvement in the language rights litigation that was done, I was well aware of what the


organization was doing. And I thought that was an arena where we should have our presence


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But it's not happening that way.


The clearest example that I have personally been involved with is the conflict around hate


speech that we had to address-where you have the First Amendment, and then you have people


whoare calling for stopping the discrimination. And one of the ways you stop is that you recognize |


that people have worth, that there's equality to be dealt with here; and that we have systems tha |


don't know how to do that. So now we're in a position as individuals in these institutions to make


that happen. And one of the ways that you do that is you limit hate speech that could very directly


harm somebody.


But that comes into conflict with pure First Amendment principles, right? If you wantto |


speak in terms of constitutional framework, then you plug it into the equal protection analysis,


right? And there's nothing that says that the First Amendment is more important than the |


Fourteenth, right?


RR: The First and the Fourteenth Amendments are equally important. But I'm not sure tha


limitations on the First really further the Fourteenth. I find this area very troubling.


AO: So, we have these debates which sometimes-in all honesty-I think, "What are we


talking about here? How many angels can dance on the head of a pin?" That's what I sometime


feel our board meetings are like, and I just check out mentally at that point because I think to


myself, these people don't understand that this is not an intellectual exercise for most people of


color. It isn't. It's a matter of survival.


When people talk about justice concerns, and fairness concerns and equality, those aren' t jus!


principles. These are things that affect people every day of their lives . . . These have to do with


people's ability to go to work every day, to get an education . .. How do you help yourself if you :


can't be in an environment where you can learn-where you have to be worried about looking |


behind your back every five minutes, or walking from class to class, or opening your locker and :


finding something horrible there? I mean, how do you have yourself really be open to leaming


in an environment like that? That's all we're talking about here, getting away from the intellectual |


debates and the case law and the precedents and so on.


So, I think there needs to be a place where we talk about the conflict between civil rights and


civil liberties, and I hope that happens soon. :


Race and the L.A. Experiment


RR: [ am very concerned about the racial tensions in Los Angeles at the moment. | think


that if Los Angeles doesn't make it-and we may not-then no city in this country is going 0


make it. Because the problems we have here in LA are the same problems that people will short!)


face in New York, in Chicago, in Miami, in every urban area. The challenge is greatest her,


because we have so many different kinds of groups, and those groups are growing. But whethet


or not this Los Angeles experiment is going to work or not remains to be seen. At this mometl


it seems very tenuous. How do you feel about the racial tensions here, and what d0 |


pees be


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you think should be done to bring us together? I've functioned in this city for 20 yearsnow,


of color, women, civil libertarians, who could work together. It's breaking downnow, and


I'm very concemed about it.


AO: One of the things I'm very concerned about is fights that we're seeing break


out on the high school campuses across the district. But I just did a youth conferent


[recently] in which we brought together Asian, Latino and Black youth-about 100


of them at LA City College to talk about racism and discrimination. And what heat!


kids saying was "I've had a lot of pain . . . But I still want to know how to get along


the kids.


stupid things happen . . . In some ways we [can be] thankful that the institutions and


the individuals are paying attention and trying to figure out solutions.


because-whether the community can appreciate it or not right now-the work that the ACLU


does definitely benefits our community.


There really isn't an understanding . . . that these kinds of groups actually do push forward


possibilities for members of our community. And the ACLU is one of those groups, you know.


The language-rights work, the police work, the basic Constitutional issues that [the organization]


addresses-those things benefit Korean-Americans, Korean immigrants, and certainly their


children.


Civil Liberties vs. Civil Rights


RR: You and I have talked about conflict between civil liberties and civil rights. Describe


the conflict, and what you think we can do to bring about an understanding of the issues,


AO: Well, the conflict is that civil liberties and civil rights are coming to a locking of horns


in a very three-dimensional way. There was always this idea of civil liberties out there, tied to"


the Constitution. And then there was civil rights which was basically asking for social justice and


equality. And, ideally, if you have civil liberties in place the result should be social justice, right?


ACLU of Southern California


My concern right now on a political level is that what's happening is that peopl


are cutting out turf for resources that we all know are scarce and diminishing. A"


none of us see a new stream of resources coming in, and so we're all sort of trying to carve out


our own little niches at every level politically.


That's scary because I can tell you that when I sit in meetings and I hear about people thinking


exclusively about their own little community and not thinking in terms of coalition efforts, not


thinking of the youth as a group, not thinking in terms of elders as a group that we want (0 take


care of, that bothers me.


And yet, I find myself working the most, and spending the most time with Korean immigran


and Korean-Americans. I've asked myself why ... [and] the real reason why is because there 0x00A7


language accessibility there that [the community] doesn't have otherwise. And there's also sill


that are too few still in the way of resources to the community . . I recognize that the particult


skills that I have. And my ability to communicate on a very basic level, the language level, 8


important. It is really important. So I have to make myself available, I feel. And I want to. yen


boy it would sure be nice to have a dozen other people to pick up the slack.


I'm afraid that what's going to happen is that if violence hits the street again, the Korea" wi


pay the price again. Right now it's very interesting within the Asian-Pacific Islander commu" {_


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Upon receiving her Bill of Rights Award from the ACLU |


of Southern California on Dec. 21, Barbra Streisand spoke


with passion and eloquence about Professor Anita Hill, the


Colorado boycott and the ACLU.


Below are a few excerpts from her speech.


Even if I weren't being honored tonight, I would be here to honor


Anita Hill-and I believe every woman in this room knows exactly


why. For three startling days last year, this woman became every


woman-every woman who has ever been called arrogant for daring


to stand her ground, every woman who has been maligned for


asserting her innocence, every woman who has had her sexuality used


as a weapon against her. We watched her and we saw ourselves sitting


in that chair. And we felt violated.


Millions of us stared, with the shock of recognition, as those men


tore ather very being, denying this most dignified woman her dignity.


Our dignity.


In the aftermath, 155 women ran for high office, 48 got elected to the House and 6 to


the Senate. For that and the fact that things will never be the same, we thank Anita Hill.


The last time I spoke, a few weeks ago, at an AIDS benefit, I made some comments


that seemed obvious to me but which some in the media had difficulty grasping.


Ispoke of my concern for a referendum that was passed in Colorado that deprives gays


and lesbians of legal protection against discrimination. It sets a very dangerous precedent


and I felt the need to speak out against it.


Think of it this way: If that law were passed against Jews or people of color, the whole


country would be outraged and nobody would question a boycott of that state.


What I said in that speech was: "If we are asked to, we must refuse to play where they


discriminate." I did not ever back off, back down, or back away from my original


statement as some of the press reported. Let me clearly state my position tonight: It


_appears that a boycott of Colorado is underway, and I will personally honor it and find


some other state to vacation in.


In the meantime, the underpaid and overworked lawyers and other staff of the ACLU


are already at work challenging the constitutionality of the Colorado initiative. It' s


always the ACLU that is there for us, but why aren't we always there for them? I'm told


that it's very difficult to raise funds for this organization. Why is that?


No organization struggles harder for the freedom of expression which the entertain-


ment industry profits from than the ACLU, and yet its highly skilled and committed staff


operates on a shoestring budget. We all know the reason. Those other causes are safe, and


inthe mix. Now, the first question that people are being asked is "Are you Korean?" To which


the response is, "No, No, Korean? No, I'm not." But it's sort of a dubious distinction.


The Promise of Rebuild L.A.


RR: What do you think of Rebuild L.A.(RLA)? It doesn't look as though it's going to deliver


on the promise of rebuilding Los Angeles.


AO: | just wrote a letter to the mayor this morning . . . asking him some very specific


questions: How much cash has this entity received since April 30? How much of cash


contributions has been committed to operations, administrative and personnel costs? Who is


making the decisions about how these cash contributions are being disbursed? I want the names


of the individuals; not just a committee. Who are these individuals? Somebody's making these


decisions. How does RLA see itself as being accountable to the people of Los Angeles? Because


they are. I don't care if they're a non-profit organization. They are here to set recovery and


revitalization efforts. How are they going to be accountable?


Iwas critical early on because just didn't like this image of a Peter Ueberroth coming in to the


"affected communities" -in quotes-thinking that he was going to put everything back together


again. I knew that he was going to run into brick walls . . .


Now that I'm in the middle of all this-trying to do disaster assistance work, direct assistance


work, and looking at the politics behind some of this-I see the enormity of task. And I wish him


Well. Whatever strings he can pull at the corporate level, let him pull `em. Because we need all


the help that we can get. :


But then I start feeling like this board is a major project in co-opting the community. I really


the ACLU by the very definition of its purpose will always be at the


center of controversy.


Iunderstand. It's not hard to get angry with something the ACLU


has done.


But the ACLU does not exist to make me or anybody else feel


comfortable


Its overriding purpose is to make us feel very uncomfortable


whenever someone, anyone, no matter how ugly that person's ideas


may be, is being denied the freedom that the Bill of Rights says all


Americans are to be accorded.


The ACLU exists to remind us that freedom is indivisible. That


you cannot have free speech for some people. You cannot have it


both ways - if the government can silence one it can silence all.


We artists are not strangers to the attacks of the would-be censors


attempting to ban some photo exhibit, movie, book or piece of music


they find offensive. And every time those attacks occur, there is one


organization, and only one, that unequivocally stands up to them.


and that is the ACLU.


The entertainment industry requires the maintenance of a free


marketplace of ideas for its very existence. Yet too often when we talk about the


marketplace of ideas, we think mostly of the market and too little of the ideas.


And that includes lousy ideas, offensive ideas, unpopular ideas - - if they weren't


unpopular and controversial they wouldn't need the protection of the Bill of Rights and


of this organization.


The day the ACLU stops being controversial is the day it has stopped doing its job.


This will never be a trendy, easy cause. :


So I thank the ACLU of Southern California and its


dedicated staff for being the moral nudges that they are.


I hope that all of us will do more to support this


vitally important organization.


I'm very honored to accept this award,


and if they ever get around to sending me


a card, I will proudly carry it.


MICHAEL JACOBS


[Above] Barbra Streisand


takes a moment before


addressing the crowd


at the 1992 Bill of Rights


Awards Dinner.


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Hoffman, recipients of the


Eason Monroe Courageous


Advocate Award, along with


presenter Paul Schrade.


rat AWUCHAEL JACOBS


That's why I'm asking the mayor-even though he's leaving in April-he is still the mayor.


He is still the person who appointed Peter Ueberroth, along with [Gov.] Pete Wilson, and he is


the appropriate person for us to ask to create this accountability and begin making that bridge to


something more permanent. : :


And it's unfair to RLA, frankly, to just have them out there flailing around with no authority


to do anything. They don't have the authority.


If this is going to be the structure through which you want to have corporate commitment


funneled, that's fine. Let's just say that. Let's say, "If you're a corporation and you have over


a million dollars of in-kind or cash contribution to give to the recovery and revitalization efforts,


we'd like you to go see RLA first." Let's say that as a city. Then everybody knows what the rules


are. And then RLA, every quarter-we won't make it too burdensome-just give us a summary:


What's happening?


RR: [have been concerned about some of the things the RLA is not addressing. Certainly


everybody understands how important economic development is. But, no one is addressing the


issue of education, health care, health services. And it seemed to me that-one of the things that


the mayor should have done is to set up either a special group tolook atthis ormake it part of RLA's


mandate. But people in L.A. need decent education, they need jobs, they need health care.


- And nobody's looking into those things. All of the things that led to April 29 are still there.


Nothing's changed.


AO: Part of this is-and this isn't an excuse, but it's a reality check-we just came out of


a presidential election. And | think that people who would have been spending their time in the


way that you just described were


that big bucks are going to be made if


youhave the inside line onRLA. And


that people are being brought into the


fold as they're being identified as


Potentially effective critics.


We have nine Asian-Pacific rep-


esentatives on the RLA board. None


of them can answer those questions


thatIjustlaidout. How much money?


ere's itgoing? Who's making the


`ecisions? They can't answer those


a fiens. They're real basic ques-


ons,


as a community.


it's not going to work.


aciak harmony is the critical


issue we need to grapple with


Because--I don't


care how many buildings you


put up--if people don't get along,


spending their time on campaigns.


And the problem for us in L.A. is we


have a mayor's race coming up in


six months. And again people who


should be spending their time on the


things you just raised are going to be


spending their time on the mayor's


race. And I don't say this as an


excuse, I'm just saying that as a


reality.


People that are interested in policy


and the politics of health care and


housing and employment, they are


interested in seeing who's going to


: So that tells me that what you have ;


: this board that's going to have these nice cocktail board meetings with impressive overhead


Projection images and no substance. And that concerns me. So, I don't know about RLA. [ hope


that they're able to do something because they talk and walk in an arena that I don't.


" But, I'm concerned because I think that five years is not enough of a commitment. I think that


is hat we're talking about is a decade at least. So that means that if it's not handled properly-and


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ifthere's no real accountability or centralization at a permanent structure like our city council-


euron what's going to happen is this group is going to come in and stir up a lot of trouble and leave.


i We're going to be the ones sitting in it. That bothers me. Because I already see that coming


0x00B0wn the line, four years down the line. And I don't like it.


get into office because that has some


long term meaning for what kinds of policy you're going to be able to set.


And yet, it is really frustrating because we need some attention oy these problems now. We


can't wait forthe mayor's race. And, frankly, it doesn't matter who's up there because we' re going


to be the same community no matter who's up there. I have a hard time getting involved in


electoral politics.


RLA just put together a racial harmony task force. I think it was one of the last task forces to


be put up. And yet, to me, that is the critical issue we need to grapple with as a community, as


the L.A. community. Because if we don't deal with that, I don't care how many projects you have,


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The Congress has not seen such change in its membership


in decades. The incoming administration in Washington,


D.C., will see 13 new members of Congress from California


alone.


In total there are 123 new members of the House of


Representatives and 12 new members of the Senate, five of


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Southern California


Congressional Districts (CD)


* New member of Congress


CD 20 - Calvin Dooley


Geographic Area: King County, includes parts of Kern County,


Visalia and Tulare; cities of Fresno, Reedly and Sanger.


Zip Codes: 93202, 93203, 93204, 93206, 93210, 93212, 93215,


93219, 93227, 93230, 93232, 93234, 93241, 93242, 93245, 93250,


93256, 93258, 93263, 93270, 93272, 93274, 93280, 93291, 93305,


93307, 93313, 93609, 93615, 93616, 93618, 93625, 93630, 93631,


93640, 93646, 93647, 93648, 93654, 93656, 93657, 93660, 93662,


93701, 93702, 93706, 93721, 93725


CD 21 - Bill Thomas


Geographic Area: So. San Joaquin Valley includes Kern County


minus Bakersfield; and remainder of Tulare /Madera counties.


_ Zip Codes: 93223, 93225, 93243, 93247, 93252, 93257, 93258,


93265, 93267, 93268, 93270, 93274, 93275, 93277, 93283, 93285,


93291, 93301, 93304, 93305, 93306, 93307, 93308, 93309, 93311,


93312, 93313, 93501, 93505, 93516, 93523, 93527, 93555,93560,


93561


CD 22 - * Michael Huffington


Geographic Area: Centered on San Luis Obispo County, and


includes most of Santa Barbara County.


Zip Codes: 93067, 93101, 93102, 93103, 93105, 93108, 93109,


93110, 93111, 93116, 93117, 93401, 93402, 93403, 93405, 93406,


93410, 93412, 93420, 93421, 93422, 93423, 93424, 93427, 93428,


93430, 93433, 93434, 93436, 93437, 93438, 93440, 93441, 93442,


93443, 93444, 93445, 93446, 93447, 93448, 93449, 93451, 93453,


93454, 93455, 93456, 93460, 93463, 93465, 93483


CD 23 - Elton Galiegly


Geographic Area: Ventura County


Zip Codes: 91307, 91320, 91360, 91362, 93001, 93002, 93003,


93004, 93010, 93012, 93013, 93015, 93021, 93022, 93023, 93030,


93031, 93033, 93035, 93041, 93060, 93063, 93065, 93066


ae CD 24 - Anthony Beilenson |


Geographic Area: Southwest San Fernando Valley along Highway


101 corridor, including Agoura Hills, Calabasas, Malibu and nearly


all of the Thousand Oaks in Ventura County.


Zip Codes: 90265, 90290, 91301, 91302, 91303, 91304, 91306,


91307,'91311, 91316, 91320, 91325, 91335, 91356, 91360, 91361,


91362, 91364, 91367, 91401, 91403, 91406, 91411, 91423, 91436


CD 25 - * Howard Mc Keon


Geographic Area: Northern part of Los Angeles County in the


Antelope Valley (Palmdale, Lancaster and Santa Clarita).


Zip Codes: 90002, 91304, 91306, 91311, 91321, 91322, 91324,


91325, 91326, 91343, 91344, 91345, 91350, 91351, 91354, 91355,


91384, 93532, 93534, 93535, 93536, 93543, 93553, 93551, 93553


CD 26 - Howard Berman


Geographic Area: San Fernando Valley, includes Pacoima and San


Fernando.


Zip Codes: 91331, 91340, 91342, 91343, 91344, 91345, 91352,


91401, 91402, 91405, 91406, 91411, 91504, 91601, 91602, 91605,


91606, 91607


CD 27 - Carlos J. Moorhead


Geographic Area: Suburbs north of downtown Los Angeles includes


Burbank, Glendale, Pasadena, and La Canada.


Zip Codes: 90039, 90065, 91011, 91020, 91030, 91040, 91042,


91101, 91103, 91104, 91105, 91106, 91107, 91108, 91109, 91201,


91202, 91203, 91204, 91205, 91206, 91207, 91208, 91214, 91342,


91352, 91601


CD 28 - David Dreir


Geographic Area: Northern part of the San Gabriel and Pomona


valleys includes Arcadia, Monrovia, San Dimas, Claremont, Covina,


West Covina and part of Pomona.


Zip Codes: 91006, 91010, 91016, 91024, 91107, 91702, 91711,


91722, 91723, 91724, 91731, 91740, 91744, 91748, 91750, 91767,


91768, 91773, 91775, 91780, 91789, 91790, 91791, 91792


CD 29 - Henry Waxman


Geographic Area: Westside of Los Angeles includes Beverly Hills,


Santa Monica, Westwood and Hancock Park, parts of Los Feliz and


Silverlake.


Zip Codes: 90004, 90005, 90020, 90024, 90025, 90026, 90027,


90028, 90029, 90036, 90038, 90039, 90046, 90048, 90049, 90064,


90067, 90068, 90069, 90077, 90210, 90272, 90401, 90402, 90403,


90404, 90405, 91403, 91423, 91602, 91604, 91607


CD 30 - * Xavier Becerra


Geographic Area: Includes downtown Los Angeles and extends up


to the city's northeastern border.


Zip Codes: 90004, 90005, 90006, 90012, 90019, 90020, 90023,


90026, 90028, 90029, 90031, 90032, 90033, 90038, 90039, 90041,


90042, 90057, 90063, 90065, 91105


CD 31 - Matthew Martinez


Geographic Area: Lower San Fernando Valley including Alhambra,


Monterey Park, El Monte and Azusa.


Zip Codes: 90032, 90640, 90660, 91702, 91706, 91731, 91732,


91733, 91740, 91754, 91770, 91775, 91776


CD 32 - Julian C. Dixon


Geographic Area: Includes Crenshaw, Exposition Park and Culver


City.


Zip Codes: 90005, 90006, 90007, 90008, 90016, 90018, 90019,


90034, 90035, 90036, 90037, 90043, 90044, 90045, 90047, 90048,


90056, 90062, 90064, 90066, 90230, 90232


CD 33 - * Lucille Roybal-Allard


Geographic Area: Southeast Los Angeles includes communities of


Huntington Park, Maywood and South Gate.


Zip Codes: 90001, 90006, 90007, 90011, 90012, 90013, 90014,


90015, 90017, 90021, 90022, 90023, 90026, 90033, 90040, 90057,


90201, 90255, 90270, 90280, 90640


CD 34 - Esteban Torres


~ Geographic Area: Includes Montebello, Pico Rivera, Norwalk, La


Puente and part of Whittier.


Zip Codes: 90022, 90601, 90602, 90603, 90604, 90605, 90606,


90640, 90650, 90660, 90670, 91744, 91745, 91746, 91770, 91792


CD 35 - Maxine Waters


Geographic Area: Includes the cities of Inglewood and Hawthorne


as well as South-Central Los Angeles. ;


Zip Codes: 90001, 90002, 90003, 90011, 90037, 90044, 90045,


90047, 90058, 90247, 90248, 90249, 90250, 90260, 90301, 90302,


90303, 90304, 90305


CD 36 - * Jane Harman


Geographic Area: Santa Monica Bay south of Santa Monica though


Palos Verdes Pennisula, includes the cities of El Segundo, Manhat-


tan Beach, Redondo Beach, Torrance and Rolling Hills Estates.


Zip Codes: 90045, 90066, 90245, 90249, 90254, 90260, 90266,


90274, 90277, 90278, 90291, 90292, 90293, 90501, 90502, 90503,


90504, 90505, 90710, 90717, 90731, 90732


CD 37 - * Walter Tucker


Geographic Area: Includes Watts and Wiimington as well as


Compton, Carson and downtown Long Beach.


Zip Codes: 90002, 90003, 90044, 90059, 90061, 90220, 90221,


90222, 90247, 90248, 90262, 90501, 90502, 90710, 90723, 90744,


90745, 90746, 90805, 90806, 90807, 90810, 90813


CD 38 - * Steve Horn


Geographic Area: Includes Lakewood, Bellflower, Paramount,


Downey and most of Long Beach.


Zip Codes: 90240, 90241, 90242, 90280, 90712, 90713, 90717,


90723, 90731, 90801, 90802, 90803, 90804, 90805, 90806, 90807,


90808, 90813, 90814, 90815


CD 39 - Ed Royce


Geographic Area: Includes L.A. cities of Cerritos, La Mirada; Orange


Geographic Areas: Split among Los Angeles, Orange and San


~ 92230, 92234, 92236, 92240, 92253, 92260, 92261 , 92262, 92263,


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County cities of Fullerton, La Habra, Buena Park and Brea City,


Zip Codes: 90603, 90604, 90605, 90620, 90621, 90623, 90639


90631, 90638, 90639, 90701, 90713, 90715, 90716, 90720, 90749


90808, 92621, 92631, 92632; 92633, 92635, 92670, 92801, 928,


CD 40 - Jerry Lewis '


Geographic Area: All of Inyo County and San Bernardino Couniy


cities of Redlands, Hesperia, Victorville, Yucaipa, Loma Linda and


the Apple Valley.


Zip Codes: 91701, 91709, 91730, 91739, 92242, 92252, gp055


92277, 92284, 92286, 92301, 92307, 92308, 92311, 92314, 92315


92317, 92321, 92325, 92342, 92345, 92346, 92347, 92352, 92354


92356, 92359, 92363, 92365, 92371, 92372, 92373, 92374, 92375,


92382, 92391, 92392, 92394, 92397, 92398, 92399, 92401, 92404


92405, 92407,;92408, 92410, 92411, 93513, 93514, 93526, 93545,


93562 3


CD 41 -* Jay C. Kim


Bernardino counties. Includes Pomona and Diamond Bar.


Zip Codes: 90631, 91104, 91710, 91745, 91748, 91761, 91762


91763, 91764, 91765, 91766, 91767, 91768, 91786, 91789, 91792, |


92621, 92670, 92686, 92807, 92808 ` |


CD 42 - George E. Brown Jr.


Geographic Area: Most of the city of San Bernardino plus Colton, |


Rialto, Fontana, Rancho Cucamonga and part of Ontario.


Zip Codes: 92316, 92324, 92334, 92335, 92336, 92346, 92376,


92404, 92405, 92410


CD 43 - Kenneth Calvert


Geographic Area: Includes the city of Riverside, Corona and Lake


Elsinore and stops just north of Temecula.


Zip Codes: 91719, 91720, 91752, 91760, 92330, 92355, 92362


92370, 92380, 92387, 92395, 92501, 92503, 92504, 92505, 92506,


92507, 92508, 92509, 92517 5;


CD 44 - Al Mc Candless


Geographic Area: Eastern Riverside County, from Moreno Valleyio


Blythe and including Palm Springs and Indio.


Zip Codes: 92201, 92202, 92210, 92220, 92223, 92225, 92226, *


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92264, 92274, 92276, 92320, 92343, 92344, 92348, 92360, 92367,


92370, 92380, 92381, 92383, 92387, 92388, 92396


CD 45 - Dana Rohrabacher


Geographic Area: Includes Seal Beach, Stanton, Huntington Beach,


Westminster, Fountain Valley, Costa Mesa, part of Newport Beach. |


Zip Codes: 90620, 90630, 90680, 90740, 90742, 92626, 92627,


92641, 92645, 92646, 92647, 92648, 92649, 92655, 92660, 92661,


92662, 92663, 92683, 92708, 92801. 92804


CD 46 - Robert K. Dornan b


Geographic Area: Includes most of Santa Ana, all of Garden Grove


and Central Anaheim.


Zip Codes: 92640, 92641, 92643, 92644, 92668, 92680, 92701, |


92703, 92704, 92705, 92706, 92707, 92708, 92714, 92801, 92802,


92804, 92805


CD 47 - Christopher Cox


Geographic Area: Includes the city of Orange, Irvine, Tustin and


parts of Laguna Beach and Newport Beach.


Zip Codes: 92625, 92626, 92627, 92630, 92651, 92652, 9265,


92656, 92660, 92665, 92666, 92667, 92668, 92669, 92676, 92677, |


92679, 92680, 92691, 92701, 92705, 92706, 92707, 92714, 92715,


92720, 92802, 92805, 92806, 92807, 92808


CD 48 - Ron Packard a


Geographic Area: Includes all of southern Orange County including


most of Mission Viejo, San Juan Capistrano and San Clemente; and


part of northern San Diego County, including Oceanside, Cal? "


Pendleton, Fallbrook and Mount Palomar.


Zip Codes: 92003, 92008, 92026, 92028, 92036, 92054, 9205


92056, 92061, 92069, 92082, 92083, 92084, 92629, 92630, 9265


92656, 92672, 92675, 92677, 92679, 92688, 92691, 92692


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eo TTY: conversation with Angela Oh


I don't care how many buildings you put up, if people cannot get along it's not going to work.


And the fact is that not getting along right now means death. In a very real way. There is a lot


of firepower on the street and I don't know what LAPD's strategy is, but I don't think any of it


includes trying to figure out a strategy for collecting firearms. And that needs to happen. ... And


it's not good enough for the LAPD to have its deployment plan in place. That is not good enough.


There needs to be some prevention.


An Honest Record


~RR: You were special counsel to the California Assembly special committee on the Los


Angeles Crisis. And the report is a wonderful report and it touched on much of what we said today.


What I worry about is that it may end up being just another report that collects dust. You can go


back to the Kerner Commission report-that, too, a wonderful report. What's going to be done


about this report? And aren't you concerned that it too is going to be tucked on a shelf somewhere


to be pulled out after the next incident.


AO: That's why I want everyone to see my video report. It's voices from the community,


continued from page 5


ACLU of Southern California


directed to the legislature. It's called A Share in the Deal. And basically it talks about whl


_ happened-for about thirty seconds. And then it talks about where the hope is for L.A.


It's not a glitzy, fashion piece. It's just truthful. And it's very interesting because


interviewed about seven different organizations, including people from the Southshore bankin


Chicago-which is a community development bank that turned that community around afte


about 19 years .. . These people know how to rebuild L.A. They know what the issues are, they 5


know the communities, they know how to rebuild. Really rebuild. Not RLA. And they're


being tapped. SoI'm hoping when this video comes out, it's going to start a whole other dialog!


Iwas concerned about exactly what you raised-this is going to be another report that is gone


to go on a shelf and some minion is going to summarize it for the legislator so he or she doest!


sound like a complete idiot when they talk about this report.


What is going to happen with this report? I'm pretty realistic about that. . I think tha!


it is a record of what happened here in L.A. . . . [It] will be used as a jumping board !


introduce new legislation. We decided that what we needed to do was make sure that at le


an honest record was left of what the issues are and what we see and what the communily


telling us and the experts are telling us is possible in 1992, given the information al


experience to date. So that's what it is.


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Supreme Court Rejects Gov't Argument on


Lesbian/Gay Discrimination in the Military


OPEN ForuM STAFF


On Dec. 7, the U.S. Supreme Court refused the government's petition to review Pruitt v.


Cheney-the landmark ACLU case which has fought the U.S. military's anti-gay and lesbian


olicy. The decision upholds an earlier victory in the U.S. Court of Appeals and allows the


ACLU to challenge the constitutionality of the military policy in trial court.


The outgoing administration had argued that lesbians and gay men could be barred from


the military based on the claim that the Constitution does not prevent the government from


discriminating against those who are targets of public disapproval.


"Had the Court agreed with the Bush administration, the equal protection clause would


have been turned into empty words, protecting only those who do not need its protection," said


Jon Davidson, senior staff attorney for the ACLU Foundation of Southern California.


Joining the ACLU as co-counsel was the Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund and


the law firm of Hedges and Caldwell.


The court may have been influenced by then President-elect Bill Clinton's promise to


rescind the policy once in office.


"Whether by Executive Order or by court challenge, the waste of dedicated and patriotic


Americans being drummed out of the military solely because of their sexual orientation is


soon-very soon-to be a disgraceful relic of the past," said Mary Newcombe, staff attorney


at Lambda.


The U.S., Great Britain, and Turkey are the only NATO nations that allow their militaries


to discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation.


The Pruitt case began in 1983. After identifying herself as a lesbian in a newspaper article,


Rev. Dusty Pruitt-then a captain in the U.S. Army-had a promotion to major suspended and


was subsequently discharged.


Compton Ordinance Hindering


Political Speech Overturned


OPEN FoRUM STAFF


Late last year, ACLU attorney Sharon


Robinson and Compton attorney B. Kwaku


Duren successfully challenged a Compton


city ordinance barring the distribution of


political literature on all public property. On


Dec. 21, a court ruled that the ordinance


violated the First Amendment's free speech


_ protections and a preliminary injunction was


issued striking down the ordinance. The


measure was passed by the City Council of


Compton as an emergency response to the


civil unrest of April/May 1992.


_ Durenfiled a complaint against the city in


late November after he was prohibited from


distributing flyers discussing a proposed


entertainment center and literature concern-


ing his congressional campaign during a


City Council meeting. The case was origi-


nally filed by Duren and the ACLU joined in


December. _


Commenting on the case, Robinson said,


"A preliminary injunction was necessary in


this case because if the First Amendment


means anything, it means that all people are


free to engage in political debate without


threat of criminal arrest and prosecution.


Under the terms of this ordinance, carrying


a copy of the Bill of Rights would be unlaw-


_ful in the city of Compton." =


is Adelman


1899-1992


Businessman, social activist and ACLU Foundation board


member Isadore Adelman died on Thursday, December 24. In


addition to his successful business carrer, Is actively supported the


work of many organizations dedicated to social justice, civil liber-


ties, civil rights and the peace movement. In particular, his and his


wife Lucy's generosity enabled groups like the ACLU Foundation


of Southern California, the Venice Family Cinic and the Jewish


Federation in Texas to grow and continue work pursuing the val-


ues he and Lucy so cherished. Is Adelman's devotion to the ACLU


will be carried on through Lucy and their daughter Susan, both of


whom will continue to serve on Board of Directors. -


As a devoted civil libertarian, Is represented the true spirit of


what has made the ACLU's work possible-a lifelong commitment


to fulfilling the promise of "liberty and justice for all."


HIGH COURT RULES ON ILLEGAL CLINIC


BLOCKADES; ACLU INJUCTION REMAINS INTACT


BY OPEN ForuM STAFF


With each day the abortion issue seems


to acquire one more shade of grey.


During his first week in office, Presi-


dent Clinton revoked the abortion "gag


rule'"- which prevented federally funded


doctors from even discussing the abortion


option with patients. That same day, he


also lifted the ban on fetal tissure research.


And the Supreme Court last year balked at


overturning Roe v. Wade-foisting the


women their reproductive freedom.


The ACLU of Southern California, how-


ever, pointed out that the Bray ruling in no


way affects several important lower court


decisions, such as its case National Abortion


Federation v. Operation Rescue. Aninjunc-


tion-obtained through that case in 1989-


remains intact, preventing Operation Res-


cue from using illegal and violent tactics to


block doorways at local women's clinics.


ACLU Senior Staff Attorney Carol Sobel,


"There is no dispute about the obligation that state and


local authorities have to intervene to protect women in


these circumstances."


ACLU Senior Staff Attorney Carol Sobel


decision onto the state judiciaries.


But with the Jan. 13 ruling in Bray vy.


Alexandria Women' s-Health Clinic, the Su-


preme Court restricted the ability of federal


`courts to prevent illegal blockades at


women's medical clinics.


Extremist fundamental Christian organi-


zations, such as Operation Rescue, hailed


the ruling as a victory in the effort to deny


who was lead counsel in National Abortion


Federation, said the ACLU will continue to


take all_ appropriate action to. ensure that


clinic doors remain open to all women seek-


ing medical treatment.


"There is no dispute about the obligation


that state and local authorities have to inter-


vene to protect women in these' circum-


stances," she. said: e 2


Colorado Boycott Continues


continued from page 1


that Denver, Boulder, and Aspen had enacted gay rights


local ordinances only to see those ordinances washed


away by the hate brought on by Amendment 2."


"Likewise, we know that a boycott does economic


damage to all-residents of Colorado, not just those


who supported the message of hate embodied in


Amendment 2. But the fact remains that a majority of


Colorado voters approved Amendment 2, 53% to


41% ... We have no choice but to respond."


As the first affiliate to support the boycott, the


ACLU/SC urged its members and the general public


a


Technology


Civil Liberties


continued from page 3


The technology also raises more subtle problems,


though, In the insurance industry, for example, com-


panies classify the risk of loss represented by each


: This traditionally involves using the


`Dplicant"s age, personal, family and occupational


(ata, If genetic testing data is available, presumably


he insurance companies will want to use it to set rates


and determine whom they will insure. Yet, if genetic


information is available to the individual and not the


Ter, "at risk" individuals Would presumably be


peeied to purchase additional insurance for them-


Yes, thus increasing rates for others at "low risk.


iy employers are prohibited from discrimi-


let ` against a person because of results of a genetic


only eight states-and then most laws apply


applicant.


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and


initiative.


only to people carrying the trait for sickle cell anemia. |


With the expansion of the technology, the question 8. Known Bondholders, Mortgagess. and Other Security Holders Owning or Holding 1 Percent.or More of Total Amount of Bonds, Mortgages or Other


arises of whether or not employers should be prohib-


ited from discriminating against individuals based


upon any genetic test result.


ACLU member may attend.


to avoid travel to or doing business with Colorado until


the anti-gay rights law is struck down by the courts or


repealed. In December, Ripston sent a letter to the


executive directors of each ACLU affiliate, urging


their boards to endorse the boycott. Also, ACLU


Shafer Fellow Alan Friel joined the Human Rights


Campaign Fund and the National Gay and Lesbian


Task Force in a Washington D.C. press conference. The


ACLU's National Lesbian and Gay Rights Project and


the ACLU of Colorado have also brought suit chal-


lenging the amendments constitutionality.


With the passage of Colorado's Amendment 2,


California has been targeted for a similar state-wide


ACLU Shafer Fellow Alan Friel contributed to this article.


Yet genes may eventually be identified that indicate


a person's susceptability to cancer with low levels of


radation or exposure to certain chemicals. Employers


that require such exposure-such as airlines, where x-


ray exposure is often, or computer manufacturing,


where components receive a chemical rinse-would


then have potentially valid health and safety reasons to


know such facts about their employees.


These and other issues related to health and medical


rights are the subject of study and debate by the ACLU-


SC Medical Rights Committee. Meetings are at 7:30


p.m. on the third Monday of each month, with occa-


sional exceptions. Call the ACLU office to confirm a


meeting date if you are interested in attending. Any


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Committee Meetings


The following is a list of committee meetings. Unless otherwise noted, all meetings are held


at the ACLU, 1616 Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles.


Executive Committee


Tuesday, Feb. 16, 7 p.m.; Wednesday, March 17, 5:30 p.m.;


Tuesday, April 13, 7 p.m.;Wednesday, May 12, 5:30 p.m.


ACLU/SC Board


Wednesday, March 17, 7 p.m.; Wednesday, May 12, 7 p.m.


Feminist Forum


_ Feb. 22: Media: Independent vs. Mainstream.


Mar 22: Local and Worldwide Women's Issues.


Worker's Rights


_ First Wednesday of each month. -


Lesbian/Gay Rights Board


Second Monday of each month.


Chapter Council


Third Wednesday of alternate months.


Medical Rights


Third Monday of each month.


First Amendment


Last Wednesday of each month.


Children's Rights. =


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Legislative Action Committee


First Monday of each month.


Please join us in planning the 1993 Issues Conference.


For more information, call Ron Wong at (213) 977-9500 x261.


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Please join us in our freedom of expression.


celebration of the


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beginning with a viewing of


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Chapter Meetings


Whittier/San Gabriel Valley


First Wednesday of each month. ?


Board meetings. All members welcome to join in discussion.


For information, call: Paul Camhi (213) 696-3751


Lesbian and Gay Rights


_ Thursday, February 18, 7 pm. `1993: A Year of Change." Speaker: Jon Davidson, |


ACLU Senior Staff Attorney. The ACLU, 1616 Beverly Blvd.


For information, call: (213) 977-9500 x237


South Bay 4


_ First Tuesday of each month. Chapter meeting.


For information, call: Robert Ciriello (310) 833-8628


San Luis Obispo


The Executive Board and the Legal Review Committee will both meet on February


11, March 11, and April 8th at the Mid-State Bank, 75 Santa Rosa Street, San Luis


Obispo. The Executive Board will meet at 6:45pm; all members welcome. The Legal


Review Committee will meet at 8:00pm. For further information, call: (805) 544-.014)


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Singles


Sunday, February 28 7 p.m. Attorney James Randall, Alexander Prairie, Atheists


United, Others: "Is Seperation of Church and State in Danger from the Religious


Rights?" Suggested donation: ACLU members, $6. Non-members, $8.


13650 Mindanao Way, Marina Del Ray. For information, call: Dean (310) 392-7149, |


Gene (310) 422-6588, Myron (818) 893-2276


Beverly Hills/Westwood


February 25: 7-9:15pm, Panel Discussion: "Civil Rights in the Gay World Today,"


with speakers: Jon Davidson, Sr. Staff Counsel, ACLU of So. Calif.; Duncan Donovan, :


ACLU of SC Board Member, VP, ACLU Lesbian and Gay Rights Chapter, member of


the LA Rent Control Commission; Johanna Butler, newsletter editor of ACLU Lesbian


and Gay Rights Chapter. Moderator, Steve Taneman, ACLU Speakers Bureau mem-


ber. Westside Pavilion, 3rd floor Community Room, 10800 W. Pico. For information,


call: (310) 670-7999


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Long Beach }


Third Monday of each month, 7:00pm.


For information, call: Ron Webster (213) 429-4390


Orange County


First Sunday of each month. 1670 Santa Ana Ave, Room F, Costa Mesa.


The Orange County Chapter is co-sponsoring with California State University,


Fullerton, Pre-Law Student Association and Political Science Student Association a


Civil Rights symposium to be held at the University in February. For more informa-


tion, please call (714) 722-7775.


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Pasadena-Foothill


Pasadena-Foothill Chapter meets every fourth Thursday, 7 :30pm at the Neighbor-


hood Church, 301 N. Orange Grove, Pasadena. For information, call: (818) 794-1234


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Pomona Valley Chapter


Saturday, February 27, 10 a.m. Home of Rose Ash and Glenn


Goodwin, 795 W. 10th St., Claremont. ;


March 20, 10 a.m. Mount St. Antonio Gardens, 900 E. Harrison, Building B18,


Pomona. 621-0977


For information, call: (714) 861-2223


Inland Empire Chapter


February 9th, May 12th, August 12th, November 12th. All meetings start at 7:00pm


sharp at the home of Rebecca Warren, 8590 Dufferin Ave., Riverside, CA. For


information, call: (909) 351-1268


Santa Barbara


Fourth Tues. of each month, Blake Lounge, Unitarian Society, 1525 Santa Barbara


St. For information, call: Robert Sanger (805) 569-1452


San Fernando Valley Chapter


Your San Fernando Valley A.C.L.U. Chapter is among the largest and most active in


the area, with participation in not only local projects but with wide support of the


affiliate Committee representation. This provides the opportunity to become personally


involved in real efforts to support Civil Liberties. |


Open meetings are held every month and ACLU membership can be arranged on the


spot so bring friends. For information, call: Norm Beal (818) 344-9241.


AD Hoc DRUG COMMITTEE: .


All interested in the ACLU's drug policy and efforts should attend an


organizational meeting of the committee at the ACLU, 1616 Beverly


Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90026 on February 16, 1993 at 7pm. `For ,


information call Alan Friel at (213) 977-9500, ext.268.


Volunteer Needed


Volunteer urgently needed to help in the


Executive Director's office.


If you can work at least one day a week, please


contact Susan Fuller at 213.977.9500 x203.


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Title

Open forum, vol. 68, no. 4 (Winter, 1993)

Creator

American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California

Date

1993 Winter

Identifier

ACLUS_1657

General notes(s)

From bound edition 22

Genre

Newspapers

Physical description

8 pages, 44 x 28 cm

Publisher

Los Angeles(Calif.): American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California

Preferred citation

Open forum, vol. 68, no. 4 (Winter, 1993); Open forum, newsletter of the ACLU of Southern California, PER ACLUS; California Historical Society.

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Gift of The ACLU Foundation of Southern California, 2022. Copyright (or related rights to publicity and privacy) for materials in this collection, created by the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California, was not transferred to the California Historical Society (CHS). Permission for reproduction or publication of materials in this collection beyond that allowed by fair use must be secured from the copyright holder.

Topical subject(s)

Civil rights
Civil liberties

Geographical subject(s)

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Collection identifier

PER ACLUS