vol. 44, no. 4

: Volume XLIV

'S.F. Anti-Loitering Law

Challenged

San Francisco police have arrested

thousands of people in a "clean the

streets" operation that was challenged

_ as unconstitutional by a lawsuit filed by |

the ACLU of Northern California May

1 against San Francisco's Police Chief

Charles Gain, Sheriff Eugene Brown,

and District Attorney Joseph Frietas.

Four resident taxpayers of the city

filed the lawsuit, alleging that under

San Francisco Municipal Code, section

20 (which prohibits obstructing

sidewalks and standing in doorways

without the owner's consent), the police

have arrested thousands of people

knowing that the District Attorney's

office will not prosecute. The lawsuit

alleges that arrests are made to harrass

and to rid the streets of people con-

sidered undesirable, unpopular, or

destitute by the police.

"The Chief of Police, Sheriff, and

District Attorney have conspired to

deny people arrested for allegedly

obstructing sidewalks or standing in

doorways due process of law and equal

aclu news

May 1979

protection of the law," said Amitai Sch-

wattz, ACLU-NC staff attorney. `Most

people are arrested and forced to

remain in custody or post bail pending

formal arraignment in court. Then, at

the time of the arraignment, the

District Attorney's office decides that it

will not prosecute and the people are

released,' Schwartz explained.

The suit alleges that at least 750

people werre arrested during the first

three months of this year, but that most

charges were dropped by the

prosecutor, and none received trials.

For example, a person can be

arrested by San Francisco police on a

Friday night for obstructing a sidewalk.

Unless the person can post bail of $250,

or pay $35 for a bail bond, the person

will remain in jail until 10:30 a.m.

Monday morning. At that time, the

prosecutor will announce that no

formal charges will be filed and the

suspect is released. In the case of people

posting a bail bond, they lose their $35.

The court can not review the basis for

~ the Friday night arrest because the first

opportunity comes on Monday, and on

Monday, the case is dropped.

"The ordinance itself is un-

constitutional because its terms cover

everything from obstructing a sidewalk

while waiting for a bus, to standing ina

doorway to get out of the rain," said

Schwartz, "leading the police to arrest

people on the basis of status or ap-

pearance rather than conduct."

The suit also alleges that the pattern

of enforcement - arrest followed by

~ custody and then summary dismissal -

is also unconstitutional, because the

arrests are made for impermissible

reasons, unrelated to the likelihood of

conviction. The reasons for the arrests

cannot be reviewed by the courts

because the great majority of the cases

are dismissed. (c)

`Over ten years ago, the President's

Commission on Law Enforcement and

Administration of Justice stated that

"While the police are under con-

siderable pressure to contain vice within _

a given community and to keep un-

desirable persons off the streets, the

current practice of using the arrest

power in situations in which there is no

Continued on p. 4

Let Kids

Be Kids

"It wasn't hard for me to join the

Boys' Club. All I had to do was sign a

sheet and pay $3.25. Then I was a

member and now can use all the

facilities any day the club is open," said

Michael Frick, 10, a resident of Santa

Cruz.

"When I was 8 years old, I wanted to

Join the Boys' Club of Santa Cruz. I

went with my mother and some friends.

When we got there, the people said that

they could not accept our applications

because we are girls. I think it's unfair

that I can't go there just because I'm a

girl,"' said Naomi Goldfrank, also 10

and also a resident of Santa Cruz.

Agreeing that such a practice is

unfair, the ACLU of Northern

California filed a lawsuit on May 2

against the Boys' Club of Santa Cruz,

Inc., challenging its policy and practice

of allowing only boys access to the

club's facilities, which include the only

community indoor heated swimming

pool in northern Santa Cruz County, a

gymnasium, game and craft rooms, a

library, and a kitchen. It also has the

only program of supervised after-school

recreation in the county for the 8-to-18

age group. There is no comparable

facility or recreational and educational

program available to girls.

The suit is brought on behalf of

`Victoria Isbister, Naomi Goldfrank,

and Paula Smith, girls who have been

denied access to the club's facilities

because they are girls, and Michael

Frick and Zachary Wormhoudt, two

boys who belong to the club but allege

that its membership policy deprives

them of their right to a _ non-

discriminatory environment.

The children are represented in their

suit by cooperating attorneys Diane E.

Thompson, Susan L. Paulus, Susan M.

Popik, and Edward F. Newman, and

ACLU of Northern California staff

attorneys Margaret C. Crosby, Alan

Schlosser, and Amitai Schwartz.

"The Boys' Club receives. ap-

proximately 15% of its operating funds

from the United Way of Santa Cruz,"

said Diane Thompson, ACLU

cooperating attorney,

membership to half the 8-to-18 year-

olds in the city, namely girls. There is a

law in this state (the Unruh Civil Rights

__ Act) which says that `all persons within

. this state are free and equal, and no

matter what their sex, race, color,

religion, ancestry, or national origin,

are entitled to full and equal ac-

commodations, advantages, facilities,

or services in all business establish-

ments of every kind whatsoever." We're

asking the court to order the Boys' Club (c)

to obey the law and allow girls equal

access to the opportunities enjoyed at

the moment by boys only."

continued on p. 2

"yet it denies -

No. 4

25th Anniversary,

Brown y. Bd. of Ed.

Desegregation

Victory

Arbitrary school district boundary

lines as barriers to desegregation were

pulled down by the California Court of

Appeal in April.

The case, Tinsley v. Palo Alto Uni-

fied School District, was filed because

of the racial imbalance existing among

elementary schools in the Mid-Penin-

sula. A school district with predomi-

nantly black enrollment (Ravenswood)

was surrounded by school districts with

predominantly white enrollments.

Thus, any feasible plan of disegregation

had to include schools outside the

Ravenswood district.

Parents of both white and black ele-

mentary school students brought suit

against the State of California, the

State Board of Education, and the Mid-

Peninsula school districts. The com-

plaint was dismissed in San Mateo

Superior Court because it did not claim

that the racial imbalance was caused by

intentional acts of segregation. The

plaintiffs appealed in the Court of

Appeal and the ACLU of Northern and

Southern California, the NAACP, and

the Los Angeles Center for Law and

Justice filed an amicus or "friend of the

court"' brief in their support.

`The Court of Appeal reversed the

lower court and held that intent to seg-

regate was not the question. The Court

reaffirmed that racial isolation violates

the California Constitution, regardless

of whether the condition is caused by

intentional acts of school officials.

The significance of the decision is

highlighted by the fact that it explicitly

rejected the narrower standards for a

finding of unconstitutional segregation

developed by the Burger Court under

the federal Constitution.

The Tinsley decision underscores the

state's obligation to "eradicate school

segregation regardless of cause."' Thus,

school districts with predominantly

white enrollments cannot turn their

backs on a school district in the same

"geographic area" with an overwhelm-

ingly minority enrollment. In the

court's opinion, ``The accidents of

geography and arbitrary boundary lines

of local government can afford no

Continued on p. 4 ,

- Election Issue -

Ballot on pg. 3

May 1979

aclu news

Bombs, Away

Bureaucratic buck-passing almost

stymied the May 5S demonstration

against the Lawrence Livermore Lab,

_ site of the development of such atomic

weapons as the hydrogen and neutron

bombs.

The University of California Nuclear

Weapons Lab Conversion Project

wanted to hold an educational rally and

fair to explain the health and safety

hazards of the Livermore Lab and why

and how the Lab's bomb-making capa-

bilities could be converted to peaceful

research devoted to socially useful pro-

jects such as finding safe energy sources.

Months before the May Sth date, the

Conversion Project asked the Livermore

Lab officials for permission to use the

land behind the Applied Science Labor-

atory. They were told that the decision

would have to be made by U.C. Davis, |

who leases the land from Livermore.

U.C. Davis said no, the authority rested .

with the United States Department of

Energy. DOE said no, the authority be-

longed to the University.

Frustrated by this "`who, me?'' shell

game, the Conversion Project asked the

ACLU of Northern California to find

out where the authority lay. Alan

Schlosser, ACLU staff attorney, wrote

to the University and laboratory offici-

als to pin down who was responsible for

deciding if the Lab Conversion group

could use the land.

The laboratory finally owned up and

allowed the demonstration to take place.

In the meantime, the Direct Action

Committee of the Lab Conversion Pro-

ject had asked for permission to hand

out leaflets at the Livermore Visitors'

Center and the cafeteria of the Lab it-

self explaining why the Lab should con-

vert from weapons-making to peaceful

purposes. The Committee was turned

down by the Laboratory, so they came

back to the ACLU. Schlosser took up

the gauntlet again.

He pointed out that the Lab told its

side of the nuclear story through exhibits

and information at the Visitors' Center

and, since the land is public property,

the Lab Conversion Project had the

right to counter the Lab's point of view

with its own.

The Lab finally said OK to the Pro-

ject's leafletting the Visitors' Center

and the cafeteria.

But the saga is not over. The Lab (c)

Conversion Project has requested space

for a permanent educational exhibit at

the Visitors' Center explaining their

conversion program. At press time,

they are still awaiting an official deci-

sion on their request. If it-is denied, the

Project intends to ask the ACLU-NC to

file suit to establish their right to such a

display.

Kids

from p. 1

The suit asks the court to allow gitls

to participate immediately and fully in -

its activities. The club would not have to

make any major alterations to its

facilities in order to accommodate girls

as members since it has two completely

separate locker rooms with shower and

toilet facilities.

Se

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ballot to the ACLU office is noon on _

Wednesday, June 13, 1979.

For your consideration, the following

statements were submitted by the

eleven candidates for election to the

Board of Directors.

ALVIN H. BAUM, JR.

A member of ACLU of Northern

California for over ten years; served

on the Board of Directors four years;

currently serving as Treasurer. Is

Chair of Budget Management and

Development Committee; serves on

Wage and Benefits Committee.

Attorney and city planning consul-

tant; on the Board of Gay Rights

_ Advocates.

I would like to continue as Treas-

urer since we are facing a crossroads:

we either need to increase our money

supply from corporate gifts and

foundation funds or cut back on.

programs. I would like to find new

income for the ACLU so that it can

`-expand its programs. I want to play

an inside role in finding new money

or adjusting to existing funds.

Incumbent: Yes _

Nominated by: Board of Directors

RICHARD (DICK) CRILEY

Student Free Speech movement in

_ Berkeley (1934); ACLU member since

1959; Midwest Director, National

Committee Against Repressive

Legislation (formerly National Com-

mittee to Abolish HUAC) (1960-1976);

Northern California Director, NCARL

(1976 to present); Chairperson,

Monterey County ACLU Chapter (1977

to present); Member, ACLU-NC

Legislative Committee (current); Sub-

poenaed by HUAC... (1959 and 1961)

and by Senate Internal Security

Subcommittee (1955 and 1963);

resident in (Chicago) Black neigh-

borhood, community and civil rights

activist (1957-1976).

I believe that I can contribute to the

development of some ACLU-NC

priorities: chapter building, grass-roots

legislative work,

volvement in community issues (police |

misconduct, etc.) to help achieve the

goal of involving more members in the

ongoing work of the ACLU-NC.

Incumbent: No

Nominated by: Board of Directors

and ACLU in- .

CAROLINA CAPISTRANO

Presently working as administrative

assistant to Senator Nicholas C. Petris

(D-Oakland), area legislation: policy

formulation and steering bills through

the Legislature. Ex-Chair, current

member: Chicano Capital Staff

Association. Member: National La

Raza Lawyers Association, La Comision

Femenil, Sacramento Women in

Politics. Past instructor via Stanford

University Chicano Fellows Program 1)

Soledad Prison, Courses: basic writing,

Chicano Literature, 2) Stanford

University courses: Creative Writing,

Chicana Literature: Chicana Problems,

Community Research Methodologies.

Graduate, Stanford Law School, 1976.

My: concerns. `are needs of disen-

franchised poor, minorities, elderly,

handicapped, Prisoners, and mentally

ill caught up in nightmare insanity of

an unresponsive political/bureaucratic

_ system. Am honored to serve as ad-

vocate for the needs of these individuals

in whatever ways Ican, through work in

legislature and in communty.

Incumbent: No ~

Nominated by: Board of Directors

BEN GINDEN

Many of us in the chapters feel we

would like more representation on the

affiliate board and my candidacy

reflects this feeling.

I have always been interested in Civil

Liberties since before serving as State

Treasurer of the Progressive Party in

1948. Have served as President of the

Jewish Federation of Santa Clara

County, co-chairman of the Martin

Luther King Scholarship Fund at San

Jose State, President of Anti-

Defamation League of Santa Clara

County. My background is that of

merchant seaman, serving as everything

from a wiper to Chief Engineer, before

and during WW II, when I was a

member of the Marine Firemen's Union

and the Marine Engineer's Union.

Postwar, I have been a businessman -

and Realtor, which I presently am.

Incumbent: No

Nominated by: Petition |

1 of Directors Election

JAMES GOODWIN

I have been an active member of the

ACLU of Northern California since

1948. I am currently on the Executive

Committee of the Board and chair-

person of its Communications/Media

Committee; member, Western Regional

NAACP Legal Committee; com-

missioner, California Public Broad-

casting Commission; MALDEF; and

_ trustee, Wright. Institute.

We need to improve communications

with our members and help build

cooperative relationships among the

chapters. Mary Dunlap, upon taking

leave from the Board last year, left us

- with a poem, the last refrain of which

speaks to our concerns if we seek to

effectively protect the Bill of Rights. .

`May our risk-takings for justice

multiply

And may we stand up bravely

For the rights of the poor and the

scared and the lonely

: And for every suffering one who

needs a friend.

`Incumbent: Yes

Nominated by: Board of Directors... ._

ROBERT L. HARRIS

I have a lifetime commitment to

fighting. for civil liberties. My

background in constitutional law

and my past experience as an associ-

. ate editor of the California Law

Review (Boalt Hall) have prepared

me fully to devote considerable effort

to the constant struggle for civil

liberties.

At the present I am one of the

chief attorneys defending the

NAACP in a $4.5 million libel

lawsuit filed by the Oakland Police .

Officers' Association. I am also one

of the attorneys defending the

_ Bayview-Hunter's Point Foundation

in a $50 million libel lawsuit filed

against it and the NAACP by the San

Francisco Police Officers' Associa-

tion.

I am President-Elect of the

National Bar Association and I am

actively involved in numerous

community activities.

Incumbent: No

Nominated by: Board of Directors.

DONNA HITCHINS

I am the Director of the Lesbian

Rights Project and Director of the

Vocational Education Project of Equal

_ Rights Advocates. I am involved in

litigation and community education

. focused on the rights of women and gay

people. Over the last 12 years, I have

been involved in the civil rights/liberties

`struggle, and have seen it as an im-

portant tool in combating oppression

based on race, sex, economics, age, and

politics. I have been a member of the

Equality, Legal, Due Process, and

Personnel committees of the Board.

Because of the continued and in-

tensified intrusion on the rights of

individuals, the ACLU of Northern

California has a dual responsibility: 1)

to aggressively and creatively oppose

these intrusions, and 2) to encourage

others to actively participate in the

struggle.

Incumbent: Yes

Nominated by: Board of Directors

IRIS MITGANG

Background: National Vice-Chair,

National Women's Political Caucus;

Continuing Committee of the Con-

ference, International Women's Year,

Houston; National Board member,

NWPC ERA Fund; Consumer member,

governing body, Alameda-Contra Costa

Health System; Attorney, Oakland-

Walnut Creek (employment discrimi-

nation/family law); Publications on

Immigration; Instructor, legal research,

~-U.C. Davis School of Law; Instructor,

family law, J.F.K. University; Editorial

Board U.C. Davis Law Review; ex-

perienced lobbyist; Legislation, Legal,

and Equality committees member.

Commitment: A - strong feminist

presence to keep the vigil and to expand

our commitment to equal rights,

children's rights, the rights of privacy

and the right to choose; to open the

political and institutional processes to

the under-represented, the under-

served; and to bring political knowledge

and the perspective, commitment, and

energy for change.

I would be honored fo continue

serving. (c)

Incumbent: Yes

Nominated by: Board of Directors

DRUCILLA RAMEY

I have been active in the ACLU since

my law student days. After four years as

a Board member of ACLU-NC, I was

elected, and have since served as chair-

person of the Board for the past year.

As a civil rights lawyer, I am particularly

anxious that we heighten our attack on

the problems raised by societal discrim-

ination against the poor minorities,

women, the elderly, and _ the

handicapped.

We need more representatives of

these groups on our Board, and in the

wake of Proposition 13 and the Bakke

decision, we need, as an organization,

to continue our leadership in the pent

for affirmative action.

I would like the opportunity to con-

tinue my work on and with the Board:

and with the membership of ACLU-

NC.

Incumbent: Yes

Nominated by: Board of Directors

DAVIS RIEMER

I joined the Earl Warren Chapter in

1970, served as Board member,

' President, affiliate representative. On |

affiliate Board for six years, currently

at-large. Committees: Executive,

Budget-Management, Staff Com-

pensation, Privacy. Offices held:

Treasurer.

I have been helpful in establishing

better policies regarding money

management, organizational goals and

problems, and chapter relations. All

still need improvement. We must try to

increase our program. without ex-

ploiting staff financially or allowing

resources to be eroded unwisely. We

must fully utilize and develop the

unique commitment and abilities of

chapters.

There are too few Board members

with both expertise and willingness to

work on these areas. If re-elected, I will -

try to improve them so we can do an

even bigger job of retaining civil

liberties.

Incumbent: Yes

Nominated by: Board of Directors

EMILY SKOLNICK

Veteran ACLU-NC Board member.

and structure of chapter organization.

A founder and board member of the

San Mateo County Chapter.

Former State Board member of

California Council for Civic Unity.

Lifetime member of NAACP. Received

honor award from Japanese-American

Citizens League. Longtime board

member of League of Women Voters.

Lifetime concern for equal rights

spans 1946 chairwomanship of Topeka

Committee (which eventuated in Brown

v. Board of Education) to wide range of

later activities in housing, employment,

and education.

Incumbent: Yes

Nominated by: Board of Directors

, i

Active in development of the concept | Richard (Dick) Criley

| Carolina Capistrano

May 1979

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CHAPTERS _

-4e@ e e

Anti-Loitering

intent to submit the

prosecution is deplorable."

The lawsuit seeks to have the or-

dinance declared unconstitutional.

Alternatively, the suit seeks an in-

junction forbidding the arrest of any

person for violating the ordinance in the

absence of a `"`good faith" belief that

prosecution will actually occur and to

prohibit the: police from using the

ordinance for purposes of harrassment.

Drucilla Ramey, law professor and

Chairperson of ACLU-NC Board of

Directors, Dorothy M. Ehrlich,

Executive Director of ACLU-NC, Paul

from p. I

case for

Newton, accountant and member of the ~

ACLU-NC Gay Rights chapter, and

Sanford Jay Rosen, ACLU-NC

' cooperating attorney are the plaintiffs.

Desegregation

ground for discrimination among a

~ state's citizens."'

[The ``fact of segregation" require-

ment of the California Supreme Court

and the "`intent of segregation" require-

ment of the United States Supreme

Court is the issue of a state constitutional

amendment (SCA 2) introduced by .

State Senator Alan Robbins. If the

-amendment is passed by the voters, it

_ from p.

would prevent the state courts from or-

dering desegregation unless it could be

proven that the segregation had been

intentional - a difficult and sometimes

impossible fact to prove. Robbins'

amendment, which has been approved

by the Assembly, will probably come up

for a vote in November. The ACLU of

Northern California is urging the defeat

of SCA 2.]

Again?

Our national office in New York and

our office here in San Francisco are |

New |

both engaging in massive

Membership Campaigns beginning

June 1. You may end up on one - or

more - of the many lists which we will

be mailing to.

If you receive a letter asking you to

. join the ACLU, it may appear wasteful;

but we actually save money by not

eliminating the names of our current

members from the many lists which

we'll be using during this critical

`campaign.

So if a letter comes in the mail asking

you to JOIN THE ACLU, why not pass

it on to a friendly civil libertarian and

personally ask them to join. Or you may

want to take that opportunity to make

an extra contribution to help us

through these hard times.

Feel A Draft?

If you have a son and if he turns 18 after December 31, 1979, there is a strong

possibility that he will be required to register with the Selective Service (remember

them?).

Next, under already existing law, "as soon as practicable" your son will be

`examined both physically and mentally in order to determine [his] availability for

- induction for training and service in the Armed Forces."

Registration means physicals and classification. |

Inductions cannot be far behind.

A registration measure has cleared its House committee and may come up as

soon as early June on the House floor. And it may very well pass. Here's what you

~ can do about it.

-++ Write your Representative and tell three friends to do the same. Short, per-

sonal letters are good.

+Call your Representative's local district office and ask for an appointment

during the June 1 to June Memorial Day recess. Take three friends with you. Can't

get an appointment? Tell the staff how you feel; have three friends do the same. -

+ Write a letter to the editor. That's right, three friends to do the same.

What happens in Congress may get very technical. Just remember: at this point

there is only one issue - to stop registration. Any other bill (including McClosky's

universal service scheme) is not being seriously considered.

_ If you get any response from your Representative or his staff, call or write

Michael Miller, ACLU-NC, 814 Mission, Rm. 301, SF 94103 [(415) 777-4880], so

he can tell our Washington lobbyists.

To learn more about stopping the draft, join the Civil Liberties Lobby.

NOTE: Chapter board meetings

listed in the Chapter Calendar are

usually open to any ACLU member.

Annual meetings and membership

meetings listed in the Calendar are

open to the general public.

B-A-Kk

BOARD MEETING: Thursday,

May 24, 8 p.m., home of Florence

Piliavan, 1520 Arch St., Berkeley.

Information: 415-548-1322.

- ANNUAL MEETING. Wednesday,

June 13, 8 p.m., All Souls Episcopal

Church, Spruce and Cedar Streets,

Berkeley. Court of Appeals Justice

White, speaker. Board election

stands for

Kennsington.)

Gay Rights

BOARD MEETING: Wednesday,

May 30, 7 p.m., ACLU offices, 814

Mission St., San Francisco.

@

Marin

ANNUAL MEETING. Sunday, June

3, 1 p.m., home of Mr. and Mrs.

Roger Kent, 200 Woodland Rd.,

Kentfield. ``Stop the Presses:

Reporters on Trial," First Amend-.

ment meets Sixth with political

columnist and former N.Y. Times

reporter Sidey Zion, Point Reyes

Light publishers and 1979 Pulitzer

and David V. Mitchell, plus U.C.

cations Law, William K. Muir.

Presentation of Honorary Life

Name__

Address

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Action...

Reaction...

CHAPTER CONFERENCE falls in the

fall, this year. Mark calendars for Sept.

28 through 30. The gathering of the

clans takes place, appropriately, in the

Marin Headlands overlooking the

ocean and the San Francisco skyline -

the closest thing we have to Scottish

highlands.

COPS AND CLOBBERS. Santa Clara

Chapter, spurred by Paul Jenson, is

planning a summer project to

document police misconduct. The

Chapter Committee, with blessings

from the NC board, has kicked in $1675

to help .... For several months the hot

news in Marina (near Monterey) has

been how outraged citizens have organ-

ized following an apparent police bru-

tality incident involving five members of

one family. Dick Criley and the

Monterey Chapter are playing a key

role Marin Chapter board

members are wondering about the

recent questionable detainment of five

juveniles. They want answers from the

local law enforcement agency. -

: ae ae 2h

~San Mateo. Information: Danetta

and former criminal attorney Clinton

results to be announced. (B-A-K -

Berkeley-Albany-

Prize winners Catherine C. Mitchell

Berkeley Professor of Communi- s

Kent, Award for Meritorius Service

to Senator Alan Cranston. Board

elections and by-law changes.

Potluck picnic lunch; drink and

dessert provided. $2 per person, $3

per couple.

North Penn

ANNUAL MEETING. Tuesday,

June 19, 8 p.m., Allstate Savings

and Loan, Concar Dr. and S. Grant,

Ervin, 415-344-4352. (North Pen-

insula includes the northern section

of San Mateo County.)

Santa Clara

ANNUAL MEETING. Friday, June

1, 7:30 p.m., San Jose City College

Theater, Moorpark and Bascom

where Freeways 280 and 17 intersect.

Former People's Temple attorney

Charles Geary, speaker; ACLU-NC

Executive Director Dorothy Ehrlich

to be introduced. Refreshments. $1

donation.

BOARD MEETING. Tuesday, June

5, 7:30 p.m., Community Bank

Bldg., 2nd floor, 1111 St. John St.,

San Jose. Information: Paul Jenson.

408-354-6586. :

Sonoma

BOARD MEETING. Thursday,

June 21, 7:30 p.m., Roland-Miller .

Associates, 666 7th Street, Santa

Rosa. Information: Deanna Beeler,

707-528-9941.

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ON A CLEAR DAY. The Sonoma

Chapter's attempt to overturn a local

anti-nude swimming and sunbathing

ordinance has lost round one, despite

the best efforts of local attorneys and

chapter leaders Lynn Young and Chuck |

Jensen. An appeal is planned ....

Sonoma is looking for new board

members, plus volunteers to help with

this summer's picnic (no unclothed

applicants, please). Call Deanna Beeler

at 707-528-9941.

RK

THE STATE OF THE CHURCH is

- apparently well in San Jose where the

city council starts each meeting with a

prayer (no amendments accepted) and

where, according to the local press, |

police sometimes ask miscreants to join

them in prayer. There's even San Jose

Police Chaplaincy program reachable

through the city switchboard. With -

Mike Chatzky in the lead, Santa Clara

Chapter board members are trying for a

little First Amendment enforcement.

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SPRING AND SPRUNG. Spring is

annual meeting time for most ACLU-

NC chapters. See the Calendar if you

don't believe us For sheer

program packing and promise of a good

time, see Marin's annual meeting plans |

... San Francisco was first off the block

in early May with a dinner.