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July - August 1992

No. 4

Court Upholds Minors' Right to Abortion

rights, San Francisco Superior Court

Judge Maxine Chesney ruled on May

27 that teenagers in California do not

require either parental consent or a court

order to obtain an abortion.

Judge Chesney's ruling declares that

the law passed by the state Legislature in

1987 requiring adolescents to obtain

parental consent or an order of the juvenile

court before getting an abortion is uncon-

stitutional. She permanently enjoined the

law because it "violates the right to pri-

`vacy of minors as protected by the

Constitution of the State of California and

denies minors the right to

equal protection of the

laws." :

"The law. restricting

teenagers' access to abor-

tion has never gone into

effect because of the law-

suit, American Academy

of Pediatrics v. Lungren,

filed in 1987 by ACLU-

NC staff attorney Margaret

Crosby, Abigail English

of the National Center

for Youth Law, and coop-

erating attorneys Linda

Shostak, Lori Schechter,

Annette Carnegie and

Monique van Yzerlooy

from Morrison and Foerster.

The decision was

lauded by the attorneys

and health care providers

as a significant victory -

for. reproductive rights.

"California has. a_pio-

I n a major victory for reproductive

The challenged law "violates the right to

privacy of minors as protected by the

Constitution of the State of California and

denies minors the right to equal protection

of the laws."

and cooperating attorney Lori Schechter.

-Judge Maxine Chesney (c)

San Francisco Superior Court

Applauding the court decision guaranteeing minors' rights to abortion are (I. to r.) NCYL attorney

Abigail English, Planned Parenthood's Cynthia Rambo, ACLU-NC staff attorney Margaret Crosby

Laura Trent

Fired Worker Challenges

English-Only Rule at Nursing Home

Gilroy nurse's aide who was fired

from her job because she spoke

Spanish at work filed a civil rights

complaint with the U.S. Equal

Employment Opportunity Commission on

May 14 challenging the "speak English

only" rule of her former employer,

Driftwood Convalescent Hospital.

-ACLU-NC staff attorney Ed Chen and

Christopher Ho, staff attorney with the

Employment Law Center of the Legal Aid

Society of San Francisco (ELC) filed the

discrimination complaint on behalf of

Jordania Reed, a Hispanic woman who

was fired by Driftwood because she spoke

Spanish with co- workers on two occa-

sions.

Last August, Driftwood told its

employees not to speak Spanish, Tagalog,

or any non-English language except dur-

ing break periods, and then only in a des-

ignated "break room." This rule was

imposed even though no problems had

arisen at the nursing home due to the use

of languages other than English.

The majority of Driftwood staff, and

virtually all of the employees who provide

its resident care services, speak either

Spanish or Tagalog as their primary lan-

guage. Driftwood did not require that job

applicants be proficient in English. In fact,

`because Reed is bilingual in English and

Spanish, she had often been called upon to

translate for Spanish-speaking residents.

"The English-only rule was_ totally

unrelated to my job," says Reed, who as a

certified nurses' aide was _ primarily

responsible for dressing, bathing and feed-

ing Driftwood residents. "When I was told

I was being fired for speaking Spanish

with a co-worker, I felt it was an insult to

my ethnic heritage. Because I was born

and raised in a Spanish-speaking house-

hold, being able to speak Spanish is an

affirmation of my culture. It's an impor-

tant part of my self-identity. I don't under-

stand why it should matter to my

employer what language I use in my per-

sonal conversations.

"Because most of my co-workers

spoke Spanish, using Spanish helped us to

get the job done more quickly and effi-

ciently than if we always had to use

English. It made me a better worker.

Being able to speak in both English and

Spanish benefitted my employer, my co-

workers, and most especially the resi-

dents, who never complained to me about

my speaking Spanish," Reed added.

According to Ho, Driftwood's

English-only rule violates federal and

state laws prohibiting employment dis-

crimination on the basis of national origin.

"Without some bona fide business pur-

pose related to the job in question, the

only thing these rules do is to demean and

disadvantage persons whose primary lan-

guage isn't English. We live in a multicul-

tural society, and it's important that we.

accept and value our diversity. We can't

react to it by trying to suppress people who

don't look like us or don't sound like us.

"The EEOC guidelines make clear that

Driftwoods's rule violates the law," Ho

charged. "Ms. Reed is now vindicating her

civil right to be free from discrimination

because of her national origin."

ACLU attorney Ed Chen said, "The

law only allows an employer to impose

restrictions on a non-English language

when its use would interfere with an

essential aspect of that business. There is

no such showing here.

"English-only rules are proliferating in -

workplaces all around the state, poisoning

_ the work environment of the employees

whom they affect," observed Chen, who

has successfully challenged such rules on

behalf of Hispanic workers at UCSF

Medical Center and employees at a South

San Francisco meat processing company.

"Our fear is that the so-called ' Official

English' initiative, passed in 1986, is

being misread by employers as. allowing

them to discriminate against non-English

speakers."

Last year, a bill barring workplace

"English Only" rules was passed by the

California Legislature, but was vetoed by

Governor Pete Wilson. The measure has

been reintroduced this year, and is also

included in a provision of the comprehen-

sive Civil Rights Restoration Act now

moving through the Legislature.

neering history in its state constitutional

protection for reproductive choice," said

Crosby. "With the federal constitutional

protection for the right to choose in serious

jeopardy, we hope that this decision will

be an important precedent that continues

California's leadership.in state constitu-

tional protection for reproductive rights."

Plaintiffs in the lawsuit are organiza-

tions and doctors concerned with adoles-

cent health: the American Academy of

Pediatrics (California District IX); the

California Medical Association; the

American College of Obstetricians and

Gynecologists (District IX); Planned

Parenthood of Alameda/San Francisco;

and Philip Darney, M.D., Director of

Family Planning, San Francisco General

Hospital.

During a month-long trial in October

1991, lead attorney Linda Shostak chal-

lenged the restrictive law as violating the

explicit right to privacy (Article I, Section

1) of the California Constitution. The suit

argued that the law infringes teenagers'

right to reproductive choice, requires the

unnecessary disclosure of intimate facts,

and violates the government's obligation

of neutrality between childbirth and abor-

tion by burdening only the disfavored

option of abortion.

Over twenty expert witnesses --

including doctors and other health care

providers who work with adolescents, psy-

chologists and judges from states where

similar laws are in effect - testified about

the disastrous effect of such laws on the

physical, mental and emotional health of

teenagers who are forced to confront

unsympathetic parents or navigate a for-

midable judicial system to obtain a court

order for abortion. In addition, California

physicians and counselors testified about

this state's current system for insuring |

informed consent and the capacity of ado-

lescents to make decisions about reproduc-

tive health care. and the physical,

emotional, and social consequences of

teenage childbearing as contrasted with

abortion.

In her 39-page opinion, Judge Chesney

stated, "Minors have been consulting with

their doctors and consenting to abortion in

California without mandated parental

involvement or governmental intrusion for

the last twenty years, a period of sufficient

duration to provide the opportunity for

both short-term and long-term negative

effects to have been manifested and for-

mally documented. No such evidence was

presented."

Based on all the testimony, Judge

Chesney continued, "the court finds that

for the great majority of minors, abortion

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july - august 1992

Student Filmmakers Fight School Board Over

_ Censorship of Video

our Tulare Valley High School stu-

KF dents filed suit on June 18 chal-

lenging their high school's attempt

to censor the students' film on teen preg-

nancy.

Students made the video, Melancholianne,

to discourage teen pregnancies, but the

school board says they cannot show it

because the characters sometimes use

"vulgarities."

The suit, Lopez v. Tulare Joint Union

High School District Board of Trustees,

was filed by ACLU-NC staff attorney Ann

Brick, ACLU-NC cooperating attorneys

Neil Shapiro and Peter Goodman of the

San Francisco law firm of Brobeck,

Phleger and Harrison, and Fresno attorney

Jacob Weisberg. The suit, based on

California law and the California

Constitution, seeks an injunction requiring

the school to cease interfering with the

video's release.

"The California Constitution and the

California Education Code provide stu-

dents with explicit guarantees of their

rights of freedom of speech and of the

press. These guarantees are both more spe-

cific and comprehensive than even the

provisions of the First Amendment to the

United States Constitution," said attorney

Brick. "The censorship of this video is in

direct violation of the students' rights. It is

illegal."

More than 40 students from the high

school's Valley Arts Club, some of them

students of film and English teacher Eric

Moberg, worked on the video project.'

"The students voted to make a video on

the problem of teenage pregnancy," said

Moberg. "We had been informed that

ACLU Files to Stop

Murder Charge Against

- Pregnant Woman

by Nina Schuyler

California, Roseann Jaurigue, a

Hollister mother of two, stands

accused of murdering her fetus by ingest-

ing cocaine. ACLU-NC staff attorneys

Margaret Crosby and Ann Brick, co-

counsel for Jaurigue, argue that the

' charges must be dismissed because

California's murder statute explicitly

exempts actions of a pregnant woman, and

because the California Legislature has rec-

ognized that prosecutions exacerbate -

rather than remedy - the health problems

of pregnant women and infants.

On May 3, 1991, Jaurigue, nine months

pregnant, checked into Hazel Hopkins

Hospital where a sonogram indicated that

I n the first case of its kind in

her fetus was dead. Approximately 12 hours .

later, after labor was induced, she delivered 0x00B0

a stillborn fetus.

Based on a highly questionable medi-

cal opinion which ignored Jaurigue's his-

tory of hypertension during pregnancy, the

District Attorney concluded _ that

Jaurigue's alleged ingestion of cocaine

caused the fetus' death. On January 29,

1992, the prosecution charged Jaurigue

with murder, claiming that California's

murder statute applies where the death of a

fetus can be traced to a woman's conduct

during pregnancy.

"Tf the court accepts the prosecutor's

strained construction of California's mur-

der statute, each of California's thousands

of- late-term miscarriages and stillbirths

could be the subject of a homicide investi-

gation," Crosby said. "An enormous range

of behavior poses risk to the fetal environment."

The ACLU-NC charges that not only is

the prosecution unconstitutionally vague,

but it violates the fundamental right to pri-

vacy. The criminal probe could include

details of how the woman managed her

pregnancy such as exposure to workplace

hazards, driving recklessly, ignoring medi-

cal advice, or ingesting "excessive"

amounts of caffeine, alcohol or prescribed

medications. Roseann Jaurigue joins

over 100 other women in the U.S. who

have faced criminal charges based on their

conduct during their pregnancy. Most of

these women are poor and many are vic-

tims of domestic violence; in the cases

where race could be determined, 70 per-

cent involved women of color. All but

three of these cases have occurred within

the last five years.

"All around the country, overzealous

prosecutors are misusing various state

laws to arrest women who test positive for

illegal drugs during their pregnancy," said

Crosby.

"These prosecutions represent a new

front in the government's overzealous

efforts to fight its 'war on drugs.' But the

result is counterproductive.

"The predictable results of criminal

prosecutions are to deter women from

obtaining substance abuse treatment and to

prevent them from receiving effective pre-

natal care. The government should devote

the resources it expends on expensive

criminal procedures on helping pregnant

women receive adequate medical care,"

she added.

In every one of these cases, prosecutors

have taken a statute intended for another

purpose and tried to extend its coverage to

. pregnant women. For example, women

have been charged under statutes punish-

ing child abuse and delivery of drugs to a

minor. Jaurigue's prosecution, for exam-

ple, is based on California's murder stat-

ute, Penal Code Section 187. "This law,

however, was never intended to criminal-

ize the actions of a pregnant woman,"

explained Brick.

The California Legislature approved

the fetal murder law in 1970 to protect

pregnant women from attack by third par-

ties. This law was in direct response to the

case Keeler v. Superior Court, in which a

man assaulted his estranged wife, intend-

ing to destroy the fetus. The California

Supreme Court held the husband could not

be charged with murder because the

California Supreme Court held that a fetus

was not covered by California's murder

statute as it was written.

In response, the Legislature redefined

the murder statute to include the killing of

a fetus as well as a human being. "To be

clear that a pregnant woman's actions

would not constitute murder, they included

an exception to Section 187. Now, the law

explicitly exempts acts that `were solicited,

aided, abetted, or consented to by the

mother of the fetus,'" Brick explained.

"The prosecution is now attempting to

rewrite Section 187 by eliminating the

exemption that the Legislature enacted

protecting pregnant women from prosecu-

tion. Since the legislative history and the

language of California's murder statute is

so clear, the prosecution's actions would

violate the due process clause because Ms.

Juarigue was not given fair warning that

her conduct during pregnancy would result

in a murder charge," she added.

On May 28, the San Benito County

Superior Court refused to accept the

ACLU's arguments. Attorneys will seek

appellate review by the Superior Court.

Nina Schuyler is an intern in the Public

Information Department.

Tulare High School student Lilliane

Lopez, star of the censored student

video Melanchlianne, filed a suit against

the school district.

Tulare County had one of the highest rates

of teenage pregnancy in California. It is a

fictional film, and it was the students'

judgment - in which I concur - that in

order to be convincing, the teenage charac-

ters should act and speak as teenagers

might be expected to do."

Lilliane Lopez, an 18-year-old graduat-

ing senior who stars in the film, said, "I

wanted to make Melancholianne because I

believe that the film is a message that

teenagers should hear, one that I wish I

had heard when I was younger. Other girls

should know what's happening, that a

teenage pregnancy isn't something to be

taken lightly, and that they should be care-

ful to avoid it unless they' ve thought it out

very carefully. I think this is particularly

important in a place where a lot of babies

are born to people who really aren't pre-

pared for that kind of responsibility.

"The character I play in the film is like

that: She's not ready to be a mother; her

husband is just getting out of jail for the

statutory rape of one of her friends, and

the film showed the trouble she had. Even

though she says she loves her baby, she

shows that she just isn't ready for that

kind of responsibility," Lopez added.

`I've been truly impressed by these

students, our clients,' said attorney

Goodman. "They wanted to make a video

to help with a social problem they see

around them, something the adults haven't

been very effective in fighting. And when

they ran into unconstitutional - and I

think, unreasonable - censorship, they

were willing to stand up and be counted

by taking a stand in court. That takes cou-

rage, I think."

For each of the past five years, stu-

dents at Valley High have worked on a

video project with Moberg's guidance.

Participation is voluntary and most of the

work is done outside of class, but the

school has granted extra academic credit

for work on the annual video. The videos

have been shown at events in school and

in the community, and copies are sold to

raise money for the next year's produc-

tion. Two of the annual Valley High stu-

dent videos have been finalists in the

Hometown USA festival.

Melancholianne is scheduled to be

entered in Vision West, a video film com-

petition for high school and college work

unofficially affiliated with the SF Film

Arts Foundation. When Principal Dan

Neppel insisted the students remove some

of the language . the film, including the

words "fuck," "tit," and "son of a bitch"

before the film an be shown, the stu-

dents tried to compromise. Although they

did not agree that the video should or

could legally be censored, they met with

school officials more than-once and

offered concessions. Ironically, during one

of the meetings, Superintendent of

Schools Ned Kehrli erupted into profanity,

accusing the students of "bullshitting." He

later apologized.

On April 23, the Board of Trustees

passed a resolution citing the fact that

Melancholianne contained "profanity,"

but did not allege that anything in the

video was libelous, slanderous or obscene

or violated the rights of other students.

The Board, rejecting arguments by the stu-

dents and the ACLU-NC that its action

was both illegal and unreasonable, refused

to allow the release of the video.

"The students' film. was suppressed by

the school administration simply because

the film depicts students speaking as stu-

dents naturally speak,' said attorney

Shapiro. "Merely because one does not

like the words used by another does not

give that one the right to suppress those

words, even if the speakers are students,

and those who do not like the words are

school administrators."

"Each day that the Board persists in its

censorship, the students are unable to

show Melancholianne to the public or

their. fellow students, or even to view the

fruits of their creative labor themselves,"

added Brick. "They cannot sell videocas-

settes or tickets to raise money for next

year's production and they suffer the

indignity of having their freedom of

expression - and thus their individual

autonomy and sense of worth as citizens

.- illegally interfered with."

Seventeen-year-old Sarah Valenzuela,

co-author of the video script, said, "I spent

a lot of time and energy working on

Melancholianne because I believed it

could make an important statement that

should be heard by Tulare County teenag-

ers. The film contains words that I have

heard throughout my life and hear in the

real world just about every day, and I

believe that to accomplish our purpose of

spreading a particular message among our

. fellow teenagers in Tulare Country, it was

essential to have characters speak as they

speak in real life."

The ACLU-NC lawsuit asks the court

to direct the Board of Trustees to allow

students to release the film, as well as

refrain from any further censorship of stu-

dent projects. In addition, it asks for an

immediate injunction so that students will

be able to enter it in the upcoming festival,

which has an entry deadline of July 1.

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"Legislative Action and How to Influence the Legislative Process"

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"Coordinating a Police Practices Strategy for Chapters"

Moderator: David Drummond, ACLU-NC Board of Directors

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on Race and Ethnic Bias; ACLU Santa Clara Chapter Board Member

Simba Kenyatta, Member, Coalition for Civilian Police Review Commission;

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Workshop B Room 1132 Bainer

"Reproductive Rights After Casey"

Moderator: Dick Grosboll, Chair, ACLU-NC Pro-Choice Action Campaign

Dorothy Ehrlich, Executive Director, ACLU-NC

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Workshop C Room 1134 Bainer

"Strategies for Involving Students"

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"Right to Die"

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Gerald Baptiste, Associate Director, Center for Independent Living, Berkeley, Grassroots Stephen Jamison, Ph.D., Regional Director, Hemlock Society; President, Mental

Coordinator, Western Region on the Americans with Disabilities Act Health Association, Marin : Ee

Larry Bensky, National Affairs Correspondent, Pacifica Radio Anne Keating, ACLU Lesbian and Gay Rights Chapter Board Member ie

Cindy Bergantz (to be confirmed), Student Committee, ACLU San Francisco Chapter Colleen Kelly, CARAL-North Board Member; ACLU North Peninsula Chapter ee

Bill Carpmill, ACLU-NC Representative, North Peninsula Chapter Board Member Board Member : Bs

Mark Carter, ACLU Mid-Peninsula Chapter Member : Simba Kenyatta, Member, Coalition for Civilian Police Review Commission; and

Ed Chen, Staff Attorney, ACLU-NC | Chair, ACLU Santa Cruz Chapter Board Cee

Steve Chin, Asian Affairs Reporter, San Francisco Examiner Claudia King, Death Penalty Program Coordinator, Humanitas International i

Pat Clark, Executive Director, Death Penalty Focus Berthalee Kuderna, Co-Chair, People for Choice, Stanislaus bs

Matt A. Coles, Staff Attorney, ACLU-NC Michael Laurence, Director, ACLU-NC Death Penalty Project S

John Crew, Director, ACLU-NC Police Practices Project Marcia Levy, Chair, ACLU Sacramento Chapter Board S

Dick Criley, Executive Director, ACLU Monterey Chapter Board Howard Lewis, ACLU-NC Representative, Mid-Peninsula Chapter Board e

Cathy Daly, ACLU Lesbian and Gay Rights Chapter Board Member Joanne Lewis, Chair, ACLU-NC Field Committee; ACLU-NC Board of Directors oe

Minh Q. Steven Dovan, Private Attorney; Member, Judicial Council Commission on Francisco Lobaco, ACLU-CA Legislative Advocate i

Race and Ethnic Bias; ACLU Santa Clara Chapter Board Member Beatriz Lopez-Flores, ACLU Santa Cruz Chapter Board Member - ue

David Drummond, ACLU-NC Board of Directors Casey McKeever, Directing Attorney, Western Center on Law and Poverty, ie

Dorothy Ehrlich, Executive Director, ACLU-NC _ Sacramento Office; ACLU Yolo Chapter Board Member ie

Eleanor Eisenberg, ACLU-NC Representative, Santa Cruz Chapter Board Phil Mehas, Chair, ACLU San Francisco Chapter Board fe

Elaine Elinson, Public Information Director, ACLU-NC Bob Orlowsky, King Hall/ACLU Yolo Chapter a

Milton Estes, M.D., Chair, ACLU-NC Board of Directors Nancy Otto, Field Representative, ACLU-NC ee

Steve Fabian, Vice-Chair, ACLU Sonoma Chapter Board Nancy Pemberton, Chair, ACLU-NC Death Penalty Action Campaign a

Alissa Friedman, Vice-Chair, ACLU Lesbian and Gay Rights Chapter Board Raul Ramirez, News Director, KQED Radio Be

Marcia Gallo, Director, ACLU-NC Howard A. Friedman First Amendment Magdaleno Rose-Avila, Western Regional Director, Amnesty International S

Education Project Louise Rothman-Riemer, ACLU-NC Bill of Rights Campaign Committee Member

Audrey Gerrard, ACLU Sonoma Chapter Board Member Margaret Russell, Vice-Chair, ACLU-NC Board of Directors; Chair, ACLU-NC e

Marilyn Golden, Policy Analyst, Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund Legal Committee : a

Kelley Gould, Chair, Fundraising Committee, ACLU Yolo Chapter Board Marianne Schneller, Campaign Field Director, Americans Against Human Suffering ey

Dick Grosboll, Chair, ACLU-NC Pro-Choice Action Campaign Gabrielle Schwallek, U.S. Correspondent, German Press Agency -

Gene Guerrero, Field Director, National ACLU

Sandra Hernandez, M.D., Director, AIDS Office, Department of Public Health,

San Francisco

Liz Hendrickson, Executive Director, National Center for Lesbian Rights

Eileen Siedman, Chair, Law Enforcement Committee, ACLU Marin Chapter Board

Kathy Stoner, ACLU Monterey Chapter Board Member

Beverly Tucker, Chief Counsel, California Teachers' Association; Chair,

ACLU-NC Legislative Committee

Michelle Welsh, ACLU-NC Representative, Monterey Chapter Board

Additional Speakers to be announced _

This year's Conference will take place at the University of California, Davis.

Registration includes admission to all conference sessions, conference materials, parking, and use of recreational facilities.

Before July 20: $55.00 (This price does NOT include lodging and meals; see below)

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LODGING AND MEALS (These prices do NOT include registration)

Plan A: includes two nights lodging (Saturday and Sunday), five meals (Saturday lunch to Sunday dinner)

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aclu news

july - august 1992

Voting

Information

Who is eligible to vote?

he by-laws of the ACLU of

Northern California call for

the at-large Directors of the

Board to. be elected by the general

membership. The general member-

ship are those members in good

standing who have joined or

renewed their membership within

the last twelve months.

The label affixed to this issue of

the ACLU News indicates on the

top line the year and month when

your membership expires.

If you are not eligible to vote,

you may choose to renew your

membership, and thereby resume

your membership in good standing,

at the same time you submit your

ballot.

If you share a joint membenhio

- each individual is entitled to vote

separately - two spaces are pro-

vided on the ballot.

How are candidates

nominated to run for

the Board of Directors?

i _ The ACLU-NC by-laws permit

two methods of nomination.

Candidates may be nominated by

the current Board of Directors after

consideration of the Nominating

Committee's recommendations.

Candidates also may be nominated -

by petition bearing the signatures

of at least fifteen ACLU-NC mem-

__ bers in good standing.

1992 - 93 Board of

David Bunnell

I care passionately for the ACLU and I

would like the -opportunity to continue

contributing as a member of the Board of

Directors. For the past 25 years I have

been an activist for the causes of civil lib-

erties, civil rights and peace. As a past

winner of the Howard J. Brown Award

from the Fund for Human Dignity, I am

also a strong supporter of gay rights.

I believe that the ACLU can be more

effective outside the judicial process and

that we can do a much better job getting

our message out to minorities, students

and young adults. It is my mission to

encourage the ACLU to make better use of

communication technology such as com-

puter networks, broadcast fax and multi-

media to become a larger, more powerful

organization. To this mission I bring my

years of experience as the publisher of

computer magazines and as a pioneer in

the personal computer field.

If you vote for me you are voting for

an advocate of a more diverse, proactive

ACLU.

Nominated by: Board of Directors

" Incumbent: Yes

Helen Chang

I am a long time supporter of the

ACLU and am honored to have been nom-

inated to serve on the Board of Directors.

I am an attorney in private practice and

a Visiting Professor at Golden Gate

School of Law teaching courses in crimi-

nal law. I am particularly interested in race

and gender discrimination and am -cur-

rently doing research on cultural defenses

to violent crime, focusing on Southeast

Asian women. I am a graduate of the

University of Texas and the Southern

Methodist School of Law in Texas and

have been a tutor with Emerson's Bar

Review for the past four years.

I look forward to working with the

ACLU-NC Board on substantive policy

issues as well as raising the funds so nec-

Civil Rights Bill Heads to Senate

he Assembly passed the California

; Civil Rights Restoration Act of

1992 (AB 3825) on May 27 by a

vote of 41-33 and the bill now heads to the

- Senate. According to ACLU Legislative

Advocate Francisco Lobaco, the measure

probably will be heard in the Senate

Lesbian/

Gay

Rights

f. you are a member of the

I Lesbian/Gay Rights Chapter,

please check to see that the 3-

letter code {CNG} is printed above

your name on the ACLU News mail-

ing label. If not, please notify the

ACLU-NC Membership Department.

If you are an ACLU member in

northern California and would like to

join the Lesbian/Gay Rights Chapter,

call or write

ACLU-NC Membership

Department, 1663 Mission Street,

Suite 460

San Francisco, CA 94103

telephone: 415/621-2493.

Please mention your membership

number located on the ACLU News

mailing label.

Judiciary and Appropriations Committees

before the Legislature breaks for its sum-

mer recess on July 3. Lobaco anticipates a

full Senate vote early in August.

The comprehensive civil rights bill

would restore the power of the California

Fair Employment and Housing

Commission to provide relief for victims

of housing and employment discrimina-

tion, outlaw job and housing discrimina-

tion against lesbians, gay men and people

with disabilities, prohibit English-only

workplace rules and strengthen the Unruh

Civil Rights Act.

In recent cases, the California Supreme

Court has made it more difficult for vic-

tims of racial and sexual harassment to get

relief.

"This bill is the product of an unprece-

dented broadbased coalition of civil rights,

labor, and community organizations who

joined together to formulate a legislative

Strategy that would once again make

California a leader in protecting its citizens

from discrimination," said Lobaco.

All ACLU-NC members are urged to

write your state Senators urging sup-

port for this crucial legislation. Write to

your Senator at California Senate, PO

Box 942848, Sacramento, CA 94248-

0001. Tell them to vote YES on AB

3825.

ACLU-NC Ad Designers

Win a Gold Pencil

he designers of the ACLU-NC Bill

[ of Rights Bicentennial posters and

billboards, Daniel Russ and Mike

Bevil of GSD M, were awarded with a

Gold Pencil, advertising's most prestigious

award on May 21.

Russ and Bevil won the award for an

oversized poster, which is mostly blank

except for an eye-catching message at the

bottom:. "Celebrate Freedom of

Speech...Write Whatever You Want. Pick

up this pen and express yourself. Then

pick up a copy of the Bill of Rights,

because you can't fight for your rights if

you don't know what they are."

Accompanying the poster are pens and

a box labeled "You are free to take one,"

containing pocketsize copies of the Bill of

Rights.

The posters were launched at the

ACLU-NC student conference in December

sponsored by the Howard A. Friedman

First Amendment Education Project and

were also on display. at the 1991 Bill of

Rights Day Celebration. The ACLU-NC

has distributed 75 of the interactive posters

at high schools, colleges, youth clubs, art

museums, and community centers.

Russ and Bevil, who created and pro-

duced the posters pro bono because of

their commitment to civil liberties, were

presented with the award at the 1992 One

Show celebration of creative excellence in

advertising held at Lincoln Center in New

York. The team also designed the ACLU-

NC billboards "You Have the Right Not to

Remain Silent," which were displayed in

twenty outdoor locations donated by

Gannett Outdoor Company in northern

California in January and February.

essary to maintain a strong and effective

ACLU.

Nominated by: Board of Directors

Incumbent: No

Marlene De Lancie

Concerns about vital civil rights/civil

liberties issues have steered my commit-

ment to the ACLU into ensuring adequate

funding availability to maintain strong and

effective ACLU programs.

Thus, I serve on the Development |

Committee and continue to chair the Bill

of Rights Campaign, viewing it as a strong

link to chapter involvement in grassroots

activities.

Additionally, I serve on the Field

Committee and Pro-Choice Action Committee,

and have served on the Annual Conference

and Officer Nominating Committees.

As co-founder of the North Peninsula

Chapter, I continue involvement in its

activities and on its Board. In 1989 the

Chapter honored me with its 3rd annual

Civil Liberties Award.

It would be a privilege to continue to

serve on the affiliate Board - especially

in these demanding times for civil liber-

ties.

Nominated by: Board of Directors

Incumbent: Yes

Ballot

Instructions

ancidates are listed on these

pages in alphabetical - order. |

After marking your ballot, -

clip it and enclose the ballot and

your address label from this issue of _

the ACLU News in an envelope.

Your address label must be included _

to ensure voter eligibility. Address

the envelope to:

_ Elections Committee -

ACLU of Northern California

1663 Mission Street, Suite 460

San Francisco, CA 94103 -

If you have. a joint oe :

you may use both of the columns -

provided, and each of the members _

may vote separately.

If you wish to ensure the cont. .

dentiality of your ballot, insert your |-

ballot in a double envelope with the _

special mailing label in the outer -

_ one. The envelopes will be separated _

before the counting of the ballots.

Ballots must be returned to the (c)

ACLU by noon on August 6, 1992.

There are eleven candidates - run- |

ning to fill ten vacancies on the -

Board of Directors . You may vote |

for up to ten candidates. |

For your consideration, we are -

publishing brief statements submit-

_ ted by the candidates for election to

the Board of Directors.

aclu news

july - august 1992

Directors Election

Milton Estes

The ACLU plays a critical role, both

locally and nationally, in promoting equal-

ity, diversity, justice and freedom - and

serving on the Board of Directors and as

its current Chair has been a great privilege

and honor.

It is my hope that, if reelected to the

Board, I can continue to strengthen our

organization and help us find new ways to

ensure the rights of individuals and minori-

ties during a period when those rights are

being stripped away. Over the past 7 years,

our legal staff has grown from 3 to 7 attor-

neys. I believe that we now need to expand

our role in educating and influencing the

public about the fragility and crucial

importance of civil and constitutional

rights.

As a physician and the first openly

Gay/Lesbian person elected Board Chair,

my particular interests include AIDS and

civil liberties, reproductive rights and eco-

nomic justice and I speak out for those

issues at Board meetings. I founded the

Physicians Committee for Reproductive

Rights and have served as Chair of the

Development Committee and currently serve

on that committee as well as the Budget

Management, Staff Salary/Benefits, Long

Range . Planning, Executive Director

Evaluation and Executive Committees.

Nominated by: Board of Directors

Incumbent: Yes

Susan Harriman

I would be proud to return to serve as a

member of the ACLU-NC Board of

Directors. I am currently the co-chair of

the Lawyers Council; I have greatly

enjoyed the work of the Lawyers Council

and wish to have the opportunity to con-

tinue to participate in raising funds for the

very important work that the ACLU does.

My interest in the ACLU stems from

working as a cooperating attorney in a

lawsuit representing Stanford University

students suing the NCAA for invasion of

privacy caused by the NCAA's drug test-

ing program. As a litigator, I am particu-

larly interested in using my experience to

assist in making decisions regarding the

kinds of cases the ACLU should litigate.

I hope to continue to make a contribu-

tion to the ACLU as a member of the

Board of Directors.

Nominated by: Board of Directors

Incumbent: Yes

Margaret Jakobson

I am pleased and honored to be nomi-

nated to the ACLU Board because of the

ACLU's commitment to protecting the

civil rights and liberties of all people.

As an attorney who advocates for

individuals with developmental and mental

disabilities, I believe I can contribute my

particular insights into the issues confront-

ing these populations to the Board. The

_ACLU has been committed to defending .

the rights of persons with disabilities. With

my membership on the Board, I will assist

in continuing this commitment.

Nominated by: Board of Directors

Incumbent: No

David Oppenheimer

It would be my privilege to continue to

serve on the ACLU-NC Board. As a

Board member for the past three years, I

have served on the Legislative Committee

(1989-90) and the Legal Committee

(1990-92), and participated in the solicita-

tion of funds through each year's Fall and

~ Spring Major Donors Campaigns.

As a lawyer and law professor (at

Golden Gate University School of Law), I

have litigated and written extensively in

the field of employment discrimination

and civil rights law. If elected to another

term on the Board; I will continue to sup-

port our vigorous advocacy on behalf of

constitutional rights. I have tried, and will

continue to try, to focus our attention both

in the Bill of Rights and on the Fourteenth

Amendment, with its promise of equality.

In this way, I believe the ACLU will con-

tinue to serve in its critical role as our

nation's voice of freedom, liberty and con-

science.

Nominated by: Board of Directors

Incumbent: Yes

Nancy Pemberton

The catastrophic events in California

this spring underscored the importance of

the ACLU in ensuring our nation respects

the credo embodied in the Bill of Rights

and Fourteenth Amendment. I would like

to express my commitment to that credo.

by returning to ACLU-NC's Board.

During my previous Board tenure, I

served as Chairperson of the Board, the

Development Committee and the Death.

Penalty Action Campaign; and member of

the Budget-Management and. Legislative

Committees. I attended several national

Biennial Conferences, leading workshops

in fundraising, diversifying boards, and

board-staff relations.

Since leaving the Board, I have contin-

ued working on the Development, Budget-

Management, and Legislative Committees .

and chairing the Death Penalty Action

Campaign.

I would be privileged to serve the

ACLU-NC, and you, again.

Nominated by: Board of Directors

Incumbent: No

Howard M. Shryock

I have been the only person to run

_ against the Board's nominees for the past

three years. I have long been unhappy with

the ACLU-NC Board for not putting First

Amendment causes at the top of priorities.

When I began running the First Amendment

was not even on the ACLU-NC list of pri-

orities! Now it is officially the second

highest priority, but the Board does not

back that up with action. They did not

even endorse San Francisco's Proposition

O, supporting an absolute interpretation of

the First Amendment, even after it was on

the ballot!

I want to wake up the Board. At each

election there were fewer votes between

me and victory. With just sixty-seven

more votes last election I would have won.

For more information write me at PO Box

88, San Francisco, CA 94142.

Nominated by: Petition

Incumbent: No

- Kenneth Train

I am very proud of the ACLU and feel

honored to be nominated for the affiliate

Board.

I have served on the Student Outreach

Committee, the Speakers Bureau, the San

Francisco Chapter Board of Directors, the

Bill of Rights Campaign, and am a long

time member of the Lesbian and Gay

Rights Chapter. My most rewarding work

with the ACLU is giving talks at high

schools on the First Amendment and other

civil liberties issues.

Outside of the ACLU, I teach public

policy and economics at UC Berkeley,

served on the organizing committee of the

AIDS Pledge Run (an annual fundraiser),

and worked in the campaigns against ballot

propositions that would hurt lesbians and

gay men and/or people infected with HIV.

Nominated by: Board of Directors

Incumbent: No

Donna Yamashiro

I would be honored to serve on the

ACLU-NC Board of Directors.

As an attorney who practices public

interest law, I respect the efforts of the

ACLU to preserve the civil rights and lib-

erties of individuals. Particularly, I am

impressed with the ACLU's support of

issues concerning people of color, such as

its involvement with Fred Korematsu's

challenge of the federal government's pol-

icy of imprisoning Japanese-Americans

during World War II, its opposition to the -

San Jose Police Department's practice of

using a Vietnamese mug book, its support

of language rights in the workplace, its

struggle to obtain civilian review boards of

local law enforcement, .and its honorable

efforts to prevent the taking of life in death

penalty cases.

The work of the ACLU is in line with

my commitment to empowering people of

color. As an attorney at the Asian Law

Alliance, I have worked on issues impact-

ing the Asian-American/Pacific Islander

community, such as representing tenants

facing evictions, co-counseling an affirma-

tive habitability suit against a slumlord,

advocating for the terminations of SJPD's

usage of a Vietnamese mug book, pushing

for the extension of the bilingual ballot

provision of the federal Voting Rights Act,

and representing victims of hate crimes.

I hope to explore another opportunity to

advocate for people of color as a member

of the Board.

Nominated by: Board of Directors

Incumbent: No

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David Bunnell

Helen Chang

Marlene De Lancie

Milton Estes

Susan Harriman

Margaret Jakobson

David Oppenheimer

Nancy Pemberton

Howard Shryock

Kenneth Train

Donna Yamashiro

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july - august 1992

Minors' Abortion Rights ...

Continued from page I

has no serious medical, emotional or psy- |

chological consequences and poses no sig-

nificant risk to their physical or mental

well-being.

The court further finds that with the

exception of the small percentage of very

young adolescents, again the great major-

ity of minors possess the cognitive ability

and maturity to make a fully-informed

consent to abortion..."

Judge Chesney also noted that existing

California law provides for many impor-

tant medical decisions to be made by

young unemancipated minors and without

parental notice or consent.

These services include drug and alco-

hol problems, mental health treatment and

counseling, treatment of sexually transmit-

ted disease, and all aspects of carrying a

pregnancy to term, including Caesarean'

section.

The judge also refuted the Attorney

General's argument, by noting that current

law does not exclude parents from their

children's decision with respect to abor-

tion. "Minors may or may not choose to

involve their parents,' Judge Chesney

noted. "As a practical matter, if a trusting

and supportive relationship between-a par-

ent and child has not already been estab-

_ lished, it is unlikely that the State can

create in a moment of crisis what the par-

ents were unable to develop over the

course of the preceding years. Certainly no

witness has so testified."

Cindy Rambo, Executive Director of

Planned Parenthood, stressing the impor-

tance of the ruling, noted that California

has the highest teen pregnancy rate in the

nation.

SAN FRANCISCO CHAPTER PRESENTS

JAMEDY 92

JAZZ and COMEDY CABARET FOR CIVIL LIBERTIES

A SIX-HOUR CABARET FEATURES CONTEMPORARY JAZZ AND

STAND-UP COMEDY.

INTERNATIONALLY PROMINENT JAZZ ARTISTS AND COMEDIANS,

ALONG WITH LOCAL FAVORITES,

PERFORM THROUGHOUT THE EVENING

SUNDAY, AUGUST 30

6 PM TO MIDNIGHT

BIMBO'S

1025 COLUMBUS AVENUE

SAN FRANCISCO

TICKETS: $20 PER PERSON (ENTERTAINMENT ONLY)

$10.00 FOR SENIORS.

PERCENTAGE OF FOOD and DRINKS ALSO BENEFITS THE ACLU.

FOR TICKETS AND INFORMATION, CALL: 415/979-6699.

Field Program

Monthly Meetings

Chapter Meetings

(Chapter meetings are open to all inter-

ested members. Contact the chapter

activist listed for your area.)

B-A-R-K (Berkeley-Albany-Richmond-

Kensington) Chapter Meeting:

(Usually fourth Thursday) Volunteers

needed for the chapter hotline - call

Florence Piliavin at 510/848-5195 for

further details. For more information,

time and address of meetings, contact

Julie Houk, 510/848-4752.

Earl Warren (Oakland/Alameda

County) Chapter Meeting: (Usually

second Wednesday) Meet on

Wednesday, July 8 and August 12.

Chapter Hotline, -510/534-ACLU is

now available 24 hours. For time and

address of meetings, please call John

Butchart, 510/635-5215.

Fresno Chapter Meeting: (Usually

third Monday) Meet at San Joaquin

Law School. New members always

welcome! For more information, call

Nadya Coleman at +209/229-7178

(days) or A.J. Kruth at 209/432-1483

(evenings) or the Chapter Hotline at

209/225-7380.

Lesbian and Gay Rights Chapter

Meeting: (Usually first Thursday)

Meet on Thursday, July 2 and August 6

at the ACLU Office, 1663 Mission,

460, San Francisco at 7:00 PM. For

more information, contact Tom Reilly,

510/528-7832.

Marin County Chapter Meeting:

(Third Monday) Meet Monday, July 20

anda Avoucst. 17, at. 750 - PN

Westamerica Bank, East Blithedale and

Sunnyside Avenues, Mill Valley. For

more information, contact Harvey

Dinerstein, 415/381-6129.

Mid-Peninsula (Palo Alto area)

Chapter Meeting: (Usually last

Thursday) Meet Thursday, July 30 and

August 27 at 7:30 PM at the California

Federal Bank, El Camino Real, Palo

Alto. New members welcome! For

more information, contact Harry

Anisgard, 415/856-9186 or call the

Chapter Hotline at 415/328-0732.

Monterey County Chapter Meeting:

(Usually first Tuesday) Meeting on

Tuesday, July 7 will feature an Open

Forum with ACLU-NC Police

Practices Project Director John

Crew speaking about Police and

Civilian Review Boards at 7:30 PM at

the Monterey Library, Community

Room, Pacific and Madison Streets,

Monterey. No meeting in August. For

more information, contact Richard

Criley, 408/624-7562.

Mt. Diablo (Contra Costa County)

Chapter Meeting: (Usually fourth

Thursday) For more information, call

the hotline at 510/939-ACLU.

North Peninsula (San Mateo area)

Chapter Meeting: (Usually third

Monday) Meet on Monday, July 20 and

August 17 at 7:30 PM at the Unitarian

Church, 300 E. Santa Inez Street, San

Mateo. Note: The North Pen Chapter

has a new Hotline number: 415/579-

1789. For more information, contact

Audrey Guerin at 415/574-4053.

North Valley (Shasta, Siskiyou,

Tehema, and Trinity Counties)

Chapter Meeting: (Usually third

Wednesday) Meet on. Wednesday, July

15 at 6:30 PM at Harry Restaurant,

Redding. No meeting in August. For

more information contact interim

Chairperson Tillie Smith at 916/549-

3998.

Redwood (Humboldt County)

Chapter Meeting: (Usually - third

Monday) Meet Monday, July 20 and

August 17 at 7:15 PM at the Arcata

Library. For more information contact

Christina Huskey at 707/444-6595.

Sacramento Valley Chapter Meeting:

(Usually second Wednesday) Meet on

Wednesday, July 8 at 7:00 PM at

Hearing Room 1, Sacramento County

Offices, 700 H Street. Meeting on

Wednesday, August 12 will feature a

Panel Discussion: What is the ACLU

All About? For more information, con-

tact Ruth Ordas, 916/488-9956

San Francisco Chapter Meeting:

(Usually third Tuesday) Meet on

Tuesday, July 21 and August 18 at 7:00

PM. at the ACLU-NC office, 1663

Mission, #460, San Francisco. Jamedy:

Jazz and Comedy Cabaret for Civil

Liberties, Sunday, August 30, 6:00 PM

to midnight, at Bimbo's, 1025

Columbus Avenue, San _ Francisco.

Tickets are $20 ($10 for seniors). A six-

hour cabaret featuring contemporary

jazz and stand-up comedy. For more

information, call the Chapter

Information Line at 415/979-6699.

Santa Clara Valley Chapter Meeting:

(Usually first Tuesday) Meet on

Tuesday, July 7 and August 4 at 7:00

PM at the Community Bank Building,

3rd Floor Conference Room, corner of

Market/St. John Streets, San Jose.

Contact John Cox 408/226-7421, for

further information.

Santa Cruz County Chapter Meeting:

(Usually third Tuesday) Meet on

Tuesday, July 21 and August 18.

Chapter will continue to work on com-

bating Hate Crimes. Contact Simba

Kenyatta, 408/476-4873 for further -

information.

Sonoma County Chapter Meeting:

(Usually third Wednesday) Meet

Wednesday, July 15 and August 19 at

7:30 PM at the Peace and Justice

Center, 540 Pacific Avenue, Santa

Rosa. There will be a Banned Film -

Festival in July. Call Steve Thornton at

707/544-8115 for further information.

Yolo County Chapter Meeting: (Third

Thursday of the month) Meet on

Thursday, July 16 and August 20. For

more information, call the Chapter

Hotline at 916/756-ACLU.

Field Action

Meetings

(All meetings except those noted will be

held at the ACLU-NC Office, 1663.

Mission Street, Suite 460, San

Francisco.) :

Student Outreach Committee:

Speaker Training on Reproductive

Rights on Saturday, July 25 from 10:00

AM to 2:00 PM at the Fort Mason

Center, San Francisco. Please RSVP to

Marcia Gallo by July 20. No meeting in

August. Contact Marcia Gallo, at

ACLU-NC 415/621-2493, for additional

information.

Civil Rights Committee:

No meetings in July or August. Call

Nancy Otto at the ACLU-NC 415/621-

2493 for more information.

First Amendment Committee:

No meetings in July or August, Call

Nancy Otto at the ACLU-NC 415/621-

2493 for more information.

Pro-Choice Action Campaign:

Contact Nancy Otto at the ACLU-NC

415/621-2493.