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ight prisoners at the California Med-

| Oe Facility (CMF) at Vacaville filed

a class-action lawsuit in federal court

on January 6 charging that conditions at the

prison are so bad they violate the U.S.

Constitution's prohibition of cruel and unus-

ual punishment.

The lawsuit also challenges the deplorable

treatment of prisoners in the AIDS wing;

almost all male prisoners in California with

AIDS, ARC (AIDS-related complex) and

most who have tested positive for the HIV

virus are housed at CME

The prisoners are represented by Donald

Specter of the Prison Law Office, cooperat-

ing attorneys Warren George of the San

Francisco law firm of McCutchen, Doyle,

Brown and Enersen and Michael Bien of

Brobeck, Phleger and Harrison and

ACLU-NC staff attorney Matthew Coles.

The suit, Gates v. Deukmejian, was filed in

US. District Court in Sacramento.

"We brought the lawsuit because Vacaville

in particular, and the California prison sys-

tem in general, is so overcrowded that it is

unable to provide for the basic human needs

of the prisoners," said Specter.

"People's lives have been shortened as a

result of these conditions," added George.

200% Capacity

The lawsuit charges that CMF is operat-

ing at approximately 200 percent of its

Parental Consent Law Halted

In a dramatic series of rulings brushing

New Year's Eve, California courts prevented

a new law limiting minors' access to abortion

from going into effect on New Year's Day.

The law, which was passed by the state

Legislature and signed by the Governor in

September, would require a minor to have

the written consent of a parent or a court

order before she could have an abortion.

On December 28, San Francisco Superior

Court Judge Morton Colvin issued a preli-

minary injunction against the new law,

which was challenged in a suit filed on

November 28 by the ACLU and the

National Center for Youth Law.

Judge Colvin granted the injunction

because, he stated, there was a reasonable

likelihood that the statute would be found

unconstitutional and that "irreparable

harm" would occur if it went into effect.

But on December 30, at 4 p.m., state

Deputy Attorney General Elisabeth Brandt

filed a petition in the Court of Appeal asking

for an immediate stay of Judge Colvin's

order. On New Year's Eve, the state Court of

Appeal turned down the petition, leaving

Judge Colvin's injunction intact.

January-February 1988

Challenge to Prison

Conditions at CMF

Ch Ame Or

ee

designed capacity; CMF was designed for

4,730 inmates and now holds 8,035. This

overcrowding has caused unacceptable lev-

els of violence and has forced scores of

prisoners to be confined in a makeshift dor-

Prestigious Coalition

The statute was challenged by a presti-

gious coalition of medical associations and

health care providers including the Ameri-

can Academy of Pediatrics, the California

Medical Association and Planned

Parenthood. (c)

The medical groups are represented by

ACLU-NC staff attorney Margaret Crosby,

attorney Abigail English of the Adolescent

Health Care Project of the National Center

for Youth Law and cooperating attorney

Linda Shostak of Morrison and Foerster.

Crosby welcomed the injunction, saying,

"The California Constitution guarantees all

persons, including minors, an explicit right

to privacy regarding the decision whether to

bear children.

"The choice the Legislature gave to Cali-

fornia teenagers from hostile home environ-

ments-to tell parents of their pregnancy

and abortion and suffer serious reprisals, or

to navigate a difficult court procedure-

unduly burdens the privacy rights of teenag-.

ers," Crosby added.

4 LIBERATION

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mitory with only one or two toilets and

washbasins. Also, prisoners are double-

celled for long periods of time, especially

during lockdowns.

The prisoners also allege improper medi-

On filing the lawsuit, the attorneys pres-

ented the court with massive evidence-

including medical statistics and affidavits

from judges, nurses, and psychologists-

from other states where such laws have had

a disastrous impact on the psychological and

physical health of pregnant teenagers.

"These laws significantly increase health

risks to minors by causing necessary care to

be delayed and by impairing the ability of

health providers to give quality care," said

English. "These laws punish young women

for becoming pregnant, they do not promote

family harmony, improve parent-child com-

munication or help with the minor's decision

making process."

Supreme Court

On January 13, the state asked the Cali-

fornia Supreme Court to intervene "imme-

diately" in the dispute over the unenforced

law that would restrict teen abortions.

ACLU attorneys filed their opposition

within a few hours and at press time, the

continued on p. 6

No. 1

cal care, including charges that:

- suicides occur because suicidal

inmates do not receive timely treatment,

- mentally ill prisoners are discharged

early because of lack of space in the hospital,

- involuntary medication is improperly

administered, sometimes through excessive

use of force, including stun guns,

- staff shortages prevent prisoners with

serious medical problems from being exam-

ined by a physician,

- physicians' orders are not followed,

and

- inmates provide direct patient care to

other prisoners.

"Because this prison is used to provide

acute medical and psychiatric care for the

entire state prison system, it is extremely

important that the medical care meet min-

imum constitutional standards," explained

George.

"The Constitution requires that prisoners

receive adequate medical and psychiatric

care," he added.

A recent investigation by the USS.

Department of Justice Civil Rights Division

substantiated prisoners complaints and con-

cluded that the medical and psychiatric care

' provided at CMF is so deficient that it

constitutes cruel and unusual punishment.

continued on p. 6

1988-89

Board Elections

As provided by the ACLU-NC by-laws,

revised in 1980, the ACLU-NC membership

is entiitled to elect its 1988-89 Board

directly. The Nominating Committee is now -

_ seeking suggestions from the membership

to fill at-large positions on the Board.

ACLU members may participate in the

nominating process in two ways:

1. They may send suggestions for the Nom-

inating Committee's consideration before

April 1, 1988. (Address suggestions to

Nominating Committee, ACLU-NC, 1663

Mission Street, San Francisco, CA 94103.

Include your suggested nominee's qualifica-

tions and how the nominee may be

reached.)

2. They may submit a petition of nomina-

tion with the signatures of 15 current ACLU

members. Petitions of nomination, which

should also include the nominee's qualifica-

tions, must be submitted to the Board of

Directors by June 3, 1988 (20 days after the

May Board Meeting).

continued on p. 2

aciu news

2 jan.-feb. 1988

On January 22, the fifteenth anniversary

of the Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abor-

tion, a day of activities sponsored by the

Northern California Pro-Choice Coalition

was held to defend reproductive rights.

During the morning commute hours,

ACLU activists became "human billboards"

at key Bay Area intersections bringing their

pro-choice message to thousands of

commuters.

A noon rally at the new State Office

Building in San Francisco featured music,

_ speakers and a continuous picket in support

of all women's reproductive rights, including

the right to safe, legal and accessible

~ abortion.

In addition, a half-page ad, paid for by

pro-choice organizations and individuals,

appeared in the January 22 edition of the

Bay Guardian. The ad, entitled "Fifteen

Years of Choice," warned of increasing

attacks on freedom of choice, including

ACLU-NC

Board Elections

continued from p. |

(Current ACLU members are those who

have renewed their membership during the

last 12 months. Only current members are

_ eligible to submit nominations, sign peti-

tions of nominations and vote.

ACLU members will select Board

members from the slate of candidates nom-

inated by petition and by the Nominating

Committee. The ballot will appear in the

June issue of the ACLU News.

ARTICLE VIII, SECTION 3: The final

report of the Nominating Committee to

nominate members-at-large to the Board

will be presented at the May Board meet-

ing. Members of the Board may propose

additional nominations. If no additional

nominations are proposed by Board

members, the Board, by majority of those

present and voting, shall adopt the Nomi-

nating Committee's report. If additional

nominations are proposed, the Board shall,

by written ballot, elect a slate of nominees

with each member being entitled to cast a

number of votes equal to the vacancies to be

filled; the Board slate of nominees shall be

those persons, equal in number to the

vacancies to be filled, who have received the

greatest number of votes. The list of nomi-

nees to be placed before the membership of

the Union for election shall be those per-

sons nominated by the Board as herein

provided, together with those persons nom-

Rallying for Choice

`Pro-choice activists rally to commemorate the 15th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme

Court decision legalizing abortion and to fight against attacks on reproductive rights.

"[FJunding restrictions, laws limiting young

women' rights to abortion, `fetal rights' leg-

islation, violence and budget cuts at family

planning clinics."

"Without access to information and servi-

ces," the ad stated, "the right to abortion is

out of reach for low income women, women

of color and young women ... and anyone

dependent on the government for their

health care."

The ad called on supporters to become

involved in local pro-choice activities and to

help finance a Signature Ad in major Bay

Area papers this spring.

For further information on ACLU pro-

choice activities, contact Marcia Gallo,

Field Representative, at (415) 621-2493. If

you would like to donate to the Signature

Ad Campaign, please send a check or

money order to Northern California Pro-

Choice Coalition, P.O. Box 242, Menlo

Park, CA 94026.

inated by petition as hereafter provided in

Section 4.

ARTICLE VII, SECTION 4: Any fifteen

or more members of the Union in good

standing may themselves submit a nomina-

tion to be included among those voted upon

by the general membership by submitting a

written petition to the Board not later than

twenty days after the adoption by the Board

of the slate of Board nominees. No member

of the Union may sign more than one such

petition and each such nomination shall be

accompanied by a summary of qualifica-

tions and the written consent of the

nominee.

Volunteers Needed

Volunteers are needed now during

our busy Spring Recruitment season.

We need office help. Tasks involve

batching and handling contributions,

researching donor files, updating

records and responding to member-

ship inquiries. We're looking for flexible

individuals who possess attention to

detail, accuracy, problem solving

ability, and who may enjoy the active

pace of the ACLU office in San

Francisco. Bookkeeping or account-

ing experience is especially helpful.

If you are interested, please contact

Sandy Holmes, Membership Coordi-

nator at (415) 621-2493.

iOJO!

SPANISH

LANGUAGE

IMMIGRATION

PAMPHLET

The ACLU has published a Spanish

language edition of its pamphlet on the

new immigration rules. Acta de Refor-

tion Reform Act with special emphasis

on the discrimination prohibitions.

"The federal government has failed

in its duty to educate the public, partic-

ularly Spanish-speaking minorities,

about the discrimination prohibitions

contained in the new immigration law,"

explained Lucas Guttentag, national lit-

igation coordinator of the ACLU's Immi-

gration and Aliens' Rights Task Force.

"As a result, there is substantial confu-

sion among employers and employees

regarding the law's provisions.

"This pamphlet tells individuals how

to protect their rights and gives very

concrete advice to businesses on how

ma de Inmigracien: Sanciones a

Empleadores y Prohibiciones Anti-

Discriminatorias explains in question-

and-answer format the employment-

related provisions of the 1986 Immigra-

to avoid illegal discrimination."

The 1986 Immigration Reform Act

contains new _ federal prohibitions

against employment discrimination on

the basis of a worker's alienage or

national origin. The ACLU pamphlet

explains how individuals can file dis-

crimination charges and advises

employers how to comply with the law in

order to avoid violation of employer

sanctions and charges of

discrimination.

The Spanish language pamphlet,

which is being distributed nationally by

the ACLU, was produced by the ACLU

of Northern California. It was translated

by Juan Noriega and Public Information

Director Elaine Elinson.

Individual copies of Acta de Reforma

de Inmigracion are available free to

persons who send a stamped (39

cents), self-addressed envelope to the

ACLU-NC Literature Department, 1663

Mission Street, #460, San Francisco,

Editor Speaks

Erwin Knoll

An overflow crowd filled the ACLU-NC

library on February 2 to hear Erwin Knoll

(pictured above), editor of The Progressive, CA 94103.

speak on national security, freedom of the Bulk orders of the pamphlet cost $25

press and government surveillance. per 100.

A controversial writer and speaker, Knoll

and The Progressive were defended by the

ACLU in 1979 when the government tried to

block the magazine from publishing an arti-

cle about the hydrogen bomb.

The event was co-sponsored by the

ACLU-NC Right to Dissent Committee and

Media Alliance.

The English language pamphlet, The

Immigration Reform Act: Employer

Sanctions and _ Anti-Discrimination

Prohibitions, 15,000 of which have

already been distributed, is also availa-

ble from the ACLU-NC Literature

Department.

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aclu news

jan.-feb. 1988 3

Heading for the Ballot

The AIDS Initiatives

by Matthew Coles

ACLU-NC Staff Attorney

s many as four initiatives on AIDS

might be on the ballot in California

in 1988. As of January 20, only one

supported by followers of Lyndon

LaRouche had actually qualified; it will be

on the June ballot.

THE AIDS RESEARCH TRUST

The "good" AIDS initiative which sets up

a trust fund is based on a bill the Governor

vetoed last spring. People could get a 55%

tax credit up to $25 (a $45 contribution) for

donations to the trust. Corporations would

be allowed up to $5,000 in tax credits. The

money would be used for research on cure,

treatment and education. The money would

be administered by an independent board.

LAROUCHE Il

This is virtually identical to Proposition

64, which Californians rejected by more

than 2-1 in November 1986. Like Prop. 64,

LaRouche IJ is written in a way that makes

it impossible to know for sure just what it

will do.

The brief text says that AIDS, ARC and

the virus that causes AIDS are contagious -

diseases. It says they are "included" within

the state's existing laws on communicable

diseases and that anyone who has duties

under those laws and regulations "shall ful-

fill" them.

Trying to figure out which of over 500

pages of laws and regulations are affected,

much less what being "included" means, is

tough.

Many of the laws give the state Health

Department sweeping powers and tell the

Department to decide which powers to use

to fight various diseases. Does the "shall

fulfill" language require the Department to

use its most extreme powers? The ballot

arguments in favor of Prop. 64 said it did.

To make things more complicated, many

of the regulations the Health Department

has now are probably invalid because they

go beyond the powers the Legislature gave

the Department. The initiative may "vali-

date" them.

Finally, it seems very likely that large

parts of the initiative are unconstitutional.

Despite the built-in ambiguity, it is possi-

ble to make some predictions about what the

initiative would do.

The initiative certainly will require that

the name of everyone who tests positive for

the HIV virus or any other virus which

"may" cause AIDS be reported to the

Department of Health. Right now, only

those people with AIDS and ARC have

their names reported.

The proposition would also require that

virtually anyone in the state who knows that

someone has AIDS, ARC or is infected, or

anyone who suspects it, has to report names

to the Department of Health.

The proposition would likely make it ille-

gal for anyone who has AIDS, ARC or is

infected to work in "commercial food han-

dling." This probably includes anyone who

touches food for money, from farmworkers

to waiters.

Education: The initiative would probably

make it illegal for anyone who has AIDS,

ARC or who is infected to work in or attend

any school. All schools, from nursery school

through graduate school, would be included.

Testing: The proposition may require all

food handlers, education workers, and stu-

dents to be tested for exposure to HIV virus

and any other virus which "may cause"

AIDS. Although the initiative does not

explicitly say that, it would be impossible to -

carry out the ban on employment or pres-

ence in educational institutions without such

testing.

Quarantine: The initiative probably does

not require quarantine, although the "shall

fulfill" language could be read to require it,

and the ballot arguments last time sup-

ported that reading. However, the initiative

would make local quarantine more likely. In

California, every local health director has

virtually the same behavior control and qua-

rantine powers that the state Department of

Health has. Today, with state officials and

the federal Centers for Disease Control say-

ing that any kind of quarantine would make

the disease harder to fight, it would be

difficult for any local health director to use

his or her quarantine powers. However, since

the initiative declares that AIDS is conta-

gious.and a threat to public health, it would

be easier to use those powers.

DANNEMEYER/DOOLITTLE

Representative William Dannemeyer and

his supporters are now circulating this pro-

posed initiative.

Insurance: The law now says that you

cannot use an HIV test to decide anything

about anyone's employment or insurance.

This initiative would repeal that law.

Anonymous Testing: The initiative says

the state's alternative test sites cannot do

anonymous testing. Right now that is all

they do.

Reporting: Any doctor or clinic that

knows or has "reasonable cause to believe"

that a patient is infected with "the probable

causative agent" of AIDS (this would doubt-

less include anyone who has been infected

with the virus) must report the patient's

name to the local health director within 48

Barbara J. Maggiani

hours.

Anyone who is told that he or she has

"tested positive" for "any probable causative

agent of AIDS" must report themselves, all

possible sources of the infection and all

possible persons they have infected to the

local health officer within seven days.

Anyone who fails to report is guilty of a

crime. There is no exception for people who

get the result from an "anonymous" test.

Disclosure of Test Results: Doctors and

nurses must give test results to the patient

and to the local health officer. They may tell

anyone who they think is the patient's

spouse, anyone who they think had sexual

contact with the patient, or anyone who they

think had "any other contact believed to

pose a threat of infection" with the patient.

Once a name has been reported to a local

health officer, he or she must: (1) notify

spouses; (2) notify "known sex partners"; (3)

notify anyone else the health officer "has

reasonable cause to believe" has been

"exposed."

Health officers can make public use of test

results if that is "essential to control" the

epidemic.

Both doctors and health officers can b

forced to testify about test results and any-

thing else that leads them to believe a patient

has been infected with the virus in criminal

cases against blood donors, cases for failure

to report, and sodomy and prostitution

cases. Both can also be compelled to testify

in civil cases over transmission of the virus.

Crimes: The initiative makes it a felony to

donate blood or commit prostitution if you

have the virus. Sentences for many "sex

related" crimes (including many in which

the virus could not possibly be transmitted),

and for assault, are increased three years if

you are infected with the virus.

Criminal Defendants: Anyone charged

with any of the "sex related" crimes or with

assault must be tested for the virus. The test

results are not confidential. If the test result

is positive, it will be included on the

accused's rap sheet for the future.

BLOCK

This initiative is being circulated by the

Sheriff of Orange County.

It says that any medical person working in

any detention facility must report the name

of anyone held in custody whom the medical

person suspects is infected to the head of the

facility. All inmates who might come in

contact with the inmate's bodily fluids must

be notified.

This initiative also says that persons

charged with crimes must be listed if:

1) the person is accused of a sex crime

and the victim requests the test; and

2) the person is accused of interfering

with a police officer, fire fighter or

emergency medical person, and the

person interfered with or her or his

employer requests. the test.

In both situations, the test could be

required in all sorts of situations where

transmission of the virus could not possibly

occur.

A statewide coalition to support the

research trust initiative and to oppose the

others is now forming. The Northern Cali-

fornia contact is Dick Pabich, (415)

621-6164. The Southern California contact

is Steve Schulte, (213) 654-9094.

To keep informed of ACLU-NC Gay

Rights Chapter activities around the initia-

tives, contact Chapter Chair Doug Warner

at (415) 621-3900. i

ig

PERE EVRY

aclu news

4 jan.-feb. 1988

Dateline:

Sacramento

The Year in Review

by Daphne Macklin

ACLU Legislative Advocate

FE: civil rights and civil liberties the 1987 legislative session proved a mixed bag of

major defeats with some hard won successes. As happens in the first part of a two -

year session, many matters remained unresolved.

Issues such as the death penalty, reproductive rights and AIDS often were resolved in

ways that were less than favorable, if not detrimental, to civil liberties interests. At the same

time, some civil rights issues-such as a ban on patient dumping and limitations on

discriminatory private clubs-were resolved favorably from an ACLU perspective.

Consider the passage of AB 214 (Margolin), the patient dumping bill. The right to receive

prompt and adequate emergency medical care without first being subjected to a "wallet

biopsy" touched a broad spectrum of groups-workers, the elderly, those dependent on

public health care, health care providers, and minority groups. Reports of people who either

died or suffered serious injury as a result of the practice of economic transfers of patients

from private hospitals to public facilities were compelling. Legislators were persuaded to

equate a right to emergency medical care to an issue of basic fairness. Both AB 214 and a

second measure, SB 12 (Maddy), were signed by Governor Deukmejian, thus providing

California with realistic sanctions against the practice of dumping uninsured emergency care

patients.

Yet this sensitivity did not apply in the area of reproductive rights. Despite vigorous

lobbying campaigns both for an abortion-neutral state budget and against restrictions on

abortion access for minors, pro-choice forces were handed their most serious setbacks in

recent years this session.

A challenge to the Legislature's restrictions on Medi-Cal funded abortions for poor

women is now before the Court of Appeals, the tenth such ACLU lawsuit in as many years.

A new ACLU lawsuit, filed in November, challenges the constitutionality of AB 2274

(Frazee), an act that prevents women under 18 from obtaining legal abortion services

without the consent of a parent or through a court order.

AIDS is a third civil liberties issue focusing on health and medical privacy. Here the inter-

play of public health and morality has created an atmosphere where the utze to take heed-

less, repressive action is unfortunately growing.

Of the 40 AIDS bills introduced, about a third were detrimental to civil liberties-the

most ominous being those in a package introduced by Senator John Doolittle. Based largely

on the failed (but now resurrected) Proposition 64 LaRouche initiative, most of Doolittle's

bills moved easily through the Senate before the package was fragmented and temporarily

stopped in two Assembly committees.

Like health and medical privacy issues, equal protection and due process concerns

produced both gains and stalemates this session. Influenced by U.S. Supreme Court

decisions supporting the rights of women to return to their former jobs after a pregnancy

__ leave and to fully participate in the business world through membership in traditionally

men-only organizations, the Legislature gave serious consideration to a parenting leave

proposal and a bill removing tax exemptions for entertainment expenses incurred at certain

private clubs.

The pregnancy leave issue remains unsettled. Government policy on families where one

or both parents work is an emergent political issue. It may be treated with more sensitivity

as the Legislature begins to include more working parents of both sexes and as the

constituents of parents of young children become a sizable voting bloc.

Private clubs which discriminate in their membership policies against women and ~

minorities were the subject of intense public scrutiny. In addition to court decisions in this

area, considerable publicity about who belonged to these clubs and the influence of such

organizations sharpened sensibilities about the propriety of the practice. Indirect public

sanction of such discrimination, through the allowance of tax deductions and the issuance

_ of club licenses to facilities which sell and serve alcoholic beverages, was felt to be socially,

personally and politically inappropriate.

However, only the more moderate of the two private club bills became law. AB 239

(Moore) disallows the use as a business tax deduction expenditures for business entertain-

ment at such facilities. AB 2187 (Friedman), which would prohibit the issuance of liquor

licenses to such facilities, remains under consideration.

Another equal protection issue, the rights of language minorities, failed to produce an

affirmative results. Efforts to address the problems of enforcing Proposition 63, the English-

only initiative, provoked a political storm. Efforts to implement the initiative in a way which

protects language minorities were rebuked by the measure's proponents as attempts to

thwart the will of the people. Both a measure in support of bilingual education and a study

bill to evaluate state language policy needs were vetoed.

Finally, in a marked change from recent sessions, there was a return to more secretive

decision making. A number of major issues, producing substantive changes in criminal and

civil court procedures, which have long been the subject of on-going debate, were "settled,"

typically to the detriment of constitutional interests. Measures that had repeatedly failed

passage in policy committees were grafted into last minute bills and quickly passed. In

several instances, constitutional protections were compromised and may have been seriously

diminished.

Paul Anderson.

1987 Legisla

ACLU Sponsored Bills

his year the ACLU ambitiously

sponsored three affirmative bills

each designed to protect civil liberties

and civil rights interests:

Patient Dumping:

Access to Emergency Health Care

AB 214 (Margolin) won final legisla-

tive approval during the last days of the

1987 session. The bill, proposed by

ACLU-NC staff attorney Ed Chen, is

designed to prohibit the practice of

"patient dumping" or economic transfers

of emergency room patients from private

facilities to public hospitals.

The legislation was prompted by grow-

ing reports of people who, lacking proof

of private insurance or being dependent

on Medi-Cal, were turned away from

private hospital emergency rooms. Typi-

cally the patients received no medical

treatment at the private facility and their

conditions were aggravated by a lack of

prompt care.

Victims of patient dumping, their fam-

ilies and other concerned organizations

formed a large coalition which spear-

headed a grassroots effort in support of

AB 214.

A competing measure SB 12 (Maddy)

sponsored by the California Medical

Association (CMA) was also approved

by the Legislature. After lengthy negotia-

tions between leaders of the anti-patient

dumping coalition and the doctors, hos-

pitals and state health care agencies, a

consensus was reached on the types of

sanctions against the practice of eco-

nomic transfers that all parties approved.

The result was that both bills are identi-

cal with regard to provisions regulating

transfers of emergency patients. However

SB 12 also contains a process for funding

trauma center care. Governor Deukme-

jian signed both bills into law. .

Student Searches:

The Rights of School Pupils

AB 2496 (Friedman) addresses mat-

ters left uncertain by decisions of the U.S.

Supreme Court in New Jersey v. T.L.O.

and a California Supreme Court case In

Re William G.. Both decisions held that

warrants were not required for searches

of the person and belongings of school

pupils provided there was a reasonable

suspicion that the pupil had violated a

criminal statute or a school rule.

AB 2496 attempts to establish stand-

ards for the conduct of student searches

by school personnel. It also defines the

term "reasonable suspicion" and creates

other regulations governing a practice

which is viewed as legally hazardous by

teachers' groups as well as students.

The arguments in favor of a strong bill

regulating student searches are that con-

stitutional guarantees of personal privacy

are contingent neither on an individual's

age nor the place where a person may

hold such expectations. As school attend-

ance is compulsory, protections against

violations of fundamental rights in such a

setting should be strictly regulated.

During the hearing process, however,

efforts to satisfy the bill's opponents suc-

_ceeded only in amending the measure in

a manner that deleted some of its civil

liberties protections. These efforts also

delayed the progress of the bill so that it is

now a two year measure.

Public Forums: Free Speech Activity at

Shopping Centers

AB 2539 (Bates) attempts to codify the

decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in

the ACLU's landmark Pruneyard case

which declared that First Amendment

activities could not be barred from shop-

ping malls. The decision did allow mall

owners to establish reasonable time,

place and manner regulations to manage

the use of these facilities as public forums.

AB 2539 was prompted by growing

concern that the conservative shift in the

federal and the state judiciaries may

result in a limiting of Pruneyard.

A competing bill AB 2099 (Peace)

sponsored by the Price Club, a member-

ship discount store, also sought to

address the Pruneyard issues but from

the perspective of shopping center

owners. AB 2099 and AB 2539 were

merged in the Assembly. The resulting

bill is still opposed by the majority of

shopping center owners. AB 2099 is

pending on the poate Floor Inactive

File.

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jan.-feb. 1988 5

ative Review

Bills this Session

The AIDS Bills

AB 250 (Hughes): This measure allows phy-

sicians to advise the marital partner of a

person who has tested positive for the HIV

virus, or who is known to have the disease,

about the medical condition of their spouse.

The bill creates an exception to the special

AIDS disclosure rules and the general policy

of treating as confidential medical informa-

tion shared between an individual and his or

her physician,

ACLU: Opposed

Status: Signed by the Governor

The Doolittle package includes 9 bills, SB

1000 through SB 1008, which were for the

most part vigorously opposed by medical,

legal, public health and civil rights

organizations:

SB 1000: This bill would effectively repeal

the AIDS confidentiality protections

enacted in 1985 without regard for the civil

rights protections for persons with AIDS.

ACLU: Oppose

Status: Sent to interim study by the Assem-

bly Health Committee

SB 1001: This measure originally required

that all persons seeking marriage licenses be

tested for HIV exposure. It was amended to

require that HIV testing be offered to per-

sons seeking such licenses and that informa-

tion about AIDS be provided to them at

their request.

ACLU: Opposed in original form

Status: Signed by the Governor

SB 1002: This measure creates a new crime

of willfully donating blood if a person knows

such a donation is contaminated with the

HIV virus.

ACLU: Oppose

Status: Awaiting resolution in Assembly

Public Safety Committee

SB 1004: This measure would create a sen-

tence enhancement for persons convicted of

certain rape and related offenses who test

positive for the AIDS virus.

ACLU: Oppose

Status: Interim study in Assembly Public

Safety Committee

SB 1005: This bill would require HIV testing

of all persons confined in state prison

facilities.

ACLU: Oppose

Status: Passed Senate Judiciary Committee

SB 1006: This measure would authorize

unconsented HIV antibody testing for per-

sons confined in state mental institutions.

The ACLU proposed that rather than grant

such authority to test persons confined to

mental facilities for HIV exposure, a hearing

procedure be established similar to those

used for involuntary treatment or steriliza-

tion review.

ACLU: Oppose

Status: Sent to interim study by the Assem-

bly Health Committee

SB 1007: This requires that persons con-

victed of certain prostitution related and IV

drug use offenses be tested for HIV exposure

and that this information be included in the

person's criminal record. Conviction for any

subsequent offense of this nature, should the

person be HIV positive, would be treated as

a felony and punished with an enhanced

sentence.

ACLU: Oppose

Status: Awaiting resolution in Assembly

Public Safety Committee

Reproductive

Health Care Access

Medi-Cal Abortion Funding (1987-88

Budget Act): Once again, the Legislature

passed a Budget Act which severely res-

tricted Medi-Cal funding for abortion.

Debate on restrictions on abortion funding

did not even reach the Conference Commit-

tee. Instead the language of the original

Governor's budget, prohibiting the use of

state funds for abortion on an unrestricted

basis was adopted by action of both houses.

The language limiting state abortion fund-

ing to incidents of reported rape, incest, or in

the case of severe fetal abnormality or to

save the life of the woman is identical to that

which was held unconstitutional by the Cali-

fornia Supreme Court in 1981. (An injunc-

tion prohibiting the enforcement of the

restrictions was granted by the state Court

of Appeals in the ACLU challenge to the

Budget Act restrictions.)

ACLU: Opposed

Status: Signed by the Governor

2274 (Frazee) Minors' Access/Parental

Consent. After the failure of several parental

consent measures, the provision was incor-

porated into AB 2274. This bill was passed

by a bipartisan majority in the Assembly

and sent to the Senate. In the Senate, key

amendments (including an exception for

pregnant teenagers who are victims of

incest) were defeated and the measure was

passed. Ironically, while federal courts in

several jurisdictions were holding similar

laws unconstitutional, the Legislature has-

tened to send a badly flawed proposal to the

Governor who promptly signed it.

The ACLU legal challenge to the law

prevented it from going into effect on Janu-

ary 1, 1988.

ACLU: Opposed

Status: Signed by the Governor; sievented

from going into effect by court injunction

issued in ACLU legal challenge.

Drug Testing

SB 1610/SB 1611 (Seymour): Although sev-

eral bills that would have prohibited the

practice outright never moved from the

Assembly Labor and Employment Com-

mittee, neither did these two bills which

purported to reflect concerns about drug

testing gathered in a series of interim hear-

ings held last fall. Neither was protective of

the rights of employees.

ACLU: Oppose

continued on p. 6

Prospects for 1988

988 holds in store a presidential election as well as an election for the state Legislature

1 and thus may feature a renewed effort to affirm civil liberties and civil rights issues in

the twilight of the Reagan era. In California, the successful organizing efforts and the

mood shift evidenced by the defeat of the Bork nomination may signal a resurgence of social

justice as a positive influence.

However, in this state, we are still dealing with an anti-civil liberties agenda, strengthened

by the reelection of George Deukmejian and the redirection, through his appointments, of

the California Supreme Court away from the advance of the Bird Court.

These countervailing political moods may make for vigorous action in several key civil

liberties areas in the new session.

- Criminal Justice Issues: The Lucas Court, as expected, has begun to overturn previous

decisions of the Supreme Court reversing death penalty decisions. We may see new bills

supporting the expansion of capital punishment in the state.

Procedural reforms which diminish the rights of the accused will continue to be touted as

ways to make the system more efficient and less expensive.

- Censorship: The continuing public controversy surrounding sexually explicit materials

transmitted by telephone services, efforts to redefine obscenity, and restriction of access to

sexually explicit materials, particularly to minors, will no doubt continue. Efforts to limit

access to 976 telephone services, videos and other materials is the stuff of many current

campaigns and candidacies. Censorship may most detrimentally impact the ability of groups

that do AIDS education to communicate to special high risk populations using street

language and by direct reference to sexual practices, if the materials used or the program.

itself is funded through public resources. -

- AIDS: An end to the epidemic is not in sight, nor is the possibility that educated and

compassionate approaches to addressing this social problem will move easily through the

Legislature. The Doolittle package, for example, is only temporarily on hold. Its author will

probably be a prominent spokesperson on behalf of the new AIDS initiative. Moreover,

practical problems and public fear in the areas of criminal justice, access to health services

and education for persons with AIDS will continue to make these issues challenging to civil

libertarians, gay rights activists and public health interests.

- Reproductive Rights: Abortion access by women dependent on the Medi-Cal system for

their health care will again face legislative as well as judicial scrutiny in the next session. Pro-

choice interests launched a lobbying effort last session which will be revised, renewed and

reinvigorated' when the state budget item on abortion again becomes the subject of

discussion.

In the wake of the passage of the parental consent bill, we may well see more measures

which make abortion access for young women even more difficult. Quite possibly an anti-

choice legislator will offer a bill to require parental consent for access to contraceptives. _

- Civil Rights: Decisions by the Lucas court which diminish civil rights protections under

state law may prompt bills to reverse these holdings. These bills may target the ruling that

discrimination against children in mobile home parks is permissible and another which

stated that the state Fair Employment and Housing Commission (FEHC) may not seek

punitive damages against parties who discriminate in violation of state law.

In addition, the Governor has removed three relatively liberal Republican appointees to

the FEHC, an action which may stir state civil rights groups into demanding the Legislature

exercise greater oversight in this area.

The debate around workplace drug testing will continue to be lively. The Luck decision,

where a jury awarded substantial damages to an employee fired because of her refusal to

take a drug test, has discouraged the state from pushing drug testing proposals for its

employees. Other decisions in this vein may chill efforts to facilitate a practice whose legal

standing under state law is now in serious doubt.

The rights of language minorities in the face of Proposition 63 will continue to be debated

in the Legislature. Efforts to resolve state language policy issues will require a rethinking and

rededication to the principles of equality under the law regardless of race or ethnic

background.

- - Economic Justice: Welfare issues generally have been on hold pending the development

and implementation of the new workfare law, GAIN. As counties put their programs into

effect, bills addressing specific problems raised by the law from the perspective of program

participants (welfare recipients) and program administrators (counties) will appear.

The unsolved crisis of the homeless, particularly the mentally disabled and children, may

prompt renewed efforts to find housing for those without any place to live. The linkage of

this problem to restrictions on housing access for families, inadequate public assistance

programs and the failure to raise the minimum wage, might well prompt the first

comprehensive review of the causes of a crisis and the need for a coordinated effort to

alleviate its causes.

Daphne Macklin, author of the above

_ 1987 Legislative Roundup, left the ACLU

Sacramento office to become a staff attor-

ney with Auburn Regional Legal Services of

Northern California at the end of the year.

On February-I, Francisco Lobaco joined the

ACLU staff as a Legislative Advocate.

Lobaco will be introduced to ACLU-NC

members in the next issue of the ACLU

News.

aclu news

6 jan.-feb. 1988

Bills"

continued from p. 5

Status: Failed in the Senate Industrial Rela-

tions Committee

Censorship

SB 5 (Deddeh) Redefining Obscenity: This

measure sought to alter the new state defini-

tion of obscenity by changing a "statewide"

standard to a "community" standard. The

subjectivity of a community standards

approach and the chilling effect it places on

creative output led to widespread

opposition.

ACLU: Oppose

Status: Failed in the Assembly Public Safety

Committee, but was granted recon-

sideration

Equal Protection

and Due Process

AB 368 (Moore) Parental Leave: The mea-

sure is similar to a state civil service provi-

sion allowing working parents up to 4

months unpaid leave to care for a child

under the age of 18. As with the pregnancy

leave law, the parent would have the right to

return to his or her same job or comparable

position with some restrictions.

ACLU: Supported _

Status: Vetoed by the Governor; similar

measure pending in the U.S. Congress

SB 1384 (Montoya) Language Policy: Try-

ing to mitigate the potentially dangerous

effects of Proposition 63, this measure pro-

posed the establishment of a Language Pol-

icy Task Force to formulate policies based on

factual information about language usage

rather than prejudice against non-native

speakers of English.

ACLU: Supported

Status: Vetoed by the Governor

AB 37 (Willie Brown) Bilingual Education:

This measure sought to maintain the provi-

sion of bilingual education programs in pub-

lic schools.

ACLU: Supported

Status: Vetoed by the Governor

AB 239 (Moore) Discrimination by Private

Clubs: This measure prohibits the use as a

state tax deduction of any business expense

incurred in the use of a private club or

facility holding a state liquor license which

discriminates on the basis of sex, race, age,

race, religion or national origin.

ACLU: Supported

Status: Signed by the Governor

Criminal Law and

Procedure

SB 1156 (Lockyer) Death Penalty: This

comprehensive proposal would reverse a

number of court decisions restricting the

application of the death penalty; expand the

special circumstance categories for which

capital punishment may be allowed; permit

the sentencing of juvenile offenders to life

without possibility of parole; and otherwise

increase murder sentences and expedite the

imposition of the extreme sanction.

Lockyer also authored a related bill SB 44

which includes witnesses in juvenile pro-

ceedings within the special circumstances

rule.

ACLU: Oppose

Status: SB 44 and SB 1156 are in the Assem-

bly Public Safety Committee

SB 709 (Lockyer): Trial Court Funding.

This measure includes a number of provi-

sions which diminish the rights of the

accused including a pilot project which may

lead to elimination of attorney voir dire

(questioning of prospective trial jurors) and

a new ground of excusable neglect when

prosecutors make mistakes that permit the

refiling of criminal charges. It also created

109 new judgeships for Gov. Deukmejian's

appointment.

ACLU: Opposed key provisions

PRINCIPAL

Status: Signed by Governor

AB 180 (Harris): Juror Challenges: This

measure reduces the number of peremptory

challenges for the prosecution and defense in

capital trials from 26 to 20.

ACLU: Opposed

Status: Signed by the Governor

SB 76 (Torres)/SCA 1 (Royce): Criminal

Procedure: Prosecutorial Reforms. Both

bills were introduced as comprehensive

- reforms to criminal court procedures. Both

seek "reform" through methods designed to

cut costs and speed criminal court processes

at the expense of protections for the consti-

tutional rights of persons accused of crimi-

nal conduct.

ACLU: Oppose

Status: SB 76 is in the Assembly Public

Safety Committee. SCA 1 failed passage

and was granted reconsideration in the

Senate Judiciary Committee.

Prison Conditions

continued from p. 1

AIDS Wing

CMF houses almost all California male

prisoners known to have AIDS and the

lawsuit also aims to improve their treatment

to levels "consistent with civilized standards

of decency," set by the U.S. Supreme Court.

According to Coles, "At CMF prisoners

are inappropriately placed in the AIDS

wing when they test positive for the AIDS

`antibody. The AIDS wing is double-celled,

poorly lit and inadequately ventilated. This,

plus poor nutrition and exposure to infec-

tion, means inmates in the AIDS wing may

be more likely to develop the disease.

"Moreover, all prisoners in the AIDS

wing are cut off from contact with their

peers and deprived of reasonable contacts

with their families," Coles charged. -

There are now 114 prisoners in the AIDS

wing at CME

Prison Law Office attorney Specter con-

cluded, "Prisoners have been sentenced by

the courts to a certain term of imprison-

ment. They have not been sentenced to loss

of life or limb. But at CMF prisoners are in

danger of losing both, either from the exces-

sive violence that permeates the institution

or from the deficient medical and psychiatric

care available."

`The lawsuit asks the court to order spe-

cific improvements. Defendants in the law-

suit include Governor George Deukmejian,

acting Department of Corrections (CDC)

director James Rowland, CMF superin-

tendent Eddie Yist, CDC health director Dr.

Nadim Khoury and other state prison

officials.

The case is before U.S. District Court

Judge Laurence Karlton; a trial date has not

been set.

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- state Supreme Court still had not

responded. In addition, the Deputy Attor-

ney General petitioned the high court to

remove the case from the Court of Appeal to

itself; the ACLU and NCYL filed the oppo-

sition to that petition on February 3.

"We think Judge Colvin was correct in

what he did," said attorney Shostak, "and

that the record amply supports what he did.

"Under the injunction, adolescents in

California who are pregnant and who are

seeking abortion services can continue to do

so on a confidential and independent basis,"

she added.

In 1982, the latest year for which data is

available, there were an estimated 30,220

abortions for girls under 18 in California.

California has the second highest pregnancy

rate for teenagers and one of the highest

abortion rates for this age group.

A study in Massachusetts, where a paren-

tal consent/judicial bypass law is in effect,

showed that of all teenage abortion patients,

50% obtain parental consent, 17% use the

court bypass, and fully one-third go out of

state to avoid the parental consent

requirement.

The ACLU has challenged similar laws in

other states, including a Minnesota law

which was struck down as unconstitutional

by the appellate court there in August of last

year.

aclu news

jan.-feb. 1988 7

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Field Evaluation Launched

A working committee, made of up

ACLU-NC Board members, chapter lead-

ers; issue activists, and staff has been con-

vened by ACLU-NC Board Chairperson

Nancy Pemberton to begin an evaluation of

the affiliate's seven-year-old Field Program.

sessions. In addition, each year the Field

Program organizes the Annual Conference

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the effectiveness of our work," said Field

Program Evaluation Chair Debbie Lee.

_ "We believe that out of this evaluation pro-

cess, the Field Program will emerge stronger

and better able to. meet the demands for

more active membership involvement in

protecting civil liberties," Lee added.

In 1981, the ACLU of Northern California

began a unique membership involvement/

organizing effort, the Field Program. The

Field Program is charged with involving

ACLU members in specific issue-action

campaigns selected at annual priority setting

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| want to be more involved in Field Committee activities

and campaigns; aided the 16 chapters in

northern California; and raised money for

the ACLU's legal and public education work

in northern California," said Field Represen-

tative Marcia Gallo. "But we need to

pause-briefly-and find out if there are

better ways to involve more ACLU

members in the education, outreach, and

grassroots lobbying work of the organiza-

tion," she added.

The Field Evaluation Committee, which

began its work in January, plans to consult

with ACLU-NC activists and members

throughout the spring and present a final

report to the Field Committee in June.

Chapter Calendar

Chapter Meetings

B.A.R.K. (Berkeley Area) CHAPTER

MEETING: (Usually fourth Thursday)

Thursday, February 25. Volunteers needed to

staff hotline. Contact Julie Houck, 415/

848-4752.

EARL WARREN (Oakiand/ Alameda

County) CHAPTER MEETING: (Usually

third Wednesday) Wednesday, February 17,

7:30 p.m., Contact Paul Bernstein, 415/

658-0502 (eve), or Lauren Leimbach, 415/

655-7339 (eve) OAKLAND-AREA AT-

TORNEYS: If you' willing to donate a few

hours each month, the Earl Warren Chapter

could use your help in reviewing local requests

for ACLU assistance. Please contact Mimi

McCorkle, 415/658-9498.

FRESNO CHAPTER MEETING: (Usually

third Tuesday) Tuesday, February 16, 5:30

p.m. Planned Parenthood Office. Contact

Mindy Rose, 209/486-7735 (eve).

GAY RIGHTS CHAPTER MEETING:

Tuesday, February 2; Tuesday, March 1, 7

p.m., ACLU-NC office, 1663 Mission St., San

Francisco. NOTE: chapter meeting day may

be changed in the near future. Contact Doug

Warner: 415/621-3900.

MARIN CHAPTER MEETING: (Usually

third Monday) Monday, February 15, 7:30

p.m., Citicorp Bank, 130 Throckmorton

Avenue, Mill Valley. Contact Eileen Siedman,

415/383-0848.

MID-PENINSULA (Palo Alto area)

CHAPTER MEETING: (Usually fourth

Wednesday) Wednesday, February 24, 8 p.m.,

All Saints Episcopal Church, 555 Waverly,

Room 15, Palo Alto. Contact Harry Anis-

gard, 415/856-9186.

MONTEREY CHAPTER MEETING:

(Usually fourth Tuesday) Tuesday, February

23, 7:30 p.m., Monterey Library, Pacific and

Jefferson Streets, Monterey. Contact Richard

Criley, 408/624-7562.

MT. DIABLO (Contra Costa County)

CHAPTER MEETING: (Usually fourth

Tuesday or Wednesday) Tuesday, February 23;

49 Mariposa Way, Walnut Creek, 415/

934-0557. Contact Lowell Richards, 415/

939-ACLU.

NORTH PENINSULA (San Mateo area)

CHAPTER MEETING: (Usually second

Monday) Monday, February 8; March 14.

Contact Bob Delzell, 415/343-7339.

SACRAMENTQ VALLEY CHAPTER

MEETING: (Usually second Wednesday)

Wednesday, February 10; March 9; 7:30 p.m.,

County Administration Building, 7th/ I

Streets, Sacramento. Contact Joe Gunter-

man, 916/447-8053.

SAN FRANCISCO CHAPTER MEET-

ING: (Usually fourth Tuesday) Tuesday, Feb-

ruary 23, 6 p.m. ACLU-NC office, 1663

Mission St., San Francisco. Contact Marion

Standish, 415/863-3520.

SANTA CLARA CHAPTER MEETING:

(First Tuesday of the month) Tuesday, Febru-

ary 2; March |. Contact Christine Beraldo,

408/554-9478.

SANTA CRUZ CHAPTER MEETING:

(Usually third Wednesday) Wednesday, Feb-

ruary 17. Contact Bob Taren, 408/429-9880.

SONOMA = CHAPTER MEETING:

(Usually third Thursday) Thursday, February

18. Contact June Swan, 707/546-7711.

STOCKTON CHAPTER MEETING:

(Usually third Wednesday) Contact Beverly

Ford, 209/948-6759.

YOLO COUNTY CHAPTER MEETING:

(Usually Third Wednesday) Wednesday, Feb-

ruary 17; March 16. Contact Vince Crocken-

berg, 916/756-2400 (eve).

Field Committee

Meetings

PRO-CHOICE TASK FORCE: (Usually

first Wednesday) ACLU-NC office, 1663 Mis-

sion Street, San Francisco. Contact Marcia

Gallo, 415/621-2493.

RIGHT TO KNOW/RIGHT TO DIS-

SENT COMMITTEE: Contact Marcia

Gallo, 415/621-2493.

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