Lead Organizer Sunyoung Yang's response to the FTA's recent clarification on federal procedure and MTA CEO Art Leahy's effort to spin it into a victory by for the MTA.

On January 26th, 2010, LAUSD students from the Community Rights Campaign launched a new initiative for greater accountability from the Los Angeles School Police Department with actions at Manuel Arts, Westchester, and Cleveland High Schools. Students weathered the rain to promote the campaign to students, teachers and community members at these sites in coordination with the release of the Community Rights Campaign and Los Angeles Chapter of the Dignity in School's, Police in LAUSD Schools.

Press Release: Over the past three years the BRU has faced
a dilemma, while the Mayor has verbally supported bus-only lanes, he has yet to
prioritize funding the project.

LOS ANGELES - Students with tickets for being late to school faced hundreds of dollars in fines and were forced to miss more school time to appear in court.

Now Los Angeles' top judge for juvenile courts has released new guidelines to eliminate fines and unnecessary court time for students who were late to school and for other minor offenses. The court will also direct students who miss school to school- and community-based resources that are shown to improve academic achievement and get struggling students back on track.

A city-wide coalition of civil rights, labor, environmental, immigrant rights, health, and housing organizations will bring their demands to the Board of LA Metro and hold a public conference and rally outside of Metro Headquarters. The Federal Transit Administration's just-released report found Metro guilty of a wide range of civil rights violations and deficiencies and calls into question the legitimacy and legality of policies that punished low income bus riders and bus riders of color - namely repeated cuts in bus service and fare increases.

The Community Rights Campaign's letter to LAUSD Board in regards to the new hiring of LASPD's Chief of School Police.

On Tuesday, September 22, the Community Rights Campaign will be urging the Neighborhoods and Education Committee of the Los Angeles City Council to oppose the motion to amend Los Angeles Municipal Code 45.04 (LaBonge-Parks) being considered at 3:30pm.