ACLU Southern California names new executive director as civil rights cases surge – Los Angeles Wave Newspaper Group

ACLU Southern California names new executive director as civil rights cases surge – Los Angeles Wave Newspaper Group

LOS ANGELES — Human rights advocate Chandra S. Bhatnagar has been named executive director of the ACLU of Southern California, becoming just the third head of the national organization’s Los Angeles affiliate in more than 50 years. Bhatnagar has a 20-year track record as an organizational leader and change-maker spanning the nonprofit sector, federal government and higher education, according to the civil rights organization. “I am deeply honore…