ACLU as a special interest group
With respect to the ACLU being involved with D.C.'s Safe Home Initiative, they are only mildly involved. There have been reports they are supporting the initiative to get flyers to the residents, but most of the resistance has been from locals/grass roots activists.
The ACLU did not submit an AMICI brief in support of overturning the D.C. Gun Ban, nor have they raised much of an issue in D.C. over the Safe Home Initiative. They are, interestingly enough, being rather quiet about the 2nd Amendment being stomped all over. They are neither involved in the lawsuit, nor are they making much of a stink about the searches. Rather interesting...specifically interesting from the standpoint they are supposed to fight ALL civil liberty infringements, but they are probably distracted trying to protect the civil liberties of all the illegal alliens...you think it a joke? Look it up...they are fighting for the civil liberties of illegal alliens and trying to stop the local and state government from conducting raids on illegal alliens.
I thought the "A" in "ACLU" stood for "American" Civil Liberties...guess not.