Commentary: Council Has a Lot of Decisions to Make Tonight
The potential change to district elections has probably caught a lot of people in this community off…
Another Civil Rights Lawsuit Filed against Sac County Stemming from Brutal May Raid on Homeless Encampment
By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – An advocate for the homeless filed a civil rights…
California Governor and Attorney General Oppose Administrations Public Charge Rule
Special To the Vanguard The Trump administration is considering changes to the public charge rule – a…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Do We Really Need a Citizen’s Commission for This?
Yesterday, Matt Williams published a guest commentary that outlined what he believed to be several “deficiencies” with…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Looking at Safe Spaces for People Sleeping in Cars
There has been legislation that passed in the Assembly and is working its way into the Senate…
Yolo and Other DAs Ask DOJ to Respect Prosecutorial Discretion that Affect Immigration Determinations
(From Press Release) – District Attorney Jeff Reisig, along with 42 other elected District Attorneys and Attorneys…
A Judge Out of Control, Machinations of Justice and Injustice in Ordinary Cases
San Francisco – My court watching duties on Thursday in San Francisco took me into Department 9. …
Guest Commentary: Staff Report for Tuesday’s Council Consideration of District Election Has Major Deficiencies
by Matt Williams The Staff Report for the consideration of district elections omits several important considerations, which…
Sunday Commentary: Signs That the Housing Crisis is Getting Worse in Northern California
A PPIC (Public Policy Institute of California) study authored by Marisol Cuellar Mejia and Mary Severance, which…
Letter: Take Action Locally on Gun Violence
By the Davis Phoenix Coalition After yet another deadly week of gun violence, other nations are warning…
Statement by People Power Respecting the Re-Purposing of the Juvenile Detention Facility
STATEMENT OF CONCERN RE: RE-PURPOSING OF THE JUVENILE DETENTION FACILITY (JDF) submitted by People Power We acknowledge…
Judge Dismisses Two of Three Charges against Felon in Possession of Firearm
By Sindy Lim After a full preliminary hearing, Judge Timothy L. Fall concluded defendant José Sanchez Valdez…
City Changes Course on Demographer Following Report
Following the Vanguard’s report on Friday highlighting very recent problems with the company National Demographics Corporation (NDC)…
Trump Justice Dept – Finally – Releases Alleged Terror Suspect Who Had Conviction Overturned
By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – The Trump Administration – more than a week after…
Valley Clean Energy Board to Study Purchase of PG&E Assets
(From Press Release) – The Valley Clean Energy (VCE) Board of Directors — composed of elected officials…
A Federal Court Sounds the Alarm on the Privacy Harms of Face Recognition Technology
By Nathan Freed Wessler On Thursday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit became the…
Candidates Get Testy during the Candidate Question Portion of the SF DA Debate – Part III
San Francisco – District Attorney candidates vying for an open seat in November met at the UC…
Trial Opens in Case of Man Accused of Punching San Francisco Police Officer
Defense Claims It Was Self-Defense and Mistaken Identity San Francisco – Did Tyler Gress steal merchandise from…
Proposed Demographer Firm Found to Have Fabricated Data in North Carolina Two Weeks Ago
Meeting Set For Tuesday on Transitioning to District Elections After weeks of speculation following the release of…
City Attorney, Sac Police Misled Judge about Officer’s Misdeeds? SPD Charged with Brutalizing Black Family
By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – The City Attorney and the Sacramento City Police Dept…
