Elizabeth Kim, the President of the Sacramento Branch of the National Lawyer’s Guild, talks about her arrest at the age of 19 for a small quantity of marijuana, how that turned into a felony drug conviction, and how she continues to pay for that crime even 15 years later as she has become an attorney and moved on with her life.
She also talked about her work with the National Lawyer’s Guild and the Stephon Clark case, and the lack of accountability for police and prosecutors in the current criminal justice system.
Greenwald is the founder, editor, and executive director of the Davis Vanguard. He founded the Vanguard in 2006. David Greenwald moved to Davis in 1996 to attend Graduate School at UC Davis in Political Science. He lives in South Davis with his wife Cecilia Escamilla Greenwald and three children.
The Emergency Rental Assistance program was a success in reducing eviction rates, but it was not sustained due to a lack of fanfare, and the U.S. returned to its normal rate of seven eviction filings per minute.
Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner's victory in the 2025 Democratic primary is due to his strong support from the Black community, his anti-Trump messaging, and the fact that Philadelphia doesn't allow voter-initiated recalls.
Defense attorney Scott Sanders has filed a motion seeking resentencing for Guy Scott, who has spent 44 years in prison for a 1981 robbery and murder conviction now tainted by grave prosecutorial misconduct, and argues that Scott's conviction was obtained through coercion, concealment, and false testimony.
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has denied qualified immunity to two Oakland police officers accused of provoking a deadly pursuit that resulted in the death of Lolomania "Lolo" Soakai and the serious injury of his mother and others, allowing the Soakai family's federal civil rights lawsuit to proceed.
The Davis Human Relations Commission's MAPA report contains false charges and promotes conflict, while the HRC itself is biased and dysfunctional, and the report should be rejected by the Davis City Council.
