Gloria Partida joined the Vanguard for its monthly webinar and discussed a range of issues from housing to policing, homelessness, District Elections and much more. She also took questions from the audience for about 40 minutes.
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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.
Professor Bob Cropf has spent three decades teaching political science, and is now shifting his focus to political journalism to confront what he sees as the gravest threat to American democracy in generations, tracing the country's democratic backsliding to decades before Donald Trump's presidency.
Dr. Noor Nazir, a pregnant postdoctoral researcher at UC Davis, faces a difficult decision between risking a medically dangerous international flight or remaining in the US without support due to her unexpected termination and the university's refusal to grant her a temporary visa extension or visiting scholar position.
Essie Justice Group's report, in partnership with the National Black Women's Justice Institute, highlights the critical role that Black women with incarcerated loved ones play in supporting individuals reentering society after incarceration, and calls for greater investment in women-led reentry systems to reform bail practices and remove systemic barriers.
The Tenderloin Linkage Center in San Francisco, which provided a range of services to those experiencing homelessness and struggling with co-occurring mental health and addiction issues, was shut down in 2022 but its model could be replicated to help address California's opioid crisis.
Governor Gavin Newsom has proposed a new legislative plan to streamline housing development processes and eliminate regulatory barriers in California, aiming to build 2.5 million homes and 1 million affordable units by the end of the housing cycle.
