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Commentary: What If Homeless Folks Resist Services?
Davis, CA – I have written a series of commentaries opposing a criminalization-based approach to clearing homeless…
Guest Commentary: Reject Commission Proposal and Adopt Alternative
As you know, Agenda Item 06-B on the Dec. 3, 2024 City Council agenda presents the latest…
Letter: Support the Creation and Funding of Down Payment Assistance Program
On January 7, the council will consider a city ordinance to create a Down Payment Assistance (DPA)…
Governor Claims Success in CARE Court as It Opens in All 58 California Counties
Sacramento, CA – Governor Newsom is claiming victory as the CARE Court (Community Assistance, Recovery, and Empowerment)…
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COURT WATCH: Prior Charges, Drug Abuse Justify Felony in Vehicle Charge
VAN NUYS, CA – Judge Andrea C. Thompson ruled here this week in Los Angeles County Superior…
COURT WATCH: Judge Won’t Reduce Charges, Despite Youth’s Mental Health Issues
MODESTO, CA – An accused who recently became of adult age appeared for a Certification of Mental…
COURT WATCH: Lack of Evidence Sends Houseless to Jail
WOODLAND, CA – A houseless accused person found himself headed back to jail following a pretrial conference…
COURT WATCH: Judge Won’t Reduce Drug Felony, Contrary to Police Promise to Accused
WOODLAND, CA –Judge Stephen Mock denied Deputy Public Defender Martha Sequeira’s request to reduce an accused’s minor…
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VANGUARD INCARCERATED PRESS: Rehabilitation in the Shadows of Extreme Sentencing
In the 1700s, punishment in Europe was both brutal and public. Michel Foucault illustrates this history in…
VANGUARD INCARCERATED PRESS: Each One Teach One
Three months after my eighteenth birthday, I was arrested for a gang-related murder. After reviewing my extensive…
VANGUARD INCARCERATED PRESS: I Met a Squirrel – An Interview with Myself
It is an unseasonably hot day in late January when I arrive at the Correctional Training Facility’s…
VANGUARD INCARCERATED PRESS: The Powers That Be, Be Crazy
Doing the same thing over and over while expecting a different result is insanity, and, in California,…
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