REPORT: ‘Police Cannot Adequately Control Attack Dogs, Who Maul’ People, Especially POC
By Kapish Kalita SACRAMENTO, CA – A report on California police “attack dogs” has found “police cannot…
California Ballot Measure Aiming to Help Mental Health Services Opposed by Some Claiming Opposite Effect
By Melinda Kukaj SACRAMENTO, CA – Proposition 1, the two-step initiative aiming to improve mental health service…
Supreme Court Declines to Hear Challenge to Title IX Victory for Transgender Rights
Special to the Vanguard Washington, DC – The United States Supreme Court has declined to review a…
Sacramento City/County Sued after Man Claims False Arrest Led to Dreadlocks Cut Off – In Response to His Reporting Knife-Wielding Woman
By The Vanguard Staff SACRAMENTO, CA – City of Sacramento police and Sacramento County sheriff’s deputies are…
Monday Morning Thoughts: The Real MLK Is Captured in Birmingham Letter
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor When most Americans think of Martin Luther King, they think of…
Black Lives Sacramento, on Eve of MLK Jr. Activities, Charges Blacks Primary Targets in Murders by Police – in Banner Year of Cop Killings
By Crescenzo Vellucci The Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief SACRAMENTO, CA – On the eve of MLK, Jr.,…
Sunday Commentary: Moms for Liberty May Be Imploding, but the Damage Is Done
by David M. Greenwald Executive Editor The latest was amusing—it was reported that “Moms For Liberty-backed school…
New California Measure Expands Crown Act, Prohibiting Amateur Sports Discrimination
By Rena Abdusalam SACRAMENTO, CA – California Assemblymember Akilah Weber (D-La Mesa) has introduced Assembly Bill 1815,…
$10 Million Lawsuit Filed against Sacramento Main Jail after Another Inmate Death – Pleading Charges Staff Ignored Deathly Ill Man, Pleadings of Cellmate
By The Vanguard Staff SACRAMENTO, CA – Sacramento County has been sued again after another death at…
Pro-Housing Nonprofits Prevail in Lawsuit, Cupertino Stipulates to Builder’s Remedy
Special to the Vanguard San Francisco, CA— YIMBY Law and the California Housing Defense Fund have won…
Response to State Budget: Group Charges California Governor’s ‘Oversight’ of Not Closing Prisons Will Cost Billions
By The Vanguard Staff SACRAMENTO, CA – California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s proposed $291 billion budget plan announced…
COURT WATCH: Russian National in Sacramento Pleads Guilty in Federal Court to Supporting Syrian Terrorist Group
SACRAMENTO, CA – A Russian national residing in Sacramento pleaded guilty Monday in U.S. District Court here…
Critics of California Governor’s Prison Plan Agree with San Quentin Advisory Council $120 Million Cut as State Faces Budget Deficit
By The Vanguard Staff SACRAMENTO, CA – Californians United for a Responsible Budget (CURB) Friday released a…
California ‘Racial’ and ‘Identity Profiling’ Report Shows Little New – Depends on Color of Skin of Those Arrested
By Crescenzo Vellucci The Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief SACRAMENTO, CA – California’s Racial and Identity Profiling Advisory…
New 2024 California Law Seeks to Reduce ‘Pre-textual’ Traffic Stops by Law Enforcement
By The Vanguard Staff SACRAMENTO, CA – Traffic interactions with law enforcement—studies of which have shown people…
Sunday Commentary: As 2023 Ends, the Battle for Trans Rights in Davis Continues
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Once upon a time as I like to…
Letter: Economists Say Rent Control to Reduce Housing Costs
Over the last few years, we have seen the devastating impact of a poorly regulated housing market…
Commentary: Johns Hopkins Study Once Again Illuminates the False Notion of Transgender Regret
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor The right has made a huge issue out of the notion…
New Court Commissioners in Sacramento Tilt Toward the Prosecution Side in Their Experience
Sacramento, CA – This week the Sacramento Courts announced the appointment of two additional court commissioners. Both…
Commentary: John Brown Hero or Terrorist?
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor I was recently reading Charles Poland’s 2020 book on John Brown…