Guest Commentary: The Silencing of Asna
By Malik Washington, Destination Freedom Media Group IF ASNA TABASSUM WAS A WHITE WOMAN, JEWISH, AND HAD…
Law Enforcement Breaking Law? New Innocence Project Report Finds Slow Adoption of CA Eyewitness ID Laws
By Bryan Miller SACRAMENTO, CA – The Northern California Innocence Project (NCIP) this past week released its…
New Report Reveals 97,000+ California Citizens Can’t Vote While Serving Felony Prison
By Rena Abdusalam SACRAMENTO, CA – A recently released report (here) discloses more than 97,000 California citizens…
Prison Capacity Management Bill with Broad Support Advances in California Legislature
By Shriya Kali Chittapuram SACRAMENTO, CA – California Assemblymember Phil Ting (D-SF) has shepherded safe passage so…
Organizations Advocating for Survivors of Domestic Violence, Intimate Partner Violence Sign Letter Opposing California’s AB 2470
By Praniti Gulyani SACRAMENTO, CA – In a letter dated April 18 addressed to Assemblymember Kevin McCarty…
In Light of Arizona’s Abortion Ban, California Legislative Women’s Caucus Proposes Urgency Bill to Aid Abortion Services
By Perla Chavez SACRAMENTO, CA– Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Wednesday his collaboration with Chair of the California…
State Lawmakers Stand with 500+ Formerly Incarcerated People at State Capitol Event
By Darlin Navarrete and Jocelyn Lopez SACRAMENTO, CA – California State Assemblymember Lori Willson and other state…
Taxpayers, Not Cops, Foot the Bill for Civil Rights Suits in City, County of Sacramento
By Crescenzo Vellucci The Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief SACRAMENTO, CA – Taxpayers in the city and county…
Supreme Court Seems Skeptical of Criminalizing Homelessness as a Solution to Encampments
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor The US Supreme Court on Monday heard oral arguments in a…
Anti Police-Terror Project Conducting ‘People’s Investigation’ of Oakland Police Department after Murder by Police in Sacramento
By: Maeve O’Brien OAKLAND/SACRAMENTO, CA – The Oakland Police Department (OPD) is the target of a “People’s…
Guest Commentary: The Sports Team Con
By Mark Dempsey SACRAMENTO, CA – Most economic studies say that, economically, pro sports are a wash….
Key CA Senate Committee Kills Measure Aimed at Homeless – Creating Crime for Sitting, Sleeping or Camping
SACRAMENTO, CA – The California State Senate Public Safety Committee Tuesday defeated a measure that would make…
Prop. 1 Passes – Opponents Blame Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Efforts at ‘Endless Manipulations’
By Connie Martinez and Vy Tran SACRAMENTO, CA — Prop. 1 has been certified by the California…
Sunday Commentary: Race and Housing Policies – Our Failures to Address the Legacy of Slavery and Racism Have Continued to this Day
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor One of the more hotly contested issues that is still permeating…
With Tough-on-Crime California Ballot Measure Looming, Justice Reform Groups Mobilize
By Darlin Navarrete and Jocelyn Lopez SACRAMENTO, CA – Mobilization from criminal justice reform advocates have been…
Guest Submission: SCOTUS to Determine Whether Cities Can Punish People for Sleeping in Public When They Have Nowhere Else to Go
Q&A with Scout Katovich, staff attorney at the Trone Center for Justice and Equality, on the stakes…
New Sponsors Back California Measure to Secure Rights of Families Whose Family Members Injured, Killed by Police
By Kaylynn Chang SACRAMENTO, CA — Californians for Safety and Justice, and Silicon Valley De-Bug are backing…
Governor Pushing License Plate Readers, but Activists Say Data Doesn’t Support Their Use as Crime Fighting Tools
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Oakland, CA – Last week Governor Newsom announced California is installing…
ACLU Brief Urges Supreme Court to Uphold Eighth Amendment Protections in Grants Pass v. Johnson
Brief Argues that the Constitutional Prohibition on ‘Cruel and Unusual Punishments’ Prevents Cities from Arresting or Fining…
Advocates Claim ‘Safer California Plan’ Gaining Momentum in California Legislature Ahead of Special Committee Hearings
By Gabriela Rose and Audrey Sawyer SACRAMENTO, CA – The California State Senate’s “Safer California Plan,” a…