Legislature Approves Bill Ending Mandatory Jail Time for Nonviolent Drug Offenses
SB 73 would help end mass incarceration and California’s War on Drugs By Vanguard Staff Sacramento –…
Bail Reform Efforts Become a Two-Year Bill
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento – In 2020, the California voters defeated a measure that…
Legislation to Strengthen Hate Crime Protections Moves to Governor
Bipartisan Legislation Would Implement Key Recommendations to Improve Law Enforcement Training and Coordination and Better Address Hate-Motivated…
Legislation that Creates Judicial Guidance on Sentence Enhancements Goes to Governor for Signature
By Vanguard Staff Sacramento – There are now more than 150 sentence enhancements in the California Penal…
CDCR Excludes Reinfections in COVID-19 Data Tracker, San Quentin Outbreak Goes Unreported
By Yasmeen Khan The Covid In-Custody Project partners with the Davis Vanguard to bring quantitative and qualitative reporting on…
Letter: Attorneys General Urge Congress to Further Address Historical Drug Sentencing Inequities by Amending the First Step Act
California Attorney General Rob Bonta joined a bipartisan coalition of 25 attorneys general in urging Congress to…
Cop Decertification Measure OK’d by CA Assembly; Sponsor Unhappy with Some Amendments as It Moves Back to Senate
By The Vanguard Staff SACRAMENTO, CA – The California State Assembly approved by a 46-18 vote Friday…
Be the Jury Bill Goes to the Governor
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA – A pilot bill that impacts just San Francisco,…
Police Reform Bill Targeting Records of Bad Cops Clears CA Legislature, Heads to Gov’s Desk
By The Vanguard Staff SACRAMENTO, CA – Legislation to make public more police misconduct records was OK’d…
Kamlager’s AB 333 Modifying the Charging of Gang Enhancements Approved by the Senate
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA – One of the big complaints about gang enhancements…
CA Senate Appropriation Committee Sends Bill to End Prison-to-Deportation Pipeline to CA Senate Floor for a Final Vote
Special to The Vanguard SACRAMENTO, CA – California Assemblymember Wendy Carrillo’s AB 937 – the VISION…
Bakersfield Police Submit to Agreement with State on Police Misconduct Despite Disagreeing with the Findings
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Oakland, CA – The Bakersfield Police Chief disagrees with the findings,…
New Vaccine Mandate for Some CDCR Staff Could Be a Gamechanger, Peace Officers Association Pushes Back
By Yasmeen Khan The Covid In-Custody Project partners with the Davis Vanguard to bring quantitative and qualitative reporting on…
Half of All CDCR Outbreaks in May & July Traced Back to Employees, Testing Cannot Substitute Vaccination, Says Court Receiver
By Julietta Bisharyan Bi-weekly update from CDCR’s COVID-19 crisis. The Covid In-Custody Project partners with the Davis Vanguard to…
California Senator Creates Reform Legislation to Aid Those Childhood Trauma Victims
By Sydney Kaplan and Genesis Guzman SACRAMENTO, CA – The Justice For Survivors Act, authored by Sen….
CDCR To Expand In-Person Visitations; Active Cases Cross 100 After Weeks of Low Numbers
By Julietta Bisharyan and Yasmeen Khan CDCR Confirmed COVID-19 Cases and Outcomes As of Aug. 1, there…
ACLU for First Time Ever Takes Position on Recall Election – Decides to Oppose September Governor Recall
The Vanguard Staff SACRAMENTO, CA – The ACLU – for the first time ever – has taken…
How Fresno County Jail Neglected COVID-19 Data Reporting Throughout the Pandemic
The Covid In-Custody Project partners with the Davis Vanguard to bring quantitative and qualitative reporting on the pandemic’s impact…
How Alameda County’s Santa Rita Jail Staff Violated Public Health’s Mandatory Testing Order
By Aparna Komarla & Tiffany Devlin The Covid In-Custody Project partners with the Davis Vanguard to bring quantitative and…
CDCR Halts Early Releases For Those With 6 Months Left to Serve
By Julietta Bisharyan and Yasmeen Khan The Covid In-Custody Project partners with the Davis Vanguard to bring quantitative and…
