Student Walkout, March to Capitol Marks Black Panther Gun Protest and Bill to Hold Police Accountable
By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – A little more than 50 years ago, two dozen…
By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – A little more than 50 years ago, two dozen…
In October, former Governor Jerry Brown signed into law, SB 1391 which prohibits 14- and 15-year-olds from…
By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – The votes were not there in the State Senate…
By Carl Takei and Paige Fernandez The events that led to the murder of Willie McCoy by…
(From Press Release) – California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, the state’s top law enforcement official, is refusing…
Back in December, Oakland Assemblymember Rob Bonta introduced AB 32, which would prohibit California’s use of for-profit,…
While death penalty opponents were mostly excited by Governor Gavin Newsom’s surprise decision earlier this month to…
In the past few days, we have seen much in the way of angry responses from families…
This morning, Governor Gavin Newsom will sign an executive order that will halt the death penalty in…
(From Press Release) – California Attorney General Xavier Becerra today announced the results of an independent investigation…
(From Press Release) – Assemblymember Cecilia Aguiar-Curry (D-Winters) has introduced Assembly Joint Resolution 4 with coauthors Senators…
In the waning days of Governor Jerry Brown’s tenure as Governor, he disappointed some local residents with…
Second Annual Report from California’s Racial and Identity Profiling Advisory Board Illustrates Use of Force and Racial…
In a one-sentence ruling the California Supreme Court denied the efforts by police unions to gut or…
A US District Judge, William Alsup, has ordered PG&E to determine if it played any role in…
A coalition of media groups led by the First Amendment Coalition (FAC) today filed briefing in the…
While Disparities Have Narrowed, Large Gaps Remain Between African Americans and Whites Crime and policing have been…
(From Press Release) – Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced Joshua Groban as his choice for…
It was a banner year on police and criminal justice reform issues before the state legislature. The…
Governor Brown just signed SB 1391 over the weekend. The timing is interesting, because Daniel Marsh’s hearing…