My View: I Agree That VMT Analysis Is a Problem for Housing Production… But…
I saw the article from Susan Shelley entitled: “California’s VMT restrictions have no effect on climate change,…
ACLU: ICE Considers Expanding Immigration Detention Nationwide
NEW YORK, NY – Newly obtained documents from the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) reveal Immigration and…
Guest Commentary: California Needs a New System of Choosing Trial Judges
There Needs to Be More Transparency in this Process We need a new system of choosing trial…
California Governor Grants Clemency to Veterans on Veterans Day
LOS ANGELES — In a tribute to the spirit of Veterans Day, California Governor Gavin Newsom has…
Maine Joins 8 Other States in Lawsuit against Big Oil for Climate Change Complicity
AUGUSTA MA – The State of Maine has joined eight other states in a lawsuit against five…
DOJ Cites Atlanta Jail Horrors, Reveals Probes of Jails, Prisons Across U.S.
Vanguard News Desk Editor WASHINGTON, DC – Conditions at Atlanta’s Fulton County Jail violate the 8th and…
Targeted Racist Messages Reported in U.S. Around Elections
WASHINGTON, DC – Several anonymous racist text messages were reported in multiple states, including New York, Alabama,…
Commentary: The Revolving Door of Homelessness
KQED in San Francisco did a great story on a young man in Oakland who was living…
Guest Commentary: California’s New Workplace Heat Standards Don’t Apply to Prisons, Reflecting Harmful Neglect across the United States
Forcing incarcerated people to endure dangerously high temperatures does not make anyone safer. By Erica Bryant When…
Commentary: Housing is Becoming a National Issue – But the Crisis is Not Likely to Go Away
One of my goals with the Vanguard’s coverage of housing has been to show the Davis community…
Civil Rights Law Firm Spearheads Federal Lawsuit for Surviving Family of Autistic, African American Teen Killed by San Bernardino Deputies
By Samia Gazi and Helen Shamamyan BEVERLY HILLS, CA – DeWitt Lacy, a partner at Law Offices…
No Charges Pressed: CA DOJ Releases Investigative Findings of Officer-Involved Shooting of John Alaniz
By Leela Bronner OAKLAND, CA – California Attorney General Rob Bonta this week unveiled a report addressing…
California DOJ 2023 Hate Crime Report Notes Fewer Hate Crimes in State – Crimes against LGBTQ+, Muslim and Jewish Show Uptick
By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief OAKLAND, CA – Hate crimes in California decreased in 2023…
California Legislature OKs ‘End Slavery’ Act Thursday, Voters Will Vote on It in November
By Audrey Sawyer SACRAMENTO, CA — The End Slavery in California Act (ACA 8) will go to…
California Legislation Seeks to Address ‘Retail Theft,’ but Conflicts Remain at Capitol
By Ebenezer Mamo SACRAMENTO, CA – California State Senate pro Tempore Mike McGuire (D-North Coast) released a…
VANGUARD WEBINAR: Lawsuit Challenges the California Death Penalty as Racially Discriminatory
In April, an unprecedented lawsuit was filed in the Supreme Court of California challenging the state’s death…
California State Assembly Gives OK to Close, Consolidate Some Prisons in Midst of Billion Dollar CA Budget Shortfall
By The Vanguard Staff SACRAMENTO, CA – California—facing a billion-dollar budget crisis—may soon close some state prisons,…
LA TIMES: Thanks to Bail Industry, California Behind in Bail Reform as Illinois Setting Example on Eliminating Money Bail
By Jocelyn Lopez LOS ANGELES, CA – The elimination of money bail is a slow and inconsistent…
New Report Reveals Nationwide Momentum for ‘Second Look’ Criminal Justice Reform Legislation
By Shriya Kali Chittapuram WASHINGTON, DC – Recently, The Sentencing Project published “The Second Look Movement: A…
Guest Commentary: CTA Fights for Funding for Schools
by David B. Goldberg As educators, we agree with Governor Newsom that we need to preserve the…
