National Conference in Berkeley Advises Prosecutors on How to Successfully Put Police on Trial for Excessive Force Charges
By Sarah Weld BERKELEY, CA – The first-ever national conference for prosecutors – at least 65 were…
California DOJ Won’t Prosecute Officer in Shooting Death of Sean Monterrosa in Vallejo – Cites Lack of Evidence
By Helen Shamamyan OAKLAND, CA – California Attorney General Rob Bonta this week issued a report from…
Group Claims Federal Court Ruling ‘Brings Halt to Sacramento’s Discriminatory Bail System’
By Crescenzo Vellucci Jr. The Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief SACRAMENTO, CA – A national legal nonprofit organization…
California AG Urged to Investigate Insurance Industry Collusion on Homeowner Insurance Shortages – Consumer Watchdog Cites ‘Secret Recording’ to End Consumer Protections
By The Vanguard SACRAMENTO, CA – Consumer Watchdog Tuesday urged California Attorney General Rob Bonta to investigate…
California Attorney Comments Again on State School Districts’ ‘Forced Outing’ Policies, Denounces Anderson Union School Board
By The Vanguard OAKLAND, CA – California Attorney General Rob Bonta late last week commented on the…
California AG Warns Temecula About ‘Forced Outing Policy Detrimental to the Wellbeing of LGBTQ+ Students’
By The Vanguard OAKLAND, CA – For the third time in about a month, California Attorney General…
Contra Costa DA Charges Antioch, Pittsburg Police Officers with Obstruction of Justice and Bribery after FBI Arrest Thursday of Officers Following SF Federal Grand Jury Indictments
By The Vanguard MARTINEZ, CA – Contra Costa District Attorney Diana Becton said Friday in a statement…
SoCalGas to Pay $175,000 after Making Misleading ‘Renewable’ Natural Gas Claims
By Yenah Lee and Madi Whittemore OAKLAND, CA – The Office of the Attorney General announced a…
Sacramento Homeless Union Tells Campers They Can Return to City Hall After City Violated Court Order by Tossing Them Out – Legal Fight with City, Battle of Words with DA Continue
By Crescenzo Vellucci The Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief SACRAMENTO, CA – The Sacramento Homeless Union—embroiled in a…
Homeless Union Tells California Attorney General Sacramento County DA ‘Overstepped,’ Encouraged City of Sacramento to Violate Federal Court Order by Exposing Unhoused to Super Heat
By Crescenzo Vellucci The Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief SACRAMENTO, CA – The Sacramento Homeless Union has informed…
Another California School District Implements Mandatory Gender Identity Disclosure Policy – Draws CA Attorney General Ire
By The Vanguard OAKLAND, CA – Yet another California school district—Murrieta Valley Unified School District in Riverside…
California Attorney General Applauds SCOTUS Block of $6 Billion Opioid Plan, Announces Arrest of Bay Area Doctor for Illegally Prescribing Opioids
By The Vanguard OAKLAND, CA – A U.S. Supreme Court decision this week to temporarily block OxyContin maker Purdue…
California Attorney General Formally Apologizes for AG Involvement in Treatment of Japanese Americans During, After World War II
By The Vanguard OAKLAND, CA – California Attorney General Rob Bonta this week, in a public statement, issued…
Sacramento District Attorney Urges City of Sacramento to Violate Federal Court Order to Stop Homeless Sweep – City Admits Unhoused Camps Cleared Despite Judge’s TRO
By Crescenzo Vellucci The Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief SACRAMENTO, CA – The Sacramento County District Attorney is…
California Attorney General Reveals Investigation against School District Policy Forcing Schools to ‘Out’ Students Whose Gender Identities May Be Changing
By The Vanguard OAKLAND, CA – A civil rights investigation into “potential legal violations” by the Chino…
California Joins Coalition Opposing Billion Dollar Deal with 3M over Water Contamination
By The Vanguard OAKLAND, CA – California Attorney General Rob Bonta this week announced his state’s…
Annual CA Attorney General Report Reveals – Among Other Statistics – Nearly 2 Californians Shot by Law Enforcement Daily, Most of Them Brown and Black
By Crescenzo Vellucci The Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief OAKLAND, CA – More than 600 people, or nearly…
California Attorney General Won’t Pursue Charges against SF Cop Who Killed Unarmed Carjacking Suspect Keita O’Neil in 2017
By The Vanguard Staff SAN FRANCISCO, CA – California Attorney General Rob Bonta, in a letter last…
San Francisco Community Protests after SF District Attorney Announces No Charges against Walgreens Security Guard for Killing Unarmed Banko Brown
By Crescenzo Vellucci The Davis Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Embattled San Francisco District Attorney…
California Attorney General Joins Effort to Ask Supreme Court to Overturn Lower Court Ruling that Domestic Abusers Can Have Access to Guns
By Leslie Acevedo OAKLAND, CA – California Attorney General Rob Bonta joined a multi-state coalition last week…
