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…
By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief OAKLAND, CA – Hate crimes in California decreased in 2023…
By Audrey Sawyer SACRAMENTO, CA — The End Slavery in California Act (ACA 8) will go to…
By Ebenezer Mamo SACRAMENTO, CA – California State Senate pro Tempore Mike McGuire (D-North Coast) released a…
In April, an unprecedented lawsuit was filed in the Supreme Court of California challenging the state’s death…
By The Vanguard Staff SACRAMENTO, CA – California—facing a billion-dollar budget crisis—may soon close some state prisons,…
By Jocelyn Lopez LOS ANGELES, CA – The elimination of money bail is a slow and inconsistent…
By Shriya Kali Chittapuram WASHINGTON, DC – Recently, The Sentencing Project published “The Second Look Movement: A…
by David B. Goldberg As educators, we agree with Governor Newsom that we need to preserve the…
By The Vanguard Staff SAN RAFAEL, CA – The First Amendment Coalition here this month noted Californians…
By Shriya Kali Chittapuram SACRAMENTO, CA – In a recent opinion article in the LA Times, California…
By Bryan Miller NEW YORK – The Vera Institute of Justice and Young Women’s Freedom Center this…
By The Vanguard Staff COSTA MESA, CA – A former Marine accused of firebombing a Costa Mesa,…
By Maeve O’Brien SAN JOSE, CA – California State Senator Dave Cortese (D-Santa Clara) and Assemblymember Ash…
LOS ANGELES, CA – Despite fewer individuals being arrested, the number of people dying in jail keeps…
By Crescenzo Vellucci The Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief SAN LUIS OBISPO, CA – The San Luis Obispo…
By Michael Weinstein If you are seeing ads for a rent control ballot initiative in California…
By Ghostwrite Mike & The Mundo Press CHOWCHILLA, CA – Skrybe, a published poet and spoken word…
By Benjamin Frandsen CHOWCHILLA, CA – The externally published carceral poets the Mundo Press—Last Jedi Left, Skrybe…
By Ghostwrite Mike & The Mundo Press CHOWCHILLA, CA – As a young Black man imprisoned in…
By Priyanka Vatturi WASHINGTON, DC – New data released this past week by the Bureau of Justice…