Landmark Police Accountability Bill Signed by Governor Newsom
By David M. Greenwald Sacramento, CA – On Monday, Governor Newsom signed into law AB 127, key…
Governor Newsom Signs Nation-Leading Rent Relief Program for Low-Income Tenants
By Vanguard Staff On Monday, Governor Gavin Newsom signed critical legislation that will extend not only the…
California’s ‘Reopening’ Means Little to Unhoused – See Uptick in ‘Sweeps,’ Negligence Toward Homeless
By Jose Medina SACRAMENTO, CA – On the day after California’s reopening this week, the California Homeless…
CA Legislature Rejects Gov’s Faulty Plan to Boost Pretrial Pilot Programs; Coalition Urges ‘Community-based Pretrial Services’
By The Vanguard Staff SACRAMENTO, CA – The State Legislature has rejected Gov. Newsom’s May budget revision…
Governor Orders Independent Investigation of Kevin Cooper Case
By David M. Greenwald Sacramento, CA – While the death penalty has effectively ceased in California, there…
Suit Challenging the Early Release of 76,000 Incarcerated People Filed by 44 DAs Including Schubert and Reisig
By David M. Greenwald Sacramento, CA – Two weeks ago Sacramento District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert sent…
CA Governor’s Revised May Budget Includes $140 Million Investment in ‘Flawed’ Pretrial Pilot Programs
By Kelly Luo LOS ANGELES, CA – Gov. Gavin Newsom has released a record-breaking $267.8 billion…
State Budget Group Criticizes $13.6 Billion Governor Budget for Prisons
By Esha Kher and Julia Asby SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA – Californians United for a Responsible Budget (CURB) released…
Despite CDC Changes On Mask Guidelines, State Will Still Require Face Coverings in Yolo
By David M. Greenwald Woodland, CA – It was an announcement that created questions and some guarded…
Prison Reform Targets Decades-long Oppression; ‘Tough On Crime’ Rhetoric Targets Newsom, Charge Reformers
By Christopher Datu and Nina Hall SACRAMENTO, CA – The recent increase to the credit earning structure…
CA Senate Passes Bill Legalizing Safe, Supervised Injection Sites and Overdose Prevention; Gov. Newsom Urged to Sign Bill into Law
By Natasha Feuerstein LOS ANGELES, CA – A leading grassroots organization, Dignity and Power NOW (DPN), is…
Bonta Sworn In as Next California Attorney General
By David M. Greenwald Sacramento, CA – Governor Gavin Newsom noted the big shoes that Rob Bonta…
Commentary: Newsom Goes Progressive with Bonta Pick
By David M. Greenwald San Francisco, CA – Word leaked out just before the scheduled 2 pm…
Breaking News: Governor Newsom Appoints Reformer as the New AG, Rob Bonta (Updated)
By David M. Greenwald San Francisco, CA – In a move that will no doubt please progressives…
Sunday Commentary: Newsom Has a Chance to Change the Direction of Criminal Justice in California
By David M. Greenwald Bill Lockyer. Jerry Brown. Kamala Harris. Xavier Becerra. What do they have in…
My View: Recalls Galore, but Will Any of Them Remove People from Office?
By David Greenwald This week a local group announced they were recalling four of the five school…
Sunday Commentary: School Reopening Polling Data is Tricky, As Proponents Bank on the Issue to Drive Recall of Newsom
By David M. Greenwald Everyone wants to get students back at school, but the key is it…
Commentary: Yolo Goes Back into the Red – Can It Stay This Time?
By David M. Greenwald Twice before Yolo County has been locked down—once in the spring when the…
Is It Time? Legislation Looks at a School Re-Opening for April?
By David M. Greenwald COVID cases are down across the country, vaccines are slowly but surely getting…
Lawmakers, Watchdogs Criticize CDCR’s Inability to Explain Multi-Billion Dollar Prison Infrastructure Plan
By Linhchi Nguyen SACRAMENTO – California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) official Chris Lief (Deputy Director…
