Homeless Advocates Petition Court to Toss ‘Deceptive’ Ballot Measure Off Sacramento City November Ballot
By Cres Vellucci Jr. Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief SACRAMENTO, CA – Key homeless community support groups revealed…
Taxpayers Pay $1.5 Million for Another Death at Sacramento County Jail – Activists Called Antonio Thomas Death an ‘In-Custody Murder’
By Crescenzo Vellucci Jr. Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief SACRAMENTO, CA – The family of Antonio Thomas, who…
Stockton Taxpayers Pay $3.25 Million in Civil Rights Case; ‘Creepy’ Cop Shot Black Man in Back in 2016
By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief STOCKTON – David Wells has been known as a…
Sacramento Homeless Union Focus on Helping Homeless Community during Pandemic; Suing County, Sheriff Up Next
By Danae Snell SACRAMENTO — People throughout most of California are upset about a new stay-at-home order…
Sacramento Legal Observer Shot in Face by Police at Protest Demands Arrest of Officer
By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief SACRAMENTO – Monday, on the same day that the City…
Federal Complaint Filed over ‘Wartime’-Like Injuries during Protests
By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief SACRAMENTO – This reporter was a combat correspondent in a…
Unhoused File Federal Suit against City of Sacramento for Right to Port-A-Potty
By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – Unhoused residents and their advocates in Sacramento have long…
Sacramento City Sues Homeless, Seeks to Ban Them from Part of Downtown Area – Civil Libertarians Balk
By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – Remember the old television Westerns where the Sheriff runs…
Another Civil Rights Lawsuit Filed against Sac County Stemming from Brutal May Raid on Homeless Encampment
By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – An advocate for the homeless filed a civil rights…
Lawsuit Filed against Sacramento Sheriff for Hitting Protestor and Fleeing Scene
By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – Fallout from the hugely controversial shooting death of unarmed…
Big Protest, Promised Civil Rights Lawsuit Highlight Stephon Clark’s Killing by Police
A determined throng of about 400 demonstrators marked the first anniversary of unarmed Stephon Clark’s killing by city of Sacramento police officers Monday night with a nearly three-mile march through Clark’s Meadowview neighborhood.
There were no incidents with police
Jury Votes 9-3 to Reject Claim of Selective Enforcement of ‘No Camping’ Ordinance Against Homeless
By Cres Vellucci Despite what appeared to be overwhelming evidence that the homeless are treated differently than…
Jury Sent Into Deliberations in Homeless v. City of Sacramento Trial
‘We Fought a War’ Over Discrimination, Assert Plaintiffs – City Denies Wrongdoing By Cres Vellucci Sacramento Superior…
Former Sac Police Officer Testifies That Homeless Are Victims Tormented by Law Enforcement
By Cres Vellucci A Sacramento jury met the “Batman and Robin” of the Sacramento Police Department Tuesday…
Plaintiffs’ Case Rests Monday in Homeless Suit against City of Sacramento
Campers Confirm Not Arrested, Treated Differently Than Homeless; Doctor Testifies Being ‘Rousted’ by Cops Endangers Homeless By…
Hard Testimony at Homeless Civil Trial
Witnesses Claim Not Enough Beds for Homeless, Who Are Left Fighting to Stay Alive on the Streets…
Opposing Sides Tell Different Tales in Opening Arguments of Homeless Civil Trial
By Cres Vellucci It wasn’t a classic, like “Tale of Two Cities,” but opening arguments to the…
