Firm Assesses the Impact of CEQA Reform Bill AB 1633
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor The Law Firm of Holland and Knight reviewed changes in the…
Commentary: Are the YIMBYs Really Winning? Housing and Climate Change Are a Duel Threat
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA – This week, California YIMBY rejoiced at the passage…
Bill To Curb CEQA Abuses That Delay or Block Housing Projects Heads To The Governor
Special to the Vanguard Sacramento, CA – California must build more residences to address its housing shortage….
Automated Process Wipes Out 11.164 Million California Justice Records, Freeing Some from ‘Paper Jail’
By Ximena Cesa SACRAMENTO, CA- Newly published data from the California Dept of Justice reveals more 11,164,458…
CA Legislation Seeks to Regulate Law Enforcement Use of Facial Recognition Technology
By Paloma Sifuentes SACRAMENTO, CA – Legislation that would regulate the use of Facial Recognition Technology (FRT)…
Boudin-Backed Legislation by SF Bay Area Lawmakers to Protect Victims’ DNA Passes CA State Senate
By The Vanguard Staff SACRAMENTO – Senate Bill 1228, the Genetic Privacy for Sexual Assault Victims Act,…
Legislature May Lift Restrictions on Berkeley Enrollment with New Legislation
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA – A week after the state’s high court left…
SF Launches ‘Be The Jury’ Pilot Program on Monday to Compensate Low-Income Jurors $100 a Day
Special to the Vanguard San Francisco, CA – A program that is the first of its kind…
Chesa Boudin’s Office Backs AB 1452 to Hike Juror Pay for Low Income Citizens
By Paige Laver SAN FRANCISCO, CA – The California Legislature has passed and sent to the governor…
CA Measure Would Assist Low Income SF Jurors by Upping Daily Compensation to $100 a Day; SF DA Chesa Boudin, PD Manu Raju Support Measure
By Natasha Pawar SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Just before leaving for a long 4th of July weekend,…
Bill That Would Decriminalize Jaywalking Passes State Assembly
By Vanguard Staff Sacramento, CA – A bill intended to seek fairness and prevent escalating police stops…
New California Bill to Decriminalize Jaywalking, Stop Disproportionately Racial Profiling
By Lovepreet Dhinsa SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Charging that “jaywalking” is increasingly targeting people of color in…
Community Leaders, Actors, Organizers Stand with Chesa Boudin As Recall Continues
By Paige Laver and Alana Bleimann SAN FRANCISCO, CA – As the recall of Governor Gavin Newsom…
CA Lawmakers Set Aside $1.4 million to Track Anti-Asian Hate; SF DA Boudin Calls SF Attack ‘Horrific, Senseless’
By Lovepreet Dhinsa CALIFORNIA – In the wake of continuous resurgence of anti-Asian hate crimes, CA state…
CDCR Deemed Unfit after Requesting Billions of Dollars for Closing Prison
By Lisbeth Martinez SACRAMENTO, CA –– The California Department of Correction and Rehabilitation (CDCR) received heavy backlash…
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…
CA Governor Signs Measure Giving Low Level Offenders 2nd Chance, Older Prisoners a Break
By Anika Khubchandani SACRAMENTO – CA Gov. Gavin Newsom last week signed a measure designed to reduce…
Legislators, Advocates and Criminal Justice Leaders Attempt to Pressure Governor to Respond to San Quentin COVID Crisis
With COVID cases at San Quentin soaring from none to over 1400 in just under a month,…
California Governor Signs Landmark Bill Halting Facial Recognition on Police Body Cams
AB 1215 will keep inaccurate, biased, and invasive surveillance technology from being used against the public with…
Lawmakers Warn of Dangers of Using Face-Recognition with Police Body Cameras – Lawmakers ‘Flagged’ as Criminals in Test
By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – Police body cameras – increasingly deployed the past few…
