Housing Activist Sues Officials for False Arrest over Richardson Bay Protest
RICHARDSON BAY, CA – President of the Marin County Homeless Union Robbie Powelson late last month announced…
Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price Concedes after Historic Recall
OAKLAND, CA – Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price Monday conceded her election loss, noting “she was…
Public Defender Comments on San Francisco Pretextual Stops, Effort to Remedy Racial Disparities
By Perla Chavez SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Brian Cox, a public defender from the San Francisco Public…
SF’s Prop. E, Mayor Breed Face Backlash over Measure’s Policing Tactics and Oversight Concerns
By Karime Montano SAN FRANCISCO, CA- The Anti Police-Terror Project (APTP) has voiced strong opposition against San…
San Francisco and San Jose Democratic Mayors, Gov. Newsom Join GOP-Led Effort to Modify Criminal Justice Reforms in 10-Year-Old Prop. 47
By Kaylynn Chang and The Vanguard Staff SAN FRANCISCO, CA – San Francisco Mayor London Breed announced…
SF Public Defender’s Office to File Motion for a New Trial, Alleging Juror Tampering by SF Chronicle Reporter
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Francisco, CA – The San Francisco Public Defender’s office plans…
San Francisco Juror Confesses Why Jury Voted to Acquit ‘Drug Dealer’
By The Vanguard SAN FRANCISCO, CA – In an Op-Ed in the San Francisco Chronicle this week,…
Oregon Law Requiring Consent to Record Public Officials Violates First Amendment, Federal Court Rules
By Stephen James and Fred Johnson In a significant decision benefiting reporters and citizen journalists, the Ninth…
Appeals Court Gives Life to San Francisco Public Defender Claim SF Courts Denying Speedy Trial Rights to More than 1,000 People
By The Vanguard Staff SAN FRANCISCO, CA – A California appeals court late last week said San…
Commentary: Will Berkeley Become the Straw that Broke CEQA’s Back?
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Berkeley, CA – The only thing more predictable than the ruling…
My View: Walgreens Acknowledges They Overplayed Their Hand on Retail Theft in SF
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Francisco, CA – Last June the voters of San Francisco…
Monday Morning Thoughts: When the Incumbent DA Is So Bad, the Chronicle Can’t Support Anyone
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Francisco, CA – In a stunning move, the SF Chronicle…
Sunday Commentary: Apparently It’s a Bad Thing for Some People, for Us to Expand Educational Opportunities
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Reading comments this weekend was interesting—some seem to equate expanding educational…
SF Chronicle Editorial Condemns ‘Regal Callousness’ of SF Homelessness Debates
By Anna Kristina Moseijord SAN FRANCISCO, CA —There is a rising tide of anti-homeless sentiment among San…
Chief Attorney in Public Defender’s Office Challenges Knight Account in Gudino Case
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Francisco, CA – When prominent San Francisco Chronicle Reporter Heather…
Commentary: Chronicle Calls Her a ‘Progressive Prosecutor’ but in 2019 the Vanguard Covered Brooke Jenkins Committing Egregious Prosecutorial Misconduct
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Francisco, CA – It was a bombshell story, Heather Knight,…
Commentary: Chronicle Lays the Smackdown on California Housing
San Francisco, CA – One of the big problems that California now faces is that, while the…
Analysis Raises Important Questions about Corporate Wage Theft v. Shoplifting
By Elina Lingappa SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Earlier this week, Adam Johnson authored a timely opinion piece…
Monday Morning Thoughts: How Is This the Fault of the DA?
By David M. Greenwald San Francisco, CA -A Chronicle editorial points out that “visceral anecdotes drive crime…
Sunday Commentary: Bad Reporting by the Media is Largely Driving the Crime Panic
By David M. Greenwald Earlier this week a very telling USA Today poll came out finding that…
