Legislation Introduced That Would Remove Involuntary Servitude from the State Constitution
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA – Assemblymember Lori Wilson hosted a press conference introducing…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Bill for Affordable Housing Worth Keeping an Eye On
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor One of the biggest barriers to building affordable housing is cost. …
California Senate Votes to Keep Legalized Slavery in its Prisons
by Robert J Hansen Sacramento, CA – Removing the language allowing for indentured servitude from California’s Constitution…
ACLU Releases Report on the Exploitation of Incarcerated Workers
by Robert J. Hansen Sacramento, CA – The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) in partnership with the University…
California Reparations Task Force Preliminary Recommendations Support Anti-Slavery Language Legislation ACA3
Recommendations include deleting language from the California Constitution that allows involuntary servitude as punishment for crime Special…
Commentary: Reisig Is Not Progressive Despite What He Would Have You Believe
By Robert J. Hansen Yolo County District Attorney Jeff Reisig has been claiming to be the most…
California Abolition Act Passes the State Senate
by Robert J. Hansen Sacramento, CA – A measure that would remove from the California Constitution the…
A Bill to Create Humane Health Care for the Incarcerated Moving through Legislature
By Robert J. Hansen Sacramento, CA – A bill that would mandate the Department of Corrections and…
CA Lawmaker Announces Bill Package with Goals Ranging from Criminal Justice to Climate Change Reform
By Anna Olsen and Sahaily Zazueta SACRAMENTO, CA – A bill package for the 2022 Legislative Session…
Court Denies Challenge to AB 1950, Couzens to Withdraw Remainder of the Challenges
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Woodland, CA – This week the Yolo County DA’s office received…
Commentary: Yolo DA Files 30 Appeals Challenging AB 1950 on Extraordinarily Superficial Grounds
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Woodland, CA – Last year Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law…
Sunday Commentary: If Reisig Wants to Fix Racial Inequities Start with Gang Enhancements
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Woodland, CA – Yolo County District Attorney Jeff Reisig understands that…
2 More Criminal Justice Reform Bills Head to Gov – ‘Gang’ Law Modified, and 911 Call Alternatives to Cops
By The Vanguard Staff SACRAMENTO, CA — Two more criminal justice reform measures were approved by the…
Kamlager’s AB 333 Modifying the Charging of Gang Enhancements Approved by the Senate
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA – One of the big complaints about gang enhancements…
California Senator Creates Reform Legislation to Aid Those Childhood Trauma Victims
By Sydney Kaplan and Genesis Guzman SACRAMENTO, CA – The Justice For Survivors Act, authored by Sen….
California Needs to Take Better Care of the Homeless’ Behavioral Health Needs
By Stacie Guevara SACRAMENTO, CA – In a CalMatters article by state Senator Sydney Kamlager and San…
Senator Kamlager Talks about the Intersection between Behavioral Health, Housing, and the Penal Code
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Francisco, CA – Stating that we need to deal with…
Kamlager’s Criminal Justice Legislative Package Advances, Passing Out of Committees
By Vanguard Staff Sacramento, CA – Last week, Senator Sydney Kamlager’s seminal bill on police accountability was…
McCarty’s Drug Treatment Bill Clears Another Key Hurdle, Senate Public Safety Committee
By David M. Greenwald Sacramento, CA – Four weeks after the bill sailed through the Assembly on…
Landmark Police Accountability Bill Signed by Governor Newsom
By David M. Greenwald Sacramento, CA – On Monday, Governor Newsom signed into law AB 127, key…
