Elizabeth Kim, the President of the Sacramento Branch of the National Lawyer’s Guild, talks about her arrest at the age of 19 for a small quantity of marijuana, how that turned into a felony drug conviction, and how she continues to pay for that crime even 15 years later as she has become an attorney and moved on with her life.
She also talked about her work with the National Lawyer’s Guild and the Stephon Clark case, and the lack of accountability for police and prosecutors in the current criminal justice system.
Greenwald is the founder, editor, and executive director of the Davis Vanguard. He founded the Vanguard in 2006. David Greenwald moved to Davis in 1996 to attend Graduate School at UC Davis in Political Science. He lives in South Davis with his wife Cecilia Escamilla Greenwald and three children.
California's housing reforms are being enforced, with the state using litigation, court orders, and suspension of local land use authority to ensure compliance, as demonstrated by the recent legal victory against Huntington Beach.
A federal district court in California has blocked a Trump administration policy that allowed U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to re-arrest and re-detain immigrants whom the government had previously released, ruling that the policy violates federal law and due process.
After 7 years of delays and conflicting evidence, charges against Justine Paul were dismissed in August 2022, costing Alaska taxpayers an estimated $550,000.
The Exonerated Five, who were wrongfully convicted of a crime in 1989, have become a testament to resilience, solidarity, and systemic change, and their case has led to policy reforms in New York's interrogation laws and inspired a Netflix miniseries that has reached a new generation of viewers.
The California Civil Rights Department has reached a settlement with Village at Redondo and Lyon Management Group to end blanket policies that bar people with criminal histories from renting, a practice state officials say violates civil rights law and deepens housing inequality.
