Assemblymember Ash Kalra and SF Public Defender Mano Raju
Tecoy Porter speaks at the Vanguard Justice EventFrom right to left: David Greenwald, Mano Raju, Christina Sinha (Assistant Federal Defender), Brian Hofer (Secure Justice), Jerome Price (Chief Assistant Federal Defender), Hammad Alan (Staff Attorney, Asian Americans Advancing Justice
Mano RajuEllen Eggers – Lifetime Achievement Award WinnerJames King – Ella Baker CenterEmily Galvin-Almanza – Partners For JusticeJarrett Adams – Attorney and ExonereeMano Raju
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.
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Measure V, a proposed development of the Village Farms project, has been placed on the ballot by the Davis City Council and is now in the public phase, setting the stage for a consequential land-use vote in Davis.
The Contra Costa County District Attorney's Office released a report concluding that Antioch police officers acted in lawful self-defense and defense of others in the June 30, 2025, fatal shooting of David Wali Bahrami, who had a history of mental illness and had previously been placed under a Welfare and Institutions Code section 5150 hold.
California's parole board is using unreliable drug test results in decisions about releasing incarcerated people, despite flaws that have been exposed, leading to more and more incarcerated people being denied parole due to false positives.
The American history of voting rights demonstrates that rights granted by the state are fragile and can be revoked by legislation and judicial decree, proving that true rights are inherent to existence and cannot be taken away by any political shift, leader, or judicial decree.
