Commentary: Council Expresses Frustration, but Does the Right Thing on District Elections
There are a lot of reasonable questions that the community can ask at this point – one…
City Announces Hyatt House Underway, Cannery/F St Undercrossing Resumes
It was a contentious process with at one point neighbors bitterly opposing the Hyatt House hotel along…
City of Sacramento OKs Rent Control – Grassroots Effort Not Happy with Compromise
By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – Apparently, there’s rent control. And then there’s rent control….
Guest Commentary: A No-Holds-Barred Assault on Prosecutors
Attorney General William Barr pushed back against reforms by progressive prosecutors—but perhaps his greatest vitriol was reserved…
Council Accedes to Demands, Will Move toward District Elections in November 2020
The city council on Tuesday made it clear that they did not like the tactics of former…
Letter: Rexroad Insists on November 2020 for Elections
By Matt Rexroad (Editor’s Note: The following is the letter sent on July 25 by Matt Rexroad…
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…
New Immigration Court Opens in Sacramento to Adjudicate Asylum Cases, Removal Orders
By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – The Vanguard learned late Tuesday that the U.S. Dept…
SF Judge Grants 1437 Petition, Two Men Expected to Be Released upon Re-Sentencing
San Francisco – In what is believed to be the first of its kind, San Francisco County…
Commentary: Council Has a Lot of Decisions to Make Tonight
The potential change to district elections has probably caught a lot of people in this community off…
Another Civil Rights Lawsuit Filed against Sac County Stemming from Brutal May Raid on Homeless Encampment
By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – An advocate for the homeless filed a civil rights…
California Governor and Attorney General Oppose Administrations Public Charge Rule
Special To the Vanguard The Trump administration is considering changes to the public charge rule – a…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Do We Really Need a Citizen’s Commission for This?
Yesterday, Matt Williams published a guest commentary that outlined what he believed to be several “deficiencies” with…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Looking at Safe Spaces for People Sleeping in Cars
There has been legislation that passed in the Assembly and is working its way into the Senate…
Yolo and Other DAs Ask DOJ to Respect Prosecutorial Discretion that Affect Immigration Determinations
(From Press Release) – District Attorney Jeff Reisig, along with 42 other elected District Attorneys and Attorneys…
Guest Commentary: Staff Report for Tuesday’s Council Consideration of District Election Has Major Deficiencies
by Matt Williams The Staff Report for the consideration of district elections omits several important considerations, which…
Sunday Commentary: Signs That the Housing Crisis is Getting Worse in Northern California
A PPIC (Public Policy Institute of California) study authored by Marisol Cuellar Mejia and Mary Severance, which…
Letter: Take Action Locally on Gun Violence
By the Davis Phoenix Coalition After yet another deadly week of gun violence, other nations are warning…
Statement by People Power Respecting the Re-Purposing of the Juvenile Detention Facility
STATEMENT OF CONCERN RE: RE-PURPOSING OF THE JUVENILE DETENTION FACILITY (JDF) submitted by People Power We acknowledge…
Judge Dismisses Two of Three Charges against Felon in Possession of Firearm
By Sindy Lim After a full preliminary hearing, Judge Timothy L. Fall concluded defendant José Sanchez Valdez…