State of California Archives

Grid
List

Vanguard Exclusive: Incarcerated People Describe Current Conditions, Lack of Health Care in Prisons and Jails

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 02, 2020
| 0 comments

Vanguard Exclusive: Incarcerated People Describe Current Conditions, Lack of Health Care in Prisons and Jails

The Vanguard spoke on Wednesday to an incarcerated person located at Corcoran State Prison, a maximum sec ...

The Vanguard spoke on Wednesday to an incarcerated person located at Corcoran State Prison, a maximum security prison located in Kings County. Criminal justice reformers and civil liberty groups are c ...

April 02, 2020
| by David Greenwald

| 0 comments

Read more
COVID-19 Updates: County Extends Shelter in Place, Launches Dashboard, State Cancels School Year

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 02, 2020
| 0 comments

COVID-19 Updates: County Extends Shelter in Place, Launches Dashboard, State Cancels School Year

Schools Now Shift to Distance Learning On Tuesday, DJUSD announced that DJUSD schools would remain closed ...

Schools Now Shift to Distance Learning On Tuesday, DJUSD announced that DJUSD schools would remain closed through May 1. However, even that date seemed optimistic—and indeed, on Wednesday, State Supe ...

April 02, 2020
| by David Greenwald

| 0 comments

Read more
State Inmates Released Early? May Join Sacramento County Prisoners Getting COVID-19 Break

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: April 01, 2020
| 0 comments

State Inmates Released Early? May Join Sacramento County Prisoners Getting COVID-19 Break

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief SACRAMENTO – It looks like thousands of state pr ...

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief SACRAMENTO – It looks like thousands of state prison inmates may be getting an “early out” – joining at least 600 and maybe more Sacramento Cou ...

April 01, 2020
| by Vanguard Administrator

| 0 comments

Read more
Sunday Commentary: Failures Have Exacerbated the COVID-19 Crisis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 29, 2020
| (40) Comments

Sunday Commentary: Failures Have Exacerbated the COVID-19 Crisis

It is unfair to lay all of the blame on Trump for some of the problems that have arisen in the last month ...

It is unfair to lay all of the blame on Trump for some of the problems that have arisen in the last month, but with a more aggressive and proactive approach in January and February, we would probably ...

March 29, 2020
| by David Greenwald

| (40) Comments

Read more
Commentary: Why Has Governor Newsom Been Slow on Prison Release in Response to COVID-19?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 25, 2020
| (21) Comments

Commentary: Why Has Governor Newsom Been Slow on Prison Release in Response to COVID-19?

Newsom Issues Executive Order on Prison, Stops Short of Release Governor Gavin Newsom and local officials ...

Newsom Issues Executive Order on Prison, Stops Short of Release Governor Gavin Newsom and local officials deserve a lot of credit for their response thus far to COVID-19. The quick and aggressive res ...

March 25, 2020
| by David Greenwald

| (21) Comments

Read more
Monday Morning Thoughts: Yolo’s First Death as the Crisis Worsens

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 23, 2020
| (18) Comments

Monday Morning Thoughts: Yolo’s First Death as the Crisis Worsens

The first death in Yolo County occurred yesterday—the county per policy is not releasing a whole lot of i ...

The first death in Yolo County occurred yesterday—the county per policy is not releasing a whole lot of information, but we do know that the fatality occurred “in an older adult with underlying chroni ...

March 23, 2020
| by David Greenwald

| (18) Comments

Read more
Sunday Commentary: Locally People Are Complying, but the Bigger Picture Is Grim

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 22, 2020
| (34) Comments

Sunday Commentary: Locally People Are Complying, but the Bigger Picture Is Grim

While a place like Davis has registered a good amount of compliance with stay-at-home orders, a tweet fro ...

While a place like Davis has registered a good amount of compliance with stay-at-home orders, a tweet from the Marin County Sheriff showed many attempting to take advantage of their time to go see the ...

March 22, 2020
| by David Greenwald

| (34) Comments

Read more
Community Support: International House Davis Launches Covid-19 Resources

Posted by Suzi O'Rear
|Date: March 22, 2020
| 0 comments

Community Support: International House Davis Launches Covid-19 Resources

International House Davis, (I-House) in collaboration with community members and moderators of the Covid- ...

International House Davis, (I-House) in collaboration with community members and moderators of the Covid-19 Yolo Community Response Facebook Group, has launched a Covid-19 Community Survey to assess l ...

March 22, 2020
| by Suzi O'Rear

| 0 comments

Read more
National Guard Deployed to Help Distribute Food and Protect Vulnerable

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: March 21, 2020
| 0 comments

National Guard Deployed to Help Distribute Food and Protect Vulnerable

Food banks are seeing a shortage in volunteers and experiencing greater need due to COVID-19 Gov. Newso ...

Food banks are seeing a shortage in volunteers and experiencing greater need due to COVID-19 Gov. Newsom: “It’s in these times of crisis that Californians are at their best, coming to the aid of tho ...

March 21, 2020
| by Vanguard Administrator

| 0 comments

Read more
Commentary: City to Declare Emergency as Region Is Sheltering in Place

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 17, 2020
| (28) Comments

Commentary: City to Declare Emergency as Region Is Sheltering in Place

The city council will hold a special meeting in which the council will likely to declare a local emergenc ...

The city council will hold a special meeting in which the council will likely to declare a local emergency. Staff notes, “The speed at which COVID-19 is spreading across the world and regionally is u ...

March 17, 2020
| by David Greenwald

| (28) Comments

Read more
“Prisons Are Known Incubators and Amplifiers of Disease,” Making It a High Risk Area for the COVID-19 Pandemic

Posted by Danielle Silva
|Date: March 15, 2020
| 0 comments

“Prisons Are Known Incubators and Amplifiers of Disease,” Making It a High Risk Area for the COVID-19 Pandemic

By Danielle Silva DAVIS - Multiple speakers at a Justice Collaborative webinar called for individuals to ...

By Danielle Silva DAVIS - Multiple speakers at a Justice Collaborative webinar called for individuals to be released due to prisons being “known incubators and amplifiers of disease.” The Justice Coll ...

March 15, 2020
| by Danielle Silva

| 0 comments

Read more
Governor Signs Executive Order Ensuring State Funding for Schools in Event of Physical Closure

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: March 14, 2020
| 0 comments

Governor Signs Executive Order Ensuring State Funding for Schools in Event of Physical Closure

Order mandates that school districts use dollars to fund distance learning and high quality educational o ...

Order mandates that school districts use dollars to fund distance learning and high quality educational opportunities, safely provide school meals, and arrange for the supervision of students during s ...

March 14, 2020
| by Vanguard Administrator

| 0 comments

Read more
Senator Wiener Introduces Housing Legislation to Increase Baseline Zoning

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: March 12, 2020
| 0 comments

Senator Wiener Introduces Housing Legislation to Increase Baseline Zoning

SB 902 automatically zones for two, three or four units per parcel depending on a city’s size, while al ...

SB 902 automatically zones for two, three or four units per parcel depending on a city’s size, while also providing cities a new streamlined process to rezone for up to 10 units per parcel (From Pre ...

March 12, 2020
| by Vanguard Administrator

| 0 comments

Read more
LA DA Lacey Hopes to Avoid November Runoff

Posted by Danielle Silva
|Date: March 04, 2020
| 0 comments

LA DA Lacey Hopes to Avoid November Runoff

By Danielle Silva LOS ANGELES - LA DA Incumbent Jackie Lacey has 52.8% of the votes from mail-in ballots ...

By Danielle Silva LOS ANGELES - LA DA Incumbent Jackie Lacey has 52.8% of the votes from mail-in ballots and currently counted from the Super Tuesday election, leading the other two progressive candid ...

March 04, 2020
| by Danielle Silva

| 0 comments

Read more
Guest Commentary: Prop 13 Is Exactly What California Schools Need

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: March 03, 2020
| 0 comments

Guest Commentary: Prop 13 Is Exactly What California Schools Need

By Tony Thurmond As the California State Superintendent of Public Instruction and as a Bay Area native, I ...

By Tony Thurmond As the California State Superintendent of Public Instruction and as a Bay Area native, I know that Proposition 13 is exactly what our schools need. For nearly two decades, I’ve been a ...

March 03, 2020
| by Vanguard Administrator

| 0 comments

Read more
Commentary: Opponents of Housing Rarely Suggest Alternatives

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 25, 2020
| (33) Comments

Commentary: Opponents of Housing Rarely Suggest Alternatives

Eric Jaye, in a special column in the Sacramento Bee, argues the need to stand up to powerful developers ...

Eric Jaye, in a special column in the Sacramento Bee, argues the need to stand up to powerful developers as well as his opposition to SB 50—but like most critics, he fails to offer much in the way of ...

February 25, 2020
| by David Greenwald

| (33) Comments

Read more
Stone Introduces AB 2512: Intellectual Disabilities and Death Row

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: February 22, 2020
| (1) Comment

Stone Introduces AB 2512: Intellectual Disabilities and Death Row

(From Press Release - Assemblymember Stone) – Assemblymember Mark Stone (D-Monterey Bay) has introduced A ...

(From Press Release - Assemblymember Stone) – Assemblymember Mark Stone (D-Monterey Bay) has introduced Assembly Bill 2512, which will modernize California’s Statute prohibiting the execution of peopl ...

February 22, 2020
| by Vanguard Administrator

| (1) Comment

Read more
Governor Newsom Delivers State of the State Address on Homelessness

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: February 20, 2020
| (6) Comments

Governor Newsom Delivers State of the State Address on Homelessness

From Press Release - SACRAMENTO – Governor Gavin Newsom delivered his State of the State address on homel ...

From Press Release - SACRAMENTO – Governor Gavin Newsom delivered his State of the State address on homelessness before a joint convention of the California Legislature today. Some reaction to the add ...

February 20, 2020
| by Vanguard Administrator

| (6) Comments

Read more
California’s Mountain Lions Receive Further Protection

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: February 19, 2020
| 0 comments

California’s Mountain Lions Receive Further Protection

(From press release) In a welcome move to protect California’s mountain lions, the California Department ...

(From press release) In a welcome move to protect California’s mountain lions, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) expanded the boundary of the three strikes mountain lion depredatio ...

February 19, 2020
| by Vanguard Administrator

| 0 comments

Read more
Sunday Commentary: Bloomberg’s Troubles Showing Shifting Ground on Criminal Justice Issue

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 16, 2020
| (16) Comments

Sunday Commentary: Bloomberg’s Troubles Showing Shifting Ground on Criminal Justice Issue

Once upon a time it was January 24, 1992. Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton not only refused to issue an or ...

Once upon a time it was January 24, 1992. Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton not only refused to issue an order of executive clemency to stop the execution of Rickey Ray Rector, he flew back to Arkansas ...

February 16, 2020
| by David Greenwald

| (16) Comments

Read more

12 3 4 5 ›»

Newsletter Sign-Up

Monthly Subscriber Sign-Up