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CDCR’s Substance Abuse Treatment Facility Reports Second COVID-19 Outbreak – Two Hundred Cases Since Yesterday – Breaking Down COVID-19 in CDCR

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|Date: October 27, 2020
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CDCR’s Substance Abuse Treatment Facility Reports Second COVID-19 Outbreak – Two Hundred Cases Since Yesterday – Breaking Down COVID-19 in CDCR

As of October 27, there have been 15,602 confirmed cases of COVID-19 throughout the CDCR system ...

As of October 27, there have been 15,602 confirmed cases of COVID-19 throughout the CDCR system. Of those cases, 14,604 have been resolved while 467 remain active in custody. There have been ...

October 27, 2020
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SF Jails Report Zero Active Cases In Custody & Stable Population Count – Breaking Down COVID-19 in CA Jails

Posted by Aparna Komarla
|Date: October 27, 2020
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SF Jails Report Zero Active Cases In Custody & Stable Population Count – Breaking Down COVID-19 in CA Jails

(Page 1: San Francisco County Jails, Page 2-4: Santa Rita Jail, Page 5: Sacramento County Jails, Page 6 ...

(Page 1: San Francisco County Jails, Page 2-4: Santa Rita Jail, Page 5: Sacramento County Jails, Page 6: Santa Clara County Jails, Page 7: LA County Jails, Page 8: OC Jails, Page 9 & 10: BSCC Da ...

October 27, 2020
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The Association of Bay Area Government’s (ABAG) Approved This RHNA Cycle’s Methodology—What’s Next?

Posted by Linh Nguyen
|Date: October 27, 2020
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The Association of Bay Area Government’s (ABAG) Approved This RHNA Cycle’s Methodology—What’s Next?

By Gabriella Garcia On Oct. 7 the Non-Profit Housing Association held a virtual meeting with Berkeley’s ...

By Gabriella Garcia On Oct. 7 the Non-Profit Housing Association held a virtual meeting with Berkeley’s mayor (who is also the President of the Association of Bay Area Government’s) to introduce thei ...

October 27, 2020
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CA Governor Files Death Penalty Amicus Brief, Focuses on Racist Juries

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|Date: October 27, 2020
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CA Governor Files Death Penalty Amicus Brief, Focuses on Racist Juries

By Alana Bleimann SACRAMENTO – Charging the state’s capital punishment “scheme is and always has been inf ...

By Alana Bleimann SACRAMENTO – Charging the state’s capital punishment “scheme is and always has been infected by racism,” California Governor Gavin Newsom Monday filed a 175-page amicus brief in Peop ...

October 27, 2020
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California Court Requires San Quentin To Reduce Population By Fifty Percent – Weekly Highlights From CDCR’s COVID-19 Crisis

Posted by Aparna Komarla
|Date: October 26, 2020
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California Court Requires San Quentin To Reduce Population By Fifty Percent – Weekly Highlights From CDCR’s COVID-19 Crisis

By Julietta Bisharyan and Nick Gardner Incarcerated Narratives The COVID-19 pandemic has now claim ...

By Julietta Bisharyan and Nick Gardner Incarcerated Narratives The COVID-19 pandemic has now claimed the lives of 28 incarcerated individuals and one guard. 55-year-old Ron Lee Joffrion survive ...

October 26, 2020
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Lawmaker, CA DAs Announce State Measure to Cure Prosecutors’ Conflict of Interest Investigating Police Misconduct

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|Date: October 23, 2020
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Lawmaker, CA DAs Announce State Measure to Cure Prosecutors’ Conflict of Interest Investigating Police Misconduct

By Layla Mustafa STATE CAPITOL – Multiple District Attorneys across California Thursday partnered up wi ...

By Layla Mustafa STATE CAPITOL – Multiple District Attorneys across California Thursday partnered up with Assemblymember Rob Bonta to announce new state legislation to cure the conflict of interest ...

October 23, 2020
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Alameda Public Health Dept. Made One Visit To Santa Rita Jail Since April Despite Multiple COVID-19 Outbreaks And Harrowing Jail Conditions

Posted by Aparna Komarla
|Date: October 22, 2020
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Alameda Public Health Dept. Made One Visit To Santa Rita Jail Since April Despite Multiple COVID-19 Outbreaks And Harrowing Jail Conditions

By Linh Nguyen Overview For the last 2 months, Alameda County Sheriff's Office has been holding we ...

By Linh Nguyen Overview For the last 2 months, Alameda County Sheriff's Office has been holding weekly public conference calls to provide an interface for community members to raise concerns re ...

October 22, 2020
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“The numbers tell only half the story” – Narratives From San Quentin On COVID-19 Data – Weekly Highlights From CDCR’s COVID-19 Crisis

Posted by Aparna Komarla
|Date: October 18, 2020
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“The numbers tell only half the story” – Narratives From San Quentin On COVID-19 Data – Weekly Highlights From CDCR’s COVID-19 Crisis

By Julietta Bisharyan and Nick Gardner Incarcerated Narratives SAN QUENTIN - Accounts from an incarcerate ...

By Julietta Bisharyan and Nick Gardner Incarcerated Narratives SAN QUENTIN - Accounts from an incarcerated individual at San Quentin State Prison unveils the unsanitary and unsafe living conditions in ...

October 18, 2020
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Evaluating Benefits and Repercussions of Prop 22

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|Date: October 15, 2020
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Evaluating Benefits and Repercussions of Prop 22

By Noa Prados Proposition 22 on the California ballot has garnered the attention of voters and reporters ...

By Noa Prados Proposition 22 on the California ballot has garnered the attention of voters and reporters, and some may be unclear on what this proposition specifically calls for. As explained on the ...

October 15, 2020
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“The Whole Jail Will Be Infected Eventually.” — Incarcerated Voices From Elmwood CC Highlight Inhumane Conditions During COVID-19

Posted by Aparna Komarla
|Date: October 15, 2020
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“The Whole Jail Will Be Infected Eventually.” — Incarcerated Voices From Elmwood CC Highlight Inhumane Conditions During COVID-19

By Linh Nguyen SANTA CLARA COUNTY -- Seven incarcerated people inside Elmwood Correctional Complex in Mil ...

By Linh Nguyen SANTA CLARA COUNTY -- Seven incarcerated people inside Elmwood Correctional Complex in Milpitas, CA, Santa Clara County, expose the unsafe, unsanitary conditions inside the jail and bla ...

October 15, 2020
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Pros and Cons of Proposition 25 – Bail and Problematic Consequences for California’s Defendants

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|Date: October 13, 2020
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Pros and Cons of Proposition 25 – Bail and Problematic Consequences for California’s Defendants

by Tiffany Devlin and Alana Bleimann CALIFORNIA – Voting has just begun, and California voters are facing ...

by Tiffany Devlin and Alana Bleimann CALIFORNIA – Voting has just begun, and California voters are facing a slew of ballot measure – that includes understanding what voting yes, or no, to Proposition ...

October 13, 2020
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Proposition 20: Critics Charge It Will Undo Criminal Justice Reform

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|Date: October 13, 2020
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Proposition 20: Critics Charge It Will Undo Criminal Justice Reform

By Roxanna Jarvis and Dylan Ferguson CALIFORNIA – One of the criminal justice-related propositions on th ...

By Roxanna Jarvis and Dylan Ferguson CALIFORNIA – One of the criminal justice-related propositions on the California ballot Nov. 3 is Proposition 20. And, if passed, Prop 20 would undo important cri ...

October 13, 2020
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CDCR Reports Deuel Vocational Institution Shutting Down Due To COVID-19 State Budget Cuts – Weekly Highlights – Breaking Down COVID-19 in CDCR

Posted by Aparna Komarla
|Date: October 12, 2020
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CDCR Reports Deuel Vocational Institution Shutting Down Due To COVID-19 State Budget Cuts – Weekly Highlights – Breaking Down COVID-19 in CDCR

By Julietta Bisharyan and Nick Gardner Incarcerated Narratives This week, we are highlighting a narrative ...

By Julietta Bisharyan and Nick Gardner Incarcerated Narratives This week, we are highlighting a narrative from Fishkill Correctional Facility in Beacon, New York. Adapting to life in a 30-man communal ...

October 12, 2020
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“My first quarantine cell was covered in feces, vomit and blood. Deputies did not care” – Incarcerated Narratives from Santa Rita Jail Detail Horrifying Conditions During COVID-19 Pandemic

Posted by Aparna Komarla
|Date: October 09, 2020
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“My first quarantine cell was covered in feces, vomit and blood. Deputies did not care” – Incarcerated Narratives from Santa Rita Jail Detail Horrifying Conditions During COVID-19 Pandemic

By Linh Nguyen ALAMEDA COUNTY, CA -- On Sep. 8, John (name changed for anonymity) started feeling unwell. ...

By Linh Nguyen ALAMEDA COUNTY, CA -- On Sep. 8, John (name changed for anonymity) started feeling unwell. Four days later, on Sep. 12, his symptoms worsened and he reported his condition to a nurse. H ...

October 09, 2020
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Governor Newsom Nominates First Openly Gay Justice to CA Supreme Court

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: October 06, 2020
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Governor Newsom Nominates First Openly Gay Justice to CA Supreme Court

By Lauren Smith SACRAMENTO – Gov. Gavin Newsom Monday nominated Justice Martin Jenkins for the California ...

By Lauren Smith SACRAMENTO – Gov. Gavin Newsom Monday nominated Justice Martin Jenkins for the California Supreme Court – he would be the first openly gay and third Black man to serve on the Californi ...

October 06, 2020
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Santa Rita Jail Does Not Administer Or Recommend COVID-19 Testing Prior To Quarantine Release

Posted by Aparna Komarla
|Date: October 05, 2020
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Santa Rita Jail Does Not Administer Or Recommend COVID-19 Testing Prior To Quarantine Release

By Linh Nguyen Overview Approximately a week after the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office reported its third ...

By Linh Nguyen Overview Approximately a week after the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office reported its third COVID-19 outbreak at Santa Rita Jail, 16 of the 18 active cases were reportedly resolved in a ...

October 05, 2020
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First Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed Against San Quentin, Hearing In Habeas Case To Release 50% Of CDCR Population Underway, CDCR Continues ICE Transfers During Pandemic – Weekly Highlights – Breaking Down COVID-19 In CDCR

Posted by Aparna Komarla
|Date: October 05, 2020
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First Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed Against San Quentin, Hearing In Habeas Case To Release 50% Of CDCR Population Underway, CDCR Continues ICE Transfers During Pandemic – Weekly Highlights – Breaking Down COVID-19 In CDCR

By Julietta Bisharyan and Nick Gardner Incarcerated Narratives The sight of his sister through the ...

By Julietta Bisharyan and Nick Gardner Incarcerated Narratives The sight of his sister through the barbed wire fence at Folsom State Prison was supposed to mark the end of a grueling 22-year se ...

October 05, 2020
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Racial Justice, Slavery Reparations, and a Police Shootings Bill by Senator Dodd Signed by the Governor

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: October 01, 2020
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Racial Justice, Slavery Reparations, and a Police Shootings Bill by Senator Dodd Signed by the Governor

Legislation Made Law by Governor Wednesday Designed to Make CA Leader in Addressing Racial Injustice By J ...

Legislation Made Law by Governor Wednesday Designed to Make CA Leader in Addressing Racial Injustice By Jose Medina SACRAMENTO – As the U.S. continues to grapple with its deep systemic racism, Califor ...

October 01, 2020
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Governor Signs Three Police Reform Bills, Pledging ‘We’re Just Getting Started’

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|Date: October 01, 2020
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Governor Signs Three Police Reform Bills, Pledging ‘We’re Just Getting Started’

By Dylan Ferguson SACRAMENTO – Following the tragic death of George Floyd and other Black Americans this ...

By Dylan Ferguson SACRAMENTO – Following the tragic death of George Floyd and other Black Americans this summer at the hands of police, Gov. Gavin Newsom used this as momentum to, as he said Wednesday ...

October 01, 2020
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A Lifeline for Threatened and Endangered Species: Governor Newsom Signs Rodenticide Moratorium

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|Date: October 01, 2020
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A Lifeline for Threatened and Endangered Species: Governor Newsom Signs Rodenticide Moratorium

by Debra Chase By signing the California’s new rodenticide moratorium today, Governor Gavin Newsom has ex ...

by Debra Chase By signing the California’s new rodenticide moratorium today, Governor Gavin Newsom has extended a lifeline to some of the state’s threatened and endangered species. The Mountain Lion F ...

October 01, 2020
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