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Slew of Housing Bills Pass Committee

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|Date: May 27, 2020
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Slew of Housing Bills Pass Committee

Tuesday was a big day for housing reform in California as a number of bills passed through the Senate Hou ...

Tuesday was a big day for housing reform in California as a number of bills passed through the Senate Housing Committee including ones that deal with density bonuses, grow the housing supply, expand a ...

May 27, 2020
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Assembly Committee on Labor and Employment Passes AB 2992, Expanding Protections for Victims of Violent Crime

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: May 22, 2020
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Assembly Committee on Labor and Employment Passes AB 2992, Expanding Protections for Victims of Violent Crime

By Dominique Kato Sacramento, CA - In Assemblymember Shirley Weber’s latest press release, the Assembly C ...

By Dominique Kato Sacramento, CA - In Assemblymember Shirley Weber’s latest press release, the Assembly Committee on Labor and Employment has passed the AB 2992 legislation through a bipartisan vote, ...

May 22, 2020
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Commentary: Anatomy of a Conspiracy Theory

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 21, 2020
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Commentary: Anatomy of a Conspiracy Theory

I have been through a few prolonged crises in my time at the Vanguard, and one thing I have learned is ve ...

I have been through a few prolonged crises in my time at the Vanguard, and one thing I have learned is very important—there will be tons of rumors flying around and it is really important not to repor ...

May 21, 2020
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Senate Leaders Detail Housing Production Legislation Intended to Increase Supply, Aid California’s Economic Recovery

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|Date: May 21, 2020
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Senate Leaders Detail Housing Production Legislation Intended to Increase Supply, Aid California’s Economic Recovery

SACRAMENTO – In an effort to spur affordable housing production and aid California’s economic recovery ...

SACRAMENTO – In an effort to spur affordable housing production and aid California’s economic recovery due to the COVID-19 crisis, Senate Democrats unveiled a package of legislation today intended t ...

May 21, 2020
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California Parole Reform Bill Passes Senate Public Safety Committee

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|Date: May 21, 2020
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California Parole Reform Bill Passes Senate Public Safety Committee

By Metyia Phillips CALIFORNIA -A bill to eliminate the use of uncorroborated allegations (allegations not ...

By Metyia Phillips CALIFORNIA -A bill to eliminate the use of uncorroborated allegations (allegations not confirmed or supported by other evidence and information) from a confidential informant as evi ...

May 21, 2020
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Update on Behavioral Prevention of the Spread of Coronavirus

Posted by Tia Will
|Date: May 19, 2020
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Update on Behavioral Prevention of the Spread of Coronavirus

by Tia Will The following is a summary of recent information on the transmissibility of the coronavirus a ...

by Tia Will The following is a summary of recent information on the transmissibility of the coronavirus and my current thoughts on how best to protect ourselves, both on the individual and community l ...

May 19, 2020
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State and Local Economies Hammered as Officials Ponder Next Moves

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 15, 2020
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State and Local Economies Hammered as Officials Ponder Next Moves

Last week we learned that the city of Davis was now facing over a $20 million budget shortfall. This wee ...

Last week we learned that the city of Davis was now facing over a $20 million budget shortfall. This week, the news if anything is worse statewide, as the state is forced to attempt to close a budget ...

May 15, 2020
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Bill against Discrimination during Jury Selection Process Passes California Assembly Judiciary Committee

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|Date: May 13, 2020
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Bill against Discrimination during Jury Selection Process Passes California Assembly Judiciary Committee

By Nancy Martinez SACRAMENTO - The Assembly Judiciary Committee passed AB 3070 through its first phase of ...

By Nancy Martinez SACRAMENTO - The Assembly Judiciary Committee passed AB 3070 through its first phase of California’s legislative process. On May 11, 2020, an 8 to 3 committee vote pushed further alo ...

May 13, 2020
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Sunday Commentary: It’s a Stunningly Bad Economic Picture – What Do We Do?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 10, 2020
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Sunday Commentary: It’s a Stunningly Bad Economic Picture – What Do We Do?

Twenty million jobs lost in April as unemployment jumped officially to 14.7 percent—a figure that no doub ...

Twenty million jobs lost in April as unemployment jumped officially to 14.7 percent—a figure that no doubt understates the issue, and a graphic in the NY Times illustrates just what that looks like. T ...

May 10, 2020
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After COVID-19 ‘Break,’ Law That Would Restore Affirmative Action Passes Committee

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: May 06, 2020
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After COVID-19 ‘Break,’ Law That Would Restore Affirmative Action Passes Committee

Cop Reform Lawmaker Claims Consumer and People of Color/Women Committee Wins VANGUARD CAPITOL STAFF REPOR ...

Cop Reform Lawmaker Claims Consumer and People of Color/Women Committee Wins VANGUARD CAPITOL STAFF REPORTS SACRAMENTO – Assemblymember Shirley N. Weber (D-San Diego) – fresh off major police reform v ...

May 06, 2020
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Commentary: Public Against Re-Opening So Soon

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 05, 2020
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Commentary: Public Against Re-Opening So Soon

The Trump administration cheered on Monday as a slew of states like Texas, Indiana, Colorado and Florida ...

The Trump administration cheered on Monday as a slew of states like Texas, Indiana, Colorado and Florida have pushed forward with easing stay-at-home and even social distancing guidelines. Just last m ...

May 05, 2020
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Sunday Commentary: Pressure Mounts to Reopen the Economy

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 03, 2020
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Sunday Commentary: Pressure Mounts to Reopen the Economy

There were protests on Friday where large numbers of people pressed for the government to allow the econo ...

There were protests on Friday where large numbers of people pressed for the government to allow the economy to reopen. More subtly, the Bee reported yesterday that rural California counties are movin ...

May 03, 2020
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My View: Protests Rage, but Rushing Openings Is Recipe for Disaster

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 02, 2020
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My View: Protests Rage, but Rushing Openings Is Recipe for Disaster

Media coverage out of Sacramento and Orange Counties showed large crowds, many of them outside without ma ...

Media coverage out of Sacramento and Orange Counties showed large crowds, many of them outside without masks and social distancing. We know that people from past protests have gotten sick and spread ...

May 02, 2020
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Are These Stay-at-Home Orders Constitutional? Experts Say Yes for the Most Part

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 01, 2020
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Are These Stay-at-Home Orders Constitutional? Experts Say Yes for the Most Part

There have been lawsuits filed and there have been a lot of complaints, mainly from the right, but concer ...

There have been lawsuits filed and there have been a lot of complaints, mainly from the right, but concerns as well from the left about the constitutionality of the stay-at-home orders. But most lega ...

May 01, 2020
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Governor Lays Out Six Indicators That They Will Consider for Re-Opening Economy

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: April 15, 2020
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Governor Lays Out Six Indicators That They Will Consider for Re-Opening Economy

(From Press Release) – Governor Gavin Newsom today unveiled six key indicators that will guide California ...

(From Press Release) – Governor Gavin Newsom today unveiled six key indicators that will guide California’s thinking for when and how to modify the stay-at-home and other orders during the COVID-19 pa ...

April 15, 2020
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Tulare DA Pushes Back against Governor Commutation

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 06, 2020
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Tulare DA Pushes Back against Governor Commutation

Tulare DA Tim Ward is the Secretary-Treasurer of the conservative California District Attorneys Associati ...

Tulare DA Tim Ward is the Secretary-Treasurer of the conservative California District Attorneys Association. A little over a week ago, California Governor Gavin Newsom announced he was granting 5 par ...

April 06, 2020
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Sunday Commentary: California Has Led the Way on the Response to COVID-19

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 05, 2020
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Sunday Commentary: California Has Led the Way on the Response to COVID-19

California so far has avoided the fate of Italy, Spain and New York. Why? Social distancing and aggress ...

California so far has avoided the fate of Italy, Spain and New York. Why? Social distancing and aggressive stay-at-home orders. Three weeks ago, California counties stunned, really the world, by ord ...

April 05, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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National Lawyers Guild Opposes Cities’ Move to Stop Providing Records because of COVID-19

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: April 05, 2020
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National Lawyers Guild Opposes Cities’ Move to Stop Providing Records because of COVID-19

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief SACRAMENTO – Cities in California – claiming they ...

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief SACRAMENTO – Cities in California – claiming they are already bogged down with the cost of fighting the COVID-19 pandemic – are now urging the go ...

April 05, 2020
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Vanguard Exclusive: Incarcerated People Describe Current Conditions, Lack of Health Care in Prisons and Jails

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 02, 2020
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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

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

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 02, 2020
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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

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