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$14 Million to Be Contributed to Grants for Anti-Hate Organizations in California

Posted by Jordan
|Date: April 13, 2022
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$14 Million to Be Contributed to Grants for Anti-Hate Organizations in California

By: Emily Andrews SACRAMENTO, CA - In acknowledgment of the rise in recent hate crimes due to COVI ...

By: Emily Andrews SACRAMENTO, CA - In acknowledgment of the rise in recent hate crimes due to COVID-19, Governor Gavin Newsom is distributing over $14 million to 80 anti-hate crime organization ...

April 13, 2022
| by Jordan

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CA Lawmakers Have Yet to Provide Relief from High Gas Prices

Posted by Robert JHansen
|Date: April 09, 2022
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CA Lawmakers Have Yet to Provide Relief from High Gas Prices

by Robert J. Hansen Sqacramento, CA - Currently, gas prices in some parts of California exceed $6 per gal ...

by Robert J. Hansen Sqacramento, CA - Currently, gas prices in some parts of California exceed $6 per gallon and State legislators still have yet to finalize a response providing relief to Californian ...

April 09, 2022
| by Robert JHansen

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California Assembly Introduces New Bills Tackling Housing Insecurity for Formerly Incarcerated Individuals

Posted by The Vanguard at Berkeley
|Date: March 27, 2022
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California Assembly Introduces New Bills Tackling Housing Insecurity for Formerly Incarcerated Individuals

By Patty Yao Picture by Ben D'Alessio CALIFORNIA - On Feb. 7th, 2022, California Assembly Members ...

By Patty Yao Picture by Ben D'Alessio CALIFORNIA - On Feb. 7th, 2022, California Assembly Members Bryan (D-54) and Kalra (D-27) introduced AB 1816, which would require the Department of Housing ...

March 27, 2022
| by The Vanguard at Berkeley

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Fraudulent Unemployment Insurance Claims Increased during the Pandemic

Posted by Jordan
|Date: March 07, 2022
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Fraudulent Unemployment Insurance Claims Increased during the Pandemic

By Chujun Tang FRESNO, CA – Eight defendants have been charged with a 25 million dollar une ...

By Chujun Tang FRESNO, CA – Eight defendants have been charged with a 25 million dollar unemployment insurance fraud scheme. Daryol Richmond, 31, an inmate at Kern Valley State Prison, p ...

March 07, 2022
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The Silent Role of Corporate Money in San Francisco’s Board of Education Recall

Posted by The Vanguard at Berkeley
|Date: March 03, 2022
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The Silent Role of Corporate Money in San Francisco’s Board of Education Recall

By Claudia Drdul San Francisco - The contentious San Francisco Board of Education recall effort re ...

By Claudia Drdul San Francisco - The contentious San Francisco Board of Education recall effort resulted in a major win for investors and venture capitalists alike on Feb. 15, when 76% of San F ...

March 03, 2022
| by The Vanguard at Berkeley

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Nancy Pelosi Endorses Stock Trading Ban

Posted by The Vanguard at Berkeley
|Date: March 01, 2022
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Nancy Pelosi Endorses Stock Trading Ban

By Ineka Damen San Francisco- After receiving extensive backlash from both Democrats and Republicans for ...

By Ineka Damen San Francisco- After receiving extensive backlash from both Democrats and Republicans for her silence on the issue, Nancy Pelosi endorses a stock trading ban pushed by Democrats in the ...

March 01, 2022
| by The Vanguard at Berkeley

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Amid Protests and Hunger Strikes against Oakland School Closures, Community Voices Concerns of Racism and Classism

Posted by The Vanguard at Berkeley
|Date: February 23, 2022
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Amid Protests and Hunger Strikes against Oakland School Closures, Community Voices Concerns of Racism and Classism

By Kimberly Bajarias OAKLAND, CA – On Feb. 9, the Oakland Board of Education made a disheartening decis ...

By Kimberly Bajarias OAKLAND, CA – On Feb. 9, the Oakland Board of Education made a disheartening decision to close seven schools over the next two years due to alleged low enrollment and budget iss ...

February 23, 2022
| by The Vanguard at Berkeley

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Newsom Funds Housing and Immigrant Support, Opponents Worry about Reliance on Tech Companies

Posted by Jordan
|Date: January 20, 2022
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Newsom Funds Housing and Immigrant Support, Opponents Worry about Reliance on Tech Companies

By: Nicole Knauer SACRAMENTO, CA – Many Americans were supported during the pandemic by stimulus checks b ...

By: Nicole Knauer SACRAMENTO, CA – Many Americans were supported during the pandemic by stimulus checks but two categories of people were left out of the relief funding: undocumented immigrants and un ...

January 20, 2022
| by Jordan

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Governor Signs Historic Climate Action Package – $15 Billion to Tackle Climate Crisis and Protect Vulnerable Communities

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 24, 2021
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Governor Signs Historic Climate Action Package – $15 Billion to Tackle Climate Crisis and Protect Vulnerable Communities

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA – With California facing a severe drought and water ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA – With California facing a severe drought and water shortage as well as being plagued once again by historic fires that many experts believe are b ...

September 24, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Gov. Newsom Accused of Backtracking on Announced Plan to Close More Prisons in New Budget

Posted by Eric Grammatico
|Date: July 29, 2021
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Gov. Newsom Accused of Backtracking on Announced Plan to Close More Prisons in New Budget

By Eric Grammatico SACRAMENTO, CA – Gov. Gavin Newsom and state legislators are still negotiating Califor ...

By Eric Grammatico SACRAMENTO, CA – Gov. Gavin Newsom and state legislators are still negotiating California’s 2021-2022 fiscal budget more than three weeks after the start of the fiscal year—Newsom a ...

July 29, 2021
| by Eric Grammatico

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Out of CA’s $8.5B Total COVID Response Costs, $1.6B Went to CDCR According to CalMatters Analysis

Posted by Aparna Komarla
|Date: July 19, 2021
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Out of CA’s $8.5B Total COVID Response Costs, $1.6B Went to CDCR According to CalMatters Analysis

The Covid In-Custody Project partners with the Davis Vanguard to bring quantitative and qualitative repor ...

The Covid In-Custody Project partners with the Davis Vanguard to bring quantitative and qualitative reporting on the pandemic’s impact on county jails and CDCR to the public eye. This story is authore ...

July 19, 2021
| by Aparna Komarla

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CA Governor Signs API Equity Budget in Response to Rising Anti-AAPI Hate Crime

Posted by Luke Kyaw
|Date: July 16, 2021
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CA Governor Signs API Equity Budget in Response to Rising Anti-AAPI Hate Crime

By Marcia Barajas and Luke Kyaw SACRAMENTO, CA – Ever since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic last y ...

By Marcia Barajas and Luke Kyaw SACRAMENTO, CA – Ever since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic last year, anti-AAPI violence and hate crimes have skyrocketed and show no sign of stopping. In July ...

July 16, 2021
| by Luke Kyaw

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Assembly OK’s Bill to Require Courts, Prosecutors to State Cost of Incarceration to Public

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: June 07, 2021
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Assembly OK’s Bill to Require Courts, Prosecutors to State Cost of Incarceration to Public

By Jose Medina SACRAMENTO, CA – A first-in-the-nation legislative measure that would require judges and p ...

By Jose Medina SACRAMENTO, CA – A first-in-the-nation legislative measure that would require judges and prosecutors to consider, and state for the record, the cost of incarceration for criminal senten ...

June 07, 2021
| by Vanguard Court Watch Interns

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State Budget Group Criticizes $13.6 Billion Governor Budget for Prisons

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: May 16, 2021
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State Budget Group Criticizes $13.6 Billion Governor Budget for Prisons

By Esha Kher and Julia Asby SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA - Californians United for a Responsible Budget (CURB) ...

By Esha Kher and Julia Asby SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA - Californians United for a Responsible Budget (CURB) released a statement expressing its concerns Friday over the increase in funding for California ...

May 16, 2021
| by Vanguard Court Watch Interns

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California Capitol Watch: State Legislators Representing Davis Introduce 38 Bills for 2021

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: February 21, 2021
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California Capitol Watch: State Legislators Representing Davis Introduce 38 Bills for 2021

By Eric Gelber Davis is represented in the State Legislature by Assemblymember Cecilia Aguiar-Curry and S ...

By Eric Gelber Davis is represented in the State Legislature by Assemblymember Cecilia Aguiar-Curry and Senator Bill Dodd. Below is a quick rundown of the bills introduced by each of them for first ye ...

February 21, 2021
| by Vanguard Administrator

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California Capitol Watch: City Council to Consider 2021 Legislative Platform

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 12, 2021
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California Capitol Watch: City Council to Consider 2021 Legislative Platform

On the agenda for the upcoming, February 16th, Davis City Council meeting is consideration of a resolutio ...

On the agenda for the upcoming, February 16th, Davis City Council meeting is consideration of a resolution authorizing the adoption of a 2021 Legislative Platform (Item 6). The proposed Platform was d ...

February 12, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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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
| by David Greenwald

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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
| by David Greenwald

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Governor Newsom Expands Office of State Public Defender with $4 Million Budget Increase and $3.5 Million Annually Thereafter

Posted by Danielle Silva
|Date: January 14, 2020
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Governor Newsom Expands Office of State Public Defender with $4 Million Budget Increase and $3.5 Million Annually Thereafter

By Danielle Silva Governor Gavin Newsom has proposed a $4 million budget increase for 2020-2021 and $3.5 ...

By Danielle Silva Governor Gavin Newsom has proposed a $4 million budget increase for 2020-2021 and $3.5 million annually thereafter for the Office of the State Public Defender (OSPD) after a lawsuit ...

January 14, 2020
| by Danielle Silva

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Senator Skinner Applauds Gov. Newsom’s Budget for Plan to Close a State Prison

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: January 14, 2020
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Senator Skinner Applauds Gov. Newsom’s Budget for Plan to Close a State Prison

(From Press Release – Senator Skinner) - State Sen. Nancy Skinner, D-Berkeley, issued the following state ...

(From Press Release – Senator Skinner) - State Sen. Nancy Skinner, D-Berkeley, issued the following statement today on the public safety proposals in Gov. Gavin Newsom’s 2020-21 budget: “As chair of t ...

January 14, 2020
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COVID cases rise in California’s prison system after weeks of declining numbers

Student Opinion: Protests Must Continue Against Overturning Roe v. Wade

Commentary: Solano DA’s Ties To Law Enforcement Has Consequences For Police Reform

Commentary: Critics of Rodriguez Are Actually Just Opponents of Criminal Justice Reform

LAFCo Approves Land-Use Actions That Would Accommodate DiSC 2022

Assemblymember Aguiar-Curry Supports Passage of Assembly Gun Control Package

Remarks by LWV President Mary Jo Bryan

Dem Gov Nominee Beto O’Rourke Interrupts Texas Governor’s Press Conference on School Shooting

Man Found Not Guilty, but Jury Trial Took Nearly a Year – SF Public Defender Again Criticizes Slow Justice in SF Court

Pregnant Woman Requests Bail Reduction Despite Felony Warrant in Different County – Judges Drops Bail to $150,000

CA Lawmakers Have Yet to Provide Relief from High Gas Prices

CA Lawmakers Have Yet to Provide Relief from High Gas Prices

Fraudulent Unemployment Insurance Claims Increased during the Pandemic

Fraudulent Unemployment Insurance Claims Increased during the Pandemic

Newsom Funds Housing and Immigrant Support, Opponents Worry about Reliance on Tech Companies

Newsom Funds Housing and Immigrant Support, Opponents Worry about Reliance on Tech Companies

Governor Signs Historic Climate Action Package – $15 Billion to Tackle Climate Crisis and Protect Vulnerable Communities

Governor Signs Historic Climate Action Package – $15 Billion to Tackle Climate Crisis and Protect Vulnerable Communities

Gov. Newsom Accused of Backtracking on Announced Plan to Close More Prisons in New Budget

Gov. Newsom Accused of Backtracking on Announced Plan to Close More Prisons in New Budget

CA Governor Signs API Equity Budget in Response to Rising Anti-AAPI Hate Crime

CA Governor Signs API Equity Budget in Response to Rising Anti-AAPI Hate Crime

Assembly OK’s Bill to Require Courts, Prosecutors to State Cost of Incarceration to Public

Assembly OK’s Bill to Require Courts, Prosecutors to State Cost of Incarceration to Public

State Budget Group Criticizes $13.6 Billion Governor Budget for Prisons

State Budget Group Criticizes $13.6 Billion Governor Budget for Prisons

California Capitol Watch: State Legislators Representing Davis Introduce 38 Bills for 2021

California Capitol Watch: State Legislators Representing Davis Introduce 38 Bills for 2021

California Capitol Watch: City Council to Consider 2021 Legislative Platform

California Capitol Watch: City Council to Consider 2021 Legislative Platform

State and Local Economies Hammered as Officials Ponder Next Moves

State and Local Economies Hammered as Officials Ponder Next Moves

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

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

Governor Newsom Expands Office of State Public Defender with $4 Million Budget Increase and $3.5 Million Annually Thereafter

Governor Newsom Expands Office of State Public Defender with $4 Million Budget Increase and $3.5 Million Annually Thereafter

Senator Skinner Applauds Gov. Newsom’s Budget for Plan to Close a State Prison

Senator Skinner Applauds Gov. Newsom’s Budget for Plan to Close a State Prison

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