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

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

By Julietta Bisharyan, Yasmeen Khan and Nick Gardner Incarcerated Narrative This segment previews reporti ...

By Julietta Bisharyan, Yasmeen Khan and Nick Gardner Incarcerated Narrative This segment previews reporting by Solitary Watch authors Juan Moreno Haines and Katie Rose Quandt. For the full account, pl ...

July 19, 2021
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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Assemblymember Cecilia Aguiar-Curry Responds to the Senate Appropriations Committee Holding AB 228 on Suspense

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: September 01, 2019
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Assemblymember Cecilia Aguiar-Curry Responds to the Senate Appropriations Committee Holding AB 228 on Suspense

(From Press Release – Assemblymember Aguiar Curry) - Assemblymember Cecilia Aguiar-Curry (D-Winters) made ...

(From Press Release – Assemblymember Aguiar Curry) - Assemblymember Cecilia Aguiar-Curry (D-Winters) made the following statement today, in response to the Senate Appropriations Committee’s action to ...

September 01, 2019
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Assemblymember Aguiar-Curry Looking to Boost Local Investment in Infrastructure and Affordable Housing

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 26, 2019
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Assemblymember Aguiar-Curry Looking to Boost Local Investment in Infrastructure and Affordable Housing

This week, Assemblymember Cecilia Aguiar-Curry (D – Winters), will be hosting a press conference and rall ...

This week, Assemblymember Cecilia Aguiar-Curry (D – Winters), will be hosting a press conference and rally in support of her bill, ACA 1. She will be joined by coauthoring legislators and advocates fo ...

March 26, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Data Gives Us a Clear Picture of the Future of California

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 24, 2018
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Data Gives Us a Clear Picture of the Future of California

The right has attempted to paint a picture of California as a state where the affluent are leaving, and t ...

The right has attempted to paint a picture of California as a state where the affluent are leaving, and the ones left behind are poor and on public assistance. But the right has not dug into the data ...

December 24, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Aguiar-Curry Introduces Constitutional Amendment to Boost Local Investments in Infrastructure and Affordable Housing

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 04, 2018
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Aguiar-Curry Introduces Constitutional Amendment to Boost Local Investments in Infrastructure and Affordable Housing

(From Press Release) – Today, Assemblymember Cecilia Aguiar-Curry (D – Winters) and several of her Assemb ...

(From Press Release) – Today, Assemblymember Cecilia Aguiar-Curry (D – Winters) and several of her Assembly colleagues introduced ACA 1, a constitutional amendment which would give local governments i ...

December 04, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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With Little Other Choice, Legislature and Governor Capitulate to the Beverage Industry

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 29, 2018
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With Little Other Choice, Legislature and Governor Capitulate to the Beverage Industry

A deal that will have far-reaching implications indeed passed in the form of AB 1838 and was signed into ...

A deal that will have far-reaching implications indeed passed in the form of AB 1838 and was signed into law by a reluctant Governor Brown. On the surface, the bill bans cities and counties from crea ...

June 29, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Legislature Passes Bill in Response to Wells Fargo Scandal

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 07, 2017
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Legislature Passes Bill in Response to Wells Fargo Scandal

On Wednesday, the California State Legislature approved a bill by Senator Bill Dodd (D-Napa) to protect v ...

On Wednesday, the California State Legislature approved a bill by Senator Bill Dodd (D-Napa) to protect victims of mass fraud and identity theft. The bill, co-authored by Assemblymember Matt Dababneh ...

September 07, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Defending Double Dipping?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 16, 2017
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Commentary: Defending Double Dipping?

The problem of double dipping into the pension system is a huge problem that the legislature and reformer ...

The problem of double dipping into the pension system is a huge problem that the legislature and reformers have fought hard to address. Unfortunately, Davis Enterprise columnist Bob Dunning is defend ...

August 16, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Bill in Response to Wells Fargo Scandal Passes Senate

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: May 31, 2017
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Bill in Response to Wells Fargo Scandal Passes Senate

From Press Release – A bill by Senator Bill Dodd (D-Napa) to protect victims of mass fraud and identity t ...

From Press Release – A bill by Senator Bill Dodd (D-Napa) to protect victims of mass fraud and identity theft passed the state Senate on Tuesday. Dodd’s bill was introduced in response to the recent W ...

May 31, 2017
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Banking Committees Probe Wells Fargo Report, Reforms

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: May 18, 2017
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Banking Committees Probe Wells Fargo Report, Reforms

(From Press Release) – Senator Bill Dodd (D-Napa) and Assemblymember Matt Dababneh (D-Encino), held a joi ...

(From Press Release) – Senator Bill Dodd (D-Napa) and Assemblymember Matt Dababneh (D-Encino), held a joint oversight hearing to probe the recently released report on Wells Fargo’s fake account scanda ...

May 18, 2017
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