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Guest Commentary: The State Bar of California is More Concerned with Being Right than Doing Right

Posted by stopcorruptlawyers
|Date: May 01, 2023
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Guest Commentary: The State Bar of California is More Concerned with Being Right than Doing Right

The State Bar of California is More Concerned with Being Right than Doing Right: Why Corruption Identifie ...

The State Bar of California is More Concerned with Being Right than Doing Right: Why Corruption Identified by Davis Vanguard (Towery) & Edelson PC (Girardi) is a United States Issue by Justin S. ...

May 01, 2023
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San Quentin to Be Reimagined As ‘San Quentin Rehabilitation Center’ Prioritizing Rehabilitation and Education Programs to Strengthen Public Safety

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 18, 2023
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San Quentin to Be Reimagined As ‘San Quentin Rehabilitation Center’ Prioritizing Rehabilitation and Education Programs to Strengthen Public Safety

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Quentin – Governor Newsom, alongside state legislators, surviv ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Quentin – Governor Newsom, alongside state legislators, survivors of crime and victim advocates, and civil rights leaders, announced that San Quentin State P ...

March 18, 2023
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Bonta Announces First State Post-Conviction Unit; Yolo’s About to Turn a Decade Old

Posted by Robert JHansen
|Date: February 21, 2023
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Bonta Announces First State Post-Conviction Unit; Yolo’s About to Turn a Decade Old

Up to 5,700 Wrongful Convictions in California, Experts Estimate By Robert J Hansen California Attorney G ...

Up to 5,700 Wrongful Convictions in California, Experts Estimate By Robert J Hansen California Attorney General Rob Bonta’s office announced the first-ever Post-Conviction Justice Unit (PCJU), to cond ...

February 21, 2023
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Legislation Introduced to Eliminate Unnecessary Uses of Bench Warrants and Prevent Debtor’s Prison

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: February 17, 2023
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Legislation Introduced to Eliminate Unnecessary Uses of Bench Warrants and Prevent Debtor’s Prison

Special to the Vanguard Sacramento, CA - Bench warrants deepen existing racial and economic disparities i ...

Special to the Vanguard Sacramento, CA - Bench warrants deepen existing racial and economic disparities in California by unnecessarily incarcerating low-income Black and Brown people as punishment for ...

February 17, 2023
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Legislation Introduced That Would Remove Involuntary Servitude from the State Constitution

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 16, 2023
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Legislation Introduced That Would Remove Involuntary Servitude from the State Constitution

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA – Assemblymember Lori Wilson hosted a press confere ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA – Assemblymember Lori Wilson hosted a press conference introducing The End Slavery in California Act. The act is an Assembly Constitutional Amendm ...

February 16, 2023
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In Wake of Beating Death of Tyre Nichols, SB 50 Attempts to Limit Use of Minor Pretext Stops

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 14, 2023
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In Wake of Beating Death of Tyre Nichols, SB 50 Attempts to Limit Use of Minor Pretext Stops

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BE7XH9Nh5RY By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA – Citie ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BE7XH9Nh5RY By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA – Cities like Berkeley, Oakland, and San Francisco, not to mention others, have taken steps to curtail ...

February 14, 2023
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Qatar 2022 — The Cost of Fútbol

Posted by Christopher Buchanan
|Date: January 10, 2023
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Qatar 2022 — The Cost of Fútbol

By Christopher Buchanan LOS ANGELES, CA—The 2022 World Cup ceremonies in Qatar finished last month ...

By Christopher Buchanan LOS ANGELES, CA—The 2022 World Cup ceremonies in Qatar finished last month after a flurry of negative news coverage plagued the preparation process for the games. ...

January 10, 2023
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Multistate Coalition Pushes to Support Safety and Inclusivity for Trans Students

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|Date: January 06, 2023
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Multistate Coalition Pushes to Support Safety and Inclusivity for Trans Students

Special to the Vanguard Oakland, CA – A coalition of 15 AGs from across the country, including California ...

Special to the Vanguard Oakland, CA – A coalition of 15 AGs from across the country, including California Attorney General Rob Bonta, signed an amicus brief in support of a Maryland board of education ...

January 06, 2023
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Historic California Constitutional Amendment Reinforcing Protections for Reproductive Freedom Goes Into Effect

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: December 22, 2022
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Historic California Constitutional Amendment Reinforcing Protections for Reproductive Freedom Goes Into Effect

Special to the Vanguard Sacramento, CA – In the wake of the Dobbs decision by the Supreme Court nullifyin ...

Special to the Vanguard Sacramento, CA – In the wake of the Dobbs decision by the Supreme Court nullifying Roe v. Wade, the California legislature introduced SCA 10, which was overwhelmingly approved ...

December 22, 2022
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GSIs Prepare to Go on Statewide Academic Workers Strike against ‘Unlawful’ Negotiations with UC System

Posted by The Vanguard at Berkeley
|Date: November 12, 2022
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GSIs Prepare to Go on Statewide Academic Workers Strike against ‘Unlawful’ Negotiations with UC System

By Huey Collette CALIFORNIA - On Wednesday November 2, a total of 36,558 votes were cast, authorizing the ...

By Huey Collette CALIFORNIA - On Wednesday November 2, a total of 36,558 votes were cast, authorizing the largest strike ever by academic workers in the United States. Graduate student instructors (GS ...

November 12, 2022
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Berkeley Law Groups Face Backlash and Harassment after Banning Zionist Speakers

Posted by The Vanguard at Berkeley
|Date: November 10, 2022
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Berkeley Law Groups Face Backlash and Harassment after Banning Zionist Speakers

By Gibran Khalil BERKELEY, CA - Nine Berkeley Law Groups—Berkeley Law Students for Justice in Palestine, ...

By Gibran Khalil BERKELEY, CA - Nine Berkeley Law Groups—Berkeley Law Students for Justice in Palestine, Berkeley Law Muslim Student Association, Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) Law Students A ...

November 10, 2022
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Commentary: The Housing Insecurity to Prison Pipeline

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 02, 2022
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Commentary: The Housing Insecurity to Prison Pipeline

By Davis M. Greenwald People often ask me how it is I focus on issues such as housing and land use on the ...

By Davis M. Greenwald People often ask me how it is I focus on issues such as housing and land use on the one hand and criminal justice reform on the other. The basic answer is that the two are actua ...

November 02, 2022
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Governor Newsom Responds to Antisemitic Incidents with New Council on Holocaust and Genocide Education

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: November 01, 2022
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Governor Newsom Responds to Antisemitic Incidents with New Council on Holocaust and Genocide Education

Special to the Vanguard Sacramento, CA - In the wake of a disturbing increase in antisemitic hate, Govern ...

Special to the Vanguard Sacramento, CA - In the wake of a disturbing increase in antisemitic hate, Governor Gavin Newsom on Monday named nine leading academic experts and advocates to serve on the Gov ...

November 01, 2022
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Governor Signs Law Making It Harder for CPS to Seek Child Support from Parents

Posted by Robert JHansen
|Date: October 31, 2022
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Governor Signs Law Making It Harder for CPS to Seek Child Support from Parents

By Robert J Hansen Sacramento, CA - Governor Gavin Newsom signed a bill into law last month that would li ...

By Robert J Hansen Sacramento, CA - Governor Gavin Newsom signed a bill into law last month that would limit county child welfare agencies (CPS) from seeking child support from parents. Assembly Bill ...

October 31, 2022
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Gavin Newsom Signs SB 1008, making phone calls from California prisons free

Posted by The Vanguard at Berkeley
|Date: October 24, 2022
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Gavin Newsom Signs SB 1008, making phone calls from California prisons free

By Gibran Khalil SACRAMENTO, CA – On Thursday Sept. 29, Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB 1008, making phon ...

By Gibran Khalil SACRAMENTO, CA – On Thursday Sept. 29, Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB 1008, making phone calls from California prisons free. Under this legislation, incarcerated people and the peopl ...

October 24, 2022
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California Firearm Groups Aim to Challenge Bill Modeled After Texas Anti-Abortion Law

Posted by The Vanguard at Berkeley
|Date: October 21, 2022
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California Firearm Groups Aim to Challenge Bill Modeled After Texas Anti-Abortion Law

BY HUEY COLLETTE CALIFORNIA - California firearm advocates seek to challenge Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Senate B ...

BY HUEY COLLETTE CALIFORNIA - California firearm advocates seek to challenge Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Senate Bill 1327. The CA law attempts to rebuke Texas’ anti-abortion litigation, allowing citizens to s ...

October 21, 2022
| by The Vanguard at Berkeley

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‘Lunar New Year Now a California Holiday’: Berkeley Students on Newsom’s New Bill

Posted by The Vanguard at Berkeley
|Date: October 17, 2022
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‘Lunar New Year Now a California Holiday’: Berkeley Students on Newsom’s New Bill

By Karen Ha Gov. Newsom recently signed AB 2596, which officially enshrines Lunar New Year–histori ...

By Karen Ha Gov. Newsom recently signed AB 2596, which officially enshrines Lunar New Year–historically celebrated by many Asian American students–as a holiday into California law. While the ma ...

October 17, 2022
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Governor Newsom Vetoes Bill to Limit Solitary Confinement

Posted by The Vanguard at Berkeley
|Date: October 12, 2022
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Governor Newsom Vetoes Bill to Limit Solitary Confinement

By Laurel Spear SACRAMENTO, CA — On Sept. 29, 2022, Governor Gavin Newsom vetoed Assembly Bill 26 ...

By Laurel Spear SACRAMENTO, CA — On Sept. 29, 2022, Governor Gavin Newsom vetoed Assembly Bill 2632. If passed, this bill would have limited solitary confinement to 15 consecutive days and no ...

October 12, 2022
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Governor Signs Ash Kalra’s Seminal Racial Justice Act for All

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 01, 2022
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Governor Signs Ash Kalra’s Seminal Racial Justice Act for All

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NLCHMP3CFM By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA – Late ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NLCHMP3CFM By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA – Late on Thursday, Governor Newsom signed into law, AB 256, the California Racial Justice Act for All ...

October 01, 2022
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Ethnic Caucus Leadership Applaud Governor’s Executive Order on Equity and Highlights the Racial Equity Commission

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|Date: September 14, 2022
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Ethnic Caucus Leadership Applaud Governor’s Executive Order on Equity and Highlights the Racial Equity Commission

The Executive Order’s overarching goals and actions of the newly created Racial Equity Commission institu ...

The Executive Order’s overarching goals and actions of the newly created Racial Equity Commission institutionalizes a clear path to address the impacts of structural and systemic racism in government. ...

September 14, 2022
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