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‘The O. Smith Perspective:’ Incarcerated Artist Orlando Smith’s Stunning Solo Exhibition of Social and Political Commentary

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|Date: August 22, 2022
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‘The O. Smith Perspective:’ Incarcerated Artist Orlando Smith’s Stunning Solo Exhibition of Social and Political Commentary

This report is written by the Covid In-Custody Project which partners with the Davis Vanguard to report o ...

This report is written by the Covid In-Custody Project which partners with the Davis Vanguard to report on the pandemic in California’s county jails and Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (C ...

August 22, 2022
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House of Representatives Votes to Pass Respect for Marriage Act

Posted by Ariel Peterson
|Date: August 20, 2022
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House of Representatives Votes to Pass Respect for Marriage Act

By Ariel Peterson WASHINGTON, D.C.—The United States House of Representatives this month passed H.R. 8404 ...

By Ariel Peterson WASHINGTON, D.C.—The United States House of Representatives this month passed H.R. 8404, the Respect for Marriage Act, which requires the federal government to recognize same-sex and ...

August 20, 2022
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Letter: Public Opposition Mounts to Newsom’s CARE Court

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|Date: August 12, 2022
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Letter: Public Opposition Mounts to Newsom’s CARE Court

Sacramento, CA - Former United States Senator Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) and former Congressman Tony Coelho, co- ...

Sacramento, CA - Former United States Senator Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) and former Congressman Tony Coelho, co-authors of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), joined Disability Rights California and m ...

August 12, 2022
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Explore latest data and updates on COVID in California’s prison system

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|Date: August 04, 2022
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Explore latest data and updates on COVID in California’s prison system

This report is written by the Covid In-Custody Project which partners with the Davis Vangua ...

This report is written by the Covid In-Custody Project which partners with the Davis Vanguard to bring reporting on the pandemic in California's county jails and Department of Correction ...

August 04, 2022
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California Abortion Rights Constitutional Amendment Heads to the Ballot

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 28, 2022
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California Abortion Rights Constitutional Amendment Heads to the Ballot

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA – California figures to be one of the states that e ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA – California figures to be one of the states that enshrines abortion rights into its constitution, as the state legislature made quick work of SCA ...

June 28, 2022
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Wide Support for Constitutional Amendment to Enshrine Abortion, Contraception in California Constitution

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|Date: June 11, 2022
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Wide Support for Constitutional Amendment to Enshrine Abortion, Contraception in California Constitution

By Vanguard Staff Sacramento, CA – On Wednesday, Toni Atkins, Senate President Pro Tem, introduced a cons ...

By Vanguard Staff Sacramento, CA – On Wednesday, Toni Atkins, Senate President Pro Tem, introduced a constitutional amendment to protect abortion and contraception in California. SCA 10 would “amend t ...

June 11, 2022
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California Reparations Task Force Preliminary Recommendations Support Anti-Slavery Language Legislation ACA3

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|Date: June 10, 2022
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California Reparations Task Force Preliminary Recommendations Support Anti-Slavery Language Legislation ACA3

Recommendations include deleting language from the California Constitution that allows involuntary servit ...

Recommendations include deleting language from the California Constitution that allows involuntary servitude as punishment for crime Special to the Vanguard Sacramento, CA - The Task Force to Study an ...

June 10, 2022
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Bill That Reforms LWOP for Felony Murder Advances through Public Safety Committee

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 02, 2022
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Bill That Reforms LWOP for Felony Murder Advances through Public Safety Committee

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA - Supporters are bracing for rougher sailing for a ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA - Supporters are bracing for rougher sailing for a bill that has picked up additional opposition but needs a two-thirds vote in both houses to pas ...

June 02, 2022
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California Abolition Act Passes the State Senate

Posted by Robert JHansen
|Date: June 01, 2022
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California Abolition Act Passes the State Senate

by Robert J. Hansen Sacramento, CA - A measure that would remove from the California Constitution the ex ...

by Robert J. Hansen Sacramento, CA - A measure that would remove from the California Constitution the exception that allows for involuntary servitude as punishment for a crime passed the Senate Commi ...

June 01, 2022
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Race Blind Charging Bill Passes State Assembly Unanimously

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|Date: May 25, 2022
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Race Blind Charging Bill Passes State Assembly Unanimously

by Robert J. Hansen A bill aimed at reducing the potential for unconscious bias in the criminal justice s ...

by Robert J. Hansen A bill aimed at reducing the potential for unconscious bias in the criminal justice system passed the California State Assembly yesterday by a vote of 72-0. AB 2778 or the “Race-Bl ...

May 25, 2022
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Senator Wiener and DA Boudin’s Bill to Protect Sexual Assault Survivors’ DNA Passes Key Leg. Hurdle

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 27, 2022
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Senator Wiener and DA Boudin’s Bill to Protect Sexual Assault Survivors’ DNA Passes Key Leg. Hurdle

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA - On Tuesday, SB 1228, “Genetic Privacy for Sexual ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA - On Tuesday, SB 1228, “Genetic Privacy for Sexual Assault Victims” was unanimously passed by the Senate Public Safety Committee on bipartisan vot ...

April 27, 2022
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Two Bills Aim to Reduce Racial Disparities in the Criminal Justice System

Posted by Robert JHansen
|Date: April 22, 2022
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Two Bills Aim to Reduce Racial Disparities in the Criminal Justice System

By Robert J. Hansen Two bills that aim to improve transparency and reduce racial disparities in the crimi ...

By Robert J. Hansen Two bills that aim to improve transparency and reduce racial disparities in the criminal justice system moved through the California Assembly Wednesday according to a press release ...

April 22, 2022
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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
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Los Angeles County Judge Strikes Down California Law Requiring Board Diversity As Unconstitutional

Posted by Jordan
|Date: April 12, 2022
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Los Angeles County Judge Strikes Down California Law Requiring Board Diversity As Unconstitutional

By Jose Cruz Roa SACRAMENTO, CA - Assembly Bill 979 (AB 979) had gone into effect in 2020 after b ...

By Jose Cruz Roa SACRAMENTO, CA - Assembly Bill 979 (AB 979) had gone into effect in 2020 after being signed into law by California’s Governor Gavin Newsom. However, recently, Terry A. Green, ...

April 12, 2022
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A Bill to Create Humane Health Care for the Incarcerated Moving through Legislature

Posted by Robert JHansen
|Date: April 11, 2022
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A Bill to Create Humane Health Care for the Incarcerated Moving through Legislature

By Robert J. Hansen Sacramento, CA - A bill that would mandate the Department of Corrections and Rehabil ...

By Robert J. Hansen Sacramento, CA - A bill that would mandate the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) to notify designated family members within 24 hours of an incarcerated person be ...

April 11, 2022
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Hunger Strike at Santa Rita Jail after Dec. 2021 Increases in Commissary Prices

Posted by The Vanguard at Berkeley
|Date: April 07, 2022
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Hunger Strike at Santa Rita Jail after Dec. 2021 Increases in Commissary Prices

By Patty Yao DUBLIN, CA — Since Jan. 7, 2022, incarcerated people in Santa Rita Jail have b ...

By Patty Yao DUBLIN, CA — Since Jan. 7, 2022, incarcerated people in Santa Rita Jail have been conducting a hunger strike in protest of increases in commissary prices, which range from 2 ...

April 07, 2022
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Consent Decree Filed Against Two Doctors Discriminating Against HIV Positive Patient

Posted by Jordan
|Date: March 08, 2022
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Consent Decree Filed Against Two Doctors Discriminating Against HIV Positive Patient

By: Nicole Knauer FRESNO, CA –– On Thursday, Feb. 17th, the Justice Department annou ...

By: Nicole Knauer FRESNO, CA –– On Thursday, Feb. 17th, the Justice Department announced a filing of two proposed consent decrees against obstetrician-gynecologists Umaima Jamalud ...

March 08, 2022
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SFPD Terminates Agreement with DA Chesa Boudin on Investigations of Police Misconduct

Posted by The Vanguard at Berkeley
|Date: March 05, 2022
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SFPD Terminates Agreement with DA Chesa Boudin on Investigations of Police Misconduct

By Patty Yao San Francisco--On Feb. 2, San Francisco Police Chief Bill Scott sent a letter to District At ...

By Patty Yao San Francisco--On Feb. 2, San Francisco Police Chief Bill Scott sent a letter to District Attorney Chesa Boudin to withdraw from their agreement, or Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), on ...

March 05, 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
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Bomb Threats to HBCUs during Black History Month Cause Fear among Students

Posted by The Vanguard at Berkeley
|Date: February 28, 2022
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Bomb Threats to HBCUs during Black History Month Cause Fear among Students

By Kate Anstett UNITED STATES--In recent weeks, over a dozen Historically Black Colleges and Universities ...

By Kate Anstett UNITED STATES--In recent weeks, over a dozen Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) across the United States received multiple bomb threats, sending students into lockdow ...

February 28, 2022
| by The Vanguard at Berkeley

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POLITICO Story: Whistleblower Terminated for Complaining about Environmental Impacts of Freeway Expansion Project

Commentary: College Education and Life Expectancy Linkages – Two Americas, Those Who Have and Those Who Do Not Have

Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 219: Danielle Harris, Vanguard Justice Award Winner

VANGUARD INCARCERATED PRESS: What They See

Deep Dive into Louisiana’s Death Row Statistics and Examination of Five Clemency Petitions Scheduled for Review in October

COURT WATCH: Big Questions in DUI Trial – Inconsistent Tech, Faulty Tests, Another CHP Officer without Body Cam Footage Testifies in One-Eyed Man’s Case

COURT WATCH: Public Defender Files Second Racial Justice Act Motion for Black Accused – Cites Prosecution Due to ‘Racial Animus’

Subcommittee Proposes Changes to ‘Rubric’ Formula

Man Dies in Hail of Sacramento Police Bullets – NAACP Branch Demands Independent Investigation, Calls Shooting Death ‘Not an Accident’

Prominent Black, LGBTQ, and Elected Leaders on Appointment of Laphonza Butler to U.S. Senate

‘The O. Smith Perspective:’ Incarcerated Artist Orlando Smith’s Stunning Solo Exhibition of Social and Political Commentary

‘The O. Smith Perspective:’ Incarcerated Artist Orlando Smith’s Stunning Solo Exhibition of Social and Political Commentary

Letter: Public Opposition Mounts to Newsom’s CARE Court

Letter: Public Opposition Mounts to Newsom’s CARE Court

Explore latest data and updates on COVID in California’s prison system

Explore latest data and updates on COVID in California’s prison system

California Abortion Rights Constitutional Amendment Heads to the Ballot

California Abortion Rights Constitutional Amendment Heads to the Ballot

Wide Support for Constitutional Amendment to Enshrine Abortion, Contraception in California Constitution

Wide Support for Constitutional Amendment to Enshrine Abortion, Contraception in California Constitution

California Reparations Task Force Preliminary Recommendations Support Anti-Slavery Language Legislation ACA3

California Reparations Task Force Preliminary Recommendations Support Anti-Slavery Language Legislation ACA3

Bill That Reforms LWOP for Felony Murder Advances through Public Safety Committee

Bill That Reforms LWOP for Felony Murder Advances through Public Safety Committee

California Abolition Act Passes the State Senate

California Abolition Act Passes the State Senate

Race Blind Charging Bill Passes State Assembly Unanimously

Race Blind Charging Bill Passes State Assembly Unanimously

Senator Wiener and DA Boudin’s Bill to Protect Sexual Assault Survivors’ DNA Passes Key Leg. Hurdle

Senator Wiener and DA Boudin’s Bill to Protect Sexual Assault Survivors’ DNA Passes Key Leg. Hurdle

Two Bills Aim to Reduce Racial Disparities in the Criminal Justice System

Two Bills Aim to Reduce Racial Disparities in the Criminal Justice System

Los Angeles County Judge Strikes Down California Law Requiring Board Diversity As Unconstitutional

Los Angeles County Judge Strikes Down California Law Requiring Board Diversity As Unconstitutional

A Bill to Create Humane Health Care for the Incarcerated Moving through Legislature

A Bill to Create Humane Health Care for the Incarcerated Moving through Legislature

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