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Testing Drops by Half Despite Ongoing Outbreaks in Sacramento County Jails – Breaking Down COVID-19 in CA Jails

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|Date: January 22, 2021
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Testing Drops by Half Despite Ongoing Outbreaks in Sacramento County Jails – Breaking Down COVID-19 in CA Jails

(Page 1 & 2: San Francisco County Jails, Page 3 & 4: Santa Rita Jail, Page 5: Sacramento Count ...

(Page 1 & 2: San Francisco County Jails, Page 3 & 4: Santa Rita Jail, Page 5: Sacramento County Jails, Page 6: Sacramento County Juvenile Hall, Page 7 & 8: Santa Clara County Jails, Pag ...

January 22, 2021
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New Legislation Plans to Enforce Health and Safety Measures for Private Detention Facilities Amid Pandemic

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|Date: January 18, 2021
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New Legislation Plans to Enforce Health and Safety Measures for Private Detention Facilities Amid Pandemic

By Nancy Aviña and Linhchi Nguyen SACRAMENTO – A California State Assemblymember has introduced legislati ...

By Nancy Aviña and Linhchi Nguyen SACRAMENTO – A California State Assemblymember has introduced legislation to address the lack of health and safety protections for Californians in private detention f ...

January 18, 2021
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State Senator Takes Aim at Bad Cops, Introduces Bill to License Peace Officers

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|Date: December 11, 2020
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State Senator Takes Aim at Bad Cops, Introduces Bill to License Peace Officers

By Kalani E. Gaines STATE CAPITOL – As the only Black member of the California State Senate, Senator Stev ...

By Kalani E. Gaines STATE CAPITOL – As the only Black member of the California State Senate, Senator Steven Bradford (D-Gardena) is taking aim at bad cops, introducing legislation that seeks accountab ...

December 11, 2020
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Assemblymember Jones-Sawyer Puts Forward New Police Reform Legislation That Would Require Bachelor Degrees for Police

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|Date: December 09, 2020
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Assemblymember Jones-Sawyer Puts Forward New Police Reform Legislation That Would Require Bachelor Degrees for Police

Currently the state law only requires a very minimal standard of peace officers being 18 years of age and ...

Currently the state law only requires a very minimal standard of peace officers being 18 years of age and having a high school degree or test equivalent. Departments are able to have standards above ...

December 09, 2020
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Police Auditor Provides Update on Recent State Police Reform at PAC Meeting

Posted by Linh Nguyen
|Date: November 09, 2020
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Police Auditor Provides Update on Recent State Police Reform at PAC Meeting

By Zohd Khan DAVIS -- As the nation continues to strive to combat police brutality and other injustices ...

By Zohd Khan DAVIS -- As the nation continues to strive to combat police brutality and other injustices amid the several casualties that have taken place in recent time, the Davis Police Accountabili ...

November 09, 2020
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Opposition to Prop 20 Increases; Opponents Charge It’s a Step Backward for CA

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|Date: September 14, 2020
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Opposition to Prop 20 Increases; Opponents Charge It’s a Step Backward for CA

By Susana Jurado Opposition to Proposition 20 is receiving quite a bit of attention after several of th ...

By Susana Jurado Opposition to Proposition 20 is receiving quite a bit of attention after several of the largest crime victims’ organizations in California banded together to send out a letter Frida ...

September 14, 2020
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California’s 2019 Crime Rate Lowest in Recorded State History

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|Date: September 10, 2020
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California’s 2019 Crime Rate Lowest in Recorded State History

By Linh Nguyen STATE NEWS – California’s crime rate, as measured by violent and property offenses reporte ...

By Linh Nguyen STATE NEWS – California’s crime rate, as measured by violent and property offenses reported to law enforcement agencies, fell to its lowest level in 2019 of any year since comparable st ...

September 10, 2020
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CA Legislature OK’s Bill to Eliminate ‘Jailhouse Snitch’ Testimony in Parole Hearings

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|Date: September 03, 2020
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CA Legislature OK’s Bill to Eliminate ‘Jailhouse Snitch’ Testimony in Parole Hearings

By Linhchi Nguyen STATE CAPITOL – The California Legislature approved a bill that would eliminate the pro ...

By Linhchi Nguyen STATE CAPITOL – The California Legislature approved a bill that would eliminate the problematic practice of using testimony from “jailhouse snitches” as a reason for denying parole t ...

September 03, 2020
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Police Reform in Senate Bill 731 Would License Cops Like Lawyers and Doctors

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|Date: August 27, 2020
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Police Reform in Senate Bill 731 Would License Cops Like Lawyers and Doctors

By Phoebe Glick STATE CAPITOL – California Senate Bill 731 has been introduced here, and it promises to a ...

By Phoebe Glick STATE CAPITOL – California Senate Bill 731 has been introduced here, and it promises to address bad cops who manage to dodge discipline and get hired by another law enforcement agency ...

August 27, 2020
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Threat of Rideshare Shutdowns Highlight Driver Classification Laws, Battles; CA AG Opines

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|Date: August 26, 2020
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Threat of Rideshare Shutdowns Highlight Driver Classification Laws, Battles; CA AG Opines

By Phoebe Glick Rideshare users have been seeing ominous alerts about service suspensions since early Aug ...

By Phoebe Glick Rideshare users have been seeing ominous alerts about service suspensions since early August. Even earlier than that. Uber’s push notifications warn that ridesharing in California may ...

August 26, 2020
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CA Public Safety Committee OK’s Host of Bills Aimed at Police Brutality

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|Date: August 19, 2020
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CA Public Safety Committee OK’s Host of Bills Aimed at Police Brutality

By Heather Hamilton STATE CAPITOL – The California State Assembly Committee on Public Safety here has b ...

By Heather Hamilton STATE CAPITOL – The California State Assembly Committee on Public Safety here has been approving legislation designed to reduce police abuse. These are just some of the measures ...

August 19, 2020
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Incarcerated People At San Quentin Tell Harrowing Stories of COVID-19 Rampage – Protests For Better Health Conditions & More Releases – Weekly Highlights – Breaking Down COVID-19 in CDCR

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|Date: August 09, 2020
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Incarcerated People At San Quentin Tell Harrowing Stories of COVID-19 Rampage – Protests For Better Health Conditions & More Releases – Weekly Highlights – Breaking Down COVID-19 in CDCR

(Dashboard updates daily M-F) Incarcerated Narratives As releases continue throughout the ...

(Dashboard updates daily M-F) Incarcerated Narratives As releases continue throughout the CDCR system, we hope to tell more of the individual stories of incarcerated people during this ...

August 09, 2020
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Analysis: CDCR Has NOT Reduced Its Prison Population Below 100,000

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 04, 2020
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Analysis: CDCR Has NOT Reduced Its Prison Population Below 100,000

Last week you may have seen it, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation announced on ...

Last week you may have seen it, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation announced on Thursday that it had reduced its prison population below 100,000 incarcerated people for the fi ...

August 04, 2020
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Legislation Would Allow for Decertification of Bad Cops

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 03, 2020
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Legislation Would Allow for Decertification of Bad Cops

In the last two months, we have seen people across the country take to the streets to demand an end to po ...

In the last two months, we have seen people across the country take to the streets to demand an end to police brutality and ask for accountability. However, California is one of only five states that ...

August 03, 2020
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Alameda County Jail – COVID-19 Outbreak Coverup? – Weekly Highlights – COVID-19 in CA Jails

Posted by Aparna Komarla
|Date: July 27, 2020
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Alameda County Jail – COVID-19 Outbreak Coverup? – Weekly Highlights – COVID-19 in CA Jails

By Larkin White & Nikki Suzani Confirmed COVID-19 Cases and Outcomes Two staff members at Sant ...

By Larkin White & Nikki Suzani Confirmed COVID-19 Cases and Outcomes Two staff members at Santa Rita Jail (SRJ) died this weekend as the jail battles a serious COVID-19 outbreak. They are t ...

July 27, 2020
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A Visual Timeline of COVID-19 in CDCR’s San Quentin – May to July 2020

Posted by Aparna Komarla
|Date: July 27, 2020
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A Visual Timeline of COVID-19 in CDCR’s San Quentin – May to July 2020

By Nikki Suzani, Julietta Bisharyan & Mella Bettag A Visual Timeline of COVID-19 in CDCR (Focus on Sa ...

By Nikki Suzani, Julietta Bisharyan & Mella Bettag A Visual Timeline of COVID-19 in CDCR (Focus on San Quentin) - Testing, Cases, Releases (May 2020 - July 2020) May 30th 2020: Chico Transfer 121 ...

July 27, 2020
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Board of State and Community Corrections Gives CDCR $15 Million For Housing Newly-Released Individuals Due to COVID-19 – Weekly Highlights – Breaking Down COVID-19 in CDCR

Posted by Aparna Komarla
|Date: July 26, 2020
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Board of State and Community Corrections Gives CDCR $15 Million For Housing Newly-Released Individuals Due to COVID-19 – Weekly Highlights – Breaking Down COVID-19 in CDCR

(Dashboard updates daily - M-F) By Julietta Bisharyan & Mella Bettag CDCR Confirmed COV ...

(Dashboard updates daily - M-F) By Julietta Bisharyan & Mella Bettag CDCR Confirmed COVID-19 Cases and Outcomes As of July 24, there are a total of 7,481 confirmed COVID-19 cases in ...

July 26, 2020
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California Assemblymember Advocates for Cell Phones in Prisons

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: July 22, 2020
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California Assemblymember Advocates for Cell Phones in Prisons

By Kelsey Kitzke LOS ANGELES – California Assemblymember Sydney Kamlager, whose district covers parts of ...

By Kelsey Kitzke LOS ANGELES – California Assemblymember Sydney Kamlager, whose district covers parts of Los Angeles, advocated for the expansion of cell phones in California state prisons in a video ...

July 22, 2020
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Legislation Introduced That Would End Mandatory Incarceration for Nonviolent Drug Offenders

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 21, 2020
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Legislation Introduced That Would End Mandatory Incarceration for Nonviolent Drug Offenders

Under current law, certain drug offenses in California carry with them mandatory jail and prison sentence ...

Under current law, certain drug offenses in California carry with them mandatory jail and prison sentences. On Monday, Senator Scott Wiener along with co-sponsor Assemblymember Wendy Carrillo announc ...

July 21, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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This Week’s COVID-19 Timeline in State Prisons: 8,000 to be Released – Too Little, Too Late?

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: July 12, 2020
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This Week’s COVID-19 Timeline in State Prisons: 8,000 to be Released – Too Little, Too Late?

By Bella Mettag SAN FRANCISCO – As COVID-19 cases and death tolls continue to rise within state correctio ...

By Bella Mettag SAN FRANCISCO – As COVID-19 cases and death tolls continue to rise within state correctional facilities, the call for widespread release has grown—Friday, Gov. Newsom announced the rel ...

July 12, 2020
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