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SD Council Supports AB 392; SF Sups Oppose Face Surveillance

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|Date: May 15, 2019
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SD Council Supports AB 392; SF Sups Oppose Face Surveillance

SF Board of Sups Approves Historic Face Surveillance Ban and Oversight Law (From Press Release) - Today, ...

SF Board of Sups Approves Historic Face Surveillance Ban and Oversight Law (From Press Release) - Today, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors passed the Stop Secret Surveillance Ordinance, a histori ...

May 15, 2019
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POST MOTHER’S DAY: Legislation Designed to Reduce Killings by Police Gets Another Boost by Mothers

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|Date: May 14, 2019
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POST MOTHER’S DAY: Legislation Designed to Reduce Killings by Police Gets Another Boost by Mothers

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – The stories of family members shot down by ...

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – The stories of family members shot down by law enforcement are truly heartbreaking – and they just keep coming...stories of pain and suffe ...

May 14, 2019
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Bill By Senator Mitchell Would Restrict Ability to Collect Court Administrative Fees

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|Date: May 07, 2019
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Bill By Senator Mitchell Would Restrict Ability to Collect Court Administrative Fees

One of the biggest problems in the criminal justice system is that when people are released from prison, ...

One of the biggest problems in the criminal justice system is that when people are released from prison, they still owe a huge host of fines and fees. These fines and fees end up shackling vulnerable ...

May 07, 2019
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Student Walkout, March to Capitol Marks Black Panther Gun Protest and Bill to Hold Police Accountable

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|Date: May 04, 2019
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Student Walkout, March to Capitol Marks Black Panther Gun Protest and Bill to Hold Police Accountable

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – A little more than 50 years ago, two dozen ...

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – A little more than 50 years ago, two dozen gun-carrying Black Panthers entered the State Capitol to oppose gun legislation – at that time ...

May 04, 2019
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Appellate Court Upholds SB 1391, Allows Juvenile Law Prohibiting Adult Court for 14- and 15-Year-Olds

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|Date: May 03, 2019
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Appellate Court Upholds SB 1391, Allows Juvenile Law Prohibiting Adult Court for 14- and 15-Year-Olds

In October, former Governor Jerry Brown signed into law, SB 1391 which prohibits 14- and 15-year-olds fro ...

In October, former Governor Jerry Brown signed into law, SB 1391 which prohibits 14- and 15-year-olds from being tried as adults in criminal court and subsequently sent to adult prison. The bill rever ...

May 03, 2019
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Cop-Backed Use of Force Bill Fails, Now Linked with Much Stronger Measure to Curb Police Killings

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|Date: April 25, 2019
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Cop-Backed Use of Force Bill Fails, Now Linked with Much Stronger Measure to Curb Police Killings

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – The votes were not there in the State Senat ...

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – The votes were not there in the State Senate Public Safety Committee this week for a pro-police measure that didn’t address reducing letha ...

April 25, 2019
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Case Illustrates the Need For AB 392

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|Date: April 07, 2019
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Case Illustrates the Need For AB 392

By Carl Takei and Paige Fernandez The events that led to the murder of Willie McCoy by City of Vallejo po ...

By Carl Takei and Paige Fernandez The events that led to the murder of Willie McCoy by City of Vallejo police began with a 911 call came from a Taco Bell employee. In the recording, the employee sound ...

April 07, 2019
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AG Becerra Refusing to Release Police Records Despite Court Ruling

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|Date: April 06, 2019
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AG Becerra Refusing to Release Police Records Despite Court Ruling

(From Press Release) - California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, the state’s top law enforcement offici ...

(From Press Release) - California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, the state’s top law enforcement official, is refusing to follow the law that he has been sworn to uphold. It has been a week now sinc ...

April 06, 2019
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Will State End Involvement in For-Profit, Private Prisons?

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|Date: April 01, 2019
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Will State End Involvement in For-Profit, Private Prisons?

Back in December, Oakland Assemblymember Rob Bonta introduced AB 32, which would prohibit California’s us ...

Back in December, Oakland Assemblymember Rob Bonta introduced AB 32, which would prohibit California’s use of for-profit, private prisons. He also introduced AB 33, requiring CalPERS and CalSTRS, Cal ...

April 01, 2019
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Analysis: While Staunch Opponents of the Death Penalty Applaud Newsom, Some Think He Overreached

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 26, 2019
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Analysis: While Staunch Opponents of the Death Penalty Applaud Newsom, Some Think He Overreached

While death penalty opponents were mostly excited by Governor Gavin Newsom’s surprise decision earlier th ...

While death penalty opponents were mostly excited by Governor Gavin Newsom’s surprise decision earlier this month to put a moratorium on the death penalty, a recent look at op-eds and editorials shows ...

March 26, 2019
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My View: Not All Victims Favor the Death Penalty

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|Date: March 16, 2019
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My View: Not All Victims Favor the Death Penalty

In the past few days, we have seen much in the way of angry responses from families of victims, where tho ...

In the past few days, we have seen much in the way of angry responses from families of victims, where those convicted are on death row. However, despite this, it is a tricky subject. I recall a few ye ...

March 16, 2019
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Governor Newsom to Halt State Death Penalty Cases

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 13, 2019
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Governor Newsom to Halt State Death Penalty Cases

This morning, Governor Gavin Newsom will sign an executive order that will halt the death penalty in Cali ...

This morning, Governor Gavin Newsom will sign an executive order that will halt the death penalty in California for the duration of his term. California will become the latest state where the governo ...

March 13, 2019
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AG Investigations Finds No Criminal Charges Can Be Sustained in Clark Shooting

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|Date: March 06, 2019
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AG Investigations Finds No Criminal Charges Can Be Sustained in Clark Shooting

(From Press Release) – California Attorney General Xavier Becerra today announced the results of an indep ...

(From Press Release) – California Attorney General Xavier Becerra today announced the results of an independent investigation into the shooting death of Stephon Alonzo Clark, finding after thorough co ...

March 06, 2019
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Aguiar-Curry Calls on Federal Action for Universal Background Checks

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|Date: January 25, 2019
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Aguiar-Curry Calls on Federal Action for Universal Background Checks

(From Press Release) - Assemblymember Cecilia Aguiar-Curry (D-Winters) has introduced Assembly Joint Reso ...

(From Press Release) - Assemblymember Cecilia Aguiar-Curry (D-Winters) has introduced Assembly Joint Resolution 4 with coauthors Senators Bill Dodd (D-Napa) and Mike McGuire (D-Healdsburg), and Assemb ...

January 25, 2019
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My View: Local Disappointments Aside, Governor Brown Diversified the Judicial Bench

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|Date: January 05, 2019
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My View: Local Disappointments Aside, Governor Brown Diversified the Judicial Bench

In the waning days of Governor Jerry Brown’s tenure as Governor, he disappointed some local residents wit ...

In the waning days of Governor Jerry Brown’s tenure as Governor, he disappointed some local residents with his appointments to the Yolo County Bench that lacked diversity. However, on the whole ...

January 05, 2019
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Use of Force and Police Stops in 2017

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 03, 2019
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Use of Force and Police Stops in 2017

Second Annual Report from California’s Racial and Identity Profiling Advisory Board Illustrates Use of Fo ...

Second Annual Report from California’s Racial and Identity Profiling Advisory Board Illustrates Use of Force and Racial Profiling in 2017 California’s Racial and Identity Profiling Advisory (RIPA) Boa ...

January 03, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Supreme Court Denies Effort to Block Access to Police Records

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 03, 2019
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Supreme Court Denies Effort to Block Access to Police Records

In a one-sentence ruling the California Supreme Court denied the efforts by police unions to gut or bloc ...

In a one-sentence ruling the California Supreme Court denied the efforts by police unions to gut or block the landmark police transparency law (SB 1421) attempting to apply the law only to records cr ...

January 03, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Is Criminal Charges Against PG&E the Way to Go?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 01, 2019
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Commentary: Is Criminal Charges Against PG&E the Way to Go?

A US District Judge, William Alsup, has ordered PG&E to determine if it played any role in the deadly ...

A US District Judge, William Alsup, has ordered PG&E to determine if it played any role in the deadly Camp Fire – which killed 88 people and destroyed nearly 14,000 homes, nearly completely destro ...

January 01, 2019
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First Amendment and Media Coalition Opposes Effort to Gut Police Transparency Law

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 29, 2018
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First Amendment and Media Coalition Opposes Effort to Gut Police Transparency Law

A coalition of media groups led by the First Amendment Coalition (FAC) today filed briefing in the Califo ...

A coalition of media groups led by the First Amendment Coalition (FAC) today filed briefing in the California Supreme Court to oppose a police union’s effort to undermine the effectiveness of a new, l ...

December 29, 2018
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PPIC Report Finds Arrest Rates Plummet to Historic Lows in California

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 07, 2018
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PPIC Report Finds Arrest Rates Plummet to Historic Lows in California

While Disparities Have Narrowed, Large Gaps Remain Between African Americans and Whites Crime and policin ...

While Disparities Have Narrowed, Large Gaps Remain Between African Americans and Whites Crime and policing have been the subject of heated debates in California and nationwide, while crime rates have ...

December 07, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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