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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
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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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Governor Brown Appoints Legal Adviser to the Supreme Court

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: November 15, 2018
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Governor Brown Appoints Legal Adviser to the Supreme Court

(From Press Release) - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced Joshua Groban as his choice for assoc ...

(From Press Release) - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced Joshua Groban as his choice for associate justice of the California Supreme Court. Joshua Groban, 45, of Los Angeles, has served as ...

November 15, 2018
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How Our Local Legislators Fared on Police and Criminal Justice Reform Issues

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 06, 2018
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How Our Local Legislators Fared on Police and Criminal Justice Reform Issues

It was a banner year on police and criminal justice reform issues before the state legislature. The ACLU ...

It was a banner year on police and criminal justice reform issues before the state legislature. The ACLU of California just issued a legislative scorecard on issues they endorsed and showed how all o ...

October 06, 2018
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Commentary: Does Juvenile Reform Bill Go Too Far? Depends on Whom You Ask

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 05, 2018
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Commentary: Does Juvenile Reform Bill Go Too Far? Depends on Whom You Ask

Governor Brown just signed SB 1391 over the weekend. The timing is interesting, because Daniel Marsh's h ...

Governor Brown just signed SB 1391 over the weekend. The timing is interesting, because Daniel Marsh's hearing about whether he should be transferred to juvenile court under Proposition 57 began on M ...

October 05, 2018
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Governor Brown Signs Eyewitness Identification Reform Bill

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: October 03, 2018
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Governor Brown Signs Eyewitness Identification Reform Bill

New Law Requires Best Practices for Conducting Photo & Live Lineups (From Press Release) - California ...

New Law Requires Best Practices for Conducting Photo & Live Lineups (From Press Release) - California Governor Jerry Brown signed into law Senate Bill 923 which mandates statewide use of best prac ...

October 03, 2018
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Governor Brown Signs Bill Ending Sentencing of 14- and 15-Year-Olds in Adult Court

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 02, 2018
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Governor Brown Signs Bill Ending Sentencing of 14- and 15-Year-Olds in Adult Court

One of the big questions surrounding the signing of SB 1391 is what that will mean for convicted killer D ...

One of the big questions surrounding the signing of SB 1391 is what that will mean for convicted killer Daniel Marsh, who is currently having his transfer matter heard in a Yolo County courtroom after ...

October 02, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Reisig Pushes Back against Reform while Yolo Leads the Way on Juvenile Prosecutions as Adults

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 22, 2018
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Reisig Pushes Back against Reform while Yolo Leads the Way on Juvenile Prosecutions as Adults

DA Jeff Reisig has been pushing back on Senate Bill 1391, and he has enlisted the family of Daniel Marsh' ...

DA Jeff Reisig has been pushing back on Senate Bill 1391, and he has enlisted the family of Daniel Marsh's victims to help. They believe if Governor Brown signs the legislation on his desk, that mean ...

September 22, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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A Look at the Crime Data Report

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: July 16, 2018
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A Look at the Crime Data Report

(From Press Release) California Attorney General Xavier Becerra released five annual criminal justice rep ...

(From Press Release) California Attorney General Xavier Becerra released five annual criminal justice reports that provide law enforcement agencies and the public with statewide data on criminal justi ...

July 16, 2018
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Trump Effectively Declares War on California, Vowing to Crack Down on Marijuana and Open the Door to Offshore Drilling

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 05, 2018
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Trump Effectively Declares War on California, Vowing to Crack Down on Marijuana and Open the Door to Offshore Drilling

Attorney General Jeff Sessions did on Thursday what many have long figured he would – he reversed course ...

Attorney General Jeff Sessions did on Thursday what many have long figured he would – he reversed course on the Obama administration’s moratorium on enforcing federal marijuana laws in states that hav ...

January 05, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Ballot Measure Seeks to Undo California’s Criminal Justice Reform

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 31, 2017
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Ballot Measure Seeks to Undo California’s Criminal Justice Reform

A coalition seeking to undo the recent string of criminal justice reform measures in California held a pr ...

A coalition seeking to undo the recent string of criminal justice reform measures in California held a press conference Monday morning to say they will file a statewide ballot initiative “to prevent t ...

October 31, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Analysis: Supreme Court Upholds Death Penalty in Prop 66 But Re-Writes Key Timeline Provision

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 25, 2017
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Analysis: Supreme Court Upholds Death Penalty in Prop 66 But Re-Writes Key Timeline Provision

When Proposition 66 surprisingly passed last year, it was clear the proposition that aimed to speed up th ...

When Proposition 66 surprisingly passed last year, it was clear the proposition that aimed to speed up the death penalty was going to face serious challenges in the courts, and many perhaps expected i ...

August 25, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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California Senate Passes State Sanctuary Act

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 05, 2017
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California Senate Passes State Sanctuary Act

On Monday, the California State Senate voted on SB 54 by Senate President pro Tempore Kevin de León (D-Lo ...

On Monday, the California State Senate voted on SB 54 by Senate President pro Tempore Kevin de León (D-Los Angeles), to head off a Trump Administration plan to enlist state and local police as immigra ...

April 05, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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My View: Doesn’t Look Good This Time for Daleiden to Avoid Criminal Prosecution

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 01, 2017
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My View: Doesn’t Look Good This Time for Daleiden to Avoid Criminal Prosecution

Back in June, a judge dismissed the last of the charges against David Daleiden and Sandra Merritt, who we ...

Back in June, a judge dismissed the last of the charges against David Daleiden and Sandra Merritt, who were indicted in January 2016 by a Harris County Grand Jury on charges of tampering with governme ...

April 01, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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15 Felony Charges Filed by California AG against David Daleiden

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 30, 2017
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15 Felony Charges Filed by California AG against David Daleiden

After dodging consequences from several allegedly criminal acts, the law may be catching up on former DHS ...

After dodging consequences from several allegedly criminal acts, the law may be catching up on former DHS student and Davis resident David Daleiden, who now faces 15 felony charges in the state of Cal ...

March 30, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Opposition to Prop 57 Baffling

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 03, 2016
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Commentary: Opposition to Prop 57 Baffling

While I appreciate Matt Rexroad’s willingness to submit an op-ed to the Vanguard on Proposition 57, I str ...

While I appreciate Matt Rexroad’s willingness to submit an op-ed to the Vanguard on Proposition 57, I strongly disagree with his rationale for opposing Prop. 57. First, I’m not sure what the Brock Tur ...

November 03, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: Remember the Stanford Rape Victim When Voting on Prop. 57

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: November 02, 2016
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Guest Commentary: Remember the Stanford Rape Victim When Voting on Prop. 57

By Matt Rexroad Before you vote on Proposition 57, please take a moment to think about the woman who was ...

By Matt Rexroad Before you vote on Proposition 57, please take a moment to think about the woman who was raped on the Stanford campus by Brock Turner. Read her powerful letter that describes the ordea ...

November 02, 2016
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Analysis: Death Penalty Column Misses Some Marks

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 12, 2016
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Analysis: Death Penalty Column Misses Some Marks

I read Rich Rifkin’s death penalty column with interest. He started it with a note that was interesting, ...

I read Rich Rifkin’s death penalty column with interest. He started it with a note that was interesting, pointing out that Prop. 62 asks voters to get rid of a “death penalty that we don’t have.” I s ...

October 12, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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