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Governor Brown Signs Wolk Bill Banning Concealed Weapons at Schools and College Campuses

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 11, 2015
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Governor Brown Signs Wolk Bill Banning Concealed Weapons at Schools and College Campuses

A week after the tragedy in Oregon and some smaller campus shootings, Governor Brown signed legislation s ...

A week after the tragedy in Oregon and some smaller campus shootings, Governor Brown signed legislation sponsored by Senator Lois Wolk which is an effort to control concealed weapons on school and col ...

October 11, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Governor Signs Groundbreaking Bill to Combat Racial Profiling

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 04, 2015
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Governor Signs Groundbreaking Bill to Combat Racial Profiling

On Saturday, Governor Jerry Brown signed Assembly Bill 953, The Racial and Identity Profiling Act of 2015 ...

On Saturday, Governor Jerry Brown signed Assembly Bill 953, The Racial and Identity Profiling Act of 2015, into California law. The law, AB 953, written by Assemblymember Shirley Weber, requires law e ...

October 04, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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California Will Become First in Nation to Collect All Data on Police Traffic Stops

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: September 12, 2015
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California Will Become First in Nation to Collect All Data on Police Traffic Stops

(From ACLU Press Release) - With a growing chorus of voices demanding systemic police reform, California ...

(From ACLU Press Release) - With a growing chorus of voices demanding systemic police reform, California is poised to pass AB 953: The Racial and Identity Profiling Act of 2015, the first-of-its-kind ...

September 12, 2015
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Despite Bipartisan Support Civil Asset Forfeiture Law Soundly Defeated

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 11, 2015
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Despite Bipartisan Support Civil Asset Forfeiture Law Soundly Defeated

SB 443 was a bill that was sponsored by Republican Assemblymember David Hadley, Senator Joel Anderson, an ...

SB 443 was a bill that was sponsored by Republican Assemblymember David Hadley, Senator Joel Anderson, and Democratic Senator Holly Mitchell. Under the current law, peace officers can seize cash and p ...

September 11, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Time To End “Theft by Cop”

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: August 30, 2015
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Time To End “Theft by Cop”

By Margaret Dooley-Sammuli Imagine you’re on your way to buy a used car and a police officer pulls you ov ...

By Margaret Dooley-Sammuli Imagine you’re on your way to buy a used car and a police officer pulls you over. After asking you a few questions, the officer asks to search your car. Knowing you’ve done ...

August 30, 2015
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Polling Finds Solid Majority of California Voters Support Bill to Curb Racial Profiling

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 13, 2015
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Polling Finds Solid Majority of California Voters Support Bill to Curb Racial Profiling

A poll was released yesterday, conducted by Tulchin Research, showing 69 percent of likely California vot ...

A poll was released yesterday, conducted by Tulchin Research, showing 69 percent of likely California voters support AB 953: The Racial and Identity Profiling Act of 2015, a state bill introduced by A ...

August 13, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Governor Signs Bills Banning Use of Grand Juries in Police Shootings and Allowing Citizen Recording of Police Officers

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 12, 2015
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Governor Signs Bills Banning Use of Grand Juries in Police Shootings and Allowing Citizen Recording of Police Officers

Nearly a year to the day after a Ferguson police officer was accused of killing unarmed black teen Michae ...

Nearly a year to the day after a Ferguson police officer was accused of killing unarmed black teen Michael Brown, Governor Jerry Brown announced his signing of Senate Bill 227, authored by state Senat ...

August 12, 2015
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Attorney General Vows to Investigate the Group Behind Planned Parenthood Attacks

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 26, 2015
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Attorney General Vows to Investigate the Group Behind Planned Parenthood Attacks

Friday we reported on the accusations raised by former Davis High grad David Daleiden, who released a hid ...

Friday we reported on the accusations raised by former Davis High grad David Daleiden, who released a hidden video claiming to show that Planned Parenthood was illegally selling tissues from aborted f ...

July 26, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: The Immigration Issue Is Only One Factor Among Many in SF Tragedy

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 16, 2015
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Commentary: The Immigration Issue Is Only One Factor Among Many in SF Tragedy

Sacramento Bee columnist Marcos Breton, in “Safety about more than securing borders,” gets a lot right, a ...

Sacramento Bee columnist Marcos Breton, in “Safety about more than securing borders,” gets a lot right, although I do not agree with his view on Prop. 47 – ultimately, I think, the tragic killing of K ...

July 16, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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My View: Officers’ Bill of Rights Laws the Key to Police Accountability

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 25, 2015
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My View: Officers’ Bill of Rights Laws the Key to Police Accountability

Walter Olson on the Cato Institute blog cites critical problems with a group of laws, depending on the st ...

Walter Olson on the Cato Institute blog cites critical problems with a group of laws, depending on the state, which are Officers' Bill of Rights laws. In Maryland they are Law Enforcement Officers Bil ...

April 25, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Does Oakland Police Report Give Us Insight into Broken Discipline System?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 19, 2015
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Sunday Commentary: Does Oakland Police Report Give Us Insight into Broken Discipline System?

The long-troubled Oakland Police Department became the latest focal point of potential police reform effo ...

The long-troubled Oakland Police Department became the latest focal point of potential police reform efforts on Tuesday, as a scathing report was released. The police department over a decade ago was ...

April 19, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Attorney General Releases 90-Day Review of Training on Implicit Bias and Use of Force

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: April 18, 2015
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Attorney General Releases 90-Day Review of Training on Implicit Bias and Use of Force

Attorney General also announces statewide training on implicit bias and creation of 21st Century Policing ...

Attorney General also announces statewide training on implicit bias and creation of 21st Century Policing Working Group (From Attorney General Press Release) Friday, Attorney General Kamala D. Harris ...

April 18, 2015
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Domestic Violence – One Root Of A Violent Society

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: March 28, 2015
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Domestic Violence – One Root Of A Violent Society

by Tia Will Recent regional and national events have once again focused attention on a difficult subject, ...

by Tia Will Recent regional and national events have once again focused attention on a difficult subject, that of domestic violence. Within the last year we have been faced with the conviction of Will ...

March 28, 2015
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Two More Proposed Bills in California Look at Post-Ferguson Reforms Including Police Body Cameras

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 27, 2015
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Two More Proposed Bills in California Look at Post-Ferguson Reforms Including Police Body Cameras

In the wake of Ferguson, we have had a nationwide discussion on issues focusing on police accountability ...

In the wake of Ferguson, we have had a nationwide discussion on issues focusing on police accountability and oversight. One idea that has emerged has been requiring police to wear police body cameras ...

February 27, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Legislation Would Create Independent Review in Police Shootings

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 26, 2015
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Legislation Would Create Independent Review in Police Shootings

Long before the deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner captured the nation’s attention, shootings like t ...

Long before the deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner captured the nation’s attention, shootings like the 2009 killing of Luis Gutierrez by Yolo County Sheriff’s Deputies generated controversy for t ...

February 26, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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California Senate Bill Would Prevent Use of Grand Juries in Officer-Related Shootings

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 25, 2015
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California Senate Bill Would Prevent Use of Grand Juries in Officer-Related Shootings

Last fall, the use of grand juries in two high profile officer-involved killings of unarmed black men pro ...

Last fall, the use of grand juries in two high profile officer-involved killings of unarmed black men prompted scrutiny and controversy over the grand jury system. The decision by the grand jury in Fe ...

February 25, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Can School Choice Really Impact the School to Prison Pipeline?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 28, 2015
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Can School Choice Really Impact the School to Prison Pipeline?

Earlier this week, Gloria Romero, a former majority leader in the California Senate and director of the C ...

Earlier this week, Gloria Romero, a former majority leader in the California Senate and director of the California Center for Parent Empowerment, and RiShawn Biddle, editor of Dropout Nation, describe ...

January 28, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Analysis: Perspectives on Proposition 47

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 29, 2014
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Analysis: Perspectives on Proposition 47

On Monday, the Vanguard ran a column called “Scare Tactics and Prop. 47.” We noted that, while it reduces ...

On Monday, the Vanguard ran a column called “Scare Tactics and Prop. 47.” We noted that, while it reduces over-incarceration for largely petty and non-violent offenses, there are concerns, particularl ...

October 29, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: No Means No Apparently No Longer Enough

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 13, 2014
| (134) Comments

Commentary: No Means No Apparently No Longer Enough

When I was a college student now more than 20 years ago, sexual assault awareness was in its infancy. Whe ...

When I was a college student now more than 20 years ago, sexual assault awareness was in its infancy. When we pictured the act of rape, we thought of the stranger jumping out of the alley to attack th ...

October 13, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Governor Signs Bill to Toughen Sexual Assault Legislation, Through Affirmative Consent

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 29, 2014
| (152) Comments

Governor Signs Bill to Toughen Sexual Assault Legislation, Through Affirmative Consent

On Sunday, without comment, Governor Jerry Brown signed legislation that changes the standards for sexual ...

On Sunday, without comment, Governor Jerry Brown signed legislation that changes the standards for sexual assault and requires college campuses to adopt policies for rape responses that include an “af ...

September 29, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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