California has approved $1.1 billion in funding to expand zero-emission transit, repair storm-damaged highways, improve roadway safety, and strengthen infrastructure across the state, while advancing the state’s climate goals.
The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear a challenge to California’s civil rights law brought by a Bakersfield bakery, leaving intact a state appellate court decision that reinforced protections for same-sex couples seeking equal service at businesses open to the public.
Despite the challenges of the statewide housing mandates, California cities are making progress in increasing housing production, as evidenced by the recent approval of the first project under San José’s new streamlined infill policy and the progress of Fresno’s Southeast Development Area plan.
Stacey Lauren hosted an online charity auction on Black Friday to promote philanthropy, featuring self-help and entrepreneurial training classes for female entrepreneurs, with proceeds benefiting the nonprofit Women Helping Women Entrepreneurs, which supports women in need through a Facebook-based community.
California Attorney General Rob Bonta and Governor Gavin Newsom have launched a new online portal allowing members of the public to upload photos and videos of suspected unlawful activity by federal agents, in an effort to protect the rights and safety of Californians.
Los Angeles County has launched a new pilot removal defense program to provide legal representation to immigrants facing deportation proceedings, funded by unclaimed cy pres funds from the Roy settlement.
Montgomery County, Maryland has seen a drastic decrease in multifamily building permits since the adoption of rent control, raising questions about the effectiveness of such policies in increasing housing supply.
By Vanguard Staff SACRAMENTO – The California Civil Rights Department on Wednesday announced a settlement with Pierce…
California’s single-room occupancy housing stock is facing severe financial and physical distress, with most buildings operating at a deficit, many units sitting vacant, and the majority of properties dating back nearly a century.
California Forever is a proposed large-scale housing development in Solano County that has drawn intense criticism and debate over its potential environmental and economic impacts, highlighting the tension between local governance and the state’s housing shortage.
Physicians for Human Rights has filed an amicus brief in the L.A. Press Club v. Kristi Noem case, arguing that U.S. federal law enforcement repeatedly misused rubber bullets, pepper balls, tear gas canisters and flash-bang grenades against journalists, medics and peaceful demonstrators during protests in Los Angeles in the summer of 2025.
California Attorney General Rob Bonta has joined a bipartisan coalition of 39 state attorneys general urging Congress to pass the Tribal Warrant Fairness Act, which would provide Tribal law enforcement with stronger tools to respond to violence, disappearances, and jurisdictional gaps in Indigenous communities.
A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction requiring ICE to provide basic human needs to detainees at its San Francisco Field Office, including clean bedding, hygiene products, medical care, and legal information in their primary languages.
At a congressional field hearing in Los Angeles, lawmakers, community advocates and local officials heard testimony from over two dozen individuals about wrongful detentions by federal immigration authorities, prompting UnidosUS to call for stronger safeguards to protect civil rights.
California Attorney General Rob Bonta has filed a lawsuit against the USDA, challenging the Trump administration’s guidance for implementing SNAP eligibility restrictions, arguing that it unlawfully excludes certain lawfully residing noncitizens from receiving food assistance benefits.
Homelessness is primarily caused by unaffordable housing, not addiction or mental illness, and is exacerbated by a lack of safety nets and the collapse of low-cost rentals.
The ACLU of Northern California successfully challenged a DHS subpoena seeking to unmask anonymous Instagram users who posted videos of ICE raids in Los Angeles, protecting the First Amendment rights of those documenting law enforcement activity in public.
The Vanguard covers housing because it is the root of many of the community’s biggest challenges, such as education, equity, public health, economic inclusion, aging in place, sustainability, transportation, and criminal justice.
California Attorney General Rob Bonta and Governor Gavin Newsom have joined a coalition of states suing the Trump administration over new restrictions placed on federal homelessness grants, arguing the policy is unlawful and will push tens of thousands of people back into homelessness.
Voter frustration is growing due to the disconnect between official economic indicators and lived experience, with many Americans feeling poorer and unable to afford basic necessities, as argued by writer Corbin Trent in his essay “It Works, If You Work It”.