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Dodd Gets Governor’s Endorsement While Schaupp Gains Support of Former Adversary

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|Date: September 09, 2016
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Dodd Gets Governor’s Endorsement While Schaupp Gains Support of Former Adversary

Governor Edmund G. Brown Endorses Dodd For Senate (From Press Release) State Assemblyman Bill Dodd today ...

Governor Edmund G. Brown Endorses Dodd For Senate (From Press Release) State Assemblyman Bill Dodd today announced receiving the endorsement of California Governor Edmund G. “Jerry” Brown in the race ...

September 09, 2016
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Groups Urge Governor Signature on Educational Reform Bill

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|Date: September 08, 2016
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Groups Urge Governor Signature on Educational Reform Bill

(From Press Release) More than 300 groups across California delivered a letter to Governor Brown today, u ...

(From Press Release) More than 300 groups across California delivered a letter to Governor Brown today, urging him to sign AB 2548 (Weber) that calls for an effective statewide school accountability s ...

September 08, 2016
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Lawmakers’ Failure to Solve the Roads Funding Crisis is a Disadvantage to Every Community

Posted by Leanna Sweha
|Date: September 06, 2016
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Lawmakers’ Failure to Solve the Roads Funding Crisis is a Disadvantage to Every Community

By Leanna Sweha The Legislature ended its two-year general session last week without a solution to the ro ...

By Leanna Sweha The Legislature ended its two-year general session last week without a solution to the roads crisis. Although the special legislative session on transportation funding runs until the ...

September 06, 2016
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Farmworker Overtime Bill is One Small Step

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 05, 2016
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Farmworker Overtime Bill is One Small Step

Sí, se puede! is the cry of empowerment that has been pushed from the fields and the picket lines into t ...

Sí, se puede! is the cry of empowerment that has been pushed from the fields and the picket lines into the mainstream political discourse in the last two decades. Fifty-one years ago this week, on S ...

September 05, 2016
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In 2016 Unions Are Needed More Than Ever

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|Date: September 05, 2016
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In 2016 Unions Are Needed More Than Ever

By Sean Raycraft For many years of my life, Labor Day was just a three-day weekend signifying the end of ...

By Sean Raycraft For many years of my life, Labor Day was just a three-day weekend signifying the end of summer. What was a Labor Union? I really had no idea, and they were not particularly relevant t ...

September 05, 2016
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Analysis: Farm Worker Overtime Issue Emerges as Crucial Divide in SD 3 Race

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 01, 2016
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Analysis: Farm Worker Overtime Issue Emerges as Crucial Divide in SD 3 Race

While the majority of the State Assembly voted to pass AB 1066, which grants California farm workers with ...

While the majority of the State Assembly voted to pass AB 1066, which grants California farm workers with overtime pay protections, one of those for whom the legislation was too large a bridge to walk ...

September 01, 2016
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Dodd Bill Responding to Stanford Rape Case Passes Legislation

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|Date: August 30, 2016
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Dodd Bill Responding to Stanford Rape Case Passes Legislation

(From Press Release) - Assembly Bill 2888, by State Legislators Asm. Bill Dodd (D-Napa), Asm. Evan Low (D ...

(From Press Release) - Assembly Bill 2888, by State Legislators Asm. Bill Dodd (D-Napa), Asm. Evan Low (D-Silicon Valley) and Sen. Jerry Hill (D-San Mateo and Santa Clara) passed the State Assembly to ...

August 30, 2016
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Bill to Reduce Asset Forfeiture Arrives on Governor’s Desk

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 25, 2016
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Bill to Reduce Asset Forfeiture Arrives on Governor’s Desk

If signed, SB 443 would establish some of the strongest property protections in the country (From Press r ...

If signed, SB 443 would establish some of the strongest property protections in the country (From Press release) - A state bill to reform civil asset forfeiture, a practice that has come under fire na ...

August 25, 2016
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Wolk Casts Decisive Vote to Advance Farm Worker Overtime

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|Date: August 24, 2016
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Wolk Casts Decisive Vote to Advance Farm Worker Overtime

By Sean Raycraft Monday, August 22 the California State Senate passed AB 1066 by a vote of 21-14 with fou ...

By Sean Raycraft Monday, August 22 the California State Senate passed AB 1066 by a vote of 21-14 with four Senators abstaining or absent. The advancement of the bill is a hard fought victory for farm ...

August 24, 2016
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Residential Infill in Davis and the Death of Governor Brown’s Affordable Housing Trailer Bill

Posted by Leanna Sweha
|Date: August 23, 2016
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Residential Infill in Davis and the Death of Governor Brown’s Affordable Housing Trailer Bill

By Leanna Sweha Last Friday’s article about campus housing generated a range of comments with competing v ...

By Leanna Sweha Last Friday’s article about campus housing generated a range of comments with competing views on where best to house students. Included was debate on the proposed Sterling 5th Street ...

August 23, 2016
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Why We Fasted for Farm Worker Rights

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|Date: August 18, 2016
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Why We Fasted for Farm Worker Rights

By Sean Raycraft Yesterday, I fasted for 24 hours with at least a hundred others in solidarity with farm ...

By Sean Raycraft Yesterday, I fasted for 24 hours with at least a hundred others in solidarity with farm workers in the state of California. Many prominent members of the community did the same, inclu ...

August 18, 2016
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State Auditor Finds Serious Problem with California Gang Database

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 13, 2016
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State Auditor Finds Serious Problem with California Gang Database

For years, we have questioned the California Gang Datadase, known as CalGang, in terms of the lack of ove ...

For years, we have questioned the California Gang Datadase, known as CalGang, in terms of the lack of oversight as to who gets entered into the database and when they get removed. That belief is now ...

August 13, 2016
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Monday Morning Thoughts I: Perspective on a $15 Per Hour Minimum Wage

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 11, 2016
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Monday Morning Thoughts I: Perspective on a $15 Per Hour Minimum Wage

I was reading a Facebook post yesterday, and someone had posted an exchange they had with an employee whe ...

I was reading a Facebook post yesterday, and someone had posted an exchange they had with an employee where the employee seemed to misunderstand the concept of giving a two-week notice. At the end of ...

July 11, 2016
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My View II: Dallas Illustrates the Need to Police Bad Cops

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 09, 2016
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My View II: Dallas Illustrates the Need to Police Bad Cops

The biggest challenge that police agencies across the country face is the need to identify those people w ...

The biggest challenge that police agencies across the country face is the need to identify those people who shouldn’t be police officers and protect the public and their colleagues from those individu ...

July 09, 2016
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Mandatory Paid Sick Time Has Made California a Better Place

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|Date: July 02, 2016
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Mandatory Paid Sick Time Has Made California a Better Place

By Sean Raycraft Yesterday marked one year of mandatory paid sick time for California workers. One year a ...

By Sean Raycraft Yesterday marked one year of mandatory paid sick time for California workers. One year after implementation, the doom and gloom predicted by the big business community about AB 1522 h ...

July 02, 2016
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State Legislature Takes Another Crack at Ending Institutional Racism in the Labor Code

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|Date: June 30, 2016
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State Legislature Takes Another Crack at Ending Institutional Racism in the Labor Code

By Sean Raycraft On June 29, 2016, dozens and dozens of people packed into room 2040 at the state capitol ...

By Sean Raycraft On June 29, 2016, dozens and dozens of people packed into room 2040 at the state capitol to listen to the State Senate Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations debate and vote on A ...

June 30, 2016
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Bill in Response to Stanford Rape Case Clears Key Vote

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|Date: June 30, 2016
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Bill in Response to Stanford Rape Case Clears Key Vote

(From Press Release) - AB 2888, by State Legislators Asm. Bill Dodd (D-Napa), Asm. Evan Low (D-Silicon Va ...

(From Press Release) - AB 2888, by State Legislators Asm. Bill Dodd (D-Napa), Asm. Evan Low (D-Silicon Valley) and Sen. Jerry Hill (D-San Mateo and Santa Clara), passed the State Senate Public Safety ...

June 30, 2016
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Analysis: Closer Examination of Assembly Race and Demise of Dan Wolk

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 24, 2016
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Analysis: Closer Examination of Assembly Race and Demise of Dan Wolk

This week we learned the final results in Yolo County. The only race that was really in possible doubt w ...

This week we learned the final results in Yolo County. The only race that was really in possible doubt was Nishi, but finalizing Yolo County gives us one more opportunity to look at the 4th Assembly ...

June 24, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Dodd Among Three Legislators to Attempt to Eliminate Probation for Sexual Assault Cases

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 23, 2016
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Dodd Among Three Legislators to Attempt to Eliminate Probation for Sexual Assault Cases

In the wake of what the legislators are calling a "shockingly lenient sentence given to Brock Turner by J ...

In the wake of what the legislators are calling a "shockingly lenient sentence given to Brock Turner by Judge Aaron Persky in the recent Stanford rape case,” Assemblymember Bill Dodd, along with Silic ...

June 23, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Dodd Loses Exclusive Labor Endorsement Over Farm Worker Overtime Bill

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: June 22, 2016
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Dodd Loses Exclusive Labor Endorsement Over Farm Worker Overtime Bill

By Sean Raycraft A few weeks ago, Assembly Democrats had an opportunity to end a relic of institutional r ...

By Sean Raycraft A few weeks ago, Assembly Democrats had an opportunity to end a relic of institutional racism by passing AB 2757. The bill would have gradually implemented overtime for farm workers o ...

June 22, 2016
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