State of California Archives | Page 59 of 85

Grid
List

AG Harris Touts Support For Legislation to End Juvenile Confinement

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 22, 2016
| (1) Comment

AG Harris Touts Support For Legislation to End Juvenile Confinement

While several key legislative measures to reform the criminal justice system were dealt stinging defeats ...

While several key legislative measures to reform the criminal justice system were dealt stinging defeats earlier this session, California’s Attorney General Kamala Harris has backed a key measure that ...

June 22, 2016
| by David Greenwald

| (1) Comment

Read more
California Approves Firearm Violence Research to Fill Gap Left by Congressional Restrictions

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: June 18, 2016
| (21) Comments

California Approves Firearm Violence Research to Fill Gap Left by Congressional Restrictions

$5 million in state budget for University of California-based center (Press Release from Senator Wolk’s O ...

$5 million in state budget for University of California-based center (Press Release from Senator Wolk’s Office) - California’s State Legislature voted late yesterday to establish a firearm violence re ...

June 18, 2016
| by Vanguard Administrator

| (21) Comments

Read more
#DisarmHate.

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: June 18, 2016
| (42) Comments

#DisarmHate.

By Scott Ragsdale Omar Mateen kills 49 people with an assault rifle that was banned from civilian use unt ...

By Scott Ragsdale Omar Mateen kills 49 people with an assault rifle that was banned from civilian use until 2004. It takes the 9th longest filibuster in the senates history, by a Marine vet, for deba ...

June 18, 2016
| by Vanguard Administrator

| (42) Comments

Read more
A Step Backward for Justice Reform

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: June 17, 2016
| (18) Comments

A Step Backward for Justice Reform

By Jeff Adachi Setting policy is a lot like making sausage: We want to see the cleanly packaged result ra ...

By Jeff Adachi Setting policy is a lot like making sausage: We want to see the cleanly packaged result rather than the gory process. But last week, Gov. Jerry Brown did something so undemocratic, we c ...

June 17, 2016
| by Vanguard Administrator

| (18) Comments

Read more
FBI Rehashes Decades-Old Case of Infamous Local Killer

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: June 16, 2016
| (4) Comments

FBI Rehashes Decades-Old Case of Infamous Local Killer

By: Jerika L.H. The FBI is joining with local law enforcement in an attempt to finally close a cold case ...

By: Jerika L.H. The FBI is joining with local law enforcement in an attempt to finally close a cold case file – that of the infamous East Sac Rapist. The case, which has been open and unsolved for ove ...

June 16, 2016
| by Vanguard Administrator

| (4) Comments

Read more
It’s Time for California to Legalize Marijuana

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: June 15, 2016
| (18) Comments

It’s Time for California to Legalize Marijuana

by Margaret Dooley-Sammuli California voters will be asked to legalize marijuana in November – and we cou ...

by Margaret Dooley-Sammuli California voters will be asked to legalize marijuana in November – and we couldn’t be happier that our state might finally end this chapter of the failed war on drugs. The ...

June 15, 2016
| by Vanguard Administrator

| (18) Comments

Read more
Aguiar-Curry Thankful For the Support

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: June 14, 2016
| (19) Comments

Aguiar-Curry Thankful For the Support

By Cecilia Aguiar-Curry I am gratified and overwhelmed by the supporters across District 4 that came out ...

By Cecilia Aguiar-Curry I am gratified and overwhelmed by the supporters across District 4 that came out to vote for me for Assembly on June 7th. I want to thank them and the many volunteers and indiv ...

June 14, 2016
| by Vanguard Administrator

| (19) Comments

Read more
Marijuana Infractions Unevenly Enforced Against People of Color in California

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: June 12, 2016
| (17) Comments

$Marijuana Infractions Unevenly Enforced Against People of Color in California$

Marijuana Infractions Unevenly Enforced Against People of Color in California

(ACLU Press Release) - New data analyses conducted by the Drug Policy Alliance and ACLU of California fin ...

(ACLU Press Release) - New data analyses conducted by the Drug Policy Alliance and ACLU of California find that racial disparities in marijuana policing have persisted, following the reduction of low- ...

June 12, 2016
| by Vanguard Administrator

| (17) Comments

Read more
California Moves to Repeal Maximum Family Grant Rule

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: June 10, 2016
| 0 comments

California Moves to Repeal Maximum Family Grant Rule

State budget proposal includes funding to lend families living in deep poverty a helping hand (From Press ...

State budget proposal includes funding to lend families living in deep poverty a helping hand (From Press Release) - After years of tireless work to see one of California’s most discriminatory laws re ...

June 10, 2016
| by Vanguard Administrator

| 0 comments

Read more
Bill Dodd to Face Mariko Yamada for Senate in the General Election

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 09, 2016
| 0 comments

Bill Dodd to Face Mariko Yamada for Senate in the General Election

The question arising out of the State Senate contest in the 3rd Senate District was focused more on who w ...

The question arising out of the State Senate contest in the 3rd Senate District was focused more on who would finish second, between former Democratic Assemblymember Mariko Yamada and Republican Greg ...

June 09, 2016
| by David Greenwald

| 0 comments

Read more
Wolk Goes Down to Defeat Again

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 08, 2016
| (68) Comments

Wolk Goes Down to Defeat Again

For the second Assembly election in a row, Dan Wolk was unable to overcome a number of factors and make i ...

For the second Assembly election in a row, Dan Wolk was unable to overcome a number of factors and make it to the general election. In 2014, he finished third behind eventual winner Bill Dodd and Rep ...

June 08, 2016
| by David Greenwald

| (68) Comments

Read more
Monday Morning Thoughts: Reading the Tea Leaves for Tuesday

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 06, 2016
| (72) Comments

Monday Morning Thoughts: Reading the Tea Leaves for Tuesday

It seems like this is a perpetual exercise locally, given that we don’t have polling to guide our way. T ...

It seems like this is a perpetual exercise locally, given that we don’t have polling to guide our way. These are my best guesses as to what is going to happen tomorrow night. City Council: From the ...

June 06, 2016
| by David Greenwald

| (72) Comments

Read more
State Assembly Votes To Uphold Institutional Racism in the Labor Code

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: June 06, 2016
| (99) Comments

State Assembly Votes To Uphold Institutional Racism in the Labor Code

By Sean Raycraft A few months ago, a special session of the California state legislature was called for M ...

By Sean Raycraft A few months ago, a special session of the California state legislature was called for March 31, 2016 for two very special reasons. One, to pass a historic piece of legislation, a 15 ...

June 06, 2016
| by Vanguard Administrator

| (99) Comments

Read more
Full Disclosure of Campaign Spending – An Antidote to Super PACs and Dark Money?

Posted by Leanna Sweha
|Date: June 06, 2016
| (1) Comment

Full Disclosure of Campaign Spending – An Antidote to Super PACs and Dark Money?

By Leanna Sweha As independent expenditures (IEs) in the AD 4 race push $3 million, one candidate has cal ...

By Leanna Sweha As independent expenditures (IEs) in the AD 4 race push $3 million, one candidate has called for spending limits. Sounds great - but, as we discussed, the Supreme Court in Citizens Un ...

June 06, 2016
| by Leanna Sweha

| (1) Comment

Read more
Support Yamada for Senate

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: June 05, 2016
| (3) Comments

Support Yamada for Senate

by John Garamendi We are lucky to have many capable leaders who want to represent us in Sacramento. Servi ...

by John Garamendi We are lucky to have many capable leaders who want to represent us in Sacramento. Serving as your congressman in Washington, there’s a lot of coordination and overlap required to mak ...

June 05, 2016
| by Vanguard Administrator

| (3) Comments

Read more
Saylor Becomes First to Reject IE Support for His Campaign

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 01, 2016
| (11) Comments

Saylor Becomes First to Reject IE Support for His Campaign

While Cecilia Aguiar-Curry has disputed characterizations of her campaign being beholden to oil interests ...

While Cecilia Aguiar-Curry has disputed characterizations of her campaign being beholden to oil interests and fought back against accusations that she supported fracking, she has never repudiated the ...

June 01, 2016
| by David Greenwald

| (11) Comments

Read more
Women’s Caucus Attacks Senate Candidate Dodd on Leadership Claim

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 31, 2016
| (1) Comment

Women’s Caucus Attacks Senate Candidate Dodd on Leadership Claim

We are a week away from the election and the battle over the 3rd Senate District is heating up with the N ...

We are a week away from the election and the battle over the 3rd Senate District is heating up with the National Women’s Political Caucus of California issuing a statement late Monday that strongly co ...

May 31, 2016
| by David Greenwald

| (1) Comment

Read more
Reflections on the 4th AD Race

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: May 29, 2016
| 0 comments

Reflections on the 4th AD Race

By Mark Kropp The local paper headlines, “No new surprises in Assembly District 3 debate.” Wrong number- ...

By Mark Kropp The local paper headlines, “No new surprises in Assembly District 3 debate.” Wrong number- it’s the 4th! The paper borrowed the story written by the neighboring towns reporter of a bland ...

May 29, 2016
| by Vanguard Administrator

| 0 comments

Read more
My View: One Senator Able To Kill Police Transparency Bill

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 28, 2016
| (15) Comments

My View: One Senator Able To Kill Police Transparency Bill

It is ironic that a bill meant to promote police transparency was itself killed by a single Senator in a ...

It is ironic that a bill meant to promote police transparency was itself killed by a single Senator in a most non-transparent process. Senator Ricardo Lara is the chair of the appropriations committe ...

May 28, 2016
| by David Greenwald

| (15) Comments

Read more
CORPORATE MONEY TRAIL: $2.1 Million From Corporate Special Interests Boosting Dodd’s Senate Campaign

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: May 27, 2016
| (4) Comments

CORPORATE MONEY TRAIL: $2.1 Million From Corporate Special Interests Boosting Dodd’s Senate Campaign

Over $2.1 Million from Chevron, Big Tobacco and Corporate Special Interests are Boosting Bill Dodd's Camp ...

Over $2.1 Million from Chevron, Big Tobacco and Corporate Special Interests are Boosting Bill Dodd's Campaign for CA State Senate Interest groups spend millions backing Dodd's campaign, making State S ...

May 27, 2016
| by Vanguard Administrator

| (4) Comments

Read more

«‹55 56 57 585960 61 62 63 ›»

Newsletter Sign-Up

Monthly Subscriber Sign-Up