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Senator Barbara Boxer Announces She Will Not Run For Reelection

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 09, 2015
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Senator Barbara Boxer Announces She Will Not Run For Reelection

Since 1992, California has been represented in the US Senate by two Democratic women, Barbara Boxer and D ...

Since 1992, California has been represented in the US Senate by two Democratic women, Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein. In 2016, for the first time in 24 years, there will be a new senator as Barbar ...

January 09, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Governor Brown Goes Bold on Climate Change

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 07, 2015
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Governor Brown Goes Bold on Climate Change

Governor Jerry Brown was sworn in for a fourth term on Monday and issued a call to action on the environm ...

Governor Jerry Brown was sworn in for a fourth term on Monday and issued a call to action on the environment and, in particular, climate change. He said, “Neither California nor indeed the world itsel ...

January 07, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary II: Moving Past Blaming the Protesters

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 28, 2014
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Sunday Commentary II: Moving Past Blaming the Protesters

Protesters on Saturday gathered at the New York Police Department’s 75th Precinct office in protest of th ...

Protesters on Saturday gathered at the New York Police Department’s 75th Precinct office in protest of the November shooting death of Akai Gurley, another unarmed black man who was shot and killed by ...

December 28, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Statewide Support Growing for Plastic Bag Ban

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 09, 2014
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Statewide Support Growing for Plastic Bag Ban

While the plastic bag industry has already launched its drive to put a referendum on the November 2016 ba ...

While the plastic bag industry has already launched its drive to put a referendum on the November 2016 ballot that would repeal SB 270, the supporters of the ban have lined up an impressive list of su ...

December 09, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Industry Launches Signature Drive to Stop Plastic Bag Ban

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 14, 2014
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Industry Launches Signature Drive to Stop Plastic Bag Ban

The plastic bag industry has already launched its drive to put a referendum on the November 2016 ballot t ...

The plastic bag industry has already launched its drive to put a referendum on the November 2016 ballot that would repeal SB 270. They have contracted with the American Progressive Bag Alliance to gat ...

November 14, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Dodd Easily Wins the Assembly Seat

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 07, 2014
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Dodd Easily Wins the Assembly Seat

This time he didn’t have to sweat out the victory. In June, it took about ten days for all of the votes t ...

This time he didn’t have to sweat out the victory. In June, it took about ten days for all of the votes to come in to make it clear that Bill Dodd had finished first by what turned out to be more than ...

November 07, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Californians Deliver Resounding Message Against Mass Incarceration

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 05, 2014
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Californians Deliver Resounding Message Against Mass Incarceration

It was the clearest signal to date that Californians are fed up with the growing costs and ineffectivenes ...

It was the clearest signal to date that Californians are fed up with the growing costs and ineffectiveness of mass incarceration. Following the passage of Prop. 36 in 2012, which reduced third strike ...

November 05, 2014
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Election Round Up: Garamendi Rolls; Torlakson Survives a Tough Night

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 05, 2014
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Election Round Up: Garamendi Rolls; Torlakson Survives a Tough Night

It was a tough night for Democrats across the country. Locally, John Garamendi would hold onto his seat w ...

It was a tough night for Democrats across the country. Locally, John Garamendi would hold onto his seat with a 52.7-47.3 victory over Dan Logue, in a hotly contested race his campaign called a “decisi ...

November 05, 2014
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Poll Finds Plastic Bag Ban Has Broad Support

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 04, 2014
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Poll Finds Plastic Bag Ban Has Broad Support

At the end of September, Governor Jerry Brown signed SB 270 into law, prohibiting grocery stores and phar ...

At the end of September, Governor Jerry Brown signed SB 270 into law, prohibiting grocery stores and pharmacies from distributing single-use plastic bags after July 2015, and thus aligning state law w ...

November 04, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: State Schools Race Wake Up Call For Democrats

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 02, 2014
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Sunday Commentary: State Schools Race Wake Up Call For Democrats

State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson paid a late visit to Davis on Thursday to rally ...

State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson paid a late visit to Davis on Thursday to rally the troops. Earlier in the day he had received the bad news that his race is tied against chall ...

November 02, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Pancakes and Politics Official Voter Guide

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: November 01, 2014
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Pancakes and Politics Official Voter Guide

Pancakes & Politics “Official” (as we are) V O T E R G U I D E (also known as PPVG, by absolutely no ...

Pancakes & Politics “Official” (as we are) V O T E R G U I D E (also known as PPVG, by absolutely no one) by Alan Miller and Danielle Fodor Pancakes and Politics had two goals this election: Eat ...

November 01, 2014
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Torlakson Tied in the Polls, Comes to Davis to Inspire the Troops, Warns of Threat to Public Education

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 31, 2014
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Torlakson Tied in the Polls, Comes to Davis to Inspire the Troops, Warns of Threat to Public Education

If Tom Torlakson was jolted by the news earlier in the day that he was in a dead heat with challenger Mar ...

If Tom Torlakson was jolted by the news earlier in the day that he was in a dead heat with challenger Marshall Tuck for the State Superintendent of Public Instruction position that he has held since 2 ...

October 31, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Analysis: The Other Side of the Story on Prop. 46

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 31, 2014
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Analysis: The Other Side of the Story on Prop. 46

I have some serious concerns about the required alcohol and drug testing of doctors – which seems to have ...

I have some serious concerns about the required alcohol and drug testing of doctors – which seems to have been set up in a capricious manner. Critics charge that the required testing “was only added t ...

October 31, 2014
| 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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Eye on the Courts: Scare Tactics and Prop. 47

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 27, 2014
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Eye on the Courts: Scare Tactics and Prop. 47

Most campaign claims have an element of truth surrounded by a world of gray and ambiguity. That is the ca ...

Most campaign claims have an element of truth surrounded by a world of gray and ambiguity. That is the case of Prop. 47 – a well-intentioned proposal that would end felony incarceration for a host of ...

October 27, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Not Life Saving, Not Cost Effective – Vote NO on Proposition 46

Posted by Tia Will
|Date: October 27, 2014
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Not Life Saving, Not Cost Effective – Vote NO on Proposition 46

By Tia Will Proposition 46 is a 3 part proposal. Advocates would have you believe that it will save lives ...

By Tia Will Proposition 46 is a 3 part proposal. Advocates would have you believe that it will save lives and that it is the best way to provide for those injured by negligence in the provision of med ...

October 27, 2014
| by Tia Will

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Vote for Students or the Teachers Union this November

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: October 25, 2014
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Vote for Students or the Teachers Union this November

By Jeff Boone One of the most important California political races this November is the election of the S ...

By Jeff Boone One of the most important California political races this November is the election of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction. In one corner is the California Teachers Union (CTA ...

October 25, 2014
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Commentary: No Means No Apparently No Longer Enough

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 13, 2014
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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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Prop 47: Needed Reform or Does It Go Too Far?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 10, 2014
| (32) Comments

Prop 47: Needed Reform or Does It Go Too Far?

Under Proposition 47, the state would reduce, to misdemeanors, offenses for drug possession, petty theft, ...

Under Proposition 47, the state would reduce, to misdemeanors, offenses for drug possession, petty theft, receiving stolen property or writing bad checks, when the amount involved is less than $950. I ...

October 10, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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FPPC to Fine Munn for Failure to File Timely Reports

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 09, 2014
| (5) Comments

FPPC to Fine Munn for Failure to File Timely Reports

At the next meeting of the Fair Political Practices Commission, John Munn, an unsuccessful Republican can ...

At the next meeting of the Fair Political Practices Commission, John Munn, an unsuccessful Republican candidate to the California State Assembly in 2012, his campaign committee and treasurer, Manny Ca ...

October 09, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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