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Assisted Suicide: More Urbane Than a Pillow

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: June 05, 2015
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Assisted Suicide: More Urbane Than a Pillow

By Stan Dundon My Aunt Agnes is an old and frail relative who has willed me her $6 million estate. Dr. Le ...

By Stan Dundon My Aunt Agnes is an old and frail relative who has willed me her $6 million estate. Dr. Leonhard Smith is her PC physician. His marriage is on edge over his pernicious gambling addictio ...

June 05, 2015
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Guest Commentary: An Economics Lesson at DJUSD Gone Wrong

Posted by Duane Wright
|Date: June 01, 2015
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Guest Commentary: An Economics Lesson at DJUSD Gone Wrong

by Duane Wright My son is in 6th grade at Birch Lane Elementary and right now they are doing a “parenting ...

by Duane Wright My son is in 6th grade at Birch Lane Elementary and right now they are doing a “parenting” unit. Part of this unit consists of the cutesy activity of carrying around a sack of flour fo ...

June 01, 2015
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$15 Minimum Wage Gets a Boost as Los Angeles Approves It

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 20, 2015
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$15 Minimum Wage Gets a Boost as Los Angeles Approves It

When a small group of activists in 2014 proposed a $15 per hour minimum wage, it seemed almost prepostero ...

When a small group of activists in 2014 proposed a $15 per hour minimum wage, it seemed almost preposterous. But on Tuesday, Los Angeles, the state’s largest city and the nation’s second largest city, ...

May 20, 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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Commentary: Water Uber Alles?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 23, 2015
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Commentary: Water Uber Alles?

An article last week on Fox News called this is a “man-made disaster,” arguing “the Golden State’s misgui ...

An article last week on Fox News called this is a “man-made disaster,” arguing “the Golden State’s misguided environmental policies allow much-needed freshwater to flow straight into the Pacific.” The ...

April 23, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Appellate Court Strikes Down Capistrano Tiered Rates; Governor Issues Angry Statement

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 21, 2015
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Appellate Court Strikes Down Capistrano Tiered Rates; Governor Issues Angry Statement

On Monday, an appellate court struck down Capistrano’s Tiered-Rate System, a case that was being watched ...

On Monday, an appellate court struck down Capistrano’s Tiered-Rate System, a case that was being watched closely locally, when the city of Davis was developing its rate structure. But the decision in ...

April 21, 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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Much Finger Pointing, Few Concrete Answers in Water Crisis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 18, 2015
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Much Finger Pointing, Few Concrete Answers in Water Crisis

There is a lot of finger-pointing. The Associated Press reported Friday that California cities are pushin ...

There is a lot of finger-pointing. The Associated Press reported Friday that California cities are pushing back against the mandatory water use reductions. However, the State Water Resources Control B ...

April 18, 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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CalPERS Contributions to Put More Squeeze on Local Funding For Roads

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 17, 2015
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CalPERS Contributions to Put More Squeeze on Local Funding For Roads

CalPERS contribution rates will rise more than nine percent, a move that experts project will cost state ...

CalPERS contribution rates will rise more than nine percent, a move that experts project will cost state and school districts more than half a billion dollars. Last year, CalPERS (California Public Em ...

April 17, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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My View II: In Defense of Almonds or Re-Examining Agriculture in California

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 11, 2015
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My View II: In Defense of Almonds or Re-Examining Agriculture in California

This past week, Almond farmers are fighting back, defending themselves from a statistic that was released ...

This past week, Almond farmers are fighting back, defending themselves from a statistic that was released: "It takes one gallon of water to produce one almond." KCRA reported this week, “The statistic ...

April 11, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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My View: California’s Water Policy Too Late, Fails to Note the 800-Pound Gorilla

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 04, 2015
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My View: California’s Water Policy Too Late, Fails to Note the 800-Pound Gorilla

While the big news was Governor Brown’s Wednesday announcement of the first mandatory water restrictions ...

While the big news was Governor Brown’s Wednesday announcement of the first mandatory water restrictions in state history after reports that the snowpack is at a remarkable 5 percent of normal, the qu ...

April 04, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Agriculture as a Net Sink of Greenhouse Gases: Proposals to Invest Cap-and-Trade Revenues

Posted by Leanna Sweha
|Date: April 03, 2015
| (2) Comments

Agriculture as a Net Sink of Greenhouse Gases: Proposals to Invest Cap-and-Trade Revenues

By Leanna Sweha Governor Brown’s FY 2015-16 budget proposal calls for new actions to further reduce green ...

By Leanna Sweha Governor Brown’s FY 2015-16 budget proposal calls for new actions to further reduce greenhouse gas pollutants (GHG) by 2030, including actions to enhance California’s agricultural land ...

April 03, 2015
| by Leanna Sweha

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League of California Cities Alarmed At Precarious Pavement Conditions

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 31, 2015
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League of California Cities Alarmed At Precarious Pavement Conditions

In a release on Monday, the League of California Cities stated that it has “engaged in numerous discussio ...

In a release on Monday, the League of California Cities stated that it has “engaged in numerous discussions with state and federal lawmakers about the condition of California’s local streets and roads ...

March 31, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Sodomite Suppression Exposes Mockery of System

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 30, 2015
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Sodomite Suppression Exposes Mockery of System

It sounds like something we would have come up with a joke in college. Just as Jonathan Swift once opined ...

It sounds like something we would have come up with a joke in college. Just as Jonathan Swift once opined about eating babies as a solution to the Irish Famine, passing an absurd proposition would exp ...

March 30, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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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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Lawns versus Almonds – Can’t We All Just Get Along?

Posted by Leanna Sweha
|Date: March 27, 2015
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Lawns versus Almonds – Can’t We All Just Get Along?

By Leanna Sweha Last week, the East Bay Express published an article by Robert Gammon entitled “Californi ...

By Leanna Sweha Last week, the East Bay Express published an article by Robert Gammon entitled “California Targets Wrong Water Wasters.” Reflecting on the state’s emergency water conservation rules, G ...

March 27, 2015
| by Leanna Sweha

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First, Do No Harm

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: March 27, 2015
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First, Do No Harm

By Tia Will I am writing in support of SB 128, the California End of Life Option Act. I share the view th ...

By Tia Will I am writing in support of SB 128, the California End of Life Option Act. I share the view that the concerns expressed by those who question, or even those who oppose the act should not be ...

March 27, 2015
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Sec of State Looks at Oregon Motor Voter Law To Boost California Turnout

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 25, 2015
| (18) Comments

Sec of State Looks at Oregon Motor Voter Law To Boost California Turnout

As California struggles to address historic low voter turnout, new Secretary of State Alex Padilla sees p ...

As California struggles to address historic low voter turnout, new Secretary of State Alex Padilla sees promise in a new Motor Voter law signed into law last week by Oregon Governor Kate Brown. “While ...

March 25, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Senator Feinstein endorses California End of Life Option Act

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: March 20, 2015
| (2) Comments

Senator Feinstein endorses California End of Life Option Act

70 current and former California elected officials join growing list of supporters Authors of California’ ...

70 current and former California elected officials join growing list of supporters Authors of California’s End of Life Option Act, a bill to authorize the medical practice of aid-in-dying in Californ ...

March 20, 2015
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