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Weather Conditions in California Have Devastatingly Impacted Homeless Populations

Posted by The Vanguard at Berkeley
|Date: April 12, 2023
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Weather Conditions in California Have Devastatingly Impacted Homeless Populations

Photo Attribution: Cyanidethistles, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, ...

Photo Attribution: Cyanidethistles, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons By Sheila Teker Since the beginning of 2023, California has been hit by ...

April 12, 2023
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San Francisco Police Officers to Allow Lethal Force from Police Robots

Posted by The Vanguard at Berkeley
|Date: December 04, 2022
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San Francisco Police Officers to Allow Lethal Force from Police Robots

By Gibran Khalil SAN FRANCISCO, CA –The San Francisco Board of Supervisors proposed a broad policy ...

By Gibran Khalil SAN FRANCISCO, CA –The San Francisco Board of Supervisors proposed a broad policy to “allow police to bring armed robots to every arrest, and every execution of a warrant to se ...

December 04, 2022
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State and Counties Begin Implementing CARE Court

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|Date: December 02, 2022
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State and Counties Begin Implementing CARE Court

Special to the Vanguard Sacramento, CA – Despite concerns from experts and activists, California is movin ...

Special to the Vanguard Sacramento, CA – Despite concerns from experts and activists, California is moving forward with CARE Court, as means to deliver mental health and substance use disorder service ...

December 02, 2022
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GSIs Prepare to Go on Statewide Academic Workers Strike against ‘Unlawful’ Negotiations with UC System

Posted by The Vanguard at Berkeley
|Date: November 12, 2022
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GSIs Prepare to Go on Statewide Academic Workers Strike against ‘Unlawful’ Negotiations with UC System

By Huey Collette CALIFORNIA - On Wednesday November 2, a total of 36,558 votes were cast, authorizing the ...

By Huey Collette CALIFORNIA - On Wednesday November 2, a total of 36,558 votes were cast, authorizing the largest strike ever by academic workers in the United States. Graduate student instructors (GS ...

November 12, 2022
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Berkeley Law Groups Face Backlash and Harassment after Banning Zionist Speakers

Posted by The Vanguard at Berkeley
|Date: November 10, 2022
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Berkeley Law Groups Face Backlash and Harassment after Banning Zionist Speakers

By Gibran Khalil BERKELEY, CA - Nine Berkeley Law Groups—Berkeley Law Students for Justice in Palestine, ...

By Gibran Khalil BERKELEY, CA - Nine Berkeley Law Groups—Berkeley Law Students for Justice in Palestine, Berkeley Law Muslim Student Association, Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) Law Students A ...

November 10, 2022
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Recap of Monkeypox Outbreak in California and What to Know about the Disease

Posted by The Vanguard at Berkeley
|Date: October 26, 2022
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Recap of Monkeypox Outbreak in California and What to Know about the Disease

By Maritza Ramirez Since the start of the monkeypox epidemic in May 2022, two of California’s most ...

By Maritza Ramirez Since the start of the monkeypox epidemic in May 2022, two of California’s most populous cities, San Francisco and Los Angeles, have been the most heavily affected in the sta ...

October 26, 2022
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Potentially Dangerous Levels of Arsenic Found in California Prison Drinking Water

Posted by The Vanguard at Berkeley
|Date: October 25, 2022
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Potentially Dangerous Levels of Arsenic Found in California Prison Drinking Water

By Laurel Spear DELANO, CA — A study from the University of California, Berkeley and Virginia Tech has fo ...

By Laurel Spear DELANO, CA — A study from the University of California, Berkeley and Virginia Tech has found high concentrations of arsenic in the water supply of the Kern Valley State Prison and the ...

October 25, 2022
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California Paves the Way for Clean Energy with New SB 1020

Posted by The Vanguard at Berkeley
|Date: October 25, 2022
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California Paves the Way for Clean Energy with New SB 1020

By Ademar Barrera Vallejo - California, on Sep. 16, 2022, Newsom signed the 100% Clean Electric Grid (SB ...

By Ademar Barrera Vallejo - California, on Sep. 16, 2022, Newsom signed the 100% Clean Electric Grid (SB 1020) bill which aims to reduce the state’s dependency on fossil fuels in three stages. The fir ...

October 25, 2022
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Gavin Newsom Signs SB 1008, making phone calls from California prisons free

Posted by The Vanguard at Berkeley
|Date: October 24, 2022
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Gavin Newsom Signs SB 1008, making phone calls from California prisons free

By Gibran Khalil SACRAMENTO, CA – On Thursday Sept. 29, Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB 1008, making phon ...

By Gibran Khalil SACRAMENTO, CA – On Thursday Sept. 29, Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB 1008, making phone calls from California prisons free. Under this legislation, incarcerated people and the peopl ...

October 24, 2022
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California Firearm Groups Aim to Challenge Bill Modeled After Texas Anti-Abortion Law

Posted by The Vanguard at Berkeley
|Date: October 21, 2022
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California Firearm Groups Aim to Challenge Bill Modeled After Texas Anti-Abortion Law

BY HUEY COLLETTE CALIFORNIA - California firearm advocates seek to challenge Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Senate B ...

BY HUEY COLLETTE CALIFORNIA - California firearm advocates seek to challenge Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Senate Bill 1327. The CA law attempts to rebuke Texas’ anti-abortion litigation, allowing citizens to s ...

October 21, 2022
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President Biden Pardons Thousands Convicted of Marijuana Possession

Posted by The Vanguard at Berkeley
|Date: October 19, 2022
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President Biden Pardons Thousands Convicted of Marijuana Possession

By Laurel Spear DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA – In a video statement released on Twitter on Oct. 6, 2022, Presiden ...

By Laurel Spear DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA – In a video statement released on Twitter on Oct. 6, 2022, President Joe Biden announced he was pardoning all Americans convicted of simple marijuana possession u ...

October 19, 2022
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‘Lunar New Year Now a California Holiday’: Berkeley Students on Newsom’s New Bill

Posted by The Vanguard at Berkeley
|Date: October 17, 2022
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‘Lunar New Year Now a California Holiday’: Berkeley Students on Newsom’s New Bill

By Karen Ha Gov. Newsom recently signed AB 2596, which officially enshrines Lunar New Year–histori ...

By Karen Ha Gov. Newsom recently signed AB 2596, which officially enshrines Lunar New Year–historically celebrated by many Asian American students–as a holiday into California law. While the ma ...

October 17, 2022
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Governor Newsom Vetoes Bill to Limit Solitary Confinement

Posted by The Vanguard at Berkeley
|Date: October 12, 2022
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Governor Newsom Vetoes Bill to Limit Solitary Confinement

By Laurel Spear SACRAMENTO, CA — On Sept. 29, 2022, Governor Gavin Newsom vetoed Assembly Bill 26 ...

By Laurel Spear SACRAMENTO, CA — On Sept. 29, 2022, Governor Gavin Newsom vetoed Assembly Bill 2632. If passed, this bill would have limited solitary confinement to 15 consecutive days and no ...

October 12, 2022
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Alameda County Sheriff’s Office (ACSO) Strips 47 Deputies of Guns and Arrest Powers after Failed Psychological Exams

Posted by The Vanguard at Berkeley
|Date: October 03, 2022
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Alameda County Sheriff’s Office (ACSO) Strips 47 Deputies of Guns and Arrest Powers after Failed Psychological Exams

By Patty Yao Image by Michael Macor Dublin, CA - On Sept. 23, 2022, Alameda County Sheriff Greg Ahern sen ...

By Patty Yao Image by Michael Macor Dublin, CA - On Sept. 23, 2022, Alameda County Sheriff Greg Ahern sent a letter to 47 Sheriff’s deputies notifying them that they are not allowed to perform “any fu ...

October 03, 2022
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Yolo Gets $12.5 Million for Housing and Services for People Experiencing Severe Mental Illness and Substance Abuse

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|Date: June 21, 2022
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Yolo Gets $12.5 Million for Housing and Services for People Experiencing Severe Mental Illness and Substance Abuse

Governor Newsom meets with NAMI CA By Vanguard Staff Sacramento, CA – With the nation experiencing a ment ...

Governor Newsom meets with NAMI CA By Vanguard Staff Sacramento, CA – With the nation experiencing a mental health crisis, Governor Gavin Newsom announced on Monday that the state is issuing $518.5 mi ...

June 21, 2022
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Legislation to Create Transition Age Youth Housing Program Passes Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee

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|Date: June 16, 2022
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Legislation to Create Transition Age Youth Housing Program Passes Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee

By Vanguard Staff Sacramento, CA – A bill that would create a forgivable loan program for new housing for ...

By Vanguard Staff Sacramento, CA – A bill that would create a forgivable loan program for new housing for homeless youth, foster youth, and youth exiting the criminal justice system has passed the Ass ...

June 16, 2022
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Distrust and Misinformation: Why Incarcerated People Are Wary of the COVID Vaccine

Posted by Covid In-Custody Project
|Date: June 15, 2022
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Distrust and Misinformation: Why Incarcerated People Are Wary of the COVID Vaccine

This report is written by the Covid In-Custody Project which partners with the Davis Vanguard to bring re ...

This report is written by the Covid In-Custody Project which partners with the Davis Vanguard to bring reporting on the pandemic in California's county jails and Department of Corrections and Rehabili ...

June 15, 2022
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$14 Million to Be Contributed to Grants for Anti-Hate Organizations in California

Posted by Jordan
|Date: April 13, 2022
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$14 Million to Be Contributed to Grants for Anti-Hate Organizations in California

By: Emily Andrews SACRAMENTO, CA - In acknowledgment of the rise in recent hate crimes due to COVI ...

By: Emily Andrews SACRAMENTO, CA - In acknowledgment of the rise in recent hate crimes due to COVID-19, Governor Gavin Newsom is distributing over $14 million to 80 anti-hate crime organization ...

April 13, 2022
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Consent Decree Filed Against Two Doctors Discriminating Against HIV Positive Patient

Posted by Jordan
|Date: March 08, 2022
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Consent Decree Filed Against Two Doctors Discriminating Against HIV Positive Patient

By: Nicole Knauer FRESNO, CA –– On Thursday, Feb. 17th, the Justice Department annou ...

By: Nicole Knauer FRESNO, CA –– On Thursday, Feb. 17th, the Justice Department announced a filing of two proposed consent decrees against obstetrician-gynecologists Umaima Jamalud ...

March 08, 2022
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SFPD Terminates Agreement with DA Chesa Boudin on Investigations of Police Misconduct

Posted by The Vanguard at Berkeley
|Date: March 05, 2022
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SFPD Terminates Agreement with DA Chesa Boudin on Investigations of Police Misconduct

By Patty Yao San Francisco--On Feb. 2, San Francisco Police Chief Bill Scott sent a letter to District At ...

By Patty Yao San Francisco--On Feb. 2, San Francisco Police Chief Bill Scott sent a letter to District Attorney Chesa Boudin to withdraw from their agreement, or Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), on ...

March 05, 2022
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