By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief SACRAMENTO – Late Monday, California Supreme Court Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye issued an order that further t...
By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief SACRAMENTO – Three homeless people – in a brave and blatant attempt to abide by the state of California’s “shelter...
Detainees at ICE’s Adelanto Immigration Jail with Life-Threatening Conditions are Plaintiffs (From Press Release) — Today, six people detained at Adelanto ICE Proce...
With an Inflator Built into the Measure, Teacher Compensation Should Track with Other Districts With perhaps between 1000 and 1500 ballots left to go, Measure G is now at...
Councilmember Dan Carson is the latest of the city council to speak with the Vanguard about the COVID-19 crisis and the measures taken by the city and local officials to...
(The following is a letter from Friday, March 27, from Kathleen Guneratne, Senior Staff Attorney for the ACLU). Dear Honorable Members of the Judicial Council: The Americ...
Sim Gill, born in India, is the first Indian-American prosecutor in the US and one of only two elected Democrats in the entire state of Utah. He first was elected in Nove...
(From Press Release) – Restorative Justice International (RJI) today urged U.S. and global justice systems to respond to the rapidly growing COVID-19 virus declarin...
Dear Readers, Friends and Supporters, These, indeed, are challenging times for all of us who are “socially-distanced” – I am writing this, for instance, from in front of...
It is unfair to lay all of the blame on Trump for some of the problems that have arisen in the last month, but with a more aggressive and proactive approach in January an...
Publicly many were putting on a brave face—we need to count all of the votes. Privately, however, most conceded what we believed—Measure G, the parcel tax that would add...
On Friday, Governor Gavin Newsom announced that he granted five pardons and 21 commutations. In their press release, the governor’s office noted, “These clemency grants w...
(From Press Release- CPDA) – Today the Chief Justice of our state in coordination with the California Judicial Council and under authority granted to her by the Gov...
From the start until now Measure G has never been in the position of exceeding the two-thirds threshold. And yet, with one more round of vote counts to go, it now appear...
There have been debates all over the internet as to why it was inadvisable for President Trump to refer to coronavirus as “Chinese” or “Wuhan” virus. On Thursday, the Pre...
The criminal justice reform movement is worried about the consequences of the COVID-19 outbreak hitting the prisons and jails. The results have been slow—in places like...
Decisive action by governors and the President now can save lives — of incarcerated people, correctional and medical personnel, and nearby community members. Busine...
The scope of the response by the city has been largely unprecedented. Businesses are closed. The downtown, even during peak hours, is almost empty. Schools are cancele...
President Trump this week tried to make the case that we should reopen the country for business by Easter. Experts of course were alarmed by this idea, and it probably w...
By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SAN FRANCISCO – The COVID-19 inspired “stay at home” order in California has had some unintended consequences, and one of...