Q&A with Scout Katovich, staff attorney at the Trone Center for Justice and Equality, on the stakes of Grants Pass v. Johnson. Katie Hoeppner, Freelance Writer, ACLU...
By Bryan Miller NORTHAMPTON, MASS – The Prison Policy Initiative this week released what it calls “updated charts” that “show the magnitude of prison and jail racia...
By Ebenezer Mamo NEW YORK, NY – A recent opinion piece published by Teen Vogue written by Israel Garcia talks about how the word “Superpreadator” is a term to...
By Kaylynn Chang SACRAMENTO, CA — Californians for Safety and Justice, and Silicon Valley De-Bug are backing California Assemblymember Ash Kalra’s AB 3021, a measure desi...
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – The city of Davis took an important step toward revamping its economic development program by announcing that City Mana...
By Vera Sandronsky & Steve Murphy It’s easy to feel overwhelmed by the onslaught of news about everything that is wrong in our country and our fears about the Novembe...
COOL DAVIS EVENTS Yolo Earth Day Celebrate and Share Saturday April 13 Mary L Stephens Davis Branch Yolo County Library 10am-12:30pm Come celebrate and share with us! The...
By Connie Martinez SAN JOSE, CA – An exoneree, Lionel Rubalcava, has sued three San Jose police officers—Joseph Perez, Topui Fonua and Steven Spillman—for fabricati...
By Maeve O’Brien RIO LINDA, CA – On the morning of March 23, Sacramento County Sheriff’s Deputies fired consecutive fatal shots at a suicidal man, Christopher Gilm...
By Kapish Kalita LOS ANGELES, CA- The Los Angeles Regional Reentry Partnership (LARRP), an organization dedicated to the assistance of prisoner reentry in LA, said this...
By Audrey Sawyer WOODLAND, CA — After a Yolo County Superior Court judge tossed much of the prosecution’s case here this week, the prosecution dropped charges against a m...
By Sarah Chayet VAN NUYS, CA – In a Los Angeles County Superior Court this week, during an arraignment hearing, Judge Richard Kirschner and Deputy Public Defender J...
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Oakland, CA – Last week Governor Newsom announced California is installing a network of 480 high-tech cameras in Oakland and the Ea...
Brief Argues that the Constitutional Prohibition on ‘Cruel and Unusual Punishments’ Prevents Cities from Arresting or Fining People Experiencing Homelessness for Sleeping...
Photo by Tolu Olubode on Unsplash Special to the Vanguard Sacramento, CA – Senate Local Government Committee passed SB 937, legislation to defer cities’ collection...
By The Vanguard Staff SAN FRANCISCO, CA – A member of the San Francisco Sheriff’s Department Oversight Board—charged with sexual assault—has had all 11 charges against hi...
By Sofia Hosseinzadeh WASHINGTON, DC – Lisel Petis, senior fellow of criminal justice at R Street Institute, a non-profit organization focused on criminal justice r...
By Gabriela Rose and Audrey Sawyer SACRAMENTO, CA – The California State Senate’s “Safer California Plan,” a bipartisan legislative effort to address the fentanyl c...
By Sarah Chayet VAN NUYS, CA – During a jury trial at Los Angeles County Superior Court Tuesday, Deputy Public Defender Netta Amelia Saul found several statements m...