These days it seems that parking is one of the more interesting and surprisingly polarizing issues in this community. On one side are those who argue that we should redu...
A scheduled hearing on the constitutionality of SB 1437 in front of Judge Sonia Cortés suddenly became easy when the judge noted the rulings of the 4th District Appellate...
by Cassandra Stubbs America made big strides in 2019 on its path to dismantle the racist, unfair, and inhumane death penalty. Today, dramatically fewer states permit the...
A little over a month ago, the council shifted gears and directed staff to pursue a pilot daytime respite center on the City’s Public Works Corporation Yard located at 17...
In my reading, I happened upon the book, The Court of Last Resort, written by lawyer-turned-author Erle Stanley Gardner – most notable as being author of the Perry Mason...
By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – A lobbyist or big money donor is one thing. But state legislators here inside the Capitol Dome have apparent...
Monday, December 16 at 6pm, the Davis Social Services Commission is hosting a free talk by Rohit Naimpally on evidence-based best practices to prevent and reduce homeless...
Joe Kimok is a progressive candidate running for Broward County State Attorney in Florida. He is one of eight Democratic candidates vying for the August 2020 primary, in...
The Planning Commission is not happy with more student housing and they worry about the lack of parking on the large mixed-use project – that was a take home message from...
By Danielle Silva The Justice Collaborative hosted a webinar on Second Look Legislation, methods that offer alternatives to incarceration early or later on in prison sent...
More prosecutors are trying to root out wrongful convictions and restore trust in the legal system. They’re meeting opposition on all sides. By Nina Morrison and Somil Tr...
By Eve Garrow After she became homeless, Callie Rutter entered Bridges at Kraemer Place, an emergency shelter that promises to “connect participants to housing as q...
There have been a lot of changes since the last time the council held elections. We now have five districts and the elections have been pushed from the primary ballot th...
San Francisco – Tiandre Howard Kidd faced charges of burglary, attempted rape, and elder abuse for his crimes alleged against a 100-year-old San Francisco woman. However...
By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – Weeks after the public and at least one other supervisor balked, the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors...
In 1986, Dusty Turner was convicted of 1st degree murder and abduction and sentenced to 82 years in prison in Virginia – a state lagging behind in criminal justice...
By Celeste Campbell In Department 10 of the San Francisco County Superior Court, a Deputy Public Defender argued illegally held his client due to their lack of reasonable...
We have learned or we should have learned that it is a false comfort to argue that those who have nothing to fear, should fear nothing in terms of surveillance and privac...
SAN FRANCISCO – The case of 42-year-old Gregory Fields gained national notoriety last week when Danielle Harris, the director of public policy at the San Francisco...
By Danielle Silva Thirty-nine California Sheriff’s Departments scored an 60% or less overall on the California Police Scorecard, an interactive data map that uses informa...