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Student Opinion: California Fires Rage: A Grim Reminder of Climate Change

Posted by Julietta Bisharyan
|Date: November 03, 2020
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Student Opinion: California Fires Rage: A Grim Reminder of Climate Change

By Jacob Vito It appears that 2020 is a year of records and none of them good. The Atlantic coast has rec ...

By Jacob Vito It appears that 2020 is a year of records and none of them good. The Atlantic coast has received a record number of hurricanes, leading the National Hurricane Center to run out of names ...

November 03, 2020
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Student Opinion: Fires in NorCal Continue Spreading

Posted by Julietta Bisharyan
|Date: October 03, 2020
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Student Opinion: Fires in NorCal Continue Spreading

By Michelle Moreno Lira Wildfire season is upon us, and this year it hit California even harder due to CO ...

By Michelle Moreno Lira Wildfire season is upon us, and this year it hit California even harder due to COVID-19 induced hardships. The Glass Fire in Napa County has caused mass evacuations and difficu ...

October 03, 2020
| by Julietta Bisharyan

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California Passes AB 376, Becomes First State to Provide a Bill of Rights for Student Borrowers

Posted by Julietta Bisharyan
|Date: September 27, 2020
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California Passes AB 376, Becomes First State to Provide a Bill of Rights for Student Borrowers

By Stacy Hernandez Governor Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill (AB) 376 on Friday, making California the ...

By Stacy Hernandez Governor Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill (AB) 376 on Friday, making California the first state to provide its student borrowers with a Bill of Rights. The bill was first approved ...

September 27, 2020
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Lawmakers Don’t Want to Replace Toppled Junipero Serra Capitol Statue – CHP Investigates

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: July 12, 2020
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Lawmakers Don’t Want to Replace Toppled Junipero Serra Capitol Statue – CHP Investigates

By Jaden Jarmel-Schneider (Editor Update: The Vanguard has exclusively learned that the California Highwa ...

By Jaden Jarmel-Schneider (Editor Update: The Vanguard has exclusively learned that the California Highway Patrol and other agencies Friday raided at least two homes of anti-racist activists to serve ...

July 12, 2020
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Newly-Announced Bill Seeks to Repeal the Proposition Preventing Affirmative Action

Posted by Danielle Silva
|Date: March 11, 2020
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Newly-Announced Bill Seeks to Repeal the Proposition Preventing Affirmative Action

By Danielle Silva SACRAMENTO - Assemblymember Shirley N. Weber, Ph.D. (D - San Diego), and several organi ...

By Danielle Silva SACRAMENTO - Assemblymember Shirley N. Weber, Ph.D. (D - San Diego), and several organizations announced The California Act for Economic Prosperity which would repeal Prop. 209 and “ ...

March 11, 2020
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Gold Chains: The Hidden History of Slavery in California

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: November 17, 2019
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Gold Chains: The Hidden History of Slavery in California

By Candice Francis There is a story we tell ourselves about being American. Much of it is a lie. Two date ...

By Candice Francis There is a story we tell ourselves about being American. Much of it is a lie. Two dates that students throughout the country are required to memorize to inform an American identity ...

November 17, 2019
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Data Gives Us a Clear Picture of the Future of California

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 24, 2018
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Data Gives Us a Clear Picture of the Future of California

The right has attempted to paint a picture of California as a state where the affluent are leaving, and t ...

The right has attempted to paint a picture of California as a state where the affluent are leaving, and the ones left behind are poor and on public assistance. But the right has not dug into the data ...

December 24, 2018
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It’s Time for California to Legalize Marijuana

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|Date: June 15, 2016
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It’s Time for California to Legalize Marijuana

by Margaret Dooley-Sammuli California voters will be asked to legalize marijuana in November – and we cou ...

by Margaret Dooley-Sammuli California voters will be asked to legalize marijuana in November – and we couldn’t be happier that our state might finally end this chapter of the failed war on drugs. The ...

June 15, 2016
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Analysis: Even Under Crime Rate Increases, Reason For Hope

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 01, 2016
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Analysis: Even Under Crime Rate Increases, Reason For Hope

For the first time in over a decade, crime rose across the board in Los Angeles, including a 19.9 percent ...

For the first time in over a decade, crime rose across the board in Los Angeles, including a 19.9 percent increase in violent crime along with a 10.3 percent increase in property crime, the LA Times r ...

January 01, 2016
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Analysis Challenges Key Findings in CEQA Report

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 07, 2015
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Analysis Challenges Key Findings in CEQA Report

Yesterday, we presented a critique of CEQA (California Environmental Quality Act), with the law firm of H ...

Yesterday, we presented a critique of CEQA (California Environmental Quality Act), with the law firm of Holland & Knight arguing that CEQA is often used not by environmental groups, but rather by ...

October 07, 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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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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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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Agriculture as a Net Sink of Greenhouse Gases: Proposals to Invest Cap-and-Trade Revenues

Posted by Leanna Sweha
|Date: April 03, 2015
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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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Report: Heat and Climate Change Help Fuel California’s Drought

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 03, 2015
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Report: Heat and Climate Change Help Fuel California’s Drought

Earlier this year, reports showed the several consecutive dry years combined with record supercharged Cal ...

Earlier this year, reports showed the several consecutive dry years combined with record supercharged California droughts. In 2014, temperatures were by far the highest – fueled mainly by a warmer tha ...

March 03, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Sixty Locals Join Largest March To Ban Fracking

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: February 12, 2015
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Sixty Locals Join Largest March To Ban Fracking

by Leslie Crenna Despite afternoon rain, at least 8,000 dedicated citizens, including about 60 from Sacra ...

by Leslie Crenna Despite afternoon rain, at least 8,000 dedicated citizens, including about 60 from Sacramento and Davis combined, called on Governor Jerry Brown to ban the practice of hydraulic fract ...

February 12, 2015
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Sunday Commentary II: The Line Between Freedom and Public Safety When It Comes to Vaccination

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 08, 2015
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Sunday Commentary II: The Line Between Freedom and Public Safety When It Comes to Vaccination

In the modern era, some of the greatest threats to humanity in the form of disease had been either eradic ...

In the modern era, some of the greatest threats to humanity in the form of disease had been either eradicated or were on the verge of eradication by virtue of vaccination – polio, smallpox, measles, o ...

February 08, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Legislation Introduced That Would End California’s Vaccine Exemption Loophole

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 06, 2015
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Legislation Introduced That Would End California’s Vaccine Exemption Loophole

The Disneyland measles outbreak is seen by many as the warning shot across the bow. All it took was one i ...

The Disneyland measles outbreak is seen by many as the warning shot across the bow. All it took was one infected park visitor and dozens of unvaccinated bystanders to unleash a potentially lethal dise ...

February 06, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Lessons California Can Learn From Red States on Crime and Punishment

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 04, 2014
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Lessons California Can Learn From Red States on Crime and Punishment

Politics makes for strange bedfellows and back in September, the LA Times published an op-ed from former ...

Politics makes for strange bedfellows and back in September, the LA Times published an op-ed from former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and California businessman B. Wayne Hughes JR, founder and chairman ...

November 04, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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