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Could Newsom Look to Someone Like Police Reformer Paul Henderson As AG?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 27, 2020
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Could Newsom Look to Someone Like Police Reformer Paul Henderson As AG?

By David M. Greenwald When President-elect Joe Biden surprisingly named California Attorney General Xavie ...

By David M. Greenwald When President-elect Joe Biden surprisingly named California Attorney General Xavier Becerra to the post of Secretary of Health and Human Services, assuming confirmation by Senat ...

December 27, 2020
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Sacramento, Fresno, Other Superior Courts Suspend Jury Trials Because of Pandemic and Stay-at-Home Order

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: December 26, 2020
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Sacramento, Fresno, Other Superior Courts Suspend Jury Trials Because of Pandemic and Stay-at-Home Order

By Julian Verdon FRESNO/SACRAMENTO – A surge in coronavirus cases and Governor Gavin Newsom's regional St ...

By Julian Verdon FRESNO/SACRAMENTO – A surge in coronavirus cases and Governor Gavin Newsom's regional Stay-at-Home order Dec. 8 has led Fresno, Sacramento and other county superior courts to suspend ...

December 26, 2020
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Civil Rights Groups File Damage Claims Against Governor, State for Unconstitutionally Transferring State Prisoners to ICE Custody

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|Date: December 09, 2020
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Civil Rights Groups File Damage Claims Against Governor, State for Unconstitutionally Transferring State Prisoners to ICE Custody

The Vanguard Staff SAN FRANCISCO – Four people formerly incarcerated in California prisons, who were supp ...

The Vanguard Staff SAN FRANCISCO – Four people formerly incarcerated in California prisons, who were supposed to be released back to their homes but instead were sent to ICE (Immigrations and Customs ...

December 09, 2020
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Governor Newsom Nominates First Openly Gay Justice to CA Supreme Court

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|Date: October 06, 2020
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Governor Newsom Nominates First Openly Gay Justice to CA Supreme Court

By Lauren Smith SACRAMENTO – Gov. Gavin Newsom Monday nominated Justice Martin Jenkins for the California ...

By Lauren Smith SACRAMENTO – Gov. Gavin Newsom Monday nominated Justice Martin Jenkins for the California Supreme Court – he would be the first openly gay and third Black man to serve on the Californi ...

October 06, 2020
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A Lifeline for Threatened and Endangered Species: Governor Newsom Signs Rodenticide Moratorium

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|Date: October 01, 2020
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A Lifeline for Threatened and Endangered Species: Governor Newsom Signs Rodenticide Moratorium

by Debra Chase By signing the California’s new rodenticide moratorium today, Governor Gavin Newsom has ex ...

by Debra Chase By signing the California’s new rodenticide moratorium today, Governor Gavin Newsom has extended a lifeline to some of the state’s threatened and endangered species. The Mountain Lion F ...

October 01, 2020
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Commentary: Heat, Fires, Post-Apocalyptic Landscape Punctuate September in California

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 09, 2020
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Commentary: Heat, Fires, Post-Apocalyptic Landscape Punctuate September in California

By David M. Greenwald In 1987, I was a freshman in high school in San Luis Obispo. One miserable day th ...

By David M. Greenwald In 1987, I was a freshman in high school in San Luis Obispo. One miserable day the temperature hit a whopping 111 degrees—the highest in the country that day and the highest ev ...

September 09, 2020
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Historic Bill Decreases Juvenile Legal Fees that Target Low Income Families of Color

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|Date: August 28, 2020
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Historic Bill Decreases Juvenile Legal Fees that Target Low Income Families of Color

By Danielle Eden Silva SACRAMENTO -- The California Legislature has passed Senate Bill 1290, a historic b ...

By Danielle Eden Silva SACRAMENTO -- The California Legislature has passed Senate Bill 1290, a historic bill that will ban imposing county-assessed or court-ordered costs on the parents and guardians ...

August 28, 2020
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Legislators, Advocates and Criminal Justice Leaders Attempt to Pressure Governor to Respond to San Quentin COVID Crisis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 10, 2020
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Legislators, Advocates and Criminal Justice Leaders Attempt to Pressure Governor to Respond to San Quentin COVID Crisis

With COVID cases at San Quentin soaring from none to over 1400 in just under a month, five Bay Area Legis ...

With COVID cases at San Quentin soaring from none to over 1400 in just under a month, five Bay Area Legislators flanked by prison advocates and criminal justice leaders urged Governor Newsom to reduce ...

July 10, 2020
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Open Letter to Gov. Gavin Newsom from Criminal Justice and Prison Scholars

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|Date: July 10, 2020
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Open Letter to Gov. Gavin Newsom from Criminal Justice and Prison Scholars

More than a decade ago you showed courage, initiative, and deep commitment to human rights and dignity wh ...

More than a decade ago you showed courage, initiative, and deep commitment to human rights and dignity when, as Mayor of San Francisco, you opened the door to same-sex marriages. As Governor, you show ...

July 10, 2020
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Letter: Recommendations for Reducing the Prison Population and Protecting People in California Prisons

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|Date: July 10, 2020
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Letter: Recommendations for Reducing the Prison Population and Protecting People in California Prisons

by Mano Raju This is an immeasurably difficult time. With 2,419 incarcerated persons with active cases of ...

by Mano Raju This is an immeasurably difficult time. With 2,419 incarcerated persons with active cases of COVID-19 in California prisons statewide and over 1,500 people who are incarcerated or work in ...

July 10, 2020
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(Updated at 5:00) California Public Defenders Issue Recommendations for Meaningful Statewide Police Reform

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|Date: June 26, 2020
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(Updated at 5:00) California Public Defenders Issue Recommendations for Meaningful Statewide Police Reform

The following is a letter to Governor Newsom signed by several of the leading public defenders in the Sta ...

The following is a letter to Governor Newsom signed by several of the leading public defenders in the State of California We write in our capacity as California Public Defenders to outline our hopes a ...

June 26, 2020
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‘The Partnership’ For Domestic Abuse Survivors

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 01, 2020
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‘The Partnership’ For Domestic Abuse Survivors

By Metyia Phillips SAN FRANCISCO - Chesa Boudin, San Francisco District Attorney, California Governor Gav ...

By Metyia Phillips SAN FRANCISCO - Chesa Boudin, San Francisco District Attorney, California Governor Gavin Newsom, and Airbnb have partnered to support domestic abuse survivors. The partnership is al ...

June 01, 2020
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Governor Lays Out Six Indicators That They Will Consider for Re-Opening Economy

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|Date: April 15, 2020
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Governor Lays Out Six Indicators That They Will Consider for Re-Opening Economy

(From Press Release) – Governor Gavin Newsom today unveiled six key indicators that will guide California ...

(From Press Release) – Governor Gavin Newsom today unveiled six key indicators that will guide California’s thinking for when and how to modify the stay-at-home and other orders during the COVID-19 pa ...

April 15, 2020
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California Voters Want More Prison Releases in Response to COVID-19 Pandemic

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|Date: April 13, 2020
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California Voters Want More Prison Releases in Response to COVID-19 Pandemic

CALIFORNIA - As COVID-19 cases continue to rise in California’s prison system, a recent poll from The Jus ...

CALIFORNIA - As COVID-19 cases continue to rise in California’s prison system, a recent poll from The Justice Collaborative and Data for Progress indicates state voters' support for releasing more inc ...

April 13, 2020
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California Assemblymembers Ask Governor Newsom to Issue Executive Orders to Protect Detained Immigrants During COVID-19 Crisis

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|Date: April 08, 2020
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California Assemblymembers Ask Governor Newsom to Issue Executive Orders to Protect Detained Immigrants During COVID-19 Crisis

By Linh Nguyen CALIFORNIA -- On Apr. 6, 2020, Assemblymember Rob Bonta from Oakland and 25 other assembly ...

By Linh Nguyen CALIFORNIA -- On Apr. 6, 2020, Assemblymember Rob Bonta from Oakland and 25 other assemblymembers and senators across California sent a letter to Governor Gavin Newsom, urging him to is ...

April 08, 2020
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State Inmates Released Early? May Join Sacramento County Prisoners Getting COVID-19 Break

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|Date: April 01, 2020
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State Inmates Released Early? May Join Sacramento County Prisoners Getting COVID-19 Break

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief SACRAMENTO – It looks like thousands of state pr ...

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief SACRAMENTO – It looks like thousands of state prison inmates may be getting an “early out” – joining at least 600 and maybe more Sacramento Cou ...

April 01, 2020
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 55 – Story of Joann Parks Wrongly Convicted of Arson Murder

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|Date: April 01, 2020
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 55 – Story of Joann Parks Wrongly Convicted of Arson Murder

In 1989 she was a young mother who lost her kids in a tragic fire. Except the investigators at the time, ...

In 1989 she was a young mother who lost her kids in a tragic fire. Except the investigators at the time, using archaic methods, determined that it wasn't a tragic fire, it was arson and therefore murd ...

April 01, 2020
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Governor Newsom Delivers State of the State Address on Homelessness

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|Date: February 20, 2020
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Governor Newsom Delivers State of the State Address on Homelessness

From Press Release - SACRAMENTO – Governor Gavin Newsom delivered his State of the State address on homel ...

From Press Release - SACRAMENTO – Governor Gavin Newsom delivered his State of the State address on homelessness before a joint convention of the California Legislature today. Some reaction to the add ...

February 20, 2020
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Commentary: SB 50 Fails Again in Senate Vote – Time to Shelve the Idea?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 30, 2020
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Commentary: SB 50 Fails Again in Senate Vote – Time to Shelve the Idea?

The state of California is mired in a housing crisis. All involved seem to understand the need to put fo ...

The state of California is mired in a housing crisis. All involved seem to understand the need to put forward new policies to make it possible to build the housing necessary – and yet one of the most ...

January 30, 2020
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California Supreme Court Justice Announces Retirement; Newsom To Make First Appointment

Posted by Danielle Silva
|Date: January 16, 2020
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California Supreme Court Justice Announces Retirement; Newsom To Make First Appointment

By Danielle Silva On January 15, California Supreme Court Justice Ming W. Chin announced he will be stepp ...

By Danielle Silva On January 15, California Supreme Court Justice Ming W. Chin announced he will be stepping down on August 31, which provides Governor Gavin Newsom his first court vacancy to fill. Ju ...

January 16, 2020
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