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SF Chronicle Editorial Board Calls on Governor Newsom to Provide Funding to Prevent Public Transportation Collapse

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|Date: May 23, 2023
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SF Chronicle Editorial Board Calls on Governor Newsom to Provide Funding to Prevent Public Transportation Collapse

SF Chronicle: “Gavin Newsom can’t just let California’s public transit systems collapse” Special to the V ...

SF Chronicle: “Gavin Newsom can’t just let California’s public transit systems collapse” Special to the Vanguard Sacramento, CA - The San Francisco Chronicle published an editorial calling on Governo ...

May 23, 2023
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Sunday Commentary: Yes, There Is a Housing Crisis – What Do We Do About It?

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|Date: May 21, 2023
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Sunday Commentary: Yes, There Is a Housing Crisis – What Do We Do About It?

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Californians do not agree on a whole lot, but one thing there is w ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Californians do not agree on a whole lot, but one thing there is widespread and still growing agreement on—there is a housing crisis. In a Quinnipiac University ...

May 21, 2023
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Governor Announces $567 Million for New Affordable Housing

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|Date: May 20, 2023
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Governor Announces $567 Million for New Affordable Housing

Special to the Vanguard Sacramento, CA- Governor Gavin Newsom on Friday announced that $567 million is no ...

Special to the Vanguard Sacramento, CA- Governor Gavin Newsom on Friday announced that $567 million is now available statewide to build much-needed multifamily affordable housing as part of the Califo ...

May 20, 2023
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CalCities Complains About Lack of Adequate Funding for Homelessness and Affordable Housing

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|Date: May 13, 2023
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CalCities Complains About Lack of Adequate Funding for Homelessness and Affordable Housing

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA – The Governor this week unveiled the May Revision. ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA – The Governor this week unveiled the May Revision. Overall, the League noted, “The budget includes a few wins for cities, but on the homelessnes ...

May 13, 2023
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Commentary: Time Running Out Again on Meaningful CEQA Reform

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 28, 2023
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Commentary: Time Running Out Again on Meaningful CEQA Reform

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor There is a growing sense that CEQA has been weaponized as a tool t ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor There is a growing sense that CEQA has been weaponized as a tool to stop new housing projects. It is probably not a surprise that in the view of Senator Scott Wi ...

April 28, 2023
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California Announces Funding for Projects to Conserve Agricultural Land and Fight Climate Change

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|Date: April 28, 2023
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California Announces Funding for Projects to Conserve Agricultural Land and Fight Climate Change

Special to the Vanguard Sacramento, CA – It is a program that has awarded $373 million to date, conservin ...

Special to the Vanguard Sacramento, CA – It is a program that has awarded $373 million to date, conserving more than 194,000 acres of agricultural land across California. On Thursday, the Governor’s ...

April 28, 2023
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California Prison Agency ‘Discriminates’ in ‘Efforts to Assist ICE,’ Charges Lawsuit

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|Date: April 28, 2023
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California Prison Agency ‘Discriminates’ in ‘Efforts to Assist ICE,’ Charges Lawsuit

By The Vanguard Staff SAN FRANCISCO, CA – The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CD ...

By The Vanguard Staff SAN FRANCISCO, CA – The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) “unlawfully discriminates against hundreds of people each year in its wholly voluntary effo ...

April 28, 2023
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Newsom Announces Transformation of San Quentin Prison into Rehabilitation Facility

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|Date: April 17, 2023
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Newsom Announces Transformation of San Quentin Prison into Rehabilitation Facility

Frank Schulenburg, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Com ...

Frank Schulenburg, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons By Laurel Spear SAN QUENTIN, CA— California Governor Gavin Newsom revealed a new plan to t ...

April 17, 2023
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Governor Announces $736 Million in Homekey Funds Now Available to Address Housing and Homelessness

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|Date: March 30, 2023
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Governor Announces $736 Million in Homekey Funds Now Available to Address Housing and Homelessness

Special to the Vanguard Sacramento, CA – A program that has, to date, created 12,774 permanent and interi ...

Special to the Vanguard Sacramento, CA – A program that has, to date, created 12,774 permanent and interim homes through 210 projects across the state has been continued this week by Governor Gavin Ne ...

March 30, 2023
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Commentary: Bonta Seeks Expanded Ability to Intervene When Cities Attempt to Block State Housing Laws

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 29, 2023
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Commentary: Bonta Seeks Expanded Ability to Intervene When Cities Attempt to Block State Housing Laws

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA – When state officials sued Huntington Beach, a wea ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA – When state officials sued Huntington Beach, a wealthy costal city in Orange County, Governor Gavin Newsom proclaimed the city a “poster child fo ...

March 29, 2023
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Governor Seeks to Address Homelessness through Behavioral Health System and More Mental Health Housing

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 25, 2023
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Governor Seeks to Address Homelessness through Behavioral Health System and More Mental Health Housing

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Diego - This week, Governor Gavin Newsom proposed a 2024 ballo ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Diego - This week, Governor Gavin Newsom proposed a 2024 ballot initiative to improve how California treats mental illness, substance abuse, and homelessness ...

March 25, 2023
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CAL HOUSING SKIRTS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONS

Posted by The Vanguard at Berkeley
|Date: March 20, 2023
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CAL HOUSING SKIRTS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONS

By Megan Barr BERKELEY, CA — California Gov. Gavin Newsom recently vowed to restructure the California En ...

By Megan Barr BERKELEY, CA — California Gov. Gavin Newsom recently vowed to restructure the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) to allow universities to fast-track student housing developments ...

March 20, 2023
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Sunday Commentary: State Gets More Aggressive on Affordable Housing

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|Date: March 19, 2023
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Sunday Commentary: State Gets More Aggressive on Affordable Housing

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Elk Grove, CA – One of the big questions facing the housing crisis ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Elk Grove, CA – One of the big questions facing the housing crisis—would the state step in and attempt to enforce any number of new and tougher housing laws or w ...

March 19, 2023
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San Quentin to Be Reimagined As ‘San Quentin Rehabilitation Center’ Prioritizing Rehabilitation and Education Programs to Strengthen Public Safety

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 18, 2023
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San Quentin to Be Reimagined As ‘San Quentin Rehabilitation Center’ Prioritizing Rehabilitation and Education Programs to Strengthen Public Safety

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Quentin – Governor Newsom, alongside state legislators, surviv ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Quentin – Governor Newsom, alongside state legislators, survivors of crime and victim advocates, and civil rights leaders, announced that San Quentin State P ...

March 18, 2023
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California Public Defenders Urge Legislature to Stop Governor Newsom from Cutting Successful Resentencing Program

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|Date: March 17, 2023
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California Public Defenders Urge Legislature to Stop Governor Newsom from Cutting Successful Resentencing Program

Special to the Vanguard San Francisco/ Oakland, CA - Thousands of people who are eligible for release bac ...

Special to the Vanguard San Francisco/ Oakland, CA - Thousands of people who are eligible for release back to their families and communities will remain locked in California prisons if the Legislature ...

March 17, 2023
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SAN FRANCISCO TO LAUNCH STATE ENFORCED PROGRAM TO SHELTER ITS MENTALLY ILL HOUSELESS POPULATION BY OCT 1.

Posted by The Vanguard at Berkeley
|Date: March 16, 2023
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SAN FRANCISCO TO LAUNCH STATE ENFORCED PROGRAM TO SHELTER ITS MENTALLY ILL HOUSELESS POPULATION BY OCT 1.

BY HUEY COLLETTE | STAFF WRITER MAR. 16, 2023 SAN FRANCISCO— San Francisco County will follow through wi ...

BY HUEY COLLETTE | STAFF WRITER MAR. 16, 2023 SAN FRANCISCO— San Francisco County will follow through with California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s approved bill to create a court for its mentally ill houseles ...

March 16, 2023
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Monday Morning Thoughts: State Sues Huntington Beach for Violating State Housing Laws

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 13, 2023
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Monday Morning Thoughts: State Sues Huntington Beach for Violating State Housing Laws

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA – This is a case that the entire state is going to ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA – This is a case that the entire state is going to watch. Last week, the state—California Attorney General Rob Bonta, Governor Gavin Newsom, and ...

March 13, 2023
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Commentary: Will Berkeley Become the Straw that Broke CEQA’s Back?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 03, 2023
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Commentary: Will Berkeley Become the Straw that Broke CEQA’s Back?

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Berkeley, CA – The only thing more predictable than the ruling by ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Berkeley, CA – The only thing more predictable than the ruling by the courts— which found the university’s proposal failed to comply with several facets of CEQA ...

March 03, 2023
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Sunday Commentary: As If on Cue, Court Illustrates Problems with CEQA

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 26, 2023
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Sunday Commentary: As If on Cue, Court Illustrates Problems with CEQA

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Earlier this week, I noted the continued problems with CEQA and it ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Earlier this week, I noted the continued problems with CEQA and its ability to thwart housing projects—and then a California Appellate Court on cue provided a ca ...

February 26, 2023
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Commentary: We Have a Growing Homeless Crisis – Are We Willing to Solve It?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 23, 2023
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Commentary: We Have a Growing Homeless Crisis – Are We Willing to Solve It?

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor The PPIC (Public Policy Institute of California) this week looked ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor The PPIC (Public Policy Institute of California) this week looked at the growing homeless problem in California—which is unique in part because it is growing far ...

February 23, 2023
| by David Greenwald

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