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Guest Commentary: Where Are All the Homeless Poor Coming From? Attacks!

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|Date: March 21, 2023
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Guest Commentary: Where Are All the Homeless Poor Coming From? Attacks!

by Mark Dempsey In its majestic equality, the law forbids rich and poor alike from sleeping under bridges ...

by Mark Dempsey In its majestic equality, the law forbids rich and poor alike from sleeping under bridges, begging in the street, and stealing bread. - Anatole France In a recent political conversatio ...

March 21, 2023
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Accused Unable to Assert Right to Speedy Trial, Defense Claims – Judge Disagrees

Posted by Julie McCaffrey
|Date: March 20, 2023
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Accused Unable to Assert Right to Speedy Trial, Defense Claims – Judge Disagrees

By Julie McCaffrey WOODLAND, CA - This week in a Yolo County Superior Court, the defense argued the accus ...

By Julie McCaffrey WOODLAND, CA - This week in a Yolo County Superior Court, the defense argued the accused was unable to assert his right to a speedy trial, due to court incompetence, and requested t ...

March 20, 2023
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Guest Commentary: Stopping the Systems That Keep Sending People Back to Prison

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 03, 2023
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Guest Commentary: Stopping the Systems That Keep Sending People Back to Prison

By Sam McCann In 2021, the number of people experiencing homelessness in Indianapolis surged to a 10-year ...

By Sam McCann In 2021, the number of people experiencing homelessness in Indianapolis surged to a 10-year high. From January to December 2020 the city saw a 41 percent increase in drug overdose deaths ...

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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Homeless Defendant Struggles to Appear to Court on Time from Out of Town – Judge Ignores Problems Moving Forward

Posted by Gracyann Joslin
|Date: February 17, 2023
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Homeless Defendant Struggles to Appear to Court on Time from Out of Town – Judge Ignores Problems Moving Forward

By Gracy Joslin WOODLAND, CA - Yolo County Superior Court Judge Peter Williams rejected the request for s ...

By Gracy Joslin WOODLAND, CA - Yolo County Superior Court Judge Peter Williams rejected the request for straight no bail with unsupervised release for a public defender client this week, reinstating s ...

February 17, 2023
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Despite ‘Homelessness,’ Inclement Weather, Court Delays Decision in Alleged Parole Misdemeanor Case

Posted by Audrey Sawyer
|Date: January 18, 2023
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Despite ‘Homelessness,’ Inclement Weather, Court Delays Decision in Alleged Parole Misdemeanor Case

By Audrey Sawyer and Hailey Cairns WOODLAND, CA - A man recently now facing revocation of parole because ...

By Audrey Sawyer and Hailey Cairns WOODLAND, CA - A man recently now facing revocation of parole because he allegedly didn’t register as a sex offender, a misdemeanor, will be left homeless, stranded ...

January 18, 2023
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Monday Morning Thoughts: California’s Homeless Crisis Is Solvable

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 02, 2023
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Monday Morning Thoughts: California’s Homeless Crisis Is Solvable

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA - Recent assessments show that California leads the ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA - Recent assessments show that California leads the nation by a wide margin in homelessness and, in particular, an unsheltered homeless population ...

January 02, 2023
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Biden Administration Releases Plan to Reduce Homelessness by 25 Percent by 2025

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|Date: December 23, 2022
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Biden Administration Releases Plan to Reduce Homelessness by 25 Percent by 2025

Special to the Vanguard Washington, DC – Calling it the most ambitious effort “by any administration to p ...

Special to the Vanguard Washington, DC – Calling it the most ambitious effort “by any administration to prevent people from becoming homeless,” the Biden administration released their plan to reduce h ...

December 23, 2022
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Cost of Housing Is Part of the Equation in Housing Insecurity and Homelessness, but Not the Full Picture

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 19, 2022
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Cost of Housing Is Part of the Equation in Housing Insecurity and Homelessness, but Not the Full Picture

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA - Are “liberals” to be blamed for California’s home ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA - Are “liberals” to be blamed for California’s homelessness crisis? That’s the portion of the Atlantic article that longtime columnist Dan Walter ...

December 19, 2022
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Guest Commentary: Is Houston a Model for Ending Homelessness?

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: December 17, 2022
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Guest Commentary: Is Houston a Model for Ending Homelessness?

By Mark Dempsey SACRAMENTO, CA - The Vanguard recently wrote that the city of Houston has handled homeles ...

By Mark Dempsey SACRAMENTO, CA - The Vanguard recently wrote that the city of Houston has handled homelessness far better than California, with a follow-up that confirms how badly California has done ...

December 17, 2022
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Commentary: Houston, We Have a Solution – Why the City Might Be the Model for Dealing with Homelessness

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 08, 2022
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Commentary: Houston, We Have a Solution – Why the City Might Be the Model for Dealing with Homelessness

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor If California and local communities therein want to address their ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor If California and local communities therein want to address their homelessness problem, they need to look toward Houston, of all places. A decade ago, Houston h ...

December 08, 2022
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Sunday Commentary: Chancellor May Addresses Homelessness, but Student Housing Issues Remain a Problem Despite Progress

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 04, 2022
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Sunday Commentary: Chancellor May Addresses Homelessness, but Student Housing Issues Remain a Problem Despite Progress

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – The issue of homelessness is a huge challenge, not onl ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – The issue of homelessness is a huge challenge, not only in our community but also among university students. In his latest column, UC Davis Chancell ...

December 04, 2022
| by David Greenwald

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State and Counties Begin Implementing CARE Court

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|Date: December 02, 2022
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State and Counties Begin Implementing CARE Court

Special to the Vanguard Sacramento, CA – Despite concerns from experts and activists, California is movin ...

Special to the Vanguard Sacramento, CA – Despite concerns from experts and activists, California is moving forward with CARE Court, as means to deliver mental health and substance use disorder service ...

December 02, 2022
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Homeless Man Asks Court to Move Sentencing to 2023 to Find Secure Housing; Judge Urges Deal but Agrees to Delay Sentencing

Posted by Michael Apfel
|Date: November 21, 2022
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Homeless Man Asks Court to Move Sentencing to 2023 to Find Secure Housing; Judge Urges Deal but Agrees to Delay Sentencing

By Michael Apfel MODESTO, CA - The defense urged Stanislaus County Superior Court Judge Carrie Stephens t ...

By Michael Apfel MODESTO, CA - The defense urged Stanislaus County Superior Court Judge Carrie Stephens to grant an additional court date in January of 2023 to resolve a felony possession for sales of ...

November 21, 2022
| by Michael Apfel

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Sacramento Homeless Community Insists City Allow Them to Remain at Site, Criticizes ‘Police and Forced Eviction’

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: November 16, 2022
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Sacramento Homeless Community Insists City Allow Them to Remain at Site, Criticizes ‘Police and Forced Eviction’

by The Vanguard Staff SACRAMENTO, CA –– The Sacramento City Council meeting here Tuesday night saw hundre ...

by The Vanguard Staff SACRAMENTO, CA –– The Sacramento City Council meeting here Tuesday night saw hundreds of people, who were expected to demand “unhoused community members living at Camp Resolution ...

November 16, 2022
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Commentary: The Housing Insecurity to Prison Pipeline

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 02, 2022
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Commentary: The Housing Insecurity to Prison Pipeline

By Davis M. Greenwald People often ask me how it is I focus on issues such as housing and land use on the ...

By Davis M. Greenwald People often ask me how it is I focus on issues such as housing and land use on the one hand and criminal justice reform on the other. The basic answer is that the two are actua ...

November 02, 2022
| by David Greenwald

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City of Sebastopol Sued by Civil Rights Groups Over Ordinance Designed to ‘Displace’ Unhoused Residents Habitating in Their Vehicles

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: October 26, 2022
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City of Sebastopol Sued by Civil Rights Groups Over Ordinance Designed to ‘Displace’ Unhoused Residents Habitating in Their Vehicles

By The Vanguard Staff SAN FRANCISCO, CA – The City of Sebastopol near here was sued by a civil rights gro ...

By The Vanguard Staff SAN FRANCISCO, CA – The City of Sebastopol near here was sued by a civil rights groups for “enacting an ordinance that prohibits vehicles ‘used for human habitation’" from parkin ...

October 26, 2022
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ACLU and Lawyer’s Committee for Civil Rights of the SF Bay Area Sue City of San Francisco for Its Encampment Sweeps

Posted by The Vanguard at Berkeley
|Date: October 20, 2022
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ACLU and Lawyer’s Committee for Civil Rights of the SF Bay Area Sue City of San Francisco for Its Encampment Sweeps

By Patty Yao SAN FRANCISCO, CA - On Sept. 27, 2022, The American Civil Liberties Union and the Lawyer’s C ...

By Patty Yao SAN FRANCISCO, CA - On Sept. 27, 2022, The American Civil Liberties Union and the Lawyer’s Committee for Civil rights of the SF Bay Area filed a lawsuit against the city of SF on behalf o ...

October 20, 2022
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 170: Kara Chien, Mental Health Unit Attorney, Talks CARE Court

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: October 10, 2022
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 170: Kara Chien, Mental Health Unit Attorney, Talks CARE Court

https://youtu.be/upnRaCt_6V4 Governor Newsom and the state legislators recently enacted CARE Court to hel ...

https://youtu.be/upnRaCt_6V4 Governor Newsom and the state legislators recently enacted CARE Court to help address chronic homelessness and mental health problems. But reformers believe that the prog ...

October 10, 2022
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Starter Homes for Housing Crisis; Tiny Homes for Homeless?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 26, 2022
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Starter Homes for Housing Crisis; Tiny Homes for Homeless?

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor One of the biggest facets of the housing crisis is that it paradox ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor One of the biggest facets of the housing crisis is that it paradoxically is almost self-perpetuating. Emily Badger in the NY Times this week, argues, “The econo ...

September 26, 2022
| by David Greenwald

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