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League Hosts Candidates Forum for District 3 Candidates – Part Two

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 31, 2023
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League Hosts Candidates Forum for District 3 Candidates – Part Two

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – On Wednesday the Davis League of Women Voters hosted a ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – On Wednesday the Davis League of Women Voters hosted a virtual candidates forum between Donna Neville and Francesca Wright. Michelle Van Aiken, who i ...

March 31, 2023
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League Hosts Candidates Forum for District 3 Candidates – Part One

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 30, 2023
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League Hosts Candidates Forum for District 3 Candidates – Part One

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – On Wednesday the Davis League of Women Voters hosted a ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – On Wednesday the Davis League of Women Voters hosted a virtual candidates forum between Donna Neville and Francesca Wright. Michelle Van Aiken, who i ...

March 30, 2023
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SF District Attorney Candidates Hit Jenkins from Both Sides – Part 3

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 21, 2022
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SF District Attorney Candidates Hit Jenkins from Both Sides – Part 3

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Francisco, CA – Appointed DA Brooke Jenkins found herself crit ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Francisco, CA – Appointed DA Brooke Jenkins found herself criticized from two directions at a forum. On the one hand, she was attacked by John Hamasaki for ...

October 21, 2022
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Community Comes Together to Discuss Privilege, Discrimination and Housing Solutions

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 20, 2022
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Community Comes Together to Discuss Privilege, Discrimination and Housing Solutions

By David M. Greewald Executive Editor Davis, CA – It was November 2019, and the community didn’t know it ...

By David M. Greewald Executive Editor Davis, CA – It was November 2019, and the community didn’t know it at the time but their lives were about to dramatically change in just a few months. But more t ...

October 20, 2022
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SF District Attorney Candidates Hit Jenkins from Both Sides – Part 2

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 20, 2022
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SF District Attorney Candidates Hit Jenkins from Both Sides – Part 2

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Francisco, CA – Appointed DA Brooke Jenkins found herself crit ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Francisco, CA – Appointed DA Brooke Jenkins found herself criticized from two directions at a forum. On the one hand, she was attacked by John Hamasaki for ...

October 20, 2022
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SF District Attorney Candidates Hit Jenkins from Both Sides – Part One

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 19, 2022
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SF District Attorney Candidates Hit Jenkins from Both Sides – Part One

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Francisco, CA – Appointed DA Brooke Jenkins found herself crit ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Francisco, CA – Appointed DA Brooke Jenkins found herself criticized from two directions at a forum. On the one hand, she was attacked by John Hamasaki for ...

October 19, 2022
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League Holds Davis Council Candidates Forum – Part 1

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 01, 2022
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League Holds Davis Council Candidates Forum – Part 1

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor On Thursday at the Davis Community Chambers, the League of Women V ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor On Thursday at the Davis Community Chambers, the League of Women Voters held their candidate’s forum, with Michelle Famula serving as the moderator. Running for ...

October 01, 2022
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League of Women Voters Charges SCOTUS Concealed Gun Ruling This Past Week ‘Unconstitutional’

Posted by Mansour Taleb-Ahmed
|Date: July 01, 2022
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League of Women Voters Charges SCOTUS Concealed Gun Ruling This Past Week ‘Unconstitutional’

By Mansour Taleb-Ahmed WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. Supreme Court’s 6-3 ruling this past week in New York St ...

By Mansour Taleb-Ahmed WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. Supreme Court’s 6-3 ruling this past week in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen that New York’s 100-year-old law restricting certai ...

July 01, 2022
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Commentary: Takeaways from the DA Debate

Posted by Robert JHansen
|Date: April 30, 2022
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Commentary: Takeaways from the DA Debate

by Robert J. Hansen I've spent the last two months covering the race for Yolo County District Attorney an ...

by Robert J. Hansen I've spent the last two months covering the race for Yolo County District Attorney and, to my knowledge, I am the only reporter doing so for any news outlet. Here is my take on Wed ...

April 30, 2022
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Yolo Candidates Respond to Audience Questions – Part 2 of League Forum

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 29, 2022
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Yolo Candidates Respond to Audience Questions – Part 2 of League Forum

By Robert J. Hansen The Woodland League of Women Voters (WLWV) Yolo County District Attorney Candidate fo ...

By Robert J. Hansen The Woodland League of Women Voters (WLWV) Yolo County District Attorney Candidate forum held on Wednesday featured challenger Cynthia Rodriguez and incumbent Jeff Reisig. The cand ...

April 29, 2022
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Yolo DA Candidates Clash in League Forum

Posted by Robert JHansen
|Date: April 28, 2022
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Yolo DA Candidates Clash in League Forum

By Robert J. Hansen The Woodland League of Women Voters held a debate for Yolo County District Attorney w ...

By Robert J. Hansen The Woodland League of Women Voters held a debate for Yolo County District Attorney where challenger Cynthia Rodriguez and 4-term incumbent Jeff Reisig squared off on Wednesday. Re ...

April 28, 2022
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Alameda DA Candidates Meet in League Forum – Part 2

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 21, 2022
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Alameda DA Candidates Meet in League Forum – Part 2

by David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Oakland, CA – Three of the four candidates for Alameda County DA a ...

by David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Oakland, CA – Three of the four candidates for Alameda County DA appeared on Monday evening for a candidates’ forum sponsored by the League of Women Voters. Terr ...

April 21, 2022
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Alameda DA Candidates Meet in League Forum – Part 1

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 20, 2022
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Alameda DA Candidates Meet in League Forum – Part 1

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Oakland, CA - Three of the four candidates for Alameda County DA a ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Oakland, CA - Three of the four candidates for Alameda County DA appeared on Monday evening for a candidates' forum sponsored by the League of Women Voters. Ter ...

April 20, 2022
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League of Women Voters Files Amicus in Case Threatening to Eliminate Laws Regulating Guns in Public Places, Posing Threat to Voters at Polling Places

Posted by Casey Rawlings
|Date: September 24, 2021
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League of Women Voters Files Amicus in Case Threatening to Eliminate Laws Regulating Guns in Public Places, Posing Threat to Voters at Polling Places

By Casey Rawlings WASHINGTON D.C. – Earlier this week, the League of Women Voters of the U.S. along with ...

By Casey Rawlings WASHINGTON D.C. – Earlier this week, the League of Women Voters of the U.S. along with the League of Women Voters of New York and Florida filed an amicus brief regarding a current US ...

September 24, 2021
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Calling It An Extremist Anti-Voter Bill – Groups File Lawsuit Challenging Texas Law

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: September 05, 2021
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Calling It An Extremist Anti-Voter Bill – Groups File Lawsuit Challenging Texas Law

By Vanguard Staff Austin-Texas – This week after lawmakers in Texas finally passed anti-voter SB 1, a coa ...

By Vanguard Staff Austin-Texas – This week after lawmakers in Texas finally passed anti-voter SB 1, a coalition of civil rights organizations filed a lawsuit. “SB1 is a discriminatory law that creates ...

September 05, 2021
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John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act Introduced in the House

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: August 18, 2021
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John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act Introduced in the House

By Vanguard Staff Washington – With many states attempting to roll back voter protection, on Tuesday, the ...

By Vanguard Staff Washington – With many states attempting to roll back voter protection, on Tuesday, the US House of Representatives introduced the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, a bill th ...

August 18, 2021
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Guest Commentary: League’s Impartial Analysis of Measure B

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: October 23, 2020
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Guest Commentary: League’s Impartial Analysis of Measure B

Submitted by Bob Fung League of Women Voters Davis Area The Question: Should residents approve annexing ...

Submitted by Bob Fung League of Women Voters Davis Area The Question: Should residents approve annexing agricultural land to develop the Davis Innovation and Sustainability Campus (DISC)? Annexation ...

October 23, 2020
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Few Contrasts between the Candidates as Supervisor Candidates Discuss Issues at League Forum

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 27, 2020
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Few Contrasts between the Candidates as Supervisor Candidates Discuss Issues at League Forum

Jim Provenza, a three-term supervisor, is facing two challengers this time – Linda Deos and David Abramso ...

Jim Provenza, a three-term supervisor, is facing two challengers this time – Linda Deos and David Abramson. But on most issues, it was hard to tell the three apart on Sunday as they met at Communitie ...

January 27, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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League of Women Voters of California Endorses Senator Wiener’s SB 50

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: November 01, 2019
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League of Women Voters of California Endorses Senator Wiener’s SB 50

(From Press Release – Senator Wiener) – Today, the League of Women Voters of California announced its s ...

(From Press Release – Senator Wiener) – Today, the League of Women Voters of California announced its support for Senator Scott Wiener’s (D-San Francisco) Senate Bill 50. SB 50 eliminates hyper-low- ...

November 01, 2019
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California Legislature Votes to Make Election Day Registration Available at Every Polling Site

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: September 12, 2019
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California Legislature Votes to Make Election Day Registration Available at Every Polling Site

SB 72 will ensure that all voters who wish to are able to register and cast a vote on Election Day (From ...

SB 72 will ensure that all voters who wish to are able to register and cast a vote on Election Day (From Press Release – ACLU-California)–Today, the California Legislature approved SB 72, legislation ...

September 12, 2019
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