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Commentary: Mental Illness Is a Factor, but It’s Not the Major Problem in the Homelessness Epidemic

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 18, 2019
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Commentary: Mental Illness Is a Factor, but It’s Not the Major Problem in the Homelessness Epidemic

Davis is looking to offer things like permanent supportive housing at places like Paul’s Place. As the p ...

Davis is looking to offer things like permanent supportive housing at places like Paul’s Place. As the proposal notes, “DCMH staff will offer each resident on-site supportive services, which includes ...

June 18, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Life for Stealing a Package of Shredded Cheese

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 28, 2018
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Life for Stealing a Package of Shredded Cheese

A Poster Child Case for Over-Charging What few remember about the case of Robert Ferguson is that, even a ...

A Poster Child Case for Over-Charging What few remember about the case of Robert Ferguson is that, even after they dismissed the third strike, he still spent nearly eight years in prison for stealing ...

May 28, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Mayor Robb Davis Speaks on the Criminalization of Mental Illness

Posted by Robb Davis
|Date: May 19, 2018
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Mayor Robb Davis Speaks on the Criminalization of Mental Illness

By Robb Davis Eric’s mom wrote to me just this morning and asked if I would come over and talk about rest ...

By Robb Davis Eric’s mom wrote to me just this morning and asked if I would come over and talk about restorative justice. My son was 5150’d at Sutter four years ago. As a parent I don’t know how she ...

May 19, 2018
| by Robb Davis

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Justice Watch: Columnist Nails Sac Council on Police Protesters

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 17, 2016
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Justice Watch: Columnist Nails Sac Council on Police Protesters

When people are angry at a public meeting, sometimes the best approach is to sit there and take it rather ...

When people are angry at a public meeting, sometimes the best approach is to sit there and take it rather than trying to lecture people about how to express their outrage. The column by Marcos Breton ...

October 17, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: It Is Never OK to Say There Is a Stigma to Mental Health

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: July 30, 2016
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Guest Commentary: It Is Never OK to Say There Is a Stigma to Mental Health

by Harold A. Maio It is never OK to say there is a stigma to mental health issues, it is always OK to edu ...

by Harold A. Maio It is never OK to say there is a stigma to mental health issues, it is always OK to educate someone who does. It is, in fact imperative that we do, to end the harm such prejudice has ...

July 30, 2016
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Commentary: Patz Mistrial is Proof Positive For Why Wrongful Convictions Still Happen

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 12, 2015
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Commentary: Patz Mistrial is Proof Positive For Why Wrongful Convictions Still Happen

Etan Patz was six years old when he disappeared on May 25, 1979, in New York. I, too, was six years old i ...

Etan Patz was six years old when he disappeared on May 25, 1979, in New York. I, too, was six years old in May of 1979. The case would have a profound impact not only on the community but on the way p ...

May 12, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Eye on the Courts: Problems of Race, Mental Illness Underlie Wrongful Convictions, Death Penalty

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 05, 2015
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Eye on the Courts: Problems of Race, Mental Illness Underlie Wrongful Convictions, Death Penalty

The protests and police shootings in Ferguson and Staten Island have focused on the disproportionate blac ...

The protests and police shootings in Ferguson and Staten Island have focused on the disproportionate black and minority component within the legal system. So it should be little surprise that blacks a ...

January 05, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Where Did the System Fail Daniel Marsh?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 18, 2014
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Commentary: Where Did the System Fail Daniel Marsh?

At last night’s candidates forum for the school board candidates, we posed the question of where, if at a ...

At last night’s candidates forum for the school board candidates, we posed the question of where, if at all, the school district failed in its duties to get help for Daniel Marsh and the rest of the c ...

September 18, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Eye on the Courts: Preventable Tragedy in Marsh?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 15, 2014
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Eye on the Courts: Preventable Tragedy in Marsh?

Back in June of 2013, I would write in a commentary following the arrest of Daniel Marsh: “If this young ...

Back in June of 2013, I would write in a commentary following the arrest of Daniel Marsh: “If this young man indeed ends up being the killer, this is a failure of our system. This time it is our fail ...

September 15, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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AB 1014 – Addressing One Aspect of Public Safety

Posted by Tia Will
|Date: September 07, 2014
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AB 1014 – Addressing One Aspect of Public Safety

By Tia Will Recently a number of events have focused our attention on the issue of public safety. These h ...

By Tia Will Recently a number of events have focused our attention on the issue of public safety. These have involved the safety of individual private citizens and the safety of our police. Today, I w ...

September 07, 2014
| by Tia Will

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Update: Woodland Police Release Photo of the Knife, Identity of Victim

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 20, 2014
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Update: Woodland Police Release Photo of the Knife, Identity of Victim

On early Monday morning, the Woodland Police shot and killed 53-year-old Jeffrey Towe after he allegedly ...

On early Monday morning, the Woodland Police shot and killed 53-year-old Jeffrey Towe after he allegedly attacked them with a knife. The police have now provided additional details of the incident. “T ...

August 20, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Ferguson Comes to Woodland After Fatal Police Shooting

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 19, 2014
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Ferguson Comes to Woodland After Fatal Police Shooting

A crowd of angry protesters took to the streets of Woodland after Woodland police early on Monday morning ...

A crowd of angry protesters took to the streets of Woodland after Woodland police early on Monday morning shot and killed a man that they said was carrying a knife. According to a release from the Woo ...

August 19, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Hit the Reset Button In Your Brain

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: August 15, 2014
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Hit the Reset Button In Your Brain

The article in the Sunday Review section of the New York Times entitled Hit the Reset Button In Your Brai ...

The article in the Sunday Review section of the New York Times entitled Hit the Reset Button In Your Brain, written by Daniel Levitin, director of the Laboratory for Music, Cognition and Expertise at ...

August 15, 2014
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Commentary: The Will to Live

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 12, 2014
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Commentary: The Will to Live

The death of Robin Williams came as a jolt to many people I know. Some may have read over the years about ...

The death of Robin Williams came as a jolt to many people I know. Some may have read over the years about his battle with depression and alcoholism. We live in a world where suicide (along with substa ...

August 12, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Laura’s Law Can Help Decriminalize Mental Illness

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 09, 2014
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Laura’s Law Can Help Decriminalize Mental Illness

By Jeff Adachi Mental illness is not a crime. Assisted outpatient treatment, also known as Laura’s Law ca ...

By Jeff Adachi Mental illness is not a crime. Assisted outpatient treatment, also known as Laura’s Law can stop us treating it like one. But the plan’s success rides entirely on its proper implementat ...

July 09, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Final CAAP Comes to Council This Week – But Even with Changes to Electrification, There Still May Be Pushback

Krasner Challenges the Legality of Impeachment by Pennsylvania Legislature

San Francisco’s Plan to Limit Traffic Stops Revised, to Be Voted on at Later Date

San Francisco Approves Police to Use Robots with Lethal Force

Commentary: County Erections

SF Public Defenders, Community Members Blast to CA Judicial Council SF Superior Court Unlawful Trial Backlog, ‘Humanitarian Crisis’

Decarcerate Sac, Allies Announce News Conference to Denounce Sacramento Jail Expansion

Student Opinion: Iranian Protests Fight On Amid Threats of Jail Time and Execution

SF Supervisor Preston Talks about Killer Robots

City, County and Campus Declare Collaborative Campaign to Be Hate-Free Together

Commentary: Mental Illness Is a Factor, but It’s Not the Major Problem in the Homelessness Epidemic

Commentary: Mental Illness Is a Factor, but It’s Not the Major Problem in the Homelessness Epidemic

Monday Morning Thoughts: Life for Stealing a Package of Shredded Cheese

Monday Morning Thoughts: Life for Stealing a Package of Shredded Cheese

Mayor Robb Davis Speaks on the Criminalization of Mental Illness

Mayor Robb Davis Speaks on the Criminalization of Mental Illness

Justice Watch: Columnist Nails Sac Council on Police Protesters

Justice Watch: Columnist Nails Sac Council on Police Protesters

Guest Commentary: It Is Never OK to Say There Is a Stigma to Mental Health

Guest Commentary: It Is Never OK to Say There Is a Stigma to Mental Health

Commentary: Patz Mistrial is Proof Positive For Why Wrongful Convictions Still Happen

Commentary: Patz Mistrial is Proof Positive For Why Wrongful Convictions Still Happen

Eye on the Courts: Problems of Race, Mental Illness Underlie Wrongful Convictions, Death Penalty

Eye on the Courts: Problems of Race, Mental Illness Underlie Wrongful Convictions, Death Penalty

Commentary: Where Did the System Fail Daniel Marsh?

Commentary: Where Did the System Fail Daniel Marsh?

Eye on the Courts: Preventable Tragedy in Marsh?

Eye on the Courts: Preventable Tragedy in Marsh?

AB 1014 – Addressing One Aspect of Public Safety

AB 1014 – Addressing One Aspect of Public Safety

Update: Woodland Police Release Photo of the Knife, Identity of Victim

Update: Woodland Police Release Photo of the Knife, Identity of Victim

Ferguson Comes to Woodland After Fatal Police Shooting

Ferguson Comes to Woodland After Fatal Police Shooting

Hit the Reset Button In Your Brain

Hit the Reset Button In Your Brain

Commentary: The Will to Live

Commentary: The Will to Live

Laura’s Law Can Help Decriminalize Mental Illness

Laura’s Law Can Help Decriminalize Mental Illness

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