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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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Capitol Bill Would Classify Racist 911 Calls as ‘Hate Crime’

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|Date: June 18, 2020
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Capitol Bill Would Classify Racist 911 Calls as ‘Hate Crime’

Vanguard Staff SACRAMENTO – Legislation has been introduced here that would “impose serious consequences” ...

Vanguard Staff SACRAMENTO – Legislation has been introduced here that would “impose serious consequences” on those who make 911 calls “motivated by hate and bigotry.” The bill was written after incide ...

June 18, 2020
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Assemblymember Bonta Announces Launch of California Green New Deal

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|Date: January 07, 2020
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Assemblymember Bonta Announces Launch of California Green New Deal

(From Press Release - Assemblymember Bonta) - Assemblymember Rob Bonta (D-Oakland) today unveiled details ...

(From Press Release - Assemblymember Bonta) - Assemblymember Rob Bonta (D-Oakland) today unveiled details of the California Green New Deal Act (AB 1839) that will boldly address the impacts of climate ...

January 07, 2020
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Private Prison Group Sues California over New Law

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 01, 2020
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Private Prison Group Sues California over New Law

On Monday, a Florida corporation, GEO Group, filed a lawsuit in federal court challenging AB 32, a new la ...

On Monday, a Florida corporation, GEO Group, filed a lawsuit in federal court challenging AB 32, a new law that would take effect today banning new private prison contracts. The lawsuit, represented b ...

January 01, 2020
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Last CA Inmates from Out-of-State, For-Profit, Private Prisons Return

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|Date: June 27, 2019
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Last CA Inmates from Out-of-State, For-Profit, Private Prisons Return

(from Press Release) - Assemblymember Rob Bonta (D-Oakland) today welcomed news of the return of the last ...

(from Press Release) - Assemblymember Rob Bonta (D-Oakland) today welcomed news of the return of the last out-of-state California inmates from a for-profit, private prison in Arizona. “As the author o ...

June 27, 2019
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Key Pieces of Legislation on Private Prisons, Safe Lots and CBD Move Forward

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 17, 2019
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Key Pieces of Legislation on Private Prisons, Safe Lots and CBD Move Forward

AB 32 to End Use of For-Profit, Private Prisons in California Passes Assembly Appropriations Committee (F ...

AB 32 to End Use of For-Profit, Private Prisons in California Passes Assembly Appropriations Committee (From Press Release) - The Assembly Appropriations Committee today passed key legislation by Asse ...

May 17, 2019
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After Threatened Arrests, Rent Control Advocates Cheer Passage of Key Bills

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|Date: May 01, 2019
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After Threatened Arrests, Rent Control Advocates Cheer Passage of Key Bills

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – Rent control advocates fighting for securit ...

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – Rent control advocates fighting for security for renters were willing to break the law here at the State Capitol late last week – they tri ...

May 01, 2019
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Will State End Involvement in For-Profit, Private Prisons?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 01, 2019
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Will State End Involvement in For-Profit, Private Prisons?

Back in December, Oakland Assemblymember Rob Bonta introduced AB 32, which would prohibit California’s us ...

Back in December, Oakland Assemblymember Rob Bonta introduced AB 32, which would prohibit California’s use of for-profit, private prisons. He also introduced AB 33, requiring CalPERS and CalSTRS, Cal ...

April 01, 2019
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Sunday Commentary: Does Bail Reform Go Far Enough?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 19, 2018
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Sunday Commentary: Does Bail Reform Go Far Enough?

A lot of people don’t really understand bail reform. The purpose of bail reform is not to eliminate pre- ...

A lot of people don’t really understand bail reform. The purpose of bail reform is not to eliminate pre-trial custody. But rather it is to change the way that pre-trial custody is determined, from c ...

August 19, 2018
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Governor Brown Commits to Bail Reform, but Not in 2017

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 26, 2017
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Governor Brown Commits to Bail Reform, but Not in 2017

On Friday, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr., Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye, Senator Bob Hertzberg and Ass ...

On Friday, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr., Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye, Senator Bob Hertzberg and Assemblymember Rob Bonta announced a joint commitment to working together on reforms to California ...

August 26, 2017
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Key Changes Allow Bail Reform Legislation to Pass Assembly Public Safety Committee

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|Date: July 12, 2017
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Key Changes Allow Bail Reform Legislation to Pass Assembly Public Safety Committee

Sponsor pledges to make additional changes to address concerns about public safety, judicial discretion a ...

Sponsor pledges to make additional changes to address concerns about public safety, judicial discretion and cost as the bill moves forward (From Press Release) – The Assembly Public Safety Committee t ...

July 12, 2017
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California Senate Approves Bail Reform Legislation

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|Date: June 01, 2017
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California Senate Approves Bail Reform Legislation

Bill would ensure California doesn’t jail people simply because they can’t afford bail; another identical ...

Bill would ensure California doesn’t jail people simply because they can’t afford bail; another identical bill is awaiting a floor vote in the Assembly (From Press Release)—Today, the California Senat ...

June 01, 2017
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California Bail Reform Legislation Gains Momentum

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|Date: May 27, 2017
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California Bail Reform Legislation Gains Momentum

Committees approve bills that help prevent people from being jailed simply because they can’t afford bail ...

Committees approve bills that help prevent people from being jailed simply because they can’t afford bail; bills now head to floor votes (From Press Release)—As momentum for bail reform in California ...

May 27, 2017
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Insurance Corporations Created Exploitative $2 Billion Bail Industry

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|Date: May 12, 2017
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Insurance Corporations Created Exploitative $2 Billion Bail Industry

In California, bail insurance corporations’ impact and influence is exposed as the Legislature considers ...

In California, bail insurance corporations’ impact and influence is exposed as the Legislature considers reforms to the state’s unjust and costly money bail system (From press release) - On Thursday, ...

May 12, 2017
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Should Davis Consider Rent Control?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 04, 2017
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Should Davis Consider Rent Control?

When students came before the council last month to support Sterling Apartments, chief among their concer ...

When students came before the council last month to support Sterling Apartments, chief among their concerns was the lack of housing vacancy embodied by the 0.2 percent vacancy rate. However, As Don G ...

May 04, 2017
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Strong Push Now for Bail Reform in California

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 11, 2017
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Strong Push Now for Bail Reform in California

Last fall, the Vanguard once again was ahead of the curve, hosting a discussion on bail reform. Phil Tel ...

Last fall, the Vanguard once again was ahead of the curve, hosting a discussion on bail reform. Phil Telfeyan discussed the lawsuit for bail reform filed in federal court by his group, Equal Justice ...

April 11, 2017
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Freedom Shouldn’t Depend on Your Bank Account Balance

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|Date: April 08, 2017
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Freedom Shouldn’t Depend on Your Bank Account Balance

By Mica Doctoroff Did you know that the median bail amount in California is $50,000? That’s just a little ...

By Mica Doctoroff Did you know that the median bail amount in California is $50,000? That’s just a little less than the state’s median income of $61,000. Now, can you imagine being locked up, accused ...

April 08, 2017
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ACLU Rallies for Freedom and Justice for All at State Capitol

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|Date: April 04, 2017
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ACLU Rallies for Freedom and Justice for All at State Capitol

400 ACLU members gathered for the organization’s annual conference to lobby lawmakers on bail reform, imm ...

400 ACLU members gathered for the organization’s annual conference to lobby lawmakers on bail reform, immigration, and religious freedom legislation (From Press Release)–Today, the ACLU of California ...

April 04, 2017
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Broad Coalition Supports Effort to Reform California’s Unfair and Costly Money Bail System

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|Date: March 28, 2017
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Broad Coalition Supports Effort to Reform California’s Unfair and Costly Money Bail System

Current System Exacerbates Racial and Economic Injustice and Does Not Keep Communities Safe (From Press R ...

Current System Exacerbates Racial and Economic Injustice and Does Not Keep Communities Safe (From Press Release)-A broad coalition of labor, economic justice, community-based, and civil liberties orga ...

March 28, 2017
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California Legislature Takes Immediate Action to Protect Immigrant Communities

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: December 09, 2016
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California Legislature Takes Immediate Action to Protect Immigrant Communities

(From Press Release) - During today’s start of the 2017-2018 legislative session, the California State As ...

(From Press Release) - During today’s start of the 2017-2018 legislative session, the California State Assembly and California State Senate joined together to take immediate action that could inoculat ...

December 09, 2016
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