Guest Commentary: How to Handle Homelessness – Give Them Money
By Mark Dempsey Locally, and throughout California, there’s an awful lot of hand-wringing about the (growing) homeless…
Guest Commentary: Committed 2 Change – Transforming Lives at the Hospitality House
by Rodney Wrice In the heart of San Francisco’s Tenderloin Neighborhood, a place often associated with challenges…
City of San Francisco ‘Grandstanding’ to ‘Mislead Public,’ Argue Unhoused Advocates in 9th Circuit Court of Appeals Case
By The Vanguard SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Lawyers for homeless residents here charged Wednesday the city of…
Guest Commentary: Urban Alchemy – Empowering Transformation Ignored by Mainstream Media
By Rodney Wrice In a society where media outlets play a pivotal role in shaping public opinion,…
Guest Commentary: Embracing the Unspoken – The Inevitability of Change
Rodney Wrice In the hustle and bustle of our lives, we often find ourselves entangled in the…
Contra Costa DA Charges Antioch, Pittsburg Police Officers with Obstruction of Justice and Bribery after FBI Arrest Thursday of Officers Following SF Federal Grand Jury Indictments
By The Vanguard MARTINEZ, CA – Contra Costa District Attorney Diana Becton said Friday in a statement…
FBI Early Morning Dragnet Nets Antioch, Pittsburg Cops after SF Federal Grand Jury Indictments
By The Vanguard SAN FRANCISCO, CA – A federal grand jury in San Francisco Thursday handed down…
‘Be The Jury’ Pilot Program Evaluation Shows Providing $100 a Day Compensation Helps Low-Income Individuals Participate in Civic Rights and Duties
By Cheyenne Galloway SAN FRANCISCO, CA – The San Francisco Financial Justice Project this week released its…
First San Francisco Prosecutor Chesa Boudin Recalled – Now Tough on Crime Forces File for Recall of Alameda District Attorney Pamela Price
By The Vanguard Staff OAKLAND, CA – Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price is the target of…
Study Conducted by Prison Policy Initiative Finds ‘Releasing People Pretrial Doesn’t Harm Public Safety’
By Caleigh Carlisle NORTHAMPTON, MA ‒ A study conducted by the Prison Policy Initiative, a non-profit organization…
‘Balloon Blockade’ Aimed at SF Mayor’s Balcony to Protest Cuts to Affordable Housing, Food Aid, Child Care
By The Vanguard Staff SAN FRANCISCO, CA – A multiracial coalition of tenants, parents, youth, child care…
Prosecutor Discipline Reform Group Releases Videos from Law Prof and Wrongfully Convicted to Punctuate Recent Prosecutorial Misconduct in California Report
By Crescenzo Vellucci The Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO, CA – A man wrongly convicted because of alleged…
SF Officials Hail Measure Allowing Millions in State – Including Hundreds of Thousands in SF Bay Area – to Expunge Old Convictions from Their Records
By The Vanguard Staff SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Hundreds of thousands of people in the Bay Area—about…
CA Attorney General Announces Investigation of Troubled Antioch PD for Civil Rights Violations – Ticks Off Half Dozen Other Probes Since 2021
By Crescenzo Vellucci The Vanguard Sacramento Bureau OAKLAND, CA – The California Attorney General Wednesday said he’s…
Did Voter OK’d Prop. 47 Legalize Shoplifting in the State of California?
By Cheyenne Galloway SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Rumors circulated that Prop. 47, passed by voters in 2014,…
Prosecutors, Law Professors Discuss Impact of Prosecutorial Discretion
By Elina Sadeghian and Michael McCutcheon NEW YORK CITY, NY – A discussion program set up by…
Bill Would Replace Housing Lost to Redevelopment
Special to the Vanguard Sacramento, CA – The Senate Housing Committee passed Senator Scott Wiener’s (D-San Francisco)…
Columnist: Prevailing False Narratives about San Francisco’s Crime in Response to Progressive Criminal Justice Reforms
By Cynthia Hoang-Duong SAN FRANCISCO, CA – In a column for the Los Angeles Times, Michael Hiltzik,…
New San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins Overturns Policies for Criminal Justice Reform Made by Chesa Boudin
By Sophia Martin SAN FRANCISCO – After San Francisco’s unconventional District Attorney Chesa Boudin was ousted in…
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…