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Commentary: Does Upzoning Hold Enough Promise to Alleviate California’s Housing Crisis?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 09, 2022
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Commentary: Does Upzoning Hold Enough Promise to Alleviate California’s Housing Crisis?

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor In recent weeks, I have seen a number of people argue that we shou ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor In recent weeks, I have seen a number of people argue that we should be focused on infill rather than peripheral housing to solve our housing needs. The problem ...

September 09, 2022
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LA Court Finds SB 10 Constitutional

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 14, 2022
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LA Court Finds SB 10 Constitutional

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Los Angeles, CA – In the first judicial ruling on the constitution ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Los Angeles, CA – In the first judicial ruling on the constitutionality of SB 10, a Los Angeles Superior Court judge has ruled SB 10 passes constitutional muster ...

May 14, 2022
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Is NIMBYism Really on the Way Out?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 25, 2022
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Is NIMBYism Really on the Way Out?

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Last week Josh Stephens of the California Planning and Development ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Last week Josh Stephens of the California Planning and Development Report argued, “NIMBYism has had a good run: a good, multi-million-dollar fun for many million ...

April 25, 2022
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Bonta Files Brief in Defense of State Housing Density Law

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 16, 2022
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Bonta Files Brief in Defense of State Housing Density Law

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Oakland, CA – As California is in the midst of a “housing supply a ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Oakland, CA – As California is in the midst of a “housing supply and affordability crisis of historic proportions,” back in September the AIDS Healthcare Foundat ...

April 16, 2022
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Commentary: In the Battle of YIMBY versus NIMBY, Score One for the YIMBYs, but Will It Make a Difference?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 17, 2021
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Commentary: In the Battle of YIMBY versus NIMBY, Score One for the YIMBYs, but Will It Make a Difference?

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA - In our cynical times, it is easy to forget that t ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA - In our cynical times, it is easy to forget that the legislative session just ended last Saturday. Had Governor Newsom signed a package of legis ...

September 17, 2021
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Commentary: Battle Lines Being Drawn over Single-Family Zoning

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 13, 2021
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Commentary: Battle Lines Being Drawn over Single-Family Zoning

By David M. Greenwald Two of the more contentious bills this term in the State legislature are SB 9 and S ...

By David M. Greenwald Two of the more contentious bills this term in the State legislature are SB 9 and SB 10, which would allow for increased housing density in single-family neighborhoods. This week ...

July 13, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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CA Governor’s Revised May Budget Includes $140 Million Investment in ‘Flawed’ Pretrial Pilot Programs

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: May 22, 2021
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CA Governor’s Revised May Budget Includes $140 Million Investment in ‘Flawed’ Pretrial Pilot Programs

By Kelly Luo LOS ANGELES, CA – Gov. Gavin Newsom has released a record-breaking $267.8 billion May revi ...

By Kelly Luo LOS ANGELES, CA – Gov. Gavin Newsom has released a record-breaking $267.8 billion May revision proposal for the state budget with $140 million of the funds going into the expansion of p ...

May 22, 2021
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California Capitol Watch: Bill to Strengthen Police Accountability Advances

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|Date: April 17, 2021
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California Capitol Watch: Bill to Strengthen Police Accountability Advances

By Eric Gelber California is one of only four states that does not have a process for revoking peace offi ...

By Eric Gelber California is one of only four states that does not have a process for revoking peace officer certificates as a result of misconduct. (The others are Hawaii, New Jersey, and Rhode Islan ...

April 17, 2021
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California Capitol Watch: Bail Reform, Plan B

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|Date: February 28, 2021
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California Capitol Watch: Bail Reform, Plan B

By Eric Gelber Legislation enacted in 2018 (SB 10 (Hertzberg)) repealed existing laws regarding bail and ...

By Eric Gelber Legislation enacted in 2018 (SB 10 (Hertzberg)) repealed existing laws regarding bail and required most people arrested for misdemeanors to be released within 12 hours (except people ch ...

February 28, 2021
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San Francisco’s Unjust Bail System Will End

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 01, 2019
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San Francisco’s Unjust Bail System Will End

Proposed Settlement Will Remove Price Tag on Freedom From press release: San Francisco, California – Indi ...

Proposed Settlement Will Remove Price Tag on Freedom From press release: San Francisco, California – Individuals arrested in San Francisco will no longer be assigned a price tag on their freedom. Toda ...

September 01, 2019
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San Francisco Sheriff Favors Detention on Bail Issue in Federal Case

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 28, 2019
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San Francisco Sheriff Favors Detention on Bail Issue in Federal Case

On Friday, a Federal Court Judge, Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers, who previously in March, declared San Francisco ...

On Friday, a Federal Court Judge, Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers, who previously in March, declared San Francisco’s use of a money bail schedule unconstitutional, indicated that she would determine the plan f ...

August 28, 2019
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San Francisco Sheriff Favors Detention on Bail Issue in Federal Case

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 28, 2019
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San Francisco Sheriff Favors Detention on Bail Issue in Federal Case

On Friday, Federal Court Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers, who previously in March declared San Francisco’s u ...

On Friday, Federal Court Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers, who previously in March declared San Francisco’s use of a money bail schedule unconstitutional, indicated that she would determine the plan for r ...

August 28, 2019
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Late Night Craziness in Legislature – Legislature Passes Several Police Reform Measures at 11th Hour

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: September 01, 2018
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Late Night Craziness in Legislature – Legislature Passes Several Police Reform Measures at 11th Hour

Bills to Open Up Police Officer Records, and Require Release of Body-Cam Footage Pass, Signaling New Era ...

Bills to Open Up Police Officer Records, and Require Release of Body-Cam Footage Pass, Signaling New Era of Transparency and Accountability By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO ...

September 01, 2018
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Governor Brown Signs Landmark Legislation to End Cash Bail, Amid Cries that It Doesn’t Go Far Enough

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 29, 2018
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Governor Brown Signs Landmark Legislation to End Cash Bail, Amid Cries that It Doesn’t Go Far Enough

Governor Jerry Brown signed SB 10 into law on Tuesday – meaning that next October 2019 cash bail will end ...

Governor Jerry Brown signed SB 10 into law on Tuesday – meaning that next October 2019 cash bail will end in California. The law will establish a new system for determining a defendant’s custody stat ...

August 29, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: SB 10 Bail Reform Moves the Ball Forward, but Is Not Perfect

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 24, 2018
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Commentary: SB 10 Bail Reform Moves the Ball Forward, but Is Not Perfect

Most reformers agree on the basic problem of bail – we reside in a system that is supposed to believe an ...

Most reformers agree on the basic problem of bail – we reside in a system that is supposed to believe an individual to be innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. However, we have to balance t ...

August 24, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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ACLU Flips to Opposition of Bail Reform Bill but SB 10 Passes Assembly

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: August 21, 2018
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ACLU Flips to Opposition of Bail Reform Bill but SB 10 Passes Assembly

The ACLU of California announced early on Monday that they had taken a step further than last week and co ...

The ACLU of California announced early on Monday that they had taken a step further than last week and come out in opposition to SB 10, the California Bail Reform ACT. In a joint statement, the three ...

August 21, 2018
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Guest Commentary: California’s District Attorneys Must Work to End Money Bail

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|Date: April 12, 2018
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Guest Commentary: California’s District Attorneys Must Work to End Money Bail

By Jeff Adachi While the movement to reform California’s unconstitutional money bail system gains momentu ...

By Jeff Adachi While the movement to reform California’s unconstitutional money bail system gains momentum, it met resistance earlier this month from a familiar opponent. In an extraordinary court fil ...

April 12, 2018
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Bail Reform Fails in the Assembly

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: June 02, 2017
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Bail Reform Fails in the Assembly

Advocates Vow to Double Down on Efforts to Reform California’s Money Bail System One of two California ba ...

Advocates Vow to Double Down on Efforts to Reform California’s Money Bail System One of two California bail reform measures (SB 10) advances despite lobbying campaign by for-profit bail insurance indu ...

June 02, 2017
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California Senate Approves Bail Reform Legislation

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|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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Freedom Shouldn’t Depend on Your Bank Account Balance

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|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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