Commentary: A Look at SF’s Historic Affordable Housing Plan and What We Might Take Away From It
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Francisco, CA – All eyes in the state have been…
Sunday Commentary: Chancellor May Addresses Homelessness, but Student Housing Issues Remain a Problem Despite Progress
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – The issue of homelessness is a huge challenge,…
California Jewish Caucus Calls on Adidas to Sever Ties with Kanye West in Wake of Threats against Jews
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA – Update: Adidas announced on Tuesday morning they were…
Woman Sues San Francisco for Using Rape Victim DNA Sample to Arrest Her Years Later
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Francisco, CA – Last February embattled San Francisco DA Chesa…
Student Housing CEQA Streamlining Legislation Overwhelmingly Passes Assembly
To address growing student homelessness, SB 886 makes it easier and faster for UC, CSU, and community…
Student Housing CEQA Streamlining Legislation Moves Forward
By Vanguard Staff Sacramento, CA – A bill that will make it easier and faster for UC,…
The Supreme Court Appears Set to Overturn Roe; Reaction Fierce
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Washington, DC – While observers long believed that with a 6-3…
Senator Wiener and DA Boudin’s Bill to Protect Sexual Assault Survivors’ DNA Passes Key Leg. Hurdle
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA – On Tuesday, SB 1228, “Genetic Privacy for Sexual…
SF Launches ‘Be The Jury’ Pilot Program on Monday to Compensate Low-Income Jurors $100 a Day
Special to the Vanguard San Francisco, CA – A program that is the first of its kind…
Commentary: SF Case Seen By Some as a Test of Will On Housing Crisis
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor As noted in yesterday’s column, last week, the Chronicle blasted the…
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…
Legislature Approves Bill Ending Mandatory Jail Time for Nonviolent Drug Offenses
SB 73 would help end mass incarceration and California’s War on Drugs By Vanguard Staff Sacramento –…
Addressing California’s Meth Epidemic: Senator Wiener Seeks to Implement Incentivized Recovery Programs through SB 110
By Eric Grammatico SACRAMENTO, CA – Senator Scott Wiener’s Senate Bill 110 successfully passed through the State…
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…
SF DA Criticizes Delay of Measure to Authorize Pilot Overdose Program for SF, Oakland, LA
By Paige Laver SAN FRANCISCO, CA – It will be January before a pilot overdose program—authored by…
McCarty’s Drug Treatment Bill Clears Another Key Hurdle, Senate Public Safety Committee
By David M. Greenwald Sacramento, CA – Four weeks after the bill sailed through the Assembly on…
CA Legislation to End Mandatory Jail Time for Nonviolent Drug Crimes Passes Assembly Public Safety Committee
By Sydney Kaplan and Mia Machado SACRAMENTO, CA – The California Assembly Public Safety Committee voted 6-1…
CA Senate Passes Bill Legalizing Safe, Supervised Injection Sites and Overdose Prevention; Gov. Newsom Urged to Sign Bill into Law
By Natasha Feuerstein LOS ANGELES, CA – A leading grassroots organization, Dignity and Power NOW (DPN), is…
CA Public Safety Panel OKs Alternative Mental Health Treatments (Psychedelics)
By Mia Machado & Lizet Gonzalez SACRAMENTO, CA – In a historic first for California, legislation to…
Potential Change for Sheriff Elections? State Measure Would Remove Restrictive Candidacy Requirement
By Michael Wheeler SACRAMENTO, CA – Change could soon be coming for who can run for sheriff…