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Justice Watch: Another Teen Killed by Police; California Again Pushes against...
In what bears some resemblance to the Tamir Rice shooting, this time in Columbus, Ohio, an Ohio cop has shot and killed an 8th grader, identified as Tyre King. The teen was shot “multiple times” by...
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Yamada Launches “The Rich and Powerful for Dodd” Ad Campaign
(From Press Release) – Mariko Yamada’s campaign for State Senate District 3 launched an online ad campaign today that highlights her opponent Bill Dodd’s ties to the wealthiest corporations in the...
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In Wake of Farm Worker OT Bill Vote, UFW Backs Yamada with Sole Endorsement
Support for Yamada’s Campaign Growing, Heading to Election Day (From Press Release) Today, Mariko Yamada’s campaign for State Senate District 3 announced the sole endorsement of the United Farm Workers...
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Analysis: Death Penalty Column Misses Some Marks
I read Rich Rifkin’s death penalty column with interest. He started it with a note that was interesting, pointing out that Prop. 62 asks voters to get rid of a “death penalty that we don’t have.” I...
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Guest Commentary: Corporate Democrat Versus the Social Democrat: Dodd v. Yamada
by Dan Cornford “I think there are some values that are very different,” insisted Mariko Yamada at a recent forum featuring her and her opponent Bill Dodd in the California 3rd District Senatorial...
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Senate Update: New Ad for Dodd, Endorsement for Yamada
California Peace Officers’ Association Endorses Yamada For Senate CPOA adds its name to a broad coalition of support behind Yamada’s campaign for State Senate, District 3 (From Press Release) – Today,...
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Benicia Mayor Elizabeth Patterson: Yamada for State Senate
By Elizabeth Patterson I’m voting for Mariko Yamada for state Senate and I hope you will, too. I first got to know Mariko Yamada after she had won her first election to the Assembly. At our first...
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For Some, Prop 62 Does Not Go Far Enough, Ending the Death Penalty Is Not...
In 2012 Californians narrowly voted down a ballot proposition that would have ended the death penalty and commuted current death sentences to life without parole (LWOP). For many currently on death...
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Sunday Commentary: Can We Be Safe without Overcharging Cases?
Recently we reconnected with a mother whose son was sentenced to 35 years to life. It was a case we covered a few years ago, where her son and others were convicted of attempted murder after they...
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The Evolving Paradigm of Cannabis: Perspectives on Community Potential
by Eric M. Gudz Our society is in the midst of a fundamental change in the cultural, political and scientific understanding of cannabis. The current policy landscape which defines the legality of...
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Commentary: Opposition to Prop 57 Baffling
While I appreciate Matt Rexroad’s willingness to submit an op-ed to the Vanguard on Proposition 57, I strongly disagree with his rationale for opposing Prop. 57. First, I’m not sure what the Brock...
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Commentary: Mixed Bag on California’s Criminal Justice Reform Too
For all of the problems with the national polls, for the second time in four years, the polls heavily whiffed on the issue of the death penalty. Despite polling that shows Californians increasingly...
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Progressive Labor Alliance Slate wins CADEM Assembly District 04 Elections
YOLO COUNTY PROGRESSIVES PRESS RELEASE Progressive Labor Alliance Slate wins CADEM Assembly District 04 Election Hundreds turned out to vote in the California Democratic Party Assembly District 04 (AD...
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Media Gets CADEM Convention Narrative All Wrong
Kimberly Ellis rallies her troops at the convention/ photo credit Amar Shergill by Sean Raycraft I Like the majority of the country was in utter shock and disbelief over the election of Donald Trump....
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Ineligible Votes Swung Democratic Party Chair Election to Bauman
Kimberly Ellis rallies her troops at the convention/ photo credit Amar Shergill (Editor’s Note: The following press release came from Kimberly Ellis’ campaign. Kimberly Ellis ran for chair of the...
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Eastin, de León, Johansson, Gudz Highlight UCD Get Out the Vote Rally
ó Monday was the final day for regular registration before the June 5 primary. Four candidates highlighted a voter registration rally – Delaine Eastin, who is running for Governor, Kevin de León the...
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Pancakes & Politics Voter Guide — State and Yolo County/Davis Decisions
by Alan Miller, Johnny Pancake, Willard Waffle, Bernice Bagel, and the whole Pancakes & Politics group team Art by Danielle Fodor WHAT the HECK is THIS? Every election a group of Davis residents...
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Costa-Hawkins Repeal Qualifies for November Ballot
Secretary of State Alex Padilla announced on Friday that an initiative which would expand local governments’ authority to enact rent control on residential property is eligible for the November 6,...
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Commentary: If We Can’t Build, Blocked By Litigation – Is Rent Control the...
Sky-rocketing rents, unaffordable housing, and lack of available housing are not just a Davis issue, they are a statewide issue. On the ballot for November, about a month away, is Proposition 10, a...
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Report Finds We Need to Open the Door for Rent Control
California’s housing crisis has opened the door for rent control, a Haas Institute Report out of Berkeley found in a September 2018 publication. “California’s housing affordability crisis is harming...
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