SAN FRANCISCO, CA – A man accused of assault and other felonies was acquitted by a San Francisco jury Aug. 26 after the SF Public Defender’s Office successfully argued the accused was simply defending ...

SAN RAFAEL, CA – Homelessness is one the biggest issues California is facing, according to the First Amendment Coalition here, charging, “to understand the human toll of housing insecurity and to ...

DAVIS, CA – The defense attorney for a man accused of assaulting and kidnapping a woman Aug. 12 at the University of California, Davis, campus has told the Vanguard he has major questions about the ...

This week on Everyday Injustice, we have UC Berkeley Sociologist Stephanie Canizales—Faculty Director of the Berkeley Interdisciplinary Migration Initiative. Born and raised in Los Angeles. Canizales ...

In theory, the state has done some helpful things on the housing front. In theory. For example, the RHNA numbers have been cranked up. Moreover, rather than simply showing the possibility of rezoning ...

San Francisco, CA – Just a month into the new fiscal year, housing advocates and families have to face the possibility of an eviction and lay off crisis as a group charges that Mayor London Breed has ...

Dublin, CA – Attorney Adante Pointer, of Oakland-based Pointer & Buelna, Lawyers For The People, announced last week they have filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against Santa Rita Jail in response ...

SACRAMENTO, CA – If Prop. 36 is approved by California voters in November, Gov. Gavin Newsom argues it will not lead to more treatment for thieves and drug users, according to an Associated Press ...

The now nine-day strike by Sacramento County attorneys – including about 300 criminal public defenders, child support ...

Sacramento, CA – Governor Gavin Newsom vetoed AB 1840—a bill that would have prohibited disqualification of applicants from a California Housing Finance Agency’s home purchase assistance program based ...

I recently came across the “Judicial Hellholes” report, which has left many business owners feeling sad, fearful, and distraught. In our community, businesses are being hit with an alarming number of ...