The California Supreme Court ruled that the Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act (MICRA) does not apply to all cases involving medical injury, expanding the path to justice for victims of negligence.| Davis Vanguard
The California Supreme Court ruled that the Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act (MICRA) does not apply to all cases involving medical injury, expanding the path to justice for victims of negligence.| Davis Vanguard
California Supreme Court Expands Justice for Negligence Victims under MICRA Limits| Davis Vanguard
Vanguard social justice articles involving criminal justice reform| Davis Vanguard
Opinion: California’s Housing Crisis… A Matter of Affordability, Not Just Supply| Davis Vanguard
Julianna Rodriguez is a rising sophomore at UCLA where she is majoring in Sociology and minoring in Public Affairs. She enjoys exploring the concept of justice in different situations and how it impacts society. In her free time, Julianna enjoys experimenting in creative writing, binge-watching comfort shows, and discovering new cafes around the UCLA campus.| Davis Vanguard
Opinion: California’s Housing Crisis… A Matter of Affordability, Not Just Supply| Davis Vanguard
California is facing a housing crisis due to local regulations that undermine state efforts to increase housing supply, such as inclusionary zoning and development impact fees, which act as a hidden tax on housing construction and slow production.| Davis Vanguard
Bianca Tylek has raised concerns about the expansion of private prison corporations profiting from the Trump administration's immigration enforcement policies, which has led to longer detention periods, the reopening of previously closed facilities, and the influx of new vendors in the immigration detention space.| Davis Vanguard
California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced a settlement that will allow a long-stalled affordable housing project in Goleta to move forward, following a ruling by the Santa Barbara County Superior Court siding with the Attorney General and the developer against the city's refusal to process a revised application for the project.| Davis Vanguard
The Education Justice Coalition has released a report highlighting the systemic failures of Los Angeles County in providing meaningful educational opportunities to incarcerated youth, and calls for immediate action to reform the juvenile system.| Davis Vanguard
The Sacramento Homeless Union has won a federal lawsuit against the City of Sacramento, resulting in a legal settlement that provides protections for unhoused residents during extreme heat events.| Davis Vanguard
San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie signed legislation to accept a $9.4 million grant to open a new Real-Time Investigation Center for the San Francisco Police Department, which will include drones, surveillance cameras and Flock Automated License Plate Readers, and has already contributed to a 41% drop in auto thefts.| Davis Vanguard
Sandra Hemme, who spent 43 years in prison for a murder she did not commit, is suing the city of St. Joseph, Missouri, for allegedly concealing and manipulating evidence that led to her wrongful conviction.| Davis Vanguard
Attorney Raphael Goldman has raised constitutional concerns about President Trump's use of the Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelan nationals and detain them in El Salvador, arguing that the government cannot impose criminal punishment without due process and congressional authorization.| Davis Vanguard
Judge Robert Hawk delayed sentencing a man who pleaded guilty to retail theft, citing violations of his probation, and the District Attorney's Office is now seeking a five- to six-year prison sentence.| Davis Vanguard
Byron Black, a 69-year-old man with an intellectual disability, was executed by the state of Tennessee despite strong public opposition to the death penalty for people with intellectual disabilities, highlighting the moral bankruptcy of the system.| Davis Vanguard
The FBI's 2024 report shows that crime rates in the US have significantly declined, with murder rates falling by 14.9% and property crime rates dropping by 8.1%, indicating that crime is down across all categories and population groups, and is not due to any political agenda.| Davis Vanguard
In this episode of Pamela Price Unfiltered, Mistah F.A.B. joins Pamela Price to discuss healing, community, second chances, and the broken reentry process for people coming home from incarceration.| Davis Vanguard
Tennessee executed Byron Black, a 69-year-old man with an intellectual disability and a live heart implant, despite widespread ethical concerns and objections from medical experts and advocates.| Davis Vanguard
The Trump administration has made $1.1 billion in cuts to public broadcasting and has attacked the free press by filing a $10 billion defamation lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal, according to the ACLU, which argues that these actions violate the First Amendment.| Davis Vanguard
The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation has announced the permanent closure of the California Rehabilitation Center in Norco by fall 2026, citing a historic drop in the state's prison population and years of grassroots organizing advocating for the closure.| Davis Vanguard
An accused man was dragged out of a Santa Clara County Superior Court courtroom by a bailiff during a recess, delaying resolution of his case to Tuesday.| Davis Vanguard
Thousands of Angelenos are stuck with costly, exhausting commutes due to decades of housing policies that have prevented working people from living near jobs and transit systems, and a bill in the state legislature, SB 79, offers a commonsense fix by requiring cities to allow more housing near transit.| Davis Vanguard
Opinion: Housing Affordability Crisis Ignites Debate on Traditional vs. Radical Solutions| Davis Vanguard
As the American housing crisis worsens, policymakers, advocates, and residents are considering bold solutions such as public ownership, rent control, and social housing to address the failures of the private housing market.| Davis Vanguard
Rabbi David J. Cooper has spoken out against the killing of his friend, Awdah Hathaleen, a Palestinian activist who was shot and killed by an Israeli settler in the West Bank village of Umm al-Khair, and criticized the Israeli government and US for failing to hold violent settlers accountable.| Davis Vanguard
Mass incarceration is a costly and ineffective response to crime, and decarceration can help reduce the carceral system's footprint and allow for investment in resources and services that improve health and safety.| Davis Vanguard
The Davis Vanguard is creating a $50,000 Resilience Fund to ensure its continued work of investigating injustice and advocating for civil rights, and is asking for donations to help build long-term sustainability and train the next generation of journalists and advocates.| Davis Vanguard
A coalition of organizations is urging Georgetown University to end disciplinary proceedings against Dr. Jonathan Brown, an Islamic studies scholar, after a controversial tweet he posted during the U.S.-Iran conflict, arguing that the investigation threatens academic freedom and is a result of a bad-faith campaign.| Davis Vanguard
SFPD and the Sheriff's Department spent over $350,000 responding to three anti-ICE protests in June, drawing criticism for deploying surveillance drones and failing to protect demonstrators from individuals falsely claiming to be ICE agents, violating the city's sanctuary city policies.| Davis Vanguard
The Third Circuit Court of Appeals denied the Trump administration's request to suspend the release of Mahmoud Khalil, re-detain him, and stay a lower court ruling that blocked his deportation, affirming that the government cannot pursue his removal based on the likely unconstitutional foreign policy charge.| Davis Vanguard
A coalition of public interest groups has filed an Application for Review with the FCC, urging them to reverse the Wireline Competition Bureau's suspension of 2024 rules aimed at lowering the cost of phone calls from prisons.| Davis Vanguard
The California Supreme Court ruled that the Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act (MICRA) does not apply to all cases involving medical injury, expanding the path to justice for victims of negligence.| Davis Vanguard
A federal judge has issued an injunction halting the Trump administration's attempt to terminate Temporary Protected Status for over 60,000 immigrants from Nepal, Honduras and Nicaragua, allowing them to remain in the US while litigation continues.| Davis Vanguard
Eviction is not only a housing emergency but a public health crisis, with research showing that it can lead to premature birth, psychological stress, and other negative health outcomes, particularly for Black mothers and children.| Davis Vanguard
California Chief Justice Patricia Guerrero has denounced recent federal immigration enforcement operations at courthouses throughout the state, warning that such actions threaten to undermine access to the judicial system and deter witnesses and victims from coming forward.| Davis Vanguard
The Trump administration plans to use Fort Dix, a U.S. Army post in New Jersey, to detain immigrants, which is unnecessary, costly, and dehumanizing, and the ACLU of New Jersey calls on Congress to speak out against this use of military bases as immigration detention centers.| Davis Vanguard
Local jails are a critical part of the federal deportation infrastructure, relying on voluntary cooperation with ICE, and states have responded differently to the Trump administration's efforts to expand its use of these facilities.| Davis Vanguard
Several U.S. states are looking to European-style prisons, which prioritize rehabilitation over punishment, to improve prison conditions in America, despite facing political and financial barriers.| Davis Vanguard
The National Consumer Law Center has found that pay-to-stay fees are authorized in more than half of U.S. states, resulting in the seizure of inheritances from incarcerated or formerly incarcerated people, disproportionately affecting low-income and Black families and hindering wealth transfer and economic stability.| Davis Vanguard
The Riverside County Democratic Party criticized the Board of Supervisors for not creating a civilian committee to ensure law enforcement accountability, citing data showing that Riverside and San Bernardino counties were responsible for almost 20 percent of the state's in-custody deaths between 2011 and 2022.| Davis Vanguard
David Dickson's conviction for the 1984 murder of Deborah Wilson was overturned after 30 years due to prosecutorial misconduct and false testimony from a jailhouse informant, allowing him to plead guilty to a lesser charge and be released from prison.| Davis Vanguard
For seven hours on July 9, 170 residents of the carceral state became immersed in a sound stage-like environment during the Inside Knowledge journalism symposium, an event co-facilitated by Justice for Everybody (JFE) at the Yale Institute for Incarceration and Public Safety (YIIPS) and the resident-founded Carceral Studies Journalism Guild (CSJG).| Davis Vanguard
Despite years of criticism, California's state housing laws have been successful in encouraging cities to build more homes, as evidenced by the recent progress made in San Diego County cities such as Encinitas, Del Mar, and San Marcos.| Davis Vanguard
After a jury trial concluded with a not guilty verdict on domestic battery and simple assault charges, and a hung jury on child endangerment and simple battery charges, the prosecution has decided to retry the case on the remaining charges.| Davis Vanguard
Judge Brian J. Stretch denied a motion to dismiss charges against a man accused of possessing child pornography, citing lingering questions about intent and the mental state of the accused, and scheduled a pretrial conference for September 10, 2025.| Davis Vanguard
A man accused of multiple charges was denied release on supervised own recognizance, leaving him unable to return to Los Angeles County to report to parole within 48 hours, potentially triggering a warrant for his arrest.| Davis Vanguard
Finally, some good news — but we’re not quite to the finish line yet.| Davis Vanguard
Democrats are embracing an abundance agenda, which focuses on building more housing, transit, and clean energy, but critics warn that it risks enabling corporate capture and exacerbating inequality if not paired with mechanisms to ensure affordability, equity, and democratic accountability.| Davis Vanguard
California has seen a decrease in homelessness, with the city and county of Los Angeles experiencing a 4% drop in total homelessness, but recent budget cuts threaten continued progress.| Davis Vanguard
The City of Davis is seeking public feedback to renew its Platinum-Level Bicycle Friendly Community designation from the League of American Bicyclists, and has expanded its bicycle infrastructure and education programs since 2020.| Davis Vanguard
Supervisor Jackie Fielder announced a $30 million budget win for housing homeless families and young adults in San Francisco, along with a new shelter policy aimed at providing greater stability for families.| Davis Vanguard
Senate Democrats failed to prevent the confirmation of Emil Bove to the Third Circuit Court of Appeal, while Hon. DA Price discussed the corruption scandal involving Detective Phong Tran in Oakland.| Davis Vanguard
Immigration attorneys have criticized ICE's new directive, which they say will significantly hinder due process for immigrants, while ICE claims it is consistent with legal precedent and closes a loophole in the nation's security.| Davis Vanguard
Mike Fox of the Cato Institute has argued that ICE's detention and border enforcement practices, enabled by Supreme Court decisions, violate individual privacy rights and expand government power in ways the Constitution's framers sought to prevent.| Davis Vanguard
Judge Christopher W. Dybwad presided over the trial of a man charged with felony possession of a firearm by a former felon, with the prosecution presenting evidence of the man's arrest and the firearm's recovery, while the defense argued that the man was only apprehended because he fit the mold of a usual suspect.| Davis Vanguard
Protesters gathered at the Santa Clara County Main Jail to demand the release of Hugo Chavez, whose conviction was vacated due to evidentiary errors in the second trial, but he remains in custody despite the case being dismissed on July 21.| Davis Vanguard
A San Francisco man pleaded guilty to six charges related to illegal possession of a firearm and associated equipment, and accepted a plea deal of one year in county jail with the possibility of transfer to state prison, compliance with adult probation treatment plans, and other terms.| Davis Vanguard
Kevin Cooper's legal team argues that the state's review of the DNA evidence used to convict him of the 1983 Chino Hills murders was not a rigorous investigation, and that the chain of custody of the evidence was compromised beyond repair, potentially indicating that the drop of blood used to convict Cooper may have been artificially created after the crime.| Davis Vanguard
The District Attorney blamed a policy for the murder of a parole agent, but the policy was not applicable to the case and the DA's finger-pointing is misleading the public and placing politics above public safety.| Davis Vanguard
A new study from the University of Minnesota's Center for Urban and Regional Affairs found no evidence that good cause eviction protections reduce housing development, challenging a key argument used by opponents of tenant protections.| Davis Vanguard
California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued a warning to landlords that housing discrimination against immigrant tenants is illegal and will not be tolerated, and that they must provide tenants with written leases in a language the tenant can understand.| Davis Vanguard
Dozens of San Francisco residents protested the Board of Supervisors' decision to grant Mayor Daniel Lurie expanded authority over Proposition C funds and to pass a controversial RV parking ban, which critics argue will worsen conditions for immigrant communities and undermine San Francisco's status as a sanctuary city.| Davis Vanguard
The Florida Supreme Court affirmed the death sentence of Timothy W. Fletcher for the 2009 murder of Helen Googe, rejecting all nine arguments raised by Fletcher's appellate team.| Davis Vanguard
Despite significant progress in the US juvenile justice system, some states are regressing towards harsher practices due to sensationalist media coverage and public fear, leading to stricter consequences for young offenders.| Davis Vanguard
New York has become the first state to make all phone calls from state prisons free, following a new agreement between the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision and telecom provider Securus Technologies, which will cost the state approximately $9 million this fiscal year.| Davis Vanguard
Time limits on housing assistance do not address the root cause of housing instability, which is a major contributor to poverty, and instead of reducing public costs, they can lead to increased costs downstream in emergency services, homelessness, foster care, health care, and incarceration.| Davis Vanguard
A man missed his preliminary hearing in San Francisco Superior Court due to a lack of proper translation services, and the court decided to continue the matter, with the next hearing scheduled for July 23, 2025.| Davis Vanguard
