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Education Regional 

15% Teacher Raises Doomed Sacramento City School Budget: Audit

December 10, 2019December 11, 2019 NICK CAHILL
Audit, bankruptcy, California, Sacramento, schools, teachers, wages

A school district in California’s capital city is careening toward bankruptcy after it ignored warnings from county officials and approved ill-advised generous teacher raises, the state auditor announced Tuesday.

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Courts Regional 

Judge Brings Heart to New Gig Presiding Over Sacramento Court

November 4, 2019November 4, 2019 NICK CAHILL
judges, judiciary, Sacramento

Judge Russell Hom was about to do something most jurists are taught to avoid.

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Courts 

Judge OKs $2.4 Million Settlement for Stephon Clark’s Children

October 9, 2019October 9, 2019 NICK CAHILL
Police Killing, Sacramento, Wrongful Death

The city of Sacramento will pay $2.4 million to the children of Stephon Clark, the unarmed black man shot and killed by police in 2018, under a settlement signed Wednesday by a federal judge.

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Civil Rights Criminal Regional 

Feds Decline to Charge Officers in Shooting Death of Stephon Clark

September 26, 2019September 27, 2019 NICK CAHILL
Justice Department, Police Killing, prosecutors, Sacramento

Two Sacramento police officers who fatally shot Stephon Clark in his grandparents’ backyard in 2018 won’t face criminal charges, federal investigators announced Thursday.

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Business Financial 

Wells Fargo

August 28, 2019August 28, 2019 BRIEF
banks, dbrief1, lending, race, Sacramento, Taxes, Wells Fargo

A federal judge refused to dismiss a lawsuit Sacramento filed against Wells Fargo bank, accusing it of offering bad, misguided loans to minority homebuyers during the Great Recession, thereby denying the city tax revenue.

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Civil Rights Personal Injury 

Police Violence

July 11, 2019July 11, 2019 BRIEF
Brief1, human rights, Police, Sacramento, Settlement

A federal judge approved a $5.2 million settlement for John Hernandez, an unarmed minor whom Sacramento police beat, Tasered and asphyxiated in a hospital, without body cameras.

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Courts Regional 

Sacramento Reaches Tentative Deal With Stephon Clark’s Kids

June 18, 2019 NICK CAHILL
Police Killing, Sacramento, Settlement, Wrongful Death

The family of Stephon Clark, the unarmed black man fatally shot by Sacramento police officers in 2018, reached a tentative partial settlement Tuesday with the city in its federal lawsuit, according to a court notice.

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Civil Rights Courts 

Stephon Clark

May 22, 2019May 23, 2019 BRIEF
Brief4, Police Killing, Sacramento, Settlement

Settlement talks have broken down between the city of Sacramento and the family of Stephon Clark, which is suing the city for $20 million over the shooting death of the unarmed Clark by police in 2018.

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Education 

Teacher Layoffs

March 28, 2019March 28, 2019 BRIEF
Brief5, Budget, open meetings, Sacramento, schools, teachers

The Sacramento City Teachers Association claims in court that the Sacramento City Unified School District Board of Trustees violated open-meeting laws by discussing its budget in closed session, leading to the firing of 150 teachers.

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Courts Health Law Personal Injury 

Lawsuit Claims Doctor Inseminated Patient With His Own Sperm

March 12, 2019March 13, 2019 MATTHEW RENDA
doctors, medical malpractice, pregnancy, Sacramento

A California mother and daughter filed suit against a Sacramento doctor in state court on Tuesday, saying he artificially inseminated the mother with his own semen without permission and then performed gynecological exams on his own daughter unbeknownst to her for years.

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Criminal Regional 

No Criminal Charges in Stephon Clark Shooting

March 5, 2019March 5, 2019 NATHAN SOLIS
Excessive Force, Police Killing, Sacramento

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra said Tuesday that two Sacramento Police officers were justified in their use of force in the shooting death of 22-year-old Stephon Clark in his grandparents’ back yard a year ago.

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Civil Rights Criminal Government Law 

No Charges Against Officers Who Shot Stephon Clark

March 2, 2019March 2, 2019 NICK CAHILL
Law Enforcement, police shooting, Sacramento

Two Sacramento police officers that chased Stephon Clark into his grandparents’ backyard and fatally shot the unarmed 22-year-old black man won’t face criminal charges, according to the local district attorney on Saturday.

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Civil Rights Regional 

California AG Calls for Revamp of Sacramento Police Tactics

January 29, 2019January 29, 2019 NICK CAHILL
Excessive Force, Police, Sacramento

One day after being slapped with a $20 million lawsuit sparked by the killing of Stephon Clark in his family’s backyard, Sacramento officials were told Tuesday to revamp police use of force guidelines and conduct better investigations into police shootings.

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Civil Rights Courts Regional 

Stephon Clark Family Seeks $20M in Sacramento Police Killing

January 28, 2019January 28, 2019 NICK CAHILL
Police Killing, Sacramento, Wrongful Death

The family of Stephon Clark, the unarmed black man who was fatally shot by Sacramento police officers in his grandparents’ backyard in 2018, filed a $20 million wrongful death lawsuit against the city Monday.

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Courts Government Media 

Police Transparency

January 25, 2019January 25, 2019 BRIEF
Brief4, police shooting, public records, Sacramento

The Sacramento Bee and Los Angeles Times sued the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department on Friday, claiming the agency isn’t complying with a new state law requiring transparency regarding officer shootings and other use of force.

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Courts Regional 

Sacramento Court Workers Strike Over Cost-of-Living Increase

December 11, 2018December 12, 2018 NICK CAHILL
Sacramento, strike, unions, wages

Sacramento County Superior Court’s largest employee union, consisting of court reporters, clerks and other technical workers, began a strike across four court locations Tuesday.

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Government Regional 

Stephon Clark

September 7, 2018 BRIEF
Brief2, Police Killing, Sacramento, Wrongful Death

The family of Stephon Clark, who was killed in a hailstorm of bullets fired by Sacramento Police Department officers, filed a $15 to $35 million wrongful death claim with the city this week – a precursor to the anticipated lawsuit.

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Courts Government Politics 

California Lawmakers Set to Approve $1.3B in Bonds for New Courthouses

June 11, 2018June 11, 2018 NICK CAHILL
California, courthouse, Sacramento

A courthouse building boom is on the horizon in California after Gov. Jerry Brown and lawmakers preliminarily approved funding for 10 projects, including $460 million for a long-awaited project in Sacramento County.

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Courts Government Regional 

Settlement in Police Abuse Case as City Still Deals With Unrest

April 6, 2018April 9, 2018 MATTHEW RENDA
Excessive Force, Police, race, Sacramento

As Sacramento continues to be roiled by tension, particularly between the black
community and the city police department, a civil rights lawyer announced a settlement between the city and a black man who claimed to be the victimized by excessive force.

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Courts Regional 

Sacramento Judge Vows to Build on Past Successes as New Court Chief

October 13, 2017October 16, 2017 NICK CAHILL
California, judges, Law2, Sacramento

Born in San Francisco to Mexican immigrants, Judge David De Alba’s love for baseball as an adolescent grew into a thirst for jurisprudence. After 38 years as judge in the Golden State, he’s prepared to take over leadership of the Sacramento County Superior Court.

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