Efren Guttierrez wants to bring his focus on social justice to City Hall. The 54-year-old real estate broker and community activist is running for a seat on the Sacramento City Council. The Sacramento Press is interviewing City Council candidates in advance of the June election. Guttierrez is running in District 1, now represented by Ray Tretheway. The district includes North and South Natomas and Alkali Flat. Guttierrez has worked in real estate for 28 years and is co-owner of New West Realtors in Natomas. He noted that his career pays the bills, but activism is his passion. “My love has always been social justice advocacy,” he said. Guttierrez was born in Stockton and has lived in S

On April 30 of this year, Woodland resident Luis Gutierrez was killed by undercover police officers. This Saturday, the Justice Reform Coalition will be attending a march calling for an independent investigation of his death. The 26-year-old was shot and killed by Yolo Sheriff's deputies who maintain that he pulled out a knife. Sacramento's Justice Reform Coalition (JRC) formed in 2005 as a response to unaddressed complaints of abuse in the prison system. In one instance, then 21-year-old Brandon Johnson claimed that deputies beat him and broke his nose during his incarceration. At the time, NAACP law advisor and community outreach chair Reverend Ashiya Odeye was part of a committee inv