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My View: Unlike the Governor’s Recall, SF DA Faces a True Threat

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 23, 2021
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My View: Unlike the Governor’s Recall, SF DA Faces a True Threat

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Francisco, CA – On Thursday, San Francisco DA Chesa Boudin and ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Francisco, CA – On Thursday, San Francisco DA Chesa Boudin and his supporters kicked off a rally to oppose his recall. By Friday, his opponents turned in th ...

October 23, 2021
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Guest Commentary: Fixing Disparities in Police Stops Goes Beyond Bias

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|Date: October 22, 2021
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Guest Commentary: Fixing Disparities in Police Stops Goes Beyond Bias

By Gloria Partida The moments that have spurred social justice movements the furthest through time, unfor ...

By Gloria Partida The moments that have spurred social justice movements the furthest through time, unfortunately, have come at the cost of a person of color’s (POC’s) body. All have been horrendous, ...

October 22, 2021
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Commentary: CA Prosecutor’s Fentanyl Warnings Aren’t about Overdose Prevention

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|Date: October 22, 2021
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Commentary: CA Prosecutor’s Fentanyl Warnings Aren’t about Overdose Prevention

By Rory Fleming Despite claims at being a “reformer,” Jeff Reisig, the Yolo County, California, district ...

By Rory Fleming Despite claims at being a “reformer,” Jeff Reisig, the Yolo County, California, district attorney since 2003, is jumping on the drug-induced homicide bandwagon. In a summer press relea ...

October 22, 2021
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Commentary: Top Prosecutorial Reform Advocate Hits the Ground Hard in Memphis DA Race

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|Date: October 21, 2021
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Commentary: Top Prosecutorial Reform Advocate Hits the Ground Hard in Memphis DA Race

By Rory Fleming Amy Weirich, the Shelby County (Memphis), Tennessee, District Attorney, has never really ...

By Rory Fleming Amy Weirich, the Shelby County (Memphis), Tennessee, District Attorney, has never really been tested by the popularity contest of democracy. She looks like she’s in trouble. Appointed ...

October 21, 2021
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Letter: Credit Where Credit Is Due

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|Date: October 21, 2021
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Letter: Credit Where Credit Is Due

by Larry Guenther At Tuesday's meeting, (10/19/2021) City Council acted on recommendations made by a Coun ...

by Larry Guenther At Tuesday's meeting, (10/19/2021) City Council acted on recommendations made by a Council subcommittee, one of two subcommittees to look at the issue of "Reimagining Public Safety." ...

October 21, 2021
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Commentary: Renwick Drake’s Conviction Was a Massive Injustice – Now Reisig Wants Credit for Freeing Him

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 20, 2021
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Commentary: Renwick Drake’s Conviction Was a Massive Injustice – Now Reisig Wants Credit for Freeing Him

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Woodland, CA - Yolo County DA Jeff Reisig says he recognizes that ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Woodland, CA - Yolo County DA Jeff Reisig says he recognizes that the criminal justice world has changed and that he needs to adapt with it. “I’m not an ideologu ...

October 20, 2021
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Guest Commentary: Biden’s ‘Quiet Revolution’ Puts More Public Defenders on Federal Bench

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|Date: October 20, 2021
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Guest Commentary: Biden’s ‘Quiet Revolution’ Puts More Public Defenders on Federal Bench

By Diana Becton, John Creuzot and Miriam Aroni Krinsky Most Americans rightly focus on important decision ...

By Diana Becton, John Creuzot and Miriam Aroni Krinsky Most Americans rightly focus on important decisions made by the Supreme Court when they think about the federal judiciary. But President Joe Bide ...

October 20, 2021
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Commentary: Scientific Justice

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|Date: October 20, 2021
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Commentary: Scientific Justice

By Christopher Bryson According to the Yolo County District Attorney’s Office, The Stanford University Co ...

By Christopher Bryson According to the Yolo County District Attorney’s Office, The Stanford University Computational Policy Lab has developed an innovative tool for maintaining balance on the scales o ...

October 20, 2021
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Sunday Commentary: No Surprise with the Chamber – Important Discussions Loom for DiSC-2022

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 17, 2021
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Sunday Commentary: No Surprise with the Chamber – Important Discussions Loom for DiSC-2022

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Yeah okay, this year’s least surprising news came out ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Yeah okay, this year’s least surprising news came out on Friday. The Davis Chamber is backing the DiSC-2022 project. No surprise here. Got largely ...

October 17, 2021
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Looking Back: The Fraudulent Actions of the Former Westchester County DA

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|Date: October 17, 2021
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Looking Back: The Fraudulent Actions of the Former Westchester County DA

By Jeffrey Deskovic "Looking back" will feature reprints of articles that Jeff previously wrote while a c ...

By Jeffrey Deskovic "Looking back" will feature reprints of articles that Jeff previously wrote while a columnist at The Westchester Guardian, which encompass topics that are applicable here in CA as ...

October 17, 2021
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Commentary: Progressive Prosecutors Can Gain Perspective from Trips Abroad

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|Date: October 15, 2021
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Commentary: Progressive Prosecutors Can Gain Perspective from Trips Abroad

By Rory Fleming When only a single state or country does a thing, it is usually a reliable indication tha ...

By Rory Fleming When only a single state or country does a thing, it is usually a reliable indication that the thing in question is not a very good idea. Until 2001, Hawaii set the age of consent at o ...

October 15, 2021
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Commentary: People Want to Leave Silicon Valley – and It’s All About Housing!

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 13, 2021
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Commentary: People Want to Leave Silicon Valley – and It’s All About Housing!

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor The headline jumps out at you – 56 percent of respondents of a pol ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor The headline jumps out at you – 56 percent of respondents of a poll commissioned by Joint Venture Silicon Valley say they are likely to leave the region over the ...

October 13, 2021
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Commentary: San Francisco Courts Are a Mess, Have Been a Mess, and the Problem is Not on the DA

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 12, 2021
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Commentary: San Francisco Courts Are a Mess, Have Been a Mess, and the Problem is Not on the DA

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Francisco, CA – It was a bombshell transcript. It gave the op ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Francisco, CA – It was a bombshell transcript. It gave the opponents of DA Chesa Boudin a great amount of fodder to use against the progressive DA in their ...

October 12, 2021
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Orange County DA Becomes Unhinged Over Cop Shooting

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 11, 2021
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Orange County DA Becomes Unhinged Over Cop Shooting

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor It was a horrible story out of Alamo, Georgia, as CBS News reports ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor It was a horrible story out of Alamo, Georgia, as CBS News reports: “A man accused of gunning down a Georgia police officer during his first shift with the depar ...

October 11, 2021
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Guest Commentary: What Does ‘First Time’ Mean to You?

Posted by Georgina Valencia
|Date: October 11, 2021
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Guest Commentary: What Does ‘First Time’ Mean to You?

RE: The need for a definition of a First-time Homebuyer by Georgina Valencia (1) The issue: Currently, th ...

RE: The need for a definition of a First-time Homebuyer by Georgina Valencia (1) The issue: Currently, the City of Davis Municipal Code does not define a first-time Homebuyer. (2) Why is the definitio ...

October 11, 2021
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Sunday Commentary: Is the Davis Use of Force Comparison That Helpful?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 10, 2021
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Sunday Commentary: Is the Davis Use of Force Comparison That Helpful?

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – The City of Davis in their press release this past Mon ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – The City of Davis in their press release this past Monday led with the headline, Davis use of force "...Found to be Well Below State Average.” On the ...

October 10, 2021
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Sunday Commentary: CEQA Is the Boogeyman, but with More Bark Than Bite in Terms of Impact on Housing

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 10, 2021
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Sunday Commentary: CEQA Is the Boogeyman, but with More Bark Than Bite in Terms of Impact on Housing

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Toward the end of the recall election, CalMatters did a very good ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Toward the end of the recall election, CalMatters did a very good article on CEQA (California Environmental Quality Act) and the housing crisis. In some sense t ...

October 10, 2021
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Looking Back: New York State Must Strengthen Its DNA Access Laws

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|Date: October 10, 2021
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Looking Back: New York State Must Strengthen Its DNA Access Laws

US Supreme Court Osborne Decision Negatively Influences First New York State Case By Jeffrey Deskovic "L ...

US Supreme Court Osborne Decision Negatively Influences First New York State Case By Jeffrey Deskovic "Looking back" will feature reprints of articles that Jeff previously wrote while a columnist at ...

October 10, 2021
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Commentary: Should We Be Easing Mask Restrictions?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 08, 2021
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Commentary: Should We Be Easing Mask Restrictions?

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Francisco Mayor London Breed announced on Thursday that they w ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Francisco Mayor London Breed announced on Thursday that they were easing indoor mask requirements for certain indoor settings. There are caveats to the new ...

October 08, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: The Changing Landscape of the Tech and the Pandemic

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 07, 2021
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Commentary: The Changing Landscape of the Tech and the Pandemic

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – As we move out of the pandemic—eventually we will, I p ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – As we move out of the pandemic—eventually we will, I promise—toward another discussion on DISC, it might behoove the city and the applicants to take ...

October 07, 2021
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