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Analysis: Was Wrongfully Convicted Fashion Designer a Victim of Racial Prejudice on the Part of Prosecutor?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 10, 2019
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Analysis: Was Wrongfully Convicted Fashion Designer a Victim of Racial Prejudice on the Part of Prosecutor?

In 2008, Anand Jon Alexander, a rising star in the fashion design world, was convicted of multiple counts ...

In 2008, Anand Jon Alexander, a rising star in the fashion design world, was convicted of multiple counts of sexual assault and received a life sentence in prison. He is widely believed to have been ...

October 10, 2019
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Guest Commentary: What Kind of Development Would Actually Improve Davis?

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|Date: October 08, 2019
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Guest Commentary: What Kind of Development Would Actually Improve Davis?

by Mark Dempsey The Davis Vanguard recently published Davis Teeters with an Unsustainable Economic and Fi ...

by Mark Dempsey The Davis Vanguard recently published Davis Teeters with an Unsustainable Economic and Fiscal Situation, describing the difficulty in getting sustainable, good development, and the goo ...

October 08, 2019
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Critics Say Suzy Loftus Didn’t Do Enough to Reform San Francisco PD

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|Date: October 08, 2019
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Critics Say Suzy Loftus Didn’t Do Enough to Reform San Francisco PD

Loftus led the San Francisco Police Commission through a bloody and turbulent era. By Elizabeth Weill-Gre ...

Loftus led the San Francisco Police Commission through a bloody and turbulent era. By Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg Protesters gathered recently outside a campaign event for San Francisco district attorne ...

October 08, 2019
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Breeding Bad Process, Lack of Outreach, Lack of Engagement

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 07, 2019
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Breeding Bad Process, Lack of Outreach, Lack of Engagement

The slow growth side of the fence in Davis has become the little boys that cry wolf. I actually believe ...

The slow growth side of the fence in Davis has become the little boys that cry wolf. I actually believe that the parable is widely misunderstood. You see, in fable, the shepherd is charged with watch ...

October 07, 2019
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Gascón Is a Reformer on Paper Only

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 07, 2019
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Gascón Is a Reformer on Paper Only

If You Are Looking for Progressive Prosecution and Transformative Change, Look to the Grassroots like Kra ...

If You Are Looking for Progressive Prosecution and Transformative Change, Look to the Grassroots like Krasner, Rollins, Caban, Johansson, and Chesa Boudin It is an interesting article in the NY Times, ...

October 07, 2019
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Texas Plans to Execute Jewish Man Denied a Fair Trial by an Anti-Semitic Judge

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|Date: October 07, 2019
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Texas Plans to Execute Jewish Man Denied a Fair Trial by an Anti-Semitic Judge

By Heather L. Weaver UPDATE: On Friday, October 4, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, where Halprin had ...

By Heather L. Weaver UPDATE: On Friday, October 4, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, where Halprin had sought relief before turning to the U.S. Supreme Court, granted a stay of execution for Randy ...

October 07, 2019
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Sunday Commentary: Davis Teeters with an Unsustainable Economic and Fiscal Situation

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 06, 2019
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Sunday Commentary: Davis Teeters with an Unsustainable Economic and Fiscal Situation

The data is a few years old – 2014-2015 – but it paints us a picture that is not all that different from ...

The data is a few years old – 2014-2015 – but it paints us a picture that is not all that different from today. UC Davis is the single largest employer in the city – with 12,181 jobs, representing a ...

October 06, 2019
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Sunday Commentary: The Specter of DA’s Race, Progressive Prosecution, Battle in Supervisor Race

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 06, 2019
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Sunday Commentary: The Specter of DA’s Race, Progressive Prosecution, Battle in Supervisor Race

In 2018, Jeff Reisig, a three-term incumbent who hadn’t even been challenged in 2010 or 2014 faced a litt ...

In 2018, Jeff Reisig, a three-term incumbent who hadn’t even been challenged in 2010 or 2014 faced a little known public defender, Dean Johansson. Surprising everyone, including myself, Mr. Johansson ...

October 06, 2019
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My View: DA Plays Hardball in Efforts to Free Ajay Dev

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 05, 2019
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My View: DA Plays Hardball in Efforts to Free Ajay Dev

We are two weeks out from another evidentiary hearing for Ajay Dev, but perhaps the most telling part of ...

We are two weeks out from another evidentiary hearing for Ajay Dev, but perhaps the most telling part of the last one that occurred on September 12 is that DA Ryan Couzens was going to play hardball a ...

October 05, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Republicans Suddenly Care about Hearsay and Procedural Justice

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|Date: October 05, 2019
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Republicans Suddenly Care about Hearsay and Procedural Justice

by Sarah Lustbader Republicans seem to discover the urgent need for due process and procedural safeguards ...

by Sarah Lustbader Republicans seem to discover the urgent need for due process and procedural safeguards each time an ally of theirs becomes vulnerable. This time, it’s about hearsay. I am confident ...

October 05, 2019
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Trump Administration Plan to Admit Fewer Refugees Than Any Previous President

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|Date: October 05, 2019
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Trump Administration Plan to Admit Fewer Refugees Than Any Previous President

By Manar Waheed The Trump administration yesterday announced its plan to admit 18,000 refugees this fisca ...

By Manar Waheed The Trump administration yesterday announced its plan to admit 18,000 refugees this fiscal year, taking another step in its agenda to dismantle the program that has long provided prote ...

October 05, 2019
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Guest Commentary: Preventing Suicides in Yolo County

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|Date: October 04, 2019
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Guest Commentary: Preventing Suicides in Yolo County

by Board of Directors, Suicide Prevention of Yolo County The school year has begun. Students have receiv ...

by Board of Directors, Suicide Prevention of Yolo County The school year has begun. Students have received their syllabi, parents have attended back to school nights, and many students have received ...

October 04, 2019
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Ethnic Studies Is Still Under Attack: White Identity Politics In Control of the LA Times Opinion Pages?

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|Date: October 01, 2019
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Ethnic Studies Is Still Under Attack: White Identity Politics In Control of the LA Times Opinion Pages?

by Maya Mackrandilal In response to the Los Angeles Times Editorial Board’s attacks on the Ethnic Studies ...

by Maya Mackrandilal In response to the Los Angeles Times Editorial Board’s attacks on the Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum draft in their opinion pages, I wrote in a letter to the editor: “While membe ...

October 01, 2019
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Sunday Commentary: We Talk about Active Shooters, but ARV Most Likely to Be Used for Drug Raids

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 29, 2019
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Sunday Commentary: We Talk about Active Shooters, but ARV Most Likely to Be Used for Drug Raids

The argument that carried the day for me on Tuesday was not that the ARV (Armored Rescue Vehicle) resembl ...

The argument that carried the day for me on Tuesday was not that the ARV (Armored Rescue Vehicle) resembles in appearance more an Amazon Prime van than the tank-like MRAP (Mine-Resistant Ambush Protec ...

September 29, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Parole Opposition Shows Once Again Reisig Just Not a Reformer

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 29, 2019
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Sunday Commentary: Parole Opposition Shows Once Again Reisig Just Not a Reformer

Since his narrow victory last year in the DA’s race, Yolo County DA Jeff Reisig keeps trying to make the ...

Since his narrow victory last year in the DA’s race, Yolo County DA Jeff Reisig keeps trying to make the claim that he is a criminal justice reformer. Indeed, some have bought into the rhetoric – but ...

September 29, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: What Kamala Harris’s Take on Policing Gets Wrong

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|Date: September 29, 2019
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Guest Commentary: What Kamala Harris’s Take on Policing Gets Wrong

by Alex Vitale Rather than encouraging more faith in the police, true reform requires dismantling the sys ...

by Alex Vitale Rather than encouraging more faith in the police, true reform requires dismantling the system that empowers them. Senator Kamala Harris wants you to trust the police. In her new crimina ...

September 29, 2019
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White Supremacist Violence Is on the Rise

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|Date: September 28, 2019
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White Supremacist Violence Is on the Rise

By Hina Shamsi In response to the increase in white supremacist violence, Congress has been holding heari ...

By Hina Shamsi In response to the increase in white supremacist violence, Congress has been holding hearings — including one today — on the urgent need to address it. But, rather than getting to the b ...

September 28, 2019
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Guest Commentary: Released Parolee Was a Low Risk to Re-Offend

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|Date: September 27, 2019
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Guest Commentary: Released Parolee Was a Low Risk to Re-Offend

By Tracie Olson and Sara Johnson Tim Wilson is low risk to reoffend and does not pose a danger to society ...

By Tracie Olson and Sara Johnson Tim Wilson is low risk to reoffend and does not pose a danger to society, said the Board of Parole Hearings of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitat ...

September 27, 2019
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Commentary: Five Years Later, Armored Vehicle Welcomed to California College Town

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 26, 2019
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Commentary: Five Years Later, Armored Vehicle Welcomed to California College Town

On September 13, 2014, there was a picture of Lt. Tom Waltz in the New York Times. “Police Armored Vehic ...

On September 13, 2014, there was a picture of Lt. Tom Waltz in the New York Times. “Police Armored Vehicle is Unwelcome in California College Town” read the article headline. “This thing has a turret ...

September 26, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Our Youth Are Worried, They Should Be, Why Aren’t You?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 26, 2019
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Commentary: Our Youth Are Worried, They Should Be, Why Aren’t You?

Teen climate activist Greta Thunberg has in many ways stolen the show with her angry words and scathing s ...

Teen climate activist Greta Thunberg has in many ways stolen the show with her angry words and scathing speech at the UN this week. "I shouldn't be up here. I should be back at school on the other sid ...

September 26, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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