Guest Commentary: Compromising the Compromised
Debate over vaccine mandate raises questions about prison staff’s obligation to those in their custody By Brandon…
Commentary: Don’t Erase the DA from the Colorado Truck Crash Story
By Rory Fleming Back in September, I wrote about how criminal justice reformers should look to make…
Commentary: Would the Council and Voters in Davis Support Broader Affordable Measure J Exemptions?
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Yesterday San Francisco Mayor London Breed along with Supervisor Ahsha Safaí…
Letter: People Power Disappointed by Apparent Reversal of Policing Hire
The Following is a Full Statement by Yolo People Power Davis wants structural changes in public safety….
Commentary: Community Land Trust as a Way Forward on Affordability?
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor PBS Newshour’s Ivette Feliciano hosted a segment over the weekend putting…
Guest Commentary: The State of Petty Theft
By Rory Fleming When Nikole Hannah-Jones of “1619 Project” fame saw the recent Associated Press story about…
Monday Morning Thoughts: The System in the US Really Doesn’t Work
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editors I have heard over the years the assertion that while acknowledging…
Monday Morning Thoughts: The Council Is Still Meeting Only Remotely – Why?
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – On the rare occasions when I see Josh…
Guest Commentary: The Problem with Mandatory Minimum Sentences
Trying to Find Purpose and Hope When Life Feels Meaningless By Tariq Maqbool Today, as I returned…
Sunday Commentary: Even a Scaled Down DiSC 2022 a Strong Fiscal Positive for City
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – At some point it would be valuable for…
Sunday Commentary: It Is Easy to Attack Bail Reform, but Long Term Pretrial Custody Leads to More Recidivism
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor One of the people arrested for retail theft in San Francisco…
Looking Back: Barry Gibbs Gets $11.8 Million for Nineteen Years of Wrongful Imprisonment
By Jeffrey Deskovic “Looking back” will feature reprints of articles that Jeff previously wrote while a columnist…
My View: Latest Housing Crisis News Is Not Good and Getting Worse
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor The latest batch of articles this week on the California Housing…
Guest Commentary: The Joy of Public Defense
By Stephen Cooper Editor’s Note: This week Stanford Law Professor Michele Dauber criticized public defenders who filed…
Commentary: What Steinhardt and His No-Prosecution Deal Tells Us About Injustice System
By Rory Fleming As Interpol states online, crimes against cultural heritage constitute a category of international war…
Commentary: The Left is Divided on Housing, And That’s Led to the Housing Crisis
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Housing is an issue that does not as neatly fall onto…
Commentary: What Do People Want in Terms of Housing?
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor There has been a lot of talk about SB 9 and…
Guest Commentary: The Disaster of Delta – Lockdown Blues
A new round of infections causes massive disruption across the entire facility By Reginald Stephen In September…
Commentary: Senators Seek to Increase Membership of US Sentencing Commission to Include Public Defenders
By Rory Fleming The job of a federal public defender is often as necessary as it is…
Monday Morning Thoughts: This Graphic Tells the Story of COVID
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor If you drive outside of large population centers where people are…