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Commentary: Obstructing Criminal Justice Reforms Makes Us All Less Safe

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|Date: October 27, 2021
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Commentary: Obstructing Criminal Justice Reforms Makes Us All Less Safe

By Gil Garcetti, Ira Reiner and Miriam Aroni Krinsky In the 1980s and ‘90s, California embarked on a disa ...

By Gil Garcetti, Ira Reiner and Miriam Aroni Krinsky In the 1980s and ‘90s, California embarked on a disastrous social experiment. Legislators embraced reactionary law-and-order policies that ratchete ...

October 27, 2021
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Student Opinion: Too Much Construction at U.C Davis

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|Date: October 26, 2021
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Student Opinion: Too Much Construction at U.C Davis

By: Alex Hernandez-Zaval DAVIS —— There’s a reason why UC Davis students refer to this acronym as Under C ...

By: Alex Hernandez-Zaval DAVIS —— There’s a reason why UC Davis students refer to this acronym as Under Construction Davis; because there sure is a lot of construction. There may even be too much of i ...

October 26, 2021
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Commentary: The City Is Still in Fiscal Peril, but It Can Make Changes to Public Safety Fairly Easily

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 26, 2021
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Commentary: The City Is Still in Fiscal Peril, but It Can Make Changes to Public Safety Fairly Easily

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – As we have reported in the past, the city of Davis has ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – As we have reported in the past, the city of Davis has been running somewhere in the neighborhood of $8 to $10 million in the hole in terms of the di ...

October 26, 2021
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Commentary: Turnover at SFDA’s Office Isn’t That Unusual

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|Date: October 26, 2021
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Commentary: Turnover at SFDA’s Office Isn’t That Unusual

By Rory Fleming Right after firebrand progressive prosecutor Larry Krasner took office as Philadelphia’s ...

By Rory Fleming Right after firebrand progressive prosecutor Larry Krasner took office as Philadelphia’s District Attorney, he fired 31 veteran prosecutors, sending a warning to the rest of the office ...

October 26, 2021
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Movie Review: Amazon’s Cinderella

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|Date: October 25, 2021
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Movie Review: Amazon’s Cinderella

By: Hitha Bollu DAVIS——The 2021 Cinderella movie, available to stream on Amazon Prime, offers a new take ...

By: Hitha Bollu DAVIS——The 2021 Cinderella movie, available to stream on Amazon Prime, offers a new take on the classic tale. The well-known singer Camilla Cabello stars as Cinderella, accompanied by ...

October 25, 2021
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Researchers Address Why Local Government Underproduces Housing

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 25, 2021
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Researchers Address Why Local Government Underproduces Housing

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA - UC researchers explore a key question of why local gov ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA - UC researchers explore a key question of why local governments tend to underproduce housing. What they found is telling but not all that surprising: ...

October 25, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Chronicle Calls Her a ‘Progressive Prosecutor’ but in 2019 the Vanguard Covered Brooke Jenkins Committing Egregious Prosecutorial Misconduct

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 25, 2021
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Commentary: Chronicle Calls Her a ‘Progressive Prosecutor’ but in 2019 the Vanguard Covered Brooke Jenkins Committing Egregious Prosecutorial Misconduct

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Francisco, CA - It was a bombshell story, Heather Knight, one ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Francisco, CA - It was a bombshell story, Heather Knight, one of the most recognized reporters in San Francisco today ran the story for Sunday Morning’s Chro ...

October 25, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: We Won’t Be Ending Measure J Any Time Soon, So What is the Answer?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 24, 2021
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Sunday Commentary: We Won’t Be Ending Measure J Any Time Soon, So What is the Answer?

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA - The city of Davis has managed to approve the next hous ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA - The city of Davis has managed to approve the next housing element. In January or so it will work on approving a downtown specific plan, at some poin ...

October 24, 2021
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Sunday Commentary: We Need To Recognize That the War on Drugs Failed

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 24, 2021
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Sunday Commentary: We Need To Recognize That the War on Drugs Failed

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor We have years of empirical data which show that arresting drug dea ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor We have years of empirical data which show that arresting drug dealers and applying harsh penalties does not reduce drug use. So why would we embrace war on dru ...

October 24, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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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
| by David Greenwald

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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
| by David Greenwald

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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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