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Court Moves Basha Off Dependency Cases at His Request

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 28, 2017
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Court Moves Basha Off Dependency Cases at His Request

On Tuesday the County Board of Supervisors joined Matt Rexroad in supporting a potential blanket Code of ...

On Tuesday the County Board of Supervisors joined Matt Rexroad in supporting a potential blanket Code of Civil Procedure section 170.6 motion to recuse Judge Steven Basha from all juvenile dependency ...

April 28, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Did Board Overreach on Blanket 170.6 Motion?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 27, 2017
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Commentary: Did Board Overreach on Blanket 170.6 Motion?

There are a number of surprising things about what happened on Tuesday, with the Yolo County Board of Sup ...

There are a number of surprising things about what happened on Tuesday, with the Yolo County Board of Supervisors voting 4-1 to issue a blanket request, per Code of Civil Procedure section 170.6, to r ...

April 27, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Board Votes 4-1 to Issue Request for Blanket Recusal of Judge Basha

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 26, 2017
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Board Votes 4-1 to Issue Request for Blanket Recusal of Judge Basha

In a vote that perhaps surprised even Supervisor Matt Rexroad, who brought the issue forward, the Yolo Co ...

In a vote that perhaps surprised even Supervisor Matt Rexroad, who brought the issue forward, the Yolo County Board of Supervisors voted 4-1 to issue notice of filing a blanket Code of Civil Procedure ...

April 26, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Is Rexroad’s Push against Judge Basha a Threat to Judicial Independence?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 25, 2017
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Is Rexroad’s Push against Judge Basha a Threat to Judicial Independence?

Yolo County Supervisor Matt Rexroad has drafted a letter to Judge Janet Gaard, the current presiding judg ...

Yolo County Supervisor Matt Rexroad has drafted a letter to Judge Janet Gaard, the current presiding judge in Yolo County, requesting that Judge Steven Basha be removed from presiding over juvenile de ...

April 25, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Supervisor Rexroad Requests Judge Basha Be Removed from Juvenile Dependency Hearings

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: April 24, 2017
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Supervisor Rexroad Requests Judge Basha Be Removed from Juvenile Dependency Hearings

The following is a letter to presiding Judge Janet Gaard from Supervisor Rexroad. Dear Judge Gaard, I’m w ...

The following is a letter to presiding Judge Janet Gaard from Supervisor Rexroad. Dear Judge Gaard, I’m writing to request that Judge Steven Basha no longer preside over Juvenile Dependency hearings. ...

April 24, 2017
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Can the Community Defuse the Sheriff on the MRAP?

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: March 26, 2017
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Can the Community Defuse the Sheriff on the MRAP?

By Alan Hirsch I was at the Yolo County Board of Supervisors meeting two weeks ago when 24 people testifi ...

By Alan Hirsch I was at the Yolo County Board of Supervisors meeting two weeks ago when 24 people testified against having the county sheriff‘s office get a military surplus armored car, an MRAP (Mine ...

March 26, 2017
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Supervisors Deadlock on MRAP, Bring It Back in April

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 22, 2017
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Supervisors Deadlock on MRAP, Bring It Back in April

The large number of members of the public filled the room. Of those who spoke during public comment, not ...

The large number of members of the public filled the room. Of those who spoke during public comment, not a one came in support of the military vehicle that Sheriff Ed Prieto promised would be used on ...

February 22, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Letter Requests Immediate BOS Denouncement of Executive Order on Immigration

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: February 02, 2017
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Letter Requests Immediate BOS Denouncement of Executive Order on Immigration

By Melissa Moreno My Yolo County family, neighbors, and friends, request that the Yolo County Board of Su ...

By Melissa Moreno My Yolo County family, neighbors, and friends, request that the Yolo County Board of Supervisors formalize the attached resolution that denounces the recent Presidential Executive Or ...

February 02, 2017
| by Vanguard Administrator

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CEQA Suit Attempts to Block Field & Pond

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 01, 2016
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CEQA Suit Attempts to Block Field & Pond

The Board of Supervisors twice had to approve an event permit for the Field & Pond event center to ho ...

The Board of Supervisors twice had to approve an event permit for the Field & Pond event center to host weddings out in a rural stretch of Yolo County. The approvals came over the strenuous object ...

December 01, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Board of Supervisors Allow Field & Pond Appeal to Go Through on a 4-1 Vote

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 14, 2016
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Board of Supervisors Allow Field & Pond Appeal to Go Through on a 4-1 Vote

After two hours of public comment that seemed relatively evenly divided between those who supported the F ...

After two hours of public comment that seemed relatively evenly divided between those who supported the Field & Pond special events center and those who strongly opposed it, the Board of Superviso ...

September 14, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Yolo County Board Of Supervisors to Consider Task Force on Farm Labor

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: July 28, 2016
| (54) Comments

Yolo County Board Of Supervisors to Consider Task Force on Farm Labor

By Sean Raycraft Tuesday July 26, County Supervisor Don Saylor advanced a motion to support Assembly Bill ...

By Sean Raycraft Tuesday July 26, County Supervisor Don Saylor advanced a motion to support Assembly Bill 1066, (Lorena Gonzalez-D San Diego). The bill would extend overtime protections to farm worker ...

July 28, 2016
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Commentary: Disappointing Failure to Provide Boost to Preschool Programs

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 24, 2016
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Commentary: Disappointing Failure to Provide Boost to Preschool Programs

In the end, not only did the preschool tax fall short of the four votes needed to put it on the ballot, i ...

In the end, not only did the preschool tax fall short of the four votes needed to put it on the ballot, it fell short of even a majority, as Supervisors Oscar Villegas and Duane Chamberlain, who had s ...

June 24, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Will Preschool and Early Childhood Education Initiative Have the Votes to Go Forward?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 19, 2016
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Will Preschool and Early Childhood Education Initiative Have the Votes to Go Forward?

Three weeks ago there were four votes to go forward with a quarter to one-half cent sales tax that would, ...

Three weeks ago there were four votes to go forward with a quarter to one-half cent sales tax that would, among other things, generate between $8.4 million (quarter-cent) to $16.8 million (half cent) ...

June 19, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Is County Preschool Program in Trouble?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 13, 2016
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Is County Preschool Program in Trouble?

Two weeks ago, Yolo County supervisors voted 4-1 to have staff come back with a ballot measure for Novemb ...

Two weeks ago, Yolo County supervisors voted 4-1 to have staff come back with a ballot measure for November that would create a half-cent countywide sales tax. The tax would be a general use tax, mea ...

June 13, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Crime Moves Back Down in 2016 in Davis and West Sacramento

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 06, 2016
| (20) Comments

Crime Moves Back Down in 2016 in Davis and West Sacramento

It was nearly a month ago that Yolo County DA Jeff Reisig, along with Chief Probation Officer Brent Carda ...

It was nearly a month ago that Yolo County DA Jeff Reisig, along with Chief Probation Officer Brent Cardall, blamed the implementation of Proposition 47 on a cited rising crime rate. “All of the major ...

April 06, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Board of Supervisors Looks to Potentially Alter Bypass of Family Reunification Services Policy

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 04, 2016
| (13) Comments

Board of Supervisors Looks to Potentially Alter Bypass of Family Reunification Services Policy

At their last meeting, on March 22, the Yolo County Board of Supervisors looked into organizational and p ...

At their last meeting, on March 22, the Yolo County Board of Supervisors looked into organizational and policy changes within Child Welfare Services. As a result of that meeting, an ad hoc subcommitt ...

April 04, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Community Rallies Behind Rexroad’s Push for Reform of Child Welfare System

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: March 27, 2016
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Community Rallies Behind Rexroad’s Push for Reform of Child Welfare System

By Jerika L.H. It is no secret that the family court system is broken. While most of us serve as onlooker ...

By Jerika L.H. It is no secret that the family court system is broken. While most of us serve as onlookers, acting under the assumption that the appointed people in charge are working in the best inte ...

March 27, 2016
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Commentary: DA Again Laments Prop 47 Reality

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 15, 2016
| (45) Comments

Commentary: DA Again Laments Prop 47 Reality

For the second year in a row, Yolo County DA Jeff Reisig lamented the effects of Proposition 47. He cited ...

For the second year in a row, Yolo County DA Jeff Reisig lamented the effects of Proposition 47. He cited current statistics that show that, while felony filings are down 30 percent, misdemeanor filin ...

March 15, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Richard Reed Appointed as Deputy to Supervisor Provenza

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: January 28, 2016
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Richard Reed Appointed as Deputy to Supervisor Provenza

Yolo County Supervisor Jim Provenza, District 4, today named Richard Reed, Chair of the Yolo County Plann ...

Yolo County Supervisor Jim Provenza, District 4, today named Richard Reed, Chair of the Yolo County Planning Commission, as his new Deputy Supervisor. Supervisor Provenza said, “I look forward to work ...

January 28, 2016
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Eye on the Courts: Supervisor Rexroad Steps into the War of Words

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 30, 2015
| (12) Comments

Eye on the Courts: Supervisor Rexroad Steps into the War of Words

We have been covering the back and forth between Yolo County DA Jeff Reisig and Judges Kathleen White and ...

We have been covering the back and forth between Yolo County DA Jeff Reisig and Judges Kathleen White and Dave Rosenberg. Most recently we recounted the story on Saturday. Supervisor Matt Rexroad beco ...

March 30, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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