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McCarty’s Drug Treatment Bill Clears Another Key Hurdle, Senate Public Safety Committee

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 02, 2021
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McCarty’s Drug Treatment Bill Clears Another Key Hurdle, Senate Public Safety Committee

By David M. Greenwald Sacramento, CA – Four weeks after the bill sailed through the Assembly on a 65-1 vo ...

By David M. Greenwald Sacramento, CA – Four weeks after the bill sailed through the Assembly on a 65-1 vote, Assemblymember Kevin McCarty’s AB 1542, passed through the Senate Public Safety Committee w ...

July 02, 2021
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Misleading Plea from Defendant of No Contest to Manslaughter Creates Confusion

Posted by Michelle Lagos
|Date: April 28, 2021
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Misleading Plea from Defendant of No Contest to Manslaughter Creates Confusion

By Derrick Pal WOODLAND, CA — A discrepancy between a defendant’s no contest plea and her belief that she ...

By Derrick Pal WOODLAND, CA — A discrepancy between a defendant’s no contest plea and her belief that she was not guilty created confusion in Yolo County Superior Court Monday, but it was eventually c ...

April 28, 2021
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Yolo County Board of Education Resolution: Upholding Democracy and Security for Schools and Society

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|Date: January 30, 2021
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Yolo County Board of Education Resolution: Upholding Democracy and Security for Schools and Society

The following resolution was passed by the County Board of Education on a 5-0 on January 15, 2021. WHEREA ...

The following resolution was passed by the County Board of Education on a 5-0 on January 15, 2021. WHEREAS, on January 6, 2021, our nation witnessed terrorism, insurrection and violence in the U.S. Ca ...

January 30, 2021
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Commentary: Yolo DA Keeps Attacking Zero Bail, Even Though…

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 06, 2021
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Commentary: Yolo DA Keeps Attacking Zero Bail, Even Though…

By David M. Greenwald One-sided press releases are not only the norm, but expected. With that said, the ...

By David M. Greenwald One-sided press releases are not only the norm, but expected. With that said, the continued assault on zero bail by the Yolo County DA’s Office is baffling. It is baffling not ...

January 06, 2021
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Research Suggests Mandatory Treatment Ineffective

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 07, 2020
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Research Suggests Mandatory Treatment Ineffective

By David M. Greenwald Last week we presented a critique of DA Jeff Reisig’s homelessness proposal. One o ...

By David M. Greenwald Last week we presented a critique of DA Jeff Reisig’s homelessness proposal. One of his more controversial planks was: “Amend California law to mandate state-funded treatment fo ...

December 07, 2020
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Yolo DA’s Plan to Combat Homelessness Remains Limited to Softer Criminal-Based Approaches

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 30, 2020
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Yolo DA’s Plan to Combat Homelessness Remains Limited to Softer Criminal-Based Approaches

By David M. Greenwald Yolo County DA Jeff Reisig last week put forward a five-point plan to reduce homele ...

By David M. Greenwald Yolo County DA Jeff Reisig last week put forward a five-point plan to reduce homelessness. While it contains some reasonable suggestions, the first plank is problematic and woul ...

November 30, 2020
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Commentary: Other than Supervisor Saylor, Where Is the Pushback against the DA’s Budget Increases?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 29, 2020
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Commentary: Other than Supervisor Saylor, Where Is the Pushback against the DA’s Budget Increases?

By David M. Greenwald For the second time this weekend, Supervisor Don Saylor raised the issue of the dis ...

By David M. Greenwald For the second time this weekend, Supervisor Don Saylor raised the issue of the district attorney’s budget. His previous column and questions triggered a 29-page response by the ...

September 29, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Mental Health Crisis Leads to Shooting Death of 88-Year-Old Robert Coleman by WS Police

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|Date: September 28, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Mental Health Crisis Leads to Shooting Death of 88-Year-Old Robert Coleman by WS Police

by Maria Grijalva The West Sacramento police have released a video compilation of body cameras worn by fo ...

by Maria Grijalva The West Sacramento police have released a video compilation of body cameras worn by four police officers involved in the shooting death of 88-year-old Robert Coleman, which occurred ...

September 28, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Now Is the Time to Right Size and Redirect Yolo County Criminal Justice Spending

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|Date: September 27, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Now Is the Time to Right Size and Redirect Yolo County Criminal Justice Spending

By Don Saylor On September 29, 2020, the Yolo County Board of Supervisors will adopt our 2020-21 Budget. ...

By Don Saylor On September 29, 2020, the Yolo County Board of Supervisors will adopt our 2020-21 Budget. This will be an update of the June budget to reflect year end fund balances, state budget actio ...

September 27, 2020
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Yolo Supes Sail Along on Budget Talks until DA Budget Comes Up

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|Date: September 02, 2020
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Yolo Supes Sail Along on Budget Talks until DA Budget Comes Up

By Layla Mustafa WOODLAND – Everything—surprisingly—was coming up roses Tuesday when the Yolo County Boar ...

By Layla Mustafa WOODLAND – Everything—surprisingly—was coming up roses Tuesday when the Yolo County Board of Supervisors took up the 2020-21 budget, with Chief Budget Official Mubeen Qader noting tha ...

September 02, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Enlarging the Discussion on ‘Defunding’

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|Date: August 07, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Enlarging the Discussion on ‘Defunding’

By Robb Davis Observing the early evolution of discussions around defunding the police--and after having ...

By Robb Davis Observing the early evolution of discussions around defunding the police--and after having read The End of Policing by Alex Vitale--it is clear that the real debate is around reprioritiz ...

August 07, 2020
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Letter to Janet Napolitano, Re: ACLU Yolo County Recommendation for UC Policing

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|Date: August 01, 2020
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Letter to Janet Napolitano, Re: ACLU Yolo County Recommendation for UC Policing

Dear President Napolitano, We, the ACLU Yolo County Chapter would like to voice our complete support of t ...

Dear President Napolitano, We, the ACLU Yolo County Chapter would like to voice our complete support of the recommendations proposed in regards to UC Policing. Our organization takes the safety of peo ...

August 01, 2020
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Yolo County to Pass Resolution Recognizing Racism As a Public Health Crisis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 19, 2020
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Yolo County to Pass Resolution Recognizing Racism As a Public Health Crisis

In early June, the Yolo County Public Defenders had a march in front of the Yolo Courthouse to emphasize ...

In early June, the Yolo County Public Defenders had a march in front of the Yolo Courthouse to emphasize the unequal access to justice that Black and Brown people have in the criminal legal system. Pu ...

July 19, 2020
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Letter: Opening the Courts Now Makes No Sense

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|Date: July 16, 2020
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Letter: Opening the Courts Now Makes No Sense

By Nora Oldwin Science-driven policy instead of policy-Driven “science,” please … ? Our courtrooms have b ...

By Nora Oldwin Science-driven policy instead of policy-Driven “science,” please … ? Our courtrooms have been closed for months, during which time Yolo County experienced relatively few cases of COVID- ...

July 16, 2020
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Death Row Prisoner Wesley Purkey Suffering from Alzheimer’s – Incompetent for Execution?

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: July 15, 2020
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Death Row Prisoner Wesley Purkey Suffering from Alzheimer’s – Incompetent for Execution?

By Yuanqi Ivy Zhou Washington, D.C. - Wesley Purkey is scheduled for federal execution Wednesday, despite ...

By Yuanqi Ivy Zhou Washington, D.C. - Wesley Purkey is scheduled for federal execution Wednesday, despite his serious mental health issues and Alzheimer's dementia “so severe that he doesn't even unde ...

July 15, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Redefining Public Safety in Yolo County

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: June 09, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Redefining Public Safety in Yolo County

by Linda Deos It has been two weeks since George Floyd was murdered by four police officers in Minneapoli ...

by Linda Deos It has been two weeks since George Floyd was murdered by four police officers in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and the resulting protests have spread across the country and gone global. The au ...

June 09, 2020
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Cooler Heads Prevail – Barely – in Woodland

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 01, 2020
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Cooler Heads Prevail – Barely – in Woodland

To sign up for our new newsletter - Everyday Injustice - https://tinyurl.com/yyultcf9 A Woodland protest ...

To sign up for our new newsletter - Everyday Injustice - https://tinyurl.com/yyultcf9 A Woodland protest organized by a group of young people drew nearly 150 people at its peak across the street from ...

June 01, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Woodland Police Killed My Brother and I Will Not Be Silenced

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|Date: May 24, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Woodland Police Killed My Brother and I Will Not Be Silenced

Michael Barrera was in handcuffs when he was brutally assaulted, tased, suffocated, and killed by Woodlan ...

Michael Barrera was in handcuffs when he was brutally assaulted, tased, suffocated, and killed by Woodland police officers. by Marissa Barrera February 8, 2017 is the day that forever changed my life, ...

May 24, 2020
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Wintun Educator Presents Lifeways Exhibition during Native American Heritage Month

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|Date: November 18, 2019
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Wintun Educator Presents Lifeways Exhibition during Native American Heritage Month

By Nick Buxton The Tule plant can be found along the shorelines of ponds and lakes across California, but ...

By Nick Buxton The Tule plant can be found along the shorelines of ponds and lakes across California, but few realize its cultural and historical importance to the region. Native American educator, Di ...

November 18, 2019
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Statement by People Power Respecting the Re-Purposing of the Juvenile Detention Facility

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: August 11, 2019
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Statement by People Power Respecting the Re-Purposing of the Juvenile Detention Facility

STATEMENT OF CONCERN RE: RE-PURPOSING OF THE JUVENILE DETENTION FACILITY (JDF) submitted by People Power ...

STATEMENT OF CONCERN RE: RE-PURPOSING OF THE JUVENILE DETENTION FACILITY (JDF) submitted by People Power We acknowledge the happy problem that the capacity of the JDF far exceeds the demand for secure ...

August 11, 2019
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