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Criminal Justice Partners Engage in Voter Education & Outreach

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|Date: September 17, 2022
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Criminal Justice Partners Engage in Voter Education & Outreach

Special to the Vanguard Woodland, CA – In partnership with the Yolo County Elections Office, the Yolo Co ...

Special to the Vanguard Woodland, CA – In partnership with the Yolo County Elections Office, the Yolo County Public Defender’s Office and the Yolo County Probation Department will conduct voter educa ...

September 17, 2022
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Yolo DA Discusses Racial Blind Charging in Yolo County and Beyond

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 15, 2022
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Yolo DA Discusses Racial Blind Charging in Yolo County and Beyond

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Woodland, CA – The Yolo County District Attorney’s Office has tout ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Woodland, CA – The Yolo County District Attorney’s Office has touted their racial blind charging project as a reform mechanism to create greater equity in chargi ...

September 15, 2022
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Why Yolo County Needs to Improve COVID Data Reporting in its Local Jails

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|Date: August 30, 2022
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Why Yolo County Needs to Improve COVID Data Reporting in its Local Jails

This report is written by the Covid In-Custody Project which partners with the Davis Vanguard to report o ...

This report is written by the Covid In-Custody Project which partners with the Davis Vanguard to report on the pandemic in California’s county jails and Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (C ...

August 30, 2022
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Sunday Commentary: Yolo DA Says He Supports Conviction Review Unit, but Actions Speak Louder Than Words

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 07, 2022
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Sunday Commentary: Yolo DA Says He Supports Conviction Review Unit, but Actions Speak Louder Than Words

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Woodland, CA – Earlier this week, the Yolo County DA’ s Office put ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Woodland, CA – Earlier this week, the Yolo County DA’ s Office put out a tweet that stated, “A prosecutor’s role is to ensure that our system achieves justice wh ...

August 07, 2022
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DA Raven Discusses Racial Disparities in Yolo County

Posted by Robert JHansen
|Date: July 13, 2022
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DA Raven Discusses Racial Disparities in Yolo County

By Robert J Hansen Woodland, CA - Racial Disparity was the subject of this month’s Commons Town Hall whic ...

By Robert J Hansen Woodland, CA - Racial Disparity was the subject of this month’s Commons Town Hall which was hosted by the Yolo County District Attorney’s Office in partnership with Measures for Jus ...

July 13, 2022
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Judge Agrees with Plaintiffs Not to Divide Broderick/Bryte in West Sacramento Redistricting

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 08, 2022
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Judge Agrees with Plaintiffs Not to Divide Broderick/Bryte in West Sacramento Redistricting

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Woodland, CA – A judge agreed with plaintiffs on a challenge to We ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Woodland, CA – A judge agreed with plaintiffs on a challenge to West Sacramento Redistricting not to divide the Broderick/Bryte neighborhood into separate city c ...

July 08, 2022
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Woodland PD Fails to Protect LGBTQ Event from Proud Boys

Posted by Robert JHansen
|Date: July 06, 2022
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Woodland PD Fails to Protect LGBTQ Event from Proud Boys

by Robert J Hansen Woodland, CA - A drag show planned at Mojo’s Lounge & Kitchen428 Restaurant in Woo ...

by Robert J Hansen Woodland, CA - A drag show planned at Mojo’s Lounge & Kitchen428 Restaurant in Woodland was disrupted by Sacramento Proud Boys last Thursday. The Woodland Police Department coul ...

July 06, 2022
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Guest Commentary: Inequitable and Unfair Redistricting in West Sacramento

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|Date: July 01, 2022
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Guest Commentary: Inequitable and Unfair Redistricting in West Sacramento

By Carlos Alcala Over one-quarter of the population of West Sacramento lives in Broderick/Bryte. The Brod ...

By Carlos Alcala Over one-quarter of the population of West Sacramento lives in Broderick/Bryte. The Broderick/ Bryte community continues to fight for one of the four seats on the City Council in redi ...

July 01, 2022
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Guest Commentary: Finding Humanity with Project Free Write

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|Date: June 29, 2022
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Guest Commentary: Finding Humanity with Project Free Write

By John Fout The Yolo County Public Defender’s Office introduces you to Project Free Write, an eight-wee ...

By John Fout The Yolo County Public Defender’s Office introduces you to Project Free Write, an eight-week storytelling workshop created for system-impacted persons with a mission to bear witness to t ...

June 29, 2022
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Sunday Commentary: DA Reisig Has Turned the Dev Case into a Political Football – That’s Unfortunate

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 19, 2022
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Sunday Commentary: DA Reisig Has Turned the Dev Case into a Political Football – That’s Unfortunate

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Woodland, CA – A few weeks ago, Ajay Dev’s attorney, Jennifer Mouz ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Woodland, CA – A few weeks ago, Ajay Dev’s attorney, Jennifer Mouzis, was ill and had to postpone a hearing. The petitioners asked for and were granted a contin ...

June 19, 2022
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Guest Commentary: White Privilege

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|Date: June 06, 2022
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Guest Commentary: White Privilege

Written by: Anonymous Throughout my incarceration in the Yolo County Jail I have witnessed case after cas ...

Written by: Anonymous Throughout my incarceration in the Yolo County Jail I have witnessed case after case of unfair treatment towards Hispanics & African Americans via the Yolo County District At ...

June 06, 2022
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Yolo Leaders Led by Congressmember Thompson, Assemblymember Aguiar-Curry Vow to Defend Reproductive Rights

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 26, 2022
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Yolo Leaders Led by Congressmember Thompson, Assemblymember Aguiar-Curry Vow to Defend Reproductive Rights

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – With Roe v. Wade under assault, leaders in Yolo County ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – With Roe v. Wade under assault, leaders in Yolo County, including three Latina women mayors, vowed to fight to protect reproductive rights. “As we st ...

May 26, 2022
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Couzens Injects DA Race Politics into Ajay Dev Motion

Posted by Robert JHansen
|Date: May 22, 2022
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Couzens Injects DA Race Politics into Ajay Dev Motion

By Robert J. Hansen Woodland, CA - A motion has been filed by the Yolo County District Attorney's Office ...

By Robert J. Hansen Woodland, CA - A motion has been filed by the Yolo County District Attorney's Office ordering “devastating” testimony to be taken forthwith and without any further unreasonable del ...

May 22, 2022
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Guest Commentary: Redistricting in West Sacramento City Elections; City Council Selects Horrible Map for Minorities and Poor People

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: May 18, 2022
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Guest Commentary: Redistricting in West Sacramento City Elections; City Council Selects Horrible Map for Minorities and Poor People

By Carlos Alcala Undisputable data shows Map 4a discriminates against poor people but even more blatantly ...

By Carlos Alcala Undisputable data shows Map 4a discriminates against poor people but even more blatantly discriminates against Latinos and African Americans who are most concentrated in Broderick/Bry ...

May 18, 2022
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Case Against Woodland Police Set for Late April, but Could Be Dismissed Due to Qualified Immunity in Barrera Death

Posted by Robert JHansen
|Date: March 26, 2022
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Case Against Woodland Police Set for Late April, but Could Be Dismissed Due to Qualified Immunity in Barrera Death

By Robert J. Hansen A civil lawsuit filed against Woodland police officers by the family of Michael Barre ...

By Robert J. Hansen A civil lawsuit filed against Woodland police officers by the family of Michael Barrera who was killed by police in 2017 is set for trial in late April according to Marissa Barrera ...

March 26, 2022
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Reisig Accused of Prosecutorial Misconduct in Gonzalez Case That Was Overturned This Week

Posted by Robert JHansen
|Date: March 24, 2022
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Reisig Accused of Prosecutorial Misconduct in Gonzalez Case That Was Overturned This Week

By Robert J. Hansen The Third Appellate District Court reversed the second-degree murder conviction of Ju ...

By Robert J. Hansen The Third Appellate District Court reversed the second-degree murder conviction of Justin Gonzalez on Tuesday. The Court’s decision to reverse the murder conviction was “really spe ...

March 24, 2022
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Yolo County to Decide Whether to Support AB 1928 – Latest Version of Secured Facilities Treatment Program

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 20, 2022
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Yolo County to Decide Whether to Support AB 1928 – Latest Version of Secured Facilities Treatment Program

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Last year, AB 1542, authored by Assemblymember Kevin McCarty and c ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Last year, AB 1542, authored by Assemblymember Kevin McCarty and co-sponsored by Yolo DA Jeff Reisig, rolled through both houses of the legislature but was stymi ...

March 20, 2022
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Yolo DA Ignores Tholmer Case, but Placer County Judge Finds Good Cause for Evidentiary Hearing

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|Date: March 09, 2022
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Yolo DA Ignores Tholmer Case, but Placer County Judge Finds Good Cause for Evidentiary Hearing

By Robert J. Hansen The Yolo County District Attorney's Conviction and Sentence Review Unit to date has r ...

By Robert J. Hansen The Yolo County District Attorney's Conviction and Sentence Review Unit to date has resolved 15 cases since its formation in 2014 according to the DA’s Office. This unit reviews an ...

March 09, 2022
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Sunday Commentary: Reisig Has Resentenced 10 People… In Three Years

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 06, 2022
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Sunday Commentary: Reisig Has Resentenced 10 People… In Three Years

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Woodland, CA – This week I was talking with someone who has been w ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Woodland, CA – This week I was talking with someone who has been working on resentencing issues in another community, and they remarked how powerful a tool PC § ...

March 06, 2022
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Commentary: Prosecutor-Initiated Resentencing Has Profound Limitations

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: March 05, 2022
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Commentary: Prosecutor-Initiated Resentencing Has Profound Limitations

By Rory Fleming Following the 2018 passage of AB 2942, California’s first-in-the-nation “prosecutor-initi ...

By Rory Fleming Following the 2018 passage of AB 2942, California’s first-in-the-nation “prosecutor-initiated resentencing” law, Hillary Blout started the Oakland-based nonprofit For The People to pop ...

March 05, 2022
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