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Yolo DA Attempts to Rally People against Defunding the County Law Enforcement

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 21, 2020
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Yolo DA Attempts to Rally People against Defunding the County Law Enforcement

Earlier this week I received the following instant message: “I'm hoping you might consider sending an ema ...

Earlier this week I received the following instant message: “I'm hoping you might consider sending an email to the County Board of Supervisors regarding NOT DEFUNDING our Law Enforcement agencies! “I ...

June 21, 2020
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County Funding Skews Even More Toward District Attorney, Sheriff, Away from Public Defender

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 16, 2020
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County Funding Skews Even More Toward District Attorney, Sheriff, Away from Public Defender

Yolo County - In 2017, Yolo County Supervisor Don Saylor pushed for more equity in funding for the public ...

Yolo County - In 2017, Yolo County Supervisor Don Saylor pushed for more equity in funding for the public defender’s Office. At that time, there was a comparison of staffing levels that showed 31 att ...

June 16, 2020
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39 California Sheriff’s Departments Score an F on Violence Alternatives, Accountability, and Approaching Policing

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 10, 2019
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39 California Sheriff’s Departments Score an F on Violence Alternatives, Accountability, and Approaching Policing

By Danielle Silva Thirty-nine California Sheriff’s Departments scored an 60% or less overall on the Calif ...

By Danielle Silva Thirty-nine California Sheriff’s Departments scored an 60% or less overall on the California Police Scorecard, an interactive data map that uses information from databases like the C ...

December 10, 2019
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Sheriff Disputes Story that They Were Dumping Homeless Man at Sac McDonald’s

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 28, 2019
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Sheriff Disputes Story that They Were Dumping Homeless Man at Sac McDonald’s

Yesterday afternoon the Sacramento Bee ran a story with a video that purports to show Yolo County Sheriff ...

Yesterday afternoon the Sacramento Bee ran a story with a video that purports to show Yolo County Sheriff's deputies dropping off a homeless man with all of his belongings at a McDonald’s restaurant o ...

September 28, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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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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2018-19 Yolo County Grand Jury Final Report

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: July 14, 2019
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2018-19 Yolo County Grand Jury Final Report

(From Press Release) —The purpose of the Yolo County Grand Jury is to act as a citizen watchdog to review ...

(From Press Release) —The purpose of the Yolo County Grand Jury is to act as a citizen watchdog to review and investigate complaints about local government, and to report its findings and recommendati ...

July 14, 2019
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Grand Jury Finds Improved Conditions at the County ORR Facility but Concerns Remain

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 08, 2019
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Grand Jury Finds Improved Conditions at the County ORR Facility but Concerns Remain

Responding to complaints about the health and well-being of unaccompanied minor children who were detaine ...

Responding to complaints about the health and well-being of unaccompanied minor children who were detained by the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) and placed at the Juvenile Detention Facility (JD ...

July 08, 2019
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Commentary: Rare Consensus by DA and Public Defender Overshadowed by Local Politics

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 04, 2019
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Commentary: Rare Consensus by DA and Public Defender Overshadowed by Local Politics

Last month, the Davis City Council, pressured by neighbors on Pacifico, acknowledged that the Pacifico lo ...

Last month, the Davis City Council, pressured by neighbors on Pacifico, acknowledged that the Pacifico location was not the best position for the residential treatment center proposed by the county fo ...

June 04, 2019
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Commentary: Should Sheriff’s and DA’s Be Elected Positions?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 18, 2018
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Commentary: Should Sheriff’s and DA’s Be Elected Positions?

The recent saga with Sacramento Sheriff Scott Jones and the inability of the Sacramento Board of Supervis ...

The recent saga with Sacramento Sheriff Scott Jones and the inability of the Sacramento Board of Supervisors to reign him in is another reminder that perhaps we ought to question the wisdom of electin ...

December 18, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Eight Environmental Justice Activists Arrested at Monsanto Plant Monday

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: October 17, 2018
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Eight Environmental Justice Activists Arrested at Monsanto Plant Monday

By Crescenzo Vellucci Eight environmental activists who maintain “Monsanto is poisoning the world” were a ...

By Crescenzo Vellucci Eight environmental activists who maintain “Monsanto is poisoning the world” were arrested at the main gates of the Woodland Monsanto Headquarters in the early morning hours Mond ...

October 17, 2018
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Attorney to File Motion to Order Yolo County Jail to Permit Visits with Her Client

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 18, 2018
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Attorney to File Motion to Order Yolo County Jail to Permit Visits with Her Client

A few weeks ago, the Vanguard reported on the alleged treatment of Lyle Nooner, who is in custody at the ...

A few weeks ago, the Vanguard reported on the alleged treatment of Lyle Nooner, who is in custody at the Yolo County Jail awaiting trial on a variety of drug and weapons charges. During the course of ...

July 18, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Davis’ Supervisors to Sponsor Resolution on Protecting Children and Keeping Families Together

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 18, 2018
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Davis’ Supervisors to Sponsor Resolution on Protecting Children and Keeping Families Together

On Tuesday, July 24, Don Saylor and Jim Provenza, the two county supervisors who represent Davis, will pu ...

On Tuesday, July 24, Don Saylor and Jim Provenza, the two county supervisors who represent Davis, will put a resolution before their colleagues as a statement of values as well as an action plan to su ...

July 18, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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BOS Asked to Decide Fate of ORR Program for Detaining Refugee Children in Yolo

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 25, 2018
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BOS Asked to Decide Fate of ORR Program for Detaining Refugee Children in Yolo

Back in April, the Probation Department staff presented an update to the Yolo County Board of Supervisors ...

Back in April, the Probation Department staff presented an update to the Yolo County Board of Supervisors on the Office of Refugee and Resettlement (ORR) program for Unaccompanied Children (UC), curre ...

June 25, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Four Arrested in the Disappearance of Enrique Rios and Elijah Moore

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 12, 2018
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Four Arrested in the Disappearance of Enrique Rios and Elijah Moore

The Woodland Police Department ended one mystery on Monday, but continued another. Enrique Rios and Elij ...

The Woodland Police Department ended one mystery on Monday, but continued another. Enrique Rios and Elijah Moore, the two Yolo teens missing since late 2016, have not been found, but four people have ...

June 12, 2018
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Woodland PD Announces Arrests in Connection with 2016 Disappearance of Two Teens

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 11, 2018
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Woodland PD Announces Arrests in Connection with 2016 Disappearance of Two Teens

After more than a year and a half, the Woodland Police Department announced that, in coordination with th ...

After more than a year and a half, the Woodland Police Department announced that, in coordination with the Yolo County Sheriff's Office, it has made three arrests related to the disappearances of Enri ...

June 11, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Election News: Gary Sandy In, Rexroad Out; Prieto Makes Immigration Statement

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 11, 2018
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Election News: Gary Sandy In, Rexroad Out; Prieto Makes Immigration Statement

It has been a tumultuous week in the Yolo County supervisor’s race. Two days before the deadline, three- ...

It has been a tumultuous week in the Yolo County supervisor’s race. Two days before the deadline, three-term Supervisor Matt Rexroad announced he was not going to seek reelection. However, Mr. Rexro ...

March 11, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Analysis: Harassment Settlement Agreement Was against Yolo County

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 27, 2018
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Analysis: Harassment Settlement Agreement Was against Yolo County

In early February, the media reported a settlement agreement in a harassment case against Yolo County She ...

In early February, the media reported a settlement agreement in a harassment case against Yolo County Sheriff Ed Prieto. The settlement was $98,000 to former Deputy Victoria Zetwick under the conditi ...

February 27, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Undersheriff to Challenge Ed Prieto

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 21, 2018
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Undersheriff to Challenge Ed Prieto

Sheriff Ed Prieto was first elected to his post in 1998 and has completed five terms in office. However, ...

Sheriff Ed Prieto was first elected to his post in 1998 and has completed five terms in office. However, on Tuesday, Tom Lopez, who has served as undersheriff for nearly a decade, filed paperwork to ...

February 21, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Petition to Circulate that Creates Cannabis Fairness Act

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 11, 2017
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Petition to Circulate that Creates Cannabis Fairness Act

On November 8, Robert and Trevor Milbrodt of Davis filed with the County Clerk’s Office a Notice of Inten ...

On November 8, Robert and Trevor Milbrodt of Davis filed with the County Clerk’s Office a Notice of Intention to Circulate Petition. The petition would put on the ballot a measure to adopt the Cannab ...

November 11, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Does Sting Really Help Stop Sex Trafficking?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 16, 2017
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Does Sting Really Help Stop Sex Trafficking?

According to a Woodland Police press release, the Woodland Police Department and Yolo County District Att ...

According to a Woodland Police press release, the Woodland Police Department and Yolo County District Attorney's Office conducted a sting targeting those who would solicit or attempt to buy sex acts. ...

October 16, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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