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“Putting People in Cages Isn’t Going to Make Us Safer” Vanguard talks to Yolo County Deputy Public Defenders

Posted by Linh Nguyen
|Date: February 23, 2021
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“Putting People in Cages Isn’t Going to Make Us Safer” Vanguard talks to Yolo County Deputy Public Defenders

By Jordan Varney DAVIS -- On Feb. 22, the Vanguard hosted a webinar with two Yolo County deputy public d ...

By Jordan Varney DAVIS -- On Feb. 22, the Vanguard hosted a webinar with two Yolo County deputy public defenders, Emily Fisher and Martha Sequeira. The deputy public defenders gave a presentation abo ...

February 23, 2021
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Letter: Puzzling Press Releases by the Yolo County District Attorney

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: January 09, 2021
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Letter: Puzzling Press Releases by the Yolo County District Attorney

By Susan Pelican Local news coverage on Wednesday, January 6 reports another press release from the DA th ...

By Susan Pelican Local news coverage on Wednesday, January 6 reports another press release from the DA that "over 526 crimes were committed as a result of the $0 bail program." This assertion is puzzl ...

January 09, 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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Police Auditor Provides Update on Recent State Police Reform at PAC Meeting

Posted by Linh Nguyen
|Date: November 09, 2020
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Police Auditor Provides Update on Recent State Police Reform at PAC Meeting

By Zohd Khan DAVIS -- As the nation continues to strive to combat police brutality and other injustices ...

By Zohd Khan DAVIS -- As the nation continues to strive to combat police brutality and other injustices amid the several casualties that have taken place in recent time, the Davis Police Accountabili ...

November 09, 2020
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Local Activists Share Personal Experiences With Law Enforcement And Present Alternate Policing Strategies

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|Date: October 28, 2020
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Local Activists Share Personal Experiences With Law Enforcement And Present Alternate Policing Strategies

By Emily Dill DAVIS -- On Saturday Oct. 24, an educational rally for innovative policing and public safe ...

By Emily Dill DAVIS -- On Saturday Oct. 24, an educational rally for innovative policing and public safety strategies was held in Davis’s Central Park. Aiming to spread awareness of alternative ways ...

October 28, 2020
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Officer Shooting in Christopher Gray Case Calls for Thorough Davis Police Department Investigation, Discussed in PAC

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|Date: October 19, 2020
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Officer Shooting in Christopher Gray Case Calls for Thorough Davis Police Department Investigation, Discussed in PAC

By Jordan Varney DAVIS -- At the Police Accountability Commission (PAC) meeting on Monday Oct. 5, they d ...

By Jordan Varney DAVIS -- At the Police Accountability Commission (PAC) meeting on Monday Oct. 5, they discussed the shooting timeline for the Davis Police Department’s (DPD) officer-involved shootin ...

October 19, 2020
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Yolo County Board of Supervisors Left ‘Puzzled and Troubled’ Over the CCP Budget for 2020-2021

Posted by Linh Nguyen
|Date: October 12, 2020
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Yolo County Board of Supervisors Left ‘Puzzled and Troubled’ Over the CCP Budget for 2020-2021

By Madison Forwood YOLO COUNTY -- The Yolo County Board of Supervisors expressed their concerns on Sep. ...

By Madison Forwood YOLO COUNTY -- The Yolo County Board of Supervisors expressed their concerns on Sep. 29 over the lack of alignment between the Community Corrections Partnership (CCP) strategic pla ...

October 12, 2020
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Grand Jury Recommendations Strike Anger In PAC

Posted by Linh Nguyen
|Date: October 08, 2020
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Grand Jury Recommendations Strike Anger In PAC

By Emily Dill DAVIS -- The Yolo County Grand Jury investigation of the Police Accountability Commission ...

By Emily Dill DAVIS -- The Yolo County Grand Jury investigation of the Police Accountability Commission (PAC) suggested that the Davis Police Department (DPD) should have more involvement with the PA ...

October 08, 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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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
| by David Greenwald

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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
| by David Greenwald

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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
| by David Greenwald

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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
| by David Greenwald

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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
| by Vanguard Administrator

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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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