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Guest Commentary: Ruling Gives Wisconsin Police Too Much Leeway to Conduct Searches

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|Date: July 06, 2023
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Guest Commentary: Ruling Gives Wisconsin Police Too Much Leeway to Conduct Searches

By Amanda Merkwae In June, the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled that police have a right to search a person ...

By Amanda Merkwae In June, the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled that police have a right to search a person after a traffic stop if they believe the vehicle smells like cannabis, reversing a lower court’ ...

July 06, 2023
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Yolo DA Jeff Reisig’s Harmful and Unjust Treatment of Former Firefighter and Local Hero Paul Fullerton

Posted by Robert JHansen
|Date: June 06, 2022
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Yolo DA Jeff Reisig’s Harmful and Unjust Treatment of Former Firefighter and Local Hero Paul Fullerton

by Robert J. Hansen Woodland, CA - On the eve of the primary election which will decide whether Yolo Coun ...

by Robert J. Hansen Woodland, CA - On the eve of the primary election which will decide whether Yolo County elects incumbent Jeff Reisig for a fifth term as District Attorney or goes in a new directio ...

June 06, 2022
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Tribe, Sierra Club and Farm Bureau Join Together in Suit Against Cannabis Land Use Ordinance

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|Date: October 16, 2021
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Tribe, Sierra Club and Farm Bureau Join Together in Suit Against Cannabis Land Use Ordinance

Special to the Vanguard Brooks, CA - In an effort to hold Yolo County accountable for developing fair and ...

Special to the Vanguard Brooks, CA - In an effort to hold Yolo County accountable for developing fair and sound cannabis land use policy, the Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation has partnered with the Sierra Clu ...

October 16, 2021
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CA Supreme Court Rules Proposition 64 Does Not Make Possessing Pot in Prison Legal

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|Date: August 17, 2021
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CA Supreme Court Rules Proposition 64 Does Not Make Possessing Pot in Prison Legal

By Neha Malhi SAN FRANCISCO, CA - The article “Weed Still Illegal in Prison” by Nick Woodall discusses a ...

By Neha Malhi SAN FRANCISCO, CA - The article “Weed Still Illegal in Prison” by Nick Woodall discusses a decision by the California Supreme Court last week that declared possessing weed in prison is ...

August 17, 2021
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Interesting Battle Brewing in Capay Valley over Cannabis

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|Date: May 17, 2021
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Interesting Battle Brewing in Capay Valley over Cannabis

by David M. Greenwald On Tuesday, the Yolo County Board of Supervisors will make policy decisions on the ...

by David M. Greenwald On Tuesday, the Yolo County Board of Supervisors will make policy decisions on the passage of a Cannabis Land Use Ordinance, but residents of the Capay Valley, including the trib ...

May 17, 2021
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Guest Commentary: Sensible Policy Making on Cannabis – Not NIMBYism, Discrimination and Unfair Practices

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|Date: May 16, 2021
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Guest Commentary: Sensible Policy Making on Cannabis – Not NIMBYism, Discrimination and Unfair Practices

by Richard Miller As longtime cannabis activists, residents, and active members in cannabis politics, we’ ...

by Richard Miller As longtime cannabis activists, residents, and active members in cannabis politics, we’ve known and felt the effects of Nimbyism (“Not in my Backyard”) for our whole careers. Nimbyis ...

May 16, 2021
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Letter: Residents Want a Cannabis Exclusion Zone for Greater Capay Valley

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|Date: May 16, 2021
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Letter: Residents Want a Cannabis Exclusion Zone for Greater Capay Valley

(Editor's note: The following letter was sent to the County Board of Supervisors and submitted to the Van ...

(Editor's note: The following letter was sent to the County Board of Supervisors and submitted to the Vanguard for publication.) We are residents of the rural communities along Highway 16 west of the ...

May 16, 2021
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Letter: Your Decision – The Future of Capay Valley

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|Date: May 04, 2021
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Letter: Your Decision – The Future of Capay Valley

By Lauren Ayers Allow me to be frank. Although each county supervisor is elected by the voters of their d ...

By Lauren Ayers Allow me to be frank. Although each county supervisor is elected by the voters of their district, you represent all the residents (whether they voted for you or not) of the entire coun ...

May 04, 2021
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STATE CAPITOL: Skinner’s New Pot Bill to Stimulate Growth of Legal Cannabis Market in State

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: February 18, 2021
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STATE CAPITOL: Skinner’s New Pot Bill to Stimulate Growth of Legal Cannabis Market in State

By Hongyi Wen BERKELEY – State Senator Nancy Skinner (D-Berkeley) has introduced Senate Bill (SB) 398 at ...

By Hongyi Wen BERKELEY – State Senator Nancy Skinner (D-Berkeley) has introduced Senate Bill (SB) 398 at the State Capitol, intended to expand California’s legal cannabis market for cities and countie ...

February 18, 2021
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Monday Morning Thoughts: City Fiscal Picture More Fixable than Schools

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 01, 2019
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Monday Morning Thoughts: City Fiscal Picture More Fixable than Schools

Yesterday’s Sunday Commentary breaks down the school district’s long term fiscal picture – and based on t ...

Yesterday’s Sunday Commentary breaks down the school district’s long term fiscal picture – and based on that I conclude that, long term, we are in trouble trying to resolve the school district’s finan ...

July 01, 2019
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Key Pieces of Legislation on Private Prisons, Safe Lots and CBD Move Forward

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 17, 2019
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Key Pieces of Legislation on Private Prisons, Safe Lots and CBD Move Forward

AB 32 to End Use of For-Profit, Private Prisons in California Passes Assembly Appropriations Committee (F ...

AB 32 to End Use of For-Profit, Private Prisons in California Passes Assembly Appropriations Committee (From Press Release) - The Assembly Appropriations Committee today passed key legislation by Asse ...

May 17, 2019
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Charges Dropped against Heidi Lepp in Marijuana Case

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 05, 2019
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Charges Dropped against Heidi Lepp in Marijuana Case

Heidi Lepp will not have to return to court after all. Ten days after a jury was unable to reach a verdi ...

Heidi Lepp will not have to return to court after all. Ten days after a jury was unable to reach a verdict in the case where Ms. Lepp was charged with two felony conspiracy charges, prosecutors decid ...

March 05, 2019
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Closing Arguments in the Marijuana Conspiracy Case of Heidi Lepp

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 16, 2019
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Closing Arguments in the Marijuana Conspiracy Case of Heidi Lepp

Heidi Lepp, a Rastafarian church leader, is facing two felony conspiracy charges for allegedly running an ...

Heidi Lepp, a Rastafarian church leader, is facing two felony conspiracy charges for allegedly running an illegal operation to cultivate and sell cannabis. If convicted she could face up to three yea ...

February 16, 2019
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Is YONET Conducting Witch Hunt against Fullerton and Family?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 13, 2018
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Is YONET Conducting Witch Hunt against Fullerton and Family?

Paul Fullerton believes that YONET (Yolo County Narcotic Enforcement Team) has engaged in a witch hunt ag ...

Paul Fullerton believes that YONET (Yolo County Narcotic Enforcement Team) has engaged in a witch hunt against him and his wife. Three months after he took a plea agreement in which charges were drop ...

March 13, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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County Board of Supervisors Receives Report on Cannabis Enforcement Actions; Pushes for More

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 11, 2017
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County Board of Supervisors Receives Report on Cannabis Enforcement Actions; Pushes for More

Sheriff Ed Prieto told the Board of Supervisors “there are lots of concerns about the illegal grows in Yo ...

Sheriff Ed Prieto told the Board of Supervisors “there are lots of concerns about the illegal grows in Yolo County and we’ve received many complaints and concerns.” He said in the past few weeks the ...

October 11, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Large Marijuana Raids Represent an Alarming New Development

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 10, 2017
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Commentary: Large Marijuana Raids Represent an Alarming New Development

The Yolo County Sheriff’s Office has announced a series of raids against allegedly illegal marijuana grow ...

The Yolo County Sheriff’s Office has announced a series of raids against allegedly illegal marijuana growers in the last month. In the most recently reported raids, they turned their attention away f ...

October 10, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Yolo County Is Primed for Cannabis Agriculture

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|Date: July 28, 2017
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Yolo County Is Primed for Cannabis Agriculture

By Dan Grace For the past 10 years, Dark Heart Nursery has proudly served the medical cannabis industry b ...

By Dan Grace For the past 10 years, Dark Heart Nursery has proudly served the medical cannabis industry by providing premium-quality young plants to growers throughout Northern California. Those same ...

July 28, 2017
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Vanguard Broadcasts Live from Cannabis Nursery, Company Seeks to Move to Yolo County

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 22, 2017
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Vanguard Broadcasts Live from Cannabis Nursery, Company Seeks to Move to Yolo County

On Thursday evening, the Vanguard toured the Dark Heart Cannabis Nursery in Oakland and then broadcast li ...

On Thursday evening, the Vanguard toured the Dark Heart Cannabis Nursery in Oakland and then broadcast live with a discussion of the emerging cannabis industry and the work of Dark Heart. Dan Grace, w ...

July 22, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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