CDAA Archives | Davis Vanguard

Grid
List

CDAA Attempts to Exploit Barbara Boxer’s Attack to Kill SB 82 – There’s Only One Problem

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 29, 2021
| (3) Comments

CDAA Attempts to Exploit Barbara Boxer’s Attack to Kill SB 82 – There’s Only One Problem

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor El Dorado County, CA – The California District Attorneys Associati ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor El Dorado County, CA – The California District Attorneys Association attempted to exploit the robbery and attack on former US Senator Barbara Boxer earlier this ...

July 29, 2021
| by David Greenwald

| (3) Comments

Read more
California Legislature OKs Bill Holding District Attorney Group Accountable for Misusing Nearly $3 Million in Restricted Funds

Posted by Benjamin Porter
|Date: July 07, 2021
| 0 comments

California Legislature OKs Bill Holding District Attorney Group Accountable for Misusing Nearly $3 Million in Restricted Funds

By Peter Eibert and Benjamin Porter SACRAMENTO, CA – As they left the Capitol this past holiday weekend, ...

By Peter Eibert and Benjamin Porter SACRAMENTO, CA – As they left the Capitol this past holiday weekend, the California State Legislature voted to pass AB/SB 157, a bill drafted to address the recentl ...

July 07, 2021
| by Benjamin Porter

| 0 comments

Read more
Prosecutors and Politics Project Delves into Political Power of Prosecutors When Passing Legislation

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: June 11, 2021
| 0 comments

Prosecutors and Politics Project Delves into Political Power of Prosecutors When Passing Legislation

By Ankita Joshi CALIFORNIA – In California, a study has found that prosecutors were very active lobbyists ...

By Ankita Joshi CALIFORNIA – In California, a study has found that prosecutors were very active lobbyists, and were involved in approximately 56 percent of all criminal justice bills passed. But, in c ...

June 11, 2021
| by Vanguard Court Watch Interns

| 0 comments

Read more
Commentary: Yolo Deputy DA Couzens Opposes Proposed Changes to Robbery Law Even As Boss Attempts to Paint Himself As Reformer

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 06, 2021
| (7) Comments

Commentary: Yolo Deputy DA Couzens Opposes Proposed Changes to Robbery Law Even As Boss Attempts to Paint Himself As Reformer

By David M. Greenwald Woodland, CA - As we swing toward campaign season, the Yolo County DA has been atte ...

By David M. Greenwald Woodland, CA - As we swing toward campaign season, the Yolo County DA has been attempting to position himself as a sort of moderate reformer—triangulating between DAs like Sacram ...

May 06, 2021
| by David Greenwald

| (7) Comments

Read more
Sunday Commentary: Reisig Positioning Himself between Schubert and Boudin

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 02, 2021
| (10) Comments

Sunday Commentary: Reisig Positioning Himself between Schubert and Boudin

By David M. Greenwald For the second time in a row, Jeff Reisig, first elected in 2006, will face a chall ...

By David M. Greenwald For the second time in a row, Jeff Reisig, first elected in 2006, will face a challenger. In 2018, he faced Dean Johansson and won by just over 2000 votes in a surprisingly clos ...

May 02, 2021
| by David Greenwald

| (10) Comments

Read more
Sunday Commentary: Where There Is No Coverage, There Can Be No Accountability of the DA

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 07, 2021
| (7) Comments

Sunday Commentary: Where There Is No Coverage, There Can Be No Accountability of the DA

By David M. Greenwald This was not a good week for either the CDAA or Jeff Reisig, but you would never k ...

By David M. Greenwald This was not a good week for either the CDAA or Jeff Reisig, but you would never know it reading the Davis paper—because all they had was a cheerleading editorial last week on A ...

March 07, 2021
| by David Greenwald

| (7) Comments

Read more
California DA’s Association Admits in Letter to AG to Even More Misused Money

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 06, 2021
| 0 comments

California DA’s Association Admits in Letter to AG to Even More Misused Money

By David M. Greenwald Under pressure to come clean to the Attorney General or face the loss of state fund ...

By David M. Greenwald Under pressure to come clean to the Attorney General or face the loss of state funding, the California District Attorneys Association (CDAA) acknowledged in a letter Friday that ...

March 06, 2021
| by David Greenwald

| 0 comments

Read more
My View: Reisig Finds Himself on the Wrong Side of History and the Law Yet Again

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 27, 2021
| (5) Comments

My View: Reisig Finds Himself on the Wrong Side of History and the Law Yet Again

By David M. Greenwald The big news in the criminal justice circles this week was the unanimous California ...

By David M. Greenwald The big news in the criminal justice circles this week was the unanimous California Supreme Court decision that affirmed the constitutionality of SB 1391. This legislation coupl ...

February 27, 2021
| by David Greenwald

| (5) Comments

Read more
Guest Commentary: It’s Time for DA Associations to Stop Standing in the Way of Reform

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: February 26, 2021
| 0 comments

Guest Commentary: It’s Time for DA Associations to Stop Standing in the Way of Reform

By Miriam Aroni Krinsky and Tyler Yeargain Last week, Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón — the h ...

By Miriam Aroni Krinsky and Tyler Yeargain Last week, Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón — the head of the largest DA’s office in the nation — resigned from the California District Attorneys ...

February 26, 2021
| by Vanguard Administrator

| 0 comments

Read more
My View: CDAA Under Fire, Offers a Tenuous Defense

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 20, 2021
| (4) Comments

My View: CDAA Under Fire, Offers a Tenuous Defense

By David M. Greenwald Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón announced this week that he was resigni ...

By David M. Greenwald Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón announced this week that he was resigning from the regressive California District Attorneys Association, arguing that the organization ...

February 20, 2021
| by David Greenwald

| (4) Comments

Read more
LA District Attorney George Gascón Resigns from CA District Attorneys Association – Citing Group’s Misappropriation of Funds, Failure to Fight for Justice

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: February 17, 2021
| (23) Comments

LA District Attorney George Gascón Resigns from CA District Attorneys Association – Citing Group’s Misappropriation of Funds, Failure to Fight for Justice

By Samara Yarnes LOS ANGELES – County District Attorney George Gascón—feeling immense pressure to maintai ...

By Samara Yarnes LOS ANGELES – County District Attorney George Gascón—feeling immense pressure to maintain the integrity and well-being of those he represents—resigned from the California District Att ...

February 17, 2021
| by Vanguard Court Watch Interns

| (23) Comments

Read more
Strong Reaction to LA Court Ruling on Both Sides of the Issue

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 09, 2021
| 0 comments

Strong Reaction to LA Court Ruling on Both Sides of the Issue

By David M. Greenwald When a Los Angeles Superior Court Judge, James Chalfant, issued a ruling granting a ...

By David M. Greenwald When a Los Angeles Superior Court Judge, James Chalfant, issued a ruling granting a temporary injunction against DA George Gascón being able enforce his special directives preven ...

February 09, 2021
| by David Greenwald

| 0 comments

Read more
Everyday Injustice Podcast 90: Cristine Soto DeBerry and the Prosecutors Alliance

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: February 08, 2021
| 0 comments

Everyday Injustice Podcast 90: Cristine Soto DeBerry and the Prosecutors Alliance

Cristine Soto Deberry is former Chief of Staff under both SF District Attorney George Gascón and Chesa Bo ...

Cristine Soto Deberry is former Chief of Staff under both SF District Attorney George Gascón and Chesa Boudin as well as Deputy Chief of Staff to Gavin Newsom when he was Sacramento Mayor. In the fall ...

February 08, 2021
| by Vanguard Administrator

| 0 comments

Read more
My View: Attorney Rather Effusive in His Praise of Reisig

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 06, 2021
| (17) Comments

My View: Attorney Rather Effusive in His Praise of Reisig

By David M. Greenwald During my nearly 15 years at the Vanguard, Yolo County DA Jeff Reisig, first electe ...

By David M. Greenwald During my nearly 15 years at the Vanguard, Yolo County DA Jeff Reisig, first elected in 2006, has not been a force of progressive change in Yolo County, but rather the opposition ...

February 06, 2021
| by David Greenwald

| (17) Comments

Read more
Current, Former Elected U.S. Prosecutors Back LA DA Gascón, Oppose Lawsuit Opposing Criminal Justice Reforms

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: January 18, 2021
| 0 comments

Current, Former Elected U.S. Prosecutors Back LA DA Gascón, Oppose Lawsuit Opposing Criminal Justice Reforms

By Lauren Smith LOS ANGELES – More than 65 current and formerly elected prosecutors from across the U.S. ...

By Lauren Smith LOS ANGELES – More than 65 current and formerly elected prosecutors from across the U.S. have filed an amicus brief in support of criminal justice reforms by newly-elected LA District ...

January 18, 2021
| by Vanguard Court Watch Interns

| 0 comments

Read more
State D.A. Association Files Amicus Brief Against DA George Gascón’s Progressive Criminal Justice Reforms

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: January 16, 2021
| 0 comments

State D.A. Association Files Amicus Brief Against DA George Gascón’s Progressive Criminal Justice Reforms

By Macy Lu and Nancy Aviña LOS ANGELES – The California District Attorneys Association (CDAA) announced o ...

By Macy Lu and Nancy Aviña LOS ANGELES – The California District Attorneys Association (CDAA) announced on this week it will file an amicus brief in support of a lawsuit filed by the Association of De ...

January 16, 2021
| by Vanguard Court Watch Interns

| 0 comments

Read more
District Attorney Group Misused Nearly $3 Million in Restricted Funds, Audit Finds

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 15, 2021
| (10) Comments

District Attorney Group Misused Nearly $3 Million in Restricted Funds, Audit Finds

by David M. Greenwald Monies that were supposed to be used for environmental and worker safety funds by t ...

by David M. Greenwald Monies that were supposed to be used for environmental and worker safety funds by the California District Attorneys Association, a statewide organization that serves as an advoca ...

January 15, 2021
| by David Greenwald

| (10) Comments

Read more

Newsletter Sign-Up

Monthly Subscriber Sign-Up