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Dean Johansson on Sierra Club Issues; Reisig Did Not Respond

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 11, 2018
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Dean Johansson on Sierra Club Issues; Reisig Did Not Respond

The Sierra Club Yolano Group sent out a questionnaire to both candidates for Yolo County District Attorne ...

The Sierra Club Yolano Group sent out a questionnaire to both candidates for Yolo County District Attorney. Dean Johansson responded – his answers are below. The group sent Yolo County District Attor ...

April 11, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: The Arrogance of Incumbency

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 08, 2018
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Sunday Commentary: The Arrogance of Incumbency

Doesn't an Elected Official Owe It to the Voters to Participate in Candidate Forums? Dean Johansson tells ...

Doesn't an Elected Official Owe It to the Voters to Participate in Candidate Forums? Dean Johansson tells the story about his encounter with Jeff Reisig: “I did track him down on the street when he wa ...

April 08, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Reisig a No-Show at King Hall Law School Candidates Forum

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 06, 2018
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Reisig a No-Show at King Hall Law School Candidates Forum

Students at UC Davis’ Law School invited both DA candidates to participate in a candidates forum. Challe ...

Students at UC Davis’ Law School invited both DA candidates to participate in a candidates forum. Challenger Dean Johansson showed up, but incumbent Jeff Reisig was once again a no-show, never respon ...

April 06, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Is Stephon Clark Shooting Bad Enough to Change the Rules of the Game?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 05, 2018
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Commentary: Is Stephon Clark Shooting Bad Enough to Change the Rules of the Game?

The shooting of Stephon Clark is not the first shooting in Sacramento by police in recent years, and ther ...

The shooting of Stephon Clark is not the first shooting in Sacramento by police in recent years, and there have been a string of killings across the state – ranging from Mario Woods in San Francisco t ...

April 05, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Bill Introduced Tuesday at State Capitol to Restrict Use of Force for Peace Officers

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: April 04, 2018
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Bill Introduced Tuesday at State Capitol to Restrict Use of Force for Peace Officers

Yolo DA Candidate Among First to Support Bill By Crescenzo Vellucci SACRAMENTO – Action does not usually ...

Yolo DA Candidate Among First to Support Bill By Crescenzo Vellucci SACRAMENTO – Action does not usually happen in a vacuum. If enough people get killed at a certain street corner, for instance, a sto ...

April 04, 2018
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Yolo Dems Announce Endorsements Including Deos for Council and Johansson for DA

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: April 04, 2018
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Yolo Dems Announce Endorsements Including Deos for Council and Johansson for DA

Democrats Endorse Candidates That Will Promote Fairness, Inclusivity and Opportunity for Yolo County Comm ...

Democrats Endorse Candidates That Will Promote Fairness, Inclusivity and Opportunity for Yolo County Communities (From Press Release) - Yolo County Calif. - The Yolo County Democratic Party (YCDP) has ...

April 04, 2018
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Does a Prosecutor Have to Be Tough on Crime?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 02, 2018
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Does a Prosecutor Have to Be Tough on Crime?

I found Matt Rexroad's letter in support of DA Jeff Reisig interesting. I asked him if he would submit i ...

I found Matt Rexroad's letter in support of DA Jeff Reisig interesting. I asked him if he would submit it to the Vanguard, but he declined, suggesting this wasn't the audience he wanted to reach. Fin ...

April 02, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Johansson Disputes Letter’s Account of 20-Year-Old Incident

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 19, 2018
| (3) Comments

Johansson Disputes Letter’s Account of 20-Year-Old Incident

DA Challenger Claims to Be a Whistleblower and Paints a Picture of Widespread Corruption in Tulare County ...

DA Challenger Claims to Be a Whistleblower and Paints a Picture of Widespread Corruption in Tulare County On October 8, 1997, the Visalia Times-Delta ran a story announcing, “DA blasts allegations,” a ...

March 19, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Letter: Are You Watching What Our Current DA Is Doing?

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: March 19, 2018
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Letter: Are You Watching What Our Current DA Is Doing?

by Jean Jackman Are you watching what our current District Attorney (DA) is doing? He is our most powerfu ...

by Jean Jackman Are you watching what our current District Attorney (DA) is doing? He is our most powerful elected official. He can decide who gets criminal charges filed against them, the severity o ...

March 19, 2018
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Johansson Campaign Responds to Attack Letter

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: March 18, 2018
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Johansson Campaign Responds to Attack Letter

by Natalie Wormeli and William Kelly Recently five law enforcement officers signed an open letter titled ...

by Natalie Wormeli and William Kelly Recently five law enforcement officers signed an open letter titled “Worried about Johansson,” opposing Dean Johansson’s candidacy for District Attorney. Their pri ...

March 18, 2018
| by Vanguard Administrator

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My View: Did Reisig Find Election-Year Religion on Prop 64?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 17, 2018
| (5) Comments

My View: Did Reisig Find Election-Year Religion on Prop 64?

Earlier this week, following the lead of San Francisco from earlier this year, the Yolo County District A ...

Earlier this week, following the lead of San Francisco from earlier this year, the Yolo County District Attorney announced he “plans to partner with the Public Defender to expedite relief to those wit ...

March 17, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Johansson Calls DA’s Change in Marijuana Policy ‘Politically Motivated’

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: March 15, 2018
| (33) Comments

Johansson Calls DA’s Change in Marijuana Policy ‘Politically Motivated’

(From Press Release) - Yolo District Attorney candidate Dean Johansson today described a recent announcem ...

(From Press Release) - Yolo District Attorney candidate Dean Johansson today described a recent announcement by the incumbent DA as "politically motivated" – the announcement stated that the current D ...

March 15, 2018
| by Vanguard Administrator

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LWV Candidates Debate in West Sac features DA and Sheriff

Posted by LWV West Sac
|Date: March 10, 2018
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LWV Candidates Debate in West Sac features DA and Sheriff

The non-partisan League of Women Voters (LWV) West Sacramento and Davis will cohost a Candidate’s Forum w ...

The non-partisan League of Women Voters (LWV) West Sacramento and Davis will cohost a Candidate’s Forum with Yolo County Sheriff and District Attorney Candidates on Tuesday, April 3, 2018 from 7 pm to ...

March 10, 2018
| by LWV West Sac

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Johansson Files Paperwork for District Attorney

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 09, 2018
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Johansson Files Paperwork for District Attorney

Dean Johansson (right), a Yolo County Deputy Public Defender, is seen here Thursday with a county electio ...

Dean Johansson (right), a Yolo County Deputy Public Defender, is seen here Thursday with a county elections worker filing his final paperwork to get on the June ballot for District Attorney of Yolo Co ...

March 09, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Opening Statements Given in Trial for Felony Charge

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 28, 2018
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Opening Statements Given in Trial for Felony Charge

By Kelsey Landon Opening statements began Tuesday morning in Department 11 in the jury trial for David As ...

By Kelsey Landon Opening statements began Tuesday morning in Department 11 in the jury trial for David Ashley Froste. Mr. Froste is facing the felony charge of inflicting corporal injury on a girlfrie ...

February 28, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Can Johansson Beat Reisig?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 25, 2018
| (14) Comments

Sunday Commentary: Can Johansson Beat Reisig?

I keep getting asked, can Dean Johansson beat Jeff Reisig? History runs against Dean Johansson. This re ...

I keep getting asked, can Dean Johansson beat Jeff Reisig? History runs against Dean Johansson. This remains the case, despite the fact that on paper Yolo County would seem to be receptive to a more ...

February 25, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Knife Possession Case Has Preliminary Hearing

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: February 24, 2018
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Knife Possession Case Has Preliminary Hearing

By Hannah Poploskie On Thursday afternoon a preliminary hearing for defendant Leonardo Galvan was conduc ...

By Hannah Poploskie On Thursday afternoon a preliminary hearing for defendant Leonardo Galvan was conducted. The case against him includes felony charges for possession of a concealed dirk or dagger, ...

February 24, 2018
| by Vanguard Court Watch Interns

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Sunday Commentary: Can Johansson Become Yolo’s Larry Krasner?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 28, 2018
| (10) Comments

Sunday Commentary: Can Johansson Become Yolo’s Larry Krasner?

In November, Larry Krasner, a man who spent his career defending criminals and protecting civil rights an ...

In November, Larry Krasner, a man who spent his career defending criminals and protecting civil rights and who campaigned on reforming a criminal justice system that he described as overly punitive an ...

January 28, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Breaking News: Johansson Formally Announces for DA

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 25, 2018
| (26) Comments

Breaking News: Johansson Formally Announces for DA

Flanked by supporters, and pledging to “provide justice for all,” longtime Yolo County Deputy Public Defe ...

Flanked by supporters, and pledging to “provide justice for all,” longtime Yolo County Deputy Public Defender Dean Johansson formally announced Thursday morning that he is running for Yolo County Dist ...

January 25, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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New DA Candidate Emerges

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 24, 2018
| (7) Comments

New DA Candidate Emerges

Last fall it appeared that for the first time since he was elected in 2006, DA Jeff Reisig would have a c ...

Last fall it appeared that for the first time since he was elected in 2006, DA Jeff Reisig would have a challenger as Deputy DA Larry Eichele announced he would be running for DA against his boss. Bu ...

January 24, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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