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LA District Attorney, State Lawmaker Intro Bill to Prevent Juvenile Strikes from Being Used in Adult Proceedings

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: April 09, 2021
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LA District Attorney, State Lawmaker Intro Bill to Prevent Juvenile Strikes from Being Used in Adult Proceedings

AB 1127 News Conference from LADAOffice on Vimeo. By Julia Asby and Max Kennedy LOS ANGELES, CA - Los Ang ...

AB 1127 News Conference from LADAOffice on Vimeo. By Julia Asby and Max Kennedy LOS ANGELES, CA - Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón and Assemblymember Miguel Santiago (D-LA) have introduced ...

April 09, 2021
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Manhattan Beach Police Officer Charged with Sending Explicit Messages to Teenager

Posted by Cailin Garcia
|Date: March 29, 2021
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Manhattan Beach Police Officer Charged with Sending Explicit Messages to Teenager

By Linhchi Nguyen LOS ANGELES — John Cheatham, a Manhattan Beach police officer, was charged on February ...

By Linhchi Nguyen LOS ANGELES — John Cheatham, a Manhattan Beach police officer, was charged on February 25 for sending explicit messages to a 15-year-old girl. Cheatham met the victim at the police s ...

March 29, 2021
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Commentary: Newsom Goes Progressive with Bonta Pick

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 25, 2021
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Commentary: Newsom Goes Progressive with Bonta Pick

By David M. Greenwald San Francisco, CA - Word leaked out just before the scheduled 2 pm press conference ...

By David M. Greenwald San Francisco, CA - Word leaked out just before the scheduled 2 pm press conference in San Francisco. Given the expectation that Governor Newsom was going name his AG pick on We ...

March 25, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Gascón Lays Out Record for First 100 Days of Reform as LA District Attorney, Projecting Hundreds of Millions in Savings

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 18, 2021
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Gascón Lays Out Record for First 100 Days of Reform as LA District Attorney, Projecting Hundreds of Millions in Savings

By David M. Greenwald Marking 100 days in office, Los Angeles DA George Gascón took the opportunity to h ...

By David M. Greenwald Marking 100 days in office, Los Angeles DA George Gascón took the opportunity to highlight what he considers to be a tremendous record of accomplishment for reforms enacted sinc ...

March 18, 2021
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SFDA Chesa Boudin Stands Up for Domestic Home-Care Workers’ Rights in New Lawsuit

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: March 18, 2021
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SFDA Chesa Boudin Stands Up for Domestic Home-Care Workers’ Rights in New Lawsuit

By Alana Bleimann SAN FRANCISCO - San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin and the founder of the Eco ...

By Alana Bleimann SAN FRANCISCO - San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin and the founder of the Economic Crimes Against Workers Unit, Scott Stillman, joined listeners this week on Facebook live ...

March 18, 2021
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My View: Recalls Galore, but Will Any of Them Remove People from Office?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 13, 2021
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My View: Recalls Galore, but Will Any of Them Remove People from Office?

By David Greenwald This week a local group announced they were recalling four of the five school board me ...

By David Greenwald This week a local group announced they were recalling four of the five school board members—basically everyone but Betsy Hyder, who evidently shares their view on school re-opening. ...

March 13, 2021
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California DA’s Association Admits in Letter to AG to Even More Misused Money

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 06, 2021
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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
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Guest Commentary: It’s Time for DA Associations to Stop Standing in the Way of Reform

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|Date: February 26, 2021
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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
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Reaction Comes in Supreme Court’s Unanimous Ruling Upholding SB 1391

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 25, 2021
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Reaction Comes in Supreme Court’s Unanimous Ruling Upholding SB 1391

By David M. Greenwald Today the California Supreme Court unanimously upheld SB 1391, which prevents prose ...

By David M. Greenwald Today the California Supreme Court unanimously upheld SB 1391, which prevents prosecutors from charging and trying 14- and 15-year-olds as adults and ruling it furthers voter int ...

February 25, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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My View: CDAA Under Fire, Offers a Tenuous Defense

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 20, 2021
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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

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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
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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

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Los Angeles Democratic Party Backs Plans to Limit the Use of Sentencing Enhancements

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: February 16, 2021
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Los Angeles Democratic Party Backs Plans to Limit the Use of Sentencing Enhancements

By Julia Asby and William McCurry LOS ANGELES – Los Angeles County has taken steps to limit the use of se ...

By Julia Asby and William McCurry LOS ANGELES – Los Angeles County has taken steps to limit the use of sentencing enhancements after finding that such enhancements have had devastating and lasting eff ...

February 16, 2021
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Valentine Comments by LAPD Officers Regarding George Floyd Prompts Investigation

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 15, 2021
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Valentine Comments by LAPD Officers Regarding George Floyd Prompts Investigation

by David M. Greenwald Someone in the LAPD posted a photo of George Floyd on social media with the caption ...

by David M. Greenwald Someone in the LAPD posted a photo of George Floyd on social media with the caption, “You take my breath away,” in a Valentine format last week—the incident is now under investig ...

February 15, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: A Recall Against Gascón Will Probably Fail

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 11, 2021
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Commentary: A Recall Against Gascón Will Probably Fail

By David M. Greenwald Recall is in the air again. Some Californians will remember the successful recall ...

By David M. Greenwald Recall is in the air again. Some Californians will remember the successful recall of Governor Gray Davis in 2003. While “California has some of the more permissive recall requi ...

February 11, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: California’s Leading Reformer DA’s Find Themselves Under Fire

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 09, 2021
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Commentary: California’s Leading Reformer DA’s Find Themselves Under Fire

By David Greenwald Yesterday in Los Angeles, Judge James Chalfant handed down a decision that dealt a mas ...

By David Greenwald Yesterday in Los Angeles, Judge James Chalfant handed down a decision that dealt a massive blow, potentially, not just to the reform agenda of George Gascón, but every reform Distri ...

February 09, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 09, 2021
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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

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

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: February 08, 2021
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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
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The Prosecutors’ Union That’s Suing George Gascón Has A History Of Zealous Opposition To Reform

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: February 06, 2021
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The Prosecutors’ Union That’s Suing George Gascón Has A History Of Zealous Opposition To Reform

by Piper French - A look at the organization’s past actions suggests that this lawsuit is part of a longs ...

by Piper French - A look at the organization’s past actions suggests that this lawsuit is part of a longstanding pattern of ideologically motivated advocacy and commitment to tough-on-crime policies, ...

February 06, 2021
| by Vanguard Court Watch Interns

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Dignity and Power NOW Backs Los Angeles DA George Gascón’s Progressive Policies – But Line DAs Continue Legal Action

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: February 05, 2021
| (38) Comments

Dignity and Power NOW Backs Los Angeles DA George Gascón’s Progressive Policies – But Line DAs Continue Legal Action

By Carlin Ross LOS ANGELES – Dignity and Power NOW, a Los Angeles based grassroots organization that figh ...

By Carlin Ross LOS ANGELES – Dignity and Power NOW, a Los Angeles based grassroots organization that fights for the dignity and power of all incarcerated people, supports District Attorney George Gasc ...

February 05, 2021
| by Vanguard Court Watch Interns

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Unprecedented Arguments As Deputy DAs Push Lawsuit Against Gascón’s Reforms, Gascón Stands Behind Prosecutorial Discretion

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 03, 2021
| (21) Comments

Unprecedented Arguments As Deputy DAs Push Lawsuit Against Gascón’s Reforms, Gascón Stands Behind Prosecutorial Discretion

By David M. Greenwald A lawsuit by the Association of Deputy District Attorneys in the County of Los Ange ...

By David M. Greenwald A lawsuit by the Association of Deputy District Attorneys in the County of Los Angeles was heard by a Los Angeles County judge on Tuesday. The Deputy DAs are challenging the ref ...

February 03, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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