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Reformer DAs Form Prosecutor’s Alliance as Alternative to California DA’s Association

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 16, 2020
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Reformer DAs Form Prosecutor’s Alliance as Alternative to California DA’s Association

by David M. Greenwald Earlier this year, San Joaquin County DA Tori Verber Salazar made national news by ...

by David M. Greenwald Earlier this year, San Joaquin County DA Tori Verber Salazar made national news by announcing her resignation from the California’s DA’s Association (CDAA). On Tuesday, she was ...

September 16, 2020
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DA Jackie Lacey Announces Opposition to Proposition 20; Opponent Incredulous

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|Date: September 09, 2020
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DA Jackie Lacey Announces Opposition to Proposition 20; Opponent Incredulous

By Julietta Bisharyan LOS ANGELES - With election day looming, longtime, “tough-on-crime” District Attorn ...

By Julietta Bisharyan LOS ANGELES - With election day looming, longtime, “tough-on-crime” District Attorney Jackie Lacey announced her sudden opposition to Proposition 20, a measure that would roll ba ...

September 09, 2020
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California Governor Gavin Newsom Endorses George Gascón for L.A. DA

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|Date: August 27, 2020
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California Governor Gavin Newsom Endorses George Gascón for L.A. DA

By Hannah Skepner LOS ANGELES - The governor of California, Gavin Newsom, Tuesday endorsed longtime frien ...

By Hannah Skepner LOS ANGELES - The governor of California, Gavin Newsom, Tuesday endorsed longtime friend George Gascón to be the next District Attorney of Los Angeles. In his statement, Newsom noted ...

August 27, 2020
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Boudin and Other Progressive Prosecutors Push to Limit Ability of DAs to Accept Money from Police Unions

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 12, 2020
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Boudin and Other Progressive Prosecutors Push to Limit Ability of DAs to Accept Money from Police Unions

In the wake of high profile officer-involved killings and the perceived cozy relationship between prosecu ...

In the wake of high profile officer-involved killings and the perceived cozy relationship between prosecutors and police unions, four of the leading reformers in California—Diana Becton, Contra Costa ...

August 12, 2020
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Working Families Party Endorses George Gascón for Los Angeles County District Attorney

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|Date: July 28, 2020
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Working Families Party Endorses George Gascón for Los Angeles County District Attorney

By Hannah Skepner LOS ANGELES – The Working Families Party—citing endorsements of progressive district at ...

By Hannah Skepner LOS ANGELES – The Working Families Party—citing endorsements of progressive district attorneys, members of Congress and others—Monday announced its endorsement of former San Francisc ...

July 28, 2020
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CA District Attorneys Urge End to Conflict of Interest between Prosecutors and Police

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|Date: July 25, 2020
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CA District Attorneys Urge End to Conflict of Interest between Prosecutors and Police

By Elizabeth Cho Four California district attorneys wrote a letter to the Chair and Interim Executive Dir ...

By Elizabeth Cho Four California district attorneys wrote a letter to the Chair and Interim Executive Director of the California State Bar in June, proposing that prosecutors should be banned from acc ...

July 25, 2020
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Soccer Champ Megan Rapinoe Endorses Police Reformer George Gascón for LA District Attorney

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|Date: July 09, 2020
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Soccer Champ Megan Rapinoe Endorses Police Reformer George Gascón for LA District Attorney

By Abigail Swallow LOS ANGELES – World Champion soccer player and political activist, Megan Rapinoe of th ...

By Abigail Swallow LOS ANGELES – World Champion soccer player and political activist, Megan Rapinoe of the U.S. Women’s National Team, announced today that she endorses George Gascón’s campaign for Lo ...

July 09, 2020
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Four California DAs Call on Victims’ Compensation Board to Provide Support for Victims of Police Violence

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|Date: June 19, 2020
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Four California DAs Call on Victims’ Compensation Board to Provide Support for Victims of Police Violence

Vanguard Staff Last week, San Francisco DA Chesa Boudin announced a plan to provide victim support servic ...

Vanguard Staff Last week, San Francisco DA Chesa Boudin announced a plan to provide victim support services to victims of police violence in San Francisco. This week, he and three of his progressive ...

June 19, 2020
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LA DA Candidate Gascón Releases Cop Reform Docs, Hits at Current DA’s Recalcitrance

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: June 15, 2020
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LA DA Candidate Gascón Releases Cop Reform Docs, Hits at Current DA’s Recalcitrance

By Henry Stiepleman LOS ANGELES – George Gascón, a current candidate for Los Angeles District Attorney (D ...

By Henry Stiepleman LOS ANGELES – George Gascón, a current candidate for Los Angeles District Attorney (DA), released two documents related to criminal justice reform this past Friday, targeting his o ...

June 15, 2020
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California Leaders Discuss COVID and the Need to Reduce Prison Populations

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 05, 2020
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California Leaders Discuss COVID and the Need to Reduce Prison Populations

While concerns about the conditions of prisons and jails were aired prior to the current pandemic, COVID- ...

While concerns about the conditions of prisons and jails were aired prior to the current pandemic, COVID-19 has raised those stakes to the potential that even a minor arrest or incarceration will lead ...

June 05, 2020
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Bay Area DAs Call on State Bar to Prevent Elected Prosecutors from Accepting Money or Endorsements from Law Enforcement Agencies

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: June 02, 2020
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Bay Area DAs Call on State Bar to Prevent Elected Prosecutors from Accepting Money or Endorsements from Law Enforcement Agencies

By Linh Nguyen BAY AREA - Amid the national protests to end police brutality and institutionalized racism ...

By Linh Nguyen BAY AREA - Amid the national protests to end police brutality and institutionalized racism in light of the death of George Floyd, four Bay Area district attorneys have asked the State B ...

June 02, 2020
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Gascón States Excessive Force Case Needs ‘An Independent Advocate,’ Not a ‘Multi-Million Dollar Pawn’

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: May 18, 2020
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Gascón States Excessive Force Case Needs ‘An Independent Advocate,’ Not a ‘Multi-Million Dollar Pawn’

By Shellsea Lomeli LOS ANGELES, CA - LA District Attorney candidate George Gascón criticized the current ...

By Shellsea Lomeli LOS ANGELES, CA - LA District Attorney candidate George Gascón criticized the current DA’s approach to excessive force cases among officers in the Los Angeles Police Department (LAP ...

May 18, 2020
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Commentary: Yolo DA Continues to Cherrypick Bad Cases

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 14, 2020
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Commentary: Yolo DA Continues to Cherrypick Bad Cases

by David Greenwald Data rather than anecdotes should be driving public policy decisions during this COVID ...

by David Greenwald Data rather than anecdotes should be driving public policy decisions during this COVID-19 crisis. And yet, what we have seen from the Yolo County District Attorney, in the form of ...

May 14, 2020
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Discussion Looks at COVID Response by LA DA Ahead of November Election

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 14, 2020
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Discussion Looks at COVID Response by LA DA Ahead of November Election

With challenger George Gascón headed to a runoff against incumbent Jackie Lacey in November in LA’s Distr ...

With challenger George Gascón headed to a runoff against incumbent Jackie Lacey in November in LA’s District Attorney race, the discussion is ramping up on what the DA’s office needs to do to save liv ...

May 14, 2020
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Reaction to the Judicial Council Reducing Bail to Zero

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 07, 2020
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Reaction to the Judicial Council Reducing Bail to Zero

It was a highly anticipated move by the California Judicial Council and while we captured some reaction f ...

It was a highly anticipated move by the California Judicial Council and while we captured some reaction from across the state – but interestingly enough, other than Jackie Lacey, a DA facing a runoff ...

April 07, 2020
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Gascón Declares ‘Victory’ as He and Incumbent Head for November Runoff

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 21, 2020
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Gascón Declares ‘Victory’ as He and Incumbent Head for November Runoff

Incumbent LA District Attorney Jackie Lacey, who has been the subject of much criticism from the reform m ...

Incumbent LA District Attorney Jackie Lacey, who has been the subject of much criticism from the reform movement, is indeed headed to a November runoff against former SF DA George Gascón. Her percent ...

March 21, 2020
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LA DA Lacey Hopes to Avoid November Runoff

Posted by Danielle Silva
|Date: March 04, 2020
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LA DA Lacey Hopes to Avoid November Runoff

By Danielle Silva LOS ANGELES - LA DA Incumbent Jackie Lacey has 52.8% of the votes from mail-in ballots ...

By Danielle Silva LOS ANGELES - LA DA Incumbent Jackie Lacey has 52.8% of the votes from mail-in ballots and currently counted from the Super Tuesday election, leading the other two progressive candid ...

March 04, 2020
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Yolo DA Blames Homeless Crisis on Prop 47

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 24, 2020
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Yolo DA Blames Homeless Crisis on Prop 47

On Facebook last Friday, the Yolo County DA posted from a Fox-LA article which cited Dr. Drew Pinsky call ...

On Facebook last Friday, the Yolo County DA posted from a Fox-LA article which cited Dr. Drew Pinsky calling Prop. 47 “murder” and calling on lawmakers “to modify legislation enabling mental illness c ...

February 24, 2020
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Gascón Earns a Big Endorsement from LA Times

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 24, 2020
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Gascón Earns a Big Endorsement from LA Times

We are just about a week out from the primary election and, aside from the presidential race, one of the ...

We are just about a week out from the primary election and, aside from the presidential race, one of the big races we are following is the Los Angeles District Attorney race. We were down in Los Ange ...

February 24, 2020
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Lacey a No-Show; Gascón and Rossi Deliver on Progressive Reform

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 17, 2020
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Lacey a No-Show; Gascón and Rossi Deliver on Progressive Reform

by David Greenwald Our coverage of progressive prosecutors took us down to LA this week to see a League o ...

by David Greenwald Our coverage of progressive prosecutors took us down to LA this week to see a League of Women Voters-sponsored candidate's forum. Seemed pretty safe that all the candidates would pa ...

February 17, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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