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

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|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
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Lacey Pulls Out of League Debate in Los Angeles DA’s Race, Challengers Largely Agree on Reform Issues

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 14, 2020
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Lacey Pulls Out of League Debate in Los Angeles DA’s Race, Challengers Largely Agree on Reform Issues

Los Angeles – the League of Women Voters of Los Angeles sponsored a candidates forum, but incumbent DA Ja ...

Los Angeles – the League of Women Voters of Los Angeles sponsored a candidates forum, but incumbent DA Jackie Lacey agreed to attend and then pulled out in the wake of an incident in late January in w ...

February 14, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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LA Police Union Contributes $1 Million To Anti-George Gascón PAC

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|Date: January 21, 2020
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LA Police Union Contributes $1 Million To Anti-George Gascón PAC

The influx of cash shows the police union’s determination to stop the reform-minded district attorney can ...

The influx of cash shows the police union’s determination to stop the reform-minded district attorney candidate. By Eliyahu Kamisher The union representing the Los Angeles Police Department has contri ...

January 21, 2020
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 30 – Former SF DA Gascón Talks LA DA Candidacy

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 13, 2020
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 30 – Former SF DA Gascón Talks LA DA Candidacy

In October George Gascón resigned from his position as San Francisco District Attorney, moving to Los Ang ...

In October George Gascón resigned from his position as San Francisco District Attorney, moving to Los Angeles to challenge incumbent DA Jackie Lacey. He is running on a progressive platform. Listen as ...

January 13, 2020
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Monday Morning Thoughts: New SF DA Aims Sights at Gang Laws ‘Infused with Racism’

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 30, 2019
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Monday Morning Thoughts: New SF DA Aims Sights at Gang Laws ‘Infused with Racism’

In 2010, the Vanguard’s fledgling Court Watch Project followed a six-month Yolo County trial as a group o ...

In 2010, the Vanguard’s fledgling Court Watch Project followed a six-month Yolo County trial as a group of lawyers, volunteering their time, attacked the West Sacramento Gang Injunction. Despite exte ...

December 30, 2019
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Protesters in Front of SF Court, Angry at Loftus Appointment, Lack of Action on Police Shootings

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 22, 2019
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Protesters in Front of SF Court, Angry at Loftus Appointment, Lack of Action on Police Shootings

A small handful of protesters took to the front of the Hall of Justice in San Francisco Monday, protestin ...

A small handful of protesters took to the front of the Hall of Justice in San Francisco Monday, protesting the first day of District Attorney Suzy Loftus’ tenure – having been appointed by Mayor Londo ...

October 22, 2019
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Gascón Is a Reformer on Paper Only

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 07, 2019
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Gascón Is a Reformer on Paper Only

If You Are Looking for Progressive Prosecution and Transformative Change, Look to the Grassroots like Kra ...

If You Are Looking for Progressive Prosecution and Transformative Change, Look to the Grassroots like Krasner, Rollins, Caban, Johansson, and Chesa Boudin It is an interesting article in the NY Times, ...

October 07, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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ACLU Strongly Opposes Mayor Breed’s Tilting of the Scales in the San Francisco DA Race

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|Date: October 06, 2019
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ACLU Strongly Opposes Mayor Breed’s Tilting of the Scales in the San Francisco DA Race

(From ACLU Press Release) - oday in an unforeseen move, Mayor London Breed appointed her favored candidat ...

(From ACLU Press Release) - oday in an unforeseen move, Mayor London Breed appointed her favored candidate, Suzy Loftus, to be the interim San Francisco District Attorney following the premature resig ...

October 06, 2019
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Gascón to Resign as SF DA, Might Run for LA DA

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 04, 2019
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Gascón to Resign as SF DA, Might Run for LA DA

A move by San Francisco’s outgoing District Attorney, George Gascón, sets up a few very interesting moves ...

A move by San Francisco’s outgoing District Attorney, George Gascón, sets up a few very interesting moves. It could have a profound impact on both San Francisco’s office as well as that of Los Angeles ...

October 04, 2019
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A New Wave of Prosecutorial Transparency

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 13, 2019
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A New Wave of Prosecutorial Transparency

By the Appeal It should be news to no one that prosecutors are supremely powerful and have played an outs ...

By the Appeal It should be news to no one that prosecutors are supremely powerful and have played an outsize role in mass incarceration, but what can be done? Until the public knows what prosecutors a ...

June 13, 2019
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Reisig’s Defense of the Death Penalty Belies Claims of Progressive Reform

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 18, 2019
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Reisig’s Defense of the Death Penalty Belies Claims of Progressive Reform

In last year’s election for district attorney, challenged as he never has been before, Jeff Reisig, the Y ...

In last year’s election for district attorney, challenged as he never has been before, Jeff Reisig, the Yolo County District Attorney since 2007, struck back with the help of a local editorial, claimi ...

March 18, 2019
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SF Prosecutor Supports AB 392 and Changing the Law Regarding the Use of Deadly Force

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 15, 2019
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SF Prosecutor Supports AB 392 and Changing the Law Regarding the Use of Deadly Force

While many police, law enforcement officials and prosecutors will be fighting against the passage of AB 3 ...

While many police, law enforcement officials and prosecutors will be fighting against the passage of AB 392, an exception is outgoing San Francisco DA George Gascon. Under AB 392 introduced by Assembl ...

March 15, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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