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Commentary: Other than Supervisor Saylor, Where Is the Pushback against the DA’s Budget Increases?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 29, 2020
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Commentary: Other than Supervisor Saylor, Where Is the Pushback against the DA’s Budget Increases?

By David M. Greenwald For the second time this weekend, Supervisor Don Saylor raised the issue of the dis ...

By David M. Greenwald For the second time this weekend, Supervisor Don Saylor raised the issue of the district attorney’s budget. His previous column and questions triggered a 29-page response by the ...

September 29, 2020
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Commentary: Yolo DA Position on Bail Even More Baffling

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 23, 2020
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Commentary: Yolo DA Position on Bail Even More Baffling

By David M. Greenwald One of the more baffling things about the Yolo DA’s position on zero bail is that t ...

By David M. Greenwald One of the more baffling things about the Yolo DA’s position on zero bail is that the office really seems to be talking out of both sides of its mouth at the same time. Is this ...

September 23, 2020
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Really – What Is the Yolo DA’s Position on Zero Bail?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 21, 2020
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Really – What Is the Yolo DA’s Position on Zero Bail?

By David M. Greenwald Another press release noted that a West Sacramento man was charged with attempted m ...

By David M. Greenwald Another press release noted that a West Sacramento man was charged with attempted murder after being arrested on September 15, less than a month after being placed on felony prob ...

September 21, 2020
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Sunday Commentary: A Tale of Two County DAs on Wrongful Convictions…

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 20, 2020
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Sunday Commentary: A Tale of Two County DAs on Wrongful Convictions…

By David M. Greenwald This week, Chesa Boudin, the San Francisco DA, unveiled his plans for a Post Convic ...

By David M. Greenwald This week, Chesa Boudin, the San Francisco DA, unveiled his plans for a Post Conviction Unit. At least in structure, it may well be the most groundbreaking in the country—of cou ...

September 20, 2020
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My View: The DA Doth Protest Too Much, Methinks

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 12, 2020
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My View: The DA Doth Protest Too Much, Methinks

DA Wants a Fair Shake for a Budget Increase but Only Knows Attacks; This Time He Attacks Saylor for Askin ...

DA Wants a Fair Shake for a Budget Increase but Only Knows Attacks; This Time He Attacks Saylor for Asking Tough but Reasonable Budget Questions During times of COVID and budget cuts and decreasing cr ...

September 12, 2020
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My View: Is Reisig Starting to Try to Shift to the Middle? We Think Not

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 05, 2020
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My View: Is Reisig Starting to Try to Shift to the Middle? We Think Not

By David M. Greenwald A few weeks ago Jonathan Raven, the Chief Deputy DA in the Yolo County DA’s Office, ...

By David M. Greenwald A few weeks ago Jonathan Raven, the Chief Deputy DA in the Yolo County DA’s Office, wrote a piece published in the Davis and Woodland newspapers, “Progressive evolution can take ...

September 05, 2020
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Analysis: DA Reisig Attacks Zero Bail Even Though He Authorized It

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 02, 2020
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Analysis: DA Reisig Attacks Zero Bail Even Though He Authorized It

By David M. Greenwald Yolo County DA Jeff Reisig put out another press release attacking zero bail on Tue ...

By David M. Greenwald Yolo County DA Jeff Reisig put out another press release attacking zero bail on Tuesday. The press release notes “the ongoing impacts related to California Judicial Council’s St ...

September 02, 2020
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Yolo Supes Sail Along on Budget Talks until DA Budget Comes Up

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|Date: September 02, 2020
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Yolo Supes Sail Along on Budget Talks until DA Budget Comes Up

By Layla Mustafa WOODLAND – Everything—surprisingly—was coming up roses Tuesday when the Yolo County Boar ...

By Layla Mustafa WOODLAND – Everything—surprisingly—was coming up roses Tuesday when the Yolo County Board of Supervisors took up the 2020-21 budget, with Chief Budget Official Mubeen Qader noting tha ...

September 02, 2020
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Analysis: DA Responds to Supervisor Saylor’s Questions

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 01, 2020
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Analysis: DA Responds to Supervisor Saylor’s Questions

By David M. Greenwald In early July, Supervisor Don Saylor submitted a number of questions to DA Jeff Rei ...

By David M. Greenwald In early July, Supervisor Don Saylor submitted a number of questions to DA Jeff Reisig about their funding requests (see here). The night before the Board of Supervisors Budget ...

September 01, 2020
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Why Are We Massively Increasing Spending on the DA’s Office?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 31, 2020
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Why Are We Massively Increasing Spending on the DA’s Office?

By David M. Greenwald Last week, Supervisor Don Saylor sounded the alarm that the County is proposing ine ...

By David M. Greenwald Last week, Supervisor Don Saylor sounded the alarm that the County is proposing inexplicably increasing expenditures on the District Attorney’s Office. Here’s the thing—there is ...

August 31, 2020
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Sunday Commentary: Reisig Is Not Putting Forward a Reform Agenda

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 16, 2020
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Sunday Commentary: Reisig Is Not Putting Forward a Reform Agenda

by David M. Greenwald It has been two years since both the Davis Enterprise and Sacramento Bee declared t ...

by David M. Greenwald It has been two years since both the Davis Enterprise and Sacramento Bee declared that Yolo County DA Jeff Reisig was one of if not the most progressive prosecutor in the state. ...

August 16, 2020
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Commentary: Yolo DA’s Office Takes to Fox News to Push Agenda

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 05, 2020
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Commentary: Yolo DA’s Office Takes to Fox News to Push Agenda

Remember when the Yolo DA was touted by local media as being one of the most progressive in the state? Th ...

Remember when the Yolo DA was touted by local media as being one of the most progressive in the state? That seemed like just two years ago. But now Assistant Chief Deputy DA Melinda Aiello once again ...

August 05, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Yolo County to Pass Resolution Recognizing Racism As a Public Health Crisis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 19, 2020
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Yolo County to Pass Resolution Recognizing Racism As a Public Health Crisis

In early June, the Yolo County Public Defenders had a march in front of the Yolo Courthouse to emphasize ...

In early June, the Yolo County Public Defenders had a march in front of the Yolo Courthouse to emphasize the unequal access to justice that Black and Brown people have in the criminal legal system. Pu ...

July 19, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Reisig, PPIC Study, and Racial Disparity in Criminal Legal System

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 06, 2020
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Reisig, PPIC Study, and Racial Disparity in Criminal Legal System

Part of the defense offered by Yolo County DA Jeff Reisig, in face of criticism that Yolo County has abou ...

Part of the defense offered by Yolo County DA Jeff Reisig, in face of criticism that Yolo County has about 28 percent of its jail comprised of Blacks while the share of the overall population for that ...

July 06, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Reisig This Isn’t (Just) About You

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 29, 2020
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Reisig This Isn’t (Just) About You

When Public Defender Tracie Olson pointed out, quite correctly, that in the Yolo County Jail on April 20, ...

When Public Defender Tracie Olson pointed out, quite correctly, that in the Yolo County Jail on April 20, 2020, the population was about 28 percent Black in a county with a population of just 3 percen ...

June 29, 2020
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My View: DA Reisig Cannot Let This One Go, Doubles Down on Attack on Public Defender

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 27, 2020
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My View: DA Reisig Cannot Let This One Go, Doubles Down on Attack on Public Defender

You would think Yolo County DA Jeff Reisig would have learned and simply let this go. He was roundly cri ...

You would think Yolo County DA Jeff Reisig would have learned and simply let this go. He was roundly criticized for making personal a comment on the news by Yolo County Public Defender Tracie Olson w ...

June 27, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: What We Wish Yolo District Attorney Jeff Reisig Had Written…

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: June 21, 2020
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Guest Commentary: What We Wish Yolo District Attorney Jeff Reisig Had Written…

Yolo County Public Defender Tracie Olson’s recent interview raised some very challenging questions for ou ...

Yolo County Public Defender Tracie Olson’s recent interview raised some very challenging questions for our local justice system—including how police, prosecutors and even judges contribute to the over ...

June 21, 2020
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Yolo Maintains Zero Bail Schedule after Judicial Council Ends It Statewide

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 19, 2020
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Yolo Maintains Zero Bail Schedule after Judicial Council Ends It Statewide

Last week the California Judicial Council—over the strenuous objection of reformers and public defenders ...

Last week the California Judicial Council—over the strenuous objection of reformers and public defenders across the state—ended the emergency bail schedule, or zero bail. But on Wednesday, Yolo Count ...

June 19, 2020
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Commentary: The DA – He Doth Protest Too Much

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 17, 2020
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Commentary: The DA – He Doth Protest Too Much

Last Monday all across the state and around the nation, public defenders took to the streets marching for ...

Last Monday all across the state and around the nation, public defenders took to the streets marching for Black lives. Following that event, ABC 10 interviewed Yolo County Public Defender Tracie Olso ...

June 17, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Yolo DA Attacks Public Defender over Claims of Disproportionate Incarcerated Black Population

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 16, 2020
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Yolo DA Attacks Public Defender over Claims of Disproportionate Incarcerated Black Population

It started as an interview by ABC10 following the public defender Black Lives Matter march last Monday. D ...

It started as an interview by ABC10 following the public defender Black Lives Matter march last Monday. During the interview, Yolo County Public Defender Tracie Olson told the news station, “Honestly ...

June 16, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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