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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 104 – Appeal Analysts Discuss Policing Polling

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|Date: April 26, 2021
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 104 – Appeal Analysts Discuss Policing Polling

Recent polling by Data for Progress for the Appeal taken between March 5 and March 7 found public opinion ...

Recent polling by Data for Progress for the Appeal taken between March 5 and March 7 found public opinion since the murder of George Floyd, has shifted to support for alternatives to policing and the ...

April 26, 2021
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Judge Releases Mentally-Ill Defendant After Jail Refuses to Allow His Medication for Two Weeks

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|Date: April 16, 2021
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Judge Releases Mentally-Ill Defendant After Jail Refuses to Allow His Medication for Two Weeks

By Ankita Joshi WOODLAND, CA – Yolo County Jail’s decision not to allow required medication for a defenda ...

By Ankita Joshi WOODLAND, CA – Yolo County Jail’s decision not to allow required medication for a defendant—who his doctors said may not be competent to stand trial without it—led Yolo County Superior ...

April 16, 2021
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SF Jury Finds Military Vet ‘Not Guilty’ of Embarcadero Attacks; Public Defender Showed Vet was ‘Unconscious,’ had ‘Mental Health Crisis’

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|Date: April 13, 2021
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SF Jury Finds Military Vet ‘Not Guilty’ of Embarcadero Attacks; Public Defender Showed Vet was ‘Unconscious,’ had ‘Mental Health Crisis’

SAN FRANCISCO, CA – U.S. military veteran George Kennedy was found not guilty of two felony assault charg ...

SAN FRANCISCO, CA – U.S. military veteran George Kennedy was found not guilty of two felony assault charges – alleged attacks on a tourist and a jogger – Monday in San Francisco County Superior Court ...

April 13, 2021
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Commentary: Deconstructing Davis Police Chief Darren Pytel

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 09, 2021
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Commentary: Deconstructing Davis Police Chief Darren Pytel

By David M. Greenwald As someone who has watched Darren Pytel for the last 15 years, starting when he was ...

By David M. Greenwald As someone who has watched Darren Pytel for the last 15 years, starting when he was a police captain up through his time as police chief, he is a complicated figure—and on Tuesda ...

April 09, 2021
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Facing Plummeting Mental Health, Freshmen Question if Cal has Done Enough

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|Date: April 08, 2021
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Facing Plummeting Mental Health, Freshmen Question if Cal has Done Enough

By Meenu Pamula BERKELEY— For centuries, entering college has been a transformative (and thrilling) expe ...

By Meenu Pamula BERKELEY— For centuries, entering college has been a transformative (and thrilling) experience-- meeting new people, forming connections, getting to know the ins-and-outs of campus li ...

April 08, 2021
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Defense Argues Victim’s Mental Health an Issue; Judge Still Sets Two-Felony Trial for Attacker

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|Date: March 25, 2021
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Defense Argues Victim’s Mental Health an Issue; Judge Still Sets Two-Felony Trial for Attacker

By Roselyn Poommai SACRAMENTO, CA – The alleged victim testifying in a preliminary hearing here in Sacram ...

By Roselyn Poommai SACRAMENTO, CA – The alleged victim testifying in a preliminary hearing here in Sacramento County Superior Court Tuesday presented a hazy memory and admitted she was taking a drug, ...

March 25, 2021
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Judge Sets Arson Trial Despite Defendant’s Mental Health Diagnosis

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|Date: March 16, 2021
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Judge Sets Arson Trial Despite Defendant’s Mental Health Diagnosis

By Esha Kher SACRAMENTO, CA - Despite a mental health diagnosis of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, an ...

By Esha Kher SACRAMENTO, CA - Despite a mental health diagnosis of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, and a referral to a mental health diversion program, a judge here last Friday refused—because of ...

March 16, 2021
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Great Risk, Little Reward: Berkeley’s RAs Keep Housing Units Afloat Amid Pandemic

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|Date: March 12, 2021
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Great Risk, Little Reward: Berkeley’s RAs Keep Housing Units Afloat Amid Pandemic

By Meenu Pamula Berkeley— Dissatisfaction is not uncommon amongst UC Berkeley’s Resident Assistants (RA ...

By Meenu Pamula Berkeley— Dissatisfaction is not uncommon amongst UC Berkeley’s Resident Assistants (RAs), but in light of the coronavirus pandemic, mistreatment has become an even more present conc ...

March 12, 2021
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California Capitol Watch: Bills Focus on Pupils’ Mental Health

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|Date: March 06, 2021
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California Capitol Watch: Bills Focus on Pupils’ Mental Health

By Eric Gelber Senator Anthony Portantino has introduced two bills focusing on student mental health: SB ...

By Eric Gelber Senator Anthony Portantino has introduced two bills focusing on student mental health: SB 224 would require all students in California to receive age-appropriate mental health education ...

March 06, 2021
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California Capitol Watch: New Mental Health/Addiction Laws

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|Date: January 21, 2021
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California Capitol Watch: New Mental Health/Addiction Laws

By Eric Gelber In this, the second edition of California Capitol Watch, we will look at two mental health ...

By Eric Gelber In this, the second edition of California Capitol Watch, we will look at two mental health/addiction laws enacted in the 2019-20 legislative session that took effect on January 1st of t ...

January 21, 2021
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Judge Orders Director of CA Department of State Hospitals to Court for Slothlike Rate of Treating Criminal Patients

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|Date: January 08, 2021
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Judge Orders Director of CA Department of State Hospitals to Court for Slothlike Rate of Treating Criminal Patients

By Macy Lu WOODLAND – “Unacceptable under any standards in a civilized society,” Judge David Rosenberg o ...

By Macy Lu WOODLAND – “Unacceptable under any standards in a civilized society,” Judge David Rosenberg of Yolo County Superior Court retorted after learning defendant Larry James Tillman, Jr.,—who ha ...

January 08, 2021
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Man Threatens to Kill Multiple Elementary School Employees, Defense Believes Mental Health Issues Play Role

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|Date: November 11, 2020
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Man Threatens to Kill Multiple Elementary School Employees, Defense Believes Mental Health Issues Play Role

By Emma Phillips WOODLAND – Yolo County Superior Court Judge David W. Reed Tuesday decided to maintain fe ...

By Emma Phillips WOODLAND – Yolo County Superior Court Judge David W. Reed Tuesday decided to maintain felony charges against a man who earlier this year threatened at least two staffers at a Davis sc ...

November 11, 2020
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 79: Davis Community Policing Discussion

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|Date: October 05, 2020
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 79: Davis Community Policing Discussion

Everyday Injustice sat down with four individuals in the community of Davis, California, looking to make ...

Everyday Injustice sat down with four individuals in the community of Davis, California, looking to make changes to policing at the local level. The participants: Morgan Poindexter, Aarthi Sekar, Lupi ...

October 05, 2020
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Sunday Commentary: We Need to Re-Imagine How We Interact with Mental Health Crises

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|Date: September 27, 2020
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Sunday Commentary: We Need to Re-Imagine How We Interact with Mental Health Crises

By David M. Greenwald We hear the term defund the police. It is easy to mistake it for another concept—a ...

By David M. Greenwald We hear the term defund the police. It is easy to mistake it for another concept—abolish the police. But it’s not, and that’s part of the problem. Perhaps a better way to thin ...

September 27, 2020
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De-Escalating Police Response to Mental Health Crises

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 06, 2020
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De-Escalating Police Response to Mental Health Crises

At last week's Justice Collaborative symposium, Justice Guarantee Convening, a panel of speakers addresse ...

At last week's Justice Collaborative symposium, Justice Guarantee Convening, a panel of speakers addressed the issue of deescalating police response: Portland City Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty, Melina ...

March 06, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Strides for Mental Health Reform for Incarceration Population

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|Date: February 13, 2020
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Strides for Mental Health Reform for Incarceration Population

By Julietta Bisharyan With mentally ill inmates now making up 20% of the prison populations and with mode ...

By Julietta Bisharyan With mentally ill inmates now making up 20% of the prison populations and with modern prisons being compared to asylums (Treatment Advocacy Center), the MacArthur Foundation has ...

February 13, 2020
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Spit Mask Leads to Possible Prison Time

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: December 05, 2019
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Spit Mask Leads to Possible Prison Time

By Ariana Camarena The defendant allegedly spat multiple times at Woodland police officers, who were call ...

By Ariana Camarena The defendant allegedly spat multiple times at Woodland police officers, who were called to the scene after a close relative feared for her safety. The trial resumed in Department 1 ...

December 05, 2019
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2019 Awareness Conference Open to Public Set to Address Rising Trends in Mental Health Issues and Suicide

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|Date: August 16, 2019
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2019 Awareness Conference Open to Public Set to Address Rising Trends in Mental Health Issues and Suicide

By Chris Haskins Living Hope Church of Dixon - located at 410 Gateway Drive - is hosting the 2019 Awarene ...

By Chris Haskins Living Hope Church of Dixon - located at 410 Gateway Drive - is hosting the 2019 Awareness Conference: Mental Health and Suicide, on Saturday, September 21st, 2019 from 8:00 am to 3:0 ...

August 16, 2019
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Homelessness Debate – Housing, Mental Illness, Both?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 24, 2019
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Homelessness Debate – Housing, Mental Illness, Both?

Last week, citing a number of sources, we argued that the percentage of homeless suffering from mental il ...

Last week, citing a number of sources, we argued that the percentage of homeless suffering from mental illness was only about one-quarter to one-third of the total population. There have been other s ...

June 24, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Man Argues against Suspended License Charge, Citing Mental Illness History and Lack of Support

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|Date: April 12, 2019
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Man Argues against Suspended License Charge, Citing Mental Illness History and Lack of Support

By Danielle Silva A defendant, Carlos Alberto Muñoz, who faces a charge of driving with a suspended licen ...

By Danielle Silva A defendant, Carlos Alberto Muñoz, who faces a charge of driving with a suspended license, shared his history with mental illness and the lack of support from the court, the Departme ...

April 12, 2019
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