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Analysis: DA Reisig and Office Overplay Their Zero Bail Claims

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 15, 2021
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Analysis: DA Reisig and Office Overplay Their Zero Bail Claims

By David M. Greenwald Woodland, CA – Every month the Yolo County DA’s Office has put out a press release ...

By David M. Greenwald Woodland, CA – Every month the Yolo County DA’s Office has put out a press release that makes the claim, something along the lines of: “Over 628 New Crimes Committed by Individua ...

April 15, 2021
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Commentary: Once Again the Media Fall for the Reisig Reform Rhetoric

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 13, 2021
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Commentary: Once Again the Media Fall for the Reisig Reform Rhetoric

By David M. Greenwald Yolo County, CA - Here we go again. In 2018, Yolo County DA Jeff Reisig, facing wh ...

By David M. Greenwald Yolo County, CA - Here we go again. In 2018, Yolo County DA Jeff Reisig, facing what would become a tight reelection bid, was declared by the local paper to be the most progress ...

April 13, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Why Do a Lot of DAs Seem to Have the Maturity of a Petulant Child?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 21, 2021
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Sunday Commentary: Why Do a Lot of DAs Seem to Have the Maturity of a Petulant Child?

By David M. Greenwald Yesterday we reported on the bizarre give and take between the Alameda County DA an ...

By David M. Greenwald Yesterday we reported on the bizarre give and take between the Alameda County DA and their public defender. As reported yesterday, Assistant Public Defender Richard Foxall filed ...

March 21, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Yolo DA Keeps Attacking Zero Bail, Even Though…

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 06, 2021
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Commentary: Yolo DA Keeps Attacking Zero Bail, Even Though…

By David M. Greenwald One-sided press releases are not only the norm, but expected. With that said, the ...

By David M. Greenwald One-sided press releases are not only the norm, but expected. With that said, the continued assault on zero bail by the Yolo County DA’s Office is baffling. It is baffling not ...

January 06, 2021
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Yolo DA’s Plan to Combat Homelessness Remains Limited to Softer Criminal-Based Approaches

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 30, 2020
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Yolo DA’s Plan to Combat Homelessness Remains Limited to Softer Criminal-Based Approaches

By David M. Greenwald Yolo County DA Jeff Reisig last week put forward a five-point plan to reduce homele ...

By David M. Greenwald Yolo County DA Jeff Reisig last week put forward a five-point plan to reduce homelessness. While it contains some reasonable suggestions, the first plank is problematic and woul ...

November 30, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: A Look at the Yolo DA and the Question – Is There an Internal Battle on to Replace Reisig?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 09, 2020
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Monday Morning Thoughts: A Look at the Yolo DA and the Question – Is There an Internal Battle on to Replace Reisig?

By David M. Greenwald We have heard a lot of rumors about the Yolo County DA’s office—some have suggested ...

By David M. Greenwald We have heard a lot of rumors about the Yolo County DA’s office—some have suggested that DA Jeff Reisig stepped back after his narrow reelection victory over Public Defender Dean ...

November 09, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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My View: Who is Matt DeMoura and Does He Speak for the Yolo DA’s Office?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 31, 2020
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My View: Who is Matt DeMoura and Does He Speak for the Yolo DA’s Office?

By David M. Greenwald A sponsored ad on Facebook the last few weeks turned some heads. “Results over rh ...

By David M. Greenwald A sponsored ad on Facebook the last few weeks turned some heads. “Results over rhetoric, action over attacks, people over politics,” the ad read. “Re-elect Jim Provenza.” The ...

October 31, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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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
| by David Greenwald

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Yolo DA’s Office Hires Deputy Found to Have Committed Prosecutorial Misconduct in Another County

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 09, 2020
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Yolo DA’s Office Hires Deputy Found to Have Committed Prosecutorial Misconduct in Another County

By David M. Greenwald Once again, Yolo County has hired a prosecutor from another county who was found t ...

By David M. Greenwald Once again, Yolo County has hired a prosecutor from another county who was found to have committed prosecutorial misconduct. Last fall, they hired David Wilson, who had been a ...

September 09, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Yolo Supes Sail Along on Budget Talks until DA Budget Comes Up

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|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
| by Vanguard Court Watch Interns

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Guest Commentary: Yolo County District Attorney Budget Increases Dramatically with Little Explanation

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: August 28, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Yolo County District Attorney Budget Increases Dramatically with Little Explanation

By Don Saylor Budgets are tangible expressions of our values. I believe we need to invest in youth develo ...

By Don Saylor Budgets are tangible expressions of our values. I believe we need to invest in youth development, housing affordability, climate resilience, and strengthening local businesses and our co ...

August 28, 2020
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WeHousing Splits, Leaves 100 Mostly Chinese National Students in the Lurch

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 30, 2019
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WeHousing Splits, Leaves 100 Mostly Chinese National Students in the Lurch

Police and District Attorney Are Investigating Fraud Angle The Vanguard learned late last week that as ma ...

Police and District Attorney Are Investigating Fraud Angle The Vanguard learned late last week that as many as 100 students have been affected as WeHousing, an intermediary housing agency, appears to ...

April 30, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Marsh Is the Extreme Example of Juvenile Crime; This Is More Typical

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 24, 2018
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Marsh Is the Extreme Example of Juvenile Crime; This Is More Typical

On January 24, 2011, a white male in his twenties, a musician in a band, was walking home at 10:30 pm on ...

On January 24, 2011, a white male in his twenties, a musician in a band, was walking home at 10:30 pm on a Monday night in West Sacramento. He was stopped by a person in a Michael Jordan jersey who a ...

September 24, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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District Attorney’s Office Warns of Rental Scam

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 11, 2018
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District Attorney’s Office Warns of Rental Scam

The District Attorney’s office sent out a press release on Tuesday warning residents to be cautious of re ...

The District Attorney’s office sent out a press release on Tuesday warning residents to be cautious of rental unit scams targeting individuals who are looking for rental property. According to the rel ...

July 11, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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King’s Publication Finds Reisig Circumventing Prop 47 with Felony Charges

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 05, 2018
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King’s Publication Finds Reisig Circumventing Prop 47 with Felony Charges

National progressive organizations are paying attention to the Yolo County DA’s race now. Shaun King’s p ...

National progressive organizations are paying attention to the Yolo County DA’s race now. Shaun King’s publication, the Appeal, has a June 4 article, “Is the Yolo County District Attorney Betraying C ...

June 05, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: What Went Wrong in the Criminal Prosecution of Eric Pape

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 14, 2018
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Monday Morning Thoughts: What Went Wrong in the Criminal Prosecution of Eric Pape

Last week the Vanguard broke the tragic news about the death of Eric Pape. The most tragic aspect of the ...

Last week the Vanguard broke the tragic news about the death of Eric Pape. The most tragic aspect of the death of Mr. Pape is not only was it avoidable, it was foreseeable. While the DA’s race has b ...

May 14, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Top Northern California Democrats Out of Touch with People and Party (Corrected Version)

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: April 26, 2018
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Top Northern California Democrats Out of Touch with People and Party (Corrected Version)

By Bennett Pollack-Reeber By Bennett Pollack-Reeber State Assemblywoman Cecilia Aguiar-Curry and State Se ...

By Bennett Pollack-Reeber By Bennett Pollack-Reeber State Assemblywoman Cecilia Aguiar-Curry and State Senator Bill Dodd’s failure to endorse Dean Johansson, the Democrat in the Yolo County District A ...

April 26, 2018
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Reisig a No-Show at King Hall Law School Candidates Forum

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 06, 2018
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Reisig a No-Show at King Hall Law School Candidates Forum

Students at UC Davis’ Law School invited both DA candidates to participate in a candidates forum. Challe ...

Students at UC Davis’ Law School invited both DA candidates to participate in a candidates forum. Challenger Dean Johansson showed up, but incumbent Jeff Reisig was once again a no-show, never respon ...

April 06, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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My View: Did Reisig Find Election-Year Religion on Prop 64?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 17, 2018
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My View: Did Reisig Find Election-Year Religion on Prop 64?

Earlier this week, following the lead of San Francisco from earlier this year, the Yolo County District A ...

Earlier this week, following the lead of San Francisco from earlier this year, the Yolo County District Attorney announced he “plans to partner with the Public Defender to expedite relief to those wit ...

March 17, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Can Johansson Beat Reisig?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 25, 2018
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Sunday Commentary: Can Johansson Beat Reisig?

I keep getting asked, can Dean Johansson beat Jeff Reisig? History runs against Dean Johansson. This re ...

I keep getting asked, can Dean Johansson beat Jeff Reisig? History runs against Dean Johansson. This remains the case, despite the fact that on paper Yolo County would seem to be receptive to a more ...

February 25, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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