Guest Commentary: What Kind of Development Would Actually Improve Davis?
by Mark Dempsey The Davis Vanguard recently published Davis Teeters with an Unsustainable Economic and Fiscal Situation,…
Critics Say Suzy Loftus Didn’t Do Enough to Reform San Francisco PD
Loftus led the San Francisco Police Commission through a bloody and turbulent era. By Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg Protesters…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Breeding Bad Process, Lack of Outreach, Lack of Engagement
The slow growth side of the fence in Davis has become the little boys that cry wolf. …
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 Krasner, Rollins,…
Texas Plans to Execute Jewish Man Denied a Fair Trial by an Anti-Semitic Judge
By Heather L. Weaver UPDATE: On Friday, October 4, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, where Halprin had…
Sunday Commentary: Davis Teeters with an Unsustainable Economic and Fiscal Situation
The data is a few years old – 2014-2015 – but it paints us a picture that…
Sunday Commentary: The Specter of DA’s Race, Progressive Prosecution, Battle in Supervisor Race
In 2018, Jeff Reisig, a three-term incumbent who hadn’t even been challenged in 2010 or 2014 faced…
My View: DA Plays Hardball in Efforts to Free Ajay Dev
We are two weeks out from another evidentiary hearing for Ajay Dev, but perhaps the most telling…
Republicans Suddenly Care about Hearsay and Procedural Justice
by Sarah Lustbader Republicans seem to discover the urgent need for due process and procedural safeguards each…
Trump Administration Plan to Admit Fewer Refugees Than Any Previous President
By Manar Waheed The Trump administration yesterday announced its plan to admit 18,000 refugees this fiscal year,…
Guest Commentary: Preventing Suicides in Yolo County
by Board of Directors, Suicide Prevention of Yolo County The school year has begun. Students have received…
Ethnic Studies Is Still Under Attack: White Identity Politics In Control of the LA Times Opinion Pages?
by Maya Mackrandilal In response to the Los Angeles Times Editorial Board’s attacks on the Ethnic Studies…
Sunday Commentary: We Talk about Active Shooters, but ARV Most Likely to Be Used for Drug Raids
The argument that carried the day for me on Tuesday was not that the ARV (Armored Rescue…
Sunday Commentary: Parole Opposition Shows Once Again Reisig Just Not a Reformer
Since his narrow victory last year in the DA’s race, Yolo County DA Jeff Reisig keeps trying…
Guest Commentary: What Kamala Harris’s Take on Policing Gets Wrong
by Alex Vitale Rather than encouraging more faith in the police, true reform requires dismantling the system…
White Supremacist Violence Is on the Rise
By Hina Shamsi In response to the increase in white supremacist violence, Congress has been holding hearings…
Guest Commentary: Released Parolee Was a Low Risk to Re-Offend
By Tracie Olson and Sara Johnson Tim Wilson is low risk to reoffend and does not pose…
Commentary: Five Years Later, Armored Vehicle Welcomed to California College Town
On September 13, 2014, there was a picture of Lt. Tom Waltz in the New York Times. …
Commentary: Our Youth Are Worried, They Should Be, Why Aren’t You?
Teen climate activist Greta Thunberg has in many ways stolen the show with her angry words and…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Are We Doing the Right Thing on Pacifico?
We have been hearing complaints about Pacifico since last fall. The neighbors got to the point where…
