County Board Unanimously Supports Resolution as UCD Remains Non-Committal
On Tuesday, the Yolo County Board of Supervisors unanimously voted to support a resolution introduced by Supervisor…
UCD Releases Plans to Build Housing for 2700 Students as County Considers Resolution for 100/50 Plan
On Friday afternoon UC Davis released a plan showing it is seeking to build housing to provide…
Letter: On Changes in the Child Welfare System
(**ANONYMOUS FOR FEAR OF RETALIATION. I was not sure how else to provide this submission but hope…
Concerned about Blanket 170.6 Policy against Judge Basha
By John Myers (The following was a letter to the Yolo County Board of Supervisors from Professor…
Court Moves Basha Off Dependency Cases at His Request
On Tuesday the County Board of Supervisors joined Matt Rexroad in supporting a potential blanket Code of…
Commentary: Did Board Overreach on Blanket 170.6 Motion?
There are a number of surprising things about what happened on Tuesday, with the Yolo County Board…
Board Votes 4-1 to Issue Request for Blanket Recusal of Judge Basha
In a vote that perhaps surprised even Supervisor Matt Rexroad, who brought the issue forward, the Yolo…
Is Rexroad’s Push against Judge Basha a Threat to Judicial Independence?
Yolo County Supervisor Matt Rexroad has drafted a letter to Judge Janet Gaard, the current presiding judge…
Supervisor Rexroad Requests Judge Basha Be Removed from Juvenile Dependency Hearings
The following is a letter to presiding Judge Janet Gaard from Supervisor Rexroad. Dear Judge Gaard, I’m…
Can the Community Defuse the Sheriff on the MRAP?
By Alan Hirsch I was at the Yolo County Board of Supervisors meeting two weeks ago when…
Supervisors Deadlock on MRAP, Bring It Back in April
The large number of members of the public filled the room. Of those who spoke during public…
Letter Requests Immediate BOS Denouncement of Executive Order on Immigration
By Melissa Moreno My Yolo County family, neighbors, and friends, request that the Yolo County Board of…
CEQA Suit Attempts to Block Field & Pond
The Board of Supervisors twice had to approve an event permit for the Field & Pond event…
Board of Supervisors Allow Field & Pond Appeal to Go Through on a 4-1 Vote
After two hours of public comment that seemed relatively evenly divided between those who supported the Field…
Yolo County Board Of Supervisors to Consider Task Force on Farm Labor
By Sean Raycraft Tuesday July 26, County Supervisor Don Saylor advanced a motion to support Assembly Bill…
Commentary: Disappointing Failure to Provide Boost to Preschool Programs
In the end, not only did the preschool tax fall short of the four votes needed to…
Will Preschool and Early Childhood Education Initiative Have the Votes to Go Forward?
Three weeks ago there were four votes to go forward with a quarter to one-half cent sales…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Is County Preschool Program in Trouble?
Two weeks ago, Yolo County supervisors voted 4-1 to have staff come back with a ballot measure…
Crime Moves Back Down in 2016 in Davis and West Sacramento
It was nearly a month ago that Yolo County DA Jeff Reisig, along with Chief Probation Officer…
Board of Supervisors Looks to Potentially Alter Bypass of Family Reunification Services Policy
At their last meeting, on March 22, the Yolo County Board of Supervisors looked into organizational and…
