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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 Board of Supervisors…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 our local justice…
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 across the state—ended…
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…
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….
Judicial Council Considers Ending Emergency Bail Schedule
The Judicial Council of California is considering ending its temporary emergency rules governing the emergency bail schedule. …
Commentary: Another Example of the Media Failing to Do Its Job
One of the continuing themes that has been ramped up in California and indeed across the…
