My View: Yolo DA Pushes the Retail Theft Issue
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Woodland, CA – The rise in murders in the US has…
Commentary: Why Prop 47 and Zero Bail Are Not Driving Crime Spree
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Los Angeles, CA – The comments by Jamie McBride, LAPD’s union…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Yolo Officials Are Ready For Smash and Grabs – But Is It Actually a Threat?
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Woodland, CA – An incident that happened prior to Thanksgiving in…
Commentary: Scratch Below the Dog and Pony Show and It’s the Same Ol’ Reisig
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Woodland, CA – I was interested to see whether Jeff Reisig…
Analysis: Data Transparency Is a Good Start, but DA Reisig Needs a Data Analyst
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Woodland, CA – I watched Yolo County DA Jeff Reisig give…
Reisig Joins 40 Elected California DAs in Challenge of Early Release of 76,000 Incarcerated People
By David M. Greenwald Sacramento, CA – Sacramento DA Anne Marie Schubert announced on Thursday that she…
Guest Commentary: Voters’ Decisions on Propositions 17 and 20 Bring Hope to Criminal Justice Reform in California
By Sarah Hopkins This election cycle, Californians were presented with two propositions on their ballots—17 and 20—that…
Guest Commentary: Prop 20 Would Roll Back Years of Criminal Justice Reform
The ballot initiative, supported by police, corporations, and even big grocery chains, would use more taxpayer money…
Proposition 20: Critics Charge It Will Undo Criminal Justice Reform
By Roxanna Jarvis and Dylan Ferguson CALIFORNIA – One of the criminal justice-related propositions on the California…
Prop 20 Would Undo CA Criminal Justice Reform Progress, Claim Racial Justice Advocates
By Linh Nguyen California’s Proposition 20, on the Nov. 3 ballot, campaigns on the slogan “Keep California…
Opposition to Prop 20 Increases; Opponents Charge It’s a Step Backward for CA
By Susana Jurado Opposition to Proposition 20 is receiving quite a bit of attention after several…
California’s 2019 Crime Rate Lowest in Recorded State History
By Linh Nguyen STATE NEWS – California’s crime rate, as measured by violent and property offenses reported…
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…
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: Yolo DA Blames Homeless Crisis on Prop 47
On Facebook last Friday, the Yolo County DA posted from a Fox-LA article which cited Dr. Drew…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Gascón Earns a Big Endorsement from LA Times
We are just about a week out from the primary election and, aside from the presidential race,…
Anti-Reform Group Does IE in Supervisors Race
A political action committee, the Safe Neighborhoods Coalition, has apparently entered the supervisors race, pushing advertising for…
Guest Commentary: Prop 47 Spares Offenders from Prison, but County Jail May Be Worse
By Kerry Rudd Proposition 47’s forgotten people are in dire need of relief. Low-level offenders, the people…
Yolo PD: Prop 47 Offering Solutions to Homelessness
Proposition (Prop) 47 has been blamed for a lot of problems, the most recent being a purported…
Sunday Commentary: Reisig Blames the Homeless Problem on Prop. 47
During the campaign, it was pointed out time and again the disconnect between the voters of Yolo…
