by Wendy Wilcox | Sep 6, 2019 | Uncategorized
Code for America, a nonprofit that develops technology to improve government service delivery, has developed a free Community Resource Guide that provides resources and information to help spread the word about AB 1793, a new California law that requires the...
by Wendy Wilcox | Sep 5, 2019 | Uncategorized
Press Release (Woodland, CA) – September 5, 2019 — Yolo County District Attorney Jeff Reisig announced that four Yolo County residents graduated from the Steps to Success (S2S) diversion program on August 28, 2019. The well-attended ceremony, honoring Jose...
by Wendy Wilcox | Aug 23, 2019 | Uncategorized
Press Release (Woodland, CA) – August 23, 2019- On August 22, 2019, a two-commissioner panel of the Board of Parole Hearings denied parole to convicted 60-year-old Javiad Akhtar who was convicted of attempted murder by a jury in 2002. In 2001, Akhtar went to the home...
by Wendy Wilcox | Aug 13, 2019 | Uncategorized
Press Release (Woodland, CA) – August 12, 2019 – Yolo County recently received three new grants, totaling $2.73 million, focusing on expanding opportunities for diversion within the criminal justice system. These three grants will support the use of restorative...
by Wendy Wilcox | Aug 9, 2019 | Uncategorized
Press Release (Woodland, CA) – August 9, 2019 – District Attorney Jeff Reisig, along with 42 other elected District Attorneys and Attorneys General from across the country, filed an amicus curiae brief on August 2, 2019, in federal court urging the United States...