Press Releases
Yolo County District Attorney’s Neighborhood Court renamed to the Yolo Restorative Justice Partnership
Press Release (Woodland, CA) – (August 4, 2021) – Neighborhood Court is now known as the Yolo Restorative Justice Partnership (RJP). Since 2013, the Yolo County District Attorney has diverted over two thousand increasingly serious criminal cases through RJP. In RJP,...
Sacramento Man Convicted of Human Trafficking and Pimping Minors
Press Release (Woodland, CA) – August 3, 2021 - On July 30, 2021, 35 year-old Jasyn Bigasan-Carter, of Sacramento, pled no contest to multiple crimes including sex trafficking a minor, pimping a minor, felon in possession of a firearm, and dissuading a witness. In...
State Awards Yolo District Attorney and Yolo Public Defender Over $1 Million to Expand Sentence Reform Project
Press Release (Woodland, CA) - (July 30, 2021) – Yolo County was recently selected to be one of nine counties to receive funding for the California County Resentencing Pilot Project. The resentencing pilot project builds upon legislation under AB2942, which became...
Repeat Drug Trafficker Sentenced to Prison
Press Release (Woodland, CA) - (July 20, 2021) – West Sacramento resident Jayson Garcia was sentenced last week to 12 years, 8 months, local prison stemming from six separate drug trafficking arrests spanning a one-year period, and all committed while on mandatory...
AB 1542 Senate Health Committee
McCarty’s Drug Treatment Bill Passes out of Senate Health Committee AB 1542 would provide treatment to those involved in the criminal justice system who live with drug addiction Press Release (Woodland, CA) – July 15, 2021 – On July 14, 2021, California Assembly...
Yolo County District Attorney Welcomes New Legal Interns
Press Release (Woodland, CA) – July 7, 2021 – The Yolo County District Attorney’s Office is excited to announce the addition of five legal interns who started the Summer/Fall internship program at the conclusion of their law school spring semester. These new members...
West Sacramento Man Convicted of 1995 Murder Granted Parole
Kenneth Buffer savagely beat James Williams over a drug deal Press Release (Woodland, CA) – April 18, 2019 – On June 29, 2021, Board of Parole Hearings commissioners granted convicted murderer Kenneth Buffer parole. Mr. Buffer, now 59, lived in Sacramento at the time...
Two Individuals Sentenced For Marijuana Cultivation On Public Lands Causing Environmental Harm
Press Release (Woodland, CA) - (June 24, 2021) – On June 16, 2021, Ruben Corza, age 34, of Orland, CA and Victor Banuelos, age 27, of Corning, CA were sentenced to two years’ probation and 90 days’ jail after having been convicted of felony marijuana cultivation...
Yolo County DA to Issue Warning of Homicide Charges for Narcotics Traffickers Causing Fentanyl-Related Deaths
Deaths Caused by Reckless Disregard for Known Risk is Driving New Policy Press Release (Woodland, CA) – June 17, 2021 – The Yolo County District Attorney’s Office will now require, with any plea agreement involving narcotics trafficking, that the prosecutor formally...
Commons Policy Changes
Press Release Yolo DA’s Office’s New Public Data Tool Reveals Racial Disparity in Cases Sent to Prosecutor’s Office, Inspires Immediate Policy Change New Policy Will Prevent Defendants with Criminal Histories from Automatically Being Disqualified from Diversion...