Below is a “response” that I wrote. It is the response I believe Yolo County District Attorney Jeff Reisig should have given to discussions about racial inequality in our county’s legal system. Many have stepped up spontaneously to support it. You will find their names here as well.
Unfortunately, here is the response DA Reisig actually gave.
He was responding to these comments by Yolo County Public Defender Tracie Olson.
The Davis Enterprise will be publishing this alternate response in this Sunday’s issue. I look forward to collaborating with Ms. Olson, others currently working within our local legal system, community members, and my former colleagues in local government to undertake the analysis, investigations, reporting and oversight outlined in the letter. I hope you will join us.
| Al Rojas | Greg Brucker | Margaret Ong |
| Alina Lusebrink | Hazel Watson | Marilyn L. Perry |
| Alina Stenlund | Hoang-Van Nguyen | Mark Aulman |
| Ann Block | Jake Whitaker | Mark Simon |
| Anoosh Jorjorian | Jeannette Hogan | Marne McGuinness |
| Antonio De Loera-Brust | Jen Higley-Chapman | Marsha Carlton |
| Bapu Vaitla | Jennifer Rindahl | Martha Teeter |
| Ben Wormeli | Jewel Payne | Monica Nolte |
| Betsy Elzufon | Joanna Friesner | Morgan Poindexter |
| Caitlin French | Joanne Haller | Nan Rowan |
| Cathy Forkas | Jonathon Howard | Natalia Deeb-Sossa |
| Christi-Anne Sokolewicz. | Juan Tamayo | Natalie Wormeli |
| Claire Goldstein | Karen Dodds Gossard | NJ Mvondo |
| Conner Gorman | Karen Friis | Nora Oldwin |
| Dave Griffin | Karen Hamilton | Peggy Bernardy |
| David Campos | Kate Mellon-Anibaba | Rachel Beck |
| David Greenwald | Larry Guenther | Rev. Dr. Brandon Austin |
| David Lichtenhan | Lee Bartholomew | Robb Davis |
| Dean Johannsson | Linda & Stu Brensick | Robin Rainwater |
| Denise Hoffner | Linda Brant | Roy Kaplan |
| Desiree Rojas | Linda Deos | Ryan Davis |
| Don Saylor | Linda Hendricks | Ryan Wessells |
| Elizabeth Fulmer | Linda S Fitz Gibbon | Sean Raycraft |
| Elizabeth Lasensky | Lindsay Wilson Terry | Sharif Amlani |
| Elizabeth Stevens | Lorna Carriveau | Shelly Gilbride |
| Emily Henderson | Luanna Villanueva | Steven Schmidt |
| Emily Hill | Lucas Frerichs | Teresa Geimer. |
| Emily March | M E Gladis | Tracy Tomasky |
| Francesca Wright | Cecilia Escamilla-Greenwald | Zohar Tal |
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