Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 107: Yolo County DA Candidate Cynthia Rodriguez

Published: May 17, 2021, 10:32 a.m.

b"Cynthia Rodriguez, a retired public defender is running for DA in Yolo County, California - a relatively small county, next to Sacramento and the home of UC Davis.\\n\\nShe is taking on four time incumbent Jeff Reisig. In 2018, Reisig narrowly averted defeat when he beat Public Defender Dean Johansson by a very narrow margin.\\n\\nReisig has recently taken on a reformist tone, though he signed onto the letter by Ann Marie Schubert opposing good time credits that would lead to an early release of incarcerated people, he is a support of AB 1542 which reformers worry would create mandatory treatment for drug addicts, and he has spoken out strongly against zero bail.\\n\\nListen as Rodriguez talks about Reisig's record and discusses her own reformist agenda."