Permanent Injunction granted

The PE reports that Judge Edward Webster granted a permanent injunction against members of the East Side Riva gang. The permanent injunction follows the granting of a preliminary injunction several months back. As the IELB previously noted there have been no arrests related to the injunction.

"Since the preliminary injunction was approved, no arrests related to injunction enforcement have been made, Lucky said.

Riverside police will enforce the injunction as violations occur, but patrols are not specifically seeking out violations, Riverside police spokesman Steven Frasher said. He added that criminal activity has decreased since the injunction was announced."

Rivco gets 2 new judges

The PE reports that Governor Schwarzeneggar appointed two judges for Riverside County.
Michael Donner, 61, a civil side attorney, Anthony Villalobos, 42, a district attorney. They will
earn $178,789. This often is a pay cut for many judges.

Further development in the gang injunction case

Previously this blog pointed to a case where a citizen got 18 months of prison time for a threat made against DA Pacheco. The citizen apparently was disgruntled about the injunction against a particular gang. Before that I posted about the hearing on the injunction. That was several months back. Here the PE reports that to date, the police have "not yet arrested anyone on suspicion of an injunction violation." I am confident that a lot of taxpayer money was spent on getting the injunction. I also recall seeing on the news and in the PE reports of the injunction. It was reported with considerable fanfare. Now, we learn nothing has come from it. Ladies and Gentlemen, your government at work.

Long long long write up on the DA

The PE publishes a lengthy article on the life and times of our district attorney, Rod Pacheco. It briefly covers the effect of his actions on civil justice, but doesn't come anywhere near to accurately describing the toll on civil litigants.

Good news on Civil Justice

Civil trials are scheduled to resume on January 14, 2007. See here for a letter from the Presiding Judge.