Black and Brown in Blue is a lecture series that builds a bridge between the community and law enforcement for a more inclusive community environment. The program was designed to encourage open and honest dialogue in order to reduce barriers and misperceptions.
Jeff Reisig is currently one of California’s longest serving District Attorneys. First elected as the Yolo County DA in 2006, Reisig had previously worked as a deputy district attorney for almost a decade. As a career prosecutor, he has personally handled thousands of criminal cases, with a specialty in homicides and organized crime.
From 2021 until 2022, DA Reisig also served as the President of the California District Attorneys Association, after being overwhelmingly chosen by his elected DA colleagues from across California. As President of CDAA, he worked closely with statewide law enforcement associations, victims’ groups, community stakeholders and lawmakers to support several significant changes in California’s criminal justice system.
In collaboration with Stanford University, Reisig helped design and fully integrate a Race Blind Charging program into his digital case management system so that his office’s decisions about whether to charge someone with a crime or not could be made without any knowledge of the race of the parties involved. This ground-breaking development inspired legislation that was signed into law by California Governor Gavin Newsom in 2022, making it a statewide requirement for all 58 county DA’s offices.
Reisig was also the first prosecutor in the nation to launch a third-party hosted data-transparency portal in collaboration with the national reform organization Measures for Justice. The portal provides the public nearly unrestricted access to criminal justice data from his office, while also giving community members a platform to directly share their findings and engage policy makers and the media on the data. As a result of this work, Reisig is widely recognized as a national leader and advocate for criminal justice transparency.
During his tenure as DA, Reisig has focused intently on advocating for victims of crime and pursuing a balanced approach to public safety through methods designed to enhance accountability while also embracing programs to reduce recidivism and the criminal justice footprint. Reisig has also developed multiple highly successful diversion programs to help those suffering from serious addiction and mental illness.
District Attorney Reisig is a member of the National District Attorneys Association and serves on the Board of Directors for The Karpel Foundation, a non-profit focused on inspiring innovation in criminal justice. He remains active statewide with the California District Attorneys Association and now serves as their Immediate Past President.
Education:
B.S. - UC Davis –Agricultural and Managerial Economics
J.D. - University of the Pacific