Insight With Vicki Gonzalez

News Network: Sheriff Defends Himself and Department at Board of Supervisors Meeting, Gets Heckled By Crowd

December 5, 2018

CapRadio's Nick Miller and Bob Moffitt walk us through the conflict between the Sacramento County Inspector General, Sheriff and Board of Supervisors that came to a head at yesterday's Supervisors meeting.

‘Maybe It’s Political?’ Sacramento Sheriff Questions Need For Independent Oversight As Supervisors Forward New Plan

December 4, 2018 | Bob Moffitt | Nick Miller

Amid jeers, heckling and supportive applause from a capacity crowd at Tuesday’s Board of Supervisors meeting, Sacramento County Sheriff Scott Jones made his case for blocking the inspector general from investigating his department.

Sacramento County Estimates More Than 135,000 Ballots Remain To Process A Week After Primary Election

June 12, 2018 | Nick Miller

Turnout is poised to surpass the most recent primary election, but it’s still too soon to determine whether Sheriff Scott Jones will avoid a runoff in November.

Insight With Vicki Gonzalez

PolitiFact California: Rating Sacramento Sheriff's Claim Of 'Paid Protesters' At Stephon Clark Events

April 11, 2018

PolitiFact California determined that Sacramento County Sheriff Scott Jones' comments are false without any proof, which his office hasn't produced.

PolitiFact California

Protesters For Hire? Sacramento Sheriff Provides No Evidence For Inflammatory Claim

April 10, 2018 | Chris Nichols

Sacramento County Sheriff Scott Jones claimed "paid protesters" fueled the conflict with law enforcement after a recent vigil and demonstration for Stephon Clark, a 22-year-old shot and killed by police.

Immigration

California Chief Justice Says Immigrant Arrests At Courthouses 'Making Us Unsafe'

March 29, 2017 | Chris Nichols

Immigration arrests outside courthouses "are perfectly legal" but are "making us unsafe." That was the reaction Wednesday by the chief justice of the California Supreme Court to recent comments by the head of U.S. immigration enforcement.

Immigration

Sacramento Mayor Pushes ICE Official On Deportation Policies

March 28, 2017 | Bob Moffitt

Sacramento Sheriff Scott Jones and Immigration and Customs Enforcement Acting Director Thomas Homan took questions about the working relationship between the two agencies at a public forum Tuesday night.

Immigration Community Forum In Sacramento Draws Protesters, Supporters

March 28, 2017

Update 7:45 p.m.: A community forum on immigration with the head of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Thomas Homan and Sheriff Scott Jones drew supporters, and protesters.

PolitiFact California

Ami Bera’s Mostly True Claim: Feds Cleared Me Of Election Fraud

October 19, 2016 | Chris Nichols

Babulal Bera, the father of Rep. Ami Bera, D-Elk Grove, was sentenced to a year in prison this summer for making illegal contributions to his son’s campaigns for Congress in 2010 and 2012.