Yook remains County DA

 DISTRICT ATTORNEY
          Vote for  1
              (WITH 36 OF 36 PRECINCTS COUNTED)
           DAVID K. SINGER  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .     3,846   34.47
           BARBARA M. YOOK  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .     7,290   65.33
           WRITE-IN.  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .        23     .21
                   Total .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .    11,159

Candidate Forum Re-cap Calaveras County District Attorney Candidates

Calaveras County Taxpayers Association (CCTA) and the Copperopolis Community Center (CCC) hosted a Candidates Forum at the Historic Armory on April 23, 2012.

Both Calaveras County District Attorney Candidates, incumbent Barbara Yook and David Singer, attended the event.

Each candidate was asked a question from questions submitted by residents in attendance. Questions were vetted by Copperopolis Community Center board members and Calaveras County Taxpayers Association members. Candidates were each given a limited amount of time to answer from two minutes to three minutes. Candidates were rotated for each question. The answers posted here are condensed.

Opening statement:

Yook- with Calaveras County DA office for 14 years…became acting DA in 2010…faced budget cuts of 10% in 2010 and 17.5% in 2011…500 crimes no longer able to convict do to AB109.

Singer- DA is an administrative position sets the direction of the office…revolving door for criminals in our county a catch and release program, I will be more aggressive…put teeth back into the office.

Barbara Yook - candidate for Calaveras County DA - bio

Barbara is the current District Attorney for the County of Calaveras.  She is a career prosecutor committed to keeping our communities safe for our families.  Barbara leads a staff of 11 full time and 4 part time employees, including attorneys, peace officers and support staff, in the pursuit of justice for the citizens of Calaveras County. 

With the support of her talented and dedicated staff, Barbara has led the District Attorney’s Office through two of the toughest budget cycles in many years and is currently working on policy issues for the District Attorney’s Office related to “Criminal Justice Realignment”, the biggest change in criminal law and felony sentencing rules in decades.

Singer seeks DA position

Attorney David Singer spent some time this past weekend at the Copperopolis Chili cookoff meeting with residents and visitors alike collecting nomination signatures for the Calaveras County district attorney position currently held by Barbara Yook who was appointed in 2010 after DA Jeff Tuttle passed away.

In 2010, Singer had run for the District 5 Supervisor seat, then covering Rancho Calaveras, Copperopolis and more. Eliminated in a three way primary race, Singer turned his sights to District Attorney.

Singer practices criminal law in San Andreas and has been licensed for 4 1/2 years.

Yook will also seek to retain her position.Yook has practiced law for 14 years beginning with misdemeanors and moving to narcotics and sex crimes. When she took over in 2010 she also assumed the departments budget responsibilities.