Gov. Gavin Newsom on has announced a “swiftly” finalized agreement to allow California National Guard lawyers to prosecute crimes in Alameda County. 

Newsom said the memorandum of understanding between the National Guard and California Department of Justice took only two weeks to finalize, compared to the unsuccessful “nearly five-month attempt to formalize a similar agreement” with Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price.

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Kiley Russell writes primarily for Local News Matters on issues related to equity and the environment. A Bay Area native, he has lived most of his life in Oakland. He studied journalism at San Francisco State University, worked for the Associated Press and the former Contra Costa Times, among other outlets. He has covered everything from state legislatures, local governments, federal and state courts, crime, growth and development, political campaigns of various stripes, wildfires and the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.