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FAR FROM OVER SLO County District Attorney Dan Dow and the California Attorney General appeal SLO County judge's ruling to disqualify the district attorney's office from prosecuting the case against Tianna Arata and six other defendants.
On Jan. 8, the Attorney General's Office and the District Attorney's Office filed separate appeals of the Dec. 11, 2020, order recusing the DA's Office from the case. SLO Superier Court Judge Matthew Guerrero's order disqualified the entire SLO County District Attorney's Office due to a "clear conflict of interest" based in part on an email paid for by SLO County District Attorney Dan Dow's re-election campaign. The email was sent out to his supporters by Dow and his wife, Wendy Dow, less than 48 hours after his office charged Arata with 13 misdeamors.