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Sunday Commentary: It Appears Some People Will Object to Any Project

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 17, 2019
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Sunday Commentary: It Appears Some People Will Object to Any Project

I didn’t know much about the Olive Drive Mixed-Use project when it was placed on the consent calendar to ...

I didn’t know much about the Olive Drive Mixed-Use project when it was placed on the consent calendar to approve the contract for its environmental review. But as I read it, I was impressed with the ...

November 17, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Freedom of Dissent, Muhammed Ali and Gloria Partida

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 17, 2019
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Sunday Commentary: Freedom of Dissent, Muhammed Ali and Gloria Partida

The First Amendment to the US Constitution provides for the freedom of speech… “congress shall make no la ...

The First Amendment to the US Constitution provides for the freedom of speech… “congress shall make no law… abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to as ...

November 17, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Council to Approve Environmental Analysis for Olive Drive Mixed-Use Project

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 16, 2019
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Council to Approve Environmental Analysis for Olive Drive Mixed-Use Project

Mixed-Use Project Features 76 Small Single-Bedroom Apartments and Low Automobile Users In a consent item ...

Mixed-Use Project Features 76 Small Single-Bedroom Apartments and Low Automobile Users In a consent item for this week, council is asked to approve a resolution that would authorize Raney Planning to ...

November 16, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Mace Blvd Redesign Comes Back before Council

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 15, 2019
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Mace Blvd Redesign Comes Back before Council

Staff will be looking for direction from council as to what alternative to move forward with in redesigni ...

Staff will be looking for direction from council as to what alternative to move forward with in redesigning Mace Boulevard after a series of public hearings in which at least the boisterous portion of ...

November 15, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Housing Issue Figures to Be Tricky to Thread the Needle

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 13, 2019
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Commentary: Housing Issue Figures to Be Tricky to Thread the Needle

A poll released over the summer showed that the top issue among Davis voters was the issue of affordabili ...

A poll released over the summer showed that the top issue among Davis voters was the issue of affordability of housing. We have seen some other polling that internally bears that out as well: afforda ...

November 13, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: What Is a Mayor Anyway?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 12, 2019
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Commentary: What Is a Mayor Anyway?

Who knew that the last piece of the complex districting puzzle would be the selection of the mayor. In hi ...

Who knew that the last piece of the complex districting puzzle would be the selection of the mayor. In his guiding principles last week, Dan Carson proposed, “Prevent future quarrels over mayoral appo ...

November 12, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Do the Right Thing on the Homeless and Let the Chips Fall Where They May

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 12, 2019
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Commentary: Do the Right Thing on the Homeless and Let the Chips Fall Where They May

Last week’s discussion on homelessness witnessed the council, in the face of outcry from the Mace Ranch n ...

Last week’s discussion on homelessness witnessed the council, in the face of outcry from the Mace Ranch neighborhood, shift gears on the homeless respite center proposal and shift the site from the 35 ...

November 12, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: When to Renew Isn’t Enough

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 10, 2019
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Sunday Commentary: When to Renew Isn’t Enough

I worry about the future of Davis. I have expressed this many times, but what has made Davis great is the ...

I worry about the future of Davis. I have expressed this many times, but what has made Davis great is the ability for this city to offer an unparalleled quality of life. And that is in the balance as ...

November 10, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Sales Tax Campaign – Measure Q – Kicks Off with a Press Conference in the Park

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 09, 2019
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Sales Tax Campaign – Measure Q – Kicks Off with a Press Conference in the Park

Mayor Brett Lee, Former Senator Lois Wolk, Councilmember Dan Carson and many others gathered in Central P ...

Mayor Brett Lee, Former Senator Lois Wolk, Councilmember Dan Carson and many others gathered in Central Park on Friday afternoon as they held a press conference to support Measure Q, the renewal to th ...

November 09, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Letter: Davis Students Need to Wear Bike Helmets

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: November 09, 2019
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Letter: Davis Students Need to Wear Bike Helmets

By Dana Treadwell Davis. Really? You are the bicycling campus capital of California. You proudly advertis ...

By Dana Treadwell Davis. Really? You are the bicycling campus capital of California. You proudly advertise your Platinum Bicycle Friendly University rating, a much-deserved honor: “One of two UC schoo ...

November 09, 2019
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United Methodist Alternative Giving Fair Benefits Non-Profits

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 09, 2019
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United Methodist Alternative Giving Fair Benefits Non-Profits

Benefit the greater good while shopping for the holidays at the Davis United Methodist Church Alternative ...

Benefit the greater good while shopping for the holidays at the Davis United Methodist Church Alternative Giving Fair, Sunday morning, November 24, from 9:30 to 1 pm. The fair will include homemade i ...

November 09, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Council Approves Supplemental EIR to Study ARC

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 08, 2019
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Council Approves Supplemental EIR to Study ARC

On Tuesday, council pulled a consent item that authorized the city to spend around a quarter million doll ...

On Tuesday, council pulled a consent item that authorized the city to spend around a quarter million dollars on a Supplemental EIR (SEIR), with the costs reimbursed by the project applicant for the Ag ...

November 08, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Cohousing coming to West Sacramento

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 08, 2019
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Cohousing coming to West Sacramento

Washington Commons is hosting a reception on November 11th to show off the design of their future home to ...

Washington Commons is hosting a reception on November 11th to show off the design of their future home to be located the ½ acre property it owns in the Washington Neighborhood of West Sacramento. Th ...

November 08, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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City Puts Out Draft EIR of University Commons Project

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 07, 2019
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City Puts Out Draft EIR of University Commons Project

This week the city announced the comment period for the Draft EIR of the University Commons Redevelopment ...

This week the city announced the comment period for the Draft EIR of the University Commons Redevelopment Project. The public has until December 20 to comment on the Draft EIR of the proposed project ...

November 07, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Davis City Council Approves Four-Year Labor Agreement with Police

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: November 07, 2019
| (2) Comments

Davis City Council Approves Four-Year Labor Agreement with Police

(From Press Release – City of Davis) – The City of Davis announced today that the Davis City Council ap ...

(From Press Release – City of Davis) – The City of Davis announced today that the Davis City Council approved a four-year labor contract with the Davis Police Officers Association at its Nov. 5 City ...

November 07, 2019
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Council Issues Message in Support of Respite Center, but Will Move It to the Corp Yard

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 06, 2019
| (91) Comments

Council Issues Message in Support of Respite Center, but Will Move It to the Corp Yard

The public on Tuesday night was largely split – while there were a few people who didn’t want the respite ...

The public on Tuesday night was largely split – while there were a few people who didn’t want the respite center at all, the largest contingent was either supportive regardless of location or adamant ...

November 06, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Why Food Waste Matters for People and the Planet

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: November 06, 2019
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Why Food Waste Matters for People and the Planet

Join The VINE and Land & Ladle for a food waste event highlighting the innovative work happening loca ...

Join The VINE and Land & Ladle for a food waste event highlighting the innovative work happening locally and in California in AgTech and FoodTech. The VINE (Verde Innovation Network for Entreprene ...

November 06, 2019
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Commentary: Guiding Principles – the Good, the Bad, and the Missing

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 05, 2019
| (14) Comments

Commentary: Guiding Principles – the Good, the Bad, and the Missing

Councilmember Dan Carson did the community a good service by laying out his proposal for Guiding Principl ...

Councilmember Dan Carson did the community a good service by laying out his proposal for Guiding Principles for Districts. It is always good to put something on paper, so that everyone can have a fou ...

November 05, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: Mace Mess – Calling It What It Is

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: November 05, 2019
| (4) Comments

Guest Commentary: Mace Mess – Calling It What It Is

By Char Henwood Here’s what it is, folks: the Mace Mess is a very bad design. It was bad when conceived ...

By Char Henwood Here’s what it is, folks: the Mace Mess is a very bad design. It was bad when conceived in 2010, bad when the design was completed in 2013 (without a traffic study), and bad when ins ...

November 05, 2019
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Guest Commentary: Generosity the Biggest Barrier to Solving the Homeless Dilemma

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: November 04, 2019
| (46) Comments

Guest Commentary: Generosity the Biggest Barrier to Solving the Homeless Dilemma

By Gloria Partida In the late 90s when I was volunteering with STEAC, the number of homeless people in Da ...

By Gloria Partida In the late 90s when I was volunteering with STEAC, the number of homeless people in Davis was so minimal that the visibility was almost nonexistent. This is not to say the numbers w ...

November 04, 2019
| by Vanguard Administrator

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