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Commentary: Council Declares Fiscal Emergency, but Have They Done Enough on the Fiscal Front?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 17, 2019
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Commentary: Council Declares Fiscal Emergency, but Have They Done Enough on the Fiscal Front?

Last week the council drew rare regional headlines by declaring a fiscal emergency. But for the most par ...

Last week the council drew rare regional headlines by declaring a fiscal emergency. But for the most part that was a pro forma move, designed to allow the council to hold a special election next Marc ...

September 17, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Views: The Need for Balance in Economic Development

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 16, 2019
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Monday Morning Views: The Need for Balance in Economic Development

I caught an interesting side discussion over the weekend between two of our commenters. One of them comm ...

I caught an interesting side discussion over the weekend between two of our commenters. One of them commented that while San Francisco, for example, has generated a tremendous amount of wealth, one r ...

September 16, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: The Story of District Elections Is Demographic Shift in Davis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 15, 2019
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Sunday Commentary: The Story of District Elections Is Demographic Shift in Davis

In January 1996, a governance committee appointed by the city council recommended, by a 14-15 vote, that ...

In January 1996, a governance committee appointed by the city council recommended, by a 14-15 vote, that the city go to district elections. Some interesting people served on that committee, including ...

September 15, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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My View: Looking at the Davis Talent Story

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 14, 2019
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My View: Looking at the Davis Talent Story

Two weeks ago the Vanguard held a discussion on the future of high tech economic development. Now, Great ...

Two weeks ago the Vanguard held a discussion on the future of high tech economic development. Now, Greater Sacramento has released a report, partnering with CBRE, a commercial real estate broker, to ...

September 14, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Valley Clean Energy Tops Renewable Goals – Delivers Cleaner Energy at No Extra Cost to Customers

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: September 14, 2019
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Valley Clean Energy Tops Renewable Goals – Delivers Cleaner Energy at No Extra Cost to Customers

(From Press Release – Valley Clean Energy) - Valley Clean Energy, Yolo County’s public power supplier, re ...

(From Press Release – Valley Clean Energy) - Valley Clean Energy, Yolo County’s public power supplier, reports that even cleaner and greener energy has been delivered to its electricity customers than ...

September 14, 2019
| by Vanguard Administrator

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City of Davis Wins ‘Project of the Year Award’ from American Public Works Association

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: September 14, 2019
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City of Davis Wins ‘Project of the Year Award’ from American Public Works Association

(From Press Release – City of Davis) – The City of Davis announced today that its Third Street renovation ...

(From Press Release – City of Davis) – The City of Davis announced today that its Third Street renovation project was selected by The Sacramento Chapter of APWA for the Project of the Year award in th ...

September 14, 2019
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Holly Cooper: My Visit to a Detention Camp

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: September 14, 2019
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Holly Cooper: My Visit to a Detention Camp

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September 14, 2019
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New Talent Report Reveals Greater Sacramento Primed for Strong Economic Growth

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: September 13, 2019
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New Talent Report Reveals Greater Sacramento Primed for Strong Economic Growth

Millennial migration, growing graduate population and cost of living drive new and expanded business oppo ...

Millennial migration, growing graduate population and cost of living drive new and expanded business opportunities for the region (From Press Release – GSEC) – Greater Sacramento Economic Council (GSE ...

September 13, 2019
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Commentary: Errors in Dunning Column Lead to Wrong Conclusions on City Demographics

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 12, 2019
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Commentary: Errors in Dunning Column Lead to Wrong Conclusions on City Demographics

In a column that appeared in the Sunday, September 1, paper, Bob Dunning writes that he sent a note to Ma ...

In a column that appeared in the Sunday, September 1, paper, Bob Dunning writes that he sent a note to Mayor Pro Tem Gloria Partida “asking what she thinks about our sudden move to district elections. ...

September 12, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Déjà vu: Council Hears District Elections Presentation Again

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 11, 2019
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Déjà vu: Council Hears District Elections Presentation Again

It was déjà vu night at the city council meeting on Tuesday as the city was required by law to have the e ...

It was déjà vu night at the city council meeting on Tuesday as the city was required by law to have the exact same presentation repeated by demographer Paul Mitchell. What wasn’t déjà vu was the fiery ...

September 11, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Davis Has Interest in Commercial Development, but Lacks Space to Make It Happen

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 10, 2019
| (41) Comments

Commentary: Davis Has Interest in Commercial Development, but Lacks Space to Make It Happen

The guest column by Tim Keller on Monday definitely drew a lot of comments. But there is a key point tha ...

The guest column by Tim Keller on Monday definitely drew a lot of comments. But there is a key point that got missed in the back and forth, and that is the point that we learned when the city of Davi ...

September 10, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: Aggie Research Campus – Our Best Chance to Support the University We Love

Posted by Tim Keller
|Date: September 09, 2019
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Guest Commentary: Aggie Research Campus – Our Best Chance to Support the University We Love

by Tim Keller One of the things that unites all Davis residents is our pride in UCD. It drives our econom ...

by Tim Keller One of the things that unites all Davis residents is our pride in UCD. It drives our economy; it is why we have such a diverse and well educated population, and it gives us the cultural ...

September 09, 2019
| by Tim Keller

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Sunday Commentary: White Fragility Underlies the Debate over District Elections

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 08, 2019
| (76) Comments

Sunday Commentary: White Fragility Underlies the Debate over District Elections

For years, I heard complaints from people of color, both seeing it on surveys and hearing it anecdotally ...

For years, I heard complaints from people of color, both seeing it on surveys and hearing it anecdotally – an African American football player who interned for the Vanguard several years ago once told ...

September 08, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Council Looks to Pass an Ordinance Regulating Firearms Dealers in the City

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 06, 2019
| (23) Comments

Council Looks to Pass an Ordinance Regulating Firearms Dealers in the City

Guns and firearm violence has been of increasing concern across the nation. While the city of Davis has ...

Guns and firearm violence has been of increasing concern across the nation. While the city of Davis has only one licensed firearms dealer in Davis – Big 5 – the city is looking into a proposed ordina ...

September 06, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: VCE Costs the Same as PG&E but Delivers More

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: September 06, 2019
| (1) Comment

Guest Commentary: VCE Costs the Same as PG&E but Delivers More

By Tom Stallard It’s been a long hot summer, but those cool autumn days aren’t too far off… And thanks ...

By Tom Stallard It’s been a long hot summer, but those cool autumn days aren’t too far off… And thanks to Valley Clean Energy, local electricity customers are not paying any more to run their air-co ...

September 06, 2019
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Commentary: Initial Thoughts – Seven Districts a Real Possibility

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 05, 2019
| (7) Comments

Commentary: Initial Thoughts – Seven Districts a Real Possibility

We learned a lot from the initial discussion on district elections and the very impressive presentation b ...

We learned a lot from the initial discussion on district elections and the very impressive presentation by Paul Mitchell. The biggest take-home message is that there may be a majority of council memb ...

September 05, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Council Open to 7 Districts, Opposes At-Large Mayor

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 04, 2019
| (20) Comments

Council Open to 7 Districts, Opposes At-Large Mayor

While the city council mainly just listened to both public comment and the presentation by Demographer Pa ...

While the city council mainly just listened to both public comment and the presentation by Demographer Paul Mitchell on Tuesday, they did make some tentative decisions. Basically, there seemed strong ...

September 04, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Demographer Presents the Possibilities for Districts in Davis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 04, 2019
| (15) Comments

Demographer Presents the Possibilities for Districts in Davis

Demographer Paul Mitchell did a presentation last night (the full set of his presentation slides are avai ...

Demographer Paul Mitchell did a presentation last night (the full set of his presentation slides are available on the City website) and explained that, while Federal law uses “majority minority” distr ...

September 04, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: What Will Be the Impact of District Elections?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 03, 2019
| (26) Comments

Commentary: What Will Be the Impact of District Elections?

I think it is a reasonable question – to ask why the College Republicans have pushed for district electio ...

I think it is a reasonable question – to ask why the College Republicans have pushed for district elections. Given that they have not come forward to explain their thinking, we can only speculate. At ...

September 03, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Letter: Strike For the Climate

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 03, 2019
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Letter: Strike For the Climate

By Danielle Fodor, Luis Sierra, and Raul Sierra From Sept. 20 to 27, people from around the world will jo ...

By Danielle Fodor, Luis Sierra, and Raul Sierra From Sept. 20 to 27, people from around the world will join together to strike for the climate. Our family will join the strikes in Davis on Sept. 20 an ...

September 03, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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