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Monday Morning Thoughts: Missed Opportunities for City on Sales Tax

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 27, 2020
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Missed Opportunities for City on Sales Tax

All indications are that Measure Q will cruise to victory on March 3. There is not even token opposition ...

All indications are that Measure Q will cruise to victory on March 3. There is not even token opposition to the measure that would permanently renew the one percent sales tax that generates about $8. ...

January 27, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: The Chickens Have Come Home on Our Roads

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 20, 2020
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Monday Morning Thoughts: The Chickens Have Come Home on Our Roads

I was driving someone from out of the area a few weeks ago – a guest who was coming to Davis for the firs ...

I was driving someone from out of the area a few weeks ago – a guest who was coming to Davis for the first time to speak at our event. I’m driving down Covell and the van is literally bouncing on the ...

January 20, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Sales Tax Measure Lacks Real Discussion of City’s Fiscal Realities

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 06, 2020
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Sales Tax Measure Lacks Real Discussion of City’s Fiscal Realities

If the polling is correct on the sales tax – and we have no reason to believe otherwise – the measure sho ...

If the polling is correct on the sales tax – and we have no reason to believe otherwise – the measure should cruise to an easy victory. Truth be told, the city and council have had an uncommon nervou ...

January 06, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Ballot Arguments for Measure Q – the Sales Tax Extension

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 05, 2020
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Ballot Arguments for Measure Q – the Sales Tax Extension

Measure Q will use the existing full cent sales tax – combined from the 2004 Measure and the 2014 Measure ...

Measure Q will use the existing full cent sales tax – combined from the 2004 Measure and the 2014 Measure, both of which added half a cent to the sales tax. Measure Q would extend the existing tax, w ...

January 05, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: Good Progress made by City Finance Director Nitish Sharma in One Year Tenure

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: December 17, 2019
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Guest Commentary: Good Progress made by City Finance Director Nitish Sharma in One Year Tenure

By Bob Fung Nitish Sharma, the finance director for the City of Davis resigned from his position in Octob ...

By Bob Fung Nitish Sharma, the finance director for the City of Davis resigned from his position in October and took the position of Chief Administrative Officer of the Cosumnes Water District. Mr. ...

December 17, 2019
| by Vanguard Administrator

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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
| (6) Comments

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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Davis City Council Approves Four-Year Labor Agreement with Police

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: November 07, 2019
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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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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
| (19) Comments

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: Davis’ Fiscal Emergency

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 01, 2019
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Sunday Commentary: Davis’ Fiscal Emergency

When the city polled residents, the vast majority of those residents were willing to back a renewal on th ...

When the city polled residents, the vast majority of those residents were willing to back a renewal on the city’s sales tax measure, but at the same time most did not seem to recognize just how bad th ...

September 01, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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City Needs to Declare Fiscal Emergency in Order to Place Sales Tax on the March Ballot

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 30, 2019
| (15) Comments

City Needs to Declare Fiscal Emergency in Order to Place Sales Tax on the March Ballot

One of the unintended consequences of moving the date of the city election is that the city’s sales tax r ...

One of the unintended consequences of moving the date of the city election is that the city’s sales tax renewal would have a gap if it is placed on the November 2020 ballot – a gap that could cost the ...

August 30, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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City of Davis Refunds Outstanding Bonds, Lowering Interest Cost and Generating Substantial Savings

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: August 23, 2019
| (4) Comments

City of Davis Refunds Outstanding Bonds, Lowering Interest Cost and Generating Substantial Savings

From Press Release - The City of Davis announced today that through its former redevelopment agency, it h ...

From Press Release - The City of Davis announced today that through its former redevelopment agency, it has refinanced nearly $23 million in bonds earlier this week at a lower interest rate, providing ...

August 23, 2019
| by Vanguard Administrator

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My View: Why Would the Council Not Even Consider a Sales Tax Increase?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 03, 2019
| (12) Comments

My View: Why Would the Council Not Even Consider a Sales Tax Increase?

While the council did not take any action on Tuesday, as Mayor Brett Lee noted, “We are not formally say ...

While the council did not take any action on Tuesday, as Mayor Brett Lee noted, “We are not formally saying anything specific to the language,” nor were they “formally placing anything on the March b ...

August 03, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: On Struggling Suburbs and Declining Bicycle Legacy

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 29, 2019
| (46) Comments

Monday Morning Thoughts: On Struggling Suburbs and Declining Bicycle Legacy

This morning’s column puts together two different thoughts into one column. The Bee’s analysis of suburb ...

This morning’s column puts together two different thoughts into one column. The Bee’s analysis of suburbs and housing. and Bob Dunning’s seeming tunnel vision of the decline of Davis' bicycling place ...

July 29, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Given the Polling, Should the City Consider Raising the Sales Tax?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 28, 2019
| (15) Comments

Sunday Commentary: Given the Polling, Should the City Consider Raising the Sales Tax?

On Tuesday, the Davis City Council will get a chance to review draft ordinance language for the renewal o ...

On Tuesday, the Davis City Council will get a chance to review draft ordinance language for the renewal of the sales tax. As it stands, the sales tax is one of the most important initiatives that the ...

July 28, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: A Public Widely Uninformed on City Fiscal Issues – Part Two

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 12, 2019
| (34) Comments

Commentary: A Public Widely Uninformed on City Fiscal Issues – Part Two

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July 12, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Community Survey Shows Overwhelming Need for Affordable Housing, Overall Satisfaction with City

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 10, 2019
| (40) Comments

Community Survey Shows Overwhelming Need for Affordable Housing, Overall Satisfaction with City

The city kept the survey hidden from the public until it was presented on Tuesday night. Once unveiled, ...

The city kept the survey hidden from the public until it was presented on Tuesday night. Once unveiled, the results were stark and somewhat overwhelming. There were three key trends, in addition to o ...

July 10, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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City Well Positioned for Sales Tax Renewal

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 10, 2019
| 0 comments

City Well Positioned for Sales Tax Renewal

When the city released their survey results, it showed a number of interesting findings, but the one that ...

When the city released their survey results, it showed a number of interesting findings, but the one that is unequivocal is that the city is well positioned to get an affirmative vote on renewal of th ...

July 10, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: City Fiscal Picture More Fixable than Schools

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 01, 2019
| (210) Comments

Monday Morning Thoughts: City Fiscal Picture More Fixable than Schools

Yesterday’s Sunday Commentary breaks down the school district’s long term fiscal picture – and based on t ...

Yesterday’s Sunday Commentary breaks down the school district’s long term fiscal picture – and based on that I conclude that, long term, we are in trouble trying to resolve the school district’s finan ...

July 01, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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