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Will the Council Put a Soda Tax on the Ballot This Time?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 14, 2017
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Will the Council Put a Soda Tax on the Ballot This Time?

Last year back in late November the issue of a potential sugar-sweetened beverage tax came up. The idea ...

Last year back in late November the issue of a potential sugar-sweetened beverage tax came up. The idea was to put a per ounce tax on such beverages, not as a way to generate sustaining revenue for t ...

July 14, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Letter: Opposition to Tax Increase without Management of Employee Compensation

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: July 14, 2017
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Letter: Opposition to Tax Increase without Management of Employee Compensation

By Alan Pryor I have been intimately involved and on the winning side of every big money ballot measure i ...

By Alan Pryor I have been intimately involved and on the winning side of every big money ballot measure in Davis for the past 8 years and have a pretty good understanding of the pulse of the electorat ...

July 14, 2017
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Commentary: Where the Council Ends Up Going on Revenue Measures Not Clear

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 13, 2017
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Commentary: Where the Council Ends Up Going on Revenue Measures Not Clear

Watching the council discuss the potential revenue measures continues to feel a lot like déjà vu all over ...

Watching the council discuss the potential revenue measures continues to feel a lot like déjà vu all over again. I feel like after Tuesday’s discussion I have a better sense for where we are not going ...

July 13, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Will Council Agree on a Tax Measure? Will the Voters Approve It?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 10, 2017
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Will Council Agree on a Tax Measure? Will the Voters Approve It?

When the city of Davis faced a $5 million a year structural deficit in 2014, the council voted to put a h ...

When the city of Davis faced a $5 million a year structural deficit in 2014, the council voted to put a half-cent sales tax on the ballot and the voters, in June of 2014, approved it by a healthy marg ...

July 10, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Council to Consider Possible Tax Measures for 2018

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 08, 2017
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Council to Consider Possible Tax Measures for 2018

The city’s current long range budget forecast shows an annual shortfall of $7.8 million in terms of unbud ...

The city’s current long range budget forecast shows an annual shortfall of $7.8 million in terms of unbudgeted infrastructure and retirement benefit needs for the city. These have been called “unmet ...

July 08, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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My View: Why Whole Foods Purchase Matters to Davis and How Amazon is Exacerbating the Death of Local Retail

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 24, 2017
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My View: Why Whole Foods Purchase Matters to Davis and How Amazon is Exacerbating the Death of Local Retail

Two weeks ago, we ran a story on the rise of urban wasteland called “greyfields” – and the concern laid o ...

Two weeks ago, we ran a story on the rise of urban wasteland called “greyfields” – and the concern laid out in an article in the Atlantic CityLab which pointed out that the retail sector had lost 30,0 ...

June 24, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: The Actual Budget Is an Afterthought

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 19, 2017
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Monday Morning Thoughts: The Actual Budget Is an Afterthought

The Davis City Council is expected to adopt the budget this week and, unlike in past years perhaps, the b ...

The Davis City Council is expected to adopt the budget this week and, unlike in past years perhaps, the budget itself is a relatively pro-forma exercise expected to take all of 15 minutes according to ...

June 19, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Revenues Improve but City’s Fiscal Situation Challenging Even Under Best Case Scenario

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 16, 2017
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Revenues Improve but City’s Fiscal Situation Challenging Even Under Best Case Scenario

The biggest challenge that the city will face in the coming years is figuring how to on the one hand pay ...

The biggest challenge that the city will face in the coming years is figuring how to on the one hand pay for infrastructure needs, while on the other hand address a growing unfunded liability on retir ...

June 16, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Davis Hires a New Fire Chief

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 14, 2017
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Davis Hires a New Fire Chief

Back in February, UC Davis announced that it had given the city of Davis notice that that it would end th ...

Back in February, UC Davis announced that it had given the city of Davis notice that that it would end the agreement for shared management of the two fire departments. UC Davis Fire Chief Nathan Traue ...

June 14, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: What Davis Really Needs Is a New RDA

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 09, 2017
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Commentary: What Davis Really Needs Is a New RDA

When I first sat down and met with Cecilia Aguiar-Curry, she was the mayor of Winters and had first annou ...

When I first sat down and met with Cecilia Aguiar-Curry, she was the mayor of Winters and had first announced her run for the Assembly in 2015. One of her key focuses was going to be on the “dismal i ...

June 09, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Analysis: What Would a City Revenue Measure Look Like?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 01, 2017
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Analysis: What Would a City Revenue Measure Look Like?

In 2014, the Davis City Council acted to close an immediate $5 million hole in the budget with a new half ...

In 2014, the Davis City Council acted to close an immediate $5 million hole in the budget with a new half-cent sales tax. Since that time however, the council has had several opportunities to put a t ...

June 01, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Finally a Fully Transparent Budget

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 16, 2017
| (13) Comments

Commentary: Finally a Fully Transparent Budget

In 2008 during the Davis City Council elections, incumbent Councilmembers Don Saylor and Stephen Souza ra ...

In 2008 during the Davis City Council elections, incumbent Councilmembers Don Saylor and Stephen Souza ran on a platform that argued the city had a balanced budget and a 15 percent reserve. In those ...

May 16, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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No Rosy Budget Projections in the Current Model

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 15, 2017
| (22) Comments

No Rosy Budget Projections in the Current Model

After several years of rosy budget projections, the city, utilizing more robust modeling forecast project ...

After several years of rosy budget projections, the city, utilizing more robust modeling forecast projections, comes forward with a very sobering and realistic budget analysis. The report concludes, “ ...

May 15, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Davis Firefighters Celebrate End of Shared Management

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 08, 2017
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Davis Firefighters Celebrate End of Shared Management

When the university announced a few months ago they were ending shared management of the firefighters, it ...

When the university announced a few months ago they were ending shared management of the firefighters, it marked the end of one of the more contentious issues in the city. This weekend the Vanguard re ...

May 08, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Will Transportation Bill Help Davis?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 10, 2017
| (57) Comments

Monday Morning Thoughts: Will Transportation Bill Help Davis?

The big news was last week the Senate and Assembly passed SB 1, a $5.2 billion annual revenue measure tha ...

The big news was last week the Senate and Assembly passed SB 1, a $5.2 billion annual revenue measure that will fund roads, streets, bridges and an overall transportation network. According to analysi ...

April 10, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Analysis: Taking a Closer Look at the Roads, Parks, and Liabilities Assumptions in the Fiscal Model

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 07, 2017
| (34) Comments

Analysis: Taking a Closer Look at the Roads, Parks, and Liabilities Assumptions in the Fiscal Model

The presentation by Bob Leland on Tuesday night revealed some sobering news on the state of the city’s fi ...

The presentation by Bob Leland on Tuesday night revealed some sobering news on the state of the city’s finances. At the same time, there were several surprising findings that required additional ques ...

April 07, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Stunning Revelations, Pensions Expected to Triple over Next 20 Years

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 06, 2017
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Commentary: Stunning Revelations, Pensions Expected to Triple over Next 20 Years

It is always hard to know how outside consultants will turn out, but the presentation by Bob Leland on th ...

It is always hard to know how outside consultants will turn out, but the presentation by Bob Leland on the city’s Financial Forecasting Model was exceptional – it was rigorous, but explained in simple ...

April 06, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Consultant Lays Out Budget Model and Challenges Davis Faces

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 05, 2017
| (8) Comments

Consultant Lays Out Budget Model and Challenges Davis Faces

The city has retained local budget consultant Bob Leland, who, building on the work of citizen groups lik ...

The city has retained local budget consultant Bob Leland, who, building on the work of citizen groups like Project Toto, laid out a comprehensive but daunting budget forecast for the next 20 years. Th ...

April 05, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Looking at a Brief Recent History of Road Maintenance in Davis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 03, 2017
| (9) Comments

Monday Morning Thoughts: Looking at a Brief Recent History of Road Maintenance in Davis

There is a mix of views on whether the state will finally enact a transportation package which would prov ...

There is a mix of views on whether the state will finally enact a transportation package which would provide at least some statewide money to local communities like Davis, which are struggling under h ...

April 03, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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My View: Will the State Save Us on Roads?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 01, 2017
| (68) Comments

My View: Will the State Save Us on Roads?

For several years now the state has been looking to create a funds package to deal with the billions in d ...

For several years now the state has been looking to create a funds package to deal with the billions in deferred roads maintenance on highways and local streets across the state. While Davis is not a ...

April 01, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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