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City Looks to Tax Airbnb Rentals

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 08, 2017
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City Looks to Tax Airbnb Rentals

Back in September 2015, the city council discussed the issue of short-term rentals via internet platforms ...

Back in September 2015, the city council discussed the issue of short-term rentals via internet platforms, specifically Airbnb. At that time, the council decided not to create additional regulations, ...

September 08, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Are Davis Residents Heeding the Warnings?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 04, 2017
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Are Davis Residents Heeding the Warnings?

The Vanguard has spent ten years warning the community about the shortcomings of the budget. In a lot of ...

The Vanguard has spent ten years warning the community about the shortcomings of the budget. In a lot of ways, we are the frog in boiling water. As the aphorism goes, if you put a frog into a pot of ...

September 04, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Council Gets Pushback on the Fire Contract

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 30, 2017
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Council Gets Pushback on the Fire Contract

While the council unanimously approved the fire contract, there were two comments – one by Matt Williams ...

While the council unanimously approved the fire contract, there were two comments – one by Matt Williams and one by Alan Pryor – pushing back on it. Mayor Robb Davis then made a statement in response ...

August 30, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Every Davis Citizen Should Read New Budget Forecast

Posted by Dan Carson
|Date: August 28, 2017
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Every Davis Citizen Should Read New Budget Forecast

By Dan Carson It won’t show up on the New York Times bestseller list. It is unlikely to be found anywhere ...

By Dan Carson It won’t show up on the New York Times bestseller list. It is unlikely to be found anywhere in the vicinity of summer beach houses rented by Davisites getting away on vacation. But, whe ...

August 28, 2017
| by Dan Carson

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Sunday Commentary: When the Police Cannot Follow Up on a Simple Vehicle Theft

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 27, 2017
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Sunday Commentary: When the Police Cannot Follow Up on a Simple Vehicle Theft

There Are Tradeoffs and Consequences When the City Lacks Resources For years I have been arguing the poin ...

There Are Tradeoffs and Consequences When the City Lacks Resources For years I have been arguing the point that there are consequences when the city lacks resources for basic services, and sometimes i ...

August 27, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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My View: Agreement with Fire Was Necessary to Move Forward

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 26, 2017
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My View: Agreement with Fire Was Necessary to Move Forward

In order to understand what has transpired in the last two months, we need to go back to 2008. Without r ...

In order to understand what has transpired in the last two months, we need to go back to 2008. Without rehashing the last decade in all its sordid details, between the Vanguard’s fiscal analysis star ...

August 26, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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After Long Impasse, City and Firefighters’ Union Reach Tentative Contract Agreement

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 25, 2017
| (2) Comments

After Long Impasse, City and Firefighters’ Union Reach Tentative Contract Agreement

It was 2009 the last time the firefighters reached an agreement with the city on a contract – they were t ...

It was 2009 the last time the firefighters reached an agreement with the city on a contract – they were the first bargaining unit in that cycle to do so and they would not agree to another contract ag ...

August 25, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Should We Be Concerned about Comments Made by the New Fire Chief?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 22, 2017
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Commentary: Should We Be Concerned about Comments Made by the New Fire Chief?

Earlier this year, UC Davis exercised its option to opt out of the shared management of the Davis and UC ...

Earlier this year, UC Davis exercised its option to opt out of the shared management of the Davis and UC Davis fire departments. That meant that leadership of the Davis Fire Department would revert b ...

August 22, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Defending Double Dipping?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 16, 2017
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Commentary: Defending Double Dipping?

The problem of double dipping into the pension system is a huge problem that the legislature and reformer ...

The problem of double dipping into the pension system is a huge problem that the legislature and reformers have fought hard to address. Unfortunately, Davis Enterprise columnist Bob Dunning is defend ...

August 16, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: Boiling the Frog

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: July 18, 2017
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Guest Commentary: Boiling the Frog

by Michael Bisch (Editor's note: The following ran in April 2014 and is re-published by request of the au ...

by Michael Bisch (Editor's note: The following ran in April 2014 and is re-published by request of the author) "People don't pay attention until cities talk about bankruptcy, but by then the frog has ...

July 18, 2017
| by Vanguard Administrator

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My View: Tax Discussion Missing Critical Context

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 15, 2017
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My View: Tax Discussion Missing Critical Context

The council had their first discussion this year about taxes and there is already pushback. Part of the ...

The council had their first discussion this year about taxes and there is already pushback. Part of the problem is the lack of community understanding that the city faces an $8 million annual shortfa ...

July 15, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 14, 2017
| (10) Comments

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
| (5) Comments

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
| (16) Comments

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
| (34) Comments

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
| (21) Comments

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

| (21) Comments

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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
| (29) Comments

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
| (4) Comments

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
| 0 comments

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
| (1) Comment

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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