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Guest Commentary: Community Solar for Davis

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|Date: May 28, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Community Solar for Davis

By Gerald Braun Despite a storm of criticism, the City Council’s decision to lease land to BrightNight fo ...

By Gerald Braun Despite a storm of criticism, the City Council’s decision to lease land to BrightNight for a new Community Solar project makes sense if looked at through the lens of the city’s long-st ...

May 28, 2020
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Letter: Tree Davis Concerns with Draft Downtown Plan

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: April 22, 2020
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Letter: Tree Davis Concerns with Draft Downtown Plan

Why Lock-Out Our Trees? The mature tree canopy in downtown Davis is an invaluable historic, environmental ...

Why Lock-Out Our Trees? The mature tree canopy in downtown Davis is an invaluable historic, environmental, and economic asset. It is a legacy we are fortunate to inherit and its future rests in our ha ...

April 22, 2020
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Guest Commentary: City’s FAQ on the BrightNight Lease Option Is Misleading and Factually Incorrect – Part 4 of 4

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|Date: April 20, 2020
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Guest Commentary: City’s FAQ on the BrightNight Lease Option Is Misleading and Factually Incorrect – Part 4 of 4

By Alan Pryor and Richard McCann At the last City Council meeting, 22 people called in in opposition to t ...

By Alan Pryor and Richard McCann At the last City Council meeting, 22 people called in in opposition to the City of Davis entering into a lease option agreement with BrightNight to develop a solar pro ...

April 20, 2020
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Guest Commentary: City’s FAQ on the BrightNight Lease Option Is Misleading and Factually Incorrect – Part 3 of 4

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|Date: April 19, 2020
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Guest Commentary: City’s FAQ on the BrightNight Lease Option Is Misleading and Factually Incorrect – Part 3 of 4

By Alan Pryor and Richard McCann At the last City Council meeting, 22 people called in in opposition to t ...

By Alan Pryor and Richard McCann At the last City Council meeting, 22 people called in in opposition to the City of Davis entering into a lease option agreement with BrightNight to develop a solar pro ...

April 19, 2020
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Guest Commentary: City’s FAQ on the BrightNight Lease Option Is Misleading and Factually Incorrect – Part 2 of 4

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: April 18, 2020
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Guest Commentary: City’s FAQ on the BrightNight Lease Option Is Misleading and Factually Incorrect – Part 2 of 4

By Alan Pryor and Richard McCann At the last City Council meeting, 22 people called in in opposition to t ...

By Alan Pryor and Richard McCann At the last City Council meeting, 22 people called in in opposition to the City of Davis entering into a lease option agreement with BrightNight to develop a solar pro ...

April 18, 2020
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Earth Day: Davis ‘Sing-Out,’ Other ‘Socially-Distanced’ Actions Set Amid COVID-19 Crisis

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: April 17, 2020
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Earth Day: Davis ‘Sing-Out,’ Other ‘Socially-Distanced’ Actions Set Amid COVID-19 Crisis

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief DAVIS – It was a half century ago when the first E ...

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief DAVIS – It was a half century ago when the first Earth Day actions began, and while many predicted humans could bring about their own destruction ...

April 17, 2020
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City Releases FAQ, Signs Lease Option Agreement for Solar Farm

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|Date: April 16, 2020
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City Releases FAQ, Signs Lease Option Agreement for Solar Farm

(Editor’s Note: this is the city’s release on the FAQ with the PDF attached). City of Davis Signs Lease O ...

(Editor’s Note: this is the city’s release on the FAQ with the PDF attached). City of Davis Signs Lease Option Agreement for Solar Farm April 15, 2020 – The City of Davis announced today an update of ...

April 16, 2020
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Guest Commentary: City’s FAQ on the BrightNight Lease Option Is Misleading and Factually Incorrect – Part 1 of 4

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: April 16, 2020
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Guest Commentary: City’s FAQ on the BrightNight Lease Option Is Misleading and Factually Incorrect – Part 1 of 4

By Alan Pryor and Richard McCann On Tuesday night, 22 people called to comment to the City Council in opp ...

By Alan Pryor and Richard McCann On Tuesday night, 22 people called to comment to the City Council in opposition to the City of Davis entering a lease option agreement with BrightNight to develop a so ...

April 16, 2020
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City Hears Earful During Public Comment on BrightNight Solar Deal

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 15, 2020
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City Hears Earful During Public Comment on BrightNight Solar Deal

A week after Johannes Troost, Matt Williams, Lorenzo Kristov, and Richard McCann called for reconsiderati ...

A week after Johannes Troost, Matt Williams, Lorenzo Kristov, and Richard McCann called for reconsideration of the council approval of a Lease Option Agreement with BrightNight for a solar farm on a c ...

April 15, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Did Our City Council Just Agree to the Absolute Worst Deal in the City’s History ?

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: April 10, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Did Our City Council Just Agree to the Absolute Worst Deal in the City’s History ?

Over $121,000,000 may have been left on the table when Council approved a secretive, closed-door no-bid, ...

Over $121,000,000 may have been left on the table when Council approved a secretive, closed-door no-bid, 54-year land lease option and agreement for a photovoltaic system on 235-acres of City-owned la ...

April 10, 2020
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Letter: Failure of City to Perform Due Diligence on Bright Night Energy

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: April 09, 2020
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Letter: Failure of City to Perform Due Diligence on Bright Night Energy

(The following was a letter to the City Council dated April 6, submitted by the author to the Vanguard fo ...

(The following was a letter to the City Council dated April 6, submitted by the author to the Vanguard for publication). by Alan Pryor Last Tuesday the Council approved an ill-advised no-bid, sole-sou ...

April 09, 2020
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Letter: Reconsideration of Lease Option Agreement and Term Sheet with BrightNight

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: April 08, 2020
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Letter: Reconsideration of Lease Option Agreement and Term Sheet with BrightNight

by: Johannes Troost, Matt Williams, Lorenzo Kristov, and Richard McCann (Editor's note, this letter was s ...

by: Johannes Troost, Matt Williams, Lorenzo Kristov, and Richard McCann (Editor's note, this letter was submitted Tuesday afternoon. Council took no action on the long-range calendar). We respectfull ...

April 08, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Valley Clean Energy Now Enrolling Solar Customers

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: March 12, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Valley Clean Energy Now Enrolling Solar Customers

By Don Saylor Chair, Valley Clean Energy Board of Directors Valley Clean Energy (VCE) is our local commun ...

By Don Saylor Chair, Valley Clean Energy Board of Directors Valley Clean Energy (VCE) is our local community choice energy program serving electricity customers in the communities of Woodland, Davis a ...

March 12, 2020
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ARC Releases Environmental Sustainability Guidelines Ahead of Planning Commission Workshop

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 20, 2020
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ARC Releases Environmental Sustainability Guidelines Ahead of Planning Commission Workshop

The Planning Commission will hold a workshop on Aggie Research Campus this coming Wednesday at their meet ...

The Planning Commission will hold a workshop on Aggie Research Campus this coming Wednesday at their meeting—according to a city announcement the format will include a brief presentation by staff, a m ...

February 20, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Why Are We Spending 500 Pages and 2 Hours on a Wireless Ordinance That We Have Almost No Control Over?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 28, 2020
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Commentary: Why Are We Spending 500 Pages and 2 Hours on a Wireless Ordinance That We Have Almost No Control Over?

For the last several months, people attending the local city council and other meetings have been treated ...

For the last several months, people attending the local city council and other meetings have been treated to what has ordinarily been a time-consuming but otherwise innocuous side show. The basic ide ...

January 28, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Council to Consider Wireless Zoning Ordinance, but Remains Limited on Local Discretion

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 24, 2020
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Council to Consider Wireless Zoning Ordinance, but Remains Limited on Local Discretion

The city of Davis is proposing an amendment to the Davis Municipal Code that would amend the Wireless Com ...

The city of Davis is proposing an amendment to the Davis Municipal Code that would amend the Wireless Communication Facilities and bring the city’s regulation into compliance with federal and state la ...

January 24, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Why Davis Should Consider an Innovation Center

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 30, 2019
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Why Davis Should Consider an Innovation Center

When UC Davis first announced the World Food Center concept a few years ago, it argued it was a way to “p ...

When UC Davis first announced the World Food Center concept a few years ago, it argued it was a way to “promote innovative, sustainable and equitable food systems.” “The renewed program intends to wor ...

December 30, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Driving is Trending Down, but Don’t Tell People in Davis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 29, 2019
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Sunday Commentary: Driving is Trending Down, but Don’t Tell People in Davis

Want to raise the hackles of people on this site? Talk about parking. One of the rallying cries of the ...

Want to raise the hackles of people on this site? Talk about parking. One of the rallying cries of the people opposing the ARC (Aggie Research Campus) is to point out the 4340 parking spots that are ...

December 29, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: What A Year It’s Been For VCE

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 21, 2019
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Guest Commentary: What A Year It’s Been For VCE

By Tom Stallard The end of each calendar year offers an opportunity to sit back and reflect on the goals ...

By Tom Stallard The end of each calendar year offers an opportunity to sit back and reflect on the goals reached over the past 12 months and to look forward to a new year of possibilities and challeng ...

December 21, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: Working Together For Local Healing

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: December 17, 2019
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Guest Commentary: Working Together For Local Healing

By David Abramson We live in the most interesting of times. In the era of so much uncertainty there is pl ...

By David Abramson We live in the most interesting of times. In the era of so much uncertainty there is plenty of reason for despair. But there is also plenty of reason for hope. Energy has been buzzin ...

December 17, 2019
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