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City Gets Push Back from PG&E, Chamber on POU

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 30, 2014
| (81) Comments

City Gets Push Back from PG&E, Chamber on POU

In December of 2013, the Davis City Council authorized the city manager and the city attorney to initiate ...

In December of 2013, the Davis City Council authorized the city manager and the city attorney to initiate actions necessary to provide municipal electrical utility service to Davis residents. Two wee ...

January 30, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Trash Entitlement

Posted by Michelle Millet
|Date: January 20, 2014
| (48) Comments

Trash Entitlement

by Michelle Millet The city’s decision to move from the current loose-in-the-street collection method to ...

by Michelle Millet The city’s decision to move from the current loose-in-the-street collection method to a containerized collection method has resulted in, as one councilmember put it, “his email box ...

January 20, 2014
| by Michelle Millet

| (48) Comments

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Sunday Commentary: Davis Remains Behind the Times on Green Waste

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 19, 2014
| (104) Comments

Sunday Commentary: Davis Remains Behind the Times on Green Waste

Every time my parents come up to visit the grandchildren, they are constantly baffled by the resistance t ...

Every time my parents come up to visit the grandchildren, they are constantly baffled by the resistance that Davis has had to green waste containerization – that the public is content to dump waste in ...

January 19, 2014
| by David Greenwald

| (104) Comments

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My View: Public Participation, the Homeless and DWR’s Profits

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 18, 2014
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My View: Public Participation, the Homeless and DWR’s Profits

I was dismayed on Tuesday to watch the unfolding of the discussion on scavenging. It was a brilliant pre ...

I was dismayed on Tuesday to watch the unfolding of the discussion on scavenging. It was a brilliant presentation by Dianna Jensen – it was just, in my view, the wrong presentation and the wrong disc ...

January 18, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Council Delays Action on Green Waste Containerization

Posted by Michelle Millet
|Date: January 16, 2014
| (51) Comments

Council Delays Action on Green Waste Containerization

by Michelle Millet Unless something radically changes it appears the City of Davis will move forward with ...

by Michelle Millet Unless something radically changes it appears the City of Davis will move forward with its plan to move from a loose-in-the street yard waste collection program to an organic contai ...

January 16, 2014
| by Michelle Millet

| (51) Comments

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Commentary: Did Council Hit the Mark on Scavenging?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 15, 2014
| (83) Comments

Commentary: Did Council Hit the Mark on Scavenging?

It was a great staff report last night by City Staffer Dianna Jensen on the issue of scavenging. She bri ...

It was a great staff report last night by City Staffer Dianna Jensen on the issue of scavenging. She brilliantly laid out the increasing concerns about organized scavenging operations brought about b ...

January 15, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Community Events: MLK Day; Solar Gardens

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 15, 2014
| 0 comments

Community Events: MLK Day; Solar Gardens

Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration on January 20th to Feature Dana Vickers Shelley from the Southe ...

Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration on January 20th to Feature Dana Vickers Shelley from the Southern Poverty Law Center The 20th annual Davis Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Celebration will take ...

January 15, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Food Scrap Collection Follow Up

Posted by Michelle Millet
|Date: January 12, 2014
| (76) Comments

Food Scrap Collection Follow Up

by Michelle Millet After reading many of the comments that were posted on my recent article Green Waste C ...

by Michelle Millet After reading many of the comments that were posted on my recent article Green Waste Containerization: Food Scrape Collection I realized that I could have done a better job framing ...

January 12, 2014
| by Michelle Millet

| (76) Comments

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Biking and Walking to School in Davis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 11, 2014
| (88) Comments

Biking and Walking to School in Davis

by Robb Davis Adults who grew up in Davis will often harken back to their experience as students noting t ...

by Robb Davis Adults who grew up in Davis will often harken back to their experience as students noting that “everyone” biked or walked to school in the past. Most cannot recall when the trend to dri ...

January 11, 2014
| by David Greenwald

| (88) Comments

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Green Waste Containerization Benefit: Food Scrap Collection

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 10, 2014
| (124) Comments

Green Waste Containerization Benefit: Food Scrap Collection

by Michelle Millet According to the long range calendar, this Tuesday the Davis City Council was set to d ...

by Michelle Millet According to the long range calendar, this Tuesday the Davis City Council was set to discuss the potential implementation of a containerized green waste collection program. The 2013 ...

January 10, 2014
| by David Greenwald

| (124) Comments

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Should Davis Pursue Its Own Publicly Owned Utility?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 09, 2014
| (63) Comments

Should Davis Pursue Its Own Publicly Owned Utility?

On Tuesday, at his State of the City Speech, Mayor Joe Krovoza announced that the city is very seriously ...

On Tuesday, at his State of the City Speech, Mayor Joe Krovoza announced that the city is very seriously looking at creating a "POU – Publicly Owned Utility – we received our second big report on that ...

January 09, 2014
| by David Greenwald

| (63) Comments

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Striving For Zero Waste: One Davis Family’s Resolution

Posted by Michelle Millet
|Date: January 07, 2014
| (17) Comments

Striving For Zero Waste: One Davis Family’s Resolution

By Michelle Millet I can’t remember the first time I heard about the concept of zero waste, but I remembe ...

By Michelle Millet I can’t remember the first time I heard about the concept of zero waste, but I remember being intrigued by the idea. A little Internet research on the topic led me to an article in ...

January 07, 2014
| by Michelle Millet

| (17) Comments

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New Study Suggests Global Warming to Be Catastrophic

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 01, 2014
| (67) Comments

New Study Suggests Global Warming to Be Catastrophic

If a new study, published in the journal, Nature, is accurate, climate change may be far worse than scien ...

If a new study, published in the journal, Nature, is accurate, climate change may be far worse than scientists originally feared, causing global temperatures to rise by more than 4 degrees Celsius, or ...

January 01, 2014
| by David Greenwald

| (67) Comments

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Single-Use Bag Ordinance Finalized, Takes Effect July 1

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 09, 2013
| (53) Comments

Single-Use Bag Ordinance Finalized, Takes Effect July 1

Gadfly Attorney Threatens to Sue Over Restaurant Provision - After some discussion about a potential laws ...

Gadfly Attorney Threatens to Sue Over Restaurant Provision - After some discussion about a potential lawsuit, the Davis City Council unanimously approved the first reading of the single-use plastic ba ...

October 09, 2013
| by David Greenwald

| (53) Comments

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Wood Smoke: Towards a Citizen-Centered Approach

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|Date: September 28, 2013
| (35) Comments

Wood Smoke: Towards a Citizen-Centered Approach

by Robb Davis There is little doubt that some of our neighbors in Davis have health problems that are exa ...

by Robb Davis There is little doubt that some of our neighbors in Davis have health problems that are exacerbated by wood smoke. There is also little doubt that other neighbors enjoy having wood fire ...

September 28, 2013
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Commentary: Will Variable Rates on Waste Containers Reduce Waste?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 27, 2013
| (14) Comments

Commentary: Will Variable Rates on Waste Containers Reduce Waste?

On Tuesday night, the council voted 4-1 to support the idea of variable rates for waste containers, with ...

On Tuesday night, the council voted 4-1 to support the idea of variable rates for waste containers, with Councilmember Brett Lee dissenting. Councilmember Lee primarily objected because of the six-do ...

September 27, 2013
| by David Greenwald

| (14) Comments

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Council Approves New Wood Burning Ordinance in Concept

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 25, 2013
| (61) Comments

Council Approves New Wood Burning Ordinance in Concept

Staff Will Come Back with Final Ordinance - After considerable discussion, the Davis City Council unanimo ...

Staff Will Come Back with Final Ordinance - After considerable discussion, the Davis City Council unanimously asked staff to come back with an ordinance similar to the staff recommendation on wood bur ...

September 25, 2013
| by David Greenwald

| (61) Comments

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Analysis: Shifting Priorities on Wood Smoke Burning

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 24, 2013
| (73) Comments

Analysis: Shifting Priorities on Wood Smoke Burning

It was our initial understanding that the concern for wood smoke burning had to do with the large amount ...

It was our initial understanding that the concern for wood smoke burning had to do with the large amount of particulate matter put into the air, particularly on days with little wind movement to blow ...

September 24, 2013
| by David Greenwald

| (73) Comments

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Commentary: Assuming the Worst Motivations

Posted by Matt Williams
|Date: September 22, 2013
| (46) Comments

Commentary: Assuming the Worst Motivations

By Matt Williams In Saturday's article David Greenwald observed, "As I read the back and forth the other ...

By Matt Williams In Saturday's article David Greenwald observed, "As I read the back and forth the other day and was prompted by members of my editorial board, I realized that we have all fallen into ...

September 22, 2013
| by Matt Williams

| (46) Comments

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Council to Consider Variable Solid Waste Rates

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 21, 2013
| (13) Comments

Council to Consider Variable Solid Waste Rates

Back in July, the city council approved a Prop 218 notice for a residential variable rate structure that ...

Back in July, the city council approved a Prop 218 notice for a residential variable rate structure that would set differential rates based on three sizes of garbage carts. The basis for this change, ...

September 21, 2013
| by David Greenwald

| (13) Comments

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