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Letter: Measure L Discriminates against Blacks and Latinos

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: November 02, 2018
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Letter: Measure L Discriminates against Blacks and Latinos

The Fair Housing Problem With Measure L by Molly Current Project Sentinel is a full-service non-profit Fa ...

The Fair Housing Problem With Measure L by Molly Current Project Sentinel is a full-service non-profit Fair Housing agency serving the Bay Area and portions of Central California, including all of Sac ...

November 02, 2018
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Pittsburgh: How We Respond

Posted by Robb Davis
|Date: November 01, 2018
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Pittsburgh: How We Respond

By Robb Davis On Tuesday night over 500 people gathered at Beit Haverim for a service of healing, hosted ...

By Robb Davis On Tuesday night over 500 people gathered at Beit Haverim for a service of healing, hosted by the Celebration of Abraham. It was a time to express sadness, to mourn, but also to speak w ...

November 01, 2018
| by Robb Davis

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Guest Commentary: Keeping Davis White? Land Use Policy Is a Civil Rights Issue

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: October 21, 2018
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Guest Commentary: Keeping Davis White? Land Use Policy Is a Civil Rights Issue

by Rik Keller “What has kept Davis so white?” —City of Davis Mayor Pro Tempore Gloria Partida 10/3/2018 T ...

by Rik Keller “What has kept Davis so white?” —City of Davis Mayor Pro Tempore Gloria Partida 10/3/2018 This is Part III in a series of articles about the history and ongoing patterns of housing discr ...

October 21, 2018
| by Vanguard Administrator

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City Responds to AFSCME and Civil Rights Suits

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 18, 2018
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City Responds to AFSCME and Civil Rights Suits

On Tuesday, the council reported coming out of closed session that they would be defending against a civi ...

On Tuesday, the council reported coming out of closed session that they would be defending against a civil rights lawsuit filed by attorney Mark Merin on behalf of Samuel Ignacio. Mayor Brett Lee anno ...

October 18, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: The Apology

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 15, 2018
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Monday Morning Thoughts: The Apology

In a letter over the weekend, WDAAC (West Davis Active Adult Community) developer David Taormino apologiz ...

In a letter over the weekend, WDAAC (West Davis Active Adult Community) developer David Taormino apologizes for the use of the tagline, “Taking Care of Our Own.” In the letter, he cites Mayor Pro Tem ...

October 15, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Responding to Hate in the Community

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: October 11, 2018
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Responding to Hate in the Community

Statement from The board of The Davis Phoenix Coalition Early in the academic season the UCD campus was s ...

Statement from The board of The Davis Phoenix Coalition Early in the academic season the UCD campus was subjected to anti-Semitic flyers referencing the Kavanaugh confirmation to the Supreme Court. T ...

October 11, 2018
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Anti-Semitic Flyer Found on Campus

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 09, 2018
| (57) Comments

Anti-Semitic Flyer Found on Campus

The Vanguard received word on Monday that an anti-Semitic flyer was found on and near the UC Davis campus ...

The Vanguard received word on Monday that an anti-Semitic flyer was found on and near the UC Davis campus. According to a post by UC Davis Chancellor Gary May, the flyers have been removed and offici ...

October 09, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: Lawsuit Represents an Appropriation of Civil Rights Issues for a Land Use Dispute

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: October 01, 2018
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Guest Commentary: Lawsuit Represents an Appropriation of Civil Rights Issues for a Land Use Dispute

By Gloria Partida After Darren Wilson’s non-indictment in the shooting death of Michael Brown in 2014, I ...

By Gloria Partida After Darren Wilson’s non-indictment in the shooting death of Michael Brown in 2014, I read an article by Brit Bennet in Jezebel titled I don’t know what to do about good white peopl ...

October 01, 2018
| by Vanguard Administrator

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My View: Dangerous Game Playing the Race Card on the Buyers Program

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 29, 2018
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My View: Dangerous Game Playing the Race Card on the Buyers Program

I don’t really understand the timing of why the opponents picked this week to launch their attack on the ...

I don’t really understand the timing of why the opponents picked this week to launch their attack on the West Davis Active Adult Community (WDAAC). From a strategic standpoint, it would have made mor ...

September 29, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Council Hears Reserved Response from Community on Development

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 26, 2018
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Council Hears Reserved Response from Community on Development

If Tuesday was supposed to be a show of force of community outrage, the council ought to be far more conc ...

If Tuesday was supposed to be a show of force of community outrage, the council ought to be far more concerned with complaints about the Pacifico property in south Davis than West Davis Active Adult C ...

September 26, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Key Question for Lawsuit: Is Homebuyer Program Racial Discrimination?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 25, 2018
| (49) Comments

Key Question for Lawsuit: Is Homebuyer Program Racial Discrimination?

Mark Merin, a longtime civil rights attorney, honored in 2011 by the Vanguard for his work on behalf of c ...

Mark Merin, a longtime civil rights attorney, honored in 2011 by the Vanguard for his work on behalf of civil rights causes, is the attorney filing a civil rights lawsuit against the West Davis Active ...

September 25, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Lawsuit To Be Filed Against WDAAC

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 24, 2018
| (50) Comments

Lawsuit To Be Filed Against WDAAC

PLANNED WEST DAVIS ADULT COMMUNITY, IF APPROVED, WOULD PERPETUATE RACIAL IMBALANCE IN THE CITY OF DAVIS ...

PLANNED WEST DAVIS ADULT COMMUNITY, IF APPROVED, WOULD PERPETUATE RACIAL IMBALANCE IN THE CITY OF DAVIS (From Press Release) - The proposed restrictive West Davis Active Adult Community on the City ...

September 24, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: How White Is Davis Anyway? A Comparative Demographic Analysis

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: September 23, 2018
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Guest Commentary: How White Is Davis Anyway? A Comparative Demographic Analysis

By Rik Keller Part Two in a series, this article examines historic racial/ethnic demographics in Davis co ...

By Rik Keller Part Two in a series, this article examines historic racial/ethnic demographics in Davis compared to surrounding areas and California as a whole in order to determine what sort of effect ...

September 23, 2018
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Analysis: Davis Is Not Alone among Progressive Cities

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 21, 2018
| (63) Comments

Analysis: Davis Is Not Alone among Progressive Cities

One of the big questions that has arisen out of the discussion on race in Davis has been, "Do persons of ...

One of the big questions that has arisen out of the discussion on race in Davis has been, "Do persons of color have a bigger problem in Davis than in other cities?" That may or may not be the right q ...

September 21, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Understanding Davis’ Racial and Ethnic Breakdown and What We Can Do

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 16, 2018
| (192) Comments

Sunday Commentary: Understanding Davis’ Racial and Ethnic Breakdown and What We Can Do

Earlier last week on the Vanguard we had a prolonged discussion of the racial and ethnic breakdown of Dav ...

Earlier last week on the Vanguard we had a prolonged discussion of the racial and ethnic breakdown of Davis. Once we were able to see the proper Davis, it was clear that Davis is not just whiter than ...

September 16, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Getting to the Root of Davis’ Longstanding Problem with Race

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 11, 2018
| (199) Comments

Commentary: Getting to the Root of Davis’ Longstanding Problem with Race

This past year I read the book, The Color of Law, by Richard Rothstein. He writes about a forgotten hist ...

This past year I read the book, The Color of Law, by Richard Rothstein. He writes about a forgotten history of how the government segregated America. The two most striking things about the book are ...

September 11, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Why Is Davis So White? A Brief History of Housing Discrimination

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: September 10, 2018
| (75) Comments

Why Is Davis So White? A Brief History of Housing Discrimination

Part one in a series on discrimination and housing in Davis, this article provides an overview of mortgag ...

Part one in a series on discrimination and housing in Davis, this article provides an overview of mortgage loan redlining, restrictive covenants, and other discriminatory housing practices in the U.S. ...

September 10, 2018
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Analysis: How the Picnic Day Incident Completely Changed the City of Davis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 28, 2018
| (16) Comments

Analysis: How the Picnic Day Incident Completely Changed the City of Davis

We are coming up on the one year anniversary of the resolution of the Picnic Day criminal matter. At tim ...

We are coming up on the one year anniversary of the resolution of the Picnic Day criminal matter. At times, it is easy to overstate the impact of one event – especially one that one is in the middle ...

August 28, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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The Year of the Woman of Color in Davis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 27, 2018
| (10) Comments

The Year of the Woman of Color in Davis

Back in June, when Gloria Partida became the first Latina elected to the Davis City Council, she not only ...

Back in June, when Gloria Partida became the first Latina elected to the Davis City Council, she not only won, but finished first and in two years will be the Mayor of Davis. In acknowledging the “his ...

August 27, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: A Surprising Vote Masks the Importance of Body Camera Changes

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 02, 2018
| (14) Comments

Commentary: A Surprising Vote Masks the Importance of Body Camera Changes

No one was really expecting a 3-2 vote Tuesday night on the body-worn camera policy. The council, despit ...

No one was really expecting a 3-2 vote Tuesday night on the body-worn camera policy. The council, despite the 3-2 vote, was fairly united on the issue. They agreed that they did not want to stop the ...

August 02, 2018
| by David Greenwald

| (14) Comments

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