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Davis City Council Prepares for Redistricting

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|Date: November 04, 2021
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Davis City Council Prepares for Redistricting

By Fatima Perez DAVIS - On Nov. 2, 2021, the Davis City Council met to discuss its redistricting p ...

By Fatima Perez DAVIS - On Nov. 2, 2021, the Davis City Council met to discuss its redistricting process. The goal of this meeting was to set a foundation and become aware of the redistrictin ...

November 04, 2021
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Guest Commentary: Redistricting 1st Draft Incompetence

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|Date: November 01, 2021
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Guest Commentary: Redistricting 1st Draft Incompetence

by Tom Miller The first draft of the citizen’s redistricting commission’s plans for the next 10 years of ...

by Tom Miller The first draft of the citizen’s redistricting commission’s plans for the next 10 years of California voting came out anything but equal. Here are the proposed federal divisions, showing ...

November 01, 2021
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Carson: Serious Problems in Assembly, Senate, and Congressional Maps for the City of Davis and Yolo County

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|Date: October 30, 2021
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Carson: Serious Problems in Assembly, Senate, and Congressional Maps for the City of Davis and Yolo County

The following was sent to the state commission on redistricting and will be on the consent agenda for Tue ...

The following was sent to the state commission on redistricting and will be on the consent agenda for Tuesday’s council meeting By Dan Carson I am a Davis City Councilmember with 45 years of professio ...

October 30, 2021
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Letter: Create a Independent Citizens’ Redistricting Commission in Davis

Posted by Bapu V
|Date: October 21, 2021
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Letter: Create a Independent Citizens’ Redistricting Commission in Davis

by Bapu Vaitla On October 5th, the Davis City Council discussed the upcoming process of drawing new Counc ...

by Bapu Vaitla On October 5th, the Davis City Council discussed the upcoming process of drawing new Council districts using recently obtained 2020 Census data. I was disappointed that the Council chos ...

October 21, 2021
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Council to Lay Out Redistricting Process

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 01, 2021
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Council to Lay Out Redistricting Process

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – It seems like the city of Davis just did this. In qui ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – It seems like the city of Davis just did this. In quick fashion in 2019, the city of Davis, responding to a potential lawsuit by Matt Rexroad on beh ...

October 01, 2021
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Commentary: Coming Around to Choice Voting…

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 03, 2021
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Commentary: Coming Around to Choice Voting…

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA - I was wrong. I thought that district elections would ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA - I was wrong. I thought that district elections would facilitate more people of color running and competing in Davis. At least in round one in the ...

September 03, 2021
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Commentary: Saylor Has Been a One-of-a-Kind Institution in Davis, Yolo County

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 05, 2021
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Commentary: Saylor Has Been a One-of-a-Kind Institution in Davis, Yolo County

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – In his past 27 years, Don Saylor was one of the more i ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – In his past 27 years, Don Saylor was one of the more intriguing figures in Yolo County and Davis. He has played just about every role—some of them s ...

August 05, 2021
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Looking Back: Life’s Lessons from Exonerees

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|Date: April 11, 2021
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Looking Back: Life’s Lessons from Exonerees

By Jeffrey Deskovic "Looking back" will feature reprints of articles that Jeff previously wrote while a c ...

By Jeffrey Deskovic "Looking back" will feature reprints of articles that Jeff previously wrote while a columnist at The Westchester Guardian, which encompass topics that are applicable here in CA as ...

April 11, 2021
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Sunday Commentary: The Impeachment Gambit

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 14, 2021
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Sunday Commentary: The Impeachment Gambit

By David M. Greenwald I keep seeing conservatives and Trumpists proclaiming that Nancy Pelosi lost again. ...

By David M. Greenwald I keep seeing conservatives and Trumpists proclaiming that Nancy Pelosi lost again. And while I understand the desire to see these things in terms of wins and losses, I think it ...

February 14, 2021
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Commentary: Sometimes Living in a Democracy Means You Don’t Get What You Want

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 15, 2020
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Commentary: Sometimes Living in a Democracy Means You Don’t Get What You Want

By David M. Greenwald The number one lesson in any democracy is that you have to accept it that sometimes ...

By David M. Greenwald The number one lesson in any democracy is that you have to accept it that sometimes you will win and sometimes you will lose. Accepting a loss is actually more important to the d ...

December 15, 2020
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Sunday Commentary: Projects Can Be Defeated, but Slow-Growth Candidates Largely Not Competitive

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 22, 2020
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Sunday Commentary: Projects Can Be Defeated, but Slow-Growth Candidates Largely Not Competitive

by David M. Greenwald It wasn’t a tremendously long time ago when slow-growth progressives actually contr ...

by David M. Greenwald It wasn’t a tremendously long time ago when slow-growth progressives actually controlled the city council—Ken Wagstaff, Sue Greenwald and Michael Harrington. But in the last 20 ...

November 22, 2020
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Commentary: Changing My Mind on District Elections

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 12, 2020
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Commentary: Changing My Mind on District Elections

By David M. Greenwald I was one of the few people in this community that was not immediately opposed to d ...

By David M. Greenwald I was one of the few people in this community that was not immediately opposed to district elections—I saw the potential for making it easier for people of color to get elected t ...

November 12, 2020
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Guest Analysis: Yolo County Presidential Election Returns

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: November 09, 2020
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Guest Analysis: Yolo County Presidential Election Returns

Returns as of Sunday (11/8) at 8 am Compiled by Alan Hirsch from county elections data Historical Note: I ...

Returns as of Sunday (11/8) at 8 am Compiled by Alan Hirsch from county elections data Historical Note: In 2016 In the City, Hillary got 82%, Trump 11.5% Trump held his own but 2/3 of 3rd party vote s ...

November 09, 2020
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Commentary: DISC – What Went Wrong? Pretty Much Everything

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 05, 2020
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Commentary: DISC – What Went Wrong? Pretty Much Everything

By David M. Greenwald In Davis, if you look at some of the private polls, most developments start out wit ...

By David M. Greenwald In Davis, if you look at some of the private polls, most developments start out with between 35 and 40 percent of the people automatically opposed to the project and they are pre ...

November 05, 2020
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Analysis: Not a Huge Amount of Surprises Locally

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 04, 2020
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Analysis: Not a Huge Amount of Surprises Locally

By David M. Greenwald The last totals came in at 11:42 pm, but it looks like there are more precincts to ...

By David M. Greenwald The last totals came in at 11:42 pm, but it looks like there are more precincts to report and we think there have to be a lot more votes because the vote total is extremely low. ...

November 04, 2020
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Commentary: Some Election Day Local Picks

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 03, 2020
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Commentary: Some Election Day Local Picks

By David M. Greenwald I don’t envy the job of national prognosticators, but at least they get polls to he ...

By David M. Greenwald I don’t envy the job of national prognosticators, but at least they get polls to help guide them on calling a national election during a volatile and unsettling time. The remark ...

November 03, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Measure B Deserves an ‘A’ for Helping Education in Davis

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: November 01, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Measure B Deserves an ‘A’ for Helping Education in Davis

By Donna Neville Please support Measure B on the November 3 ballot. Despite the ”B” in its name, the mea ...

By Donna Neville Please support Measure B on the November 3 ballot. Despite the ”B” in its name, the measure deserves an “A” for putting forward a plan that will boost our schools and foster a strong ...

November 01, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Davis Can Meet Its Commercial Needs without DISC for Now — Infill Is a Better Choice

Posted by Vanguard Editorial Board
|Date: October 31, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Davis Can Meet Its Commercial Needs without DISC for Now — Infill Is a Better Choice

By Pam Gunnell, Richard McCann and Matt Williams A 200-acre business park like DISC is not an objective i ...

By Pam Gunnell, Richard McCann and Matt Williams A 200-acre business park like DISC is not an objective in the City of Davis’ General Plan. Additionally, DISC contains uses (housing, retail, parks, a ...

October 31, 2020
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Davis City Council Questions: Final Question – City Budget

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 30, 2020
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Davis City Council Questions: Final Question – City Budget

This is the final of eight questions. The candidates get exactly 250 words. The answer was due at 9 pm o ...

This is the final of eight questions. The candidates get exactly 250 words. The answer was due at 9 pm on Thursday. Question 8: What measures would you take in order to contain city costs? Please con ...

October 30, 2020
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Council Candidates Share Their Vision for Our Streets

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: October 27, 2020
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Council Candidates Share Their Vision for Our Streets

What do City Council candidates think about our streets? To learn more about their visions, Bike Davis se ...

What do City Council candidates think about our streets? To learn more about their visions, Bike Davis sent all candidates a questionnaire focused on three themes: making Davis more livable, reducing ...

October 27, 2020
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