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Letter: Criminals without Roofs vs. Those Truly in Need

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: January 16, 2021
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Letter: Criminals without Roofs vs. Those Truly in Need

By Alan Miller An Open Letter to South Davis Hello South Davis, I don’t live in South Davis, but I’m look ...

By Alan Miller An Open Letter to South Davis Hello South Davis, I don’t live in South Davis, but I’m looking at District 3 100’ away out my window. I share your problems and your concerns. There is a ...

January 16, 2021
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Council Votes to Extend Fifth Street Respite Center Pilot Program as Concerns Toward Homeless Encampments Grows

Posted by Linh Nguyen
|Date: January 15, 2021
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Council Votes to Extend Fifth Street Respite Center Pilot Program as Concerns Toward Homeless Encampments Grows

By Macy Lu DAVIS -- After conferring with representatives from the Pilot Daytime Homeless Respite Center ...

By Macy Lu DAVIS -- After conferring with representatives from the Pilot Daytime Homeless Respite Center and receiving multiple public comments in favor of the center on Tuesday, the Davis City Counc ...

January 15, 2021
| by Linh Nguyen

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Commentary: Respite Center is Nice, but We Should Study Things Like Project Roomkey

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 12, 2021
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Commentary: Respite Center is Nice, but We Should Study Things Like Project Roomkey

By David M. Greenwald The Davis City Council will be asked tonight to evaluate and extend the Respite Cen ...

By David M. Greenwald The Davis City Council will be asked tonight to evaluate and extend the Respite Center for another year. I see no reason not to continue the Respite Center—while I think the dat ...

January 12, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Council Asked to Extend Respite Center for Another Year

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 08, 2021
| (32) Comments

Council Asked to Extend Respite Center for Another Year

By David M. Greenwald With homelessness soaring in Davis and more people living on the streets in unshelt ...

By David M. Greenwald With homelessness soaring in Davis and more people living on the streets in unsheltered situations as of early 2019, the Davis City Council looked to create temporary shelter for ...

January 08, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: Judicial Review Streamlining Is the CEQA Reform That Matters Most for the Housing Crisis

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: December 13, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Judicial Review Streamlining Is the CEQA Reform That Matters Most for the Housing Crisis

by Adam Hatefi This year alone, a number of bills have been introduced in the state legislature that aim ...

by Adam Hatefi This year alone, a number of bills have been introduced in the state legislature that aim to streamline the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) process in order to make it easie ...

December 13, 2020
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Davis Mayor Gloria Partida Sits Down For Candid Discussion With The Davis Vanguard

Posted by Linh Nguyen
|Date: November 25, 2020
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Davis Mayor Gloria Partida Sits Down For Candid Discussion With The Davis Vanguard

By Madison Forwood DAVIS -- On Friday Nov. 20, Mayor Gloria Partida had a public discussion with chief ed ...

By Madison Forwood DAVIS -- On Friday Nov. 20, Mayor Gloria Partida had a public discussion with chief editor of the Davis Vanguard, David Greenwald, via Zoom. The pair talked about a multitude of is ...

November 25, 2020
| by Linh Nguyen

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Davis Homelessness Alliance Presents One Year Update To The Social Services Commission

Posted by Linh Nguyen
|Date: October 27, 2020
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Davis Homelessness Alliance Presents One Year Update To The Social Services Commission

By Madison Forwood The Davis Homelessness Alliance (DHA) provided a one-year progress report to the Davis ...

By Madison Forwood The Davis Homelessness Alliance (DHA) provided a one-year progress report to the Davis Social Services Commission at their most recent meeting on Oct. 19, 2020. Martha Teeter, advoc ...

October 27, 2020
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City Council Passes Winter Shelter Program, Discussed Sanctioned Camping for the Homeless Community

Posted by Linh Nguyen
|Date: September 25, 2020
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City Council Passes Winter Shelter Program, Discussed Sanctioned Camping for the Homeless Community

By Lauren Smith DAVIS -- At Tuesday evening’s City Council meeting, the council approved the cold weathe ...

By Lauren Smith DAVIS -- At Tuesday evening’s City Council meeting, the council approved the cold weather shelter program for the winter and discussed the possibility of establishing a sanctioned cam ...

September 25, 2020
| by Linh Nguyen

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Student Opinion: Chronic Housing Insecurity in Davis: How it is now, where to get help, and how to help

Posted by Julietta Bisharyan
|Date: September 24, 2020
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Student Opinion: Chronic Housing Insecurity in Davis: How it is now, where to get help, and how to help

By Grant Schrader With a system that may be leveraged against them, unhomed Davis residents do have oppor ...

By Grant Schrader With a system that may be leveraged against them, unhomed Davis residents do have opportunities for assistance, and each of our readers can help, too. With the cost of living, ren ...

September 24, 2020
| by Julietta Bisharyan

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My View: Paul’s Place Sails Through but Attitudes toward Homeless and Mentally Ill Remain Troubling

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 16, 2020
| (1) Comment

My View: Paul’s Place Sails Through but Attitudes toward Homeless and Mentally Ill Remain Troubling

Having watched the discussion earlier on the Respite Center, we see two very distinct points of view in t ...

Having watched the discussion earlier on the Respite Center, we see two very distinct points of view in this community on the homeless and mentally ill. You see those who are committed to evidence-bas ...

May 16, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Short-Handed Planning Commission Makes Quick Work of Paul’s Place Sending It to Council

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 14, 2020
| (6) Comments

Short-Handed Planning Commission Makes Quick Work of Paul’s Place Sending It to Council

Wednesday night’s Planning Commission meeting was truncated before it even started, as three members, cit ...

Wednesday night’s Planning Commission meeting was truncated before it even started, as three members, citing advice from the city attorney, recused themselves due to potential conflicts that arose bec ...

May 14, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Mayor Misses Opportunity on Call to Action on Critical Issues

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 07, 2020
| (8) Comments

Commentary: Mayor Misses Opportunity on Call to Action on Critical Issues

We can debate over whether the city is headed in the right or wrong direction, I suppose. The mayor pres ...

We can debate over whether the city is headed in the right or wrong direction, I suppose. The mayor presented what I would consider an overly rosy view of the city. He did offer the caveat that “it’ ...

February 07, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Homeless Solutions Are Not Nearly as Simple as People Want to Believe

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 01, 2020
| (44) Comments

Commentary: Homeless Solutions Are Not Nearly as Simple as People Want to Believe

KOMO news in Seattle this year produced the documentary, “Seattle is Dying,” which chronicles the homeles ...

KOMO news in Seattle this year produced the documentary, “Seattle is Dying,” which chronicles the homeless problem in Seattle. Eric Johnson, who wrote it, asks, “What if Seattle is Dying and we don’t ...

January 01, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: We Should Revisit the Social Services Tax

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 29, 2019
| (5) Comments

Sunday Commentary: We Should Revisit the Social Services Tax

The homeless problem has markedly increased in Davis over the last decade. To give you an idea of just h ...

The homeless problem has markedly increased in Davis over the last decade. To give you an idea of just how much, I was just looking at an old article that noted the homeless count in Davis jumped fro ...

December 29, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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My View: Opposition to the Respite Center Was Overwhelmed on Tuesday Night

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 21, 2019
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My View: Opposition to the Respite Center Was Overwhelmed on Tuesday Night

Here we go again I thought as I saw a packed room on Tuesday. It had been a little over a month since Ma ...

Here we go again I thought as I saw a packed room on Tuesday. It had been a little over a month since Mace Ranch showed up in opposition to respite center on Second Street. And while the council def ...

December 21, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Presentation Discusses Ways to Prevent and Reduce Homelessness

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 19, 2019
| (4) Comments

Presentation Discusses Ways to Prevent and Reduce Homelessness

On Monday at the Community Chambers, Rohit Naimpally, the Senior Research and Policy Manager at J-Pal pre ...

On Monday at the Community Chambers, Rohit Naimpally, the Senior Research and Policy Manager at J-Pal presented current and potential future research on reducing and preventing homelessness. J-Pal is ...

December 19, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Davis Manor Requests For 5-Point Commitments

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 19, 2019
| (2) Comments

Davis Manor Requests For 5-Point Commitments

Editor’s note: on Tuesday, jesikah maria ross, co/founder and current president of the Davis Manor Neighb ...

Editor’s note: on Tuesday, jesikah maria ross, co/founder and current president of the Davis Manor Neighborhood Council presented a five point commitment proposal directed to the City Council members ...

December 19, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Community Shows Overwhelming Support For Respite Center, Homelessness

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 18, 2019
| (40) Comments

Community Shows Overwhelming Support For Respite Center, Homelessness

There was pushback from some people in Davis Manor against the location for the proposed respite center. ...

There was pushback from some people in Davis Manor against the location for the proposed respite center. But even within that neighborhood those voices were drown out in an avalanche of support for t ...

December 18, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Council Looks to Finalize Respite Center Despite Pushback

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 13, 2019
| (60) Comments

Council Looks to Finalize Respite Center Despite Pushback

A little over a month ago, the council shifted gears and directed staff to pursue a pilot daytime respite ...

A little over a month ago, the council shifted gears and directed staff to pursue a pilot daytime respite center on the City’s Public Works Corporation Yard located at 1717 Fifth Street. This followe ...

December 13, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: They Have to Live Somewhere

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 08, 2019
| (26) Comments

Sunday Commentary: They Have to Live Somewhere

There has been a pattern developing this year – a policy is proposed by the city or the council, the publ ...

There has been a pattern developing this year – a policy is proposed by the city or the council, the public and various stakeholders rise up, and the council seemingly backs down or compromises. We sa ...

December 08, 2019
| by David Greenwald

| (26) Comments

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