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Guest Commentary: COP26 – Change Happens When Movements Rise

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|Date: November 04, 2021
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Guest Commentary: COP26 – Change Happens When Movements Rise

by Juliette Beck Wales, United Kingdom. -- As she scampered down a rain-slicked, grassy hill to ford a gu ...

by Juliette Beck Wales, United Kingdom. -- As she scampered down a rain-slicked, grassy hill to ford a gurgling stream in Devon, England, Mary Light, my husband’s 76-year-old aunt, explained why she w ...

November 04, 2021
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Frustration with Mace Blvd Again Emerges at Council Meeting

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 03, 2021
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Frustration with Mace Blvd Again Emerges at Council Meeting

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – When council discussed Focus Items and laid out the ne ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – When council discussed Focus Items and laid out the next steps for policing, they heard an earful from the public—not on the policing item, but on Ma ...

November 03, 2021
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Davis City Council to Consider 25 Public Safety Recommendations

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: November 02, 2021
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Davis City Council to Consider 25 Public Safety Recommendations

Special to the Vanguard The city in the last few months has implemented key reforms in public safety. Bu ...

Special to the Vanguard The city in the last few months has implemented key reforms in public safety. But there are a number of other issues on the table. The following is a status report on 25 publ ...

November 02, 2021
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Disconnect between Voters and Council on Housing

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 01, 2021
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Disconnect between Voters and Council on Housing

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Last week’s column speculated on why local government ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Last week’s column speculated on why local government underproduces housing, and the researcher notes: “local governments – which will focus on the l ...

November 01, 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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Council to Examine the G Street Closure, Downtown Improvements

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 31, 2021
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Council to Examine the G Street Closure, Downtown Improvements

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – As the city once again starts to emerge out of the pan ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – As the city once again starts to emerge out of the pandemic one question that the council will grapple with is what to do with changes to the downtow ...

October 31, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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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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Grace Valley Christian Center: ‘Your Classic Narcissistic Personality Cult’ – Part 2

Posted by Jordan
|Date: October 29, 2021
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Grace Valley Christian Center: ‘Your Classic Narcissistic Personality Cult’ – Part 2

By Jordan Varney and Emily Dill This article is one of a multi-part series on a church in Davis, Californ ...

By Jordan Varney and Emily Dill This article is one of a multi-part series on a church in Davis, California, called Grace Valley Christian Center. Part 1, Part 2 (this one), Part 3. Grace Valley Chris ...

October 29, 2021
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Commentary: Moves by Davis City Council on Policing Part of a National Trend

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 28, 2021
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Commentary: Moves by Davis City Council on Policing Part of a National Trend

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Every so often it is a good idea to put Davis within a ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Every so often it is a good idea to put Davis within a national context. Davis has now fundamentally changed the way it handles certain types of cal ...

October 28, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Still Sorting Out the Impact of Pandemic on Real Estate and Downtowns

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 27, 2021
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Commentary: Still Sorting Out the Impact of Pandemic on Real Estate and Downtowns

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor One of the things we are watching are emerging trends during the p ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor One of the things we are watching are emerging trends during the pandemic that are likely to impact the overall landscape—particularly as it impacts Davis’ housi ...

October 27, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: The City Is Still in Fiscal Peril, but It Can Make Changes to Public Safety Fairly Easily

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 26, 2021
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Commentary: The City Is Still in Fiscal Peril, but It Can Make Changes to Public Safety Fairly Easily

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – As we have reported in the past, the city of Davis has ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – As we have reported in the past, the city of Davis has been running somewhere in the neighborhood of $8 to $10 million in the hole in terms of the di ...

October 26, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Researchers Address Why Local Government Underproduces Housing

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 25, 2021
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Researchers Address Why Local Government Underproduces Housing

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA - UC researchers explore a key question of why local gov ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA - UC researchers explore a key question of why local governments tend to underproduce housing. What they found is telling but not all that surprising: ...

October 25, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: We Won’t Be Ending Measure J Any Time Soon, So What is the Answer?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 24, 2021
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Sunday Commentary: We Won’t Be Ending Measure J Any Time Soon, So What is the Answer?

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA - The city of Davis has managed to approve the next hous ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA - The city of Davis has managed to approve the next housing element. In January or so it will work on approving a downtown specific plan, at some poin ...

October 24, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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My View: We Don’t Have High Enough Affordable Housing Requirements, But There is a “But” There…

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 23, 2021
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My View: We Don’t Have High Enough Affordable Housing Requirements, But There is a “But” There…

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA - Mark me as one of those disappointed that the council ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA - Mark me as one of those disappointed that the council and city keep putting off decision day on a permanent affordable housing ordinance. The counc ...

October 23, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: Fixing Disparities in Police Stops Goes Beyond Bias

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: October 22, 2021
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Guest Commentary: Fixing Disparities in Police Stops Goes Beyond Bias

By Gloria Partida The moments that have spurred social justice movements the furthest through time, unfor ...

By Gloria Partida The moments that have spurred social justice movements the furthest through time, unfortunately, have come at the cost of a person of color’s (POC’s) body. All have been horrendous, ...

October 22, 2021
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Commentary: Broad Community Support for Change – But I Still Want More

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 21, 2021
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Commentary: Broad Community Support for Change – But I Still Want More

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – What did the actions by the council mean to Mayor Glor ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – What did the actions by the council mean to Mayor Gloria Partida? It was after midnight on Tuesday night and she went out onto her porch, and took a ...

October 21, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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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
| by Bapu V

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Letter: Credit Where Credit Is Due

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|Date: October 21, 2021
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Letter: Credit Where Credit Is Due

by Larry Guenther At Tuesday's meeting, (10/19/2021) City Council acted on recommendations made by a Coun ...

by Larry Guenther At Tuesday's meeting, (10/19/2021) City Council acted on recommendations made by a Council subcommittee, one of two subcommittees to look at the issue of "Reimagining Public Safety." ...

October 21, 2021
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Council Passes Sweeping Police Re-Organization without Opposition

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 20, 2021
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Council Passes Sweeping Police Re-Organization without Opposition

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA - In the end the city council not only unanimously passe ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA - In the end the city council not only unanimously passed the city’s police reorganization plan, but did so without anything that resembled opposition— ...

October 20, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: It’s Fall, Time to Appreciate Color in Davis

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|Date: October 20, 2021
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Guest Commentary: It’s Fall, Time to Appreciate Color in Davis

by Alan Hirsch My presentation to council 10-19-21 is a collection of some pictures of beautiful fall col ...

by Alan Hirsch My presentation to council 10-19-21 is a collection of some pictures of beautiful fall color in our Davis street trees. I share these amazing pix to make two very serious points: : Tree ...

October 20, 2021
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