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Report: Will Allowing Duplexes and Lot Splits Create More Housing?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 29, 2021
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Report: Will Allowing Duplexes and Lot Splits Create More Housing?

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Berkeley, CA – One of the more controversial bills this term is SB ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Berkeley, CA – One of the more controversial bills this term is SB 9 which, if passed, would likely produce an increase in the state’s housing supply—which has b ...

July 29, 2021
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Commentary: The Consequences of Failure… Yolo to Require Indoor Masking Starting Friday

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 28, 2021
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Commentary: The Consequences of Failure… Yolo to Require Indoor Masking Starting Friday

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Woodland, CA – Here we go again. Just when it looked like we had ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Woodland, CA – Here we go again. Just when it looked like we had this COVID thing licked finally, it comes back and bites us in our collective unvaccinated hind ...

July 28, 2021
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Guest Commentary: Official Appeal of the Cutting of 205 Trees at Sutter Hospital As a Violation of Davis Culture and the Law.

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|Date: July 28, 2021
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Guest Commentary: Official Appeal of the Cutting of 205 Trees at Sutter Hospital As a Violation of Davis Culture and the Law.

By Alan Hirsch Preface: this is the first half of the legal appeal to stop the Sutter’s plan to “Save Mo ...

By Alan Hirsch Preface: this is the first half of the legal appeal to stop the Sutter’s plan to “Save Money on Solar” by cutting more trees. For more background, click on the story the Vanguard br ...

July 28, 2021
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Guest Commentary: Women on Wheels – Fun and Empowerment Rolled into One

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|Date: July 28, 2021
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Guest Commentary: Women on Wheels – Fun and Empowerment Rolled into One

By Lisa Montanaro — July 26, 2021 The legendary women’s suffragist leader, Susan B. Anthony, was once quo ...

By Lisa Montanaro — July 26, 2021 The legendary women’s suffragist leader, Susan B. Anthony, was once quoted with saying that the bicycle “has done more to emancipate women than anything else in the w ...

July 28, 2021
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Guest Commentary: Biden Pick of Rachael Rollins for US Attorney of Massachusetts a Mixed Blessing

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|Date: July 27, 2021
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Guest Commentary: Biden Pick of Rachael Rollins for US Attorney of Massachusetts a Mixed Blessing

By Rory Fleming President Joe Biden has announced his intention to appoint Suffolk County (Boston) Distri ...

By Rory Fleming President Joe Biden has announced his intention to appoint Suffolk County (Boston) District Attorney Rachael Rollins as the next US attorney of Massachusetts. If confirmed by the Senat ...

July 27, 2021
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Monday Morning Thoughts: So Why Are Blue Cities So Unaffordable?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 26, 2021
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Monday Morning Thoughts: So Why Are Blue Cities So Unaffordable?

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor In many circles, just about everyone has been talking about the NY ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor In many circles, just about everyone has been talking about the NY Times discussion between Ezra Klein and Jerusalem Demsas on housing and infrastructure. (Podc ...

July 26, 2021
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Guest Commentary: Is California Still the Land of Opportunity?

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|Date: July 26, 2021
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Guest Commentary: Is California Still the Land of Opportunity?

by Mark Dempsey The errors and omissions in The Atlantic's recent The California Dream Is Dying article a ...

by Mark Dempsey The errors and omissions in The Atlantic's recent The California Dream Is Dying article are the very definition of "fake news." The causes the article cites for that dying dream includ ...

July 26, 2021
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Sunday Commentary: Report Finds RHNA Housing Protests Unlikely to Succeed

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 25, 2021
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Sunday Commentary: Report Finds RHNA Housing Protests Unlikely to Succeed

By David M. Greenwald Those who are hopeful that local RHNA (Regional Housing Needs Allocation) requireme ...

By David M. Greenwald Those who are hopeful that local RHNA (Regional Housing Needs Allocation) requirements will be reined in have cited the fact that there cities are pushing back against the RHNA n ...

July 25, 2021
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Letter: Tree Davis Position on Sutter Davis Hospital Tree Removal

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|Date: July 25, 2021
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Letter: Tree Davis Position on Sutter Davis Hospital Tree Removal

By Greg McPherson A recent article in the Davis Vanguard (City Will Have to Weigh between Trees and Solar ...

By Greg McPherson A recent article in the Davis Vanguard (City Will Have to Weigh between Trees and Solar Panels at Sutter as Complaints Reign about Public Process, July 21, 2021) described a variety ...

July 25, 2021
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Looking Back: Selwyn Days Round 3, Week Four

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|Date: July 25, 2021
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Looking Back: Selwyn Days Round 3, Week Four

By Jeffrey Deskovic The Defense Introduces Alibi Witnesses "Looking back" will feature reprints of articl ...

By Jeffrey Deskovic The Defense Introduces Alibi Witnesses "Looking back" will feature reprints of articles that Jeff previously wrote while a columnist at The Westchester Guardian, which encompasses ...

July 25, 2021
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My View: For the Most Part Off-Campus Housing Is More Affordable Than On-Campus, but Again We Mostly Need Supply

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 24, 2021
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My View: For the Most Part Off-Campus Housing Is More Affordable Than On-Campus, but Again We Mostly Need Supply

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA – A few years ago, the Vanguard did a series of analyses on on-campus hou ...

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA – A few years ago, the Vanguard did a series of analyses on on-campus housing versus off-campus housing for students. One thing that we clearly found is that it is muc ...

July 24, 2021
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Commentary: Could Vouchers Be an Answer to Housing Insecurity?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 23, 2021
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Commentary: Could Vouchers Be an Answer to Housing Insecurity?

By David M. Greenwald We got a little bit of a reprieve over the last 15 months from the housing crisis. ...

By David M. Greenwald We got a little bit of a reprieve over the last 15 months from the housing crisis. COVID shutting down in-person work and universities. Eviction protection. At some point all ...

July 23, 2021
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Commentary: How Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva Made Houselessness About Himself

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|Date: July 23, 2021
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Commentary: How Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva Made Houselessness About Himself

By Jessica Pishko In early June, Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva arrived in Venice Beach. With ...

By Jessica Pishko In early June, Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva arrived in Venice Beach. With promises to “clean up the beach,” he posed for press photos alongside members of the Homeless ...

July 23, 2021
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Guest Commentary: How Face Recognition Fuels Racist Systems of Policing and Immigration — And Why Congress Must Act Now

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|Date: July 23, 2021
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Guest Commentary: How Face Recognition Fuels Racist Systems of Policing and Immigration — And Why Congress Must Act Now

When used by police and immigration enforcement, biometric surveillance technology can perpetuate an alre ...

When used by police and immigration enforcement, biometric surveillance technology can perpetuate an already dangerous racist system. By Ashley Del Villar and Myaisha Hayes Face recognition technology ...

July 23, 2021
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Commentary: We Needed Housing Then, We Need Housing Now, This UCD v. City Debate Doesn’t Address the Bottom Line

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 22, 2021
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Commentary: We Needed Housing Then, We Need Housing Now, This UCD v. City Debate Doesn’t Address the Bottom Line

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA – Lost in a lot of extra-curricular discussion this week is the fact that ...

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA – Lost in a lot of extra-curricular discussion this week is the fact that the university this week reached two major milestones in actually fulfilling their promised ho ...

July 22, 2021
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Guest Commentary: UN’s George Floyd Resolution Is a Vital Step Toward International Accountability

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|Date: July 22, 2021
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Guest Commentary: UN’s George Floyd Resolution Is a Vital Step Toward International Accountability

It’s now up to the Biden administration to take bold action on international human rights and racial just ...

It’s now up to the Biden administration to take bold action on international human rights and racial justice. By Christine Eldabh and Jamil Dakwar More than one year after the brutal murder of George ...

July 22, 2021
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Guest Commentary: Snake Oil

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|Date: July 20, 2021
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Guest Commentary: Snake Oil

By Rhonda Gruska At the end of March, I asked a longtime Northern California holistic nutrition and cooki ...

By Rhonda Gruska At the end of March, I asked a longtime Northern California holistic nutrition and cooking educator if he had received his COVID-19 immunizations, as he is 65+. He responded, I will i ...

July 20, 2021
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Looking Back: A Hung Jury

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: July 18, 2021
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Looking Back: A Hung Jury

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 ...

July 18, 2021
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Guest Commentary: I Did Nothing Wrong. I Was Arrested Anyway.

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|Date: July 18, 2021
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Guest Commentary: I Did Nothing Wrong. I Was Arrested Anyway.

By Robert Williams I never thought I would be a cautionary tale. More than that, I never thought I’d have ...

By Robert Williams I never thought I would be a cautionary tale. More than that, I never thought I’d have to explain to my daughters why their daddy got arrested in front of them on our front lawn. Ho ...

July 18, 2021
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My View: Stanislaus Deputy Shooting of Homeless Man Poster Case for How Not to Handle Such Encounters

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 17, 2021
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My View: Stanislaus Deputy Shooting of Homeless Man Poster Case for How Not to Handle Such Encounters

By David M. Greenwald Modesto, CA – Longtime Civil Rights Attorney John Burris held a press conference on ...

By David M. Greenwald Modesto, CA – Longtime Civil Rights Attorney John Burris held a press conference on Thursday regarding the 2020 shooting of Eloy Gonzalez by two Stanislaus County Sheriff Deputie ...

July 17, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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