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Commentary: Council Declares Fiscal Emergency, but Have They Done Enough on the Fiscal Front?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 17, 2019
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Commentary: Council Declares Fiscal Emergency, but Have They Done Enough on the Fiscal Front?

Last week the council drew rare regional headlines by declaring a fiscal emergency. But for the most par ...

Last week the council drew rare regional headlines by declaring a fiscal emergency. But for the most part that was a pro forma move, designed to allow the council to hold a special election next Marc ...

September 17, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: The Story of District Elections Is Demographic Shift in Davis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 15, 2019
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Sunday Commentary: The Story of District Elections Is Demographic Shift in Davis

In January 1996, a governance committee appointed by the city council recommended, by a 14-15 vote, that ...

In January 1996, a governance committee appointed by the city council recommended, by a 14-15 vote, that the city go to district elections. Some interesting people served on that committee, including ...

September 15, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Kamala Harris’s Criminal Justice Plan Focuses on Her, Not Justice

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: September 15, 2019
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Kamala Harris’s Criminal Justice Plan Focuses on Her, Not Justice

By Sarah Lustbader Sometimes it seems as if U.S. Senator Kamala Harris thinks we aren’t paying attention. ...

By Sarah Lustbader Sometimes it seems as if U.S. Senator Kamala Harris thinks we aren’t paying attention. She seems to assume that if she chooses the right words, the ones that are getting traction of ...

September 15, 2019
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My View: Ajay Dev Meets the Notorious Yolo County Deputy District Attorney Ryan J. Couzens

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 14, 2019
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My View: Ajay Dev Meets the Notorious Yolo County Deputy District Attorney Ryan J. Couzens

It is really too bad that they don’t allow cameras into courtrooms – I think the public needs to see Depu ...

It is really too bad that they don’t allow cameras into courtrooms – I think the public needs to see Deputy DA Ryan Couzens in action in order to have a proper perspective on him. He was Jeff Reisig’ ...

September 14, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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My View: Looking at the Davis Talent Story

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 14, 2019
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My View: Looking at the Davis Talent Story

Two weeks ago the Vanguard held a discussion on the future of high tech economic development. Now, Great ...

Two weeks ago the Vanguard held a discussion on the future of high tech economic development. Now, Greater Sacramento has released a report, partnering with CBRE, a commercial real estate broker, to ...

September 14, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Errors in Dunning Column Lead to Wrong Conclusions on City Demographics

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 12, 2019
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Commentary: Errors in Dunning Column Lead to Wrong Conclusions on City Demographics

In a column that appeared in the Sunday, September 1, paper, Bob Dunning writes that he sent a note to Ma ...

In a column that appeared in the Sunday, September 1, paper, Bob Dunning writes that he sent a note to Mayor Pro Tem Gloria Partida “asking what she thinks about our sudden move to district elections. ...

September 12, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: Aggie Research Campus – Our Best Chance to Support the University We Love

Posted by Tim Keller
|Date: September 09, 2019
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Guest Commentary: Aggie Research Campus – Our Best Chance to Support the University We Love

by Tim Keller One of the things that unites all Davis residents is our pride in UCD. It drives our econom ...

by Tim Keller One of the things that unites all Davis residents is our pride in UCD. It drives our economy; it is why we have such a diverse and well educated population, and it gives us the cultural ...

September 09, 2019
| by Tim Keller

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Sobering Answer on Economic Development

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 02, 2019
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Sobering Answer on Economic Development

At last week’s forum I asked a question of Danielle Casey that seemed straightforward but at the same tim ...

At last week’s forum I asked a question of Danielle Casey that seemed straightforward but at the same time turned out to be fairly sobering. How does the region view Davis from the standpoint of econo ...

September 02, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: The Decision on District Elections Has Been Made, Now We Turn to Details

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 02, 2019
| (26) Comments

Monday Morning Thoughts: The Decision on District Elections Has Been Made, Now We Turn to Details

People are still debating over whether the city should challenge district elections. Writes Al Sokolow: “ ...

People are still debating over whether the city should challenge district elections. Writes Al Sokolow: “To argue the hardly surprising generation that voters tend to favor candidates from their own r ...

September 02, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Davis’ Fiscal Emergency

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 01, 2019
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Sunday Commentary: Davis’ Fiscal Emergency

When the city polled residents, the vast majority of those residents were willing to back a renewal on th ...

When the city polled residents, the vast majority of those residents were willing to back a renewal on the city’s sales tax measure, but at the same time most did not seem to recognize just how bad th ...

September 01, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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My View: Re-examining the Middle-Income Housing Requirement

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 31, 2019
| (49) Comments

My View: Re-examining the Middle-Income Housing Requirement

The city of Davis is clearly in need of more middle income housing, especially what might be termed workf ...

The city of Davis is clearly in need of more middle income housing, especially what might be termed workforce housing. In previous articles we have looked toward policies which aimed at people with m ...

August 31, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: The Public Safety Myth

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: August 31, 2019
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Guest Commentary: The Public Safety Myth

By Rachael Rollins For time immemorial, we have been told that our communities are safer with each crimin ...

By Rachael Rollins For time immemorial, we have been told that our communities are safer with each criminal that our local law enforcement locks up—often for low-level offenses like drug possession, s ...

August 31, 2019
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Commentary: Davis, Sacramento Region Poised to Take Advantage of Economic Development Opportunity

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 28, 2019
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Commentary: Davis, Sacramento Region Poised to Take Advantage of Economic Development Opportunity

The cost of living in the Bay Area is creating opportunity for other areas to take advantage of this. Da ...

The cost of living in the Bay Area is creating opportunity for other areas to take advantage of this. Davis has long seen a need for a more diverse economy – something that could take advantage of it ...

August 28, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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The Death Penalty and Racism

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: August 26, 2019
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The Death Penalty and Racism

By Jeffery Robinson In 2009, North Carolina passed the Racial Justice Act (RJA), which allowed defendants ...

By Jeffery Robinson In 2009, North Carolina passed the Racial Justice Act (RJA), which allowed defendants to strike the death penalty from their cases if they could show that racial discrimination was ...

August 26, 2019
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Sunday Commentary: Housing Is a Puzzle – How Does Davis Solve It?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 25, 2019
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Sunday Commentary: Housing Is a Puzzle – How Does Davis Solve It?

Where to begin? That’s my dilemma here, but it is really the same problem that the city of Davis has. T ...

Where to begin? That’s my dilemma here, but it is really the same problem that the city of Davis has. To me the housing picture in Davis is really about balance – and the struggle to find that balan ...

August 25, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: Jewish Action NorCal Statement on Trump’s Anti-Semitic Rhetoric

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: August 25, 2019
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Guest Commentary: Jewish Action NorCal Statement on Trump’s Anti-Semitic Rhetoric

By Eva Mroczek and Greg Brucker Jewish Action NorCal strongly condemns the Anti-Semitic statements and tw ...

By Eva Mroczek and Greg Brucker Jewish Action NorCal strongly condemns the Anti-Semitic statements and tweets of the President of the United States on August 20 and 21. First, he called Jews who vote ...

August 25, 2019
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Sanders and Warren Just Released the Most Decarceral Criminal Justice Platforms Ever

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: August 25, 2019
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Sanders and Warren Just Released the Most Decarceral Criminal Justice Platforms Ever

The 2020 presidential candidates recently unveiled national criminal justice agendas that reimagine publi ...

The 2020 presidential candidates recently unveiled national criminal justice agendas that reimagine public safety and punishment. By Aaron Morrison Within a few days of each other, Democratic presiden ...

August 25, 2019
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My View: Climate Crisis Coming Sooner Than We Thought

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 24, 2019
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My View: Climate Crisis Coming Sooner Than We Thought

The fires have attracted worldwide attention to the peril that could hit this planet if the Amazon succum ...

The fires have attracted worldwide attention to the peril that could hit this planet if the Amazon succumbs to an ecological disaster. But as a Washington Post editorial this week makes clear – this ...

August 24, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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My View: Sutter’s Planned Expansion Big News for Davis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 24, 2019
| (7) Comments

My View: Sutter’s Planned Expansion Big News for Davis

During a time of the year when it seems like the only news is bad news, Davis got a dose of good news thi ...

During a time of the year when it seems like the only news is bad news, Davis got a dose of good news this week when Sutter announced the plans for a $51.8 million expansion at the Davis hospital faci ...

August 24, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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California Is Pushing People Deeper into Poverty by Towing Their Cars for Non-Safety Reasons

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: August 24, 2019
| (26) Comments

California Is Pushing People Deeper into Poverty by Towing Their Cars for Non-Safety Reasons

By Maya Ingram Living in California is already expensive enough for working families – paying rent, payin ...

By Maya Ingram Living in California is already expensive enough for working families – paying rent, paying for childcare, putting food on the table, etc. – without also having to pay to retrieve a tow ...

August 24, 2019
| by Vanguard Administrator

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