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My View: Governor Newsom’s Full Court Press Attacks the Homeless Problem, but Is It Enough?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 25, 2020
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My View: Governor Newsom’s Full Court Press Attacks the Homeless Problem, but Is It Enough?

This week Governor Newsom has put on a full court press on the issue of homelessness, which for the most ...

This week Governor Newsom has put on a full court press on the issue of homelessness, which for the most part seems to be focused on creating more temporary shelter and creating alternative space. In ...

January 25, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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My View: 1437 Exposes Just How Out of Step Yolo DA Actually Is

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 25, 2020
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My View: 1437 Exposes Just How Out of Step Yolo DA Actually Is

It is a DA’s office that has long tried to claim the mantle of progressiveness, even though the DA was cl ...

It is a DA’s office that has long tried to claim the mantle of progressiveness, even though the DA was clearly outflanked and nearly defeated by a far more progressive alternative in 2018. Somehow bo ...

January 25, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: Yolo County Foster Care Placements Have Increased Dramatically Since 2016

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: January 25, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Yolo County Foster Care Placements Have Increased Dramatically Since 2016

By Don Saylor It is time to examine Yolo County foster care placements. Data reported by the California C ...

By Don Saylor It is time to examine Yolo County foster care placements. Data reported by the California Child Welfare Indicators Project (CCWIP) on foster care placements in Yolo County reveal some di ...

January 25, 2020
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Analysis: Will Measure G Pass?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 23, 2020
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Analysis: Will Measure G Pass?

Going into the election for the parcel tax, polling indicated that a $200 parcel tax would be right on th ...

Going into the election for the parcel tax, polling indicated that a $200 parcel tax would be right on the cusp – it got to about 65 percent support, adding in leaners, which would leave it just short ...

January 23, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: What is a Moderate Path Forward on Growth For Davis?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 22, 2020
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Commentary: What is a Moderate Path Forward on Growth For Davis?

In 2012 campaign, there was no talk about development or housing. In a city like Davis, known for its di ...

In 2012 campaign, there was no talk about development or housing. In a city like Davis, known for its divisive wars over growth from Mace Ranch to Wildhorse to Measure J and Covell Village this was a ...

January 22, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Why So Many Prosecutors Enjoy Uncontested Re-Election

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|Date: January 22, 2020
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Why So Many Prosecutors Enjoy Uncontested Re-Election

by Rory Fleming There is so much we don’t know about local prosecutors’ offices. Despite handling the vas ...

by Rory Fleming There is so much we don’t know about local prosecutors’ offices. Despite handling the vast majority of US criminal cases, virtually none of them collect, let alone publicize, data on c ...

January 22, 2020
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Affordable Housing and Government Regulation

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: January 20, 2020
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Affordable Housing and Government Regulation

by Mark Dempsey Hardly a day passes without some politician or concerned citizen writing an editorial or ...

by Mark Dempsey Hardly a day passes without some politician or concerned citizen writing an editorial or letter to the editor to say California can fix its affordable housing problem by deregulating. ...

January 20, 2020
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Sunday Commentary: Involuntary Commitment a Good Solution or Asking For Trouble?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 19, 2020
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Sunday Commentary: Involuntary Commitment a Good Solution or Asking For Trouble?

The frustration over the homeless problem has led some to advocate for going back to the idea of involunt ...

The frustration over the homeless problem has led some to advocate for going back to the idea of involuntary commitment. This is an idea pushed for by the president, who has advocated creating govern ...

January 19, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Supervisor Candidates Not Very Supportive of Aggie Research Campus

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 19, 2020
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Sunday Commentary: Supervisor Candidates Not Very Supportive of Aggie Research Campus

This week we had a chance to look at various positions taken by the three candidates for Yolo County Boar ...

This week we had a chance to look at various positions taken by the three candidates for Yolo County Board of Supervisors on a variety of issues, many of them relating to the environment. As supervis ...

January 19, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Crashes, Injuries, Deaths: The Dangers of Police Chases

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: January 19, 2020
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Crashes, Injuries, Deaths: The Dangers of Police Chases

By Vaidya Gullapalli Two recent investigative reporting series focus on the dangers of police vehicle pur ...

By Vaidya Gullapalli Two recent investigative reporting series focus on the dangers of police vehicle pursuits. Last month, the Asbury Park Press and USA Today Network looked at police chases in New J ...

January 19, 2020
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My View: School Finances Are Tricky, Why You Can’t ‘Right Size’ the District

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 18, 2020
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My View: School Finances Are Tricky, Why You Can’t ‘Right Size’ the District

We have had some good discussions in the last week on school finances. To some extent these discussions ...

We have had some good discussions in the last week on school finances. To some extent these discussions have paralleled discussions that Alan Fernandes and Joe DiNunzio had over the previous year as ...

January 18, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Measure R Doesn’t Work If You Don’t Let It

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 16, 2020
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Commentary: Measure R Doesn’t Work If You Don’t Let It

Up until last June, there was never a successful Measure R vote. The closest a project came to gaining t ...

Up until last June, there was never a successful Measure R vote. The closest a project came to gaining the approval of the voters was Nishi in 2016. But Nishi ended up losing by about 700 votes. Th ...

January 16, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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In Support of Measure G

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: January 15, 2020
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In Support of Measure G

By Don Shor I am writing in support of Measure G, the proposed parcel tax of $198 per property to raise a ...

By Don Shor I am writing in support of Measure G, the proposed parcel tax of $198 per property to raise approximately $3 million in order to fund teacher pay increases in the Davis Joint Unified Schoo ...

January 15, 2020
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Prosecutors Must Learn from Drug Users—but That Takes Humility

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|Date: January 15, 2020
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Prosecutors Must Learn from Drug Users—but That Takes Humility

By Rory Fleming Across the US, most health professionals can now find opportunities to learn how to integ ...

By Rory Fleming Across the US, most health professionals can now find opportunities to learn how to integrate harm reduction into their practice, if they so choose. For example, last year within the s ...

January 15, 2020
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Coercive Plea Bargaining Has Poisoned the Criminal Justice System

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: January 15, 2020
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Coercive Plea Bargaining Has Poisoned the Criminal Justice System

The vast number of cases brought under our system of mass incarceration means that plea bargaining is the ...

The vast number of cases brought under our system of mass incarceration means that plea bargaining is the only way for courts to get through the sheer number of cases in their dockets. This system lac ...

January 15, 2020
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Commentary: The District Doesn’t Have Many Alternatives

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 14, 2020
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Commentary: The District Doesn’t Have Many Alternatives

There is a belief that the district could solve a lot of its fiscal problems through better efficiency. T ...

There is a belief that the district could solve a lot of its fiscal problems through better efficiency. The reality is that is probably not true. For one thing, Alan Fernandes engaged with a consultan ...

January 14, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Will SB 50 Solve the Housing Crisis? How Can We Increase Affordable Housing?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 12, 2020
| (26) Comments

Sunday Commentary: Will SB 50 Solve the Housing Crisis? How Can We Increase Affordable Housing?

Senate Bill 50 is back… again… for the third time. It is controversial, with opponents arguing that it t ...

Senate Bill 50 is back… again… for the third time. It is controversial, with opponents arguing that it takes away local control while supporters argue that it is designed to increase housing producti ...

January 12, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Yolo DA’s Depiction of Parole Denial Dehumanizing and Offensive

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 12, 2020
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Sunday Commentary: Yolo DA’s Depiction of Parole Denial Dehumanizing and Offensive

A press release by the Yolo County DA’s Office and its accompanying Facebook post drew our attention late ...

A press release by the Yolo County DA’s Office and its accompanying Facebook post drew our attention late this week. Under the banner “Child Molester Parole Denied,” the DA’s office at the same time ...

January 12, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Ethnic Studies in California: Asian American Scholars Defend Inclusion of Arab American Studies

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|Date: January 12, 2020
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Ethnic Studies in California: Asian American Scholars Defend Inclusion of Arab American Studies

Leading Asian American Scholars Defend the Inclusion of Arab American Studies in the CA Ethnic Studies Mo ...

Leading Asian American Scholars Defend the Inclusion of Arab American Studies in the CA Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum. This statement was sent to the California Department of Education by the nation ...

January 12, 2020
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My View: But Was It Legal?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 11, 2020
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My View: But Was It Legal?

As we reported earlier this week, the so-called “Freedom to Park” initiative fell short of the required 3 ...

As we reported earlier this week, the so-called “Freedom to Park” initiative fell short of the required 3938 signatures needed to qualify. A statement from the organizers indicated “we are going to r ...

January 11, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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