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Racist Drug Laws Lead to Racist Enforcement in Cities Across the Country

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|Date: February 23, 2020
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Racist Drug Laws Lead to Racist Enforcement in Cities Across the Country

Across the country law enforcement selectively targets Black and brown people for stops, arrests, prosecu ...

Across the country law enforcement selectively targets Black and brown people for stops, arrests, prosecution, and imprisonment at wildly disproportionate rates. By Ezekilel Edwards and Shilpi ...

February 23, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Let’s Talk about Bernie Anxiety

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|Date: February 22, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Let’s Talk about Bernie Anxiety

by Scott Steward At the coffee counter of life, sometimes you sit next to someone who looks a bit beat up ...

by Scott Steward At the coffee counter of life, sometimes you sit next to someone who looks a bit beat up and haggard and your just not sure you want to go there. Turns out you do talk and connect ab ...

February 22, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Only We Can Win a #UC4All

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|Date: February 21, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Only We Can Win a #UC4All

by Morganne Blais-McPherson With the March 3rd Democratic primaries quickly approaching, thousands of stu ...

by Morganne Blais-McPherson With the March 3rd Democratic primaries quickly approaching, thousands of students across UC Davis will be voting in their first presidential race. As a teaching assistant ...

February 21, 2020
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Commentary: For Economic Development to Succeed, We Need Leadership Lacking on ARC to Step Up

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 18, 2020
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Commentary: For Economic Development to Succeed, We Need Leadership Lacking on ARC to Step Up

In 2010 a combination of political and business leaders came together through DSIDE (Designing a Sustaina ...

In 2010 a combination of political and business leaders came together through DSIDE (Designing a Sustainable & Innovative Davis Economy) to push for economic development in Davis. Among the outco ...

February 18, 2020
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Commentary: Should Barr Step Down? 1100 Former Prosecutors Think So

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 18, 2020
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Commentary: Should Barr Step Down? 1100 Former Prosecutors Think So

Over the weekend, more than 1100 former prosecutors and officials who served in both Republican and Democ ...

Over the weekend, more than 1100 former prosecutors and officials who served in both Republican and Democratic administrations, signed onto an open letter that condemned the president and the attorney ...

February 18, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Parcel Tax Exemptions: The Legal, the Political and the Moral

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 17, 2020
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Parcel Tax Exemptions: The Legal, the Political and the Moral

Let’s get this out of the way – the parcel tax is the worst conceivable type of tax that could ever have ...

Let’s get this out of the way – the parcel tax is the worst conceivable type of tax that could ever have been created. Critics are right to point out that the parcel tax is extremely regressive. You ...

February 17, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Lacey a No-Show; Gascón and Rossi Deliver on Progressive Reform

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 17, 2020
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Lacey a No-Show; Gascón and Rossi Deliver on Progressive Reform

by David Greenwald Our coverage of progressive prosecutors took us down to LA this week to see a League o ...

by David Greenwald Our coverage of progressive prosecutors took us down to LA this week to see a League of Women Voters-sponsored candidate's forum. Seemed pretty safe that all the candidates would pa ...

February 17, 2020
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Bill Barr Wants Sheriffs to Join His Attacks on State and Local Governments

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|Date: February 17, 2020
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Bill Barr Wants Sheriffs to Join His Attacks on State and Local Governments

Communities should protect immigrants rather than serve Trump’s agenda. By Brian Tashman and Naureen Shah ...

Communities should protect immigrants rather than serve Trump’s agenda. By Brian Tashman and Naureen Shah Attorney General Bill Barr, speaking at the National Sheriffs’ Association conference in Washi ...

February 17, 2020
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The Path to Liberation Does Not Go through Pretrial Punishment

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|Date: February 16, 2020
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The Path to Liberation Does Not Go through Pretrial Punishment

By Vaidya Gullapalli On Monday, a caller to the Brian Lehrer Show expressed his discomfort with the curre ...

By Vaidya Gullapalli On Monday, a caller to the Brian Lehrer Show expressed his discomfort with the current debate about recent bail reforms in New York. The caller, a lawyer from near Lake Placid, Ne ...

February 16, 2020
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Letter: Davis High PTA Endorses Measure G

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|Date: February 14, 2020
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Letter: Davis High PTA Endorses Measure G

DHS PTA 2019/20 Executive Board The Davis High School PTA voted to endorse Measure G, and we’d like to as ...

DHS PTA 2019/20 Executive Board The Davis High School PTA voted to endorse Measure G, and we’d like to ask for your YES vote on March 3. DHS PTA recognizes the role a consistent staff plays on our cam ...

February 14, 2020
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Guest Commentary: How and Why the School Board Put Forth the Parcel Tax to the Voters

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|Date: February 13, 2020
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Guest Commentary: How and Why the School Board Put Forth the Parcel Tax to the Voters

By Joe DiNunzio At the invitation of the Davis Vanguard, the following article is a rather detailed overv ...

By Joe DiNunzio At the invitation of the Davis Vanguard, the following article is a rather detailed overview of the process the Davis Joint Unified School District (DJUSD) undertook during 2019 that l ...

February 13, 2020
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Monday Morning Thoughts: We Need Alternatives to SB 50

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 10, 2020
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Monday Morning Thoughts: We Need Alternatives to SB 50

Last week I was asked the following question on SB 50: “There seems to be a 'dearth' of articles on here, ...

Last week I was asked the following question on SB 50: “There seems to be a 'dearth' of articles on here, regarding the views of social justice/equity groups toward SB 50. Why is that, given David’s ...

February 10, 2020
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Sunday Commentary: It Comes Down to How to Manage Change in Davis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 09, 2020
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Sunday Commentary: It Comes Down to How to Manage Change in Davis

Two of my biggest concerns about the current trajectory of Davis are, first, that we have constrained the ...

Two of my biggest concerns about the current trajectory of Davis are, first, that we have constrained the housing market so much in Davis that we are at risk of having a completely bifurcated Davis – ...

February 09, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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No on Measure G Campaign Begins

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|Date: February 09, 2020
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No on Measure G Campaign Begins

(From Press Release – No on Measure G) - “Support Teachers, Not Parcel Taxes,” says Mary McDonald, spokes ...

(From Press Release – No on Measure G) - “Support Teachers, Not Parcel Taxes,” says Mary McDonald, spokesperson for the NPTPAC (No Parcel Taxes Political Action Committee), a registered committee with ...

February 09, 2020
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Commentary: Mayor Misses Opportunity on Call to Action on Critical Issues

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 07, 2020
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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: It’s Not the Commission – It’s Our Investment

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 05, 2020
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Commentary: It’s Not the Commission – It’s Our Investment

Bob Dunning is offended. He noted in a recent column that he was in Portland and greatly disturbed by a ...

Bob Dunning is offended. He noted in a recent column that he was in Portland and greatly disturbed by a sign he saw - “Portland: Bicycle Capital of the Nation.” He then notes the headline from a few ...

February 05, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Lots of Opposition to SB 50, Few Alternatives Offered

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 04, 2020
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Commentary: Lots of Opposition to SB 50, Few Alternatives Offered

Veteran columnist George Skelton has an excellent analysis, pinning down key opponents of SB 50 – Senator ...

Veteran columnist George Skelton has an excellent analysis, pinning down key opponents of SB 50 – Senator Bob Hertzberg and Holly Mitchell in particular. Like many, he acknowledges problems with SB 50 ...

February 04, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: In the Wake of SB 50’s Defeat – We Still Need Housing

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 02, 2020
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Sunday Commentary: In the Wake of SB 50’s Defeat – We Still Need Housing

A lot of people think I supported SB 50. I definitely followed its progress. There were definitely aspe ...

A lot of people think I supported SB 50. I definitely followed its progress. There were definitely aspects of the bill I was supportive of – the need for densification, the need to put housing near ...

February 02, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: ARC Is a Different Kind of Project and That Presents a Challenge for Measure R Process

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 30, 2020
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Commentary: ARC Is a Different Kind of Project and That Presents a Challenge for Measure R Process

A number of opponents of the Aggie Research Campus project got up Tuesday night to complain about the lac ...

A number of opponents of the Aggie Research Campus project got up Tuesday night to complain about the lack of public meetings on the project. While I think a lot of that is an attempt to impose paral ...

January 30, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: SB 50 Fails Again in Senate Vote – Time to Shelve the Idea?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 30, 2020
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Commentary: SB 50 Fails Again in Senate Vote – Time to Shelve the Idea?

The state of California is mired in a housing crisis. All involved seem to understand the need to put fo ...

The state of California is mired in a housing crisis. All involved seem to understand the need to put forward new policies to make it possible to build the housing necessary – and yet one of the most ...

January 30, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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