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Guest Commentary: Released Parolee Was a Low Risk to Re-Offend

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|Date: September 27, 2019
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Guest Commentary: Released Parolee Was a Low Risk to Re-Offend

By Tracie Olson and Sara Johnson Tim Wilson is low risk to reoffend and does not pose a danger to society ...

By Tracie Olson and Sara Johnson Tim Wilson is low risk to reoffend and does not pose a danger to society, said the Board of Parole Hearings of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitat ...

September 27, 2019
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Commentary: Five Years Later, Armored Vehicle Welcomed to California College Town

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 26, 2019
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Commentary: Five Years Later, Armored Vehicle Welcomed to California College Town

On September 13, 2014, there was a picture of Lt. Tom Waltz in the New York Times. “Police Armored Vehic ...

On September 13, 2014, there was a picture of Lt. Tom Waltz in the New York Times. “Police Armored Vehicle is Unwelcome in California College Town” read the article headline. “This thing has a turret ...

September 26, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Our Youth Are Worried, They Should Be, Why Aren’t You?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 26, 2019
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Commentary: Our Youth Are Worried, They Should Be, Why Aren’t You?

Teen climate activist Greta Thunberg has in many ways stolen the show with her angry words and scathing s ...

Teen climate activist Greta Thunberg has in many ways stolen the show with her angry words and scathing speech at the UN this week. "I shouldn't be up here. I should be back at school on the other sid ...

September 26, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Are We Doing the Right Thing on Pacifico?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 23, 2019
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Are We Doing the Right Thing on Pacifico?

We have been hearing complaints about Pacifico since last fall. The neighbors got to the point where the ...

We have been hearing complaints about Pacifico since last fall. The neighbors got to the point where they requested (demanded?) the city level Pacifico and rebuild from scratch. The council has thus ...

September 23, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: DPD Tries Again on Armored Rescue Vehicle

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 23, 2019
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Monday Morning Thoughts: DPD Tries Again on Armored Rescue Vehicle

It has been five years since the last time the Davis Police Department attempted to acquire an armored re ...

It has been five years since the last time the Davis Police Department attempted to acquire an armored rescue vehicle (ARV). However, in the aftermath of Ferguson and concerns about the militarizatio ...

September 23, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Forget the Lurid, the Masturbation Case Was All about Identification

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 22, 2019
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Sunday Commentary: Forget the Lurid, the Masturbation Case Was All about Identification

While the nature of the case and the fact that a man was allegedly masturbating on a jogging path at Slid ...

While the nature of the case and the fact that a man was allegedly masturbating on a jogging path at Slide Hill Park got people’s attention, at the end of the day this was really a case about eyewitne ...

September 22, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: SF’s Mental Health Crisis: Where There’s a Will, Preventative, Community-based Treatment Is the Way

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|Date: September 18, 2019
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Guest Commentary: SF’s Mental Health Crisis: Where There’s a Will, Preventative, Community-based Treatment Is the Way

by Danielle Harris – Our mental health crisis is not a tragedy waiting to happen, as some would have it. ...

by Danielle Harris – Our mental health crisis is not a tragedy waiting to happen, as some would have it. The tragedies are happening, have happened, and continue to happen. They are stacking up one on ...

September 18, 2019
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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 14-5 vote, that t ...

In January 1996, a governance committee appointed by the city council recommended, by a 14-5 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
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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
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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
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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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