Guest Commentary: Orange County’s Dramatic Reduction in Jail Population during the Pandemic Is a Model for the Nation
The court-ordered victory shows that decarceration is not only possible going forward, it’s critically important. By Corene…
Monday Morning Thoughts: School District About to Head Back into the Red
By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA – It should be good news, despite fears of the need…
Guest Commentary: ‘Violence in Sacramento Requires Investment That Matches Scope of Issue’
(This commentary is provided by Sacramento ACT’s LIVE FREE Committee. ACT is an alliance of faith leaders,…
Sunday Commentary: Council Will Focus Heavily on Three Key Proposals for Housing Element
By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA – If one good thing came out of the controversial recommendations…
Sunday Commentary: AB 1542 Is Both Too Broad and Too Narrow
By David M. Greenwald Woodland, CA – When Yolo DA Jeff Reisig and Assemblymember Kevin McCarty created…
Looking Back: When Shaky Eyewitness Testimony Trumps Alibi Witness Testimony
By Jeffrey Deskovic “Looking back” will feature reprints of articles that Jeff previously wrote while a columnist…
Guest Commentary: Lawsuit Filed in Ronnie Long Case Reveals SBI Investigative Records Were Concealed
(Editor’s note: On October 1, 1976, Ronnie Long was wrongly convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment for…
Commentary: How to Achieve Balance with Growth
By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA – One of the points I have been trying to make…
Commentary: Diversion is Good, but Yolo DA Should Start Looking Toward Declination
By David M. Greenwald This week, DA Jeff Reisig belatedly announced—a year after his attack on Public…
Guest Commentary: Mass ICE Detention Is Unnecessary
Immigration detention was cruel, abusive, and degrading before the pandemic hit — but as in so many…
Letter: Future of the Core Transition East
by Mark Grote Dear decision-makers and community members: On behalf of the Old East Davis Neighborhood Association…
Commentary: Davis Really Isn’t a Bedroom Community in the Classic Sense
By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA – I was struck by a question offered up by Matt…
Letter: Newly-Enacted Voting Restrictions and Criminal Penalties Put Our Democracy at Risk
Voter suppression laws are being introduced and passed on a scale unseen since the Jim Crow era….
Monday Morning Thoughts: Density or Sprawl Debate
By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA – For a long time the growth question has been framed…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Has the ACLU Lost Its Way in Protecting Speech They Hate?
By David M. Greenwald On Sunday, the NY Times ran a provocative story: “Once a Bastion of…
Sunday Commentary: Process Yes, Paralysis By Analysis No
By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA – There are times when the call for proper process is…
Sunday Commentary: Telling the Other Side of the Story?
By David M. Greenwald One of the complaints that a number of our readers make from time…
Looking Back: When Shaky Eyewitness Testimony Trumps Alibi Witness Testimony
By Jeffrey Deskovic “Looking back” will feature reprints of articles that Jeff previously wrote while a columnist…
My View: Former Davis Police Officer’s Embezzlement Case Is the Most Stupid Crime of the Century So Far (Opinion)
By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA – Trevor Edens had a 17-year law enforcement career with Davis…
Guest Commentary: Davis Needs a New Perspective On Growth
by Tim Keller In Davis, we seem to be always having the same debate: “Should we approve…