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Sunday Commentary: Will California Really Get Rid of Single-Family Zoning?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 28, 2019
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Sunday Commentary: Will California Really Get Rid of Single-Family Zoning?

The statewide housing crisis has definitely spawned a number of initiatives and some different approaches ...

The statewide housing crisis has definitely spawned a number of initiatives and some different approaches. Earlier this week there was a thought-provoking op-ed in the LA Times, “Holy cow! California ...

April 28, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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My View: Mace Before the Redesign Was Dangerous for Kids and Bicyclists

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 27, 2019
| (12) Comments

My View: Mace Before the Redesign Was Dangerous for Kids and Bicyclists

Following my commentary on Mace from Thursday in which we called for El Macero residents to pay for their ...

Following my commentary on Mace from Thursday in which we called for El Macero residents to pay for their fair share of the roadway revisions that they were demanding, I received a letter in response ...

April 27, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Should El Macero Residents Pay for Their Portion of the Roadway Upgrades?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 25, 2019
| (26) Comments

Commentary: Should El Macero Residents Pay for Their Portion of the Roadway Upgrades?

On Tuesday night, the Davis City Council agreed at least in principle to have a design firm make revision ...

On Tuesday night, the Davis City Council agreed at least in principle to have a design firm make revisions to the now complete Mace Boulevard project. One of the interesting factors on Tuesday night ...

April 25, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Proposal Won’t Solve Mace Problems, Could Make It Worse

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 22, 2019
| (22) Comments

Monday Morning Thoughts: Proposal Won’t Solve Mace Problems, Could Make It Worse

When the Davis City Council attempted to address the paid parking pushback, they installed a compromise t ...

When the Davis City Council attempted to address the paid parking pushback, they installed a compromise that on paper seemed rather reasonable. With large numbers of businesses and citizens up in arm ...

April 22, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Prosecutorial Oversight Lacking in Yolo County

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 22, 2019
| (10) Comments

Monday Morning Thoughts: Prosecutorial Oversight Lacking in Yolo County

Last week we saw at the state level a shining example of how even a liberal attorney general is not suffi ...

Last week we saw at the state level a shining example of how even a liberal attorney general is not sufficient to produce proper oversight. In the Orange County jailhouse informant scandal, a case th ...

April 22, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Marijuana Legalization Has a Racial Component

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 22, 2019
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Marijuana Legalization Has a Racial Component

By Charlotte Resing Marijuana has been a key driver of mass criminalization in this country and hundreds ...

By Charlotte Resing Marijuana has been a key driver of mass criminalization in this country and hundreds of thousands of people, the majority of whom are Black or Latinx, have their lives impacted by ...

April 22, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: The Left Split over Housing

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 21, 2019
| (30) Comments

Sunday Commentary: The Left Split over Housing

If you have been following local politics in Davis for any period of time, you will know that the town at ...

If you have been following local politics in Davis for any period of time, you will know that the town at times is bitterly split over the issue of growth and housing. What has made the dividing line ...

April 21, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Becerra Fails to Hold Orange County DA Accountable for Snitch Scandal

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 21, 2019
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Sunday Commentary: Becerra Fails to Hold Orange County DA Accountable for Snitch Scandal

Scandal and Failure to Hold Official Accountable Highlight the Failed Prosecutorial Oversight System It h ...

Scandal and Failure to Hold Official Accountable Highlight the Failed Prosecutorial Oversight System It has been nearly five years since Orange County Assistant Public Defender Scott Sanders spoke in ...

April 21, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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My View: Council Needs to Pause on Mace, Avoid Making Rash Decisions

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 20, 2019
| (4) Comments

My View: Council Needs to Pause on Mace, Avoid Making Rash Decisions

Prior to spring break, I picked up my 9th grader just after 5 pm on a Thursday evening, hit a wall of tra ...

Prior to spring break, I picked up my 9th grader just after 5 pm on a Thursday evening, hit a wall of traffic at the inflection point on the Mace Curve and sat in traffic for half an hour as we slowly ...

April 20, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: How the University and Davis Colonized Woodland

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: April 20, 2019
| (59) Comments

Guest Commentary: How the University and Davis Colonized Woodland

By David Taormino When the term “colonized” is used one conjures up the 16th and 17th Century European Po ...

By David Taormino When the term “colonized” is used one conjures up the 16th and 17th Century European Powers sailing off to Africa, South America and the Far East. The purpose then being to exploit ...

April 20, 2019
| by Vanguard Administrator

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ACLU Sues to End Cash Bail

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: April 20, 2019
| 0 comments

ACLU Sues to End Cash Bail

By Twyla Carter and Philip Mayor Imagine being poor and being arrested by the police in Detroit. You are ...

By Twyla Carter and Philip Mayor Imagine being poor and being arrested by the police in Detroit. You are supposed to be innocent until proven guilty, but with no money, you will remain in jail for up ...

April 20, 2019
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Guest Commentary: Solution for Mace is to Regulate Traffic at Mace and Montgomery

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: April 18, 2019
| (21) Comments

Guest Commentary: Solution for Mace is to Regulate Traffic at Mace and Montgomery

By Jason Taormino The problem with the Mace Blvd traffic is Waze and other mapping solutions. They are re ...

By Jason Taormino The problem with the Mace Blvd traffic is Waze and other mapping solutions. They are rerouting drivers off of highway 80, down Treemont and up Mace Blvd on Thursday and Friday evenin ...

April 18, 2019
| by Vanguard Administrator

| (21) Comments

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Commentary: When Critics Get It Wrong

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 16, 2019
| (31) Comments

Commentary: When Critics Get It Wrong

Clearly there are some unanticipated problems with the redesign of Mace Boulevard, but some critics have ...

Clearly there are some unanticipated problems with the redesign of Mace Boulevard, but some critics have turned this into an opportunity to attack the "complete streets" concept itself. On Sunday, I ...

April 16, 2019
| by David Greenwald

| (31) Comments

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The Assange Indictment and Press Freedoms

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: April 16, 2019
| (1) Comment

The Assange Indictment and Press Freedoms

By Ben Wizner and Jameel Jaffer What to make of the indictment of Julian Assange? The Justice Department ...

By Ben Wizner and Jameel Jaffer What to make of the indictment of Julian Assange? The Justice Department hasn’t crossed the line that many feared it would: It hasn’t charged Julian Assange for publish ...

April 16, 2019
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Mayor Lee Takes the First Dive Into Measure R

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 15, 2019
| (14) Comments

Monday Morning Thoughts: Mayor Lee Takes the First Dive Into Measure R

Given that we are probably less than a year from Measure R’s renewal being on the ballot, I’m a bit surpr ...

Given that we are probably less than a year from Measure R’s renewal being on the ballot, I’m a bit surprised that we haven’t seen more discussion on it. Then again, given that this year we have alre ...

April 15, 2019
| by David Greenwald

| (14) Comments

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Dangerous Assault on the Free Press?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 15, 2019
| (4) Comments

Monday Morning Thoughts: Dangerous Assault on the Free Press?

My view of Julian Assange is complicated. On the one hand, I am a believer in the need for a more open g ...

My view of Julian Assange is complicated. On the one hand, I am a believer in the need for a more open government and relish the opportunity as a reporter and the publisher on a news site to uncover ...

April 15, 2019
| by David Greenwald

| (4) Comments

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Public Deserves to See the Mueller Report With as Few Redactions as Possible

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: April 15, 2019
| (2) Comments

Public Deserves to See the Mueller Report With as Few Redactions as Possible

By Jennesa Calvo-Friedman Few matters are of greater public interest than the contents of the report prod ...

By Jennesa Calvo-Friedman Few matters are of greater public interest than the contents of the report produced by Special Counsel Robert Mueller on his recently completed investigation into Russia’s in ...

April 15, 2019
| by Vanguard Administrator

| (2) Comments

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Guest Commentary: Measure J/R Is an Important Mechanism to Ensure High Quality Proposals

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: April 14, 2019
| (32) Comments

Guest Commentary: Measure J/R Is an Important Mechanism to Ensure High Quality Proposals

By Brett Lee There has been some discussion about Measure J/R over the past year – with the basic questio ...

By Brett Lee There has been some discussion about Measure J/R over the past year – with the basic question “does it work as intended?” The recent passage of two measure J/R votes (Nishi and West Davis ...

April 14, 2019
| by Vanguard Administrator

| (32) Comments

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Sunday Commentary: Designing Complete Streets Doesn’t Necessarily Mean Punishing Automobiles

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 14, 2019
| (12) Comments

Sunday Commentary: Designing Complete Streets Doesn’t Necessarily Mean Punishing Automobiles

When I read the editorial by the Davis Enterprise, I was a bit disturbed by the implication of this state ...

When I read the editorial by the Davis Enterprise, I was a bit disturbed by the implication of this statement: “The operative principle in all these projects seems to be that if only we make driving ( ...

April 14, 2019
| by David Greenwald

| (12) Comments

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Family Separation Advocate Named As Acting Secretary of Homeland Security

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: April 14, 2019
| 0 comments

Family Separation Advocate Named As Acting Secretary of Homeland Security

By Brian Tashman With his selection of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Commissioner Kevin McAleenan t ...

By Brian Tashman With his selection of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Commissioner Kevin McAleenan to serve as acting secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), President Trump has o ...

April 14, 2019
| by Vanguard Court Watch Interns

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