Guest Commentary: Toward a Director of Public Health and Safety in Davis – Blueprint and First Steps
by Robb Davis On Tuesday, June 1, 2021, the Davis City Council created a budgetary “placeholder” to…
Guest Commentary: Family Court, CPS Protecting Judge, Double-Down with First Amendment Rights Violations
By Bob Saunders Special to The Vanguard SAN JOSE, CA – In what could only be described…
Commentary: City Pulls Noise Ordinance Issue, but Bypassing Commissions in Davis Is a Recipe for Trouble
By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA – It’s rarely a good idea in Davis to attempt to…
Letter: Concerns about Council Subcommittee on Commission Process
by Todd Edelman Dear City Council, City of Davis, I’ve a few concerns, questions and proposals for…
Commentary: We Talk about Qualified Immunity, How about Police Accountability for False Confessions and False Testimony?
By David M. Greenwald A recent focus in police reform has zeroed in on qualified immunity. This…
Guest Commentary: Supernormal Stimulus/Buggy Software – And Race Bias
By Mark Dempsey “Software” – not just the hardware of our physical body – is essential for…
Guest Commentary: Talking the Same Old Ground of ‘Fiscal Responsibility’™
by Mark Dempsey Tracy C. Miller of the Tribune News Service recently published an editorial monument to…
Monday Morning Thoughts: UCD As the Behemoth, but Can It Viably Solve Our Housing Problems?
By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA – Sometimes I feel like we are living in the land…
Monday Morning Thoughts: When We Think of Victims, We Are Not Picturing Who the Bulk of Crime Victims Actually Are
by David M. Greenwald When Carlos Vega got trounced in his effort to unseat Larry Krasner as…
Sunday Commentary: We Need to Be Talking about the Big Housing Issue in Davis
By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA – I was sitting down this week over coffee with a…
Commentary: New Sound Ordinance – This Sounds Fishy!
by Robert Canning At next week’s city council meeting, council will be asked to change the city’s…
Looking Back: Harmless Error – Is It Ever Really Harmless?
by Jeffrey Deskovic “Looking back” will feature reprints of articles that Jeff previously wrote while a columnist…
My View: A Good Discussion on Hate Crime Enhancements and the Need to End Them
By David M. Greenwald Traditionally the debate over whether to have enhanced penalties for hate crimes has…
Guest Commentary: What Larry Krasner’s Primary Win Means for Criminal Legal Reform – and How He Can Go Further
Krasner has tackled some of the great injustices that his predecessors carried out. He also has more…
Commentary: ‘The Arc of the Moral Universe is Long but It Bends Toward Justice’
By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA – Fifteen years ago next month was one of the lower…
Commentary: Is the Elimination of Single-Family Zoning in the Cards?
By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA – While the city of Davis has thus far avoided a…
Guest Commentary: The Movement to End Police Violence 1 Year after George Floyd’s Murder
By Paige Fernandez and Taylor Pendergrass One year ago today, George Floyd was brutally murdered in broad…
Student Opinion: Protests in Colombia: A Political Eruption Both New and Familiar
By Jacob Vito During my years in high school, many of my most prestigious accomplishments came from…
Commentary: Fairness Builds Trust
By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA – Reasonable people can disagree on policy goals. That is the…
Commentary: Sheriff Alex Villanueva – Aberration or Just Average?
By Jessica Pishko During the last Los Angeles County Civilian Oversight Commission meeting, it was unclear that…