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Commentary: New Numbers Offer Different Look at Davis Housing Shortfall

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 02, 2019
| (31) Comments

Commentary: New Numbers Offer Different Look at Davis Housing Shortfall

I was intrigued by data presented in Rich Rifkin’s latest column. One thing that becomes pretty clear is ...

I was intrigued by data presented in Rich Rifkin’s latest column. One thing that becomes pretty clear is that just looking at population or housing growth alone does not tell the whole tale of what i ...

August 02, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Defending Common Decency in Davis

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: August 02, 2019
| (20) Comments

Defending Common Decency in Davis

By Alan Hirsch If you were at City Hall after midnight Tuesday you could see decency in action. I was at ...

By Alan Hirsch If you were at City Hall after midnight Tuesday you could see decency in action. I was at the City Council meeting at 12:20 am. I’m retired, so I had the luxury of staying to speak on a ...

August 02, 2019
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Guest Commentary: Opposition to the Proposed Astound Contract

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: July 31, 2019
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Guest Commentary: Opposition to the Proposed Astound Contract

By Lorenzo Kristov I urge the City Council not to approve the proposed Astound contract. The contract is ...

By Lorenzo Kristov I urge the City Council not to approve the proposed Astound contract. The contract is seriously problematic in terms of both its substance and the process by which it was developed. ...

July 31, 2019
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Monday Morning Thoughts: On Struggling Suburbs and Declining Bicycle Legacy

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 29, 2019
| (46) Comments

Monday Morning Thoughts: On Struggling Suburbs and Declining Bicycle Legacy

This morning’s column puts together two different thoughts into one column. The Bee’s analysis of suburb ...

This morning’s column puts together two different thoughts into one column. The Bee’s analysis of suburbs and housing. and Bob Dunning’s seeming tunnel vision of the decline of Davis' bicycling place ...

July 29, 2019
| by David Greenwald

| (46) Comments

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Sunday Commentary: Given the Polling, Should the City Consider Raising the Sales Tax?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 28, 2019
| (15) Comments

Sunday Commentary: Given the Polling, Should the City Consider Raising the Sales Tax?

On Tuesday, the Davis City Council will get a chance to review draft ordinance language for the renewal o ...

On Tuesday, the Davis City Council will get a chance to review draft ordinance language for the renewal of the sales tax. As it stands, the sales tax is one of the most important initiatives that the ...

July 28, 2019
| by David Greenwald

| (15) Comments

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Sunday Commentary: If Reisig Wants to Be a Progressive Prosecutor – Here’s His Chance in the Dev Case

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 28, 2019
| (3) Comments

Sunday Commentary: If Reisig Wants to Be a Progressive Prosecutor – Here’s His Chance in the Dev Case

District Attorney Jeff Reisig has, strangely enough, two reputations. Some will tell you he’s actually o ...

District Attorney Jeff Reisig has, strangely enough, two reputations. Some will tell you he’s actually one of the more progressive prosecutors in the state. That’s what an editorial in the Enterpris ...

July 28, 2019
| by David Greenwald

| (3) Comments

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My View: The City Has Several Options to Release Picnic Day 5 Records

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 27, 2019
| 0 comments

My View: The City Has Several Options to Release Picnic Day 5 Records

In the months since SB 1421 became law, we have been granted a front-row seat for public officials findin ...

In the months since SB 1421 became law, we have been granted a front-row seat for public officials finding excuses not to release critical documents that should be released under the new law. First, ...

July 27, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Rexroad Letter Shows School District Did the Right Thing

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 25, 2019
| (81) Comments

Commentary: Rexroad Letter Shows School District Did the Right Thing

The school board took a lot of heat for making the decision to go to district elections. As it turns out ...

The school board took a lot of heat for making the decision to go to district elections. As it turns out they made the exact right decision – as we have now seen from what has happened with the city. ...

July 25, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary and Analysis: Why Davis Should Go to District Elections in November 2020

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 24, 2019
| (68) Comments

Commentary and Analysis: Why Davis Should Go to District Elections in November 2020

All indications suggest but do not confirm that a resident of South Davis is behind the filing of the let ...

All indications suggest but do not confirm that a resident of South Davis is behind the filing of the letter and potential lawsuit against the city of Davis. That is a bit ironic because it would app ...

July 24, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: Reform of Felony Murder Rule Critical To Criminal Justice Reform

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: July 22, 2019
| (5) Comments

Guest Commentary: Reform of Felony Murder Rule Critical To Criminal Justice Reform

By Nancy Skinner and Joel Anderson In January, California ended a decades-old legal doctrine that put num ...

By Nancy Skinner and Joel Anderson In January, California ended a decades-old legal doctrine that put numerous people behind bars for murders they did not commit. Yet six months after the new state la ...

July 22, 2019
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Sunday Commentary: What If They Violate the Rights of Someone Who Clearly Did It?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 21, 2019
| (2) Comments

Sunday Commentary: What If They Violate the Rights of Someone Who Clearly Did It?

In this country, we are supposed to protect the rights of the accused, not only because we have the presu ...

In this country, we are supposed to protect the rights of the accused, not only because we have the presumption of innocence until proven guilty – at least in theory. And if we end up tossing the cha ...

July 21, 2019
| by David Greenwald

| (2) Comments

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Sunday Commentary: Trump Using Hot Buttons to Attempt Reelection

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 21, 2019
| 0 comments

Sunday Commentary: Trump Using Hot Buttons to Attempt Reelection

Following the president’s tweet attacks on four liberal Democratic women of color and the backlash agains ...

Following the president’s tweet attacks on four liberal Democratic women of color and the backlash against the crowd chanting “Send her back,” which caused the president at least some consternation, t ...

July 21, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Should DC Residents Get the Benefits of Full Citizenship?

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: July 21, 2019
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Should DC Residents Get the Benefits of Full Citizenship?

By Monica Hopkins Five years ago, I left the state of Idaho to become a resident of Washington, D.C. I no ...

By Monica Hopkins Five years ago, I left the state of Idaho to become a resident of Washington, D.C. I now live in a vibrant community with people who work hard, not just as federal workers but also a ...

July 21, 2019
| by Vanguard Administrator

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My View: Addressing Housing, Jobs and Traffic is the Next Challenge For the City

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 20, 2019
| (62) Comments

My View: Addressing Housing, Jobs and Traffic is the Next Challenge For the City

One of the big questions is going to be for the next election cycle – just how big a driver is traffic co ...

One of the big questions is going to be for the next election cycle – just how big a driver is traffic concerns. If we look at the survey results, the percentage of those polled who saw traffic as th ...

July 20, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Do We Need an Additional Traffic Study on Mace?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 19, 2019
| (57) Comments

Commentary: Do We Need an Additional Traffic Study on Mace?

Most of Alan Pryor’s guest commentary deals with the current conditions on Mace and the need to study tra ...

Most of Alan Pryor’s guest commentary deals with the current conditions on Mace and the need to study traffic prior to making changes on Mace – but he also points to the 800-pound gorilla as being the ...

July 19, 2019
| by David Greenwald

| (57) Comments

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Commentary: We Need Economic Development While Addressing Income Inequality Regionally

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 18, 2019
| (7) Comments

Commentary: We Need Economic Development While Addressing Income Inequality Regionally

When I first started looking into the prospects for economic development, there were several key factors ...

When I first started looking into the prospects for economic development, there were several key factors that attracted me to it as a way to address the city’s revenue generation problems. As a unive ...

July 18, 2019
| by David Greenwald

| (7) Comments

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Guest Commentary: New Mace Blvd Traffic Study Needed Before Making any More Changes

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: July 18, 2019
| (28) Comments

Guest Commentary: New Mace Blvd Traffic Study Needed Before Making any More Changes

by Alan Pryor The City is in the midst of trying to formulate a plan to alleviate traffic congestion alon ...

by Alan Pryor The City is in the midst of trying to formulate a plan to alleviate traffic congestion along the Mace Blvd. corridor. Following are excerpts from the Staff Report presented to the Bicycl ...

July 18, 2019
| by Vanguard Administrator

| (28) Comments

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Commentary: Racism, Extremism, and Policing

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 16, 2019
| (5) Comments

Commentary: Racism, Extremism, and Policing

It was only a few years ago when the San Francisco Police Department was embroiled in a scandal – a numbe ...

It was only a few years ago when the San Francisco Police Department was embroiled in a scandal – a number of officers got caught up sending not only racist jokes, but making derogatory statements abo ...

July 16, 2019
| by David Greenwald

| (5) Comments

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Guest Commentary: Sacramento Region Excels at Fostering Poverty and Economic Disparities

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: July 16, 2019
| (9) Comments

Guest Commentary: Sacramento Region Excels at Fostering Poverty and Economic Disparities

By Michael Bisch As the Executive Director of Yolo Food Bank, I read with interest the Vanguard’s recent ...

By Michael Bisch As the Executive Director of Yolo Food Bank, I read with interest the Vanguard’s recent commentary on “Sacramento’s surprising rank on a new list of best cities for startup companies” ...

July 16, 2019
| by Vanguard Administrator

| (9) Comments

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Guest Commentary: Moving Forward on the Rental Resources Ordinance

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: July 16, 2019
| (7) Comments

Guest Commentary: Moving Forward on the Rental Resources Ordinance

By Dillan Horton In early June, as the city was finalizing its annual budget I asked the current city cou ...

By Dillan Horton In early June, as the city was finalizing its annual budget I asked the current city council to consider allocating more resources for the Rental Resources Ordinance. I’ve heard so ma ...

July 16, 2019
| by Vanguard Administrator

| (7) Comments

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