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State and Local Economies Hammered as Officials Ponder Next Moves

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 15, 2020
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State and Local Economies Hammered as Officials Ponder Next Moves

Last week we learned that the city of Davis was now facing over a $20 million budget shortfall. This wee ...

Last week we learned that the city of Davis was now facing over a $20 million budget shortfall. This week, the news if anything is worse statewide, as the state is forced to attempt to close a budget ...

May 15, 2020
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Sunday Commentary: It’s a Stunningly Bad Economic Picture – What Do We Do?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 10, 2020
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Sunday Commentary: It’s a Stunningly Bad Economic Picture – What Do We Do?

Twenty million jobs lost in April as unemployment jumped officially to 14.7 percent—a figure that no doub ...

Twenty million jobs lost in April as unemployment jumped officially to 14.7 percent—a figure that no doubt understates the issue, and a graphic in the NY Times illustrates just what that looks like. T ...

May 10, 2020
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Governor Newsom Expands Office of State Public Defender with $4 Million Budget Increase and $3.5 Million Annually Thereafter

Posted by Danielle Silva
|Date: January 14, 2020
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Governor Newsom Expands Office of State Public Defender with $4 Million Budget Increase and $3.5 Million Annually Thereafter

By Danielle Silva Governor Gavin Newsom has proposed a $4 million budget increase for 2020-2021 and $3.5 ...

By Danielle Silva Governor Gavin Newsom has proposed a $4 million budget increase for 2020-2021 and $3.5 million annually thereafter for the Office of the State Public Defender (OSPD) after a lawsuit ...

January 14, 2020
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Senator Skinner Applauds Gov. Newsom’s Budget for Plan to Close a State Prison

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|Date: January 14, 2020
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Senator Skinner Applauds Gov. Newsom’s Budget for Plan to Close a State Prison

(From Press Release – Senator Skinner) - State Sen. Nancy Skinner, D-Berkeley, issued the following state ...

(From Press Release – Senator Skinner) - State Sen. Nancy Skinner, D-Berkeley, issued the following statement today on the public safety proposals in Gov. Gavin Newsom’s 2020-21 budget: “As chair of t ...

January 14, 2020
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Assemblymember Cecilia Aguiar-Curry Responds to the Senate Appropriations Committee Holding AB 228 on Suspense

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|Date: September 01, 2019
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Assemblymember Cecilia Aguiar-Curry Responds to the Senate Appropriations Committee Holding AB 228 on Suspense

(From Press Release – Assemblymember Aguiar Curry) - Assemblymember Cecilia Aguiar-Curry (D-Winters) made ...

(From Press Release – Assemblymember Aguiar Curry) - Assemblymember Cecilia Aguiar-Curry (D-Winters) made the following statement today, in response to the Senate Appropriations Committee’s action to ...

September 01, 2019
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Assemblymember Aguiar-Curry Looking to Boost Local Investment in Infrastructure and Affordable Housing

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 26, 2019
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Assemblymember Aguiar-Curry Looking to Boost Local Investment in Infrastructure and Affordable Housing

This week, Assemblymember Cecilia Aguiar-Curry (D – Winters), will be hosting a press conference and rall ...

This week, Assemblymember Cecilia Aguiar-Curry (D – Winters), will be hosting a press conference and rally in support of her bill, ACA 1. She will be joined by coauthoring legislators and advocates fo ...

March 26, 2019
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Data Gives Us a Clear Picture of the Future of California

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 24, 2018
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Data Gives Us a Clear Picture of the Future of California

The right has attempted to paint a picture of California as a state where the affluent are leaving, and t ...

The right has attempted to paint a picture of California as a state where the affluent are leaving, and the ones left behind are poor and on public assistance. But the right has not dug into the data ...

December 24, 2018
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Aguiar-Curry Introduces Constitutional Amendment to Boost Local Investments in Infrastructure and Affordable Housing

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 04, 2018
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Aguiar-Curry Introduces Constitutional Amendment to Boost Local Investments in Infrastructure and Affordable Housing

(From Press Release) – Today, Assemblymember Cecilia Aguiar-Curry (D – Winters) and several of her Assemb ...

(From Press Release) – Today, Assemblymember Cecilia Aguiar-Curry (D – Winters) and several of her Assembly colleagues introduced ACA 1, a constitutional amendment which would give local governments i ...

December 04, 2018
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With Little Other Choice, Legislature and Governor Capitulate to the Beverage Industry

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 29, 2018
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With Little Other Choice, Legislature and Governor Capitulate to the Beverage Industry

A deal that will have far-reaching implications indeed passed in the form of AB 1838 and was signed into ...

A deal that will have far-reaching implications indeed passed in the form of AB 1838 and was signed into law by a reluctant Governor Brown. On the surface, the bill bans cities and counties from crea ...

June 29, 2018
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Legislature Passes Bill in Response to Wells Fargo Scandal

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 07, 2017
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Legislature Passes Bill in Response to Wells Fargo Scandal

On Wednesday, the California State Legislature approved a bill by Senator Bill Dodd (D-Napa) to protect v ...

On Wednesday, the California State Legislature approved a bill by Senator Bill Dodd (D-Napa) to protect victims of mass fraud and identity theft. The bill, co-authored by Assemblymember Matt Dababneh ...

September 07, 2017
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Commentary: Defending Double Dipping?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 16, 2017
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Commentary: Defending Double Dipping?

The problem of double dipping into the pension system is a huge problem that the legislature and reformer ...

The problem of double dipping into the pension system is a huge problem that the legislature and reformers have fought hard to address. Unfortunately, Davis Enterprise columnist Bob Dunning is defend ...

August 16, 2017
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Bill in Response to Wells Fargo Scandal Passes Senate

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: May 31, 2017
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Bill in Response to Wells Fargo Scandal Passes Senate

From Press Release – A bill by Senator Bill Dodd (D-Napa) to protect victims of mass fraud and identity t ...

From Press Release – A bill by Senator Bill Dodd (D-Napa) to protect victims of mass fraud and identity theft passed the state Senate on Tuesday. Dodd’s bill was introduced in response to the recent W ...

May 31, 2017
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Banking Committees Probe Wells Fargo Report, Reforms

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|Date: May 18, 2017
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Banking Committees Probe Wells Fargo Report, Reforms

(From Press Release) – Senator Bill Dodd (D-Napa) and Assemblymember Matt Dababneh (D-Encino), held a joi ...

(From Press Release) – Senator Bill Dodd (D-Napa) and Assemblymember Matt Dababneh (D-Encino), held a joint oversight hearing to probe the recently released report on Wells Fargo’s fake account scanda ...

May 18, 2017
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Bill in Response to Wells Fargo Scandal Clears Key Vote

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|Date: May 03, 2017
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Bill in Response to Wells Fargo Scandal Clears Key Vote

(From Press Release) - A bill by Senator Bill Dodd (D-Napa) to protect victims of mass fraud and identity ...

(From Press Release) - A bill by Senator Bill Dodd (D-Napa) to protect victims of mass fraud and identity theft cleared a key vote today in the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday. Dodd’s bill was i ...

May 03, 2017
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$330 Million Dollar Deal to Bring Broadband and Digital Literacy to Rural Communities

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: April 28, 2017
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$330 Million Dollar Deal to Bring Broadband and Digital Literacy to Rural Communities

(From Press Release) AB 1665, Joint-Authored by several bipartisan Assemblymembers, including Cecilia Agu ...

(From Press Release) AB 1665, Joint-Authored by several bipartisan Assemblymembers, including Cecilia Aguiar-Curry (D – Winters), Eduardo Garcia (D – Coachella), and Brian Dahle (R – Bieber), passed ...

April 28, 2017
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Vanguard Interview with Senator Bill Dodd

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: January 16, 2017
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Vanguard Interview with Senator Bill Dodd

Vanguard Board Member Leanna Sweha met with newly-elected Senator Bill Dodd in his Capitol Office on Thur ...

Vanguard Board Member Leanna Sweha met with newly-elected Senator Bill Dodd in his Capitol Office on Thursday, January 12. Here is their interview. You are Chair of the Banking and Finance Committee, ...

January 16, 2017
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Assemblymember Aguiar-Curry Talks Land Use, Economic Development

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: January 04, 2017
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Assemblymember Aguiar-Curry Talks Land Use, Economic Development

Newly elected Assemblymember Cecilia Aguiar-Curry sat down with Leanna Sweha of the Davis Vanguard for an ...

Newly elected Assemblymember Cecilia Aguiar-Curry sat down with Leanna Sweha of the Davis Vanguard for an interview on a variety of topics. The former Mayor of Winters discussed a variety of issues o ...

January 04, 2017
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Assemblymember Dodd Lays Out Legislative Priorities

Posted by Vanguard Editorial Board
|Date: March 26, 2016
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Assemblymember Dodd Lays Out Legislative Priorities

By Vanguard Editorial Board On Thursday March 17, the Editorial Board for the Davis Vanguard met with Ass ...

By Vanguard Editorial Board On Thursday March 17, the Editorial Board for the Davis Vanguard met with Assemblyman Bill Dodd. The meeting sought to delve deeper into Dodd’s platform and allow him the c ...

March 26, 2016
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$15 Minimum Wage Gets a Boost as Los Angeles Approves It

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 20, 2015
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$15 Minimum Wage Gets a Boost as Los Angeles Approves It

When a small group of activists in 2014 proposed a $15 per hour minimum wage, it seemed almost prepostero ...

When a small group of activists in 2014 proposed a $15 per hour minimum wage, it seemed almost preposterous. But on Tuesday, Los Angeles, the state’s largest city and the nation’s second largest city, ...

May 20, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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CalPERS Contributions to Put More Squeeze on Local Funding For Roads

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 17, 2015
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CalPERS Contributions to Put More Squeeze on Local Funding For Roads

CalPERS contribution rates will rise more than nine percent, a move that experts project will cost state ...

CalPERS contribution rates will rise more than nine percent, a move that experts project will cost state and school districts more than half a billion dollars. Last year, CalPERS (California Public Em ...

April 17, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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