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Monday Morning Thoughts: Labor Day and the Flagging Minimum Wage Campaign

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 07, 2015
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Labor Day and the Flagging Minimum Wage Campaign

This past week, the task force appointed by Sacramento’s Mayor Kevin Johnson made the recommendation that ...

This past week, the task force appointed by Sacramento’s Mayor Kevin Johnson made the recommendation that the minimum wage be raised to $12.50 an hour by 2020. This is significantly lower than minim ...

September 07, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Can California Lead on Privacy in Cloud Computing?

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: September 06, 2015
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Can California Lead on Privacy in Cloud Computing?

by Anupam Chander My parents grew up in a pen and paper world, where most of their writings and records w ...

by Anupam Chander My parents grew up in a pen and paper world, where most of their writings and records were kept at home, in their offices, or with close confidantes. I grew up in a world of computer ...

September 06, 2015
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Even a Downsized State Transportation Aid Package Now in Question

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: September 05, 2015
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Even a Downsized State Transportation Aid Package Now in Question

By Dan Carson Eight days before the Legislature is scheduled to adjourn for the year, Gov. Jerry Brown’s ...

By Dan Carson Eight days before the Legislature is scheduled to adjourn for the year, Gov. Jerry Brown’s administration has briefed state legislators on a proposal for $3.6 billion in new funding to a ...

September 05, 2015
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Analysis: Has Bill Dodd Seized the Early Advantage?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 31, 2015
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Analysis: Has Bill Dodd Seized the Early Advantage?

This weekend, Bill Dodd noted that he already had the support of 200 individuals, many of them current an ...

This weekend, Bill Dodd noted that he already had the support of 200 individuals, many of them current and former elected officials. Bill Dodd faces former Assemblymember Mariko Yamada, and, while rac ...

August 31, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Planned Parenthood Tape 8 – A Gynecologist’s View

Posted by Tia Will
|Date: August 30, 2015
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Planned Parenthood Tape 8 – A Gynecologist’s View

by Tia Will Disclosure : While I do not have any direct affiliation with Planned Parenthood or StemExpres ...

by Tia Will Disclosure : While I do not have any direct affiliation with Planned Parenthood or StemExpress, I do have a casual acquaintance who is an acquaintance of the StemExpress executive intervie ...

August 30, 2015
| by Tia Will

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Time To End “Theft by Cop”

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: August 30, 2015
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Time To End “Theft by Cop”

By Margaret Dooley-Sammuli Imagine you’re on your way to buy a used car and a police officer pulls you ov ...

By Margaret Dooley-Sammuli Imagine you’re on your way to buy a used car and a police officer pulls you over. After asking you a few questions, the officer asks to search your car. Knowing you’ve done ...

August 30, 2015
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Making the Local Control Funding Formula Work

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: August 28, 2015
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Making the Local Control Funding Formula Work

By David Sapp While students, parents, faculty and school staff gear up for the excitement of a new schoo ...

By David Sapp While students, parents, faculty and school staff gear up for the excitement of a new school year, a critically important process is unfolding largely out of public view. California scho ...

August 28, 2015
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Wolk Continues to Clean Up on Endorsements As a Possible New Entrant Emerges

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 27, 2015
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Wolk Continues to Clean Up on Endorsements As a Possible New Entrant Emerges

On Wednesday, Dan Wolk’s Assembly Campaign announced the endorsement of the entire Solano County Board of ...

On Wednesday, Dan Wolk’s Assembly Campaign announced the endorsement of the entire Solano County Board of Supervisors. The announcement comes as speculation has increased about the emergence of a thir ...

August 27, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Yamada Announces Endorsements by CA Legislative Women’s Caucus and Former Congresswoman Lynn Woolsey

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 25, 2015
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Yamada Announces Endorsements by CA Legislative Women’s Caucus and Former Congresswoman Lynn Woolsey

In what figures to be among the more intriguing races around the state, Former Assemblymember Mariko Yama ...

In what figures to be among the more intriguing races around the state, Former Assemblymember Mariko Yamada is taking on current Assemblymember Bill Dodd. Yesterday, Ms. Yamada, candidate for Californ ...

August 25, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Dan Wolk’s Moment

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 24, 2015
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Dan Wolk’s Moment

With the announcement last week that potential rival Alfredo Pedroza, the Napa County Supervisor appointe ...

With the announcement last week that potential rival Alfredo Pedroza, the Napa County Supervisor appointed to fill Bill Dodd’s seat, had not only bowed out of the race but had endorsed Dan Wolk, the m ...

August 24, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Planned Parenthood Tape 7 – A Gynecologist’s View

Posted by Tia Will
|Date: August 22, 2015
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Planned Parenthood Tape 7 – A Gynecologist’s View

By Tia Will Disclosure: I have no affiliation, neither personal nor through family or friends with Planne ...

By Tia Will Disclosure: I have no affiliation, neither personal nor through family or friends with Planned Parenthood nor StemExpress nor any other transport company nor tissue research institution. T ...

August 22, 2015
| by Tia Will

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Bipartisan Plan Would Help Restore Control to School Board

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 21, 2015
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Bipartisan Plan Would Help Restore Control to School Board

This week a bipartisan coalition of legislators held a press conference to announce SB 799, sponsored by ...

This week a bipartisan coalition of legislators held a press conference to announce SB 799, sponsored by Senator Jerry Hill, which introduced legislation that will fix the school budget reserve cap. S ...

August 21, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Analysis: Game, Set, Match for Dan Wolk?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 20, 2015
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Analysis: Game, Set, Match for Dan Wolk?

A few days ago, readers were questioning why covering endorsements in a campaign is news. The answer is t ...

A few days ago, readers were questioning why covering endorsements in a campaign is news. The answer is that, while an individual endorsement is not likely to sway votes, the flow of endorsements and ...

August 20, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Physician Assisted End of Life Bill Reintroduced to California Legislature

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 19, 2015
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Physician Assisted End of Life Bill Reintroduced to California Legislature

Senator Lois Wolk, on Tuesday, joined a coalition of legislators seeking to reintroduce legislation regar ...

Senator Lois Wolk, on Tuesday, joined a coalition of legislators seeking to reintroduce legislation regarding the End of Life Option Act in the Assembly Extraordinary Session. Modeled after the origi ...

August 19, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Wolk Receives Endorsement from Torlakson

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: August 18, 2015
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Wolk Receives Endorsement from Torlakson

On Monday, Davis Mayor Dan Wolk announced in a press release that he has received the endorsement of Stat ...

On Monday, Davis Mayor Dan Wolk announced in a press release that he has received the endorsement of State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson in his race for the 4th Assembly District. ...

August 18, 2015
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Planned Parenthood Tape 6 – A Gynecologist’s View

Posted by Tia Will
|Date: August 16, 2015
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Planned Parenthood Tape 6 – A Gynecologist’s View

by Tia Will For the following article, I will continue to use the format of my previous two articles. I h ...

by Tia Will For the following article, I will continue to use the format of my previous two articles. I have referenced the time of the statement on the tape, the speaker, when the tape is incomplete, ...

August 16, 2015
| by Tia Will

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Polling Finds Solid Majority of California Voters Support Bill to Curb Racial Profiling

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 13, 2015
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Polling Finds Solid Majority of California Voters Support Bill to Curb Racial Profiling

A poll was released yesterday, conducted by Tulchin Research, showing 69 percent of likely California vot ...

A poll was released yesterday, conducted by Tulchin Research, showing 69 percent of likely California voters support AB 953: The Racial and Identity Profiling Act of 2015, a state bill introduced by A ...

August 13, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Governor Signs Bills Banning Use of Grand Juries in Police Shootings and Allowing Citizen Recording of Police Officers

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 12, 2015
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Governor Signs Bills Banning Use of Grand Juries in Police Shootings and Allowing Citizen Recording of Police Officers

Nearly a year to the day after a Ferguson police officer was accused of killing unarmed black teen Michae ...

Nearly a year to the day after a Ferguson police officer was accused of killing unarmed black teen Michael Brown, Governor Jerry Brown announced his signing of Senate Bill 227, authored by state Senat ...

August 12, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Will State Roads Funding Become Reality?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 11, 2015
| (7) Comments

Will State Roads Funding Become Reality?

While the City of Davis is looking toward a local revenue stream, possibly in the form of a utility user ...

While the City of Davis is looking toward a local revenue stream, possibly in the form of a utility user tax to fund up to $5.5 million in infrastructure needs – the bulk of which would need to be roa ...

August 11, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Is Don Saylor Simply the Spoiler in the Assembly Race?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 10, 2015
| (29) Comments

Monday Morning Thoughts: Is Don Saylor Simply the Spoiler in the Assembly Race?

Back in June of last year (2014), when it became clear that Dan Wolk was not going to be a finalist for t ...

Back in June of last year (2014), when it became clear that Dan Wolk was not going to be a finalist for the State Assembly Seat, there was a belief that Dan Wolk and fellow Davis resident, Davis Mayor ...

August 10, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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