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Davis’ Supervisors to Sponsor Resolution on Protecting Children and Keeping Families Together

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 18, 2018
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Davis’ Supervisors to Sponsor Resolution on Protecting Children and Keeping Families Together

On Tuesday, July 24, Don Saylor and Jim Provenza, the two county supervisors who represent Davis, will pu ...

On Tuesday, July 24, Don Saylor and Jim Provenza, the two county supervisors who represent Davis, will put a resolution before their colleagues as a statement of values as well as an action plan to su ...

July 18, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Field & Pond Owner Responds to Ongoing Legal Battle

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 17, 2018
| (21) Comments

Field & Pond Owner Responds to Ongoing Legal Battle

The owners of Field + Pond have been successful both in securing approval from the county as well as the ...

The owners of Field + Pond have been successful both in securing approval from the county as well as the court itself. But the fight is taking a toll on Dahvie James and Philip Watt, both financially ...

July 17, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Yolo County Is Primed for Cannabis Agriculture

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: July 28, 2017
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Yolo County Is Primed for Cannabis Agriculture

By Dan Grace For the past 10 years, Dark Heart Nursery has proudly served the medical cannabis industry b ...

By Dan Grace For the past 10 years, Dark Heart Nursery has proudly served the medical cannabis industry by providing premium-quality young plants to growers throughout Northern California. Those same ...

July 28, 2017
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County Board Unanimously Supports Resolution as UCD Remains Non-Committal

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 07, 2017
| (13) Comments

County Board Unanimously Supports Resolution as UCD Remains Non-Committal

On Tuesday, the Yolo County Board of Supervisors unanimously voted to support a resolution introduced by ...

On Tuesday, the Yolo County Board of Supervisors unanimously voted to support a resolution introduced by Supervisor Jim Provenza and crafted by Supervisor Jim Provenza, Eileen Samitz, Greg Rowe and Co ...

June 07, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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UCD Releases Plans to Build Housing for 2700 Students as County Considers Resolution for 100/50 Plan

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 03, 2017
| (18) Comments

UCD Releases Plans to Build Housing for 2700 Students as County Considers Resolution for 100/50 Plan

On Friday afternoon UC Davis released a plan showing it is seeking to build housing to provide more than ...

On Friday afternoon UC Davis released a plan showing it is seeking to build housing to provide more than 2,775 beds, for students with families as well as graduate and transfer students, to open by 20 ...

June 03, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Letter: On Changes in the Child Welfare System

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: May 01, 2017
| (3) Comments

Letter: On Changes in the Child Welfare System

(**ANONYMOUS FOR FEAR OF RETALIATION. I was not sure how else to provide this submission but hope it can ...

(**ANONYMOUS FOR FEAR OF RETALIATION. I was not sure how else to provide this submission but hope it can somehow reach the community) I have long wished to comment on the situation in our community su ...

May 01, 2017
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Concerned about Blanket 170.6 Policy against Judge Basha

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: April 30, 2017
| (19) Comments

Concerned about Blanket 170.6 Policy against Judge Basha

By John Myers (The following was a letter to the Yolo County Board of Supervisors from Professor John Mye ...

By John Myers (The following was a letter to the Yolo County Board of Supervisors from Professor John Myers regarding the proposed Code of Civil Procedure section 170.6 motion to recuse Judge Basha fr ...

April 30, 2017
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Court Moves Basha Off Dependency Cases at His Request

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 28, 2017
| (5) Comments

Court Moves Basha Off Dependency Cases at His Request

On Tuesday the County Board of Supervisors joined Matt Rexroad in supporting a potential blanket Code of ...

On Tuesday the County Board of Supervisors joined Matt Rexroad in supporting a potential blanket Code of Civil Procedure section 170.6 motion to recuse Judge Steven Basha from all juvenile dependency ...

April 28, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Did Board Overreach on Blanket 170.6 Motion?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 27, 2017
| (10) Comments

Commentary: Did Board Overreach on Blanket 170.6 Motion?

There are a number of surprising things about what happened on Tuesday, with the Yolo County Board of Sup ...

There are a number of surprising things about what happened on Tuesday, with the Yolo County Board of Supervisors voting 4-1 to issue a blanket request, per Code of Civil Procedure section 170.6, to r ...

April 27, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Board Votes 4-1 to Issue Request for Blanket Recusal of Judge Basha

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 26, 2017
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Board Votes 4-1 to Issue Request for Blanket Recusal of Judge Basha

In a vote that perhaps surprised even Supervisor Matt Rexroad, who brought the issue forward, the Yolo Co ...

In a vote that perhaps surprised even Supervisor Matt Rexroad, who brought the issue forward, the Yolo County Board of Supervisors voted 4-1 to issue notice of filing a blanket Code of Civil Procedure ...

April 26, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Is Rexroad’s Push against Judge Basha a Threat to Judicial Independence?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 25, 2017
| (24) Comments

Is Rexroad’s Push against Judge Basha a Threat to Judicial Independence?

Yolo County Supervisor Matt Rexroad has drafted a letter to Judge Janet Gaard, the current presiding judg ...

Yolo County Supervisor Matt Rexroad has drafted a letter to Judge Janet Gaard, the current presiding judge in Yolo County, requesting that Judge Steven Basha be removed from presiding over juvenile de ...

April 25, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Supervisor Rexroad Requests Judge Basha Be Removed from Juvenile Dependency Hearings

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: April 24, 2017
| (5) Comments

Supervisor Rexroad Requests Judge Basha Be Removed from Juvenile Dependency Hearings

The following is a letter to presiding Judge Janet Gaard from Supervisor Rexroad. Dear Judge Gaard, I’m w ...

The following is a letter to presiding Judge Janet Gaard from Supervisor Rexroad. Dear Judge Gaard, I’m writing to request that Judge Steven Basha no longer preside over Juvenile Dependency hearings. ...

April 24, 2017
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Can the Community Defuse the Sheriff on the MRAP?

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: March 26, 2017
| (3) Comments

Can the Community Defuse the Sheriff on the MRAP?

By Alan Hirsch I was at the Yolo County Board of Supervisors meeting two weeks ago when 24 people testifi ...

By Alan Hirsch I was at the Yolo County Board of Supervisors meeting two weeks ago when 24 people testified against having the county sheriff‘s office get a military surplus armored car, an MRAP (Mine ...

March 26, 2017
| by Vanguard Administrator

| (3) Comments

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Supervisors Deadlock on MRAP, Bring It Back in April

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 22, 2017
| (5) Comments

Supervisors Deadlock on MRAP, Bring It Back in April

The large number of members of the public filled the room. Of those who spoke during public comment, not ...

The large number of members of the public filled the room. Of those who spoke during public comment, not a one came in support of the military vehicle that Sheriff Ed Prieto promised would be used on ...

February 22, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Letter Requests Immediate BOS Denouncement of Executive Order on Immigration

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: February 02, 2017
| (5) Comments

Letter Requests Immediate BOS Denouncement of Executive Order on Immigration

By Melissa Moreno My Yolo County family, neighbors, and friends, request that the Yolo County Board of Su ...

By Melissa Moreno My Yolo County family, neighbors, and friends, request that the Yolo County Board of Supervisors formalize the attached resolution that denounces the recent Presidential Executive Or ...

February 02, 2017
| by Vanguard Administrator

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CEQA Suit Attempts to Block Field & Pond

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 01, 2016
| (50) Comments

CEQA Suit Attempts to Block Field & Pond

The Board of Supervisors twice had to approve an event permit for the Field & Pond event center to ho ...

The Board of Supervisors twice had to approve an event permit for the Field & Pond event center to host weddings out in a rural stretch of Yolo County. The approvals came over the strenuous object ...

December 01, 2016
| by David Greenwald

| (50) Comments

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Board of Supervisors Allow Field & Pond Appeal to Go Through on a 4-1 Vote

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 14, 2016
| (36) Comments

Board of Supervisors Allow Field & Pond Appeal to Go Through on a 4-1 Vote

After two hours of public comment that seemed relatively evenly divided between those who supported the F ...

After two hours of public comment that seemed relatively evenly divided between those who supported the Field & Pond special events center and those who strongly opposed it, the Board of Superviso ...

September 14, 2016
| by David Greenwald

| (36) Comments

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Yolo County Board Of Supervisors to Consider Task Force on Farm Labor

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: July 28, 2016
| (54) Comments

Yolo County Board Of Supervisors to Consider Task Force on Farm Labor

By Sean Raycraft Tuesday July 26, County Supervisor Don Saylor advanced a motion to support Assembly Bill ...

By Sean Raycraft Tuesday July 26, County Supervisor Don Saylor advanced a motion to support Assembly Bill 1066, (Lorena Gonzalez-D San Diego). The bill would extend overtime protections to farm worker ...

July 28, 2016
| by Vanguard Administrator

| (54) Comments

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Commentary: Disappointing Failure to Provide Boost to Preschool Programs

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 24, 2016
| (37) Comments

Commentary: Disappointing Failure to Provide Boost to Preschool Programs

In the end, not only did the preschool tax fall short of the four votes needed to put it on the ballot, i ...

In the end, not only did the preschool tax fall short of the four votes needed to put it on the ballot, it fell short of even a majority, as Supervisors Oscar Villegas and Duane Chamberlain, who had s ...

June 24, 2016
| by David Greenwald

| (37) Comments

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Will Preschool and Early Childhood Education Initiative Have the Votes to Go Forward?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 19, 2016
| (16) Comments

Will Preschool and Early Childhood Education Initiative Have the Votes to Go Forward?

Three weeks ago there were four votes to go forward with a quarter to one-half cent sales tax that would, ...

Three weeks ago there were four votes to go forward with a quarter to one-half cent sales tax that would, among other things, generate between $8.4 million (quarter-cent) to $16.8 million (half cent) ...

June 19, 2016
| by David Greenwald

| (16) Comments

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