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Sacramento ‘Community Care First Coalition’ Urges County to Realign Budget Considerations

Posted by Mihajla Milovanovic
|Date: June 10, 2022
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Sacramento ‘Community Care First Coalition’ Urges County to Realign Budget Considerations

By Mihajla Milovanovic SACRAMENTO, CA – Community Care First Coalition demanded this week at a news confe ...

By Mihajla Milovanovic SACRAMENTO, CA – Community Care First Coalition demanded this week at a news conference that the County of Sacramento create racial and health equality throughout the county bud ...

June 10, 2022
| by Mihajla Milovanovic

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The Silent Role of Corporate Money in San Francisco’s Board of Education Recall

Posted by The Vanguard at Berkeley
|Date: March 03, 2022
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The Silent Role of Corporate Money in San Francisco’s Board of Education Recall

By Claudia Drdul San Francisco - The contentious San Francisco Board of Education recall effort re ...

By Claudia Drdul San Francisco - The contentious San Francisco Board of Education recall effort resulted in a major win for investors and venture capitalists alike on Feb. 15, when 76% of San F ...

March 03, 2022
| by The Vanguard at Berkeley

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Davis Council Asked to Approve Purchase, Staffing for Ladder Truck

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 11, 2022
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Davis Council Asked to Approve Purchase, Staffing for Ladder Truck

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – The Davis City Council will be asked to approve the pu ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – The Davis City Council will be asked to approve the purchase of a fire department ladder truck and associated equipment for $2.15 million at tonight’ ...

January 11, 2022
| by David Greenwald

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DiSC 2022 Returns to the Planning Commission This Week

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 09, 2022
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DiSC 2022 Returns to the Planning Commission This Week

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA - Just 14 months after the initial project came before t ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA - Just 14 months after the initial project came before the voters and lost, DiSC 2022 returns to the Planning Commission for consideration of the reduc ...

January 09, 2022
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Even a Scaled Down DiSC 2022 a Strong Fiscal Positive for City

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 12, 2021
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Sunday Commentary: Even a Scaled Down DiSC 2022 a Strong Fiscal Positive for City

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – At some point it would be valuable for the city counci ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – At some point it would be valuable for the city council to lay some cards down on the table – the city of Davis suffers from a rather sizable fiscal ...

December 12, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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City & State Budgets Protested by Groups Wanting Less Funding for Law Enforcement, Not More $$

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: May 19, 2021
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City & State Budgets Protested by Groups Wanting Less Funding for Law Enforcement, Not More $$

By Crescenzo Vellucci The Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief SACRAMENTO, CA – Objections to hundreds of mil ...

By Crescenzo Vellucci The Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief SACRAMENTO, CA – Objections to hundreds of millions of dollars to bolster law enforcement in the city of Sacramento and the state of Californ ...

May 19, 2021
| by Vanguard Administrator

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State Budget Group Criticizes $13.6 Billion Governor Budget for Prisons

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: May 16, 2021
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State Budget Group Criticizes $13.6 Billion Governor Budget for Prisons

By Esha Kher and Julia Asby SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA - Californians United for a Responsible Budget (CURB) ...

By Esha Kher and Julia Asby SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA - Californians United for a Responsible Budget (CURB) released a statement expressing its concerns Friday over the increase in funding for California ...

May 16, 2021
| by Vanguard Court Watch Interns

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Lawmakers, Watchdogs Criticize CDCR’s Inability to Explain Multi-Billion Dollar Prison Infrastructure Plan

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: February 19, 2021
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Lawmakers, Watchdogs Criticize CDCR’s Inability to Explain Multi-Billion Dollar Prison Infrastructure Plan

By Linhchi Nguyen SACRAMENTO - California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) official Ch ...

By Linhchi Nguyen SACRAMENTO - California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) official Chris Lief (Deputy Director of Facility Planning) left questions unanswered when confronted about ...

February 19, 2021
| by Vanguard Court Watch Interns

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Commentary: How Do People Plan to Finance Their Ideal Community?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 31, 2020
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Commentary: How Do People Plan to Finance Their Ideal Community?

By David M. Greenwald In 2018, only 57 percent of the voters supported a parcel tax for roads—it needed a ...

By David M. Greenwald In 2018, only 57 percent of the voters supported a parcel tax for roads—it needed a two-thirds vote and thus went down to defeat. Last month, Measure B, which some were hoping w ...

December 31, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Slow Down on Adding $1.5 Million in Personnel Costs For a Ladder Truck

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 13, 2020
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Commentary: Slow Down on Adding $1.5 Million in Personnel Costs For a Ladder Truck

By David M. Greenwald In theory it seemed to make sense, as the city has focused much of its housing grow ...

By David M. Greenwald In theory it seemed to make sense, as the city has focused much of its housing growth in denser, taller buildings—especially apartments—around town. Chief Joe Tenney, in fact, c ...

November 13, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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City Looks to Purchase a Fire Ladder Truck

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 06, 2020
| (2) Comments

City Looks to Purchase a Fire Ladder Truck

By David M. Greenwald With the city planning on future densification and taller buildings, one of the key ...

By David M. Greenwald With the city planning on future densification and taller buildings, one of the key needs was to have ready access to a ladder truck. The council on Tuesday will be asked to dir ...

November 06, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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My View: District Responds to Williams’ Critique – $1.3 Million Projection Is Sound

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 17, 2020
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My View: District Responds to Williams’ Critique – $1.3 Million Projection Is Sound

By David M. Greenwald On Friday, Matt Williams accused the school district and city of adding “funny mone ...

By David M. Greenwald On Friday, Matt Williams accused the school district and city of adding “funny money” to the Measure B argument. His core argument is that the ballot argument for Measure B whic ...

October 17, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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District 5 Candidates Meet in League Forum – Part 3

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 07, 2020
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District 5 Candidates Meet in League Forum – Part 3

By David M. Greenwald In one of the most competitive races in the city, all four candidates for the Distr ...

By David M. Greenwald In one of the most competitive races in the city, all four candidates for the District 5 City Council met on Sunday evening in a forum hosted by the Davis League of Women Voters— ...

October 07, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Other than Supervisor Saylor, Where Is the Pushback against the DA’s Budget Increases?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 29, 2020
| (7) Comments

Commentary: Other than Supervisor Saylor, Where Is the Pushback against the DA’s Budget Increases?

By David M. Greenwald For the second time this weekend, Supervisor Don Saylor raised the issue of the dis ...

By David M. Greenwald For the second time this weekend, Supervisor Don Saylor raised the issue of the district attorney’s budget. His previous column and questions triggered a 29-page response by the ...

September 29, 2020
| by David Greenwald

| (7) Comments

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Analysis: DA Responds to Supervisor Saylor’s Questions

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 01, 2020
| (26) Comments

Analysis: DA Responds to Supervisor Saylor’s Questions

By David M. Greenwald In early July, Supervisor Don Saylor submitted a number of questions to DA Jeff Rei ...

By David M. Greenwald In early July, Supervisor Don Saylor submitted a number of questions to DA Jeff Reisig about their funding requests (see here). The night before the Board of Supervisors Budget ...

September 01, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: Yolo County District Attorney Budget Increases Dramatically with Little Explanation

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: August 28, 2020
| (42) Comments

Guest Commentary: Yolo County District Attorney Budget Increases Dramatically with Little Explanation

By Don Saylor Budgets are tangible expressions of our values. I believe we need to invest in youth develo ...

By Don Saylor Budgets are tangible expressions of our values. I believe we need to invest in youth development, housing affordability, climate resilience, and strengthening local businesses and our co ...

August 28, 2020
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Davis Announces Beginning of Furlough Days for Employees Due to COVID Budget Cuts

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: August 06, 2020
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Davis Announces Beginning of Furlough Days for Employees Due to COVID Budget Cuts

This week the city of Davis announced it would be beginning to furlough city employees for one day a mont ...

This week the city of Davis announced it would be beginning to furlough city employees for one day a month starting August 14. The city is projecting a huge revenue loss due to the COVID-19 pandemic a ...

August 06, 2020
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Guest Commentary: Not So Much “Community” in the BrightNight Solar Deal

Posted by Matt Williams
|Date: June 08, 2020
| (4) Comments

Guest Commentary: Not So Much “Community” in the BrightNight Solar Deal

by Matt Williams Intentions and goals are only words unless they are accompanied by accomplishments, and ...

by Matt Williams Intentions and goals are only words unless they are accompanied by accomplishments, and when it comes to accomplishments, especially in the realm of renewable power, City Hall is very ...

June 08, 2020
| by Matt Williams

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Toward More Balance in the City

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 11, 2020
| (35) Comments

Monday Morning Thoughts: Toward More Balance in the City

Even before COVID the Vanguard for years has been warning that Davis was in a precarious position and ult ...

Even before COVID the Vanguard for years has been warning that Davis was in a precarious position and ultimately unsustainable. For years we were carrying deficits in the ability to meet basic infras ...

May 11, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Council Leery of Fiscal Costs, Moves Forward on Long-Range Planning of Sports Parks

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 22, 2020
| (25) Comments

Council Leery of Fiscal Costs, Moves Forward on Long-Range Planning of Sports Parks

Council acknowledged it was a strange item to take up in the middle of the slowdown due to COVID-19, neve ...

Council acknowledged it was a strange item to take up in the middle of the slowdown due to COVID-19, nevertheless, the need for sports parks remains acute in the community and council was at least wil ...

April 22, 2020
| by David Greenwald

| (25) Comments

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