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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
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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
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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

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Analysis: DA Responds to Supervisor Saylor’s Questions

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 01, 2020
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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
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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
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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
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Guest Commentary: Not So Much “Community” in the BrightNight Solar Deal

Posted by Matt Williams
|Date: June 08, 2020
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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
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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
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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

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Guest Commentary: Staff Wants Council to Approve Two Fire Station Kitchen Remodel Projects for a Minimum of $422,000

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: March 24, 2020
| (16) Comments

Guest Commentary: Staff Wants Council to Approve Two Fire Station Kitchen Remodel Projects for a Minimum of $422,000

Over $200,000 each for Kitchen Remodels During these Disastrous Times? - You Have Got to be Kidding Me ...

Over $200,000 each for Kitchen Remodels During these Disastrous Times? - You Have Got to be Kidding Me !!! by Alan Pryor Davis and the entire world are in the midst of an economic meltdown for which ...

March 24, 2020
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Commentary: Davis Teachers Do Deserve Better – That’s Why District Is Seeking More Funding

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 21, 2020
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Commentary: Davis Teachers Do Deserve Better – That’s Why District Is Seeking More Funding

Gregg Cook has been pushing this point for over a year now – opposing the parcel tax, and arguing for alt ...

Gregg Cook has been pushing this point for over a year now – opposing the parcel tax, and arguing for alternatives. Unfortunately it is a flawed analysis, as we shall see. He writes: “There is no que ...

January 21, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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My View: School Finances Are Tricky, Why You Can’t ‘Right Size’ the District

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 18, 2020
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My View: School Finances Are Tricky, Why You Can’t ‘Right Size’ the District

We have had some good discussions in the last week on school finances. To some extent these discussions ...

We have had some good discussions in the last week on school finances. To some extent these discussions have paralleled discussions that Alan Fernandes and Joe DiNunzio had over the previous year as ...

January 18, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|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
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Council to Look at Ways to Increase Funding Allocations for Roads

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 10, 2020
| (8) Comments

Council to Look at Ways to Increase Funding Allocations for Roads

For over a decade now, the city of Davis has understood the daunting task needed to find funding for road ...

For over a decade now, the city of Davis has understood the daunting task needed to find funding for road maintenance. Beginning in 2013, when the council identified the shortfall as being over $100 ...

January 10, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: Good Progress made by City Finance Director Nitish Sharma in One Year Tenure

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: December 17, 2019
| (2) Comments

Guest Commentary: Good Progress made by City Finance Director Nitish Sharma in One Year Tenure

By Bob Fung Nitish Sharma, the finance director for the City of Davis resigned from his position in Octob ...

By Bob Fung Nitish Sharma, the finance director for the City of Davis resigned from his position in October and took the position of Chief Administrative Officer of the Cosumnes Water District. Mr. ...

December 17, 2019
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Commentary: Council Declares Fiscal Emergency, but Have They Done Enough on the Fiscal Front?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 17, 2019
| (37) Comments

Commentary: Council Declares Fiscal Emergency, but Have They Done Enough on the Fiscal Front?

Last week the council drew rare regional headlines by declaring a fiscal emergency. But for the most par ...

Last week the council drew rare regional headlines by declaring a fiscal emergency. But for the most part that was a pro forma move, designed to allow the council to hold a special election next Marc ...

September 17, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Views: The Need for Balance in Economic Development

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 16, 2019
| (19) Comments

Monday Morning Views: The Need for Balance in Economic Development

I caught an interesting side discussion over the weekend between two of our commenters. One of them comm ...

I caught an interesting side discussion over the weekend between two of our commenters. One of them commented that while San Francisco, for example, has generated a tremendous amount of wealth, one r ...

September 16, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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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

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