Guest Commentary: Effects of Excessive Increases in City of Davis Employee Compensation
Part 2 – The Rich Get Richer! Compensation to the Top 10% Highest Paid City of Davis…
Sunday Commentary: The Public Thinks City Is Headed in the Right Direction – Is That a Good Thing?
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Normally it would be good news for the…
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 conference…
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 resulted…
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…
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…
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…
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 millions of…
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) released…
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 Chris Lief (Deputy Director…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 when…