Budget Archives | Page 5 of 16

Grid
List

Sunday Commentary: Davis Needs to Wake Up If It Wants This Place to Remain Great

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 26, 2017
| (55) Comments

Sunday Commentary: Davis Needs to Wake Up If It Wants This Place to Remain Great

A growing view for solving Davis’ financial problems is to kick the can down the road and hope that the s ...

A growing view for solving Davis’ financial problems is to kick the can down the road and hope that the state will come in and fix our problems. Interestingly enough, I have heard this view expressed ...

February 26, 2017
| by David Greenwald

| (55) Comments

Read more
Containing Employee Compensation Costs

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: February 13, 2017
| (8) Comments

Containing Employee Compensation Costs

Submitted Anonymously through YoloLeaks Recently several articles have been published in the Vanguard di ...

Submitted Anonymously through YoloLeaks Recently several articles have been published in the Vanguard discussing the increasing costs of labor for the City of Davis and the lack of “appetite” City Co ...

February 13, 2017
| by Vanguard Administrator

| (8) Comments

Read more
Sunday Commentary: Containing Costs Figures to Be a Huge Challenge

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 12, 2017
| (26) Comments

Sunday Commentary: Containing Costs Figures to Be a Huge Challenge

A week ago Mayor Robb Davis presented his cost containment plan. This is one I fully support. The mayor ...

A week ago Mayor Robb Davis presented his cost containment plan. This is one I fully support. The mayor writes, “It should be clear from the foregoing that we are taking a comprehensive approach to i ...

February 12, 2017
| by David Greenwald

| (26) Comments

Read more
City of Davis Employee Compensation – The 800 lb. Gorilla in the Budget Room

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: February 10, 2017
| (76) Comments

City of Davis Employee Compensation – The 800 lb. Gorilla in the Budget Room

Submitted anonymously to Yololeaks In a recent article in the Vanguard, Mayor Robb Davis discussed the ne ...

Submitted anonymously to Yololeaks In a recent article in the Vanguard, Mayor Robb Davis discussed the need for extensive cost-containment efforts by the City in attempts to free up more funds for cri ...

February 10, 2017
| by Vanguard Administrator

| (76) Comments

Read more
Guest Sunday Commentary: Containing City Costs

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: February 05, 2017
| (33) Comments

Guest Sunday Commentary: Containing City Costs

by Robb Davis Late last August I presented a “SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats) analys ...

by Robb Davis Late last August I presented a “SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats) analysis for our City. At that time I noted: Our inability, given current revenue, to pay for the ma ...

February 05, 2017
| by Vanguard Administrator

| (33) Comments

Read more
Commentary: Laying the Groundwork for Fiscal Reform

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 27, 2017
| (30) Comments

Commentary: Laying the Groundwork for Fiscal Reform

On Wednesday, I attended a brown bag lunch sponsored by the Davis Downtown, in which they invited a prese ...

On Wednesday, I attended a brown bag lunch sponsored by the Davis Downtown, in which they invited a presentation by Jeff Miller and Matt Williams of the Finance and Budget Commission with technical su ...

January 27, 2017
| by David Greenwald

| (30) Comments

Read more
Vanguard Interview with Senator Bill Dodd

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: January 16, 2017
| 0 comments

Vanguard Interview with Senator Bill Dodd

Vanguard Board Member Leanna Sweha met with newly-elected Senator Bill Dodd in his Capitol Office on Thur ...

Vanguard Board Member Leanna Sweha met with newly-elected Senator Bill Dodd in his Capitol Office on Thursday, January 12. Here is their interview. You are Chair of the Banking and Finance Committee, ...

January 16, 2017
| by Vanguard Administrator

| 0 comments

Read more
Commentary: State of the City Address Had Strengths and Weaknesses

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 05, 2017
| (5) Comments

Commentary: State of the City Address Had Strengths and Weaknesses

The Davis Chamber had a new format for their event, with Mayor Robb Davis giving the main speech, but wit ...

The Davis Chamber had a new format for their event, with Mayor Robb Davis giving the main speech, but with City Manager Dirk Brazil and Assistant City Managers Kelly Stachowicz and Mike Webb also givi ...

January 05, 2017
| by David Greenwald

| (5) Comments

Read more
My View: State of the City?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 31, 2016
| (10) Comments

My View: State of the City?

I was looking forward to hearing Robb Davis deliver the State of the City this year – after the last two ...

I was looking forward to hearing Robb Davis deliver the State of the City this year – after the last two years of sugar-coating, it seemed time to hear the cold hard truth. Unfortunately, that doesn’ ...

December 31, 2016
| by David Greenwald

| (10) Comments

Read more
My View: We Don’t Know What We Don’t Know

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 17, 2016
| (22) Comments

My View: We Don’t Know What We Don’t Know

Earlier this week, the Vanguard evaluated claims by a couple of columnists with the local paper on this i ...

Earlier this week, the Vanguard evaluated claims by a couple of columnists with the local paper on this issue of Newspapers as the Solution to Fake News. My point in that column was skeptical, believ ...

December 17, 2016
| by David Greenwald

| (22) Comments

Read more
Commentary: Where is the Leadership on Council?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 14, 2016
| (55) Comments

Commentary: Where is the Leadership on Council?

In the past week I have had several pretty interesting conversations with members of the Davis City Counc ...

In the past week I have had several pretty interesting conversations with members of the Davis City Council. Once upon a time, it was easy to criticize the Davis City Council – it was not only out of ...

December 14, 2016
| by David Greenwald

| (55) Comments

Read more
More Analysis on the Coming Pension Hit

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 06, 2016
| (6) Comments

More Analysis on the Coming Pension Hit

Back in November, with respect to the hotel discussion, Dan Carson, a member of the Finance and Budget Co ...

Back in November, with respect to the hotel discussion, Dan Carson, a member of the Finance and Budget Commission, warned that the city’s pension rates and costs will be greater than projected. He ref ...

December 06, 2016
| by David Greenwald

| (6) Comments

Read more
Monday Morning Thoughts: Can We Think Big on Collaborating with University?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 05, 2016
| (67) Comments

Monday Morning Thoughts: Can We Think Big on Collaborating with University?

There is a nexus between the two stories we have been running in recent days – the city’s “response” to t ...

There is a nexus between the two stories we have been running in recent days – the city’s “response” to the UC Davis LRDP (Long Range Development Plan) and the city’s fiscal position. Yesterday’s col ...

December 05, 2016
| by David Greenwald

| (67) Comments

Read more
My View: We Need to Stop Planning by Litigation

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 05, 2016
| (43) Comments

My View: We Need to Stop Planning by Litigation

For some reason, there wasn’t as much attention given to the fact that, before the council even acted on ...

For some reason, there wasn’t as much attention given to the fact that, before the council even acted on the Hyatt House, a neighbor, represented by local attorney Don Mooney, had filed a CEQA lawsuit ...

November 05, 2016
| by David Greenwald

| (43) Comments

Read more
Commentary: Council Steps Up to Try to Meet Fiscal Challenge

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 03, 2016
| (53) Comments

Commentary: Council Steps Up to Try to Meet Fiscal Challenge

On Tuesday night the Davis City Council did not take any votes, but it is clear that the council will be ...

On Tuesday night the Davis City Council did not take any votes, but it is clear that the council will be moving forward with both hotel projects – the only real question is what the projects will look ...

November 03, 2016
| by David Greenwald

| (53) Comments

Read more
School Board Weekly Question 3: Budget Priorities through District Dollars

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: October 07, 2016
| (1) Comment

School Board Weekly Question 3: Budget Priorities through District Dollars

Every week until the election, we will have a question for the DJUSD School Board Candidates. We have a ...

Every week until the election, we will have a question for the DJUSD School Board Candidates. We have a word limit of roughly 350. Please also see the Vanguard Candidate’s forum from Sunday, Septembe ...

October 07, 2016
| by Vanguard Administrator

| (1) Comment

Read more
School Board Weekly Question 1: Challenges Facing the School District (Updated with Granda Answer)

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: September 24, 2016
| (39) Comments

School Board Weekly Question 1: Challenges Facing the School District (Updated with Granda Answer)

Every week until the election, we will have a question for the DJUSD School Board Candidates. We have a ...

Every week until the election, we will have a question for the DJUSD School Board Candidates. We have a word limit of roughly 350. Please also see the Vanguard Candidate's forum from Sunday, Septembe ...

September 24, 2016
| by Vanguard Administrator

| (39) Comments

Read more
Monday Morning Thoughts: Explaining School Funding and the Need for a Local Parcel Tax

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 19, 2016
| (32) Comments

Monday Morning Thoughts: Explaining School Funding and the Need for a Local Parcel Tax

Reading a letter to the editor, I find the writer illustrates that the school funding formulas are increa ...

Reading a letter to the editor, I find the writer illustrates that the school funding formulas are increasingly complex and the public simply does not understand them. The writer referenced a Septembe ...

September 19, 2016
| by David Greenwald

| (32) Comments

Read more
Analysis: Can We Cut Our Way to Prosperity?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 30, 2016
| (97) Comments

Analysis: Can We Cut Our Way to Prosperity?

In 2008, the Vanguard was ahead of the curve, warning of unsustainable spending practices by the city, pa ...

In 2008, the Vanguard was ahead of the curve, warning of unsustainable spending practices by the city, particularly on pensions and retiree health care – the Vanguard’s warning actually preceded the c ...

August 30, 2016
| by David Greenwald

| (97) Comments

Read more
Sunday Commentary: Where Land Use and Fiscal Clash, We Lose

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 28, 2016
| (50) Comments

Sunday Commentary: Where Land Use and Fiscal Clash, We Lose

On Wednesday, opponents of a proposed new hotel on Cowell Boulevard pushed back that the benefits of the ...

On Wednesday, opponents of a proposed new hotel on Cowell Boulevard pushed back that the benefits of the hotel are not site specific and would apply to any location in the city. While true on its fac ...

August 28, 2016
| by David Greenwald

| (50) Comments

Read more

‹1 2 3 456 7 8 9 ›»

Newsletter Sign-Up

Monthly Subscriber Sign-Up