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Commentary: Racism and Zoom Bombing Is an Unfortunate New Thing

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 01, 2020
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Commentary: Racism and Zoom Bombing Is an Unfortunate New Thing

As we race to accommodate a hopefully temporary shift in society from in-person to video meetings, one of ...

As we race to accommodate a hopefully temporary shift in society from in-person to video meetings, one of the platforms that has exploded is Zoom. There are a lot of advantages to the platform and, i ...

April 01, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Analysis: Staff Clarifies Street Selection Process

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 31, 2020
| (26) Comments

Analysis: Staff Clarifies Street Selection Process

Last Tuesday, on consent, council was asked to approve a list of streets that the city would be funded by ...

Last Tuesday, on consent, council was asked to approve a list of streets that the city would be funded by the state to repair. On Friday, Alan Pryor submitted a guest commentary objecting to what he ...

March 31, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Mayor Pro Tem Partida Discusses the City Response to COVID-19

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 27, 2020
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Mayor Pro Tem Partida Discusses the City Response to COVID-19

The scope of the response by the city has been largely unprecedented. Businesses are closed. The downto ...

The scope of the response by the city has been largely unprecedented. Businesses are closed. The downtown, even during peak hours, is almost empty. Schools are canceled. UC Davis canceled finals a ...

March 27, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: Council Risks Squandering SB1 Gas Tax Monies on ‘Nice-to-Have’ Neighborhood Street Projects

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: March 27, 2020
| (15) Comments

Guest Commentary: Council Risks Squandering SB1 Gas Tax Monies on ‘Nice-to-Have’ Neighborhood Street Projects

Meanwhile our Major Arterial Roadways Deteriorate into 3rd-World Condition by Alan Pryor The following em ...

Meanwhile our Major Arterial Roadways Deteriorate into 3rd-World Condition by Alan Pryor The following email was sent to the Davis City Council prior to last Tuesday's Council tele-meeting requesting ...

March 27, 2020
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Individual Councilmembers Not Supportive of Limiting Council Meetings to COVID-19 Emergency-Only Items

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 26, 2020
| (34) Comments

Individual Councilmembers Not Supportive of Limiting Council Meetings to COVID-19 Emergency-Only Items

At the onset to Tuesday's meeting, four individuals during public comment pushed for the council to consi ...

At the onset to Tuesday's meeting, four individuals during public comment pushed for the council to consider hearing only emergency items. That cry got louder after the council had its public comment ...

March 26, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: On Second Thought, Perhaps Zoom Wasn’t the Best Way to Host a Public Meeting

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 25, 2020
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Commentary: On Second Thought, Perhaps Zoom Wasn’t the Best Way to Host a Public Meeting

It seemed to start off all right—the councilmembers found themselves able to participate at the start of ...

It seemed to start off all right—the councilmembers found themselves able to participate at the start of the meeting. The trouble started toward the end of the regular public comment—ironically right ...

March 25, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Mayor Lee Talks about the Coronavirus Crisis and Believes City Business Needs to Continue under the Current Guidelines

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 24, 2020
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Mayor Lee Talks about the Coronavirus Crisis and Believes City Business Needs to Continue under the Current Guidelines

The city is on lockdown, city hall is closed to the public, the council meets tonight by remote technolog ...

The city is on lockdown, city hall is closed to the public, the council meets tonight by remote technology, and the Vanguard will have a series of articles talking to each of the members of council ab ...

March 24, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Being Mayor Used to Mean Something

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 10, 2020
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Commentary: Being Mayor Used to Mean Something

In general, I have been one of the few that has been supportive of the city move to go to district electi ...

In general, I have been one of the few that has been supportive of the city move to go to district elections. However there is one piece of this I don’t particularly like—mayor. Being mayor in Davis ...

March 10, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Council to Name Partida Mayor Effective July 1

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 06, 2020
| (18) Comments

Council to Name Partida Mayor Effective July 1

When the City of Davis agreed to transition to district elections starting in November 2020, it had not d ...

When the City of Davis agreed to transition to district elections starting in November 2020, it had not decided what to do about the mayor. Under the current system, while the council formally choose ...

March 06, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Strange Decision on Commissioner Punctuates a Strange Night for Council

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 03, 2020
| (23) Comments

Monday Morning Thoughts: Strange Decision on Commissioner Punctuates a Strange Night for Council

On a night when the centerpiece council item was a wireless ordinance and the bulk of the public commente ...

On a night when the centerpiece council item was a wireless ordinance and the bulk of the public commenters were talking about the dangers of 5G, perhaps the oddest item turned out to be a decision by ...

February 03, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Guenther Becomes First Post-District Elections Challenger to Announce

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 11, 2019
| (20) Comments

Guenther Becomes First Post-District Elections Challenger to Announce

There have been a lot of changes since the last time the council held elections. We now have five distri ...

There have been a lot of changes since the last time the council held elections. We now have five districts and the elections have been pushed from the primary ballot that had been scheduled for Marc ...

December 11, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Council to Discuss and Formulate 2020 Goals and Focus Items

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 02, 2019
| (20) Comments

Council to Discuss and Formulate 2020 Goals and Focus Items

Back in September 2018, the Davis City Council met to discuss overall goals for the 2018-20 legislative p ...

Back in September 2018, the Davis City Council met to discuss overall goals for the 2018-20 legislative period. In addition to reaffirming their eight overall goals for the period, the council establ ...

December 02, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Council Issues Message in Support of Respite Center, but Will Move It to the Corp Yard

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 06, 2019
| (91) Comments

Council Issues Message in Support of Respite Center, but Will Move It to the Corp Yard

The public on Tuesday night was largely split – while there were a few people who didn’t want the respite ...

The public on Tuesday night was largely split – while there were a few people who didn’t want the respite center at all, the largest contingent was either supportive regardless of location or adamant ...

November 06, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: What’s Appropriate for Consent

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 04, 2019
| (12) Comments

Monday Morning Thoughts: What’s Appropriate for Consent

Last month some community members complained that an item which authorized the council to hire EPS to do ...

Last month some community members complained that an item which authorized the council to hire EPS to do a fiscal analysis was inappropriately placed on the consent calendar. Now I am seeing on a Fac ...

November 04, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Even at Five Districts, Change Could Be on the Way for Davis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 31, 2019
| (18) Comments

Commentary: Even at Five Districts, Change Could Be on the Way for Davis

In a recent column, columnist Bob Dunning argues that the district elections solution “only makes things ...

In a recent column, columnist Bob Dunning argues that the district elections solution “only makes things worse.” The trouble is – he is possibly correct on this point. The council opted to go with t ...

October 31, 2019
| by David Greenwald

| (18) Comments

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Commentary: What We Learned about District Elections Last Night

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 24, 2019
| (34) Comments

Commentary: What We Learned about District Elections Last Night

It was a 3-2 vote that turned out not to be a vote at all because, once it became clear there were three ...

It was a 3-2 vote that turned out not to be a vote at all because, once it became clear there were three votes for five districts, the council fell in line behind the Map 5-4 option. The key vote tur ...

October 24, 2019
| by David Greenwald

| (34) Comments

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Council Narrows the Focus on Districts, Split on 5 Versus 7

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 10, 2019
| (42) Comments

Council Narrows the Focus on Districts, Split on 5 Versus 7

The third hearing on district elections came on Tuesday night, lasting well into the evening. Mayor Bret ...

The third hearing on district elections came on Tuesday night, lasting well into the evening. Mayor Brett Lee hoped to get direction on five or seven districts, but with his colleagues evenly split, ...

October 10, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: The Decision on District Elections Has Been Made, Now We Turn to Details

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 02, 2019
| (26) Comments

Monday Morning Thoughts: The Decision on District Elections Has Been Made, Now We Turn to Details

People are still debating over whether the city should challenge district elections. Writes Al Sokolow: “ ...

People are still debating over whether the city should challenge district elections. Writes Al Sokolow: “To argue the hardly surprising generation that voters tend to favor candidates from their own r ...

September 02, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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City Needs to Declare Fiscal Emergency in Order to Place Sales Tax on the March Ballot

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 30, 2019
| (15) Comments

City Needs to Declare Fiscal Emergency in Order to Place Sales Tax on the March Ballot

One of the unintended consequences of moving the date of the city election is that the city’s sales tax r ...

One of the unintended consequences of moving the date of the city election is that the city’s sales tax renewal would have a gap if it is placed on the November 2020 ballot – a gap that could cost the ...

August 30, 2019
| by David Greenwald

| (15) Comments

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City Begins Outreach and Seeks Input on City Council Districts

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: August 30, 2019
| (10) Comments

City Begins Outreach and Seeks Input on City Council Districts

(Press Release – City of Davis) –The City of Davis announced today that it has started outreach efforts f ...

(Press Release – City of Davis) –The City of Davis announced today that it has started outreach efforts for the city governance conversion to district elections scheduled for November 2020. The City c ...

August 30, 2019
| by Vanguard Administrator

| (10) Comments

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