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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
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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

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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

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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

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City Begins Outreach and Seeks Input on City Council Districts

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: August 30, 2019
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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

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Guest Commentary: Moving to District Elections

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: August 06, 2019
| (19) Comments

Guest Commentary: Moving to District Elections

by Dillan Horton In a democracy it is absolutely crucial that every person has equal representation. This ...

by Dillan Horton In a democracy it is absolutely crucial that every person has equal representation. This is an ideal we all share but it is one that we are still struggling to fully realize. This is ...

August 06, 2019
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Defending Common Decency in Davis

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: August 02, 2019
| (20) Comments

Defending Common Decency in Davis

By Alan Hirsch If you were at City Hall after midnight Tuesday you could see decency in action. I was at ...

By Alan Hirsch If you were at City Hall after midnight Tuesday you could see decency in action. I was at the City Council meeting at 12:20 am. I’m retired, so I had the luxury of staying to speak on a ...

August 02, 2019
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Community Survey Shows Overwhelming Need for Affordable Housing, Overall Satisfaction with City

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 10, 2019
| (40) Comments

Community Survey Shows Overwhelming Need for Affordable Housing, Overall Satisfaction with City

The city kept the survey hidden from the public until it was presented on Tuesday night. Once unveiled, ...

The city kept the survey hidden from the public until it was presented on Tuesday night. Once unveiled, the results were stark and somewhat overwhelming. There were three key trends, in addition to o ...

July 10, 2019
| by David Greenwald

| (40) Comments

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Councilmember Carson Talks about 2019 Accomplishments and Disappointments

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 29, 2019
| (11) Comments

Councilmember Carson Talks about 2019 Accomplishments and Disappointments

The Davis City Council is nearing the midpoint in the 2019 year. This is the first full year of the new ...

The Davis City Council is nearing the midpoint in the 2019 year. This is the first full year of the new council under Mayor Brett Lee and Mayor Pro Tem Gloria Partida. Thus far in 2019, issues like ...

May 29, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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My View: Some Are Saying the Council is Out of Step – Let’s Have a Look

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 30, 2019
| (12) Comments

My View: Some Are Saying the Council is Out of Step – Let’s Have a Look

Critics of the council are charging that the council is out of step with the community on a variety of bi ...

Critics of the council are charging that the council is out of step with the community on a variety of big issues: Parking, Roads, Housing and the Claw. But let's take a look because it seems like a s ...

March 30, 2019
| by David Greenwald

| (12) Comments

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Part Two of the Paid Parking Discussion Comes Monday

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 22, 2019
| (23) Comments

Part Two of the Paid Parking Discussion Comes Monday

With a packed house and more than two hours of public comment on Tuesday, March 5, the council made the c ...

With a packed house and more than two hours of public comment on Tuesday, March 5, the council made the call to adjourn the meeting and reconvene. After originally scheduling the meeting on paid park ...

March 22, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Will the Council Buck Public Opinion on This One?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 11, 2019
| (24) Comments

Monday Morning Thoughts: Will the Council Buck Public Opinion on This One?

One of the biggest questions an elected official has to face is when and if the elected body should buck ...

One of the biggest questions an elected official has to face is when and if the elected body should buck the will of the people and do what they believe is right. It feels like it has been a long tim ...

March 11, 2019
| by David Greenwald

| (24) Comments

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Commentary: Council’s Decision to Delay Decision on Parking – the Good and the Bad

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 07, 2019
| (64) Comments

Commentary: Council’s Decision to Delay Decision on Parking – the Good and the Bad

How many times have we seen council, in their desire to make a decision on a controversial item, go late ...

How many times have we seen council, in their desire to make a decision on a controversial item, go late into the evening passing midnight, one, and on a very few occasions, even three? I have seen t ...

March 07, 2019
| by David Greenwald

| (64) Comments

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Council Does Not Make a Decision as Tensions Rise about Paid Parking Proposal

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 06, 2019
| (30) Comments

Council Does Not Make a Decision as Tensions Rise about Paid Parking Proposal

By Linnea Patterson and David Greenwald City Hall was packed on Tuesday night to hear the city council’s ...

By Linnea Patterson and David Greenwald City Hall was packed on Tuesday night to hear the city council’s decision on the highly controversial proposition of paid parking downtown. Consulting firm Nels ...

March 06, 2019
| by David Greenwald

| (30) Comments

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Sunday Commentary: Davis is Forward Thinking… On Cannabis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 09, 2018
| (15) Comments

Sunday Commentary: Davis is Forward Thinking… On Cannabis

While the voters of the city of Davis overwhelmingly supported the legalization of recreational cannabis, ...

While the voters of the city of Davis overwhelmingly supported the legalization of recreational cannabis, I must admit I was skeptical that it would lead to commercial dispensaries. While over 70 per ...

September 09, 2018
| by David Greenwald

| (15) Comments

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Commentary: Five Problems Our Council Needs to Address This Term

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 09, 2018
| (52) Comments

Commentary: Five Problems Our Council Needs to Address This Term

The last Davis City Council needs more credit than they have received so far. Maybe it was the lack of c ...

The last Davis City Council needs more credit than they have received so far. Maybe it was the lack of cheerleading on the part of council in trumpeting their accomplishments. Maybe it was the chang ...

August 09, 2018
| by David Greenwald

| (52) Comments

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Mayor Modifies Public Comment Changes after Pushback from Public

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 11, 2018
| (4) Comments

Mayor Modifies Public Comment Changes after Pushback from Public

The mayor and council seemed prepared to make changes to public comment rules, but 12 public commenters s ...

The mayor and council seemed prepared to make changes to public comment rules, but 12 public commenters spoke out, primarily against the 45-minute limitation, causing the mayor through suggestions fro ...

July 11, 2018
| by David Greenwald

| (4) Comments

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