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Council Candidate Weekly Question: Davis Downtown

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 09, 2018
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Council Candidate Weekly Question: Davis Downtown

This is the fourth of the Vanguard’s series of 11 questions. Every Monday until the week before election ...

This is the fourth of the Vanguard’s series of 11 questions. Every Monday until the week before election, we’ll have a new question and answers. Answers are limited to 250 words. Question 4: The cit ...

April 09, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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A Dispensary Pushes Back against City Staff Ranking

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 28, 2018
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A Dispensary Pushes Back against City Staff Ranking

The Vanguard noted in yesterday’s article that city staff heavily weighed opposition from neighbors again ...

The Vanguard noted in yesterday’s article that city staff heavily weighed opposition from neighbors against applications for dispensaries. One group is pushing back, with Rob Read of F Street Dispens ...

March 28, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Should the Downtown Be the Location for Dispensaries?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 27, 2018
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Commentary: Should the Downtown Be the Location for Dispensaries?

This weekend, we inaccurately reported that the Planning Commission would approve up to four Conditional ...

This weekend, we inaccurately reported that the Planning Commission would approve up to four Conditional Use Permits for cannabis retail business – that is not accurate. The Planning Commission can o ...

March 27, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Planning Commission to Approve up to Four Conditional Use Permits for Cannabis Retail Business

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 24, 2018
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Planning Commission to Approve up to Four Conditional Use Permits for Cannabis Retail Business

The second of a two-part meeting with take next Wednesday as the Planning Commission is set to approve up ...

The second of a two-part meeting with take next Wednesday as the Planning Commission is set to approve up to four Conditional Use Permits, from the applications identified in the staff report, to allo ...

March 24, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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City Council Candidates Meet for CivEnergy Forum – Question 1

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 20, 2018
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City Council Candidates Meet for CivEnergy Forum – Question 1

It was a packed house on Sunday afternoon to get the first big chance to see all nine of the council cand ...

It was a packed house on Sunday afternoon to get the first big chance to see all nine of the council candidates in action. The forum at Davis Community Church was hosted by CivEnergy and moderated by ...

March 20, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Should the Council Address the Downtown Restroom Situation in Isolation?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 20, 2018
| (16) Comments

Commentary: Should the Council Address the Downtown Restroom Situation in Isolation?

It has been pretty obvious for a long time that we have needed public restrooms in the downtown. Not jus ...

It has been pretty obvious for a long time that we have needed public restrooms in the downtown. Not just because of the homeless population, but also for parents of small kids, as there have been ma ...

March 20, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Council Set to Tackle Three Homeless Related Issues

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 16, 2018
| (21) Comments

Council Set to Tackle Three Homeless Related Issues

On Tuesday the council in separate items is set to address three key components of its policies on homele ...

On Tuesday the council in separate items is set to address three key components of its policies on homelessness. First, council will address the need for public restrooms. Second, council will deal ...

March 16, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Will Dispensaries in the Downtown Lead to Revitalized Business or More Parking Impacts?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 04, 2018
| (45) Comments

Sunday Commentary: Will Dispensaries in the Downtown Lead to Revitalized Business or More Parking Impacts?

My view: This is probably more about the type of business, but the arguments against the businesses are i ...

My view: This is probably more about the type of business, but the arguments against the businesses are indeed weird given the need for a revitalized Davis Downtown and the prospect for more customers ...

March 04, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: Creating a Vibrant Downtown

Posted by Robb Davis
|Date: January 07, 2018
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Guest Commentary: Creating a Vibrant Downtown

By Robb Davis Public health practitioners have developed “proximate determinants” models for key health o ...

By Robb Davis Public health practitioners have developed “proximate determinants” models for key health outcomes to focus attention on the most critical factors that, together (and often in complex wa ...

January 07, 2018
| by Robb Davis

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My View: Turning Our Attention to the Core Area Specific Plan

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 18, 2017
| (42) Comments

My View: Turning Our Attention to the Core Area Specific Plan

It is with a sense of relief that we can now move on from Trackside. The Trackside issue was divisive an ...

It is with a sense of relief that we can now move on from Trackside. The Trackside issue was divisive and disappointing in a lot of ways, but as a 27-unit project, it is not going to solve the city’s ...

November 18, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Council Asked to Implement Paid Parking Plan

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 03, 2017
| (6) Comments

Council Asked to Implement Paid Parking Plan

The council on Tuesday will be asked to address paid parking downtown, as a continuation of the process t ...

The council on Tuesday will be asked to address paid parking downtown, as a continuation of the process that began in 2012 with the Downtown Parking Task Force which issued the Spring 2014 Downtown Pa ...

November 03, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Complaints about the Homeless Aired at Chamber Forum

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 25, 2017
| (19) Comments

Complaints about the Homeless Aired at Chamber Forum

The Davis Chamber hosted a 10-person forum on Tuesday at the Vet’s Memorial with a number of business and ...

The Davis Chamber hosted a 10-person forum on Tuesday at the Vet’s Memorial with a number of business and government leaders on the 10-person panel. There were a number of very serious complaints air ...

October 25, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Systemic Injustice – The Davis Disconnect

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: September 15, 2017
| (30) Comments

Systemic Injustice – The Davis Disconnect

by Mark West “Social justice is the concept of fair and just relation between the individual and s ...

by Mark West “Social justice is the concept of fair and just relation between the individual and society. This is measured by the explicit and tacit terms for the distribution of wealth, opport ...

September 15, 2017
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Mayor Pro Tem on the Core Area Specific Plan

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 04, 2017
| (49) Comments

Mayor Pro Tem on the Core Area Specific Plan

“(T)he zoning is the zoning until the city council changes the zoning. Sometimes we feel that there’s ce ...

“(T)he zoning is the zoning until the city council changes the zoning. Sometimes we feel that there’s certainty because of the zoning and because of the design guidelines, essentially three city coun ...

September 04, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Letter: Thoughts on Parking and the Davis Downtown

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: August 30, 2017
| (12) Comments

Letter: Thoughts on Parking and the Davis Downtown

By Jason Taormino The Davis Vanguard is hosting an important forum this evening on Downtown Davis. I can ...

By Jason Taormino The Davis Vanguard is hosting an important forum this evening on Downtown Davis. I can not attend but wanted to add a few thoughts to the conversation. Where we, as a community, shou ...

August 30, 2017
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Sunday Commentary: What Do Trackside and Davis Ace Have in Common?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 20, 2017
| (27) Comments

Sunday Commentary: What Do Trackside and Davis Ace Have in Common?

Back in June there was a lengthy discussion over a proposed parking project by Davis Ace Hardware. The d ...

Back in June there was a lengthy discussion over a proposed parking project by Davis Ace Hardware. The discussion over Davis Ace’s parking highlighted the need for more extensive examination of the i ...

August 20, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Pathways to Employment Another Possible Solution to the Homeless Problem

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 01, 2017
| (1) Comment

Pathways to Employment Another Possible Solution to the Homeless Problem

Last Wednesday, Bill Pride from Davis Community Meals came to speak at the Vanguard Conclave and talked a ...

Last Wednesday, Bill Pride from Davis Community Meals came to speak at the Vanguard Conclave and talked about the program Pathways to Employment, which began a year ago. The idea was to bring togethe ...

August 01, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Downtown Davis Cleanliness and Pathways to Employment

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: July 29, 2017
| (6) Comments

Downtown Davis Cleanliness and Pathways to Employment

By Michael Bisch We are seeking downtown locations, on private property, to install “giving meters” that ...

By Michael Bisch We are seeking downtown locations, on private property, to install “giving meters” that will generate on-going funding for the Pathways to Employment program. Please see the photo of ...

July 29, 2017
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Commentary: Can We Find a Solution to the Homeless Problem in Davis?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 26, 2017
| (5) Comments

Commentary: Can We Find a Solution to the Homeless Problem in Davis?

When we launched the idea of discussing the homeless situation in our Monthly Conclave series, the idea w ...

When we launched the idea of discussing the homeless situation in our Monthly Conclave series, the idea was to provide a space where people could come together, to learn about different approaches to ...

July 26, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Trackside Debate Illustrates Need for CASP Update

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 16, 2017
| (67) Comments

Sunday Commentary: Trackside Debate Illustrates Need for CASP Update

I have mixed feelings on the need to do a new General Plan. Or at least a full new one. An update of th ...

I have mixed feelings on the need to do a new General Plan. Or at least a full new one. An update of the Core Area Specific Plan (CASP) with updates on sustainability goals might be sufficient. But ...

July 16, 2017
| by David Greenwald

| (67) Comments

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