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Sunday Commentary: City Revenue Problems Aren’t Going Away

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 02, 2023
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Sunday Commentary: City Revenue Problems Aren’t Going Away

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Over the last decade, the biggest failure of leadershi ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Over the last decade, the biggest failure of leadership by the council has been the failure to address the city’s ongoing revenue shortfalls on a lon ...

April 02, 2023
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: What Should the City’s Economic Development Strategy Be?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 28, 2023
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Commentary: What Should the City’s Economic Development Strategy Be?

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Yesterday as part of our weekly series of questions, t ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Yesterday as part of our weekly series of questions, the Vanguard asked the candidates how they would approach the city’s economic development strate ...

March 28, 2023
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: What Economic Development Looks Like in Davis (and What It Doesn’t)

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: October 14, 2022
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Guest Commentary: What Economic Development Looks Like in Davis (and What It Doesn’t)

By Tim Keller A few weeks ago, I was overjoyed to see the news that a local company, Innerplant, had rais ...

By Tim Keller A few weeks ago, I was overjoyed to see the news that a local company, Innerplant, had raised $16 million worth of funding in an equity round led by John Deere. Innerplant has developed ...

October 14, 2022
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Commentary: But Is There Common Ground To Be Found?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 11, 2022
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Commentary: But Is There Common Ground To Be Found?

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – A comment from last week struck me at the time it was ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – A comment from last week struck me at the time it was written and I have been pondering it for several days now: “If you want to work to build consen ...

October 11, 2022
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Thoughts on Economic Development and Infill As the Campaigns Heat Up

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 05, 2022
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Thoughts on Economic Development and Infill As the Campaigns Heat Up

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – I learn a lot from reading candidate responses on some ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – I learn a lot from reading candidate responses on some of these issues. I want to address a few key points that I think need to be fleshed out. Ther ...

September 05, 2022
| by David Greenwald

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Thompson and Aguiar-Curry Both Endorse Measure H, but Speak Much More Broadly at UCD Rally on Wednesday

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 02, 2022
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Thompson and Aguiar-Curry Both Endorse Measure H, but Speak Much More Broadly at UCD Rally on Wednesday

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA - It was a hot afternoon Wednesday at the quad of UC Dav ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA - It was a hot afternoon Wednesday at the quad of UC Davis and there was a contingent of No on H people decked out with their orange signs, jockeyed fo ...

June 02, 2022
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Commentary: Does the Tax Sharing Agreement Reduce the City’s Take from DiSC? Yes, but No

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 10, 2022
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Commentary: Does the Tax Sharing Agreement Reduce the City’s Take from DiSC? Yes, but No

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – As reported last week the city, county and developer a ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – As reported last week the city, county and developer agreed to both a tax sharing agreement and an MOU. Critics of the project pointed out that the ...

May 10, 2022
| by David Greenwald

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Project Proponents Lay Out the Benefits of DiSC at Campaign Rally in Mace Ranch Park

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 26, 2022
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Project Proponents Lay Out the Benefits of DiSC at Campaign Rally in Mace Ranch Park

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Supporter of DiSC 2022 gathered at Mace Ranch Park nex ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Supporter of DiSC 2022 gathered at Mace Ranch Park next to Korematsu and down the street from where the innovation center would be constructed if vot ...

April 26, 2022
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Will This Change by DiSC Reassure Downtown Businesses?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 06, 2022
| (39) Comments

Sunday Commentary: Will This Change by DiSC Reassure Downtown Businesses?

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – I never bought the idea that a small amount of support ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – I never bought the idea that a small amount of supportive retail at DiSC would somehow cannibalize the downtown. That never seemed to be a realistic ...

February 06, 2022
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: DiSC Holds Great Promise but Will Rise and Fall on Traffic Impacts

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 01, 2022
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Commentary: DiSC Holds Great Promise but Will Rise and Fall on Traffic Impacts

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Yesterday I was told a bit about the story of the Rese ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Yesterday I was told a bit about the story of the Research Triangle Park in North Carolina. At the time, leaders in North Carolina worried about the ...

February 01, 2022
| by David Greenwald

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My View: Appalling Decision by Council on Ladder Truck – Lack of Fiscal Restraint on a Nice-to-Have Expenditure

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 15, 2022
| (14) Comments

My View: Appalling Decision by Council on Ladder Truck – Lack of Fiscal Restraint on a Nice-to-Have Expenditure

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – It has been more than a decade since we first laid out ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – It has been more than a decade since we first laid out the case that the city of Davis, mainly through their own policies, put the city at grave fisc ...

January 15, 2022
| by David Greenwald

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DiSC Breezes through Planning Commission, Heads to Council February

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 14, 2022
| (35) Comments

DiSC Breezes through Planning Commission, Heads to Council February

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – By Davis standards, it was an easy night. The staff r ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – By Davis standards, it was an easy night. The staff recommendations for DiSC were supported on a 7-0 by the Planning Commission, *just* 41 public co ...

January 14, 2022
| by David Greenwald

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DiSC 2022 Returns to the Planning Commission This Week

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 09, 2022
| (6) Comments

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 before t ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA - Just 14 months after the initial project came before the voters and lost, DiSC 2022 returns to the Planning Commission for consideration of the reduc ...

January 09, 2022
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: The Demand Issue Will Likely Raise Its Head Again for DISC, Here’s Some Recent Analysis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 23, 2021
| (20) Comments

Commentary: The Demand Issue Will Likely Raise Its Head Again for DISC, Here’s Some Recent Analysis

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Those who argue that DiSC 2022 will be decided by asse ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Those who argue that DiSC 2022 will be decided by assessments on traffic are probably correct, but if previous debates and proposals are any guide, t ...

December 23, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: The Changing Landscape of the Tech and the Pandemic

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 07, 2021
| (65) Comments

Commentary: The Changing Landscape of the Tech and the Pandemic

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – As we move out of the pandemic—eventually we will, I p ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – As we move out of the pandemic—eventually we will, I promise—toward another discussion on DISC, it might behoove the city and the applicants to take ...

October 07, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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POLITICO Story: Whistleblower Terminated for Complaining about Environmental Impacts of Freeway Expansion Project

Commentary: College Education and Life Expectancy Linkages – Two Americas, Those Who Have and Those Who Do Not Have

Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 219: Danielle Harris, Vanguard Justice Award Winner

VANGUARD INCARCERATED PRESS: What They See

Deep Dive into Louisiana’s Death Row Statistics and Examination of Five Clemency Petitions Scheduled for Review in October

COURT WATCH: Big Questions in DUI Trial – Inconsistent Tech, Faulty Tests, Another CHP Officer without Body Cam Footage Testifies in One-Eyed Man’s Case

COURT WATCH: Public Defender Files Second Racial Justice Act Motion for Black Accused – Cites Prosecution Due to ‘Racial Animus’

Subcommittee Proposes Changes to ‘Rubric’ Formula

Man Dies in Hail of Sacramento Police Bullets – NAACP Branch Demands Independent Investigation, Calls Shooting Death ‘Not an Accident’

Prominent Black, LGBTQ, and Elected Leaders on Appointment of Laphonza Butler to U.S. Senate

Sunday Commentary: City Revenue Problems Aren’t Going Away

Sunday Commentary: City Revenue Problems Aren’t Going Away

Commentary: What Should the City’s Economic Development Strategy Be?

Commentary: What Should the City’s Economic Development Strategy Be?

Guest Commentary: What Economic Development Looks Like in Davis (and What It Doesn’t)

Guest Commentary: What Economic Development Looks Like in Davis (and What It Doesn’t)

Commentary: But Is There Common Ground To Be Found?

Commentary: But Is There Common Ground To Be Found?

Monday Morning Thoughts: Thoughts on Economic Development and Infill As the Campaigns Heat Up

Monday Morning Thoughts: Thoughts on Economic Development and Infill As the Campaigns Heat Up

Thompson and Aguiar-Curry Both Endorse Measure H, but Speak Much More Broadly at UCD Rally on Wednesday

Thompson and Aguiar-Curry Both Endorse Measure H, but Speak Much More Broadly at UCD Rally on Wednesday

Commentary: Does the Tax Sharing Agreement Reduce the City’s Take from DiSC? Yes, but No

Commentary: Does the Tax Sharing Agreement Reduce the City’s Take from DiSC? Yes, but No

Project Proponents Lay Out the Benefits of DiSC at Campaign Rally in Mace Ranch Park

Project Proponents Lay Out the Benefits of DiSC at Campaign Rally in Mace Ranch Park

Sunday Commentary: Will This Change by DiSC Reassure Downtown Businesses?

Sunday Commentary: Will This Change by DiSC Reassure Downtown Businesses?

Commentary: DiSC Holds Great Promise but Will Rise and Fall on Traffic Impacts

Commentary: DiSC Holds Great Promise but Will Rise and Fall on Traffic Impacts

My View: Appalling Decision by Council on Ladder Truck – Lack of Fiscal Restraint on a Nice-to-Have Expenditure

My View: Appalling Decision by Council on Ladder Truck – Lack of Fiscal Restraint on a Nice-to-Have Expenditure

DiSC Breezes through Planning Commission, Heads to Council February

DiSC Breezes through Planning Commission, Heads to Council February

DiSC 2022 Returns to the Planning Commission This Week

DiSC 2022 Returns to the Planning Commission This Week

Commentary: The Demand Issue Will Likely Raise Its Head Again for DISC, Here’s Some Recent Analysis

Commentary: The Demand Issue Will Likely Raise Its Head Again for DISC, Here’s Some Recent Analysis

Commentary: The Changing Landscape of the Tech and the Pandemic

Commentary: The Changing Landscape of the Tech and the Pandemic

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