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Tuleyome’s Letter Opposing a Negative Declaration at Field & Pond

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: August 26, 2016
| (22) Comments

Tuleyome’s Letter Opposing a Negative Declaration at Field & Pond

Following the Vanguard’s article on Wednesday on the Field & Pond dispute, Bob Schneider submitted Tu ...

Following the Vanguard’s article on Wednesday on the Field & Pond dispute, Bob Schneider submitted Tuleyome’s letter opposing a Negative Declaration for Field and Pond, as well as Ecologist Chad R ...

August 26, 2016
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Council Looks to Take First Steps toward General Plan Update

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 15, 2016
| (61) Comments

Council Looks to Take First Steps toward General Plan Update

During the council campaign several candidates indicated their support for a general plan update, and whe ...

During the council campaign several candidates indicated their support for a general plan update, and when Robb Davis, in a Vanguard interview in June, suggested the same, it became clear there were a ...

July 15, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Student Housing Concerns Come Out During Sterling Discussion

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 16, 2016
| (36) Comments

Student Housing Concerns Come Out During Sterling Discussion

The main purpose of the item on Tuesday night on Sterling dealt with the structuring of alternatives for ...

The main purpose of the item on Tuesday night on Sterling dealt with the structuring of alternatives for the EIR (Environmental Impact Report) for the apartment housing proposal at the current site of ...

June 16, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: The First Answer Doesn’t Have to Be NO

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 14, 2016
| (96) Comments

Commentary: The First Answer Doesn’t Have to Be NO

The Mace Ranch Innovation Center (MRIC) proposal coming back to council has lit up a normally low period ...

The Mace Ranch Innovation Center (MRIC) proposal coming back to council has lit up a normally low period in the news cycle. MRIC has come back on the table with a stripped down 102-acre proposal but ...

June 14, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Lack of Trust Slowing Us Down

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 12, 2016
| (78) Comments

Sunday Commentary: Lack of Trust Slowing Us Down

The school board has a saying, we move at the speed of trust. It is a phrase that suggests that the pace ...

The school board has a saying, we move at the speed of trust. It is a phrase that suggests that the pace of movement and change can only proceed at a rate that the public can absorb and can understan ...

June 12, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Council to Consider EIR Project Alternatives for Sterling

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 11, 2016
| (23) Comments

Council to Consider EIR Project Alternatives for Sterling

The city of Davis has shifted course on the proposed Sterling Apartment project on 5th Street. Originall ...

The city of Davis has shifted course on the proposed Sterling Apartment project on 5th Street. Originally they were looking to go the route of a Mitigated Negative Declaration (MND, or Neg Dec), but ...

June 11, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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November Vote Sought on Scaled Down MRIC Project

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 11, 2016
| (19) Comments

November Vote Sought on Scaled Down MRIC Project

When Mace Ranch Innovation Center (MRIC) developers put the project on pause, the community had every rea ...

When Mace Ranch Innovation Center (MRIC) developers put the project on pause, the community had every reason to believe the project was dead. Already having put $3 to $4.5 million into the project, o ...

June 11, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: Downtown Traffic Will Also Get Much Worse with Nishi

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: May 26, 2016
| (60) Comments

Guest Commentary: Downtown Traffic Will Also Get Much Worse with Nishi

By Dan Cornford The debate about the traffic impacts of the Nishi project has mostly focused on its effec ...

By Dan Cornford The debate about the traffic impacts of the Nishi project has mostly focused on its effects on congestion through the Richards/Olive Drive intersection and into the downtown tunnel. Mi ...

May 26, 2016
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Can We Really Trust a Study?

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: May 18, 2016
| (87) Comments

Can We Really Trust a Study?

By Rob White Using data - or even a study - to support one’s point or argument, is a long held tradition ...

By Rob White Using data - or even a study - to support one’s point or argument, is a long held tradition in academia. And in Davis, we have all witnessed a city council or community meeting where stak ...

May 18, 2016
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Analysis: Is There a Mutually Agreeable Path Forward on Sterling?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 13, 2016
| (15) Comments

Analysis: Is There a Mutually Agreeable Path Forward on Sterling?

Two weeks ago, the city made the right call by forgoing a Mitigated Negative Declaration (MND, or Neg Dec ...

Two weeks ago, the city made the right call by forgoing a Mitigated Negative Declaration (MND, or Neg Dec) for the proposed Sterling Apartments on Fifth Street, and going with an Environmental Impact ...

April 13, 2016
| by David Greenwald

| (15) Comments

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City Backtracks on Neg Dec For Sterling

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 26, 2016
| (2) Comments

City Backtracks on Neg Dec For Sterling

Two weeks ago, it appeared that the city was going to attempt to push through a Mitigated Negative Declar ...

Two weeks ago, it appeared that the city was going to attempt to push through a Mitigated Negative Declaration (MND) for the Sterling Apartments on Fifth Street, over the objection of neighbors at Ran ...

March 26, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Harrington Files Suit Challenging Legality of Nishi (UPDATED)

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 25, 2016
| (89) Comments

Harrington Files Suit Challenging Legality of Nishi (UPDATED)

Former Davis City Councilmember Michael Harrington filed a lawsuit on March 18 challenging the legality o ...

Former Davis City Councilmember Michael Harrington filed a lawsuit on March 18 challenging the legality of the Nishi-Gateway project approval. The lawsuit was filed by attorneys Michael Harrington and ...

March 25, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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My View II: Is the Neg Dec Route Appropriate for Sterling?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 12, 2016
| (54) Comments

My View II: Is the Neg Dec Route Appropriate for Sterling?

When the city of Davis pushed through a Mitigated Negative Declaration (MND) on the Hotel Conference Cent ...

When the city of Davis pushed through a Mitigated Negative Declaration (MND) on the Hotel Conference Center, the city believed it was legally defensible, however, the project has since been bottled up ...

March 12, 2016
| by David Greenwald

| (54) Comments

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Response to Harrington on Traffic Study

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: February 18, 2016
| (1) Comment

Response to Harrington on Traffic Study

Note: Former City Councilmember Michael Harrington has submitted an alternative traffic report in respons ...

Note: Former City Councilmember Michael Harrington has submitted an alternative traffic report in response to the EIR on Nishi claiming inadequacy of the traffic study. Gary Jakobs and Chris Mundhenk ...

February 18, 2016
| by Vanguard Administrator

| (1) Comment

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Sunday Commentary: Harrington Should Let the Voters Decide on Nishi

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 14, 2016
| (83) Comments

Sunday Commentary: Harrington Should Let the Voters Decide on Nishi

Nishi is a Political Process Not a Legal One – In the fall of 2011, the city council in the early morning ...

Nishi is a Political Process Not a Legal One – In the fall of 2011, the city council in the early morning hours of the new city manager’s first meeting, rammed through the Surface Water Project. A gro ...

February 14, 2016
| by David Greenwald

| (83) Comments

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Daily Crude Oil Through Davis… Averted for now

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: February 14, 2016
| (3) Comments

Daily Crude Oil Through Davis… Averted for now

By Lynne Nittler and Jean Jackman It has been an exhausting and dramatic week for Davis activists and tho ...

By Lynne Nittler and Jean Jackman It has been an exhausting and dramatic week for Davis activists and those from Sacramento and other cities uprail from the proposed Valero Refinery expansion in Benic ...

February 14, 2016
| by Vanguard Administrator

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City Staff Recommends City Council Place Nishi Gateway on Ballot this Tuesday

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: February 14, 2016
| (4) Comments

City Staff Recommends City Council Place Nishi Gateway on Ballot this Tuesday

In preparation for Tuesday’s Davis City Council meeting, city staff have recommended that the Council app ...

In preparation for Tuesday’s Davis City Council meeting, city staff have recommended that the Council approve the NIshi Gateway project for a June election. “Staff believes that the project appropriat ...

February 14, 2016
| by Vanguard Administrator

| (4) Comments

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Flint West: Concerns with Health Impact of Nishi

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: February 13, 2016
| (12) Comments

Flint West: Concerns with Health Impact of Nishi

By Thomas Cahill Early childhood education. Daycare. Services for the elderly, Cold weather shelters, … I ...

By Thomas Cahill Early childhood education. Daycare. Services for the elderly, Cold weather shelters, … I’m sure that the leaders of bankrupt Flint, Michigan, had all sorts of plans for the money save ...

February 13, 2016
| by Vanguard Administrator

| (12) Comments

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Davis at Greater Risk for Oil Train Explosion

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: February 08, 2016
| (19) Comments

Davis at Greater Risk for Oil Train Explosion

By Alan Miller Central Davis could be incinerated. 1.5 million gallons of highly flammable crude oil will ...

By Alan Miller Central Davis could be incinerated. 1.5 million gallons of highly flammable crude oil will roll through Davis per train, cutting through the core of our commerce and population. Directl ...

February 08, 2016
| by Vanguard Administrator

| (19) Comments

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Council Moves Closer To Putting Nishi on June Ballot

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 20, 2016
| (51) Comments

Council Moves Closer To Putting Nishi on June Ballot

There is a lot of work still to be done between now and February 2, the next city council meeting. It is ...

There is a lot of work still to be done between now and February 2, the next city council meeting. It is possible that the council will need beyond that to nail down all of the details on Nishi before ...

January 20, 2016
| by David Greenwald

| (51) Comments

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