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Monday Morning Thoughts: The Chickens Have Come Home on Our Roads

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 20, 2020
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Monday Morning Thoughts: The Chickens Have Come Home on Our Roads

I was driving someone from out of the area a few weeks ago – a guest who was coming to Davis for the firs ...

I was driving someone from out of the area a few weeks ago – a guest who was coming to Davis for the first time to speak at our event. I’m driving down Covell and the van is literally bouncing on the ...

January 20, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Nishi Delayed Yet Again as City Has to Fight Appeal

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 15, 2020
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Nishi Delayed Yet Again as City Has to Fight Appeal

Housing for over 2000 students next to the UC Davis campus has been delayed yet again, as the city announ ...

Housing for over 2000 students next to the UC Davis campus has been delayed yet again, as the city announced on Tuesday that litigants who lost in court have filed an appeal on the Nishi project. In J ...

January 15, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Council to Look at Ways to Increase Funding Allocations for Roads

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 10, 2020
| (8) Comments

Council to Look at Ways to Increase Funding Allocations for Roads

For over a decade now, the city of Davis has understood the daunting task needed to find funding for road ...

For over a decade now, the city of Davis has understood the daunting task needed to find funding for road maintenance. Beginning in 2013, when the council identified the shortfall as being over $100 ...

January 10, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Community Shows Overwhelming Support For Respite Center, Homelessness

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 18, 2019
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Community Shows Overwhelming Support For Respite Center, Homelessness

There was pushback from some people in Davis Manor against the location for the proposed respite center. ...

There was pushback from some people in Davis Manor against the location for the proposed respite center. But even within that neighborhood those voices were drown out in an avalanche of support for t ...

December 18, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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City and Council Hear Complaints on Process and Merits of Olive Drive Proposal

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 21, 2019
| (71) Comments

City and Council Hear Complaints on Process and Merits of Olive Drive Proposal

On Tuesday, the council approved an item, placed on consent, approving a resolution that would authorize ...

On Tuesday, the council approved an item, placed on consent, approving a resolution that would authorize Raney Planning to provide an environmental analysis for a mixed-use project located on Olive Dr ...

November 21, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Council Goes with Compromise on Mace – Back to Two Lanes, Keeps Protected Bike Path

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 20, 2019
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Council Goes with Compromise on Mace – Back to Two Lanes, Keeps Protected Bike Path

Nearly two dozen people spoke during public comment – there were fireworks on both sides of the issue, bu ...

Nearly two dozen people spoke during public comment – there were fireworks on both sides of the issue, but this time the public was relatively split. Council, as they have for years now, found the co ...

November 20, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Freedom of Dissent, Muhammed Ali and Gloria Partida

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 17, 2019
| (3) Comments

Sunday Commentary: Freedom of Dissent, Muhammed Ali and Gloria Partida

The First Amendment to the US Constitution provides for the freedom of speech… “congress shall make no la ...

The First Amendment to the US Constitution provides for the freedom of speech… “congress shall make no law… abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to as ...

November 17, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Do the Right Thing on the Homeless and Let the Chips Fall Where They May

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 12, 2019
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Commentary: Do the Right Thing on the Homeless and Let the Chips Fall Where They May

Last week’s discussion on homelessness witnessed the council, in the face of outcry from the Mace Ranch n ...

Last week’s discussion on homelessness witnessed the council, in the face of outcry from the Mace Ranch neighborhood, shift gears on the homeless respite center proposal and shift the site from the 35 ...

November 12, 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
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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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Guest Commentary: Generosity the Biggest Barrier to Solving the Homeless Dilemma

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: November 04, 2019
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Guest Commentary: Generosity the Biggest Barrier to Solving the Homeless Dilemma

By Gloria Partida In the late 90s when I was volunteering with STEAC, the number of homeless people in Da ...

By Gloria Partida In the late 90s when I was volunteering with STEAC, the number of homeless people in Davis was so minimal that the visibility was almost nonexistent. This is not to say the numbers w ...

November 04, 2019
| by Vanguard Administrator

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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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Partida Flips on District Elections to Push Five Districts by Narrow Margin

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 23, 2019
| (43) Comments

Partida Flips on District Elections to Push Five Districts by Narrow Margin

Two weeks ago Mayor Pro Tem Gloria Partida indicated her support for seven districts, setting up Mayor Br ...

Two weeks ago Mayor Pro Tem Gloria Partida indicated her support for seven districts, setting up Mayor Brett Lee as the deciding vote, as it was deadlocked with two councilmembers supporting five and ...

October 23, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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City Releases 10 More Draft Maps ahead of Next Week’s Hearing

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 16, 2019
| (27) Comments

City Releases 10 More Draft Maps ahead of Next Week’s Hearing

On Tuesday will be the fourth public hearing for the city’s districting process. They will receive furth ...

On Tuesday will be the fourth public hearing for the city’s districting process. They will receive further input on proposed district maps, select the final district map and introduce an ordinance to ...

October 16, 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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Accusations Fly in Precursor to ARC Discussion

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 09, 2019
| (95) Comments

Accusations Fly in Precursor to ARC Discussion

They were supposed to be two basic items which were rightly placed on the consent calendar – one which cr ...

They were supposed to be two basic items which were rightly placed on the consent calendar – one which created a council subcommittee to help expedite the processing of the application for the Aggie R ...

October 09, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: We Talk about Active Shooters, but ARV Most Likely to Be Used for Drug Raids

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 29, 2019
| (5) Comments

Sunday Commentary: We Talk about Active Shooters, but ARV Most Likely to Be Used for Drug Raids

The argument that carried the day for me on Tuesday was not that the ARV (Armored Rescue Vehicle) resembl ...

The argument that carried the day for me on Tuesday was not that the ARV (Armored Rescue Vehicle) resembles in appearance more an Amazon Prime van than the tank-like MRAP (Mine-Resistant Ambush Protec ...

September 29, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Council Finally Approves Armored Vehicle for Davis Police

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 25, 2019
| (13) Comments

Council Finally Approves Armored Vehicle for Davis Police

Despite a small but spirited opposition to the acquisition of the Armored Rescue Vehicle (ARV), the counc ...

Despite a small but spirited opposition to the acquisition of the Armored Rescue Vehicle (ARV), the council was unanimous in its support for the acquisition, scaled down to $118,000 for the vehicle th ...

September 25, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Errors in Dunning Column Lead to Wrong Conclusions on City Demographics

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 12, 2019
| (20) Comments

Commentary: Errors in Dunning Column Lead to Wrong Conclusions on City Demographics

In a column that appeared in the Sunday, September 1, paper, Bob Dunning writes that he sent a note to Ma ...

In a column that appeared in the Sunday, September 1, paper, Bob Dunning writes that he sent a note to Mayor Pro Tem Gloria Partida “asking what she thinks about our sudden move to district elections. ...

September 12, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Council Open to 7 Districts, Opposes At-Large Mayor

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 04, 2019
| (20) Comments

Council Open to 7 Districts, Opposes At-Large Mayor

While the city council mainly just listened to both public comment and the presentation by Demographer Pa ...

While the city council mainly just listened to both public comment and the presentation by Demographer Paul Mitchell on Tuesday, they did make some tentative decisions. Basically, there seemed strong ...

September 04, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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