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Guest Commentary: Fixing Disparities in Police Stops Goes Beyond Bias

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: October 22, 2021
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Guest Commentary: Fixing Disparities in Police Stops Goes Beyond Bias

By Gloria Partida The moments that have spurred social justice movements the furthest through time, unfor ...

By Gloria Partida The moments that have spurred social justice movements the furthest through time, unfortunately, have come at the cost of a person of color’s (POC’s) body. All have been horrendous, ...

October 22, 2021
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Commentary: Broad Community Support for Change – But I Still Want More

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 21, 2021
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Commentary: Broad Community Support for Change – But I Still Want More

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – What did the actions by the council mean to Mayor Glor ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – What did the actions by the council mean to Mayor Gloria Partida? It was after midnight on Tuesday night and she went out onto her porch, and took a ...

October 21, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Council Passes Sweeping Police Re-Organization without Opposition

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 20, 2021
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Council Passes Sweeping Police Re-Organization without Opposition

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA - In the end the city council not only unanimously passe ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA - In the end the city council not only unanimously passed the city’s police reorganization plan, but did so without anything that resembled opposition— ...

October 20, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Clearing Homeless Encampment, Was This Handled Correctly?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 18, 2021
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Clearing Homeless Encampment, Was This Handled Correctly?

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Like in many other communities, homeless encampments h ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Like in many other communities, homeless encampments have sprung up in Davis. This is not unique to Davis of course, but you have tents and makeshif ...

October 18, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Reimagining Policing in Davis Is Happening

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 16, 2021
| (57) Comments

Reimagining Policing in Davis Is Happening

City Set To Remove Key Functions from Police Department to New Department of Social Services and Housing ...

City Set To Remove Key Functions from Police Department to New Department of Social Services and Housing By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – A council subcommittee of Mayor Gloria Parti ...

October 16, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Council to Lay Out Redistricting Process

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 01, 2021
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Council to Lay Out Redistricting Process

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – It seems like the city of Davis just did this. In qui ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – It seems like the city of Davis just did this. In quick fashion in 2019, the city of Davis, responding to a potential lawsuit by Matt Rexroad on beh ...

October 01, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Council Rejects Hirsch Appeal; Follows Staff on Partial Grant of Sutter Appeal

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 22, 2021
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Council Rejects Hirsch Appeal; Follows Staff on Partial Grant of Sutter Appeal

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Council largely followed the recommendation of staff o ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Council largely followed the recommendation of staff on Sutter Place, unanimously rejecting the appeal by Alan Hirsch while following staff’s recomme ...

September 22, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: We Have Made Progress on Policing Locally, But We Need To Continue To Move in the Direction of Reform

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 14, 2021
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Commentary: We Have Made Progress on Policing Locally, But We Need To Continue To Move in the Direction of Reform

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – From a jail in Birmingham, Dr. Martin Luther King penn ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – From a jail in Birmingham, Dr. Martin Luther King penned perhaps his most famous writing and he aimed it squarely at his own allies and the leadershi ...

September 14, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: Wanted – Leadership Substance, Not Spin

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: September 12, 2021
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Guest Commentary: Wanted – Leadership Substance, Not Spin

By Francesca Wright It has been over a year that community members have been asking City Council to creat ...

By Francesca Wright It has been over a year that community members have been asking City Council to create meaningful structural change in how we address public safety. We have marched. We have sent p ...

September 12, 2021
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Council Approves the Housing Element – Further Discussions on Measure J and UC Davis To Follow

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 01, 2021
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Council Approves the Housing Element – Further Discussions on Measure J and UC Davis To Follow

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA - After much consideration and discussion, the Davis Cit ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA - After much consideration and discussion, the Davis City Council on Tuesday passed the Housing Element on a 5-0 vote. Among the add-ons was support of ...

September 01, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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City of Davis Requires Personnel to Vaccinate

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 01, 2021
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City of Davis Requires Personnel to Vaccinate

Special To the Vanguard Davis, CA - Following many other government entities, the City of Davis announced ...

Special To the Vanguard Davis, CA - Following many other government entities, the City of Davis announced Tuesday that it has issued a vaccine requirement for its personnel, including employees, inter ...

September 01, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: We Are Not Going Far Enough

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 27, 2021
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Sunday Commentary: We Are Not Going Far Enough

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA – This weekend in her monthly Vanguard column Mayor Gloria Partida pushed ...

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA – This weekend in her monthly Vanguard column Mayor Gloria Partida pushed back a bit against activists stating, “The City continues to advance towards a new way of deli ...

June 27, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Davis Mayor on Reimagining Policing and the Police Budget

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: June 26, 2021
| (5) Comments

Commentary: Davis Mayor on Reimagining Policing and the Police Budget

By Gloria Partida The City continues to advance towards a new way of delivering public safety in Davis. T ...

By Gloria Partida The City continues to advance towards a new way of delivering public safety in Davis. The pace of that progress has been a point of contention for some in our community. The city cou ...

June 26, 2021
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Commentary: In Order to Enact Change Our Leaders Must Have a Sense of Urgency

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 24, 2021
| (15) Comments

Commentary: In Order to Enact Change Our Leaders Must Have a Sense of Urgency

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA - It made for interesting theater on Tuesday night—a well-organized and l ...

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA - It made for interesting theater on Tuesday night—a well-organized and large group of activists pushing the council harder and further on police reforms, who met resis ...

June 24, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Council Faces Community Wrath on Policing, but Adopts Proposed Budget

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 23, 2021
| (15) Comments

Council Faces Community Wrath on Policing, but Adopts Proposed Budget

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA - Despite an overwhelming number of citizens supporting changes to polici ...

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA - Despite an overwhelming number of citizens supporting changes to policing, the council largely passed the budget as proposed on Tuesday night, leaving some of the mor ...

June 23, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Council Listens to Battle of the Talking Points; Council Leans Toward More Middle Course

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 16, 2021
| (21) Comments

Council Listens to Battle of the Talking Points; Council Leans Toward More Middle Course

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA - There were no motions made, no direction taken yet, but the course of t ...

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA - There were no motions made, no direction taken yet, but the course of the council was laid out during this workshop pretty clearly. Several dozen public commenters l ...

June 16, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: Pride Celebration Remembers Fallen Activists in LGBTQ Rights Struggle

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: June 01, 2021
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Guest Commentary: Pride Celebration Remembers Fallen Activists in LGBTQ Rights Struggle

by Gloria Partida This weekend The Davis Phoenix Coalition, which puts on the City’s Pride Celebrations, ...

by Gloria Partida This weekend The Davis Phoenix Coalition, which puts on the City’s Pride Celebrations, produced their yearly painting of rainbow crosswalks around Central Park in preparation of June ...

June 01, 2021
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Guest Commentary: Reimagining Policing in Davis

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: May 01, 2021
| (26) Comments

Guest Commentary: Reimagining Policing in Davis

by Mayor Gloria Partida I, along with many in our Nation, breathed a sigh of relief when the Derrick Chau ...

by Mayor Gloria Partida I, along with many in our Nation, breathed a sigh of relief when the Derrick Chauvin guilty verdict was read. Along with that sigh of relief came a flood of other emotions tied ...

May 01, 2021
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Speaker: “Racialized violence and its varying dynamics in those that have been rendered different stem from the same source of white supremacy.”

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 24, 2021
| (18) Comments

Speaker: “Racialized violence and its varying dynamics in those that have been rendered different stem from the same source of white supremacy.”

Community Gathers in Recognition of Victims of Police Violence By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA - Passiona ...

Community Gathers in Recognition of Victims of Police Violence By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA - Passionate speeches by Mayor Gloria Partida and Davis Community Church Associate Pastor Eunbee Ham, in ...

April 24, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Is Council Purging Dissenters From Commissions?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 20, 2021
| (18) Comments

Commentary: Is Council Purging Dissenters From Commissions?

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA - In the last round of commission appointments there were complaints that ...

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA - In the last round of commission appointments there were complaints that a number of people who opposed DISC were not reappointed as commissioners in the wake of the N ...

April 20, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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