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Diverse Group of Over 1000 March in Davis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 15, 2020
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Diverse Group of Over 1000 March in Davis

Davis - A huge and diverse crowd showed up in Davis at Central Park for a rally and march on behalf of Bl ...

Davis - A huge and diverse crowd showed up in Davis at Central Park for a rally and march on behalf of Black Lives Matter, in opposition to police violence. By the time the group marched down to the ...

June 15, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Council Looks to Put Measure J Renewal on the Ballot

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 13, 2020
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Council Looks to Put Measure J Renewal on the Ballot

There have been two discussions so far on the renewal of Measure J—one by the City Council and one by the ...

There have been two discussions so far on the renewal of Measure J—one by the City Council and one by the Planning Commission. Public comment in those two meetings has run overwhelming in favor of pl ...

June 13, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: End the Dying of Black America

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: May 30, 2020
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Guest Commentary: End the Dying of Black America

By Gloria Partida As we hunker down in our Covid-19 mandated shelter in place, we have the false sense th ...

By Gloria Partida As we hunker down in our Covid-19 mandated shelter in place, we have the false sense that the world has slowed, become safer, more sustainable. While we look for ways to maintain ord ...

May 30, 2020
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Planning Commission to Examine Measure J Renewal

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 23, 2020
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Planning Commission to Examine Measure J Renewal

The Measure J renewal process will continue this week as the issue comes before the Planning Commission. ...

The Measure J renewal process will continue this week as the issue comes before the Planning Commission. A few weeks ago the council was supportive of moving forward with the process with only what a ...

May 23, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Mayor Pro Tem Flips Script on Housing Discussion

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 07, 2020
| (78) Comments

Commentary: Mayor Pro Tem Flips Script on Housing Discussion

Measure R is working. We can get projects that are voted down by the public. We can get projects that a ...

Measure R is working. We can get projects that are voted down by the public. We can get projects that are approved by the public. That’s what we learned in 2018. That was the message delivered by ...

May 07, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Council Backs Renewal of Measure J/R without Major Changes

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 06, 2020
| (66) Comments

Council Backs Renewal of Measure J/R without Major Changes

If there is to be a discussion on the renewal of Measure J, it will have to be when the measure is before ...

If there is to be a discussion on the renewal of Measure J, it will have to be when the measure is before the voters. An overwhelming number of citizens called in to express their support for the ren ...

May 06, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Council Leery of Fiscal Costs, Moves Forward on Long-Range Planning of Sports Parks

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 22, 2020
| (25) Comments

Council Leery of Fiscal Costs, Moves Forward on Long-Range Planning of Sports Parks

Council acknowledged it was a strange item to take up in the middle of the slowdown due to COVID-19, neve ...

Council acknowledged it was a strange item to take up in the middle of the slowdown due to COVID-19, nevertheless, the need for sports parks remains acute in the community and council was at least wil ...

April 22, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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City Hears Earful During Public Comment on BrightNight Solar Deal

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 15, 2020
| (12) Comments

City Hears Earful During Public Comment on BrightNight Solar Deal

A week after Johannes Troost, Matt Williams, Lorenzo Kristov, and Richard McCann called for reconsiderati ...

A week after Johannes Troost, Matt Williams, Lorenzo Kristov, and Richard McCann called for reconsideration of the council approval of a Lease Option Agreement with BrightNight for a solar farm on a c ...

April 15, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Mayor Pro Tem Partida Discusses the City Response to COVID-19

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 27, 2020
| (7) Comments

Mayor Pro Tem Partida Discusses the City Response to COVID-19

The scope of the response by the city has been largely unprecedented. Businesses are closed. The downto ...

The scope of the response by the city has been largely unprecedented. Businesses are closed. The downtown, even during peak hours, is almost empty. Schools are canceled. UC Davis canceled finals a ...

March 27, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Individual Councilmembers Not Supportive of Limiting Council Meetings to COVID-19 Emergency-Only Items

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 26, 2020
| (34) Comments

Individual Councilmembers Not Supportive of Limiting Council Meetings to COVID-19 Emergency-Only Items

At the onset to Tuesday's meeting, four individuals during public comment pushed for the council to consi ...

At the onset to Tuesday's meeting, four individuals during public comment pushed for the council to consider hearing only emergency items. That cry got louder after the council had its public comment ...

March 26, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Council to Take Up Urgency Ordinance Regulating Evictions

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 21, 2020
| (4) Comments

Council to Take Up Urgency Ordinance Regulating Evictions

On Tuesday, the Davis City Council took up the issue of an ordinance to prevent evictions during the coro ...

On Tuesday, the Davis City Council took up the issue of an ordinance to prevent evictions during the coronavirus pandemic, but wanted to get more weigh in from key stakeholders. Staff is concerned tha ...

March 21, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Council Delays Urgency Ordinance Preventing Evictions

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 18, 2020
| (37) Comments

Council Delays Urgency Ordinance Preventing Evictions

An ordinance that would prevent evictions during the coronavirus pandemic was delayed for a week by counc ...

An ordinance that would prevent evictions during the coronavirus pandemic was delayed for a week by council on Tuesday night with the majority of members acknowledging support, but believing that they ...

March 18, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Council Approves Four Fixed Cameras but Not License Plate Readers

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 11, 2020
| (17) Comments

Council Approves Four Fixed Cameras but Not License Plate Readers

The Police Advisory Commission (PAC) opposed the use of fixed cameras, all seven members of the public wh ...

The Police Advisory Commission (PAC) opposed the use of fixed cameras, all seven members of the public who came spoke out against the cameras, but the council finessed its way past some clear differen ...

March 11, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Being Mayor Used to Mean Something

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 10, 2020
| (4) Comments

Commentary: Being Mayor Used to Mean Something

In general, I have been one of the few that has been supportive of the city move to go to district electi ...

In general, I have been one of the few that has been supportive of the city move to go to district elections. However there is one piece of this I don’t particularly like—mayor. Being mayor in Davis ...

March 10, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Council to Name Partida Mayor Effective July 1

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 06, 2020
| (18) Comments

Council to Name Partida Mayor Effective July 1

When the City of Davis agreed to transition to district elections starting in November 2020, it had not d ...

When the City of Davis agreed to transition to district elections starting in November 2020, it had not decided what to do about the mayor. Under the current system, while the council formally choose ...

March 06, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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FBC Chair: We Need to Make the Citizens of Davis Very Aware of Exactly How Large These Liabilities Are

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 05, 2020
| (23) Comments

FBC Chair: We Need to Make the Citizens of Davis Very Aware of Exactly How Large These Liabilities Are

Commission Talks about How to Address City Deficit, among Other Topics, in Joint Meeting with Council The ...

Commission Talks about How to Address City Deficit, among Other Topics, in Joint Meeting with Council The Finance and Budget Commission met jointly with the council last week, and one of the big topic ...

February 05, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 20, 2020
| (61) Comments

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
| (10) Comments

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
| (40) Comments

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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