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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
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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
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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
| (2) Comments

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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Commentary: Deconstructing Davis Police Chief Darren Pytel

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 09, 2021
| (23) Comments

Commentary: Deconstructing Davis Police Chief Darren Pytel

By David M. Greenwald As someone who has watched Darren Pytel for the last 15 years, starting when he was ...

By David M. Greenwald As someone who has watched Darren Pytel for the last 15 years, starting when he was a police captain up through his time as police chief, he is a complicated figure—and on Tuesda ...

April 09, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Council Votes to Move Homeless Services Out of Police Department, No Vote on Independent Public Safety Department

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: April 07, 2021
| (30) Comments

Council Votes to Move Homeless Services Out of Police Department, No Vote on Independent Public Safety Department

By Iliana Magana and Jordan Varney DAVIS -- At the April 6 Davis City Council meeting, council discussed ...

By Iliana Magana and Jordan Varney DAVIS -- At the April 6 Davis City Council meeting, council discussed and took action on the staff report generated in response to the nine recommendations of the Te ...

April 07, 2021
| by Vanguard Court Watch Interns

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Mayor Receives Open Letter from Community Calling for Independent Department of Public Safety

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 06, 2021
| (19) Comments

Mayor Receives Open Letter from Community Calling for Independent Department of Public Safety

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA – A letter signed by over 600 individuals and groups was formally deliver ...

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA – A letter signed by over 600 individuals and groups was formally delivered to Mayor Gloria Partida at a press conference Monday afternoon outside of city hall, calling ...

April 06, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Vanguard’s Monthly Webinar – New Housing in Davis (Video)

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 31, 2021
| (4) Comments

Vanguard’s Monthly Webinar – New Housing in Davis (Video)

Housing is always a huge topic in the city of Davis—but one thing that has concerned me of late is that w ...

Housing is always a huge topic in the city of Davis—but one thing that has concerned me of late is that we have not really had any sort of public engagement on the issue of the housing element. And wh ...

March 31, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: Standing Against Hate

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: March 22, 2021
| (35) Comments

Guest Commentary: Standing Against Hate

By Gloria Partida This week was a week of immersive social justice opportunities. Or as immersive as it c ...

By Gloria Partida This week was a week of immersive social justice opportunities. Or as immersive as it can get in the Zoom era. Starting with an insight session at I-House on the 11th, facilitated by ...

March 22, 2021
| by Vanguard Administrator

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League of Women Voters Present Social Justice Forum: I, Too, Am Davis

Posted by Linh Nguyen
|Date: March 22, 2021
| (1) Comment

League of Women Voters Present Social Justice Forum: I, Too, Am Davis

By Flor Sanchez DAVIS-- Last week, the League of Women Voters (LWV) presented their first forum on socia ...

By Flor Sanchez DAVIS-- Last week, the League of Women Voters (LWV) presented their first forum on social justice to discuss racial barriers, structural inequities and lack of representation in Davis ...

March 22, 2021
| by Linh Nguyen

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Tragedy Strikes As Fallen Tree Branch Kills Mother at Slide Hill Park

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

Tragedy Strikes As Fallen Tree Branch Kills Mother at Slide Hill Park

By David M. Greenwald A warm but breezy late-February day in Davis turned tragic as a 41-year-old mother ...

By David M. Greenwald A warm but breezy late-February day in Davis turned tragic as a 41-year-old mother took her young daughter to Slide Hill Park to play when, around 10:25, a tree branch struck her ...

February 24, 2021
| by David Greenwald

| (15) Comments

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Guest Commentary: Our City’s Ten-Year Funding Plan Will Pave the Way for Better Roads and Bike Paths

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: February 15, 2021
| (20) Comments

Guest Commentary: Our City’s Ten-Year Funding Plan Will Pave the Way for Better Roads and Bike Paths

By Mayor Gloria Partida and Councilmember Dan Carson Last month marked an important occasion – the comple ...

By Mayor Gloria Partida and Councilmember Dan Carson Last month marked an important occasion – the completion of the reconstruction of a 1.3-mile section of bike path on the south side of Russell Boul ...

February 15, 2021
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Guest Commentary: Balancing the Needs Of All Voice in This Community is a Challenge

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 07, 2021
| (49) Comments

Guest Commentary: Balancing the Needs Of All Voice in This Community is a Challenge

by Gloria Partida The balancing act of trying to meet the needs of all the voices in the community can be ...

by Gloria Partida The balancing act of trying to meet the needs of all the voices in the community can be challenging. It is at once rewarding and frustrating to search for solutions and the best ways ...

February 07, 2021
| by David Greenwald

| (49) Comments

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Sunday Commentary: The Legacy of Gandhi in Davis Toppled

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 31, 2021
| (57) Comments

Sunday Commentary: The Legacy of Gandhi in Davis Toppled

By David M. Greenwald From the start, the Gandhi statue got off on the wrong foot in Davis. An internati ...

By David M. Greenwald From the start, the Gandhi statue got off on the wrong foot in Davis. An international symbol of peace at the park in Davis, what could go wrong? But one person’s freedom fight ...

January 31, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Chief Pytel Dispels Notion that Pacifico Is Some Sort of Crime Hotspot

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 22, 2021
| (39) Comments

Commentary: Chief Pytel Dispels Notion that Pacifico Is Some Sort of Crime Hotspot

By David M. Greenwald I don’t disagree that there are ongoing problems in the area around Pacifico as det ...

By David M. Greenwald I don’t disagree that there are ongoing problems in the area around Pacifico as detailed by a number of neighbors over the last few years, but the link to Pacifico itself has alw ...

January 22, 2021
| by David Greenwald

| (39) Comments

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