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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
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Council to Receive Updates on Respite Center Plans, Consider Whether to Move Away from Second Street Site

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 02, 2019
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Council to Receive Updates on Respite Center Plans, Consider Whether to Move Away from Second Street Site

It has emerged as a new issue of controversy – the concept of a respite center to provide day services an ...

It has emerged as a new issue of controversy – the concept of a respite center to provide day services and potentially temporary overnight shelter for those individuals experiencing unsheltered homele ...

November 02, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Backlash against Homeless in Davis Not Unique, but It Is Unfortunate

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 30, 2019
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Commentary: Backlash against Homeless in Davis Not Unique, but It Is Unfortunate

One of our commenters made a derogatory comment about the homeless, referring to them as “Drug addicts, A ...

One of our commenters made a derogatory comment about the homeless, referring to them as “Drug addicts, Alcoholics, Vagrants, the Insane, and Spongers." When the comment got pulled he complained abou ...

October 30, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Pushback on the Location of a Respite Center

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 28, 2019
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Pushback on the Location of a Respite Center

The city in looking to address concerns about the homeless have developed the concept – initiated by Mayo ...

The city in looking to address concerns about the homeless have developed the concept – initiated by Mayor Brett Lee where they have examined the feasibility of establishing a pilot project for a resp ...

October 28, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Did This Parent Have the Right to Stay on School Grounds after Being Asked to Leave?

Posted by Danielle Silva
|Date: October 18, 2019
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Did This Parent Have the Right to Stay on School Grounds after Being Asked to Leave?

By Danielle Silva WOODLAND — The jury’s verdict for a “failure to leave school property when asked to lea ...

By Danielle Silva WOODLAND — The jury’s verdict for a “failure to leave school property when asked to leave” case hinges on whether or not the defendant had lawful business in entering the school. Leo ...

October 18, 2019
| by Danielle Silva

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Elementary School Disturbance Causes Alarm for Administrators

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: October 17, 2019
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Elementary School Disturbance Causes Alarm for Administrators

By Ariana Camarena WOODLAND - A homeless man’s refusal to leave an elementary school resulted in a campus ...

By Ariana Camarena WOODLAND - A homeless man’s refusal to leave an elementary school resulted in a campus lockdown. The defendant, Leonid Mikhaylevskiy, arrived onsite at the elementary school on Nove ...

October 17, 2019
| by Vanguard Court Watch Interns

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Homeless Man’s Request of Child’s Attendance Record Turns into a School Lockdown

Posted by Danielle Silva
|Date: October 16, 2019
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Homeless Man’s Request of Child’s Attendance Record Turns into a School Lockdown

By Danielle Silva WOODLAND -- A homeless man went to an elementary school to request his child’s attendan ...

By Danielle Silva WOODLAND -- A homeless man went to an elementary school to request his child’s attendance records and was told by the principal to leave, resulting in a lockdown once the defendant r ...

October 16, 2019
| by Danielle Silva

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Guest Commentary: Homelessness

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: October 14, 2019
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Guest Commentary: Homelessness

By Mark Dempsey One of my family members came to the end of her rope, living in her car in a cold out-of- ...

By Mark Dempsey One of my family members came to the end of her rope, living in her car in a cold out-of-state winter. She’s not evil, or an aggressive panhandler. In fact, she was employed as a bookk ...

October 14, 2019
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Sheriff Disputes Story that They Were Dumping Homeless Man at Sac McDonald’s

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 28, 2019
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Sheriff Disputes Story that They Were Dumping Homeless Man at Sac McDonald’s

Yesterday afternoon the Sacramento Bee ran a story with a video that purports to show Yolo County Sheriff ...

Yesterday afternoon the Sacramento Bee ran a story with a video that purports to show Yolo County Sheriff's deputies dropping off a homeless man with all of his belongings at a McDonald’s restaurant o ...

September 28, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Are We Doing the Right Thing on Pacifico?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 23, 2019
| (7) Comments

Monday Morning Thoughts: Are We Doing the Right Thing on Pacifico?

We have been hearing complaints about Pacifico since last fall. The neighbors got to the point where the ...

We have been hearing complaints about Pacifico since last fall. The neighbors got to the point where they requested (demanded?) the city level Pacifico and rebuild from scratch. The council has thus ...

September 23, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Sacramento City Sues Homeless, Seeks to Ban Them from Part of Downtown Area – Civil Libertarians Balk

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: August 19, 2019
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Sacramento City Sues Homeless, Seeks to Ban Them from Part of Downtown Area – Civil Libertarians Balk

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – Remember the old television Westerns where ...

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – Remember the old television Westerns where the Sheriff runs someone he doesn’t like out of town on a rail? (Wikipedia: Riding the rail was ...

August 19, 2019
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Another Civil Rights Lawsuit Filed against Sac County Stemming from Brutal May Raid on Homeless Encampment

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: August 13, 2019
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Another Civil Rights Lawsuit Filed against Sac County Stemming from Brutal May Raid on Homeless Encampment

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO - An advocate for the homeless filed a civil ...

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO - An advocate for the homeless filed a civil rights suit here Monday in U.S. District Court, naming Sacramento County, the Sheriff’s Dept an ...

August 13, 2019
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Sunday Commentary: Signs That the Housing Crisis is Getting Worse in Northern California

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 11, 2019
| (7) Comments

Sunday Commentary: Signs That the Housing Crisis is Getting Worse in Northern California

A PPIC (Public Policy Institute of California) study authored by Marisol Cuellar Mejia and Mary Severance ...

A PPIC (Public Policy Institute of California) study authored by Marisol Cuellar Mejia and Mary Severance, which came out on July 31, found that the first half of the data from 2019 in California “saw ...

August 11, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Give a Person a Fish and Tell Them to Move Along

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: August 09, 2019
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Give a Person a Fish and Tell Them to Move Along

By Marshall Hammons The public filled half of the seats. City employees filled the remainder. The main to ...

By Marshall Hammons The public filled half of the seats. City employees filled the remainder. The main topic of the Commission Meeting on August 7, 2019 was about the Healthy Streets Operation Center ...

August 09, 2019
| by Vanguard Court Watch Interns

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Commentary: Documentary Reveals Frustration and Tears of the Homeless Crisis

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: August 07, 2019
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Commentary: Documentary Reveals Frustration and Tears of the Homeless Crisis

By Crystal Rose Sanchez Special to the Vanguard SACRAMENTO – The parcel of land at 5700 Stockton Blvd – t ...

By Crystal Rose Sanchez Special to the Vanguard SACRAMENTO – The parcel of land at 5700 Stockton Blvd – the subject of Part 3 of “Where’s the Housing” - had approximately 200 unhomed long term residen ...

August 07, 2019
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Council to Look at Homeless Respite Center Idea

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 29, 2019
| (26) Comments

Council to Look at Homeless Respite Center Idea

On February 19, 2019, Mayor Brett Lee made a proposal to examine the feasibility of establishing a one-ye ...

On February 19, 2019, Mayor Brett Lee made a proposal to examine the feasibility of establishing a one-year respite center pilot project that would serve individuals experiencing unsheltered homelessn ...

July 29, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Progressive Boomers Blocking Housing Fixes – Part of a New Generational Struggle

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 14, 2019
| (78) Comments

Sunday Commentary: Progressive Boomers Blocking Housing Fixes – Part of a New Generational Struggle

A few days ago, the Huffington Post ran a lengthy article that found, “Progressive Boomers Are Making It ...

A few days ago, the Huffington Post ran a lengthy article that found, “Progressive Boomers Are Making It Impossible For Cities To Fix The Housing Crisis,” and “Residents of wealthy neighborhoods are t ...

July 14, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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As Homeless Problem Increases in Davis, DOVe and the Council Partner On Solutions

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 14, 2019
| (1) Comment

As Homeless Problem Increases in Davis, DOVe and the Council Partner On Solutions

On the city survey, homelessness which had not been on the public’s radar came in at the third highest co ...

On the city survey, homelessness which had not been on the public’s radar came in at the third highest concern among the public – a distant third – at seven percent. On Tuesday during the council mee ...

July 14, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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