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Student Opinion: Chronic Housing Insecurity in Davis: How it is now, where to get help, and how to help

Posted by Julietta Bisharyan
|Date: September 24, 2020
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Student Opinion: Chronic Housing Insecurity in Davis: How it is now, where to get help, and how to help

By Grant Schrader With a system that may be leveraged against them, unhomed Davis residents do have oppor ...

By Grant Schrader With a system that may be leveraged against them, unhomed Davis residents do have opportunities for assistance, and each of our readers can help, too. With the cost of living, ren ...

September 24, 2020
| by Julietta Bisharyan

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Yolo DA Blames Homeless Crisis on Prop 47

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 24, 2020
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Yolo DA Blames Homeless Crisis on Prop 47

On Facebook last Friday, the Yolo County DA posted from a Fox-LA article which cited Dr. Drew Pinsky call ...

On Facebook last Friday, the Yolo County DA posted from a Fox-LA article which cited Dr. Drew Pinsky calling Prop. 47 “murder” and calling on lawmakers “to modify legislation enabling mental illness c ...

February 24, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Governor Newsom Delivers State of the State Address on Homelessness

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: February 20, 2020
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Governor Newsom Delivers State of the State Address on Homelessness

From Press Release - SACRAMENTO – Governor Gavin Newsom delivered his State of the State address on homel ...

From Press Release - SACRAMENTO – Governor Gavin Newsom delivered his State of the State address on homelessness before a joint convention of the California Legislature today. Some reaction to the add ...

February 20, 2020
| by Vanguard Administrator

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It’s Time for LA’s District Attorney’s Office to Lead the Way on Decriminalizing Homelessness

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: January 07, 2020
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It’s Time for LA’s District Attorney’s Office to Lead the Way on Decriminalizing Homelessness

As a form of punishment, incarceration does not enhance public safety when it is not balanced against its ...

As a form of punishment, incarceration does not enhance public safety when it is not balanced against its tendency to make a person’s unfortunate situation worse. By Alex Sherman Last year, two-term L ...

January 07, 2020
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Sunday Commentary: We Should Revisit the Social Services Tax

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 29, 2019
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Sunday Commentary: We Should Revisit the Social Services Tax

The homeless problem has markedly increased in Davis over the last decade. To give you an idea of just h ...

The homeless problem has markedly increased in Davis over the last decade. To give you an idea of just how much, I was just looking at an old article that noted the homeless count in Davis jumped fro ...

December 29, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Mayor’s Monthly Episode 2 – Was the Council Simply Putting Out Brushfires in 2019?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 27, 2019
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Mayor’s Monthly Episode 2 – Was the Council Simply Putting Out Brushfires in 2019?

Davis Mayor Brett Lee comes on for his second monthly podcast. The big question the day before Christmas ...

Davis Mayor Brett Lee comes on for his second monthly podcast. The big question the day before Christmas - did the council address core issues or were they simply putting out brushfires. Naturally the ...

December 27, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Presentation Discusses Ways to Prevent and Reduce Homelessness

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 19, 2019
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Presentation Discusses Ways to Prevent and Reduce Homelessness

On Monday at the Community Chambers, Rohit Naimpally, the Senior Research and Policy Manager at J-Pal pre ...

On Monday at the Community Chambers, Rohit Naimpally, the Senior Research and Policy Manager at J-Pal presented current and potential future research on reducing and preventing homelessness. J-Pal is ...

December 19, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Mayor’s Monthly Podcast, Episode 1: Brett Lee Talks about Davis Issues

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 18, 2019
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Mayor’s Monthly Podcast, Episode 1: Brett Lee Talks about Davis Issues

The Vanguard hosts its first monthly podcast with Davis Mayor Brett Lee. We talk about critical issues fa ...

The Vanguard hosts its first monthly podcast with Davis Mayor Brett Lee. We talk about critical issues facing the community: homelessness, the respite center, Mace Blvd, traffic impacts, housing and e ...

November 18, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Looking at Safe Spaces for People Sleeping in Cars

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 12, 2019
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Looking at Safe Spaces for People Sleeping in Cars

There has been legislation that passed in the Assembly and is working its way into the Senate which would ...

There has been legislation that passed in the Assembly and is working its way into the Senate which would allow homeless students who live in their cars to park overnight on campuses. While not a solu ...

August 12, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Homelessness Debate – Housing, Mental Illness, Both?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 24, 2019
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Homelessness Debate – Housing, Mental Illness, Both?

Last week, citing a number of sources, we argued that the percentage of homeless suffering from mental il ...

Last week, citing a number of sources, we argued that the percentage of homeless suffering from mental illness was only about one-quarter to one-third of the total population. There have been other s ...

June 24, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: Affordable Housing: ‘Income inequality, unaffordable housing, homelessness, are not bugs’

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: June 17, 2019
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Guest Commentary: Affordable Housing: ‘Income inequality, unaffordable housing, homelessness, are not bugs’

(c) By Mark Dempsey Special to the Vanguard Pundits, public policy mavens, and environmentalists are work ...

(c) By Mark Dempsey Special to the Vanguard Pundits, public policy mavens, and environmentalists are working overtime to describe how to make California's housing affordable. Here's the latest from th ...

June 17, 2019
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Commentary: Rare Consensus by DA and Public Defender Overshadowed by Local Politics

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 04, 2019
| (52) Comments

Commentary: Rare Consensus by DA and Public Defender Overshadowed by Local Politics

Last month, the Davis City Council, pressured by neighbors on Pacifico, acknowledged that the Pacifico lo ...

Last month, the Davis City Council, pressured by neighbors on Pacifico, acknowledged that the Pacifico location was not the best position for the residential treatment center proposed by the county fo ...

June 04, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Who Benefits from the Davis Status Quo?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 09, 2018
| (69) Comments

Sunday Commentary: Who Benefits from the Davis Status Quo?

In recent weeks I have seen the terms “left” and “right” used at times to describe positions in local pol ...

In recent weeks I have seen the terms “left” and “right” used at times to describe positions in local politics. While I understand that temptation, I continue to believe that those terms are misappli ...

December 09, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Yolo PD: Prop 47 Offering Solutions to Homelessness

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: September 06, 2018
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Yolo PD: Prop 47 Offering Solutions to Homelessness

Proposition (Prop) 47 has been blamed for a lot of problems, the most recent being a purported “explosion ...

Proposition (Prop) 47 has been blamed for a lot of problems, the most recent being a purported “explosion of homelessness” in Woodland, as recently reported by District Attorney Jeff Reisig. By Traci ...

September 06, 2018
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Sunday Commentary: Reisig Blames the Homeless Problem on Prop. 47

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 02, 2018
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Sunday Commentary: Reisig Blames the Homeless Problem on Prop. 47

During the campaign, it was pointed out time and again the disconnect between the voters of Yolo County, ...

During the campaign, it was pointed out time and again the disconnect between the voters of Yolo County, who overwhelmingly supported most reforms, and the positions of DA Jeff Reisig, who opposed ref ...

September 02, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Report Finds Statewide Crisis of Basic Needs Insecurity in California Higher Ed

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 28, 2018
| (46) Comments

Report Finds Statewide Crisis of Basic Needs Insecurity in California Higher Ed

The Speaker’s Office of Research and Floor Analysis has recently put out an overview of basic needs insec ...

The Speaker’s Office of Research and Floor Analysis has recently put out an overview of basic needs insecurity issues in California’s public higher education system. “Food and housing insecurity is a ...

July 28, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Student Housing – Don’t Criticize What You Can’t Understand

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 24, 2018
| (106) Comments

Commentary: Student Housing – Don’t Criticize What You Can’t Understand

On Sunday, the Vanguard published a guest commentary from Don Gibson which laid out a number of findings ...

On Sunday, the Vanguard published a guest commentary from Don Gibson which laid out a number of findings from a survey. That survey, which was part of the chancellor’s Affordable Housing Task Force, ...

July 24, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Putting Numbers to the Student Housing Crisis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 23, 2018
| (67) Comments

Monday Morning Thoughts: Putting Numbers to the Student Housing Crisis

Last spring, when the Vanguard attempted to find data on the student housing crisis, the information that ...

Last spring, when the Vanguard attempted to find data on the student housing crisis, the information that the university had was very limited. The university could not tell us how many students suffe ...

July 23, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: Student Housing Crisis by the Numbers

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: July 22, 2018
| (12) Comments

Guest Commentary: Student Housing Crisis by the Numbers

by Don Gibson For the past year or so, local elected and appointed officials have been asking for numbers ...

by Don Gibson For the past year or so, local elected and appointed officials have been asking for numbers that better illustrate the Davis housing crisis, especially as they relate to student housing ...

July 22, 2018
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Sunday Commentary: Bleak News on Housing Gets Even Bleaker

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 17, 2018
| (43) Comments

Sunday Commentary: Bleak News on Housing Gets Even Bleaker

We have been focused on the local housing crisis. The reality is this is not just a Davis problem. In f ...

We have been focused on the local housing crisis. The reality is this is not just a Davis problem. In fact, according to a report this week, it is not just a housing problem. The headlines across t ...

June 17, 2018
| by David Greenwald

| (43) Comments

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