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Commentary: Why Clearing Homeless Encampments Might Not Be a Good Solution

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 22, 2023
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Commentary: Why Clearing Homeless Encampments Might Not Be a Good Solution

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – In 2021, the city of Davis along with Yolo County unde ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – In 2021, the city of Davis along with Yolo County undertook a joint effort to clear out homeless encampments along F Street north of Covell Blvd. At ...

February 22, 2023
| by David Greenwald

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Biden Administration Releases Plan to Reduce Homelessness by 25 Percent by 2025

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: December 23, 2022
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Biden Administration Releases Plan to Reduce Homelessness by 25 Percent by 2025

Special to the Vanguard Washington, DC – Calling it the most ambitious effort “by any administration to p ...

Special to the Vanguard Washington, DC – Calling it the most ambitious effort “by any administration to prevent people from becoming homeless,” the Biden administration released their plan to reduce h ...

December 23, 2022
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Cost of Housing Is Part of the Equation in Housing Insecurity and Homelessness, but Not the Full Picture

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 19, 2022
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Cost of Housing Is Part of the Equation in Housing Insecurity and Homelessness, but Not the Full Picture

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA - Are “liberals” to be blamed for California’s home ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA - Are “liberals” to be blamed for California’s homelessness crisis? That’s the portion of the Atlantic article that longtime columnist Dan Walter ...

December 19, 2022
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Houston, We Have a Solution – Why the City Might Be the Model for Dealing with Homelessness

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 08, 2022
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Commentary: Houston, We Have a Solution – Why the City Might Be the Model for Dealing with Homelessness

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor If California and local communities therein want to address their ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor If California and local communities therein want to address their homelessness problem, they need to look toward Houston, of all places. A decade ago, Houston h ...

December 08, 2022
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Housing, Not Coerced Treatment the Key To Solving Homeless Problems

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 30, 2022
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Commentary: Housing, Not Coerced Treatment the Key To Solving Homeless Problems

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA – The Governor’s proposal for CARE has blazed throu ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA – The Governor’s proposal for CARE has blazed through the legislature so far. Once again legislative Democrats are willing to support coerced tre ...

June 30, 2022
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Davis Council Considers Yolo County CalWORKS Lease at Pacifico Affordable Housing Property

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 11, 2022
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Davis Council Considers Yolo County CalWORKS Lease at Pacifico Affordable Housing Property

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – For several years now, neighbors have complained about ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – For several years now, neighbors have complained about nuisance at the Pacifico site and the city council has taken on various approaches to repurpos ...

June 11, 2022
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Commentary: Homeless Solutions Are Not Nearly as Simple as People Want to Believe

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 01, 2020
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Commentary: Homeless Solutions Are Not Nearly as Simple as People Want to Believe

KOMO news in Seattle this year produced the documentary, “Seattle is Dying,” which chronicles the homeles ...

KOMO news in Seattle this year produced the documentary, “Seattle is Dying,” which chronicles the homeless problem in Seattle. Eric Johnson, who wrote it, asks, “What if Seattle is Dying and we don’t ...

January 01, 2020
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My View: Opposition to the Respite Center Was Overwhelmed on Tuesday Night

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 21, 2019
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My View: Opposition to the Respite Center Was Overwhelmed on Tuesday Night

Here we go again I thought as I saw a packed room on Tuesday. It had been a little over a month since Ma ...

Here we go again I thought as I saw a packed room on Tuesday. It had been a little over a month since Mace Ranch showed up in opposition to respite center on Second Street. And while the council def ...

December 21, 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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An Open Letter to California Officials: Housing First

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: December 12, 2019
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An Open Letter to California Officials: Housing First

By Eve Garrow After she became homeless, Callie Rutter entered Bridges at Kraemer Place, an emergency she ...

By Eve Garrow After she became homeless, Callie Rutter entered Bridges at Kraemer Place, an emergency shelter that promises to "connect participants to housing as quickly as possible." For her, howeve ...

December 12, 2019
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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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Council to Consider Davis Community Homelessness Strategic Action Plan

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 04, 2019
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Council to Consider Davis Community Homelessness Strategic Action Plan

Earlier this year, city and county officials did a count of the homeless. What they found was that there ...

Earlier this year, city and county officials did a count of the homeless. What they found was that there were 655 homeless individuals counted in Yolo County as of January 22, which marked an increas ...

July 04, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Mental Illness Is a Factor, but It’s Not the Major Problem in the Homelessness Epidemic

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 18, 2019
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Commentary: Mental Illness Is a Factor, but It’s Not the Major Problem in the Homelessness Epidemic

Davis is looking to offer things like permanent supportive housing at places like Paul’s Place. As the p ...

Davis is looking to offer things like permanent supportive housing at places like Paul’s Place. As the proposal notes, “DCMH staff will offer each resident on-site supportive services, which includes ...

June 18, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: If Homeless People Are beyond Our Help – Then What?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 25, 2019
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Monday Morning Thoughts: If Homeless People Are beyond Our Help – Then What?

It was an interesting discussion late on Tuesday night as the council got an update on homeless services. ...

It was an interesting discussion late on Tuesday night as the council got an update on homeless services. The upshot of Homeless Services Coordinator Ryan Collins' presentation was that relatively mo ...

February 25, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Council to Review Homeless Services

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 19, 2019
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Council to Review Homeless Services

While counties have traditionally handled local social service programs, Davis in recent years has worked ...

While counties have traditionally handled local social service programs, Davis in recent years has worked on its own to respond to local concerns about the need for homeless services. Starting in Mar ...

February 19, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Complaints about the Homeless Are Easy, Solutions Are Not

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 26, 2017
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Commentary: Complaints about the Homeless Are Easy, Solutions Are Not

No one can listen to the story, about the verbal assault by a homeless man, told by Jack Armstrong and no ...

No one can listen to the story, about the verbal assault by a homeless man, told by Jack Armstrong and not feel sadness, anger and sympathy. As a father of two kids who are the same age as Mr. Armstr ...

October 26, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Pathways to Employment Another Possible Solution to the Homeless Problem

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 01, 2017
| (1) Comment

Pathways to Employment Another Possible Solution to the Homeless Problem

Last Wednesday, Bill Pride from Davis Community Meals came to speak at the Vanguard Conclave and talked a ...

Last Wednesday, Bill Pride from Davis Community Meals came to speak at the Vanguard Conclave and talked about the program Pathways to Employment, which began a year ago. The idea was to bring togethe ...

August 01, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: The Perfect Solution Becomes Paralysis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 11, 2017
| (17) Comments

Commentary: The Perfect Solution Becomes Paralysis

It was French writer and philosopher Voltaire who popularized the quote and its many variants, “the perfe ...

It was French writer and philosopher Voltaire who popularized the quote and its many variants, “the perfect is the enemy of the good.” It has been my observation that, in local governance, we have of ...

July 11, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Ways to Solve the Homeless Problem in Davis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 09, 2017
| (77) Comments

Sunday Commentary: Ways to Solve the Homeless Problem in Davis

In a May commentary, Davis Mayor Robb Davis wrote, “We need to talk about our options and make commitment ...

In a May commentary, Davis Mayor Robb Davis wrote, “We need to talk about our options and make commitments. To deal with the visible homelessness that attracts our attention will take a patient and pe ...

July 09, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: We Need to Take Step One to Address the Homeless

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 30, 2017
| (15) Comments

Commentary: We Need to Take Step One to Address the Homeless

A recent article in the Sacramento Bee reminded me of the discussion we have been having on the Vanguard ...

A recent article in the Sacramento Bee reminded me of the discussion we have been having on the Vanguard in the last few days regarding homelessness and potential solutions. The Bee reported last Frid ...

May 30, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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