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Davis City Council To Consider 2022 Legislative Agenda – Including Infrastructure, Affordable Housing and Crisis Now Funding

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 19, 2022
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Davis City Council To Consider 2022 Legislative Agenda – Including Infrastructure, Affordable Housing and Crisis Now Funding

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Back in 2019, the Davis City Council adopted its first ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Back in 2019, the Davis City Council adopted its first legislative platform recognizing the need to more actively lobby the state legislature for fun ...

April 19, 2022
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Monday Morning Views: The Need for Balance in Economic Development

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 16, 2019
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Monday Morning Views: The Need for Balance in Economic Development

I caught an interesting side discussion over the weekend between two of our commenters. One of them comm ...

I caught an interesting side discussion over the weekend between two of our commenters. One of them commented that while San Francisco, for example, has generated a tremendous amount of wealth, one r ...

September 16, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Davis’ Fiscal Emergency

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 01, 2019
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Sunday Commentary: Davis’ Fiscal Emergency

When the city polled residents, the vast majority of those residents were willing to back a renewal on th ...

When the city polled residents, the vast majority of those residents were willing to back a renewal on the city’s sales tax measure, but at the same time most did not seem to recognize just how bad th ...

September 01, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Fiscal Picture No Brighter for the City

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 27, 2019
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Fiscal Picture No Brighter for the City

Last week the city had its first budget presentation for the 2019-20 budget. Past analysis has shown the ...

Last week the city had its first budget presentation for the 2019-20 budget. Past analysis has shown the city has a deficit not in the current fund balance, but rather in long-term infrastructure nee ...

May 27, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Today Mayor Lee Gives the State of the City Address, What Does It Look Like?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 13, 2019
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Commentary: Today Mayor Lee Gives the State of the City Address, What Does It Look Like?

At midday today, Mayor Brett Lee will give his first state of the city address. It has been interesting ...

At midday today, Mayor Brett Lee will give his first state of the city address. It has been interesting to watch the shift in these addresses over time. Dan Wolk during his time as mayor offered an ...

March 13, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Aguiar-Curry Introduces Constitutional Amendment to Boost Local Investments in Infrastructure and Affordable Housing

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 04, 2018
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Aguiar-Curry Introduces Constitutional Amendment to Boost Local Investments in Infrastructure and Affordable Housing

(From Press Release) – Today, Assemblymember Cecilia Aguiar-Curry (D – Winters) and several of her Assemb ...

(From Press Release) – Today, Assemblymember Cecilia Aguiar-Curry (D – Winters) and several of her Assembly colleagues introduced ACA 1, a constitutional amendment which would give local governments i ...

December 04, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Declining Quality of Life in Davis?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 18, 2018
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Declining Quality of Life in Davis?

This spring I unwittingly took a tour of other communities as my daughter seemed to alternate between gym ...

This spring I unwittingly took a tour of other communities as my daughter seemed to alternate between gymnastics competitions and soccer tournaments. What I learned isn’t that reassuring – Davis is a ...

June 18, 2018
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Monday Morning Thoughts: The Biggest Challenges for the Next Council

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 18, 2018
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Monday Morning Thoughts: The Biggest Challenges for the Next Council

As I stated this past weekend, I believe the current council from 2016 to 2018 has been among the best an ...

As I stated this past weekend, I believe the current council from 2016 to 2018 has been among the best and most productive in my time covering issues. They have knocked out a lot of really big issues ...

June 18, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Analysis: What Should the Council Do on Revenue Measure?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 04, 2018
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Analysis: What Should the Council Do on Revenue Measure?

The specter of organized opposition figures to make what might have already been a tough task even more d ...

The specter of organized opposition figures to make what might have already been a tough task even more difficult. A two-thirds hurdle was a high barrier to climb, and in fact that was a good reason ...

January 04, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: People Gearing Up to Defeat Tax Measure?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 31, 2017
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Sunday Commentary: People Gearing Up to Defeat Tax Measure?

Last night as I was home and relaxing I got a string of text messages railing against the city’s revenue ...

Last night as I was home and relaxing I got a string of text messages railing against the city’s revenue measure. It is hard to know what is true versus what is posturing, but I was told that there i ...

December 31, 2017
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Council Refines Revenue Measure, but Not Ready to Approve It

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 20, 2017
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Council Refines Revenue Measure, but Not Ready to Approve It

The Davis City Council is not waiting till the midnight hour to put a revenue measure on the ballot, and ...

The Davis City Council is not waiting till the midnight hour to put a revenue measure on the ballot, and as a result they were able to further refine their ask without being forced to approve the meas ...

December 20, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Council Should Consider Not Polling on Revenue Measure

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 17, 2017
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Commentary: Council Should Consider Not Polling on Revenue Measure

This column goes against my instincts both as a former political scientist and someone who has worked a n ...

This column goes against my instincts both as a former political scientist and someone who has worked a number of campaigns over the years. The council tonight is being asked to give authorization to ...

October 17, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Next City Manager Must Right City’s Fiscal Ship, Find Way Forward for Economic Development

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 03, 2017
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Commentary: Next City Manager Must Right City’s Fiscal Ship, Find Way Forward for Economic Development

Following yesterday’s column, the Vanguard received some important feedback on the fiscal state of the ci ...

Following yesterday’s column, the Vanguard received some important feedback on the fiscal state of the city. One problem that many failed to recognize is that the recession which started in late 2008 ...

October 03, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Two Years of Ignoring Fiscal Challenges Were Costly

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 02, 2017
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Two Years of Ignoring Fiscal Challenges Were Costly

As we prepare once again to search for a new city manager, once again it seems we have forgotten where we ...

As we prepare once again to search for a new city manager, once again it seems we have forgotten where we stood a few years ago and where we stand today. While we have a city manager form of governmen ...

October 02, 2017
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Commentary: Once Again City Eyes Should Turn to MRIC Tonight

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 19, 2017
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Commentary: Once Again City Eyes Should Turn to MRIC Tonight

The discussion over the last week and a half about teacher salaries comes with a sharp and thus far unspo ...

The discussion over the last week and a half about teacher salaries comes with a sharp and thus far unspoken reminder – it is a reminder that, while we have put off the inevitable, the city and school ...

September 19, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Are Davis Residents Heeding the Warnings?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 04, 2017
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Are Davis Residents Heeding the Warnings?

The Vanguard has spent ten years warning the community about the shortcomings of the budget. In a lot of ...

The Vanguard has spent ten years warning the community about the shortcomings of the budget. In a lot of ways, we are the frog in boiling water. As the aphorism goes, if you put a frog into a pot of ...

September 04, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: Boiling the Frog

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: July 18, 2017
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Guest Commentary: Boiling the Frog

by Michael Bisch (Editor's note: The following ran in April 2014 and is re-published by request of the au ...

by Michael Bisch (Editor's note: The following ran in April 2014 and is re-published by request of the author) "People don't pay attention until cities talk about bankruptcy, but by then the frog has ...

July 18, 2017
| by Vanguard Administrator

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My View: Tax Discussion Missing Critical Context

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 15, 2017
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My View: Tax Discussion Missing Critical Context

The council had their first discussion this year about taxes and there is already pushback. Part of the ...

The council had their first discussion this year about taxes and there is already pushback. Part of the problem is the lack of community understanding that the city faces an $8 million annual shortfa ...

July 15, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Council to Consider Possible Tax Measures for 2018

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 08, 2017
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Council to Consider Possible Tax Measures for 2018

The city’s current long range budget forecast shows an annual shortfall of $7.8 million in terms of unbud ...

The city’s current long range budget forecast shows an annual shortfall of $7.8 million in terms of unbudgeted infrastructure and retirement benefit needs for the city. These have been called “unmet ...

July 08, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: The Actual Budget Is an Afterthought

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 19, 2017
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Monday Morning Thoughts: The Actual Budget Is an Afterthought

The Davis City Council is expected to adopt the budget this week and, unlike in past years perhaps, the b ...

The Davis City Council is expected to adopt the budget this week and, unlike in past years perhaps, the budget itself is a relatively pro-forma exercise expected to take all of 15 minutes according to ...

June 19, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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