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Council Passes Sweeping Police Re-Organization without Opposition

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 20, 2021
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Council Passes Sweeping Police Re-Organization without Opposition

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA - In the end the city council not only unanimously passe ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA - In the end the city council not only unanimously passed the city’s police reorganization plan, but did so without anything that resembled opposition— ...

October 20, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Council Asked to Agree to Partnership with Yolo County on Crisis Now

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 07, 2021
| (4) Comments

Council Asked to Agree to Partnership with Yolo County on Crisis Now

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – The city council on Tuesday will receive a report from ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – The city council on Tuesday will receive a report from the subcommittee on a potential Crisis Now effort and will be asked to agree to a partnership ...

September 07, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Council Approves the Housing Element – Further Discussions on Measure J and UC Davis To Follow

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 01, 2021
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Council Approves the Housing Element – Further Discussions on Measure J and UC Davis To Follow

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA - After much consideration and discussion, the Davis Cit ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA - After much consideration and discussion, the Davis City Council on Tuesday passed the Housing Element on a 5-0 vote. Among the add-ons was support of ...

September 01, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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City of Davis Requires Personnel to Vaccinate

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 01, 2021
| 0 comments

City of Davis Requires Personnel to Vaccinate

Special To the Vanguard Davis, CA - Following many other government entities, the City of Davis announced ...

Special To the Vanguard Davis, CA - Following many other government entities, the City of Davis announced Tuesday that it has issued a vaccine requirement for its personnel, including employees, inter ...

September 01, 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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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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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

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Davis Police Chief Says Pacifico Is Not a Drug or Crime Hotspot

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 20, 2021
| (6) Comments

Davis Police Chief Says Pacifico Is Not a Drug or Crime Hotspot

By David M. Greenwald Council on Tuesday night agreed to move forward with staff recommendations on Pacif ...

By David M. Greenwald Council on Tuesday night agreed to move forward with staff recommendations on Pacifico to take out a new RFP (Request for Proposals) and find new temporary management for the sit ...

January 20, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Subcommittee Recommends Finding New Management for Pacifico, Consider New RFP

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 16, 2021
| (10) Comments

Subcommittee Recommends Finding New Management for Pacifico, Consider New RFP

By David M. Greenwald Amid complaints from neighbors, two years ago the Davis City Council took out an RF ...

By David M. Greenwald Amid complaints from neighbors, two years ago the Davis City Council took out an RFP (request for proposals) for the purpose of repurposing the Pacifico property. After receivin ...

January 16, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: A New Council Comes In – Here’s What They Will Need To Address

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 09, 2020
| (29) Comments

Commentary: A New Council Comes In – Here’s What They Will Need To Address

By David M. Greenwald Four of the five members of the Davis City Council will be returning, with Brett Le ...

By David M. Greenwald Four of the five members of the Davis City Council will be returning, with Brett Lee leaving the council and Josh Chapman joining it. The council is going to have to address ser ...

December 09, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Projects Can Be Defeated, but Slow-Growth Candidates Largely Not Competitive

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 22, 2020
| (56) Comments

Sunday Commentary: Projects Can Be Defeated, but Slow-Growth Candidates Largely Not Competitive

by David M. Greenwald It wasn’t a tremendously long time ago when slow-growth progressives actually contr ...

by David M. Greenwald It wasn’t a tremendously long time ago when slow-growth progressives actually controlled the city council—Ken Wagstaff, Sue Greenwald and Michael Harrington. But in the last 20 ...

November 22, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Analysis: Not a Huge Amount of Surprises Locally

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 04, 2020
| (53) Comments

Analysis: Not a Huge Amount of Surprises Locally

By David M. Greenwald The last totals came in at 11:42 pm, but it looks like there are more precincts to ...

By David M. Greenwald The last totals came in at 11:42 pm, but it looks like there are more precincts to report and we think there have to be a lot more votes because the vote total is extremely low. ...

November 04, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Davis City Council Questions: Final Question – City Budget

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 30, 2020
| (11) Comments

Davis City Council Questions: Final Question – City Budget

This is the final of eight questions. The candidates get exactly 250 words. The answer was due at 9 pm o ...

This is the final of eight questions. The candidates get exactly 250 words. The answer was due at 9 pm on Thursday. Question 8: What measures would you take in order to contain city costs? Please con ...

October 30, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Council Candidates Share Their Vision for Our Streets

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: October 27, 2020
| (6) Comments

Council Candidates Share Their Vision for Our Streets

What do City Council candidates think about our streets? To learn more about their visions, Bike Davis se ...

What do City Council candidates think about our streets? To learn more about their visions, Bike Davis sent all candidates a questionnaire focused on three themes: making Davis more livable, reducing ...

October 27, 2020
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Davis City Council Questions: Question 7 – Race and Policing

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: October 23, 2020
| (8) Comments

Davis City Council Questions: Question 7 – Race and Policing

This is our seventh of eight questions. The candidates get exactly 250 words. The answer was due at 9 p ...

This is our seventh of eight questions. The candidates get exactly 250 words. The answer was due at 9 pm on Thursday. Question 7: Various councilmembers have voiced support publicly for Black lives. ...

October 23, 2020
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Davis City Council Questions: Question 6 – Davis Downtown

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: October 16, 2020
| (66) Comments

Davis City Council Questions: Question 6 – Davis Downtown

This is our sixth of eight questions. The candidates get exactly 250 words. The answer was due at 9 pm ...

This is our sixth of eight questions. The candidates get exactly 250 words. The answer was due at 9 pm on Thursday. Question 6: The city undertook the Davis Downtown Plan through a citizen-based co ...

October 16, 2020
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Analysis: Davis City Council Candidates and the Growth Issue

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 14, 2020
| 0 comments

Analysis: Davis City Council Candidates and the Growth Issue

By David Greenwald Wanted to start with some appreciation for the efforts of the Sierra Club—they have ma ...

By David Greenwald Wanted to start with some appreciation for the efforts of the Sierra Club—they have made their candidate and issue recommendations and we can agree or disagree with them, but their ...

October 14, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: Sierra Club Questionnaire, Part 5 – Toxics Reduction

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: October 13, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Sierra Club Questionnaire, Part 5 – Toxics Reduction

by Alan Pryor Introduction - Every 2 years the Sierra Club Yolano Group prepares questionnaires for candi ...

by Alan Pryor Introduction - Every 2 years the Sierra Club Yolano Group prepares questionnaires for candidates in local races we deem to be seriously contested and/or where there are clear differences ...

October 13, 2020
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Clean Up on Aisle Vanguard

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 12, 2020
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Clean Up on Aisle Vanguard

By David M. Greenwald County May Have the District Boundaries Correct, but What a Mess Following the anno ...

By David M. Greenwald County May Have the District Boundaries Correct, but What a Mess Following the announcement by the Yolo Elections Office on Friday about wrong district boundaries, we got a numbe ...

October 12, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: Sierra Club Questionnaire, Part 4 – Transportation Management

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: October 12, 2020
| (15) Comments

Guest Commentary: Sierra Club Questionnaire, Part 4 – Transportation Management

by Alan Pryor Introduction - Every 2 years the Sierra Club Yolano Group prepares questionnaires for candi ...

by Alan Pryor Introduction - Every 2 years the Sierra Club Yolano Group prepares questionnaires for candidates in local races we deem to be seriously contested and/or where there are clear differences ...

October 12, 2020
| by Vanguard Administrator

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