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Valley Clean Energy Tops Renewable Goals – Delivers Cleaner Energy at No Extra Cost to Customers

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: September 14, 2019
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Valley Clean Energy Tops Renewable Goals – Delivers Cleaner Energy at No Extra Cost to Customers

(From Press Release – Valley Clean Energy) - Valley Clean Energy, Yolo County’s public power supplier, re ...

(From Press Release – Valley Clean Energy) - Valley Clean Energy, Yolo County’s public power supplier, reports that even cleaner and greener energy has been delivered to its electricity customers than ...

September 14, 2019
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Déjà vu: Council Hears District Elections Presentation Again

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 11, 2019
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Déjà vu: Council Hears District Elections Presentation Again

It was déjà vu night at the city council meeting on Tuesday as the city was required by law to have the e ...

It was déjà vu night at the city council meeting on Tuesday as the city was required by law to have the exact same presentation repeated by demographer Paul Mitchell. What wasn’t déjà vu was the fiery ...

September 11, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Initial Thoughts – Seven Districts a Real Possibility

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 05, 2019
| (7) Comments

Commentary: Initial Thoughts – Seven Districts a Real Possibility

We learned a lot from the initial discussion on district elections and the very impressive presentation b ...

We learned a lot from the initial discussion on district elections and the very impressive presentation by Paul Mitchell. The biggest take-home message is that there may be a majority of council memb ...

September 05, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Council Open to 7 Districts, Opposes At-Large Mayor

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 04, 2019
| (20) Comments

Council Open to 7 Districts, Opposes At-Large Mayor

While the city council mainly just listened to both public comment and the presentation by Demographer Pa ...

While the city council mainly just listened to both public comment and the presentation by Demographer Paul Mitchell on Tuesday, they did make some tentative decisions. Basically, there seemed strong ...

September 04, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Demographer Presents the Possibilities for Districts in Davis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 04, 2019
| (15) Comments

Demographer Presents the Possibilities for Districts in Davis

Demographer Paul Mitchell did a presentation last night (the full set of his presentation slides are avai ...

Demographer Paul Mitchell did a presentation last night (the full set of his presentation slides are available on the City website) and explained that, while Federal law uses “majority minority” distr ...

September 04, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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My View: Sutter’s Planned Expansion Big News for Davis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 24, 2019
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My View: Sutter’s Planned Expansion Big News for Davis

During a time of the year when it seems like the only news is bad news, Davis got a dose of good news thi ...

During a time of the year when it seems like the only news is bad news, Davis got a dose of good news this week when Sutter announced the plans for a $51.8 million expansion at the Davis hospital faci ...

August 24, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: City Gets Critical Additional Grant Money to Fix Richards

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 18, 2019
| (2) Comments

Sunday Commentary: City Gets Critical Additional Grant Money to Fix Richards

Last December the city announced it had been awarded $5 million to complete the I-80/Richards Blvd. Inter ...

Last December the city announced it had been awarded $5 million to complete the I-80/Richards Blvd. Interchange Improvement Project. That was expected by the city and naturally good news, as it allow ...

August 18, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Council Accedes to Demands, Will Move toward District Elections in November 2020

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 14, 2019
| (47) Comments

Council Accedes to Demands, Will Move toward District Elections in November 2020

The city council on Tuesday made it clear that they did not like the tactics of former Supervisor Matt Re ...

The city council on Tuesday made it clear that they did not like the tactics of former Supervisor Matt Rexroad, but they also made it clear that they had no choice, given the state of the law in Calif ...

August 14, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Council Has a Lot of Decisions to Make Tonight

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 13, 2019
| (26) Comments

Commentary: Council Has a Lot of Decisions to Make Tonight

The potential change to district elections has probably caught a lot of people in this community off guar ...

The potential change to district elections has probably caught a lot of people in this community off guard. I had always opposed district elections, believing that they weren’t needed and that this c ...

August 13, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Transparency for the Sake of Transparency

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 05, 2019
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Transparency for the Sake of Transparency

I have to say I was disappointed in the council a few times last Tuesday. I thought they played it too s ...

I have to say I was disappointed in the council a few times last Tuesday. I thought they played it too safe on the issue of the sales tax, and I thought they really lost sight of the importance of th ...

August 05, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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My View: Why Would the Council Not Even Consider a Sales Tax Increase?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 03, 2019
| (12) Comments

My View: Why Would the Council Not Even Consider a Sales Tax Increase?

While the council did not take any action on Tuesday, as Mayor Brett Lee noted, “We are not formally say ...

While the council did not take any action on Tuesday, as Mayor Brett Lee noted, “We are not formally saying anything specific to the language,” nor were they “formally placing anything on the March b ...

August 03, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Council Will Not Ask for New Investigation into Picnic Day

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 31, 2019
| (6) Comments

Council Will Not Ask for New Investigation into Picnic Day

It might have been the first 3-2 vote in this council’s tenure, but instead the council decided that they ...

It might have been the first 3-2 vote in this council’s tenure, but instead the council decided that they did not need to take a formal vote to take no action. Mayor Brett Lee exhorted Chief Darren P ...

July 31, 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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Sunday Commentary: What Message Should Council Be Sending on the Budget?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 23, 2019
| (30) Comments

Sunday Commentary: What Message Should Council Be Sending on the Budget?

We have watched over the years the ebb and flow about the concern of the budget. In fact, the budget dis ...

We have watched over the years the ebb and flow about the concern of the budget. In fact, the budget discourse may be some of the most telling information about the direction coming out of City Hall. ...

June 23, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Fiscal Caution Is the Right Approach

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 07, 2019
| (12) Comments

Commentary: Fiscal Caution Is the Right Approach

When the Vanguard was formed in 2006, one of the problems we cited in city governance was that the fiscal ...

When the Vanguard was formed in 2006, one of the problems we cited in city governance was that the fiscal ramifications of decisions made by council were not properly assessed. The result was that, w ...

June 07, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Cautious Council Asks Staff to Return with Additional Information on Broadband

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 05, 2019
| (19) Comments

Cautious Council Asks Staff to Return with Additional Information on Broadband

The Davis City Council is moving forward with interest on the municipal broadband proposal, asking staff ...

The Davis City Council is moving forward with interest on the municipal broadband proposal, asking staff to come back with additional information regarding the financial and technical options. A numbe ...

June 05, 2019
| by David Greenwald

| (19) Comments

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My View: Changing the Culture of the Council, Our Town

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 25, 2019
| (32) Comments

My View: Changing the Culture of the Council, Our Town

I made the comment to a former elected official that I really don’t understand why people in this town ca ...

I made the comment to a former elected official that I really don’t understand why people in this town can’t agree to disagree without getting nasty about it. I was referring to comments made on the ...

May 25, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Homeless Issues, the State of Journalism and the Court Watch Highlight the Vanguard Fundraiser

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 21, 2019
| (57) Comments

Homeless Issues, the State of Journalism and the Court Watch Highlight the Vanguard Fundraiser

Sunday marked a successful fundraiser for the Vanguard. As it turned out, several councilmembers spoke a ...

Sunday marked a successful fundraiser for the Vanguard. As it turned out, several councilmembers spoke at the event, however, only Brett Lee talked about city issues, as he spoke about a new homeless ...

May 21, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Parents, Students and Community Leaders Come Before the Board Pushing for Ethnic Studies

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 17, 2019
| (53) Comments

Parents, Students and Community Leaders Come Before the Board Pushing for Ethnic Studies

Two weeks ago, Melissa Moreno spoke to the Davis School Board about the need for ethnic studies during th ...

Two weeks ago, Melissa Moreno spoke to the Davis School Board about the need for ethnic studies during their discussion of the LCAP (Local Control and Accountability Plan). At the time, both the boar ...

May 17, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Council Moves Forward with RFP for Changes to Pacifico

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 16, 2019
| (26) Comments

Council Moves Forward with RFP for Changes to Pacifico

Facing calls by a handful of neighbors to level Pacifico and rebuild from scratch, the council instead to ...

Facing calls by a handful of neighbors to level Pacifico and rebuild from scratch, the council instead took the more modest step of calling for an RFP (Request for Proposal) and waiting before designa ...

May 16, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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