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Re-Imagine LA Coalition Rejects CEO’s 2021-2022 Fiscal Budget, Urges Full Funding of Measure J

Posted by Cailin Garcia
|Date: April 22, 2021
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Re-Imagine LA Coalition Rejects CEO’s 2021-2022 Fiscal Budget, Urges Full Funding of Measure J

By Ishani Desai LOS ANGELES — The Re-imagine LA Coalition denounced the LA County CEO’s plan allocating $ ...

By Ishani Desai LOS ANGELES — The Re-imagine LA Coalition denounced the LA County CEO’s plan allocating $100 million funds to Measure J for the 2021-2022 fiscal year on Monday. As LA CEO, Fesia Davenp ...

April 22, 2021
| by Cailin Garcia

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Los Angeles Rally Honors The Victims of Incarceration and Demands the Closure of Men’s Central Jail

Posted by Cailin Garcia
|Date: April 08, 2021
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Los Angeles Rally Honors The Victims of Incarceration and Demands the Closure of Men’s Central Jail

By Anisha Girotra LOS ANGELES — On the evening of March 29, coalition leaders and community members held ...

By Anisha Girotra LOS ANGELES — On the evening of March 29, coalition leaders and community members held a press conference and rally to demand the closure of Men’s Central Jail, advocate for the full ...

April 08, 2021
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Vanguard’s Monthly Webinar – New Housing in Davis (Video)

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 31, 2021
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Vanguard’s Monthly Webinar – New Housing in Davis (Video)

Housing is always a huge topic in the city of Davis—but one thing that has concerned me of late is that w ...

Housing is always a huge topic in the city of Davis—but one thing that has concerned me of late is that we have not really had any sort of public engagement on the issue of the housing element. And wh ...

March 31, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Seriously, Where is Davis Planning to Put New Housing?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 10, 2021
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Commentary: Seriously, Where is Davis Planning to Put New Housing?

By David M. Greenwald The question of where the city plans to put new housing is not merely one of academ ...

By David M. Greenwald The question of where the city plans to put new housing is not merely one of academic interest. With the housing crisis and state requirements for the next housing element, the ...

March 10, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: How Do People Plan to Finance Their Ideal Community?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 31, 2020
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Commentary: How Do People Plan to Finance Their Ideal Community?

By David M. Greenwald In 2018, only 57 percent of the voters supported a parcel tax for roads—it needed a ...

By David M. Greenwald In 2018, only 57 percent of the voters supported a parcel tax for roads—it needed a two-thirds vote and thus went down to defeat. Last month, Measure B, which some were hoping w ...

December 31, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Sometimes Living in a Democracy Means You Don’t Get What You Want

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 15, 2020
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Commentary: Sometimes Living in a Democracy Means You Don’t Get What You Want

By David M. Greenwald The number one lesson in any democracy is that you have to accept it that sometimes ...

By David M. Greenwald The number one lesson in any democracy is that you have to accept it that sometimes you will win and sometimes you will lose. Accepting a loss is actually more important to the d ...

December 15, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: DISC – What Went Wrong? Pretty Much Everything

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 05, 2020
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Commentary: DISC – What Went Wrong? Pretty Much Everything

By David M. Greenwald In Davis, if you look at some of the private polls, most developments start out wit ...

By David M. Greenwald In Davis, if you look at some of the private polls, most developments start out with between 35 and 40 percent of the people automatically opposed to the project and they are pre ...

November 05, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Analysis: Not a Huge Amount of Surprises Locally

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 04, 2020
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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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Commentary: Some Election Day Local Picks

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 03, 2020
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Commentary: Some Election Day Local Picks

By David M. Greenwald I don’t envy the job of national prognosticators, but at least they get polls to he ...

By David M. Greenwald I don’t envy the job of national prognosticators, but at least they get polls to help guide them on calling a national election during a volatile and unsettling time. The remark ...

November 03, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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My View: Looking at Council and Two Ballot Measures

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 10, 2020
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My View: Looking at Council and Two Ballot Measures

By David M. Greenwald For the most part, we lack polling in Davis, so prognostication is admittedly more ...

By David M. Greenwald For the most part, we lack polling in Davis, so prognostication is admittedly more art than science. All of this is speculation and over the years, I have misread races but usua ...

October 10, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: One Alternative Way Forward on Measure J

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 01, 2020
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Commentary: One Alternative Way Forward on Measure J

By David M. Greenwald My expectation is that Measure J is likely to pass the electorate with at least 70 ...

By David M. Greenwald My expectation is that Measure J is likely to pass the electorate with at least 70 percent of the vote next month. I have long supported the renewal of Measure J but I was disap ...

October 01, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: Sierra Club Endorses Measure D

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: September 27, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Sierra Club Endorses Measure D

by Alan Pryor Citing grounds of “preservation of agricultural lands and open space, in-fill development a ...

by Alan Pryor Citing grounds of “preservation of agricultural lands and open space, in-fill development and densification, and citizen oversight of sound land-use planning ", the Sierra Club announces ...

September 27, 2020
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Commentary: (Measure) D Might Stand for Lack of Good Data

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 23, 2020
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Commentary: (Measure) D Might Stand for Lack of Good Data

By David M. Greenwald Rich Rifkin’s latest column is probably worthy of discussion—he says “Measure D” an ...

By David M. Greenwald Rich Rifkin’s latest column is probably worthy of discussion—he says “Measure D” and the “D is for ‘disaster.’” I would argue that the D might be better characterized as being f ...

September 23, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Preservation As an Illusion

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 31, 2020
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Preservation As an Illusion

By David M. Greenwald There are reasons why we all live in Davis. For me, it’s about two things primaril ...

By David M. Greenwald There are reasons why we all live in Davis. For me, it’s about two things primarily—maybe three. First, the schools. I have told my stories too many times on here, but we are ...

August 31, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: We Have a Chance to Close the Housing Gap

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 23, 2020
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Sunday Commentary: We Have a Chance to Close the Housing Gap

By David M. Greenwald Measure J has sometimes become a rather convenient target for the housing problems ...

By David M. Greenwald Measure J has sometimes become a rather convenient target for the housing problems in Davis. Leaving aside the fact that housing is an issue statewide, including most places wher ...

August 23, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Most Important Planning Issues Facing Davis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 14, 2020
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Commentary: Most Important Planning Issues Facing Davis

In a comment yesterday, someone asked a great question—identify the three most important topics for futur ...

In a comment yesterday, someone asked a great question—identify the three most important topics for future planning needs and priorities facing the Davis Community. It is really hard to get to only t ...

August 14, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: It Won’t Be This Year on Measure J

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 11, 2020
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Commentary: It Won’t Be This Year on Measure J

When Measure J—the original version—was put on the ballot in 2000, it was a tightly fought and hotly cont ...

When Measure J—the original version—was put on the ballot in 2000, it was a tightly fought and hotly contended election. It wound up winning relatively narrowly. The idea was to require a citizen’s ...

August 11, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Public and Council Solidly Behind Putting the Renewal of Measure J to a Vote

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 17, 2020
| (4) Comments

Public and Council Solidly Behind Putting the Renewal of Measure J to a Vote

Davis – The Davis City Council unanimously voted on Tuesday to put Measure J back on the ballot, acceptin ...

Davis – The Davis City Council unanimously voted on Tuesday to put Measure J back on the ballot, accepting staff’s minor technical changes to the City of Davis’ seminal land use ordinance that require ...

June 17, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Council Looks to Put Measure J Renewal on the Ballot

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 13, 2020
| (6) Comments

Council Looks to Put Measure J Renewal on the Ballot

There have been two discussions so far on the renewal of Measure J—one by the City Council and one by the ...

There have been two discussions so far on the renewal of Measure J—one by the City Council and one by the Planning Commission. Public comment in those two meetings has run overwhelming in favor of pl ...

June 13, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: Council Should Renew Measure J for 2 Years

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: June 04, 2020
| (8) Comments

Guest Commentary: Council Should Renew Measure J for 2 Years

By Michael Miller Our city staff has proposed to renew measure J without even considering our community r ...

By Michael Miller Our city staff has proposed to renew measure J without even considering our community responsibilities. The Council appears ready to rubber stamp this suggestion without considering ...

June 04, 2020
| by Vanguard Administrator

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