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City Well Positioned for Sales Tax Renewal

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 10, 2019
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City Well Positioned for Sales Tax Renewal

When the city released their survey results, it showed a number of interesting findings, but the one that ...

When the city released their survey results, it showed a number of interesting findings, but the one that is unequivocal is that the city is well positioned to get an affirmative vote on renewal of th ...

July 10, 2019
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Davis Names Joe Tenney New Fire Chief

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 09, 2019
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Davis Names Joe Tenney New Fire Chief

It was only seven months ago that Daryl Arbuthnott, fire chief for just 17 months, stunned the city of Da ...

It was only seven months ago that Daryl Arbuthnott, fire chief for just 17 months, stunned the city of Davis by announcing a move to Vallejo. That created the need for a new fire chief for a departme ...

July 09, 2019
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City Council Passes 2019-20 Budget

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 19, 2019
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City Council Passes 2019-20 Budget

2019-20 City Budget Funds Public Safety Measures, Transportation Infrastructure Improvements and Customer ...

2019-20 City Budget Funds Public Safety Measures, Transportation Infrastructure Improvements and Customer Service Technology Upgrades June 18, 2019 –The City of Davis announced that the Davis City Cou ...

June 19, 2019
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City Terminates Contract for Bike Undercrossing to Cannery

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 01, 2019
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City Terminates Contract for Bike Undercrossing to Cannery

In the latest saga involving the Cannery Project, the city announced this week that the city has terminat ...

In the latest saga involving the Cannery Project, the city announced this week that the city has terminated the contract of the Northern Pacific Corporation for completing the Cannery Bike and Pedestr ...

June 01, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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City Will Consider Appeal as Judge Sides with Trackside Opposition (Updated)

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 19, 2019
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City Will Consider Appeal as Judge Sides with Trackside Opposition (Updated)

Judge Sam McAdam stuck with his original ruling despite a strong push by attorneys for the city and real ...

Judge Sam McAdam stuck with his original ruling despite a strong push by attorneys for the city and real party of interest, Trackside, to get him to reconsider at a hearing in mid-April. Once again, J ...

May 19, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Council Approves Changes, Will Have Experts Come Up with Design Proposal on Mace

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 24, 2019
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Council Approves Changes, Will Have Experts Come Up with Design Proposal on Mace

The Davis City Council passed two motions on Tuesday night with respect to Mace Boulevard – the first ask ...

The Davis City Council passed two motions on Tuesday night with respect to Mace Boulevard – the first asking staff to immediately make changes to the Mace and San Marino intersection, along with the t ...

April 24, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Visit to Senior Center Ends in Conversation with a Police Officer

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 18, 2019
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Visit to Senior Center Ends in Conversation with a Police Officer

Traumatizing is the word used by longtime Davis resident Jim Leonard and an elderly couple who just moved ...

Traumatizing is the word used by longtime Davis resident Jim Leonard and an elderly couple who just moved to Davis, after a visit to the Davis Senior Center ended with a visit by a Davis police office ...

April 18, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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City Lays Out Some Alternatives for Mace; Residents Mostly Want It to Go Back to How It Was

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 12, 2019
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City Lays Out Some Alternatives for Mace; Residents Mostly Want It to Go Back to How It Was

Over 200 people attended a community engagement meeting and workshop at the South Davis Fire Station, as ...

Over 200 people attended a community engagement meeting and workshop at the South Davis Fire Station, as the city laid out a few alternatives on what to do with the Mace Boulevard design. The public ...

April 12, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Citizens Continue to Speak against Potential Fiber Optics Agreement with Astound

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 11, 2019
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Citizens Continue to Speak against Potential Fiber Optics Agreement with Astound

About ten people on Tuesday spoke out against a closed-session item on the agenda prior to the regular Da ...

About ten people on Tuesday spoke out against a closed-session item on the agenda prior to the regular Davis City Council meeting. The item was simply noticed as “Agency Negotiators” between the city ...

April 11, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Reaction to Lincoln40 Tentative Ruling – Guarded Optimism Among Students

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 22, 2019
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Reaction to Lincoln40 Tentative Ruling – Guarded Optimism Among Students

Wednesday’s tentative ruling in favor of the city and the applicant of Lincoln40 has given the city, the ...

Wednesday’s tentative ruling in favor of the city and the applicant of Lincoln40 has given the city, the applicant and, importantly, the students hope that student housing – which has been approved by ...

March 22, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Mayor and City Manager Discuss Budget, Economic Development and Other Matters of Concern at the State of the City Address

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 14, 2019
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Mayor and City Manager Discuss Budget, Economic Development and Other Matters of Concern at the State of the City Address

Mayor Brett Lee and City Manager Mike Webb spoke at the annual Chamber State of the City luncheon. Mike ...

Mayor Brett Lee and City Manager Mike Webb spoke at the annual Chamber State of the City luncheon. Mike Webb spoke to the issue of the Downtown Core Area Specific Plan (CASP) update. He called the pl ...

March 14, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Contentious Mace Boulevard Construction Meeting at East Davis Fire House

Posted by Matt Williams
|Date: January 31, 2019
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Contentious Mace Boulevard Construction Meeting at East Davis Fire House

by Matt Williams Between 100 and 150 community members jammed the East Davis Fire House Wednesday evening ...

by Matt Williams Between 100 and 150 community members jammed the East Davis Fire House Wednesday evening from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm. Fifty of the community were provided seats, but the rest of the atten ...

January 31, 2019
| by Matt Williams

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City Gets Grant Funding For Richards Blvd Interchange Improvement, Other Projects

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 13, 2018
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City Gets Grant Funding For Richards Blvd Interchange Improvement, Other Projects

The city of Davis will finally have the money needed to complete the I-80/ Richards Blovd Interchange Imp ...

The city of Davis will finally have the money needed to complete the I-80/ Richards Blovd Interchange Improvement Project that the city has been seeking to achieve for years now. The $5 million in gr ...

December 13, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: City Signals It Is Serious about Economic Development

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 02, 2018
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Sunday Commentary: City Signals It Is Serious about Economic Development

Back in 2014, it looked like the city of Davis was finally going to break through on its long unrealized ...

Back in 2014, it looked like the city of Davis was finally going to break through on its long unrealized potential of economic development. It hired the well-respected Rob White as its Chief Innovati ...

December 02, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Feeney Returns After Eight Months Away As Assistant City Manager

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 01, 2018
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Feeney Returns After Eight Months Away As Assistant City Manager

In April, Community Development Director Ashley Feeney announced he was leaving his post after a little o ...

In April, Community Development Director Ashley Feeney announced he was leaving his post after a little over two years with the city of Davis to pursue opportunities in the private sector. At the tim ...

December 01, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Davis Fire Chief Moving to Vallejo

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 01, 2018
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Davis Fire Chief Moving to Vallejo

Daryl Arbuthnott has only been the fire chief in Davis for 17 months, but now he is moving on, as Vallejo ...

Daryl Arbuthnott has only been the fire chief in Davis for 17 months, but now he is moving on, as Vallejo announced on Thursday they had hired him to fill a vacancy at chief. Chief Arbuthnott was just ...

December 01, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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City Approves Contract with DCEA

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: November 17, 2018
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City Approves Contract with DCEA

(From Press Release) - The Davis City Council approved a four-year labor agreement with the Davis City Em ...

(From Press Release) - The Davis City Council approved a four-year labor agreement with the Davis City Employees Association (DCEA), bringing to conclusion nearly a decade of operating without a negot ...

November 17, 2018
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Commentary: Incident Shows Us that Once the Well is Poisoned, It Is Hard to Restore Faith in the System

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 23, 2018
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Commentary: Incident Shows Us that Once the Well is Poisoned, It Is Hard to Restore Faith in the System

When the Westergaards first approached me two years ago, they were very frustrated, not only with the res ...

When the Westergaards first approached me two years ago, they were very frustrated, not only with the result of the police investigation into the very serious collision in which Deb Westergaard suffer ...

October 23, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Workforce Housing Proposed at University Research Park

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 19, 2018
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Workforce Housing Proposed at University Research Park

In October 2016, the newly renamed University Research Park was purchased by Fulcrum Property. Now, near ...

In October 2016, the newly renamed University Research Park was purchased by Fulcrum Property. Now, nearly two years later, the first proposed upgrade to the 17-building office complex that lies betw ...

October 19, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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City Responds to AFSCME and Civil Rights Suits

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 18, 2018
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City Responds to AFSCME and Civil Rights Suits

On Tuesday, the council reported coming out of closed session that they would be defending against a civi ...

On Tuesday, the council reported coming out of closed session that they would be defending against a civil rights lawsuit filed by attorney Mark Merin on behalf of Samuel Ignacio. Mayor Brett Lee anno ...

October 18, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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