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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
| (9) Comments

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
| (9) Comments

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
| (1) Comment

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
| (8) Comments

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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Analysis: Should the City Reconsider Exempting Vertical Mixed Use from Affordable Requirements?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 30, 2018
| (20) Comments

Analysis: Should the City Reconsider Exempting Vertical Mixed Use from Affordable Requirements?

On Tuesday night, Eileen Samitz during public comment pressed the city council to eliminate the exemption ...

On Tuesday night, Eileen Samitz during public comment pressed the city council to eliminate the exemption for affordable housing requirements in vertical mixed-use projects. She is not the only one t ...

August 30, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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City Hired Finance Director; City Attorney Retires as City Searches for New Community Development Director

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 16, 2018
| (18) Comments

City Hired Finance Director; City Attorney Retires as City Searches for New Community Development Director

It is a time of some turnover for the city of Davis, as the city announced the hire of a finance director ...

It is a time of some turnover for the city of Davis, as the city announced the hire of a finance director for the first time in several years. In the meantime, the city has put out RFPs for a new cit ...

August 16, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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City Seeks Additional Analysis and Means to Address Local Impacts of Campus Growth

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: July 19, 2018
| (1) Comment

City Seeks Additional Analysis and Means to Address Local Impacts of Campus Growth

(From Press Release) - In a detailed letter to the University of California Board of Regents on Tuesday, ...

(From Press Release) - In a detailed letter to the University of California Board of Regents on Tuesday, the City of Davis requested the Board delay approval of UC Davis’ proposed Long Range Developme ...

July 19, 2018
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Commentary: How the City Got Picnic Day Incident Right

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 12, 2018
| (45) Comments

Commentary: How the City Got Picnic Day Incident Right

Between the public comment in the general session, the interim auditor's item and the recommendations by ...

Between the public comment in the general session, the interim auditor's item and the recommendations by the police oversight consultants, the night was long and tiring and contentious. But, while it ...

April 12, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Did the Council Make a Mistake Going with Two Ballot Measures for Revenue Increases?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 26, 2018
| (9) Comments

Commentary: Did the Council Make a Mistake Going with Two Ballot Measures for Revenue Increases?

My View: I Don’t See a Lot of Nascent Opposition to the Tax Measure, but the City Has Little Margin On Tu ...

My View: I Don’t See a Lot of Nascent Opposition to the Tax Measure, but the City Has Little Margin On Tuesday, the council took steps to finalize the proposed revenue measures for the June ballot. W ...

January 26, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: The Ball Gets Dropped on the Release of the Scott Report

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 11, 2018
| (33) Comments

Commentary: The Ball Gets Dropped on the Release of the Scott Report

The city came out with an announcement on Tuesday about the release of the Scott report. In announcing th ...

The city came out with an announcement on Tuesday about the release of the Scott report. In announcing the appointment of Michael Gennaco as interim auditor (a good hire that normally we would focus o ...

January 11, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Frustrations Mount as the City Announces Process for Non-Release of Scott Report

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 10, 2018
| (54) Comments

Frustrations Mount as the City Announces Process for Non-Release of Scott Report

The city of Davis on Tuesday sent out a release indicating that it had hired Michael Gennaco as interim P ...

The city of Davis on Tuesday sent out a release indicating that it had hired Michael Gennaco as interim Police Auditor. He currently serves as the as the contract Police Auditor for the cities of Pal ...

January 10, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Scott Report’s Release Still Uncertain As Is Status of Officers Involved in Picnic Day Incident

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 03, 2018
| (15) Comments

Scott Report’s Release Still Uncertain As Is Status of Officers Involved in Picnic Day Incident

City Manager Mike Webb told the Vanguard on Tuesday that the city is still evaluating how and when to rel ...

City Manager Mike Webb told the Vanguard on Tuesday that the city is still evaluating how and when to release the report from McGregor Scott and that they do not have a timetable for its release. “The ...

January 03, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Scott Report Set to Be Released in Early January

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 17, 2017
| (10) Comments

Scott Report Set to Be Released in Early January

Earlier this week the Vanguard reported that Chief Darren Pytel has received the Picnic Day report and is ...

Earlier this week the Vanguard reported that Chief Darren Pytel has received the Picnic Day report and is in the process of evaluating it. When we spoke with the chief, his anticipation was that it w ...

December 17, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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