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Guest Commentary: Four Reasons We Should Vote No on Measure B, the Ruinous DISC Plan

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: October 15, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Four Reasons We Should Vote No on Measure B, the Ruinous DISC Plan

By Heather Caswell As the founder of Save Davis and owner of downtown Davis’ Wardrobe for the past 33 yea ...

By Heather Caswell As the founder of Save Davis and owner of downtown Davis’ Wardrobe for the past 33 years, I feel it is important that citizens stand up for our community and local businesses by vot ...

October 15, 2020
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Sunday Commentary: The Measure O Boogie Man Reappears in the DISC Debate

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 11, 2020
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Sunday Commentary: The Measure O Boogie Man Reappears in the DISC Debate

by David M. Greenwald Back in August the No on Measure B campaign raised the issue that “7 acres of Davis ...

by David M. Greenwald Back in August the No on Measure B campaign raised the issue that “7 acres of Davis taxpayer funded open space land” was being “used by developers” to satisfy the development’s o ...

October 11, 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
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Guest Commentary: In Response to Sierra Club Regarding DISC

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: September 26, 2020
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Guest Commentary: In Response to Sierra Club Regarding DISC

by Patrick Huber Sprawl. If “sprawl” is simply defined as any development on the city’s periphery, then t ...

by Patrick Huber Sprawl. If “sprawl” is simply defined as any development on the city’s periphery, then the term is applicable to DISC. However, it is more typically and usefully used to describe grow ...

September 26, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Burrowing Owls and Davis Elections

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: August 12, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Burrowing Owls and Davis Elections

By Catherine Portman As candidates run to retain their elected positions they will tout issues they’ve su ...

By Catherine Portman As candidates run to retain their elected positions they will tout issues they’ve supported to win citizen’s votes. There will be advertisements, slogans and even face mask images ...

August 12, 2020
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Commissioner Rowe’s Comments on DISC at the Planning Commission Meeting

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: June 19, 2020
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Commissioner Rowe’s Comments on DISC at the Planning Commission Meeting

(Editor’s note: these are the comments from Greg Rowe on Wednesday night, speaking about the Davis Innova ...

(Editor’s note: these are the comments from Greg Rowe on Wednesday night, speaking about the Davis Innovation and Sustainability Campus). This is a really challenging project, it’s not like the others ...

June 19, 2020
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Planning Commission to Examine Measure J Renewal

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 23, 2020
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Planning Commission to Examine Measure J Renewal

The Measure J renewal process will continue this week as the issue comes before the Planning Commission. ...

The Measure J renewal process will continue this week as the issue comes before the Planning Commission. A few weeks ago the council was supportive of moving forward with the process with only what a ...

May 23, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Council to Start Looking at Renewing Measure J

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 02, 2020
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Council to Start Looking at Renewing Measure J

When the City of Davis passed Measure J, now 20 years ago, in 2000, it became one of the city’s seminal l ...

When the City of Davis passed Measure J, now 20 years ago, in 2000, it became one of the city’s seminal land use measures that requires a vote of the citizens in order for the city to annex existing a ...

May 02, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Planning Commission Makes Comments ahead of Final Subsequent EIR

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 23, 2020
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Planning Commission Makes Comments ahead of Final Subsequent EIR

In advance of the end of the comment period to the Draft Subsequent EIR for the Aggie Research Campus, th ...

In advance of the end of the comment period to the Draft Subsequent EIR for the Aggie Research Campus, the Planning Commission listened to 29 public comments and then many of its members made critical ...

April 23, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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My View: Housing Is the Top Issue for Davis Headed into 2020

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 28, 2019
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My View: Housing Is the Top Issue for Davis Headed into 2020

Polling shows that the top issue for Davis is the affordability of housing. The year 2020 figures to be ...

Polling shows that the top issue for Davis is the affordability of housing. The year 2020 figures to be an interesting year for housing issues. We will have the University Commons project coming for ...

December 28, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Thoughts on Housing and Growth in Davis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 30, 2019
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Thoughts on Housing and Growth in Davis

Here we are at the end of September 2019 and the council has not wanted to have an engagement on Measure ...

Here we are at the end of September 2019 and the council has not wanted to have an engagement on Measure R or the future of housing growth in Davis. It seems a bit odd if you ask me. In fact, I’m a ...

September 30, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Habitat Restoration Project Coming Soon To North Davis

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: July 03, 2019
| (13) Comments

Habitat Restoration Project Coming Soon To North Davis

(From Press Release) – The City of Davis announced today that three acres of City-owned, vacant land at t ...

(From Press Release) – The City of Davis announced today that three acres of City-owned, vacant land at the corner of F Street and Anderson Road will soon be transformed into a new wildlife habitat ar ...

July 03, 2019
| by Vanguard Administrator

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My View: Looking At Measure R Before Renewal Does Not Necessarily Mean Weakening It

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 29, 2018
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My View: Looking At Measure R Before Renewal Does Not Necessarily Mean Weakening It

Some in this community have taken a hardline view that Measure R should absolutely be renewed as is witho ...

Some in this community have taken a hardline view that Measure R should absolutely be renewed as is without even a consideration for changes. From my perspective that is largely an alarmist view – in ...

December 29, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: ChamberPac Strikes the First Blow against Measure R Renewal?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 21, 2018
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Monday Morning Thoughts: ChamberPac Strikes the First Blow against Measure R Renewal?

Maybe I’m overthinking this, but I found it very interesting that the Davis Chamber's Political Action Co ...

Maybe I’m overthinking this, but I found it very interesting that the Davis Chamber's Political Action Committee has selected three candidates to endorse in a race where there are only two available s ...

May 21, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Council Weekly Questions: Support for Measure R

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 19, 2018
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Council Weekly Questions: Support for Measure R

The Vanguard is launching its weekly question series that will go from today to the election with 11 ques ...

The Vanguard is launching its weekly question series that will go from today to the election with 11 questions. Unlike previous years, the Vanguard has a hard cut off both for length (250 words) and ...

March 19, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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My View: City Articulates LRDP Interests

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 03, 2016
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My View: City Articulates LRDP Interests

For a number of months we have had a long and sustained community dialogue on growth as well as the inter ...

For a number of months we have had a long and sustained community dialogue on growth as well as the interaction between university growth ambition and city land use policies. While the community, at l ...

December 03, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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MRIC Moves Forward As a Commercial-Only Project

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 08, 2016
| (27) Comments

MRIC Moves Forward As a Commercial-Only Project

Just two weeks after the Davis City Council unanimously directed the staff to continue with preparation o ...

Just two weeks after the Davis City Council unanimously directed the staff to continue with preparation of the Mace Ranch Innovation Center (MRIC) as proposed only, and not as a mixed-use project, the ...

March 08, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: Time to Revisit Our “Open Space” Measures

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 12, 2015
| (18) Comments

Guest Commentary: Time to Revisit Our “Open Space” Measures

By Jeff Boone It was during the mid-late 1990s when the Wildhorse and Mace Ranch housing developments pro ...

By Jeff Boone It was during the mid-late 1990s when the Wildhorse and Mace Ranch housing developments provoked the voter backlash that led to the passing of Measure O (Open Space Protection Special Ta ...

July 12, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Council Approves Conservancy JPA, Agrees to Look at Measure O Open Space Expenditures

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 09, 2015
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Council Approves Conservancy JPA, Agrees to Look at Measure O Open Space Expenditures

The Davis City Council ultimately agreed to a motion that would authorize the city to reserve up to $200, ...

The Davis City Council ultimately agreed to a motion that would authorize the city to reserve up to $200,000 a year from Measure O Open Space Tax Funds for acquisitions of habitat lands to fulfill Yol ...

July 09, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Transparancy and Accountability Decision by Council Tonight

Posted by Matt Williams
|Date: July 07, 2015
| (1) Comment

Transparancy and Accountability Decision by Council Tonight

Tonight presents an opportunity for the Davis City Council to take a proactive step toward improved trans ...

Tonight presents an opportunity for the Davis City Council to take a proactive step toward improved transparency and accountability in our financial reporting of community programs. Item 8 of tonight ...

July 07, 2015
| by Matt Williams

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