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Sunday Commentary: Is Council Out of Touch with the Davis Community?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 12, 2022
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Sunday Commentary: Is Council Out of Touch with the Davis Community?

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – It seems like every time the council votes to put a pr ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – It seems like every time the council votes to put a project on the ballot it’s usually a 5-0 vote (it has been each time since 2009 when it was 3-2) ...

June 12, 2022
| by David Greenwald

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Davis Council Back in Person for First Meeting Since March 2020; Public Complains about New Comment Policy

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 25, 2022
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Davis Council Back in Person for First Meeting Since March 2020; Public Complains about New Comment Policy

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – For Josh Chapman, it was his first in-person meeting. ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – For Josh Chapman, it was his first in-person meeting. For Mayor Gloria Partida, the first in-person meeting that she presided over as mayor. Counci ...

May 25, 2022
| by David Greenwald

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Council Moves Forward with New Mace Redesign

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 17, 2022
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Council Moves Forward with New Mace Redesign

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – For three years it had become a focal point for frustr ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – For three years it had become a focal point for frustration and anger on the part of many South Davis residents, who derisively referred to it as “Ma ...

March 17, 2022
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: If the Respite Center Went Away, There Would Still Be Problems and They May Be Worse

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 06, 2022
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Sunday Commentary: If the Respite Center Went Away, There Would Still Be Problems and They May Be Worse

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – The city council this week extended the Respite Center ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – The city council this week extended the Respite Center until June 2023. Really, what choice did they have? The Respite Center was associated with a ...

March 06, 2022
| by David Greenwald

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Council Finds Baseline Features Have Not Changed in Bretton Woods; Applicant Maintains URC Will Purchase the Property

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 03, 2022
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Council Finds Baseline Features Have Not Changed in Bretton Woods; Applicant Maintains URC Will Purchase the Property

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – While the council pulled the item on Bretton Woods off ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – While the council pulled the item on Bretton Woods off the consent calendar and had a roughly 20-minute discussion, the general consensus was that th ...

March 03, 2022
| by David Greenwald

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Part 4: It Was Unanimous, a 5-0 Vote, Council Comments on DiSC

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 05, 2022
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Part 4: It Was Unanimous, a 5-0 Vote, Council Comments on DiSC

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – On Tuesday, the council voted 5-0 to place DiSC 2022 b ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – On Tuesday, the council voted 5-0 to place DiSC 2022 back on the ballot for June 7. On Thursday, the Vanguard ran Councilmember Dan Carson’s brief p ...

February 05, 2022
| by David Greenwald

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My View: Appalling Decision by Council on Ladder Truck – Lack of Fiscal Restraint on a Nice-to-Have Expenditure

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 15, 2022
| (14) Comments

My View: Appalling Decision by Council on Ladder Truck – Lack of Fiscal Restraint on a Nice-to-Have Expenditure

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – It has been more than a decade since we first laid out ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – It has been more than a decade since we first laid out the case that the city of Davis, mainly through their own policies, put the city at grave fisc ...

January 15, 2022
| by David Greenwald

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Council Goes with Option 3 on the Ladder Truck, but with Concerns

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 13, 2022
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Council Goes with Option 3 on the Ladder Truck, but with Concerns

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – The Davis City Council on Tuesday voted unanimously to ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – The Davis City Council on Tuesday voted unanimously to approve the purchase of the ladder truck and the staffing Option 3, but many council members d ...

January 13, 2022
| by David Greenwald

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Council Passes Sweeping Police Re-Organization without Opposition

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 20, 2021
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Council Passes Sweeping Police Re-Organization without Opposition

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA - In the end the city council not only unanimously passe ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA - In the end the city council not only unanimously passed the city’s police reorganization plan, but did so without anything that resembled opposition— ...

October 20, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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City Council Again Asked To Punt Permanent Affordable Housing Ordinance To Future Date

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 19, 2021
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City Council Again Asked To Punt Permanent Affordable Housing Ordinance To Future Date

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Set to expire next month, the council is being asked t ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Set to expire next month, the council is being asked to extend the sunset date of the current temporary ordinance to allow the city to complete its D ...

October 19, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Reimagining Policing in Davis Is Happening

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 16, 2021
| (57) Comments

Reimagining Policing in Davis Is Happening

City Set To Remove Key Functions from Police Department to New Department of Social Services and Housing ...

City Set To Remove Key Functions from Police Department to New Department of Social Services and Housing By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – A council subcommittee of Mayor Gloria Parti ...

October 16, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Council Rejects Hirsch Appeal; Follows Staff on Partial Grant of Sutter Appeal

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 22, 2021
| (46) Comments

Council Rejects Hirsch Appeal; Follows Staff on Partial Grant of Sutter Appeal

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Council largely followed the recommendation of staff o ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Council largely followed the recommendation of staff on Sutter Place, unanimously rejecting the appeal by Alan Hirsch while following staff’s recomme ...

September 22, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Opponents of DISC-2022 Push Back against Another Project, June 2022 Timeline

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 08, 2021
| (54) Comments

Opponents of DISC-2022 Push Back against Another Project, June 2022 Timeline

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – While Councilmember Will Arnold pointed out the planni ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – While Councilmember Will Arnold pointed out the planning for Innovation Parks in Davis began in October of 2010 when the City Council established the ...

September 08, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Council Approves the Housing Element – Further Discussions on Measure J and UC Davis To Follow

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 01, 2021
| (17) Comments

Council Approves the Housing Element – Further Discussions on Measure J and UC Davis To Follow

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA - After much consideration and discussion, the Davis Cit ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA - After much consideration and discussion, the Davis City Council on Tuesday passed the Housing Element on a 5-0 vote. Among the add-ons was support of ...

September 01, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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City of Davis Requires Personnel to Vaccinate

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 01, 2021
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City of Davis Requires Personnel to Vaccinate

Special To the Vanguard Davis, CA - Following many other government entities, the City of Davis announced ...

Special To the Vanguard Davis, CA - Following many other government entities, the City of Davis announced Tuesday that it has issued a vaccine requirement for its personnel, including employees, inter ...

September 01, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Council Faces Community Wrath on Policing, but Adopts Proposed Budget

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 23, 2021
| (15) Comments

Council Faces Community Wrath on Policing, but Adopts Proposed Budget

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA - Despite an overwhelming number of citizens supporting changes to polici ...

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA - Despite an overwhelming number of citizens supporting changes to policing, the council largely passed the budget as proposed on Tuesday night, leaving some of the mor ...

June 23, 2021
| by David Greenwald

| (15) Comments

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Council Listens to Battle of the Talking Points; Council Leans Toward More Middle Course

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 16, 2021
| (21) Comments

Council Listens to Battle of the Talking Points; Council Leans Toward More Middle Course

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA - There were no motions made, no direction taken yet, but the course of t ...

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA - There were no motions made, no direction taken yet, but the course of the council was laid out during this workshop pretty clearly. Several dozen public commenters l ...

June 16, 2021
| by David Greenwald

| (21) Comments

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Council Votes to Move Homeless Services Out of Police Department, No Vote on Independent Public Safety Department

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: April 07, 2021
| (30) Comments

Council Votes to Move Homeless Services Out of Police Department, No Vote on Independent Public Safety Department

By Iliana Magana and Jordan Varney DAVIS -- At the April 6 Davis City Council meeting, council discussed ...

By Iliana Magana and Jordan Varney DAVIS -- At the April 6 Davis City Council meeting, council discussed and took action on the staff report generated in response to the nine recommendations of the Te ...

April 07, 2021
| by Vanguard Court Watch Interns

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My View: Storm Shows Cracks in Our System

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 30, 2021
| (72) Comments

My View: Storm Shows Cracks in Our System

By David M. Greenwald Sometime next month, the US will likely top half a million dead from COVID—lives ha ...

By David M. Greenwald Sometime next month, the US will likely top half a million dead from COVID—lives have been ended, many have been permanently altered, many have lost their businesses and are in d ...

January 30, 2021
| by David Greenwald

| (72) Comments

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Sunday Commentary: Projects Can Be Defeated, but Slow-Growth Candidates Largely Not Competitive

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 22, 2020
| (56) Comments

Sunday Commentary: Projects Can Be Defeated, but Slow-Growth Candidates Largely Not Competitive

by David M. Greenwald It wasn’t a tremendously long time ago when slow-growth progressives actually contr ...

by David M. Greenwald It wasn’t a tremendously long time ago when slow-growth progressives actually controlled the city council—Ken Wagstaff, Sue Greenwald and Michael Harrington. But in the last 20 ...

November 22, 2020
| by David Greenwald

| (56) Comments

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