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Commentary: Initial Thoughts – Seven Districts a Real Possibility

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 05, 2019
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Commentary: Initial Thoughts – Seven Districts a Real Possibility

We learned a lot from the initial discussion on district elections and the very impressive presentation b ...

We learned a lot from the initial discussion on district elections and the very impressive presentation by Paul Mitchell. The biggest take-home message is that there may be a majority of council memb ...

September 05, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Council Open to 7 Districts, Opposes At-Large Mayor

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 04, 2019
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Council Open to 7 Districts, Opposes At-Large Mayor

While the city council mainly just listened to both public comment and the presentation by Demographer Pa ...

While the city council mainly just listened to both public comment and the presentation by Demographer Paul Mitchell on Tuesday, they did make some tentative decisions. Basically, there seemed strong ...

September 04, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Demographer Presents the Possibilities for Districts in Davis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 04, 2019
| (15) Comments

Demographer Presents the Possibilities for Districts in Davis

Demographer Paul Mitchell did a presentation last night (the full set of his presentation slides are avai ...

Demographer Paul Mitchell did a presentation last night (the full set of his presentation slides are available on the City website) and explained that, while Federal law uses “majority minority” distr ...

September 04, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Council Expresses Frustration, but Does the Right Thing on District Elections

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 15, 2019
| (49) Comments

Commentary: Council Expresses Frustration, but Does the Right Thing on District Elections

There are a lot of reasonable questions that the community can ask at this point – one of the biggest per ...

There are a lot of reasonable questions that the community can ask at this point – one of the biggest perhaps is why the city didn't anticipate the challenge of converting to district elections before ...

August 15, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Council Accedes to Demands, Will Move toward District Elections in November 2020

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 14, 2019
| (47) Comments

Council Accedes to Demands, Will Move toward District Elections in November 2020

The city council on Tuesday made it clear that they did not like the tactics of former Supervisor Matt Re ...

The city council on Tuesday made it clear that they did not like the tactics of former Supervisor Matt Rexroad, but they also made it clear that they had no choice, given the state of the law in Calif ...

August 14, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Transparency for the Sake of Transparency

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 05, 2019
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Transparency for the Sake of Transparency

I have to say I was disappointed in the council a few times last Tuesday. I thought they played it too s ...

I have to say I was disappointed in the council a few times last Tuesday. I thought they played it too safe on the issue of the sales tax, and I thought they really lost sight of the importance of th ...

August 05, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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My View: Why Would the Council Not Even Consider a Sales Tax Increase?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 03, 2019
| (12) Comments

My View: Why Would the Council Not Even Consider a Sales Tax Increase?

While the council did not take any action on Tuesday, as Mayor Brett Lee noted, “We are not formally say ...

While the council did not take any action on Tuesday, as Mayor Brett Lee noted, “We are not formally saying anything specific to the language,” nor were they “formally placing anything on the March b ...

August 03, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Council Will Not Ask for New Investigation into Picnic Day

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 31, 2019
| (6) Comments

Council Will Not Ask for New Investigation into Picnic Day

It might have been the first 3-2 vote in this council’s tenure, but instead the council decided that they ...

It might have been the first 3-2 vote in this council’s tenure, but instead the council decided that they did not need to take a formal vote to take no action. Mayor Brett Lee exhorted Chief Darren P ...

July 31, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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As Homeless Problem Increases in Davis, DOVe and the Council Partner On Solutions

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 14, 2019
| (1) Comment

As Homeless Problem Increases in Davis, DOVe and the Council Partner On Solutions

On the city survey, homelessness which had not been on the public’s radar came in at the third highest co ...

On the city survey, homelessness which had not been on the public’s radar came in at the third highest concern among the public – a distant third – at seven percent. On Tuesday during the council mee ...

July 14, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Where Do Recent Development Projects Stand?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 28, 2019
| (14) Comments

Where Do Recent Development Projects Stand?

The city council has approved a number of projects in recent years. Recently Lincoln40 was given a green ...

The city council has approved a number of projects in recent years. Recently Lincoln40 was given a green light to go forward by a court, but the city will have decisions to make on Trackside – whethe ...

June 28, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Council Looks to Extend Affordable Rental Ordinance until June 2020

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 14, 2019
| (1) Comment

Council Looks to Extend Affordable Rental Ordinance until June 2020

The interim alternative Affordable Rental Housing Ordinance is set to sunset in a few weeks. Council is ...

The interim alternative Affordable Rental Housing Ordinance is set to sunset in a few weeks. Council is being asked to pass an amendment that would extend the sunset date of the current interim affor ...

June 14, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Rebranding MRIC as Aggie Research Campus… with Housing

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 13, 2019
| (36) Comments

Commentary: Rebranding MRIC as Aggie Research Campus… with Housing

After five years and a number of false starts, MRIC (Mace Ranch Innovation Center) needed a rebrand, and ...

After five years and a number of false starts, MRIC (Mace Ranch Innovation Center) needed a rebrand, and thus it comes back as Aggie Research Campus which frankly is probably closer to what it really ...

June 13, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Fiscal Caution Is the Right Approach

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 07, 2019
| (12) Comments

Commentary: Fiscal Caution Is the Right Approach

When the Vanguard was formed in 2006, one of the problems we cited in city governance was that the fiscal ...

When the Vanguard was formed in 2006, one of the problems we cited in city governance was that the fiscal ramifications of decisions made by council were not properly assessed. The result was that, w ...

June 07, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Cautious Council Asks Staff to Return with Additional Information on Broadband

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 05, 2019
| (19) Comments

Cautious Council Asks Staff to Return with Additional Information on Broadband

The Davis City Council is moving forward with interest on the municipal broadband proposal, asking staff ...

The Davis City Council is moving forward with interest on the municipal broadband proposal, asking staff to come back with additional information regarding the financial and technical options. A numbe ...

June 05, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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My View: Council Looks to Change Pacifico, but Leaves Unanswered a Host of Questions

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 18, 2019
| (4) Comments

My View: Council Looks to Change Pacifico, but Leaves Unanswered a Host of Questions

The council on Tuesday – faced with neighbors who wanted to demolish Pacifico and build a new facility, h ...

The council on Tuesday – faced with neighbors who wanted to demolish Pacifico and build a new facility, housing a different population – took a decidedly middle ground in their approach seeking a new ...

May 18, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Council Moves Forward with RFP for Changes to Pacifico

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 16, 2019
| (26) Comments

Council Moves Forward with RFP for Changes to Pacifico

Facing calls by a handful of neighbors to level Pacifico and rebuild from scratch, the council instead to ...

Facing calls by a handful of neighbors to level Pacifico and rebuild from scratch, the council instead took the more modest step of calling for an RFP (Request for Proposal) and waiting before designa ...

May 16, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Target Pad Discussion Becomes Proxy for Broader Discussion of Target’s Impact on Downtown

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 15, 2019
| (18) Comments

Target Pad Discussion Becomes Proxy for Broader Discussion of Target’s Impact on Downtown

It was a minor item on a long agenda. There are three vacant spots in the pads around Target, but becaus ...

It was a minor item on a long agenda. There are three vacant spots in the pads around Target, but because none of them were 4000 square feet, they did not meet minimum requirements of the development ...

May 15, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Council Looks to Fix Mace and San Marino Intersection

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 12, 2019
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Council Looks to Fix Mace and San Marino Intersection

While the council looked at longer-term fixes for Mace Boulevard back when they met last on April 23, one ...

While the council looked at longer-term fixes for Mace Boulevard back when they met last on April 23, one of the quick and relatively inexpensive fixes will be at the corner of Mace and San Marino, wh ...

May 12, 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
| (8) Comments

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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My View: Shenanigans or Not, We Need Workforce Housing *AND* R&D Development

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 23, 2019
| (15) Comments

My View: Shenanigans or Not, We Need Workforce Housing *AND* R&D Development

I get that it is disconcerting to be called out by your councilmember, especially when it’s the affable a ...

I get that it is disconcerting to be called out by your councilmember, especially when it’s the affable and mild-mannered Will Arnold, but Councilmember Arnold got it right on Chiles Road Apartments – ...

March 23, 2019
| by David Greenwald

| (15) Comments

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