June 2010 - Page 5 of 5 - Davis Vanguard

Parents and Community Members Concerned About Safety Around Cesar Chavez Elementary School

By David GreenwaldJune 2, 201031 comments

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The Davis Safety and Parking Advisory Commission will hear a report on safety concerns on Anderson Blvd around the Cesar Chavez Elementary School. Part of that report concerns the speed of travel on a stretch of road, but as the Vanguard observed on Tuesday morning, the entire stretch is one big hazard with large quantities of through traffic, cars stopping to load students, pedestrians and bicyclists converging on a small area.

A few weeks a number of parents and community members came to the joint City Council and School Board meeting to highlight their concerns. This followed a February 10 meeting of the Safety and Parking Commission where a resident expressed “concerns regarding the safety of the bikes and pedestrians on Anderson Road near Chavez Elementary School for the past two years. Staff made numerous site visits and added red curb at the crosswalk and around the curb returns, and installed a No Parking sign on the west side and requested that Police department step up enforcement. Staff has also included installation of an access ramp on the west side, at the crosswalk, in this year’s concrete replacement project (to be under construction this summer).”

Informe: Reciben los acusados criminales en el Condado de Yolo una defensa adecuada?

By David GreenwaldJune 1, 20100 comments

La gran mayoría de acusados en el Condado de Yolo se representan por el defensor público o por un abogado de conflictos (también nombrado por el tribunal). Nuestras investigaciones sugieren una gran disparidad en los recursos disponibles a la defensa pública de los acusados en el Condado de Yolo, siguiendo las tendencias para el estado de California como una totalidad.

Significa que los acusados no se representan bien? Tracy Olson, la defensora pública del condado, dice que no, pero al mismo tiempo la disparidad entre los recursos de la oficina del DA y el defensor público es demasiada grande para ignorar.

Report: Are Criminal Defendants In Yolo County Getting An Adequate Defense?

By David GreenwaldJune 1, 201020 comments

The vast majority of criminal defendants in Yolo County are represented through either the public defender’s office or by conflict counsel, also appointed by the court. Our research suggests a vast disparity in the resources available to the public defense of the accused in Yolo County following trends for the state overall.

Does that mean that defends are not being well-represented? Tracie Olson, the County’s Public Defender, says no, but at the same time the resource gap between the District Attorney’s Office and public defense is perhaps too large to ignore.

Vanguard Interview: City Council Candidate Daniel Watts

By David GreenwaldJune 1, 20106 comments

In the fourth of our interviews with the Davis City Council candidates, we spoke with Daniel Watts. Last Monday we ran our interview with Joe Krovoza . On Friday we ran our interview with Jon Li. On Sunday we ran the third interview, with Rochelle Swanson. The goal with these interviews was to take previous statements and positions that the candidates had taken and explore them more deeply or to clarify issues that have been presented both in campaign material as well as the candidate’s forums.

Vanguard: Of all of the problems facing Davis, why did you choose to focus first on an obscure portion of the municipal code that the city claims has not been enforced since the early 70s?

Former Mayor Responds to Whitcombe Op-Ed on Measure R

By Vanguard AdministratorJune 1, 20101 comments

by Ken Wagstaff –

In Sunday’s Davis Enterprise, Joe Whitcombe says when Measure J was first proposed, he thought “forcing projects to be planned in anticipation of a public vote might indeed result in innovative, beneficial projects.”

Yes. And using their Measure J power, almost 60 percent of the voters rejected the 2005 Covell Village (CV) proposal precisely because it was not sufficiently innovative or beneficial.

Month: June 2010