Second Street Implements Shared Lane or “Sharrow” Pilot Project
There are two things that I don’t believe in: coincidence and leprechauns. In yesterday’s story about E Street Plaza parking returning to paid status, we also made the remark that the city has revamped the Second Street Corridor, which was funded through the federal American Reinvestment and Recovery Act and City of Davis Redevelopment Agency funds, at a time when the city is lacking funding to do basic road repair work, and it gives us the opportunity to discuss parking once again.
We went on to make the observation that, while we say we want our downtown and core to be bike and pedestrian friendly, there are no bike lanes and, in fact, bike travel is rather dangerous given the traffic, lack of visibility and other problems.
Davis City Councilmember Sue Greenwald finds herself in the middle of an unusual debate, in the sense that the Yolo County Courthouse on the surface does not directly involve her elected position with the City of Davis.
On Thursday, the ACLU of California sent an open letter to Governor Jerry Brown, Senate President Darrell Steinberg and Assembly Speaker John Perez, asking that two key reforms targeting waste in prison spending are included in the May revised budget.
In beginning my analysis of the Measure A vote, let me start with a bit of cold water for the critics who are rejoicing in the close call – the close call such that it was is an artifact of an archaic system that unfairly gives the opposition to taxes twice the voting power of proponents.
City Still Lacks Integrated Plan For Downtown Parking and Transportation –
A man is arrested for the rape of his daughter over a nine-year period of time. He is taken into an interrogation room at six p.m., he is told he can freely leave but then not allowed to exit, he may or may not know that he should contact an attorney, and somewhere around nine hours later he confessions to something short of raping his daughter, but nevertheless incriminating enough to be arrested and convicted.
Judge Knocks Charges Down to Misdemeanor Over DA’s Objection –
By Dan Oney – 
Asian Rival Gangs Selling Drugs Together – Or Overreach by Authorities?
Exactly two weeks ago today, Judge Janet Gaard of the Yolo County Superior Court was to hear the case of People vs. Oscar Arreola in her courtroom, Department 8, at 9 am.
I do not know what was more stunning last night, the news that Osama Bin Laden was killed finally or the realization that the attacks on September 11 occurred nearly ten years ago.
The city council on Tuesday will hear a largely informational report on the 2011 Picnic Day, which followed a 2010 Picnic Day that saw “uncontrollable crowds and riotous behavior in downtown Davis.”
The general attitude towards taxation has been that people want services, they want quality education, and they are willing to raise taxes but not on themselves. Why do I bring up taxes? Because I am about to contradict that theory.
In January of 2010, the Vanguard created its Vanguard Court Watch. The idea behind YJW was to monitor and report on what was occurring in the Yolo County courts.
The Davis Enterprise is reporting this morning that Thomas Randall, one of the primary movers against Measure A, has filed an FPPC (Fair Political Policies Commission) complaint against the district on Measure A.