On December 18, from noon to 1:30 pm, join us for a discussion with Davis Vice Mayor Lucas Frerichs. The Vanguard will have a discussion with the Vice Mayor on the issues of the day and then take questions from the public. The webinar is free and open to the public. Please register in advance.
Greenwald is the founder, editor, and executive director of the Davis Vanguard. He founded the Vanguard in 2006. David Greenwald moved to Davis in 1996 to attend Graduate School at UC Davis in Political Science. He lives in South Davis with his wife Cecilia Escamilla Greenwald and three children.
California's housing crisis is a long-term and systemic imbalance between supply and demand, rooted in decades of policy failures, exclusionary zoning, and political resistance to growth, and will not be solved by short-term market shifts or a few temporary price drops.
California's proposed budget for 2025-26 has cut funding for the state's main homelessness program, leaving cities and counties reliant on other sources to continue providing services and housing for homeless individuals.
Sociologist Arlie Russell Hochschild argues that the deep sense of loss and dislocation in working-class America is being ignored by both major political parties, fueling loyalty to former President Donald Trump, and suggests that Democrats need to build coalitions that can offer a competing vision to restore dignity to working-class voters.
Incarcerated individuals at Salinas Valley State Prison have launched a hunger strike to protest ongoing violations of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation's reforms, including arbitrary lockdowns and denial of access to rehabilitative programming.
