The following is an open letter signed by 27 organizations including the Vanguard Editorial Board and 585 individuals citizens.
Dear Davis City Council,
As members of the Davis community, we urge you to commit to real public safety in Davis by creating a Department of Public Safety, independent of the Police Department.
Many Davis community members have been re-thinking public safety after episodes of police brutality and a long-time lack of adequate services for mental health issues, drug use, and houselessness. These issues have exacerbated racial disparities, which are particularly pronounced in Davis.
We urge you to be bold leaders in responding to these issues by creating a department that prioritizes the well-being and safety of our community, particularly our most vulnerable. Such a department would take a twofold approach by first expanding access to social services such as free mental healthcare and programs to support houseless Davis residents. Second, it would redirect calls away from the police department. Tasks such as:
- Welfare checks
- Code enforcement
- Traffic enforcement
- Noise complaints
- Abandoned bikes
… and more could be housed in a Department of Public Safety staffed by social workers, civil servants, and mental healthcare professionals.
Thank you for your careful consideration of this important proposal. We look forward to working with you to ensure real public safety in our beloved community.
Sincerely,
Organizations:
- United Auto Workers Local 2865, Davis Unit (UAW 2865)
- United Auto Workers Local 5810, Davis Unit (UAW 5810)
- Service Employees International Union Local 2015 (SEIU 2015)
- Yolo Democratic Socialists of America (Yolo DSA)
- Yolo People Power (YPP)
- Yolo Grassroots Collective
- NorCal Resist
- Indivisible Yolo
- The Davis Vanguard
- Solidarity Space Davis
- Davis College Democrats
- The Justice Initiative at UC Davis
- Davis Night Market
- California Civil Liberties Advocacy
- Davis Cherry Blossom Festival
- HOPE (Homeless Outreach through Prevention and Education) at Davis
- Davis High Activism Club (DHS student organization)
- Women in Leadership Davis (WiLD)
- Parents of African American Children Davis (PAACD)
- Yolo Committee for Diversity in Education (YCDIE)
- TESE Foundation
- Zim Cuisine
- Uniting for Racial Justice Committee of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Davis
- Compassion, Peace, and Justice Ministry at Davis Community Church
- Davis United Students Against Sweatshops Local 143
- Cal Aggie Christian Association (CA House)
- Student Mental Health Coalition at UC Davis
- Yolo Progressives
Individuals: Please add your name, relationship to Davis, organizational affiliations if applicable, and other relevant information (e.g. parent of a school-aged child, business owner, teacher, healthcare professional, etc):
- Robb Davis, Davis resident, former Davis City Council member, former Mayor of Davis
- Linda Deos, Attorney at Law
- Tom Hintze, full-time worker in Davis, UAW 2865 Northern Vice President
- Josh Shahryar, Chairman of Police Accountability Board at UC Davis, Educator
- Dillan Horton, Davis resident, Police Accountability Commission Chair, Chair Yolo County Poor People’s Campaign
- Will Kelly, former Davis resident, former Davis Police Accountability Commissioner
- Larry D. Guenther, Davis resident, Member Yolo People Power, Secretary Davis Odd Fellows, Board Member Tree Davis, President Old East Davis Neighborhood Association, Chair Davis Tree Commission, UC Davis MSc, etc.
- Rev. Timothy Malone, Davis resident, former Human Relations Commission Member
- NJ Mvondo, Davis resident, founder of Multiculturalism Rocks / Davis Network for Africa (DNA), Human Relations Commissioner
- Bapu Vaitla, Social Services Commission Chair
- Robert Canning, Yolo People Power, Davis Police Accountability Commissioner
- Cecilia Escamilla-Greenwald, Police Accountability Commissioner, Davis Vanguard Board Member, Parent of school-aged children
- Sean Brooks, Former Police Accountability Commissioner, Davis resident and parent of school-aged children
- David Abramson, Davis Resident, member of City of Davis Natural Resources Commission/Yolo Climate Emergency Coalition
- Anya McCann, 10 year resident, mom, former NRC commissioner, currently on NAMI Yolo County board and serve on Neighborhood Court
- Kari Peterson, 43-yr Davis resident, Parent, former Recreation & Park commissioner, UCD alum, Indivisible Yolo member
- Ignacio/Nacho Alarcón, Davis resident and co-commissioner of the City of Davis Police Accountability Commission
- Matt Williams, Jr., Davis resident, past member of six City of Davis Commissions, retired
- Roberta Millstein, Davis Resident, Work in Davis, Professor, Department of Philosophy, UC Davis since 2006; served 10 years on Open Space & Habitat Commission
- Sarah Zimmerman, SEIU, Civic Arts Commission, Congregation Bet Haverim,
- Todd Edelman, Former Member of Bicycling, Transportation and Street Safety Commission, Urban Interactions Facilitator, Child of Holocaust Survivors, Member of Yolo DSA
- Abram Jones, Police Accountability Commission
- Millie Braunstein, Davis resident, Chair, Health Care for All – Yolo, Previous – NAMI Yolo BOD – Secretary, served six years on the Yolo County Mental Health Board
- Joaquin Chavez, Davis resident, Vice President of UPTE-CWA 9119
- Natalie Wormeli, Davis resident, Chair, Yolo County ACLU Chapter
- Roy Kaplan, MD, Davis resident, Chair Social Justice Committee, Bet Haverim and member of Yolo People Power
- Deb Young, Davis resident, Unit Chair in UAW 2865-Davis
- Mary Ellen Price, Davis Resident, neighborhood Court Panelist
- Jesse Drew, Davis resident, UCD professor and co-chair of Davis Faculty Association
- Gregory Wada, Davis resident, Executive director for Davis Cherry Blossom Festival, Artistic director for Bakuhatsu Taiko Dan, cultural worker
- Francesca Wright, Davis resident, Co-Founder and Coordinator for Yolo People Power
- Erica Ballinger, longtime Davis resident, board member of the Yolo County chapter of the ACLU
- Neetha Iyer, Davis resident, recording secretary in UAW 2865, educator
- Greg Brucker, Davis Resident & Parent of School aged children, DJUSD Educator, Site Representative, Davis Teachers Association, Congregation Bet Haverim Social Justice Committee Member, Co-Founder Jewish Action NorCal
- Denise Hoffner, longtime Davis resident; Member of Yolo County ACLU Board of Directors
- Morganne Blais-McPherson, Davis resident, UAW 2865 & Yolo DSA, educator
- Dr. David Salkoff, full-time worker in Davis, Co-chair of Yolo DSA
- Connor Gorman, Davis Resident, Sacramento IWW, UAW 2865, Yolo People Power, Yolo DSA, Yolo County Green Party, Educator
- Kazia Hart, Davis Resident 10 years, Co-Chair of Yolo DSA, President of Davis Residential Property Managers Association, Property Manager at The Lexington, UC Davis Alumni
- Lauren Zaren, UC Davis undergraduate student, Founder/President of The Justice Initiative at UC Davis
- Dr. Julea Shaw, UC Davis Graduate in Ecology, Yolo People Power Public Safety Research Team
- Kelsey Fortune, Davis resident, Economics PhD Candidate, Board Member of Bike Davis and Cool Davis
- Morgan Poindexter, Davis resident, Davis Vanguard Board Member, Yolo People Power (Public Safety Research Team), Immunology PhD Candidate at UC Davis
- Jordan Varney, UC Davis Graduate, Yolo People Power Public Safety Research Team
- Wes Westerfield, Davis resident, Head Steward in UAW 2865-Davis
- Mark Simon, Davis resident, Yolo People Power, Principal Consultant at Storywalkers Consulting
- Freya Plum, Davis resident, secretary of YDSA at UC Davis
- Tom Jara, UC Davis Graduate, UC Davis Employee and Davis Resident
- Seth Sanders, Davis resident and Professor of Religious Studies at UC Davis
- Katelynn Bishop, former Davis resident
- María José Gutiérrez Jiménez, Davis resident, UAW 2865, Spanish language instructor
- Isabel Alvarez, lifelong Davis resident
- Robert Henderson, lifelong Davis resident
- Miranda Duncan, Yolo County resident, former Assistant to Saint Louis County Executive & Community Development specialist at University of Missouri
- Sarah Heuckeroth, Davis resident, UAW 2865, educator
- Dr. Eric Kent, Davis resident, UAW 5810, Yolo DSA, Yolo People Power
- Dr. Xue Meng Chen, Davis resident, PECG
- Phoenix Shetty, Davis resident, SEIU 1000, EPR at EDD
- Caitlin French, Davis resident, UCD graduate student, Yolo People Power Public Safety Research Team
- Rowan Boswell, Davis resident, local business owner, Yolo People Power Public Safety Research Team
- Aarthi Sekar, Davis resident, UCD Graduate Student, Yolo People Power Public Safety Research Team
- Jonathan K London, Davis resident, Faculty at UC Davis.
- Felicia Azzopardi, Davis resident, co-chair of YDSA at UC Davis
- Juan Tamayo, Davis resident, Immunology PhD Candidate at UC Davis
- Marilyn Wang, Immunology PhD Candidate at UC Davis
- Emily Hill, Davis resident, parent of school-aged children, founder of Indivisible Yolo
- Rachel Beck, Davis resident, chair Indivisible Yolo
- Sharif Amlani, Davis voter
- Max Morgan, Davis resident
- Stephen Harris, Senior Veterinary Student at UC Davis
- David Gier, Davis resident, UAW 2865
- Juan Miranda, Davis resident, PhD in Spanish, Yolo People Power (Translation team), Davis Vanguard Board
- Member
- Jennifer Selwyn, Davis resident, History lecturer, CSU-Sacramento.
- Estuardo Polanco, Community Organizer, SEIU Local 2015
- Sarah (Sai) Fingerhood, Davis resident, UCD VMTH resident
- Stephanie Tatge, Davis resident
- Nancy Erickson, 30-year Davis resident, member Yolo DSA, Yolo People Power
- Frank Pinto, 30-year Davis resident, retired local executive board member UPTE-CWA 9119.
- Rhonda David, 30-year Davis resident
- Russell Fulk, 30-year Davis resident
- Scott Burman, Davis resident
- Susan Pelican, RN, retired. Worked for Communicare as Nurse-Midwife.
- Sarah Gaffney, Davis resident, Ecology PhD Candidate at UC Davis
- Vivian Wauters, Davis resident and UC Davis employee
- Marc Schenker, MD, Davis resident 35 years
- Shoshana Zatz, Davis resident since 1986, co-founder of Davis Community Meals and Housing (DCMH), Affordable Housing Advocate, Member of Congregation Bet Haverim Social Justice Committee.
- Aeric Chancellor, Davis Resident, Mental Healthcare Professional
- Aparna Komarla, Davis resident, Vanguard COVID-19 Project Lead
- Saatyaki Amin, Davis Vanguard Board Member
- Jen Soong, Davis resident, parent of school-aged children
- Shahed Dowlatshahi, Davis resident, Secretary for Yolo DSA
- Alyx Land, Davis resident, Shift Lead at Peet’s Coffee on Covell
- Pam Driggers, PhD, Davis resident and member of Congregation Bet Haverim-Social Action Committee
- Aurora Schünemann, President of Davis College Democrats
- Afton Geil, Davis resident, Electrical and Computer Engineering PhD Candidate at UC Davis
- M E Gladis, Chair: Yolo County Progressives, Member: Yolo People Power; Yolo DSA.
- Will Alpers, 21-year Davis resident, Former President of Aggies for Bernie Sanders
- JonahMaria Weeks, Lifelong Davis resident, Ecology PhD Candidate at UC Davis
- Brendan Gregg, Lifelong Davis resident
- Kate Mellon-Anibaba, Lifelong Davis resident, Operations Analyst, Artist, Co-Founder of Solidarity Space Davis, Parent of school-aged children
- Sule Anibaba, Long term Davis resident, UC Davis Outcomes Advisor, Co-Founder of Solidarity Space Davis, Co-Founder of UCD Athlete Guidance and Support Ambassadors, Parent of school-aged children
- Teresa Geimer, Davis resident and member of Yolo People Power
- Myles Roach, Davis resident
- Ricardo DeSantiago, Davis resident, PhD student at UC Davis
- Ivan Montenegro Perini, PhD Candidate at UC Davis.
- Tina Truong, PhD Candidate at UC Davis
- Aubrey Johnson, Davis resident, UC Davis employee
- Angel Cobo, Davis resident, Graduate Student at UC Davis
- Patrick Johnston-Hart, Davis resident
- Sean Raycraft Davis Resident, union organizer
- Simon Sadler, Davis resident, parent of school-aged children, Design at UC Davis
- Zoe Wichman, Davis resident
- Jordan Sayre, Davis resident, PhD candidate at UC Davis
- Adrian Perez, Davis resident, PhD candidate at UC Davis
- Jan Wagstaff, Davis resident, parent of school age children
- Anuj Vaidya, Davis Resident, UC Davis student, member Yolo People Power Local Voices Team
- Joseph Harrington, Davis Resident, Graduate of UC Davis
- Luanna Villanueva, long time Davis resident (since 1946), member Yolo People Power, Local Voices Team, Yolo County Progressives, Yolo County Poor People’s Campaign, and retired elementary school teacher
- Helia Pouyanfar, Davis resident, MFA Candidate at UC Davis
- Isaac Flores, Woodland resident, Graduate from UC Davis
- Rhys Davis, Davis resident, UC Davis graduate student and employee
- Ryane Logsdon, Davis resident, UC Davis graduate studeDavis Opportunity Village, Davis Homelessness Alliance, Retired professor.nt and educator, volunteer at the California Raptor Center
- Diana Muñoz, UC Davis graduate student, volunteer at the California Raptor Center
- Katherine Morucci, UC graduate student, volunteer at the California Raptor Center
- Reed Kenny, UC graduate student, UAW 2865
- Megan Lynch, Davis resident, UC Davis grad student, founder of UC Access Now, UAW 2865 member
- Gwen Chodur, Davis resident, UC Davis graduate student, UAW 2865, UC Davis Graduate Student Association External Vice-President, University of California Graduate & Professional Council President, National Association of Graduate-Professional Students President
- Corey L. Johnson, Davis resident, UCD Anthropology PhD candidate
- Suzana Sawyer, Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, UC Davis
- Amie Ball, Yolo DSA member
- Rachel Fichman, 10-year Davis resident, UC Davis employee and graduate student
- Mayowa Adegboyega, Davis resident, UC Davis graduate student and educator
- Scott Adler, Davis resident, UC Davis graduate student
- Jordan Rixon, UC Davis PhD candidate in Immunology
- Jasmine Labuda, Davis Resident, UC Davis graduate student
- Douglas Akahoshi, Davis Resident, UC Davis graduate student
- Liza Grandia, professor at UC Davis
- Jeremy Hinkson, Former Yolo County Resident, President, CCLA
- Harpreet Chima, UC Davis Employee
- Mina Arasteh, Davis Resident, UC Davis JD Candidate
- Timothy Walker, Davis resident, UC Davis graduate student, UC Davis Graduate Student Association Public Relations Organizing Director
- Katherine Lauck, Davis resident, UC Davis PhD student
- Lauren Camp, Davis resident, UCD alum (PhD), UCD staff, member of AFSCME
- Nusrat Molla, Davis Resident, UC Davis PhD candidate, member of UAW 2865
- John DeIonno, Davis Resident, Middle/High School Teacher
- Andrea Odell, UC Davis graduate student, UAW 2865
- Nick Buxton, Davis resident and parent of two children in DJUSD
- Kevin Briggs, Davis resident, Yolo DSA
- Chelsea Ramirez, UC Davis graduate student & employee
- Sven-Erik Rose, Davis resident and parent of two DJUSD students
- Adam Siegel, Davis resident
- Paige Kouba, UC Davis graduate student, UAW 2865
- Mark Samuel Abbott, UC Davis graduate student, UAW 2865
- Isabella Hernández, Davis resident and student
- Ellyn Daly, Yolo DSA
- Jessica Rudnick, Davis resident, PhD in Ecology from UC Davis, CA Delta Extension Specialist
- Marne McGuinness, Davis resident and UCD alumnus
- Clinton Gibson, Davis resident
- Meredith Carlson, UC Davis graduate student, UAW 2865
- Courtney Pollard, UC Davis graduate student, UC Davis Graduate Student Association Secretary
- Tez Stair, UC Davis graduate student, UC Davis Graduate Student Association Internal Vice President, Yolo DSA
- Jacob Roche, Davis resident
- Jonathan Minnick, UC Davis graduate student, UC Davis Graduate Student Association President, UC Council of Presidents Graduate Co-Chair
- Carly Hennessey, Davis resident, UC Davis graduate student
- Sravya Singampalli, Davis Resident, UC Davis JD Candidate
- Rochelle Werner, Davis resident, UC Davis graduate student, UC Davis Graduate Student Association Treasurer
- Anna Kawiecki, Davis resident, UC Davis grad student
- Joanna Solins, Davis resident, PhD from UC Davis
- Selina Li, UC Davis student
- Alexa D’Ambra, Davis resident, Neuroscience Ph.D. Student at UC Davis
- B.J. Cassevah, Davis resident, Veteran
- Noelle Patterson, UC Davis PhD candidate
- Samantha Hartanto, Davis resident, UC Davis graduate student
- Stephen Jacobs, Davis resident, Social Justice Committee, Bet Haverim
- Diane Moore, Davis resident, Social Justice Committee, Bet Haverim
- Rachel Wang, Davis resident, UC Davis graduate student
- Gil Medovoy, Davis resident, Yolo People Power, Nor-Cal Resist
- Karen Atkins, Davis resident, UC Davis Graduate student
- Rossy Tzankova, Davis resident
- Daniel Speer, Davis Resident, UC Davis PhD Student
- Hannah Brinkman, Davis Resident, UC Davis PhD Student
- Amber Bonarrigo, Davis Resident, UC Davis PhD Student
- Poonam Vaya, Davis Resident, UC Davis PhD Candidate
- Sophie Zhu, Davis Resident, UC Davis PhD Candidate
- Anthony Soukey, Davis Resident, UC Davis PhD Candidate, UAW 2865
- Zoe Pestana, Davis Resident, UC Davis PhD Student
- Vanessa Lee, Davis resident, UC Davis graduate student
- Willy Smart, Davis resident, UC Davis PhD Student
- Nathaniel Harder, Davis resident, UC Davis graduate student
- Cassondra Brayfield, Davis resident (On Campus), UC Davis PhD Student
- Aviv Karasov-Olson, UC Davis graduate student, UAW 2865
- Meghan Zulian, Davis Resident, UC Davis PhD Student
- Erin Doherty, Davis Resident, UC Davis PhD Student
- Jake Allen, Davis Resident, UC Davis student
- C.J. Fabionar, Davis Resident, leasing agent
- Thea Hudson, UC Davis student
- Sarah Warren Gooding, Davis resident, Neuroscience Ph.D. student at UC Davis
- Claire Depew, Davis resident, Immunology Ph.D. Student at UC Davis
- Nicole Claiborne, Davis resident, Ph.D. student at UC Davis – Neuroscience
- Nora Oldwin, Davis resident, Attorney, Spanish tutor, Community activist
- Maxwell Odland, Davis resident, M.Sc. at UC Davis.
- Natalia Deeb-Sossa, UC Davis Professor, Chicana/o Studies
- Linda Cloud, Davis resident, retired
- Lindsay Cameron, Davis resident, PhD student at UC Davis (Neuroscience)
- Emily Zepeda, Davis resident, PhD student at UC Davis
- Evelyn Sievert, Davis Resident, UC Davis graduate student
- Garreck Lenz, Davis resident, PhD student at UC Davis
- Ian Lee, former UC Davis student
- Yara Pasner, Davis resident, UC Davis graduate student, UAW 2865
- Porter Harrast, Davis resident, Neuroscience PhD Candidate at UC Davis
- Justine Villanueva, Davis Resident, Parent, Author, Attorney
- Michael Lynes, Davis Resident, Parent, Policy Director
- Carey Seal, UC Davis employee, former Davis resident
- Chloe Rice, Davis Resident, UC Davis student
- Joanna Friesner, Davis resident and parent of one child in DJUSD
- Lel Jones, Davis resident, PhD student
- Adalynn Schafer, Davis resident, UC Davis student
- Jeanie M. Hartranft, Owner of Finding Strengths and Co-founder of Woman in Leadership, Davis (WiLD)
- Cindy Pickett, Davis Resident, Former President DJUSD Board of Trustees
- Isabelle Marquez, CSUF Graduate Student
- Ian Marquez, UCLA Student
- Ren Marquez, UC Davis Student
- Amber Monteleone, UCLA Student
- Meredith Wade, Davis resident and parent of two DJUSD students
- Debbie Fung, Longtime Davis Resident and Voter
- Stephanie Thayer, Longtime Davis resident, paraprofessional in the Davis Joint Unified School District, artist, nanny, volunteer with ApoYolo
- Allison Pullin, Davis resident and UC Davis Graduate Student
- Michelle Lagos, Davis Resident and recent UC Davis Graduate, Internship Coordinator and Assistant Director of the Davis Vanguard
- Mackenzie Rice Johnson, Davis resident since 2008, mom to 3 kids, PhD student
- Maurice Pitesky, Davis resident since 2008, dad to 3 kids, UCD faculty
- Scott Steward Ragsdale, Davis since 1965, Indivisible Yolo, Yolo Climate Emergency Coalition, former Manager Davis Roots Business Incubator.
- Elva Diaz, Davis resident and UC Davis Professor (Pharmacology) and Chair of the Neuroscience graduate program
- Lindsay Weston, Davis resident and Attorney
- Suzanne Stukas OTR/L Burger Rehab
- Gabriela Grigorean, resident, UCDavis project scientist
- Lee Bartholomew, resident, Retired Business Owner
- Ana Quiñónez, Davis resident, parent of school aged child
- Sara O’Connell, Davis resident
- Jaimey Fisher, resident, Professor, UC Davis
- Ina Rommeck, resident, parent
- Rachel Schroder, Davis resident, UC Davis law student, National Lawyers Guild at King Hall Accountability Chair
- Alexandra Gulachenski, Davis resident, Ecology PhD Candidate UC Davis
- Esther Kennedy, Davis resident, UC Davis Graduate Student, Earth and Planetary Sciences Dept.
- Nick Minges, Davis resident, grad student
- David Barrera, Davis resident, UC Davis PhD Candidate
- Mikhaila Redovian, Davis resident, UC Davis PhD Student, Department of English
- Ofir Cahalan, UC Davis graduate student, English Department
- Elizabeth Wisnia, Parent, Community Volunteer, Homeowner, Taxpayer
- Bowen Du, UC Davis PhD student
- L.M. Bogad, UC Davis professor
- Chris Wisnia
- Ava Bindas, UC Davis PhD student
- Sophia Bamert, UC Davis PhD Candidate
- Jason Wiener, Davis resident/homeowner, UC Davis PhD Candidate
- Airy Krich-Brinton, lifelong Davis resident, UC Davis graduate, Engineer
- Holly Istas, Social Studies teacher, Davis Senior High School
- Brianna Cockett-Mamiya, UC Davis graduate student
- Allison Fulton, UC Davis PhD Candidate
- Joel Grey, PA-C/MPAS, long time Davis Resident
- Samantha Fung, Davis resident
- Maggie Shepherd, Junior Specialist in Plant Sciences at UC Davis
- Marie McDonald, Davis resident, UAW 2865, educator
- Neha Malik, Davis Resident, UC Davis School of Law Student
- Karen Mattis, Davis Resident, Property Manager
- Averyl Dietering, UC Davis graduate student, English Department
- Claire Kouba, Davis resident, UCD PhD Candidate and course instructor
- Isaac Ahimbisibwe, PhD student at UC Davis, UAW 2865
- Kristen Hanley Cardozo, PhD candidate at UC Davis
- Jeff Mischkinsky, 38-year Davis resident,
- Adam Davis, Davis resident, UC Davis PhD Student
- Judith Muchard, Davis resident, retired RN
- Snow Hernandez, 16-year Davis Resident, Special Education Teacher at Emerson Junior High
- Catalina Huang, Davis resident, UC Davis law student
- Elizabeth Giardina, UC Davis PhD Candidate, English Department
- Alex Bury, Davis resident, VP of Development at Vegan Outreach, member of Indivisible Yolo
- Shelly Gilbride, PhD, graduate of UCD, Executive Director of International House Davis
- Hannah Adamy, Davis resident
- Kevin Dockery, Associate instructor, and PhD. student at UC Davis
- Carlos Tello Barreda, Davis resident, PhD Candidate at UC Davis
- Christina Craig-Veit, 41-year resident of Davis; parent; UCD retiree/alum, Indivisible Yolo member
- Marian Schlotterbeck, Davis resident, faculty at UC Davis
- Noah Guynn, UCD Faculty Member
- Irene P. Echavarria
- Sarah Ashkin, PhD Student at UC Davis
- Adnan Beteha, prospective sociology student at UC Davis
- Joanna Wirkus, UC Davis alum, current Davis resident and PhD student
- Tory Brykalski, Davis resident, PhD Candidate, Anthropology Department
- Aviva Blonder, Davis resident, UC Davis PhD Candidate
- Katrina Haws, Davis Resident, and student
- Kevin Schultz, Davis Resident, Apartment Manager
- Kavi McKinney, Davis resident and student
- Emily Haws, 16 year Davis resident and student
- Rolando Garcia, Davis Resident, PhD student at UC Berkeley
- Samuel Schieren, Davis Resident, UC Davis Staff
- William Ristenpart, Davis resident, UC Davis professor
- Elizabeth Davis, Davis resident
- Georgene Redmann, Davis resident, Coordinator for STEAC Neighborhood Project and resident for 35 years
- Joel E Mandel, Davis resident and voter
- Steve Murphy, Davis resident
- Camille Crango-Schneider, Davis resident and work in Davis
- Jane Schafer-Kramer, 30-year Davis Resident, member SEIU Local 1000
- Patrick Garvey, Davis resident, work in Davis, Member of Indivisible Yolo
- Nina Lorenzi, Davis resident
- Marina Oshana, Davis resident, UCD Professor Emerita; UCD alum
- Joannie Siegler, Davis resident since 1988, Work in Davis, Member of Indivisible Yolo
- Todd Bailey, Davis resident since 1991, Raised four children in Davis, Grandparent of one-year-old Davis resident, Former DYSL President, U.C. Davis Law School Graduate, Yolo Indivisible and ACLU Member
- Christine Coil, Davis resident
- Francesca Fitzgerald, Resident of Davis for 10+ years
- Regina Bailey, Resident since 1991, Raised four children in Davis, Worked in DJUSD for 15 years, Grandmother of one-year-old Davis resident
- Lyra Halprin, I came to Davis as a student in 1970, and have lived here continuously since 1978. I was a reporter for Yolo County newspapers, & worked for 21 years at UC Davis as a public information officer. My UCD-grad husband & I raised our 2 children here, who attended Davis schools. Our daughter also went to grad school at UCD.
- Emma E Torbert, Resident, Work in Davis, Resident of Yolo County, Local business owner
- Elizabeth Saft, Davis resident, works in Davis, Clinical psychologist who has worked in homeless shelters and prisons. Have practiced in Davis for almost 20 years.
- Jennifer Vinh, Davis resident
- Audrey Pan, Davis resident, Parent of school-aged children, Local activist
- Oluwadara Ogundiwin, Davis student
- Lupita Torres, concerned Davis resident and parent – Human Rights Activist
- Stephanie Maroney, Davis resident, small business owner, parent of two DJUSD children
- Francesca Wander, Member Indivisible Yolo
- Maureen Pon, Davis resident for 47 years. Retired educator. Parent of DJUSD teacher. Grandparent of DJUSD children.
- Nancy Lazarus, Davis resident
- Cassie Hartzog, Davis resident, UC Davis Sociology PhD; formerly employed at UC Davis Center for Regional Change; parent of two DSHS students
- Antonia Palkovic, Davis resident, works in Davis, Researcher; resident of Davis for 14 years.
- John A. Coil, Davis resident
- Amanda Corcoran, Davis resident, works in Davis, Member of Indivisible Yolo, college professor, mom, Davis resident since 1993
- Emily March, Davis resident, Educator and Non-profit housing coordinator in Davis, Member of Davis Community Church
- Eunbee Ham, Davis resident, Pastor at Davis Community Church
- Kirsten Sheehy, Davis resident, PhD student at UCD
- Sabrina Mederos, Former Davis resident, PhD student at UCD
- Emily Henderson, Davis resident, Artistic Director of Acme Theatre Company
- Michaela Reynolds, Davis resident, Child
- Sheri Hembree Reynolds, Davis resident 16 years, Professor of Child and Adolescent Development, CSUS.
- Margaret Seifert, Resident, Retired nurse midwife and practitioner, nurse educator
- Sarah Sweigart, UC Davis graduate student
- Antonio De Loera-Brust, Davis resident
- Christi-Anne Sokolewicz, Davis Resident, UC Davis Staff, Teamsters Bargainer, Law Student
- Leah Hartman, Resident, Work in Davis, Attend school in Davis
- Kailey Lawson, Davis resident, UC Davis PhD candidate
- Kelcey Meadows-Lucas, Davis resident, parent of child at DJUSD, Co-Founder of Women in Leadership Davis
- Matthew Kaminski-Lucas, Davis resident, UCD staff, parent of child at DJUSD
- Megan Welsh, Davis resident, UCD associate professor, parent of children at DJUSD
- Felisa Yang, Davis resident, parent of children in DJUSD, DJUSD employee (paraeducator)
- Ethan Caleb Prater-Fahey, Davis Resident
- Marisol de la Cadena, Davis resident, UCD faculty member
- Desirèe Rojas, President of the Labor Council for Latin American Advancement Sacramento Chapter, AFL-CIO and Change to Win.
- Nichole Reynolds, Davis resident for 26 years, parent of 2, UC Davis staff employee, mental health advocate
- Logan Legg, Work in Davis, Attend school in Davis, UC Davis Student
- Alex Cooke, Davis resident since 1985, parent of three boys, one of whom is still school-age.
- Madeline Lenhausen, UC Davis graduate student
- Wayne Chris Hawkes, Davis resident for 21 years, community college professor.
- Judy Wong-Chen, Davis resident and parent
- Elizabeth Stevens, Davis resident, Indivisible Yolo
- Jeremy Naftel, 20-year Davis resident, Attorney
- Nicole Dodd, UC Davis ℅ 2008; property manager in Davis for 15 years
- Jill Stengel, Davis resident for 18 years, parent of three DJUSD kids (two of whom are still with the district), Special Ed parent, writer, activist, voter
- Tali Caspi, Davis resident, PhD student at UCD
- Ann Block, Davis resident 28 years, parent of 2, immigration defense & senior special projects attorney – Immigrant Legal Resource Center
- Zane Stone, Davis resident
- Laura Brubaker, Yolo County resident and patron of Davis businesses, parent of two autistic children worried for their lives
- David Rue, MD, former Davis Resident, member of Davis Community Church
- Lori Llewelyn, Davis resident, Indivisible Yolo
- Mary Kaltenbach, Davis resident, educator, Indivisible Yolo, Yolo People Power
- Ryleigh Chen, Davis Resident, UC Davis School of Law Student
- Caro Novella, Davis Resident, PhD candidate.
- Katy Vigil-McClanahan, Davis Resident, BLE school garden facilitator, parent of school-aged children
- Alana Mockler, Davis Resident, born and raised in Davis
- Caroline Johnson, Indivisible Yolo
- Tristan Adams, Davis resident
- Genevieve Diane Colborn, Davis resident for 35 years, UCD King Hall graduate
- Melissa Wills, resident of 10 years, parent of 2 including one with intellectual disability, UCD graduate student
- Samantha Auman, MD. Pediatrician and mother to two children. Davis resident for 10 years
- Dorie Mellon, Long time resident, Senior Civil Engineer, Caltrans, UCD Alumni
- Katharine Georgely, Davis Resident, Work in Davis, Resident of Yolo County
- Patricia Martens, Davis resident
- Alissa Burnett, DVM, PhD. Davis Resident, Owner and Veterinarian Pets’ Request Mobile Veterinary Services, mother of school-aged children.
- Kelsey Ridley, Yolo County Resident, patron of Davis businesses, Guest Lecturer at UCDavis
- Ferguson Mitchell, Davis Resident since 2005, married to Davis resident since 1986, parent of two school-aged children
- Sara Rose Joseph Mitchell, Davis Resident for over 30 years, parent of young and school aged children, UCD Staff
- Sarah Mccullough, Work in Davis, Yolo County Resident
- Barbara Clutter, Davis resident
- Shaunese Lambel, Davis resident, Work in Davis, Indivisible Yolo
- Michael Ziser, Davis resident, Work in Davis, Parent, educator
- Heather N Keven, Davis resident, LMFT
- Hannah Williams, Davis resident
- Juliette Beck, Davis parent
- Laura Alexis Harvey, Social worker, parent, and Davis resident
- Matthew Stratton, Davis resident, Parent of elementary-school children, UC Davis Professor
- Stephen J Kaltenbach, Fifty-eight year Davis resident with good experience with police officers.
- Laurie Stillman, 19yr Davis resident, parent of a DJUSD student, member of the Jewish community and LGBTQ community, education consultant in diversity, equity & inclusion
- Ante Ursic, Davis resident
- Betsy Elzufon, Davis resident, Indivisible Yolo
- Carrie Agasid Davanzo, Davis resident, Parent of school-aged children, backend social justice activist
- Arielle Padua, Davis resident
- Ian Bourne, Davis resident, DSHS student
- Linnea Dolph, Davis resident, PhD Chem Student
- Sharon Lawler, Davis resident, Davis educator
- Rana Jaleel, Davis resident, work in Davis
- Daisy Underhill, UCD Student Worker
- Jeremy Rud, Davis resident, UCD student/employee, activist with NorCal Resist
- Claire Gilliland, Davis resident, UCD student and employee, UAW 2865
- Kristin George Bagdanov, PhD Candidate, English, UC Davis, UAW2865
- Sherrill Futrell, Resident, Work in Davis, Volunteer in Davis. Work in the UCD History Dept. Retired History Teacher
- Alicia Werner, Davis resident, PhD Student – Physiology, Former EMT
- Skyler Reese, UC Davis PhD Student – Linguistics
- Acacia Ouimet, Davis Resident and student
- Natilie Santillan, Davis Resident, UC Davis Student
- Noor Halabi, Davis Resident, UC Davis Student
- Cole Manley, Davis resident, UC Davis PhD Student
- Victoria Farrar, Davis resident, UC Davis PhD student
- Tahnee Sweeney, Treasurer Woodland Education Association
- Angela Nazarian, Davis Resident, UC Davis Graduate Student
- Cathy Forkas, Davis Resident, Business owner, Board member of Old East Neighborhood Association.
- Mischa Kuczynski, Davis resident, parent of school-aged child
- Mark Jerng, Davis resident, educator
- Jill Van Zanten, 35-year resident of Davis, Works in Davis, Social Justice Committee Co-Chair, Lutheran Church of the Incarnation, Davis
- Hsuan Hsu, Davis resident, Works in Davis
- Leo Phelan, Davis resident, UC Davis student
- Samuel Pizelo, PhD Candidate, English, UC Davis, UAW 2865
- Yasmine Hachimi, Davis Resident, UC Davis graduate student, UAW 2865
- Philip Peters, Davis resident and parent
- Diane Kallas, Davis resident for 25 years, UCD graduate and resident for an additional 6 years
- Chloe Karaskiewicz, PhD Candidate at UC Davis, Davis resident
- Kirsten Schuhmacher, PhD Student at UC Davis
- Heather Ringo, PhD Student at UC Davis
- Laura Whitsett, I am a 25+year resident of Davis, a parent to a school aged child, a member of the Yolo DSA, a disabled resident.
- Michael M Adams, 28 year Davis resident, UC Davis parent
- Eliana Kaimowitz, Davis resident since 2009.
- Iris Holzer, Davis resident, UC Davis PhD Candidate, UAW 2865
- Dani Gelardi, Davis resident, UC Davis PhD Candidate, UAW 2865
- Heath Goertzen, Davis resident, UC Davis staff
- Sara Geonczy, Davis resident, UC Davis graduate student
- Jake Gonzales, Davis resident, UC Davis Graduate Student
- Andrew Otsuki, Former Davis resident, UC Davis graduate student
- Jessica Hanselman Gray, Davis resident, PhD candidate and instructor at UC Davis, UAW 2865, parent of three DJUSD students, business owner, NDE school site council member 2016-2020
- Lovely Jain, Phd Candidate at UC Davis
- Leo Parsons, Former Davis resident, Current UC Davis Graduate Student
- Osiris Hal, Davis Undergraduate, USAS Member
- Ariana Hernandez, UCD Graduate, UCLA Graduate Student, Davis Resident
- Emma Yip, UCD Law, Class of 2023
- Nora Cary, Former Davis resident, current full-time worker in Davis, owner of The Palms Playhouse
- Amanda Kong, UC Davis grad student and Davis resident
- Yuuki Wittmer, Davis Resident, UC Davis PhD Student
- Jewel Payne, Longtime Davis resident, Member of Davis Community Church and Compassion, Peace and Justice Ministry
- Justin Darr, Davis Resident, UC Davis PhD Student
- Frances Bridges, Davis Resident
- Sam Koenig, lifetime Davis Resident
- Claire Miller, Davis Resident
- Peter Haws, Davis Resident, High School Teacher, Member of Davis Community Church
- Olivia Kim, Davis Resident
- Olivia Gonzalez, Davis Resident
- Hillary Cheramie, UC Davis PhD student
- Olivia Smith, Davis Resident
- Giselle García, UCD Law
- Marilyn Perry, Davis resident and works in Davis
- Nan Rowan, Davis Resident
- Hanna Bartram, Davis resident, works in Davis, UC Davis Staff
- Donna Waterman, Came here as a student of UC Davis, married, and raised our two children in Davis. We are also long time members of Davis Community Church.
- Krista Marshall, UC Davis Graduate Student, Department of Plant Sciences
- Anna Tuchin, UC Davis Graduate Student and resident, UAW 2865
- Fran Dolan, Davis resident
- Christopher Lawrence, Davis resident, UC Davis Graduate Student, UAW 2865 member, parent of two children
- Emerald Tse, Davis resident, UC Davis JD candidate
- Alex Wheeler, Davis, resident, UAW 2865, UC Davis Law Student
- Matt Jenkins, Davis resident, UC Davis PhD student
- James Kingston, Davis resident, UC Davis PhD student
- Himali Thakur, Davis Resident, UC Davis PhD Student
- Michael Mlekoday, Davis resident, UC Davis PhD candidate
- Grace Bassett, Davis resident, parent of 2 children in DJUSD, Measure M CBOC
- Molly Mermin, UC Davis undergraduate student, former Executive Director, Davis College Democrats
- Alexandra Burgess, UC Davis graduate student, former Davis resident
- Jerry Wang, Davis Community Church, resided in Davis 20 years. Physician. Alumni of UCD
- Mary Moreno-Christian, Davis Undergraduate, USAS member
- Madeleine MacConnell, Davis resident, UC Davis PhD student
- Nancy Martinez, Davis Resident, UC Davis Undergraduate student
- Lucy Joseph, Davis resident, UC Davis staff, UPTE-CWA e-board member
- Crystal Lopez-Franco, Davis Resident, UCD Student, The Justice Initiative board member
- Alice Michel, Davis resident, UC Davis PhD student
- Kelsie Kan, Davis resident, Work in Davis, Attend school in Davis, UC Davis Staff and Alumna
- Sara Tillema, Work in Davis, Director and Campus Minister at Cal Aggie Christian Association; UC Davis Graduate Student
- Aron Tillema, Work in Davis, Attend school in Davis
- Eva Mroczek, Davis resident, UC Davis faculty, parent
- Jessica Schaefer, Davis resident, UC Davis graduate student
- Jenifer Price, Davis resident, UC Davis graduate, Steps to Success Panelist, NAMI Yolo County
- Benjamin Blackman, UC Davis PhD Candidate
- Taylor Westmont, UC Davis PhD Candidate
- Ruth Fankushen, parent, UCD grad, 35 yr. Davisite, founder Delta of Venus, LMFT
- Olivia Rodriguez, Davis Resident, UCD school of Law student
- Ulrika Beitnere, UC Davis Postdoctoral Researcher, UAW 5810 steward, Davis resident and parents
- Marc Friedman, UC Davis Junior Specialist, UAW 5810, Davis Resident,
- Jesse Lundervold, Davis resident, UC Davis graduate student
- Ali Alemi, PhD, UC Davis Project Scientist, Davis resident and parent
- Sara Obermeier, Davis resident
- Emmy Piper, Davis resident, work in Davis
- Sonia Mahi, Davis resident, UC Davis Alumna
- Kristine Gual, Davis Resident
- Julie Cross, Davis Resident
- Allie O’Brien, Davis Resident and ASUCD Executive Chief of Staff
- Catherine Hagan, Davis-adjacent Yolo County unincorporated resident, UCDavis Vet Med ‘04 alumna, Business Owner, Veterinarian, Scientist
- Amber Alvarez, Davis resident and works in Davis
- Esmerilda Rodriguez, Davis resident, Works and attends school in Davis, UC Davis Alumnus
- Steven Fiedler, Davis resident of 6 years, work in Davis
- Bryan Pocasangre, Davis Resident, Works and attends school in Davis
- Rebecca Munoz, Attends school in Davis (UC Davis student), resident of Yolo County
- Suleikha Sutter, Davis resident
- Marissa Roberts, Davis resident for 21 years, Work in Davis, Davis Senior High Alumni, UC Davis Staff
- Steven Schmidt, Davis resident, UC Davis Lecturer
- Telha Rehman, Yolo County Rice Farmer, UC Davis Graduate Student
- Johannes Starke, Davis resident of 8 years who likes our police department but also likes the idea of a public safety department as long as it doesn’t hurt the work of the police department.
- Kaelina Lombardo, Davis resident, UC Davis PhD Candidate
- Ashley Mitchell, Davis resident, educator
- Claire Wiebe, Davis Resident
- Meryl Motika, Davis Resident, works in Davis, parent of 2 young children
- Susan Padgett, Davis Resident
- Craig L. Lundgren, Davis resident
- Ashley Brown, UC Davis graduate, teacher in Yolo County
- Lilly Monique House, Davis resident, UC Davis student, employee of business in Davis
- Apeksha Kanumilli, UC Davis student
- Carol Lynn, 27 year resident of Davis
- Gina Bloom, Resident of Davis for 13 years; parent and educator
- Nina Shields, Davis resident
- Michele Browne, Davis resident, Parent of disabled adult
- Spencer Ault, Davis resident
- Isabella Holmes, UC Davis student
- Joe Bolte, Davis resident, BTSSC, Yolo Mobility
- Gregory Stevens, Davis Resident since 2015
- Aarya Chidambaram, UC Davis Alumni and resident
- Gracie Malley, Davis resident
- Erin Arnold, Davis resident and the Avid Reader Bookstore, Davis owner.
- Catherine Bucher, Davis resident, parent, educator
- Meghan Miller, Davis resident, UCD faculty
- Melanie Bowden, 20 year Davis resident, educator
- Sarah Williams, Davis resident starting in 1995, parent of a DJUSD student.
- Lisa McClintock, Davis resident, parent of two DJUSD students, DJUSD educator
- Jake Goidell, Lifelong Davis Resident
- Paul Lott, Davis resident
- Katie Dineen, UC Davis Student
- Angie Pham, UC Davis Student
- Andrea Sommer, UC Davis Student
- Dawei Yan, Work and live in Davis since 2016, Parent of school-aged children
- Bradley Jenner, Attend school in Davis
- Nick Rocci, Davis Resident, Work in Davis
- Marge Matoba, Davis resident, Member of Davis UMC Service and Justice Committee
- Claire Goldstein, Davis resident
- Sara Lipschutz, UC Davis student
- Sarah Rizzo, Davis resident
- Samantha Reitzes, Davis resident, UC Davis student
- Kevin O’Connor, Davis resident, Educator and scientist
- Scott F. Jones, PhD, Davis resident, work in Davis, Elder at Davis Community Church; parent of school-aged children
- Karen Mo, Work in Davis, Resident of Yolo County, Mom & UC Davis family physician
- Lee Ann D’Amato, Davis Resident, Former Vallejo School Board Member
- Amy Seropian, Davis resident
- Lindsay Terry, Life long Davis citizen and active parent in BLE Montessori and DaVinci parent boosters, educator for 15 years
- Benjamin Johnson, Davis resident, parent and attorney
- Meaghan Ethridge , SMHC Co-Chair
- Bhjan Kaur , SMHC Co-Chair
- Julie Klein, Davis resident, work in Davis, Parent of school-aged children, Board member, Jewish Federation of the Sacramento Region
- Beth Foraker, Davis Resident, Work in Davis, Work at UC Davis in the School of Education helping beginning teachers become teachers. Because of this, I work with a lot of Davis schools and Davis educators and many educators in Yolo County.
- Martha M Teeter, Davis Resident, Davis Opportunity Village, Davis Homelessness Alliance, Retired professor
- Susan Brown, Davis resident, work in Davis, Psychologist, business owner
- Shelby Dreyer, Resident of Yolo County
- Kala Babu, Resident of Yolo County and Law Student at UC Davis School of Law
- Emily Dill, Davis Vanguard Writer and UC Davis Student
- Lauren Smith, UC Davis graduate and Davis Vanguard City Desk editor
- Katharine Georgely, Davis resident since 1993, Parent, UC Davis Employee, Davis Community Church Member
- Dana Al-Hindi 3-year Davis resident, graduate student in Davis
- India Fleming-Farris, Davis resident and Neighborhood Court Volunteer
- Barbara Clutter, Davis resident, Chair, Uniting for Racial Justice Committee of the UU Church of Davis
- Iliana Magana, UC Davis Student
- Anthony Palmere, Davis resident
- Samantha Scarcello, Davis resident, UC Davis Student, Delta Delta Delta
- Kay Zora, Davis Resident
- Brian Dolan, Davis Resident, Work in Davis
- Elizabeth Dolan, Davis Resident
- Alyssa James, Davis Resident
- Lasonja Porter, A 20-year Davis resident. A mother of 4 kids. CEO of Homeless Refuge Support & Advocacy Inc., Community Leader and member of WiLD
- Roger Kingston, Davis Resident, Davis Community Church
- Katie Kingston, Davis Resident, Davis Community Church
- Katie Rodger, Resident, Work in Davis, Resident of Yolo County, UC-AFT Davis Chapter President
- Sarah Mccullough, Work in Davis, Resident of Yolo County
- Christina Robinson, former resident of Yolo County, Co-founder of CommunityHealer.Org, co-worker, visitor and friends with several Davis community residents
- Danielle Newman, Davis resident of 12 years
- Myvanwy Morgan, Long-time Davis resident
- Rosanne Bernardy, Davis resident
- Eva Restad, Davis resident
Rebekka Garberson, Davis resident, UC Davis graduate, parent of a school-aged child
600 out of 70,000
WOW!
I think the word you want is “uncle”
.0085 of the population have signed
That’s “impressive”
You’ve never done organizing in your life if that’s your response.
Yeah, I never have so you’ve got me there you community organizer guy you.
I’m not, but I know what kind of effort it takes to get 600 signatures especially in a relatively small community. It’s not equivalent to a vote, but it’s an impressive showing.
ALso note this wasn’t just a Change.org petition where a bunch of unknown people and many of whom would be out of town. They actually got bio descriptions on each signator.
Keith
You’re under the mistaken belief that this letter was publicly issued to every household along with the media blitz associated with an election. This was done instead via person to person contact over the Internet which is a much more laborious process.
The more important aspect is the high number of community leaders who signed on. In our republican democracy those leaders stand for many other behind them. If their supporters and cohorts are displeased with their signatures, those leaders would lose their positions. But there is no overall outcry against them, which indicates how widespread the support is for this initiative.
No I wasn’t. Where do you get these assumptions anyway? Certainly not for my comments, nowhere did I say that or even hint at that.
From reading several of the names who signed it looks more to me like it’s many of the usual left leaning town activists who are behind this as they are behind almost every left leaning activism policy that comes up in Davis. It’s not surprising and in my opinion doesn’t necessarily represent wide spread support.
I was so sure that this letter was publicly issued to every household and associated with a media blitz around an election. I must have been under a mistaken belief 😐
Just guessing here, but I suspect there are not 3 individuals or organizations listed that have the same vision of precisely what such a department would be sized like, concrete common practical visions of what the services would be, what it would cost, and where the funding would come from.
So as it stands I see the ‘demands’ as aspirational bromides without form nor substance.
Silly, and financially stupid, to “create a department” without much development of specific strategies to accomplish the aspirational goals… it’s bass-ackwards.
I’d be tempted to recruit 5 folk, to take the “call”, as written, and place it on the ballot as a referendum.
Would be open to CC consideration of specific programs, services, and as those are developed, see if it leads to a “Department”.
As it stands, this is non-sense…
Isn’t the vision that if a job role does not require weapon but is currently done by the police (even if it is done by an unarmed officer) then the task shifts to a separate department.
This could actually mean that dispatch, evidence room, lost and found also do not belong to the police.
It could be housed within protection of the police department, but police don’t necessary have access to the room.
Eugene, a city of similar size and composition, has already instituted such a program and realized both savings and enhanced performance. We just need to follow that model.
I think this upcoming City Council meeting calls for a drinking game!
• Drink one shot glass of beer for every 15 minutes of public comment on the issue.
• Down a bottle of J.D. every time someone calls to fully abolish police in Davis (or similar).
• Take a puff on a cigar every time you hear someone make a comment that is clearly being read off the same talking points sheet as someone who previously spoke.
• Have a tequila sunrise as sunrise, since the meeting is likely to go that long.
Alan… don’t disagree, but need clarification…
Would that be a cigar made of tobacco, or the ‘other kind’? Or, choice optional?
MW, sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.
The following would be answered by non-sworn personnel who would not have the ability to effect an arrest or directly enforce the laws (from the “and other” link in the letter):
Some of those things are not like the others!
Some of those things are not the same!
Some of those things are not like the others . . .
Which ones !?!!!!
I’ll narrow it down. Seems to me that these should be responded to by a sworn officer in the event that an arrest is needed:
Alcohol Related Calls
Child Abuse or Neglect
Child Abuse Reporting Mandated Reporters
Disturbance Physical
Disturbance Verbal
Drunk in Public
Elder Abuse/Mandated Reporter
Harassment
Indecent Exposure
Lewd Acts with a Child
Peeping
Shoplift Complaint
Trespass Complaint
Trespassing
Until this is resolved (and apparently it will take an act of the legislature to resolve it), this proposal should be considered aspirational, not actionable.
What exactly is the work against vandanism? Are we talking about painting the wall over or identifying/catching the vandalist?
Again, size of the workforce, extent of the ‘services’ provided, costs, and funding?
The list ‘clarifies’ vagueness with ‘detailed’ vagueness… any 3 people might have 4 different visions of what those mean…
In the PD, there are armed and unarmed officers doing the above work. Anything wrong with the below?
1. If the task is currently done by an unarmed officer, that officer could be rehired by the Public Safety Department.
2. If the task is done by an armed officer, why? The intention is that the patrol officer should just keep patrolling. The workload goes to the Public Safety Department.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1icbzgcces4NabrGkFWCggF1nVON_3N4m/view
I signed this and have a few thoughts.
1. To read some of the comments here one could have the impression that the way policing has evolved in the US up to the present was based on some forward looking strategic plan. It did not and what police have taken on, by their own acknowledgement, falls far outside what policing should be for. The fact that, at this point, there is no one model (though the recommendations included two ways it could go), or a complete staffing plan is not a weakness. The question being asked is, what are the ENDS of public health and safety we seek and what is the role of the (sworn) police officer in that. Even the police are saying we need to ask this question.
2. I believe the most effective way to think about change is to consider the “ENDS” of a public health and safety organization. How would it approach problem solving? What data would it use to evolve programs and evaluate their impacts. Starting with a public health lens and asking how a police department fits within health and public safety could yield many variations but would have the advantage of placing public health and safety ends as the starting point.
3. Personally, I think the development of a public health and safety division within local government MUST include the fire department. If cost savings is a concern (or the fear of runaway costs which some folks have been raising), then we should include fire because of the enormous cost we face as they respond to all many of non-life-threatening emergencies with multiple vehicles and staff.
4. Staffing here is not additive but rather represents, over time, shifts in the make-up of respondents. How do we know that the current make-up of sworn and non-sworn staff in the DPD is in any way “optimal” to accomplishing goals of public health and safety.? We do not.
I know it is easy to retreat to rhetoric when it comes to having discussions about policing in the US. But we have a moment to really think about the gaps in public health services in our towns and the best models for filling those gaps. We should be able to ask how the police system which has evolved over time plays a role in achieving public health and safety goals and what other elements are needed.
The End is demonopolozation on the police and military so that the society move away from top-down centually power governance based on authority, which is vulnerable to corruption, to a decentralized alliance that can overcome traditional territorial control and segregation, resulting in demilitarization and world peace.
In such a world, ownership of weapon is given to those who have a positive record of protecting their community. The more positive record one has, the more powerful weapon that person is allowed to carry/use as appropriate against a threat.
To those ends, the means to gain such positive record needs to be open to all, not only to those dedicating full-time responsibility patrolling. Decentralization also means there could be multiple armed enforcing agencies that a community could support. (This is referred to as police choice. The law allows multiple policing agencies to exist, and budget is done by people voting for the agency they want.)
A solution in search of a problem.
But it is interesting that some 600 people believe that the police department engages in “police brutality”, which exacerbates “racial disparities” – per the letter. I suspect that NONE of those people know of any such incidents in Davis.
But, it is interesting that Eugene (another college town, and home of Cahoots) is also home to the highest percentage of homeless people in the entire U.S.
https://nbc16.com/news/local/we-have-a-significant-problem-eugene-leads-us-in-per-capita-homelessness
Must be something about university towns which fosters a suspicion of police, strong belief in systemic racism, and purposeful accommodation of homelessness – with resulting costs. I understand that (in general), small populations often create “outsized” calls for service.
So yeah, if cities create an attractive environment for homelessness, you can be pretty sure that there’s going to be a lot more unforeseen costs, as well.
Could it be the universities themselves which create these beliefs? (That’s what some conservatives claim – and I’m seeing “evidence” that they are in fact correct, regarding that.)
Ron
First, the unwillingness to acknowledge that a problem exists at all, even in the face of overwhelming empirical evidence, has become the defining characteristic of conservatives and reactionaries. Denying the seriousness of climate change risk and the pandemic are the other most salient examples among many.
Ron, you fail to engage in real discussion because your answer is always denial of the evidence put before you. Rather than actually critiquing that evidence, you simply deny its validity at all. And you fail to acknowledge when your own evidence is found to be fatally flawed or misinterpreted. This doesn’t make for fruitful conversation and any value that you might bring to that conversation is completed undermined. The one value is that you are a good example of how obstinate so many people can be.
Second, do you consider homelessness a crime? Your comment implies that greater policing would somehow decrease homelessness–how would that work? In order to decrease homelessness everywhere, you must have a solution that works everywhere–otherwise it’s just squeezing a balloon. If you’re just trying to move the problem elsewhere, see my first point.
I see that you’ve copied at least part of your response, from last time. Just to clarify, I’ve never denied this:
I believe you’ve also pasted this, from a previous comment to me:
What the hell are you talking about?
I used to consider camping in public spaces (where it “used to be” illegal for anyone to do so?) as something that should still be illegal. Truth be told, I’m not sure what the law allows for, anymore.
Other cities are moving “their” problem to places like Davis, Eugene, Portland, etc. That’s the problem, for cities like Davis.
Homeless people have been around forever, but were not purposefully accommodated.
No doubt, a lot of this is due to “decarceration” (of both prisons, and facilities which previously housed those with mental health issues).
Personally, I don’t think that solutions should be pursued on a “city-by-city” basis, as it leads to disproportionate impacts on cities which are more purposefully accommodating.
I would note one other thing, for those who believe this is a racial issue: Eugene (the home of Cahoots) has a black population that comprises less than 2% of the total. It is a homeless issue, not a racial issue.
And no doubt, the same people create a disproportionate share of calls for police/medical. So, if you want to create a “need” for that, then do everything possible to encourage more homelessness in a given city. The cities which “don’t” do so will thank you.
Actually, it’s largely (not all) a meth and mental health issue, not a homeless issue that isn’t a racial issue.
I think one problem here is a lot of issues are being lumped together.
The first recommendation in the report is dealing with racial inequities in the system. That is a separate issue from that of “lack of adequate services for mental health issues, drug use, and houselessness”
Though I agree with this one: “These issues have exacerbated racial disparities, which are particularly pronounced in Davis.”
Racial disparities show up largely in drug offenses and police interactions.
Actually, the problems, issues, exist… and there are very likely better ways of dealing with them, than we currently do.
The solution, currently proposed, is akin to dealing with a medical issue, capable of being treated, including, perhaps, some surgery, with a howitzer… without coordinates, azimuth, or calculating the required caliber.
To deny problems/issues/opportunities for improving service delivery is about on the same par as the foolishness of creating a separate “Department”, given where we are, and given that some services by other entities, if enhanced, could go towards attaining reasonable, desired outcomes, without duplication and, therefore ‘waste of efforts and funds’.
Davis is not an “island unto itself”, which is hard for some “progressives” (or conservatives) to grasp.
Of course I agree with this and obtaining, managing, and reporting on grants and contracts for local service provision is the role of local government—which could, and should, include the City of Davis. It is past time to simply state that “the county government” will take care of it. Yolo County contracts for many (most) of the social services it offers. The City of Davis should have a central administration to oversee, plan for, and evaluate the impact of services delivered within its borders. The challenges are only growing and our recent advances in dealing with homelessness (yes, I said advances) are made possible by having staffing (permanent and contract) overseeing the grant writing and reporting. More of this is needed and a department of public health and safety would be a great solution for actions that are already being undertaken.
He said advances
Aren’t a lot of the advances due to a wash of federal funding that will run out after the pandemic, for programs like Project Room Key?
Now that is probably the best question asked on here.
What happens, then?
And why is no one talking much about this – even in other media throughout California?
What a mess.
The funding for Project Roomkey will not outlive the pandemic. However, the recently-passed relief bill provides a longer duration for using funds. I expect some form of support for this program will last a while longer but that is a state and County decision.
Whatever the case, it is not the only program that has been developed using other funding mechanisms that move people into permanent housing. Federal funding coming through our local continuum of care is currently helping moving people off the streets into permanent housing—including right here in Davis.
In addition, if the current infrastructure bill is passed it will include a large chunk of money to provide for more affordable housing. Yes, subsidized housing.
Only someone who is paying zero attention to projects like Creekside and Davis Emergency Shelter Program would toss out “what a mess.” That comments betrays an ignorance about what is happening locally.
And this is the last thing I am going to write about services for unhoused individuals—except to say 1) I welcome the move of the homeless outreach staff to the CM’s office; and 2) very soon we will have a mobile vaccination service to reach unhoused individuals to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. Good news.
Copied from another (related) article, where I have reached a five-comment limit. (Richard just posted this, there.)
That is quite a bit to unpack, regarding policing in Davis. Of course, it also completely ignores disproportionate rates of crime, between different groups.
And again, Eugene (the home of “Cahoots”) has a black population that comprises less than 2% of the total. But, they have the highest per-capita homeless population in the entire U.S.
In any case, staff had a pretty good reasonable response to this, which can be summed up in one word: “complex”. You can the applicable section of their report in the other article.
And again, the scope of this supposed problem hasn’t even been defined. How many black people were “unfairly” detained over the last five years, for example? You know – pulled over only because they were black?
Could there also be other factors involved? As simple as, do all groups “drive vehicles” at the same rate?
In any case, I would think that the police (being human beings) would take issue with claims that they’re engaging in this, or in “police brutality”. Really?
The normal resolution of this type of problem ia that the community shall allow some kind of contest or trial to show whether it is better or worse locally.
I guess people could place bets on the results if they feel like it.
Pretty funny. 🙂
Another commenter on here challenged me to a contest, regarding walking through parts of Oakland (or a similar community) late at night. Having nothing to do with danger from the police.
I declined – more for my sake, but also his (whether he, or the other “deniers” want to acknowledge the danger, or not).
Those with a particular point of view look at “disproportionate incarceration” in the same, false manner (regarding conclusions). (Worse yet – they seem to know it, but acknowledging it seems to conflict with what they’d “like” to believe.)
My fifth comment.