Monday Morning Thoughts: The Chickens Have Come Home on Our Roads
I was driving someone from out of the area a few weeks ago – a guest who…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Sales Tax Measure Lacks Real Discussion of City’s Fiscal Realities
If the polling is correct on the sales tax – and we have no reason to believe…
Ballot Arguments for Measure Q – the Sales Tax Extension
Measure Q will use the existing full cent sales tax – combined from the 2004 Measure and…
Guest Commentary: Good Progress made by City Finance Director Nitish Sharma in One Year Tenure
By Bob Fung Nitish Sharma, the finance director for the City of Davis resigned from his position…
Sunday Commentary: When to Renew Isn’t Enough
I worry about the future of Davis. I have expressed this many times, but what has made Davis…
Sales Tax Campaign – Measure Q – Kicks Off with a Press Conference in the Park
Mayor Brett Lee, Former Senator Lois Wolk, Councilmember Dan Carson and many others gathered in Central Park…
Davis City Council Approves Four-Year Labor Agreement with Police
(From Press Release – City of Davis) – The City of Davis announced today that the…
Commentary: Council Declares Fiscal Emergency, but Have They Done Enough on the Fiscal Front?
Last week the council drew rare regional headlines by declaring a fiscal emergency. But for the most…
Monday Morning Views: The Need for Balance in Economic Development
I caught an interesting side discussion over the weekend between two of our commenters. One of them…
Sunday Commentary: Davis’ Fiscal Emergency
When the city polled residents, the vast majority of those residents were willing to back a renewal…
City Needs to Declare Fiscal Emergency in Order to Place Sales Tax on the March Ballot
One of the unintended consequences of moving the date of the city election is that the city’s…
City of Davis Refunds Outstanding Bonds, Lowering Interest Cost and Generating Substantial Savings
From Press Release – The City of Davis announced today that through its former redevelopment agency, it…
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…
Monday Morning Thoughts: On Struggling Suburbs and Declining Bicycle Legacy
This morning’s column puts together two different thoughts into one column. The Bee’s analysis of suburbs and…
Sunday Commentary: Given the Polling, Should the City Consider Raising the Sales Tax?
On Tuesday, the Davis City Council will get a chance to review draft ordinance language for the…
Commentary: A Public Widely Uninformed on City Fiscal Issues – Part Two
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The upside for the city in the survey that we have been evaluating following its Tuesday…
Community Survey Shows Overwhelming Need for Affordable Housing, Overall Satisfaction with City
The city kept the survey hidden from the public until it was presented on Tuesday night. Once…
City Well Positioned for Sales Tax Renewal
When the city released their survey results, it showed a number of interesting findings, but the one…
Monday Morning Thoughts: City Fiscal Picture More Fixable than Schools
Yesterday’s Sunday Commentary breaks down the school district’s long term fiscal picture – and based on that…
Commentary: City or Schools – Who Has the Toughest Road Ahead on Funding?
As I have been talking about for at least the last year, there is a bumpy road…