Monday Morning Thoughts: Are Davis Residents Heeding the Warnings?
The Vanguard has spent ten years warning the community about the shortcomings of the budget. In a…
The Vanguard has spent ten years warning the community about the shortcomings of the budget. In a…
While the council unanimously approved the fire contract, there were two comments – one by Matt Williams…
By Dan Carson It won’t show up on the New York Times bestseller list. It is unlikely…
There Are Tradeoffs and Consequences When the City Lacks Resources For years I have been arguing the…
In order to understand what has transpired in the last two months, we need to go back…
It was 2009 the last time the firefighters reached an agreement with the city on a contract…
Earlier this year, UC Davis exercised its option to opt out of the shared management of the…
The problem of double dipping into the pension system is a huge problem that the legislature and…
by Michael Bisch (Editor’s note: The following ran in April 2014 and is re-published by request of…
The council had their first discussion this year about taxes and there is already pushback. Part of…
Last year back in late November the issue of a potential sugar-sweetened beverage tax came up. The…
By Alan Pryor I have been intimately involved and on the winning side of every big money…
Watching the council discuss the potential revenue measures continues to feel a lot like déjà vu all…
When the city of Davis faced a $5 million a year structural deficit in 2014, the council…
The city’s current long range budget forecast shows an annual shortfall of $7.8 million in terms of…
Two weeks ago, we ran a story on the rise of urban wasteland called “greyfields” – and…
The Davis City Council is expected to adopt the budget this week and, unlike in past years…
The biggest challenge that the city will face in the coming years is figuring how to on…
Back in February, UC Davis announced that it had given the city of Davis notice that that…
When I first sat down and met with Cecilia Aguiar-Curry, she was the mayor of Winters and…