Why is Council Now Exempting Restaurants from Paper Bag Fee?
When the Davis City Council eventually passed its single use bag ordinance, it had the option to…
We Need To Rid Our Bike Lanes Of All Green Waste
By Darell Dickey I sit on your Bicycle Advisory Commission, I am a board member of Davis…
League of Cities Supports Steinberg’s Cap-and-Trade Proposal
On Monday, two months after a speech that provoked a firestorm debate on the best way to…
Pence Gallery: Six Gardens On Display At Gallery’s Annual Tour
By Natalie Nelson The Pence Gallery will celebrate its 23rd annual Garden Tour on Sunday, May 4,…
Third Part of the Candidates Forum Including Affordable Housing and POU
The five candidates for Davis City Council met on Wednesday evening for the first time in a…
Vote on POU Delayed: Lee Pushes for More Information
By Michelle Millet After over an hour long discussion, at the request of Council Member Brett Lee,…
PG&E/ IBEW Poll Shows Davis Residents Opposed to POU
Back in February the Vanguard reported about a poll conducted within the city of Davis about PG&E…
Council to Outline Next Steps for POU
Back in February, just as it seemed the council was on the verge of pulling back on…
Rethinking Our Town’s Energy Future
By Mark Braly, Gerald Braun, Richard Bourne, William Knox, Alan Pryor and Eugene Wilson We have been…
Less is More
by Michelle Millet Recently, my family has taken on the challenge of reducing the amount of waste…
The Electric Grid and the Requirements to Manage It Are Changing
by Matt Williams In his article on Friday, Mark Braly ended with the following paragraph. The Davis…
Council Takes Stand on Crude Oil Transport by Rail
by Michelle Millet Last Tuesday Mike Webb, Director of Community Development & Sustainability, presented a status update to council…
Is the End Near for Big, Centralized Investor-owned Utilities?
by Mark Braly The Davis City Council has reopened the question of a Davis-owned municipal electric utility…
City Prepares for Implementation of Single-Use Bag Ordinance
by Michelle Millet On November 12 of last year city council passed an ordinance that regulates the…
New Organic Waste Collection System Adopted
By Michelle Millet On Wednesday, council adopted a plan that will change the way the city collects…
Krovoza and Wolk Team to Save Public Power Proposal (POU)
Just when it seemed likely that the council would fold its efforts to put forward a Publicly…
Vanguard Commentary: City to Bow to Pressure, Pull Back on POU
Botched Roll-Out in Part to Blame for Second Failure on Public Power – If the reports are…
Council to Consider POU Options and Implementation
In December of 2013, the Davis City Council authorized the city manager and the city attorney “to…
Study Shows Benefits of Plastic Bag Bans As Davis’ Ban is Set to Start July 1
The city of Davis has put out a single-use carryout bag ordinance page in advance of the…
Making Recycling Easier
by Michelle Millet Knowing that my family is attempting to reduce the amount of waste we generate,…
