Guest Commentary: MLK’s Lesson on How Structural Change Can Happen Locally in Davis
By Alan Hirsch This year’s Davis city-sponsored Martin L. King celebration is on Peace Activism. It will…
League of Women Voters Welcomes New and Continuing Members to Election Season 2024
The League of Woman Voters Davis Area (LWVDA) invites new and continuing League members and interested community…
My View: The Politics of a Measure J Amendment
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – This week Tim Keller once again had a…
Guest Commentary: Arnold Calls It ‘Insanity’ and Uses Caltrans Policy as Proof
I-80 Widening Discussed at Council Meeting by Alan Hirsch A Report on Tuesday 1/9 Davis City Council…
Guest Commentary: Lessons from Testing the Measure J Amendment at the Village Farms Site.
By Tim Keller Last month I responded to the City’s call for comments regarding the EIR process…
Commentary: NIMBY, NIMBY, NIMBY
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor NIMBY, which literally means “not in my backyard,” is a term…
Sunday Commentary: 2024 Figures to Be a Challenging Year to Make Progress on Housing
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor I think veteran Sacramento columnist Dan Walters summarized the problem well:…
Guest Commentary: City Staff’s Critical Letter on I-80 before Council Tuesday – DEIR Not Reconciled with Climate Plan
Accepting DEIR to get $86 million fed money for auto widening turns Climate Plan into carbon off…
Letter: Davis’s Letter on DEIR for Yolo 80 Corridor Improvements Project
Masum Patwary Environmental Scientist Caltrans District 3 Dear Mr. Patwary: Thank you for the opportunity to review…
Davis Chamber Announces Departure of Executive Director
After four and a half years, the Davis Chamber announced on Friday that Executive Director Cory Koehler…
Community: Another Reminder That San Francisco Is Not the Model for What Davis Should Do
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Francisco, CA – Senator Scott Wiener yesterday responded to a…
Letter: Effectiveness, Social Justice & the Freeway Widening
By Social Justice Committee, Congregation Bet Haverim The Congregation Bet Haverim Social Justice Committee submits this letter…
Guest Commentary: Providing Housing for Our Low-Income Families – Why We Need a Robust Housing Trust Fund
by Ellen Kolarik This is the 2nd of 3 letters from Interfaith Housing Justice Davis discussing the…
Guest Commentary: GEO Group Employees Purposely Harm and Retaliate against Blind Inmate at El Centro Detention Facility In California
By Malik Washington “City and state officials are replicating and escalating tactics often associated with totalitarian regimes:…
Commentary: The State Needs a Bigger Stick Than Builder’s Remedy
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Senator Scott Wiener put a lot of capital…
Commentary: 2024 Emerges with Housing Back on the Forefront of Community Concerns
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Welcome to 2024. This—as always—figures to be an…
Editor’s Note: The Good, the Bad and the Ridiculous
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Well, 2023 ended with a boom. I exited Christmas last week…
Monday Morning Thoughts: A Development in SF to Watch – A Warning for Davis on Housing As Well
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Last week it was reported that two San Francisco Supervisors—Board President…
Sunday Commentary: As 2023 Ends, the Battle for Trans Rights in Davis Continues
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Once upon a time as I like to…
Three Days Left – $5000 to Raise; Support Independent Journalism
At the beginning of this week, the Vanguard needed to raise $10,000. We have now raised half…
