Guest Commentary: General Plan Housing Element Process
by Matt Williams In 2007 if you wanted to unify the residents of Davis, the best bet…
Commentary: Signs, Signs, Everywhere Are Signs
The Davis City Council did the right thing this week when it unanimously passed the sign ordinance…
Commentary: Coming to Terms with What Went Right and What Went Wrong with Emergency Response
Tuesday Night’s Davis City Council meeting came and went without much of a deep discussion of what…
Davis City Council Unanimously Passes Resolution Against Air Attacks on Iran
Last night, the Davis City Council unanimously approved a resolution opposing air attacks on Iran. Key provisions…
Second Reading of Political Sign Ordinance To Be Heard Tonight
In December, the Davis City Council unanimously voted to pass the first reading of an ordinance that…
Commentary: Davis Residents Should Demand Accountability From City Government
Humorist P.J. O’Rourke once wrote: “The Republicans are the party that says government doesn’t work and then…
Storm and Outages Demonstrate Need for Greater Emergency Preparedness
At one point large sections of the City of Davis remained without power for close to two…
Commentary: Revisiting Hate Crime Attack
Just prior to the break, we covered a pair of hate crime incidents that occurred in the…
2007 Year in Review–10 Biggest Vanguard Stories of 2007
As the first full year of the People’s Vanguard of Davis comes to completion, we will countdown…
2007 Year in Review–10 Biggest Vanguard Stories of 2007
As the first full year of the People’s Vanguard of Davis comes to completion, we will countdown…
2007 Year in Review–10 Biggest Vanguard Stories of 2007
As the first full year of the People’s Vanguard of Davis comes to completion, we will countdown…
Commentary: Being Available to Hold Council Meetings on Christmas
I have thought about this issue at another time in a different context, but there is one…
Hate Crimes Strike Davis
There have now been a couple of Hate Crime Incidents that have struck Davis in the last…
Council Approves Small Increase to Developer Impact Fees That Keeps Davis on the Low End of the Spectrum
Last week ago, the issue of developer impact fees came up on the Vanguard in reference to…
Word To The Wise: Anna’s Story
By E.A. Roberts____________ Appearing in the Sunday, December 9th, 2007 Sacramento Bee was a wonderful article about…
Seniors Flood Council Chambers and Council Struggles to Act on their Behalf
As we have reported the Senior living facility, Atria Covell Gardens has said that they will be…
Council Passes Ordinance That Would Allow Renters to Display Political Signs on their Units
The City Council did, at Councilmember Stephen Souza’s motion, pull back the portion of the election code…
Portion of Controversial Agenda Item Pulled From Tonight’s Council Agenda
The Vanguard has learned that part of item 11 on tonight’s agenda has been pulled. This item…
Housing Element Status Report to Be Heard Tonight
In what figures to be an action-packed agenda this evening, the last meeting of 2007, the City…
Quietly… Council Looks to Change City’s Campaign Finance Ordinance
You had to be very alert to notice it, but on the agenda for Tuesday night’s council…
