My View: Expert Discusses the Elimination of Parking Minimums
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor One of the bigger points of contention with the new housing…
Sunday Commentary: Even Before COVID Struck, Paid Parking Was Going to Be Off the Table
As someone who drives downtown to work every day—even now—I have a lot of frustration with the…
My View: But Was It Legal?
As we reported earlier this week, the so-called “Freedom to Park” initiative fell short of the required…
Freedom to Park Initiative Fails to Qualify
An initiative led by Dan Urazandi of Bizarro World that would have prohibited paid parking and mandated…
Commentary: Freedom to Park Initiative Doesn’t Make a Lot of Sense
Last spring, several years after the Davis Downtown Parking Advisory Task Force recommended we go to paid…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Freedom to Park Might Be an Ironic Title
It kind of reminds me of the euphemistic title the “right to work,” but “freedom to park”…
Commentary: Parking, Fluoridation, Green Waste – What Davis Can’t Seem to Get Right
When I started the Vanguard – 13 years ago this coming July – I had the premise…
Council Finds Middle Ground Adding Paid Parking in Lots, but Not on Surface Streets
It turned out that none of the four members of the Davis City Council were ready to…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Does Davis Believe in Science?
As we move toward a decision on paid parking, it is disconcerting the extent to which Davis,…
Sunday Commentary: Is Now the Time to Implement Paid Parking?
One of the big questions we asked back during the Trackside debate was – even if you…
Part Two of the Paid Parking Discussion Comes Monday
With a packed house and more than two hours of public comment on Tuesday, March 5, the…
Guest Commentary: Downtown Entreats Council to Reject Parking Meters
by Dan Urazandi The history of paid parking in Davis has unfolded outside my store window. From…
Monday Morning Thoughts: A Week Out, Perhaps Signs of Possible Ways to Compromise on Paid Parking
We are a week a way from the continuation of the March 5 meeting on paid parking…
Commentary: Today Mayor Lee Gives the State of the City Address, What Does It Look Like?
At midday today, Mayor Brett Lee will give his first state of the city address. It has…
Sunday Commentary: Council’s Dilemma – Do They Listen to Stakeholders or the Experts on Parking?
Given the time of night it was on Tuesday and where they were in the meeting, delay…
Commentary: Council’s Decision to Delay Decision on Parking – the Good and the Bad
How many times have we seen council, in their desire to make a decision on a controversial…
Council Does Not Make a Decision as Tensions Rise about Paid Parking Proposal
By Linnea Patterson and David Greenwald City Hall was packed on Tuesday night to hear the city…
Guest Commentary: Thoughts on Paid Parking
By Will Arnold This Tuesday, my City Council colleagues will discuss, and potentially take action, regarding how…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Editorial Opposes Paid Parking in the Downtown
The Enterprise editorial basically argues that the parking issue while it has been about the availability of…
Sunday Commentary: If Businesses Don’t Want Paid Parking Downtown They Have an Alternative
In a letter to the mayor in late January, the Davis Chamber came out against the paid…
