Monday Morning Thoughts: Thoughts on Economic Development and Infill As the Campaigns Heat Up
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – I learn a lot from reading candidate responses…
Sunday Commentary: Council Elections in Fall Figure to Relitigate Measure H
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – It may surprise people to realize that as…
Guest Commentary: Locking Up People with Mental Health Conditions Doesn’t Make Anyone Safer
By Sam McCann Dashawn Carter, a 25-year-old from Staten Island, missed nearly 100 medical appointments while he…
Looking Back: Wrongful Conviction Thoughts Following Thanksgiving 2009 – Part 2
By Jeffrey Deskovic “Looking back” will feature reprints of articles that Jeff previously wrote while a columnist…
My View: Reisig Takes to Fox News Attacking Zero Bail
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Woodland, CA – It has been just over a week…
Guest Commentary: Let Incarcerated People Serve the Communities They Hurt
A group of men in a New York prison organized a school supply donation campaign. Then prison…
Support Bapu Vaitla for City Council
by Ellen Kolarik Our town is facing a housing crisis. We don’t have a permanent homeless shelter…
Guest Commentary: Taormino’s Response to ‘In a Battle of Developer vs the City, We All Lose’
by David Taormino The recent Vanguard commentary was inaccurate on several items. I am appealing the Conditions…
Guest Commentary: When Release Conditions End in Unjust Confinement
One Native American woman’s experience with mandated drug treatment led to a horrifying series of events. By…
Commentary: Will Housing Bills Help Address Housing Shortfalls?
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA – This week the state legislature approved two bills…
Guest Commentary: UN Racial Justice Experts Call on Biden to End the 287(g) Program
The program, which deputizes local law enforcement to help ICE deport immigrants, is inextricably tied to racial…
Commentary: In a Battle of Developer v. the City, We All Lose
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – I maintain that the single most disastrous thing…
Guest Commentary: The Sinister and Racist Practice Infecting Death Penalty Juries
“Death qualification” is yet another way prosecutors stack the odds against Black defendants and in favor of…
Commentary: NRA Touts Reisig’s Zero Bail Analysis as an Argument against Bail Reform
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Last week, we criticized Yolo DA Jeff Reisig’s analysis of zero…
Sunday Commentary: Will District Elections Mean More Campaign Attacks?
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Unintended consequences. When Davis was forced to move…
Sunday Commentary: Jenkins’ Bail Policy Reignites Debate Over Pretrial Detention
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Francisco, CA – This week, San Francisco DA Brooke Jenkins…
Guest Commentary: Old News – The Secret Fox Lefties
By Mark Dempsey In going through some old files, I came across this writing that I’ve…
Looking Back: Wrongful Conviction Thoughts Following Thanksgiving 2009 – Part 1
By Jeffrey Deskovic “Looking back” will feature reprints of articles that Jeff previously wrote while a columnist…
My View: Where Is Violent Crime Spiking? Not in SF or LA, but in Red California
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Moderate Democrats backed by deep red money were able to oust…
Guest Commentary: Arriving Soon: Davis’ Bigger, Better, Costlier, Extravagant Toad Tunnels
By David Taomino After 6 years of wrangling with Davis City Staff, Bretton Woods is under…