Commentary: Housing – We Need a Plan, Not Just ‘No’
By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA – The Housing Element contained a warning: “The City does not…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Five Steps I Would Like to See to Push for Economic Development
By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA – The good news is that the city is not plunging…
Guest Commentary: Mapping the Future of Yolo Youth – A Post-Pandemic Response
By Jim Provenza, Lucas Frerichs, Garth Lewis and Jesse Salinas These past weeks have been a time…
Sunday Commentary: We Are Not Going Far Enough
By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA – This weekend in her monthly Vanguard column Mayor Gloria Partida…
Guest Commentary: Chauvin sentencing not enough. Police oversight must be put in the hands of the people.
By Miriam Aroni Krinsky and Brendan Cox Derek Chauvin has been sentenced to 22.5 years for the murder…
Looking Back: ‘Zero Percent,’ A Documentary About Hudson Link Wins Silver Heart Award
By Jeffrey Deskovic “Looking back” will feature reprints of articles that Jeff previously wrote while a columnist…
Commentary: Davis Mayor on Reimagining Policing and the Police Budget
By Gloria Partida The City continues to advance towards a new way of delivering public safety in…
Letter: Demand to End Direct Disregard of CDC Interim Guidance on People Experiencing Unsheltered Homelessness COVID-19
Attn: Butte County Board of Supervisor, Chico City Council, Chico Public Health Officer, Butte County Office of…
Commentary: In Order to Enact Change Our Leaders Must Have a Sense of Urgency
By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA – It made for interesting theater on Tuesday night—a well-organized and…
Guest Commentary: Without Social, Economic, and Political Equality, There Is No Freedom
A Juneteenth meditation from the Reverend Dr. James A. Forbes, Jr. of Riverside Church. By Rev. Dr….
Letter: Former Law Enforcement Officials Send Letter in Support of SB 79 to Congress
Distinguished Members of the Committee, As current and former police, prosecutors, judges, and probation and parole officials,…
Guest Commentary: President Biden Can Prevent Over 4,000 People from Being Sent Back to Prison
If President Biden allows thousands of people to be sent back to federal prison, he would be…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Do Conservatives Even Understand What Critical Race Theory Is?
By David M. Greenwald Catching up on the news this weekend, I caught NY Times columnist Nicholas…
Guest Commentary: DAs Warn Anti-Fraud Voting Laws Threaten Public Safety
By Andrew Warren and Miriam Aroni Krinsky Democracy is under attack in the United States, with policymakers…
Sunday Commentary: Time to End These Smear Attacks on a Housing Advocate
By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA – A series of articles have been published over the course…
Guest Commentary: Happy Father’s Day to the Vanguard Founder, David Greenwald
By Cecilia Escamilla Greenwald Today is June 20, 2021. It is Father’s Day after a tumultuous fifteen…
Looking Back: Habeas Corpus – Now More Than Ever
By Jeffrey Deskovic “Looking back” will feature reprints of articles that Jeff previously wrote while a columnist…
My View: We Should Not Fear the End of R1 Zoning
By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA – As we search for creative ways to expand housing given…
Guest Commentary: Nevada City Area Grandmothers Travel to Minnesota by Train to Stop Oil Pipeline
By Sharon Delgado MINNESOTA – In late May, I travelled to Minnesota by train with three other…
Commentary: Sometimes the Simplest Explanation Is the Best with Respect to Housing Views
Lincoln40-5 By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA – There is a tendency for people to violate the…