My View: Council Needs to Get As Many Thorny Issues Off the Table on DISC As Possible
Davis – In 2016, the Davis City Council put Nishi on the ballot. It was a good…
Commentary: The DA – He Doth Protest Too Much
Last Monday all across the state and around the nation, public defenders took to the streets marching…
Sunday Commentary: Too Soon? As the COVID Numbers Climb Again, We Face a Tough Call This Fall
Yolo County – The numbers are creeping up here in Yolo County, although 252 cases may not…
My View: Slapped on the Wrist, Deputies Who Mishandled Evidence Get Misdemeanors and No Time
Two Sheriff’s Deputies Plead Guilty in the Evidence Booking Scandal Over the last 20 days the nation…
Commentary: What’s ICE’s Response to COVID-19 in Detention Centers?
By Esmeralda Mendoza ICE California Detention Centers have repeatedly failed to provide detainees personal protective equipment (PPE),…
Commentary: DISC Remains a Commercial Project with Housing, Not the Other Way Around
When the city first issued its RFEI (Request for Expressions of Interest) for innovation centers way back…
Guest Commentary: Don’t Forget Prosecutors When It Comes to Defunding
by Rory Fleming Since the brutal murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis cops, activists across the country…
Letter: Planning Commission Being Played by Staff on DISC
THE PLANNING COMMISSION IS BEING “PLAYED” BY STAFF IN ORDER TO RAM THROUGH THE DISC PROJECT UNDER…
Guest Commentary: Redefining Public Safety in Yolo County
by Linda Deos It has been two weeks since George Floyd was murdered by four police officers…
Guest Commentary: Not So Much “Community” in the BrightNight Solar Deal
by Matt Williams Intentions and goals are only words unless they are accompanied by accomplishments, and when…
Sunday Commentary: Why the City Council Will Have to Approve University Commons
Pretty much everything went wrong last week at the Planning Commission, but ultimately while there are very…
Guest Commentary: Meet You at the DA’s Office
by Sajid Khan In this moment, we appropriately unleash our anger and frustration at police departments across…
Guest Commentary: Biden-Bernie ‘Unity Task Force’ Makes Dispiriting Criminal Justice Reform Picks
by Rory Fleming In an attempt to unite the centrist and progressive wings of the Democratic Party,…
Guest Commentary: Effects of Increases in City of Davis Employee Compensation from 2011 to 2018 on the City’s Current Budget Crisis
by Alan Pryor The actual average increase in total annual compensation (Pay and Benefits) for City…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Things Got Worse on Sunday Night – Much Worse
If there was hope that calmer heads would prevail on Sunday, that hope was shattered—literally—by another night…
Guest Commentary: Powerful Profound Solutions to Quell the Turbulent Waters and Navigate Away from a Looming Social G Revolutionary War
by Rebecca Wu On Friday Night, the 29th, it was a peaceful and profound protest demonstrating injustice…
Sunday Commentary: We Are in Unprecedented Times
It is hard to see where all of this is headed, as we are in the middle…
Sunday Commentary: Why We Should Have More Discussion on Measure J
I appreciate Planning Commissioner Darryl Rutherford raising similar questions on Measure J’s renewal that I have. On…
Sunday Commentary: Condemning Floyd’s Death, Reisig Forgets about the Galvan Brothers
Yolo County DA Jeff Reisig last night put out a statement by the California District Attorneys Association…
Progressive Prosecutors Letter on the Murder of George Floyd and Police Violence
JOINT STATEMENT FROM ELECTED PROSECUTORS ON THE MURDER OF GEORGE FLOYD AND POLICE VIOLENCE We are elected…
