A Fair Chance at Opportunity: The U.S. Government Bans the Box
The Fair Chance Act is a critical step to ensuring that a criminal history will not…
My View: Opposition to the Respite Center Was Overwhelmed on Tuesday Night
Here we go again I thought as I saw a packed room on Tuesday. It had been…
Guest Commentary: What A Year It’s Been For VCE
By Tom Stallard The end of each calendar year offers an opportunity to sit back and reflect…
Misplaced Outrage Over Kentucky Governor’s Pardons Harms Criminal Justice Reform
Sensational headlines may score short-term partisan points, but long term they contribute to a toxic culture of…
Commentary: Rising Housing Prices Force People Out of Davis, How Will Davis Respond?
While the council has spent much of the year focused on putting out brush fires, the city’s…
Guest Commentary: Good Progress made by City Finance Director Nitish Sharma in One Year Tenure
By Bob Fung Nitish Sharma, the finance director for the City of Davis resigned from his position…
Commentary: Why We Need Sentencing Review Units
By Danielle Silva On Aug. 1, 2019, the New York Times published an opinion piece speaking in…
Guest Commentary: Working Together For Local Healing
By David Abramson We live in the most interesting of times. In the era of so much…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Why Innovation Can Work in Davis
Last week the New York Times ran an article that highlighted a report documenting “the concentration of…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Is the Criticism of University Commons Warranted?
We got the first taste of what a debate on the University Commons is going to look…
Sunday Commentary: Why Don’t We Have a Sentence Review Unit?
On Monday, Ajay Dev’s case will be back in Judge Janene Beronio’s Yolo County courtroom. As most who…
My View: Parking Issues Should Be Re-Examined in Light of Data on Student Driving Patterns
These days it seems that parking is one of the more interesting and surprisingly polarizing issues in…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Traffic or Housing and Economic Development?
When people were polled last spring, the issue that most concerned them was cost of housing. When…
Sunday Commentary: Infill Housing, Close to the University – Two Projects Meet Those Critical Needs
I caught the most recent column by Rich Rifkin, noting that Davis “talks a good game when…
Sunday Commentary: They Have to Live Somewhere
There has been a pattern developing this year – a policy is proposed by the city or…
Commentary: ARC Will Sink or Swim on Traffic, Not Process
Earlier this week, we attended the scoping meeting for the Aggie Research Center. The portion of the…
Kamala Harris’s Exit Shows That Prosecutors No Longer Get a Pass
by Rory Fleming Kamala Harris dropped out of the race to become the 2020 Democratic presidential candidate…
Kamala Harris’s Criminal Justice Record Killed Her Presidential Run
Harris’s record as a prosecutor was representative of a politics of the past. The nation has moved…
Commentary: Once Again Showing Why Yolo DA Reisig Is NOT a Progressive
During the campaign for Yolo County District Attorney in 2018 that Jeff Reisig won by a surprisingly…
Commentary: 4340 Parking Spaces Is a Rallying Point for Opposition to ARC; Applicants Need to Take the Issue Away
In 2016, when the developers of Nishi put forward their project to the voters, there were two…
