Guest Commentary: Moving Forward on the Rental Resources Ordinance
By Dillan Horton In early June, as the city was finalizing its annual budget I asked the…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Housing Pressure on Davis About to Ramp Up
Consider this a trigger warning – if you don’t like speculation, you probably won’t like this column. …
Trump Administration Proposes Another Form of Family Separation
By Mollie Cueva-Dabkoski and Linda Morris The world has watched in horror as migrant families have been…
Guest Commentary: Zoning: Planning, Suggestion, or Baloney?
by Mark Dempsey California’s recent housing affordability crisis leads to some conversations about zoning and NIMBYism (see…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Did the Trial Attorney Err in Brian Banks, Having Him Take a Plea?
In 2012, Brian Banks made national news because at one point he was a top rated football…
Sunday Commentary: Blue America Pushes Back on Immigration This Week
There are a lot of different aspects to the current immigration issue in this county. For a…
Sunday Commentary: The Expansion of NIMBYISM into Zoning
A reader pointed us back to a 2018 commentary from the New York Times, “How ‘Not in…
Commentary: Housing’s Impact on the Economy
In recent weeks we have had discussions on whether the proposed ARC (Aggie Research Campus) needs housing…
After Spending 16 Months in Solitary Confinement, Fighting to End It
By Kiana Calloway I was just 17 years old when I was sent to solitary confinement in…
Monday Morning Thoughts: City Fiscal Picture More Fixable than Schools
Yesterday’s Sunday Commentary breaks down the school district’s long term fiscal picture – and based on that…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Why We Probably Can’t Believe Any Homeless Stats
In the last few weeks we have been debating the statistics of homeless people, but as today’s…
The Inhumane Conditions of Solitary for Incarcerated Women
By Ali Winters At the first checkpoint at Tennessee Prison for Women, there was a large, scrolling…
Sunday Commentary: Is the End Nigh – the End of Great Schools in Davis?
In 2007, the DJUSD school board put a parcel tax on the ballot for renewal. It was…
Sunday Commentary: We Should Throw Out Conventional Wisdom
Politics is changing. But you knew that. You knew that in November 2016 for sure, when Donald…
On Curtis Flowers, the Supreme Court Got It Right—for the Wrong Reasons
By the Daily Appeal Last week, the Supreme Court surprised many liberals when it overturned the conviction…
My View: Dunning Attacks District Elections but Ignores Montgomery and Achievement Gap in Doing So
Columnist Bob Dunning continues to lament the school board decision to transition to district elections – and…
Immigrants’ Rights Aren’t Possible If We Don’t Stop Criminalizing Border Crossing
By Ruthie Epstein Last night’s Democratic presidential debate shined an unlikely spotlight on a little-known section of…
Commentary: Elizabeth Warren Recognizes Zoning Restrictions as a Barrier to Affordable Housing
In a newsletter yesterday from liberal NY Times columnist Nicholas Kristoff, he noted, “I started off deeply…
Children Continue to Die in Government Custody
By Cynthia Pompa In recent months, at least seven children have either died in custody or after…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Homelessness Debate – Housing, Mental Illness, Both?
Last week, citing a number of sources, we argued that the percentage of homeless suffering from mental…
