Monday Morning Thoughts: Governor Newsom Does Not Propose New RDA
Analysts have called the proposals for affordable housing a “big deal,” but while the governor proposed a…
What the Government Shutdown Really Means for Federal Prisoners
By Daniel McGowan Last week, USA Today ran a hit piece on federal prisoners with the tabloid…
Sunday Commentary: Trying to Make Sense of a Senseless Tragedy
I have seen the comments that tragedies like this are not supposed to happen in Davis. While…
William Barr Was an Ardent Champion of Mass Incarceration
By Sagiv Galai In 1992, a little less than a year into his new job, Attorney General…
Guest Commentary: U.S. Imperialism Creates Asylum Seekers Only to Then Turn Them Away
By Connor Gorman, David Salkoff, KateMarie Boccone, Morganne Blais-McPherson and members of the Young Democratic Socialists of…
Monday Morning Thoughts: If We Don’t Build It, They Can’t Come
In 2016, we ran a series of analyses showing Davis near the bottom in per capita retail…
Sunday Commentary: Slow Down on Talk of More Parking Structures
I read with some fascination this morning the column from Davis Enterprise Columnist Bob Dunning quoting from…
Sunday Commentary: A New Era of Reform DA’s Began This Week
This week I had an interesting conversation with a man who had lost in an effort to…
Guest Commentary: Ending Hunger – Compassionate Action Is Essential
“When we’re talking about poverty, what we’re really talking about is hunger and malnutrition.” – Yolo County…
My View: Inventory of Commercial Sites Illustrates the Need For Peripheral Innovation Center
The quote from the 2010 Studio 30 report is telling: “The current isolated and dispersed sites that…
My View: Local Disappointments Aside, Governor Brown Diversified the Judicial Bench
In the waning days of Governor Jerry Brown’s tenure as Governor, he disappointed some local residents with…
Commentary: Getting a Good Measure of Food Security
On Monday, Robb Davis did a good job of analyzing the data on poverty and food security…
Commentary: Is Criminal Charges Against PG&E the Way to Go?
A US District Judge, William Alsup, has ordered PG&E to determine if it played any role in…
Sunday Commentary: It is Time For a Change – Ending Anonymity on the Vanguard
On January 1, 2019 for the first time since the Vanguard’s founding on July 30, 2006, only…
