Commentary: War Brewing with the County on Peripheral Growth Can End with a Simple “No” Vote on Tuesday
One week ago today, I got a call on my cell from one of the County Supervisors…
Commentary: A Recall is the Wrong Response to Threat of County Development on Davis Periphery
The Vanguard has learned that in response to the county’s push to create three study areas for…
Commentary: Looking Closer at Public Statements on the Tsakopoulos Development
County Supervisor Mariko Yamada is finding herself in some hot water for her role in holding discussions…
Yolo County General Plan Proposes Three Massive Developments on Davis Periphery
Late Friday afternoon, the staff report for the Yolo County General Plan was released (click here to…
Guest Commentary: Oppose Massive Development on Davis’ Borders
Mariko Yamada’s spin-meisters have really been hard at work. In her submittal to the Davis Vanguard, she…
Guest Commentary: Supervisor Mariko Yamada Responds To Vanguard
By Mariko Yamada, Yolo County Supervisor, District 4 Let me begin first by thanking the Vanguard for…
Commentary: Who is left to defend Yolo County Farmland?
As reported yesterday in the local press, Sacramento developer Angelo Tskaopoulos is proposing developing a 2,800 acre…
Friday Briefs
County Proposals For Joint Study Areas The County Board of Supervisors voted on Tuesday to approve the…
County Moves Forward with Recommendation for “Joint Study Areas” on Davis Periphery
On Tuesday, the Yolo County Board of Supervisors voted to approve three areas in the Davis sphere…
City-County Discussions Continue to Generate Heat
Most residents of Davis were likely unaware of the County General Plan update process until the County…
Yamada’s Proposal for Countywide Talks Goes Back Two Years
On Friday, February 23, 2007 Elisabeth Sherwin of the Davis Enterprise wrote that “Davis Councilman Stephen Souza…
Commentary: County Declares War on Davis
The message delivered on Tuesday by the County Supervisors should be enough to alarm Davis residents who…
Conflict of Interest on the County Planning Commission
According to several sources one of the members of the County Planning Commission owns property adjacent to…
City of Davis United Against County Proposals and Changes in Pass-Through Agreements
The Yolo County Board of Supervisors meeting was packed, the overflow room just outside of the board…
Core Land Use Principles Under Seige in Yolo County
The County General Plan update process is finally starting to generate needed attention (and frankly needed alarm…
More Development Pressures on Yolo County
I was leaked a letter of a development proposal along Highway 113. It is just south of…
Friday Briefs
Clarification on Development Project in Northwest Quadrant I was under the impression that the development was north…
Staff Report Recommends Against Davis Development Proposed by County General Plan Committee
The County is doing its update to the County General Plan. Only in the last week has…
Best of Yolo County Blogs
In tonight’s Woodland Daily Democrat, The People’s Vanguard of Davis gets one of our blog entries excerpted…
The People’s Vanguard of Davis Gets Mentioned at the Board of Supervisors Meeting
Matt Rexroad informed me yesterday that The People’s Vanguard of Davis was quoted by Yolo County Supervisor…
