While I remain agnostic on the specifics of Measure L – the West Davis Active Adult Community – I remain concerned that the attacks on the affordable housing portion of t...
On January 24, 2011, a white male in his twenties, a musician in a band, was walking home at 10:30 pm on a Monday night in West Sacramento. He was stopped by a person in...
In the past week, Indivisible Yolo talked with Melissa Moreno, who is running for the Yolo County Board of Education against former DJUSD Superintendent David Murphy. Hea...
By Carl Takei We have seen it again and again: A Black or brown person is sitting in a Starbucks, barbequing in a public park, touring a college they hope to attend, or s...
Governor Jerry Brown last week signed a bill sponsored by Senator Bill Dodd that will allow DJUSD “to waive its district parcel tax for teachers and school district emplo...
By Rik Keller Part Two in a series, this article examines historic racial/ethnic demographics in Davis compared to surrounding areas and California as a whole in order to...
By Johanna Miller & Simon McCormack New Yorkers know that the New York Police Department will treat us differently depending on our zip code and the color of our skin...
The city of Davis is suffering from a number of simultaneous challenges. Over the last few years, it has worked hard to address a student housing shortfall. But, while...
DA Jeff Reisig has been pushing back on Senate Bill 1391, and he has enlisted the family of Daniel Marsh’s victims to help. They believe if Governor Brown signs th...
(From Press Release) – Gov. Jerry Brown has signed a bill from Sen. Bill Dodd, D-Napa, that will allow the Davis Joint Unified School District to waive its district...
One of the big questions that has arisen out of the discussion on race in Davis has been, “Do persons of color have a bigger problem in Davis than in other cities?...
We have now seen two cases that should lead us to question how field drug testing is performed. In one case, an innocent man was incarcerated before an insistent defense...
Ballot Measure Will Provide Affordable and Secure Housing to Californians (From Press Release) – Today, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Northern Califo...
A report released this week from the Brennan Center for Justice, which analyzes crime data from the 30 largest US cities, “finds that across the cities where data is avai...
Reading a letter in the local paper seems to require some response. The letter, presumably in response to Dan Urazandi’s op-ed on downtown parking, is entitled, somewhat...
As the discussion about the Davis Downtown has gone on, there seems to be emerging a variety of viewpoints on the future. One sees the need to redevelop the downtown – p...
There has been a lot of pushback against SB 1391. They will point to a handful of possibly dangerous killers, who could potentially be released at the age of 25, as a re...
New Law Provides Innocent People Access to Materials Available at Trial (From Press Release)— Governor Jerry Brown signed a bill into law sponsored by the California Inno...
My observation has been that, at least during peak hours, the E Street Plaza paid parking lot is fairly full. However, after Dan Urazandi published his piece with differ...
By David Taormino I am satisfied that our Buyers’ Program is appropriate and supported by significant legal precedence. You recently read our attorney’s opinion which inc...