Council Votes 5-0 to Bring Nishi to the Voters
After a long night on Tuesday, the council in the wee hours of Wednesday morning voted unanimously…
Thomas Cahill’s Letter to Council
Submission for the Davis City Council, Tuesday Feb 6, 2018 Published air quality and health data, up…
Guest Commentary: Response to Salocks on Nishi
by Thomas Cahill Charles B. Salocks, an expert on methamphetamines, has made a number of statements in…
A Response to Proponents of Nishi 2.0 on the Issue of Air Quality
By Roberta L. Millstein Proponents of Nishi – some of whom are apparently affiliated with the Nishi…
Guest Commentary: Air Quality Critic Gets Analysis Wrong on Nishi
By Charles B. Salocks I have reviewed the environmental impact report for the Nishi property and some…
Council to Decide Tuesday Whether to Put Nishi on the Ballot
Council Will Have One Meeting to Vote to Put Nishi on the Ballot Tuesday figures to be…
Why You Shouldn’t Burn Wood This Winter
(From Press Release) – As winter settles in Yolo and Solano County, so does cooler temperatures, brisk…
Commentary: Is Air Quality the Only Issue the Opposition Has on Nishi?
In 2016, I fully expected that Nishi would prevail and become the first successful Measure R project. …
Sunday Commentary: Do We Gain Anything from Additional Air Quality Study of Nishi?
Critics of the Nishi project continue to raise the question of, if there are no problems with…
Guest Commentary: Is Nishi One of the Most Polluted Sites in the Nation?
By Thomas Cahill Is the Nishi property in the running for the most polluted near-roadway site in…
Nishi Project Will Move to Council in Two Weeks to Determine if It Will Be Placed on the Ballot
It was a long evening at the Planning Commission on Wednesday night, but ultimately the commission was…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Should Council Move Forward with Nishi as It Stands?
When the Nishi project goes to the Planning Commission this week, it is doing so without a…
Nishi Proposal Goes to Planning Commission This Week
In June of 2016, the voters of Davis rather narrowly voted down the Nishi project. Two of…
Commentary: Getting Realistic Figures for Air Quality Concerns
One of the key questions I have been asking since we have started the air quality discussion…
Sunday Commentary: Addressing the Issue of Air Quality at Nishi
On the surface, it might appear that Nishi version 2.0 will have a much easier time of…
Guest Commentary: Nishi 2.0 Is an Environmental Injustice
by Roberta Millstein Proponents of the revised Nishi project –– Rich Rifkin being the most recent —…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Changes to Trains Could Affect Nishi Assessment
When Thomas Cahill laid out his concerns about Nishi in a recent op-ed in the local paper,…
My View: Cahill’s ‘New Information’ Doesn’t Get Us Around the Same Problem
UC Davis Professor Emeritus Tom Cahill has published an article in the local paper that calls for…
Commentary: The Logical Problem of Air Quality Concerns at Nishi
Tim Ruff, the project manager and one of the owners at Nishi, believes that the development team…
Sunday Commentary: Overstating the Health Risk at Nishi
Critics of the Nishi project have pointed toward air quality concerns as a reason to potentially oppose…
