Council to Name Mike Webb as New City Manager
(Press Release) – The Davis City Council expects to appoint Mike Webb as the next city manager,…
Council Looks at City’s Affordable Housing Program
Last week, the Davis City Council had a discussion on the city’s affordable housing program. Here are…
Council Certifies MRIC EIR on a 4-1 Vote
Majority Concerned with Labor Agreement, Housing and City-Owned Property Mayor Pro Tem Brett Lee was concerned with…
Sunday Commentary: How Much Will the Housing Package Passed by the Legislature Impact Davis?
The California legislature did not sit back on the sidelines as California plunges into a huge housing…
Dozens Show Up at Public Comment to Protest Imam’s Speech, Call for Council Action
On Tuesday, with Mayor Robb Davis in Spokane, Washington, for the NACOLE (National Association for Civilian Oversight…
Council to Consider Three Big Policy Changes – Salary, Conflict of Interest, and Campaign Contributions
Currently the monthly salary for city councilmembers is set at $1138, or $13,656 annually, which became effective…
Commentary: “It Only Takes Three”
Zoning and Design Guidelines Do Not Provide the Protection Many Believe The Vanguard has argued the need…
Mayor Pro Tem on the Core Area Specific Plan
“(T)he zoning is the zoning until the city council changes the zoning. Sometimes we feel that there’s…
Council Agrees to Core Area Advisory Committee
The Davis City Council on Tuesday had a discussion of the consent item which created an advisory…
City to Look Further into Downtown Parking
Back in June, the issue of the Davis Ace Hardware proposed additional parking lot generated considerable discussion…
Sunday Commentary: What Do Trackside and Davis Ace Have in Common?
Back in June there was a lengthy discussion over a proposed parking project by Davis Ace Hardware. …
Sunday Commentary: Should We Create Places in Town for People with Fewer Cars?
The issue of parking is of course a critical issue in Davis that seems to pop up…
Commentary: B St Project Paints Troubling Future for Infill Discussion
In many ways the discussion that occurred on Tuesday was a familiar one for council – an…
Council Approves B Street Infill Project
The Davis City Council was not happy to have to weigh in on the B Street infill…
Commentary: Council Presents a Vastly Different Approach on Police Oversight than in 2006
The process of police oversight is marked not by quick decisions but by a slow and deliberative…
Commentary: Where the Council Ends Up Going on Revenue Measures Not Clear
Watching the council discuss the potential revenue measures continues to feel a lot like déjà vu all…
Commentary: What We Have Learned from the Parking Discussion
The appeal of the Davis Ace parking project led to one of the more unique occurrences on…
Commentary: Paid Parking Is the Gorilla in the Room
The comments by the Davis City Council regarding the proposed Davis Ace Project were instructive. They were…
Council Allows Ace Parking Project to Move Forward
It spawned a far broader and far more important debate than the decision over a simple project…
When East Is West and North Is South
By Michael Bisch “On-site parking shall not be placed in front of buildings along sidewalks; there shall…
