City Hears Earful During Public Comment on BrightNight Solar Deal
A week after Johannes Troost, Matt Williams, Lorenzo Kristov, and Richard McCann called for reconsideration of the…
Individual Councilmembers Not Supportive of Limiting Council Meetings to COVID-19 Emergency-Only Items
At the onset to Tuesday’s meeting, four individuals during public comment pushed for the council to consider…
Council Passes Emergency Eviction Moratorium and Economic Relief Measures
(From Press Release – City of Davis) – The City of Davis announced today that the…
Commentary: On Second Thought, Perhaps Zoom Wasn’t the Best Way to Host a Public Meeting
It seemed to start off all right—the councilmembers found themselves able to participate at the start of…
Mayor Lee Talks about the Coronavirus Crisis and Believes City Business Needs to Continue under the Current Guidelines
The city is on lockdown, city hall is closed to the public, the council meets tonight by…
Council to Take Up Urgency Ordinance Regulating Evictions
On Tuesday, the Davis City Council took up the issue of an ordinance to prevent evictions during…
Council Declares Emergency, Plans for Contingencies in Coronavirus Outbreak
In a special meeting on Tuesday, the Davis City Council voted 5-0 to declare a state of…
Council Delays Urgency Ordinance Preventing Evictions
An ordinance that would prevent evictions during the coronavirus pandemic was delayed for a week by council…
UPDATE: Davis Asks Residents to Shelter in Place
(From Press Release – City of Davis) – The City of Davis announced today that it is…
Council Approves Four Fixed Cameras but Not License Plate Readers
The Police Advisory Commission (PAC) opposed the use of fixed cameras, all seven members of the public…
Commentary: Being Mayor Used to Mean Something
In general, I have been one of the few that has been supportive of the city move…
Sunday Commentary: Staff Pushing for New Cameras over Objections from Police Accountability Commission
Back in December, I wrote a commentary questioning the sacrifice of privacy in favor of surveillance, the…
Council to Name Partida Mayor Effective July 1
When the City of Davis agreed to transition to district elections starting in November 2020, it had…
Council to Re-Examine Some Provisions of Rental Resources Ordinance
Back in January 2017, the Davis City Council adopted an ordinance designed to protect renters and ensure…
Commentary: Mayor Misses Opportunity on Call to Action on Critical Issues
We can debate over whether the city is headed in the right or wrong direction, I suppose. …
Mayor and City Manager Put a Positive Face on the State of the City
While Mayor Brett Lee closed his remarks with a note of caution, with “it’s not all sunshine…
FBC Chair: We Need to Make the Citizens of Davis Very Aware of Exactly How Large These Liabilities Are
Commission Talks about How to Address City Deficit, among Other Topics, in Joint Meeting with Council The…
Nishi Delayed Yet Again as City Has to Fight Appeal
Housing for over 2000 students next to the UC Davis campus has been delayed yet again, as…
My View: Housing Is the Top Issue for Davis Headed into 2020
Polling shows that the top issue for Davis is the affordability of housing. The year 2020 figures…
Mayor’s Monthly Episode 2 – Was the Council Simply Putting Out Brushfires in 2019?
Davis Mayor Brett Lee comes on for his second monthly podcast. The big question the day before…
