Sunday Commentary: Even a Scaled Down DiSC 2022 a Strong Fiscal Positive for City
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – At some point it would be valuable for…
City & State Budgets Protested by Groups Wanting Less Funding for Law Enforcement, Not More $$
By Crescenzo Vellucci The Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief SACRAMENTO, CA – Objections to hundreds of millions of…
State Budget Group Criticizes $13.6 Billion Governor Budget for Prisons
By Esha Kher and Julia Asby SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA – Californians United for a Responsible Budget (CURB) released…
Lawmakers, Watchdogs Criticize CDCR’s Inability to Explain Multi-Billion Dollar Prison Infrastructure Plan
By Linhchi Nguyen SACRAMENTO – California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) official Chris Lief (Deputy Director…
Commentary: How Do People Plan to Finance Their Ideal Community?
By David M. Greenwald In 2018, only 57 percent of the voters supported a parcel tax for…
Commentary: Slow Down on Adding $1.5 Million in Personnel Costs For a Ladder Truck
By David M. Greenwald In theory it seemed to make sense, as the city has focused much…
City Looks to Purchase a Fire Ladder Truck
By David M. Greenwald With the city planning on future densification and taller buildings, one of the…
My View: District Responds to Williams’ Critique – $1.3 Million Projection Is Sound
By David M. Greenwald On Friday, Matt Williams accused the school district and city of adding “funny…
District 5 Candidates Meet in League Forum – Part 3
By David M. Greenwald In one of the most competitive races in the city, all four candidates…
Commentary: Other than Supervisor Saylor, Where Is the Pushback against the DA’s Budget Increases?
By David M. Greenwald For the second time this weekend, Supervisor Don Saylor raised the issue of…
Analysis: DA Responds to Supervisor Saylor’s Questions
By David M. Greenwald In early July, Supervisor Don Saylor submitted a number of questions to DA…
Guest Commentary: Yolo County District Attorney Budget Increases Dramatically with Little Explanation
By Don Saylor Budgets are tangible expressions of our values. I believe we need to invest in…
Davis Announces Beginning of Furlough Days for Employees Due to COVID Budget Cuts
This week the city of Davis announced it would be beginning to furlough city employees for one…
Guest Commentary: Not So Much “Community” in the BrightNight Solar Deal
by Matt Williams Intentions and goals are only words unless they are accompanied by accomplishments, and when…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Toward More Balance in the City
Even before COVID the Vanguard for years has been warning that Davis was in a precarious position…
Council Leery of Fiscal Costs, Moves Forward on Long-Range Planning of Sports Parks
Council acknowledged it was a strange item to take up in the middle of the slowdown due…
Guest Commentary: Staff Wants Council to Approve Two Fire Station Kitchen Remodel Projects for a Minimum of $422,000
Over $200,000 each for Kitchen Remodels During these Disastrous Times? – You Have Got to be…
Commentary: Davis Teachers Do Deserve Better – That’s Why District Is Seeking More Funding
Gregg Cook has been pushing this point for over a year now – opposing the parcel tax,…
My View: School Finances Are Tricky, Why You Can’t ‘Right Size’ the District
We have had some good discussions in the last week on school finances. To some extent these…
Senator Skinner Applauds Gov. Newsom’s Budget for Plan to Close a State Prison
(From Press Release – Senator Skinner) – State Sen. Nancy Skinner, D-Berkeley, issued the following statement today…
