California Attorney General Rob Bonta Files Amicus Brief in Support of Voting Protections
By Aakanksha Patel and Joseph Shepard OAKLAND, CA – California Attorney General Rob Bonta has filed a…
Commentary: Guiding Principles – the Good, the Bad, and the Missing
Councilmember Dan Carson did the community a good service by laying out his proposal for Guiding Principles…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Dunning is Not Being Helpful on District Elections
“We should fight” – that’s the implication of Bob Dunning’s column this week. I get the impulse,…
Commentary: First Goal of District Elections – Don’t Undermine the System Before It Gets Implemented
I have stated a number of times already that I would like to see three specific things…
Sunday Commentary: The Story of District Elections Is Demographic Shift in Davis
In January 1996, a governance committee appointed by the city council recommended, by a 14-5 vote, that…
Commentary: Errors in Dunning Column Lead to Wrong Conclusions on City Demographics
In a column that appeared in the Sunday, September 1, paper, Bob Dunning writes that he sent…
Déjà vu: Council Hears District Elections Presentation Again
It was déjà vu night at the city council meeting on Tuesday as the city was required…
Commentary: Initial Thoughts – Seven Districts a Real Possibility
We learned a lot from the initial discussion on district elections and the very impressive presentation by…
Demographer Presents the Possibilities for Districts in Davis
Demographer Paul Mitchell did a presentation last night (the full set of his presentation slides are available…
Commentary: What Will Be the Impact of District Elections?
I think it is a reasonable question – to ask why the College Republicans have pushed for…
Monday Morning Thoughts: The Decision on District Elections Has Been Made, Now We Turn to Details
People are still debating over whether the city should challenge district elections. Writes Al Sokolow: “To argue…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Analysis of District Elections Misses the Motivation of the College Republicans
Bob Dunning’s column this weekend lights into Matt Rexroad. It’s not that we necessarily blame him for…
Why Are Davis College Republicans Behind the CVRA Suit? They Aren’t Talking
On Thursday, the Vanguard received a tip that two members on the Davis College Republicans Executive Board…
Commentary: Council Expresses Frustration, but Does the Right Thing on District Elections
There are a lot of reasonable questions that the community can ask at this point – one…
Council Accedes to Demands, Will Move toward District Elections in November 2020
The city council on Tuesday made it clear that they did not like the tactics of former…
Letter: Rexroad Insists on November 2020 for Elections
By Matt Rexroad (Editor’s Note: The following is the letter sent on July 25 by Matt Rexroad…
Commentary: Council Has a Lot of Decisions to Make Tonight
The potential change to district elections has probably caught a lot of people in this community off…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Do We Really Need a Citizen’s Commission for This?
Yesterday, Matt Williams published a guest commentary that outlined what he believed to be several “deficiencies” with…
Guest Commentary: Staff Report for Tuesday’s Council Consideration of District Election Has Major Deficiencies
by Matt Williams The Staff Report for the consideration of district elections omits several important considerations, which…
City Changes Course on Demographer Following Report
Following the Vanguard’s report on Friday highlighting very recent problems with the company National Demographics Corporation (NDC)…
