Public Pushes Back on Affordable Housing Amendment, But Council Still Backs It
By David M. Greenwald The Yolo Crisis Nursery, running out of room had an agreement with the…
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…
Commentary: Changing My Mind on District Elections
By David M. Greenwald I was one of the few people in this community that was not…
Council Gives a Go Ahead to Pursuing a Ladder Truck – But Staffing Costs a Big Concern
The council will pursue it in stages, and they recognize it is a big ticket item, with…
Guest Commentary: Looking Ahead to the Housing Element Update Process
By Gloria Partida With the number of issues, a City faces, writing a monthly column should be…
Council Unanimously Approves Mixed-Use Project in South Davis
By David M. Greenwald One commenter apparently was anticipating a long night for the University Research Park…
Council Subcommittee Believes Road Improvements Achievable At Reduced Costs
by David M. Greenwald Over the last decade the city has taken steps to acknowledge and fund…
Guest Commentary: Understanding Breonna Taylor and Systemic Racism
By Gloria Partida Summers can be transformative. We have had the summer of love and the summer…
Announcement: Leaf Blower Use Temporarily Restricted Due to Poor Wildfire Air Quality
By Lauren Smith DAVIS — Today the City of Davis announced temporary restrictions on the use of…
Davis Police Accountability Commission Debates Over Davis Police Department’s Use Of Racial Identity And Profiling Act Data
By Emily Dill A debate broke out over the Racial Identity and Profiling Act (RIPA) data reviewed…
Measure B Kicks Off with Rally Featuring Assemblymember Aguiar-Curry, Mayor Partida and Others
By David M. Greenwald In years past when campaigns have kicked off it was the time for…
Guest Commentary: Our Community’s Struggle Over Symbols
By Gloria Partida This week we saw the Milwaukee Bucks boycott after the shooting of Jacob Blake….
University Commons Draws Comments from Public and Council
By David M. Greenwald Usually the second reading of a project—even a controversial one like University Commons—is…
Commentary: Council Pushes Back on Anti-Student Rhetoric Among the Remarkable Features of University Commons Debate
by David M. Greenwald How deep does the pushback against University Commons go, I asked on Tuesday…
Modified University Commons Project Approved on a 3-2 Vote
By David Greenwald The council, which prides itself on its ability to find consensus, found itself split…
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…
University Commons Discussion Draws a Boatload of Comments, Continued to August 18
As expected, the University Commons Redevelopment project drew a huge amount of public comments—which ran roughly two…
Unanimous Council Puts DISC on the Ballot for November
There are no guarantees in Davis politics — Nishi learned that in 2016 when a unanimous vote…
Opposition to the Innovation Campus Dries Up, Council to Vote Next Week
If public comment were a match between two prized fighters, they would have stopped it long before…
Conversation in Davis Pushes toward Defunding Police; Mayor Pushes Back, However, Arguing the Problem Is Far Broader
For two hours the council listened on Tuesday night as the public weighed in on police funding—many…
