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…
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: A Lot of Unfounded Arguments against District Elections
One official from the city told me a few weeks ago that they had thought the school…
Council Will Not Ask for New Investigation into Picnic Day
It might have been the first 3-2 vote in this council’s tenure, but instead the council decided…
Commentary and Analysis: Why Davis Should Go to District Elections in November 2020
All indications suggest but do not confirm that a resident of South Davis is behind the filing…
Lights for Liberty Draws 250 People to Central Park Protesting Concentration Camps
Across the nation, people of all faiths, races and ethnicities came out in protest to the inhumane…
MRIC Developers Put Forward New Aggie Research Campus Proposal with Housing
The city of Davis’ economic development plans suddenly came into focus on Tuesday, as a letter from…
Commentary: Fiscal Caution Is the Right Approach
When the Vanguard was formed in 2006, one of the problems we cited in city governance was…
Cautious Council Asks Staff to Return with Additional Information on Broadband
The Davis City Council is moving forward with interest on the municipal broadband proposal, asking staff to…
My View: Council Looks to Change Pacifico, but Leaves Unanswered a Host of Questions
The council on Tuesday – faced with neighbors who wanted to demolish Pacifico and build a new…
Parents, Students and Community Leaders Come Before the Board Pushing for Ethnic Studies
Two weeks ago, Melissa Moreno spoke to the Davis School Board about the need for ethnic studies…
Council Moves Forward with RFP for Changes to Pacifico
Facing calls by a handful of neighbors to level Pacifico and rebuild from scratch, the council instead…
Council Approves Changes, Will Have Experts Come Up with Design Proposal on Mace
The Davis City Council passed two motions on Tuesday night with respect to Mace Boulevard – the…
Soroptimists Honor Partida with Ruby Award
(From Press Release) – Soroptimist International of Davis presented Gloria Partida with its club Ruby Award at…
Commentary: Parking, Fluoridation, Green Waste – What Davis Can’t Seem to Get Right
When I started the Vanguard – 13 years ago this coming July – I had the premise…
Council Finds Middle Ground Adding Paid Parking in Lots, but Not on Surface Streets
It turned out that none of the four members of the Davis City Council were ready to…
Council Unanimous in Support of Chiles Road Project, Affordable Housing Stream
In the end, neither the changes to the Affordable Housing ordinance, that enabled the council to approve…
Commentary: There Are Legitimate Problems at Pacifico, but Some of the Public Comments Were Inappropriate
There were legitimate complaints from people living in the area to be sure. But there was not an adequate distinction at times between the population its and the management (or lack there of) of the facility. Those should be treated as separate and distinct – and remedies should focus on better management of the population, not removing a vulnerable population from the area that has realistically no other place to go for valuable services.
Council Vows to Drastically Change Pacifico after Hearing Earful from Neighbors
The council heard more than an hour of public comment on Tuesday, mostly from neighbors and adjacent…
Commentary: Racism Continues to Lie Just Below the Surface
“There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe nor politic nor…
