Commentary: We Have Made Progress on Policing Locally, But We Need To Continue To Move in the Direction of Reform
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – From a jail in Birmingham, Dr. Martin Luther…
Guest Commentary: Wanted – Leadership Substance, Not Spin
By Francesca Wright It has been over a year that community members have been asking City Council…
Council Approves the Housing Element – Further Discussions on Measure J and UC Davis To Follow
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – After much consideration and discussion, the Davis City…
City of Davis Requires Personnel to Vaccinate
Special To the Vanguard Davis, CA – Following many other government entities, the City of Davis announced…
Sunday Commentary: We Are Not Going Far Enough
By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA – This weekend in her monthly Vanguard column Mayor Gloria Partida…
Commentary: Davis Mayor on Reimagining Policing and the Police Budget
By Gloria Partida The City continues to advance towards a new way of delivering public safety in…
Commentary: In Order to Enact Change Our Leaders Must Have a Sense of Urgency
By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA – It made for interesting theater on Tuesday night—a well-organized and…
Council Faces Community Wrath on Policing, but Adopts Proposed Budget
By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA – Despite an overwhelming number of citizens supporting changes to policing,…
Council Listens to Battle of the Talking Points; Council Leans Toward More Middle Course
By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA – There were no motions made, no direction taken yet, but…
Guest Commentary: Pride Celebration Remembers Fallen Activists in LGBTQ Rights Struggle
by Gloria Partida This weekend The Davis Phoenix Coalition, which puts on the City’s Pride Celebrations, produced…
Guest Commentary: Reimagining Policing in Davis
by Mayor Gloria Partida I, along with many in our Nation, breathed a sigh of relief when…
Speaker: “Racialized violence and its varying dynamics in those that have been rendered different stem from the same source of white supremacy.”
Community Gathers in Recognition of Victims of Police Violence By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA – Passionate…
Commentary: Is Council Purging Dissenters From Commissions?
By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA – In the last round of commission appointments there were complaints…
Commentary: Deconstructing Davis Police Chief Darren Pytel
By David M. Greenwald As someone who has watched Darren Pytel for the last 15 years, starting…
Council Votes to Move Homeless Services Out of Police Department, No Vote on Independent Public Safety Department
By Iliana Magana and Jordan Varney DAVIS — At the April 6 Davis City Council meeting, council…
Mayor Receives Open Letter from Community Calling for Independent Department of Public Safety
By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA – A letter signed by over 600 individuals and groups was…
Vanguard’s Monthly Webinar – New Housing in Davis (Video)
Housing is always a huge topic in the city of Davis—but one thing that has concerned me…
Guest Commentary: Standing Against Hate
By Gloria Partida This week was a week of immersive social justice opportunities. Or as immersive as…
League of Women Voters Present Social Justice Forum: I, Too, Am Davis
By Flor Sanchez DAVIS– Last week, the League of Women Voters (LWV) presented their first forum on…
Tragedy Strikes As Fallen Tree Branch Kills Mother at Slide Hill Park
By David M. Greenwald A warm but breezy late-February day in Davis turned tragic as a 41-year-old…
