Aguiar-Curry Votes to Fund Crumbling State and Local Transportation Infrastructure
(From Press Release) – Assemblymember Cecilia Aguiar-Curry (D – Winters) voted in support of SB 1 (Jim…
Forget Trump – There’s an Internal Climate Change Battle Brewing
By Leanna Sweha Democrats in Sacramento are in lockstep against President Trump on climate change. At the…
Transportation Bill Introduced in State Legislature Could Address Billions in Unmet Roads Funding
While we have heard this before in previous sessions, and the legislature and governor were unable to…
Guest Commentary: Remember the Stanford Rape Victim When Voting on Prop. 57
By Matt Rexroad Before you vote on Proposition 57, please take a moment to think about the…
Counting Acre Feet and Growing Food
By Leanna Sweha October 16 is UN World Food Day. This year’s theme is “The climate is changing. Food…
Eye on the Courts: California Cracking Down on Prosecutors Withholding Evidence
A few weeks ago we presented the case of Oscar Cervantes, who has been sitting in prison…
Governor Signs Bill In Response To Stanford Rape Case Verdict
(From Press Release) – Assembly Bill 2888 by Assemblymembers Bill Dodd (D-Napa) and Evan Low (D-Silicon Valley)…
California is One Signature Away From Reining in Policing for Profit
by Mica Doctoroff and Kanya Bennett It may come as a surprise, but throughout the country, police…
Latest Climate Change Spending Plan is a Hard Sell for Some Democrats
Effectiveness and Fairness of Programs Questioned By Leanna Sweha Governor Brown signed a bill last week to…
Residential Infill in Davis and the Death of Governor Brown’s Affordable Housing Trailer Bill
By Leanna Sweha Last Friday’s article about campus housing generated a range of comments with competing views…
CFO Lawlor Resigned
From: Office of The Chancellor [officeofthechancellor@ucdavis.edu] Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2016 8:31 AM To: Faculty and Staff…
Minimum Wage Hike Passes Legislature, Awaits Governor’s Signature
It was a different scene this week. The last two legislative sessions saw minimum wage efforts attempting…
ACLU response to Governor Brown’s State of the State
By Natasha Minsker In his State of the State speech yesterday, Gov. Jerry Brown failed to mention…
Governor’s Budget Keeps Prop 47 Savings from Communities
by Margaret Dooley-Sammuli The governor’s proposed state budget released today includes the current Department of Finance estimate…
California Becomes First State To Ban “Redskins” as School Mascot or Team Name
by Cecilia Escamilla-Greenwald Assembly Bill 30, sponsored by Democratic Assemblymember Luis Alejo (D-Salinas) was signed by Governor…
Governor Vetoes Border Crossing Identification License Bill
On Friday, Governor Brown vetoed SB 249, sponsored by Democratic Senator Ben Hueso, a measure to create…
Commentary: State Transportation Package a Reminder of How We Got in this Mess
Back in July, Dan Carson first reported that the state was making inroads on a transportation package…
Will State Roads Funding Become Reality?
While the City of Davis is looking toward a local revenue stream, possibly in the form of…
Meet Yolo County’s Newest Judge, Sonia Cortes
Ten days ago, Governor Jerry Brown appointed Sonia Cortés to a judgeship in the Yolo County Superior…
Governor Brown Names First Latino to Yolo Bench
Governor Jerry Brown on Thursday made history when he appointed Sonia Cortés to a judgeship in the…
