Guest Commentary: Affordable Housing: ‘Income inequality, unaffordable housing, homelessness, are not bugs’
(c) By Mark Dempsey Special to the Vanguard Pundits, public policy mavens, and environmentalists are working overtime…
Commentary: Rare Consensus by DA and Public Defender Overshadowed by Local Politics
Last month, the Davis City Council, pressured by neighbors on Pacifico, acknowledged that the Pacifico location was…
Sunday Commentary: Who Benefits from the Davis Status Quo?
In recent weeks I have seen the terms “left” and “right” used at times to describe positions…
Yolo PD: Prop 47 Offering Solutions to Homelessness
Proposition (Prop) 47 has been blamed for a lot of problems, the most recent being a purported…
Sunday Commentary: Reisig Blames the Homeless Problem on Prop. 47
During the campaign, it was pointed out time and again the disconnect between the voters of Yolo…
Report Finds Statewide Crisis of Basic Needs Insecurity in California Higher Ed
The Speaker’s Office of Research and Floor Analysis has recently put out an overview of basic needs…
Commentary: Student Housing – Don’t Criticize What You Can’t Understand
On Sunday, the Vanguard published a guest commentary from Don Gibson which laid out a number of…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Putting Numbers to the Student Housing Crisis
Last spring, when the Vanguard attempted to find data on the student housing crisis, the information that…
Guest Commentary: Student Housing Crisis by the Numbers
by Don Gibson For the past year or so, local elected and appointed officials have been asking…
Sunday Commentary: Bleak News on Housing Gets Even Bleaker
We have been focused on the local housing crisis. The reality is this is not just a…
Council Candidates Weekly Question: Homelessness
This is the 10th of the Vanguard’s series of 11 questions. Every Monday until the week before…
Analysis: Survey Shows Alarming Number of Students Suffering from Housing Insecurity
During the public comment on recent housing proposals, students have come forward to speak about the impact…
Historic Homeless Trial Begins in Sacramento
Lawyers Seek to Prove ‘No-Camping’ Law Not Applied Equally, and City Unconstitutionally Is Creating ‘Thousands’ of Homeless…
Rejecting Draconian Measures, Council Narrows Focus on Dealing with Panhandling
The Davis City Council again heard concerns from residents and downtown property and business owners about the…
