Council Backs Renewal of Measure J/R without Major Changes
If there is to be a discussion on the renewal of Measure J, it will have to…
Commentary: The Hole Grows Deeper – Five Mayors Speak Out
As a long time political observer, I cringe when, time after time, government bodies and elected officials…
Council Leery of Fiscal Costs, Moves Forward on Long-Range Planning of Sports Parks
Council acknowledged it was a strange item to take up in the middle of the slowdown due…
City Hears Earful During Public Comment on BrightNight Solar Deal
A week after Johannes Troost, Matt Williams, Lorenzo Kristov, and Richard McCann called for reconsideration of the…
Council Lays Out Public Participation Process during COVID-19 Response
When the council met just under two weeks ago using a Zoom format, the meeting was disrupted…
Councilmember Frerichs Discusses the COVID-19 Threat and City’s Response
The Davis Community is responding to an unprecedented threat from COVID-19. The Vanguard spoke with Councilmember Lucas…
Individual Councilmembers Not Supportive of Limiting Council Meetings to COVID-19 Emergency-Only Items
At the onset to Tuesday’s meeting, four individuals during public comment pushed for the council to consider…
Council Passes Emergency Eviction Moratorium and Economic Relief Measures
(From Press Release – City of Davis) – The City of Davis announced today that the…
Commentary: On Second Thought, Perhaps Zoom Wasn’t the Best Way to Host a Public Meeting
It seemed to start off all right—the councilmembers found themselves able to participate at the start of…
Council Approves Four Fixed Cameras but Not License Plate Readers
The Police Advisory Commission (PAC) opposed the use of fixed cameras, all seven members of the public…
Sunday Commentary: Staff Pushing for New Cameras over Objections from Police Accountability Commission
Back in December, I wrote a commentary questioning the sacrifice of privacy in favor of surveillance, the…
Community Shows Overwhelming Support For Respite Center, Homelessness
There was pushback from some people in Davis Manor against the location for the proposed respite center. …
Commentary: Council Needs to Give Surveillance and Cameras in Public Places More Thought
We have learned or we should have learned that it is a false comfort to argue that…
Police Chief Reports Crime Steady with Some Concerns; Council Supportive of Adding Cameras
While a rash of robberies, two carjackings and a ring of catalytic converter thefts make for concerning…
City and Council Hear Complaints on Process and Merits of Olive Drive Proposal
On Tuesday, the council approved an item, placed on consent, approving a resolution that would authorize Raney…
Council Goes with Compromise on Mace – Back to Two Lanes, Keeps Protected Bike Path
Nearly two dozen people spoke during public comment – there were fireworks on both sides of the…
Commentary: What Is a Mayor Anyway?
Who knew that the last piece of the complex districting puzzle would be the selection of the…
Council Issues Message in Support of Respite Center, but Will Move It to the Corp Yard
The public on Tuesday night was largely split – while there were a few people who didn’t…
Sunday Commentary: A Will Arnold Campaign Could Make for a Very Eventful 2020
The conventional wisdom around Davis has been speculation about the three sitting councilmembers up for election in…
VCE Pays Back Start-Up Loans Early
(From VCE Press Release) – Valley Clean Energy’s board of directors has announced that the local community…
