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  • In CA, it’s not too late to register and vote!

    REG & VOTE MAY 22 - Jun 5IN CALIFORNIA IT'S NOT TOO LATE TO REGISTER & VOTE

    Conditional Voter Registration & Voting at same time!
    May 22 to Jun 5

    Yolo County Location:
    Yolo County Elections Department
    625 Court Street, Room B05
    Woodland, CA 95695

    Need a ride? Call / Text M E 916.248.6442
    8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
    May 22 to Jun 5

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    Do you know when a felon in CA can vote?

    When she or he is finished with parole. That very day they get signed off of parole they can register to vote.

    This information is kept on the down low.  Spread the word.

  • UCD can, and needs to provide far more on-campus housing

    OrchardPark
    Orchard Park, still closed after 4 years

    UCD’s inadequate LRDP needs major revisions

    By Eileen M. Samitz

    UCD’s LRDP proposal is seriously inadequate

    The UCD LRDP and its associated Draft EIR were released recently after the UCD LRDP update process invited input since fall 2015. The problem is UCD LRDP and its associated Draft EIR are seriously inadequate, as was pointed out by the detailed City Staff letter review of the documents. The City Staff letter, approved by City Council recently, pointed out numerous problems with the UCD LRDP proposal.

    The problems include an insufficient amount of student housing proposed (i.e. the City Council’s recommended “50/100” plan was not included) as well as the astonishing lack of many basic details including: 1) timelines of housing to materialize, 2) inadequate student housing densities, and 3) a failure to recognize and acknowledge the significant impacts environmentally and on the City’s infrastructure due to UCD’s shortfall of beds proposed. The proposed LRDP would continue shifting the majority of their student housing burden onto the City.

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  • Are the Woodland Daily Democrat, the Davis Enterprise, and the Sacramento Bee to be trusted in their endorsements?

    News-stock-photoBy M E Gladis

    Apparently the editorial staff of the Woodland Daily Democrat, the Davis Enterprise, and the Sacramento Bee, three of the newspapers that have endorsed the current Yolo County district attorney, support a 41% rate of felony trials which end in acquittal by juries or dismissal by judges.This 41% rate is more than double the state average. Could a county supervisor please let the voters of Yolo County know how many millions of dollars of taxpayer money is wasted on these futile efforts of overcharging by the current district attorney?

    It would seem these editorial staff, also appreciate direct file, which is a charge as an adult on a youth. Since 2013, 93% of direct files have been against Hispanic youth.What is behind this bias of overcharging the Hispanics? It would seem a civilian oversight of the current district attorney is in order.

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  • Charging 12 months rent for nine months occupancy

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    Photo source: KRCA

    By John Troidl

    The majority of off campus and some of the on-campus housing targeting UC Davis students requires applicants for residence to sign a 12 month lease.  When I first came to Davis and some students told me about this practice, I was astonished and asked them if they were sure this was true:  Maybe they misunderstood the terms of the standard lease because after all these were young people without a lot of experiences with real estate and leasing. 

    They were correct, it turns out, and they told me about the "Summer Scramble" of trying to sublet their places (with/without landlord permission) to recoup at least some of the lost cash they spent for rent on apartments that they did not need for the Summer.  Unbelievable!

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  • Davis Vanguard Continues to Deny Nishi Traffic Problem and Attempts to Pour Cold Water on John Troidl’s Article

    Nishi-OldDavisRdBy Dan Cornford

    In response to John Troidl's article of yesterday in the Davisite the DV published an article or "commentator" today entitled "Commentary: Nonsensical Argument that Nishi Project Will Make Downtown Traffic Worse."

    Below I will paste in my response to David Gs arguments and his failure to address any of John's. But I urge others to post their comments on the DV today as soon as possible as the traffic issue, IMHO resonates like no other when it comes to Nishi.

    It will be interesting to see if the DV allows my short post not because I briefly argue against DG's position, but because in his article DG studiously avoids making any mention of the fact that this article appeared on the Davisite (Now what could possibly be the reason for that? A prize for the right answer.), but instead says he found it on his Facebook feed.

     

    Here is is my attempted short post on the DV:

    Most unsurprisingly, David makes no effort whatsoever to summarize let alone do justice to John Troidl's article and argument. This is unlike with some of his previous adversaries who he summarizes at length. Perhaps he fears the weight and substance of John's argument. It is worth pointing out also that with Nishi 1.0, when access by Olive Drive to Nishi was permitted, David parroted exactly the same argument (and the very flawed EIR traffic study supporting such an assertion) yet now he, and most Nishi 2.0 advocates, argue that the presumed lack of access (No-one knows how long this agreement with UCD will hold up!) totally negate the real traffic problems created by Nishi. And he thus further shreds his credibility. If you want to read John's article in full and read comments on it go to:

    http://www.davisite.org/2018/05/the-nishi-project-will-make-downtown-traffic-worse.html

    Edit added 5/23/18 at 11:50 AM: Having originally included the link to the Davisite with my comment, they have now deleted the link that link or "edited" it which proves my point and shows that they see the Davisite as a threat.

  • Yolo County Progressives endorses Linda Deos and Ezra Beeman for City Council

    YoloCountyProgressives(Press release) Yolo County Progressives endorses Linda Deos and Ezra Beeman for City Council.

    These two candidates garnered a plurality of the votes of our membership, understandably reflecting positions most closely aligned with our progressive objectives.

    They both are well prepared, business & financially experienced, and they align with
    community interests.

    M E Gladis, Chair
    YoloCountyProgressives.org

  • The Nishi Project Will Make Downtown Traffic Worse

    By John Troidl

    I don't get it: If I read the YES ON J (pro-Nishi) material, it seems like they are saying that there will be essentially no ("limited") traffic impact if the Nishi development is approved and actually built.

     How can that possibly be?

    There are 700 parking spots planned for the Nishi property. One for each housing unit, right there fronting the highway. Wait, that's just one parking space for each apartment…. 1/3 of a car for each bed located at Nishi.

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  • A Response to the Flatlander Concerning City Council Candidate Linda Deos

    Deos

    Linda Deos

    By M E Gladis

    Alert to Voters for Davis City Council:

    The Flatlander May 2018 issue, page 23 “Davis City Council Campaign” chart regarding Linda Deos is wrong. Just this side of suing for slander, so far, I am enraged that Robert Milbrodt would stoop to such a heinous depiction of any opponent of the candidate, Ezra Beeman, that he is promoting. Let me say that Ezra Beeman has strengths.

    My issue is with the blatant misrepresentation of Linda Deos that Robert Milbrodt published and disseminated on the page 23 chart that Linda Deos favors developers, does not explain her values or vision, is not prepared, is not consistent.

     

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  • If you look at most downtowns…

    Bw-bicyclestatueBy Jon Li

    Most downtowns have lots of jobs, and lots of people living downtown. Davis has neither.

    The economic and business problems with Davis are outside the General Plan, which only deals in land use terms with housing and traffic. The Downtown Plan process is about how to make Davis “look” more appealing, as though that will work.

    The merchants’ answer is a new parking structure so that people can drive their cars. But that is 20th century suburbia. What about re-thinking the downtown as an urban center, with six to ten story buildings, as high as UCD’s Sproul Hall which is 9 stories.

    The problems with Davis have to do with the non-existent economy. Davis city staff with their grand salaries want to keep Davis just the way it is, as though the state hasn’t killed the Redevelopment Agency almost a decade ago. Amazon is transforming the world economy, and Davis needs to figure out how to respond.

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  • Dr. Thomas Cahill Responds to Bob Dunning

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    In a recent Enterprise column, "Pollution Doesn't Magically End at Olive Drive," Bob Dunning  asks:

    …if this is truly all about ultra-fine metals from brakes on trains, why aren’t these same folks sounding the alarm about all the other areas in town that are similarly at risk?

    In response, Dr. Thomas Cahill, UC Davis Professor of Physics and Atmospheric Sciences and founder of the DELTA Group (Detection and Evaluation of Long-range Transport of Aerosols), sent us the following information and asked us to publish it.

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