Picnic Day conjures up many emotions for Davisites. But the one front and center in recent years concerning the annual student-run open house at UC Davis — which attracts a crowd approaching 100,000 people — is the resentment toward the abuse of alcohol and the trouble it causes. That’s why the City Council is continuing … Continue Reading
Like the Five Families, the key players who run Davis’ economy pulled up chairs around a common table in the Community Chambers at City Hall on Tuesday night to talk business. In collaboration with the Business and Economic Development Commission, the City Council hosted an economic development roundtable to begin a discussion with the business … Continue Reading
The first candidates to walk to the starting gates of the June 2012 City Council election are incumbent Council members Stephen Souza and Dan Wolk. According to Davis City Clerk Zoe Mirabile, Souza, 56, an eight-year member of the City Council, filed his candidate statement and his list of 20 nominators Thursday to officially vie … Continue Reading
Learn more What: Davis City Council meeting When: approximately 7 p.m. Tuesday Where: Community Chambers, City Call, 23 Russell Blvd. Watch it: On City Government Channel 16 on cable television or via streaming video at www.city.davis.ca.us/meetings Only two weeks after approving dissolution of the Davis Area Cooperative Housing Association, the City Council now must decide … Continue Reading
Before the gavel calls the City Council meeting Tuesday to order, the council will welcome a handful of business organizations into its chambers for a roundtable discussion about the current state of economic development in Davis. The discussion will begin at 5:30 p.m. and conclude by 7 p.m. in the Community Chambers at City Hall, 23 … Continue Reading
WOODLAND — All of Yolo County seems to have water on the brain, especially leaders of Davis and Woodland, who have an ambitious plan to supplement the region’s ground resources with water from the Sacramento River. That’s why it’s no surprise the League of Women Voters of Woodland decided to invite Jay Lund, director of … Continue Reading
While Sacramento considers funding a new arena for its beloved Kings by privatizing its parking garages, the city of Davis continues to manage its own parking situation downtown.
The centerpiece of discussion when referring to downtown Davis parking is the E Street Plaza parking lot on the 200 block of E Street, which the city transformed into a paid lot a little more than three years ago.
It was the first of its kind in the downtown core and remains the only metered parking in the city.
According to Bob Bowen, the city’s public relations manager, one of the main reasons for converting the site into a paid parking lot was to give downtown visitors who wanted to park for longer than two hours a place where they could do so.
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