Is The Electorate Ready for Reform?

Saving California Communities to Host Kimberly Nalder Monday, January 11 at 7 pm, Odd Fellows Hall, 415 Second St. Dr. Kimberly Nalder, professor of government at California State University – Sacramento, - Read more

This Week in YOUR Government

Monday, December 14 – Friday, December 18 Last Thursday Assembly Democrats chose John Perez (D – Los Angeles) to replace Karen Bass as their speaker.  Read the story in the Sacramento Bee and hear the - Read more

This Weekend in the People’s Republic

Fall quarter officially ended for me at 8:43 this morning when I turned in my last final.  A soggy bike-ride later, I was sitting in my kitchen, munching on oatmeal without a care in the world… …Until I - Read more

Jailed UCD Protestors in Legal Limbo

We are writing to clarify the status of the charges of the 50 students and 1 professor who were arrested in Mrak Hall on Thursday, November 19. To clarify, the Yolo County District Attorney (DA) has not dropped - Read more

A Holiday Green Shopping Guide

How can you commemorate the start of the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen and get your holiday shopping done?  Easy – go here. This page was compiled by members of the Davis Climate Action Team and - Read more

Measure J Draft Version 1.2

Ed. Note: This post is part of an online forum created to discuss possible improvements to Measure J.  A full explanation of this forum can be found here: www.davisvoice.com/measurej . Please use the comments - Read more

Universal Declaration of Human Rights

7:00 pm Thursday, 10 December 2009 at International House The Universal Declaration of Human Rights marks its 61st anniversary this week. The document was adopted on December 10, 1948, thanks in large part to the - Read more

This Week in YOUR Government

Monday, December 7 – Friday, December 11 This week your local governments team up to offer a free H1N1 flu vaccination clinic on Saturday, December 12.  The following notice, together with additional - Read more

This Weekend in the People’s Republic

I love Thanksgiving.  I love seeing family (twerpy little brothers included), old friends (watching cheaply acquired VHS), and home (there is nothing quite like views of the East Bay from the hills).  As - Read more

I Spy With My Camera Eye

As an amateur photographer I see things in a different way. Not that I’m special, but you need to train your eye to look at a subject with your interpretation of it.  I recently took a walk through the - Read more