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Public Health Groups Fight Back on Soda Tax
Back in December, a group of former and current public officials, including Senator Lois Wolk, Former Assemblymember and Supervisor Helen Thomson and Former Mayor Ann Evans, came forward to ask the...
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Council Passes Temporary Marijuana Ordinance, Lays Groundwork For More...
Under the Medical Marijuana Regulation and Safety Act, which comprehensively regulates medical marijuana, the city is required to enact a local ordinance on cultivation by March 1 or it will have to...
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My View: Why Keep Denying We Have a Public Health Crisis?
In a recent column, Davis Enterprise columnist Bob Dunning pushes back against a public health brochure on sugar, calling it “a big flop” because apparently a number of people emailed complaints to...
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A Discussion about the Health Impacts of Sugar-Sweetened Beverages
ARE SODAS REALLY SO BAD? A Discussion about the Health Impacts of Sugar-Sweetened Beverages A lot of people know that sugary beverages aren’t very healthy, but are they actually harmful? Are they so...
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Bill to Eliminate March 1 Deadline on Medical Marijuana Reaches Governor’s Desk
Legislation that would eliminate the March 1, 2016, deadline for cities and counties to pass cultivation ordinances or face state pre-emption passed unanimously in the Assembly (66-0) on Thursday, as...
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Sunday Commentary: Soda Tax Deserves a Real Chance on the June Ballot
On Monday afternoon, a collection of Davis citizens led by Delaine Eastin (Former State Superintendent of Public Instruction), Yolo County Supervisor Don Saylor, and Mayor Pro Tem Robb Davis, Davis...
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Play it Again, Sam
Conceptual classroom series by David Hafter Sometimes, the best (non-academic) teaching is just a matter reminding someone of what they already know. They have either forgotten to employ current...
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Guest Commentary: Why I Joined the Effort to Tax Sugar-Sweetened Beverages
Supporters of the soda tax at City Hall on Monday ask that the council put the measure on the ballot by Neil Ruud When my friend asked me the other day, “You’re asking for an increase in the tax? how...
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Supporters Make Their Pitch for Soda Tax at City Hall Rally
Delaine Eastin, flanked by a group of supporters, asks for council to put a soda tax on the ballot. About 40 supporters of the soda tax made their case on Monday outside the Davis City Hall, requesting...
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Council Caves on Soda Tax on 3-2 Vote
As a graduate student in political science at UC Davis, I often was a teaching assistant for a professor in American Government who would argue that, when the going got tough and a President wanted to...
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Commentary: This Was Not the Davis Way
Former Davis Mayor Ann Evans, flanked by Mayor Pro Tem Robb Davis, had the courage of conviction On Monday at the press conference, the comment that rang most true was made by former Davis Mayor Ann...
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My View: Why Go After Soda First?
I keep seeing reference in letters to the editor and Bob Dunning’s columns questioning why the health industry is going after soda or sugar-sweetened beverages and ignoring a whole host of other...
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Awareness: A Plea for Local Empathy
by Jerika L.H. Last week, I accompanied two friends to the movies to see The Witch. As the opening credits began to roll, two women and a child in what appeared to be a wheelchair came in and found a...
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Shades of Grey in a Black and White World View
By David N Hafter, MFT “What we’ve got here is a failure to communicate.” The Captain (Strother Martin) in 1967’s Cool Hand Luke We Americans are constantly suffering the negative consequences of black...
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NAMI Up-Beat: When the Body Attacks the Mind
by NAMI Yolo Ground-breaking research is finding that autoimmune disorders can cause mental symptoms such as delusions. Our understanding of changes in the brain is evolving in unexpected ways. Recent...
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Guest Commentary: It Is Never OK to Say There Is a Stigma to Mental Health
by Harold A. Maio It is never OK to say there is a stigma to mental health issues, it is always OK to educate someone who does. It is, in fact imperative that we do, to end the harm such prejudice has...
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Report on NPR Finds Berkeley Soda Tax Working
Robb Davis pushed for a Davis Soda Tax last February NPR reporter Dan Charles this week on NPR’s signature “All Things Considered,” reports, “The nation’s first ‘soda tax’ on sugar-sweetened beverages,...
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Transitions in Medicine – One Doctor’s Perspective
By Tia Will Today, I was asked to write about transitions as they occur in medicine by a fellow poster on the thread regarding the reaction to the national election. This request comes at a...
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Grand Opening – The Davis Green Onion 2nd Edition
By Tia Will On Sunday 1/29/17, renowned local gynecologist Tia Will announced the grand opening of a new hospital in Davis, California. Dr. Will stated that she was inspired by recent events in...
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Will the Council Put a Soda Tax on the Ballot This Time?
Davis Mayor Pro Tem Robb Davis speaking on the soda tax at a rally in early February 2016 Last year back in late November the issue of a potential sugar-sweetened beverage tax came up. The idea was to...
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