Commentary: Now What for Davis?

By David M. Greenwald
Executive Editor

Davis, CA – While there are still a lot of votes to be counted in Davis and Yolo County, none of the races that were contested are particularly close.  With Measure H behind by a wide margin, and Lucas Frerichs poised to win outright in the primary, we can speculate a bit on the future—which is actually pretty interesting for Davis.

The first domino that will drop is that at the end of this month, Gloria Partida will step down as mayor.  Remarkably she has only run one in-person meeting, but such is life these days.  While the council could technically select anyone it wants, it seems most likely that Lucas Frerichs, who is vice mayor and the longest running councilmember until he resigns in January, will take…

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