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Guest Commentary: Official Appeal of the Cutting of 205 Trees at Sutter Hospital As a Violation of Davis Culture and the Law.

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|Date: July 28, 2021
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Guest Commentary: Official Appeal of the Cutting of 205 Trees at Sutter Hospital As a Violation of Davis Culture and the Law.

By Alan Hirsch Preface: this is the first half of the legal appeal to stop the Sutter’s plan to “Save Mo ...

By Alan Hirsch Preface: this is the first half of the legal appeal to stop the Sutter’s plan to “Save Money on Solar” by cutting more trees. For more background, click on the story the Vanguard br ...

July 28, 2021
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Guest Commentary: Women on Wheels – Fun and Empowerment Rolled into One

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|Date: July 28, 2021
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Guest Commentary: Women on Wheels – Fun and Empowerment Rolled into One

By Lisa Montanaro — July 26, 2021 The legendary women’s suffragist leader, Susan B. Anthony, was once quo ...

By Lisa Montanaro — July 26, 2021 The legendary women’s suffragist leader, Susan B. Anthony, was once quoted with saying that the bicycle “has done more to emancipate women than anything else in the w ...

July 28, 2021
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Monday Morning Thoughts: So Why Are Blue Cities So Unaffordable?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 26, 2021
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Monday Morning Thoughts: So Why Are Blue Cities So Unaffordable?

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor In many circles, just about everyone has been talking about the NY ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor In many circles, just about everyone has been talking about the NY Times discussion between Ezra Klein and Jerusalem Demsas on housing and infrastructure. (Podc ...

July 26, 2021
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Sunday Commentary: Report Finds RHNA Housing Protests Unlikely to Succeed

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 25, 2021
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Sunday Commentary: Report Finds RHNA Housing Protests Unlikely to Succeed

By David M. Greenwald Those who are hopeful that local RHNA (Regional Housing Needs Allocation) requireme ...

By David M. Greenwald Those who are hopeful that local RHNA (Regional Housing Needs Allocation) requirements will be reined in have cited the fact that there cities are pushing back against the RHNA n ...

July 25, 2021
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Letter: Tree Davis Position on Sutter Davis Hospital Tree Removal

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|Date: July 25, 2021
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Letter: Tree Davis Position on Sutter Davis Hospital Tree Removal

By Greg McPherson A recent article in the Davis Vanguard (City Will Have to Weigh between Trees and Solar ...

By Greg McPherson A recent article in the Davis Vanguard (City Will Have to Weigh between Trees and Solar Panels at Sutter as Complaints Reign about Public Process, July 21, 2021) described a variety ...

July 25, 2021
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My View: For the Most Part Off-Campus Housing Is More Affordable Than On-Campus, but Again We Mostly Need Supply

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 24, 2021
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My View: For the Most Part Off-Campus Housing Is More Affordable Than On-Campus, but Again We Mostly Need Supply

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA – A few years ago, the Vanguard did a series of analyses on on-campus hou ...

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA – A few years ago, the Vanguard did a series of analyses on on-campus housing versus off-campus housing for students. One thing that we clearly found is that it is muc ...

July 24, 2021
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Commentary: Could Vouchers Be an Answer to Housing Insecurity?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 23, 2021
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Commentary: Could Vouchers Be an Answer to Housing Insecurity?

By David M. Greenwald We got a little bit of a reprieve over the last 15 months from the housing crisis. ...

By David M. Greenwald We got a little bit of a reprieve over the last 15 months from the housing crisis. COVID shutting down in-person work and universities. Eviction protection. At some point all ...

July 23, 2021
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Commentary: We Needed Housing Then, We Need Housing Now, This UCD v. City Debate Doesn’t Address the Bottom Line

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 22, 2021
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Commentary: We Needed Housing Then, We Need Housing Now, This UCD v. City Debate Doesn’t Address the Bottom Line

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA – Lost in a lot of extra-curricular discussion this week is the fact that ...

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA – Lost in a lot of extra-curricular discussion this week is the fact that the university this week reached two major milestones in actually fulfilling their promised ho ...

July 22, 2021
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City Will Have to Weigh between Trees and Solar Panels at Sutter as Complaints Reign about Public Process

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 21, 2021
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City Will Have to Weigh between Trees and Solar Panels at Sutter as Complaints Reign about Public Process

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA – The issue of adding photovoltaic carport installations often runs into ...

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA – The issue of adding photovoltaic carport installations often runs into conflict with the desire to at the same time preserve existing trees and tree cover. Last week ...

July 21, 2021
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Guest Commentary: Time for More Inclusive Street Names in Davis

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|Date: July 21, 2021
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Guest Commentary: Time for More Inclusive Street Names in Davis

By Colin Walsh Since George Floyd’s death just over a year ago, Americans have taken to the streets raisi ...

By Colin Walsh Since George Floyd’s death just over a year ago, Americans have taken to the streets raising their voices against racial oppression. A new desire to reckon with racism has arisen in our ...

July 21, 2021
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UC Davis Completes West Village Housing Project, Breaks Ground at Orchard Park

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|Date: July 20, 2021
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UC Davis Completes West Village Housing Project, Breaks Ground at Orchard Park

By Andy Fell The University of California, Davis, today (July 19) celebrated milestones in two major stud ...

By Andy Fell The University of California, Davis, today (July 19) celebrated milestones in two major student housing projects. The final phase of The Green at West Village is now complete, and a cerem ...

July 20, 2021
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Could a CalWORKS Proposal Work for Pacifico?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 16, 2021
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Could a CalWORKS Proposal Work for Pacifico?

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA – The city has been looking at ways to revamp and repurpose the Pacifico ...

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA – The city has been looking at ways to revamp and repurpose the Pacifico property for several years now, following community complaints about nuisances on the current a ...

July 16, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Davis Needs to Go Further on Police Reform – They Should Follow the Models

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 15, 2021
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Commentary: Davis Needs to Go Further on Police Reform – They Should Follow the Models

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA - Recently the city council has been pushed to do more and make firmer co ...

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA - Recently the city council has been pushed to do more and make firmer commitments on police reform. I strongly agree with that sentiment. First of all, however, I wou ...

July 15, 2021
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Commentary: How Much Do Regulations on Housing Add to Housing Costs?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 14, 2021
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Commentary: How Much Do Regulations on Housing Add to Housing Costs?

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA – Inexplicably people often act as though laws of supply and demand do no ...

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA – Inexplicably people often act as though laws of supply and demand do not apply to housing costs. Unfortunately part of the reason for this is no one has really done ...

July 14, 2021
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My View: New DISC Project Should Have a Good Chance For Voter Approval

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 10, 2021
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My View: New DISC Project Should Have a Good Chance For Voter Approval

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA – Lost in a lot of other things last November is the fact that while DISC ...

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA – Lost in a lot of other things last November is the fact that while DISC failed the vote of the public, it was a pretty narrow margin – 52-48, or just 1300 votes. Giv ...

July 10, 2021
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Vacaville Lands a Major Bay Area Biotech Company

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 09, 2021
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Vacaville Lands a Major Bay Area Biotech Company

By David M. Greenwald Vacaville, CA – In October the Vanguard reported that Vacaville was adding a 300-ac ...

By David M. Greenwald Vacaville, CA – In October the Vanguard reported that Vacaville was adding a 300-acre, world class bio manufacturing center that could produce 10,000 jobs. Now the Vanguard has ...

July 09, 2021
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BREAKING NEWS: DISC Back with Revised, Smaller Project

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 08, 2021
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BREAKING NEWS: DISC Back with Revised, Smaller Project

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA - Eight months after the first DISC project failed at the polls, the part ...

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA - Eight months after the first DISC project failed at the polls, the partners of Ramco and Buzz Oates are back with a second project - this one considerably smaller at ...

July 08, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Should We Stick with Online Meetings?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 08, 2021
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Commentary: Should We Stick with Online Meetings?

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA – Remember early in the pandemic, people worried about public participati ...

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA – Remember early in the pandemic, people worried about public participation during the pandemic. It was not a novel concern—we were headed into unprecedented times, on ...

July 08, 2021
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Inventopia Has Already Filled Out Its Space, Tim Keller Reports in a Council Check-In

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 07, 2021
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Inventopia Has Already Filled Out Its Space, Tim Keller Reports in a Council Check-In

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA - Last November the city entered into a loan agreement with Inventopia wi ...

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA - Last November the city entered into a loan agreement with Inventopia with a provision of $100,000 to expand their operation in order to provide lower cost of spaces f ...

July 07, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Analysis: How Housing Element Could Provide Housing Needs for Davis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 06, 2021
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Analysis: How Housing Element Could Provide Housing Needs for Davis

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA – Drilling down a little further into the Housing Element proposals, it i ...

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA – Drilling down a little further into the Housing Element proposals, it is worth noting the analysis on Measure J. Six projects have now gone through the development p ...

July 06, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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