Sunday Commentary: The Inequity of the CAAC Process
At Wednesday’s (September 13) planning commission meeting, member Darryl Rutherford raised the issue of fairness of the…
My View: Giving Adjacent Neighbors 20 percent of Voting Seats on CAAC A Mistake
The city this week announced that they were extending the application period for the Core Area Advisory…
Council Agrees to Core Area Advisory Committee
The Davis City Council on Tuesday had a discussion of the consent item which created an advisory…
Letter: Thoughts on Parking and the Davis Downtown
By Jason Taormino The Davis Vanguard is hosting an important forum this evening on Downtown Davis. I…
City to Look Further into Downtown Parking
Back in June, the issue of the Davis Ace Hardware proposed additional parking lot generated considerable discussion…
Sunday Commentary: What Do Trackside and Davis Ace Have in Common?
Back in June there was a lengthy discussion over a proposed parking project by Davis Ace Hardware. …
Vanguard Monthly Conclave: The Future of Davis Downtown, August 30
Join us at Sophia’s Thai Kitchen for a discussion of the future of the Davis Downtown. Wednesday,…
Sunday Commentary: What Should Davis Do about the Downtown?
This week a discussion and debate over the Davis Ace parking lot proposal became an entry point…
Commentary: What We Have Learned from the Parking Discussion
The appeal of the Davis Ace parking project led to one of the more unique occurrences on…
Commentary: Paid Parking Is the Gorilla in the Room
The comments by the Davis City Council regarding the proposed Davis Ace Project were instructive. They were…
Council Allows Ace Parking Project to Move Forward
It spawned a far broader and far more important debate than the decision over a simple project…
Commentary: Thoughts on Parking and Core Area Specific Planning
For the last several weeks a council item on in-lieu parking fees, and now an appeal of…
It’s About Our Downtown, Not 15 Parking Spaces
By Joshua Chapman The Ace parking lot project on 3rd Street is coming before the Davis City…
Revisiting: What Is Missing in Downtown Davis?
Editor’s note: This article was originally published in the Vanguard on October 30, 2014, and written by…
Please Support Davis Ace, Property Rights and the Freedom to Pursue Economic Vitality
By Jason Taormino It feels like an affront to common sense that anyone would try to stop…
Staff Recommends Council Deny Appeal of Ace Hardware Decision
On May 10, the Davis Planning Commission approved a Conditional Use Permit for a parking lot with…
In Defense of Parking Lots
By Don Shor Over the last few days we’ve been treated to some discussion of basic principles…
Yogi Berra: “It’s A Permanent Placeholder”
By Michael Bisch Commissioner Rutherford to applicant (57:00): “And then as for allowing this use [parking lot]…
When East Is West and North Is South
By Michael Bisch “On-site parking shall not be placed in front of buildings along sidewalks; there shall…
Commentary: Parking As a Generational Issue?
For much of the last week or so, key Vanguard discussions have focused around the issue of…