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Commentary: Measure R Doesn’t Work If You Don’t Let It

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 16, 2020
| (63) Comments

Commentary: Measure R Doesn’t Work If You Don’t Let It

Up until last June, there was never a successful Measure R vote. The closest a project came to gaining t ...

Up until last June, there was never a successful Measure R vote. The closest a project came to gaining the approval of the voters was Nishi in 2016. But Nishi ended up losing by about 700 votes. Th ...

January 16, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Nishi Delayed Yet Again as City Has to Fight Appeal

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 15, 2020
| (10) Comments

Nishi Delayed Yet Again as City Has to Fight Appeal

Housing for over 2000 students next to the UC Davis campus has been delayed yet again, as the city announ ...

Housing for over 2000 students next to the UC Davis campus has been delayed yet again, as the city announced on Tuesday that litigants who lost in court have filed an appeal on the Nishi project. In J ...

January 15, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Will SB 50 Solve the Housing Crisis? How Can We Increase Affordable Housing?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 12, 2020
| (26) Comments

Sunday Commentary: Will SB 50 Solve the Housing Crisis? How Can We Increase Affordable Housing?

Senate Bill 50 is back… again… for the third time. It is controversial, with opponents arguing that it t ...

Senate Bill 50 is back… again… for the third time. It is controversial, with opponents arguing that it takes away local control while supporters argue that it is designed to increase housing producti ...

January 12, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Fifth Street Affordable Housing Project Awarded Funding for Mutual Housing

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: January 07, 2020
| (3) Comments

Fifth Street Affordable Housing Project Awarded Funding for Mutual Housing

(From Press Release)—State officials have announced that Mutual Housing California has been approved for ...

(From Press Release)—State officials have announced that Mutual Housing California has been approved for two major funding awards under the Proposition 1 Veterans and Affordable Housing Act that voter ...

January 07, 2020
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Why Davis Should Consider an Innovation Center

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 30, 2019
| (126) Comments

Monday Morning Thoughts: Why Davis Should Consider an Innovation Center

When UC Davis first announced the World Food Center concept a few years ago, it argued it was a way to “p ...

When UC Davis first announced the World Food Center concept a few years ago, it argued it was a way to “promote innovative, sustainable and equitable food systems.” “The renewed program intends to wor ...

December 30, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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My View: Housing Is the Top Issue for Davis Headed into 2020

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 28, 2019
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My View: Housing Is the Top Issue for Davis Headed into 2020

Polling shows that the top issue for Davis is the affordability of housing. The year 2020 figures to be ...

Polling shows that the top issue for Davis is the affordability of housing. The year 2020 figures to be an interesting year for housing issues. We will have the University Commons project coming for ...

December 28, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Some New Insights into Housing and Support for Development

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 26, 2019
| (34) Comments

Commentary: Some New Insights into Housing and Support for Development

It was only two years ago when people were questioning whether a Measure R project – any Measure R projec ...

It was only two years ago when people were questioning whether a Measure R project – any Measure R project – could win. It was one thing for the 2005 Measure X, at the end of a huge swath of large de ...

December 26, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: ARC Can Do More to Assure Voters of Adequate Affordable Housing

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 23, 2019
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Monday Morning Thoughts: ARC Can Do More to Assure Voters of Adequate Affordable Housing

Last week the Social Services commission got to hear about the plan for affordable housing at ARC – perha ...

Last week the Social Services commission got to hear about the plan for affordable housing at ARC – perhaps less of a plan and more of a vague roadmap to a plan. I remain a strong supporter of the pr ...

December 23, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Rising Housing Prices Force People Out of Davis, How Will Davis Respond?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 20, 2019
| (58) Comments

Commentary: Rising Housing Prices Force People Out of Davis, How Will Davis Respond?

While the council has spent much of the year focused on putting out brush fires, the city’s released poll ...

While the council has spent much of the year focused on putting out brush fires, the city’s released poll and several other private polls show that the biggest concern – by far – among voters is the a ...

December 20, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Social Services Recommends ARC Be Bound by Affordable Housing Policies at the Time of Proposals

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 17, 2019
| (16) Comments

Social Services Recommends ARC Be Bound by Affordable Housing Policies at the Time of Proposals

The first step in a long string of advisory board hearings for the Aggie Research Campus, found the Socia ...

The first step in a long string of advisory board hearings for the Aggie Research Campus, found the Social Services Commission, skeptical that current affordable housing policies are too weak, reject ...

December 17, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Is the Criticism of University Commons Warranted?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 16, 2019
| (12) Comments

Monday Morning Thoughts: Is the Criticism of University Commons Warranted?

We got the first taste of what a debate on the University Commons is going to look like. Too dense. Wro ...

We got the first taste of what a debate on the University Commons is going to look like. Too dense. Wrong spot. Should remain commercial. Not enough parking. Shouldn’t be student housing. I want ...

December 16, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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ARC Affordable Housing Proposal Comes to Social Services Commission

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 15, 2019
| (11) Comments

ARC Affordable Housing Proposal Comes to Social Services Commission

When the Aggie Research Campus is built out, it will include up to 2.654 million square feet of innovatio ...

When the Aggie Research Campus is built out, it will include up to 2.654 million square feet of innovation center uses, along with 850 residential units of “varied sizes and affordability.” The affor ...

December 15, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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My View: Parking Issues Should Be Re-Examined in Light of Data on Student Driving Patterns

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 14, 2019
| (77) Comments

My View: Parking Issues Should Be Re-Examined in Light of Data on Student Driving Patterns

These days it seems that parking is one of the more interesting and surprisingly polarizing issues in thi ...

These days it seems that parking is one of the more interesting and surprisingly polarizing issues in this community. On one side are those who argue that we should reduce the number of parking space ...

December 14, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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University Commons Draft EIR Draws Critical Comments from Planning Commission Especially on Student Housing and Parking

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 12, 2019
| (71) Comments

University Commons Draft EIR Draws Critical Comments from Planning Commission Especially on Student Housing and Parking

The Planning Commission is not happy with more student housing and they worry about the lack of parking o ...

The Planning Commission is not happy with more student housing and they worry about the lack of parking on the large mixed-use project – that was a take home message from the public hearing on the EIR ...

December 12, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Traffic or Housing and Economic Development?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 09, 2019
| (30) Comments

Monday Morning Thoughts: Traffic or Housing and Economic Development?

When people were polled last spring, the issue that most concerned them was cost of housing. When people ...

When people were polled last spring, the issue that most concerned them was cost of housing. When people are polled about the need for economic development, there is an interesting split. The people ...

December 09, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Infill Housing, Close to the University – Two Projects Meet Those Critical Needs

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 08, 2019
| (74) Comments

Sunday Commentary: Infill Housing, Close to the University – Two Projects Meet Those Critical Needs

I caught the most recent column by Rich Rifkin, noting that Davis “talks a good game when it comes to env ...

I caught the most recent column by Rich Rifkin, noting that Davis “talks a good game when it comes to environmental policy.” But the reality is that those environmental policies are undermined by the ...

December 08, 2019
| by David Greenwald

| (74) Comments

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University Commons Project Goes to Planning Commission for Review and Comments on EIR

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 07, 2019
| (61) Comments

University Commons Project Goes to Planning Commission for Review and Comments on EIR

The Planning Commission will hold a public meeting on Wednesday where they will review and provide commen ...

The Planning Commission will hold a public meeting on Wednesday where they will review and provide comments on the University Commons Project Draft EIR. Planning Commission comments will be summarize ...

December 07, 2019
| by David Greenwald

| (61) Comments

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Commentary: ARC Will Sink or Swim on Traffic, Not Process

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 06, 2019
| (45) Comments

Commentary: ARC Will Sink or Swim on Traffic, Not Process

Earlier this week, we attended the scoping meeting for the Aggie Research Center. The portion of the mee ...

Earlier this week, we attended the scoping meeting for the Aggie Research Center. The portion of the meeting that I viewed – which was supposed be in an open house formula – grew contentious as a sma ...

December 06, 2019
| by David Greenwald

| (45) Comments

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ARC Scoping Meeting Grows Testy

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 03, 2019
| (33) Comments

ARC Scoping Meeting Grows Testy

The city of Davis and its consultants maintain that they were not required to hold a scoping meeting for ...

The city of Davis and its consultants maintain that they were not required to hold a scoping meeting for the Aggie Research Campus – however, given feedback from some sectors in the community, they ag ...

December 03, 2019
| by David Greenwald

| (33) Comments

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Public Hearing on University Commons Set for Dec 11

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 02, 2019
| (5) Comments

Public Hearing on University Commons Set for Dec 11

The University Commons Project will go before the Planning Commission on Wednesday, December 11, at their ...

The University Commons Project will go before the Planning Commission on Wednesday, December 11, at their regular meeting next week to review the Draft EIR for the project located on Russell Blvd. at ...

December 02, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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