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Davis City Council to Consider Village Farms Alternatives for EIR

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 09, 2023
| (1) Comment

Davis City Council to Consider Village Farms Alternatives for EIR

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Village Farms is the first of possibly five Measure J ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Village Farms is the first of possibly five Measure J projects to undergo CEQA review ahead of a potential Measure J vote in the spring of 2025. At t ...

December 09, 2023
| by David Greenwald

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Letter: Catholic Church Opposes Housing on Montgomery Blvd Site

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: December 08, 2023
| (12) Comments

Letter: Catholic Church Opposes Housing on Montgomery Blvd Site

Letter dated December 5, 2023 To Eric Lee, Senior Planner RE: Roman Catholic Bishop of Sacrament ...

Letter dated December 5, 2023 To Eric Lee, Senior Planner RE: Roman Catholic Bishop of Sacramento/ 2021-2028 Housing Element Update Dear Mr. Lee: This firm represents the Roman Catholic Bisho ...

December 08, 2023
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Letter: University Covenant Church Opposes Proposed Housing Rezone

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: December 08, 2023
| (9) Comments

Letter: University Covenant Church Opposes Proposed Housing Rezone

Letter dated December 4, 2023 (received at 12:50 on December 5, 2023) RE: 2021-2029 Housing Eleme ...

Letter dated December 4, 2023 (received at 12:50 on December 5, 2023) RE: 2021-2029 Housing Element Update Honorable Mayor and City Council members, I am writing on behalf of the Board of the ...

December 08, 2023
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Guest Commentary: My Critique of Village Farms

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: December 07, 2023
| (1) Comment

Guest Commentary: My Critique of Village Farms

Sent to City of Davis in reference to the Village Farms Scoping Session The City has asked citizens to co ...

Sent to City of Davis in reference to the Village Farms Scoping Session The City has asked citizens to comment on the Village Farms project Here are mine… by David J. Thompson The project is based on ...

December 07, 2023
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Council Approves Zoning Changes for Housing Element – But Buffer Now “Rail Thin”

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 06, 2023
| (5) Comments

Council Approves Zoning Changes for Housing Element – But Buffer Now “Rail Thin”

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA - The good news for the city of Davis is that they appro ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA - The good news for the city of Davis is that they approved the necessary zoning changes to get HCD approval for the third version of its Housing Eleme ...

December 06, 2023
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Legal Services Letter a Critical Indicator for Where Davis Housing Goes This RHNA Cycle

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 03, 2023
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Sunday Commentary: Legal Services Letter a Critical Indicator for Where Davis Housing Goes This RHNA Cycle

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – The series of letters that have come out of Legal Serv ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – The series of letters that have come out of Legal Services of Northern California bear further scrutiny by both the city and the community. As the ci ...

December 03, 2023
| by David Greenwald

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Legal Services Continues to Have Concerns about Davis’ Housing Element

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 02, 2023
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Legal Services Continues to Have Concerns about Davis’ Housing Element

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Last summer and this fall, the city of Davis has recei ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Last summer and this fall, the city of Davis has received extensive correspondence and comment from Legal Services of Northern California (LSNC) and ...

December 02, 2023
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: The Failure of the Market Underlies the Problem of Affordable Housing

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 01, 2023
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Commentary: The Failure of the Market Underlies the Problem of Affordable Housing

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Most Californians agree on one key point—we do not have enough aff ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Most Californians agree on one key point—we do not have enough affordable housing. In an op-ed in CalMatters, Cynthia Strathmann, the executive director of Strat ...

December 01, 2023
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Davis Isn’t the Only Place with a Housing Mess, But Emulating Others Doesn’t Seem Viable

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 30, 2023
| (3) Comments

Commentary: Davis Isn’t the Only Place with a Housing Mess, But Emulating Others Doesn’t Seem Viable

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor I keep asking the same question – how is Davis expected to meet st ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor I keep asking the same question – how is Davis expected to meet state requirements for housing given current barriers to housing? I ask that because what we have ...

November 30, 2023
| by David Greenwald

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Public Hearing Set for Next Tuesday on Housing Element

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 29, 2023
| 0 comments

Public Hearing Set for Next Tuesday on Housing Element

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – The Davis City Council will meet next Tuesday, Decembe ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – The Davis City Council will meet next Tuesday, December 5, for a public hearing on Version 3 of the Housing Element—which the state has twice sent ba ...

November 29, 2023
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: The School District Is Fiscally Vulnerable Like Never Before

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 28, 2023
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Commentary: The School District Is Fiscally Vulnerable Like Never Before

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – The school district is seeking to renew its parcel tax ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – The school district is seeking to renew its parcel tax and perhaps this time it has an uphill fight. It’s hard to judge this early. Truth be told, I ...

November 28, 2023
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Davis Has a Housing Problem – And It’s Not Just Spelled with a ‘J’

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 19, 2023
| (13) Comments

Sunday Commentary: Davis Has a Housing Problem – And It’s Not Just Spelled with a ‘J’

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – I’m tired of people saying things like Davis has plent ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – I’m tired of people saying things like Davis has plenty of single-family homes. No, we don’t. Look, I don’t dispute the facts here, Judy Ennis last ...

November 19, 2023
| by David Greenwald

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My View: No Housing at Trackside? At Least for Right Now

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 18, 2023
| (11) Comments

My View: No Housing at Trackside? At Least for Right Now

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Why does a place like Davis have a housing crisis? Tr ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Why does a place like Davis have a housing crisis? Trackside is becoming another object lesson of just how difficult it is to build housing in a pla ...

November 18, 2023
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: More Starter Homes for Purchase

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: November 16, 2023
| (6) Comments

Guest Commentary: More Starter Homes for Purchase

by Ellen Kolarik The Housing Trust Fund (HTF) addendum in our Housing Element clearly lays out that our H ...

by Ellen Kolarik The Housing Trust Fund (HTF) addendum in our Housing Element clearly lays out that our HTF must fund programs for 3 broad groups: The Unhoused (including emergency shelters, transitio ...

November 16, 2023
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Commentary: The Post J Debate

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 14, 2023
| (24) Comments

Commentary: The Post J Debate

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA - For much of the last nearly 25 years, the debate in Da ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA - For much of the last nearly 25 years, the debate in Davis has waged over housing versus no housing. The conversation over housing has been met with ...

November 14, 2023
| by David Greenwald

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DCAN Engages Community on Housing – The Intersection of Housing and Climate Change

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 13, 2023
| (9) Comments

DCAN Engages Community on Housing – The Intersection of Housing and Climate Change

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA - One of the community-based efforts engaging the commun ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA - One of the community-based efforts engaging the community on housing took place on Sunday at Da Vinci’s Tech Hub sponsored by Davis Community Action ...

November 13, 2023
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: The Opposition to Projects Knows How to Defeat Them – Can That Be Overcome?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 10, 2023
| (17) Comments

Commentary: The Opposition to Projects Knows How to Defeat Them – Can That Be Overcome?

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Opponents to housing in Davis have a proven formula fo ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Opponents to housing in Davis have a proven formula for winning Measure J elections. Since 2005, just two Measure J projects have passed while five ...

November 10, 2023
| by David Greenwald

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Council Discusses Infill Housing Options and Looks at Elimination of Parking Minimums

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 09, 2023
| 0 comments

Council Discusses Infill Housing Options and Looks at Elimination of Parking Minimums

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – While the city has yet to get their Sixth Cycle Housin ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – While the city has yet to get their Sixth Cycle Housing Element approved, the city is already planning ahead for how to meet its Seventh Cycle obliga ...

November 09, 2023
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: The Proposed Measure J Amendment.

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: November 08, 2023
| (5) Comments

Guest Commentary: The Proposed Measure J Amendment.

By Tim Keller This past June, former mayor Robb Davis published a piece in the Vanguard entitled “Densify ...

By Tim Keller This past June, former mayor Robb Davis published a piece in the Vanguard entitled “Densifying Davis – A Four-Part Strategy.” which detailed four directions the city should pursue in ord ...

November 08, 2023
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Monday Morning Thoughts: The Battle for Housing in Davis Is Already Underway

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 06, 2023
| (36) Comments

Monday Morning Thoughts: The Battle for Housing in Davis Is Already Underway

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – There are a lot of key questions to be answered in the ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – There are a lot of key questions to be answered in the next few months about the future of Davis and how Davis attempts to address its housing crisis ...

November 06, 2023
| by David Greenwald

| (36) Comments

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