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Letter: David Taormino Is Trying to Run a ‘Bait and Switch’ on Davis Seniors by You

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: April 14, 2021
| (14) Comments

Letter: David Taormino Is Trying to Run a ‘Bait and Switch’ on Davis Seniors by You

This was a letter sent by Alan Pryor on April 13 to the Davis Planning Commission Dear Planning Commissio ...

This was a letter sent by Alan Pryor on April 13 to the Davis Planning Commission Dear Planning Commissioners - At the upcoming Planning Commission meeting this Wednesday you will be presented with th ...

April 14, 2021
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Guest Commentary: Letter to Planning Commission Urges Scrutiny of Bretton Woods Davis-Connected Buyers Program

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: April 13, 2021
| (5) Comments

Guest Commentary: Letter to Planning Commission Urges Scrutiny of Bretton Woods Davis-Connected Buyers Program

By Eric Gelber Below is the text of my letter submitted to the Davis Planning Commission for its April 14 ...

By Eric Gelber Below is the text of my letter submitted to the Davis Planning Commission for its April 14th meeting expressing issues and concerns with the Bretton Woods Davis-Connected Buyers Program ...

April 13, 2021
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Monday Morning Thoughts: The Buyer’s Program Quandary

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 12, 2021
| (19) Comments

Monday Morning Thoughts: The Buyer’s Program Quandary

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA – When I first sat down and spoke with developer David Taormino, far in a ...

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA – When I first sat down and spoke with developer David Taormino, far in advance of the West Davis Active Adult Community (WDAAC) project (now known as Bretton Woods), h ...

April 12, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Planning Commission to Review Davis-Connected Buyers Program

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 10, 2021
| (7) Comments

Planning Commission to Review Davis-Connected Buyers Program

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA - The most controversial part of the Bretton Woods Senior Housing develop ...

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA - The most controversial part of the Bretton Woods Senior Housing development is what is now being referred to as the Davis-Connected Buyers Program, which has restrict ...

April 10, 2021
| by David Greenwald

| (7) Comments

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Davis Leaders Hold a Conversation with the Vanguard on New Housing in Davis

Posted by Linh Nguyen
|Date: April 03, 2021
| (9) Comments

Davis Leaders Hold a Conversation with the Vanguard on New Housing in Davis

By Pavan Potti, Linh Nguyen, Lauren Smith, and Jordan Varney The Davis Vanguard recently hosted their mo ...

By Pavan Potti, Linh Nguyen, Lauren Smith, and Jordan Varney The Davis Vanguard recently hosted their monthly webinar on Mar. 29, which centered around new housing plans for the city of Davis. The w ...

April 03, 2021
| by Linh Nguyen

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Commentary: We Need to Continue to Look At the City’s Housing Challenges

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 01, 2021
| (29) Comments

Commentary: We Need to Continue to Look At the City’s Housing Challenges

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA – Earlier this week, the Vanguard hosted a webinar on city housing needs. ...

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA – Earlier this week, the Vanguard hosted a webinar on city housing needs. It remains our view that filling the city’s housing needs over the next eight years will be i ...

April 01, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Vanguard’s Monthly Webinar – New Housing in Davis (Video)

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 31, 2021
| (4) Comments

Vanguard’s Monthly Webinar – New Housing in Davis (Video)

Housing is always a huge topic in the city of Davis—but one thing that has concerned me of late is that w ...

Housing is always a huge topic in the city of Davis—but one thing that has concerned me of late is that we have not really had any sort of public engagement on the issue of the housing element. And wh ...

March 31, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Vanguard’s Monthly Webinar – New Housing in Davis

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: March 29, 2021
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Vanguard’s Monthly Webinar – New Housing in Davis

Davis is undergoing a new Housing Element. One of the challenges is how to meet the city's housing needs ...

Davis is undergoing a new Housing Element. One of the challenges is how to meet the city's housing needs given its constraints. Key questions: What kind of housing does Davis need? Where should it put ...

March 29, 2021
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Guest Commentary: Bretton Woods Attempts Another Bait and Switch with Its Davis Based Buyers Program

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: March 28, 2021
| (30) Comments

Guest Commentary: Bretton Woods Attempts Another Bait and Switch with Its Davis Based Buyers Program

by Alan Pryor - Protections Will Weaken for Prospective Davis Senior Buyers. The Bretton Wood developer, ...

by Alan Pryor - Protections Will Weaken for Prospective Davis Senior Buyers. The Bretton Wood developer, David Taormino, is attempting to pull another bait and switch ...

March 28, 2021
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Guest Commentary: Developer Modifies Davis-Connected Buyers Program, Submits It to Planning Commission

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: March 27, 2021
| (15) Comments

Guest Commentary: Developer Modifies Davis-Connected Buyers Program, Submits It to Planning Commission

By David Taormino Bretton Woods (formerly called The West Davis Active Adult Community) was approved by D ...

By David Taormino Bretton Woods (formerly called The West Davis Active Adult Community) was approved by Davis’ voters in November 2018. At that time, the Applicant proposed a Davis-Connected Buyers P ...

March 27, 2021
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Commentary: Aggie Square Contributes $50 Million to Affordable Housing in Sacramento

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 26, 2021
| (19) Comments

Commentary: Aggie Square Contributes $50 Million to Affordable Housing in Sacramento

By David M. Greenwald Yesterday marked a huge announcement as Chancellor Gary May and Mayor Darrell Stein ...

By David M. Greenwald Yesterday marked a huge announcement as Chancellor Gary May and Mayor Darrell Steinberg announced a “groundbreaking Community Benefits Partnership Agreement (CBPA) to ensure the ...

March 26, 2021
| by David Greenwald

| (19) Comments

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Report Finds Huge Housing Shortage Nationwide, with California Leading the Way

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 19, 2021
| 0 comments

Report Finds Huge Housing Shortage Nationwide, with California Leading the Way

By David M. Greenwald Affordable housing has been a crisis in California, but a new report from the Natio ...

By David M. Greenwald Affordable housing has been a crisis in California, but a new report from the National Low Income Housing Coalition on Thursday found that the problem is nationwide with a shorta ...

March 19, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: One Study Finds Davis Among the 10 Least Affordable Small Cities in the Nation

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 16, 2021
| (27) Comments

Commentary: One Study Finds Davis Among the 10 Least Affordable Small Cities in the Nation

By David M. Greenwald While the data is more difficult to parse then you might think, in part because the ...

By David M. Greenwald While the data is more difficult to parse then you might think, in part because the huge percentage of students who live in Davis likely drag down the median income, the cost of ...

March 16, 2021
| by David Greenwald

| (27) Comments

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Commentary: Seriously, Where is Davis Planning to Put New Housing?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 10, 2021
| (35) Comments

Commentary: Seriously, Where is Davis Planning to Put New Housing?

By David M. Greenwald The question of where the city plans to put new housing is not merely one of academ ...

By David M. Greenwald The question of where the city plans to put new housing is not merely one of academic interest. With the housing crisis and state requirements for the next housing element, the ...

March 10, 2021
| by David Greenwald

| (35) Comments

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Guest Commentary: Davis Should Adopt Policies to Support Affirmative Furthering of Fair Housing in Housing Element Update

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: March 06, 2021
| (6) Comments

Guest Commentary: Davis Should Adopt Policies to Support Affirmative Furthering of Fair Housing in Housing Element Update

By Don Gibson In this year's Davis Housing Element Update, Davis can take the progressive step of proacti ...

By Don Gibson In this year's Davis Housing Element Update, Davis can take the progressive step of proactively overcoming systematic class and ethnic inequalities by embracing policies promoted by a re ...

March 06, 2021
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Commentary: A Realistic Assessment of Davis’ Housing Situation

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 05, 2021
| (19) Comments

Commentary: A Realistic Assessment of Davis’ Housing Situation

By David M. Greenwald Listening to the housing discussion on Wednesday was a reminder that the housing is ...

By David M. Greenwald Listening to the housing discussion on Wednesday was a reminder that the housing issue, while diminished during times of COVID, is probably coming back—especially if the projecti ...

March 05, 2021
| by David Greenwald

| (19) Comments

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Commentary: California Housing Crisis and the Out Migration

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 16, 2021
| (14) Comments

Commentary: California Housing Crisis and the Out Migration

By David M. Greenwald This year people have been shrugging off the housing crisis. I get it, COVID, econ ...

By David M. Greenwald This year people have been shrugging off the housing crisis. I get it, COVID, economic downtown, civil rights have definitely, if not muddied the water, made it far more complic ...

February 16, 2021
| by David Greenwald

| (14) Comments

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Planning Commission Holds Third Workshop on Downtown Plan Tonight

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 10, 2021
| (9) Comments

Planning Commission Holds Third Workshop on Downtown Plan Tonight

By David M. Greenwald It was supposed to be held two weeks ago, but the Planning Commission meeting was a ...

By David M. Greenwald It was supposed to be held two weeks ago, but the Planning Commission meeting was a victim to a storm that knocked out power and cable to portions of Davis. So now the Planning ...

February 10, 2021
| by David Greenwald

| (9) Comments

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Guest Commentary: I Respectfully Disagree with Vanguard Affordable Housing Blurb

Posted by Georgina Valencia
|Date: February 09, 2021
| (6) Comments

Guest Commentary: I Respectfully Disagree with Vanguard Affordable Housing Blurb

by Georgina Valencia There seems to be confusion around the issue of the loss of Affordable Housing. An i ...

by Georgina Valencia There seems to be confusion around the issue of the loss of Affordable Housing. An issue that was brought forward in the submission "Who's Tending the Shop?" Let me state what I f ...

February 09, 2021
| by Georgina Valencia

| (6) Comments

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Davis Vacancy Rate Soars; Two New UCD Projects Will Shape Future of Research at the University

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 04, 2021
| (1) Comment

Davis Vacancy Rate Soars; Two New UCD Projects Will Shape Future of Research at the University

By David M. Greenwald Earlier this week the Vanguard reported that a record number of applicants had appl ...

By David M. Greenwald Earlier this week the Vanguard reported that a record number of applicants had applied for fall admission as the university plans to resume in-person learning by the fall, meanin ...

February 04, 2021
| by David Greenwald

| (1) Comment

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