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PG&E Declares Bankruptcy, What Could That Mean for Davis?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 15, 2019
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PG&E Declares Bankruptcy, What Could That Mean for Davis?

Map of the 27.49 acre PG&E Service site from 2008 Housing Element Update Report Facing billions of do ...

Map of the 27.49 acre PG&E Service site from 2008 Housing Element Update Report Facing billions of dollars in potential liabilities from both the Camp Fire last November and the 2017 fires in the ...

January 15, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Housing Authority Proposes Expanding Use of Pacifico, While Neighbors Believe There Is an Ongoing Nuisance at the Current Facility

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 15, 2019
| (5) Comments

Housing Authority Proposes Expanding Use of Pacifico, While Neighbors Believe There Is an Ongoing Nuisance at the Current Facility

On Thursday, a community meeting about changes to two of the buildings at Pacifico turned into an opportu ...

On Thursday, a community meeting about changes to two of the buildings at Pacifico turned into an opportunity for frustrated neighbors to vent about the current conditions, which they claim are creati ...

January 15, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Council Discusses Commercial Space Options and Next Steps

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 09, 2019
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Council Discusses Commercial Space Options and Next Steps

On Tuesday night, the city council heard staff’s presentation on available vacant commercially zoned prop ...

On Tuesday night, the city council heard staff’s presentation on available vacant commercially zoned properties in the city, making it clear that not all properties in the inventory are necessarily go ...

January 09, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Creekside Will Provide At-Risk Populations with Affordable Housing

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 09, 2019
| (1) Comment

Creekside Will Provide At-Risk Populations with Affordable Housing

Creekside is the last parcel of affordable housing within the Mace Ranch Development. After languis ...

Creekside is the last parcel of affordable housing within the Mace Ranch Development. After languishing for a number of years, the city put out an RFP for the project in 2014. After a comp ...

January 09, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: If We Don’t Build It, They Can’t Come

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 07, 2019
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Monday Morning Thoughts: If We Don’t Build It, They Can’t Come

In 2016, we ran a series of analyses showing Davis near the bottom in per capita retail sales – important ...

In 2016, we ran a series of analyses showing Davis near the bottom in per capita retail sales – importantly trailing other college towns in addition to regional neighbors. This weekend, we ran a ...

January 07, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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My View: Inventory of Commercial Sites Illustrates the Need For Peripheral Innovation Center

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 05, 2019
| (29) Comments

My View: Inventory of Commercial Sites Illustrates the Need For Peripheral Innovation Center

Original MRIC Plan The quote from the 2010 Studio 30 report is telling: “The current isolated and dispers ...

Original MRIC Plan The quote from the 2010 Studio 30 report is telling: “The current isolated and dispersed sites that are available and appropriately zoned are not adequate in terms of size, location ...

January 05, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Bad News Ahead on the Housing Front?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 31, 2018
| (14) Comments

Monday Morning Thoughts: Bad News Ahead on the Housing Front?

An ominous article appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle this weekend: “Development of market-rate hous ...

An ominous article appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle this weekend: “Development of market-rate housing in San Francisco will slow to a trickle in 2019, because a combination of higher constructi ...

December 31, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: We Must Address Inequality with Our Housing Policies

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 30, 2018
| (78) Comments

Guest Commentary: We Must Address Inequality with Our Housing Policies

By Gloria Partida The current report commissioned by the city to evaluate the feasibility of integrated a ...

By Gloria Partida The current report commissioned by the city to evaluate the feasibility of integrated affordable housing in Davis, concludes that “– under current economic conditions – the Downtown ...

December 30, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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My View: Looking At Measure R Before Renewal Does Not Necessarily Mean Weakening It

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 29, 2018
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My View: Looking At Measure R Before Renewal Does Not Necessarily Mean Weakening It

Some in this community have taken a hardline view that Measure R should absolutely be renewed as is witho ...

Some in this community have taken a hardline view that Measure R should absolutely be renewed as is without even a consideration for changes. From my perspective that is largely an alarmist view – in ...

December 29, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Report Finds Davis Has a Number of Most Walkable Neighborhoods in Region

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 28, 2018
| (4) Comments

Report Finds Davis Has a Number of Most Walkable Neighborhoods in Region

An article that originally ran in late August, was re-run this week in the Sacramento Bee. “Want a walka ...

An article that originally ran in late August, was re-run this week in the Sacramento Bee. “Want a walkable neighborhood? These rank highest for amenities in the Sacramento region.” They note that “n ...

December 28, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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2018 in Review: Measure R Votes

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 27, 2018
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2018 in Review: Measure R Votes

For better or for worse, we entered Davis with a key question: “Can Davis Pass a Measure R Vote?” Howeve ...

For better or for worse, we entered Davis with a key question: “Can Davis Pass a Measure R Vote?” However, as I pointed out in an October 2017 column, it really wasn’t the most accurate question in t ...

December 27, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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2018 in Review: Student Housing Crisis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 26, 2018
| (46) Comments

2018 in Review: Student Housing Crisis

We entered the year 2018 with student housing firmly the top issue. Were it not for litigation, this mig ...

We entered the year 2018 with student housing firmly the top issue. Were it not for litigation, this might be a non-issue for 2019. As it stands now there is a lot up in the air because of litigatio ...

December 26, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts, Part II – Resistance Standing in the Way of Prosperity

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 24, 2018
| (27) Comments

Monday Morning Thoughts, Part II – Resistance Standing in the Way of Prosperity

In the Chronicle this week, Joe Mathews writes: “Resistance to development stands in way of prosperity.” ...

In the Chronicle this week, Joe Mathews writes: “Resistance to development stands in way of prosperity.” He argues that, as a New Year’s resolution, the “best thing you could do is swear off this phr ...

December 24, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: The Big Question For Davis – How Will We Change in 2019 and 2029?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 23, 2018
| (62) Comments

Sunday Commentary: The Big Question For Davis – How Will We Change in 2019 and 2029?

Over the next nine to ten days, the year of 2018 will run its course. We have seen some interesting chan ...

Over the next nine to ten days, the year of 2018 will run its course. We have seen some interesting changes in Davis in the last twelve months – last year at this time, we were asking if a Measure R ...

December 23, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Housing, Poverty and the Economy

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 18, 2018
| (154) Comments

Commentary: Housing, Poverty and the Economy

The census figures from 2017 showed that when the cost of living, specifically housing, was factored in, ...

The census figures from 2017 showed that when the cost of living, specifically housing, was factored in, California has the highest poverty rate in the nation with more than 20 percent of its resident ...

December 18, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Fixing Richards Blvd At Least Partially Has Become Possible

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 17, 2018
| (18) Comments

Monday Morning Thoughts: Fixing Richards Blvd At Least Partially Has Become Possible

Over the years, the city of Davis has attempted a number of fixes to the perpetual problem of traffic flo ...

Over the years, the city of Davis has attempted a number of fixes to the perpetual problem of traffic flow through the narrow Richards Corridor into the south end of the downtown. In the late 1990s, ...

December 17, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Vertical Mixed Use Provision Does Three Things

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 16, 2018
| (3) Comments

Sunday Commentary: Vertical Mixed Use Provision Does Three Things

This week the amendment to the Affordable Housing Ordinance was placed on consent, but it makes a number ...

This week the amendment to the Affordable Housing Ordinance was placed on consent, but it makes a number of key changes that we should note. There is probably a key omission here as well – that I wil ...

December 16, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Third Street Improvement Project is Almost Completed – Years Later

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 15, 2018
| (18) Comments

Third Street Improvement Project is Almost Completed – Years Later

The Third Street Improvement Project is almost completed – if it seems like it has been a long time – you ...

The Third Street Improvement Project is almost completed – if it seems like it has been a long time – you would be correct. The road has been blocked off for over a year, but the project has been in ...

December 15, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Council to Look at Vertical Mixed Use Provisions of Affordable Housing Ordinance

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 14, 2018
| (18) Comments

Council to Look at Vertical Mixed Use Provisions of Affordable Housing Ordinance

Back on November 27, the council put forward interim provisions for extending the city’s affordable housi ...

Back on November 27, the council put forward interim provisions for extending the city’s affordable housing requirement. But they also put forward potential changes to the requirements for vertical m ...

December 14, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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West Village Expansion to Start Construction

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 14, 2018
| (11) Comments

West Village Expansion to Start Construction

By Andy Fell Construction of the West Village Expansion student housing project at the University of Cali ...

By Andy Fell Construction of the West Village Expansion student housing project at the University of California, Davis, is set to begin before the winter holiday, with a formal groundbreaking ceremony ...

December 14, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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