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Monday Morning Views: The Need for Balance in Economic Development

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 16, 2019
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Monday Morning Views: The Need for Balance in Economic Development

I caught an interesting side discussion over the weekend between two of our commenters. One of them comm ...

I caught an interesting side discussion over the weekend between two of our commenters. One of them commented that while San Francisco, for example, has generated a tremendous amount of wealth, one r ...

September 16, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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My View: Re-examining the Middle-Income Housing Requirement

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 31, 2019
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My View: Re-examining the Middle-Income Housing Requirement

The city of Davis is clearly in need of more middle income housing, especially what might be termed workf ...

The city of Davis is clearly in need of more middle income housing, especially what might be termed workforce housing. In previous articles we have looked toward policies which aimed at people with m ...

August 31, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Housing Is a Puzzle – How Does Davis Solve It?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 25, 2019
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Sunday Commentary: Housing Is a Puzzle – How Does Davis Solve It?

Where to begin? That’s my dilemma here, but it is really the same problem that the city of Davis has. T ...

Where to begin? That’s my dilemma here, but it is really the same problem that the city of Davis has. To me the housing picture in Davis is really about balance – and the struggle to find that balan ...

August 25, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Will District Elections Enhance NIMBYism?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 21, 2019
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Commentary: Will District Elections Enhance NIMBYism?

The Sacramento Bee ran an article this week on Roseville, Citrus Heights and Davis switching to district ...

The Sacramento Bee ran an article this week on Roseville, Citrus Heights and Davis switching to district elections. In it they have a discussion of Davis’ recent vote and the fact that some believe “ ...

August 21, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Millions in Planning Grants Awarded to Nine Cities, Davis Awaits Theirs

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 20, 2019
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Millions in Planning Grants Awarded to Nine Cities, Davis Awaits Theirs

On Monday, the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) announced awards totaling ...

On Monday, the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) announced awards totaling more than $2.3 million to local governments that are working to streamline housing approvals a ...

August 20, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Signs That the Housing Crisis is Getting Worse in Northern California

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 11, 2019
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Sunday Commentary: Signs That the Housing Crisis is Getting Worse in Northern California

A PPIC (Public Policy Institute of California) study authored by Marisol Cuellar Mejia and Mary Severance ...

A PPIC (Public Policy Institute of California) study authored by Marisol Cuellar Mejia and Mary Severance, which came out on July 31, found that the first half of the data from 2019 in California “saw ...

August 11, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Analysis: More Signs That Housing Requirements Are About to Rise

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 07, 2019
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Analysis: More Signs That Housing Requirements Are About to Rise

There was a good piece earlier this week that looked at SACOG (Sacramento Area Council of Governments) an ...

There was a good piece earlier this week that looked at SACOG (Sacramento Area Council of Governments) and likely requirements for Cycle 6 of the Regional Housing Needs Assessment (RHNA) which covers ...

August 07, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Wait, So Redrum Is Closing Anyway?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 04, 2019
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Sunday Commentary: Wait, So Redrum Is Closing Anyway?

In a Facebook post, the owner of Redrum Burger says the restaurant is closing on Sunday, He did not give ...

In a Facebook post, the owner of Redrum Burger says the restaurant is closing on Sunday, He did not give a reason, but owner Jim Edlund thanked devotees of the restaurant for 33 years of business. Th ...

August 04, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: New Numbers Offer Different Look at Davis Housing Shortfall

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 02, 2019
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Commentary: New Numbers Offer Different Look at Davis Housing Shortfall

I was intrigued by data presented in Rich Rifkin’s latest column. One thing that becomes pretty clear is ...

I was intrigued by data presented in Rich Rifkin’s latest column. One thing that becomes pretty clear is that just looking at population or housing growth alone does not tell the whole tale of what i ...

August 02, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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YCCC Facility Draws Complaints from Neighbors at Council Meeting

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 01, 2019
| (24) Comments

YCCC Facility Draws Complaints from Neighbors at Council Meeting

A proposed YCCC facility in Davis is drawing criticism from at least one neighbor on Tuesday night. Duri ...

A proposed YCCC facility in Davis is drawing criticism from at least one neighbor on Tuesday night. During public comment, a man came forward to say, “There is a home in (my) neighborhood that is pot ...

August 01, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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City, Developer Appeal Trackside Ruling

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 01, 2019
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City, Developer Appeal Trackside Ruling

Coming out of closed session on Tuesday, Mayor Brett Lee announced the city had “filed a notice of appeal ...

Coming out of closed session on Tuesday, Mayor Brett Lee announced the city had “filed a notice of appeal in the Trackside case.” He added that “the cost of the appeal will be borne by the Trackside ...

August 01, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Plaintiff Misses Deadline on Lincoln40 Appeal; City Will Appeal Trackside

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 31, 2019
| (18) Comments

Plaintiff Misses Deadline on Lincoln40 Appeal; City Will Appeal Trackside

Coming out of closed session, Mayor Brett Lee announced the city had “filed a notice of appeal in the Tra ...

Coming out of closed session, Mayor Brett Lee announced the city had “filed a notice of appeal in the Trackside case.” He added that “the cost of the appeal will be borne by the Trackside applicants. ...

July 31, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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City Provides Update for the Rental Resources Program

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 30, 2019
| (1) Comment

City Provides Update for the Rental Resources Program

Back in March 2017, the city of Davis implemented a Rental Registration, Education and Inspection Program ...

Back in March 2017, the city of Davis implemented a Rental Registration, Education and Inspection Program. Along with the shortage of housing, one of the pervasive complaints in the community, especi ...

July 30, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: On Struggling Suburbs and Declining Bicycle Legacy

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 29, 2019
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Monday Morning Thoughts: On Struggling Suburbs and Declining Bicycle Legacy

This morning’s column puts together two different thoughts into one column. The Bee’s analysis of suburb ...

This morning’s column puts together two different thoughts into one column. The Bee’s analysis of suburbs and housing. and Bob Dunning’s seeming tunnel vision of the decline of Davis' bicycling place ...

July 29, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Do We Need an Additional Traffic Study on Mace?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 19, 2019
| (57) Comments

Commentary: Do We Need an Additional Traffic Study on Mace?

Most of Alan Pryor’s guest commentary deals with the current conditions on Mace and the need to study tra ...

Most of Alan Pryor’s guest commentary deals with the current conditions on Mace and the need to study traffic prior to making changes on Mace – but he also points to the 800-pound gorilla as being the ...

July 19, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: New Mace Blvd Traffic Study Needed Before Making any More Changes

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: July 18, 2019
| (28) Comments

Guest Commentary: New Mace Blvd Traffic Study Needed Before Making any More Changes

by Alan Pryor The City is in the midst of trying to formulate a plan to alleviate traffic congestion alon ...

by Alan Pryor The City is in the midst of trying to formulate a plan to alleviate traffic congestion along the Mace Blvd. corridor. Following are excerpts from the Staff Report presented to the Bicycl ...

July 18, 2019
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Commentary: New Housing Project Is Unlikely to Be a Major Impact on Mace

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 17, 2019
| (12) Comments

Commentary: New Housing Project Is Unlikely to Be a Major Impact on Mace

There was a letter in the local paper worried about the impact of the new Chiles Road Apartments project ...

There was a letter in the local paper worried about the impact of the new Chiles Road Apartments project on the Mace Boulevard congestion. The writer notes: “So the city recently heard from 150 folks ...

July 17, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: Moving Forward on the Rental Resources Ordinance

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: July 16, 2019
| (7) Comments

Guest Commentary: Moving Forward on the Rental Resources Ordinance

By Dillan Horton In early June, as the city was finalizing its annual budget I asked the current city cou ...

By Dillan Horton In early June, as the city was finalizing its annual budget I asked the current city council to consider allocating more resources for the Rental Resources Ordinance. I’ve heard so ma ...

July 16, 2019
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Housing Pressure on Davis About to Ramp Up

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 15, 2019
| (14) Comments

Monday Morning Thoughts: Housing Pressure on Davis About to Ramp Up

Consider this a trigger warning – if you don’t like speculation, you probably won’t like this column. Th ...

Consider this a trigger warning – if you don’t like speculation, you probably won’t like this column. The state as we know is feeling the pressure of housing shortages. A reader on Sunday noted that ...

July 15, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Progressive Boomers Blocking Housing Fixes – Part of a New Generational Struggle

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 14, 2019
| (78) Comments

Sunday Commentary: Progressive Boomers Blocking Housing Fixes – Part of a New Generational Struggle

A few days ago, the Huffington Post ran a lengthy article that found, “Progressive Boomers Are Making It ...

A few days ago, the Huffington Post ran a lengthy article that found, “Progressive Boomers Are Making It Impossible For Cities To Fix The Housing Crisis,” and “Residents of wealthy neighborhoods are t ...

July 14, 2019
| by David Greenwald

| (78) Comments

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