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Council Asked to Extend the Interim Affordable Housing Ordinance Yet Again

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 16, 2022
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Council Asked to Extend the Interim Affordable Housing Ordinance Yet Again

David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – The Davis City Council is being asked by staff to extend ...

David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – The Davis City Council is being asked by staff to extend the interim Affordable Housing ordinance once again. The current ordinance would expire on Nov ...

September 16, 2022
| by David Greenwald

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Letter: Taormino Responds to Staff Recommendations

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: September 13, 2022
| (1) Comment

Letter: Taormino Responds to Staff Recommendations

On Monday, David Taormino responded to staff at the Open Space and Habit Commission hearing. The followi ...

On Monday, David Taormino responded to staff at the Open Space and Habit Commission hearing. The following is his letter to the commission. Dear Commissioners, Below is my response to the Staff Repor ...

September 13, 2022
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Commentary: Does Upzoning Hold Enough Promise to Alleviate California’s Housing Crisis?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 09, 2022
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Commentary: Does Upzoning Hold Enough Promise to Alleviate California’s Housing Crisis?

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor In recent weeks, I have seen a number of people argue that we shou ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor In recent weeks, I have seen a number of people argue that we should be focused on infill rather than peripheral housing to solve our housing needs. The problem ...

September 09, 2022
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Thoughts on Economic Development and Infill As the Campaigns Heat Up

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 05, 2022
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Thoughts on Economic Development and Infill As the Campaigns Heat Up

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – I learn a lot from reading candidate responses on some ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – I learn a lot from reading candidate responses on some of these issues. I want to address a few key points that I think need to be fleshed out. Ther ...

September 05, 2022
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Council Elections in Fall Figure to Relitigate Measure H

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 04, 2022
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Sunday Commentary: Council Elections in Fall Figure to Relitigate Measure H

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – It may surprise people to realize that as recently as ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – It may surprise people to realize that as recently as 2012 and even into 2014, land use was not on the radar of the Davis City Council. Between the ...

September 04, 2022
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: Taormino’s Response to ‘In a Battle of Developer vs the City, We All Lose’

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: September 02, 2022
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Guest Commentary: Taormino’s Response to ‘In a Battle of Developer vs the City, We All Lose’

by David Taormino The recent Vanguard commentary was inaccurate on several items. I am appealing the Cond ...

by David Taormino The recent Vanguard commentary was inaccurate on several items. I am appealing the Conditions of Approval that are either contrary to what was agreed on originally in the Development ...

September 02, 2022
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Commentary: In a Battle of Developer v. the City, We All Lose

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 31, 2022
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Commentary: In a Battle of Developer v. the City, We All Lose

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – I maintain that the single most disastrous thing to ha ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – I maintain that the single most disastrous thing to happen to housing in Davis was the Cannery. Not because the Cannery was a bad project, and that ...

August 31, 2022
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: Arriving Soon: Davis’ Bigger, Better, Costlier, Extravagant Toad Tunnels

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: August 27, 2022
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Guest Commentary: Arriving Soon: Davis’ Bigger, Better, Costlier, Extravagant Toad Tunnels

By David Taomino After 6 years of wrangling with Davis City Staff, Bretton Woods is under construction. T ...

By David Taomino After 6 years of wrangling with Davis City Staff, Bretton Woods is under construction. The actual election process was easy compared to finalizing the details with Davis staff. We sti ...

August 27, 2022
| by Vanguard Administrator

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City of Davis Response to Bretton Woods Development Requirements

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 27, 2022
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City of Davis Response to Bretton Woods Development Requirements

The following is a statement from the city of Davis in response to the guest commentary by David Taormino ...

The following is a statement from the city of Davis in response to the guest commentary by David Taormino. The City of Davis issued a statement today regarding the building requirements of the Bretto ...

August 27, 2022
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: The Cost of Not Going Co-op

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: August 23, 2022
| (2) Comments

Guest Commentary: The Cost of Not Going Co-op

If You Can Buy Your Mobile Home Park You Should; Residents Benefit from Cooperatively Owning, not Renting ...

If You Can Buy Your Mobile Home Park You Should; Residents Benefit from Cooperatively Owning, not Renting, Their Parks By David J Thompson For most landlord owned mobile home parks (MHPs), the residen ...

August 23, 2022
| by Vanguard Administrator

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My View: The Recent History of Housing in Davis Is Not All That Robust

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 20, 2022
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My View: The Recent History of Housing in Davis Is Not All That Robust

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – It’s hard to get housing approved in Davis, and even f ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – It’s hard to get housing approved in Davis, and even formal approval, often sees barriers – for instance voter requirements and lawsuits. As noted i ...

August 20, 2022
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: California with a Warning for ‘NIMBY Cities’

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 18, 2022
| (19) Comments

Commentary: California with a Warning for ‘NIMBY Cities’

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor We have been warning all week – now the Los Angeles Times has come ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor We have been warning all week – now the Los Angeles Times has come out with an editorial on it as well – “NIMBY cities, watch out. California is cracking down on ...

August 18, 2022
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Can We Build Housing and Still Protect Against Sprawl in Davis?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 17, 2022
| (22) Comments

Commentary: Can We Build Housing and Still Protect Against Sprawl in Davis?

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – I wanted to tie a couple of different threads of discu ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – I wanted to tie a couple of different threads of discussion together here. At the outset I will make two policy statements. First, for my 16 years ...

August 17, 2022
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Can the City Meet Its Low Income Housing Requirements Under RHNA?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 16, 2022
| (4) Comments

Commentary: Can the City Meet Its Low Income Housing Requirements Under RHNA?

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Can the city meet its RHNA requirements for low and ve ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Can the city meet its RHNA requirements for low and very low income housing in the 2021 to 2029 RHNA cycle? As previously noted, the City Manager h ...

August 16, 2022
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: As Projects Line Up, A General Plan Could Provide Clarity – Alas, No Clarity in Sight

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 15, 2022
| (31) Comments

Monday Morning Thoughts: As Projects Line Up, A General Plan Could Provide Clarity – Alas, No Clarity in Sight

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Last week the Vanguard broke the story on the pre-app ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Last week the Vanguard broke the story on the pre-app submitted for a housing development on the Mace Curve. That makes it the third project lining ...

August 15, 2022
| by David Greenwald

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My View: Housing Laws Are About To Change The Way We Do Housing – Like It Or Not

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 13, 2022
| (18) Comments

My View: Housing Laws Are About To Change The Way We Do Housing – Like It Or Not

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – This week the hammer came down on San Francisco, On T ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – This week the hammer came down on San Francisco, On Tuesday, HCD announced it was reviewing the city’s housing approval and permitting process and a ...

August 13, 2022
| by David Greenwald

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Pre-App Submitted for Housing Development on Reynolds & Brown Property on Mace Curve

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 12, 2022
| (17) Comments

Pre-App Submitted for Housing Development on Reynolds & Brown Property on Mace Curve

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – One of the biggest contentions during the DiSC 2022 ca ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – One of the biggest contentions during the DiSC 2022 campaign was that the project size had not actually been reduced—the belief being that the northe ...

August 12, 2022
| by David Greenwald

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My View: The Housing Affordability Crisis Illustrated in New Report

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 06, 2022
| (27) Comments

My View: The Housing Affordability Crisis Illustrated in New Report

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor This week we have cited a number of studies to show that the housi ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor This week we have cited a number of studies to show that the housing crisis is multifaceted, it exists across the nation, and it is present both in the rental ma ...

August 06, 2022
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Prisons Over Colleges Has Implications for Housing Issues Too

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 31, 2022
| (5) Comments

Sunday Commentary: Prisons Over Colleges Has Implications for Housing Issues Too

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Yesterday’s column pointed out that, since the 1970s, funding prio ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Yesterday’s column pointed out that, since the 1970s, funding priorities have shifted away from higher education and toward funding prisons. One piece of data th ...

July 31, 2022
| by David Greenwald

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Nearly Four Years after Successful Measure J Vote, Bretton Woods Breaks Ground

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 29, 2022
| (12) Comments

Nearly Four Years after Successful Measure J Vote, Bretton Woods Breaks Ground

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Normally the groundbreaking for a housing development ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Normally the groundbreaking for a housing development is not really newsworthy. It is one of those events that politicians like to get photos at bec ...

July 29, 2022
| by David Greenwald

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