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Taormino Files Lawsuit Claiming Violation of Housing Accountability Act

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 26, 2023
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Taormino Files Lawsuit Claiming Violation of Housing Accountability Act

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – The first shoe has now fallen in Davis—now the questio ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – The first shoe has now fallen in Davis—now the question will be what will come of it. On Monday, David Taormino announced the filing of a lawsuit on ...

September 26, 2023
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: The Rubric Could Be Good or Bad Depending on Its Ultimate Purpose

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 25, 2023
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Monday Morning Thoughts: The Rubric Could Be Good or Bad Depending on Its Ultimate Purpose

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – The Planning Commission is meeting this week (news in ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – The Planning Commission is meeting this week (news in and of itself apparently), to discuss the proposed rubric. But the bigger news is probably tha ...

September 25, 2023
| by David Greenwald

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Planning Commission Will Meet This Week to Evaluate the Rubric

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 24, 2023
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Planning Commission Will Meet This Week to Evaluate the Rubric

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – When the Planning Commission meets this week, it will ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – When the Planning Commission meets this week, it will only be the sixth time it has done so since November 2022. Over that time 16 meetings have bee ...

September 24, 2023
| by David Greenwald

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My View: Further Illustration Provided about the Challenges for Davis to Dig Out of Housing Crisis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 23, 2023
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My View: Further Illustration Provided about the Challenges for Davis to Dig Out of Housing Crisis

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – In Thursday’s Vanguard, I published a commentary that ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – In Thursday’s Vanguard, I published a commentary that we need denser projects, but I also argued that because of Measure J, getting density will be d ...

September 23, 2023
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: We Need Denser Projects; Getting There without Fixing Measure J Seems Futile

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 21, 2023
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Commentary: We Need Denser Projects; Getting There without Fixing Measure J Seems Futile

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Lost in the madness of yet another bomb threat impacti ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Lost in the madness of yet another bomb threat impacting our children was a very important discussion that took place at the city council early on Tu ...

September 21, 2023
| by David Greenwald

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Council Wants to Evaluate Possible More Dense Option for Village Farms

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 20, 2023
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Council Wants to Evaluate Possible More Dense Option for Village Farms

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Councilmember Bapu Vaitla pulled the consent item on t ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Councilmember Bapu Vaitla pulled the consent item on the EIR Contract for Village Farms to discuss additional evaluations of a more dense alternative ...

September 20, 2023
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: A Look Back at Pre-Measure J Growth Projections Tells an Interesting Story

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 18, 2023
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Monday Morning Thoughts: A Look Back at Pre-Measure J Growth Projections Tells an Interesting Story

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – A reader shared a very interesting clip from a 1999 Da ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – A reader shared a very interesting clip from a 1999 Davis Enterprise article on Davis growth projections. What makes it interesting is the figures r ...

September 18, 2023
| by David Greenwald

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City Will Move Forward on EIR for Village Farms, Addendum for Nishi

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 17, 2023
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City Will Move Forward on EIR for Village Farms, Addendum for Nishi

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – A consent item indicates that the city will award a co ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – A consent item indicates that the city will award a contract to Raney Planning & Management, Inc., for the preparation of the Environmental Impac ...

September 17, 2023
| by David Greenwald

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My View: Building Housing Near Jobs Is Imperative for the Climate Crisis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 16, 2023
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My View: Building Housing Near Jobs Is Imperative for the Climate Crisis

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor My column yesterday raised a relatively simple concept—the notion ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor My column yesterday raised a relatively simple concept—the notion that if we are going to take climate change seriously, we need to find ways to put housing clos ...

September 16, 2023
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: I Don’t See Much Progress At All on Housing

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 12, 2023
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Commentary: I Don’t See Much Progress At All on Housing

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA – Veteran Sacramento Columnist Dan Walters calls it ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA – Veteran Sacramento Columnist Dan Walters calls it two steps forward, one step back on housing. Personally I think he’s too optimistic even thou ...

September 12, 2023
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: The First Inclusionary Affordable Housing in Davis

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: September 11, 2023
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Guest Commentary: The First Inclusionary Affordable Housing in Davis

The Dos Pinos Success Story by David J. Thompson In 1981, I was approached by John Hammond, local archite ...

The Dos Pinos Success Story by David J. Thompson In 1981, I was approached by John Hammond, local architect, and Bob Black (then a County Supervisor). Their partnership had taken an option on an undev ...

September 11, 2023
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Davis Receives Another Letter from HCD on Its Lack of Compliance with the Housing Element

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 09, 2023
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Davis Receives Another Letter from HCD on Its Lack of Compliance with the Housing Element

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – While city staff maintains that there were no new find ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – While city staff maintains that there were no new findings in the letter, the city received another “Notice of Violation” from HCD noting that the ci ...

September 09, 2023
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: Why Davis Needs to Fund Its Housing Trust Fund

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: September 07, 2023
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Guest Commentary: Why Davis Needs to Fund Its Housing Trust Fund

By Ellen Kolarik There is no one simple solution to the housing shortage in Davis. We need to make many ...

By Ellen Kolarik There is no one simple solution to the housing shortage in Davis. We need to make many changes in our general plan to encourage higher density housing and we as a community need to a ...

September 07, 2023
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Laying Out a Path Forward on Housing

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 04, 2023
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Laying Out a Path Forward on Housing

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Last week I put the five peripheral proposals in a cha ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Last week I put the five peripheral proposals in a chart to demonstrate that the mix of housing is not bad. But what did become clear is that we actu ...

September 04, 2023
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Davis Should Be Eyeing Developments in Other Communities

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 01, 2023
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Commentary: Davis Should Be Eyeing Developments in Other Communities

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – As I write this piece, the city of Davis remains out o ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – As I write this piece, the city of Davis remains out of compliance with state housing law and has twice failed to adopt a Housing Element. The city ...

September 01, 2023
| by David Greenwald

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Analysis: What the Five Housing Proposals Bring

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 31, 2023
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Analysis: What the Five Housing Proposals Bring

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – A reader made an interesting comment yesterday in resp ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – A reader made an interesting comment yesterday in response to the state action in San Bernardino. It seemed like a good idea to address this issue a ...

August 31, 2023
| by David Greenwald

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Davis Receives New Housing App, Hotel Expansion with a Rooftop Bar, Plus Palomino Revises Its Proposal

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 29, 2023
| (1) Comment

Davis Receives New Housing App, Hotel Expansion with a Rooftop Bar, Plus Palomino Revises Its Proposal

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – A busy time in Davis got even busier as the city recei ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – A busy time in Davis got even busier as the city received pre-applications from two new projects in the downtown, bringing the total number to five s ...

August 29, 2023
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Most Important Issue… What to Do with Measure J

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 28, 2023
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Most Important Issue… What to Do with Measure J

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA - Last week a commenter made the rather surprising comme ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA - Last week a commenter made the rather surprising comment that the Vanguard has largely ignored the city’s fiscal situation. While it is true that I ...

August 28, 2023
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Sac Biz Journal Focuses on Davis Housing

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 27, 2023
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Sunday Commentary: Sac Biz Journal Focuses on Davis Housing

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – If you don’t believe Davis has a housing crisis, take ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – If you don’t believe Davis has a housing crisis, take a look at the numbers. This year, in most months, the city has topped out on about 30 home sal ...

August 27, 2023
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: Annexation Proposals Are Hastening Climate and Affordability Crisis

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: August 25, 2023
| (11) Comments

Guest Commentary: Annexation Proposals Are Hastening Climate and Affordability Crisis

by David J. Thompson This piece is a slightly longer piece based upon remarks to the Social Services Comm ...

by David J. Thompson This piece is a slightly longer piece based upon remarks to the Social Services Commission on Monday, August 21, 2023. Since 1983 in a professional role, I have helped gain approv ...

August 25, 2023
| by Vanguard Administrator

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