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…
Monday Morning Thoughts: The Buyer’s Program Quandary
By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA – When I first sat down and spoke with developer David…
Planning Commission to Review Davis-Connected Buyers Program
By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA – The most controversial part of the Bretton Woods Senior Housing…
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 monthly…
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…
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…
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…
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, David Taormino, is attempting to pull another bait and switch
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 Davis’…
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 Steinberg…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
Monday Morning Thoughts: UCD Reports Record Number of Applicants
By David M. Greenwald We got a reprieve of sorts from the housing and vacancy crisis this…
Guest Commentary: Affordable Housing…Who’s Tending the Shop?
by Georgina Valencia I serve on the Social Services Commission and have been on the commission for…