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Community: No Vision Tonight with My Coffee…

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 02, 2023
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Community: No Vision Tonight with My Coffee…

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Did you read yesterday’s column on “the vision thing” ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Did you read yesterday’s column on “the vision thing” and happen to notice a glaring omission? You’re right, I did not offer my own vision. That wa ...

August 02, 2023
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Commentary: If We Only Had a Vision…

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 01, 2023
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Commentary: If We Only Had a Vision…

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – The argument has been made (and not just on here) that ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – The argument has been made (and not just on here) that Davis is a community that doesn’t know what it wants to be in five years let alone 25 years. ...

August 01, 2023
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Monday Morning Thoughts: What Can/Should Council Do to Jumpstart Housing in Davis?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 31, 2023
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Monday Morning Thoughts: What Can/Should Council Do to Jumpstart Housing in Davis?

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – There is a general but by no means universal sense in ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – There is a general but by no means universal sense in this community by many who believe the city lacks housing and is becoming increasingly unafford ...

July 31, 2023
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Davis Should Eliminate District Elections but Should Wait for Supreme Court Ruling on Santa Monica before Doing So

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 27, 2023
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Commentary: Davis Should Eliminate District Elections but Should Wait for Supreme Court Ruling on Santa Monica before Doing So

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – A recent letter to the Enterprise by Matt Williams bac ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – A recent letter to the Enterprise by Matt Williams backed up the opinion that Davis should rescind its district elections and return to at-large voti ...

July 27, 2023
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Kahlenberg’s Column Points the Finger at Liberal Hypocrisy on Housing in Place Just Like Davis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 26, 2023
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Commentary: Kahlenberg’s Column Points the Finger at Liberal Hypocrisy on Housing in Place Just Like Davis

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Richard Kahlenberg in his article in the Atlantic this week wrote ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Richard Kahlenberg in his article in the Atlantic this week wrote about the suburb of Scarsdale, located in Westchester County, a suburb of New York. From the d ...

July 26, 2023
| by David Greenwald

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GUEST COMMENTARY: Confirmation Bias and City Council Culture

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|Date: July 24, 2023
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GUEST COMMENTARY: Confirmation Bias and City Council Culture

Can we learn anything from Davis History? By Alan Hirsch The Davis Council on 7/18 approved building a $4 ...

Can we learn anything from Davis History? By Alan Hirsch The Davis Council on 7/18 approved building a $400,000 design of the shade structure in Arroyo Park—just for picnic tables. This high cost ha ...

July 24, 2023
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My View: District Elections and Dillan Horton

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 22, 2023
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My View: District Elections and Dillan Horton

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – On the local front, there was an interesting column th ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – On the local front, there was an interesting column this week from Bob Dunning regarding the candidacy of Dillan Horton. Dunning references a reader ...

July 22, 2023
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Commentary: Looking at the City/UC Davis Dynamic in Terms of Housing and Growth

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 21, 2023
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Commentary: Looking at the City/UC Davis Dynamic in Terms of Housing and Growth

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – No discussion of housing in Davis can take place witho ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – No discussion of housing in Davis can take place without acknowledging two realities—one being Measure J and the other being UC Davis. For the last ...

July 21, 2023
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Commentary: What Could Council Do about Measure J?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 19, 2023
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Commentary: What Could Council Do about Measure J?

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Any reasonable accounting for the math suggests that t ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Any reasonable accounting for the math suggests that the city will not be able to meet its next RHNA cycle obligations—particularly on the affordable ...

July 19, 2023
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: Cycles of Growth & Stasis in Post WWII Davis, CA

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: July 18, 2023
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Guest Commentary: Cycles of Growth & Stasis in Post WWII Davis, CA

by John Lofland (Editor’s note, this was originally published in 2018 on Professor Lofland’s Davis Histor ...

by John Lofland (Editor’s note, this was originally published in 2018 on Professor Lofland’s Davis History Blog. Given the recent emergence of the growth issue and various housing proposals, it seeme ...

July 18, 2023
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Education and Awareness a Key to Driving Community Change

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 17, 2023
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Education and Awareness a Key to Driving Community Change

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor In a thought provoking piece this weekend in the Atlantic, Reihan ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor In a thought provoking piece this weekend in the Atlantic, Reihan Salam writes: “Why YIMBY Righteousness Backfires: Treating suburbanites as hateful snobs will n ...

July 17, 2023
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Be Careful What You Wish For…

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 16, 2023
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Sunday Commentary: Be Careful What You Wish For…

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor File this one under “be careful what you wish for.” I have had thi ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor File this one under “be careful what you wish for.” I have had this ongoing discussion with one of our regular readers and commenters about the local housing cri ...

July 16, 2023
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My View: Expert Discusses the Elimination of Parking Minimums

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 15, 2023
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My View: Expert Discusses the Elimination of Parking Minimums

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor One of the bigger points of contention with the new housing propos ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor One of the bigger points of contention with the new housing proposals in downtown Davis is the elimination of parking minimums by the city—following state law. ...

July 15, 2023
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: Muni Bonds to Fund I-80 Widening?

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: July 14, 2023
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Guest Commentary: Muni Bonds to Fund I-80 Widening?

Environmentalists ask I-80 EIR to study sustainable options. By Alan Hirsch The Yolo County Transportatio ...

Environmentalists ask I-80 EIR to study sustainable options. By Alan Hirsch The Yolo County Transportation District (YoloTD) continues to quickly push ahead for the I-80 widening to happen, even after ...

July 14, 2023
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Commentary: Has Davis Lost Its Vibrancy?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 13, 2023
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Commentary: Has Davis Lost Its Vibrancy?

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – On Tuesday, in my commentary, I noted the evolution of ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – On Tuesday, in my commentary, I noted the evolution of my thinking on Davis in the column, “The Small Town Character of Davis.” In my closing thought ...

July 13, 2023
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: A Vision for a Sustainable Davis

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: July 12, 2023
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Guest Commentary: A Vision for a Sustainable Davis

By Tim Keller Over the past month and over the course of four articles here in the Vanguard, I have tried ...

By Tim Keller Over the past month and over the course of four articles here in the Vanguard, I have tried to ask some of the big questions around growth for our city and discuss these issues from a lo ...

July 12, 2023
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Commentary: The Small Town Character of Davis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 11, 2023
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Commentary: The Small Town Character of Davis

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – I have told this story a few times before, I chose to ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – I have told this story a few times before, I chose to stay in Davis even though I would have trouble purchasing a house, largely because I preferred ...

July 11, 2023
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: Expanding Davis Can Narrow Davis’ Wealth Gap – Or Not – Depends on What We Build

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: July 08, 2023
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Guest Commentary: Expanding Davis Can Narrow Davis’ Wealth Gap – Or Not – Depends on What We Build

By Alex Achimore Finally, the housing logjam seems to have broken. The recent announcements of three (!) ...

By Alex Achimore Finally, the housing logjam seems to have broken. The recent announcements of three (!) large infill housing projects on G Street is great news, and I may need to be counted as anothe ...

July 08, 2023
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Guest Commentary: Three Weeks to Sign Up for the Yolo Earth Day Pledge, Win Electric Moped

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|Date: July 08, 2023
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Guest Commentary: Three Weeks to Sign Up for the Yolo Earth Day Pledge, Win Electric Moped

Special to the Vanguard Davis, CA - Cool Davis has announced the last three weeks of sign ups and July da ...

Special to the Vanguard Davis, CA - Cool Davis has announced the last three weeks of sign ups and July dates for online and in-person Q&A and Share sessions for the inaugural Yolo County Earth Day ...

July 08, 2023
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Commentary: Lumberyards Will Be a Test Case to See Whether Housing Can Be Streamlined in Davis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 07, 2023
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Commentary: Lumberyards Will Be a Test Case to See Whether Housing Can Be Streamlined in Davis

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Why do we have a housing crisis not only locally but s ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Why do we have a housing crisis not only locally but statewide? Because it’s too difficult to build housing. A recent letter from Old North Davis N ...

July 07, 2023
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