Commentary: City Lands a Key Agreement from UC Davis
We have been skeptical of a notion of an agreement with UC Davis – in part because…
UC Davis Releases Recommendations for Affordable Student Housing
On Wednesday, UC Davis released its recommendations of three task forces that addressed basic student needs including…
City, County, UC Davis Agree to MOU on Student Housing Commitments
On Tuesday, all three agencies jointly announced that the city, county and UC Davis “have agreed to…
Commentary: Time to Re-Think UC Santa Cruz As a Model
For much of the last few years while we have been undergoing a discussion of student housing…
Commentary: Maybe We Can Think Outside the Box on Student Housing
On paper, we have approved the housing we need for students to end the housing crisis, at…
Sunday Commentary: What Is in the Best Interest of the Community?
This week, coming out of closed session, Mayor Brett Lee announced an agreement between the city of…
Commentary: UCD and City Going to Mediation to Avoid Litigation
On Tuesday, Mayor Brett Lee announced out of closed session that the city and university have agreed…
Monday Morning Thoughts: A Fight with UCD Could Delay Housing
The biggest concern that the city of Davis has right now about the university’s housing plan, as…
Sunday Commentary: On-Campus Housing As a Misplaced Solution to the Housing Crisis
Since the start of the Long Range Development Plan (LRDP) discussion in the fall of 2015, the…
UC Davis Pushes Back: We Are Well Positioned to Complete This Housing
The City of Davis, among others, is concerned that, while UC Davis has committed to building a…
Commentary: Student Housing – Don’t Criticize What You Can’t Understand
On Sunday, the Vanguard published a guest commentary from Don Gibson which laid out a number of…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Putting Numbers to the Student Housing Crisis
Last spring, when the Vanguard attempted to find data on the student housing crisis, the information that…
Sunday Commentary: City and Campus Headed for a Confrontation to the Detriment of Both
The handwriting is on the wall. The city in a letter from Attorney Whitney McDonald have pushed…
Guest Commentary: Student Housing Crisis by the Numbers
by Don Gibson For the past year or so, local elected and appointed officials have been asking…
Regents Approve LRDP but Want UC Davis to Work with City to Address Mitigation
The UC Board of Regents approved UC Davis’ new Long Range Development Plan, setting plans for 9050…
City Seeks Additional Analysis and Means to Address Local Impacts of Campus Growth
(From Press Release) – In a detailed letter to the University of California Board of Regents on…
City Continues to Push Back against Final EIR of LRDP
In a letter dated Tuesday, July 17, the city of Davis continued to express objection to the…
Commentary: Is the LRDP Really that Bad?
The Long Range Development Plan (LRDP) process has been very interesting to observe. What I have seen…
Sunday Commentary: The LRDP Accomplishes Much of What It Needed to Accomplish
For the most part I would argue that, as long as both UC Davis and the city…
My View: Assessing the UC Davis Impact on the Community
This week, UC Davis came out with a finalized version of its Long Range Development Plan (LRDP). …