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Guest Commentary: Housing is Our City and Campus’ Shared Responsibility

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: December 19, 2016
| (66) Comments

Guest Commentary: Housing is Our City and Campus’ Shared Responsibility

by Jim Gray The debate and dialogue about housing availability is once again alive and well in the commun ...

by Jim Gray The debate and dialogue about housing availability is once again alive and well in the community of Davis. It is probably one of the most important policy debates and one of the most emot ...

December 19, 2016
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Guest Commentary: UCD Needs to Provide More On-Campus Housing

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: December 18, 2016
| (55) Comments

Guest Commentary: UCD Needs to Provide More On-Campus Housing

by Colin Walsh UC Davis is poised to submit its draft Long Range Development Plan for environmental impac ...

by Colin Walsh UC Davis is poised to submit its draft Long Range Development Plan for environmental impact review proposing insufficient housing for the enormous influx of more than 7,000 additional U ...

December 18, 2016
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Proposed Letter to Acting Chancellor on LRDP

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: December 17, 2016
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Proposed Letter to Acting Chancellor on LRDP

(Editor's note: The following is the proposed Davis City Council Letter to Acting Chancellor Ralph Hexter ...

(Editor's note: The following is the proposed Davis City Council Letter to Acting Chancellor Ralph Hexter on the Long Range Development Plan). While the City of Davis and UC Davis have separate jurisd ...

December 17, 2016
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Another View of the LRDP Process

Posted by Dan Carson
|Date: December 10, 2016
| (5) Comments

Another View of the LRDP Process

by Dan Carson I have reviewed the draft “LRDP Interests Framework” that you will be discussing on Tuesday ...

by Dan Carson I have reviewed the draft “LRDP Interests Framework” that you will be discussing on Tuesday. My comments are not intended to represent the views of the Finance and Budget Commission, of ...

December 10, 2016
| by Dan Carson

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Commentary: LRDP Resolution More Complex than You Think

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 08, 2016
| (96) Comments

Commentary: LRDP Resolution More Complex than You Think

It might be tempting to think that UC Davis simply caved to the loudest voices in the room on Russell Fie ...

It might be tempting to think that UC Davis simply caved to the loudest voices in the room on Russell Fields. But once you drill down into the decision, a decisively more complex situation emerges. T ...

December 08, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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LRDP Removes Russell Fields from Housing Consideration, Heads to EIR Phase

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 07, 2016
| (40) Comments

LRDP Removes Russell Fields from Housing Consideration, Heads to EIR Phase

Before Assistant Vice Chancellor Bob Segar could present his update on Tuesday night, the cat was out of ...

Before Assistant Vice Chancellor Bob Segar could present his update on Tuesday night, the cat was out of the bag. UC Davis sent out a release noting that they had updated the 2017 Long Range Developm ...

December 07, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Analysis: Are There Formal Restrictions on UCD Growth to the West?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 29, 2016
| (8) Comments

Analysis: Are There Formal Restrictions on UCD Growth to the West?

Last week the Vanguard, following up on reader feedback, attempted to determine if there was an agreement ...

Last week the Vanguard, following up on reader feedback, attempted to determine if there was an agreement that formally precluded the university from developing to the west from West Village. Accordin ...

November 29, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Drive-Mode Share Continues to Fall Among UCD Commuters

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 28, 2016
| (7) Comments

Monday Morning Thoughts: Drive-Mode Share Continues to Fall Among UCD Commuters

In recent discussions over land use in the city of Davis, one of the points of contention has been whethe ...

In recent discussions over land use in the city of Davis, one of the points of contention has been whether the amount of parking allotted is too small. The Vanguard has repeatedly pointed out through ...

November 28, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: How Much of a Solution Can West Village Be?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 21, 2016
| (51) Comments

Monday Morning Thoughts: How Much of a Solution Can West Village Be?

Currently the university is planning to increase density on the West Village site. On its “Campus Tomorr ...

Currently the university is planning to increase density on the West Village site. On its “Campus Tomorrow” page, UC Davis notes that in 2014-15 West Village accommodated about 2,000 people. They wr ...

November 21, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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My View: Campus Should Be Able to Avoid Housing at Russell Fields

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 19, 2016
| (91) Comments

My View: Campus Should Be Able to Avoid Housing at Russell Fields

In a lot of ways UC Davis seems to understand the political landscape in Davis, with regard to housing, f ...

In a lot of ways UC Davis seems to understand the political landscape in Davis, with regard to housing, fairly well. But the current LRDP (Long Range Development Plan) still has not removed the poten ...

November 19, 2016
| by David Greenwald

| (91) Comments

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Citizens Urge Council to Push against Russell Fields

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 16, 2016
| (93) Comments

Citizens Urge Council to Push against Russell Fields

Members of the Davis community once again pushed back against a proposal by UC Davis to potentially put h ...

Members of the Davis community once again pushed back against a proposal by UC Davis to potentially put housing on three fields lining the southern end of Russell Boulevard. Sunny Shine delivered pack ...

November 16, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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UCD Needs to “Step-Up” Like Other UCs to Build Far More On-Campus Housing

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: October 30, 2016
| (116) Comments

UCD Needs to “Step-Up” Like Other UCs to Build Far More On-Campus Housing

New on-line petition urging more UCD on-campus housing By Eileen Samitz In 2013 Chancellor Katehi launch ...

New on-line petition urging more UCD on-campus housing By Eileen Samitz In 2013 Chancellor Katehi launched her “UCD 2020 Initiative”, a non-mandated UCD campus plan to add 5,000 more students by 2020 ...

October 30, 2016
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Commentary: The University’s LRDP and Russell Fields Conundrum

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 07, 2016
| (13) Comments

Commentary: The University’s LRDP and Russell Fields Conundrum

UC Davis, pressured by some in the community to provide more housing, made an unfortunate decision to pro ...

UC Davis, pressured by some in the community to provide more housing, made an unfortunate decision to propose housing along Russell Boulevard as a way to help meet that housing demand. In some respec ...

October 07, 2016
| by David Greenwald

| (13) Comments

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Community Remains Opposed to Russell Fields Proposal as LRDP Open Hearing Looms

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 06, 2016
| (75) Comments

Community Remains Opposed to Russell Fields Proposal as LRDP Open Hearing Looms

While UC Davis has cut back on their plan for developing the Russell Fields in the latest draft LRDP, the ...

While UC Davis has cut back on their plan for developing the Russell Fields in the latest draft LRDP, they have not eliminated it. For residents, not just in the adjacent area, but throughout the com ...

October 06, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Analysis: Additional Campus Housing Will Help but Will Not Solve Housing Problems

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 22, 2016
| (108) Comments

Analysis: Additional Campus Housing Will Help but Will Not Solve Housing Problems

This year the focus has shifted back toward housing and land use. There have been a core of citizens tha ...

This year the focus has shifted back toward housing and land use. There have been a core of citizens that have argued that the solution to the city’s housing problem is for UC Davis to build more hou ...

September 22, 2016
| by David Greenwald

| (108) Comments

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Revised LRDP: Nishi Out, Russell Field Still There but Reduced

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 21, 2016
| (37) Comments

Revised LRDP: Nishi Out, Russell Field Still There but Reduced

The official draft planning scenario will be posted today, but the preview released on the UC Davis datel ...

The official draft planning scenario will be posted today, but the preview released on the UC Davis dateline site provides for some dramatic changes or, as UC Davis puts it, the plan “assumes a more c ...

September 21, 2016
| by David Greenwald

| (37) Comments

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Analysis: Is On-Campus Housing Low-Hanging Fruit?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 07, 2016
| (101) Comments

Analysis: Is On-Campus Housing Low-Hanging Fruit?

For all of the complaining about the confining nature of Davis’ Measure R, which requires the conversion ...

For all of the complaining about the confining nature of Davis’ Measure R, which requires the conversion of agricultural land outside the city to go through a public vote, it is not all that clear tha ...

September 07, 2016
| by David Greenwald

| (101) Comments

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Commentary: Housing Crunch Primarily Generated by UC Growth and Lack of On-Campus Housing

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 06, 2016
| (120) Comments

Commentary: Housing Crunch Primarily Generated by UC Growth and Lack of On-Campus Housing

The community remains divided on the issue of housing and, as we saw in the discussion on Sunday centerin ...

The community remains divided on the issue of housing and, as we saw in the discussion on Sunday centering on the Russell Boulevard fields, there are some sharp differences of opinion there. Many hav ...

September 06, 2016
| by David Greenwald

| (120) Comments

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Sunday Commentary: Legitimate Reasons to Oppose Russell Fields

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 04, 2016
| (152) Comments

Sunday Commentary: Legitimate Reasons to Oppose Russell Fields

I am always struck by the discourse on land use in this town. With every issue there are legitimate reas ...

I am always struck by the discourse on land use in this town. With every issue there are legitimate reasons to oppose or support a given project, but there are also excuses that are disguised as reas ...

September 04, 2016
| by David Greenwald

| (152) Comments

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Commentary: Why Housing is a Bad Idea on Russell Fields

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 01, 2016
| (291) Comments

Commentary: Why Housing is a Bad Idea on Russell Fields

On Tuesday night a number of neighbors and other community members came to public comment to oppose the i ...

On Tuesday night a number of neighbors and other community members came to public comment to oppose the idea of the university building housing along Russell Boulevard over existing sports fields. Thi ...

September 01, 2016
| by David Greenwald

| (291) Comments

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