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Sunday Commentary: The Left Split over Housing

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 21, 2019
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Sunday Commentary: The Left Split over Housing

If you have been following local politics in Davis for any period of time, you will know that the town at ...

If you have been following local politics in Davis for any period of time, you will know that the town at times is bitterly split over the issue of growth and housing. What has made the dividing line ...

April 21, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Analysis: How California Can Solve Its Housing Crisis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 17, 2019
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Analysis: How California Can Solve Its Housing Crisis

The Bee this week ran a fairly interesting article where they compiled a group of political and business ...

The Bee this week ran a fairly interesting article where they compiled a group of political and business leaders across the political spectrum and asked them how to solve the state’s housing crisis. ...

April 17, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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SB 50 Remains a Controversial Solution for Housing

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 13, 2019
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SB 50 Remains a Controversial Solution for Housing

Last year one of the pieces of housing legislation that was not approved was SB 827, sponsored by Senator ...

Last year one of the pieces of housing legislation that was not approved was SB 827, sponsored by Senator Scott Wiener, which among other things would have allowed developers to build highly dense apa ...

April 13, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Bill to Make Student Housing More Affordable Passes Committee

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 11, 2019
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Bill to Make Student Housing More Affordable Passes Committee

A bill that would make private student housing more affordable passed the Assembly Housing Committee on a ...

A bill that would make private student housing more affordable passed the Assembly Housing Committee on a bipartisan and unanimous vote, 8-0. It now heads to the Assembly Education Committee where it ...

April 11, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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State Housing Bill, SB 50, Clears First Major Hurdle, Sailing through Housing Committee

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: April 04, 2019
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State Housing Bill, SB 50, Clears First Major Hurdle, Sailing through Housing Committee

Senate Bill 50 legalizes more housing near job centers and public transportation by overriding hyper-rest ...

Senate Bill 50 legalizes more housing near job centers and public transportation by overriding hyper-restrictive low-density zoning, while protecting against displacement of renters and vulnerable com ...

April 04, 2019
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Assemblymember Hoping to Address Student Homeless Concerns

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 03, 2019
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Assemblymember Hoping to Address Student Homeless Concerns

“We’re here to address the crisis of homelessness that our community college students are facing right no ...

“We’re here to address the crisis of homelessness that our community college students are facing right now,” Assemblymember Berman said during the press conference at the Capital. ...

April 03, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Assemblymember Aguiar-Curry Seeks to Boost Local Investment in Infrastructure and Affordable Housing

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 28, 2019
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Assemblymember Aguiar-Curry Seeks to Boost Local Investment in Infrastructure and Affordable Housing

Assemblymember Cecilia Aguiar-Curry and some of her colleagues held a press conference and rally in suppo ...

Assemblymember Cecilia Aguiar-Curry and some of her colleagues held a press conference and rally in support of her bill, ACA 1. ACA 1 would reduce the local vote threshold for approval of bond and spe ...

March 28, 2019
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Assemblymember Aguiar-Curry Looking to Boost Local Investment in Infrastructure and Affordable Housing

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 26, 2019
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Assemblymember Aguiar-Curry Looking to Boost Local Investment in Infrastructure and Affordable Housing

This week, Assemblymember Cecilia Aguiar-Curry (D – Winters), will be hosting a press conference and rall ...

This week, Assemblymember Cecilia Aguiar-Curry (D – Winters), will be hosting a press conference and rally in support of her bill, ACA 1. She will be joined by coauthoring legislators and advocates fo ...

March 26, 2019
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California Short About 1.4 million Affordable Units According to a Report

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 22, 2019
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California Short About 1.4 million Affordable Units According to a Report

The Vanguard had a good discussion Thursday night on affordable housing with Lucas Frerichs, Lisa Baker, ...

The Vanguard had a good discussion Thursday night on affordable housing with Lucas Frerichs, Lisa Baker, and Matt Dulcich. Thanks to Davis Media Access, the forum was recorded and should be available ...

March 22, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Governor Newsom Ramps Up Affordable Housing Plan as Study Finds State Falls Well Short of Marks

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 12, 2019
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Governor Newsom Ramps Up Affordable Housing Plan as Study Finds State Falls Well Short of Marks

A week ago, the public policy group Next 10 came out with a scathing report that found, “California's hou ...

A week ago, the public policy group Next 10 came out with a scathing report that found, “California's housing goals are exacerbating the housing crisis” and “at the current pace of development, certai ...

March 12, 2019
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Bill Would Allow Homeless College Students to Sleep in Parking Lots on Campus

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 28, 2019
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Bill Would Allow Homeless College Students to Sleep in Parking Lots on Campus

A bill by Assemblymember Marc Berman of Palo Alto would allow homeless community college students to slee ...

A bill by Assemblymember Marc Berman of Palo Alto would allow homeless community college students to sleep in their vehicles overnight in campus parking facilities. “Over the last two years, I've hear ...

February 28, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Assemblymember Discusses Affordable Housing and the Prospects for New RDA Funding

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 17, 2019
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Assemblymember Discusses Affordable Housing and the Prospects for New RDA Funding

In December, Assemblymember David Chiu introduced AB 11, which would “allow cities and counties to create ...

In December, Assemblymember David Chiu introduced AB 11, which would “allow cities and counties to create agencies that would use tax increment financing to fund affordable housing and infrastructure ...

January 17, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Governor Newsom Does Not Propose New RDA

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 14, 2019
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Governor Newsom Does Not Propose New RDA

Analysts have called the proposals for affordable housing a “big deal,” but while the governor proposed a ...

Analysts have called the proposals for affordable housing a “big deal,” but while the governor proposed a lot, he stopped short of the one tool that would generate ongoing money for affordable housing ...

January 14, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Governor Newsom to Take On the Housing Crisis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 12, 2019
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Governor Newsom to Take On the Housing Crisis

This week Governor Newsom put his housing priority into his budget with proposals for sweeping changes wh ...

This week Governor Newsom put his housing priority into his budget with proposals for sweeping changes which would include $750 million for local governments for housing – a figure that includes $250 ...

January 12, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Data Gives Us a Clear Picture of the Future of California

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 24, 2018
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Data Gives Us a Clear Picture of the Future of California

The right has attempted to paint a picture of California as a state where the affluent are leaving, and t ...

The right has attempted to paint a picture of California as a state where the affluent are leaving, and the ones left behind are poor and on public assistance. But the right has not dug into the data ...

December 24, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts, Part II – Resistance Standing in the Way of Prosperity

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 24, 2018
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Monday Morning Thoughts, Part II – Resistance Standing in the Way of Prosperity

In the Chronicle this week, Joe Mathews writes: “Resistance to development stands in way of prosperity.” ...

In the Chronicle this week, Joe Mathews writes: “Resistance to development stands in way of prosperity.” He argues that, as a New Year’s resolution, the “best thing you could do is swear off this phr ...

December 24, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Housing, Poverty and the Economy

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 18, 2018
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Commentary: Housing, Poverty and the Economy

The census figures from 2017 showed that when the cost of living, specifically housing, was factored in, ...

The census figures from 2017 showed that when the cost of living, specifically housing, was factored in, California has the highest poverty rate in the nation with more than 20 percent of its resident ...

December 18, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Prop 10 Will Probably Lose, but There Are Some Other Interesting Poll Results

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 29, 2018
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Prop 10 Will Probably Lose, but There Are Some Other Interesting Poll Results

Yesterday, Bernie Sanders announce his endorsement of Proposition 10 over Twitter, stating: “Currently Ca ...

Yesterday, Bernie Sanders announce his endorsement of Proposition 10 over Twitter, stating: “Currently California cities and towns aren't permitted to pass rent control measures to address the afforda ...

October 29, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Report Finds We Need to Open the Door for Rent Control

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 12, 2018
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Report Finds We Need to Open the Door for Rent Control

California’s housing crisis has opened the door for rent control, a Haas Institute Report out of Berkeley ...

California’s housing crisis has opened the door for rent control, a Haas Institute Report out of Berkeley found in a September 2018 publication. “California’s housing affordability crisis is harming c ...

October 12, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: If We Can’t Build, Blocked By Litigation – Is Rent Control the Answer?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 05, 2018
| (85) Comments

Commentary: If We Can’t Build, Blocked By Litigation – Is Rent Control the Answer?

Sky-rocketing rents, unaffordable housing, and lack of available housing are not just a Davis issue, they ...

Sky-rocketing rents, unaffordable housing, and lack of available housing are not just a Davis issue, they are a statewide issue. On the ballot for November, about a month away, is Proposition 10, a b ...

October 05, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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