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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
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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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ACLU of California Endorses Proposition 10

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: September 21, 2018
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ACLU of California Endorses Proposition 10

Ballot Measure Will Provide Affordable and Secure Housing to Californians (From Press Release) - Today, t ...

Ballot Measure Will Provide Affordable and Secure Housing to Californians (From Press Release) - Today, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Northern California, the ACLU of Southern Californi ...

September 21, 2018
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Sunday Commentary: Bleak News on Housing Gets Even Bleaker

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 17, 2018
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Sunday Commentary: Bleak News on Housing Gets Even Bleaker

We have been focused on the local housing crisis. The reality is this is not just a Davis problem. In f ...

We have been focused on the local housing crisis. The reality is this is not just a Davis problem. In fact, according to a report this week, it is not just a housing problem. The headlines across t ...

June 17, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Costa-Hawkins Repeal Qualifies for November Ballot

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 16, 2018
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Costa-Hawkins Repeal Qualifies for November Ballot

Secretary of State Alex Padilla announced on Friday that an initiative which would expand local governmen ...

Secretary of State Alex Padilla announced on Friday that an initiative which would expand local governments’ authority to enact rent control on residential property is eligible for the November 6, 201 ...

June 16, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Legislative Housing Package Restores Local Authority for Affordable Housing

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 03, 2017
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Legislative Housing Package Restores Local Authority for Affordable Housing

Yesterday’s article cited the staff report on the Affordable Housing Workshop, which noted a court decisi ...

Yesterday’s article cited the staff report on the Affordable Housing Workshop, which noted a court decision which held that the Costa-Hawkins Act “precludes local governments from requiring a develope ...

October 03, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Housing Package Passed but Experts Question Whether It Will Increase Supply, Improve Affordability

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 01, 2017
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Sunday Commentary: Housing Package Passed but Experts Question Whether It Will Increase Supply, Improve Affordability

Governor Jerry Brown on Friday at a huge ceremony signed the 15 bills that make up the comprehensive legi ...

Governor Jerry Brown on Friday at a huge ceremony signed the 15 bills that make up the comprehensive legislative package to increase the state’s housing supply and affordability. He announced, “These ...

October 01, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Governor Brown Signs Comprehensive Housing Legislative Package

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: September 30, 2017
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Governor Brown Signs Comprehensive Housing Legislative Package

(From Press Release) - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. signed into law today 15 bills to help increase the s ...

(From Press Release) - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. signed into law today 15 bills to help increase the supply and affordability of housing in California. The measures provide funding for affordable h ...

September 30, 2017
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Is Illegal Immigration Driving California’s Housing Crisis?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 18, 2017
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Is Illegal Immigration Driving California’s Housing Crisis?

In recent months the Vanguard has been focusing on, in addition to the local housing crisis, the issue of ...

In recent months the Vanguard has been focusing on, in addition to the local housing crisis, the issue of California’s overall housing crisis. The legislature last week passed a package of 15 bills a ...

September 18, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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California Legislature Sends Housing Reform Package to Governor’s Desk

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 16, 2017
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California Legislature Sends Housing Reform Package to Governor’s Desk

Several bills could have direct impact on Davis policies The California legislature today passed a packag ...

Several bills could have direct impact on Davis policies The California legislature today passed a package of 15 consequential measures aimed at tackling the state’s housing crisis. The problem, whic ...

September 16, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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