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Monday Morning Thoughts: ADUs – a Solution to Housing or a Problem?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 09, 2023
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Monday Morning Thoughts: ADUs – a Solution to Housing or a Problem?

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor ADUs have increasingly been viewed as a potential solution to the ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor ADUs have increasingly been viewed as a potential solution to the housing crisis. That makes sense as they can be affordable by design, they can be added to exi ...

October 09, 2023
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My View: City Report Provides Snapshot of the Local Housing Crisis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 29, 2023
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My View: City Report Provides Snapshot of the Local Housing Crisis

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – On the consent agenda for Tuesday the city council wil ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – On the consent agenda for Tuesday the city council will receive the 2022 annual Housing Element Progress Report. The portrait it paints demonstrates ...

April 29, 2023
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Atkins Introduces Legislation to Update SB 9

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 21, 2023
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Atkins Introduces Legislation to Update SB 9

Legislation Would Improve Access, Oversight for California HOME Act Special to the Vanguard Sacramento, C ...

Legislation Would Improve Access, Oversight for California HOME Act Special to the Vanguard Sacramento, CA – This week, Senate Leader Toni Atkins introduced legislation, SB 450, which would modify SB ...

March 21, 2023
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Monday Morning Thoughts: State Sues Huntington Beach for Violating State Housing Laws

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 13, 2023
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Monday Morning Thoughts: State Sues Huntington Beach for Violating State Housing Laws

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA – This is a case that the entire state is going to ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA – This is a case that the entire state is going to watch. Last week, the state—California Attorney General Rob Bonta, Governor Gavin Newsom, and ...

March 13, 2023
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Commentary: Report from Terner Explores the Benefits and Barriers to Missing Middle Housing

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 22, 2022
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Commentary: Report from Terner Explores the Benefits and Barriers to Missing Middle Housing

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor The “Missing Middle”—some believe this form of housing is the key ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor The “Missing Middle”—some believe this form of housing is the key to unwrapping the current housing crisis. Recently the Terner Center in Berkeley released a pa ...

December 22, 2022
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Council to Weigh in on Chiles Ranch Project

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 25, 2022
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Council to Weigh in on Chiles Ranch Project

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – The Chiles Ranch project was first approved on a bitte ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – The Chiles Ranch project was first approved on a bitterly contested 3-2 vote back in 2009 over strong objections from the neighbors. The council has ...

June 25, 2022
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Guest Commentary: Dan Carson’s Comments on the Housing Element Review

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: June 17, 2021
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Guest Commentary: Dan Carson’s Comments on the Housing Element Review

(Editor's Note: The following are comments from Councilmember Dan Carson delivered on Tuesday during the ...

(Editor's Note: The following are comments from Councilmember Dan Carson delivered on Tuesday during the discussion of the Davis Housing Element Draft Report). by Dan Carson My Comments on Housing Ele ...

June 17, 2021
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California Capitol Watch: Addressing the Need for Affordable Housing—Accessory Dwelling Units

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: May 03, 2021
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California Capitol Watch: Addressing the Need for Affordable Housing—Accessory Dwelling Units

By Eric Gelber Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs)—also called granny flats, in-law units, secondary units, e ...

By Eric Gelber Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs)—also called granny flats, in-law units, secondary units, etc.—are an option for adding much-needed affordable housing in California. An ADU is a smaller ...

May 03, 2021
| by Vanguard Administrator

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“Tuesday” Morning Thoughts: Affordable Housing as the Surprise Issue in Nishi

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 29, 2016
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“Tuesday” Morning Thoughts: Affordable Housing as the Surprise Issue in Nishi

If you believed that Nishi would come down to issues like traffic impacts on Richards or connectivity pro ...

If you believed that Nishi would come down to issues like traffic impacts on Richards or connectivity promises to the university or even air quality, you may end up being right, but the early battle s ...

March 29, 2016
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Cannery, Its Development Agreement, and the CFD

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: March 22, 2015
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Cannery, Its Development Agreement, and the CFD

by Joe Krovoza As the Community Facilities District (CFD) is considered for the Cannery development, I am ...

by Joe Krovoza As the Community Facilities District (CFD) is considered for the Cannery development, I am pleased add some perspective on the process that led to the project’s approval. I’ll focus on ...

March 22, 2015
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Paso Fino Reemerges, The Inevitability of Kamala Harris

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 26, 2015
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Paso Fino Reemerges, The Inevitability of Kamala Harris

With no city council meeting this week, we can note that the long range council calendar lists three crit ...

With no city council meeting this week, we can note that the long range council calendar lists three critical discussions for February 3 – Mace 25, the Cannery CFD (Community Facilities District), and ...

January 26, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Letter to Davis City Council on Revisions to the Affordable Housing Ordinance

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: January 15, 2015
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Letter to Davis City Council on Revisions to the Affordable Housing Ordinance

By Darryl Rutherford The Sacramento Housing Alliance is a non-profit organization dedicated to the goal o ...

By Darryl Rutherford The Sacramento Housing Alliance is a non-profit organization dedicated to the goal of increasing the supply of safe, accessible, and affordable housing and ending homelessness in ...

January 15, 2015
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Monday Morning Thoughts: The First City Council Meeting for 2015

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 12, 2015
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Monday Morning Thoughts: The First City Council Meeting for 2015

Tuesday night will mark the first City Council meeting of 2015. Last week Dan Wolk gave his state of the ...

Tuesday night will mark the first City Council meeting of 2015. Last week Dan Wolk gave his state of the city address before the Davis Chamber of Commerce and he recapped 2014 by calling it a good ye ...

January 12, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Letter: Catholic Church Opposes Housing on Montgomery Blvd Site

Letter: University Covenant Church Opposes Proposed Housing Rezone

Alameda DA Campaign Asks Fair Political Practices Commission to Investigate Recall Committee

Sacramento City Pays $3 Million to Woman Blinded by Indiscriminate Firing of Rubber Bullet – Officer Doesn’t Pay, but Taxpayers Do

Budget Group Demands ‘Accountability’ from California Prison Agency

Los Angeles Judge Ignoring California Bail Law, Loyola Law Prof Charges in Complaint

Student Opinion: UCLA Cluster Program Experience

COURT WATCH: Self Defense or Negligence? Attorneys Disagree in Case of Man Charged with ‘Discharging Firearm in Grossly Negligent Manner’

Right Wing Group Files Suit on Behalf of Moms for Liberty against the Yolo County Library

Guest Commentary: My Critique of Village Farms

Monday Morning Thoughts: ADUs – a Solution to Housing or a Problem?

Monday Morning Thoughts: ADUs – a Solution to Housing or a Problem?

My View: City Report Provides Snapshot of the Local Housing Crisis

My View: City Report Provides Snapshot of the Local Housing Crisis

Atkins Introduces Legislation to Update SB 9

Atkins Introduces Legislation to Update SB 9

Monday Morning Thoughts: State Sues Huntington Beach for Violating State Housing Laws

Monday Morning Thoughts: State Sues Huntington Beach for Violating State Housing Laws

Commentary: Report from Terner Explores the Benefits and Barriers to Missing Middle Housing

Commentary: Report from Terner Explores the Benefits and Barriers to Missing Middle Housing

Council to Weigh in on Chiles Ranch Project

Council to Weigh in on Chiles Ranch Project

Guest Commentary: Dan Carson’s Comments on the Housing Element Review

Guest Commentary: Dan Carson’s Comments on the Housing Element Review

California Capitol Watch: Addressing the Need for Affordable Housing—Accessory Dwelling Units

California Capitol Watch: Addressing the Need for Affordable Housing—Accessory Dwelling Units

“Tuesday” Morning Thoughts: Affordable Housing as the Surprise Issue in Nishi

“Tuesday” Morning Thoughts: Affordable Housing as the Surprise Issue in Nishi

Cannery, Its Development Agreement, and the CFD

Cannery, Its Development Agreement, and the CFD

Monday Morning Thoughts: Paso Fino Reemerges, The Inevitability of Kamala Harris

Monday Morning Thoughts: Paso Fino Reemerges, The Inevitability of Kamala Harris

Letter to Davis City Council on Revisions to the Affordable Housing Ordinance

Letter to Davis City Council on Revisions to the Affordable Housing Ordinance

Monday Morning Thoughts: The First City Council Meeting for 2015

Monday Morning Thoughts: The First City Council Meeting for 2015

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