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Guest Commentary: The Importance of Developing Affordable Housing for Working Families – Preventing Houselessness

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: November 22, 2023
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Guest Commentary: The Importance of Developing Affordable Housing for Working Families – Preventing Houselessness

by Joy Silver Throughout Northern California, we’re seeing the effect of the increased cost of living, as ...

by Joy Silver Throughout Northern California, we’re seeing the effect of the increased cost of living, as the city of Sacramento approved a maximum rental rate increase of 10% last year. For example, ...

November 22, 2023
| by Vanguard Administrator

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DCAN Engages Community on Housing – The Intersection of Housing and Climate Change

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 13, 2023
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DCAN Engages Community on Housing – The Intersection of Housing and Climate Change

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA - One of the community-based efforts engaging the commun ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA - One of the community-based efforts engaging the community on housing took place on Sunday at Da Vinci’s Tech Hub sponsored by Davis Community Action ...

November 13, 2023
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: The Proposed Measure J Amendment.

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: November 08, 2023
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Guest Commentary: The Proposed Measure J Amendment.

By Tim Keller This past June, former mayor Robb Davis published a piece in the Vanguard entitled “Densify ...

By Tim Keller This past June, former mayor Robb Davis published a piece in the Vanguard entitled “Densifying Davis – A Four-Part Strategy.” which detailed four directions the city should pursue in ord ...

November 08, 2023
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Commentary: Housing Element Clarifies Intentions on Measure J Amendment

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 02, 2023
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Commentary: Housing Element Clarifies Intentions on Measure J Amendment

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA - Over the past few years, I have noted a number of time ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA - Over the past few years, I have noted a number of times that my preferred approach would be to amend Measure J. What that actually would look like co ...

November 02, 2023
| by David Greenwald

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Davis Releases Draft of Third Housing Element Effort

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 01, 2023
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Davis Releases Draft of Third Housing Element Effort

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Twice the Davis City Council adopted Housing Elements ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Twice the Davis City Council adopted Housing Elements only to have HCD reject them for various reasons, putting the city into Builder’s Remedy status ...

November 01, 2023
| by David Greenwald

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State Comes Down on San Francisco Housing Policies

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 26, 2023
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State Comes Down on San Francisco Housing Policies

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA – The State of California once again is demonstrati ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA – The State of California once again is demonstrating that is serious about enforcing state housing laws. In a first of its kind review, the stat ...

October 26, 2023
| by David Greenwald

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Governor Extends SB 35 and Affordable Housing Provisions

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 12, 2023
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Governor Extends SB 35 and Affordable Housing Provisions

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA – On Wednesday, Governor Newsom signed two vital ho ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA – On Wednesday, Governor Newsom signed two vital housing bills into law. The bills were part of a package of bills that were signed into law “tha ...

October 12, 2023
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Ending Parking Minimums Sparks Controversy, but Studies Continue to Back Them

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 08, 2023
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Sunday Commentary: Ending Parking Minimums Sparks Controversy, but Studies Continue to Back Them

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Want to trigger a robust debate—propose no parking in ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Want to trigger a robust debate—propose no parking in a downtown housing project. Davis actually followed state law in removing parking minimums fro ...

October 08, 2023
| by David Greenwald

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Newsom Signs Stable Affordable Housing Act

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: October 08, 2023
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Newsom Signs Stable Affordable Housing Act

Special to the Vanguard Sacramento, CA — Governor Newsom made history this week by signing Senator Wahab’ ...

Special to the Vanguard Sacramento, CA — Governor Newsom made history this week by signing Senator Wahab’s (D-Hayward) Stable Affordable Housing Act (SB 555), making California the first state to expl ...

October 08, 2023
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Forget the Rubric, the Real Issue Is Measure J

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 02, 2023
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Forget the Rubric, the Real Issue Is Measure J

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – From my vantage point, the council is set to decide on ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – From my vantage point, the council is set to decide on what to do about the “Rubric” this week. The reality is that the structure of Measure J is su ...

October 02, 2023
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: The Rubric Could Be Good or Bad Depending on Its Ultimate Purpose

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 25, 2023
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Monday Morning Thoughts: The Rubric Could Be Good or Bad Depending on Its Ultimate Purpose

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – The Planning Commission is meeting this week (news in ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – The Planning Commission is meeting this week (news in and of itself apparently), to discuss the proposed rubric. But the bigger news is probably tha ...

September 25, 2023
| by David Greenwald

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My View: Further Illustration Provided about the Challenges for Davis to Dig Out of Housing Crisis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 23, 2023
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My View: Further Illustration Provided about the Challenges for Davis to Dig Out of Housing Crisis

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – In Thursday’s Vanguard, I published a commentary that ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – In Thursday’s Vanguard, I published a commentary that we need denser projects, but I also argued that because of Measure J, getting density will be d ...

September 23, 2023
| by David Greenwald

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New Survey Shows Tucson Residents Want ‘Holistic’ Solutions to Homelessness and Community Safety

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: September 17, 2023
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New Survey Shows Tucson Residents Want ‘Holistic’ Solutions to Homelessness and Community Safety

By Holly Werris TUCSON, AZ – A new survey of Tucson residents reveals people consider homelessness one of ...

By Holly Werris TUCSON, AZ – A new survey of Tucson residents reveals people consider homelessness one of the most pressing issues facing their communities, according to the Tucson Agenda. Reimaging C ...

September 17, 2023
| by Vanguard Court Watch Interns

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My View: Building Housing Near Jobs Is Imperative for the Climate Crisis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 16, 2023
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My View: Building Housing Near Jobs Is Imperative for the Climate Crisis

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor My column yesterday raised a relatively simple concept—the notion ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor My column yesterday raised a relatively simple concept—the notion that if we are going to take climate change seriously, we need to find ways to put housing clos ...

September 16, 2023
| by David Greenwald

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Landmark Housing Package Heads to the Governor

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: September 13, 2023
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Landmark Housing Package Heads to the Governor

Special to the Vanguard Sacramento, CA – Two of the critical housing bills are headed to the Governor’s d ...

Special to the Vanguard Sacramento, CA – Two of the critical housing bills are headed to the Governor’s desk for his likely approval. On Tuesday, the Senate approved SB 4 and SB 423, authored by Senat ...

September 13, 2023
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Sunday Commentary: Has the State Been Put on Notice to Fix the Housing Crisis or Lose Control?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 10, 2023
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Sunday Commentary: Has the State Been Put on Notice to Fix the Housing Crisis or Lose Control?

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor This week, we saw Senator Scott Wiener celebrate the passage of hi ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor This week, we saw Senator Scott Wiener celebrate the passage of his Builder’s Remedy streamlining extension in the Assembly—meaning it will most likely be signed ...

September 10, 2023
| by David Greenwald

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Davis Receives Another Letter from HCD on Its Lack of Compliance with the Housing Element

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 09, 2023
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Davis Receives Another Letter from HCD on Its Lack of Compliance with the Housing Element

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – While city staff maintains that there were no new find ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – While city staff maintains that there were no new findings in the letter, the city received another “Notice of Violation” from HCD noting that the ci ...

September 09, 2023
| by David Greenwald

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Bill to Boost Local Investment in Infrastructure and Affordable Housing Passes Assembly Floor

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: September 09, 2023
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Bill to Boost Local Investment in Infrastructure and Affordable Housing Passes Assembly Floor

Special to the Vanguard Sacramento, CA – This week, ACA 1 passed the Assembly Floor with a supermajority ...

Special to the Vanguard Sacramento, CA – This week, ACA 1 passed the Assembly Floor with a supermajority vote of 55 to 10. ACA 1, a constitutional amendment to boost local investment in infrastructure ...

September 09, 2023
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Conservative Former Fox Hosts Seeks to Tackle Housing Crisis (Update)

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 08, 2023
| (2) Comments

Conservative Former Fox Hosts Seeks to Tackle Housing Crisis (Update)

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Francisco, CA – California is facing an unprecedented housing ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Francisco, CA – California is facing an unprecedented housing crisis. On Wednesday, former Fox News host, Steve Hilton, announced that his organization Gold ...

September 08, 2023
| by David Greenwald

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Update to Builder’s Remedy Clears Assembly (Updated article)

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 08, 2023
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Update to Builder’s Remedy Clears Assembly (Updated article)

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA – Thursday was a big day for housing legislation – ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA – Thursday was a big day for housing legislation – one of the biggest focuses for the legislative session. Senator Scott Wiener announced late on ...

September 08, 2023
| by David Greenwald

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