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Anger and Frustration Come Out in Informational Meeting on Pacifico

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 11, 2019
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Anger and Frustration Come Out in Informational Meeting on Pacifico

A packed room on Thursday at Montgomery Elementary What was supposed to be an informational meeting on Th ...

A packed room on Thursday at Montgomery Elementary What was supposed to be an informational meeting on Thursday night at the overflowing library at Montgomery Elementary became a site of anger and fru ...

January 11, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Creekside Will Provide At-Risk Populations with Affordable Housing

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 09, 2019
| (1) Comment

Creekside Will Provide At-Risk Populations with Affordable Housing

Creekside is the last parcel of affordable housing within the Mace Ranch Development. After languis ...

Creekside is the last parcel of affordable housing within the Mace Ranch Development. After languishing for a number of years, the city put out an RFP for the project in 2014. After a comp ...

January 09, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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What Does the Left and Right Agree On Nationally? Housing

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 03, 2019
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What Does the Left and Right Agree On Nationally? Housing

An article in the American Conservative argues that if there is one area in the next two years that Democ ...

An article in the American Conservative argues that if there is one area in the next two years that Democrats and Republicans can work together on it is housing policy. The crux of the article is this ...

January 03, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Bad News Ahead on the Housing Front?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 31, 2018
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Bad News Ahead on the Housing Front?

An ominous article appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle this weekend: “Development of market-rate hous ...

An ominous article appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle this weekend: “Development of market-rate housing in San Francisco will slow to a trickle in 2019, because a combination of higher constructi ...

December 31, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: We Must Address Inequality with Our Housing Policies

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 30, 2018
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Guest Commentary: We Must Address Inequality with Our Housing Policies

By Gloria Partida The current report commissioned by the city to evaluate the feasibility of integrated a ...

By Gloria Partida The current report commissioned by the city to evaluate the feasibility of integrated affordable housing in Davis, concludes that “– under current economic conditions – the Downtown ...

December 30, 2018
| 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
| (27) Comments

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
| (154) Comments

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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Sunday Commentary: Vertical Mixed Use Provision Does Three Things

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 16, 2018
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Sunday Commentary: Vertical Mixed Use Provision Does Three Things

This week the amendment to the Affordable Housing Ordinance was placed on consent, but it makes a number ...

This week the amendment to the Affordable Housing Ordinance was placed on consent, but it makes a number of key changes that we should note. There is probably a key omission here as well – that I wil ...

December 16, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Council to Look at Vertical Mixed Use Provisions of Affordable Housing Ordinance

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 14, 2018
| (18) Comments

Council to Look at Vertical Mixed Use Provisions of Affordable Housing Ordinance

Back on November 27, the council put forward interim provisions for extending the city’s affordable housi ...

Back on November 27, the council put forward interim provisions for extending the city’s affordable housing requirement. But they also put forward potential changes to the requirements for vertical m ...

December 14, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Who Benefits from the Davis Status Quo?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 09, 2018
| (69) Comments

Sunday Commentary: Who Benefits from the Davis Status Quo?

In recent weeks I have seen the terms “left” and “right” used at times to describe positions in local pol ...

In recent weeks I have seen the terms “left” and “right” used at times to describe positions in local politics. While I understand that temptation, I continue to believe that those terms are misappli ...

December 09, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Aguiar-Curry Introduces Constitutional Amendment to Boost Local Investments in Infrastructure and Affordable Housing

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 04, 2018
| (34) Comments

Aguiar-Curry Introduces Constitutional Amendment to Boost Local Investments in Infrastructure and Affordable Housing

(From Press Release) – Today, Assemblymember Cecilia Aguiar-Curry (D – Winters) and several of her Assemb ...

(From Press Release) – Today, Assemblymember Cecilia Aguiar-Curry (D – Winters) and several of her Assembly colleagues introduced ACA 1, a constitutional amendment which would give local governments i ...

December 04, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Council Wants to Remove the Vertical Mixed-Use Exemption, but Should They?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 29, 2018
| (37) Comments

Commentary: Council Wants to Remove the Vertical Mixed-Use Exemption, but Should They?

The council got their crack at the affordable housing ordinance and, for the most part, did what was expe ...

The council got their crack at the affordable housing ordinance and, for the most part, did what was expected – they continued the ordinance until June. They left the 15 percent the same. However, t ...

November 29, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Council to Extend Interim Affordable Housing Ordinance; Will Look into Vertical Mixed-Use

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 28, 2018
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Council to Extend Interim Affordable Housing Ordinance; Will Look into Vertical Mixed-Use

The Davis City Council became the third entity in the last two weeks to look at the city’s affordable hou ...

The Davis City Council became the third entity in the last two weeks to look at the city’s affordable housing ordinance. Ultimately, they followed staff recommendations by keeping the 15 percent inte ...

November 28, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Council’s Turn to Take Up Affordable Housing Ordinance Revisions

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 26, 2018
| (1) Comment

Council’s Turn to Take Up Affordable Housing Ordinance Revisions

While staff is wanting to hear the council weigh in on the four key issues that both the Planning Commiss ...

While staff is wanting to hear the council weigh in on the four key issues that both the Planning Commission and Social Services Commission took up earlier this month, staff is asking the council to a ...

November 26, 2018
| by David Greenwald

| (1) Comment

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Commentary: Where Does Affordable Housing Go from Here?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 21, 2018
| (28) Comments

Commentary: Where Does Affordable Housing Go from Here?

There was a good discussion at the Social Services Commission on Affordable Housing. Affordable Housing ...

There was a good discussion at the Social Services Commission on Affordable Housing. Affordable Housing is in no danger of going away in Davis anytime soon. Not with the rising costs of housing and ...

November 21, 2018
| by David Greenwald

| (28) Comments

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Chiles Apartment Project Presents Its Affordable Plan

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 20, 2018
| (31) Comments

Chiles Apartment Project Presents Its Affordable Plan

The Chiles Road Apartments is designed as “a traditional rental housing project” which means providing pr ...

The Chiles Road Apartments is designed as “a traditional rental housing project” which means providing predominantly one and two bedroom units rented by the unit that meet community needs for housing ...

November 20, 2018
| by David Greenwald

| (31) Comments

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Commentary: Where Will Our Affordable Housing Come from in the Future?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 06, 2018
| (78) Comments

Commentary: Where Will Our Affordable Housing Come from in the Future?

It is unfortunate that, in a lot of ways, the Measure L campaign was a distraction from the core issues t ...

It is unfortunate that, in a lot of ways, the Measure L campaign was a distraction from the core issues that this community faces, and yet in some ways it was not. One of the biggest challenges we fa ...

November 06, 2018
| by David Greenwald

| (78) Comments

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Analysis: Further Diving into the Affordable Housing Portion of WDAAC

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 02, 2018
| (29) Comments

Analysis: Further Diving into the Affordable Housing Portion of WDAAC

Earlier this week, the Vanguard questioned the conclusions of the opposition to Measure L that the WDAAC ...

Earlier this week, the Vanguard questioned the conclusions of the opposition to Measure L that the WDAAC was in violation of the city’s Affordable Housing Ordinance. The key claim by Alan Pryor was as ...

November 02, 2018
| by David Greenwald

| (29) Comments

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Analysis: No on Measure L Gets the Affordable Requirements Wrong

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 31, 2018
| (21) Comments

Analysis: No on Measure L Gets the Affordable Requirements Wrong

The No on Measure L crowd has repeatedly claimed that West Davis Active Adult Community's Affordable Hous ...

The No on Measure L crowd has repeatedly claimed that West Davis Active Adult Community's Affordable Housing Program is in violation of the city ordinance. However, according to the city manager and ...

October 31, 2018
| by David Greenwald

| (21) Comments

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