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Sunday Commentary: These Are Troubled Times and We Need to Get Real about Our Community’s Challenges

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 06, 2020
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Sunday Commentary: These Are Troubled Times and We Need to Get Real about Our Community’s Challenges

This week, former Davis Mayor Mike Corbett submitted a letter to the Editor of the Enterprise that genera ...

This week, former Davis Mayor Mike Corbett submitted a letter to the Editor of the Enterprise that generated a good amount of controversy and has generated some discussion as well. Don’t get me wrong ...

September 06, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Planning Commission Discussion Highlights Huge Issues in Our Planning System

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 30, 2020
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Sunday Commentary: Planning Commission Discussion Highlights Huge Issues in Our Planning System

By David M. Greenwald It was a 4-3 vote that was actually far closer than even the numerical numbers sugg ...

By David M. Greenwald It was a 4-3 vote that was actually far closer than even the numerical numbers suggested. The commission had to pull from consideration recommendations on the architectural site ...

August 30, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Planning Commission Very Divided on URP Proposal, but Does Barely Support Approval

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 29, 2020
| (41) Comments

Planning Commission Very Divided on URP Proposal, but Does Barely Support Approval

By David M. Greenwald How divided was the Planning Commission on Wednesday over the University Research P ...

By David M. Greenwald How divided was the Planning Commission on Wednesday over the University Research Park Mixed-Use project? They recommended approval by a 4-3 vote, after pulling out the affordabl ...

August 29, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Is University Commons Really Unaffordable?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 27, 2020
| (59) Comments

Commentary: Is University Commons Really Unaffordable?

by David M. Greenwald One of the arguments that has been made time and again by opponents of the Universi ...

by David M. Greenwald One of the arguments that has been made time and again by opponents of the University Commons redevelopment project is that the developer's proposal is basically for building una ...

August 27, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Faith Leaders Are Well-Meaning but Don’t Understand Fiscal Pitfalls of Affordable Housing

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 24, 2020
| (36) Comments

Monday Morning Thoughts: Faith Leaders Are Well-Meaning but Don’t Understand Fiscal Pitfalls of Affordable Housing

by David M. Greenwald The faith leaders write: that they are disappointment at the council 3-2 vote on th ...

by David M. Greenwald The faith leaders write: that they are disappointment at the council 3-2 vote on the University Commons project, noting, “While we are encouraged by Brixmor’s increase from 0% to ...

August 24, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: Davis Religious Leaders Imagine What Affordable Housing Could Look Like In Davis

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: August 23, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Davis Religious Leaders Imagine What Affordable Housing Could Look Like In Davis

At the Davis City Council Meeting on Tuesday, August 18, a 3-2 vote approved the University Commons Propo ...

At the Davis City Council Meeting on Tuesday, August 18, a 3-2 vote approved the University Commons Proposal. We, the undersigned faith leaders, express our disappointment at this decision. While we a ...

August 23, 2020
| by Vanguard Administrator

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My View: A War on Fair Housing That Could Put Millions of People at Risk

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 22, 2020
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My View: A War on Fair Housing That Could Put Millions of People at Risk

By David M. Greenwald Last November the League of Women Voters brought Richard Rothstein to speak in Dav ...

By David M. Greenwald Last November the League of Women Voters brought Richard Rothstein to speak in Davis about housing. One of his more compelling themes was the failure of the civil rights moveme ...

August 22, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Modified University Commons Project Approved on a 3-2 Vote

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 19, 2020
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Modified University Commons Project Approved on a 3-2 Vote

By David Greenwald The council, which prides itself on its ability to find consensus, found itself split ...

By David Greenwald The council, which prides itself on its ability to find consensus, found itself split on University Commons. In the initial round, they found themselves with only two supporters—Da ...

August 19, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: University Commons Project Does Need More Affordable Housing, but There Is a Big “But”

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 17, 2020
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Monday Morning Thoughts: University Commons Project Does Need More Affordable Housing, but There Is a Big “But”

By David M. Greenwald I appreciate the sentiments of our guest piece from three members of the Social Ser ...

By David M. Greenwald I appreciate the sentiments of our guest piece from three members of the Social Services Commission (who were writing for themselves) when they pushed for more affordable housing ...

August 17, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: University Mall Needs More Affordable Housing (Corrected)

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: August 16, 2020
| (62) Comments

Guest Commentary: University Mall Needs More Affordable Housing (Corrected)

by Georgina Valencia, Bapu Vaitla, Don Kalman We have had the opportunity to review the revised Affordabl ...

by Georgina Valencia, Bapu Vaitla, Don Kalman We have had the opportunity to review the revised Affordable Housing Program proposal from Brixmor Property Group for the University Mall project. Our Soc ...

August 16, 2020
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Commentary: Most Important Planning Issues Facing Davis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 14, 2020
| (78) Comments

Commentary: Most Important Planning Issues Facing Davis

In a comment yesterday, someone asked a great question—identify the three most important topics for futur ...

In a comment yesterday, someone asked a great question—identify the three most important topics for future planning needs and priorities facing the Davis Community. It is really hard to get to only t ...

August 14, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: Comparative Study of Four Affordable Home Ownership Models and Market Rate Ownership and Renting Shows Strength of Housing Cooperatives

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: July 30, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Comparative Study of Four Affordable Home Ownership Models and Market Rate Ownership and Renting Shows Strength of Housing Cooperatives

By Mikaela Fenton The United States is facing a housing crisis. The American workforce of moderate-income ...

By Mikaela Fenton The United States is facing a housing crisis. The American workforce of moderate-income citizens—or people who make between 80% and 120% of the area median income (AMI)—has been high ...

July 30, 2020
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Analysis: Can DISC Gain Approval in Measure R Vote?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 10, 2020
| (29) Comments

Analysis: Can DISC Gain Approval in Measure R Vote?

Unprecedented is probably an overused term in politics. But the local political scene this year probably ...

Unprecedented is probably an overused term in politics. But the local political scene this year probably fits that notion to a tee. We have district elections, we have November city council races with ...

July 10, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Unanimous Council Puts DISC on the Ballot for November

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 08, 2020
| (43) Comments

Unanimous Council Puts DISC on the Ballot for November

There are no guarantees in Davis politics — Nishi learned that in 2016 when a unanimous vote by the Counc ...

There are no guarantees in Davis politics — Nishi learned that in 2016 when a unanimous vote by the Council still ended up with a project rejection. But the Council and developers lifted the Davis In ...

July 08, 2020
| by David Greenwald

| (43) Comments

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Letter: Clergy Comment on Affordable Housing

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: July 08, 2020
| 0 comments

Letter: Clergy Comment on Affordable Housing

To the editor: The owners of the University Mall, the Brixmor Property Group, have applied to the City fo ...

To the editor: The owners of the University Mall, the Brixmor Property Group, have applied to the City for permission to demolish the existing shopping center and replace it with a mixed-use project o ...

July 08, 2020
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Opposition to the Innovation Campus Dries Up, Council to Vote Next Week

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 01, 2020
| (4) Comments

Opposition to the Innovation Campus Dries Up, Council to Vote Next Week

If public comment were a match between two prized fighters, they would have stopped it long before we got ...

If public comment were a match between two prized fighters, they would have stopped it long before we got to the end of it. In the end, 67 people spoke about the Davis Innovation & Sustainability ...

July 01, 2020
| by David Greenwald

| (4) Comments

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Commentary: Tonight Is the Night for DISC

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 30, 2020
| (12) Comments

Commentary: Tonight Is the Night for DISC

Ten days ago, in our Saturday column “My View,” I argued that the council needed to get as many thorny is ...

Ten days ago, in our Saturday column “My View,” I argued that the council needed to get as many thorny issues off the table as possible. Since then, the city staff and developer have moved the projec ...

June 30, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Davis Innovation & Sustainability Campus Will Go Before the Council on Tuesday

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 27, 2020
| (2) Comments

Davis Innovation & Sustainability Campus Will Go Before the Council on Tuesday

Davis: It has been a long and time a contentious process, but on Tuesday, the council will get to weigh i ...

Davis: It has been a long and time a contentious process, but on Tuesday, the council will get to weigh in on the DISC (Davis Innovation & Sustainability Campus) project in what figures to be the ...

June 27, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Planning Commission Unanimously Moves DISC Forward to Council

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 18, 2020
| (2) Comments

Planning Commission Unanimously Moves DISC Forward to Council

Despite concerns about a truncated policy, planning commissioners remarked that they had actually spent s ...

Despite concerns about a truncated policy, planning commissioners remarked that they had actually spent so much time on what is now known as the Davis Innovation & Sustainability Campus that they ...

June 18, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Analysis: A Look at Some Proposed Baseline Project Features

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 07, 2020
| (4) Comments

Analysis: A Look at Some Proposed Baseline Project Features

The recently renamed project, Davis Innovation and Sustainability Campus (DISC), goes before the Planning ...

The recently renamed project, Davis Innovation and Sustainability Campus (DISC), goes before the Planning Commission next week for recommendation of certification of the Final Subsequent EIR. The proj ...

June 07, 2020
| by David Greenwald

| (4) Comments

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