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My View: Governor Newsom’s Full Court Press Attacks the Homeless Problem, but Is It Enough?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 25, 2020
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My View: Governor Newsom’s Full Court Press Attacks the Homeless Problem, but Is It Enough?

This week Governor Newsom has put on a full court press on the issue of homelessness, which for the most ...

This week Governor Newsom has put on a full court press on the issue of homelessness, which for the most part seems to be focused on creating more temporary shelter and creating alternative space. In ...

January 25, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Affordable Housing and Government Regulation

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: January 20, 2020
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Affordable Housing and Government Regulation

by Mark Dempsey Hardly a day passes without some politician or concerned citizen writing an editorial or ...

by Mark Dempsey Hardly a day passes without some politician or concerned citizen writing an editorial or letter to the editor to say California can fix its affordable housing problem by deregulating. ...

January 20, 2020
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Sunday Commentary: Will SB 50 Solve the Housing Crisis? How Can We Increase Affordable Housing?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 12, 2020
| (26) Comments

Sunday Commentary: Will SB 50 Solve the Housing Crisis? How Can We Increase Affordable Housing?

Senate Bill 50 is back… again… for the third time. It is controversial, with opponents arguing that it t ...

Senate Bill 50 is back… again… for the third time. It is controversial, with opponents arguing that it takes away local control while supporters argue that it is designed to increase housing producti ...

January 12, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Senator Wiener Announces Revised SB 50, with New Local Flexibility Option for Cities, as Well as New Endorsements

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: January 08, 2020
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Senator Wiener Announces Revised SB 50, with New Local Flexibility Option for Cities, as Well as New Endorsements

Amendments to major zoning reform legislation allow more local flexibility. New housing equity groups and ...

Amendments to major zoning reform legislation allow more local flexibility. New housing equity groups and elected officials now support SB 50. (From Press Release – Senator Wiener) – On Tuesday, Senat ...

January 08, 2020
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Fifth Street Affordable Housing Project Awarded Funding for Mutual Housing

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: January 07, 2020
| (3) Comments

Fifth Street Affordable Housing Project Awarded Funding for Mutual Housing

(From Press Release)—State officials have announced that Mutual Housing California has been approved for ...

(From Press Release)—State officials have announced that Mutual Housing California has been approved for two major funding awards under the Proposition 1 Veterans and Affordable Housing Act that voter ...

January 07, 2020
| by Vanguard Administrator

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My View: Housing Is the Top Issue for Davis Headed into 2020

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 28, 2019
| (73) Comments

My View: Housing Is the Top Issue for Davis Headed into 2020

Polling shows that the top issue for Davis is the affordability of housing. The year 2020 figures to be ...

Polling shows that the top issue for Davis is the affordability of housing. The year 2020 figures to be an interesting year for housing issues. We will have the University Commons project coming for ...

December 28, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Some New Insights into Housing and Support for Development

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 26, 2019
| (34) Comments

Commentary: Some New Insights into Housing and Support for Development

It was only two years ago when people were questioning whether a Measure R project – any Measure R projec ...

It was only two years ago when people were questioning whether a Measure R project – any Measure R project – could win. It was one thing for the 2005 Measure X, at the end of a huge swath of large de ...

December 26, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: California’s Housing Crisis Driving the Nation’s Homeless Increase

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 24, 2019
| (26) Comments

Commentary: California’s Housing Crisis Driving the Nation’s Homeless Increase

Last Friday, HUD released its annual estimate of homelessness and that figure shows that people living on ...

Last Friday, HUD released its annual estimate of homelessness and that figure shows that people living on the streets increased by 2.7 percent this year nationally – almost exclusively because Califor ...

December 24, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: ARC Can Do More to Assure Voters of Adequate Affordable Housing

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 23, 2019
| (37) Comments

Monday Morning Thoughts: ARC Can Do More to Assure Voters of Adequate Affordable Housing

Last week the Social Services commission got to hear about the plan for affordable housing at ARC – perha ...

Last week the Social Services commission got to hear about the plan for affordable housing at ARC – perhaps less of a plan and more of a vague roadmap to a plan. I remain a strong supporter of the pr ...

December 23, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Rising Housing Prices Force People Out of Davis, How Will Davis Respond?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 20, 2019
| (58) Comments

Commentary: Rising Housing Prices Force People Out of Davis, How Will Davis Respond?

While the council has spent much of the year focused on putting out brush fires, the city’s released poll ...

While the council has spent much of the year focused on putting out brush fires, the city’s released poll and several other private polls show that the biggest concern – by far – among voters is the a ...

December 20, 2019
| by David Greenwald

| (58) Comments

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Social Services Recommends ARC Be Bound by Affordable Housing Policies at the Time of Proposals

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 17, 2019
| (16) Comments

Social Services Recommends ARC Be Bound by Affordable Housing Policies at the Time of Proposals

The first step in a long string of advisory board hearings for the Aggie Research Campus, found the Socia ...

The first step in a long string of advisory board hearings for the Aggie Research Campus, found the Social Services Commission, skeptical that current affordable housing policies are too weak, reject ...

December 17, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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ARC Affordable Housing Proposal Comes to Social Services Commission

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 15, 2019
| (11) Comments

ARC Affordable Housing Proposal Comes to Social Services Commission

When the Aggie Research Campus is built out, it will include up to 2.654 million square feet of innovatio ...

When the Aggie Research Campus is built out, it will include up to 2.654 million square feet of innovation center uses, along with 850 residential units of “varied sizes and affordability.” The affor ...

December 15, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Council to Discuss and Formulate 2020 Goals and Focus Items

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 02, 2019
| (20) Comments

Council to Discuss and Formulate 2020 Goals and Focus Items

Back in September 2018, the Davis City Council met to discuss overall goals for the 2018-20 legislative p ...

Back in September 2018, the Davis City Council met to discuss overall goals for the 2018-20 legislative period. In addition to reaffirming their eight overall goals for the period, the council establ ...

December 02, 2019
| by David Greenwald

| (20) Comments

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Sunday Commentary: Rothstein, the Housing Issue, and Discrimination in Davis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 24, 2019
| (36) Comments

Sunday Commentary: Rothstein, the Housing Issue, and Discrimination in Davis

We have seen a lot of side issues in Davis this year – from traffic congestion created on Mace to the iss ...

We have seen a lot of side issues in Davis this year – from traffic congestion created on Mace to the issue of the homeless respite center and more. But this week was a reminder that, at the core, the ...

November 24, 2019
| by David Greenwald

| (36) Comments

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Packed House Hears LWV Forum on Housing Discrimination, Community Housing Needs

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 19, 2019
| (49) Comments

Packed House Hears LWV Forum on Housing Discrimination, Community Housing Needs

It was nearing the end of the night and the packed house at Davis Community Church of more than 200 peopl ...

It was nearing the end of the night and the packed house at Davis Community Church of more than 200 people remained for the most part, as Richard Rothstein, author of The Color of Law – a book on the ...

November 19, 2019
| by David Greenwald

| (49) Comments

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Sunday Commentary: It Appears Some People Will Object to Any Project

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 17, 2019
| (74) Comments

Sunday Commentary: It Appears Some People Will Object to Any Project

I didn’t know much about the Olive Drive Mixed-Use project when it was placed on the consent calendar to ...

I didn’t know much about the Olive Drive Mixed-Use project when it was placed on the consent calendar to approve the contract for its environmental review. But as I read it, I was impressed with the ...

November 17, 2019
| by David Greenwald

| (74) Comments

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Governor Newsom Convenes Meeting to Confront Housing Crisis

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: November 14, 2019
| (3) Comments

Governor Newsom Convenes Meeting to Confront Housing Crisis

(From Press Release – Governor’s Office) - Governor Gavin Newsom today convened top executives from major ...

(From Press Release – Governor’s Office) - Governor Gavin Newsom today convened top executives from major California employers for a roundtable discussion on the important role the private sector must ...

November 14, 2019
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Commentary: Housing Issue Figures to Be Tricky to Thread the Needle

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 13, 2019
| (33) Comments

Commentary: Housing Issue Figures to Be Tricky to Thread the Needle

A poll released over the summer showed that the top issue among Davis voters was the issue of affordabili ...

A poll released over the summer showed that the top issue among Davis voters was the issue of affordability of housing. We have seen some other polling that internally bears that out as well: afforda ...

November 13, 2019
| by David Greenwald

| (33) Comments

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Council Gets a Presentation on RHNA and Local Housing Needs

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 24, 2019
| (6) Comments

Council Gets a Presentation on RHNA and Local Housing Needs

Greg Chew and Dov Kadin from SACOG (Sacramento Area Council of Governments) gave a presentation to counci ...

Greg Chew and Dov Kadin from SACOG (Sacramento Area Council of Governments) gave a presentation to council about the Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA) process that will be coming up for the new ...

October 24, 2019
| by David Greenwald

| (6) Comments

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City Releases Draft of Downtown Plan and Code

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 17, 2019
| (35) Comments

City Releases Draft of Downtown Plan and Code

This week the city released a draft of the Downtown Davis Specific Plan and a Draft Downtown Form-based C ...

This week the city released a draft of the Downtown Davis Specific Plan and a Draft Downtown Form-based Code. What follows will be a 90-day public review and comment period which ends on January 14, ...

October 17, 2019
| by David Greenwald

| (35) Comments

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