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Commentary: We Need to Continue to Look At the City’s Housing Challenges

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 01, 2021
| (29) Comments

Commentary: We Need to Continue to Look At the City’s Housing Challenges

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA – Earlier this week, the Vanguard hosted a webinar on city housing needs. ...

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA – Earlier this week, the Vanguard hosted a webinar on city housing needs. It remains our view that filling the city’s housing needs over the next eight years will be i ...

April 01, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Vanguard’s Monthly Webinar – New Housing in Davis (Video)

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 31, 2021
| (4) Comments

Vanguard’s Monthly Webinar – New Housing in Davis (Video)

Housing is always a huge topic in the city of Davis—but one thing that has concerned me of late is that w ...

Housing is always a huge topic in the city of Davis—but one thing that has concerned me of late is that we have not really had any sort of public engagement on the issue of the housing element. And wh ...

March 31, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: Bretton Woods Attempts Another Bait and Switch with Its Davis Based Buyers Program

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: March 28, 2021
| (30) Comments

Guest Commentary: Bretton Woods Attempts Another Bait and Switch with Its Davis Based Buyers Program

by Alan Pryor - Protections Will Weaken for Prospective Davis Senior Buyers. The Bretton Wood developer, ...

by Alan Pryor - Protections Will Weaken for Prospective Davis Senior Buyers. The Bretton Wood developer, David Taormino, is attempting to pull another bait and switch ...

March 28, 2021
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Commentary: Aggie Square Contributes $50 Million to Affordable Housing in Sacramento

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 26, 2021
| (19) Comments

Commentary: Aggie Square Contributes $50 Million to Affordable Housing in Sacramento

By David M. Greenwald Yesterday marked a huge announcement as Chancellor Gary May and Mayor Darrell Stein ...

By David M. Greenwald Yesterday marked a huge announcement as Chancellor Gary May and Mayor Darrell Steinberg announced a “groundbreaking Community Benefits Partnership Agreement (CBPA) to ensure the ...

March 26, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Report Finds Huge Housing Shortage Nationwide, with California Leading the Way

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 19, 2021
| 0 comments

Report Finds Huge Housing Shortage Nationwide, with California Leading the Way

By David M. Greenwald Affordable housing has been a crisis in California, but a new report from the Natio ...

By David M. Greenwald Affordable housing has been a crisis in California, but a new report from the National Low Income Housing Coalition on Thursday found that the problem is nationwide with a shorta ...

March 19, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Seriously, Where is Davis Planning to Put New Housing?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 10, 2021
| (35) Comments

Commentary: Seriously, Where is Davis Planning to Put New Housing?

By David M. Greenwald The question of where the city plans to put new housing is not merely one of academ ...

By David M. Greenwald The question of where the city plans to put new housing is not merely one of academic interest. With the housing crisis and state requirements for the next housing element, the ...

March 10, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: A Realistic Assessment of Davis’ Housing Situation

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 05, 2021
| (19) Comments

Commentary: A Realistic Assessment of Davis’ Housing Situation

By David M. Greenwald Listening to the housing discussion on Wednesday was a reminder that the housing is ...

By David M. Greenwald Listening to the housing discussion on Wednesday was a reminder that the housing issue, while diminished during times of COVID, is probably coming back—especially if the projecti ...

March 05, 2021
| by David Greenwald

| (19) Comments

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California Capitol Watch: City Council to Consider 2021 Legislative Platform

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 12, 2021
| (40) Comments

California Capitol Watch: City Council to Consider 2021 Legislative Platform

On the agenda for the upcoming, February 16th, Davis City Council meeting is consideration of a resolutio ...

On the agenda for the upcoming, February 16th, Davis City Council meeting is consideration of a resolution authorizing the adoption of a 2021 Legislative Platform (Item 6). The proposed Platform was d ...

February 12, 2021
| by David Greenwald

| (40) Comments

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ACLU and UC Irvine Lawsuit Argues Lancaster’s Administrative Citation System Targets Those Struggling with Homelessness

Posted by Cailin Garcia
|Date: February 10, 2021
| 0 comments

ACLU and UC Irvine Lawsuit Argues Lancaster’s Administrative Citation System Targets Those Struggling with Homelessness

By Meghan Imperio LANCASTER — In the city of Lancaster, people are fined for sleeping in a vacant lot out ...

By Meghan Imperio LANCASTER — In the city of Lancaster, people are fined for sleeping in a vacant lot outdoors and other activities that are unavoidable for people in poverty—but especially people wit ...

February 10, 2021
| by Cailin Garcia

| 0 comments

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Guest Commentary: I Respectfully Disagree with Vanguard Affordable Housing Blurb

Posted by Georgina Valencia
|Date: February 09, 2021
| (6) Comments

Guest Commentary: I Respectfully Disagree with Vanguard Affordable Housing Blurb

by Georgina Valencia There seems to be confusion around the issue of the loss of Affordable Housing. An i ...

by Georgina Valencia There seems to be confusion around the issue of the loss of Affordable Housing. An issue that was brought forward in the submission "Who's Tending the Shop?" Let me state what I f ...

February 09, 2021
| by Georgina Valencia

| (6) Comments

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Guest Commentary: Balancing the Needs Of All Voice in This Community is a Challenge

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 07, 2021
| (49) Comments

Guest Commentary: Balancing the Needs Of All Voice in This Community is a Challenge

by Gloria Partida The balancing act of trying to meet the needs of all the voices in the community can be ...

by Gloria Partida The balancing act of trying to meet the needs of all the voices in the community can be challenging. It is at once rewarding and frustrating to search for solutions and the best ways ...

February 07, 2021
| by David Greenwald

| (49) Comments

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Guest Commentary: Affordable Housing…Who’s Tending the Shop?

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: January 30, 2021
| (53) Comments

Guest Commentary: Affordable Housing…Who’s Tending the Shop?

by Georgina Valencia I serve on the Social Services Commission and have been on the commission for a litt ...

by Georgina Valencia I serve on the Social Services Commission and have been on the commission for a little over 4 years. The reason I choose to serve on the commission was that my expertise with sale ...

January 30, 2021
| by Vanguard Administrator

| (53) Comments

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Monday Morning Thoughts: California’s Housing Crisis Could Morph After Pandemic, but Probably Won’t Go Away

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 25, 2021
| (18) Comments

Monday Morning Thoughts: California’s Housing Crisis Could Morph After Pandemic, but Probably Won’t Go Away

By David M. Greenwald A year ago with housing prices rising and a shortage of new housing, California’s h ...

By David M. Greenwald A year ago with housing prices rising and a shortage of new housing, California’s housing crisis was the biggest problem facing the state. A year later, however, with the COVID ...

January 25, 2021
| by David Greenwald

| (18) Comments

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Sunday Commentary: A Chance to Hit Reset on Pacifico

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 17, 2021
| (8) Comments

Sunday Commentary: A Chance to Hit Reset on Pacifico

By David M. Greenwald The council has for some time been receiving complaints about activities on the Pac ...

By David M. Greenwald The council has for some time been receiving complaints about activities on the Pacifico Property from near neighbors. As a result, the council made the decision in 2019 to look ...

January 17, 2021
| by David Greenwald

| (8) Comments

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Subcommittee Recommends Finding New Management for Pacifico, Consider New RFP

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 16, 2021
| (10) Comments

Subcommittee Recommends Finding New Management for Pacifico, Consider New RFP

By David M. Greenwald Amid complaints from neighbors, two years ago the Davis City Council took out an RF ...

By David M. Greenwald Amid complaints from neighbors, two years ago the Davis City Council took out an RFP (request for proposals) for the purpose of repurposing the Pacifico property. After receivin ...

January 16, 2021
| by David Greenwald

| (10) Comments

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Commentary: What Does Workforce and Family Housing Look Like? How Can We Address Affordable Housing?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 19, 2020
| (50) Comments

Commentary: What Does Workforce and Family Housing Look Like? How Can We Address Affordable Housing?

By David M. Greenwald Pop quiz—if you are a family with two kids, a boy and a girl, how many bedrooms do ...

By David M. Greenwald Pop quiz—if you are a family with two kids, a boy and a girl, how many bedrooms do you need? The answer that most people understand is three. You really are not supposed to hav ...

November 19, 2020
| by David Greenwald

| (50) Comments

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Public Pushes Back on Affordable Housing Amendment, But Council Still Backs It

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 18, 2020
| (31) Comments

Public Pushes Back on Affordable Housing Amendment, But Council Still Backs It

By David M. Greenwald The Yolo Crisis Nursery, running out of room had an agreement with the developers o ...

By David M. Greenwald The Yolo Crisis Nursery, running out of room had an agreement with the developers of the Plaza 2555 for one acre of land to be dedicated for a new facility. The land dedication ...

November 18, 2020
| by David Greenwald

| (31) Comments

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Plaza 2555 Comes Back to Council Looking a Quite a Bit Different, Including a Facility for Yolo Crisis Nursery

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 14, 2020
| (12) Comments

Plaza 2555 Comes Back to Council Looking a Quite a Bit Different, Including a Facility for Yolo Crisis Nursery

By David M. Greenwald Two years after the first time it came before council, Plaza 2555 is back looking q ...

By David M. Greenwald Two years after the first time it came before council, Plaza 2555 is back looking quite a bit different from the last time it was here on October 16, 2018. Back then, the counci ...

November 14, 2020
| by David Greenwald

| (12) Comments

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Mixed-Use Project at University Research Park Goes to Council

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 26, 2020
| (2) Comments

Mixed-Use Project at University Research Park Goes to Council

Two years ago, representatives from the University Research Park told the Vanguard that as the then-newly ...

Two years ago, representatives from the University Research Park told the Vanguard that as the then-newly purchased business park by Fulcrum looked to redevelop, one of the key needs was to generate h ...

October 26, 2020
| by David Greenwald

| (2) Comments

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Davis City Council Questions: Question 5 – Affordable Housing

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 09, 2020
| (41) Comments

Davis City Council Questions: Question 5 – Affordable Housing

This is our fifth of eight questions. The candidates get exactly 250 words. The answer was due at 9 pm ...

This is our fifth of eight questions. The candidates get exactly 250 words. The answer was due at 9 pm on Thursday. Question 5: Everyone says they want affordable housing. But with the loss of Rede ...

October 09, 2020
| by David Greenwald

| (41) Comments

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