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Commentary: A Look at the City Survey – Part One, Housing

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 11, 2019
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Commentary: A Look at the City Survey – Part One, Housing

The city conducted a survey recently through EMC Research with the broader subject being satisfaction. F ...

The city conducted a survey recently through EMC Research with the broader subject being satisfaction. For the most part the city council should be pleased with the survey results – especially lookin ...

July 11, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Why We Probably Can’t Believe Any Homeless Stats

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 01, 2019
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Why We Probably Can’t Believe Any Homeless Stats

In the last few weeks we have been debating the statistics of homeless people, but as today’s column from ...

In the last few weeks we have been debating the statistics of homeless people, but as today’s column from Marcos Breton demonstrates, maybe we can’t believe any of it, because the data collection meth ...

July 01, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Elizabeth Warren Recognizes Zoning Restrictions as a Barrier to Affordable Housing

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 27, 2019
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Commentary: Elizabeth Warren Recognizes Zoning Restrictions as a Barrier to Affordable Housing

In a newsletter yesterday from liberal NY Times columnist Nicholas Kristoff, he noted, “I started off dee ...

In a newsletter yesterday from liberal NY Times columnist Nicholas Kristoff, he noted, “I started off deeply skeptical of Elizabeth Warren’s candidacy” and admitted he was wrong about her. What caugh ...

June 27, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Homelessness Debate – Housing, Mental Illness, Both?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 24, 2019
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Homelessness Debate – Housing, Mental Illness, Both?

Last week, citing a number of sources, we argued that the percentage of homeless suffering from mental il ...

Last week, citing a number of sources, we argued that the percentage of homeless suffering from mental illness was only about one-quarter to one-third of the total population. There have been other s ...

June 24, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Paul’s Place Figures to Be an Innovative Approach to Solving the Homeless Challenges in This Community

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 13, 2019
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Paul’s Place Figures to Be an Innovative Approach to Solving the Homeless Challenges in This Community

Paul’s Place, which offers opportunities for people suffering from homelessness to find a place to live, ...

Paul’s Place, which offers opportunities for people suffering from homelessness to find a place to live, and gives support to help people get the services they need to rebuild their lives. “Recognizin ...

June 13, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Council Moves Forward with RFP for Changes to Pacifico

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 16, 2019
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Council Moves Forward with RFP for Changes to Pacifico

Facing calls by a handful of neighbors to level Pacifico and rebuild from scratch, the council instead to ...

Facing calls by a handful of neighbors to level Pacifico and rebuild from scratch, the council instead took the more modest step of calling for an RFP (Request for Proposal) and waiting before designa ...

May 16, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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My View: We Still Need Answers about Pacifico Before We Rush to Make Changes

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 11, 2019
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My View: We Still Need Answers about Pacifico Before We Rush to Make Changes

For months now we have listened to anger, frustration and concerns about a nuisance situation at Pacifico ...

For months now we have listened to anger, frustration and concerns about a nuisance situation at Pacifico. As an independent observer, it is a difficult situation to evaluate. One the one hand, the ...

May 11, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Council Will Look to Make Changes to Pacifico at Next Week’s Meeting

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 10, 2019
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Council Will Look to Make Changes to Pacifico at Next Week’s Meeting

Back in February, the Davis City Council heard numerous complaints about the operations of the Pacifico A ...

Back in February, the Davis City Council heard numerous complaints about the operations of the Pacifico Affordable Housing Complex. Neighbors and adjacent residents complained about the ongoing nuisa ...

May 10, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Nishi Petitioners Attempting to Add Cause of Action

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 10, 2019
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Nishi Petitioners Attempting to Add Cause of Action

Earlier this week, the parties were in court, where Nishi is the latest project being challenged. The pe ...

Earlier this week, the parties were in court, where Nishi is the latest project being challenged. The petitioners, a group calling themselves the Davis Coalition for Sensible Planning, with named pet ...

May 10, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Legislation to Establish Major New Incentive for Affordable Housing in Opportunity Zones Clears Key Committee

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: May 08, 2019
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Legislation to Establish Major New Incentive for Affordable Housing in Opportunity Zones Clears Key Committee

Unanimous Bipartisan Support For Legislation that would address concerns from the 2017 federal tax overha ...

Unanimous Bipartisan Support For Legislation that would address concerns from the 2017 federal tax overhaul and build on Governor Newsom’s call for California to direct investments in low income censu ...

May 08, 2019
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Commentary: State Housing Growth Slows, but Community Still Has Needs

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 07, 2019
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Commentary: State Housing Growth Slows, but Community Still Has Needs

The population in Davis ticked up about 1 percent from 2018 to 2019, according to an article that appeare ...

The population in Davis ticked up about 1 percent from 2018 to 2019, according to an article that appeared over the weekend in the local paper – about an increase of 762 people, taking the population ...

May 07, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Downtown Committee Meets to Consider Options for New Downtown Specific Plan

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 01, 2019
| (18) Comments

Downtown Committee Meets to Consider Options for New Downtown Specific Plan

One of the big questions facing the community as we draw to the end of the current RHNA (Regional Housing ...

One of the big questions facing the community as we draw to the end of the current RHNA (Regional Housing Needs Allocation) cycle is where housing will go in the future, given limitations on developin ...

May 01, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Will California Really Get Rid of Single-Family Zoning?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 28, 2019
| (15) Comments

Sunday Commentary: Will California Really Get Rid of Single-Family Zoning?

The statewide housing crisis has definitely spawned a number of initiatives and some different approaches ...

The statewide housing crisis has definitely spawned a number of initiatives and some different approaches. Earlier this week there was a thought-provoking op-ed in the LA Times, “Holy cow! California ...

April 28, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: The Left Split over Housing

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 21, 2019
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Sunday Commentary: The Left Split over Housing

If you have been following local politics in Davis for any period of time, you will know that the town at ...

If you have been following local politics in Davis for any period of time, you will know that the town at times is bitterly split over the issue of growth and housing. What has made the dividing line ...

April 21, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Analysis: How California Can Solve Its Housing Crisis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 17, 2019
| (14) Comments

Analysis: How California Can Solve Its Housing Crisis

The Bee this week ran a fairly interesting article where they compiled a group of political and business ...

The Bee this week ran a fairly interesting article where they compiled a group of political and business leaders across the political spectrum and asked them how to solve the state’s housing crisis. ...

April 17, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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SB 50 Remains a Controversial Solution for Housing

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 13, 2019
| (10) Comments

SB 50 Remains a Controversial Solution for Housing

Last year one of the pieces of housing legislation that was not approved was SB 827, sponsored by Senator ...

Last year one of the pieces of housing legislation that was not approved was SB 827, sponsored by Senator Scott Wiener, which among other things would have allowed developers to build highly dense apa ...

April 13, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Davis Affordable Housing Forum – Part 1 (Video)

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 03, 2019
| (1) Comment

Davis Affordable Housing Forum – Part 1 (Video)

On March 21, the Davis Vanguard held the first forum of a three-part series on affordable housing. The f ...

On March 21, the Davis Vanguard held the first forum of a three-part series on affordable housing. The forum featured Councilmember Lucas Frerichs, Lisa Baker of the Yolo County Housing Authority and ...

April 03, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Assemblymember Aguiar-Curry Seeks to Boost Local Investment in Infrastructure and Affordable Housing

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 28, 2019
| (7) Comments

Assemblymember Aguiar-Curry Seeks to Boost Local Investment in Infrastructure and Affordable Housing

Assemblymember Cecilia Aguiar-Curry and some of her colleagues held a press conference and rally in suppo ...

Assemblymember Cecilia Aguiar-Curry and some of her colleagues held a press conference and rally in support of her bill, ACA 1. ACA 1 would reduce the local vote threshold for approval of bond and spe ...

March 28, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Mutual Housing Makes Move to Go Smoke-Free

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: March 28, 2019
| (3) Comments

Mutual Housing Makes Move to Go Smoke-Free

(From Press Release) - Mutual Housing California, one of the state’s leading nonprofit affordable housing ...

(From Press Release) - Mutual Housing California, one of the state’s leading nonprofit affordable housing developers, is about to crush out the danger of secondhand smoke in the 18 multifamily communi ...

March 28, 2019
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Assemblymember Aguiar-Curry Looking to Boost Local Investment in Infrastructure and Affordable Housing

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 26, 2019
| (6) Comments

Assemblymember Aguiar-Curry Looking to Boost Local Investment in Infrastructure and Affordable Housing

This week, Assemblymember Cecilia Aguiar-Curry (D – Winters), will be hosting a press conference and rall ...

This week, Assemblymember Cecilia Aguiar-Curry (D – Winters), will be hosting a press conference and rally in support of her bill, ACA 1. She will be joined by coauthoring legislators and advocates fo ...

March 26, 2019
| by David Greenwald

| (6) Comments

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