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Could a CalWORKS Proposal Work for Pacifico?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 16, 2021
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Could a CalWORKS Proposal Work for Pacifico?

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA – The city has been looking at ways to revamp and repurpose the Pacifico ...

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA – The city has been looking at ways to revamp and repurpose the Pacifico property for several years now, following community complaints about nuisances on the current a ...

July 16, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Analysis: How Housing Element Could Provide Housing Needs for Davis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 06, 2021
| (57) Comments

Analysis: How Housing Element Could Provide Housing Needs for Davis

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA – Drilling down a little further into the Housing Element proposals, it i ...

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA – Drilling down a little further into the Housing Element proposals, it is worth noting the analysis on Measure J. Six projects have now gone through the development p ...

July 06, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Housing – We Need a Plan, Not Just ‘No’

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 29, 2021
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Commentary: Housing – We Need a Plan, Not Just ‘No’

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA - The Housing Element contained a warning: “The City does not currently c ...

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA - The Housing Element contained a warning: “The City does not currently contain enough vacant land appropriately zoned for the development of the housing necessary to m ...

June 29, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Despite Strong Opposition from Cal Cities, City Officials and Others, SB 9 Advances Out of Committee

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 24, 2021
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Despite Strong Opposition from Cal Cities, City Officials and Others, SB 9 Advances Out of Committee

By David M. Greenwald Sacramento, CA - SB 9 passed out of the Assembly Housing and Community Development ...

By David M. Greenwald Sacramento, CA - SB 9 passed out of the Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee on a 5-1 vote, with two abstaining on Wednesday despite strong opposition provided by ...

June 24, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: Dan Carson’s Comments on the Housing Element Review

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: June 17, 2021
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Guest Commentary: Dan Carson’s Comments on the Housing Element Review

(Editor's Note: The following are comments from Councilmember Dan Carson delivered on Tuesday during the ...

(Editor's Note: The following are comments from Councilmember Dan Carson delivered on Tuesday during the discussion of the Davis Housing Element Draft Report). by Dan Carson My Comments on Housing Ele ...

June 17, 2021
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Council to Hold Housing Element Workshop on Tuesday

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 12, 2021
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Council to Hold Housing Element Workshop on Tuesday

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA - The city of Davis announced on Friday that it would be re-opening City ...

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA - The city of Davis announced on Friday that it would be re-opening City Hall starting Tuesday in conjunction with new state orders allowing for the resumption of norma ...

June 12, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: We Need to Be Talking about the Big Housing Issue in Davis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 30, 2021
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Sunday Commentary: We Need to Be Talking about the Big Housing Issue in Davis

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA – I was sitting down this week over coffee with a community member, when ...

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA – I was sitting down this week over coffee with a community member, when the conversation turned to housing and they asked me about the Housing Element and my take on i ...

May 30, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Housing Element Probably Gets Out in Front of Public Opinion, but Has Some Very Good Proposals

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 23, 2021
| (37) Comments

Sunday Commentary: Housing Element Probably Gets Out in Front of Public Opinion, but Has Some Very Good Proposals

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA – The Housing Element Committee last week voted in favor of ten largely p ...

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA – The Housing Element Committee last week voted in favor of ten largely pro-housing comments in the draft housing element proposal. Ultimately the council and the broa ...

May 23, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Sustainable Growth Yolo Gets a Number of Changes to the Housing Element

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: May 22, 2021
| (6) Comments

Sustainable Growth Yolo Gets a Number of Changes to the Housing Element

Davis, CA - In a release on Friday put out by Sustainable Growth Yolo, they lauded the fact that the Davi ...

Davis, CA - In a release on Friday put out by Sustainable Growth Yolo, they lauded the fact that the Davis Housing Element Committee voted in favor of 10 pro-housing comments in the draft housing elem ...

May 22, 2021
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Commentary: Sustainable Growth Yolo Pushes to Expedite Housing Approval

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 21, 2021
| (17) Comments

Commentary: Sustainable Growth Yolo Pushes to Expedite Housing Approval

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA - One of the key questions facing communities like Davis will be how it c ...

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA - One of the key questions facing communities like Davis will be how it can meet the housing demands that are expected grow over the next ten years—even as population g ...

May 21, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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California Capitol Watch: Making Senior Housing More Inclusive — Affordable Intergenerational Housing

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: May 20, 2021
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California Capitol Watch: Making Senior Housing More Inclusive — Affordable Intergenerational Housing

By Eric Gelber In Davis, a local developer continues to grapple with the details of a program designed to ...

By Eric Gelber In Davis, a local developer continues to grapple with the details of a program designed to exclude non “Davis-connected” buyers from moving into an age-restricted senior housing develop ...

May 20, 2021
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Sustainable Growth Yolo Hosts Webinar and Issues Statement on the City of Davis Draft Housing Element Update (+Video)

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: May 19, 2021
| (2) Comments

Sustainable Growth Yolo Hosts Webinar and Issues Statement on the City of Davis Draft Housing Element Update (+Video)

Statement by Sustainable Growth Yolo The City of Davis Housing Element update is a key opportunity to add ...

Statement by Sustainable Growth Yolo The City of Davis Housing Element update is a key opportunity to address our region’s housing affordability crisis by facilitating critically needed housing develo ...

May 19, 2021
| by Vanguard Administrator

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California Capitol Watch: Bretton Woods Davis-Connected Buyers Program – All Local Resident Preferences Are Not Created Equal

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: May 13, 2021
| (9) Comments

California Capitol Watch: Bretton Woods Davis-Connected Buyers Program – All Local Resident Preferences Are Not Created Equal

By Eric Gelber This installment of California Capitol Watch is a bit of a departure from its usual format ...

By Eric Gelber This installment of California Capitol Watch is a bit of a departure from its usual format. It is commentary rather than an objective presentation of a bill. Moreover, instead of focusi ...

May 13, 2021
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Commentary: Should Davis Pursue More Greenfield Development in the Current Housing Element Cycle?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 11, 2021
| (10) Comments

Commentary: Should Davis Pursue More Greenfield Development in the Current Housing Element Cycle?

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA - Yesterday’s column focused on the thoughts of law professor Chris Elmen ...

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA - Yesterday’s column focused on the thoughts of law professor Chris Elmendorf and his critique of the Davis Housing Element Draft. He charges that the Davis draft prov ...

May 11, 2021
| by David Greenwald

| (10) Comments

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Is Davis Abusing the State’s Housing Element Law? One Law Professor Thinks So

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 10, 2021
| (30) Comments

Monday Morning Thoughts: Is Davis Abusing the State’s Housing Element Law? One Law Professor Thinks So

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA - Chris Elmendorf is a Professor of Law at UC Davis, and yesterday he mad ...

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA - Chris Elmendorf is a Professor of Law at UC Davis, and yesterday he made a rather provocative tweet that generated a huge and very interesting discussion: “Want (anot ...

May 10, 2021
| by David Greenwald

| (30) Comments

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New Report on Housing Demonstrates Need to Prioritize Affordable Housing

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 07, 2021
| (16) Comments

New Report on Housing Demonstrates Need to Prioritize Affordable Housing

By David M. Greenwald The report is not surprising but it is stark. A report this week on Bay Area housi ...

By David M. Greenwald The report is not surprising but it is stark. A report this week on Bay Area housing costs showed that a significant majority of the extremely low-income households living in th ...

May 07, 2021
| by David Greenwald

| (16) Comments

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City Releases Draft Housing Element

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 05, 2021
| 0 comments

City Releases Draft Housing Element

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA - The city this week released its 2021-2029 Draft Housing Element for rev ...

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA - The city this week released its 2021-2029 Draft Housing Element for review by both the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) and interested ...

May 05, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: Davis Housing – How You Can Help

Posted by Georgina Valencia
|Date: May 05, 2021
| (2) Comments

Guest Commentary: Davis Housing – How You Can Help

by Georgina Valencia, Vera Sandronsky, Bapu Vaitla and Don Kalman The city of Davis, like cities througho ...

by Georgina Valencia, Vera Sandronsky, Bapu Vaitla and Don Kalman The city of Davis, like cities throughout California and the country, has long recognized that lack of affordable housing is a huge pr ...

May 05, 2021
| by Georgina Valencia

| (2) Comments

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California Capitol Watch: Addressing the Need for Affordable Housing—Accessory Dwelling Units

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: May 03, 2021
| (8) Comments

California Capitol Watch: Addressing the Need for Affordable Housing—Accessory Dwelling Units

By Eric Gelber Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs)—also called granny flats, in-law units, secondary units, e ...

By Eric Gelber Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs)—also called granny flats, in-law units, secondary units, etc.—are an option for adding much-needed affordable housing in California. An ADU is a smaller ...

May 03, 2021
| by Vanguard Administrator

| (8) Comments

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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

| (29) Comments

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