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Commentary: The Floor Is Moving on the Davis Housing Discussion

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 06, 2023
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Commentary: The Floor Is Moving on the Davis Housing Discussion

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Today the Vanguard published a proposal for developmen ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Today the Vanguard published a proposal for development planning priorities. The very fact that the list of signers include some of the current lead ...

June 06, 2023
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Guest Commentary: Development Planning Priorities for Davis

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: June 06, 2023
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Guest Commentary: Development Planning Priorities for Davis

by Judy Corbett, Alan Hirsch, Roberta Millstein, Alan Pryor, Bob Schneider, David J. Thompson, Colin Wals ...

by Judy Corbett, Alan Hirsch, Roberta Millstein, Alan Pryor, Bob Schneider, David J. Thompson, Colin Walsh, Stephen Wheeler, James Zanetto, and the Sierra Club Yolano Group Develop infill oppor ...

June 06, 2023
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Guest Commentary: Densifying Davis – A Four-Part Strategy

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: June 02, 2023
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Guest Commentary: Densifying Davis – A Four-Part Strategy

By Robb Davis The views expressed in this piece are the author’s and do not represent the views of his em ...

By Robb Davis The views expressed in this piece are the author’s and do not represent the views of his employer or any community organization of which he is a member. The City of Davis cannot successf ...

June 02, 2023
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Letter: Legislators Call for Permanent Place in the State Budget for Homelessness Programs and Affordable Housing

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|Date: June 02, 2023
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Letter: Legislators Call for Permanent Place in the State Budget for Homelessness Programs and Affordable Housing

Dear Chairs Ting and Skinner, In the spirit of a strong state and local government partnership that benef ...

Dear Chairs Ting and Skinner, In the spirit of a strong state and local government partnership that benefits all Californians, we the undersigned Members respectfully ask for your consideration for a ...

June 02, 2023
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Senate Passes SB 423 – To Extend Streamlining of Builder’s Remedy

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 01, 2023
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Senate Passes SB 423 – To Extend Streamlining of Builder’s Remedy

Special to the Vanguard Sacramento, CA - The Senate passed Senator Scott Wiener’s (D-San Francisco) Senat ...

Special to the Vanguard Sacramento, CA - The Senate passed Senator Scott Wiener’s (D-San Francisco) Senate Bill 423, legislation to extend Senator Wiener’s SB 35 (2017), one of the state’s most succe ...

June 01, 2023
| by David Greenwald

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Senate Passes Bill to Spur Affordable Housing Development

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 01, 2023
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Senate Passes Bill to Spur Affordable Housing Development

Special to the Vanguard Sacramento, CA - The Senate passed Senator Scott Wiener’s (D-San Francisco) Senat ...

Special to the Vanguard Sacramento, CA - The Senate passed Senator Scott Wiener’s (D-San Francisco) Senate Bill 4, the Affordable Housing on Faith and Higher Education Lands Act. SB 4 would open tens ...

June 01, 2023
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Data Suggests Clear Link Between Housing Costs and Homelessness

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 30, 2023
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Commentary: Data Suggests Clear Link Between Housing Costs and Homelessness

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor A local official keeps wanting to link homelessness to drugs and m ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor A local official keeps wanting to link homelessness to drugs and mental illness—but all the data points to the chief cause of California’s large homeless populat ...

May 30, 2023
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Why Davis Can’t Rely on Dense Infill to Solve Its Housing Needs

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 28, 2023
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Sunday Commentary: Why Davis Can’t Rely on Dense Infill to Solve Its Housing Needs

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – I was reading an insightful piece from UC Davis Law Pr ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – I was reading an insightful piece from UC Davis Law Professor Chris Elmendorf in City Journal. He notes that the California legislature has “refurbi ...

May 28, 2023
| by David Greenwald

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Report Finds Yolo County Lacks Affordable Housing, Beds for the Homeless

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 25, 2023
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Report Finds Yolo County Lacks Affordable Housing, Beds for the Homeless

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA – On Wednesday, The California Housing Partnership ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA – On Wednesday, The California Housing Partnership released the 2023 housing needs reports for all six Sacramento region counties, including Yolo ...

May 25, 2023
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Why One Analyst Believes the Housing Shortage is Overblown

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 24, 2023
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Commentary: Why One Analyst Believes the Housing Shortage is Overblown

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor It’s important to read a number of views on issues like the housin ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor It’s important to read a number of views on issues like the housing crisis – even if you end up not agreeing. Such was the case reading a Press Enterprise inter ...

May 24, 2023
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Bee’s Story Illustrates the Depth of the Affordable Housing Shortfall

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 22, 2023
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Bee’s Story Illustrates the Depth of the Affordable Housing Shortfall

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Every so often, someone comes on the Vanguard and argues that ther ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Every so often, someone comes on the Vanguard and argues that there really isn’t a housing crisis—just go on a real estate site and you will see a ton of houses ...

May 22, 2023
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Yes, There Is a Housing Crisis – What Do We Do About It?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 21, 2023
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Sunday Commentary: Yes, There Is a Housing Crisis – What Do We Do About It?

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Californians do not agree on a whole lot, but one thing there is w ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Californians do not agree on a whole lot, but one thing there is widespread and still growing agreement on—there is a housing crisis. In a Quinnipiac University ...

May 21, 2023
| by David Greenwald

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Governor Announces $567 Million for New Affordable Housing

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: May 20, 2023
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Governor Announces $567 Million for New Affordable Housing

Special to the Vanguard Sacramento, CA- Governor Gavin Newsom on Friday announced that $567 million is no ...

Special to the Vanguard Sacramento, CA- Governor Gavin Newsom on Friday announced that $567 million is now available statewide to build much-needed multifamily affordable housing as part of the Califo ...

May 20, 2023
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UPDATE: Major Housing Bills Move to Senate Floor

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: May 19, 2023
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UPDATE: Major Housing Bills Move to Senate Floor

Special to the Vanguard Sacramento, CA - On Thursday, the Senate Appropriations Committee passed major ho ...

Special to the Vanguard Sacramento, CA - On Thursday, the Senate Appropriations Committee passed major housing bills SB 4 and SB 423 to the Senate floor, for a vote in the next few weeks before the Ju ...

May 19, 2023
| by Vanguard Administrator

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DeLoera-Brust Goes from Labor Organizer to Candidate for County Supervisor

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 17, 2023
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DeLoera-Brust Goes from Labor Organizer to Candidate for County Supervisor

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – A few weeks ago, long time County Supervisor Jim Prove ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – A few weeks ago, long time County Supervisor Jim Provenza announced he would not seek reelection in 2024. Shortly thereafter it was announced that t ...

May 17, 2023
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: A Right to Housing Sounds Good…

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 15, 2023
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Monday Morning Thoughts: A Right to Housing Sounds Good…

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor A right to housing? San Francisco Assemblymember Matt Haney is pr ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor A right to housing? San Francisco Assemblymember Matt Haney is proposing a constitutional amendment that would declare housing to be a fundamental human right i ...

May 15, 2023
| by David Greenwald

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CalCities Complains About Lack of Adequate Funding for Homelessness and Affordable Housing

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 13, 2023
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CalCities Complains About Lack of Adequate Funding for Homelessness and Affordable Housing

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA – The Governor this week unveiled the May Revision. ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA – The Governor this week unveiled the May Revision. Overall, the League noted, “The budget includes a few wins for cities, but on the homelessnes ...

May 13, 2023
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: You Can’t Block Housing in Town and Then Point Your Finger at the University

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 11, 2023
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Commentary: You Can’t Block Housing in Town and Then Point Your Finger at the University

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA -It is inevitable that a conversation about Davis housin ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA -It is inevitable that a conversation about Davis housing needs will result in segments of the community attempting to turn the gaze to UC Davis. We sa ...

May 11, 2023
| by David Greenwald

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Assemblymember Kalra Laments the Failure of the Stable Homes Act in 2023

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: May 09, 2023
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Assemblymember Kalra Laments the Failure of the Stable Homes Act in 2023

Special to the Vanguard Sacramento, CA – The Assembly Committee on Judiciary ended up holding AB 919, the ...

Special to the Vanguard Sacramento, CA – The Assembly Committee on Judiciary ended up holding AB 919, the Stable Homes Act sponsored by Assemblymember Ash Kalra. “I am deeply disappointed the Stable H ...

May 09, 2023
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Joining Climate Justice and Affordable Housing

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 08, 2023
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Joining Climate Justice and Affordable Housing

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA - What is the link between affordable housing and climat ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA - What is the link between affordable housing and climate justice? That’s a critical part of the conversation that often gets omitted from housing and ...

May 08, 2023
| by David Greenwald

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