My View: We See Again the Need for Affordable Housing in Davis
While the city of Davis will continue to toy with the exact requirements for affordable housing –…
Council to Hear about Current Concerns Regarding Pacifico
Back on January 10, an information session was held at Montgomery Elementary Library about a Conditional Use…
Planning Commission Recommends Chiles Road Project, Pending Affordable Housing Action by Social Services Commission
The Planning Commission was largely supportive of the Chiles Road Project, although wary of jumping the gun…
Anger and Frustration Come Out in Informational Meeting on Pacifico
What was supposed to be an informational meeting on Thursday night at the overflowing library at Montgomery…
Creekside Will Provide At-Risk Populations with Affordable Housing
Creekside is the last parcel of affordable housing within the Mace Ranch Development. After languishing for a…
What Does the Left and Right Agree On Nationally? Housing
An article in the American Conservative argues that if there is one area in the next two…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Bad News Ahead on the Housing Front?
An ominous article appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle this weekend: “Development of market-rate housing in San…
Guest Commentary: We Must Address Inequality with Our Housing Policies
By Gloria Partida The current report commissioned by the city to evaluate the feasibility of integrated affordable…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Data Gives Us a Clear Picture of the Future of California
The right has attempted to paint a picture of California as a state where the affluent are…
Monday Morning Thoughts, Part II – Resistance Standing in the Way of Prosperity
In the Chronicle this week, Joe Mathews writes: “Resistance to development stands in way of prosperity.” He…
Commentary: Housing, Poverty and the Economy
The census figures from 2017 showed that when the cost of living, specifically housing, was factored in,…
Sunday Commentary: Vertical Mixed Use Provision Does Three Things
This week the amendment to the Affordable Housing Ordinance was placed on consent, but it makes a…
Council to Look at Vertical Mixed Use Provisions of Affordable Housing Ordinance
Back on November 27, the council put forward interim provisions for extending the city’s affordable housing requirement. …
Sunday Commentary: Who Benefits from the Davis Status Quo?
In recent weeks I have seen the terms “left” and “right” used at times to describe positions…
Aguiar-Curry Introduces Constitutional Amendment to Boost Local Investments in Infrastructure and Affordable Housing
(From Press Release) – Today, Assemblymember Cecilia Aguiar-Curry (D – Winters) and several of her Assembly colleagues introduced…
Commentary: Council Wants to Remove the Vertical Mixed-Use Exemption, but Should They?
The council got their crack at the affordable housing ordinance and, for the most part, did what…
Council to Extend Interim Affordable Housing Ordinance; Will Look into Vertical Mixed-Use
The Davis City Council became the third entity in the last two weeks to look at the…
Council’s Turn to Take Up Affordable Housing Ordinance Revisions
While staff is wanting to hear the council weigh in on the four key issues that both…
Commentary: Where Does Affordable Housing Go from Here?
There was a good discussion at the Social Services Commission on Affordable Housing. Affordable Housing is in…
Chiles Apartment Project Presents Its Affordable Plan
The Chiles Road Apartments is designed as “a traditional rental housing project” which means providing predominantly one…