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Letter: Taormino Responds to Staff Recommendations

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: September 13, 2022
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Letter: Taormino Responds to Staff Recommendations

On Monday, David Taormino responded to staff at the Open Space and Habit Commission hearing. The followi ...

On Monday, David Taormino responded to staff at the Open Space and Habit Commission hearing. The following is his letter to the commission. Dear Commissioners, Below is my response to the Staff Repor ...

September 13, 2022
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Commentary: In a Battle of Developer v. the City, We All Lose

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 31, 2022
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Commentary: In a Battle of Developer v. the City, We All Lose

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – I maintain that the single most disastrous thing to ha ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – I maintain that the single most disastrous thing to happen to housing in Davis was the Cannery. Not because the Cannery was a bad project, and that ...

August 31, 2022
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: Arriving Soon: Davis’ Bigger, Better, Costlier, Extravagant Toad Tunnels

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: August 27, 2022
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Guest Commentary: Arriving Soon: Davis’ Bigger, Better, Costlier, Extravagant Toad Tunnels

By David Taomino After 6 years of wrangling with Davis City Staff, Bretton Woods is under construction. T ...

By David Taomino After 6 years of wrangling with Davis City Staff, Bretton Woods is under construction. The actual election process was easy compared to finalizing the details with Davis staff. We sti ...

August 27, 2022
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City of Davis Response to Bretton Woods Development Requirements

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 27, 2022
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City of Davis Response to Bretton Woods Development Requirements

The following is a statement from the city of Davis in response to the guest commentary by David Taormino ...

The following is a statement from the city of Davis in response to the guest commentary by David Taormino. The City of Davis issued a statement today regarding the building requirements of the Bretto ...

August 27, 2022
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Commentary: Can the City Meet Its Low Income Housing Requirements Under RHNA?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 16, 2022
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Commentary: Can the City Meet Its Low Income Housing Requirements Under RHNA?

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Can the city meet its RHNA requirements for low and ve ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Can the city meet its RHNA requirements for low and very low income housing in the 2021 to 2029 RHNA cycle? As previously noted, the City Manager h ...

August 16, 2022
| by David Greenwald

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Nearly Four Years after Successful Measure J Vote, Bretton Woods Breaks Ground

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 29, 2022
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Nearly Four Years after Successful Measure J Vote, Bretton Woods Breaks Ground

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Normally the groundbreaking for a housing development ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Normally the groundbreaking for a housing development is not really newsworthy. It is one of those events that politicians like to get photos at bec ...

July 29, 2022
| by David Greenwald

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First Davis Voter-Approved Residential Neighborhood in 20 Years Breaks Ground

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: July 22, 2022
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First Davis Voter-Approved Residential Neighborhood in 20 Years Breaks Ground

Special to the Vanguard Davis, CA — Family-owned homebuilder, DeNova Homes of Concord, CA, has purchased ...

Special to the Vanguard Davis, CA — Family-owned homebuilder, DeNova Homes of Concord, CA, has purchased 247 lots at the new Bretton Woods neighborhood. A groundbreaking celebration is scheduled at th ...

July 22, 2022
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My View: It Appears Bretton Woods Will Break Ground This Month – But the Future of Housing in Davis Remains Clouded in Uncertainty

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 02, 2022
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My View: It Appears Bretton Woods Will Break Ground This Month – But the Future of Housing in Davis Remains Clouded in Uncertainty

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – An announcement went on Friday that there will be a Gr ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – An announcement went on Friday that there will be a Groundbreaking Ceremony held on July 26 at the site of the future Bretton Woods neighborhood. Fo ...

July 02, 2022
| by David Greenwald

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Unbuilt Approved Projects Move Forward, but Challenges Loom for the City

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 14, 2022
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Unbuilt Approved Projects Move Forward, but Challenges Loom for the City

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – The Chiles Ranch project that came before the Planning ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – The Chiles Ranch project that came before the Planning Commission last week is one of five major projects in the city that have been approved but gro ...

June 14, 2022
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: Bretton Woods Developer’s Response to Alan Pryor’s Missive and Other Comments

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: March 05, 2022
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Guest Commentary: Bretton Woods Developer’s Response to Alan Pryor’s Missive and Other Comments

by David Taormino Alan Pryor’s greatest nightmare is that Bretton Woods will be built as proposed and the ...

by David Taormino Alan Pryor’s greatest nightmare is that Bretton Woods will be built as proposed and the promises to the voters faithfully kept. Get ready for sleepless nights, Alan! Wading through t ...

March 05, 2022
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Council Finds Baseline Features Have Not Changed in Bretton Woods; Applicant Maintains URC Will Purchase the Property

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 03, 2022
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Council Finds Baseline Features Have Not Changed in Bretton Woods; Applicant Maintains URC Will Purchase the Property

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – While the council pulled the item on Bretton Woods off ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – While the council pulled the item on Bretton Woods off the consent calendar and had a roughly 20-minute discussion, the general consensus was that th ...

March 03, 2022
| by David Greenwald

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Letter: Responding to Inaccurate Public Commentary

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: March 02, 2022
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Letter: Responding to Inaccurate Public Commentary

By Matthew Keasling In a "Guest Commentary" published in the The Davis Vanguard today, Mr. Alan Pryor mak ...

By Matthew Keasling In a "Guest Commentary" published in the The Davis Vanguard today, Mr. Alan Pryor makes several rather salacious assertions about numerous issues about which he has no direct knowl ...

March 02, 2022
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Guest Commentary: How Ongoing Complacency by the Davis City Council Allowed the Bretton Woods Developer to Renege on Election Commitments

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: March 01, 2022
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Guest Commentary: How Ongoing Complacency by the Davis City Council Allowed the Bretton Woods Developer to Renege on Election Commitments

By Alan Pryor The Bretton Woods project violates the project's supposedly unchangeable Baseline Features. ...

By Alan Pryor The Bretton Woods project violates the project's supposedly unchangeable Baseline Features. These Baseline Features were contained in ballot language presented to voters and upon which t ...

March 01, 2022
| 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
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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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Letter: Taormino Responds to Vanguard Comments

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: April 30, 2021
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Letter: Taormino Responds to Vanguard Comments

By David Taormino Only in Davis are you guilty of a “crime” (breaking a promise) before you commit it. N ...

By David Taormino Only in Davis are you guilty of a “crime” (breaking a promise) before you commit it. Not only are you presumed guilty of yet to occur offense; there is talk of your punishment. No ...

April 30, 2021
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Commentary: City Needs to Be More Proactive on Bretton Woods

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 29, 2021
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Commentary: City Needs to Be More Proactive on Bretton Woods

By David M. Greenwald For better or for worse, the Cannery project has become the local poster child case ...

By David M. Greenwald For better or for worse, the Cannery project has become the local poster child case on the laws' unintended consequences and the need to ensure accountability by the city for pro ...

April 29, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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My View: It’s Getting Hard to Defend the City’s Handling of WDAAC

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 17, 2021
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My View: It’s Getting Hard to Defend the City’s Handling of WDAAC

By David M. Greenwald When the city approved the Cannery, there were two aspects of it that were particul ...

By David M. Greenwald When the city approved the Cannery, there were two aspects of it that were particularly troubling—one was that rather than fill current housing needs, it was largely marketed to ...

April 17, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Letter: David Taormino Is Trying to Run a ‘Bait and Switch’ on Davis Seniors by You

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: April 14, 2021
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Letter: David Taormino Is Trying to Run a ‘Bait and Switch’ on Davis Seniors by You

This was a letter sent by Alan Pryor on April 13 to the Davis Planning Commission Dear Planning Commissio ...

This was a letter sent by Alan Pryor on April 13 to the Davis Planning Commission Dear Planning Commissioners - At the upcoming Planning Commission meeting this Wednesday you will be presented with th ...

April 14, 2021
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Monday Morning Thoughts: The Buyer’s Program Quandary

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 12, 2021
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Monday Morning Thoughts: The Buyer’s Program Quandary

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA – When I first sat down and spoke with developer David Taormino, far in a ...

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA – When I first sat down and spoke with developer David Taormino, far in advance of the West Davis Active Adult Community (WDAAC) project (now known as Bretton Woods), h ...

April 12, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Planning Commission to Review Davis-Connected Buyers Program

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 10, 2021
| (7) Comments

Planning Commission to Review Davis-Connected Buyers Program

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA - The most controversial part of the Bretton Woods Senior Housing develop ...

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA - The most controversial part of the Bretton Woods Senior Housing development is what is now being referred to as the Davis-Connected Buyers Program, which has restrict ...

April 10, 2021
| by David Greenwald

| (7) Comments

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