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My View: The Recent History of Housing in Davis Is Not All That Robust

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 20, 2022
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My View: The Recent History of Housing in Davis Is Not All That Robust

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – It’s hard to get housing approved in Davis, and even f ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – It’s hard to get housing approved in Davis, and even formal approval, often sees barriers – for instance voter requirements and lawsuits. As noted i ...

August 20, 2022
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: The Davis Council Has Moved to a More Consensus Model Even on Housing

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 09, 2021
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Commentary: The Davis Council Has Moved to a More Consensus Model Even on Housing

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA - I was reading a piece in the Chronicle that looked at ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA - I was reading a piece in the Chronicle that looked at San Francisco Board of Supervisor votes—they used a rather elaborate algorithm called an ideal ...

November 09, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Just Can’t Get Cannery Right – And That Hurts Everything Else

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 15, 2020
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Sunday Commentary: Just Can’t Get Cannery Right – And That Hurts Everything Else

By David M. Greenwald At some point if the city wants to lay its cards on the table, it might consider ha ...

By David M. Greenwald At some point if the city wants to lay its cards on the table, it might consider having a consultant or perhaps even staff assess what went wrong with the Cannery. Because, as i ...

November 15, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: These Are Troubled Times and We Need to Get Real about Our Community’s Challenges

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 06, 2020
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Sunday Commentary: These Are Troubled Times and We Need to Get Real about Our Community’s Challenges

This week, former Davis Mayor Mike Corbett submitted a letter to the Editor of the Enterprise that genera ...

This week, former Davis Mayor Mike Corbett submitted a letter to the Editor of the Enterprise that generated a good amount of controversy and has generated some discussion as well. Don’t get me wrong ...

September 06, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: A Key Question Is What Has Gone Wrong with Cannery?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 03, 2019
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Monday Morning Thoughts: A Key Question Is What Has Gone Wrong with Cannery?

When the Cannery development came to a council vote in the late fall of 2013, the final vote was 3-2 for ...

When the Cannery development came to a council vote in the late fall of 2013, the final vote was 3-2 for approval, with Brett Lee and Joe Krovoza casting the dissenting votes. Writing in 2015 in the w ...

June 03, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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City Terminates Contract for Bike Undercrossing to Cannery

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 01, 2019
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City Terminates Contract for Bike Undercrossing to Cannery

In the latest saga involving the Cannery Project, the city announced this week that the city has terminat ...

In the latest saga involving the Cannery Project, the city announced this week that the city has terminated the contract of the Northern Pacific Corporation for completing the Cannery Bike and Pedestr ...

June 01, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Staff Recommends Approving Changes to Cannery Village Market Place Project

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 09, 2018
| (1) Comment

Staff Recommends Approving Changes to Cannery Village Market Place Project

The Cannery has come in a lot of ways to symbolize what many in this community see as poor planning on a ...

The Cannery has come in a lot of ways to symbolize what many in this community see as poor planning on a lot of levels. Not only were many unhappy with the approved configuration in 2013 – and the la ...

November 09, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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More Proposed Revisions for Cannery Marketplace

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 03, 2018
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More Proposed Revisions for Cannery Marketplace

Cannery is once again proposing revisions to the Cannery Village Marketplace. The matter is scheduled fo ...

Cannery is once again proposing revisions to the Cannery Village Marketplace. The matter is scheduled for a public hearing on November 13 before the City Council. Staff reports that this time the app ...

November 03, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Neighbors Now Opposing High Density Apartments at Cannery

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 10, 2018
| (34) Comments

Neighbors Now Opposing High Density Apartments at Cannery

The Cannery developers avoided one controversy when they announced last week they were withdrawing their ...

The Cannery developers avoided one controversy when they announced last week they were withdrawing their request for changes to the development that had “requested an increase in the approved 25,000 s ...

March 10, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Cannery Withdraws Application for Fitness Center

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 03, 2018
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Cannery Withdraws Application for Fitness Center

It was highly controversial. Even after the city last week announced that the item on the proposed Canne ...

It was highly controversial. Even after the city last week announced that the item on the proposed Cannery Marketplace revisions had been postponed, a number of community members spoke during public ...

March 03, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: The Cannery Folks Are Abusing Process at This Point

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 22, 2018
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Commentary: The Cannery Folks Are Abusing Process at This Point

From the start, the Cannery project has been fraught with controversy and a series of 3-2 votes that have ...

From the start, the Cannery project has been fraught with controversy and a series of 3-2 votes that have allowed the developers to have multi-bites at the apple when they have miscalculated or wished ...

February 22, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Analysis: Enterprise Editorial on Fitness Center Has a Conflict of Interest

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 22, 2018
| (7) Comments

Analysis: Enterprise Editorial on Fitness Center Has a Conflict of Interest

What appeared to be a solid piece of editorial work for the local paper now appears to be a conflict inte ...

What appeared to be a solid piece of editorial work for the local paper now appears to be a conflict interest that was undisclosed to its readers. In our article yesterday on the proposed fitness cent ...

February 22, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Following Pushback from Community, Applicant Requests Delay on Cannery Fitness Center until March 13

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 21, 2018
| (16) Comments

Following Pushback from Community, Applicant Requests Delay on Cannery Fitness Center until March 13

On Tuesday afternoon, the city put out an announcement stating, “At the request of the applicant, tonight ...

On Tuesday afternoon, the city put out an announcement stating, “At the request of the applicant, tonight’s hearing on the proposed Cannery Marketplace revisions is postponed.” At the start of the co ...

February 21, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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The Cannery’s Latest Development Proposal Has Many Deficiencies

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: February 19, 2018
| (18) Comments

The Cannery’s Latest Development Proposal Has Many Deficiencies

Proposal Again Leaves Davis with More Traffic but without Funding to Pay for Ways to Reduce Impacts by Al ...

Proposal Again Leaves Davis with More Traffic but without Funding to Pay for Ways to Reduce Impacts by Alan Pryor and Rick Heubeck Background Four years ago three members of the Davis City Council (Lu ...

February 19, 2018
| by Vanguard Administrator

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City Acts Fast and Appoints Feeney as Community Development Director

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 07, 2017
| (1) Comment

City Acts Fast and Appoints Feeney as Community Development Director

One of the first questions in the tenure of Mike Webb as city manager has been answered. When the city c ...

One of the first questions in the tenure of Mike Webb as city manager has been answered. When the city council appointed Mr. Webb to replace the retiring Dirk Brazil, one of the big questions was who ...

December 07, 2017
| by David Greenwald

| (1) Comment

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Sunday Commentary: Addressing Core Housing Issues in Davis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 08, 2017
| (9) Comments

Sunday Commentary: Addressing Core Housing Issues in Davis

At the Vanguard’s recent conclave on student housing, ASUCD President Josh Dalavai likened the student si ...

At the Vanguard’s recent conclave on student housing, ASUCD President Josh Dalavai likened the student situation to children being caught in between two parents who are fighting. “When you got two par ...

October 08, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Is Villainizing Developers Helpful to Community Discourse?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 02, 2017
| (54) Comments

Sunday Commentary: Is Villainizing Developers Helpful to Community Discourse?

I was reading a letter to the editor this weekend that asks whether we should think of developers as vill ...

I was reading a letter to the editor this weekend that asks whether we should think of developers as villains. The letter concludes: “The bottom line is, developers are not in any way public servants ...

July 02, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: There Must Be a Better Way

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: February 04, 2017
| (5) Comments

Guest Commentary: There Must Be a Better Way

by Greg House Although I am gratified that CLBL [Center for Land-Based Learning] has now agreed to use or ...

by Greg House Although I am gratified that CLBL [Center for Land-Based Learning] has now agreed to use organic practices from the beginning of the proposed Cannery urban farm lease, I remain appalled ...

February 04, 2017
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Guest Commentary: Betrayal of an Organic Promise

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: January 22, 2017
| (15) Comments

Guest Commentary: Betrayal of an Organic Promise

By Greg House This coming Tuesday January 24th the City of Davis is set to pass without comment consent c ...

By Greg House This coming Tuesday January 24th the City of Davis is set to pass without comment consent calendar item 4B “Lease with Center for Land-Based Learning for Cannery Farm.” This proposed lea ...

January 22, 2017
| by Vanguard Administrator

| (15) Comments

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Commentary: How Should the City Approach Student Housing?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 23, 2016
| (42) Comments

Commentary: How Should the City Approach Student Housing?

Yesterday’s article (Analysis: Additional Campus Housing Will Help but Will Not Solve Housing Problems) a ...

Yesterday’s article (Analysis: Additional Campus Housing Will Help but Will Not Solve Housing Problems) attempted to analyze the revisions to the Long Range Development Plan (LRDP) put forward by UC D ...

September 23, 2016
| by David Greenwald

| (42) Comments

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