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Student Housing CEQA Streamlining Legislation Moves Forward

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: June 15, 2022
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Student Housing CEQA Streamlining Legislation Moves Forward

By Vanguard Staff Sacramento, CA – A bill that will make it easier and faster for UC, CSU, and community ...

By Vanguard Staff Sacramento, CA – A bill that will make it easier and faster for UC, CSU, and community colleges to build on-campus housing for students and faculty has passed the Assembly Natural Re ...

June 15, 2022
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Students for Student Housing: Michelle Andrews on SB 886 in Legislature

Posted by Benjamin Wynd
|Date: May 05, 2022
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Students for Student Housing: Michelle Andrews on SB 886 in Legislature

by Ben Wynd SACRAMENTO, CA – California State Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) continues his push f ...

by Ben Wynd SACRAMENTO, CA – California State Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) continues his push for new housing—especially student housing—in California with the introduction of Senate Bill 88 ...

May 05, 2022
| by Benjamin Wynd

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Legislation to Address the Student Housing Crisis Passes Senate Environmental Quality Committee

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: April 29, 2022
| (1) Comment

Legislation to Address the Student Housing Crisis Passes Senate Environmental Quality Committee

By Vanguard Staff Sacramento, CA - Legislation to address the student and faculty housing shortage, Senat ...

By Vanguard Staff Sacramento, CA - Legislation to address the student and faculty housing shortage, Senate Bill 886, passed the Senate Environmental Quality Committee by a vote of 6-0. It will now hea ...

April 29, 2022
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Legislation to Expedite Sustainable Transportation Projects Passes Senate Environmental Quality Committee

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: March 29, 2022
| (17) Comments

Legislation to Expedite Sustainable Transportation Projects Passes Senate Environmental Quality Committee

by The Vanguard Staff Sacramento, CA – Legislation that would accelerate transit, bike and pedestrian pro ...

by The Vanguard Staff Sacramento, CA – Legislation that would accelerate transit, bike and pedestrian projects and allows infrastructure funds to be deployed more quickly passed a key Senate Committee ...

March 29, 2022
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Governor Signs Fast-Tracked Relief for UC Berkeley Enrollment

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 15, 2022
| (12) Comments

Governor Signs Fast-Tracked Relief for UC Berkeley Enrollment

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA – With the State Supreme Court unwilling to overtur ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA – With the State Supreme Court unwilling to overturn a lower court ruling, the legislature, in a rare move that was speedy and unanimous, quickly ...

March 15, 2022
| by David Greenwald

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Legislature May Lift Restrictions on Berkeley Enrollment with New Legislation

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 12, 2022
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Legislature May Lift Restrictions on Berkeley Enrollment with New Legislation

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA – A week after the state’s high court left in place ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA – A week after the state’s high court left in place restrictions on enrollment at UC Berkeley, legislators have introduced legislation to overturn ...

March 12, 2022
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: On Mounting Housing Problems…

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 07, 2022
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Monday Morning Thoughts: On Mounting Housing Problems…

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Much of the last few weeks, housing attention has focused on Berke ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Much of the last few weeks, housing attention has focused on Berkeley and the implications of CEQA. In a biting op-ed in the San Francisco Chronicle, Matthew Fle ...

March 07, 2022
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Cal Supreme Upholds Enrollment Freeze at Berkeley – But Be Careful What You Wish For

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 04, 2022
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Commentary: Cal Supreme Upholds Enrollment Freeze at Berkeley – But Be Careful What You Wish For

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Francisco, CA – It was a huge blow to those concerned with acc ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Francisco, CA – It was a huge blow to those concerned with access to higher education. In just one sentence, on a 4-2 vote, the Supreme Court refused to lif ...

March 04, 2022
| by David Greenwald

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Student Housing Remains a Crisis in California and Davis, Student Explains How New Legislation Could Help

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 02, 2022
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Student Housing Remains a Crisis in California and Davis, Student Explains How New Legislation Could Help

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Last week Senator Scott Wiener introduced SB 886 to ma ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Last week Senator Scott Wiener introduced SB 886 to make it easier to build housing for students and faculty. In the wake of a court ruling that cou ...

March 02, 2022
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Apparently It’s a Bad Thing for Some People, for Us to Expand Educational Opportunities

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 20, 2022
| (37) Comments

Sunday Commentary: Apparently It’s a Bad Thing for Some People, for Us to Expand Educational Opportunities

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Reading comments this weekend was interesting—some seem to equate ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Reading comments this weekend was interesting—some seem to equate expanding educational opportunities for more students with “devaluing” a college degree. But m ...

February 20, 2022
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Berkeley Leaders Stand Up for Students and the Future

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 17, 2022
| (12) Comments

Commentary: Berkeley Leaders Stand Up for Students and the Future

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Berkeley, CA – While the battle is between UC Berkeley and a neigh ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Berkeley, CA – While the battle is between UC Berkeley and a neighborhood group, it is refreshing to see in an op-ed yesterday in the LA Times, the Berkeley mayo ...

February 17, 2022
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Court Ruling Would Force UC Berkeley to Cut Back on Enrollment, a Precedent That Could Have UC-Wide Consequences

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 15, 2022
| (7) Comments

Commentary: Court Ruling Would Force UC Berkeley to Cut Back on Enrollment, a Precedent That Could Have UC-Wide Consequences

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Berkeley, CA – If a February 10 ruling by the California Court of ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Berkeley, CA – If a February 10 ruling by the California Court of Appeals remains in place, UC Berkeley will be forced to significantly reduce new enrollment for ...

February 15, 2022
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Does the Housing Crisis Have the Potential to Change Political Boundaries in California?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 01, 2021
| (13) Comments

Commentary: Does the Housing Crisis Have the Potential to Change Political Boundaries in California?

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA – Early in November California Attorney General Rob ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA – Early in November California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced plans to use the power of the state’s top attorney to enforce the state’s hous ...

December 01, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: CEQA Is the Boogeyman, but with More Bark Than Bite in Terms of Impact on Housing

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 10, 2021
| (14) Comments

Sunday Commentary: CEQA Is the Boogeyman, but with More Bark Than Bite in Terms of Impact on Housing

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Toward the end of the recall election, CalMatters did a very good ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Toward the end of the recall election, CalMatters did a very good article on CEQA (California Environmental Quality Act) and the housing crisis. In some sense t ...

October 10, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Community Versus Students, This Time It Was in Berkeley, Next Time…

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 26, 2021
| (52) Comments

Commentary: Community Versus Students, This Time It Was in Berkeley, Next Time…

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor It is an issue that figures to resonate in places like Davis, whic ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor It is an issue that figures to resonate in places like Davis, which already see community concerns about growth butt up against university plans for student enro ...

August 26, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Senator Wiener’s Housing Package Passes Assembly Housing Committee

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: June 25, 2021
| (2) Comments

Senator Wiener’s Housing Package Passes Assembly Housing Committee

Author Believes SB 10, 478, and SB 477 will spur housing production and accountability from local jurisdi ...

Author Believes SB 10, 478, and SB 477 will spur housing production and accountability from local jurisdictions By Vanguard Staff Sacramento - California is in the midst of a deep housing crisis, whic ...

June 25, 2021
| by Vanguard Administrator

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California Capitol Watch: New CEQA Exemptions for Designated Transit-Related Projects

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: February 06, 2021
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California Capitol Watch: New CEQA Exemptions for Designated Transit-Related Projects

By Eric Gelber This installment of California Capitol Watch discusses SB 288 (Wiener), which took effect ...

By Eric Gelber This installment of California Capitol Watch discusses SB 288 (Wiener), which took effect on January 1st and creates new CEQA exemptions for certain classes of qualifying transit-relate ...

February 06, 2021
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Guest Commentary: Judicial Review Streamlining Is the CEQA Reform That Matters Most for the Housing Crisis

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: December 13, 2020
| (7) Comments

Guest Commentary: Judicial Review Streamlining Is the CEQA Reform That Matters Most for the Housing Crisis

by Adam Hatefi This year alone, a number of bills have been introduced in the state legislature that aim ...

by Adam Hatefi This year alone, a number of bills have been introduced in the state legislature that aim to streamline the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) process in order to make it easie ...

December 13, 2020
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Commentary: One Alternative Way Forward on Measure J

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 01, 2020
| (30) Comments

Commentary: One Alternative Way Forward on Measure J

By David M. Greenwald My expectation is that Measure J is likely to pass the electorate with at least 70 ...

By David M. Greenwald My expectation is that Measure J is likely to pass the electorate with at least 70 percent of the vote next month. I have long supported the renewal of Measure J but I was disap ...

October 01, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Planning Commission Very Divided on URP Proposal, but Does Barely Support Approval

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 29, 2020
| (41) Comments

Planning Commission Very Divided on URP Proposal, but Does Barely Support Approval

By David M. Greenwald How divided was the Planning Commission on Wednesday over the University Research P ...

By David M. Greenwald How divided was the Planning Commission on Wednesday over the University Research Park Mixed-Use project? They recommended approval by a 4-3 vote, after pulling out the affordabl ...

August 29, 2020
| by David Greenwald

| (41) Comments

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