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Sunday Commentary: University Mall Location Too Valuable to Just Give Up As a Mixed-Use Site

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 05, 2023
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Sunday Commentary: University Mall Location Too Valuable to Just Give Up As a Mixed-Use Site

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – In January, UC Davis students camped out in front of a ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – In January, UC Davis students camped out in front of apartments overnight in frigid temperatures waiting for the rental offices to open. Make no mis ...

March 05, 2023
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Growing Up Is Imperative, but Won’t Solve Our Housing Problem

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 02, 2023
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Commentary: Growing Up Is Imperative, but Won’t Solve Our Housing Problem

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA - This weekend there was an op-ed that argued, “Davis mu ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA - This weekend there was an op-ed that argued, “Davis must grow up, not out.” In it, Judy Corbett, Robert Thayer, Stephen Wheeler and James Zanetto ar ...

March 02, 2023
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Orange County Facing Same Issues on Housing – Pushing Back

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 28, 2022
| (6) Comments

Commentary: Orange County Facing Same Issues on Housing – Pushing Back

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor An article that appeared in the LA Times last week shows Orange Co ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor An article that appeared in the LA Times last week shows Orange County facing some of the same issues that Davis and other areas are – a housing a crunch, a stat ...

January 28, 2022
| by David Greenwald

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Council Listens to Battle of the Talking Points; Council Leans Toward More Middle Course

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 16, 2021
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Council Listens to Battle of the Talking Points; Council Leans Toward More Middle Course

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA - There were no motions made, no direction taken yet, but the course of t ...

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA - There were no motions made, no direction taken yet, but the course of the council was laid out during this workshop pretty clearly. Several dozen public commenters l ...

June 16, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: Davis Needs a New Perspective On Growth

Posted by Tim Keller
|Date: June 05, 2021
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Guest Commentary: Davis Needs a New Perspective On Growth

by Tim Keller In Davis, we seem to be always having the same debate: “Should we approve this one project? ...

by Tim Keller In Davis, we seem to be always having the same debate: “Should we approve this one project? - Or should we not grow at all? “ This is a rut that we are stuck in, and we need to break fre ...

June 05, 2021
| by Tim Keller

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Commentary: Is the Elimination of Single-Family Zoning in the Cards?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 26, 2021
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Commentary: Is the Elimination of Single-Family Zoning in the Cards?

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA - While the city of Davis has thus far avoided a debate that has increasi ...

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA - While the city of Davis has thus far avoided a debate that has increasingly been waged across the country on single-family zoning, that could be ending shortly. Last ...

May 26, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: California Housing Crisis and the Out Migration

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 16, 2021
| (14) Comments

Commentary: California Housing Crisis and the Out Migration

By David M. Greenwald This year people have been shrugging off the housing crisis. I get it, COVID, econ ...

By David M. Greenwald This year people have been shrugging off the housing crisis. I get it, COVID, economic downtown, civil rights have definitely, if not muddied the water, made it far more complic ...

February 16, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: In the Wake of SB 50’s Defeat – We Still Need Housing

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 02, 2020
| (52) Comments

Sunday Commentary: In the Wake of SB 50’s Defeat – We Still Need Housing

A lot of people think I supported SB 50. I definitely followed its progress. There were definitely aspe ...

A lot of people think I supported SB 50. I definitely followed its progress. There were definitely aspects of the bill I was supportive of – the need for densification, the need to put housing near ...

February 02, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Can the Community Support Dense Residential and Mixed-Use in the Downtown?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 08, 2019
| (55) Comments

Commentary: Can the Community Support Dense Residential and Mixed-Use in the Downtown?

Last week the Davis Downtown Plan Advisory Committee (DPAC) met to consider a number of recommendations t ...

Last week the Davis Downtown Plan Advisory Committee (DPAC) met to consider a number of recommendations that could form the basis for a draft Downtown Plan. Among their recommendations in general was ...

May 08, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Why City Is Looking at Densification of the Downtown

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 20, 2018
| (22) Comments

Commentary: Why City Is Looking at Densification of the Downtown

Reading a letter in the local paper seems to require some response. The letter, presumably in response t ...

Reading a letter in the local paper seems to require some response. The letter, presumably in response to Dan Urazandi’s op-ed on downtown parking, is entitled, somewhat confusingly, “City Council’s ...

September 20, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Key Questions Moving Forward on the Davis Downtown

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 10, 2018
| (5) Comments

Monday Morning Thoughts: Key Questions Moving Forward on the Davis Downtown

On Tuesday, the council will receive an update to the progress of the Davis Downtown Plan. While we have ...

On Tuesday, the council will receive an update to the progress of the Davis Downtown Plan. While we have followed the progress of the public workshops and some of the planning, there are key question ...

September 10, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Council Asked to Approve Davis Live Apartment Project

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 24, 2018
| (2) Comments

Council Asked to Approve Davis Live Apartment Project

Last month, after the Planning Commission denied to recommend approval of the Davis Live project, the com ...

Last month, after the Planning Commission denied to recommend approval of the Davis Live project, the commission came back with a revised proposal and recommended the dense student housing project for ...

August 24, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: A Look at Our Redevelopment Challenge

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 17, 2018
| (41) Comments

Commentary: A Look at Our Redevelopment Challenge

One of the biggest debates we have over development projects is whether or not a developer can afford to ...

One of the biggest debates we have over development projects is whether or not a developer can afford to do more – more in the way of costly requirements, more in the way of affordable housing, etc. ...

August 17, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Why We Might Want to Encourage Mixed Use

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 15, 2018
| (41) Comments

Commentary: Why We Might Want to Encourage Mixed Use

With the proposal by University Mall to redevelop their current land use from basically single-story loca ...

With the proposal by University Mall to redevelop their current land use from basically single-story local retail, low density to mixed use, and some similar scenarios envisioned for the Davis downtow ...

August 15, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: If You Are Looking for Densification, U-Mall Might Be the Model

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 12, 2018
| (70) Comments

Sunday Commentary: If You Are Looking for Densification, U-Mall Might Be the Model

As we go forward with the discussions around downtown planning, the community ought to turn its attention ...

As we go forward with the discussions around downtown planning, the community ought to turn its attention to the University Mall redevelopment, because it illustrates a possible future direction for t ...

August 12, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Competing Visions for the Downtown and the Future of Davis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 13, 2018
| (21) Comments

Commentary: Competing Visions for the Downtown and the Future of Davis

Davis is currently undergoing a process that could be viewed as a visioning process for the future of the ...

Davis is currently undergoing a process that could be viewed as a visioning process for the future of the Davis Downtown. Unfortunately the scheduling of these meetings has not permitted me to attend ...

July 13, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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My View: If Ever There Was a Place for Dense Student Housing… Davis Live Is It

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 26, 2018
| (4) Comments

My View: If Ever There Was a Place for Dense Student Housing… Davis Live Is It

If Eileen Samitz and the Davis Vanguard agree on one thing this year, it is that we should build student ...

If Eileen Samitz and the Davis Vanguard agree on one thing this year, it is that we should build student housing at the proposed Davis Live Student Apartment Project on Oxford Circle. Actually the Pl ...

May 26, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Council to Decide on Approval of Lincoln40

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 09, 2018
| (28) Comments

Council to Decide on Approval of Lincoln40

The city council has already approved Sterling and Nishi (pending the Measure R ratification) in hopes of ...

The city council has already approved Sterling and Nishi (pending the Measure R ratification) in hopes of addressing the student housing crisis. They will get a third opportunity on Tuesday when Linc ...

March 09, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Lincoln40 and Density, the General Plan, Infill and the Need for Student Housing

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 08, 2018
| (4) Comments

Monday Morning Thoughts: Lincoln40 and Density, the General Plan, Infill and the Need for Student Housing

The Planning Commission staff report for Lincoln40 provides for some interesting discussion. Staff gets ...

The Planning Commission staff report for Lincoln40 provides for some interesting discussion. Staff gets its opportunity to respond to some of the community dialogue and discussion, and here we highli ...

January 08, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Lessons from the Trackside Fight?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 19, 2017
| (49) Comments

Sunday Commentary: Lessons from the Trackside Fight?

In closing the chapter on Trackside now, someone asked a good question: what should someone do next time, ...

In closing the chapter on Trackside now, someone asked a good question: what should someone do next time, that might be more successful? By way of answering that I go through what I see as the key de ...

November 19, 2017
| by David Greenwald

| (49) Comments

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