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Commentary: Housing and Environmental Needs Don’t Have to Clash

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 24, 2023
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Commentary: Housing and Environmental Needs Don’t Have to Clash

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor When I first started the Vanguard, growth control policies were se ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor When I first started the Vanguard, growth control policies were seen as a primary local means for environmental protection. However, increasingly I have come to ...

March 24, 2023
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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
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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: In the Battle of YIMBY versus NIMBY, Score One for the YIMBYs, but Will It Make a Difference?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 17, 2021
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Commentary: In the Battle of YIMBY versus NIMBY, Score One for the YIMBYs, but Will It Make a Difference?

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA - In our cynical times, it is easy to forget that t ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA - In our cynical times, it is easy to forget that the legislative session just ended last Saturday. Had Governor Newsom signed a package of legis ...

September 17, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Breaking News: Governor Newsom Signs SB 9, Other Housing Legislation

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 16, 2021
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Breaking News: Governor Newsom Signs SB 9, Other Housing Legislation

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA – The recall now behind him, Governor Gavin Newsom ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA – The recall now behind him, Governor Gavin Newsom on Thursday wasted little time attempting to address perhaps his signature issue, addressing th ...

September 16, 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
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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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Monday Morning Thoughts: Density or Sprawl Debate

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 07, 2021
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Density or Sprawl Debate

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA - For a long time the growth question has been framed at density versus s ...

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA - For a long time the growth question has been framed at density versus sprawl. With the advent of Measure J, it was argued, the path toward peripheral development has ...

June 07, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: California’s Housing Crisis Could Morph After Pandemic, but Probably Won’t Go Away

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 25, 2021
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Monday Morning Thoughts: California’s Housing Crisis Could Morph After Pandemic, but Probably Won’t Go Away

By David M. Greenwald A year ago with housing prices rising and a shortage of new housing, California’s h ...

By David M. Greenwald A year ago with housing prices rising and a shortage of new housing, California’s housing crisis was the biggest problem facing the state. A year later, however, with the COVID ...

January 25, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Is Density Our Destiny?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 25, 2020
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Is Density Our Destiny?

The University Commons Redevelopment Project is headed to the Planning Commission this week for potential ...

The University Commons Redevelopment Project is headed to the Planning Commission this week for potential recommendation that the council certifiy the EIR. While this project has not drawn the level ...

May 25, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: If I Were to Vote No on WDAA, It Would Be Because It Is Low Density Housing on the Periphery

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 24, 2018
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Commentary: If I Were to Vote No on WDAA, It Would Be Because It Is Low Density Housing on the Periphery

In yesterday’s column, I laid out the chief reason I would consider voting yes on Measure L, the West Dav ...

In yesterday’s column, I laid out the chief reason I would consider voting yes on Measure L, the West Davis Active Adult Community (WDAAC). That is the issue of affordable housing, the need for affor ...

October 24, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: WDAAC Is in Fact Low Density

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 08, 2018
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Monday Morning Thoughts: WDAAC Is in Fact Low Density

Opponents of the West Davis Active Adult Community have hit the project for being low density and sprawl. ...

Opponents of the West Davis Active Adult Community have hit the project for being low density and sprawl. For example, Alan Pryor and Pam Nieberg write: “WDAAC is a Sprawling Development Reminiscent ...

October 08, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Fixing the CASP Would Help Here

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 20, 2017
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Fixing the CASP Would Help Here

In my Saturday “My View” column, I presented the idea of the need for the Core Area Specific Plan (CASP) ...

In my Saturday “My View” column, I presented the idea of the need for the Core Area Specific Plan (CASP) update process to lead us to downtown renewal. I see the plan as a way to have a community vis ...

November 20, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Trackside 3.0 – Smaller in My Backyard?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 27, 2017
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Commentary: Trackside 3.0 – Smaller in My Backyard?

From the start the Old East Davis Neighborhood Association has pushed back against charges of NIMBYism by ...

From the start the Old East Davis Neighborhood Association has pushed back against charges of NIMBYism by arguing that they are not opposed to redeveloping the Trackside site, they simply believe that ...

September 27, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: More Housing Discussions Coming

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 07, 2017
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Commentary: More Housing Discussions Coming

In recent weeks, the Vanguard has had a number of housing discussions with various folks in the community ...

In recent weeks, the Vanguard has had a number of housing discussions with various folks in the community. Projects in Davis continue to come forward, including Lincoln40 which seeks to address stude ...

September 07, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: The Council as Decision-Maker on Project Proposals and Design-Guidelines

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 01, 2017
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Commentary: The Council as Decision-Maker on Project Proposals and Design-Guidelines

Last week the Planning Commission approved the application for Trackside but rejected the Initial Study a ...

Last week the Planning Commission approved the application for Trackside but rejected the Initial Study and Design Review. The city just announced this week that the council will now take up the prop ...

September 01, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: B St Project Paints Troubling Future for Infill Discussion

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 21, 2017
| (37) Comments

Commentary: B St Project Paints Troubling Future for Infill Discussion

In many ways the discussion that occurred on Tuesday was a familiar one for council – an infill project i ...

In many ways the discussion that occurred on Tuesday was a familiar one for council – an infill project is proposed, the existing neighbors push back against it. But there was one difference – most i ...

July 21, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Staff Recommends Approval of Sterling Project

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 14, 2017
| (41) Comments

Staff Recommends Approval of Sterling Project

For a proposed apartment complex, the Sterling Fifth Street Apartments project has undergone rather exten ...

For a proposed apartment complex, the Sterling Fifth Street Apartments project has undergone rather extensive city and public review with an extremely high level of interest from the surrounding neigh ...

April 14, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Why Infill Development Is So Difficult to Achieve

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: March 30, 2017
| (15) Comments

Why Infill Development Is So Difficult to Achieve

By Richard McCann A housing shortage? Develop infill projects. An economic development crisis? Infill dev ...

By Richard McCann A housing shortage? Develop infill projects. An economic development crisis? Infill development. Traffic congestion? Yep, more infill development. Infill development has become the g ...

March 30, 2017
| by Vanguard Administrator

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What is Davis’ Missing Ingredient?

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: March 14, 2017
| (25) Comments

What is Davis’ Missing Ingredient?

Speaker shares Lessons from Downtown Portland. by Alan Hirsch In the 1970’s downtown Portland was dying: ...

Speaker shares Lessons from Downtown Portland. by Alan Hirsch In the 1970’s downtown Portland was dying: poor air quality, empty store fronts, competition from suburban malls and office buildings with ...

March 14, 2017
| by Vanguard Administrator

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My View: Should We Take Another Look at City Traffic Standards?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 11, 2017
| (31) Comments

My View: Should We Take Another Look at City Traffic Standards?

As I looked through the Sterling Apartments Final EIR, one of things that struck me was a typical complai ...

As I looked through the Sterling Apartments Final EIR, one of things that struck me was a typical complaint that commenters have made about most projects in Davis – the impact of the development on tr ...

February 11, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Final EIR Released For Sterling

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 31, 2017
| (6) Comments

Final EIR Released For Sterling

The Sterling Apartments is currently one of the more contentious proposed projects in the city of Davis. ...

The Sterling Apartments is currently one of the more contentious proposed projects in the city of Davis. The project site currently contains the former FamiliesFirst residential treatment facility, c ...

January 31, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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