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Guest Commentary: Buyer Beware – EIR on I-80 Contains Unreviewed Forecast on Benefits / Impact of I-80 Widening

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|Date: November 15, 2023
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Guest Commentary: Buyer Beware – EIR on I-80 Contains Unreviewed Forecast on Benefits / Impact of I-80 Widening

By Alan Hirsch, YoloTD As you read this, the lengthy draft Environment Impact Report (EIR) for the wideni ...

By Alan Hirsch, YoloTD As you read this, the lengthy draft Environment Impact Report (EIR) for the widening of I-80 has been released for public review as you read this. It was first promised in early ...

November 15, 2023
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Breaking: Yolo I-80 Widening Not Funded!

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|Date: June 29, 2023
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Breaking: Yolo I-80 Widening Not Funded!

Advocates Who Steamrolled Project Scramble to Save It by Alan Hirsch The Yolo I-80 widening project was n ...

Advocates Who Steamrolled Project Scramble to Save It by Alan Hirsch The Yolo I-80 widening project was not given the missing 60% funds ($103 million) at the Wednesday 6/28 statewide California Transp ...

June 29, 2023
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Guest Commentary: Be Wary of Caltrans Pattern of Science Denial on GHG

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|Date: May 13, 2023
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Guest Commentary: Be Wary of Caltrans Pattern of Science Denial on GHG

Open letter to Davis BTSSC (Transportation Commission) To: Chair Jessica Jacobs and members, Davis BTSSC ...

Open letter to Davis BTSSC (Transportation Commission) To: Chair Jessica Jacobs and members, Davis BTSSC RE: Potential Endorsement of I-80 Yolo widening before Draft EIR released BTSSC will be asked t ...

May 13, 2023
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City Opens Downtown Plan EIR Comment Period

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|Date: July 16, 2022
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City Opens Downtown Plan EIR Comment Period

Special to the Vanguard Davis, CA – The City of Davis announced that the comment period is now open for ...

Special to the Vanguard Davis, CA – The City of Davis announced that the comment period is now open for the Draft Environmental Impact Report (Draft EIR) for the Davis Downtown Specific Plan (Downtow ...

July 16, 2022
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Downtown Davis Specific Plan Draft EIR Review Period Underway

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 14, 2022
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Downtown Davis Specific Plan Draft EIR Review Period Underway

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – The city is finally restarting the process for approvi ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – The city is finally restarting the process for approving the Downtown Davis Specific Plan, with a notice of availability of the Draft EIR and a publi ...

July 14, 2022
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Planning Commission to Evaluate and Provide Comments on ARC Supplemental EIR

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 20, 2020
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Planning Commission to Evaluate and Provide Comments on ARC Supplemental EIR

The deadline to submit comments on the ARC (Aggie Research Campus) Draft Supplemental Environmental Impac ...

The deadline to submit comments on the ARC (Aggie Research Campus) Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Report (DSEIR) is April 27—a week from today. On Wednesday, the Planning Commission will hol ...

April 20, 2020
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City Expresses Concerns about Campus Housing Plan in LRDP Response Letter

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 13, 2018
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City Expresses Concerns about Campus Housing Plan in LRDP Response Letter

The city has drafted an EIR Response to UC Davis that is a consent item on the agenda for Tuesday. The r ...

The city has drafted an EIR Response to UC Davis that is a consent item on the agenda for Tuesday. The response also includes the January 24, 2017, NOP (Notice of Preparation) comment letter and requ ...

May 13, 2018
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Responding to Comments by a Planning Commissioner

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 31, 2017
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Responding to Comments by a Planning Commissioner

On Wednesday of last week, the Davis Planning Commission was tasked with holding a public hearing and tak ...

On Wednesday of last week, the Davis Planning Commission was tasked with holding a public hearing and taking comments on the Lincoln40 Draft EIR. The project calls “for demolition of an existing 14-un ...

July 31, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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City Releases Draft EIR on Sterling Apartments

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 17, 2016
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City Releases Draft EIR on Sterling Apartments

Another one of the more controversial proposals is the repurposing of the six-acre city property that for ...

Another one of the more controversial proposals is the repurposing of the six-acre city property that formerly housed the EMQ FamiliesFirst residential treatment facility, which has been closed since ...

September 17, 2016
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Groups That Helped to Take Down Councilmember Greenwald, Back in the Fray

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 31, 2016
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Groups That Helped to Take Down Councilmember Greenwald, Back in the Fray

In May of 2012, an independent expenditure group backed by Sacramento-based unions the Plumbers & Pip ...

In May of 2012, an independent expenditure group backed by Sacramento-based unions the Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 447, IBEW (International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers) Local 340, and Opera ...

May 31, 2016
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Assessing the Nature and Severity of the Health Risks at Nishi

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 23, 2016
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Assessing the Nature and Severity of the Health Risks at Nishi

Much of the concern about the air quality issues at Nishi focus around the work of Thomas Cahill, a respe ...

Much of the concern about the air quality issues at Nishi focus around the work of Thomas Cahill, a respected Professor Emeritus and an expert on air quality. For at least the last year and a half he ...

May 23, 2016
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Letter from SACOG on the Proposed Plan for the MRIC

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 14, 2015
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Letter from SACOG on the Proposed Plan for the MRIC

The following is a letter dated November 17 to Davis City Manager Dirk Brazil from Mike McKeever, Executi ...

The following is a letter dated November 17 to Davis City Manager Dirk Brazil from Mike McKeever, Executive Director of SACOG. Re: Proposed Plan for the Mace Ranch Innovation Center Dear Mr. Brazil, O ...

December 14, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Expert Questions the Air Quality at Nishi

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 24, 2015
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Expert Questions the Air Quality at Nishi

At October’s Planning Commission meeting, Thomas Cahill, a professor emeritus of Physics and Atmospheric ...

At October’s Planning Commission meeting, Thomas Cahill, a professor emeritus of Physics and Atmospheric Sciences, testified, “If the Planning Commission should decide to support the Nishi proposal, t ...

November 24, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: What Should the Goal of Nishi Be?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 23, 2015
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Monday Morning Thoughts: What Should the Goal of Nishi Be?

Last week, the Davis City Council pushed back on Nishi, arguing the need for access and, as tricky as tha ...

Last week, the Davis City Council pushed back on Nishi, arguing the need for access and, as tricky as that issue may be for the project that is aiming for a June election date, the fiscal analysis may ...

November 23, 2015
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Harrington Provides City with Engineer’s Criticism of Nishi Draft EIR

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 26, 2015
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Harrington Provides City with Engineer’s Criticism of Nishi Draft EIR

In a bold move, former Davis City Councilmember Michael Harrington has furnished a report from Daniel Smi ...

In a bold move, former Davis City Councilmember Michael Harrington has furnished a report from Daniel Smith, a traffic engineer with Smith Engineering & Management. He has reviewed “the portions o ...

October 26, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Analysis: Nishi Touts Sustainability, But Its Success Will Rest on Traffic Impacts and Mitigation

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 11, 2015
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Analysis: Nishi Touts Sustainability, But Its Success Will Rest on Traffic Impacts and Mitigation

The Nishi Gateway project is comprised of two distinctly separate but adjoining areas which total 57.7 ac ...

The Nishi Gateway project is comprised of two distinctly separate but adjoining areas which total 57.7 acres. The first part is the 46.9-acre Nishi site with a proposed mixed-use project with roadway ...

September 11, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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City Releases Draft EIR of Nishi, Touted As Model for Sustainable Low-Carbon Land Use Development

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 11, 2015
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City Releases Draft EIR of Nishi, Touted As Model for Sustainable Low-Carbon Land Use Development

The city of Davis has released its third major report following last month's release of the Mace Ranch In ...

The city of Davis has released its third major report following last month's release of the Mace Ranch Innovation Center Draft EIR. The city released its Economic Impact Report earlier this week and, ...

September 11, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Long Awaited Fiscal Impact Report Shows MRIC with Potential $2.2 Million in Revenue at Buildout

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 10, 2015
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Long Awaited Fiscal Impact Report Shows MRIC with Potential $2.2 Million in Revenue at Buildout

Both the city and the Mace Ranch Innovation Center Developers were touting the findings of the long-await ...

Both the city and the Mace Ranch Innovation Center Developers were touting the findings of the long-awaited Economic and Fiscal Analysis Report of the proposed innovation centers that was released on ...

September 10, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Nishi Touts Sustainability Implementation Plan Ahead of Draft EIR Release

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 09, 2015
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Nishi Touts Sustainability Implementation Plan Ahead of Draft EIR Release

In a press release from the Nishi developers, ahead of Thursday’s release of the Nishi Draft EIR, the dev ...

In a press release from the Nishi developers, ahead of Thursday’s release of the Nishi Draft EIR, the developers are touting their “Sustainability Implementation Plan,” that they say was developed in ...

September 09, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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My View: Why is Mace Developer Leading on Housing?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 15, 2015
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My View: Why is Mace Developer Leading on Housing?

When the city of Davis in May of 2014 issued its Request for Expressions of Interest (RFEI), one of the g ...

When the city of Davis in May of 2014 issued its Request for Expressions of Interest (RFEI), one of the guiding attributes was “Acknowledgement of community's current desire for no residential to be i ...

August 15, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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