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Monday Morning Thoughts: Traffic or Housing and Economic Development?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 09, 2019
| (30) Comments

Monday Morning Thoughts: Traffic or Housing and Economic Development?

When people were polled last spring, the issue that most concerned them was cost of housing. When people ...

When people were polled last spring, the issue that most concerned them was cost of housing. When people are polled about the need for economic development, there is an interesting split. The people ...

December 09, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Infill Housing, Close to the University – Two Projects Meet Those Critical Needs

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 08, 2019
| (74) Comments

Sunday Commentary: Infill Housing, Close to the University – Two Projects Meet Those Critical Needs

I caught the most recent column by Rich Rifkin, noting that Davis “talks a good game when it comes to env ...

I caught the most recent column by Rich Rifkin, noting that Davis “talks a good game when it comes to environmental policy.” But the reality is that those environmental policies are undermined by the ...

December 08, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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University Commons Project Goes to Planning Commission for Review and Comments on EIR

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 07, 2019
| (61) Comments

University Commons Project Goes to Planning Commission for Review and Comments on EIR

The Planning Commission will hold a public meeting on Wednesday where they will review and provide commen ...

The Planning Commission will hold a public meeting on Wednesday where they will review and provide comments on the University Commons Project Draft EIR. Planning Commission comments will be summarize ...

December 07, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: ARC Will Sink or Swim on Traffic, Not Process

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 06, 2019
| (45) Comments

Commentary: ARC Will Sink or Swim on Traffic, Not Process

Earlier this week, we attended the scoping meeting for the Aggie Research Center. The portion of the mee ...

Earlier this week, we attended the scoping meeting for the Aggie Research Center. The portion of the meeting that I viewed – which was supposed be in an open house formula – grew contentious as a sma ...

December 06, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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ARC Scoping Meeting Grows Testy

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 03, 2019
| (33) Comments

ARC Scoping Meeting Grows Testy

The city of Davis and its consultants maintain that they were not required to hold a scoping meeting for ...

The city of Davis and its consultants maintain that they were not required to hold a scoping meeting for the Aggie Research Campus – however, given feedback from some sectors in the community, they ag ...

December 03, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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City to Hold New Scoping Meeting on EIR for Aggie Research Campus

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 27, 2019
| (27) Comments

City to Hold New Scoping Meeting on EIR for Aggie Research Campus

The city of Davis has announced once again that it will hold a scoping meeting for the Aggie Research Cam ...

The city of Davis has announced once again that it will hold a scoping meeting for the Aggie Research Campus – this follows the decision by council earlier this month to undertake a supplemental EIR w ...

November 27, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: 4340 Parking Spaces Is a Rallying Point for Opposition to ARC; Applicants Need to Take the Issue Away

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 26, 2019
| (78) Comments

Commentary: 4340 Parking Spaces Is a Rallying Point for Opposition to ARC; Applicants Need to Take the Issue Away

In 2016, when the developers of Nishi put forward their project to the voters, there were two fatal flaws ...

In 2016, when the developers of Nishi put forward their project to the voters, there were two fatal flaws that led to a narrow defeat, despite the clear need for student housing at the time. One of t ...

November 26, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Council Approves Supplemental EIR to Study ARC

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 08, 2019
| (18) Comments

Council Approves Supplemental EIR to Study ARC

On Tuesday, council pulled a consent item that authorized the city to spend around a quarter million doll ...

On Tuesday, council pulled a consent item that authorized the city to spend around a quarter million dollars on a Supplemental EIR (SEIR), with the costs reimbursed by the project applicant for the Ag ...

November 08, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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City Puts Out Draft EIR of University Commons Project

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 07, 2019
| (16) Comments

City Puts Out Draft EIR of University Commons Project

This week the city announced the comment period for the Draft EIR of the University Commons Redevelopment ...

This week the city announced the comment period for the Draft EIR of the University Commons Redevelopment Project. The public has until December 20 to comment on the Draft EIR of the proposed project ...

November 07, 2019
| by David Greenwald

| (16) Comments

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Monday Morning Thoughts: What’s Appropriate for Consent

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 04, 2019
| (12) Comments

Monday Morning Thoughts: What’s Appropriate for Consent

Last month some community members complained that an item which authorized the council to hire EPS to do ...

Last month some community members complained that an item which authorized the council to hire EPS to do a fiscal analysis was inappropriately placed on the consent calendar. Now I am seeing on a Fac ...

November 04, 2019
| by David Greenwald

| (12) Comments

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City Recommends Issuing Supplemental EIR Contract for ARC

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 02, 2019
| (1) Comment

City Recommends Issuing Supplemental EIR Contract for ARC

Sunflowers over Aggie Research Campus (ARC) site When the council approved certification of the EIR for t ...

Sunflowers over Aggie Research Campus (ARC) site When the council approved certification of the EIR for the Mace Ranch Innovation Center (MRIC) in the fall of 2017, all sides understood that if the pr ...

November 02, 2019
| by David Greenwald

| (1) Comment

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Update: Judge Upholds Tentative Ruling; Denies Writ to Stop Lincoln40

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 23, 2019
| (7) Comments

Update: Judge Upholds Tentative Ruling; Denies Writ to Stop Lincoln40

Judge Stephen Mock two weeks after hearing oral arguments on his tentative ruling, on Friday issued a rul ...

Judge Stephen Mock two weeks after hearing oral arguments on his tentative ruling, on Friday issued a ruling that adopts the tentative ruling. He writes: "Having considered all matters submitted in th ...

April 23, 2019
| by David Greenwald

| (7) Comments

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Court Rules with City on Lincoln40 Tentative Ruling

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 21, 2019
| (7) Comments

Court Rules with City on Lincoln40 Tentative Ruling

A week after the court surprised many by siding with the plaintiffs against the city on Trackside, the co ...

A week after the court surprised many by siding with the plaintiffs against the city on Trackside, the court has in a tentative ruling denied Susan Rainier’s petition requesting a writ of mandate – al ...

March 21, 2019
| by David Greenwald

| (7) Comments

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Sacramento Superior Court Judge Sides with City on McKinley Park

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: February 22, 2019
| (1) Comment

Sacramento Superior Court Judge Sides with City on McKinley Park

Rules Football-Size Sewage Tank Construction Can Begin as Scheduled By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacram ...

Rules Football-Size Sewage Tank Construction Can Begin as Scheduled By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – It’s generally a high bar for a court to grant a preliminary injunctio ...

February 22, 2019
| by Vanguard Administrator

| (1) Comment

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U-Mall Redevelopment Has Scoping Meeting, Analysis of the Parking Plan

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 06, 2018
| (38) Comments

U-Mall Redevelopment Has Scoping Meeting, Analysis of the Parking Plan

On Wednesday, developers for the University Mall Redevelopment project held a scoping meeting in advance ...

On Wednesday, developers for the University Mall Redevelopment project held a scoping meeting in advance of their EIR. The comment period of the NOP closes on Monday, December 17, 2018 and any commen ...

December 06, 2018
| by David Greenwald

| (38) Comments

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Commentary: Round and Round We Go on Plaza 2555 – Mega-Dorms Reconstituted or Needed Rental Housing?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 04, 2018
| (21) Comments

Commentary: Round and Round We Go on Plaza 2555 – Mega-Dorms Reconstituted or Needed Rental Housing?

Round and round we went yesterday on the issue of Plaza 2555. I think it’s important to separate fact fr ...

Round and round we went yesterday on the issue of Plaza 2555. I think it’s important to separate fact from opinion. We all have lots of opinions and it is okay to differ on them. However, when we a ...

September 04, 2018
| by David Greenwald

| (21) Comments

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Sunday Commentary: Students Live in Housing Insecurity while Litigants Hold Up Projects

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 26, 2018
| (36) Comments

Sunday Commentary: Students Live in Housing Insecurity while Litigants Hold Up Projects

In the next few weeks we are expecting the full report from the UC Davis Affordable Housing Task Force to ...

In the next few weeks we are expecting the full report from the UC Davis Affordable Housing Task Force to be released, with a response from UC Davis’ administration and recommendations for moving forw ...

August 26, 2018
| by David Greenwald

| (36) Comments

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Sunday Commentary: What Is in the Best Interest of the Community?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 05, 2018
| (26) Comments

Sunday Commentary: What Is in the Best Interest of the Community?

This week, coming out of closed session, Mayor Brett Lee announced an agreement between the city of Davis ...

This week, coming out of closed session, Mayor Brett Lee announced an agreement between the city of Davis, Yolo County and UC Davis to extend the deadline for the EIR response regarding the Long Range ...

August 05, 2018
| by David Greenwald

| (26) Comments

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Monday Morning Thoughts: A Fight with UCD Could Delay Housing

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 30, 2018
| (3) Comments

Monday Morning Thoughts: A Fight with UCD Could Delay Housing

The biggest concern that the city of Davis has right now about the university’s housing plan, as laid out ...

The biggest concern that the city of Davis has right now about the university’s housing plan, as laid out in the Long Range Development Plan (LRDP), is their history. They have a history of making co ...

July 30, 2018
| by David Greenwald

| (3) Comments

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How Will the City Respond to the LRDP? Mayor Lee Discusses Next Steps

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 26, 2018
| (34) Comments

How Will the City Respond to the LRDP? Mayor Lee Discusses Next Steps

On Tuesday, the Davis City Council interrupted its normal summer hiatus to discuss, among other things, i ...

On Tuesday, the Davis City Council interrupted its normal summer hiatus to discuss, among other things, its response to the university's Long Range Development Plan (LRDP). According to Mayor Brett L ...

July 26, 2018
| by David Greenwald

| (34) Comments

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