The City Council of Davis is preparing to update its long-term vision with a General Plan Update that will integrate environmental justice and establish a new General Plan Committee to ensure broad representation from city commissions.
The state of California is taking a more aggressive approach to ensuring cities meet their housing targets, and Davis must take this into account as it makes decisions today to avoid potential state intervention in the future.
The City of Davis is updating its General Plan to shape the city’s growth, development, and policy priorities for the next 20 years, with a focus on equity, public participation, and aligning with state mandates.
The Davis City Council is considering a proposed amendment to Measure J/R/D to exempt affordable housing projects from voter approval, and to place the amendment and two housing proposals, Village Farms and Willowgrove, on the June 2026 ballot.
Davis, CA – A few years ago, there was a suggestion that Davis wait to put projects…
Back in February, the city announced it would start embarking on a General Plan update. At the…
On Thursday, Davis Vice Mayor Bapu Vaitla posted the following on Patwin and housing concerns. From Vice…
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The city council has discussed what a General Plan Update process would look like and, after discussing…
Last week the Davis City Council was united in the idea of moving forward with a general…
The first major undertaking for the new council, the general plan update, got off to a slightly…
During the council campaign several candidates indicated their support for a general plan update, and when Robb…
by Bob Fung “For nearly two years we, as a community, have failed to advance a coherent…