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Governor Announces $567 Million for New Affordable Housing

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|Date: May 20, 2023
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Governor Announces $567 Million for New Affordable Housing

Special to the Vanguard Sacramento, CA- Governor Gavin Newsom on Friday announced that $567 million is no ...

Special to the Vanguard Sacramento, CA- Governor Gavin Newsom on Friday announced that $567 million is now available statewide to build much-needed multifamily affordable housing as part of the Califo ...

May 20, 2023
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Sunday Commentary: Staff Recommended Timeline Seems to Set Projects Up for Failure

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 14, 2023
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Sunday Commentary: Staff Recommended Timeline Seems to Set Projects Up for Failure

Measure J’s Future Could Depend on Willingness of Voters to Approve Future Projects By David M. Greenwald ...

Measure J’s Future Could Depend on Willingness of Voters to Approve Future Projects By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – In April, I was stunned in the middle of a housing crisis that co ...

May 14, 2023
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Lawsuit Filed Challenging Elk Grove’s Denial of Oak Rose Supportive Housing Project

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: May 02, 2023
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Lawsuit Filed Challenging Elk Grove’s Denial of Oak Rose Supportive Housing Project

Special to the Vanguard Sacramento, CA – The State of California on Monday filed a lawsuit against the Ci ...

Special to the Vanguard Sacramento, CA – The State of California on Monday filed a lawsuit against the City of Elk Grove, challenging the city’s denial of a proposed supportive housing project in the ...

May 02, 2023
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Commentary: A Bit of Magical Thinking on Housing

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 20, 2023
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Commentary: A Bit of Magical Thinking on Housing

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Magical thinking. That was the phrase used on Tuesday ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Magical thinking. That was the phrase used on Tuesday by both council candidate Francesca Wright and Councilmember Bapu Vaitla. Overall, I think th ...

April 20, 2023
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Council Authorizes City Response to HCD Letter

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 19, 2023
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Council Authorizes City Response to HCD Letter

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Two weeks after receiving a letter from the state Hous ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Two weeks after receiving a letter from the state Housing and Community Development (HCD) informing the city that their current Housing Element will ...

April 19, 2023
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Is Measure J Under Threat from the State?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 18, 2023
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Commentary: Is Measure J Under Threat from the State?

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis has long been a poster child community for anti-growth polic ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis has long been a poster child community for anti-growth policies—culminating with the 2000 passage of Measure J. But with the city out of compliance with c ...

April 18, 2023
| by David Greenwald

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My View: What the Builder’s Remedy Might Mean for Davis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 15, 2023
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My View: What the Builder’s Remedy Might Mean for Davis

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – The news broke late on Friday afternoon, but the handw ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – The news broke late on Friday afternoon, but the handwriting was on the wall before that—the letter from HCD on April 3, the announcement that Davis ...

April 15, 2023
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City Responds to HCD Rejection

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 14, 2023
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City Responds to HCD Rejection

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – On April 3, the city of Davis received a letter from H ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – On April 3, the city of Davis received a letter from HCD (California Department of Housing and Community Development) informing the city that they ar ...

April 14, 2023
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Commentary: City Staff Knew about HCD Letter on Monday April 3 – Did Not Inform Council Until Wednesday

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 12, 2023
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Commentary: City Staff Knew about HCD Letter on Monday April 3 – Did Not Inform Council Until Wednesday

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – A records request of the city did not shed a huge amou ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – A records request of the city did not shed a huge amount of light on the HCD rejection of the city’s latest version of their Housing Element—but it d ...

April 12, 2023
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Davis Now under ‘Builder’s Remedy’

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 11, 2023
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Davis Now under ‘Builder’s Remedy’

by David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – An article in the Sacramento Business Journal on Monda ...

by David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – An article in the Sacramento Business Journal on Monday caught the attention of many in Davis as it reported that Davis, due to its noncompliant hous ...

April 11, 2023
| by David Greenwald

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California Sues Huntington Beach for Violating State Housing Element Law

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: April 11, 2023
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California Sues Huntington Beach for Violating State Housing Element Law

Special to the Vanguard Sacramento, CA – On Monday, Governor Gavin Newsom, Attorney General Rob Bonta, an ...

Special to the Vanguard Sacramento, CA – On Monday, Governor Gavin Newsom, Attorney General Rob Bonta, and the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) filed a motion to amend ...

April 11, 2023
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Commentary: The Public and Council Needed to Know about HCD’s Letter Prior to Tuesday’s Meeting

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 07, 2023
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Commentary: The Public and Council Needed to Know about HCD’s Letter Prior to Tuesday’s Meeting

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Earlier this week, I ran the column, “The Future of Da ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Earlier this week, I ran the column, “The Future of Davis Is on the Line This Week, Stay Tuned.” That caused at least one person to snicker about th ...

April 07, 2023
| by David Greenwald

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HCD Letter Requests More Revisions Prior to Approval of Davis Housing Element

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 06, 2023
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HCD Letter Requests More Revisions Prior to Approval of Davis Housing Element

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – As the Davis City Council on Tuesday was discussing cr ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – As the Davis City Council on Tuesday was discussing critical housing issues for Davis, unbeknownst to the public, the California Department of Housin ...

April 06, 2023
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Is This a Viable Path? If Not, Will the State Step in and Force the Issue?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 04, 2023
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Commentary: Is This a Viable Path? If Not, Will the State Step in and Force the Issue?

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Perhaps the most interesting item on the agenda is the ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Perhaps the most interesting item on the agenda is the Long Range Growth Subcommittee status report. The item lays out a possible path forwar—and on ...

April 04, 2023
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: State Gets More Aggressive on Affordable Housing

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 19, 2023
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Sunday Commentary: State Gets More Aggressive on Affordable Housing

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Elk Grove, CA – One of the big questions facing the housing crisis ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Elk Grove, CA – One of the big questions facing the housing crisis—would the state step in and attempt to enforce any number of new and tougher housing laws or w ...

March 19, 2023
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: State Sues Huntington Beach for Violating State Housing Laws

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 13, 2023
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Monday Morning Thoughts: State Sues Huntington Beach for Violating State Housing Laws

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA – This is a case that the entire state is going to ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA – This is a case that the entire state is going to watch. Last week, the state—California Attorney General Rob Bonta, Governor Gavin Newsom, and ...

March 13, 2023
| by David Greenwald

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AG Warns Huntington Beach about Potentially Violating Multiple Housing Laws

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: February 22, 2023
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AG Warns Huntington Beach about Potentially Violating Multiple Housing Laws

In separate letters, state officials put Huntington Beach on notice and urged its city council to reject ...

In separate letters, state officials put Huntington Beach on notice and urged its city council to reject a proposed moratorium on SB 9, SB 10, and ADU projects Special to the Vanguard Sacramento, CA – ...

February 22, 2023
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AG Warns Huntington Beach Proposed Ordinance Violates State Housing Law

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 15, 2023
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AG Warns Huntington Beach Proposed Ordinance Violates State Housing Law

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Oakland, CA – It’s a direct warning to Huntington Beach, but a sho ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Oakland, CA – It’s a direct warning to Huntington Beach, but a shot across the bows of the state. The city of Huntington Beach has a proposed ordinance that wou ...

February 15, 2023
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: The Latest Phase of the Housing Crisis Will Tell Us Which Way Things Will Go

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 13, 2023
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Monday Morning Thoughts: The Latest Phase of the Housing Crisis Will Tell Us Which Way Things Will Go

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor We could be overly dramatic and declare that the future of the sta ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor We could be overly dramatic and declare that the future of the state of California rides on the response to the latest confrontation between the state and local ...

February 13, 2023
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Commentary: Why Commissions Could Be Seen As a Proxy Fight for the Davis Housing Wars

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 10, 2023
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Commentary: Why Commissions Could Be Seen As a Proxy Fight for the Davis Housing Wars

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – On the surface, it looks like a nerd issue. The ultim ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – On the surface, it looks like a nerd issue. The ultimate of inside baseball. Commissions. It’s hard to get excited about the issues. And yet there ...

February 10, 2023
| by David Greenwald

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