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Commentary: November 2024 or Bust?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 26, 2023
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Commentary: November 2024 or Bust?

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – In April, the council decided they were going to defer ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – In April, the council decided they were going to defer a housing decision and determined that they would not put a measure on the November 2024 ballo ...

May 26, 2023
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Why One Analyst Believes the Housing Shortage is Overblown

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 24, 2023
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Commentary: Why One Analyst Believes the Housing Shortage is Overblown

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor It’s important to read a number of views on issues like the housin ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor It’s important to read a number of views on issues like the housing crisis – even if you end up not agreeing. Such was the case reading a Press Enterprise inter ...

May 24, 2023
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Yes, There Is a Housing Crisis – What Do We Do About It?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 21, 2023
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Sunday Commentary: Yes, There Is a Housing Crisis – What Do We Do About It?

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Californians do not agree on a whole lot, but one thing there is w ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Californians do not agree on a whole lot, but one thing there is widespread and still growing agreement on—there is a housing crisis. In a Quinnipiac University ...

May 21, 2023
| by David Greenwald

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UPDATE: Major Housing Bills Move to Senate Floor

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: May 19, 2023
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UPDATE: Major Housing Bills Move to Senate Floor

Special to the Vanguard Sacramento, CA - On Thursday, the Senate Appropriations Committee passed major ho ...

Special to the Vanguard Sacramento, CA - On Thursday, the Senate Appropriations Committee passed major housing bills SB 4 and SB 423 to the Senate floor, for a vote in the next few weeks before the Ju ...

May 19, 2023
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Monday Morning Thoughts: A Right to Housing Sounds Good…

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 15, 2023
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Monday Morning Thoughts: A Right to Housing Sounds Good…

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor A right to housing? San Francisco Assemblymember Matt Haney is pr ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor A right to housing? San Francisco Assemblymember Matt Haney is proposing a constitutional amendment that would declare housing to be a fundamental human right i ...

May 15, 2023
| by David Greenwald

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Assemblymember Kalra Laments the Failure of the Stable Homes Act in 2023

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|Date: May 09, 2023
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Assemblymember Kalra Laments the Failure of the Stable Homes Act in 2023

Special to the Vanguard Sacramento, CA – The Assembly Committee on Judiciary ended up holding AB 919, the ...

Special to the Vanguard Sacramento, CA – The Assembly Committee on Judiciary ended up holding AB 919, the Stable Homes Act sponsored by Assemblymember Ash Kalra. “I am deeply disappointed the Stable H ...

May 09, 2023
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Sunday Commentary: What Happened This Past Week Is a Reminder We Need to Solve Unsheltered Crisis of Unhoused People

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 07, 2023
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Sunday Commentary: What Happened This Past Week Is a Reminder We Need to Solve Unsheltered Crisis of Unhoused People

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – When the third stabbing occurred late on Monday night, ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – When the third stabbing occurred late on Monday night, the police responded by issuing a shelter in place for residents in the downtown area as the p ...

May 07, 2023
| by David Greenwald

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Bill Would Replace Housing Lost to Redevelopment

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: May 04, 2023
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Bill Would Replace Housing Lost to Redevelopment

Special to the Vanguard Sacramento, CA - The Senate Housing Committee passed Senator Scott Wiener’s (D-Sa ...

Special to the Vanguard Sacramento, CA - The Senate Housing Committee passed Senator Scott Wiener’s (D-San Francisco) Senate Bill 593, the San Francisco Replacement Housing Act. SB 593 will create a t ...

May 04, 2023
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Davis Housing Advocates Are Organizing for the First Time

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 01, 2023
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Davis Housing Advocates Are Organizing for the First Time

by David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – For years, we have heard the same note—over and over a ...

by David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – For years, we have heard the same note—over and over again—a housing project comes forward, slow growth advocates warn us about traffic, climate, and ...

May 01, 2023
| by David Greenwald

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Bapu Vaitla Addresses Davis CAN on the Need for Housing

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 01, 2023
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Bapu Vaitla Addresses Davis CAN on the Need for Housing

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Councilmember Bapu Vaitla started out his talk commenting on the r ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Councilmember Bapu Vaitla started out his talk commenting on the recent tragedies, including the murder of David Breaux, which he used to segue into a talk about ...

May 01, 2023
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Time Running Out Again on Meaningful CEQA Reform

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 28, 2023
| (10) Comments

Commentary: Time Running Out Again on Meaningful CEQA Reform

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor There is a growing sense that CEQA has been weaponized as a tool t ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor There is a growing sense that CEQA has been weaponized as a tool to stop new housing projects. It is probably not a surprise that in the view of Senator Scott Wi ...

April 28, 2023
| by David Greenwald

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Senator Wiener’s Housing Bills Pass Critical Committee

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: April 28, 2023
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Senator Wiener’s Housing Bills Pass Critical Committee

Special to the Vanguard Sacramento, CA - The Senate Governance and Finance Committee passed Senator Scott ...

Special to the Vanguard Sacramento, CA - The Senate Governance and Finance Committee passed Senator Scott Wiener’s (D-San Francisco) flagship housing bills SB 4 and SB 423. SB 4 allows faith instituti ...

April 28, 2023
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Guest Commentary: Access to Housing Is the Civil Rights Issue of Our Time (Again)

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: April 22, 2023
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Guest Commentary: Access to Housing Is the Civil Rights Issue of Our Time (Again)

The housing crisis is both the cause and effect of systemic civil rights deprivations. By Taylor Pendergr ...

The housing crisis is both the cause and effect of systemic civil rights deprivations. By Taylor Pendergrass In 1966, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Coretta Scott King left their single-family home ...

April 22, 2023
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Commentary: A Bit of Magical Thinking on Housing

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 20, 2023
| (22) Comments

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
| by David Greenwald

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Neighborhood Voices Coalition: ‘Builders Remedy’ Strips Local Communities of Democratic Rights

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: April 20, 2023
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Neighborhood Voices Coalition: ‘Builders Remedy’ Strips Local Communities of Democratic Rights

Special to the Vanguard Throughout California, for-profit developers are racing to invoke the “Builders R ...

Special to the Vanguard Throughout California, for-profit developers are racing to invoke the “Builders Remedy” – a provision in state housing law that allows developers to override local zoning laws ...

April 20, 2023
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Council Authorizes City Response to HCD Letter

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 19, 2023
| (2) Comments

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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SB 423 Gains Additional Labor Support in Extending the Builder’s Remedy

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: April 18, 2023
| (7) Comments

SB 423 Gains Additional Labor Support in Extending the Builder’s Remedy

Special to the Vanguard Sacramento, CA – SB 423, which would extend and expand the "Builder’s Remedy" gai ...

Special to the Vanguard Sacramento, CA – SB 423, which would extend and expand the "Builder’s Remedy" gained some critical support. On Monday, the Northern California District Council of Laborers rel ...

April 18, 2023
| by Vanguard Administrator

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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
| (15) Comments

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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Monday Morning Thoughts: The Future of Davis Is on the Line This Week, Stay Tuned

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 03, 2023
| (8) Comments

Monday Morning Thoughts: The Future of Davis Is on the Line This Week, Stay Tuned

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – It seems like, since the pandemic, the council has lar ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – It seems like, since the pandemic, the council has largely put off some of the tougher conversations until later. But in the last month, we have see ...

April 03, 2023
| by David Greenwald

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Groups Believe that SB 423 Will Threaten Local Democracy

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: March 30, 2023
| (13) Comments

Groups Believe that SB 423 Will Threaten Local Democracy

Special to the Vanguard Sacramento, CA – A coalition of communities are pushing back on recent housing pr ...

Special to the Vanguard Sacramento, CA – A coalition of communities are pushing back on recent housing proposals, and warn that SB 423, a permanent extension of SB 35, “gives developers unlimited abil ...

March 30, 2023
| by Vanguard Administrator

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