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Senator Wiener, Housing Advocates, Labor Leaders Highlight Expansion of Landmark Housing Law

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|Date: September 29, 2023
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Senator Wiener, Housing Advocates, Labor Leaders Highlight Expansion of Landmark Housing Law

Special to the Vanguard San Francisco, CA – Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco), along with California ...

Special to the Vanguard San Francisco, CA – Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco), along with California Conference of Carpenters, Related, Mission Housing Development Corporation, California Housing ...

September 29, 2023
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My View: Further Illustration Provided about the Challenges for Davis to Dig Out of Housing Crisis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 23, 2023
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My View: Further Illustration Provided about the Challenges for Davis to Dig Out of Housing Crisis

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – In Thursday’s Vanguard, I published a commentary that ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – In Thursday’s Vanguard, I published a commentary that we need denser projects, but I also argued that because of Measure J, getting density will be d ...

September 23, 2023
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Commentary: Housing Crisis Will Not Be Solved by Population Decline – Just the Opposite

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 19, 2023
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Commentary: Housing Crisis Will Not Be Solved by Population Decline – Just the Opposite

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor For years, some of our anti-housing commenters have argued that th ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor For years, some of our anti-housing commenters have argued that there is no housing crisis in California. They point to declining populations and projections th ...

September 19, 2023
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Bill To Curb CEQA Abuses That Delay or Block Housing Projects Heads To The Governor

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|Date: September 14, 2023
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Bill To Curb CEQA Abuses That Delay or Block Housing Projects Heads To The Governor

Special to the Vanguard Sacramento, CA - California must build more residences to address its housing sho ...

Special to the Vanguard Sacramento, CA - California must build more residences to address its housing shortage. One solution, AB 1633 by Assemblymember Phil Ting (D-San Francisco), is on its way to th ...

September 14, 2023
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Landmark Housing Package Heads to the Governor

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|Date: September 13, 2023
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Landmark Housing Package Heads to the Governor

Special to the Vanguard Sacramento, CA – Two of the critical housing bills are headed to the Governor’s d ...

Special to the Vanguard Sacramento, CA – Two of the critical housing bills are headed to the Governor’s desk for his likely approval. On Tuesday, the Senate approved SB 4 and SB 423, authored by Senat ...

September 13, 2023
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Commentary: I Don’t See Much Progress At All on Housing

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 12, 2023
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Commentary: I Don’t See Much Progress At All on Housing

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA – Veteran Sacramento Columnist Dan Walters calls it ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA – Veteran Sacramento Columnist Dan Walters calls it two steps forward, one step back on housing. Personally I think he’s too optimistic even thou ...

September 12, 2023
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Sunday Commentary: Has the State Been Put on Notice to Fix the Housing Crisis or Lose Control?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 10, 2023
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Sunday Commentary: Has the State Been Put on Notice to Fix the Housing Crisis or Lose Control?

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor This week, we saw Senator Scott Wiener celebrate the passage of hi ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor This week, we saw Senator Scott Wiener celebrate the passage of his Builder’s Remedy streamlining extension in the Assembly—meaning it will most likely be signed ...

September 10, 2023
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Commentary: Homelessness Is a Housing Problem

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 06, 2023
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Commentary: Homelessness Is a Housing Problem

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor This week, the Orange County Register ran a piece “The Real Reason ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor This week, the Orange County Register ran a piece “The Real Reason Behind California’s Homelessness Crisis.” The author, Stewart Dompe, captures the essence of ...

September 06, 2023
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Commentary: State Has Prioritized Housing, but Still Messing Around the Edges

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 05, 2023
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Commentary: State Has Prioritized Housing, but Still Messing Around the Edges

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA – As another legislative session winds down, a big ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA – As another legislative session winds down, a big focus will be on housing both locally and statewide. This session perhaps the two biggest issue ...

September 05, 2023
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Sunday Commentary: The Mystery in Solano Was Actually Just about Housing

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 03, 2023
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Sunday Commentary: The Mystery in Solano Was Actually Just about Housing

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Solano County – When a group of investors purchased a large expans ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Solano County – When a group of investors purchased a large expanse of land in Solano County—50,000 acres—near Travis Air Force Base, people immediately went to ...

September 03, 2023
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Sunday Commentary: Sac Biz Journal Focuses on Davis Housing

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 27, 2023
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Sunday Commentary: Sac Biz Journal Focuses on Davis Housing

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – If you don’t believe Davis has a housing crisis, take ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – If you don’t believe Davis has a housing crisis, take a look at the numbers. This year, in most months, the city has topped out on about 30 home sal ...

August 27, 2023
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Monday Morning Thoughts: It Comes Down to This – Put the Housing Somewhere Else

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 21, 2023
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Monday Morning Thoughts: It Comes Down to This – Put the Housing Somewhere Else

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – As they say, people in glass houses are probably not t ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – As they say, people in glass houses are probably not the ones to be throwing stones. While I agree that UC Davis should be building more housing, th ...

August 21, 2023
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Commentary: The Million Dollar Home

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 17, 2023
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Commentary: The Million Dollar Home

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor I keep seeing arguments put forward that we have plenty of expensi ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor I keep seeing arguments put forward that we have plenty of expensive homes in places like Davis. And while it’s true that the cost of housing is way to high her ...

August 17, 2023
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Sunday Commentary: Housing Is Still Needed, but NIMBY Elements Continue to Make the Situation Worse

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 13, 2023
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Sunday Commentary: Housing Is Still Needed, but NIMBY Elements Continue to Make the Situation Worse

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor “California’s population is expected to remain relatively flat thr ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor “California’s population is expected to remain relatively flat through 2060, according to new state estimates, but — much to the chagrin of NIMBYs — that doesn’t ...

August 13, 2023
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Commentary: Housing Costs Are Pushing People Away from Cooler Climates Toward Hotter Climates; That Makes No Sense in a World of Global Warming

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 11, 2023
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Commentary: Housing Costs Are Pushing People Away from Cooler Climates Toward Hotter Climates; That Makes No Sense in a World of Global Warming

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor YIMBY California in a tweet earlier this week, noted that there is ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor YIMBY California in a tweet earlier this week, noted that there is a basic illogic of current migration patterns. During a time of global warming, people are ac ...

August 11, 2023
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Commentary: Polling Shows Californians Both Divided and Conflicted on Housing

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 09, 2023
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Commentary: Polling Shows Californians Both Divided and Conflicted on Housing

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor In a blog post by Dean Bonner of the PPIC, he noted that, despite ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor In a blog post by Dean Bonner of the PPIC, he noted that, despite efforts by leaders to alleviate the housing crisis, Californians continue to harbor grim views ...

August 09, 2023
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Commentary: Lawsuit Filed against Redondo Beach on Housing – Will Davis Be Forthcoming As Well?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 08, 2023
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Commentary: Lawsuit Filed against Redondo Beach on Housing – Will Davis Be Forthcoming As Well?

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor One of the big questions Davis faces is whether the courts step an ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor One of the big questions Davis faces is whether the courts step and say that Davis’ growth policies run counter to state housing law. In recent months, we have ...

August 08, 2023
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Three Communities Designated as Prohousing by the Governor for Strides Made to Accelerate Housing Production

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 05, 2023
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Three Communities Designated as Prohousing by the Governor for Strides Made to Accelerate Housing Production

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA – There are now 30 Prohousing communities, but what ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA – There are now 30 Prohousing communities, but what might be of interest to local readers is that two of three are host cities to state colleges—R ...

August 05, 2023
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Community: No Vision Tonight with My Coffee…

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 02, 2023
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Community: No Vision Tonight with My Coffee…

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Did you read yesterday’s column on “the vision thing” ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Did you read yesterday’s column on “the vision thing” and happen to notice a glaring omission? You’re right, I did not offer my own vision. That wa ...

August 02, 2023
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Monday Morning Thoughts: What Can/Should Council Do to Jumpstart Housing in Davis?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 31, 2023
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Monday Morning Thoughts: What Can/Should Council Do to Jumpstart Housing in Davis?

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – There is a general but by no means universal sense in ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – There is a general but by no means universal sense in this community by many who believe the city lacks housing and is becoming increasingly unafford ...

July 31, 2023
| by David Greenwald

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