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Sunday Commentary: Bringing Back RDA Would Help the Housing Crisis Along with Moves like SB 9

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 22, 2021
| (26) Comments

Sunday Commentary: Bringing Back RDA Would Help the Housing Crisis Along with Moves like SB 9

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor At the start here, I will say the housing crisis is complex and li ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor At the start here, I will say the housing crisis is complex and likely won’t be solved with a single approach. I largely agree with this comment from yesterday’s ...

August 22, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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My View: We Need to Think of SB 9 As an Equity Issue More than a Housing One

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 21, 2021
| (8) Comments

My View: We Need to Think of SB 9 As an Equity Issue More than a Housing One

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor My view on SB 9 continues to be that the bill probably isn’t likel ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor My view on SB 9 continues to be that the bill probably isn’t likely to move the housing needle much. I often wonder if these kinds of bills are really worth it ...

August 21, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: SB 9 Moves Closer, but the Debate Continues

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 20, 2021
| (8) Comments

Commentary: SB 9 Moves Closer, but the Debate Continues

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA – SB 9 passed the Assembly Appropriations Committee ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA – SB 9 passed the Assembly Appropriations Committee on a 12-1 vote on Thursday. It is moving toward a showdown now. But the debate is not subsid ...

August 20, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Report Finds RHNA Housing Protests Unlikely to Succeed

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 25, 2021
| (27) Comments

Sunday Commentary: Report Finds RHNA Housing Protests Unlikely to Succeed

By David M. Greenwald Those who are hopeful that local RHNA (Regional Housing Needs Allocation) requireme ...

By David M. Greenwald Those who are hopeful that local RHNA (Regional Housing Needs Allocation) requirements will be reined in have cited the fact that there cities are pushing back against the RHNA n ...

July 25, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Senator Wiener’s Housing Package Passes Assembly Housing Committee

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: June 25, 2021
| (2) Comments

Senator Wiener’s Housing Package Passes Assembly Housing Committee

Author Believes SB 10, 478, and SB 477 will spur housing production and accountability from local jurisdi ...

Author Believes SB 10, 478, and SB 477 will spur housing production and accountability from local jurisdictions By Vanguard Staff Sacramento - California is in the midst of a deep housing crisis, whic ...

June 25, 2021
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Despite Strong Opposition from Cal Cities, City Officials and Others, SB 9 Advances Out of Committee

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 24, 2021
| 0 comments

Despite Strong Opposition from Cal Cities, City Officials and Others, SB 9 Advances Out of Committee

By David M. Greenwald Sacramento, CA - SB 9 passed out of the Assembly Housing and Community Development ...

By David M. Greenwald Sacramento, CA - SB 9 passed out of the Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee on a 5-1 vote, with two abstaining on Wednesday despite strong opposition provided by ...

June 24, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: New Research Finds People Aren’t Leaving California, but They Are Leaving SF

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 11, 2021
| (23) Comments

Commentary: New Research Finds People Aren’t Leaving California, but They Are Leaving SF

By David M. Greenwald One of the big questions—is there a mass exodus out of California due to high costs ...

By David M. Greenwald One of the big questions—is there a mass exodus out of California due to high costs of housing and other factors? While I have argued elsewhere that if housing—high costs or lac ...

March 11, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: California Housing Crisis and the Out Migration

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 16, 2021
| (14) Comments

Commentary: California Housing Crisis and the Out Migration

By David M. Greenwald This year people have been shrugging off the housing crisis. I get it, COVID, econ ...

By David M. Greenwald This year people have been shrugging off the housing crisis. I get it, COVID, economic downtown, civil rights have definitely, if not muddied the water, made it far more complic ...

February 16, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: Judicial Review Streamlining Is the CEQA Reform That Matters Most for the Housing Crisis

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: December 13, 2020
| (7) Comments

Guest Commentary: Judicial Review Streamlining Is the CEQA Reform That Matters Most for the Housing Crisis

by Adam Hatefi This year alone, a number of bills have been introduced in the state legislature that aim ...

by Adam Hatefi This year alone, a number of bills have been introduced in the state legislature that aim to streamline the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) process in order to make it easie ...

December 13, 2020
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Sunday Commentary: We Have a Chance to Close the Housing Gap

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 23, 2020
| (38) Comments

Sunday Commentary: We Have a Chance to Close the Housing Gap

By David M. Greenwald Measure J has sometimes become a rather convenient target for the housing problems ...

By David M. Greenwald Measure J has sometimes become a rather convenient target for the housing problems in Davis. Leaving aside the fact that housing is an issue statewide, including most places wher ...

August 23, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Senate Leaders Detail Housing Production Legislation Intended to Increase Supply, Aid California’s Economic Recovery

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: May 21, 2020
| (9) Comments

Senate Leaders Detail Housing Production Legislation Intended to Increase Supply, Aid California’s Economic Recovery

SACRAMENTO – In an effort to spur affordable housing production and aid California’s economic recovery ...

SACRAMENTO – In an effort to spur affordable housing production and aid California’s economic recovery due to the COVID-19 crisis, Senate Democrats unveiled a package of legislation today intended t ...

May 21, 2020
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Should the Pandemic and Coming Recession Mean the End of Planning as Usual Locally?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 23, 2020
| (59) Comments

Monday Morning Thoughts: Should the Pandemic and Coming Recession Mean the End of Planning as Usual Locally?

For the first time in over a decade, we are headed for a recession. We have seen nationally just how bad ...

For the first time in over a decade, we are headed for a recession. We have seen nationally just how bad it figures to be, watching the stock market lose one-third of its value in a few weeks—wiping ...

March 23, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Senator Wiener Introduces Housing Legislation to Increase Baseline Zoning

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: March 12, 2020
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Senator Wiener Introduces Housing Legislation to Increase Baseline Zoning

SB 902 automatically zones for two, three or four units per parcel depending on a city’s size, while al ...

SB 902 automatically zones for two, three or four units per parcel depending on a city’s size, while also providing cities a new streamlined process to rezone for up to 10 units per parcel (From Pre ...

March 12, 2020
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Sunday Commentary: Affordability of Housing on Campus Could Be the Next Local Housing Crisis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 01, 2020
| (23) Comments

Sunday Commentary: Affordability of Housing on Campus Could Be the Next Local Housing Crisis

When the student housing crisis started to gain focus late in 2015 as UC Davis was launching into their L ...

When the student housing crisis started to gain focus late in 2015 as UC Davis was launching into their LRDP process, I looked at the numbers—UC Davis had only 29 percent on-campus housing, second-low ...

March 01, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Opponents of Housing Rarely Suggest Alternatives

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 25, 2020
| (33) Comments

Commentary: Opponents of Housing Rarely Suggest Alternatives

Eric Jaye, in a special column in the Sacramento Bee, argues the need to stand up to powerful developers ...

Eric Jaye, in a special column in the Sacramento Bee, argues the need to stand up to powerful developers as well as his opposition to SB 50—but like most critics, he fails to offer much in the way of ...

February 25, 2020
| by David Greenwald

| (33) Comments

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Sunday Commentary: Looking at the Renter Market and How the Housing Crisis Has Changed Our Politics

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 23, 2020
| (41) Comments

Sunday Commentary: Looking at the Renter Market and How the Housing Crisis Has Changed Our Politics

Over the weekend, the Bee had a story that highlighted the extent of the local housing crisis. Sacrament ...

Over the weekend, the Bee had a story that highlighted the extent of the local housing crisis. Sacramento saw another huge increase in rents over January last year – a 5.3 percent increase to a $1444 ...

February 23, 2020
| by David Greenwald

| (41) Comments

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Monday Morning Thoughts: We Need Alternatives to SB 50

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 10, 2020
| (17) Comments

Monday Morning Thoughts: We Need Alternatives to SB 50

Last week I was asked the following question on SB 50: “There seems to be a 'dearth' of articles on here, ...

Last week I was asked the following question on SB 50: “There seems to be a 'dearth' of articles on here, regarding the views of social justice/equity groups toward SB 50. Why is that, given David’s ...

February 10, 2020
| by David Greenwald

| (17) Comments

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Commentary: California’s Housing Crisis Driving the Nation’s Homeless Increase

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 24, 2019
| (26) Comments

Commentary: California’s Housing Crisis Driving the Nation’s Homeless Increase

Last Friday, HUD released its annual estimate of homelessness and that figure shows that people living on ...

Last Friday, HUD released its annual estimate of homelessness and that figure shows that people living on the streets increased by 2.7 percent this year nationally – almost exclusively because Califor ...

December 24, 2019
| by David Greenwald

| (26) Comments

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Commentary: The Roots of the Mace Congestion Lie in the Housing Crisis in the Bay Area

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 29, 2019
| (41) Comments

Commentary: The Roots of the Mace Congestion Lie in the Housing Crisis in the Bay Area

The message that was delivered on Thursday was in line with what we have been arguing here on the Vanguar ...

The message that was delivered on Thursday was in line with what we have been arguing here on the Vanguard for some time – the problem along Mace Boulevard is not likely to be fixed locally. As the En ...

October 29, 2019
| by David Greenwald

| (41) Comments

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New RHNA Numbers Released – City Requirement Nearly Doubles

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 28, 2019
| (30) Comments

New RHNA Numbers Released – City Requirement Nearly Doubles

SACOG (Sacramento Area Council of Governments) has released a draft menu of Regional Housing Needs Alloca ...

SACOG (Sacramento Area Council of Governments) has released a draft menu of Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA) methodology options and, as expected, the City of Davis’ requirements are going up ...

September 28, 2019
| by David Greenwald

| (30) Comments

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