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Monday Morning Thoughts: Cost of Housing Is Part of the Equation in Housing Insecurity and Homelessness, but Not the Full Picture

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 19, 2022
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Cost of Housing Is Part of the Equation in Housing Insecurity and Homelessness, but Not the Full Picture

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA - Are “liberals” to be blamed for California’s home ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA - Are “liberals” to be blamed for California’s homelessness crisis? That’s the portion of the Atlantic article that longtime columnist Dan Walter ...

December 19, 2022
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: The Housing Insecurity to Prison Pipeline

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 02, 2022
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Commentary: The Housing Insecurity to Prison Pipeline

By Davis M. Greenwald People often ask me how it is I focus on issues such as housing and land use on the ...

By Davis M. Greenwald People often ask me how it is I focus on issues such as housing and land use on the one hand and criminal justice reform on the other. The basic answer is that the two are actua ...

November 02, 2022
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Guest Commentary: ACLU of SoCal Supports Housing Measure

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: October 28, 2022
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Guest Commentary: ACLU of SoCal Supports Housing Measure

By Kath Rogers The ACLU of Southern California is proud to support YES on Measure ULA. Here are six reaso ...

By Kath Rogers The ACLU of Southern California is proud to support YES on Measure ULA. Here are six reasons why: Measure ULA is our chance to end housing insecurity. This city ballot initiative is a o ...

October 28, 2022
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Bill Introduced That Would Create Greater College Affordability and Equity for Low-Income Students in California

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: January 26, 2021
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Bill Introduced That Would Create Greater College Affordability and Equity for Low-Income Students in California

Special To the Vanguard California students are facing severe hardship as the cost of education and livin ...

Special To the Vanguard California students are facing severe hardship as the cost of education and living has greatly increased, and current aid programs leave as much as a nearly $10,000 gap in the ...

January 26, 2021
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Senator Dodd Introduces College Student Hunger Bill

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: December 10, 2020
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Senator Dodd Introduces College Student Hunger Bill

Nearly one in three California college students faces food and housing insecurity, according to a survey ...

Nearly one in three California college students faces food and housing insecurity, according to a survey by the California Student Aid Commission. Students of color are more likely than others to repo ...

December 10, 2020
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My View: Housing Insecurity and Homeless Numbers at UCD a Cause for Alarm

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 15, 2019
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My View: Housing Insecurity and Homeless Numbers at UCD a Cause for Alarm

Lost in the shuffle of the new Aggie Research Campus as well as the Paul’s Place homeless discussion are ...

Lost in the shuffle of the new Aggie Research Campus as well as the Paul’s Place homeless discussion are numbers out of the university that remind us why building more student housing was the priority ...

June 15, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Study Shows 18% of UC Davis Students Face Housing Insecurity or Homelessness

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: June 12, 2019
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Study Shows 18% of UC Davis Students Face Housing Insecurity or Homelessness

Approximately 2,400 UC Davis students—7 percent of the student body—experienced homelessness for some per ...

Approximately 2,400 UC Davis students—7 percent of the student body—experienced homelessness for some period last year. Nearly 700 slept in cars or places not designed as housing. (From Press Release) ...

June 12, 2019
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Lawsuit Angers Student Housing Advocates

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 01, 2018
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Lawsuit Angers Student Housing Advocates

Just when it seemed like we were on the verge of solving the student housing crisis, another lawsuit popp ...

Just when it seemed like we were on the verge of solving the student housing crisis, another lawsuit popped up – this time filed by AFSCME (American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees ...

October 01, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Report Finds Statewide Crisis of Basic Needs Insecurity in California Higher Ed

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 28, 2018
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Report Finds Statewide Crisis of Basic Needs Insecurity in California Higher Ed

The Speaker’s Office of Research and Floor Analysis has recently put out an overview of basic needs insec ...

The Speaker’s Office of Research and Floor Analysis has recently put out an overview of basic needs insecurity issues in California’s public higher education system. “Food and housing insecurity is a ...

July 28, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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More Details Emerge on Student Housing Survey

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 27, 2018
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More Details Emerge on Student Housing Survey

Last Sunday, Don Gibson published a much talked about guest commentary in the Vanguard. In it, he reveal ...

Last Sunday, Don Gibson published a much talked about guest commentary in the Vanguard. In it, he revealed the results of a student survey commissioned on behalf of the Chancellor’s Affordable Studen ...

July 27, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: We Have the Housing We Need Largely in Place, but We Need to Eliminate the Barriers

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 25, 2018
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Commentary: We Have the Housing We Need Largely in Place, but We Need to Eliminate the Barriers

Lost in the debate, over things like the definition of homelessness, is a simple fact – we don’t have eno ...

Lost in the debate, over things like the definition of homelessness, is a simple fact – we don’t have enough housing to serve the existing student population. And that problem is only going to get wo ...

July 25, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Putting Numbers to the Student Housing Crisis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 23, 2018
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Putting Numbers to the Student Housing Crisis

Last spring, when the Vanguard attempted to find data on the student housing crisis, the information that ...

Last spring, when the Vanguard attempted to find data on the student housing crisis, the information that the university had was very limited. The university could not tell us how many students suffe ...

July 23, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: Student Housing Crisis by the Numbers

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: July 22, 2018
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Guest Commentary: Student Housing Crisis by the Numbers

by Don Gibson For the past year or so, local elected and appointed officials have been asking for numbers ...

by Don Gibson For the past year or so, local elected and appointed officials have been asking for numbers that better illustrate the Davis housing crisis, especially as they relate to student housing ...

July 22, 2018
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Commentary: Who Gets Harmed As We Debate Over Process and the Perfect?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 31, 2018
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Commentary: Who Gets Harmed As We Debate Over Process and the Perfect?

In this long debate over Nishi, I perhaps agree with Matt Williams on one thing – the system is in fact b ...

In this long debate over Nishi, I perhaps agree with Matt Williams on one thing – the system is in fact broken, but not as he describes. I think it is broken because we cannot provide for the basic n ...

May 31, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Gudz Sleeping in His Car This Week to Raise Awareness for Homelessness and Housing Insecurity of Students

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 04, 2018
| (13) Comments

Gudz Sleeping in His Car This Week to Raise Awareness for Homelessness and Housing Insecurity of Students

This week, Eric Gudz, a candidate for Davis City Council, has been sleeping in the sleeping bag in the ba ...

This week, Eric Gudz, a candidate for Davis City Council, has been sleeping in the sleeping bag in the back of his car. His goal is to raise awareness for students forced to live this way out of nece ...

May 04, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Analysis: Survey Shows Alarming Number of Students Suffering from Housing Insecurity

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 08, 2018
| (1) Comment

Analysis: Survey Shows Alarming Number of Students Suffering from Housing Insecurity

During the public comment on recent housing proposals, students have come forward to speak about the impa ...

During the public comment on recent housing proposals, students have come forward to speak about the impact on student renters of low rental vacancy rates and rising rents – some of whom end up sleepi ...

March 08, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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