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Packed House Hears LWV Forum on Housing Discrimination, Community Housing Needs

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 19, 2019
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Packed House Hears LWV Forum on Housing Discrimination, Community Housing Needs

It was nearing the end of the night and the packed house at Davis Community Church of more than 200 peopl ...

It was nearing the end of the night and the packed house at Davis Community Church of more than 200 people remained for the most part, as Richard Rothstein, author of The Color of Law – a book on the ...

November 19, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Mayor’s Monthly Podcast, Episode 1: Brett Lee Talks about Davis Issues

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 18, 2019
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Mayor’s Monthly Podcast, Episode 1: Brett Lee Talks about Davis Issues

The Vanguard hosts its first monthly podcast with Davis Mayor Brett Lee. We talk about critical issues fa ...

The Vanguard hosts its first monthly podcast with Davis Mayor Brett Lee. We talk about critical issues facing the community: homelessness, the respite center, Mace Blvd, traffic impacts, housing and e ...

November 18, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Governor Newsom Convenes Meeting to Confront Housing Crisis

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: November 14, 2019
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Governor Newsom Convenes Meeting to Confront Housing Crisis

(From Press Release – Governor’s Office) - Governor Gavin Newsom today convened top executives from major ...

(From Press Release – Governor’s Office) - Governor Gavin Newsom today convened top executives from major California employers for a roundtable discussion on the important role the private sector must ...

November 14, 2019
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Commentary: Housing Issue Figures to Be Tricky to Thread the Needle

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 13, 2019
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Commentary: Housing Issue Figures to Be Tricky to Thread the Needle

A poll released over the summer showed that the top issue among Davis voters was the issue of affordabili ...

A poll released over the summer showed that the top issue among Davis voters was the issue of affordability of housing. We have seen some other polling that internally bears that out as well: afforda ...

November 13, 2019
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League of Women Voters of California Endorses Senator Wiener’s SB 50

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|Date: November 01, 2019
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League of Women Voters of California Endorses Senator Wiener’s SB 50

(From Press Release – Senator Wiener) – Today, the League of Women Voters of California announced its s ...

(From Press Release – Senator Wiener) – Today, the League of Women Voters of California announced its support for Senator Scott Wiener’s (D-San Francisco) Senate Bill 50. SB 50 eliminates hyper-low- ...

November 01, 2019
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Council Gets a Presentation on RHNA and Local Housing Needs

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 24, 2019
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Council Gets a Presentation on RHNA and Local Housing Needs

Greg Chew and Dov Kadin from SACOG (Sacramento Area Council of Governments) gave a presentation to counci ...

Greg Chew and Dov Kadin from SACOG (Sacramento Area Council of Governments) gave a presentation to council about the Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA) process that will be coming up for the new ...

October 24, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Gov. Newsom Signs SB 330, ‘Housing Crisis Act of 2019’

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: October 12, 2019
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Gov. Newsom Signs SB 330, ‘Housing Crisis Act of 2019’

(From Press Release - Nancy Skinner) - Gov. Gavin Newsom today signed into law Senate Bill 330, the Housi ...

(From Press Release - Nancy Skinner) - Gov. Gavin Newsom today signed into law Senate Bill 330, the Housing Crisis Act of 2019, by state Sen. Nancy Skinner, D-Berkeley. SB 330 is designed to speed up ...

October 12, 2019
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Thoughts on Housing and Growth in Davis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 30, 2019
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Thoughts on Housing and Growth in Davis

Here we are at the end of September 2019 and the council has not wanted to have an engagement on Measure ...

Here we are at the end of September 2019 and the council has not wanted to have an engagement on Measure R or the future of housing growth in Davis. It seems a bit odd if you ask me. In fact, I’m a ...

September 30, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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New RHNA Numbers Released – City Requirement Nearly Doubles

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 28, 2019
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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
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Sunday Commentary: Housing Is a Puzzle – How Does Davis Solve It?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 25, 2019
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Sunday Commentary: Housing Is a Puzzle – How Does Davis Solve It?

Where to begin? That’s my dilemma here, but it is really the same problem that the city of Davis has. T ...

Where to begin? That’s my dilemma here, but it is really the same problem that the city of Davis has. To me the housing picture in Davis is really about balance – and the struggle to find that balan ...

August 25, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Signs That the Housing Crisis is Getting Worse in Northern California

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 11, 2019
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Sunday Commentary: Signs That the Housing Crisis is Getting Worse in Northern California

A PPIC (Public Policy Institute of California) study authored by Marisol Cuellar Mejia and Mary Severance ...

A PPIC (Public Policy Institute of California) study authored by Marisol Cuellar Mejia and Mary Severance, which came out on July 31, found that the first half of the data from 2019 in California “saw ...

August 11, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: New Numbers Offer Different Look at Davis Housing Shortfall

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 02, 2019
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Commentary: New Numbers Offer Different Look at Davis Housing Shortfall

I was intrigued by data presented in Rich Rifkin’s latest column. One thing that becomes pretty clear is ...

I was intrigued by data presented in Rich Rifkin’s latest column. One thing that becomes pretty clear is that just looking at population or housing growth alone does not tell the whole tale of what i ...

August 02, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: On Struggling Suburbs and Declining Bicycle Legacy

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 29, 2019
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Monday Morning Thoughts: On Struggling Suburbs and Declining Bicycle Legacy

This morning’s column puts together two different thoughts into one column. The Bee’s analysis of suburb ...

This morning’s column puts together two different thoughts into one column. The Bee’s analysis of suburbs and housing. and Bob Dunning’s seeming tunnel vision of the decline of Davis' bicycling place ...

July 29, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Davis Residents Increasingly Recognizing Housing Problem, but What’s the Fix?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 22, 2019
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Davis Residents Increasingly Recognizing Housing Problem, but What’s the Fix?

There has been a shift in Davis political dynamics over the last three or four years. As recently as 201 ...

There has been a shift in Davis political dynamics over the last three or four years. As recently as 2016 it looked impossible to pass a Measure R vote. In 2018, two of them not only passed, but pas ...

July 22, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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My View: Addressing Housing, Jobs and Traffic is the Next Challenge For the City

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 20, 2019
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My View: Addressing Housing, Jobs and Traffic is the Next Challenge For the City

One of the big questions is going to be for the next election cycle – just how big a driver is traffic co ...

One of the big questions is going to be for the next election cycle – just how big a driver is traffic concerns. If we look at the survey results, the percentage of those polled who saw traffic as th ...

July 20, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Housing Pressure on Davis About to Ramp Up

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 15, 2019
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Housing Pressure on Davis About to Ramp Up

Consider this a trigger warning – if you don’t like speculation, you probably won’t like this column. Th ...

Consider this a trigger warning – if you don’t like speculation, you probably won’t like this column. The state as we know is feeling the pressure of housing shortages. A reader on Sunday noted that ...

July 15, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Progressive Boomers Blocking Housing Fixes – Part of a New Generational Struggle

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 14, 2019
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Sunday Commentary: Progressive Boomers Blocking Housing Fixes – Part of a New Generational Struggle

A few days ago, the Huffington Post ran a lengthy article that found, “Progressive Boomers Are Making It ...

A few days ago, the Huffington Post ran a lengthy article that found, “Progressive Boomers Are Making It Impossible For Cities To Fix The Housing Crisis,” and “Residents of wealthy neighborhoods are t ...

July 14, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: Zoning: Planning, Suggestion, or Baloney?

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: July 13, 2019
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Guest Commentary: Zoning: Planning, Suggestion, or Baloney?

by Mark Dempsey California's recent housing affordability crisis leads to some conversations about zoning ...

by Mark Dempsey California's recent housing affordability crisis leads to some conversations about zoning and NIMBYism (see the Davis Vanguard's The Expansion of NYMBYISM into Zoning). But looking for ...

July 13, 2019
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Commentary: A Look at the City Survey – Part One, Housing

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 11, 2019
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Commentary: A Look at the City Survey – Part One, Housing

The city conducted a survey recently through EMC Research with the broader subject being satisfaction. F ...

The city conducted a survey recently through EMC Research with the broader subject being satisfaction. For the most part the city council should be pleased with the survey results – especially lookin ...

July 11, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Community Survey Shows Overwhelming Need for Affordable Housing, Overall Satisfaction with City

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 10, 2019
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Community Survey Shows Overwhelming Need for Affordable Housing, Overall Satisfaction with City

The city kept the survey hidden from the public until it was presented on Tuesday night. Once unveiled, ...

The city kept the survey hidden from the public until it was presented on Tuesday night. Once unveiled, the results were stark and somewhat overwhelming. There were three key trends, in addition to o ...

July 10, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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