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United Farm Workers Endorse SB 50

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|Date: January 26, 2020
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United Farm Workers Endorse SB 50

(From Press Release) - Today, the United Farm Workers of America (UFW) announced their endorsement of SB ...

(From Press Release) - Today, the United Farm Workers of America (UFW) announced their endorsement of SB 50. UFW is the oldest and largest farm workers’ union in the country, and was founded by organi ...

January 26, 2020
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Major Anti-Poverty and Environmental Justice Groups Endorse SB 50

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|Date: January 24, 2020
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Major Anti-Poverty and Environmental Justice Groups Endorse SB 50

SB 50 picked up new endorsements from anti-poverty group United Ways of California and environmental just ...

SB 50 picked up new endorsements from anti-poverty group United Ways of California and environmental justice group Coalition for Clean Air (From Press Release – Senator Wiener) - Senate Bill 50, Sena ...

January 24, 2020
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Senator Wiener Announces Revised SB 50, with New Local Flexibility Option for Cities, as Well as New Endorsements

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|Date: January 08, 2020
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Senator Wiener Announces Revised SB 50, with New Local Flexibility Option for Cities, as Well as New Endorsements

Amendments to major zoning reform legislation allow more local flexibility. New housing equity groups and ...

Amendments to major zoning reform legislation allow more local flexibility. New housing equity groups and elected officials now support SB 50. (From Press Release – Senator Wiener) – On Tuesday, Senat ...

January 08, 2020
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Will the Third Time Be the Charm for SB 50?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 07, 2020
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Will the Third Time Be the Charm for SB 50?

Twice San Francisco-area Senator Scott Wiener has introduced legislation that would reform zoning in Cali ...

Twice San Francisco-area Senator Scott Wiener has introduced legislation that would reform zoning in California – twice he has not been able to get it to a vote. On Monday, he introduced new changes t ...

January 07, 2020
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My View: Housing Is the Top Issue for Davis Headed into 2020

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 28, 2019
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My View: Housing Is the Top Issue for Davis Headed into 2020

Polling shows that the top issue for Davis is the affordability of housing. The year 2020 figures to be ...

Polling shows that the top issue for Davis is the affordability of housing. The year 2020 figures to be an interesting year for housing issues. We will have the University Commons project coming for ...

December 28, 2019
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Commentary: California’s Housing Crisis Driving the Nation’s Homeless Increase

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 24, 2019
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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
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Commentary: Rising Housing Prices Force People Out of Davis, How Will Davis Respond?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 20, 2019
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Commentary: Rising Housing Prices Force People Out of Davis, How Will Davis Respond?

While the council has spent much of the year focused on putting out brush fires, the city’s released poll ...

While the council has spent much of the year focused on putting out brush fires, the city’s released poll and several other private polls show that the biggest concern – by far – among voters is the a ...

December 20, 2019
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Sunday Commentary: Process and the Need to Solve Vexing Problems in Davis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 24, 2019
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Sunday Commentary: Process and the Need to Solve Vexing Problems in Davis

If the facts are on our your side – debate the facts. If the law is on your side – debate the law. If n ...

If the facts are on our your side – debate the facts. If the law is on your side – debate the law. If neither is on your side – pound on the process. That’s the rule of thumb in Davis but one thing ...

November 24, 2019
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Sunday Commentary: Rothstein, the Housing Issue, and Discrimination in Davis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 24, 2019
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Sunday Commentary: Rothstein, the Housing Issue, and Discrimination in Davis

We have seen a lot of side issues in Davis this year – from traffic congestion created on Mace to the iss ...

We have seen a lot of side issues in Davis this year – from traffic congestion created on Mace to the issue of the homeless respite center and more. But this week was a reminder that, at the core, the ...

November 24, 2019
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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
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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
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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
| by David Greenwald

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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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