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SB 50, Controversial Housing Bill Killed For At Least Another Session

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 17, 2019
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SB 50, Controversial Housing Bill Killed For At Least Another Session

For the second consecutive year, Senator Scott Wiener’s controversial housing bill has been shelved. On ...

For the second consecutive year, Senator Scott Wiener’s controversial housing bill has been shelved. On Thursday, the Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee announced that SB 50 will become a “ ...

May 17, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Impacts of SB 50 Being Assessed, Battles Emerge with Suburbs Pushing Back

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 13, 2019
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Impacts of SB 50 Being Assessed, Battles Emerge with Suburbs Pushing Back

An article that appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle on Friday looks at the impact of Senator Scott Wi ...

An article that appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle on Friday looks at the impact of Senator Scott Wiener’s sweeping bill, SB 50. As noted in the article, a group called “Walnut Creek for Controll ...

May 13, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: State Housing Growth Slows, but Community Still Has Needs

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 07, 2019
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Commentary: State Housing Growth Slows, but Community Still Has Needs

The population in Davis ticked up about 1 percent from 2018 to 2019, according to an article that appeare ...

The population in Davis ticked up about 1 percent from 2018 to 2019, according to an article that appeared over the weekend in the local paper – about an increase of 762 people, taking the population ...

May 07, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Traffic Isn’t Great, but Is Sprawl to Blame?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 05, 2019
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Sunday Commentary: Traffic Isn’t Great, but Is Sprawl to Blame?

Segments of the public are clearly unhappy with traffic congestion. Personally, I’m not a big fan of it ...

Segments of the public are clearly unhappy with traffic congestion. Personally, I’m not a big fan of it either. However, it seems important to put such concerns into perspective. The voters along wi ...

May 05, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Carpenters Union Endorses Senator Wiener’s SB 50, the More HOMES Act

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: May 03, 2019
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Carpenters Union Endorses Senator Wiener’s SB 50, the More HOMES Act

The Northern California Carpenters Regional Council represents over 35,000 union carpenters throughout No ...

The Northern California Carpenters Regional Council represents over 35,000 union carpenters throughout Northern California (From Press Release) – Today, the Northern California Carpenters Regional Co ...

May 03, 2019
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Sunday Commentary: Will California Really Get Rid of Single-Family Zoning?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 28, 2019
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Sunday Commentary: Will California Really Get Rid of Single-Family Zoning?

The statewide housing crisis has definitely spawned a number of initiatives and some different approaches ...

The statewide housing crisis has definitely spawned a number of initiatives and some different approaches. Earlier this week there was a thought-provoking op-ed in the LA Times, “Holy cow! California ...

April 28, 2019
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Mailer Attacks SB 50, Senator Wiener as Man from Real Estate

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|Date: April 27, 2019
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Mailer Attacks SB 50, Senator Wiener as Man from Real Estate

(From Press Release) - As California Sen. Scott Wiener’s SB 50 wends its way through legislative committe ...

(From Press Release) - As California Sen. Scott Wiener’s SB 50 wends its way through legislative committees in Sacramento, housing justice and rent control advocates affiliated with Housing is a Human ...

April 27, 2019
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SB 50 Clears Hurdle by Passing Senate Governance and Finance Committee

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: April 26, 2019
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SB 50 Clears Hurdle by Passing Senate Governance and Finance Committee

(From Press Release) – On Wednesday, Senator Scott Wiener’s (D-San Francisco) Senate Bill 50 — the More ...

(From Press Release) – On Wednesday, Senator Scott Wiener’s (D-San Francisco) Senate Bill 50 — the More HOMES Act (Housing, Opportunity, Mobility, Equity, and Stability) — cleared the Senate Governan ...

April 26, 2019
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Sunday Commentary: The Left Split over Housing

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 21, 2019
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Sunday Commentary: The Left Split over Housing

If you have been following local politics in Davis for any period of time, you will know that the town at ...

If you have been following local politics in Davis for any period of time, you will know that the town at times is bitterly split over the issue of growth and housing. What has made the dividing line ...

April 21, 2019
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Guest Commentary: How the University and Davis Colonized Woodland

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: April 20, 2019
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Guest Commentary: How the University and Davis Colonized Woodland

By David Taormino When the term “colonized” is used one conjures up the 16th and 17th Century European Po ...

By David Taormino When the term “colonized” is used one conjures up the 16th and 17th Century European Powers sailing off to Africa, South America and the Far East. The purpose then being to exploit ...

April 20, 2019
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Analysis: How California Can Solve Its Housing Crisis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 17, 2019
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Analysis: How California Can Solve Its Housing Crisis

The Bee this week ran a fairly interesting article where they compiled a group of political and business ...

The Bee this week ran a fairly interesting article where they compiled a group of political and business leaders across the political spectrum and asked them how to solve the state’s housing crisis. ...

April 17, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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New Statewide Poll Shows Majority of Californians Support Senator Wiener’s SB 50, the More HOMES Act

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: April 12, 2019
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New Statewide Poll Shows Majority of Californians Support Senator Wiener’s SB 50, the More HOMES Act

Poll conducted by Change Research shows sixty-one percent of California Voters support SB 50 (From Press ...

Poll conducted by Change Research shows sixty-one percent of California Voters support SB 50 (From Press Release) – A new statewide poll conducted by Change Research shows that sixty-one percent of Ca ...

April 12, 2019
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State Housing Bill, SB 50, Clears First Major Hurdle, Sailing through Housing Committee

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: April 04, 2019
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State Housing Bill, SB 50, Clears First Major Hurdle, Sailing through Housing Committee

Senate Bill 50 legalizes more housing near job centers and public transportation by overriding hyper-rest ...

Senate Bill 50 legalizes more housing near job centers and public transportation by overriding hyper-restrictive low-density zoning, while protecting against displacement of renters and vulnerable com ...

April 04, 2019
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My View: Some Are Saying the Council is Out of Step – Let’s Have a Look

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 30, 2019
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My View: Some Are Saying the Council is Out of Step – Let’s Have a Look

Critics of the council are charging that the council is out of step with the community on a variety of bi ...

Critics of the council are charging that the council is out of step with the community on a variety of big issues: Parking, Roads, Housing and the Claw. But let's take a look because it seems like a s ...

March 30, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Today Mayor Lee Gives the State of the City Address, What Does It Look Like?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 13, 2019
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Commentary: Today Mayor Lee Gives the State of the City Address, What Does It Look Like?

At midday today, Mayor Brett Lee will give his first state of the city address. It has been interesting ...

At midday today, Mayor Brett Lee will give his first state of the city address. It has been interesting to watch the shift in these addresses over time. Dan Wolk during his time as mayor offered an ...

March 13, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Creekside Will Provide At-Risk Populations with Affordable Housing

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 09, 2019
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Creekside Will Provide At-Risk Populations with Affordable Housing

Creekside is the last parcel of affordable housing within the Mace Ranch Development. After languis ...

Creekside is the last parcel of affordable housing within the Mace Ranch Development. After languishing for a number of years, the city put out an RFP for the project in 2014. After a comp ...

January 09, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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What Does the Left and Right Agree On Nationally? Housing

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 03, 2019
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What Does the Left and Right Agree On Nationally? Housing

An article in the American Conservative argues that if there is one area in the next two years that Democ ...

An article in the American Conservative argues that if there is one area in the next two years that Democrats and Republicans can work together on it is housing policy. The crux of the article is this ...

January 03, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts, Part II – Resistance Standing in the Way of Prosperity

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 24, 2018
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Monday Morning Thoughts, Part II – Resistance Standing in the Way of Prosperity

In the Chronicle this week, Joe Mathews writes: “Resistance to development stands in way of prosperity.” ...

In the Chronicle this week, Joe Mathews writes: “Resistance to development stands in way of prosperity.” He argues that, as a New Year’s resolution, the “best thing you could do is swear off this phr ...

December 24, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: The Big Question For Davis – How Will We Change in 2019 and 2029?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 23, 2018
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Sunday Commentary: The Big Question For Davis – How Will We Change in 2019 and 2029?

Over the next nine to ten days, the year of 2018 will run its course. We have seen some interesting chan ...

Over the next nine to ten days, the year of 2018 will run its course. We have seen some interesting changes in Davis in the last twelve months – last year at this time, we were asking if a Measure R ...

December 23, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Housing, Poverty and the Economy

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 18, 2018
| (154) Comments

Commentary: Housing, Poverty and the Economy

The census figures from 2017 showed that when the cost of living, specifically housing, was factored in, ...

The census figures from 2017 showed that when the cost of living, specifically housing, was factored in, California has the highest poverty rate in the nation with more than 20 percent of its resident ...

December 18, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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