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Sunday Commentary: Times Editorial Board Urges Patience on SB 9 Implementation

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 22, 2023
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Sunday Commentary: Times Editorial Board Urges Patience on SB 9 Implementation

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Last month we noted that, despite hopes and fears, SB 9 really has ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Last month we noted that, despite hopes and fears, SB 9 really hasn’t generated a huge amount of change so far. A report found that nothing has changed so far. ...

January 22, 2023
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Sunday Commentary: Is the Council Out of Touch with the Broader Davis Community?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 15, 2023
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Sunday Commentary: Is the Council Out of Touch with the Broader Davis Community?

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – A frequent complaint that we hear a lot is that the Da ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – A frequent complaint that we hear a lot is that the Davis City Council is out of touch with the Davis voters—particularly on the issue of housing. As ...

January 15, 2023
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Critics Complain That the Sky Is Falling Even As We Fall Well Short of Our Housing Needs

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 06, 2023
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Commentary: Critics Complain That the Sky Is Falling Even As We Fall Well Short of Our Housing Needs

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA – California is facing a multipronged crisis—housin ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA – California is facing a multipronged crisis—housing, affordable housing and homelessness. Recent reports show a huge increase in homelessness ov ...

January 06, 2023
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: California’s Homeless Crisis Is Solvable

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 02, 2023
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Monday Morning Thoughts: California’s Homeless Crisis Is Solvable

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA - Recent assessments show that California leads the ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA - Recent assessments show that California leads the nation by a wide margin in homelessness and, in particular, an unsheltered homeless population ...

January 02, 2023
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Is It Really As Simple As Build More Homes?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 30, 2022
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Commentary: Is It Really As Simple As Build More Homes?

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – On a local front as we head into 2023, the issues for ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – On a local front as we head into 2023, the issues for me remain—housing, affordable housing, homelessness and, beneath that, mental health and substa ...

December 30, 2022
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Houston, We Have a Solution – Why the City Might Be the Model for Dealing with Homelessness

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 08, 2022
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Commentary: Houston, We Have a Solution – Why the City Might Be the Model for Dealing with Homelessness

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor If California and local communities therein want to address their ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor If California and local communities therein want to address their homelessness problem, they need to look toward Houston, of all places. A decade ago, Houston h ...

December 08, 2022
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Our Great Davis Schools Are in Trouble

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 30, 2022
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Commentary: Our Great Davis Schools Are in Trouble

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – For a number of years I have been warning this communi ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – For a number of years I have been warning this community that the great Davis school system risks coming crashing down on our heads as we look the ot ...

November 30, 2022
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Housing South of Russell Would Certainly Be Complicated, Even If It Makes Sense from a Planning Perspective

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 23, 2022
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Commentary: Housing South of Russell Would Certainly Be Complicated, Even If It Makes Sense from a Planning Perspective

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – We received a lot of interesting feedback both on and ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – We received a lot of interesting feedback both on and offline on Saturday’s column, suggesting that the city work with the university to pursue housi ...

November 23, 2022
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: City Is Counting on the Downtown Plan for Housing – Here’s Why That Could Be Challenging

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 22, 2022
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Commentary: City Is Counting on the Downtown Plan for Housing – Here’s Why That Could Be Challenging

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Next Tuesday, the Downtown Specific Plan will go back ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Next Tuesday, the Downtown Specific Plan will go back to the Planning Commission as the process finally is moving forward again after a lengthy pause ...

November 22, 2022
| by David Greenwald

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My View: A Thought on Housing in Davis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 19, 2022
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My View: A Thought on Housing in Davis

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – A comment posted yesterday noted an audience question ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – A comment posted yesterday noted an audience question at the Rothstein event which was to the effect of, should UC Davis be responsible for a RHNA al ...

November 19, 2022
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: The Voters in Davis Have Spoken – Now What?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 17, 2022
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Commentary: The Voters in Davis Have Spoken – Now What?

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – I am a little surprised that there have not been publi ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – I am a little surprised that there have not been public concessions and declarations of victory in the council races because, realistically, after lo ...

November 17, 2022
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: The Politics of ‘No’ Isn’t a Path to Power in Davis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 13, 2022
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Sunday Commentary: The Politics of ‘No’ Isn’t a Path to Power in Davis

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – This week our nation perhaps pulled back from the brin ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – This week our nation perhaps pulled back from the brink. Likewise, the local voters once again showed that the tactics of the slow growthers can wor ...

November 13, 2022
| by David Greenwald

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My View: Where is the City of Davis Headed?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 05, 2022
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My View: Where is the City of Davis Headed?

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – In a lot of ways, the city of Davis has a split person ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – In a lot of ways, the city of Davis has a split personality. That’s the only way one can really describes things politically at this point in time. ...

November 05, 2022
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: To Be or Not to Be – Davis’ So-Called ‘Progressives’

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: October 29, 2022
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Guest Commentary: To Be or Not to Be – Davis’ So-Called ‘Progressives’

By Darryl Rutherford I was unanimously appointed to the City’s Planning Commission six years ago, fulfill ...

By Darryl Rutherford I was unanimously appointed to the City’s Planning Commission six years ago, fulfilling my desire to serve this community in hopes of promoting progressive affordable housing as w ...

October 29, 2022
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Commentary: Housing Considerations Have Taken a Back Seat to Election Bickering This Cycle

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 28, 2022
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Commentary: Housing Considerations Have Taken a Back Seat to Election Bickering This Cycle

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – It made a lot of sense coming off a drubbing by the vo ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – It made a lot of sense coming off a drubbing by the voters in June and the fact that the two incumbent candidates were vocal supporters of both faile ...

October 28, 2022
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Measure J Is Firmly in Place, Community Discussion Should Focus on Schools and Equity Issues

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 21, 2022
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Commentary: Measure J Is Firmly in Place, Community Discussion Should Focus on Schools and Equity Issues

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – There seems to be a notion in some quarters in Davis t ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – There seems to be a notion in some quarters in Davis that if you can’t get projects through the Measure J process, the answer is to get rid of Measur ...

October 21, 2022
| by David Greenwald

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Community Comes Together to Discuss Privilege, Discrimination and Housing Solutions

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 20, 2022
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Community Comes Together to Discuss Privilege, Discrimination and Housing Solutions

By David M. Greewald Executive Editor Davis, CA – It was November 2019, and the community didn’t know it ...

By David M. Greewald Executive Editor Davis, CA – It was November 2019, and the community didn’t know it at the time but their lives were about to dramatically change in just a few months. But more t ...

October 20, 2022
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: The Cost of Housing Construction Is a True Barrier to the City’s Housing Needs

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 13, 2022
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Commentary: The Cost of Housing Construction Is a True Barrier to the City’s Housing Needs

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – At a recent forum, the issue of housing was discussed ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – At a recent forum, the issue of housing was discussed and many of the candidates are pushing for infill first – and for good reason when one consider ...

October 13, 2022
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: But Is There Common Ground To Be Found?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 11, 2022
| (31) Comments

Commentary: But Is There Common Ground To Be Found?

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – A comment from last week struck me at the time it was ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – A comment from last week struck me at the time it was written and I have been pondering it for several days now: “If you want to work to build consen ...

October 11, 2022
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Teachers Again Facing the Pinch, This Community Has to Grapple with the Larger Issues – and Soon

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 09, 2022
| (25) Comments

Sunday Commentary: Teachers Again Facing the Pinch, This Community Has to Grapple with the Larger Issues – and Soon

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – A few years ago I urged our leaders to think of this c ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – A few years ago I urged our leaders to think of this community not in a schools-city silo, but rather to step back and look at this community holisti ...

October 09, 2022
| by David Greenwald

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