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Commentary: Is DiSC 2022 Likely to Be Growth-Inducing for Davis?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 12, 2022
| (19) Comments

Commentary: Is DiSC 2022 Likely to Be Growth-Inducing for Davis?

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Ever since DISC came back in 2019-20 and added a resid ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Ever since DISC came back in 2019-20 and added a residential component, we have heard critics charge that DISC has morphed from a business park into ...

January 12, 2022
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: Some people want Davis to change … but change to what?

Posted by Matt Williams
|Date: January 03, 2022
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Guest Commentary: Some people want Davis to change … but change to what?

by Matt Williams On Friday the Vanguard ran an article that began by making the following statement, “Cha ...

by Matt Williams On Friday the Vanguard ran an article that began by making the following statement, “Change is inevitable and it happens whether you allow it to happen or not.” The article then laid ...

January 03, 2022
| by Matt Williams

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Commentary: ‘But Davis Is a Great Place, I Don’t Want It to Change’

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 31, 2021
| (28) Comments

Commentary: ‘But Davis Is a Great Place, I Don’t Want It to Change’

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – I hear it a lot, people love the Davis community as it ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – I hear it a lot, people love the Davis community as it is and do not want it to change. I get it, it’s still a relatively small community, it has ni ...

December 31, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: The Left is Divided on Housing, And That’s Led to the Housing Crisis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 09, 2021
| (23) Comments

Commentary: The Left is Divided on Housing, And That’s Led to the Housing Crisis

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Housing is an issue that does not as neatly fall onto the ideologi ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Housing is an issue that does not as neatly fall onto the ideological perspective as some people would like to believe. On the one hand, some see housing as the ...

December 09, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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CEQA Addendum Finds Significantly Reduced Impacts of DISC on Traffic, GHG Emissions

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 02, 2021
| (48) Comments

CEQA Addendum Finds Significantly Reduced Impacts of DISC on Traffic, GHG Emissions

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – This past summer the developers of DISC returned with ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – This past summer the developers of DISC returned with a 2022 version of the project that reduces the overall size and scope of the project from 194 a ...

December 02, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: HCD Strong Letter Warning SF That They May Have Violated State Housing Law

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 23, 2021
| (34) Comments

Commentary: HCD Strong Letter Warning SF That They May Have Violated State Housing Law

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Francisco, CA – It is hard to know across jurisdictions what t ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Francisco, CA – It is hard to know across jurisdictions what this all means, but HCD (Housing and Community Development) sent the San Francisco Board of Supe ...

November 23, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Housing Crisis Falls Heavily on Lower Income Households

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 22, 2021
| (68) Comments

Monday Morning Thoughts: Housing Crisis Falls Heavily on Lower Income Households

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA – According to a report released at the end of Octo ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA – According to a report released at the end of October, new median housing prices reached an all-time high in August nationally. More worrisome f ...

November 22, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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My View: HCD Wins Some Key Housing Battles, But Will It Be Enough?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 20, 2021
| (12) Comments

My View: HCD Wins Some Key Housing Battles, But Will It Be Enough?

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor When the state came down with very aggressive RHNA numbers for loc ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor When the state came down with very aggressive RHNA numbers for local fair share allocations of growth, many pointed to the fact that there were numerous challeng ...

November 20, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Final Exam Time for Housing in Davis As Well in Other California Cities

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 18, 2021
| (25) Comments

Commentary: Final Exam Time for Housing in Davis As Well in Other California Cities

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA - Earlier this week, the Bay Area version of SACOG, Asso ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA - Earlier this week, the Bay Area version of SACOG, Association of Bay Area Governments Administration Committee (ABAG), finalized its denial of 27 of ...

November 18, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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1200-Unit Project Proposed for Shriners Property

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 13, 2021
| (29) Comments

1200-Unit Project Proposed for Shriners Property

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – With the housing crisis facing Davis like much of the ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – With the housing crisis facing Davis like much of the rest of the region, housing projects are starting to come forward to help address the housing s ...

November 13, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Democrats in California Deserve to Get Spanked On Housing

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 10, 2021
| (55) Comments

Commentary: Democrats in California Deserve to Get Spanked On Housing

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Nice video piece in the Times this week from Johnny Harris and Bin ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Nice video piece in the Times this week from Johnny Harris and Binyamin Appelbaum. “It’s easy to blame the other side. And for many Democrats, it’s obvious that ...

November 10, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: The Davis Council Has Moved to a More Consensus Model Even on Housing

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 09, 2021
| (31) Comments

Commentary: The Davis Council Has Moved to a More Consensus Model Even on Housing

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA - I was reading a piece in the Chronicle that looked at ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA - I was reading a piece in the Chronicle that looked at San Francisco Board of Supervisor votes—they used a rather elaborate algorithm called an ideal ...

November 09, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Timing for General Plan Now Puzzling

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 07, 2021
| (42) Comments

Sunday Commentary: Timing for General Plan Now Puzzling

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – When they first rolled out the sequencing here, it mad ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – When they first rolled out the sequencing here, it made a little bit of sense—the city of Davis would roll out the Downtown Plan first and then roll ...

November 07, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: SF Case Seen By Some as a Test of Will On Housing Crisis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 02, 2021
| (2) Comments

Commentary: SF Case Seen By Some as a Test of Will On Housing Crisis

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor As noted in yesterday’s column, last week, the Chronicle blasted t ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor As noted in yesterday’s column, last week, the Chronicle blasted the supervisors for having “lost their minds on housing.” The Chronicle writes: “What does San F ...

November 02, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Disconnect between Voters and Council on Housing

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 01, 2021
| (83) Comments

Monday Morning Thoughts: Disconnect between Voters and Council on Housing

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Last week’s column speculated on why local government ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Last week’s column speculated on why local government underproduces housing, and the researcher notes: “local governments – which will focus on the l ...

November 01, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Researchers Address Why Local Government Underproduces Housing

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 25, 2021
| (3) Comments

Monday Morning Thoughts: Researchers Address Why Local Government Underproduces Housing

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA - UC researchers explore a key question of why local gov ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA - UC researchers explore a key question of why local governments tend to underproduce housing. What they found is telling but not all that surprising: ...

October 25, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: We Won’t Be Ending Measure J Any Time Soon, So What is the Answer?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 24, 2021
| (63) Comments

Sunday Commentary: We Won’t Be Ending Measure J Any Time Soon, So What is the Answer?

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA - The city of Davis has managed to approve the next hous ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA - The city of Davis has managed to approve the next housing element. In January or so it will work on approving a downtown specific plan, at some poin ...

October 24, 2021
| by David Greenwald

| (63) Comments

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Student Opinion: The Regents’ Approval to Build on People’s Park Ignores Community and Collective Struggle

Posted by Elizabeth Nguyen
|Date: October 22, 2021
| (1) Comment

Student Opinion: The Regents’ Approval to Build on People’s Park Ignores Community and Collective Struggle

By Elizabeth Nguyen BERKELEY, CA—In a controversial move, the UC Regents approved the University of Cali ...

By Elizabeth Nguyen BERKELEY, CA—In a controversial move, the UC Regents approved the University of California at Berkeley’s proposal to build student housing on People’s Park. This landmark decision ...

October 22, 2021
| by Elizabeth Nguyen

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Commentary: The Changing Landscape of the Tech and the Pandemic

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 07, 2021
| (65) Comments

Commentary: The Changing Landscape of the Tech and the Pandemic

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – As we move out of the pandemic—eventually we will, I p ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – As we move out of the pandemic—eventually we will, I promise—toward another discussion on DISC, it might behoove the city and the applicants to take ...

October 07, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Another View on Housing Urges Rethinking the Suburbs

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 26, 2021
| (34) Comments

Sunday Commentary: Another View on Housing Urges Rethinking the Suburbs

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor It seems like everyone has a theory about how to address the housi ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor It seems like everyone has a theory about how to address the housing crisis. Right now, California seems to have made its bed with smaller, more dense housing n ...

September 26, 2021
| by David Greenwald

| (34) Comments

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