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SACOG Letter of Support For Nishi

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: May 09, 2016
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SACOG Letter of Support For Nishi

Editor’s note: The following is a November 2015 letter from SACOG to City Manager Dirk Brazil. The devel ...

Editor’s note: The following is a November 2015 letter from SACOG to City Manager Dirk Brazil. The developers have now provided a full rendering of Richards which includes new lane for eastbound traf ...

May 09, 2016
| by Vanguard Administrator

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City Council Candidate Question 5: UC Davis and Growth

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 06, 2016
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City Council Candidate Question 5: UC Davis and Growth

For the next eight weeks, the Vanguard will be sending the Davis City Council candidates weekly questions ...

For the next eight weeks, the Vanguard will be sending the Davis City Council candidates weekly questions. They have 250 to 350 words. Question #1: Do you support Measure A (Nishi) – why or why not? ...

May 06, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Time, Life, Balance, Community Morality & Measure A

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: May 05, 2016
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Time, Life, Balance, Community Morality & Measure A

By Jeff Boone I love science written at the eighth-grade reading level (so I can understand it). I don’ ...

By Jeff Boone I love science written at the eighth-grade reading level (so I can understand it). I don’t like it when my science is politicized, but that is a topic for another day. I love history ...

May 05, 2016
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Councilmember Swanson Issues Blunt Statements on the Future at Measure A Kickoff Event

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 28, 2016
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Councilmember Swanson Issues Blunt Statements on the Future at Measure A Kickoff Event

The Yes on Measure A campaign formally kicked off on Thursday with a good sized crowd at the Natsoulas Ar ...

The Yes on Measure A campaign formally kicked off on Thursday with a good sized crowd at the Natsoulas Art Gallery in Downtown Davis. The event featured a notably and unusually large number of studen ...

April 28, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Scandal, Audit Make UC Look Insular

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 05, 2016
| (29) Comments

Commentary: Scandal, Audit Make UC Look Insular

UC Davis Chancellor Linda Katehi is not likely to lose her job over the initial “scandal” – her moonlight ...

UC Davis Chancellor Linda Katehi is not likely to lose her job over the initial “scandal” – her moonlighting with for-profit educational enterprises or a textbook company. However, the revelations la ...

April 05, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Council Pulls Plug on Housing Option at MRIC

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 24, 2016
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Council Pulls Plug on Housing Option at MRIC

While Dan Ramos and his team made a strong push for consideration of a mixed-use housing proposal on the ...

While Dan Ramos and his team made a strong push for consideration of a mixed-use housing proposal on the proposed 218-acre Mace Ranch Innovation Center site, there was a lot of pushback from the commu ...

February 24, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Nishi Gateway Heading to Your June Ballot

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: February 23, 2016
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Nishi Gateway Heading to Your June Ballot

(Press Release from Nishi Developers) On Tuesday, February 16th the Davis City Council voted unanimously ...

(Press Release from Nishi Developers) On Tuesday, February 16th the Davis City Council voted unanimously to put the Nishi Gateway project on the ballot for voter consideration this June. This is the ...

February 23, 2016
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Staff Believes Mixed Use “Has Merit” At MRIC

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 19, 2016
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Staff Believes Mixed Use “Has Merit” At MRIC

Council is receiving an update on the Mace Ranch Innovation Center (MRIC). Among other things, the staff ...

Council is receiving an update on the Mace Ranch Innovation Center (MRIC). Among other things, the staff is requesting direction regarding how to treat the Mixed Use alternative throughout the remaind ...

February 19, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts II: Emerging Fault Lines on Nishi, Future of Growth

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 15, 2016
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Monday Morning Thoughts II: Emerging Fault Lines on Nishi, Future of Growth

As we close in on the council decision about whether to put Nishi on the ballot, I have a number of diffe ...

As we close in on the council decision about whether to put Nishi on the ballot, I have a number of different thoughts to share. There appear to be three different schools of thought here. First, Nish ...

February 15, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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City Staff Recommends City Council Place Nishi Gateway on Ballot this Tuesday

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: February 14, 2016
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City Staff Recommends City Council Place Nishi Gateway on Ballot this Tuesday

In preparation for Tuesday’s Davis City Council meeting, city staff have recommended that the Council app ...

In preparation for Tuesday’s Davis City Council meeting, city staff have recommended that the Council approve the NIshi Gateway project for a June election. “Staff believes that the project appropriat ...

February 14, 2016
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Future of Growth – Nishi v. Cannery

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 08, 2016
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Future of Growth – Nishi v. Cannery

In a way Nishi and the Cannery may be forever tied together in a number of respects. They represent what ...

In a way Nishi and the Cannery may be forever tied together in a number of respects. They represent what I would call the last two natural parcels in the city. While they are tied together by that dis ...

February 08, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Matt Williams a Familiar Face, Runs For Council

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 08, 2016
| (57) Comments

Matt Williams a Familiar Face, Runs For Council

For those paying attention to local politics for the last decade, Matt Williams is a familiar face, even ...

For those paying attention to local politics for the last decade, Matt Williams is a familiar face, even though for much of that time he did not live in the city limits. He served on the Water Advisor ...

February 08, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: 130 Units Going Away on Nishi Plus Parks Tax Thoughts

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 01, 2016
| (20) Comments

Monday Morning Thoughts: 130 Units Going Away on Nishi Plus Parks Tax Thoughts

In general, the Vanguard has pushed for greater density at Nishi. The developer has, in fact, put in a co ...

In general, the Vanguard has pushed for greater density at Nishi. The developer has, in fact, put in a contingency for 130 additional units. At the last council meeting, Robb Davis suggested that the ...

February 01, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Vanguard Survey Finds Most Attending Forum Undecided on Nishi

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 01, 2016
| (1) Comment

Vanguard Survey Finds Most Attending Forum Undecided on Nishi

It is the most unscientific poll you can find, with only 18 of the roughly 50 people who attended Saturda ...

It is the most unscientific poll you can find, with only 18 of the roughly 50 people who attended Saturday’s forum discussion on Nishi filling out the Vanguard survey. So the results should be taken f ...

February 01, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Analysis: Will Baseline Features Pass Legal Muster?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 30, 2016
| (8) Comments

Analysis: Will Baseline Features Pass Legal Muster?

At the January 19 meeting, Mayor Pro Tem Robb Davis suggested that the city simply increase the number of ...

At the January 19 meeting, Mayor Pro Tem Robb Davis suggested that the city simply increase the number of residential units in the Nishi project to 780, rather than the proposed 650 units with the opt ...

January 30, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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My View: The University Has a Real Problem with Housing

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 16, 2016
| (64) Comments

My View: The University Has a Real Problem with Housing

The university has been working on its LRDP (Long Range Development Plan) for several months now, but the ...

The university has been working on its LRDP (Long Range Development Plan) for several months now, but the plan has a lot of flaws so far and it is not clear how the university is going to accommodate ...

January 16, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Nishi Project Evolving

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 11, 2016
| (33) Comments

Monday Morning Thoughts: Nishi Project Evolving

In the last several weeks as the time rolls closer to the drop-dead date for putting Nishi on the ballot ...

In the last several weeks as the time rolls closer to the drop-dead date for putting Nishi on the ballot in June, the applicants have come forward with several commitments to dealing with critical are ...

January 11, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Planning Commission Forwards Nishi to Council

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 08, 2016
| (73) Comments

Planning Commission Forwards Nishi to Council

The Davis Planning Commission made a series of votes on Wednesday night to move the Nishi Project forward ...

The Davis Planning Commission made a series of votes on Wednesday night to move the Nishi Project forward to the Davis City Council. If the council approves the project, it could go to the voters for ...

January 08, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Is Nishi Ready For Prime Time? Staff Thinks So

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 03, 2016
| (24) Comments

Is Nishi Ready For Prime Time? Staff Thinks So

Staff is recommending that the Planning Commission forward Nishi to the Davis City Council for certificat ...

Staff is recommending that the Planning Commission forward Nishi to the Davis City Council for certification of the project Environmental Impact Report (EIR) and project applications at its meeting th ...

January 03, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Over-Densification is Not the Answer

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 27, 2015
| (72) Comments

Over-Densification is Not the Answer

By Eileen M. Samitz Recently, an Op-ed was posted in the Sunday Dec. 13 Davis Enterprise by Kevin Wolf ad ...

By Eileen M. Samitz Recently, an Op-ed was posted in the Sunday Dec. 13 Davis Enterprise by Kevin Wolf advocating for residential in four projects being proposed in Davis. The article made arguments f ...

December 27, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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