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Commentary: Why Commissions Could Be Seen As a Proxy Fight for the Davis Housing Wars

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 10, 2023
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Commentary: Why Commissions Could Be Seen As a Proxy Fight for the Davis Housing Wars

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – On the surface, it looks like a nerd issue. The ultim ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – On the surface, it looks like a nerd issue. The ultimate of inside baseball. Commissions. It’s hard to get excited about the issues. And yet there ...

February 10, 2023
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: A Look at Council Candidates on Housing – the Push for Infill

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 04, 2022
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Commentary: A Look at Council Candidates on Housing – the Push for Infill

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – A week or so ago, we people were asking for more comme ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – A week or so ago, we people were asking for more commentary on the council candidates' positions on issues. We now have a huge volume of material to ...

October 04, 2022
| by David Greenwald

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Candidate Responses to the Sierra Club Yolano Group Questionnaire for the 2022 Davis City Council Election

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: September 03, 2022
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Candidate Responses to the Sierra Club Yolano Group Questionnaire for the 2022 Davis City Council Election

Part 1 - Land Use and Housing Development – Peripheral Development Introduction - As has been our custom ...

Part 1 - Land Use and Housing Development – Peripheral Development Introduction - As has been our custom for over 20 years, the local Sierra Club Yolano Group has prepared candidate questionnaires for ...

September 03, 2022
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Guest Commentary: Arriving Soon: Davis’ Bigger, Better, Costlier, Extravagant Toad Tunnels

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: August 27, 2022
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Guest Commentary: Arriving Soon: Davis’ Bigger, Better, Costlier, Extravagant Toad Tunnels

By David Taomino After 6 years of wrangling with Davis City Staff, Bretton Woods is under construction. T ...

By David Taomino After 6 years of wrangling with Davis City Staff, Bretton Woods is under construction. The actual election process was easy compared to finalizing the details with Davis staff. We sti ...

August 27, 2022
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Commentary: Skepticism That Things Are Doable in Davis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 23, 2022
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Commentary: Skepticism That Things Are Doable in Davis

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA - I was asked by a couple of readers to publish the foll ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA - I was asked by a couple of readers to publish the following which had been part of our “Opening Thoughts” in yesterday’s morning newsletter. For tho ...

June 23, 2022
| by David Greenwald

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Letter: Responding to Inaccurate Public Commentary

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: March 02, 2022
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Letter: Responding to Inaccurate Public Commentary

By Matthew Keasling In a "Guest Commentary" published in the The Davis Vanguard today, Mr. Alan Pryor mak ...

By Matthew Keasling In a "Guest Commentary" published in the The Davis Vanguard today, Mr. Alan Pryor makes several rather salacious assertions about numerous issues about which he has no direct knowl ...

March 02, 2022
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DiSC Breezes through Planning Commission, Heads to Council February

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 14, 2022
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DiSC Breezes through Planning Commission, Heads to Council February

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – By Davis standards, it was an easy night. The staff r ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – By Davis standards, it was an easy night. The staff recommendations for DiSC were supported on a 7-0 by the Planning Commission, *just* 41 public co ...

January 14, 2022
| 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
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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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Analysis: As We Look at Redistricting, Growth Policies Loom Large

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 16, 2021
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Analysis: As We Look at Redistricting, Growth Policies Loom Large

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – The County of Yolo is starting to embark on new bounda ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – The County of Yolo is starting to embark on new boundaries for the county supervisors. Davis has held, for years as the largest city in Yolo County, ...

September 16, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Is a Rushed Process Really a Problem with DISC?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 10, 2021
| (50) Comments

Commentary: Is a Rushed Process Really a Problem with DISC?

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – It seems like with every project the first line of att ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – It seems like with every project the first line of attack is something along the lines of—this project is being rushed. During public comment on Tues ...

September 10, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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On the 15th Anniversary of the Vanguard, Here Is Another Very Important Reason to Support the Vanguard That You Haven’t Thought About

Posted by Cecilia Escamilla-Greenwald
|Date: July 31, 2021
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On the 15th Anniversary of the Vanguard, Here Is Another Very Important Reason to Support the Vanguard That You Haven’t Thought About

Dear Friends, Today marks the 15-year anniversary of The Vanguard. I would say the Davis Vanguard, but th ...

Dear Friends, Today marks the 15-year anniversary of The Vanguard. I would say the Davis Vanguard, but the Vanguard has expanded into Sacramento, San Francisco, Alameda, Santa Barbara, Berkeley to nam ...

July 31, 2021
| by Cecilia Escamilla-Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Report Finds RHNA Housing Protests Unlikely to Succeed

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 25, 2021
| (27) Comments

Sunday Commentary: Report Finds RHNA Housing Protests Unlikely to Succeed

By David M. Greenwald Those who are hopeful that local RHNA (Regional Housing Needs Allocation) requireme ...

By David M. Greenwald Those who are hopeful that local RHNA (Regional Housing Needs Allocation) requirements will be reined in have cited the fact that there cities are pushing back against the RHNA n ...

July 25, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: We Need to Be Talking about the Big Housing Issue in Davis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 30, 2021
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Sunday Commentary: We Need to Be Talking about the Big Housing Issue in Davis

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA – I was sitting down this week over coffee with a community member, when ...

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA – I was sitting down this week over coffee with a community member, when the conversation turned to housing and they asked me about the Housing Element and my take on i ...

May 30, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Is Council Purging Dissenters From Commissions?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 20, 2021
| (18) Comments

Commentary: Is Council Purging Dissenters From Commissions?

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA - In the last round of commission appointments there were complaints that ...

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA - In the last round of commission appointments there were complaints that a number of people who opposed DISC were not reappointed as commissioners in the wake of the N ...

April 20, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Aggie Square Legal Battle Reminds Us It Is Not Just Davis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 22, 2021
| (2) Comments

Monday Morning Thoughts: Aggie Square Legal Battle Reminds Us It Is Not Just Davis

By David M. Greenwald UC Davis won’t say it publicly, but then again they don’t have to. They went to Sa ...

By David M. Greenwald UC Davis won’t say it publicly, but then again they don’t have to. They went to Sacramento to build Aggie Square in large part because they knew how difficult it would be to do ...

February 22, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Why I Started to Change My View on the Need for Economic Development in Davis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 25, 2020
| (64) Comments

Sunday Commentary: Why I Started to Change My View on the Need for Economic Development in Davis

By David M. Greenwald Think globally, act locally. That has been the rallying call of the environmental ...

By David M. Greenwald Think globally, act locally. That has been the rallying call of the environmental movement for the last 50 years. And, for the most part, I have supported the idea. How do we ...

October 25, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: Sierra Club Questionnaire, Part 2 – Land Use and Housing

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: October 10, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Sierra Club Questionnaire, Part 2 – Land Use and Housing

by Alan Pryor Introduction - Every 2 years the Sierra Club Yolano Group prepares questionnaires for candi ...

by Alan Pryor Introduction - Every 2 years the Sierra Club Yolano Group prepares questionnaires for candidates in local races we deem to be seriously contested and/or where there are clear differences ...

October 10, 2020
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Commentary: One Alternative Way Forward on Measure J

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 01, 2020
| (30) Comments

Commentary: One Alternative Way Forward on Measure J

By David M. Greenwald My expectation is that Measure J is likely to pass the electorate with at least 70 ...

By David M. Greenwald My expectation is that Measure J is likely to pass the electorate with at least 70 percent of the vote next month. I have long supported the renewal of Measure J but I was disap ...

October 01, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: (Measure) D Might Stand for Lack of Good Data

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 23, 2020
| (58) Comments

Commentary: (Measure) D Might Stand for Lack of Good Data

By David M. Greenwald Rich Rifkin’s latest column is probably worthy of discussion—he says “Measure D” an ...

By David M. Greenwald Rich Rifkin’s latest column is probably worthy of discussion—he says “Measure D” and the “D is for ‘disaster.’” I would argue that the D might be better characterized as being f ...

September 23, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: It Won’t Be This Year on Measure J

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 11, 2020
| (95) Comments

Commentary: It Won’t Be This Year on Measure J

When Measure J—the original version—was put on the ballot in 2000, it was a tightly fought and hotly cont ...

When Measure J—the original version—was put on the ballot in 2000, it was a tightly fought and hotly contended election. It wound up winning relatively narrowly. The idea was to require a citizen’s ...

August 11, 2020
| by David Greenwald

| (95) Comments

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