Sunday Commentary: Housing Package Passed but Experts Question Whether It Will Increase Supply, Improve Affordability
Governor Jerry Brown on Friday at a huge ceremony signed the 15 bills that make up the…
Trackside Pushed Back to October 24
The council hearing on Trackside has been pushed back once again, this time to October 24. According…
Commentary: Trackside 3.0 – Smaller in My Backyard?
From the start the Old East Davis Neighborhood Association has pushed back against charges of NIMBYism by…
Systemic Injustice – The Follow Up
By Mark West Last week I publicly called out the social inequities inherent in the process the…
Sunday Commentary: The Student Housing Crisis and Where It Currently Stands
On Wednesday, the Vanguard will have a broad range discussion on the student housing crisis at UC…
Commentary: We Are Running Out of Options for Financing Our City
When Chancellor Gary May took over at UC Davis in August, one of the first things he…
Sunday Commentary: How Much Will the Housing Package Passed by the Legislature Impact Davis?
The California legislature did not sit back on the sidelines as California plunges into a huge housing…
Sunday Commentary: The Inequity of the CAAC Process
At Wednesday’s (September 13) planning commission meeting, member Darryl Rutherford raised the issue of fairness of the…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Did the City Lose the War on Nishi?
The headline of the Enterprise article Sunday on the Nishi lawsuit caught my eye: “City won the…
Commentary: Why Not Student Housing in Town?
It caught our attention last week when a planning commissioner made the argument that student housing would…
Sunday Commentary: What Are Realistic Housing Options for Davis?
I missed the Planning Commission meeting this week due to the Vanguard event on homelessness – ironic…
Monday Morning Thoughts: What Should We Do about Trackside?
From the start, Trackside has been a lightning rod for criticism. The initial project was seen as…
Trackside Hearing Was Postponed, Reset for August
The Old East Davis Neighborhood Association in mid-afternoon requested a rescheduling of the Trackside Center Mixed Use…
Planning Commission to Decide Whether to Recommend Certification of MRIC EIR
The Planning Commission this evening is scheduled to make a recommendation as to whether the Mace Ranch…
Guest Commentary: How 25 Acres of Open Space Got into the MRIC Proposal
By Roberta Millstein This Wednesday, July 19, the Planning Commission will vote on whether to recommend the…
Sunday Commentary: Did the Planning Commission Abuse Their Discretion in Rejecting the B St Project?
As the Vanguard reported on Friday, city staff is recommending that the Davis City Council reverse the…
My View: Is It Time to Rethink How Our Land Use Policies Intersect with Our Purported Values?
In June of 2016, Davis voters narrowly voted for Bernie Sanders who received 54.5 percent of the…
Monday Morning Thoughts: UCD Posture on Housing Remains Perplexing
On Saturday the Vanguard published UC Davis’ latest response to the Yolo County resolution asking them, among…
Sunday Commentary: Is Villainizing Developers Helpful to Community Discourse?
I was reading a letter to the editor this weekend that asks whether we should think of…
Does Davis Need Senior Housing?
Developers are looking at putting a housing project on the ballot, the West Davis Active Adult Community,…