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UC Davis Says It Has Met Housing Commitments

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 15, 2022
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UC Davis Says It Has Met Housing Commitments

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – In the run up to the LRDP by UC Davis a few years ago, ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – In the run up to the LRDP by UC Davis a few years ago, many in the community complained—rightly—that not only had UC Davis lagged behind other UC cam ...

December 15, 2022
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Monday Morning Thoughts: UCD As the Behemoth, but Can It Viably Solve Our Housing Problems?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 31, 2021
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Monday Morning Thoughts: UCD As the Behemoth, but Can It Viably Solve Our Housing Problems?

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA – Sometimes I feel like we are living in the land of the Lilliputians att ...

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA – Sometimes I feel like we are living in the land of the Lilliputians attempting to overcome the behemoth when we are dealing with UC Davis. Under the leadership of Ga ...

May 31, 2021
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Sunday Commentary: Has the Issue of Student Housing Finally Been Addressed?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 20, 2019
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Sunday Commentary: Has the Issue of Student Housing Finally Been Addressed?

If you look at polling this year, you will see really for the first time in recent memory the top issue i ...

If you look at polling this year, you will see really for the first time in recent memory the top issue is the affordability of housing. It seems that Davis, long known in the state and region for it ...

October 20, 2019
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UC Davis Opens New Residence Hall for 400 Students

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|Date: September 17, 2019
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UC Davis Opens New Residence Hall for 400 Students

By Julia Ann Easley Hundreds of freshmen will move into the newest residence hall at the University of Ca ...

By Julia Ann Easley Hundreds of freshmen will move into the newest residence hall at the University of California, Davis, this weekend as the campus welcomes thousands of new students. The $49.8 milli ...

September 17, 2019
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2018 in Review: Student Housing Crisis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 26, 2018
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2018 in Review: Student Housing Crisis

We entered the year 2018 with student housing firmly the top issue. Were it not for litigation, this mig ...

We entered the year 2018 with student housing firmly the top issue. Were it not for litigation, this might be a non-issue for 2019. As it stands now there is a lot up in the air because of litigatio ...

December 26, 2018
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City Responds to AFSCME and Civil Rights Suits

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 18, 2018
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City Responds to AFSCME and Civil Rights Suits

On Tuesday, the council reported coming out of closed session that they would be defending against a civi ...

On Tuesday, the council reported coming out of closed session that they would be defending against a civil rights lawsuit filed by attorney Mark Merin on behalf of Samuel Ignacio. Mayor Brett Lee anno ...

October 18, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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My View: Students Growing Frustrated over Housing Holdups

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 06, 2018
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My View: Students Growing Frustrated over Housing Holdups

There have been developments that have looked like progress this year on student housing issues. Now in ...

There have been developments that have looked like progress this year on student housing issues. Now in 2018, Sterling Apartments broke ground in the last few weeks, putting it on track for a project ...

October 06, 2018
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ASUCD Responds to Challenges to the UC Davis LRDP

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|Date: October 05, 2018
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ASUCD Responds to Challenges to the UC Davis LRDP

The Vanguard has received two joint statements from ASUCD regarding challenges to the UC Davis LRDP. From ...

The Vanguard has received two joint statements from ASUCD regarding challenges to the UC Davis LRDP. From Michael Gofman, ASUCD President, Edgar Masias-Malagon, ASUCD External Vice President and Direc ...

October 05, 2018
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CEQA Suit Filed by Unions Threatens to Halt Student Housing at West Village and Orchard Park

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 30, 2018
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CEQA Suit Filed by Unions Threatens to Halt Student Housing at West Village and Orchard Park

Just when it appeared that an agreement between the city, county and university would pave the way for as ...

Just when it appeared that an agreement between the city, county and university would pave the way for as many as 5200 beds by 2023 to be built on campus, a California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) ...

September 30, 2018
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Commentary: City Lands a Key Agreement from UC Davis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 28, 2018
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Commentary: City Lands a Key Agreement from UC Davis

We have been skeptical of a notion of an agreement with UC Davis – in part because we believed that the p ...

We have been skeptical of a notion of an agreement with UC Davis – in part because we believed that the process to get to that point would be confrontational. Instead, it was almost a matter of cours ...

September 28, 2018
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City, County, UC Davis Agree to MOU on Student Housing Commitments

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 26, 2018
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City, County, UC Davis Agree to MOU on Student Housing Commitments

On Tuesday, all three agencies jointly announced that the city, county and UC Davis "have agreed to a leg ...

On Tuesday, all three agencies jointly announced that the city, county and UC Davis "have agreed to a legally binding memorandum of understanding (MOU) on a series of shared goals and commitments to i ...

September 26, 2018
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My View: Filling the Student Housing Need Is a No-Brainer

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 01, 2018
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My View: Filling the Student Housing Need Is a No-Brainer

Last spring when the city council approved Lincoln40, the council gave signals that they were close to th ...

Last spring when the city council approved Lincoln40, the council gave signals that they were close to their limit in terms of approving student housing projects. However, when Davis Live was approve ...

September 01, 2018
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Commentary: Time to Re-Think UC Santa Cruz As a Model

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 31, 2018
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Commentary: Time to Re-Think UC Santa Cruz As a Model

For much of the last few years while we have been undergoing a discussion of student housing here in Davi ...

For much of the last few years while we have been undergoing a discussion of student housing here in Davis, we have had those who advocate less housing in town hold up UC Santa Cruz as a model. We ha ...

August 31, 2018
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Sunday Commentary: What Is in the Best Interest of the Community?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 05, 2018
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Sunday Commentary: What Is in the Best Interest of the Community?

This week, coming out of closed session, Mayor Brett Lee announced an agreement between the city of Davis ...

This week, coming out of closed session, Mayor Brett Lee announced an agreement between the city of Davis, Yolo County and UC Davis to extend the deadline for the EIR response regarding the Long Range ...

August 05, 2018
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Commentary: UCD and City Going to Mediation to Avoid Litigation

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 03, 2018
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Commentary: UCD and City Going to Mediation to Avoid Litigation

On Tuesday, Mayor Brett Lee announced out of closed session that the city and university have agreed on a ...

On Tuesday, Mayor Brett Lee announced out of closed session that the city and university have agreed on an extension to the deadline over the Long Range Development Plan (LRDP) and the Environmental I ...

August 03, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: A Fight with UCD Could Delay Housing

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 30, 2018
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Monday Morning Thoughts: A Fight with UCD Could Delay Housing

The biggest concern that the city of Davis has right now about the university’s housing plan, as laid out ...

The biggest concern that the city of Davis has right now about the university’s housing plan, as laid out in the Long Range Development Plan (LRDP), is their history. They have a history of making co ...

July 30, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: On-Campus Housing As a Misplaced Solution to the Housing Crisis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 29, 2018
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Sunday Commentary: On-Campus Housing As a Misplaced Solution to the Housing Crisis

Since the start of the Long Range Development Plan (LRDP) discussion in the fall of 2015, the focus of ma ...

Since the start of the Long Range Development Plan (LRDP) discussion in the fall of 2015, the focus of many in the community, including the Davis City Council, has been more housing on the UC Davis ca ...

July 29, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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UC Davis Pushes Back: We Are Well Positioned to Complete This Housing

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 28, 2018
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UC Davis Pushes Back: We Are Well Positioned to Complete This Housing

The City of Davis, among others, is concerned that, while UC Davis has committed to building a reasonable ...

The City of Davis, among others, is concerned that, while UC Davis has committed to building a reasonable amount of housing through the Long Range Development Plan (LRDP), its track record from previo ...

July 28, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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How Will the City Respond to the LRDP? Mayor Lee Discusses Next Steps

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 26, 2018
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How Will the City Respond to the LRDP? Mayor Lee Discusses Next Steps

On Tuesday, the Davis City Council interrupted its normal summer hiatus to discuss, among other things, i ...

On Tuesday, the Davis City Council interrupted its normal summer hiatus to discuss, among other things, its response to the university's Long Range Development Plan (LRDP). According to Mayor Brett L ...

July 26, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: We Have the Housing We Need Largely in Place, but We Need to Eliminate the Barriers

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 25, 2018
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Commentary: We Have the Housing We Need Largely in Place, but We Need to Eliminate the Barriers

Lost in the debate, over things like the definition of homelessness, is a simple fact – we don’t have eno ...

Lost in the debate, over things like the definition of homelessness, is a simple fact – we don’t have enough housing to serve the existing student population. And that problem is only going to get wo ...

July 25, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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