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Monday Morning Thoughts: Didn’t See This Lawsuit Coming

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 16, 2018
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Didn’t See This Lawsuit Coming

I made the mistake of believing that Lincoln40 was relatively safe from litigation. As we noted about a ...

I made the mistake of believing that Lincoln40 was relatively safe from litigation. As we noted about a month ago, in my view litigation on the Lincoln40 project will be difficult if not impossible, ...

April 16, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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LRDP Release to Cover 48 Percent of Student Enrollment with On-Campus Housing

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 14, 2018
| (17) Comments

LRDP Release to Cover 48 Percent of Student Enrollment with On-Campus Housing

It has been a long process which first began in late 2015, but on Friday the university released its Long ...

It has been a long process which first began in late 2015, but on Friday the university released its Long Range Development Plan (LRDP) along with its Draft EIR to assess the potential environmental i ...

April 14, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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UCD Moves Forward with Plans to Add Capacity for 5200 Beds in the Next Six Years

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 17, 2018
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UCD Moves Forward with Plans to Add Capacity for 5200 Beds in the Next Six Years

This week, UC Davis approved a budget and design for replacement of Emerson Hall, a residence hall at the ...

This week, UC Davis approved a budget and design for replacement of Emerson Hall, a residence hall at the University of California, Davis. They also received an overview of UC Davis’ plans for student ...

March 17, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Council to Decide on Approval of Lincoln40

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 09, 2018
| (28) Comments

Council to Decide on Approval of Lincoln40

The city council has already approved Sterling and Nishi (pending the Measure R ratification) in hopes of ...

The city council has already approved Sterling and Nishi (pending the Measure R ratification) in hopes of addressing the student housing crisis. They will get a third opportunity on Tuesday when Linc ...

March 09, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Analysis: What Triple Occupancy Rooms Look Like on Campus

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 04, 2018
| (4) Comments

Analysis: What Triple Occupancy Rooms Look Like on Campus

It is not the biggest part of the Long Range Development Plan to add on-campus housing, but it does accom ...

It is not the biggest part of the Long Range Development Plan to add on-campus housing, but it does accommodate an additional few thousand first-year students to the residence halls. On Friday, I got ...

March 04, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: We Need Housing

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: March 02, 2018
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Guest Commentary: We Need Housing

By Don Shor We need housing on campus. We need housing in town. We need them both now. We need to break t ...

By Don Shor We need housing on campus. We need housing in town. We need them both now. We need to break the logjam that is obstructing housing projects and creating housing insecurity for many. Failur ...

March 02, 2018
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Commentary: The Impact of the Rental Housing Crisis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 01, 2018
| (77) Comments

Commentary: The Impact of the Rental Housing Crisis

I was reading a lengthy Facebook post by a friend of mine. He overheard people, in this case workers, bu ...

I was reading a lengthy Facebook post by a friend of mine. He overheard people, in this case workers, but they could just as easily be students too, talking about the fact that they are happy about t ...

March 01, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: What if We Got the Blame, UC Davis Narrative Wrong for Student Housing on Campus?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 26, 2018
| (23) Comments

Monday Morning Thoughts: What if We Got the Blame, UC Davis Narrative Wrong for Student Housing on Campus?

For much of the last two years plus, we have engaged in a community debate that has looked toward putting ...

For much of the last two years plus, we have engaged in a community debate that has looked toward putting pressure on UC Davis to add more housing on campus. Part of the narrative there is that other ...

February 26, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: There Are No Panaceas for Housing, but Status Quo Is Not Working

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 25, 2018
| (41) Comments

Sunday Commentary: There Are No Panaceas for Housing, but Status Quo Is Not Working

For years I have heard the same dilemma over the notion that we cannot build our way out of the housing c ...

For years I have heard the same dilemma over the notion that we cannot build our way out of the housing crisis. There are variants on that theme. As one person put it back in November, “I am doubtfu ...

February 25, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Why Is This Community So Antagonistic to Students?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 18, 2018
| (70) Comments

Sunday Commentary: Why Is This Community So Antagonistic to Students?

While many now acknowledge we have a student housing crisis, the solution offered to that housing crisis ...

While many now acknowledge we have a student housing crisis, the solution offered to that housing crisis has become the demarcation line that will likely serve as the battle line this spring over issu ...

February 18, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Can the University Be a Solution on Housing?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 14, 2018
| (45) Comments

Commentary: Can the University Be a Solution on Housing?

For many people in this community, the university providing more housing on campus is “the” solution for ...

For many people in this community, the university providing more housing on campus is “the” solution for the student housing crisis. They will point to the amount of land that UC Davis has and the pe ...

February 14, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Looking at Some Arguments against Nishi

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 11, 2018
| (17) Comments

Sunday Commentary: Looking at Some Arguments against Nishi

We have already talked a lot about the air quality issue and affordable housing issue, but I wanted to go ...

We have already talked a lot about the air quality issue and affordable housing issue, but I wanted to go again through some of the arguments against Nishi. Colin Walsh pointed out, “The developers st ...

February 11, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Council Has a Chance to End Our Student Housing Crisis Right Now

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 06, 2018
| (7) Comments

Commentary: Council Has a Chance to End Our Student Housing Crisis Right Now

Tonight if you are listening to the discussion, you will hear horror stories that are occurring within ou ...

Tonight if you are listening to the discussion, you will hear horror stories that are occurring within our own community. Students living in their cars because they can neither afford housing in town ...

February 06, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: UC Davis Appears to Be Ready to Sign Off on Nishi

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 04, 2018
| (33) Comments

Sunday Commentary: UC Davis Appears to Be Ready to Sign Off on Nishi

While I do not believe this issue played a major role in the defeat of Nishi 1.0 in 2016, it didn’t help. ...

While I do not believe this issue played a major role in the defeat of Nishi 1.0 in 2016, it didn’t help. The project applicant had to commit to not building the project until they gained approval fo ...

February 04, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Will Students Start Protesting Lack of Affordable Student Housing?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 29, 2018
| (76) Comments

Monday Morning Thoughts: Will Students Start Protesting Lack of Affordable Student Housing?

When students gathered earlier last week in front of the Memorial Union, then marched to Mrak Hall and th ...

When students gathered earlier last week in front of the Memorial Union, then marched to Mrak Hall and then had an extended sit-in in protest of a proposed tuition hike, given the relatively modest sc ...

January 29, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Analysis: A Closer Look at the BAE Rental Housing Report

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 25, 2018
| 0 comments

Analysis: A Closer Look at the BAE Rental Housing Report

The biggest issue facing Davis, as we approach the 2018 elections – which will feature among other things ...

The biggest issue facing Davis, as we approach the 2018 elections – which will feature among other things ten council candidates, a possible land use project, and two city revenue measures – is the is ...

January 25, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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UC Davis Study: City Apartment Vacancy Rate Essentially Unchanged, Rental Rates Up

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: January 23, 2018
| (19) Comments

UC Davis Study: City Apartment Vacancy Rate Essentially Unchanged, Rental Rates Up

By Julia Ann Easley City of Davis apartments are full and rental rates are up since last year, according ...

By Julia Ann Easley City of Davis apartments are full and rental rates are up since last year, according to a survey commissioned by Student Housing and Dining Services at UC Davis and released today ...

January 23, 2018
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Commentary: Housing Succeeds as Economic Development Becomes an Afterthought

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 16, 2018
| (67) Comments

Commentary: Housing Succeeds as Economic Development Becomes an Afterthought

My view: Chancellor understands the need to partner with Davis on housing, but not innovation A commenter ...

My view: Chancellor understands the need to partner with Davis on housing, but not innovation A commenter yesterday made an interesting point that bears more scrutiny. Some people have chosen to anal ...

January 16, 2018
| by David Greenwald

| (67) Comments

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Monday Morning Thoughts: New Rental Housing Supply is the Best Rent Control We Can Provide

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 15, 2018
| (46) Comments

Monday Morning Thoughts: New Rental Housing Supply is the Best Rent Control We Can Provide

Last week, state legislation that could have repealed a law that prohibits cities and counties from imple ...

Last week, state legislation that could have repealed a law that prohibits cities and counties from implementing most new rent control measures died after four members of the Assembly Housing and Comm ...

January 15, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: UC Davis and City Plans Would Get Us Near the Five Percent Vacancy Level

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 11, 2018
| (58) Comments

Commentary: UC Davis and City Plans Would Get Us Near the Five Percent Vacancy Level

In May of 2016 UC Davis announced that they would commit in the ten-year Long Range Development Plan (LRD ...

In May of 2016 UC Davis announced that they would commit in the ten-year Long Range Development Plan (LRDP) to build roughly 6200 new beds on campus. At the time, that was a big step forward as it wo ...

January 11, 2018
| by David Greenwald

| (58) Comments

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