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Council Finds Middle Ground Adding Paid Parking in Lots, but Not on Surface Streets

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 26, 2019
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Council Finds Middle Ground Adding Paid Parking in Lots, but Not on Surface Streets

It turned out that none of the four members of the Davis City Council were ready to add paid parking on t ...

It turned out that none of the four members of the Davis City Council were ready to add paid parking on the streets, and so they created a compromise on Monday that added paid parking for four surface ...

March 26, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Council Unanimous in Support of Chiles Road Project, Affordable Housing Stream

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 20, 2019
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Council Unanimous in Support of Chiles Road Project, Affordable Housing Stream

In the end, neither the changes to the Affordable Housing ordinance, that enabled the council to approve ...

In the end, neither the changes to the Affordable Housing ordinance, that enabled the council to approve the alternative funding stream, nor the project at 3820 Chiles Road proved to be very controver ...

March 20, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Cacao Research Comes to Downtown Davis

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: March 19, 2019
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Cacao Research Comes to Downtown Davis

Mars, Incorporated, Builds New Collaboration Effort with UC Davis (From Press Release) - Downtown Davis w ...

Mars, Incorporated, Builds New Collaboration Effort with UC Davis (From Press Release) - Downtown Davis will soon be home to the newest research facility for Mars, Incorporated. Improvements are unde ...

March 19, 2019
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Council Approves Resolution Declaring a Climate Emergency

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 08, 2019
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Council Approves Resolution Declaring a Climate Emergency

The council on Tuesday backed a consent item approving a resolution declaring a climate emergency. The r ...

The council on Tuesday backed a consent item approving a resolution declaring a climate emergency. The resolution was part of a concerted effort by a number of community members led by Lynne Nittler ...

March 08, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Council Vows to Drastically Change Pacifico after Hearing Earful from Neighbors

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 20, 2019
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Council Vows to Drastically Change Pacifico after Hearing Earful from Neighbors

The council heard more than an hour of public comment on Tuesday, mostly from neighbors and adjacent resi ...

The council heard more than an hour of public comment on Tuesday, mostly from neighbors and adjacent residents complaining about the ongoing nuisance at Pacifico. Mayor Brett Lee did not even wait fo ...

February 20, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: “Official Numbers” Show Student Housing Crisis Remains

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 13, 2019
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Commentary: “Official Numbers” Show Student Housing Crisis Remains

The numbers released by the university annual survey show that the housing crisis for students remains in ...

The numbers released by the university annual survey show that the housing crisis for students remains in effect. Actually the numbers are sort of better than last year, where the fall survey showed ...

February 13, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Urgency Ordinance? What’s the Rush?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 09, 2019
| (8) Comments

Urgency Ordinance? What’s the Rush?

The current lot on Oak Avenue/ Courtesy Photo On Tuesday night, the city council unanimously approved an ...

The current lot on Oak Avenue/ Courtesy Photo On Tuesday night, the city council unanimously approved an urgency ordinance to grant design review for homes that are two or more stories with additions ...

February 09, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Contentious Mace Boulevard Construction Meeting at East Davis Fire House

Posted by Matt Williams
|Date: January 31, 2019
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Contentious Mace Boulevard Construction Meeting at East Davis Fire House

by Matt Williams Between 100 and 150 community members jammed the East Davis Fire House Wednesday evening ...

by Matt Williams Between 100 and 150 community members jammed the East Davis Fire House Wednesday evening from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm. Fifty of the community were provided seats, but the rest of the atten ...

January 31, 2019
| by Matt Williams

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Council Discusses Commercial Space Options and Next Steps

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 09, 2019
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Council Discusses Commercial Space Options and Next Steps

On Tuesday night, the city council heard staff’s presentation on available vacant commercially zoned prop ...

On Tuesday night, the city council heard staff’s presentation on available vacant commercially zoned properties in the city, making it clear that not all properties in the inventory are necessarily go ...

January 09, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Council Passes Ordinance to Limit Number of Delivery-Only Cannabis Retailers to Four

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 19, 2018
| (1) Comment

Council Passes Ordinance to Limit Number of Delivery-Only Cannabis Retailers to Four

Following a very brief discussion, the Davis City Council voted 5-0 to limit the total number of non-stor ...

Following a very brief discussion, the Davis City Council voted 5-0 to limit the total number of non-storefront, delivery-only cannabis retailers in the City to four – the current number that has been ...

December 19, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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City Gets Grant Funding For Richards Blvd Interchange Improvement, Other Projects

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 13, 2018
| (9) Comments

City Gets Grant Funding For Richards Blvd Interchange Improvement, Other Projects

The city of Davis will finally have the money needed to complete the I-80/ Richards Blovd Interchange Imp ...

The city of Davis will finally have the money needed to complete the I-80/ Richards Blovd Interchange Improvement Project that the city has been seeking to achieve for years now. The $5 million in gr ...

December 13, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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SACOG Approves $2.9 Million Grant For Installation of Electric Vehicle Charging and Mobility Hubs in Yolo County

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 12, 2018
| (15) Comments

SACOG Approves $2.9 Million Grant For Installation of Electric Vehicle Charging and Mobility Hubs in Yolo County

(From Press Release) - The Sacramento Area Council of Governments (SACOG) board of directors has approved ...

(From Press Release) - The Sacramento Area Council of Governments (SACOG) board of directors has approved a $2.9 million grant to Valley Clean Energy (VCE) that will lay the foundation for increased e ...

December 12, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: PG&E Exit Fees? OK, But Let’s Be Fair

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 08, 2018
| (5) Comments

Guest Commentary: PG&E Exit Fees? OK, But Let’s Be Fair

by Lucas Frerichs and Tom Stallard In a disappointing decision, the California Public Utilities Commissio ...

by Lucas Frerichs and Tom Stallard In a disappointing decision, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) recently voted to approve increases to the “exit fees” charged to Valley Clean Energy ...

December 08, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Council Wants to Remove the Vertical Mixed-Use Exemption, but Should They?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 29, 2018
| (37) Comments

Commentary: Council Wants to Remove the Vertical Mixed-Use Exemption, but Should They?

The council got their crack at the affordable housing ordinance and, for the most part, did what was expe ...

The council got their crack at the affordable housing ordinance and, for the most part, did what was expected – they continued the ordinance until June. They left the 15 percent the same. However, t ...

November 29, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Council to Extend Interim Affordable Housing Ordinance; Will Look into Vertical Mixed-Use

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 28, 2018
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Council to Extend Interim Affordable Housing Ordinance; Will Look into Vertical Mixed-Use

The Davis City Council became the third entity in the last two weeks to look at the city’s affordable hou ...

The Davis City Council became the third entity in the last two weeks to look at the city’s affordable housing ordinance. Ultimately, they followed staff recommendations by keeping the 15 percent inte ...

November 28, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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City Approves Contract with DCEA

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: November 17, 2018
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City Approves Contract with DCEA

(From Press Release) - The Davis City Council approved a four-year labor agreement with the Davis City Em ...

(From Press Release) - The Davis City Council approved a four-year labor agreement with the Davis City Employees Association (DCEA), bringing to conclusion nearly a decade of operating without a negot ...

November 17, 2018
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Council Backs New Cannery Village Plan Which Has Support of Neighbors

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 14, 2018
| (7) Comments

Council Backs New Cannery Village Plan Which Has Support of Neighbors

Last spring, the Cannery project put up another proposal that went over badly in both the Cannery neighbo ...

Last spring, the Cannery project put up another proposal that went over badly in both the Cannery neighborhood as well as the community as a whole. The proposal for an LA Fitness was opposed by exist ...

November 14, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Workforce Housing Proposed at University Research Park

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 19, 2018
| (4) Comments

Workforce Housing Proposed at University Research Park

In October 2016, the newly renamed University Research Park was purchased by Fulcrum Property. Now, near ...

In October 2016, the newly renamed University Research Park was purchased by Fulcrum Property. Now, nearly two years later, the first proposed upgrade to the 17-building office complex that lies betw ...

October 19, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Council Creates Subcommittee to Look Into Final Form of Plaza 2555

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 17, 2018
| (23) Comments

Council Creates Subcommittee to Look Into Final Form of Plaza 2555

The Davis City Council on Tuesday was unsure of the final form of Plaza 2555, but the councilmembers were ...

The Davis City Council on Tuesday was unsure of the final form of Plaza 2555, but the councilmembers were convinced that the site should be residential rather than commercial, as currently zoned. The ...

October 17, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 26, 2018
| (14) Comments

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
| by David Greenwald

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