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Sunday Commentary: Legal Services Letter a Critical Indicator for Where Davis Housing Goes This RHNA Cycle

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 03, 2023
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Sunday Commentary: Legal Services Letter a Critical Indicator for Where Davis Housing Goes This RHNA Cycle

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – The series of letters that have come out of Legal Serv ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – The series of letters that have come out of Legal Services of Northern California bear further scrutiny by both the city and the community. As the ci ...

December 03, 2023
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Davis Has a Housing Problem – And It’s Not Just Spelled with a ‘J’

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 19, 2023
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Sunday Commentary: Davis Has a Housing Problem – And It’s Not Just Spelled with a ‘J’

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – I’m tired of people saying things like Davis has plent ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – I’m tired of people saying things like Davis has plenty of single-family homes. No, we don’t. Look, I don’t dispute the facts here, Judy Ennis last ...

November 19, 2023
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: The Post J Debate

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 14, 2023
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Commentary: The Post J Debate

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA - For much of the last nearly 25 years, the debate in Da ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA - For much of the last nearly 25 years, the debate in Davis has waged over housing versus no housing. The conversation over housing has been met with ...

November 14, 2023
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: The Opposition to Projects Knows How to Defeat Them – Can That Be Overcome?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 10, 2023
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Commentary: The Opposition to Projects Knows How to Defeat Them – Can That Be Overcome?

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Opponents to housing in Davis have a proven formula fo ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Opponents to housing in Davis have a proven formula for winning Measure J elections. Since 2005, just two Measure J projects have passed while five ...

November 10, 2023
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: The Proposed Measure J Amendment.

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: November 08, 2023
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Guest Commentary: The Proposed Measure J Amendment.

By Tim Keller This past June, former mayor Robb Davis published a piece in the Vanguard entitled “Densify ...

By Tim Keller This past June, former mayor Robb Davis published a piece in the Vanguard entitled “Densifying Davis – A Four-Part Strategy.” which detailed four directions the city should pursue in ord ...

November 08, 2023
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Monday Morning Thoughts: The Battle for Housing in Davis Is Already Underway

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 06, 2023
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Monday Morning Thoughts: The Battle for Housing in Davis Is Already Underway

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – There are a lot of key questions to be answered in the ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – There are a lot of key questions to be answered in the next few months about the future of Davis and how Davis attempts to address its housing crisis ...

November 06, 2023
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Can an Infill Approach Help Us Reach 4000 Units?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 05, 2023
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Sunday Commentary: Can an Infill Approach Help Us Reach 4000 Units?

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – What jumped out to me in the staff report was the line ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – What jumped out to me in the staff report was the line that the city might be expected to have an allocation of more than 4000 units “based purely on ...

November 05, 2023
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Housing Element Clarifies Intentions on Measure J Amendment

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 02, 2023
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Commentary: Housing Element Clarifies Intentions on Measure J Amendment

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA - Over the past few years, I have noted a number of time ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA - Over the past few years, I have noted a number of times that my preferred approach would be to amend Measure J. What that actually would look like co ...

November 02, 2023
| by David Greenwald

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Davis Releases Draft of Third Housing Element Effort

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 01, 2023
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Davis Releases Draft of Third Housing Element Effort

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Twice the Davis City Council adopted Housing Elements ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Twice the Davis City Council adopted Housing Elements only to have HCD reject them for various reasons, putting the city into Builder’s Remedy status ...

November 01, 2023
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Business As Usual in Davis – When It Can’t Be

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 27, 2023
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Commentary: Business As Usual in Davis – When It Can’t Be

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – On Tuesday night, the Davis City Council moved along t ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – On Tuesday night, the Davis City Council moved along the Village Farms project to the NOP stage and toward the launch of the EIR process. What was mo ...

October 27, 2023
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: City’s Housing Position Remains Precarious at Best

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 23, 2023
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Monday Morning Thoughts: City’s Housing Position Remains Precarious at Best

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – The city last week gave us an indication of where they ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – The city last week gave us an indication of where they are going in order to meet state housing requirements. They are converting commercially zoned ...

October 23, 2023
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: City Plan to Rezone 16 Sites Is Fraught with Danger and Risk

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 22, 2023
| (34) Comments

Sunday Commentary: City Plan to Rezone 16 Sites Is Fraught with Danger and Risk

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – The city is in a bind. Twice HCD has rejected the cit ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – The city is in a bind. Twice HCD has rejected the city’s Housing Element. With the loss of University Commons, the city had a shortfall of projecte ...

October 22, 2023
| by David Greenwald

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Council Asked to Authorize NOP and Draft EIR Prep for Village Farms

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 21, 2023
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Council Asked to Authorize NOP and Draft EIR Prep for Village Farms

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA - A project that could go before the voters in 2025 for ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA - A project that could go before the voters in 2025 for a Measure J vote will go before council this week for authorization of issuing the Notice of Pr ...

October 21, 2023
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Davis Can’t Build Up or Out, That’s Why We Are Where We Are

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 15, 2023
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Sunday Commentary: Davis Can’t Build Up or Out, That’s Why We Are Where We Are

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Glancing at the headline, Davis Enterprise Columnist B ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Glancing at the headline, Davis Enterprise Columnist Bob Dunning’s piece from last week caught my attention, “Build up, not out.” The problem in Davi ...

October 15, 2023
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: We Have a Workable ‘Rubric’ – Now We Need to Be Able to Use It

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 06, 2023
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Commentary: We Have a Workable ‘Rubric’ – Now We Need to Be Able to Use It

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – On Monday, the subcommittee of Bapu Vaitla and Mayor W ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – On Monday, the subcommittee of Bapu Vaitla and Mayor Will Arnold came back with an update to the Long-Range Growth “Davis Development Rubric.” That ...

October 06, 2023
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Forget the Rubric, the Real Issue Is Measure J

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 02, 2023
| (18) Comments

Monday Morning Thoughts: Forget the Rubric, the Real Issue Is Measure J

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – From my vantage point, the council is set to decide on ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – From my vantage point, the council is set to decide on what to do about the “Rubric” this week. The reality is that the structure of Measure J is su ...

October 02, 2023
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Will the Rubric Be Helpful or Harmful to City’s Ability to Produce Housing?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 01, 2023
| (11) Comments

Sunday Commentary: Will the Rubric Be Helpful or Harmful to City’s Ability to Produce Housing?

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Last week I offered a more nuanced view of the potenti ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Last week I offered a more nuanced view of the potential of the rubric. But make no mistake—there are real concerns expressed by the commissions tha ...

October 01, 2023
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: The Wide-Ranging Implications of the Taormino Lawsuit

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 28, 2023
| (3) Comments

Commentary: The Wide-Ranging Implications of the Taormino Lawsuit

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – On Monday, David Taormino, in an expected action, file ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – On Monday, David Taormino, in an expected action, filed a suit against the city attempting to compel them to process the Palomino Place application. ...

September 28, 2023
| by David Greenwald

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Taormino Files Lawsuit Claiming Violation of Housing Accountability Act

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 26, 2023
| (2) Comments

Taormino Files Lawsuit Claiming Violation of Housing Accountability Act

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – The first shoe has now fallen in Davis—now the questio ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – The first shoe has now fallen in Davis—now the question will be what will come of it. On Monday, David Taormino announced the filing of a lawsuit on ...

September 26, 2023
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: The Rubric Could Be Good or Bad Depending on Its Ultimate Purpose

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 25, 2023
| (1) Comment

Monday Morning Thoughts: The Rubric Could Be Good or Bad Depending on Its Ultimate Purpose

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – The Planning Commission is meeting this week (news in ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – The Planning Commission is meeting this week (news in and of itself apparently), to discuss the proposed rubric. But the bigger news is probably tha ...

September 25, 2023
| by David Greenwald

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