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Guest Commentary: Housing Affects Us All

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|Date: March 30, 2018
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Guest Commentary: Housing Affects Us All

By Don Gibson and Aaron Latta The housing crisis has hit a critical point. Everyone constantly quotes a 0 ...

By Don Gibson and Aaron Latta The housing crisis has hit a critical point. Everyone constantly quotes a 0.2-percent vacancy rate, but what does this actually mean? It means that in 2017, 8,122 apartme ...

March 30, 2018
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Monday Morning Thoughts: More on the Nishi Affordable Housing Debate

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 26, 2018
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Monday Morning Thoughts: More on the Nishi Affordable Housing Debate

On Saturday, we pointed out that Nishi opponents, in addition to taking on expected issues like air quali ...

On Saturday, we pointed out that Nishi opponents, in addition to taking on expected issues like air quality, have also somewhat surprisingly gone after the Nishi affordable housing program. They argue ...

March 26, 2018
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My View: Opponents of Nishi Attack Affordable Housing at Their Own Risk

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 24, 2018
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My View: Opponents of Nishi Attack Affordable Housing at Their Own Risk

One of the big reasons why Nishi lost in 2016 was that the student population it was supposed to serve wi ...

One of the big reasons why Nishi lost in 2016 was that the student population it was supposed to serve with housing wasn’t convinced it was going to be affordable. Sean Raycraft, back in February, to ...

March 24, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Analysis: A Glance at the Nishi Ballot Arguments

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 23, 2018
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Analysis: A Glance at the Nishi Ballot Arguments

In general, elections are not won and lost on the ballot arguments, but the Nishi ones are somewhat inter ...

In general, elections are not won and lost on the ballot arguments, but the Nishi ones are somewhat interesting because there is a good amount of disagreement over core contentions. I find it interest ...

March 23, 2018
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Opponents Use Public Comment to Put Forth Arguments against Nishi

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 22, 2018
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Opponents Use Public Comment to Put Forth Arguments against Nishi

Colin Walsh and former Davis City Councilmember Michael Harrington used their public comment time to put ...

Colin Walsh and former Davis City Councilmember Michael Harrington used their public comment time to put forward arguments against Nishi on Tuesday night. Colin Walsh said, “The baseline features of t ...

March 22, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Arguments for and against Nishi

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 21, 2018
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Arguments for and against Nishi

The following are the submitted ballot arguments for and against Nishi. Argument In Favor Of Measure J Ye ...

The following are the submitted ballot arguments for and against Nishi. Argument In Favor Of Measure J Yes on Measure J – Addresses Housing Crisis Many students are now forced to commute from other ci ...

March 21, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Air Quality Concerns Motivate CEQA Suit Against Nishi

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 15, 2018
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Air Quality Concerns Motivate CEQA Suit Against Nishi

The group Davis Coalition for Sensible Planning filed a CEQA (California Environmental Quality Act) suit ...

The group Davis Coalition for Sensible Planning filed a CEQA (California Environmental Quality Act) suit against the city right at the deadline, hiring the Sacramento based firm, Soluri Meserve, to re ...

March 15, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Analysis: Is Measure R Back in Play?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 31, 2018
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Analysis: Is Measure R Back in Play?

In 2000, the voters of Davis by about a 1400 vote margin (53.6 to 46.3 percent) approved Measure J, which ...

In 2000, the voters of Davis by about a 1400 vote margin (53.6 to 46.3 percent) approved Measure J, which amended “the city's general plan to add a policy requiring voter approval for certain changes ...

January 31, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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My View: Will an Updated General Plan Solve This Crisis?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 17, 2016
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My View: Will an Updated General Plan Solve This Crisis?

One of the issues that came out of Wednesday’s Planning Commission meeting was the need for a new General ...

One of the issues that came out of Wednesday’s Planning Commission meeting was the need for a new General Plan, or an update to the existing one. Commissioner Herman Boschken called it a “quagmire" in ...

September 17, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Analysis: Is There a Way to Move Forward on Economic Development?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 17, 2015
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Analysis: Is There a Way to Move Forward on Economic Development?

I read a recent letter to the local paper which started out, “We seem to be at a crossroads, where our to ...

I read a recent letter to the local paper which started out, “We seem to be at a crossroads, where our town needs a lot more tax dollars. I’m not comfortable with this situation, and I wonder how and ...

September 17, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: Time to Revisit Our “Open Space” Measures

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 12, 2015
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Guest Commentary: Time to Revisit Our “Open Space” Measures

By Jeff Boone It was during the mid-late 1990s when the Wildhorse and Mace Ranch housing developments pro ...

By Jeff Boone It was during the mid-late 1990s when the Wildhorse and Mace Ranch housing developments provoked the voter backlash that led to the passing of Measure O (Open Space Protection Special Ta ...

July 12, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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My View: Fiscal Situation Not on the Backs of the Progressives

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 23, 2015
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My View: Fiscal Situation Not on the Backs of the Progressives

While it has been an easy mark to pin the demise of the innovation parks, and perhaps the imperiled econo ...

While it has been an easy mark to pin the demise of the innovation parks, and perhaps the imperiled economic development program, on the backs of the progressive movement in Davis – and in particular, ...

May 23, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Does Davis Really Control Its Own Destiny?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 12, 2015
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Sunday Commentary: Does Davis Really Control Its Own Destiny?

Mike Fitch in his book on Davis, Growing Pains, describes Mace Ranch as “a disturbing challenge.” He writ ...

Mike Fitch in his book on Davis, Growing Pains, describes Mace Ranch as “a disturbing challenge.” He writes, “Davis was unprepared in 1986 for a high-stakes political showdown over development along i ...

April 12, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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How Much of An Impact Does Measure J Actually Have?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 25, 2014
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How Much of An Impact Does Measure J Actually Have?

Last week, I ran a story on whether Measure J’s impact was overstated. There are those who believe that M ...

Last week, I ran a story on whether Measure J’s impact was overstated. There are those who believe that Measure J and its successor in 2010, Measure R, have strangled the city’s ability to grow. The n ...

July 25, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Analysis: Is Measure J’s Impact Overstated?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 15, 2014
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Analysis: Is Measure J’s Impact Overstated?

The argument over the last week has been that Measure J and its successor in 2010, Measure R, have strang ...

The argument over the last week has been that Measure J and its successor in 2010, Measure R, have strangled the city’s ability to grow. The argument has been further made that this is by design. In t ...

July 15, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Forget Mace 391, We Are Failing Now

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 20, 2014
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Commentary: Forget Mace 391, We Are Failing Now

Mace 200 Doomed to Become the Next Failed Project if Things Don't Change - As word has begun leaking out ...

Mace 200 Doomed to Become the Next Failed Project if Things Don't Change - As word has begun leaking out of that the World Food Center is headed to Sacramento (most likely), behind the scenes the ghos ...

May 20, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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