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Commentary: Housing – We Need a Plan, Not Just ‘No’

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 29, 2021
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Commentary: Housing – We Need a Plan, Not Just ‘No’

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA - The Housing Element contained a warning: “The City does not currently c ...

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA - The Housing Element contained a warning: “The City does not currently contain enough vacant land appropriately zoned for the development of the housing necessary to m ...

June 29, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: Dan Carson’s Comments on the Housing Element Review

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: June 17, 2021
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Guest Commentary: Dan Carson’s Comments on the Housing Element Review

(Editor's Note: The following are comments from Councilmember Dan Carson delivered on Tuesday during the ...

(Editor's Note: The following are comments from Councilmember Dan Carson delivered on Tuesday during the discussion of the Davis Housing Element Draft Report). by Dan Carson My Comments on Housing Ele ...

June 17, 2021
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Council Listens to Battle of the Talking Points; Council Leans Toward More Middle Course

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 16, 2021
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Council Listens to Battle of the Talking Points; Council Leans Toward More Middle Course

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA - There were no motions made, no direction taken yet, but the course of t ...

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA - There were no motions made, no direction taken yet, but the course of the council was laid out during this workshop pretty clearly. Several dozen public commenters l ...

June 16, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Council Will Focus Heavily on Three Key Proposals for Housing Element

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 13, 2021
| (11) Comments

Sunday Commentary: Council Will Focus Heavily on Three Key Proposals for Housing Element

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA - If one good thing came out of the controversial recommendations from th ...

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA - If one good thing came out of the controversial recommendations from the Housing Element Commission it was that it awoke segments of the community to the fact that ke ...

June 13, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Council to Hold Housing Element Workshop on Tuesday

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 12, 2021
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Council to Hold Housing Element Workshop on Tuesday

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA - The city of Davis announced on Friday that it would be re-opening City ...

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA - The city of Davis announced on Friday that it would be re-opening City Hall starting Tuesday in conjunction with new state orders allowing for the resumption of norma ...

June 12, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: We Need to Be Talking about the Big Housing Issue in Davis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 30, 2021
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Sunday Commentary: We Need to Be Talking about the Big Housing Issue in Davis

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA – I was sitting down this week over coffee with a community member, when ...

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA – I was sitting down this week over coffee with a community member, when the conversation turned to housing and they asked me about the Housing Element and my take on i ...

May 30, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Fairness Builds Trust

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 25, 2021
| (48) Comments

Commentary: Fairness Builds Trust

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA – Reasonable people can disagree on policy goals. That is the very found ...

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA – Reasonable people can disagree on policy goals. That is the very foundation of our system of governance. It is why we need to have free and open elections to elect ...

May 25, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Housing Element Probably Gets Out in Front of Public Opinion, but Has Some Very Good Proposals

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 23, 2021
| (37) Comments

Sunday Commentary: Housing Element Probably Gets Out in Front of Public Opinion, but Has Some Very Good Proposals

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA – The Housing Element Committee last week voted in favor of ten largely p ...

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA – The Housing Element Committee last week voted in favor of ten largely pro-housing comments in the draft housing element proposal. Ultimately the council and the broa ...

May 23, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: The City Could Do More to Make Redevelopment and Infill Viable

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 13, 2021
| (26) Comments

Commentary: The City Could Do More to Make Redevelopment and Infill Viable

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA - My columns this week have taken a rather dim view on the Housing Elemen ...

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA - My columns this week have taken a rather dim view on the Housing Element and the future prospect for infill development in Davis, given that the difficulty of develop ...

May 13, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Should Davis Pursue More Greenfield Development in the Current Housing Element Cycle?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 11, 2021
| (10) Comments

Commentary: Should Davis Pursue More Greenfield Development in the Current Housing Element Cycle?

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA - Yesterday’s column focused on the thoughts of law professor Chris Elmen ...

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA - Yesterday’s column focused on the thoughts of law professor Chris Elmendorf and his critique of the Davis Housing Element Draft. He charges that the Davis draft prov ...

May 11, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: City Needs to Be More Proactive on Bretton Woods

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 29, 2021
| (25) Comments

Commentary: City Needs to Be More Proactive on Bretton Woods

By David M. Greenwald For better or for worse, the Cannery project has become the local poster child case ...

By David M. Greenwald For better or for worse, the Cannery project has become the local poster child case on the laws' unintended consequences and the need to ensure accountability by the city for pro ...

April 29, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Re-Imagine LA Coalition Rejects CEO’s 2021-2022 Fiscal Budget, Urges Full Funding of Measure J

Posted by Cailin Garcia
|Date: April 22, 2021
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Re-Imagine LA Coalition Rejects CEO’s 2021-2022 Fiscal Budget, Urges Full Funding of Measure J

By Ishani Desai LOS ANGELES — The Re-imagine LA Coalition denounced the LA County CEO’s plan allocating $ ...

By Ishani Desai LOS ANGELES — The Re-imagine LA Coalition denounced the LA County CEO’s plan allocating $100 million funds to Measure J for the 2021-2022 fiscal year on Monday. As LA CEO, Fesia Davenp ...

April 22, 2021
| by Cailin Garcia

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Los Angeles Rally Honors The Victims of Incarceration and Demands the Closure of Men’s Central Jail

Posted by Cailin Garcia
|Date: April 08, 2021
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Los Angeles Rally Honors The Victims of Incarceration and Demands the Closure of Men’s Central Jail

By Anisha Girotra LOS ANGELES — On the evening of March 29, coalition leaders and community members held ...

By Anisha Girotra LOS ANGELES — On the evening of March 29, coalition leaders and community members held a press conference and rally to demand the closure of Men’s Central Jail, advocate for the full ...

April 08, 2021
| by Cailin Garcia

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Vanguard’s Monthly Webinar – New Housing in Davis (Video)

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 31, 2021
| (4) Comments

Vanguard’s Monthly Webinar – New Housing in Davis (Video)

Housing is always a huge topic in the city of Davis—but one thing that has concerned me of late is that w ...

Housing is always a huge topic in the city of Davis—but one thing that has concerned me of late is that we have not really had any sort of public engagement on the issue of the housing element. And wh ...

March 31, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Seriously, Where is Davis Planning to Put New Housing?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 10, 2021
| (35) Comments

Commentary: Seriously, Where is Davis Planning to Put New Housing?

By David M. Greenwald The question of where the city plans to put new housing is not merely one of academ ...

By David M. Greenwald The question of where the city plans to put new housing is not merely one of academic interest. With the housing crisis and state requirements for the next housing element, the ...

March 10, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: How Do People Plan to Finance Their Ideal Community?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 31, 2020
| (69) Comments

Commentary: How Do People Plan to Finance Their Ideal Community?

By David M. Greenwald In 2018, only 57 percent of the voters supported a parcel tax for roads—it needed a ...

By David M. Greenwald In 2018, only 57 percent of the voters supported a parcel tax for roads—it needed a two-thirds vote and thus went down to defeat. Last month, Measure B, which some were hoping w ...

December 31, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Sometimes Living in a Democracy Means You Don’t Get What You Want

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 15, 2020
| (53) Comments

Commentary: Sometimes Living in a Democracy Means You Don’t Get What You Want

By David M. Greenwald The number one lesson in any democracy is that you have to accept it that sometimes ...

By David M. Greenwald The number one lesson in any democracy is that you have to accept it that sometimes you will win and sometimes you will lose. Accepting a loss is actually more important to the d ...

December 15, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: DISC – What Went Wrong? Pretty Much Everything

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 05, 2020
| (19) Comments

Commentary: DISC – What Went Wrong? Pretty Much Everything

By David M. Greenwald In Davis, if you look at some of the private polls, most developments start out wit ...

By David M. Greenwald In Davis, if you look at some of the private polls, most developments start out with between 35 and 40 percent of the people automatically opposed to the project and they are pre ...

November 05, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Analysis: Not a Huge Amount of Surprises Locally

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 04, 2020
| (53) Comments

Analysis: Not a Huge Amount of Surprises Locally

By David M. Greenwald The last totals came in at 11:42 pm, but it looks like there are more precincts to ...

By David M. Greenwald The last totals came in at 11:42 pm, but it looks like there are more precincts to report and we think there have to be a lot more votes because the vote total is extremely low. ...

November 04, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Some Election Day Local Picks

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 03, 2020
| (3) Comments

Commentary: Some Election Day Local Picks

By David M. Greenwald I don’t envy the job of national prognosticators, but at least they get polls to he ...

By David M. Greenwald I don’t envy the job of national prognosticators, but at least they get polls to help guide them on calling a national election during a volatile and unsettling time. The remark ...

November 03, 2020
| by David Greenwald

| (3) Comments

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