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Guest Commentary: Lessons from U Mall

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: March 21, 2023
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Guest Commentary: Lessons from U Mall

By Alex Achimore Much attention has been given recently to the possibility that shopping centers and str ...

By Alex Achimore Much attention has been given recently to the possibility that shopping centers and strip malls have unintentionally become land banks for new housing that California desperately nee ...

March 21, 2023
| by Vanguard Administrator

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My View: Unable to Compel Housing at U-Mall, the City Loses Ideal Spot for Mixed Use

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 11, 2023
| (17) Comments

My View: Unable to Compel Housing at U-Mall, the City Loses Ideal Spot for Mixed Use

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Score another “victory” for the NIMBY’s in this town. ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Score another “victory” for the NIMBY’s in this town. When Brixmor came forward with a proposal for mixed use at the underutilized University Mall s ...

March 11, 2023
| by David Greenwald

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Why the City Cannot Compel University Mall to Build Housing

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: March 10, 2023
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Why the City Cannot Compel University Mall to Build Housing

The following was a communication from Jenny Tan, Director of Community Engagement for the City explainin ...

The following was a communication from Jenny Tan, Director of Community Engagement for the City explaining the purview of the City. To help provide some context around the proposal and the City’s role ...

March 10, 2023
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Sunday Commentary: University Mall Location Too Valuable to Just Give Up As a Mixed-Use Site

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 05, 2023
| (20) Comments

Sunday Commentary: University Mall Location Too Valuable to Just Give Up As a Mixed-Use Site

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – In January, UC Davis students camped out in front of a ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – In January, UC Davis students camped out in front of apartments overnight in frigid temperatures waiting for the rental offices to open. Make no mis ...

March 05, 2023
| by David Greenwald

| (20) Comments

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My View: All Commercial University Commons Project Represents Massive Fail of Local Leadership

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 25, 2023
| (11) Comments

My View: All Commercial University Commons Project Represents Massive Fail of Local Leadership

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Davis continues to suffer from a housing crisis. In f ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Davis continues to suffer from a housing crisis. In fact, there are problems still with student housing—as we discovered last month when students we ...

February 25, 2023
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: HCD May Approve the Revised Housing Element, But I Remain Skeptical That We Can Address Our Immediate Housing Needs

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 13, 2023
| (16) Comments

Commentary: HCD May Approve the Revised Housing Element, But I Remain Skeptical That We Can Address Our Immediate Housing Needs

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – When HCD rejected the city’s housing element for failu ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – When HCD rejected the city’s housing element for failure to comply with State Housing Law, city staff worked diligently with the agency to revise the ...

January 13, 2023
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Downtown Plan Has Some Good Features, but It Won’t Solve Our Housing Crisis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 18, 2022
| (9) Comments

Sunday Commentary: Downtown Plan Has Some Good Features, but It Won’t Solve Our Housing Crisis

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA - This week the Davis City Council finally—emphasis on f ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA - This week the Davis City Council finally—emphasis on finally—approved the Downtown Plan. Even taking into consideration the pandemic, this is a proc ...

December 18, 2022
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Council Battles Over Building Heights and Process Concerns, But Didn’t Blink in the End

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 16, 2022
| (20) Comments

Commentary: Council Battles Over Building Heights and Process Concerns, But Didn’t Blink in the End

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – If Tuesday was a look toward the future of this commun ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – If Tuesday was a look toward the future of this community, I was disappointed to see people getting hung up on battles over building heights. We are ...

December 16, 2022
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Downtown Plan Banking on Mixed Use to Save the Downtown – That Might Be a Mistake

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 11, 2022
| (19) Comments

Sunday Commentary: Downtown Plan Banking on Mixed Use to Save the Downtown – That Might Be a Mistake

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – In recent years we have seen the retail portion of the ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – In recent years we have seen the retail portion of the Davis Downtown precipitously decline. Increasingly, the downtown has focused on food and ente ...

December 11, 2022
| by David Greenwald

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Downtown Specific Plan Goes to Planning Commission Tonight

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 29, 2022
| (1) Comment

Downtown Specific Plan Goes to Planning Commission Tonight

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA -After long delays, the CEQA approval will go before the ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA -After long delays, the CEQA approval will go before the Davis Planning Commission tonight in a special meeting where the Planning Commission will reco ...

November 29, 2022
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: City Is Counting on the Downtown Plan for Housing – Here’s Why That Could Be Challenging

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 22, 2022
| (2) Comments

Commentary: City Is Counting on the Downtown Plan for Housing – Here’s Why That Could Be Challenging

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Next Tuesday, the Downtown Specific Plan will go back ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Next Tuesday, the Downtown Specific Plan will go back to the Planning Commission as the process finally is moving forward again after a lengthy pause ...

November 22, 2022
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Is It Really Mostly about Zoning?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 08, 2022
| (8) Comments

Monday Morning Thoughts: Is It Really Mostly about Zoning?

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Record high housing prices. Shortages of both for sale and rental ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Record high housing prices. Shortages of both for sale and rental housing. M. Nolan Gray, the research director for California YIMBY and a professional city pl ...

August 08, 2022
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: New Vision Is Needed, but Probably Not Practical at This Point

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 26, 2022
| (10) Comments

Sunday Commentary: New Vision Is Needed, but Probably Not Practical at This Point

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – In the wake of the loss of Measure H, there is going t ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – In the wake of the loss of Measure H, there is going to be a scramble underway to determine the best way forward. Other than the small percentage of ...

June 26, 2022
| by David Greenwald

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Sustainable Growth Yolo Gets a Number of Changes to the Housing Element

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: May 22, 2021
| (6) Comments

Sustainable Growth Yolo Gets a Number of Changes to the Housing Element

Davis, CA - In a release on Friday put out by Sustainable Growth Yolo, they lauded the fact that the Davi ...

Davis, CA - In a release on Friday put out by Sustainable Growth Yolo, they lauded the fact that the Davis Housing Element Committee voted in favor of 10 pro-housing comments in the draft housing elem ...

May 22, 2021
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Commentary: Sustainable Growth Yolo Pushes to Expedite Housing Approval

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 21, 2021
| (17) Comments

Commentary: Sustainable Growth Yolo Pushes to Expedite Housing Approval

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA - One of the key questions facing communities like Davis will be how it c ...

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA - One of the key questions facing communities like Davis will be how it can meet the housing demands that are expected grow over the next ten years—even as population g ...

May 21, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Sustainable Growth Yolo Hosts Webinar and Issues Statement on the City of Davis Draft Housing Element Update (+Video)

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: May 19, 2021
| (2) Comments

Sustainable Growth Yolo Hosts Webinar and Issues Statement on the City of Davis Draft Housing Element Update (+Video)

Statement by Sustainable Growth Yolo The City of Davis Housing Element update is a key opportunity to add ...

Statement by Sustainable Growth Yolo The City of Davis Housing Element update is a key opportunity to address our region’s housing affordability crisis by facilitating critically needed housing develo ...

May 19, 2021
| by Vanguard Administrator

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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

| (26) Comments

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Webinar: Davis Downtown Plan Discussion (Video) and Additional Thoughts

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 29, 2020
| (3) Comments

Webinar: Davis Downtown Plan Discussion (Video) and Additional Thoughts

On October 29, the city of Davis will hold a digital public scoping meeting and seek input and comments f ...

On October 29, the city of Davis will hold a digital public scoping meeting and seek input and comments from the public about a proposed EIR for the Downtown Davis Specific Plan and Associated Form-Ba ...

October 29, 2020
| by David Greenwald

| (3) Comments

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Council Unanimously Approves Mixed-Use Project in South Davis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 28, 2020
| (18) Comments

Council Unanimously Approves Mixed-Use Project in South Davis

By David M. Greenwald One commenter apparently was anticipating a long night for the University Research ...

By David M. Greenwald One commenter apparently was anticipating a long night for the University Research Park Mixed-Use Project agenda item, and called in to complain about a midnight vote after lengt ...

October 28, 2020
| by David Greenwald

| (18) Comments

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Mixed-Use Project at University Research Park Goes to Council

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 26, 2020
| (2) Comments

Mixed-Use Project at University Research Park Goes to Council

Two years ago, representatives from the University Research Park told the Vanguard that as the then-newly ...

Two years ago, representatives from the University Research Park told the Vanguard that as the then-newly purchased business park by Fulcrum looked to redevelop, one of the key needs was to generate h ...

October 26, 2020
| by David Greenwald

| (2) Comments

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