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

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 13, 2018
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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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Council Approves City-County Tax-Sharing Agreement on Nishi, WDAAC

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 05, 2018
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Council Approves City-County Tax-Sharing Agreement on Nishi, WDAAC

Last night after brief discussion the Davis City Council voted 5-0 to approve the agreed to tax-sharing a ...

Last night after brief discussion the Davis City Council voted 5-0 to approve the agreed to tax-sharing agreement between the city and council related to the Nishi Residential Development and West Dav ...

December 05, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Economic Development Opportunities Still Await Davis if We Want Them

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 19, 2018
| (24) Comments

Monday Morning Thoughts: Economic Development Opportunities Still Await Davis if We Want Them

When the city looked to develop economically, they chose to look toward a variety of high-tech, universit ...

When the city looked to develop economically, they chose to look toward a variety of high-tech, university spinoffs that could leverage the economic power of the university. Recent discussions, howev ...

November 19, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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My View: 2018 Marks a Continued Decline in the Influence of the Slow Growth Position in Davis Politics

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 17, 2018
| (49) Comments

My View: 2018 Marks a Continued Decline in the Influence of the Slow Growth Position in Davis Politics

In 2000, after years of rapid growth in the city of Davis, progressive forces were resurgent. Not only w ...

In 2000, after years of rapid growth in the city of Davis, progressive forces were resurgent. Not only would they get their seminal ordinance approved by the voters – albeit by a relatively narrow 53 ...

November 17, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Measure L Vote Shows Evolving Electorate

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 11, 2018
| (54) Comments

Sunday Commentary: Measure L Vote Shows Evolving Electorate

A couple of recent comments stand out to me. Last week, Alan Pryor wrote: “People change over 12 years… ...

A couple of recent comments stand out to me. Last week, Alan Pryor wrote: “People change over 12 years… David Greenwald has changed into a developer-loving mouthpiece. Case in point – David Greenwa ...

November 11, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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My View: Filling the Student Housing Need Is a No-Brainer

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 01, 2018
| (20) Comments

My View: Filling the Student Housing Need Is a No-Brainer

Last spring when the city council approved Lincoln40, the council gave signals that they were close to th ...

Last spring when the city council approved Lincoln40, the council gave signals that they were close to their limit in terms of approving student housing projects. However, when Davis Live was approve ...

September 01, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Students Push Back against Litigation Holding Up Housing Projects

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 31, 2018
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Students Push Back against Litigation Holding Up Housing Projects

We have seen larger crowds of students in support of housing projects. At the Vanguard Student Housing T ...

We have seen larger crowds of students in support of housing projects. At the Vanguard Student Housing Townhall Meeting, we had 67 students sign in. On Tuesday, only eight students spoke. But it wa ...

August 31, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Students Live in Housing Insecurity while Litigants Hold Up Projects

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 26, 2018
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Sunday Commentary: Students Live in Housing Insecurity while Litigants Hold Up Projects

In the next few weeks we are expecting the full report from the UC Davis Affordable Housing Task Force to ...

In the next few weeks we are expecting the full report from the UC Davis Affordable Housing Task Force to be released, with a response from UC Davis’ administration and recommendations for moving forw ...

August 26, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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UC Davis Pushes Back: We Are Well Positioned to Complete This Housing

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 28, 2018
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UC Davis Pushes Back: We Are Well Positioned to Complete This Housing

The City of Davis, among others, is concerned that, while UC Davis has committed to building a reasonable ...

The City of Davis, among others, is concerned that, while UC Davis has committed to building a reasonable amount of housing through the Long Range Development Plan (LRDP), its track record from previo ...

July 28, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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More Legal Threats against Davis Live; Commissioners and Applicants Push Back

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 27, 2018
| (19) Comments

More Legal Threats against Davis Live; Commissioners and Applicants Push Back

The Soluri Meserve Law Firm has already filed two lawsuits against the city, filing California Environmen ...

The Soluri Meserve Law Firm has already filed two lawsuits against the city, filing California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) suits against Lincoln40 and Nishi approvals. Now they are threatening p ...

July 27, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: We Have the Housing We Need Largely in Place, but We Need to Eliminate the Barriers

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 25, 2018
| (3) Comments

Commentary: We Have the Housing We Need Largely in Place, but We Need to Eliminate the Barriers

Lost in the debate, over things like the definition of homelessness, is a simple fact – we don’t have eno ...

Lost in the debate, over things like the definition of homelessness, is a simple fact – we don’t have enough housing to serve the existing student population. And that problem is only going to get wo ...

July 25, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Citizens’ Right to Vote Is Only a One-Way Door

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 16, 2018
| (48) Comments

Monday Morning Thoughts: Citizens’ Right to Vote Is Only a One-Way Door

One of the biggest issues moving forward in 2020 is going to be the renewal of Measure R. Measure R was ...

One of the biggest issues moving forward in 2020 is going to be the renewal of Measure R. Measure R was the renewal of the 2000 ballot measure, Measure J, the "Citizen's Right to Vote on Future Use o ...

July 16, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: The LRDP Accomplishes Much of What It Needed to Accomplish

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 15, 2018
| (7) Comments

Sunday Commentary: The LRDP Accomplishes Much of What It Needed to Accomplish

For the most part I would argue that, as long as both UC Davis and the city of Davis actually build the h ...

For the most part I would argue that, as long as both UC Davis and the city of Davis actually build the housing that has been planned for and approved, we will have enough housing to accommodate the p ...

July 15, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Abusing CEQA Is Hurting Us All

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 12, 2018
| (29) Comments

Commentary: Abusing CEQA Is Hurting Us All

Yesterday I was reading through the material on Field + Pond and one of the things that struck me was how ...

Yesterday I was reading through the material on Field + Pond and one of the things that struck me was how neighbors were suing under CEQA (California Environmental Quality Act) to stop a development t ...

July 12, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Student Housing Crisis Not Over Just Yet

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 03, 2018
| (13) Comments

Commentary: Student Housing Crisis Not Over Just Yet

Was talking with the developer from Sterling on Monday. Some might have noticed that the land for the St ...

Was talking with the developer from Sterling on Monday. Some might have noticed that the land for the Sterling project has been cleared, but the construction is not underway just yet. Was told that ...

July 03, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: No Need to Reinvent the Wheel on Economic Development, We Already Have the Plan

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 01, 2018
| (51) Comments

Sunday Commentary: No Need to Reinvent the Wheel on Economic Development, We Already Have the Plan

In the weeks that have followed the June election, the Vanguard has met with pretty much the entire incom ...

In the weeks that have followed the June election, the Vanguard has met with pretty much the entire incoming city council, as well as members of the community and city staff. One issue that is a matt ...

July 01, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Studies Link Housing with Traffic, but in the Opposite Way that You Think

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 27, 2018
| (16) Comments

Commentary: Studies Link Housing with Traffic, but in the Opposite Way that You Think

It never fails in Davis, you have a housing project and the opposition will make the argument that it wil ...

It never fails in Davis, you have a housing project and the opposition will make the argument that it will increase traffic. Even in the case of Nishi, where the new version intentionally avoided the ...

June 27, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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My View: Why Did Measure J Succeed Where Others Failed?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 23, 2018
| (28) Comments

My View: Why Did Measure J Succeed Where Others Failed?

The final results are in and Measure J not only won, but won overwhelmingly by a 60.5 to 39.4 percent mar ...

The final results are in and Measure J not only won, but won overwhelmingly by a 60.5 to 39.4 percent margin. The Vanguard has analyzed the precinct level data and found that one of the keys is that ...

June 23, 2018
| by David Greenwald

| (28) Comments

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Last Count Doesn’t Change Election Results

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 15, 2018
| (7) Comments

Last Count Doesn’t Change Election Results

They are not done, but the county has released the results of just under 10,000 new ballots countywide, w ...

They are not done, but the county has released the results of just under 10,000 new ballots countywide, with just over 4000 of them being from Davis. Unofficially that leaves them with just under 900 ...

June 15, 2018
| by David Greenwald

| (7) Comments

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Commentary: Is This Really What We Want?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 14, 2018
| (20) Comments

Commentary: Is This Really What We Want?

As the community has engaged in a conversation on student housing, some have argued that UC Davis needs t ...

As the community has engaged in a conversation on student housing, some have argued that UC Davis needs to take on more on-campus housing. I think most people agree with that sentiment. Some have pu ...

June 14, 2018
| by David Greenwald

| (20) Comments

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