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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
| (17) Comments

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

| (17) Comments

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City Will Move Forward on EIR for Village Farms, Addendum for Nishi

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 17, 2023
| (6) Comments

City Will Move Forward on EIR for Village Farms, Addendum for Nishi

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – A consent item indicates that the city will award a co ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – A consent item indicates that the city will award a contract to Raney Planning & Management, Inc., for the preparation of the Environmental Impac ...

September 17, 2023
| by David Greenwald

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Davis Receives Another Letter from HCD on Its Lack of Compliance with the Housing Element

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 09, 2023
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Davis Receives Another Letter from HCD on Its Lack of Compliance with the Housing Element

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – While city staff maintains that there were no new find ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – While city staff maintains that there were no new findings in the letter, the city received another “Notice of Violation” from HCD noting that the ci ...

September 09, 2023
| by David Greenwald

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HCD Letter Requests More Revisions Prior to Approval of Davis Housing Element

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 06, 2023
| (8) Comments

HCD Letter Requests More Revisions Prior to Approval of Davis Housing Element

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – As the Davis City Council on Tuesday was discussing cr ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – As the Davis City Council on Tuesday was discussing critical housing issues for Davis, unbeknownst to the public, the California Department of Housin ...

April 06, 2023
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: What Should the City’s Economic Development Strategy Be?

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

Commentary: What Should the City’s Economic Development Strategy Be?

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Yesterday as part of our weekly series of questions, t ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Yesterday as part of our weekly series of questions, the Vanguard asked the candidates how they would approach the city’s economic development strate ...

March 28, 2023
| by David Greenwald

| (28) Comments

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Commentary: The Housing Element Will Likely Be Approved, but It Seems Overly Optimistic

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 31, 2023
| (1) Comment

Commentary: The Housing Element Will Likely Be Approved, but It Seems Overly Optimistic

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – The city of Davis, like many communities, found itself ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – The city of Davis, like many communities, found itself with a rejected Housing Element and thus out of compliance with the Department of Housing and ...

January 31, 2023
| by David Greenwald

| (1) Comment

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City Moving Towards Re-Submitting Housing Element, Addressing Concerns of HCD

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 12, 2023
| (6) Comments

City Moving Towards Re-Submitting Housing Element, Addressing Concerns of HCD

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – It has been over a year since the HCD (California Depa ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – It has been over a year since the HCD (California Department of Housing and Community Development) sent the city a letter rejecting the housing eleme ...

January 12, 2023
| by David Greenwald

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Unbuilt Approved Projects Move Forward, but Challenges Loom for the City

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 14, 2022
| (12) Comments

Unbuilt Approved Projects Move Forward, but Challenges Loom for the City

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – The Chiles Ranch project that came before the Planning ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – The Chiles Ranch project that came before the Planning Commission last week is one of five major projects in the city that have been approved but gro ...

June 14, 2022
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: DiSC May Impact Traffic, but Leaving Status Quo in Place Not Great Either

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 11, 2022
| (8) Comments

Commentary: DiSC May Impact Traffic, but Leaving Status Quo in Place Not Great Either

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA - A few years ago back in 2016, Nishi was on the ballot ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA - A few years ago back in 2016, Nishi was on the ballot with full access to Richards Blvd. Traffic on Richards, at least during normal times of commut ...

February 11, 2022
| by David Greenwald

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City Announces Nishi Development Appeal Withdrawn; Ruling in Favor of City Stands

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 03, 2020
| (38) Comments

City Announces Nishi Development Appeal Withdrawn; Ruling in Favor of City Stands

The city has formally announced what the Vanguard reported two weeks ago—the appeal of the Yolo Superior ...

The city has formally announced what the Vanguard reported two weeks ago—the appeal of the Yolo Superior Court decision regarding the Nishi project has been withdrawn. The case is now concluded. Accor ...

April 03, 2020
| by David Greenwald

| (38) Comments

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Nishi Appeal and Lawsuit Apparently Done

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 20, 2020
| (37) Comments

Nishi Appeal and Lawsuit Apparently Done

It was just two months ago in January that it appeared Nishi was headed to appeal and the process would t ...

It was just two months ago in January that it appeared Nishi was headed to appeal and the process would take another six months to a year. No one appears to know why, but this week, the case appears ...

March 20, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: What is a Moderate Path Forward on Growth For Davis?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 22, 2020
| (67) Comments

Commentary: What is a Moderate Path Forward on Growth For Davis?

In 2012 campaign, there was no talk about development or housing. In a city like Davis, known for its di ...

In 2012 campaign, there was no talk about development or housing. In a city like Davis, known for its divisive wars over growth from Mace Ranch to Wildhorse to Measure J and Covell Village this was a ...

January 22, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Measure R Doesn’t Work If You Don’t Let It

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 16, 2020
| (63) Comments

Commentary: Measure R Doesn’t Work If You Don’t Let It

Up until last June, there was never a successful Measure R vote. The closest a project came to gaining t ...

Up until last June, there was never a successful Measure R vote. The closest a project came to gaining the approval of the voters was Nishi in 2016. But Nishi ended up losing by about 700 votes. Th ...

January 16, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Nishi Delayed Yet Again as City Has to Fight Appeal

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 15, 2020
| (10) Comments

Nishi Delayed Yet Again as City Has to Fight Appeal

Housing for over 2000 students next to the UC Davis campus has been delayed yet again, as the city announ ...

Housing for over 2000 students next to the UC Davis campus has been delayed yet again, as the city announced on Tuesday that litigants who lost in court have filed an appeal on the Nishi project. In J ...

January 15, 2020
| by David Greenwald

| (10) Comments

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Commentary: Some New Insights into Housing and Support for Development

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 26, 2019
| (34) Comments

Commentary: Some New Insights into Housing and Support for Development

It was only two years ago when people were questioning whether a Measure R project – any Measure R projec ...

It was only two years ago when people were questioning whether a Measure R project – any Measure R project – could win. It was one thing for the 2005 Measure X, at the end of a huge swath of large de ...

December 26, 2019
| by David Greenwald

| (34) Comments

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Judge Returns Quickly with Final Ruling in Favor of City on Nishi

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 15, 2019
| (7) Comments

Judge Returns Quickly with Final Ruling in Favor of City on Nishi

Judge Peter Williams ended last week’s hearing saying that he was leaning toward sticking with his tentat ...

Judge Peter Williams ended last week’s hearing saying that he was leaning toward sticking with his tentative ruling and that he would have a ruling within two weeks – turns out he didn’t need that lon ...

October 15, 2019
| by David Greenwald

| (7) Comments

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Judge Hears Arguments on Nishi Suit, Inclined to Stick with Previous Ruling

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 09, 2019
| 0 comments

Judge Hears Arguments on Nishi Suit, Inclined to Stick with Previous Ruling

Judge Peter Williams listened to approximately 90 minutes of arguments by both the petitioners represente ...

Judge Peter Williams listened to approximately 90 minutes of arguments by both the petitioners represented by Patrick Soluri and defendants represented by former Davis City Attorney Harriet Steiner an ...

October 09, 2019
| by David Greenwald

| 0 comments

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Judge Denies Nishi Suit in Tentative Ruling

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 08, 2019
| (14) Comments

Judge Denies Nishi Suit in Tentative Ruling

Barring a hearing today, it appears that Judge Peter Williams has denied the petitioner’s attempt to stop ...

Barring a hearing today, it appears that Judge Peter Williams has denied the petitioner’s attempt to stop the Nishi student housing project. If the decision by Judge Williams holds, this would be the ...

October 08, 2019
| by David Greenwald

| (14) Comments

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Breeding Bad Process, Lack of Outreach, Lack of Engagement

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 07, 2019
| (29) Comments

Monday Morning Thoughts: Breeding Bad Process, Lack of Outreach, Lack of Engagement

The slow growth side of the fence in Davis has become the little boys that cry wolf. I actually believe ...

The slow growth side of the fence in Davis has become the little boys that cry wolf. I actually believe that the parable is widely misunderstood. You see, in fable, the shepherd is charged with watch ...

October 07, 2019
| by David Greenwald

| (29) Comments

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Sunday Commentary: Wait, So Redrum Is Closing Anyway?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 04, 2019
| (7) Comments

Sunday Commentary: Wait, So Redrum Is Closing Anyway?

In a Facebook post, the owner of Redrum Burger says the restaurant is closing on Sunday, He did not give ...

In a Facebook post, the owner of Redrum Burger says the restaurant is closing on Sunday, He did not give a reason, but owner Jim Edlund thanked devotees of the restaurant for 33 years of business. Th ...

August 04, 2019
| by David Greenwald

| (7) Comments

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