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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: Could AB 2011 Solve California’s Labor Objections to Housing?

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

Commentary: Could AB 2011 Solve California’s Labor Objections to Housing?

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA – AB 2011 sponsored by Assemblymember Buffy Wicks a ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA – AB 2011 sponsored by Assemblymember Buffy Wicks attempts to streamline the production of much-needed affordable housing while reaching a labor a ...

June 22, 2022
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: So, Housing in Davis…

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 21, 2022
| (15) Comments

Commentary: So, Housing in Davis…

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Put me down in the category—I am skeptical that the ci ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Put me down in the category—I am skeptical that the city of Davis can meet its housing needs. That’s my takeaway point after writing earlier this we ...

January 21, 2022
| 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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Downtown Planning Notice of Preparation and Scoping Period Begins

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 08, 2020
| (3) Comments

Downtown Planning Notice of Preparation and Scoping Period Begins

By David M. Greenwald The city’s Downtown Davis Specific Plan and the associated Form-Based Code has prog ...

By David M. Greenwald The city’s Downtown Davis Specific Plan and the associated Form-Based Code has progressed to the point of an EIR, with the city issuing a notice of preparation as they develop th ...

October 08, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Casting a Shadow on the University Commons…

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 30, 2020
| (40) Comments

Commentary: Casting a Shadow on the University Commons…

The purpose of Sunday’s column on the University Commons was to put the claim that there will be a “wall” ...

The purpose of Sunday’s column on the University Commons was to put the claim that there will be a “wall” into some perspective. Perspective is important because it seems like the CGI of the large an ...

July 30, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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University Commons Discussion Draws a Boatload of Comments, Continued to August 18

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 22, 2020
| (17) Comments

University Commons Discussion Draws a Boatload of Comments, Continued to August 18

As expected, the University Commons Redevelopment project drew a huge amount of public comments—which ran ...

As expected, the University Commons Redevelopment project drew a huge amount of public comments—which ran roughly two to one in favor of the project. But the council expressed serious concerns, and wi ...

July 22, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Final University Commons EIR Heads to Planning Commission Next Week

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 18, 2020
| (34) Comments

Final University Commons EIR Heads to Planning Commission Next Week

The University Commons Redevelopment Project is heading to a Planning Commission hearing on May 27, where ...

The University Commons Redevelopment Project is heading to a Planning Commission hearing on May 27, where the commission will determine whether to recommend council certification of the EIR. The fina ...

May 18, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Will SB 50 Solve the Housing Crisis? How Can We Increase Affordable Housing?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 12, 2020
| (26) Comments

Sunday Commentary: Will SB 50 Solve the Housing Crisis? How Can We Increase Affordable Housing?

Senate Bill 50 is back… again… for the third time. It is controversial, with opponents arguing that it t ...

Senate Bill 50 is back… again… for the third time. It is controversial, with opponents arguing that it takes away local control while supporters argue that it is designed to increase housing producti ...

January 12, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Housing Issue Figures to Be Tricky to Thread the Needle

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 13, 2019
| (33) Comments

Commentary: Housing Issue Figures to Be Tricky to Thread the Needle

A poll released over the summer showed that the top issue among Davis voters was the issue of affordabili ...

A poll released over the summer showed that the top issue among Davis voters was the issue of affordability of housing. We have seen some other polling that internally bears that out as well: afforda ...

November 13, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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City Puts Out Draft EIR of University Commons Project

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 07, 2019
| (16) Comments

City Puts Out Draft EIR of University Commons Project

This week the city announced the comment period for the Draft EIR of the University Commons Redevelopment ...

This week the city announced the comment period for the Draft EIR of the University Commons Redevelopment Project. The public has until December 20 to comment on the Draft EIR of the proposed project ...

November 07, 2019
| by David Greenwald

| (16) Comments

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City Releases Draft of Downtown Plan and Code

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 17, 2019
| (35) Comments

City Releases Draft of Downtown Plan and Code

This week the city released a draft of the Downtown Davis Specific Plan and a Draft Downtown Form-based C ...

This week the city released a draft of the Downtown Davis Specific Plan and a Draft Downtown Form-based Code. What follows will be a 90-day public review and comment period which ends on January 14, ...

October 17, 2019
| by David Greenwald

| (35) Comments

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City of Davis Refunds Outstanding Bonds, Lowering Interest Cost and Generating Substantial Savings

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: August 23, 2019
| (4) Comments

City of Davis Refunds Outstanding Bonds, Lowering Interest Cost and Generating Substantial Savings

From Press Release - The City of Davis announced today that through its former redevelopment agency, it h ...

From Press Release - The City of Davis announced today that through its former redevelopment agency, it has refinanced nearly $23 million in bonds earlier this week at a lower interest rate, providing ...

August 23, 2019
| by Vanguard Administrator

| (4) Comments

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Sunday Commentary: Can Housing Work in the Downtown?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 26, 2019
| (41) Comments

Sunday Commentary: Can Housing Work in the Downtown?

People are asking – why are we pushing for housing in the Davis Downtown? That’s a good question. There ...

People are asking – why are we pushing for housing in the Davis Downtown? That’s a good question. There are several answers to that. The first is that a lot of people think that housing is a critic ...

May 26, 2019
| by David Greenwald

| (41) Comments

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Commentary: Can the Community Support Dense Residential and Mixed-Use in the Downtown?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 08, 2019
| (55) Comments

Commentary: Can the Community Support Dense Residential and Mixed-Use in the Downtown?

Last week the Davis Downtown Plan Advisory Committee (DPAC) met to consider a number of recommendations t ...

Last week the Davis Downtown Plan Advisory Committee (DPAC) met to consider a number of recommendations that could form the basis for a draft Downtown Plan. Among their recommendations in general was ...

May 08, 2019
| by David Greenwald

| (55) Comments

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Downtown Committee Meets to Consider Options for New Downtown Specific Plan

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 01, 2019
| (18) Comments

Downtown Committee Meets to Consider Options for New Downtown Specific Plan

One of the big questions facing the community as we draw to the end of the current RHNA (Regional Housing ...

One of the big questions facing the community as we draw to the end of the current RHNA (Regional Housing Needs Allocation) cycle is where housing will go in the future, given limitations on developin ...

May 01, 2019
| by David Greenwald

| (18) Comments

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Analysis: How California Can Solve Its Housing Crisis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 17, 2019
| (14) Comments

Analysis: How California Can Solve Its Housing Crisis

The Bee this week ran a fairly interesting article where they compiled a group of political and business ...

The Bee this week ran a fairly interesting article where they compiled a group of political and business leaders across the political spectrum and asked them how to solve the state’s housing crisis. ...

April 17, 2019
| by David Greenwald

| (14) Comments

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Analysis: Consultant Recommends Moving Away From Commercial at 3820 Chiles

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 27, 2018
| (9) Comments

Analysis: Consultant Recommends Moving Away From Commercial at 3820 Chiles

One of the challenges for Davis is that Davis has competing needs – on the one hand it has relatively lim ...

One of the challenges for Davis is that Davis has competing needs – on the one hand it has relatively limited land available for commercial development – on the other hand, a lot of that land may ulti ...

November 27, 2018
| by David Greenwald

| (9) Comments

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Monday Morning Thoughts: The Road Ahead in Davis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 12, 2018
| (1) Comment

Monday Morning Thoughts: The Road Ahead in Davis

With the passage of Measure L last week, the city of Davis has done a lot to address housing issues in th ...

With the passage of Measure L last week, the city of Davis has done a lot to address housing issues in the past two years. For student housing, the council has approved Sterling, Lincoln40, Nishi (af ...

November 12, 2018
| by David Greenwald

| (1) Comment

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