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My View: HCD Wins Some Key Housing Battles, But Will It Be Enough?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 20, 2021
| (12) Comments

My View: HCD Wins Some Key Housing Battles, But Will It Be Enough?

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor When the state came down with very aggressive RHNA numbers for loc ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor When the state came down with very aggressive RHNA numbers for local fair share allocations of growth, many pointed to the fact that there were numerous challeng ...

November 20, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Final Exam Time for Housing in Davis As Well in Other California Cities

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 18, 2021
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Commentary: Final Exam Time for Housing in Davis As Well in Other California Cities

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA - Earlier this week, the Bay Area version of SACOG, Asso ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA - Earlier this week, the Bay Area version of SACOG, Association of Bay Area Governments Administration Committee (ABAG), finalized its denial of 27 of ...

November 18, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Timing for General Plan Now Puzzling

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 07, 2021
| (42) Comments

Sunday Commentary: Timing for General Plan Now Puzzling

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – When they first rolled out the sequencing here, it mad ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – When they first rolled out the sequencing here, it made a little bit of sense—the city of Davis would roll out the Downtown Plan first and then roll ...

November 07, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Chronicle Lays the Smackdown on California Housing

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 12, 2021
| (12) Comments

Commentary: Chronicle Lays the Smackdown on California Housing

San Francisco, CA - One of the big problems that California now faces is that, while the state legislatur ...

San Francisco, CA - One of the big problems that California now faces is that, while the state legislature has stepped up to make housing requirements more rigorous and put more teeth in processes lik ...

October 12, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: The City Lacks Vacant Infill – How Do We Meet the Requires for the Next Housing Element?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 15, 2021
| (24) Comments

Sunday Commentary: The City Lacks Vacant Infill – How Do We Meet the Requires for the Next Housing Element?

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – One of the most critical findings in the Housing Eleme ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – One of the most critical findings in the Housing Element is that the city does not currently have “enough land designated for residential development ...

August 15, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: No Extra Credit for Bed Rentals or Large Student Housing Projects

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 13, 2021
| (31) Comments

Commentary: No Extra Credit for Bed Rentals or Large Student Housing Projects

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Slow growth advocates in the city have for the last fi ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Slow growth advocates in the city have for the last five or six years pushed for more housing on the UC Davis campus (which makes sense), but also op ...

August 13, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Housing Element Goes Back to Planning Commission – Here’s a Look

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 08, 2021
| (42) Comments

Sunday Commentary: Housing Element Goes Back to Planning Commission – Here’s a Look

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – The Planning Commission this week will hold a public h ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – The Planning Commission this week will hold a public hearing on the Housing Element. There are some really interesting comments and responses that I ...

August 08, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Report Finds RHNA Housing Protests Unlikely to Succeed

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 25, 2021
| (27) Comments

Sunday Commentary: Report Finds RHNA Housing Protests Unlikely to Succeed

By David M. Greenwald Those who are hopeful that local RHNA (Regional Housing Needs Allocation) requireme ...

By David M. Greenwald Those who are hopeful that local RHNA (Regional Housing Needs Allocation) requirements will be reined in have cited the fact that there cities are pushing back against the RHNA n ...

July 25, 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
| (19) Comments

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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City Releases Draft Housing Element

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 05, 2021
| 0 comments

City Releases Draft Housing Element

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA - The city this week released its 2021-2029 Draft Housing Element for rev ...

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA - The city this week released its 2021-2029 Draft Housing Element for review by both the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) and interested ...

May 05, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: We Need to Continue to Look At the City’s Housing Challenges

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 01, 2021
| (29) Comments

Commentary: We Need to Continue to Look At the City’s Housing Challenges

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA – Earlier this week, the Vanguard hosted a webinar on city housing needs. ...

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA – Earlier this week, the Vanguard hosted a webinar on city housing needs. It remains our view that filling the city’s housing needs over the next eight years will be i ...

April 01, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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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: A Realistic Assessment of Davis’ Housing Situation

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 05, 2021
| (19) Comments

Commentary: A Realistic Assessment of Davis’ Housing Situation

By David M. Greenwald Listening to the housing discussion on Wednesday was a reminder that the housing is ...

By David M. Greenwald Listening to the housing discussion on Wednesday was a reminder that the housing issue, while diminished during times of COVID, is probably coming back—especially if the projecti ...

March 05, 2021
| by David Greenwald

| (19) Comments

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Guest Commentary: Looking Ahead to the Housing Element Update Process

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: November 01, 2020
| (61) Comments

Guest Commentary: Looking Ahead to the Housing Element Update Process

By Gloria Partida With the number of issues, a City faces, writing a monthly column should be easy. Howev ...

By Gloria Partida With the number of issues, a City faces, writing a monthly column should be easy. However, the abundance of choices and the speed with which one issue rises and wanes makes catching ...

November 01, 2020
| by Vanguard Administrator

| (61) Comments

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Council Gets a Presentation on RHNA and Local Housing Needs

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 24, 2019
| (6) Comments

Council Gets a Presentation on RHNA and Local Housing Needs

Greg Chew and Dov Kadin from SACOG (Sacramento Area Council of Governments) gave a presentation to counci ...

Greg Chew and Dov Kadin from SACOG (Sacramento Area Council of Governments) gave a presentation to council about the Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA) process that will be coming up for the new ...

October 24, 2019
| by David Greenwald

| (6) Comments

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New RHNA Numbers Released – City Requirement Nearly Doubles

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 28, 2019
| (30) Comments

New RHNA Numbers Released – City Requirement Nearly Doubles

SACOG (Sacramento Area Council of Governments) has released a draft menu of Regional Housing Needs Alloca ...

SACOG (Sacramento Area Council of Governments) has released a draft menu of Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA) methodology options and, as expected, the City of Davis’ requirements are going up ...

September 28, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Housing Is a Puzzle – How Does Davis Solve It?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 25, 2019
| (48) Comments

Sunday Commentary: Housing Is a Puzzle – How Does Davis Solve It?

Where to begin? That’s my dilemma here, but it is really the same problem that the city of Davis has. T ...

Where to begin? That’s my dilemma here, but it is really the same problem that the city of Davis has. To me the housing picture in Davis is really about balance – and the struggle to find that balan ...

August 25, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Analysis: More Signs That Housing Requirements Are About to Rise

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 07, 2019
| (106) Comments

Analysis: More Signs That Housing Requirements Are About to Rise

There was a good piece earlier this week that looked at SACOG (Sacramento Area Council of Governments) an ...

There was a good piece earlier this week that looked at SACOG (Sacramento Area Council of Governments) and likely requirements for Cycle 6 of the Regional Housing Needs Assessment (RHNA) which covers ...

August 07, 2019
| by David Greenwald

| (106) Comments

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Housing Pressure on Davis About to Ramp Up

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 15, 2019
| (14) Comments

Monday Morning Thoughts: Housing Pressure on Davis About to Ramp Up

Consider this a trigger warning – if you don’t like speculation, you probably won’t like this column. Th ...

Consider this a trigger warning – if you don’t like speculation, you probably won’t like this column. The state as we know is feeling the pressure of housing shortages. A reader on Sunday noted that ...

July 15, 2019
| by David Greenwald

| (14) Comments

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Are We Underestimating Housing Needs?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 28, 2017
| (76) Comments

Are We Underestimating Housing Needs?

A few weeks ago, the city council had a joint discussion with the Planning Commission which, among other ...

A few weeks ago, the city council had a joint discussion with the Planning Commission which, among other things, discussed housing needs. One of the ideas put forward was to pursue a healthy vacancy r ...

July 28, 2017
| by David Greenwald

| (76) Comments

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