SB 9 Archives | Davis Vanguard

Grid
List

AG Bonta Issues Legal Guidance for Local Governments Attempting to Skirt State Housing Laws

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: July 18, 2023
| (2) Comments

AG Bonta Issues Legal Guidance for Local Governments Attempting to Skirt State Housing Laws

Special to the Vanguard OAKLAND, CA – California Attorney General Rob Bonta today issued legal guidance t ...

Special to the Vanguard OAKLAND, CA – California Attorney General Rob Bonta today issued legal guidance to local governments, reminding them of the strict requirements under state law for enacting so- ...

July 18, 2023
| by Vanguard Administrator

| (2) Comments

Read more
Monday Morning Thoughts: A Right to Housing Sounds Good…

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 15, 2023
| (14) Comments

Monday Morning Thoughts: A Right to Housing Sounds Good…

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor A right to housing? San Francisco Assemblymember Matt Haney is pr ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor A right to housing? San Francisco Assemblymember Matt Haney is proposing a constitutional amendment that would declare housing to be a fundamental human right i ...

May 15, 2023
| by David Greenwald

| (14) Comments

Read more
Cal Cities Urges the Court to Rule that SB 9 Unconstitutionally Interferes with Charter City Home Rule Authority

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: May 11, 2023
| 0 comments

Cal Cities Urges the Court to Rule that SB 9 Unconstitutionally Interferes with Charter City Home Rule Authority

Special to the Vanguard The League of California Cities filed an amicus brief last week urging the Los An ...

Special to the Vanguard The League of California Cities filed an amicus brief last week urging the Los Angeles County Superior Court to rule in favor of charter cities in an SB 9 (Atkins, 2021) lawsui ...

May 11, 2023
| by Vanguard Administrator

| 0 comments

Read more
Sunday Commentary: The Barriers to Housing Go Beyond CEQA Reform

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 30, 2023
| (11) Comments

Sunday Commentary: The Barriers to Housing Go Beyond CEQA Reform

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA – This week the San Diego Union-Tribune Editorial B ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA – This week the San Diego Union-Tribune Editorial Board put the blame for high home prices squarely on CEQA and the State Legislature. I won’t sa ...

April 30, 2023
| by David Greenwald

| (11) Comments

Read more
Atkins Introduces Legislation to Update SB 9

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 21, 2023
| 0 comments

Atkins Introduces Legislation to Update SB 9

Legislation Would Improve Access, Oversight for California HOME Act Special to the Vanguard Sacramento, C ...

Legislation Would Improve Access, Oversight for California HOME Act Special to the Vanguard Sacramento, CA – This week, Senate Leader Toni Atkins introduced legislation, SB 450, which would modify SB ...

March 21, 2023
| by David Greenwald

| 0 comments

Read more
Monday Morning Thoughts: State Sues Huntington Beach for Violating State Housing Laws

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 13, 2023
| (12) Comments

Monday Morning Thoughts: State Sues Huntington Beach for Violating State Housing Laws

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA – This is a case that the entire state is going to ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA – This is a case that the entire state is going to watch. Last week, the state—California Attorney General Rob Bonta, Governor Gavin Newsom, and ...

March 13, 2023
| by David Greenwald

| (12) Comments

Read more
AG Warns Huntington Beach about Potentially Violating Multiple Housing Laws

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: February 22, 2023
| 0 comments

AG Warns Huntington Beach about Potentially Violating Multiple Housing Laws

In separate letters, state officials put Huntington Beach on notice and urged its city council to reject ...

In separate letters, state officials put Huntington Beach on notice and urged its city council to reject a proposed moratorium on SB 9, SB 10, and ADU projects Special to the Vanguard Sacramento, CA – ...

February 22, 2023
| by Vanguard Administrator

| 0 comments

Read more
My View: Davis Needs to Do More to Promote Housing Solutions

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 18, 2023
| (32) Comments

My View: Davis Needs to Do More to Promote Housing Solutions

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – A few months ago, members of the city council includin ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – A few months ago, members of the city council including now-Mayor Will Arnold and Vice Mayor Josh Chapman suggested the need for the city and school ...

February 18, 2023
| by David Greenwald

| (32) Comments

Read more
Commentary: Seminal Housing Laws Really Haven’t Opened the Floodgates Despite Fears By Opponents and Hopes By Supporters

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 16, 2023
| (18) Comments

Commentary: Seminal Housing Laws Really Haven’t Opened the Floodgates Despite Fears By Opponents and Hopes By Supporters

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor I have taken the position that California is likely to fall short ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor I have taken the position that California is likely to fall short of its housing goals – especially on the affordable housing side of the ledger. In general, I a ...

February 16, 2023
| by David Greenwald

| (18) Comments

Read more
Sunday Commentary: Times Editorial Board Urges Patience on SB 9 Implementation

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 22, 2023
| 0 comments

Sunday Commentary: Times Editorial Board Urges Patience on SB 9 Implementation

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Last month we noted that, despite hopes and fears, SB 9 really has ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Last month we noted that, despite hopes and fears, SB 9 really hasn’t generated a huge amount of change so far. A report found that nothing has changed so far. ...

January 22, 2023
| by David Greenwald

| 0 comments

Read more
Commentary: Critics Complain That the Sky Is Falling Even As We Fall Well Short of Our Housing Needs

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 06, 2023
| (23) Comments

Commentary: Critics Complain That the Sky Is Falling Even As We Fall Well Short of Our Housing Needs

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA – California is facing a multipronged crisis—housin ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA – California is facing a multipronged crisis—housing, affordable housing and homelessness. Recent reports show a huge increase in homelessness ov ...

January 06, 2023
| by David Greenwald

| (23) Comments

Read more
Commentary: SB 9 So Far Has Not Changed Much – No Real Surprise

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 29, 2022
| (14) Comments

Commentary: SB 9 So Far Has Not Changed Much – No Real Surprise

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor A year ago, Governor Newsom signed into law SB 9. Critics feared ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor A year ago, Governor Newsom signed into law SB 9. Critics feared that SB 9 would destroy single-family neighborhoods while proponents hoped it would inspire new ...

December 29, 2022
| by David Greenwald

| (14) Comments

Read more
Commentary: Report from Terner Explores the Benefits and Barriers to Missing Middle Housing

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 22, 2022
| (11) Comments

Commentary: Report from Terner Explores the Benefits and Barriers to Missing Middle Housing

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor The “Missing Middle”—some believe this form of housing is the key ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor The “Missing Middle”—some believe this form of housing is the key to unwrapping the current housing crisis. Recently the Terner Center in Berkeley released a pa ...

December 22, 2022
| by David Greenwald

| (11) Comments

Read more
Commentary: Does Upzoning Hold Enough Promise to Alleviate California’s Housing Crisis?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 09, 2022
| (2) Comments

Commentary: Does Upzoning Hold Enough Promise to Alleviate California’s Housing Crisis?

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor In recent weeks, I have seen a number of people argue that we shou ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor In recent weeks, I have seen a number of people argue that we should be focused on infill rather than peripheral housing to solve our housing needs. The problem ...

September 09, 2022
| by David Greenwald

| (2) Comments

Read more
Monday Morning Thoughts: Columnist Cherry Picks Arguments to Attempt to Argue There Is No Housing Crisis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 25, 2022
| (18) Comments

Monday Morning Thoughts: Columnist Cherry Picks Arguments to Attempt to Argue There Is No Housing Crisis

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor In his recent column, Tom Elias takes shots at Sacramento Democrat ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor In his recent column, Tom Elias takes shots at Sacramento Democrats who have been attempting to alleviate the housing crisis through housing density laws like SB ...

July 25, 2022
| by David Greenwald

| (18) Comments

Read more
AG Defends State Housing Law Allowing Subdivision of Single-Family Lots

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: June 23, 2022
| 0 comments

AG Defends State Housing Law Allowing Subdivision of Single-Family Lots

By Vanguard Staff Oakland, CA - In March, four Southern California cities filed a lawsuit in the Los Ange ...

By Vanguard Staff Oakland, CA - In March, four Southern California cities filed a lawsuit in the Los Angeles Superior Court arguing that SB 9 is unconstitutional and asking the court to block the Atto ...

June 23, 2022
| by Vanguard Administrator

| 0 comments

Read more
Monday Morning Thoughts: Is NIMBYism Really on the Way Out?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 25, 2022
| (60) Comments

Monday Morning Thoughts: Is NIMBYism Really on the Way Out?

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Last week Josh Stephens of the California Planning and Development ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Last week Josh Stephens of the California Planning and Development Report argued, “NIMBYism has had a good run: a good, multi-million-dollar fun for many million ...

April 25, 2022
| by David Greenwald

| (60) Comments

Read more
Sunday Commentary: Cities Are Resisting New Duplex Housing Law – Will It Have Enough Teeth to Survive?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 17, 2022
| (9) Comments

Sunday Commentary: Cities Are Resisting New Duplex Housing Law – Will It Have Enough Teeth to Survive?

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA – If you want to understand why we remain in a seve ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA – If you want to understand why we remain in a severe housing crisis in California, look no further than a CalMatters article from earlier in the ...

April 17, 2022
| by David Greenwald

| (9) Comments

Read more
My View: Initiative Rollback of State Housing Changes Pushed Back Until at Least 2024

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 19, 2022
| (3) Comments

My View: Initiative Rollback of State Housing Changes Pushed Back Until at Least 2024

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA – The big news this week has been the fallout from ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA – The big news this week has been the fallout from a lower court decision on enrollment at UC Berkeley, and the unanimous action of the Berkeley C ...

February 19, 2022
| by David Greenwald

| (3) Comments

Read more
My View: Latest Housing Crisis News Is Not Good and Getting Worse

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 11, 2021
| (26) Comments

My View: Latest Housing Crisis News Is Not Good and Getting Worse

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor The latest batch of articles this week on the California Housing C ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor The latest batch of articles this week on the California Housing Crisis, do not provide us with encouraging news. MSNBC on Friday reported, “Immediate relief fro ...

December 11, 2021
| by David Greenwald

| (26) Comments

Read more

Newsletter Sign-Up

Monthly Subscriber Sign-Up