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West Village Expansion to Start Construction

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 14, 2018
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West Village Expansion to Start Construction

By Andy Fell Construction of the West Village Expansion student housing project at the University of Cali ...

By Andy Fell Construction of the West Village Expansion student housing project at the University of California, Davis, is set to begin before the winter holiday, with a formal groundbreaking ceremony ...

December 14, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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U-Mall Redevelopment Has Scoping Meeting, Analysis of the Parking Plan

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 06, 2018
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U-Mall Redevelopment Has Scoping Meeting, Analysis of the Parking Plan

On Wednesday, developers for the University Mall Redevelopment project held a scoping meeting in advance ...

On Wednesday, developers for the University Mall Redevelopment project held a scoping meeting in advance of their EIR. The comment period of the NOP closes on Monday, December 17, 2018 and any commen ...

December 06, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Council to Extend Interim Affordable Housing Ordinance; Will Look into Vertical Mixed-Use

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 28, 2018
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Council to Extend Interim Affordable Housing Ordinance; Will Look into Vertical Mixed-Use

The Davis City Council became the third entity in the last two weeks to look at the city’s affordable hou ...

The Davis City Council became the third entity in the last two weeks to look at the city’s affordable housing ordinance. Ultimately, they followed staff recommendations by keeping the 15 percent inte ...

November 28, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Where Does Affordable Housing Go from Here?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 21, 2018
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Commentary: Where Does Affordable Housing Go from Here?

There was a good discussion at the Social Services Commission on Affordable Housing. Affordable Housing ...

There was a good discussion at the Social Services Commission on Affordable Housing. Affordable Housing is in no danger of going away in Davis anytime soon. Not with the rising costs of housing and ...

November 21, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Social Services Commission Recommends Sticking with Interim Ordinance, Wants to Eliminate Vertical Mixed Use Exemption to Affordable Housing

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 20, 2018
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Social Services Commission Recommends Sticking with Interim Ordinance, Wants to Eliminate Vertical Mixed Use Exemption to Affordable Housing

The Social Services commission was tasked with making recommendations on the Affordable Housing Ordinance ...

The Social Services commission was tasked with making recommendations on the Affordable Housing Ordinance just as the Planning Commission had done last week. After a long and structured conversation ...

November 20, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: I Support AFSCME Workers on Strike, and Students

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: October 23, 2018
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Guest Commentary: I Support AFSCME Workers on Strike, and Students

By Sean Raycraft A few weeks ago, I signed on to a letter with some student leaders regarding AFSCME 3299 ...

By Sean Raycraft A few weeks ago, I signed on to a letter with some student leaders regarding AFSCME 3299’s decision to sue the UC Regents. The letter used some excessive and needlessly provocative la ...

October 23, 2018
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Renters Still Face Challenges in Davis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 22, 2018
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Renters Still Face Challenges in Davis

The other day I was purchasing some food at Safeway after dropping off my kids at school and saw, in the ...

The other day I was purchasing some food at Safeway after dropping off my kids at school and saw, in the car next me, a nice college-aged couple asleep in the front seat of their vehicle. On Sunday, ...

October 22, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Workforce Housing and the Politics of “Not This”

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 21, 2018
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Sunday Commentary: Workforce Housing and the Politics of “Not This”

A point I made earlier this week is that after getting badly beaten on up on various projects over the ye ...

A point I made earlier this week is that after getting badly beaten on up on various projects over the years, developers have learned to address some of the concerns to which they were vulnerable and ...

October 21, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Plaza 2555 Responds to Feedback, Shifting Away from Student Housing

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 14, 2018
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Sunday Commentary: Plaza 2555 Responds to Feedback, Shifting Away from Student Housing

Plaza 2555 goes before the council and a big question with it has always been – what type of housing is i ...

Plaza 2555 goes before the council and a big question with it has always been – what type of housing is it going to be? From the start, despite the word of critics, this wasn’t simply going to be ano ...

October 14, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Council Asked to Approve an Evolving Plaza 2555

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 13, 2018
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Council Asked to Approve an Evolving Plaza 2555

Plaza 2555 is a triangular-shaped parcel of land across the street from Playfields Park and down the stre ...

Plaza 2555 is a triangular-shaped parcel of land across the street from Playfields Park and down the street from Davis Diamonds and the soon-to-be built Hyatt House Hotel. The 7.3 acre property locat ...

October 13, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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My View: Students Growing Frustrated over Housing Holdups

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 06, 2018
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My View: Students Growing Frustrated over Housing Holdups

There have been developments that have looked like progress this year on student housing issues. Now in ...

There have been developments that have looked like progress this year on student housing issues. Now in 2018, Sterling Apartments broke ground in the last few weeks, putting it on track for a project ...

October 06, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: The Legislature, Student Housing and Affordable Housing

Posted by Matt Williams
|Date: October 05, 2018
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Guest Commentary: The Legislature, Student Housing and Affordable Housing

By Matt Williams On Tuesday, October 2nd I posted a comment that described the circumstances that caused ...

By Matt Williams On Tuesday, October 2nd I posted a comment that described the circumstances that caused City Council to modify the Affordable Housing Ordinance in February earlier this year. That co ...

October 05, 2018
| by Matt Williams

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Lawsuit Angers Student Housing Advocates

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 01, 2018
| (22) Comments

Monday Morning Thoughts: Lawsuit Angers Student Housing Advocates

Just when it seemed like we were on the verge of solving the student housing crisis, another lawsuit popp ...

Just when it seemed like we were on the verge of solving the student housing crisis, another lawsuit popped up – this time filed by AFSCME (American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees ...

October 01, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: City Lands a Key Agreement from UC Davis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 28, 2018
| (5) Comments

Commentary: City Lands a Key Agreement from UC Davis

We have been skeptical of a notion of an agreement with UC Davis – in part because we believed that the p ...

We have been skeptical of a notion of an agreement with UC Davis – in part because we believed that the process to get to that point would be confrontational. Instead, it was almost a matter of cours ...

September 28, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Another Davis Renter Story

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 28, 2018
| (14) Comments

Another Davis Renter Story

Eric Gudz on Tuesday gave another account from a Davis renter. Reading to the council during public comme ...

Eric Gudz on Tuesday gave another account from a Davis renter. Reading to the council during public comment: “A landlord asked me to vacate because she was bad at managing money and couldn’t afford to ...

September 28, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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UC Davis Releases Recommendations for Affordable Student Housing

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 27, 2018
| (2) Comments

UC Davis Releases Recommendations for Affordable Student Housing

On Wednesday, UC Davis released its recommendations of three task forces that addressed basic student nee ...

On Wednesday, UC Davis released its recommendations of three task forces that addressed basic student needs including affordable student housing, food security and mental health care. “It’s imperative ...

September 27, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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City, County, UC Davis Agree to MOU on Student Housing Commitments

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 26, 2018
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City, County, UC Davis Agree to MOU on Student Housing Commitments

On Tuesday, all three agencies jointly announced that the city, county and UC Davis "have agreed to a leg ...

On Tuesday, all three agencies jointly announced that the city, county and UC Davis "have agreed to a legally binding memorandum of understanding (MOU) on a series of shared goals and commitments to i ...

September 26, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Sacramento Mayor Backs Temporary Rent Control – Should We?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 05, 2018
| (20) Comments

Commentary: Sacramento Mayor Backs Temporary Rent Control – Should We?

On Tuesday, Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg supported a temporary rent control measure. In a blog ent ...

On Tuesday, Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg supported a temporary rent control measure. In a blog entry (here), he made it “clear that I do not favor permanent rent control…” Instead, he argued t ...

September 05, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Round and Round We Go on Plaza 2555 – Mega-Dorms Reconstituted or Needed Rental Housing?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 04, 2018
| (21) Comments

Commentary: Round and Round We Go on Plaza 2555 – Mega-Dorms Reconstituted or Needed Rental Housing?

Round and round we went yesterday on the issue of Plaza 2555. I think it’s important to separate fact fr ...

Round and round we went yesterday on the issue of Plaza 2555. I think it’s important to separate fact from opinion. We all have lots of opinions and it is okay to differ on them. However, when we a ...

September 04, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Why Plaza 2555 Is Being Attacked as a Student Housing Project Is Not Clear

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 03, 2018
| (35) Comments

Monday Morning Thoughts: Why Plaza 2555 Is Being Attacked as a Student Housing Project Is Not Clear

Last week Plaza 2555 went to the Davis Planning Commission, and the project got forwarded to council with ...

Last week Plaza 2555 went to the Davis Planning Commission, and the project got forwarded to council with a recommendation that the project is CEQA-exempt, and for approval with a General Plan amendme ...

September 03, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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