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Sunday Commentary: Where Land Use and Fiscal Clash, We Lose

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 28, 2016
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Sunday Commentary: Where Land Use and Fiscal Clash, We Lose

On Wednesday, opponents of a proposed new hotel on Cowell Boulevard pushed back that the benefits of the ...

On Wednesday, opponents of a proposed new hotel on Cowell Boulevard pushed back that the benefits of the hotel are not site specific and would apply to any location in the city. While true on its fac ...

August 28, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Analysis: A Look at the Fiscal Analysis of Davis Hotels

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 27, 2016
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Analysis: A Look at the Fiscal Analysis of Davis Hotels

Coming out of the planning commission meeting, it was obvious that there is serious neighborhood concern ...

Coming out of the planning commission meeting, it was obvious that there is serious neighborhood concern regarding the location of the proposed Hyatt House hotel. The interesting dynamic was that the ...

August 27, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: On the Potential of a General Plan Amendment Supporting Hotels

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 26, 2016
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Commentary: On the Potential of a General Plan Amendment Supporting Hotels

A commenter on the Vanguard yesterday made an interesting observation that it appears that the staff is r ...

A commenter on the Vanguard yesterday made an interesting observation that it appears that the staff is recommending a General Plan Amendment. The commenter noted: "The most interesting thing that cam ...

August 26, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Are We Fiddling While Rome Burns?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 23, 2016
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Commentary: Are We Fiddling While Rome Burns?

On Monday it was interesting to note that the Vanguard article on land use, which attempted to fact-check ...

On Monday it was interesting to note that the Vanguard article on land use, which attempted to fact-check some of the neighbors’ concerns regarding the proposed Hyatt House, generated over 250 comment ...

August 23, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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What Does the City’s Comprehensive Annual Financial Report Tell Us about the Health of the Hotel Market in Davis?

Posted by Matt Williams
|Date: August 22, 2016
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What Does the City’s Comprehensive Annual Financial Report Tell Us about the Health of the Hotel Market in Davis?

By Matt Williams In all of the Vanguard dialogue about the Hyatt House project, to date there has been ve ...

By Matt Williams In all of the Vanguard dialogue about the Hyatt House project, to date there has been very little discussion about the fiscal viability/sustainability of the project. As a member of ...

August 22, 2016
| by Matt Williams

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Staff Recommends Planning Commission Approval of Hyatt Hotel Project

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 20, 2016
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Staff Recommends Planning Commission Approval of Hyatt Hotel Project

City staff is recommending that the planning commission approve a proposed Hyatt House hotel project in S ...

City staff is recommending that the planning commission approve a proposed Hyatt House hotel project in South Davis, when it meets on Wednesday, August 24. This is one of two extended stay hotel prop ...

August 20, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Hitting Reset on the Hyatt Hotel Discussion

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 18, 2016
| (168) Comments

Commentary: Hitting Reset on the Hyatt Hotel Discussion

On Wednesday, the Vanguard had a discussion with the initiator of the petition against the Hyatt hotel pr ...

On Wednesday, the Vanguard had a discussion with the initiator of the petition against the Hyatt hotel proposal. The petitioners wish to remain anonymous until next week’s Planning Commission meeting ...

August 18, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Troubling Rhetoric on the Hyatt Hotel

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 16, 2016
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Commentary: Troubling Rhetoric on the Hyatt Hotel

While there was vigorous discussion in yesterday’s article on the Hyatt House application, no one seemed ...

While there was vigorous discussion in yesterday’s article on the Hyatt House application, no one seemed to pick up the troublesome comment that emerged on the Change.org petition. The first listing u ...

August 16, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Should Neighbors Dictate Time and Place Restrictions on Community Needs?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 15, 2016
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Should Neighbors Dictate Time and Place Restrictions on Community Needs?

A group of neighbors have posted a Change.org petition asking the council not to approve zoning changes t ...

A group of neighbors have posted a Change.org petition asking the council not to approve zoning changes that would allow a proposed four-story, 120-room Hyatt House Hotel to be built along the I-80 fr ...

August 15, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Why is Davis’ Sales Tax Per Capita So Low?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 02, 2016
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Commentary: Why is Davis’ Sales Tax Per Capita So Low?

It comes as little surprise to the informed observer that Davis’ sales tax per capita is much smaller tha ...

It comes as little surprise to the informed observer that Davis’ sales tax per capita is much smaller than that of other comparable communities. Of that sales tax, a large percentage is generated by ...

August 02, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Economic Development Series: Davis as a Destination? Why Not?

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: May 16, 2016
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Economic Development Series: Davis as a Destination? Why Not?

By Alan Humason As executive director of the Yolo County Visitors Bureau, I was cheered to read Mayor Pro ...

By Alan Humason As executive director of the Yolo County Visitors Bureau, I was cheered to read Mayor Pro Tem Robb Davis’s thoughtful editorial that kicked off this series about economic development i ...

May 16, 2016
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Commentary: Can Davis Get Out of Its Own Way?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 17, 2016
| (88) Comments

Commentary: Can Davis Get Out of Its Own Way?

Last month when the council was postponing putting the soda tax measure on the ballot, Councilmember Roch ...

Last month when the council was postponing putting the soda tax measure on the ballot, Councilmember Rochelle Swanson made a comment that intrigued, stating, “I was very inspired by the Raise the Wage ...

March 17, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Council Weighs How To Proceed on Hotels

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 16, 2016
| (2) Comments

Council Weighs How To Proceed on Hotels

The city commissioned HVS Consulting & Valuation to do an analysis of the hotel market. It analyzed t ...

The city commissioned HVS Consulting & Valuation to do an analysis of the hotel market. It analyzed the existing room supply and the addition of Embassy Suites as the baseline and concluded that “ ...

March 16, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Consultant Report Suggests City Slow Down on Additional Hotels

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 11, 2016
| (12) Comments

Consultant Report Suggests City Slow Down on Additional Hotels

Back in December, the Vanguard – citing projections from PKF Consulting, which was privately commissioned ...

Back in December, the Vanguard – citing projections from PKF Consulting, which was privately commissioned to do a study on the market demand analysis – published an article suggesting that hotels migh ...

March 11, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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My View: Parks-Only Tax a Bad Idea

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 30, 2016
| (13) Comments

My View: Parks-Only Tax a Bad Idea

When the Davis City Council met in December, by a 3-2 vote they asked staff to return with options for a ...

When the Davis City Council met in December, by a 3-2 vote they asked staff to return with options for a potential transient occupancy tax (TOT), a potential parcel tax and/or a potential sugar-sweete ...

January 30, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Frerichs Launches Reelection Bid to a Good Crowd at Odd Fellows Hall

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 24, 2016
| (28) Comments

Frerichs Launches Reelection Bid to a Good Crowd at Odd Fellows Hall

It was a large gathering, well exceeding 100 people. In the audience were some of the top elected officia ...

It was a large gathering, well exceeding 100 people. In the audience were some of the top elected officials in the area, from Senator Lois Wolk and Assemblymember Bill Dodd, to both of Davis’ Yolo Cou ...

January 24, 2016
| by David Greenwald

| (28) Comments

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Sunday Commentary: Why Aren’t Anti-Tax Crusaders Leading the Way on Economic Development?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 24, 2016
| (23) Comments

Sunday Commentary: Why Aren’t Anti-Tax Crusaders Leading the Way on Economic Development?

It is that time in the election cycle, and the Davis City Council is very shortly going to be figuring wa ...

It is that time in the election cycle, and the Davis City Council is very shortly going to be figuring ways to raise revenue. It may well be multiple measures. The Transient Occupancy Tax (TOT) may on ...

January 24, 2016
| by David Greenwald

| (23) Comments

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Are New Hotels Really the Key to New City Revenue? Existing Hotel Owners Skeptical

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 04, 2016
| (2) Comments

Are New Hotels Really the Key to New City Revenue? Existing Hotel Owners Skeptical

In early December, the Vanguard ran a story, “Can Hotels Be the Short-Term Revenue Fix That the City Need ...

In early December, the Vanguard ran a story, “Can Hotels Be the Short-Term Revenue Fix That the City Needs?” Citing projections from PKF Consulting, which was privately commissioned to do a study on t ...

January 04, 2016
| by David Greenwald

| (2) Comments

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Vanguard Commentary: Potential Revenue Measures Are Now A Mess

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 01, 2016
| (23) Comments

Vanguard Commentary: Potential Revenue Measures Are Now A Mess

At the last city council meeting, city staff presented a report that showed the city is spending about $1 ...

At the last city council meeting, city staff presented a report that showed the city is spending about $10 million less on infrastructure on an ongoing basis than it needs to do. These include everyth ...

January 01, 2016
| by David Greenwald

| (23) Comments

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