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Students Voice Critical Need for Affordable Housing In Town Hall Meeting

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: April 20, 2018
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Students Voice Critical Need for Affordable Housing In Town Hall Meeting

Students and Community Members Express Frustration Regarding Lack of Housing Construction by Town and Uni ...

Students and Community Members Express Frustration Regarding Lack of Housing Construction by Town and University By Jenean Docter Wednesday night, the Davis Vanguard hosted a community town hall meeti ...

April 20, 2018
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Commentary: UCD Has Pledged It, Will It Get Built?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 18, 2018
| (1) Comment

Commentary: UCD Has Pledged It, Will It Get Built?

Tonight is the night of the Vanguard’s Student Housing Townhall meeting from 7 to 9 in the big room at Da ...

Tonight is the night of the Vanguard’s Student Housing Townhall meeting from 7 to 9 in the big room at Davis Community Church. The event is free and open to the public. When the Vanguard first set th ...

April 18, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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LRDP Release to Cover 48 Percent of Student Enrollment with On-Campus Housing

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 14, 2018
| (17) Comments

LRDP Release to Cover 48 Percent of Student Enrollment with On-Campus Housing

It has been a long process which first began in late 2015, but on Friday the university released its Long ...

It has been a long process which first began in late 2015, but on Friday the university released its Long Range Development Plan (LRDP) along with its Draft EIR to assess the potential environmental i ...

April 14, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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UCD Moves Forward with Plans to Add Capacity for 5200 Beds in the Next Six Years

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 17, 2018
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UCD Moves Forward with Plans to Add Capacity for 5200 Beds in the Next Six Years

This week, UC Davis approved a budget and design for replacement of Emerson Hall, a residence hall at the ...

This week, UC Davis approved a budget and design for replacement of Emerson Hall, a residence hall at the University of California, Davis. They also received an overview of UC Davis’ plans for student ...

March 17, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Creating Affordability for Student Housing in the Community and on Campus

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 20, 2018
| (68) Comments

Commentary: Creating Affordability for Student Housing in the Community and on Campus

Last month UC Davis, after 17 months of holding out at 6200 additional beds over the next decade, finally ...

Last month UC Davis, after 17 months of holding out at 6200 additional beds over the next decade, finally agreed to increase their on-campus allotment to 8500. While that number falls still a little ...

February 20, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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UC Davis’ West Village Is the Obvious Net Zero Carbon Model for Proposed “Mega-dorms” in Davis. Is the City on Board?

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: January 16, 2018
| (12) Comments

UC Davis’ West Village Is the Obvious Net Zero Carbon Model for Proposed “Mega-dorms” in Davis. Is the City on Board?

By Gerry Braun According to UC Davis, “West Village is the largest planned zero net energy community in t ...

By Gerry Braun According to UC Davis, “West Village is the largest planned zero net energy community in the United States.” Because its annual energy consumption is roughly matched by solar electrici ...

January 16, 2018
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Monday Morning Thoughts: New Rental Housing Supply is the Best Rent Control We Can Provide

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 15, 2018
| (46) Comments

Monday Morning Thoughts: New Rental Housing Supply is the Best Rent Control We Can Provide

Last week, state legislation that could have repealed a law that prohibits cities and counties from imple ...

Last week, state legislation that could have repealed a law that prohibits cities and counties from implementing most new rent control measures died after four members of the Assembly Housing and Comm ...

January 15, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Developer Named for UC Davis Housing Projects

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: September 28, 2017
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Developer Named for UC Davis Housing Projects

(From UC Davis University News Service) - UC Davis has selected University Student Living of New Jersey t ...

(From UC Davis University News Service) - UC Davis has selected University Student Living of New Jersey to enter exclusive negotiations to develop two major housing projects on campus, at Orchard Park ...

September 28, 2017
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Sunday Commentary: Housing Crisis Not Just Driven by UC Davis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 10, 2017
| (39) Comments

Sunday Commentary: Housing Crisis Not Just Driven by UC Davis

A tidal wave is building and it is difficult to know how it will end up impacting Davis. Across the stat ...

A tidal wave is building and it is difficult to know how it will end up impacting Davis. Across the state, attention is being focused on a statewide housing crisis. The state legislature, led by aff ...

September 10, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: UCD’s Announcement Changes Little

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 04, 2017
| (10) Comments

Sunday Commentary: UCD’s Announcement Changes Little

When the UC Davis housing announcement came out at 2 pm on a Friday afternoon – I was a bit perplexed. U ...

When the UC Davis housing announcement came out at 2 pm on a Friday afternoon – I was a bit perplexed. Usually you release information on a Friday afternoon that you want to bury in the news cycle. ...

June 04, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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UCD Releases Plans to Build Housing for 2700 Students as County Considers Resolution for 100/50 Plan

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 03, 2017
| (18) Comments

UCD Releases Plans to Build Housing for 2700 Students as County Considers Resolution for 100/50 Plan

On Friday afternoon UC Davis released a plan showing it is seeking to build housing to provide more than ...

On Friday afternoon UC Davis released a plan showing it is seeking to build housing to provide more than 2,775 beds, for students with families as well as graduate and transfer students, to open by 20 ...

June 03, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Another View of the LRDP Process

Posted by Dan Carson
|Date: December 10, 2016
| (5) Comments

Another View of the LRDP Process

by Dan Carson I have reviewed the draft “LRDP Interests Framework” that you will be discussing on Tuesday ...

by Dan Carson I have reviewed the draft “LRDP Interests Framework” that you will be discussing on Tuesday. My comments are not intended to represent the views of the Finance and Budget Commission, of ...

December 10, 2016
| by Dan Carson

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Analysis: Are There Formal Restrictions on UCD Growth to the West?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 29, 2016
| (8) Comments

Analysis: Are There Formal Restrictions on UCD Growth to the West?

Last week the Vanguard, following up on reader feedback, attempted to determine if there was an agreement ...

Last week the Vanguard, following up on reader feedback, attempted to determine if there was an agreement that formally precluded the university from developing to the west from West Village. Accordin ...

November 29, 2016
| by David Greenwald

| (8) Comments

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Monday Morning Thoughts: How Much of a Solution Can West Village Be?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 21, 2016
| (51) Comments

Monday Morning Thoughts: How Much of a Solution Can West Village Be?

Currently the university is planning to increase density on the West Village site. On its “Campus Tomorr ...

Currently the university is planning to increase density on the West Village site. On its “Campus Tomorrow” page, UC Davis notes that in 2014-15 West Village accommodated about 2,000 people. They wr ...

November 21, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: The University’s LRDP and Russell Fields Conundrum

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 07, 2016
| (13) Comments

Commentary: The University’s LRDP and Russell Fields Conundrum

UC Davis, pressured by some in the community to provide more housing, made an unfortunate decision to pro ...

UC Davis, pressured by some in the community to provide more housing, made an unfortunate decision to propose housing along Russell Boulevard as a way to help meet that housing demand. In some respec ...

October 07, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: How Should the City Approach Student Housing?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 23, 2016
| (42) Comments

Commentary: How Should the City Approach Student Housing?

Yesterday’s article (Analysis: Additional Campus Housing Will Help but Will Not Solve Housing Problems) a ...

Yesterday’s article (Analysis: Additional Campus Housing Will Help but Will Not Solve Housing Problems) attempted to analyze the revisions to the Long Range Development Plan (LRDP) put forward by UC D ...

September 23, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Why Housing is a Bad Idea on Russell Fields

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 01, 2016
| (291) Comments

Commentary: Why Housing is a Bad Idea on Russell Fields

On Tuesday night a number of neighbors and other community members came to public comment to oppose the i ...

On Tuesday night a number of neighbors and other community members came to public comment to oppose the idea of the university building housing along Russell Boulevard over existing sports fields. Thi ...

September 01, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Discussion: Put Housing on Campus, but Not There

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 27, 2016
| (134) Comments

Discussion: Put Housing on Campus, but Not There

There is an overwhelming sentiment that UC Davis needs to put a much larger percentage of housing on camp ...

There is an overwhelming sentiment that UC Davis needs to put a much larger percentage of housing on campus than they currently provide. The view is that the university is driving the current rental ...

July 27, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts I: UC-City of Davis Housing Issue is Ground Zero

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 25, 2016
| (24) Comments

Monday Morning Thoughts I: UC-City of Davis Housing Issue is Ground Zero

Those who are supportive of a General Plan update need to understand where this process is most likely to ...

Those who are supportive of a General Plan update need to understand where this process is most likely to fall apart. Yesterday’s Sunday Commentary asked five specific questions, but the only question ...

July 25, 2016
| by David Greenwald

| (24) Comments

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UC Davis to Build 1st 50 Homes for Faculty and Staff at West Village by 2018

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: July 13, 2016
| (13) Comments

UC Davis to Build 1st 50 Homes for Faculty and Staff at West Village by 2018

By BreAnda Northcutt UC Davis announced that it will re-engage with its plan to build housing units for f ...

By BreAnda Northcutt UC Davis announced that it will re-engage with its plan to build housing units for faculty and staff in West Village, a planned zero-net-energy community that sits on university p ...

July 13, 2016
| by Vanguard Administrator

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