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Commentary: Maybe ‘By Right’ Development Can in Fact Get Us Out of the Housing Crisis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 14, 2023
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Commentary: Maybe ‘By Right’ Development Can in Fact Get Us Out of the Housing Crisis

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – I was pleasantly surprised this week to see the propos ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – I was pleasantly surprised this week to see the proposal for Fourth and G, at 20 percent affordable, for a vertical mixed-use project in the downtown ...

June 14, 2023
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Is It Really Mostly about Zoning?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 08, 2022
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Is It Really Mostly about Zoning?

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Record high housing prices. Shortages of both for sale and rental ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Record high housing prices. Shortages of both for sale and rental housing. M. Nolan Gray, the research director for California YIMBY and a professional city pl ...

August 08, 2022
| by David Greenwald

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Report Details Potential Effects of Sacramento Region Single-Family-Only Zoning; Lists Davis as Influential Factor

Posted by Ramneet Singh
|Date: July 18, 2022
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Report Details Potential Effects of Sacramento Region Single-Family-Only Zoning; Lists Davis as Influential Factor

By Ramneet Singh BERKELEY, CA – In a July 13 report, the Othering and Belonging Institute found correlati ...

By Ramneet Singh BERKELEY, CA – In a July 13 report, the Othering and Belonging Institute found correlations based on high levels of single-family-only zoning, and future advantages or disadvantages o ...

July 18, 2022
| by Ramneet Singh

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Sunday Commentary: Rothstein, the Housing Issue, and Discrimination in Davis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 24, 2019
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Sunday Commentary: Rothstein, the Housing Issue, and Discrimination in Davis

We have seen a lot of side issues in Davis this year – from traffic congestion created on Mace to the iss ...

We have seen a lot of side issues in Davis this year – from traffic congestion created on Mace to the issue of the homeless respite center and more. But this week was a reminder that, at the core, the ...

November 24, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Progressive Boomers Blocking Housing Fixes – Part of a New Generational Struggle

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 14, 2019
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Sunday Commentary: Progressive Boomers Blocking Housing Fixes – Part of a New Generational Struggle

A few days ago, the Huffington Post ran a lengthy article that found, “Progressive Boomers Are Making It ...

A few days ago, the Huffington Post ran a lengthy article that found, “Progressive Boomers Are Making It Impossible For Cities To Fix The Housing Crisis,” and “Residents of wealthy neighborhoods are t ...

July 14, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Is the Elimination of Single-Family Zoning the Answer?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 19, 2019
| (31) Comments

Commentary: Is the Elimination of Single-Family Zoning the Answer?

Senator Scott Wiener could not get his zoning changes through the legislature – yet – but as a couple of ...

Senator Scott Wiener could not get his zoning changes through the legislature – yet – but as a couple of recent articles that appeared in the New York Times over the last week demonstrate, it might be ...

June 19, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: We Can Blame the Judge If He Gets the Law Wrong

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 30, 2019
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Commentary: We Can Blame the Judge If He Gets the Law Wrong

In a recent column that has attracted some attention, Bob Dunning argues that Judge Samuel McAdam ruled c ...

In a recent column that has attracted some attention, Bob Dunning argues that Judge Samuel McAdam ruled correctly on Trackside and suggests that the city ought not “blame the judge for the law.” My pr ...

May 30, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Analysis: Will the Judge Reverse Himself on Trackside?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 17, 2019
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Analysis: Will the Judge Reverse Himself on Trackside?

It was a tale of two tentative rulings – a few weeks apart a judge ruled for the city on Lincoln40, while ...

It was a tale of two tentative rulings – a few weeks apart a judge ruled for the city on Lincoln40, while a separate judge ruled against the city on Trackside. It goes to show you how important the ju ...

April 17, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Will Judge Reconsider Trackside Tentative Ruling Based on FAR Arguments?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 16, 2019
| (26) Comments

Will Judge Reconsider Trackside Tentative Ruling Based on FAR Arguments?

Last month, Judge Sam McAdam ruled against the city and for the plaintiffs on the challenge by the Old Ea ...

Last month, Judge Sam McAdam ruled against the city and for the plaintiffs on the challenge by the Old East Davis Neighborhood Association to the Trackside approval. The city disagreed with the rulin ...

April 16, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: The Council as Decision-Maker on Project Proposals and Design-Guidelines

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 01, 2017
| (19) Comments

Commentary: The Council as Decision-Maker on Project Proposals and Design-Guidelines

Last week the Planning Commission approved the application for Trackside but rejected the Initial Study a ...

Last week the Planning Commission approved the application for Trackside but rejected the Initial Study and Design Review. The city just announced this week that the council will now take up the prop ...

September 01, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Council Approves B Street Infill Project

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 19, 2017
| (30) Comments

Council Approves B Street Infill Project

The Davis City Council was not happy to have to weigh in on the B Street infill project. Several of them ...

The Davis City Council was not happy to have to weigh in on the B Street infill project. Several of them specifically noted that the project met the zoning requirements and they didn’t understand why ...

July 19, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Did the Planning Commission Abuse Their Discretion in Rejecting the B St Project?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 16, 2017
| (30) Comments

Sunday Commentary: Did the Planning Commission Abuse Their Discretion in Rejecting the B St Project?

As the Vanguard reported on Friday, city staff is recommending that the Davis City Council reverse the ac ...

As the Vanguard reported on Friday, city staff is recommending that the Davis City Council reverse the actions of the Davis Planning Commission taken on June 14, arguing that the Planning Commission “ ...

July 16, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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My View: Is It Time to Rethink How Our Land Use Policies Intersect with Our Purported Values?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 15, 2017
| (20) Comments

My View: Is It Time to Rethink How Our Land Use Policies Intersect with Our Purported Values?

In June of 2016, Davis voters narrowly voted for Bernie Sanders who received 54.5 percent of the vote aga ...

In June of 2016, Davis voters narrowly voted for Bernie Sanders who received 54.5 percent of the vote against Hillary Clinton’s 45 percent. By November, the Davis voters overwhelmingly rejected the m ...

July 15, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Commercial Cannabis Ordinance Comes before Council

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 19, 2017
| 0 comments

Commercial Cannabis Ordinance Comes before Council

Yesterday, on May 18, 2017, the city of Davis ordinance for personal use and cultivation of cannabis, bot ...

Yesterday, on May 18, 2017, the city of Davis ordinance for personal use and cultivation of cannabis, both indoor and outdoor, became effective after it was adopted by council a month ago. Under consi ...

May 19, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Bicycle, Transportation, and Street Safety Commission questions Sterling 2100 Fifth Street towers.

Posted by Don Sherman
|Date: November 09, 2016
| (1) Comment

Bicycle, Transportation, and Street Safety Commission questions Sterling 2100 Fifth Street towers.

We were gratified, last month to witness an impressively large turnout for Planning and Traffic Commissio ...

We were gratified, last month to witness an impressively large turnout for Planning and Traffic Commission meetings considering the Sterling/2100 Fifth Street Environmental Impact Report. About 24 cit ...

November 09, 2016
| by Don Sherman

| (1) Comment

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Guest Commentary: Why the Hyatt House Proposal Should Be Rejected by the Davis City Council

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: October 31, 2016
| (83) Comments

Guest Commentary: Why the Hyatt House Proposal Should Be Rejected by the Davis City Council

by Carl Boyd, Alan Pryor, Lisa Sanders, Gregg Schwab, Levi Souza, and Carol & Tennis Tollefson (all R ...

by Carl Boyd, Alan Pryor, Lisa Sanders, Gregg Schwab, Levi Souza, and Carol & Tennis Tollefson (all Rosecreek neighborhood residents) Introduction – We are a group of residents living in the Rosec ...

October 31, 2016
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Guest Commentary: What Does the Zoning Say?

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: October 29, 2016
| (12) Comments

Guest Commentary: What Does the Zoning Say?

By Mark West We have had a number of discussions here on the Davis Vanguard (DV) about proposed developme ...

By Mark West We have had a number of discussions here on the Davis Vanguard (DV) about proposed development projects, and how those projects fit with the intended land uses as spelled out in the Gener ...

October 29, 2016
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Analysis: Growth Control and Inequality

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 05, 2016
| (31) Comments

Analysis: Growth Control and Inequality

On Sunday, the New York Times published an article, “How Anti-Growth Sentiment, Reflected in Zoning Laws, ...

On Sunday, the New York Times published an article, “How Anti-Growth Sentiment, Reflected in Zoning Laws, Thwarts Equality.” The article is a reminder that, while Davis has more extreme policies, it ...

July 05, 2016
| by David Greenwald

| (31) Comments

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Sunday Commentary: The Object Lessons of Davis Diamonds

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 25, 2015
| (22) Comments

Sunday Commentary: The Object Lessons of Davis Diamonds

Davis Diamonds owners Hilde Aune and James Major write in a letter published in the local paper that, on ...

Davis Diamonds owners Hilde Aune and James Major write in a letter published in the local paper that, on January 15, “Davis Diamonds Gymnastics was granted a temporary permit to occupy our new gymnasi ...

January 25, 2015
| by David Greenwald

| (22) Comments

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