Op-ed | How to Get Village Farms Right
The proposed Village Farms development at Pole Line Road and East Covell Boulevard is a missed opportunity to create a vibrant, mixed-use district that would meet... Read more.
Op-ed | Long Term Planning: Corridor Development Beats Sprawl
By following a "Corridor densification" strategy, cities can increase their housing supply by 84% while only increasing their footprint by 7.3%, creating a more... Read more.
Op-ed | What Good Urban Planning Looks Like
The Davis Citizens Planning Group is advocating for a shift from the traditional monocentric city model to a hierarchy of centers, which would spread housing, services,... Read more.
Op-Ed | Myths, Misconceptions, and Misinformation Used to Push the Poor Choices We’re Handed by Measure J/R/D
Measure J/R/D is a simple voting system that has led to poor choices, while a community-driven amendment could provide a better solution to addressing the housing... Read more.
Op-Ed | This Graph Illustrates the Story of Measure J Perfectly
This is going to be a short article, because the data speaks for itself. The sources for...... Read more.
Op-ED | The Only Thing Worse than Measure J Is NO Measure J
Measure J, an anti-growth ordinance intended to prevent urban sprawl, has been successful in slowing down development in Davis, but it has also led to the prioritization... Read more.
Guest Commentary: Davis Citizens Planning Group Comments Submitted on Village Farms Draft EIR
The following comments were submitted by members of the Davis Citizens Planning Group on Wednesday, commenting on...... Read more.
Guest Commentary: Planning Starts with Transit
(Or at least it’s supposed to.) Perhaps the greatest casualty of mid-century modernist thinking was the love...... Read more.
Guest Commentary: Let’s Talk about Density
In our past two articles, we have talked about: The failure of our planning process (largely due...... Read more.
Guest Commentary: Back to the Drawing Board – What’s Wrong with the Existing Peripheral Proposals
In our previous article, we discussed our broken planning process and its consequences: How Measure J/R/D effectively...... Read more.