Planning Commission Nixes City Staff Supported Project
As I sat in to listen and observe the City Of Davis Planning Commission meeting, the thought…
Carrots and Sticks in Development Can be Transposed
It was last summer that Yolo County received an offer from developer Angelo Tsakopoulos in exchange for…
City Wants Your Participation in Parks and Rec Master Plan Survey
It is with great irony that I opened an email on Saturday from Chair of the Open…
How Much Does Davis Need to Grow Now?
When Measure X was on the ballot, the council majority made it a point to talk about…
Council Pushing Forward with Far Reaching Farmland Protection Ordinance
Back in July, the council agreed to support a 2:1 agricultural mitigation for all development projects on…
Commentary: Council Goes Forward with Examining Housing on the Lewis Property
The Lewis Property, Cannery Park, has been a tricky issue for the city and also for progressives…
Update: Answering Some of the Questions About Ultra Clean and Polling
On Tuesday, we ran a story questioning the relationship between Moore Iacofano Goltsman (MIG), Godbe Research, and…
Questions Arise as to the Relationship between MIG and Ultra Clean
Last week the Vanguard questioned a survey that the city was conducting through a consulting group, Moore…
Should Davis Develop the Northwest Quadrant?
I caught part of the General Plan Housing Element’s discussion of the Northwest Quadrant last night. It…
Open Letter to Housing Element Steering Committee:
Davis Does Not Want Development on Covell Village Site Dear Chair Kevin Wolf and Members of the…
Council Majority Votes to Maintain One-Percent Growth For Davis
by Simon Efrein At the recent Davis City Council Meeting, a side debate emerged during discussion of…
Housing Element Committee Agrees to Look At Covell Site for Future Development
Hold onto your hats folks, if last night was any indication of whats to come it is…
Commentary: Interesting Split on the Cannery Park Property
Friday’s Davis Enterprise captured an interesting debate within the progressive community as to what ought to be…
Councilmember Heystek Discusses His First Year on the Davis City Council
In the latest in my series of interviews, I discussed with Davis City Councilmember Lamar Heystek his…
Commentary: Do not be charging me with NIMBYism When I Oppose Your 600K Housing Development
Recently I was reading an article in Mother Jones of all places that caught my eye. The…
Should Davis Adopt an Urban Limit Line?
During the course of the debate last year over the creation of open space potentially on the…
Shriner’s Property Leads to Discussion on Open Space and Ag Preservation
Last week, the Davis City Council took up the issue of the possible acquisition of the Shriner’s…
Quasi-Live Blogging from City Council Chambers on Shriner’s Issue
It was my hope to blog the city council meeting live today, but the city has not…
Shriner’s Article in Enterprise Raises Suspicions and Questions About Process Involving Land Acquisition Issue
On Sunday the Davis Enterprise ran a front page, above-the-fold story on Councilmember Stephen Souza’s proposal for…
Why Do Democratic City Councils Plan Housing That Republicans Will Live In?
As I confess, the title of this post is not mine. It was in fact donated to…
