Guest Commentary: Housing Element of the City General Plan
by Kevin Wolf On Sunday January 13 in the Vanguard, Matt Williams reviewed the state law that…
Planning Commission Denies Petition to Put 3000 SF Store at West Lake
In May of 2006, Food Fair shut its doors for the last time. The small grocery store…
General Plan Housing Element Update Debate Heating Up
On January 24, the General Plan Housing Element Update Committee will have a public workshop. As Matt…
Guest Commentary: General Plan Housing Element Process
by Matt Williams In 2007 if you wanted to unify the residents of Davis, the best bet…
Council Approves Small Increase to Developer Impact Fees That Keeps Davis on the Low End of the Spectrum
Last week ago, the issue of developer impact fees came up on the Vanguard in reference to…
Housing Element Status Report to Be Heard Tonight
In what figures to be an action-packed agenda this evening, the last meeting of 2007, the City…
The Latest Installment in ‘As Trader Joe’s Turns’
When the owners of University Mall decided to sue Radiological Associates of Sacramento in an attempt to…
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…