Commentary: California’s Housing Crisis Is a Policy Choice – It’s Time to Make a Better One
California’s housing crisis is not an accident. It is not the unavoidable result of market forces, population…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Trump’s Tariffs Are Worsening the Housing Crisis—and Working Americans Will Pay the Price
The housing market is already in crisis. Homeownership is increasingly out of reach for working- and middle-class…
Skinner Introduces 2024 Housing Package to Bar Hedge Funds from Purchasing Homes
Special to the Vanguard Sacramento, CA – On Friday, Senator Nancy Skinner announced the introduction of her…
Monday Morning Thoughts: ADUs – a Solution to Housing or a Problem?
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor ADUs have increasingly been viewed as a potential solution to the…
My View: City Report Provides Snapshot of the Local Housing Crisis
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – On the consent agenda for Tuesday the city…
Atkins Introduces Legislation to Update SB 9
Legislation Would Improve Access, Oversight for California HOME Act Special to the Vanguard Sacramento, CA – This…
Monday Morning Thoughts: State Sues Huntington Beach for Violating State Housing Laws
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA – This is a case that the entire state…
Commentary: Report from Terner Explores the Benefits and Barriers to Missing Middle Housing
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor The “Missing Middle”—some believe this form of housing is the key…
Council to Weigh in on Chiles Ranch Project
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – The Chiles Ranch project was first approved on…
Guest Commentary: Dan Carson’s Comments on the Housing Element Review
(Editor’s Note: The following are comments from Councilmember Dan Carson delivered on Tuesday during the discussion of…
California Capitol Watch: Addressing the Need for Affordable Housing—Accessory Dwelling Units
By Eric Gelber Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs)—also called granny flats, in-law units, secondary units, etc.—are an option…
“Tuesday” Morning Thoughts: Affordable Housing as the Surprise Issue in Nishi
If you believed that Nishi would come down to issues like traffic impacts on Richards or connectivity…
Cannery, Its Development Agreement, and the CFD
by Joe Krovoza As the Community Facilities District (CFD) is considered for the Cannery development, I am…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Paso Fino Reemerges, The Inevitability of Kamala Harris
With no city council meeting this week, we can note that the long range council calendar lists…
Letter to Davis City Council on Revisions to the Affordable Housing Ordinance
By Darryl Rutherford The Sacramento Housing Alliance is a non-profit organization dedicated to the goal of increasing…
Monday Morning Thoughts: The First City Council Meeting for 2015
Tuesday night will mark the first City Council meeting of 2015. Last week Dan Wolk gave his…
