Council Discusses Commercial Space Options and Next Steps
On Tuesday night, the city council heard staff’s presentation on available vacant commercially zoned properties in the…
Council Passes Ordinance to Limit Number of Delivery-Only Cannabis Retailers to Four
Following a very brief discussion, the Davis City Council voted 5-0 to limit the total number of…
Council to Look at Vertical Mixed Use Provisions of Affordable Housing Ordinance
Back on November 27, the council put forward interim provisions for extending the city’s affordable housing requirement. …
City Gets Grant Funding For Richards Blvd Interchange Improvement, Other Projects
The city of Davis will finally have the money needed to complete the I-80/ Richards Blovd Interchange…
Sunday Commentary: City Signals It Is Serious about Economic Development
Back in 2014, it looked like the city of Davis was finally going to break through on…
Commentary: Council Wants to Remove the Vertical Mixed-Use Exemption, but Should They?
The council got their crack at the affordable housing ordinance and, for the most part, did what…
Council to Extend Interim Affordable Housing Ordinance; Will Look into Vertical Mixed-Use
The Davis City Council became the third entity in the last two weeks to look at the…
Council Backs New Cannery Village Plan Which Has Support of Neighbors
Last spring, the Cannery project put up another proposal that went over badly in both the Cannery…
City Responds to AFSCME and Civil Rights Suits
On Tuesday, the council reported coming out of closed session that they would be defending against a…
Council Creates Subcommittee to Look Into Final Form of Plaza 2555
The Davis City Council on Tuesday was unsure of the final form of Plaza 2555, but the…
City, County, UC Davis Agree to MOU on Student Housing Commitments
On Tuesday, all three agencies jointly announced that the city, county and UC Davis “have agreed to…
Commentary: Residential and Mixed Use Seem to Be the Direction for Downtown – but Will the Community Back It?
What we saw emerge on Tuesday night with the first check in by the council on the…
Council Listens to Update on Davis Downtown – Focuses on Housing, Economic Development, and Sustainability
The Davis City Council on Tuesday night received their first update on the Downtown Plan – there…
Council Unanimously Approves Davis Live Apartments, Students Push Back against Litigation
Given it is a location surrounded by other student housing, even a seven-story proposed project drew no…
Commentary: Improving Relations with University Holds the Key
In Sunday’s column, the effort was made to look beyond the simple issue of student housing with…
Commentary: UCD and City Going to Mediation to Avoid Litigation
On Tuesday, Mayor Brett Lee announced out of closed session that the city and university have agreed…
Council Split on How to Handle New Body Camera Policy
The combination of the city’s Surveillance Technology Ordinance, as well as recommendations from Interim Police Auditor Mike…
UC Davis Pushes Back: We Are Well Positioned to Complete This Housing
The City of Davis, among others, is concerned that, while UC Davis has committed to building a…
How Will the City Respond to the LRDP? Mayor Lee Discusses Next Steps
On Tuesday, the Davis City Council interrupted its normal summer hiatus to discuss, among other things, its…
Regents Approve LRDP but Want UC Davis to Work with City to Address Mitigation
The UC Board of Regents approved UC Davis’ new Long Range Development Plan, setting plans for 9050…
