The housing crisis in California and other cities is not caused by zoning regulations, but by the consolidation of economic power by homebuilders and Wall Street investors who profit from scarcity and drive up prices.
The City of Davis’ proposed biennial budget for 2025/26 and 2026/27 totals $246.3 million and $253.2 million, respectively, and includes a one-cent sales tax increase to help maintain service levels and address rising costs.
Measure J, a growth control measure in Davis, California, is increasingly putting the city on a collision course with state housing law, and reforming it to align with state law and serve actual housing needs is the smarter path.
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 of low-density single family housing, exacerbating the housing crisis and climate change.
by David J. Thompson I feel that I must ask the citizens and voters of Davis for…
by David J. Thompson This piece is a slightly longer piece based upon remarks to the Social…
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – This week, the Senior Citizen Commission will receive…
On Monday, David Taormino responded to staff at the Open Space and Habit Commission hearing. The following…
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – I maintain that the single most disastrous thing…
By David Taomino After 6 years of wrangling with Davis City Staff, Bretton Woods is under…
The following is a statement from the city of Davis in response to the guest commentary by…
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Can the city meet its RHNA requirements for…
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Normally the groundbreaking for a housing development is…
Special to the Vanguard Davis, CA — Family-owned homebuilder, DeNova Homes of Concord, CA, has purchased 247…
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – An announcement went on Friday that there will…
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – The Chiles Ranch project that came before the…
by David Taormino Alan Pryor’s greatest nightmare is that Bretton Woods will be built as proposed and…
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – While the council pulled the item on Bretton…
By Matthew Keasling In a “Guest Commentary” published in the The Davis Vanguard today, Mr. Alan Pryor…
By Alan Pryor The Bretton Woods project violates the project’s supposedly unchangeable Baseline Features. These Baseline Features…