New Proposal Ups the Density and Dramatically Drops the Number of Single-Family Homes
Davis, CA – Missing in the discussion over the Village Farms project is the impact of shifting…
Sunday Commentary: Can an Infill Approach Help Us Reach 4000 Units?
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – What jumped out to me in the staff…
Sunday Commentary: University Mall Location Too Valuable to Just Give Up As a Mixed-Use Site
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – In January, UC Davis students camped out in…
Commentary: Growing Up Is Imperative, but Won’t Solve Our Housing Problem
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – This weekend there was an op-ed that argued,…
Commentary: Orange County Facing Same Issues on Housing – Pushing Back
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor An article that appeared in the LA Times last week shows…
Council Listens to Battle of the Talking Points; Council Leans Toward More Middle Course
By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA – There were no motions made, no direction taken yet, but…
Guest Commentary: Davis Needs a New Perspective On Growth
by Tim Keller In Davis, we seem to be always having the same debate: “Should we approve…
Commentary: Is the Elimination of Single-Family Zoning in the Cards?
By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA – While the city of Davis has thus far avoided a…
Commentary: California Housing Crisis and the Out Migration
By David M. Greenwald This year people have been shrugging off the housing crisis. I get it,…
Sunday Commentary: In the Wake of SB 50’s Defeat – We Still Need Housing
A lot of people think I supported SB 50. I definitely followed its progress. There were definitely…
Commentary: Can the Community Support Dense Residential and Mixed-Use in the Downtown?
Last week the Davis Downtown Plan Advisory Committee (DPAC) met to consider a number of recommendations that…
Commentary: Why City Is Looking at Densification of the Downtown
Reading a letter in the local paper seems to require some response. The letter, presumably in response…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Key Questions Moving Forward on the Davis Downtown
On Tuesday, the council will receive an update to the progress of the Davis Downtown Plan. While…
Council Asked to Approve Davis Live Apartment Project
Last month, after the Planning Commission denied to recommend approval of the Davis Live project, the commission…
Commentary: A Look at Our Redevelopment Challenge
One of the biggest debates we have over development projects is whether or not a developer can…
Commentary: Why We Might Want to Encourage Mixed Use
With the proposal by University Mall to redevelop their current land use from basically single-story local retail,…
Sunday Commentary: If You Are Looking for Densification, U-Mall Might Be the Model
As we go forward with the discussions around downtown planning, the community ought to turn its attention…
Commentary: Competing Visions for the Downtown and the Future of Davis
Davis is currently undergoing a process that could be viewed as a visioning process for the future…
My View: If Ever There Was a Place for Dense Student Housing… Davis Live Is It
If Eileen Samitz and the Davis Vanguard agree on one thing this year, it is that we…
Council to Decide on Approval of Lincoln40
The city council has already approved Sterling and Nishi (pending the Measure R ratification) in hopes of…
