Commentary: A Bit of Magical Thinking on Housing
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Magical thinking. That was the phrase used on…
Commentary: Housing and Environmental Needs Don’t Have to Clash
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor When I first started the Vanguard, growth control policies were seen…
Sunday Commentary: CEQA Is the Boogeyman, but with More Bark Than Bite in Terms of Impact on Housing
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Toward the end of the recall election, CalMatters did a very…
Commentary: In the Battle of YIMBY versus NIMBY, Score One for the YIMBYs, but Will It Make a Difference?
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA – In our cynical times, it is easy to…
Breaking News: Governor Newsom Signs SB 9, Other Housing Legislation
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA – The recall now behind him, Governor Gavin Newsom…
Senator Wiener’s Housing Package Passes Assembly Housing Committee
Author Believes SB 10, 478, and SB 477 will spur housing production and accountability from local jurisdictions By Vanguard Staff…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Density or Sprawl Debate
By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA – For a long time the growth question has been framed…
Monday Morning Thoughts: California’s Housing Crisis Could Morph After Pandemic, but Probably Won’t Go Away
By David M. Greenwald A year ago with housing prices rising and a shortage of new housing,…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Is Density Our Destiny?
The University Commons Redevelopment Project is headed to the Planning Commission this week for potential recommendation that…
Commentary: If I Were to Vote No on WDAA, It Would Be Because It Is Low Density Housing on the Periphery
In yesterday’s column, I laid out the chief reason I would consider voting yes on Measure L,…
Monday Morning Thoughts: WDAAC Is in Fact Low Density
Opponents of the West Davis Active Adult Community have hit the project for being low density and…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Fixing the CASP Would Help Here
In my Saturday “My View” column, I presented the idea of the need for the Core Area…
Commentary: Trackside 3.0 – Smaller in My Backyard?
From the start the Old East Davis Neighborhood Association has pushed back against charges of NIMBYism by…
Commentary: More Housing Discussions Coming
In recent weeks, the Vanguard has had a number of housing discussions with various folks in the…
Commentary: The Council as Decision-Maker on Project Proposals and Design-Guidelines
Last week the Planning Commission approved the application for Trackside but rejected the Initial Study and Design…
Commentary: B St Project Paints Troubling Future for Infill Discussion
In many ways the discussion that occurred on Tuesday was a familiar one for council – an…
Staff Recommends Approval of Sterling Project
For a proposed apartment complex, the Sterling Fifth Street Apartments project has undergone rather extensive city and…
Why Infill Development Is So Difficult to Achieve
By Richard McCann A housing shortage? Develop infill projects. An economic development crisis? Infill development. Traffic congestion?…
What is Davis’ Missing Ingredient?
Speaker shares Lessons from Downtown Portland. by Alan Hirsch In the 1970’s downtown Portland was dying: poor…
My View: Should We Take Another Look at City Traffic Standards?
As I looked through the Sterling Apartments Final EIR, one of things that struck me was a…
