Guest Commentary: Bretton Woods Developer’s Response to Alan Pryor’s Missive and Other Comments
by David Taormino Alan Pryor’s greatest nightmare is that Bretton Woods will be built as proposed and…
Commentary: Court Ruling Would Force UC Berkeley to Cut Back on Enrollment, a Precedent That Could Have UC-Wide Consequences
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Berkeley, CA – If a February 10 ruling by the California…
Sierra Club Sues Yolo County to Demand ‘Environmental Safeguards’ of Teichert Mining Project
Special to the Vanguard Yolo County, CA – The Yolano Group Sierra Club announced on Friday that…
Commentary: Is DiSC 2022 Likely to Be Growth-Inducing for Davis?
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Ever since DISC came back in 2019-20 and…
Monday Morning Thoughts: But DiSC Adds 50 Million Pounds of CO2 Each Year to the Atmosphere?
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – As noted previously the issue of carbon impact…
DiSC 2022 Returns to the Planning Commission This Week
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Just 14 months after the initial project came…
CEQA Addendum Finds Significantly Reduced Impacts of DISC on Traffic, GHG Emissions
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – This past summer the developers of DISC returned…
Commentary: SF Case Seen By Some as a Test of Will On Housing Crisis
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor As noted in yesterday’s column, last week, the Chronicle blasted the…
Opponents of DISC-2022 Push Back against Another Project, June 2022 Timeline
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – While Councilmember Will Arnold pointed out the planning…
Guest Commentary: Help Crowd-Source Vetting the 1992 EIR vs Sutter 2021 expansion
Why did the city not make this available? By Alan Hirsch Thanks to both the Davis Vanguard…
Planning Commission Holds Third Workshop on Downtown Plan Tonight
By David M. Greenwald It was supposed to be held two weeks ago, but the Planning Commission…
Webinar: Davis Downtown Plan Discussion (Video) and Additional Thoughts
On October 29, the city of Davis will hold a digital public scoping meeting and seek input…
Analysis: Analyzing the Traffic Impacts of DISC
By David M. Greenwald Critics of the project point to 24,000 additional car trips as a huge…
Downtown Planning Notice of Preparation and Scoping Period Begins
By David M. Greenwald The city’s Downtown Davis Specific Plan and the associated Form-Based Code has progressed…
Commissioner Rowe’s Comments on DISC at the Planning Commission Meeting
(Editor’s note: these are the comments from Greg Rowe on Wednesday night, speaking about the Davis Innovation…
Planning Commission Hears Presentation, Listens to Huge Number of Public Commenters
The Planning Commission decided relatively early that they would not attempt to make a decision on Wednesday…
Letter: Planning Commission Being Played by Staff on DISC
THE PLANNING COMMISSION IS BEING “PLAYED” BY STAFF IN ORDER TO RAM THROUGH THE DISC PROJECT UNDER…
Guest Commentary: Response to City of Davis Staff Report on the Davis Innovation & Sustainability Campus – Baseline Features
by Richard McCann Submitted to the Planning Commission by Richard McCann, Member, Natural Resources Commission Response to…
Proposed Draft Baseline Features for DISC from BTSSC
The following are draft guidelines submitted to the Vanguard by Todd Edelman of the BTSSC (Bicycling, Transportation…
Analysis: A Look at Some Proposed Baseline Project Features
The recently renamed project, Davis Innovation and Sustainability Campus (DISC), goes before the Planning Commission next week…
