Commentary: Student Housing Crunch So Bad, Students Being Housed in Hotels
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor It doesn’t sound so bad—four UC campuses so short on housing…
Commentary: Council Declares Fiscal Emergency, but Have They Done Enough on the Fiscal Front?
Last week the council drew rare regional headlines by declaring a fiscal emergency. But for the most…
Monday Morning Thoughts: City Fiscal Picture More Fixable than Schools
Yesterday’s Sunday Commentary breaks down the school district’s long term fiscal picture – and based on that…
Commentary: The City Still Needs a Hotel Conference Center
In September 2015, the council voted 5-0 to approve an Embassy Suites Hotel Conference center on Richards…
Is Hyatt House Ready to Go Forward?
Revised Plan Reduces Rear Stories to Three, Rooms to 118 After several months of discussions about the…
Mayor’s Take on Economic Development
(This article was originally published back on May 1, 2016. In light of recent discussions on the…
More Analysis on the Coming Pension Hit
Back in November, with respect to the hotel discussion, Dan Carson, a member of the Finance and…
Analysis: Enterprise Supports New Hotels
One thing that has been consistent is the strong support of development on the editorial pages of…
Decision on Hotels Will Be Delayed
Last week, on November 1, the Davis City Council closed the public hearing on applications to two…
Increased Pension Costs – And Why the Hotel Projects Are Important
By Dan Carson Your staff has done a good job providing you with the analyses I personally…
Staff Recommends Approval of Both Proposed Hotels
City Manager Dirk Brazil announced at last night’s council meeting that the city had already posted the…
Monday Morning Thoughts: A Lot of Uncertainty about Hotel Projects
In a little over a week, the Davis City Council will be asked to weigh in on…
Commentary: Troubling Rhetoric on the Hyatt Hotel
While there was vigorous discussion in yesterday’s article on the Hyatt House application, no one seemed to…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Should Neighbors Dictate Time and Place Restrictions on Community Needs?
A group of neighbors have posted a Change.org petition asking the council not to approve zoning changes…
Commentary: Why is Davis’ Sales Tax Per Capita So Low?
It comes as little surprise to the informed observer that Davis’ sales tax per capita is much…
Consultant Report Suggests City Slow Down on Additional Hotels
Back in December, the Vanguard – citing projections from PKF Consulting, which was privately commissioned to do…
Analysis: Can Hotels Be the Short-Term Revenue Fix That the City Needs?
When Councilmember Rochelle Swanson was explaining her vote on the MOUs and explaining where the money might…
