Governor Newsom Convenes Meeting to Confront Housing Crisis
(From Press Release – Governor’s Office) – Governor Gavin Newsom today convened top executives from major California…
Commentary: Housing Issue Figures to Be Tricky to Thread the Needle
A poll released over the summer showed that the top issue among Davis voters was the issue…
League of Women Voters of California Endorses Senator Wiener’s SB 50
(From Press Release – Senator Wiener) – Today, the League of Women Voters of California announced its…
Council Gets a Presentation on RHNA and Local Housing Needs
Greg Chew and Dov Kadin from SACOG (Sacramento Area Council of Governments) gave a presentation to council…
Gov. Newsom Signs SB 330, ‘Housing Crisis Act of 2019’
(From Press Release – Nancy Skinner) – Gov. Gavin Newsom today signed into law Senate Bill 330,…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Thoughts on Housing and Growth in Davis
Here we are at the end of September 2019 and the council has not wanted to have…
New RHNA Numbers Released – City Requirement Nearly Doubles
SACOG (Sacramento Area Council of Governments) has released a draft menu of Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA)…
Sunday Commentary: Housing Is a Puzzle – How Does Davis Solve It?
Where to begin? That’s my dilemma here, but it is really the same problem that the city…
Sunday Commentary: Signs That the Housing Crisis is Getting Worse in Northern California
A PPIC (Public Policy Institute of California) study authored by Marisol Cuellar Mejia and Mary Severance, which…
Commentary: New Numbers Offer Different Look at Davis Housing Shortfall
I was intrigued by data presented in Rich Rifkin’s latest column. One thing that becomes pretty clear…
Monday Morning Thoughts: On Struggling Suburbs and Declining Bicycle Legacy
This morning’s column puts together two different thoughts into one column. The Bee’s analysis of suburbs and…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Davis Residents Increasingly Recognizing Housing Problem, but What’s the Fix?
There has been a shift in Davis political dynamics over the last three or four years. As…
My View: Addressing Housing, Jobs and Traffic is the Next Challenge For the City
One of the big questions is going to be for the next election cycle – just how…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Housing Pressure on Davis About to Ramp Up
Consider this a trigger warning – if you don’t like speculation, you probably won’t like this column. …
Sunday Commentary: Progressive Boomers Blocking Housing Fixes – Part of a New Generational Struggle
A few days ago, the Huffington Post ran a lengthy article that found, “Progressive Boomers Are Making…
Guest Commentary: Zoning: Planning, Suggestion, or Baloney?
by Mark Dempsey California’s recent housing affordability crisis leads to some conversations about zoning and NIMBYism (see…
Commentary: A Look at the City Survey – Part One, Housing
The city conducted a survey recently through EMC Research with the broader subject being satisfaction. For the…
Community Survey Shows Overwhelming Need for Affordable Housing, Overall Satisfaction with City
The city kept the survey hidden from the public until it was presented on Tuesday night. Once…
Commentary: Housing’s Impact on the Economy
In recent weeks we have had discussions on whether the proposed ARC (Aggie Research Campus) needs housing…
Sunday Commentary: Housing Policy as Generational Warfare for Millennials
The Atlantic in the past week wrote an article, “Why Housing Policy Feels Like Generational Warfare (To…
