Guest Commentary: Just Say No to Age-Restricted Housing
by Eric Gelber The Vanguard has recently run a number of articles touting the virtues of the…
Analysis: Is Measure R Back in Play?
In 2000, the voters of Davis by about a 1400 vote margin (53.6 to 46.3 percent) approved…
Guest Commentary: Is Nishi One of the Most Polluted Sites in the Nation?
By Thomas Cahill Is the Nishi property in the running for the most polluted near-roadway site in…
More Analysis of the Legality of the Proposed Davis Based Buyers Program
(Editor’s note: The following is Attorney Matthew Keasling’s legal opinion letter to Katherine Hess regarding the legitimacy…
Nishi Project Fiscal Analysis Shows Net Positive Over Time
Back in October, the developers of the Nishi project submitted a preliminary project narrative and conceptual site…
Sunday Commentary: We Ignore the Link Between Local Land Use Policies and Climate Change at Our Own Peril
Today is the end of 2017 and, in many ways, 2017 was not a good year on…
Sunday Commentary: Let’s Stop Trying to Find Excuses Not to Build Student Housing
On Wednesday of this week, the Vanguard ran an article, without commentary, presenting the public comment of…
City Acts Fast and Appoints Feeney as Community Development Director
One of the first questions in the tenure of Mike Webb as city manager has been answered. …
Monday Morning Thoughts: The Battle over Single Family Homes in Neighborhoods
A reader pointed out in a comment yesterday: “This ongoing argument throughout these threads that the prudent…
Linking Land Use and Transportation Policies to Reducing Greenhouse Gases
A recent study by Berkeley epidemiologist Neil Maizlish found that “physical activity due to increased biking and…
Commentary: Mike Webb an Easy Call for the Council
In 2006 when the Davis City Council abruptly fired City Manager Jim Antonen, they quickly named long-time…
Sunday Commentary: Housing Package Passed but Experts Question Whether It Will Increase Supply, Improve Affordability
Governor Jerry Brown on Friday at a huge ceremony signed the 15 bills that make up the…
Trackside Pushed Back to October 24
The council hearing on Trackside has been pushed back once again, this time to October 24. According…
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…
Systemic Injustice – The Follow Up
By Mark West Last week I publicly called out the social inequities inherent in the process the…
Sunday Commentary: The Student Housing Crisis and Where It Currently Stands
On Wednesday, the Vanguard will have a broad range discussion on the student housing crisis at UC…
Commentary: We Are Running Out of Options for Financing Our City
When Chancellor Gary May took over at UC Davis in August, one of the first things he…
Sunday Commentary: How Much Will the Housing Package Passed by the Legislature Impact Davis?
The California legislature did not sit back on the sidelines as California plunges into a huge housing…
Sunday Commentary: The Inequity of the CAAC Process
At Wednesday’s (September 13) planning commission meeting, member Darryl Rutherford raised the issue of fairness of the…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Did the City Lose the War on Nishi?
The headline of the Enterprise article Sunday on the Nishi lawsuit caught my eye: “City won the…
