New Affordable Proposal at Lincoln40 Will Allow for Permanently Affordable Student Housing
Lincoln40 is a proposed off-campus student-housing complex with 130 rental units that result in 708 beds, with…
Commentary: The Emerging Student Voice on Housing
A few months ago I hinted that new forces were starting to organize on the housing issue. …
Sunday Commentary: What’s a Mega-Dorm Anyway?
As a rental crunch that has the city at a 0.2 percent vacancy pushes forward a slew…
Commentary: The Battle of Neighbors vs. Densification and Infill
In the year 2000, after a decade of large scale peripheral growth in Davis, the voters narrowly…
Approved and Planned Apartment Unit Breakdown for Davis
With all of the approved and now proposed projects for multifamily housing coming down the pike in…
Commentary: Speaking of the Need for Housing for Families
Yesterday’s commentary, responding to a letter talking about the need for housing that works for families, got…
Commentary: Campaign Launched to Push Back against Student Housing in the City
The issue of student housing has taken front and center in the current public policy debate in…
Sunday Commentary: Building More Student Housing Will Reduce Traffic Impacts in Davis
The Davis City Council has already approved the Sterling Apartments, it is set to hear Lincoln40 and,…
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…
Analysis: Assessing the Impacts of Lincoln40 – Part 4, Would Closing Olive I-80 Off-Ramp Create a Fire Trap?
On Sunday, Eileen Samitz wrote that “your articles continue to ignore and side-step the serious problems and…
Analysis: Assessing the Impacts of Lincoln40 – Part 3, Will There Be a Pedestrian Crossing?
On Sunday, Eileen Samitz wrote that “your articles continue to ignore and side-step the serious problems and…
Analysis: Assessing the Impacts of Lincoln40 – Part 2, Is There a Toxic Plume?
On Sunday, Eileen Samitz wrote that “your articles continue to ignore and side-step the serious problems and…
Analysis: Assessing the Impacts of Lincoln40 – Part I,Traffic Impacts
On Sunday, Eileen Samitz wrote that “your articles continue to ignore and side-step the serious problems and…
Guest Commentary: Questions About Lincoln40
By Eileen Samitz (Editor’s note: this was originally a post but since it was of length to…
Sunday Commentary: Housing Debate Has Become a Distraction
Opponents of Sterling tried to use the mega-dorm argument against the project, arguing that the project was…
Commentary: Would Eliminating Measure R Solve Our Problems?
A reader who unfortunately doesn’t post here anymore wrote in yesterday regarding my quoting a planning commissioner…
Commentary: Why Not Student Housing in Town?
It caught our attention last week when a planning commissioner made the argument that student housing would…
Commentary: We Need to Think of an 85-15 Plan for New Student Housing
The Vanguard has been quite clear over the past couple of years on the issue of housing…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Responding to Comments by a Planning Commissioner
On Wednesday of last week, the Davis Planning Commission was tasked with holding a public hearing and…
Sunday Commentary: What Are Realistic Housing Options for Davis?
I missed the Planning Commission meeting this week due to the Vanguard event on homelessness – ironic…
