Guest Commentary: Solano Park, UCD’s Opportunity to Start Building Higher-Density Student Housing
By Eileen M. Samitz While a recent article by UCD Chancellor May opened with his goal for…
Sunday Commentary: Most People Think UCD Could Do More
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – There are people in this community who I…
Report: Davis, UC Davis Add Housing for Nearly 7,000 Over 6 Years
by Julia Ann Easley UC Davis News Housing developed within the City of Davis and on the…
UC Davis Says It Has Met Housing Commitments
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – In the run up to the LRDP by…
Monday Morning Thoughts: UCD As the Behemoth, but Can It Viably Solve Our Housing Problems?
By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA – Sometimes I feel like we are living in the land…
Sunday Commentary: Has the Issue of Student Housing Finally Been Addressed?
If you look at polling this year, you will see really for the first time in recent…
UC Davis Opens New Residence Hall for 400 Students
By Julia Ann Easley Hundreds of freshmen will move into the newest residence hall at the University…
2018 in Review: Student Housing Crisis
We entered the year 2018 with student housing firmly the top issue. Were it not for litigation,…
City Responds to AFSCME and Civil Rights Suits
On Tuesday, the council reported coming out of closed session that they would be defending against a…
My View: Students Growing Frustrated over Housing Holdups
There have been developments that have looked like progress this year on student housing issues. Now in…
ASUCD Responds to Challenges to the UC Davis LRDP
The Vanguard has received two joint statements from ASUCD regarding challenges to the UC Davis LRDP. From…
CEQA Suit Filed by Unions Threatens to Halt Student Housing at West Village and Orchard Park
Just when it appeared that an agreement between the city, county and university would pave the way…
Commentary: City Lands a Key Agreement from UC Davis
We have been skeptical of a notion of an agreement with UC Davis – in part because…
City, County, UC Davis Agree to MOU on Student Housing Commitments
On Tuesday, all three agencies jointly announced that the city, county and UC Davis “have agreed to…
My View: Filling the Student Housing Need Is a No-Brainer
Last spring when the city council approved Lincoln40, the council gave signals that they were close to…
Commentary: Time to Re-Think UC Santa Cruz As a Model
For much of the last few years while we have been undergoing a discussion of student housing…
Sunday Commentary: What Is in the Best Interest of the Community?
This week, coming out of closed session, Mayor Brett Lee announced an agreement between the city of…
Commentary: UCD and City Going to Mediation to Avoid Litigation
On Tuesday, Mayor Brett Lee announced out of closed session that the city and university have agreed…
Monday Morning Thoughts: A Fight with UCD Could Delay Housing
The biggest concern that the city of Davis has right now about the university’s housing plan, as…
Sunday Commentary: On-Campus Housing As a Misplaced Solution to the Housing Crisis
Since the start of the Long Range Development Plan (LRDP) discussion in the fall of 2015, the…
