UC Davis Pushes Back: We Are Well Positioned to Complete This Housing
The City of Davis, among others, is concerned that, while UC Davis has committed to building a…
How Will the City Respond to the LRDP? Mayor Lee Discusses Next Steps
On Tuesday, the Davis City Council interrupted its normal summer hiatus to discuss, among other things, its…
Commentary: We Have the Housing We Need Largely in Place, but We Need to Eliminate the Barriers
Lost in the debate, over things like the definition of homelessness, is a simple fact – we…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Putting Numbers to the Student Housing Crisis
Last spring, when the Vanguard attempted to find data on the student housing crisis, the information that…
Sunday Commentary: City and Campus Headed for a Confrontation to the Detriment of Both
The handwriting is on the wall. The city in a letter from Attorney Whitney McDonald have pushed…
Regents Approve LRDP but Want UC Davis to Work with City to Address Mitigation
The UC Board of Regents approved UC Davis’ new Long Range Development Plan, setting plans for 9050…
City Seeks Additional Analysis and Means to Address Local Impacts of Campus Growth
(From Press Release) – In a detailed letter to the University of California Board of Regents on…
City Continues to Push Back against Final EIR of LRDP
In a letter dated Tuesday, July 17, the city of Davis continued to express objection to the…
Commentary: Is the LRDP Really that Bad?
The Long Range Development Plan (LRDP) process has been very interesting to observe. What I have seen…
Sunday Commentary: The LRDP Accomplishes Much of What It Needed to Accomplish
For the most part I would argue that, as long as both UC Davis and the city…
My View: We Talk about Town-Gown, but then the Rhetoric Flies
Every year it seems that our city council talks about a goal of improving its relations with…
My View: Assessing the UC Davis Impact on the Community
This week, UC Davis came out with a finalized version of its Long Range Development Plan (LRDP). …
UC Davis Finalizes Its LRDP
A long, three-year process nears its completion as the university has finalized both its 2018 LRDP (Long…
UC Davis Responds to City Concerns on LRDP, EIR
The city of Davis during the course of the university’s LRDP (Long Range Development Plan) process sent…
Commentary: Student Housing Crisis Not Over Just Yet
Was talking with the developer from Sterling on Monday. Some might have noticed that the land for…
Commentary: Is This Really What We Want?
As the community has engaged in a conversation on student housing, some have argued that UC Davis…
Monday Morning Thoughts: A Look At UC Housing and LRDP Post- Nishi
UC Davis has agreed to increase its overall on-campus housing allotment from 28 percent currently to 48…
My View: Are We Really Going to Debate about Whether There’s a Housing Crisis?
Matt Williams makes an interesting point, but he makes several critical mistakes in attempting to explain away…
Commentary: UCD Needs to Ensure Housing on Campus is Built and Is Affordable for Students
This week, the Davis City Council placed their LRDP Response on the consent calendar. There were several…
City Expresses Concerns about Campus Housing Plan in LRDP Response Letter
The city has drafted an EIR Response to UC Davis that is a consent item on the…
