Developer Tells Commission Nishi is Not a Mega-Dorm
On Monday night, the Social Services Commission was asked to offer a preliminary assessment of the Nishi…
Letter to the Social Services Commission on Mega-Dorms
By Eileen Samitz (Editor’s note: the following was submitted to the Social Services Commission on Monday night…
Social Services Commission to Review Affordable Proposal at Nishi
There is not a finalized project at Nishi, and yet tonight, the Social Services Commission will offer…
Sunday Commentary: Record Applicant Pool Keeps Pressure on UCD, City
UC Davis announced this week that students continue to apply to UC Davis in record numbers as…
Commentary: Getting Realistic Figures for Air Quality Concerns
One of the key questions I have been asking since we have started the air quality discussion…
Sunday Commentary: Addressing the Issue of Air Quality at Nishi
On the surface, it might appear that Nishi version 2.0 will have a much easier time of…
My View: Apartments for All is Just Rhetoric for Justifying Not Building Student Housing in Town
This weekend Eileen Samitz continues her crusade against mega-dorms and for more “apartments designed for all” with…
Nishi Proposal To Be Heard by Various Commissions this Month
Back in October, the owners of the Nishi property revived their proposed project about 16 months after…
Guest Commentary: Nishi 2.0 Is an Environmental Injustice
by Roberta Millstein Proponents of the revised Nishi project –– Rich Rifkin being the most recent —…
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…
Sunday Commentary: Is the Future of Environmentalism More Development?
This week there was a fascinating article in the publication Grist, describing a 2009 meeting between Scott…
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…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Changes to Trains Could Affect Nishi Assessment
When Thomas Cahill laid out his concerns about Nishi in a recent op-ed in the local paper,…
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,…
My View: Cahill’s ‘New Information’ Doesn’t Get Us Around the Same Problem
UC Davis Professor Emeritus Tom Cahill has published an article in the local paper that calls for…
Commentary: The Logical Problem of Air Quality Concerns at Nishi
Tim Ruff, the project manager and one of the owners at Nishi, believes that the development team…
Commentary: City Has More Than One Crisis
It remains to be seen if the new version of Nishi proves to be less of a…
