Commentary: What Does Workforce and Family Housing Look Like? How Can We Address Affordable Housing?
By David M. Greenwald Pop quiz—if you are a family with two kids, a boy and a…
Public Pushes Back on Affordable Housing Amendment, But Council Still Backs It
By David M. Greenwald The Yolo Crisis Nursery, running out of room had an agreement with the…
Plaza 2555 Comes Back to Council Looking a Quite a Bit Different, Including a Facility for Yolo Crisis Nursery
By David M. Greenwald Two years after the first time it came before council, Plaza 2555 is…
Monday Morning Thoughts: The Road Ahead in Davis
With the passage of Measure L last week, the city of Davis has done a lot to…
Council Creates Subcommittee to Look Into Final Form of Plaza 2555
The Davis City Council on Tuesday was unsure of the final form of Plaza 2555, but the…
Sunday Commentary: Plaza 2555 Responds to Feedback, Shifting Away from Student Housing
Plaza 2555 goes before the council and a big question with it has always been – what…
Council Asked to Approve an Evolving Plaza 2555
Plaza 2555 is a triangular-shaped parcel of land across the street from Playfields Park and down the…
Commentary: Round and Round We Go on Plaza 2555 – Mega-Dorms Reconstituted or Needed Rental Housing?
Round and round we went yesterday on the issue of Plaza 2555. I think it’s important to…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Why Plaza 2555 Is Being Attacked as a Student Housing Project Is Not Clear
Last week Plaza 2555 went to the Davis Planning Commission, and the project got forwarded to council…
Plaza 2555 is Not Just Another Student Housing Project
Project Comes Forward with Revised Proposal and a Mix of Units Mix of units. That is the…
Letter: Opposition to Plaza 2555 and Mega-Dorms
The following is a letter to the Social Services Commission from Eileen Samitz, dated February 26, 2018,…
Sunday Commentary: Have We Done Enough about Student Housing?
On Tuesday evening, after listening to a number of students talking about the current rental market and…
Monday Morning Thoughts: One Word Missing from Current Housing Discussion… Perspective
There is an interesting pushback going on as to the recent development proposals in town. At this…
Commentary: The Student Housing Mega-Dorm Narrative Is Wrong
In December, Eileen Samitz in an op-ed wrote: “Davis needs more apartments designed for all, not just…
Commentary: Are Any of These Really Mega-Dorms?
At the Social Services Commission meeting, Nishi developer Tim Ruff said, “We have a mega-housing crisis. What…
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…
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…
Commentary: Can We Solve Our Housing Crisis through Market Rate Housing?
My View: We are not going to build our way into affordability. Twenty years ago when I…
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…
A Look at the Current Proposal for Plaza 2555
The Vanguard met recently with the developers of Plaza 2555, a proposed roughly 200-unit apartment building in…
