Sunday Commentary: Can We Solve Our Affordable Housing Problem?
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – We have now completed our speaker by speaker…
Davis Council Subcommittee Looks at Infill Possibilities
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – In the seventh Housing Element Cycle of RHNA,…
Bill to Replace Housing Lost to Redevelopment Passes Assembly Local Government Committee
Special to the Vanguard Sacramento, CA – The Assembly Local Government Committee passed Senator Scott Wiener’s…
Bill Would Replace Housing Lost to Redevelopment
Special to the Vanguard Sacramento, CA – The Senate Housing Committee passed Senator Scott Wiener’s (D-San Francisco)…
Sunday Commentary: The Barriers to Housing Go Beyond CEQA Reform
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA – This week the San Diego Union-Tribune Editorial Board…
Commentary: HCD May Approve the Revised Housing Element, But I Remain Skeptical That We Can Address Our Immediate Housing Needs
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – When HCD rejected the city’s housing element for…
Sunday Commentary: Downtown Plan Has Some Good Features, but It Won’t Solve Our Housing Crisis
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – This week the Davis City Council finally—emphasis on…
Commentary: Could AB 2011 Solve California’s Labor Objections to Housing?
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA – AB 2011 sponsored by Assemblymember Buffy Wicks attempts…
Commentary: So, Housing in Davis…
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Put me down in the category—I am skeptical…
Commentary: The City Could Do More to Make Redevelopment and Infill Viable
By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA – My columns this week have taken a rather dim view…
Downtown Planning Notice of Preparation and Scoping Period Begins
By David M. Greenwald The city’s Downtown Davis Specific Plan and the associated Form-Based Code has progressed…
Commentary: Casting a Shadow on the University Commons…
The purpose of Sunday’s column on the University Commons was to put the claim that there will…
University Commons Discussion Draws a Boatload of Comments, Continued to August 18
As expected, the University Commons Redevelopment project drew a huge amount of public comments—which ran roughly two…
Final University Commons EIR Heads to Planning Commission Next Week
The University Commons Redevelopment Project is heading to a Planning Commission hearing on May 27, where the…
Sunday Commentary: Will SB 50 Solve the Housing Crisis? How Can We Increase Affordable Housing?
Senate Bill 50 is back… again… for the third time. It is controversial, with opponents arguing that…
Commentary: Housing Issue Figures to Be Tricky to Thread the Needle
A poll released over the summer showed that the top issue among Davis voters was the issue…
City Puts Out Draft EIR of University Commons Project
This week the city announced the comment period for the Draft EIR of the University Commons Redevelopment…
City Releases Draft of Downtown Plan and Code
This week the city released a draft of the Downtown Davis Specific Plan and a Draft Downtown…
City of Davis Refunds Outstanding Bonds, Lowering Interest Cost and Generating Substantial Savings
From Press Release – The City of Davis announced today that through its former redevelopment agency, it…
Sunday Commentary: Can Housing Work in the Downtown?
People are asking – why are we pushing for housing in the Davis Downtown? That’s a good…
