Commentary: If We Can’t Build, Blocked By Litigation – Is Rent Control the Answer?
Sky-rocketing rents, unaffordable housing, and lack of available housing are not just a Davis issue, they are…
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…
District Attorney’s Office Warns of Rental Scam
The District Attorney’s office sent out a press release on Tuesday warning residents to be cautious of…
Gudz Sleeping in His Car This Week to Raise Awareness for Homelessness and Housing Insecurity of Students
This week, Eric Gudz, a candidate for Davis City Council, has been sleeping in the sleeping bag…
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…
Neighbors Now Opposing High Density Apartments at Cannery
The Cannery developers avoided one controversy when they announced last week they were withdrawing their request for…
Cannery Withdraws Application for Fitness Center
It was highly controversial. Even after the city last week announced that the item on the proposed…
Commentary: The Impact of the Rental Housing Crisis
I was reading a lengthy Facebook post by a friend of mine. He overheard people, in this…
What’s So Bad about Shared Housing?
by Sean Raycraft In the Davis rental market, all renters are affected by the housing crisis to…
My View: Can the City Find Ways to Build More Affordable Housing?
One of the challenges that has become more clear in recent months is the challenge of building…
Commentary: Can Housing Ever “Win” in Davis?
This column should not be read as support for any particular project, but rather as a call…
Analysis: Experts Expect Multifamily Housing Crisis to Continue
The Vanguard has gone round and round on the issue of student housing in Davis, and recently…
Guest Commentary: It’s Time for Rent Control in Davis
By Sam Houston Yes, I’ll come out as the first one to openly advocate for rent control…
Sunday Commentary: Let’s Stop Trying to Find Excuses Not to Build Student Housing
On Wednesday of this week, the Vanguard ran an article, without commentary, presenting the public comment of…
Analysis: How Much Will New Apartments Cost for Rent? Not So Simple
One of the complaints about the new mega-dorms is that they are “unaffordable” and even “luxury.” However,…
Sunday Commentary: Addressing Core Housing Issues in Davis
At the Vanguard’s recent conclave on student housing, ASUCD President Josh Dalavai likened the student situation to…
Council to Look at Rental Ordinance
Unlike many other communities, Davis lacks a rental ordinance. As a result, as staff notes, “some residential…
Paging Bernie Sanders: New Mini-dorm Law & Protecting the Davis Middle Class
By Alan Hirsch After years of complaining by neighbors about conversion of single family homes into Mini-dorms,…
My View: State of the City?
I was looking forward to hearing Robb Davis deliver the State of the City this year –…
Commentary: An Eye Opener on Housing
For about the last year, as the university has planned their Long Range Development Plan (LRDP), there…
