Commentary: Measure R Has Not Produced a Good Community Planning Process
As I write this, the Vanguard has learned that Mace Ranch Innovation Center has withdrawn its proposal. …
Council Gives MRIC One Week to Come Back with Workable Proposal
Developer Says It’s November or Bust To say that council is skeptical that the developers of the…
My View: We Learn Once Again That Campaigns Matter
If I were going to design the perfect candidate profile, it would be a person like Will…
Pushback Continues Against the City’s Opposition to TPP Trade Deal
At their last meeting, the Davis City Council approved a resolution drafted by Mayor Pro Tem Robb…
Complete Lack of Transparency on City’s TPP Action
By Rob White First, let me declare that I am writing this article as a single person,…
Council Moves To Oppose TPP Trade Deal
On Tuesday night, by a 4-1 vote with Rochelle Swanson dissenting, the Davis City Council approved “a…
Assessing the Nature and Severity of the Health Risks at Nishi
Much of the concern about the air quality issues at Nishi focus around the work of Thomas…
Economic Development Series: Davis Needs More Cool Dining
By Anya McCann For this economic development series I’d like to drill down a little into some…
Council Unanimously Moves Forward Toward Rental Ordinance
On Tuesday, the Davis City Council listened to a diverse group of people (students, renters, landlords, neighborhood…
Economic Development Series: Data Demonstrates Economic Development Potential of Downtown
By Judy Corbett It’s pretty clear that the City of Davis is going to have to raise…
Revised LRDP Will Accommodate 90% of Student Growth with On-Campus Housing
In a major reversal that will have far-reaching implications, UC Davis has released a revised Long Range…
Economic Development Series: Developing Comprehensive Visions for Davis
by Bob Fung “For nearly two years we, as a community, have failed to advance a coherent…
Council Looks to Further Options on Cannery Bike Crossing
This time there would be no backing down in the face of requests from the Cannery. Councilmember…
Commentary: Bike Advocates and Others Believe Community Short-Changed on Bike Crossing
In November 2013, the city council narrowly approved the Cannery project on a 3-2 vote. A key…
Economic Development Series: Future of Economic Development in Davis
By Robb Davis (Editor’s note: following the decision by Mace Ranch Innovation Center to put its pending…
Cannery Comes Back for Another Bite: 24 Additional Units
In November 2013, a divided city council voted 3-2 to approve the development agreement to put 547…
Guest Commentary: City Did Not Violate Affordable Housing Requirements on Nishi
by Robb Davis In his Sunday, April 10, Op-Ed Alan Pryor stated that the City had violated…
First Take: MRIC Decision Is a Game Changer
It was 3 p.m. on a normal Wednesday when the news broke, “Mace Ranch Innovation Center Project…
Industry Successful in Killing Statewide Soda Tax without a Vote
For the second year in a row, legislation sponsored by Assemblymember Richard Bloom, which would have imposed…
Sunday Commentary: Why Does a Slow Growth Town Elect Pro-Development Councils?
Given the level of contention on the issue of Nishi, it is perhaps somewhat surprising on the…
