Commentary: Critics of the Homeless Tax Are Forgetting Important Details
As most of our readers are already aware, Davis Mayor Robb Davis believes that homelessness is a…
Open Letter to Mayor Davis on Homelessness
(Editor’s note: the following was originally posted on Nextdoor) Dear Mayor Davis, I speak of the homeless…
City Disadvantaged by the Tax Take
At last week’s council meeting, Mayor Robb Davis emphasized the fact that passing a parcel tax or…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Will the City Have to Revise Its Affordable Housing Guidelines?
One of the big questions facing the city is why they are not getting any market rate…
My View: Davis Could Put Itself on the Cutting Edge with Social Services Tax
While Davis has often rightly been accused of being reactive these days and losing its progressive fervor,…
Pushback by the Public against Revenue Measure
While the council is continuing to plan to move forward on revenue measures, they received a dose…
Council Refines Revenue Measure, but Not Ready to Approve It
The Davis City Council is not waiting till the midnight hour to put a revenue measure on…
City Receives $250,000 for Davis Amtrak Station Access and Connections Study
(From Press Release) – On December 6, the California Transportation Commission awarded the City of Davis $250,000…
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…
Council to Discuss Revenue Measures for June
The council has until February 6 of next year to figure out what it wants to put…
Roads, Parks, Homeless, Affordable Housing: Council Seeks Clarity on the Issue of Revenue Measures
One of the biggest issues facing the city of Davis is how it is going to close…
Commentary: Transparency is Essential to Build Trust for Police Oversight
They will say that the world of 2008 was another time and another council – and they…
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…
City Reaches Out to Community on Police Oversight Efforts
(From Press Release) – The City of Davis is conducting a public forum on Thursday, December 7…
Davis Successor Agency Accepts Offer on Sale of Historic City Hall
(From Press Release) – The Successor Agency to the Davis Redevelopment Agency on Tuesday accepted an offer…
Commentary: The City Needs a Family Housing Workshop
Last night at the Social Services Commission meeting – as I listened to the students get up…
Social Services Commission Pushes for More Affordable Housing at Lincoln40
On Monday, the Social Services Commission listened to roughly an hour of public comment, much of it…
Sunday Commentary: Lessons from the Trackside Fight?
In closing the chapter on Trackside now, someone asked a good question: what should someone do next…
Trackside – A View from J Street
by Tia Will I am a 30-year resident of Davis, first during my time at UCDMC and…
Council Approves Trackside 4-1 at the Current Proposed Height
Trackside has been a contentious issue since it was introduced as a six-story project way back in…
