Davis Recruiting for Advisory Commissions
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – A few weeks after a controversial move to…
Commentary: Hey Council, Leave the Commissions Alone
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Last week the council subcommittee presented a potential…
Social Services Commission and City Potentially Looking into Tenant Protections Again
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Periodically the city of Davis over the last…
Guest Commentary: Annexation Proposals Are Hastening Climate and Affordability Crisis
by David J. Thompson This piece is a slightly longer piece based upon remarks to the Social…
Guest Commentary: Affordable Housing…Who’s Tending the Shop?
by Georgina Valencia I serve on the Social Services Commission and have been on the commission for…
Monday Morning Thoughts: University Commons Project Does Need More Affordable Housing, but There Is a Big “But”
By David M. Greenwald I appreciate the sentiments of our guest piece from three members of the…
Guest Commentary: University Mall Needs More Affordable Housing (Corrected)
by Georgina Valencia, Bapu Vaitla, Don Kalman We have had the opportunity to review the revised Affordable…
Monday Morning Thoughts: ARC Can Do More to Assure Voters of Adequate Affordable Housing
Last week the Social Services commission got to hear about the plan for affordable housing at ARC…
Social Services Recommends ARC Be Bound by Affordable Housing Policies at the Time of Proposals
The first step in a long string of advisory board hearings for the Aggie Research Campus, found…
Commentary: Commission Got It Wrong – Revenue Stream Is a Good Deal for Davis
Several of the commissioners and public commenters lamented the fact that the projected revenue stream from the…
Council’s Turn to Take Up Affordable Housing Ordinance Revisions
While staff is wanting to hear the council weigh in on the four key issues that both…
Commentary: Where Does Affordable Housing Go from Here?
There was a good discussion at the Social Services Commission on Affordable Housing. Affordable Housing is in…
Chiles Apartment Project Presents Its Affordable Plan
The Chiles Road Apartments is designed as “a traditional rental housing project” which means providing predominantly one…
Social Services Commission Recommends Sticking with Interim Ordinance, Wants to Eliminate Vertical Mixed Use Exemption to Affordable Housing
The Social Services commission was tasked with making recommendations on the Affordable Housing Ordinance just as the…
Tweaks, but No Big Changes in Interim Affordable Housing Ordinance Update
One of the bigger issues that has emerged in the city of Davis is the Affordable Housing…
Developer Tells Commission Nishi is Not a Mega-Dorm
On Monday night, the Social Services Commission was asked to offer a preliminary assessment of the Nishi…
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 to Look at Affordable Component for Sterling Apartments
Following the demise of the EMQ FamiliesFirst facility, the new property owner has submitted a formal planning…
