My View: What Does a Moderate View of Growth Look Like?
This week saw a bit of an odd occurrence – many of the most prominent slow growth…
Sterling Apartments Project Draft Sustainability Implementation Plan
by Don Sherman Agenda for Monday evening’s special session of the Davis Natural Resources Commission had scheduled…
Five Things the Council Should Do by the Start of 2017
With the council elections and now the national elections over, it is time for the Davis City…
Guest Commentary: Site Near Post Office to Turn into Huge UCD Dorm
by Claudia Krich City planner Eric Lee (elee@cityofdavis.org) sent an email with specifications about the Sterling 5th…
Sunday Commentary: We Live Under a False Sense of Permanency in Davis
A city that has been unable to develop on the periphery for two decades, starved for tax…
City Releases Draft EIR on Sterling Apartments
Another one of the more controversial proposals is the repurposing of the six-acre city property that formerly…
Analysis: Is On-Campus Housing Low-Hanging Fruit?
For all of the complaining about the confining nature of Davis’ Measure R, which requires the conversion…
Sunday Commentary: The Davis Dilemma
The Hyatt House hotel is only the most recent example of the difficulty of doing infill in…
Monday Morning Thoughts: The Devil Is Always in the Details
Last week, in the discussion of the EIR on Sterling, there were what I thought some interesting…
Student Housing Concerns Come Out During Sterling Discussion
The main purpose of the item on Tuesday night on Sterling dealt with the structuring of alternatives…
Council to Consider EIR Project Alternatives for Sterling
The city of Davis has shifted course on the proposed Sterling Apartment project on 5th Street. Originally…
Sterling Discussion at Senior Commission Turns Contentious When Discussion Is Cut Off
The Vanguard has learned that the hearing on the Sterling Apartments at the Davis Senior Citizen Commission,…
Analysis: Is There a Mutually Agreeable Path Forward on Sterling?
Two weeks ago, the city made the right call by forgoing a Mitigated Negative Declaration (MND, or…
An Appeal to All Who Care about Davis
By Gene Miner There is a large variety of reasons for which some of us care about…
City Backtracks on Neg Dec For Sterling
Two weeks ago, it appeared that the city was going to attempt to push through a Mitigated…
Davis Citizens Opposed to Monster Housing Project at Corner of Fifth Street and Pole Line Road
By Maggie and Don Sherman On behalf of the many Davis and Yolo County citizens appalled at…
Commentary: We Need a Realistic Plan for Student Housing
Call the issues 1 and 1a and assign the rank order according to your preference, but the…
Feedback on Sterling Fifth Street Apartments Project
The following are written comments on the Sterling Mitigated Negative Declaration submitted by Don Sherman, a resident…
My View II: Is the Neg Dec Route Appropriate for Sterling?
When the city of Davis pushed through a Mitigated Negative Declaration (MND) on the Hotel Conference Center,…
Analysis: Will Davis Rental Crisis Change City Politics?
While Davis is struggling with its own rental crisis, a report in the Associated Press yesterday shows…
