Vanguard Talks to Student Leaders about Housing – Part 2
The students told the Vanguard that they are frustrated at being treated like pawns by the university…
Vanguard Talks to Student Leaders About Housing – Part 1
For over a year and a half, the Vanguard community has been discussing the issue of student…
Commentary: Should Students Become More Proactive on the Housing Front?
A few weeks ago, students made their presence felt at the city council meeting by showing up…
Should Davis Consider Rent Control?
When students came before the council last month to support Sterling Apartments, chief among their concerns was…
Letter: Community Can Donate to Create Dorms
By Jean Jackman The following letter has been sent to Chancellor Hexter and Incoming Chancellor May, Dear…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Can We Figure Out a Way Forward on Student Housing?
Numbers are important to understand. Right now the university is planning on adding somewhere around 7000 students…
My View: Why is UCD Dragging Their Feet on Student Housing?
On Tuesday night, there in the back of the room were three representatives from UC Davis, watching…
City Wants Answers, Action from the University on the Housing Front
The city of Davis has stepped up with support for some additional student housing, but UC Davis…
Council Already Hearing from the Public on Lincoln40
Fresh off an approval of the 540-bed Sterling Apartments, the City of Davis on Tuesday approved the…
Guest Commentary: Response to the Chancellor’s LRDP Letter
By Dan Carson (The following are comments submitted to the city council for Tuesday, April 25, Agenda…
Monday Morning Thoughts: No Small Stakes in Battle Over Housing
In yesterday’s column the Vanguard reiterated its position on campus housing – while the Vanguard has been…
Sunday Commentary: UCD Response on LRDP Shows They Don’t Get It
As fate would have it, the city of Davis released the UC Davis April 14 LRDP Response…
UC Davis Responds to the City of Davis on LRDP
Back at the December 20, 2016, meeting, the Davis City Council sent a letter to UC Davis…
Commentary: The University and City Must Do More to Address the Crisis of Student Housing
On Tuesday night, a city council that we have criticized for lacking leadership stepped up and did…
Student Voice on Housing Comes Through on Tuesday
Since UC Davis announced the start of their LRDP (Long Range Development Plan) process in late 2015,…
Council Unanimously Votes to Approve Sterling Apartment Project
As the hour approached midnight and the council listed to dozens of citizens on both sides, including…
ASUCD Resolution in Favor of Sterling
ASUCD Resolution #13 was a statement in support of the Sterling Fifth Street Apartments proposal that came…
Commentary: Judgment Day – Sterling Becomes a Proxy Fight on Land Use Policies
For the last 18 months, the biggest issue has been over student housing. While the slow-growth community,…
Monday Morning Thoughts: More Calls for Housing Plan
When I was a graduate student in political science, one of the professors I used to TA…
Sunday Commentary: Navigating the Growth Issue
While issues come and go in the Davis eco space, the issue of growth in Davis remains…
