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…
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…
Analysis: Labor Laws Complicating UC Davis Ability to Build Housing
The Vanguard yesterday reported that the university is generating huge housing demands with their policies of increasing…
Vanguard Analysis: UC Davis Driving Housing Crisis in Davis
In a comment yesterday, former Councilmember Michael Harrington laid the blame of the lack of the balanced…
Sunday Commentary: The Future of Growth Is the Future of Davis
The narrative offered right now about growth is easy, straightforward and easy to follow. It pits the…
Monday Morning Thoughts II: Emerging Fault Lines on Nishi, Future of Growth
As we close in on the council decision about whether to put Nishi on the ballot, I…
In Davis, a Runaway Train, a Mad Rush to Ruin
By Don Sherman On the periphery of Davis, the public eye is on the Nishi Project and…
Student Housing Development Planned on Olive Drive
HighBridge Properties, a real estate investment and development firm focused on multifamily and student-housing properties in markets…
Sunday Commentary: How the National Scene Might Affect Local June Elections
I note an article in the local paper which argues that we have seen a decline of…
ASUCD Endorses Nishi Gateway Project by 11-1 Vote
Some of the strongest proponents for the Nishi project have been students concerned with the lack of…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Nishi Project Evolving
In the last several weeks as the time rolls closer to the drop-dead date for putting Nishi…
Commentary: Pushing UCD To Do Its Fair Share Is Not Anti-Student
Earlier this week we observed that, with the improvement of the economy and housing market, there not…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Revived Growth Wars? Is There a Middle Ground?
With the improvement of the economy and housing market, there seems to be renewed pressure to grow…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Does Anyone Think 850 Housing Units at MRIC Will Fly?
Kevin Wolf in an op-ed in the local paper lays out a well-written and well-thought out vision…
Commentary: Just Where Are Students Supposed to Live?
In reading an op-ed on the proposed Trackside development, legitimate concerns are raised regarding the impacts on…
Commentary: Housing and UC Davis
It is clear, as UC Davis embarks on their LRDP, that they are, in effect, the 800-pound…
Guest Commentary: UCD needs to build more student housing now
By Eileen M. Samitz LRDP action needed, not just words – UC Davis has recently invited Davis…
Analysis: Where Are the Additional UCD Students Going to Live?
In his Mayor’s Corner column this weekend, Mayor Dan Wolk writes, “UCD officials introduced their Long-Range Development…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Why Nishi Doesn’t Go Far Enough
Nishi is an interesting project from one perspective – it seems people either love it or they…
Sunday Commentary II: Rental Housing Needed As Well
Yesterday’s column on the Sterling Apartments proposal certainly generated a lot of discussion. However, some of that…
