My View: Housing Insecurity and Homeless Numbers at UCD a Cause for Alarm
Lost in the shuffle of the new Aggie Research Campus as well as the Paul’s Place homeless…
Study Shows 18% of UC Davis Students Face Housing Insecurity or Homelessness
Approximately 2,400 UC Davis students—7 percent of the student body—experienced homelessness for some period last year. Nearly…
Key Pieces of Legislation on Private Prisons, Safe Lots and CBD Move Forward
AB 32 to End Use of For-Profit, Private Prisons in California Passes Assembly Appropriations Committee (From Press…
Nishi Petitioners Attempting to Add Cause of Action
Earlier this week, the parties were in court, where Nishi is the latest project being challenged. The…
Commentary: State Housing Growth Slows, but Community Still Has Needs
The population in Davis ticked up about 1 percent from 2018 to 2019, according to an article…
WeHousing Splits, Leaves 100 Mostly Chinese National Students in the Lurch
Police and District Attorney Are Investigating Fraud Angle The Vanguard learned late last week that as many…
Bill to Make Student Housing More Affordable Passes Committee
A bill that would make private student housing more affordable passed the Assembly Housing Committee on a…
My View: What Purpose Did This Lawsuit Serve Other Than to Harm Struggling Students?
Lawyers for Susan Rainier argued that their client had “been harmed” by the city’s “failure to provide…
Reaction to Lincoln40 Tentative Ruling – Guarded Optimism Among Students
Wednesday’s tentative ruling in favor of the city and the applicant of Lincoln40 has given the city,…
Court Rules with City on Lincoln40 Tentative Ruling
A week after the court surprised many by siding with the plaintiffs against the city on Trackside,…
My View: Addressing Student Housing Needs Has Been Slow Progress
The year was 2002. A few months after 9/11. The second year of George W. Bush’s eight year presidential term. Davis Mayor was Susie Boyd. That was the last time the city of Davis had a market rate apartment complex open.
Student Housing Development Formally Breaks Ground
By Andy Fell The University of California, Davis, today (Feb. 26) formally broke ground for The Green…
Commentary: “Official Numbers” Show Student Housing Crisis Remains
The numbers released by the university annual survey show that the housing crisis for students remains in…
Guest Commentary: We Must Address Inequality with Our Housing Policies
By Gloria Partida The current report commissioned by the city to evaluate the feasibility of integrated affordable…
2018 in Review: Student Housing Crisis
We entered the year 2018 with student housing firmly the top issue. Were it not for litigation,…
West Village Expansion to Start Construction
By Andy Fell Construction of the West Village Expansion student housing project at the University of California,…
U-Mall Redevelopment Has Scoping Meeting, Analysis of the Parking Plan
On Wednesday, developers for the University Mall Redevelopment project held a scoping meeting in advance of their…
Council to Extend Interim Affordable Housing Ordinance; Will Look into Vertical Mixed-Use
The Davis City Council became the third entity in the last two weeks to look at the…
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…
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…
