Guest Commentary: I Support AFSCME Workers on Strike, and Students
By Sean Raycraft A few weeks ago, I signed on to a letter with some student leaders…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Renters Still Face Challenges in Davis
The other day I was purchasing some food at Safeway after dropping off my kids at school…
Sunday Commentary: Workforce Housing and the Politics of “Not This”
A point I made earlier this week is that after getting badly beaten on up on various…
Sunday Commentary: Plaza 2555 Responds to Feedback, Shifting Away from Student Housing
Plaza 2555 goes before the council and a big question with it has always been – what…
Council Asked to Approve an Evolving Plaza 2555
Plaza 2555 is a triangular-shaped parcel of land across the street from Playfields Park and down the…
My View: Students Growing Frustrated over Housing Holdups
There have been developments that have looked like progress this year on student housing issues. Now in…
Guest Commentary: The Legislature, Student Housing and Affordable Housing
By Matt Williams On Tuesday, October 2nd I posted a comment that described the circumstances that caused…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Lawsuit Angers Student Housing Advocates
Just when it seemed like we were on the verge of solving the student housing crisis, another…
Commentary: City Lands a Key Agreement from UC Davis
We have been skeptical of a notion of an agreement with UC Davis – in part because…
Another Davis Renter Story
Eric Gudz on Tuesday gave another account from a Davis renter. Reading to the council during public…
UC Davis Releases Recommendations for Affordable Student Housing
On Wednesday, UC Davis released its recommendations of three task forces that addressed basic student needs including…
City, County, UC Davis Agree to MOU on Student Housing Commitments
On Tuesday, all three agencies jointly announced that the city, county and UC Davis “have agreed to…
Commentary: Sacramento Mayor Backs Temporary Rent Control – Should We?
On Tuesday, Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg supported a temporary rent control measure. In a blog entry (here),…
Commentary: Round and Round We Go on Plaza 2555 – Mega-Dorms Reconstituted or Needed Rental Housing?
Round and round we went yesterday on the issue of Plaza 2555. I think it’s important to…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Why Plaza 2555 Is Being Attacked as a Student Housing Project Is Not Clear
Last week Plaza 2555 went to the Davis Planning Commission, and the project got forwarded to council…
My View: Filling the Student Housing Need Is a No-Brainer
Last spring when the city council approved Lincoln40, the council gave signals that they were close to…
Students Push Back against Litigation Holding Up Housing Projects
We have seen larger crowds of students in support of housing projects. At the Vanguard Student Housing…
Commentary: Time to Re-Think UC Santa Cruz As a Model
For much of the last few years while we have been undergoing a discussion of student housing…
Council Unanimously Approves Davis Live Apartments, Students Push Back against Litigation
Given it is a location surrounded by other student housing, even a seven-story proposed project drew no…
Sunday Commentary: Students Live in Housing Insecurity while Litigants Hold Up Projects
In the next few weeks we are expecting the full report from the UC Davis Affordable Housing…
