My View: UC Davis Spikes the Ball on Student Housing
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – This week, UC Davis had a formal ceremony…
Warrant Issued for West Village LLC Management Company
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – In an unusual turn of events, Yolo County…
Guest Commentary: Reimagine Russell Needs Bus Connection to West Village
By Bret Stevens and Francois Kaeppelin The Reimagine Russell project has the potential to link thousands of…
Commentary: Should the City Re-Think the West Village Connection?
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – The city council will have a Re-imagine Russell…
By the Numbers: Sterling Versus the Greens
(Editor’s Note: this is a new periodic column that will look at data and the numbers in…
UC Davis Fully Opens Net Zero Student Housing Community with 3,290 Beds
Sustainability measures include massive solar electric arrays and bike parking for each student Special to the Vanguard…
My View: For the Most Part Off-Campus Housing Is More Affordable Than On-Campus, but Again We Mostly Need Supply
By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA – A few years ago, the Vanguard did a series of…
Commentary: We Needed Housing Then, We Need Housing Now, This UCD v. City Debate Doesn’t Address the Bottom Line
By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA – Lost in a lot of extra-curricular discussion this week is…
UC Davis Completes West Village Housing Project, Breaks Ground at Orchard Park
By Andy Fell The University of California, Davis, today (July 19) celebrated milestones in two major student…
Davis Vacancy Rate Soars; Two New UCD Projects Will Shape Future of Research at the University
By David M. Greenwald Earlier this week the Vanguard reported that a record number of applicants had…
Sunday Commentary: Do We Have Enough Student Housing and Is It Affordable?
At the State of the City meeting back in February, the Mayor and City manager were excited…
Sunday Commentary: Affordability of Housing on Campus Could Be the Next Local Housing Crisis
When the student housing crisis started to gain focus late in 2015 as UC Davis was launching…
Judge Denies AFSCME Lawsuit Challenging West Village
An Alameda County judge denied an AFSCME (American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees) lawsuit challenging…
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…
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,…
CEQA Suit Filed by Unions Threatens to Halt Student Housing at West Village and Orchard Park
Just when it appeared that an agreement between the city, county and university would pave the way…
Commentary: We Have the Housing We Need Largely in Place, but We Need to Eliminate the Barriers
Lost in the debate, over things like the definition of homelessness, is a simple fact – we…
Commentary: Disenfranchising the Student Vote in Davis
Yesterday we raised a point about Measure R and the fact that, while the measure creates the…
