Council to Hear Appeal of Olive Drive Mixed Use, Plus Normal Hearing on Project
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – In March, the Planning Commission gave the Olive…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Olive Drive Mixed-Use Checks a Lot of Boxes
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – There are a lot of interesting features of…
Olive Drive Mixed-Use Project Goes to Planning Commission This Week
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – A project whose goal is to provide housing…
Commentary: What Does Workforce and Family Housing Look Like? How Can We Address Affordable Housing?
By David M. Greenwald Pop quiz—if you are a family with two kids, a boy and a…
Sunday Commentary: We Have a Chance to Close the Housing Gap
By David M. Greenwald Measure J has sometimes become a rather convenient target for the housing problems…
URP Mixed-Use Project Finally Comes Before Planning Commission
By David M. Greenwald While it has taken a few years, a project that figures to serve…
Sunday Commentary: It Comes Down to How to Manage Change in Davis
Two of my biggest concerns about the current trajectory of Davis are, first, that we have constrained…
Commentary: Mayor Misses Opportunity on Call to Action on Critical Issues
We can debate over whether the city is headed in the right or wrong direction, I suppose. …
Commentary: Some New Insights into Housing and Support for Development
It was only two years ago when people were questioning whether a Measure R project – any…
Sunday Commentary: Infill Housing, Close to the University – Two Projects Meet Those Critical Needs
I caught the most recent column by Rich Rifkin, noting that Davis “talks a good game when…
Sunday Commentary: It Appears Some People Will Object to Any Project
I didn’t know much about the Olive Drive Mixed-Use project when it was placed on the consent…
Council to Approve Environmental Analysis for Olive Drive Mixed-Use Project
Mixed-Use Project Features 76 Small Single-Bedroom Apartments and Low Automobile Users In a consent item for this…
Commentary: Housing Issue Figures to Be Tricky to Thread the Needle
A poll released over the summer showed that the top issue among Davis voters was the issue…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Five Early Thoughts on the Aggie Research Campus
We have been talking about Aggie Research Campus (ARC) for months already, but until this past week…
My View: Re-examining the Middle-Income Housing Requirement
The city of Davis is clearly in need of more middle income housing, especially what might be…
Sunday Commentary: Housing Is a Puzzle – How Does Davis Solve It?
Where to begin? That’s my dilemma here, but it is really the same problem that the city…
Commentary: Housing’s Impact on the Economy
In recent weeks we have had discussions on whether the proposed ARC (Aggie Research Campus) needs housing…
Applicant Explains His Thinking on Aggie Research Campus
Last week, the applicants for a commercial development east of Mace Boulevard submitted a letter to the…
Sunday Commentary: Housing Policy as Generational Warfare for Millennials
The Atlantic in the past week wrote an article, “Why Housing Policy Feels Like Generational Warfare (To…
Commentary: Rebranding MRIC as Aggie Research Campus… with Housing
After five years and a number of false starts, MRIC (Mace Ranch Innovation Center) needed a rebrand,…
