Commentary: For Better or Worse, the Housing Situation Isn’t …
WEBAug 3, 2021 · That’s how you perpetuate segregation. Reactionaries have used “choice” over the decades to defend their racism. Segregation in the U.S. has increased over the last several decades because we’ve left these decisions to local jurisdictions who choose policies that close out underprivileged groups.
Commentary: The Davis Council Has Moved to a More Consensus …
WEBNov 9, 2021 · Mayor Gloria Partida in April at a rally. By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor. Davis, CA – I was reading a piece in the Chronicle that looked at San Francisco Board of Supervisor votes—they used a rather elaborate algorithm called an ideal point estimation to rank the supervisor’s ideological position based on how they voted on 220 pieces of legislation from January 2019 to October 2021.
Sunday Commentary: Affordable Housing Is Going to Take a Lot …
WEBJun 16, 2024 · By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor. Davis, CA – In my view, affordable housing along with homelessness and housing in general, are one plank of what I would call the triple crisis facing the city of Davis.
COMMENTARY: Homegrown Models for Expanding Davis
WEBNov 10, 2023 · Re: the Cannery — “ And lacking sufficient shade trees and hedges, it’s going to be hotter and drier than the older parts of our city. In contrast,” That is a huge problem with high-density housing. Irrigated vegetation and tree cover make neighborhoods habitable. 50 – 100 years from now, the lower-density neighborhoods in Davis will be much more liveable than the multi-story units ...
Davis (Finally) to Embark on a General Plan Update
WEBFeb 20, 2024 · Davis, CA – Calling it a process that “has been long in coming” and is “highly anticipated” as well as “fundamental to shaping the future of the Davis community,” the city of Davis is finally embarking on its General Plan update. “With the completion of the Downtown Plan and the recent certification of the Housing Element ...
Commentary: The Small Town Character of Davis
WEBJul 11, 2023 · Photo by Sigmund on Unsplash. By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor. Davis, CA – I have told this story a few times before, I chose to stay in Davis even though I would have trouble purchasing a house, largely because I preferred both the character of the college town as well as the small town feel.
Commentary: City of Davis Has a Chance to Go Bold Again on …
WEBJan 25, 2022 · By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor. Davis, CA – It was nearly a decade ago that the city of Davis made a bold move—they brought in a Chief Innovation Officer, Rob White, to head up a fledgling economic development effort. Hot after the successes of Innovation Park Task Force and DSIDE along with the Studio 30 Report, the city came up ...
Commentary: A Realistic Assessment of Davis’ Housing Situation
WEBMar 5, 2021 · Infill along B Street. By David M. Greenwald. Listening to the housing discussion on Wednesday was a reminder that the housing issue, while diminished during times of COVID, is probably coming back—especially if the projections for the fall are correct, of full return to campus and record high enrollment.
Commentary: Another View on Housing Costs in Davis ... - Davis …
WEBApr 21, 2023 · “Many of the people who make up the wonderful community that is Davis are state employees — either working for the university or commuting to Sacramento.Just as we will lose our community if it ever sprawled across the causeway into West Sacramento, we will lose our community if the people who define the Davis community can no longer afford to live here, and instead are forced to pollute ...
Guest Commentary: The Davis Vanguard Wants to …
WEBMar 30, 2024 · Editor David Greenwald’s recent Davis Vanguard commentary “ Housing Production Continues to Fall Well Short ” is critical of Davis, but—bizarrely—touts Sacramento as the housing producer to emulate. Greenwald also wants less multi-family housing, and more single-family homes in Davis. Sacramento is …
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