Latest Apartment Survey from UC Davis: Davis Apartment Vacancy Rate Continues To Improve
Average Rent Increases Modestly As the University of California, Davis, continues a building program that has added…
Letter: Workforce Housing is Needed in Davis
Davis is a city that prides itself on being a welcoming, forward-thinking community. Yet, as many as…
Council Moves Forward Down Payment Assistance Plan in Concept – With Details to Be Ironed Out in the Process
Davis, CA – City Council took the first step on Tuesday toward creating a down payment assistance…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Why a Down Payment Assistance Program Could Be an Important Piece to the Affordability Puzzle
Davis, CA – Addressing affordable housing is pretty tricky. In recent years, the city of Davis has…
Guest Commentary: Serious Potential Problems with Down Payment Proposal
The following is a letter to the Davis City Council There’s nothing intrinsically wrong with having the…
Davis Council to Introduce Down Payment Assistance Ordinance
Davis, CA – One of the biggest focuses by the city of Davis on affordable housing is…
Commentary: Draft EIR Says Denser is Better
Davis, CA – At the end of the day, I still have a lot of issues for…
Draft EIR for Village Finds Denser Project Environmentally Superior Alternative
Davis, CA – This week, the city of Davis released the Draft EIR for the 1800-unit Village…
Monday Morning Thoughts: General Plan Update… Moving at the Speed of a Bullet Train
Davis, CA – A few years ago, there was a suggestion that Davis wait to put projects…
Davis City Council Asked to Approve Rental Housing Inclusionary Guidelines
Davis, CA – Back in July 2023, the city council adopted an ordinance which established at 15…
Commentary: I Agree – We Need to Talk about Density and What It Means for Traffic
Last week, The Davis Citizens Planning Group discussed the issue of density, rightly noting, “density is a term…
Commentary: Newsom’s Housing Efforts Fall Short – What Does That Mean for Davis?
The SF Chronicle this week reported that “California is wildly off track to meet Newsom’s 2025 housing…
Guest Commentary: Let’s Talk about Density
In our past two articles, we have talked about: The failure of our planning process (largely due…
My View: Building Housing Improves Affordability, Even When the Housing Is on the Upper Levels of the Market
I keep hearing from folks who want to argue that Davis doesn’t need more “unaffordable housing” —but…
Commentary: Rethinking Traffic Impacts
The standard story that we always here – a project is going into a certain location, its…
Council to Approve Commission Project Review for Village Farms and Shriners
Davis, CA – City staff is asking the Davis City Council to approve a list of recommended…
Commentary: The State Is Being Extremely Aggressive in Its Housing Targets – Davis Could Feel the Pinch
On Wednesday, the San Francisco Chronicle made an interesting observation that New York City just passed a…
Sunday Commentary: Washington Post – Americans Prefer Sprawl to Walkable Neighborhoods, Or Do They?
On Saturday the Washington Post ran a full-length news analysis on an issue that is becoming critical…
My View: I Agree Measure J Is a Barrier to Housing – But…
My article earlier this week on the PPIC report led to an interesting exchange over Measure J…
Commentary: Report from PPIC Highlights Three Decades of Housing Challenges for California
This week, PPIC (Public Policy Institute of California) put out a report on “Three Decades of Housing…
