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FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 2020
Parking initiative short on signatures
Green financing Recycling innovation would be among the priorities for a proposed state loan fund aimed at seeding innovative solutions to climate change in California.
BY ANNE TERNUS-BELLAMY Enterprise staff writer Backers of an initiative that would ban parking meters in Davis and increase the supply of free parking downtown failed to gather the nearly 4,000 signatures within 180 days required by law but say they plan to try again in order to qualify for the November ballot. The “Freedom to Park” initiative, which had been circulating since the summer, needed 3,938 signatures (10 percent of the city’s registered voters) to be submitted by Dec. 27 in order to qualify for the ballot, according to city clerk Zoe Mirabile. “The deadline to qualify the Freedom To Park Initiative passed and we did not qualify,” said a statement signed by Glen Holstein, Robert Milbrodt, Pam Nieberg and Dan Urazandi. The statement added that while “we had thousands of volunteergathered signatures from downtown
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Teens face new charges in West Sac homicide case BY LAUREN KEENE Enterprise staff writer WOODLAND — Two teenagers accused of fatally shooting a 16-yearold girl in West Sacramento last weekend made their first court appearances Wednesday, where they faced new allegations involving a second victim, according to documents on file in Yolo Superior Court. In addition to the murder and second-degree robbery of Samantha J. Farris during what police say was a botched marijuana deal, the two male suspects — also 16 — are charged with the attempted murder of another person, identified in charging petitions by the initials “S.K.”
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California budget to include $1B green-loan fund BY JUDY LIN AND RACHEL BECKER CalMatters Contending that California needs to encourage small players with ideas to address the climate crisis, Gov. Gavin Newsom plans to include a $1 billion revolving loan program in his new budget Friday to seed recycling, low-carbon transportation and climate-smart agriculture projects, according to a summary document obtained by CalMatters. The Climate Catalyst Revolving Loan Fund, which would grow over four years, would offer low-interest lending to small businesses and organizations
that have green ideas but may not be established or connected enough to compete for venture capital funding. “California is the world capital of innovation,” Newsom said in a statement. “But as we grow, we must demand that the benefits of this growth be widely shared by workers and small businesses — not just those with access to huge amounts of capital. This fund aims to level the playing field as we build a greener, cleaner economy.” The Golden State has set ambitious goals for the world’s fifth largest economy to go “carbon neutral” by 2045. That means creating new technologies
to reduce the release of carbon dioxide and other emissions, as well as finding ways to capture greenhouse gas so the state’s net release is zero. California already is pouring billions of dollars from the proceeds from cap-and-trade into a dizzying range of public climate projects, from clean vehicle rebates to high speed rail. The state is also a hotbed of venture capitalists, socially responsible lenders and others who operate in the private sector, investing billions in green products and businesses. The governor’s proposal, however, fills a different role, according to Kirsten Snow
Spalding, director of the investor network for Ceres, a nonprofit advocacy organization with a focus on driving investment in environmental sustainability. While cap and trade dollars have helped pay for significant projects in targeted communities, she said, this new money could help bring infrastructure projects, for example, far enough along for other investors to feel comfortable stepping in. “For institutional investors, there’s some risk in investing in climate solutions,” Spalding said. “Having the revolving loan fund will help incentivize private money to flow into infrastructure and projects.”
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Planning commissioners back townhouse proposal BY ANNE TERNUS-BELLAMY
said, “I don’t know how we could have a more perfect project, frankly.”
Enterprise staff writer The Davis Planning Commission voted unanimously Wednesday to recommend that the owner of a single-family house on Russell Boulevard — currently home to student renters — be allowed to convert the site into four townhouses. The commission’s recommendation will go the City Council for final approval. “This is the kind of project we should be encouraging more of in Davis,” said Commissioner Greg Rowe, who praised the project’s energy efficiency and
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Commissioner Stephen Mikesell called the University View Townhomes proposal “an excellent project” and added that what he really likes about the plan “is it shows clearly that we can have a workable project along Russell Boulevard that doesn’t have to be student housing … There are plenty of people who have a reason to be close to the university who are not students. “There’s approximately two
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The owner of a single-family home on Russell Boulevard — currently occupied by student renters — is seeking city approval to replace the house with these four townhouses.
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