The Davis Enterprise Sunday, April 30, 2023

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Supervisor Jim Provenza will not seek a fifth term on the Yolo County Board of Supervisors.

PROVENZA

45 years of public service

He cited his desire to spend more time with family, including his wife, Donna, and their children and grandchildren, after 45 years in public service.

“No political position is a lifetime appointment,” Provenza said.

“I am deeply grateful to the voters of the 4th District for allowing me to serve for 16 years. I love the work and the people I am privileged to serve. It has been one of the biggest honors of my life, but as George Harrison once observed, ‘All things must pass.’”

Two candidates have filed paperwork with the county indicating they

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— Davis Mayor Will Arnold

Flowers decorate Breaux’s “Compassion Bench” at Third and C streets in downtown Davis on Friday, after word spread of his death.

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David Breaux speaks at a November 2012 protest at UC Davis, following the infamous pepper-spray incident at UCD that year. The local activist, known colloquially as the “Compassion Guy” was found stabbed to death in Central Park on Thursday morning.

happened, however. Hours earlier, the 50-year-old Breaux — a well-known member of the Davis community popularly known as “the Compassion Guy” — fell victim to a violent homicide.

The Stanford graduate also was the driving force behind the Compassion Corner Earthbench, a public art sculpture located on Third and C’s southeast corner that, on Friday, became a place for people to remember Breaux and grieve.

towards the park or downtown area, is urged to contact the Davis Police Department at 530-747-5400 or policeweb@ cityofdavis.org.

“A message emphasizing love and compassion. Without a teaching or socializing,” Breaux posted on his Facebook page. “A simple pointing to alleviate the illusory nature of suffering and coming home to the essential. All are welcome.”

His latest effort never

Davis Police Chief Darren Pytel said Breaux had suffered “a significant number of stab wounds” when a passerby found him late Thursday morning at Central Park, a place where for years Breaux sought to raise awareness of compassion and seek others’ definitions of the term.

His killing remained unsolved Friday as police issued a plea to the public for any information that would help them locate Breaux’s assailant.

Anyone who was in the Central Park area during the earlymorning hours Thursday, or has surveillance cameras facing

UCD Chávez event features grandson

By Monica Stark Enterprise staff writer

César Chávez’s grandson, Andrés Chávez, will be the keynote speaker at the 21st Cesar Chavez Youth Leadership Conference and Celebration at UC Davis on Saturday, May 6.

Andrés Chávez, who majored in public policy and administration at CSU Bakersfield, is the executive director of the National Chavez Center. He spoke in-depth with The Enterprise about the importance of education, upholding the legacy of his “tata” grandfather, the inspiration of the farmworker movement.

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Andrés Chávez, director of the National Chavez Center, which memorializes his grandfather César Chávez, stopped by The Davis Enterprise office to talk about his upcoming appearance at UC Davis’ Cesar Chavez Youth Leadership Conference.

Those with information but wish to remain anonymous can call the department’s tip line at 530-747-5460.

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The homicide investigation began at about 11:20 a.m. Thursday, when a passerby

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City bestows environmental recognition awards for 2023

By Anne Ternus-Bellamy Enterprise staff writer

They teach children about science, pick up trash throughout the city, provide education on electric vehicles, endorse sustainable living and encourage Davis children to walk and bike to school. They are the recipients of this year’s Environmental Recognition awards from the city of Davis.

For nearly three decades, the city has been honoring businesses, nonprofits and individuals for their efforts to improve the quality of life in Davis through education,

environmental stewardship and community sustainability and this year’s recipients were recognized by the City Council last week.

Receiving the Environmental Legacy award was Explorit Science Center.

Since 1982, Explorit has ignited and fostered curiosity about science and nature through inquiry and discovery by providing opportunities for hands-on science exploration at its educational center in East Davis.

“Encouraging environmental awareness

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Provenza won’t seek re-election in 2024

By Anne Ternus-Bellamy

Provenza, who has represented east and south Davis on the board since he was first elected in 2008, announced Thursday he won’t be on the March 2024 primary ballot.

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I’m feeling special today. My district, and my district alone, gets to vote on the future of the world come Tuesday.

True, this is just a special election to fill a vacancy in District 3, one of five City Council districts in the city of Davis.

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But, Tuesday’s vote will guarantee there will be no more nasty 2-2 ties, since the council will finally have five members for the first time since early January.

And, given that Davis is the World Leader in Just About Everything, as goes Davis, so goes the world.

As a concerned citizen, I do lament the fact that my fellow Davisites in Districts 1, 2, 4 and 5 have been relegated to the sidelines for this earth-shaking election, but that’s the way the electoral cookie crumbles these days, since we went away from atlarge elections in the face of a threatened lawsuit.

As exciting as this election may be, the Official Yolo County Voter

Information Guide has a stern warning about mismatched signatures, something that Arizona gubernatorial sore loser Kari Lake continues to complain about to this day. If you don’t want Kari coming to Davis, heed this warning: “Your signature must look similar to the signature in your voter registration record.”

Given that the county first received my signature nearly 400 years ago, I have no idea if my current signature will look at all like whatever I managed to scribble back then.

Of course, when I first voted, you had to be 21, even though the

powers that be received my signature on my 18th birthday when I was required to register for the draft.

That’s an interesting and clearly unconstitutional three-year gap during which time the state could execute me under a law I couldn’t vote on or send me off to a war I had no say in.

The county notes that “Voters may bring up to two people to the Elections Office to help them vote.”

Last election I chose Helen Thomson and Lois Wolk, two former members of the California State Legislature, to help me vote and I was extremely pleased with how things turned out.

It’s unclear if your helpers have to live in District 3, but absent any prohibition in the Voter Information Guide, I presume they can live in Medford and still help out in a Yolo County election.

If Lois and Helen are available again, I certainly plan to request

their services on Tuesday, then maybe we can all go out for pizza afterward.

I now have to decide which candidate in this extremely crowded field I wish to vote for.

Both candidates appear to have a number of elite-level endorsements and both have more advanced degrees than I have fingers and toes.

One candidate, however, posed for a campaign photo with her husband Ted and her dog Ella. Turns out I have a son named Ted and a granddaughter named Ella. (Ella is Ted’s daughter.) Adding even more intrigue to this scenario, today is Ella’s seventh birthday.

I don’t know if I should be honored that this candidate named her dog after my granddaughter or offended that she thinks “Ella” is a good name for a dog.

I have two days to answer that question.

— Reach Bob Dunning at bdunning@davisenterprise.net.

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through science education is a crucial component of sustainability and youth engagement,” city staff noted in the report prepared for last week’s council recognitions.

“Davis has been fortunate to have the Explorit Science Center located in the community to provide science and environmental programming for generations.”

Explorit’s impact is not just felt in Davis — the center is also active regionally, providing programs to schools in 18 Northern California counties, reaching 30,000 students last year alone.

As stated by Explorit, “Nothing today is more important than the future of our environment. Teaching our youth how to be

good stewards of our earth is a top priority at Explorit.”

Cathie Bullis and the group she founded — Davis Picks it Up — is this year’s recipient of the individual/ group environmental recognition award.

Bullis “epitomizes the intention of recognizing individuals for their environmental actions through these awards,” the staff report noted.

It was just one year ago that Bullis started Davis Picks It Up and the group has now grown to more than 300 members, who have collected more than four tons of trash.

This year’s recipient of a sustainable community special recognition is Rancho Yolo.

The 400-resident senior community in Davis has a

strong sense of “neighborliness” and a commitment to sustainable living and resilience, the city said.

“Residents and management have consistently shown their eco-friendly approach by connecting with local environmental organizations and businesses, providing on-line discussions, offering seminars and classes, promoting ride-sharing, resident food assistance, an intracommunity help line and other efforts,” said city staff.

Additionally, Rancho Yolo management recently invested in a community solar energy system and advanced water conservation by reducing lawn areas and upgrading irrigation systems, according to the city.

“Residents mulch and compost, reduce waste by upcycling and recycling

and promote safety by having established the Rancho Yolo Community for Emergency Response.

The Davis Electric Vehicle Association is the recipient of the 2023 nonprofit environmental recognition award.

DEVA, a working group of Cool Davis, “has educated and advised the Davis public about electric vehicles through its annual Show-and-Tell car shows, monthly pop-ups at the Farmers Market and online meetings over the last five years, providing substantive and informative discussions between DEVA volunteers and the “EV curious” that have contributed to more awareness of EVs,” the city said.

Children attending Davis schools have been familiar

with Active4me — this year’s business recipient of an environmental recognition award — for many years. Since 2010, the business founded by Tim Starback has enabled children to track their miles walking and biking to school and, in doing so, encouraged them to use active transportation, “resulting in significant vehicle trip reductions, reduced congestion, cleaner air and safer streets for all,” said city staff. Also known to many as the “scan-and-notify” program, Active4me provides students with an ID tag that is scanned by volunteers when they arrive at the bike racks at school. Their miles are then logged online and parents can receive an instant notification that their children have arrived safely at school.

Casablanca owners sticking to kabobs

After nearly two years and several rough patches, the Mediterranean and Moroccan restaurant Casablanca closed at the end of March.

Owner Ibrahim Zabad said he and his wife are simplifying the concept, and plan to reopen it as Davis Grill and Kabob

Zabad said the large selection of Mediterranean and Moroccan items were difficult to prepare.

His wife’s Moroccan dishes like couscous, lamb shank, chicken tajine and Zaalouk were especially labor-intensive. Marinated and skewered meats and vegetables will be the basis of the new menu.

Zabad and his family also run the Sahara Kebab food truck. (Kabob is the American spelling).

The restaurant is at 640 W. Covell Blvd., Suite A in Anderson Plaza. Zabad said he hopes to open it on May 10.

A familiar pet groomer has her own shop again. Kiana Freitas formerly ran Pawsitive Groomers at 904 Fourth St. (in the Davis Ace Rock Yard). On April 21, she opened Pawsitive Pet Parlor at 1340 E. Covell Blvd., Suite 107, in Oak Tree Plaza.

The business offers full-service dog and cat grooming, including walk-ins at certain hours. Visit https://www.pawsitivepetparlor. com/ for more information.

Black Frog Coffee has a new owner but customers might not

Concert backs

Watermelon Music

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Pianist, scholar and historian Lara Downes will perform a benefit concert at 8 p.m.

Wednesday, May 10, for Watermelon Music as a release for “Love at Last,” her upcoming album on Pentatone Records.

She describes the music as being about “renewal and redemption,” and suggested it was a perfect theme for helping build back the local business after the past few years of Covidrelated upheaval and stress. Downes recently recorded a Tiny Desk performance on NPR featuring some of the tracks from the album.

This concert is a continuation of the recent GoFundMe for Watermelon Music that saw the community raise more than $104,000 for the local business in less than two weeks.

Each $100 ticket/ donation will include an intimate solo piano performance of tracks from “Love at Last,” an autographed copy of the CD, and an after-show reception with wines from Great Bear Vineyards, beers from Super Owl Brewing, and a spread from Mabel’s Farm Box. (Watermelon Music expressed its thanks to these businesses in a news release.)

Tickets and information are available in person or online at watermelonmusic.com/ upcoming_event.php.

notice the change. Owner Schae Gustafson said the employees and menu remain the same, though she eventually has some ideas for improvements.

Gustafson said she worked in the service industry until she became an EMT a few years ago. She continues to manage human relations for an ambulance company but missed interacting with customers. The Folsom resident said she likes Davis, and wanted to become more entrepreneurial, “so this was perfect.”

The ownership change took effect on April 1. Black Frog Coffee is at 431 G St. and online at https://www.blackfrogcoffee. com/.

Mamma, the Italian restaurant and market coming to the former Bistro 33 site at 226 F St., will not open by the end of the month, as the owners hoped. It will feature pizza and pasta, and an Italian market in the former City Hall Tavern side.

Co-owner Michael Galyen said Thursday that they had to resubmit their building plans to the city to accommodate a small

change. They plan to start training employees in the next week.

The community came through for Watermelon Music, which was struggling financially after the pandemic. The store raised $104,160 in less than two weeks, through its online GoFundMe fundraiser. Owner Jeff Simons turned off the fundraiser after exceeding his $104,000 goal.

In an email to customers, Simons said, “What an unbelievable outpouring of support we’ve received from this community and beyond. Words cannot begin to convey my gratitude to everyone who has offered support –for your donations, for your kind words and memories about past experiences with our store, and for the obvious recent uptick we’ve seen in daily traffic and sales since my disclosure about our difficulties.”

Simons added, “At this point, I have paid off every invoice owed through the end of April, with money left for payroll, sales tax and the other expected monthly expenses coming due, and am well on the way to paying off the store credit card that has held a large balance for over a year. I have reached out to my vendors, letting them know things are looking up, and my staff and I have been placing orders for lots of exciting new inventory, with confidence that we will be in business for years to come.”

The music store is at 1970 Lake Blvd., Suite 1, and online at

https://watermelonmusic.com/.

It sells, rents and repairs musical instruments, sells sheet music and music gear, offers lessons, and has a concert venue called The Melon Ball

June & Simple, a jewelry and gift store in University Mall, closed on Thursday.

Owner Hadas Kol cited the stress of waiting and the uncertainty on not knowing when the mall redevelopment will start. She recently added a display at The Avid Reader and the Winters Collective, and sells online at https://juneandsimple.com/, with free delivery to Davis.

Kol is still in search of a permanent store space, and will let me know when she finds one.

Crumbl Cookies opened April 21 in the Woodland Gateway (Costco) center. It’s at 2115 Bronze Star Drive, Suite 160. According to an April 17 New York Times story “Are Crumbl Cookies the Best or the Worst?,”

Crumbl is the fastest-growing dessert chain in the country. The giant cookies cost $4 to $5 apiece. Critics say they are overly sweet and taste underbaked. Most come with a thick layer of icing or fudge, and average more than 750 calories.

The menu changes each week, offering seven flavors at a time, one of them being a mystery flavor posted on its app. On April 27, the six regular flavors were Milk Chocolate Chip, Cookies &

Cream Milkshake, Strawberry Cupcake, Buttermilk Pancake, Triple Chocolate Chip and Classic Pink Sugar.

The Woodland store offers takeout, curbside pickup and delivery. Hours are 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays, and 8 a.m. to midnight on Fridays and Saturdays. It’s closed on Sundays. It’s online at https://crumblcookies.com/.

I learned a bit more about a new Philly cheesesteak shop going in where the old Bella Bean Coffee was in in downtown Woodland, at 729 Main St. The city of Woodland has a business license application for Philly Cheesesteaks LLC, owned by Drew Colleen, who has a San Francisco mailing address.

Before messaging me about the status of an ongoing project, please review my paywall-free Google spreadsheet, which includes more than 325 Davis businesses. It’s at https://bit.ly/ DavisBusinesses. The most active tabs are Restaurants Open, Restaurants Closed and Coming Soon.

— Wendy Weitzel is a Davis writer and editor. Her column runs on Sundays. Check for frequent updates on her Comings & Goings Facebook and Instagram accounts. If you know of a business coming or going in the area, email news tips to wendyedit@ gmail.com

Nation’s No. 1 veterinary school to open new ER/ICU

By Rob Warren

Special to The Enterprise

Veterinary appointments have been a challenge to obtain in the past two years, with long wait times even in emergency situations, as the industry struggles to keep up with demand. To combat this issue, the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine’s teaching hospital is expanding its clinical space, including the opening of a new Emergency Room and Intensive Care Unit on May 3.

Admittances to the ER have more than doubled since immediately before the pandemic. Historically, the ER caseload has increased tenfold since 2013, seeing an average of more than 900 cases per month in 2022, with some months seeing more than 1,200 patients.

The veterinary school, recently ranked No. 1 in the nation by U.S. News and World Report for a third straight four-year period, is celebrating its 75th year. It remains committed to growing the profession through an improved campus to train future veterinarians and meet the needs of animals needing emergency and complex care.

The scope of the ER/ICU expansion will nearly double the size of the hospital’s current ER/ICU, according to Mark Stetter, dean of the School of Veterinary Medicine. While the level of emergency care has

improved over the decades, the physical space of the ER/ICU has remained the same since the building opened in 1970. With the expanded space, the new facility will optimize patient care and increase student training opportunities.

Addressing needs

The expansion will also make way for more training opportunities for visiting veterinarians wanting to learn about emergency medicine and residents training to become critical care specialists. The number of ER/ICU residents will expand from seven to eight over the next year.

“Our ER’s caseload has increased tremendously

since the pandemic,” said Stetter. “This new space and expanded care teams will better allow us to meet our patients’ needs, as well as the profession’s need for more specialists. We’ll be able to see that all animals are treated in a timely and compassionate manner.”

A $2.1 million gift from an anonymous donor supported the expansion. It is part of the UC Davis Veterinary Medical Center campaign to transform the current teaching hospital into the foremost veterinary facility in the world. The ER/ICU is one of two projects that will bookend the school’s anniversary year. The All Species Imaging Center is also projected to be complete as the school wraps up its 75th

75th anniversary

The opening of the new ER/ICU kicks off the school’s 75th anniversary celebrations, which run from April 2023 through May 2024. Later this week, the school will hold its Alumni Reunion Weekend (April 28-30) and include celebrations throughout the year, culminating with a gala event in April 2024.

And as the school celebrates its 75th anniversary year, it is launching the largest fundraising campaign in its history, with a goal of $75 million by the end of the 2023-24 academic year.

anniversary celebration in 2024.

In addition to the new ER/ICU and imaging center, UC Davis is also creating the Dentistry, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Center, as well as the outpatient Center for Advanced Veterinary Surgery to diminish wait times of non-emergent orthopedic surgeries.

Other Veterinary Medical Center endeavors include the already completed Feline Treatment and Housing Suite, and Cardiology Service suite. Still to come are the Equine Performance and Rehabilitation Center, the Livestock and Field Service Center, and an entirely new Small Animal Hospital, all of which will develop later in the decade.

“It’s my great honor to lead the veterinary school during such a vibrant, celebratory era,” Stetter said. “I look forward to the expansion of our first-class veterinary instruction, research, and clinical care, as we continue to position UC Davis at the top of veterinary education.”

— UC Davis News

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Melissa Hernandez, class of 2023, left, and Dr. Kate Farrell examine a dog in the Small Animal Emergency and Critical Care Service at the Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital at the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine.

CHÁVEZ: UC Davis leadership conference is on May 6

and career event highlights the life-changing power of education and is designed to be especially beneficial for students from communities historically underrepresented in higher education.

“It wasn’t long ago that Chicanos and Latinos weren’t going to college. High school students on the east side of Los Angeles were walking out and demanding that they be given the same opportunities as their white peers,” Andrés Chávez said, referring to the 1968 East Los Angeles Walkouts in which 15,000 high school students walked out of seven different schools in East Los Angeles. According to the Library of Congress, 13 organizers were arrested, with 12 released soon after demonstrations outside of the Hall of Justice in Downtown Los Angeles, but schoolteacher Sal Castro was kept longer, which led to continued protests. After months of sit-ins at the office of the LA Board of Education, 35 demonstrators were arrested, and his job was reinstated.

Andrés Chavez says that without their commitment, he “probably wouldn’t have gone to college.”

“That was just one generation ago. Now we’re seeing larger numbers of Latinos and Chicanos and folks and other folks go into college,” he said.

Boosting the numbers

According to a February UCD press release, the proportions of applicants from historically underrepresented groups (African American, American Indian, Chicano/Latino and Pacific Islander) remained relatively steady. Among California residents who applied for first-year status, they represent 36%; among U.S. domestic applicants from California Community Colleges, they account for 33%. In these specific categories of applicants, the number of American Indians increased from 448 to 512.

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Among California freshman and California Community College transfer applicants, 42% are from low-income families, and 39% would be in the first generation of their family to graduate from a four-year college, the release said.

UCD Assistant Director of Chicanx/Latinx Recruitment Nancy Alderete said these numbers do not meet UC Davis’s diversity goals. “The campus continues to strive to represent the population of the state of California more fully, and more than half of high school graduates are Chicanx/ Latinx while just 30 percent of our California first-year applicant pool identify as such.”

There aren’t enough counselors, particularly in underserved communities, to get this information out to all students, says Caroline Cabias, a UC Davis alumna who has served in leadership positions with the Latino Economic Council of Sacramento, the Sacramento Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, and other community organizations. This is an ongoing problem and was compounded by COVID. This can be a life-changing situation for students and their families who may not have thought about college attendance for many reasons, including not having information on admissions requirements or financial aid availability.”

“Prior to COVID, we had students come from as far away as Santa Cruz and the East Bay as no other program provides this information — and at no cost to students. So, we hope the superintendents and principals that have received our Conference information make every effort to get their students to this important event. And our UC Davis staff and alumni will be there to welcome them.”

Latinos make up about 40% of California’s population and 50% of the state’s K-12 population. Cabias says this conference can change the lives of those students and their families as well as communities. “Higher education allows students in our

Kayleen S. Kott

Feb. 14, 1945 — April 9, 2023

Dr. Kayleen S. Kott passed away Easter Sunday, April 9, 2023, from complications related to Alzheimer’s. She was a resident of Davis for nearly 50 years.

After graduating from Del Oro High School in Loomis, she attended UC Berkeley as well as UC Davis, where she was a political activist, some might say a courageous firebrand. She faced arrest as she participated in national protests against apartheid in South Africa, but was later included in ceremonies welcoming Bishop Desmond Tutu to the UCD campus.

As a graduate student, Kayleen was chairwoman of the Student Body Presidents’ Council representing student concerns before the UC Board of Regents. As SBPC chair, she steered key

policy actions and testified before Congress

In 1986, Dr. Kott earned her doctorate in physiology in the laboratory of Dr. Barbara Horwitz at UC Davis. She devoted most of her professional life to physiological research. Her doctoral research included a creative series of experiments illustrating the fundamental role of prolactin as a driver of changes in brown adipose tissue function during hibernation.

The majority of Dr. Kott’s research career was spent working as a research scientist in the UCD School of Medicine.

Dr. Kott authored or contributed to over 30 published medical research articles, exhibiting her commitment to finding treatments for cardiac and pulmonary disease. In the research program of Dr.

underserved communities to access jobs of choice, higher-paying jobs, and opportunities to increase their economic livelihood. And when so many of our students in the region graduate and return to their local communities such as Woodland and Roseville, they do so with more buying power at the supermarket, in local businesses, and with home ownership.”

Cobias says the Latinx community pays more local, state and federal taxes and that there is an exponential economic impact regionally for underserved communities and regional business community. “In addition, Latinas are one of, if not the fastestgrowing small business sector in California and the nation in spite of COVID. It’s to our region’s advantage to support getting Latinas, and Latinos, into higher education institutions which ultimately will result in continued economic growth for these individuals as well as the region in general.”

Finding inspiration

Andrés Chávez visited The Enterprise office after speaking with César Chávez Elementary School students. He said he was invited to eat with the staff during the school’s lunch period.

“A lot of them were just so proud that we were telling the history, and I think part of us identify with that,” he said. “They were so proud because they probably had their own struggles, but they drew inspiration from this movement. But one of the things we’ve shared with folks is farmworkers were the poorest in this nation, yet they’re able to persevere even against the most extreme odds.”

A “late bloomer,” Andrés Chávez said he is the first to admit that he probably could have been more focused during high school. That changed when he came to CSU Bakersfield, because he could identify with a professor. “It was the first time I had a teacher who looked like

Jesse Joad, she focused on the effects of environmental pollutants on the lungs and airways, and regulation by the nervous system. With Dr. Ann Bonham and Dr. C. Tissa Kappagoda, she focused on the cardiovascular system. Dr. Kappagoda, the late noted clinician, physiologist and artist, became a valued friend.

In addition to her remarkable career, she considered herself a naturalist with broad interests including astronomy, photogra-

me,” he said. “That proved to have a tremendous impact on my education. I was going from being a student who wasn’t the most disciplined and the most interested, but as soon as I had people who looked like me and while conversing with these folks, I got really engaged.”

Andrés, who grew up at the headquarters of the United Farm Workers labor union, participated in countless marches, rallies, picket lines, union conventions and political campaigns.

Now serving as the executive director of the National Chavez Center, he’s tasked with preserving his grandfather’s legacy and telling the history of the farmworker movement through the management of historic properties, including the César E. Chávez National Monument and the National Chavez Center, as well as the Forty Acres, located in Delano, the first headquarters of the UFW.

The family just celebrated the 30th anniversary of the great farmworker organizer’s passing on April 23.

“We’re not just seeing school students, we’re seeing corporations, local and county governments, community groups — everybody wanting to understand a little bit more about that history.”

Long drive home

Andrés Chávez never had the opportunity to meet his tata (he was born nine months after César passed away) but the stories of “never giving up” stuck with him. “The truth is that he had more defeats than victories, but it was how he responded to those defeats that defined his legacy. When he got knocked down, he got right back up. When things were unfair, he would work to make them more fair.”

At the conference, Andrés Chávez plans on sharing inspirational stories of his grandfather that would speak to students today. One such account was

phy and birdwatching. She was known for having a discerning palate and in later years she developed an interest in gourmet cooking, which she approached with the precision and attention of a scientist. She attended the Los Angeles Olympics and was herself a skilled golfer, skier, rower and horseback rider. She enjoyed playing basketball and watching Giants baseball.

Ever the avid reader of books and newspapers, she accumulated well over

passed down to him by his father, Paul Chávez. A bill facing state senators caught the attention of about 300 farmworkers. The senators voted late into the night, and ended up coming one vote short. And this was Paul Chávez’s first big challenge in that role.

Paul felt embarrassed that he let down his father the farmworkers, Andrés Chávez said. “So, my grandfather walked over to the workers, and consoled them back on their buses. The farmworkers left, and he walked over to my dad. By this point, it’s after midnight. And he says, ‘Come on, Paul. Let’s drive home.’ My dad says, ‘Yeah, I’m not going to sleep anyways.’”

The drive from Sacramento to where they lived was about five hours, so they were going to be driving until the early hours of the morning. After some time in the car, César looked at Paul and asked if he was upset. Paul responded that he did everything that he could possibly have done, that they worked as hard as they could. “My tata pauses for a second, and he looks over at my dad,” Andrés said. “He says, ‘Mijo (my son), you have to understand that our work isn’t like a baseball game, where after nine innings, the team with the most runs wins and the other team loses.

“‘You only lose when you give up and stop fighting. And so tonight, we’re going to go home. We’re gonna get some rest. And we’re gonna get back to work because there’s a lot of people counting on us.’”

Andrés continued: “That was just how they respond to things: they simply never gave up.”

This inspirational story, Andrés said, may be a part of his message to students. “Here we are all these years later, and César is being celebrated. Farmworkers are in better positions than they’ve ever been today in the state of California, and that’s because of the persistence of the hard work of a lot of people.”

To register for the conference, visit: https://diversity.ucdavis. edu/ccylc.

2,000 books in her personal library. She was also a master at Scrabble. Kayleen loved to travel in the U.S., Europe and New Zealand and enjoyed family vacations in Mendocino and Lake Tahoe. She was a wonderful storyteller and conversationalist and is leaving many friends who considered her a modern-

day Renaissance woman and who loved her company dearly.

She is preceded in death by her parents, Kenneth and Maxine Kott, and sister Morgan Kott. She is survived by her brothers, Keith Kott of Lincoln and Kenneth Kott of Palm Desert, and many nieces, nephews and cousins.

Please, please, please fill out this survey

Target wants to hear from me. Their urgent request comes via email:

“Your feedback is more important than ever to ensure we are doing everything we can to serve our guests.“

The next sentence puzzles me. It says, “Everett, please take a moment to complete a short survey about your recent delivery experience. Your opinion matters to us.”

Everett is my grandson who just turned five. He can’t read and he doesn’t shop. The delivery he received was a Lego set I sent for his birthday.

I’m sure Everett’s opinion is that he’s in favor of receiving birthday gifts. Do you, oh mighty Target, expect something else?

When Target uses the word “guest,” it seems like a strange word choice for a store, not a hotel. However, it doesn’t surprise me. Surveys often address me in ways that are unfamiliar, too familiar, or silly. Recent requests have called me: Marion. Valued Customer. You.

The Mondavi Center doesn’t seem to have any word for me. One of its recent surveys starts, “The intention of this wellness and belonging survey is to understand who participates in

Mondavi Center events and how they feel about those experiences.”

The Mondavi Center is apparently not naming me because they want to figure out who I am. After that, what do they want of me?

Clicking over to their survey, I come to understand that the Mondavi Center wants to know if it offers sufficient accommodations to disabled patrons. Fine with me, but how does “wellness and belonging” make clear what they’re asking about?

What’s wrong with simply asking if you’re disabled and have had difficulty accessing Mondavi events? The Mondavi Center clearly wants to improve things, but their message is indirect to the point of inscrutable.

Who writes these things? Artificial intelligence?

Here’s a survey I received that is more direct: “To help us improve our tools and services,

we invite you to share feedback about a recent action you took on your Account on Feb. 1.”

I like this approach.

But I have no memory of what I did on Feb. 1.

Several of the surveys I receive seem to want to cozy up. “We would love to hear your feedback on your recent experience with us,” says CVS Pharmacy after I buy cough drops. “We would love to hear about your experience,” says the Mondavi Center after a performance by Yo-Yo Ma. I would love to accept love from Yo-Yo Ma and even the Mondavi Center, but I’m not sure about CVS.

And while we’re looking at the medical world, check out this message from Sutter Health.

“Dear Marion, We were grateful to see you during your recent visit on 01/17/23 at Sutter Davis Emergency Outpatient Surgery. We invite you to tell us about your recent experience in the brief survey linked below.“

I had a colonoscopy.

Why is Sutter Health “grateful” to have seen me? I wasn’t especially grateful to them. I wasn’t cheery. I didn’t listen to their heart. I didn’t restore their health. I did cause them to

receive a lot of money, from Medicare and from me.

That must be it.

Sutter Health is grateful for my colonoscopy. Personally, I didn’t like it much, but that’s not their fault.

Maybe other patients to whom Sutter is “grateful” have fun procedures, although I’m not sure what those might be.

The most personal email inquiry I received recently was from the company that provided raft support when I kayaked on the Rogue River in Oregon last summer. They refer to me as a “loyal customer,“ which is accurate because I’ve traveled with them before.

They ask about my experience, clearly with an eye to keeping me happy.

Then they offer a reward.

None of the big organizations offer me a darn thing, except occasional “confidentiality.” But Indigo Creek Outfitters says, “As a token of our appreciation, after you complete the survey, you will receive a coupon for a free donut from our new business neighbors, Puck’s Donuts in Phoenix, Ore.”

I’ve never visited Phoenix, Oregon, but googling it I see that it’s about a 4½ hour drive from

Martin moves up at state housing agency

Special to the Enterprise

Gov. Gavin Newsom appointed Ellen E. Martin of Woodland director of homeownership at the California Housing Finance Agency. Martin has been director of business development and stakeholder relations at the agency since 2021.

Martin was a principal at Economic and Planning Systems Inc. from 2019 to 2021 and held various positions at EPS from 2005 to 2019, including executive vice president and vice president. She was a policy analyst and legislative coordinator at United Domestic Workers of America from 2003 to 2005, and an administrative assistant in the California State Assembly Fellowship Program in 2003.

Martin is a member of the Urban Land Institute, where she serves on the Sacramento District Council’s Executive Committee as well as the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee. She earned a master’s degree in public policy and administration Sacramento State University and a bachelor’s degree in political science from UC Davis.

This position does not require Senate confirmation and the compensation is $175,188. Martin is a Democrat.

Three doctoral students and one undergraduate

Name Droppers

student in the UC Davis department of entomology and nematology are winners of highly competitive fellowships from the National Science Foundation’s Graduate Research Fellowship Program grants, a record-high achievement for the department.

The doctoral students are Grace Horne, who studies with urban landscape entomologist Emily Meineke, assistant professor; Alexia “Lexie” Martin, who studies with community ecologist Rachel Vannette, associate professor; and Marshall Nakatani, who studies with bee scientist Brian Johnson, associate professor.

The undergraduate recipient is entomology major Mingxuan “Gary” Ge, a research scholar in the campuswide Research Scholars Program in Insect Biology, co-founded and administered by faculty in the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology.

He is advised by community ecologist and professor Louie Yang of the department of entomology and nematology (and a RSPIB co-founder), and UC Davis distinguished professor and lepidopterist Art Shapiro of the department of evolution and ecology.

Each recipient will have a five-year fellowship

providing three years of financial support, inclusive of an annual stipend of $37,000.

The NSF-GRFP is the most prestigious award of its type. The annual acceptance rates are about 16 percent from among more than 12,000 annual applicants.

The awards are given to outstanding graduate students who have demonstrated “the potential to be high-achieving scientists and engineers early in their careers.”

Holly Burkett, Ph.D., SPHR was recently invited to join The Conference Board as a Distinguished Principal Research Fellow. The Conference Board is a global, nonprofit think tank and business membership organization that provides cutting-edge research, data, events, and executive networks for helping the world’s leading companies understand the present and shape the future.

Burkett is principal of of Consulting | Evaluation Works, a local performance consultancy focused on providing leadership development, change management, workplace learning, and program evaluation services.

An accomplished Marshall Goldsmith coach, select member of Forbes Coaches Council, and Associate of the ROI Institute, she is a sought-after consultant, coach, and

speaker, as well as an award-winning author of “Learning for the Long Run.”

She earned her doctorate in human capital development and will be serving the Human Capital network in her research role.

Gov. Gavin Newsom appointed Steve Barzo of Woodland to the 40th District Agricultural Association, Yolo County Fair Board. Barzo served as a planning commissioner for the city of Woodland from 2001 to 2016.

He was a management services officer for ROTC at UC Davis from 1984 to 2011. Barzo served in the U.S. Army from 1963 to 1984. He is president of Kiwanis InternationalWoodland.

This position does not require Senate confirmation and there is no compensation. Barzo is a Democrat.

— Do you know of someone who has won an award or accomplished something noteworthy? Email it to newsroom@davisenter prise.net.

By Andy Jones

Special to The Enterprise

Davis. OK, Indigo Creek Outfitters, I love you and I’ll fill out the survey. After that, I’ll start driving.

I was just kidding about that last part, until I googled Puck’s Donuts.

I learned that they are an amazingly plucky family business whose store burned to the ground in September 2020, was rebuilt from ashes and reopened two months ago. Their Facebook page has these words from a daughter, “How do I begin to express what this shop meant to our family? Through my parents, this place taught me hard work. Patience. Dedication. Perseverance. My folks poured their heart and soul into this little shop, as many of you have seen and felt. “

Her passionate sentiments were accompanied by lush photos of row upon row of multicolored donuts.

Coincidentally, two months from now I’ll be driving by Phoenix, Ore., on a fishing with my husband. I now plan to stop at Puck’s Donuts — for sure.

I’m a cynic on surveys, but a personal story gets me every time.

Marion Franck has lived in Davis for more than 40 years. Reach her at marionf2@gmail.com.

1. Mottos and slogans. The tech company that uses the internal slogan “Work Hard, Have Fun, Make History” spent more money on research and development in 2022 than Alphabet, Meta or Apple. Name the company.

2. Homes in California. Starting with the letter S, what California county has the highest median home price at $1.86 million?

3. Science. What do we call a long, continuous, unbranched peptide chain?

4. Great Americans. After changing citizenship at least three times, who was the most

notable of all Americans to become American citizens in 1940?

5. Unusual Words. Sympathy, kindness, magnanimity and kindheartedness are all synonyms for what important three-syllable word?

Answers: Amazon, San Mateo County, a polypeptide, Albert Einstein, compassion.

— Dr. Andy Jones is the former quizmaster at de Vere’s Irish Pub and author of the book “Pub Quizzes: Trivia for Smart People.” His pub quiz is now seeking a new home. Meanwhile, Dr. Andy is also sharing his pub quizzes via Patreon. Find out more at www. yourquizmaster.com.

IDENTIFY: Community reacts to loss of a familiar face

called police to request a welfare check on a man at Central Park. Officers arrived to find Breaux, seated on a park bench near the north playground area, already deceased.

Davis Police Chief Darren Pytel, who disclosed the brutal nature of the Breaux’s death later that night, said he would deploy additional bike and foot patrols in and around the park as the investigation continues.

Detectives have not recovered or identified the weapon used in the homicide.

“We realize it is difficult and disturbing when crimes of this nature occur in our community, especially in a public space that many consider to be the heart of our downtown area and city. The department would like to assure the public that all available resources will be used to ensure the safety of our community,” the agency posted on its Facebook page Friday morning.

Police also reminded the public to remain vigilant about their surroundings, and to call 911 to report any suspicious or violent behavior.

Pytel said Thursday that while Breaux was known to police because of his work in the community, he had no known problems with anyone who might wish him harm.

News of his death brought a flood of tributes, through social media and on the Compassion Bench where mourners left flowers and written notes. Coincidentally, Friday marked the 10-year anniversary of community members gathering to construct the bench.

“This was his office,” Davis resident Terry Tafoya said as she penned her own note. She recalled meeting Breaux on what she described as a “dark day,” having heard of yet another school shooting in the U.S.

“I was just feeling very negative,” Tafoya said. “We sat and we talked, and he made me realize that going out there and doing something was compassion.”

His murder “shakes the core of your belief system of what is good,” Tafoya added. “But I think he’d want us to find some goodness in what he was trying to do, and not look at the negative.”

Mayor Will Arnold issued a statement calling Breaux’s death “utterly and completely devastating.”

“David was well-loved and well-known, an icon to the core of our community. He touched so many lives in such a determined and inspired way that many of us in our lifetimes will never reach,” Arnold said.

“David asked us to reflect on our actions and words. So let us

do that together to honor his memory and acknowledge the work he did to make this world, and Davis, a better place.”

A compassionate life

Community members are invited to a vigil in Breaux’s memory, held by the Davis Phoenix Coalition, at 7:30 p.m. Sunday at Third and C streets.

“The tragic news of the stabbing death of one of the kindest people in our community is overwhelming,” the coalition posted on Facebook. “Join us in celebrating the kindness that David

inspired us to share with each other.”

The Davis Enterprise featured Breaux in a 2011 story about his compassion project, which he was inspired to launch after hearing Karen Armstrong, a former nun, speak about the crucial need for compassion in a chaotic world.

“Compassion goes beyond communities, it recognizing others’ humanity. The world is drawn together and yet farther apart because of compassion,” Armstrong had said.

After hearing the speech, Breaux began to think of his own definition of compassion, and

was eager to see how those around him felt, wrote Rachel Levy, the article’s author.

“At that moment, I had rarely thought of my own concept of compassion,” Breaux said. “Over the course of a week, I was dissatisfied with it. That is when I began to get a collective definition.”

After hearing the thoughts of others, Breaux’s ideas began to shift. After weeks of collecting definitions, Breaux moved from the Bay Area to Davis and continued his compassion project.

“I noticed that it fostered human relations between myself and others, it fostered ideas on compassion; I noticed that I was learning about compassion, that it was a positive response to it,” Breaux said.

He gathered definitions of compassion from more than 3,000 people. With the help and encouragement of Davis community members and volunteers at Grace House, a former downtown shelter, Breaux published them in “Compassion Davis, CA: A Compilation of Concepts on Compassion.”

Breaux later embarked on a Compassion Tour, a year-long endeavor during which he traveled to 12 cities around the country, chosen based on their commitment to compassion. He documented his experiences in an online journal.

PROVENZA: Two candidates file papers to run for county supervisor position

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plan to run for the office

Provenza is vacating — Antonio De Loera-Brust and Sheila Allen.

Allen is a former Davis school board trustee who currently serves as Provenza’s deputy supervisor and as executive director of the Yolo Healthy Aging Alliance. De Loera-Brust is Davis High graduate who has worked as a congressional aide to Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-Texas, and as

special assistant to the secretary at the U.S. Department of State and currently works for the United Farm Workers.

Both Allen and De Loera-Brust have filed candidate intention statements with the county, a precursor for fundraising.

Provenza, meanwhile, is a former legal aid attorney and special assistant district attorney who entered elected office in 2003 when he was voted onto the Davis school board.

In 2008, he was elected to the Board of Supervisors, narrowly avoiding a run-off election when he took 50.7 percent of the vote in a race against two other candidates.

He ran unopposed for reelection in 2012 and 2016, but ended up in a run-off in 2020 when he was challenged by two candidates — Linda Deos and David Abramson — and took 48 percent of the vote. Several months later, he defeated Deos in that run-off election.

When he retires at the end of 2024, Provenza will have served four terms representing a district that encompasses east and south Davis, El Macero, Willowbank and a swath of unincorporated Yolo County.

Provenza on Thursday praised the partnerships between the city and county for making much of that happen.

“No supervisor stands alone in their accomplishments,” he said. “We are fortunate to have five

outstanding supervisors, an excellent City Council, and the most dedicated and hardworking citizen advocates anywhere.

“These relationships contribute to addressing essential needs such as the opening of Paul’s Place in Davis, critical wildfire prevention at Putah Creek, and promotion of housing for persons with mental disabilities.”

With another 20 months to go before his final term ends, Provenza said he still

has much more to accomplish. Provenza also expressed confidence in the county’s future, particularly under the leadership of County Administrator Gerardo Pinedo. “Gerardo’s emphasis on constituent-centered decision-making is exactly what we need,” said Provenza.

“I have every confidence Yolo County will experience its best days yet under the guidance of the board and our new chief administrator.”

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David Breaux rubs linseed oil on the Compassion Earthbench built in 2013 by hundreds of community volunteers at Compassion Corner, Third and C streets.

Football

Former Aggie getting kicks with Defenders

Enterprise staff

Former UC Davis All-American punter Daniel Whelan is no stranger to winning.

In his first full professional season, the Enniskerry, Wicklow, Ireland native has been a crucial piece to the DC Defenders incredible season.

Whelan has put together an impressive rookie campaign as the Defenders enter the North Division Championship Game after posting the best regular season record in all of the XFL with a 9-1 mark.

The former finalist for FCS Punter of the Year finished the XFL regular season ranked third in punting average at 45.6 per kick. The only two he was behind were former NFL punting yards leader Marquette King and five-year NFL veteran Brad Wing.

On top of ranking third in punting average, Whelan drilled 11 punts inside the 20, which also ranked third and he booted a long of 66 yards.

“I have definitely showcased what I am capable of doing,” Whelan said. “The

great thing is I am still learning and getting better every day. I have enjoyed watching the other punters in the league.”

The Defenders are on a roll as they enter the playoffs. Winners of threestraight, DC is slated to face the Seattle Sea Dragons today in the North Division Championship Game.

The contest is scheduled to kickoff at noon PT and on ESPN.

During his time at UCD, Whelan was named a HERO Sports FCS AllAmerican and a Stats Perform FCS AllAmerican in 2021. He finished his collegiate career as arguably the greatest punter in Aggie history, averaging a school record 44.01 yards per punt and a single-season record 46.25 yards per kick in 2021.

Whelan had at least one punt of 60 yards or more in seven games that season and had 21 of 50 or more.

The 6-foot-6 punter also handled kickoff duties, with 37 of his 68 going for

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Former Blue Devil Ryan Kreidler has been very productive on the diamond in the past week.

Kreidler posting solid numbers

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TOLEDO, Ohio — Short stays in Major League Baseball often are called cups of coffee.

For former Davis High standout Ryan Kreidler, sips of big-league java have resulted in lessthan-stunning numbers at the plate last year and the first games of 2023 for the Detroit Tigers.

After hitting .178 and .111 respectively, the Mother Ship returned Kreidler to the Toledo Mud Hens, who are the Tigers’ affiliate, last week. But in his first eight games back in the minors, the slick-fielding infielder has flashed the timely hitting and frequent power that was the catalyst for Kreidler being taken by the Tigers in the fourth round of the 2019 draft.

After splitting a Wednesday doubleheader with Syracuse, the Mud Hens are 6-2 with Kreidler in the lineup. The local product was hitting. 300 with three home runs and 12 runs batted in (in just 30 at-bats).

Kreidler has four walks with 11 strikeouts. At Detroit, he also fanned about a third of time.

However, a quick look at the Tigers’ batting averages, if Kreidler stays hot, he won’t even have time for a cappuccino in the Toledo.

DHS boys outlast Eagles, ready for playoffs

By Gabriel Caraballo Enterprise correspondent

The Davis High boys volleyball team ended the regular season play on a six-match winning streak going into the Sac-Joaquin Section Division I playoffs.

Davis (10-2 in the Delta League, 18-6 overall) honored its seniors before battling Pleasant Grove in a thrilling 3-2 victory inside the South Gym; the final scores were 25-13, 20-25, 25-13, 23-25, 15-10.

Blue Devil seniors in outside hitter Owen Buzbee, along with defensive specialist Alex Chang and outside-hitter/middle-blocker Anthony Edson were all honored for their contribution and dedication to the program.

Davis’ match against Pleasant Grove went down to the wire — as the match needed a fifth and final set to determine the victor.

Then the Blue Devils and the Eagles felt the residual effects of the intensity brought in the four previous sets.

The fifth set started with errors from both sides which kept the game close at 3-3. But the Blue Devils would soon take a two-point lead at 5-3, as Pleasant Grove continued to slip-up.

However, the Eagles continued to battle and kept the score within two, even after a shockwave-esq spike from Buzbee to go up 9-7. After which, each team accumulated two-points apiece and brought the score to 11-9 in favor of the home team.

With the need to close out the match, DHS would extend its lead to five, after threequick points to go up 14-9.

Two of which came from outside-hitter/ middle blocker Ethan Wells in the form of a block and spike. Then, after errors from both sides, the Blue Devils won 15-10 and certified their six-game win streak to end the regular season.

The Blue Devils now prepare to enter the postseason and look to continue their dominant stretch.

“Every time they step on the court they get better and better, not only in their skills, but playing as a team…they have real fight and a competitive spirit that’s only going to gain momentum the harder the opponent,” said Davis head coach Rachel Hinjosa.

Hinjosa expects her team to be ready for the competition ahead, considering how successful they’ve been this season. However, a key takeaway from tonight’s game was consistency.

“I think they have the talent this year to stay consistent, it’s just a mindset… they start with our gameplan, win a set by a huge deficit, then turn around and not stick to what was working… that’s something I’ve been trying to stress with them,” said Hinjosa.

This was evident in Thursday’s match, as DHS won its first two sets by 12 points, but only lost to Pleasant Grove by five points or less.

In the first set, the Blue Devils stuck to

their game plan and won. In which, after a trade of points, DHS went on a 6-0 scoring run to take a commanding lead at 7-1.

The Eagles were unable to recover as the Blue Devils lead slowly extended to nine, 11, and finally 12-points, after a block from middle-blocker Mason Rowell to go up 22-10. Davis would close out the first-set 25-13, after each team tallied three more points.

The second set would be won by Pleasant Grove in a close battle.

The Eagles jumped out to an early 3-2 lead and pushed it at 18-13. However, after a 5-1 scoring run, which culminated in an eliteathletic save from Buzbee, the Blue Devils brought the score within one at 19-18. But the Eagles would close-out the set on a 6-2 run and win.

The third set went eerily like the first as the DHS started with an early 3-1 lead. The Blue Devils kept tallying the points until they had a seven-point lead at 16-9. After which, DHS went on a 9-4 scoring run to close out the set.

The fourth set was the most competitive, as it saw the Eagles with an early 3-1 lead. The Blue Devils continued to fight by tying the game twice, at 9-9 and again at 11-11 after another spike from Ethan Wells.

Shortly after, Davis would take the lead at 13-12 with a tip from Wells. Its lead would extend to three-points at 18-15, but Pleasant Grove would not falter.

See DHS, Page B6

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Dan Whelan (19) gets a punt off for the DC Defenders in a game this spring. See AGGIE, Page B6

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Davis High boys volleyball players Alex Chang (12) and Anthony Edson (10) go up for the block shot in Thursday’s Delta League match against Plesant Grove inside the South Gym. The Blue Devils won the match, and will host a Sac-Joaquin Section Division I playoff match Tuesday at 7 p.m.

California needs CEQA reform

By Tracy Hernandez and Jim Wunderman Special to CalMatters

Like our changing climate and its many impacts on our communities, economy and environment; like the collapse of critical infrastructure; like the humanitarian homelessness crisis on our streets and the housing shortage driving it; like so many other slow-motion disasters that have befallen us, the warning signs have been unmistakably clear.

And just as often, we have ignored them, denied them and been slow to act.

Untold volumes have been written about California’s signature environmental law and how over the past five decades it has metastasized through judicial activism and other means to become a signature obstacle to progress. Examples are legion and often ludicrous, and the evidence presented in mountains of research indisputable. For all its good intentions and good outcomes, the California Environmental Quality Act, or CEQA, has been increasingly exploited and perverted to slow or block everything from bike lanes and solar installations to affordable infill housing and homeless shelters.

And often, the reasons have little to do with protecting our environment. In Southern California, for example, CEQA is being used to block Tejon Centennial, a net-zero energy project that includes more than 3,500 affordable homes, 30,000 electric vehicle charging stations and incentives for 15,000 electric vehicles.

What will it take to finally stir action?

What will it take to achieve the comprehensive reform this outdated law so badly needs?

In recent months, a court ruling in a CEQA lawsuit over student housing at UC Berkeley effectively characterized people as pollution. Some thought this was the final straw, that this would be the inflection point where policy makers would finally act to reform and update CEQA to reflect the times we live in and the serious challenges we face.

Meanwhile, our housing crisis remains, our homelessness crisis worsens, our infrastructure crumbles and our economy and quality of life diminish.

Ironically, the environmental impacts of CEQA’s unintended consequences are also mounting. California has seen its population decline by 500,000 over the past two years, largely due to people fleeing high housing costs from a housing shortage made demonstrably worse by CEQA obstruction. And many of those people are going to states like Texas where carbon emissions are more than twice as high as California.

Those who can’t afford to leave, many with lower incomes or from communities of color, are forced to pay exorbitant rents and denied the opportunity of homeownership.

With CEQA abused to block housing in wealthy coastal cities and near job centers, millions have been pushed to the exurbs and beyond where they are forced into long, soul-sucking and polluting commutes that experts say are now undermining California’s ability to meet its own climate goals.

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All of this has only worsened California’s yawning racial and economic inequities and threatened to turn California into a gated country club.

The failure to reform CEQA is not for a lack of knowing what the solutions are. Where housing and other projects meet accepted and approved building and other local and professional standards, there should be no CEQA review. Strict limits should be placed on who and what criteria can be used to challenge projects under CEQA. Clear time limits should be imposed on the length of environmental and project review, with automatic approval when those limits are reached. Housing opponents often count on lengthy and costly CEQA review to kill projects or dramatically reduce them in scale, despite what may be allowed.

Equal or greater priority should be given to advancing housing and other infrastructure projects critical to our state’s future as ensuring environmental protection. By almost any measure, that balance has been lost.

— Tracy Hernandez is the CEO of the Los Angeles County Business Federation (BizFed). Jim Wunderman is the president and CEO of the Bay Area Council. They wrote this for CalMatters, a public interest journalism venture committed to explaining how California’s Capitol works and why it matters.

Capitol proposals could change elections

When Major League Baseball opened its 2023 season this month, players and managers had to contend with a raft of new rules, including time limits on pitchers and batters and limits on bunching infielders on one side of the diamond.

Whether the new rules speed up the games, as intended, is still uncertain, but it is certain that they will affect outcomes to some unknown extent. Changing the rules of any game changes outcomes, and what’s true in sports is also true of politics.

The most obvious example of how changing rules affects outcomes is redistricting –the redrawing of legislative and congressional districts after each decennial census. Republicans hold a majority in Congress largely because GOP-controlled state legislatures redrew congressional districts to give the party more opportunities to win seats. For decades, Democrats have done the same thing when they had the chance.

This year’s session of the California Legislature includes three major efforts to change rules governing ballot measures, all of which could affect outcomes.

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One of them, Senate Bill 858 – and a companion measure, Senate Constitutional Amendment 3 – is the latest of many attempts to remove the attorney general’s authority to write the official titles for statewide ballot measures. Introduced by Sen. Roger Niello, a Republican from the Sacramento suburbs, the two measures would give the task to the Legislature’s budget analyst, who already provides the fiscal analysis of proposed measures.

It’s a change that should be made because recent attorneys general, all Democrats, have blatantly skewed official titles, with positive slants for liberal measures such as tax increases and negative ones for proposals of conservative groups. Judges have occasionally intervened in extreme cases, but generally defer to the attorney general.

Not surprisingly, those on the left want to maintain the

I write to endorse Francesca Wright for City Council. I know both candidates well.

I was a member of the Class of 1990 with Donna Neville at King Hall. I have known Francesca Wright more than 40 years. We are lucky to have such strong candidates willing to step up to the burden of service on the Council. Because of the vagaries of district elections we must choose, and I support Francesca.

She is a proven effective leader. She is a great listener. She is dedicated to transparency and is willing to take deep dives into data and ask hard questions. She is also willing to change positions as she acquires new information.

In 1982 we were both living in Santa Cruz. Santa Cruz was struck by a devastating flood. Twenty-two people died; roads, power and phones were out for weeks. When the rain stopped, a group of people met to see what they could do to help. Francesca stepped up and ended up working on flood recovery for two years. I have seen this pattern again and again; she sees a problem and goes to work. She is also rare in having both extensive public policy experience as well as the perspective of a

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status quo so Niello’s twobill package is likely to join other proposed reforms in the legislative trash pile.

The other two efforts to change the rules governing ballot measures come from Democrats and thus are more likely to be enacted.

One, by Sen. Scott Wiener, a San Francisco Democrat, would undo two genuine ballot measure reforms that the Legislature passed and former Gov. Jerry Brown signed less than a decade ago. They require local tax and bond ballot measures to clearly state their financial impacts in the 75-word summaries that appear on the ballot and prohibit authorities from using summaries to extol the proposals’ virtues.

Local government officials hate the reforms because giving voters unvarnished facts might make them less likely to pass such measures. Wiener’s Senate Bill 532 would shift the financial data to the voters’ pamphlet, thus freeing officials to once again use ballot summaries for propaganda.

Wiener claims the bill would “improve ballot measure transparency” but it

small business owner. Please join me in voting for Francesca Wright.

Steve Reynolds Davis

Blame where it’s due

I was somewhat dismayed while reading Derrick Bang’s review of “The Covenant.” In his review one could reasonably infer that the American forces made the unilateral decision to withdraw from Afghanistan, a withdrawal that indeed was a shameful act.

However, that decision to do so did not come from the military, since they answer to the civilian National Command Authority. That decision rests squarely on the shoulders of the inept and incompetent President Joe Biden.

Bang’s summary that “The Covenant” is an important indictment — and longstanding reminder — of a tragic American screw-up” should have been written to read “a longstanding reminder — of a tragic Joe Biden screw-up.”

Bang is certainly entitled to his opinion, but the facts actually matter and should not be ignored because he is indicting all Americans in this tragedy. As an American, I refuse to accept that broad stroke of taint.

Further, there is virtually no harsh

The Hon. Joe Biden, The White House, Washington, D.C., 20500; 202-456-1111 (comments), 202-456-1414 (switchboard); email: http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact

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Sen. Dianne Feinstein, 331 Hart Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C., 20510; 202-224-3841; email: https://www. feinstein.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/ e-mail-me

Sen. Alex Padilla, 112 Hart Senate Office

Building, Washington, D.C., 20510; 202224-3553; email: https://www.padilla. senate.gov/contact/contact-form/

House of Representatives

Rep. Mike Thompson, 268 Cannon Office Building, Washington, D.C., 20515; 202225-3311. District office: 622 Main Street, Suite 106, Woodland, CA 95695; 530-753-5301; email: https:// https:// mikethompsonforms.house.gov/contact/

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would have exactly the opposite effect, burying the facts and thus making it easier to pass tax and bond proposals – which, of course, is the intended result.

Finally, there’s Assembly Bill 421, carried by Assemblyman Isaac Bryan, a Democrat from Culver City, at the behest of unions and other liberal organizations.

As the Legislature turned to the left in recent years and enacted many new business regulations, those impacted by the new laws have increasingly turned to the ballot to thwart them. AB 421 is clearly aimed at making it much more difficult – or even impossible – for business groups to overturn laws via ballot measures, either referenda or initiatives, by imposing very tight new rules on qualifying them for the ballot.

AB 421 is likely to win legislative approval, but its ultimate fate is in doubt. Both Gov. Gavin Newsom and his predecessor vetoed similar proposals in the past.

— CalMatters is a public interest journalism venture committed to explaining how California’s state Capitol works and why it matters. For more stories by Dan Walters, go to Commentary.

criticism of the Biden administration by the so-called mainstream media, of which I include The Davis Enterprise. But there certainly is no dearth of incessant Trump haranguing and he hasn’t been in office for well over two years now.

Greg Stovall Davis

Support for Neville

I am happy to support, and to strongly endorse, Donna Neville for election to the Davis City Council.

I have known Donna Neville professionally for almost 20 years. During that time, in my role as the Chief Counsel for three separate state agencies, I witnessed Donna’s commitment to excellence, diligence, and integrity when she worked for the California State Auditor.

Donna Neville is an active listener and a solution-oriented public servant. She worked collaboratively with others to identify potential problems and to devise viable action plans to improve the performance of state agencies for the benefit of the people of California.

Tuesday, May 2, is the deadline to vote.

I encourage everyone to vote early, and to vote for Donna Neville.

Kathleen M. Keeshen Davis

U.S. employers gasping for skilled workers

By Llewellyn King

Special to The Enterprise

There is a terrible shortage of people who fix things. I am thinking of electricians, plumbers, glaziers, auto mechanics and many more skilled workers who keep life livable and society running.

It is frustrating if you can’t get a plumber when you need one.

But the skilled worker shortage has much more significant consequences than the inconvenience to the homeowner. The very rate of national progress on many fronts is being affected.

More housing is desperately needed, but architects tell me some new construction isn’t happening because of the skilled worker shortage. Projects are being shelved.

The problem in electric utilities is critical — and interesting because the utilities offer excellent pay, retirement and healthcare, and still, they are falling short of recruits. They are aware that many of their workers will be retiring in the next several years, adding to the problem.

One utility, DTE in Michigan, has been training former prisoners in vegetation control — the endless business of trimming trees around power lines.

Auto dealerships are scrounging for mechanics, now euphemistically called “technicians.”

Skilled workers are in short supply for the railroad and bridge industries. Many industries are prepared to offer training.

The need is great, and it has a quietly crippling effect on national prosperity.

President Biden has almost ceaselessly promoted solar and wind generation as job creators.

Someone should tell him there is a severe shortage of those same electricians, pipe fitters, wind farm erectors and solar panel installers.

The skilled worker shortage has been worsening for some time, but it is now palpable.

Contributory factors have been building: The end of the draft meant an end to a lot of trade schooling in the military.

Many a youth learned electronics, motor repair or how to paint something from Uncle Sam. That is the generation that is now retiring. Then there is the education imbalance: We encourage too many below-average academic students to go to college. It is part of the credentialing craze. Those less suited to academic life seek easier and easier courses in lesser and lesser colleges just to come out with a bachelor’s degree — a certificate that passes for a credential.

The result is a glut on the market of workers with useless degrees in such things as marketing, communications, sociology, and even journalism. If you arrive in college in need of remedial English, your future as a journalist is likely to be wobbly.

Since childhood, I have been impressed with people who fix things: People like my father. He fixed everything from diesel engines to water well pumps, burst pipes and sagging roofs.

Men, and some women, of his generation worked with their hands, but they were, in their

way, Renaissance people. They knew how to fix things from a cattle feeder to a sewing machine, from a loose brick in a wall to a child’s bicycle to a boiler.

The work of fixing, of keeping things running, isn’t stupid work; it involves a lot of deduction, knowledge and acquired skill.

Men and women who fixed things were at one with men and women who made things, often bound together in a common identity inside a union.

Think of the great names of the unions of the past and the sense of pride members once took in their belonging: the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union, the Teamsters or the United Autoworkers. You had work and social dignity. You weren’t looked down upon because you hadn’t been to college. We aren’t going to bring back quickly honor to manual work or reverence for the great body of people who keep everything running. So we might look to the

hundreds of thousands of skilled artisans who would do the work if they could enter the United States legally. Yes, the migrants milling at the southern border. Many skilled welders, plumbers and masons are yearning to cross the border and start fixing the dilapidated parts of this country.

The owner of a clothing factory told me she was desperate to find women who could sew. She said it is a skill that has just disappeared from the American workforce. A landscape contractor in Washington told me he would close without his Mexican workers.

A modest proposal: Let us write an immigration law based on who is really needed. Add to this a work permit dependent on fulfilling certain conditions. You would soon find company recruiters mingling with the border agents along the Rio Grande.

And we would lose our fear of a burst pipe. Help is just a frontier away.

Llewellyn King is the executive producer and host of “White House Chronicle” on PBS. He wrote this for InsideSources.com.

China, TikTok and America’s national insecurity

By Mel Gurtov

Special to The Enterprise

High-tech spying is in the news because of the one-sided, hypocritical debate in Congress on whether the popular app TikTok is actually a tool for Chinese government data collection on American users. The sensitivity of the issue has to do not only with rivalry with China but also the fact that the U.S. government has recently been the target of hackers.

In November 2021 President Biden banned use of Pegasus, a powerful Israelimade surveillance tool, by all U.S. government agencies. His order came in the wake of two developments: hackers who used Pegasus to break into the phones of some State Department employees, and investigative journalism that revealed use of Pegasus by many governments, democratic as well as autocratic, to break into the cell phones of political opponents and human rights activists.

As the New York Times has just found, not all U.S. agencies have apparently gotten the message; an unnamed government agency is said to be using the nearly undetectable surveillance device in Mexico. Meantime, the phones of 50 more U.S. government employees have been hacked.

The U.S. case against TikTok, however, sidesteps two matters: the U.S. government’s own spying on citizens under cover of law, and the questionable political motives that seem to dictate the specific effort to kill TikTok.

Fear of spying

Congress members are far more concerned about the U.S. government as victim of spying than as perpetrator. We’ve just been reminded of that with the top-secret documents hacked by an Air Force reservist that revealed U.S. spying on various allies as

well as on Russia.

That spying is widely considered legitimate, but Congress members prefer to forget the long history of government spying on unsuspecting citizens, a history that goes well beyond the Cold War. Various agencies — Homeland Security, the FBI, the Department of Justice, the State Department — have monitored social media to report on “national security” dangers.

Leaders of Black Lives Matter, left and right political parties and resistance groups, immigrants from Muslim and socialist countries, environmental activists — the list of targeted groups is long. To that list should be added the mainstream social media — Facebook, Twitter, Google — that have given government agencies access to users’ personal information and communications. Their data collection probably exceeds TikTok’s, but somehow they are not considered national security threats.

Legislation passed with strong bipartisan support in Congress has cemented the government’s right to invade privacy, most recently to combat terrorism. The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) of 1978 permits electronic and other means of surveillance of U.S. citizens suspected of being “agents of foreign powers.”

A FISA court, consisting of 11 federal district judges appointed by the chief justice of the Supreme Court, considers applications to carry out surveillance and may issue warrants based on probable cause.

FISA has been amended several times — the USA Freedom Act (2015) is the latest version — but has been challenged as an unconstitutional violation of personal liberty. That’s because catching terrorists was used to justify creation of a huge database that

went well beyond counterterrorism.

The Freedom Act puts some limits on metadata collection, but still has provisions for warrantless surveillance, for instance against whistleblowers such as Edward Snowden. Courts have rarely ruled against U.S. government intrusion, usually when national security is the justification.

But then there’s the 2013 case in which the Supreme Court, in a 5-4 ruling, decided that Amnesty International lacked standing to challenge FISA. The case was brought against James Clapper, then director of national intelligence.

The TikTok ‘threat’

To judge from the virulence of the rhetoric, TikTok is one of China’s biggest threats to US national security. Congress members actually seem to believe that killing off TikTok would be a major victory over a malevolent foreign power — a way to “protect Americans from the technological tentacles of the Chinese Communist Party,” as House Speaker Kevin McCarthy put it. Tik-

Tok is owned by Bytedance, a Chinese technology company, but its CEO claims the company does not share data with the Chinese government, has independent management, and is willing to store its U.S. data in the U.S.

Now I have to say that I have never used TikTok, nor do I even know anyone who does. But the roughly 150 million Americans who use it swear by it; TikTok has become an icon of U.S. culture.

A number of countries, including the European Union, Denmark, New Zealand, and India, have restricted government use of TikTok or banned it altogether. But I have yet to see evidence that TikTok is channeling Chinese propaganda or amassing anyone’s personal data to be offloaded to Beijing.

Yet Congress members, and the Biden administration, are determined either to ban TikTok or force its sale, which the Chinese government opposes on the grounds that would harm investments in the U.S. The political lineup against TikTok mirrors the bipartisan consensus in Congress that

is hostile to most anything Chinese made or owned.

Allowing TikTok to continue operating but ensuring that its database resides in a U.S. server such as Oracle would seem to be a reasonable answer for those who insist TikTok is a security threat. At one time the administration supported that idea.

But now we learn that Biden has “endorsed a bipartisan Senate bill that would give the Commerce Department the clear power to ban any app that endangered Americans’ security."

That’s the authoritarian solution, but it would probably satisfy the China hawks, who love the prospect of turning public attention away from America’s real security issues.

Their posturing on TikTok may fool some people, but far from strengthening national security, it reveals how insecure government leaders are when dealing with China.

Mel Gurtov, syndicated by PeaceVoice, is professor emeritus of political science at Portland State University and blogs at In the Human Interest

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particularly described in said resolution as set forth in a list of real property of which you are an owner of record on the last equalized assessment roll available on the date of said resolution Unless the weeds, rubbish, refuse and dirt are removed by the owner b y Ju n e 5 2 0 2 3 t h e y w i l l b e r e m o v e d a n d t h e n u i s a n c e abated by the District and the cost of removal assessed upon the land from or in front of which the weeds, rubbish, refuse and dirt are removed and will constitute a lien upon such land until paid Reference is hereby made to the resolution for further particulars A copy of said resolution and list of properties is on file in the Office of the Davis Fire Department 530 Fifth Street, Davis, California All property owners having any objections to the proposed removal of weeds rubbish refuse and dirt are hereby notified to attend a meeting of the Governing Board of the East Davis Fire Protection District to be held on May 25 2023 when their objections will be heard and given due consideration Dated this 28th day of April 2023

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ESTATE OF ROBERTA GRANT CASE NO PR2023-0054

To all heirs beneficiaries creditors contingent creditors and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate or both of: ROBERTA GRANT

A Petition for Probate has been filed by: PAUL GRANT in the Superior Court of California County of: Yolo

The Petition for Probate requests that: PAUL GRANT be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent

The petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval Before taking certain very important actions however the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action ) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority

A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as fol-

lows: Date: May 9 2023 Time: 9:00 A M Dept : 14 Room:

Located at 1000 Main Street Woodland CA 95695

If you object to the granting of the petition you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney

If you are a creditor or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate

Code

Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law

You may examine the file kept by the court the file kept by the court

If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250 A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk

Petitioner: PAUL GRANT 1124 S PLEASANT AVE LODI CA 95240 209-400-8315

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Documents which can be downloaded along with all bid documents at www bidsync com It is the bidder s responsibility to register at www bidsync com to ensure notification of all add e n d a a n d i s s u e d p r o j e c t i n f o r m a t i o n I t i s t h e b i d d e r ’ s r esponsibility to arrange for printing services For more information send questions through www bidsy nc com

Note to General Contractors; Joint Apprenticeship Committee Participation Requirement: The County adopted a policy that one of requirements to be deemed a responsive bidder is that when submitting a bid at or in excess of one million dollars ($1 000 000) the bidder must then be participating in a joint apprenticeship committee on public works projects The California Department of Industrial Relations defines a joint apprenticeship committee as a committee made up of equal number of members from labor and management Bidders submitting bids at or in excess of one million dollars ($1,000,000) must complete a California Department of Industrial Relations DAS-7 form that documents the bidder’s participation in a joint apprenticeship committee Bids that are not accompanied by such proof of participation will be rejected The County will verify participation

DAVIS JOINT UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT

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MEASURE H PARCEL TAX

Senior Citizens Tax Exemption: Property owners who can provide evidence that they reside in a home which is their principal residence, and one owner is 65 years or older, may apply for a tax exemption of the special tax to be levied by filing an application with the Davis Joint Unified School District by June 15, 2023

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Exemption: Property owners receiving Supplemental Security Income for disability regardless of age and who own and occupy the property as their principal residence can qualify for an exemption by filing an application with the Davis Joint Unified School District by June 15 2023 S o c i a l S e c u r i t y D i s a b i l i t y I n s u r a n c e ( S S D I ) E x e m p t i o n: P r o p e r t y o w n e r s r e c e i v i n g S o c i a l S e c u r i t y D i s a b i l i t y I n s u rance benefits, regardless of age, who own and occupy the p r o p e r ty a s t h e i r p r i n c i p a l r e s i d e n c e a n d w h o s e a n n u a l i nc o m e d o e s n o t e x c e e d 2 5 0 p e r c e n t o f t h e 2 0 1 2 f e d e r a l poverty guidelines issued by the United States Department of Health and Human Services can qualify for an exemption by filing an application with the Davis Joint Unified School District by June 15 2023

MEASURE G PARCEL TAX

Senior Citizens Tax Exemption: Property owners who can provide evidence that they reside in a home which is their principal residence and one owner is 65 years or older may apply for a tax exemption of the special tax to be levied by filing an application with the Davis Joint Unified School District by June 15 2023

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Exemption: Property owners receiving Supplemental Security Income for disability regardless of age, and who own and occupy the property as their principal residence can qualify for an exemption by filing an application with the Davis Joint Unified School District by June 15 2023

S o c i a l S e c u r i t y D i s a b i l i t y I n s u r a n c e ( S S D I ) E x e m p t i o n : P r o p e r t y o w n e r s r e c e i v i n g S o c i a l S e c u r i t y D i s a b i l i t y I n s u rance ben efits regardless of age who own and occupy the p r o p e r ty a s t h e i r p r i n c i p a l r e s i d e n c e a n d w h o s e a n n u a l i nc o m e d o e s n o t e x c e e d 2 5 0 p e r c e n t o f t h e 2 0 1 2 f e d e r a l poverty guidelines issued by the United States Department of Health and Human Services, can qualify for an exemption by filing an application with the Davis Joint Unified School District by June 15 2023

h 9 2 0 2 3 a l l m e e t i n g s o f t h e Y o l o C o u nt y P l a n n i n g C o m m i s s i o n w i l l b e h e l d i n p e r s o n a t t h e B o a r d C h a m b e r s , l o c a t e d a t 6 2 5 C o u r t S t r e e t , W o o d l a n d Z o o m p a r t i c i p a t i o n w i l l n o l o n g e r b e s u p p o r t e d TIME SET AGENDA

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ZF #2020-0043: Public hearing to review the proposed Gibson Solar Farm Project offer further direction on the Project and direct staff to return to the June 8 2023 Planning Commission meeting for a public hearing to consider a formal recommendation to the Board of Supervisors The request is a Use Permit application for a large utility-scale solar energy system and battery energy stor age facility that proposes to locate on an approximately 147-acre agriculturally-zoned parcel consisting of prime farmland and enrolled in the Williamson Act (APN: 049-100-035) An Environmental Impact Report has been prepared for the project (Application: Gibson Renewables LLC / Owner: AWR Land Partnership LP) (Planner: Tracy Gonzalez)

T h e s t a r t i n g t i m e o f t h e p u b l i c h e a r i n g o n t h e T i m e S e t

A genda is listed for the convenience of the community and other interested parties The public hearing will not start befor e its sc h ed ul ed time Ad e q u a te time will be provided for each public hearing to accept all relevant public testimony Public comments on all items are encouraged A copy of the staff report(s) and the environmental document for the project(s) are on file in the office of the Yolo County Community Services Department 292 West Beamer Street Woodland California and available online on the Friday prior to the meeting at www yolocounty org/government/generalgovernment-departments/community-services/planning-

t r a c t price These bonds shall be executed by a surety specified in California Code of Civil Procedure Section 995 310 Pursuant to Public Contract Code section 22300, the successful bidder m a y s u b s t i t u t e c e r t a i n s e c u r i t i e s f o r f u n d s w i t h h e l d b y t h e C o u n t y t o e n s u r e i t s p e r f o r m a n c e u n d e r t h e c o n t r a c t Pursuant to Section 1773 of the Labor Code, the general prevailing wage rates in the County in which the work is to be done have been determined by the Director of the California Department of Industrial Relations These wage rates are set forth in the General Prevailing Wage Rates for this project av a ila b l e fo r re v ie w a t Yo lo Co u nty C en tr al La nd fill 4 4 09 0 County Road 28H, Woodland, California and available from the California Department of Industrial Relations internet web site at http://www dir ca gov/DLSR/PWD The successful bidder shall pos t a copy of the prevailing wage rates at each job site It shall be mandatory upon the bidder to whom the contract is awarded and upon any subcontractors to comply with all Labor Code provisions which include but are not limited to t h e p a y m e n t o f n o t l e s s t h a n t h e s a i d s p e c i f i e d p r e v a i l i n g wage rates to all workers employed by them in the execution of the contract employment of apprentices hours of labor and d e b a r m e n t o f c o n t r a c t o r s a n d s u b c o n t r a c t o r s P u r s u a n t t o Labor Code section 1725 5 and 1771 3 contractors and subcontractors who intend to bid on be listed in a bid proposal or e n t e r i n t o a c o n t r a c t t o p e r f o r m p u b l i c w o r k m u s t

D J U S D E m p l o y e e T a x E x e m p t i o n : P r o p e r t y o w n e r s w h o can provide evidence that they live in a home that is their principal residence and one owner as of July 1 of the tax year for which an exemption is sought is an eligible DJUSD employee, can qualify for an exemption by filing an application with the Davis Joint Unified School District by June 15 2023

COMMUNITY FACILITIES DISTRICT NO 1 S e n i o r C i t i z e n s T a x R e d u c t i o n : S e n i o r C i t i z e n s w h o c a n provide evidence that they reside in a home which is their principal residence and one owner is 65 years or older may apply for a 50% tax reduction of this special tax to be levied by filing an application with the Davis Joint Unified School District by June 15 2023

Low-Income Rental Housing Exemption: Owners who can provide evidence that their property constitutes low-income rental housing have the option of applying for a low-income rental housing tax exemption from the special tax by filing an application with the Dais Joint Unified School District by June 15 2023

COMMUNITY FACILITIES DISTRICT NO 2

Low-Income Rental Housing Exemption: Owners who can provide evidence that their property constitutes low-income rental housing have the option of applying for a low-income rental housing tax exemption from the special tax by filing an application with the Dais Joint Unified School District by June 15 2023

FURTHER INFORMATION

To apply for the Senior Citizens, SSI, SSDI Employee Exemptions and Reduction or the Low-Income Rental Housing Exemptions visit: https://djusd net/departments/business services/tax exemptions

UC Davis softball split Big West games with Gauchos

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SANTA BARBARA — Kenedi Brown did her job in the circle for the UC Davis softball team (12-8 in the Big West Conference, 26-16), which knocked off UC Santa Barbara 5-4 on Friday.

Brown went the distance in the game, striking out seven Gaucho batters, allowed four walks and gave up nine hits.

Aggie leadoff hitter Anna Dethlefson had three of the Aggies’ nine hits in the game. Two of those hits were doubles.

Sarah Starks and Riley Costa had two hits each for UCD. Bella Pahulu had three RBIs. Costa also had two RBIs.

In the second game of the doubleheader, UCSB posted a 12-5 win over the Aggies.

Aggie men’s tennis

SAN DIEGO — In a near perfect replica of its regular season match earlier this month, the UC Davis men’s tennis team advanced to the Big West Championships semifinal with a 4-0 win over UC Riverside on Friday morning.

Mitchell Davis and Andrei Volgin picked up a 6-2 doubles set win to get the

match off to a good start for the Aggies.

Lucas Bollinger and Coleton Hootman finished the job on court three with a 6-2 win of their own, giving UCD a 1-0 advantage entering singles competition.

In singles matches, Sam De Vries and Bollinger quickly won their matches in straight sets to put the Aggies ahead 3-0. De Vries won 6-1, 6-2, while Bollinger won 6-1, 6-3.

Brett Brinkman ended the match with a 6-4, 6-2 victory.

DHS boys lacrosse

The Davis High boys lacrosse team finished the Sierra Foothill League/Delta Post Season Tournament at home on Thursday against Whitney.

The visiting Wildcats left Ron and Mary Brown Stadium with a 12-7 win over DHS (11-7).

Although the tournament is over, but the Blue Devils’ season is far from over.

Now DHS’ attention shifts toward the North Coast Section Playoffs. According to DHS Athletic Director Jeff Lorenson, the playoff brackets are scheduled to be released on the North Coast’s website — www.cifncs.org — this weekend.

DHS: Langley 36 assists, Buzbee 13 digs

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As the Eagles outscored the Blue Devils 4-1 to tie the set at 19-19.

After an Eagles error, Ethan Wells scored twostraight to put DHS back up 22-20.

However, Pleasant Grove would out score Davis High 5-1 to secure the fourth set win.

Team leaders for the Blue Devils include opposite hitter Liam Langley with 36 assists, Buzbee led digs with 13, Edson led blocks with 4 and Wells led in kills with 23.

Additionally, Wells contributed 12 digs and had

his presence felt on the court.

“He’s a presence on the court for sure… if he’s not there it shows… he absolutely brings the energy to the team,” said Hinjosa.

Wells has been a pivotal part of the team’s win and success throughout the season and will bring that energy going into the postseason.

Now DHS shifts its focus to the playoffs. And another shot at the Eagles. Davis is the No. 4 seed in D-I. The Blue Devils will host No. 13 Edison of Stockton at 7 p.m.

The Edison-Davis

AGGIE: ‘Appreciate my time at UC Davis’

winner plays the No. 12 Johnson-No. 5 Pleasant Grove.

Should DHS win Tuesday’s playoff match, it would host the Johnson or Pleasant Grove winner.

Other first round playoff matches are No. 16 Tokay of Lodi at No. 1 Jesuit, No.

9 Inderkum at No. 8 St. Mary’s of Stockton, No. 14 Pitman of Turlock at No. 3 Folsom,No. 11 McNair of Stockton at No. 6 Laguna Creek of Elk Grove, No. 10 Enochs of Modesto at No. 7 Monterey Trail of Elk Grove and No. 15 Downey of Modesto at No. 2 Whitney of Rocklin.

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touchbacks. He earned All-Big Sky honors three times and earned AllAmerican accolades in two straight seasons.

At the conclusion of the 2021 spring season, Whelan earned first-team All-America honors from four organizations from Stats Perform, AFCA, HERO Sports and Phil Steele and was a finalist for FCS Punter of the Year after punting 17 times for 815 yards for a 47.9 average, tops among the Big Sky en route to earning first-team honors.

In 2019, Whelan was

named to the All-Big Sky third team.

“I am really appreciative of my time at UC Davis,” Whelan said. “I miss the brotherhood for sure, but I am glad that we have that here in D.C.”

Upon reflecting on his time with the Aggies, Whelan fondly remembers one of his favorite games he played in. During his sophomore campaign, the Ags traveled to Missoula as the No. 6 team in the country to play in front of the raucous crowd at WashingtonGrizzly Stadium.

Down 21-3 at the half to Montana, the Aggies scored 46 unanswered

points in the second half to improve to 7-1 on the season and remain unbeaten in Big Sky play at 5-0. UC Davis won 49-21. In that contest, Whelan punted six times for 259 yards (43.2 avg.), drilling two punts over 50 yards and two inside the 20.

“We were playing at Montana and down a lot at the half,” Whelan recollects. “To see their stadium empty out was a great feeling. That was a fun season.”

The Aggies went on to finish 10-3 that season and 7-1 in Big Sky play to make their first FCS playoff appearance in program history.

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Anna Dethlefson, seen here touching home plate for in a Big West Conference game at CSU Bakersfield on April 2, had three hits in one of the Aggies’ two games on Friday.