Council moves ahead with two land projects

By Monica Stark Enterprise staff writer

After continuing a discussion that went to nearly 2 a.m. at the June 6 Davis City Council meeting on key decisions regarding the future of peripheral development in Davis, members voted Tuesday 4-1 (Bapu Vaitla dissenting) to advance the environmental impact reports of the proposed Village Farms and Shriner’s projects. The vote pushes the proposals for ballot measures for March 2025 for Village Farms and June 2026 for Shriner’s.

needs to clear each chamber in the state Legislature by a twothirds vote.

So far the measure has passed two committees in the state Assembly and awaits a hearing in a third.

Beyond those basic details, though, there’s little agreement over what impact the measure would have on California.

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Native American students unveil mural

Special to The Enterprise WOODLAND — Woodland-area community members came together to celebrate the unveiling of a cultural mural created by Native youths as part of a project on June 16 — and attendees were able to add their own handprint to the mural.

The mural at Douglass Middle School is the culmination of a series of cultural workshops for Native American students organized by Native Dads Network and in collaboration with the Woodland Joint Unified School District’s American Indian Parent Committee. It comes two weeks after the district held its first-ever Native Student school

Promotion and Graduation Ceremony in June.

“This mural encapsulates what I hope to bring to my collaborative role at the

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Regarding the two timelines, City Manager Mike Webb said the process would be akin to running on parallel tracks but at potentially very different speeds. “There’s pros and cons to each of those speeds for various reasons.”

Spanning from the northern to the eastern farmlands, a crescent of five parcels is in city design review in a process that includes environmental review before hitting the ballot box. To Vaitla, the city is facing a situation it has never faced before and may never face again with all of the

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Competency doubt declared in road-rage case

By Lauren Keene Enterprise staff writer

A Yolo Superior Court judge delayed next month’s scheduled trial for a Davis road-rage suspect after his attorney declared a doubt regarding his mental competency.

Andre Chevill Wilson will now undergo a psychiatric evaluation “due to significant delusions,”

Deputy Public Defender Dan Hutchinson, standing in Wednesday for Wilson’s public defender Aram Davtyan, told Judge Daniel Maguire earlier this week.

“It is our opinion that he is not competent to proceed with a jury trial,” Hutchinson said, also noting that Wilson had twice refused transport to court for his proceedings.

Maguire suspended Wilson’s criminal case and vacated the jury trial that was scheduled to

WILSON “Significant delusions” See RAGE, Page A4