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Yolo County Supervisor Jim Provenza says he felt two emotions when he heard about the estimated $42.7 million the county will be receiving from the American Rescue Act signed by the president earlier this month.

“The first was elation,” he said.

Because normally as the county creates its annual budget and allocates funds to pay for everything it has to pay for, Provenza feels “very fortunate if there’s $50,000 or $100,000 left that the board has discretion over.

“And this is $42.7 million.”

But the second emotion, he said, “is a tremendous sense of responsibility, because it’s a lot of money and it’s not going to come again.”

Said Supervisor Gary Sandy of Woodland, “We ought to take our time, think our way through, talk our way through, then think about it some more before we start spending this money because this is a remarkable time in our lives and in our tenure and this likely is never going to happen again.”

The magnitude of the situation — of having that much money to put toward responding to and recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic in Yolo County — was not lost on supervisors Tuesday or the county staff who have laid out a plan for moving forward.

“This is really unprecedented,” said Interim County Administrator Daniel Kim, “an amount of funds I don’t think Yolo County or the state has ever really considered or imagined before.”

Kim also noted that the $42.7 million the county is receiving is just a portion of

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Nearly a decade after researchers at UC Davis’ Foods for Human Health Institute founded Evolve BioSystems, a Davisbased startup, the company is attracting worldwide attention and investments from major pharmaceutical companies and institutions aimed at improving public health.

Based on Second Street, Evolve employs dozens of people and recently reported raising $55 million from investors, which include Johnson & Johnson, the company that designed one of the United States’ COVID-19 vaccines. The

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UC Davis and the city of Sacramento issued a joint press release Thursday outlining a Community Benefits Partnership Agreement tied to the Aggie Square project, a $1.1 billion campus and innovation hub slated to break ground in Sacramento in late 2021. The Sacramento City Council is scheduled to vote on the agreement April 6.

The 1.2 million square-foot campus will host research and academic activities, continuing education and job training, and business startups, especially those working in the fields of life science, technology and healthy communities, and bring substantial economic investment to Sacramento.

“Aggie Square is the single biggest high-wage jobs and housing opportunity we have had in this city in decades,” Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg said Thursday in a virtual press conference. City officials have said Aggie Square could bring 5,000 construction jobs and up to an additional 5,000 new ongoing jobs.

While the project, which will be in Sacramento’s Stockton Boulevard corridor near the UC Davis Medical Center, promises economic growth, local organizations have raised concerns about gentrification and increased housing costs they say the project could bring.

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UC Davis Chancellor Gary May is interviewed next to a base plan rendering of innovation hub Aggie Square at the UC Davis Health Campus in the Oak Park area in Sacramento in 2018. the Stockton Boulevard corridor, which would be used to build affordable housing and to stabilize housing costs in existing residential areas.

Within the past few months, a community activist group and a local union chapter have filed lawsuits against the University of California Board of Regents over Aggie Square. The groups are demanding assurances that economic gains from Aggie Square benefit the community and not displace local residents.

For the first 10 years, 20% of the 3,500 to 5,000 anticipated ongoing new jobs at Aggie Square would be filled by nearby residents. Those include entry-level and higherwage jobs that the project will create. After 10 years, the share of new jobs allocated to local residents would rise to 25%.

The community benefits agreement announced this week includes money for local housing and infrastructure and a guarantee that local residents are prioritized for jobs that come out of the project. The agreement was drafted by Steinberg and Sacramento City councilmembers Jay Schenirer and Eric Guerra, as well as UC Davis Chancellor Gary S. May. In the proposed agreement, UC Davis and the city of Sacramento would commit $50 million to create an affordable-housing fund for

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In 2017, Evolve Biosystems launched a product that offers a solution to newborn gut deficiency.

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WOODLAND — A Woodland man facing murder charges for the fatal shooting of an acquaintance two years ago will spend 17 years in state prison after admitting to a lesser charge in Yolo Superior Court.

Stefon Clifford Ceaser, 32, pleaded no contest to voluntary manslaughter Wednesday in connection with the March 15, 2019, death of Anthony “Shrimp” Bosser following a violent scuffle between the two men.

Ceaser also admitted to a pair of charging enhancements stemming from a 2013 felony battery conviction in Sacramento County.

The plea agreement does away with next week’s scheduled jury trial for Ceaser, who returns to court April 21 for sentencing before Judge Timothy Fall. His public defender, Richard Van Zandt, declined to comment on the resolution prior to sentencing.

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AREWELL TO A LEGEND ... I’m sorry to report that the great Jeff Hudson will no longer be gracing the pages of this newspaper, having decided to retire after a long and distinguished — not to mention awardwinning — writing career.

Although all journalists at community newspapers end up wearing a variety of hats, Jeff was known especially for his reporting on our local schools.

With Jeff in attendance, I didn’t have to watch the School Board meetings on TV or in person because I could read Jeff ’s report almost immediately afterward.

Jeff understood the schools scene inside and out, probably because he cared deeply about our schools.

If I ever didn’t understand what was going on — which was a regular occurrence — I’d just give Jeff a call to get the story straight and learn what was likely to come next.

Several months ago Jeff was presented the California School Boards Association’s Golden Quill Award for his fair, insightful and accurate reporting on public school news, an honor he richly deserved.

Put simply, Jeff Hudson was the

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I was pleased to see that Chancellor Gary May removed the word “Interim” from Rocko DeLuca’s title and named this talented and dedicated individual as the new UC Davis athletics director.

I like the concept of promoting from within when gifted individuals who have been laboring in the vineyard have the skills to move up and assume increasingly more important roles. For one thing, it’s good for morale.

That’s not always the case, of course. Sometimes new blood in an old institution is an absolute necessity. Sometimes an organization needs a good shaking. And sometimes there might not be anyone in the fold ready to move up.

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Special to The Enterprise A San Diego judge ordered Amazon Inc. to pay $2 million to resolve a lawsuit brought by California district attorneys, including Yolo County’s, contending that Amazon’s advertised reference prices were misleading, or potentially misleading, to consumers in making purchasing decisions.

Amazon commonly uses a reference price to suggest value or savings. These reference prices are also known as “was” or “list” prices. A “was” price is a higher price that Amazon previously offered for a product. A “list” price suggests a higher price that may be a regular retail price, offered or suggested, by another seller, supplier or the product manufacturer.

Consumers shopping online might find, for example, a product for $9.99 with a reference price of “Was: $14.99” or “List Price: $17.99.” The focus of the investigation was how Amazon determined these reference prices and whether words like “was” or “list” were used in a manner that could be misleading to customers.

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judgment, entered by the Honorable Katherine A. Bacal on Wednesday, requires Amazon to make changes and revisions to its “list” and “was” pricing disclosures to explain the way it determines and validates it reference prices.

These changes and revisions include a hyperlink to bring consumers to clear definitions of the meaning of “was” and “list” price advertisements so that they understand the nature of the advertised savings.

Additionally, as part of the settlement, Amazon will pay a total of $2 million in penalties, costs and restitution to the state’s Consumer Protection Trust Fund, which provides resources for investigating, prosecuting and enforcing consumer protection actions.

The Yolo County District Attorney’s Office worked with the Alameda, Santa Clara, Riverside, San Diego and Santa Cruz DA’s offices to investigate and file the civil enforcement action.

“This settlement is vital in the ongoing efforts to make sure that consumers have accurate and reliable information when making price comparisons,” Yolo County District Attorney Jeff Reisig said.

Rocko said his career goal has always been to be an athletics director, so here he is, ready to hit the ground running.

As a journalist, I’ve had a number of occasions to seek a comment from Rocko, most of them since he became interim athletics director on Jan. 1 with the departure of Kevin Blue.

Because we’re seemingly always on deadline, we need an immediate response, and Rocko never failed to reply to my requests and answer my questions without shading the truth.

He’s obviously a superb fundraiser and a man who cares deeply about UC Davis’ emphasis on the first word of that overworked phrase “student-athlete.”

I’m thrilled for Rocko and his family and I’m especially thrilled for my alma mater.

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By Lauren Keene Enterprise staff writer West Sacramento police made two arrests Wednesday in connection with gun-related incidents that occurred just moments apart.

The first report came in at about 9:20 a.m. of a man armed with a long gun walking in the 800 block of Sacramento Avenue. Responding officers established a perimeter and made contact with the person, using deescalation techniques to take him into custody safely, police reported in a social media post.

“The investigation confirmed the firearm was a loaded shotgun.

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Police reported making arrests in both cases — the first on counts of terrorist threats, brandishing a firearm and carrying a loaded firearm in a public place, and the second on undisclosed charges. The suspects’ names were not immediately released.

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detective arriving on scene,” the post said.

Police officials noted that incident was unrelated to a second incident reported at 9:45 a.m., this one involving shots fired in the 200 block of Second Street.

“Upon arrival, officers located two victims suffering from gunshot wounds.

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SPEAKING OF UC DAVIS LEADERS ... UC Davis Health head Dr. David Lubarsky has warned that new guidelines allowing vaccinations for people ages 16 to 64 without proof of an underlying health issue will lead to floodgates being open because people will fudge the truth or maybe even outright lie.

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Then again, in a few more days just about everyone over 16 will be eligible and it won’t be necessary to make up a story as to why you should be first in line.

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HE NAME GAME ... When I first quoted Rocko DeLuca, I had to look up the correct spelling of his name before committing my story to print. Before Mr. DeLuca came along, I’d only known one “Rocko” in my life and he spelled his name “Rocco.”

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In the old days, a university’s AD was known as the “athletic director.” Now he or she is the “athletics director,” which is something I cannot get comfortable with. “Director of athletics” is fine, but “athletics director” sounds awkward.

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recent investments bring the total capital the company has attracted to $125 million, which will go towards further research, CEO Tim Brown told The Enterprise.

Evolve BioSystems’ success stems from a discovery the FFHI researchers made in 2012. After more than a decade of research on newborn babies’ digestion of breastmilk, the UC Davis researchers found that many babies are unable to digest human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs), which are one of the main components of breastmilk.

As a result, infants lose out on a key nutrient and frequently suffer from colic, gastrointestinal problems and severe discomfort.

The researchers discovered that a single sub-species of bacteria, called B. infantis, is crucial to the digestion of HMOs. The bacteria typically live in the digestive tract, but a recent study found that about 90% of babies born in the U.S. lack B. infantis.

The UC Davis researchers link the lack of B. infantis in newborns to the widespread use of antibiotics, to the use of infant formula instead of human milk and to Cesarean births.

During a vaginal birth, mothers transfer certain bacteria, including B. infantis, to newborns. “It is an evolutionary advantage that transfers the mother’s gut microbiome to the baby,” Brown said. “That inoculates the baby at birth with the bacteria they need.” When a baby is born

by C-section, that transfer of bacteria doesn’t happen.

Many newborns born vaginally, however, also lack B. infantis. That’s because a lot of adults in

the U.S. have taken enough antibiotics over the course of their life to kill off the bacteria. The researchers found that in Africa and Asia, where antibiotics and C-sections are less common than in the U.S., infants generally have B. infantis in their gut microbiome and are able to digest HMOs. “The typical American baby is in a state of chronic gut inflammation, which causes great discomfort,” Brown said.

Infants’ lack of B. infantis is now known as newborn gut deficiency.

Scientists believe American babies’ lack of B. infantis may also explain other poor health trends, including an increase in autoimmune and allergic diseases.

Following these discoveries, the researchers founded Evolve BioSystems as a spinoff from their work at UC Davis. The company has developed substantial intellectual property through patents licensed from UC Davis and others that the company has developed on its own, Brown said.

In 2017, the company launched a product that offers a solution to newborn gut deficiency. The product, called Evivo, supplies B. infantis that can be fed directly to infants as early as their first few weeks of life. When B. infantis is introduced to babies’ gastrointestinal tract, it crowds out harmful gut bacteria, reducing it by up to 80%, according to research.

Since it was developed, Evivo, which is essentially live bacteria B. infantis, has been fed to millions of babies. It is used in neonatal intensive care units, where it is administered through a feeding tube, and is also available to consumers in a

powdered form that can be ordered online.

Evolve BioSystems recently published two peer-reviewed papers, one showing that 9 in 10 American newborns lack B. infantis and the other showing the benefits of Evivo to premature infants in the NICU, including a significant decrease in gastrointestinal complications.

The product’s success has attracted the interest of major institutions.

Through a collaboration with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Evolve BioSystems is currently involved in a clinical trial in Bangladesh. The trial, facilitated by the International Centre for Diarrheal Disease Research, will assess the extent to which Evivo improves health outcomes for infants diagnosed with severe acute malnutrition.

Last month, Evivo was chosen as the intervention for the world’s largest ever Type 1 diabetes prevention study, called the SINT1A (Supplementation with B. Infantis for Mitigation of Type 1 Diabetes Autoimmunity) study. There is currently no known prevention or cure for Type 1 diabetes, which requires daily insulin injection and regular monitoring of blood glucose levels. The study will begin next month in multiple European countries.

Meanwhile, Evolve BioSystems has attracted significant investments that will fund new research and development involving Evivo and newborn gut deficiency. The research will be conducted at the company’s laboratories in Davis. “We feel like the science which began at UC Davis and which we are carrying out now is a real feather in Davis’ cap,” Brown said.

city and campus said.

“This is what inclusive economic development really means,” Steinberg said. “The Community Benefits Partnership Agreement is a promise to all of Sacramento that this transformational project will be for all, not just for some.” In their joint press release, the city and UC Davis framed the project as “a catalyst for Sacramento’s post-COVID economic recovery.”

Per the community benefits agreement, the city and campus will also improve biking, walking and transit access around the UC Davis Sacramento campus. The agreement also includes Wexford Science & Technology, a

developer that is building Aggie Square in partnership with UC Davis.

“Aggie Square is a platform for partnerships across the university, and with our city, our neighborhoods and innovative companies,” May said.

“And partnerships are the key to a stronger university, a diverse economy and more resilient communities.”

The community benefits agreement will go before the Sacramento City Council alongside an agreement for the city to create an Enhanced Infrastructure Financing District for Aggie Square. The EIFD would allow the city’s portion of increased property taxes to pay for up to $30 million of infrastructure, 20% of which

would go towards building affordable housing in the surrounding neighborhood.

UC Davis has also committed to building 200 beds of student housing as part of Aggie Square in order to ease the demand for off-campus housing.

“The combined commitments from the city and the Aggie Square project are a significant investment to provide housing and job opportunities for our neighborhood,” Guerra said. “This is a first step towards supporting the communities around the commercial corridor and will give our youth a future in careers in STEM related to health and biotech.”

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VACCINE: Officials on guard for mutants From Page A1 month, we’ll be able to administer 4 million doses each week.”

Supply has been the only constraint in California, the governor said, but more vaccine doses are expected in the weeks ahead, not only of the one-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine but also of the Pfizer and Moderna.

Until April 1, vaccines will remain limited to those groups previously declared eligible, including those 16 to 64 with severe health conditions or disabilities, but now family members who accompany eligible individuals to vaccine clinics can also be vaccinated.

“Effective today, regardless of your age, regardless of your pre-existing condition, if someone comes in eligible under the existing rules but with a family member, we will accommodate the family member no questions asked,” said Newsom. “That flexibility is effective today.”

All Californians are encouraged to visit MyTurn.ca.gov to register and find vaccine appointments.

“We are now working with providers up and down the state to prepare for a

surge of access and demand once that limitation as it relates to the current tiering is lifted,” said Newsom.

Meanwhile, California, like the rest of the world, remains in a race against variants of the virus.

“We’re monitoring 474 individuals that … have the UK variant,” Newsom said.

“We now have six mutations from the Brazilian variant in the state, four from South Africa. We have a number of New York variants in California and we have our own homegrown mutation, which is referred to as the ‘West Coast’ variant — 8,800 as of today have been sequenced.

“These mutations should make us mindful of the moment we’re in,” the governor added. “This is not mission accomplished.

We’re not spiking the football. This is not the time to take down your guard or, literally, … take off your mask. The most potent and powerful thing you can continue to do is wear a face covering and let us work through the next number of weeks.”

“It really is a race of vaccines against variants and we need to do this quickly,” said Dr. Mark Ghaly, secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services.

Obituary Valerie Margaret Smith July 5, 1941 — Feb. 26, 2021

Valerie Margaret Smith was a longtime Davis resident and a caring friend to every person and animal she met. She passed away on Feb. 26 after a life of service to others.

She first came to Davis in 1959 as a UC Davis freshman before permanently settling in town in the 1980s. An avid bicyclist during her prime, Valerie embodied the spirit of Davis. Her beautiful and beloved garden was always a waystation for hummingbirds and other wildlife and she never said no to a stray cat (or rabbit, or turtle …) in need of food and shelter.

Valerie provided her open-hearted, yet pragmatic concern through her work as

well, serving as a nurse at Courtyard Healthcare Center for decades.

She was preceded in death by her partner, Jim DeSanctis. She is mourned by those who knew her spirit, her humor and her endless kindness.

She will be remembered for her love of Pavarotti’s soaring melodies, British detective novels, nature and her (adopted) hometown. Valerie was a generous benefactor to many charities. Donations to the Yolo County SPCA or Tree Davis can be provided in lieu of flowers.

A virtual memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 28. For information, email ValerieSmithMemorial@gmail.com.

John Allen Emery July 12, 1939 — Feb. 4, 2021

We lost our dad, Dr. John Allen Emery, on Wednesday, Feb. 4. He was 81. John was born in Niagara Falls, N.Y. on July 12, 1939. He grew up in Charleston, W.V., and moved to Redondo Beach, California in 1956. He raised a family and practiced medicine in San Diego and passed away in Davis, California.

John often shared stories of his life growing up in Charleston, W. Va., and his formative years in and around Los Angeles. He was a proud graduate of UCLA and UCSF Medical School, and did his urology residency at OHSU. He shared his life stories in his book, “A Surgeon’s Life with Bipolar Disorder.” His first book was “U.S. Medical Care and Related Factors in the Vietnam War” (both

by John A. Emery, M.D., F.A.C.S., and available on Amazon.com).

John’s proudest moments stemmed from his loving childhood, playing football for UCLA, graduating from UCSF with his esteemed medical class, interning at Los

Angeles County Medical Center, treating people hurt in the L.A. riots, serving his country as an M.D. with the Navy and a tour in Vietnam with the Marines, training in urology under Dr. Clarence Hodges, and being a loving son, father and grandfather. He was a lifelong golf enthusiast and club collector, hitting the links any chance he got.

“Grandpa John” is survived by his children: a daughter Colleen (Colin) Gants of Des Moines, Wash.; son Dr. Scott (Heather) Emery of Mercer Island, Wash.; grandchildren India Gants, Beau Gants, Garrett Gants, Meara Gants, James Emery and Caroline Emery; and many nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.

He is preceded in death by his parents, Frank and Ethel Emery, his sister Judy (Emery) Carne and his former wife Victoria Emery.

His family is hosting a funeral service via Zoom, followed by interment and military honors at Tahoma National Cemetery in Kent, Wash., this spring.

Larry Richard Brown March 12, 1956 — Feb. 10, 2021

Larry Brown was a kind, generous and thoughtful man who lived an exemplary life, devoted to his family and to the conservation of the natural world. He was born on March 12, 1956, in San Gabriel to Marilynn and Gordon Brown.

Larry met his wife Lisa as an undergraduate student at UC Irvine while playing pool at the student union. Living in Davis, they were together for 42 years, raised two children, Arwen and Ian, and in later years became enthusiastic grandparents to their three grandchildren, Evander, Kaylee and Fiona.

Larry was a renowned research scientist who was recently acknowledged by a Stanford study as among the world’s top 2% of scientists in his field. Larry’s research career got its start at UC Davis where he obtained a Ph.D. in ecology in 1988 and continued as a postdoctoral researcher, working closely with the eminent California fish biologist Dr. Peter Moyle.

He headed a five-year project studying the effects of invasive species on the native fishes of the Eel River, especially salmon and steelhead. One of the products of this research was discovering that coho salmon, once an important sport fish in California, were in severe decline in all streams along the California coast. He was the lead author on the detailed paper on this finding, which led to the highly valued coho being listed as a threatened species and to conservation actions to restore the streams in which they lived.

In 1991, Larry joined the U.S. Geological Survey as a research scientist, an association that lasted the rest of his career. One of his first projects was to examine contaminant effects on algae, invertebrates,

and fish in the lower San Joaquin River. This work demonstrated the severity of the pollution problems in the river and provided essential information needed for the on-going restoration of the river. This was expanded to include many other rivers in California (and elsewhere) and then, starting in 2003, the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, an area rife with controversy.

Typical of Larry, he began his involvement with an important paper asking “Will tidal wetland restoration enhance populations of native fishes?” This paper is now required reading for anyone involved in restoration projects and fish conservation in the San Francisco Estuary. This was just the first of his important papers on fish ecology in the estuary.

Impressive as Larry’s accomplishments are, the first thing that comes to mind when Larry’s name comes up with his colleagues is, well, collegiality. Many of his colleagues described him as “a rock” because you could always count on him.

He was always willing, with a genuine smile and a good dose of humor, to review drafts of papers, talk about ideas and offer suggestions for addressing research questions. He loved to mentor junior colleagues, student assistants, graduate students at Sacramento State and anyone else who needed positive feedback. He was, above all, a kind person with a positive attitude toward life who made life better for all who knew him.

Larry is survived by his wife, children, grandchildren and mother. The family asks that memorial donations be made to the Nature Conservancy or an ecological charity of your choice.

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HOMICIDE: Returned with a gun

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what is coming to the region.

An estimated $41 million is headed to the county’s four cities (including $17.1 million to Davis) and another $41 million to the county’s school districts (including $5.5 million to the Davis Joint Unified School District).

There are restrictions on how the funds must be used, namely: n Responding to the pandemic and addressing its negative consequences, including assistance to households, small businesses and nonprofits and aid to impacted industries; n Providing premium pay to essential employees or grants to their employers; n Providing government services affected by a revenue reduction during the pandemic; and n Making investments in water, sewer and broadband infrastructure.

The funds cannot be used to offset a reduction in net tax revenues or be deposited in a pension fund.

A key priority voiced by supervisors and county staff is the need to collaborate with cities and school districts, as well as the state.

“Given the amount of money coming to the region, we feel that it is very important to coordinate on our efforts with the cities and other agencies within the county,” said the county’s assistant chief financial officer, Tom Haynes.

“Not only will this help to

avoid duplication or overlap of programs and initiatives, but hopefully would also allow for a broader regional perspective that may stretch the impact of our dollars and yield greater benefits than if each agency simply goes it alone,” said Haynes.

Kim said he is already in discussions with city managers “and we’ll be working on this for some time.”

“We would like to create an inventory of who does what right now,” he told county supervisors. “The first thing is an assessment of who is spending what on different areas that are important to us and seeing where there might be gaps in funding.”

On homeless services, for example, “typically the cities have been doing more on the capital outlay … and we’ve been doing more of the services. So if we can align that, that would be great,” said Kim. With respect to school districts, he said, “a lot of the funds will be used for educational purposes, but there may be some overlap with respect to providing services to families.”

County supervisors also noted specific areas where the stimulus funds, in collaboration with cities and school districts, could go far in reaching some longtime goals, including expanded broadband coverage.

“The lack of connectivity in this county is akin to not having bridges, which is to say the road ends at the creek and we can’t get across the creek because

there’s no bridge there,” said Sandy. “We need to think of connectivity in the same way — we can’t get across until we build that infrastructure that’s going to be necessary… So I want us to think broadly and deeply about these things.”

Expanding childcare and preschool and fighting food insecurity were also top of mind.

“Food insecurity existed before but it was demonstrated in ways we hadn’t even imagined during the pandemic and will continue as an issue,” said Provenza. “It would be nice to be able to address that.

“Unequal access to medical care, racial and ethnic inequality, those are all things that were magnified during the pandemic and made more severe,” he added.

Discussions about all of those priorities will take place between now and mid- to late May when the first half of the $42.7 million is expected to arrive.

Before then, the county will conduct a needs assessment and hold a workshop with the Board of Supervisors, in addition to coordinating with cities and school districts and watching where the state and federal governments allocate funds.

“Looking for the gaps after we look where the state and federal governments are going to spend their money is very wise,” said Provenza, who added, “if we do this right, it is an opportunity of a lifetime for our county and I think we will do it right.”

Davis Enterprise that his office “worked closely with Mr. Bosser’s family to reach what we believe to be an appropriate plea given the state of the evidence.”

Ceaser has claimed he acted in self-defense during the shooting, which occurred after the 23-year-old Bosser and his uncle, Tony Mares, confronted Ceaser over text messages Ceaser reportedly sent to Bosser’s 13-year-old niece.

Mares testified at Ceaser’s 2019 preliminary hearing that he and Bosser had been drinking prior to the confrontation at a mutual friend’s home on West and Beamer streets.

He recalled that the fight between Bosser and Ceaser began outside the house and moved inside, where “the next thing I know, (Ceaser) has a knife, swinging it around.”

Van Zandt contended in court documents that Bosser initiated the altercation by pulling Ceaser’s shirt over his head so that he couldn’t see, although he managed to grab the kitchen knife and injure both Bosser and Mares.

At some point the fight broke up and Ceaser fled from the house, using Bosser’s truck to drive from the scene. Mares said he and Bosser were walking southbound along

Stefon Clifford Ceaser makes his first appearance in Yolo Superior Court on March 20, 2019.

Fred Gladdis/ Enterprise file photo

West Street when Ceaser pulled up behind them about 15 minutes later.

“We both back up and turn. We assume he’s getting out to fight again,” Mares said, noting that Ceaser first circled behind the truck.

“By the time he’s coming around from behind the truck, he’s already got the gun pulled out and he’s pointing it at my BOSSER nephew.

Victim “I remember hearing a couple gunshots,” Mares continued.

“That was when I realized my nephew wasn’t backing up anymore. I saw his two feet on the ground,

and that was when I realized my nephew got hit.”

First responders reported finding an open pocketknife under Bosser’s body at the shooting scene. Van Zandt has claimed it shows Bosser, who was highly intoxicated and had both cocaine and anabolic steroids in his system, posed a continued threat to Ceaser by intending to attack him again.

Schaub disagreed, noting at the preliminary hearing that Ceaser had reached a point of safety after leaving the scene, and demonstrated premeditation by calling Bosser’s mother and telling her of his intent to obtain a gun and shoot him.

— Reach Lauren Keene at lkeene@davisenter prise.net.

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NOTICE OF EVIDENTIARY HEARING FOR PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY’S REQUEST TO DECREASE RATES AS PART OF THE SALE OF THE SAN FRANCISCO CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS APPLICATION (A.20-09-018)

The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) will hold an evidentiary hearing at the time and place below The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) may hold an evidentiary hearing at the time and place below regarding Pacific Gas and Electric’s (PG&E) General Rate Case Phase II application (A.19-11-019). regarding Pacific Gas and Electric Company’s (PG&E) application A.20-09-018.

At this hearing, PG&E, consumer advocacy groups, and other parties to this proceeding testify before a CPUC At this hearing, PG&E, consumer advocacy groups, and other parties to this proceeding testify before a CPUC Administrative Law Judge regarding PG&E’s request. The public can attend and listen to the proceeding but Administrative Law Judge regarding PG&E’s request. The public can attend and listen to the proceeding but are not allowed to testify. are not allowed to testify.

WHERE AND WHEN WILL THE EVIDENTIARY HEARING BE HELD? In compliance with the Governor’s directive and CPUC’s ongoing efforts to protect customers and community members, there will be no in-person physical location for the evidentiary hearing and will instead hold the hearing virtually. Please monitor the CPUC’s daily calendar (located at www.cpuc.ca.gov) for any changes relating to the evidentiary hearing.

WHERE AND WHEN WILL THE EVIDENTIARY HEARING BE HELD? In compliance with the Governor’s directive and CPUC’s ongoing efforts to protect customers and community members, there will be no in-person physical location for the evidentiary hearing and will instead hold the hearing virtually. Please monitor the CPUC’s daily calendar (located at www.cpuc.ca.gov) for any changes relating to the evidentiary hearing.

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This information will be made available on the CPUC’s website at www.cpuc.ca.gov.

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This information will be made available on the CPUC’s website at www.cpuc.ca.gov.

WHY IS PG&E REQUESTING THIS RATE INCREASE? On November 22, 2019, PG&E filed its 2020 General Rate Case Phase II application (A.19-11-019) with the CPUC. In this application, PG&E is proposing to adopt rates that more accurately reflect what it costs to serve each customer class. This results in rate increases for some customer classes and decreases for other customer classes.

WHY IS PG&E REQUESTING THIS RATE DECREASE? On September 30, 2020, PG&E filed its application with the CPUC requesting approval to sell its San Francisco General Office complex (SFGO) located at 215 Market Street, 245 Market Street, 77 Beale Street, 50 Main Street, 25 Beale Street and 45 Beale Street in downtown San Francisco, and relocate its headquarters to 300 Lakeside Drive in Oakland (the “Lakeside Building”). In this application, PG&E is proposing to (1) return the net In the second phase of the General Rate Case, rates are designed by dividing approved electric costs gain on the sale of the SFGO to customers and (2) recover the costs related to the move to the Lakeside Building. among each customer class (residential, commercial, etc.). There are no new costs proposed in this Phase As part of this application, PG&E presents a real estate strategy that provides benefits to PG&E’s customers, II application. This application concerns rate designs that will incorporate rate changes from other PG&E operations, and workforce, including returning the net gain from the SFGO sale to customers in rates over five proceedings, including PG&E’s Phase I General Rate Case, and would be phased in over at least three years. years, beginning in 2022.

The section below, which shows how the proposed rate change could affect your monthly bill, does not include HOW COULD THIS AFFECT MY MONTHLY ELECTRIC RATES? other rate changes that may be approved by the CPUC. Most customers receive bundled electric service from PG&E, meaning they receive electric generation, transmission and distribution services. Based on rates currently in effect, if PG&E’s proposal is approved, it HOW COULD THIS AFFECT MY MONTHLY ELECTRIC RATES? Many customers receive bundled electric service from PG&E, meaning they receive electric generation, is estimated that the electric portion of the bill for a typical bundled residential customer using 500 kWh per transmission and distribution services. Based on rates presented in this filing, the cumulative effect after the month would decrease from $127.40 to $126.47, or -0.7%. initial three-year phase-in of rate adjustments for a typical non-CARE bundled residential customer using 500 Direct Access and Community Choice Aggregation are unbundled electric service customers who only receive kWh per month would decrease their bill from $127.40 to about $126.66, or -0.6%. A similar customer using electric transmission and distribution services from PG&E. On average, it is estimated that these customers would see a decrease of -0.5%.

700 kWh per month would see a bill decrease from $188.75 to about $186.40, or -1.2%.

Direct Access and Community Choice Aggregation are unbundled electric service customers who only Other Departing Load customers do not receive electric generation, transmission or distribution services from receive electric transmission and distribution services from PG&E. On average, these customers would see PG&E. However, these customers are still required to pay certain charges by law or CPUC decision. On average, it is estimated these customers would see a slight decrease of -0.3%. a decrease of -0.1%.

Other Departing Load customers do not receive electric generation, transmission or distribution services from Actual impacts will vary depending on customer usage, the sale price of the SFGO, and actual relocation costs.

PG&E. However, these customers are still required to pay certain charges by law or CPUC decision. On average, HOW WILL THE APPLICATION AFFECT GAS RATES? these customers would see a rate increase of 6.3%.

If PG&E’s request is approved by the CPUC, it is estimated that the average monthly bill for a typical residential customer averaging 32 therms per month would decrease from $53.81 to $53.33, or -0.9%.

Actual impacts will vary depending on usage.

Actual impacts will vary depending on customer usage, the sale price of the SFGO, and actual relocation costs.

HOW DOES THE REST OF THIS PROCESS WORK? This application has been assigned to a CPUC Administrative Law Judge who will consider proposals and HOW DOES THE REST OF THIS PROCESS WORK? evidence presented during the formal hearing process. The Administrative Law Judge will issue a proposed This application has been assigned to a CPUC Administrative Law Judge who will consider proposals and decision that may adopt PG&E’s application, modify it, or deny it. Any CPUC Commissioner may sponsor evidence presented during the formal hearing process. The Administrative Law Judge will issue a proposed an alternate decision with a different outcome. The proposed decision, and any alternate decisions, will be decision that may adopt PG&E’s application, modify it, or deny it. Any CPUC Commissioner may sponsor an alternate decision with a different outcome. The proposed decision, and any alternate decisions, will be discussed and voted upon by the CPUC Commissioners at a public CPUC Voting Meeting. discussed and voted upon by the CPUC Commissioners at a public CPUC Voting Meeting.

Parties to the proceeding are currently reviewing PG&E’s application, including the Public Advocates Office, which is an independent consumer advocate within the CPUC that represents customers to obtain the lowest Parties to the proceeding are currently reviewing PG&E’s application, including the Public Advocates Office, possible rate for service consistent with reliable and safe service levels. For more information about the which is an independent consumer advocate within the CPUC that represents customers to obtain the lowest Public Advocates Office, please call 1-415-703-1584, email PublicAdvocatesOffice@cpuc.ca.gov, or visit possible rate for service consistent with reliable and safe service levels. For more information about the Public Advocates Office, please call 1-415-703-1584, email PublicAdvocatesOffice@cpuc.ca.gov, or visit PublicAdvocates.cpuc.ca.gov.

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WHERE CAN I GET MORE INFORMATION? WHERE CAN I GET MORE INFORMATION? CONTACT PG&E CONTACT PG&E Pacific Gas and Electric Company Pacific Gas and Electric Company 2020 GRC Phase II Application (A.19-11-019) Corporate Headquarters Application (A.20-09-018) P.O. Box 7442 P.O. Box 7442 San Francisco, CA 94120 San Francisco, CA 94120 Phone: 1-800-743-5000 Phone: 1-800-743-5000 TTY: 1-800-652-4712 TTY: 1-800-652-4712 CONTACT CPUC Please visit cpuc.ca.gov/A1911019Comment to submit a comment about this proceeding on the CPUC Docket Card. Here you can view documents and other public comments related to this proceeding. Your participation by providing your thoughts on PG&E’s request can help the CPUC make an informed decision.

CONTACT CPUC Please visit cpuc.ca.gov/A2009018Comment to submit a comment about this proceeding on the CPUC Docket Card. Here you can view documents and other public comments related to this proceeding. Your participation by providing your thoughts on PG&E’s request can help the CPUC make an informed decision.

If you have questions about CPUC processes, you may contact the CPUC’s Public Advisor’s Office.

If you have questions about CPUC processes, you may contact the CPUC’s Public Advisor’s Office.

Public Advisor’s Office 505 Van Ness Avenue San Francisco, CA 94102 Email: public.advisor@cpuc.ca.gov Phone: 1-866-849-8390

Public Advisor’s Office 505 Van Ness Avenue San Francisco, CA 94102 Email: public.advisor@cpuc.ca.gov Phone: 1-866-849-8390

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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration estimates that as many as 6,000 fatal crashes each year may be attributed to drowsy drivers. The National Sleep Foundation found about half of adult drivers in the United States admit to consistently getting behind the wheel while feeling drowsy. In addition, more than 40 percent of survey respondents say they have fallen asleep behind the wheel at least once.

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DMTC’s youths present ‘Schoolhouse Rock Live!’

Special to The Enterprise Davis Musical Theatre Company’s Young Performers Theater presents a virtual production of “Schoolhouse Rock Live!” from tonight through Sunday, March 28.

Under the direction and choreography of Jan Isaacson and the musical direction of William Hedge, the young actors recorded their songs on the green screen on DMTC’s stage, following strict COVID-19 rules and protocols.

The show is shown on the Showtix4U platform at a cost of $10 per person or $20 per family (on one device), and are available at https://www.showtix4u. com/event-details/46518.

Underwritten by Margaret Hill, “Schoolhouse Rock Live!” follows a nervewracked school teacher who is nervous about her first day of teaching.

She tries to relax by watching TV, when various characters representing facets of her personality emerge from the set and show her how to win her students over with imagination and music, through such songs as “Just a Bill,” “Interplanet Janet” and “Conjunction Junction.”

Performances times are 7 p.m. tonight, 2 and 7 p.m.

Saturday, March 27, and 2 p.m. Sunday, March 28.

For more information, call 530-756-3682 or email info@dmtc.org.

The cast of “Schoolhouse Rock” teaches the audience the Constitution in DMTC’s Young Performers Theater production of the 1970s’ Saturday-morning educational cartoon.

Far left, Django Nachmanoff teaches the audience about conjunctions.

Left, Anne Garvey explains the use of pronouns.

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According to Bazooka — from let, René Martucci, Richard Urino, Don Johnston and Jamie Knapp — has a virtual concert scheduled for Sunday, March 28.

According to Bazooka plans virtual show Enterprise staff “According to Bazooka live from the Trailer Park!” is a Facebook Live virtual concert set for 5 to 6 p.m. Sunday, March 28. The show is free and for all ages.

Stream it at www.facebook.com/according tobazooka.

The Davis-based folk-pop group’s original songs are full of singable melodies and lively beats. Anyone can watch this show, even without a Facebook account.

For more information on the band, visit www.accordingtobazooka.com.

With lush harmonies, guitar, harmonica, accordion, upright bass and drums, According to Bazooka plays original music inspired by life in the Sacramento Valley. Their vintage instruments always grab the attention of the audience both visually and sonically.

Their Americana pop sound is a little bit folky, a little bit jazzy with pop, with rock ’n’ roll sensibilities. This fusion of sound grew out of the original instrumentation of the band, which included an accordion and a bouzouki, hence the name According to Bazooka.

Band members Don Johnston, Jamie Knapp, René Martucci and Richard Urbino bring together a varied group of influences that draws heavily from the classic Bay Area sound.

With three full-length albums already released — “Easy Come, Easy Go” (2015), “Where We Are Now” (2017), and “The Devil’s in the Details” (2019) — According to Bazooka has headed back to Moon Studio with David Houston to work on a brand-new record to be released in 2021.

YoloArts has distributed $12,630 to support five local arts and cultural nonprofits in Yolo County.

In December, the California Arts Council approved the distribution of $710,400 of CARES Act funding from the National Endowment for the Arts.

The funding was designated for use by California’s state-local arts partners to serve communities of color disproportionately impacted by COVID-19. YoloArts has been a state-local partner in the arts since 1981.

The California Arts Council then distributed CARES funding to county arts councils to regrant to local arts and cultural groups serving socially vulnerable populations, particularly communities of color.

“YoloArts is proud to make these grants to small arts organizations that have been impacted by the pandemic. We are especially proud to focus these grants on organizations serving communities of color in Yolo County,” said Alison Flory, YoloArts executive director.

Grants between $500 and $3,000 to eligible nonprofits were available for general operating support and ongoing programming in Yolo County.

The following are the five organizations receiving an average award amount of $2,500. n Mariachi Puente is an after-school mariachi band club that is open to students with a music background from Davis. Funding will support the payment of music coaches for video programming to continue student engagement during distance learning. n Bike City Theatre Company is a 3-year-old organization focused on

original works and educational theater.

Funding will support a virtual adaptation of Sandy Holman’s award-winning book, “Grandpa, is Everything Black Bad?,” which will stream online free of charge to all of Yolo County. n Winters Participation Gallery for the Arts holds a six-week mural class for up to 20 middle school and high school students each summer. Murals are painted on the wall of a Winters business, focused on aspects of Winters history, drawing attention to the business. Funding will support the 2021 summer program. n Yolo Community Band brings an appreciation of music to Yolo County residents and promotes the musical growth of Yolo County musicians through concert appearances, with a special focus on outreach concerts with county high school students. Funding will support retaining the director’s services to work remotely until in-person rehearsals and performances can resume; distribution of additional small ensemble music; and costs for production of virtual “concert” performances. n United in Unity is a nonprofit organization that promotes respect and understanding of diversity/equity, cultural competency, literacy, and a quality education for all. Funding will support the screening of “The Cost of Darkness” documentary in conjunction with the annual community Juneteenth Celebration. This will include technical costs associated with hosting a virtual screening of the film, followed by small-group discussions for all who want to participate.

For more information on these grants, contact YoloArts, ya@yoloarts.org.

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By Savrene Dudwal Special to The Enterprise The project to replace the over-50-year-old Wyatt Deck begins this spring with the demolition of the two lower wooden decks and the rebuilt deck is slated to reopen by winter 2022. During this time, visitors will be directed to take detours.

Often a space for vibrant community events and outdoor gatherings, the Wyatt Deck has a rich history filled with frequent use that has resulted in the necessity for further maintenance and reconstruction.

The project includes the replacement of the open decks and surrounding pathways, redesigned to maximize accessibility, while the existing buildings and covered concrete patio areas will be refurbished without being removed.

Despite this extensive reconstruction, all of the surrounding trees will be preserved.

As an homage to the original deck, redwood decking boards and the unique custom light fixture will be used, but this time, the plan includes an accessible pathway between the decks laid with the Arboretum’s signature pavers and steel framing to support the wooden deck.

In addition, the member support group for the Arboretum and Public Garden — the Friends of the UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden — is raising funds for complementary enhancements to Wyatt Deck via the “All Welcome on Wyatt Deck” community campaign.

The campaign officially begins April 16 on UC Davis Give Day and ends May 6, the region’s Big Day of Giving, but donations can be made now via the university’s online giving portal.

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Pets of the week Special to The Enterprise Lots of animals are waiting for “forever homes” at the Yolo County Animal Shelter, 2640 E. Gibson Road in Woodland.

Among is them is Dottie (A186295), an outgoing 2-year-old female Shih Tzu who likes to cuddle, walk and wiggle.

Dottie will need regular grooming to show off her beautiful, shiny coat.

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A snack-shack-turned-popular-event-location, the UC Davis Arboretum’s iconic Wyatt Deck originally opened in the mid-1960s. Starting this spring, its two lower decks will be demolished and rebuilt to include ADA accessible pathways. When complete, the new deck will continue to be a location for public educational events and more. Here, the Golden Turtle Lion Dance Association performs for attendees at a 2016 event created by the Arboretum and Public Garden’s Learning by Leading team of Arboretum Ambassadors.

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A rendering of the reconstructed Wyatt Deck showcases the updated layout with the new paver walking path placed between two new deck spaces, creating an ADA accessible pathway that provides visitors easy navigation throughout the deck. toward a new orientation kiosk, landscaping around the deck and much-needed resources for the Arboretum and Public Garden’s Learning by Leading interns, who will host regular, free environmentaleducation programs upon completion.

The group also invites anyone who has a story about or memory of Wyatt

Deck to share it via an online story portal found on the Arboretum’s website.

“Wyatt Deck is a beloved community-engagement space nestled in the heart of the Arboretum, and we’re thrilled to rebuild it with accessible decks and pathways for everyone to enjoy for years to come,” said Kathleen Socolofsky,

assistant vice chancellor and director of the Arboretum and Public Garden.

Visit the UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden’s website at https:// arboretum.ucdavis.edu to learn more about the project, find out about construction updates, see images of the current deck and renderings of the future design.

Dottie Also hoping for a good home is Sitka (A185835), a handsome, 2-year-old male Anatolian mix who has been friendly with people and other shelter dogs. Sitka is loyal, smart and quickly learned basic commands. Sitka loves an adventure and would do best in a large backyard with a family who is happy to share their heart and home with a big boy who is friendly and fun.

For information on adopting, contact adoptycas@gmail.com.

The staff is available to assist at 530-668-5287 during new temporary hours: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. from Mondays to Fridays and 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays.

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At Rotts of Friends Animal Rescue, you’ll find Kringle, a 13-monthold neutered male Rhodesian Ridgeback cross.

He is tall, long and lanky with a great personality.

He needs obedience training but he comes with free lifetime classes.

Buddy Buddy is a 12-year-old neutered male Terrier. He’s a delight! Super friendly.

Just wants to be held and snuggle although he is happy playing with other small dogs.

The next Rotts of Friends’ adoption event is from 8 to 11 a.m. Saturday, March 27, at 34505 County Road 29 in Woodland.

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Public Notices FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT Filed: March 4, 2021 FBN Number: F20210201 1. Fictitious Business Name(s) Carlton Senior Living, Davis Carlton Senior Living of Davis 2. Street Address, City, State and Zip of Principal Place of Business in California.

Business is located in Yolo County.

2726 5th Street Davis, CA 95618 Mailing address: 4071 Port Chicago Hwy., STE 130 Concord, CA 94520 3. List Full Name(s) of Registrant(s), Residence Address, State, and Zip Carlton Senior Living, LLC 4071 Port Chicago Hwy., STE 130 Concord, CA 94520 4. Business Classification: Limited Liability Company 5. Beginning Date of Business: The Registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 04/1/2016 “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.”

(A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)

6. Signature of Registrant(s): Timothy MacDonald Manager, Carlton Senior Living, LLC 3/12, 3/19, 3/26, 4/2 1193

petition should not be granted.

NOTICE OF HEARING Date: 4/21/2021 Time: 9:00 AM Dept: 9 Room: N/A The address of the court is 1000 Main Street, Woodland, CA 95695 3. a) A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: The Davis Enterprise 315 G Street, Davis, CA 95616 Date: MARCH 4, 2021 Daniel M. Wolk Judge of the Superior Court 3/12, 3/19, 3/26, 4/2 1194

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modifications (increases or decreases) to the city commercial water rate.

The above summary constitutes the major highlights; to obtain a full CITY OF DAVIS ORDINANCE SUMMARY understanding of the ordinance, a reading of the document in its entirety NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on March may be necessary. A certified copy of the 16, 2021, the City Council of the City of full text of the proposed ordinance may Davis introduced, and on April 6, 2021, be viewed in the City Clerk’s Office, 23 the City Council shall consider adopting Russell Boulevard, Davis, California, and/ or copies may be obtained at a nominal the following entitled ordinance: charge.

3/26 1207 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CITY OF DAVIS MUNICIPAL CODE FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME ARTICLE 39.03.170 (“CONSTRUCTION STATEMENT PROJECT RATE”) TO MAKE CHANGES TO THE CODE REGARDING THE RATE Filed: 03/22/2021 FBN Number: F20210255 CHARGED FOR WATER USED FOR 1. Fictitious Business Name(s) CONSTRUCTION PURPPOSES ALL IN ONE PAINTING AND DECORATING The proposed ordinance amends 2. Street Address, City, State and Zip of Chapter 39.03.170 of the Municipal Code Principal Place of Business in California.

Business is located in Yolo County. on Construction Project Rate.

1818 Moore Blvd. #144 Over the past 14 years, water rates have Davis, CA 95617 increased in order to maintain needed Mailing address: infrastructure and fund needed Capital P.O. Box 1243 Improvement Projects. However, as the Davis, CA 95617 City’s ordinance has not been updated, 3. List Full Name(s) of Registrant(s), and still references the $0.91/CCF rate Residence Address, State, and Zip for construction water use, water used Timothy Michael Shea for construction purposes is being billed 1818 Moore Blvd. #144 at a significantly lower rate than all other Davis, CA 95617 4. Business Classification: Individual water use sectors within the city.

5. Beginning Date of Business: The The update to the City’s ordinance will Registrant(s) commenced to transact include the following modifications, business under the fictitious business to bring the rate in the ordinance into name or names listed above on: N/A alignment with the current commercial “I declare that all information in water rate for the city and to increase this statement is true and correct.” with accordance with commercial water (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be rates moving forward: • Increase the unit charge beginning false is guilty of a crime.)

March 1, 2021 for construction water 6. Signature of Registrant(s): from $0.91/CCF to $4.88/CCF, the current Timothy M. Shea 3/26, 4/2, 4/9, 4/16 1209 commercial water rate.

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME Case Number: CV2021-357 1. Dibakar and Jenifer Barua filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: ANISH BARUA to AUNISH BARUA 2. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition should not be granted.

NOTICE OF HEARING Date: 4-30-21 Time: 9:00 AM Dept: #9 Room: N/A The address of the court is 1000 Main Street, Woodland, CA 95695 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR 3. a) A copy of this Order to Show Cause CHANGE OF NAME shall be published at least once a week Case Number: CV2021-349 for four successive weeks prior to the 1. YE JU LIN filed a petition with this court date set for hearing on the petition in for a decree changing names as follows: the following newspaper of general YE JU LIN circulation, printed in this county: to The Davis Enterprise YEJU LIN 315 G Street, Davis, CA 95616 2. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons Date: March 5, 2021 interested in this matter shall appear Daniel M. Wolk • Revise the ordinance to scale the cost before this court at the hearing indicated Judge of the Superior Court of construction water with any future below to show cause, if any, why the 3/12, 3/19, 3/26, 4/2 1197

PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS Notice is hereby given that the County of Yolo will receive sealed bids for the “Fleet/Roads Roof Project” until 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, April 20, 2021 at 625 Court Street, Room 103, Woodland, CA 95695. This construction project is located at 294 W. Beamer Street in Woodland, California. One mandatory pre-bid conference and site review will be held at the project site at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, April 08, 2021. Each bid must conform to the requirements of the Contract Documents which can be downloaded along with all bid documents at www.bidsync.com at no cost. It is the bidder’s responsibility to register at www.bidsync.com to ensure notification of all addenda. It is the bidder’s responsibility to arrange for printing services. For more information, send questions through www.bidsync.com.

Note to General Contractors in regard to State Public Contracting and apprenticeship: there is an additional local Yolo County requirement that states; “The County requires that all bidders on public works projects in excess of seven hundred fifty thousand dollars participate in a State of California Division of Apprenticeship Standards approved joint labor and management apprenticeship program. Proof of compliance with this instructional training requirement must be provided at the time a bid is submitted.”

Contractor shall be responsible to provide documentation illustrating a qualified and approved apprenticeship training program and shall include this documentation in bid documents.

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DeLuca aims to continue ‘Ags’cension as UCD AD

By Owen Yancher Enterprise sports editor Named UC Davis’ next director of athletics on Tuesday, Rocko DeLuca was all smiles as he took the podium Wednesday morning.

An 8:30 a.m. press conference with the sunrise still casting rays across the north steps of Mrak Hall, it was fittingly symbolic for the dawn of a new era for Aggie athletics. Kind of.

Serving as UCD’s interim athletic director over the past hundred days, it’s now official for DeLuca, who’s been a fixture in the Aggies ranks since 2016.

“These past few months have highlighted how blessed we are at UC Davis to have great coaches, staff and athletes,” DeLuca said.

“Our department, medical staff and campus partners have done so much to make it possible for our teams to compete.”

Speaking about his work over the last several years to generate revenue and build out the Aggies’ development areas, DeLuca said engaging with the community and Davis alumni and elevating UCD’s prominence on the national stage will be key focus areas for him moving forward.

“Everything we can do to make sure we’re providing our athletes with the best student experience possible,” he added.

DeLuca takes the torch from former AD Kevin Blue, who brought him aboard in 2016 as

UC Davis Director of Athletics Rocko Deluca answers questions at his introductory press conference Wednesday morning. DeLuca spoke, along with Chancellor Gary May and Faculty Athletics Representative Scott Carrell.

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deputy director to spearhead the department’s external relations and fundraising efforts. A Toronto native, Blue resigned in December to take a position as the Chief Sport Officer for Golf Canada.

Overwhelmed by the outpouring of support he received after Tuesday’s hiring announcement, DeLuca thanked the wellwishers: “I’m sorry if I haven’t gotten back to you yet,” the former Denver Broncos executive joked. “My phone almost melted yesterday.”

Chancellor Gary May called DeLuca “instrumental” in the many capital improvement projects currently underway or completed in the athletics department, including, but not limited to: new batting cages at Dobbins Baseball Complex, the

new Team Center at Schaal Aquatic Center, updated softball locker rooms at La Rue Field and the soon-to-be completed 50,000-plus-square foot Edwards Family Athletic Center.

“Rocko has helped set record fundraising levels each year and increased annual giving 150 percent (since) 2016,” the Aggie Chancellor said. “But one of the many things we all admire (most) about Rocko is his laser focus on the academic success of student athletes.

“He’s been a strong advocate for the Aggie Evo program and students’ career success (beyond UC Davis).”

Added May: “Our athletics program has grown in very positive ways over the past five years and Rocko has played a key role in that progress.

“He helped negotiate the agreement between (athletics) and UC Davis Health, which led to a 20-year naming rights opportunity for UC Davis Health Stadium. And he also significantly increased capital gifts, from $2 million in 2016 to $7.2 million in 2020.”

Before coming to Davis, DeLuca served as a senior associate athletic director and executive director of development at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, for six years. There he was responsible for raising $26 million and for the planning and funding of $75 million in athletic facility projects. He was assistant athletic director at the University of Colorado, Boulder, for four years before that, where he created the Buff Club Cabinet, an annual donation level of

$25,000 that comprised 68 members generating $2.7 million in yearly contributions.

DeLuca earned his undergraduate degree in kinesiology from Colorado and his master’s degree in sports administration from Northern Colorado.

“I’m looking forward to continuing to elevate the athletics program,” he said, adding “Go Ags!” Notes: One of DeLuca’s first endeavors after his arrival in Aggieland back in 2016, was expanding the university’s football tailgate experience and by adding local vendors and beer sales to UC Davis Health Stadium’s concession lineup. The successful effort led to a later partnership with Sudwerk Brewing and the creation of Gunrock American Lager (now Gunrock Hazy IPA). DeLuca’s wife, Kristen, is a library technical assistant for the Woodland Public Library system. The two have one daughter, Siena, a familiar face along the sidelines at Aggie sporting events. UC Davis’ Intercollegiate Athletics program serves more than 700 student athletes and employs over 75 full- and part-time coaches and more than 50 full- and part-time support staff.

— Reach Owen Yancher at oyancher@davisenterprise.net.

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It’s time to batten down the hatches Aggie football could set more records Blue Devils Patton Miller (58) and Kel Williams (63) gobble up Pleasant Grove High QB Nathan Valencia during a 2018 game. DHS and PGHS meet today in Elk Grove.

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DHS takes on Pleasant Grove

By Will Wyman Enterprise staff writer Last Friday’s football matchup between Davis and Vacaville was an up-and-down affair.

The game opened with a quick score from Bulldog running back Darian LeonGuerrero, who took the ball 39 yards to the end zone less than a minute into the contest. The Devils responded via a 58-yard strike from debutant quarterback Trajan Clark, connecting with Donovan Garvin for the long score and sending the home crowd into a socially distanced frenzy.

Clark’s performance was nothing short of stellar, as he went on to throw two more touchdowns and complete 22 of his 39 passing attempts for 301 yards. His ball security was another great aspect of his evening, as the junior signal caller ended the game with no interceptions.

Head Coach Steve Smyte was eager to laud praise on his QB1.

“Trajan Clark, how about that? Never started a varsity game in his life, he throws for over 300 yards with zero interceptions, makes good decisions with the ball. I thought he played his guts out, showed a lot of courage and poise.”

Smyte’s sentiment extends to the whole team. With an abbreviated 23-man roster, effort and determination are paramount to keep up in games.

“I think our kids battled hard. You watch the film, I think there was a lot of effort out there. They battled really, really hard,” began the veteran coach. “We played our hearts out. I thought the effort was there, but you look at the game and we made a lot of uncharacteristic mistakes.”

He chalks up those mistakes to firstgame jitters and a long absence from games. This was Davis’ first official game in over a year. Despite the errors, the confidence is still flowing.

“We had our chances to win that game, and our guys felt that way.”

Davis eventually fell to Vacaville 28-21

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Next game: Today vs. Pleasant Grove, 7 p.m., at Elk Grove High School.

after an inspired drive to level the score fell short in the dying embers of the game.

The offensive and defensive lines are often the unsung heroes of the football world. Even in a tough loss, the Blue Devil line play was critical to the team holding on till the bitter end in Friday’s matchup.

“I thought some of the guys on our offensive line did well. I thought Patton Miller was a beast all game; he has continued to be probably the best lineman in our league,” noted Smyte. “I thought Zach Brooks, he just started playing guard for us, just stepped in and he solidified that offensive line. Josiah Roa played lights out. We got really great play from those three guys on the line, and that helped us stay in the game.

“On both sides, on the offense and defense. And then Zach and Pat were monsters on defense as well, I thought they really played well. I thought Andrew Baum had a lot of responsibility put on him on both sides of the ball and I thought Andrew responded well.”

DHS had to scramble for a game today after Elk Grove had virus-related protocol violations.

“For the players, it’s ‘I don’t care, I just want to play. Throw us out there and we’ll play anybody.’ ” “Our goal is to improve. It’s to worry about the things that we can control. And that’s been our motto from day one and we talk about circumstances and situations change, but character doesn’t.

The Blue Devils were able to schedule a game with Pleasant Grove. PGHS had been set to take on Kennedy High. The Cougars temporarily put their season on hold following the death of player Manny Antwi, who collapsed during last Friday’s game against Hiram Johnson. The cause for Antwi’s death has not yet been released by the Sacramento County Coroner’s Office.

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Next game: Saturday, UCD vs. Idaho State,

The Big Sky Conference has developed a 1 p.m., UC Davis Health Stadium. reputation over the years for football teams Listen: KHTK 1140AM. Watch: CW31 with wide-open, pass-happy offenses and games that regularly threaten to break the spring season. “Everyone here is very supscoreboard. portive. This is where I belong.”

Last week, UC Davis scored a schoolThe 6-4, 217-pound Vander Waal threw record 73 points against Cal Poly. The week for 406 yards and two scores as Idaho State before, Idaho State lost a 46-42 decision to built a 42-31 fourth-quarter lead over Eastern Washington, but EWU rallied Eastern Washington.

So fireworks promise to be the norm with two late scores to take the win.

Vander Waal has eight touchdown Saturday afternoon at UC Davis Health passes in three games and has scored twice Stadium when the No. 8 Aggies take on the Idaho State Bengals with postseason play- more with his feet.

Favorite receiver Tanner Conner has 15 off possibilities on the line. Game time is 1 p.m., but no fans will be allowed due to grabs for 313 yards and three scores, while Jalen Henderson has 14 catches for 233 COVID-19 restrictions.

The Aggies enter the game with a 2-1 yards and one TD. Xavier Guillory and Jeff mark and seem virtually assured of a bid to Harris add two touchdown receptions the 16-team FCS playoff if they can finish apiece.

Idaho State owns a 26-24 win over their six-game spring season with wins Southern Utah on a last-second 30-yard over Idaho State, Eastern Washington and Cal Poly. The Bengals are 1-2 and seem- field goal by Kevin Ryan, but was blown ingly out of playoff contention, but a win out, 49-21, by league-leading Weber State.

Hawkins was high in his over the Aggies could perpraises of Vander Waal. haps change all that, “He’s a really athletic guy depending on what hapwho looks like an NFL pens elsewhere in the counquarterback,” said the try.

Aggie coach. “Idaho State “We’re not worried about has a number of skilled rankings or playoffs or anyguys on offense who can thing like that,” said UC really run around and give Davis head man Dan you problems. They’re very Hawkins, sounding very Dan Hawkins talented.” much like the seasoned footSpeaking of talent, UCD head football coach ball coach that he is. “We just Hawkins used four quarwant to concentrate on this terbacks in the Cal Poly game and try to be our best. Cal Poly was pasting and all four delivered. satisfying not so much because of the result “That was great,” he said. “Our quarterbut how everyone prepared. We’re practicing backs love each other, are best friends and at a high level and playing at a high level. It’s really support each other. We have a lot of been very consistent. This group is talent there, and we had two more great undaunted by all the challenges they’ve quarterbacks who didn’t even play.” faced. That to me is the most rewarding The starting job, however, is safely in the thing.” hands of Hunter Rodrigues, who hit his The good news for Idaho State is that first 16 passes against Cal Poly as the the Bengals average 30 points a game. Aggies scored 21 points in the first quarter, The bad news is that their opponents 28 more in the second quarter and could average 40 points a game. ISU does, how- have run the score into triple digits if they ever, have a highly regarded quarterback had wanted to. in Tyler Vander Waal, who starred locally “Hunter is very, very competitive,” at Christian Brothers High School in Sac- Hawkins added. “He’s a really good athlete, ramento and was coached by former a great leader and there’s a little sting in his Aggie quarterback Dan Carmazzi. Ironi- arm. He throws darts.” cally, Christian Brothers is the same The Aggies stay home next week in a posschool that offered Dan Hawkins his first sible playoff showdown with No. 13 Eastern head coaching job.

Washington, 2-1, then conclude the regular Recruited by many FBS schools, Vander season with a rematch at Cal Poly.

Waal landed at Wyoming, where he started Elsewhere in the Big Sky Saturday, nine games in 2018 and played in eight three-time defending champion Weber more in 2019 before entering the transfer State, ranked No. 2 with its 2-0 mark, portal and landing at Idaho State. hosts Northern Arizona (1-2), Southern “I’m really happy to be at Idaho State,” Utah (1-2) is at No. 24 Idaho (1-1) and Cal Vander Waal related at the start of the Poly (0-2) is at Eastern Washington (2-1).

“This group is undaunted by all the challenges they’ve faced.”

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Newsom’s foot finds his mouth

Finding equity G in transitioning to all-electric

By Ethan Elkind and Ted Lamm Special to CalMatters

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ens of millions of Californians live and work in buildings that burn natural gas to power their air heating and cooling, hot water and cooking equipment. This energy use in turn causes about 10% of statewide greenhouse gas emissions and substantial amounts of harmful indoor air pollution.

To improve California’s indoor air quality and fight climate change, some state and local leaders are now starting to consider ways to transition these buildings to all-electric energy sources in the coming decades.

More than 40 California local governments have already answered the call with ordinances to phase out building natural gas use, from all-electric new construction mandates in Oakland, San Francisco and San Jose to electric-ready requirements in places like Richmond and San Luis Obispo.

But a patchwork of state initiatives and local ordinances may result in a slow or incomplete electrification transition, with wealthier Californians the first to benefit from new construction and retrofits. Lowerincome communities, which face significant barriers to adopting efficient and electrified building technologies, could be left behind.

Despite the state’s ambitious commitment to statewide carbon neutrality by 2045 and concerns for ensuring that all residents benefit from climate progress, California lacks a clear, strategic state timeline to phase out the use of this fossil fuel in our homes and offices.

The time is ripe for state leadership. Electric heat pumps, electric water heaters and induction cooktop appliances are widely available and becoming increasingly affordable. And newly proposed bills would direct local governments, state facilities and state incentive dollars to promote building electrification.

To avoid inequitable outcomes and maximize the benefit of public expenditures while ensuring California is on a pathway to carbon neutrality by 2045, state leaders should develop a systematic strategy for the long-term phase-out of natural gas in our buildings.

Policymakers should begin with high-priority communities, targeting incentives and programs for lower-income communities with the least financial resources and the most to gain from improved air quality; areas with new construction or aging gas infrastructure already in need of replacement; communities with an expressed willingness to transition; and areas rebuilding from wildfire damage.

ov. Gavin Newsom’s notorious foot-inmouth problem may be his worst enemy as he faces the recall vote that will likely be scheduled for this fall.

No, it will probably not cost him his job, as intended by the Donald Trump supporters and anti-vaxxers who started the recall and the more standard conservative Republicans who jumped on their bandwagon.

But it is giving him problems. The governor who told Californians not to gather in groups of more than 10 and not to do even that indoors — and then attended an infamous somewhat larger indoor birthday dinner for a lobbyist pal — keeps making new gaffes.

One came in mid-March when he described himself as a “Zoom parent,” while his four children had been back in their private school classes for months.

More serious was his pledge that if the 87-yearold longtime U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein leaves office for any reason before her term is up after 2024, he will appoint a Black woman to the job.

This was in response to entitled-feeling Black women politicians who did not find any of their number named to the Senate seat vacated by Kamala Harris when she became

vice president. They felt slighted, and whined that now there are no Black woman in the Senate.

It did not appear to occur to them that this was because the Senate’s only Black woman had just received a big promotion and that no other Black woman had managed to win any other Senate seat.

To make up for that, and to satisfy their craving always to have at least one of them number in the upper house of Congress, they pressured Newsom to appoint one of them at his first opportunity.

This was the essence of identity politics, where a person’s ethnic and gender background counts for more than their ability or achievements.

Reality is that no one group owns California’s Senate seats. They have at times gone to the son of an Irish-American heavyweight boxing champion, two Jewish women, an Asian-American semantics expert, a onetime movie soft-shoe dancer, a former presidential press secretary, a Latino graduate of MIT

and a variety of others.

Most of these folks won the job on their own, but a few were appointed, and appointees often don’t fare well in elections when they finally roll around. Think of appointed Republican John Seymour, a former Orange County state senator who gave way to Feinstein in 1992.

But Newsom’s bow to identity politics didn’t help him, not especially after Feinstein pointedly asserted she has no plans to go anywhere and thus forced the governor to awkwardly try pulling his foot from his mouth.

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hat Newsom did is sometimes called pandering.

It’s difficult to put that tag on his appointment of former California Secretary of State Alex Padilla to the Senate because — beside being an old Newsom friend — Padilla has a long record of achievement, most recently setting up the state’s universal mail voting system which worked with few flaws in the last election.

But his pandering to Black women led AsianAmerican groups to push him to name one of their number to replace Xavier Becerra as state attorney general now that he’s the national secretary of Health and Human Services.

For Newsom to achieve the unity he seeks among Democrats as he fights the drive to recall him, he must go cold turkey on his impulse to pander.

If he’d simply pledge to name the individual he believes will do the best job to any vacant post, he would be much better off.

It’s difficult to be offended by someone trying to find the best public servant possible, but easy to turn against someone more interested in identity than merit.

Newsom has enlisted the likes of Sens. Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren as part of his effort to present a unified Democratic front and lend credibility to his campaign to label the upcoming vote a “Republican recall.”

But if he keeps turning off Democrats by turning one group after another against him because he didn’t pick someone for a top job who looks just like them, he could have more trouble this fall than he now expects.

— Email Thomas Elias at tdelias@aol.com. His book, “The Burzynski Breakthrough: The Most Promising Cancer Treatment and the Government’s Campaign to Squelch It,” is now available in a soft coverfourth edition. For more Elias columns, visit www. californiafocus.net.

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his strategy should include a firm timeline for the transition to complete electrification, in order to limit the risk of developing stranded assets in the natural gas distribution network. Otherwise, these assets could increase costs for a shrinking group of customers who can’t afford to make the switch quickly and could undermine the long-term viability of utility investments and system maintenance.

State leaders should also develop a structured plan for a just transition for gas system workers, including funding and retraining support in fields that pay sustainable wages.

The task won’t be easy. California has millions of pre-1990 homes, and although all-electric appliances can reduce energy bills in the long term, the upfront costs of retrofitting existing buildings can still be prohibitively high. The challenge is greatest in lowerincome communities, which have more renters, more multifamily buildings and older construction. And a range of stakeholders, from utilities operating under decades-old business and regulatory models to residents wary of loss of service, may resist the transition.

State leaders can begin to address some of these barriers by clarifying utilities’ legal “obligation to serve” to ensure that electrical service can be substituted for gas service, limiting expansion of the existing gas system, and better communicating the air quality benefits and long-term savings of electric appliances. But to ensure a timely and equitable transition, the Legislature, Public Utilities Commission, Energy Commission, local governments and others will need to craft a comprehensive and coordinated approach.

As California works to decarbonize its electrical grid through increasing deployment of renewable energy, with a mandate for zero-carbon power by 2045, this all-electric transition will help the state meet its long-term climate goals. Equally importantly, it will spare residents significant indoor air pollution while making our neighborhoods safer from vulnerable infrastructure, particularly in high-priority communities. It’s time that state leaders take the steps needed to make it happen.

— Ethan Elkind is the director of the Climate Program at UC Berkeley’s Center for Law, Energy and the Environment, eelkind@law.berkeley.edu. Ted Lamm is a senior research fellow at UC Berkeley’s Center for Law, Energy and the Environment, tlamm@law. berkeley.edu. They wrote this for CalMatters, a public interest journalism venture committed to explaining how California’s Capitol works and why it matters.

Letters Eliminating the filibuster I’ve been extremely impressed with California’s new senator, Alex Padilla, most notably his clear and unequivocal support for voting rights, racial and economic justice, and D.C. statehood.

He seems to understand that Democrats have a small window of opportunity to pass some meaningful legislation that will help people in significant ways, and also seems to understand the current state of our Congress, especially Senate Minority Leader McConnell’s tactics of obstruction.

Democrats have the trifecta, but our advantage is tenuous and narrow. We know that it will be challenging to pass anything with a simple majority, and even more so with a filibuster-proof majority. I fear the For the People Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Act are dead in the water without the elimination of the filibuster.

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titles and Hasbro’s decision to deemphasize the “gender” of their potato toy as “radical changes without discussion.”

They are changes, but I don’t know what’s so radical about them or why anyone else needs to hear the discussion. Kim Stanley Robinson never asks me what he should publish or republish, and I don’t really see how I (or Mr. Clark) have any standing in the matter.

Amazingly, if someone still wants to discuss the viewpoint that a potatodecorating toy should conform to gender roles, they have the right to do so. They can’t use the name or images copyrighted by Hasbro to do it if they are making a profit; fair use in educational settings or criticism is still permissible.

I have to wonder a little bit about the standards for research in Mr. Clark’s former classrooms, as it doesn’t seem like he did enough before writing his letter about “where these changes will lead in our society.” I think it is the forces of division that benefit from making the estate of an author our “enemy.”

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Arts

B8 THE DAVIS ENTERPRISE

FRIDAY, MARCH 26, 2021

‘Promising Young Woman’: Beware her wrath Payback saga will leave viewers edgy and nervous

‘Promising Young Woman’

By Derrick Bang Enterprise film critic If revenge is a dish best served cold, then Carey Mulligan’s Cassie Thomas leaves dry ice in her wake.

Cunning, calculating and crafty as if borne to treachery, Mulligan’s Academy Award-nominated performance is a marvelous display of graceful subtlety: something at which she always has excelled. She’s both hero and anti-hero, drifting from one side of that fence to the other, enchanting us just as much as she (ultimately) terrorizes her victims.

All of which is delivered with ghoulish glee by Emerald Fennell, also Oscar-nominated for both directing and concocting this deviously nasty darkdark-dark comedy.

We meet Cassie under lamentable circumstances: dressed to kill but just this side of dangerously intoxicated, makeup askew and swaying slowly while trying to remain upright on the sofa in a trendy bar. Easy prey for a trio of goodlooking guys on the make (Adam Brody, Ray Nicholson and Sam Richardson).

One — seemingly the “compassionate fellow” — separates from the pack, solicitously asks if she’s all right and chuckles

Merie Weismiller Wallace/Focus Features photo

Cassie (Carey Mulligan) still hasn’t quite decided how to handle Ryan (Bo Burnham), but there’s no denying his ability to have spontaneous fun in an unlikely setting. sympathetically at her efforts to sound coherent.

Offers to take her home, brings her to his place instead. Laughs off her slurred, wavery protests.

He gets increasingly, ah, fresh.

Benjamin Kracun’s camera rises above this scene, tightens focus on Cassie’s face. Her drowsy eyes abruptly snap into full awareness.

And we think uh-oh…

Returning home, Cassie withdraws a small notebook from a place of concealment, flips through pages and pages and pages of red and black hash marks, reaches the page in progress, and adds a vertical red line.

And we think, “Yikes!”

Fennell’s “Promising Young Woman” is the ultimate #MeToo statement.

It’s a righteously angry response to an appalling situation — campus rape

— that has been ignored, concealed or denied for far too long. What’s most impressive is that Fennell refrains from preaching; despite the awfulness of what occurs here — and of what occurred years earlier — her film remains … well … entertaining. Amusing, even.

The delectable allure of Fennell’s script is the degree to which we speculate, make assumptions, and get steered down unexpected paths.

Along with the nuanced shading of Mulligan’s performance.

Although Cassie derives insidious glee from her activities — in the moment — elsewhere she’s a lost, desperately unhappy soul.

Stuck. Content to while away her days making lattes with coffee shop colleague Gail (Laverne Cox), the closest Cassie has to a friend. Mulligan’s silent,

stoic gaze is realms beyond grief, overwhelmed by rage and heartbreak.

She still lives at home, much to the consternation of her mother Susan (Jennifer Coolidge), who drops a not-at-all-subtle hint by giving Cassie a darling pink suitcase for her 30th birthday. Dad Stanley (Clancy Brown), more sensitive to what troubles his daughter, is patient … but equally unhappy.

The dynamic shifts one day when Ryan (Bo Burnham) wanders into the coffee shop. He’s pleasant, affable, flirty; he and Cassie banter briefly, but he’s no match for her caustic, icy attitude. Even so, the banter is beguiling; Fennell’s dialogue is crisp and choice, and Burnham’s delivery — deliberately straight-faced — is hilarious.

He’s a genuinely nice guy; kindness radiates from him. But Cassie can’t

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Starring: Carey Mulligan, Bo Burnham, Clancy Brown, Jennifer Coolidge, Laverne Cox, Alison Brie, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Connie Britton, Alfred Molina and Max Greenfield Rating: R, for violence, sexual assault, sexual candor, drug use and relentless profanity Available via: Amazon Prime and other streaming services process “nice”; she has spent years viewing men as nothing but predators. She brushes him off; he persists.

At roughly this point, Cassie’s “campaign” takes an abrupt left turn: from random to specific. Something has catalyzed her behavior. Fennell marks this shift with large pink Roman numerals that briefly appear over the screen, as the narrative proceeds: I … II … and so forth.

British-born Mulligan can’t really be called a “promising young actress” anymore. She has arrived — and then some — with a thoroughly impressive string of starring performances since her breakout film role in 2009’s “An Education.” Her work here matches the

subtle, heartbreaking shading she delivered in 2010’s “Never Let Me Go,” likely to remain one of the most chilling “predictive future” stories ever written.

Burnham is a stitch; there’s no other word for him. He charms, wheedles and aw-shucks to perfection in every scene. The “spontaneous song and dance in an unlikely place” montage has been done to death in movies, and yet Burnham and Mulligan make it fresh when Ryan, still trying to woo Cassie, starts crooning and grooving to Paris Hilton’s “Stars Are Blind” in a drugstore, while patrons and counter clerks watch with a blend of wariness and admiration.

Cox is low-key terrific as Gail: the epitome of a friend who displays patience, doesn’t push, and yet unerringly inserts a perceptive comment or question at just the right moment.

Fennell’s use of music is a bit annoying, particularly during the first 15 minutes; the twitchy pop tunes overwhelm onscreen events.

But things soon settle down, and subsequent songs become telling and ironic counterpoints to where Cassie is heading.

As for where that is … well, some viewers may be dismayed by how Fennell concludes this sordid saga.

But it’s certainly in character.

— Read more of Derrick Bang’s film criticism at http://derrickbang. blogspot.com. Comment on this review at www. davisenterprise.com.

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