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Newsom presents 2022 budget
County sees widest spread of COVID-19 By Anne Ternus-Bellamy
By Alexei Koseff
Enterprise staff writer
CalMatters It’s been a tumultuous few years in California, with record wildfire seasons, a worsening drought and a wave of smash-andgrab retail theft amid a coronavirus pandemic that just won’t seem to end. But when it comes to the state’s finances, things are looking up. Way up. Tens of billions of dollars up. On Monday, Gov. Gavin Newsom unveiled a $286.4 billion budget proposal, 9% bigger than last year’s record state-spending plan. Buoyed by a strong economic recovery and tax revenues that continue to roll in even higher than anticipated, his administration projects a $21 billion discretionary surplus for 2022-23, plus tens of billions more in extra cash for schools, pension payments and reserve accounts. As he enters a reelection
There is a silver lining, however: “Hospitalizations have not increased as much as cases have increased,” said Sisson.
Yolo County saw its worst four-day stretch of the pandemic so far with 1,853 new cases of COVID-19 reported since Friday. The city of Davis, where residents test at a higher rate than elsewhere in the county, accounted for more than 45 percent of those cases, with 851. West Sacramento reported 382 new cases over that four-day period, followed by Woodland with 358. The city of Winters has had 27 new cases since Friday and unincorporated areas of the county reported 232. “Unfortunately, 2022 is off to an inauspicious start with COVID-19,” Yolo County Health Officer Dr. Aimee Sisson said Tuesday. “Yolo County’s case rate,” she said, “has reached an unprecedented high of 90 cases per 100,000 residents per day and is still climbing. “In fact,” Sisson said, “today’s number is 110.” By comparison, the highest case rate previously seen in Yolo County during the pandemic was 66 back in January of 2021. The current case rate among the vaccinated is 87.9 per 100,000 residents and for the unvaccinated the rate is 269.4. In the city of Davis, cases since Friday were highest among the college-age population of 18- to 24-year-olds, with 475 new cases reported. According to the UC Davis COVID-19 dashboard, 1,230 students
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Gov. Gavin Newsom addressed the media during a press conference in Sacramento on Jan. 10, where he unveiled his budget proposal for 2022-23. campaign, Newsom is taking advantage of California’s unprecedented fiscal health to shift into crisis management mode. At a nearly three-hour press conference, he emphasized an agenda tackling what he characterized as the “greatest existential threats” facing the state — COVID19, climate change and homelessness among them
— while also sprinkling in some priorities, including an expansion of health care for undocumented immigrants, long sought by liberal supporters. “This proposal will be considered in light of the challenges today, and we will back in light of the challenges that present themselves tomorrow,” Newsom said.
The governor’s framework is just the opening bid in negotiations with the Legislature, which must pass a budget by June 15 in order to get paid — though the details are not worked out until well into the summer some years. A final deal could look significantly different from Newsom’s proposal once lawmakers have their say,
but the early response Monday from the Democratic majority was largely positive. Senate leader Toni Atkins said the governor’s plan aligned with her goal of helping the neediest Califorians. Revenue projections, which administration officials said were calculated in
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Officials keep close eye on hospitals By Anne Ternus-Bellamy Enterprise staff writer Yolo County is keeping a close eye on its two hospitals, both of which are near capacity with increasingly overwhelmed staff. Sutter Davis and Woodland Memorial hospitals have a combined 14 licensed ICU beds and 75 medical/ surgical beds, according to Dr. Aimee Sisson, the county’s health officer. On Tuesday, there was just one ICU bed available and no medical/surgical beds, according to the county’s online COVID-19 dashboard. The vast majority of those beds are not currently filled with COVID-19 patients; rather, on Tuesday, there were six total COVID-19 patients in the two hospitals, three of them in intensive care. But with the unprecedented spike in new cases thanks to the Omicron
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Sheila Allen selected as deputy supervisor By Anne Ternus-Bellamy Enterprise staff writer Yolo County Supervisor Jim Provenza has named former Davis school board trustee Sheila Allen as his deputy supervisor. Allen will replace current deputy Richard Reed who will be retiring following a transition period. Allen has served as executive director of the Yolo Healthy Aging Alliance for 11 years and staff for the Yolo County Commission on Aging & Adult Services for eight years. A former home care nurse, she was a program director for the Yolo County Health Department for eight years, from 2005 to 2013, and served as nursing faculty at Rush University and Sacramento State University from 1985 to 2000. Allen also previously served two terms as an elected trustee for the Davis Joint Unified School District (2005-2014). She has a doctorate in nursing with a focus on public health policy from UC San Francisco and a bachelor’s
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degree in nursing with a focus ALLEN on commuNew deputy nity health county from the supervisor University of Wisconsin, Madison. “I am delighted to welcome Sheila to her new role and appreciate that Rich will be helping in the transition and on a part-time basis,” Provenza said. “Sheila’s background in public health, as an advocate for seniors, and experience as an elected official will help drive our progress in providing appropriate support for children, seniors, unhoused and others in need, ensuring the highest level of service to our constituents.” Allen currently serves as chair of the city of Davis Human Relations Commission, president of Explorit Science Center, and a member of the city of Davis Unitrans Advisory Committee. She previously served on the Yolo County Health Council and was an original commissioner for the Yolo First 5 Commission.
Mariana da Silva Schneider, a brewer at Amager Bryghus (Brewery) in Denmark, was selected as the winner of the UC Davis “Pour it Forward” scholarship. The crowdfunded scholarship, designed to support diversity, leadership and cross-cultural understanding in the brewing industry, provides full enrollment into the prestigious online UC Davis Master Brewers Certificate Program. Schneider was selected from 31 applicants for the first annual Pour it Forward award. “After a very difficult year, this was the type of news I had wished for,” said Schneider. “I want a challenge, not the one of tackling all sorts of biases on a daily basis, but one that helps me put my mind to work and become a better professional, one that hopefully somewhere down the line will help make the beer industry a safe and welcoming one to all people.” Schneider has been brewing professionally for 6 years and is the founder of Global Ladies of Wort (GLOW), a nonprofit brewing collective focused on tackling gender bias in the brewing industry. Although GLOW started as a result of the experience of women in the industry, it clearly doesn’t end at gender, Schneider said. “This walks hand in hand with LGBTQ visibility, the struggles of the BIPOC community, the lack of representation of persons with disabilities and so on,” she said. “We reviewed many excellent
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“Pour it Forward” scholarship winner Mariana da Silva Schneiderin works in the cellar room at Amager Bryghus. candidates, but Mariana’s qualifications, passion and commitment stood out,” said Dr. Glen Fox, the AnheuserBusch Endowed Professor of Malting and Brewing Sciences at UC Davis and the academic director of the UC Davis Master Brewers Certificate Program. “Ensuring equity and equality in an industry takes time, but education and the leadership of brewers like Mariana are the first steps.” The Pour it Forward scholarship was created to support students who are committed to diversity, have experience or understanding of the barriers traditionally faced by people from underrepresented populations (based on race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, disabilities…) and demonstrate a high potential for leadership in promoting cross-cultural understanding in the brewing industry.
HOSPITALS: ‘Very few empty beds’ left as omicron rages From Page A1 “Compared to the last two surges, the current surge shows a much larger gap between cases and hospitalizations. While some of this large gap between cases and hospitalizations may simply be explained by how quickly cases have risen, without enough time passing yet for hospitalizations to catch up, another explanation for this decoupling of hospitalizations from cases is immunity due to vaccination and prior infection.” While that decoupling is good news, Sisson said, “our hospitals are far from out of the woods during this surge. “Yolo hospitals have very few empty beds right now and fewer staff than ever.” Using a sports analogy, Sisson said, “there is no second string of doctors and nurses on the bench waiting to come into the game if and when more of the huge number of current cases gets sick enough to need hospital care. “The entire team is on
the court,” she said. “The game is in triple overtime, and they’re exhausted and, in many cases, sick themselves with COVID. “While Omicron, on average, comes with half the risk of hospitalization compared to prior variants, having four times as many cases in this surge, for example, would still mean twice as many hospitalizations as the last surge. “Our hospitals are bracing for a rough few weeks ahead,” said Sisson. Skilled nursing and other longterm-care facilities in Yolo County are struggling with COVID-19-related staffing issues as well, Sisson said. As a result, “the state has recently loosened the requirements for staff who have tested positive and staff who have had an exposure to return to work because it is essential to keep our hospitals and our skilled nursing facilities staffed. “So we’ve moved away from requiring testing of all staff twice a week to now requiring all staff to wear
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the highest quality mask there is, an N95 respirator, indoors at all times,” Sisson said. “And we’ve even required them to keep that on and not take their breaks indoors but to eat and drink outside.” The impact is being felt elsewhere as well. On Monday, for example, the Kaiser clinic in Davis announced its pharmacy will offer limited hours this week, open only from noon to 5 p.m., because of staffing issues. A message to members encouraged them to use Kaiser’s mail-order
pharmacy for any nonurgent prescriptions and said, “we look forward to the very near future when the pharmacy resumes normal hours.” During Tuesday’s Board of Supervisors meeting, Supervisor Gary Sandy of Woodland said, “this is a really tough time on some of our existing systems.” “I was talking with a friend last night who had her medical appointments deferred because of the situation at the hospitals and I think those are really uncounted victims of this
health crisis that we don’t spend enough time thinking about,” he said. The “incredible disruption” that’s happening in our healthcare systems and hospitals, Sandy added, is significant. “It’s significant with people facing significant risks because of it, entirely unrelated to COVID except for this disruption that it’s posing.” — Reach Anne TernusBellamy at aternus@ davisenterprise.net. Follow her on Twitter at @ATernusBellamy.
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was a paid signature gatherer. I’m not proud of it. Or ashamed of it. But I was paid real money to get voters’ signatures on paper in order to get initiatives on the ballot. It was a job I had for a month and I took the job for two reasons: 1) I thought it would be noble and educational to be involved in the legislative process at the grassroots level, talking to the voters, influencing our legislators and inspiring change, and 2) As a young person finding my way, I needed to make enough money fast to make a fresh start somewhere new. If I worked hard, I knew I would achieve this goal. I read about the job in the classifieds of the Seattle Times and after a short interview to which I wore a suit from a thrift store, pantyhose and pumps, was offered the job. I accepted and embarked upon perhaps the most adventurous month of my life to that point. I was hired in Seattle to canvass the city for registered voters who were willing to sign petitions to get issues on the ballot. The specific issues I was working on were term limits, property tax and health-care reform. I remember my employers, a shady married couple from a southern state who were contracted to gather the signatures necessary to get the issues on the Washington ballot in November, telling me it didn’t really matter how I felt about the issues. They told me, “It’s important to get this issue on the ballot and then let the voters decide. This gives them the chance, the opportunity, to say ‘yes’ or ‘no.’ ” So I hit the pavement. I got up every morning, took King County Metro Transit from the University District to downtown Seattle and worked to fill my
signature sheets. At 25 cents or 75 cents or even $1.25 a signature, depending on the issue, there was money to be made. I spent my days wherever the people were — Pioneer Square, Pike’s Place Market, the Space Needle — and I filled my signature sheets. One after another. “Excuse me, are you registered to vote in the state of Washington?” If the answer was yes, they would, more than likely, sign my sheets.
Cream of the crop I was good at my job. So good, in fact, that after a week of canvassing, my employers called me into their headquarters — an office in an industrial area with no signage or furniture, a few cardboard boxes, and carpet and windows that were much too clean — and told me I had “real potential.” Then they told me some big issues were coming up in Oregon and Ohio. They needed their best people to join them. They referred to us as “the cream of the crop.” I’m not a snob and I don’t mean to pass judgment, but when I got on that chartered bus with my duffle bag, headed for Portland, I hardly felt like I, or any of my fellow travelers in this enterprise, was the cream of the crop. For heaven’s sake, more than a few of us were actually homeless. But we were all in this thing together, with the same goal and living the same experience, no matter where
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Who does this sort of work? It takes all kinds. our lives had been or where they would eventually go. It was on that two-plus hour bus ride to Oregon that we bonded. Standing out in this motley crew were James from Des Moines, Eric from Oakland, Bobbi from Atlanta and Calvin from Gary, Ind. For the next three weeks, these would be my dearest friends in the world. I would come to know them, like them and care about them in ways that still warm my heart decades later. At first the rules were simple. We would be lodged at the Motel 6 in Tigard, eventually moving on, more than 250 miles south, to a Super 8 in Medford. Everyone got their own room as long as they met their signature “quota.” Fall below the quota and you had to share a room (with who I’m still not sure). Fall really
far below the quota and you had to pay for your half of your shared room. Issues we were working on: Indian gaming, tobacco tax and collective bargaining. And, depending on the initiative, we would be paid anywhere from 75 cents to $1.50 per signature. The take had gone up. We did our homework, researching where the biggest crowds would be each day. I worked crowds at gun shows and gem shows and drag races. When there were no special events, I chatted up the folks entering the Walmart in Talent and the Fred Meyer in Medford. My biggest problem was that I had too much fun visiting with people and, in this job, you needed to move fast. I wasn’t being paid to make friends. Get their signature and move on. My
hard work paid off. I never had to share a room. I did, however, make a dear new friend. Every night, after work, I would meet Bobbi in her room. She was the only other female on this odd circuit and we stuck together. She was 25 years older than I was, grew up in Atlanta and wore bright red lipstick and expensive shoes with high heels. To look at us — a young white woman from Montana and a middle-aged Black woman from Atlanta — we were as strange a pairing as you might find. But Bobbi liked good champagne. And I’d never had good champagne. So we got along just fine. Every evening we’d sip champagne in Room 106 at the Super 8 in Medford. And I’d listen to
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Old acquaintances and new discoveries D espite cheerful claims that the December-January holidays are “the most wonderful time of the year,” many of our traditional celebratory songs and carols have a pronounced melancholy edge. “The Coventry Carol,” for example. Or “We Three Kings,” “ I Wonder as I Wander,” and the nostalgic New Year’s Eve tear-jerker, “Auld Lang Syne” with its central question: Should old acquaintance be forgot? The answer — an ambiguous “no.” We’ll at least drink to old friends and old times, even if we can’t go back to the way we were. And of course, we might not want to go back, though the momentary nostalgia (remember how much fun it was to go out to eat?) can be pleasantly indulgent. I wrote in the last column about some new wines that I hoped would help usher in 2022, but old acquaintances shouldn’t be forgotten. So when daughter Julian announced that the centerpiece of Christmas dinner would be a lamb roast, I immediately thought of a Greek wine that I discovered over a year ago, loved, wrote about, and promptly tucked into my “old acquaintance” file. (No such file actually exists but that metaphor makes me sound a lot more organized than I am.) Called Naoussa, it comes from a small Greek wine region of family-owned vineyards. Made from the native xinomavro grape, it’s a warm, spicy red with good acidity and tannins. Earthy
and rustic, it’s also aromatic, lively, and very satisfying. I flexed my flexitarian muscles and tried it with a sliver of the lamb — and, yes, the wine made a terrific partner, as you would expect since lamb, like xinomavro, is a specialty of the area. But it was equally good with the rice-and-mushroom stuffed delicata squash and the long-cooked broccoli dish. The other diners loved it, too, though a couple preferred the richer red on the table. I happily stuck to the lighter, though still lush, Naoussa — and wished I had brought another bottle of it. If The Pip’s supply is getting low, it’s probably because I keep going back to buy more, especially since the bottle’s a really excellent bargain — just $15 for a natural wine, beautifully made with biodynamic grapes. Also in the spirit of not forgetting old acquaintances, I picked up a bottle of the latest vintage of Parts and Labor, a red blend from Hobo/Folk Machine’s winemaker Kenny Likiprakong in Napa. I was pleased to note that the alcohol content had gone down in this 2020 — and I liked it even more than previous vintages. Kenny
seems to have gathered most of the grape varieties from his favored Mendocino vineyards to make this delicious dry blend — syrah, grenache, carignan, barbera. Each one of these was separately harvested and fermented in stainless steel, then aged mostly in stainless, though a quarter of the grapes aged in large oak barrels. Though medium-bodied, it’s perfect for vegetablebased winter meals, and, like the Naoussa, is a great bargain — just $14 at the Co-op. Revisiting doesn’t always have such happy results. After lauding the 2018 Haarmeyer Wirtz Riesling (“possibly the best riesling I’ve tasted”), I picked up a bottle of the 2019 without noticing the change of vintage. (I also neglected to check the alcohol, which had gone from 10.9% to a whopping 13.9!) That bottle, too, was a contribution to Christmas dinner, but I took one sip and said, “Ugh — that’s not the wine I drank before.” And in a group of riesling lovers, not a single person liked it. I actually suspect that there was something amiss with that particular bottle, but the experience leads me to remind readers to check vintages. (And if a recommended wine’s truly awful, please don’t automatically conclude that “the Wineaux” has lost whatever wine sense she started out with.) If
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inally, for good measure, something new for 2022. I just wasn’t in the mood for a chilled sparkler on New Year’s Eve — warm and red appealed much more and seemed a better match for our wild mushroom/honey nut squash pizza. So we inaugurated the year (well, it was midnight somewhere) with a fun-storied red. The story: My partner in all things, including wine, picked up a bottle for a Christmas gift that she knew I’d love since I’ve been gushing over Margins wine for many weeks now. This one was brand new to the Co-op shelves — winemaker Megan Bell’s first blend, Neutral Oak Hotel. What a discovery, she thought!
Imagine her deflation (she hid it well) when I came home from the Co-op just days before Christmas and gloated over my find — the same (beautifully labeled) bottle. But no matter, unlike the poor folks in “Gift of the Magi,” we had double the delight. It’s a wine worth doubling. As announced on the label, it was aged — for nine months — in neutral oak, all of the grapes (cab franc, mourvèdre, counoise, chenin blanc, muscat blanc) fermented and aged separately and blended right before bottling. Megan’s a “naturalista,” so the wine’s spontaneously fermented with no fining or filtration. I spent a lot of time just “drinking” in the scent, so filled with wildflower and forest. At first sip it’s quite tart (this mellows after a while — I suggest letting it breathe for two hours), tasting of sour cherry, rasp-
berry, and cranberry along with earthy spice. It’s eminently food-friendly, and you’ll be amazed that anything this exuberant and intense could come in at under 12% alcohol. Megan only made 176 cases, so it will be gone soon — a bargain for under $25. As I pondered acquaintances old and new for this first column of 2022, I realized how lucky we are to have both Sterling Carlton of the Co-op and Amy Grabish of The Pip to supply us with the best of the old and introduce us to the new. Thanks, you two! And guard yourselves well against COVID — I’d mourn any virus-induced deterioration of your amazing palates. — Susana Leonardi is a Davis resident; reach her at vinosusana@gmail. com. Comment on this column at www.davis enterprise.com.
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HUMBLE: Eating at Denny’s, driving rental cars and staying in motels From Page A3 Bobbi’s stories about the big city of Atlanta and her sophisticated friends and fancy restaurants and the theaters she would attend when she returned someday soon. She talked about her best friend who had AIDS and the death of her father the previous year.
Night out One night, after a hard day’s work, our entire group decided to splurge and go out for dinner. We met in the parking of the motel and walked to a nearby Denny’s. This is important because Denny’s had just settled a hugely public racial discrimination lawsuit. At the time, I didn’t know the demographics of Medford, Ore., but I’m guessing this town and this diner didn’t see groups like ours very often. There were 14 of us in this little band, and even with my sunburned, windburned and freckled face, I was by far the palest member of the group. We were about as diverse a collection as you will find when it came to our respective histories, education levels and plans for the future. But the fact of the matter was that 12 of the 14 of us were Black. The folks at Denny’s must have seen us coming, because when we arrived, they were ready. There was a wait list, but no waiting for us. We were given the best tables along the window, all pushed together to accommodate us. We were assigned three servers. And then there was the manager, in his pressed white shirt and tie, who greeted us like a personal concierge welcoming his most distinguished guests. We hadn’t come to this Denny’s for any reason other than we were all hungry for a homecooked meal. Denny’s was the only place within walking distance offering mashed potatoes and country gravy. But on this particular night, my friends and I watched as this one single restaurant worked diligently to make up for years of injustice. Our servers anticipated our every need. Drinks were magically refilled and the food arrived hot and delicious and exactly as it had been ordered. The NBA Finals were on television and the only drawback to our prime window seating was that it was difficult to see the game on the television that was anchored in the corner across the room. When one of the young men in our group politely asked if the server might turn the television so he could see it better, the server left the room and returned a minute later with the manager, who was wheeling in a full-size color television on a cart. The television was parked at the head of the table where everybody had a clear view. Our own personal NBA Finals party with our own color television. This was the life, for sure.
Next steps During this long month I had not forgotten that my plan was to eventually settle somewhere with a new job, which involved applications and interviews for more career-oriented positions in various cities on the West Coast. I had been sure to let all of my colleagues know of my plans and they were all rooting for me. This became obvious when, after completing a phone interview with a nonprofit agency in a city hundreds of miles away, I was called and invited for a second interview in person. I was thrilled. We all drank
champagne. But how would I get there? The interview had been set at a time and place that would make it impossible for me to travel by Greyhound and be back to Medford in time to keep my job gathering signatures. I had no credit card, so renting a car was out of the question. Then Eric from Oakland came forward. “I have a credit card.” “Thanks, but you don’t have time to drive me 600 miles roundtrip.” “No, but I can rent a car and you can take it.” “You’d do that for me?” “You’re not gonna drive off and sell it, are you?” “Of course not.” “Or wreck it?” “I hope not.” Eric took a cab to the nearest rental agency and returned to the motel an hour later with a sparkly blue Thunderbird. Before he handed me the keys, he asked me to write these words on a piece of scratch paper: “I, Shelley, promise to take care of this car and return it by June 26 in good condition.” Then I signed it and he signed it. And as I looked at our signatures, I realized we didn’t even know each other’s last names. I also realized, in a profound way, the true meaning of friendship. Thirty-six hours later, after a long drive and an interview, I returned to Medford to resume gathering signatures. Over the course of the next few days, things in our signature-gathering world began to unravel and the unseemly side of this “noble” business began to show itself.
Questions “Save the salmon.” I was back in Medford and this is what I was hearing from my fellow signature gatherers on the street. “Sign here to save the salmon.” “Salmon? What did I miss? Is there a new initiative?” “They want us to tell people that the Indian Gaming initiative is actually the Save the Salmon initiative.” “I don’t get it.” “Here’s what Eddie told us: if the Indian tribes win in November, they will give money to help protect the salmon population. So now we can call it the “Save the Salmon” initiative. It sounds better and we’ll get way more signatures.” Eddie was the boss and the patriarch of this quirky “family.” The spin he was putting on this one made me dizzy. A few days later, as I stood with my petitions in front of a Fred Meyer in Medford, a man passed by, put his hand up defiantly, and said, “Don’t talk to me. I read about you in the newspaper.” What? They’d written about me in the paper? I took an unpaid lunch break and headed to the Medford Public Library. I found the section with the swinging wooden posts draped with newspapers and I looked at a week’s worth of both the Medford Mail Tribune and the
And what I read made my heart sink. There were scathing articles with headlines like “Mercenary Signature Gatherers Invade Oregon” and “Paid Signature Gatherers Hijack Democratic Process.” The articles were sprinkled with words like “hustle” and “scam.” Oregonian. And what I read made my heart sink. There were scathing articles with headlines like “Mercenary Signature Gatherers Invade Oregon” and “Paid Signature Gatherers Hijack Democratic Process.” The articles were sprinkled with words like “hustle” and “scam.” When, weeks earlier, we’d taken up residence at the Motel 6 in Tigard, Eddie and his wife had asked each of us to complete a voter registration card, listing 17950 SW McEwan Road, Tigard, Ore., the address of the Motel 6, as our “home address.” Now, this seemed a little odd, but I asked the question, “Are you sure this is OK?” and, back came the reply, “Of course. We’d never ask you to do anything illegal.” When those same voter registration cards hit the Secretary of State’s office in Salem, I guess the Oregon state elections officials decided that an eightday stay with “Free HBO” and “Hot coffee in AM” did not constitute a “home address.” Somehow, the media had caught wind of our busload of transients living at and working out of the Motel 6 and they were going to expose us as the hustlers and scam artists we were. I can’t say that everything I read in those newspapers came as a surprise. I’d had nagging doubts for a while. I’d known things weren’t right when, a few days earlier, Eddie had gathered us together for a rare meeting in the conference room at the Super 8 in Medford. As it turned out, the state elections commissioner, after reviewing our voter registration cards from Tigard, had demoted us to nonresident status. “But not to worry,” Eddie told us. “We’re going to find actual residents to stand beside you while you work and serve as ‘witnesses.’ Nothing will change. You will continue to collect signatures just as you always have. You’ll just do it with a witness standing next to you.” And where were they going to find these residents/witnesses to stand next to us? Why, the shelter, of course. I have no idea what kind of deal they made with these folks, but the next morning a big rented passenger van showed up at the Super 8 and a whole bunch of people from the local shelter got off. We were paired into teams. One signature gatherer and one shelter resident. The whole thing had become confusing and uncertain and was beginning to smell fishy. Much like that Save the Salmon initiative.
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And we’re done ... And then, the straw that broke the camel’s back. On Sunday morning, when we all met in Eddie’s room to pick up our pay for the previous week’s signatures, a horrible thing happened. There was no money to pay us. Every Sunday morning we were paid cash in a plain white envelope for the signatures we’d collected. It never quite added up with the records we’d kept on our own, but it was always close enough to call good. And over the weeks, I’d saved nearly enough for a bus ticket to — and first and last month’s rent in — my next home. But I needed this last week’s pay. And they didn’t have it. I’d had enough. Some of the people I’d grown close to had been with this group for a long time, traveling all over the country working on ballot initiatives. They didn’t want to rock the boat because, I think, they had come to depend on this couple for their job and their security. I, on the other hand, had no intention of sticking with this couple. Not through thick and thin or for better or worse. We’d been lied to, compromised and taken advantage of. And now, after working my tail off, they weren’t going to pay me. And they weren’t going to pay my friends. I packed my bag, called a cab and hugged Bobbi and Eric goodbye. My days of gun shows and champagne were coming to an end. I felt a little sad. My cab took me to the Greyhound station where I boarded a bus north to the state capitol building in Salem. During the five-hour bus ride, I re-read the copies of the newspaper articles from the Oregonian and the Medford Mail Tribune. The Secretary of State’s office was calling this system “corrupt” and “morally bankrupt.” They weren’t wrong. And I had been a part of it. I was embarrassed. And I was mad. I made it to Salem late Sunday night and checked in at yet another Motel 6. After a restless night, I woke up early and made my way to downtown Salem. I walked back to the Greyhound bus station where I’d arrived the night before, stored my duffel bag in a locker and asked directions to the state capitol building. On the way, I stopped at a copy center where I copied every contract, correspondence and signature sheet I had. Then I continued on to the state capitol building. I don’t remember feeling nervous as I climbed the many steps to the main entrance. I had no grand plan. I simply wanted to drop off my copies and perhaps walk away from
this building and this ordeal having at least cleansed my soul. I entered the building and asked the guard at the front desk where I could find the Secretary of State’s office. He directed me to an office down one of the long quiet hallways. I walked through the door and was greeted by a secretary who smiled politely and asked how she might help me. I told her, “I’m one of the signature gatherers you’ve been reading about in the newspaper. I thought you might like to have my paperwork.” She looked at the paperclipped pile of papers I was holding in my arms. And then she said, “Would you mind having a seat for a minute?” I sat. She walked across the small reception area to a closed door and knocked lightly, then left my sight as she opened the door and went in. Seconds later, she came out and asked me if I’d like something to drink. And then she asked me to follow her through another door — double doors, actually — into an elegant, dark-paneled room with a huge conference table in the middle. Now I was nervous.
Am I in trouble? I’m not sure what I’d thought was going to happen, but sitting at a huge conference table, about to become the focus of the state of Oregon’s attention, had not been part of my plan. As I sat there, my feet sweating in my Keds, I began to panic. I wanted to run. The secretary returned with a tall glass of ice water. She was being awfully nice to me and I felt it wouldn’t be polite to bolt out the door. So I sat and waited for whatever was going to happen next. Over the course of the next few minutes, the heads of various state departments and commissions began filing into the conference room. They were all carrying file folders and note pads. They smiled and nodded and cleared their throats, but no one said much beyond “hello” until the entire group was assembled. The group, as I would soon learn, included, but was not limited to, the Secretary of State, the Elections Commissioner, the Attorney General and the Labor Commissioner. They could not have anticipated my visit that morning, and I remember wondering to myself who had been bumped off the busy Monday calendars of these men, allowing them to hang out with me. I could just imagine the phone calls the secretary was making at that very moment: “I’m sorry, Congressman, but we have to cancel your meeting with the Secretary of State this morning. Something very important has come up.” The first question I asked was, “Am I in trouble? If I am, I think I should make a phone call.” No, I wasn’t in trouble. They were glad I’d come in and were hoping I could answer some questions for them. Phil Keisling, Oregon’s Secretary of State, took the lead. It seems
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they’d been interested in the thousands of signature gatherers who had descended upon their state. Until now, however, they had been unable to get any credible information from or about them. They wanted to know why I had come to the capitol that morning, and I told them about reading the stories in the newspapers in Medford. I was here to defend my honor. For the first few hours, their questions were centered on the nuts and bolts and intricacies of the operation. How did I learn of the job? How was I paid? Who did I work for? Which initiatives was I working on and how much did they pay? How many signatures did I get in a day? Did I work from a script? Was I a resident of Oregon? Eventually, the questions became more general and seemed to be based more on their genuine curiosity than their need to “get to the bottom” of the issue. Who were these signature gatherers? How did we get from place to place? Where did we eat our meals? Where did we live when we weren’t living at the Motel 6? I told them about the friends I’d made and our dinner at Denny’s. I explained to them how some of these workers had been with the organization for a long time and that they considered themselves to be a unique kind of family. I remember joking that I was sorry I wouldn’t be able to join them all for Christmas dinner, and these highranking officials of the state of Oregon all laughed as if this was the funniest thing they’d ever heard. I spent the entire day in that wood-paneled conference room. Eight hours in all. Once we’d established that I wasn’t going to prison, there was not a moment during the entire meeting when I felt intimidated or the object of condescension. I had valuable information and these people wanted it and were grateful to have it. I remember, as we were wrapping things up, the Elections Commissioner asking me, “Are you afraid for your safety?” Prior to that question, I hadn’t been. “Should I be?” I looked at the group and then they all looked at each other. Then someone said, “Probably not. But you should use whatever money you have to get settled somewhere and get a good job. You might not want to talk about this to too many people right now.” Well, I took their advice. I used that hard-earned money to settle down. I got myself a nice respectable job. And I didn’t talk much about my experience. Until now. — Shelley Dunning is a Davis resident and a mom of four. Reach her at dunningsm@yahoo.com.
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BUDGET: Wide range of issues on tap SPREAD: Sisson From Page A1 December before the omicron variant sent COVID19 cases surging again, could also change dramatically by May, when Newsom must submit a revised budget proposal. Some pieces of his plan, including money to combat retail theft, were unveiled early as Newsom tried to stay on top of mounting political pressure. Following a series of brazen group robberies at malls and stores in numerous California cities last fall, Newsom announced in December that he would propose more than $300 million in funding to put police outside businesses and to investigate and prosecute organized crime rings. Here are other key areas from the governor’s budget proposal:
COVID-19 up front That latest pandemic surge was top of mind in Newsom’s spending plan. Administration officials rolled out a $2.7 billion proposal for pandemic response over the weekend, ahead of the official announcement on Monday. Newsom wants the Legislature to act quickly to approve about half of the money as emergency assistance in the current fiscal year, to help overloaded hospitals hire additional staff and to expand testing and vaccination capacity. He also said he is in discussion with legislative leaders to bring back a supplemental paid sick leave program for workers who test
positive for COVID-19, after allowing a previous version to expire last fall. Potentially fulfilling a nearly decade-long push by activists, Newsom said he is ready to expand access to Medi-Cal, the state’s health insurance program for the poor, to all California residents regardless of immigration status. The state has already opened MediCal to undocumented residents until they turn 26 and once they turn 50, but making the program universally available would be a first nationwide. The expansion would take effect in 2024 and cover about 700,000 more people, at a cost of about $2.2 billion per year.
Refunds? State tax collection has been so robust that California may, for the first time in decades, exceed a constitutionally mandated spending cap, above which any remaining money is split between schools and taxpayer rebates. Newsom said his administration currently estimates the budget will be about $2.6 billion higher than that limit in the coming fiscal year, though the number is expected to change when revised revenue projections are released in May. As a result, the governor held off on any proposals similar to the stimulus checks that the state sent to low- and middle-income households last year, though he said: “There likely will be substantial contributions back to the taxpayers.”
Climate change After another devastating year left millions of acres scorched across California, Newsom is again proposing to scale up the response to what has become one of the most vexing products of climate change for the state: a nearly year-round wildfire season. The governor’s spending plan includes an additional $1.2 billion over two years for programs to increase forest thinning, build fuel breaks, and help homeowners and fire-prone communities retrofit structures and improve defensible space. CalFire — whose budget has grown by more than $1.5 billion over the past three years — would receive another $248 million for new planes, crews and equipment. The state has already committed to spending $5.2 billion over three years to deal with the ongoing drought. But after some major reservoirs dropped to their lowest levels ever last fall, Newsom is seeking to add $750 million more for water conservation programs, financial assistance for water agencies and grants for farmers to modify their operations. “We believe this is the future,” he said. “If we don’t invest in the future, we’re not going to do very well there.”
Homeless camps Though Newsom has made homelessness a central focus of his first three years in office, the
entrenched and growing crisis — more visible than ever after the pandemic pushed many Californians into housing instability — is a frequent source of criticism for his opponents. Those who tried unsuccessfully last year to recall the governor pointed to it as one of his greatest failures, while Republican lawmakers have urged him to call a special session to directly confront the issue. Newsom’s budget proposal on Monday included another $2 billion to build on what has been one of his most notable recent policy successes: distributing grants to local governments to quickly convert vacant hotels, motels and other buildings into thousands of units of supportive housing for homeless people. His plan would spend $1.5 billion over the next two years to provide tiny homes and other interim housing as a bridge while more of the permanent units are completed, plus $500 million to help local officials clear encampments. “What’s happening on the streets and sidewalks in our state is unacceptable,” said Newsom, who hinted that he would also pursue legislation this year to strengthen a law that allows officials to force people into treatment if they cannot care for themselves. While these conservatorships are a controversial approach among advocates, Newsom said they can be necessary in cases of severe mental health or substance abuse problems.
praises UCD efforts From Page A1 tested positive between Jan. 2 and Jan. 10, with an asymptomatic test positivity rate of 4.91 percent among students during that period. More than 42 percent of all cases on the UC Davis campus during the entire pandemic were reported in the last seven days and more than half (59 percent) of the university’s isolation and quarantine beds are currently full, according to the dashboard. Sisson on Tuesday praised UC Davis staff and administrators for their efforts. “I’m confident in their ability to lead the university through their current COVID crisis,” she said. “They have remarkable testing capacity and requirements for students and staff to be tested. They have isolation and quarantine housing available for students who live on campus who need to avail themselves of that and they’ve taken additional precautions recently to improve ventilation and air-scrubbing in their communal dining facilities for students who do live on campus, in addition to closing dining for students who do not live on campus who could take advantage of other options.” UC Davis is also requiring all students and staff to receive booster shots by the end of the month and
the county is partnering with the university on two upcoming on-campus clinics that will also be open to the public next week. “They have been an excellent partner,” Sisson said of the university. “They’re very committed to controlling COVID.” Children under 18 in Davis accounted for about 10 percent of the city’s cases reported since Friday and local schools are feeling the impact. The Davis Joint Unified School District on Tuesday evening reported 342 students and 31 staff members in isolation after testing positive for COVID-19. Another 170 students were in quarantine Monday following exposure. In just the first 11 days of January, the district has reported 430 positive cases among students and 66 among staff. But even as the city, the school district and Yolo County confront unprecedented spread of the virus, hospitalizations remain largely unchanged in recent weeks. On Tuesday, there were six COVID-19 patients in the county’s two hospitals, all but two unvaccinated. No new COVID-19 deaths have been reported in the county since mid-December. — Reach Anne TernusBellamy at aternus@ davisenterprise.net. Follow her on Twitter at @ATernusBellamy.
Obituaries May 11, 1925 — Jan. 7, 2022 Born and raised in The Bronx, N.Y., Evelyn Zetterbaum and her then-husband Marvin moved to Chicago in 1948, then to Davis in 1962. She had a flair for design, and delighted in planning their custom Mid-Century Modern-style house in West Davis. Evelyn remained in Davis after their divorce, before moving to Stockton to be closer to her daughter in 2013. She received her bachelor’s degree from Hunter College, N.Y., and master’s in library science from Sacramento State College, and worked as an elementary teacher and children’s librarian. An ardent lover of opera and classical music, English literature, children’s books, art and dance, she attended many performances and art shows at UCD, was thrilled when Mondavi
Center opened, and never missed a broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera. Yiddish was her first language (she didn’t learn English until entering kindergarten). In later years, she amassed a large collection of books by ZETTERBAUM Jewish authors and about Yiddishkeit. She loved the Davis Farmers Market, stopping there weekly before checking out the latest bargains at Right & Relevant Thrift Store. She was predeceased by parents Lisa and Charles Rosenberg and ex-husband Marvin Zetterbaum, and is survived by daughter Andee Zetterbaum of Stockton. There will be no services, by her request. Donations in her memory may be made to Mondavi Center (UC Davis) or to Hospice of San Joaquin.
Roger J. Romani
Dec. 17, 1929 — Jan. 10, 2021 Jan. 10 marks the one year anniversary of the passing of Roger Romani, long time Davis resident and UC Davis professor. Roger was born on Dec. 17, 1929, to Frida and Guglielmo Romani, immigrants from Italy’s Tuscany region and tenant farmers on Grand Island in the Sacramento Delta. Raised in an Italian-speaking household, Roger started first grade at Beaver Union elementary school knowing only one word of English (please!). He remained at Beaver Union through 8th grade, continued his education at Courtland High School and then entered UC Davis intending to get a 2 year agricultural degree. Drawn to learning in general and Biochemistry in particular, Roger ending up staying to get a four-year degree and was encouraged by professors go on to graduate school in plant physiology. After earning a PhD from UCLA and serving a 2-year stint in the US Army, Roger returned to Davis to start work as a professor in the department of pomology. He also met Ann Gallichotte of Sacramento; they wed in 1959 and enjoyed a
61-year partnership. Roger’s life in Davis was characterized by energy, imagination and followthrough. He enjoyed greatly being part of UCD’s growth from a small “University Farm” to a major research institution. Roger excelled at plant cell physiology research, in his work with UCD’s Agricultural Extension, and in the classroom, receiving the Magnar Ronning Award for teaching excellence. He was passionate about the Agrarian Studies courses and major he started, thoughtfully helping students develop perspectives on sustainable agricultural. He was also instrumental in the establishment of the University Honors program. Roger maintained a very busy family and civic life, working with Ann to raise four children and delving into local historical preservation. As a long-term member of the Yolo County Historical Society, he worked to help save the Woodland Opera House. He also played a significant role in preserving the 2 mile stretch of walnut trees lining western Russell Boulevard, championing the addition of a
shaded bicycle path which Davis residents have enjoyed for years. In addition, he and ROMANI Ann carefully restored the H.M. Larue Home on Russell Boulevard. Roger retired from UC Davis in 1992 and focused on cultivating a vineyard in Mendocino County. After researching local climate and soil conditions, he planted vines of Pinot grigio, a variety with little popularity at the time. Both the vineyard and the variety have enjoyed years of excellent growth. In his retirement, Roger also derived tremendous enjoyment cheering on his grandchildren in their various endeavors. In 2009, Roger and Ann moved into the University Retirement Center where they enjoyed their Golden Years among many longterm and new-found friends. Roger is survived by his loving wife Ann, children Rebecca, Roger (Debbie), Marcus (Annette) and Juli (Jim), five grandchildren and two step grandchildren.
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Dorothy E. Woolley
Feb. 2, 1929 — Dec. 29, 2021 Dorothy E. Woolley died at her home in Davis on Dec. 29, 2021, at the age of 92. Dorothy was born on the family farm on Feb. 2, 1929, in Wapakoneta, Ohio, and was the oldest of three children born to Urban Schumann and Esther (Starr) Schumann. Dorothy started first grade in a one-room country school, which included eight grades and 20 total students, in Freyburg, Ohio. In high school, she was active in 4-H, the Girls Athletic Association, the Photography Club, played the violin in the school orchestra and co-edited the school news section of the Wapakoneta Daily News. After graduating from Blume High School in 1947, she enrolled at Bowling Green State University as a music instruction major and played the clarinet in the school band and the violin in the school orchestra. She changed her major and graduated in three years from Bowling Green in 1950 with
bachelor’s degrees in biology and chemistry. She met her future husband Robert J. Woolley at Bowling Green and they married after graduation in September 1950. Dorothy worked as a reporter at the Wapakoneta Daily News from 1951 to 1953 while Robert served during the Korean War. She received a master’s degree in Physiology from the Ohio State University in 1957 and received a Ph.D. in physiology from UC Berkeley in 1961. Robert and Dorothy had three children, Kenneth, Nikki and Randall. They purchased a home in Davis in 1965 when Dorothy joined the faculty in the department of animal physiology and the department of environmental toxicology at UC Davis. She was a professor of neurobiology and physiology for over 30 years, created several courses, published approximately 100 research papers and was the chair of the department
of animal physiology from 1978 to 1982. Dorothy was a pioneer in the study of WOOLLEY environmental toxicants as well as a pioneer for women in science. When she started at UC Davis, only 3% of the faculty were women. She was a dedicated teacher and retired from teaching at UC Davis in 2004. Dorothy was preceded in death by her parents, Urban and Esther Schumann, brother Orville Schumann, sister-in-law Lois Schumann and brother-in-law Paul Lane. She is survived by her husband Robert Woolley; children Kenneth (Angelena) Woolley, Nikki Efigenio and Randall Woolley; grandchildren Christopher Efigenio, Ericha Woolley, Michael Woolley, Erich Woolley, Jacob Woolley and George Woolley; and sister Marjorie Lane. A celebration of life will be held at a later date. CREDIT/Stock photo
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he beginning of a new year can often be a good time to evaluate existing habits and to look to adopt new ones, including habits that may be better for the environment. Below are 10 ways to reduce your environmental footprint in 2022. Keep wildlife wild by not feeding them: While feeding wildlife might sound like a good thing, it often leads to human vs. wildlife conflict and the resulting need for corrective management. Feeding wild animals can also contribute to wildlife health issues. Watch what you put down your drains: Sewer pipes are built to handle specific, predictable materials. Sending material down the drain not intended for the sewer system (yes, even from garbage disposals) can cause sewer backups, which can be an expensive (and unpleasant) problem. Often the biggest
culprits of backups are “flushable wipes,” fruit stickers, and fats, oils and grease. Visit GreenerDavis.org and click on the link for “Pretreatment” to learn more. Sort out your recycling and organics wastes: When buried in landfills, paper, cardboard, food scraps, yard trimmings, and other organic wastes emit 20% of the state’s methane (a climate super pollutant 84 times more potent than carbon dioxide). Sorting out your recycling and organic wastes from the trash has a direct impact on the climate crisis and became required by state law on January 1 of this year under Senate Bill 1383: Short-Lived Climate Pollutants. If you’re concerned that what you put in the bin doesn’t actually get recycled, rest assured that recyclables from Davis are not landfilled and Recology does not ship low-grade plastics overseas.
Items placed in your organics cart are composted locally. Sorting out recyclable and compostable waste does make a difference and is an easy way for everyone to combat climate change. Visit DavisRecycling.org to learn more. Choose fewer toxic items: Try using baking soda, white vinegar, apple cider vinegar, lemon juice or castile soap for natural and less toxic cleaning. Make the switch to rechargeable batteries and LED bulbs. Dispose of hazardous waste items at the at the Yolo County landfill household hazardous waste facility (open every Friday and Saturday from 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.). Use water efficiently: Whether our region is in drought or not, it’s always important to conserve water. Be sure to dial back your irrigation in the winter and water with the weather: turn off your irrigation when it rains and keep it off for 48 hours after a rain event. Visit SaveDavisWater.org to sign-
up for the City’s online, customer water-use portal, AquaHawk, to monitor your daily and hourly water usage and to set usage alerts. Drink tap water: Davis tap water meets and exceeds all State and Federal drinking water standards, which are more strict and require more rigorous testing than bottled water. Avoid plastic waste and drink from the tap instead of buying bottled water. Visit www. CityofDavis.org/waterquality for more information. Prevent litter: A large portion of the trash that ends up in our oceans and waterways originates from inland sources when trash from the streets enters the stormwater system and is transported via rivers and waterways to the ocean. Help to keep our waterways and oceans clean by keeping waste bin lids closed so wind can’t blow waste out. Consider bypassing your water softener: If you haven’t already, try
bypassing your water softener to determine if the current level of water hardness is acceptable for your home or adjust the grains setting on the water softener accordingly. Reducing or eliminating the use of water softeners can help protect water quality by reducing salt loading to wetlands and waterways. Plant a tree: Contact Tree Davis to see if you can get a free tree through the Community Canopy program, a special program to plant and care for new trees for homes, businesses, schools and parks throughout the City. Visit TreeDavis.org to learn more. Follow us on social media: Follow us at @GreenerDavis on Facebook and Instagram and subscribe to our free monthly conservation email newsletter at GreenerDavis.org. — Jennifer Gilbert is a city of Davis Conservation Coordinator; this column is published monthly. Reach her at PWWeb@CityofDavis.org
California’s drought goes on; state adopts new regulations CalMatters In a clear sign that the drought persists, California last week adopted new emergency regulations aimed at stopping residents from wasting the state’s precious water. The rules ban practices such as hosing down sidewalks and driveways with drinking water, washing cars without a shutoff nozzle on the hose and irrigating lawns and gardens too soon after rain. Approved unanimously by the State Water Resources Control Board, the mandates could take effect as soon as Jan. 15 and have a one-year expiration date unless extended. Fines can reach as high as $500, but enforcement will be spotty: Local governments and water agencies are allowed
to enforce them at their discretion, and they will largely be complaint-based. “There’s not going to be like a statewide force of water cops or anything like that,” said Eric Oppenheimer, the water board’s chief deputy director. California’s drought is not over despite a bounty of snowfall and rain over the past month: California’s snowpack — a critical source of water — is 150% of average for Jan. 4. But with three months left of the wet season, it’s not enough to bring an end to the severe drought and water shortages. California still needs about another foot of snow water content — the amount of water contained in the snowpack — by the end of March to reach its historic seasonal average, according to the state data. Almost 16
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“December alone will not end the drought, clearly,” said Jeanine Jones, interstate resources manager for the Department of Water Resources. “December was
The amount of water now stored is actually worse than last year at this time: The state’s reservoirs in December were projected to contain about 78% of average
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— compared to about 82% in 2020. Moderate to exceptional drought still grips the entire state, and a soggy start to the rainy season does not guarantee even an average water year. California has felt that false hope before: In 2013, during the last record-breaking drought, a wet December turned into a dry January and February. Climatologists predict that the state will dry out during the rest of the winter and spring. “After we get through this weather system this week, things go dry. And the expectations are a drier than average January, February and March,” said California’s state climatologist Michael Anderson. And conservation still lags. California Gov. Gavin Newsom in July called for
Californians to voluntarily cut water use by 15%. But state officials announced statewide savings of only 6% from July to November compared to last year. November, a dry month, saw only a 6.8% reduction in water use — down from 13.3% in October, which saw torrential rains. The greatest savings came from the northern half of the state; water use increased slightly by 0.8% in the south. “You want to kiss every snowflake and every raindrop that comes down, because it was just so bad,” said Felicia Marcus, who chaired the State Water Resources Control Board under Gov. Jerry Brown during the last drought. “At the same time, we’ve got to exercise our efficiency muscles every way we can, all the time.”
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Should DJUSD return to distance learning? Student and staff safety should be In-person school benefits student prioritized over in-person school mental health and education By Mattias Rowenbale HUB Staff I have spent the last two years of my life terrified of getting COVID-19. On Jan. 7th, I tested positive after being exposed at Davis Senior High. I wore my mask at all times, and even double masked after returning from winter break. I had received both vaccine doses as soon as I possibly could, and had my booster scheduled for Monday. However, the constant and close contact with so many students on a daily basis at school meant that my safety precautions could only do so much. My story is not unique, as after only a week back in school after winter break, 369 students in the Davis Joint Unified School District (including 108 DHS students) have tested positive for COVID-19 and are isolating at home as of Jan. 11th. I believe that attending in person school places students and their families at an unnecessary risk. As COVID-19 cases continue to rise across Davis, the most effective way to minimize the spread amongst DJUSD students and their families would be a temporary return to virtual or hybrid classes. “Last week there was a third of people in my classes missing,” DHS sophomore Tesla Boire said. “I don’t want to go back online, but I think that it’s the only way to stop and slow the spread of COVID-19.” Other students agree with Boire’s sentiments. While virtual learning is not ideal for most, it is certainly safer than fully inperson classes. As of Jan. 11th, approximately one in 20 DHS students are quarantining after testing positive for COVID-19. The staggering rate of positive test results in Davis is, in part, due to the highly transmissible and contagious nature of the new Omicron variant. “All the new variants are scary. I would feel safe even if it meant not seeing my friends because going back virtually won’t only protect me, it will also protect my friends and teachers,” senior Maddie Gonzalez said. Despite Omicron primarily manifesting in mild cases of COVID-19, there is still a serious risk.
I have been lucky in only experiencing cold-like symptoms and being able to isolate quickly enough that my parents were not exposed. However, other students who have yet to get COVID-19, remain unvaccinated, have immunocompromised family members, or are immunocompromised themselves struggle with a very serious fear when they come to school every day. “I honestly just don’t feel safe coming to school,” junior Aeryon Jackson said. “I hear students and teachers talking about how they have people in their homes who have tested positive and are still coming to school. I also hear that some students are testing positive and are still attending classes,” Jackson said. Currently, the district only requires a minimum of five days in quarantine after a positive test result, and relies on students to self-report positive tests and exposures. These methods mean that it’s not hard for infected students to knowingly or unknowingly infect others at school. “It’s just spreading so rapidly and we have a big student body, so I’d feel safer being online,” Jackson said.
By Leyla Bolkan HUB Staff Due to the rise of COVID-19 cases, there has been talk about going back to remote learning, but many Davis High students and staff want to stay in person. Engaging in school over zoom was very difficult for both students and teachers, affecting their social skills, mental health and understanding of material. While UC Davis made the decision to switch back to remote learning for January to reduce the spread of COVID-19, DJUSD schools made the correct desicion to continue with in-person learning. Some teachers believe that staying in school is vital for students’ learning. “I feel that students didn’t learn the same way as they would if we would have been in person,” social studies teacher Kevin Williams said. According to Superintendent Matt Best, this year teachers are seeing areas where students, specifically in primary grades, have holes in learning. “Six- and 7-year-olds that have never
been on campus until this year don’t know how to do basic things such as stand in line,” said Best. A main reason as to why students and staff don’t want to go online is the social aspect. Teachers felt like they were talking to nobody while lecturing on zoom and for students it was hard to engage. “Being away from classmates and that interaction affected my mental health. When I came back to school I could see my social skills were not as good as they were before,” junior Daisy Andrade said. Senior Tony Segal felt that school was easier—however, he didn’t learn as much. For Segal, it was hard to understand the material because of how fast paced the course was. This year Sagal struggled in calculus because he sped through the course that was supposed to prepare him for this year. “I’m a social person, so when we shut down it was sad and depressing and going to school with other people just makes learning better,” Segal said. Junior Brooklyn Bolnik felt that she struggled with joining zooms and engaging in school. “I think everyone learns better when they are in person and they can actually engage with the teacher,” said Bolnik. During third period class on Jan. 7, students at DHS were handed a take home rapid COVID test. Many students feel a little safer now that people have these tests. “I’m happy they gave out the tests because a lot of our school have Covid right now,” said Bolnik. According to Superintedent Best, the tests were supposed to be distributed before winter break, but were not due to some complications. “It would have been nice to have the tests a little sooner, but I think its better having them now than never,” said Segal. In order to stay in-person, students and staff must take extra precautions such as getting tested, wearing proper masks, and staying home if they do not feel well.
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Many obstacles to starting a cottage food operation By Grace Kishiyama HUB Staff
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California is trying to make it easier for entreprenuers to start their own home-based food business. According to the California Department of Public Health (CDPH), Assembly Bill (AB) 1616, now known as the California Homemade Food Act, “allows individuals to prepare and/or package certain nonpotentially hazardous foods in privatehome kitchens referred to as ‘cottage food operations’ (CFOs).” The “non-potentially hazardous foods” including baked goods without cream, custards, or meat fillings, candy and nuts, etc. Starting a CFO is harder than starting a handmade clothing business. There are labeling requirements, specific foods that can be sold, business applications, etc. It’s also expensive. Applying for a Class A CFO business license in Yolo County alone costs $333. A Class A business license only allows sellers to sell food directly to consumers from their homes or at a community event. Bran & Ash Bakehouse — a “small, twoperson operation producing slow fermented, whole grain baked goods made with products from and for the community” — was started by Casey Hardi and Zoe Mitchell. What started as a small
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two-person CFO in Davis has grown to a bigger bakery in Hood River, Oregon, where Bran & Ash has relocated to. “Starting our business in Davis was a real hurdle. Figuring out the complicated permitting and licensing process for both a cottage food operation and a business was difficult and there were not many complete resources online,” the two business owners said. Upon overcoming this obstacle, Hardi and Mitchell were faced with another one. “The biggest challenge for us was finding our own place in the community. The bakery community in Davis was competitive and not very welcoming. We found it very difficult to find venues to sell and ways to reach customers,” Hardi and Mitchell said in an email. They were eventually able to start their own delivery program. “We would tell someone interested in starting their own business to find a good resource for the permitting and licensing process. It can be difficult to navigate but with some help the process will become much more clear. We also would implore anyone to figure out a good schedule and space for all their equipment,” they said. Tim Richards, a prior Davis resident, was the first person in Yolo County to have a certified cottage food operation. He operates a business called Philosopher Foods, which sells nut butters and he has since expanded his business in Santa Cruz. “Our stone-ground coconut butter,
sprouted almond butter, and chocolate versions of both are made in small batches in Santa Cruz, California. Using stone grinding (...) we are re-defining nut butter with our unique flavors and textures,” Richards said. Starting a CFO is the “cheapest way for anyone to get going” in the food business, according to Richards. However, it cost him $150 dollars to just get his business up and running — money that some individuals may not have to pursue starting a CFO. “It’s easy to make and sell great food that you love on a small scale out of your kitchen, but to scale it into a larger brand with [a] bigger impact is very challenging and expensive. A food business is still a business, so be prepared to run a business as you grow,” Richards said. As a whole, if a CFO is successful, it may be expensive to keep up with its growth — especially without prior business experience. However, the passing of Amendment AB 1144 will make it easier for CFOs to help grow their business. Helping small businesses become sucessful is beneficial to the community and to the state. New legislation helps but our local agencies need to lower permit fees to give more people the opportunity to pursue their ambitious aspirations of starting their own businesses.
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UCD started the game with the league-minimum seven players, losing two to injury and UC Davis outscored UC San three to COVID protocols, but Diego 6-0 over the final 1:06 to managed to pull out a gut-check take a tense 78-71 Big West Con- victory thanks to some strong ference men’s basketball win defense and a second-half exploSaturday night at the University sion by Elijah Pepper. Credit Union Center. The Aggies were clinging to a The win in the first action for 72-71 lead after a 3-pointer by UCD since a 65-60 loss to Univ. of UCSD’s Jake Killingsworth, but Portland on Dec. UCD was deadly 22, 2021, pushes from the foul line the Aggies to 7-4 on over the final 40 the year. The Triseconds as Caleb tons dropped to 8-7. Fuller hit four free The game does Next game: Saturday throws and Ezra not count in the at Cal Poly, SLO, 7 p.m. Manjon two to put Big West standings Listen: KHTK 1140 AM the game away. because UC San Watch: ESPN+ “I’m really proud Diego is in the secof our guys for ond year of a fouryear transition from Division II everything they’ve had to overcome in the last few weeks,” said to Division I. For the first time this season, Aggie head coach Jim Les. “We’ve been asking them to no fans were allowed at the game due to COVID concerns. live like hermits and not socialThe Aggies have already had Big ize and not go to restaurants West games against UC River- and they’ve taken it all in stride. side, Hawaii and UC Irvine all Plus, it’s been hard to practice canceled since the Portland with so few players.” game. San Diego went on a 14-0 run
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to take a 16-4 lead early in the game, but the Aggies chipped away to trail just 39-37 at half. Neither team could establish any dominance after that. But Pepper poured in 15 points after the break to finish with a gamehigh 23 and keep the Aggies close. UCD took the lead for good at 69-67 on a driving layup by Pepper, who finished the game 5 of 10 from 3-point range. Pepper added nine rebounds, three assists and two steals to his night’s work. “I’m a little bit tired,” admitted Pepper, who played all but a minute and five seconds of the game. “It means a lot to finally get to play a game again and we’re just taking every time we play as if it’s our last game. It was a great team effort and we played hard and with a lot of heart.” Les noted that it wasn’t a thing of beauty, which is to be expected after a long-enforced layoff.
UC Davis forward Caleb Fuller (11) goes up for the shot against UC San Diego in a Big West Conference home game on Saturday. Lev Farris Goldenberg/ Enterprise photo
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Blue Devil squads dominate the pitch DHS girls cruise in 10-0 win By Rebecca Wasik
scored the final goal for a comfortable 5-0 score. The teams played a The Davis High girls 40-minute first half, but soccer team had no trouble went with a 30-minute with Sheldon in a Delta second half. League game at Ron and After Blum had a shot on Mary Brown Stadium on goal at the 46th minute that Tuesday. went over the goal, LeeThe Blue Devils showed Smith scored the Blue their offensive prowess Devils’ first goal of the throughout the match, second half a minute later. resulting in Davis (2-1-3 That cushioned Davis’ lead overall, 1-1-3 Delta) to 6-0, and Alamares added comfortably beating Sheldon another to make it 7-0. (0-9, 0-5) 10-0. Blum then had three shots Davis had its first shot on on goal within a minute; two goal in the fifth minute from were stopped Miya Alamares, by the goalie followed by a while the third Mia Williams went wide. strike that went Then, at the over the goal a 56th minNext game: Thursday minute later. ute, Alamares Rebecca Blum, vs.Cosumnes Oaks, kicked her Una Keller, 6 p.m. second. Charlotte LeeKiana BagSmith, Victoria Agnew and heban took a shot that was Olivia Johnson all had shots stopped by the goalie at the on goal as well. Grace 62nd minute. Fabionar had two shots, one Davis’ final two scores, in over the top and the other to the final two minutes, came the side. from Blum and Alamares. Then Davis’ scoring began “We were able to prevent with a goal from Keller in being scored on and we were the 20th minute. Soon after, able to score multiple goals,” Johnson added another to said Stone, whose team make it 2-0. notched a scoreless tie in The Blue Devils had two their Jan. 4 game. “Scoring is more shots within six one of the hardest parts of minutes of each other. Lee- the game.” Smith had a shot that was Stone added, “Our stopped by the goalie at the decision making at times 24th minute. Keller had could be better. Also, our another shot on goal at the creativity and movement off 30-minute mark. the ball needs to be more of a In the 32nd minute, constant.” Keller scored her second DHS’ next game is home goal to make it 3-0. In the Thursday against Cosumnes 36th minute, Fabionar Oaks at 6 p.m. kicked a goal, which gave — Follow Rebecca Wasik Davis a 4-0 lead. As the first on Twitter: @Becca half wound down, Johnson FromTheBay.
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Davis High’s Holt Klineberg, right, battles a Sheldon player for the ball in Tuesday’s Delta League game in Sacramento.
Lone goal gives Davis High boys victory over host Huskies By Mike Bush Enterprise sports editor SACRAMENTO — Zach Anderson got the job done on offense for his Davis High boys soccer teammates. The Blue Devils also finished the job on defense against Sheldon in Tuesday’s Delta League game. That added up to Davis (7-1 overall, 4-1 Delta) posting a 1-0 victory over the Huskies at the Sheldon-Pleasant
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Grove Commuthe goal. nity Stadium. “You couldn’t have Anderson asked for betscored the lone timing, goal at the 66th Next game: Thursday ter looking to minute of the at Cosumnes Oaks, make sure we game. A minute 3:30 p.m. get the ball in after taking a the back of the shot on goal off his left foot, Anderson got net at a crucial time,” said possession of the ball again. Davis head coach Alex Park. This time, he booted the “Zach came through.” soccer ball with his right Then Davis’ defense shut foot, and inside the Huskies’ down Sheldon (3-2-3, 1-2box, fired the ball straight 3) in the final 14 minutes of into the corner of the net for the game. The Huskies had
one shot on goal in those final minutes, and two in the final 40 minutes of the contest. In the first half, Davis had three shots on goal at the Huskies’ net on the north end of the stadium. Six minutes into the game, Davis’ Quentin Wallace had the first chance. But the ball went outside the net and slow rolled out of bounds.
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UC Davis senior Kyla Kessler scored a personal-best 9.90 on the balance beam in Sunday’s tri-meet. The Aggies tied a school record 49.250 on the apparatus. UCD finished second in the overall team competition.
Taking the floor for its first meet in nearly two years, the UC Davis women’s gymnastics team came out of the gate strong on Sunday afternoon, scoring a 194.625 to finish second in a three-way meet with Michigan State and Sacramento State in the season opener for all three squads at the University Credit Union Center. The Spartans took home top team honors with a 195.875, followed by the Aggies in second and the Hornets in third with a 190.825. UC Davis’ score was its highest in a home opener since meet-by-meet records are available beginning with the 1998 season, its highest since
posting a 194.875 in a dual with Sacramento State in the final meet before the pandemic shut things down in March of 2020 and its highest in a home meet since posting a 194.850 in a quad meet with Washington, Illinois and Yale, on March 15, 2019. After opening with a 48.925 on vault and a 47.600 on bars, a large part of the Aggies success came on beam on Sunday afternoon as they tied the school record with a 49.250, matching the mark set against Air Force on March 2, 2018. No UC Davis competitor scored lower than a 9.70 on the apparatus. Freshman Megan Ray and senior Kyla Kessler tied for the top spot with a 9.90 — both setting personal bests in the process. Sophomore Kaitlyn Lyle scored a 9.85, while sophomore Emma Otsu
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We can fix the cannabis crisis Restaurants P need certainty for the future By Jot Condie Special to CalMatters
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hen it was first imagined, outdoor dining was a necessary response to help the California restaurant community survive in the COVID-19 era. California lawmakers knew they could not simply stand by while one of California’s largest business sectors withered and died. Lawmakers and the restaurant community collaborated on new approaches to sustain operations, including outdoor dining. Once a reality, restaurants benefitted and patrons loved the novel, charming arrangements. Today, it is hard to imagine reverting back to the old way. But outdoor restaurant dining, still a lifeline to thousands of restaurants, is at risk. In late 2021, news reports chronicled the past promise and present peril of outdoor dining spaces in San Francisco. No sooner had restaurants started to realize the benefits of San Francisco’s “Shared Spaces” outdoor dining “parklet” structures, than the city started to impose restrictions and costly fines for arbitrary infractions. Other cities, from San Diego to San Clemente, have also vowed a crackdown. Innovative, thoughtful approaches to helping restaurants stay in business, like outdoor dining, have been a critical lifeline in the last two years. State policymakers need to stay focused on supportive policies that help maintain our community establishments and benefit COVID-weary Californians. Over the past year, restaurant owners have demonstrated enormous creativity to generate revenue, maintain rigorous sanitation requirements, protect and train employees, instill confidence in customers, adapt to supply chain challenges, adjust to rising prices and integrate new business processes like delivery and pick-up options.
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estaurants have not done it all on their own. Last year, the California Legislature passed and Gov. Newsom signed into law several bills to help, including Senate Bill 389, allowing alcohol to-go; Assembly Bill 286, regulating costs and transparency for food delivery platforms; Senate Bill 314, extending the deadline for permanent conversion of outdoor dining with alcohol; and companion bill Assembly Bill 61, which eases the process for pop-ups to secure temporary liquor licenses. These critically important actions will help the industry endure this challenging pandemic era and allow Californians to gather socially in safe public places. The restaurant industry has gone too far to go back. Thousands of bars and restaurants have adjusted to the new reality, including creating outdoor spaces that generate regular business. Keeping our doors open helps us maintain employment for service workers, many of whom are middleand low-income people of color, allowing them to care for their families in this time of great economic vulnerability. If lawmakers are truly vested in seeing restaurants succeed, they should adopt regulations at the state level, including outdoor dining, that set a consistent standard across the state. By the same token, they must also abandon legislation and regulations that would cause harm to the restaurant community. At the top of the list of harmful legislation is the so-called FAST Recovery Act, or Assembly Bill 257, which would create another state and local bureaucracy to oversee California restaurant franchises. The legislation sponsored by the Service Employees International Union and expected to be taken up this year, hurts a large segment of restaurant owners including minority and women entrepreneurs who seek to earn a living in the restaurant community. Given the experience of the past year, legislators should understand restaurants’ unique role in bringing communities together and keeping Californians employed. The actions our lawmakers take, including enacting regulations and laws that protect neighborhood restaurants in the current era and create certainty, will pay dividends for the state, and Californians for many years to come. — Jot Condie is president and CEO of the California Restaurant Association.
ardon the pun, but I had high hopes for legal recreational cannabis in California after Prop. 64 passed in November 2016. I thought personal cultivation plus legal and well-regulated marijuana farms and retail shops would mostly replace the black market in pot. That has not happened. The vast majority of commercial cannabis produced in our state is still grown illegally. According to CalMatters, there are roughly 30,000 marijuana farms in California. Only one in five is legal, taxed and regulated. Likewise, just a small share of the retail cannabis sold in California is through lawful merchants. According to an analysis done by Marijuana Business Daily, there are close to 3,000 retailers and delivery services operating in our state. Of those, 823 are licensed; more than 2,000 are not. Five years after Prop 64 passed, over 70% of municipalities ban recreational marijuana sales, and another 5% of counties have no licensed dispensary. To figure out how to solve this problem, it’s necessary to consider what local and state government has done to keep the black market thriving and undermine legal operators. In a commentary for CalMatters, published in the Dec. 28 Davis Enterprise, an executive for a California cannabis company and a union leader claim that the cultivation tax, imposed by the state, is at the heart of the problem. They write, “California’s Department of Tax and Fee Administration recently announced yet another tax increase. On Jan. 1, the state’s cannabis cultivation tax will increase by almost 5%,
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raising it to a whopping $161 per pound. “Let’s compare how much higher the cultivation tax is for cannabis than, say, wine grapes, almonds or raisins. Actually, no such comparison is possible because no other agricultural product has a cultivation tax.” Legal growers also must pay local taxes on their crops. In Yolo County, for example, the cultivation tax — which is imposed on top of the $161 state fee — is now 5% and the county ordinance allows the Board of Supervisors to raise it as high as 15%. The concept of cultivation taxes was written into Prop 64. “Effective January 1, 2018, there is hereby imposed a cultivation tax on all harvested marijuana that enters the commercial market …” The tax started at $148 per pound. The Board of Equalization can raise or lower the cultivation tax, based on market prices. However, they have never lowered it, even when prices drop. Between June 1 and Dec. 1 last year, the wholesale price of cannabis fell by 34%, according to greenmarket report.com. This apparently was mostly due to large harvests — by both legal and illegal growers — in 2020 and 2021, which have flooded the market. The report also notes that demand at legal retail shops has declined. Retail demand may be falling because excessive taxes on legitimate sellers drive up
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prices and push consumers into the black market. Rob Read, co-owner of F Street Dispensary in Davis, recently explained this issue to Aaron Geerts of The Enterprise. “With a 15% excise tax, 10% Davis cannabis tax, Yolo County sales tax, those compound on one another and multiply,” Read said. “So, when a customer has the option of paying 35% in tax at a legal store or having it much cheaper from a friend, three quarters will stick to their friend or the black market.”
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ne benefit of legal cannabis — even now — is buyers know the product they are eating or smoking most likely does not have dangerous levels of pesticides, bacteria, fungi or other harmful chemicals. (The exception would be if a legal seller got his product from an illegal grower.) According to the Department of Pesticide Regulation, “cannabis products sold in California are tested by the (Bureau of Cannabis Control) for pesticide residues. To protect humans and the environment, it uses DPRrecommended ‘action levels’ for certain pesticides. If a cannabis sample contains more than the action level, it can result in the cannabis product being unsaleable.” That is not the case with marijuana grown illegally. According to Mourad Gabriel, executive director of the Integral Ecology Research Center, outlaw farmers routinely use rodenticides — which are responsible for widespread deaths of wildlife, particularly birds of prey — and all sorts of harmful pesticides on their crops. “We have data clearly demonstrating the plant material is contaminated, not just
who have worked with the homeless in Yolo County, would work with a local journalist to make people in Yolo County fully aware of our homeless situation now. Even more, besides throwing money, what can I do to make a difference in even a few lives of people living homeless? I believe they need decent housing that is maintained, easily accessible mental health resources, addiction resources that work, decent meals, respect ...
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with one or two but a plethora of different types of pesticides that should not be used on any consumable product,” Gabriel told Wired magazine. So what can we do to excise the black market in growing and retailing cannabis? The first seems obvious. We need to tax legal cannabis no more than we tax legal wine. Since there is no county or state cultivation tax on viticulture, there should be none on legal marijuana farmers. In addition to the regular sales tax in California, we have a state excise tax of $0.20 per gallon of wine. We should get rid of the 35% tax on marijuana sales and make it a maximum of 20 cents per ounce sold. Second, we need a state law that says to cities and counties, if you allow wine to be sold on a given parcel of land, you must allow cannabis to be sold there, and you cannot limit the number of legal marijuana sellers. Finally, we ought to create a $10,000 bounty for anyone who identifies the location of an illegal cannabis farm. Most of these are on public lands. State and federal agents try to find them and arrest the scofflaws. But we only have so many cops. With financial rewards available to bounty hunters, it would not be long before every last illegal grow site were discovered and extirpated. After the Prohibition of alcohol was repealed, we eliminated the black market (and its violence) with sensible taxes and regulations. We need to do the same with legal cannabis. — Rich Rifkin is a Davis resident; his column is published every other week. Reach him at Lxartist@ yahoo.com.
Bill, I am very grateful for you and your staff — over almost 40 years — your investment of time fund raising, intervention, and care to understand and help the Yolo County homeless is enormous. I ask you to find ways to tell caring people — from young to old in Yolo County — what we can do? Does it help to give money to those begging? What does help? What does not? Sandy Filby Davis
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Davis High’s Zach Anderson advances the ball in the first half of Tuesday’s game against Sheldon at Sheldon-Pleasant Grove Community Stadium. Anderson scored the lone goal.
BOYS: Held on to win From Page B2 Lucas Liu had the Blue Devils’ second chance at the net in the 33rd minute. Taking a line-drive shot, the soccer ball went off the goal and out of bounds. Holt Klineberg had Davis’ third shot. On a cross-field pass two minutes before halftime, Klineberg was running with the ball down the field against a Sheldon player. Then Klineberg booted the ball from 10 yards, but the ball touched the crossbar and also went out of bounds. Wallace, Liu and Klineberg had fellow Blue Devil teammates move the ball on the ground in the first half. Anderson, along with Zachary Agnew, Caleb Yoon and Nic Montano contributed to moving the ball quickly on the ground. Davis goalie Declan Fee had four saves in the game. Two each in each half. Davis got some help from league foe Pleasant Grove on Tuesday. Jesuit (7-2-2, 2-21), which Davis beat 2-1 at Ron and Mary Brown
Stadium on Jan. 6, fell to Pleasant Grove (4-4-2, 3-11) by a 1-0 score. “It’s hard to come back from a game like Jesuit,” said Park, who was referring to the Blue Devils’ tough game against the Marauders last week. Park had four players out for Tuesday’s game; three were injured and another player was on a trip. “It affected us today,” said Park, “but we got the win, so we’re happy with it.” Entering Tuesday’s game, The Sacramento Bee debuted its prep boys soccer rankings and has Davis as the No. 1 team in the area. Jesuit is ranked No. 3. But Parks feels the ranking will have meaning at the end of the season. “On any given day, any given (team) can beat us,” Park said. On Thursday, Davis continued Delta League action at Cosumnes Oaks (2-4-1, 1-3-1). Game time is scheduled for 3:30 p.m. — Contact Mike Bush at mike@davisenterprise.net. Follow on Twitter: @ MBDavisSports.
RALLY: COVID-19 hits CSUB, game canceled From Page B2 “There’s no substitute for getting back to playing a real game,” said the Aggie coach. “There were times where we weren’t playing Aggie basketball, but our guys really stepped up late, especially on defense. As coaches we’ve run out of creative ideas for making practice interesting and fun. We told our guys we have no excuses. We needed to come
out and get a win and that’s what we did.” Fuller was a force inside with 22 points, while Christian Anigwe hit all five of his field goal attempts to finish with 13. UCD returns to Big West action Saturday at Cal Poly SLO. Thursday’s game at Cal State Bakersfield was canceled due to COVID protocols. — Contact Bob Dunning at bdunning@davisenter prise.net.
BEAMING: Otsu, Ray collect league honors From Page B2 and freshman Ava Scafani finished with identical 9.80 marks as UC Davis edged the Spartans’ 49.200 for the top team score in the event. Otsu and Ray continued their stellar debuts on floor, finishing second and third with scores of 9.85 and 9.825, respectively, helping the Aggies to a 48.850 as a team. Kessler, who finished third in the all-around with a 49.050, tied for team-high honors on vault alongside Ray with a 9.825 — good for a tie for fourth at the end of the day — while junior Logan Clagg’s 9.675 took home top team honors on bars, placing her fifth overall for the meet. Michigan State finished 1-2 in the all-around with Delanie Harkness scored a 39.175, followed by teammate Skyla Schulte and her
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