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Natalie Linares, a barista at With Love Market & Cafe, helps Abraham Rivas-Valle with a transaction in Los Angeles last summer. With cases growing daily in the winter, the rules are changing.

By Anne Ternus-Bellamy Enterprise staff writer COVID-19 hospitalizations in Yolo County crept up this week, from 11 on Monday to 15 on Friday.

Six of the 15 COVID-19 patients at Sutter Davis and Woodland Memorial hospitals on Friday were vaccinated and nine were unvaccinated, according to county data.

Hospital and ICU beds have been in short supply in Yolo County, with no ICU beds available in the county on Thursday and just two surgical/ medical beds available. More beds opened up on Friday, however.

The vast majority are occupied by non-COVID-19 patients, but the shortage of beds combined with the expectation of more COVID patients to come has raised alarms.

Yolo County Health Officer Dr. Aimee Sisson warned earlier in the week that COVID-19 hospitalizations will likely increase further.

“We know from prior surges that hospitalizations peak approximately two weeks after cases peak,” she said.

“So we expect hospitalizations to continue to rise for at least two weeks.”

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What’s changed at workplaces

By Grace Gedye

health and safety in California workplaces.

Changes include:

CalMatters As COVID-19 case rates in California have jumped to their highest levels yet — more than six times the peak of the delta variant wave — updated workplace rules kicked in last week to better help protect workers vaccinated against COVID-19.

The revised rules come from the California Division of Safety and Health — also known as Cal/OSHA — which regulates

Testing If there’s an outbreak at work, employers need to make FDAapproved COVID tests available to exposed employees at no cost, during paid time — and now that also goes for vaccinated, asymptomatic workers who were exposed.

Tests can no longer be

self-administered and self-read.

In other words, workers can’t take a test at home by themselves. Tests that are processed by a lab, or observed by a medical professional during a telehealth appointment, or administered and observed by medical professionals or an employer are still okay.

Who gets sent home?

Previously, if a fully vaccinated person had close contact

with a COVID-positive person, but didn’t develop symptoms, they didn’t need to be sent home from work. Under rules passed by Cal/OSHA on Dec. 15, vaccinated asymptomatic people would have needed to be sent home from work unless they wore a mask and maintained 6 feet of distance from others for two weeks.

However, before that revised rule went into effect, the

See WORKPLACES, Page A6

Planning Commission backs approval of DiSC

By Anne Ternus-Bellamy Enterprise staff writer The Davis Planning Commission on Wednesday voted unanimously to recommend City Council approval of the revised Davis Innovation and Sustainability Campus.

“DiSC 2022,” as the latest iteration is named, would bring 1.1 million square-feet of office, laboratory and advanced manufacturing space, as well as 460 housing units, to open space directly east of Mace Boulevard and north of I-80.

The City Council is expected to decide in early

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Will the last legislator in the building please turn out the lights?

Propelled by approaching term limits, new district lines and a raft of political opportunities outside the state Capitol, more than a dozen California lawmakers have sought employment elsewhere.

At last count, an exodus of 18 Assembly members and state senators have either opted not to seek reelection in November or have already called it quits mid-term. That doesn’t include the seven members, all senators, who are barred from seeking reelection in 2022 by legislative term limits. Nor does it include Murrieta Republican Kelly Seyarto, who is hoping to jump from the Assembly to the Senate, or Orange County Republican Janet Nguyen, hoping to do the same.

It’s not just the number; it’s also the power and stature of those leaving.

Last week alone, the Capitol bid farewell to progressive powerhouse Lorena Gonzalez of San Diego, who departed the Assembly to take the top job at the California Labor Federation. Then came back-to-back announcements from Democratic Sen. Connie Leyva of Chino and Assemblymember Patrick O’Donnell of Long Beach, who both said they would not be seeking reelection despite having four years left to serve under the state’s term limit law. Then, on Thursday, Republican Assemblymember Kevin Kiley of Rocklin, who ran in the 2021 gubernatorial recall, announced that he would be running for Congress.

Monday, former Assembly Republican leader Chad Mayes of Rancho Mirage,

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Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez, D-San Diego, says goodbye to colleagues after she announced her resignation from the state Assembly on Jan. 3. now the only independent in the Legislature, announced he’s not running again and is considering running for Congress.

“I have seen first-hand the dangers of partisan politics.

Blind faith to political teams has created a toxic tribalism that is tearing families, friendships, communities and this country apart,” he tweeted.

Tuesday, state Sen. Andreas Borgeas, a Fresno Republican, said he would not be seeking another term. Wednesday, state Sen. Sydney Kamlager, a Los Angeles Democrat, officially announced she’s running for Congress. And Thursday, Assemblymember Jordan Cunningham, a San Luis Obispo Republican, said he would not seek reelection.

It’s a bipartisan phenomenon: So far, 18 Democrats, 6 Republicans and one independent are not coming back.

That all makes for an unusual degree of churn, already the largest in at least seven years. In 2012, California voters passed

Proposition 28, extending the amount of time that lawmakers can serve to a total of 12 years, in either chamber. That had ushered in a new era of job security for legislators and continuity for the Legislature as a whole.

But there will be at least 25 new legislators, out of 120 total, after the November election. There are special elections on Feb. 15 and April 5 to fill the four Assembly seats that are already vacant.

And this election year is still young: Candidates have until mid-March to declare their candidacy for office — or not.

Some incumbents and lobbyists say this year’s changing of the guard has the potential to shake up the Capitol’s policy-making dynamic.

As experienced lawmakers move on, they take their policy expertise and their legislative know-how with them. O’Donnell and Leyva both serve as K-12 education committee chairs, and last month, Assemblymember Jose Medina, who leads

the Assembly’s higher education committee, announced that 2022 would be his final session, too.

“There’s the potential for not just the loss of leaders who have an extraordinary background and expertise, but also the staff that have made the realization of their policies possible,” said Jessie Ryan, lobbyist with the Campaign for College Opportunity, a nonprofit advocacy group.

Kristina Bas Hamilton, a lobbyist and consultant who represents unions and anti-poverty groups in Sacramento, said the turnover makes things less predictable for those in the business of pushing policy change and wrangling

support for contentious legislation. For one thing, lawmakers eyeing other races may be more circumspect or distracted.

“If there’s uncertainty, no one wants to commit to doing big stuff,” she said.

The early departure of incumbents also means new committee leadership.

For policy advocates sponsoring a particular bill, that “changes the whole landscape.”

O’Donnell said his decision not to run for reelection wasn’t motivated by politics. “I’m not getting any younger…and being an elected official is not the sum of my being,” he said.

He plans to return to the classroom as a high school civics teacher.

But the fact that many of his colleagues on their way out are preparing to run for Congress or local office is “gonna have an impact on policy,” he said. “People are probably going to be more cautious of the big bills that seek to do Herculean changes.”

Where’s everyone going?

The Legislature’s “Great Resignation” is driven by a number of political trends — all of which have come to a head at roughly the same time.

A rash of congressional retirements and changes in district lines have inspired some legislators to seek

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Briefly Salvo erupts in Woodland street Woodland police are investigating a report of shots fired, which came in at 9:41 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 8.

Taking place on Cottonwood and W. Cross street, reports conflicted that the exchange of fire took place between either a white, modern Mustang, a street motorcycle or a dark sedan. No victims were reported and the Gang Task Force has been notified.

High-speed chase ends in arrest An alleged speeding spree in Woodland sent the driver to jail on Wednesday morning.

Police gave chase to a vehicle speeding at 65 mph down E. Gibson Road and Pioneer Avenue at 8:51 am on Jan. 12. After refusing to yield, the chase came to a halt at Kincheloe Court where Jovon Lamar Kelly was arrested.

The 31-year-old Woodland resident was booked at Yolo County Jail for evading and warrants.

Felon held for gun violation A woodland man may be going back to prison over a new weapons charge.

Back in December, a handgun was discovered during a probation search which begat a further investigation by the Gang Task Force. At 2:59 p.m. on Jan. 7, the investigation led to the arrest of Woodland resident Prashveel Singh at the 1400 Block of E. Gum Avenue.

The 28-year-old faces charges of weapons violations including a felon in possession of a firearm.

Police look into hit-and-run Road rage flared at 7:32 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 12, at the intersection of Matmor Road and E. Gum Avenue in Woodland.

The victim reported that a sedan pulled up next to him in the intersection, brandished a firearm then rammed his vehicle into the victim’s vehicle before driving away.

Investigations are still ongoing.

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RESIGNATION: Ambition, opportunities make changes From Page A2 higher office. That’s the case for Kevin Mullin, a San Mateo Democrat second in the Assembly pecking order to Speaker Anthony Rendon, who has been endorsed by the retiring U.S. Rep. Jackie Speier to succeed her.

Likewise, after Rep. Karen Bass announced her bid for Los Angeles mayor last year, Kamlager opened up a congressional fundraising committee before making it official this week.

The approach of term limits may also be pushing some incumbents to an early retirement. Of the 14 legislators so far not seeking reelection in 2022, 10 would have been termed out in 2024 anyway.

“Some of these members were going to raise a bunch of money to — what?” said Republican strategist Matt Rexroad. “Go serve for just two more years and then have no obvious (state) Senate and congressional seat to run for?”

If 2022’s bevy of retirements looks big, it’s nothing compared to the next cycle, said Paul Mitchell, vice president of Political Data Inc. which provides voter tracking services to Democratic campaigns.

Because the Legislature’s 12-year term limit law went into effect in 2012, “between 2024 and 2028 you’re going to see the entire Assembly turnover,” he said.

That’s good news for those who make their money off of elections.

“Consultants that weathered the last few years of minimal election activity are finally going to get some big years,” Mitchell said.

New maps, new politics Maybe the biggest factor driving the political turnover: The state’s newly inked electoral maps.

Last week, incumbent Republican Rep. Tom

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Assembly members on the floor during the first day of the legislative session on Jan. 3.

McClintock announced that he would be running to represent the state’s new 5th Congressional District, which spans the Sierra foothills from Placerville to Kings Canyon National Park and includes a big chunk of the district represented by Republican Devin Nunes, who resigned last week to head former President Donald Trump’s new media company.

That left the northern portion of McClintock’s old district without an incumbent — and cleared the way for Kiley to make his move.

In cobbling together the new districts for the state’s 120 legislative and 52 congressional seats, California’s independent redistricting commission was barred from taking an incumbent’s political prospects into account.

In some cases, the commission placed politically safe lawmakers in more competitive seats, stripped them of the communities with which they felt the most affinity or placed multiple legislators together into the same district.

When Gonzalez took the union job last week, she sidestepped a difficult choice of either running against fellow Democratic Assemblymember Akilah Weber of San Diego or relocating to another district.

State lawmakers, unlike members of Congress, must reside within their districts.

Likewise, labor champion Leyva was placed into the same Inland Empire state Senate district as moderate Democratic Sen. Susan Rubio. Leyva, however, said her decision not to run again had nothing to do with the prospect of a costly intraparty reelection fight.

Instead, she said the new district, which now stretches into the San Gabriel Valley, no longer reflects her geographic loyalties. “My heart is in San Bernardino County,” she told CalMatters. “Those are my people.”

So far, a handful of paired-up incumbents have decided to duke it out with a current colleague of the same party. Democratic

Assemblymembers Laura Friedman and Adrin Nazarian will be running against one another in the San Fernando Valley. Ditto, Democratic state Sens.

Anna Caballero of Salinas and Melissa Hurtado of Sanger. And Assembly Republicans Tom Lackey and Thurston Smith will be vying for the same high desert district that stretches from Lancaster to the Nevada border.

Asked about the prospect of competing against a colleague and party member, Smith cited Ronald Reagan’s “11th Commandment” not to speak ill of a fellow Republican. “Keep it civil. Let’s talk about the issues,” he said. Lackey, for his part, called the matchup “awkward,” but said there was nothing personal in the race.

He also rejected the notion that it would influence his votes in the Legislature: “I’ll still be the same guy that I was before.”

And for those incumbents who choose not to fight or depart, there’s the Evan Low approach. After

finding himself stuck in the same Assembly district with Los Altos Assemblymember Marc Berman, the Cupertino Democrat decided to settle things with a mock pillow fight — before announcing that he would be moving to a neighboring district to seek reelection.

Relocating isn’t to everyone’s taste. Sen. Josh Newman of Fullerton was placed into the same district with fellow Orange County Democrat, Sen. Dave Min. Because Senate terms last four years and both were elected in 2020, they won’t have to make a decision about how to proceed until 2024.

Newman has already ruled out the possibility of settling the impasse by moving.

“I can only imagine that conversation,” he said. “I say to my wife, ‘Hey, I got this great idea!’ And she’d be like, ‘Hey, take care.

Keep in touch.’”

— CalMatters reporter Mikhail Zinshteyn contributed to this story.

Deadline to apply for Thriving Pink grants is Feb. 15 Speical to The Enterprise Thriving Pink will continue its Granting Pink Program which provides financial assistance to those diagnosed and impacted by breast cancer in Yolo County.

The individual grants provide direct support for immediate and essential needs, including medical care, rent, groceries, treatment, and prescriptions.

“We are very grateful to many generous donors and supporters which make this core program possible,” shares Executive Director Mary Yin Liu. Platinum and Hot Pink Partners include the George and Lena Valente Foundation, Brooks Painting/Jeremy Brooks, the Zumbathon Team, Yolo Community Foundation, and Woodland McDonald’s.

Individual grant applications are now available on the website at www.thrivingpink.org in English and in Spanish, and can be submitted to info@thrivingpink. org by Feb. 15, 2022. Individuals can also nominate a friend, neighbor, or family member who could use some financial support, and fill out the straightforward

application on their behalf.

The maximum individual grant award is $2,000, with approximately $50,000 in funds available this grant cycle.

“The generosity and personal support provided for those of us who receive these generous gifts makes Thriving Pink unique in this community,” says Sandy Walsh, a past grant recipient who volunteers her time to support the Pink Speaker Series workshops for Thriving Pink.

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A home design that blends multiple elements seamlessly can be both inviting and visually interesting. If you’re planning to upgrade your living space in 2022, consider incorporating materials like stone and brick, which bring color, texture and functionality while complementing some of this year’s leading design trends.

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Nature is inspiring an array of design elements this year. You may see this trend emerging through increased use of glass for light and views of nature, as well as continued focus on the versatile and transitional indoor-outdoor spaces that gained momentum during the height of the pandemic. Approaches may vary depending on the homeowner’s style and climate, but examples include larger patios in brick and stone, as well as more functional private patios and porches. Another aspect of this trend is the tendency for homeowners to integrate indoor con-

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Look for a shift toward warmer colors like beige, tan, caramel, cocoa and even black. Designers are moving from cool grays to a warmer coffee-inspired palette. The use of warmer colors on structural elements of a home, like brick, stone, siding, doors and shutters, offer visual warmth while making a statement.

Textures and patterns are popping up in many on-trend designs. Texture can enhance the overall feeling of a space by offering depth and complexity that draws a visitor into the room. The use of texture in a design element, like stone or brick, can provide visual interest and engage the mind with a tactile response that encourages interaction with the environment.

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Local code ensures new construction homes and renovation projects reflect the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Universal design, on the other hand, does more than make living spaces more accessible for those with disabilities. It expands on regulations to create more user-friendly spaces regardless of abilities, resulting in more enjoyable, functional design.

Often, when people think of universal design, they’re thinking of design that reflects the needs of seniors who wish to age in place. That’s not always the case; universal design can also benefit families with special needs or simply

serve as a smart investment for the future.

Principles of universal design To better understand universal design and how it might apply to your project, consider how the National Association of the Remodeling Industry (NARI) describes the seven principles of universal design: • Equitable use: The design is useful for people with diverse abilities.

• Flexibility: A wide range of individual preferences and abilities are accommodated.

• Simple and intuitive: The design is easy to understand regardless of the user’s experience, knowledge, language skills or current concentration level.

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• Tolerance for error: Recognizing the possibility of accidents, the design minimizes potential hazards.

• Low physical effort: The design can be used efficiently and comfortably and with minimal fatigue.

• Size and space: An appropriate size and space is provided and isn’t affected by the user’s body size, posture or mobility.

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When it comes to healthy, active aging, it’s all about making simple adaptations. This is especially true of outdoor chores, which can put a strain on wrists and hands.

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older adults and are designing products accordingly. For example, Scepter SmartControl fuel containers are operated with a squeezing action, making them much easier to use than other types of fuel containers, which require twisting a spout or holding down a button.

Stretch, strengthen and rest

As with any exercise that puts strain on a particular area of the body, while doing outdoor chores it’s important to both know your limitations and to take steps to keep yourself healthy. Yoga and stretching exercises that target your hands and wrists can improve mobility and boost strength, aiding in injury prevention. And remember, it’s okay to stop for breaks or to divide your chores up over multiple days.

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Trends in universal design

The line between practical universal design and convenience features that drive up a room’s “cool factor” is growing increasingly blurry, according to Gary Grabowski, owner of Greater Home Services and a NARI Universal Design Certified Professional (UDCP).

One example is curbless showers, which eliminates a wheelchair barrier with an appealing design element.

In fact, bathrooms are among the highest demand remodeling projects Grabowski sees, especially for people whose mobility is affected, either personally or for a loved one who visits the home.

Other examples of on-trend universal design in the bathroom are floating, wall-hung vanities. Grabowski said the open floor space that design creates is enticing whether you need to be able to roll a wheelchair under it or not.

Other on-trend upgrades, such as motion-activated fixtures like fans, faucets and touch controls for showers, may feel like a bit of luxury in the short-term but could serve an accessibility role

down the road.

In other parts of the house, luxury vinyl plank flooring continues to grow in popularity.

Not only is it practical and easy to clean, it’s appealing from a design standpoint and also offers a barrier-free advantage.

Getting started with universal design

Because most homeowners only explore universal design when there’s a specific need, the world of options is largely unknown. That’s why Grabowski recommends enlisting the help of a UDCP. “Knowing universal design and the features that enhance accessibility for all kinds of scenarios, I can suggest ideas that people have never thought of to make a living space easier to use,” he said.

Grabowski also suggests starting at least a year out so you can make plans from a big picture perspective, including ancillary projects that could make your project even more successful.

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COUNTY: Transmission stays elevated WORKPLACES:

State trying to cope

From Page A1 Just how high hospitalizations might rise remains to be be seen, but transmission continues at unprecedented levels.

“Our current case rate is 171 cases per 100,000 residents per day,” Sisson said Friday during a UC Davis Live event. “That is two and half times the previous peak that we’ve seen of cases in Yolo County, which was almost exactly a year ago during January of 2021.

“We are not out of the woods at all in terms of the potential for overwhelming our healthcare system with the number of Omicron patients who will be seeking care in the next two weeks,” Sisson said. “I wish I had better news, but the situation is not great right now.”

Since Wednesday, the county has reported 506 new SISSON County health cases of COVIDofficer 19, 216 of them in Davis.

Of those 216 cases, 78 were in the college-age population of 18- to 24-year-olds and 34 were in children under 18.

Both age groups are testing at high rates, particularly UC Davis students, but the community at large has been seeking testing like never before, leading to long lines at some testing sites in the last two weeks.

But that testing, thanks to Healthy Davis Together (and Healthy Yolo Together outside the city of Davis),

From Page A1 California Department of Public health issued guidance on Jan 6. that overrode rules on isolation and quarantine. Those rules are different and more specific to the kind of worker exposed.

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has given Yolo County the highest testing rate in the state of California, according to Sisson.

“We do twice the number of tests as the state average,” she said.

That’s especially been true in January, when unprecedented numbers of tests were done at Healthy Davis Together sites and on the UC Davis campus.

The UC Davis Genome Center processed 65,320 asymptomatic tests the week of Jan. 2-8, nearly 22,000 more tests than were processed in any previous week of the pandemic.

And so many of those tests were positive that the Genome Center was able to genotype only a portion of them to detect variants.

Genome Center scientists estimated the prevalence of the Omicron and Delta variants based on the samples collected. Their findings: 3,279 new Omicron variant cases and 61 Delta variant cases.

The estimated number of Delta cases marked an increase from 40 the week before while the estimated number of Omicron cases increased from 834 the week of Dec. 26-Jan. 1 to 3,279 the following week.

Currently, 98 percent of new cases are caused

by Omicron, Sisson said Friday.

———— On Friday afternoon, there were more than 500 Davis Joint Unified School District students in either isolation after testing positive or in quarantine following an exposure. Nearly 50 staff members were out with COVID-19.

So far in the month of January, 87 DJUSD staff members and 525 students have tested positive for COVID-19. Since the beginning of the pandemic, 903 students and 180 staff members have tested positive.

———— The county continues to provide free home antigen tests to individuals with a recent COVID-19 infection.

Under both state and county guidelines, individuals who test positive for COVID-19 may leave isolation after five days if they have a negative antigen test result.

The county will host five drive-thru pick-up events in the week ahead where antigen tests will be handed out. Individuals must have proof of a positive COVID

test in the last seven days, either PCR test results from a lab as shown on a phone or tablet or a photo of a home test with name and date of test.

The drive-thru events will take place Tuesday and Thursday at Sutter Health Park in West Sacramento; on Wednesday in Knights Landing and at a Healthy Davis Together site in Davis; and on Friday at the Health & Human Services Agency in Woodland.

Hours and other details have not been released yet but will be available on the county’s website, https:// www.yolocounty.org/coronavirus ———— Yolo County also will be holding large, drive-thru vaccine clinics at UC Davis on Tuesday and Wednesday. Both clinics will be open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and appointments can be scheduled at myturn. ca.gov The clinics will have Pfizer boosters for those ages 12 and up as well as Moderna boosters.

— Reach Anne TernusBellamy at aternus@ davisenterprise.net.

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DISC: Commission insists on underpass From Page A1 grade-separated bike/ pedestrian crossing of Mace be added to the project’s baseline features.

Without an undercrossing, several commissioners said they would not support the project, given the increase in vehicle traffic it would bring to the area.

Traffic Traffic analysis found DiSC 2022 would increase peak hour traffic volumes, but by about half as much as the larger DISC proposal would have done.

Still, mitigation measures proposed include widening Mace Boulevard and modifying intersections, including at Mace and Second Street, something Commissioner Emily Shandy noted in urging the inclusion of an undercrossing in the baseline features, which if approved by voters, could only be modified by another vote.

“I see a lot of mitigation measures and baseline project features regarding very specific capacityincreasing lane additions on Mace, adding right-turn lanes, widening intersections, widening things that are all going to add vehicle capacity on those roadways, that are called out very specifically in multiple places as requirements of this project,” Shandy said.

“And I recognize that those things are called for by the traffic study looking at how much traffic this project is going to generate.”

However, she said, “we cannot increase capacity enough to accommodate all of the vehicle traffic currently projected to be generated by this project and at the same time foster an environment that really promotes biking and walking and good, safe and comfortable connections for people to and from this project to the rest of the community.”

She noted that without an under-crossing, students who might live at

DiSC and bike to Harper Junior High School — which is across Mace — would face challenges. “(A)ny student who is trying to bike from this project to Harper Junior High School, which is right there, now has to cross back at Alhambra, where you’ve blown out that intersection four or five lanes on every approach,” she said. “That’s directly in conflict with all of this talk about how this is going to be the greatest and most sustainable project in the whole country and going to be so great for biking and walking.”

Commissioner Greg Rowe agreed.

“I’m in favor of the project, but I do have some concerns,” said Rowe.

“One of the things to realize,” he said, for those worried about increased vehicle traffic, is “the traffic on I-80 is going to get worse with or without the project” based on regional projections from the Sacramento Area Council of Governments and others.

“You can make all these local street improvements, but then as people who are looking to divert from I-80 begin to realize that the streets around the DiSC, whether it’s Second (Street), (Road) 32A, Mace, whatever, have been widened, they’ll go, ‘Oh, those streets are not as narrow as they used to be. I can get off the freeway and drive on those surface streets to divert from 80.’

And as the (environmental impact report) points out, that could have the unintended effect of making those streets less safe for pedestrians and bikes…

“I feel like I would not advance this project to the voters unless we can have a motion made tonight… that says the bike undercrossing has to be incorporated into the project. I don’t feel comfortable sending it to council without that.

I understand it’s a cost issue, maybe they can run the numbers and figure out a

way to do it,” Rowe said.

Housing All seven commissioners ultimately voted to recommend the undercrossing be required and also added additional recommendations, including a provision that affordable for-sale homes and rentals be built at the same time as marketrate housing units and not in later phases.

The latter request was put forward by Commissioner Georgina Valencia, who said, “I think that’s only fair.”

But Valencia and other commissioners generally praised the proposal.

One of the issues currently facing the city, Valencia said, is a lack of housing.

“This is one of the projects that will help us get to the place that we need to get to,” she said, “and that is not only market-rate housing, but affordable housing.”

The housing component would include 85 affordable units, including 28 rental units for low-income households and 18 for very low-income households.

Fifteen for-sale units would be set aside for moderateincome households.

According to city staff, the 85 units exceed the 61 that would be required under city policy.

“You’ve done more than the city requires,” Planning Commission Chair Cheryl Essex told the applicants.

“I think we always want more because we see such a huge need for affordable housing in this town, and, frankly, in this state and in the nation,” Essex added.

“It’s a huge challenge for us and I don’t know that any one project is going to solve that big problem, but you’ve made some strides in that regard and I thank you for that.”

She also noted that the city’s Finance and Budget Commission believes the project will benefit the city fiscally “and a lot of us want to see that because we have

high demands, us residents, of our city…”

“The fact that this project will have a $3.9 million net fiscal impact … is a big deal,” said Commissioner Michelle Weiss. “We have an investor. That investor and that investment could go elsewhere. So I’m always very aware of that.”

Valencia added that, “there are other community benefits that are part of this project, and that’s jobs. And I’ll call them white-collar jobs — generally high-paying jobs. We’re talking about research, labtechnician-type positions.”

Offering a note of caution was Commissioner David Robertson, who said while the city may need a project like DiSC, it might not be what is needed now, “based on things like COVID, and that the way people are employed and perform services are not like they were a year ago, two years ago.”

About 40 people called into the meeting during public comment, and of the 30 or so who called in support, many were UC Davis students who said DiSC would provide the jobs and housing that would enable more graduates to stay in Davis.

But Rowe voiced some concern that the housing might not pan out that way.

“Campus has fallen way behind on building student housing,” he said, “so I’m concerned that we could have a situation where developers or investors buy houses here or rental units and then turn around and rent them to students.

“Hopefully that won’t happen,” Rowe said. “Perhaps this is going to be viewed as being too far from campus. Plus the design of the units, in terms of the number of bedrooms doesn’t lend itself to that.”

With the Planning Commission’s recommendation, the DiSC 2022 proposal heads next to the City Council for a public hearing on Feb. 1.

Defining masks If workers choose to wear a fabric mask, rather than a surgical or medical one, the new rules clarify that it needs to be sufficiently thick and tightly woven to not let light pass through it when held up to a light source.

The rules also require employers to ensure workers wear masks as required by California’s public health department.

On Dec. 15, a new statewide mask mandate that includes workplaces went into effect, and it’s slated to remain in place until Feb. 15. Workers need to wear masks indoors, but if a worker is alone in a room with a closed door, or if the workplace is a single person operation, masks aren’t needed.

Business leaders push back Business and industry advocates protested the new rules at a public meeting in mid-December. Melissa Patack, vice president of state government affairs for the Motion Picture Association, said the proposed new rules requiring asymptomatic, vaccinated workers who were exposed to maintain 6 feet of distance would be challenging for her industry.

“Those who work closely with actors such as

those who style hair, those who apply makeup…cannot maintain six feet of distance from the actor when doing their work,” she said.

That rule has since been superseded by guidance from the California Department of Public Health.

Robert Moutrie, a policy advocate with the California Chamber of Commerce, pointed out that the changes mean employers are on the hook for providing even more tests to employees, and tests are in short supply.

What comes next During that December meeting, business advocates critiqued the system of updating temporary rules every few months, saying it was hard for employers to keep up.

The new rules are set to expire in mid-April. Originally, regulators were going to be forced to come up with a longer term solution at that point, but just hours after the new temporary rules were approved in December, Gov. Newsom issued an executive order allowing regulators to do one more temporary revision and extension of the rules.

How, exactly, are employers supposed to ensure workers’ fabric masks meet the new standard of not letting light pass through? As the revised rules go into effect, figuring out how to follow them may be no simple task.

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Cancer claims life of Davis Shoe Shop owner Memorial service set for Jan. 24 in Fair Oaks

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have some sad news about Davis Shoe Shop. Owner Melissa Skinner died Jan. 2 after a three-year battle with pancreatic cancer. She was 42.

I spoke with Melissa’s husband, Evan Skinner, on Thursday. He’s struggling to keep up with shoe repairs.

“I’m a little bit behind, and I’m asking for patience from everybody.”

The store has been a Davis institution since 1946.

It’s at 223 C St. Though he wasn’t the shop’s founder, Jay Peterson, Melissa’s father, was the face of the shop for many years.

Evan said, “Melissa was a huge part of this community ­— they saw her grow up.”

I’ve reported recently on Davis Shoe Shop’s sporadic hours. In September, Melissa admitted she was dealing with serious health and grief issues that have left “90% of my shoe shop work not done.”

At the time, she said she was embarrassed.

“My husband, Evan, is doing pretty much everything these days. He has to run the front of the shop, do his work, help me take care of our daughter, do all the housework, deal with all of our now-angry customers and so much more. We’re not trying to

leave our customers out to dry, it’s just been extremely difficult.”

The family plans a memorial service at 2 p.m. on Jan. 24 at Mount Vernon Memorial Park, 8201 Greenback Lane, Fair Oaks.

Married since December 2017, Evan’s and Melissa’s daughter, Elizabeth Skinner, turns 5 on Jan. 18. Melissa’s son, Logan Holder, is 16.

———— Here’s another surprise. Mt. BBQ House was open Thursday evening at 229 G St. It fills the former Sunrise Restaurant space.

Plans for the restaurant date back to 2017.

The site suffered a fire in 2018, and everything stalled.

I’d pretty much given up on it.

Its concept called for Chinese barbecue and skewered meat and seafood.

I saw a glimpse of the menu, which had several seafood options, ramen, rice, wings, popcorn chicken, gyoza and milk tea drinks.

——— The ax-throwing entertainment venue The Smart Axe is set to open on Friday, Jan. 21 at 720 Olive Drive, Suite U2.

The concept is a fun outlet and team-building activity where patrons throw an ax at a target.

It plans to be open daily, starting at 11 a.m. on weekends and around 3 p.m. on weekdays, with the final reservation starting at 9:30 p.m.

The 75-minute sessions are $25 per person.

Visit https://www.thesmart axe.com/ for more information.

——— After remodeling over the holidays, Thai Nakorn will reopen on Wednesday, Jan. 19. The Thai food restaurant at 424 G St. temporarily closed on Dec. 11.

——— Village Pizza & Grill’s last day is set for Saturday, Jan. 22.

The restaurant at 403 G St., which opened in 2009, is a victim of the pandemic.

On Thursday, owner Aziz Fattahi said the restaurant was closed for a few days because of employee illness.

He planned to reopen it before closing it again — possibly for good.

Fattahi also owns Village Pizza & Pints at 236 B St., Village Bakery at 814 Second St., and a wholesale production bakery at 2828 Spafford St. He said that while Pizza & Pints is doing OK, the revenue at the full-service Pizza & Grill was not enough to keep it open.

If he eventually reopens the restaurant, it will have a shorter menu and offer counter service.

——— The owners of the future Hikari Sushi & Omakase are

busy remodeling the former Cookies N Cones space at 110 F St., Suite A. Owner Zin Khine said she and husband Sithu Tun are waiting for health department and city permit approvals to proceed with the next phase of construction.

“Due to the holidays and COVID cases, everything is moving very slowly,” she said. They are hoping to open “no later than Valentine’s Day.” Khine and Tun are the previous owners of Mermaid Sushi inside the Davis Food Co-op.

Mermaid has a new owner.

——— Davis Cards & Games completed its move to its new, larger space at 1790 E. Eighth St. The bigger store makes room for Dungeons & Dragons, Pokémon, Magic the Gathering and other tournaments.

Owners Melissa Showalter and her daughter Gretchen Showalter are keeping their store’s former space at 654 G St., and plan to turn it into an escape room with virtual reality features.

——— Zest West Fresh Pastry closed its local bakery store on Dec. 24.

It was at 512 Main St. in Woodland.

Co-owner Erin Morris said, “The financial impacts of COVID and all that have come as a result were too much, and we had to make the decision to close. We will be returning to our cottage-food license in February, but the storefront is closed for good.”

The Woodland bakery opened in May 2019. Morris, a Woodland native, is co-founder and co-owner of Zest Fresh Pastry, based in Stonington Borough, Conn.

It started in 2012 at farmers markets and opened a bakery in 2013.

It also has a coffee bar in Ledyard, Conn.

——— Many local businesses are feeling the effects of the omicron variant, with severe labor and supply shortages.

A majority of restaurants are sticking to takeout or minimizing their hours.

I can’t keep up with all of them, but the permanent closures are listed in my Google spreadsheet of more than 325 Davis businesses.

It’s at https://bit.ly/DavisBusinesses.

In it, there are sheets for Restaurants-open, Restaurantsclosed, Coming soon, Businesses-retail, Businesses-service, and more.

Email me (address below) to suggest updates.

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

Hewitt joins Community Foundation board Yolo County resident Bret Hewitt has been elected to the Board of Directors of the Sacramento Region Community Foundation, a leading provider of philanthropic services in the capital area.

“Bret contributes a tremendous wealth of knowledge to our Board of Directors,” said Kate Stille, chair of the Board and chief impact officer of Nugget Markets Inc. “His expertise will be invaluable as our work to propel philanthropy in the Sacramento region continues — work he knows well after many years as a member of the foundation’s Investment Committee and a foundation fundholder himself.”

Over the course of a 45-year career as a public finance and endowment investments executive, Hewitt contributed to the success of organizations of varied size and purpose — including a Fortune 50 firm, a major research university, an innovative municipality, and multiple nationally recognized nonprofits — through implementation of customized endowment strategies.

Now retired, Hewitt commits his time and expertise to community service.

In addition to his role as a member of the Investment Committee for the Foundation, he currently serves as President of the Board of Directors for its affiliate, Yolo Community Foundation.

Hewitt volunteers in

many capacities with UC Davis and the city of Davis.

He has served in various volunteer capacities for the university for over 30 years.

In 2011, he was recognized with the Jerry Fielder Memorial Award, the most prestigious honor awarded by the Cal Aggie Alumni Association.

He is the past chair of the City of Davis Planning Commission and currently serves as the chair of the Davis Joint Unified School District Citizens’ Bond Oversight Committee.

For 23 years, he served on the Board of Trustees of

the Studio Theatre, one of the largest nonprofit theaters in Washington, D.C. “In my previous career, I enjoyed the privilege of working with community foundations and know well the value of their work in their respective communities,” said Hewitt. “I look forward to doing the same with the Sacramento Region Community Foundation.”

Hewitt holds undergraduate and graduate degrees from UC Davis and an MBA from Stanford University.

He currently resides in

Davis with his daughter, a high-school sophomore.

Since 1983, the foundation has been the primary provider of philanthropic services in El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento and Yolo counties.

In 2021, it awarded over $18 million in grants and scholarships.

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Fly fishers to hear about local rivers Special to The Enterprise This month, on Tuesday, Jan. 25, live at Stonegate Country Club and via Zoom webinar, the Fly Fishers of Davis will hear from Jon Martin, who will cover seasonal target species of both the Feather and Yuba Rivers.

He will cover, in brief, fly angling tactics for trout, steelhead, and shad as well as relevant equipment, flies, access points, river safety and other local tidbits. The presentation will focus primarily on winter and spring/early summer angling opportunities so that attendees will be able to use the guidance to enhance their angling experiences in the months to come.

Growing up in Sacramento, Martin used to fish as a youngster when his parents took trips to the Sacramento Delta or up to the Sierras where they camped every summer. He still has a vivid memory of his first bluegill and watching his bobber disappear under the water like magic and his first mountain trout caught on a salmon egg. He also remembers the day he decided he needed to try fly fishing.

Martin was sitting on a log that spanned the river with a camping buddy, and they had been trying to catch two large planters all morning, throwing lures and bait to no avail. They were frustrated and getting bored. Martin saw the fly line first, whipping through the trees around the the bend in the river and was mystified. Then a nice gentleman clad in fly fishing regalia approached their log and said hello. They proceeded to disclose their dilemma with the two unreasonable trout.

He asked if he could have a go, and with a few flicks of an Adams and a brief

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Jon Martin with a rainbow trout on the Feather River. Below, the Fly Fishers of Davis will hear all about fishing on the Yuba River, too. tussle he had brought both trout to hand. He gave them to the pair to take home to the campfire then disappeared downstream.

Martin’s dad had an old Fenwick fiberglass rod lying around in the garage and the rest is history.

Martin has fly fished the Northern California area for the last 25 years — he believes he has learned a thing or two. Having decided that he had caught enough fish for a lifetime, he figured he should share his passion for the sport with others.

This sport, steeped in history and tradition, is very special to Martin as are the people, rivers and fish that he encounters on his outings.

His goal is to share the joy of the outdoors and fly angling with anyone who cares to listen. Martin is a trout and steelhead angler 75 percent of the time, but also enjoys warm and salt water angling when opportunities present themselves. He looks forward to

enriching your angling experience in Northern California and beyond.

The Fly Fishers of Davis meet on the last Tuesday of the month. Currently, the club meetings are hybrid, with people gathering at Stonegate Country Club (919 Lake Blvd. in Davis) and via Zoom Webinar.

Come around 7 p.m. to check out the various outings, ask about the club, or try your luck at the monthly raffle. If you’re interested in learning to fly fish come to

the meeting and ask anyone about our introductory and intermediate fly-fishing courses. For more information, email info@ flyfishersofdavis.org or visit the club's web page at flyfishersofdavis.org.

The Fly Fishers of Davis follow Yolo County COVID guidelines. A mask is required to attend the live meeting. To register for this Zoom Webinar go to https://zoom.us/webinar/ register/WN_w5H0PsRM QYeEZgHFZ9o2sQ.

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Suicide Prevention and Crisis Services of Yolo County (SPYC) will hold a six-week crisis line volunteer training beginning March 1st – April 5th 2022.

Crisis line volunteers play a role in saving the lives of Yolo County residents; when they join the dedicated team of volunteers who answer the phones at SPYC, they become the first point of human contact in the steps toward mental health.

Volunteers undergo a 40-plus hour training program in which they develop the skills needed to address issues of depression, suicide, family relationship conflicts, and mental illness. Initially, volunteers commit to serving six hours per week with a one-year service commitment upon successful completion of the training program.

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SPYC will be interviewing prospective volunteers until February 17th and will accept applications for this training up until February 15th.

Those interested in applying are asked to please review the training dates listed below to ensure they will be able to attend each training date; there

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Smyte to retake reins of DHS football program

By Mike Bush Enterprise sports editor Steve Smyte is back in the saddle.

On Friday night, Davis High Athletic Director Jeff Lorenson announced that Smyte is returning as the Davis High football head coach, pending approval by the Davis Joint School District’s Board of Trustees.

“It’s really exciting to get a guy like coach Smyte back,” Lorenson said. “The connection coach Smyte has with our student-athletes, our school community and our families is a recipe for success.”

Smyte replaces Mark Johnson, who replaced Smyte after he resigned following the spring 2021

season in which the Blue Devils posted a 1-2 record in the Delta League and 1-3 overall.

Last fall, during Johnson’s only season, the Blue Devils went 1-5 in league and 1-8 overall. Davis’ only win was against Pleasant Grove, 42-19, at Ron and Mary Brown Stadium on Oct. 15, 2021.

Shortly after the season ended, Johnson resigned, stating that he was offered, and accepted, a fulltime job working in sales with a commercial uniform-supply company. Prior to his new job, Johnson was working as a substitute teacher in Yolo County. Johnson had coached defensive linemen in the American River College’s football program in Sacramento in 2019.

Former Davis High football head coach Steve Smyte, according to DHS Athletic Director Jeff Lorenson, will return as the Blue Devils’ head signal caller pending approval from the school board.

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He served as the Woodland Christian High head coach from 2014 to 2018. He was also the UC Davis football team’s defensive coordinator from 2009 until 2012.

Smyte continued to coach football last fall, serving as offensive coordinator for the first-year football team at Lincoln University in Oakland.

In his three seasons in charge of the Blue Devils’ program, Smyte compiled an overall record of 17-10. That included a 10-2 record in the 2019 season that Davis won the Delta League title for the first time since the 1994 season. The Blue Devils beat Gregori of Modesto in the first round of the Sac-Joaquin Section Division I playoffs, 41-7, then Inderkum ended Davis’ season with a 43-21 win.

More in-depth story on Smyte returning to the Blue Devil sidelines will appear later online and in print.

— Contact Mike Bush at mike@davisenterprise.net. Follow on Twitter: @MBDavisSports.

Take final score to the bank

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ow that the college football season has finally concluded after Georgia thumped Alabama for the grand prize (and North Dakota State won the FCS title for the millionth time), I’m here to suggest a different plan for determining our annual national champion.

It’s called the Comparative Scores Scoreboard and its accuracy has never been questioned.

What it means, basically, is you compare the scores of two teams against a common opponent to determine who might win when those two teams actually play each other.

Gamblers and oddsmakers have relied on comparative scores for a long time, often with great success.

Say, for instance, UC Davis beat Tulsa, 19-17. In fact, UC Davis did beat Tulsa, 19-17. That indisputably means the Aggies are two points better than Tulsa. After all, they proved it on the field of play.

As the season unfolded, someone else also beat Tulsa. That team was Cincinnati. The Bearcats won, 28-20, meaning they are eight points better than Tulsa.

So, if Cincinnati is eight points better than Tulsa, and UC Davis is two points better than Tulsa, simple math will tell you that Cincinnati is six points better than UC Davis.

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incinnati went on to beat Notre Dame, 24-13, an 11-point margin of victory.

Now, if Cincinnati is 11 points better than the Fighting Irish, but only six points better than the Aggies, it stands to reason that UC Davis is five points superior to Notre Dame.

Again, simple math.

No wonder the Irish refuse to play any team from the FCS. Notre Dame beat Stanford, 45-14, a 31-point margin that means UC Davis is 36 points above Stanford.

Stanford, however, turned around and stunned Oregon, 31-24, giving the Aggies a 43-point advantage on the Ducks, which sounds about right.

You may remember that Oregon went back to the famed Horseshoe in Columbus and drubbed Ohio State, 35-28, pushing UCD’s margin of victory to 50 points over the Buckeyes.

Seems reasonable to me.

Now here’s where things get interesting.

Despite their overwhelmingly inferior status to UCD, the Buckeyes did rout Michigan State, 56-7, a 49-point margin that means the Aggies are without a doubt 99 points better than Michigan State, though Dan Hawkins likely would pull his starters before the score got that bad.

Michigan State whipped Michigan,

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Blue Devil Aidan Crawford (5) drives against the Sheldon defense in Friday’s Delta League game. Davis High lost the game 67-44.

Blue Devil boys hoops squad falls to Sheldon

By Mike Bush Enterprise sports editor Tavi Maes went coast-to-coast for a basket for his Davis High boys basketball teammates toward the end of the second quarter of Friday’s Delta League home game against Sheldon High’s squad.

That seemed to give the Blue Devils momentum entering the lockerroom at halftime, only trailing by three points. But the visiting Huskies raced to a fast start in the final two quarters, which led to them posting a 67-44 victory over Davis (4-7 overall, 0-2 league).

“We became a little hesitant to shoot,” said Davis head coach Daniel Gonzalez of the Blue Devils’ shooting selection in the final 16 minutes of the game. “I give (Sheldon) credit. They changed a little bit of their scheme on defense; they put a little bit more pressure on our shooters. We just weren’t able to create the open shot.”

Sheldon (9-8, 2-1) held a 28-23 lead in the final seconds of

the second quarter. Then Maes stole the ball from a Huskies player at the north end of the gym, went coast-to-coast to the south end of the gym and putting the basketball through the net for a bucket and that narrowed the Huskies’ lead to a 28-25 at the buzzer.

But Sheldon, led by Rashaud Bradley, Marcellus Franklin and Jaden Woodard, got off to a fast start in the third quarter, as they combined for 11 points. That helped Sheldon take a 38-28 advantage halfway through the quarter, completing a 10-3 run on the Blue Devils.

“Sheldon is a good team,” Gonzalez said. “They’ve got athletes. I really think that they picked up the pressure to start the second half and we didn’t match it.”

Davis was still within distance of the Huskies at the end of the quarter, as Sheldon held a 42-32 lead after three quarters.

But Sheldon went on a 7-0 run to start the fourth quarter, which led to a 49-32 advantage with 5:34 left on the clock. The

Huskies’ defense forced early Blue Devil turnovers, which proved to be the difference.

“Then we started to reach in and our footwork just got away from us,” Gonzalez said. “When you start reaching on defense, as oppose to moving your body with your feet, it’s only going to open things for them.”

Sheldon outscored Davis 25-12 in the final quarter.

In the first quarter, Davis overcame early turnovers in the opening minutes, and then turned the table on Sheldon, which was guilty of eight turnovers in the quarter. The Blue Devils’ defense inside the paint forced the Huskies front and back court to turn the ball often or pass and watch it go out of bounds.

“We were collapsing really well,” said Gonzalez of the Blue Devils’ defense in the opening quarter.

Tack on two 3-pointers from Blue Devil forward Jackson Isidor (10 points), and Davis sat on a 14-10 lead after the opening quarter.

Moving to the second quarter, Sheldon slowly chipped away at the Blue Devils’ lead behind the scoring of Tyrice Daniels, who had 5 of his 12 points in the quarter. Along with Husky teammate in Bradley, Sheldon took advantage of Davis turnovers in the paint, and converted most of them into points. Sheldon took the lead at 25-23 with 2:49 left in the quarter thanks to its own offensive rebound and basket.

Davis guard Noah Salmon was the team’s leading scorer with 11 points. Behind Isidor in scoring was point guard Colin Walsh and Maes, both of whom had 5 points each.

On Saturday, Davis played Liberty, at Sheldon, in the Huskies’ Simply Basketball Showcase.

Then on Monday, the Blue Devils return to league play at Cosumnes Oaks. On Wednesday, Davis returns to Elk Grove, this time playing at Franklin. On Friday, Jan. 21, Davis goes back to the same city, but at Pleasant Grove. All games are scheduled to start at 7 p.m.

Aggie women’s tennis season start delayed Special to The Enterprise The UC Davis women’s tennis team will have to wait a bit longer to kick off 2022 and the dual match portion of the season.

The Aggies’ road matches against Arizona State on Saturday and Northern Arizona on Sunday in Tempe, Ariz. have both been canceled due to COVID-19 issues within the Aggie program.

UC Davis is scheduled to compete at Stanford on Thursday, Jan. 20. The Aggies do not play at home until the first Big West Conference match of the season on Jan. 29 against UC Irvine at 11 a.m.

Women’s basketball The UC Davis women’s basketball team’s scheduled home contest with Cal Poly at the University Credit Union Center on Saturday has been canceled due to COVID health and safety protocols with the Mustangs’ program.

Per Big West Conference guidelines

UCD roundup (https://bigwest.org/news/2021/12/22/ basketball-the-big-west-updates-policiesregarding-canceled-games.aspx), the game will be declared a “no contest.”

The Aggies, who have lost four of their first six contests to health and safety protocols since the start of the league schedule, which included Thursday’s game against CSU Bakersfield, are next scheduled to take the floor at home on Thursday, Jan. 20, against UC Santa Barbara at 6 p.m. at the University Credit Union Center.

UC Davis is then scheduled to host CSU Northridge on Saturday, Jan. 22, at 2 p.m., in what was to be the finale of a four-game homestand.

Cal Aggie HOF nominations The Cal Aggie Athletics Hall of Fame committee is now accepting nominations for next year’s class, Aggie Legacy Award

and Special Recognition Award selections.

Even though nominations are accepted year-round, the deadline for 2022 Hall of Fame consideration is Jan. 31.

The following criteria is used by the selection committee for its list of annual honorees. n Student-athletes 1.) Outstanding achievement(s) and/or distinction(s) in Intercollegiate Athletics at UC Davis. a. Outstanding achievement(s) or distinction(s) shall be defined as: i. Setting school, conference or national records; ii.

Recognition at the school, conference, regional or preferably national levels 2.) Accomplishment should be achieved in a manner that exemplifies the UC Davis concept of a student-athlete. a. Graduation, while preferred, is not a necessary condition. However, a student-athlete must have made meaningful progress towards graduation as required by NCAA

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New approach to social maladies

Putting it all W on the line for voting rights

By Llewellyn King Special to The Enterprise

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lection day isn’t celebrated, and for most of us, voting is inconvenient. So much so that only presidential elections draw a decent turnout. In 2020, a record year, 66.8 percent of the electorate voted.

The ballot box towers in significance in its consequence, but it seems banal when you traipse to a church hall, an armory or a high school to do the deed.

Also, people in line to vote act strangely, suspecting each other of being a supporter of the rascals who have either made a mess of things or the rascals who will make a mess of things.

Given these things, and without regard to the present standoff in Congress over the For the People Act, it would seem to me that voting by mail, or even electronic voting, makes sense. We do most things of consequence electronically. The failsafe ID for voting in most states is a driver’s license. The Republicans are against voting by mail and electronic voting, but in most states, you can renew a driver’s license by either means. Kafkaesque?

For Joe Madison, the legendary Black broadcaster and human and civil rights activist, voting is vital, and the ability to cast your vote easily and without duress is sacred. Further, he believes that contrived exclusion from the polls is a major felony against people of color.

Madison is prepared to put his life where his mouth is: He began a hunger strike for voting rights on Nov. 8, 2021.

During his college days, Madison was an allconference running back on the football team, but now he is emaciated. He is following a liquid diet like one his friend Dick Gregory, the late comedian and civil rights activist, developed for his hunger strikes.

Madison told me he falls asleep at odd times and wakes up during the night. There is physical discomfort. Although he is getting to the point where the stress is showing, he plans to continue his hunger strike.

I have known Madison for over 20 years. I can hear the weakness in his voice. He is still doing his live radio talk show on SiriusXM Radio daily from 6 a.m. until 10 a.m. Eastern Time. As someone who has done four hours straight on radio, I can attest that in the best of health, it is a workout.

hile it deals with the stubborn COVID-19 pandemic, California is also contending with a smorgasbord of equally resilient social pathologies, including chronic illness, homelessness, poverty, drug and alcohol abuse, mental illness and street crime.

State and local governments have created programs to ameliorate the effects of these maladies, but they generally operate in silos, each aimed at a particular condition without overt coordination with others, even though the persons they serve very often have multiple issues.

For example, a homeless person not only lacks shelter, but is poor and likely to have medical problems and suffer from mental illnesses, alcoholism or drug addiction that involves the criminal justice system.

Moreover, official approaches have largely been passive, offering sufferers opportunities to improve their lot, but, except in rare circumstances, not requiring them to cooperate.

The 2022-23 state budget that Gov. Gavin Newsom proposed last week signals that the state will begin approaching chronic social problems differently, integrating services with the

goal of “whole person care,” intervening more aggressively and, in some cases, taking charge of those whose lives are out of control.

The centerpiece of this new approach is called “California Advancing and Innovating Medi-Cal” or CalAIM for short, which Newsom celebrated it as a “once-in-a-generation opportunity to completely transform the (Medi-Cal) system in California” when he signed enabling legislation. Medi-Cal, California’s medical care system for the poor, has 14-plus million enrollees, more than a third of the state’s residents.

CalAIM is described in the budget as “a framework that encompasses a broadbased delivery system, program, and payment reform across the Medi-Cal program (that) recognizes the opportunity to move the whole person care approach that integrates health care and other social determinants of health, to a statewide level

with a clear focus on improving health and reducing health disparities and inequities, including improving and expanding behavioral health care.”

“Past research indicates that the highest‑cost (MediCal) enrollees typically are being treated for multiple chronic conditions (such as diabetes or heart failure) and often have mental health or substance use disorders,” the Legislature’s budget advisor, Gabe Petek, says in one analysis of CalAIM. “Costs for this population often are driven by frequent hospitalizations and high prescription drug costs. In some cases, social factors like homelessness play a role in the high utilization of these enrollees.”

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ith Medi-Cal serving such a huge chunk of the state’s population, CalAIM could fhave massive societal effect — especially since it envisions a much-expanded role. For example, insurance companies and other Medi-Cal providers will assign personal care managers for their clients, not only to monitor their medical care, but to improve other aspects of their lives, such as housing and income support.

The state’s new approach will also affect California’s criminal justice system,

which has been evolving away from punishment and toward rehabilitation for the past decade. Newsom is also proposing that before being released from prison, inmates be enrolled in Medi-Cal and thus have a broader array of supportive services.

That automatic enrollment is emblematic of the more activist, or intrusive, attitude Newsom is advocating and another example could be a huge change in mental health.

During his budget press conference, he hinted again that he wants to subject those with severe mental illnesses to a “conservatorship” process that could compel them to be housed and treated, rather than allow them to roam the streets.

These are huge changes of direction in medical and social services by a state that doesn’t have a positive track record of managing highconcept policies. We can only wait to see whether it works.

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

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adison sees the current battle over voting rights in the Senate and the Republicancontrolled state legislatures’ push to restrict voting rights as reminiscent of the end of Reconstruction when the South began to push back against Black voting rights granted at the end of the Civil War. “It included poll taxes, literacy qualifications, and property ownership, and led to lynching and the emergence of the Ku Klux Klan,” Madison said.

He told me he is worried for the future of his children and grandchildren if voting rights should be abridged again. He has three daughters, a son, five grandchildren, and one great-grandchild. He wants the vote to be free and fair for them and their children. That is why he is staring death in the face and hoping that the Democrats will prevail, and good sense will triumph, he told me.

Madison studied sociology at Washington University in St. Louis where, in addition to being a football player, he sang solo baritone in the college chorus. On graduating, Madison went into civil rights work. At age 24, he became the youngest director of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People in Detroit.

Madison began his broadcasting career in Detroit in 1980 and moved to Washington in the 1990s, where he mixed broadcasting with activism in a slew of causes.

I met Madison when he was protesting slavery in Africa and went to Sudan to free slaves. He wants the world to know how critical the voting rights legislation is to the African American community. “If we don’t get that bill, it could cost the Democrats both houses and the White House.

African Americans may just be so fed up that they stay home and don’t vote,” he said.

Madison supports moves to modify the filibuster to bring about Senate passage. He is very hopeful the legislation will pass, and recalcitrant Democratic Sens. Joe Manchin (W. Va.) and Krysten Sinema (Ariz.) will vote for changes to the filibuster.

You don’t have to agree with Madison to admire him: A man with the courage of his convictions, measured by the endangerment of his health.

— Llewellyn King is executive producer and host of “White House Chronicle” on PBS. His email is llewellynking1@gmail.com and you can follow him on Twitter @LlewellynKing2. He wrote this for InsideSources.com.

Letters Role of military in Jan. 6 riot On the first anniversary of the insurrection, we must ask ourselves if we want to perpetuate a military class in our society.

The Christian Science Monitor suggests, “Americans promiscuously place veterans on a pedestal. This elevated status may be giving some vets the idea that they, more than others, know what’s best for the country.”

Unfortunately, some vets were persuaded by social media to disrupt our democracy.

According to a CBS analysis, at least 81 of the 700 individuals charged in the riot had ties to the U.S. military.

The tragic situation in Myanmar illustrates the danger of having a military class in society who appoint themselves as the arbiters of good governance.

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On Feb. 1, 2020, the generals there declared that the November election was fraudulent.

Unlike the Jan. 6 event in the U.S., their coup was successful, and Myanmar has been devastated as a result.

While the Myanmar military is somewhat different from ours, like any armed force, they have the weaponry and training to kill, which they have now employed on their own people.

Most recently, on Dec. 24, soldiers killed more than 30 people, including children, who were fleeing their homes.

In 1961, President Dwight Eisenhower warned in his farewell address, “we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military— industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists, and will persist.”

When I was a child in the ’60s I could never imagine soldiers attacking my community.

Unfortunately, participation of people trained by the U.S. military in the Jan. 6 riot, I can now.

This makes me wonder if we should

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be investing so much of our tax money into the military.

What would the USA would be like if we followed the lead of Costa Rica, which eliminated their military in 1948?

In the meantime, I support the Friends Committee on National Legislation which lobbies to keep the military in check.

What will you do to insure the military does not gain too much power in our society?

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Your Wednesday story about what is happening to UC Davis athletics is eyeopening to say the least.

Keep writing and researching this disturbing situation.

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Untangling ourselves from the dark side

By Robert C. Koehler Special to The Enterprise

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uess what? I direct the following insight to, among others, the U.S. Congress, which annually and without comment, with only a few objectors, passes a trilliondollar (and growing) military budget, by far the largest such budget on Planet Earth.

“You cannot simultaneously prevent and prepare for war.”

The words are those of Albert Einstein, in a letter to a congressman 75 years ago. He adds, pointing out a truth that is still waiting to resonate culturally and politically: “The very prevention of war requires more faith, courage and resolution than are needed to prepare for war.”

These words take a while to sink in, but as they do, some crucial — crucially ignored — realities emerge. The first is that waging war, or not, is a choice. Mainstream geopolitical reporting pretty much ignores this miniscule reality and covers the ever-simmering possibility of war — here, there and everywhere — as though it’s beyond human control, like a hurricane or a flood or a volcanic eruption. It’s certainly beyond the control of ordinary folks like you and me, who are spectators in the process and nothing more.

Robert Farley, for instance, writing at Business Insider about the planet’s vulnerable geopolitical future, discusses what he calls the “most dangerous flashpoints for the eruption of World War III” — disputed and problematic sites such as Ukraine, Taiwan, Iran and North Korea — where the big powers . . . Russia, China, the USA . . . might lose it with one another.

I’m not criticizing his political analysis, simply noting his portrayal of the planet’s dominant nations as smugly objective forces. For instance: “The pandemic isn’t over,” he writes, “but it is becoming part of the background noise of international politics, and great powers are recalibrating and reasserting their interests.”

What “interests” is he talking about? The unaddressed assumption here is that there is nothing more than a simplistic military-political will operating at the national level across

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The interest of power, when it reaches a certain level of dominance, is more power.

Commentary Planet Earth, a will that is only capable of asserting itself through violence, including nuclear violence, and with seriously limited capacity for selfreflection and no complex understanding even of its own interests. And this is our future: We’re probably going to blow ourselves up.

And, my God, there is indeed way too much truth to this, but if the mainstream coverage surrenders to this partial truth and leaves Einstein out — leaves out the fact that war is never inevitable and always a choice — the truth threatens to become absolute. This is what I truly fear.

The interest of power, when it reaches a certain level of dominance, is more power. Period.

And confronting this interest requires the courage Einstein spoke of.

Here’s an example of the difficulty involved in doing so, even if you are, let us say, president of

the United States, and happen to believe in the U.N. Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, which became international law in 1970. Article VI of the treaty reads: “Each of the Parties to the Treaty undertakes to pursue negotiations in good faith on effective measures relating to cessation of the nuclear arms race at an early date and to nuclear disarmament, and on a treaty on general and complete disarmament under strict and effective international control.”

Uh ... that was half a century ago.

Kim Petersen, addressing the matter, noted that Barack Obama — the guy who, before he took office, promised to do such things as close the Guantanamo Bay detention camp — also expressed commitment to a reduction in the country’s stock of nuclear weapons. What he wound up doing instead, Peterson writes, is “authorizing a $1 trillion nuclear modernization.”

So what’s going on? “You can-

not simultaneously prevent and prepare for war.” Electing a president who promises hope and change obviously isn’t enough.

The reality of our government is deep. There is a dark side, much of which is “classified,” and it could well be that the dark side rules, no matter who is president. But acknowledging this doesn’t mean surrendering to the inevitability of World War III — rather, just the opposite. Only by acknowledging that we live in something that isn’t really (or fully) a democracy can we truly start to become players in the planet’s future.

Here’s how Dick Cheney put it when he spoke on “Meet the Press” several days after 9/11: “We also have to work, though, sort of the dark side, if you will. ... A lot of what needs to be done here will have to be done quietly, without any discussion, using sources and methods that are available to our intelligence agencies, if we’re going to be successful. That’s the world these

folks operate in, and so it’s going to be vital for us to use any means at our disposal.”

Now it’s 20 years later. The U.S., operating on the dark side — and with the participation of four presidents — has dropped 337,000 bombs on countries across the Middle East, as well as legitimized torture in its secret prisons, in the process feeding and expanding terrorism, i.e., war itself. Waging war means waging terror. It means operating on the dark side.

This is not how we will survive. This is not our future. This is not our choice. We have enough of a democracy to listen to Einstein.

“The very prevention of war requires more faith, courage and resolution than are needed to prepare for war.”

— Robert Koehler (koehlercw@gmail.com), syndicated by PeaceVoice, is a Chicago award-winning journalist and editor. He is the author of “Courage Grows Strong at the Wound.”

After 24 months gone by, still missing you

By Karen Levy Special to The Enterprise

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ou left us on a Tuesday, my Mark, collapsing there on the path on the corner of J and Eighth, where we’d walked countless times, to have a coffee at The Cloud Forest Café on a lazy Saturday morning; or share a fish and chips at Burgers and Brew, perched on high stools, watching the town go by; a town in which we went on our first date twenty-nine years ago, sitting for hours, talking over a drink at Café Tutti, now long gone.

A town where we strolled hand in hand through the arboretum after suppers, sat on the grassy hill in the park to watch fireworks explode, listened to music at the Farmer’s Market, bought a house and made it ours. A house we filled with

Commentary warmth and guests every holiday, shared food and traditions and friendships I thought would last forever; a town in which we fell in love, planted gardens, grew velvety roses, morning glories blue as spilled ink, winding vines heavy with sweet grapes; then raised even sweeter children. A town where for the past twenty-four months I’ve watched life from the sidelines, as seasons came and went without you, time measured in grief.

Sultry summers filled with acrid smoke. Crisp autumns setting our trees ablaze with color; winters in which I just cannot get warm without your broad chest to burrow into, as winds howl and fog swirls around a house that has been rebelling since you

left; walls cracking, light bulbs flickering, appliances speaking a language I don’t understand. Then those stubborn springs; as though the garden hadn’t received the message that it too should stop, those roses bloomed; forcing me to lift my head and look at everything I couldn’t look at anymore without seeing you.

I’ve learned more in the last months than I could have in a lifetime. How to mow a lawn, a task I loved watching you do, leaving neat rows of emerald green, the smell of summer in your wake; learned where the water main lives, when the heater burst late one night, flooding half the garage before the plumber showed up. I learned that if you feed them, raccoons get real friendly and bring their babies; I learned to drive your car once a week, care-

fully maneuvering through town past destinations once ours, the time and date on the dashboard both wrong as though your car knows I’m just an imposter trying to navigate through the wrong life.

I’ve learned how to climb down a ladder from the roof without your hand at the small of my back, how to balance with pruners in one hand, my other arm wrapped around a tree, cutting only what I can reach; how to no longer count to four when I set the table, how not to walk to the passenger side of a car, where I foolishly found myself in various parking lots, waiting for you to take me home.

Now when people say I’m smart and will figure things out, I’ve stopped explaining what they can’t understand, that this isn’t the way it was meant to be, that being smart doesn’t

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stop loneliness when nights are darker, days are longer, winters colder, when grief becomes an uninvited lodger always whispering in the shadows. Being smart means thinking about what could’ve been done differently to save you then understanding it’s too late.

I learned to stop hoping that the creak of floorboards in hallways or the turning of a key in the lock could be you returning to me. Or that I could tell you about the book I read, the movie I saw, the Thanksgiving we spent alone. I can’t tell you that I watched our lovely Emma sleep, golden hair cascading, my heart aching because you will never see her again; that our beautiful Bailey used your recipe and made baklava, walking through the steps of that confectionary dance without you; that they are

both kind and resilient despite their terrible loss.

I learned not to look into the bathroom mirror where a white-haired stranger stares back; one who is reduced to tears by jars she can’t open; mail she doesn’t understand; gifts she can’t wrap as perfectly as you could, the thick silence of a house in which yours is still the loudest presence. I can’t tell you that I stand before you in the early mornings, shoes darkening in the wet grass, still bewildered by your name on that stone. I can’t tell you about a perfectly timed pandemic, the world coming to a halt, everyone getting a taste of isolation that will forever be mine.

I learned that there never was nor will be anyone who loved me like you did.

— Karen Levy is a Davis resident.

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So yeah, my husband is now president at SJ State

S

o did you hear the big news? My husband S, aka (former) Provost Steve Perez of CSU Sacramento, is now the interim president of San José State University. He started the job on Jan. 3.

Side note: When Steve was in sixth grade, he ran for school president under the slogan “Perez for Pres.” He, alas, did not win that election.

So before you ask the millions of questions we’ve been asking ourselves about this new gig, the answers are no, yes, yes, and I have no idea. While we’ve had a little time to get our heads around the whole thing — Steve was offered the one-year position before Thanksgiving and five days later the announcement was made — we are reveling in this exciting, adventure-of-alifetime opportunity.

What I want to talk about in this space — my space — are a few key details that I’d like shared with as many people as

possible. Because as I’ve told this news to acquaintances, some have immediately honed in on a particular aspect of this story.

Without actually saying it, they seem to say, “Why are you going to set aside all that you want to accomplish to follow him for his career?”

I get this line of thinking and don’t begrudge the thinker at all. But here’s the truth …

When Steve was first on the job market after finishing his Ph.D. in economics at UC Davis, I had an equal say in where that first job was. I wasn’t devoted to my career path at the moment, and he’d just spent five years working toward one he was sure was right. We’d been married for three years at this point, and while I didn’t want to leave California, Steve’s best job offer — the one setting him (and us!) up for the best mobility later — was at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Va.

We really enjoyed living and working in Richmond, but while pregnant with our first child and 3,000 miles away from our moms in California, I told Steve it was time for one of us to figure out how to get back to the West Coast. His next job, as an economics professor at Washington State University, was the perfect place for us.

At least it was for four years, until we had a second child. I again insisted we get closer to home, this time all the way back to California. Accepting a job at Sac State in 2001 was exactly the right thing.

As Steve’s career continued to advance and he had opportunities to pursue administrative roles, we regularly discussed how that would fit in with family life.

He wanted to coach our kids, to attend their concerts and ski races, to be home for dinner, etc. An academic life affords flexibility, which we both really valued; keeping his career ambitions in check until timing was better was an easy decision.

As both Perez children left for college, however, Steve applied and became the provost at Sac State, and his trajectory became more obvious. While I’m beyond biased, I believe it was inevitable that he’d be courted as a university president.

Since Steve really loved his work at Sac State and what the university was accomplishing on all fronts, he was able to be selective. This was as far as you can get from an “anywhere but here”

situation. Letters from search firms came with regularity, but when we sat down and talked about what was important to us in a potential new job, it was this: A public school, a Northern California location, a CSU. In these conversations, we recognized that we value the public school and CSU mission immensely. And I personally think NorCal should be the capital of the world, so why not watch for the exact right opportunity to come along?

And then the call came about San José State. So yeah, I am not being dragged or my life’s dreams subverted. I am an extremely willing and eager participant.

Go Spartans!

— Tanya Perez lives in Davis with her family. Her column is published every other Sunday.

Reach her at pereztanyah@ gmail.com. Follow her on Twitter at @CaliforniaTanya. Follow Steve Perez at @SJSUPrezPerez.

Hip hip hurray — give a cheer for new hospice reform laws Special to The Enterprise

YoloCares

hat does RotoRooter have in common with one of California’s largest hospice providers? They are both wholly owned subsidiaries of the Chemed Corporation, which is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol CHE. Headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, the company is “a leading provider of repair and maintenance services to the residential and commercial markets.”

Nearly 45 years ago, when grassroots physicians and community volunteers formed Yolo Hospice (now known as YoloCares), they never imagined a future where dozens of other multi-million and billion dollar forprofit hospice and palliative care companies would enter the market with the intent of profiting from patients during the most vulnerable time of their lives ... often at the expense of quality of care.

The proliferation of

for-profit hospices has been more pronounced in California than anywhere else in the country. In fact, the Los Angeles Times recently described the growth among California’s forprofit hospice industry as explosive. Even though hospice care was originally formed and introduced exclusively by nonprofit entities like YoloCares in the 1970s, nonprofits now represent less than seven percent of the 1,200 licensed hospices in the Golden State.

While some would argue that competition is healthy, the average consumer is usually not aware of the quality divide that separates nonprofit from forprofit care. A recent report commissioned by the National Partnership for Hospice Innovation (NPHI), reveals that nonprofit hospice patients receive more nursing support and nearly three times as many physician visits than they would receive from other programs.

By Craig Dresang

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For-profit companies are focused on making a profit for owners and shareholders. Nonprofit organizations are focused on fulfilling their mission.

Nationally posted quality scores from the country’s nonprofit sector routinely and significantly surpass the scores posted by forprofit competitors.

For-profit companies are focused on making a profit for owners and shareholders. Nonprofit organizations are focused on fulfilling their mission. While there may be high-quality forprofit hospices, a focus on the bottom line may come at the expense of patient care, according to the findings of the NPHI report.

In California, new hospice companies are sprouting up at a pace so rapid that State regulators cannot keep up, according to Holly Swiger, a national hospice consultant. For that reason, California’s nonprofit sector cheered earlier this month when

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed two hospice reform laws designed to strengthen hospice oversight. While some stakeholders applauded these steps as a way of thinning the crowded California market, they may very well frustrate providers seeking to grow their presence in the State.

The new laws put a moratorium on new licenses and mandate an extensive audit of California’s licensing and oversight processes, including an anti-kickback stipulation that prohibits hospices from paying healthcare providers for referrals.

According to Michael Milward, CEO of the California Hospice Network (CHN), “The new laws are critical steps towards preserving the quality of end-of-life care. The

moratorium is designed to curb new hospice licenses in areas that are already saturated with providers. Our hope is that the moratorium will help level the playing field for the nonprofit, mission-driven hospices that have always put patients, families and the communities they serve first.”

YoloCares is an affiliate of CHN which is a strategic partnership of California’s community-based nonprofit hospice providers. The network has been working together, along with leaders from NPHI, to champion meaningful changes and regulations related to end-of-life care.

To that end, and in response to reports from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG), both State and Federal agencies have been looking more closely at hospice organizations and companies. The OIG found that 20 percent of hospices nationwide experienced a condition-level finding from regulators that posed serious risks to

patient life and safety.

The number of hospices has risen six-fold in the last decade across Los Angeles County alone, with 97 percent of those being for-profit providers.

The recent LA Times report also indicated that the rapid expansion of California hospices correlates with rising instances of fraud and negligence. The piece highlighted a “cottage industry” of kickbacks and deceptive practices.

Milward says, “One of the most important things we can do to help patients access quality care is to better inform Californians about the differences between the longstanding community-based nonprofit hospice providers, and the hundreds of new, for-profit hospices that have sprung up in the past few years.” He adds, “Changes in the licensing process will hopefully reduce the proliferation of new hospices that are created or purchased to be a short-term play.”

— Craig Dresang is the CEO of YoloCares.

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Local scholars earn their way to honor rolls Special to The Enterprise

By Andy Jones Special to The Enterprise 1. Davisites with Recent Birthdays. Born on Jan. 14, what Davis author of legal thrillers has sold more than 10 million copies of his novels?

2. Sports. As of 2021, New York City is the North American city with the most major sports championships, at 61. What city comes in second, with 40?

3. Unusual Words. What S-verb means “to walk in a furtive, unobtrusive, or timid manner, especially sideways or obliquely”?

4. Another Music Question. Born in Canada in 1943, who did the website

AllMusic say may be “the most important and influential female recording artist of the late 20th century"?

5. Babies. True or False: Vaccinated women can pass COVID-19 antibodies to their babies.

Answers: John Lescroart, Boston, sidle, Joni Mitchell, true.

— Dr. Andy Jones is the former quizmaster at de Vere’s Irish Pub and author of the book “Pub Quizzes: Trivia for Smart People.”

His pub quiz is now seeking a new home. Meanwhile, Dr. Andy is also sharing his pub quizzes via Patreon. Find out more at www.yourquizmaster.com.

Alicia Carpenter of Winters has been named to Southern New Hampshire University’s Fall 2021 President’s List.

Full-time undergraduate students who have earned a minimum grade-point average of 3.700 and above are named to the President’s List. Full-time status is achieved by earning 12 credits; undergraduate day students must earn 12 credits in the fall or spring semester, and online students must earn 12 credits in either EW1 & EW2, EW3 & EW4, or EW5 & EW6.

Southern New Hampshire University is a private, nonprofit institution with an 89-year history of educating traditional-aged students and working adults. Now serving more than 160,000 learners worldwide, SNHU offers approximately 200 accredited undergraduate,

Name Droppers graduate and certificate programs, available online and on its 300-acre campus in Manchester, NH. Recognized as the “Most Innovative” regional university by U.S. News & World Report and one of the fastest-growing universities in the country, SNHU is committed to expanding access to high quality, affordable pathways that meet the needs of each learner. Learn more at www.snhu.edu.

———— Steven Ross of West Sacramento has been named to the President’s Honor Roll for the Fall 2021 semester at Bismarck State College.

“Our BSC community is so proud of the students named to the Fall 2021 President’s Honor Roll. At a time, and in a world, where we are facing challenges on so many levels,

we’re so proud of our students rising to their possibilities and not allowing the challenges to interfere with their academic goals,” says BSC President Douglas J. Jensen.

Students must maintain at least a 3.50 grade point on a 4.00 scale while enrolled in at least 12 semester hours of classes to qualify for the BSC President’s Honor Roll.

North Dakota’s only polytechnic institution, Bismarck State College in Bismarck, N.D., offers high-quality education, workforce training and enrichment programs reaching local and global communities. For more information visit bismarckstate.edu.

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

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Toothy turmoil Dear Annie: I am 65 years old. I am divorced, and my children are out on their own. I made sure they had a decent life. I have an associate degree and am lacking four classes to finish out my bachelor’s degree.

I have found myself at a crossroads. I would like to work for a few more years. I am taking a coding class, but I don’t think that is what I want to do. I used to enter a lot of information for a large insurance company years ago.

What are some of your suggestions on what would be best for me at this point in my life?

— Starting a New Chapter Dear Starting: They say when you do what you love, you never work a day in your life. Consider some of your hobbies. Finding a job in an area you enjoy and already have familiarity with will surely help in your transition back into the workforce.

For information on companies that are looking to employ seniors specifically, try visiting AARP.org.

If you’re not sure coding is the right fit and no other interests stand out, perhaps you can start with a career aptitude test. It’s never too late to find your calling.

——— Dear Annie: My wife and I have two boys, 10 and 12.

For years, my wife has been either brushing their teeth herself — long past when it was appropriate — or hovering over them nightly to ensure they are doing it the “right” way.

Every night she asks them, “Did you do all the things? Pre-rinse? Brush?

Floss? Use fluoride?” The kids HATE it. Whether she is doing the brushing or the hovering, it always leads to yelling and screaming, largely in defiance.

In her defense, the hygienist did say that sometimes it’s OK for parents to step in like this since kids don’t have the ability to get those hard-toreach places, but the hygienist is not in our home to witness the anxiety and frustration this causes everyone.

I have tried for years to reason with her that this sort of helicoptering has run its course and is now doing more harm than good, even if that means they get a cavity here or there, or need braces (both of which I argue will likely happen regardless!). I think it boils down to the old “no one can get the teeth as clean as me” approach.

I love my wife, but this has become a major bone of contention. Help!

— Gritting My Teeth

Legals@DavisEnterprise.net Dear Gritting: At ages 10 and 12, excessive vigilance is not necessary, and it certainly is not worth having nightly fights over. Your boys will be aware of their smiles, especially around girls, in the next few years.

If there is any complaining at that time, don’t be surprised if they ask you why you didn’t allow Mom to brush their teeth more.

It sounds like you have a close family, and this situation requires compromise.

Ask your wife to back off some, so that you can both grit your teeth — you, because she will still be reading off her checklist, and she, because you will openly side with the boys in not taking each dental hygiene step so seriously.

Of course, no matter what, they should keep brushing their teeth.

For teens, cellphones are a privilege — not a right Dear Annie: I am a single mom of four wonderful boys, two of whom are teenagers. I try my best to be good about discipline, and I take away their internet privileges when they don’t do what is expected of them or when they stay up too late playing games online or chatting with friends.

My two oldest sons also have phones, which I confiscate when they misbehave. It really seems to be the only thing that gets their attention and motivates them to get their act together. My oldest son, who is 17, bought his phone from someone a few years ago. It does not get service, but he uses Wi-Fi and apps to communicate with his friends.

He also takes the family phone, which does get service, to school with him so he can text with his girlfriend throughout the day.

This phone is meant to be left at home at all times.

When I take his phone away, his argument is that he bought that phone himself and I have no right to take it from him. When I take the family phone away from him, his argument is that he needs it in case his boss tries calling him. He works on weekends; his job isn’t even open throughout

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FILED IN YOLO COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE Jesse Salinas, Yolo County Clerk/Recorder F20220002 01/04/2022 Business is located in YOLO County Fictitious Business Name: The Nexus Station Physical Address: 2880 5th St. Suite 110 Davis, CA 95616 Mailing Address: Names of Registrant(s)/Owner(s): Noah Berkoff Licensed Clinical Social Worker Inc. 2880 5th St. Suite 110 Davis, CA 95616 Business Classification: Corporation Starting Date of Business: 10/28/2021 s/ Noah Berkoff Official Title: President Corporation Name: Noah Berkoff Licensed Clinical Social Worker Inc. I hereby certify that this is a true copy of the original document on file in this office. This certification is true as long as there are no alterations to the document, AND as long as the document is sealed with a red seal.

Jesse Salinas, County Clerk/Recorder, State of California, County of Yolo Published January 9, 16, 23, 30, 2022 #1635

the week after he gets home from school, so that argument has no validity, in my opinion.

I tell him that as long as he is living under my roof, he has to abide by my rules.

I tell him there are consequences for his actions, which include losing his internet and phone privileges for a period of time.

He tells me I’m trying to control him and keep him from talking to anyone outside of our home. I tell him that’s not true; I’m just doing my job as a parent, and not being able to talk to friends is part of his punishment.

Taking away the internet is my best weapon for discipline in my house. My question is, am I in the wrong for taking his phone that he bought himself?

— Mean Mom in Illinois Dear Mean Mom in Illinois: No, you are not in the wrong for taking away your high schooler’s phone and internet privileges, even if he bought it himself. What you are wrong for is signing your letter “Mean Mom.” There is nothing mean about disciplining your son; in fact, it is one of the kindest things you can do for a young adult.

Dear Annie: I am in my 60s and totally discombobulated by the losses in my life. I check obituaries before I call someone because so many friends are gone.

I really don’t know where to go or what to do. Each friend was so valuable to me. I am like a fish out of water trying to pull myself together only to hear that a couple more have passed.

Please write on this topic.

— Loss Dear Loss: The golden years offer us a choice — to focus on loss or freedom.

It’s true that as we age, we encounter more death. But it is also true that many of the demands of our youth and middle age are lessened, which gives us more freedom to do what we like.

Get involved with a group from your church or with a hobby — where you can interact and take your mind off so many of your friends’ early deaths. Make a list every night before you go to sleep of three things that you are grateful for. A positive attitude promotes good health, while dwelling on the negative reinforces feelings of loss and despair.

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Don’t forget about your finances Dear Annie: My sister and I have an older brother.

We had a falling out with him several years ago and have not spoken to him or his wife since.

My sister and brother both live within five miles of our mother. Our mom was not part of the falling out.

She was diagnosed with dementia a few years ago and lost her driving privileges over a year ago.

Our brother rarely calls our mom or offers to give her rides, and he never stops by to check on her. When she calls him for help, or just to chat, he acts like she is a complete inconvenience (actually, this isn’t a new behavior). He’s even retired!

We don’t mind being the ones she calls for help and rides, but we do get angry that he won’t take 20 minutes out of his week, or even his month, to see how she’s doing. It would make her day to get a visit or a phone call, especially during the past two years.

Our question is: Are we required to let him know when Mom really starts going downhill or if some-

thing serious happens to her before then?

We’re both feeling like he’s lost that privilege, but it probably wouldn’t matter to him anyway, considering his behavior up to this point.

Also, there is no chance of a reconciliation. He and his wife are incredibly self-centered people who think they are saints.

— Simmering Sisters Dear Simmering Sisters: I have no doubt that your brother and his wife are being selfish and think they are saints. But sometimes, when we point a finger at someone, there are three pointing back at us.

See if you and your sister have exhausted all vehicles of open dialogue and forgiveness with your brother.

Remember, you only have one brother, and he is your family. With that being said, no, you are not required to tell your brother if something goes wrong with your mom — but it is the right thing to do. She is still his mother, and if you have the heart and kindness to take care of her, then by all means, you should tell him.

Send your questions for Annie Lane to dearannie@ creators.com.

FILED IN YOLO COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE Jesse Salinas, Yolo County Clerk/Recorder F20220021 01/11/2022 Business is located in YOLO County Fictitious Business Name: River Delta Consulting, Inc. Physical Address: 313 Sandpiper Drive Davis, CA 95616 Mailing Address: P.O. Box 73386 Davis, CA 95617 Names of Registrant(s)/Owner(s): River Delta Consulting, Inc. 313 Sandpiper Drive Davis, CA 95616 Business Classification: Corporation Starting Date of Business: 01/03/2022 s/ Gilbert Cosio, Jr. Official Title: President Corporation Name: River Delta Consulting, Inc. I hereby certify that this is a true copy of the original document on file in this office. This certification is true as long as there are no alterations to the document, AND as long as the document is sealed with a red seal.

Jesse Salinas, County Clerk/Recorder, State of California, County of Yolo Published January 16, 23, 30, February 6, 2022 #1643

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF Diana D. Holmes CASE NO. PR2022-0009 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: Diana D. Holmes A Petition for Probate has been filed by: Daniel D. Gee in the Superior Court of California, County of: Yolo The Petition for Probate requests that: Daniel D. Gee be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

The petition requests the decedent's will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court.

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

A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: Date: February 24, 2022 Time: 9:00 A.M. Dept.: 9 Room: N/A located at 1000 Main Street, Woodland, CA 95695.

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

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

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

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

Signed:Barbara Sonin Attorney for petitioner 21 Court Street Woodland, CA 95695 (530)662-2226 Published January 16, 19, 23, 2022 #1642

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME Case Number: CV2021-2250 To all interested persons: Petitioner: Deborah Neumann and Alan Perlstein filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name Elana Elizabeth Perlstein to Proposed name Ilana Elizabeth Perlstein THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING Date: 2/16/2022 at 9:00 a.m. Dept. 10 Room: Zoom The address of the court is Yolo Superior Court Clerks Office - Civil 1000 Main Street, Woodland, CA 95695 A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: The Davis Enterprise.

Date: 1/3/2022 Samuel T. McAdam Judge of the Superior Court Published January 16, 23, 30, February 6, 2022 #1644

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF Victoria Romero Garibay CASE NO. PR2021-0236 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: Victoria Romero Garibay A Petition for Probate has been filed by: Rodolfo Garibay in the Superior Court of California, County of: Yolo The Petition for Probate requests that: Rodolfo Garibay be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

The petition requests the decedent's will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court.

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

A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: Date: February 1, 2022 Time: 9:00 A.M. Dept.: 10 Room: N/A located at 1000 Main Street, Woodland, CA 95695.

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

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

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

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

Signed: Marissa Sirota Attorney for petitioner 510 4th Street Davis, CA 95616 (530)231-5853 Published January 16, 19, 23, 2022 #1645

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF Conrad Zagory CASE NO. PR2022-0011 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: Conrad Zagory A Petition for Probate has been filed by: Devon Zagory in the Superior Court of California, County of: Yolo The Petition for Probate requests that: Devon Zagory be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

The petition requests the decedent's will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court.

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

A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: Date: 02/24/2022 Time: 9:00 A.M. Dept.: 9 Room: located at 1000 Main Street, Woodland, CA 95695.

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

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

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

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

Signed: Christopher W. Dietrich Attorney for petitioner 417 E Street Davis, CA 95616 (530)758-0757 Published January 14, 16, 21, 2022 #1641

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B8 THE DAVIS ENTERPRISE

SUNDAY, JANUARY 16, 2021

Are you ready for some weekend football?

T he college season may be over, but fear not. You’ll have football for roughly the next month, beginning with the NFL Wild Card weekend, which began Saturday. n With COVID-19 raging onward, people across the nation are returning to the relative safety of their homes and rediscovering ways to spend their time. Column co-conspirator and semi-retired TV honcho John Evenson reports that, during the just-concluded NFL regular season, 91 of the top 100 telecasts were NFL games. This included each of the top 16 and 48 of the top 50.

Think the league won’t have a lot of leverage in the next round of TV negotiations? The NFL will also add a partner, Amazon, to join the ABC/ESPN, CBS, FOX and NBC quartet. n Every grocery outlet in the greater Davis-Sacramento area generally has six checkout stands. Only two of which are

ever in operation at any given time. n TV shows we’d like to see brought back, either by TV Land, MeTV or another outlet: The West Wing and Hill Street Blues. n Once Super Bowl LVI is finally played, it will be a mere two days before San Francisco Giants pitchers and catchers are scheduled report to the Scottsdale, Ariz., training base or after the lockout ends. The first exhibition game is scheduled for Feb. 23. n This past “Black Monday” saw the Denver Broncos, Minnesota Vikings, Chicago Bears and Miami Dolphins offload their head coaches.

The New York Giants followed suit a day later. The Houston Texans waited until Thursday. In three of the six upheavals, the Vikings, Bears and Giants also sent their general managers packing.

In years past, it was the coach,

and only the coach, who was tossed overboard if the team had a poor year or years. General managers, those generally doing the coach hirings, need to be held equally accountable. n When either a college or NFL coaching change, it usually happens for the same reasons. In the pros, the new coach/staff inherits the sins of the previous regime, i.e. horrendous freeagent signings, lousy drafts, bad character players and subpar game day decision-making. In college, it is poor recruiting in place of free agency and bad drafts.

In either case, it often takes a new staff two or three seasons to undo the mess.

Impetuous athletic directors/university presidents in college, impetuous owners in the NFL, all want to win now, adding to the coaches’ burden. n The Sacramento Kings’ problem isn’t that there aren’t good players on the roster. They have several, more than on many NBA rosters.

The difficulty is that no one wants to play defense, thus lacking a cohesiveness that is the mark of good teams. Constant coaching changes aren’t the answer. Drafting players who can develop into leaders is.

Harrison Barnes brings a lot to the Kings’ table. Barnes spent several years within a winning atmosphere while with the Golden State Warriors. His teammates would do well to emulate his day-in, day-out professionalism.

n Why fines don’t work in any pro sport: Kevin Durant, former Warrior now with the Brooklyn Nets, was docked $15,000 “for using profane language during a media interview” and failing to comply with NBA Security on the matter.

Durant’s NBA salary is a shade over $40 million. As his team lost that night, Durant no doubt decided he would vent, did so and figured it would be worth whatever the fine was. Fifteen grand to him is 50 cents to any of us. n “Just take the ball and throw it where you want to. Throw strikes. Home plate don’t move.”

Sound advice from the legendary Satchel Paige.

— The longtime radio and television color man on UC Davis football broadcasts, Doug Kelly is director of communications for Battlefields2Ballfields and managing general partner of Kelly & Associates. Contact him at DKelly1416@aol.com.

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37-33, which pushes UCD’s advantage over the woeful Wolverines to a whopping 103 points.

Hey, all you with raised eyebrows, trust the math. Numbers don’t lie.

And finally, Michigan lost to newly crowned national champion Georgia, 34-11.

So, here’s the final question: if UC Davis is 103 points better than Michigan, but Georgia is only 23 points better than Michigan, how much better are the Aggies compared to Georgia?

All those who said “80 points” please move to the head of the class.

Final score: UC Davis 80, Georgia 0.

You can take it to the bank.

— Contact Bob Dunning at bdunning@ davisenterprise.net.

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3.) A five-year period must have elapsed from the nominee’s most recent intercollegiate athletics participation to the nomination deadline. For example, an athlete nominated for the 2020 induction class must have completed his/her participation on or before November 30, 2014. n Non-participant 1.) Outstanding distinction in Intercollegiate Athletics at UC Davis in a

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