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Council picks draft map for redistricting Final vote on Feb. 15 By Anne Ternus-Bellamy Enterprise staff writer One of the side effects of redrawing City Council district lines less than two years after the city’s first by-district election is that some residents who voted in that 2020 election will get to vote again in 2022, while others who did not get to vote two years ago won’t get a chance to vote in 2022, either. That’s because the city’s process for electing council members uses staggered four-year terms with elections held every two years. Residents moved from one district to another in this round of redistricting may find they they get to vote in November even though they voted in a different district in 2020, a situation known as acceleration. On the flip side, there will be residents who were in a district that was not on the ballot in 2020 who now find themselves in a new district that is not on the ballot in 2022 either, known as deferral. In selecting a draft map that will
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Cannabis plants grow at the Pure Beauty site in Sacramento on Jan. 26. Miguel Gutierrez Jr./ CalMatters photo
Smoke screen? Legal pot industry looks to governor for help amid stumbles By Alexei Koseff CalMatters When California voters legalized marijuana for recreational use in November 2016, it was also a victory for Gavin Newsom, who spent months traveling the state as the face of the campaign. At an election night
party at a San Francisco nightclub, the then-lieutenant governor celebrated this “point of pride,” telling attendees that California had sent a “message powerfully to the rest of the nation.” It was an important résumébuilding moment for Newsom,
already deep into his first run for governor, who during decades in office has put himself at the forefront of political change. In a profile in Billboard magazine a few months later, he acknowledged that his legacy and that of Proposition 64, the legalization measure, were now tied together: “Put it this way: Everything that goes wrong, you’re looking at the poster child.”
Enterprise staff writer Thursday, Feb. 3, was a lengthy meeting for the Davis School Board, due not only to the multitude of important updates, but another public-comment section filled with students and teachers protesting the bell schedule change. Early announcements by Trustee Joe DiNunzio included the various ways the district’s schools are paying homage to Black History Month. He also touched on how this week’s bomb threats to historically black colleges and universities are a reminder of how important it is to educate students on U.S. history in its entirety and to stand
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with one another amidst these threats. After the announceDiNUNZIO ments Trustee came another lengthy public comment section focused largely on the protest of the bell schedule change. This time around, however, were more teachers and students from Da Vinci High. They expressed discontent included the increased stress levels the new schedule would bring upon students, how curriculums are designed around the
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“He championed our message and he rode our coattails all the way to the top,” said Michael
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Five years later, Newsom is
Trustees face more ire on schedule By Aaron Geerts
governor, and farmers, dispensary owners and other advocates are calling on him to rescue a legal market they say has been pushed to the brink of collapse by a steep drop in prices — and the inattention of a man who was once its most prominent proponent.
current bell schedule and that alterations would affect the integrity of the lessons taught. Da Vinci site administrative assistant Adela Johnson spoke about the special-education program. “Students of different abilities require a consistent, reduced schedule,” she said. “With the implementation of this schedule, there will be many inconsistencies.” Following the public comments, the meeting transitioned to an update on the Local Control Accountability Plan. Among the vast update were a budgetary overview, graduation rates, data on student
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City plans full slate of summer recreation programs By Anne Ternus-Bellamy Enterprise staff writer After two summers of limited offerings due to the pandemic, the city’s Parks & Community Services Department is anticipating a full slate of summer programming and will need to fill many positions to make it happen. The city announced Friday it plans to offer almost all of the usual summer camps, classes and programs for the first time since the pandemic began. Expected to return are Camp Putah (celebrating a belated 50th anniversary), Arts &
Crafts Camp, Teen Camp, Kinder Camp, Summer Sampler Camp, PM Kids and Trekkers. Summer Quest will return with its full-day schedule from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. All the offerings will be available in the Summer 2022 Rec Guide which will be available online in mid February. Registration will be held over the course of two dates: Wednesday, March 16, and Wednesday, March 30, beginning at 8 a.m. Additional details will be included in the Rec Guide online.
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