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Sports DHS girls take second place at state meet.

At the Pond

A seriously heavenly bottle of wine

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County’s COVID case rate highest in months

UC Davis wide receiver C.J. Hutton (1) grabs the football in front of linebacker Cam Trimble (7) at the Aggies’ Picnic Day scrimmage on April 26. Student fees will continue to support UCD athletics after a pair of initiatives to cut the funding failed due to low turnout in the 2022 spring elections.

More free at-home tests available from feds

By Anne Ternus-Bellamy Enterprise staff writer

In the months leading up to the vote, the proposal to rescind the fees attracted statewide media coverage. Amid rising tuition and living costs,

Yolo County’s COVID-19 case rate hit 21.2 cases per 100,000 residents on Tuesday, the highest since late February and up from 16.2 one week ago.

A total of 402 new cases were reported countywide between Friday and Tuesday.

No new deaths were reported and just one person was hospitalized with COVID-19 in county hospitals on Tuesday, according to state data.

Thirteen of California’s 58 counties currently have higher case rates than Yolo, the vast majority of them in the Bay Area.

Healthy Davis Together and UC Davis continue to see rising cases and test positivity, in the community and on campus.

Over the past seven days, UC Davis has reported 227 positive tests on

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UCD fee cuts win vote, but turnout too low Ballot measures miss threshold Enterprise staff writer

elimination of about $570 in annual fees each undergraduate student pays to support the campus’ NCAA programs, according to election results reported Monday.

Roughly 70% of UC Davis students who cast a ballot in ASUCD’s spring elections last week voted in favor of two ballot measures that called for the

The ballot items, each of which pertained to a separate fee, were included in the election as non-binding measures due to administrative

By Caleb Hampton

Students vote for a cow mascot

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requirements that prevented the high-profile proposal from being voted on as an official referendum.

While a majority of voters supported the measures, less than 11% of the student body

turned out to vote, well short of the 20% threshold required for the measures to pass. As such, both measures failed.

A textbook meeting for school board trustees

Campus will reduce testing as Healthy Davis Together winds down

By Aaron Geerts

By Caleb Hampton

Enterprise staff writer Although the school year is drawing to a close, there’s still plenty of work to do for the School Board before summer break. On top of the t0-do list at the Thursday, May 19, meeting is the next Davis School Board meeting is the textbook adoption for Next Generation Science Standards for high school and history/social science for grades K-6.

The recommendations for the 2022 NGSS material adoptions will come with an overview of the process for secondary science staff review. Likewise,

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the 2022 HSS materials adoption will also include an overview of the process for elementary HSS staff review and evaluation of state-adopted materials.

Also on the docket is an update on the Local Control Accountability Plan.

With the district’s commitment to locally developed programming, so too is it committed to transparency in presenting any and all revisions to this three-year plan. In this meeting, the update is expected to include an explanation of the “Increased and Improved Services” portion

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Positivity rate increases at UCD

UC Davis will end its biweekly COVID19 testing requirement at the end of the academic year, chancellor Gary S. May announced Friday in a message to the campus community. The relaxing of some public health precautions comes as Healthy Davis Together, the joint initiative between the campus and city, prepares to wind down at the end of June.

“We intend to end requirements for certain COVID-19 protocols at the conclusion of spring quarter,” May said in his message. “That includes the requirements for asymptomatic testing and completion of the Daily Symptom Survey prior to accessing campus facilities.”

Healthy Davis Together and Healthy Yolo Together received funding to operate through this June. The program has

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already closed its Research Park testing site while its three other sites in Davis, Woodland and West Sacramento will remain open through June.

On campus, free testing will continue to be offered at the Activities and Recreation Center for students, staff and faculty through June. There is also testing at the UC Davis Health campus in Sacramento.

Last week, UC Davis’ asymptomatic COVID-19 testing program completed its 2 millionth test since the campus began offering testing in September 2020, May said.

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Briefly Cops: Indecent exposure at UCD UC Davis police issued a crime alert Monday regarding an indecent exposure on campus.

According to the bulletin, a man was seen masturbating between parked cars on Russell Boulevard near Sycamore Lane at about 2:45 p.m. Saturday. He fled before officers arrived on scene.

Police described the man as an adult male age 25 to 30, about 5-foot-10, wearing a tan baseball cap, black shirt and blue and white “board shorts.” He may be associated with a tan Nissan Murano vehicle.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the UCD Police Department at 530754-COPS (2677).

6th-grade grad party returns Tickets for the city’s Sixth Grade Graduation Party go on sale on Tuesday, May 31.

The celebration will take place on Thursday, June 9, from 6:30 to 9 p.m. at the Veterans Memorial Center. All graduated sixth-graders are welcome.

Registration opens on May 31 at 8 a.m. and details about the party will be posted online by May 23.

Tickets are $17 at the Parks and Community Services office, 23 Russell Blvd., or online at https://webtrac.cityof davis.org/wbwsc/web trac.wsc/splash.html, activity No. 750200.

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When the sideshow gets center stage

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don't know about you, but I find the back-and-forth between Davis City Councilman Dan Carson and the prominent members of the No on Measure H Committee as interesting as the election itself. Maybe even more so.

No one knows for sure why Carson decided to sue the No on H folks for what he claimed was false and misleading information on the No on H ballot argument, but it has certainly created a fight that's worthy of our attention.

Perhaps the biggest question of all is did Carson's action, combined with the mixed ruling issued

by Yolo Superior Court Judge Daniel Maguire, move the needle one way or the other as far as the electorate is concerned?

In an informal poll of 100 people of voting age in my East Davis neighborhood, 3 potential voters said it made them more likely to vote "No," two said it made them more likely to vote "Yes," and 95 said "Who's Dan Carson?"

The bottom line here is that absolutely no one reads ballot arguments anymore. People will spend three hours watching last night's Giants game from start to finish, then claim they're "too busy" to study ballot arguments in the Official Yolo County Voter Information Guide.

Ballot arguments are written by

advocates for one position or another and, by their very nature, tend to stretch the limits of accuracy and truth telling. One side says the DiSC project will make traffic on Mace Boulevard flow as smoothly as Putah Creek, while the other says DiSC will back up Mace traffic from here to Esparto.

Ballot arguments are run exactly as submitted. They are not edited for truth, accuracy, spelling or grammar, not to mention runon sentences.

However, before the ballot arguments are printed in the Voter Information Guide, there is a brief period of time when one side or the other can go to court in an attempt to force "false or misleading" information to be excluded from a ballot argument.

This is what Carson did when he sued to either change or exclude language in the No on H ballot argument. Some called this heavy-handed. Others called it an assault on free speech. Still others

said Carson had it right and were happy he brought suit.

Judge Maguire, in a well-reasoned decision, made some minor changes to the No on H language, but left intact other claims that Carson objected to. This caused both sides to claim victory and file competing claims for an award of attorney’s fees.

Maguire had a hearing on that issue last week and will render a decision any minute now, perhaps even as we speak.

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s Anne Ternus-Bellamy explained in her Enterprise story about the case, "Under state law, a court may award attorney’s fees to a successful party in any action that results in the enforcement of an important right affecting the public interest if a significant benefit has been conferred on the general public and the necessity and financial burden of private enforcement make the award appropriate."

Both sides basically claim they have saved our town from certain destruction, which, presumably, is in the public interest.

Carson's attorney told Maguire that Carson "is the honorary chair of the committee and also a sitting councilmember, which required him to consider the cost to his own re-election prospects."

Events honor fallen peace officers

By Lauren Keene Enterprise staff writer Yolo County peace officers who died in the line of duty will be honored at a pair of events Thursday in Woodland.

The Yolo County Retired Peace Officers Association will hold its annual memorial event at noon at the Peace Officers Memorial Monument outside the historic Yolo County Courthouse, 725 Court St. Afterward, the Yolo County District Attorney’s Office leads its annual Walk to Remember, starting at the monument and continuing for about a mile to Heritage Plaza at Second and Main streets.

The public is invited to both events, which coincide with National Police Week.

Originating in 1962 with President John F. Kennedy, who signed a proclamation designating May 15 as Peace Officers Memorial Day, National Police Week has evolved into a sevenday event in Washington,

D.C., that hosts thousands of law-enforcement officers and their supporters from all over the world.

According to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund, 458 federal, state, tribal and local law enforcement officers died in the line of duty during 2021, an increase of 55 percent from the year before.

Yolo County has experienced the loss of 12 officers since 1912, most recently the murder of Davis Police Officer Natalie Corona on Jan. 10, 2019.

Other fallen officers in Yolo County include: California Highway Patrol Officer Andrew Stevens, Nov. 17, 2005, caused by gunfire.

Sgt. Gary Wagers, March 15, 2001, in a vehicle collision.

Officers Roy Blecher and William Freeman, Dec. 22, 1978, caused by gunfire.

Officer Ivan Casselman, Aug. 24, 1935, in a motorcycle collision.

Davis Police Department Officer Douglas Cantrill, Sept. 7, 1959, caused by gunfire.

Winters Police Department City Marshall William Rice, Oct. 18, 1912, caused by gunfire.

West Sacramento Police Department Officer James McKnight, June 16, 1990, caused by gunfire.

Woodland Police Department Officer Lawrence Sills, June 13, 1945, in a motorcycle collision.

Yolo County Sheriff ’s Office Deputy Jose “Tony” Diaz, June 15, 2008, caused by gunfire.

Deputy Walter Leinberger, Nov. 18, 1943, caused by gunfire.

To honor these officers, the Yolo County Retired Peace Officers Association spearheaded the effort to erect a permanent memorial, which was unveiled in 2013 on the historic courthouse grounds.

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With support from the Yolo County chapter of 100+ Women Who Care, a local philanthropic organization, the Yolo County Search and Rescue Team recently acquired a new command trailer for transporting its gear to search locations and operate a command post. Yolo SAR recruits, trains and deploys rescue volunteers for urban and wilderness searches in cooperation with the Yolo County Sheriff's Office.

To which the good judge replied, "I understand the noneconomic impacts on him from the lawsuit, but those won't be mitigated by an award of attorney's fees, so connect the dots for me."

Put simply, your honor, those dots don't connect.

Maguire also said he was "struggling" with the fact that Carson’s lawsuit was paid for by the DiSC developers, not Carson himself.

So, what we have here is a Yolo County judge first having to decide if a ballot argument was false and/or misleading, then having to decide which side in the dispute "won" the lawsuit, and finally having to decide if attorney's fees should be awarded to either side or not to anyone.

For my money, I think we should suspend the election altogether and just let Maguire declare the winner.

Not only is he of sound mind and body, he now knows more about the project than just about anyone in town.

Best of all, when he renders his decision on Measure H itself, the winning side can claim they won "unanimously," by a vote of 1-0.

A win-win for everyone.

— Reach Bob Dunning at bdunning@davisenterprise.net.

Police credit security video for burglary, vandal arrest

By Lauren Keene Enterprise staff writer A weekend vandalism report led to an arrest that also solved burglary and mail-theft cases, according to Davis police.

Lt. Ilya Bezuglov said the investigation began with the 2:30 a.m. burglary report Sunday in the 500 block of Oak Avenue, where the residents returned home to discover someone had gained entry through an unlocked window and stole electronics, a wallet and clothing.

Officers obtained security video from the house next door, which captured the suspect committing the break-in, Bezuglov said.

At 9 a.m. that day, a resident of University Avenue reported that a “known subject” threw a rock through his window and fled. Bezuglov said video collected from that scene showed the same

suspect from the burglary case.

Police made contact with 31-year-old Walter Antonio Linares, who was found with property from the burglary as well as a large amount of mail that did not belong to him, including multiple election ballots, Bezuglov said.

Linares was booked into the Yolo County Jail on suspicion of burglary, vandalism, mail theft and identity theft, as well as a warrant for failing to appear in court for another pending case, Bezuglov said.

As investigators sort through the allegedly stolen mail, police ask that anyone who believes they’ve been a theft victim to contact the Davis Police Department at 530-747-5400.

He also cautioned residents to keep their doors and windows locked to prevent easy access for potential thieves.

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COVID-19 positivity rate continues to rise on campus

A vanished town on ‘Davisville’ The latest exhibit at the Winters Museum helps tell the story of Monticello, the small town destroyed in the 1950s to make room for Lake Berryessa. The story continues on the current edition of the KDRT program “Davisville” with Carol Fitzpatrick, whose family lived in Monticello, and Woody Fridae, president of the Historical Society of Winters.

“Davisville,” hosted

by Bill Buchanan, is broadcast on KDRTLP, 95.7 FM Mondays at 5:30 p.m., Tuesdays at 5 p.m., Fridays at 12:30 p.m., and Saturdays at 8:30 a.m. The current program will be broadcast through May 28, and is available anytime at https://kdrt. org/davisville or on Apple podcasts.

Dodd, Thompson go online SONOMA — State Sen. Bill Dodd, D-Napa, will host a virtual town hall Tuesday, May 24, with updates from the California and U.S. capitals featuring Rep. Mike Thompson, D-St. Helena, and David McCuan, professor of political science at Sonoma State University.

The stream begins at 6 p.m. on KSVY.org.

Email questions to townhall@ksvy.org or call in to 707-933-9133.

By Caleb Hampton Enterprise staff writer

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Last week, UC Davis students voted to change the campus’ official mascot from a mustang to a cow. The change requires approval from campus administration and the Cal Aggie Alumni Association to become official.

UCD students vote for a cow mascot

By Caleb Hampton Enterprise staff writer Nearly three-quarters of UC Davis students who cast a ballot in ASUCD’s spring elections last week voted in favor of a ballot measure to change the campus’ official mascot from a mustang to a cow, according to election results reported Monday.

The proposal to make the school’s mascot a cow began in January as a lighthearted Instagram post, UC Davis undergraduate student Mick Hashimoto told The Sacramento Bee. “That went viral within the week,” he said, with more than 11,000 people viewing the post and roughly 1,500 people liking it.

The post quickly became a movement and the movement a campaign. The idea, according to Hashimoto, tapped into an imbalance as old as the campus. “UC Davis students have always

thought about how (the mascot) should have been the cow in the first place,” he told The Bee. In 1993, students voted to make UC Davis’ official mascot a cow, but the change was rejected by administrators. A similar veto could again override the will of the student body, which needs approval from campus administration and the Cal Aggie Alumni Association to make the mascot change official. “We do not have a comment on the cow mascot measure," campus spokesman Andy Fell said Tuesday in a statement to The Enterprise.

While this year’s Cow4Mascot campaign gained popularity among a key demographic, voters, the issue failed to motivate most students to cast a ballot.

Out of 30,285 eligible undergraduate voters, just 3,468 voted on the mascot measure in last week’s

elections, a voter turnout of 11.5%.

Regardless, the campaign’s victory has attracted the support of new allies. “I have herd the calls of UC Davis students and I am happy to support their grass-fed movement,” Rep. John Garamendi, D-Walnut Grove, said Monday in a statement.

Garamendi, a lifelong cattle rancher who has represented Davis in Congress since 2009, applauded students’ choice of the cow to lead them into the future. “As UC Davis secures its position as the global leader in agricultural research, it must moove on from the old,” the congressman said. “UCD deserves a new mascot better suited to the world stage; the humble bovine.”

— Reach Caleb Hampton at champton@ davisenterprise.net.

Follow him on Twitter at @calebmhampton.

The COVID-19 positivity rate at UC Davis continued to climb this week, reaching its highest peak during the pandemic apart from a surge in January propelled by the Omicron variant. As of Monday, the average positivity rate for asymptomatic tests over the past week was 1.6%, according to the campus’ COVID-19 dashboard.

In total, UC Davis conducted 14,222 COVID-19 tests on asymptomatic students, staff and faculty from May 2 to May 9, with 227 of those tests coming back positive.

Over the past 30 days, the campus’ asymptomatic testing has identified 802 positive results, which account for nearly 15% of all asymptomatic COVID-19 cases the campus testing program has detected since it began in September 2020.

Due to the rising case

rate in recent weeks, occupancy of UC Davis’ on-campus isolation and quarantine housing is higher than usual, with 25% of the 250 beds currently in use.

UC Davis students, staff and faculty are required to be vaccinated against COVID-19. As of this week, 99% of students and 96% of employees were vaccinated, with the remaining students and employees having obtained an approved exception. Routine testing is required of all students every two weeks and unvaccinated students must get tested every four days.

On March 19, UC Davis lifted its mask mandate.

The campus continues to “strongly recommend” that students, staff and faculty wear masks in indoor settings.

— Reach Caleb Hampton at champton@ davisenterprise.net.

Follow him on Twitter at @calebmhampton.

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RATE: Cases rising in school district From Page A1 campus and a test positivity rate of 1.6 percent. The rate for the last 30 days is 1.25 percent.

Healthy Davis Together, meanwhile, has reported 229 new cases over the last week and a test positivity of 2.79 percent. The rate for the last month is 1.88 percent.

Cases also continue rising in the Davis Joint Unified School District, where the 222 student cases so far in the first two weeks of May exceed the total for every month previously except January. Twenty-five staff members have tested positive so far in May. Amid the increase in cases, Davis High School on Tuesday asked all students and staff to get tested as soon as possible.

“We are seeing an uptick in COVID-19-related illnesses across our district and the Davis community in these past few weeks, including a number of cases at (Davis High),” a message sent to families Tuesday morning said.

“In an effort to maintain the health of all students and staff, and to prevent further outbreaks at DHS, we are asking that students and staff take a PCR saliva test as soon as possible.”

In addition to regular PCR testing by Healthy Davis Together at the Veterans Memorial Center next to the Davis High campus, the county health department is working to deploy a mobile testing unit to the high school campus on Wednesday, the message said, from 12:30 to 4 p.m. in the stadium parking lot.

“We continue to strongly recommend that all students and staff wear a tightfitting face covering while indoors and to stay home and test if they are exhibiting any signs of illness. This will also help curb the spread of infection.”

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The federal government announced Monday it will mail eight more at-home COVID-19 tests to every household. Requests tests at https://www.Covid.gov/tests.

More free, at-home, rapid antigen tests are now available to all Americans.

The Biden Administration announced Monday that every U.S. household can order an additional eight tests at https://www. covid.gov/tests The tests, which involve a nasal swab and produce results within 15 minutes, are useful both for diagnostic purposes as well as for testing out of isolation five or more days following the onset of COVID-19 symptoms or a positive test.

———— The Food and Drug Administration this week granted emergency use authorization for a Pfizer COVID-19 booster for

children ages five to 11 at least five months after completion of the initial series of two doses. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention must still weigh in.

In a statement issued Tuesday morning, FDA Commissioner Dr. Robert Califf said that while COVID-19 has, for the most part, been less severe in children than adults, “the Omicron wave has seen more kids getting sick with the disease and being hospitalized, and children may also experience longer term effects, even following initially mild disease.

“Vaccination continues to be the most effective way to prevent COVID-19 and

its severe consequences, and it is safe. If your child is eligible for the PfizerBioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine and has not yet received their primary series, getting them vaccinated can help protect them from the potentially severe consequences that can occur, such as hospitalization and death,” Califf said.

Since January, children ages 12 to 15 have been eligible for a single booster shot, and everyone 16 and up well before that.

However, according to state data, the majority of Yolo County children between the ages of five and 11 have yet to receive any COVID-19 vaccine and just 41 percent are fully vaccinated and possibly eligible for a booster.

Among 12- to 17-yearolds in Yolo County, 57 percent are fully vaccinated.

Just over 70 percent of county residents ages 18 to 49 are fully vaccinated and 90 percent or more of those over 50, according to state data.

— Reach Anne TernusBellamy at aternus@ davisenterprise.net.

Follow her on Twitter at @ATernusBellamy.

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Data from the state shows Yolo County’s increasing COVID-18 case rate.

TRUSTEES: End of school year brings final business From Page A1 of the LCAP. The meeting will include the approval of May being designated “Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month.” As Davis teems with cultural diversity, this approval will signify the district’s push and encouragement for the community to show ongoing support for persons of Asian or Pacific Island heritage.

A special proclamation will celebrate the 125th anniversary of the Parent Teacher Association. This comes as an acknowledgement and appreciation for the PTA organization and the ongoing partnership with the local PTA chapters.

And no Davis School Board meeting would be complete without a COVID-19 health-and-safety update.

This typically includes current statistics on community transmission rates

and may or may not include upcoming vaccination clinic dates and locations.

Thursday’s meeting will start at 6:30 p.m. at the Community Chambers, 23 Russell Blvd. It can also be viewed on TV by switching to DJUSD Channel 17 or online at djusd. davismedia.org.

— Reach Aaron Geerts at aaron. geerts@mcnaughton.media.

Microbusinesses eligible for county’s relief funding

By Anne Ternus-Bellamy Enterprise staff writer Microbusinesses in Yolo County that have been severely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic are now eligible for grant funding.

Back in January, the California Office of the Small Business Advocate awarded Yolo County funding to administer the Microbusiness COVID-19 Relief Grant Program, which aims to prioritize $2,500 in grant funding for underserved small business groups.

“These businesses have

faced historic barriers to accessing capital, including majority-owned and operated by women, minorities or persons of color, veterans, undocumented individuals, and individuals living in rural or lowwealth areas on low incomes,” the county said in a press release on Tuesday.

Eligibility requirements include: n Less than $50,000 in revenues in the 2019 tax year n Began operations before Dec. 31, 2019 n Fewer than five fulltime equivalent employees

TESTING: Chancellor promises ongoing vigilance against virus From Page A1 “We will continue supporting the health of our campus community,” May said. “UC Davis plans to maintain one COVID-19 testing site on campus that will offer free testing on a voluntary basis for UC Davis faculty, staff and students during Summer Sessions and fall quarter.” The chancellor added that the details for these plans are still being fleshed out.

“Rest assured, we will remain vigilant,” May said.

“We will be prepared to ramp up quickly if public health requirements change and COVID-19 protocols need to be reinstated. We’re closely monitoring infection rates, as well as the context of public health outcomes.”

— Reach Caleb Hampton at champton@ davisenterprise.net. Follow him on Twitter at @ calebmhampton.

and had fewer than five full-time equivalent employees in the 2019 and 2020 tax years n Significantly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic n Operating or has clear plans to reopen once permitted to do so n Owner’s primary means of income in 2019 was the business n Owner did not receive a grant under the California Small Business COVID19 Relief Grant Program Documentation to verify eligibility includes a local business permit or license,

bank statement, tax return, or trade account and more.

Eligible uses of funds are limited to costs incurred due to the COVID-19 pandemic and health and safety restrictions, such as business interruptions or business closures incurred due the COVID-19 pandemic.

The program will be open through Oct. 15, 2022, or until all available funds are distributed.

For online and printable applications available in English, Spanish, and Russian, visit www.yolocounty. org/microbusinessgrant.

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FEE: Both sides claim victory in vote From Page A1 scrapping the fees would lighten the financial burden of college for thousands of UC Davis students. It would also deal a heavy blow to the campus’ sports teams. UC Davis’ NCAA programs “would likely be eliminated or reduced to only a few sports,” a report published by the campus budget office stated.

Students who backed the proposal — originally drawn up as a referendum — saw it as an effort to democratize decisions around student fees, some of which have renewed automatically for decades, and to make campus administration accountable to the student body.

Calvin Wong, a fourthyear history major, drafted the referendum last summer in response to the termination of UC Davis’ physical-education program, the continuation of which was promised to students in the 1990s in exchange for funding athletics.

Wong also questioned the equity of so much money in student fees being spent in support of a relatively small number of athletes. UC Davis undergraduates were projected to contribute roughly $25 million to athletics this year, the most of any UC campus and more than 10 times the amount students at most campuses in the system pay.

From the outset, campus leaders were critical of the proposal, warning that it undervalued athletics and failed to appreciate the consequences of rescinding the fees that support it. “The referendum appears to be framed from the notion that Intercollegiate Athletics benefits only the 700 or so students who participate,” UC Davis Chancellor Gary S. May said last year in a meeting with The California Aggie’s editorial board. “I don’t think that’s true at all.”

In addition to the intangible impact sports have on the campus community and school spirit, UC Davis’ NCAA teams play a significant role in marketing, student recruitment and fundraising, administrators told The Enterprise.

“When our women’s basketball team reaches the NCAA tournament, or one of our wide receiver alums lands a spot in the NFL, it lets the outside world know we’ve got something good here in Davis,” May wrote in a 2019 Enterprise column.

If the student fees that support athletics were eliminated, UC Davis would lose about half of its $40 million athletics

budget. “The campus would need to replace funds on an ongoing basis,” UC Davis chief communications officer Dana Topousis told The Enterprise last year.

Doing so would require raising more than $400 million to establish an endowment. “The campus would not be able to raise those funds,” Topousis said. As a result, UC Davis would likely need to eliminate sports teams or dismantle other campus programs to replenish the athletics budget. Both options would involve laying off staff and student employees.

Over the past year, the proposal opened a rift between UC Davis’ student government and campus administrators, with student leaders accusing the administration of obstructing the issue from being brought to a vote and chancellor Gary S. May withdrawing an offer to promote ASUCD’s spring elections due to the inclusion of the referendum on the ballot in contravention — in the administration’s view — of university policy.

Administrators ultimately acquiesced to the student government’s decision to bring the proposal to a vote as a pair of non-binding measures.

Earlier this month, ASUCD senator Radhika Gawde described the vote as a “temperature check” of student opinion on the issue.

The results — a low turnout, but a clear yes majority among those who voted — prompted both sides to claim victory. “The CEI and SASI fee measures on the ASUCD ballot failed,” UC Davis spokesperson Andy Fell said Tuesday in a statement to The Enterprise. “We know there is overwhelming broad support for a robust varsity athletics program at UC Davis.”

Meanwhile, Wong said the results vindicated his efforts and indicated that the issue is far from settled. “The outcome of this vote demonstrates that civically engaged members of the student body are overwhelmingly against being charged more each year in athletic student fees,” he said Monday in a statement to The Enterprise. (The fees are adjusted each year for inflation.) “I am optimistic that after I graduate there will be student leaders who pick up this fight and succeed in having an election that has sufficient turnout.”

— Reach Caleb Hampton at champton@ davisenterprise.net. Follow him on Twitter at @ calebmhampton.

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ow many birds flew over your house last night? Take a guess.

On the day I wrote this column, Sunday, May 15, 7,000 birds were estimated to cross over Yolo County in the night.

We know because Cornell Lab of Ornithology and Colorado State University plus other groups support the BirdCast Migration Dashboard, which gives summaries of radar-based measurements of nocturnal bird migration. You can visit/google BirdCast Migration Dashboard and explore by county birds migrating, their directions, speed and altitudes. It is updated every 30 minutes using data from 143 stations. Isn’t science wonderful?

This is an exciting new tool. It is estimated that the birds now migrating over our county are most likely yellow warbler, Swainson’s thrush, Western wood pee-wee, Bullock’s oriole, hermit warbler, and blackheaded grosbeak. The nocturnal species estimations are based on frequency of observations.

Twice a year, birds are flying thousands of miles for days or weeks — some days with pauses. From mid-April until June 15 they are flying north.

From August until Nov. 15 they are flying south. They take off after sunset and peak around two to three hours later.

You might want to look up in the sky at night. And look for some visiting species in your yard, nearby nature areas and in the sky during the day. There are often quiet days and then you’ll see some new species coming through. They like a good tailwind but sometimes fly east and west due to weather conditions.

———— Last year, sadly only one monarch butterfly was spotted in Davis. This year, monarchs on the West coast have made a little comeback. Larry Snyder, who tends and closely observes the many milkweed plants along the Davis Ditch, saw a few adults a month ago and recently scores of eggs and dozens of larvae who

An adolescent monarch caterpillar sheds its previous exoskeleton, bunched up behind with tentacles still limp and corrugated.

Below, A western wood peewee is one of the species currently migrating over Yolo County.

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are just now creeping off to pupate in the brush. Larry says, “I even got to watch one tiny caterpillar emerging from its egg. Here’s a photo of an adolescent having just shed its previous exoskeleton, bunched up behind. The new skin makes it look as wrinkly as a Shar-pei puppy, and the tentacles are still limp and corrugated.” Check out Facebook Friends of North Davis Channel.

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And on the seventh day, she rested — with a bottle of red

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found a bottle of Benedic.

Right there on a wine shelf where it hadn’t been the day before. Yes, the staff at Vintage Berkeley acknowledged, it had come in just that morning.

“And we don’t have much.”

I’ve been wanting to try this red blend for many years now but it has eluded me — not surprising since so little is made and even less distributed abroad (it comes to the U.S. via Rosenthal, a terrific East Coast importer of natural wines). I was introduced to Benedic’s white counterpart a decade ago by a Rosenthal rep I knew, who called me one day and said he had something amazing he wanted me to taste. But more on that shortly.

I admired my bottle of the red for several days after lugging it home on the train. I worried that I might not like it that much after all this anticipation. I considered what dish I should pair it with. I told myself not to hoard it, not to wait for a special occasion. Besides it was my birthday week—not a big birthday but maybe big enough for Benedic.

You’re probably imagining a fabulously expensive purchase of long-aged Burgundy. You’d be wrong.

It cost under $30, is a 2020 release, and comes from Lazio, Italy, an area north of Rome, not known for distinguished vineyards. So what’s the big deal? Well, besides the fact that I named one of my daughters Benedicta (and since she doesn’t drink, I’m forced to do it on her behalf ), I’m a sucker for stories, and this wine project has a compelling one— at least for me. I’ve told it before, but here’s the gist:

Once upon a time (in the early 2000s) Giampiero Bea, son of Italy’s most famous natural winemaker, Paulo Bea, discovered the vineyards of a monastery of Trappist nuns, planted in 1963, which had never seen a chemical. The nuns supported themselves and their land by producing cheese, beer, spirits, and sweets but had mostly used the fruits of the vineyards for their own consumption.

The nuns’ meeting with Giampiero Bea changed all that.

The first releases of this collaboration between Bea and the nuns were (sort of ) white — the Coenobium Bianco and the Coenobium Rusticum. Now we would call them skin-contact or “orange” wines, but then, 15 years ago, “orange” wasn’t on every wine lover’s radar.

The Coenobium Bianco is the wine that the rep brought me and that I wrote about when I first told this story. At

that time, the nuns made such a small amount of red that it wasn’t even available here. And even now “available” is perhaps an overstatement.

Descriptions call it “gentle,” “charming,” “pretty,” “honest,” “delicate,” “floral,” and (my favorite) “guileless.” You know, all those “girly” things some folks would expect of a female monastery. I prepared myself to be underwhelmed by it. I decided to serve it with a meal as “simple” as the wine—a sourdough pizza with red sauce, roasted wild mushrooms, fennel, and fresh mozzarella. Even that, I thought, might overwhelm this 11%-alcohol, light-looking wine.

None of my fears materialized. Quite the opposite. For one, the bottle, labeled all in Italian, looked beautiful on the table, and when I poured, I delighted in the wine’s wonderful color—pale red leaning toward copper, almost translucent. Then I drank.

This, I kept thinking as I sipped, is my wine. If I could bring only one, this is the wine I’d choose to make a desert island sojourn bearable — along with “Middlemarch,” my all-time favorite novel. Yes, all those

critics’ adjectives apply to the Benedic, but so do “alive,” and “elegant.” And to take inspiration from the monastic source, I’d add “pure,” ethereal,” and, well, “transcendent,” yet completely down to earth.

Herby, with a hint of black tea. Earthy, with a burst of wild cherry. Layered, with a wisp of smoke and a whiff of violet. Poetry fodder.

The wine is just about equal parts sangiovese and ciliegiolo (an area native used as a blending grape but now getting some attention). Oh, Sisters Adriana and Fabiola, thank you. If I had a bucket list, visiting the monastery (in the town of Vitiorchiano) and the twelve acres of its vineyards would be at the top.

The names? Benedic is, of course, for St. Benedict, the founder of the Benedictines from whom these Cistercians of the Strict Observance (Trappists) come. Coenobium, a Latin word for monastery. But since the latter sounds to me rather like some submicroscopic critter, I have for years just called it “the nun wine.” It has a much larger production than the Benedic — about 1,000 cases a year, still a small

amount, even in the Small Wine world. So you can imagine my delight when the Birthday Bag from my kids included a bottle of this trebbiano, verdicchio and malvasia blend (also found at Vintage Berkeley).

I feel guilty waxing eloquent about wines that are so elusive, but eventually, if you’re looking, you’ll run across a bottle or two.

Indulge. Meanwhile, I’ll try to redeem myself by offering a couple of much more easily available bottles that you’ll want for the coming season. One is the fabulous Oregon white Big Salt (Co-op $19).

This dry blend of organic early muscat, gewurztraminer and riesling is a wonderful and food-friendly combination of floral and saline—terrifically interesting and delightfully assertive. I paired this new release with a broccoli-sauced rigatoni, loaded with garlic and spicy with red pepper flakes. The wine performed brilliantly.

Finally, for simple summer refreshment, I can recommend an inexpensive Chilean white, the Mayu Pedro Ximenez (Coop $10), from old vine, dry-farmed grapes grown

in one of Chile’s highest elevation vineyards. Pedro Ximenez is a native Spanish grape usually used as a blending grape in sherry but here as a dry table wine reminiscent of riesling. What a bargain!

If you have an occasion to splurge, though, and want to contribute to a good cause in the process, Forlorn Hope’s Matthew and Mara Rorick decided to release their long-held muscat, all proceeds going to World Central Kitchen’s amazing work in Ukraine.

The lovely label was designed by Ukrainian graphic designer, Nadin Itter. $50 from their website or from their Napa tasting room.

I think St. Benedict would have delighted in this wine-based fundraiser.

After all (and I’m sure this story is apocryphal but I love it anyway), he once attributed his robust health to drinking a bottle of wine a day. “Except when I’m sick,” he supposedly said, “and then I drink two.”

— Susana Leonardi is a Davis resident; reach her at vinosusana@gmail. com. Comment on this column at www.davisen terprise.com.

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A male hooded oriole perches at the North Davis Uplands Habitat.

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POND: Monarchs jump 100-fold From Page A5 Thanksgiving count, the number of monarchs was 250,000 which is more than 100 times greater than the 2000 counted in 2020.

Thankfully, many citizens are planting the necessary milkweed in their gardens to try to help the monarchs bounce back.

At the North Davis Uplands Habitat Area and at the Davis Ditch, milkweed flourishes to welcome monarchs.

Early settlers in North America from Holland and England liked the sight of the brilliant orange butterfly so much that they named it monarch after King William III, Prince of Orange, state holder of Holland and later named King of England.

———— Keep your eyes peeled and cats indoors for the safety of many baby birds now being born. The male and female Western bluebirds are seen repeatedly using the nestbox they have used for three years in a row in the Uplands Habitat Area. The male is banded so we know it is the same guy. The female is not banded but they mate for life. One bluebird pair next to Northstar Pond had three batches of babies last year.

The tree swallows quarreled over which partners would use one nestbox and the winners are actively going in and out and surely feeding baby

birds by now.

We are fortunate to have increased species due to the nestboxes which run from the Veterans’ Memorial to Northstar Pond, along the Uplands habitat, and the Davis Ditch. Since 2019, the boxes have produced 50-60 nests and upwards of 200 chicks have fledged.

———— The ever popular Bat Walk and Talk that begins in mid-June will have signups through the Yolo Basin Foundation. This is an activity that will fascinate the whole family.

Learn about the thousands of beneficial Mexican Freetail bats that live underneath the Yolo Causeway. Then watch the spectacular display as moms all fly out together and return to their babies with food. They listen for their baby’s individual cry amidst the thousands.

Reservations are needed and the events fill up.

Nature will make you kinder, happier and more creative. Science shows that being in nature or even viewing scenes of nature makes us feel better, reduces blood pressure, heart rate, and stress hormones. Pandemic, wars, climate crisis and so many stresses make nature more important than ever now. Be kind to yourself and go out and enjoy with hats and water.

Be well and kiss each day.

— Jean Jackman is a Davis resident. Her columns appear monthly.

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Above, a yellow warbler is one of the species currently migrating over Yolo County. Below, a male black-headed grosbeak is one of the species currently migrating over Yolo County.

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DHS seniors Luca Maes, Tavi Maes and Emily Castles attend a pro-choice march on May 14.

Davis reacts to expected change to abortion rights

By Ayisi Ni HUB Staff “Reasons why people get abortions: none of your business,” said one of many graphics posted by a Davis High student on Instagram in the wake of the leaked Supreme Court decision draft that could overturn Roe v. Wade and the right to abortion in the United States.

Since the leak of the draft two weeks ago, there has been a backlash both within Davis and nationwide against the potential end for abortion access in the United States. However, even in a majority liberal town like Davis, many conflicting views are held by members of the community.

Pastor Mickey Choi preaches at the Davis Korean Church, which has a large pro-life congregation.

He says that several church members reached out to him after a sermon on May 8 about the issue of life.

“I just got a couple of quick

emails after Sunday. People appreciated that I spoke about the topic,” Choi said.

Choi himself is pro-life, which is an opinion he believes is informed by his Christian faith.

He says that if a member of his congregation were to become pregnant when it is difficult for them to be so, the church will find ways to help.

“If she doesn’t have the money to raise the child, I will tell her that, as a congregation and as a spiritual family, we’ll pull our resources together and prioritize life so we’ll do what we can to help her so she doesn’t have to (get an abortion),” Choi said.

Similarly, DHS senior Eliza Meyer was also glad to see the opinion in the leaked decision.

“I think I’ll be excited (when the decision becomes final in June). I think we’re just striving towards less abortions in general,” Meyer said.

Meyer acknowledges that if abortions were to be scaled back

in certain states, there would still be illegal, potentially unsafe abortions happening.

Lisa Ikemoto is a law professor at UC Davis, with a background in reproductive rights. She says that faith can play a significant role in a person’s view on abortion.

“I completely respect those opinions … People of different faiths have different beliefs around these issues. So the question is, what’s the role of government? Should the government be involved in imposing one religious view on every one?” Ikemoto said. “One of the people I most respect has fought for access to abortion and women’s healthcare for decades, but she herself would never choose an abortion.”

Emily Haws is the president of DHS Activism Club. She says that she and her fellow club officers took to their group chat when they heard the news.

“I think it was expected, but extremely disappointing. And

(there’s) obviously a lot of outrage and I feel like though it was expected you’re still like ‘Can this really happen?’” Haws said.

Isabella Holmes is the co-president of Students for Reproductive Freedom at UC Davis, which organized a pro-choice rally on campus on May 10. She says that the organization is focused right now on educating community members and ensuring abortion access continues, especially as the number of people seeking abortions in California are expected to increase as other states enact bans.

“We kind of wanted to focus on sharing resources about all the safe ways you can get abortion… (and) encouraging people to support access to like donating to abortion funds and local clinics and getting involved on campus,” Holmes said.

According to Indira D’Souza, the vice president of SRF, even many people in California lack the access to abortions.

“We knew that this was coming, unfortunately. I was upset but especially because of the implication. For (the) Supreme Court to just overturn other things, like gay marriage, it’s like the next thing that could be overturned with that precedent that they’re setting in this case. So it’s kind of scary to think about that,” D’Souza said.

Megan Acarregui is the communications director for Davis College Republicans. At a meeting DCR held after the leak of the draft opinion, Acarregui says that abortion and the leak was discussed at length.

“There were some opinions that were pro-choice and there were some opinions that were like strictly no, life begins at conception. So you know, there was a range of opinions there,” Acarregui said.

Many Davis residents traveled to Sacramento on May 14 for a large pro-choice rally sponsored

by Planned Parenthood.

Matt Best selected as new DJUSD superintendent

By Elliot DeJong HUB Staff After 22 years working in Davis Joint Unified School District, Matt Best was approved by the school board on Apr. 11, 2022 as the new superintendent. He had assumed the role of interim superintendent after the departure of John Bowes last August.

Best started out in Davis as an undergraduate student at UC Davis, playing football and majoring in history and political science. He started student teaching at Davis High in 2000.

At the time, DHS’s student population was 500 students larger, which Best says was causing some students to feel disconnected. He worked with other staff members to compensate for this by making the school “feel smaller”.

“It was a school within a school model,” Best said. “Kind of like Hogwarts.”

This, ultimately, would be the foundation for Da Vinci High, which Best helped start in the portables behind DHS. He became the second DVHS principal shortly after its founding in 2004.

One of Best’s favorite parts of DVHS was

the ability to directly collaborate with students. He hopes to bring a similar connection to all of DJUSD’s schools.

“We want to continue to build (those) structures,” Best said. “(School is) a people business.”

Best began working in the district office in 2011 as the assistant superintendent of human resources and secondary education. He has since worked in nearly every department, and as associate, assistant and interim superintendent.

In his new role, Best says he plans on bringing more equity to DJUSD. “A hundred years ago, schools were based on the factory (student-sorting) model,” Best said. “(Supporting equity) is not how our system is designed.”

Best says that DJUSD has been working on implementing more individual, collaborative education strategies, and that he wants to further that progress away from the traditional, rigid schooling model. “(I want to) bring… power to those who are furthest from it,” Best said.

He says recent student confusion over administrative decisions has made him realize the need for closer student and staff

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collaboration, and plans to involve community members, students and teachers in finding solutions for the goals of next year’s strategic planning.

Best’s son and daughter both go to

Da Vinci Junior High, which he helped create in 2009-2010 to expand DVHS’s program. His son, a freshman, plays football and wrestles at Davis. His daughter is in seventh grade.

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Building for a future without automobiles I was pleased to see the headline, “Council OKs Olive Drive mixed-use project,” in last week’s Enterprise.

Although a commenter on Facebook accused me of being a shill for the developer — longtime Davis resident Reed Youmans — the attack is entirely unwarranted. I have no financial stake in Mr. Youmans’ 47 unit apartment complex; and Youmans and I have no personal relationship. (Our families lived in the same neighborhood when I was a baby and he was a preteen.)

Instead, I think this unique development is good for our city and will be a boon for those who live there. It may even prove to be a new paradigm for apartments in the core of Davis.

By design, it is not for everyone. The 450-square-foot units are intended primarily for singles, including university students and downtown workers.

The complex is designed for carfree living.

It is walking distance from Amtrak, YoloBus and Unitrans.

The site plan accommodates drive-share services like Uber and Lyft. It will be serviced by Zipcar and residents, of course, can easily rent a vehicle for a day or longer.

On a standard bike, going 12 miles per hour, it is a 5-minute

ride to the Memorial Union on campus; or 4 minutes to the Safeway on Cowell via the new ramp to the Pole Line Road overpass. On an e-bike, going 28 mph, it is 33 minutes to Capitol Mall in Sacramento.

What distinguishes this project is its lack of parking. There will be just eight spaces — four for the residents; four more for a 900-square-foot commercial space, likely a coffee shop. A typical complex this size would have more than 50 places on-site for motor vehicles to park.

According to Anne TernusBellamy’s front-page story, occupants of the 47 apartments must agree in advance to not own cars.

“Youmans (said) residents in his complex will be prohibited in their leases from owning cars and a majority of the council agreed that creating a parking district along Olive — with onstreet parking requiring permits — could be the solution.”

Yet a few people, including

Davis City Councilman Josh Chapman, cannot fathom the idea of car-free living. Mr. Chapman and some other skeptics expect that the tenants in this new complex will park on Olive Drive, and that in turn will harm existing residents.

I believe Chapman and his ilk are wrong. Even without the stipulation in their leases that residents cannot own cars, no one with a car would want to live in this complex. There is literally nowhere to park. Olive Drive is already full.

My suggestion for a “parking district” would be to have 2-hour maximum, metered spaces on the street. That would not only stop nearby residents from parking on Olive Drive all day and all night; it would free up spaces for visitors and for customers who drive to businesses like Dunloe Brewing and Olive Drive Barber Shop.

One obvious problem with most densification infill is it can overburden a street with car traffic — especially during rush hours. This is already a problem at Richards Boulevard and Olive Drive, where vehicles back up trying to get through the narrow underpass.

Yet because the residents in the new complex will not have cars, everyone else who commutes by motor vehicle in that

neighborhood will benefit from this infill project.

A secondary complaint, lodged by a few, is that of the 47 apartments, too few will be for lowincome residents.

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ccording to Ms. TernusBellamy’s story, “the project will … have seven deed-restricted affordable units, including one for a very lowincome household; one for an extremely low-income household; and five for low-income households.”

Undoubtedly, rents in Davis — especially in the last year or so — have priced out many lower-income people. Yet the inviolable law of economics makes it plain that the best way to make housing more affordable for all renters is to build more units.

When supply is low and demand is high, rents will inflate. Increasing supply by building more apartments benefits all renters in the long-run.

According to market research and multiple economic studies, a 1% increase in the housing stock tends to decrease rents by 0.4 to 0.7%, all else held equal.

A secondary benefit of building a car-free housing complex is it will save its residents thousands of dollars per year — money they can invest and

eventually use for a down payment on a home. Most affluent Davisites don’t understand how unaffordable car-ownership is to lower-income people.

According to a 2019 Experian report, the average used-vehicle loan in the U.S. is over $20,000.

Borrowers need to make monthly payments on those debts. Additionally, they spend thousands of dollars every year on fuel, maintenance, repairs, insurance, registration fees and so on.

Since World War 2, we have lived in a car-centric world. I don’t expect that to change.

However, once driverless cars are commonplace, owning your own personal vehicle becomes much less economical. Clicking on an app for an automated taxi will give you more freedom and convenience at far lower cost than keeping your own car in your own garage.

As a result, we will have too many parking spaces in the nottoo-distant future. So it makes little sense in 2022 to force developers to keep adding to our supply of parking. This Olive Drive project will stand out as an excellent example of planning for what is to come.

— Rich Rifkin is a Davis resident; his column is published every other week. Reach him at Lxartist@yahoo.com.

Letters What is in a name?

By any name, DiSC 2022 (Measure H) is still a poor project.

DiSC started in 2015 as a business park only project named MRIC. It then disappeared for 2 years. In 2019 MRIC returned rebranded as ARC. ARC kept the business park idea, but added 850 units of housing and more retail.

ARC was a deal breaker of a project for Davis with its intent to pave over 200 acres of prime farmland and replace it with towering freeway oriented commercial and housing. Located outside the Mace curve, with poor public transit options, it was in violation of Davis’ infill goals and conflicted with the City’s new downtown plan. It forecast a devastating 25,000 car trips added to Mace Blvd. each day, belying claims of carbon neutrality. It predicted substantial vacancies to local businesses due to competition from its retail. And it touted fanciful revenue predictions.

In November of 2020 ARC, under its next acronym of DISC, was defeated at the polls. Now it is back under its latest alias, DiSC 2022, on the June ballot. It has been downsized 50%, except for the retail that has been cut only 20%. Tellingly, the City map of current development projects shows the original 200 acre project.

DiSC 2002 is still peripheral development that eradicates farmland. It still brings crushing traffic with unavoidable impacts to neighborhoods and greenhouse gases from car emissions that defy carbon neutrality. (Alarmingly, this excludes traffic from two other project proposals outside the Mace Blvd. curve.)

DiSC 2022 also still threatens to hurt already hurting local businesses and still prophesizes the rosiest of revenues. It also still has poor public transit options and a bike tunnel under Mace with no specified timeline for completion.

So DiSC 2022, by any name, is not for Davis. No on Measure H. Pam Gunnell Davis

Measure H more greenwash Davis Councilmembers have touted Measure H as some sort of piggy bank for all the city’s needs. Building a buzzwordladen, auto-dominated sprawl project catering mostly to Sacramento commuters is not a reasonable solution, however, for several reasons.

First, the geographic relationship between tech jobs and “campuses” or “centers” has been broken by the pan-

demic and by information technology.

People can work from anywhere doing what passes for “innovation.” This is unlikely to change. There are many vacant office buildings in Davis already yearning for occupants.

Second, there is no such thing as sustainable growth, which is a devious oxymoron. Sustainable is steady state; growth is not. As cities grow larger, they cross a point where income from new development does not pay for the additional expenses caused by that new development, to say nothing of the impacts exported beyond city boundaries.

Third, “carbon neutral” for this project is a pipe dream unless the developers were somehow to magically force everyone to drive only electric vehicles they charge solely off mandated solar roofs. And that would do nothing to solve the traffic problem caused by this project.

Fourth, there are more than 100 acres of vacant land already zoned for commercial or offices within the city limits. Why not develop or redevelop those first?

Lastly, we are all aware that the two residential projects Davis voters recently approved, Nishi and Bretton Woods, have not broken ground. If these were such wise planning decisions, why are they stalled? Were these projects, too, promises to citizens that could not be fulfilled

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It is prudent for voters not to trust developers. “Innovation”, “sustainability”, and “campus” are buzzwords we have come to expect from them as they try to get their projects approved. There is obvious and transparent “greenwash” in the Measure H propaganda.

As a professional planner who has designed several built projects within the city limits of Davis, I urge you to vote No on Measure H. Robert L. Thayer Jr. Professor Emeritus, Landscape Architecture Department of Human Ecology, UC Davis

Councilman Dan Carson has set a low bar for conduct of an elected official in Davis. Funded by the developer of DiSC (Measure H), Carson in effect sued the local citizens in opposition to H, and furthermore is suing them to pay for legal expenses he incurred in a case he did not win out right.

I am shocked and saddened by these actions. What lasting chilling effect will this have on an open and democratic discourse in Davis? Citizen activists should not need to pay over $100,000 to share

their opinion publicly.

Dan Carson’s actions put me over the top in deciding to vote No on H and in deciding to go public with my vote, but here are more reasons I oppose H. ■ Davis currently has several projects in the pipeline that are approved and have not yet been built. I’d like to wait and see how these projects turn out.

■ Davis has about a two-year-old interim affordable housing ordinance, which is weak at 15% of units that must be affordable. Previously it was 25%. Although DiSC proposes 18%, it should be higher.

We are losing our chance to require more affordable rental housing which is so necessary for housing low income residents and people of color in our city.

■ Traffic is already backed up at Mace overcrossing. It can take 40 or more minutes to get from one side of town to another at peak traffic times. DISC only adds more cars – and that’s not all — there are more projects to be proposed that will spill cars into the Covell Boulevard pipeline.

Please join me in voting No on H. The rest of the world has enough bullies right now, let’s not reward this behavior in our town.

Ann M. Evans Mayor, City of Davis, 1978-80

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UCD ends season with sweep over Rainbow Warriors

By Rebecca Wasik Enterprise correspondent Both the UC Davis softball team and the weather were hot on Saturday.

The Aggies ended their season Big West Conference season on a high note, winning both games of their doubleheader against the University of Hawai’i at LaRue Field.

In the nightcap camp, UCD (10-14 in the Big West, 23-29) posted a 4-2 win.

The Aggies won the opener 5-3. That win gave UCD two of three wins in the series.

Aggie pitcher Taylor Fitzgerald pitched a gem in the second game. She gave up only one earned run and struck out three.

“Taylor was awesome,” said UCD head coach Erin Thorpe. “She was right on.

She did a great job keeping her composure and hitting her spots.”

Kenedi Brown pitched the final two innings of the contest, securing the save.

Brown gave up no runs and struck out two.

Hawai’i scored an unearned run in the top of the second inning.

Then the Aggies answered right back in the bottom of the frame, scoring two runs of their own to take a 2-1 lead.

UCD left fielder Reese Mattley led off by drawing a walk. Right fielder Leah Polson was then hit by a pitch, which moved Mattley to second base.

First baseman Sarah Starks then loaded the bases when Hawai’i’s catcher was called for interference. Next, senior Claudia Kim singled to left field, bringing Mattley home. Polson moved to third and Starks to second on the play.

Catcher Anna Dethlefson’s single to left field scored Polson, giving UC Davis the 2-1 lead going into the third inning.

The Aggies added another run in the

SERIES: 3 more home games From Page B6 struck out two in five innings. But the lefty limited the damage.

UCD stranded eight UCSD runners.

Aggie pitchers held the Tritons hitless in their first seven at-bats with runners in scoring position.

UCSD outhit UCD, 10-9.

Opponents are hitting .320 against UCD pitchers, worst in the Big West.

Wolbert went 3-for-5.

The freshman from Petaluma owns a .372 batting average, good for third in the Big West.

He’s also third among conference hitters in on-base percentage (.458) and OPS (1.003).

Daniel Carrion pitched a 1-2-3 ninth inning to earn the save.

On Tuesday, UCD played at San Francisco in a non-league game.

San Francisco posted a 6-5 victory.

Then the Aggies resume Big West play at Cal Poly on Friday through Sunday, May 22.

The Aggies conclude the campaign with a home set against Long Beach State.

The first game between Long Beach State and the Aggies will be Thursday, May 26 at 2:30 p.m. at Dobbins Stadium.

On Friday, May 27, the second game of the series will take place at the stadium.

Time has yet to be determined for this game.

The third game will be Saturday, May 28, at 1 p.m.

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fourth frame.

Center fielder Sarah Nakahara started off the inning by drawing a walk. Then stole second base.

With two outs, shortstop Libbie McMahan smacked a single down the right field line, bringing Nakahara home for the Aggies, who took a 3-1 lead.

The Rainbow Warriors’ offense showed its face again in the top of the fifth. Brittnee Rossi hit a lead-off triple to begin the inning. Nawai Kaupe followed with a single up the middle, which scored Rossi.

The Aggies held the 3-2 lead going into the sixth frame. But they added an insurance run in the bottom of the sixth inning.

Dethlefson led off the half inning with a single up the middle, then stole second base.

Second baseman Sommer Kisling followed with a single down the right field line, advancing Dethlefson to third.

McMahan grounded out to shortstop, which allowed Dethlefson to score.

“I thought the team did great today,” said Thorpe. “It was a good culmination of what we have been trying to work towards all season. We put all three pieces of the game together today — offense, defense and base running. Feels nice to bring home two to finish out the year.”

The Aggies had 10 hits in the contest.

Dethlefson led with three hits on the day.

Polson had two. Kisling, McMahan, Delaney Diaz, Starks and Kim each had one. n To read the rest of Rebeeca Wasik’s story, visit www.davisenterprise.com and click on the Sports tab.

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UC Davis batter Anna Dethlefson runs after an attempted bunt, which went foul, in Saturday’s Big West softball game at LaRue Field. Dethlefson and the Aggies swept Hawai’i.

STATE: Varley steps down as DHS head coach From Page B6 program after seven years.

“I had such a blast working with everyone and witnessing such incredible talent and growth within our team over the last seven years,” Varley said. “There have been a lot of outstanding and successful swimmers come through this program, but this year is special.

Varley felt this year’s team really wanted to shine after the pandemic sidelined postseason last year and most of the regular season and postseason in 2020.

“After two years of being shut down and so many struggles, we came back as a team and did something incredible,” Varley said. “The graduating class of 2022 has been through it all. These ladies are an inspiration to the youth of Davis and to all of Davis aquatics.

The future of Davis High swim is very bright.”

Boys Tate Cutler was the lone Blue Devil

who placed in Saturday’s finals.

He took fourth place in the 100 butterfly at 48.32. He also took fifth place in the 100-backstroke at 48.50.

His preliminary time was 48.34 to win that race.

“Fantastic efforts all year,” said Davis head coach Tracy Stapleton of Cutler, a senior who will be attending Auburn University this fall. “Set new school records in 100 fly and 100 back — both of which are automatic AllAmerican times placing him in top 100 in the country.

Cutler was on the Blue Devils’ 200 medley and 400 free relay teams this season, which are ranked as the top three best teams in the program’s history.

“He showed tremendous leadership and I believe that the example he set will help DHS athletes achieve success in the future,” Stapleton said.

Davis finished the meet in 15th place with 49 points.

Loyola of Los Angeles won the team championship with 217.5 points.

Granite Bay took 10th place at 63 points. Sonora, out of the Mother Lode League, was 12th at 55 points.

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Davis High boys swimmer Tate Cutler goes into the water in the 100 backstroke on Saturday.

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CIF State Swimming & Diving Championships

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At left, members of the Davis High girls swimming team (wearing blue T-shirts, left to right) Charlotte Rosendale, Iz Meraz, Sanne Dequine and Sarah Bennetts display their medals at the California Interscholastic Federation Swimming and Diving Championships at the Clovis Olympic Swim Complex on Saturday. At right, Davis High head coach John Varley holds up the second place trophy, which is the first time that the Blue Devils have placed as a team since the CIF started holding the event in 2016. To view more photos, visit www.davisenterprise.com and click on the Sports tab.

Blue Devil girls take 2nd place in state Enterprise staff CLOVIS — The Davis High girls swimming team continued its success this season.

But now for the time in the program’s history, the Blue Devils can say that they are the second-best team in California.

Competing at the California Interscholastic Federation State Swimming and Diving Championships at the Clovis Olympic Swim Complex on the Clovis West High campus on Saturday, Davis swam to second place as a team with 204 points.

This was the first time that the Blue Devils have finished in the top six as a team since the meet started in 2016.

“I am incredibly proud of everyone for their efforts this season,” said Davis head coach John Varley. “This is the highest we have ever placed at states and the most swimmers that have attended. These girls deserve so much more recognition than they get.

“The girls swim team is the most decorated sport at

Davis High, and we just added another (Delta) league and section title along with a top finish in the state.

That is something we will all remember for the rest of our lives.”

The Santa Margrita High girls swim team won the state championship with an overwhelming 378 points.

St. Francis, Davis’ rival in the Delta League, had an eighth-place finish at 74 points.

Ponderosa, which competes in the Foothill Valley League, represented the Sac-Joaquin Section with Davis and St. Francis, taking an 11th place finish at 58.5 points. Whitney of Rocklin, a member of the Sierra Foothill League, was tied for 19th place with Gilroy and College Preparatory at 32 points each.

There were many Blue Devil swimmers who earned medals at the meet. The top six finalist in each event earned medals.

The 200-freestyle team of Sarah Bennets, Madison Walker, Iz Meraz and Makena Leacox took second place at 1 minute, 32.73 seconds, breaking their own section

record at 1:34.07.

The 200 IM team of Sanne Dequine, Sarah Bennets, Iz Meraz and Charlotte Rosendale took second place with a time of 1:40.01.

The 400-freestyle squad of Rosendale, Ava Portello, Dequine and Audrey Portello finished at second with a time of 3:23.66.

Bennets recorded another second-place finish, but as an individual for the Blue Devils. She took the second spot in the 100-breaststroke at 1:01.28.

Dequinne had second place finish in the 100 butterfly at 54.12 seconds.

Rosendale was third in the 50-freestyle race, clocked at 22.95.

Rosendale and Bennets were tied for sixth place in the 100 freestyle at 50.36 each.

Varley also coached his last Blue Devils team for the last time on Saturday, as he is stepping away from the

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New members for Cal Aggie Athletics HOF Enterprise staff

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UC Davis baserunner Lateef Wakil slides safely into home plate in Saturday’s Big West game at Dobbins Stadium.

UCD claims series over Tritons

By Mark DeVaughn Enterprise correspondent As a harmless flyball traveled earthbound with two outs in the top of the ninth inning Sunday, some UC Davis baseball players left their dugout with a purpose.

Rejoicing prematurely.

Those Aggies were already on the field celebrating when center fielder Mark Wolbert squeezed the final out of an 8-5 win over UC San Diego at Dobbins Stadium.

Forgive their impatience.

With the outcome, UCD (5-19 in the Big West Conference, 6-28 overall) claimed its series victory this season.

Designated hitter Nathan Peng and third baseman Nick Leehey drove in two runs apiece. Bryan Green pitched five strong innings

in relief to earn the win.

The Aggies took the final two games of a three-game set against the Tritons. They were outscored by aggregate of 25-19 during the weekend set at Swimley Field.

UCD led for only nine of the combined 27 innings against UCSD, but claimed the series win anyway.

After falling by a 15-5 margin Friday night, UCD entered the ninth inning of Saturday afternoon’s game trailing 5-2. Following a sacrifice fly, the Aggies strung together three- straight RBI singles to steal a 6-5 win.

Sunday’s action brought the superlatives. The Aggies scored four runs in the seventh to claim an 8-2 lead — their largest advantage in any game this season.

When Leehey swatted a two-run single in the bottom of the fifth, it

gave UC Davis a 4-0 lead. Never before had the club enjoyed such a big home lead in 2022.

UCD sits in 10th place in the 11-team conference, ahead of UC Riverside (4-23, 8-39). Seven games remain in the regular season.

So, go the key milestones in head coach Tommy Nicholson’s first season.

Jalen Smith, who transferred to UC San Diego after leaving UCD, had a double Sunday. Smith joined former teammates for a friendly postgame visit at home plate.

Carson Seeman opened on the mound for the Aggies. The freshman from Auburn went three scoreless innings. He gave way to Green, who scattered eight hits and

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UC Davis announced the induction of seven new members to the Cal Aggie Athletics Hall of Fame this week.

Those former Aggies are Flora Bare (gymnastics, 2000-03), Daniel Descalso (baseball, 2005-07), Linda Hermann (swimming, 2007-11), Mike McGee (men’s water polo, 200407) and Jonathan Peterson (track and field, 2008-10, 2012).

Former men’s basketball head coach Bob Williams (1990-98) was inducted as a nonparticipant. Track and field, and cross-country standout Kim Conley received the 2022 Student-Athlete Legacy Award.

This year’s participant inductees were chosen from a pool of 31 nominations.

Flora Bare Bare was a nine-time USAG All-American during her career as an Aggie and won the 2001 all-around title.

She’s one of a short list of just three Aggies, along with Jill Henrie and Michelle Kulovitz, to win the national all-around title. Bare joins Ericka Ruelas as one of two Aggies to earn AllAmerica distinction three times in the all-around.

Bare set was at the time an all-around school record of 39.200 in 2001 and through 2022 still owns shares of the school vault and floor records with current Aggie Kyla Kessler equaling her 9.950 floor mark this past season.

Bare battled injuries throughout her career but often was able to recover and return to form in time for the national championships. She recovered from stress fractures to become a USAG All-American in all-around and floor in 2000. She did so again in 2002, coming back from an injury to score 9.900 on her floor routine at nationals and was a USAG All-American in all-around, vault, beam and floor.

Bare went on to earn an MFA from UC Santa Cruz in 2005 and furthered her education at the Accademia dell’Arte in Tuscany and the London International School of Performing Arts.

She’s currently an adjunct professor at Columbia College Chicago and DePaul. n To ready the rest of the bios of the former UC Davis athletes entering the Cal Aggie Athletics Hall of Fame, visit www. davisenterprise.com and click on the Sports tab.