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Special election to fill vacant position By Anne TernusBellamy Enterprise staff writer The city will hold a special election in May to fill the council seat vacated by former Mayor Lucas Frerichs. Frerichs, who was sworn in to the Yolo County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday morning, had represented District 3 on the City Council since his election in that district in November 2020. Prior to that he served — as all council members did — as an at-large member. With Frerichs’s departure to the Board of Supervisors, the Davis City Council is down to four members and will stay that way until a District 3 representative is elected during an all-mail special election on May 3. Only voters in that district will cast votes and the winner will serve out the
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Vice Mayor Josh Chapman, above, takes the oath of office from his sons, Owen, left, and Quentin, during Tuesday’s Davis City Council meeting. At right, Mayor Will Arnold’s daughter, Sonya, administers as her brothers, Dougie and Reecy, looked on.
Back to business Arnold, Chapman sworn in at council By Anne Ternus-Bellamy Enterprise staff writer Leadership on the Davis City Council formally changed hands on Tuesday evening with Will Arnold being sworn in as mayor and Josh Chapman as vice mayor. Both will serve one-year
terms that will run through 2023 and both will be up for re-election to the council in 2024. Arnold, a lifelong Davis resident, has served on the council since 2016 and was re-elected in 2020 to represent District 2. On Tuesday, he took the mayoral oath of office from his daughter, Sonya, as his sons Dougie and Reecy looked on. He called the moment “humbling.” “It really is the honor of a lifetime to be sworn in as
mayor of the community that raised me,” Arnold said. “And this community really did raise me, between my mom, who was a teacher here for 40 years and all of the colleagues of hers, the generations of students that she taught that I got to know; my dad, who was a prominent member of the business community, grew up here… and the community that was here for them and for me when they were at their end.
He noted that when he was first sworn in to the council in 2016, “I said I’ve had a dream, a literal dream, in which Davis is a beacon of hope and light in a darker world. And we’ve seen shades of that darkness since then. And yet we’re the community that
beat COVID better than any other community.
“We’re the community that took the challenge that was placed in front of us to reform public safety. When grand pronouncements were made in other communities only to be walked back, we took a serious, deliberate approach and we delivered on something that will help our most vulnerable members of our community for decades to come. “There’s so much more
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UCD’s cats get a hand
Colleges tackle transit costs
By Monica Stark
CalMatters
Enterprise staff writer “Tig! Come over here.” A patched tabby community cat named Tigger emerges from slabs of insulation beneath the 1960s portables within the Horticultural Innovation Lab for a good meal. The familiar voice of retired UC Davis staff research associate Linda Dodge, 70, has brought him food, company, and care for the past decade. Dodge is not alone in caring for community cats on campus. In all kinds of weather, on every day of the week, despite failing health for many, volunteers scatter across the UC
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“Most kids, I think, probably don’t dream of being the mayor of their small town when they’re in high school,” he said. “But that was something that I have wanted to do. And it is just very meaningful being here.”
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Retired UC Davis researcher Linda DodgeLinda Dodge feeds Tigger outside the Horticulture Innovation Lab buildings. Campus to tend to an array of feral cat communities. “They are very familiar with me because they let
WEATHER Saturday: Showers, breezy. High 53. Low 47.
me help them and get close to them and that kind of thing,” she said.
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By Carmen González When Melanie Lindo was considering her transfer to a UC campus, her choice didn’t come down to academics or campus resources but how long, complex and pricey her bus ride would be. “Compared to all the other UCs I was accepted to, UCLA was the cheapest in terms of transportation,” said Lindo. Prior to attending UCLA, Lindo’s commute to Santa Monica College from Echo Park in Los Angeles put her at a disadvantage academically: She would cut evening study sessions short
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knowing she would have to wake up in the early morning to catch a bus — one she hoped was on time. “Sometimes the bus is delayed, so instead of waiting the 10 minutes, it’s a 20-minute wait, meaning I’m most likely going to miss a good portion of the lecture,” she said.
Now, Lindo’s commute is both less stressful and cheaper. She’s able to take a bus directly from her home to UCLA’s Westwood campus. She also gets reduced fare thanks to partnerships between LA Metro and nearby campuses, including UCLA.
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