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SUNDAY, AUGUST 28, 2022
Do-over honors UCD graduates A old strip mall lies abandoned in central Fresno on Aug. 25. Two bills in the legislature would unlock commercial real estate space for residential use, and Democratic leaders are having a hard time choosing between them.
By Caleb Hampton Enterprise staff writer Several dozen UC Davis graduates and their friends and family gathered Friday for a makeup commencement after extreme heat disrupted their graduation ceremony in June. Unlike that ceremony, which was held outdoors at UC Davis Health Stadium during a heat wave, the makeup ceremony was hosted inside the airconditioned University Credit Union Center, formerly called The Pavilion. “We recognize the unprecedented challenges you faced over the past two years,” UC Davis Chancellor Gary S. May said during his remarks at the ceremony. “Despite all the unexpected surprises and disappointments, you persevered. You reached a pivotal goal and you’re here today because of your fortitude. Let’s honor the past, recognizing the lessons we’ve learned. Let’s take this moment this day to acknowledge and appreciate what you’ve achieved and survived.” Shortly after the June ceremony was cut short, May apologized for the university’s failure to plan for the heat and vowed to make amends to the graduates. “I wish we had been able to celebrate you in the way you deserved to be celebrated for what you’ve accomplished,” he said at the time.
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Rival housing bills? Lawmakers pick both By Manuela Tobias CalMatters For years, California state lawmakers have tried to reconcile warring views on what labor standards should be required of developers who’d be allowed to build housing more easily and quickly to combat the housing crisis. Most recently that debate has splintered organized labor over two bills that both unlock commercial real estate for
residential use. The Senate’s bill has the backing of the powerful state Building and Construction Trades Council, while the Assembly’s bill counts on support from affordable housing developers and the state’s Conference of Carpenters. The Legislature’s progress on housing for this session was framed as recently as last week as a battle between these two forces over the bill in the Assembly. But following weeks of tense negotiations between the two
unions over the labor provisions in the Assembly’s bill, the labor groups failed to hammer out a compromise. So instead of choosing sides, leadership in the state Assembly and Senate simply gave their seal of approval to both bills. They opted to give developers two choices if they want to build housing where strip malls once were: Comply with stricter affordability standards or stricter labor standards. Senate Pro Tem Toni Atkins,
Davis High welcomes new principal By Aaron Geerts Enterprise staff writer With the new school year comes a new principal for Davis High School, Dr. Bryce Geigle. Although an intimidating role to assume as the “mayor of DHS” in a town full of DHS alumni, Geigle is already burning blue with passion for the journey ahead. Geigle grew up in a bluecollar family just down Interstate 5 in Stockton. Furthering his education after high school — much less becoming an educator — wasn’t something he considered until some teachers directed his career compass his senior year. “I had some fantastic teachers in high school as
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an upperclassman and I remember it was a hallway conversation with GEIGLE my U.S. New DHS chief history teacher and he said, ‘hey, are you thinking about community college next year?’ And that was the first time I think the words ‘college’ and ‘me’ were associated in the same sentence,” Geigle said. “I’m all about educators’ words have power, and there’s moments and times that can change our trajectories. So, I think coming here to DHS is no different. If we
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can create relationships and have many moments and times that influence our young people here, our young blue devils, then I’m sure we’ll have a successful school year.” Filled with inspiration, Geigle attended San Juaquin Delta College after high school with aspirations of becoming a P.E. teacher. Then Dr. Ramirez from the English 1-B class helped channel the young educator’s passion toward English and taking his education even further. He went on to attend San Jose State, studying English, gained even more confidence as an educator and
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D-San Diego, called the two-bill package “a monumental legislative agreement, and one of the most significant efforts to streamline and amplify housing production in decades.” If passed, both bills would apply to overlapping sites — and leave the choice of which policy to use in the developer’s hands. “What I think the package represents is leadership from
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City Council to consider moving Sky Track in Arroyo Park By Anne Ternus-Bellamy Enterprise staff writer A years-long controversy over the Sky Track zip line equipment in Arroyo Park will go before the City Council on Tuesday, with city staff recommending the council approve moving the track to a different location in the park, further away from residences. Since 2019, the popular playground equipment has been located on the southern edge of the park, near houses on Imperial Avenue. But a noise study conducted more than two years ago showed use of the equipment, which
produces a metallic clanging sound, violated the city’s nighttime noise ordinance, impacting those residents living nearby. City staff began locking up the Sky Track at night, but repeated vandalism, including damage to the locks and chains, as well as a more recent sound study that indicated the equipment also violates the city’s daytime noise ordinance in that location prompted staff to close the Sky Track altogether as a decision was made on where to move it. When the matter came
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