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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2022
City officials respond to climate-plan concerns
Program to give ineligible UC applicants a second shot
By Anne Ternus-Bellamy
By Caleb Hampton
Enterprise staff writer
Enterprise staff writer
The city’s draft 2020-2040 Climate Action and Adaptation Plan remains open for public review and comment through Oct. 10, but city staff are already responding to some of the concerns raised by members of the public, particularly related to building electrification. The CAAP is a planning document that proposes actions to help the city reach carbon neutrality by 2040, focusing on everything from building electrification to transportation to land use. The state is requiring renewable energy and 100-percent carbon-free electrification by 2045, but Davis — along with some other California jurisdictions — has adopted an earlier target for carbon neutrality, in this case five years before the state. A lengthy process aimed at determining how the city can achieve that goal began in 2019 with multiple public workshops, online surveys and outreach that resulted in 28 proposed actions reviewed by the City Council before being circulated for public review and
requesting the change, and only for equipment already being installed or replaced. “In other words, existing equipment that uses gas or other nonrenewable resources will not need to be replaced until it is at ‘the end of useful life,’” the city’s statement noted. n Electrification at time of home sale, with a defined fair and appropriate implementation schedule to be determined as part of future ordinance development. This proposed
The University of California is establishing a new program that will give California high school graduates who did not fulfill all the requirements for UC admission a second chance at getting into the university system, UC officials said this week at a monthly Board of Regents meeting in San Diego. The program, which was designed to comply with a request from California Gov. Gavin Newsom in last year’s state budget, will target students who earned a 3.0 grade point average in high school but did not complete all the A-G courses required for admission to the UC system. Beginning next year, those students will be guaranteed transfer admission to a UC campus if they complete the required courses at a community college. “There are students that apply to us, and they don’t always know that they have not fulfilled all the A-G requirements,” said UC Provost Michael Brown. “The though is some of those students are going to go to community college.” According to data presented at the meeting, only about half of
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City staff have been conducting outreach and soliciting input on the Climate Action and Adaptation Plan since 2019, including at a Davis Farmers Market booth. The draft plan is now circulating for public comment. feedback in August. Those recommendations are contained in the draft plan currently open for public comment. Even if the council approves the plan, likely in December, it will require further action by council down the road and the recommendations would not immediately become requirements. “It is important to note that the CAAP is a planning document that recommends carbon reduction and climate risk implementation actions and approaches, but does not establish city
requirements,” the city noted in a statement this week. Among the recommendations that have drawn concern from residents are those related to building electrification. Four such recommendations would be voluntary, at least until 2025, likely later, when the city would reassess if they should be required. Those four actions are: n Electrification at end of useful life or when replacement or remodeling requires a permit. This would apply only where the property owner is
One killer’s parole denied, another’s rescinded
Awards honor educators across Yolo County Special to The Enterprise WOODLAND — the Yolo County School Boards Association will honor county recipients during its annual Excellence in Education Awards On Monday, Sept. 26, at 5 p.m. This year’s event will be held in person at the Yolo County Office of Education, 1280 Santa Anita Court in Woodland.
By Lauren Keene Enterprise staff writer The California Board of Parole Hearings denied one man’s parole and rescinded another’s previously approved release in separate Yolo County murder cases. Carl Williams, 64, is serving a life sentence for the April 7, 1989, strangling death of Evelyn Munoz, an acquaintance
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Evelyn Munoz’s daughter Nicole, right, and granddaughter after speaking out against Carl Williams’ parole. who had been staying with Williams at a West Sacramento motel, according to
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The annual award ceremony recognizes programs and leadership excellence from the five school districts across Yolo County, plus individuals and programs from the Yolo County
Office of Education and the Los Rios and Yuba Community College districts. YCSBA invites community members to help celebrate the many accomplishments of these devoted educators. There is no cost to attend the event. Individuals who plan to attend in person are asked to register in advance at https:// yolocoe.k12oms.org/ 2495-222992. The awards ceremony will also be streamed starting at 5:30 p.m. on Facebook Live at face book.com/YoloCOE and
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