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SUNDAY, APRIL 9, 2023
Council prioritizes tax measure for 2024 ballot
Fashion forward ‘Intertwined’: Picnic Day to put a spotlight on design By Monica Stark Enterprise staff writer Putting the spotlight on style, The UC Davis Fashion and Design Society presents “Intertwined” at this year’s Picnic Day on Saturday, April 15, at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. The undergraduate students in the Signature Collections course will present their pieces live and outdoors at the Cruess Hall Maker Space Courtyard. According to a press release, this year’s event features 12 student-created collections which display a wide range of concepts from sustainability, minimalism, and craftsmanship to cultural diversity merged into the aesthetic qualities of each outfit. “Our designs this year are truly unique. We have a lot of fun surprises from our students this year. Audiences can expect a lot of colors this year,” said FADS executive director and President Julia Dang. “We are once again very excited to host the department of design’s long-lasting tradition, the Picnic Day Fashion Show, at our Maker Space
Courtyard,” said Gozde Goncu Berk, associate professor and instructor of the Signature Collections course. “Along with an exhibition that displays this year’s designers’ processes and other works from textiles to wearable technologies. This year’s fashion show ‘Intertwined’ will showcase highly creative collections with very playful pieces to outfits with a strong focus on sustainability and cultural diversity.” Three of the show’s designers wrote to The Enterprise to describe the uniqueness of their pieces. Ahtziry Vazquez, a design major and Chicano studies minor, wants to represent her cultural background at the show. “I hope to give a sense of accomplishment and gratitude to the Mexican culture.” Inspired by Hispanic heritage murals, Vazquez used her artistic and textile print skills to create her own unique fabrics and visuals. She has also played with fabric manipulations that present distinct elements of each garment. Heather Lee, a graduating senior majoring in design with a focus on textiles and a minor in museum studies, will have a collection of four pieces and single garments in the show and exhibition. Between these different pieces, you can see
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By Anne Ternus-Bellamy Enterprise staff writer
the district to heed the warnings of de-transitioners and the daily mental/physical suffering they endure because of their transition. Then came opposing points of view from other district parents. One claimed there was a growing trend in districts throughout the country of denying inclusivity and trans and LGBTQ rights at schools. She went on to warn about the detriment of removing information from the curriculum regarding gender identity. Another community member claimed anti-trans activists were outside the high school (she did not specify which) holding up signs comparing being trans or non-binary to getting a lobotomy. She also addressed the perceived narrative that parents like her
Davis voters will likely see a revenue-generating measure on the November 2024 ballot, but not any of the four peripheral development proposals currently in the works. The City Council on Tuesday expressed their preference for dedicating staff time, limited as it is, toward community engagement on a tax measure that would go before voters during the presidential election, while community engagement continues on what residents want as far as peripheral development. There are now four projects proposing some 2,500 housing units in total along East Covell Boulevard and south on Mace Boulevard. All would require a vote of the public under Measure J/R/D. The newest proposal comes from John Whitcombe for the 400-acre property north of Covell and west of Pole Line Road. Davis voters perviously voted down a housing development — Covell Village — at that site in 2005. Whitcombe and his partners have not yet submitted a proposal but plan to do so on or around April 10, the city was told. Further east on Covell are the Palomino Place proposal from David Taormino, which would develop the 25-acre Horse Ranch property in Wildhorse with up to 184 housing units (including up to 55 accessory dwelling units); the 234-acre Shriner’s property proposal for just east of Palomino Place that would include about 1,100 housing units; and the “On the Curve” proposal on 85 acres east of Mace Boulevard that would include up to 788 housing units. “We’re in uncharted territory where we have several that have come in front of us simultaneously and they’re all jockeying to be the first one and all are targeting November 2024 as the election date, because we know it’s going to be a huge presidential election,” said Mayor Will Arnold. But given the staff time required to get such projects through review and onto the ballot — and a city planning department that remains understaffed — a subcommittee comprising Arnold and Councilman Bapu Vaitla had recommended that the full council consider picking one of the four projects to undertake review for possible inclusion on the November
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The Picnic Day Fashion Show will feature designs like this one from Ahtziry Vazquez’s “Orgullo” collection. The model is Marron Capistrano (a fourth-year design major).
Clash on trans rights at school board meeting By Aaron Geerts Enterprise staff writer DJUSD school board meetings have had turbulent public comment sections recently, and Thursday’s was no different. While the board had its agenda to adhere to, it came after an explosion of emotions in the public comment section regarding transgender ideologies. One DJUSD parent urged the district to sever ties with the Davis Phoenix Coalition. Holding up a flyer, she claimed that on March 12, the group held a secret drag workshop and that kids could RSVP for it without parental consent through a secret chat on Discord. The community member went on to state how the DPC is preying on vulnerable children and the harm of transitioning children who may
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A Davis parent addresses the School Board on Thursday in front of a gallery loaded with signs supporting trans rights. otherwise be gay or lesbian. Another district parent took to the podium and claimed she was publicly denounced prior to the meeting for being hateful, ignorant and for harming people. She claimed to be coming from a place of compassion and urged
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