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SUNDAY, MAY 21, 2023
Council honors community standouts By Monica Stark
Gov. Gavin Newsom unveils his revised budget proposal for 2023-24 during a press briefing at the state Natural Resources Agency in Sacramento on May 12.
Enterprise staff writer Recognizing deserving individuals and organizations, the Davis City Council announced the 2023 Golden Heart Awards and this year’s Thong Hy Huynh Memorial Awards at Tuesday’s meeting.
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Newsom proposes to close the deficit by shifting an additional $3.3 billion in existing commitments out of the general fund, including paying for $1.1 billion in climate spending and $1.1 billion in college student housing projects with bonds,
The Golden Heart award was first presented in 1994 in memory of Andrew Mockus, who was killed by his peers in 1992. After many community forums hosted by the Recreation and Park Commission, it was decided to recognize outstanding youth in the Davis community with two different categories within the award: community service and personal challenge. The Community Service Award recognizes individuals who’ve given significant service to the communities and their fears and or their schools, and the Personal Challenge Award recognizes individuals who overcome significant challenges.
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Newsom pivots to deficit control By Alexei Koseff CalMatters California’s estimated budget deficit has grown by $9 billion since January, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced last week, though the governor downplayed the severity of its potential impact on critical government services and programs.
During a press conference at the California Natural Resources Agency in downtown Sacramento, Newsom unveiled a revised spending plan that will rely on some additional fiscal maneuvers — including shifting funding sources and internal borrowing — to address a projected $31.5 billion gap in the 2023-24 state budget.
“We have a $31.5 billion challenge, which is well within the margin of expectation and well within our capacity to address,” Newsom said. Despite the growing shortfall, California’s overall budget is now expected to be $306 billion, including special funds, less than a 1% decline from a record $308 billion in the cur-
rent fiscal year.
Trustees hear about facilities By Aaron Geerts Enterprise staff writer The school year is near its end, but the school board was hard at work at its latest meeting on Thursday. While many facilities projects are underway at various sites, some teachers raised their concerns about recent decisions made by the district regarding facility utility. As always, the public comment section in the school board meeting was filled with passion. This time around, elementary teachers and parents took center stage to voice their concerns. “I’m here because I’m concerned that decisions
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are being made at our site and around the district that disadvantage BEST our most vulnerable Superintendent students due to not providing adequate instructional space for (English learner) programs, reading intervention and special education,” said 10-year Montgomery Elementary English Learning Specialist, Madeline Ryen in the public comment section. “At MME, we’ve served over 150 English learners this year. That is 20% of
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our district’s ELs, including all of our elementary migrant students. And yet, the facilities plan for the indefinite future is to split one classroom between ELD and our reading program. These programs provide core content and vital supports and they should not be left to jockeying for nooks and crannies around campus. If we as a district are sincere in our belief and our commitment to closing the opportunity gap, that means we have to prioritize these most vulnerable students, even in the midst of difficult facilities funding decisions and provide them with the
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Cat-cat study: How well do we read cat behavior? By Monica Stark Enterprise staff writer How well can you read cat behavior? That’s a question that was posed to participants of a study aimed at better understanding cat behavior. Because cats are the most widespread pets throughout the country, student Yuqi “Emily” Quan set out to determine “how well UC Davis college students can distinguish between positive and negative behaviors in domestic cats.” Done through an online survey with several demographic questions and 10 videos of cat-cat
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interactions, participants were asked to rate the interactions from extremely negative to extremely positive. For this study, our recruitment was from the end of February to the beginning of April, mainly through flyers around campus on social media.
Under the guidance of sponsor Carly Moody, Ph.D., they hypothesized that students would be better at recognizing positive behavior compared to negative behavior and that students with professional experience with cats would be better at
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