Yolo County Local News: Local Governments

09/28/2023
Three have joined the Davis Planning Commission: Alan Bennett, director of the public intellectual property resource for agriculture at UC Davis; Vince McLaughlin, a longtime attorney who also has a broker's license; and Johannes Troost, formerly on the city’s Utilities Commission and the Finance and Budget Commission.

09/28/2023
A long-awaited, controversial report weighs updates to standards that state officials say have failed to protect fish and wildlife. But environmentalists, Native tribes and others already are furious about how long this has taken—and the state is years away from taking action.

09/27/2023
GOP leaders and activists will hear Friday from Donald Trump and other presidential candidates before deciding whether to change the party platform on abortion and same-sex marriage.

09/27/2023
To qualify for financial aid, students must maintain a certain grade-point-average, but many don’t. A bill on Gov. Newsom’s desk would make it easier for students to keep their aid and stay in college.

09/26/2023
Survivors who were sexually assaulted while imprisoned got an audience at the state Capitol, sharing their stories while testifying at a California Legislative Women’s Caucus briefing about abuse by staff at the Central California Women’s Facility in Chowchilla.

09/26/2023
After a historic decline in community college enrollment during the pandemic, students are returning to school again, according to the state’s most recent data. But students between the ages of 20 and 30 are lagging behind.

09/26/2023
The Yolo County Public Defender’s Office and Probation Department are partnering on a snack drive to build non-perishable pantries in their offices to benefit their shared clients.

09/25/2023
The first shoe has now fallen in Davis—now the question will be what will come of it.

09/21/2023
Several anti-abortion crisis pregnancy centers are advertising abortion pill reversal. California Attorney General Rob Bonta calls the claims false advertising that mislead vulnerable patients.

09/21/2023
The Parks and Community Services Department presented its new “Inclusive Parks, Inclusive Hearts: United Communities Through Recreation!” series, which provides free recreation to under-resourced youth and their families.

09/21/2023
Work on a new annex, visitors center and underground parking garage can legally begin after the state issued a final, court-ordered review of the project. Plans have been on hold since early 2021.

09/20/2023
Lost in the madness of yet another bomb threat was an important discussion that took place at the city council meeting Sept. 19 when Councilmember Bapu Vaitla pulled the consent item on the Village Farms EIR.

09/20/2023
Art Mendoza left big shoes to fill upon his retirement from the Winters Fire Department, but Jesus Marquez has fit into the role like Cinderella into her glass slipper.

09/19/2023
Councilmember Bapu Vaitla pulled the consent item on the EIR contract for Village Farms to discuss additional evaluations of a more dense alternative. Councilmember Vaitla noted that there are seven alternative project alternative scenarios that are considered eventually in the scope of services.

09/19/2023
The Federal Emergency Management Agency has identified nearly 500 “zones” that are ill-prepared to tolerate flooding, earthquakes, heat waves, wildfires, landslides and other natural hazards. California topped all states with 51 total zones, followed by 35 in Texas and 32 in Florida.

09/18/2023
A patchwork of bills are giving housing developers and local governments more options to reduce red tape for housing projects.

09/17/2023
Locals for Affordable Housing aims to place a voter initiative on the November 2024 ballot modeled after Berkeley’s vacancy tax, which requires owners of homes that sit vacant more than six months to pay $3,000 for the first year and $6,000 every year after.

09/15/2023
By joining an enrollment session, qualified individuals will connect with a WIOA Case Manager to learn more about the program and how it can support them in achieving their career goals.

09/15/2023
“The draft Code will be available for review and comment through October 27, and the City encourages interested Woodlanders to participate in a series of public workshops and information sessions,” a city press release stated.

09/14/2023
Unions won major victories this session on pay for fast food and health care workers, benefits for strikers and bargaining rights. Business groups say that labor has too much power at the Capitol.