This Week in YOUR Government

Monday, January 18 – Friday, January 22, 2010

Happy Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, everyone!  Join the City of Davis celebration to keep the dream alive, then make your own voice heard by participating in the public process this week.  Meetings appear below.  Links provide full agendas and locations.

The University of California Board of Regents meets this week from Tuesday through Thursday at UCSF Mission Bay.  The full agenda is available on their website.

Monday, 18 January 2010

City Holds 16th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Celebration

The city of Davis Human Relations Commission is pleased to host the 16th annual Martin Luther King Junior Day Celebration on Monday, January 18. The family-friendly celebration will be held at the Varsity Theatre, 616 Second Street in downtown Davis, starting at noon.

This year’s celebration will look at where we’ve been, where we are and where we’re going. The lineup features several components – something to suit everyone’s tastes. Davisite Monette Perrin, Director of “To Mend a Bridge,” will present short sketches using local youth and school children, accompanied by soloist Samantha Howard. The Yolo Freedom Singers will once again provide additional musical entertainment. Students from Davis High School’s Black Student Union will present personal vignettes sharing their experiences as relates to Martin Luther King Jr.

This year, the event will also feature a spotlight on hidden treasures of Davis, in the form of Carolyn and Dean Cliver. The Clivers have lived in Davis for 15 years and will share with the community their insights on race, diversity, service and community, all messages Dr. King espoused.

The event will conclude with a short Freedom March through downtown Davis at approximately 1:15.

All are welcome to this celebration of Dr. King and his goal to keep the dream alive.

Tuesday, 19 January 2010

9:00 am – STATE – Joint Senate and Assembly Select Committees on Improving State Government : summary and recommendations of reform proposals

11:30 am – STATE – Senate Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review: overview of the Governor’s budget proposals for K-12 education and higher education

6:30 pm – Davis City Council - public meeting on the appeal to revoke and rescind permits for NewPath Network; aesthetic considerations for East Area Tank; public hearing on amending the Davis Municipal Code to re-authorize and extend the one-half cent transactions and use tax through December 16, 2016, subject to the approval of the voters

Wednesday, 20 January 2010

9:30 am – STATE – Joint Legislative Audit Committee: informational hearing on the State Auditor’s compliance review of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA)

Thursday, 21 January 2010

1:30 pm – STATE – Senate Committee on Transportation and Housing: informational hearing on the use of federal economic stimulus funds for transportation

4:00 pm – CITY – City/Chamber of Commerce 2×2

6:00 pm – CITY – Tree Commission

7:00 pm – Davis Joint Unified School District Board of Education - recognition of recent retirees, impact of Governor’s proposed budget on DJUSD budget (expanded reduction plan to be posted to the board agenda on Wednesday), annual report of the Parcel Tax Citizen’s Oversight Committee, discussion of future parcel tax, presentation of web-based budget information/community engagement tool, public hearing to sunshine proposal from DJUSD to Davis Teacher’s Association for the 2009-10 school year

7:00 pm – CITY – Recreation and Park Commission