This Week in Your Government

January 3, 2011
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City Council, DJUSD, Elections, People's Government, Show Up or Stop Whining

Monday, January 3 – Friday, January 7, 2011

It’s déjà vous all over again.  Jerry Brown will be sworn in as Governor today at 11:00 am at Sacramento’s Memorial Auditorium.  You can view the ceremony live on the California Channel.

Details of ceremonies for Controller John Chiang, Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson, Attorney General Kamala Harris, Treasurer Bill Lockyer, Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones, and Secretary of State Debra Bowen are available at SacBee.com.

Also on Monday, Don Saylor will be sworn in as Yolo County District 2 Supervisor replacing retiring Supervisor Helen Thomson.  On Tuesday, the Davis City Council will further refine the process for appointing Saylor’s replacement.

The Davis School Board will continue discussion of a possible spring parcel tax at their Thursday meeting.  Amount and term of tax, programs to be funded, and timing on the ballot are all under discussion, as are accountability measures and differential rates for single and multi-family dwellings.   The Board will also receive a report from the Parcel Tax Citizen’s Oversight Committee.  More information on parcel taxes is available in our previous post, Minding Q and W and Davis Students.

Below are your opportunities to participate in the public process this week.  Click on links for full agenda and location.  If we’ve missed an important meeting, please add it as a comment.

Monday, 3 January 2011

5:30 pm – CITY – Bicycle Advisory Commission

Tuesday, 4 January 2011

6:30 pm – Davis City Council – appointment process for Council vacancy: choose and approve preferred timeline and process (expedited or extended) for Council appointment; choose a process for narrowing the initial candidate pool, if necessary; approve application for Council appointment; approve the public input form; provide other direction to staff, as necessary, in order to facilitate the opening of the Council appointment process

Thursday, 6 January 2011

5:00 pm – CITY – Safety and Parking Advisory Commission

7:00 pm – Davis Joint Unified School District Board of Education – DaVinci Charter Academy update, annual Parcel Tax Oversight Committee report, May 2011 parcel tax, 2010-2011 proposed secondary course program changes, first reading of revised board policies, administrative regulations


Susan Lovenburg is the mother of three daughters (ages 13, 15 and 21) and a member of the Davis School Board since 2007. She is a contributor to the Davis Voice and currently serves as Sacramento Regional Coordinator for California Forward (www.cafwd.org).

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