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Update on state budget Assistant city manager Paul Navazio gave a presentation outlining the impacts of the adopted state budget on the city’s adopted budget for2008-2009.Biggest impact is on the Davis Redevelopment Agency,which will have to make payments totaling$662,000over the fiscal year.The city will also lose a total of$99,279for law enforcement.

The Davis City Council will meetTuesday at6:30p.m.in the Community Chambers at23Russell Blvd.The following are descriptions of selected agenda items the council will discuss at the meeting.

The future doesn’t look very promising for New Harmony, an affordable housing apartment complex proposed for an empty site in South Davis. The Davis City Council voted last week to delay a decision on the project, citing lack of information on health risks as a prime concern.

Californians have gained360million pounds over the last decade,whileone in three children and one infour teens are overweight or atrisk,according to the California Department of Public Health. In one of the latest efforts to deal with this issue,Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger last week signed Senate Bill1420,authored by Senator Alex Padilla (D-Pacoima),which will require restaurant chains with20or more locations in Californiato post nutrition information on menus and indoor menu boards by Jan.1,2011.This will affect over17,000restaurantsstatewide.

Political advocacy among staff and faculty is not only common butalsoencouraged,as long as certain policies concerning the university are followed.Faculty and staff just have to be mindful of a few rules.UC Davis Government and Community Relations encourages active political participation,as long as political activity is not performed on university time and no university resources are used.

MONDAY Those shoes are mine,betch! An individual on Shasta Drive called the police,hysterically stating that his mother took his shoes.

According to state law, speed limits have to be reevaluated and justified every five years. There are currently several street sections in Davis where the speed limits are not up to date. “Every five years we have to update our traffic surveys.… It affects some of our speed limits,” said Roxanne Namazi, senior civil engineer with the Davis Public Works Department. “Fifty-four of 120 [speed segments] are now impacted.”

It’s not as bad as somefeared,but the state budget signed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger last month will have a negative impact on the city’s budget.The state budget for fiscal year2009will impact redevelopment funds,transportation money and grant funding for Davis law enforcement.The total impact on the city’s budget will be$760,000.

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed the California DREAM Act on Sept.30for the second time in two years.The act,authored by state senator Gilbert Cedillo (D-Los Angeles),was aiming to allow illegal immigrants access to financial aid at the University of California,California State University and California’s community colleges. “I share the author’s goal of making affordable education available to all California students,” wrote Governor Schwarzenegger in a letter to the state senate, “but given the precarious fiscal condition the state faces at this time,it would not be prudent to place additional demands on our limited financial aid resources as specified in this bill.“

Student political advocacy groups are taking campus voter registration records to new heights as Election Day approaches. As of Tuesday,2,000students registered to vote since the quarter began thanks to the combined efforts of the UC Davis chapter of Students for Barack Obama (SFBO) along with Davis College Democrats. In the first eight days,UC Davis not only broke the previous California student registration record – held by Cal Poly,San Luis Obispo – but doubled it.Davis registered1,447students in eight days,surpassing Cal Poly’s record of450in a week.

In the Oct.7issue ofThe California Aggie,the article “Number of international students at UCD slowly increasing” stated there are over2,500international students and scholars at UC Davis.The article should have stated that there are over4,000international students and scholars. In the Oct.6issue of The California Aggie,the ASUCD Senate Briefs misspell the name of the ASUCD president.The name should be spelled Ivan Carrillo. The Aggie regrets the errors.

Homeless assistance providers in Yolo County will have to cut programs and services this year due tolack of MLfunding. Yolo‘s homeless providers have depended on grants from the Federal Emergency Shelter Grant program for a number of years,but the FESG will not be providing any funds to organizations in the county this year.