Supervisor Provenza and I are co-sponsoring a resolution called Yolo County, a Safe and Welcoming Place for All: Protecting Children and Keeping Families Together. This resolution will be discussed by the Yolo County Board of Supervisors at our July 24th meeting. This...

Since 2008, Yolo County has had a contract with the federal Office of Refugee Resettlement to provided services for up to 24 youth. These kids are described as unaccompanied minors. To be placed here they must meet criteria of committing a crime unrelated to their immi...

Friends,

I'm very excited to announce a wonderful collaboration between the Yolo Food Bank and the Davis Farmers Market to help end student hunger!

A few years back, Farmers Market vendors donated their excess produce at the end of the Market to a local non-profit. Logis...

On April 9th, Tracey Patterson, Director of Legislation for California Food Policy Advocates  (CFPA), presented to the Yolo County Ag and Food Alliance Food Connect meeting about important food and nutrition legislation and the basics of advocacy.

Tracey provided us wit...

As Yolo County supervisors, we are committed to public safety, cultivating new job opportunities and preserving our agriculture land.

Since 2011, we have served on a board subcommittee actively working with the federal Indian Health Service as it has sought to build a 4...

Friends,

Happy 2018! I look forward to working with you as we enter another year of meaningful community engagement, hard work and effective advocacy for the people of Yolo County. As national politics continue to polarize our public dialogue, Yolo County continues to f...

At our January 9th Board meeting, the Board voted 4-1 in favor of a policy framework that will allow us to move forward with developing Yolo County’s cannabis program. I voted in favor of this proposal because it offers a balanced path forward. This proposal has three...

Friends,

As we turn from 2017 to the New Year, I want to thank you each for your commitment to our communities and for your friendship over the past year. In the bit of quiet that comes this time of year, the District 2 team has reflected on our many partnerships in ser...

From those sleeping in business entryways, to those that are hopeful they will be selected in the Interfaith Rotating Winter Shelter nightly lottery drawing, to those who are working low-wage jobs and are one missed paycheck away from eviction, or students who can't pi...

At the Yolo County Board of Supervisors meeting on Tuesday, April 25th we continued the discussion of how to best support children in our child welfare system.  We know that we have a permanency issue, where Yolo County ranks #48 among California Counties, or an averag...