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OUTPUT: 22:18 USER: DCARACCIO MASTER 10-12-10 BLACKYELLOWCYANMAGENTA By Hudson Sangree Cities across the region could lose millions of dollars in public safety funding under a last-minute budget bill signed this week by Gov. Jerry Brown, the head of an urban advocacy group warned Fri- day. Senate Bill 89 shifts $130 million in vehicle license fee revenue away from cities and into an account that will pay for law enforcement grants to cities and counties, said Chris McKenzie, executive director of the LeagueofCalifornia Cit- ies. About two-thirds of that amount, $87 million, has been used to fund local police and fire departments, he said. In the Sacramento region, cities stand to lose a total of about $4.6 million, the group predicted in a detailed break- down.

Someof the fundswill even- tually make their way back to local police and de- partments through grants, McKenzie said. FEES Page B4 OURREGION LAST-MINUTE BILL SHIFTS VEHICLE LICENSE FEE REVENUE WE BUY GOLD AND SILVER Gold is at highest level ever! Now is the time to turn your old gold jewelry and coins into real dollars! We Buy: Jewelry Coins Silverware Diamonds Sterling Silver Platinum Scrap Gold Watches 341 Iron Point Rd. Folsom 916-353-1982 1338 Howe Ave. Sacramento 916-927-0542 FREE Verbal Appraisal FREE $10 gas card With any purchase or sale of Jewelry Minimum purchase or sale of $200 FREE Jewelry Cleaning Up to 3 Items Per Person Per Coupon $2.99 and up Watch Batteries Includes Installation By Tony Bizjak Sometimes, it takes a village to build a village. A Southern California investment company has an expected key date this month with the Sacra- mento Planning Commission on ambitious plans for a 32-acre urban village south of Broadway in the northwest corner of Land Park.

But first, representativesofdeveloperRanchCapi- tal are checking in with neighboring community or- ganizations, business groups and schools in an at- tempt to avoid the kind of bitter fights that can trip up infill projects, particularly ones this big. The project, within walking and biking distance of downtown, would replace the Setzer wood pro- cessing plant with nearly 2,000 residents, many ex- pected to be first-time buyers, including a target group called WINKs: single women with income and no kids. City officials like the concept. But the tightly packed development, called Northwest Land Park, would sit across the street from existing neighbor- hoods, schoolsandbusinesses. In the politicalworld of urban infill, that means compromise.

been developer spokesman Kevin Smith said during a round of talks with local groups this week. think built a good A beverage distributing company, however, is concerned that its late hours and noise could create acrimony with new residents. Developers are hop- ing to mitigate that with a sound wall and notices to homebuyers. Conversely, redevelopment and school officials want connections, not walls, between the new project and the neighborhood. So developers are talkingabout linkingacommunityparkandreccen- ter with the schoolyard, and sharing an urban farm with students.

LAND PARK Page B4 SACRAMENTO River warning Holiday water enthusiasts will face swifter, higher rivers, officials say. Page B3 Cities fear loss of public safety aid By Liza Lester At the heart of the Sacra- mento-San Joaquin Delta, just a few miles from the con- fluence of the two rivers that give it its name, sits a minia- ture Delta, complete to scale and frozen in concrete. The interactive artwork is partof millionproject to build a research, education and recreation facility in the Delta. the fruition of nearly two decadesof effortby the East Bay Regional Park District and a coalition of lo- cal stakeholders in Contra Costa County. whole development we have here is part of a greaterdreamcalled the Delta saidMikeMo- ran, naturalist for Big Break Regional Shoreline, waving at the pier, amphitheater and 50-foot-longDelta map.A pre- fabricated visitor center to hold exhibits, class space and a field study lab is under con- struction and expected to open next year.

reason why this map is really important is the loca- tion where standing is really saidNancyKai- ser, interpretive services man- ager for the park district. The park is an island of nat- ural space in an intensely de- veloped landscape. Homes of the community of Oakley flank its southernborder.Agri- cultural fields, industrial facili- turbinesandthe im- mense arch of the Antioch bridge frame the view across the water. They are all connected by themanyfingersofwater flow- ing through the large system that is the Delta. bring people of all ages, and schoolchildren and classes, to this said Kai- ser.

can share that mes- sageofwatershedsandthewa- ter systems, and how critical it is, not to just us as people, but to the ecosystems and the The California Coastal Con- servancy contributed $400,000 for the Delta model, DELTA Page B3 Concrete map, park capture scope, heart of Delta BIG BREAK REGIONAL SHORELINE To build a village, developers reach out to future neighbors Randall Benton Kevin Smith works in his Sacramento office on the proposed Northwest Land Park project as spokesman for a Southern California investment company. think built a good he told local groups in a round of talks this week. The former Market Club restaurant will be integrated into the plan for the Northwest Land Park infill project, which is designed to build connections to the surrounding neighborhood. NORTHWEST LAND PARK INFILL PROJECT PREPARES FOR DATE WITH PLANNING PANEL REGION IN BRIEF B2 REMEMBRANCES B5 BUSINESS B6 WEATHER B8 Columnist Bob Shallit is taking the day off. By Melody Gutierrez and Lynn La School district officials throughout the Sacramento region are trying to avoid a chaotic first day of school, where potentially thousands of students could be barred from campuses for not having a whooping cough booster shot.

Anew lawrequiringmiddle andhigh school students tore- ceive the vaccine went into ef- fect Friday. Students at public andprivate schools will not be allowed on campuses until shot records verifying the booster are turned in to their schools. The law does not af- fect students currently en- rolled in summer school. of right now we only have documentation for 21 percent of our incoming sev- enth- through said Gabe Ross, spokesman for Sacramento City Unified. are very concerned that on the first day of school we will have to send kids Other area districts, such as Elk Grove and Twin Rivers Unified, also say a majority of their middle and high school students have not turned in shot records indicating received the Tdap booster.Aswithothervaccina- tion requirements, families can apply for an exemption based on the medical condition or personal beliefs.

Most health insurance cov- ers immunizations, such as the Tdap booster. For stu- dents without insurance, area districts have held free clinics, withmoreplanned inthecom- ing months. stacle to get this said Dawn Fox, acting director of health services at Sacramento City Unified. Fox said 640 vaccines were VACCINE Page B4 Vaccine law has schools scrambling WHOOPING COUGH SHOT NOW REQUIRED FOR GRADES 7-12 HEALTH STATE BUDGET SACRAMENTO CO. Sacramento Bee Antioch Oakley Brentwood Sac ra 5 miles 160 12 4 4 Big Break Regional Shoreline Source: City of Sacramento Sharon Okada St.

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