Good evening, everyone, and welcome to the December 3rd meeting of the Davis City Council.

Uh let the record reflect it's 6 34 p.m.

Uh and to my right and left, all of my colleagues are here, so we have a quorum.

Uh with that, I will um turn to my c one of my colleagues and entertain a motion to approve the agenda.

So moved a second.

Oh we have a motion by Vice Mayor Vitla, a second by Councilmember Neville.

Any further discussion on the agenda?

All right.

All in favor, please say aye.

Aye.

Oppose, abstain.

Motion carries 5-0.

And we have an agenda.

Thank you.

Um all right.

So this evening we have a few ceremonial presentations.

Uh I recognize some folks here that are that are for those.

Um so to start, we are going to do a proclamation recognizing the history and legacy of the Brasero program.

And I'm going to turn to Vice Mayor Vitla uh for that proclamation.

Thank you, Mayor Tabman.

And uh if Moses Moreno Antonio, if you'd like to come up uh during this proclamation, please please feel free to do so.

Anyone really make it.

Sure.

Come on up.

Come on up.

Yeah, yeah.

Professor Del Vera, you can come up too.

The Brasero program was a historical agreement signed on August 4th, 1942.

And it ended on December 31st, 1964.

It was vital to YOLO County and monumental to our society.

When the United States was in need of labor during World War II, it imported over four million Mexican nationals to work to pick agricultural crops and work in other industries.

YOLO County received the largest number of brassero workers that resided resided in California.

Brasero stimulated technological advancements and growth of the University of California, Berkeley, and Davis, making them world-renowned research institutions.

Although the Brasero laborers were contracted seasonally, it created a path for brasseras to eventually relocate to YOLO County with their families and their children to gain educational opportunities.

The program provided opportunity, hope, and determination in the face of daily injustice and hardship, and also had shortcomings, inequalities and inequalities.

Now, therefore, we, the Davis City Council, on behalf of the residents of Davis, recognize December 31st, 1964 as the 60th anniversary of the end of the Brasero program and encouraged the Davis community to learn and remember the importance of the Brasero program and agricultural workers in our local economy.

She's taken down the exhibit of the Brasero history in Yolo County at the county offices, so that's why she couldn't make it.

He was a federal deputy, uh, where he was very outspoken on behalf of land reform and the keto system.

Um so as many braseros did, he found opportunity back home in Mexico at the end of his of his time.

Um so uh just to bring it full circle.

My dad is now a professor of mathematics at UC Davis.

Uh UC Davis obviously uh has a lot of interrelated history with the Brasero program.

It is here that the tomato mechanical harvester was first developed in 1964 as a response to the end of the Brasero program.

Farmers looking to mechanize in response to that labor shortage.

Uh and I suppose I worked at the U.S.

Department of State, which first authorized the Brussero program, and uh now work for the United Farm Workers, which played a very important role in actually ending the Brissero program due to the concerns of the exploitation that it was causing.

So I think you know, some proud family history here.

Uh we're obviously very proud to live in Davis as well and be part of that community history uh and some nice full circles there in our family, and I think for the whole Mexican American community.

So I guess on behalf of many, many, many more important people than me.

Thank you for doing this, and we appreciate it.

Thank you.

And I I did forget to mention after we're done with the next proclamation, we'll uh take a short break and we'll do um a photo down in front of the lecture and with uh the folks that are here receiving the Brissero um proclamation and obviously another one with our our colleague um Councilmember Arnold.

So our next item uh is item one B.

It's a proclamation honoring Councilmember Will Arnold for his service to the Davis community.

Uh we have a proclamation over here.

I'm gonna read a um a shortened uh version of it without all the whereas in there for us.

Councilmember Will Arnold Arnold has served two terms on the Davis City Council, first from 2016 to 2020, and again from 2020 to 2024 to represent District 2 after the city transition to district elections.

We'll also serve as mayor of Davis in 2023 during a tumultuous year of emergencies and challenges.

Councilmember Arnold's service has transcended his tenure on the city council, being born and raised in Davis and following the dedication and service of his mother as an educator and his father as a long-standing Davis business owner.

With objectivity, perspective, and thoughtfulness, Councilmember Arnold has brought his practical approach and communication expertise to multiple issues and projects in the city, including affordable housing, economic development, homelessness, and local business support, often cutting to the heart of the matter with precision, care, and mindfulness.