As a Davis Councilmember Rob Roy will...

* Stand up for tenants' rights. Landlords must comply by the codes and tenants should reserve interest on their deposit. I have pledged to not accept contributions from large property development/apartment management companies.

* Work to make Measure J permanent in 2010. It is important that Davis voters enjoy the direct democracy of choosing if, when, and how the city will expand. With the looming cost of our Wastewater treatment facility reaching its brink Davis cannot afford massive population increases (ie. projects like Covell Village).

* Go beyond green-washing. I believe in environmental justice and will work to add a tax on plastic bags and subsidize tote bags at grocery stores, ban styrofoam in the city, and work to provide curbside composting - starting with downtown businesses. If a big city like San Francisco can do it (and send their compost to Dixon) so can Davis.

* Promote bike culture and bike safety. One way of doing this, beyond just making sure the streets are safe, is by making it policy that any sizeable new office building constructed in Davis has showers so employees can bike to work without having to stay sweaty in business attire all day. Allow bikes to treat stop signs as yield signs in non-busy intersections. Also, we should have wider lines to signify bike lanes, as well as painted bike lanes on major thoroughfares.

* Support Traffic Calming measures to 5th Street, on Anderson near Caesar Chavez Elementary, on Pole Line. Basically, I believe we should make sure the streets are safe for everyone even if it means driving a little slower. Davis is small. Driving 25 instead of 35 will only add on a couple minutes - vehicular manslaughter will do more than make you late for an appointment.

* Support downtown livability, walkabilty, bikeability, and keep downtown as the core to shopping and nightlife. I do not support building 45-foot tall buildings on B Street between 3rd and 4th. That height is excessive and unfair to the neighborhood on University Avenue. I do believe downtown densification so long as it is not onerous and does not conflict with a location that defines that character of our downtown.

* Institute an annual Emergency Preparedness Day (essentially a fire-drill for the city) that also doubles as a block party so that neighbors may get to know each other.

* Work to institute a living wage for employees of city contractors and for employees of large businesses within the city.

* Work with ASUCD to expand the entertainment partnership with more than an annual concert. Have a better managed all ages music venue run out of Third and B to provide a safe space for youth to enjoy local music.

* Support choice voting in the form of a limited city charter – so long as the charter states that Davis government will continue to operate in the same fashion as a general law city with the simple exception that Davis will use ranked a preferential voting system for elections.

* Only approve infill development that is environmentally conscientious, with homes that are reasonable size and affordability. We have a couple of prime locations in Davis that a ripe for innovative planning: the Cannery Park development and the PG&E yard.

* Maintain communication with the university and its students, as well as work to incorporate the university into the city to share in sales tax revenue and enfranchise students living on campus. Also, work with the city to expand housing opportunities on campus - UC Davis does not do its fair share to provide housing to students and thus it has an impact on housing space in the city.

* I will uphold the community written ten-year General Plan. In 2006 I did not support the Council going against the General Plan by approving plans for a Target in East Davis. I felt the project was too big, too close to Mace Ranch homes, and nowhere near as "green" as they claimed. I took the position that the council should have asked Target to make many more concessions before it welcomed the faceless corporation into our community. Even Wal-Mart is making stores that run off from solar power, wind turbines and recycled cooking oil, so why should Davis settle for anything less?

* Revisit the expansion of SMUD into Yolo County. Just think, with the savings Davisites could have on our energy bills, we could use to keep our schools going strong and full staffed. Our money is better used to educate children than to line the pockets of a corporation with a history of giving children cancer.

* Work for campaign finance reform to limit the amount individuals may donate to ballot measures (in the same way that donations to candidates are also limited). This would curb the problems we faced with PG&E endless spending limit to oppose Measure's H & I and Davis' quest to bring power to the people.

* Reduce the Corporate Expansion into Davis. I would like the next General Plan to include a limit on "non-unique to Davis" businesses: (ie. corporate chains, such as Target, Starbucks, Borders, Cost-plus). I know we need shopping options in town but we have to maintain our city's character.