Campaign announcement!

The Student Voice: www.votewatts.com

Students’ rights - constitutional government - transparency.

Davis city government is broken. I’ll fix it:

Ø Repeal unconstitutional ordinances banning “annoying” conduct and “bawdy” language (Municipal Code Sections 26.01.010 and 26.01.100).

àWhy? To comply with First Amendment.

Ø Require Davis businesses to obey state law, eliminate fees for credit card purchases.

à See Cal. Civ. Code. 1748.1.

Ø Direct Davis Police to release aggregate data on race, gender, age of detained citizens.

àWhy? To address identity-based profiling

Ø Annex UC Davis and adjacent areas into city

à Let students vote in their own city!

Ø Stop Davis PD from beating protesters and blocking non-protesters from observing protests.

Ø Work with students, not against them.

Ø Provide free legal services for students whose landlords violate tenant law

Ø Coordinate with law school, provide legal observers to monitor police abuses during Halloween, Picnic Day, protests

Ø Use City Council pulpit to draw state attention to UC Davis

Ø Install bigger, more visible street signs

Ø Trim trees

Ø Light streets for safety

Experience:

ü 2003: Ran for California governor on “lower student fees” platform

ü 2006-07: Public school teacher in Japan

ü 2007-2008: Public school teacher in San Jose

ü 2008-present: ACLU co-chairman and board member, UC Davis School of Law