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From YouTube: Fall 2022 Albany City Council Forum
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Voters had the opportunity to hear local candidates introduce themselves to the community and answer important questions posed by you and by the League of Women Voters of Berkeley, Albany, Emeryville at the Albany City Council Candidate Forum. Check out candidate perspectives and plans at this informative event.
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https://www.albanyca.org/departments/city-clerk/election-information/ranked-choice-voting
A
A
The
league
Women
Voters
is
a
non-partisan
membership
organization
that
encourages
informed
and
active
participation
in
government.
We
do
not
support
or
oppose
candidates
or
parties.
The
advocacy
arm
of
the
league
may
take
positions
on
issues
such
as
ballot
measures.
However,
this
forum
is
presented
by
the
voter
services
and
education
arm
of
the
league,
which
does
not
support
nor
endorse
candidates.
A
A
It's
important
to
the
league
to
give
the
community
a
voice,
which
is
why
we
invited
the
community
to
send
us
questions
for
the
candidates
in
advance.
Those
questions
have
been
sorted
by
a
team
of
League
leaders
to
avoid
duplicate
questions
and
select
those
questions
that
are
most
important
to
the
community.
A
A
A
There
are
five
candidates
on
your
ballot
for
the
Albany
city
council.
They
are
Jeremy,
Manuel,
Garrett,
pinguelo,
Nick,
pilch,
John,
Anthony,
Nikki,
Robin,
Lopez
and
Jennifer
Hanson
Romero.
For
the
first
time
this
election
Albany
is
using
ranked
Choice
voting.
You
will
have
five
rankings
available.
This
means
you
can
rank
the
candidates
in
your
order
of
preference
during
the
counting.
Your
vote
will
find
its
way
to
your
most
preferred
candidate
that
can
win
or
that
could
come
closest
to
winning.
Because
of
this,
you
do
not
need
to
vote
strategically.
You
can
rank
the
candidate.
A
A
A
The
timekeeper
will
signal
candidates
with
a
green
colored
window,
which
will
count
down
the
seconds
from
two
minutes
to
15
seconds
to
go,
then
it
will
turn
yellow
and
then
red
when
the
full
two
minutes
is
up.
Attendees
had
an
opportunity
to
submit
written
questions
through
our
website
or
when
they
registered
for
the
Forum
via
Zoom.
If
you
have
additional
questions,
you
may
submit
them
by
clicking
the
Q,
a
icon
and
typing
your
questions.
Our
volunteers
will
take
the
questions
and
pass
them
to
me.
Please
note
that
the
chat
function
has
been
disabled
for
attendees.
A
All
questions
will
be
screened
to
avoid
duplication
and
personal
attacks.
The
order
of
answering
the
questions
will
be
alternated,
and
each
candidate
will
have
one
minute
to
respond
to
each
question
again.
The
timekeeper
will
signal
candidates.
There
will
be
no
separate
rebuttals,
however,
the
candidates
may
choose
to
use
some
or
all
of
their
one
minute
to
rebut
the
response
given
by
another
candidate.
Following
the
questions.
Each
candidate
will
have
one
minute
for
a
closing
statement
before
we
begin
one
of
the
candidates.
A
Robin
D
Lopez
has
a
family
emergency
this
today
and
will
not
be
able
to
attend
here,
is
a
statement
from
Robin
Lopez.
Firstly,
many
thanks
for
the
League
of
Women
Voters
for
hosting
this
forum.
My
name
is
Robin
D
Lopez
with
pronouns.
He
him
apologies
for
not
being
in
attendance
as
I'm.
Currently
with
my
newborn
in
the
NICU
neonatal
Intensive
Care
Unit
I
intend
to
bring
a
new
era
of
young
readers
leadership
in
Albany
that
can
move
our
city
forward
intentionally
and
responsibly.
A
I
moved
to
the
UC
Village
to
pursue
my
PhD
at
UC
Berkeley
in
environmental
science
policy
and
management.
Albany
is
where
my
family
intends
to
plant
our
forever
roots,
similar
to
lwv.
I
too,
strive
to
defend
democracy
and
support
grassroot
efforts.
Recently,
I
have
been
given
the
chance
to
serve
the
city
of
Albany
directly
as
a
member
of
the
Albany
social
and
economic
Justice
Commission
to
address
racial
equity
and
Youth
Empowerment.
As
a
member
of
our
city,
council
I
hope
to
continue
my
work.
A
Empowering
the
people
and
advocating
for
Equity
focused
policy,
whether
it
be
housing,
protection,
improved,
sustainable
and
Equitable
Transportation
options
or
addressing
the
climate
crisis
I
would
be
honored
to
have
your
support.
Thank
you
now,
let's
begin
with
our
opening
statements
for
our
four
candidates,
who
are
here
so
to
begin
with
we'll
start
with
Jennifer
Hansen
Romero.
B
I
also
volunteer
as
the
president
for
the
Solano
Avenue
Association.
We
brought
back
the
stroll
this
year,
thanks
to
our
cities
of
Albany
and
Berkeley,
as
well,
for
their
support
and
I
also
have
a
local
girl
scout
troop
that
we've
been
working
together
since
they
were
in
kindergartners,
they're,
seventh
graders.
Now
one
is
my
daughter
and
we
look
to
basically
I
I,
lead
My,
Girl,
Scout
Troop
to
essentially
become
Future,
Leaders
learning
about
environment
learning,
about
leadership.
A
E
Is
Jeremiah?
Thank
you,
League
of
Women
Voters,
for
for
inviting
me
to
this.
Yes,
I've
actually
been
on
the
social
and
economic
Justice
Commission
for
two
years,
since
2020
I
was
appointed
by
the
School
Board
of
Education
as
their
appointee
and
while
being
on
the
social
and
economic
Justice,
Commission.
E
We've
done
many
things:
we've
put
up
a
flag
at
the
city
hall
with
the
Ohlone
tribe
flag
and
it's
almost
the
one
year
anniversary,
since
that's
happened
during
the
past
two
years,
I've
attended
over
200
Public
meetings,
whether
that
be
City,
Council
meetings,
climate
action
planning
and
zoning
I've
attended
over
200
Public
meetings.
The
past
two
years,
Also
regarding
the
social
and
economic
Justice,
Commission
I
have
a
perfect
attendance
record.
I've,
never
missed
a
meeting.
E
E
E
A
C
Thank
you
good
afternoon.
I'm
John,
McKee
I'm
running
for
Alton
City
council
with
Robin
Lopez
and
Nick
coach
under
the
banner
of
Alden
I,
was
fortunate
enough
to
move
to
Albany
in
2005
to
send
UC
Berkeley,
while
living
at
the
University
Village
after
graduating,
with
master
of
Urban
Design,
which
is
what
I
think
the
best
professional
both
doing
Urban
Design
in
architecture.
I
was
able
to
find
a
house
in
Albany
to
live
in.
My
children
have
gone
through
the
Albany
School
District
in
2010.
C
I
put
my
work
experience
to
serve
Albany
on
Chapman
safety,
commission
and
the
time
that
I
worked
with
my
fellow
Commissioners
and
public
and
pass
all
these
first
active
Transportation
plan
that
really
brought
forward
a
plan
for
a
future
of
Albany,
where
it's
safe
to
walk
as
pedestrian
safe
to
ride
bicycles
around
our
community
and
safer
for
drivers
to
navigate
around
Nursery
fibrato.
My
work
experience
both
in
knowledge
and
in
building
consensus,
ability
to
step
back
and
look
at
the
big
picture
when
compared
to
the
pressing
issue.
C
I
work
to
balance
the
aspirational
drain
to
the
community,
with
the
short-term
influence
of
the
changes
that
were
both
financially
feasible
and
and
possible,
but
above
all,
I
work
to
truly
listen
to
concerns
of
residents,
Albany
and
so
I.
Fellow
commissioners,
I
was
recently
appointed
to
climate
active
committee,
where
I
worked
to
continue
to
move
quality
forward
in
a
more
sustainable
future.
C
I
run
for
Council
to
bring
voices
to
the
table,
to
address
options
and
how
people
move
about
our
town
in
a
safe
manner
to
address
our
housing
production
needs
address,
Transportation
as
well.
Transportation
housing
are
fundamental
to
addressing
our
climate
change
issues
to
be
more
sustainable
and
resilient.
Community
I
look
forward
to
continue
to
serve
all
the
people.
D
Thank
you
good
afternoon
and
thanks
very
much
to
the
league
for
hosting
this
event.
I'm
Nick,
Pilcher,
I'm
running
for
Albany
city
council
and
I'm
running
with
my
Albany
forward.
Slatemate
Robbie,
Lopez
and
John
Mickey
I
have
the
privilege
of
serving
as
your
council
member
from
2014
to
2020
fishing
finishing
my
second
term
Azure
mayor
in
leading
the
city
through
the
onset
of
covet
due
to
albany's
term
limits.
D
I
had
to
step
off
for
two
years,
but
now
I
ask
that
you
have
me
back
again:
I
led
the
effort
to
bring
the
soda
tax
to
Albany,
creating
funding
for
many
programs
for
health
and
youth,
including
funding
school
crossing
guards.
I
successfully
brought
forward
and
supported
a
number
of
other
measures
that
have
sustained
and
increased
the
city's
funding
for
important
programs
and
services
such
as
Public
Safety,
Park
maintenance,
sidewalk
repair
and
climate
action
programs.
I've
have
a
total
of
over
17
years
of
City
service.
D
D
Help
start
or
held
leadership
position
in
a
number
of
community
groups
and
non-profits
I'm,
currently
as
the
air
Club
elect
of
the
year
and
a
Sierra
Club
outings
leader,
as
well
through
my
work
in
the
community
on
commissions
and
on
Council
I've,
proven
record
I
have
a
proven
record
of
crafting
and
funding
positive
change,
including
environmental
safety
and
housing
initiatives.
I
instigated
the
process
leading
to
albany's
First
civilian
police
oversight,
body
I'm,
chair
of
the
Planning
and
Zoning
commission,
currently
continuing
the
work
that
I
started
on
the
council.
D
I
run
to
continue
the
work
of
this
Council
in
climate
action,
safe
and
Equitable
streets
for
all
economic
and
social
justice
and
housing
production,
I'm,
endorsed
by
mayor
Preston
Jordan
vice
mayor
Aaron,
Tiedeman,
School
Board,
president
Sarah
Hinckley,
school
and
and
School
Board
trustees,
Bonnie
Davidson
and
Brian
Doss
and
I
asked
the
vote
pilch,
Mickey
and
Lopez
in
whatever
order
you
choose
as
an
Albany
forward
and
just
to
correct
the
record,
you
can
vote
for
five
people
in
this
election
all
with
Choice.
Thank
you
very
much.
A
E
What
inspired
me
to
run
for
city
council?
That's
a
good
question.
You
know
I
think.
First
of
all,
we
need
sober
leadership,
I'm,
100,
sober
I,
don't
drink
alcohol
or
use
any
substances,
and
these
City
Council
meetings
are
usually
at
seven
o'clock
P.M
just
shortly
after
dinner.
Time
and
I
definitely
won't
be
two
glasses
of
wine
deep.
You
know
during
public
meetings,
so
I
think
we
need
sober
leadership.
Number
one.
E
Okay,
I
think
we
need
to
have
I'm
39
years
old
and
I
think
it's
time
to
turn
over
the
leadership
to
someone
my
age.
That
way
we
have
new
ideas
and
new
things
that
can
happen.
There's
a
lot
of
people
that
are
in
this
leadership
that
have
been
there
a
long
time
and
it's
kind
of
the
same
thing
happening
over
and
over.
C
In
terms
of
thinking
about
the
different
mode
choices.
People
have
in
terms
of
Transportation,
but
also
understand
that
I
can
bring
some
of
the
knowledge
and
work
experience.
I
have
working
with
human
about
how
to
address
the
housing
prices
that
we
have
today
and
understand
the
new
state
laws
that
apply
to
every
community
in
California
and
how
that
inflicts.
Us
in
terms
of
how
we
can
transportation.
D
Thank
you.
I
was
inspired
beginning
with
community
service
I've
begun
to
work
and
found
organizations
about
environmental
organizations
and
alternative
transportation
organizations
and
I
was
actually
recruited
by
community
members
to
run
for
Council.
In
my
first
first
time,
I
ran,
which
was
actually
way
back
in
2008,
and
so
I
have
been
fortunate
to
continue
to
have
the
support
of
community
members
in
my
efforts
and
was
very
glad
to
see
when
I
got
on
the
council.
B
A
B
Know-
and
so
this
time
it
was
even
that
much
more
important-
we
are
losing
two
women
on
Council,
who've,
been
wonderful
and
who
are
endorsers
of
mine,
both
Peggy
and
Rochelle,
and
they've
served
Albany
well
throughout
the
years
and
appreciate
that,
and
they
were
some
of
my
encouraging
factors
to
to
go
ahead
and
run.
So
you
know
it's
really
important,
that
we
have
more
women
in
leadership
and
more
women
in
government
and
not
less
so
I
felt.
Now
is
the
time
it
was
really
my
duty
to
my
community.
A
A
F
You
know
behind
that
I
think,
are
continuing
the
efforts
of
making
our
streets
safer
and
more
beautiful
for
the
community
and
housing.
Those
are
kind
of
my
top
three
priorities
built
into
each
of
those
priorities,
as
though
making
sure
that
we
as
Community,
are
fiscally
responsible,
we're
a
community
with
limited
budget
and
limited
means,
and
that
may
mean
that
we
have
to
look
at
the
way
that
we
deal
with
how
we
maintain
our
streets
differently.
F
In
particular,
we
currently
have
five
different
funding
mechanisms
that
all
have
to
do
with
how
we
maintain
our
streets
as
opposed
to
thinking
of
it
as
one
bigger
pot
of
money
and
way
of
of
dealing
with
Frankly
Speaking.
The
largest
open
space
in
our
community,
which
is
20
of
our
community,
is
our
streets.
Thank
you.
D
Well,
there's
a
number
of
issues
facing
the
city.
Fiscal
issues
are
very
important.
We
have
pension
liabilities
that
are
facing
us
and
that
will
definitely
be
something
I'll
be
working
on
on
the
council,
but
my
main
priorities
that
I'm
bringing
forward
in
the
campaign
are
housing,
making
sure
that
we
have
housing
for
everyone
and
anyone
who
wants
to
live
at
Albany
at
all,
affordable
affordability,
levels,
Safe
Streets
for
everyone,
whether
you
walk
or
drive,
or
bike
or
scoot.
D
However,
you
get
around
making
sure
that
everyone
who
wants
to
get
around
can
get
around
safely
and
it's
a
question
of
Transportation
Equity,
really
and
then
finally,
I'm
known
as
a
climate
leader,
so
fighting
climate
change
will
be
something
that
I'll
continue
to
do.
I'm
doing
that
right
now,
working
with
the
Sierra
Club,
who
has
who
has
endorsed
me
and
I'm,
also
continue
to
do
that
on
the
on
the
on
the
council
and
looking
forward
to
doing
so.
Thank
you.
B
You
go
all
right
well,
much
like
the
other.
Two
candidates
just
spoke
about.
Those
are
some
of
the
key
issues,
especially
the
financial
piece
of
things.
I'm
hoping
you
know
in
the
work
that
I've
been
doing
with
the
economic
development
committee
for
the
city
of
Albany
I,
look
to
find
ways
to
bring
more
Revenue
to
our
city
without
really
only
answering
that
question
with
further
taxation,
therefore,
would
only
make
Albany
that
much
less
affordable,
affordable
as
well.
B
So
we
need
to
kind
of
get
that
balance
in
there
and
figure
out
different
ways
of
generating
more
Revenue
so
that
we
can
have
all
of
the
additional
Services
Safe
Streets
more
housing.
That's
what
I
believe
we're
we're
all
about
we're
all
looking
forward
to
doing
more
work
there,
along
with
the
climate
crisis.
That
is
definitely
an
impact
and
looking
to
bring
more
electrification
to
Albany.
E
Okay,
well,
my
number
one
priority
will
be
to
listen
to
public
comment:
I,
Know,
Myself,
there's
a
lot
of
public
comments
and
they're.
Just
they'd
go
unheard
and
that's
the
voice
of
the
people.
So
that's
what
we
need
to
listen
to
also
I
plan
to
take
action
in
the
moment,
like
I
already
already
do
I
plan
to
bring
school
zones
to
Albany
in
the
municipal
code,
that's
going
to
bring
safer
streets
around
our
schools.
E
I've
been
trying
to
get
school
zones
in
our
municipal
code
book
for
over
10
years
also
also,
like
I,
said:
I
I'm,
already
not
doing
yard
signs
or
Flyers
that
just
go
to
the
landfill
in
two
months
from
now,
I
just
believe
that
money
for
yard
signs
and
flyers
can
be
put
toward
better
use.
It
could
be
put
directly
to
feed
the
Homeless.
Instead
of
you
know,
eight
dollars,
plus
tax
for
one
yard,
sign
that'll
provide
a
meal
for
somebody,
so
instead
of
yard
signs
and
flyers
that
are
kind
of
bad
for
the
climate.
A
D
D
The
thing
that
I
that
I
want
to
work
on
is
great
staff
and
elected
relationships,
though
that
we
know
we
can
both
count
on
each
other
for
to
implement
the
policies
that
the
city
council
enacts
I
want
to
make
sure
that
these
City
staff
is
responsive
to
Residents
and
does
the
best
job
of
Outreach
as
possible.
We
always
hear
that
that
the
Outreach
is
not
as
good
and
I
can't
fault
the
city
staff
completely
for
that,
because
you
can
never.
D
B
B
B
We
need
to
hear
our
community's
voices
and
really
reach
out
to
them
and
always
best
and
not,
and
also
important,
not
to
forget
our
senior
community
as
well
or
and
make
sure
that
they
have
information,
that's
accessible
to
them
as
well,
not
everybody's
computer
savvy.
So
we
need
to
be
up
front
and
out
there.
E
You
know
I
would
say
the
city
clerk
is
doing
an
excellent
job.
I
think
staff
members
are
doing.
Okay,
some
things
I
would
do
to
fix.
What's
not
working
or
make
things
better
is
first
of
all,
I'd
like
to
raise
the
Albany
living
wage,
basically
raising
the
minimum
wage
for
jobs
in
Albany
and
also
I
would
I'd
like
to
create
a
job
within
City
staff,
to
focus
on
applying
for
state
and
federal
grants
for
eight
hours
a
day.
F
Thank
you
yeah.
You
know,
I
think
the
city
staff
is
a
really
dedicated
set
of
staff
and
and
I
really
appreciate
having
gotten
to
work
with
him,
while
I
was
in
traffic
and
safety,
but
I
also
recognize
at
the
same
time
has
been
mentioned
that
our
staff
is
often
stretched
stretched
in
terms
of
what
they're
asked
to
do
stress
in
terms
of
the
time
that
they
dedicate
to
their
job
beyond
the
nine
to
five,
but
I
believe
that
you
know
the
areas
where
we
can
improve
communication.
F
So
that's
both
communication
between
staff
and
the
public
communication
between
the
city
and
the
school
districts
I
believe
that
solutions
that
we
can
do
for
helping
staff
in
terms
of
them
being
stretched
is
continuing
to
do.
Programs
like
the
Civic
Sparks
program,
which
brings
in
young
planners
who
are
bringing
in
specific
knowledge
that
they
gained
in
undergraduate
or
graduate
programs
and
bringing
that
to
the
city.
A
B
Okay
to
the
commission,
so
thank
you.
That's
why
I
wanted
to
just
double
check
so
I,
don't
I!
I
have
not
been
privy
to
a
lot
of
those
commission
meetings,
so
in
fact
I'm
I'm,
not
sure
if
I've
sat
on
any
of
of
those
particular
meetings.
So
this
is
an
is
a
question
that
I
do
not
have
as
much
information
around
I.
Think
that
you
know.
B
F
Thank
you.
You
know,
I
think
our
Police
Department
I
personally
have
had
good
experiences
with
them
through
many
trying
times
personally
for
my
family
on
traffic
and
safety,
I
was
able
to
do
a
ride
along
where
you
really
get
to
understand
what
it
means
to
be
a
police
officer.
That's
going
around
and
providing
security
within
our
community
I
really
recommend
all
residents
of
Albany
take
Avail
themselves
of
that
opportunity,
but
I
also
recognize
that
my
experience
is
not
the
experience
of
all
of
our
community
members.
F
There
have
been
times
when
my
oldest
son
has
come
home
crying
because
one
of
his
friends
had
been
either
detained
or
pulled
over
because
of
the
color
of
their
skin,
and
so
I
recognize
that
our
police
oversight
commission
has
an
opportunity
to
provide
some
oversight
to
make
sure
that
our
police
are
doing
the
best.
They
can.
D
D
Question
as
I
mentioned
previously
when
I
was
on
mayor,
I
started
the
process
that
led
to
this
policing,
commission
and
I'm
looking
forward
to
their
work.
I
don't
really
have
any
concerns
with
their
their
scope
of
work
or
their
power.
I
I
support
our
police
and
I
support
transparency,
I
support,
making
sure
that
we
know
exactly
when
there
are
issues
with
the
police
or
or
reports
of
problems
that
the
public
knows
about
that,
and
we
do.
Then
we
have
the
data
about
how
many
and
when
they
happened.
D
Just
as
as
John
Mickey
said,
I
know,
I
have
had
lots
of
great
experiences
with
the
police,
but
I
also
held
the
mayor's
Forum
mayor's
open
house
where
I
listened
to
members
of
the
public,
who
did
not
have
good
experiences,
and
so
those
voices
need
to
be
heard
and
we
need
to
get
the
data
and
take
action
if
necessary,
but
I'm
looking
forward
to
their
work.
I
don't
have
any
concerns
at
this
point.
D
A
E
Two
things
here
going
on
with
the
police
commission:
first,
first
of
all,
there's
a
police
commission
that
was
a
police
commission.
That's
happened
and
it's
kind
of
over
now,
but
they
they
did
a
lot
of
good
policy
making
already
and
and
did
some
improvement
and
there's
also
the
police
oversight
commission
that
will
be
starting
fairly
soon.
E
The
next
couple
months
here
regarding
their
powers,
I'm,
not
sure
about
their
powers,
other
than
just
they're,
an
advisory
body
to
city
council
and
so
I'm
sure
they'd
advise
City
Council
on
what
what's
going
on
with
that,
but
I
think
it's
very
good
for
a
community.
It's
definitely
work
in
progress
and
I'm,
very
happy
and
very
thrilled,
and
excited
to
see
this
policing
Commission
to
be
a
sunrise
in
Albany.
A
D
D
What
I
do
know
is
that
we've
had
many
hearings
at
the
council
and
at
the
Transportation,
Commission
and
other
commissions
about
the
parklets
and
I
think
we're
doing
a
good
job
of
hearing
the
concerns
both
of
the
businesses
and
of
the
community
and
making
sure
that
these
parklets
work
out
best
for
everyone
and
speaking
of
them,
working
out
the
best
for
everyone.
When
we
did
a
survey,
Community
survey
about
the
parklets
everyone,
the
majority
of
people,
vast
majority
of.
B
D
Were
Overjoyed
that
we
had
them
and
in
fact
they
are
quite
a
benefit
of
the
community
when
I
was
on
when
I
was
mayor,
council
members
from
other
jurisdictions
told
me
how
excited
they
were
about
what
was
happening
in
lower
Solano
and
that
it
was
really
a
really
a
model
so
I'm
glad
to
see.
We
have
them
and
I'm
glad
that
we're
continuing
work
to
work
on
refinements.
E
E
F
F
B
A
F
Yeah,
you
know
I
think
we
as
a
community.
You
know
when
I
was
on
traffic
and
safety.
My
experience
was
often
those
those
residents
who
are
running
into
issues
were
the
most
vocal,
particularly
when
it
came
to
traffic
calming
I
would
say
that
what
my
experience
has
been,
both
working
in
Albany
and
working
in
other
communities.
Those
tend
to
be
homeowners
and
I
find
that
in
many
communities
the
renters
are
not
as
well
represented.
F
The
University
Village
residents
in
particular,
their
needs
are
not
represented,
and
so
those
are
often
groups
that
we
as
a
community
work
harder
to
make
sure
are
heard.
In
addition,
you
know
those
that
have
work
hours
that
don't
fall
in
the
typical
nine
to
five.
Those
are
members
that
often
can't
attend
public
meetings.
Those
are
members
who
often
don't
necessarily
have
the
ability
or
or
time
to
invest
as
much
into
understanding
all
the
issues
that
are
going
on
in
the
community
and
raise
their
voices
and
and
be
heard.
D
Thank
you.
Yes,
it
is
incumbent
upon
us,
as
council
members,
to
make
sure
that
we
understand
the
voices
of
everyone
in
the
community
as
much
as
possible,
and
not
just
those
who
have
the
ability
or
maybe
the
loud
voices
to
to
be
heard
better.
So,
as
John
spoke
of
you
know,
people
who
are
marginalized
people
who
have
less
power,
we
need
to
make
sure
that
their
voices
are
heard
as
much
as
possible
or
proactively
reach
out
to
them.
D
So
they
were
getting
the
voices
of
all
the
all
the
community.
It's
it's
a
fine,
Balancing,
Act
I'd
say
that
you
know
some
organizations
are,
are
better
representative
represented
because
there
will
there
will
they're
well
organized,
but
it's
incumbent
upon
us
to
make
sure
that
we
even
we
we
have
take
into
account
the
entire
cross-section
of
the
city.
B
B
Sometimes
they
feel
like
they've
reached
out
and
they've
been
ignored,
and
these
are
really
important
voices
to
be
heard,
and
that's
one
of
the
reasons
that
I'm
running
to
be
a
voice
for
our
community,
not
anything
having
to
do
with
what
I
want
to
have
happen.
I
want
to
see
the
people
out
there
that
I
talk
to
every
day
get
their
voices
heard.
B
A
E
Hey
yeah
here
at
the
library
at
the
coloring
station
and
some
kids
wanted
me
to
cut
something
out
for
them,
so
yeah
voices
for
sure
I
mean
definitely
children.
Their
voices
are
not
heard.
They
don't
they're,
not
unable
to
attend
the
public
meeting
public
speaking
is
sometimes
causes
butterflies
and
people's
stomachs.
So
we
need
to
find
a
way
to
listen
to
the
youth.
E
That'd
be
great
and
also
senior
citizens,
it's
kind
of
hard
for
them
to
sometimes
attend
public
meetings
get
out
of
the
house.
Now
that
it's
going
back
to
in
person
sitting
at
a
city
council
meeting
for
four
or
five
hours
you
know.
Sometimes
these
City
Council
meetings
go
past
midnight.
It's
very
late
and
also
I
mean
one
of
the
voices
is
my
voice.
I
mean
I,
I,
pretty
much
say
public
comments
on
every
agenda
item
sometimes
I
feel
that
my
voice
is
heard.
A
A
Thank
you
to
the
candidates
for
running
for
office
and
for
your
participation
today.
I
also
want
to
thank
our
audience
for
engaging
in
our
democracy
for
further
information
about
upcoming
forums,
the
candidates
pros
and
cons
and
positions
on
ballot
measures.
Please
visit
our
League's
website,
lwvbae.org
or
votersedge.org
CA.
A
A
A
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We
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acvote.gov.
A
D
Albany
forward.org
is
where
you
can
learn
more
about
us,
and
since
we
talked
about
the
Outreach
a
little
bit
I
just
want
to
end
by
saying
when
I
was
on
the
council,
I
led
a
number
of
Outreach
efforts,
including
all
the
electronic
ways
that
you
can
reach
us
now
that
we
didn't
have
before
I
was
accounting
a
member.
So
thank
you
very
much.
League
of
Women
Voters.
F
To
talk
with
you
all
this
afternoon,
I'd
really
love
to
spend
a
little
bit
of
time
in
just
really
highlight
both
the
work
that
Robin
and
Nick
have
done
on
this
campaign.
I
really
I'm
I'm
excited
for
Robin
and
his
new
adventures
with
his
second
child.
I
am
sad
that
he
was
unable
to
join
us
today.
But
Nick
has
been
an
incredible
mentor
to
us
both
in
helping
us
both
come
to
the
decision
to
run
for
office
and
also
for
working
with
us.
F
E
E
Then
you
know
you
kind
of
owe
them
a
favor.
When
you
get
an
office
since
they
contributed,
you
know
500
endorsing
you,
you
know
sort
of
thing,
then
you
know
when
you
get
to
City
Council
kind
of
owe
them
a
favor.
You
know
policy
in
their
Direction,
so
I
chose
to
not
be
endorsed
or
take
any
contributions
from
anybody.
So
I
feel
that's
where
corruption
begins
and
if
you
want
to
meet
me,
I'm
very
approachable
I'll,
be
on
Solano
Avenue,
every
Thursday
in
front
of
the
Solano
cleaning
center
from
2
P.M
to
5
p.m.
B
I
just
want
to
say
thank
you
to
the
League
of
Women
Voters
for
their
time
here
today,
and
also
voters.
Edge
I
also
just
want
to
thank
all
of
my
community
members
that
have
been
pushing
me
to
do
this
along
the
way
and
encouraging
and
their
support
I
urge
you
to
check
out
more
about
me
from
my
website.
Jennifer
albany.org
and
that's
can
be
with
one
n
or
two
ends
or
the
number
four
or
spelled
out
for
so,
but
please
do
go
on
there.
B
It'll
tell
you
a
lot
more
information
about
me
and
about
my
endorsers
and
I
really
do
appreciate
the
endorsements
that
I've
received
and
I'm
very
happy
and
thankful
for
my
community
and
every
all
of
the
volunteers
who
are
helping
and
just
really
appreciate
the
opportunity
to
keep
more
women
in
government
by
voting
for
me
for
azure.
First
choice.
Thank.