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City of San José, California
City Council Budget Study Session Session of May 17, 2021, Afternoon
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B
I
know
in
my
heart
how
important
could
be
the
mental
health
and
san
jose,
because,
due
to
the
copies,
a
lot
of
people
are
losing
their
parents,
their
friends
and
family
members.
I
learned
because
all
these
isolation,
teenagers
are
killing
themselves
because
they
don't
know
how
to
deal
with
things.
At
least
I
have
a
two
really
close
friends:
they
losing
their
children
to
them
to
od,
to
cope
with
those
parents
and
support
them
is
not
easy
for
me,
the
help
from
church
and
the
community
was
beautiful.
In
the
beginning
I
didn't
understand.
B
I
remembered
that
one
of
the
judge
helped
me
to
get
90
meetings
90
days
for
aaa,
and
I
was
wondering
what
is
all
these
things
had
to
do
with
my
problems
and
the
beginning
of
my
recovery
was
not
easy,
because
I
didn't
understand
why
all
those
things
happen
as
much.
I
work
the
programs
what
the
court
mandated
do
to
us.
B
I
started
seeing
things
in
a
different
way.
I
started
stop
blaming,
stop
justifying
and
establish
excuses
for
the
things
that
happened
to
me.
Thank
you,
the
aaa
meetings.
I
was
working
in
a
coalition
2006,
probably
against
alcohol
and
drugs.
I
know
in
my
heart.
The
alcohol
and
drugs
is
a
big
problem
in
the
city
and
it's
killing
our
families,
our
parents,
our
children
and
our
close
family
members.
B
How
we
address
it
with
the
right
support.
I
do
not
believe
anyone
is
free
from
those
things,
even
though
addiction
and
drugs
they
hit
all
kinds
of
ages
in
a
different
way.
I
know
it's
hope
how
mental
it
can
be
for
another
people
is
very
simple,
is
to
put
more
like
support
groups,
more
information
for
the
community
and
they
can
reach
families
like
mine.
C
D
D
The
needs
of
our
community
pre-covered
as
it
is
post
covet
as
you're
hearing
from
our
community
members,
drugs
and
alcohol
and
mental
health
issues
are
probably
we
are
a
coping
mechanism
for
a
community
when
they
don't
have
mental
health,
and
so
one
of
the
things
that
that
I
have
been
doing
in
the
last
couple
of
years
is
taking
a
look
at
some
of
the
trends
and
some
of
the
data.
As
I
sit
through
committees.
D
First,
the
public
safety
committee
and
I
realized
that
sexual
assault
wasn't
being
addressed,
and
so
I
asked
for
monies
for
city-wide,
not
specifically
for
my
district
and
and
those
were
approved,
and
I'm
really
grateful
for
that.
And
then
next
we
heard
from
stakeholders,
school
board,
members
and
and
folks
in
the
community
that
digital
inclusion
was
going
to
be
absolutely
essential,
and
so
we
got
together.
I
met
with
the
county
and
we
made
some
complimentary.
D
Budget
investments
that
we
said:
listen
we
both
need
to
support
this
community
and,
and
and
how
can
we
do
this
together,
and
I
think
this
is
what's
missing
in
this
year's
budget.
That
I
would
like
to
see
is
that
how
are
we
listening
to
our
stakeholders
and
then
how
are
we
having
these
conversations
with
the
county?
D
We
we
did
the
same
with
for
child
care.
The
stakeholders
came
to
me.
I
as
a
mom,
recognized
the
need,
and
we
know
that
the
school
day
serves
as
a
part-time
child
care,
even
though,
of
course,
it's
first
of
all,
it
serves
education,
but
for
working
parents,
it's
the
first
part
of
a
child
care
strategy.
D
D
This
way
that
instead
of
being
complaint
based,
have
it
be
need,
based
and
follow
the
data
and
when
we
reach
out
to
our
community
that
we're
assured
that
we
are
connected
to
the
most
vulnerable,
and
so
that's
what
I
will
continue
to
ask
to
make
sure
that
these
two
things
are
lined
up.
So
on
page
42,
we
have
recovered
work.
Streams
prioritized
with
racial
equity,
lens
and
number
11
is
continued
child
care
services.
D
D
You
can
see
that
significant
estimated
community
economic
recovery
needs.
You
can
hardly
see
that
little
square
that
says
child
care
and
education,
and
so
I
don't
know
if
that
represents
investment.
But
if
we
go
to
page
54,
I
can
I
for
what
I
remember.
I
think
it's
only
750
000
that
we
have
so
far
in
this
part
of
the
appendix
for
child
care
learning
pods.
So
I
think
what
we
need
to
do
is
very
much
line
up
what
we
say.
G
I'll
go
ahead
and
start,
and
it
would
ask
john
to
jump
in
from
the
child
care
perspective
of
of
working
with
the
partners.
I
think
council
member
arenas,
that's
what
we're
trying
to
get
at
and
I
would
say,
like
we've
talked
about
previously,
I
think
some
of
those
appendixes
and
where
we
think
money
is
coming
in
those
are
estimates
you
know
based
off
of
what
we
know
today
and
would
agree
with
the
conversation
earlier
and
some
of
the
stuff
that
alex
pointed
out
there.
D
D
G
Yeah,
I
definitely
think
we
understand
the
issues
and
I'll
speak
to
how
john
can
align
them
with
the
partners.
I
think
for
us.
Obviously,
we've
got
flexible
money
in
the
american
rescue
plan.
What
we
don't
yet,
as
an
organization
understand,
is
of
the
the
40
plus
billion
dollars
that
the
federal
government's
given
to
child
care,
what
or,
if
anything
that
will
flow
it
our
way
or
then
what
if
anything,
actually
closes
some
of
our
partners
here.
G
D
But
what
is
what
we're
going
to
do
is
we're
going
to
find
ourselves
without
a
plan
to
support
our
families
come
fall
or
to
support
our
families
with
what
we
can
do,
potentially
maybe
some
parenting
workshops
and
some
healthy
relationship
workshops
through
our
community
centers,
and
this
is
the
type
of
investment
we
need
to
make
to
have
healthy
kids,
because
the
dollars
we
invest
now
you
know
those
dollars
go
a
long
way,
I'm
afraid
we
are
not
going
to
have
a
plan.
While
we
wait
for
everybody
else
to
show
us
their
their
cards.
G
Yeah
and
understood,
and-
and
I
think
from
the
planning
perspective,
so
there
is
a
plan
in
place-
we
can
get
jump
started
on
a
lot
of
those
plans.
I
would
just
say
as
administration
and
what
we
tried
to
tee
up
in
the
study
session
was
there's
a
variety
of
funding
pots
coming
into
the
region,
not
just
money
for
the
city
and
the
worst
thing
that
we
would
want
to
do
as
an
administration
is
recommend.
G
You
spend
a
bulk
of
the
money
or
not
I'm
not
a
bulk,
that's
the
wrong
word,
but
spend
american
rescue
plan
money
or
something
else,
that's
specific
to
the
city,
while
another
partner
in
the
region
is
getting
dollars
to
do
that
exact
same
thing
and
has
that
responsibility,
because
then
it
ties
your
hand
on
a
variety
of
other
issues
that
is
facing
the
community.
So
you
know
we
want
to
be
very
collaborative
with
those
partners
and
understand
where
the
money
is
going
because
at
40
billion
dollars.
G
I
would
imagine
our
region,
you
know,
gets
a
good
portion
of
that,
but
who
it
comes
to
and
how
we
yet
don't
understand
that,
and
it's
our
job
to
understand
that,
so
that
we
can
give
you
the
policy
option
of
this
is
a
space
that
we
need
to
run
into
or
no.
We
need
to
push
one
of
our
partners
to
partner
more
collaboratively
with
us
and
understand
how
they're
going
to
come.
Tackle
that
issue
with
us.
D
D
I
then
I
would
like
for
you
to.
I
would
proactively
reach
out
to
these
partners
so
that
we
can
learn
what
their
strategies
are.
We
know
what
a
superintendent
tony
thurman
is
recommending.
Then
these
are
wellness
centers,
that
many
of
our
schools
are
already
getting
ready
to
to
set
up
and
they're
not
completely
funded.
They
need
partners
and
they
need
partners
like
ourselves
to
make
these
things
happen.
D
And
I
know
I'm
out
of
time
mayor,
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that
we
intentionally
shift
our
budget
so
that
it's
not
complaint
based
that
it's
need
based
and
if
I
take
a
look
at
the
beautify
san
jose
money,
that's
being
invested,
you
would
think
that
that
is
the
first
thing
that
our
community
is
most
concerned
about.
But
I
think
this
is
the
the
the
item
that
most
community
that
is
complaint
based,
thinks
about.
E
Spartan
thank
you
I
had.
I
wanted
to
follow
up
on
some
questions,
and
one
of
them
is,
I
think
I
mentioned
this
in
my
earlier
comments
is,
as
we
go
into
the
recovery
phase,
I
think
particularly
for
some
of
our
hourly
workers.
Some
of
those
jobs
may
not
come
back
depending
on
industry,
or
the
number
of
those
types
of
jobs
may
not
come
back
so
workforce
development,
I
think,
is
going
to
be
crucial
and
it's
a
really
great
opportunity
to
offer
training
for
careers
to
hopefully
leave
families.
E
F
F
Chris's
team
on
manufacturing
are
all
focusing
on
sectors
that
are
high
demand,
occupations,
growth,
occupations
that
have
good
hourly
wages
and
or
salaries
and
good
benefits,
and
examples,
of
course,
are
are
from
health
care,
business
and
finance
some
related
in
it,
and
then
manufacturing
advanced
manufacturing
has
quite
a
bit
of
jobs
that
are
going
unaccounted
for
or
left
open
and
that
are
very
promising.
So
working
to
train
and
make
connections
between
individual
employees
and
businesses
is
is
already
super
important
and
will
continue
to
be
more
important.
H
I
I'm
happy
to
jump
in
here:
that's
okay,
yeah,
so
council,
member
sparser,
jeff
ruster
office
of
economic
development.
You
know
historically
worked
a
few
teachers.
Clients
have
about
more
than
70
percent,
come
from
the
east
side
and
those
zip
codes
that
have
been
most
impacted
by
by
covid.
Additionally
with
san
jose
works,
which
is
a
program
that
serves
high
school-age
youth.
E
H
Right
right
so
for
for
older
youth
18
and
over
and
again
with
our
adult
clients
right
as
nancy
mentioned,
one
key
operational
thing
we
were
doing,
we
hope
to
do
by
the
end
of
the
year
is
to
actually
move
our
one
stop
location
to
the
east
side
and
we
have
identified
a
site
so
we'll
be
closer
to
those
individuals
and
those
families
that
most
need
our
support.
We
work
with
a
wide
variety
of
training
organizations.
H
We
have
the
resources
and
we're
ready
to
train
people
and
have
been
training
people
for
those
kind
of
careers
as
well,
and
our
and
our
target
are
not
those
entry-level
dead-end
jobs,
but
again
those
jobs
that
have
career
pathways
and
that
can
lead
to
a
living
wage.
So
we
work
with
a
whole
host
of
organizations
to
make
sure
that
we
reach
those
those
parties
that
they're
aware
of
our
services,
and
then
we
work
with
other
organizations
that
actually
provide
that
training
and
the
other
support
counseling
that
they
need.
E
H
Right
right,
no,
no!
We
are
actually
reporting
to
cdc
next
monday
and
it's
and
you'll
hear
about
our
what
we
have
been
doing
over
the
last
year
and
a
lot
of
changes.
We've
been
making
in
light
of
covid
and
what
we
plan
on
doing
in
the
future,
and
it's
very
operationally
oriented
we're
held
to
strict
metrics
in
terms
of
how
many
people
we
serve
and
how
many
people
get
jobs
in
those
industries
and
the
kind
of
trainings
that
we
do
so.
E
F
E
Okay,
cool.
Thank
you.
I
just,
I
think
it's
really
critical
and,
and
you
you
tied
into
in
in
sort
of
leveraging
the
expertise
and
the
contacts
that
we
need.
You
touched
on
an
issue
that
I
think
we
have
seen
repeatedly
throughout
this
pandemic
in
order
to
leverage
those
resources,
which
is
our
partnerships
and
contract
management
with
our
particularly
with
our
nonprofit
partners,
both
for
workforce
small
business
community
organizations
such
as
you
know,
the
the
ones
that
have
helped
us
feed.
E
G
Council,
member
esparza
I'll
go
ahead
and
start
off
and
if
kip
has
anything
to
add
and
please
feel
free
to
honestly,
that's
a
big
part
of
kind
of
the
incremental
approach
as
well.
I
think
this
longer
planning,
process
and
kind
of
planning
around
some
of
the
resources
gives
us
the
time
to
work
with
those
non-profits
to
figure
out
some
of
those
longer-term
issues.
You
know,
as
we
started,
to
respond
to
copen19
and
allowed
the
you
know.
G
Federal
procurement
under
the
fema
disaster
allows
a
certain
level
of
flexibility
at
the
beginning,
but
then
that
tightens
up
through
the
process
with
with
federal
procurement
standards
that
are
a
little
bit
different
and,
quite
frankly,
the
the
amount
of
money
coming
in
was
was
fairly
daunting
for
some
of
those
non-profits
as
well
with
stricter.
You
know,
auditing
reports
and
and
everything
else
that
we
needed
to
work
through
with
them.
G
So
I
think
this
pause
allows
us
additional
opportunity
to
work
through
some
of
those
issues
up
front
while
we're
not
in
the
middle
of
kind
of
responding
to
the
level
we
were
before
and
say,
april
and
march
and
april
and
may
of
last
year,
and
then
I
would
say.
Secondly,
in
the
long
term,
you
know
it
was
part
of
our
2017
coyote
creek
flood
after
action
report,
and
I
would
imagine
it
will
be
part
of
the
after
action
report
for
this.
But
you
know
having
a
emergency
procurement
process
in
place.
G
I
think,
is
something
that
we'd
want
to
do
and
also
having
contracts
in
place,
and
that's
something
that
kip
you
know
has
has
mentioned
several
times
and
that
the
team
will
be
working
on
as
we
jump
start
recovery.
A
lot
of
work
will
be
happening
in
the
office
of
emergency
management
to
go
ahead
and
look
at
that.
So
we
have
things
in
place
prior
to
the
next
major
disaster.
E
I
I
We
want
you
to
step
in
and
support
this
ecosystem
and,
in
particular,
these
nonprofits
that
we're
able
to
support
with
our
direct
dollars
so
that
we're
paired
up
and
partnered
with
them.
We've
had
some
initial
discussions
in
that
regard,
but
I
think
it's
very
important
to
do
that.
There's
also
some
capacity
building
that
we
can
do,
but
I
think
it's
often
better
done
by
other
non-profits
and
foundations
in
support
of
the
direct
service
work.
We're
doing.
E
J
J
A
Thank
you
for
the
question.
Councilmember
foley.
I
actually
think
office
of
economic
development
can
answer
that
more
clearly,
but
I
will
tell
you
just
top
line
the
three
things
that
I
remember
were:
access
to:
financial
like
federal
loans
and
state
grants,
as
well
as
much
more
capacity
building
for
small
businesses
to
be
able
to
keep
their
businesses
open
and
then
grow
their
businesses
and
much
more
technical
assistance.
So
they're
asking
for
much
more
hands-on.
A
J
Right
so
virtual
work
right,
so
the
type
of
things
that
a
small
business
person
would
need
in
order
to
even
start
up
their
business
to
navigate
a
difficult
time
and
then
be
successful,
such
as
legal
expertise,
employment.
How
do
you
hire
people?
How
do
you
offer
benefits
things
like
that?
I
just
want
to
raise
something
that
has
kind
of
it,
and
I
I
appreciate
that.
J
I
also
appreciate
statistics
that
90
of
that
you're
looking
at
90
businesses
owned
by
bypoc
and
that
they're
more
likely
to
be
facing
financial
difficulties
also
that
61
are
women
owned
and
then
90
businesses
are
latino
owned,
vietnamese,
eight
percent,
etc.
I
appreciate
those
statistics
and
I
want
to
remind
the
council
that
those
statistics
carry
out
throughout
every
district
in
our
city
council
area.
We
all
have
small
businesses
that
have
minority
owners
and
they
could
be
minority
women.
J
They
could
be
minority
men,
but
I
just
went
to
a
restaurant
the
other
day
that
was
asian
owned,
so
there's
a
lot
of
a
lot
of
minority-owned
businesses
throughout
the
city
and
we
ought
to
remember
all
of
our
small
businesses,
not
just
the
businesses
in
downtown.
I
know
we're
focused
on
them.
I
think
that's
really
important,
but
it's
really
important
for
me
to
mention
that
small
businesses
are
suffering
all
over
the
city.
J
Great,
I
think
that's
really
important.
Small
businesses
need
help
all
all
over
one
thing
that
has
started
to
come
up
in
my
district
and
I'm
sure
it's
happening
in
every
other
district,
and
I'm
I'm
not
sure
if
this
is
the
best
place
to
raise
it.
But
since
we're
talking
about
the
budget
and
helping
recover
right,
I've
noticed
that
I'm
starting
to
get
emails
from
small
business
owners
who
have
are
starting
to
get
hit
with
ada
lawsuits,
and
I'm
wondering
if
there's
something
at
the
city
level.
J
F
J
And
I'm
happy
to
take
it
offline.
I
just
noticed
the
last
week,
or
so
I've
heard
from
six
small
business
owners,
so
I
could
take
that
offline.
I
just
wanted
to
raise
it
regarding
the
initial
draft
initial
cost
estimate
for
the
small
business
and
non-profit
and
arts
group,
I'm
really
glad
to
hear
that
the
arts
are
part
of
that.
Can
you
give
me
an
idea-
and
I
know
you
mentioned
it
under
when
councilman
perales
asked
about
it,
but
I
might
have
missed
it.
What
are
the
ideas
for
allocating?
F
Can
I
just
jump
in
one
second,
that
kerry
may
well
have
something
to
say:
we
will
all
need
to
work
together
within
that
overall
dollar
framework,
as
kip
mentioned,
we
didn't
they,
they
didn't
attempt
to
to
specifically
allocate.
So
it
may
well
be
that
we
we
have
to
work
it
out
together
of
how
much
goes
to
which
individual
activity
kip
sorry
didn't
mean
to
dump
stuff.
I
Oh,
that
was
perfect.
You
did
it.
I
would
have
yeah.
That
was
a
good
answer,
but
but
we
do
we
do
value
the
contribution
of
artists
as
as
employers,
and
also
artists
as
activators
of
space
and
events,
and
so
part
of
what
we
want
to
do
and
part
of
the
reason
that
we're
grouping
together
is
to
is
to
weave
together
the
opportunities
that
you
get
when
you
use
artists
to
as
small
business
people
to
activate
places
and
spaces
to
bring
other
people
out,
feed
retail
activities
and
in
downtown
and
neighborhood
districts.
I
And
so
I
know
carrie
and
others
are
thinking
very
creatively
about
this.
But,
as
nancy
said,
we
really
do
need
to
kind
of
cross
walk
between.
How
do
we
support
small
businesses?
How
do
we
support
nonprofits
and
how
do
we
support
arts
and
really
have
some
intentional
strategic
work
across
all
three
of
those
lines?.
J
I
I'm
grateful
to
see
that
you're,
focusing
so
much
on
arts
and
entertainment,
because
that
really
does
fuel
our
restaurants.
They
all
support
each
other.
People
go
to
a
show,
they're
downtown,
they
pay
for
parking.
They
go
have
a
drink.
Afterwards
they
go
clubbing
whatever
they
do.
It's
a
way
to
activate
an
area
and
create
incoming
and
employment
opportunities
for
the
small
businesses
staff,
so
our
employees.
So
I
think
it's
great.
J
J
We
can
throw
a
lot
of
money
out
there
and,
and
frankly,
this
is
a
lot
of
money
that
we're
getting
from
the
state
federal
government,
and
I
I
really
appreciate
the
thoughtfulness
and
the
need
to
phase
in
the
approach
of
how
we're
going
to
allocate
the
resources
we
want
to
do
it
right.
We
have
a
lot
of
money.
The
risk
might
be
that
we
say:
hey.
We've
got
so
much
money,
we're
just
going
to
throw
it
out.
There
scatter
shot
it
and
hope
it's
successful,
but
that's
not
the
best
approach.
J
The
best
way
is
be
to
be
systematic
is
the
way
you're
approaching
it.
So
I
really
I
I
like
that
approach.
I
look
forward
to
more
of
the
detail,
and
I
know
that
there's
so
much
more
in
question
about
these
funds
than
we
know,
including
the
states,
the
governor's
budget
that
will
continue
to
roll
out
the
arp
funds
and
and
even
our
fema
reimbursement.
So
I
all
of
that
is
really
good.
I
think
that's
really
pretty
much
it
for
my
questions.
Let
me
just
make
sure
that
I
covered
everything
that
I
wanted
to
yep.
C
Thank
you.
I
want
to
echo
councilman
foley's
emphasis
on
small
business.
I'm
really
grateful.
She
raised
those
issues
and
I
know
it's
difficult
as
we're
trying
to
prioritize
a
lot
of
very
basic
needs
in
our
community,
but
the
the
notion
that
small
business
assistants
didn't
quite
make
it
into
that
top.
Third-
and
we
know
you
know
as
brandon
rossen
and
scott
nice
and
others
have
said
this.
C
We
know
who
leads
our
small
businesses
who
owns
them
in
our
in
our
city,
overwhelmingly
immigrant-led
and
who
is
employed
in
them,
and
so
I'm
really
hopeful
that
an
awful
lot
of
our
our
work
will
be
around
seeing
how
we
can
ensure
more
of
our
small
businesses
are
connected
to
to
loans
and
grants
that
are
out
there
that
we
know
we
don't
have
the
money,
but
other
people
do
and
if
we
can
just
connect
them-
and
I
guess
the
question
I
have.
I
know
we
have
a
very
small
but
mighty
force
in
oed.
C
K
As
far
as
direct
staff,
sorry,
chris
burton
with
the
office
of
economic
development,
so
our
business
development
team,
which
has
taken
on
the
lion's
share
of
business
response
work
through
the
pandemic,
is
a
team
of
11,
including
me,
but
within
that
11.
Obviously
we
have
a
communications
person.
Our
economist,
you
know
a
couple
of
development
related
folks,
so
you're
really
down
to
sort
of
four
or
five
folks
that
are
typically
working
on.
K
Right
exactly
so
through
the
the
boss,
partnership
right,
so
the
business
owner
space
network,
we
have
a
collection
of
over
30,
non-profit
and
and
private
partnerships
that
work
with
small
businesses
in
a
variety
of
ways.
There
are
obviously
varying
different
scales
and
varied
and
different
levels
of
capacity,
and
so
that's
why
the
work
around
the
eda
grant
that
nancy
mentioned
previously
is
about
building
up
that
capacity
around
standing
up
those
organizations,
so
they're
a
little
bit
more
self-sufficient,
but
ultimately
that
we
expand
this
reach.
C
I
know
we've
been
working
on
that
and
then
you
know
the
one
and
a
half
billion
dollars
for
cleaning
and
revitalizing
neighborhoods,
and
I
understand
you
know,
there's
a
target
universe
of
residents
were
trying
to
serve
with
those
jobs.
Maybe
folks
were
coming
back
into
the
community
through
reentry
programs,
maybe
formerly
homeless.
C
H
Yeah
I
mean
from
a
workforce
angle.
You
know,
I
do
think
through
the
partnerships
that
we
have.
You
know
there's
there's
capacity
to
do
so.
I
still
think
we
need
to
understand
better
kind
of
what
the
funding
requirements
are:
the
eligibility
requirements
and
the
use
of
the
funds
in
terms
of
the
projects
and
activities
that
they
support.
H
But
there
are,
you
know,
there's
a
whole
host
of
partners
that
we
work
with
just
to
give
you
an
example
mayor
through
the
bridge
to
recovery
effort,
there's
over
60
partners
that
are
involved
in
that
effort.
So
we
feel
like
they.
There
would
be
great
referral
sources
and
potentially
hosting
sites
for
some
of
the
youth
and
adults
that
we
could
serve
for
these
programs.
C
All
right
thanks,
jeff,
appreciate
it,
and
my
last
question
is
for
jim:
you
mentioned
that
you
can't
create
a
reserve
with
federal
funds.
I
I
think
you
said
something
that,
along
those
lines
relating
to
the
arp
money,
but
I
know
we've
been
very
intentional
about
deviating
from
a
standard
course
of
action.
Whenever
we've
had
deficits
in
the
past.
In
the
past,
we've
always
said:
hey,
we
need
to
solve
ongoing
deficits
with
ongoing
solutions,
which
is,
of
course,
really
painful.
C
It
means
if
we
can't
find
a
new
revenue
source,
then
we
have
to
cut
and
that
those
are
painful
decisions
that
we've
had
to
make
in
the
past,
and
this
year
we're
putting
most
of
that
up
off.
I
think
it
looks
like
about
85
percent
of
our
deficit
is
not
going
to
be
dealt
with
with
ongoing
cuts
this
year.
We're
saying
hey,
we'll
put
it
off
a
year,
and
I
understand
why
we're
doing
that,
because
we
think
hey.
C
C
Can
we
still
ensure
that
there
is
some
money
that
is
not
spent
for
next
year,
whether
you
call
it
a
reserve
or
not?
That
can
cushion
the
blow.
So
we
don't
have
to
go
straight
to
to
layoffs
and
cutting
services
if
it
looks
like
because
of
fast
rising
inflation,
for
example,
things
start
turning
south
in
the
economy
or
don't
turn
north
nearly
as
quickly
as
we
hope
how?
How
how
are
we
going
to
be
able
to
do
that
to
ensure
there
could
be
money
set
aside.
L
Those
are
all
really
good,
really
good
points,
so
the
from
a
technical
basis.
You
know
we're
only
going
to
recognize
on
the
city's
books,
the
revenue
coming
in
from
the
american
rescue
plan
for
that
which
we
will
spend.
So
so
that's
something
we
didn't
really
do
it
that
way
last
time,
but
and
now
that
we
kind
of
know
how
that
works.
That's
how
we're
going
to
budget
this
coming
year.
So
the
revenues
that
you're
going
to
see
in
the
american
rescue
plan
will
match
the
expenditure
plan.
L
L
So
we
want
to
replicate
that
past
procedure
that
the
city
engages
in
to
make
sure
we
have
at
least
the
capacity
for
that,
and
in
addition,
you
know,
I
think,
we're
going
to
want
some
amount
more
depending
on
how
the
economy
goes,
how
we
end
this
year,
you
know
we're
we're
pretty
close,
I
mean
you
know
we're
we're
going
to
come
forward
with.
You
know
our
our
final
year-end
transactions
here
to
get
as
close
to
the
budget
as
we
can,
but
we're
not
in
the
position
we've
been
in
the
last
few
years.
L
We've
had
a
lot
of
excess
revenue
to
be
able
to
meet
our
fund
fund
balance
targets.
So
that's
not
necessarily
materializing.
So
you
know
this
year
is
going
to
be
tight.
Next
budget
year
is
going
to
be
tight,
even
if
everything
sort
of
goes
according
to
plan.
So
I
think
your
28.3
is
sort
of
the
the
minimum
for
next
year,
but
I
think
over
a
multiple
year
period,
we
want
to
make
sure
we
have
that
reserve.
L
C
M
Yeah,
thank
you
mayor
appreciate
the
discussion
around
small
businesses.
Obviously
not
a
day
goes
by
that
we
read
in
the
paper
or
hear
about
you
know
stories
of
small
businesses
that
are
struggling
during
this
time.
But
but
I
guess
I
have
a
question
as
it
relates
to
maybe
the
potential
that
me.
We
may
be
sending
mixed
signals
and
let
me
explain
what
I
mean
by
that.
I
I
got
on
the
meeting
a
little
late
today,
so
I
my
apologies.
M
So
I'm
wondering
is,
if
we're
increasing
those
permitting
costs
and
then
saying
we
support
small
businesses.
I
guess
I'm
just
trying
to
understand
sort
of
that
disconnect
and
whether
those
folks,
for
example,
in
those
truly
small
businesses,
sometimes
enterprises
of
one
person.
That's
walking
around
some
parts
of
our
city
selling
ice
cream
to
families
and
is
maybe
making
50
cents
for
every
popsicle
they
sell,
or
something
like
that.
C
M
Yeah
I
appreciate
that
answer.
It's
something
that
came
to
mind
as
I
was
going
over
it
and
I
understand,
as
it
relates
to
fees
and
such
that
we're
gonna
we're
attempting
to
move
towards
full
cost
recovery
right
nice.
I
assume
that
some
of
the
increases
that
I
saw
in
some
of
those
fees
somewhere,
I
think
upwards
of
17
or
so,
and
these
are
not
massive
numbers
but
to
folks
that
are
squeaking
by
quite
literally
just
you
know,
spending
their
whole
day
and
making
a
few
a
hundred
bucks.
B
M
L
Councilmember
this
is
this
is
jim.
You
know
just
on
that.
You
know
there
are
a
number
of
fees
there
that
you
know
we
do
have
sort
of
the
general
direction
to
try
to
get
back
to
cost
re
recovery,
but
we're
also
pretty
deliberate
this
year
in
knowing
that
you
know
this
is
not
the
time
to
get
everything
back
to
100
cost
recovery.
So
in
the
peddler,
although
your
point
is
still
taking
because
it's
still
an
in
increase
there,
the
cost
recovery
level
is
certainly
well
below
where
it
was
the
previous
year.
L
I
think
maybe
another
example
is
the
recovery
for
the
parks
and
recreation
david
services
program
which
we're
pretty
low
far
below
the
previous
year's
posh
recovery
level.
So
I
think
that
was
definitely
as
dave
said,
we
still
have
a
ways
to
go,
to
sort
of
have
it
all
more
formalized,
but
that
was
definitely
part
of
our
discussions
that
we
were
having
as
part
of
this
budget
preparation.
M
Yeah
that
I
appreciate
that-
and
I
guess
I
one
other
thing
that
I
would
mention
is
I'd,
be
curious-
that
if
we
have
in
the
past,
increase
some
of
those
fees
that
impact
some
of
those
vendors,
if
we,
if
there
was
a
correlation
with
the
increase
of
fees
or
the
decrease
of
fees
with
the
number
of
permits
that
were
requested
right.
So
so,
if
there's
a
way
to
better
understand
what
those
reductions
or
increases
sort
of
do
as
it
relates
to
the
number
of
permits
that
are
pulled
as
it
relates
to
these
vendors.
M
C
E
Thank
you
and
I
had
a
small
business
outreach
next
and,
and
particularly
around
small
business
outreach
to
the
micro
businesses
in
you
know
affected
areas.
I
think
all
businesses.
Well,
actually,
that's
not
true.
Not
all
businesses
have
suffered,
but
I
think
all
a
lot
of
all
small
businesses
have
been
impacted
in
some
way
or
another,
and
so
I
I
wanted
to
go
back
to
that
issue.
E
The
information
about
how
to
get
help
to
those
that
need
it.
But
one
thing
that
they
all
had
in
common
was
a
reliance
on
personal
outreach,
because
I
heard
some
comments
around
digital
outreach
and
digital
meetings
and
and
all
that
kind
of
stuff,
but
throughout
little
saigon
or
in
la
placita
or
center
road
or
other
businesses
in
in
places
like
district
seven
that
have
been
heavily
heavily
impacted
by
covet.
E
E
When
maybe
we
can
help
them
simplify
or
make
a
direct
connection
with
them,
and
so
I
wanted
to
again
as
we
grow
as
we
get
past
the
response
and
into
the
recovery
phase,
you
know,
I
don't
think
any
of
us
wants
empty
storefronts.
You
know,
none
of
us
wants
businesses
to
go
under
no
matter
what
part
of
the
city
we're
in
and
and
so
what
is
sort
of
that
bigger
plan,
because
we
do
have
a
very
small
but
mighty
team.
E
K
We
sorry
excuse
me,
I'm
trying
to
think
about
how
best
to
frame
this,
but
what's
interesting
is
we
sort
of
got
into
the
business
of
small
business
more
regularly
from
the
sort
of
business
development
standpoint
as
a
result
of
the
work
around
small
business
displacement
right,
probably
eight
months
to
a
year
prior
to
the
pandemic?
We
really
started
to
double
down
because
beyond
that,
our
focus
has
been
through
that
boss
network
and
through
the
small
business
allies
in
pvce,
and
not
a
ton
of
direct
outreach
to
small
business.
K
K
So
so,
in
addition
to
sort
of
figuring
out
how
we
kind
of
take
a
handful
of
people
and
reach
this
sort
of
massive
constituency
across
the
city,
you
know
we've
had
to
redesign
our
internal
system,
so
we
can
respond
to
emails
on
a
daily
basis,
so
we
can
have
a
phone
tree
beyond
it
coming
into
like
personal
lines
and
we
can
sort
of
redirect
questions
across.
You
know,
literally
thousands
of
businesses.
K
Which
has
been
you
know,
which
has
been
you
know
really
great
and
and
we've
seen
so
much
benefit
from
doing
that
and
learned
so
much
in
this
last
14
months
that
we'll
absolutely
design
our
work
going
forwards.
What
I
think
we've
realized
is
that
the
city
alone
can
cannot
do
that
work
right.
We
couldn't
employ
enough
people
to
get
out
there
to
every
small
business
out
there,
and
so
you
know
we
very
intentionally.
K
I
think,
in
addition
to
sort
of
funneling
resources
to
this,
this
sort
of
small
business
support
network
there's
also
this
sort
of
process
of
mentoring.
So
we
went
into
the
eda
bid
in
a
very
strategic
way
and
said
in
addition
to
just
directing
funds
to
technical
assistance
providers
into
small
business
associations.
K
There
needs
to
be
another
layer
of
support.
We
need
to
teach
people
how
to
build
their
boards
correctly
so
that
they
can
engage
with
local
businesses
and
have
a
commitment
to
their
organization
and
increase
that
engagement.
We
need
to
sort
of
mentor
them
on
what
sort
of
outreach
looks
like
and
what
that
sort
of
you
know
surveying
and
all
those
very
tactical
things
so
that
they
can
get
past
the
sort
of
we
can
create
a
website
send
an
email
and
hope
to
reach.
You
know
90
of
businesses
within
a
a
small
district.
K
It's
got
to
be
much
more
one-on-one.
It's
got
to
be
about
building
engagement
and
building
commitment
into
that
sort
of
business
community
within
the
districts
of
the
city,
and
so
that's
absolutely.
The
program
we're
in
the
process
of
designing
eda
was
the
sort
of
step
one
aspect
to
that.
But
as
we
move
through
this
process,
you
know
it
was
always
designed
to
be
scalable.
K
So
as
we
can
sort
of
get
more
resources,
whether
it's
through
arp,
whether
it's
through
philanthropic
sources,
anywhere
else,
it
will
always
sort
of
follow
that
model
about
build
the
capacity.
You
know,
train
the
the
folks
in
place
and
make
it
sustainable
so
that
it
will
last
beyond
this
sort
of
one-time
injection
of
funds.
E
We've
really
learned
that
that's
a
huge
need
and
particularly
as
we
reach
out
to
different
groups,
different
geographies,
different
language
capacities,
that
it's
a
need
and
and
and
really
I'll,
it's
more
of
a
comment
than
a
question,
but
I'll
say
that
so
to
the
our
igr
team
and
and
the
eoc
as
we
move
forward
and
we're
looking
at
these
different
funding
sources
and
all
the
big
question
marks
that
hang
over
us
as
a
city.
Is
that
really
kind
of
taking
that
rent
relief
approach?
E
E
You
know
it
may
not
be
funded
by
the
state
right
like
again
right.
Really,
we
may
have
to
do
pieces
of
it
alone
or-
or
you
know,
god
willing-
it
all
gets
funded
with
this
money.
But
I
think
the
experience
of
our
small
businesses
is
telling
us
that
we
need
to
build
that
consortium
similar
and
I
keep
referring
to
the
rent
relief
equity
partners
because
it's
kind
of
it's
it's
the
similar
thing
that
comes
to
mind.
I'm
not
aware
of
something
else
like
that.
E
If
there
is
I'd,
love
to
see
it,
but
whether
it's
child
care
or
whether
it's
small
business
support
that
we
have
to
sort
of
build
that
equity
consortium
moving
forward-
and
I
do
want
to
give
a
shout
out
to
the
downtown
association
who
has
been
mentoring
and
offering
support,
certainly
to
folks
in
my
district,
but
probably
to
many
others
throughout
the
city.
But
you
know
they're,
probably
the
largest,
I'm
guessing
in
the
city,
but
even
they
have
their
capacity
issues.
E
And
so
again,
it's
a
huge
issue
and
I
wanted
to
offer
one
more
thing,
which
is
just
as
we've
had
these
discussions
about
utilities,
whether
it's
water
or
pg
e
or
whatever,
that
maybe
as
some
of
these
fees,
we
set
aside
grants
for
folks
to
be
able
to
pay
some
of
the
fees
at
certain
levels
so
that
the
system
is
supported.
But
we
offer
more
of
these
grants
and
different
in
different
to
different
businesses
and
different
sizes,
different
locations
that
we
try
it
that
way.
E
D
Thank
you
mayor,
I'm
I'm
going
to
since
we're
on
the
topic
of
small
businesses,
or
at
least
our
conversation
has
driven
us
there.
I'm
also
going
to
provide
some
comment
there.
I
we
know
that
across
our
nation,
including
our
city,
that
women
have
been
the
ones
to
have
lost
more
of
their
work,
jobs,
of
course,
along
with
businesses
relative
to
men
or
other
gender
identities.
D
F
Businesses
of
that
work,
and
then
chris,
I'm
sure,
we'll
jump
in
will
be
making
sure
we're
using
good
data
and
a
pr
and
finding
the
right
partners
to
approach.
We
are
getting
data
which,
as
you're,
you're
speaking
to
right
now,
council
member,
so
how
we
continue
over
the
long
haul
as
kipp
and
lee
mentioned.
This
is
a
not
a
sprint
at
this,
this
point,
but
a
marathon
so
that
we
can
continue
to
build
those
services
with
better
targeted
outreach
and
approaches.
F
D
I'm
glad
to
hear
that,
and,
and
with
that
I
think
you
you
need
to
connect
with
partners
in
our
community
who
have
been
already
supporting
our
small
micro,
small
businesses
and
I'd
like
to
give
you
a
name.
It's
called
my
head
extra
extraordinaire
enterprises,
it's
from
prosperity
lab,
and
this
is
a
break
off
from
from.
D
D
I
think
we
need
a
plan
and
making
sure
that
we
keep
some
folks
up
there
on
the
list
in
terms
of
priorities-
and
I
say
women
are
for
me,
one
of
the
largest
groups-
that
I
think
we
need
to
focus
on
and
then
anyways.
So
I
I
hope
that
that
I'm
not
sure
through
this
budget
process,
we
we
will
get
there,
but
I
think
it.
This
is
an
opportunity
for
us
to
actually
do
this.
D
D
A
K
Yes
right
so
absolutely
so
as
we've
sort
of
spoken
about
already
the
the
kind
of
notion
around
the
program
that
that
started
with
the
eda
grant
application
was
really
about
creating
a
a
scalable
program
that
focused
on
small
local
areas.
So
we
can
engage
those
businesses
and
build
that
capacity
within
the
areas.
And
obviously
you
know
the
way
that
the
city
is
built
up.
There
there's
a
huge
amount
of
these
small
areas
and
we're
going
to
have
to
figure
out
in
some
instances.
D
Road
area,
eastridge,
like
I
mentioned
last
week,
is,
is
doing
well
well
enough
because
our
community
members
still
are
the
shopping
type
that
walk
in
versus
online,
I'm
not
saying
all
of
them,
but
there's
sufficient
enough,
like
I
said
that
they
added
some
features
to
macy's,
whereas
in
some
places
they're
you
know
closing
them
down,
and
so
so
it's
it's
good
to
recognize
the
differences
in
terms
of
our
community
and
what
their
needs
are
in
order
to
support
them
better.
So
I
I
appreciate
that
and
appreciate
it.
D
Having
you
reach
out
to
me
and
respect
to
that
outside
of
this,
I
think
we
have
our
own
opportunities
internally
within
our
own
contracts,
to
maybe
prioritize
women-owned
businesses,
immigrant
based
businesses,
I
mean
you
know.
We
have
a
lot
of
service
type
of
contracts
that
go
through
say,
for
example,
the
community
center.
D
There
could
be
yoga
classes
or
ballet
classes
or
guitar
piano
and
and
of
course,
a
lot
of
these
agencies
are
small
businesses,
but
yet
sometimes
we
have
these
large
corporations
coming
in
and
doing
you
know
all
of
the
classes
around
soccer
or
all
the
classes
around
one
area.
I
think
that
that
we
need
to
make
sure
that
we
are
also.
We
also
have
a
plan
internally
to
target
the
types
of
businesses
that
we
want
to
support.
D
So
if
we
have
a
contract
with
somebody
make
sure
they're
san
jose
based
or
they're
they're
female
owned
or
that
anyways,
whatever
criteria
we
see
fit,
I
think
we
have
an
opportunity
to
also
support
our
small
businesses.
I'm
sure
that
many
many
many
of
you
folks
have
already
thought
of
that.
Is
that
something
that
we
could
do.
K
So
I
am
not
the
expert
on
procurement
but
I'll
take
a
first
step
at
that
and
then
pass
it
on
to
somebody
else.
I
believe
that
in
many
of
our
procurements
there
are
both
small
and
local
preference
elements
in
there,
I'm
not
sure
around
different
demographic
groups
as
to
whether
or
not
we
have
the
capacity
to
do
that,
and
I
passed
that
question
to
somebody
more
knowledgeable
around
the.
N
Process
yeah,
I
guess
I'll
jump
in
chris,
you
know
so.
Yes,
I
think
chris
is
right.
There
are
some
legal
limitations,
of
course,
in
terms
of
procurements
that
we
do
that.
That
need
to
be
competitive
and
I'll
kevin
kind
of
jump
in
on
that.
But
we
do.
The
the
city
council
has
adopted
local
and
small,
a
preference
that
we
we
are
able
to
factor
into
you
know
legally
into
the
procurement
process,
and
we've
been
doing
that
for
years.
N
You
know,
I
think
councilmember
some
of
the
questions
you're
asking
you
know,
I
think
I'll.
Let
kevin
kind
of
jump
in
on
some
of
the
limitations,
but
don't
want
to
necessarily
just
kind
of
hide
behind
limitations.
You
know
we
are
trying
to
figure
out
ways
to
make
sure
that
we're
getting
you
know
our
contracts
and
and
certainly
getting
help
into
the
people
that
need
to
help
the
most,
and
that's
really,
you
know
the
the
the
needle
we're
trying
to
thread
here
in
some
cases,
but
certainly
don't
want
to
hide
behind.
N
You
know
some
of
the
the
constraints
and
just
kind
of
throw
our
hands
up
and
and
kind
of
give
up.
That's
not
what
we're
about
so
we're.
You
know
we're
doing
our
best
to
kind
of
work
through
the
rules
and
making
sure
that
we're
doing
what
we
can
to
to
get
contracts
and
monies
into
the
people's
hands
that
need
the
most
but
kevin.
Do
you
want
to
add
any
perspective
there.
A
O
I
F
Yeah,
I
want
to
jump.
Oh
sorry,
councilmember
go
ahead.
Nancy.
I
was
just
going
to
say
that
part
of
what
we
can
do.
We
understand
what
you're
saying
about
local
preference,
but
also
just
fundamentally
going
back
to
that
when
we're
developing
scopes
for
the
technical
assistance
groups
that
we
are
that
they
that.
B
F
Business
populations
are
covered
and
the
other.
I
just
wanted
to
to
point
out
that
we
are
very
mindful
of
of
the
source
of
funds,
so
we
are
looking
for
opportunities,
for
example,
to
have
source
of
funds
that
will
allow
us
to
serve
immigrant
and
undocumented
populations,
because
some
sources
do
and
some
sources
don't
so
thinking
consciously
about
the
mix
and
the
type
of
groups
and
who
they
provide
service
for
best
is
something
that
we
look
to
integrate
well
and
weave
into
an
approach
to
serving
small
business.
D
Great,
thank
you
nancy.
I
think
that
probably
could
feed
into
a
local
plan
and
of
course
I
want
to
make
sure
that
we
fall
under
the
law,
but
that
we
do
have
some
preferences
that
we
can
employ
through
our
contracts
and
just
being
intentional,
like
you've
just
said,
I'm
run
out
of
time.
I
see
the
mayor
has
popped
up,
and
so
that's
my
time
to
skedaddle.
E
Okay,
last
one
so
building
on
some
of
the
questions
earlier,
I
know
we're
trying
to
leverage
the
funding
that
we
got.
But
how
are
we
talking
with
the
county,
in
particular
with
the
lev
about
leveraging
money
that
they're
getting
so
that
again
just
to
use
the
rent
relief
as
an
example
where
we're
sort
of
all
rowing
in
the
same
direction
and
putting
our
money
into
one
pot?
So
how
are
we
doing
that?
Moving
forward.
G
Council
member
esparza
so
we'll
be
handling
that
at
a
few
different
levels-
and
I
would
say
you
know
in
talking
to
some
of
the
other
larger
cities
early
last
week
as
the
guidance
came
through,
I
would
say,
kip
and
myself
dolan.
You
know
sarah
jim
shannon,
we
all
kind
of
thought
hey.
We
we
may
need
to
switch
course
and
do
this
a
little
bit
more
incrementally
and
then,
when
we
heard
with
the
county,
was
doing
the
same
thing.
G
G
They
have
a
whole
other
pot
of
money
around
the
health
and
hospital
system
that
you
know
we
have
yeah
and
rightfully
rightly
so,
right,
and
so
you
know,
as
we
started
to
have
that
conversation
early
with
them
last
week
about
what
does
this
look
like?
How
do
we
want
to
do
this?
I
think
we
collectively
realized
hey.
It
makes
a
lot
of
sense
to
do
this
together
and
do
it
over
the
summer.
G
Utilizing
a
lot
of
the
money
for
for
possible
vaccination
support
with
the
booster
program,
if
needed,
over
the
fall,
and
so
that's
kind
of
clarity
that
we
would
need.
But
they've
been
very
collaborative
and
receptive
of
wanting
to
partner
on
how
we
kind
of
jointly
look
at
our
resources
through
this
process.
E
I
Yes,
we
are,
a
lot
of
that
is,
is
started
with
the
the
promotorus
work
and
some
of
the
health
work,
we're
strengthening
that
with
our
vaccine
work.
I
don't
know
if
andrea
flores,
shelton
yeah,
she
is
she's
letting
her
lighten
up.
I
know
she's
been
both
leading
a
lot
of
the
place-based
thinking
on
our
side
and
also
within
collaboration
with
the
county
refining
our
place
based
approach
with
them.
A
E
A
E
That's
really
great,
I'm
glad
to
hear
that,
and
I
hope
you
can
feel
free
to
use
us
as
well.
I
know
that
as
some
of
this
work
progresses,
you
know
it's
sometimes
it's
helpful
to
have
us
in
there
and
sometimes
it's
not,
and
so
hopefully
you
can
tap
this
on
the
shoulder,
because
there
are
groups
like
nsu.
E
You
know,
as
I
think
of
equity
nsu
is,
is,
is
really
taking
an
equity
approach
right,
it's
what
we're
trying
to
do,
and
so
I
was
thinking
of
how
we
can
partner
on
the
place
like
whether
we
are
all
putting
our
resources
in
one
pot
or
complementing
what
the
others
doing
in
that
place-based
approach
and-
and
so
we're
that's
fantastic.
So
I'm
super
happy
about
that
and.
A
I
just
wanna,
I
was
saying
you
know
not
mentioning
our
project
hope
neighborhoods
right.
We
have
the
the
sixth
that
we've
been
in
the
additional
three
that
we
kicked
off
this
year,
so
we
are
committed
to
those
nine
neighborhoods
and
we
have
that
conversation
with
the
county
through
the
mayor's
game
prevention
task
force
in
our
age
agency,
trusting
relationships
there
great.
A
A
We
are
continuing
to
bring
in
revenue
from
first
five
and
granted
that
is
around
their
family
resource
center
model,
so
we're
doing
it
in
the
early
education
lane,
but
absolutely
when
it
comes
to
neighborhoods
and
it
comes,
they
have
already
used
an
equity
priority
platform
to
identify
where
family
resource
centers
are
so
they
will
be
a
deep
partner.
Awesome.
C
O
Hello,
mayor
ricardo
and
members
of
the
city
council,
my
name
is
nick
kwada
police
director
for
silicon
valley,
council
of
nonprofits.
Thank
you
for
the
time
today.
I
know
that
public
company
was
made
previously,
so
I
appreciate
the
extra
time
along
with
the
racial
equity
action
leadership
coalition,
a
coalition
of
over
60
nonprofit
organizations
working
towards
racial
justice
in
our
organizations
and
our
community.
O
We
present
to
you
a
set
of
principles
for
an
investment
agenda
for
recovery,
the
scale
of
which
federal
resources
should
be
viewed
as
an
opportunity
to
make
breakthrough
achievements
in
critical
areas
such
as
leaving
the
racial,
ethnic,
economic
and
other
disparities
that
produce
so
much
death
and
suffering
during
the
pandemic.
In
addition,
principles
of
transparency
and
racial
justice
must
prevail.
We
have
been
very
pleased
to
see
racial
equity
addressed
during
the
budget
study
sessions
to
date
and
consistent
with
these
principles.
O
We
also
have
a
specific
non-profit,
sustainably
initiative
proposal
which
we've
sent
to
you
previously,
which,
among
those
things,
call
for
an
initial
five
million
dollar
fund,
and
this
fund
is
really
to
help
lift
non-profits
out
of
the
starvation
cycle
that
can
disrupt
essential
work
and
prevent
non-profits
from
from
best
serving
their
community.
This
will
carry
over
some
of
the
good
work
the
city
did
during
the
emergency
response
to
the
pandemic,
so
that
nonprofits
can
continue
to
support
and
in
turn,
step
up
and
pivot.
In
response,
emergency
emerging
community
leads
needs.
O
Excuse
me:
we
are
also
asking
the
city
to
make
a
specific
investment
in
two
additional
initiative
initiatives.
One
is
a
health,
a
healthy
community
master
plan
to
address
community
human
services
needs
in
a
more
comprehensive
way
across
several
city
departments
and
a
civic
engagement
initiative
to
design
a
process
of
bringing
community
voices
to
the
table,
so
they
can
acknowledge,
acknowledge
we
knowledgeably
co-create
the
solutions
that
will
support
the
community
during
recovery
and
beyond.
Thank
you
very
much.
A
A
N
N
Thank
you
and
thank
you
again
basically
and
that
it
was
mentioned
last
week
during
budget
meetings,
a
person
from
the
public
mentioned
the
importance
of
reconsidering
a
reimagined
task
force
and
how
that
can
be
developed
for
the
next
few
years
and
with
the
words
of
the
of
the
previous
two
speakers,
the
two
speakers
back
offered
a
really
interesting
concepts
of
how
we
can
engage
us.
As
for
civic
engagement
for
the
next
few
years,
I
thought
that
was
really
interesting.
N
How
are
reimagined
task
force
for
the
next
few
years
can
can
fit
into
that
process.
It
should
be
real
important
and
I
hope
you
can
consider
it
and
a
real
good
person
asked
about
it.
A
public
comment
a
few
weeks
ago,
with
52
seconds,
there
was
a
lot
of
talk
about
broadband
today
and
besides
police
public
safety,
budgeting
communications
budgeting
was
really
really
high,
so
you're
you're
going
to
be
really
pushing.
You
know
4g
and
5g
for
the
next
few
years.
N
A
Insulation
other
things
that
the
city
charges,
because
it
costs
just
as
much
for
an
artist
to
install
a
piece
of
equipment
in
their
studio
as
it
would
for
intel
to
install
equipment,
and
that
just
puts
it
out
of
reach.
If
you
want
people
actually
do
things
above
board
and
with
permits,
then
don't
make
it
such
a
big
burden
to
do
it
the
right
way.
Thank
you
very
much.