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City of San José, California
City Council Special Meeting: Filling Vacancy in Council District 8, January 24, 2023
Pre-meeting citizen input on Agenda via eComment at https://sanjose.granicusideas.com/meetings.
This public meeting will be held at San José City Hall and also accessible via Zoom Webinar. For information on public participation via Zoom, please refer to the linked meeting agenda below.
Agenda: https://sanjose.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=A&ID=1067035&GUID=35E62303-F754-42D3-A8B7-E4BA01BA853A
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G
D
You
I'd
also
like
to
read
a
statement.
If
any
person
presenting
a
public
comment
requires
a
Spanish
or
Vietnamese
interpreter,
please
tell
the
security
person
as
they
approach
the
microphone,
and
here
she
will
call
Over
The
Interpreter.
We
also
have
interpretation
devices
available
upstairs
and
now
we'll
interpret
that
into
Spanish
and
Vietnamese.
I
C
Great,
thank
you
just
a
couple
of
other
points.
We
will
have
public
comment
later
in
the
meeting.
We
will
not
have
an
open
Forum
as
agenda.
Is
this
a
special
meeting,
so
we
will
take
public
comment
at
one
time
and
I
will
be
limiting
public
comment
to
one
minute
per
speaker.
Given
the
very
high
volume
of
speakers
we
anticipate
this
evening,
we
are
also
going
to
take
the
process
questions
first
before
we
get
to
candidate
statements,
interviews
and
public
comment.
C
D
Okay,
so
the
process
are
being
called
in
in
random
alphabet
order.
The
random
alphabet
was
from
the
Secretary
of
State's,
drawing
for
the
November
election.
The
candidate
will
be
asked
to
introduce
themselves
to
give
a
brief
overview
of
their
qualifications.
The
council
will
then
proceed
to
ask
questions
and
the
question
should
be
consistent
for
each
candidate,
excluding
clarifying
questions
based
on
candidate
answers.
D
After
the
interview,
the
candidate
will
be
allowed
to
stay
in
the
chambers,
and
the
next
candidate
will
be
brought
in
just
so.
You
know
the
candidates
are
being
held
in
a
location
where
they
cannot
watch
the
meeting.
So
each
candidate
hears
the
questions
fresh
for
the
first
time.
Public
comment
will
commence
after
the
interviews
with
in-person
commenters,
first
followed
by
Zoom
commenters.
After
the
public
comment,
the
council
proceeded
discussion.
D
We
will
then
hand
out
paper
ballots,
which
we
will
ask
you
to
narrow
your
choice
down
to
three
and
then
those
ballots
will
be
tallied
by
me.
It
will
be
put
up
on
the
screen,
so
the
public
will
see
who
is
voting,
for
whom
that's
also
the
opportunity
for
the
council
to
make
sure
I
transferred
the
votes
correctly.
So
double
check
your
vote
and
then
the
council
will
have
discussion
and
we'll
have
as
many
paper
ballots
as
needed
as
we
go
through
this
process.
C
K
Yeah
thank
you
mayor
and
thank
you.
Tony
for
all
the
work
you've
been
doing
to
try
to
put
together
a
process
that
will
work
for
all
of
us
and
I
think
we're
at
a
good
place.
I.
It
just
occurred
to
me
that
before
earlier
over
the
weekend
that
we
didn't
necessarily
have
a
an
enumerated
process
for
the
questioning
of
the
candidates,
so
I
think
it
I
thought
it
was
important
to
have
some
time
limits
around
that
portion
and
some
uniformity
of
that
of
that.
K
K
The
original
idea
was
each
candidate
will
have
90
seconds
to
answer
the
question,
but
we
thought
about
putting
a
time
limit
on
the
entire
question
and
answer
so
that
the
council
members
question
plus
the
answer
Falls
within
the
three
minutes,
just
to
keep
make
sure
that
we
have
a
process
that
can
move
along
nicely,
but
I
hope
that
candidates
will
realize
they
don't
have
to
necessarily
go
all
the
way
up
to
the
three
minutes.
Answering
the
questions
but
that'll
be
up
to
them.
So
hopefully
you've
had
a
chance
to
read
it.
K
C
G
C
N
Thank
you
good
evening,
mayor
and
council
members.
Thank
you
for
this
opportunity
to
interview
for
the
district
8
vacant
seat.
My
family
and
I
are
proud
to
live
in
District
8..
Our
boys
have
attended
schools
both
in
Evergreen
school
district
and
now
in
Eastside
High
School
District
I
became
involved
in
our
schools
and
active
in
the
PTA.
That's
where
my
journey
began.
It
was
my
work
in
PTA
advocating
for
public
education
and
our
families
that
inspired
me
to
become
a
trustee
on
the
Evergreen
School
District
at
the
council.
N
Community
relations
for
District
8
I
have
spent
most
of
my
time
out
on
the
field
which
I
have
always
loved,
because
I
enjoy
connecting
with
the
residents
providing
constituent
services
and
building
relationships
with
our
community
have
always
been
a
priority.
For
me,
my
work
as
a
trustee
is
driven
by
my
family's
experience
with
our
schools.
N
The
impact
our
teachers
and
staff
had
on
my
boys
made
me
realize
early
on
the
importance
of
hiring
qualified
staff
that
were
passionate
about
their
career
as
a
trustee
I
understand
that
we
must
not
only
recruit
great
staff
members,
but
also
retain
them
by
providing
them.
The
best
benefits
and
pay
that
we
can
afford
in
order
to
ensure
that
Evergreen
continues
to
serve
our
families.
N
N
His
business
survived
at
the
pandemic
and
we
are
grateful,
but
so
many
were
not
as
fortunate
as
an
elected
official
I,
prioritize,
constituent
Services
relationships
with
the
community
and
our
staff
I
understand
the
difficulty
of
budgets
and
working
within
them
as
a
trustee.
I
am
respected
because
I
have
open
lines
of
communication
with
our
families.
Our
teachers,
our
admin
cabinet
and
our
bargaining
units
I
have
built
trust
because
my
priorities
are
about
the
people
in
my
district.
N
Being
an
elected
official
is
no
easy
task,
but
I
have
been
successful
because
I
am
not
afraid
to
do
the
work,
no
matter
how
difficult
it
may
be.
I
am
collaborative
and
will
help
hold
people
accountable
when
necessary,
if
I,
if
I'm
appointed
I
will
continue.
My
work
for
Working
Families
I
know
that
I
will
work
with
all
of
you
to
collaborate
on
the
issues
that
support
our
San
Jose
residents.
Thank
you.
D
C
C
O
Thank
you
so
much
and
I
realize
that
it's
going
to
be
a
challenge
answering
this
question,
but
I
think
that
the
three
minutes
to
make
it
very
concise.
You
have
already
shared
your
thoughts
on
what
you
think
the
biggest
challenge
the
city
of
San
Jose
faces
in
your
application.
Can
you
tell
us
or
give
us
an
example
of
how
you
would
work
with
the
community
and
Council
colleagues
on
Solutions.
N
So
we
know
that
housing
is
a
top
priority
for
all
of
us.
The
lack
of
affordable
housing,
in
particular
the
unhealth
community,
and
the
blight
that
sometimes
accompanies
that
I
would
work
to
collaborate
one
to
find
space
in
District
8
so
that
we
can
add
housing
for
some
temporary
housing
for
some
of
our
in-house
community.
N
We
have
to
look
at
all
the
possibilities
while
respecting
the
open
space
in
District
8
and
making
sure
that
we
engage
our
community,
because
that
is
going
to
be
an
issue.
District
8
residents
want
to
ensure
that
they
continue
with
their.
You
know
the
Green
Hills,
the
Foothills.
They
love
that
and
I
do
too
so.
I
definitely
want
to
do
my
part,
alongside
all
of
you,
to
ensure
that
we
have
temporary
housing
available
and
that
we
bring
in
affordable
housing.
N
P
Thank
you,
here's
my
question.
Elected
officials
are
all
unique
whether
it's
background
lived
experience,
political
leanings,
core
values
and
even
approaches
or
philosophies
to
governance.
Can
you
share
with
us
as
share
with
us,
which
elected
official
Pastor
present
best
captures
the
type
of
elected
official
you
aspire
to
be.
N
Well,
obviously,
I've
worked
for
a
former
council
member
Sylvia
Arenas
and
we
had
a
lot
in
common.
The
best
thing
that
I
enjoyed
about
working
with
her
is
that
she
encouraged
all
the
staff
members
to
pursue
professional
development
to
ensure
that
they
found
their
own
path.
So
she
inspired
me
to
become
a
school
board
member
when
I
ran
the
first
time,
didn't
make
it
second
time
around
she
was
there
Lifting
me
up?
N
Okay,
when
I
decided
to
throw
my
hat
in
the
ring
for
this
appointment,
it
was
something
that
I
did
discuss
with
her
and
she
thought
you
know
what
you'd
be
great
for
this.
You
can
do
this
when
I,
actually
thought
I,
don't
know.
I
still
think
I
need
a
little
more
time
on
the
school
board
and
she
said
you
have
the
heart
so
I
want
to
elevate
other
women.
N
Q
Great,
thank
you
Patty,
thank
you
for,
for
applying
and
and
throwing
yourself
out
there
to
be
a
potential
District,
a
council
member.
You
touched
up.
You
touched
on
it
a
little
bit
among
the
greatest
casualties
of
this
pandemic.
Were
our
small
businesses.
What
measures
or
actions
would
you
initiate
to
support
our
small
businesses,
not
only
in
District
8
but
across
our
city.
N
What
services
they
could
connect
to
if
you
would
like
a
loan
here,
are
some
of
the
ways
to
get
connected.
Okay,
so
they've
been
out
on
the
field
too,
going
to
some
of
these
businesses
door-to-door
during
the
pandemic,
ensuring
that
they
knew
you
know.
This
is
how
you
stay
in
compliance.
This
is
what
is
available
to
you.
This
is
how
we
can
help
support
you
in
your
business.
N
While
you
know
we
can
eat
outside,
but
you
can't
eat
inside
so
working
with
the
office
of
Economic
Development,
ensuring
that
they
have
that
we
connect
them
to
our
small
businesses
and
also
continuing
some
of
the
work
that
we've
done
in
previous
years
with
our
budget.
So
last
year,
one
of
the
things
that
councilwoman
former
councilwoman
at
NS
and
the
council
approved
was
150
000
for
Grants
right.
That
is
currently
being
going
through
the
process
of
approval
of
how
that's
going
to
be
distributed.
N
We
also
have
our
business
associations
right
in
Evergreen
and
we
have
Tully
Road
Business
Association,
which
also
includes
Eastridge.
What
that's
done
is
brought
in
some
of
our
small
businesses
that
have
strong
leaders.
If
it
wasn't
for
the
association,
they
would
still
be
limited
to
their
areas
where
they're
located
like
in
Lion
Plaza,
okay
instead
because
of
the
Business
Association,
we
brought
them
together
and
what
you're
about
to
see?
N
Because
of
that
leadership
on
that
Association
is
we're
going
to
see
Tully,
Road
and
Eastridge
flourish
and
be
successful,
and
that
happened
because
of
somebody
decided
to
invest
in
small
businesses
and
go
and
reach
out
to
them.
But
you
don't
do
it
alone.
We
work
with
our
different
departments,
so
I
have
to
give
credit
to
the
office
of
Economic
Development
and
again
we
also
have
to
ensure
that
our
small
businesses
are
educated
in
what
is
offered
and
available
to
them.
Thank
you.
K
Okay,
thank
you
Patty,
and
thank
you
for
applying
for
this
position.
It's
not
an
easy
thing
to
do.
I've
heard
the
council
position
described
as
a
glorified
customer
service
rep.
Can
you
tell
me
what
your
thoughts
are
about,
how
you
would
respond
to
constituent
needs
and
sort
of
as
a
follow-up?
Do
you
have
an
example
from
your
public
service
or
private
business
experience
of
difficult
interaction
with
a
customer
or
constituent
and
how
you
have
dealt
with
it?
Sure.
N
So,
as
an
elected
official
people
get
upset
right,
hey,
this
is
not
happening
at
my
school,
we're
lacking
this
program,
or
this
is
going
on
with
staff.
Why
is
this
happening
and
they're
angry,
and
you
know
what
the
reason
they're
angry
is
because
they
feel
they're
not
being
heard.
The
reason
that
I'm
well
liked
in
Evergreen
is
because
I
listen,
I
provide
that
open
line
of
communication,
so
they
know
that
they
can
come
to
me,
regardless
of
where
we're
at
and
tell
me
what's
going
on
with
staff
a
perfect
example.
N
Last
week
I
went
to
my
favor,
we
call
it
the
snack
place.
My
family
is
levolande,
they
have
the
best
soda
anyways,
but
I
was
there
and
I
ran
into
teachers,
and
these
teachers
had
an
issue
and
they
wanted
to
share
with
me
I
stopped
to
listen
to
what
they
had
to
say,
because,
no
matter
how
small
it
may
seem
to
me
or
to
other
people,
it
was
a
big
enough
issue
and
important
enough
for
them
to
stop
me
and
say:
hey
Patty.
N
You
know
what
hate
to
interrupt
you
right
now,
but
here's
an
issue
that
we
have
so
I,
listen
and
then
I
go
and
I
speak
with
the
superintendent.
It's
like
hey.
This
is
what
I
heard.
What
can
we
do
about
it?
How
can
we
address
that
when
it
comes
to
parents,
I
also
listen
to
them
and
I
say:
okay,
thank
you
for
sharing,
let's
see,
what's
going
on,
I
go
and
I
speak
to
the
superintendent.
Sometimes
superintendent,
actually
superintendent
and
I
meet
a
lot
and
talk
on
the
phone
because
we
need
to
resolve
issues.
N
So
I
am
constantly
on
the
phone
throughout
the
week
available
with
all
of
my
constituents.
Some
of
them
have
my
personal
cell
phone,
the
email
they
text.
They
stop
me.
They
know
because
I'm
accessible,
but
I've,
built
up
this
relationship.
Since
my
kids
started
in
school
and
I
was
a
PTA
mom,
which
I'm
very
proud
of.
Thank
you
very
much.
So
thank
you.
E
Thank
you
so
much
trustee
Andrade
for
applying
for
this
appointment
process.
I
know
it's
not
easy.
My
question
is
a
fairly
straightforward.
What
does
it
mean
for
you
to
have
a
commitment
to
equity?
How
have
you
demonstrated
that
commitment
and
how
would
you
see
yourself
demonstrating
it
here
on
the
council?
Thank.
N
You
so
ask
the
school
board
member
I
encourage
that
we
so
last
year
we
did
Equity
training,
we're
doing
it
again
and
we're
going
to
continue
to
do
it
because
doing
it
once
and
checking
it
off
is
not
good
enough.
The
other
thing
is,
if
you
do
Equity
training
correctly,
then,
as
a
person
you're
going
to
reflect
on
yourself,
see
I
walk
into
a
room
and
I'm
thinking,
dude
I'm
Mexican.
N
First
generation
parents
had
to
learn
the
language
first,
language
was
Spanish,
I
walk
in
the
room,
I'm
like
I
get
it
I
can
relate
to
you.
This
is
my
story.
No
I
can't
I
can
sit
down,
because
the
reality
is
that
my
experience
is
different
from
others
and
my
role
when
learning
about
equity
and
becoming
educated,
because
just
because
I'm
Mexican
doesn't
mean
that
I
understand
it
all.
N
N
Well,
I'm,
not
understanding
equity
right,
so
I
look,
I,
look
in
the
mirror
and
I
reflect,
but
I
also
make
sure
to
engage,
not
just
listen
but
actually
engage
with
the
training
go
back
and
look
at
what
it
is
that
it
means
so
I
take
an
equity
lens,
I
talk
to
our
superintendent.
He
brought
things
to
my
attention
and
that
is
how
you
start
to
realize.
You
know
what
equity
isn't
I'm
not
actually
doing
my
part,
but
I
am
willing
to
continue
the
training
and
be
held
accountable
myself.
N
I
want
other
people
to
hold
me
accountable
and
say:
hey
thanks
a
lot
Patty,
but
guess
what
you
tried.
You
tried
hard,
but
you
still
need
some
work.
Let's
do
it
then
I'll
work
with
you
so
I
will
be
held.
Responsible
I
expect
to
also
work
with
the
office
of
racial
Equity
here
at
the
city
of
San
Jose
and
with
our
community
members
and
making
sure
that
I'm
not
just
checking
a
box
but
actually
doing
the
work.
Thank
you.
R
N
You
so,
fortunately
we
have
a
district,
a
transition
team,
so
there's
two
members
on
there
right
now
who
are
ready
to
go
because
they're,
just
fabulous
and
I've,
also
been
thinking
about
who
else
to
bring
in
quickly
I
have
a
plan
to
if
I'm
appointed
tonight
by
tomorrow
is
going
to
start
getting
okay,
so
tonight
would
be
I
start
the
process
of
implementing
it.
So
I'm
ready
to
go
no
joke.
Okay,
I
am
ready
to
go
because
I
am
serious
and
I'm.
Sorry.
What
was
the
second
part
of
that
question?.
N
That
rarely
happened
rarely
happens
in
the
area,
but
guess
what?
When
I
became
the
victim?
It
was
the
worst
day
in
my
life
at
the
moment
right.
It's
like.
Oh,
my
gosh,
look,
what's
happening
in
our
neighborhoods.
No
nothing's
happening
in
our
neighborhoods
I
just
happen
to
have
be
the
victim
that
day,
but
we
still
need
to
address
that
people
need
to
feel
safe
in
their
communities.
L
N
Thank
you
I.
Actually,
after
speaking
to
some
of
our
faith-based
organizations
in
December
right
when
I
was,
we
were
wrapping
things
up
with
Council
former
councilman
Braden
as
I
was
talking
to
one
of
the
pastors,
and
they
were
talking
about
how
their
church
is
small,
but
they're,
mighty
and
I
realized.
N
What
we
need
is
a
faith-based
non-profit,
Coalition
and
I
would
want
to
Pilot
that
in
District,
8
and
I'm,
already
working
on
it
and
I've
already
have
people
who
are
ready
to
serve
on
this
Coalition.
What
this
Coalition
would
do
is
provide
the
basic
needs
to
our
unhoused
community
in
District
8.,
because
what
happens
is
you
have
all
of
these
small
churches,
large
churches,
non-profits
and
they're
all
doing
their
own
thing?
If
we
brought
them
together
and
we
were
strategic
about
it,
we
could
do
more.
N
We
could
connect
our
unhoused
community
and
do
a
better
job
of
connecting
them
with
housing
with
jobs
and
education.
But
it's
we
can't
expect
them
when
they
don't
have
a
way
to
a
form
of
transportation
to
get
to
downtown.
We
also
need
to
provide
them
dignity.
We
need
to
provide
showers
on
Wheels
and
I
spoke
to
a
non-profit
this
weekend
and
they're
ready,
they're
ready
to
work
with
me.
They
need
that
they
want
it,
and
yet
we
don't
tap
into
that.
N
G
Hi
Patty
hi
being
the
last
person
well
last
person,
except
for
the
mayor.
It
means
I
have
to
juggle
my
questions
a
little
bit
so
first
I
want
to
thank
you
for
your
years
of
service
on
the
school
board.
I
know
what
kind
of
commitment
that
is
and
how
important
that
is.
I
also
have
a
actually
a
background.
Question
that
I'm
going
to
ask
all
the
candidates
to
just
learn
a
little
bit
more
about
what
defines
you
so
here
it
is.
What's
your
work
experience
with
the
private
sector,
and
what
did
you
learn
from
it?.
N
But
I
cannot
say
the
same
I'm
just
I'm
gonna
be
upfront,
but
that
is
the
when
working
with
my
parents,
in
their
small
business
and
I,
was
involved
in
the
Chamber
of
Commerce
in
Morgan,
Hill
I
was
involved
with
promoting
the
business
and
making
sure
that
you
know
we
were
new
to
Morgan
Hill
and
even
though
it's
a
small
town
that
doesn't
mean
that
people
are
going
to
come,
come
to
your
business,
especially
if
you're
new,
and
they
don't
know
who
you
are
right.
That's
the
downside
of
a
small
community.
N
So
I
worked
with
the
Chamber
of
Commerce.
I
became
a
member
of
the
Kiwanis
Club
go
Kiwanis
because
I
as
one
of
these
days,
I'm
going
back
I
was
actually
the
first
female
president
in
Morgan,
Hill
and
I
connected
with
them.
And
that's
you
have
to
make
sure
that,
regardless
of
who
you're
working
with
whether
it's
the
private
sector,
whether
it's
small
businesses
non-profits,
we
have
to
make
sure
that
we're
working
together
and
collaborating
and
elevating
our
families
here
in
San
Jose,
because
at
the
end
of
the
day,
I
think
all
of
us.
N
G
N
That's
what
I
learned
and
I
also
learned
that
I
needed
to
connect
with,
like
I,
said
organizations
like
the
Chamber
of
Commerce,
Kiwanis
and
even
rotary
right
in
the
Lions
Club
and
some
of
our
face-based
organizations,
because
we
had
relationships
with
some
of
them
and
bringing
that
together.
So
that
is
what
I
learned
is
I
learned
how
to
work
with
people,
especially
when
there
were
times
when
I
didn't
really
want
to
work
with
them.
N
C
Great
thank
you
Patty
for
being
here,
I
know
my
colleagues
and
I
all
really
appreciate
your
desire
and
willingness
to
serve
our
community
in
this.
In
this
capacity,
my
questions
as
follows:
as
public
servants,
we
are
responsible
for
serving
the
entire
community
and
thinking
about
how
our
policies
can
do
the
greatest
good
for
all
of
our
City's
residents
over
the
long
term.
Taking
this
broader,
more
holistic
view
sometimes
requires
disappointing
friends.
N
So
going
to
the
school
board
when
we
were
getting
to
ready
to
transition
going
back
to
school
masks
were
still
an
issue,
so
there
were
people
who
did
not
want
their
kids
wearing
masks
right.
They
had
looked
and
thought
hey
if
our
kids
are
outside.
Let
them
take
off
that
mask,
but
that's
not
what
the
county
had
recommended
and
suggested.
So
we
had
to
continue
following
those
protocols
and
people
were
upset.
I
I
had
people
who
reached
out
to
me
and
said
you
got
to
be
kidding
really
outside,
but
I
had
to
do
one.
N
What
we
were
required
to
do
by
the
county
and
two,
even
as
a
person,
a
mom
I
I,
had
to
look
at.
If
we
allowed
these
kids
to
not
wear
the
mask,
when
the
risk
was
still
too
high,
they
could
potentially
get
sick
and
I
had
to
also
protect
our
staff,
and
our
staff
was
saying
we
don't
feel
safe,
not
wearing
masks.
We
need
to
make
sure
that
we
have
the
ventilation
for
us.
Otherwise,
you
know
we.
N
We
have
to
open
doors
and
that's
obviously
not
going
to
be
safe
either
because,
unfortunately,
we're
living
with
the
reality
of
school
shootings,
so
yeah
did
I
disappoint
people
because
I
wanted
people
to
wear
masks.
Yes,
with
our
bargaining
units
have
I
ever
disappointed
them.
Yes,
because
you
know
they
wanted
either
more
money
which
we
couldn't
provide
and
which
would
have
been
great
I
wish
we
could
have
and
I
would
have
loved
to.
N
But
the
reality
is
that
the
budget
wasn't
allowing
us
to
do
so,
but
guess
what
I
have
a
relationship
with
our
bargaining
units
and
we
understand
we
give
and
we
take
and
when
we
don't
agree
we're
like
okay,
we
didn't
agree
this
time,
but
I
still
respect
you
and
that's
why
they
have
a
relationship
with
me
because
I'm
also
available
to
them.
It's
like
hey.
You
know
what
Patty
we're
having
this
issue.
C
D
C
C
Very
happy
to
have
you
here,
so
our
process
will
be
that
we'll
do
three-minute
opening
statements.
We'll
then
go
through
each
council
member
in
District
order,
numerically
from
one
through
ten
and
then
and
then
me
with
each
council
member,
asking
a
question
and
the
question
and
answer
and
any
follow-up
questions
and
answers
need
to
be
kept
to
three
minutes.
So
we're
going
to
keep
it
pretty
tight.
But
you'll
start
with
your
three-minute
statement
and
I'm
just
going
to
check
with
the
clerk.
If
we're
ready
to
run
the
timer
when
you're
ready.
S
C
S
I
was
born
and
raised
in
Evergreen,
where
my
parents
actively
served
many
Community
communities
by
advocating
for
and
working
to,
create
Equity
inclusion
and
social
justice,
I
attended,
Evergreen,
Elementary,
School
and
Catherine
Smith
Elementary
School
and
graduated
from
Quimby
Oak
Junior
High.
My
wife
is
a
teacher
in
the
Evergreen
School
District.
S
We've
been
fortunate
enough
to
purchase
my
grandparents
home
next
door
to
my
mom,
where
I
was
born
and
raised
in
a
time
where
Evergreen
was
still
hayfields
and
Vineyards
and
walnut
Orchards
and
apricot
Orchards,
and
to
raise
our
daughters
next
door
to
their
grandmother
like
I
was
able
to
do
is
truly
a
dream.
Come
true.
S
However,
I
worry
that
the
city
we
call
home
may
not
be
accessible
to
them
if
they
choose
to
call
it
home.
The
district
is
far
from
just
about
everything,
and
yet
our
roads
are
driven
like
freeways
and
we're
limited
to
add
more
needed
housing
to
attract
or
attract
commercial
development
and
services.
S
Throughout
my
professional
career
in
public
service,
I've
gained
diverse,
deep
knowledge
and
experience
in
areas
that
I
believe
can
help
our
residents
and
businesses
and
the
city
of
San
Jose
organization
become
more
Equitable
in
its
Service
delivery
and
fiscally
sustainable
to
continue
to
provide
those
services
in
college.
I
began
my
public
service
over
five
years
in
mental
health,
serving
at
risk
seniors
and
eventually
led
the
county
community
mental
health
planning
process
becoming
the
founding
chair
of
the
County
Mental
Health
coalition.
C
S
S
C
O
S
Yeah,
so
in
my
application,
I
stated
that
I
think
the
greatest
challenge
the
city
faces
is
the
structural
budget
deficit
I.
Think
if
you
look
at
other
large
cities
across
the
country,
you
know
we're
the
only
city
with
net
migration,
a
greater
you
know.
Sixty
percent
of
our
our
folks
leave
the
city
to
go
to
jobs
and
and
work
in
other
cities
around
us.
We
basically
bring
in
85
cents
per
capita
compared
to
our
neighboring
cities,
bringing
over
three
hundred
three
three
dollars:
four
dollars
per
capita,
so
we
have
a
severe
Revenue
problem.
S
I,
don't
think
that
you
know
our
general
plan
in
developing
in
a
certain
way
for
jobs,
housing
balance
is
going
to
be
the
only
way
I
mean
eventually.
That
might
be
the
way
we're
going
to
get
get
out
of
our
our
challenges,
but
I
think
we
need
to
figure
out
other
remedies
to
generate
Revenue.
So
the
past
five
years
we've
taxed
cannabis
We've,
you
know,
taxed
we've
modified
and
structured
the
business
tax.
S
We
have
an
agreement
with
eBay,
which
is
revenue
sharing
agreement
for
sales
tax,
which
you
know
has
been
a
huge
Boon
for
our
general
fund.
Additionally,
we've
also
changed
the
the
transfer
tax,
so
we
actually
are
generally
more
again
more
revenue
for
the
general
fund.
I
think
I
think
we
need
to
look
at
Special,
Districts
I
think
we
need
to
figure
out
kind
of
everything,
that's
on
the
table
to
generate
more
Revenue,
because
I
don't
think
we
can
wait,
I!
P
Hey
Sal
I
have
I
have
the
next
question
thanks
for
coming
appreciate
it.
So
my
question
is
this
elected
officials
are
all
unique
whether
it's
background
lived
experience,
political
leanings,
core
values
and
even
approaches
and
philosophies
to
governance.
Can
you
share
with
us,
which
elected
official
Pastor
present
best
captures
the
type
of
elected
official
you
aspire
to
be
if
appointed
yeah.
S
Thank
you
for
the
question.
That's
a
difficult
question:
I!
Don't
want
to
offend
anyone
who's!
You
know
sitting
here
so
I'm
running
a
great
risk
here.
You
know
putting
myself
out
there.
So
I
would
say
probably
most
recently
I
think
councilmember.
Cohen
really
is
that
you
know
has
shown
the
kind
of
leadership
that
I
would
like
to
that's
a
strike
to
Aspire
to
sorry
I'm.
So
sorry,
I
I
mean
I'm
kidding.
I
was
reading
in
front
of
me
if
I
so
I
think
you
know
he
he
took
some.
S
S
He
jumped
in
and
really
worked
out
a
wonderful
agreement
for
the
Flea
Market
vendors
in
his
district
and
they're
literally
just
coming
recently
to
office,
and
then
you
know
taking
leadership
to
sit
down
and
negotiate
with
the
county
and
trying
to
figure
out
hey.
We
have
these
lawsuits,
it's
not
serving
really
anybody
here.
We
need
to
get
over
these
barriers
and
actually
get
stuff
done
for
our
residents
and
really
facilitate
and
really
kick
Drive
development
in
North,
San
Jose.
So
that's
how
I
feel
about
that
question.
Q
S
Yeah,
so
thank
you,
so
our
office
of
Economic
Development
has
really
pivoted
during
the
pandemic
to
really
serve
small
businesses.
We
typically
usually
focused
on
large
employers
and
the
jobs,
housing
balance,
and
so
for
the
past
three
years,
two
three
years
we've
been
really
going
out
and
doing
direct
and
in
Outreach
to
businesses
knocking
on
doors
talking
to
folks
asking
them
what
their
needs
are.
What
how's
it
going.
S
We
hear
the
direct
stories
around
supply
chain
issues,
vandalism,
crime,
all
those
kinds
of
challenges,
and
so,
with
that
information
you
know
and
just
lack
of
funding
for
trying
to
fix
up
their
businesses.
So
the
mayor
and
Council
allocates
funding
for
the
storefront
activation
grant
program.
I
happen
to
manage
that
program.
You
know
when
I
first
got
it
was
a
200
000
allocation.
S
Last
year
we
ripped
through
350
000,
and
this
year
the
the
mayor,
the
former
mayor
and
Council
allocated
500
000
for
us,
and
so
we
are
about
three
hundred
twenty
thousand
dollars
into
that
pot
with
another.
Probably
you
know
15
applicants
that
were
processing
agreements
for
so
we've
cut
a
lot
of
the
red
tape
for,
for
that
us
to
get
those
monies
out.
The
door
which
is
is
essentially
now
a
financial
assistance
grant.
So
there's
not
a
lot
of
paperwork.
Businesses
basically
can
just
apply.
S
We've
been
really
focusing
on
the
Outreach
in
the
most
affected,
targeted
areas,
so
The
First,
beginning
of
pandemic,
we're
probably
like
half
of
our
grants,
were
going
in
those
really
heavily
impacted
areas.
Now
it's
closer
to
90
percent
of
the
grant.
Fundies
are
going
directly
into
those
those
areas,
so
so
I
think
there's
there's
that
we're
doing
capacity
billing
training
for
business
associations.
S
If
you
know
what
we
learned
from
the
pandemic
was
that
our
big
businesses
had
resources
and
the
ear
of
of
getting
resources.
Our
smaller
businesses,
if
they
didn't,
have
a
Business
Association
someone
to
advocate
for
them
to
sort
of
like
coalesce
themselves
in
their
in
their
interests
and
needs.
They
had
a
much
stronger
struggles
to
actually
get
going.
So
so
we've
been
really,
you
know
doing
business
district.
S
Revitalization,
we've
done
some
rfps,
where
we're
gonna
we're
actually
going
to
have
some
capacity
building
grants
to
help
those
business
districts
that
are
just
forming
to
get
up
on
their
feet.
Think
about-
and
you
know,
we're
in
the
process
of
trying
to
hopefully
finish
the
you
know:
Alum
Rock,
You,
Know,
community-based
improvement,
district
formation
right
now
in
in
District
8,
there's
the
Evergreen
I'm,
sorry,
the
Eastridge
Tully
Road,
Business
Association,
that's
forming
and
we
have
Consultants
that
have
been
have
actually
facility
facilitated
at
work.
S
K
Well,
thank
you
Sal
and
thank
you
for
applying
for
this
position.
Yeah
I
won't
let
that
go
to
my
head
at
all,
but
no
here's
here's
my
question
for
you.
I
I've
heard
the
council
position
described
as
a
glorified
customer
service
rep.
Can
you
tell
me
what
your
thoughts
are
about?
How
you'll
respond
to
constituent
needs
and
also
maybe
provide
an
example
from
your
public
service
or
other
work
experience
where
you've
had
a
difficult
interaction
with
a
customer
or
a
member
of
the
public
and
how
you
dealt
with
it?
K
S
So
so
I
I
was
a
district
director
for
The
Honorable
assembly,
woman,
Atlanta
quest
for
about
three
and
a
half
years.
So
have
a
very
good
sense
of
you
know
what
that
looks
like
mail
coming
in
the
door.
Emails
responsing,
you
know,
respond
to
that
doing.
You
know
ribbon
cuttings
the
whole
sort
of
works
of
it.
What
I
didn't
understand,
then,
was
I
would
pick
up
phone
go
through
the
state
directory
call
a
DMV
or
whatever
Department
our
constituents
having
problems
with
and
and
suddenly
our
problems
were
miraculously
fixed.
S
I
had
no
idea
what
they
did,
so
it
actually
led
me
to
be
very
curious.
So
my
next
job
after
that
was
I
I,
wanted
to
tell
me
something
weird
I
wanted
to
embrace
bureaucracy.
I
wanted
to
understand
exactly
how
those
residents
how
those
constituents
got
served
so
I've
been
doing
that
for
the
past
20
years
for
the
city,
I've
worked
with
every
single,
pretty
much
every
single
Department,
even
the
airport
I've
worked
with
some
with
some
of
the
airport
in
trying
to
figure
out
and
solving.
S
You
know
resident
problems,
so
you
know
it's
usually
around
garbage
and
code
enforcement,
and
you
know
vehicle
abatement,
all
those
kinds
of
issues,
there's
a
city
as
a
process
for
that
most
recently,
we
had
a
walk-in
to
the
our
floor
a
few
months
ago
about
a
barking
dog
issue
and
there's
actually
a
whole
process
for
barking
dogs
so
which,
which
was
something
that
was
something
new,
that
I
learned
so
there's.
If
there's
a
problem
in
the
city,
there's
probably
some
way
that
we're
going
to
resolve
that
or
address
it.
S
And
so
you
know
I
I,
don't
know
I'm,
not
that
familiar
right
now,
with
the
18th
floor,
so
I
don't
know
what
crms
you
know,
customer
relation
management
tools
that
you
know
we
track
constituent
Services.
You
know
so
you
know
that's
kind
of
one
way
that
we
can
figure
out
and
track.
If
not
it's
an
Excel
spreadsheet
trying
to
keep
track
of
you
know
residents
and
when
they
call
and
what
the
issue
is
and
then
categorizing
them
I
would
assign
staff
by
by
typically
you
know,
geographic
area
by
you
know
service.
S
You
know
possibly
the
you
know:
community
service
area
as
well
to
sort
of
be
able
to.
You
know,
help
you
know,
identify
and
and
have
some
structure
to
the
office
and
how
they
actually
address
constituential
problems
and
again
you
know,
maybe
there's
a
policy
that
we
can
tweak
or
change
to
help.
You
know
help
more
people.
E
Thank
you
so
much
Sal
for
applying
to
this
process.
I
know
it's.
It's
not
easy
to
get
up
in
front
of
a
whole
bunch
of
council
members
same
question
that
I
asked
before
you
know.
All
all
communities
have
had
historical.
You
know
barriers
to
getting
resources
even
within
our
districts
to
change.
So
what
does
it
mean
for
you
to
have
a
commitment
to
equity?
How
have
you
demonstrated
that
commitment
and
how
would
you
see
yourself
demonstrating
it
here
on
the
council.
S
Yeah,
so
thank
you
for
the
question.
Equity
certainly
is
something
that
I
take
very
dear
to
my
heart,
I
think
I'm,
just
from
current
standpoint.
Right
now
we're
doing
a
lot
of
work
around
Equity
this
afternoon.
There's
a
community
engagement,
working
group.
That's
you
know.
Voluntarily
staff
have
been
rallying
themselves
and
coming
up
a
curriculum
and
training,
and
it's
largely
voluntary.
Some
resources
I've
been
given,
but
I,
don't
think
we
have
really
a
policy
in
place
that
actually
is
funded
and
says.
S
So
that's
one
way
of
looking
at
it.
You
know:
I
did
a
rotation,
I
helped
I
helped
with
the
expansion
of
project
hope
and
what
they
did
with
that
program.
Is
they
actually
had
essentially
like
an
an
equity
lens
where
they
took
data?
They
looked
at
crime.
Stats
probation,
you
know,
code,
you
know
all
different
kinds
of
crimes
and
assaults
and
essentially
came
up
with
theoretically
like
what
our
worst
neighborhoods
are.
S
A
lot
of
them
are
multi-family.
You
know,
housing
residents,
I
think
that's
largely
a
failing
of
what
we
did
in
strong
neighborhoods,
a
lot
of
strong
neighborhood
programs.
We
focused
on
the
single-family
homeowners.
They
were
the
squeakiest
wheels
and
the
apartment
buildings
were
kind
of
called
out
like
they're
the
problem
in
our
neighborhood
and
and
sometimes
they
they,
you
know,
made
sure
that
their
neighborhoods
were
taken
care
of
first
they're,
trying
to
figure
rather
than
thinking
about
what.
What
can
they
do
to
help
those
folks?
S
So
so
I
think
you
know
certainly
I
think
we
shouldn't
figure
out.
You
know
by
numbers
like
where
the
problems
are
across
the
city.
I
think
we
can
do
that
I
think
a
lot
of
them
are
going
to
be
in
our
lower
income.
Rental
communities,
where
you
know
I,
think
you
know
past
policies
like
allowing
for-plex
developments
to
be
subdivided
into
smaller.
S
S
R
S
Yeah,
so
that
might
be
the
hardest
thing
that
you
know,
councilmember
probably
has
to
do,
is
Staffing
their
offices
and
finding
the
right
people
so
I.
Think
I'm,
really,
you
know
Evergreen
is
a
very
diverse
District,
so
we
need
to
have
you
know
a
broad.
You
know
cultural
or
ethnic
representation
in
the
staff
with
language
capability
as
well
and
trying
to
find
those.
You
know
that
also
have
policy
experience,
I
mean
there's
like
we're.
S
Looking
for
needles
and
Haystacks,
so
I
I
know
this
is
a
very
challenging
thing
that
all
the
offices
have
to
do,
but
that's
what
I
would
do
I
try
to
find
those
individuals
who
you
know
speak
Spanish
Vietnamese.
You
know
that
have
are
culturally
competent
with
our
Indian
Community.
We
have
a
very
large
Indian
Community
in
Evergreen
and
making
sure
that
you
know
we
have
those
members
essentially
identified
by
geography.
You
know
public
policy
area,
for
example
CSA
I
kind
of
mentioned
this
a
little
bit
before
and
then
and
then
really
thinking
about.
S
You
know
what
I
mean
I
guess
you
know
I'm,
not
sure.
If
you
ask
me
if
I'm
trying
to
predict
what
the
issues
are
going
to
be,
you
know
with
Evergreen
residents,
I
think
right
now
we
have
some
information
about.
You
know
what
the
what
the
calls
are
currently
coming
in
for,
but
certainly
you
know,
speeding
is
a
huge
issue
in
our
district.
You
know,
traffic
enforcement
unit
team
has
been
wonderful,
seeing
out
there
out
on
the
roads.
S
My
mother
was
just
in
a
car
crash
yesterday,
driving
down
White
Road,
a
car
ran
the
red
light
totaled
her
car.
Thank
you
for
being
the
audience
today.
Mom
and
so
so.
Traffic
is
a
huge
issue
for
us
just
getting
around
in
general,
and
then
you
know,
look
at
the
item
this
afternoon
was
around
Firearms.
You
know
I,
you
know,
District
8
has
maybe
a
firearm
related
issue.
We
need
to
figure
out
those
kinds
of
things
out
as
well,
but
I
think
you
know
kind
of
bread
and
butter
things.
S
You
know
how
our
Parks
taken
care
of
you
know
how
are
everything
all
the
basic
Services
potholes
we're
having
a
lot
of
Street
redesign
from
dot
so
that
we're
allowing
more
room
for
for
bikes
and
pedestrians.
That's
wonderful!
I've
been
sitting
on
the
vision,
zero
task
force
for
the
last
two
years
with
council
member
Foley
and
every
every
quarter.
We
listen
to
every
single
person
that
died
in
the
past
quarter.
S
It's
it's
horrible!
We're
like
in
a
record
year
right.
You
know,
we
just
finished
a
record
year
of
deaths
in
in
cars,
so
I
think
we
need
to
figure
out.
You
know
how
we
can
make
people
feel
safer
on
our
streets,
but
essentially
you
know
listening
to
constituents
and
kind
of
looking
at
the
current
log.
That's
come
in
over
the
last
month
or
so
or
if
we
have
even
deeper
information.
For
that-
and
you
know
the
council
member
Supervisor
ennis's
office
is
also
offered.
You
know
any
kind
of
like
Handover.
A
L
S
Yeah,
so
that's
that's
the
easy
question
in
the
day:
I
guess
right!
So
so
almost
this
is
I'm.
Sorry,
homelessness
is
really
a
function
of
my
belief
system
is
you
know
the
state
eliminated
Redevelopment
and
the
dedicated
funding
for
affordable
housing
and
we
haven't
replaced
it.
We
threw
the
baby
out
with
the
bathwater,
so
I
think
we
need
to
figure
out
a
you
know.
You
know
a
way
to
have
dedicated
funding
source
for
affordable
housing
outside
of
our
inclusionary
zoning.
S
I
personally,
think
you
know
back
in
Redevelopment,
local
governments
were
forced
to
give
a
share
of
their
tax
increment
to
to
pay.
For
you
know
those
Redevelopment
bonds,
a
portion
of
that
was
for
affordable
housing
I
think
we
should
talk
to
every
single
jurisdiction
in
the
county.
Would
they
be
willing
to
put
some
little
portion,
not
their
tax
increment,
but
at
least
something
towards
a
bond
program,
so
we
can
actually
have
a
regularly
funded,
stable
source
of
funding
for
for
affordable
housing.
S
Outside
of
you
know,
measures
and
campaigns,
and
things
like
that,
so
we
just
need
more
housing
in
general.
I
think
to
say
that
we're
going
to
solve
homelessness
is
probably
never
going
to
happen.
I
think
you
know,
there's
lots
of
people
who
are
always
going
to
have
a
challenges
to
to
stay
in
in
housing,
but
we
need
to
figure
out
ways
to
serve
those
people.
It's
really
not
they're,
not
the
promise.
It's
just
a
situation
that
they're
in
the
vast
majority
likely
have
PTSD.
S
They
likely
have
dual
diagnosis,
which
means
they're,
have
a
severely
mental
illness,
diagnosis
and
and
drug
addiction,
or
you
know
some
kind
of
addiction
which
are
the
most
challenging
to
to
serve
so
they
need
Supportive,
Services,
I,
think
our
housing
first
policy,
while
it's
admirable
I,
think
that's
a
wonderful
goal
to
have
I
think
we
need
to
have
sort
of
affordable
services
for
the
spectrum
of
transitional
housing
and
getting
folks
help
where
and
when
they
need
it.
I
think
I,
don't
think
that
the
city
should
be
actually
providing
the
mental
health
services.
S
That's
not
what
our
expertise
is.
I
think
we
either
need
to
work
with
the
county
very
closely
figure
out.
You
know
I
work
for
a
county
contract
agency.
That's
you
know.
When
I
worked
in
mental
health,
I
worked
for
Gardner
Health
Center.
So
we
have.
You
know
local.
You
know
mental
health
programs.
We
have
path,
for
example,
which
does
wonderful,
Supportive,
Housing
work
and
so
I
think
we
need
to
just
look
look
for
more
of
those
types
of
Partners
to
really
go
into
the
field.
S
G
T
S
Thank
you
for
that
question,
so
I'm
a
board
member
of
evolution,
which
is
part
of
the
csip
weather,
Collective
and
I
work
with
with
Team
San
Jose
as
well.
So
I,
don't
know
if
you
consider
that
private
sector,
it's
kind
of
you,
know
quasi
private
sector,
both
are
both
they're,
both
their
private
nonprofits.
S
But
what
I
have
learned
is
is
that
when
the
council
gave
the
authority
to
negotiate
a
long-term
lease
for
vegetation,
we
budgeted,
we
think
we
thought
we
would
budget
eight
thousand
dollars
for
an
attorney
to
help
us
negotiate.
The
agreement
I
think
it
was
probably
upwards
of
eighteen
thousand
dollars
that
we
ended
up
having
to
spend
just
because
it
just
took
a
lot
longer
than
we
expected
I.
S
Think
the
city,
maybe
not
all
it,
has
experience
of
the
urgency
of
and
the
effect
of
billable
hours
and
all
that
kind
of
stuff.
We
don't
have
billable
hours
in
the
city,
so
I
think
we
need
to
be
more
mindful
of
that
and
that
goes
kind
of
across
the
board
with
our
plane
Department
with
our
inspections.
All
that
kind
of
stuff
is
to
be
more
mindful
about
how
our
private
sector
is
essentially
how
they,
how
they
pay
for
things
on
their
end,
to
get
things
done
for
us.
S
I
think
that
you
know
really
the
biggest
challenge
that
we
have
right
now
and
how
the
city
interacts
with
the
private
sector
is
just
our
lack
of
Staffing.
You
know
so,
as
a
function
of
that
things
take
to
be
taking
longer,
is
you
know?
People
are
just
doing
a
lot
more
than
with
the
resources
that
we
have,
so
we
we
need
more
help
and
support
for
all
we
probably
across
the
board.
I
know
we
have.
S
Our
vacancy
rate
is
on
average,
I,
think
like
10
or
something
like
that
is
probably
higher
in
some
departments
and
lower
in
some
departments
and
I
think
you
know,
we
can't
really
have
a
great
partnership
with
the
private
sector
if
we
can't
fully
come
to
the
table
with
resources
that
matches
theirs,
so
that
creates
delay
and
waste
for
them.
In
my
opinion,.
C
Great
thank
you
to
my
colleagues
Sal.
Thank
you
for
being
here.
I
I,
appreciate,
I,
know
all
my
colleagues
appreciate
your
desire
and
willingness
to
serve
our
community
in
this
capacity.
My
question
is
as
follows:
as
public
servants,
we
are
responsible
for
serving
the
entire
community
and
thinking
about
how
our
policies
can
do
the
greatest
good
for
all
of
our
City's
residents
over
the
long
term.
Taking
this
broader,
more
holistic
views
sometimes
requires
disappointing
friends.
S
That's
a
that's
a
pretty
profound
question.
In
my
experience
when
I
was
in
the
strong
neighbors
initiative,
I
was
the
the
team
manager
that
worked
in
the
east
side.
One
of
the
areas
that
we
worked
in
was
it
was
in
the
Mayfair,
neighborhood
and
I
had
very
deep
relationships
in
Mayfair
at
the
time.
The
organization
wanted
the
city
to
give
them
the
mayford
community
center
as
their
their
home,
and
they
campaigned
on
it.
S
They
worked
very
hard
to
help
provide
input
on
how
the
process
would
go
and
and
I
knew
that
their
Advisory
Board
all
received
funding
from
them,
and
so,
when
I
made
the
heart
decision
to
say
like
we
can't
recognize
this.
My
my
name's
going
to
go
on
a
contract
at
some
point
in
time
to
transfer
funding
for
this
project
and
I
I.
S
C
C
V
C
Then
each
council
member
will
have
three
minutes
to
ask
a
question:
we're
asking
the
same
questions
of
each
of
the
applicants,
the
question
and
the
answer
and
any
follow-up
questions
or
answers
from
that
council
member
needs
to
be
wrapped
up
within
three
minutes
just
so
we
can
keep
our
process
moving
and
we'll
go
in
numerical
order
of
the
districts
from
districts,
one
through
ten
and
then
I'll
go
last.
But
we'll
start
with
your
three-minute
opening
statement.
Thank.
V
V
I
have
a
great
family,
four
kids,
two
boys,
two
girls
been
married
for
22
years
and
I'm
I'm
glad
that
I
was
migrated
here.
My
parents
migrated
here
and
provided
me
a
really
good
life
and
we're
living
a
really
good
life
and
I.
Think
it's
for
a
time
for
me
to
pay
back
to
the
community,
which
I
have
already
been
doing
for
the
last
20
years
or
so.
V
I
am
a
former
airport
commissioner,
where
I
led
a
few
initiatives
living
wage
for
the
rental
car
employees
for
the
taxi
business,
I,
provided
them
Quality
of
Life
by
giving
them
a
break
room.
So
in
the
stage
hearing
area
they
could
be
having
good
coffee
and
talk
to
each
other
and
then
also
I
helped
build
the
terminal
B
which
opened
up
in
2010.
V
I'm,
a
former
Santa
Clara
County
Network
for
hate,
free
Community
member
I've
been
on
a
Civic
Silicon
Valley
interreligious
Council.
For
the
last
11
years,
bringing
different
Faith
communities
together,
understanding
each
other's
cultures
and
faiths,
so
we
can
collaborate
and
live
in
a
good
environment
where
we
can
learn
work
and
share
each
other's
ideas.
V
V
C
O
V
Housing
is
also
another
big
issue
and
I
will
work
with
the
community
utmost.
First
thing
you
want
to
do
is
get
the
input
from
the
community
what
they
want
in
District,
a
district
8
residents
have
the
right
to
have
whatever
type
of
development
that
they
need
with
the
700
Acres
that
they
have.
But
in
that
we
need
to
bring
more
affordable
housing.
V
Two
solutions:
adus
incentivized
homeowners,
to
build
more
adus.
How
do
we
incentivize
them?
Bring
a
shorten
the
process
get
rid
of
some
of
the
fees
from
the
county.
Do
not
charge
them
with
the
extra
tax
that
for
a
certain
time,
so
that
plus
inclusionary
housing
with
the
700
Acres
that
are
sitting
once
the
Hillview
airport
closes
down.
We
can
bring
in
mixed
use
types
of
housing,
inclusionary
housing
where
we
put
more
affordable
housing
and
that
maybe
a
20
or
whatever,
and
then
the
third
homelessness
is
all
it's
connected
with
affordable
housing.
P
I
have
the
next
question,
so
thank
you
for
being
here.
Elected
officials
are
all
unique,
as
you
well
know
whether
it's
background
lived
experience,
political
leanings,
core
values
and
even
approaches
and
philosophies
to
governance.
Can
you
share
with
us,
which
elected
official
Pastor
present
best
captures
the
type
of
elected
official
you
aspire
to
be
if
appointed.
V
V
We
need
to
collaborate
with
each
other.
We
need
to
talk
to
each
other
and
go
over
our
ideas
and
that's
how
we
should
move
the
city
forward.
So
I
personally,
actually
don't
have
anybody
in
my
mind
that
one
person
can
bring
all
that
right.
For
example,
Rosemary
brings
in
a
lot
of
Education
experience.
V
Q
V
Okay,
small
business
is
a
I
think
they
need
more
promotion,
say.
Let's
just
take
an
example
in
District
8..
We
need
to
promote
these
local
businesses
to
all
the
local
residents.
Cities
should
help
these
businesses
grow
by
promoting
in
their
newsletter,
saying
hey.
We
got
this
new
pop
and
Mom
shop
here.
V
Why
don't
you
go
take
a
coffee
over
there
and
then
the
second
thing
is
the
fees
to
opening
up
a
new
business.
There's
a
bunch
of
fees,
also
a
bunch
of
permits.
You
know
you
got
the
health
department,
you
got
tobacco
Perma,
you
got
all
these
permits
and
then
you
like,
for
example,
just
for
like
a
a
coffee
permit,
I
I,
think
it
costs
about
seven
hundred
dollars
a
year
for
the
business
to
pay.
So
there's
a
lot
of
these
fees
that
are
not
helping
these
businesses
so
and
then
provide
some
grants.
V
I
think
City
already
has
some
grants
that
to
start
up
new
businesses,
but
to
keep
them
going
a
lot
more
promotion
for
the
local
people,
give
them
incentives.
I
have
them
just
go.
There
have
a
coffee
at
my
local
business,
so
a
lot
of
promotion
I,
would
say
and
then
cut
down
on
some
of
the
fees
and
provide
them
with
more
grants
from
the
city,
so
they
keep
flourishing
I'm
for
all
I'm.
All
for
small
businesses.
In
my
in
the
sick,
Community
there's
a
lot
of
business,
small
business
owners.
V
K
Thank
you
for
replying,
and
it's
a
very
difficult
thing
to
do
so.
I
appreciate
your
willingness
to
serve
I've
heard
the
council
position
described
as
a
glorified
customer
service
rep.
Can
you
tell
me
what
your
thoughts
are
about?
How
you'll
respond
to
constituent
needs
and,
in
addition,
do
you
have
an
example
from
your
experience,
private
sector
or
public
work
that
you've
done
of
a
difficult
interaction
with
a
member
of
the
public
or
a
customer,
and
how
did
you
deal
with
it.
V
V
I
get
input
from
the
resources
that
I
have.
Maybe
the
the
board
members,
maybe
a
specialist
say
for
mental
health
itself
right
call.
The
county
see
how
we
can
help
one
of
the
difficult
situation
that
we
get
into
at
is
sometime.
We
do
have
mental
health
issue
folks
coming
up.
How
do
we
deal
with
those
people?
V
You
know
we
as
a
community,
try
to
deal
see
how
helpful
how
we
can
provide
the
help,
and
secondly,
we
reach
out
to
the
county,
but
I
think
my
experience
is
it's
not
all
those
resources
that
are
there
from
the
city
are
not
readily
available
or
readily,
or
the
county
they're
not
really
advertised.
So
it's
pretty
hard
to
sometimes
to
connect
with
those,
so
I
think
difficult
situations.
How
to
handle
them
is
don't
solve
it,
don't
try
to
solve
it.
V
E
Thank
you,
sukdev
for
applying
I
know
that
this
is
a
very
difficult
experience.
So
I
appreciate
you
getting
up
here
in
front
of
council
members
and
answering
our
questions.
My
question
is
fairly
straightforward.
As
you
know,
there's
been
historical
inequities
in
our
society
as
well
as
in
our
city.
What
does
it
mean
for
you
to
have
a
commitment
to
equity?
How
have
you
demonstrated
that
commitment
and
how
would
you
see
yourself
demonstrating
it
here
on
the
council?
Thank
you.
Thank.
V
V
V
We
have
programs
where
we
just
started
last
week
collaborating
the
the
non-profits
here
that
are
collaborating
with
San
Jose
State
Evergreen
College
Eastside
Union
High
School
District.
To
bring
this
program
to
people
who
need
like
homework,
help
people
who
need
financial
aid
from
the
community.
We
have
grants
or
for
those
people.
What
we
want
to
do
is
bring
these
people
to
a
level,
so
they
have
access
to
higher
education.
What
we
see
is
sometimes
because
of
a
lack
of
resources
at
in
a
family
at
home.
V
Maybe
both
of
the
parents
are
working
they're,
unable
to
provide
that
education
to
to
the
or
provide
that
attention
to
give
them
all
the
homework
help
and
all
that,
so
they
kind
of
drop
out
or
they
go
to
college,
and
they
just
can't
afford.
So
they
start
working
a
job.
But
our
one
thing
is
help
them
push
them
up.
V
V
You
want
to
understand
all
these
different
cultures.
You
don't
want
one
Community
to
be
downridden,
so
that's
another
way
trying
to
get
rid
of
the
ratio
so
to
get
rid
of
racial
inequity,
so
basically
have
programs,
so
they
lift
up.
So
they
have
access
to
that
all
these
different
systems
that
are
already
there,
so
they
can
be
feel
equality.
W
R
V
City-Wide
issues
also,
but
there
are
some
specific
ones
also,
but
on
the
office
side,
I
I,
think
I
will
tap
into
the
office
that
are
currently
working
in
that
office.
Have
some
of
that
staff
and
I
know
a
lot
of
people
in
the
community
which
I
can
tap
into
to
bring
in
those
people
to
be
part
of
my
staff,
so
I
can
serve
the
district
eight
more
efficiently.
V
So
that's
how
I
would
bring
my
office
up
sooner
than
later
and
I
will
help
get
help
from
you
guys
also,
hopefully,
to
build
up
my
office
specific
issues
in
District
8.
There
is
a
crime.
I
I
go
next
next
door,
neighbor
I
see
a
couple
is
walking
on
the
on
the
sidewalk.
Somebody
comes
and
loots
them
so
neighborhood.
How
do
I
solve
that?
I
started
these
neighborhood
watches
everybody's
watching
get
let
these
criminals
know
hey
we're
watching.
V
You
don't
be
messing
with
the
residents
over
here
right,
so
get
rid
of
that's
one
way.
Then
there's
issues
with
traffic
to
get
out
of
that
whole
Evergreen
area
to
get
onto
101.
Sometimes
it
takes
a
lot
I'm
glad.
There
is
a
light
rail
coming
to
Eastridge,
which
is
going
to
connect
to
Bart
so
and
then
the
other
thing
is
develop,
more
businesses,
more
stores,
so
the
local
people
and
provide
those
jobs
to
the
local
people.
V
More
restaurants,
I
want
those
people
in
District
8
to
eat
right
there,
instead
of
going
to
Valley
Fair,
so
I
want
I
want
to
have
a
Valley
Fair
in
District
8
with
the
East
radio,
when
the
Reedy
Hillview
closes
down,
I
would
say:
I
I
want
to
have
something
that
you
guys
have
over
there,
so
that
and
then
the
blight
I
would
bring
in
a
lot
of
these
neighbors
all
of
these
volunteers
together
to
get
rid
of
the
blight,
that's
there
and
then
bring
in
more
affordable
housing
by
an
inclusionary
housing.
United
use.
L
Hi
sukdav,
thank
you
for
applying
my
question
to
you
is
homelessness.
Is
a
major
concern
for
many
of
the
San
Jose
residents.
How
do
you,
how
would
you
success?
How
would
you
success
look
like
to
you?
How
would
success
look
like
to
you
in
helping
our
Heinen
house
residents
and
how
would
you
accomplish
the
success
metrics.
V
Thank
you
councilmember
down.
Yes,
homelessness
is
a
not
only
a
district
Aid
issue,
it's
a
San
Jose,
so
it's
a
whole
State
issue
which
we
all
need
to
come
together
and
find
the
right
solutions
to
them.
Some
of
the
solutions
that
I
have,
as
I
mentioned
before,
is
create
more
Market
and
affordable
housing.
V
We
need
to
bring
up
that
stock
of
affordable
housing
throughout
the
city,
so
some
of
these
residents
who
do
have
jobs,
but
they
just
can't
afford
to
pay
the
rent
so
they're
on
the
street,
provide
more
Mental,
Health
facilities,
more
mental
health.
So
some
of
our
veterans
who
are
out
there
they
need
help
open
up
more
job
training
areas.
So
some
of
these
people
that
are
that
are
not
able
to
bring
in
the
money.
As
we
talked
about
inequities
earlier.
V
Provide
access
to
those
guys,
so
they
can
make
more
money
and
be
able
to
afford
some
housing
in
San,
Jose,
but
I
think
the
bigger
thing
is
homelessness
is
all
connected
with
affordable
housing
as
we
build
in
more
market
rate
and
affordable
housing
I
think
will
stabilize
that
market.
You
know
the
house
that
I
lived
in
it
was
we
bought
it
for
about
60
000,
and
now
it's
a
1.4
million
I
wouldn't
be
able
to
afford
that
myself.
If
I
had
to
buy
that
right,
so
we
need
to
bring
up
that
stocks.
V
Some
of
the
restrictions
that
we
have
in
our
master
plan
or
I
think
I
think
we
need
to
re-look
at
that
and
are
are
permitting.
Department
needs
more
help
because
we're
not
we're
not
giving
out
a
lot
of
permits
to
build
these
there's
already
people
or
Builders
ready
to
who
wants
to
build
them,
but
we're
not
issuing
these
permits
a
fast
enough
or
we're
putting
too
many
fees
on
them.
So
affordable
housing
is
a
lot
of
a
lot
of
things.
M
G
V
G
V
V
V
The
private
sector
is
doing
that
so
and
then
the
private
sector
give
a
to
the
community
also
and
I
think
we
should
tell
them
to
give
more
to
the
city
to
lift
up
some
of
the
inequities
that
we
have
any
of
the
you
know:
fighting
homelessness
or
creating
affordable
housing
or
helping
other
small
businesses
helping
the
communities
that
are
underserved.
You
know
provide
more
grants.
I
would
say
we
from
the
non-profits
are
providing
these
grants.
These
guys
have
a
lot
of
money.
V
W
C
You
to
my
colleagues
for
the
great
questions.
Thank
you
for
being
here,
I
appreciate
and
I
know.
My
colleagues
appreciate
your
desire
and
willingness
to
serve
our
community
in
this
capacity.
My
question
is
as
follows:
as
public
servants,
we
are
responsible
for
serving
the
entire
community
and
thinking
about
how
our
policies
can
do
the
greatest
good
for
all
of
our
City's
residents
over
the
long
term.
Taking
this
broader,
more
holistic
view
sometimes
requires
disappointing
friends.
V
V
So
yeah
there's
there
is
policy
that
makes
a
difference
throughout
the
city,
and
some
people
will
not
be
happy
with
the
some
of
the
policies
that
the
city
will
be.
Implementing
one
example
would
be,
I
would
say,
bring
the
danimbis
they
don't
like.
You
know.
We
can
already
see
council.
Member
Jimenez
is
taking
the
brunt
of
some
of
that.
You
know
in
the
last
meeting,
I
heard
a
lot
of
people
saying:
don't
bring
this
into
our
backyard.
Don't
bring
this
into
our
backyard
right.
V
The
the
the
Caltrain
Station,
where
we're
going
to
build
a
more
for
the
for
the
unhoused,
so
I
I
would
say,
taken
a
lot
of
input
from
the
community
to
be
and
then
make
the
decision
of
some
sort,
otherwise
you're
going
to
make
a
lot
of
people
unhappy.
But
if
you
take
input,
there'll
still
be
some
people
unhappy,
but
you
have
mitigated
some
of
that.
I
would
say:
I
I
think
it's
just
as
I
said.
V
No
one
person
can
solve
and
make
this
city
a
good
city
to
live
or
or
provide
the
policies
that
are
good
for
the
city.
That's
why
we
have
all
council
members
I,
think
everybody
suggests
it
together
and
and,
as
you
guys
do
already
and
more
Community
input
from
it
into
it,
to
make
the
right
decision
and
the
right
policies.
C
C
C
I'm
sorry
Domingo
welcome
before
we
have
your
opening
statement,
I'm
going
to
say
a
word
about
process
and
and
before
we
do
that
we
are
at
5
40.
we're
taking
about
30
minutes
per
applicant.
We
want
to
make
sure
we
give
everybody
their
due
time.
I
also
know
at
some
point:
people
are
going
to
start
getting
hangry,
so
what
I
would
suggest
is
that
we
finish
the
interviews
and
questions
with
our
two
remaining
applicants.
Take
a
very
brief
break
so
that
we
can
grab
food
and
for
anyone
who's
here
in
the
audience.
C
You
all
can
plan
it
in
about
an
hour.
We'll
take
a
brief
break
plenty
of
local
restaurants
around
here.
That
would
love
your
patronage
and
then
we
will
come
back
and
hear
public
comment
both
in
person
and
then
on
Zoom
for
one
minute,
and
then
we
will
get
to
the
rest
of
our
discussion
and
and
deliberations
in
terms
of
the
process.
C
X
X
My
parents
I
think
they're.
Actually
in
the
stands,
they
immigrated
here
from
Zacatecas
Mexico
to
San
Jose
in
search
of
the
American
dream.
They
started
a
small
business
and
then
raised
the
family.
I
am
one
of
five
siblings
born
and
raised
in
Council
District
8.
from
my
days
at
John,
J,
Montgomery,
Elementary,
School
to
Evergreen
Valley,
High,
School,
I'm,
a
proud
graduate
of
the
Evergreen
School
District,
the
East
Side
Union
High
School
District
and
San
Jose,
State
University.
X
In
fact,
I
loved,
San,
Jose
State.
So
much
as
an
undergrad
I
decided
to
go
back
and
get
a
master's
in
public
administration
from
San
Jose
State
go
Spartans.
Just
don't
tell
Stanford,
you
know:
they're
they're
I
do
work
for
Stanford,
so
I
love,
San
Jose
and
have
been
blessed
with
the
opportunity
to
serve
my
community
in
various
capacities
for
over
a
decade.
X
There's
a
lot
of
work
to
do,
keeping
our
community
safe
homelessness
to
environmental
issues
and
everything
in
between
I
will
listen,
be
respectful
and
attentive,
and
come
to
council
prepared
to
move
our
city
forward
with
accountability
and
performance
standards.
I've
learned
firsthand
what
it
takes
to
be
a
successful
representative
and
passionately
serving
the
public.
X
My
parents
taught
me
my
brothers
and
sister
the
value
of
hard
work,
having
integrity
and
perseverance
I'm
a
first
generation
college
graduate
and
it
would
be
a
privilege
to
be
able
to
serve
the
community
that
has
given
me
and
my
family.
So
much
I
look
forward
to
answering
the
council's
questions
this
evening
and
thank
you
very
much
great.
O
X
X
We
need
to
create
more
affordable
housing
at
every
level
and
we
need
to
ensure
we
cut
the
red
tape
and
provide
the
city
staff
the
resources
they
need
to
move
our
projects
through
the
approval
pipeline
quickly
and
efficiently
and
I
look
forward
to
a
wide
range
of
solutions
to
create
affordable
housing.
For
our
residents
in
the
city
of
San,
Jose.
P
Domingo
I'm
next,
thank
you
for
being
here
appreciate
it.
The
question
that
I
have
is
elected.
Officials
are
all
unique,
whether
it's
background
lived
experience,
political
leanings,
core
values
and
even
approaches
and
philosophies
to
government.
Can
you
share
with
us,
which
elected
official
Pastor
present
best
captures
the
type
of
elected
official
you
aspire
to
be
if
appointed,
and
it
can't
be
any
none
of
us.
X
I
was
going
to
compliment
you
on
your
hair,
but
I'll
go
I'll
go
elsewhere.
Thank
you
for
the
question.
Councilmember
Jimenez
I
would
have
to
say
you
know.
The
person
who
changed
my
life
almost
a
decade
ago
is
former
councilman
Jim
Bell,
who
is
not
here
today,
because
the
boss,
Pat
Bell,
his
wife,
is
celebrating
her
birthday.
Q
X
Thank
you
for
the
question
council
member
Torres
I'm
a
big
fan
of
small
businesses.
My
parents,
small
business
owners,
owns
several
Mexican
restaurants
right
here
in
San,
Jose
I
see
the
The
Pride
that
small
business
owners
take
in
not
just
their
entrepreneurial
Spirit,
but
also
contributing
to
the
local
economy.
X
We
need
to
support
and
Empower
opportunities
for
economic
development
for
small,
medium
and
large
size
businesses
and
provide
City
support
where
needed,
especially
those
that
are
monolingual.
Given
the
dynamic
of
District
8,
there
are
many
owner
business
owners
who
just
speak
Spanish
or
Vietnamese.
For
example,
we
are
the
10th
largest
city
in
the
country.
We
need
to
be
a.
We
need
to
be
seen
as
a
major
destination
for
business.
K
I
didn't
go.
Thank
you
for
applying
for
this
position.
It's
I
know
it's
a
difficult
process
to
go
through
and
I
very
much
appreciate
everybody
who's
putting
themselves
on
the
line
for
this
I've
heard
the
council
position
described
as
a
glorified
customer
service
rep.
Can
you
tell
me
what
your
thoughts
are
about?
How
you
would
respond
to
constituent
needs
and
also
provide
an
example
if
you
have
one
from
your
public
or
private
life,
of
a
difficult
interaction
with
a
customer,
a
member
of
the
public
and
how
you
dealt
with
it.
X
X
While
we
may
not
always
agree
on
the
issues
with
our
constituents
or
solve
their
problems
being
able
to
troubleshoot
and
navigate
whatever
issue,
any
constituent
is
bringing
forth.
I
think
is
key.
I
can
remember
in
the
in
the
days
handling
EDD
cases
in
the
state
in
the
state
legislature
and
and
having
to
give
the
bad
news
that
somebody's
benefits
were
running
out
or
issues
related
to
the
DMV,
where
their
renewals
can't
can't
happen
or
can't
go
through
for
one
technicality
or
the
other
so
being
able
to
empathize
with
the
residents
and
have
a
response.
X
Yeah,
absolutely
you
know
you
cannot,
you
can't
always
solve
the
problems
of
the
constituents,
but
as
long
as
you
lead
with
empathy
and
understanding,
you
know
you
you
can.
You
can
agree
to
disagree
on
the
issues
and
and
and
and
and
being
able
to
put
forth
a
legitimate
effort
is
key
key
to
that
and
and
whether
you
agree
or
disagree,
you
do
it
politely
and
with
respect
I
think
that
those
are
there
are
Hallmarks
that
go
a
long
way.
E
As
you
know,
I'm
sure
you're,
aware
of
historical
inequities,
some
neighborhoods
being
able
to
access
resources
better
than
others,
even
in
within
our
own
districts.
Some
in
some
neighborhoods,
it's
almost
like
A
Tale
of
Two
Cities.
What
does
it
mean
for
you
to
have
a
commitment
to
equity?
How
have
you
demonstrated
that
commitment,
whether
through
work
or
through
volunteer,
and
how
would
you
see
yourself
demonstrating
it
here
on
the
council.
X
Thank
you
for
the
question.
Councilmember
Ortiz
I
believe
that
the
greatest
opportunity
to
address
historical
inequities
in
the
city
of
San
Jose
is
through
the
city
budget
and
to
further
our
work
with
our
office
of
the
office
of
racial
equity.
But
it
has
to
be
intentional,
addressing
historical
disadvantages
through
collaboration
and
that
Equity
lens
is
pivotal.
To
ensure
San.
X
Jose
is
serious
about
historical
inequality
and
racial
Equity,
diversity
and
inclusion,
especially
as
it
relates
to
embedding
the
application
of
racial
Equity
considerations
into
the
day-to-day
Service
delivery
of
the
city
of
city
services,
and
that's
how
I
would
demonstrate
my
commitment
to
furthering
our
Equity
goals
and
at
Stanford.
University
I
actually
sit
on
on
a
committee
to
help
further
the
ideal
goals
which
are
diversity,
equity
and
inclusion,
and,
and
it
means
a
lot
having
come
from
the
the
background
that
I
come
come
from.
R
R
X
X
Thank
you,
councilmember
Dewan
I
would
say
the
issue
around
homelessness.
It's
very
complex.
Absolutely
it's
going
to
require
cross-departmental
and
cross-sector
collaboration
throughout
my
career.
I've
worked
with
every
Council
District
in
the
city
of
San
Jose
in
one
way
or
the
other
whether
it
was
helping
address
issues
around
the
unhoused
living
on
the
Creeks
or
waterways,
along
the
embankment
embankments
or
next
to
freeways
or
state-owned
property.
X
I
led
a
cross-functional
working
group
consisting
of
local
and
state
representatives
and
their
respective
agencies
to
communicate
our
needs
in
an
organized
and
systemic
way.
This
working
group
ensured
that
the
most
pressing
issues
were
addressed
efficiently
and
effectively
and
ultimately
communicated
to
our
respective
constituencies,
with
the
peace
of
mind
that
their
government
officials
were
working
together
collaboratively
on
finding
solutions
to
complex
problems,
but
the
public
perceived
them
to
be
fairly
simple.
X
At
Valley
Water
I
worked
very
closely
with
the
city
of
San
Jose,
to
coordinate
resources
and
pool
funding
for
encampment
cleanups
and
Innovative
beautification
programs
like
cash
for
trash
families.
You
know
don't
feel
safe
going
to
their
park
and
and
I
understand
that
there's
a
point
in
time.
Survey
going
on.
That
happens
on
an
annual
or
bi-annual
basis
and
looking
towards
reducing
the
amount
of
unhoused
or
unsheltered
we
have
is
the
metric
that
I
would
look
towards
for
success.
L
G
Domingo
my
turn
thank
you
for
submitting
your
application
and
and
being
present
for
this
interview,
so
I'm,
looking
at
a
background
question
as
to
help
me
understand
what
defines
you
as
a
human
being
and
a
man
today.
What's
your
work
experience
with
the
private
sector,
and
what
did
you
learn
from
it?.
X
G
C
Like
a
job
offer,
thank
you
to
my
colleagues
for
their
thoughtful
questions.
Thank
you.
Domingo,
for
being
here,
I
appreciate,
I
know
my
colleagues
appreciate
your
desired
willingness
to
serve
our
community
in
this
way.
Final
question:
my
question
is
as
follows:
as
public
servants,
we
are
responsible
for
serving
the
entire
community
and
thinking
about
how
our
policies
can
do
the
greatest
good
for
all
of
our
City's
residents
over
the
long
term.
Taking
this
broader,
more
holistic
view
sometimes
requires
disappointing
friends.
X
Thank
you,
mayor
Mayhem,
for
the
question
throughout
my
years.
I
can
think
of
a
of
a
few
examples
where
I
may
have
disappointed
colleagues
or
friends,
but
one
particular
decision
was
during
the
legislative
session
in
about
2017,
while
working
to
pass
Senate,
Bill,
run
or
Senate
bill,
one,
the
road
repair
and
accountability
Act
of
2017..
X
It
was
near
the
end
of
legislative
session
and
we
were
sitting
in
the
Capitol
I
remember
distinctly
sitting
with
with
Senator
Bell.
There
were
several
elected
officials,
including
some
in
the
city
of
San
Jose
that
wanted
to
delay
the
vote
of
this
bill
because
of
the
political
pressures
and,
most
importantly,
the
not
wanting
to
fail
the
perception
of
not
wanting
to
fail.
X
C
C
Welcome
Tim
great
to
have
you
here
and
just
before
you
begin
I'm
just
going
to
review
the
process
quickly.
So
we'll
start
with
an
opening
statement
from
you
for
three
minutes,
we'll
keep
an
eye
on
the
clock
and
we'll
go
to
questions
each
council.
Member
will
ask
a
question:
we'll
keep
the
question
and
answer
on
any
follow-up
questions
and
answers
to
three
minutes
as
well:
we'll
go
in
order,
starting
with
District
One
and
whenever
you're
ready.
You
can
begin
your
opening
statement.
Yes,.
Y
Thank
you
good
evening,
honorable
mayor
and
honorable
council
member,
my
name
is
Tim
Truong
I'm,
currently
a
sergeant
for
San
Jose
police
department.
I
am
standing
in
front
of
you
as
a
product
of
strong
women
for
my
mother
who
raised
me
in
poverty
to
the
wonderful
wife
who
is
here
who
stood
by
me
with
our
two
kids.
Eight
year
old
and
six
year
old,
my
life
started
in
Vietnam,
where
we
were
in
experienced
homelessness.
We
found
shelter
at
a
kitchen
at
a
kindergarten
where
I
was
attending
at
age
of
nine.
Y
My
aunt
who
served
in
the
military
as
a
translator
during
the
war
sponsors
to
come
to
the
United
States
in
pursuit
of
American
Dream.
We
experience
everything
as
immigrant
living.
Eight
people
in
a
two-bedroom
apartment
I
attend
your
boy
middle
school
and
Silver
Creek,
High
School
with
both
which
both
located
in
District,
8
and
I
continued
to
live
there.
Y
During
my
college
year
at
Southern,
State
University,
where
I
received
my
bachelor
degree
in
administration
of
justice,
my
I
have
two
decades
of
Public
Service,
starting
from
VTA
and
to
deputy
sheriff
for
this
County,
where
I
continue
to
work
and
go
to
school.
Where
I
obtain
my
MBA
when
I
got
hired
at
the
San
Jose
police
department,
I
went
through
the
ranks
and
multiple
assignments,
including
detective
fto
and
the
chief's
office,
as
a
community
liaison.
At
that
time,
I
was
learning
leadership
at
an
executive
level.
Y
That's
where
I
learned
how
to
work
collaboratively,
finding
win-win
solution,
not
to
leave
the
table
into
all
issues
of
resolved
and
everybody
get
the
fair
share.
I
receive
a
congressional
word
for
Okana
office
for
my
contribution
to
the
aapi
community.
I
also
received
a
life-saving
award
for
saving
a
person.
Who's
suffering
from
Mental
Health
I
learned
to
listen
act
and
importantly,
follow
up.
I
have
an
open
door
policy
to
work
with
everyone,
I
think
speaking
fluently
in
Vietnamese
and
often
important
contact
for
my
community,
but
life
never
been
all
roses
for
me.
Y
I
also
experienced
the
2008
recession,
my
financial
hardship,
where
bad
March
long
in
Rising
payment
driven
me
to
Resort
in
bankruptcy
to
pay
all
my
creditors,
General
George
Patton,
says
the
test
of
success
is
not
what
you
do
when
you're
on
top
success
is
how
how
you
bounce
back
when
you
hit
bottom,
we
learn,
grow
and
become
better
with
our
mistakes.
With
the
support
of
my
wife
by
my
side
here
today,
we
are
back
on
our
feet:
we're
able
to
buy
a
home
in
Evergreen
where
we're
raising
our
kids
throughout
my
life
experience.
Y
O
Y
Yes,
I
believe
one
of
the
biggest
major
problem
we
have
is
homelessness.
It's
a
social
economic
issue.
We
cannot
arrest
a
way
out
of
this
situation.
We
need
to
work
collaboratively
with
all
stakeholders.
We
have
to
work
with
building
trusts
and
also
working
with
homeless
cleanup
with
Vanessa
Beretta
and
also
mental
health,
John
Acosta
and
looking
at
Bridge
home
Community
tiny
homes.
We
also
have
to
work
with
a
resident,
so
they
know
what
to
do
when
it
comes
to
reporting
homelessness.
Y
Y
We
need
to
get
more
job
training
and,
most
importantly,
we
need
to
increase
our
housing
supplies,
so
we
can
help
I
believe
in
interim
housing
and
also
permanent
housing,
because
when
I
was
a
kid,
I
was
a
homeless
guy,
a
boy
to
live
in
a
kitchen,
so
I'm,
looking
forward
to
finding
Creative
Solutions
outside
of
box
to
address
a
homeless
issue
for
our
city.
Thank
you.
P
Tim
on
the
next
question
is
for
me:
thank
you
for
being
here.
Elected
officials
are
all
unique,
whether
it's
background
lived
experience,
political
leanings,
core
values
and
even
approaches
and
philosophy
to
government.
Can
you
share
with
us
which
elected
official
Pastor
present
and
hopefully
not
up
here?
The
best
capture
is
the
type
of
elected
official
you
aspired
to
be.
Y
It's
a
great
question:
you
know:
I
I
have
the
I'm
I
was
grateful
to
meet
Norman
Minetta
and
Norman.
Manetta
I
met
it
with
him.
I
talked
to
him.
He
was
a
first
Asian
mayor
for
our
city
and
he
progressed
to
on
to
Department
of
Transportation
the
name
an
airport
after
him,
and
unfortunately,
I
also
have
an
option
to
attend
his
funeral
with
the
chief's
office
and
at
the
funeral.
Y
Y
His
video
is
about
the
hardship,
the
upbringing
of
Life,
of
Asian
American
and
going
through
city
council
and
mayor's
office,
but
we
also
see
what
he
accomplished
so
Bill
Clinton
at
the
end
of
the
speech
asked
well.
What
does
that
mean
for
all
of
us?
How
do
we
step
up
the
plate?
I'm
a
sergeant
for
San
Jose
police
department,
it's
a
great
department,
but
but
how
do
we
step
a
plate
and
take
more
leadership
role
and
really
help
the
community?
Y
Q
Y
Yes,
the
the
pandemic
hits
a
lot
of
businesses
and
it's
pretty
tough
I.
Remember
you
know
we.
We
have
grants.
We
have
stuff
in
the
city
to
provide
support.
However,
I
think
there's
a
lack
of
communication
from
the
city
hall
to
our
council
member,
the
complicate
the
process
is
complicated
and
the
funding
needs
to
be
stable.
Y
A
lot
of
time,
I
I
talk
to
a
lot
of
business
owner
as
a
sergeant
out
there
and
I
see
the
struggle.
You
know
either
the
funding
and
the
grant
is
too
small
or
it
doesn't
affect
anything
or
like
I
said.
The
issue
is
too
complicated.
People
need
to
help
filling
out
the
paperwork.
As
a
council
member
I
will
do
that.
My
staff
and
I
will
dedicate
to
help
open
businesses,
especially
the
vacant
businesses
on
Thule
Road,
there's
a
lot
of
closed
door.
Y
K
Hi
Tim,
thank
you
so
much
for
applying
for
this
position.
It's
a
lot
to
go
through
and
I
appreciate
your
having
stepped
up
I've
heard
that
the
council
position
is
sometimes
described
as
a
glorified
customer
service
rep.
Can
you
tell
me
what
your
thoughts
are
about,
how
you
would
respond
to
constituent
needs
and
then
also,
if
you
have
an
example,
can
you
provide
an
example
from
your
public
or
private
life,
of
a
difficult
interaction
with
a
customer
or
member
of
the
public
and
how
you
dealt
with
it?.
Y
I
can
show
you
working
in
the
chief's
office.
I
was
trusted
to
able
to
carry
myself
out
in
the
public
I
work
with
captains
and
deputy
chief
on
daily
basis
as
an
officer
at
that
time
and
I
learned
how
to
be
humble.
I
learned
how
to
ask
for
help
I
work
collaboratively
with
all
members
Community,
whether
it's
internal
or
external,
from
our
Police
Department
I
learned
to
have
worked
with
other
department
parking
control
code
enforcement
to
solve
our
quality
of
life
issue
that
we
have
in
our
city.
Y
As
a
councilman
member
I
will
work
with
our
community.
I
know
the
struggle
I'm
Tam
I'm,
still
Tam
I
want
to
go
out
there
and
talk
to
them
and
see
what
are
their
needs.
Every
Community
have
of
different
needs
and
every
Community
needs
our
support.
It's
not
a
cookie
cutter
for
me,
I
would
listen,
I
will
act
and,
more
importantly,
I,
will
follow
up
to
make
sure
that
the
issue
is
resolved.
E
Thank
you,
Tam
for
submitting
your
application
and
going
through
what
I
know
can
be
a
difficult
process.
I'm
sure
you're,
aware,
there's
been
historical
inequities
here
within
the
city.
Well,
really,
within
the
entire
country,
some
of
our
residents
have
been
able
to
access
resources
before
others,
and
even
we
see
this
in
our
own
districts
between
neighborhoods.
What
does
it
mean
for
you
to
have
a
commitment
to
equity?
How
have
you
demonstrated
that
commitment,
whether
in
your
private
or
volunteer
practice,
and
how?
How
would
you
see
yourself
demonstrating
it
here
on
the
council?
Y
Y
How
do
I
make
sure
that
happens?
I,
look
at
the
budget.
I
started
the
budget
anytime.
There's
a
cutting
budget.
We
have
to
make
sure
that
Equity
diversity
Equity,
is
our
primary
goal
and
not
cut
our
services,
especially
Community
Center,
in
after
school
program.
It
is
hard
for
our
folks
to
live
in
city
of
San
Jose,
to
have
child
care
and
to
worry
about
child
care
and
to
go
to
work
I'm,
a
relieving
education.
That's
why
I
came
to
this
country
and
I'll
make
sure
that
our
diversity
Equity
is
addressed.
Thank
you
for
the
question.
R
Y
Yes,
if
I
am
selected,
I
will
get
up
and
running
right
away.
I
know
leadership.
Leadership
is
creating
an
environment
that
motivates
people
to
work
and
to
serve
it,
doesn't
matter
what
rank
you
are
in
the
office
just
like
right
now,
I'm
a
supervisor
but
I
work
as
hard
as
any
officers
out
there,
because
we
are
one
team
and
we
need
to
operate
that
way
and
we
expect
each
other's
opinion
and
move
forward.
Y
District
8
has
some
issues
that
we
need
to
address.
I'll
make
Improvement
our
Public
Safety.
We
have
to
make
sure
that
our
streets
are
safe,
our
homes
are
safe
and
not
breaking
into.
Obviously,
I
would
be
the
expert
of
that,
because
I
I've
been
doing
law
enforcement
for
almost
two
decades
now,
but
I
will
help
navigate
that,
but
also
we
have
to
look
at
how
we
develop
in
a
city
to
make
sure
it's
compatible
right,
address
all
the
neighborhood
association
and
make
sure
all
the
needs
are
heard.
Y
L
Y
Homelessness
is
is
really
touched.
My
heart,
like
I,
said
I.
Most
of
my
youth
I
was
a
homeless
boy
sleeping
on
the
bottom
of
the
counter.
The
kitchen
on
a
dark
night
I
understand
the
struggle
that
homelessness
people
go
through
and
it's
not
their
fault.
We
have
to
help
them.
We
have
to
build
more
affordable
housing.
We
have
to
build
more
interim
housing
and
also
looking
solution
for
permanent
housing,
but
I
think
we
have
to
have
wrap
around
services,
including
drug
and
drug
and
alcohol
abuse
assistant,
to
help
them
and
also
job
placement.
Y
Everybody
can
take
a
good
shower
and
a
haircut
as
a
councilman,
I,
gotta
I'm
gonna,
look
at
programs
to
do
that,
to
moderate
them
to
uplift
them
I
think
the
success
is
we
have
to
have
all
those,
but
also
the
shelter
as
a
sergeant
I
go
out
there
and
I
talk
to
these
on
unhouse
individuals,
and
they
tell
me
Tam.
It's
not
I,
don't
want
to
be
in
the
shelter,
but
the
shelter
is
not
safe.
Y
Y
G
Y
When
I
was
when
I
was
about
to
get
laid
off
doing
pension
reform
with
the
San
Jose
police
department,
the
police
department
approved
me
opening
a
security
company
to
take
care
of
my
family.
I
was
a
sole
income
provider
and
I
know
as
a
small
business
owner.
It
is
a
struggle.
It
is
a
struggle
to
navigate
the
process
illegal
process.
A
matter
of
fact.
There
is
so
much
struggle
in
small
businesses.
We
don't
have
the
help
and,
as
as
a
councilman,
I
always
want
to
be
a
minority
owned.
Y
Business
owner
and
I
could
not
navigate
that
process.
As
a
councilman,
I
will
have
my
me
myself
and
my
staff
assist
business
owner
to
get
them
certified
as
small
business
owner
woman-owned
business
owner.
So
they
can
qualify
for
some
of
this
grant
to
a
system
with
their
business
when
they
run
into
issue
of
covert,
make
sure
that
they
know
where
to
go
and
how
to
get
loans
to
help
the
business
at
the
end
of
the
small
business
is
what
moved
our
city
in
San
Jose.
It's
a
small
coffee
shop
at
Evergreen
Village.
Y
They
always
struggle,
but
what
we
do
as
police
officer,
if
you
go
over
there
every
morning,
you
see
cops
that
they
go
there,
because
they
want
to
support
small
businesses
where
they
can
talk
in
a
personal
level,
one
to
one.
These
are
old
business.
Legacy
owners
that
are
there
I
would
do
everything
in
my
power
to
make
sure
that
all
small
business
still
thrive
in
city
of
San
Jose.
Thank
you.
Thanks.
C
Thank
you,
Tim
and
I
want
to
thank
my
colleagues
for
their
thoughtful
questions.
I
I,
appreciate
I
know
my
colleagues
really
appreciate
your
interest
and
willingness
to
serve
our
community
in
this
capacity.
I'll
ask
the
final
question,
which
is
as
follows:
as
public
servants,
we
are
responsible
for
serving
the
entire
community
and
thinking
about
how
our
policies
can
do
the
greatest
good
for
all
of
our
City's
residents
over
the
long
term.
C
Taking
this
broader,
more
holistic
views
sometimes
requires
disappointing
friends.
Can
you
share
a
specific
example
from
your
professional
experience
in
which
you
had
to
disappoint
a
colleague,
a
boss,
a
mentor
or
key
partner
or
stakeholder,
because
it
was
the
right
thing
to
do,
even
though
trusted
friends
or
important
people
or
groups
strongly
pressured
you
to
do
otherwise.
Y
It
is
hard
to
to
to
to
speak
up
against
the
system
as
a
detective
with
the
sexual
assault
investigations.
I
had
to
face
that
there
was
a
case.
I
was
handling
local
here,
where
the
person
was
allegedly
committed,
a
theft
at
one
of
our
department
store
and
while
that
the
security
guard
did
a
horrible
thing.
C
Thank
you
Tim
great,
to
hear
your
opening
statement
and
answers
to
our
questions.
We
appreciate
your
application,
we're
going
to
let
you
sit
down,
join
your
family
and
what
we're
going
to
do
next,
we're
a
little
after
6
20.
is
we
will
recess
briefly
for
dinner?
I'd
suggest
we
come
back.
Everyone
comfortable,
6
45s
that
can
give
us
enough
time.
I'm
seeing
heads
nod:
okay,
I
know
it's
a
little
tight,
we'll
be
back
at
6
45
and
we
will
start
with
public
comment,
starting
with
those
in
the
room.
C
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So
we
will
start
with
the
public
comments
in
person.
First
I'm
going
to
be
calling
up
three
speakers
at
once
for
three
members
of
the
public
to
comment
and
just
make
your
way
down
to
the
podium
once
your
name
is
said,
line
up
behind
the
podium
and
state
your
name
before
you
speak,
so
we
can
just
make
sure
your
public
comment
is
taken
down
correctly.
You
will
have
one
minute
to
speak.
The
first
three
members
of
the
public
just
make
your
way
down
to
the
podium
is
Hernan
Hernandez,
sergeet,
K
and
Mr
Larson.
AC
AC
See
the
attorney
and
all
the
council
members.
Thank
you.
Hernandez
a
member
of
Los
Tigres
del
Norte,
a
Mexican
group,
the
place
Mexican
Union
music
and
my
Russia
from
here
from
San
Jose
I
got
here
a
long
time
ago.
So
I'm
here
to
support
Domingo,
Candelas
I,
know
him
for
a
long
time
and
his
family
and
I.
Think
Domingo
is
a
good
person
first
and
then
I
think
that
he's
a
good
candidate
for
district
8.
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C
AD
AD
Is
a
hardcore
honest,
loyal
community
worker
I
have
seen
it
all
these
years.
He
works
tirelessly
for
the
community
he's
on
the
management
community
of
San
Jose
Gurdwara,
where
they've
run
several
programs
for
the
community
like
a
free,
Sunday
Clinic,
anybody
can
go
get
their
blood
test
if
anybody
can
go
and
get
a
shot
and
also
they
run
a
free
kitchen,
hot
meal
from
7
AM
to
10
pm
every
day,
26
000
people
ate
a
New
Year
Day
at
the
Gurdwara
and
he's
a
part
of
that
management
committee
who
arranges
all
this.
AD
AB
T
My
name
is
Kevin
Larson
I'm,
a
parent
but
I'm.
Also
a
writer
and
I've
written
50
articles
in
Evergreen
I've
been
there
for
over
50
years,
so
I'm
here
to
to
Really,
encourage
you
to
select
sukdev
annual
and
I'm,
going
to
tell
you
why
first
off
I
saw
Magdalena
Carrasco
in
this
Crowder
and
it
made
me
happy
and
I
know.
Sylvie
reynus
has
left
you,
but
it
made
me
happy
because
you're
all
a
family
and
I
really
appreciate
them
so
same
as
sugdev.
He
can
be
part
of
this
family.
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AE
Honorable
mayor
and
Council
I'm
here
to
supportive
for
the
council
appointment
today,
I
can
assure
you
and
I've
seen
him
for
last
15
years,
he's
very
humble
down
to
earth
and
a
solution
sky
and
with
him
on
the
council.
The
collaboration
will
be
huge,
he's
a
person's
person
and
he
will
be
very
collaborative
and
I
can
assure
you
being
a
first
minority
in
70
years
on
the
Santa
Clara
Council.
This
council
is
diverse,
but
we
want
to
make
it
much
more
diverse
with
him
on
one
of
these
Council
seats.
AF
Good
afternoon
mayor
and
City
Council
Members,
my
name
is
Jonathan
karpf
I
taught
at
San
Jose
State
for
32
years
I'm.
The
current
political
accident
legislative
chair
of
the
sjsu
chapter
I've
lived
in
the
Navy
park
for
22
years,
I'm
grateful
to
the
seventh
City,
the
seven
current
and
former
council
members
for
honoring
their
position
and
doing
what
is
right
for
San
Jose.
AF
Their
decision
ensures
that
the
residents
of
District,
8
and
10
will
have
Representatives
during
the
city
budget
process
in
March,
as
well
as
being
advocates
who
represent
the
needs
of
Working
Families
in
those
two
districts.
In
my
opinion,
more
than
saving
the
city
millions
of
dollars.
This
was
the
best
decision,
as
it
avoids
a
low
turnout
special
election
that
would
delay
these
districts.
AF
Having
accounts
representative
until
a
few
months
prior
to
the
2024
election,
we
live
in
a
representative
democracy
and
I
applaud
the
city
council
for
making
the
most
democratic
decision
and
ensuring
a
voice
for
all
who
live
in
this
great
City.
Effective
politics
is
about
collaboration,
reaching
consensus
and
avoiding
rancor
kudos
to
all
of
you.
Thank
you
very
much.
AB
AG
Hi
hi
everyone,
my
name
is
Jane
Gonzalez
and
I'm.
A
resident
of
District
9.
I
would
like
to
express
my
support
for
the
appointment
of
Domingo
Candelas
for
San
Jose
City
Council
District
8.,
his
public
sector
experience
has
shaped
his
value-driven
approach
to
Servant
leadership
and
his
private
sector.
AG
Experience
has
given
him
an
immeasurable
work
ethic
to
get
things
done,
born
and
raised
in
District
8,
though
Mingo
clearly
feels
a
personal
responsibility
to
the
community
that
made
him
who
he
is
today
and
that
innate
dedication
would
go
far
beyond
accountability
as
the
district
8
council
member.
Thank
you
for
your
consideration.
AH
AH
AH
He
worked
very
hard
in
the
community
during
covert
time,
natural
disaster
time
and
a
in
a
general
in
the
community.
He
has
organized
Hotmail
service,
blanket
dry,
furnides,
Multicultural
events
and
work
with
other
non-profits.
He
is
ready
for
serve
the
city
for
San
Jose,
with
his
experience
and
Leadership.
AI
Good
evening,
mayor
and
city
council,
my
name
is
heart:
Karen,
beniwal
and
I'm
speaking
to
support
my
dad
sukhdev
Singh
he's
the
most
hard-working
and
oriented
person.
I
know
growing
up.
He
always
encouraged
my
siblings
and
I
to
be
active
in
the
community.
He
took
us
to
the
Gurdwara
to
volunteer
as
teachers
every
Sunday
we
organized
drives
for
the
homeless,
and
we
also
spoke
at
multiple
vigils
for
shootings
that
happened
within
our
community.
AI
If
anyone
ever
needs
help,
they
know
to
come
to
him
and
despite
how
busy
is
he
always
makes
time
for
me
and
my
siblings
I've
been
a
resident
of
District
a
ever
since
I
was
born
and
we
would
be
lucky
to
have
him
on
this.
Council
he's
inspired
myself
and
many
others
and
always
gives
back
to
the
city.
So
please
support
him
for
a
district,
a
appointment.
Thank
you.
AJ
Good
evening,
mayor
and
Council,
my
name
is
Andrew
Siegler.
Thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
speak,
I'm,
a
San,
Jose,
Native
and
currently
live
in
the
city
too.
I
am
grateful
to
the
council
for
doing
what's
right
for
San
Jose,
ensuring
districts,
8
and
10
will
get
representation
as
soon
as
possible.
This
Council
will
be
enabled
to
work
on
the
real
issues
facing
us.
Ensuring
people
are
housed
and
protected
as
tenants
building
out
our
infrastructure.
Decriminalizing
homelessness
and
good
jobs
are
available
for
everyone.
AJ
As
a
formerly
Honda
housed
resident,
it's
a
formerly
unhoused
resident
I
know
firsthand
what
an
emergency
we're
facing
for
so
many
of
our
most
vulnerable.
This
is
why
I'm
ecstatic
that
you
will
fill
the
vacancies
in
a
matter
of
days
collectively,
you
will
make
a
difference,
a
positive
one
get
to
work.
Thank
you.
H
Good
evening,
mayor
and
council,
member
I'm
Arun
Singh,
one
of
small
business
from
District
10,
but
so
Dave
Singh
beniwal,
is
a
lifelong
friend
I'm
here
to
support
him.
What
can
I
tell
you
about
subdiv,
then
that
you
don't
know
already
from
him
and
others.
So
Dave
is
a
great
mentor
to
all
of
us
volunteers
who
work
under
him
at
the
Gurdwara
from
any
natural
disasters.
H
Let's
just
go
back
to
Santa
Rosa
fire,
so
Dev
Singh
Benny
was
was
responsible
for
taking
not
one,
not
two,
eight
eighteen
wheelers
full
of
good
Goods
that
we
needed
for
that
natural
disaster
that
happened
in
Santa,
Rosa
fire.
You
know
homeless,
shelter,
feeding
to
giving
out
blankets
going
to
The
Creeks
I'm,
always
his
on
his
right
hand,
side
helping
him
he's
a
person.
He
knows
how
to
delegate
responsibilities.
H
AK
As
regards
to
who
you
should
appoint,
I
call
your
attention
to
the
Charter
amendment
that
was
adopted
by
58
percent
of
the
voters.
Last
November
measure
I
measure
I
requires
that
the
city
council
adopt
a
code
of
ethics
that
promotes
racial
and
social
Equity
inclusion
and
racial
and
social
justice,
and
it
requires
that
the
city
council
employ
those
values
when
it
makes
its
decisions.
AK
AL
A
deer
honorable
mayor
and
council
members,
I'm
jaswinder
sohal
I'm,
a
resident
of
San
Jose
and
an
active
member
of
San
Jose
sick
Temple
known
as
Gurdwara
community
I,
announced
there
for
over
40
years,
I
known
him
as
a
volunteer
over
20
years.
His
passion
for
serving
the
community
has
been
instilled
in
him
by
his
family
values.
You
know
his
dad
before
that
was
a
Community
member
as
well
as
others
have
said.
AL
He
worked
hard
in
the
community
during
covert
times
natural
disaster
times
and
in
journal
in
the
community
has
organized
hot
meal
services,
blanket
rice
for
the
needy,
Multicultural
events
that
I've
been
part
of
for
the
last
12
13
years
and
collaborated
with
local
non-profits
to
get
this
done.
So
my
question
is
to
please
supportive
medieval
for
city
council
District,
8
appointment.
Thank
you
very
much.
AM
Good
evening,
mayor
and
council
members,
thank
you
so
Dave,
Singh,
Valley
Mall
is
a
very
loyal,
honest
and
a
great
leader
and
I'm
gonna
talk
only
about
what
I
am
contributing.
So
last
time
there
was
a
flourish
in
Florida
we
sent
six
six
18
wheelers
over
there.
He
was
a
part.
He
was
a
leader
on
that
one
fires
in
San
Jose
we
distributed
up
to
the
observatory.
All
the
firefighters
fires
happened
in
Napa.
AM
AB
AN
Dr,
mayor
and
council
members,
council,
member
Floyd,
touchdown
private
sector
being
in
the
private
sector.
As
an
engineer
been
my
mentor
for
the
last
20
years,
not
just
me
whoever
needed
help
in
our
community.
He
always
encouraged
them
he's
after
education
and
he's
he'll
be
good
leader
sitting
here.
So
I
kindly
request
you
to
support
him.
Thank
you.
AO
Good
evening
again
well
you're
in
city
council,
my
name
is
Lucille
artist,
again
I'm
the
political
director
with
working
Partnerships
USA.
We
are
a
community
organization
that
believes
in
bringing
together
the
power
of
community
organizing
with
public
policy
Innovation
to
drive
the
movement
for
a
just
economy
and
I'm
here,
because
we're
so
excited
and
ready
to
get
to
work.
We're
excited
that
we're
going
to
have
new
leaders
at
the
city
council
who
are
going
to
be
working
on
the
issues
that
are
most
critical
for
the
city
like
housing
for
every
person.
AO
AB
AP
Hi,
my
name
is
Greg
Miller
I'm,
a
retired
nurse
live
in
District,
Five
and
I.
Wanna
I
am
grateful
to
the
council
members
Cohen
Jimenez,
Davis,
Uranus,
resparsa,
paralys
and
Carrasco
for
honoring
their
positions
in
doing
what's
right
for
San
Jose.
Their
decision
ensures
residents
of
District,
8
and
10
have
continuity
of
representation
and
an
advocate
who
continually
represents
their
needs,
especially
through
the
city
budget
process.
AP
In
March
we
need
a
city
council,
that's
ready
to
do
the
work
on
the
things
that
really
matter
like
a
home
for
every
family
of
critical
infrastructure,
safer,
neighborhoods
and
good
jobs.
For
all.
We
need
leaders
who
will
have
the
back
of
all
Working
Families,
who
call
San
Jose,
home
and
I.
Think
you
have
a
a
number
of
good
choices:
good
candidates
for
District
8
to
choose
from
so
good
luck.
Thank
you.
AQ
Good
evening,
mayor
and
Council,
and
to
our
newest
council
members,
congrats
I'm
a
long
time
resident
of
the
city
of
San,
Jose
and
executive
director
of
the
Latino
Coalition
of
Silicon
Valley
as
a
proud
graduate
of
Evergreen
Valley
High
School
I'm,
very
much
looking
forward
to
District
8
having
some
solid
representation
in
place
as
soon
as
possible.
Thank
you
so
much
for
moving
along
this
appointment
process.
AQ
I
implore
you
to
prioritize
filling
these
seats
with
candidates
that
know
the
issues,
understand
policy
and
can
get
to
work
immediately
and
really
Center
those
most
vulnerable
in
our
community,
because
when
you
uplift
those
folks,
you
uplift
all
of
us
and
we
all
benefit.
So.
Thank
you
so
much
for
your
time
and
thank
you.
AR
AR
AS
Good
evening,
mayor
Mayhem,
members
of
the
council,
80
percent
of
the
council
anyway,
my
name
is
Sam,
say
you,
I
am
a
retired
Union
business
representative,
a
resident
of
District
8
living
in
the
same
location
for
over
35
years
in
the
Eastridge
Mobile
Estates
mobile
home
park
at
Quimby
Road
near
Tully,
three
blocks
away
from
a
couple
of
those
boarded
up
businesses
that
were
referenced
earlier.
A
couple
of
nice
restaurants,
so
I
do
hope.
AS
AB
M
Expect
it
to
me
and
council
members
of
San
Jose
City
I'm
speaking
to
SPO,
my
name
is
rajendra
Singh
I'm
speaking
to
sport,
sukhdev
Singh,
berniva
I
know
him
for
the
last
35
years.
He
has
been
always
a
leader
and
community
worker
all
the
time.
He
has
a
passion
to
help
other
people's
during
the
time
of
the
need
and
that's
in
his
blood
and
he
works
for
it
all
the
time.
He
works
very
hard
with
the
community
members
and
he
worked
during
the
cover
19.
M
AT
AT
We
have
important
policies
to
pass
and
we
have
families
depending
on
the
actions
that
you
all
do
in
this
city,
and
so
we
should
focus
on
infrastructure
that
actually
works
housing
that
actually
works
now
looking
at
the
short
term,
but
rather
the
long-term
effects
of
these
things.
We
need
to
start
disappointing
private
businesses.
We
need
to
start
disappointing
those
private
interests
that
actually
benefit
or
prey
on
our
communities.
We
have
policies
here,
Copa,
for
example,
that
can
actually
pass
and
benefit
our
community
so
start
disappointing.
AU
Hello,
my
name
is
I'm
here
in
support
of
suggesting
Banning
wall.
I
want
to
just
mention
very
two
things
briefly,
one
that
I
believe
he's
a
very
hard
worker
and
he'd
be
a
great
addition
to
the
council.
Number
two
he's
a
consensus
Builder.
So
when
the
consensus
Builder
side,
you
know,
they're,
always
differing
views
and
different
groups
at
play.
AU
I
think
he'd
be
very
helpful
for
him
to
be
in
the
council,
because
he'd
be
able
to
sit
with
everyone
and
to
listen
to
both
sides
and
then
be
able
to
work
with
both
of
them
and
then
to
come
to
a
decision
and
on
the
hard
worker
side.
I
I
can
see
him
working
day
and
night
and
especially
with
the
community.
He
just
likes
to
contribute
so
much
to
the
community
and
I
can
see
him
at
times.
AU
AV
Good
evening
Mr
Mayor
and
members
of
the
council
staff
and
the
audience
behind
me:
I'm
Bob,
Dylan
I'm,
president
of
Secret
Garden
San
Jose,
we
serve
20,
000,
plus
people
around
the
bigger
San,
Jose
and
sukhdev
Singh
very
well
has
been
serving
in
the
larger
San
Jose
area.
You
have
heard
some
of
the
things
that
he
has
done
in
San
Jose,
but
you
know
he's
he's
expanded
little
more
than
than
just
San
Jose.
You
know
he
is
a
manager
in
a
Private
Industry
right
now.
AV
AW
AW
AW
AX
Hi
there,
sorry,
in
the
short
time
that
we've
had
to
learn
more
about
the
candidates
and
after
listening
to
last
night's
District
8
forum
and
today's
q,
a
I
find
sukdev
benawal
to
be
the
best
candidate
he's
a
proven
consensus.
Builder
he's
worked
very
very
hard
for
the
community.
He
comes
from
a
hard-working
family
and
has
been
in
District
8
for
over
40
years
and
sukdev
would
bring
some
much
needed
diversity
to
our
city.
Council
I,
encourage
you
all
to
vote
for
sukdev
benawa.
Thank
you.
AY
Good
evening,
mayor
and
Council,
my
name
is
Ronald.
Pratt
I've
lived
in
San
Jose,
my
entire
life
I'm,
a
third
generation
San
Jose
resident
I,
grew
up
in
the
Evergreen
area,
I'm
also
a
third
generation
Local
104
sheet
metal
worker
and
I'm,
proud
of
that
as
well.
I,
look
around
the
city
and
I'm
sad
and
angered
by
how
many
of
our
fellow
San
Jose
citizens
are
without
a
roof
over
their
head.
Anyone
that
lives
here
knows
that
the
housing
crisis
has
deepened
in
the
last
few
years.
AY
We
do
not
have
time
to
waste,
and
yet,
for
the
past
few
weeks,
the
council,
our
local
media
and
our
many
Community
groups
have
been
working
to
stall
a
smooth
up
appointment
process
that
will
ensure
we
have
full
city
council
sooner
than
later
and
that
we
can
get
to
work
on
the
pressing
issues
of
our
housing
crisis.
Mayor
Mahan
had
housing
on
his
campaign
agenda
by
focusing
on
special
election.
He
distracts
from
the
real
problem.
AY
Our
city
faces
I'm,
tired
of
also
seeing
the
many
Local
104
sheet
metal
workers
that
have
to
move
out
of
this
area
and
commute
to
work
because
they
can't
afford
to
live
here.
We
build
this
city,
we
should
be
afforded
able
to
afford
to
live
in
it
so
I
think
affordable
housing
should
be
the
top
of
this
council's
agenda.
Thank
you.
AZ
A
good
evening,
mayor
and
Council,
my
name
is
Krista
De
la
Torre
and
I'm,
a
union
representative
and
organizer
with
ifpte
local
21..
We
represent
over
900
city
workers
here
in
San
Jose
and
over
11
000
across
the
entire
Bay
Area.
First
I
want
to
thank
the
council
for
conducting
an
open
and
transparent
appointment
process.
AZ
Currently,
the
city
has
over
900
vacant
position,
putting
us
in
a
dire
Staffing
or
Staffing
crisis.
This
crisis
drastically
impacts
our
ability
to
deliver
quality,
timely
services
to
our
community
and,
as
you
assess
the
candidates
before
you
today,
I
urge
you
to
thoughtfully
consider
whether
they
have
sufficient
experience
working
within
our
community
and
with
local
government
to
be
able
to
step
up
and
serve.
AZ
BA
BB
A
good
evening
mayor
and
San
Jose
City,
Council
Members
I
am
harpreet
Singh
I
know
sukhdev
veniwal
from
last
10
years,
when
I
moved
to
Bay
area,
so
I
met
him
at
the
San
Jose
Temple
and
then
I
worked
with
him
in
different
like
drives.
We
did
some
food
drives
for
lesser
unfortunate
people,
since
San
Jose
and
then
some
other
community
works.
I
have
done
with
him.
So
he's
a
hard-working
and
a
very
honest
man,
so
I
urge
you
all
to
consider
sukhdev
Singh
beniwal
for
this
position.
BC
D
D
O
BD
Hi
everyone,
my
name,
is
jabir
Bhatia,
I'm,
really
happy
to
see
you
all
here
today,
I'm
here
in
support
of
sukhdev
Singh
baniwal
he's
an
ideal
candidate
and
would
be
a
wonderful
public
representative
and
a
proven
candidate.
He
has
unnecessary
skills
and
the
experience
and
the
value
system
he
has
been
always
a
servant.
Leader
has
management,
experience,
managing
and
creating
policy
and
a
community
mindset.
He
has
been
a
manager
and
a
software
company
he's
been
working
with
many
of
you
in
the
government.
BD
BF
Honorable
mayor
and
council
members
on
December
5th,
the
former
city
council,
heard
from
hundreds
of
residents
from
all
districts
supporting
a
special
election.
A
new
poll
confirms
that
voters
want
a
special
election.
The
former
Council
made
an
error
in
approving
only
the
appointment
of
council
members.
The
reason
stated
were
caused
length
of
time
no
timely
representation.
The
city
managed
confirmed
that
there
are
the
funds,
the
city
clerk
said.
The
timeline
could
be
shortened
and
an
interim
appointment
until
a
special
election
solves
a
representation
problem.
BF
D
D
D
D
BG
You
hear
me
now:
yes,
okay,
so
the
residents
of
District,
8
and
10
did
not
vote
for
representatives
of
other
districts.
Those
people
should
not
decide
who
will
represent
us.
After
rejecting
the
views
of
hundreds
of
us
who
spoke
in
support
of
a
special
election,
Council
assured
us,
the
appointment
process
would
be
transparent,
but
to
date
the
process
has
been
anything
but
councilmed
in
private
to
choose
applicants
for
the
final
round
and
the
public
has
a
right
to
know
how
and
why
each
councilman
member
voted.
BG
Furthermore,
the
process
is
being
rushed
and
allegations
of
wrongdoing
are
only
now
surfacing
against
some
of
the
finalists.
There
has
not
been
adequate
time
to
fully
vet
applicants,
but
that
would
happen
naturally
in
an
open
election
process,
reeks
of
old-style
backroom
politics,
but
you
can
fix
it.
You
can
appoint
interim
council
members
and
hold
special
elections
to
take
to
right
or
wrong,
takes
courage
and
I
respectfully
ask
you
to
do
the
right
thing.
BH
I'm
Dolores
Carr
I'm
a
resident
of
district
10
over
30
years,
I
respect
the
applicants
here
today,
but
today's
process
has
been
flawed
from
the
outset.
First,
our
right
to
choose
our
own
representative
was
denied.
Second,
you
promised
this
process
would
be
open
and
transparent,
but
there
was
no
Outreach
to
publicize
it.
How
you
chose
applicants
to
be
interviewed
was
secret.
There's
not
been
enough
time
to
vet
The
Chosen
applicants,
as
would
happen
in
an
election
allegations,
have
surfaced
which
Cloud
applicants
canvas,
has
seen.
BH
Rules
on
how
the
interviews
and
voting
will
be
conducted
have
changed
several
times.
How
do
you
expect
residents
in
d8
and
10
to
trust
that
you
have
our
best
interest
in
mind?
It
takes
leadership
to
admit
the
prior
Council
made
a
serious
mistake.
I
hope.
One
of
you
will
find
the
courage
to
make
a
motion
to
undo
this
process,
principles
and
democracy
matter.
BH
BI
Good
evening,
mayor
and
city
council
I'm
Rose
Herrera,
former
District
8
council
member
vice
mayor
and
District
8
resident
for
over
40
years,
I've
been
elected
twice
by
the
voters
of
District
8
and
know
the
rigors
of
an
election
we've
heard
from
The
Chosen
candidates
today.
My
concern
is
that
our
district
8
voters
will
not
have
the
opportunity
to
hear
from
them
over
the
course
of
a
special
election
and
then
be
able
to
vote
for
the
candidate
of
their
choice.
BI
Instead,
nine
council
members
will
decide
for
us,
whomever
is
appointed,
will
have
the
advantage
of
incumbency
which
will
disadvantage
candidates
who
may
want
to
run
in
2024..
This
process
violates
our
Democratic
principles
and
is
inconsistent
with
the
president's
set
for
filling
Council
vacancies.
The
past
30
years.
In
a
democracy,
there
is
nothing
more
important
than
our
right
to
vote
for
those
Representatives,
Nelson
Mandela
said
it's
never
too
late
to
do
the
right
thing.
BI
AA
AA
AA
AA
We
believe
it
is
the
most
efficient
use
of
time
and
public
funds
and
that
we
we
are
completely
confident
that
we
are
consistent
with
a
democratic
process
and
that
we
are,
there
will
be
another
election
soon
and
we
we
support
yeah,
like
I
I,
see
I,
see
my
attempt
to
the
rest
to
thank
you
so
much.
Thank
you.
BJ
Thank
you
so
much.
My
name
is
William.
I
am
a
resident
of
San.
Jose
tonight
was
very
disappointing.
It
was
a
good
show,
but
it
was
very,
very
disappointing.
You've
heard
about
this
poll.
90
percent
of
the
residents
of
this
city
want
a
special
election,
but
there
are
members
of
our
Council
that
have
decided
that
this
is
a
great
time
for
a
pure
power
grab.
That
has
nothing
to
do
with
democracy.
BJ
BK
Hi
Blair
Beekman
here
yeah
for
as
much
as
you
know,
I
I
can
see
really
both
points
of
view
about.
Do
we
have
an
election
or
do
we
have
an
appointment
process?
Both
both
ideas
are
good,
I
think
as
we're
going
with
the
appointment
process
to
hear
what
people's
point
of
view
about
particular
candidates
to
help
shape
how
the
council
can
make
their
decisions.
Hopefully
that
can
be
helpful
at
this
time
and
constructive
I
really
hope
that
you
want
to
practice.
BK
Whoever
is
will
be
picked
but
want
to
practice
and
consider
the
ideas
of
mixed
income
and
the
importance
of
low
and
extremely
extremely
low
and
very
low
income
housing
options
in
our
future
and
and
just
the
incredible
purpose
and
good
intentions
of
a
accountability
practices
with
the
future
of
technology
in
a
community.
It's
not
just
the
innovation
of
tech,
The
Innovation
these
days
should
be
the
accountability
practices,
and
we
should
really
study
that
for
all
of
us
in
our
community
future.
Thank
you.
BL
BL
BL
BM
BM
BM
D
BN
BN
has
always
believed
in
open
and
fair
elections
a
way
to
see
the
well.
The
people
carried
out
this
time.
We
put
a
point,
some
of
the
Philippines
with
better
service
people,
see.
As
always
says,
resources
were
limited.
They
must
maximize
the
doubt
they
had
this
time.
We
feel
they
call.
These
special
elections
is
not
the
most
efficient
way
to
use
the
scarce
resources
of
the
city,
also
especially
favor
certain
money
interest
rather
than
the
workers
of
the
city.
So
it
has
many
problems.
These
include
income,
inequality
and
housing.
BO
Good
evening,
council
members
and
mayor
I
appreciate
the
opportunity
to
contribute
to
this
important
process.
My
name
is
Casey
Hill
and
I
serve
as
executive
director
of
Veggie
Lucian,
a
member
of
the
ccueta
collective
in
East
San
Jose
I've,
known
Sal
Alvarez
for
over
seven
years
and
I'm
honored
that
he
currently
serves
on
the
board
of
directors
of
vegilution.
When
Sal
told
me
he
had
decided
to
apply
for
the
D.A
Council
seat,
it
took
me
no
time
to
make
a
mental
inventory
of
the
qualities
that
make
Sal
right
for
this
position.
BO
Sal
inspires
trust
by
Leading
with
integrity
and
a
deep
sense
of
empathy
and
Equity
sounds
responsive
and
approaches
new
issues
with
an
open
mind.
He
carefully
considers
points
of
view
that
differ
from
his
and
makes
his
decisions
that
are
practical
and
based
in
closely
held
values.
Sal
understands
how
to
navigate
City
policies
and
processes.
He
appreciates
both
the
opportunities
and
challenges
of
local
government.
Finally,
Sal
is
a
team
player
who
can
identify
the
specific
talents
and
skills
of
those
with
whom
he
works
closely.
I
hope
you
will
support
Sal
Alvarez
for
District
8,
council
member.
BO
BP
Good
evening,
council
members
and
mayor
Mayhem,
my
name
is
Andres
solomona
and
I
am
a
residence
of
District.
8.
I've
already
expressed
my
opposition
to
this
undemocratic
appointment
process,
but
at
the
minimum
today's
appointee
needs
to
be
limited
to
holding
the
district
8
seats
until
a
city
holds
a
special
election
as
soon
as
possible.
Democracy
is
important.
Thank
you.
AO
D
BQ
Yes,
thank
you.
First
of
all,
I'd
like
to
acknowledge
Sonora
Alvarez
and
the
work
that
both
you
and
Dr
Alvarez
did
for
the
Chicano
movement
movement
I've
been
reading
through
a
document
that
was
produced
by
Father,
Anthony,
Soto
and
Dr.
Alvarez's
name
is
literally
littered
in
this
document.
So
I
just
want
to
thank
you
for
the
work
that
you've
done
on
behalf
of
the
Chicano
movement
and
producing
cell
Alvarez
junior
I
think
that
he
is
a
qualified
to
do
the
job.
However,
I
am
encouraged.
BQ
I
mean
very,
very
surprised
that
I
would
be
willing
to
work
with
any
of
the
candidates.
I
think
the
candidates
that
are
Vine
for
District
8
are
all
qualified
I
think
the
council
has
a
very
tough
decision
to
make,
but
I
couldn't
speak
without
acknowledging
the
work
of
Dr,
Alvarez
and
Senora
Selby
Alvarez.
Thank
you.
BR
Hi,
my
name
is
good
Garrett
I'm
here
to
support
Mr
sukhdev
Singh
baniwal.
Today,
Mr
benwell,
he
is
a
great
leader
and
a
very,
very
kind
man
he's
very
passionate
about
community
service
and
he
wants
to
bring
positive
changes
in
our
community.
I
urge
everyone,
everyone
to
vote
for
Mr
vaniwal.
He
devotes
a
lot
of
time
doing
selfless
service
I,
think
he'd
make
a
great
council,
member
and
I
hope
you'd
support,
Mr
Manuel.
Thank
you.
So
much
Tony.
C
I
know
we
have
more
public
speakers
just
before
we
proceed.
I'd
like
to
I've
been
made
aware
of
some
questions
and
concerns
about
the
process
this
evening.
I
want
to
be
clear,
having
nothing
to
do
with
the
question
of
appointments
versus
elections
not
related
to
that
question,
but
specifically
about
tonight's
process.
I
would
like
to
suggest
to
my
colleagues
that
we
take
a
moment
to
do
an
urgency
adjournment
to
close
session
to
be
briefed
by
Nora.
If
you
all
would
be
willing
to
do
that
nor
I'll,
let
you
weigh
in
on
that.
BS
There's
been
a
some
questions
raised
about
the
process
tonight
and
and
the
that
might
impact
the
fairness
of
this
Pro
actual
process
and
the
interview
process
and
the
council
can
adjourn,
do
an
urgency
adjournment
into
closed
session.
It
will
allow
an
opportunity
to
discuss
what
can
be
discussed
in
a
closed
session
and
it
the
information
wasn't
known.
It
could
evolve
during
the
course
of
this
meeting
to
adjourn
into
closed
session,
we'll
take
to
a
two-thirds
vote
of
the
members
who
are
here.
BS
The
council
members
who
are
here
and
present
the
need
has
to
be
something
that
came
up
during
the
course
of
the
meeting
which
this
has,
and
that
is
a
basis
for
an
urgency
recess
into
closed
session
and
the
the
nature
of
the
concerns
that
have
been
raised
can
be
discussed
in
in
Greater.
Detail
with
the
council.
I
am
I,
do
have
some
concern
that
there
may
it
may
raise
a
a
litigation
risk
and
it
is
the
concerns.
C
G
Well,
I'm
not
ready
to
approve
anything
yet
I
think
I
need
a
little
bit
more
context.
This
seems
really
last
minute.
Nor
what
else
can
you
tell
me
or
tell
us
that
gives
us
an
idea
that
this
is
just
not
some
sort
of
delaying
tactic?
I
I'm
I'm
a
little
concerned
about
this
late
in
the
public
right
now.
But
what
can
you
tell
us
to
get
us
to
the
point
where
we
may
agree
to
the
six?
The
two-thirds.
BS
I,
don't
think
it
it's
meant
to
delay.
It
should
not
take
long,
but
it's
something
that
I
think
the
council
can
and
should
and
will
want
to
weigh
in
on
in
terms
of
this
process
and
the
legitimacy
of
this
process.
So
that's
the
reason
that
some
concerns
have
been
raised
and
that's
what
we're
trying
to
address.
G
R
C
C
K
Up
go
ahead.
Look
I
mean
I
I
like
to
defer
to
our
City
attorney
on
things
that
are
important
and
always
willing
to
listen
and
without
listening
without
knowing
what
this
is
about.
It's
really
hard
for
any
of
us
to
make
a
judgment.
I
don't
have
any
reason
to
believe
that
there's
anything
untoward
about
this
process
I
mean
but
I.
You
know
if
it's
a
quick
I.
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BS
Thank
you
mayor.
There
were
concerns
about
the
process
that
were
made
to
the
clerk
and
that
may
have
affected
the
legitimacy
of
the
process,
and
it
was
important
for
Council
to
know
about
those
concerns,
since
they
voted
earlier
this
evening
on
the
process
they
were
going
to
follow
following
a
discussion.
C
D
S
S
So
while
we
were
waiting
to
be
called
in,
one
of
the
candidates
was
on
their
phone.
When
we
were
told,
phones
were
not
allowed
and
it
looked
like
they
were
making
changes
to
their
speeches,
and
things
like
that.
So
I
observed
that
all
the
other,
a
couple
of
candidates
observed
that
as
well
and
just
wanted
to
bring
that
to
your
attention.
Y
Y
Council
member
I
was
asked
to
speak
on
the
facts.
What
I
observed
on
the
hallway
here
we're
supposed
to
be
sitting
here
and
the
person
next
to
me
when
we
first
started,
Patty
Andrea
entered
the
room
shortly
after
this
person
opened
a
laptop
and
continuously
look
at
the
phone
periodically
every
one
minute
or
so,
for
entire
proceeding.
Y
That's
just
my
observation,
and
after
looking
at
the
phone
going
back
to
the
laptop
writing
phone
laptop
continuously
for
at
least
two
candidate
rounds
of
candidate
with
suit
Dev
and
Sal
Alvarez
I
brought
the
attention
to
this
clerk's
office,
which
is
the
two
nice.
Ladies
out,
there
can
we
use
the
phone
and
she
said
no
kind
of
like
a
courtesy
and
the
the
behavior
continue
I'm
here,
just
to
speak
on
my
observation
and
the
fairness
of
it.
Thank
you.
BT
Good
evening,
Council
and
and
mayor
I
wanted
to
to
speak
today
on
the
transparency
of
the
process
that
has
happened
so
far.
I
do
appreciate
everyone's
time,
not
just
you
on
the
dice,
but
everyone
who's
been
sitting
up
here
for
the
last
six
hours
waiting
to
watch
this
process
go
through
I
think
it's
incredibly
important
that
some
things
are
brought
to
light,
especially
in
regards
to
a
lot
of
the
public
comment
that
has
been
made
throughout
this
last
couple
of
hours.
BT
X
Good
evening,
mayor
and
members
of
the
city
council,
I
stand
here
heartbroken
and
at
a
loss
of
words
at
the
allegations
that
are
raised
against
me.
I've
been
preparing
for
this
interview
for
weeks
with
phone
calls
from
my
trusted
advisors
at
a
DA,
Community
Roundtable
Forum
last
night,
I
I
got
to
know
what
what
issues
this
that
are
important
to
the
city
and
and
I
did
my
own
homework
and
for
for
for
for
the
allegations
to
come
up
against
me
and
be
raised,
it's
it's
heartbreaking
and
and
I.
X
BU
Hello
members,
good
evening,
mayor
Mayhem
and
council
members,
my
name
is
Gustavo.
Gonzalez
I
was
born
here
in
the
city
of
San,
Jose
and
I'm.
Raising
my
family
here
and
I
built
the
business
here.
So
I
care
deeply
about
the
city
of
San
Jose
I'm,
not
going
to
repeat
what
you
already
heard,
but
I
do
want
to
do
a
quick
history
lesson
the
way
I
see
this
is
we're
going
back
to
1664.,
and
this
is
what
I'm
going
to
call
a
constitutional
monarchy.
BU
This
is
when
King
Charles
II
gave
the
New
Jersey
colony
to
his
brother,
the
Duke
of
York.
In
this
case,
we
have
eight
monarchs
that
are
going
to
choose
the
next
two
representatives
of
District
8
and
10
and
they're
not
giving
the
Democratic
process
what
it
needs,
which
is
the
people
in
those
districts
to
vote.
So
please
don't
take
us
back
to
1664
constitutional
monarchy.
Please
bring
us
back
to
2023
politics
and
let
the
people
vote.
Thank
you.
BV
Thank
you,
council
members.
Your
decision
to
appoint
d8
council
member
is
to
be
made
after
an
interview,
process,
beginning
and
ending
tonight
Council.
This
is
not
enough
time
to
vet
and
choose
a
member
of
our
city
council,
one
whose
District
you
don't
represent.
Nor
is
it
the
right
way
by
not
allowing
residents
our
right
to
vet
candidates
during
the
campaign
process.
You
strip
the
relationships
that
form
between
candidates
and
residents,
businesses,
associations,
religious
organizations,
supporters,
detractors
news
sources,
all
of
who
make
up
and
are
stakeholders
in
the
community
by
disallowing
citizens
of
this
knowledge.
BV
BW
BW
My
urge
to
elect
sukhdev
Singh
Banning
ball
is
a
good
leader.
He
has
been
leading
many
activities.
Food
drives.
Disaster
relief
is
the
one
who
went
at
10,
30
pm
at
Target
and
by
the
needy
item
for
children's
and
women's
and
men's
to
deliver
at
floods
for
large
shelter
at
James
clicks
schools,
I,
remember,
I
was
with
him
again
I
urge
you
to
select
sukhdev
Singh
baniva.
Thank
you.
BX
Hello
good
evening,
my
name
is
gurpreet.
Singh
I
have
been
a
resident
of
Evergreen
area
for
27
years.
I
want
to
send
someone
to
the
city
council,
who
has
the
following
characteristics:
approachable
commitment,
good
and
open
communication,
sound
judgment
and
integrity,
strategic
thinking,
proven
performance,
understanding
of
teamwork
and,
lastly,
time
and
financial
resources
to
serve
I
truly
believe
so
today,
beniwal
has
all
these
qualities
and
request
honorable
mayor
and
council
member
to
support
him.
Thank
you.
BY
Oh
thank
you
good
evening,
Maryland,
council
members.
This
is
Louise
our
Han
I'm
over
20-year
resident
of
San
Jose
I
live
currently
in
District
3
and
my
mom
lives
in
District
8..
First
of
all,
I
want
to
thank
you
all
for
this
process
and
for
really
doing
what's
right
for
District
8
and
for
San
Jose.
We
need
a
council
that
fully
represents
all
districts
and
is
ready
to
get
to
work
on.
BY
The
Urgent
needs
that
our
city
has
and,
first
and
foremost,
ensuring
that
there
are
representatives
for
every
District
in
the
city
budget
process,
which
starts
officially
in
March,
but
really
is
starting
already.
So
we
need
somebody
who
is
ready
to
hit
the
ground
running
and
is
ready
to
find
solutions
for
things
that
really
matter:
affordable
housing
for
All,
Families,
good
jobs,
prevention
of
wage
theft
and
neighborhood
and
community
services
for
our
youth
and
our
children.
So
please
consider
these
San
Jose
values
in
your
choice.
W
Hi
Mike
zadagram
preservation,
Action
Council
for
all
applicants
and
elected
council
members.
Please
make
2023
a
year
that
you
use
your
policing,
Powers
relative
to
land
use
by
rejecting
housing
projects
that
don't
include
affordable
housing
and
for
all
commercial
projects
that
do
not
identify
the
planned
tenants
so
that
the
tenant
can
engage
openly
with
the
community,
as
has
been
done
so
well
for
the
downtown
west
project
through
Google.
I
often
hear
that
projects
are
not
viable
without
ignoring
key
goals
of
the
city
and
key
standards.
AR
D
V
Submitted
a
card
earlier
so
I,
don't
know
why
my
name
wasn't
called
so
I
resubmit
it
that
was
just
noticing
the
laptop
I
just
wanted
to
bring
that
out.
Also
with
some
of
my
colleagues,
even
when
taking
a
reading
here,
I
was
noticing
that
seemed
like
it
was
unfair
that
something
was
going
on
so
I'm,
not
blaming
anybody,
but
I
just
wanted
to
bring
that
up
to
the
council.
Thank
you.
BZ
Good
evening,
mayor
Mayan
and
council
members,
my
name
is
Kelly
Hunt
and
I've
been
a
resident
of
the
San
Jose
for
53
years.
I,
attended
the
special
counsel
meeting
on
December
5th
and
want
to
express
my
disappointment
in
your
decision
for
an
appointment
process
for
districts,
8
and
10.,
I'm,
quite
confident
that
none
of
you
on
the
council
would
be
willing
to
give
up
your
right
to
vote,
let
alone
have
it
stripped
from
you
as
you've
done
to
us.
BZ
It's
not
as
if
90
of
the
citizens
support
your
decision
for
an
appointment
with
just
a
small
Fringe
pushing
for
a
special
election.
In
fact,
it's
quite
the
opposite.
You
are
all
well
aware
that
the
vast
majority
want
and
are
entitled
to
vote
for
our
own
representative
I
urge
you
to
reconsider.
You
have
the
means
and
the
opportunity
to
do
the
right
thing.
The
question
is
how
many
of
you
will
choose
to
do
the
right
thing.
Thank
you.
CA
Hello,
my
name
is
Carol
Garvey
San
Jose
has
been
my
home
for
68
years.
I
attended
the
meeting
in
December,
where
the
city
council
made
the
difficult,
though
ultimately
best
decision
to
use
the
appointment
process
to
fill
vacancies
in
District,
8
and
10..
The
appointment
process
makes
perfect
sense
in
two
important
ways:
it
ensures
that
District,
8
and
10
will
have
new
Representatives
on
the
council
much
faster
than
if
elections
were
to
take
place,
and
it
saves
up
to
11
million
hard-earned
taxpayer
dollars
which
are
needed
for
critical
services
such
as
homelessness
and
housing.
CA
CB
Hello,
yes,
good
evening,
my
name
is
Mendoza
or
Mr.
I'm,
Mendoza
and
I'm.
A
resident
of
the
district.
Seven
and
I
want
to
thank
the
whole
Council
and
the
mayor
for
saving
the
city
so
much
money.
Ten
thousand
I
mean
10
million
dollars.
You
know
we
can
use
that
to
really
really
help
unhouse
community
members
and
then
we
can
move
forward
with
United
in
the
city.
You
know,
because
that's
what
common
sense
does
you
know
and
let's
start
that
Revolution
I
can
wait.
So
thank
you
very
much
have
a
good
night.
D
CC
Hi
Sandra
Weber
here
good
evening,
mayor
Mahan
and
council
members
Council,
has
heard
here
tonight.
Public
support
for
various
candidates,
council's
determination
of
who
is
best
suited
for
the
role
will
raise
questions
from
the
supporters
of
the
candidates
who
are
not
chosen.
This
subjective
action
by
the
council
erodes
confidence
in
the
council.
The
process
itself
will
further
be
questioned
by
constituents
in
all
districts
of
San
Jose,
which
can
take
up
time
and
effort
by
city
council
members
in
answering
probing
accusations,
as
we
have
seen
here
tonight.
CC
CD
Hello:
five
billions,
president
San
Jose
Silicon
Valley
branch
of
the
NAACP
co-chair
line.
That's
our
own
table
we'd
like
to
encourage
the
city
council
to
continue
with
the
important
process.
We
have
great
applicants
for
you
to
choose
from
most
cities.
School
districts
extend
Special,
Districts
use
the
same
process
to
fill
their
vacancies
when
they
have
resignations
or
persons
being
elected
to
other
offices.
CD
CE
Hi
good
afternoon,
mayor
and
city
council,
my
name
is
Araceli
I'm,
a
San
Jose
resident
and
political
organizer,
with
SEIU
usw
I'm
here
tonight
to
apply
counsel
for
moving
forward
with
the
appointment
process
to
ensure
all
D.A
residents
who
have
have
representation.
We
just
ask
that
you
appoint
someone
who
will
represent
all
the
neighborhoods
in
D.A
and
not
just
the
Evergreen
suburbs
neighborhoods
in
Ocala,
metal,
Fair,
King
and
King
Road
also
deserve
proper
representation
and
Leadership.
CE
AO
BE
Good
evening,
mayor
council
members,
I
Gina,
Zari,
Sam,
Santa,
Clara,
County,
Association
of
Walters
I,
don't
think
any
irreversible
harm
has
been
done
yet
I,
don't
think
this
process
is
complete.
I
think
that
we
can
still
have
a
special
election
called
after
these
council
members
are
seated
as
nrm
council
members,
I
I'm
asking
you
to
please
consider
doing
the
right
thing.
We
don't
need
a
poll
to
determine
what
the
voters
think
and
what
the
constituents
think
we
know.
BE
We
know
that
90
percent
of
the
residents
of
s
of
San
Jose
believe
that
they
should
be
able
to
have
the
right
to
vote
on
their
own
council
members.
So
please
do
the
right
thing.
Nothing!
Nothing
can't
be
fixed
at
this
point,
so
please,
please
counsel,
consider
doing
the
right
thing
and
calling
for
a
special
election
and
allowing
the
voters
to
decide
who
they
want
to
represent
them
for
the
next
two
years.
Thank
you.
So
much.
CF
Good
evening,
mayor
and
council
members,
my
name
is
beer.
Paul,
Kor,
sidhu
I
was
born
and
raised
in
San
Jose
District
Four,
I'm
speaking
to
support
sukhdev
beniwal
for
the
district
8
appointment
I
have
known
for
many
years
and
he
has
been
a
community
volunteer
and
leader
for
over
20
years.
His
passion
for
serving
the
community
has
been
instilled
in
him
by
his
family
values.
He
works
really
hard
in
the
community
and
has
so
during
the
pandemic.
CF
During
times
of
natural
disaster
and
in
general
in
the
community,
he
has
organized
lots
of
hot
meal
services
blanket
drives
for
the
needy,
Multicultural
events
and
collaborated
with
other
non-profits
he's
ready
to
serve
the
city
of
San
Jose,
with
his
experience
and
Leadership.
So
I
ask
that
you
please
support
so
that
they
have
seen
bannable
for
the
city
council,
District,
Aid
appointment.
Thank
you.
CG
CG
AF
CH
Yes,
can
you
hear
me?
Yes,
yes,
so
I
think
you
can
have
the
best
of
both
worlds,
make
an
appointment
for
three
or
six
months,
the
time
it
would
take
to
have
a
special
election.
You
would
have
the
both
District,
eight
and
district
10
represented
during
this
time
during
the
budget
process,
and
you
give
the
voters
a
an
opportunity
to
be
part
of
the
process
and
Democratic
process
and
vote.
Thank
you
one.
CH
CI
D
CJ
Oh
yes,
there
you
go
hello,
everyone
I
am
Professor
balti
Singh
man
from
San,
Jose,
State,
University
and
the
resident
of
Evergreen
area.
I
want
to
endorse
the
candidacy
of
sukhdevs
in
beniwal.
Why
he
needs
this
position
of
a
council
member
I
want
to
remind
every
one
of
you
gathered
here
at
the
city
council
today
that
the
California
six
have
received
Statewide
recognition
through
a
State
Assembly
resolution
focusing
on
recognizing
and
promoting
understanding
of
this
ethnic
and
religious
group.
CJ
This
legislation
needs
to
be
played
with
the
Sikh
muntis
political
voice
in
Civic
engagement
through
our
mass
and
popular
face
of
sukhdev
Singh
venibal,
who
is
a
man
of
integrity.
I
am
working
with
him
in
the
gurudwara
to
run
education
initiatives
like
Heritage,
School,
College,
Prep
program
and
promotion
of
Sports,
seeking
your
approval
for
sukhdevs.
CK
Hello,
can
you
hear
me
yes,
hi,
hello,
mayor
and
Council?
My
name
is
Daniela
baldivia
I'm,
a
resident
of
San
Jose
and
I
would
like
to
reiterate
support
for
the
appointment
process.
The
residents
of
Da
and
D9
deserve
to
have
representation
sooner
than
later,
and
we
can't
afford
to
waste
time
on
another
special
election.
Our
community
deserves
to
move
forward
with
a
progressive
leader,
who's
going
to
uplift
the
underrepresented
communities
of
D.A.
Thank
you
again,
Council
and
mayor
for
your
time
and
thoughtfulness
in
this
process.
Thank
you.
CL
Yes,
thank
you
mayor
and
honorable
Council
I,
really,
first
off
I
want
to
appreciate
I,
appreciate
all
the
candidates
that
put
their
names
forward
and
are
willing
to
to
serve
and
I
think
we
have
some
potentially
some
good
candidates,
but
but
I
don't
know
because
we
rushed
through
this
process.
I
still
feel
very
uncomfortable
with
the
appointment
process.
It
just
doesn't
feel
right
to
me
taking
away
the
rights
of
the
people
to
choose
the
representatives,
so
it's
a
very
bad
precedent
in
my
opinion.
Thank
you
very
much.
CL
CM
CM
It
might
not
be
too
hard
for
you
to
choose
who
you
like,
but
there's
no
way
for
you
to
guess
what
the
district
8
and
district
10
people
want
for
their
representative,
because
none
of
you
live
there
and
accept
mayor
Mayhem
live
in
District
10..
This
should
not
be
the
choice
of
yours.
This
should
be
the
choice
of
people,
so
please
don't
take
the
rights
away
from
the
people.
Thank.
D
D
C
Thank
you,
Tony
I,
want
to
as
we
come
back
for
our
Council
deliberation.
I
want
to
thank
everyone,
including
our
applicants
and
all
the
members
of
the
public,
for
your
patience.
This
has
been
a
long
and
somewhat
confusing
process,
and,
frankly,
I'll
just
State
for
the
record.
I
am
disappointed,
I'm
disappointed
because
I
think
you
all
know
that
this
is
the
process
we're
following
I
think
we
would
have
been
well
served
to
have
an
election
even
if
we
were
doing
an
interim
appointment.
That
being
said,
I'm
not
here
tonight
to
relitigate
the
decision.
C
Past
Council
made
I
understand
it's
the
will
of
this
Council
to
move
forward
with
the
unemployment
process,
which
is
what
we're
doing
this
evening.
I
appreciate
all
the
public
comment
on
both
sides
of
that
issue,
and
certainly
listen
to
it
carefully.
My
opinion
on
that
hasn't
changed.
I'm,
also
disappointed
that
the
Integrity
of
the
process
has
been
called
into
question
this
evening
and
I
expect
us
to
do
better
on
Thursday
from
a
process.
C
So
to
remind
folks,
the
process
we
agreed
on
is
that
each
council,
member
in
this
round
of
deliberation,
will
have
the
opportunity
to
ask
a
question.
The
question
answer
should
be
two
minutes
roughly
and
the
questions
do
not
have
to
be
consistent
for
each
of
the
applicants
and,
if
the
council
so
decides
after
that,
that
we
need
more
time
I
think
the
council
can
modify
the
process
from
there.
C
O
Thank
you
so
much
mayor
Mayhem,
you
know
as
a
public
servant
and
an
elected
official,
we
make
hard
decisions.
We
know
that
we
put
we
we
are
here
because
of
the
trusts
that
are
the
electorate
puts
us
puts
us
in.
So
it
is
a
privilege.
You
know.
I
would
like
to
ask
each
of
the
candidates
if
they
would
answer
very
succinctly
when
you
have
to
make
a
decision.
O
C
C
Y
How
many
minutes
do
I
have
one
minute:
okay,
you're
right
in
a
position
of
leadership,
the
time
you
make
hard
hard
decision
and
you
go
back
to
fairness
and
meaningful
to
me.
I,
go
back
to
how
I
was
raised
in
my
experience
in
life
and
I'll
always
come
back
to
having
the
highest
trust
and
confident
in
our
leadership.
C
X
V
Yeah,
it's
all
about
values
and
your
experience
that
you
have
over
time.
You
look
into
your
heart.
Are
you
making
the
right
decision,
whether
it
it's
it
hurts
the
person
that's
there?
But
if
you,
if
you
need
to
make
the
right
decision,
if
your
heart
says
it's
the
right
decision
with
all
the
inputs
that
you
have
at
that
time,
you
need
to
use
your
best
judgment
and
integrity
and
honestly
make
the
right
decision
towards
whether
it's
hard
on
the
person
or
that
decision.
C
N
I
make
it
personal
as
an
example
I'm
thinking
of
Reed
Hillview
airport.
If
I'm
not
willing
to
live
in
that
area,
then
it's
not
good
enough
for
others
to
live
there.
So
for
me,
it's
about
making
it
personal.
We
need
to
make
sure
that
Whatever
Whenever
we
make
decisions,
we're
making
the
right
decisions
and
we're
also
thinking
about
what
would
I
do.
Is
this
what
I
would
want?
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
E
Thank
you
so
much
Mr,
Mayor
I
have
a
comment
and
then
a
question
you
know
I
know
I
know
that
some
people
have
mentioned
their
frustration
with
the
accusations
in
regards
to
the
public
process.
I'm,
not
surprised
about
the
accusations.
This
is
a
political
process.
There
are
several
political
operatives
working
in
regards
to
undermining
our
process,
and
you
know
it's
not
it's
it's.
No.
E
It
leaves
no
surprise
to
me
that
individuals
would,
you
know,
file
allegations
or
accusations
against
one
another
I
mean
if
it
was
up
to
any
of
us
our
opponents
and
the
accusations
that
were
logged
against
us.
We
wouldn't
be
up
here
on
this
on
this
stage.
It's
very
common
and,
to
that
I
say
those
who
live
in
glass
houses
shouldn't
throw
stones
because
there's
a
lot
of
accusations
that
have
been
thrown
around
in
this
in
this
process.
X
Much
time
do
I
have
one
minute:
each
okay.
Thank
you,
councilmember
Ortiz,
for
the
question.
The
budget,
in
my
opinion,
is
all
about
collaboration
and
compromise.
Without
sacrificing
services
to
our
residents,
we
have
to
look
at
the
bread
and
butter
of
local
government,
which
is
Public
Safety,
ensuring
that
the
residents
specifically
the
residents
in
District
8,
have
adequate
Patrol
officers
on
the
beat
to
ensure
that
our
community
is
safe
enough
firefighters
in
in
the
fire
stations
to
ensure
they're,
putting
out
fires
and
keeping
response
times
Downs.
The
second
is
looking
towards
infrastructure.
X
I
mentioned
it
earlier
and
I
believe
we
have
to
adequately
fund
road
infrastructure,
maintenance,
Street,
resurfacing,
Etc
and
the
third
I
would
say
is
Youth
and
Family
Services.
We
have
to
continue
and
provide
for
our
community,
whether
it's
senior
nutrition
programs
or
recreational
programs.
Those
are
the
three
priority
areas
in
the
budget.
That
I
would
look
for.
Thank.
C
V
V
Providing
more
affordable
housing
to
fight
some
of
our
highest,
our
highest
priorities
in
the
city,
affordable
housing,
so
we
house
our
unhoused
and
we
don't
see
an
exodus
of
people
from
San,
Jose
and
third,
of
course,
is
transportation
as
I
brought
up
before
also
having
the
proper
Transportation
having
the
proper
Transportation
infrastructure
in
place
makes
people's
quality
of
life
better.
Thank
you.
Thank.
C
S
Secondarily,
right
now,
there's
discussion
around
Community
planning
for
read:
Hillview
airport,
Eastridge,
Pleasant,
Hills,
Golf,
Course
and
possibly
Evergreen
Valley
College,
and
so
I
would
like
to
have
resources
for
the
community
to
be
able
to
at
least
match
some
of
the
pots
of
funding
so
that
we
can
have
a
robust
Community,
visioning
process
for
those
specific
parcels
and
then
I.
Guess
third,
would
probably
be
a
lot
more
teu
or
some
kind
of
traffic
devices.
N
Public
Safety
Small,
Business
Development
and
continuing
supporting
our
Working
Families
with
items
that
concentrate
on
child
care
and
after
school,
programming
and
I
would
make
sure
that
we
do
just
like
Sal
said
continue
the
work
that
councilwoman
did
to
support
our
small
businesses
and
the
Tully
business
Corridor
Association.
Thank
you.
Y
I,
don't
think
you
can
operate
a
city
if
the
city
is
not
safe,
you
had
to
look
at
their
kids
looking
at
parks
and
Community
Center
make
sure
they're
open
and
they're
high
priority
and
the
budget
you
know,
but
looking
at
budget
there
are
times
that
we
have
to
look
at
the
priority
as
far
as
those
mandated
programs
like
State
and
feds
versus
local,
where
there's
no
mandate,
so
we
have
to
look
at
the
Mandate
first
take
out
the
Mandate.
Secondly,
you
have
to
rely
on
provide
services.
K
C
C
V
Controversial
issues
always
come
up
within
the
community.
I
just
gather
input,
bring
all
stakeholders
together,
take
in
their
input
and
make
the
right
decision
right
decision
from
the
inputs.
It
makes
the
best
decision
and,
as
I
said,
it
would
mitigate
any
type
of
controversy
within
within
that
Community.
Thank
you.
S
Yeah,
so
we
work
with
Community
groups
in
the
past,
and
you
know,
within
the
past
year,
I've
had
to
deal
with
some
Community
groups
complaining
about
maybe
Street
banners
that
got
posted
that
they
might
have
been
offensive
by
the
by
the
community
and
they
requested
to
be
taken
down.
So
I
went
back
and
contacted
the
actual
applicant
of
the
street.
S
N
So
what
comes
to
mind
is
when
we
were
considering
closing
another
school
in
Evergreen
school
district
and
the
parents
and
the
staff
were
not
happy.
We
had
an
interim
Superintendent
at
the
time
and
the
direction
that
we
wanted
to
go
in
was
actually
not
in
line
with
the
process
that
we
wanted
to
follow.
And
what
happened
was
that
information
missed?
There
was
misinformation
for
our
family.
So
what
we
did
is
you
know
we
brought
in
this
T.
N
We
offered
opportunities
for
parents
and
for
staff
to
be
heard
and
once
again
going
back
to
the
open
lines
of
communication
staff
had
access
to
me.
Parents
had
access
to
me
and
they,
let
me
know
how
they
felt,
and
that
is
what,
at
the
end
of
the
day,
I
listened
to,
and
it
was
after
considering
our
options.
We,
the
school,
remained
open
and
we're
looking
at
other
possibilities
for
the
site,
but
it
stays
open
after
school.
Y
Yes,
when
I
was
assigned
in
the
chief's
office,
we
had
to
help
some
of
the
developers
and
stakeholder
like
Downtown,
Association
and
business
owner
in
downtown
area
to
clean
up
downtown.
Basically,
and
our
task
is
to
look
at
increasing
police
patrol
and
I
know
that
police
are
needed
everywhere
in
the
city,
and
that
was
something
that
I
had
to
bring
all
the
stakeholders
together
and
share
the
responsibility.
At
this
moment
there
are,
you
know,
increase
of
police
present
in
downtown,
but
also
they
also
pay
for
their
private
security.
Y
X
Thank
you
for
the
question
council
member
when
I
served
as
District
director
to
state
senator
Bell,
one
of
the
major
issues
we
were
facing
throughout
the
region,
including
the
city
of
San
Jose,
was
issues
associated
with
the
unhoused
living
along
state
property
and
stay
no
state-owned
facilities.
This
was
a
huge
problem
and
from
2015
to
even
now
I
the
problems
still
persists,
but
at
the
time
I
was
tasked
with
chairing
a
Caltrans
working
group
of
multi-stakeholders,
ranging
from
Special
Districts
like
the
VTA
local
Council
member's
office
and
different
state
agencies.
X
We
were
tasked
with
organizing
different
constituent
concerns
and
in
doing
so,
we
systematically
found
a
way
to
address
these
issues
in
order
to
reduce
them
and
and
hit
the
high
Target
or
the
hot
spot
areas.
First,
in
collaboration
with
the
CHP,
the
Valley,
Transit,
Authority
and
Caltrans.
That's
that's.
The
experience
that
I
bring
to
the
table
and
I
have
absolute
knowledge
in
working
with
different
stakeholders
with
different
groups
and
different
responsibilities.
K
Yeah,
thank
you.
I
just
want
to
start
by
thanking
all
of
the
applicants
for
the
seat,
I'm,
actually
quite
inspired
by
anybody,
who's
willing
to
step
up
and
serve
their
community
and
and
I
want
to
make
it
clear.
This
was
quite
a
vigorous
process
that
you
went
through,
even
though
it
was
shorter
than
the
typical
process.
You
know
each
of
you
met
one-on-one
with
almost
everybody
here
you
rallied
members
of
the
public
to
support
you.
You
went
through
the
interview
process
today.
I
know
it's
a
difficult
process.
K
I
also
want
to
thank
the
members
of
the
public
who
came
out
to
speak
today
and
appreciate
the
respectful
nature
of
the
comments
today
and
I
was
happy
to
see
the
the
good
engagement.
It
does
give
me
great
pride
that
we
have
so
many
strong
candidates
applying
to
serve
the
city.
I
was
impressed
by
each
of
you,
your
commitment
to
service
and
the
skills
that
you
bring
with
with
you.
K
So
I'm
going
to
just
ask
one
question:
I
didn't
ask
a
question
before
on
the
topic
that
everyone
knows
is
near
dear
to
my
heart,
which
is
about
the
environment.
So
I
just
want
to
hear
from
you
what
one
minute
answer
again:
what
are
your
environmental
priorities
and
how
I
know
this
might
take
more
than
a
minute
so
think
about
what
part
you
want
to
focus
on
what
are
your
environmental
priorities
and
how
should
the
city
proceed
toward
its
goals
of
being
carbon
neutral
by
2030.
K
S
S
S
Can
you
know
there
are
a
lot
of
EVS
actually
in
Evergreen
I,
don't
think
there's
any
public
charging
stations
anywhere
in
Evergreen,
maybe
Eastridge
I
think
is
the
only
place,
and
so
we
need
to
do
better
about
that
and
then,
where
obviously
it's
Evergreen,
we
have
beautiful,
Hills,
they're
being
developed
a
lot
more.
You
know
a
lot
more
Mansions
are
going
up
in
the
hills,
I'd
like
to
see
in
some
way
of
you
know,
they're,
either
working
with
the
county
or
protecting.
What's
left
of
our
Green
Space
out
there.
Thank
you,
Patty.
N
Sorry,
we
have
to
start
at
home
simple.
We
know
that
we
are
not
recycling
the
way
that
we
should
and
it's
costing
us
money,
so
we
need
to
educate
our
community.
We
need
to
be
examples
ourselves
because
I
have
to
I
have
to
admit:
I,
love,
water
bottles
and
I
know
it's
wrong,
but
we
start
with
ourselves.
N
Okay,
we
have
to
make
sure
that
we
continue
to
preserve
our
green
spaces
and
our
Open
Spaces,
but
we
also
need
to
make
sure
that
we
encourage
our
own
residents
to
clean
up
our
areas
when
we're
talking
about
blight,
there's
still
a
lot
of
garbage
out
there.
We
need
to
set
examples.
So
again,
it's
let's
start
very
simple
at
home
when
we're
talking
about
Recycling
and
with
ourselves.
Thank
you.
I
Y
Actually,
one
of
the
city
Smart
Vision,
we're
demonstrating
a
city
where
City's
Transportation
Innovation
Zone
to
test
and
produce
an
anonymous
vehicle.
We
need
to
test
those
projects
and
we
need
to
hold
some
kind
of
measure
Matrix
to
make
sure
that
it
worked
and
it
helped
the
environment,
of
course,
always
for
solar.
But
we
need
to
help
the
homeowner
to
get
more
educated
about
solar
and
and
expertise
the
process,
the
speed
of
Silicon
Valley.
So
we
can
have
our
goal
to.
We
can
reach
that
EV
level
and
help
the
environment.
Thank
you.
X
Thank
you
for
the
question.
Councilmember
McCone
I
am
very
passionate
about
the
environment.
I've
had
the
privilege
to
serve
on
the
Santa
Clara
County
League
of
conservation
voters
for
the
last
three
years,
I've
served
on
several
Trail
advocacy
boards
to
ensure
our
community
has
access
to
Recreation
recreational
Trails
for
the
last
decade.
I
care
about
the
environment
and
I
think
the
city
of
San
Jose
is
being
very
Innovative,
especially
with
the
adoption
of
the
climate,
smart
San
Jose
plan
that
looks
to
be
very
ambitious
with
our
ghg
reduction
targets,
which
is
critical.
X
We
all
know
that
climate
change
is
changing
our
planet.
We
had
devastating
floods
a
few
weeks
ago
and
before
that
we
were
in
a
drought
that
was
multi-years.
We
were
under
severe
drought
and
so
working
together
with
our
partners
at
Valley,
Water
There's
an
opportunity,
especially
to
advance
the
use
of
purified
and
recycled
water
to
ensure
our
residents
aren't
dependent
on
these
bang
bust
cycles
of
a
lot
of
water
or
no
water
at
all.
X
V
This
question
is
the
easiest
one
for
me
to
answer.
Basically,
you
go
to
the
secordora
San
Jose.
We
have
all
of
those
things
in
works
at
this
time,
charging
stations
for
the
public
are
there.
You
can
charge
your
cars
there
and
we're
adding
more
to
that
sound.
The
cardometer
had
gone
there
to
open
those
charging
stations.
Secondly,
we
have
we're
fully
solar
over
there.
All
the
electricity
is
from
the
solar.
Thirdly,
we
use
reusable
plates.
We
don't
use
a
foam
or
paper
plates,
so
reusable
everything
is
reusable.
V
Fourth,
we
have
a
community
garden
over
there
over
the
the
the
the
the
local
people
can
come
and
Garden
in
there,
and
even
that
Hill
that
that's
up
there
what's
planned
in
that
is
the
Sikh
national
Heritage
Garden,
where
you
you'll
be
able
to
Garden
there.
Also,
so
that's
what
I
will
do
more
in
the
city.
C
M
P
It
takes
to
be
a
council
member,
so
we
appreciate
your
stamina.
Hopefully
you
drank
some
coffee,
so
I'm
just
going
to
ask
a
very
simple
question
and
honestly
it's
it's
a
question
that
I
get
asked
all
the
time
by
my
residence,
the
the
folks
in
District
2
that
I
represent,
and
so
what
I
would
ask
you
is.
P
N
N
One
hand
we
add
temporary
housing.
Where
can
we
add
affordable
housing?
We
know
that
it's
difficult
in
District
8,
but
it
is
something
that
we
all
have
to
share
the
burden.
It's
not
fair
that
some
of
you
have
carried
the
burden
for
as
long
as
you
have,
but
I'm
open
to
finding
Solutions
and
again
we
have
to
collaborate
and
I
will
make
it
a
priority
that
we
work
on
this.
If
I'm
appointed.
Y
Z
Y
Build
something
we
have
to
make
sure
that
it
is
competitive,
make
sure
our
our
developer
be
sensitive
to
developer,
but
also
extensive
to
the
quality
of
it
and
make
sure
it's
compatible
to
our
neighborhood.
Make
sure
you
have
neighborhood
meetings
to
make
sure
that
they're,
okay
and
have
input
on
it
and
they're
aware
of
what's
going
on,
and
just
because
we
can't
build
somewhere
20
years
ago,
doesn't
mean
that
we
cannot
revisit
that
site
and
look
at
that
to
see
if
it's
proper
to
build
at
this
time.
We
all
need
help.
Y
X
Thank
you,
councilmember
Jimenez,
for
for
the
question.
I
would
tell
a
resident,
say
I
would
say
we
are
in
a
housing
crisis.
The
city
is
going
to
do
the
housing
element
analysis
in
the
next
couple
months,
where
we
have
opportunity
sites
to
develop
throughout
the
city.
That's
coming
before
us.
I
will
commit
to
working
not
only
with
the
residents,
but
I
will
commit
to
working
with
housing
staff
to
add
to
identify
sites
because
I
know
the
district
I
know
District
8
I
was
born,
raised
born
there.
I
was
raised
there.
V
We
do
have
some
unhoused
people
in
District
8
right
next
to
me,
I,
don't
like
them
to
be
when
I'm
taking
a
walk
in
the
park.
I
don't
like
them
to
be
there,
but
if
they're
taken
care
of
in
my
district
I
would
be
happy
to
do
that
same
thing.
In
Thompson
Creek
we
have
some
unhoused
people
there
so
for
their
safety
and
for
their
dignity.
I
would
come
up
with
some
part
to
take
care
of
those
people
in
District,
8.
S
S
I
think
all
levels
of
government
should
be
contributing
some
little
tiny
portion
of
their
property
taxes
to
to
a
permanent
Bond
program.
So
we
have
the
stable
source
of
affordable
housing
and
I.
Think
you
know,
when
you
look
at
you
know,
we've
closed
two
or
three
schools
in
our
in
our
district.
Those
are,
you
know,
would
be
theoretically
Prime
sites
to
look
at.
S
G
Thank
you,
mayor
I.
First
I
want
to
thank
you
all
for
going
through
this
really
lengthy
process
and
continuing
to
answer
our
questions
as
we
try
to
vet
out
the
best
candidate
and
I
have
to
say
you're
all
fabulous.
You
all
have
your
strengths
and
I
met
with
all
of
you
through
zoom
and
on
the
phone
and
had
several
conversations
and
I've
really
appreciated
your
honesty
and
your
integrity
in
those
conversations
as
well.
G
Also,
we've
received
a
lot
of
messages
and
emails
from
a
lot
of
your
supporters,
too,
and,
and
all
of
those
things
weigh
on
the
decision
that
we're
about
to
make,
which
is
a
very
difficult
decision
and
as
a
council
member
I
I
have
this
struggle
that
sometimes
I
make
a
decision
with
my
head.
Sometimes
I
make
a
decision
with
my
heart.
So
I
have
a
question
for
you.
If
you
could
give
me
an
example
of
an
ethical
dilemma
you
have
faced
and
how
did
you
address
it?.
Y
Since
I'm
the
first
one,
it's
hard
it's
hard,
you
know
when
you
raise
up
and,
and
you
you
know,
something's
wrong.
Just
like
what
I
I
said
in
public
comment
earlier,
it's
not
easy
for
me,
you
know,
I'm,
a
city,
employee
and
and
to
put
myself
out
there
and
be
vulnerable,
but
I
believe,
what's
right
and
I
believe
that
everything
I
do
in
life
at
this
age
has
to
be
meaningful
and
and
meaningful
and
fairness
and
and
think
freely.
Y
I
believe
everything
needs
to
be
fair.
I
mean
I,
grew
up
in
a
country
as
an
immigrant
that
things
are
not
fair
from
the
start,
when
I
was
born
and
every
day,
I
thrive
thrive
to
do
things,
to
treat
people
equally
and
fair
opportunity,
and
that's
what
I
do
you
know
as
a
supervisor
supervising
about
12
people?
In
my
my
my
my
patrol
I
treat
every
fairly
doesn't
matter
how
old
you
are
time.
X
Thank
you
for
the
question.
Councilmember
Foley
I
mentioned
it
earlier
when,
when
facing
an
unethical
or
potential
issue
on
ethics,
I
look
towards
my
values
and
something
I
haven't
talked
about
or
touched
upon.
Is
my
faith:
I'm
Catholic
and
I
I.
You
know,
I
have
a
strong
faith
and
a
moral
compass,
and
so
when,
when
facing
the
difficulty
of
unethical
question,
I
I
look
towards
my
faith
and
trust
that
the
decision
I'm
making
will
will
not
only
be
judged
here
but
it'll
be
judged
in
the
afterlife.
V
V
S
Yeah,
so
just
in
this
process,
I
think
I've
had
some
ethical
dilemmas,
so
I
give
out
grant
money
to
businesses.
I
give
up
I've
given
out
grant
money
to
businesses
in
District,
8.
I
could
have
very
easily
have
asked
them
for
their
support.
I
think
that
would
be
unethical
of
me
to
do
that,
given
that
I've
given
money
out
to
them
so
again,
I
I
want
to
make
sure
that
whatever
I
do
doesn't
violate
the
public
trust
and
doesn't
appear
unseemly.
S
N
You
do
not
behave
appropriately,
holding
somebody
accountable
on
a
school
board,
a
fellow
member
because
of
the
actions
that
they've
taken
and
how
they've
treated
people
having
to
do
that
in
public,
knowing
that
you're
putting
yourself
out
there,
but
knowing
that
you're
standing
up
for
the
right
reason
and
so
I
think
that
says
a
lot
about
me.
It's
being
able
to
hold
people
accountable
and
putting
myself
out
there.
So
that's
my
answer.
Thank
you.
Thank.
R
Thank
you,
mayor
I,
want
to
thank
you
all
for
going
through
this
process,
which
might
have
been
a
little
bit
more
than
you
bargained
forward
this
evening.
I
am
the
new
chair
of
the
neighborhood
services
and
education
committee
and
we
oversee
prns.
So,
given
that
councilmember
Cohen
is
the
new
chair
of
tnes,
an
environmental
question,
I
thought
I
would
ask
one
about
parks.
R
X
Thank
you
for
the
question.
Councilmember
Davis
this
park
that
you're
referring
to
is
Lake
Cunningham,
Raging,
Waters
I
grew
up
going
to
Raging
Waters
as
a
kid
in
in
in
having
a
good
time.
The
park
is,
is
in
major
need
of
a
of
a
facelift,
it's
dilapidated.
It
needs
a
lot
of
love
and
we
need
to
not
only
look
towards
the
private
development
Community
towards
to
help
us
revamp
and
give
this
place
a
facelift.
X
But,
more
importantly,
and
something
that
I
I
will
commit
to
is
engaging
our
neighborhood
residents
in
our
community
to
help
guide
that
process
to
give
that
Park
a
facelift
in
collaboration
with
the
city.
That's
how
we're
gonna!
That's
how
we're
gonna
get
things
done
for
this
park
that
so
many
families,
not
just
from
District
8
from
D5
our
neighbors
go
and
visit
and
enjoy
the
the
amenities
there.
V
Yeah
Lake
Cunningham
I'm
also
aware
of
there's
some
contamination
in
the
water,
also
where
we
can't
even
boat
anymore,
and
you
know
we
used
to
have
so
many
events
over
there,
even
when
in
the
2004
we
would
have
a
sick
awareness
day
over
there.
We
in
the
Parks,
the
council
member,
would
have
a
day
in
the
park
and
all
of
a
sudden,
we
I
don't
see
much
vibrancy
there
to
to
bring
it
back,
live
the
city
should
help.
V
First
of
all,
because
of
all
the
parks
Plus,
when
we
do
some
more
development,
I
would
say
close
to
golf
course
make
them
pay
for
some
of
that.
Also,
whoever
that
developer
is
so
they
kind
of
connect
that
park
with
the
development
at
the
golf
course,
both
of
both
of
those
properties
need
improvements
and
I.
Think
time.
C
S
S
So
all
the
ponds
up
in
the
specific
plain
area,
those
that's
all
recycled
water
I-
think
there's
an
opportunity
for
us
to
do
some
type
of
project
at
Lake
Cunningham
as
a
as
a
demonstration
project
for
possibly
recycling
water
there
as
part
of
the
process
of
us
needing
to
clean
it.
It's
like
a
barricade
barricaded.
It
looks
like
it
could
be
a
war
zone
where
it's
all
bunkered
out,
it's
not
inviting
accessible.
We
have
to
pay
for
parking,
there's
a
wonderful
skate
park
and
and
bike
facility
there.
S
N
We
need
to
look
at
that
Park
and
see
its
potential
for
what
it
can
truly
be,
and
that
probably
means,
obviously
we
need
to
decontaminate
the
water
because
it
is
disgusting
just
to
even
look
at
it.
If
you've
walked
around
there.
Our
kids
have
had
you
know
get-togethers
there,
and
it
just
needs
to
be
torn
out.
So,
let's
work
with
developers
that
are
interested
in
the
park
and
bring
in
what
can
we
do
with
Raging
Waters
and
then
also,
let's
engage
our
community,
but
that
park
has
a
lot
of
potential
and
it's
something.
Y
Yes,
my
kids
actually
play
out
there.
Lake
Cunningham
I
grew
up
there,
like,
like
most
of
people,
said
but
I,
think
the
benches
in
the
park
line
needs
we
uplift
and
there's
not
enough
trees
out
there.
It's
it's
too
sunny
so
I
think
we
need
to
do
those,
but
I'll
offer
you
two
solutions,
a
long
term
and
short
term,
the
long
term.
Obviously
there
is
a
developer
at
the
Mount.
Pleasant
golf
course
that
we
can
talk
to
see
what
they
can
do
to
share.
Y
You
know
uplift
right
because
it's
going
to
directly
affect
them
but
option
you
a
shorter
solution
where
we
get
to
get
people
together,
a
neighborhood
association
and
start
doing
cleanup
days
and
how
about
the
boys
and
girls
club
and
Eagle
Scout
project
start
with
the
little
stuff
you
know,
and
then
we
can
talk
about
the
big
stuff
start,
making
Progressive
as
a
city,
council
I
would
start
doing
that
and
work
collaboratively
with
neighborhood
association
and
also
other
non-profit,
to
make
sure
we're
taking
a
problem
right
now.
Thank
you.
L
I
think
we
heard
some
of
the
sentiments
from
the
public
already
about
that
to
have
the
special
election,
but
also
on
the
other
hand,
we
have
the
city
Charter,
which
allows
for
an
appointment
also
which
we're
doing
today
and
the
appointment.
I
I
think
that
people
be
aware
that
these
appointment
processes
are
part
of
the
the
process
throughout
the
throughout
the
United,
States
or
or
California.
L
We
had
a
lot
of
major
appointments
and
then
in
the
following
election,
they're
elected,
so
I,
I,
I,
I
think
there
those
sentiments
I
I,
can
only
be
in
once.
The
next
election
happened
that
it's
only
going
to
go
away
at
that
time.
I
think
there's
not
much.
We
can
do
about
it
as
I
would
say.
Thank
you
thank
you,
so
so
I
think
we
and
I
think
I
talked
with
you
about
this
earlier
I
think
we
need
to
make
just
deliberate
efforts
to
do
things
in
unity.
L
So
the
example
I
think
of
is
councilman
Ortiz
in
in
your
office,
co-sponsoring
the
Tet
event
for
the
community.
I
think
that's
a
wonderful
thing
to
do
so
start
doing
really
deliberate
partnering
with
our
our
different
communities
in
in
Evergreen,
holding
again
coffees
and
forums
and
conversations
around
things
that
we
can
do
together.
L
You
know
you
can't
go
into
a
you
know:
a
pho
restaurant
without
seeing
like
half
the
people,
there
are
Mexican
loving,
you
know,
Pho
soup,
so
I
think
there's
lots
of
commonalities
and
I
think
we
just
need
to
make
the
effort
to
really
get
people
together
for
a
reason,
so
like
festivals
or
things
like
that.
Thank
you.
Patty
connect
with
our
neighbor.
L
Host
the
coffees
with
the
council
member
attend
events
in
the
evening
at
school
functions.
We
need
to
connect
where
the
people
are
at.
They
need
to
get
to
know
us,
because
people
are
upset
and
that's
understandable,
and
so
we
need
to
let
them
get
to
know
us
and
definitely
make
sure
that
they
feel
they're
being
heard,
because
nothing
is
worse
than
having
the
process
that
you
didn't
agree
with,
but
then
having
a
council
member
who
you
don't
feel
that
you
can
connect
with
so
making
myself
available.
L
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
Sam.
Yes,
I
think
you
have
to
do
a
good
job.
You
have
to
go
out
there
I
think
some.
The
candid
story
is
saying
it,
but
you
know
you
have
to
prove
yourself
that
you
deserve
it.
It's
a
short
term.
Any
people
take
the
C
and
don't
take
it
seriously
and
don't
connect
to
our
neighborhood
association.
Don't
go
out
there
having
you
know,
coffee
with
a
cop,
and
you
know
copy
the
council
member
and
bring
other
stakeholder
what
about
parking
control?
What
about
code
enforcement,
invite
them
to
the
coffee?
L
So
we
all
can
talk
that
you
earned
the
Sea
on
the
next
election.
Don't
just
sit
there
just
visit
this.
It
was
it's
a
hard
purchase
process.
I'll,
be
honest!
You
it's
a
hard
process,
but
continue
to
earn
the
trust
every
single
day
because
they
deserve
it,
bring
City
Hall
to
the
neighborhood
and
bring
all
the
information.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
Domingo.
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Thank
you
for
the
question
council
member
I
think
because
of
the
appointment
I
think
there
needs
to
be
an
extra
vigorous,
Community
engagement
program
from
whoever
is
appointed.
We
need
to
be
able
to
hit
the
streets
and
hit
the
ground
running.
We
need
to
have
an
office
again
that
is
responsive,
accountable
and
engaged.
Not
only
do
we
need
to
stand
up
in
office
and
do
community
engagement
forums,
events,
coffee
chats.
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We
also
need
to
reassure
the
public
that
we're
doing
our
job
doing
newsletters,
regular
communication
with
residents,
but
the
second
part
to
this
question
is
reassuring
residents
that
appointments
are
regular.
They
are
are
a
part
of
our
Charter
and
they
are
a
government
mechanism
to
ensure
continuity
of
government
School
boards,
Special
Districts,
the
U.S
Senate.
Vice
president
Kamala
Harris
won
a
seat
and
Senator
Alex
Padilla
was
appointed
to
to
take
a
vice
vice
president
Kamala
Harris's
seat.
They
are
very
common
mechanisms
of
of
our
democracy.
We
shouldn't
undermine
that
foreign.
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L
What
are
the
concrete
actions
you're
going
to
take
this
year
to
make
yourself
directly
accountable
to
your
constituents
for
delivering
high
quality
service
and
the
kind
of
impact
you
believe
your
community
needs
to
see
from
City,
Hall
and
we'll
start
with
Sal,
so
I
think
you
know
what
I
heard
speaking
to
some
of
the
the
residents
is
a
councilmember
renas
had
a
really
great
coffee.
You
know
meeting
with
the
council
member
in
you
know,
for
coffee
regularly
that
went
away
with
kovid,
so
they'd
love
to
see
those
kinds
of
things.
L
This
is
what
I've
been
doing
as
a
school
board.
Member.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
Tim.
Yes,
I
think
you
have
to
listen
act
and
most
employees
follow
up
in
my
office.
We
file
up
people
calling
in
and
make
sure
we
do
the
follow-up
to
make
sure
they
get
the
answer,
but
I
think
it's
urgent
urgency,
because
I
there's
certain
things
that
are
actually
in
the
neighbor.
In
our
association,
our
district
I
talked
to
two
associations,
the
Norwich
Association
and
the
round
table.
They
told
me
about
the
development
of
the
temple.
L
We
have
to
sit
down
the
table
immediately
and
listen
to
them
and
be
sensitive
and
make
sure
it's
compatible.
Also
the
Mount
Pleasant
they
want
is,
we
all
believe
we
need
housing.
We
all
believe
that
we
need
housing
because
we
can
open
a
door
and
we
see
people
that
need
housing.
But
how
do
we
do
it?
We
have
to
do
it
where
everybody's
input
comes
together
and
be
sensitive
about
everybody's
need
and
make
sure
we
have
a
win-win
outcome
and
that's
my
top
priority
right
now.
Domingo.
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My
top
priority
is
going
to
be
able
to
empower
the
district
to
do
community
engagement
events
regularly
and
not
just
hosting
Coffee
coffee,
shop,
sit-downs
or
joint
resource
and
education
fairs,
with
my
fellow
council
members,
but
I'm
going
to
collaborate
on
the
dice,
every
Tuesday
I'm
going
to
come
prepared
and
I'm
gonna
be
ready
to
move
whatever
policies
forward.
We
may
not
agree
on
everything.
L
I'll
do
several
things.
One
of
the
things
I
want
to
restart
up
is
the
block
parties
where
we
get
the
people
engaged
with
each
other
and
talk
about
what's
happening
in
their
neighborhood
and
then
starting
those
neighborhood
watches
for
safety
and
also
volunteerism
bringing
different
non-profits
in
that
area.
Together,
collaborate
with
each
together
to
make
District
8,
maybe
have
a
cleanup
day
talk
about
each
other's
cultures,
so
we
can
make
and
also
bring
the
all
the
different
small
business
associations
together
to
make
a
more
vibrant
District
Aid.
Thank
you.
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L
L
No
okay,
we're
good.
Okay,
all
right!
We're
gonna
come
back
to
our
deliberation,
and
my
understanding
is
that
the
next
step
is
that
council
members
May
express
interest
select
up
to
three
candidates.
This
is
not
a
formal
vote
to
determine
who's
appointed.
This
is
an
expression
of
people's
current
preferences,
sort
of
a
temperature
check.
If
you
will
that,
then
we'll
quickly
tally
and
put
up
on
the
screen
and
then
we'll
begin
our
Council
deliberation.
So
unless
there's
any
concern
with
that,
that's
my
understanding
of
the
process.
L
Yes,
so
we're
going
to
hand
out
sheets
that
pick
up
two
three
and
then
I'll
get
the
sheets
back.
I
will
tally
them.
I
will
display
it,
so
everybody
will
see
who
voted
for
whom
please
double
check
to
make
sure
I,
I
transcribe
to
your
boat
correctly,
and
it's
up
to
three
and
Tony
just
to
clarify,
because
I
wasn't
clear
about
this:
are
we
then
doing
a
cut
off
or
we
are
only
then
deliberating
or
considering
the
three
top
vote
Getters
or
is
that
just
informational
for
the
council?
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L
L
Well,
the
way
I've
seen
it
done
in
other
systems
before
is
that
after
this,
then
the
ones
who
get
the
three
candidates
who
get
the
most
votes
are
the
three
we
then
have
narrowed
it
down
to.
But
you
know,
I,
don't
know
that
that's
necessary,
but
I
think
it
does
sort
of
focus
start
focusing
the
discussion
in
on
a
subset
of
candidates,
but
I
see
now
that
that's
not
specifically
laid
out
in
this
message.
I
was
just
going
to
say
just
for
clarification,
I
mean
the
magic
number
is
six
right
correct.
L
L
Okay,
just
for
clarity,
can
we
get
a
motion
a
second
on
the
process?
Second,
okay,
and
that
okay,
the
emo
so
we're
yeah
because
romance?
Could
you
spell
out
what
we're
doing
yeah
I'm,
not
quite
sure?
Actually,
okay,
okay,
I'll,
move,
I'll
move
that
that
we
vote
for
up
to
three
on
this
tally
sheet
and
the
candidates
get
the
three
most
votes
of
Interest
move
forward
in
the
process.
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L
L
L
L
L
You
just
there
we
can
also
just
vote.
Is
there.
This
is
our
opportunity
for
deliberation.
Motions
I'll,
make
a
motion
to
vote
the
next
round:
okay
top
two
or
a
single
vote:
single
boat,
single,
single,
okay,
I'm,
printing,
the
ballot
so
go
back
in
yeah
she'll
go
back
and
get
that.
So
we
have
a
motion
from
Jimenez.
Second,
with
Dev.
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L
L
I,
wouldn't
I
want
to
remind
you
to
make
sure
you
write
your
name
at
the
top,
so
we
know
who
is
voting
Tony
just
to
clarify
you
said:
if
no
one
gets
sick,
you
will
repeat
the
vote.
Well
that
that's
when
you
might
want
to
happen,
you
may
want
to
do
deliberation
yeah,
but
there's
no,
there's,
no,
there's!
No
elimination
we're
just
right
right.
This
is
no
elimination.
Okay,
thanks,
okay
she's
coming
around
with
the
ballot.
L
L
L
And
then
I'll
need
to
also
print
these,
for
you
Tony,
yes,
I
think
we
need
to
make
sure
that
the
record
for
this
meeting
is
clear
on
what
this
vote
is
for
at
this
point,
and
so
the
mayor's
going
to
to
make
sure
we
have
that
Clarity,
okay,
I'll
just
clarify
for
everyone.
The
language
we
have
here,
which
is
one
thing
we
just
covered
already,
is
the
final
appointment
shall
require
a
two-thirds
vote
of
the
council
for
approval.
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L
Councilmember
Ortiz
I
propose
that
we
revoke
we
just
have
another
vote.
Is
that
a
motion
I
motion
that
we
revoke
with
with
the
with
the
top
two
I
could
have
a
friendly
Amendment.
If
that's
something
you'd
like
yes,
okay,
let's
go
back
to
press
the
button
and
then
we
move
and
we
second
and
okay,
no
problem
so
sorry,
counselor
Torres
did
you
have
a
question?
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L
L
L
L
I'd
like
to
note
for
the
record
that,
although
the
outcome
didn't
change,
I
did
have
a
mistranscription
in
the
first
round
voting.
It
did
not
change
the
outcome
of
the
top
three,
but
it
did
change
the
numbers,
so
it
was
still
Patricia
Salvador
and
Domingo.
However
Patricia,
instead
of
receiving
seven
received
six,
but
again
the
outcome
didn't
change.