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City of San José, California
City Council, January 24, 2023
Pre-meeting citizen input on Agenda via eComment at https://sanjose.granicusideas.com/meetings.
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A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
B
B
Council
meeting
to
order
I
want
to
just
remind
folks
who,
if
anybody's
here,
for
the
special
meeting
on
filling
vacancies,
we
will
take
that
up
after
our
regularly
scheduled
council
meeting
no
sooner
than
3
P.M,
and
we
will
take
a
10-minute
recess
between
the
two
meetings,
just
in
case
anybody's
here
for
the
vacancy
conversation
in
d8
and
d10
great.
Let's
rise
for
the
Pledge
of
Allegiance.
B
B
C
Thank
you,
Miss
mayor
sister
Cecilia
was
born
in
L.A
and
is
a
Catholic
nun.
Member
of
the
sisters
of
holy
name
for
the
last
63
years.
She
was
educated
at
Holy
names
University
in
Oakland.
As
a
teacher
and
Parish
Minister.
As
a
Spanish
speaker,
it
gave
her
many
opportunities
in
church
leadership
on
a
Dyson,
Regional
National
level,
with
the
work
of
the
national
pastoral
plan
for
Hispanics.
This
was
followed
by
eight
years
as
a
missionary
in
Mexico.
C
She
also
had
the
privilege
of
representing
her
community
at
the
U.N
forum
for
women
in
Beijing.
During
the
pandemic,
she
began
to
participate
in
the
Silicon
Valley
sponsoring
committee
through
zoom,
and
became
interested
in
local
meetings
of
the
Cadillac
Winchester
neighborhood
through
Saint
Lucy's
Church.
Please
welcome
sister
Cecilia,
who
will
lead
us
in
an
invocation.
D
Good
afternoon
and
a
very
Happy
New
Year
to
you,
today's
theme
is
change
and
transition
change
is
one
constant
in
our
life
and
work,
a
series
of
endings
and
beginnings.
D
D
You
have
been
elected
to
serve
the
San
Jose
Community,
together
amid
difficulties
and
injustices,
I
pray
that
you
will
pay
attention
to
the
voices
of
those
most
in
need.
Now.
I
would
like
to
offer
a
blessing
not
only
for
you
but
for
everybody
present
and
I
know
that
we
are
from
different
traditions,
so
I'm
going
to
ask
our
higher
power
in
this
blessing.
D
We
ask
you
our
higher
power
ever
present
with
us
through
change
and
transition,
that
you
bless
each
one
here,
especially
those
that
are
beginning
today
and
those
that
are
continuing,
that
they
may
work
together
for
the
common
good
by
listening
to
one
another
being
patient,
respectful
willing
to
agree
to
disagree
and
to
learn
from
one
another
and
still
in
each
a
vision
of
the
life
you
intend
for
all
to
lead
Guided
by
you,
we
will
be
United
in
love
and
joyfully.
Accomplish
this
Mission
through
your
name,
amen,
amen,.
B
Thank
you,
sister
Cecilia,
for
that
beautiful
blessing
and
the
all-important
reminder
to
stop
and
breathe.
Appreciate
it.
Why
don't
we
move
on
to
ceremonial
items,
councilor
Davis,
if
you'd
like
to
join
me
to
recognize
Evan
Bautista.
E
Today
we
are
giving
Evan
a
commendation
for
his
community
spirit
for
his
selflessness
and
for
the
wonderful
train
he
conducts
during
the
holidays.
Although
Evan
has
only
lived
in
Willow
Glen
for
two
years,
he
has
already
brought
so
many
smiles
and
warm
memories
to
families
in
District
Six.
There
should
be
a
video
playing.
E
Is
there
a
video
all
right
so,
as
you
can
see
in
the
videos,
Evan
lit
up
many
children's
faces
with
joy,
this
past
holiday
season,
as
he
gave
them
a
ride
around
his
family's
home
on
his
steam
engine.
Thank
you,
Evan,
for
bringing
District
Six
closer
together
and
for
sharing
your
love
of
trains
with
us.
We
truly
appreciate
what
you
have
done
for
our
community
during
the
Halloween
and
Christmas
Seasons
I
and
many
district
6
residents
hope
that
you
will
continue
this
tradition
for
many
years
to
come
mayor.
B
F
Thank
you
again.
It's
been
a
pleasure
I've
been
in
railroading
since
I
was
two
years
old
and
I've
always
wanted
a
live
steam
engine.
So
I
got
this
little
propane,
fired
cornet
pouring
out
locomotive
and
restored
her
and
run
it
around
our
house
and
take
it
to
various
clubs,
and
it
just
brings
a
lot
of
joy.
You
know
I
started
it
it
with
with
my
own
Ambitions
and
interest
in
it,
but
it
seemed
to
have
branched
out
and
it's
gone
to.
F
B
B
It's
been
such
an
honor
to
get
to
know
the
leaders
of
our
Vietnamese
community
and
really
we
really
just
appreciate
the
many
economic,
cultural
and
Civic
contributions
of
that
Community,
including
our
council
member
bien
Don,
who
was
the
first
fire
captain
in
San
Jose's
history
of
Vietnamese
descent,
so
I'm
gonna?
Let
my
colleagues
speak
but
just
wanted
to
share
that,
and
thank
you
all
for
being
here
to
help
us
ring
in
the
new.
The
new
year.
G
Thank
you
mayor.
Thank
you,
Council,
Ortiz,
to
to
join
us
to
present
this
park.
G
Commission
today
from
January
22nd
to
January
31st
as
a
tet
Festival
that
celebrate
our
diverse
culture,
especially
in
the
Vietnamese
community
and
I,
am
extremely
proud
to
present
that
and
present
that
to
our
community
to
have
a
representation
that
is
fair
and
and
Equitable
within
the
city
of
San
Jose
with
our
Multicultural
I
want
to
make
sure
that
I
invite
all
of
you
to
come
out
tomorrow
morning
on
the
25th
January
25th
from
10
to
12
and
join
us
and
and
in
our
ceremonial
flag,
raising
and
also
enjoying
our
Ted
Festival
as
well,
and
thank
you
again
for
the
mayor
and
my
council
member
Ortiz
have
supported
this
program.
H
My
name
is
Peter
Ortiz
I'm,
council
member
for
East
San,
Jose,
District
Five,
it's
my
honor
to
join
council
member
dwan
and
the
mayor
to
Proclaim
Proclaim
this
week
as
tet
and
bring
in
the
New
Year
of
the
precious
cat.
Tetan
windan
is
the
Lunar
New
Year
celebration
of
the
Vietnamese
people
a
time
to
reflect
honor
our
elders
and
relatives
in
which
wish
each
other
prosperity
in
the
new
year.
As
many
of
you
know,
the
Vietnamese
Community
is
such
an
important
piece
of
the
fabric
of
our
city.
H
As
more
than
one
million
refugees
fled
Vietnam
in
the
1970s,
overcoming
tremendous
obstacles
and
inhumane
treatment
by
governments
and
fighting
discrimination
wherever
they
went
well,
they
found
a
place
here
in
in
San,
Jose
and
now.
San
Jose
is
proud,
is
a
proud
home
to
the
largest
population
of
Vietnamese
families
outside
of
Vietnam.
That's
something
we
should
all
be
extremely
proud
about.
H
H
As
we
mentioned
I'd.
Let
as
council
member
Dewan
just
mentioned.
I'd
love
to
see
everyone
here
at
the
City
Hall
rotunda
for
the
flag
raising
ceremony
tomorrow
at
10.
H
A.M
I
want
to
thank
the
members
of
the
community
for
coming
here
today
and
I
want
to
return
turn
it
over
to
the
recipient
of
the
Proclamation
Mr
Tien
Nguyen,
president
of
the
Vietnamese
American
community
of
Northern
California,
the
Vietnamese
American
community
of
Northern
California
serves
the
Vietnamese
American
Community
by
preserving
and
promoting
Vietnamese
culture
and
coordinating
with
local
government
to
promote
the
diversity
of
our
city
and
provide
the
welfare
of
Vietnamese
residents
of
Northern
California.
Please,
sir.
Thank
you,
foreign.
J
Mr
Mayor
and
members
of
the
Council
on
behalf
of
the
Vietnamese
Refugee
community
in
Northern
California.
We
would
like
to
thank
Mr
Mayor
and
members
of
the
council,
especially
our
new
council
member
of
District
5
council
member
Peter
Ortiz,
who
has
paid
attention
to
the
presence
and
contributions
of
Vietnamese
Americans
in
our
country.
J
J
B
K
Thank
you
mayor
and
this
week
we
are
going
to
Proclaim
Holocaust
Remembrance
Day
here
in
the
city
of
San
Jose
January
27th
is
Friday
marks.
K
During
the
Holocaust
mint
Millions
were
sent
through
these
death
camps
where
they
endured,
forced
labor
slavery,
medical
experimentation,
torture,
starvation
and
the
gas
Chambers.
Unfortunately,
the
Holocaust
cannot
be
viewed
in
isolation.
There
have
been
other
instances
throughout
the
history
of
Jewish
people
being
targeted,
such
as
the
pilgrims
under
the
Russian
Empire,
the
Spanish
Inquisition,
and
even
in
our
country,
the
Tree
of
Life
synagogue
in
Pittsburgh
with
a
shooting
a
few
years
ago.
K
The
depravity
of
the
Nazis
is
hard
to
Fathom.
That's
why
it's
important
to
continue
to
read
and
learn
about
what
was
happening
in
Europe
during
the
30s
and
40s
last
year,
I
reread
Night
by
Eli
Wetzel
and
read
the
graphic
novel,
Mouse
and
I'm
still
shocked
every
time.
I
read
more
about
what
people
went
through
during
that
time,
and
this
wasn't
ancient
history.
This
was
just
80
years
ago
and
now
more
than
ever,
it's
important
to
keep
these
stories
alive,
especially
as
we
once
again
see
a
rise
of
anti-Semitism
in
our
community.
K
When
we
say
never
again,
it
means
to
never
allow
genocide
in
any
form.
We
commit
ourselves
to
remembering
victims
in
Rwanda,
Armenia,
Ukraine,
Bosnia
and
anywhere.
Genocide
has
and
is
occurring
to
commemorate
Holocaust
Remembrance
Day,
the
city
of
San
Jose,
is
hosting
an
exhibit
in
City
Hall
Lobby
on
a
program
called
Kinder
transport.
K
The
exhibit
is
called
childhood
left
at
the
station,
a
tribute
to
the
children
of
Kinder
transport.
It
will
be
in
the
lobby
from
today.
It
was
set
up
this
morning
through
Friday
evening.
The
exhibit
was
developed
by
the
Holocaust
Museum
of
Los
Angeles
in
2018
to
commemorate
the
80th
anniversary
of
Kinder
transport,
which
took
place
from
November
1938
to
September
1939.
K
desperate
families
were
looking
for
ways
to
protect
their
young
children
and
willingly
separated
from
them
in
order
to
hide
them
away,
so
they
could
be
evacuated
to
other
countries.
Not
all
countries
were
willing
to
allow
refugees
from
Europe
to
settle
in
their
borders.
In
fact,
the
United
States
had
a
strong
anti-immigrant
sentiment
at
the
time,
and
that
meant
that
very
few
Jewish
refugees
were
able
to
settle
here.
K
The
United
Kingdom
took
in
nearly
10
000,
predominantly
Jewish
children
from
Germany,
Austria,
Czechoslovakia
and
Poland,
and
were
placed
in
foster
homes,
hostels,
schools
and
Farms.
Many
never
saw
their
families
again.
They
suffered
the
trauma
of
separation
from
their
parents.
There
are
stories
of
screaming
children
at
Railway
stations,
as
children
were
put
on
trains,
not
really
realizing.
They
may
never
see
their
parents
again
as
a
parent
I,
can't
imagine
being
so
desperate
that
I
would
have
to
make
the
decision
to
send
my
children
away
in
order
for
them
to
survive.
K
So
please
take
some
time
this
week
to
view
the
exhibit
in
City
Hall
Tower
Lobby,
the
exhibit
showcases
10
survivors
of
Kinder
transport
and
tells
their
stories
about
them,
leaving
their
homes
and
and
their
Futures
after
they
left,
and
also
join
us
on
Friday
at
11
o'clock,
we'll
be
holding
a
press
event
in
front
of
City
Hall
and
we'll
have
we'll
hear
stories
from
some
survivors
of
Kinder
transport
with
me
today,
as
we
recognize
Holocaust
Remembrance
Day
is
Jessica
blichock,
who
is
associate
director
of
Jewish
Silicon
Valley.
L
L
When
I
was
three
years
old,
my
father
got
exiled
to
Switzerland
because
he
was
a
facing
a
Jewish
free
thinker.
He
got
exalted
to
Switzerland
where
things
went
to
bed
at
the
beginning,
but
later
he
got
interned
in
concentration
camps.
Most
people
don't
know
that
in
Switzerland
they
had
concentration
camps
and
they
didn't
talk
to
them.
They
didn't
kill
them
there.
They
just
they
were
closed.
They
were
had
electrified
Barbed
wires
around
they
weren't
free.
L
In
the
meantime,
I
grew
up
in
Germany
I
was
in
Cologne
and
there
was
a
little
neighbor
boy.
Henson
Henson
is
like
Johnny
wood.
Little
Henson
was
half
my
age
tortured
me.
He
abused
me.
He
called
me
bad
names.
He
cursed
me.
He
called
me
Drake,
which
is
dirty
Jew.
He
saw
rocks
at
me
and
hit
me
with
sticks.
L
I
was
deadly
afraid
of
that
little
kid.
Even
though
he
was
half
my
age,
but
his
parents
were
in
charge.
There
were
the
SS.
There
were
the
Nazis
when
I
asked
my
mother.
Could
she
help
me?
No,
she
couldn't
because
they
were
powerful.
There
was
a
powerful,
an
artist.
She
couldn't
have
that
little
three-year-old
boy
to
stop
sewing
rocks
at
me.
L
I
was
there
was
really
afraid
by
this
bullying
little
boy
and
even
though
effectively
he
couldn't
really
hurt
me
a
lot
I
mean
he
hit
me
with
rocks,
but
let's
not
torture.
The
like,
like
in
the
gas
chair
like
in
the
camps,
so
the
daily
abuse,
luckily
didn't
last
very
long
just
a
few
months,
which
was
too
much
for
me
because
then
I
left
Germany
and
went
to
Switzerland.
L
L
L
L
Then
she
went
to
a
few
other
camps.
She
was
in
the
Death
March
and
several
death
camps.
She
was
starved.
She
was
exhausted.
She
just
she
was
freezing
all
those
things
that
we
know
that
happened
in
the
camp.
She
was
humiliated
and
at
the
end
of
the
camp,
at
the
end
of
the
war,
they
found
her
barely
alive
in
a
pile
of
corpses.
You
are
lying
among
corpses
and
they
thought
she
was
dead
too,
but
then
a
soldier
found
that
she
was
still
it's
still
a
little
bit
of
life
streamer
in
her.
L
She
struggled
for
decades
was
feed
with
flashbacks,
and
so
that
was
guilt
and
she
wouldn't
talk
about
it.
She
wanted
to
hide
from
the
whole
thing
she
never
mentioned
it.
She
doesn't,
she
pretended
it
didn't
exist
or
her
torture.
She
just
didn't
want
to
talk
about
it
until
she
met
Dr,
Victor
Frankel.
Many
of
you
know
who
he
is,
who
he
was
the
famous
psychiatrist
writer
doctor
philosopher.
L
L
L
Dr
Frankel
asked
what
is
the
meaning
to
all
our
torture
to
all
our
suffering.
There
must
be
a
meaning.
What
can
we
learn
from
it
and
she
learned
that
those
painful
experiences
don't
have
to
be
liabilities.
There
can
be
gifts,
we
can
look
at
them
as
gifts
in
a
certain
way.
If
you
have
years
of
philosophy
and
psychology
and
treatment.
L
L
I
L
A
sense
of
meaning
that
helped
her
not
only
with
her
past
but
also
to
emerge
from
her
trials
with
something
precious
were
sharing
a
path
to
Freedom.
She
used
her
knowledge
and
her
suffering
and
what
she
got
out
of
the
suffering
she
sees
patients,
clients
who
had
terrible
traumas
and
the
United
government.
United
States
government
asks
her
from
time
to
time
to
speak
to
soldiers
who
come
back
from
some
very
traumatized
traumatized
in
Vietnam
and
so
on.
She
talks
to
soldiers
to
officers
and
helps
them
overcome,
hurt
their
traumas.
L
L
L
I
L
L
We
can't
change
what
happens.
You
can't
change.
What
will
happen
to
you?
You
can't
change
what
you
did.
You
can't
change
what
you
did.
You
can't
change
what
was
done
to
you,
but
you
can
always
choose
how
you
live
now,
how
you
live
now
how
we
live
today
we
can
choose
that,
and
this
is
what
I
learned
from
this
book
by
Dr
Edith
acre.
K
All
right,
thank
you.
Tamara
and
mayor
come
on
over
and
present
the
proclamation
declaring
Holocaust
Remembrance
Day.
K
B
B
Okay
and
we'll
take
that
up
when
we
get
to
the
consent:
calendar:
okay,
okay,
thank
you
not
seen
any
hands
so
I
know.
Councilmember
Torres
would
like
to
adjourn
today's
meeting
in
memory
of
Ken
pogorski
of
sorry
pegorcek
of
the
Negley
Park
Campus
Community
Association,
who
passed
away
on
December
25th
of
last
year
and
councilmember
Torres
will
tell
us
more.
N
Great
thank
you
mayor.
We
do
have
Ken's
wife
here
Farrell
on
December
25th
2022.
Our
community
lost
a
true
neighborhood
Advocate
and
hero
Mr,
Kenneth
gorsket.
N
He
served
on
numerous
city-wide
committees
and
task
force,
beginning
in
1987
and
continuing
for
the
next
30
plus
years.
He
served
on
the
town
and
gown
committee,
Greek
life
task
force,
the
strong
neighborhoods
initiative
initiative,
the
science,
the
sunshine
task
force,
the
sjsu,
San
Carlos
Street
closure
committee,
an
environmental
task
force
for
the
city
and
he
joined
the
board
of
the
Campus
Community
Association,
serving
as
president
Treasurer
and
bookkeeper.
N
N
I
hope
that
feral
his
wife
and
his
children
Rachel
and
will,
who
couldn't
be
here
today,
find
comfort
in
knowing
he
was
a
hero
to
so
many,
including
myself,
Rest
in
paradise.
Ken,
we
shall
miss
you.
Thank
you
for
all
your
years
of
service
and
your
mentorship
to
a
lot
of
neighborhood
leaders
and
activists.
N
O
Thank
you,
council,
member
Torres
and
Council
for
this
honor
of
the
journey.
Today's
meeting
in
Ken's
honor
moved
here
in
1986.
Ken
grew
up
in
Campbell,
but
we
were
out
of
the
area
for
college
met
and
moved
to
Negley
Park
in
1986
buying
our
house
there.
Within
a
year,
Ken
became
involved
in
the
community
following
in
the
legacy
of
his
father
Bill
podgorsik's
footsteps,
who
was
on
the
city,
council
and
mayorship
of
Campbell.
For
over
20
years
can
life
Focus
was
really
giving
back
to
the
community,
the
co-owner
of
Spartan
printing
with
his
parents.
O
He
was
started
working
with
a
lot
of
non-profits
and
became
involved
in
so
many
organizations,
always
giving
his
time
his
energy
and
whatever
support
he
could
to
help
develop
leaders
in
all
of
our
communities.
He
found
multiple
ways
of
doing
that.
Throughout
the
city,
some
of
his
greatest
Pride
was
working
with
the
grantees
in
the
neighborhoods
that
were
less
served,
helping
them
because
their
struggle
was
a
little
greater
in
overcoming
the
burdens
of
writing
up
grants
in
order
to
better
their
communities.
O
He
exemplified
that
I
would
say
to
an
extreme
I,
don't
necessarily
encourage
anybody
to
do
quite
as
much
as
Ken
did
over
his
many
years,
but
if
all
of
us
just
get
involved
in
one
way
and
do
one
thing,
it's
amazing
the
changes
that
we
can
that
we
can
see
in
our
lives
and
our
families,
our
neighborhoods
and
the
entire
city
of
San
Jose.
B
B
M
Item
2.2,
B,
ordinance,
0
or
30870
was
actually
passed
on
second
reading
last
meeting
and
was
included
in
this
agenda
in
error.
Okay,
so
it's
already
passed.
B
Okay,
great
any
other
items
being
pulled.
Okay
may
I
speak
on
two
five
now
and
then
we'll
I
assume
vote
on
that
separately.
P
B
Out
on
travel,
you
don't
need
to.
We
don't
need
to
vote
separately,
Perfect
all
right.
Well,
if
my
colleagues
are
okay
with
that,
then
I
will
just
give
the
quick
report
out.
So,
as
I
I
think
you
all
know,
I
attended
U.S
Conference
of
Mayors
last
week
for
two
days
in
Washington.
It
was
a
brief
but
action-packed
trip
I
think
got
about
10,
sorry
about
10
meetings
each
day
about
20
meetings
in
total,
really
I.
B
What
maybe
a
couple
of
hundred
paid
jobs
for
youth
that
are
still
available
in
our
community,
which
I
think
is
a
very
promising
opportunity
that
we'll
be
sure
to
follow
up
on
I,
want
to
thank
Zane
Barnes
from
the
city's
igr
team,
Leslie
pullner
from
Holland
tonight,
our
consultant
out
in
D.C
Sarah,
sarate
and
Ryan
Cooney
on
my
team,
all
of
whom
made
sure
that
the
trip
was
action-packed
and
substantive
and
that
we're
bringing
back
a
lot
of
great
connections
and
follow-up
items.
So
that
is
my
report
out
and
was
there
any
questions.
R
Yes,
Paul
Soto
from
the
Horseshoe.
My
comments
are
regard
to
these
minute
orders,
specifically
the
racial
Equity
minute
orders.
Look
at
the
time
delay.
Look
at
those
dates
why
this
city
is
okay
with
that
much
time
being
taken
to
prepare
minute
order
is
not
okay,
it's
not!
Okay!
It's
actually
offensive
to
think
that
you
could
just
stab
or
just
produce
these
at
any
time.
Those
meeting
orders
are
particularly
important
for
researchers,
myself
being
amongst
them.
R
R
I
may
thank
somebody
for
the
report,
but
I'm
not
going
to
thank
the
city
I
think
so
what
we've
just
heard
from
the
Senora
with
the
Jews
I
would
love
it.
If
we
talked
about
the
California
genocide,
but
we
can't
can
we
because
the
entire
basis
for
the
power
that's
being
exercised
today
by
all
of
you
is
predicated
upon
that
genocide?
So
we
can't
talk
about
that
and
that's
what
that
meeting
was
about
that
meeting.
R
B
Thank
you
item
3.3
appointment
of
the
vice
mayor
and
I'll
go
ahead
and
just
a
couple
of
comments
before
we
take
public
comment
and
entertain
a
motion,
I'm
very,
very
happy
to
be
recommending
councilmember,
Rosemary
camay
for
the
role
of
vice
mayor
and
our
conversations
in
recent
weeks.
B
Help
us
be
incredibly
constructive
and
productive
and
I
have
no
doubt
that
in
the
spirit
of
former
vice
mayor,
chappie
Jones,
she
will
also
run
one
efficient
and
and
productive
meeting.
So
with
that
very
happy
to
bring
her
forward
and
I
would
love
to
entertain
a
motion
so
move
second
great,
why
don't
we
go
to
public
comment
before
any
other
commentary?
Paul.
Q
R
Paul
Soto
from
the
Horseshoe
welcome
vice
mayor,
kame
I
know
nothing
about
you
on
this
level.
I,
don't
know
how
much
you
know,
however.
I
can
tell
you
for
a
fact:
I've
been
here
for
five
years,
Monday
through
Thursday
five
years,
so
I
have
a
lot
of
institutional
knowledge
that
you
don't
so
I
look
forward
to
being
able
to
work
with
you.
I
will
give
you
the
benefit
of
the
knowledge
and
experience
that
I
have
as
a
son
of
campesinos
from
sassy
puedes
as
a
a.
R
R
I
was
very
impressed
by
what
you
had
to
say
the
at
the
last
meeting,
because
you
asked
the
exact
kind
of
questions
that
I
was
asked
if
I
was
in
your
position
and
what
that
means
is
that
you
truly
are
a
representative
of
the
people
when
a
when
a
public
when
a
public
commenter
can
say
honestly
in
his
own
mind
that
hey
if
I
was
there,
I
would
have
asked
that
same
question.
That
means
that
the
people
are
truly
being
reflected.
R
Irregardless
of
your
District,
you
represent
son,
hope
period,
I,
don't
care
what
district
you're
in
District,
1
district,
10,
District
Five,
doesn't
matter
to
me
almost
period
and
so
I
look
forward
to
being
able
to
work
with
you
and
to
be
have
the
benefit
of
the
knowledge
that
I'm
going
to
be
able
to
provide
in
my
commentaries
here
at
these
meetings,
but
I'm
also
going
to
cushion
you
have
to
be
ready
for
a
fight.
This
is
a
fight.
This
is
not
for
people
that
are
just
going
to
willy-nilly.
R
B
H
Thank
you,
mayor,
I'm,
so
excited
to
see
my
good
friend
in
continuous
colleague,
council
member
command
be
appointed
to
the
role
of
vice
mayor
from
our
time,
together
on
the
Santa
Clara
County
Board
of
Education
I've
gained
valuable
insight
into
her
leadership
style
and
an
ability
to
move
forward
policies
that
positively
affect
the
well-being
of
this
community.
H
H
It's
also
thrilling
to
see
the
Asian
and
Latino
representation
that
she
brings
to
the
council
and
to
the
seat
of
vice
mayor.
Her
diverse
cultural
background
and
lived
experience
puts
it
a
incredible
worldly
perspective
that
affirms
informs
her
decision.
Making
little
girls
of
color
in
San
Jose
will
see
themselves
and
vice
mayor
command,
something
that,
as
people
of
color
we
know,
is
extremely
invaluable.
H
Her
presence
alone
stands
as
a
testament
to
the
diversity
of
this
city
and
as
a
Puerto
Rican
myself.
It's
incredible
to
see
our
community
make
it
into
this
level
of
politics
here
in
Santa,
Clara
County,
to
conclude:
congratulations
to
council
member
kame
and
now
vice
mayor
kame
and
I
joyously.
Second,
the
approval
of
her
appointment
to
vice
mayor.
Thank
you.
N
Council
member
Ortiz
knows
how
to
play
Jeopardy
with
these
buttons
better
than
anybody
else
up
here,
but
I
just
want
to
wish
I
want
to
wish
my
newest
colleague
it's
been
a
pleasure
serving
with
you
already
for
almost
a
month
and
so
I
I'm
also
super
super
excited
that
you
were
chosen
as
as
our
next
vice
mayor
and
I'm.
Just
looking
forward
working
with
you
and
making
sure
that
you're
gonna
reteach
me
my
Spanish
again
so
super
excited
because
we've
been
having
conversation
in
Spanish
already
so
I
can
relearn.
C
Brief
I
I
am
privileged
to
be
here
and
and
serve
the
community.
I
will
do
my
best
as
I
move
forward,
and
many
of
you
that
I
know
we
will
work
very
very
closely
together.
Those
of
you
who
I
don't
know
we
will
work
very
closely
together
to
make
San
Jose
the
best
place
to
live,
work
and
play.
Thank
you.
B
B
B
S
Firearm
regulations,
the
city
should
update
procedures
around
gun,
violence,
restraining
orders
and
Firearm
business
inspections.
I'm
also
here
with
Lieutenant
Steve
Donahue
and
Jason,
and
Lieutenant
Jason
Kidwell
from
the
police
department,
Abella,
Obi
and
Adrian
Perez
from
my
office
are
also
worked
on.
It
are
here
in
the
audience,
keep
going.
S
Hopefully
the
slides
will
catch
up
to
us,
so
firearm
deaths
from
all
causes,
including
homicide,
suicide
and
unintentional
deaths
or
accidents
totaled
over
45
000
in
2020
across
the
United
States
in
California,
the
number
of
firearm
related
deaths
was
8.5
per
100
000
residents
lower
than
the
overall
National
rate
of
13.6
and
lower
than
most
other
states.
S
S
M
S
S
There
was
a
dip
in
2019,
as
you
can
see
in
the
graphic,
but
subsequently
the
number
of
incidents
has
had
increased.
The
prevalence
of
firearm-related
crimes
varies
across
police
districts,
with
some
districts
having
seen
far
more
than
others.
Over
80
percent
of
firearm
related
incidents
between
2017
and
2021
were
in
police
districts,
l
c
x
and
P
in
Central
and
East
San
Jose
districts,
V,
T,
A
and
E
saw
the
fewest
incidents
over
that
same
period,
aggravated
assaults
and
robberies
made
up
over
70
percent
of
crimes
involved.
A
firearm,
the
largest
increase
in
2017.
I
S
In
the
broad
category
of
a
weapon-related
incidents
such
as
illegal
possession
or
carrying
a
concealed
weapon,
finally,
the
city
has
seen
a
significant
increase
in
number
of
privately
made.
Firearms,
sometimes
referred
to
as
ghost
guns
in
2021,
the
department
submitted
168
to
the
Santa
Clara
County
District
Attorney's
crime
lab
for
processing,
in
contrast
in
2015,
they
had
submitted
just
one.
S
The
third
findings
that
the
police
department
should
update
internal
procedures
and
conduct
Outreach
on
gun
violence,
restraining
orders,
so
the
city
like
other
jurisdictions
can
use
gun
violence,
restraining
orders
or
gvros
to
remove
and
prevent
purchases
of
firearms
from
individuals
who
are
found
to
be
a
danger
to
themselves
or
others.
There
are
three
types
of
gvros:
there's
gun,
violence,
emergency
protective
orders
or
GV
epos.
S
These
can
be
served
by
law
enforcement
officers
after
approval
by
a
judge,
and
these
orders
last
21
days,
there's
also
temporary
ex
parte
orders,
which
can
be
requested
by
family
members,
Educators
and
others.
In
addition
to
law
enforcement,
applicants
must
apply
in
writing
in
family
court
for
one
of
these
orders,
there's
also
order
after
a
hearing
which
are
shown
in
the
graphic
as
simply
gvros.
S
The
current
process
for
these
orders
involve
multiple
parties,
including
the
police
department,
to
see
the
attorney's
office
as
well
as
Santa,
Clara
County
and
the
courts.
The
Department's
San
Jose
police
departments
Duty
manual,
defines
procedures
for
gbros,
but
currently
does
not
accurately
reflect
current
practice
or
differentiate
between
the
different
types
of
orders.
Also,
unlike
some
jurisdictions,
the
city
does
not
have
publicly
available
information
about
gpros
on
its
website
and
the
city
does
not
conduct
community
outreach
on
such
orders
so
to
improve
the
gvr
procedures
and
community
outreach.
S
The
fourth
finding
is,
the
police
department
can
provide
increased
staff,
guidance
and
supervisory
oversight
for
regulating
firearm
businesses.
The
Department's
permits
unit
regulates
firearm
businesses
for
compliance
with
the
municipal
code.
However,
the
unit
can
improve
guidance
on
inspections
by
defining
documentation
requirements
expected
frequency
of
inspections
and
compliance
guidelines.
We
found
that
there
were
inconsistencies
in
how
staff
reviewed
firearm,
businesses
for
compliance
and
staff
did
not
always
document
compliance
with
all
municode
requirements.
S
Lastly,
the
permit
fee
for
firearm
businesses
may
not
be
fully
cost
recovery,
as
an
assessment
of
actual
time
spent
has
not
been
done
for
quite
some
time
so
and
to
prove
the
inspection
process.
We
recommend
the
department,
develop
procedures
to
document
inspection
expectations
and
revise
its
inspection
checklist
and
reassess
actual
time
spent
on
inspections.
S
The
report
has
seven
recommendations
to
prove
processes
to
rec
the
city's
processes
to
regulate
firearms
I'd
like
to
thank
the
San
Jose
police
department,
as
well
as
the
city
attorney's
office
and
the
city
manager's
office,
for
their
cooperation
and
insight
during
the
audit
process.
I
ask
you
to
accept
the
report
and
I'll
now
turn
it
over
to
tenant
Donahue
for
the
administration's
response
and
we're
happy
to
answer
any
questions.
Thank
you,
foreign.
T
Thank
you
good
afternoon.
My
name
is
Lieutenant
Steve
Donahue
I'm,
the
commander
of
research
and
development
at
the
San
Jose
police
department,
I'm,
accompanied
today
by
Lieutenant
Jason
Kidwell
from
our
permits
unit
and
president
in
the
audience
is
the
deputy
chief
executive
officer,
Ed
Schroeder
and
Sergeant
Keith
newmer
who's
currently
assigned
to
the
city
attorney's
office
and
is
responsible
for
gun
violence
restraining
orders.
T
The
department
would
like
to
thank
City
auditor,
Joe
Royce
and
his
team
for
the
audit
on
firearm
regulations.
As
you
can
see
from
our
response
beginning
on
page
49
of
the
report,
the
department
has
green
lit
all
the
recommendations
from
the
auditor
pertaining
to
the
police
department
and,
in
addition,
the
city
attorney's
office
has
greenlit
the
recommendation
to
update
the
municipal
code
to
align
with
the
California
Penal
Code.
We
look
forward
to
implementing
these
changes
to
increase
oversight
and
provide
the
community
with
key
information
on
gun
violence.
T
Restraining
orders
I'd
like
to
mention
something
that
was
brought
up
at
the
public
safety,
finance
and
strategic
support
committee
on
December
16th,
we'll
be
expanding
the
term
domestic
violence.
That's
used
throughout
the
audit
report
to
apply
to
all
gender-based
violence,
including
sexual
assault
and
human
trafficking,
and
now
I'd
like
to
take
a
moment
to
address
the
three
recommended
additions
to
accepting
the
report
submitted
by
council
member
Torres
and
council
member
Ortiz.
T
First
regarding
gun
violence,
restraining
order,
information
being
multilingual,
our
language
access
plan
ensures
that
the
members
of
the
public
have
access
to
the
police
department
and
the
language
of
their
choice.
If
we
don't
have
a
department
member
on
duty,
that
speaks
the
language
that
they
are
requesting,
we
use
technology
and
immediately
available
translation
services
to
ensure
that
that
they
have
ability
to
communicate
with
us.
Our
department
website
translates
into
133
different
languages
on
January
10th.
T
All
of
these
integrate
to
show
our
value
on
ensuring
everyone
has
access
to
their
police
department
and
its
resources
and
we'll
continue
this
as
we
translate
gvr
gvro
information
on
our
website
and
we
add
the
additional
information
in
our
main
lobby
and
second,
regarding
working
with
advocacy
groups
to
disseminate
restraining
order.
Information.
T
As
I
mentioned,
our
new
sexual
assault,
survivors
Bill
of
Rights
card,
was
released
on
January
10th
and
that
has
the
most
up-to-date
advocacy
group
information
in
the
county.
These
are
provided
to
survivors
of
sexual
assault.
In
every
case,
we
also
work
collaboratively
with
the
YWCA
Community
Solutions
next
door,
Solutions
and
the
Asian
women's
hope
advocacy
groups.
T
We
provide
resources
on
signage
in
our
main
lobby
at
the
Family
Violence
Center
and
online,
and
we
also
provide
legal
resources
to
access
restraining
orders
and
ex
parte
gun
violence,
orders
on
our
website
and
third,
regarding
the
request
to
return
with
a
breakdown
of
firearm
related
incidents.
This
is
going
to
take
us
a
few
weeks
to
collect.
We
don't
have
the
information
readily
available
to
us
on
our
website
and
we
are
going
to
analyze
and
present
the
information
to
council.
T
We
are
asked
asking
Council
to
allow
us
to
provide
this
in
an
informational
memo
in
our
response.
So
I'll
finish
with
this.
In
April
of
last
year,
a
43
year
old
male
was
fired
from
his
job
at
a
construction
site
in
San
Jose
we're
a
construction
company.
Sorry,
he
began
putting
negative
reviews
about
the
company
online
and
harassing
his
former
co-workers,
so
he
was
arrested
for
stalking,
but
due
to
the
Threat
Level,
the
officers
got
a
gvro.
He
was
found
to
be
in
possession
of
numerous
Firearms,
including
an
illegal
assault,
weapon
and
privately
manufactured
Firearms.
T
In
total,
49
Firearms
were
seized
and
hundreds
of
firearm
precursor
parts
from
that
house
and
this
gvro
likely
prevented
numerous
other
shootings
in
and
around
San
Jose
and
a
domestic
homicide.
So
these
are
just
two
of
the
several
examples
of
the
cases
that
we've
used
gvros
to
seize
firearms
from
dangerous
persons.
T
Now,
while,
admittedly,
there
is
still
work
to
be
done,
we
pride
ourselves
on
the
fact
that
we
obtain
more
gvros
in
San
Jose
than
any
other
agency
in
Northern
California,
and
we
commend
our
officers
for
having
the
foresight
to
recognize
the
potential
in
these
cases
and
protect
the
public
and
now
we're
here
for
your
questions.
Thank
you.
R
Yes,
also
from
the
Horseshoe
I,
don't
appreciate
what
you
just
did:
Lieutenant
Donahue,
because
you
had
probable
cause
to
go
inside
that
man's
house
just
on
the
domestic
violence
call
itself
and
the
fact
that
he
had
a
gun.
He
didn't
need
the
gbro.
So
I,
don't
appreciate
you
coming
in
here
and
giving
that
kind
of
conflating
those
issues
and
giving
that
false
information
you
had
probable
cause
just
for
the
charge.
The
gbro
had
absolutely
nothing
to
do
with
it.
That's
number
one
number
as
a
matter
of
law.
R
R
R
R
Gdros
only
apply
to
people
that
are
responsible,
gun
owners,
they're,
not
the
ones
that
are
committing
those
crimes
that
you
use
statistics
in
order
to
support
your
contention,
stop
doing
that.
Lieutenant
Don
you
because
you're
going
to
have
a
citizen
like
myself.
That
knows
the
law.
That's
going
to
come
on
here
and
challenge
you
on
that
and
embarrass
you
in
the
department
quit
doing
that,
because
I'm
not
going
to
stand
here
and
allow
you
to
do
that.
R
B
H
Thank
you,
mayor
I,
want
to
begin
my
comments
by
thanking
the
city
auditor,
as
well
as
the
hard-working
staff
here
for
your
thorough
report.
I
had
the
pleasure
of
meeting
with
them
earlier
this
week
and
gained
a
better
understanding
of
the
work
that
you
do
and
appreciate
your
effort
and
the
effort
that
you
put
into
these
reports.
So
thank
you
so
much
with
thousands
of
gun,
related
injuries
and
deaths,
it's
impossible
to
overlook
that
gun.
Violence
has
become
a
Public
Health
crisis
in
our
country.
In
2020
there
was
45
000
gun
violence.
H
Deaths
in
the
United
States
I
feel
that
as
a
local
municipality,
we
can
play
a
role
in
preventing
gun,
related
injuries
and
deaths
by
analyzing,
City's,
firearm
regulatory
processes
and
policies,
including
a
review
of
Trends
in
firearm.
Violence.
Weapon-Related
incidents
here
in
the
city
during
that
2016
to
2020
the
average
annual
costs
related
to
firearm
injuries
and
deaths,
were
nearly
1.2
billion
dollars
in
Santa
Clara
County.
H
Cycling
gun
violence
involves
a
multi-faceted
approach
that
includes
awareness
and
addressing
the
root
causes
that
promote
the
prevention
of
gun,
related
death
and
Trauma.
The
prevalence
of
gun
violence
varies
between
states
and
part
due
to
the
varied
gun
laws
and
disproportionately
affects
racial
and
cultural
minorities.
H
H
People
of
color
suffer
a
disproportionate
burden
of
gun
violence
at
a
national
level.
We
see
that
black
people
are
at
the
highest
risk
of
dying
by
gunfire
and
gun.
Homicides
have
been
found
to
highly
to
be
highly
concentrated
in
Black
and
Hispanic
or
Latino
neighborhoods
San
Jose
is
consistent
with
these
National
Trends.
According
to
the
Santa
Clara
County
Public
Health
Department
that
the
victims
of
gun
violence
are
disproportionately
African-American
and
Latino.
H
A
proper
appropriately
targeted
efforts
that
invest
in
and
support
for
neighborhoods
at
a
greater
risk
for
involvement
in
gun
violence
can
save
lives.
With
that
being
said,
I
have
a
couple
of
questions
for
staff.
The
audit
mentions
that
the
last
gun
buyback
program
hosted
by
the
San
Jose
police
department,
was
in
2018..
H
Is
there
a
plan
to
bring
this
back,
bring
back
this
program,
given
that
incidence
in
San
Jose
involving
a
firearm
have
increased
by
25
percent
and
if
it
is
an
issue
with
funding,
how
much
was
it
in
the
past
to
fund
this
program,
and
where
did
that
funding
come
from.
T
Foreign,
thank
you
for
your
question.
We
actually
did
some
research
on
gun,
buyback
programs.
We've
had
a
few
gun
buybacks
here
in
San
Jose.
They
are
an
expensive
Endeavor
it.
T
Let
me
get
you
the
number
here,
so
we
look
at
about
a
hundred
thousand
dollars
for
each
gun,
buyback
give
or
take,
and
the
costs
of
Staff
hours
overtime
to
do
it.
Etc
costs
about
thirty,
two
thousand
dollars
in
the
last
gun
buyback
just
to
have
the
Personnel
to
be
able
to
do
it
outside
the
patrol
structure.
T
Obviously,
responding
calls
for
service
are
our
number
one
priority
when
we
look
at
the
firearms
that
are
collected
during
gun,
buybacks
you're,
looking
at
75
percent
of
the
people
who
surrender
Firearms
are
over
the
age
of
50
years
old
and
nearly
two-thirds
of
those
Firearms
are
secured
from
within
a
residence.
Two-Thirds
of
the
people
believe
their
firearm
is
safer
without
or
their
home
is
safer
without
the
firearm
in
their
home.
T
Things
like
that,
so
we
have
not
ruled
out
gun
buyback
programs,
but
these
are
not
the
solution
to
to
firearm
violence
in
San
Jose.
The
people
that
turn
in
the
guns
tend
not
to
be
the
people
that
are
using
the
guns
in
firearm
violence.
It
does,
however,
have
a
secondary
and
intangible
benefit
we're
taking
Firearms
off
the
streets,
they're
not
going
to
get
burglarized
in
a
home,
burglary
they're
not
going
to
get
taken
from
those
who
own
them
or
have
them
in
their
possession.
T
The
community
feels
safer,
having
those
guns
taken
off
the
streets
and
and
collected
and
disposed
of,
and
that's
why
they
do
turn
them
into
us,
so
gun
buyback
programs
I
mean
there's
philosophy
on
this
throughout
studies
in
Academia.
But
really
what
we're
going
to
look
at
here
for
our
city
is
the
best
most
effective
way
to
combat
gun
violence
in
San
Jose,
and
that
may
or
may
not
be
buyback
programs.
So
short
answer:
we
haven't,
ruled
them
out,
but
long
answer
is
they're,
not
the
ultimate
solution.
We're
looking
for
thank.
H
You
one
of
a
follow-up
question
recommendation
three
states:
a
goal
to
educate
the
community
about
the
availability
of
gun
violence
restraining
orders.
Could
we
broaden
this
to
also
include
school
presentations
on
gun
safety,
or
is
there
any
work
in
local
schools
to
focus
on
kid?
Teen
safety.
T
We
do
have
the
team
kids
program,
that's
in
schools,
we
do
have
officers
that
go
to
schools
and
do
presentations.
We
do
focus
a
lot
of
effort
on
kids
in
middle
and
high
schools,
where
we're
providing
them
guidance
in
their
future
life
right
as
far
as
gun
safety
goes
this
we
do
gun
safety
presentations
in
schools.
However,
this
is
separate
from
the
idea
of
a
gvro
education
of
the
public.
Gvros
are
applicable
when
you
have
a
a
threat
right.
T
You
have
someone
who
has
a
mental
illness
and
may
be
suicidal
someone
who
maybe
wants
to
assault
other
people,
that's
when
gvros
come
into
play
and
then
we'll
use
those
to
remove
the
firearms
from
their
possession
in
anticipation
of
them,
possibly
being
used,
that's
different
than
the
the
teen
gun
safety
programs.
Okay,
thank.
H
You
my
attention
with
you
know
part
of
the
memo
was
to
make
sure
that
we
could
get
an
in-depth
analysis
to
see
why
a
weapon
related
incidents
have
gone
up
in
police
districts
that
correlate
with
three
five,
seven
and
and
eight
right,
some
of
our
more
working
class
areas
here
in
the
city
of
San
Jose.
Is
it
possible
to
do
an
analysis
to
find
reasons
why
this
uptick
could
have
occurred?
Yeah.
T
So
the
the
last
part
of
your
your
memo
when
you
asked
for
the
report
back
to
council.
We
do
want
to
do
that
analysis,
but
it's
going
to
take
us
some
time
to
do
that.
We
have
to
look
at
all
the
statistics
surrounding
it,
clean
it
and
then
present
it.
So
that's
why
I
asked
if
it's
possible
to
do
it
in
an
informational
memo
to
council,
so
we
can
do
it
in
one
big
big
broadcast,
instead
of
just
the
response
to
you
and
the
other
council
member.
If
that's
okay,.
H
U
Thank
you.
Thank
you,
Joe
for
your
report
and
an
insightful
briefing,
as
always,
also
want
to
thank
San,
Jose
PD
for
your
willingness
to
address
the
recommendations
made
by
the
city
auditor.
This
is
a
really
timely
report
and
I
know
it
was
triggered
by
the
mass
shooting
at
the
VTA,
but
I
want
to
acknowledge
the
tragedies
that
have
occurred
over
the
last
couple
of
days
in
California
Monterey
Park
in
the
South
than
just
recently
in
our
backyard
of
Half
Moon
Bay.
U
Today,
multiple
communities
are
filled
with
grief,
outrage
and
concern
as
these
two
violent
attacks
disrupted
places
where
everyone
should
feel
free
to
live,
work
and
celebrate
and
I
want
to
express
my
condolences
to
the
families,
loved
ones
and
communities
that
have
been
affected
by
these
tragedies.
Truly
we're
talking
about
gun,
gun,
violence
and
gun,
violence,
restraining
orders
and
and
how
to
protect
our
community
from
guns,
but
they
are
out
there
very
prevalent
and
people
are
being
killed
on
a
daily
basis
in
a
mass
shooting
way.
U
And
it's
very
my
just
saying
my
thoughts
and
prayers
are
with
the
families.
Truly
is
not
enough,
but
it's
important
to
acknowledge
that
before
we
can
move
forward
and
ensure
that
we
do
move
forward.
I,
I
appreciate
the
gun,
violence,
restraining
order,
information
and
the
ability
to
make
that
more
accessible
to
our
community.
Any
information
that
you
have
for
us
as
a
council
member
or
a
council
office
that
we
could
possibly
push
out
in
our
newsletters
that
would
be
really
really
helpful
or
on
social
media
idea.
So
anything
that
you
can
give
to
us.
U
I
also
am
really
glad
to
hear
about
the
sexual
assault
cards.
We
talked
about
that
last
year
and
I'm
really
thrilled
to
hear
that
they're
being
distributed,
as
would
Sylvia
Arenas
council
member
Carrasco,
who
I
see
in
the
audience
council,
member,
Davis
and
and
council
member
Esparza,
who
were
all
involved
in
that
effort
last
year
when
we
went
through
this
so
I
I.
U
T
Thank
you
councilmember
for
your
question.
Yes,
do
you
mind
if
I
I
speak
on
one
thing
you
mentioned.
U
T
Problem
I,
one
of
the
things
you
mentioned
is
giving
you
information
for
your
newsletters,
I
I
think
the
more
ways
we
can
get
it
out
to
the
community,
the
more
effective
we're
going
to
be
so
what
we'd
like
to
do
is
is
get
some
information
together.
Put
it
together
for
you,
we
can
give
it
to
all
the
council
members.
T
You
can
now
put
it
out
in
your
newsletter
on
how
to
obtain
these
ex
parte
gun,
violence,
restraining
orders
and
and
when
they
apply
when
when
they
would
help
the
community
okay,
so
we
we'd
be
happy
to
do
that.
The
other
thing
you
asked
is
about
how
the
council
can
help.
We
need
help
getting
back
into
the
schools.
We
need,
help
being
in
the
schools
and
being
part
integrated
into
the
curriculum
so
that
we
can
come
in
and
talk
about
things
like
gun
safety.
You
know
Public
Safety
everything
that
we
talk
about
in
schools.
T
As
you
know,
over
the
last
few
years,
things
have
kind
of
swung
a
little
bit
with
a
pendulum
and
we'd
like
some
help
getting
back
in
there.
Okay.
U
I
think
we
many
of
us
have
connections
in
our
school
districts
and
our
schools
and
we're
happy
to
help
in
that
regard.
I
actually
spoke
to
a
group
of
Cub
Scouts
last
week
and
we
talked
about
our
gun,
our
gun
laws
and
what
that
meant-
and
they
looked
at
me-
very
surprised-
that
people
actually
own
guns
but
I'm
sure
there
were
some
in
the
room
who
did
actually,
but
they
were
just
aware
and
happy
to
have
any
knowledge
so
I'm
sure
we
can
all
help
out
with
that.
Thank.
T
V
S
V
Good
afternoon,
council
members
for
the
gun
harm
reduction
ordinance
the
attestation
form
we
were
closely
in
the
permits
unit
with
the
city
manager's
office
and
developed
that
form
that
forms
available
here
at
City
Hall
and
that
the
police
main
lobby.
It's
also
available
online
on
the
police
department's
website,
and
we
have
a
lot
of
frequently
asked
questions
that
are
also
posted
on
there.
U
V
U
Thank
you.
I
have
a
question
about
the
gunshot
detection
pilot
program.
How
is
that
being
how
and
where
is
that
being
deployed.
T
Well,
let
me
tell
you
this:
we
actually
just
deployed
it
I
believe
we
went
live
yesterday.
T
I
think
today
is
the
first
day
that
we're
receiving
that
we
will
receive
automatic
gunshot
detection
with
our
new
system.
We
did
do
a
pilot
program
last
year
in
the
Cadillac
Winchester
area.
U
So
talk
me
through
this
you're
talking
to
a
person,
who's
really
a
novice
in
technology.
So
how
does
this
work?
How
is
The,
Gunshot
detection
I
mean
okay,
it's
picking
up
the
sound
or
the
what's
yeah
tell
me:
what's
going.
T
On
so
think
of,
think
of
I'll
use
without
giving
any
away
any
technology
you've
you're
looking
at,
say
three
microphones
when
sound
travels.
It
travels
a
distance
over
time
when
the
sound
hits
the
microphone
that
microphone
knows
what
time
it
hit
in
compared
to
another
microphone
right
and
when
you
compare
that
to
three
microphones,
you
can
use
those
speeds
and
timing
of
that
sound,
hitting
it
to
triangulate
where
it
came
from.
T
Yes,
so
when
it,
when
the
system
collects
those
sounds
and
here's
a
gunshot,
it
says:
hey
that
was
a
gunshot
based
on
decibel
ratings
and
how
to
detect
it.
And
then
it
immediately
sends
a
notification
to
the
police
department
and
saying:
hey:
I
just
detected
a
gunshot.
This
is
where
my
computer
system
says
it
came
from
so
heads
up
right
that
goes
to
a
dispatcher
and
that
dispatcher
puts
it
out
to
the
officers
in
the
field.
Hey.
We
just
received
a
gunshot
notification
that
over
at
say,
Cadillac
and
Winchester.
T
We
had
you
know
this
notification
come
in
the
the
officers
then
are
able
to
respond
to
that
area
and
handle
the
event
prior
to
anybody.
Saying
hey.
That
was
a
gunshot
and
then
call
in
and
all
that
information
right.
So
here
are
some
of
the
areas
that
were
were
deploying
it.
It's
going
to
be
in
the
area
of
first
and
Oak,
Clements
and
owlsley
genie
in
Forestdale,
right,
Poco
and
McCreery
Komar
and
story
rotor
and
round
table
and
Cadillac
in
Winchester.
So
that's
where
we've
deployed
The
Gunshot
detection
systems
currently
right.
U
T
U
B
N
Foreign,
thank
you
so
much
lieutenant
donoho
and
chief
Mata
and,
of
course,
our
our
great
auditor
Joe,
a
very
thorough
audit,
also
a
major
kudos
for
to
our
Lieutenant
for
for
addressing
items
on
the
memo
that
I
co-wrote
with
council
member
Ortiz.
It
even
caught
me
off
guard
so
I
guess
you
effectively
wiped
out
all
my
questions
that
I
had
already
but
and
council
member
Ortiz
also
mentioned
some
of
the
questions.
N
I
was
going
to
ask,
but
I
I
do
have
I
do
have
some
follow-ups
and
I
do
also
want
to
recognize
the
previous
work
done
by
our
our
council
members
as
well
folks
who
are
Sitting
on
This,
Dice
and
sitting
out
in
the
audience
or
or
serving
on
our
County
Board
of
Supervisors.
Now,
and
it's
it's
unfortunate
it's.
N
Unfortunately,
it's
just
so
unfortunate
that
we're
talking
about
gun
violence
just
days
days
after
three
mass
shootings
in
in
Northern
California
and
for
me
gun
violence
is,
is
personal
I
wouldn't
be
here
today?
If,
if
it
wasn't
for
the
the
neighborhood
that
I
grew
up
in
I,
saw
gun
violence
and
heard
gun
violence
every
single
day,
drive-by
shootings,
firsten
Oak
was
a
hot
spot,
then
when
I
was
growing
up
and
it
continues
to
unfortunately
be
be
a
hot
spot
now
and
so
guns
create
tragedies.
N
Unfortunately,
we
all
know
that
and
we're
seeing
it
obviously
in
the
past
few
days,
with
the
attacks
in
our
of
our
Asian
communities
and
immigrant
communities,
and
so
for
me,
I
I
really
am
concerned
about
the
25
increase
in
incidents
that
we've
had,
and
one
of
my
first
questions
is
going
to
be.
What
do
you
think?
What
do
you
think
this
is
attributed
to
attributed
to.
T
That
is
a
tough
question
council
member
I
can
tell
you
this.
We
have
nationwide
had
an
increase
in
aggravated
assaults
Nationwide.
We
had
an
increase
in
homicides
that
doesn't
negate
the
fact
that
we've
had
increases
here
in
San,
Jose
and
I
can't
speculate
without
looking
at
the
data
as
to
why
that
is
I.
Think
that
is
the
most
important
thing
you're
going
to
get
out
of
what
we
produce
for
you
in
that
info.
T
Memo
you're
going
to
understand
where
it's
happening
and
what
is
happening
so
I
I,
hesitate
to
say
well,
it's
it's
related
to
gang
violence.
I
can't
say
that
I
can't
say
it's
related
to
domestic
violence.
I
can't
say
why
at
this
point,
but
we
are
going
to
look
at
it
and
provide
that
information
to
you
great.
N
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
Lieutenant
and
I
know.
Council
member
Ortiz
touched
on
this
right.
We
see
the
most
violence
happening
in
council's
District
districts.
Three
five,
seven
eight
well
for
the
for
those
of
you
who
have
grown
up
in
the
city
of
San
Jose.
Those
have
always
been
areas
with
any
type
of
islands,
gang
guns,
drugs,
you
name
it
and
they
and
they
and
that
that
is
concerning
and
I,
think
that's
why
many
of
us
in
this
previous
election
cycle
decided
to
run
because,
quite
frankly,
quite
honestly
enough
is
enough.
N
We've
I
saw
too
many
of
my
friends
not
make
it
out
of
the
Washington
neighborhood
right.
We
need
to
create
a
a
pipeline
not
into
prison
or
not
into
a
coffin,
but
into
a
community
college
or
or
a
trades
job
or
a
the
best
university
in
the
world.
San
Jose
State
right,
and
so
that's
that's
what
we
need
to
create.
We
need
to
create
pipelines
into
into
education.
N
One
other
question
that
I
have
I
noticed
that
in
the
audit
in
page
19
I
saw
the
statistics
on
how
many
Firearms
have
been
seized
by
our
San
Jose
police
department,
and
my
question
was
I
saw
that
we've
increased,
so
I
I
would
like
to
know
are
and
I
think
you
hit
on
it.
Lieutenant
I
would
like
to
know
if
they're
coming
from
you
know,
traffic
stops
or
busts
that
our
Police
Department
may
have,
or
because
you
see
it
online
right
online
threats.
T
So,
by
the
way,
council
member,
the
other
pipeline
we'd
like
to
see
people
come
into,
is
the
police
department
right.
B
T
You
so
the
firearm
seized
by
the
police
department
come
in
all
sorts
of
different
manner,
we're
looking
at
proactive
police
activities
such
as
a
car
stop
or
a
search
warrant,
we're
looking
at
the
gvros
and
how
they
come
in
through
these
civil
orders,
but
we
also
have
firearms
that
are
captured
on
events
being
on
viewed
and
and
that
manner.
The
problem
is
that
we
can't
really
quantify
based
on
the
number
right
now.
What's
happening.
T
Is
anecdotally
I
see
all
the
time
Watch
Commander
entries,
where
officers
make
a
car
stop
and
find
a
gun,
and
it's
more
than
I've
ever
seen
before,
I've
been
here
22
years
and
I've
never
seen
the
number
of
guns
that
we're
seeing
on
the
streets.
It's
unbelievable.
It's
scary
that
they're
out
there
making
car
stops
pulling
people
over
and
then
they
find
a
gun
in
the
car,
underneath
the
seat
of
the
driver
underneath
the
seat
of
the
passenger
hidden
in
the
glove
box
and
it's
dangerous,
but
they're
still
doing
it.
T
T
So
that's
where
we're
seeing
a
lot
more
of
it
nowadays.
You
know,
as
I
said,
it
does
kind
of
seem
like
a
pipeline
of
guns
with
the
private,
privately
manufactured
firearms
and
the
other
people
were
working
with
are
our
federal
Partners
through
the
FBI
and
the
ATF,
and
we
have
officers
that
are
assigned
to
task
forces
that
work
very
closely
with
them
to
find
large-scale,
manufacturing
and
firearms.
That
way
great.
N
I
I
like
to
I
like
to
know
that
we're
being
we're
being
aggressive
and
making
sure
guns
are
off
off
our
streets,
whether
they're
their
ghost
gun
ghost
guns
are
not,
and
those
are
the
rest
of
my
my
questions
but
I
do
have
I
do
have
my
last
comment.
Please
use
us.
Please
use
my
office
I'm,
a
former
School
Board
member
I'm,
a
former
Rec
leader
at
a
at
a
local
elementary
school,
and
let
me
let
me
tell
you
it
is.
It
is
not
fun.
N
When
we
have
a
code
red,
it
is
not
fun
when
we
do
a
training
for
code
red-
and
that
was
one
of
my
biggest
fears
not
only
as
a
as
a
Rec
leader
in
a
under-resourced
community,
but
a
school
board
member
in
a
under
resource
Community
is
getting
that
phone
call
of
one
day
happening
in
in
our
own,
very
own
backyard,
and
we
have
we've
I
know
the
VTA
yard.
Shooting
has
happened,
but
please
use
us.
We
are
connected
to
the
community
I'm,
a
former
School
Board
member.
N
T
B
Thank
you,
council
member
councilmember
down.
G
Lieutenant
Kidwell
and
Lieutenant
Donahue
with
the
most
recent
events
of
mass
shooting.
G
K
Councilman
Cohen
yeah
I
just
want
to
thank
you,
the
police
department
for
the
work
you've
done
and
thank
Joe
in
your
office
for
for
the
audit.
This
Council
has
spent
a
lot
of
time
in
the
last
few
years
discussing
ways
to
improve
the
safety
in
our
community
and
mitigate
gun,
violence
and
I
know
we'll
continue
to
look
for
Creative,
Solutions
and
and
things
we
can
do
collectively
to
solve
that
problem.
So
I'll
go
ahead
and
move
acceptance
of
the
audit
report.
B
T
I
turned
it
off.
Yes,
as
a
matter
of
fact,
we
have
a
new
gvro
form
that
was
put
into
effect
by
Santa
Clara
County
courts
on
January
1st
of
this
year,
and
we
just
did
a
training
bulletin
that
was
sent
department-wide
on
Friday
of
last
week
that
got
everybody
up
to
speed
for
new
emergency
protective
restraining
orders
and
gun
violence
restored
in
order
forms
great.
N
Sorry
mayor
is
this:
the
is
this
the
point
where
I
I
move
the
memo
like
of
councilman
ortizer,
or
we.
B
Have
a
motion
on
the
floor,
you
could
ask
for
a
friendly
Amendment.
We
can.
We
can
work
that
out
on
the
dice
here.
N
Right
we
got
the
friendly
Amendment,
be
adopting
the
memo
that
myself
and
councilman
bortez.
K
B
B
B
M
That's
unanimous.
W
Mr
Mayor
members
of
council
members
of
the
public,
parkness
Deputy
city
manager,
I,
want
to
start
out
with
a
little
bit
of
context
before
we
dive
in
quickly
to
this
presentation,
starting
with
the
launch
of
San
Jose
clean
energy
as
a
department
in
2019..
The
city's
role
in
energy
has
rapidly
expanded.
The
state
set
us
on
a
path
for
100
renewable
by
2045,
and
then
recently
the
city
council
set
an
even
higher
goal
of
100
carbon
free
energy
production
by
2030..
W
In
pursuit
of
this
goal,
the
team
led
by
Lori
Mitchell
has
made
great
progress,
including
at
95
percent
Greenhouse
gas-free
energy
production,
San,
Jose,
clean
energy
is
the
national
leader
in
clean
energy
production
for
a
city
of
our
size.
They've
also
developed
an
integrated
resource
plan
that
puts
us
on
a
path
to
acquiring
up
to
an
additional
1288
megawatts
of
clean
power.
W
They
are
putting
in
place
a
180
million
dollar
operating
Reserve
to
cover
180
days
of
expenses,
which
will
solidify
the
fiscal
position
of
the
department
and
allow
it
to
deal
with
the
volatility
inherent
in
the
energy
Market.
The
actions
you
will
hear
today
will
bring
forward
Four
Agreements
that
are
part
of
this
ambitious
plan
and
satisfy
the
cpuc
requirements
for
increased
midterm.
Reliability.
I
want
to
say
that,
in
addition,
the
department
is
working
hard
at
exploring
New
Opportunities
and
energy,
including
potential
Municipal
electrical
utility
for
downtown
west
opportunities
created
by
the
new
inflation
reduction
act.
W
Changes
in
clean
energy
tax,
launching
an
electric
vehicle
charging
pilot
to
fill
Equity
gaps
in
EV
charging
access
access.
Excuse
me
and
developing
recommended
future
programs
to
be
funded
by
Community
energy,
including
aligning
with
critical
infrastructure
needs,
such
as
microgrids
for
resilience
and
electrification
of
our
own
city,
fleet
of
2,
800
plus
vehicles.
W
This
body
of
complex
work
puts
an
extraordinary
pressure
on
our
small
and
highly
talented
team.
Therefore,
core
task
over
the
coming
year
is
to
build
a
team's
capacity
and
adjust
policy
to
strengthen
implementation
and
lower
risk.
This
will
include
adding
priority
positions
during
this
fiscal
year,
which
is
already
underway.
Strengthening
the
cross-departmental
team
coordination,
including
finance
and
city
attorney's
office,
with
a
clear
work
plan
based
on
your
direction.
Revising
the
municipal
code
to
better
meet
operational
needs
and
mitigate
risk
and
developing
future
budget
requests
related
to
the
cross-departmental
team.
I
share.
W
All
of
this
to
put
the
item
we
are
bringing
forward
today
into
context.
These
Four
Agreements
are
valued
at
640
million
dollars
over
the
lifetime,
but
they
are
pieces
of
an
even
larger
and
more
complex
puzzle.
Over
the
next
several
months,
we
will
be
bringing
to
you
additional
pieces
of
this
puzzle
and
recommendations
for
revision
to
policy
budget
and
team
composition
to
set
the
city
up
for
success
in
its
clean
energy.
Future
I
will
now
turn
it
over
to
Lori
Mitchell
and
the
team
to
walk
you
through
the
details
of
today's
actions.
X
X
As
the
kid
noted,
we
do
have
a
number
of
renewable
projects
that
are
already
constructed
in
operation,
and
here
you
can
see
some
of
the
photos
of
these
very
impressive
projects.
So
far
we
have
over
500
megawatts
of
new
resources
that
we've
added
to
the
portfolio
and
these
recommendations
today
increase
that
portfolio.
X
It's
important
to
note
that
one
of
the
driving
factors
be
for
a
recommendation
today
is
to
meet
our
state
regulatory
requirements.
Back
in
the
summer
of
2021,
the
state
did
direct
us
to
buy
247
megawatts
of
new
Renewables.
We've
met
most
of
those
requirements,
but
we
are
still
deficient
in
projects
that
will
come
online
in
24
and
25.,
so
for
24.
Today's
recommendation
will
help
us
meet
this
requirement
along
with
council's
past
approvals
and
then
in
2025.
We
do
need
a
little
bit
more
capacity
to
come
online.
X
Today's
recommendation
happy
to
report
will
help
us
meet
that
requirement,
along
with
council's
past,
approved
projects.
So
to
put
this
into
context
as
Kip
mentioned,
this
is
what
we
plan
to
add
to
the
portfolio
over
the
next
decade.
The
Blue
Line
are
projects
that
are
already
operating
and
constructed.
The
yellow
bar
is
what
we
have
to
add
to
meet
the
state's
regulatory
requirements.
The
gray
is
what
we
need
to
add
to
meet
state
law,
and
then
the
green
is
what
we
need
to
add
to
meet
our
own
City's
carbon
neutrality
requirements.
X
So
with
that
I'll
get
into
the
details
of
the
projects
we're
recommending
today.
So
the
first
one
is
a
solar
and
storage
project
developed
by
a
company
called
nextera,
they're,
very
large
global
company
that
develops
these
projects.
The
annual
cost
on
the
first
one
is
just
over
15
million
dollars
or
about
3.7
percent
of
our
annual
power
supply
portfolio
cost.
Importantly,
this
project
will
power
about
40
000
homes
here
in
San
Jose,
and
very
proud
to
report
that
they
are
investing
250
thousand
dollars
into
the
community.
X
Typically,
we
have
programmed
these
types
of
funds
to
fund
Workforce
Development.
Such
as
work
to
Future,
the
next
project
is
also
by
next
ERA.
This
is
a
battery
storage
project.
The
annual
cost
is
3.87
million
dollars,
just
under
one
percent
of
our
annual
power
supply
budget.
Again,
this
project
will
power
about
40
000
homes
for
four
hours
and
proud
to
report
that
they
are
investing
fifty
thousand
dollars
into
the
community
that
we
can
program
toward
programs
like
work
to
Future
a
little
bit
about
nextera
they're,
the
world's
largest
generator
of
renewable
projects.
X
The
next
project
is
a
solar
and
storage
project
developed
by
a
company
called
long
road.
This
project
is
located
in
Arizona
will
be
delivered
into
California.
The
annual
cost
is
11.2
million
dollars,
that's
just
under
three
percent
of
our
annual
portfolio
costs
and
it
will
power
about
24
000
homes
a
little
bit
of
what
about
long
road
they've
been
operating
since
2016,
and
they
have
successfully
completed
just
under
two
gigawatts
of
operating
projects
across
the
United
States
and
then
finally
excited
to
recommend
another
battery
storage
project
that
will
come
online
in
2024.
B
Q
R
Thank
you.
No
that's
fine!
Thank
you.
Also
from
the
Horseshoe
I
got
three
words
for
you:
lithium,
nickel
and
Cobalt.
Now
those
three
minerals
are
going
to
be.
The
resources
that
is
going
to
go
into
is
going
to
be
necessary
to
go
into
these
batteries
now.
Whoever
has
those
resources,
those
particular
lands
and
governments
which
not
all
of
them,
are
here
in
the
United
States.
The
majority
of
them
are
in
South
America
they're
in
Argentina
they're
in
Chile
is
the
primary
and
Peru.
R
R
So
while
you
like,
really
like
Pride
yourselves
on
being
such
moral
and
ethical
and
responsibly
concerned
about
the
environment,
what
about
the
countries
and
the
citizens
that
are
going
to
be
killed
using
the
United
States
Army
to
do
it
to
secure
the
resources
to
to
to
create
this
utopian
Electrical
responsible,
renewable
storage
society
that
you
guys
talk
about
so
eloquently
here,
you're
gonna
have
to
take
the
responsibility
for
it.
R
That's
why
I
think
minute
orders
are
so
important
that
they
reflect
these
public
comments,
so
that
historians
know
that
you
were
held
to
account
and
you
were
made
fully
aware
of
what
it
is,
the
responsibility
that
you
had
and
that
you
failed
in
it
because
you're
just
going
to
say
next
next
item.
That's
what
you're
going
to
do!
Thank
you.
Q
Y
I
hope
you
can
hear
me
now.
Yes,
yes,
thank
you
so
much
very
interesting
report.
I
had
some
questions
which
I'm
sure
will
be
answered
here,
but
which
I
think
the
council
should
ask.
We
recently
had
a
fire
and
a
battery
storage
system
down
in
Moss
Landing
those
fires
and
another
one
that
also
occurred
in
Arizona
can
be
extremely
difficult
to
put
out
and
producer
significant
amount
of
pollution.
So
I
would
like
to
have
some
type
of
research
done
or
report
at
some
point
on
the
protection
for
these
facilities.
Y
B
Z
Joking
I'm,
joking
I'm,
joking
I'm,
still
gonna
ask
you,
know
I'm
curious
Laurie
if
you
can
just
touch
on
so
these
are
contracts
and
we
already
have
I
think
247
megawatts
sort
of
purchase,
but
do
we
only
pay
if
they're,
actually
if
we
actually
get
the
energy?
So,
for
example,
if
there's
a
challenge
with
actually
procuring
the
energy
in
Arizona
or
Nevada,
and
we
don't
get
it,
we
don't
pay.
How
does
that
work.
X
Z
X
Yeah,
no
we're
not
precluded
from
doing
that.
If
we
could
find
hydropower
new
resources
in
California,
we
would
certainly
procure
it.
Those
resources
are
very
hard
to
to
find,
especially
on
the
timeline
that
the
state
is
requiring
us
to
add
these
resources,
because
there's
a
lot
of
environmental
permitting
that
has
to
occur
to.
Z
Z
The
reason
I
ask
is
just
not
noticing
the
Nevada
in
Arizona,
for
example,
Maricopa
and
Clark
County
I
know
that
a
lot
of
the
there
was
like
I,
think,
a
seven
State
compact
for
the
Colorado
River
to
derive
power
down
from
there
and
I
was
just
curious.
There's
a
lot
of
conservation
efforts
that
are
going
to
minimize
the
amount
of
water,
hence
potentially
creation
of
energy
electricity
and
wondering,
if
you
think,
that's
going
to
have
any
effect
related
to
some
of
the
power
we
anticipate
anticipate
receiving
from
some
of
these
folks.
X
You
might
recall
in
in
our
early
years
at
startup
we
were
able
to
Source
some
Hydra
from
the
Pacific
Northwest,
that's
very
hard
to
find
now,
because
they
are
retaining
it
to
meet
their
own
carbon
neutrality
goals
and
and
just
to
meet
their
own
load,
because
they've
also
been
hit
by
a
drought
up
there.
Okay.
B
Great
a
second
from
customer
Cohen,
thanks
for
talking
fast,
excellent,
we're
on
to
council
member
Ortiz.
H
Mr
Mayor
I'll
do
my
best
to
talk
fast.
Thank
you,
mayor
and
I
want
to
thank
staff
regarding
this
extremely
important
work
that
you
all
are
embarking
on.
Climate
change
is
an
issue
that
impacts
all
of
us.
You
know,
regardless
of
income,
race
or
culture,
and
it's
our
responsibility
as
council
members
to
Steward.
This
conversation
protect
it
to
make
sure
that
it
continues
to
ensure
that
we
have
a
healthy
environment
to
pass
on.
To
you
know
our
next
Generation,
our
our
planet
and
the
environment
is
our
number
one
resource.
H
You
know
and
that's
how
I
see
it
and
you
have
my
support
in
this
effort.
My
question
is
identifying:
who
needs
to
be
a
part
of
this
conversation
that
may
not
be
at
the
table
at
this
moment,
and
that
is
you
know:
local
residents,
mine,
I
I
have
a
lot
of
trades
and
construction
workers
in
District
Five
who
may
be
losing
their
job.
H
You
know
due
to
as
we
move
away
towards
renewable
energy
and
as
I
mentioned,
I
support
it
right,
but
it's
job
loss
is
something
that
we
have
to
prepare
for
and
we
need
to
be
strategic,
and
so
that
goes
into
my
question.
How
are
we
preparing
for
for
this
issue?
Are
we
planning
on
doing
a
job
loss
analysis
and
how
can
we
make
sure
to
have
a
big
enough
table?
So
all
stakeholders
are
part
of
the
conversation.
X
Yeah,
those
are
really
good,
thoughtful
comments
and
questions,
and
it's
something
we
are
very
focused
on
I
will
say
with
these
contracts.
We're
really
proud
that
the
Developers
are
providing
additional
funding
for
Community
investment,
and
that
is
something
that
we've
been
successful
at
getting
funding
for
and
in
the
past,
we've
directed
those
dollars
to
work
to
Future
programs
for
job
training
and
Workforce
Development,
and
so
that's
something
we'll
continue
to
focus
on.
H
Thank
you,
I
I,
appreciate
that
you
know
some
of
these
jobs
are
life
sustainable
jobs.
These
are
individuals
who
you
know
were
working
class
built
their
life
raised
their
families
on
on
these
salaries,
so
I
think
the
the
conversation
is
important.
I
really
appreciate
your
openness
to
to
make
sure
we
have
a
wide
enough
table
to
have
that
conversation.
Thank
you.
N
So
one
thank
you
so
much
Lori
for
providing
me
all
your
answers
to
the
questions
that
I
have
so
just
wanted
to
put
it
out
there
that
I
had
I've
been
having
ongoing
conversations
with
Lori
and
her
team,
and
they
were
so
great
at
answering
my
questions
that
I
don't
have
any
questions
at
the
dice
now.
So
thank
you.
G
X
Members,
so
the
state
regulatory
requirements
that
we
are
trying
to
meet
with
these
recommendations
really
were
developed
because
the
state
is
losing
some
of
their
generating
resources,
namely
Diablo
Canyon,
which
is
the
state's
last
nuclear
plant.
That
plant
was
supposed
to
come
offline
in
2024
and
2025.
It
was
extended
last
summer
because
the
state
is
worried
about
not
having
enough
generating
resources
to
meet
the
need
in
California.
X
That
being
said,
the
state
is
still
requiring
us
to
add
replacement
resources
because
they
still
expect
to
eventually
retire
that
Nuclear
Power
Plant
in
terms
of
how
the
costs
compare
these,
these
resources
are
less
costly
than
Diablo.
Diablo
is
a
very
expensive
plant,
mostly
due
to
all
the
decommissioning
work
that
needs
to
be
done.
There.
X
Yes
very
proud
to
report
that
half
of
the
500
megawatts
we
have
under
a
contract
is
actually
from
when
there's
a
very
large
win
project
from
one
of
our
contracts.
That's
actually
located
in
New
Mexico,
it's
delivered
into
California
and
that
plant
is
operating
now
so
very
proud
to
have
that
as
part
of
our
portfolio,
and
we
continue
to
seek
out
other
wind
projects
here
in
the
state.
So
we'll
likely
bring
forward
additional
recommendations
on
that.
P
Yeah
again,
that
is
an
important
question
when
these
resources
are
permitted,
that's
something
that
the
local
agencies
that
are
permitting
the
projects
spend
a
lot
of
time.
Looking
at,
there
is
experience
now
with
lithium-ion,
we're
learning
a
lot
more
about
the
requirements
to
make
them
safer,
making
sure
that
the
components
are
sufficiently
spaced.
So
that's
definitely
something
that
the
local
authorities
are
paying
a
lot
of
attention
to,
and
we
pay
a
lot
of
attention
to
make
sure
that
people
comply
with
their
permits.
B
X
B
X
M
B
Okay,
thanks
Tony,
we
are
on
to
item
6.2,
the
2022
urban
community.
Drought
relief
grant
program.
B
Okay,
unanimous,
thank
you.
We
are
on
to
item
6.3.
This
is
actions
related
to
the
issuance
of
a
non-exclusive
franchise
agreement
to
Redwood
Services
Incorporated
related
related
to
clean
out
material
and
construction
demolition.
Debris
I
believe
we
need
to
open
a
public
hearing.
Do
we
begin
with
that.
R
Yes,
Paul
Soto
from
the
Horseshoe
when
I
go
to
the
Planning
Commission
meetings.
One
of
the
issues
that
comes
up
all
the
time
is
they
used
a
certain
type
of
language,
but
what
it
basically
means
is
that
when
you're
starting
to
dig
into
the
ground
and
you're
tearing
it
up
and
just
ripping
into
the
Earth,
it
puts
out
a
lot
of
toxins
into
the
into
the
community,
and
especially
the
most
vulnerable,
are
the
workers
now
the
workforce
that
primarily
is
going
to
do
all
of
these
building
and
demolition.
R
We
already
know
who
it
is
man,
the
backbone
of
the
construction
industry,
and
this
city
is
the
Mexicano,
the
Chicano
and
the
Latino
communities.
That's
who
it
is,
and
so
I
I
really
want
to
caution,
they're,
saying
specifically,
that
we
can't
avoid
the
fact
that
cancer-causing
illnesses
are
going
to
result
from
this
digging
up
from
these
demolitions
from
this
construction
work.
R
This
is
this
is
the
language
that
we
can't
avoid,
and
it
doesn't
say
that
it
may
happen
that
it
might
happen.
It's
a
declarative
statement.
It
says
specifically
that
this
is
going
to
happen
and
that
it's
just
unavoidable,
and
so
because
it's
unavoidable
these
people
are
going
to
be
exposed
to
cancer-causing
agents.
Well,
let's
just
go
ahead
and
do
it
because
it's
the
Mexicans
and
the
Chicanos
in
the
in
the
Latinos
that
are
going
to
be
doing
the
work
anyway.
So
who
cares
about
them?
B
Great,
we
are
at
the
end
of
the
agenda
for
our
regular
meeting.
As
a
reminder,
we
will
be
adjourning
for
10
minutes
to
help
staff
set
up
for
the
special
meeting.
We
are
going
to
move
to
open
Forum,
as
is
our
practice,
but
I
just
want
to
remind
everyone.
We
will
then
recess
for
10
minutes
and
come
back
for
a
special
meeting
on
the
appointment
process.
M
And
I
do
want
to
remind
anybody
on
Zoom.
This
open
forum
is
for
anything
not
on
today's
agenda
or
on
the
next
meeting,
the
the
special
election
we're
going
to
hold
those
comments
during
that
particular
meeting.
AB
AB
West
SE
IU
I
have
worked
with
San
Jose
parking
Ambassador
in
garage
operation
and
security
teams
for
over
five
years,
I'm
here
today,
representing
roughly
30,
who
have
signed
a
public
letter
asking
the
city
council
to
support
good
union
jobs
for
security
officers
who
are
contracted
by
the
city
of
San
Jose
next
Tuesday,
the
31st,
the
council
will
vote
to
finalize,
awarding
the
contract
work
under
and
several
others
to
a
non-union
company
bringing
in
a
non-union
company
would
deny
me
and
nearly
100
other
Allied
security
officers
across
the
city,
the
union
benefits
and
protections
that
officers
have
fought
for
years
to
win.
AB
This
Union
is
important
to
me
because
I
get
to
be
a
part
of
a
growing
and
reliable
work.
Culture
I
want
to
continue
to
uphold
a
proper
work
environment
that
offers
a
reliable
chance
to
continue
to
Aspire
for
a
better
life,
both
in
and
outside
of
a
work
environment.
The
benefits
of
a
union
will
offer
a
manageable
means
of
for
individuals
to
receive
care
in
a
concise
way
to
prepare
reliable
employees,
though
the
through
the
course
of
my
time
here,
I
have
gained
more
insight
into
what
influences
others
to
perform
better
at
work.
AB
Job
security
guarantee
is
crucial
in
our
area,
because
unforeseeable
situations,
such
as
natural
disasters
or
rent
displacement,
can
end
up
relocating
some
employees.
We
want
options,
I
appreciate
your
courtesy
so
far.
We
support
the
intent
of
the
city's
Zero
Tolerance
wage
theft
policy,
but
we
believe
that
if
the
city
truly
wants
to
protect
its
contracted
workers.
AC
Good
afternoon
mayor
city
council,
my
name
is
Lucille
artist,
I'm
the
political
director
with
working
Partnerships,
USA
and
I'm
here,
because
I
want
to
stand
in
solidarity
with
the
security
officers
at
the
San
Jose
Airport,
and
urge
you
to
choose
a
union
contractor
for
their
security
services.
The
city
is
currently
considering
hiring
a
non-union
company,
and
this
was
strip
workers
of
the
property,
the
protections
that
they
have
under
the
collective
bargaining
agreement.
AC
We
believe
that
it's
in
the
entrance
of
the
city
to
ensure
that
it
is
recruiting
and
retaining
staff
and
the
San
Jose
Airport
security
requires
unique
and
ongoing
training
and
taking
away
rights
and
benefits
from
workers
who
perform
this
critical
work
does
not
serve
the
city,
the
need
to
retain
qualified
workers,
and
so
I
hope
that
you
will
take
the
right
steps
in
the
next
council
meeting.
Thank
you
for
your
time.
R
Yes,
Paul
Soto
from
the
Horseshoe
raising
the
flag
Council.
We
need
a
very
specific,
clear
date
and
here's
why
the
removal
of
this
statue
is
is
the
ending
is
the
culmination
of
a
36-year
fight,
and
this
is
a
story
about
the
Mexicano
and
the
Chicano
community.
R
So
what
I'm
asking
you
is
that
this
is
a
very
critical
part
of
Chicano
history,
California
history
and
United,
States
history
and,
of
course
San
Jose
history,
so
I
would
ask
I'm,
asking
the
council
and
the
mayor
to
to
afford
US
that
we've
it's
been
a
year
along.
We
already
know.
We
already
know
that
it's
in
public
works.
We
already
know
that
information.
We
want
a
concrete
date,
because
this
is
a
celebration.
R
This
is
a
celebration
we
took
on
City
Hall
and
whoever
said
you
can't
fight
City
Hall.
We
proved
them
wrong
on
the
diets
ourselves.
We
have
a
councilman
Ortiz
who
he
had
his
own
personal
issues.
With
these
symbols
of
colonization,
he
won
himself
so
I'm
sure
he
understands
he
gets
the
fight,
and
so
I
would
really
like
a
concrete
date
and
I
would
also
like
a
celebration
around
this,
maybe
not
a
celebration,
but
just
simply
an
acknowledgment
of
the
genocidal
practices
that
flowed
from
the
placements
of
that
flag.
R
AA
Good
evening,
council
members,
my
name
is
Jose
Luis,
pavon
and
I
am
a
political
organizer
with
SEIU
usw
I
want
to
Echo
some
of
the
comments
that
was
made
by
one
of
our
members
earlier
Eric
Jimenez
in
asking
the
council
to
please
protect
union
jobs
or
security
contractors
that
work
under
the
security
contract
of
the
city
of
San,
Jose
I
know
that
you
know
one
of
the
discussions
earlier
was
the
concern
with
violence,
and
it
is
statistically
proven
that
Nothing
Stops
a
bullet
better
than
a
job
and
I.
AA
Think
one
of
the
issues
that
is
not
being
addressed
is
that
is
a
a
really
unsustainable,
skyrocketing
cost
of
living,
a
high
rate
of
inflation
and
now
we're
starting
to
see
layoffs
from
the
recession.
Now
economic
history
teaches
us
that
violence
goes
up
when
unemployment
goes
up
and
so
I
urge
you
to
please
protect
union
jobs.
Please
protect
the
financial
sustainability
of
a
private
sector,
security
officers
and
janitors
that
are
hired
subcontracted
through
the
city
of
San
Jose.
It's
it's
in
it's
in
the
best
interest
of
Fair
Labor
standards.
AA
It's
in
the
best
interest
of
maintaining
moral
and
ethical
standards
within
the
city
of
San
Jose,
and
it's
in
the
best
interest
of
of
maintaining
peace
and
an
harmonious
city.
Thank
you
very
much.