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City of San José, California
City Council Study Session, February 14, 2023
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A
A
A
B
B
B
B
C
B
You
great
thank
you.
Okay,
so
I
wanted
to
make
a
few
opening
comments
and
a
bunch
of
thank
yous
and
then
we'll
we'll
jump
in
and
we
do
have
our
regular
meeting
scheduled
after
today's
study
session.
We
will
do
our
best
to
keep
this
to
roughly
eleven
to
one
either
way
at
one.
Even
if
we
need
more
time,
which
is
fine,
we
will
take
it.
B
I
want
to
make
a
few
Preparatory
comments.
One
is
that
what
we're
trying
to
do
here
is
align
a
transition
process
where
it's
typical,
when
you
have
new
elected
to
new
mayor,
there's
some
kind
of
transition
process
to
give
input,
also
priority
setting,
which
is
traditionally
an
opportunity
for
the
council
to
weigh
in
on
priorities
in
advance
of
the
rest
of
the
budget
process
and
then
the
budget
process
itself.
B
So
the
the
approved
process
for
priority
setting
this
year,
which
the
rules
committee
went
through
and
and
passed
a
couple
of
weeks
ago,
has
us
doing
two
sessions.
The
one
today
is
a
readout
from
the
transition
committees
and
the
Five
Focus
areas
that
I
proposed.
That
will
be
reflected
in
the
March
budget
message
that
I'll
put
forward
in
about
a
month
and
then
the
second
on
the
28th
is
an
opportunity
to
go
broader.
I
know
there
was
a
memo
that
came
in
this
morning
on
this
topic
in
the
session
on
the
28th.
D
There
will
be
a
study
session
for
each
City
surface
area,
so
we
can
do
a
deep
dive
into
some
of
those
areas.
What's
budgeted
what
the
work
is
ahead
of
us
and
what
has
been
proposed
by
the
city
manager
and
then
two
additional
opportunities
is
the
budget
document
process
which
the
council
will
partake
in
and
submit
budget
recommendations
directly
to
the
mayor
amending
and
tweaking
the
proposed
budget
that
the
city
managers
laid
out
and
then.
B
Great
thanks,
Lee
I,
appreciate
that
also
just
want
to
make
the
case
for
Focus
I.
Think
one
of
the
things
we
all
experience
during
priority
setting
last
year
was
that
we
were
going
in
a
lot
of
different
directions
and
I
heard
loudly
and
clearly
both
from
the
community
and
the
administration
that
it
would
be
advantageous
to
us
to
elevate
some
key
areas
where
we
can
go
deeper
and
maybe
allow
for
greater
experimentation
and
iteration
and
I.
B
Think
that's
one
of
the
benefits
of
saying
that
there
are
some
areas
where
we're
going
to
that
we're
going
to
place
as
our
as
our
top
priorities.
So
with
that,
let
me
just
note
a
couple
of
other
things
and
then
we'll
jump
into
the
readouts
first
I
I
want
to
really
thank
my
colleagues
for
being
willing
to
chair
these
committees.
I
know
you
all
are
incredibly
busy
and
your
willingness
to
take
the
time
to
lead
these
conversations
and
and
help
facilitate
the
brainstorming
that
went
on
these
committees
is
much
appreciated.
B
I
want
to
thank
council
members,
Foley
and
Cohen
for
leading
the
homelessness
committee.
Vice
mayor
kamay
and
council
member
Doan
for
leading
the
community
Safety
Committee
council
member
Ortiz
for
leading
the
clean
neighborhoods
committee,
councilman
Torres
for
leading
the
downtown
vibrancy
committee
and
council
members,
Davis
and
Jimenez
for
leading
the
planning
of
Permitting
committee
I,
really
once
again
appreciate
you
taking
the
time.
I
know
you
put
a
lot
of
time
and
effort
and
thought
into
how
to
who
to
bring
together
and
how
to
facilitate
those
conversations
and
I.
Think
that
shows
in
the
work
product.
B
I
really
appreciate
your
partnership
and
collaboration
throughout
the
process,
as
we've
tried
to
redesign
the
process
a
little
bit
and
take
advantage
of
this
transition
moment
to
think
about
how
we
can
engage
earlier
engaged
community
and
staff
earlier
in
the
process
to
generate
new
ideas
and
then
last,
but
certainly
not
least,
I
want
to
thank
our
community
co-chairs.
We
had
Gabrielle
antalovich,
president
of
the
Billy
defrank
Center,
and
all
of
our
community
co-chairs
are
here
today.
Thank
you
for
joining
us
and
and
Gabrielle
LED
on
Public
Safety.
Thank
you.
B
I,
really
appreciate
you
all
taking
the
time
to
to
help
lead
these
committees
and
and
keep
us
on
track
and
make
sure
that
we
were
hearing
the
voice
of
the
community
and
and
the
key
stakeholders
who
who
we
all
were
elected
to
serve.
So
thank
you
for
serving
our
city
in
this
capacity.
We
really
really
appreciate
it.
We
had
over
120
people,
123
people
to
be
exact,
participate
across
the
five
committees,
including
many
City
staff
and
and
neighborhood
leaders
and
non-profit
leaders
and
small
business
owners,
and
really
an
incredibly
diverse
range
in
labor
labor
leaders.
B
So
we
have
the
ability
to
hear
from
each
council
member
on
their
their
views
and
priorities,
and
so
our
our
staff
played
kind
of
a
role
of
curator
and
listening
and
keeping
everyone
on
to
the
tight
timetable.
But
I
did
not
directly
participate
on
the
Committees
and
we
did
not
have
any
any
two-way
conversation.
So
I
just
wanted
to
err
on
the
side
of
highlighting
that
for
transparency,
how
the
process
worked.
Since
that's
an
issue.
That's
that's
been
raised.
B
So
once
again,
thank
you
to
everybody
who
made
these
a
success,
and
it
was
a
lot
of
time
and
effort
and
creativity.
I'm
really
excited
for
the
readout
which
we're
going
to
transition
to
now.
We'll
do
the
readout
and
we'll
start
with
the
council.
Members
who
I
know
will
want
to
bring
in
the
committee
co-chairs.
We
will
then
have
Council
discussion
and
deliberation
and
then,
as
we
typically
do
with
study
sessions,
we'll
take
public
comment.
B
E
Wonderful,
thank
you
mayor.
If
our
co-chair
Deb
has
anything
to
add,
please
I
don't
know
if
you
want
to
wait
until
I'm
finished
or
you
could
interrupt
me
just
just.
Let
me
know.
Okay,
thank
you.
So
I
want
to
start
my
committee,
my
comments
by
sharing
my
sincere
gratitude
and
thanks
to
all
the
stakeholders
who
were
involved
in
providing
input
to
the
committee,
we
appreciate
their
time
and
service
to
the
betterment
of
the
city
of
San
Jose.
E
We
heard
from
neighborhood
associations,
business
owners,
labor
leaders,
Educators
residents,
non-profit
leaders
and
staff
all
with
the
end
goal
of
informing
solutions
to
the
most
pressing
issues
facing
our
great
City.
I,
strongly
believe
that
all
residents,
regardless
of
zip
code
or
median
income,
deserve
to
live
in
a
clean
neighborhood
that
they
can
take
pride
in.
It's
our
duty
to
provide
not
only
a
better
quality
of
life
to
our
communities,
but
to
recognize
when
the
current
system
is
missing
its
mark.
We
should
always
strive
to
do
something
better
on
behalf
of
our
constituents.
E
To
achieve
these
two
outcomes,
the
committee
developed
immediate
or
short-term
recommendations
that
would
be
achievable
within
the
fiscal
year
23-24,
which
would
include
recommendation
one.
Above
all,
the
city
must
focus
on
Staffing,
as
this
is
integral
to
successful
successfully
achieving
the
outcomes
as
chartered
by
this
committee
hiring
and
recruiting
for
all
vacant
positions
is
critical
to
cleaning
up
San
Jose.
E
The
rate
of
increase
of
actionable
tickets
submitted
the
rate
of
programs
meeting
their
performance
measures
and
targets,
for
example
the
time
to
resolve
ticket
service
requests
by
program
and
the
creation
of
one
toolkit
for
businesses,
schools,
Community
organizations,
other
stakeholders
to
help
them
understand.
The
usefulness
of
San,
Jose,
3-1-1
I
realize
I'm,
saying
most
of
the
report.
Did
you
want
to
come
in
or
no
okay
recommendation,
three
expand
existing
or
add
new
city
contracted
organizations
or
Partners,
such
as
neighborhood
associations,
non-profits
government
entities,
private
corporations
Etc
to
support
clean
neighborhood
of
efforts
and
beautification
projects.
E
E
E
The
recommendation
would
be
measured
by
the
rate
of
increase
in
park
scores
and
an
increase
in
community
benefit.
Beautification
efforts
such
as
tree
planting
recommendation,
two
educate
property
and
business
owners
regarding
the
importance
of
clean
business
corridors
and
provide
Property
Owners
the
resources
and
services
such
as
connections
to
beneficial
organizations,
other
business
owners,
the
provisions
of
cleaning
products
and
equipment
to
keep
their
property
and
neighborhoods
clean.
E
An
outcome
of
this
might
include
the
creation
of
additional
stakeholders
that
are
further
engaged
in
their
Community
new
business
associations
and
even
possibly
more
business
Improvement
districts.
The
recommendation
would
be
measured
by
the
rate
of
increase
in
visual
cleanliness
scores
within
each
business.
District
recommendation,
three
add
new
languages
to
the
San
Jose
311,
app
such
as
Chinese
and
other
prevalent
languages.
Written
in
the
city
of
San
Jose
on
an
annual
basis
to
increase
the
level
of
accessibility
for
San
Jose's
Customer
Service
Tool,
especially
for
those
with
various
disabilities.
E
Recommendation
for
add
additional
features
for
customer
satisfaction
to
increase
user
gamification
of
the
application,
so
that
competitions
amongst
city,
council,
districts
and
neighborhoods
can
be
formed
and
the
cleanliness
of
the
city
can
be
incentivized
through
contests
competitions
and
games.
This
recommendation
would
be
measured
by
the
increasing
rate
of
user
part
users
participating
in
the
San
Jose
311
via
gamification
efforts.
E
I
wanted
to
add
that
the
committee
is
especially
sorry.
Oh
I'm,
sorry
I
wanted
to
add
that
the
committee
is
especially
cognizant
of
the
fact
that
we
are
a
city
of
many
diverse
residents
who
speak,
read
and
write
in
a
variety
of
different
languages.
Furthermore,
people
have
different
levels
of
ability
and
access
to
different
resources.
E
The
committee
further
recognizes
that,
as
we
do,
a
better
job
at
removing
trash
volume
should
eventually
decrease,
and
so
another
metric
of
success
may
be
need
may
need
to
be
considered.
City
staff
should
focus
on
establishing
learning
Cycles
to
ensure
programs
end
and
begin
as
new
strategies
are
needed
to
tackle
tackle
the
issues
we
face.
E
While
a
simple
thought,
the
utilization
of
trash
cans
throughout
San
Jose
cannot
be
underscored.
The
ability
and
type
of
trash
containers
should
be
studied
so
that
a
better
solution
can
be
found.
The
correct
trash
cans
should
be
identified.
Staff
should
consider
the
pros
and
cons
to
traditional
San
Jose
trash
cans
versus
big
belly
style.
Trash
cans.
E
San
Jose
should
find
innovative
ways
to
solve
our
litter
and
blight
issues
through
Tech
Solutions,
while
encouraging
residents
to
get
more
involved
with
the
look
and
feel
of
our
city.
The
committee
strongly
believes
that
San
Jose
should
reconsider
and
Advocate
to
change
the
rules
associated
with
vehicle
blight
and
vehicle
abatement.
E
The
policies
established
are
not
working
for
residents
who
are
often
confused
as
to
why
311
reports
go
unresolved
regarding
Vehicles
thought
to
be
abandoned
or
otherwise
looking
as
if
they
would
qualify
qualify
to
be
towed.
This
committee
wants
San
Jose
3-1-1
to
be
as
easy
to
use
as
any
other
major
smartphone
application.
E
B
Awesome
thanks
so
much
councilman
I
really
appreciate
your
leadership
on
the
committee,
and
that
was
that
was
a
lot
you
got
through
it
good
job.
I
want
to
I
want
to
ask
our
community.
Your
community
co-chair
Deb
Kramer.
If
she
wants
to
highlight
anything
and
then
and
then
maybe
I'll
share
a
little
bit
of
the
structure
of
this,
because
you
went
through
objectives
and
metrics
and
I
want
to
make
sure
everybody's
aware
of
kind
of
how
we
structured
it
so
I'll
say
a
word
on
that.
But
Deb
do
you
want
to
just
highlight
anything.
F
Thank
you,
mayor
Mayhan.
Thank
you,
council
member
Ortiz.
It
was
really
great
to
work
with
you
on
this
project
and
all
the
community
members
and
businesses
and
agency
reps,
who
participated
to
emphasize
a
few
things.
One
of
the
key
takeaways
that
I
also
saw
in
some
of
the
other
committees
was
Partnerships.
F
Is
we
felt
like
the
city
shouldn't
have
to
feel
like
they
have
to
do
everything
that
there
are
a
lot
of
community
groups,
including
my
community
group,
that
can
do
a
lot
of
the
follow-up
work,
especially
around
litter,
and
we're
good
at
that,
and
we
leverage
thousands
of
volunteers
every
year
and
they
want
to
participate.
So
that's
an
area
where
we
felt
Partnerships
could
be
improved.
Another
is,
as
mentioned,
the
San
Jose
311
app.
F
Those
are
areas
that
the
city
again
could
help
broadcast
through
Community
groups
such
as
the
leadership,
the
council
leadership
affiliations,
and
they
can
then
get
the
word
out
to
their
communities
about
not
only
the
San
Jose
311
app,
but
maybe
some
of
the
other
programs
and
then
finally,
the
Staffing
is
when
staff
was
presenting
to
us
where
they
were
having
difficulties,
closing
issues
it
always
came
down
to.
We
don't
have
enough
staff
and
I
know
that's
kind
of
a
common
phrase.
B
Thank
you
so
much
Deb
and
once
again
really
appreciate
the
work
that
the
clean
neighborhoods
committee
did
really
really
excellent.
Readout
I,
just
I,
failed
to
do
this
at
the
beginning.
I
just
want
to
highlight
just
take
one
minute
on
this:
just
kind
of
the
structure
for
those
who
are
in
the
audience
here
watching
online
or
watch
the
video
later.
The
transition
committees
were
tasked
with
in
their
issue
area,
coming
back
with
high-level
objectives.
What
are
our
goals?
How
do
we
define
success
in
this
area?
B
It's
objectives,
some
measures,
short-term
budget
recommendations
that
the
committee
thinks
we
ought
to
be
thinking
about
this
year
and
then
some
bigger,
maybe
crazier
ideas
for
the
long
term
and
I.
Just
I
I've
failed
to
mention
that
at
the
beginning,
which
may
have
made
the
readout
a
little
more
confusing
to
folks
I
just
wanted
to
highlight
that
that's
roughly
the
structure
each
committee
went
through
so
I
think
since
we're
waiting
to
do
discussion
at
the
end,
we
will
move
on
to
our
next
committee,
which
is
again
we're
going
in
alphabetical
order.
G
Thank
you
so
much
Mr
Mayor
I'd
like
to
thank
you
and
your
staff,
especially
Michael
lomio,
who
spent
many
many
many
many
hours
into
the
night
with
working
on
this
committee
and
I'd
also
like
to
thank
my
co-chairs,
Gabrielle
and
tolovic,
as
well
as
council
member
dwan,
to
who
helped
co-chair
the
the
committee
itself.
We
had
in
total
26
members
participating,
including
members
of
the
community,
as
well
as
City
staff
and
I
know.
G
There
was
a
few
extras
coming
in
and
out
so
I
just
want
to
say
how
grateful
I
am
I
know
that
everyone
is
very
busy
and
giving
up
your
time
is
certainly
something
we
value
in
the
community
safety
transition
committee.
We
had
two
outcomes
and
success
metrics.
We
also
have
four
recommendations
for
the
immediate
year
in
fiscal
year,
2014
23
24,
with
success,
metrics
and
four
recommendations
that
are
coming
for
2024
and
Beyond.
G
We
appreciate
the
challenge
to
be
focused,
but
I
also
want
to
mention
that
that
doesn't
mean
that
there
aren't
other
things
that
are
important.
I
think
that
we
try
to
focus
on
really
having
clear
monitoring
and
metrics.
Our
first
objective
was
that
the
city
of
San
Jose
is
a
city
with
lower
crime
rate
where
residents
feel
safer.
Our
success
metrics
for
that
and
we
have
two,
the
rate
of
decrease
in
the
property
crimes
and
violent
crimes
as
well
as
another
success
metric,
would
be
increasing
the
residence
that
feel
that
feel
safe
in
the
community.
G
We
also
have
another
objective:
pedestrians,
bicyclists
and
drivers
jointly
share
our
streets
safely.
Our
success
metrics
there
is
going
to
be
the
rate
of
reduction
in
total
traffic,
pedestrian
and
bicyclist
fatalities,
Serious
injury,
trees
and
crashes.
So
that
is
something
that
we
are
recommending
for
fiscal
year,
2324
recommendations.
As
I
mentioned,
we
have
four
and
I'm
not
going
to
go
through
everything
in
detail,
because
we
have
it
here
on
our
study
session
attachments,
but
I
will
highlight
that
recommendation.
One.
G
The
police
department
should
continue
to
prioritize
the
development
of
a
community
engagement
strategy
and,
as
in
the
other
committee,
a
previous
committee
sort
of
the
partnership
with
the
community
and
those
who
are
doing
really
good
things
is
something
that
I
think
we
really
need
to
leverage.
So
I
think
that
that's
critically
important
another
recommendation
would
be
that
we
work
with
the
county
and
non-profits
to
further
strengthen
the
substance,
use
and
mental
health
experts
that
work
hand
in
hand
with
other
cities
of
San
Jose
Personnel
again.
That
partnership
is,
is
critical.
G
Recommendation
three
increase
the
number
of
police
officers
on
the
street
by
filling
vacancies
in
the
police
department
and
really
exploring
Innovative
recruitment
strategies.
I
know
that
has
been
quite
a
challenge,
but
certainly
I
think
that
staff
is
doing
their
best
in
trying
to
attract
and
retain
police
officers
and
recommendation
for
is
committing
funding,
especially
on
the
Vera
Vision
zero
action
plan.
I
think
that
monitoring
that
is
going
to
be
critically
important
for
future
years.
We
support
the
recommendation.
One
is
going
to
be
support.
G
The
build
out
of
complete
Street
improvements
recommendation
two
increase
community
policing
efforts,
recommendation
three
analyze:
police
calls
for
the
service
and
types
of
service
and
recommendation
for
increased
sworn
sworn
Staffing
in
the
San
Jose
police
department.
So
there's
more
detail
in
the
attachment.
I
would
now
invite
council
member
Dawn
or
our
community
member
Gabrielle
to
add
anything
that
they
feel
they'd
like
to
add.
H
We
came
up
with
recommendations
not
only
for
this
fiscal
year
but
for
Beyond,
and
how
do
we
Implement
those
things
and
it's
important
that
we
as
a
community
comes
together
and
and
the
transitional
team.
We
had
26
members
again
from
every
Walk
of
Life
that
want
to
participate
and
recommendation
of
how
we
move
forward.
H
I
would
love
to
see
our
Police
Department
Staffing
to
be
back
to
prior
to
2010.
back
then
we
have
1450
police
officers.
At
this
point
we
got
about
1100
police
officer
and
our
population.
Our
population
have
risen
approximately
above
20
percent
and
in
order
to
make
our
city
a
true,
safe
Community,
we
need
to
make
sure
that
we
support
our
Police
Department
and
the
resource
and
the
technology
that
they
needed.
I
Thank
you.
It
was
a
very
interesting
process.
You
know
nothing
ever
happens
in
a
vacuum.
We
have
to
remember.
This
is
not
just
a
marital
transition
going
on
we've
had
many
disasters,
we've
had
the
covid
pandemic,
we've
had
the
floods,
we
have
a
political
climate
where
minorities
people
are
hated
and
there's
been
so
many
killings
and
murders
and
mass
shootings.
So
this
is
not
just
a
transition
from
licardo
to
Mayhem.
I
The
other
thing,
too,
is
the
police
department
does
have
the
community's
service
offices,
who
do
an
extraordinary
job
in
helping
businesses
and
residents
feel
safe.
They
are
experts
in
security
cameras
which
are
a
big
deal
right
now
in
in
the
world,
especially
in
San
Jose,
and
they
can
really
help
with
that.
I
They
do
Mass
reporting
and
are
able
to
actually
catch
the
people
who
have
done
a
lot
of
the
damage
in
the
community,
and
so
you
know
we
need
to
look
at
that,
and
you
know:
I
I'm
I
live
downtown
hello,
Omar,
I,
live
downtown
and
I'm.
An
urban
dweller
I
really
want
San,
Jose
downtown
to
be
vibrant
and
fabulous,
and
so
you
know
I
support.
Every
other
committee
I've
been
in
touch
with
all
the
other
committees.
I
B
Thank
you
so
much
Gabrielle,
and
that
was
actually
a
perfect
transition.
I
want
to
thank
you
and
our
committee
co-chairs
for
leading
the
community
safety
transition
committee
and
really
thinking
to
your
point
holistically
about
the
interaction
between
these
different
issues
and
I.
Think
it's
the
perfect
transition
you
mentioned
being
a
downtown
resident,
and
the
downtown
committee
is
the
one
that
stands
out
a
little
from
the
other
four.
The
other
four
are
are
issue.
Verticals
and
downtown
is
where
it
all
comes
together.
B
I
think
it's
a
place
where
everything
from
safety
to
cleanliness,
to
permitting
all
kind
of
converges,
and
it's
it's
everybody's
downtown
and
it
can
be
a
laboratory
for
a
lot
of
the
experimentation
and
innovative
ideas
that
the
Committees
have
come
up
with.
So
I'm
excited
to
transition.
I
think
there
is
a
holistic
view,
as
you
as
you
point
to
and
downtown
is
where
that
comes
together.
I
want
to
transition
now
to
the
downtown
vibrancy,
readout
and
I'll
turn
it
over
to
councilman
Torres
to
kick
that
off.
J
They
aren't
new.
We
see
empty
storefronts,
we
see
blight,
we
see
our
unhoused
residents
on
the
streets
and
in
our
business,
Corridor
and
other
public
safety
concerns
and
that's
been
happening
for
years,
and
so
the
outcome
of
this
committee
is
to
make
downtown
a
welcoming,
exciting,
livable
and
energetic
destination
for
all
its
diverse
residents.
Visitors
and
workers
filled
with
active
storefronts
known
for
its
walkability
hosting
world-class
events
and
is
well
understood
as
the
region,
the
regional
epicenter
for
culture
and
entertainment
and
our
fiscal
year.
J
2324
recommendations
are
recommendation,
one
primarily
fund
and
create
a
team
of
downtown
focused
staff
that
coordinates
with
other
non-profits
government
agencies
and
private
sector
stakeholders
who
came
to
create
a
more
cohesive
downtown.
Additional
staff
would
create
a
team
of
five
professionals
slowly
solely
focused
on
downtown.
J
This
includes
one
overall
downtown
director
whose
two,
whose
team
would
be
made
up
of
four
other
subject:
area
experts
that
work
with
both
internal
staff
and
external
Partners
on
all
things
downtown
the
city.
The
city
should
Define
and
approve
a
governance
and
execution
model
for
the
team
across
possible
stakeholders.
The
team
would
be
composed
of
the
following
subject:
experts
in
Economic,
Development
cleanliness
and
safety,
public
realm
activation
and
brand
management,
with
our
success.
J
Metrics
of
hiring
five
people
by
the
end
of
September
30th
2023,
slowly
focused
solely
focused
on
insurance,
downtown
success,
San
Jose
success
as
measured
by
hiring
rate
of
for
a
team
of
five
people
recommendation
two
activate
downtown
storefronts
through
leases.
Pop-Ups
and
other
means
by
removing
fees,
permits
and
other
tax
burdens,
recommendation
three
bring
forth
to
the
San
Jose
City
Council,
a
consideration
of
a
pilot
program.
Prototyping
permit
fee
zones
in
Downtown,
San
Jose
to
increase
free
event,
offerings
event.
J
Producers
would
complete
training
courses
and
sign
an
agreement
to
ensure
event
standards
are
met
and
that
safety
Protocols
are
followed.
Recommendation
4
ensure
the
gateways
to
downtown
San
Jose
are
clearly
defined.
Cleaned
and
welcoming
the
city
should
identify
the
gateways
to
downtown
San
Jose,
begin
begin
tracking
complaints
around
the
gateways
and
decrease
complaints
in
these
areas.
J
Recommendation
5.
add
additional
dedicated
police
on
foot
bike
or
open
air
street
legal
vehicle
patrols
with
mobile
crisis
assessment
teams,
downtown
ambassadors
and
private
security
guards
that
both
create
a
welcoming
environment
for
downtown
and
increase
the
ability
to
respond
more
quickly
to
quality
of
life
and
emergency
situations.
J
The
three
types
of
security
stakeholders
in
downtown
should
be
coordinated
with
a
by
the
downtown
team
on
a
regular
cadennis
Rec
fiscal
year.
24
recommendations
develop
a
lighting
plan,
funding,
source
and
governance
and
execution
team
for
Downtown
San
Jose
in
a
way
that
connects
our
people-centered
places
like
the
arena,
Arena
green,
the
convention
center,
the
Guadalupe
River
Park
San,
Pedro,
Square,
Post,
Street,
sofa,
San,
Jose,
State,
City,
Hall
and
other
downtown
institutions
adding
to
the
procession
of
both
down
times
vibrancy
and
safety
recommendation.
J
Two
identify
the
list
of
locations
for
new
art
installations
in
Downtown
San
Jose,
and
create
a
funding
strategy
that
reinvests
money
into
the
arts
and
culture
in
Downtown,
San
Jose.
The
list
should
identify
25,
publicly
accessible
and
viewable
locations
in
downtown
San
Jose.
For
these
new
art
installations,
the
art
installation
should
be
experience
based
interactive,
high-impact,
high
visibility
and
dynamic
recommendation.
K
Well,
that's
pretty
long
list,
but
but
I
hope
you
guys
recognize.
You
know
this
is
a.
This
is
an
amazing
gem
that
we
have
here
downtown
and
I.
Think
the
the
analogy
that
we
use.
It's
like
a
puzzle
and
a
lot
of
the
towns.
Don't
have
all
the
pieces
of
the
puzzle
we
do
and
it's
just.
How
do
we
bring
them
together?
I
think,
what's
encouraging
to
our
group
is
that
this
is
being
done
all
around
the
world.
This
is
being
done
in
places
like
Austin
and
Boston
and
Memphis
and
Vancouver.
K
So
we're
not
the
first
to
do
it.
So
there's
a
lot
for
us
to
learn
from
and
I
think
this
group
covered
enough
of
those
bases
that
there's
expertise
there
to
kind
of
take
those
learnings
and
start
to
deploy
them.
The
quick
story
I
will
tell
you
is
that
you
know
I
was
in
Copenhagen
this
summer
and
I
think
I
told
the
story
before.
But
you
know,
Copenhagen
back
in
1995
was
almost
bankrupt.
K
Wasn't
very
clean.
Wasn't
very
interesting,
wasn't
a
place
that
people
wanted
to
go
and
the
city
came
together
and
came
with
a
master
plan.
That
said,
we
have
great
infrastructure,
we
have
great
opportunity
here
and
they
put
forward
a
plan
that
was
a
bit
bold,
but
the
one
idea
they
really
got
comfortable
with
was
piloting.
They
said,
let's
try
ideas
out
and
if
we
fail,
let's
pivot
and
if
something
works
really
well,
we
want
to
continue
forward
and
double
down
on
that
and
try
to
find
somewhere
we're
kind
of
analyzing.
K
What
to
return
on
those
Investments
are
so
that's.
What
we're
hoping
to
do
here
with
councilman
Torres
is
to
really
figure
out.
How
can
we
try
things
out,
we'll
make
mistakes,
but
let's
try
to
be
bold
and
do
something
that
we'll
all
be
proud
of
and
really
activate
the
city
in
the
way
that
we
think
you
can
come
to
life?
So
that's
where
we're
at
and
I
I.
Just
think
that
the
one
thing
that
we
did
talk
about
is
this
city
should
be
a
365-day
city.
K
When
the
convention
center
is
on
and
there's
a
Sharks
game
and
children's
musical
theater
is
in
and
working
the
city
is
unbelievable
and
when
it's
not,
it
feels
like
a
neutron
bomb
went
up,
so
we've
got
to
figure
out
a
way
to
kind
of
create
some
consistency.
So
when
people
come
here,
they
can
always
expect
to
have
some
kind
of
interesting
experience,
and
so
that's
kind
of
Baseline
that
we're
hoping
to
set
from,
but
hey
I,
want
to
say
Michael.
B
Awesome,
thank
you
both.
So
much
really
appreciate
the
readout
and
all
the
all
the
creative
thoughts
there
when
we
get
to
discussion,
I'm
I'm
going
to
have
some
questions
about
permit
free
zones,
but
looking
forward
to
to
continuing
here
so
we're
on
to,
we
have
two
report,
outs
or
readouts,
left
we're
on
to
homelessness.
So
I'm
going
to
turn
it
over
to
council
members,
Foley
and
Cohen
to
give
us
the
readout.
L
L
Finally,
I
truly
am
grateful
to
the
efforts
of
the
two
Chiefs
of
Staff,
lamb,
Nguyen
and
Scott
Hughes
for
all
of
their
effort
involved
in
this
and
I
know,
they'll
be
embarrassed
that
I
mentioned
them,
but
I'm
going
to
last
but
not
least,
I
want
to
thank
the
mayor
for
the
invitation
to
co-chair
this
important
transition
committee.
We
are
facing
a
humanitarian
crisis
and
a
tremendous
amount
is
at
stake,
including
human
lives
and
the
impact
this
crisis
has
on
our
communities.
L
This
is
likely
top
of
Mind
of
our
San
Jose
residents
and
likely
our
greatest
challenge
as
electeds
and
the
transition
team
meetings
of
six
hours
is
not
going
to
solve
homelessness
and,
in
fact,
homelessness.
We
have
been
working
on
addressing
homelessness
for
many
years
and
hours
and
hours
and
hours.
L
Our
committee
was
charged
with
the
task
of
collectively
analyzing
the
challenge
of
homelessness,
formulating
an
approach
based
on
a
broad
set
of
perspectives
and
creating
metrics.
That
would
help
to
determine
the
effectiveness
of
the
solutions
implemented
by
the
city
of
San
Jose.
The
committee
concluded
that
two
outcomes
would
serve
as
the
foundation
for
the
work
ahead.
The
first
is
to
reduce
unsheltered
homelessness
by
providing
a
multitude
of
options
for
those
already
unsheltered,
creating
solutions
that
would
prevent
homelessness
and
alleviating
the
suffering
of
the
unhoused
by
providing
Services
resources
and
care
for
those
in
desperate
need.
L
The
second
is
to
ensure
the
impacts
of
unsheltered.
Homelessness
are
not
are
reduced
within
our
communities,
enhancing
Public
Safety
for
all
and
mitigating
environmental
damage,
so
I'm
going
to
go
through
the
outcomes,
but
I
am
not
going
to
go
through
the
recommendations.
I'll
just
highlight
them:
they
are
available
through
the
email
that
was
or
the
postings
and
be
really
nice
to
have
them
up
there,
but
I
know
they're
not
up
there.
So
if
anyone
needs
this
information,
you
can
always
reach
out
to
us
and
we
can
get
it
to
you
outcome
number.
L
L
The
number
of
people
unsheltered
in
San
Jose
on
a
year
by
year
basis
decreases
increase
the
number
of
people
who
are
prevented
from
becoming
unhoused
in
San
Jose
and
decrease
the
number
of
people
who
receive
interim
housing
and
return
to
unsheltered
homelessness
and
the
number
of
people
who
receive
permanent
housing
and
return
to
homelessness
that
sounded
a
little
confusing.
So,
in
other
words,
reduce
the
P.
L
Success
metric,
B,
the
rate
of
reduction
in
public
safety
responses
to
encampments,
while
continuing
to
protect
all
San
Jose
residents,
both
housed
and
unhoused.
And
then
we
have
a
series
of
recommendations,
both
short
term
in
the
fiscal
year
2324
and
then
the
fiscal
year,
23
and
well
beyond
24.,
so
I'm
just
going
to
highlight
then
am
I
not
going
to
read
all
the
bullet
points.
The
first
one
is
build
more
permanent
and
emergency
housing.
L
The
second
is
increase.
The
budget
for
emergency
rental
relief
and
legal
assistance
programs
to
prevent
homelessness
in
the
first
place,
encourage
the
county
to
implement
SB
1338.
That's
the
governor's
legislation
that
he
signed:
communities,
assistant
recovery
and
empowerment,
act
by
December,
31
2023.
They
have
beyond
that
to
enact
it,
but
we'd
like
to
encourage
them
to
enact
it.
This
year,
recommendation
number
four
budget
funding
for
trash
removal
and
imprint,
preventing
environmental
damage.
L
Recommendation
number
four:
maintain
a
daily
and
public
inventory,
a
vacant
emergency
beds
to
transition
homeless,
from
the
streets
to
Safe,
secure
and
sanitary
shelters.
So
then
we
do
have
five
future
recommendations
and
I'll.
Let
you
all
read
those
there
are
were
a
couple
of
recommendations
that
did
not
make
it
into
report,
but
were
approved
by
consensus
and
they
are
actually
David.
Do
you
want
to
go
into
them?.
M
L
Basically,
that's
it
so,
as
you
know,
I
mean
homelessness.
We
all
are
concerned
about
the
impact
of
the
unsheltered
and
the
effect
on
having
unsheltered
living
on
our
streets.
They
should
be
housed.
We
need
to
find
housing
for
them.
We
need
to
build
housing
for
them.
We
need
to
treat
them
with
Humanity,
Humanity,
respect
and
dignity.
That
was
one
of
that
was
our
number
one
focus
of
our
outcome.
That's
why
we
spent
so
much
time
on
it.
The
second
one
was
to
how
can
we
impact?
L
How
can
we
affect
the
impact
of
homelessness
on
our
neighborhood
communities,
and
that
was
the
second
outcome
again.
This
was
a
lot
of
work
for
us
to
accomplish
in
six
hours
it's
just
the
beginning.
Actually,
it's
not
the
beginning,
because
we've
been
working
on
this
for
so
long.
It
is
a
continuation
of
the
work
that
we've
already
done
with
that
I'll
turn
it
over
to
David
Pandora.
M
M
Folks
in
the
city,
councilmember
Jimenez
who's
been
a
driving
force
to
meet
the
need
in
his
own
District,
as
well
as
council
member
Cohen
at
great
difficulty
and
I
I'm
not
going
to
go
through
everyone
on
the
council,
but
everyone
on
every
single
person
on
this
council
is
committed
to
making
a
change
and
that's
the
wonderful
thing.
It's
kind
of
like
what
Gabriel
was
talking
about
before
this
isn't
just
a
transition
committee.
This
is
a
recommitment
and
that's
that's
the
best
and
most
exciting
thing
about
elections.
M
It
recharges
everybody's
batteries,
it
recharges
the
batteries
of
government
and
it's
not
going
to
change
your
commitment
to
doing
things.
It's
going
to
perhaps
be
open
to
looking
how
to
do
things
different,
because
we
live
in
a
in
a
city
and
in
a
valley,
that's
all
about
change
and
Innovation,
and
this
council
is
no
different.
You
always
want
to
look
at
how
to
do
things
better.
We
we
need
to
find
ways
to
do
better,
because
the
fact
is.
Our
committee
report
was
a
little
bit
striking
to
me.
M
M
More
housing
find
more
sites,
do
it
faster
and
do
it
at
a
lower
cost,
and
that's
going
to
be
your
great
challenge.
We
weren't
able
to
get
to
everything,
but
that's
what
the
recommendations
are
pointed
toward
and
while
there
might
still
be
some
differences
in
how
we
get
there,
those
differences
are
minor
in
relationship
to
the
things
that
everybody
agrees
on
doing.
So,
that's
really
the
grateful
and
wonderful
thing
that
I
I
think
is
coming
from
this
I'd
like
to
also
thank
Michael
lomio,
who
had
a
crazy
amount
of
work.
M
We
do
think-
and
there
was
consensus
on
the
committee
that
since
you
want
to
make
year
by
year,
progress
to
a
year
by
year,
survey
of
the
number
of
people
who
are
out
there
you're
going
to
come
up
with
great
ideas
to
address
this
problem,
make
it
a
real
strategy,
something
more
than
asking
the
city
manager
to.
As
she
is
often
asked
to
report
back
to
the
council,
you
want
to
have
a
strategy,
that's
more
than
asking
the
manager
to
report
back
on
the
council.
M
B
Thank
you
both
and
and
councilman
Cohen
I
know,
you've
been
along
to
the
weather,
but
thank
you
as
well
really
appreciate
the
time
and
effort
that
went
into
talking
about
an
issue
that
surpasses
the
others
and
it's
in
its
complexity
and
enjoyed
reading
the
report
and
know
that
we
have
a
lot
of
work
ahead
on
this
issue.
Thank
you
very
much.
We're
going
to
move
on
to
planning
and
permitting
our
our
fifth
and
final
readout
and
I'm
going
to
turn
it
over
to
council
members,
Davis
and
Jimenez
to
give
us
the
highlights.
Thank.
O
O
And
then
we
had
five
recommendations
for
fiscal
year:
23,
24
and
I'm
not
going
to
go
through
them
one
by
one.
But
we
we
talked
about
piloting
a
project
manager
for
five
different
types
of
projects
and
it
and
that's
to
decrease
the
time
of
Permitting
and
then
really
increasing
the
quality
of
communication.
O
To
fund
discrete
areas
of
improvement
such
as
affordable
housing
plan
review
and
permitting
and
then
really
focusing
on
the
culture,
cultural
aspects
to
not
only
fill
vacancies
but
improve
staff
retention,
so
those
are
kind
of
the
gist
of
our
five
recommendations
and
and
again
really
wanting
to
decrease
the
time
it
takes.
The
permit,
increase,
customer
satisfaction
and
and
increase
also
staff
retention,
and
with
that
I
will
turn
it
over
to
council
member
Jimenez.
P
Thank
you
so
much
councilmember
Davis.
Let
me
just
also
thank
the
thank
Ted
for
for
your
participation
all
the
time
you
spent
also
Michael
lomio
Rosalind
Huey
Chris
Burton
and
from
my
team,
Lucas
Ramirez,
who
was
in
on
many
of
the
pre-meetings
and
the
meetings
very
much
appreciate
that
I
also
think
it's
important
to
just
acknowledge
at
the
outset
that
and
I
think
some
folks
touched
on
it.
It's
just
the
imperfection
of
this
process
and-
and
we
recognize
that
I
think
all
of
us
going
into
this.
P
This
isn't
a
perfect
process,
and
some
of
it
was
our
doing
as
it
relates
to
this
particular
transition
committee
and
what
I
mean
by
that
is
that
we
we
had.
We
didn't
have
the
ability
to
include
all
the
critical
voices
in
the
room.
There
was
just
a
certain
amount
of
seats
right
and
so
to
that
end,
councilmember,
Davis
and
I
are
very
much
committed
to
seeing
how
we
can
sort
of
reconstitute
this
body
in
some
way
shape
or
form
going
forward.
P
So
we
can
begin
addressing
this
and
these
in
a
much
more
meaningful
way
and
really
hold
ourselves
and
the
city
staff
and
everyone
else
just
accountable
as
it
relates
to
to
effectively
trying
to
move
these
goals
forward.
Also,
obviously,
six
hours
we
weren't
going
to
address
everything
then
and
there,
and
you
know
it's
important-
to
acknowledge
that
to
the
community
and
also
to
the
to
the
to
the
members
of
the
Committees
which
we
we
set
openly.
P
Lastly,
I
think
for
anyone
that
looks
at
these
reports,
you
can
see
and
I
think
we
would
all
acknowledge
again
that
the
metrics
probably
need
to
be
massaged
a
little
bit
and
so
I
do
have
some
questions.
You
know
about
how
that's
going
to
take
shape,
but
anyway,
I
thought
it
was
important
to
to
to
touch
on
that
and
David.
P
Thank
you
so
much
for
for
using
the
word
recommitment
I
think
this
is
what
really
what
it
is
in
my
mind,
right,
I
think
we've
a
lot
of
these
conversations
been
happening
for
some
time,
and
so
the
recommitment
is
in
fact
happening
and
really
the
recharging.
The
batteries
with
a
lot
of
new
council
members,
I
started
wearing
in
Thai
again,
because
I
see
a
lot
of
the
new
folks
here.
Wearing
ties,
and
so
that's
part
of
what
you
see
happening
up
here
is
really
us
being
more
engaged,
and
so
thank
you
for
recognizing
that.
P
P
24
and
moving
forward
is
really
conduct
program
level,
SQL
analysis
for
Approved
Urban
villages
to
shorten
the
approval
processes
for
new
development
projects
and
so
going
down
that
that
process
and
making
sure
that
we're
we're
addressing
that
long
term
I
think
it's
going
to
be
pivotal
to
addressing
a
lot
of
the
concerns
that
we
heard.
Recommendation
two
is
review
the
level
of
scrutiny.
Q
Thank
you
and
thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
participate.
It
was
really
very
educational
for
me
and
made
me
out
sorry.
It
was
very
educational
for
me
and
also
it
certainly
built
some
empathy
in
me
for
the
process
that
you
all
go
through
and
how
complicated
this
can
be
and
and
the
constraints
that
Rosalind
Huey
and
Chris
Burton
deal
with
every
day.
They
have
a
highly
you
know
constrained
environment
in
which
to
try
to
make
these
changes.
Q
In
just
a
moment
as
council
member
Davis
mentioned,
Chris
Burton
and
Rosalyn
Hugh
are
working
hard
to
address
these
issues
and
they
have
a
framework
they're
going
to
bring
forward
and
Chris
explained
a
lot
of
those
things
we're
trying
to
with
our
suggestions
getting
behind
in
support.
Where
he's
going
somewhat
preemptively,
it
did
come
to
light
multiple
times.
Q
I,
don't
mean
to
reiterate
it,
but
their
environment
is
highly
constrained,
so
they're
moving
they're
robbing
Peter
to
pay
Paul
for
lots
of
different
things,
and
those
are
the
choices
that
are
going
to
have
to
come
back
to
council.
Where
are
your
priorities
and
and
value
sets
and
I
just
thought.
One
thing
slightly
that
I
would
emphasize
the
city
of
San
Jose
is
in
direct
competition
with
other
cities
in
the
Bay
Area
day
in
and
day
out
for
investment
dollars
for
projects.
We
tend
to
talk
about
it
in
the
framework
of
large.
Q
You
know
development
projects,
but
it
impacts
single-family
homeowners.
It
impacts
small
businesses
in
a
way
that
I
think
a
lot
of
empathy
grew
out
of
this
process
for
folks
and
that
do
we
want
people
to
open
their
small
business
here.
Do
we
want
them
to
buy
their
single
family
home
here,
plus
huge
projects
that
drive
Revenue,
that
competitiveness
will
impact
the
city's
long-term
budget
health?
So
our
ability
to
get
this
right
is
important
when
you're,
comparing
against
homelessness
and
other
issues,
pbce
might
sound
a
little
esoteric.
Q
It's
actually
very
important
to
the
long-term
economic,
health
and
competitive
nature
of
this
city,
because
we
are
in
a
pitched
battle
with
San,
Francisco
and
other
cities
day
in
and
day
out.
Where
are
people
going
to
open
their
business?
Where
are
they
going
to
live?
Where
do
they
want
to
commit
to
for
a
long
term?
So
anyway,
just
wanted
to
emphasize
that
a
little
bit.
Thank
you
very
much
again
appreciate
it
and
Michael
wrangling
people
like
unbelievable,
so
very
impressive.
Thank
you
and
that's
our
report.
B
Awesome,
thank
you
and
appreciate
those
words
of
wisdom.
Well,
once
again,
I
mean
I.
Think
it's
it's
clear
from
the
readouts.
You
all
did
that
a
tremendous
amount
of
thought
and
dialogue
and
and
empathy
and
shared
understanding,
came
out
of
this
process
and
went
into
these
really
thoughtful
recommendations.
I
I
think
this
sets
us
up
to
have
a
more
productive
budget
process
together.
It's
not
the
be
all
end-all
of
everything
the
city
does,
but
it
highlights
five
areas
that
is
Gabrielle
mentioned.
Do
converge,
there's
a
lot
of
overlap
in
these
issues.
They
affect
one
another.
B
B
We
want
to
I
want
to
remind
folks
that
we're
coming
back
in
two
weeks
on
the
28th
to
go
broader,
we'll
we'll
talk
about
all
the
csas
a
little
bit
and
then
we'll
go
deeper
into
staff's
recommendations,
and
maybe
I
can
just
remind
folks
staff
will
be
taking
what
they
heard
today
and
what
comes
out
of
this
discussion
to
come
back
and
give
us
their
recommendations
on
those
measures
which,
as
I,
think
council
member
Jimenez
mentioned,
needs
some
refinement.
How
are
we
actually
measuring
these
what's
possible
to
measure
how
costly
is
it
to
measure?
B
B
How
would
we
action
them
and
they're
not
all
going
to
fit
into
the
budget
message
or
be
something
that
we
can
do
immediately
and
that's
okay,
we
intentionally
went
very
Broad
and
encouraged
the
Committees
to
be
creative
and
generative,
so
we
will
hopefully
start
narrowing
in
two
weeks
when
we
come
back
for
our
second
session.
So
with
that,
why
don't
we
open
it
up
to
comments
and
questions?
And
then,
when
we've
concluded
that
we
we're
not?
R
B
Great
question:
since
we're
in
this
public
forum,
it's
a
great
opportunity
to
ask
questions
of
other
council
members
who
you
may
not
be
in
a
brown
act
in
on
a
given
topic
or
in
the
budget.
Brown
act.
If
you
have
a
question
for
I
mentioned
for
council
member
Torres,
I'm
I'm
curious
to
hear
what
they,
if
other
cities
have
done,
permit
free
zones
and
how
that
might
work.
I'd
love
to
get
a
little
more
detail
on
that.
B
R
R
They
should
get
a
seamless
solution
to
that
problem
and
the
3-1-1
captures
a
problem
and
passes
it
on
to
whether
it's
a
valley,
water
or
whether
it
is
Santa
Clara
County,
whoever
we
do
not
just
shut
the
problem
off
that
our
resident
reported
without
having
a
solution,
or
at
least
action
being
taken
on
that
request.
So
my
suggestion
to
the
team,
whichever
is
working
on
this
stuff
on
the
3-1-1,
please
incorporate
that.
How
do
you
handle
the
requests
coming
from
the
San
Jose
resident,
but
are
not
fully
serviced
by
the
San
Jose
City?
Okay?
S
J
B
C
T
Okay,
so
we're
going
to
begin
with
public
comments
in
person
with
the
speaker
cards
that
were
submitted.
The
first
three
speakers
to
make
their
way
down
to
the
podium
will
be
Sparky,
Harlan,
Bob,
Brownstein
and
Jeffrey.
Please
line
up
along
the
stairs.
You
will
each
be
given
two
minutes
to
speak.
The
timer
is
displayed
on
the
podium
once
the
speaker
is
done.
The
next
person
can
make
their
way
down.
Please
state
your
name
prior
to
speaking.
Thank
you.
U
U
That
said,
we
have
the
highest
concentration
of
unhoused
young
adults
in
the
nation,
higher
than
New
York
City
higher
than
LA,
and
whenever
we
look
at
that
population
we
don't
separate
it
out
and
we
don't
do
cross-sector
around
our
young
adults,
don't
feel
safe
on
this
street
they're
not
housed
appropriately,
but
we
blend
them
in
with
other
populations.
What
I
wanted
to
talk
about
is,
in
particular
Public
Safety.
Our
young
people
aren't
necessarily
from
our
drop-in
center
unhoused
but
they're
spending
time
on
the
street
because
it
can't
be
home.
It's
overcrowded,
it's
not
safe.
U
They
spend
hours
and
hours
on
this
tree
or
at
our
drop-in
center
because
they
feel
safe
before
covid
Bill
Wilson
Center
was
proposing
a
navigation
Center
in
particular
focused
at
young
adults,
where
young
adults
ages,
18
to
24
could
get
a
range
of
services
for
mental
health,
behavior
health
substance
abuse,
Health
housing
and
employment
and
unfortunately
covid
derailed.
That
I
would
like
to
see
that
again
and
also
for
our
families,
which
is
what
we're
proposing
at
Westminster,
also
a
drop-in
center
for
homeless
families.
U
There
are
families
needing
housing,
so
I'd
like
to
look
at
that
again
and
your
transitional
sites,
your
interim
sites,
to
make
them
specific
to
populations
for
young
adults
for
families.
People
feel
more
comfortable
with
like
populations,
so
I
would
encourage
that
and
to
have
Behavior
Health
at
all.
Those
centers
I
would
love
to
talk
to
you
more
about
that.
Mayor
I
was
thinking
hoping
to
talk
to
you
before
I
left.
V
V
The
argument
that
the
process
is
more
open
than
the
transition
activities
of
previous
Mayors
misses
a
key
Point
prior
mayor's
design
transition
processes
to
establish
their
priorities
as
individual
leaders.
This
process
specifically
aims
to
establish
the
priorities
of
the
entire
city,
council
and
city
government.
Both
San,
Jose,
Sunshine
values
and
state
law
require
that
this
broader
objective
be
determined
in
the
open
after
stacking.
The
policy
Deck
with
closed
meetings
allowing
the
public
to
participate
at
a
later
stage
is
still
fundamentally
undemocratic
and
unfair.
V
Moreover,
this
process
violates
the
brown
Act.
It
is
a
clear
hub
and
spoke
serial
decision,
as
can
be
fully
substantiated
by
documentation
and
eyewitness
testimony.
The
mayor's
comment
that
his
office
did
not
engage
in
two-way
communication
is
inaccurate.
In
fact,
the
mayor
has
a
written
memo
that
asks
the
eight
council
members
who
served
on
these
committees
a
policy
question.
V
What
are
your
top
priorities
for
the
city
then,
this
morning,
on
the
record
in
public
session,
the
mayor
stated
he
directed
his
staff
to
lead
this
process
and
to
listen
to
the
council
members
answers
to
that
question
question
asked
question
answered.
Two-Way.
The
brown
act
does
not
allow
the
mayor
to
announce.
He
will
pull
the
city
council
on
a
public
policy
issue,
a
city,
public
policy
issue
and
then
collect
their
answers
in
private.
If
this.
T
W
Mayor
and
Council
good
afternoon,
Jeffrey
Buchanan,
director
of
public
policy
with
working
Partnerships
USA.
When
it
comes
to
Priority
setting
our
budget,
we
need
a
San
Jose
for
all
and
not
just
to
San
Jose.
For
the
few,
we
need
a
city
where
the
latter
and
spirit
of
our
open
government
laws
are
valued
and
the
Public's
work
is
done
in
the
public.
For
this
reason,
I'd
encourage
the
council
to
consider
supporting
the
memo
from
council
member
condos
to
keep
priority
setting
is
transparent
and
open
as
possible.
W
We
need
to
ensure
the
values
and
the
voices
of
all
of
our
neighborhoods
are
heard.
Certainly,
there
are
a
number
of
important
priorities
in
the
transition
documents:
strengthening
our
homeless
prevention
system,
creating
a
right
to
council
program,
Expediting
planning,
filling
our
city
vacancies
to
advance
all
these
priorities,
all
share
goals.
I
think
we
can
all
support,
but
it's
troubling
to
see
a
number
of
approaches
that,
rather
than
addressing
the
root
causes
of
our
challenges,
this
city
simply
push
them
out
of
sight.
W
It's
like
a
landlord
who
sees
a
moldy
water
damaged
wall
and
rather
than
remediate,
the
problem
chooses
to
paint
over
it,
allowing
the
health
and
safety
risks
facing
families
to
continue
to
Fester
inequalities
at
the
root
of
many
of
our
biggest
challenges
as
a
city,
whether
it's
housing,
Public,
Safety,
good
jobs,
Neighborhood
Services,
and
if
we
fail
to
take
it
head
on
we'll,
never
overcome
it.
Lastly,
I
encourage
the
city
council
to
ensure
that
the
priority
work
that's
begun
by
past
council
is
not
abandoned.
We're
a
city
of
a
million
people.
W
We
have
a
rich
diversity
economically
and
culturally.
We
have
more
than
five
needs,
as
a
city
we'd
encourage
you
first
and
foremost
to
continue
the
Citywide
hiring
priority
from
the
last
priority
setting
session
and
additionally
encourage
Council
to
consider
retaining
The,
Children
and
Youth
master
plan,
the
police
reforms,
wage
theft
and
responsible
contractor
ordinance,
climate,
smart
and
disaster
resiliency,
and
also
the
important
work
that
has
begun
in
the
last
Council
on
campaign.
Finance
reform,
ensuring
that
we
can
have
a
city
council
for
all
and
not
just
the
few.
Thank
you
so
much
foreign.
X
City
council,
my
name
is
Lucille
Ortiz
I'm,
the
political
director
I
work
in
Partnerships
USA,
and
you
know
I
just
wanted
to
remark
that
you
said
that
over
100
people
participated
in
the
process.
Yet
we
don't
see
some
of
the
critical
priorities,
given
a
focus
that
they
need.
So
I
wanted
to
bring
your
attention
to
a
letter
that
we
sent
over
that
was
signed
on
behalf
of
over
20
organizations
that
represent
hundreds
of
thousands
of
residents
in
San
Jose
and,
as
you
know,
we
live
in
a
deeply
divided
economy.
X
Over
half
of
the
children
in
San
Jose
live
in
households
that
don't
make
enough
to
meet
their
needs.
So
we
need
elect
the
representatives
that
approach
public
policy
in
a
matter
that
is
fair
and
unlocks
opportunity
for
all.
So
we
are
calling
for
solutions
that
are
not
just
a
Band-Aid
approach
but
actually
get
to
the
root
of
the
issues
that
we
are
experiencing.
Y
Y
The
community
co-signed
the
prioritization
of
equity
when
it
voted.
Yes
on
measure
a
and
since
then
the
city
has
made
important
strides
in
creating
structures,
processes
and
priorities
that
would
Advance
racial
Justice
and
consistent
with
the
values
of
equity
and
democracy,
bring
Community
to
the
table
in
that
work.
This
process,
however,
has
been
disappointing
in
several
ways.
One
Equity
was
not
intentionally
centered.
Two
Community,
especially
community
members
with
lived
experience
of
inequity,
was
not
centered.
Community
leaders
in
fact
had
to
plead
to
get
a
seat
at
the
table.
Y
Y
Of
course,
we
acknowledge
the
good
work
and
ideas
of
the
Committees
and
all
the
folks
that
worked
on
them,
but
let's
stay
true
to
ourselves
and
open
the
process
and
dialogue
consistent
with
our
values,
we're
supportive
of
council
member
candelas's
memorandum,
and
we
call
on
Council
to
create
a
more
inclusive,
just
prioritization
process.
Thank
you.
Z
Good
afternoon,
mayor
and
city
council,
my
name
is
Cesar
palancares
and
I'm
here
to
ask
you
to
keep
priorities
and
concerns
of
the
Working
Families
of
San
Jose
in
mind.
While
making
decisions
about
this
year's
city
council
I'm
in
City
budget
especially
want
to
make
sure
that
we
are
diverting
resources
to
Equitable
funding
for
neighborhoods
neighborhoods
Thrive,
when
communities
are
empowered
to
care
for
one
another,
we
need
fun,
strong,
targeted,
neighborhood
initiatives
to
make
neighborhoods
safer,
improve
existing
services
and
realize
parks
and
infrastructure
in
alignment
with
unique
needs.
Z
AA
Hi
everyone
thank
you
city
council,
for
listening.
My
name
is
Daniela
Valdivia
and
I'm.
A
long-term
resident
of
San
Jose
I
work
at
working,
Partnerships,
USA
and
I
am
the
program
manager
of
the
county
program,
the
Fairway
Place
collaborative.
We
are
a
coalition
of
dedicated
Community
organizations.
Members
and
leaders
focused
on
engaging
educating,
Santa
Clara
County
residents
on
their
labor
rights.
AA
I
can
tell
you
firsthand
that
tens
of
thousands
of
residents
in
San
Jose
are
experiencing
wage
stuff
and
other
labor
violations
and
referring
people
to
the
city's
office
of
Equity.
Insurance
is
unrealistic
due
to
the
office
staff
capacity
it
takes
weeks
and
months
for
us
to
get
a
response
and
even
more
time
to
get
Workers
their
lost
wages.
We
need
to
prioritize
supporting
working
people
and
families.
Today,
we've
heard
a
lot
about
what
it
would
take
to
to
make.
People
of
this
city
feel
safe
and
secure
in
this
city.
AA
AB
Good
afternoon
I'm
Sarah
McDermott,
the
political
director
of
South
Bay,
labor,
Council
San
Jose
residents
need
a
budget
that
benefits
the
majority,
not
the
few.
As
an
organization
representing
working
people.
We
know
that
all
residents
in
San
Jose
work
hard
to
build
a
life
for
themselves
and
their
families
in
this
city.
AB
C
AC
AC
Okay,
thank
you
sorry.
So
my
name
is
Gina
LeBlanc
and
I
am
a
long
time
resident
of
San.
Jose
I
worked
as
a
nurse
for
30
years
at
Valley,
Medical,
Center
NICU
and
my
son
Kyle
was
only
18
years
old.
He
was
killed,
hit
and
killed
as
a
pedestrian
here
in
the
city
that
I
love
and
he
died
in
my
arms
in
the
hospital
where
I
had
worked.
This
happened
in
2016.,
it's
been
seven
years.
AC
I
was
just
crying
this
morning.
Every
day,
I
live
with
such
pain
and
there
are
other
moms.
Their
families
are
living
in
so
much
pain
because
hundreds
hundreds
of
people
have
died
in
traffic
fatalities
in
our
city
this
last
year,
65
deaths
32
were
pedestrians.
This
has
not
gotten
better.
It's
gotten
worse.
We
have
a
vision,
zero
action
plan,
but
it's
not
funded
well
enough,
and
even
though
we're
trying
for
Grants
here
and
there,
we
have
to
have
a
political
will
as
a
city.
AC
Everyone
here
on
the
council
needs
to
prioritize
human
life
and
safety
of
our
most
vulnerable
Road
users.
That's
pedestrians,
that's
bicyclists,
that's
elderly,
that's
disabled!
We
need
to
be
able
to
walk
and
ride
our
bike
without
being
afraid
we're
going
to
be
killed.
I
live
with
so
much
pain,
but
I'm
here
speaking
out
in
honor
of
my
son
Kyle,
because
he
matters
and
all
these
people
matter.
My
son
was
only
18
and
he
was
beautiful
and
smart
and
wonderful
and
I
want
you
all
to
know
his
name
and
think
about
him.
AC
AD
AD
Of
vision,
zero
that
I
was
I
was
ready
to
say
for
this
meeting
today,
that
for
as
important
as
public
safety
and
and
bicycle
safety
and
pedestrian
safety
as
important
as
those
issues
are
and
you're
trying
to
develop
that
we
really
have
to
be
cognizant
and
aware
of
what
are
good,
open
public
policies
and
practices
with
all
the
technology.
That's
going
to
be
involved
in
the
future
of
vision,
zero.
AD
You
can't
just
continue
to
dump
in
a
ton
of
technology
and
say
that
we're
solving
the
problem,
and
in
the
past
few
years,
San
Jose
has
had
a
real
issue
internally
with
city
government
that
they're
fibbing
on
the
books.
Basically
your
fibbing
with
statistics
about
what
actually,
how
many
deaths
are
happening
with
with
on
our
streets
these
days
and
so
in
order
to
serve.
AD
But
we
have
to
do
it
honestly
and
openly
and
barely
and
and
that's
an
important
goal-
that
accountability
with
open
public
policies
with
technology
it's
available
and
we
can
use
those
choices
to
do
the
same
things
to
work
for
you
know
The,
Pedestrian
and
bicycle
safety
issues,
but
we
have
to
respect
that
process.
It's
a
con!
It's
a
continuity
that
we've
been
working
on
for
the
past
few
years.
AD
AE
Well,
it's
important
for
the
city
to
work
in
partnership
with
the
county
and
our
Mental
Health
Providers.
One
Gap
in
the
recommendations
is
to
buy
into
the
Trust
mobile
crisis
response.
Currently,
there's
only
one
trust
team
for
the
entire
city.
While
this
is
a
great
start,
a
city
of
our
size
definitely
means
more
coverage
in
order
to
make
a
significant
impact
in
reducing
the
criminalization
of
mental
illness
and
reducing
the
need
for
law
enforcement.
AE
While
the
San
Jose
trust
team
is
staffed,
24
7.
they're
also
covering
Gilroy
and
North
County
after
7
pm.
To
date,
our
San
Jose
field
teams
haven't
needed
to
call
law
enforcement
to
the
contrary.
Law
enforcement
has
often
reached
out
to
them
to
discuss
cases
and
pull
trust
in
when
they
felt
that
law
enforcement
was
not
the
best
response.
They've
received
overwhelming
positive
feedback
about
the
trust
response
when
contacted
by
law
enforcement.
AE
Additionally,
I
strongly
support
the
recommendations
to
fully
fund
Vision
zero
and
ensure
project
delivery,
happens
at
a
faster
Pace,
increasing
funding
for
the
Department
of
Transportation
and
writing
new
grants
to
bring
more
money
to
the
city.
This
is
also
in
line
with
our
Rip's
recommendations.
Thank
you
for
your
dedication
to
the
city
of
San
Jose.
Please
prioritize
the
safety
of
our
streets
for
all
residents.
AF
Hi,
my
name
is
Catherine
Hedges.
Thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
speak
I'm,
a
member
of
surge
check,
Rex
and
the
safety
for
all
committee
and
I
acknowledge
hard
work
of
the
transition
committees.
I
agree
with
the
first
speakers
that
the
product
process
was
not
Democratic
and
violated
the
spirit
of
the
brown
Act
of
not
being
sarc
letter
as
sander
and
others
who
noted
we
already
spent
months
on
a
public
process
through
reps
that
Center
equity
and
the
communities
that
are
typically
underrepresented.
AF
However,
I
am
very
glad
that
many
of
the
Reps
recommendations
were
incorporating
the
committee's
recommendations,
including
Envision,
zero,
increasing
CSO
utilization
and
expanding
non-police
crisis
response
by
mental
health
and
substance
use
teams
such
as
trust
that
Sandra
is
just
talking
about
I.
Second
everything
she
said.
In
addition,
we
need
a
direct
public
line
to
trust
rather
than
having
someone
try
to
navigate
a
phone
for
you,
pulling
prices
and
hoping
988
understands
and
won't
send
armed
officers
instead
and
regarding
the
homelessness
goals.
AF
So
it's
a
reasonable,
but
we
need
more
involvement
by
people
as
I've
experienced
and
we
need
to
follow
the
recommendations
of
the
housing
element
and
enact
tenant
right
to
council
and
eviction
case
is
to
prevent
people
from
falling
into
homelessness.
Typically,
landlords
will
win
the
case
by
default
of
a
ten
and
can't
navigate
the
court
system,
and
a
lot
of
landlords
are
filing
cases
that
are
not
even
legal,
but
they
hope
nobody
will
catch
them
and
if
it
just
goes
to
default,
then
tenant
loses
whether
or
not
the
landlord
had
a
valid
claim.
AG
Hi,
my
name
is
Jen
Meyer
I'm,
a
taxpayer
and
local
voter
and
SEIU
521
worker
and
a
member
of
showing
up
for
racial
Justice
at
Sacred,
Heart
I'm,
commenting
today
about
the
community
safety
recommendations,
but
also
the
so-called
transition
process
instead
of
recommendations
from
a
secret
committee
without
public
transparency
and
input.
I
would
ask
the
council
instead
to
prioritize
the
recommendations
that
resulted
from
the
year-long,
evidence-based
and
public
Community
process
that
the
city
itself
engaged
in
to
reimagine
Public
Safety,
a
Sacred
Heart
Community
Service,
which
served
over
55
000
residents
during
the
pandemic.
AG
We
believe
that
those
closest
to
the
pain
have
the
best
Solutions.
What
was
transformative
about
the
reimagining
public
safety
process
was
that
it
consisted
of
public
learning
sessions,
featuring
The,
lived
experiences
of
individuals,
impacted
by
law
enforcement
and
presentations
on
the
experiences
of
many
different
constituencies,
such
as
black
latinx,
Asian,
Pacific,
Islander,
lgbtq,
plus
youth
individuals
with
disabilities,
Sun
House
mental
health,
consumers
and
survivors
of
gender-based
violence.
AG
I
want
to
thank
the
members
of
the
transition
team
that
fought
hard
to
make
sure
that
the
recommendations
today
reflected
at
least
a
couple
of
those
rips
recommendations,
such
as
self-enforcing
streets
and
more
effectively
utilizing
csos.
But,
given
the
recent
f
grade,
the
city
council
received
for
its
failure
to
implement
meaningful,
Public
Safety
reform.
The
rips
report
gives
you
a
clear
path
to
an
a
I,
particularly
want
to
lift
up
the
recommendation
for
the
city
to
co-invest
in
the
new
trust,
Mental
Health
crisis
response
program.
We
need
to
invest
in
preventative
Services.
AG
AH
Hello
good
afternoon
Council.
Thank
you
so
much
for
the
opportunity
to
speak.
My
name
is
Justin
imamura
I'm,
the
founder
and
president
of
the
trashpunks
and
I
just
want
to
say
thank
you
mayor
and
Council
City
stop
for
allowing
us
to
participate
in
the
clean
neighborhoods
committee
proposal
and
Action
Group.
It
was
a
very
vibrant
set
of
meetings
and
I
know
how
much
time
it
takes
City
Sav
time
and
everything
to
coordinate
everything.
AH
We
as
an
organization
support
the
outcomes
and
the
success
metrics
that
have
been
brought
forward
in
the
clean
neighborhoods
committee
proposal.
Also
we're
here
to
stay
here
in
San
Jose.
We
started
in
2017
as
a
response
to
the
massive
amount
of
illegal
dumping
here
in
San
Jose
we're
part
of
the
solution.
Not
the
problem
and
I
just
want
to
take
this
platform
to
encourage
other
community
groups
organizations
to
get
out
and
to
do
something
about
some
of
the
major
issues
that
are
affecting
here
in
San
Jose.
AH
Also
I
just
wanted
to
bring
up
one
additional
recommendation
in
regards
to
the
clean
neighborhoods
committee
and
which
can
possibly
blend
into
some
of
the
other
committees,
and
that
is
along
the
city
of
San
Jose
waterways,
for
example,
Coyote
Creek,
Guadalupe
River,
implementing
an
environmental
and
ecosystem
protection
boundary
from
the
water's
edge
of
both
sides,
and
the
success
metric
in
that
would
be
the
ecosystem
becoming
more
sustainable
in
life,
less
legal
and
helping
of
of
a
blight
along
the
waterways,
flood
prevention,
unnatural
erosion
and
decontamination
of
the
waterways.
Thank
you.
A
N
Okay,
okay,
let
me
try
this.
Does
that
work
better?
Yes,
nope.
Okay,
thanks
all
right
anyway,
I'm
speaking
in
response
to
the
community
safety,
mayoral
transition,
Community
report.
This
report
focuses
heavily
on
increasing
police
numbers
and
presence
in
our
community.
There's
not
enough,
there's
some,
but
not
enough
attention
to
real
alternatives
to
policing.
As
previously
mentioned.
There's
this
very
thoughtful
report,
the
rips
report
that
was
delivered
to
City
Council
in
April
2022
I,
recommend
that
you
include
this
more
robustly
as
a
resource
in
your
process.
Rips.
N
The
rips
report
offers
many
actionable
recommendations
to
improve
Public
Safety
and
it
notes
that
there
are
real
unaddressed
problems
in
policing
with
policing
in
the
in
San,
Jose,
blacks
and
latinx.
Adults
are
pulled
over
and
cited
more
often
and
arrested
than
white
adults
between
2015
and
2020.
We
had
the
highest
fatalities
from
police
in
the
Bay
Area
15
of
19
were
people
of
color
and
nearly
half
of
those
were
having
a
mental
health
crisis
or
had
a
mental
illness.
N
The
rips
report
recommends
that
the
city
of
San
Jose
co-invest
in
supporting
the
trust
which
everyone
else
has
mentioned
the
trust
program.
This
is
a
vital
alternative
that
provides
trained
mental
health
responses
to
Mental
Health
crisis
is
addictions,
homeless,
homelessness
or
domestic
violence.
The
San
Jose
PD
are
already
referring
to
this
trust
program.
We
need
to
fund
these
Alternatives,
not
just
more
police.
Thank
you.
AI
Honorable
council
members,
thank
you
so
much
for
the
opportunity
to
speak.
You
know,
firstly,
I
want
to
support
the
recommendations
from
the
mayor's
transition
committee
on
community
safety.
You
know
fully
funding
division,
zero
action
plan
on
ensuring
every
project
is
delivered
in
a
faster
pace
is
vital
because
people
are
dying
out
here.
AI
Every
year
it's
breaking
new
records
breaking
new
records.
Over
the
weekend,
I
saw
a
presentation
about
the
traffic
fatalities
and
I
hadn't.
Seen
such
a
beautiful
perfect.
You
know
line
right
and
to
the
up
for
fatalities.
It's
it's
shocking,
so
I'm
really
happy
to
see
that
we
want
to
just
make
sure
that
our
Department
transportation
is
fully
staffed
and
they
have
the
capacity
you
know
to
get
those
dollars
and
actually
deliver
on
these
projects
so
that
we
actually
have
concrete
poured
and
bicycle
facilities
that
are
safe
for
people
to
use.
AI
I
am
a
district
10
resident
here
in
San,
Jose
and
I'm.
Also,
an
organizer
with
the
Silicon
Valley,
Bicycle,
Coalition
I.
Think
the
power
of
the
bike
is
very
important
and
one
thing
that
I
really
want
to
see
in
Vision
zero
is
a
focus
on
homelessness
and
may
actually
prioritizing
the
safety
of
people
who
or
may
not
be
in
their
right
mind
all
the
time
that
are,
you
know,
making
mistakes,
but
that
doesn't
mean
that
they
have
to
you
know,
pay
with
their
lives
for
those
mistakes.
B
You
Tony
I'm,
going
to
interject
there
just
because
we're
nearly
at
one
o'clock,
which
we
said
would
be
our
stopping
point.
I
want
to
thank
our.
We
will
resume
public
comment
after
our
30
minute
recess.
I
want
to
thank
our
community
co-chairs,
I
think,
unfortunately,
the
the
reason
I
want
to
stick
to
our
normal
process
is
that
we
are
going
to
lose
our
community
co-chairs
at
this
point.
I
think
so.
B
We'll
lose
the
opportunity
to
ask
them
questions,
but
I
think
everybody
will
be
able
to
we'll
make
sure
folks
have
their
email
addresses
if
they
want
to
hear
from
the
community
co-chairs.
After
that,
we,
so
we
will
take
a
30-minute
recess,
as
we
said,
we'll
be
back
at
1
30.
We
will
continue
public
comment.
We'll
then
have
some
Council
discussion
and
then
once
that
wraps
up,
we
will
transition
to
our
normal
Open
session
of
our
weekly
Tuesday
meeting.
So
thank
you
all.
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Okay,
so
we're
gonna
for
those
of
you
who
are
here
for
the
regularly
scheduled
council
meeting.
We
are
finishing
up
a
study
session.
We
were
continuing
with
public
comment,
given
that
we
are
starting
to
cut
into
our
normally
scheduled
council
meeting
I'm
going
to
limit
public
comment
to
one
minute.
We'll
continue
with
public
comment.
We
do
still
have
an
opportunity
for
discussion
amongst
the
council
after
public
comment
and
then,
when
we're
finished,
we
will
move
on
to
our
regular
meeting.
AJ
Hello,
my
name
is
Sandy
Perry
I'm
from
affordable
housing,
Network
and
Chan
Deliverance
Ministry
I
agree
with
some
of
the
previous
speakers
around
questions
of
transparency
and
also
ensuring
that
previous
plans,
which
were
arrived
at
through
a
public
process
like
our
anti-displacement
plan,
are
not
thrown
aside
in
this
process.
The
biggest
I
wanted
to
comment
on
the
homelessness
report,
the
biggest
it
was
generally.
C
AJ
The
main
issue
of
ending
homelessness
after
many
years
of
working
on
it
I
think
we
are
coming
to
understand
it.
It's
not
getting
existing
unhoused
people
off
the
streets,
even
though
that's
important,
but
we're
doing
that
fairly
well
already,
but
it's
preventing
new
people
from
becoming
unhoused
right
now.
43
of
victims
are
up
40.
AK
Hello,
honorable
Council,
my
name
is
Dr
Forrest
Peterson
I'm
speaking
today
with
the
Santa
Clara
County
wage
stuff
Coalition,
where
I
sit
on
the
steering
committee
I'm,
also
a
postdoc
at
the
center
for
integrative
facility
engineering,
where
I
can
speak
to
wage
theft.
Issues
related
to
the
construction
industry
and
I
spent
one
year
as
the
County's
first
labor
standards
investigator
at
the
office
of
labor
standards
enforcement.
Being
that
as
a
researcher,
sometimes
to
understand
the
topic.
It's
best
just
to
do
the
job,
and
so
in
one
year.
AK
I
quickly
saw
that
when
it
comes
to
wage
theft
and
I'm
speaking,
particularly
here
to
the
responsible
contractors,
ordinance
that
the
task
of
of
watching
my
colleague
call
unpaid
wage
stuff
claims
over
and
over
and
making
not
a
lot
of
progress.
So
in
the
city
of
San
Jose,
there's
approximately
40
million
dollars
of
unpaid
wage
stuff
and
that's
challenge.
AL
Hello
hi:
this
is
Gail.
Thank
you.
Okay,
sorry,
thank
you.
So
much
as
I've
said
a
million
times
I've
been
an
unhoused
advocate
for
over
30
years
and
in
the
last
few
years
it's
only
gotten
worse.
I
looked
at
the
committee
and
I
kind
of
chuckled
a
little
bit
because
one
of
the
persons
on
the
committee
wouldn't
even
go
into
a
homeless
encampment
to
meet
the
unhoused
when
I
invited
him
in
there.
AL
That
seems
kind
of
strange,
but
I
don't
see
any
unhoused
you're,
not
listening
to
people
that
are
boots
on
the
ground
and
I've
been
advocating
and
advocating.
For
that.
You
need
to
talk
to
people
who
are
being
affected
by
this.
Like
yesterday,
all
day
you
had
an
abatement.
Where
are
they
going
to
go
back
on
the
street?
Nobody's
helping
them
nobody's
stepping
up
there's
going
to
be
another
abatement
in
another
week.
We
need
to
get
together
with
people
that
are
unhoused
and
that
know
what
the
issues
are
and
how
to
solve
them.
Paul.
AM
Yes,
Paul
Soto
from
the
Horseshoe
I'd
like
to
thank
Bob,
Brownstein
and
Kira
for
their
comments.
I,
there's
absolutely
nothing
that
I
can
add
to
the
comments
that
they
had
made.
So
thank
you
for
making
them
as
a
resident
of
d11,
which
was
the
lowest
designation
on
the
red
line
map
when
I
come
to
these
meetings,
I
speak
with
authority
and
conviction
nobody's
going
to
tell
me
what
it
was
like
to
live
with
the
economic
political,
social
consequences
of
Redline.
AM
Now
Equity
was
conspicuously
absent
from
this
meeting
in
this
discussion.
That's
number
one
number
two
is
the
process
questions
that
were
raised
by
Brownstein
and
Kira.
Your
process
is
faulty.
Where
is
the
minute
orders?
Where
are
the
minute
orders
and
the
names
of
the
people
that
were
participating
in
this
meeting?
And
what
was
the
prop?
What
was
the
process
by
which
you
engage
the
conversation
that
isn't
up
for
public
discussion?
It
makes
the
meetings
illegal
and
questions
your
legitimacy.
AN
Yes,
this
is
Lillian
from
District
district
3,
bending
the
era
of
business
to
be
empathetic,
Mr
Sandy
Perry
a
minute
ago
mentioned
the
housing
crisis.
It
is
not
the
people
on
the
ground
currently
that
we're
worried
about
it's,
those
that
are
coming
behind
them.
Measure
m
in
San
Francisco
is
a
tax
vacancy
tax
and
it
taxes,
landlords
and
apartment
complexes
that
are
empty
two
to
five
thousand
dollars
per
unit.
AN
San
Jose
needs
to
step
up
if
we
want
to
pitch
a
battle
with
the
other
cities
who
are
declaring
empty
buildings
and
empty
apartment
units,
these
are
the
kinds
of
things
that
will
bend
the
air
of
business,
cause
them
to
be
a
little
bit
more
empathetic
towards
the
plight
of
individuals
that
are
coming
behind
those
individuals
that
are
already
on
the
streets
and
homeless.
That
is
the
crisis
we
are
going
to
face
in
San
Jose
thanks.
AO
Hi,
my
name
is
Andrew
Siegler
and
I'm,
a
voter
taxpayer
and
resident
of
District
three
in
San
Jose,
the
community
Safety
Committee,
did
not
meet
me
publicly
and
I
oppose
the
recommendations
to
increase
police,
Staffing
and
budget.
Meanwhile,
the
reimagining
Public
Safety
Committee
last
year
released
a
set
of
recommendations
that
were
largely
ignored.
AO
One
recommendation:
San
Jose,
should
chip
into
the
County's
trust
response,
urgent
support
team,
otherwise
known
as
trust
program
for
a
second
field
team,
bringing
up
San
Jose
police
department
for
responding
to
mental
health
crises
and
to
create
a
safe
professional
non-law
enforcement
response.
I
support
this
as
a
San
Jose
resident
with
mental
health
disability
I
can
assure
you
that
the
presence
of
police
during
a
crisis
would
trigger
me.
In
fact,
I've
been
in
that
situation
and
it
was
beyond
terrifying.
It
did
not
help
me
at
all.
AO
What
helped
me
were
the
medical
professionals
on
the
scene
who
were
trained
to
deal
with
the
Mental
Health
crisis
by
investing
in
an
existing
County
program
to
get
a
second
team
from
medical
and
psychiatric
professionals
to
support
this
beautiful
city
of
over
a
million
people
would
be
a
far
better
investment
than
expanding
law
enforcement
to
cover
these
issues.
Thank
you.
AP
Thank
you
mayor
vice
mayor
and
city
council
for
this
great
thought.
Experiment.
Two
quick
comments.
First,
great
process
I
just
want
to
commend
the
mayor
and
Council
for
trying
something
new
that
enables
further
thoughtful
Community
engagement.
Second
I
support
one
of
the
co-chairs
comments
to
Pilot
new
things
that
can
accomplish
these
goals
and
reach
these
outcomes.
Last
year
in
April
2022,
the
smart
cities
committee
heard
a
presentation
on
the
gold
Citywide
data
integration
that
could
tie
all
of
these
key
numbers
and
measures
of
success
together
across
all
the
various
City
departments.
AP
This
could
be
piloted
in
an
area
like
Public
Safety,
where
the
mayoral
Public
Safety
Committee,
has
recommended
to
audit
911
calls
to
further
help
staff
at
different
departments.
So
you
know
what
calls
are
coming
in
if
they're
homelessness
calls
9-1-1
3-1-1
Etc,
so
just
wanted
to
say
that
the
private
sector
could
be
here
to
really
pilot
these
things,
and
the
city
has
already
done
great
work
on
this.
Thank
you
so
much.
C
AQ
Oh
I'm,
here
sorry
respected
mayor
and
council
members.
My
name
is
vasant
Shetty
I
am
calling
into
this
meeting
to
express
my
shock
and
disappointment
regarding
the
incident
of
January
31st
disappearance
of
440
found
metal
statue
of
great
indian
warriors
shivaji
Maharaj,
located
at
Guadalupe
River
Park.
This
unfortunate
incident.
C
AQ
C
Q
C
AR
Hi
good
afternoon,
mayor
and
city
council,
my
name
is
Araceli.
I
am
political
organizer
with
SEIU
usw
and
I'm.
Also
a
San
Jose
resident
San
Jose
has
a
deeply
divided
and
Equitable
economy
in
which
nearly
half
of
our
children
live
in
households
that
do
not
make
enough
money
for
the
most
basic
necessities.
Decisions
made
by
a
few
politicians
and
a
handful
of
wealthy
corporations
during
the
pandemic
and
economic
downturn
have
only
widen
the
Gap,
with
communities
of
color
and
low
wage
earners
being
hit
first
and
worse
and
worse.
AR
If
we
don't
address
this
inequity
head-on,
we
stand
to
lose
the
best
things
about
our
city.
It's
economic
resilience
and
competitiveness
and
its
Rich
multiracial
community
and
Heritage.
When
you
are
elected
representatives,
make
decisions
that
benefit
the
many
not
the
few.
Our
city
and
its
people
will
have
what
we
need
to
survive
and
thrive
through
economic
uncertainty,
Public
Health
crisis
and
climate
emergencies.
Thank
you
for
allowing
me
to
speak
on
this
issue.
AS
Good
afternoon
city
council,
my
name
is
Victor
Vasquez
executive
director
at
Summers
Mayfair,
and
one
of
a
few
things
that
I
wanted
to
address.
One
is
particularly
around
keeping
our
communities
cared,
having
Fair
wages
and
and
affordable
access
to
issues
like
health
care.
For
us,
we
imagine
that
true
safety
comes
from
preventing
and
in
order
for
us
to
prevent,
we
must
prioritize
investing
in
families,
children,
youth
of
color,
folks
that
are
living
in
areas
like
Issa
Jose
that
have
faced
historical
and
current
barriers.
AS
Our
families
call
for
different
needs,
for
example,
access
to
mental
health.
We
had
youth
who've,
committed
suicide
in
our
area,
financial
literacy,
Youth,
Development
opportunities,
access
to
basic
needs
and
legal
services,
and
we
stand
in
solidarity
with
all
the
folks
asking
for
equitable
distribution.
AS
AT
My
name
is
Ruth
a
silver
Tobin
I'm,
the
supervising
attorney
of
the
workers
rights
practice
at
the
Alexander
Community
Law
Center
I
also
supervise
the
advice
line
and
I'm
in
the
fair
workplace
collaborative
and
coordinate
the
wage
theft.
Coalition
I'd
like
to
urge
the
council
to
invest
more
in
direct
worker
Outreach
through
collaboration
with
the
fair
workplace
collaborative
currently
there's
just
a
small
pilot
I
also
want
to
lift
up
the
office
of
the
quality
assurance,
which
is
really
an
absolutely
critical
enforcement
agency.
AT
I
noticed
that
none
of
the
five
committees
are
focused
on
workers
rights
and
we
want
to
ensure
that
the
funding
for
that
agency
continues
and
is
expanded
and,
finally,
after
the
wage
theft
revision
on
March
14th,
we
really
want
you
to
move
ahead
with
all
deliberate
speed
on
the
responsible
construction
ordinance.
Thank
you.
B
Great,
thank
you
Tony
all
right,
thank
you
to
all
the
members
of
the
public
who
weighed
in
this
afternoon
really
appreciate
that
we
are
back
to
council
discussion
if
we
have
any
and
then
when
we
wrap
this
up,
we
will
move
on
to
our
regular
meeting.
We
will,
by
the
way,
I'm
told
for
purposes
of
changing
AV
and
Technical
switch
over.
We
do
need
five
to
ten
minutes
for
that
to
happen,
so
there
will
be
a
very
brief
break
between
the
two.
But
let
me
go
to
my
list
here
and
we
have
councilor
Torres
next.
J
Foreign
thank
you
mayor
and
thank
you
for
all
those
folks
who
who
participated
in
in
these
committees.
They
are.
They
are
extremely
extremely
important
and
obviously
our
city
has
been
working
on
on
these
issues
for,
for
a
very
long
time
and
I'm
I'm,
very,
very,
very
thankful
to
actually
hear
some
of
these
committee
members
who
actually
say
that
the
city
has
a
lot
in
their
hands
and
and
that
it's
not
easy.
J
You
know
I
I
want
to
I
want
to
let
my
colleagues
know
and
I
want
to
let
our
our
community
know
that
that
it
is.
It
is
very
important
for
me
to
to
make
sure
that
these
committees
are
not
the
end-all
be-all
for
for
our
city,
that
that,
folks,
who
have
lived
experience
and
folks
who
who
definitely
have
other
issues
and
priorities
in
our
city,
that
those
folks
from
the
outside
can
can
recommend
on
these
issues
and
other
issues
happening
through
throughout
our
our
city
and
so
I.
J
Come
from
the
strong
neighbors
initiative
time
I
was
a
neighborhood
organizer.
Youth,
organizer
and
I
learned
a
lot
from
our
strong
neighbors
Initiative
Program,
not
only
as
a
youth
organizer,
but
as
a
city
employee,
where
we
invested
in
our
community
through
an
array
of
programs
and
services
that
were
that
were
important
to
them.
We
brought
folks
who
were
under
resourced
underserved
at
the
table
and
we
empowered
them,
and
this
is
what
we
need
to
continue
to
do
it
is
it
is.
J
J
We
did
have
robust
conversations
and
I
just
and
I
know
that
council
member
Jimenez
just
brought
this
up.
We're
going
to
continue
to
have
these
discussions
and
we
need
to.
We
need
to
continue
to
have
everybody
at
the
table,
making
decisions
when
it
comes
to
our
city
and
and
now
that
I
have
the
floor.
J
I
am
particularly
concerned
that
some
of
these
committees
are
not
talking
about
and
I
just
mentioned
it,
because
I
I
grew
up
as
a
youth
organizer
here
in
the
city
of
San
Jose
that
we
are
not
prioritizing
one
education
and
we're
not
prioritizing
Our,
Youth
and
families,
and
for
me
that
is
extremely
important.
I
know
at
the
bigger
picture
when
we
deal
with
our
when
we
deal
with
housing,
that's
going
to
help
our
families.
When
we
deal
with
with
downtime
vibrancy,
that's
going
to
happen.
J
J
It's
so
harmful
to
see
our
teens
have
a
gun.
Instead
of
a
book,
it's
so
harmful
to
see
young
adults
go
to
jail
and
not
a
community
college
or
San
Jose,
State
or
Santa
Clara,
University
or
heck
Harvard.
If
they
want
it
and
so
I'll
I'll,
just
I'll
I'll
leave
it
at
that.
Thank
you.
Everyone
for
for
my
colleagues
for
for
chairing
these
committees.
J
B
All
of
the
issue,
areas
in
which
we
work
not
be
a
standalone
or
siled
committee.
So
I
know
that
as
we
do,
the
follow-up
session
we'll
be
talking
about
how
principals,
like
equity
and
customer
service
and
even
our
climate,
smart
principles
may
cut
across
many
different,
csas
and
and
or
issue
areas.
So
there's
definitely
much
more
much
more
to
say
but
appreciate
your
comments
and
and
and
don't
disagree.
We're
on
to
council
member
Ortiz.
E
My
interpretation
of
the
memo
that
you
introduced
yesterday
right
was
that
we
were
focusing
our
entire
budget
priorities
on
just
these
five
recommendations
that
that
was
my
interpretation
based
on
how
it
was
written
and
while
I
definitely
enjoyed
participating
in
this
committees,
there
was
excellent
leaders
who
participated
in
labor,
Representatives,
Business
Leaders.
It
was
a
great
conversation.
E
Now
I
I
argue
that
they
deserve
the
Dignity
of
being
able
to
speak
their
truth
and
raise
the
concerns
they
deem
important
as
themselves
independent
of
these
committees
and
I
and
I.
You
know
I.
Hopefully
you
will
come
to
all
of
our
districts.
I
I
recommend
definitely
my
colleagues
to
hold
budget
Town
Halls
so
that
the
mayor
may
hear
directly
from
our
constituents.
E
You
know
I
argue
that
the
overall
priority
setting
for
the
budget
should
be
made
by
the
entire
Council,
because
we
are
not
a
strong
mayor
system.
We
are
a
democratic
process,
not
a
dictatorship
and
we
represent
values
and
concerns
of
our
constituents
and
I
want
to
thank
council
member
candelis
for
introducing
this
memo
to
have
this
discussion,
even
though
this
information
I,
believe,
should
have
been
released.
Prior
to
this
meeting.
We
shouldn't
have
waited
to
the
beginning
of
the
meeting
to
hear
about
what
this
process
is
and
I.
E
Think
we've
seen
that
with
everybody
calling
into
this
meeting
that
there
is
confusion
right
and
if
council
members
are
confused
about
what
the
process
is.
I'm
sure,
neighborhood
leaders,
community-based
organizations
and
activists
are
are
confused
as
well.
You
know-
and
so
it's
we
all
deserve
to
know
the
rules
and
especially
of
the
game,
and
how
the
budget
is
being
prepared
to
make
sure
that
we
can
effectively
gather
the
priorities
that
are
important
to
our
residents.
So
I
really
I
really
appreciate
the
work
of
the
Committees
I.
E
Just
really
want
to
double
down
on
making
sure
that
these
committees
aren't
the
focus
of
the
entire
budget,
because
what
I
would
hate
is
if,
like
there's
pressing
issues
in
our
districts,
we
we
go
to
raise
this
concern
in
the
budget
and
then
they
say
Well
they're
not
connected
to
these
five
priorities.
Therefore,
it's
not
going
to
be
a
priority
for
the
city,
that's
something
that
I
just
want
to
call
out,
and
hopefully
I
don't
know.
B
So
I
just
I
appreciate
the
concern
that's
being
raised,
and
you
know
we
just
refer
folks
back
to
the
rules
memos
that
were
passed.
The
rule
memo
rules,
memo
passed
a
couple
of
weeks
ago
that
lays
out
the
process
and
the
one-on-one
meetings
I've
had
with
each
of
you
about
the
budget
process
and
looking
forward
to,
as
is
our
practice.
The
charter
has
the
the
mayor,
Drive
the
budget
process
and
so
I'll
be
continuing
to
have
one-on-one
meetings
with
each
of
you
to
hear
your
input.
B
We
will
also
have,
as
the
assistant
city
manager
laid
out
earlier,
a
very
robust
process
here
in
Council,
as
we
do
every
year
where
I
know
we
have
a
lot
of
new
folks,
but
we
will
have
a
series
of
conversations
before
the
March
message
around
the
March
message
after
the
March
message,
as
we
have
our
budget
study
sessions
and
and
leading
up
to
a
June
adoption.
So
it's
a
very
long
multi-step
process
as
we've
been
communicating
through
our
offices
to
each
of
your
offices
individually.
B
I
assure
you
it's
a
long
process,
as
my
returning
colleagues
can
attest,
but
yeah
it's
it
is
it's
been
laid
out
and
we
can
continue
I'm
happy
to
sit
down
with
each
council
member
again
to
go
through
in
detail
how
the
budget
doc
process
works
and
the
difference
between
the
March
message
and
the
June
message.
But
it
is.
This
is
the
end
of
a
transition,
the
mayoral
transition
committees
and
the
beginning
of
priority.
Setting
and
I
don't
know
if
assistant
city
manager
will
coxify
if
you
want
to
add
anything
to
how
the
process
works.
B
Yeah
and
I
don't
think
it
was
ever
an
implication
that
this
was
the
the
only
five
topics
we
would
talk
about.
I
would
argue
and
I
think
something
we've
heard
from
the
administration
and
we've
experienced
in
the
past
as
a
council
is
that
there
is
value
in
having
priorities.
We
always
have
priorities
and
we
always
seem
to
agree
that
agree
that
elevating
some
issues
and
problems
that
our
city
has
above
others
allows
us
to
be
more
Innovative
to
Pilot
new
Solutions.
B
If
we
don't
set
priorities,
then
nothing
really
matters,
then
there
is
no
priority.
It's
just.
We
kind
of
spread
ourselves
very
thinly,
and
so,
as
every
March
budget
message
does.
My
budget
message
will
highlight
priorities
and
emphasize
certain
areas
where
I
think
we
need
more
change
and
that'll
be
something
that
will
be
subject
to
council
discussion
and
approval.
Of
course,
okay.
E
AU
AU
D
I
will
speak,
though,
and
appreciate
the
call
this
morning
from
council
member
Candelas
on
this
and
I
certainly
think
you
know
the
section
where
it's
council
members
can
submit
memos
we've
had
a
process.
You
know
called
priority,
setting
that
was
very
different
and
distinct
from
the
budget
process
and
it's
you
know,
started
for
very
specific
reasons,
but
I
think
as
an
Administration.
D
As
a
council,
past
councils
we've
seen
that
having
two
separate
processes
that
don't
marry
you
know
mirror
one
another
or
run
in
parallel,
really
was
a
disservice
to
the
residents
and
staff
trying
to
implement
these
priorities
when
the
work
wasn't
appropriately
resourced.
So
there
had
been
past
practices
where
a
lot
of
different
memos
were
submitted.
I
think
108
at
one
point
in
time
for
priority
setting
in
like
2007
teen
but
I
think
with
the
alignment
and
integration
of
that.
D
D
A
lot
of
the
work
that
was
mentioned
by
the
community
today
will
be
highlighted
in
there
as
well
and
I.
Think
I
would
agree
with
the
mayor.
There's
going
to
be
an
awful
lot
of
opportunities
to
talk
about
these
things
and
for
the
11
of
you
to
debate
and
for
the
administration
to
offer
our
own
expertise,
but
there
will
be
tough
choices
because
we
are
hoping
for
focus
and
priorities
from
the
council,
so
we
can
meet
the
community's
expectations.
AV
AV
I
I,
I'm
also
happy
to
hear
from
you
or
from
your
statement
early
on
the
budget
process
and
assistant
managers,
assistant
manager,
Wilcox
comments
on
the
broader
approach
coming
into
the
February
28th
priority
setting
meeting
as
an
appointee.
You
know
a
new
member
of
the
council.
I
didn't
have
the
same.
Ability
to
chair
participate
in
these
committees,
work
with
my
team,
City
staff
or
others
to
formulate
these
recommendations
or
provide
feedback
for
the
residents
of
District
8..
AV
AW
It
could
be
a
useful
exercise,
but
I
think
I
just
want
to
make
sure
is
clear
and
I'm
going
to
ask
Lee
for
some
clarification
as
well.
What
I
think
the
what's
missing
here
and
there's
some
complicating
factors?
Obviously,
we
have
six
new
council
members
who
haven't
been
through
a
budget
process
who,
therefore,
don't
necessarily
have
some
of
the
you
know,
understanding
of
how
it's
going
to
go
forward
from
here.
AW
We
have
as
a
city-
and
you
know
clearly,
you
know
one
person
can
say
these
are
the
five
things
we
need
to
focus
on
and
I
will
argue
that
if
we
close
down
the
libraries
next
week,
the
public
will
be
just
as
angry
about
their
Libraries
closing
down,
as
they
are
about
these
five
things.
So
we
still
have
a
lot
of
things.
We
got
to
do.
AW
I
always
pick
on
libraries,
because
I
love
them
the
the
the
these
are
the
there
are
a
lot
of
things
we're
going
to
have
to
do
at
the
same
time
we're
going
to
be
walking
and
chewing
gum.
These
are
those
part.
These
are
some
priorities,
but
we're
not
going
to
vote
for
a
budget
at
least
I'm.
Not
that
doesn't
include
a
lot
of
the
other
priorities,
so
I'm
going
to
ask
Lee.
AW
You
know
we
used
to
have
this
big
checkerboard
of
priorities
that
we
said
were
strategic
priorities.
I'm,
not
sure
that
was
ever
defined
correctly.
Those
were
passed
by
the
council.
The
council
has
given
direction
to
work
on
those.
My
understanding
is
nothing's.
Changing
about
the
focus
of
the
staff
who's
been
assigned
to
work
on
those
within
their
service
areas.
Can
you
just
talk
a
little
bit
about
how
those
things
will
continue
to
move
forward,
as
we
maybe
Focus
this
discussion
on
some
other
priorities.
D
Absolutely
so
this
conversation
as
well
as
the
budget
conversation
is
really
setting
up
our
implementation
plans
and
our
own
direct.
You
know
the
administration's
Direction
starting
for
July
1
as
council
member
Cohen
is
referencing
the
city's
road
map.
That
is
still
very
much
the
direction
of
the
of
the
administration
that
we're
still
working
on
so
whether
it's
child
and
youth
services
master
plan
process,
which
is
still
moving
forward.
D
The
digital
Equity
digital
literacy
and
Equity
that's
coming
to
Council
on
March
14th
wage
theft,
which
is
on
that
is
still
coming
forward
on
March
14th,
so
that
is
still
direction
of
the
administration.
I
think
the
one
thing
that
came
up
at
the
rules
committee
meeting
was
that
it
talks
about
suspending
the
the
global
reporting
on
the
roadmap
and
instead
have
those
individual
things
go
to
committees,
and
that
was
talked
about
at
the
rules
committee,
and
that
was
really
just
don't
have
a
report.
D
That's
you
know
a
very
Broad
and
in
depth
at
the
same
point
in
time
on
metrics
around
the
entire
roadmap,
but
allow
the
policy
committees
to
digest
and
work
on
the
various
roadmap
items
as
appropriate.
So,
as
rules
committee
is
approved,
all
of
the
committee
work
plans
as
well.
Those
have
been
loaded
in
as
appropriate,
but
every
item
on
that
roadmap
is
still
very
much
the
direction
of
the
administration.
At
this
point.
AW
Yeah,
thank
you,
and
that
was
the
feeling
and
direction
of
the
rules
committee
and
so
I.
Thank
you.
Thank
you
for
clarifying
that
the
the
no
these
items
have
been
voted
by
the
council
in
the
past.
To
say
these
are
things
we
want
done.
Staff
isn't
going
to
has
no
ability
to
say
we're
not
going
to
do
them
anymore.
Council
has
given
this
direction,
we'll
continue
working
on
them.
In
addition,
the
budget
process
itself
after
the
mayor's
message
comes
out
allows
for
council
members
to
then
submit
additional
budget
documents.
AW
That
say
these
are
also
things
we
want
to
include
in
the
budget
that
weren't
included
initially
so
I.
So
there's
plenty
of
opportunity
for
us
to
make
sure
that
our
priorities
are
in
there
and
people
know
I
have
some
serious
priorities
that
are
not
amongst
these
five
items,
so
we
will
all
be
pushing
for
those,
as
the
budget
kind
will
be
discussing
how
to
how
to
balance
all
these
priorities.
AW
Amongst
you
know,
based
on
our
our
limited
discretionary
budget
that
we
have
I
know
people
talk
about
the
six
billion
dollar
budget,
but
really
we're
talking
about
maybe
four
or
five
hundred
million.
That's
discretionary.
If
even
that,
because
so
much
is
already
I
mean
Personnel
is
already
there.
I
mean
it's.
If
you
include
Public
Safety
is
taking
60
of
our
1.3
billion
dollar
discretionary
budget.
We're
not
really
talking
about
as
much
as
the
public
thinks
we're
talking
about
as
far
as
as
resources.
AW
B
R
Foreign
thank
you
mayor
and
the
council
members
who
have
tried
to
explain
the
process.
I
think
the
biggest
confusion
for
today
has
been
is
the
what
is
really
being
covered
today
and,
more
importantly,
what
will
not
be
allowed
to
be
covered
later
on?
Okay,
so
not
knowing
what
the
discretion
is
afterwards.
If
we
take
all
these
five
to
be
the
only
boxes
which
we
can
cover
and
whatever
is
stated
about
underneath
those
boxes,
then
what
are
we
being
deprived
of
the
opportunity
to
either
consider
another
box
or
some
items
under
those
boxes?
R
Even
when
we
hear
more
about
it
is
really
not
the
end
of
our
opportunity
to
be
able
to
give
what
really
is
priority
item
which
may
not
candidly
fit
into
one
of
these
five
boxes.
We
still
will
have
an
opportunity
to
be
able
to
give
additional
boxes
to
consider
or
the
line
items
under
these
boxes
and
I
think
so.
Today's
meeting
was
more
to
my
understanding,
was
to
listen
what
the
community
has
proposed
through
these
transition
meetings
and
understand
what
that
is:
it's
not
really
whether
that's
comprehensive,
whether
that
is
not
comprehensive.
That
wasn't.
B
Yeah
and
I
may
go
back
to
our
city
manager's
office,
to
give
us
to
just
remind
folks
because
councilor
Cohen
just
said,
I
mean
I
I
request
that
we
Elevate
these
five
issues.
These
five
will
be
front
and
center
in
my
March
budget
message,
rather
than
go
off
into
a
silo
and
write
the
March
budget
message
alone
and
then
bring
it
to
you
all,
which
is
typically
the
kickoff
of
the
process.
B
I
wanted
to
invite
council
members,
City
staff
and
community
members
from
a
diverse
range
of
backgrounds
to
think
through
and
formulate
some
recommendations
regarding
these
five
priority
issue
areas,
so
that
my
March
budget
message
would
be
more
inclusive,
draw
on
the
best
thinking
of
a
much
wider
range
of
people
than
just
my
staff,
and
so
that's
really.
As
councilman
Cohen
said.
The
purpose
of
this
initial
phase
is
to
inform
a
budget
message
that
I'll
be
bringing
forward
in
four
weeks.
B
At
that
point
and
beyond
that,
we
go
through
each
of
the
city
service
areas.
Council
members
can
write
memos.
We
have
a
healthy
discussion
of
trade-offs,
there's
already
an
existing
work
plan
that
is
underway
and
a
number
of
other
issues,
such
as
wage
theft
and
supporting
youth.
There's
a
lot
of
different
pieces
to
this,
but
I
really
wanted
us
to
be
able
to
go
deeper
on
some
areas
that
I
plan
to
highlight
in
the
March
budget
message
and
I
didn't
want
to
just
do
that
alone
with
just
my
staff.
B
AX
AX
You
know
when
the
mayor
and
I
spoke
and
I
did
and
we've
talked
I've
talked
about
others.
We
would
like
more
focus
in
this
organization,
because
focusing
on
42
change,
initiatives
or
strategic
initiatives
is
really
stretching
the
staff
very
thin.
So
we
would
like
to
have
some
Focus
areas
and
I'm
calling
them
Focus
areas,
but
they're
going
to
call
whatever
you'd
like
to
call
them
where
we
are
providing
those
level
of
updates
to
the
Council
on
some
sort
of
regular
Cadence.
AX
So
we
there
are
lots
of
very
important
work,
that's
going
on
with
our
almost
6
900
ftes,
even
though
they're
not
all
filled
and
are
six
billion
dollars
worth
of
budget
across
a
myriad
of
activities.
But
as
far
as
focusing
on
the
change
in
initiatives,
we
would
like
to
not
be
focusing
on
42
things,
get
that
narrowed
and
then
focus
on
some
of
the
base
core
work.
That's
going
on
in
this
organization.
That's
already
been
endorsed
by
this
Council
by
it
being
in
the
budget.
AX
AX
That's
our
marching
direction
for
me
to
put
together
the
city
manager's
proposed
budget,
so
there
is
has
been
said
several
times
a
lot
of
opportunities
along
with
public
hearings
from
the
community,
so
we
can
hear
from
them
and
some
of
those
you
know,
public
hearings
can
be
have
lots
of
people
talking
at
them
or
very
few,
but
we
need
to
hear
from
give
every
Everybody
the
opportunity
to
put
their
input
so
come
July
1.
We
have
the
best
absolute
budget
for
our
our
city
in
our
community.
R
B
You
great
thank
you
28th
and
appreciate
that
Jennifer
and
I
also
do
since
councilor
Ortiz
noted
it
I
am
very
much
planning
to
come
to
at
least
one
budget
meeting
Community
budget
media
in
each
district.
That's
something
we're
already
working
on
putting
together
and
certainly
want
to
work
with
each
of
your
Council
offices.
To
do
that.
We
have
one
final
speaker
at
least
for
now,
which
is
vice
mayor
command.
G
G
I
certainly
see
this
as
a
transition
from
bridging
what
was
previously
to
where
we
want
to
go
into
the
future.
So
I
too
have
many
priorities
that
are
not
explicit.
You
know,
I
believe
in
taking
care
of
families.
Children
and
Youth.
Wage
theft
is
a
big
issue
for
me.
I
think
that
we
need
to
to
deal
with
it
Equity
as
well,
and
so
you
know
I
certainly
will
be
looking
forward
to
examining
how
that
is
Incorporated
in
whatever
we
move
forward.