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City of San José, California
City Council Evening Session of January 11, 2022
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A
A
A
B
B
B
D
B
D
F
B
B
As
you
noted,
this
is
the
plan
development
rezoning
of
the
site
located
at
1260
east
santa
clara
street.
The
action
before
you
tonight
is
two
part:
it's
one
to
adopt
a
resolution
adopting
the
empire
lumber
mixed
use,
negative
declaration,
for
which
an
initial
study
was
prepared,
an
associated
mitigation
monitoring
and
reporting
plan
in
accordance
with
secret
and
then
to
approve
an
ordinance
adopting
the
proposed
plan.
Development,
be
zoning
from
a
commercial
general
to
a
cp
pdc.
F
G
Yes,
but
I
don't
intend
to
use
it
good
evening,
mayor
licardo,
members
of
the
council,
my
name
is
eric
schnauer
I
represent
the
land
owner
and
the
applicant
on
this.
This
project
we
would
be.
We
would
appreciate
your
support
for
the
rezoning
of
the
development.
The
planning
staff
recommends
approval.
G
As
long
as
the
project
is
consistent
with
the
urban
village
plan,
which,
by
requirement
it
will
be
so
the
project
is
a
key
location,
walking
distance
to
the
future
bart
station
and
is
a
mixed
use.
Development
that
accommodates
up
to
406,
000,
I'm
sorry,
406
residential
units
and
60
000
square
feet
of
commercial
space
is
consistent
with
every
aspect
of
the
community
plan
and
the
urban
village
plan.
G
So
it's
all
positive.
We
hope
that
you
will
approve
it
so
that
we
can
move
forward.
I
do
have
to
note,
though,
that
we,
just
we
just
passed
the
six
year
mark
of
processing
this
application
and
it
is
a
poster
child
for
the
incredibly
flawed
urban
village
implementation
policies
of
the
general
plan
in
the
city,
and
I
don't
want
to
burden
you
tonight
with
that.
G
But
I
look
forward
in
the
coming
weeks
and
months
of
getting
deep
into
a
conversation
about
the
flaws
of
the
general
plan,
the
flaw
application
of
the
urban
village
policies
that
are
hindering
us
from
achieving
housing
and
jobs
in
our
city.
With
that,
I
thank
you
for
your
attention
and
hope
that
you
will
support
the
project.
B
Thank
you.
Yes,
this
project
is
very
similar
to
the
project
that
I'm
dealing
with
our
neighborhood
as
the
president
of
the
garden
alameda
village
association.
That
I
am
is
dealing
with
it's
it's
a
hotel
in
a
residential
neighborhood,
and
it's
the
same
issues
that
this
whole
neighborhood
is
up
in
arms
again
about
it's,
the
it's
the
bulk
of
it,
it's
the
size
of
it.
It's
the
fact
that
it
is
a
neighborhood
and,
like
our
neighborhood
has
been
saying,
we
want
neighbors,
not
transients.
B
We
want
that
that
that's
important
issue,
and
so
and
we
don't.
We
want
housing,
not
hotels,
and
you
know
this.
You
know
the
plan
is,
is
about
hotels
and
that's
what
is
in
the
past.
We
don't
need
hotels
in
our
community,
and
so
this
is
the
problem,
and
you
know,
like
you
know
chris
burton
said
in
the
general
plan:
it's
not
about
you
know.
Housing
is
the
crisis
and
it's
not
about
jobs.
We
have
to
get
back
to
basics.
B
Yes,
I
want
to
urge
all
city
council
members
to
actually
go
pay
a
visit
to
this
location.
If
you
were
to
pay
a
visit,
you
would
know
that
this
is
the
center
for
a
lot
of
livelihoods
for
a
lot
of
small
business
owners.
This
is
where,
in
the
midst
of
the
coveted
pandemic,
a
lot
of
people
set
shop
for
their
business
to
stay
afloat,
and
I
echo
the
same
sentiment
if
we
want
to
talk
about
housing.
This
is
not
it
if
we
want
affordable
housing.
This
is
not
it
luxury
homes,
luxury
hotels.
B
To
appease
the
tech
companies
to
sell
off
more
san
jose,
come
on
it's
just
it's
a
major
disappointment
and
city
council
members
need
to
get
in
touch
with
the
community
that
you
so
claim
represent
and
actually
listen
and
engage
to
the
issues.
This
is
you
know
as
someone
who's
born
and
raised
here.
I'm
tired
of
this
absolutely
tired,
claire
beakman.
I
Hi
blair
beekman
here
hello
to
tessa,
I
just
came
from
san,
diego
and
boy.
They
develop
things
amazingly
fast
down
there.
I'm
sure
a
lot
are
jealous
here
in
san
jose,
but
I
really
like
the
slow
pace
of
san
jose
urban
villages
are
a
bit
controversial.
I
like
the
slow
pace
that
we
go
with
them.
I
hope
we
can
continue
that
sort
of
slow
pace,
there's
also
a
question
in
six
months
time.
I
The
good
subsidy
plans
that
are
helping
us
out
right
now
could
start
to
be
used
for
high-end
developers
of
urban
villages
and
and
their
real
estate
plans.
I
don't
think
that's
the
right
use
of
subsidy.
I
think
subsidies
are
really
meant
for
people
in
need
and
who
really
need
it
and
they're
not
meant
to
serve
high-end
rich
developers.
I
think
we
really
have
to
have
this
conversation
in
the
next
six
months
and
be
very
wary
of
of
the
developers
previous
words
on
on
on
moving
forward
with
urban
villages
in
the
future.
Thank
you.
H
Oh,
you
guys
it's
it's
all
about
real
estate
for
for
this
city
council
they
put
on
a
they
put
on
a
liberal,
a
liberal
elite
type
faith
to
them,
but
in
the
end,
it's
just
all
about
real
estate.
Who's
gonna,
get
the
deals
and
who
you
know
who
who
can
who
gets
the
opportunity
housing?
Who
gets
the
urban
village
who
gets?
Who
gets
low
income
housing?
It's
it's
just
they
get.
They
pay
their
voters
back
by
giving
by
giving
them
goodies
from
the
taxpayer.
H
J
J
Yeah,
that's
what
I'm
talking
about,
because
downtown
the
takeover
of
downtown
is
sociopathic.
So
why
don't
you?
Let
me
finish
mayor
my
strain
of
thought
and
then
you'll
get
my
point.
So
thank
you
for
interrupting
me,
but
I'll
still
go
on.
Anyways
perales
is
creating
this
deal.
Do
you
know
what
that
building
is
that
building
used
to
be
the
first
masonic
lodge
and
all
masonic
lodge
10
used
to
meet
right
there
at
that
corner?
J
G
G
G
The
site
has
nothing
to
do
with
a
masonic
lodge,
so
I
don't
know
where
that's
coming
from
and
with
regard
to
small
businesses,
there's
only
one
business
on
the
entire
site.
It
is
a
used
car
dealership
and
I
don't
want
to
diminish
the
value
of
that
business,
but
this
is
not
a
site
that
has
numerous
small
businesses
who
are
trying
to
recover
from
covid.
Whoever
was
mentioning
that
so
just
wanted
to
clear
clear
that
up,
and
I
hope
that
the
council
will
stay
focused
on
the
staff,
planning,
commission
and
council
member
recommendation
of
approval.
D
Okay,
I
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that
the
the
council
can
hear
me-
okay,
yes,
yes,
I
am
the
owner
of
the
used
car
dealership,
that
is
on
the
property.
Our
main
concern
is
obviously
the
our
our
business.
You
know
we
are
a
small
business
that
has
been
in
this
community
for
several
years.
We
do
provide
a
lot
of
transportation
needs
for
the
general
public
at
the
location.
D
Of
course,
we
are
our
concerns
for
our
business
to
make
sure
that
we
have
a
place
to
conduct
business.
A
lot
of
displacement
has
been
occurring
with
a
lot
of
used
car
dealerships
in
the
area
and
has
been
affecting
the
actual
the
business
model
itself,
and
it
has
caused
a
lot
of
issues
with
the
business
itself
in
regards
to
where
consumers
can
get
their
used
vehicles
and
whatnot,
and
obviously
we
would
like
to
have
some
type
of
help
in
regards
to
where
we
would
be
in
the
future.
So.
G
F
E
Yeah
thank
you
mayor,
and
I
think
there
was
clearly
some
confusion
in
regards
to
some
of
the
public
comments
in
what's
on
the
side
or
what's
previously
been
on
the
site
and,
and
I
think
as
well,
the
engagement
from
the
community.
My
office
has
been
engaged
actually
for
the
entirety
of
the
six
years
with
the
neighbors
in
this
area.
Here
number
one.
E
E
The
urban
village
plan,
which
I
would
agree
with
eric
and
I
think
our
community
members
would
too
in
regards
to
the
inefficiencies
the
deficiencies
of
our
urban
village
process,
but
nonetheless
we're
moving
forward
with
this
one
and
the
main
interest
from
the
community
today
is,
as
stated
in
my
memo,
that
they
would
just
like
to
see
that
it
that
it
does
conform
and
as
eric
mentioned,
that
is
obviously
that's
the
intent.
And
that's
the
the
requirement
there.
E
G
E
Unknown
at
the
point,
so
then
there
I
think
as
well.
Today
was
the
first
time
I
had
heard
from
the
all
usa
motors
the
current
tenant
on
the
site
which
we
were
aware
of,
but
I
I
also
hadn't
hadn't
heard
from
them
through
the
process
that
we've
had
but
would
be
happy
to
hear
from
them
if
they
wanted
to
reach
out
to
my
office
individually
and
then
the
hope
would
be.
Obviously
just
the
communication
is
clear.
E
It
sounds
like
today,
it's
unknown
in
regards
to
the
when
that
process
will
start
for
your
planned
development
permit,
which
then
in
essence,
I
think
would
certainly
lay
out
quite
some
time
before
there's
actually
construction
breaking
ground
and
when
somebody
the
current
tenant,
would
have
to
leave
but
appreciate
the
okay.
Thank
you
appreciate
the
work
that's
gone
into
it
too,
from
our
our
staff,
and
with
that
I
will
move
my
memo.
K
E
F
Thank
you.
I
think
the
motion
was
count
from.
It
was
seconded
by
councilmember
davis.
I
just
wanted
to
give
either
michael
or
chris.
They
wanted
any
opportunity
at
a
brief
rebuttal
with
regard
to
the
challenges
of
urban
villages,
I
do
recall
there
being
a
proposal
here
that
didn't
conform
initially,
but
did
you
want
to
to
speak
to
that
issue
at
all
about
the
six
years.
C
D
F
B
M
It
entails
a
conforming
raise
zoning
from
the
r-1-8
zoning
district
to
the
ct's,
owning
districts
and
there's
a
special
use
permit
component
of
it
to
allow
the
demolition
of
two
existing
buildings
and
associated
structures
on
the
site,
including
removal
of
nine
trees,
the
construction
of
a
hundred
and
seven
thousand
zero,
seven,
nine
square
foot,
six
story,
119
room
hotel
and
a
49
percent
packing
reduction
with
a
tdm
plan.
From
a
super
perspective,
an
initial
study
was
prepared
for
the
project
and
it
was
circulated
from
may
26
20
21,
15,
15,
20
21..
M
Since
the
since,
from
yesterday
to
the
day,
we've
had
communication
or
correspondence
from
the
applicants
regarding
the
three
items
that
staff
has
recommended,
which
is
the
adoption
of
a
resolution
adapting
the
mnd
for
the
proposed
project
and
then
approval
of
the
ordnance
reasoning,
the
site
from
the
r-1-8
single-family
residence
to
the
ct
or
measure
zoning
district.
The
applicant
has
requested
that
item
number
three,
which
is
adoption
of
the
resolution,
are
proven
subject
to
conditions
the
special
use
permits
and
the
site
development
permits
be
deferred
or
dropped.
B
F
F
H
H
B
I
F
N
My
office
met
with
you,
mayor,
d4,
d6
and
d9,
and
we
discussed
information
regarding
the
proposed
development,
particularly
the
community's
concerns
and
my
plan
to
submit
a
memo
at
the
time.
I
wasn't
aware
that
a
detailed
conversation
had
taken
place
with
one
of
my
brown
act,
members
and
d10,
which
created
a
six
member
of
the
brown
act
which
created
the
violation.
So
I
just
want
to
make
that
disclosure.
F
F
O
O
I
want
to
know
what
the
we
requested
that
the
rezoning
to
be
heard
tonight
as
well
as
environmental.
Before
I
give
my
presentation,
but
my
understanding
please
correct
me
if
I'm
wrong,
if
mr
vice
mayor
agreed
to
only
hear
the
rezoning
and
environmental
study,
then
I
shorten
my
speech,
so
we
want
to
know
what
would
be
the
the
verdict
would
be,
or
I
should
do
my
five
minutes
presentation.
Whatever.
O
Sure
hello,
ladies
and
gentlemen,
my
name
is
adam
askari.
This
is
my
fifth
project
in
city
of
san
jose.
I
practice
in
city
of
san
jose
for
past
30
years,
and
I
mainly
invest
in
urban
village
only.
I
understand
that
some
neighbors
are
not
pleased
with
their
circumstances
around
this
project,
but
I
would
like
to
remind
everyone
that
the
urban
village
has
unanimously
approved
by
the
same
currently
sitting
council
members
in
2017..
O
This
urban
village
plan
went
through
a
massive
study
and
discussion
in
the
city
for
seven
years.
I
attended
most
of
the
meeting
and
workshop
in
regard
to
urban
village.
I
remember
vividly
a
few
of
the
neighbors
were
unhappy
while
shouting
and
expressing
their
disagreement
with
the
urban
village.
Yet
urban
village
was
unanimously
approved
by
the
city
council.
O
O
My
team
and
I
worked
with
city
council
staff
to
create
this
hotel
project.
The
city
of
staff
did
a
wonderful
job
looking
out
for
our
neighborhood
best
interests,
some
council,
members
or
neighbors
may
not
know,
but
the
city
made
us
give
up
one-third
of
our
property
to
improve
the
neighborhood
without
any
compensation.
O
Again,
I
repeat,
city
made
us
dedicate
one-third
of
our
property
to
improve
the
neighborhood
without
any
compensation
as
a
result
of
dedication,
winchester
boulevard
would
be
widened
from
two
lanes
to
three
lanes.
In
addition,
there
will
be
a
dedication
of
200
feet
by
20
feet
of
sidewalk,
which
we
don't
have
now.
These
are
the
benefit
which
urban
village
will
bring
into
the
neighborhood.
Please
keep
in
mind.
We
did
not
approve
urban
village.
San
diego
city
council
did
after
tremendous
amount
of
studies.
O
You
are
simply
following
everyone's
village
handbook,
which
you
approve
and
put
together
as
a
guidance
to
investors
and
developers,
I'm
sure
you're,
very
familiar
with
the
urban
bridges
plan.
Every
single
property
is
color
coded
with
a
specific
designation
advantage
for
our
property
allows
six
story.
Building
we
follow
that
we
dictate
all
the
setback
in
rear
and
side.
We
follow
that.
It
also
dictates
an
additional
setback
of
10
feet
for
each
additional
floor,
which
we
did
follow
that
as
well.
In
other
words,
six
story
has
a
setback
of
50
feet.
O
We
did
not
ask
when
we
favored
them
exception
or
variance,
even
though
we
gave
up
one
third
of
our
property
to
improve
the
neighborhood.
If
the
honorable
city
council
turned
down
this
project,
it
would
scare
a
lot
of
developers
and
investors
away.
This
alteration
and
deviation
of
the
city
council
from
approved
urban
village
plan,
could
significantly
damage
the
vision,
intent
to
cast
a
shadow
on
all
properties
and
development
possibilities
along
the
urban
village.
O
They
rejected
both
of
these
options.
The
neighborhood
doesn't
have
issue
with
the
hotel.
They
have
an
issue
with
urban
village.
In
an
attempt
to
resolve
this
issue,
we
had
set
up
eight
meetings
when
I
admitted
when
I
listened
to
them
here
are
the
concern:
six-story
height
period,
setback,
side,
setback,
building
size.
These
are
the
definition
of
urban
village.
F
O
None
of
our
none
of
my
investors
are
from
the
area.
Some
of
them
have
never
been
in
san
jose,
but
they're,
bringing
close
to
325
million
dollars
in
investment
to
the
city
of
san
jose.
They
don't
know
which
project
belonged
to
which
district
they
know
the
projects
are
located
in
city
of
san
jose.
I
was
I've
spoken
highly
about
the
city
of
san
jose,
especially
the
potential
of
urban
village,
our
aid
city
council
to
honor
their
own
decision,
which
they
made
without
about
urban
village
few
years
ago.
O
Please
support
the
investors
and
developers
to
turn
your
own
vision
of
urban
village
into
a
reality.
I
sincerely
thank
all
city
staff,
the
city
council
members,
vice
versa,
jones
and
especially
the
mayor's
office
for
you,
their
continuous
support
of
the
urban
village,
but
by
voting
yes,
you
will
be
reconfirming
your
commitment
for
the
urban
village
vision.
O
J
First
of
all,
also
from
the
horseshoe
first
of
all,
land
use
issues
still
has
not
been
rectified.
These
areas
are
redlined,
you're
selling,
land
and
you're
allowing
developers.
This
is
why
I
don't
have
no
respect
for
the
law.
You
know
why,
because
any
time
white
affluence
want
to
change
it,
they
can
change
it,
but
I'll
be
damned
that
they
hold
the
lower
classes
to
them.
Oh
yeah
law
and
order
law
in
order
we're
going
to
hold
the
lower
class
accountable
for
the
law.
J
But
when
it
comes
to
you,
you
just
change
it
at
will
you're
just
changing
that
will,
and
you
got
these
two
dudes,
mr
manford
man.
I
I
just
don't
like
the
way
these
moves-
man,
mr
medford
and
mr
burton,
because
they
are
educated
in
euthanatix,
e-u-t-h-e-n-I-t-s,
euthenatix
and
both
of
these
gentlemen
know
that
euphemics
is
a
precursor
to
eugenics,
and
eugenics
means
wiping
out
one
race
to
create
another.
That's
better!
That's
cleaner!
B
To
eric
and
howard,
yes,
this
is
the
project
that
I
wanted
to
comment
on,
even
though
I
don't
like
hotels
in
general,
but
this
this
particular
hotel
has
had
many
of
the
neighbors
very
concerned
from
the
marian
hammond
area
and
they've
been
protesting
it
and
even
that
he
said
that
they
were
protesting
and
yet
the
city
doesn't
listen
and
it's
the
same
thing
with
deb.
I'm
not
surprised
it's
deb
davis,
it's
in
because
it's
the
same
problem
we've
had
in
our
garden
alameda
at
615
stockton
avenue.
B
We
did
not
want
a
hotel,
we've
been
fighting
it
and
we
fought
it
at
6
23
and
then
you
know
it's
still
happening
now
at
615
stockton
avenue
another
hotel
is
being
planned
and
we
don't
want
that
and
it
doesn't
matter
and
and
deb
davis.
The
only
concession
we
got
is
if
the
if
the
city
staff
would
approve
change
to
residential
and
this
project
is
taking
residential
away.
P
B
B
B
D
H
H
Maybe
you
should
get
fined
and
it
should
hurt
matter
of
fact.
Maybe
the
project
should
be
scrapped
because
you
people
broke
the
law
and
then
you
said:
oh
well,
we're
gonna
admit
we
did
it,
but
it's
okay.
Maybe
you
should
get
a
fine
for
that
perales
make
it
hurt.
How
about
you
foley
you
like
fines,
you
love
fines,
you
like
to
find
people
for
having
a
shed
in
their
backyard.
H
H
B
You
know
fits
into
the
urban
plan
which
the
city's
approved,
in
which
we
all
know
what
the
rules
are
and
they're
not
easy
to
complete
with.
But
there's
no
reason
that,
because
some
neighbors
complain
about
this
after
you've
zoned
it
and
everybody's
approved
it,
people
make
investments
of
their
money.
If
they
come
into
here
and.
H
You
know,
may
not
be
happy,
but
that's
how
development
occurs
and
how
things
move
forward.
People
have
to
make
choices
on
what
they
can
and
they
can't
do,
and
if
you're
following
the
plan,
there
should
be
no
objection
to
letting
this
project
go
through,
and
the
city
needs
also
to
know
that
the
improvement
of
winchester
up
to
santana
row
and
stevens
creek
boulevard
is.
D
Good
evening
there
are
multiple
issues
with
this
project
once
you
lift,
the
glossy
covers
I'd
like
to
focus
on
one
of
them
tonight,
which
is
the
underground
or
basement
level
parking
garage.
So
not
enough
parking
spaces
got
to
have
the
tdm
plan.
One
was
created
by
hexagon
consultants
to
very
specific
recommended,
tdm
measures,
guest
shuttle
services
and
on-site
car
share
program.
D
Neither
of
these
measures
can
be
implemented
because
there
is
just
not
enough
space
in
the
garage.
There
are
no
dedicated
spots.
Nowhere
for
app-based
services
that,
like
uber
to
park,
no
no
place
for
guest
shuttles
to
go
in
and
out
it's
it's
just
not
doable
tdm
measures
aside,
the
garage
traffic
flow
is
already
constrained
by
stack.
Parking
takes
three
minutes
to
retrieve
a
car
from
a
double
stack
parking
lot,
based
on
hexagons
analysis
who
created
the
tdm
plan.
37
inbound
trips
need
to
be
served
during
peak
hours.
B
Tom
I
want
to
address
honorable
mayor
and
city
council
members.
Thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
speak
we'd
like
to
thank
our
council
member
vice
mayor
jones
for
the
time
he's
spent
with
us
over
the
last
two
years.
Listening
to
our
concerns
regarding
today's
memo
from
vice
mayor
jones,
we're
happy
to
see
that
the
applicant
has
requested
that
the
special
use
permit
for
the
hotel
be
dropped
from
consideration.
B
B
And
filed
with
the
state
I'd
like
that
question
answered,
because
this
gives
us
the
right
to
you
know
fight
it
legally
if
beca
find
it
legally
because
the
report
that
the
traffic
reports
that
are
created
have
data
that
is
invalid,
so
are
the
other
reports
so
see,
and
the
inclusion
of
the
neighborhood
was
not
done.
I
mean
a
lot
of
this.
I
have
submitted
in
written
form,
so
I
don't
want
to
take
too
much
of
the
time
that
I
stand.
The
standard
answer
that
was
given
was.
B
H
B
B
B
H
B
Oh
hello,
I'm
one
of
one
of
the
neighbors
that
the
backyard
fit
would
face.
This
proposed
hotel
and
for
myself
I'm
not
opposed
to
development,
but
I
think
it's
mainly
that
the
hotel,
because
it's
like
two
residential
lots
and
and
they're
gonna,
try
to
fit
in
this
like
big
building
and
then
the
setback
is
20
feet
in
behind
the
hotel,
but
on
the
sides
like
north
and
south,
it's
only
like
a
five
and
a
half
or
six
feet
setback.
So
it's
basically
only
a
walkway.
B
The
parking
is
an
issue
because
you
know
the
underground
parking
and
the
stock
parking
and
we're
just
worried
that,
for
you
know,
people
check
in
and
check
out
there
won't
be
enough
time
to.
You
know,
rotate
the
cars
in
and
out,
and
so
it
basically
is
going
to
create
a
lot
more
traffic
than
an
urban
village.
You
know
plan
for
pedestrian
friendly,
so
yeah.
Thank
you.
C
B
We
don't
think
the
six-story
hotel
will
will
do
that,
and
we
know
that
in
a
recent
interview
planning
supervisor
john
2
stated
that
hotel
can
serve
visiting
family,
friends
and
co-workers,
but
in
multiple
meetings
with
the
developer,
mr
askari,
he
specifically
reiterated
that
his
hotel,
his
targeted
clientele
for
his
hotel,
is
specifically
business
people.
So
we
would
like
to
see
something
that
would
benefit
community
and
in
addition,
this
particular
project
will
have
garbage
pick
up
on
winchester,
which
will
be
the
only
commercial
building
that
we
know
of
would
allow.
B
H
B
H
B
R
Q
I
I
We
want
to
take
stock
into
our
city,
but
we
feel
these
locks
are
too
small.
It's
going
to
impact
our
neighborhood
in
a
lot
of
negative
ways
that
haven't
even
been
thought
out
at
this
point
parking
traffic,
our
neighbors,
are
good
against
this
development
and
we
would
like
this
rejected.
We
can
do
the
plan
for
the
hotel,
but
the
way
it
sits
right
now,
it's
not
appropriate
for
our
neighborhood
and
I'm
just
voicing
this
for
a
lot
of
our
hammond
park.
I
B
Good
evening,
everyone
can
you
hear
me
yes,
good
evening.
Vice
mayor
mayor
licardo,
vice
mayor
jones,
council
members,
my
name
is
aisha
salihu.
I
live
at
1204,
south
winchester
boulevard
and
there
is
a
six-foot
setback
with
this
project
goes
through
I'd
like
to
voice
my
opposition.
We
have
met
with
the
developer
multiple
times
and.
Q
S
B
B
C
B
However,
we're
very
concerned
about
the
proposal
for
the
six-story
building
adjacent
to
single-family
homes,
for
many
reasons,
including
issues
of
safety,
fire
hazard
traffic
congestion
and
feel
this
is
not
appropriate
for
our
neighborhood.
Thank
you,
gabby
mendoza,
yes
hi.
How
are
you
yeah,
council
members?
I
I
want
you
to
please
listen
to
the
community.
B
Okay,
we
want
housing
here.
Okay,
if
we're
talking
about
building
a
hotel
in
front
of
somebody's
behind
somebody's
house,
I
don't
think
that's
appropriate,
let's
start
running
and
get
those
hotels
that
all
my
workers,
friends,
that
work
in
the
hotels
in
downtown
san
jose
that
still
don't
have
a
chat
because
of
the
pandemic,
less
those
hotels,
let's
get
them
running,
okay
and
build
housing.
B
How
soon
is
what
we
need
developing
is
good
and
I
don't
see
nobody
opposing
for
the
development
the
opposing,
because
they
don't
they
don't
they
don't
see
that
fit
in
the
neighborhood,
so
listen
to
the
community.
You
guys
are
very
smart
people,
so
do
what
is
right
by
the
community
and
we
keep
on
and
please
thank
you.
F
B
O
B
O
B
O
N
Thank
you
mayor.
As
most
of
you
know,
I've
been
heavily
involved
with
the
creation
of
urban
villages.
It's
been
multiple
years
and
with
the
community
hundreds
of
hours
working
on
our
urban
village
plans
we're
probably
one
of
the
most
successful
urban
villages,
because
we
have
projects
moving
forward.
N
So
I
don't
take
any
reservations
or
opposition
that
I
have
to
a
particular
project
lightly,
particularly
if
that
project
conforms
to
all
to
the
urban
village
plan,
but
there
are
sometimes
unique
situations
in
our
urban
villages
aren't
perfect
and
through
the
process.
Once
these
projects
move
forward,
you
discover
where
there's
gaps
in
your
urban
village
plan,
and
so
this
is
a
project
on
a
parcel
that
it
has
exposed
a
gap
in
our
plan.
N
So
I
appreciate
the
developer
withdrawing
moving.
The
special
use
permit
forward
to
to
move
forward
with
the
hotel,
and
I
also
look
forward
to
working
with
the
developer,
as
well
as
the
community
in
terms
of
coming
up
with
or
identifying
a
project
that
does
meet
the
needs
of
the
community
and
does
meet
the
needs
of
the
developer
in
terms
of
their
financial
model.
N
C
M
Yes,
I
can
again
robert
man
for
deputy
director
for
planning.
The
rezoning
component
is
actually
a
requirement
by
law,
sb
1333
for
all
cities
and
jurisdictions
to
ensure
that
their
zoning
is
in
conformance
with
a
general
designation
for
any
particular
site,
and
for
this
particular
project,
the
proposed
zoning
will
be,
in
conformance
with
the
general
plan.
Language's
designation.
N
N
B
F
B
F
M
Yes,
please
mayor
a
question,
came
up
from
the
public
regarding
secret
compliance
and
that
if
the
project
would
not
be
approved
or
the
hotel
project
would
not
be
approved,
why
will
the
why
should
mnd
be
approved?
So
I
just
wanted
to
clarify
that
mnd
was
prepared
for
both
components
of
the
project,
which
are
the
reasoning
and
then
the
hotel
components
and
sequa
is
a
requirement
prior
to
any
discretionary
action.
M
F
K
Thank
you
mayor.
I
I
have
a
question
for
the
applicant
because
the
vice
mayor
indicated
that
the
applicant
was
requested
that
item
c
be
dropped.
But
I
didn't
hear
that
in
the
presentation
by
the
applicant
I
heard
that
they
would
like
to
move
forward
with
the
with
item
c,
which
is
to
actually
construct
the
the
hotel
as
it
has
been
planned
and
as
they
have
been
planning
for
months.
O
O
K
K
I
think
we
we
have
an
obligation.
I
know
vice
mayor
talks
about
just
because
you
can
doesn't
mean
you
should.
I
agree
with
that,
but
we
worked
and
and
your
office
and
my
office
vice
mayor
worked
very
many
hours
on
those
urban
village
plans
to
ensure
that
the
development
standards
that
would
be
used
would
be.
K
As
palatable
as
possible,
while
allowing
for
new,
more
dense
development,
because
that
is
where
we
have,
I,
those
those
areas
are
where
we
have
identified
the
the
need
for
more
dense
development.
So
I'm
I
I
I
can
support
the
motion
because
the
the
applicant
has
said
they're
they're
willing
to
go
back,
but
I
also
am
really
hesitant
about
sending
a
message
to
developers
that
they
can't
trust
the
general
plan
and
they
can't
trust
our
urban
village
plan.
K
So
I
I
would
be
willing
to
go
I'll,
just
put
it
out
there.
I
would
be
willing
to
go
forward
with
what
is
allowed,
because
that's
what
we've
said
with,
as
you
know,
vice
mayor
many
many
hours
of
of
public
comment
and
previous
a
previous
council
unanimously
unanimously
adopted,
with
some
changes
that
you
and
I
had
asked
for
on
the
urban
village
plan
beyond
the
staff
recommendations.
F
Other
comments,
if
not
all
the
way
in
I
appreciate
very
much
council
member
davis's
sentiments,
I'm
going
to
support
the
motion
of
because
I,
the
developer,
has
indicated
the
willingness
to
hold
back
and
and
reconsider,
but
I
would
also
be
willing
to
support
a
motion
that
simply
approved
the
project
and
really
for
the
reasons
that
council
member
davis
articulated.
We
don't
owe
developers
anything
in
this
city
except
one
thing.
The
only
thing
we
owe
developers
in
the
development
community
is
clarity.
F
We
set
the
rules
and
we
set
the
rules
with
our
community.
We
work
hard
with
the
community
we
had.
I
remember
when
I
was
on
the
general
plan
task
force
back
in
2009.
We
had
more
than
4
thousand
people
weighing
in,
but
the
general
plans.
We
spend
a
lot
of
time
in
the
urban
village
plans
and
all
these
rules.
We
spend
a
lot
of
time
working
with
the
community
and
it's
our
job
once
the
rules
are
set.
F
It
seems
to
me
the
only
thing
we
owe
the
development
community
is
clarity
that
if
they
comply
with
the
rules,
they
can
move
forward
and
if
we
think
the
rules
are
good,
then
we
should
go
back
and
we
should
change
the
plans
and
that
way,
everybody's
clear.
So
I
I
appreciate
very
much
I
know
vice
mayor
jones
is-
has
got
a
very
challenging
situation
where
there
apparently
was
some
aspect
of
this
that
may
have
been
overlooked
with
regard
to
adjacency
as
single
single-family
housing.
I
understand
those
are
very
challenging
issues.
F
B
B
R
H
F
F
Okay,
mr
ascari,
did
you
please
mute?
Thank
you
and
fred
ferreira
has
been
patiently
waiting,
so
thank
you
fred
for
returning
fred.
Do
you
want
to
make
any
further
comments
before
we
go
to
council
discussion?
Okay,
I
would
just
offer
this.
I
I
know
that
fred
and
commissioners,
all
the
commissioners
spent,
I
think
he
had
described,
was
at
29
meetings
more
than
100
hours,
and
that
was
just
the
meetings
they
had.
That
did
not
include
the
public
meetings.
F
F
Beyond
this
one
hearing
that
we
have
had
so,
I
would
suggest
that
we
have
a
a
study
session
on
the
recommendations
along
the
lines
of
what
I
think
the
memorandum
suggests.
We
can
break
forward
break
off
the
the
proposal
relating
to
the
june
election
and
move
forward
with
that
separately,
but
have
all
the
other
recommendations
heard
in
a
single
study
session
and
then
have
a
separate
study
session
on
any
other
recommendations
for
charter
changes.
We
do
have
time
between
now
and
august,
of
course,
okay,
council,
member
jimenez.
L
F
L
I'm
well
well,
listen.
I
want
to
just
share
a
few
words
and
some
thoughts
on
the
item
and
I'll
be
making
a
motion
after
that.
I
that
I
hope
encapsulates
some
of
what's
been
expressed
by
you
know
some
of
the
memos
and,
of
course,
the
some
of
the
community
members,
but
but
I
first
want
to
thank
all
the
members
of
the
charter
review.
Commission,
you
know
your
job,
it
was
complicated
and
it
required
much
focus.
L
I
know
during
the
the
many
hours
of
meetings
appreciate
the
commitment
from
all
of
you,
and
please
know
that
you
know
we
value
everything
you
brought
forward
to
us.
I
also
want
to
thank
which
I
think
sometimes
go
well,
not
city
staff,
but
specifically
tony's
office.
I
know
has
taken
on
a
lot
recently,
so
I
just
wanted
to
say
thank
you
to
tony
and
your
team
for
all
the
support
you've
provided
both
to
this
commission,
as
well
as
the
redistricting
commission,
some
of
the
other
heavy
things
we've
been
doing.
L
L
L
But
we're
often,
I
think,
some
of
the
hardest
working
people
in
our
society
and
I
think,
that's
important
to
recognize
at
least
in
the
eyes
of
many
of
us.
My
general
perspective
on
the
issue
of
voting
is
that
you
know,
I
believe,
certainly
as
I'm
sure
all
we
all
do,
that
voting
rights
should
be
protected
and
that
we
should
do
everything
possible
as
a
society
and
as
a
government
to
prevent
any
erosion
of
that.
L
Even
though
it's
not
the
memorandum
I
signed
on
to,
but
I
think
it
captures
obviously
much
of
what
I
think
we've
heard
and
I,
what
I
think
is
is
the
best
course
forward
is.
I
would
say
I
want
to
move
forward
a
motion
to
approve
the
memo
written
by
council
member
arenas
and
carrasco,
except
taking
out
item
2b,
which
is
a
part
of
moving
the
even
number
of
districts
in
odd
number
districts
into
different
election
cycles.
I'm
not
supportive
of
that.
So
the
memo
does
not
include
that.
L
It
does
include
number
three
and,
in
addition
to
that,
what
I
would
say
is
for
us
to
direct
the
city,
administration
or
staff
to
schedule
one
additional
study
session.
So
there's
going
to
be
two
one
for
all
the
items
mentioned
in
the
charter
review,
commission
work
plan
or
work
and
report
and
then
a
separate
study
session
solely
for
the
issue
of
allowing
folks
to
vote
in
our
city.
And
so
with.
That
being
said,
that
that
would
be
the
motion.
L
I
appreciate
it
yeah
thank
you,
so
I
would
appreciate.
I
appreciate
that.
Let
me
just
say
before
I
hand
the
reins
over
to
to
the
next
speaker
the
reason
that
I'm
not
supportive
of
2b
and-
and
you
know-
I
I
think
the
in
my
mind-
the
commission
report
captured
it
quite
well
I'll
read
what
it
says.
It
says
the
commission
finds
that
the
transitioning
of
even
and
odd
number
districts
to
the
alternative
election
cycle
would
knowingly
decrease
turnout
in
some
districts
while
increasing
it
in
others.
L
The
commission
could
not
discern
any
clear
benefit
to
the
city
as
a
whole
and
decided
not
to
make
a
recommendation
that
will
alter
the
timing
of
city
and
county
elections.
It
was
council
elections,
and
so
that
was
one
of
the
reasons
I
I
thought
it
was
important
is
just
that
I
I
don't
I'm
having
trouble
discerning
any
clear
benefit
as
they
state
there,
and
so
that's
one
of
the
reasons
so,
but
thank
you
for
the
second.
I
appreciate
it
and
look
forward
to
the
conversation.
P
Thank
you
mayor
and
thank
you
sergio
for
thank
you,
council,
member
ximena,
for
for
that
motion,
and
I
want
to
also
thank
the
commissioners
and,
of
course,
the
chair,
fred
ferrer.
I
know
that
this
was
a
long
process
and,
and
the
work
was
was
not
easy
work
and
I
really
appreciate
the
time
and
effort,
and
I
know
that
the
folks
that
were
there
present
were
very
passionate
and
and
very
dedicated
to
the
work
that
was
being
done.
P
This
is,
of
course,
besides
the
census,
and
the
redistricting,
of
course,
examining
the
the
charter
and
and
thinking
about
how
we're
going
to
govern
over
the
next
number
of
years
is
is
just
as
important,
and
so
I
really
appreciate
truly
the
energy
that
went
into
this.
Thank
you
so
much
also
for
sticking
it
out
with
us
fred.
P
We
really
appreciate
your
presence,
but
I
also
want
to
I
want
to
thank
all
of
the
folks
that
came
out
and
over
the
last
several
hours
were
very
articulate
and
why
why
expanding
voter
inclusion
and
engaging
in
our
democratic
process
is
so
important
to
them,
and
so
just
a
couple
of
things
and
I'm
not
gonna.
I'm
hoping
that
the
translator
is
still
here.
I
don't
know
if
the
translator
is
still
here
or
not
mayor,
but
but
tony
is
the
translator
still
here.
P
P
So
just
a
couple
of
things
as
council
member
jimenez
mentioned,
you
know
all
our
our
emails,
our
inboxes
have
been
flooded
with
a
lot
of
different
emails
and
as
we
go
into
the
study
session,
I
I
do
hope
that
that
we
we
keep
an
open
mind
and
we
don't
go
with
any
sort
of
prejudgments
about
what
this
means.
There
was
a
you
know.
It
was
very
disappointing
for
me
to
read
some
of
those
emails.
I
know
what
some
of
the
concerns
are,
and
I
know
where
I
I
understand.
P
P
We've
known
a
lot
of
things
that
we
we
continue
to
speak
about.
It
feels
almost
rhetorical
at
this
point
to
constantly
keep
bringing
it
up
that
we're
grateful
to
our
essential
workers
that
we
understand
the
roots
of
racism.
Now
that
we
understand
that
we've
made
or
that
the
previous
administrations
before
us
have
made
some
some
erroneous
decisions
that
we
now
are
trying
to
right,
some
wrongs
that
have
been
made
that
have
been
perpetrated
upon
our
communities.
P
P
It
defines
truly
the
contributions,
the
financial
contributions
that
our
immigrant
communities
contribute
every
single
year.
This
is
every
single
year
that
they
contribute
to
our
local
economy,
our
state
economy
and
our
federal
economy,
and
they
do
this
because
they
work
they
contribute.
They
pay
their
taxes,
they
purchase,
they
contribute
again,
they
they're
part
of
the
local
economy,
and
yet
they
have
no
say-so
and
who
represents
them.
Who
makes
decisions
for
their
children?
P
P
P
P
P
P
By
the
way
he
was
still
able
to
retain
some
information
enough
that
he
could
take
the
test,
but
I
bring
that
up
because
many
of
our
folks
who
want
to
be
u.s
citizens
are
have
been
here
for
decades
decades,
waiting
waiting
to
become
u.s
citizens-
they're,
not
here
five.
Six
years,
they're,
not
here
a
few
months
trying
to
become
u.s
citizens
they're
here
20
years,
trying
to
become
u.s
citizens
and
there's
they've
not
been
able
to
the
immigration
system
is
broken.
P
P
P
And
so
we
welcome
you,
I
as
a
native
of
san
jose,
born
and
raised
here,
and
so
as
we
go
into
this
study
session.
I
hope
that
we
go
in
with
an
open
mind
recognizing
that
some
people
have
been
here
longer
than
you
know,
san
jose
better
than
you
have
contributed
just
as
much
as
you,
if
not
more,
and
deserve
to
have
a
voice
in
their
future
and
how
you
spend
their
money.
P
K
K
First
of
all,
I
want
to
thank
all
the
commissioners
and
fred
in
particular
for
all
of
the
many
hours
that
you
spent
both
inside
and
outside
of
the
meetings
and
all
of
the
work
that
you
put
in.
I
even
just
the
writing
of
the
report.
It
was,
I
know
you.
I
know
you
had.
Staff
support,
but
they're
they're,
clearly
very
well
thought
out
arguments
and
and
they're
based
on
the
presentations
that
you
had,
and
I
know
there
were.
There
were
many
in
your
meeting.
K
K
K
The
elephant
in
the
room-
it
was
the
conversation
that
everybody
wanted
to
know
about,
and-
and
I
I
really
don't
know
how
the
discussion
about
who
I
support
for
president,
actually
gives
anyone
any
information
about
how
I
would
how
I
run.
You
know
how
I
run
my
council
office,
how
I
vote
on
council
issues
and
city
issues.
K
I
just
don't
think
that's
a
good
shorthand
and
I
really
would
prefer
our
mayoral
elections
to
happen
on
these
years,
where
we
can
focus
on
the
real
issues
here
in
our
city
and
and
as
a
current
mayoral
candidate.
I
can
tell
you
nobody
has
asked
me
whether
I
who
I
supported
in
the
2020
election.
They
all
want
to
know
what
I'm
going
to
do
about
homelessness
and,
I
would
say,
that's
a
really
fair
question
for
any
mayoral
candidate,
so
I'm
not
interested
in
in
moving
the
elections,
and
I
really
hope
that
I.
K
Discussion
about
the
voting
for
non-citizens,
I
think
it
is
important
for
us
to
do
everything
that
we
can
to
ensure
that
everyone
who
is
eligible
to
vote
now
is
registered
to
vote
and
has
access
and
is
able
to
vote
and
does
vote.
I
don't
think
expanding
it
at
this
time
makes
sense.
I
have
a
lot
of
concerns
about
that.
I
consider
voting
to
be
both
a
right
and
a
responsibility
for
citizens.
K
There
are
a
big
group
of
non-citizens,
as
councilmember
carrasco
went
through
the
number
of
non-citizens
that
we
have,
but
there
are
different
categories
of
non-citizens,
so
there
are
not
just
people
who
have
been
here
for
a
really
long
time.
There
are
people
here
living
here
on
tourist
visas.
There
are
people
who
have
overstayed
their
tourist
visas.
There
are
people
here
who
are
on
temporary,
protected
status
and
may
only
be
here
temporarily
before
they
settle
somewhere
else
in
the
country.
K
There
are
people
here
on
student
visas,
there
are
people
here
with
h1b
h1b
work,
visas
and
their
spouses,
and
and
then
there
are
people
here
who
are
undocumented,
and
here
who
are
here
for
short
term
versus
the
long
term.
I
just
think
there's
there,
every
single
one
of
those
groups
is
every
single
one
of
those
people
is
a
citizen
of
another
country.
K
K
K
We
need
to
expand
citizenship
and
that's
not
something
that
this
city
council
has
has
in
its
purview
obviously,
and
that
it's
I
understand,
also
that
it
is
not
easy
to
become
a
citizen
for
some
members
of
the
non-citizen
groups
that
I
that
I
listed
out.
That
is
a
federal
government
of
federal
government
power,
and
that
is
a
federal
government
failing
I
completely
agree
and
that
we
continue
to
advocate
for
in
our
legislative
process.
So
I'm
I'm
not
interested
in
having
a
study
session.
For
for
that,
I
do.
K
S
You
know
you
can
probably
finish
that
statement
yourselves
and
your
in
your
mind,
and
you
know
I
was
very
respectful
and
I
said
thank
you
for
serving
our
country,
and
I
you
know
I
really
moved
on.
I
didn't
share,
who
who
I
was
voting
for,
or
at
that
point
I
think
it
was
had
voted
for,
because
I
think
it
was
a
general
anyways.
I
what
I
really
wanted
to
say
to
him
was
actually
you
did.
S
S
S
S
Where
would
you
like?
Where
are
your
values,
tell
us
about
your
values?
You
contribute
to
our
society,
and
so
you
deserve
that
right
and
somebody
one
of
the
one
of
the
callers
we
that
we
had
and
by
the
way,
thank
you
so
much
all
the
callers,
even
those
who
I
d
who's
comments.
I
didn't
agree
with
it
allowed
for
me
to
think
about
where
I
stood,
where
I
continue
to
stand
in
my
position.
Obviously
I
think
everybody
already
knows
we
have
this.
S
Somebody
said
it
was
a
melting
pot.
I
don't
necessarily
like
that
example:
we're
not
a
melting
pot,
we're
we're
a
lot
of
different
groups
from
different
parts
of
the
world
living
together
and
we're
all
americans
and-
and
I've
got
to
say
that
that
that
some
of
the
some
of
the
reasons
that
I've
already
heard
from
my
colleagues
in
terms
of
why
they
think
that
this
should
not
happen
is,
is.
S
Well,
you
know
what
I'll
stop
there
in
terms
of
qualifying
other
people's
positions,
but
I
think,
as
as
representatives
of
people
in
our
community,
we
have
to
make
sure
that
we're
representing
everyone
in
our
community
and
in
california
and
in
the
city
of
san
jose.
That
means
everyone,
including
those
who
are
not
here
legally
those
who
who
are
waiting
for
their
citizenship
status
to
come
through
the
mail
councilmember
carrasco
said
you
know
there
isn't
a
line
for
that
it
can
take
from
two
years
to
33
years.
S
S
S
S
S
S
And
I
have
to
say
that
that,
as
as
a
person
of
color-
and
I
see
those
folks
who
fought
in
the
civil
rights
war,
call
it
a
war
because
many
many
people
were
hurt
and
many
people
lost
their
lives.
Because
of
this,
and
many
people
had
to
have
the
courage
to
stand
up
for
themselves
and
have
not
only
for
in
order
for
me
to
have
this
opportunity
to
serve
you
and
to
represent
my
district.
S
Those
who
stood
up
for
educational
rights
for
civil
rights.
All
of
those
folks.
We
have
a
debt
to
pay
to
them
and
we
have
to
nod
in
their
direction.
And
I
can't
forget
that
that
there
was
many,
many
chicanos
who
who
served
us.
Many
folks
that
we
all
created
alliances
with
a
lot
of
asian
american
communities
and
and
one
of
the
reasons
why
we
have
the
word
asian
americans
is
because
of
that
political
alliance
and
and
awareness
that
we
wanted
to
create
within
the
educational
system.
S
Chicano
is
a
is
a
construct
of
political
reasons.
It's
there
is
no
such
thing
as
a
chicano,
it's
not
a
mexican
term,
and
before
we
had
asian
americans,
people
used
to
call
anybody
who
was
asian
american
orientals,
and
so
we
had
to
continue
to
educate
people
and
build
political
power,
their
alliances
and
identity.
S
And
so
I
just
wanted
to
say
that
we
recognize
all
of
those
folks
have
come
before
us
have
come
before
me
and
that
that
discrimination
was
real.
That
oppression
was
real,
that
the
violence
and
the
lynchings
were
real
and
and
that
we
have
we've
come
a
long
way
and
we
need
to
make
sure
that
we
push
our
colleagues
in
the
right
direction
and
continue
to
challenge
them
to
include
folks
who
you
normally
would
think
are
not
supposed
to
be
part
of
of
a
decision-making.
S
And
here's
where
I
ask
all
of
you.
As
my
colleagues.
I
challenge
you
to
encourage
to
have
to
have
the
courage
to
allow
for
this
participation.
This
is
going
to
the
participation's
already
happening.
You
heard
it
tonight.
You
saw
it
tonight.
You
saw
the
number
of
people
who
called
it's
just
a
matter
of
really
formalizing
that
and
acknowledging
these
folks
who
have
been
working
really
hard
and
would
who
want
to
be
part
of
our
society,
and
so
thank
you.
S
Councilmember
carrasco
once
again
for
your
leadership,
and
I
hope
that
the
rest
of
my
council
colleagues
can
have
the
courage
to
recognize
the
rest
of
the
immigrants.
As
you
are
all
immigrants
unless
you're
a
native
american.
I
consider
all
of
you,
including
myself,
an
immigrant,
not
an
immigrant
of
this
continent,
but
definitely
all
of
you
are
immigrants.
S
F
Thank
you.
I
know
we
have
a
few
more.
My
colleagues
like
to
speak.
I
just
want
to
encourage
everybody
to
consider.
We
have
several
more
items
to
consider
after
this,
and
this,
of
course,
is
just
a
vote
to
move
to
a
study
session,
where
I
think
we're
going
to
have
much
more
extensive
discussion
debate,
including
more
public
testimony,
councilman
esparza.
C
C
I
think
this
city
owes
him.
We
owe
him
a
debt
of
gratitude,
or
at
least
a
bottle
of
wine
after
this,
and
I
particularly
would
like
to
thank
my
district
7
commissioners,
rick
callender
and
george
sanchez,
in
addition
to
all
the
commissioners
that
devoted
a
tremendous
amount
of
their
time
to
show
their
dedication
to
the
city
that
they
love
they
stepped
up
to
this,
and
so
I
really
wanted
to
thank
them.
C
I
just
wanted
to
say
a
couple
of
things.
First,
I
I'd
also
like
to
thank
the
folks
that
have
come
and
spoken
and
and
actually
everybody
that
has
shared
their
thoughts
about
this.
I
do
want
to
actually
put
out
there
that
we've
also
received
some
appalling,
appalling
emails
that
this
has
brought
out
the
worst
in
some
people.
C
So
we've
we've
heard
wonderful
things
and
seen
tremendous
dedication
to
our
city,
but
we've
also
seen
particularly
the
proposal
around
voting
rights,
bring
out
the
worst
in
folks
and
and
and
things
that
people
remarkably
felt
free
to
put
in
writing
and
attach
their
names
to.
But
I
noticed
they
weren't
on
this
meeting
tonight,
saying
those
words
out
loud
and-
and
so
I
wanted
to
say
a
couple
of
things
for
that.
One
is
voting.
C
I'm
willing
to
take
an
open
look
and-
and
I
hope
that
my
colleagues
are
willing
to
do
the
same
and
and
really
have
an
open
mind
about
voting
rights
for
everyone
and
again
in
that
national
context,
around
a
national
suppression
of
voting
rights.
I
won't
rehash
the
debates
that
are
happening
right
now
in
washington,
d.c.
C
I
think
we
all
share
our
values
all
the
time
I
have
seen
all
of
my
colleagues
out
in
the
community
at
some
point
or
each
or
another
and
a
resident
comes
up
to
us
and
they
start
saying.
Where
do
you
stand
on
this
and
where
do
you
stand
on
that?
And
you
know
what
that's
what
we
sign
up
for
and
it's
a
it's
really
communicating
our
values
right.
Our
residents
deserve
to
know
what
our
values
are
and
that's
not
a
bad
thing.
It
is
a
good
thing.
C
They
should
know
what
they're
getting
and
we
should
be
held
accountable
to
those
values,
and
so,
if
it's
a
presidential
election
year
and
donald
trump
is
running
against
hillary
clinton,
and
somebody
asked
us
that
question,
then
why
is
that
something
we
should
be
embarrassed
about?
I
think
if
this
were
2016
and
a
voter
was
asking
us
that
out
in
the
community
that
we
should
be
able
to
answer
that
without
shame
and
walk
our
walk.
C
And
lastly,
you
know
we've
talked
a
lot,
particularly
during
kovid,
about
who
has
been
hit
hardest
during
the
pandemic
if
you
eat.
Thank
an
immigrant
if
you've
been
able
to
work
at
home.
Thank
an
immigrant
if
you've
been
able
to
order
things
on
amazon
and
have
them
shipped
to
you.
Thank
an
immigrant
if
you
or
a
loved
one
have
had
to
go
to
a
hospital.
C
R
Thank
you
try
to
be
grief,
I
know
where
it's
getting
late.
I
want
to
start
by
first
thanking
the
charter
review
commission,
chair
fred
ferry.
The
commission
did
amazing
work
and
when
you
read
the
report
and
look
at
all
the
thoughtfulness
that
went
into
everything
that
your
commission
did,
you
see
how
impressive
the
work
was,
how
really
invested
in
it.
R
So
we
weren't
caught
by
surprise,
so
that
we
had
a
thorough
vetting
of
these
issues,
and-
and
so
I
want
to
thank
you,
thank
the
staff
thank
the
members
from
district
four
london,
yep
and
and
lou
tran,
who
did
a
great
job,
and
you
know
he
was
in
contact
with
me
regularly
and
made
sure
that
he
understood
how
to
how
to
be
effective
in
that
role.
So
anyway,
thank
you
for
that.
You
know,
there's
been
setting
aside
that
for
now
and
talking
about
the
the
voting
issue.
R
There's
certainly
been
an
evolving
belief
over
the
years
that
all
residents
should
weigh
in
on
local
elections,
and
you
know,
there's
been
so
much
misinformation
out
there
today
on
this
topic.
People
saying
talking
about
our
country
and
and
people
trying
to
influence
our
nation,
and
what
we're
talking
about
here
is
a
lot
of
people
to
vote
in
local
municipal
elections.
R
Although
I'd
like
to
see
the
conversation
also
include
kind
of
a
holistic
view
of
local
elections
that
includes
school
boards
and
other
bodies,
because
obviously
the
things
that
are
happening
in
those
bodies
affect
all
the
residents
as
much
as
what
we
do
here
in
the
city.
But
you
know,
obviously
we
only
can
control
our
own
city
municipal
elections.
Obviously,
there's
there's
been.
R
I
can
tell
from
the
appointed
comments
today
there's
some
some
preconceived
notion
about
my
view
about
immigrants,
and
you
know
it's
unfortunate
that
that's
that's
the
case,
but
you
know
I.
I
think
it's
really
important,
that
we
find
ways
to
engage
in
the
process
and
potentially
open
up
voting
rights.
R
We
have
a
lot
to
learn
from
a
study
session
and
my
concern
today
was
more
about
making
sure
we
didn't
do
short
change
and
on
the
recommendations
of
the
charter
commission,
because,
as
we
saw
in
the
presentation
there
are,
I
don't
know
how
many
was
well
well
over
a
dozen
recommendations
that
came
out
of
the
charter
commission.
If
we
took
our
three-hour
study
session
and
spent
a
long
time
on
this
particular
topic,
we
wouldn't
be
able
to
really
get
those
other
issues.
R
So
I'm
glad
that
over
the
course
of
the
day,
we
came
to
this
idea
that
we
would
separate
these
two
into
two
separate
study
sessions.
Certainly,
the
idea
of
expanding
voting
opportunities
in
the
city
is
something
that
we
should
at
least
pursue
and
and
find
out
whether
it's
something
that's
viable
for
our
residents.
R
The
just
also
point
out
when
we
talk
about
immigrants,
district
four-
and
I
I
we
did
the
analysis
yesterday-
district
four
that
I
represent
actually
has
a
higher,
I
believe,
has
the
highest
non-citizen
residency
in
the
entire
city.
So
it
does
matter
a
lot
to
the
residents
of
my
district
district.
The
zip
code
95134
in
north
san
jose
has
over
40
percent
of
its
residents
that
are
not
citizens.
R
Many
of
them
are
here
working
our
high-tech
companies,
but
they
also
provide
all
kinds
they're,
also
working
in
all
kinds
of
fields.
As
we
pointed
out
before,
they're
working
in
our
hospitals,
they're
working
in
our
schools,
they're
working
in
in
the
fields
they're
working
a
lot
of
places,
I
mean
it's
really
important
that
we
give
them
an
opportunity
to
be
as
engaged
as
possible
in
our
political
process.
R
I
also
want
to
point
out
that
you
know
there's
been
this
talk
about
people
just
moving
here
and
not
knowing,
but
anybody
can
come
here
from
another
state
and
or
from
another
region
of
california
and
vote
within
30
days
without
having
any
historic
history
or
knowledge
of
what's
happening
in
san
jose.
So
we
should
dispel
that
right
away
as
an
issue
in
this
topic.
R
R
More
than
two-thirds
of
our
non-citizens
are
legal
residents
who
have
been
here.
Working
here
are
here
on
various
types
of
visa,
there's
obviously
also
undocumented
residents,
who
have
been
here
a
long
time
who
deserve
a
say
in
our
process.
So
just
wanted
to
make
those
comments
on
that
topic.
Moving
the
mayoral
election
is
an
important
step
in
improving
voter
turnout,
as,
as
I
said
in
my
campaign
before
I
was
on
council,
it
was
important
thing
to
me
and
I'm
glad
that
we've
gotten
here.
R
I
want
to
point
out
that
we've
gotten
to
the
point
which
there's
now
a
bit
more
consensus
in
our
city,
about
the
importance
of
moving
this
election
and
that's
because
of
the
process.
It
went
through
it's
because
it
went
through
the
charter
commission
discussion
because
it
was
vetted
and
that's
what
I
want
to
make
sure
we
have
the
opportunity
to
do
appropriately
with
any
other
topics
that
didn't
go
through
the
charter
commission
process,
because
there's
a
lot
of
information.
R
The
charter
commission
got
on
all
of
these
topics
that
helps
the
community
better
understand
why
things
are
important.
I
also
wanted
to
say,
while
we
obviously
know
that
turnout
is
higher
in
presidential
elections,
I
I
don't
like
the
the
idea
that
we
should
claim
that
there's
nothing
else
happening
in
the
other
cycle.
Off-Cycle
election.
We
know
there's
really
important
things
happening.
R
So,
while
we
know
turnout's
never
going
to
be
the
same,
I
think
we
ought
to
make
sure
people
understand
the
importance
of
voting
in
election
years
like
this
year,
because
who
is
the
governor
of
california
and
who
hold
those
statutory
positions
in
california
has
a
huge
effect
on
our
lives
and
the
lives
of
everybody
in
california,
and
so
we
should
be
encouraging
people
to
vote
in
both
election
cycles
as
much
as
possible.
While
we
know
the
truth
of
the
matter,
we
we,
I
hope
that
we'll
get
to
that
point
which
people
consider
the
governorship.
R
We
know
from
what's
happening
around
the
country,
our
voting
rights
and
other
things
that
having
a
governor
who
doesn't
believe
in
the
values
that
I
think
we
stand
for
in
san
jose
can
make
a
huge
difference
and
we're
lucky
that
we've
been
electing
governors
in
california
who
do
have
the
same
values,
but
that's
not
a
guarantee.
So
we
have
to
make
sure
we
have
the
turnout
in
our
in
our
gubernatorial
elections
as
well.
So
I'll
leave
it
at
that.
E
That
may
be
seen
and
really
the
complications
that
that
would
bring
about.
But
I
do
still
think
that
there
is
a
reality
behind
the
the
potential
lower
turnout
for
those
odd-numbered
council
districts,
and
so
just
with
that
in
mind.
I
do
want
to
make
sure
that
it
is
something
that
is
of
importance
to
this
entire
council
that,
as
we
move
forward,
and
the
hopes
say
that
this
is
brought
forward
to
the
voters
and
voters
to
approve
it,
that
we
then
ensure
that
we
are
consciously
focused
on
voter
engagement.
E
So
it
has
literally
been
all
over
the
place.
But
the
unfortunate
reality
is
that,
traditionally,
it
is
something
that
is
taken
away
from
others
or
diminished
from
others
and
used
as
a
tool,
as
was
through
the
years
specifically
to
benefit
a
minority
few,
and
I
think
the
expansion
and
additional
participation
of
voting
rights,
especially
here
at
a
local
level,
is
something
that
again.
E
Not
only
am
I
interested
in
helping
to
educate
our
community
on,
but
then,
hopefully
being
able
to
to
convince
them,
and
if
this
is
something
that
makes
it
to
a
ballot
to
be
able
to
convince
and
help
our
voters
understand
the
importance
of
of
why
we
would
want
to
expand
the
voting
participation
to
go
back
to
what
it
was
actually
at
points
and
times
in
our
history,
our
country's
history
to
those
that
are
undocumented.
This
is
not
unprecedented.
E
B
Thank
you.
I
really
just
want
to
take
a
minute
to
thank
the
charter
commission
for
all
the
hours
of
thoughtfulness
that
you
spent
into
taking
a
look
at
the
various
items
that
you
did
fred.
Thank
you
for
devote
devoting
so
many
hundreds
of
hours,
and
I
want
to
thank
personally
my
two
commissioners,
linda
lizotte
and
garrick
percival,
for
their
involvement
on
the
commission
and
additionally
for
their
briefing
with
me
yesterday
over
some
of
the
thinking
of
the
the
commission
as
they
went
through
the
various
processes.
B
I've
come.
I've
changed
my
opinion,
obviously,
by
the
memo
about
moving
the
mayor's
race
from
the
gubernatorial
race
to
the
presidential
year
and
decide
determine
through
the
memo
and
and
after
some
soul,
searching
that
that
was
a
good
thing
to
do.
I
don't
necessarily
agree
with
moving
the
odds,
swapping
odd
number,
an
even
number,
I
think,
there's
a
lot
of
problems
with
that,
but
I
do
agree
with
moving
the
mayor's
race
to
the
2022
or
2024
with
the
presidential
year,
and
I
I
think
that's
a
good
thing.
B
Some
of
the
other
things
that
I
was
really
happy
to
see
come
out
was
the
police
oversight
recommendations.
We
haven't
talked
about
that
at
all,
but
I
think
that's
really
important.
Some
of
the
recommendations
that
you've
made
there
regarding
the
commissions,
the
gender
inclusive
language
and
all
just
all
the
other
issues
that
you
took
a
look
at
I'm
very
grateful
and
appreciative
for
the
in-depth
analysis.
B
I
know
your
commission
spent
so
many
hours
working
on
them
that
I
just
wanted
to
take
a
moment
to
thank
you
and
and
share
my
gratitude
publicly
and
to
those
who
wrote
to
us
and
called
us
and
called
in
today.
I
really
appreciate
your
perspective
and
point
of
view,
and
I
will
take
that
as
into
consideration
as
I
make
my
vote
in
after
the
vice
mayor
and
council
member
man
speak
with
that,
I'm
finished
and
thank
you
fred.
So
much
for
your
time.
N
Mayor,
thank
you,
and
I
also
want
to
thank
the
charter
review
commission,
as
you
know,
and
fred,
and
my
representatives,
jenny,
zao
and
sammy
robleto
for
their
hard
work,
and
you
know
it's
actually
ironic.
Councilmember
foley
brought
up
several
items
and
recommendations
that
you
know
we
haven't
discussed
or
have
been
brought
up
tonight,
so
it
just
really
kind
of
brings
it
home
that
it
was
pretty
comprehensive
document,
and
I
know
it
took,
took
hundreds
of
hours
and
a
lot
of
hard
work,
and
so
that's
why
I
acknowledged
that.
N
N
N
I
think
council,
member
carrasco
and
uranus
and
esparza
you
guys
made
some
very
compelling
arguments
and
I
think
you
did
a
a
outstanding
job
of
of
framing
your
case,
but
outside
of
voting
art,
our
residents,
who
are
non-citizens,
still
have
an
opportunity
to
petition
the
government.
They
still
have
an
opportunity
to
communicate
with
their
council
members.
N
L
P
D
Thank
you
mayor,
and
I
appreciate
all
my
colleagues
comments.
I'll,
be
very
brief.
I
I
want
to
add
my
thanks
to
the
charter
review
commission
and
just
thank
all
the
commissioners,
and
especially
our
chair
and
our
district
10
commissioners,
tobin,
gilman
and
frank
matzky
for
the
the
real
thoughtful
analysis
that
you
all
went
through
for
many
many
months
and
appreciated
following
your
work
and
I'm
I'm
looking
forward
to
our
study
session.
D
D
C
D
Yeah
fred,
just
curious,
if
you
don't
mind
commenting,
I
I
just
and
let
me
just
say
the
reason
I
ask
this:
is
it's
a
really?
It
is
a
complex
question.
I
I
I'm
much
of
what
the
vice
mayor
said,
resonates
with
me
and
how
I've
thought
about
citizenship,
and
yet
you
know
there's
nothing
more
american
than
wanting
to
have
a
say
and
how
your
tax
dollars
are
spent
and
the
decisions
that
affect
your
community.
I
grew
up
in
a
community
that
was
approximately
one
quarter
undocumented.
D
You
know
the
kids,
I
grew
up
with
their
parents,
were
paying
taxes
and
working
hard
and
didn't
get
to
vote
so
I'm
very
sensitive
to
the
issue.
What
I
don't
want
to
do
is
wade
into
a
very
emotional
debate
and
and
not
have
time
to
really
consider
the
issue
and
hear
hear
from
experts,
and
so
anyway,
I'm
just
curious.
T
T
There's
been
19
changes
to
the
to
the
charter
since
then,
but
they
weren't
from
a
commission,
and
so
one
of
the
things
that
the
commission
tried
to
do
was
to
understand
the
values.
And
if
you
read
the
beginning
of
the
report,
we
really
kind
of
talked
about
these
overriding
principles
and
values
that
we
wanted
to
see.
T
Throughout
the
report
and
as
the
chair,
I
took
the
privilege
of
saying
if
this
is,
we
looked
at
the
1985
notes
and
they
weren't
very
good,
and
we
had
luckily
bob
brownstein
and
john
marshall
collins
and
some
folks
that
actually
served
on
the
85
commission
come
back
and
talk
about
it.
We
asked
former
supervisor
blanca
alvarado
about
the
1976
commission
and
she
said
she
wouldn't
she'd
love
to
come,
but
she
couldn't
remember
anything.
T
So
we
wanted
to
have
a
really
strong
record
not
only
of
the
deliberations
but
of
all
the
research,
the
handouts,
the
pa,
the
guests
that
we
had
from
all
over
the
country
and
during
coven.
The
good
thing
is
that
we
could
have
folks
from
all
over
the
country,
give
their
examples,
talk
about
their
practices
and
really
examine
every
question
that
question
of
voting
did
not
come
up
to
the
commission.
T
T
I
never
voted
on
one
item
in
terms
of
recommendations
because
we
weren't
even
close
to
time,
so
I
do
think
that
the
process
of
really
examination
is
really
helpful.
Even
if
you
don't
agree-
or
you
have
kind
of
a
notion
of
where
you're
going
to
be
the
actual
issue
of
voting
did
not
come
up.
If
it
had,
we
would
have
done
the
same
thing.
We
should
examine
other
other
cities,
other
practices.
What's
the
law
who
do
we
know
that
can
talk
to
us
about
this
and
then
really
kind
of
come
back
to?
T
Okay,
what
do
we
know
and
what
are
the
arguments
for
and
against
and
you'll
notice
in
the
report?
We're
arguing
both
sides
and
then
what
was
the
recommendation
of
the
actual
commission?
And
so,
if
you
read
the
report,
you'll
see
some
of
the
depth
of
research
or
other
practices
that
will
kind
of
answer.
Hopefully,
some
questions
you
might
have,
even
if
your
first
approach
is
to
have
one
position
or
another,
and
I
think
there's
some
good
research
in
there.
That
you'd
say.
T
Oh,
I
see
why,
as
opposed
to
this
is
what
I
thought
there
was
quite
often
times
that
I
was
like
wow.
That's
really
interesting,
because
I
didn't
know
that
so
hopefully
the
report
is
more
extensive
than
anyone
ever
wanted,
but
I
also
wanted
it
to
be
a
historical
document
so
that,
hopefully
not
in
35
years
but
in
eight
years
that
folks
can
really
go
back
and
build
on
it
as
opposed
to
try
to
create
the
recreate
the
wheel,
which
is
part
of
what
we
had
to
do.
D
Yeah
well,
thank
you
fred.
I
mean
I,
I
think
we
and
future
generations
are
grateful
for
your
diligence
there
and
the
report
is
very
impressive
and
the
whole
process
was
was.
It
was
just
thoughtful
and
reflective
and
deliberative,
and
I
I
just
I
really.
I
appreciate
that
it's
I
suppose
why
I'm
disappointed
that
this
particular
issue
of
non-citizen
voting,
which
is
so
important
and
controversial,
did
not
go
through
that
process.
D
That
being
said,
I
I
plan
to
support
the
motion,
because
I
think
it's
an
important
it's
a
very
important
question
and
if
we
are
going
to
dedicate
the
time
to
study
it
and
understand
it,
I
think
that's
a
conversation
we
should
be
willing
to
have.
So
I
again
just
want
to
thank
the
charter
review
commission
for
all
of
its
work,
look
forward
to
our
upcoming
study
sessions
and
I'll
be
supporting
the
motion.
Thank
you.
F
F
So
I
will
be
supporting
the
motion.
I
do
think
it's
worthy
of
a
lot
of
conversation
with
our
community.
Certainly,
and
we've
got,
I
think,
a
lot
to
try
to
understand
in
terms
of
implementation
and
how
it
works,
because
we
don't
actually
run
voting
in
our
city.
It's
run
through
registrar
voters
and
we
probably
need
to
bring
them
in
the
room
and
a
lot
of
other
folks
help
us
understand
how
it
all
works.
F
T
F
Yes,
I
lied
horribly
to
fred
when
I
told
him
about
what
it
would
take
and
I
actually
it
wasn't
really
a
lie,
because
at
the
time
I
really
did
believe
there
was
going
to
be
a
fairly
limited
scope
and
it
became
remarkably
expensive
over
time.
I
think
to
the
surprise
of
many
of
us,
perhaps
fred's
as
well.
S
I
also
just
want
to
add
my
my
gratitude
as
well.
Thank
you,
commissioner,
fair
for
your
leadership
for
your
thoughtfulness
for
making
sure
that
you
you
accomplish
what
we
asked
you
to
do,
and
not
only
did
you
do
that,
but
you
brought
us
much
more
than
that
to
consider
and
so
that
for
that,
I'm
absolutely
grateful
you
you've
gone
above
and
beyond.
I
also
want
to
thank
my
commissioners,
jeremy,
burus
and
maria
fuentes.
S
Oh
good,
I
see
you
shaking
your
head.
They
they
were.
They
were
great
commissioners.
I
know
that
so.
Thank
you.
I
want
to
just
thank
all
of
those
those
folks
I
might
have
not
assigned
you
to
the
as
a
commissioner,
but
I'm
really
grateful
for
the
feedback
and
the
input
that
you've
placed
and
for
a
whole
year
we're
we're
celebrating
an
anniversary.
S
F
C
F
D
B
H
B
F
Even
when
we
disagree
strongly,
we
we
we
are
very
civil
about
it,
and
I
hope
that
we
can
communicate
as
clearly
as
possible
to
members
of
the
community
that
this
is
an
opportunity
for
all
of
us
to
demonstrate
what
kind
of
community
we
are.
I
think,
like
many
of
you,
I
despise
the
demonization,
for
example,
of
undocumented
immigrants
and
the
very
use
of
the
term
alien
and
undocumented,
or
I'm
sorry
rather
of
illegal
undocumented.
I
think
it's
quite
appropriate
be
illegal,
I
think
find
quite
offensive.
F
On
the
other
hand,
I
also
believe
it's
wrong
to
accuse
people
of
being
racist
simply
because
they
believe
that
voting
is
the
province
of
citizenship,
since
that
is,
after,
after
all,
something
that's.
I've
been
in
a
part
of
our
our
country
and
its
values
for
many
years,
so
I
I
just
like
to
believe
we
can
have
this
conversation
without
the
demonization,
and
I
hope
that
is
the
spirit
in
which
we
can
carry
this
out,
because
this
is
important.
It
matters
to
an
awful
lot
of
people
in
our
community.
F
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
The
state
budget
act
of
2021
appropriated
a
one
billion
dollar
allocation
from
the
state's
american
rescue
plan,
act
or
harpa
to
establish
a
state
of
california,
water,
rearrange,
water
and
wastewater
rearrange
payment
program.
This
program
provides
a
railroad
assistance
to
eligible
water
utility
providers,
as
credits
toward
residential
and
commercial
errages
accumulated
during
the
cobit
relief
period
of
march
2020
through
june
2021.
Q
Q
F
J
Yes,
paul
from
the
horseshoe,
the
concern
that
I
have
was
regarding
infrastructure
and
there
was
payment
and
wage
that
associated
with
this
waste
water
infrastructure,
and
I
mean
there's
a
precedent
for
that.
I
mean
we
had
the
corruption
that
went
on
with
ron
gonzalez,
okay,
which
was
shameful
because
he
was
the
first
latino
mexican
mayor
since
1846,
and
so
that
slept
a
bitter
taste
amongst
the
chicano
community.
They
have
no
respect
for
him,
and
so
what
I'm
asking
for
is?
J
B
Q
Q
H
Well,
your
water
bill
is
hidden
in
with
your
with
your
garbage
bill
with
the
property
taxes.
It's
a
total
hoax
anyway
right
and
the
the
only
people
who
really
get
screwed
over
are
the
people
like
myself
who
pay
their
bills
on
time.
Actually
I
don't
pay
my
bills
on
time
to
pay
them
early,
because
I'm
responsible,
but
what
we're
doing
now
is
rewarding
irresponsibility
and
people
are
going
to
keep
these
bills
in
arrears
for
years.
H
So
it's
not
fair
to
the
general
public
who
pay
their
bills
all
the
time.
All
we
get
is
rate
increases
man,
and
you
know
the
plastic
finger
wagon
our
face
that
we're
not
saving
enough
water,
even
though
we're
doing
everything
we
can
to
conserve
water
and
don't
get
me
started
on
all
the
federal
and
state
all
the
taxes
that
are
on
top
of
your
water
bill.
Why
don't
you
guys
do
some.
L
Yeah,
thank
you.
Mayor
just
had
a
quick
question
either
for
john
or
jeff
what
I
was
curious
about.
Obviously
this
is
for
san
jose,
muni
water.
I
think
it's
great,
you
know
all
the
credits
and
such,
but
what
I'm
curious
about
is.
Is
it
do
you
know
if
the
private
water
companies
are
utilizing?
This
most
of
my
residents
are
with
great
oaks
and
I'm
curious
about
what
opportunities
exist
for
them.
G
C
C
Water,
electricity,
we've
seen
reports
of
how
rents
are
in
certain
income
levels
or
rent
levels
or
have
been
going
up
in
san
jose
groceries
are
going
up,
everything
is
going
up
and
as
we
prepare
to
enter
the
third
year
of
this
pandemic,
we
know
that,
for
so
many
families,
the
debts
and
the
bills
continue
to
pile
up
as
they
struggle
to
make
a
back,
rent
and
and
really
everything
else.
This
program
presents
a
critical
opportunity
to
help
keep
our
most
impacted
residents
afloat
and
I'll
be
supporting
it.
Obviously,
thank
you.
L
D
F
G
F
Q
Good
evening
again,
honorable
mayor
council
members
in
public,
as
I
mentioned,
my
name
is
john
kochmanian
deputy
director
of
the
revenue
management
division
in
the
finance
department.
Here
with
me,
this
evening
is
zach
strike
assistant
director
of
community
energy.
We
will
be
presenting
on
the
california
railway
payment
programmer
capped
for
san
jose
community
energy
customers.
R
Q
Okay,
good
evening
again,
honorable
mayor
council
members
in
public,
as
I
mentioned,
my
name
is
john
kochmanian.
Here
with
me
today
is
this
evening,
is
zach
strike
assistant
director
of
community
energy
and
we
were
presenting
this
time
on
the
california
rear,
edge
payment
program
or
cap
for
san
jose
community
energy
customers.
This
program
is
very
similar
to
the
water
rearranges
program
that
we
went
through,
though
there
are
some
nuances
between
the
two.
As
you
will
see,.
Q
Q
The
state
budget
act
of
2021
appropriated
a
1
billion
application
from
the
state's
american
rescue
plan
actor
arpa
to
implement
the
california
marriage
payment
program
or
cap
cap
provides
a
raris
assistance
to
eligible
electric
and
energy
utility
providers,
as
credits
to
our
residential
and
commercial
rearranges
accumulated
during
the
coveted
relief
period
of
march
2020
through
june
2021
to
participate
in
cap.
The
city
will
need
to
abide
by
program
requirements
which
include
applying
arrearage
credits
to
customer
accounts
within
60
days
of
receiving
program
funding.
Q
Q
Q
Here
is
a
zip
code
based
heat
map
of
the
accounts
that
are
eligible
to
receive
copper,
rearrage
credits,
the
darker,
the
blue,
the
more
eligible
accounts
there
are
in
the
respective
zip
code.
There
are
far
more
eligible
residential
accounts
than
commercial
accounts,
as
I
mentioned
in
a
prior
slide,
staff
recommends
that
council
accepts
the
cap
staff
report
and
adopts
a
resolution
ratifying
the
city
of
san
jose
application
for
the
cap
and
authorizing
the
city
manager,
director
of
finance
or
their
designees,
to
negotiate
and
execute
the
necessary
documents.
Q
Accepting
up
to
four
million
three
hundred
forty
eight
thousand
five
hundred
one
dollars
or
the
amount
awarded
in
cap
funding
authorizing
the
director
finance
or
her
designee
to
waive
any
late
fees
or
other
fees
that
accrued
interest
for
customers
authorizing
the
city
manager,
director
of
finance
or
their
designees,
to
apply
for
negotiate
and
execute
any
documents
for
future
rearranged
funding.
Should
it
become
available.
Q
Q
B
Q
I
Hi.
Thank
you
please
here.
This
item
sounds
interesting.
It
sounds
like
you're
explaining
publicly
that
there
can
be
funding
things
available
to
residential
people
who
want
to
who
can
be
applicable
for
the
this
caps
funding.
That's
nice!
Anything!
You
know
that
that
can
make
community
energy
more
understandable
and
accessible
here
at
the
public
meeting.
Time
is
awesome.
So
thank
you
for
doing
this.
I
I
think
this
is
what
you're
doing
and
good
luck
to
our
continued
good
efforts
of
community
energy
and
what
can
be
a
more
understandable
process.
Good
luck
to
our
renewable
ideas.
How
we
can
build
a
renewable
future
at
this
time
in
its
local
procurement
process,
can
be
a
whole
renewable
system.
Thanks
a
lot.
H
H
How
I
see
it
is
well
okay,
the
people
have
the
money,
I'm
not
in
the
position
to
collect
it,
but
the
people
who
are
using
the
energy
or
the
water
shouldn't
they
pay
something
some
kind
of
good
faith
effort
of
payment.
This
is
just
complete
nonchalance,
like
you
know,
they
haven't
applied
for
anything
and
now
the
sudden
it's
the
11th
hour,
and
they
owe
all
this
money
and
once
again
the
taxpayer
is
going
to
foot
the
bill.
H
B
It's
fine!
Good
thing!
You
have
a
good,
I'm
glad!
God
bless
you
for
those
other
people
that
doesn't
have
it
that
good
and
and
these
people
over
here
are
trying
to
do
the
best
they
can,
as
as
as
humanly
they
can
and
and
I'm
being
listening
to
you
for
about
eight
months
and
you're,
the
same
thing
bro
you
just
funny,
but
it's
fine
have
thick
skin
and
I
just
want
to
say
carrasco,
carrasco
and
arenas.
B
L
F
F
B
L
B
D
F
F
G
F
G
During
that
facilitator-led
process
staff
from
both
the
city
and
valley
water
met
bi-weekly
and
presented
interests
that
would
form
the
basis
of
future
agreements.
These
discussions
were
very
productive.
However,
it
was
jointly
recognized
that
additional
time
was
going
to
be
needed
to
complete
the
necessary
agreements.
It's
been
a
few
months
since
we
talked
about
it.
There
are
three
agreements
that
we
are
working
on.
G
One
was
a
reservation
of
wastewater
rights,
similar
to
valley
waters,
agreement
with
palo,
alto
and
mountain
view
that
was
going
to
be
followed
by
amending
or
drafting
a
new
ground
lease
and
properties
agreement,
while
concurrently
working
on
an
amended
or
new
recycled
water
facilities
and
programs.
Integration
agreement
based
on
valley
waters
board's
direction
to
implement
the
purified
water
project,
rapidly
valley
water
staff
recommended
in
december
to
focus
their
resources
on
finalizing
agreements
with
the
city
of
city
of
palo
alto.
G
In
order
to
proceed
with
releasing
an
rfp
for
that
particular
project
at
the
same
time,
there's
an
interest
in
continuing
discussions
with
the
cities
of
san
jose
and
santa
clara
for
a
potential
future
purified
water
project.
After
their
palo
alto
project,
we
are
continuing
to
meet
our
next
scheduled
meeting.
Is
this
friday
on
the
14th
to
discuss
a
future
meeting
frequency
general
outcomes
and
expectations
of
future
discussions,
and
with
that,
the
staff
recommendation
is
to
accept
the
report
regarding
negotiation
status
for
valley
waters,
purified
water
project
and
we
are
available
if
there
are
any
questions.
J
Yes,
paul
from
the
horseshoe
when
the
when
the
infrastructure
dollars
were
argued
for
elizabeth
warren,
and
I
keep
forgetting
that
other
dude's
name,
but
he
also
both
of
them
together,
argued
for
equity,
with
respect
to
the
building
up
of
the
infrastructure,
with
the
respective
freeways
and
belly
water
was
included
in
that
and
they've
been
received.
They
received
billions
of
dollars
for
that
purpose.
J
J
H
Oh
you
guys
you're
gonna
save
the
water
here.
Please
you
got.
You
have
done
nothing
with
valley,
water,
san
jose
water
valley,
water.
I
mean
have
you
seen
what
that
what
their
office
looks
like
it
looks
like
the
taj
mahal.
The
workers
are
actually
call
it
that
I
mean
it
it
it.
It's
it's
a
hoax.
It's
a
scam,
they've
been
bamboozling,
the
rate
payers
and
they've
been,
and-
and
I
mean
I
don't
know
what
goes
on
between
you-
two
people
between
city,
hall
and
valley,
water,
but
man.
H
I
hate
to
know
what
it's
like
when
you
guys
get
together
like
make
it
sausage
real
bad
sizes.
You
guys
should
be
ashamed
of
yourself.
The
way
you
run
this
city
we're
paying
super
high
rates,
you
guys
must
have
enough
money
to
pay
because
you
don't
seem
to
complain
about
it
at
all,
but
the
taxes
on
it
and
everything
else
you
got.
You
guys
are
disgusting,
you're,
a
bunch
of
revenuers
you're
you
you.
B
Q
I
Hi,
thank
you.
Thank
you
for
the
words
of
pulse
on
this
item.
I
guess
you
know
my
own
feelings.
This
can
be
connected
to
you
know,
issues
of
sea
level
rise,
possibly
and
natural
disasters,
and
good
luck.
How
we
can
work
on
this
issue.
The
use
of
subsidy
is
going
to
possibly
be
important
for
this
issue.
I've
been
talking
for
months
about
the
concepts
of
subsidy
and
and
equity,
and
I
I
will
be
continuing
to
talk
about
these
subjects.
I
N
N
G
G
That's
going
to
be
really
important,
I
think
for
them,
and
I
should
mention
they're
kind
of
leading
this
in
their
region
up
here.
So
a
lot
of
the
experience
that
they
gain
of
what
works
and
doesn't
work
a
lot
of
that
will
kind
of
come
out
as
they
work
through
their
proposals
in
the
fall
and
spring
of
2023.
N
R
Cohen
yeah,
I
want
to
thank
you
jeff
and
that's
the
team,
I'm
glad
that
we
were
able
to
get
a
little
more
progress
and
at
least
come
to
an
understanding
with
valley
water,
and
I
guess
the
question
I
would
have
asked
is
similar
to
what
we,
which
judge
was
just
asked
asked.
So
the
process
is
going
to
move
forward
with
continuing
to
negotiate.
R
There's
no
doubt
in
my
mind
that
in
the
long
term,
we're
going
to
need
water
purification
at
both
locations,
so
I'm
hopeful
that
we'll
be
able
to
make
that
agreement
happen
and
eventually
be
expanding.
Our
purification
capability
at
the
san
jose
water
treatment
plant,
even
as
you
know,
even
after
the
palo
alto
purification
is
underway.
So
just
want
to
make
that
comment
thanks.
F
Second,
thank
you
councilmember,
second,
from
vice
mayor
jeff,
just
a
quick
question
about
you
know
without
getting
too
into
the
weeds
on
the
details
of
the
negotiation.
I
know
that
one
of
the
key
issues
that
we
have
to
resolve
is
what,
in
the
world
we're
going
to
do
with
the
effluent
and
are:
are
there
any
ideas
out
there
that
are
being
floated
now
about
what
the
options
are,
for
example,
or
is
there?
F
G
The
what
we
kind
of
settled
on
was
the
potential
to
to
take
that
for
about
five
to
ten
years.
We
know
there's
changes
to
the
bay.
We
know
in
our
wastewater
permit
it's
a
separate
discussion,
we're
very
attuned
to
watching
the
impacts
of
our
wastewater
on
on
the
habitat
out
there,
and
so
we
had
tentatively
thrown
out
there.
G
G
F
Well,
I
lord
knows:
we've
got
a
lot
of
levees
to
build
in
the
next
half
century,
so
be
sure
would
be
nice
if
we
could
find
a
way
to
use
it
for
for
the
protection
of
of
the
south
bay.
Thank
you
for
that
jeff
and
thanks
for
your
efforts
and
your
carries
and
everyone's
efforts
the
negotiating
table,
we
know
this
has
been
very,
very
challenging,
but
it's
certainly
very
future
important
for
our
long-term
future.
Other
comments
or
questions
all
right.
Let's
vote
then
on
councilman
cohen's
motion,
jimenez.
L
C
B
D
F
R
F
A
Yeah
no
worries
mayor
so
good
afternoon.
Hi.
Excuse
me
good
evening,
carnival
mayor
councilman
members
of
the
public
and
city
staff,
dolan
beckhaul
assistant,
director
of
the
emergency
operations
center
here
joined
by
matt
cano,
our
director
of
public
works.
We
do
not
have
a
presentation
I'll
verbally
highlight
just
four
key
points
about
the
city
facility:
booster
ordinance,
the
first
responsive
to
the
december
21st
memo
from
the
mayor
and
aligned
with
more
recent
state
and
federal
indoor
event
ordinances.
A
The
key
requirement
here
is
that
attendees
at
events
of
50
or
more
people
in
city-owned
facilities,
indoor
events
must
provide
either
proof
of
full
vaccination
and
proof
of
being
up
to
date
on
boosters
or
proof
of
a
negative
coping
19
test.
Two.
This
ordinance
includes
kids
ages,
five
through
twelve
three.
This
is
an
urgency
ordinance
that
will
become
effective
immediately,
just
as
we
did
last
time
upon
council
approval
and
we
are
allowing
the
operators
approximately
four
weeks
up
through
friday
february
4th
for
implementation.
A
We
do
know
there'd,
be
an
upfront
fixed
cost
per
city
facility
of
approximately
two
thousand
dollars
for
setup.
We've
negotiated
a
variable
cost
of
77
cents
for
every
attendee
screen
down
from
the
standard
three
to
four
dollars
per
attendee
screen.
Many
operators
using
clear
are
actually
incorporating
the
variable
costs
and
their
cost
of
doing
business
and
including
that
as
part
of
the
ticket
price,
but
staff
will
need
additional
time
to
work
with
the
operators
and
come
back
to
council
with
the
recommendation
on
this
item.
This
concludes
our
comments
and
back
to
council.
J
Thank
you,
paul
soto
from
the
horseshoe
today,
at
at
the
county
meeting
dr
cody
was
confronted
with
some
evidence
and
the
evidence
and
the
science
states.
Clearly
50
of
the
covet
infections
valley,
medical
center
are
vaccinated,
50
of
the
people
that
have
it
in
valley
medical
center
right
now
they
are
all
vaccinated.
J
Q
Q
Q
B
H
Man,
just
just
more
and
more
vaccines
have
we
flattened
the
curve.
Yet
I
hope
I'm
going
to
wear
the
right
mass
court
on
friday,
I'm
summoned
to
court
and
they're
open,
I'm
not
vaccinated.
I've
got
no
papers,
I'm
not
going
to
take
a
test,
but
I
they're
they're,
open
they're,
open
to
courts,
you'll
be
able
to
prosecute
me
yeah.
I
find
that
a
little
bit
weird
for
low-level
low-level
crime
and
you
guys
are
disgusting.
H
You
really
are
you're
gonna
charge
more
money
too,
at
the
door
there
there
it
is
people,
77
cents
is
going
to
turn
into
7.77
before
you
know
it
and
that's
what
these
people
are
all
about
power
and
control.
You
know
I
mean
it's
orwellian,
but
you
know
these
dictatorships.
They
always
end
with
a
bullet
in
your
head.
I
I
I
don't
think
the
booster
idea
is
it
I
think
by
mid-february
we
can
hopefully
be
expecting
better
reports
about
the
future
of
omicron
what
to
expect
of
it.
What
can
we
do
in
the
meantime
to
to
to
have
good
community
public
health
standards
without
this
booster?
That
tends
to
make
people
really
uncomfortable?
I
Can
you
better
explain
the
the
love
and
beauty
of
technology
of
the
vaccine
process
to
ourselves?
Can
you
make
that
clear
to
us,
as
as
officials,
that
it
can
be
okay,
that
we
can
live
with
the
technology
of
the
vaccine?
We
have
to
learn
how
to
do
that.
You're,
not
doing
that.
Please
learn
how
to
do
that
that
this
is
community
health
and
safety
issues
I'm
talking
about.
We
can
get
through
this
good
luck
in
your
patience.
F
Thank
you.
I
want
to
offer
at
least
some
recent
data
that
we
seem
to
be
hearing
to
explain
why
it
is.
We
want
to
ensure
that
our
own
workforce
is
boosted
as
well
as
that
we
get
boosters
into
as
many
of
our
residents
as
possible,
and
certainly
we
want
to
avoid
risks
at
locations
where
we
have
many
people
convening
in
large
venues,
such
as
the
cpa
or
or
the
sap
first
just
to
offer
this
data
that
was
presented
by
the
county
at
the
county
meeting
this
morning.
F
I'm
not
clear
exactly
what
mr
soda's
referring
to,
but
I'm
happy
to
address
it.
The
case
rates
by
vaccination
status
in
the
county
of
santa
clara.
According
to
dr
cody
for
individuals
who
have
boosters
the
rate
is
96
people
out
of
a
hundred
thousand,
so,
yes,
being
boosted,
does
not
prevent
you
from
getting
covered.
F
Obviously,
the
great
benefit
for
those
individuals
who
are
boosted
is
it
dramatically
reduces
their
likelihood
of
actually
hospitalized
but
96
out
of
100
000
for
those
who
are
boosted
for
those
who
are
not
boosted
but
vaccinated.
The
rate
doubles
roughly
somewhere
between
160
and
190
per
hundred
thousand
and
if
you're
unvaccinated
increases
by
a
factor
of
about
20
to
1700
per
100
000..
F
So
those
are
the
case
rates
by
vaccination
status
because
I
think
that
there's
a
bit
of
a
misperception
that,
because
individuals
who
are
boosted
or
vaccinated
may
contracover
that
somehow
or
another
vaccination
or
boosting,
does
nothing
to
reduce
the
likelihood
of
transmission.
In
fact,
it
does
reduce
the
risk
of
transmission,
but
we
all
know,
of
course,
those
who
are
vaccinated
and
boosted.
We
all
know
many
friends
and
family
members
who
yes
have
contracted
covid.
F
We've
seen
our
hospitalizations,
I
think
triple
in
about
a
month,
but
we
are
fortunately
able
to
handle
at
least
we're
told
they're
they're
doing
their
best
to
handle
it
now.
But
we've
got
very
stressed:
overworked
healthcare
workers
they're
stretched
to
their
limits,
and
we
don't
want
to
burn
that
system
anymore,
because
we
know
what
it
looks
like
in
other
cities.
It
means
they're
putting
people
outside
triaging
care
in
waste
that
is
obviously
causing
both
a
risk
to
life
and
a
loss
of
life.
F
R
F
R
F
F
Thank
you,
councilman
cohen,
you
beat
me
to
it
yeah,
so
here's
the
hospitalization.
So
this
is
obviously
the
story.
We
all
know
dramatic
differences
in
new
york,
city
and
seattle
between
those
who
are
vaccinating
those
or
aren't,
and
then,
as
councilmember
cohen,
scrolls
up,
let's
see
what
was
going
on
with
the
actual
infections
we'll
get
to
death
in
a
moment.
Here's
the
infections.
Yes,
the
number
of
cases,
the
the
rate
of
infection
is
dramatically
different
as
well
between
those
who
are
vaccinated,
not
vaccinated.
So
this
is.
F
This
is
obviously
of
great
value
in
reducing
transmission
as
well.
So
I
will
leave
it
there,
and
customer
cohen
can
probably
describe
it
in
far
greater
detail
anyway.
That's
why
we're
doing
it
I'd
like
to
believe
it
is
not
some
great
player
conspiracy,
because
if
it
is
I'm
not
aware
of
what
the
purpose
of
the
conspiracy
is
other
than
trying
to
save
lives,
councilman
davis.
K
Thank
you
mayor.
I
I
appreciate
those
new
york
times,
graphics,
I
saw
them
whenever
they
came
out
or
maybe
this
morning
I
can't
remember
when
they
came
out
but
they're
they're
very
alarming,
and
it
makes
a
good
case
for
for
vaccinations,
and
I
do
very
much
sympathize
with
our
healthcare
workers
feeling,
like
they're,
rolling
the
same
stone
up
the
hill
every
single
day.
K
I
do
have
a
couple
of
questions.
I
just
want
to
make
sure
I
understand.
I
got
this
late.
It
was
today
during
the
during
the
meeting
so
dolan.
If
you
don't
know
the
answer
to
this,
not
being
a
healthcare
professional,
I
I'm
not
going
to
hold
it
against
you,
but
there's
I
got
some
information
about
a
kaiser
study
about
myoperacarditis
and
that
being
higher
rates
in
vaccinated
young
males.
K
Ages,
12
to
17
after
they
get
their
second
dose
and
the
same
with
18
to
24
years
after
they
get
their
second
dose.
Are
you
aware
of
that
issue,
and
I
don't
even
know
what
that
is
it
some
kind
of
inflammation
of
heart
tissue
or
heart
ventricle,
but
I
don't
know
this
severity
of
it
and
and
then
what
I
could
read
from
it
from
the
just
during
our
meeting
what
I
could
read
of
it,
it
doesn't
talk
about
how
how
severe
that
side
effect
is.
A
A
Allergic
reaction
database
that
the
federal
government
has
and
every
doctor
has
to
report
that,
whether
it's
a
reaction
to
the
vaccine
or
just
a
something
that
they
already
had
before
they
had
the
vaccine.
So
I
mean,
generally
speaking,
there's
been
no
major.
You
know
heart
or
other
issues
documented
in
that
by
the
doctors,
but
we
can
look
into
that
more
and
find
out
specifically
what
that
is
in
in
collaboration
with
the
county,
who
are
our
health
care
experts.
A
A
K
And
can
you
talk
about
the
negative
test
requirements?
It
just
says
in
the
recommendation,
pursuant
to
state
guidelines.
What
does
that
mean-
and
I
know
because
because
of
the
holidays,
tests
were
hard
to
get.
Does
that
mean
you
know
they
get
swabbed
at
the
door
or
they
can
take
their
their
at-home
test
and
swab
themselves
and
show
the
show
the
result
or
do
they
have
to
have
a
negative
pcr?
What's
the
requirement
there
yeah.
A
A
A
We
did
not
want
to
recommend
one
of
the
two
types
of
tests,
so
we
provided
the
two
types
of
tests
that
are
available
and
then
we
reference
the
state
guidelines
on
the
time
frame
by
which
those
tests
have
to
be
taken
before
you
can
enter
a
facility.
So
it
is
two
types
of
tests,
it
is
the
pcr
and
the
at
or
the
antigen
test.
They
have
different
interval
requirements
and
that's
very
clear
in
the
state
guidelines
and
we'll
put
that
in
the
faqs.
A
Then
the
second
I
think
question
was
well.
I
think
that
answers
your
question.
This
is
yeah.
There's
two
types
of
tests:
either
one
they're
very
clear
in
the
ordinance
and
they'll
be
very
clear
in
the
faqs.
They
have
two
different
types
of
intervals
per
the
state
guidelines.
Then
the
last
thing
you
asked
is
actually
some
of
the
operators
are
considering
setting
up
an
on-site
rapid
test
prior
to
entering
into
the
facility,
because
some
of
the
operators
are
feeling
that
would
actually
make
their
their
operations
more
efficient.
A
K
A
K
R
Yeah,
thank
you
and
thank
you
for
I
was
gonna.
I
was
gonna
share
the
exact
same
thing:
that's
why
it
was
up
on
my
screen
already,
but
just
to
get
into
the
numbers
a
little
bit.
The
weekly
cases
in
new
york
are
about
3
500
per
100
000
versus
500
for
unbacks
for
vaccinated.
So
it's
a
it's
a
significant
difference,
but
keep
in
mind
an
area
like
ours
where
we
have
80
vaccination.
R
You
then
can
multiply
by
four
the
bottom
number
in
terms
of
total
cases,
because
there'll
be
fewer,
more
people
are
vaccinated,
so
it'll
look
like
vaccinated
people
are
getting
it
at
a
higher
rate,
but
they're
not
it's
only
because
we
have
so
many
vaccinated
people
in
our
county
that
it
might
look
that
way.
It's
important
for
us
to
understand
the
the
impact.
The
even
more
striking
part
was
that
the
deaths
per
hundred
thousand
in
seattle.
There
are
there's
one
death
per
hundred
thousand
people
and
there's
basically
zero.
R
I
mean
it's
a
zero
nobody's
dying
from
covetous
vaccinated
almost
anywhere
right.
Now.
It's
really
only
unvaccinated
people
who
are
at
risk
of
dying.
The
bigger
issue,
of
course,
is
spreading
covid,
so
we
want
to
reduce
that
and
people
who
are
vaccinated
and
boosted
have
a
shorter
incubation,
a
shorter
period
of
infection
and
therefore
in
a
lower
viral
load
and
therefore
are
less
likely
to
infect
others,
and
that's
really
how
we're
going
to
stop
this
pandemic.
R
So
I
appreciate
that
we're
having
this
conversation.
I
did
get
the
data
this
morning
from
the
county
as
well
and
separate
from
the
infection
rate
in
the
county,
the
hospitalization
rate
in
the
county
striking
differences,
it's
38
per
100
000
people
are
hospitalized
if
they're
unvaccinated
right
now,
but
only
1.7
per
100
000
if
they're
vaccinated.
R
R
This
friday,
so
anyway,
I
just
wanted
to
make
sure
we
all
understand
the
data,
because
the
data
is
what
drives
these
decisions,
and
I
appreciate
that
the
mayor
is
on
top
of
this,
because
the
sooner
we
get
people
boosted
the
sooner
we'll
come
out
of
this-
and
don't
for
a
moment
think
that
omicron's
our
last
variant
we're
going
to
be
dealing
with
variants,
probably
for
a
while.
So
this
isn't
just
about
this
surge,
but
it's
about
the
year
ahead,
and
hopefully
not
too
many
more
years
after
that.
Thank
you.
P
Thank
you.
I
I
just
want
to
thank
councilmember
cohen
for
putting
up
those
numbers.
I
think
I
think
that
alone
just
speaks
volumes
about
what
we're
facing
and
and
the
effectiveness
of
the
vaccine,
which
doesn't
mean
that
you're
not
going
to
get
sick.
It
just
means
that
it
it's
working
and
and
that
you
get
sick,
but
you
don't
get
as
sick,
and
I
and
I
have
to
just
say
as
a
family
of
five.
We
all
got
sick
during
the
holidays
and
we
can't
figure
out
where
we
got
sick.
P
P
I,
I
sure
hope
that
people
have
come
around
and
believe
that
vaccination
is
the
way
to
go
and
boostering
is
that
next
step,
because
we
we're
seeing
that
that
once
you
get
the
vaccine,
the
effectiveness
starts
to
diminish
very
quickly.
After
that,
and
the
last
thing
I'm
gonna
say
about
this:
is
you
know
as
someone
who
took
care
of
two
elderly
parents
until
they
succumbed
to
their
to
their
illnesses?
P
I
I
I
constantly
go
back
to
those
days
when
I
took
care
of
my
homebound
bed-bound
parents,
and
they
often
ended
up
in
the
emergency
room
for
one
thing
or
another.
They
have
very
complicated
illnesses
and
the
thought
of
of
them
being
here
with
me
now
during
the
pandemic
is,
is
a
frightening
experience.
P
P
P
If
we
haven't
learned
anything
in
the
past
two
years,
I
mean
I
I
don't
know
what
else
to
say,
but
I'm
a
true
believer
of
the
vaccine
and
of
the
booster
I've
seen
it
for
myself
and
and
the
masks
and,
of
course,
social
distancing
as
painful
as
it
is
not
to
be
in
our
normal
patterns.
I
hope
that
we
will
soon
enough,
for
the
sake
of
my
own
children
and
those
of
all
our
loved
ones.
B
B
L
D
F
J
Well,
what
value
is
there
of
a
life
mayor
ricardo
unless
you
give
it
in
in
the
service
of
others?
My
name
is
paul
soto
and
I'm
from
horseshoe.
I
want
to
thank
councilwoman
arenas.
You
are
absolutely
100
right.
A
chicano
is
not
an
actual
person,
but
in
the
spirit
of
self-determination,
the
same
as
when
a
homosexual
says
that
I
am
a
woman,
but
it's
actually
biologically
a
man.
Everyone
respects
that
they
respect
that
and
and
they
call
him
a
woman.
J
Consuelo
rodriguez,
these
are
women
that
fought
hard.
I
mean
I'm
talking
the
street,
her
christina
garcia,
took
on
the
cops
she
took
on
city
hall.
She
took
on
mayors,
she
took
on
the
sheriff's
department.
Those
are
my
heroes
because
they
were
just
like
my
mother,
the
chicano
community
that
bore
me
and
ray
mendoza.
Hey
homie,
get
a
hold
of
me
brother.
H
Mandates,
fines
fees,
taxes,
that's
what
forcing
people
to
do
things,
ordinances,
ordinances,
city,
ordinances,
are
the
most
socialistic
thing
there
is.
You
guys
are
a
bunch
of
petty
dictators
in
your
little
rinky
dink
districts
that
are
terrible.
That
includes
the
one
I'm
in
pam
foley
district,
nine,
it's
terrible,
burned
out
buildings.
H
Everything
I
mean
we
got
a
crime
spree
going
on
here
with
shootings
at
oak
ridge.
You've
got
smashing
grass
busted
out
windows
of
asian
owned
businesses.
Nothing
being
said:
oh
hey!
What
about
the
synagogue
that
burned
down?
Not
far
from
where
I
live
real
classy,
and
I
was
saying
no
no
after
actions
report
on
any
of
these
things,
I
contact
the
police
department.
Nobody
ever
gets
back
either
too
good,
they're
too
smug
they're
too
arrogant
to
even
get
back
to
you.
I
just
get
back
if
they
do
it's
with
snarky
answers.
I
Hi
blair
beekman
here
thanks
for
the
meeting
today,
I
you
know
I
I
it's
mascu
seems
to
be
really
important
for
the
next
few
weeks
and
months
here
in
in
in
san
jose
and
california.
Good
luck
to
that
continued
use.
I'm
sorry!
I
didn't
mention
mascus
at
the
last
meeting
of
december
last
year.
I'd
mentioned
it
all
week
and
and
then
I
learned
that
you
know
people
were
getting
sick
afterwards,
I'm
sorry
I
didn't
mention
it.
I'm
going
to
be
mentioning
all
this
week
in
the
next
few
weeks.
I
Excuse
me:
racial
equity,
health
and
human
services,
open
public
policies
and
accountability
that
you
know
if
you've
noticed,
there's
there's
kind
of
a
law
enforcement
wave
going
throughout
many
various
communities
at
this
time
law
enforcement
to
handle
issues
at
this
time.
I
still
think
that
we
can
rely
on
reimagine
and
racial
equity
and
openness
and
accountability
and
health
and
human
services
as
important
ways
to
address
our
issues
at
this
time.
Good
luck.