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City of San José, California
City Council Special Meeting: Filling Vacancy in Council District 10, January 26, 2023
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D
Great
thanks,
Tony,
okay,
we're
back
round
two.
We
have
a
process
decision
to
make
I
know
a
couple
of
my
colleagues
have
submitted
memos
on
how
we
may
proceed
today.
Why
don't
we
take
up
that
conversation
first
decide
how
we're
going
to
conduct
the
interview
process,
and
then
we
will
get
to
know
our
candidates,
council,
member.
G
I'd
like
to
motion
for
my
memo
that
the
council
appointment
process
had
been
contentious
from
the
beginning
and
the
the
event
of
District
8
appointment
Tuesday
evening
make
things
a
little
bit
distracted
and
worse.
The
district
10
representative
need
to
be
appointed
in
the
same
manner
as
a
district
8
representative,
and
we
need
to
keep
as
much
uniformly
throughout
this
process
as
possible
by
asking
questions
of
each
applicant
and
individual
bases,
especially
if
we
want
original
answer
to
our
questions.
G
D
I
Okay,
thank
you
mayor
and,
and
thank
you
councilmember
Dawan,
for
your
memo
on
process.
After
observing
the
process
on
Tuesday
I
felt
that
the
second
round
of
questioning
was
more
concise
and
clear
and
fairer.
Everybody
has
a
chance
to
ask
answer
some
questions.
First
and-
and
everybody
had
turns
at
that
and
and
I
think
that
rotating
method
is
good.
People
were
still
were
thinking
on
their
feet
and
you
know
going
first
or
last
isn't
necessarily
an
advantage.
J
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D
Okay,
I,
don't
see
any
other
hands
up,
I'll,
just
I'll
just
say
that
I,
you
know
I
appreciate
both
memos
I
think
both
are
an
improvement
over
the
experience
we
had
a
couple
of
nights
ago,
I
appreciate
councilmember
Doan,
offering
a
a
way
to
to
more
clearly
ensure
that
the
questions
do
not
get
to
candidates
in
advance
of
the
interview.
I
think
it's
a
thoughtful
memo
that
would
work
really
well
and
I
appreciate
the
memo.
D
I
also
think
the
approach
that's
in
the
motion
before
us
also
works
well,
I
think
they're,
just
different
and
in
in
this
case
I'll
certainly
support.
The
motion.
I
think
I
think
what's
been
laid
out
here,
makes
sense.
So
unless
there's
any
I,
don't
see
any
other
hand.
So
why
don't
we?
Oh,
we
have
Vice
America.
K
I
guess
you
know
in
terms
of
of
process,
I
would
think
that
you
know
to
councilmember
duan's
point
of
view.
It
would
have
been
great
to
have
that
consistency
where
you
did
something
the
first
time
you're
going
to
do
it.
The
second
time
I
totally
understand
councilmember
Cohen's
a
memo,
but
you
know
I
think
I
think
we're
trying
to
get
to
a
better
place.
D
Agreed
I
think
councilor
duan's,
absolutely
right
about
consistency
of
process
would
be
ideal.
The
reason
I
am
comfortable
with
what
councilmember
Cohen's
put
forward
is
that
the
reality
is,
as
we
all
know,
as
candidates
on
the
campaign
Trail.
We
are
constantly
in
forums
where
we're
in
round
robin
formats,
where
we
have
to
react
to
other
people's
comments
and
as
long
as
we
rotate,
who
goes
first
I
think
it's
a
pretty
fair
format.
So
great
I
don't
see
any
other
speakers.
Why
don't
we
vote.
E
E
H
D
Everybody
okay,
awesome
be
safe,
so
as
as
candidates,
you
have
to
be
flexible
and
think
on
your
feet
and
we
thought
it
would
be
a
great
process
learning
from
a
couple
days
ago
to
have
you
all
come
in
together
and
hear
each
other's
answers,
but
rotate
around
and
so
the
process
the
council's
just
decided
to
go
forward
with,
will
have
you
each
provide
an
opening
statement
of
up
to
three
minutes
and
then
you'll
be
asked
questions
by
council
members
and
we'll
rotate.
Who
goes
first
and
there
will
be
a
I
forgot.
D
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L
Council
Madam,
Clerk
and
audience.
Thank
you
so
much
for
this
opportunity
and
to
present
ourselves
to
you
as
candidates
for
district
10..
As
a
former
prosecutor
and
judge
I
know
it's
imperative
that
the
public
believes
their
government
systems
run
with
integrity.
Justice
and
policy
are
two
sides
of
the
same
coin.
Both
must
be
dispensed
in
the
interest
of
public
and
fair
in
the
interest
of
the
public
and
fairly
administered.
L
L
It's
been
said
that
the
true
measure
of
Integrity,
though,
is
what
a
person
does
when
nobody's.
Looking
I'd
ask
that
you
look
at
my
community
service
records
when
I
wasn't
running
for
anything,
because,
certainly
after
you
get
in
office,
especially
a
judgeship,
you
can
just
simply
be
a
judge.
Work
hard.
Do
the
good
things
that
judges
do
in
the
community
in
their
courthouse's,
but
I
didn't
do
that
as
many
judges
aren't
doing
today,
we're
out
in
the
community.
L
We
did
work,
especially
in
the
ethnic
communities.
I
continued
the
work
I'd
done
for
decades.
I
did
the
Junior
Achievement
work,
which
I
enjoyed
early
on
in
my
business
career
in
the
80s
during
law,
school
I
worked
for
preventing
AIDS
patients
from
being
quarantined,
as
a
representative
from
Orange
County
wished
to
do
under
an
initiative.
I
worked
against
that
I
worked
for
gay
rights
in
a
period
when
that
wasn't
particularly
popular
in
most
areas
of
the
country.
L
M
M
M
During
that
time,
I
created
and
served
on
many
advisory
boards
and
committees,
including
Smart
City
Advisory,
Board,
I.T,
Advisory,
Board
and
I,
drew
in
the
people.
From
my
contacts
from
the
industry
to
give
not
only
free
advice
to
the
city,
actually
donate
equipment
and
services
to
that,
so
I
helped
the
city
get
the
technology
and
the
implementation
and
Adoption
of
these
Technologies
I
am
also
on
the
community
oversight
committee,
which
doesn't
draw
many
headlines.
M
But
this
is
the
committee
where
we
have
been
oversight,
providing
oversight
for
your
650
million
dollar
bonds
fund,
which
is
to
improve
the
infrastructure
of
this
city.
We've
been
trying
to
make
sure
that
your
dollars
are
spent
wisely
and
you
get
the
value
for
those
dollars
Okay,
so
we've
been
watching
the
disaster,
preparedness,
storm
sewers,
fire
services
and
others
I
believe
combining
my
experience
in
the
private
sector
and
in
the
government
sector
as
a
pro
bono
activities,
I
bring
in
a
very
broad
set
of
skills
where.
M
N
I'd
like
to
thank
mayor
and
the
council
members
for
the
opportunity
to
appear
here
today
before
you
I'm
honored,
to
be
one
of
the
finalists
for
the
district
10
appointment
a
bit
about
me
in
the
1970s.
My
family
moved
into
the
Santa
Teresa
neighborhood
of
District
10.
I
attended
and
graduated
from
Santa
Teresa
Elementary
in
Burnell,
Junior,
High,
I'm,
a
proud
product
of
the
old
Grove
School
District.
Since
the
1980s,
my
family
has
lived
in
the
Crossgates
neighborhood
of
Almaden
Valley
I'm.
N
Some
of
my
professional
experience
includes
working
as
a
real
estate
attorney
at
Hogue
Fenton
here
in
San
Jose
and
in
the
Palo
Alto
office
of
the
international
law,
firm
Morrison
and
Forester
I'm.
Currently,
the
director
and
corporate
Council
of
a
fintech
firm
for
the
past
two
years
and
seven
months,
I've
represented
district
10
on
the
Planning
Commission,
including
one
term
as
Vice
chair
I,
have
been
the
head:
youth,
football
and
basketball
coach
in
my
community.
For
many
years
this
past
fall.
N
I
was
the
head
coach
of
a
14
and
under
tackle
football
team
comprised
of
35
young
men,
most
of
whom
had
never
played
tackle
football.
This
was
a
very
challenging
and
gratifying
experience.
That's
my
academic,
professional
and
Community
involvement.
Background
in
a
nutshell-
what's
relevant
here
today,
is
my
motivation
for
seeking
the
appointment
when
I
was
growing
up
in
District
10
San
Jose
was
the
safest,
big
city
in
the
country,
we're
seeing
a
homeless
person
was
uncommon
and
where
my
parents,
neither
of
which
went
to
college,
were
able
to
afford
a
home.
N
This
is
no
longer
the
reality
facing
my
daughter,
niece
and
nephews
who
live
with
me
in
District
10.
I'm,
motivated
by
the
opportunity
to
help
with
the
heavy
lift
required
to
improve
the
city.
That
I
hope
my
kids
will
one
day
live
in
I'm,
also
motivated
by
the
opportunity
to
demonstrate
to
my
kids
that
is
incumbent
upon
them
for
folks
that
look
like
us
to
fulfill
our
Civic
responsibilities
and
to
make
meaningful
contributions
towards
improving
the
community.
We
live
in.
N
Believe
my
academic
and
Professional
Training,
combined
with
my
values
that
were
tempered
and
forged
by
my
experience
as
a
d10
resident
for
over
40
years.
Make
me
the
best
candidate
for
this
appointment.
I,
look
forward
to
your
questions
and
appreciate
the
opportunity
to
be
here.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
D
O
Thank
you
good
afternoon,
mayor
Mahan,
members
of
the
city,
council,
City
staff
and
members
of
the
public.
Thank
you
for
taking
the
time
to
listen
and
cast
your
vote
based
on
who,
you
believe
will
be
the
best
candidate
in
representing
District
10..
My
blended
family
has
lived
in
Almaden
for
15
years.
Our
children,
including
our
daughter-in-law,
have
graduated
from,
and
one's
just
about
to
graduate
from
San
Jose
Unified
Schools,
my
lovely
daughter-in-law,
who
they
all
are
here,
is
a
kindergarten
teacher
at
Los
Alamitos
working
alongside
the
teachers
who
taught
her.
O
O
P
Thank
you,
Mr
Mayor,
honorable
members
of
the
city
council,
City
staff
and
my
fellow
San
joseans.
My
name
is
Dennis
Hawkins
I
support
the
appointment
process
and
am
fully
committed
to
represent
all
of
District
10.
Almaden
Blossom
Valley
and
Santa
Teresa,
which
will
have
had
three
council
members
in
a
little
over
two
years.
P
Community
outreach
and
engagement
is
my
mantra.
All
San
joseans
deserve
Equitable
treatment
and
high
quality
services.
No
neighborhood
should
feel
that
they
deserve
or
receive
less
city
services
than
another
I
offer.
A
unique
combination
of
private
sector
experience
along
with
24
years
as
an
elected
official
and
25
years
in
public
administration,
I've
been
married
for
38
years,
and
my
family
has
lived
in
Blossom,
Valley
and
part
of
District
10
for
over
30
years,
we've
raised
two
kids
I
have
an
18
month
old
granddaughter
and
they
represent
the
future
of
San.
P
P
There
I
learned
about
the
city's
infrastructure
and
Social
Service
needs
as
a
member
of
the
project
75
and
Community
Development
block
Grand
steering
committees
as
Lincoln
High
School
student
I
was
the
first
student
representative
to
the
San
Jose
Unified
School
District
Board
of
Trustees
I
was
elected
six
times
as
a
member
of
the
Oak
Grove
School
District
and
served
for
24
years
as
a
board.
Member
I
was
regarded
by
many
as
the
voice
of
reason
and
a
calm
steadying
influence
as
we
dealt
with
very
serious
issues.
P
District
10
encompasses
a
large
area
of
the
school
district
which
I
represented
as
a
trustee
I,
know
the
challenges
of
elective
office
and
City
operations
and
believe
that
working
as
a
governance
team.
With
my
colleagues
on
the
council
and
the
city
Administration,
we
can
do
better
to
make
San
Jose
and
district
10
better
for
all
residents.
P
My
priorities
are:
one
to
us:
quickly:
establish
an
office
and
build
active
Partnerships
with
faith
leaders,
schools,
neighborhood
and
business
group
and
service
clubs,
I'd
like
to
work
with
council
member
Jimenez
and
mayor
Mayhem
to
ensure
a
smooth
transition
for
the
constituents
they've
served.
We
need
to
improve
Public,
Safety,
community,
policing,
crime
prevention
and
emergency
response
time.
Let's
staff
up
the
southern
police
station
and
improve
response
times.
P
Q
Good
afternoon,
honorable
mayor
and
honorable
council
members
I'm
here
today,
because
so
many
people
in
District
10
urged
me
to
step
forward
and
apply
and
I
care
deeply
about
my
district
and
our
city.
I
spent
the
past
10
years,
volunteering
in
District
10.
the
past
three
to
five
years,
forming
some
and
leading
other
community-based
organizations.
Q
In
addition,
last
fall
I
applied
and
was
accepted
as
a
member
of
the
downtown
rotary,
but
due
to
other
obligations,
I
wasn't
able
to
start
until
this
month,
but
it
looks
like
I've
jumped
in
with
both
feet.
I
spent
last
Saturday
at
Valley
Medical,
with
my
red
badge,
colleagues,
Home
Depot
staff,
members
and
vmc
staff,
improving
an
outdoor
space
for
VMT
folks,
who
can
only
congregate
outside
with
masks.
Q
Q
My
work
life
spans
50
years
in
the
public,
non-profit
and
private
sectors,
including
starting
two
businesses
in
San
Jose,
my
family
opened
hot
works
and
infrared
Fitness
Studio
in
2018.
Just
four
blocks
from
here.
I
learned
a
lot
about
the
permit
process
and
I
have
some
ideas
about
how
to
make
it
more
customer
friendly
and
we
experienced
the
full
force
of
the
pandemic
lockdown.
It
was
a
struggle,
but
somehow
we
survived
my
other
volunteer
roles.
Q
Incl
are
downtown
where
I'm
I'm,
an
at-large
representative
on
the
city's
Downtown
parking
board
and
an
active
member
of
the
Downtown
Association
time
doesn't.
Allow
me
to
talk
about
the
first
40
Years
of
my
adult
life.
I
am
fully
committed
to
doing
the
important
work
of
serving
all
d10
residents
and
working
with
all
council
members
to
help
move
our
shared
priorities
forward
to
make
San
Jose
even
better
than
it
all
already
is
for
all
residents.
Q
D
You
David
and
thank
you
all.
We,
we
really
appreciate
your
willingness
to
serve
in
this
capacity.
I
know
you've
put
a
lot
of
time
and
effort
into
the
application
process,
because
the
person
who
just
stepped
out
of
this
role
I'm
eager
to
see
who
will
step
into
it
but
grateful
to
each
of
you
for
stepping
forward
and
and
being
interested
in
serving
in
this
way.
D
Ask
a
question:
each
of
you
will
have
up
to
two
minutes
to
answer
the
question:
if
there
are
any
follow-up
questions
and
answers
at
all
needs
to
be
contained
within
the
two
minutes
and
we'll
rotate,
who
goes
first
in
terms
of
answering
the
questions,
so
that
means
the
first
person
to
answer
in
this
with
the
first
question
will
be
Arjun
and
I'll
just
continue
to
call
on
you
to
make
it
easy.
So,
unless
I've
screwed
any
of
that
up,
I
think
we
are
ready
to
continue
okay,
so
vice
mayor
kame
will
kick
us
off.
K
M
K
N
So
candidly
I
think
this
is
a
hot
topic
for
district
10.
I.
Think
it's
going
to
take
some
education,
I,
don't
believe
most
folks
in
d10
see
multi-family
housing,
affordable
housing
and
tiny
homes
as
an
option
for
their
community
and
again
I.
Think
there's
going
to
be
some
education
involved
for
them
to
recognize
that
we
are
a
part
of
the
greater
San
Jose
and
we're
going
to
have
to
shoulder
some
of
that
burden.
N
K
O
O
I
don't
have
a
grandchild
yet,
however,
I
don't
want
my
my
grandchildren
to
move
out
of
City
I
want
them
to
be
here
and
I
want
to
be
a
part
of
their
lives.
So
it's
really
important
to
me
to
think
about
how
to
do
this,
so
some
ideas,
it's
really
true,
that
neighbors
are
the
expert
of
their
own
neighborhoods
and
so
I've.
Seen
council
members
do
a
really
good
job
asking
neighbors.
How
could
we
make
this
project
work?
What
are
the
things
that
we
need
to
think
about?
Did
we
miss
stop
signs?
Did
we?
O
What
did
what
do
we
need
to
do,
whether
it
works
or
not
it's
important
to
go
to
neighborhoods?
First,
we
need
a
menu
of
options.
You
talked
about,
and
thank
you
so
much
vice
mayor
kame,
about
the
options
and
all
these
the
ways
our
general
plan
has
for
housing.
We
have
to
think
through.
Who
are
our
partners
with
that?
O
The
other
thing
is
I
really
have
thought
about
this.
With
our
San
Jose
Unified
School
District,
we
have
2500
employees.
It
is
incredibly
difficult
to
keep
great
teachers
here
we
have
worked
and
our
superintendent
is
the
best
in
class.
We
have
worked
very
hard
at
times
with
the
city
to
think
about
how
to
share
property,
how
to
build
housing
for
our
teachers
and
our
staff.
O
These
are
some
of
the
ways
we
need
to
think
about
it
out
of
the
box,
not
necessarily
that
where
we
build
it,
but
who
it's
who
it's
for
so
for
me,
it
will
be
really
important.
I'd
really
like
to
work
with
council
member
Foley,
as
she
has
done
a
great
job,
councilmember
Cohen
too,
and
lastly,
I
had
a
great
discussion
with
our
mayor
about
what
he
thought
for
d10
and
what
the
residents
told
him
and
I
agree.
We
need
it
near
our
transportation,
Corridor
and
I
plugged,
because
I
always
will
plug.
O
P
P
The
state
now
has
us
with
a
6
700
unit
per
year,
goal
I
think
what
we
need
to
do
as
a
city
is
work
with
the
development
Community
our
neighborhoods
and
begin
the
conversation
about
what
is
going
forward
in
each
neighborhood.
Neighbors
have
a
legitimate
concern
about
parking
traffic,
the
infrastructure
for
water
power,
sewer
Communications,
and
what
is
the
infrastructure
currently
and
what
will
the
demand
be
by
increasing
density
in
those
areas?
P
So
we
need
to
start
the
conversation
and
working
with
our
community
early
on,
so
that
developers
and
City
staff
can
address
the
issues
that
Community
have
and
make
them
feel
more
comfortable
with
whatever
is
being
proposed
and
what
will
be
developed
in
other
areas.
We
need
to
look
at
perhaps
easing
some
of
the
permit
fees
for
adus
and
other
Renovations.
That
would
allow
more
families,
multiple
families
to
live
in
a
in
the
same
unit.
P
We
also
need
to
use
code
enforcement
to
enforce
the
regulations
and
stop
the
abuse
of
people
living
two
or
three
families
in
a
two-bedroom
apartment.
So
it's
imperative
that
we
create
more
housing
for
San
Jose,
it's
needed
for
the
jobs,
it's
needed
for
the
humanity
of
our
community
and
we
need
to
be
active
with
State
and
Regional
authorities
so
that
we
get
realistic
goals
set
for
us
and
we
can
work
with
the
state
and
Regional
authorities
and
our
other
fellow
cities
close
to
us
to
achieve
those
housing
goals.
P
Q
You
I
spent
seven
years
working
for
a
non-profit
housing
developer
called
South
County
Housing.
My
job
was
to
find
land
and
build
projects.
It's
a
challenge
and
the
same
challenge
applies.
We
worked
south
of
San
Jose,
all
the
way
to
Monterey
County,
Santa,
Cruz
and
Bonita
San
Benito,
County,
San,
Benito
County
and
the
challenge
is
finding
land
and
frankly,
there
isn't
a
lot
of
land
in
Almaden
Valley,
there's
really
not
a
lot
in
Blossom
Hill,
there's
one
site
that
I've
been
eyeing
forever,
which
is
the
end
of
the
light
rail
line.
Q
For
instance
right
there
at
Coleman.
We
could
build
a
ton
of
housing
over
the
top
of
that
thing
and
it
wouldn't
affect
VTA
at
all.
They
could
still
have
everything
I
used
to
work
for
a
company
that
actually
three
different
companies
that
made
automated
parking
where
we
could
put
four
cars
in
the
same
space.
We
could
build
a
great
project
there,
but
that's
a
lot
of
challenge
to
get
those
folks
together.
The
biggest
hit
we've
had
in
housing
in
California
is
the
loss
of
Redevelopment
10
years
ago.
Q
20
percent
of
that
money
used
to
go
directly
into
affordable
housing.
We've
shifted
to
bond
issues
instead
to
try
to
create
money.
I
worked
for
a
while
with
a
fellow
named
Matt
Huerta
at
Neighborhood,
Housing
Services,
Silicon
Valley.
Our
job
was
to
finance
those
projects.
We
lost
a
huge
resource
when
they
went
out
because
they
had
a
direct
line
into
Fannie
Mae.
That's
a
fellow
who
ran
it
at
the
beginning,
organized
it
was
a
beautiful,
beautiful
organization.
Q
Finally,
I
would
I
could
talk
about
adus,
but
finally,
I'll
talk
about
a
project.
I
did
in
called
Royal
Court
in
Morgan
Hill.
The
challenge
is
to
getting
the
guy
to
sell
the
land.
We
got
the
land,
we
organized
a
project
with
affordable
housing,
and
then
we
built
12
single-family
homes
at
affordable
levels
facing
an
apartment
complex.
We
met
with
the
community,
my
former
boss,
Jan
lindenthal
who's.
Now
at
Mid
Penn.
Q
R
L
Yes,
I'm
equally
stumped,
as
the
other
folks
are
on
this
issue.
This
actually
came
up
at
our
Forum
last
week
and
I
researched.
It
afterward
and
I
still
couldn't
find
a
lot
of
good
answers
for
the
all
those
types
of
housing
that
the
council
member
camay,
brought
up
for.
District
10.
I
lived
in
Blossom
Valley
for
18
years
and
have
lived
in
Almaden
for
12.,
and
perhaps
David
has
a
better
idea
in
that
Coleman
area
where
it
could
be
built.
L
I
think
that
would
be
very
beneficial
to
getting
affordable
housing
quicker,
approved
quicker
regarding
homelessness,
I
hope
to
talk
a
lot
about
that
tonight,
as
well
as
crime
and
blight,
which
I
feel
I
have
a
little
bit
more
knowledge
in
than
this
area.
But
in
Israel,
since
I
have
a
moment,
I
want
to
be
able
to
talk
about
the
shelters
that
we
have,
which
are
not
ones
that
people
want
to
go
to.
L
F
Thank
you
all
for
being
here,
appreciate
it
having
represented
part
of
this,
what
is
now
district
10
is
very
important
process
for
me
in
selecting
the
right
person
is
very
important.
My
question
is
this:
there
will
be
decisions
that
need
to
be
made
that
are
perceived
to
be
negative
for
your
district,
and
some
members
of
the
community,
as
you
all
know,
will
be
vocal.
However,
it
can
also
be
true
that
such
decisions
can
be
good
for
the
broader
city-wide
community.
N
N
Think
that's
a
Hot
Topic
that
most
folks
in
d10
don't
want
to
entertain,
but
unfortunately
we're
part
of
the
greater
San
Jose
and
the
problems
that
impact
all
the
other
District
impact
us
as
well,
and
we
can't
be
in
ostrich
and
put
our
head
in
a
hole
and
assume
that
every
other
district
is
going
to
take
care
of
our
problems.
So
I
think
it
would
be
incumbent
upon
whoever
gets
this
position
to
do
some
education
and
and
teach
our
Council
District
that
we're
part
of
the
game
and
we
need
to
get
in
the
game.
N
O
Thank
you
for
that
question.
Well,
as
most
of
you
know,
making
constituents
not
necessarily
happy
all
the
time
is
something
we
Face.
We
can't
please
everybody.
If
we
do
that,
then
we
can't
make
a
decision.
We
get
stuck
So
I
myself
personally,
I
I
go
through
a
process
of
decision
making,
I
gather
facts,
both
quantitative
and
qualitative,
asking
people
what
they
think
about
it.
I
talked
to
experts
and
ask
them
because
I'm
certainly
not
I'm
an
expert
in
education,
I'm,
not
an
expert
in
housing
or
in
any
of
the
other
infrastructure.
O
O
I
go
to
my
trusted
people,
the
people
that
I
know
I
can
trust
that
aren't
trying
to.
They
see
me
taking
out
the
trash
and,
in
my
pajamas,
let's
just
say
they
aren't
going
to
say
anything
different
than
what
it
truly
is
for
our
family
I
run
it
through
a
set
of
questions
that
are
something
like.
Is
it
good
for
d10?
Is
it
good
for
the
city?
Does
it
fit
in
my
morals
and
values
system
and
then
is
it
good
for
children
and
families?
O
I
always
come
at
everything
from
the
lens
of
Children
and
Families?
We
can
be
talking
about
roads
and
I'm,
going
to
think
about
bike
Lanes.
We
could
you
know
you
could
ask
my
San
Jose
Unified,
board
trustees,
I,
say
it
almost
every
meeting
and
they
know
it
and
now
they're
saying
it
so
I'm
very
happy
about
that.
O
And
finally,
you
have
to
make
the
call
it's
balls
and
Strikes.
You
are.
The
leader.
Leadership
demands
that
we
make
decision.
That's
not
popular
I,
also
Circle
background
I
try
very
hard
to
go
face
to
face
with
the
folks
that
are
unhappy
with
decisions,
because
I've
been
unhappy
with
decisions
too
at
least
go
back
and
say
this
is
the
reason
I
made
those
decisions.
O
P
Now.
I
think
what
we
would
need
to
do
is
to
work
with
the
neighborhood
to
understand
what
their
issues
and
concerns
are
and,
to
the
extent
possible,
find
a
way
to
mitigate
those
concerns
and
I
would
look
back
to
my
experience
on
the
school
board
when
we
were
faced
with
closing
schools
and
what
I
did
was
develop.
A
broad-based
community
outreach
approach
that
involved
all
the
stakeholders.
We
went
through
a
series
of
discussions
and
arrived
at
a
recommendation.
P
Not
everybody
was
pleased
with
the
decision,
but
it
was
the
decision
that
was
necessary
for
the
best
interest
of
the
district
and
by
having
an
open
process
and
open
conversations.
We
were
able
to
build
trust
and
get
community
acceptance
for
closing
two
schools
and
so
I
think
it's
very
similar
to
the
development
question.
People
have
legitimate
concerns.
They
have
right
to
express
them,
but
in
the
end
we
are
all
part
of
the
same
city
and
we
all
have
to
share
the
load,
and
that
would
be
the
message
that
I
would
deliver.
Q
I've
sat
through
and
been
a
part
of
City
Council
meetings
for
probably
35
years
and
I.
Think
every
decision
almost
always
has
somebody
who's
happy
and
somebody's
upset.
So
it's
the
nature
of
the
job,
really
there's
no
choice.
I'm
thinking
about
this
question
since
I
had
a
little
time.
I
had
a
fellow
who
I
talked
with
earlier
this
week,
he
said:
I
have
my
prod
I.
Have
my
issue
in
my
in
my
neighborhood.
If
you
will
support,
tell
me
you'll
support
me
today.
I
will
write
a
letter
in
in
in
in
support
of
you.
Q
I
said
I'm,
not
your
guy
I
know
your
issue
a
little
bit.
I,
don't
know
it
completely.
I
promise
you
that
you
will
have
an
open
door
to
understand
it
and
I
promise
you
I
will
make
sure
you
understand
how
I
came
to
the
decision
I
made,
but
I'm
not
the
guy,
to
promise
you
something
in
under
those
kinds
of
circumstances.
Q
As
somebody
else
said,
education
is
key
and
when
we
did
affordable
housing
projects,
there
was
always
fear
going
in
and
we
you
have
to
mitigate
that,
and
normally
you
get
to
a
place
where
people
understand
what
you're
really
doing
what
kind
of
services
are
involved
in
there,
and
you
can
turn
most
people
if
not
all
around,
and
you
have
to
find
that
place
of
compromise
and
I
will
have
a
little
note
on
I
hope.
I
can
remember
it
on
my
my
my
computer
and
it's
by
Teddy
Roosevelt.
Q
L
Everybody
was
talking
about
tolerance,
tolerance
for
all
members
of
the
community
and
our
communities
come
so
far,
just
to
look
at
the
composition
of
the
council
now
compared
to
back
then
and
our
community
in
general,
and
our
community
and
Almaden
Santa
Teresa,
and
when
I
spoke,
something
came
out
that
I,
hadn't
even
planned,
but
I
said
the
tolerance.
The
whole
word
bothers
me
that
we,
you
know.
L
Oh
excuse
me:
we
should
we
should
we
need
to
move
Beyond
tolerance.
We
need
to
start
embracing
each
other's
ethnicity
and
I,
didn't
even
plan
to
say
that
and
I
hadn't
heard
it
before,
but
it
when
I
got
down
off
the
podium
and
everything
Cortese
everyone's
coming
over
and
just
where'd.
You
get
that
I
mean
that
was
good.
Like
can
I
use
that
and
all
that
stuff,
but
I
was
thinking
about
this
issue
really
really
hard
councilman
Ortiz,
because
I
was
trying
to
think
I've.
L
Never
I've
been
in
a
position
as
a
D.A,
where
I've
had
to
tell
victims
that
I
can
only
prove
this
much
I,
and
this
is
all
I-
can
get
out
of
this
case
and
I'm.
Sorry,
because
I
want
more
or
as
a
judge,
the
defendant
wants
less
and
the
victims
want
more.
But
this
is
an
elected
official.
Are
you
going
to
be
worried
about
other
things
that
you
shouldn't
be
worried
about
like
getting
reelected,
which
I
won't
think
I
have
to
worry
about?
Perhaps
here,
if
I
don't
wish
to
serve
another
term?
L
M
There
are
two
aspects
to
that:
one
is
how
the
solution
is
arrived
at.
It
needs
to
be
transparent,
it
needs
to
be
done
with
Integrity.
It
needs
to
be
seen
that
at
least
your
efforts
are
towards
finding
a
common
good.
It
is
not
that
you
are
coming
with
a
biased
view
of
how
you're
going
to
address
any
issues,
so
you
need
to
be
coming
with
that.
M
Then
the
process
you
need
to
follow
of
about
doing
the
data
collection
and
all
the
typical
problem
solving
as
we've
done
in
the
corporate
world,
the
data
has
to
be
reliable
again,
it
has
to
be
believable,
and
then
you
need
to
be
able
to
show
that
this
solution
may
temporarily
look
worse
to
you
because,
for
example,
homelessness
problem
is
right.
Now,
d10
only
sees
it
is
a
problem
of
other
districts,
because
d10
does
not
have
too
many
encampments
in
there.
M
Their
goal
is
to
keep
the
encampments
away
so,
but
if
we
don't
do
something
about
those
encampments,
those
are
going
to
crawl
over
to
d10,
sooner
or
later
that
problem,
which
is
not
today.
Our
problem
is
going
to
be
our
problem
and
we
will
need
so.
We
need
to
educate.
We
need
to
involve
the
people
in
making
the
decision
seeing
the
problem
as
we
are
seeing
it
and
they
are
all
citizens
of
San
Jose.
They
have
to
look
for
the
common
good
and
some
things
will
look
like
the
day.
M
D
J
O
Thank
you
for
the
question
council
member
foreign.
The
first
thing
I
work
in
an
industry
where
the
turnover
rate
for
staff
is
30
percent.
It's
underpaid,
it
has
lots
of
issues
that
we
have
to
think
about
and
and
address.
So
it's
been
a
lifelong
journey
and
work
that
I
have
put
in
towards
Workforce
Development
in
early
care
and
education
and
education
in
general.
O
That
being
said,
I
go
to
The
Experts
I
had
a
conversation
with
the
southern
district,
a
commander.
Our
captain
about
this
issue.
I
also
talked
to
the
Police
Officers
Association,
because
I
need
folks
who
are
actually
living
it
to
tell
us
what
it
is
and
the
few
things
in
the
coffee
that
we
had.
It
certainly
is
not
comprehensive.
It
would
take
much
more
conversation
and
understanding
we're
the
following
and
actually
I
also
met
with
the
firefighters.
O
They
said
the
same
thing
to
the
same
degree,
the
cost
of
living
in
general
is,
however,
you
come
at
it,
whether
it's
your
salary
to
meet
the
cost
or
what
you're
you're
spending
your
expenses
for
the
cost
is
not
fitting
for
all
of
us,
but
certainly
for
our
employees.
At
the
city
living
here,
so
many
of
our
firefighters
are
not
living
here.
O
O
When
I
was
talking
to
our
southern
district
command.
Brian
was
talking
about
it's
the
kind
of
the
same
things:
housing
offsetting
school
loans.
They
really
appreciated
the
five
percent
increase,
but
it's
still
not
keeping
up
and
child
care
and
I
didn't
bring
it
up
either,
and
so
I
was
really
happy
to
have
these
folks
talk
about
how
to
offset
such
a
high
cost
expense,
and
how
do
we
think
about
it
as
a
as
an
employer
of
choice,
so.
P
You
first
I
think
we
need
to
accept
the
fact
that
a
15
vacancy
Factor
among
all
City
departments
is
not
acceptable.
Residents
are
not
receiving
the
services
that
they
are
promised
and
employees
are
over
taxed
and
those
working
in
temporary
assignments
are
not
being
fully
compensated
and
accruing
seniority
in
those
in
those
positions.
P
P
Secondly,
we
need
to
review
the
hiring
policies
and
practices.
I
was
an
HR
officer
here
in
the
city
for
over
14
years,
so
I
have
a
pretty
good
feel
for
the
HR
System.
We
need
to
empower
departments
to
address
their
hiring
needs,
there's
too
much
central
control.
In
my
opinion,
in
the
HR
department,
we
need
to
also
look
at
separating
human
resources
from
employee
relations.
We
need
to
have
a
focus
on
hiring
and
recruitment
and
retention.
P
It's
interesting
in
the
city
services
report
that
you'll
be
considering
next
week.
I
noticed
that
HR
staffing
has
been
reduced
by
over
20
percent
in
the
last
10
years,
so
we
need
to
look
at
why
that
is
and
what
resources
are
needed.
I
think
there
are
services
available
when
we
can
contract
out
some
of
the
testing
services,
which
will
assure
that
we
have
qualified
candidate
pools
to
hire
from
I.
Think
it's
also
important
that
we
revisit
our
employee
relations
posture.
Our
labor
or
guidelines
were
adopted
for
labor
negotiations
were
adopted
in
2014..
P
D
Q
Q
Q
L
L
I'm,
sorry,
thank
you.
Councilman
a
lot
of
people
talk
about
equal
services
to
all
districts
I'm,
not
for
that
at
all.
Equal
is
seldom
fair.
I
found
that
out
in
in
my
judicial
work,
but
I
really
want
to
answer
this
question
because
I
had
a
similar
conversation
with
Oscar
matchett
and
oh
by
the
way.
No,
but
people
didn't
come
to
me
to
run
I
offer
all
transparency.
L
But
anyway,
as
far
as
the
police
I
had
the
conversation
that
Wendy
did
with
Brian
matchat,
his
old
friend
of
mine
I
used
to
work
cases
with,
and
he
talked
about
housing
for
the
officers,
200
000
up
front
to
to
get
a
house
and
then
over
10
years
they
agreed
to
serve
10
years
or
else
and
type
things
like
that.
He
also
talked
about
what
Wendy
said
student
loans
that
they
have
for
giving,
and
things
like
that.
L
He
didn't
mention
anything
about
child
care
to
me,
but
I
mentioned
to
him
something
that
I
am
absolutely
really
excited
about,
and
I
hope
you
will
be
too
because
the
answer
to
our
police
shortage,
I
believe
and
I
and
I
hope
to
be
discussing
this
with.
You
soon
is
community
service
officers,
and
he
was
very
excited
yesterday
when
I
discussed
it
with
them
time
easier
to
hire
50
per
year,
the
next
two
years.
You
know.
M
I
think
we
know
the
problem.
15
is
totally
unacceptable
for
the
city
to
be
able
to
deliver
the
services
we
need
to,
but
I
heard
the
answers
in
terms
of
saying
that
we
we
increase
the
income
so
that
they
can
have
a
house.
We
improve
our
HR
processes
to
do
that.
I
think
what
I'm
lacking
here
is:
has
any
analysis
being
done
on
a
case-by-case?
What's
preventing
what
may
be
preventing
hiring
the
fire
and
police
officers
might
be
different
from
what
you're
experiencing
with
hiring
the
technical
people
and
other.
M
M
We
know
right
now
in
the
nation
there
is
a
labor
shortage
in
every
domain,
so
so
I
think
my
first
step
would
be
is
to
have
a
thorough
analysis
done
by
the
city
department
or
under
the
supervision
of
some
of
the
council
members
and
based
on
that
report.
We
need
to
address
all
of
those
issues
to
get
all
the
different
problems
which
are
preventing
us
being
able
to
hire
the
right
number
of
people.
N
Council,
member
Torres-
this
is
a
important
question
and
I
can
tell
you
on
the
Planning
Commission
one
of
the
gripes
that
developers
have
in
engaging
San
Jose
is
the
fact
that
there's
such
high
turnover
in
the
planning
department-
and
you
know
the
life
cycle
of
a
development-
can
be
quite
long
in
the
idea
that
they've
got
a
bring
somebody
up
to
speed
once
someone
leaves
it
just
makes
the
process
take
much
longer,
but
unfortunately
I,
don't
think,
there's
a
short-term
solution.
I
think
this
is
a
long-term
problem
that
needs
to
be
addressed
and
I.
N
Think
the
Crux
of
the
issue
is
affordable.
Housing
I
think
it's
hard
for
folks
in
terms
of
cost
of
living,
to
take
some
of
these
salaries
and
live
in
this
area,
I
don't
think
we're
competitive
with
the
cost
of
living
being
what
it
is,
and
one
of
the
solutions
that
came
out
are
these
options
in
my
discussion
with
folks
throughout
this
process
was
the
idea
that
potentially
we
could
reach
out
to
the
pension
fund
in
San
Jose
here,
and
they
allocate
five
to
seven
percent
of
the
fund
to
real
estate,
development
and
I.
N
Think
it'd
be
important
and
beneficial
if
they
were
to
develop
some
sort
of
affordable
housing,
option
for
city
workers
and
our
firemen
or
our
First
Responders
I.
Think
if
we
can
knock
out
that
huge
expense
or
at
least
mitigate
it
to
some
extent,
which
is
housing,
I,
think
that
we
have
a
much
more
competitive
option
or
opportunity
to
go
out
and
get
qualified
folks.
I
Thank
you,
and
you
know
thank
you
all
for
applying
it's
so
far,
very
impressive
and
exciting
conversation,
so
I
look
forward
to
the
rest
of
it
I'm
going
to
ask
a
question.
This
city's
been
on
the
Forefront
of
leading
on
environmental
issues
and
being
environmental
leader.
So
I
want
to
hear
about
your
priorities
when
it
comes
to
the
environment
and
what
your
thoughts
are
about,
how
we
might
be
moving
towards
carbon
neutrality
and
what
we
need
to
do
as
a
city,
foreign.
P
Thank
you,
council
member
first
I
think
that
San
Jose,
with
our
smart
goals,
is
a
for
is
at
the
Forefront
in
the
environmental,
addressing
the
environmental
issues.
One
of
the
first
things
I
would
look
towards
and
is
working
with,
the
water
district,
PG
e,
San,
Jose
water
and
other
utilities
to
encourage
our
residents
to
look
for
ways
to
improve
or
reduce
their
footprint.
For
example,
should
we
create
opportunities
or
programs
to
install
Gray
Water
Systems
in
people's
residences?
P
P
Another
example
of
reducing
our
carbon
footprint
would
be
working
with
our
waste
haulers
and
see
about
in
initiating
combust
combustible
waste.
Recycling
I
know
that
other
cities
are
doing
that.
What
are
the
pros
and
the
cons?
What
would
be
the
cost,
and
how
could
we
integrate
that
into
San
Jose's
arsenal
of
dealing
with
environmental
issues?
We
also
need
to
better
educate
our
residents
on
recycling.
P
Remember
reading
in
the
art
paper
recently
about
how
much
of
what
is
in
the
recycle
bins
is
unrecyclable
because
we're
not
doing
it
right
and
so
like
when
we
started
the
recycling
program
back
in
the
90s,
we
need
to
increase
our
education
and
I
think
just
taking
a
look
at
what
Private
Industry
is
doing
in
terms
of
recycling,
reusing
things,
how
to
be
more
energy,
independent,
more
energy
efficient,
will
help
reduce
our
our
footprint
and
also
I
purchased
an
electric
vehicle
a
couple
of
years
ago.
We
need
to
make
sure
that
we
have.
Q
I'm
really
glad
I'm
sitting
behind
him,
because
he
knows
all
this
stuff.
I,
don't
know
I'm,
not
an
expert
in
the
environment
at
all.
That's
not
something!
That's
my
as
in
a
citizen,
I
know
that
we
have
a
lot
of
programs
at
the
state
level.
I
know
we
have
our
energy
programs
here
in
the
city
we
had
someone
from
the
city
come
to
a
district,
10
meeting
with
a
whole
bunch
of
garbage,
and
we
talked
about
what
you
could
recycle
and
what
you
couldn't
my
family
compost.
Q
My
wife
is
crazy
about
compost
and
but
I'm,
not
an
expert
in
this
area.
I
would
have
to
look
to
others
to
to
Really,
provide
the
leadership
because
I
think
we're
doing
pretty
well.
I
saw
him
map
the
other
day
where
China's
coal
production
had
gone
through
the
roof,
and
this
is
obviously
a
worldwide
problem.
We
can't
just
solve
it
all
here
in
San
Jose,
but
I
would
defer
to
others
to
be
smart
about
this,
and
this
guy
and
I
know
you,
council,
member
Cohen,
are
a
lot
smarter
about
it
than
me.
L
Well,
this
is
kind
of
dear
to
my
heart
because
we
bought
bought
our
first
two
electric
cars
in
2012
Nissan
Leafs,
and
that
was
for
two
reasons.
Actually,
we
wanted
to
certainly
do
it
for
the
environmental
reasons,
but
also
my
daughter
was
in
high
school
and
I
was
going
to
limit
her
range
on
how
far
she'd
be
able
to
drive,
so
it
had
that
added
benefit.
L
Had
the
carpool
lane
benefit
to
work,
also,
of
course,
and
we
I
want
to
make
sure
that
if
we
have
any
influence
on
it,
that
the
state
continues
to
offer
those
benefits,
because
I
think
they're
very,
very
important
to
have
the
carpool
benefits
to
the
electric
vehicles
and
the
recharging
stations
that
Dennis
hit
on.
We
need
them
more.
We
need
them
everywhere
to
make
it
a
lot
easier
for
recharging.
L
We
have
solar
on
our
house
solar
on
our
pool
and
apparently
it's
not
going
to
affect
us,
but
it's
going
to
affect
some
other
people,
so
I'm
real
concerned
about
what
that
entails.
I
need
to
look
into
that,
obviously,
and
just
to
you
know,
and
hopefully
we'll
be
solar
powering
the
customer
service
vehicles
that
will
be
circling
around
Almaden
in
midnight
shift.
M
So
our
commitment
to
keeping
this
sustainable
environment
education
has
made
it
possible
for
people
to
be
able
to
understand
that
this
is
something
critical,
but
there
are
non-believers
as
well.
So
from
a
city
standpoint,
I
am
totally
for
the
Smart
City
program
which
the
vision
was
laid
out
and
we
are
executing
to
that.
One
I
totally
support
the
idea
of
the
EVs
and
other
methods
of
getting
the
solar
power
to
be
available.
M
M
They
not
actually
ruin
our
credibility
and
discourage
some
people
when
they
do
this
search
so
help
us
get
on
to
more
of
the
solar
work
and
the
other
incentive
programs
which
we
talked
about
which
are
affordable,
but
we
have
to
balance
those
against
the
environment
against
homelessness,
so
we
can't
take
all
of
our
money
and
put
it
in
that
pocket.
So
we
need
to
balance
our
life
and
there
was
area.
The
tough
statement
which
was
made
before
how
do
we
balance
all
these
needs
here
is
another
need.
We
need
to
balance
against
our
budgets.
N
N
O
From
that
point
of
view,
I
I
certainly
think
all
the
ideas
we're
talking
about,
but
I
always
go
higher.
For
me,
a
budget
is
a
statement
of
value.
So
what
do
we
value?
Are
we
valuing
our
planet,
our
kids,
our
families
and
we
have
a
budget
prioritization
process
so
how
we
go
through
thinking.
What
is
the
most
important?
O
How
do
we
make
sure
that
we're
fully
funding
the
Smart
City
plan
and
what
are
the
places
where
we
want
to
go
deep
and
what
are
the
places
we
want
to
go
wide,
and
how
will
we
accomplish
accomplish
that
together?
So
I
think
the
truth
of
everyone's
Point
here
is:
there's
lots
of
ways
to
go
at
it,
but
we
have
to
come
to
a
place
where
we're
thinking
about
the
full
plan
and
we're
prioritizing
it
at
the
level
that's
required
of
us.
Thank
you,
council,
member.
U
Thank
you
mayor
and
thank
you
candidates
for
applying
to
this
appointment.
I
know
that
it's
been
a
process.
That's
both
been
public,
and
you
know
it's
also
been
contentious.
So
I
just
want
to
applaud
you
for
your
courage
and
commitment
to
Public
Service
I
I
greatly
appreciate
it
so
on
to
the
question.
Each
one
of
our
districts
have
levels
of
diversity,
both
economically
and
culturally.
U
Given
some
communities
can
be
more
vocal
when
it
comes
to
reaching
out
to
city,
council
or
city
government
in
general
than
others.
How
or
what
is
your
plan
to
make
sure
that
neighborhoods,
like
Hoffman
via
Monte,
have
Equitable
access
to
Services,
as
well
as
your
support
as
council
member?
Thank
you.
Q
Can
I
defer
my
answer
until
everybody
else
speaks
no
sorry
I'm
aware
of
that
neighborhood
I
drive
by
it
every
day
and
I'm
aware
of
the
work
that
council
member
Camus
did
in
there
for
many
years
and
I
also
council,
member
Mayhem.
It
is
a
tough
situation
when
you
have
absentee
landlords
that
don't
keep
up
their
property
and
it's
engagement.
It's
getting
the
folks
organized
and
doing
the
best
you
can
to
work
with
the
property
owners.
Q
I
have
a
lot
of
background
in
real
estate.
I,
hopefully,
could
convince
these
people
that
it's
better
to
fix
up
their
property
than
not.
But
it's
it's
actually.
You
know
there
are
I.
Think
eh
is
building
a
project
near
there
right
now,
which
hopefully
that
will
help
the
neighborhood
a
little
bit,
but
it's
obviously
an
area
in
District
10
that
needs
attention
and
needs
more
attention
and
I
would
do
that.
Q
Q
The
way
they
want
and
that's
what
we
need
to
do
in
that
neighborhood
and
in
other
neighborhoods
in
the
city,
for
that
matter,
that
are
maybe
dealing
with
more
difficult
times
than
maybe
the
other
ones.
But
I
will
say
one
thing
about
almond
and
Valley
when
it
when
it
came
about
my
neighborhood
there
were
Tradesmen
bought
their
homes
from
1970
for
39
500
I
want
to
say
that
again,
thirty,
nine
thousand
five
hundred
dollars,
and
now
my
neighborhood,
my
little
Shadowbrook
neighborhood,
is
almost
50.
Q
L
You
Ron
thank
you
for
that
question.
I
very
much
appreciate
that
question.
I
plan
to
Target
that
area
I
know
the
area
extremely
well
from
when
I
was
a
D.A.
We
used
to
go
out
to
that
area
and
deal
with
the
victims
of
crime
constantly
probably
about
once.
Every
two
months
I
was
out
there
and
I
lived
nearby,
also
in
Blossom
Valley.
This
is
an
area
that
has
actually
improved
over
the
years
and
I
plan
to
Target
all
areas
that
need
more
service
than
than
our
almond
and
Valley.
L
L
So
we
need
to
Target
that
area,
we're
going
to
Target
all
the
poor
areas
and
make
sure
that
the
any
code
that
they
that
they
excuse
me
that
they
report
any
code
violations
so
that
these
landlords
are
held
accountable
and
I
will
be
there.
I
promise
at
least
once
a
month,
I
feel
very
comfortable
in
those
areas.
I'm
not
comfortable
in
a
suit
I'd,
rather
be
like
the
mayor
walking
around
in
jeans.
All
the
time
warning
people
we're.
M
I
think
in
any
part
of
the
city,
leather,
d10,
d8,
D7,
every
part
of
the
city
deserves
to
have
certain
basic
services,
and
in
that
portion
it's
not
an
equity.
It's
a
equality,
the
fire
response,
time,
fire
hoses
fire
truck
response
time
of
four
minutes,
which
the
city
has
that's
available
for
all
areas,
and
it's
not
for
one
section
of
the
city
or
the
other,
so
certain
basic
Public
Safety
things
have
to
be
available
equally
to
all
parts
of
the
city.
M
Okay,
then,
when
we
talk
about
the
housing
portion,
where
we
are
mentioning
that
the
absentee
landlords
are
not
maintaining
their
properties,
you
take
for
Housing
Authority,
where
Section
8
tenants
every
two
years.
There
is
an
inspection
done
by
the
housing
authority
to
determine
if
the
house
is
up
to
the
habitability
standards
or
not,
if
not,
the
landlord
does
not
get
the
payment
from
the
Housing
Authority
till
they
fix
the
problems.
M
M
Member
I
will
use
the
position
of
the
council
member
to
have
a
town
meeting
with
those
landlords
and
put
the
moral
pressure
on
them,
and
then,
if
that
doesn't
work,
put
the
legal
pressure
of
the
city
of
San
Jose
to
make
it
them
comply
with
if
they
want
to
be
landlord,
they
better
be
able
to
deliver.
What's
habitability,
standard
obviously,
is
okay,.
D
N
These
are
four
plexes
two
bedroom
one
bath
each
and
the
fact
of
the
matter
is
it's
an
island
of
exploitation,
surrounded
by
wealth,
and
these
are
vulnerable
tenants
that
don't
recognize
their
rights.
Oftentimes
can't
speak
up
for
themselves,
and
so
you
have
absentee
owners
that
are
willing
to
exploit
that
situation.
They
don't
have
to
put
any
more
money
into
the
property.
N
They
appreciate,
as
most
properties
do
in
this
area,
so
there's
no
incentive
for
them
to
do
so
financially
and
unfortunately,
unless,
as
a
matter
of
fact
in
grad
school,
this
was
one
of
my
projects
to
go
in
and
speak
with.
The
tenants
in
that
neighborhood
and
I
did
so
because
of
my
connection,
because
my
auntie
and
it's
it's
unfortunate,
that
you
have
such
hard
working
people
trying
to
get
their
foot
on
those
bottom
rungs
of
the
socio-economic
ladder
and
to
have
landlords
exploit
them
further.
N
O
Thank
you,
councilmember
Ortiz.
This
is
really
personal
to
me
and
I'll.
Tell
you
why
when
I
was
a
single
mom
Equity,
it
certainly
looks
different
for
everyone
when
I
was
a
single
mom
and
I
was
really
hard
and
underpaid.
Certainly,
early
care
and
education
teacher
with
my
son,
I
couldn't
pay
my
bills.
The
thing
that
saved
me
was
child
care.
O
That's
why
my
whole
career
has
been
focused
on
children
and
families
and
supporting
them
through
first
five
Head
Start,
all
the
programs
that
support
in
a
wrap-around
way,
children
and
their
families
I'm
very
lucky-
to
be
surrounded
by
a
non-profit
sector
in
the
city.
That
knows
this
issue
so
deeply
in
its
bones
and
will
step
up
every
time
to
help
us
I.
Think
the
point
you're
making
of
pointing
out
this
island
and
focusing
again
Equity
is
not
equality.
P
Thank
you
I'm
very
familiar
with
Hoffman
viamante,
because
when
I
was
started,
my
career
with
the
city
I
was
an
analyst
in
the
youth
services
and
Neighborhood
Services,
Division
and
I
did
a
lot
of
work
in
Hoffman
viamonte,
Santee,
Cadillac
Winchester.
There
are
Pockets
throughout
the
city
that
have
those
same
characteristics
and
I.
Think
it's
important
to
remember
that
d10
now
has
a
much
more
diverse,
economically,
socio-economically
culturally
ethnically
than
what
people
may
have
regarded
district
10
in
the
past.
P
So
I
think
one
of
the
things
that
we
need
to
do
to
continue
to
support
neighborhoods
like
Hoffman
viamante,
is
to
go
back
to
do
some
of
the
things
that
we
did
before.
For
example,
years
ago
we
created
in
Neighborhood,
Services,
tenant,
I'm,
sorry,
property
owner
agreements
between
those
people
that
own
those
individual
units
for
the
purpose
of
building
garages
resurfacing
streets,
creating
Security,
Services,
there's
a
whole
network
of
things
that
the
city
helped
facilitate.
P
City
didn't
pay
for
it,
but
we,
the
city,
attorney's
office
and
City
staff,
worked
with
the
property
owners
to
improve
those
conditions.
I
wrote
the
grant
that
funded
the
park.
That's
adjacent
to
Hoffman
via
Monte,
so
I
know
that
neighborhood
well,
I
think
that
we
need
to
look
at
what
can
we
do
to
improve
Services
across
the
city
in
communities
like
Hoffman
via
Monte
and
I?
Think
there
are
resources
that
we
have
available
in
the
city
that
can
be
used
to
improve
the
quality
of
life
for
residents
in
those
areas?
P
D
V
Thank
you
all
for
applying
for
this
position
and
for
going
through
this
somewhat
grueling
and
harrowing
process
really
appreciate
it.
Every
office
has
competing
priorities
and
you
will
have
well,
hopefully
you'll.
You
will
able
to
be
able
to
build
a
team
to
help
you
with
those
competing
priorities
and
I
would
like
to
know.
How
will
you
organize
your
office
and
staff
to
best
serve
your
residence
while
still
managing
the
Citywide
policy
issues
that
arise
weekly,
and
how
do
you
describe
your
management
style.
L
Thank
you,
I
have
been
a
manager,
as
a
judge,
I
managed
the
staff
in
court
and
I'd
like
to
think
that
I
was
extremely
approachable,
I
didn't
ever
close
my
door
to
my
office
and
it
was
always
open
and
available
for
people.
I
held
the
same
staff
for
a
long
time.
We
were
very
much
a
family
and
I
took
them
to
lunch,
often
and
and
tried
to
build,
build
that
family
and
and
make
sure
that,
if
anything,
there
were
any
problems
or
anything
between
them
that
they
were
open
to
talking
with
me.
L
Regarding
that
also,
what
we
plan
to
do
for
the
community
is
every
issue
that
they
send
in
call,
in
whatever
means
they
send
it
in.
We
are
going
to
immediately
put
that
on
the
computer
that
day
and
there's
going
to
be
someone
assigned
in
my
office
to
handle
that
issue.
I've
already
reached
out
to
the
mayor
as
a
assistant,
his
Chief
of
Staff,
asking
a
first
availability
suggestions.
L
D
M
I
think
I
bring
in
a
lot
of
managerial
experience
and
also
working
for
Intel
I've
worked
across
the
time
zones,
which
was
the
China
and
Europe
India
and
East
Coast.
So
there
was
really
it
was
a
literally
a
24x7
job
I
attended.
My
staff
meetings
at
2
am
of
mine
because
the
president
who
I
reported
to
happened
to
be
positioned
in
India,
so
I'm
24x7,
availability,
I,
haven't
lost
that
touch
of
my
Intel's
habit
of
doing
that
work.
M
Secondly,
I
do
have
ideas
about
leveraging
already
the
Staffing
which
our
mayor
has
left
in
District
10,
because
he
told
us
that
he's
leaving
the
service
intact
so
that
the
people
are
not
affected
by
his
going
away.
So
I'd
like
to
leverage
that
and
I
would
like
to
consult
the
other
experts
for
their
ideas.
How
we
need
to
organize
and
I
do
know:
Johnny
Kamas
I
do
know
you.
People
here
will
take
your
advice.
My
industrial
experience,
a
corporate
world
experience
may
not
hundred
percent
translate
here.
M
So
I
would
like
to
modify
my
approaches
with
your
input
and
I.
Do
have
connections
with
some
of
your
former
colleagues
who
will
be
willing
to
advise
me
as
well
how
to
structure
my
office,
but
one
of
the
things
in
that
office
will
be
somebody
who
is
really
doing
customer
service
or
constituent
service,
because
that's
what
we
are
there
for
and
we
will
work
on
the
policies
because
I
can
work
on
those
24x7.
But
the
people
have
to
be
there
to
attend
to
the
constituents
their
needs.
D
D
N
Great
George,
yeah,
councilmember,
Davis
I
think
for
continuity's
sake.
I
would
also
try
to
find
someone.
Who's
had
experience
working
in
the
council
in
addition
to
that,
I
would
want
to
find
as
many
bilingual
qualified
folks
as
I
could,
because
this
is
a
service
industry
and
I
like
to
have
folks
that
call
in
and
may
have
some
trouble
with
the
language
have
someone
that
they
can
speak
to.
N
So
we
can
get
a
transparent
view
into
whatever
their
issue
is
in
terms
of
service,
I
mean
managerial
style,
I
think
the
best
leaders
are
servers,
they
help
their
staff,
and
here
I
would
be
helping.
My
staff
help
our
constituencies
so
that'll
be
my
management
style,
I
delegate,
but
be
there
to
help
out
and
in
fact
they'd
be
leading
the
operation
only
leaning
on
me
when
need
be.
O
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
Councilmember
Davis
I
think
that
we
all
are
in
consensus
here
around
leaning
on
you,
leaning
on
the
staff
that
have
worked
in
D
in
d10,
and
certainly
the
staff
in
the
Incorporated
D2.
They
certainly
have
no
and
have
been
a
part
of
our
community
the
whole
time.
So
if
we
were
lucky
enough
to
be
in
the
position,
I'm
sure
we
would
put
our
hand
out
for
help.
O
O
O
However,
you
surround
yourself
with
excellence
and
they
are
the
experts
that
help
you
and
my
leadership
style
is
much
the
same.
It's
I'm
a
servant
leader
I
am
a
person
who
gets
great
joy
out
of
building
and
developing
leaders.
I
moved
from
the
kids
to
the
adults
from
a
professional
development
standpoint.
My
master's
degree
is
in
organizational
development,
leadership
and
change,
and
I've
spent
a
lot
of
my
career.
Helping
move
women
in
particular
forward,
I
will
say:
I'm,
not
a
person
who
gives
the
answer
easily
and
my
staff
have
been
frustrated.
O
They'll
often
say
when
they
come
out
of
a
meeting
with
me.
She
didn't
tell
me
what
to
do.
She
just
asked
me
questions,
and
that
is
my
style
I'm
on
a
questioning
person.
I
want
people
to
think
about
the
solution.
I
don't
want
to
be
the
only
person
in
the
room
that
has
the
power,
the
authority
and
the
smarts,
because
I'm
not
there's,
there's
so
much
to
offer.
When
you
have
a
team
that
works
really
well
together.
O
P
Thank
you,
councilmember
Davis,
for
the
question.
Well,
this
has
only
caused
me.
A
few
sleepless
nights.
Thinking
about
it,
because
I
recognize
that
whoever
is
appointed
here
is
going
to
have
to
start
flying
the
jet
while
we're
building
it,
and
so
there's
a
little
bit
of
pressure.
There
first
thing
that
I
would
want
to
do
is
to
talk
with
the
mayor
and
what
committee
assignments
I
might
have,
because
that
might
inform
me
as
to
what
kind
of
Staff
resources
I
need.
P
Secondly,
I
want
to
make
sure
that
we
have
a
culturally
competent
multilingual
staff
that
can
work
with
all
elements
of
the
community.
I
want
to
create
a
I,
am
a
participate
participatory
manager.
So
I
like
to
empower
my
staff
to
do
their
job
to
grow
into
their
job
and
have
a
professional
development
opportunity,
because
I've
seen
many
people
start
off
as
Council
assistants
and
grow
into
the
city
organization
and
I
think,
frankly,
that's
one
of
the
measures
of
a
successful
manager.
P
If
you
can
help
develop
people
and
that's
what
I
would
hope
to
do
in
my
office,
one
of
the
critical
assignments
that
I
would
need
to
fill
immediately
is
the
executive
assistant,
because
I
think
everybody
knows
that
your
scheduler
and
your
executive
assistant
are
really
who
run
you
and
I
know
that
I
will
need
to
be
run
because
there's
a
lot
of
work
to
be
done.
I
also
know
that
I
sometimes
have
a
problem
of
for
committing
and
so
I
need
somebody
to
be
that
little
angel.
On
my
shoulder
saying.
No,
you
can't
do
that.
P
I
also
want
to
take
a
look
at
what
we
can
do
with
technology,
I,
remember
and
I'm
sure
it's
available
in
other
offices,
councilmember
oliveiro,
had
a
great
tracking
system
and
I
would
want
to
see
what's
available
in
that
regard,
so
that
we
can
identify
the
problems
and
efficiently
follow
up
with
them
with
City
staff
or
whoever
is
at
issue.
Thank.
Q
I
think
the
first
thing
I
would
think
about
is
I've
worked
with
most
the
people
in
the
district
10
office,
some
for
a
few
years,
some
for
as
long
as
10.
and
strategically
my
plan
is
to
grab
them
by
the
throat
and
not
let
go
and
tell
them
that
they
have
to
come
and
stay
and
I
want
to
keep
everybody
on
who's
there
now,
at
least
in
the
interim,
so
that
we
can
hit
the
ground
running,
as
others
have
said,
we're
two
months
behind
everybody
else
in
terms
of
getting
going.
Q
G
Thank
you
for
applying
for
the
position.
Foreign
Mental,
Health
and
Drug
addictions
services
are
the
responsibility
of
the
county,
but
our
city
have
done
a
great
job,
filling
the
gap.
How
will
you
as
a
council
member
work
with
the
county
and
what
plans
do
you
have
to
improve
the
County
Services
to
help
our
neighbors
in
needs.
M
Thank
you,
council
member.
Yes,
there
are
going
to
be
and
the
services
which
are
not
the
responsibility
of
the
city
and
they
are
part
of
the
county,
but
we
are
in
the
region.
We
have
to
look
Beyond
just
the
city.
We
have
to
look
at
the
region
because
some
of
our
other
problems
beside
the
health,
the
traffic
problems,
they're
not
going
to
get
solved
by
us
building
more
roads
within
San
Jose.
Our
people
from
d10
commute
to
Sunnyvale
to
go
and
do
their
jobs.
So
we
have
to
collaborate
with
the
county.
M
We
have
to
collaborate
with
the
city's
neighboring
cities
in
order
for
us
to
give
d10
resident
or
San
Jose
resident
a
good
life
okay,
so
the
only
solution
would
be
is
meeting
with
the
county
people
and
supplementing
some
of
the
work
through
our
volunteer
services.
People
have
talked
about
organizing
community
group,
I
see
that
in
our
district
and
in
San
Jose
or
in
general.
If
people
are
given
a
mission,
there
are
a
lot
of
people
willing
to
volunteer
their
time
for
it
the
the
degree
of
commitment
I
see
for
doing
volunteer
services.
M
As
long
as
mission
is
clear.
It's
well
organized
and
there
are
achievable
results
at
the
end
of
it.
There
are
a
lot
of
people
and
I
know
people
who
are
willing
to
work
on
that.
So
I
will
utilize
our
relationship
with
the
county
relationship
with
the
neighboring
cities
and
the
volunteer
forces,
which
I
know
are
available
to
help
supplement
achieving
the
goals
which
we
want
to
achieve.
With
this
thing,.
D
N
N
I
think
San
Jose
is
the
anchor
of
Santa
Clara
County,
so
we
would
necessarily
be
the
lead
City
dealing
with
the
county,
but
I
I
tend
to
think
of
this
as
a
much
larger
problem
than
even
on
the
county
level.
This
is
a
federal
problem,
so
I'd
be
interested
in
finding
some
federal
resources
to
try
to
address
this
issue.
N
It's
becoming
an
epidemic
of
epidemic
proportions,
but
in
terms
of
a
clear
path
forward
with
the
county
other
than
the
fact
that
we
carry
the
most
weight
in
the
county
and
we
would
need
to
work
hand
in
hand
with
them.
I
I
would
have
to
study
this
issue
a
bit
more
I
can't
just
come
up
with
something
on
the
Fly
for
you,
I
apologize.
O
Thank
you
for
the
question
council
member
Juan,
I'm,
really
lucky
that
I've
had
the
opportunity
to
work
on
this
issue,
both
at
the
city
and
the
county
and
I
think
we
all
know
the
pandemic
has
given
us
the
opportunity
to
work
better
together
between
city
and
county
than
ever
before.
We've
actually
laid
the
road
map
we
at
the
the
count.
O
O
O
The
other
thing
I
would
point
out,
as
I've
worked
with
every
single
County
Council
for
every
single
County
Commissioner
on
this
topic.
In
one
way
or
another
in
particular
council
member
iranis,
when
she
was
here
Susan
Ellenberg
when
she
was
there,
Cindy
Chavez,
Otto,
olives,
Joe,
we've
all
been
working
on
this
together.
In
fact,
there
are
passion
projects
for
all
of
them,
so
how
to
leverage
our
work
and
their
work
and
there's
a
mechanism
happening
right
now
in
the
single
system
of
support
that
we
could
use
together.
P
We
bring
in
the
people
in
they
may
stay
with
at
Valley
Med
for
72
hours
and
then
they're
released,
and
what
we
need
to
do
is
to
work
with
the
county
and
the
state
to
create
places
for
these
people
to
go
and
be
treated.
It's
not
good
enough
for
us
to
bring
somebody
in
off
the
streets.
Have
them
reside
in
Valley,
Medical
Center
for
three
days
and
then
kick
them
out
and
tell
them.
P
And,
frankly,
the
federal
government
has
not
honored
its
commitment
to
those
veterans
and
we
need
to
work
with
our
federal
Partners
to
create
treatment
programs
for
those
veterans
through
the
VA
or
other
vendors,
so
that
they
get
the
services
that
they
were
promised
and
that
we
committed
to
when
we
asked
them
to
serve
our
country.
I
think
we
have
to
look
also
at
other
sites
that
we
can
work
with
other
partners
in
the
nonprofit
Community
or
others
that
to
create
avenues
for
treating
people
with
substance,
abuse
or
mental
health
problems.
It's
not
a
city
responsibility.
W
Q
Some
of
your
questions-
I'm-
not
very
familiar
with
this-
is
one
I'm
very
familiar
with
my
business
is
downtown.
It's
24
hours
a
day.
We
are
aware
of
the
homeless
people
and
I've
spent
four
or
five
years
studying
this
issue
in
great
detail
and
one
of
the
one
of
the
things
we
did
was
pushed
hard
campaigned
to
get
aot
through
the
county.
Q
What
calls
Laura's
law,
which
is
great,
but
they
still
really
haven't
implemented
it
very
well,
so
our
city
is
now
come
and
has
their
MCAT
teams
downtown,
which
are
fantastic
and
they're
doing
a
fabulous
job,
and
the
issue
goes
all
the
way
back
to
the
60s
and
Lanham
and
Petra's
short
act
and
until
that's
fixed
at
the
state
level.
We're
not
really
going
to
have
a
good
solution,
but
that's
a
state
level,
but
we
need
to
do
stuff
now
and
we
all
know
about
the
vi
split
at
and
how
they
get
people
into
various
projects.
Q
That's
how
the
county
figures
out.
They
have
a
database
of
everybody,
that's
homeless
in
in
the
entire
County,
and
they
decide
who
goes
into
projects
most
people
don't
know
this
stuff
and
I
know
so
much
about
I
talk
to
the
homeless,
people
down
downtown
constantly
and
there's
a
whole
broad
group
of
them.
The
severely
mentally
ill
people
are
not
being
treated
by
our
systems.
Now
at
all.
If
you
talk
to
the
county
folks,
they'll
tell
you,
we
don't
know
what
to
do.
Q
I
believe
we
need
to
take
a
hundred
beds
or
50
beds
in
O'connor
Hospital
and
get
it
allocated
up
for
that
and
if
we
just
start
with
the
first
5
or
10
or
15
or
20,
there's
a
disease
called
anasagnosia.
They
don't
know
they're
sick
and
they
won't
take
any
medicines
and
we
have
to
figure
out
a
way
to
really
completely
rethink
how
we
do
this.
The
state
one
last
thing:
the
state
of
California
has
spent
17.5
billion
dollars
over
the
last
two
years
for
a
hundred
and
seventy
thousand
people.
Thank.
D
L
As
I
put
in
my
application
in
drug
court,
which
I
was
honored
to
serve
at
not
every
judge
gets
to
serve
in
drug
court
and
it
was
a
real
eye-opening
experience
after
trying
the
most
difficult
cases
in
Santa,
Clara
County
for
four
years
on
the
career
criminal
unit
also
I'm
a
drug
I'm
in
drug
court.
As
a
judge
where
Rehabilitation
is
the
theme
similar
to
when
I
worked
in
the
juvenile
division
and
and
all
of
a
sudden,
you
know,
I've
got
to
learn
about
mentally
ill
drug
addiction,
homeless.
L
People
constantly
coming
into
my
court
and
trying
to
figure
out
treatment
programs
with
probation
and
everybody
else,
and
that's
why
I
gained
some
expertise
in
this
and
I've
got
to
be
fast.
We
don't
have
enough
mental
health
facilities.
Obviously,
vmc
helps
the
governor's
done
a
Care
Program
M
now,
which
helps
us
get
the
mentally
ill
into
the
courts,
so
the
courts
can
order
them
and
monitor
them
to
do
things.
It
lacks
some
teeth,
but
I
don't
have
time
to
get
into
it,
the
homeless,
regarding
the
homeless
and
the
mentally
ill.
L
They
need
to
be
separated
from
other
people.
If
we're
going
to
build
tiny
houses,
we
can't
just
take
a
homeless
Community
like
an
encampment
and
put
them
all
in
tiny
houses.
Some
are
mentally
ill.
Some
are
drug
addicted,
some
are
economically
disadvantaged,
some
are
criminals,
and
some
are
just
lazy
and
won't
do
not
want
to
work
and
they
can't
be
all
put
into
tiny
homes
or
that
won't
work
at
all.
The
criminals
and
the
drug
addicts
will
create.
D
X
Great,
thank
you
all
for
going
through
this
process.
I've
enjoyed
getting
to
meet
you
in
a
one-on-one
basis
and
I'm,
enjoying
listening
to
your
thoughtful
answers
to
all
of
these
questions.
So
here's
mine
due
to
the
state
of
the
economy
it
it
appears.
We
may
need
to
make
some
difficult
decisions
with
respect
to
our
budget.
Some
programs
may
be
preserved
and
others
may
need
to
be
reduced,
which
service
areas
do
you
think,
should
be
protected
and
which
areas
do
you
feel
should
be
reduced.
N
N
O
Thank
you,
councilmember
Foley
I
suspect
we
are
going
to
be
facing
this.
This
is
the
time
it's
happening
in
front
of
our
eyes.
I
will
say:
I've
had
to
do
this
before
in
the
Great
Recession
I
had
to
take
our
100
million
dollar
Child
Care
Agency
with
156
schools
and
give
back
20
million
to
the
state,
which
meant
going
through
a
process
that
sets
up
a
strategic
plan
that
look
at
a
series
of
metrics
to
weigh
everything
through
to
determine
how
you're
going
to
do
it.
O
When
we
talk
about
here
in
this
example
today,
we
know
that
our
our
prioritization
process
is
going
to
be
really
important,
but
to
the
point
of
where
we
go,
we
absolutely
have
to
protect
staff,
especially
Public
Safety
traffic
fire
crime.
Those
things
cannot
be
cut
housing.
Our
my
friends
here
have
talked
about
that
as
well.
We
are,
we
cannot
get
behind.
We
are
already
behind
and
I
won't.
I
suspect.
You
won't
be
surprised
when
I
say
children,
families
and
youth.
O
The
programs
that
support
children
and
families
and
youth
are
will
be
critical
because
again,
it's
going
to
be
harder
on
them
than
almost
any
of
us.
All
of
this
has
to
be
done
through
a
lens
of
equity
and
an
equity
framework
that
allows
us
to
determine
where
and
how
and
how
can
we
do
it
with
compassion
and
how
can
we
find
resources
for
any
outplaced
or
outserviced
outplaced
families?
O
P
Thank
you
I
suspect
that
you're
right,
we
are
going
to
be
coming
up.
First
thing
that
I
would
like
to
do
is
to
sit
down
with
the
city
manager
and
the
department
heads
to
really
understand
what
their
needs
are.
Programs
and
those
kinds
of
things
I
think
that
the
vacancy
report
that
I
talked
about
earlier
would
be
very
helpful
in
the
budget
process,
because
we
can
prioritize
the
highly
needed
positions
for
too
long.
San
Jose
has
had
a
Swiss
cheese
approach
to
budgeting
and
Staffing,
and
that
is
if
a
position
is
vacant,
it's
cut.
P
That's
not
the
best
way
to
go.
We
need
to
make
intelligent
choices
about
the
positions
we
keep
and
the
positions
we
lose
and
so
by
having
that
vacancy
report
and
really
getting
down
with
the
managers
in
the
Departments
and
with
the
city
manager's
budget
office,
I
think
we
can
do
a
better
job
of
tailoring
our
budget
to
fit
the
our
economic
realities.
P
My
priorities
are
Public
Safety
and
basic
city
services,
but
at
the
same
time,
I
think
we
need
to
make
sure
that
we
have
enough
resources
going
for
economic
development,
because
one
of
the
ways
to
cure
economic
problems
is
to
grow
our
way
out
of
it.
We
need
to
create
employment
opportunities
for
our
community,
and
so
those
are
worthwhile
expenditures
that
we
need
to
perhaps
prioritize.
P
We
need
to
take
a
look
at
reorganizing
some
city
services,
for
example,
in
our
homeless
Arena.
Would
it
make
sense
for
us
from
an
efficiency
standpoint,
to
take
the
people
that
are
in
housing
and
Parks
and
Recreation
and
code
enforcement
and
take
those
people
who
are
working
in
disparate
departments
and
move
them
into
a
centralized
homelessness
department?
So
we
have
concentrated
resources,
a
focus
on
delivering
those
services
in
the
best
possible
manner.
So
I
think
this
is
an
opportunity
for
us.
Y
Q
It's
going
to
be
a
tough
budget,
and
earlier
we
talked
about
how
do
you
deal
with
tough
tough
decisions
and
there's
going
to
be
a
lot
of
tough
decisions?
For
me,
it's
police
and
fire.
That's
the
one
thing
that
I
would
not
whack
at
it.
All
I'd
like
to
really
build
up
the
police
department,
more
than
anything
else
and
I'm
one
of
11.
So
it's
going
to
be
an
interesting
conversation.
Q
We
have
a
six
billion
dollar
budget
if
I'm
correct,
that's
fair
bit
of
money
and
with
my
background
in
finance
and
I'm,
a
numbers
guy
and
having
done
budgets
before
I
want
to
dive
in
all
the
way
to
the
bottom
of
the
bottle
or
bucket
or
whatever,
and
let's
look
at
everything
and
find
out
where
there
are
places
where
things
that
are
not
as
high
a
priority
in
every
Department
of
the
city,
where
we
could
say,
hey
we're
doing
these
three
four
five
things.
Those
are
key
to
our
mission
and
these
other
six.
Q
L
A
lot
I've
been
looking
at
all
the
incentives
and
things
like
that
and
some
of
the
reverberations
that
the
incentives
would
cause
and
and
how
it
would
reduce
our
budget
and
everything
and
I
just
need
to
study
housing
more
but
I
understand
that
what
is
going
on
in
Almond
Valley
and
what
is
important
in
Santa
Teresa
and
Boston
Valley
and
my
three
areas
and
that's
crime.
Crime
is
occurring
all
night
long
because
we
have
nobody
patrolling
in
Almond,
Valley,
Blossom,
Valley
or
Santa
Teresa.
L
It's
Helter,
Skelter,
they're,
stealing
cars
out
of
driveways,
which
is
very
unusual.
It
used
to
be
off
streets
breaking
into
cars.
They
used
to
be
worried,
they're,
not
worried
at
all.
It's
Helter,
Skelter
and
I.
Imagine
it's
that
way
throughout
most
of
the
city
and
the
50
Community
officers
that
we're
going
to
hire
this
year
are
going
to
help
solve
that.
The
community
service
officers
is
the
solution
to
our
police
force,
they're
more
accepted
by
the
community,
they're
easier
to
hire,
and
we
can
get
them
right
out
of
their
high
school.
That's
all
it
requires.
L
We
start
with
a
Cadet
program
in
the
high
schools
and
we
can
get
the
diversity
for
the
community
for
the
Vietnam
town
and
all
the
other
communities.
This
is
the
answer
they
can
Patrol,
they
can
shine
their
spotlights.
They
can
yell,
they
can
call
the
police
to
come
in
and
head
them
off.
They
just
can't
stop
them,
but
that'll
deter
the
thieves,
and
we
have
a
solution
here
in
indeed's
hand,
and
it's
coming
folks
and
everything
you
see
on
on
next
door.
Every
day
is
going
to
go
away.
L
D
M
M
You
really
need
to
look
at
it,
how
those
dollars
are
being
spent.
What
the
efficiency
gains
are
from
there,
how
much
more
we
are
getting
for
each
dollar.
We
are
spending
in
there,
so
I
would
prioritize
Public
Safety,
but
I
would
not
just
throw
the
dollars
at
it.
I
would
want
more
information
about
how
those
dollars
are
going
to
get
utilized
and
how
more
efficiency
can
be
run
out
of
the
system.
M
Second
part
we
already
talked
about
that.
We
have
the
vacancies
which
we
are
not
able
to
fill
so
I
would
look
at
preserving
the
budget
for
that
area,
that
we
do
not
lose
any
more
skilled
staff
and
how
we
can
hire
some
more.
So
that
would
be
the
second
part
of
it,
and
the
third
part
probably
won't
surprise
you
coming
from
the
technology.
M
I
would
suggest
that
we
should
be
very
careful
when
we
are
cutting
any
technology
plans,
because
technology
brings
efficiency.
It
allows
us
to
do
24x7
things,
which
people
can
only
do
eight
hours
or
ten
hours.
So
we
should
maximize
the
use
of
those
Technologies
and
smart
city
project,
and
things
like
those
should
be
on
the
top
of
the
list
to
be
funded,
provided
they
are
delivering
the
efficiency
which
we
expect
them
to
deliver
so
very
thoroughly.
Look
into
what
they're
delivering
and
then
preserve
those
okay.
O
Well,
I,
thank
you
for
that
mayor,
Mahan,
I,
don't
think
you'll
be
surprised
when
I
say
family
success.
We
do
that
in
our
fields
of
study.
Already
we
look
at
family
all
the
all
the
points
of
success
that
a
family
needs
to
thrive,
including
how
their
children
do,
because
children
cannot
do
well
if
their
parents
are
not
doing
well.
O
So
from
my
experience
and,
of
course,
my
passion,
that's
what
we
do,
we
bring
what
we
love
with
us
working
to
understand
in
our
city,
the
areas
that
families
and
children
need
to
succeed
and
the
and
then
benchmarks
for
it
and
prioritizing
budget
Investments.
It
also
is
certainly
piggybacks
on
going
into
a
downward
fiscal
cycle.
Putting
our
our
interventions
in
it
early
I.
Also,
don't
think
it's
going
to
surprise
you
to
know
that
if
we
invest
early
in
the
earliest
years,
prenatal
through
five,
the
return
on
investment
is
14
for
every
one
dollar
invested.
O
You
can't
get
that
on
the
stock
market.
So,
from
my
point
of
view,
the
way
you
do
that,
because
zero
to
five
year
olds
can
do
it
for
themselves.
Is
you
invest
in
families?
One
program?
That's
a
tough
one,
I
would
say
investing
with
our
non-profit
Partners
who
do
this
themselves
in
excellence
and
organizations
like
first
five
as
partners
and
the
county.
P
I
think
that
my
priority
would
be
improving
response
Times
by
police
fire
I.
Think
that,
as
you
look
at
the
metrics
that
we
have
currently
I
know
that
in
some
fire
responses,
we're
meeting
our
goals
and
other
fire
responses,
we're
not
I
think
the
same
can
be
true
of
the
police
department
and
when
I
look
at
what
are
the
basic
core
City
Services
Public
Safety
is
the
one
that
we
have
the
highest
demand
for
and
I.
Think.
If
you
talk
to
the
residents,
that's
the
universal
need.
P
So
I
would
say
that
the
reasonable
goal
would
be
to
increase
the
rate
at
which
we're
meeting
our
response
time
goals,
and
by
doing
so
we
are
improving
Public
Safety
and
what
we
would
need
to
do
there
is
to
take
a
look
at
what
do
we
need
to
increase
Staffing
and
services,
crime
prevention,
for
example,
in
the
police
department?
What
can
we
do
in
the
fire
department
to
create
more
fire
prevention
programs
so
that
we
have
less
fatalities
in
fires?
P
A
variety
of
things
like
that,
but
overall
I
think
we
have
to
improve
our
response
times,
that
the
public
demand
for
Public,
Safety
and
I
think
we
do
that
partially
by
engaging
with
the
city
auditor
to
help
us
look
at
ways
that
we
can
do
that
and
looking
at
other
resources,
research
resources
that
can
identify
best
practices
that
we
perhaps
don't
have
in
San
Jose.
So
working
with
the
police
chief
and
the
fire
chief
to
identify
some
of
those
best
practices,
I
think
will
help
get
us
to
that
goal
of
improving
response
times.
P
Q
L
Thank
you
and
thank
you
for
the
question,
I,
hope
and
trust
that,
as
you
make
your
decision
on
which
which
of
us
which
candidate
to
choose
today,
you
consider
our
background
our
integrity.
Our
experience,
all
of
you,
bring
your
experiences
to
the
table
and
we
also
do
four
of
us:
are
business
people
have
business
degrees?
L
L
My
work
in
drug
court
with
the
mentally
ill
and
the
homeless
brought
me
here
to
the
table
today.
I
think
I
can
add
that
to
this
wonderful
group
here
so
I
think
I
had
business
experience,
which
I
think
a
lot
of
you
already
have
I.
Add
the
legal
experience
which
I
think
will
be
helpful
on
the
council.
I
had
the
judicial
experience,
which
I
think
will
be
helpful
on
the
council.
I
have
very
good
knowledge
of
homelessness.
L
I
have
very
good
knowledge
of
the
types
of
homelessness
and
why
they're
homeless
and
certain
groups
can't
live
with
other
groups
if
we
try
to
put
them
in
tiny
homes
together
or
whatever
plans,
we
have
I,
think
I
of
all
the
candidates
and
the
one
that
can
add
the
most
to
your
group.
As
far
as
knowledge,
experience
and
I
think
some
of
the
other
candidates
have
very
similar
experiences
as
you,
so
I'm
hoping
you
choose
me
regarding
that
blight.
We
are
going
to
take
care
of
with
our
doctor
Park
adopted
rain.
L
M
So
considering
that
the
the
fear
obviously
is
a
lot
more
than
by
numbers
what
the
crime
is
in
the
city.
So
what
I
would
like
to
see
is
our
measure
of
success
is
how
much
crime
prevention
we
are
able
to
do
rather
than
punishing
the
people
who
committed
criminal
acts.
Okay,
so
I
want
to
see,
is
our
energy?
Our
resources
go
into
the
police
department
to
come
up
with
what
are
the
crime
prevention
techniques,
what
they
need
the
resources
for
that,
of
course,
more
police
people,
community
thing
those
will
all
come
up
in
there.
M
Some
will
come
with
the
technology
needs.
You
could
put
the
cameras
in
the
Parks
and
all
that
consistent
with
the
Privacy
policies,
not
violation.
You
will
be
able
to
minimize
some
of
those
things,
but
Public
Safety
in
terms
of
crime
prevention
would
be
the
biggest
metric.
I
would
like
to
see
it
bend
down
and
Community
feel
safer
and
enjoy
its
life.
Thank.
N
Thank
you
for
the
question:
Mr
Mayor
Mahan,
Mr
Mayor.
For
me,
I
I
want
to
increase
the
housing
stock,
so
a
clear
goal
for
me
would
be
to
put
ourselves
in
a
position
to
hit
Arena
allocation
numbers.
One
way
to
do
so
is
is
right.
Now
we
have
prioritized
areas
in
the
city
and
City
staff
prioritizes
those
areas
which
is
to
give
you
an
example.
I
spoke
with
a
superintendent
of
one
of
the
school
districts,
I
won't
say
in
which
district
and
he
has
a
property,
a
10
acre
property
that
he
had
to
close.
N
It
was
a
school
in
order
to
raise
money
to
overcome
the
shortfalls
on
their
budget.
Well,
that
plan
was
denied.
He
wanted
to
build
housing
on
that
10-acre
within
the
urban
growth
boundary
and
the
staff
summarily
denied
it.
A
similar
project
we
approved
on
the
Planning
Commission
for
in
council
member
Foley's
neighborhood
in
the
Cambrian
neighborhood
I
would
try
to
figure
out
a
way
to
streamline
the
development
process
and
recognizing
prioritizing
development
in
the
transit
corridors,
but
I
would
remove
any
limits
to
development
of
plots
of
land
within
the
urban
growth
boundary.
N
D
You
great
okay,
so
we
are
on
to
closing
statements.
I
believe
we
said
one
minute,
closing
statements
and
Dennis
will
begin
with
you
and
actually
I'm.
Sorry.
It
may
or
may
not
be
a
closing
statement
in
the
sense
that
we
may
have
another
round
of
questions
for
you
all.
Do
we
want
to
do
that?
One
minute
now
those
I
think
that's
what
we
agreed.
Okay,
great!
So
we'll
do
one
minute!
Sorry
Dennis
go
ahead!
D
P
You
Mr
Mayor
I,
think
what
I've
tried
to
convey
today
is
I.
Have
a
passion
for
public
service
I
have
the
track
record
as
an
elected
official
as
a
public
administration,
professional
and
private
sector
experience,
I,
understand
the
city
organization
and
many
of
the
needs
in
our
neighborhoods
I
think
that
one
of
the
things
that
we
need
to
do
is
address
quality
of
life
issues,
whether
that
is
in
public
safety
or
quality
delivery
of
city
services.
P
I
think
another
thing
that
we
need
to
look
at
it's
a
pressing
problem
is
that
this
year
we
have
contracts
with
68
percent
of
the
employee
bargaining
units,
four
thousand
four
hundred
and
forty
three
employees
are
up
and
when
we're
facing
severe
budget,
potentially
severe
budget
constraints,
we
need
to
address
that.
We
need
to
address
the
hiring
shortage
that
we
have
and
we
need
to
get
back
in
the
ball
game
of.
Q
I,
actually,
don't
feel
so
good
about
the
job
that
you
have
ahead
of
you
to
pick
between
these
other
five
people,
excluding
myself
I'm
happy
to
do
this
job
happy
to
work
with
all
of
you,
but
these
are
all
really
accomplished.
People
and
smart
and
I've
learned
a
lot
today.
Just
in
this
conversation,
so
I'm
willing
to
do
this
job
I'm
happy
to
work
with
all
of
you,
either
on
the
council
or
elsewhere.
L
And
I
do
apologize.
I
was
trying
to
get
to
the
arrow
that
I
had
of
answering
that
last
question,
which
was
leading
to
a
safer
community
and
I'll
go
into
it.
Now,
when
you
have
blight,
it's
been
proven
everybody's
heard
of
the
Broken
Window
Theory
and
everything
in
criminal
justice.
If
you
haven't,
if
you
don't
repair
that
broken
window,
they
they
break
all
the
other
windows
and
then
the
next
door
gets
broken.
L
We
have
that
in
Almond
Valley
right
now
we
have
a
broken
criminal
criminals
running
around
basically
doing
whatever
they
want,
and
we
have
to
repair
that,
as
I
said,
we
need
CCTV
in
dense
areas
such
as
District
8,
where
you
have
a
Vietnam
town
to
catch
people,
and
we
have
to
have
it
a
board
set
up
similar
to
London
and
I'll
go
into
that
more
a
safer
Community.
If
we're
not
safe
for
nothing
homeless.
We
need
these
pallets.
We
if
you
build
them,
they
will
come.
L
M
Mayor
and
the
council
members
thanks
for
listening
to
us
a
little
bit
bragging
about
ourselves.
Okay,
so
I'm
going
to
take
the
opportunity
to
do
that
bragging
for
myself
among
our
candidates
here,
I
bring
probably
the
broadest
experience
from
the
private
sector
from
technology
from
management
and
then
for
the
last
seven
years.
The
city
has
given
me
the
opportunity
to
work
on
its
advisory
boards
work
for
the
mayor
inside
the
office,
where
I
had
interaction
with
the
council
members
with
the
city
manager,
with
all
the
legal
staff
and
others
in
creating
those
things.
M
M
N
A
close
with
giving
you
guys
a
sense
of
what
it
would
be
like
to
work
with
me
if
I
were
so
honored
to
be
on
the
council,
I
see
the
Council
of
the
team
working
to
achieve
a
common
purpose
which
is
serving
our
residents.
While
we
represent
individual
districts,
I
would
still
work
in
a
coordinated
and
collaborative
manner
with
a
high
degree
of
respect
and
openness
as
a
team.
N
N
O
O
I
would
say
that
I'm
a
lifelong
learner,
so
I'm
a
person
who
really
wants
to
understand
and
be
of
service
I
think
at
the
end
of
the
day,
I
want
to
be
a
person
that
my
children
can
be
proud
of.
My
community
can
be
proud
of
and
at
the
very
very
end
of
the
day
that
I
have
given
back
more
than
I've
taken.
O
D
Thank
you.
Thank
you
all
for
your
statement,
your
thoughtful
answers
to
our
questions,
we're
not
finished
yet
we
are
transitioning
to
public
comment.
I
do
want
to
confirm,
confer
with
my
colleagues
for
a
moment.
My
suggestion
would
be
it's
going
to
say
that
we
perhaps
begin
public
comment
with
one
minute
statements
each.
If
we
want
to
take
a
short
break
first,
we
can.
We
can
do
that.
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Z
All
right
hi,
my
name
is
Victoria
Martin
and
I
am
a
lifelong
resident
of
District.
10.
I
was
born
and
raised
here
by
my
family
and
I
want
to
show
my
support
for
Wendy
mahenegger,
who
she
is
a
community
impact
leader
with
over
30
years
of
experience.
I
support
her
because
of
her
dedication
to
District
10..
Z
It's,
unlike
any
others
that
I've
seen
for
this
role.
She
has
shown
tremendous
effort
running
and
being
elected
onto
the
San
Jose
Unified
Board
of
Trustees.
During
a
nationwide
pandemic.
She
has
helped
maintain
lines
of
communication.
When
everything
was
shut
down,
she
has
distributed
technology
to
families
across
the
district
as
well.
Z
AA
Good
afternoon,
mayor
Mahan
and
council
members,
my
name
is
Brian
Wheatley
I'm,
a
retired
teacher
currently
serving
as
a
San
Jose
Unified
School
District
trustee
I'm
extremely
proud
of
two
things
today.
First,
my
city
council
for
withstanding
the
pressure
from
a
vocal
minority
to
do
what's
best
for
our
entire
Community
by
implementing
an
appointment
process.
AA
AB
AB
AC
AC
My
name
is
Jason
garhu
I'm
here
to
express
support
for
Wendy
mahani
Guru
when
he's
devoted
her
life
in
the
service
and
support
of
Children
and
Families,
you've
heard
her
say
it
from
being
a
teacher
in
a
classroom
to
Leading
large
agencies
that
serve
and
influence
the
communities
and
the
service
to
today.
Community
service
and
Civic
leadership.
In
our
current
roles,
she's
demonstrated
a
commitment
to
serve
she's,
got
the
passion
and
drive
to
make
a
difference.
AD
AD
I've
been
working
in
some
of
the
most
impacted
communities
here
and
I
have
a
daughter,
who's,
a
freshman
at
Pioneer,
High
School,
who
absolutely
loves
her
school
and
her
community
I'm
here
to
support
Wendy
mahany
gorhu.
For
this
position,
I've
had
the
honor
of
working
with
Wendy
on
some
very
complex
problems.
I
have
seen
that
she
can
work
across
the
aisle
from
people
who
she
may
not
always
agree
with.
AD
E
AE
Hi,
mayor
Mayhem
and
City
Council
Members,
my
name
is
Betsy
Hammer,
Carr,
I'm,
really
glad
to
be
speaking
before
all
of
you,
but
especially
my
newly
elected
friends,
I'm.
Looking
all
across
I
am
a
reliable
voter
and
long-time
resident
of
District
Six
hi
Dev
I.
Remember
when
the
council
was
all
privileged
white
men
and
San
Jose
was
clearly
not
the
vibrant
City.
We
live
in
now,
Advocates,
like
you
and
me,
some
from
the
dice
some
from
our
neighborhoods
and
workplaces
fought
for
district
elections
and
voted
rights.
AE
AF
AG
Lillian
District
3,
council
members
and
Mr
Mahan
mayor
Mahan.
The
reason
I'm
endorsing
Miss
garuhu
is
because
she
represents
north
east
south
and
west
of
San
Jose
sitting
on
the
San
Jose
Unified
School
District
is
all-encompassing,
so
she
understands
all
cultures
and
all
nationalities
I
believe
that
when
she
said,
Equity
is
not
equality.
AG
That
stuck
with
me
in
the
back
of
my
mind,
I
believe
she's,
very
flexible
I
believe
she
has
a
good
grasp
on
what
the
generation,
xers
and
z's
are
going
to
come
into
into
San
Jose
and
she
doesn't
appear
to
take
it
lightly.
I
believe
that
if
you
vote
for
her
and
put
her
on
your
city
council,
that
you
will
have
somebody
that
will
listen
to
all
of
you
and
that
will
be
flexible
in
that
deal
in
the
dealings
of
the
city
council.
Thank
you.
AI
Hi,
my
name
is
Karina
and
I'm
around
to
life
and
I'm.
The
least
political
person
in
this
entire
room
I
was
born
and
raised
in
San
Jose
born
at
the
San
Jose
hospital,
where
my
father
was
born
and
before
we
got
married
I
made
this
man
promise.
We
would
never
leave
San
Jose,
so
I
appreciate
I
respect.
All
of
you,
but
I
really
appreciate
him.
Taking
this
opportunity,
especially
for
our
district,
that
we
love
and
he
has
started
a
dog
play
group
we've
had
huge
Easter
egg
parties.
AI
AI
E
AF
Hi
good
evening,
mayor
and
city
council,
my
name
is
Krista
De
la
Torre
and
I
am
a
union
representative
and
organizer
with
ifpte
local
21..
We
represent
over
900
city
workers
here
in
San
Jose
and
over
11
000
across
the
entire
Bay
Area
again,
I
want
to
thank
you
for
conducting
an
open
and
transparent
appointment
process.
We
really
appreciate
that.
Currently,
the
city
has
over
900
vacant
positions,
putting
us
in
a
dire
Staffing
crisis.
This
crisis
drastically
impacts
our
ability
to
deliver
quality,
timely
services
to
our
community.
AF
So,
as
you
assess
the
candidates
before
you
today,
I
urge
you
to
thoughtfully
consider
whether
they
have
sufficient
experience
working
within
our
government
or
sorry
within
our
community
and
local
government
to
be
able
to
step
up
and
serve
as
a
council
member,
we
need
to
appoint
an
individual
with
enough
expertise
to
hit
the
ground
running
on
their
first
day,
so
that
we
can
address
this
massive
Staffing
crisis
properly
serve
the
residents
in
District
10
and
improve
the
services
we
deliver
city-wide.
Thank
you.
So
much.
T
Good
evening
Mr
Mayor
Ms
vice
mayor
members
of
the
city,
council
and
staff,
my
name
is
Ray
Davila
I
am
a
retired
Superior
Court
from
Santa
Clara
County
judge
I
am
here
to
support
in
favor
of
my
former
colleague
Ron
del
Pozo.
He
is
a
very
collaborative
individual.
He
listens
to
both
sides.
He
doesn't
prejudge
any
issue.
He
is
well
responded
by
both
sides
of
the
prosecution
defense
plaintiff
defense
bars.
T
AJ
Hi
I'm
Sally
Peterson,
the
49-year
resident
of
district
10,
with
significant
non-profit
experience,
I
support,
Arjun,
he's
highly
intelligent
technology
Savvy
and
brings
extensive
management
experience.
However,
it
is
his
proven
ability
to
innovate
to
address
problems
demonstrated
by
his
leadership
in
the
formation
of
the
Smart
City
Advisory
board
and
the
information
technology
Advisory
board.
That
gives
me
hope
that
the
critical
complex
issues
the
city
faces
will
find
Solutions
is
if
Arjun
is
selected,
Arjun
will
listen
collaborate
and
unite
our
community.
AK
In
the
musical
Hamilton
King
George
is
dismayed
that
President
Washington
is
stepping
down
who
gives
up
power
Washington
cared
more
about
his
country
than
power
that
is
character
today,
there's
only
one
applicant
who
cares
more
about
his
community
and
allowing
them
to
elect
their
next
council
member
without
anyone
having
the
advantage
advantage
of
incumbency
Dave
find
Dell.
This
is
character,
plus
concern
for
community
and
fairness,
and
that
is
what
we
need
now.
Dave
is
committed
to
maintaining
the
current
d10
staff.
Providing
continuity
as
a
d10
resident
Dave
should
be
appointed.
AK
E
AL
AL
Dennis
Hawkins
is
someone
who
can
excel
at
this
tough
job
with
experience
in
both
politics
and
government
service.
He
is
a
long-term
resident
in
District
10
and
has
supported
his
constituents
in
both
his
school
district
experience
and
neighborhood
Outreach
I
strongly
recommend
Dennis
as
the
new
council
member
for
district
10..
Thank
you
very
much.
AM
Hi,
this
council's
decision
to
forego
elections
for
districts,
8
and
10
is
a
classic
example
of
a
flawed
process
that
has
gone
from
bad
to
worse.
Since
you
denied
voter
rights
last
December,
you
have
broken
your
promise
of
transparency
with
secret
ballots
and
deliberations,
broken
your
promise
of
equity
by
allowing
more
candidates
in
District
10
than
in
District
8.,
and
made
a
mockery
of
your
statements
of
nonpartisanship
by
implementing
a
type
of
ranked
Choice
voting
that
privileges
block
voting
for
particular
factions.
AM
AN
Yes,
Paul
settle
from
the
Horseshoe
God
bless.
Judge
del
Pozo
God
bless
you,
sir
I'm
partial
to
I,
really
was
impressed
by
Mr,
batra
and
I
hope
that
you
consider
his
candidacy
I
think
that
we
would
get
the
benefit
of
his
wife's
opinions
and
the
discussions
that
would
bear
the
fruit
of
those
discussions
that
he
would
have
with
his
wife.
I
think
the
city
would
benefit
from
that.
I
think
that's
a
that's
a
plus.
AN
That
is
a
strength
to
have
that
kind
of
access
to
that
kind
of
education
and
so
I
hope.
That's
considered.
I
was
very
impressed
by
the
questions
by
both
council
members,
Jimenez
and
Ortiz
I'm,
very
hopeful
with
the
direction
that
councilman
Ortiz
is
directing
his
questions
at
the
incoming
council
members.
So
I
hope
you
consider
Mr
batra.
AO
All
right,
I'll
play
Beekman
here,
thanks
for
the
words
from
all
the
candidates,
there
was
interesting
positions
about
how
to
talk
about
Equity,
as
opposed
to
Quality.
Thank
you
for
that.
An
important
issue:
affordable
housing,
how
to
talk
about
very
low
and
extremely
low
income
housing,
and
how
to
talk
about
mixed
income
ideas
to
really
introduce
the
future
of
a
real,
low-income
housing
to
different
neighborhoods.
AP
AO
There's
new
ways
to
to
introduce
that
kind
of
language.
Good
luck!
How
we
can
learn
to
say
yes
in
my
backyard
and
about
technology
issues,
I'm
a
bit
worried
that
you
know
you
guys
want
to
do
certain
things.
Make
sure
that
you
want
to
talk
this
open,
accountable
practices
and
policies
with
that
technology.
We
don't
need
a
ton
of
technology
in
neighborhoods
when,
when
we
have
Tech
already
doing
things,
we're
asking
it
to
it's
the
open
public
policy
practices.
That's
the
question:
can
you
guys
answer
those
sort
of
questions?
Thank
you.
AQ
Hi
Martha
O'connell
I
have
been
attending
City
Council
meetings
for
30
years
and
I'm
going
to
say
something
that
tonight
that
I
have
never
said
in
those
30
years.
I,
don't
know
any
of
these
candidates,
except
one
of
them
and
I
haven't
talked
to
him
for
years
since
he
left
City
service
I
have
no
acts
to
grind,
but
I
am
telling
you
that
Mr
batra
blew
me
out
of
the
water.
He
is
one
of
the
most
brilliant
individuals.
I
have
ever
heard
speak
his
analytical
mind
will
be
a
great
service
to
the
entire
city.
AQ
AR
AS
Hi
honorable
mayor
and
city
council,
I'm
David
Noel
District
9
leader
neighborhood
leader
with
decades-long
strong
Connections
in
District
10.
I,
grew
up.
There
I
feel
that
David
heindel
is
your
best
choice
tonight
under
David's
leadership,
the
district
10
leadership
Coalition
was
reinvigorated.
New
district
10
neighborhood
associations
were
formed
and
volunteer
teams
were
built
to
address
several
of
d10's
most
pressing
issues
in
a
model.
Partnership
between
the
district,
10
leadership
Coalition
and
the
district
10
Council
Office
David's
resume
includes
several
relevant
public
and
private
sector
experience.
AS
He
brings
knowledge
of
best
practices
from
several
municipalities
for
San
Jose.
He
brings
deep
district
10
into
city-wide
knowledge
as
a
volunteer
leader,
deep
institutional
knowledge
as
a
former
city
employee
in
the
Redevelopment
agency,
and
lived
experience
as
the
current
Downtown
San
Jose
business
owner
to
round
out
your
top
three
I
commend
to
you,
Dennis
Hawkins
and
Arjun
vatra,
based
on
their
interviews
today
in
the
letters
in
the
public.
AT
I
think
that's
me,
my
name
is
the
reason
I
am
talking
is
to
support
two
things
number
one:
the
priorities
that
the
city
faces
require
A,
thorough
analysis
of
things
to
be
done
right
now.
There
are
a
lot
of
things
to
be
done
and
a
lot
of
a
lot
on
your
plate
and
tendency
is
to
try
to
do
too
many
things
and
almost
anything
throw
the
money
at
it
is
not
the
answer.
I
think
we
need
to
have
better
data
collection
systems
and
able
to
analyze
those
data.
AQ
Y
Y
It
will
be
amicable
and
understood
as
to
who
I
recommend
when
you're
facing
great
problems.
It's
been
my
experience
that
you
hire
the
mom.
You
hire
the
woman,
you
hire
Wendy
when
I
think
of
Apollo
13
and
what
they
had
to
do
with
what
they
had
I
see
a
little
bit
of
Gene
Krantz
I
see
a
little
bit
of
Jim
Lovell
in
Wendy.
Thank
you.
AU
Members
of
the
city
council,
my
name
is
Rich
Crowley
I've
been
serving
with
David
heindel
for
the
last
10
years
on
the
district,
10
leadership,
Coalition
I
think
everything
that
David
Noel
said
about
his
leadership.
Qualities
is
absolutely
true.
He's
the
type
of
guy
who
sees
a
problem
puts
people
together
to
make
it
run.
But
in
addition
to
that,
when
he
leaves
those
situations,
he
always
leaves
volunteers,
who
are
perfectly
capable
of
maintaining
what
he's
done,
that
type
of
leadership.
You
is
current,
it's
not
somebody
who
did
it
40
years
ago.
AU
AV
AV
AW
AX
Hi,
my
name
is
Jenny
Higgins
and
I
am
speaking
tonight
in
support
of
Wendy
Mahoney
I
can
list
all
the
reasons
that
I
believe
Wendy
is
the
best
candidate
for
the
job,
but
I'm
gonna
assume
those
are
obvious,
and
instead
I'd
like
to
remind
you
that
representation
is
important
and
that
women
are
underrepresented
on
all
levels
of
government.
Better
representation
will
ensure
women's
voices
are
heard
and
our
issues
fairly
recognized
studies
show
that
women
legislators
are
more
likely
than
men
to
address
women's
interests.
AX
We
heard
Wendy
weave
in
her
commitment
to
women
and
families
and
to
almost
all
of
her
answers
tonight
and
representation
doesn't
just
affect
policy.
It's
a
tool
for
social
empowerment.
Studies
show
that
the
presence
of
Highly
visible
female
politicians,
Inspire
political
engagement
and
aspirations
among
girls
and
women,
and
that
men
also
increase
their
involvement.
When
more
women
are
in
office.
There
has
long
been
antidotal
evidence
of
women
in
elected
office
working
together
and
problem
solving,
but
there
is
also
new
quantitative
data
to
support
those
claims.
Success.
AY
Thank
you
very
much
in
this
situation
where
voters
are
not
able
to
directly
elect
our
own
council
member
it'll,
be
especially
important
for
the
newly
appointed
council
member
to
have
good
relations
with
the
community
in
order
to
represent
our
community
voice
on
the
council
and
not
personal
agendas.
I've
personally
experienced
David,
heindel
and
Dennis
Hawkins.
Both
consistently
demonstrate
that
diplomacy
skills
and
track
record
to
keep
the
community
stakeholders
informed
and
collaborate
with
the
community
for
win-win
Solutions.
AY
AZ
Thank
you.
My
name
is
Greg
Saldivar
I
was
born
and
raised
in
San
Jose
born
in
1952..
San
Jose
is
very
near
and
dear
to
me.
I've
seen
many
many
changes,
I've
known
Ron,
Del
plazo
for
many
years,
I'm
I'm,
a
retired
Superior
Court.
Commissioner,
a
former
colleague
of
his
and
a
friend
I've,
had
many
discussions
with
Ron
about
some
of
the
issues
that
the
San
Jose
or
this
the
faces
and
I
gotta
tell
you
that
he
is
an
amazing
amazing
candidate.
He
exercises
leadership.
AZ
Empathy
he's
compromises,
he
has
flexibility
and
he
conflict
resolution
is
one
of
his
big
big
attributes.
I
we'd
be
proud
and
honored
to
have
him
sit
as
a
district,
10
city
council
person
I
personally
reside
in
this
District
nine.
But,
as
we
all
know,
every
city
council
person
is
not
restricted
to
only
their
District.
They
serve
the
city
of
San
Jose.
Thank
you.
BA
Hey
hi,
my
name
is
mendrano
I've
lived
here
in
district
for
about
19
years,
I've
gone
to
Gundersen,
high
school
went
to
San
Jose,
Community
College,
and
also
graduated
from
Santa
Clara
University
on
a
scholarship.
I
also
went
to
a
CCOC
for
trade
school
before
I
figured
out
that
I
could
actually
do
call
it,
and
what
comes
to
my
mind,
hearing
these
speakers
tonight
or
interviews
live
The.
Experience
really
matters
for
our
community.
I.
BA
Think
that
someone
who
actually
experienced
difficulties
of
being
a
single
parent
I
think
that
the
reality
is
that
there
might
be
a
disconnect
without
those
experiences
lived
experiences.
And
so
that's
that's
where
we
need
to
prioritize.
You
know:
affordable
housing
really
really
reimagine.
What
we
have
here
in
the
city
for
the
next
Generations
to
come
and
focus
on
infrastructure
and
for
long-term
policies
like
Copa
that
actually
benefit
our
long-term
Solutions.
BB
My
name
is
gopal
Krishnan
and
I'm
speaking
in
support
of
Arjun
batra
I
have
been
a
district
10
resident
for
the
past
about
40
years
or
so,
and
I've
known
Arjun
as
a
colleague
at
IBM,
as
well
as
as
a
tennis
player,
the
adminton
seven
racquet
club,
and
he
is
excellent.
Technical
and
management
skills
and
after
retirement
in
2016,
and
he's
gained
more
experience
through
multiple
pro
bono.
Engagements
such
as
in
this
city
projects.
E
AP
Hi,
honorable
mayor
and
council
members
I'd
like
to
support
Arjun
bakra
for
the
city
council,
District
10.,
my
name
is
vinod
tukral
and
I
have
lived
in
district
10
for
20
years.
Arjun
has
unique
background
of
technology
and
management,
San
Jose
being
the
heart
of
Silicon
Valley.
It
should
be
the
first
and
foremost
of
a
smart
City.
Arjun
has
already
started
working
on
this
project
has
contributed
towards
this
effort,
and
his
selection
would
definitely
enhance
the
process.
Arjun
also
has
management
experience
in
the
corporate
world.
AP
Y
M
BC
Much
for
giving
this
opportunity
to
express
my
support
for
the
selection
of
Arjun
batra
as
a
council
member
to
represent
District
10.
I
am
surender.
Batra
eldest
brother
of
Arjun
I
have
known
Arjun
for
all
his
life.
Arjun
had
necessary
skills,
team
spirit
and
a
passion
for
giving
back
to
the
community.
BC
BD
Hi,
thank
you.
This
is
Jill
borders.
I
am
a
district
10
resident
and
I
want
to
First
just
Express
that
it's
such
a
strange
process,
because
I'm
extremely
disappointed
that
I'm
not
voting
and
yet
I'm
so
heartened
by
all
of
the
expertise
and
the
knowledge
and
the
wisdom
that
these
applicants
have
just
been
speaking
about,
and
so
it's
incredibly
encouraging
to
know
that
we
have
these
people
in
our
community.
So
thank
you
to
all
of
them
and
not
to
be
a
cop-out,
not
to
sort
of
pick.
BD
R
AL
BE
Am
a
d10
resident
and
a
voter
for
the
past
18
years
and
a
mother
of
two
San
Jose
Unified
students
in
area
five,
which
is
Wendy's
area
I,
can
tell
you.
I
have
never
received
an
email
or
any
type
of
communication
ever
from
Wendy
and
the
whole
two
years
that
she
has
been
our
trustee
and
is
that
truly
pathetic?
BE
And
then,
just
today,
I
found
out
that
one
of
the
staff,
members
or
person
who
works
at
one
of
our
local
schools
here
in
almond
and
Valley,
says
that
they
have
never
heard
of
her,
except
for
when
she
was
first
running
in
the
very
beginning
before
she
before
she
she
was
elected
in.
So
that's
really
pathetic,
I'm.
Sorry,
she
hasn't
done
her
job
as
a
San,
Jose
Unified
trustee
to
engage
and
listen
to
the
parents,
or
even
the
staff
and
people
at
school
to
to
listen
for
better
ideas.
AR
Hello,
can
you
hear
me
now?
Yes,
okay,
thank
you
so
much
good
evening,
mayor
city,
council,
member
City
staff
and
the
broader
audience,
I'm
Eva,
Terrazas
and
I
support
Wendy,
mahini
Guru,
who
who
appoint
me
to
the
district
Kansas
City,
Council
seat,
Well
I'm,
a
resident
of
District
three
I
understand
that
the
whole
the
city
is
greater
than
the
sum
of
the
parts.
AR
The
city
has
numerous
challenges
in
the
years
ahead
and
having
a
Visionary
leader
like
Wendy
on
the
city
council,
who
contributes
intelligently
to
the
conversation
and
offers
down
solutions
to
the
Myriad
of
issues,
many
of
which
intercept
with
one
another,
is
important
in
creating
and
maintaining
a
healthy
and
thriving
San
Jose.
And
it's
for
these
reasons
that
I
urge
you
to
appoint
Wendy
to
the
district
10
City
Council
seat.
Thank
you.
So
much.
AW
AW
He
has
been
on
the
committee
with
me
and
I
just
want
to
let
you
know
that
some
of
your
questions
dealt
with
making
choices
and
communicating
Arjun
answered
them
eloquently
and
factually
and
provided
a
clear
Direction
I
actually
supported
the
constituents
at
district
10
for
having
a
vote
an
election,
but
I
was
not
in
the
majority.
Therefore,
you
definitely
need
someone,
as
someone
else
stated
to
get
the
ball.
Rolling
Arjun
has
participated
in
San,
Jose
and
being
on.
AW
E
BF
BF
BF
W
Yes,
thank
you.
I'm
David,
osugi
I've
been
a
20-year
resident
of
district
10
and
given
the
fact
that
the
council
has
forgotten
our
ability
to
vote
for
our
representative,
it
makes
it
extremely
important
that
the
appointment,
whoever
is
appointed,
be
fully
engaged
on
district
10
issues
and
communicates
with
the
with
the
constituents.
So
I
really
urge
that
the
council,
when
they
make
this
vote,
to
select
someone
who
is
who
can
do
that
and
that
therefore
I
support
David
heindel
to
the
dis
to
the
district
10
City
Council
seat.
BG
BG
We
are
definitely
not
a
vocal
minority.
We
are
very
much
in
the
majority.
This
is
not
an
example
of
representative
democracy.
The
voters
of
my
district
did
not
vote
for
the
council.
Persons
from
the
other
districts
who
are
advocating
for
appointments
these
council
members
are
abusing
their
power
for
political
purposes,
not
for
anything
to
do
with
the
well-being
of
the
city
and
its
residents.
BG
E
E
BH
E
BH
I
I
do
not
know
I
I've,
never
known
Ron,
delposo
professionally,
because
I
never
practiced
criminal
law,
but
I
know
him
as
a
neighbor
and
I
know
that
he's
very
concerned
about
the
issues
that
affect
us
in
our
district
and
I.
Think
his
background
of
Public
Service
as
a
district
attorney
in
as
a
superior
court
judge,
are
imminently.
Qualify
him
to
handle
the
position
of
council
member
here
in
District,
10
and
I
hardly
urge
the
mayor
and
the
council
to
pick
him.
Thank
you.
BI
Hey,
can
you
hear
me
yes,
hi?
My
name
is
Sandeep
chaparrala
and
I'm,
a
d10
resident
for
the
last
15
years.
Having
just
watched
the
Q,
a
I'm
calling
in
to
support
Arjun
batra
I
expect
he
will
bring
diversity
and
Technology
benefits
to
San
Jose.
Given
the
projected
budget
difficulties,
San
Jose,
being
the
capital
of
Silicon
Valley
should
apply
technology
to
solve
the
city
services
challenges.
Thank
you.
BJ
BK
BL
Yes,
honorable
mayor
and
council
members,
I'm
Narendra
vermani
I'm,
a
resident
of
district
10
for
last
more
than
40
years
and
I
listened
to
all
the
questions
and
the
responses
by
all
the
candidates,
and
they
were
all
good
responses,
but
I'm
mostly
impressed
by
response
from
Arjun
batra
so
I.
He
his
responses
showed
that
he
is
quite
familiar
with
the
issues
facing
district
10
and
as
and
and
he
going
to
work
very
hard
to
resolve
all
those
issues.
I
strongly
recommend
Arjun
batra
for
this
position.
Thank
you.
D
R
BD
BM
V
I
D
BM
E
E
D
Okay,
thank
you
Tony,
so
I
want
to
once
again
thank
all
of
our
applicants.
You
all
shared
a
lot
of
insight
and
wisdom
this
evening
and
we're
incredibly
grateful
to
you
all
for
being
willing
to
serve
in
this
capacity.
We
are,
as
I,
understand
the
process
now
going
to
move
forward
with
another
round
of
questions
for
our
top
three,
which
in
no
particular
order
are
Arjun,
George
and
Wendy.
I
want
to
thank
the
other
applicants
and
let
them
okay.
Thank.
L
D
D
Okay,
so
in
this
round
of
questions
in
the
memo
that
we
adopted
from
councilmer
Cohen,
we
will
go
through
another
round,
we'll
start
with
district
one
again.
Each
council
member
will
ask
one
question:
we'll
ask
a
question
of
the
panel
you'll
have
one
minute
to
respond.
We
will
rotate
the
order
as
before,
we'll
continue
through.
Does
that
make
sense?
Okay,
mayor.
X
K
M
We
need
to
the
it
is
not
the
gods
or
the
rails
or
we
need
to
put
around
there.
It
was
an
issue
of
a
young
person
getting
in
the
car,
with
their
parents,
bought
him
as
a
Nissan
sports
car
and
not
having
been
properly
trained
or
sensitized
that
this
is
a
machine
which
can
cause
a
lot
of
damage.
Okay.
So
it
is
a
matter
of
fact.
M
M
D
N
To
Traffic,
Safety
I'd
say
increasing
the
standards
folks
to
get
a
license.
The
main
concern
I
have
is
folks
being
distracted
on
their
phones.
I
think
we
need
to
enforce
that
more
diligently
and
discourage
that
I
can't
tell
you
how
often
I'm
in
the
car
and
I
can
tell
who's
on
their
phone
based
by
them
not
moving
or
making
odd.
You
know,
driving
gestures,
so
greater
enforcement
of
phone
activity
and
on
street
level
crime
I
think
we
just
need
boots
on
the
ground.
N
O
Thank
you
for
the
question.
I
appreciate
it
as
the
trustee
here
from
San
Jose
Unified.
One
of
my
frustrations
is
the
issues
around
Traffic
Safety,
which
is
Public
Safety.
It's
not
much.
I
can
do
about
it.
So,
for
example,
we
had
our
crossing
guard
at
Bret
Hart,
who
was
hit
from
from
a
driver
who
was
not
paying
attention.
O
It's
it's
a
good
plan
to
have
our
schools
in
the
way
they're
set
up,
but
now
we
have
to
think
about
what
happens
when
the
teenagers
come
out
which
I
have
one?
What
happens
when
the
people
are
rushing
the
through
to
get
their
kids
at
pickup
time?
I
would
also
say:
I
talked
to
Chief
our
captain
matcha
about
that
as
well.
He
said,
we've
had
in
the
first
quarter,
five
deaths
in
our
Corridor
for
Almaden,
Expressway
and
Blossom
Hill.
O
F
Thank
you.
The
question
I
have
is
this:
can
you
share
your
thoughts
about
the
soon
to
be
open
city
of
San,
Jose,
RV,
safe
parking
site
at
the
BTA
Santa
Teresa,
Light,
Rail
station
I
know
that's
very
specific,
but
but
I
think.
If,
if
folks
are
interested
in
this
position,
you
should
probably
know
about
it
already
and
to
the
extent
you
have
some
thoughts
about
it.
I
think
it'd
be
important
here.
N
So
I
think
it's
a
difficult
proposition
to
get
most
folks
in
the
public
to
appreciate
they're
stakeholders
here.
Those
are
the
folks
that
need
the
place
to
stay
and
and
I
would
question
whether
or
not
we're
providing
them
enough.
Services,
it's
a
difficult
and
I
would
imagine
temporary
solution
and
I.
Don't
know
that
the
public
will
be
happy
with
it.
I
think
it's
going
to
be
based
on
the
results.
N
If
we
see
this
as
being
a
positive
and
if
folks
are
able
to
transition
out
of
that
area
and
into
something
more
stable,
then
it's
a
public
benefit
and
it's
a
good,
but
if
it
ends
up
creating
more
negative
impacts
in
that
area
and
if
folks
don't
appreciate
that
opportunity
and
somehow
or
another
get
on
the
folks,
The
public's
bad
side,
I
think
we're
in
for
a
long
haul
and
I.
Don't
know
that
that's
going
to
be
accepted
in
a
lot
of
other
neighborhoods.
O
Thank
you
for
the
question.
Councilmember
Jimenez
I,
too,
think
that
having
a
menu
of
options
is
important
that
we're
there
is
nothing
we
can't
consider
right
now
when
we're
talking
about
housing
and
we're
talking
about
moving
people,
whether
they're
homeless
or
their
couch
surfing,
certainly
McKinney
vinto
for
children.
How
we
come
to
solution
is
going
to
be
really
important
again
as
Leaders.
M
M
Okay,
so
I
would
be,
along
with
my
other
two
colleagues
who
have
said
would
be
looking
at
the
constituents,
explain
them
the
problem
and
get
their
input
on
it
and
then
consider
all
the
options
we
have
available,
but
having
a
transitional
housing
is
a
key
requirement
at
the
moment
and
we
need
to
find
a
way
to
achieve
it.
The.
M
D
I
O
I
I'm
really
concerned
about
traffic
safety.
I
have
seen
a
lot
of
accidents.
My
son
cert
was
hit
and
it
was
a
very
serious
accident,
so
Anna
it
happens.
All
the
time
I
think
about
our
bike.
Lanes
I
was
looking
at
some
of
our
roads.
The
paint
jobs
we
put
down
are
coming
up
and
so
I'm,
not
quite
sure.
What's
going
on
I'd
like
to
understand
more
I'd
like
to
think
about
how
we're
doing
bike
Lanes
I
mean
our
kids
are
big
bikers
and
so
how
they
can
I
was
so
worried.
O
M
N
Foreign
for
me,
it's
land
use,
General
plan
housing,
I
studied
at
American
planning
program,
the
decisions
that
were
made
all
the
way
back
to
Dutch
Hammond,
and
the
reason
why
San
Jose
looks
the
way
it
does
and
some
of
the
limits
that
we
have
in
terms
of
creating
more
housing.
So
any
opportunity
to
be
involved
in
that
process
and
help
streamline
that
and
get
more
housing
online
would
be
a
wonderful
opportunity
for
me.
U
Thank
you
mayor
and
thank
you
to
the
candidates.
Our
our
public
school
system
has
been
ultimately
defunded
by
the
passing
of
prop
13..
This
impacts,
some
of
our
most
at-risk
communities
and
Youth
I,
live
in
many
districts
struggling
to
provide
services.
What
role
do
you
see
the
city
playing
when
it
comes
to
supplementing
services
from
our
school
districts?
Thank
you.
M
School
system
is
not
the
responsibility
of
the
city
because
they
are
funded
by
The
District
in
a
different
way,
but
I
am
totally
for
the
city
supplementing
the
the
things
which
it
can
to
make
the
schools
more
effective.
The
low
performing
schools
to
become
High
performing
High
performing
schools
to
stay
high
performing
so
C10
happens
to
be
lucky
with
high
performing
schools.
My
children
have
benefited
from
that.
So,
like
we
were
trying
to
do.
M
When
I
was
in
the
mayor's
office,
we
were
trying
to
create
internet
for
the
East
San
Jose
site
so
that
the
students
could
do
their
homework
and
not
have
to
sit
in
the
backyard
of
those.
Those
type
of
things
we
would
like
to
provide
City
should
provide
to
make
schools
more
effective
students
more
be
able
to
upgrade
their
life.
To
able
to
get
this,
so
I
would
be
for
that
City
spending
the
money
on
that.
Okay,
thank
you.
N
Council,
member
Ortiz
I
think
this
is
the
equity
question.
My
sister
is
a
special
education
teacher
over
at
Simon's
Elementary.
My
niece
and
nephews
all
attended
there
and
graduate
from
there.
The
type
of
Social
Capital
at
that
school
is
amazing.
You
have
a
computer
lab
that
was
donated
by
a
parent,
all
Max.
You
have
parents
that
come
in
and
help
supplement
teaching
AIDS.
So
you
have
three
or
four
parents
that
are
there
to
help
in
other
communities.
N
We
don't
they
don't
have
that
opportunity
because
they
have
parents
that
are
working
two
jobs
at
a
time.
They
just
don't
have
that
luxury.
So
I
think
we
need
to
Marshal
some
of
the
resources
we
have
in
places
like
d10.
We
have
retirees
with
all
sorts
of
knowledge
that
could
come
into
these
schools
and
adopt
a
school
and
help
out.
N
So
for
me,
we
do
have
a
role
on
the
city
council
to
Marshal
resources
into
these
areas,
and
the
needless
types
of
benefit
is
an
equity
situation
there,
but
for
the
grace
of
God,
go
I
and
my
children
and
I
look
at
each
one
of
those
kids
as
an
opportunity
to
potentially
create
something
great
right
cure
cancer
or
whatever.
But
if
we
don't
bring
them
online,
if
we
disregard
them,
that's
our
loss
and
down
the
line.
N
AW
O
Thank
you
for
the
question.
Councilmember
Ortiz,
two
things
have
been
passed
in
the
last
two
years
in
our
state
budget,
with
Governor
Newsom,
transitional
kindergarten
for
five-year-olds
and
after
school
programming.
School
districts
are
now
required
in
particularly
Priority
One
areas
to
provide
nine
hours
of
care,
they
must
keep
their
campuses
open.
Well,
what
does
that
mean
in
Partnership
for
the
city?
We
have
a
Parks
and
Recs
Department.
We
have
a
library
system,
there's
a
way
to
partner
serving
the
same
kids
in
the
schools
that
are
and
the
schools
to
pay
for
seats.
O
It's
a
revenue
generator
for
us
too,
as
the
money
is
coming
down
from
the
state.
I'll
say.
Clearly,
this
is
an
area
I'm
a
functional
expert
in
so
that's
not
fair
to
my
friends
but
I
will
say.
Also
I
worked
for
a
very
long
time
on
this,
even
before
this
was
law
in
Alum,
Rock,
Franklin
McKinley
and
the
East
Side
Union.
Thank
you.
D
G
As
a
council
member,
you
will
need
to
reach
a
compromise
at
some
point
to
move
legislation
forward.
Are
you
prepared
to
make
compromise
with
your
colleagues?
Even
when
you
don't
morally
feel
is
correct
or
agreed?
Please
give
me
a
quick
example
out
of
time
you
have
to
make
this
type
of
compromise
I'm.
N
O
M
Laughs,
we
have
been
taught
to
be
team
players,
but
we
have
been
also
given
very
strong
values,
values
towards
hard
work,
integrity
and
moral
standards,
so
I
will
be
willing
to
compromise
on
other
stuff
if
I
had
a
policy
debate
and
somebody
else
proposed
something-
and
there
are
more
people
supporting
that.
The
data
supports
that
I
will
be
more
than
willing
to
compromise
there.
But
if
it
comes
to
my
Integrity
or
moral
I
will
not
be
able
to
all
abstain
from
that
issue.
D
X
O
Well,
we
have
some
good
leaders
on
your
Council
who've
done
this
already,
and
our
mayor
also
has
had
weighed
in
and
it's
not
a
popular
issue.
It's
very
difficult
in
d10
and
I
appreciated
his
leadership
on
saying
this
is
something
we
have
to
do.
Everybody
has
to
do
their
Fair
chair,
and
that
includes
District
10.
O
now
I
also
believe
you
have
to
go
to
the
neighbors
and
you
have
to
ask
them
they're
the
experts
and
we're
required
to
the
experts
on
what's
going
on
in
their
neighborhood,
but
I
feel
instead
of
telling
people
this
is
where
we're
going
to
do
it,
we
ask
them,
we
propose.
We
say:
if
we're
going
to
do
it,
what
do
we
need
to
fix?
What's
the
problem
we're
facing
because
it
may
very
well
end
up
here,
help
us
be
a
part
of
the
solution
to
something
that
may
already
happen.
O
M
N
I
would
agree
with
Origins
plan
foundationally,
but
I
think
there's
another
layer
of
complexity,
that's
involved
and
that's
some
of
the
red
tape
we
need
to
go
through
for
every
plant,
and
this
is
sequel.
We
need
to
do
something
to
get
around
SQL
and
and
the
Damage
that
it
does
to
the
development
process
and
I.
D
We
should
have
incorporated
rebuttals
into
this
process,
just
just
kidding
yeah.
So
final
question
from
me:
I'm
curious
what
you
will
do
to
ensure
that
you
are
receiving
input
from
his
brought
a
swath
of
constituents
in
District
10
as
possible,
and
what
steps
she'll
take
to
make
yourself
accountable
to
them
over
time
and
I
believe
we're
starting
with
Arjun
this
time.
M
See
seems
like
a
tough
question,
but
actually
it's
probably
one
of
the
easiest
questions
you
have
asked
us
all
this
evening.
Okay,
we
are
responsible
for
that
small
part
of
San
Jose
one-tenth
of
the
San
Jose
keeping
in
touch
with
those
you
have
established
some
rules,
which
were
we
have
the
ability
to
send
the
newsletters.
We
have
the
emails
going
to
everybody.
N
You
that's
a
great
question:
mayor
Mayhem
I'd
work
closely
with
the
established
neighborhood
groups
reconstruct
some
of
the
defunct
neighborhood
groups
and
establish
new
ones
where
they
don't
exist.
I
think
this
is
an
opportunity
to
get
coordinated
access
to
folks
that
otherwise
wouldn't
be
involved
in
Civic
plan
I
think
almost
like
a
campaign
getting
out
and
speaking
to
them
and
finding
out
what
the
issues
are
that
are
important
to
them
and,
more
importantly,
giving
them
an
opportunity
to
get
to
know
me
and
what's
important
to
me.
O
D
J
D
BM
D
And
well
Tony
and
the
team
are
counting
I
just
for
the
record
want
to
read
out
what
I
read
before
about
the
term
of
this
appointment.
So
the
term
is
to
begin
immediately
and
end
when
a
candidate
has
been
duly
elected
in
the
next
regularly
scheduled
election
and
the
results
of
the
election
have
been
officially
certified.
I
just
want
to
make
sure
everybody
is
clear
about
that.