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City of San José, California
Community & Economic Development Committee of June 28, 2021
Pre-meeting citizen input on Agenda via eComment at https://sanjose.granicusideas.com/meetings.
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So
we
have
a
quorum,
I'm
just
going
to
get
started
it's
a
busy
day
and
a
busy
tomorrow.
So
why
don't
we
just
jump
into
the
work
plan?
The
first
the
first
item-
and
I
don't
know
if
you've
seen
it,
but
we
do
have
an
amended
agenda
that
was
sent
out
a
little
while
ago,
and
so
the
first
thing
we
need
to
do
is
to
review
the
work
plan.
There
are
two
items
there.
The
first
is
the
economic
recovery
status
report.
C
That
is
we're
asking
that
that
be
dropped
and
be
added
to
the
new
work
plan
for
the
next
fiscal
year.
The
reason
for
that
is
number
one.
We
did
just
have
a
study
session
with
council
in
the
full
council
in
may,
and
there
isn't
a
lot
to
update
us
with
as
far
as
the
economic
recovery,
and
we
will
have
more
to
report
on
in
the
following
in
a
in
a
few
months
when
we
get
back
from
the
break
so
and
then
the
second
item,
I
assume
it's
the
same
kind
of
thing.
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And
chair
foley,
this
is
rosalind
huey
city
manager's
office.
For
that
second
item
on
the
anti-displacement
strategy,
it
was
actually
did
appear
on
the
work
plan
and
inadvertently
did
not
make
it
on
the
june
agenda
so
that
that
was
on
our
part,
so
a
mistake
and
we
will
certainly
add
it
for
the
next
work
plan.
Okay,
good
enough.
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E
Minutes,
nothing
like
kicking
the
can
down.
The
road
sounds
great.
Maybe
you
guys
don't
make
a
decision.
There'll
be
less
money
spent
like
on
that
vision.
Zero
thing
you
want
for
a
million
dollars
doing
trying
to
figure
out
vision,
zero
for
a
million
bucks.
Yeah
anytime,
you
guys
can
postpone
things
and
kick
things
down.
Kick
the
can
down
the
road.
That's
great,
less
taxes,
less
less
regulations
momentarily
so
yeah
go
for
it.
Just
just
keep
kicking
that
can
down
the
road
like
you
guys,
always
do
great
work.
Everybody
great
work
down
there
at
city
hall.
E
C
I
I
Eli
vli
and
mixed
income,
and
just
to
remind
yourselves
of
the
creative
ideas
we
can
work
towards
to
help
anti-displacement
measures
with
those
ideas
in
the
following
months
and
a
thank
you
that
we've
worked
through
the
eviction
moratorium
issues
for
june
and
hopefully
august
and
we'll
be
looking
towards
a
december
date
as
the
next
real
serious
eviction
moratorium
issues,
and
thank
you
to
everyone's
work.
On
that
I
mean
this
has
been
an
effort
that
is
now
it
is
involving
owners
and
tenants
and
government
alike
at
the
state
and
local
level.
I
Good
luck,
how
we
can
talk
about
the
future
of
subsidy
in
san
jose
and
how
it
can
help,
not
just
the
eviction
moratorium
program,
but
there
are
several
other
local
programs
and
projects
at
this
time,
and
you
know
like
garbage
electricity
and
water
that
can
use
subsidy
help
and
that
we
can
all
be
open
to
its.
You
can
ask
for
that,
help
as
as
the
public,
and
you
shouldn't
be
afraid
and
government
shouldn't
be
afraid
to
want
to
explain
that
to
its
public
thanks
a
lot.
A
It
is
a
guarantee
going
to
be
gentrified
out
of
you
and
we
need
to
start
having
the
conversation
about
the
residual
impact
of
redline
and
how
the
redlining
has
contributed
to
creating
this
vulnerable
population.
To
begin
with,
we
need
to
start
with
the
reason.
Why
is
because
what
you're
doing
is
passing
policy
and
it's
covering
up
those
crimes?
Those
are
crimes
against
humanity,
that's
exactly
what
they
were,
because
they
deprived
the.
A
Due
process
of
law
and
equal
protection
under
the
law,
you
cannot
deprive
somebody
of
property
without
compensation.
What
is
redlining
but
depriving
us
of
property
or
outdo
compensation.
That
is
exactly
what
happened,
and
so
I'm
cautioning
and
and
and
employing
start
protecting
the
population
by
prioritizing
this
work
and
not
just
taking
it
down
a
couple
of
months.
That
is
disrespectful
and
it's
not
okay.
To
ever.
Do
that
to
these
people
against
what's
happening.
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J
J
So
I
I
want
to
make
sure
that
we
we
completely
keep
our
our
eye
on
this.
Our
our
focus
on
this
and
and
we
don't
let
let
them
fall
off
the
radar.
So
thank
you
so
much
again,
I
thought
it
was
next
year
and
so
I'm
glad
to
hear
that
it's
not
that
it's
this
fall,
and
everybody
knows
that
there
is
a
sense
of
urgency
to
move
on
economic
recovery,
to
really
talk
about
displacement
policies
and
how
we're
going
to
try
and
hold
back
that
tide.
That's
coming.
J
I
I
often
say
that
I
feel
like
I'm
in
a
little
row
boat.
I
thought
I
was
pet.
You
know
paddling
with
a
little
plastic
toy
paddle.
Now
I
feel
like
I
it's
you
know,
I'm
paddling
with
hands
on
a
little
row
boat
and
and
my
kids,
along
with
my
neighbors,
are
scooping
up
the
water
as
we're
trying
to
row
through
it
and
it's
it's
getting
harder
and
harder.
Truly,
I
just
see
that
wave
coming
and
it's
it.
It's
just
frightening.
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B
B
B
A
lot
more
detail,
then,
for
the
california
relief
grants,
which
are
essentially
free
money.
No
repayment
required
the
california
relief
branch
program
went
through
six
rounds
of
funding
and
they
got
better
at
doing
it.
Each
time
which
was
encouraging-
and
there
was
a
total
of
2
000,
almost
3
000
grantees
in
san
jose
for
a
total
of
31
million
dollars.
The
top
three
sectors
for
those
grants
were
restaurants,
salons,
including
hair
beauty
and
other
care
based
businesses
and
we're
45
of
the
grants
award
and
again.
B
B
B
Don't
know
that
the
moving
of
the
palace
and
apartments
was
made
possible
by
the
donation
of
a
piece
of
city
property
to
have
attempted
humanity,
and
our
real
estate
division
managed
that,
although
they
didn't
pull
the
house
from
one
site
to
the
next,
we
we
provided
the
property
to
the
new
location
and
then
with
measure
t
passing,
which
allowed
the
city
to
do
a
lot
of
improvement.
Around
infrastructure
and
safety.
B
So
we're
promoting
that
because
it's
a
perfect
thing
for
a
large
employer
to
do
as
a
very
concrete
way
of
encouraging
vaccination
for
employees
and
finally,
we've
got
some
awesome
news
about
opening
up
san
jose
is
moving
back
into
finally
some
summer
events
with
music
day,
which
was
on
june
21st.
I
hope
people
were
able
to
participate
last
year.
You
may
remember
it
was
entirely
online.
B
It
was
fun,
but
wasn't
the
same.
This
year
we
did
manage
to
do
online
events
and
some
live
events
as
well.
One
of
the
highlights
was
opera.
San
jose
did
a
performance
from
the
winchester
mystery
house,
which
is
actually
available
online,
and
I
I
recommend
it.
It's
very
cool,
and
this
year
we're
coming
back
with
city
dance.
B
It's
going
to
be
a
little
bit
different
format,
there's
going
to
be
three
performances
or
performances
activities,
because
it's
open
to
everyone
to
bring
out
their
inner
dancer
one
in
august,
one
in
september
and
one
in
october,
and
we're
going
to
be
doing
it
in
conjunction
with
the
san
jose
museum
of
art
and
so
city
dance
will
be
held
at
the
circle
of
palms.
Next
to
the
museum
and
the
museum
will
be
very
much
involved
and
it's
all
going
to
be
latin
themed,
music
and
dancing.
So
it's
going
to
be
awesome.
C
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A
Okay:
here's
here's
where
the
paulson
house
was
removed,
okay
by
the
city
donated
property,
that's
a
good
thing:
pluses
habitat
for
humanity
connected
to
it
good
stuff.
What
is
going
to
be?
The
reason
why
that
house
is
moved
is
because
what
is
going
to
be
erected
in
its
place
is
a
30-story
building.
A
A
I
guarantee
you
they
are
not
going
to
be
from
san
jose,
so
what
is
happening
is
basically
manifest
destiny
with
manners
manifest
destiny
inserted
into
and
codified
in
law
that
we
are
going
to
gentrify
the
mexican
populations
out
of
here
and
we're
going
to
do
it
with
these
real
subtle
changes
and
nobody's
going
to
know
that
there's
an
association
between
that
building,
gentrification
redlining
and
the
moving
of
the
paulson
house.
This
is
how
the
magician
does
his
trick
is.
A
He
does
something
over
here
on
the
left,
while
there's
really
actually
something
going
on
on
the
right-
and
this
is
a
prime
example
of
that.
Okay,
so
I'm
I'm
asking
again
every
day
I'll
be
here
asking
we
need
to
have
redlining
as
a
focal
point.
We
have
to
have
a
study
session.
We
have
to
articulate
explicitly
how
redlining
has
affected
the
mexican
communities
here,
because
they
are
the
ones
that
are
most
vulnerable
to
displacement:
okay,
how
it
has
affected
these
communities
and
how
it
is
continually.
I
Hi,
thank
you.
I
think
this
report
floyd
beekman
here.
I
think
this
report
offered
something
of
the
small
business
loans
that
that
can
be
offered
and
that
there's
been
over
about
at
least
2
400
small
business
loans.
At
this
time
I
know
the
county
of
santa
clara
is
working
on
this
issue
as
well
and
for
east
side
businesses.
What
council
person
carrasco
mentioned
at
the
beginning?
I
You
know
that
is
really
could
be
helpful
at
this
time
and
they
offer
a
a
lot
of
help
and
services
was
a
small
business
loans
that
include
air
filtration
systems
and
what
I've
learned
is
I've
been
learning
to
try
to
use
the
terms
of
aerosol
vaccine
help
for
the
air
filtration
systems.
I've
learned
there
can
be
uv
light
that
can
really
be
of
help
and
maybe
that's
a
more
regular
way.
I
can
I
can
talk
about
this
issue.
I
So
I
just
thought
I
would
mention
these
ideas
and
and
that
I'm
learning
a
better
language,
hopefully
to
mention
the
future
of
air
filtration
systems
that
we're
going
to
have
to
talk
about
a
lot
for
our
schools
for
our
buses
for
our
small
businesses,
and
so
thanks
for
your
time
to
mention
to
try
to
politely
offer
a
few
words
of
paul
soto's.
Last
comment
about
redlining
issues.
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E
G
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G
You
don't
want
to
hear
about
what
really
is
going
on
in
this
city
and
your
economic
development
plan
keep
doing
what
you're
doing,
because
you
know
I'd
like
to
tell
you
to
stop
doing
what
you
guys
are
doing,
but
you're,
not
it's
kind
of
like
children.
You
know
I
want
you
guys
to
do
it,
maybe
because
it's
an
italian
thing.
Italians
like
watching
other
people
screw
it
up
and
you
guys
are
doing
a
fantastic
job
of
it.
G
I
can't
even
believe
you're
letting
me
on
this
long
pam,
because
you're
realizing
how
prejudiced
you
are
against
me.
You
hate
me
pam
and
you
know-
and
you
know
why,
because
I
speak
the
truth,
I
speak
the
truth.
Everyone
else
gets
to
ramble
on.
Oh
hey,
thanks
for
letting
me
ramble
on
thanks
a
lot
pam
thanks
a
lot.
Sam
and
all
you
city,
council
members
who
are
who
are
wasting
taxpayer
dollars
regulating
regulating
this
city
into
oblivion,
look
at
your
downtown.
G
Are
you
proud
of
that
downtown
I'd
like
anyone
there
to
say
wow
our
downtown
looks
great.
We've
done
so
much
economic
development.
You
guys
haven't
done
anything!
You
guys
are
a
disgrace.
You
should
be
ashamed
of
yourself
how
you
run
this
city.
Really
I
mean
it's
disgusting.
What
you
people
do
the
taxes,
the
fees,
the
fines.
You
can't
even
pay
a
fine
in
person.
I
I
E
E
I
I
just
wanted
to
bounce
off
of
the
economic
development
talks
from
the
last
two
citizens.
One
of
the
things
that
I
mean.
I
appreciate
all
the
things
that
you
guys
are
doing,
especially
with
the
arts
with
the
music
and
the
dance
and
but
I
feel
I
do
feel
like
a
lot
of
money
gets
funneled
into
helping
small
businesses
which
I
owned.
For
many
years
I
had,
I
had
a
dance
studio.
I
was
a
private
business
owner
and
I
actually
lost
it
right
around
covid.
E
I
I
feel
like
sometimes
throwing
money
at
our
businesses
like
loans
and
whatnot.
It
was.
It
is
helpful
because
of
covid,
but
in
general,
like
the
best
thing
that
you
could
do
to
save
small
businesses
is
to
look
at
what
we've
done
with
zoning
and
planning,
and
I
mean
all
the
things
that
we've
done
to
make
the
cost
of
rent
on
businesses
and
homes,
so
so
very
high.
E
I
mean
at
least
70
percent
of
everything
that
we
earned
went
to
rent
and-
and
I
know
I'm
not
alone,
as
a
small
business
owner,
it
was
why
I
had
to
shut
our
doors
and-
and
I
think
that
that
is
a
real
concern
and
it
and
it
crosses
all
lines.
I
don't
feel
that
the
red
line
is
against
women
or
hispanics
or
or
people
that
have
more
melanin
in
their
skin.
I
don't
think
so.
E
I
think
what
it
really
is
is
it's:
it's
hurting
the
middle
class
and
everybody
underneath
it
doesn't
matter
who
you
are,
you
could
be
a
a
white
man
and
actually,
I
know
plenty
of
them
that
have
businesses
and
they're
hurt
in
this
way.
I
think
that,
what's
killing
our
small
businesses
and
what's
killing
san
jose
in
the
bay
area
is
the
high
cost
of
living
surviving
space
at
all
anywhere
space
is
worth
more
than
gold,
and
it's
destroying
this.
C
In
my
area,
who
really
benefited
from
round
one
and
round
two,
and
even
though
it
was
difficult
for
them
to
get
so
get
all
their
documentation,
get
the
funding
once
they
did,
it
was
really
a
godsend
to
them
because
they
were
able
to
hold
on
to
their
staff
and
which
meant
that
their
staff
was
able
to
cover
their
overhead
as
well.
So
I
I
appreciate
the
report.
I
see
council
member
esparza,
you
had
your
hand
raised.
Is
that
from
last
time,
or
is
that
it's
for
this
okay
then
take
it
away?
Okay,
thank.
F
F
It
was
very
clear
that
businesses
and
majority
white
communities
received
ppp
loans
at
higher
rates,
and
the
lending
institutions
actually
really
focused
on
higher
income
communities
and
leaving
communities
of
color
and
communities
in
need
without
ppp
loans,
and
so
that's
where
I'm
coming
from
on
what
we're
tracking
as
a
city,
and
so
I
wanted
to
ask
about
the
2802
grantees
in
san
jose.
Do
we
have
a
breakdown
on
where
that
is,
and
I'm
talking
specifically
on
the
ppp
loans?
At
this
point.
B
Yes,
we
do
council
member,
and
we
can
certainly
follow
up
with
you
with
a
lot
more
detail.
I
believe
we
have
maps,
but
I
can
tell
you
right
now
that
the
954
small
businesses
in
the
east
side
zip
codes,
which
were
nine
five
one,
one
six
and
nine
five
one,
two
two
secured
more
than
67
million
dollars,
gpp
loans,
so
that's
kind
of
an
indication.
B
Another
one
is
that
in
the
downtown
zip
codes
of
nine
five
one
one,
zero,
nine
five
one,
one
two
and
nine
five
one
one:
three
there
were
2073
businesses.
Some
of
them
were
larger
businesses,
but
they,
those
loans,
are
amounted
to
about
550
million
dollars
and
it's
in
our
blog
post
on
those
figures.
But
we
can
certainly
circle
back
with
you
and
provide
much
more
detail.
B
B
F
F
A
lot
of
small
businesses
in
the
east
side
have
had
numerous
challenges,
trying
to
access
even
our
little
grants,
which
are
way
easier
than
than
the
federal
government,
and
so
I
would
like
that
information,
please,
with
that
breakdown,
if
you
can
just
for
the
ppp
as
well
as
our
city
grants,
and
I
believe
we
are
also
tracking
the
state
grants-
is
that
correct,
elizabeth
or
nancy?
I'm
not.
B
F
F
Yeah
and
I
and
I
I
think
that
level
of
detail
is
really
important,
particularly
as
we
look
at
with
the
budget
that
we
just
approved
and
going
into
july
1
in
terms
of
assessing
how
we
help
our
small
businesses.
I
know
we've
applied
for
money
and
our
partners
are
gearing
up
on
how
to
help
our
businesses
navigate
that
process.
F
I
mean
they're,
very
appreciative
of
the
city,
because
we're
so
far
we're
the
only
ones
knocking
on
their
doors
and
offering
that
on
the
ground
assistance,
but
they've
been
hanging
in
there,
and
I
think
you
know
we
just
talked
about
displacement.
Well.
Some
of
these
issues
are
going
to
determine
what
our
city
looks
like.
I
sure
don't
want
empty
storefronts.
F
C
G
Wanted
to
say,
oed,
we,
we
nancy
klein
economic
development,
fully
agree
with
you
and
we'll
be
releasing
a
memo
info
memo
that
was
going
to
be
heard
today
as
economic
recovery
update,
but
will
be
deferred
to
the
fall.
Once
we
the
the
goal,
there
was
to
better
understand
what
the
next
september
october
round
of
funding
will
be,
but
in
the
meantime
we
have
a
pretty
detailed
with
a
good
deal
of
the
information
that
you're
thinking
about
council
members.
G
J
J
I
I'm
really
I'm
really
concerned
when
I
hear
that
our
east
side
businesses
got
what
is
it
67
million
in
in
downtown
got
you
know
to
the
tune
of
550
million,
I'm
sure
that
there's
a
logical
explanation,
although
you
know
right
now,
that's
just
a
major
red
flag
for
me.
I
like
to
know
also
in
terms
of
the
city,
what
we're
doing
for
outreach
and
how
we're
getting
the
info
out
to
our
residents
to
our
business
owners,
how
they're
getting
the
information?
J
B
B
Another
way
has
been
they're
now
going
door-to-door.
We
started
with
alan
rock
plaza,
where
t2
teams
of
us
went
and
went
door-to-door
and
shared
information
with
the
with
the
store
owners
being
english
and
hispanic
we're
doing
another
set
of
outreach
walks
to
business
owners
along
the
west
san
francisco.
This
coming
wednesday.
B
B
J
B
J
J
This
could
be
just
a
temporary
shift
for
the
for
the
office
of
immigrant
affairs
and
office
on
racial
equity
because
they
have
so
many
bilingual
folks
to
get
out
there
also
and
help,
because
this
is
this-
is
part
of
our
recovery
plan.
We
got
to
make
sure
that
those
doors
stay
open
and,
to
me
this
is
just
as
urgent
as
our
displacement,
our
policies
on
displacement
and
making
sure
that
people
can
continue
to
feed
their
children
and
keep
a
roof
over
their
heads,
especially
when
it
comes
to
single
mamas.
J
They
are,
they
are
many
times
the
only
providers
for
their
families
to
me
is
the
the
the
you
know
the
the
first
line
of
defense
when
it
comes
to
staying,
safe
and
making
sure
that
they're
out
of
violent
relationships,
sex
trafficking,
human
trafficking,
making
sure
that
they
don't
put
their
children
in
danger.
I
mean
for
women
to
stay,
independent,
financially,
stable
means
so
much
in
terms
of
safety
issues
for
themselves
and
for
their
children.
J
I
worked
in
in
the
world
of
domestic
violence
and
money.
Money.
Money
was
key
for
stability
in
a
household,
especially
when
women
were
were
the
sole
providers.
So
I
don't
know
I
I
I
I
I.
I
just
think
that
we
need
to
get
more
boots
on
the
ground
because
we
know
and
and
council
member
esparza
can
attest
to
this
on
the
east
side
of
san
jose
and
those
under
resource
communities.
J
We
saw
those
images
go
viral.
We
saw
in
our
own
city
of
san
jose
families
that
were
completely
disconnected
from
due
to
the
digital
divide,
and
I'm
sure
that
even
now,
even
though
they
may
have
greater
access,
it
doesn't
mean
that
they
know
how
to
use
it
even
business
owners.
By
the
way.
Let
me
just
tell
you
a
little
quick
anecdote.
J
I
had
a
business
that
opened
up
in
my
district
and
my
staff
when
they
went
into
the
business
to
try
and
support
them
on
the
first
few
weeks
of
them
opening
up
because
their
rent
went.
You
know
the
landlord
decided
to
just
after
they
had
invested
over
a
hundred
thousand
dollars
in
improvements,
tenant
improvements.
They
themselves
the
small
business
owner
the
owner
decided
to
hike
up
the
rent
even
more
so
I
think
they
doubled
it
or
they
tripled
it.
J
J
Depending
on
webinars
or
even
zoom,
some
of
us
are
still
struggling,
as
you
can
see,
they're
fixing
something
out
here
and
I'm
I'm
going
like
this
trying
to
hear
every
word.
I'm
hanging
on
every
word
that
you
all
say
so,
I'm
looking
forward
to
seeing
some
of
that
breakdown,
as
well
as
as
what
council
member
esparza
had
just
asked
for
I'd
like
to
see
the
demographics,
I'm
hoping
that,
as
these
reports
come
to
committee,
that
you
come
already
with
that
info.
J
J
What
the
outreach
plan
was
we're
going
to
ask
for
them,
because
we
are
now
in
a
place
of
of
scrutinizing
recovery,
our
our
small
business
owners,
who
have
been
most
impacted
by
kovit,
those
that
are
in
those
very
vulnerable
communities,
are
they
being
outreached
to?
Are
they
getting?
Are
they
having
access
to
the
funds
that
they
need
to
keep
their
doors
open?
Are
the
mamas
in
my
district
being
taken
care
of?
Do
they
know
that
there's
money
out
there?
Some
of
it
is
free
money.
J
So
you
know
tropicana
plaza
stays
vibrant.
So
these
businesses
can
continue
to
thrive
in
the
city
of
san
jose
and
we
continue
to
attract
people
into
our
city,
who
love
the
products
and
the
services
that
our
residents
have
been
offering
for
decades.
And
so
I'd
like
to
see
those
come
as
the
reports
come
through,
I
don't
want
to
look
through
the
different
websites,
because
it's
just
it's
an
incredible
right
now
I
had
to
ask
my
staff
to
find
where
that,
where
that
blog
was
where
the
website
was
okay.
Well,
thank
you
so
much
thank.
G
Sure,
just
it's!
It's
exciting
totally
appreciate
council
members.
What
you're
sharing
just
wanted
to
share
a
little
bit
more,
that
in
the
budget
that
was
just
passed,
there
are
two
more
tempu
positions
that
are
coming
through
as
a
result
of
the
arp
dollars
and
those
will
be
bilingual
staff
members,
that's
what
we'll
be
recruiting
for.
G
In
addition,
I
want
to
mention
that
there
are
positions
in
work
to
future,
both
two
vietnamese
speakers
and
another
spanish
speaker
that
also
work
with
us
to
respond
also
wanted
to
to
share
that
council,
member
carrasco
and
esparza
and
perella's.
We
were
listening
very
much
about
not
focusing
on
computers
and
getting
out
there
in
addition
to
physically
going
out
we're
taking
advantage
of
a
change
in
the
business
license
system
that
I'm
sure
you
recall
on
the
finance
department.
G
C
Thank
you,
nancy,
just
a
couple
of
things
I'll
add
as
a
small
business
owner.
I
really
don't
want
the
city
texting
me
regarding
updates.
I
get
enough,
I'm
going
to
consider
it,
and
this
may
just
be
me,
I'm
going
to
consider
it
junk
text
and
wondering
why
I'm
getting
it.
I
do
get
the
emails
regularly
and-
and
I
find
that
that
useful,
but
going
door-to-door
is
probably
the
most
effective
thing
that
we're
doing
because
we're
able
to
meet
them
the
business
owners
one-on-one.
C
If
you
are
a
small
business-
and
I
mean
you
know
small
micro
businesses,
you
have
a
hard
time
getting
and
you
bank,
with
one
of
the
big
banks
and
I'm
not
going
to
name
any
of
them.
You
all
know
the
names
of
the
big
banks,
but
if
you
bank,
with
a
big
bank
they
may
not,
when
ppps
were
available,
they
may
not
have
had
the
time
or
the
staff
to
address
this
real.
A
small
business
owner's
needs;
instead
they
use
their
energies
and
time
spent
on
big
businesses.
C
If
you
work
with
a
small
bit
a
small
business
bank,
a
local
business
bank,
your
ability
and
your
success
rate
of
getting
a
pp
loan
was
much
higher
so
many
times
I'd
come
across
individuals
who
have
small
businesses
who
were
having
hard
time
getting
financing
through
the
ppp
grant
program,
and
then
I'd
ask
who
their
bank
was
and
I'd
find
out.
It's
usually
one
of
the
big
big
players
and
they
had
difficulty
but
people
who
had
smaller,
independent
banks,
business
banks,
downtown
businesses
were
able
not
downtown
businesses.
C
Downtown
business
banks
were
able
to
navigate
that
process
a
lot
better
for
their
clients.
So
what
would
be
interesting
in
the
demographics-
and
I
don't
know
if
you
have
this
or
not
or
how
hard
it
would
be,
would
would
be
to
include
their
banking
relationship,
not
who
they
bank
with,
but
whether
it's
a
large
bank,
a
national
bank
or
a
regional
bank.
That
would
be
an
interesting
statistic
to
have,
because
I
think
you'd
see
the
numbers
go
up
with
a
regional
bank
in
success
rate
versus
helping
small
businesses
versus
the
big
banks.
F
Be
quick,
you're
done
I'll,
be
quick.
I
I
actually
just
wanted
to
thank
you
for
bringing
that
up.
It
is.
It
is
true,
amongst
all
the
studies
that
small
banks
have
been
shown
to
work
in
terms
of
getting
ppp
loans.
I
think
a
lot
of
the
businesses
and
I'll
speak
for
myself,
so
I
won't
speak
for
anybody
else,
but
speaking
for
story
or
my
side
of
story
in
king
speaking
for
the
businesses
in
little
saigon
and
grand
century
mall
and
central
road,
a
lot
of
those
businesses.
F
Don't
have,
I
guess
traditional
banking
relationships
is
probably
an
understatement,
and,
and
I'll
tell
you
especially
when
you
were
when
you
were
speaking,
I
was
smiling
because
story
and
king
is
such
a
such
story
for
our
city
and
how
we've
just
taken
this
intersection
that
was
so
problematic
and
turned
it
into
a
point
of
pride
for
the
community
and
and
what's
unique
about
story
and
king.
This
is
recent
history.
This
is
only
I
want
to
say
with
well
within
the
past
15
years,
nancy,
correct
me.
F
G
F
C
J
Because
I
just
wanted
to
say
when,
when
the
office
of
immigrant
affairs
was
first
birthed,
it
was
birthed
from
a
memo
that
council
member
perales
and
I
submitted
with
other
council
members
that
are
no
longer
here,
and
it
was
really
in
preparation
and
councilman
perellis.
Please
correct
me:
if
I'm
wrong,
it
was
in
preparation
for
what
we
thought
was
going
to
be
a
whole
different
federal
administration.
It
wasn't
going
to
be
the
individual
that
just
left
the
office
a
few
months
ago.
J
We
thought
it
was
going
to
be
a
sheet
and
we
thought
that
it
was
going
to
be
a
flood
of
daca
and
dapa
qualified
individuals,
and
we
were
going
to
really
be
be
completely
swarmed
by
people
that
really
needed
help
to
get
through
the
legal
process,
and
so
we
felt
we
really
needed
to
support
our
residents.
Well,
things
have
changed.
We
don't
know
where
immigration
reform
is
or
where,
where
all
of
this
is
going.
J
What
I
do
know
is
that,
where
we
are
is,
we
are
here
today
in
desperate
need
of
supporting
those
individuals
who
own
businesses,
and
we
know
what
the
stats
show,
which
is
the
majority
of
those
businesses,
are
owned
by
immigrant
communities
and
now
we're
in
a
state
of
recovery.
So
I
think
that
we
need
to
really
re-examine
what
the
office
of
immigrant
affairs
is
doing
in
terms
of
advocating
connecting
and
supporting
that.
So
my
motion
is
to
accept
what
is
it
to?
Let
me
look
at
this
accept
the
report.
J
C
D
D
D
Yes,
okay,
great
so
good
afternoon,
committee
members,
I'm
here
to
provide
an
update
on
the
downtown
progress
update,
which
actually
is
typically
done
annually,
but
because
of
the
events
of
the
last
year
and
the
pandemic,
and
a
shift
in
in
work
that
we've
been
doing.
This
report
was
last
given
in
june
of
2019,
so
this
is
in
essence,
kind
of
a
two-year
report
on
downtown.
D
Okay,
so
a
vibrant
city
center
is
made
up
of
four
key
components:
arts
and
entertainment,
the
work
environment,
shopping
and
dining
and
urban
living
all
of
those
connected
through
the
public
realm,
and
that's
in
essence,
how
I've
structured
this
report
and
I've
been
structuring
the
downtown
progress
report.
So
here's
a
map
of
the
downtown
growth
area,
as
defined
in
the
city's
general
plan,
and
you
can
see
that
for
armed
purposes.
D
The
way
we
think
about
downtown
is
definitely
the
inclusion
of
san
jose
state
university,
although
from
the
technical
aspects
in
terms
of
planning
and
permitting
authority
on
site,
they're,
actually
autonomous
and
not
under
the
kind
of
the
city's
purview.
But
this
is
the
map,
and
so
over
the
past
24
months.
I
think
we've
seen
both
some
of
the
best
of
times
and
the
worst
of
times
for
san
jose
city
center.
The
last
report
that
I
did
in
june
I
basically
outlined
june
of
2019.
D
Everything
that
really
drove
the
downtown
economy
was
shut
down.
The
arts
and
culture
venues,
the
businesses
workers
stayed
home,
sap
arena
convention
center
kind
of
all
of
that
was
was
gone
basically
overnight,
and
so
now,
as
of
june
of
2021,
things
are
starting
to
pick
up,
but
the
activity
is
definitely
not
where
we
were
in
the
past.
D
D
The
average
age
of
a
business
in
the
downtown
growth
area
is
just
under
11
years,
which
is
which
is
really
great.
On
the
other
hand,
we've
also
seen
from
our
business
license
data
that
about
160
licenses
or
less
than
one
year,
so
that
that's
kind
of
a
positive
indicator
in
the
sense
that
people
have
either
started
up
new
businesses
and
or
relocated
their
business
into
the
downtown,
and
not
surprisingly,
the
downtown
growth
area.
We
have
concentration
of
large
businesses,
we
have
about
110
businesses
that
are
employing
over
65
of
our
workers.
D
So,
as
you
can
imagine,
during
the
pandemic,
leasing
activity
basically
came
to
a
standstill
in
in
2019.
Our
downtown
vacancy
rate
was
about
13
during
the
pandemic.
It
went
up
to
about
15
and
now
we're
at
about
17
percent,
and
because
we
only
have
eight
and
a
half
million
square
feet
currently
downtown.
D
Those
jumps
are
are
pretty
significant
in
2019,
when
we
kind
of
last
left
this
report,
the
the
rents
were
at
about
four
dollars
and
fifty
cents,
a
square
foot
in
in
summer
of
sorry
in
2019,
when
we
left
this
last
rents
for
about
467
a
square
foot
for
class,
a
and
now
we're
at
about
450.
So
there
has
been
a
decline,
although
honestly,
not
as
much
of
a
decline
as
we
would
have
anticipated.
D
D
One
of
the
really
exciting
things
that
is
kind
of
finishing
up
this
year
are
some
of
the
creative
rehabs,
and
this
is
one
of
them.
It's
the
former
jcpenney
building
at
first
in
santa
clara
street,
that
jay
paul
purchased
in
2018,
and
here
we
are
in
2021,
and
there
are
big
graphics
on
the
window
saying
that
the
space
is
available
and
as
far
as
I
know,
we
still
have
a
lease
for
blue
bottle
coffee
coming
into
the
corner
of
first
and
santa
clara,
which
is
which
is
really
great
news.
D
These
are
just
some
additional
photos
of
the
projects
that
were
entitled
over
the
last
year
were
about
to
be
entitled
very
soon
in
2021,
early
2022
and
of
course
we
couldn't
talk
about
what
happened
downtown
this
year
without
at
least
mentioning
the
downtown
west
project.
The
innovative
and
really
kind
of
groundbreaking
community
benefit
and
development
agreement.
The
council
approved
in
may
as
far
as
urban
living
goes
also,
some
positive
news
about
1100
units
have
opened
since
july
of
2019.
D
and
coming
up
we've
got
miro.
These
are
some
photos
of
the
inside
of
the
the
units
at
miro
which
have
already
signed
some
leases
and
we'll
have
residents
moving
in
across
the
street
from
city
hall
on
august
1st
and
the
grad,
which
is
a
block
away
from
san
jose
state
university,
has
about
65
of
their
thousand
beds
occupied
at
this
point
and
we're
looking
forward
to
having
more
san
jose
state
students
on
campus
in
the
fall
for
actual
on
on
campus.
D
We
did
talk
about
the
amount
of
ppp
loans
that
that
came
into
the
city
and
into
downtown.
You
can
see
on
this
slide.
There
were
a
number
of
businesses
that
did
open
or
expand
through
the
pandemic,
and-
and
I
want
to
just
clarify
the
point
that
we
were
talking
about
before
so
556
million
dollars
of
ppp
funds
came
into
the
three
zip
codes,
95110,
95112
and
95113,
and
there
are
portions
of
those
zip
codes
that
are
in
the
downtown
growth
area.
D
So
what
we
were
able
to
do
specifically
for
this
report
was
figure
out
of
the
larger
zip
code.
How
many
of
those
businesses
are
actually
in
the
downtown
growth
area
and
how
much
money
did
they
receive
and
so
of
the
businesses
that
were
in
the
downtown
growth
area?
It
was
138
million
in
ppp,
so
not
the
full
556
was
in
the
combined
larger,
zip
codes.
So
just
hopefully
that
clarifies
things
a
little
bit
in
terms
of
the
numbers.
D
D
I
would
say
one
of
the
really
positive
things
that
happened
in
the
downtown
over
the
last
two
years,
specifically,
is
the
explosion
of
art
both
through
the
public
sector
and
through
private
building
owners,
and
so
you
can
see
that
depiction
here.
On
this
slide,
we
had
the
the
rbg
mural
on
the
building,
the
former
walgreens
building,
looking
down
santa
clara
street
mezcal,
had
this
beautiful,
culturally
exquisite
mural
painted
on
their
building
and
then
through
the
office
of
cultural
affairs.
D
We
have
the
beautiful
mona
karen
convention
center
mural,
the
third
street
garage
and
through
the
efforts
led
by
council
member
corrales
and
the
formation
of
the
community
district
on
poe
street.
We
have
this
really
awesome.
Awesome
mural
that
depicts
a
lot
of
the
champions
of
the
lgbtq
plus
community,
really
just
amazing
a
number
of
storefronts.
Also
through
our
partners
at
hello,
gardens
we've
got
facelifts.
D
We
did
some
projections
and
art
and
lighting
installations
over
the
winter
months
to
just
make
sure
that
people
stayed
in
downtown
state
and
people's
relevance
and
we're
very
much
looking
back
looking
forward
to
the
coming
back
of
all
of
these
events
and
and
conventions
and
theater
activities.
Over
the
next
few
months
we
had
our
groundworks
crew
continuing
to
work
through
the
pandemic.
D
And
then
we
continue
to
move
forward
with
the
redesign
of
park
avenue
working
very
closely
with
j
paul
company
and
urban
community
and
west
bank
on
on
implementing
that
vision
and
so
well,
it
has
been
a
tough
year
for
businesses
downtown.
I
think
the
council,
you
know,
received
the
information
that,
from
a
sales
tax
perspective,
downtown
was
hardest
hit.
D
C
Thank
you
very
much
vlade.
It's
it's
good
to
see
what's
happening,
downtown
and,
and
you
can
feel
with
the
vaccinations
and
the
activity,
the
vaccinations
there
is
a
sense
of
freedom
and
the
opening
of
the
state
as
of
june
15th.
People
are
free
or
feeling
freer
to
go
out
and
about
and
participate
in
restaurants
and
and
our
alfresco
program
has
really
helped
our
businesses
to
thrive.
C
I
really
look
forward
to
personally
the
live,
entertainment,
the
theaters,
the
particularly
children's
theaters
starting
arts,
children's
musical
theater,
any
of
them,
but
any
performers
who
can
get
out
there
and
perform
because
that's
the
last
of
the
group
that
hasn't
been
able
to
get
out
there
and
present
their
art.
Yet
before
I
go
to
the
committee,
I'm
going
to
go
to
the
members
of
the
public
who
have
their
hands
raised.
C
I
So
good
luck,
what
you
can
do
in
the
future
yeah!
I
guess
I
guess
for
this
item
a
consideration.
You
know
a
few
months
ago
there
was
a
lot
of
worry
of
a
crime
in
the
downtown
area.
You
started
to
do
more
foot
patrols
and
provide
a
few
different
police
services.
How
is
that
going?
Can?
Is
it
possible
to
give
a
bit
of
a
report
back
at
this
time?
I
I
know
they
have
a
purpose
and
but
I
I
think,
they're
a
bit
extreme
to
address
the
issues
of
san
jose,
and
so
I
I
just
wanted
to
mention
that
and
if
you
do
have
the
big
bellies
there
always
practice
open
public
policies
with
them
and
that
if
you
do
have
controversial
apps
in
those
big
bellies
that
you
know
have
have
a
review
period,
that's
short
and
quick
and
then
immediate
to
review.
If
those
apps
are
working
well,
if
they're
standing
up
to
good
civil
rights
and
civil
protection
ideas
thanks
a
lot.
A
A
He
has
never
had
a
point
of
rest
in
the
city
ever
since
1846
now
billions
of
dollars
are
coming
to
the
city,
dave
paul,
jeff
o'yaga,
joe
gillabo,
eric
hayden
richie.
All
of
these
developers
are
spending
billions
of
dollars
in
the
city
and
buying
up
all
the
property
that
was
purchased
at
the
decapitation
of
the
native
americans
and
the
mexicans
in
this
city,
because
it
was
the
first
state
capital
of
california
for
its
first
two
years
in
which
they
spent
off
of
united
states
government,
one
million
dollars,
one
million
dollars
to
decapitate
the
native
population.
A
That's
what
this
city
is
being
built
and
the
people
that
are
most
vulnerable
through
the
judgmentation
as
a
result
of
what
I
just
saw
or
what
you
just
showed
me
are
going
to
continually
be
victimized,
humiliated
and
walk
away
from
the
city
with
a
sense
of
impotency
and
shame
because
they
could
not
survive
here.
Because
of
what
you
just
showed.
A
C
L
L
I
think
it
it's
also
just
as
important
to
raise
how
immense
the
impact
of
the
pandemic
has
been
to
east
san,
jose
and
our
economy.
Our
businesses
have
struggled
throughout
covet,
19
and
and
have
not
benefited
from
many
of
the
investments
and
and
resources
that
downtown
has
had
access
to
areas
like
alumni,
corridor
story,
road
corridor
and
not
just
district
five,
but
also
the
monterey
corridor
in
district
seven.
You
know
these
are
all
areas
where
small
business
owners
have
been
struggling.
L
You
know
they've
been
impacted
due
to
vacant
storefronts
and
lack
of
incentives
for
property
owners
to
be
working
with
business
owners
to
build
to
fill
those
gaps,
and
you
know
when
there's
vacant
store
storefronts,
that's
when
blight
comes
into
the
neighborhood
and-
and
you
know
businesses
have
suffered
due
to
that.
So
I
I
want
to
thank
you,
know
councilmember
crossco,
for
proposing
the
east
san
jose
rescue
plan
and
we're
looking
forward
to
those
great
resources
coming
to
our
our
side
of
town
like
the
the
small
business
manager.
L
But
I
just
wanted
to
make
sure
that
you
know
people
understand
that
small
businesses
were
are
being
impacted
across
the
city,
especially
in
our
traditionally
under-resourced
communities
like
eastside
san
jose,
thanks
again
for
the
city
and
and
all
of
your
great
work,
to
make
sure
that
our
small
businesses
have
the
resources
they
need.
Thank
you.
M
It's
unfortunate
we've
seen
a
lot
of
closures
in
in
the
downtown
core,
but
we
have
seen
some
new
businesses
people
ready
to
invest
in
and
occupy
some
of
that
vacant
space.
Unfortunately,
we've
seen
that
vacancy
go
up,
so
we
are
we're
seeing
more
of
that
and
we
were,
I
think,
really
on
a
on
a
decent
path
prior
to
the
pandemic.
M
I
know
there's
a
lot
of
anxiety,
even
with
city
hall,
coming
back
just
myself
being
at
city
hall
a
couple
days
a
week
and
and
going
around
downtown.
I
got
my
my
hair
cut
right
down
on
fourth
and
santa
clara
last
week,
and
I
know
the
individual.
There
was
stating
that
he's
really
excited
and
was
wondering
when
city
hall
was
going
to
be
back
in
business.
M
You
know
and
just
hoping
to
see
more
of
of
you
know
the
foot
traffic
and
the
employees
that
help
all
the
restaurants
and
small
businesses
around
downtown
to
thrive
and-
and
we
saw
with
the
past
two
weekends
with
downtown
and
the
nightlife
beginning
to
revive
a
little
bit
again,
albeit
we
saw
some
violence
spike
as
well
with
that.
So
we're
hoping
that
we
can.
J
J
J
J
J
D
D
D
D
J
Yeah,
and
so
so
as
I
was
looking
at
that
you
know
just
a
few
things
that
came
to
mind
and-
and
I
just
want
to
I-
I
want
to
address
it
because
I
think
it's
it's
fantastic
to
see
this
graph,
the
graphics
and
the
numbers,
and
and
also
to
have
the
report
be
given
today
and
so
in
one
of
my
budget
documents.
I
asked
for
an
east
side,
business
manager
because
I,
especially
as
we're
trying
to
recover
and
post
pandemic
and
all
all
that
we
know.
J
G
Hi
councilmember,
thank
you
for
the
question.
So
we
have
a
team,
sorry
for
the
echo
here
team
of
internal
staff
that
are
hiring
for
the
the
I
think
it's
almost
90
positions
oed
will
be
in
the
first
tranche
and-
and
I
believe
the
the
specific
commitment
we
made
to
you
in
the
budget
was
that
at
least
40
percent,
if
not
more
of
the
dollars
that
would
be
expended
through
eda
efforts,
which
were
expanded
in
the
budget,
would
make
sure
to
be
expended
on
the
east
side.
So
we're
hoping
to
be
very
soon.
G
J
G
J
You
know
without
skipping
a
beat
without
losing
that
relationship.
I
think
it's
it's
a
really.
I
think
it's
a
critical
partnership
that
had
it
not
been
there,
I
don't
I
just.
I
don't
think
that
they're
not,
I
think,
they're
incredibly
savvy,
but
I
think
without
that
partnership
you
could
not
advance,
especially
during
this
time,
which
has
been
so
damaging
to
so
many
of
our
businesses
and
not
just
the
businesses
but
the
sense
of
cohesiveness
that
we
we
we
need
to
continue
fostering
so
anyway.
H
Thanks,
chair
apologies
to
everyone
for
having
my
video
off
I've
been
having
some
internet
issues
as
well.
Today,
just
one
quick
question:
I
appreciate
my
colleagues
comments.
I
was
curious
about
the
65
occupancy
rate
on
the
residential
units
and
that
seems
quite
low,
but
I
was
curious
if
we
have
any
kind
of
historical
benchmarking
data
to
better
understand
where
what
that,
what
that
means
and
any
trend
data
on
on
kind
of
how
it's
looking
going
forward.
D
D
D
H
M
Yeah,
I
just
want
to
echo
the
appreciation
for
blogging
and
what
it
has
meant
to
have
a
downtown
manager
and-
and
I
would
agree
with
councilmember
palasko-
that
you
know
there
are
likely
many
different
business
districts
corridors
areas
right
throughout
our
city.
That
could
really
benefit
from
a
similar
position.
C
C
I
look
forward
to
the
apartment
building
across
from
city
hall
being
occupied
and
san
jose
state
re
students
coming
back
in
full
force
in
the
fall
that
will
both
both
city
hall
being
reopened
and
san
jose
state
being
reopened,
will
really
re-energize
that
downtown
area
dramatically.
I
I
know
I've
been
thinking
about
restaurants,
my
my
line
of
restaurants,
that
I
want
to
go
to
when
I'm
back
at
city
hall,
with
that,
let's
vote
carrasco.
E
D
H
C
C
Okay.
The
last
item
is
the
council
policy
number
set
priority:
seven,
which
is
a
review
of
the
cannabis
land
use
and
regulatory
provisions.
This
is
coming
back
to
us.
After
a
couple
minutes
months
ago
we
had
a
presentation,
we
tweaked
it
a
little
bit,
sent
it
back
to
staff,
and
now
we
have
it
back
again
jared
since
you
popped
up.
Are
you
making
this
presentation.
K
N
N
One
of
the
one
of
the
items
the
committee
directed
us
to
reevaluate
in
the
past
meeting
in
april
on
this
item
is
the
residential
setback
measurement.
Currently,
the
requirement
is
150
feet
from
property
line
to
property
line.
This
there's
not
a
huge
constraint
in
finding
a
suitable
site
in
industrial
zoning
districts,
because
those
tend
to
be
further
away
from
residences.
N
N
We
didn't
look
at
whether
sites
were
actually
developed
with
a
commercial
building
that
would
be
suitable
for
a
cannabis
business
or
if
the
property
is
actually
for
lease
or
available
in
order
to
receive
a
complete
registration
for
cannabis
business
from
the
police
department,
they
must
obtain.
You
know,
any
business
must
obtain
a
zoning
verification
certificate
that
involves
a
closer
look
at
sensitive
receptors
in
place
at
the
time
of
applying
for
that
certificate.
N
I
also
want
to
note
that
there
really
is
no
right
or
wrong
way
to
do
the
residential
distance
requirements
each
way
of
doing
it.
You
know,
measuring
it,
has
pros
and
cons.
So
we
just
wanted
to
you
know,
want
to
show
the
committee
some
options
potentially
go
with
that
direction.
From
the
committee
we
looked
at
ways
to
measure
the
distance
and
came
up
with
the
following
options.
N
N
So,
on
the
following,
slides,
I'm
going
to
show
you
how
the
various
measurement
options
look
on
three
sample
sites.
These
sites
are
being
used
for
illustr,
illustrative
discussion
purposes.
Only
cannabis
use
has
not
been
proposed
on
these
sites.
We
chose
these
sites
as
representative
examples
of
commercial
areas
in
san
jose.
The
first
two
example
sites
used
to
actually
have
cannabis
businesses
before
we
adopted
the
current
zoning
regulatory
framework.
So
we
thought
these
would
be
good
representations
of
the
kind
of
locations
where
cannabis
business
might
want
to
locate
next
slide.
N
N
N
N
This
picture
just
shows
again,
you
know
what
we're
talking
about
from
the
aerial
and
the
barriers
here
you
know
shows
that
the
the
residential
interface
and
the
barriers
between
the
residents
and
the
potential
business
location,
okay.
So
another
example.
This
is
a
kind
of
similar
example.
That's
pretty
typical
of
commercial
areas,
san
jose,
where
the
commercial
business
businesses
front
a
major
street
and
then
there's
a
residential
neighborhood
behind.
N
N
Measuring
from
the
building
wouldn't
make,
you
know
much
of
a
difference
here
in
this
example,
because
the
building
is
also
close
to
the
property
line,
so
it
measures
at
90
feet
and
then
looking.
You
know
at
the
pedestrian
path,
a
travel
example,
so
the
the
commercial
buildings
front
onto
san
carlos,
with
no
public
access
in
the
back
and
a
fence
across
the
entire
property
line.
So
when
you
measure
the
the
path
of
travel,
the
distance
to
the
nearest
residents
increases
the
300
feet.
N
N
N
N
Staff
recommends
going
with
the
path
of
travel
measurement
and
increasing
it
to
300
feet
of
all
options
we
looked
at.
We
feel
like
this
is
this:
is
that
this
best,
you
know,
takes
into
account
real
world
conditions
and
remains
sensitive
to
resident
concerns
about
close
proximity
to
cannabis,
businesses,
okay,
so
per
committee
direction
in
april
staff
also
looked
at
various
setback
options
for
the
downtown
now.
As
a
reminder,
the
state
of
california
requires
a
minimum
setback
of
600
feet
from
k-12
schools,
daycare,
centers
or
youth
centers.
N
Although
the
committee
could
still
direct
staff
to
retain
setbacks
from
any
of
these
items,
the
committee
should
also
consider
you
know
whether
to
you
know
removing
the
restriction
from
business
businesses
locating
in
police
beats
with
crime
reporting,
20
percent
above
average,
and
establishing
a
distance
requirement
between
canada,
cannabis
businesses.
Staff
recommends
a
thousand
foot
feet
between
businesses
and
other
areas,
but
it's
difficult
to
know
how
many
potential
location
options
will
be
available
if
the
same
distance
requirements
are
used
in
the
downtown
core.
N
So
our
first
option
here
we're
looking
that
we're
looking
at
we're
showing
you.
This
is
the
most
restrictive
option.
This
option
retains
the
thousand-foot
distance
from
k-12
schools,
daycare,
centers
and
youth
centers.
This
would
this
would
keep
the
setback
distance
requirement
from
these
three
items
in
line
with
the
requirement
outside
of
downtown.
N
N
N
N
N
N
So
that's
shown
on
option
one
or
two
is
shown
on
this
slide
here.
Staff
found
that
you
know
requiring
any
separation
from
a
cannabis
business
to
residents
would
be
prohibitive.
Alternative
means
of
measurement
such
as
pedestrian
path
of
travel
really
didn't
didn't
change
that
at
all
to
provide
options
for
cannabis.
Businesses
to
locate
downtown
the
city
council
may
want
to
consider
are
removing
the
distance
requirement
to
residences
staff.
N
N
So
at
this
time,
13
urban
villages
have
adopted
plans,
so
staff
recommends
that
any
modification
setback
standards
for
urban
villages
apply
only
to
urban
villages
that
have
approved
plans
and
that's
what
we
focused
our
analysis
on
other
options
to
consider
would
be
prohibiting
cannabis.
Businesses
and
police
beats
with
crime
reports
20
or
more
above
average
reported
crime
and
establishing
a
distance
requirement
between
cannabis,
businesses.
N
K
Thank
you
jared,
so
our
recommendation
again,
we
we
are
still
sticking
with
our
recommendation
to
have
the
16
registered
businesses
relocate
their
retail
storefront
operations
to
the
expanded
commercial
retail
zoning
districts.
However,
council
definitely
can
make
the
suggestion-
and
the
committee
here
today
can
ask
us
to
move
forward
with
it,
allowing
each
of
the
16
registered
businesses
to
to
open
a
second
retail
storefront
location,
and
if
that
does
happen,
we
definitely
will
have
to
look
at
changing
our
staffing
levels,
so
we
would
have
to
bring
that
back
to
council
for
discussion.
K
We
are
also
looking
currently
the
the
distance
requirement
between
our
retail
storefront.
Dispensaries
are
50
feet
because
they're
located
in
the
industrial
zones,
but
once
we
open
it
up
to
moving
it
to
commercial
and
the
retail
zoning,
we
like
to
increase
it
to
a
thousand
feet
and
staff
recommendation
is
to
allow
five
equity
businesses
to
register
for
either
retail
storefront
or
non-storefront,
which
is
a
delivery
only
business
and
then
again
another
alternative
to
that
is
have
the
equity
businesses
register
just
as
a
delivery,
only
business.
K
So
with
that,
we
kind
of
include
or
conclude
our
presentation
and
want
to
open
it
up
to
discussion
and
just
a
reminder
that
we
have
conducted
a
sql
study.
I
think
jared's
team
is
kind
of
rounding
out
that
process
now
and
our
hope
is
to
present
the
proposed
zoning
changes
to
the
planning
commission
in
july
and
bring
recommendations
to
full
city
council
in
august.
So
with
that
we're
available
for
questions.
C
I
I
I
I
hope
I
heard
that
correctly
and
if
I
did
congratulations
to
some,
I'm
not
a
big
fan
of
urban
villages
myself.
I
I
like
the
plaza
idea
of
what
can
be
an
urban
village
and
I
guess
there
is
work
around
it
and
it's
a
learning
process,
and
so
you
reported
some
interesting
statistics
today
and
a
thank
you
to.
I
guess
the
learning
process
we
can
all
be
going
through
with
the
future
of
urban
villages
in
our
lives
in
san
jose.
Thanks
a
lot.
E
Good
afternoon,
council
members
sean
kelly,
rye
silicon
valley,
cannabis
alliance.
I
want
to
thank
chair,
foley,
councilmember,
perales
and
councilmember
carrasco
without
their
three
memos
gosh
back
in
like
2017
a
whole
different
era
ago,
feels
like
this
would
never
be
coming
forward.
So
thank
you
for
your
vision
and
thank
you
for
your
tenacity
and
bring
this
this
forward.
I
want
to
thank
staff
also
for
their
diligence
in
in
bringing
this
forward
and
their
hard
work
and
the
outreach
to
to
the
cannabis
dispensaries
and
the
industry
at
large.
E
Specifically,
regarding
the
recommendations
the
industry
would
like
to
see.
Existing
retailers
receive
a
second
license,
so
we
hope
that
you
would
support
the
expansion
of
the
cannabis
program
in
san
jose.
It's
worked
well
over
the
last
six
years
and
we
hope
that
you
will
allow
current
16
operators
expand
with
a
second
location.
E
The
other
item
that
I'd
like
to
bring
forward
is
that
the
least
amount
of
restrictions
on
setbacks
is
best.
Although
there's
1200
parcels
available
that
doesn't
necessarily
identified
that
doesn't
mean
that
they're
all
available,
it
just
means
that
they're
identified.
If
you
look
at
a
10
vacancy
rate
and
then
you
look
at
which
parcels
will
actually
allow
cannabis,
you'll
probably
end
up
with
less
than
100,
and
even
at
that
even
less
than
those
will
actually
be
available.
E
Finally,
I'd
like
to
ask
that
you
consider
and
adopt
council
member
mayhem's
recommendations
they're
thoughtful
and
they
try
to
address
the
social
equity
issue
and
they
try
to
also
address
the
vulture
capitalism,
that's
happening
and
the
vulture
investments
that
are
happening
in
the
cannabis
equity
space,
especially
in
storefront
retail
wendy,
is
well
aware
of
this,
as
this
is
an
industry-wide
problem,
and
so,
if
you'd
like
further
amplification,
I'm
available
for
questions,
but
I
want
to
thank
you
all
and
make
those
recommendations.
Thank
you.
L
Hi,
council,
council
members-
I'm
happy
to
be
here-
I'm
will
arlene
I'm
the
the
director
of
the
human
rights
institute
at
san
jose
state.
I've
worked
with
some
of
you
sort
of
behind
the
scenes
on
this
issue
for
some
time,
and
we
we've
been
invested
in
this
issue,
both
on
the
side
of
equity
and
record
clearance
throughout
the
state
since
sort
of
its
inception.
L
So
we're
very
happy
to
to
hear
that
the
council
is
taking
on
this
issue
and
and
we're
happy
to
see
the
possibility
of
equity
licenses
actually
moving
forward,
which
is
something
we've
been
working
for
for
a
long
time.
So
I
I
want
to
actually
speak
to
a
couple
issues
in
the
mahoud
memo,
which
I
think
has
some
really
good
good
things
in.
L
In
fact,
one
is
the
community
investment
fund,
which
I
want
to
point
out,
is
one
of
the
sort
of
unrealized
issues
from
prop
64,
both
of
the
state
and
local
level,
and-
and
I
I
very
much
want
to
encourage
as
much
of
that
investment
as
I
possibly
can,
because
again,
I
think,
in
terms
of
the
restorative
justice
aspects
of
that
policy.
This
is
something
that's
an
opportunity
still
on
on
unrealized.
L
And
lastly,
I
just
want
to
say
that
I
I
very
much
appreciate
and
would
like
to
see,
efforts
to
protect
equity
folks
from
any
sort
of
exploitation
in
terms
of
investment,
investors
and
business
partners
in
the
in
the
licensing
process.
Thank
you
very
much
and
again.
We
appreciate
your
time
and
coming
back
to
the
issue.
E
Jane
hi,
council,
members
and
and
high
staff-
this
is
hirsch,
jane
from
caliba
just
wanted
to
call
in,
and
first
just
thank
council
and
staff.
You
know
we're
very
encouraged
that
the
city
is
considering
allowing
the
six
exit
16
existing
retailers
to
relocate.
We've
been
a
part
of
the
district
7
community
for
for
a
long
time,
but
we
think
this
expanded.
Zoning
really
has.
E
The
barrier
to
entry
for
delivery
operations
is
much
lower
than
it
is
for
other
licensed
types,
and
so
there's
the
hope
that
those
businesses
can
get
operational,
whereas
in
other
cities
you
know,
sometimes,
three
years
after
an
ordinance
has
passed,
none
of
those
stores
have
gotten
operational.
So
I
I
guess
to
summarize
thank
you
to
you,
know
the
council
and
to
staff
for
all
your
leadership
on
this
issue
and
really
excited
to
see
how
the
san
jose
cannabis
ecosystem
develops
in
the
coming
years.
Thanks
so
much.
E
Yes,
hi
hello,
council
members,
this
is
conrad
gregory
from
harborside
we've
been
operating
in
san
jose
for
quite
some
time,
and
I
really
just
want
to
thank
everyone
for
putting
in
the
time
and
effort
to
bring
forward
a
lot
of
this
reporting
and
analysis.
And
you
know
I
know
it's
been
a
long
time
coming
in
terms
of
these
discussions
and
and
obviously
the
pandemic
had
an
effect
on
the
timing
of
moving
things
through
at
the
local
level.
E
And
I
would
also
echo
a
lot
of
previous
speakers
that
have
commended
parts
in
the
mayhem
memo
mayhem's
memo.
I
think
it's
been,
I
think,
there's
a
lot
of
good
recommendations
in
there
and,
in
particular
the
idea
that
some
of
the
equity
folks
would
benefit
possibly
more
from
having
access
to
licenses
that
were
non-storefront.
E
You
know
delivery
only
licenses
because
of
the
ease
with
which
you
can
get
something
like
that
operational
and
also
not
having
to
bring
in
large
investment
backers
which
can
be
complicated,
possibly
predatory,
down
the
road
and
it
gets
it
gets
tricky
quickly
and
then,
finally,
on
the
zoning,
please
be
expansive
as
you
can,
because
real
estate
is
the
hardest
thing
to
do
in
cannabis.
One
of.
N
M
M
I
definitely
was
interested
in
kind
of
seeing
what
that
would
look
like
for
just
removing
the
residential
setback
aligning
a
little
bit
more
with
the
state,
but
I
recognized
that
our
community
expressed
some
interest
in
in
in
having
a
setback
here,
and
I
do
really
like
using
this
shortest
pedestrian
path
to
travel.
I
think
that
is
very
fair.
I
would
be
you
know
even
more
comfortable,
maybe
with
or
I
guess
I
should
say-
I'd
be
still
comfortable
with
reducing
that
measurement
down
to
150
feet
versus
300.
M
But
I
don't
really,
you
know,
have
an
indication
of
what
that
difference
would
be.
So
I
don't
know
if
you
have
done
that
analysis
or
you
have
it
easily
top
of
hand.
But
if
you
do
great
share
it,
if
not,
I
think
that
would
be
something
I'd
be
interested
in
seeing
and
how
much
that
makes
a
difference.
N
Thanks
yeah,
so
with
the
I
think,
if
we
removed
the
residential,
you
know
requirement
altogether,
we
ended
up
with
about
1200
sites,
and
then
you
know
the
150
or
300
would
fall
somewhere
in
between
that
that
the
difficulty
is
that
we
didn't
have
a
way
to
to
measure
the
path
of
travel
on
like
a
site-by-site
site
by
site
basis.
We
kind
of
had
to
use
examples
just
based
on
the
the
tools
we
have
have
available
because
of
that
measurement.
M
Okay,
that
makes
sense
and
yeah
even
more
so
I
mean
I
I
you
know
was-
was
interested
in
hearing
like
discussion
on
this,
just
removing
the
residential
altogether,
which
I
don't
know
if
at
the
moment,
I'd
be
willing
to
support
that
completely.
I
do
like
the
idea
of
having
you
know
having
some
component
here
on
residential
and
and
especially
when
it
only
incorporates
the
shortest
pedestrian
path
of
travel.
M
M
M
I
you
know,
I
think
that
it's
it
was.
It
was
important
to
see
how
the
the
opportunity
sites
would
grow
and
where
they
would
grow,
especially
as
you
removed
some
of
those
barriers
like
the
parks,
community
and
recreation
and
libraries
which,
as
we
know,
is
in
addition,
over
and
above
what
the
state
requires,
and
obviously,
indeed,
almost
double
the
the
the
feet.
M
And
so
I
I
I
definitely
was
interested
in
opening
up
the
downtown
core,
and
I
I
would
I
would
like
to
you
know,
to
sort
of
see
how
we
can
continue
to
do
that,
especially
with
this
the
other
option
to
consider,
as
you
pointed
out,
which
was
the
distance
between
cannabis
businesses.
I
understand
why
we
want
to
have
that,
especially
as
we've
seen
some
of
these
other
cannabis
businesses.
M
You
know
really
concentrate
in
particular
areas,
but
in
the
downtown
core.
I
do
think
it
would
be
worthwhile
to
consider
either
removing
it
or
at
least
minimizing
that
so
certainly
not
having
a
thousand
feet
within
the
downtown
core,
but
maybe
shrinking
that
down.
I,
I
think,
there's
value
in
having
some.
You
know
some
distance,
so
that
way,
there's
also
not
some
accumulation
within
the
downtown
core.
M
You
know
ensure
there's
not
cumulative
businesses
in
the
same
area,
but
yet
we
still
have
a
lot
of
opportunities
in
and
around
the
downtown
core
and-
and
I
think
I
I
would
be
comfortable
as
well
with
something
around
like
an
option-
an
option
two
or
something
that's
kind
of
a
hybrid
that
that
still
keeps
a
good
distance
from
k-12
schools.
I
think
we've
heard
that
and
if
that's
going
to
be
a
a
major,
I
think
sticking
point
for
our
community.
M
Obviously
it's
not
measured
the
same
way
as
it's
measured
throughout
the
rest
of
the
city,
in
more
suburban
areas
or
even
in
in
business
corridors,
but
that
are
not
necessarily
have
the
the
propensity
of
of
entertainment
as
an
entertainment
district.
And
so
I
do
think
that
that
would
be
worthwhile.
And
you
see
the
the
large
increase
of
of
opportunity
sites
open
up
once
you
once
you
remove
that
exclusion
and
in
my
mind,
you
can
do
that.
M
You
can
still
keep
the
great
distance
between
sites
and
k-12
schools
at
a
thousand
feet,
which
again
goes
above
and
beyond
the
state,
but
it
it
completely
sort
of
opens
up
the
you
know,
I
think
the
opportunities
from
from
where
we
were
before
you're
looking
at
176
on
that
option,
to
open
it
up
to
427
and-
and
I
think,
if
we
then
additionally
put
in
a
lesser
restriction
than
the
thousand
feet
going
down.
Maybe
you
know
600
or
even
less,
between
cannabis
businesses.
M
Then
I
think
we
keep
that
number
still
still
fairly
high
around
the
the
urban
villages.
I
I
would
echo
that
it's
kind
of
a
same
sentiment,
I
think
keeping
really
heavy
restrictions
in
these
urban
villages
is,
is
only
going
to
to
push
these.
You
know
the
cannabis
industry
closer
to
other
areas
that
maybe
you
know
we
would
prefer
them
not
be
and
in
my
mind,
the
urban
villages.
M
But
I've
seen
councilman
mahan's
memo
he's
talking
about
allowing
10
new
equity,
owned,
non-storefront
delivery
businesses
instead
of
the
five
storefront
businesses,
as
recommended
now
I
may
have
interpreted
this
wrong,
but
my
interpretation
of
staff
recommendations
is
that
the
five
new
businesses
could
be
storefront
or
non
non-storefront
correct.
They
could
be
either
or.
M
Okay,
so
what
I,
what
I'm,
not
in
favor
of
on
councilman's
memo,
is
taking
out
the
opportunity
of
you
know
owning
a
storefront,
a
brick
and
mortar
for
these
new
equity
owned
businesses.
I
recognize
the
challenge
that
we've
had
with
these.
You
know
sort
of
you
know
people
coming
in
and
using
somebody
with
the
equity
owned
title
and
and
as
a
straw,
man
and
and
then
some
other
entity
is
really
owning
and
operating
with
just
giving
a
percentage
over.
M
I
want
to
avoid
that
as
well,
so
I
want
to
see
if
there's
a
way
we
can.
You
know
address
that
issue,
but
not
necessarily
just
cut
the
opportunity
right
at
the
legs
of
of
these
new
potential
equity
owned
operators
for
them
to
have
an
opportunity
to
own
a
storefront.
I
don't
think
that's
the
right
way
to
go.
M
I
think
that
we
need
to
keep
that
opportunity
in
there
for
both
storefronts
and
delivery
or
or
delivery
only,
and
I
would
be
comfortable
with
you
know,
with
doing
something
like
10
but
saying
that
it's
a
five
and
five
kind
of
deal
versus
the
five
that
we
have
today
and
we
say:
hey.
We
have
an
opportunity
of
five
new
equity-owned
storefronts
businesses
and
then
also
five
non-storefront
delivery,
only
businesses.
M
That's
actually
a
conversation.
My
colleagues
and
I
had
a
couple
years
ago
when
we
lost
a
vote
at
the
budget
six
to
five
on
trying
to
get
money
to
address
some
of
these
equity
issues
within
the
city
and
one
of
the
the
revenue
sources
we
discussed
was
the
cannabis
tax
revenues,
especially
with
the
potential
growth
that
we
saw
there
and
the
opportunities
of
growth.
And
so
for
me,
that's
that's
a
a
huge
interest.
I
I
definitely
would
support
that
opportunity.
M
I
still
think
that
that
is
there
and
with
the
growth
in
this
industry,
as
we
are
hopefully
going
to
see
with
this
decision
we'll
be
making
on
on
these
items
and
the
growth
opportunities,
I
think
we
absolutely
should
be
considering
that.
What
I'm
not
in
favor
of,
though,
is
the
suggestion
of
some
of
the
the
where
those
funds
go
with
the
early
suggestion-
and
I
know
casper
mayhem
is
just
saying
hey-
that
these
are
it's
not
limited
to
these,
but
I
would
say
it:
it
necessarily
shouldn't
even
include
them
whatsoever.
M
San
jose
promise,
san
jose,
learned,
san
jose
work,
san
jose
aspires.
Those
are
all
one-off,
one-time
opportunities
that
are
are
not
necessarily
addressing
the
the
real
root
cause
of
inequities,
things
that
we
have
an
opportunity
at
a
council
to
do,
and-
and
we
had
this
debate
a
couple
years
ago
at
the
budget
as
well,
where
we
discussed
with
the
mayor
as
he
had
proposed
the
same
thing.
It
was
his
suggestion
that
you
know
we
were
addressing
equity
because
we
were
funding
programs
like
this.
M
But
I
would
go
much
further
than
that
and
say
all
the
other
sort
of
disproportionate
impacts
on
communities
of
color.
Then
I
think
that
we
need
to
be
much
broader
in
our
thinking
on
on
how
we
would
use
those
dollars,
and
we
should
not
be
looking
at
just
these
one-time,
one-off
projects
that
that
we've
created
over
the
years
to
offer
you
know
limited
opportunities
to
youth
year-over-year
that
that
that,
in
my
mind,
doesn't
address
any
of
those
root
causes
of
inequities.
M
So
I
would
be
in
favor
of
that,
the
initial
concept
of
that,
but
just
not
befitting
you
know,
definitely
not
necessarily
including
that
early
language
of
where
the
funding
would
go.
So
I'm
I'm
happy
to
make
a
a
motion
in
in
this
if
it
get
a
little
difficult,
so
excuse
me,
but
it
would
be
to
accept
the
the
staff
recommendations
with
some
of
the
the
amendments
that
that
I've
that
I've
included
here
and
that
would
be.
M
Let
me
get
back
to
the
early
indication
here
on
the
on
the
residential
setback.
It
would
be
at
the
moment
moving
it
from
300
feet
down
to
150
feet
and
that's
measuring
the
the
pedestrian
shortest
pedestrian
path
of
travel,
with
also
the
option
of
potentially
just
removing
the
residential
setback
altogether
in
the
downtown
core.
M
I
think
my
recommendation
would
be
alternative
one
and
then
in
in
regards
to
the
retail
storefront
on
storefront
and
council
mayhem's
memo,
I
would,
I
would
suggest
the
10
new
equity
owned,
but
having
five
and
five
storefront
and
then
non-storefront
and
then
definitely
and
recognition
two
from
councilman
mahant's
memo
that
the
first
part
of
the
language
there
on
on
shaving
off.
You
know
some
of
these,
these
actual
revenues
to
address
these
inequities.
But
then
I
would
eliminate
the
language
on
suggesting
any
any
current.
You
know
direction
for
those
dollars.
M
F
M
F
F
F
Okay
and
then
the
I
wanted
to
ask
a
question
about
the
residential
options,
so
I've
had
to
because
of
some
other
discussions
that
we've
had.
The
council
have
actually
mapped
out.
Quite
a
bit
of
scenarios
in
my
own
district
in
terms
of
what
150
feet
looks
like
that's,
that's
four
lanes,
so
that's
two
lanes
right
on
either
side
of
the
street
that
it
would
be
possible
to
have
a
cannabis
center.
M
Yeah,
I
guess
I
didn't
have
a
good
indication
from
staff
on
what
the
actual
numbers
would
decrease
to
that.
That's
what
I
was
trying
to
ask
them
right
on.
Is
there
a
difference
between
300
and
150?
So
I
can't.
I
can't
honestly
tell
you
that
150
is
better
than
300
as
it
is
anyways
and
I
don't
know
if
staff
is
going
to
be
able
to
so
I'm
I'm
not
dead,
set
on
that
150
I'd
be
comfortable
with
300.
M
I
also
was
stating
it
right,
I'm
comfortable
with
decreasing
that,
especially
if
it's
going
to
open
up
opportunities
for
us,
but
it
doesn't
sound
like
it's
going
to
be
easy
to
analyze
that
at
the
moment.
So
I'm
not
stuck
on
that
that
150
I'm
comfortable
moving.
I
I
you
know
I
would
also
potentially,
as
we
come
to
the
council,
I
may
be
comfortable
going
back
to
150,
but
I'm
fine
for
now
for
purposes
of
the
motion
to
move
it
up
as
a
recommendation
back
to
300.
E
C
M
M
C
M
Oh
yes,
I
am,
you
know
what
I
apologize.
I
was
reading
the
staff
recommendation
wrong.
That
was
not
their
recognition.
That
was
one
of
their
alternatives.
Correct.
Yes,
I'm
sorry,
I'm
looking
at
multiple
different
pages
here,
but
yes,
so
it
actually
would
be
to
include
the
staff
alternative
of
allowing
the
60
registered
bins
to
open
a
second
retail
store,
front
location.
C
F
F
I
do
have,
and
so
I
appreciate
the
fact
that
everybody
is
kind
of
compromising
a
bit,
because
we
are
definitely
on
the
forefront
of
cities
in
california,
trying
to
figure
some
of
these
issues
out.
I
have
a
couple
of
questions
so
for
wendy.
I
think
this
would
be
for
wendy.
So
with
the
exclusion
of
police
beats
with
20
above
average
reported
crimes
be
at
the
time
of
application,
or
maybe
it's
not
windy,
but
I
think
it
is.
K
F
K
So
the
the
recommendation
for
those
is
to
be
it's.
It
is
light
industrial
combined
industrial
commercial
industrial
park.
So
it
mirrors
what
manufacturing
and
distribution
and
testing
kind
of
manufacturing
distribution
where
they're
located,
but
as
a
reminder,
they're
not
open
to
the
public.
So
just
keep
that
in
mind.
It
will
look
different
than
what
you're
seeing
now.
If
they
do
locate
in
your
district,
it
would
be
close
to
the
public.
F
Yeah
I
mean,
and-
and
I
also
bring
that
up
too,
because
I
industrial
land
and
I
recognize
that
it's
light
industrial
and
cic-
it's
extremely
valuable
in
our
city
and
we're
doing
everything
we
can
to
preserve
it,
so
that
we
can
bring
in
large
employers
so
that
we
can
provide
some
density
around
jobs.
And
so
I
just
like
to
remind
my
colleagues
that
that
need
is
still
there
and
we
really
need
to
weigh
options
in
terms
of
density,
around
jobs,
to
address
our
housing,
jobs
and
balance.
F
F
And-
and
so
I
also
wanted
to
thank
my
colleagues
thank
councilmember
mann
and
councilmember
perales
for
addressing
equity
and,
and-
and
you
know
it's
just
it's
interesting
being
one
of
the
districts
that
needs
equity
and
definitely
has
some
opinions
around
the
multi-decade
decade.
Inequity
in
our
city,
I
appreciate
actually
not
saying
it's
this
program
or
that
program
equity
is
so
much
more
than
a
program,
and
if
it
were
a
program,
then
we'd
have
to
have
a
discussion
around
is
it
project?
Hope?
Is
it
best?
F
Is
it
mayor's
gang
prevention
task
force?
Is
it
you
know?
What
is
it
investing
in
recreation,
centers
and
programs
in
parts
of
the
city
that
are
under
invested
right?
So
these
bring
up
very
complex
discussions,
and
I
think
council,
member
prowl
is
a
solution
to
just
look
at
a
fund
and
then
at
a
separate
time,
have
a
discussion
on
what
that
fund
would
be,
I
think,
is
a
cleaner
approach
and
why
I'm
happy
to
to
support
it
I'll
support.
Obviously
I
seconded
it
so
I'll
support
the
motion
on
the
floor.
F
I
think
we
really
need
to
have
some
more
extensive
discussions
on
this
with
our
residents
and
with
the
public.
I
appreciate
staff's
surveys
and
you
know
in
our
rush
to
bring
in
more
dispensaries
and
deliveries.
We
also
really
need
to
balance
our
residence
because
that's
when
the,
where
the
rubber
meets
the
road
right,
it's
when
we're
out
there
and
we're
listening
and
we're
meeting
with
our
residents
about
what
what
goes
on
around
them.
F
K
What
if
we
only
get
delivery,
only
requests
would
we
would
you
make
it
interchangeable,
like
definitely
have
say
that
five
are
delivery
only,
but
the
other
five
could
be
either
or
or
or
is
it?
If
we
don't
get
any
retail
storefront
requests,
then
it's
just
we've
only
expanded
to
the
five
delivery.
Only.
M
B
K
K
M
Okay,
I
I
think
yeah
I
mean
I
personally,
I'm
comfortable
with
that.
I
feel
like
we
should
have
engaged
you
know
over
in
the
first
place
versus
trying
to
to
be
right
there
exactly
37
with
with
the
opportunity
right
for
growth,
so
we
didn't
have
to
go
back
out
again
on
something
like
this,
so
I'm
fine
with
that.
N
Yes,
sorry
about
that,
okay,
I
inadvertently
hit
mute
yeah
just
that
that
we
would
have
to
that
could
potentially
impact
the
the
schedule.
So
it's
something
we
can
go
back
and
look
at
and
see
by
by
updating
the
increasing
the
number
in
terms
of
our
analysis,
how
that
might
impact
the
project
schedule.
C
M
We
should
have
given
ourselves
a
bigger
envelope
in
the
first
place.
So
even
maybe
you
know,
because
we
don't
know
what
the
conversation
may
end
up
like
at
full
council.
So
maybe
even
right.
If
we're
going
to
open
that
back
up
to
42,
we
might
as
well
consider
opening
up
slightly
more,
not
meaning
we're
going
to
go
there,
but
at
least
give
ourselves
that
capacity.
So
then,
that
way,
we're
not
having
to
go
back
out
to
do
a
full
sql
analysis
again.
N
N
K
Jared
just
so
you
know
that
was
also
based
on
when
we
did
an
info
memo.
I
think
it
was
march
2020
it.
It
stated
this
what
what
our
recommendation
was,
and
so
that's
kind
of
where
the
number
basis
came
from,
and
so
so
we
just
did
the
secret
study
based
on
on
that,
but
yeah
we
can
see
what
we
can
do
to
update
it.
N
Right,
I
wouldn't
you
know
again,
we
can
take
a
look
at
it.
I
wouldn't
imagine
it
would.
You
know,
have
any
kind
of
very
significant
effects
to
our
sql
analysis.
Where
would
you
know
kick
it
into
an
eir
or
something
you
know
to
something
like
that?
It's
probably
more
an
update
to
the
project,
description
and
and
would
be
shouldn't,
be.
You
know,
I
think,
a
huge
list.
C
F
H
Thanks
chair
and
thanks
to
everybody
for
the
conversation,
it's
it's
been
good
and
I
feel
pretty
good
about
where
I
think
we're
landing
here
appreciate
the
the
300
foot
change,
I
think,
proposed
by
councilmember
esparza.
That
sounds
good
to
me
at
this
stage,
and
you
know
I
want
to
thank
staff
for
all
the
work
and
my
colleagues,
for
you
know
what
I
know
has
been
years
of
work
on
on
these
issues.
H
That's
been
a
policy
area
that
I've
had
the
opportunity
to
work
on
a
bit
in
the
past.
When
I
ran
the
organizing
platform
that
caused
this
platform
on
facebook,
we
one
of
our
most
active
areas
of
engagement
was
with
decriminalization
efforts
and
some
of
the
leading
organizations
in
the
country
like
the
drug
policy
alliance
and
obviously
we're
in
a
very
different
place
than
we
were
back
in
2007-2008.
H
I
you
know,
I
think,
that
interest
in
sort
of
in
figuring
out
how
to
decriminalize
but
also
address
the
legacy
of
some
really
unjust
policies
that
disproportionately
affected
and
continue
to
affect
communities
of
color
in
our
community
are
really
where
my
interest
and
my
motivation
for
writing.
The
memo
come
from
so
on
the
just
to
get
down
to
the
recommendations,
because
I
know
our
meeting's
going
a
little
long
here.
I'll
say
on.
On
the
first
point
about
storefronts,
I
I'm
fine
with
the
recommendation.
H
My
understanding
now
is
we're
talking
about
10
that
can
be
either
and
my
intention
is
not
to
limit
opportunities.
So
I'm,
okay
with
the
change
I
I
do
have
real
concerns
about.
If
storefronts
are
an
option,
us
figuring
out
how
to
avoid
the
experience
of
other
cities
in
california-
and
I
just
I
think,
the
the
level
of
exploitation
and
the
failures
of
those
programs
in
other
cities
are
are
pretty
significant
and
we
ought
to
we're
going
to
figure
out
how
to
better
mitigate
that
this.
H
The
barriers
to
entry
are
very
high,
which,
just
by
necessity
by
definition,
means
that
an
equity
applicant
is
going
to
be
giving
up,
equity
and
control
and
future
income
and
there's
just
a
lot
of
risk
there.
It's
not
doesn't
mean
it
can't
be
done
right.
So
I'm,
okay
with
the
optionality
being
preserved,
but
I
would
be
concerned
if
most
of
those
equity
licenses
became
storefront
licenses
and
look
like
what
we're
seeing
in
other
cities.
H
So
I'll
just
I'll
just
say
that
I
know
we're
going
to
have
continued
conversation
here,
but
I
I
think,
the
lower
lower
barrier
to
entry
and
recognizing
the
fact
that
we
we
have
today.
We
know
we
have
effectively
delivery,
only
kind
of
off-market
businesses
and
operation
in
our
city,
and
that's
where
a
lot
of
our
local
entrepreneurs
frankly
are
at.
I
grew
up
in
a
neighborhood
with
two
two
we'll
call
them
entrepreneurs
in
this
space
who
were
not
operating
in
a
in
a
legal
capacity,
but
it
was.
H
It
was
a
livelihood
and
they're
very
talented
entrepreneurs,
and
I
just
I
think
we
need
to
figure
out
how
to
really
create
access
and
lower
barriers.
So
I
appreciate
where
we're
heading
here.
I
think
the
10
with
the
flexibility
is,
is
fine.
On
the
on
the
second
point
about
the
community
investment
fund,
I
think
I
understand
where
my
colleagues
were
coming
from
on
this.
That
was
certainly
not
meant
to
be
an
exhaustive
list
and
was
rather
quickly
identifying
examples
I
I
would
and
again
I
know
it's
gonna
be
a
future
discussion
and
debate.
H
Personally,
I'm
going
to
be
advocating
for
jobs
and
education
as
I
I
would
disagree
that
those
are
not
addressing
root
causes
and
creating
significant
economic
opportunity
that
has
the
potential
having
significant
ripple
effects.
I
mean,
I
think
we
know
from
research
that
when
one
person
in
a
family
becomes
the
first
to
go
to
college,
the
impact
for
that
family
and
extended
community
network
can
be
incredibly
significant.
So
we
can
debate
whether
or
not
the
existing
programs
are
good
at
what
they
do
or
are
cost
effective.
E
H
Know
we're
going
to
continue
the
conversation.
Don't
need
to
have
an
extended
debate
necessarily
here,
but
so
I'm
I'll
be
supporting
the
recommendations.
But
just
you
know
wanted
to
supporting
the
motion
I
mean,
but
just
wanted
to
share
a
few
thoughts
there.
I
did
have
one
question
that
came
up.
I
thought
councilmember
esparza's
point
on
density
of
jobs
was
a
was
a
relevant
and
important
question,
and
it's
something
I
I
think
is
a
very
serious
issue.
N
Thank
you,
council
member.
That's
that's
not
an
analysis
that
that
we've
done
specifically,
I
mean,
I
think,
just
probably
looking
at
the
business
models.
I
yeah
it's
hard
to
be
it's
hard
to
know.
It's
just
a
nod
analysis
that
that
we've
done,
I'm
not
sure
wendy.
If,
if
you
had
some
thoughts
on
that.
K
Yeah
we
can.
When
we
come
back
to
council,
we
can
definitely
try
and
bring
some
of
that
data
because
we
do
know
from
the
businesses.
You
know
they
have
managers
and
they
have
employees,
they
have
drivers.
So
we
know
currently
for
our
businesses
how
many
are
drivers,
so
we
could
kind
of
see
what
some
of
the
data
is
from
an
employment
perspective,
but
again
full-time
part-time.
I
don't
know
if
we
actually
have
that
information,
whether
they
live
in
san
jose
or
not.
I
don't
think
we
have
that
information
but
benefit
part.
You
know
not
benefit.
H
Great
yeah-
and
I
know
there
are
a
lot
of
considerations
there
like
the
ones
you
you
throw
out
and
average.
You
know
the
income
and
benefited
and
all
the
all
the
rest
I'd
just
be
curious.
The
reason
I
asked
on
a
square
footage
basis
is
I've
had
some.
You
know,
exposure
to
the
development
industry
and
and
specifically
light
industrial
and-
and
I
know
some
of
those
larger
footprint
buildings
are
where
we
want
those
large
employers.
H
I
also
know
we
have
light
industrial
parks,
including
the
district
10,
where
the
the
average
space
is
is
pretty
small
and
I'm
not
sure
that
on
a
per
square
foot
basis,
we're
actually
talking
about
a
different
number
of
jobs
or
quality
of
jobs
than
what
might
otherwise
go
there.
So
I'd
just
be
interested
in
understanding
that,
if
that
is
an
ongoing
concern
around
the
expansion
of
the
licenses,
so
thanks
again,
I
I
think
we're
I
think,
we're
in
a
good
place.
J
I
I'll
I'll
make
my
comments
very
brief,
because
I
think
my
colleagues
have
already
covered
a
very
broad
broad
discussion
and,
and
I'm
gonna
be
supporting
the
the
motion.
That's
on
the
floor.
It's
a
complicated
emotion!
That's
on
the
floor.
I
might
add,
because
I
think
that
this
is
a
very
complicated
issue
and
we've
been
working
on
it
for
a
number
of
years.
I
I
don't
even
remember
actually
at
this
point,
how
far
back
we're
going.
I
will
just
say
this.
J
J
J
You
know-
I,
I
think
my
council
colleagues
for
some
really
provocative
thinking
and
some
very
thoughtful
comments,
but
some
thoughtful
memos
that
have
been
put
forward
and,
of
course,
staff-
and
I
want
to
thank
wendy
as
well.
I
mean
really.
This
has
been
a
collective
effort
that
not
one
person
could
have
put
anything
forward.
It
really
has
been
a
very
collective
effort
in
terms
of
where
we
are
today,
and
I
know
that
there's
going
to
be
a
lot
of
discussion
moving
forward.
J
The
the
last
thing
I'm
going
to
say
I
get
think,
there's
two
things
is
one
is
I
want
to
make
sure
that
we
offer
opportunities
to
individuals
that
don't
have
a
million
dollars
to
get
into
the
the
business,
but
I
think
that
they
deserve
an
opportunity
to
get
into
this
business
and
to
be
able
to
get
into
this
business
legally.
We
don't
want
them
to
get
into
a
position,
that's
going
to
harm
them
in
any
way,
but
we
need
to
be
able
to
create
those
opportunities.
J
So
I'm
glad
to
be
able
to
support
the
motion
as
it
stands.
Now
we
may
find
that
when
it
goes
to
council
we're
going
to
become
a
little
bit
more,
even
more
creative
and
the
other
is.
I
do
think
that
as
we're
generating
the
kinds
of
revenues
that
are
coming
into
the
city,
it
is
incumbent
upon
us
to
figure
out.
How
do
we
use
that
to
create
greater
equity
or
greater
opportunities
for
those
children
or
those
communities
that
were
most
impacted
by
the
the
horrific
history
that
was
the
war
on
drugs?
J
So
I
I
want
to
thank
councilmember
mayhem,
but
but
I
do
also
want
to
caution
us
from
getting
so
prescriptive
or
so
specific
in
terms
of
where
the
money
goes,
but
I
do
think
that
there
is
plenty
to
go
around
and
it
should
be
used
to
support
those
communities
that
were
most
impacted
so
with
that
I'll
go
ahead
and
and
leave
it
at
that
and
look
forward
to
ongoing
and
continued
conversation
in
dialogue.
Thank
you.
C
C
I
appreciate
the
memo
from
council
member
mayan
as
well,
but
I
would
caution
us
all
about
the
fund.
I
I
like
the
idea
of
the
fund,
but
since
it
is
based
on
the
revenues
from
the
cannabis
industry,
let
us
not
consider
that
a
way
that
we
need
to
increase
taxes
on
them
in
order
to
increase
an
education
component,
that
we
should
be
able
to
budget
that
within
the
funds
that
are
already
generated.
I
just
wanted
to
to
raise
that
because
it
feels
some
refer
to
it
as
the
cash
cow.
C
The
other
thing
I
will
say
is
with
regards
to
the
urban
villages,
I'm
really
concerned
or
wondering
why
we
would
not
allow
the
the
setbacks
to
record
occur
on
all
urban
villages.
Why
are
we
just
limiting
them
to
the
those
urban
villages
that
have
plans
because
the
my
my
a
developer
comes
along
and
they
want
to
build?
They
want
to
know
what
they
can
build
and
if
they
can
build,
if
they
can
put
a
tenant
in
there,
who
is
a
cannabis
dispensary?
Maybe
that
helps
them
build
pencil
out
their
project.
C
I
don't
know
we
don't
we
have
a
majority
of
urban
villages
that
have
not
do
not
have
defined
plans,
so
we
are
limiting
ourselves
by
saying
only
the
13
urban
villages
that
have
plans
in
process
that
we
will
allow
dispensaries
to
be
to
be
located
there.
I'd
rather
see
us
say
any
urban
village,
because
any
urban
village
they're
going
to
have
to
have
a
plan
anyway
before
they
can
build
it
out.
They
can't
do
anything.
They
can't
just
come
in
and
have
a
dispensary
locate
there.
C
N
Thank
you
for
the
question
council
member
foley
yeah
on
that.
We
thought
that,
because
urban
villages
different
than
downtown
they
they
haven't
really
taken
on
kind
of
the
you
know,
a
critical
mass
I
would
say
of
density
and
a
lot
of
them
kind
of
are
the
the
environment
is
very
similar
to
the
rest
of
the
city.
In
terms
of
you
know:
commercial,
arterials
or
centers
ringed
by
residential
uses.
N
So
you
know,
under
the
the
current
proposal,
the
kind
of
city-wide
approach
you
could
still,
someone
could
still
potentially
open
up
a
retail
cannabis
business
in
those
those
urban
villages.
They
would
just
need
to
meet
the
the
current
recommendation
for
those
requirements
on
the
basically
it's
the
residential
uses
or
mixed-use
residential
uses
that
are
restricted
in
those
urban
villages
that
do
that
do
not
have
plans.
C
C
C
M
C
Okay,
all
right,
thank
you,
then.
I
I
really
appreciate
this
coming
forward.
This
is
one
of
the
first
things
I
I
brought
forth
and
I
wasn't
the
only
one
to
bring
it
forth
as
a
as
a
policy
item
at
the
time
a
couple
of
years
ago.
So
it's
really
good
to
see
it
come
to
fruition
and
eventually
come
to
council,
and
I
think
we
are
getting
it
right.
We
may
be
tweaking
it
a
little
bit
more
as
we
think
about
the
setbacks
and
the
the
path
of
travel.
C
I
really
like
the
path
of
travel
that
makes
so
much
more
sense
than
parcel
to
parcel
and
and
the
other
directions
that
we're
going
with
with
this.
So
with
that,
I
will
conclude
my
comments
and
I'm
really
proud
to
be
part
of
this
discussion,
and
I
just
want
to
remind
everybody
that
cannabis
is
legal
in
the
state
and
what
we
are
doing
is
just
expanding
a
business
opportunity
in
san
jose,
where
some
of
our
neighboring
cities
aren't
taking
advantage
of
this
business
opportunity.
F
Thank
you,
yes,
and,
and
because
our
neighboring
cities
are
concerned
about
the
crime
and
other
impacts
and
they've
been
very
outspoken
on
that.
So
I
think
that
puts
more
responsibility
on
us
to
balance.
So
I
I
had
two
comments.
One
is
around
the
jobs.
Thank
you.
Councilmember
man,
I'm
happy
to
get
those
jobs.
What
for
folks
that
don't
represent
industrial
areas?
The
city?
We
got
some
federal
funds
to
do
some
studies
around
jobs,
particularly
in
industrial
areas
and
opportunity
zones.
F
So
I
just
would
like
to
caution
that
we
are
in
the
in
the
process
of
studying
how
to
really
use
the
tools
that
we
have
to
add
more
density,
around
jobs,
and
we
don't
know
all
the
answers
yet
because,
as
a
city,
we
are
embarking
on
that.
So
you
know
we're
probably
not
going
to
have
all
of
the
answers
in
august
and
again,
our
industrial
land
is
super
precious
and
personally,
I
would
like
to
have
some
density
and
help.
F
Our
commercial
developers
have
some
density
around
jobs
plants,
and
so
it
is
something
that
I
do
keep
in
mind
as
we
look
at
other
uses.
I
just
wanted
to
go
back
very
quickly.
I'm
not
going
to
debate
this
as
we
talk
about
equity.
I
think
it's
really
important
to
listen
to
the
council
members
that
represent
parts
of
the
city
that
have
been
historically
under-invested,
that
have
massive
inequity
in
the
city
and-
and
so
I
don't
have
a
problem
with
education
or
jobs.
That's
why
we've
been
particularly
the
east
side.
F
So
so
I
just
want
to
caution
that
I
don't
have
a
problem
with
education
or
jobs.
We
can
go
back
and
forth
on
how
many
jobs
our
existing
programs
have
offered
us
and
the
fact
that
an
nse
committee,
many
many
council
members,
not
just
myself-
have
raised
concerns
about
minority
students
and
minority
youth
being
focused
on
cleaning
and
manual
labor,
instead
of
really
investing
in
them
to
connect
them
to
opportunities
in
tech.
F
F
But
pr
prns
is:
is
the
department
that
that
oversees
the
mayor's
gang
task
force
that
oversees
best
that
oversees
a
lot
of
programs
that
address
equity
in
our
city?
And
yes,
my
kids?
Don't
the
kids
in
my
district?
Don't
have
backyards,
they
need
open
space,
they
need
programs
because
they're
so
overcrowded
they
don't
have
a
backyard
and
they
don't
have
living
rooms
to
study
they
have
their
nearest
library,
so
that
infrastructure
is
equity.
F
So
I
just
wanted
to
raise
that,
because
I
think
that
this
all
underscores
how
the
simple
amendment
made
by
councilmember
perales
was
cleaner,
so
that
we
can
agree
on
a
fund
and
then
figure
out
on
the
back
end
how
to
spend
it.
But
I
would
just
encourage
my
colleagues
to
listen
to
those
who
represent
the
communities
in
highest
need.
Thank
you.
M
It's
not
that
they
couldn't
help
the
couple
hundred
of
of
of
youth
participants
that
participate,
but
they
do
absolutely
zero
for
the
root
cause
of.
What's
you
know
what
we
need
to
do
in
addressing
inequities
in
our
city
and-
and
I
know
it
firsthand-
because
my
my
little
brother,
through
the
big
brothers
program-
who's
been
a
part
of
my
family,
since
he
was
12
participated
in
the
very
first
san
jose
works
program
and
and
still
today,
his
youngest
brother
is
still
dealing
with
the
issues
that
he
dealt
with.
M
Just
like
hundreds
of
thousands
of
youth
in
these
predominantly
you
know
affected
areas
more
heavily
impacted
areas
throughout
our
city.
You
know
you,
you
may
perspectively
be
able
to
help
a
couple
hundred
kids
that
join
these
programs.
You
do
zero,
though,
for
the
root
cause
of
what
even
got
these
kids
into
needing
a
program
like
that
in
the
first
place,
and
so
I
think
that
that's
where
you
know
we
can
we
can
debate
that
in
the
future.
That's
why
I
wanted
to
leave
it
out.
M
C
B
D
G
F
C
I
Hi
blair
beekman
here
thank
you
for
the
meeting
to
simply
respect
the
work
of
governor
newsom
in
2019
and
to
help
try
to
clean
up
how
we
think
and
work
with
the
chsr
and
the
urdon
station
planning
ideas.
I
feel
we
can
organize
a
better
reasoning:
a
more
open,
friendly
dialogue
with
concentrating
our
construction
efforts
toward
a
centralized
la
to
merced,
to
stockton,
to
sacramento
chsr
line
and
to
be
completed
by
2035..
I
There
are
some
initial
intentions
of
chr
and
long-distance
regional
public
mass
transit
using
green
sustainability.
These
are
these.
The
initial
intentions.
Subprojects
from
the
central
line
can
include
anaheim
to
la
the
central
valley,
the
stockton
rail
yards,
and
how
the
chsr
can
finally
enter
into
the
sf
bay
area.
Most
of
all
these
projects
can
have
a
2045
completion
date
for
simplicity.
I
I
feel
to
be
determined
to
complete
the
later
merced
to
stock
in
the
sacramento
line.
At
this
time,
first
does
not
have
to
be
mutually
exclusive
to
the
competitive
bidding
of
this
time
between
bay
area
counties
and
eventually
bringing
the
chsr
to
the
bay
area
and,
in
fact,
to
think
of
the
chsr
into
the
bay
area.
I
This
can
free
up
a
less
competitive,
a
less
competitive,
more
focused,
better,
organized,
more
clear,
better
reasoning.
Everyone
can
understand
and
can
simply
help
create
better
unity
for
everyone
of
the
state,
about
chsr
issues
and
easier
for
chsr
projects
and
sub-projects
to
more
easily
ask
for
federal
funding
with
any
remaining
time.
Five
seconds:
good
luck
with
flea
market
issues,
let's
be
open
with
everyone.
Thank
you.