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City of San José, California
San José State of the City Celebration 2022, September 22, 2022
San José Mayor Sam Liccardo delivers his final State of the City address on Thursday, September 22, 2022, at the California Theatre. During the program, Mayor Liccardo will celebrate the hard work of our dedicated City employees, discuss solutions to our community’s most significant challenges, and highlight initiatives thriving within San José.
Live from the California Theatre, San José, California
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The
high
school
All-Stars
program
is
designed
to
help
students
achieve
Mastery
of
improvisation
techniques,
while
advancing
their
knowledge
of
Music
Theory
arranging
composition,
performance
and
Jazz
history.
The
group
rehearses
weekly
and
performs
in
professional
venues
all
over
the
region.
Thank
you
again.
San
Jose,
jazz.
B
B
This
dynamic
duo,
LED
San,
Jose's,
Premiere
Morning
Show
for
12
years
raised
in
San,
Jose
Lisa
was
fortunate
to
begin
and
end
a
40-year
morning,
radio
career
in
her
hometown,
the
first
10
years
at
klok,
1170
and
30
years
at
kbay
FM.
She
now
has
a
show
on
kcat
TV
in
Los,
Gatos
called
Community
storytelling.
B
Always
a
lover
of
the
community
and
non-profits
Lisa
remains
an
active
as
an
MCN
volunteer,
but
her
favorite
title
is
that
of
Grandma
to
four
fabulous
children.
From
six
months
to
seven
years
old
Sam
Van
Zandt
was
born
and
raised
in
San
Jose
and
got
his
start
in
radio
on
ksjo
hosting
a
high
school
program.
While
attending
Abraham
Lincoln
High
School.
He
there's
some
cheers
in
the
house:
I
love
it.
He
has
worked
at
kper,
Gilroy,
k101,
kfrc
and
Kya
San
Francisco
and,
of
course,
Kay
Bay
and
his
50-plus
years
of
radio
experience.
B
Van
Zandt
attended,
San
Jose
State
go
Spartans,
studying
broadcasting
teaming
up
with
Lisa
Chrysler
for
the
salmon
Lisa
Morning
Show
on
KB
was
the
highlight
of
his
50
years
in
broadcasting,
with
Decades
of
local
radio
experience.
Both
Chrysler
and
Van
Zandt
were
inducted
into
the
Bay
Area
radio
hall
of
fame.
B
C
C
C
Be
I
know
I'm
going
to
cry:
I
brought
Kleenex
up
here.
You
have
no
idea.
I
love,
Sam,
licardo,
I
love,
his
wife,
Jessica
I,
even
said
it
when
I
was
on
the
radio
I
mean
so
it's
no
secret.
It's
no
secret.
Although
when
we
did
get,
let
go.
Oh
that's
right.
When
we
left
K
Bay,
you
know
Sam
and
I
had
dinner
one
night
and
he
promised
me
a
job.
He
says:
oh
I'm,
gonna,
I'm
gonna
find
you
a
job
neighborhood
liaison
something
like
that.
C
Well,
I
never
got
the
job
so
I
had
to
sell
my
house
in
San
Jose
moved
to
Los
Gatos.
Here
you
are
and
but
they
let
me
come
back
and
yeah.
This
is
like
I.
Don't
even
think
you
know
this
story
and
then
I'll,
let
you
tell
yours,
but
when
Sam
he
texts
me
during
the
days
that
can
I
call
you
tonight
and
I
said.
C
Oh,
yes,
of
course
you
can
and
he
called-
and
you
know
he
said
you
know,
would
you
would
you
please
be
one
of
the
MCS
for
this
state
of
the
city
address
and
this
and
that
I
said?
Oh
my
God
I'm,
so
honored,
of
course,
I
will
and
then
two
nights
later
I
was
out
with
Amy,
Pizarro
and
I
was
telling
her
about
this
and
she's.
You
know
they
asked
Sal,
and
so
they
asked
salpis.
So
Sam
asked
Sal
Pizarro
first,
he
said
Happy
Hollow
tonight,
but
we're
here
and
we're
much
better.
It's.
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C
D
A
D
Whatever
his
future
is,
maybe
he'll
offer
you
another
job,
but
we
don't
know,
and
Carol
and
I
were
talking.
My
wife
Carol
well
we're
talking
about
it
and
she
said
well,
whatever
he's
doing
in
the
future,
and
we
all
know
politics
right
said
you
should
get
him
some
things
to
help
him
in
his
future
employment.
So
I
did
and
my
wife.
C
C
Oh,
we
have
a
great
night
for
you.
I'm
gonna
put
my
glasses
on
for
this,
so
we
don't
mess
up
which
will
happen
anyway,
but
we
are
so
proud
to
welcome
all
of
you
to
the
2022
state
of
the
city
celebration.
Sam
was
with
us
Sam
licardo,
the
other
Sam
was
with
us
on
our
last
day
of
work
and
so
I
think
it's
only
fitting.
We
should
be
here
on
his
last
state
of
the
city
address,
which
again
is
why
I
brought
the
kleenex,
but
anyway,
I
am
so
honored
to
be
with
you
tonight.
C
You
are
a
distinguished
guests.
Your
members
of
the
city
council,
elected
officials,
are
here
neighbors
and
I.
Think
we're
all
friends.
So
it's
so
nice
to
have
you
in
the
audience.
Council
members.
Would
you
rise
as
I
call
your
name,
so
we
can
all
give
you
just
a
maybe
we'll
hold
the
Applause
until
everybody's
standing,
but
we
have
standing
in
for
vice
mayor
chappie
Jones
of
district
one
is
his
chief
of
staff.
C
C
C
and
Matt
I
just
found
out
my
son-in-law
Matt
Brown
was
in
your
class,
but
that
doesn't
mean
you
can
ask
me
for
a
donation,
but
I
just
want
to
say
we
got
something
in
common
there
and
now
the
reason
why
we're
here
tonight,
let's
please
welcome
the
the
distinguished
mayor
of
San
Jose.
We
all
love
this
guy
Sam
licardo,
hey.
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C
All
right
and
while
they're
coming
on
stage,
let
me
just
tell
you
as
chicano's
descendants
of
Pueblo,
Pomme
and
widarika
Nations,
Gerardo
and
Karina
are
active
members
of
the
local
Urban
indigenous
Community.
They
work
to
reclaim
preserve
and
perpetuate
the
traditional
healing
practices
of
indigenous
cultures
on
behalf
of
past
present
and
future
Generations
professionally.
Actually,
Gerardo
is
the
director
of
development
and
Communications
for
the
Indian
Health
Center
of
Santa
Clara
Valley,
which
gave
out
many
coveted
vaccinations.
E
E
E
This
direction
is
set
aside
for
us
to
remember
ourselves
in
all
of
the
work
that
we
do
and
all
of
the
things
that
we
stand
for
the
impact
that
we
make.
We
can't
forget
to
also
take
care
of
ourselves
and
we're
grateful
to
those
that
came
before
us
who
thought
to
leave
that
teaching
with
us
at
this
time.
Relatives.
We
thank
you
for
your
kind
attention
and
we
want
to
offer
a
song
and
gratitude
to
each
and
one
of
you,
as
you
all
think,
about
the
city,
that
we
love
the
city
in
which
we
live.
A
A
D
F
F
F
I
pray
that
you
would
bless
both
them
and
their
families
I
pray
that
you
would
give
them
Vision
wisdom,
courage
and
compassion,
as
they
continue
to
be
good.
Stewards
of
our
city,
give
them
strength
and
creativity,
strategy
and
perseverance
as
they
take
on
the
complex
challenges
that
we
face,
make
our
city
a
place
where,
more
and
more
every
day
we
all
act,
justly
love
mercy
and
walk
humbly.
F
Our,
Father,
Who,
Art
in
Heaven
Hallowed
be
thy
name
thy
kingdom
come
thy
will
be
done
on
Earth
as
it
is
in
heaven
give
us
this
day
our
daily
bread
and
forgive
us
our
debts
as
we
forgive
our
debtors
and
lead
us
not
into
temptation.
But
Deliver
Us
from
Evil
for
thine
is
the
kingdom
and
the
power
and
the
glory
forever
amen.
C
Thank
you,
Pastor
Foreman,
I'd
like
to
bring
out
to
the
stage
now
to
San
Jose
aspires
students,
Leslie
Gomez
and
Aaron
Rivas
they're,
going
to
leave
us
in
the
Pledge
of
Allegiance
I.
Don't
know
if
you
know
about
the
San
Jose
aspires,
but
it
was
launched
just
last
year
2021
and
it
enables
students
to
overcome
barriers
to
academic
success
by
providing
a
free
online
tool
for
learning
opportunities
and
resources,
individual
mentorship
and
Advising,
and
a
micro
scholarships
program
that
gives
College
Aid.
C
Its
mission
is
quite
simple:
Empower
students
to
overcome
Financial
barriers
and
other
obstacles
that
impede
their
success
in
college
and
Beyond
through
generous
philanthropic
support
from
local
companies
like
Apple
and
Samsung
and
PayPal
San.
Jose
aspires
has
raised
over
9.6
million
dollars
and
enrolled
over
1600
students
working
to
reduce
financial
and
informational
barriers
by
earning
micro
scholarships
for
higher
education.
So
come
on
out
here.
You
two:
that's
just
fabulous.
D
A
D
D
Sister
serving
the
community,
the
best
she
can
and
so
much
more
Leslie
loves
dedicating
time
to
school,
because
it's
the
environment
that
helped
her
grow.
The
most
that's
wonderful,
Aaron
Rivas
is
an
SJ
Aspire
student
and
a
junior
at
Overfelt,
High
School,
some
Overfelt
people,
yeah
and
Aaron,
is
involved
in
sports
and
education
opportunities
outside
of
school.
He
loves
volleyball,
he's
been
playing
for
a
little
over
seven
years,
Aaron
also
enjoyed
track
and
field
in
the
past,
he's
a
former
volunteer
for
M
approach,
Farm
Park,
which
is
a
wonderful
Park.
You
should
all
visit.
A
A
B
B
C
You
might
as
well
stay
standing
because
we've
got
the
national
anthem
coming
up.
So
why
not?
Thank
you.
You
two
were
wonderful,
so
we
now
have
a
young
woman
who
I
have
just
watched
her
grow
up.
She
has
one
of
my
favorite
names,
the
name
of
my
daughter,
Victoria,
tweevi,
McDowell
I,
know.
Most
of
you
have
probably
heard
her
before
and
if
you
haven't
wait,
she's
18
years
old,
she
can
sing
in
seven
languages.
She
can
play
the
piano.
She
plays
the
violin
she's.
C
Currently
a
second
year
at
San,
Jose
State
University
go
spartans,
go
Spartans,
she's
got
a
black
belt
and
Taekwondo
she's
known
as
the
voice
of
San
Jose
Jr.
In
2015
she
signed
a
one-year
contract
with
twina
Paris,
By,
Night
Productions
and
then
in
2016.
She
performed
for
a
PBS
special
in
Naples
Italy
and
then
in
she
took
2017
off
and
then
in
2018.
She
won
first
place
in
the
South
Bay
Teen
Idol
competition
in
2019.
C
A
D
Now
before
we
continue
with
the
mayor's
speech,
we'd
like
to
take
a
moment
to
invite
the
council
District
9
honorees
to
the
stage
we're
going
to
be
presenting
the
rest
of
the
honorees
later
in
the
program,
but
Council
District
honorees
are
celebrated
members
of
our
community.
We
want
to
celebrate
them
all
and
they
serve
as
inspirational
role
models
in
District,
9
council
member
Pam
Foley
is
honoring.
The
Cambrian
Park
Little
League's
Challenger
division
team.
Isn't
that
your
old
neighborhood.
C
D
C
You
were
always
late.
I
can
remember
that.
Okay,
thank
you,
Cambrian
Park
little
league
and
you
guys
are
fabulous
and
you
know
what.
If
Serena
Williams
can
go
to
Disney
World,
you
can
certainly
go
to
Disneyland.
We'll
get
you
your
ticket,
you
go,
you
go,
aren't
they
marvelous?
Aren't
they
marvelous.
C
C
B
It
feels
like
so
long
since
I
have
seen
you
since
I
have
been
with
you,
so
let
me
say:
welcome
back
in
these
last
three
years
since
I
last
addressed
you,
we've
had
a
global
pandemic,
we've
had
racial
reckonings,
we
have
had
mass
shootings,
any
one
of
those
would
be
difficult
and
daunting
for
a
community
to
endure
and
collectively
it
could
have
crippled
us,
but
the
human
kindness,
the
acting
is
one
of
one
another's
Brother's
Keeper
through
this
time.
Through
these
last
three
years
has
been
extraordinary.
B
B
You
make
me
proud
to
say
we
are
San
Jose,
so
tonight
I
have
the
definite
pleasure
and
honor
of
introducing
my
husband
to
you.
Sam
and
I
met
17
years
ago,
when
he
was
a
strapping
30-something
year
old
running
for
City
Council
he's
still
he's
still
pretty
strapping
in
my
book.
Are
we
immediately
shared
two
things
in
common
in
interest
in
public
policy
and,
more
importantly,
a
deep
desire
to
serve
San,
Jose
and
its
residents?
B
Our
reasons
for
this
likely
stemmed
from
different
places.
Speaking
for
myself,
San
Jose
is
the
city
that
mostly
welcomed
the
grandfather.
My
grandfather
nearly
a
century
ago,
Jess
Garcia,
of
course
I'm
named
after
was
a
Spanish-speaking
child
who
learned
English,
and
this
is
where
I
knew
I
would
get
a
little
emotional
tonight.
So
bear
with
me
and
I
will
take
a
moment
even
step
back
and
say
because
I
have
been
getting
emotional
lately.
B
Thinking
about
my
family
and
speaking
of
them
is
that
for
so
many
of
us
in
this
room,
we
don't
take
the
time
one
to
thank
our
parents
for
the
sacrifices
they've
made
and
to
reflect
upon
just
how
much
progress
can
a
family
can
make
in
one
or
two
generations.
So
if
I
do
get
emotional,
if
I
continue
to
get
emotional,
just
know
that
it's
due
to
immense
Pride
about
where
I
came
from
and
where
my
family
has
come
in
these
last
two
generations.
B
So
Jess
Garcia
was
a
Spanish-speaking
child
who
learned
English
as
a
second
language.
He
split
his
time
between
school
and
field
work
in
his
early
childhood
and
he
did
his
best
to
look
out
for
a
single
mother
in
time.
He
would
grow
up
to
start
his
own
family
in
east
side,
San
Jose
and
as
a
widower
with
only
an
eighth
grade
education.
B
B
B
B
B
He
likes
to
say
that
I
peppered
him
with
questions
from
the
back
of
the
room
and
as
an
undecided
voter
I,
had
a
reason
to
I
was
impressed
by
his
sobering
clarity.
His
honesty
and
his
preference
for
Sustainable
Solutions
over
sexy
quick
fixes,
17
years
later,
as
his
spouse
I'm
most
impressed
with
his
unwavering
integrity
and
Independence.
B
I've
lost
track
of
how
many
times
I've
heard
Sam
say
he
has
the
greatest
job
in
the
world,
but
I
know
he
means
it
deeply,
even
among
growing
polarization
and
Chaos
that
plagues
politics.
Today,
I
have
no
doubt
that
being
of
service
to
you
in
this
increasingly
Grand
City
is
among
his
greatest
honors.
B
G
Thank
you,
honey
I
know
they're,
just
standing
for
you
so
first.
Thank
you
all
for
coming.
It's
great
to
have
you
as
part
of
our
our
city
celebration.
I,
wanted
to
say
a
big.
Thank
you,
of
course,
to
the
woman
who's
been
my
confidant,
my
honest
critic,
my
strongest
support
the
love
of
my
life
Jessica.
Thank
you
for
your
unfailing
love.
G
G
We've
got
some
KB
listeners
out
there
and
I
really
want
to
thank
Karina
and
Gerardo
Victoria
boy.
What
an
amazing
voice-
yes,
Pastor
Ken,
our
friends
from
San
Jose
Jazz,
will
be
by
shortly
and
I.
Think
we're
also
going
to
hear
from
tabia,
Veronica
and
Sharon
and,
of
course
thank
you,
Aaron
and
Leslie
for
being
amazing,
rock
stars
students.
G
We
thank
you
all
for
sharing
your
gifts
with
us
and
for
enriching
our
celebration
and,
finally,
and
most
importantly,
my
hearty
congratulations
to
our
community
Champions
and
our
award
winners,
who
we're
going
to
be
honoring
shortly,
we've
already
honored
some
and
they
are
fabulous.
Aren't
they
I
love
that
team?
You
know
the
city
Charter
requires
it.
G
Now
this
is
an
admittedly
imperfect
example
of
taking
the
Long
View,
but
it's
an
antidote
to
a
disease
that
currently
grips
our
world.
It's
an
ailment
that
I
call
temporal
myopia
in
case
you're
wondering
what
that
disease
is
and
why
you
haven't
heard
of
it.
It's
because
I
just
invented
it,
but
temporal
myopia
has
a
short-term
thinking
that
undermines
our
long-term
quality
of
life.
G
It
has
us
consuming
fossil
fuels.
Unsustainable
rates
under
investing
in
public
education
makes
corporate
Executives
obsess
over
quarterly
results
to
appease
Wall,
Street
and
politicians
tunnel-eyed
until
the
next
election.
It
conditions
every
one
of
us
to
react
to
the
next
text
or
tweet
the
exclusion
of
more
thoughtful
conversation
and
communication.
G
Yet,
throughout
our
history,
San
Jose
has
thrived
by
overcoming
temporal
myopia
by
fixing
our
Focus
on
the
future,
saving
for
the
future.
Investing
for
the
future.
That's
the
ethos
of
generations
of
immigrants
who
have
shaped
San
Jose's
character,
sacrificing
in
the
present,
even
in
the
toughest
of
times,
for
a
better
future
for
our
children
in
my
tenure
serving
this
city.
Amid
the
many
painful
crises
that
we've
experienced
together
and
you
heard
Jessica
mention
just
a
few
pandemic:
mass
shooting
civil
unrest,
droughts,
fires,
flood
I'm,
proud
of
the
many
ways
that
our
city
has
heeded.
G
The
lessons
of
our
immigrant
experience,
lifting
our
view
from
our
feet
to
the
horizon
together,
we're
building
a
San
Jose
poised
to
become
America's,
Next,
Great,
City
and
better
prepared
for
the
future
than
any
other
city
in
America,
I'd
like
to
talk
about
several
key
dimensions
of
our
future.
Together:
our
homes,
our
water,
our
safety,
our
money,
our
planet
and,
most
importantly,
our
children.
G
So
we'll
begin
with
our
homes
and
our
unhoused
neighbors
after
years
of
struggling
and
some
wheel,
spinning
I
believe
we're.
Finally
seeing
some
hopeful
signs.
The
latest
census
showed
that
we
finally
begun
to
reverse
the
generational
expansion
of
our
unsheltered
homeless
population
and
we're
getting
traction
through
the
development
of
more
Innovative
Nimble
Housing
Solutions
as
ludia
Burnett.
G
Recently
experienced
Lydia
and
her
grandson
grandsons
fled
a
very
unsafe
situation
at
home
and
they
bounced
between
Couchsurfing
and
congregate
shelters
for
several
months
until
they
moved
into
Evans
Lane,
and
there
ludia
had
a
private
bedroom
and
bathroom
with
access
to
communal
facilities
for
a
computer
labs.
Supportive
Services
kitchens
welcoming
community
Evans
Lane,
has
one
of
three
prefabricated
housing
communities
that
the
city
is
constructed
during
the
first
months
of
the
pandemic
and
a
small
fraction
of
the
cost
and
time
building
a
typical
apartment.
Building.
G
Already
these
three
projects
have
enabled
686
residents
to
come
off
the
street.
Nearly
80
percent
of
them
are
still
housed
today,
like
ludia,
who
recently
moved
into
a
new
apartment
in
West
San
Jose
we've
got
hundreds
more
quick,
build
units
now
under
development
and
Jim
warpaugh
and
Omar
passons
and
James
stagey,
and
many
others
are
pushing
toward
our
goal
of
getting
a
thousand
units
under
development
this
year.
G
Another
326
unhoused
residents
now
participate
in
our
cash
for
trash
initiative
to
help
clean
areas
near
encampments
for
every
bag
of
trash
that
they
collect.
We
add
money
to
a
MasterCard
debit
card
that
they
can
use
for
Necessities,
not
alcohol
or
tobacco,
but
necessities
critically.
Cash
for
trash
has
helped
the
team
led
by
Olympia
Williams,
Senator,
Murillo
and
Jamie
Marcel,
to
build
the
trust
and
rapport
with
unhoused
residents
needed
to
help
overcome
service
resistance
and
get
them
into
shelter.
G
We
awarded
150
million
dollars
to
Builders
of
1288
rent
restricted
apartments,
this
March
more
than
a
third
of
which
will
directly
serve
chronically
unhoused
residents.
Since
we
began
streamlining
permitting
and
fees
for
backyard
homes
or
adus.
Like
you
see
behind
me,
we
have
seen
the
annual
permit
application
Skyrocket
from
a
couple
dozen
a
few
years
ago
to
more
than
600..
G
This
fall
will
announce
a
partnership
with
the
local
lender
who
helped
modest
income.
Homeowners,
Finance
backyard
homes
with
reduced
rents
for
new
tenants
and
in
the
weeks
ahead,
I
also
hope
to
announce
that
our
first
religious
congregation
will
begin
development
of
affordable
housing
on
their
parking
lot.
What
is
known
as
yigbee
housing
as
in
yes
in
God's
Backyard?
G
Finally,
we
can
clear
red
tape
now
to
accelerate
construction
when
the
market
rebounds
legal
barriers
have
prevented
us
from
building
a
single
home
in
North
San
Jose
in
a
decade,
we've
negotiated
a
path
forward
with
the
city's
Santa
Clara
Milpitas.
However,
with
commitments
of
tens
of
millions
of
dollars
in
Road
improvements.
G
Now
the
county
of
Santa
Clara
is
the
only
entity
that
Still
Remains
and
threatens
the
Sioux
block
to
block
housing.
I,
look
forward
to
resolving
this
issue
at
the
negotiating
table
and
not
in
court.
Our
residents
has
suffered
enough
from
this
housing
crisis
and
they
don't
need
to
be
paying
for
lawsuits
too
I'm.
Confident
we
can
resolve
this.
G
What
we
know
today
is
that
we
cannot
continue
believing
we
can
rely
on
Fast,
diminishing
sources
and
the
Sierras
or
the
Delta
for
a
water
supply,
and
we
have
to
abandon
the
strategy
of
fighting
with
Farmers
or
other
cities
over
that
diminishing
Supply.
What
we
need
to
do
is
droughts,
proof,
our
water
supply
right
here
at
home,
focusing
on
more
conservation,
more
Recycling
and
purifying
that
recycled
water.
G
This
is
going
to
require
the
city
to
become
a
better
leader,
engaging
our
community
and
conservation
and
stepping
up
to
the
imperative
to
innovate.
It's
also
going
to
require
our
city
to
be
a
better
partner
with
stakeholders
like
San
Jose
water
company
and
the
Water
District
in
March.
The
council
approved
my
proposal
to
create
a
dedicated
team
to
accelerate
our
resilience,
boosting
work
starting
with
water
supply,
and
that
team
has
begun
to
focus
our
work
on
Solutions.
G
G
The
imperative
for
conservation
has
never
been
stronger,
and,
although
we
recently
you
probably
read
a
couple
days
ago,
we've
recently
met
Valley
Waters,
15
percent
reduction
targets.
We
can
do
better
and
we
must
the
Pacific
Institute
found
that
California
cities
can
reduce
water
consumption
by
more
than
40
percent
by
implementing
readily
available
Technologies,
repairing
leaks,
replacing
Lawns
installing
a
water.
Smart
appliances,
Council
stepped
up
recently
approving
an
ordinance
requiring
water,
smart
landscaping
and
all
new
development,
for
example.
G
But
we
can
conserve
even
more
by
empowering
our
current
residents
and
businesses
with
what
we
call
smart
meters,
why
Smart
Meters
well
most
of
us
only
know
to
look
for
Water
waste
when
we
see
our
bill
every
two
months
and
smart
beaters
enable
us
to
track
our
water
use
in
real
time,
so
that
we
can
quickly
identify
the
broken
irrigation
pipe
in
the
yard.
The
leaky
kitchen
faucet
or
the
lingering
teenager
in
the
shower
San
Jose
water
company,
recently
approved
actually
recently
received
State
approval
for
its
smart
meters.
G
G
We
can
extend
our
150
mile
purple
pipe
system
to
provide
more
recycled
water
to
Industry
and
Landscaping
financed
by
new
users,
thereby
reducing
their
potable
water
use,
but
even
better.
We
can
purify
that
recycled
water
for
drinking
in
2014,
Valley,
Water
and
the
city
jointly
opened
an
advanced
water
recycling
plant
that
uses
microfiltration,
reverse
osmosis
and
UltraViolet
disinfection.
What
is
all
that?
G
G
Finally,
we
should
explore
an
important
moonshot,
and
that
is
desalination-
we're
currently
spending
millions
of
dollars
every
year
to
pump
and
treat
brackish
water
in
North,
San,
Jose
and
dump
it
into
the
bay
with
treatment.
We
could
convert
20
million
gallons
of
that
same
water
into
drinking
water
and
we
could
be
drinking
that
every
day.
Of
course,
we
know
all
of
this
is
going
to
cost
money,
but
this
moment
presents
unprecedented
opportunities
for
state
and
federal
funding
and
willing
partners
for
our
children.
G
G
When
several
of
us
took
office
in
2015,
the
city
was
still
licking
its
wounds
from
the
Great
Recession,
with
rapidly
Rising
retirement
costs
and
divisive
battles
over
pension
reform,
and
we
lost
nearly
a
thousand
employees
through
layoffs
and
departures
and
hiring
freezes
slashing
basic
services
to
our
residents.
Our
infrastructure
was
crumbling
from
chronic
underfunding.
Our
city
streets
hadn't
been
repaved.
In
decades
we
had
inoperable
fire
stations
and
languishing
street
light
outages.
G
We
work
together
with
our
city
Workforce,
our
residents,
our
local
businesses,
in
the
spirit
of
shared
sacrifice,
our
staff
found
innovative
ways
to
do
more
with
less
and
let's
face
it.
An
awful
lot
of
them
worked
a
whole
lot
harder
to
cover
multiple
jobs.
Each
person,
thank
you
to
our
hard-working
City
staff.
G
Five
times
voter
approved
our
efforts
at
The
Ballot
Box,
to
adjust
these
budgetary
challenges,
including
one
of
the
very
important
one
in
2016,
which
is
our
pension
settlement,
as
well
as
to
authorize
Revenue
increases.
Now
we
have
a
lot
more
work
to
do
to
restore
services
and
improve
them,
but
promising
results
have
emerged
so
far
so,
for
example,
we're
restoring
Library
hours.
Next
month,
libraries
were
open
for
the
first
time
on
Sundays
and
16
of
our
lowest
income
neighborhoods.
G
G
G
G
Lee
Wilcox
Jim
Shannon
budget,
Julia,
Cooper
and
finance
Jennifer,
schembrey
and
human
resources.
We've
done
amazing
things:
we've
eliminated
City
debt
on
our
golf
courses.
We
sold
the
money
losing
hotel.
We
refinanced
debt
to
dramatically
reduce
our
annual
interest
expenses
on
the
taxpayer
dime,
and
we've
raised
the
city's
Bond
rating
now.
G
G
We're
also
learning
how
to
do
more
with
less
since
the
launch
of
our
Smart
City
Vision,
with
the
leadership
of
people
like
Rob
Lloyd
and
John
ristow
and
Dolan
Beckel
Matt
losch,
John
Aiken,
our
city
Workforce,
is
increasingly
leveraging
leveraging
technology
and
data
to
better
reduce
traffic
congestion,
improve
pedestrian
safety,
ensure
garbage
pickup,
distribute
food
and
reduce
Customs
delays
at
the
airport.
More
than
40
different
kinds
of
permits
can
now
be
obtained
online
without
waiting
in
line
at
City
Hall.
G
G
Of
course,
we
must
do
more,
but
our
next
mayor,
our
next
Council
in
our
community,
finally
have
the
resources
to
do
more
and
to
dream
bigger
stabilizing.
Our
fiscal
situation
has
also
enabled
us
to
invest
more
in
your
safety.
Despite
a
national
trend
of
rising
violent
crime.
Several
studies
ranked
San
Jose
among
a
handful
that
is,
the
top
six
or
seven
safest,
big
cities
in
the
United
States,
and
we're
going
to
keep
investing
until
we
get
to
number
one
again.
G
Meanwhile
officer
pay
increases,
have
reduced
census,
apd's
vacancy
rate
to
four
and
a
half
percent.
Yes,
our
Police
Department
Still
Remains
too
thin,
but
this
city
council
has
committed
to
add
officer
positions
each
year
for
the
next
half
decade
and
yes,
we're
all
going
to
keep
pushing
together.
I'll
get
my
two
minutes
in
front
of
the
mic.
When
I'm
done
being
mayor
I,
you
know,
but
it's
not
simply
about
having
more
police.
G
We've
expanded
the
authority
of
the
office,
the
independent
police
auger
with
our
voters,
measure
G
and
that
office
headed
by
Siobhan
Nuri,
has
done
an
incredible
job.
Council
in
a
few
weeks
will
have
an
opportunity
to
discuss
whether
to
move
all
investigations
of
misconduct
out
of
the
police
department
and
into
the
independent
police
auditor's
office.
As
I
proposed
back
in
2020.
We
would
be
among
the
very
first
U.S
cities
to
do
so.
G
And
amid
a
national
epidemic
of
gun,
violence,
we're
also
leading
the
nation
with
Innovative
approaches
to
reducing
gun-related
deaths,
to
reduce
the
flow
of
illegal
guns
to
criminals.
We've
approved
bans
on
the
possession
of
ghost
guns
and
we're
requiring
gun
stores
to
video
record
transactions
to
deter
straw
purchases
from
gun
groups
to
reduce
gun
deaths,
we're
also
creating
a
funding
stream
for
mental
health
and
domestic
violence.
G
Of
course,
there's
a
lot
more
to
safety
than
just
talking
about
guns
and
cops
under
Chief
Robert
sapiens
leadership,
our
thinly
staffed
Fire,
Department
use,
better
training
tactics
and
Technology,
substantially
reduce
Emergency
Medical
Response
times
and
they're
countering
the
enormous
growth
in
call
volume
had
more
than
103
calls
for
service
from
the
fire
department.
Last
year
we've
got
new
fire
companies
coming
online,
two
news
stations
already
up
and
operating
and
three
more
stations
under
construction.
G
In
may
we
completed
construction
of
a
new
Emergency,
Operations
Center
I'm.
Sorry,
we
will
complete
that
I
should
say
that's
under
construction
now
and
Ray
Reardon
and
his
team
have
dramatically
improved
our
disaster
preparedness
in
part
by
engaging
more
than
900
volunteers
for
our
local
community,
emergency
response
teams
and
I
know.
We've
got
some
cert
team
members
here.
Thank
you
for
your
work.
G
With
our
community
we're
reorganizing
our
gang
prevention
partnership
with
many
faith-based
and
non-profit
organizations
are
in
a
leadership
Mario
masiel,
Andrea
florescelle.
So
we
can
continue
to
achieve
better
outcomes
for
our
youth
at
risk
and,
finally,
to
tackle
the
national
spike
in
tragic
traffic
fatalities.
G
G
G
We're
now
taking
action
to
nudge
our
economy,
away
from
fossil
fuels
toward
electrification.
We
became
America's
largest
city
to
require
all
electric
utilities
in
newly
constructed
buildings.
We're
partnering
with
innovators,
like
block
power
to
retrofit
Apartments,
to
help
our
lowest
income
residents,
save
money
through
Energy
Efficiency,
we're
expanding
Transit
and
thank
you
to
Carolyn
gennot
and
the
VTA
team
for
all
your
hard
work
2020
with
the
opening
of
the
BART
station
in
Berryessa
and
North
San
Jose,
and
yes,
we're
going
to
keep
it
going.
G
We're
going
to
keep
it
going
and
get
it
under
construction
to
downtown
by
2024..
Yes,
thank
you
easy
for
me
to
say:
they're
kicking
me
out
of
office
by
then
and
we're
going
to
keep
moving
forward
the
two
billion
dollar
electrification
for
Caltrain,
that's
now
under
construction,
and
thank
you,
Jeff
Davis,
your
leadership
there
and
the
construction
of
the
capital
Light
Rail
extension,
also
underway.
G
Thank
you
to
council
members,
Carrasco
and
arenas
for
your
advocacy,
but
with
the
continued
strong
support
of
our
federal
Partners,
we'll
commence
Bart's
Construction
in
downtown
in
2024,
and,
yes,
all
the
way
to
Santa
Clara
in
weeks.
We're
also
going
to
be
selecting
a
contractor
design,
a
futuristic,
Transit
connector
to
the
airport
worthy
of
silicon
Valley's
urban
center
and
finally,.
G
Finally,
we're
giving
our
residents
more
non-transit
options
by
dramatically
expanding
public
electric
car
charging,
segregated
bike
lanes
and
electric
bike
share.
And,
of
course,
we
can
only
do
this
with
a
reliable
grid
and
we've
all
seen
too
many
blown
Transformers
have
left
too
many
of
us
tens
of
thousands
of
us
in
the
dark.
So
we're
now
pushing
PG
e
to
produce
a
plan
by
October
to
upgrade
its
aging
infrastructure,
or
we
will
take
action
and.
G
G
G
G
Fifteen-Year-Old
Leticia
shared
with
me
that
she
didn't
know
anyone
in
her
family
or
in
her
Wooster
neighborhood,
who
attended
College.
She
did
well
in
school,
but
she
never
believed
she'd
go
to
college
until
she
participated
in
San
Jose
spiers,
which
provides
students
with
a
digital
roadmap
for
their
educational
Journey.
G
You
know
Luis
Valdez
told
us
many
years
ago
that
the
future
belongs
to
those
who
can
imagine
it
and
because
of
San
Jose
aspire's
work
more
than
1700
first-generation
students
like
Leticia,
as
well
as
Aaron
and
Leslie,
who
you
just
heard
from
they're,
able
to
reimagine
their
Futures
at
Stanford.
University
is
now
studying
how
to
make
this
a
national
model
for
catalyzing
achievement
among
first
generation
students.
G
Says
it
inspires
just
one
example:
the
many
collaboration
between
the
city
and
schools,
employers
and
Foundations
to
expand
opportunity
for
poverty,
impacted
youth,
I
know
that
mayor
Ron
Gonzalez
is
here
and
we're
grateful
for
his
partnership.
In
this
effort
and
the
San
Jose
Public
Library
Foundation
Don
coppin
I'm
grateful
for
her
work,
we're
investing
more
in
our
kids.
Now
than
any
time
before.
G
We're
using
Federal
Recovery
Act
dollars
to
build
new
child
care
facilities
and
helping
current
providers,
expand
and
add
slots
for
800,
more
children
and
subsidizing
that
care
for
hundreds
of
more
parents
who
are
struggling
to
return
to
the
workforce
and
for
our
older
teens
and
young
adults.
We're
building
new
Pathways
to
careers.
G
San
Jose
Works
has
landed
more
than
5
000
teens,
their
first
job,
along
with
job
Readiness
and
financial
literacy
and
other
kinds
of
support,
and
with
last
year's
launch
at
the
San
Jose
resilience
Corps,
we've
employed
460
young
adults,
many
from
struggling
neighborhoods
supporting
our
community's
resilience
and
everything
from
Food
Distribution
to
vaccination,
Outreach
to
Wildfire
mitigation,
thanks
to
the
San
Jose
Conservation
Corps
and
many
non-profit
Partners.
In
this
effort.
G
Now
most
of
these
initiatives
really
just
start
as
a
mere
idea,
generally
just
buried
deep
in
a
budget
message
of
mine,
which
was
debated
and
approved
on
by
the
council
and
approved,
and
then
co-created
with
City
staff
and
schools
and
philanthropic
partners
and
parents
and
there's
way
too
many
to
mention.
But
I
do
want
to
give
kudos
to
our
city
staff,
particularly
Jill
Bourne,
and
her
amazing
Library
team.
G
G
G
Those
of
us
who
will
be
deporting
the
council
myself
and
vice
mayor
chappie,
Jones
and
council
members,
Magdalena
Carrasco
and
councilmember
all
Perales
we're
going
to
keep
sprinting
through
the
tape,
along
with
our
colleagues,
we're
going
to
do
everything
we
can
to
make
sure
that
our
next
mayor
and
our
next
Council
is
tremendously
successful
in
serving
this
great
City
I
want
to
thank
my
Council
colleagues
and
their
teams,
their
hard-working
staffs
for
their
commitments
to
lead
San
Jose
to
a
better
future,
but,
above
all,
I
want
to.
Thank
you,
the
members
of
our
amazing
community.
G
D
Moving
right
along
I
now
have
the
pleasure
of
introducing
to
be
an
African-American
theater
Ensemble
to
the
stage
whoa
yeah
to
be
as
base
here
in
San
Jose,
and
it's
in
its
38th
season
of
performances.
All
over
the
San
Francisco
Bay
Area,
the
name
tabia
is
Swahili
for
talented,
hey
you,
you
you're
Swahili
salmon,
tabia
anyways,
it
is,
and
so
it
represents
the
creative
creativity,
devotion
and
diversity
of
the
ensembles
pool
of
artists
have
got
a
lot
of
talented
people
is
what
I'm
trying
to
say.
D
The
Ensemble
has
earned
a
reputation
for
presenting
high
quality
Productions
that
celebrate
and
explore
the
African-American
experience,
ranging
from
touching
dramas
to
clever
comedies
tabiya
is
one
of
the
performing
arts
groups
of
the
San
Jose
Multicultural,
Arts,
Guild
or
sjmag,
a
non-profit
organization
established
in
1919.
Their
work
is
thought,
provoking
inspiring
and
it
strives
to
connect
people
of
all
ages
and
backgrounds
through
performance
art.
So
please
give
a
warm
welcome
to
tabiya.
D
H
H
A
A
A
A
C
Each
city
council
member
had
the
privilege
of
selecting
one
honoree
from
their
district
for
this
unique
distinction
and
tonight's
honorees
and
boy:
are
they
special
they're
being
recognized
for
their
outstanding
and
positive
impacts
on
their
neighbors
and
the
remarkable
contributions
that
have
served
to
Better
Lives
communities
and
San
Jose
as
a
whole
and
I'm
telling
you?
These
are
some
very
special
people
you're
about
to
meet
so
honorees?
As
we
call
your
name
come
to
the
stage
you
get
a
recognition.
C
You
get
a
thanks
from
your
council
member
and
mayor
licardo
council
members
I
invite
you
to
follow
the
ushers
and
and
make
your
way
backstage
anybody.
Rising
I
can't
see.
Are
a
council
member's
already
backstage
okay,
good
boy
you're,
a
step
ahead
of
us
like
that?
So
before
we
get
to
the
first
honoree
turn
your
attention
to
the
screen
behind
me
for
a
very
short
video.
A
C
D
Here
we
go
come
to
the
stage
if
we
call
your
name
and
in
District
One
vice
mayor
chappie
Jones
is
honoring
West
Valley,
Community,
Services,
Incorporated
and
West
Valley
Community
Services
Incorporated
is
a
community-based
non-profit
agency
founded
in
1973
that
serves
low
income,
unhoused
individuals,
also
families
and
Cupertino
Saratoga
West
San,
Jose,
Los,
Gatos,
Mata
Sereno
and
the
surrounding
mountain
regions.
Wvcs
offers
an
array
of
community
services,
including
emergency
financial
assistance,
case
management,
Community
Access
to
resources
and
education.
Special
programs,
such
as
back
to
school
supplies
for
children
and
holiday
programs
to
support
families.
C
They
happen
to
be
married
and
they
were
instrumental
in
creating
the
Roundtable
neighborhood
association
where
they
served
as
vice
president
and
treasurer
for
three
years.
They
were
so
smart
not
to
take
the
presidency
job.
They
let
somebody
else
do
that,
but
these
two
spearheaded
cleanup
efforts.
They
advocated
for
youth
resources.
They
fought
for
traffic
improvements
and
they
dedicated
countless
hours
to
making
their
neighborhoods
safer
and
through
their
courage
and
their
sacrifice
and
their
love.
They
are
role
models
for
their
three
daughters,
Kenya,
Cassandra
and
Carrie,
all
K's,
who
they're
raising
to
be
very
strong
leaders.
C
Well
now
we
have
District
Four
and
council
member
David
Cohen
is
honoring
Linda
Locke,
so
for
over
half
a
century
over
half
a
century,
Linda
has
passionately
served
her
community
making
an
extraordinary
contribution
to
the
residents
of
Berryessa
she's,
been
a
teacher.
She's
been
a
principal.
She
was
an
inspiration
to
her
students
at
Piedmont,
Middle
School
Linda
served
as
a
neighborhood
commissioner,
and
she
is
the
current
president
of
the
Berryessa
citizens.
Advisory
Council
and
under
her
leadership,
bcac
has
worked
at
Revitalize
penitencia
Creek
Park
and
restored
the
mural
at
the
Berryessa
Community
Center.
D
I
think
they
like
you.
Throughout
the
pandemic,
the
Latino
business
Foundation
was
instrumental
in
ensuring
resource
alignment
supporting
through
technical
support
and
securing
capital,
so
that
our
small
businesses
Community
could
pivot
and
remain
afloat.
It
was
a
tough
time
throughout
their
services
and
advocacy
they've
empowered,
countless
small
minority
and
women-owned
businesses
equipping
them
with
the
tools
and
the
confidence
to
persevere,
and
now
their
impact
is
compounding
being
located
in
LA,
esquina,
Gardens.
D
C
Alrighty,
thank
you
so
much
well.
I
was
hoping.
I
would
get
this
one
because
I
used
to
live
in
Willow
Glen.
We
now
have
District
Six
and
council
member
Dev
Davis
and
she's
honoring,
the
Kiwanis
Club,
which
also
makes
me
so
very
happy.
The
Kiwanis
Club
of
Willow
Glen,
the
Kiwanis
Club
hosts
music
in
the
Glen
every
single
summer,
where
residents
enjoy
live
music
at
bramhill
Park.
C
They
host
a
food,
drive
every
Thanksgiving
to
ensure
that
all
district
6
residents
are
fed
and
they
have
provided
a
hundred
and
twenty
one
thousand
two
hundred
and
two
dollars
in
scholarships
from
2008
to
2022
to
enable
students
to
achieve
their
educational
goals.
So
thank
you,
Kiwanis
Club,
for
bringing
entertainment
and
opportunity
to
District
Six
families.
D
D
D
C
They
engage
a
diverse
body
of
congregants
and
local
community.
Giving
and
volunteerism
The
Point
Church
is
dedicated
to
addressing
the
needs
of
vulnerable
populations,
especially
low-income
families,
with
children
by
donating
school
supplies.
Volunteering
at
Food
distributions
and
engaging
young
people
in
community
beautification
projects,
and
they
really
are
an
exemplary
Community
partner,
dedicated
to
Leading
all
efforts
with
empathy,
compassion
and
kindness,
and
you
can
just
see
that
looking
at
them.
How
about
that.
C
D
C
D
D
So
here's
the
deal
about
them
in
case
you're
curious,
the
San,
Jose
neighborhood
community
emergency
response
team
is
a
new
non-profit
founded
this
year
by
five
highly
dedicated
individuals
working
with
the
office
of
emergency
services
management.
So
you
guys,
you
must
be
the
five
one.
Two
three
four
one.
D
D
D
D
Okay,
okay,
I'll
just
go
ahead.
Okay,
now
we
have
the
distinct
honor
of
introducing
the
exemplary
individual
who
will
receive
the
mayor's
community
champion
award.
The
mayor's
community
champion
awards
are
given
to
individuals.
Who've
shown
the
strength,
courage
and
resilience
to
turn
ideas
into
action
and
to
make
a
difference
here
in
San
Jose,
these
Community
Champions
have
completed
extraordinary
acts
of
service
for
the
city,
and
the
mayor
is
honored.
To
now
present
the
2022
mayor's
community
champion
award
to
Raymondo
Espinoza.
C
Okay,
I'm
going
to
jump
in
here
just
for
a
little
bit.
Sam
and
I
were
a
team.
Mr
Espinoza
has
been
administratively
involved
in
community
health
centers
for
over
three
decades,
30
years
and
he's
currently,
as
Sam
said,
the
CEO
of
Gardner
Family
Health
Network
Incorporated
DBA
Gardner
Health
Services
ghs
maintains
10
sites
in
Santa,
Clara
and
San
Mateo
counties,
and
they
provide
a
comprehensive
array
of
services
to
include
medical,
dental
Optometry,
Pharmacy,
Behavioral,
Health
Services
for
both
the
low
to
moderate
and
chronically
mentally
ill
population.
C
Health,
education,
nutritional
Services
through
the
women
infants
and
Children's
Program,
comprehensive
Services
targeting
patients
with
complex
needs
and
health
care
to
the
homeless.
Services
I
think
that
gets
another
big
hand
too
yeah.
That's
pretty
amazing
of
the
40
000,
plus
patients
and
clients.
96
percent
are
at
200
percent
of
poverty,
so
think
about
that.
A
family
of
four
is
making
fifty
three
thousand
dollars,
of
which
ten
thousand
have
no
insurance
coverage.
H
A
H
A
H
That
that,
in
reality,
this
is
more
than
that
I
think
this
is
about
public-private
Partnerships
and
the
ability
for
the
city,
for
example,
to
make
things
grow
and
invest
in
community
efforts
that
make
a
difference
for
Gardner
it.
It
meant
being
able
to
take
advantage
of
some
of
the
programs
that
that
the
city
provided
to
to
be
able
to
purchase
our
facilities.
H
H
But
it's
a
challenge
to
make
it
work
and
if
Ryan
has
been
there
through
thick
and
thin
to
make
it
work.
For
me,
I
want
to
thank
my
board
members
that
are
here
Carmen
and
Guillermo
and
Maribel,
who
brought
who
who
brought
technology
to
our
organization
and
made
us
more
modern,
but
more
more
more
than
that.
H
This
is
a
labor
of
love
and
I
really
want
to
honor
the
the
migrant
workers,
The
Cannery
workers,
the
activists,
the
Catholic
Church
and
the
Stanford
students
that
organized
in
1968
to
to
say
we
need
yavasta,
no
more,
we
need.
We
need
to
create
our
own
Health
Care
system,
out
of
a
out
of
grit
and
determination.
They
created
the
Gardner
health
services
and
it
provided
me
with
an
opportunity
to
work
for
an
organization
that
I
love
and
an
organization
that
will
hopefully
continue
to
succeed
and
with
your
with
the
city.
H
Support
continue
to
flourish,
to
be
able
to
give
individuals
the
ability
to
dream
and
achieve
their
goals
by
keeping
them
healthy
in
mind
and
body.
And
that's
that's
our
effort.
The
health
is
just
the
means
to
an
end
in
the
end,
is
making
people
allowing
people
to
achieve
their
dreams.
So
thank
you
so
much.
D
D
C
D
D
A
C
A
C
I
just
asked
her
I
said:
are
you
right
word
for
word
and
she
said
usually
about
a
half
a
sentence
because
I
got
to
get
the
whole
sentencing
contest
context
before
I?
Do
it,
but
that's
pretty
amazing
and
thank
you
Sam.
It's
been
great,
you
know,
I've
done
a
state
of
the
city
for
Ron
Gonzalez
you
and
I
did
Chuck
Reed,
and
now
we
did
Sam
locardo,
so
I
think
we
can
call
it
a
life
a
day.
You
can
call
it
a
day.
You.
C
Know
how
to
shut
the
mics
off
and
turn
them
on.
So
let's
do
it.
Okay,
we
got
a
date.
Thank
you
all
for
being
here,
our
honorees,
our
council
members,
our
elected
officials
and
you
the
community
for
being
such
a
great
audience.
Thank
you
Mr
and
Mrs
licardo
for
having
this
man.
They
started
it
all
and,
of
course
thank
you.
Mayor
Sam
licardo,
you,
you
know
I,
absolutely
adore.
You
and
I
can
say
it
because
I'm
not
on
the
radio
anymore
I
mean
you
have
done.
What
is
it
16
years?
C
Is
it
16
years
just
in
San
Jose,
not
counting
everything
else,
you've
done
for
this,
this
wonderful
community.
So
congratulations
to
getting
some
sort
of
a
life
back
in
another
few
months.
You
know
what
we
get
to
party
now.
Sam
told
me,
there's
wine,
so
we
get
to
invite
you
to
join
us
for
a
reception
in
a
theater's
patio.
We've
got
wine
and
beer
and
light
refreshments,
and
probably
some
water
too
Sam.
Thank
you
once
again
for
attending
tonight.