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City of San José, California
Joint meeting of Rules and Open Government / Committee of the Whole, December 7, 2022
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B
B
B
B
E
And
nineteen
vice
mayor
of
the
administration
would
like
to
note
that
the
memorandum
for
item
3.4
will
be
put
out
this
Friday.
It
is
late
as
we're
working
through
last
minute
adjustments,
but
we
do
have
the
flexibility
to
submit
this
one
after
the
normal
date.
B
F
All
right,
well,
everybody
Queen
here!
Thank
you.
It
took
a
while
for
the
mute
to
unmute
to
show
up.
Thank
you
in
this
possibly
being
the
last
rules,
an
open
government
meeting
of
vice
mayor
Jones,
and
it
also
been
December
7th,
I
hope
I
can
offer
a
good
farewell
to
Vice
Matt
Jones
at
this
time
and
his
eight
year
tenure
on
this
committee
and
it's
three
plus
years
as
his
chair
I,
hope
that
into
our
future.
F
I
wanted
to
speak
on
you'll,
be
doing
a
review
of
the
electronic
billboard
issue
when
this
issue
was
first
approved,
I
think
back
in
April
and
March
things
were
a
little
tough
and
I
I
hope
that
we're
learning
how
we
can
talk
about
its
data
collection
practices,
a
little
easier
as
needed
and
in
actuality
how
it's
connected
to
the
bundling
of
law
enforcement
data
collection
practices
at
the
national
level.
F
We
really
try
to
work
towards
good
Sanctuary,
City
policies
and
good
civil
protections
at
the
local
level
that
Civic,
Innovation
and
city
government
likes
to
talk
about,
but
they
don't
yet
know
how
to
well
talk
about
that.
These
data
collection
processes
are
then
bundled
at
the
national
level
and
sold,
and
that
leaves
us
a
bit
high
and
dry
with
any
sort
of
better
guarantees
of
civil
protection
rights
for
ourselves
and
I,
keep
trying
to
say.
F
The
city
of
Berkeley
has
actually
been
working
on
such
an
issue
for
the
past
year
and
they've
accomplished
some
things
they've
actually
made
some
safeguards
and
to
better
improve
the
process
for
everyday
community.
So
I
keep
trying
to
say
it's
a
subject.
We
don't
have
to
fear
the
guy
who
spoke
about
these
issues
from
the
aopr
company
back
in
October.
He
did
a
terrible
job
in
talking
about
it.
F
D
D
I'm
speaking
on
behalf
of
agenda
regarding
protecting
the
public
from
sexual
assaults
associated
with
Uber,
Lyft
and
taxis
in
April
of
this
year,.
B
Thank
you
before
I
entertain
a
motion.
I
have
to
ask
one
last
time
to
the
city
manager's
office.
Lee.
Has
this
agenda
have
been
properly
load
balanced
and
are
there
any
any
items
that
we
can
move
out
to
January
or
another
option
is
to
move
the
whole
agenda
out
to
January.
E
Is
the
choice
of
the
rules
committee,
if
you'd
like
to
do
that,
we
do
believe
with
an
11AM
start
time
that
that
Council
would
be
able
to
finish
business
at
a
reasonable
hour.
However,
okay.
B
All
right,
thank
you
all
right,
bringing
it
to
my
colleagues
I'll.
I
Vice
chair
I
mean
vice
mayor
Excuse
me
yes,
I.
J
Wanted
to
see
if
we
could
have
items
C5
through
C9,
we
heard
together.
B
Yes,
we
can.
We
can
discuss
that,
let's,
let's
take
the
votes
for
the
agenda
and
then
after
we
get
past
consent,
we
can
discuss
consolidating
those
items.
Oh.
F
All
right,
thank
you,
Blair
Beekman!
Here
you
have
your
monthly
audit
report
in
here
this
month.
Thank
you
as
I
always
try
to
say,
there's
just
a
cornucopia
of
good
ideas
that
are
that
are
within
the
monthly
Auditors
reports.
This
is
just
good
reference
and
enjoyable
reading
and
just
things
to
see,
what's
the
city
a
good
thing,
the
city
is
really
working
on
to
understand
good
Community
projects
I
invite
yourselves
to
really
check
it
out
each
month.
It's
there.
F
You
also
have
an
item
of
homeless
transparency,
budgeting
homeless
granted
and
for
its
funding
to
be
transparent
in
the
future.
I
think
that's
on
consent.
Thank
you
for
that.
F
That's
a
that's
a
concept
that
was
mentioned
in
previous
public
meetings
recently
that
to
learn
to
do
those
sort
of
things,
I
mean
just
the
fundamentals,
just
really
learn
how
to
do
that.
Well,
we
have
the
money
to
do
that.
Well
now
we
have
to.
We
should
organize
ourselves
to
do
that.
Well
now
and
I
wish
you
luck
how
to
do
that,
because
if
we
do,
if
we
can
start
housing
people
in
two
to
five
year
increments,
instead
of
one
to
two
year
in
increments
with
subsidy
health,
that's
the
good
stuff!
F
That's
why
you
you're
taking
these
jobs
as
as
housing,
Department
persons.
So
good
luck
in
those
efforts.
Good
luck
in
Santa,
Clara,
County's,
ideas
of
housing,
low-income
families,
all
almost
all
income
families
by
2025
I-
think
it's
a
good
role
model
for
ourselves.
Thanks
for
your.
K
K
K
When
we
finish
everything
else,
that's
not
how
this
works
it
may
it
may
work
for
you
for
the
city,
but
it
doesn't
work
for
the
for
the
issues
that
the
racial
Equity
principles
were
designed
to
amend,
and
so
we
really
need
to
and
I'll
help
you
with
that
I
I
give
I
can
see
that
the
city
needs
a
lot
of
help
in
this
area
and
that's
what
I'm
for
I'm
here
to
Advocate
to
ensure
that
racial
Equity
principles
and
the
historical
injustices
and
deficits
that
were
created
by
racial
inequity
are
serviced
through
the
budgetary
process
we'll
get
there
I
guarantee
you,
we
will
get
there,
but
you
need
somebody,
a
representative
from
the
racial
Equity
office
at
this
particular
meeting.
J
That
would
be
one
would
be
wonderful.
We
can
bifurcate,
maybe
one
of
those
and
I
think
it's
C,
I,
actually
I
think
it's
C5
and
then
hear
the
rest.
Okay,
together.
B
And
in
Nora
would
would
that
work
in
terms
of
the
councilman
would
speak
to
that
those
Consolidated
items,
and
will
we
have
public
comments?
M
It
actually
could
go
either
way
depending
on
how
the
chair
wants
to
handle
the
meeting
and
whether
or
not
the
chair
and
the
council
consider
the
items
to
be
so
discreet
that
they
should
be
handled
separately
and
whether
or
not
presentations
it
sounds
like
all.
The
presentations
will
be
done
together
and
so
comment
would
probably
be
over
everything,
but
that
would
depend
if
there's
one
of
those
you
want
to
break
out
and
hold
public
comments
separately.
That
could
be
done.
B
Great
thank
you
all
right.
Well,
let's
tackle
c
one
first,
which
is
protecting
the
public
from
sexual
assaults
associated
with
Uber,
Lyft
and
taxis,
and
before
I
go
to
public
comments.
I
want
to
want
to
give.
E
B
Okay,
I
will
give
the
mayor
an
opportunity,
since
he's
graciously
here
in
person
to
join
us
an
opportunity
to
to
speak
to
the
items
I'm.
O
Good
afternoon
and
thank
you,
I'm
Elle
Washburn,
Deputy
Chief
of
the
Bureau
of
Investigations,
with
the
San
Jose
police
department,
chair
Jones
and
vice
chair
Perales.
Thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
address
the
committee
today
with
me.
Today
is
senior
analyst
Anjali
Montesa
donzanti
and
the
sexual
assaults
investigative
unit
Commander
Kenny
Tran.
O
O
First,
we
work
to
take
dangerous
predators
off
the
streets
of
our
community
to
prevent
further
victimization
when
a
sexual
assault
occurs
during
a
ride
share.
We
must
ask
ourselves:
is
this
the
first
time
the
offender
has
committed
such
an
act?
Will
the
predatory
behavior
become
increasingly
violent
and
how
many
more
people
will
become
victimized
if
law
enforcement
does
not
interrupt
the
cycle
of
violence?
O
Our
second
goal
is
that
of
safeguarding
survivors.
Protecting
survivors
and
protecting
Public
Safety
are
not
mutually
exclusive.
When
a
Survivor
contacts
a
ride
share
company
to
disclose
a
sexual
assault.
Our
hope
is
that
notification
to
law
enforcement
is
contemporaneous
not
well
after
an
initial
investigation
by
a
ride
share
company,
thus
creating
a
scenario
where
the
Survivor
is
re-traumatized.
By
having
to
disclose
in
detail
the
violent
acts
committed
upon
them.
The
investigation
should
be
completed
by
a
San
Jose
police
department
officer,
not
an
employee
of
a
public
company.
O
Our
detectives
receive
approximately
30
weeks
of
training
in
the
academy,
followed
by
an
additional
80
specialty
hours
before
they
are
qualified
to
interview.
A
survivor
of
sexual
assault.
Survivors
are
not
compelled
to
participate
in
the
judicial
process,
nor
is
there
receiving
resources
contingent
upon
their
cooperation.
O
O
The
Survivor
can
have
a
person
of
their
choice
with
them
for
support,
and
we
also
provide
an
in-house
Advocate
with
whom
we
partner
to
be
present
during
any
and
all
interviews.
We
can
offer
the
interview
in
their
native
tongue
if
they
are
not
comfortable
or
proficient
in
English,
we
can
offer
a
medical
exam
free
of
charge.
We
can
offer
a
forensic
exam
free
of
charge.
O
This
evidence
can
be
collected
and
safely
stored
for
a
time
when
the
Survivor
does
decide
to
participate
in
the
judicial
process.
We
can
connect
survivors
to
counseling
and
other
short
and
long-term
resources
made
available
by
the
city
and
county.
We
work
in
concert
with
the
District
Attorney's
office
to
streamline
the
process
for
survivors,
and
finally,
we
offer
a
safety
plan
and
a
restraining
order
if
the
suspect
is
known
for
each
and
every
Survivor,
so
they
can
feel
more
secure
following
a
sexual
assault.
We
want
survivors
to
know
their
rights.
O
B
Thank
you,
deputy
I
will
now.
N
Could
I
also
ask
since
the
District
Attorney's
office
has
been
very
involved
with
this?
It's
a
public
agency.
If
we
could
hear
from
the
District
Attorney's
office
as
well
Debbie?
Are
they
yes
assistant,
District,
Attorney,
Terry
Harmon,
who
oversees
sexual.
N
Wiggins
who
handles
victim
assistance.
B
Q
Perfect
good
afternoon,
my
name
is
Terry
Harmon
I'm,
an
assistant
district
attorney
and
I
oversee
our
sexual
assault
unit.
We
come
here
today
in
in
support
because
it
is
necessary.
We
come
here
today
out
of
necessity,
what
started
as
a
question
about
data,
which
is
we
looked
at
the
sexual
assaults
Uber
reported
as
having
occurred
on
their
platform,
and
we
compared
that
to
the
sexual
assaults
we
had
received.
Q
Q
Q
What
became
clear
to
us
is
that
the
Rideshare
companies
have
started
their
own
system
of
justice.
Now,
there's
no
police
involved
in
this
justice
system.
There's
no
meaningful
services
to
victims.
There's
no
accurate
information
given
to
victims.
There's
no
judges,
there's
no
Courthouse,
there's
no
accountability
and
there
is
no
protection
for
future
sexual
assault
victims.
This
is
the
ride,
share
justice
system,
which
is
about
protecting
the
corporation
and
not
protecting
the
community.
Q
N
R
Hello,
thank
you
for
allowing
me
to
speak
today.
I
think
it's
really
important
to
talk
about
where
we
have
common
ground
and
where
we
would
like
to
find
common
ground
on
behalf
of
victims,
I
believe
it's
important
to
point
out
that
the
Common
Ground
we
have
with
our
victim
Services
Partners,
perhaps
out
there
is
that
we
also
believe
that
victims
should
have
every
possibility
to
exercise
their
agency
to
speak
to
whomever
they
want.
R
However,
we
disagree
on
how
and
when
this
could
happen,
we
believe
that
victims
should
be
provided
with
appropriate
information
to
support
for
support,
to
make
an
informed
decision
regarding
how
and
when
they
choose
to
exercise
their
agency
to
speak
to
whomever
they
want
regarding
what
happened
to
them.
I
appreciate
the
victim
Services
groups
out
there,
organizations
that
are
advocating
for
victims
who
will
choose
to
never
talk
with
police.
R
The
reality
is
that
there
are
victims
who
would
talk
with
law
enforcement
once
they
have
the
appropriate
support
and
information
to
do
so.
I
say
this
to
you
out
of
26
plus
years
of
working
with
victims
of
all
types
of
crime,
adults
and
children,
who
very
often
throughout
that
process,
begin
the
criminal
justice
processing.
R
The
problem
with
Uber
and
lifts
current
practice
of
not
reporting
incidents
of
sexual
assault
to
police
is
based
on
what
I
believe
to
be
a
flawed
misguided,
overreaching
assumption
that
all
victims
who
report
to
Uber
without
also
reporting
to
the
police,
fall
into
that
category
of
I
won't
ever
talk
to
police.
That
simply
isn't
true.
My
26
years
says
that
the
flaws,
assuming
all
the
reality
is
some
would
now
like.
R
The
concern
is
that
assumption
is
not
allowing
for
those
that
would
talk
to
law
enforcement
if
they
received
that
trauma-informed
call
that
we
heard
about
letting
them
know
what
their
rights
are,
what
their
options
are
and
by
the
way
that
there
are
services
available
to
them.
In
that
moment,
they
can
have
somebody
sit
with
them,
while
they're
talking
to
the
police
and
they
are
going
to
have
Services
throughout
and
Beyond,
whether
it's
the
victim
Services
programs
that
are
out
in
the
community
or
whether
it's
the
victim
Services
program
at
the
District
Attorney's
office.
R
We
hope
there
is
Common
Ground
among
all
of
us
to
allow
those
who
would
speak
to
police
to
have
that
opportunity
to
receive
the
kind
of
call
that
we
just
heard
about,
so
that
they
can
make
their
decision
to
exercise
their
agency
to
speak
to
law
enforcement,
who
will,
as
we've
heard,
treat
them
with
dignity
and
respect,
and
they
will
be
believed.
They'll
have
a
different
experience
than
what
they
might
be
concerned
about,
given
the
proper
support
and
information.
R
R
R
D
C
D
Good
afternoon
my
name
is
Minister
Sherry
Murphy
and
I'm,
a
social
justice
Minister
and
an
organizer
for
Gig
workers.
Rising
I
was
also
a
sexual
assault,
Advocate
and
director
of
victim
women's
program
in
the
DA's
office.
My
voice
represents
over
20
000
gig
workers,
who
are
committed
to
improve
Public
Safety
for
both
drivers
and
passengers.
D
In
April
of
this
year,
we
released
a
report
ring
an
alarm
on
an
urgent
safety
crisis.
More
than
50
app
workers
have
been
killed
on
the
job
since
2017..
Now
today,
that
number
is
more
close
closer
to
60..
The
research
also
shows
that
more
than
60
of
those
killed
were
people
of
color,
although
they
comprise
less
than
39
of
the
overall
Workforce
in
the
U.S
economy.
D
In
addition,
31
have
been
sexually
harassed
along
with
63
percent
ended
a
refusal
ride
because
they
thought
unsafe,
I
agree
with
today's
office
that
they
do
business
at
the
cost
of
the
community.
However,
recent
comments
by
mayor
by
the
mayor
and
district
attorney
mischaracterized
the
safety
issue
as
a
one-sided
and
only
affecting
passengers.
D
To
that
end,
I'm
here
to
call
on
city
leaders
to
join
gig
workers
rising
and
members
of
the
Congress
to
work
with
us
on
efforts
to
make
both
passengers
and
writers
say
I
urge
any
policy
must
be
in
partnership
with
gig
workers.
Rising
and
I
stand
in
solidarity
with
the
California
partnership
to
end
domestic
violence
and
Silicon
Valley
debug
opposing
this
measure
as
it
is,
we
need
to
support
the
most
safe
and
Equitable
strategy
possible
for
all
of
its
constituents.
Thank
you.
C
S
As
the
memo
notes,
the
data
supporting
this
ordinance
is
an
extrapolation
also.
What
is
the
system's
current
capacity
to
see
Justice
on
behalf
of
survivors
in
2019,
the
city's
Public
Safety
finance
and
strategic
support.
Committee
reported
that
the
clearance
rate
for
sexual
assaults
in
San
Jose
was
only
6.7
percent.
S
S
T
Hi,
my
name
is
Cesar
palancares
I
am
an
organizer
with
gig
workers
racing.
In
the
last
three
months,
the
New
York
Times
and
the
Mercury
have
published
articles
addressing
the
high
number
of
uber
and
lived
customers
that
have
been
reported
being
sexually
assaulted
by
drivers.
However,
both
articles
blatantly
ignore
the
fact
that
Reicher
drivers
are
at
the
highest
risk
of
being
sexually
harassed
and
assaulted,
while
on
the
job
drivers
working
for
these
companies
are
in
desperate
need
of
safety
protections.
T
Recent
comments
by
major
licardo
and
district
attorney
Rosen
mischaracterized,
this
safety
issue
as
one
side
and
only
affecting
passengers.
Safety
should
not
be
a
privilege
set
aside
for
paying
customers,
but
a
commitment
made
to
all
of
us
drivers
and
Riders
by
solely
focusing
on
protecting
passengers.
You
Bill
nice,
the
thousands
of
uber
and
lived
drivers
working
in
the
Bay
Area
that
prioritize
the
safety
and
comfortability
of
their
passengers.
The
majority
of
these
drivers
are
good,
hard-working
people
looking
to
take
care
of
themselves
and
their
families.
T
Any
decision
to
improve
Public
Safety
that
exclude
this
work
is
is
a
poor
policy.
Uber
and
live
have
continuously
ignored
the
responsibility
responsibility
to
to
keep
drivers
safe.
We
commend
the
city
council
for
looking
to
step
up
where
companies
have
failed,
but
demand
that
you
step
up
for
all
of
us
that
are
in
need
of
your
help.
Thank
you
very
much.
U
U
However,
I
am
very
disappointed
that
this
memorandum
was
created
and
introduced
without
meaningful
collaboration
or
consultation
involving
victim
service
providers,
implying
that
victim
support
organizations
are
in
support
of
this
memorandum
when
they
are
not
as
disingenuous
at
best
co-opting
language,
such
as
victim-centered
and
trauma-informed,
without
direct
action,
Rings
Hollow.
This
policy
has
the
potential
to
set
a
dangerous
precedent
to
mandate
that
survivors
engage
with
law
enforcement
and
that
their
personal
information
be
shared
without
consent.
U
Why
is
there
a
push
for
implementation
without
the
necessary
work
of
building
a
workable
policy
that
works
for
the
entire
Community
healing
Justice
and
support
comes
in
many
different
forms?
Survivors
deserve
to
have
options
that
are
centered
in
their
voice,
and
choice.
Survivors
should
be
able
to
choose
if
they
want
to
engage
with
with
law
enforcement
and
the
criminal
justice
system.
We
need
to
trust,
survivors
and
develop
policies
that
Center
their
voice
and
healing.
Thank
you.
V
Chambers
appears
to
be
muted,
we're
not
hearing
on
Zoom
from
chambers
right
now,
so
we
can't
hear
you
call
the
names.
That's
why
there's
been
a
delay?
Okay,.
W
Go
ahead:
go
ahead;
okay,
my
name
is
Christine
Smith
with
the
California
Partnerships
on
domestic
violence,
and
we
join
to
express
our
strong
opposition
to
the
proposed
ordinance
along
with
the
previous
speaker.
We
are.
We
wanted
to
express
that
victims.
Rights
groups
have
not
been
consulted.
W
Victims,
Advocates
and
experts
in
domestic
violence
and
sexual
assault
prevention
and
response
have
made
it
clear
time
and
time
again
to
our
partners
in
government
and
law
enforcement
that
our
first
responsibility
must
be
to
protect.
The
Dignity
of
survivors
bear
storing
agency
that
has
already
been
wrenched
away
from
them.
W
Institutions
for
promoting
best
practices
for
trauma
and
institutions
responsible
for
promoting
best
practices
for
trauma-informed
care,
understand
that
empowering
survivors
to
make
their
own
choices
about
what
treatment
to
seek
and
what
systems
to
involve
is
an
essential
part
of
the
healing
Journey,
taking
away
choices
or
compelling
people
to
participate
against.
Their
will
is
a
serious
risk
for
re-traumatization
for
survivors
of
sexual
violence,
privacy
and
confidentiality
of
their
personal
information
is
more
than
just
an
expectation.
It's
a
matter
of
personal
Safety
and
Security,
rather
than
compelling
survivors
to
report,
their
incidents
to
law
enforcement.
W
Thank
you
for
your
time
and
please
I
urge
you
to
oppose
this.
F
Hi
Blair
Beekman
here
a
lot
of
good
public
comment
today
on
this
item,
I
was
going
to
offer.
I
was
interested
in
the
report.
I've
never
heard
this
report
before
what's
going
on
with
this
issue
and
I
was
just
going
to
offer
a
few
words
that
I
think
have
been
spoken
much
better
by
the
previous
public
comment.
Persons.
Thank
you.
I
was
going
to
offer
Concepts
that
for
all
your
good
intentions,
that
government
wants
to
do
with
this
issue,
and
that
sounds
like
is
needed.
F
There's
a
sensitivity
involved
in
how
to
work
on
these
issues
that
good
luck:
how
to
do
that?
Good
luck
to
make
the
needed
steps
to
different.
You
know:
Community
violence,
prevention
groups
that
can
help
you
in
this
process
and
I
think
can
really
help
soften
and
make
for
a
sensitive
purpose
and
good
purpose.
That
Uber
just
simply
may
need
some
help.
With
this
issue
and
some
counseling
themselves,
you
know
what
is
good
practices
and.
E
G
F
Those
connections
to
be
made
together,
you
know
good
luck,
how
to
work
in
those
good
terms
and
to
figure
out
those
good
terms,
and
obviously
this
is
a
really
important
issue.
So
I
think
you
can.
You
will
be
working
towards
these
good
efforts.
Good
luck!
How
we
can
do
this
and
I
guess
that's
about
all
for
myself!
Thank
you.
X
X
We
need
Corporate
America
to
help
prevent
sexual
violence.
The
idea
that
our
organizations
that
non-profits
have
been
bought
is
untrue
and,
quite
frankly,
it's
an
insult
to
Frontline
Advocates
everywhere.
What
is
true
is
that
the
Rideshare
companies
have
worked
closely
with
advocacy
agencies
to
create
policies
that
actually
follow
best
practices
in
our
survivor
centered.
These
Advocate
agencies
are
State
and
National
experts
in
this
discipline
and
field
that
includes
Valor
our
state
rate
crisis,
Coalition
and
Reign,
the
nation's
largest
anti-sexual
violence
organization
and
operator
of
the
national
sexual
assault
hotline.
X
Well,
we
don't
know
why
the
mayor
and
DA's
office
have
chosen
to
move
forward
with
this
without
our
input
and
to
disregard
best
practice
and
discredit
the
voice
of
survivors
and
their
Advocates
I
strongly
urge
you
to
stop
this
proposal
from
moving
forward
to
protect
Survivor
choice
and
voice
and
at
the
OR
at
the
very
least,
include
confidential
Rape.
Crisis
organizations
get
us
at
the
table
to
develop
a
new
one.
Thank
you
for
your
time.
Y
Y
Y
I
would
like
to
call
attention
today
to
the
fact
that
many
there
are
several
Federal
Acts
which
have
helped
address
systematic
issues
around
sexual
assault
like
the
prison,
rape,
elimination
act,
campus,
save
Act
and
the
Army
sexual
harassment,
assault
response
and
prevention,
which
all
allow
choice
for
survivors
to
seek
services
and
Report
without
requiring
mandatory
reporting
to
law
enforcement.
In
fact,
the
California
Education
Code
67383
mentioned
in
the
memo
from
the
mayor
also
has
a
section
that
states.
Y
Additionally,
all
these
acts
and
codes
introduce
preventative
steps
that
outline
clear
procedures
for
any
processes.
We
need
to
ensure
that
any
policy
pushed
forward
is
responsible
to
Survivor
rights,
allows
for
informed
choice
and
takes
other
preventative
steps
to
protect
all
individuals
who
utilize
ride,
sharing
or
taxis.
Please
work
with
Partners
to
develop
a
policy
that
includes
options
and
is
thoughtful
of
all
individuals
that
may
be
impacted
by
this
issue.
Thank
you
very
much
for
your
consideration.
Z
Good
afternoon
vice
mayor
Jones
members
of
the
rules
committee,
my
name
is
John
Finley
and
I'm,
the
California
public
policy
manager
at
Uber.
Thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
provide
public
comment.
I'm
here
today
to
respectfully
oppose
the
proposed
ordinance
requiring
Rideshare
and
taxi
companies
to
automatically
disclose
all
reports
of
sexual
assault
to
law
enforcement
without
the
survivor's
consent.
Let
me
Begin
by
saying
that
Uber
is
committed
to
safety
and
does
not
tolerate
sexual
assault
or
misconduct.
Z
Our
written
testimony
provides
a
thorough
overview
of
our
response
to
reports
of
sexual
assault
and
the
extensive
resources
we
provide
for
survivors,
specifically
we're
clear
with
survivors
that
the
choice
to
report
to
law
enforcement
is
theirs
alone.
We
tell
them
and
I'm,
quoting
directly
from
the
communications
submitted.
In
our
comments
quote.
We
believe
the
decision
to
report
to
law
enforcement
is
entirely
up
to
you.
If
you
decide
to
report
this
to
police,
please
provide
law
enforcement.
With
our
online
portal
address
l-e-r-t.uber.com.
Z
Z
Our
opposition
to
this
ordinance
is
grounded
in
what
we've
heard
from
safety,
Advocates
and
Survivor
groups,
namely
one
this
ordinance
removes
Survivor
Choice,
forcing
them
into
contact
with
law
enforcement,
even
if
they
expressly
ask
Uber
not
to
share
their
details
with
law
enforcement.
Two
it
disregards
Survivor
privacy
by
requiring
us
to
share
their
name,
contact,
details
and
deeply
personal
reports
of
assault,
regardless
of
their
consent
and
three.
It
will
have
a
chilling
effect
on
people
reporting
sexual
assaults,
as
you've
already
heard
from
Advocates
today,
and
will
continue
to
hear
the
choice
to
report.
Z
AA
Hello,
I'm
Lindsay
Mansfield,
the
director
of
healing
and
Justice
at
YWCA
and
co-chair
of
our
County
start
committee
as
a
Survivor
and
someone
who
has
worked
with
survivors
now
for
over
15
years
and
has
the
privilege
of
closely
collaborating
with
our
city
and
county
Partners.
This
ordinance
isn't
reflective
of
the
system.
We've
all
worked
so
hard
to
establish.
AA
In
fact,
we
support
them
throughout
the
whole
process,
as
they've
heard,
community-based
organizations
work
in
Partnership,
because
we
see
the
value
in
true
collaboration
and
the
important
systems
can
have
in
delivering
Justice
survivors
should
determine
who,
when
and
how
anyone
knows
their
story
full
stop.
While
I
appreciate
the
consideration
for
Public
Safety,
this
ordinance
will
not
make
our
communities
safer.
Taking
away.
Choice
is
not
informed
by
survivors
and
it
is
not
supported
by
confidential
Advocates
and
organizations
that
work
daily
with
survivors
to
uphold
their
choices
and
privacy.
I
strongly
urge
you
to
oppose
this.
J
Hi,
my
name
is
Kendra
Asbury,
Steele
and
I
am
the
in-person
response
manager
at
the
YWCA
I
was
part
of
a
task
force
whose
responsibility
it
was
to
tell
over
a
hundred
survivors
that
their
kids
would
be
tested
in
spite
of
their
choice
and
without
their
consent.
As
a
result
of
the
passing
of
SB
22.,
we
attempted
to
soften
the
blow
by
sharing
the
purpose
and
intent
of
the
bill
and
how
would
ensure
evidence
that
was
collected
could
be
tested
before
it
degraded.
J
However,
what
we
could
not
explain
was
why
the
system
that
was
built
to
protect
them
was
making
a
decision
to
disregard
their
consent
and,
in
essence,
re-victimize
them
all
over
again.
These
survivors
consented
to
provide
evidence
from
their
bodies
that
were
violated
during
their
assault
under
the
pretense
that
it
would
be
up
to
them
whether
or
not
that
evidence
was
tested.
This
bill
exploited
and
undermined
that
consent
and
centered
the
needs
of
the
criminal
justice
system
over
them.
J
When
I
spoke
with
these
survivors,
I
heard
their
shock,
disappointment,
grief
and
anger,
I
heard
them
say
that
they
felt
violated
disrespected
and
ignored.
While
this
measure
may
be
well
intentioned,
the
impact
will
be
to
the
detrimental
survivors
in
our
community,
as
it
will
take
away
their
right
to
choose
whether
or
not
reporting
is
best
for
them.
I
urge
you
to
take
into
consideration
the
rights
and
voice
of
those
discordant
says
it
protects
and
to
revise
this
ordinance
in
collaboration
with
both
survivors
and
Survivor
supporting
agencies.
Thank
you.
AB
AC
Hello,
I'm
David,
Lee
and
I'm
the
deputy
I'm,
the
deputy
director
of
Valor,
a
national
and
california-based
sexual
violence
prevention
organization
that
represents
the
84
Rape
Crisis
centers
across
California.
Mandatory
reporting
is
harmful
and
forcing
survivors
to
engage
with
the
criminal
justice
system
only
further
restricts
power
and
choice
from
survivors
After
experiencing
a
sexual
assault
and
will
have
a
chilling
and
silencing
effect
on
reporting,
victim,
Advocates
and
experts
in
sexual
assault.
AC
Prevention
and
response
have
made
it
clear
time
and
time
and
again
that
to
our
partners
in
government
and
law
enforcement
that
our
first
responsibility
must
be
to
prevent
the
to
protect
the
Dignity
of
Survivors
by
restoring
agency
that
is
already
enriched
away
from
them.
Institutions
responsible
for
promoting
best
practice
for
trauma-informed
understand
that
understanding
that
empowering
survivors
to
make
their
own
choices
about
what
treatment
to
seek
and
what
systems
to
involve
are
essential
part
of
the
healing,
Journey,
taking
away
choices
or
compelling
people
to
participate
against
their
will
poses
a
serious
risk
for
re-traumatization.
AC
We
are
in
the
business
of
of
providing
survivors
with
ample
options,
and
this
inherently
limits
this
pattern.
It's
inherently
limits
them.
We
must
take
a
trauma-informed
approach
that
centers
survivors
needs
and
let
survivors
dictate
to
whom,
when
and
how
to
seek
Justice,
the
certain
sense,
a
very
dangerous
person
students
and
we
need
to
be
focusing
on
giving
survivors
autonomy
in
their
decisions,
as
you
have
heard
today,
from
victim
Advocates
throughout
San
Jose
and
Santa
Clara
County
Valor,
along
with
63
other
california-based
organizations
and
individuals,
strongly
oppose
this
ordinance.
N
Is
it
possible
perhaps
if
the
chair,
if
vice
mayor
Jones,
was
reading
the
names
they
might
be
able
to
hear
now.
E
So
I
think
they
can.
They
can
hear
us
from
the
dice.
So
if
I
can
ask
Public
Works
facilities
to
figure
out
why
the
microphones
aren't
working
for
the
clerk,
but
for
the
time
being,
I
think
we
need
to
call
a
public
comment
from
the
dice
I
apologize.
Okay,.
AD
My
name
is
Lydia
Cruz
and
I
am
with
Community
Solutions
as
our
sexual
assault
program,
supervisor
and
I
wanted
to
share
my
thoughts
and
experiences
working
with
sexual
assault
survivors
who
have
had
non-investigative
forensic
medical
exams,
also
known
as
nirs,
that
have
been
completed,
I
believe
we
should
respect
the
decisions
of
survivors
and
what
path
they
decide
to
take
after
an
assault
has
occurred.
A
while
back
I
was
one
of
several
Advocates
who
called
survivors
when
the
Santa
Clara
County
made
a
policy
change
in
which
all
non-investigative
reports
would
now
be
tested.
AD
Having
to
then
call
survivors
and
letting
them
know
of
this
change,
there
will
several
survivors
who
were
upset
with
this.
They
mentioned
that
if
they
knew
this
would
happen
that
they
would
have
never
came
forward
and
made
the
report
I
strongly
recommend
we
take
into
consideration
the
thoughts
and
decisions
a
Survivor
makes
when
making
any
report,
as
we
want
to
make
sure
we
respect
what
they
want.
Thank
you.
AE
Thank
you
so
much.
My
name
is
kulzaria
Henderson
and
I'm.
The
executive
director
at
next
door,
solutions
to
domestic
violence
I
just
wanted
to
start
to
say
that
I
have
Decades
of
experience
as
a
sexual
assault
and
domestic
violence
advocate,
and
that
we
hire
often
survivors
and
so
often
you're
hearing,
also
from
folks
that
are
survivors
that
are
thinking
about
this
issue
very
very
personally,
as
well
as
the
fight
the
fact
that
we
have
fought
so
hard
for
Survivor
confidentiality,
and
this
ordinance
I
beg
you
to
to
oppose
this
ordinance.
AE
The
assumption
that
survivors
do
not
know
that
that
they
can
call
law
enforcement.
If,
if
assumption
that
implies,
survivors
are
feeble-minded
and
incapable
it
is
unnerving
and
actually
shocking
that
this
would
even
be
considered
to
contact
and
the
appropriate
teams
and
ride.
Share
organizations
takes
multiple
steps.
If
a
Survivor
wanted
to
call
law
enforcement,
they
would
dial
9-1-1,
they
have
gone
out
of
their
way
to
make
a
report
in
such
a
way
that
felt
necessary
to
them
and
good
to
them.
At
the
time.
AE
AF
Ahead,
thank
you,
hello.
My
name
is
Kim
Gutierrez
director
of
anti-human
trafficking
services
at
Community,
Solutions
I,
want
to
thank
the
council
for
the
time
to
voice
concerns
around
the
mayor's
proposed
ordinance
regarding
sexual
assaults
associated
with
Uber
Lyft
and
taxis.
Mandated
reporting
is
harmful
to
survivors
and
strips
them
of
their
agency.
AF
A
trauma-informed
survivor-centered
approach
ensures
that
certain
that
the
Survivor
is
aware
of
their
options,
including
access
to
a
confidential
victim,
Advocate
and
reporting
to
law
enforcement
and
then
honors
their
decision
taking
away
Choice
from
survivors
impacts,
not
only
their
healing
process,
but
will
also
have
a
chilling
and
Silent
scene
effect
on
survivors.
I
urge
the
council
a
center
Survivor
voice
and
choice
and
to
not
adopt
this
ordinance.
Thank
you.
AG
Good
afternoon,
Matt
King
with
Sacred
Heart,
Community
Service
I'm
here
today,
to
stand
in
solidarity
with
our
friends
at
YWCA
and
next
door,
and
the
other
folks
you've
been
hearing
from
this
afternoon.
They've
they've
made
it
pretty
clear
to
you
why
this
is
such
a
terrible
idea
and
I
think
it
also
speaks
to
a
larger
issue
that
you,
as
council
members.
The
people
who
will
still
be
around
in
January,
really
need
to
wrestle
with
that.
AG
Put
more
policing
and
more
jailing
is
not
are
not
solutions
to
the
really
serious
problems
that
we
have
and
just
encouraging
you
today
to
listen
to
the
people
who
devote
their
lives,
to
helping
people
recover
and
to
heal
and
who
are
trying
to
build
better
and
healthier
communities
and
just
put
an
end
to
this.
To
this
conversation,
thank
you.
AH
Good
afternoon,
I'm
speaking
today
to
oppose
the
ordinance
this
memorandum
assumed
survivors
who
report
to
Uber
and
Lyft
are
okay,
with
reporting
to
law
enforcement.
In
my
experience
as
an
advocate
at
Community
Solutions
in
South,
Santa
Clara
County
having
choices
is
incredibly
important.
Not
all
survivors
want
the
same
as
the
same
thing
by
mandating
report
by
mandating
survivors
to
report
to
law
enforcement.
This
stripped
survivors
of
the
twi
of
the
choice
to
choose
how
they
would
like
to
move
forward
in
their
healing
process.
AH
This
could
negatively
impact
survivors
and
take
away
their
power
to
determine
how
reports
are
shared
and
their
personal
information.
This
could
actually
dissuade
survivors
from
reporting
at
all
I
ask
that
you
slow
down
the
decision
and
urge
policy
makers
to
collaborate
with
sexual
assault,
survivors
and
Advocates.
Thank
you.
AI
Thank
you
good
afternoon.
My
name
is
Tori
vandalin
and
I'm
here
representing
Reliance
Reliance
is
a
National
Partnership
dedicated
to
ending
Sexual
Violence
by
empowering
Industries
sectors
and
systems
to
create
culture.
Change
Reliance,
like
many
that
you
have
heard
from
before
me
stands
firmly
opposed
to
this
ordinance.
AI
Private
businesses
have
a
responsibility
to
uphold
the
dignity,
privacy
and
autonomy
of
survivors
and
their
choice
through
the
entire
reporting
process.
They
are
not,
nor
should
they
be
forcing
survivors
to
engage
with
law
enforcement
following
an
assault,
nor
should
private
businesses
make
their
customer
service
agents.
Take
actions
with
survivors
that
go
beyond
the
scope
of
connecting
them
to
appropriate
resources.
These
actions
are
clearly
defined
within
a
role
as
a
sexual
assault.
Advocate,
not
a
customer
service
agent.
AI
As
you
are
hearing
from
the
community-based
victim
Advocates
who
have
spoken
today,
it
is
in
the
best
interest
of
private
businesses
and
City
governments
to
consult
advocacy
experts
like
those
in
the
room,
Reliance
and
others
live
the
work
of
trauma-informed
Survivor
support,
advocacy
and
sexual
violence
prevention
every
day,
and
we
respectfully
request
that
our
voice
and
the
voice
of
local,
community-based
and
California
sexual
assault
advocacy
agencies
are
earnestly
heard
and
taken
seriously
in
this
matter.
Thank
you
for
your
consideration
and
we
encourage
you,
encourage
you
to
oppose
this
proposal.
AJ
Okay,
thank
you.
Apostle
from
the
Horseshoe
I
think
there's
a
couple
of
questions
here
that
need
to
be
articulated.
Clearly,
in
this
conversation,
there's
a
due
process,
questions
and
legal
questions.
Thank
you.
There's
a
due
process,
legal
questions
and
then
there's
the
moral
and
ethical
question.
Now
no
one's
going
to
argue
with
the
moral
and
ethical
question.
AJ
We
know
that,
and
sometimes
these
situate,
these
kinds
of
policy
decisions
when
you
conflate
the
moral
and
ethical
question
with
the
legal
question
it
gets
very,
very
confusing,
and
so
I
would
like,
considering
that
our
mayor
has
a
background
in
the
sex
crimes
unit.
I
would
like
him
to
articulate
that
clearly
so
that
we
can
get
a
more
comprehensive
view
of
what
we're
really
talking
about.
AJ
There
are
serious
due
process
issues
here:
Fifth
Amendment
issues
in
Port,
the
14th
Amendment
issues
to
think
that
you've
already
automatically
anybody
that
is
accused
of
crime
is
guilty
of.
It
is
wrong,
it's
false,
because
we
have
a
court
process
and
it
has
to
go
through
that
process.
We
have
a
presumption
of
innocence,
and
so
so
I
would
really
like
the
due
process.
Questions
articulated
clearly
so
that
there
isn't
this
fear-mongering
I
get
it
now.
I've
been
a
victim
of
sexual
assault.
AJ
I've
been
a
victim
of
the
sexual
assault
and
went
to
this
Police
Department,
something
that
I
will
never
ever
ever
do
again.
I
was
actually
arrested
as
a
result
of
me
reporting
to
the
San
Jose
police
department
for
a
sexual
assault.
I
was
sexually
assaulted
with
jail,
so
nobody
can
teach
me
anything
about
sexual
assault
and
dealing
with
the
police.
Okay,
so
really
I
would
just
like
to
go
and
So.
Speaking
from
that
position,
I
would
like
those
due
process
issues
addressed,
because
you
don't
want
to
be
conflating
the
two
issues.
Thank
you.
P
My
name
is
Cindy
Hunter
and
I'm.
The
director
of
programs
and
policy
at
next
door.
Solutions
to
domestic
violence
and
I
am
also
a
Survivor.
My
lived
experience
is
why
I
became
a
victim
Advocate
and
what
has
helped
me
in
my
healing
process.
I
did
not
report
it
to
the
police.
We
urge
the
committee
to
vote
against
this
anti-trauma-informed
and
anti-victum-centered
ordinance,
Justice,
healing
and
repair
comes
in
many
forms
and
survivors
should
not
be
forced
into
the
criminal
legal
system.
If
the
ordinance
is
passed,
it
may
in
fact
have
the
opposite
impact.
P
AK
Foreign
hi,
my
name,
is
Vanessa
Torres
and
I'm.
The
associate
director
of
social
justice
at
YWCA,
Golden,
Gate,
Silicon,
Valley
I'm,
a
mom
I'm,
a
Survivor
and
I
have
lived
in
San
Jose,
All
My
Life,
currently
residing
in
District
Six.
Let
me
be
clear
that
the
proposed
ordinance
set
forth
by
the
mayor
and
the
DA's
office
absolutely
does
not
provide
protection
from
sexual
assault.
This
is
not
a
preventative
measure.
This
is
not
Survivor
centered.
This
is
not
consensual.
AK
What
this
is
is
not
necessary.
What
this
is
is
another
way
for
survivors
with
marginalized
identities
to
have
yet
another
decision
made
for
them.
Survivors
should
always
be
in
control
of
their
voice.
Their
experience,
their
story,
crisis
center,
Advocates
provide
trauma-informed,
survivor-centered
care
to
survivors
of
sexual
assault,
victim
rights
are
given
and
choice
and
autonomy
are
prioritized,
always
I'm,
disturbed
with
the
lack
of
collaboration
with
local
crisis
centers
and
around
this
ordinance.
AK
I
oppose
this
ordinance
wholeheartedly
and
ask
that
you
consider
how
this
will
affect
not
only
our
local
community,
but
even
our
nation
San
Jose
is
a
large
trailblazing
city
recognized
nationally
for
Innovation
I
worry
about
how
this
enactment
of
this
ordinance
will
affect
survivors
of
sexual
assault
everywhere.
So
ornaments
is
a
step
backwards
and
it's
wrong.
Thank.
AL
Foreign
hello,
my
name
is
Adriana
Marquez
I
am
one
of
community
Solutions
and
I
worked
as
a
sexual
assault
advocate
for
advocate
for
many
years,
and
in
my
time
there
I
can
tell
you
that
going
through
the
legal
process
is
a
no
easy
Journey
for
our
survivors.
Of
course,
if
they
choose
to
do
so,
we're
there
to
support
them.
AL
But
you
know
we
have
to
realize
that
just
as
healing
and
repair
comes
in
many
different
forms,
drivers
really
deserve
an
expansion
of
options
and
they
shouldn't
be
forced
right
or
siled
into
the
criminal
legal
system
and
I'm
sure,
as
many
of
you
guys
here
in
the
DA's
office
law
enforcement.
That
process,
where
there's
multiple
interviews
with
law
enforcement.
Those
multiple
interviews
with
the
District
Attorney's
Office
telling
your
story
over
and
over
again
is
re-traumatizing.
AL
We
support
survivors
after
that,
with
panic
attacks
with
not
wanting
to
enter
the
courtroom
ever
again,
not
wanting
to
talk
to
law
enforcement
ever
again
because
they
feel
again
incredibly
traumatized,
and
they
don't
want
to
speak
on
it
again
because
they
maybe
weren't
ready.
But
we
need
to
keep
the
choice
with
the
survivors,
so
I
urge
you
to
please
not
go
forward
with
this,
or
at
least
continue
talking
about
it
and
collaborating
with
survivors
and
with
the
agencies
that
support
survivors.
Thank
you.
AL
AM
Hi,
my
name
is
Jennifer
dalrel
I'm,
the
executive
director
of
safe
alternatives
to
Violent
environments,
I
have
more
than
20
years
experience
as
being
a
victim
Advocate
working
with
both
sexual
assault
and
domestic
violence.
Survivors
I'm
calling
in
today
to
stand
in
solidarity
with
my
sister
organizations
in
San,
Jose,
cpedv
and
Valor
us
and
against
this
ordinance.
AM
I
want
Safe
Ride
shares
I,
want
accountability
for
people
who
harm
and
also
want
to
find
a
way
forward.
That
does
not
sacrifice
the
privacy
and
dignity
of
survivors
in
the
process.
Survivors
and
survivors
alone
should
decide
who
they
report
their
experiences
to
and
any
process
that
deprives
them
of
their
agency
and
dignity
must
be
opposed.
It's
condescending
to
say,
victims
should
be
given
the
opportunity
to
speak
with
law
enforcement.
AM
If
a
Survivor
wants
to
engage
the
criminal
legal
system,
there
are
multiple
routes
to
do
that
where
they
can
do
that
on
their
own
terms,
I
encourage
you
all
to
coordinate
with
your
local
providers,
trust
their
experience
and
their
expertise,
and,
most
of
all,
most
of
all
to
trust
survivors.
Thank
you.
B
Thank
you
I
see
that
we
have
our
district
attorney.
Jeff
Rosen
who's
here
with
us
would.
AN
You
thank
you
very
much
vice
mayor
mayor,
licardo,
council,
member
Perales
and
council
member
Cohen,
the
the
first
responsibility
of
of
local
government,
as
laid
out
in
the
California
Constitution,
which
we
all
swore
and
oath
to
is
Public
Safety.
That's
the
number
one
responsibility
of
local
government
public
safety
and
in
order
to
have
Public
Safety,
we
need
to
have
a
Justice
centered
approach
and
a
justice-centered
approach
means
Justice
for
the
victims
of
sexual
assault.
It
means
Justice
for
the
defendant,
accountability
for
the
defendant,
which
leads
to
safety
for
the
entire
community.
AN
A
number
of
speakers
have
spoken
about
protecting
victims
choices.
There
is
no
meaningful
Choice
without
accurate
information.
The
ride
sharing
companies
are
not
providing
accurate
information.
I
have
zero
confidence
in
this
that
the
the
information
being
provided
is
accurate,
because
in
my
discussions
and
the
mayor's
discussions
with
the
ride
sharing
companies,
it
was
clear
they
have
no
idea
how
sexual
assault
is
investigated
and
prosecuted
in
this
County.
They
don't
know
anything
about
free,
safe
examinations
which
are
provided
to
all
victims
of
sexual
assault,
whether
they
choose
to
cooperate
in
a
criminal
justice
process
or
not.
AN
Nor
were
any
of
the
ride-sharing
companies
aware
of
the
right
to
anonymity
under
California
law,
where
individuals
who
participate
in
a
criminal
justice
process.
Their
names
are
not
used
in
any
of
the
court
documents
and
their
anonymity
is
strictly
protected.
We
very
much
maintain
the
agency
of
victims
of
sexual
assault.
We
in
the
DA's
office
and
in
the
San
Jose
police
department
do
not
force
anyone
to
cooperate.
We
simply
provide
information,
and
if
the
victims
choose
to
cooperate,
then
we
move
forward.
If
they
don't,
then
we
don't.
AN
We
prosecute
and
work
with
hundreds
and
hundreds
of
sexual
assault
victims
every
year
who
often
find
the
process
while
difficult
and
arduous,
empowering
and
helpful
to
their
recovery
in
knowing
that
they
have
told
their
story
that
the
perpetrator
has
been
held
accountable
and
that
others
will
not
be
victimized
in
the
future
as
City
Council
Members.
Your
responsibility
as
well
as
mine
is
Public
Safety.
There
are
hundreds
of
sexual
assaults
that
are
currently
being
committed
in
San
Jose
in
ride-sharing
companies,
vehicles
that
are
not
being
reported
or
investigated,
which
puts
all
of
us
at
risk.
AN
We
have
many
areas
in
our
society
where
individuals
are
required
to
report
assaults
to
law
enforcement.
These
include
School
teachers,
principals,
as
well
as
clergy,
are
required
to
report
sexual
assaults
to
law
enforcement
and,
if
you're,
taking
Bart
or
VTA
or
a
public
bus
and
there's
a
sexual
assault,
that's
committed
the
drivers,
the
vehicles
that
work
for
those
companies
report
to
law
enforcement.
So
we
have
a
situation
where,
if
you
take
a
bus
and
there's
a
sexual
assault
that
will
be
reported
to
law
enforcement,
but
if
you
take
Uber
or
Lyft,
it
won't.
AN
AN
We
will
continue
to
do
that
and
I
hope
that
we'll
be
able
to
have
their
support
for
this
ordinance
going
forward
and
I
would
encourage
you
to
send
this
to
the
entire
city
council
to
consider
in
the
meantime,
I
know
that
the
mayor
and
my
staff
and
others
will
be
sitting
down
and
further
speaking
with
different
sexual
assault
organizations,
including
some
of
those
that
have
called
in
to
find
common
ground
and
I,
do
think
that
there's
common
ground
that
is
here
and
I'm
optimistic
that
we
can
and
do
something
to
protect
our
safety.
Thank
you.
N
Thank
you
thank
you
for
allowing
me
to
speak
vice
mayor
and
I
want
to
thank
the
many
individuals
who
who
offered
their
strong
viewpoints
and
testimony
over
Zoom,
most
of
whom
appear
to
work
in
organizations
that
provide
services,
support
and
advocacy
for
survivors.
N
First,
this
is
the
beginning
of
a
process,
not
the
end
I'm,
not
asking
anyone
to
approve
the
proposed
ordinance
that
I've
put
in
this
memorandum
I'm
pretty
confident
that
after
there
is
additional
conversation-
and
we
have
in
fact
on
the
15th
of
December
a
meeting
with
local
organizations
involved
in
providing
services,
including
several
organizations
that
you
just
heard
from
today
and
I-
think
that
includes
Valor
Community,
Solutions
next
door,
Solutions,
the
YWCA
and
others
they'll
be
meeting
with
our
police
department
and
our
DA's
office
in
the
hope
that
we
can
work
to
find
common
ground
on
an
approach
and
move
forward
together.
N
I'd
expect
this
proposed
policy
May
well
evolve
and
certainly
will
has
to
evolve.
Moving
forward
and
I
will
be
not
part
of
that
process.
Obviously
after
December
31st,
but
it's
important
for
our
Police
Department
to
be
part
of
that
a
process
because
they
are
the
organization
tasked
with
protecting
Public
Safety
in
our
city.
N
So
I
asked
simply.
This
committee
allow
this
process
to
move
forward,
put
keep
it
on
the
the
police
department's
work
plan.
This
is
clearly
something.
The
chief
supports
is
something
that
our
district
attorney
supports
and
we
ought
to
find
a
way
forward,
working
with
our
community.
N
A
second
I
think
it's
critically
important
to
be
clear
about
who
is
represented
and
who
is
not
being
represented
right
now,
as
I
said
before.
These
and
other
organizations
do
incredibly
vital
work
and
I
know
because
I've
worked
with
several
of
them
back
in
my
days
as
a
as
a
prosecutor
in
sexual
assault
and
it's
important.
We
support
their
work,
but
it's
different
work
than
what
is
required
of
Public
Safety
agencies
like
the
police
department,
the
DA's
office,
and
they
have
very
different
obligations
than
the
city.
N
Does
they
serve
individual
survivors
and
many
of
those
survivors
do
not
want
to
disclose
their
victimization
of
the
police,
and
we
all
agree
that
if
any
Survivor
is
called
by
a
police
department
and
declines
to
provide
information
absolutely
within
their
right
to
do
so,
and
they
should
certainly
be
free
to
to
choose
to
report
or
not.
But
many
survivors
do
want
to
report
to
the
police,
and
we
have
good
reason
to
believe
that
they
may
feel
more
emboldened
to
do
so.
N
If
they're
actually
fully
informed
of
the
criminal
justice
process
when
they
make
their
choice-
and
we
have
reviewed
information
provided
by
Lyft
and
neuber-
and
it's
very
clear-
they
are
not
providing
survivors
all
the
information
they
need,
and
we
have
reason
to
believe
survivors
and
you're
going
to
hear
from
one
of
them
in
just
a
moment
on.
A
video
survivors
are
implicitly
misled
that
when
they
tell
Lyft
or
Uber,
they
think
something's
going
to
happen
to
protect
them,
that
maybe
a
restraining
order
will
result,
maybe
an
arrest
when,
in
fact,
none
of
that's
happening.
N
These
companies
are
not
telling
survivors
the
truth,
they're
not
telling
survivors
that
no
report
will
be
made
to
the
police
unless
they
do
so
now.
It's
also
important
to
recognize
these
organizations.
Import
rep
represent
a
very
important
set
of
stakeholders.
That
is
current
survivors
sexual
assault,
but
they
don't
represent
the
entire
public.
N
Public
agencies,
like
the
city,
sends
a
PD
and
da
have
that
obligation
and
required
to
serve
everyone
in
the
community,
both
those
who
have
suffered
from
sexual
assault,
as
well
as
those
who
could
suffer
from
a
sexual
assault,
a
sexual
assault
that
could
have
been
prevented.
If
someone
had
reported
the
prior
assault
from
the
same
assailant
to
the
police,
we
know
that
these
crimes
have
a
very
basic
characteristic
assailants
commit
over
and
over
again,
and
if
assailant
is
never
arrested,
you
can
be
certain.
There
will
be
another
attempt.
N
I'd
like
to,
if
I
can
go
to
a
video
now,
so
you
can
hear
from
a
recent
victim.
Her
name
is
Celia.
She
was
assaulted
here
in
San
Jose
just
a
few
weeks
ago,
and
this
is
a
news
account.
She
was
a
driver
for
Lyft.
There
was
a
suggestion
that
we're
not
focused
on
protecting
drivers,
well
she's
a
driver,
and
she
strongly
supports
what
we're
doing,
because
she's
Furious
that
lift
isn't
doing
enough
to
protect
her
and
she
wants
somebody
to
step
up.
So
do
we
have
that
video?
AO
AP
The
cries
and
panic
lasts
for
about
30
seconds.
At
one
point
you
can
hear
someone
say
they're
not
going
to
die
right
now.
The
driver
pulls
over
and
dash
cam
footage
catches,
her
running
into
traffic
on
San
Jose's,
280
southbound
near
10th,
Street
pleading
for
help.
Please
help
and
help
you
through
your
thunder.
With
help
from
an
interpreter,
zelia
Silva
tells
me
she
was
working
for
Lyft
that
night
and
the
man
that
attacked
her
was
a
customer.
She
says
she
was
driving
70
miles
an
hour
when
she
suddenly
felt
his
arms
wrap
around
her.
AP
AP
Leaving
bruises
and
marks
around
her
chest
and
wrist.
Please
drive
forward,
drive
Silva
tells
us
the
driver
who
picked
her
up
saved
her
life.
She
believes
the
passenger
wanted
to
kill
her
after
safely
getting
into
another
car
on
the
freeway.
You
can
hear
the
suspect,
yell
and
then
the
car
is
on
the
move.
He
exits
on
10th
Street
ignores
several
red
lights
and
swerves
through
the
city's
streets
until
crashing
into
a
light
pole.
AP
She
wants
cameras
inside
of
her
car.
She
demands
female
drivers,
have
the
choice
of
only
picking
up
female
passengers
and
asks
Lyft
to
prohibit
Riders
from
requesting
pickups
for
others,
which
is
what
she
says
happened
here.
A
woman
requested
a
ride
for
the
man
she
says
sexually
violated
her
a
suspect,
Who
police
say,
is
still
on
the
run
in
San
Jose
Stephanie,
magayon,
NBC,
Bay,
Area,
News,.
N
N
Please,
thank
you.
I
didn't
ask
Celia
to
come
in
because
her
case
is
being
prosecuted.
The
Good
Samaritan
driver
who
picked
her
up
actually
reported
the
crime
to
the
police
and
it's
being
prosecuted
and
for
reasons
of
Integrity
that
investigation
prosecution,
I
didn't
want
to
after
come
in,
but
I
did
ask
Paul
prayer
as
a
Portuguese
speaker
on
our
team.
I
think
you
all
know
to
communicate
with
her
and,
as
she
indicated
her
strong
support
for
what
we're
trying
to
do.
N
She
said
that
when
she
notified
Lyft
of
her
victimization,
they
asked
her
to
provide
video
and
pictures,
and
she
did
so.
You
see
some
of
that
video
in
this
presentation.
N
She
didn't
hear
from
Lyft
again,
except
for
an
email,
actually
an
email
and
a
video
and
I'll
tell
you
about
what
it
was
in
a
moment,
but
otherwise
there
wasn't
any
follow-up.
There
was
no
information
told
about
the
result
of
any
investigation
that
Lyft
might
have
performed
her.
Otherwise
she
was
very
frustrated.
She
expected
them
to
do
something
and
she
felt
they
just
didn't.
N
Lift's
response
was
to
tell
send
her
an
email
listing
the
resources
for
for
survivors
of
sexual
assault,
and
then
they
sent
her
a
training,
video
and
she
was.
She
was
particularly
offended
by
the
training
video
she
received
from
Lyft.
It's
a
video
intended
to
discourage
drivers
from
committing
sexual
harassment
or
aggression.
Obviously
she
was
a
driver
who
was
assaulted
and
she
thought
this
very
cookie-cutter
solution
was
very
offensive.
N
So
this
response
that
you
saw
on
the
video
was
that
we
removed
the
lift
user
from
our
platform,
but
you
just
heard
her
say
that
it
wasn't
the
lift
user
on
the
platform
that
committed
the
assault.
The
platform
user
was
a
woman.
The
assailant
was
a
male,
so
that's
not
a
terribly
useful
result
and
obviously
it
doesn't
protect
anyone's
safety.
She
asked
Lyft
For
assistance
with
the
repair
of
a
car
which
she
saw
was
damaged.
Company
refused
saying
she
was
an
independent
contractor.
She
hasn't
heard
from
Lyft
in
more
than
45
days.
N
She
told
us.
She
strongly
supports
her
proposal
because
she
doesn't
trust
corporations
like
Lyft
to
do
anything
to
protect
survivors
like
her
now
I
appreciate
what
all
these
organizations,
what
many
representatives
of
these
organizations
have
said
to
us
so
far,
and
they
absolutely
need
to
be
heated,
but
they
don't
necessarily
represent
the
views
of
the
Celia.
N
Nor
do
they
represent
necessarily
the
views
of
the
550
survivors
who
just
filed
a
lawsuit
four
months
ago
in
San
Francisco
against
Uber,
who
demanded
more
of
uber
and
Reporting
and
nor
the
13
women
who
filed
lawsuits
against
Lyft
three
months
ago
in
San
Francisco,
because
they
all
have
lawyers
to
speak
for
them.
Not
everybody
has
that
benefit.
N
N
Several
are
very
heavily
financially
supported
by
Lyft
and
Uber
organizations
such
as
rain
National
organizations,
and
can
provide
in
turn
provide
funding
to
local
support
groups.
We
did
a
quick
internet
search
and
found
three
public
announcements
in
recent
years
from
lifted
Uber
and
those
three
announcements
of
companies
announced
nine
million
dollars
in
support
of
these
organizations.
N
Now,
obviously,
there's
likely
much
more
if
we
spent
much
more
time.
Looking
and
I
don't
say
this
to
impugn.
The
Integrity
of
these
were
the
organizations
because
I'm
confident
that
all
or
many
of
these
organizations
would
say
exactly
the
same
thing,
whether
they
receive
funding
from
Uber
or
not
and
I
know.
As
a
former
criminal
prosecutor,
sexual
assault
cases,
I
know
it's
not
uncommon
for
Survivor
advocacy
groups
that
positions
they're
at
odds
with
law
enforcement
in
the
DA's
office.
None
of
us
who
have
been
in
this
business
are
surprised
at
all.
N
N
Our
deputy
chief
L
Washburn
and
D.A
Jeff
Rosen
assistant,
D.A,
Terry
Harmon
all
the
future
victims
that
need
to
be
protected,
the
residents
in
our
city,
and
we
can
be
certain
that
there
are
many
of
them
out
there,
because
we
know,
just
as
we
look
at
the
public
reporting
alone
in
one
year,
more
than
3
600
sexual
assaults
and
harassment
cases
reported
by
lift
and
Uber
alone.
Those
all
went
to
the
PC
by
the
way,
not
to
law
enforcement.
It's
important
to
see
where
they
do
report.
N
These
organizations
actually
do
report
the
assaults
to
each
other.
They
share
a
network,
so
Uber
and
Lyft
share
information
about
when
there
has
been
assault
allegation
involving
one
of
its
drivers,
one
of
its
Lyft
or
Uber
users,
and
that
information
is
tracked
by
the
companies.
They
just
don't
report
that
information
to
law
enforcement.
They
don't
report
that
information
to
the
one
organization
that
can
actually
do
something
to
protect
the
community
to
protect
a
victim.
N
So
my
concern
is
this:
whether
you
enact
what
I've
proposed
or
not
and
I
understand,
there's
plenty
of
opposition
to
that
and
we're
going
to
work
through
it.
We
want
the
police
department
to
be
able
to
work
through
this
to
get
to
some
Solution,
that's
better
in
the
stats
quote,
because
the
status
quo
is
not
tolerable
in
terms
of
safety.
It
may
be
that,
instead
of
requiring
reporting,
you
simply
require
that
companies
disclose
that
they're
not
going
to
report
to
the
police.
N
So
it
doesn't
have
to
be
in
this
form.
But
it's
got
to
be
something
more
than
what
companies
are
doing
today,
or
else
we
have
conceded
Public
Safety
Corporate
America.
That
has
every
intention
of
protecting
their
themselves
from
liability.
They've
got
hundreds
of
lawsuits
already
against
them
and
they
don't
want
the
reputational
damage.
They
don't
want
the
liability.
N
B
Thank
you
mayor,
so
looking
for
council
member
Perales.
AQ
Thank
you
vice
mayor
and
thank
you
mayor
City
staff
and
our
public
speakers
that
came
out
today
from
the
DA's
office,
as
well
as
the
all
the
The
Advocates
and
participants
on
Zoom
I,
actually
think
it's
a
fairly
easy
decision
that
we
have
in
front
of
us
today,
namely
because
of
the
early
consideration
response
and
what
the
mayor
is
asking
for,
as
he
has
described,
is
the
beginning
of
a
process
we're
not
deciding
on
a
policy
today.
AQ
This
is
not
the
end.
This
is
the
beginning
and
in
fact,
in
the
mayor's
memo,
when
I
read
and
in
the
early
consideration
form
explicitly
details
that
communication,
Outreach
coordination
is
going
to
be
done
to
stakeholders,
which
includes
the
organization's
at
least
the
local
ones.
I
would
imagine
that
we
heard
from
today.
AQ
I
know
we
heard
write
a
a
deep
interest
from
them,
as
they
spoke
up
to
be
included,
some
that
felt
excluded
to
date
again
I'm,
not
aware
of
how
much
Outreach
the
mayor
has
had,
but
this
is
the
beginning
of
a
process
and
so
I
think
in
essence,
I
I
would
say
that
the
vote
today
is
is
likely
not
the
the
difficult
one
but
potentially
in
the
future.
If
we
come
forward
with
a
proposed
policy,
then
it
may
be
a
little
bit
more
challenging
because
I
I
would
agree.
AQ
There
is
a
a
balance
here
and,
as
the
mayor
has
pointed
out,
first
off
no
one
person
or
organization
can
speak
on
behalf
of
all
survivors
and
and
that's
not
something
that
we
could
do
not
something
anybody
can
can
purport
to
do.
AQ
We
have
heard
from
victim
Advocates
and
in
that
angle
of
Victim
Advocacy,
where
there
is
an
interest
in
supporting
the
rights
and
the
health
of
survivors,
which
is
important,
but
it
is
also
important
that
there
is
perpetrator,
accountability
and
and
Public
Safety
to
prevent
future
victimization,
and
we
have
in
interest
I
believe
we
all
do
in
preventing
assailants
from
violating
again
and
unfortunately-
and,
as
the
mayor
pointed
out
this,
this
is
a
a
reoccurring
conflict
that
we
see
between
law
enforcement
and
advocacy
groups.
AQ
This
may
be
one
process
that
helps,
but
where
we
find
some
better
Pathways
to
be
able
to
really
address
address
this
challenge,
because
I
believe
we
have
the
same
goals
in
mind
whether
you're
coming
from
The
Advocate
perspective
or
the
law
enforcement
perspective,
and
indeed,
though,
we
we
bump
up
against
what
what
seems
to
be
some
some
heated
opposition
I
do
hope
that,
based
on
the
spirit
of
the
memo
and
the
direction
that
it
will
allow
some
space
for
all
sides
to
be
able
to
have
a
conversation
and
figure
out
how
we
can
move
forward.
AQ
Better
together
and
create
better
Public
Safety
respect
the
the
rights
of
of
survivors,
but
also
ensure
that
these
incidents
don't
go
unchecked
and
that
we
can
prevent
them
from
from
reoccurring
in
our
community.
AQ
It's
looking
at
my
notes,
apologize
I,
think
that'll
conclude
it
for
now,
at
least
on
my
my
thoughts.
I
did
have
a
question,
though,
for
the
city
attorney's
office,
it
is
stated
in
the
early
consideration
form
that
you
will
explore
some
of
the
legal
legal
challenges.
I
heard
that
in
in
some
of
the
Outreach
that
we
received
over
the
last
couple
days,
I'm
assuming
you
don't
have
an
answer
on
that
now,
but
that's
that's
part
of
the
work
that
you
will
do
to
determine
where
legally
we
we
have
some
opportunities.
M
AQ
So
that'll
be
part
of
the
analysis
and
if
there
are
any
true
legal
challenges,
those
will
have
to
be
addressed
before
we
come
forward
with
any
final
policies.
AQ
Thank
you
so
with
that
I
will
move
the
mayor's
recommendation
with
the
early
consideration
form.
B
All
right,
we
have
a
motion.
Do
I
hear
a
second.
B
Hearing
none
council
member
arenas.
J
Thank
you
vice
mayor
I'm,
really
grateful
for
all
of
the
voices
that
came
out
today.
I,
just
like
everyone
else
want
to
make
sure
that
perpetratives
are
held
accountable
and,
most
importantly,
I
I
want
to
make
sure
that
survivors
are
heard,
that
they
keep
their
agency
and
that
we
respect
their
decisions.
J
One
of
the
ways
that
we
we
can
begin
to
do
that
and
I
really
appreciate
what
the
mayor
said
earlier
and
that
you
have
this
meeting
with
a
number
of
Survivor
agencies
or
agencies
that
represent
Survivor
interests
and
I,
wonder
why
we
didn't
just
begin
there,
because
I
think
it
would
have
allowed
for
this
memo
to
be
much
richer
and
not
to
be
the
the
beginning
of
the
conversation,
that's
very
prescriptive
and
instead
really
have
an
organic
process
and
I
don't
agree
with.
J
Obviously,
I
didn't
second
this,
because
I
just
don't
agree
that
we
are
beginning
something
we
were
actually
at
the
end.
We're
basically
saying
this
is
how
we've
laid
out
the
path,
and
we've
said
this
is
how
this
path
is
going
to
go
so
participate
in
the
process
and
I.
J
Think
that
that's
not
the
approach
that
our
agencies,
who
represent
survivors
and
survivors
themselves,
who
most
of
those
folks
are
Advocates
themselves,
have
said
so
you
you
heard
from
them
and
I
really
hope
that
the
next
iteration
of
this
takes
their
voices
into
account
and
and
really
weaves
into
the
memo
and
the
recommendations
in
a
way
that
it
honors
and
respects
our
community.
Thank
you.
H
Concerned
about
some
of
the
public
safety
implications
of
the
current
procedures,
but
also
a
little
concerned
about
the
over
prescriptive
nature
of
this
memo,
and
so
I'm
grappling
with
a
couple
things.
H
What
I
heard
first
was
we
want
to
make
sure
this
is
on
the
PD
work
plan.
So
when
I'm
asking
what
I'm
wondering
is?
Is
there
something
about
not?
H
Is
there
something
necessary
about
passing
this
memo
in
order
in
order
to
have
to
continue
the
conversation
and
the
work
going
forward
with
the
Police
Department,
District,
Attorney's
office
and
others?
Is
there
some
reason
why
this
has
to
go
forward
in
order
to
authorize
that
conversation
to
continue
I,
don't
know
we
want.
O
We
doing
I
don't
think
it
would
preclude
the
PD
from
having
future
discussions
around
how
we
might
find
Common
Ground
I,
don't
yeah
I.
Don't
think
that
a
no
vote
today
would
preclude
any
further
discussion.
I
I,
you
know
as
a
law
enforcement
entity.
Certainly
we
believe
in
protecting
Public
Safety,
and
this
is
come
to
light
as
in
as
a
complex
issue
and
so
I,
absolutely
we're
going
to
continue
to
have
dialogue
around
it
and
I
hope
that
answers
your
question.
N
Maybe
if
I
could
offer
I
think
there
is
a
no
vote,
I
think
there
will
be
extremely
unlikely
that
staff
will
decide
it's
appropriate
to
bring
anything
back
to
council
I'll.
Let
Lee
comment
on
that.
I
mean
there's
a
gatekeeping
function.
The
rules
of
committee
provides.
E
Yes,
thank
you.
Mayor
I
certainly
would
agree
with
the
mayor.
I
do
think
as
we
prioritize
our
work,
knowing
that
council's
interested
in
a
certain
direction
absolutely
helps
us
make
consideration
around
how
we
prioritize
work.
You
know
with
with
this.
Obviously
a
lot
of
this
has
come
to
light
over
the
you
know.
In
the
near
term,
as
deputy
chief
Washburn
said,
you
know
and
same
with
the
sexual
assault
work
plan.
They,
you
know,
we
have
the
ability
and
flexibility
to
pick
things
up
and
work
on
them.
E
We
often
do
this
is
a
green
light
for
two
reasons.
They
were
starting
to
jump
into
some
of
this
work
and
look
at
it,
but
also
there's
capacity
in
this
unit
and
division
to
do
the
work
right
now
as
well.
E
When
Council
does
green
light,
something
I
would
say
it
does
help
us
prioritize
work
that
comes
up
after
this.
So
if
something
else
were
to
happen
in
the
deputy
Chiefs
unit
and
she
needed
to
prioritize,
certainly
a
green
light
helps.
You
know,
keep
this
at
the
top
of
the
pile
when
we
have
deadlines
to
come
back
for
the
mayor
council.
N
Could
I
could
offer
a
suggestion
councilmember
if
it
might
help
what
you
have
before?
You
is
perhaps
option
a
we'll
call
it
perhaps
the
option
that
was
crafted
consultation
with
law
enforcement
entities.
I
expect
there'll
be
other
options.
I
I
would
really
only
ask
that
the
rules
committee
allow
option
A
to
be
considered
with
other
options
that
undoubtedly
will
be
put
on
the
table
through
these
conversations.
H
Yeah
I
mean
I
would
have
been
more
comfortable
with
something
that
said
continue
to
discuss
with
Advocates
and
amongst
the
agencies
how
to
address
and
how
to
what
recommendations
we
might
have
locally
on
this
topic
and
report
that
to
pisfus
for
potential
future.
You
know
to
the
Public
Safety
Committee
with
a
potential
future
referral
to
council,
as
opposed
to
what
seemed
overly
prescriptive
here
with
a
specific
set
of
of
suggested
Solutions
at
a
stage
in
which
I
don't
feel
enough.
People
have
I
mean,
while
all
conversations
have
obviously
happened
enough.
H
People
have
been
brought
to
the
table
to
agree
that
this
is
the
right
approach,
so
I'm
concerned
with
sending
a
signal
that
hey.
This
is
the
solution
we
like
as
a
council
and
that's
why
I
prefer
something
more
General
yeah
that
just
says:
hey.
Let's
continue
having
these
conversations
and
refer
it
for
for
future
discussion
amongst
Council
bodies.
It's.
N
N
You
could
certainly
I
I,
just
want
to
suggest
to
the
extent
that
you
say
maybe
overly
prescriptive,
I'm
guessing
there's
only
a
lot
of
common
ground.
A
lot
of
the
other
things
that,
for
example,
survivors
be
fully
informed
I,
don't
think
anyone
would
disagree
with
that
notion.
Yeah.
H
I
mean
when
I
read
the
memo.
I
say
number
one
makes
perfect
sense
to
me
right
as
a
report
requirement.
The
parts
about
the
question
of
agency
of
survivors
is
the
big.
What
the
big
issue
and
I
and
I'm
uncomfortable
saying
that
we
sort
of
support
that
Approach
at
this
stage.
The
other
question
sort
of
that
I
have
obviously
is
about
our
Authority
I'm,
not
sure
what
Authority
we
have
locally
and
I
obviously
will
have
to
look
into
that
and
that's
part
of
the
process,
but
I
not
convinced
we
have
that
Authority.
H
The
other
I've
also
learned
recently
that
the
cpuc
has
said
that
they
are
planning
to
pursue
some
Statewide
discussion
and
action
where
I
and
I've
always
felt
this
a
more
appropriate
place
for
this
conversation
to
be
happening,
but
because
of
the
cross-jurisdictional
nature
of
these
kinds
of
businesses
and
other
things,
I'm,
not
convinced
that
this
is
the
that
this
is
the
right
venue
for
this
kind
of
decision
to
be
made.
N
Based
on
that
information,
so
appreciate
your
saying,
but
puc
has
not
been
addressing
this
issue
much
to
my
consternation,
wish
they
would,
but
if
they're
not
going
to
and
I
think
frankly,
the
political
forces
are
strongly
aligned.
Look
lift
and
put
an
Uber
are
very
powerful
companies.
They
have
effective
lobbying
groups
and
I,
don't
think
the
POC
is
going
to
put
it
on
their
agenda.
H
Foreign
I
think
I
would
support
a
motion
that
said,
let's
some
something
much
more
like
I
said
something
much
more
General
that
says,
let's
continue
to
engage
with
stakeholders
and
agencies
on
how
to
improve
the
public
safety
around
ride,
share
sexual
assaults
and
leave
it
at
that,
and
you
know,
and
then
the
process
will
play
out
as
far
as
how
it
gets
reported
back
to
committees
and
potentially
to
council.
AQ
Yeah,
thank
you,
I'm
comfortable
with
that.
The
more
broad
approach,
I
will
say,
I
I
would
be
comfortable
with
what
the
mayor
laid
out.
Hence
why
I
moved
that
and
I
actually
think
in
this
case
it
would
be
better
to
have
I,
wouldn't
say
it's
too
prescriptive,
because
again
it's
it's
not
the
end.
The
end
result:
it's
providing
you
know,
guide
rails
on
here.
AQ
Here's
where
we
should
be
looking
at
and
actually
I
would
prefer
to
kind
of
know
where
you
know
where
we
may
be
headed
and
so
I
think
that's
what
the
mayor
presents
in
his
language
is
hey.
This
is
this
is
a
direction
we
could
go
after
much
discussion
and
collaboration
it
may
it
may
end
up
completely
different.
That
could
be
the
case
so
but
at
least
it
would
provide
us
some
some
direction.
Nonetheless,
if
there's
there's
no
support
for
that,
then
that
would
move
forward.
AQ
V
Thank
you
I'm
grateful
for
the
discussion
discussion
this
afternoon.
I
know
it's
been
a
kind
of
a
long
one,
but
I
I
do
appreciate
the
the
more
broad
approach
the
I
can
see.
Both
sides
of
this
issue,
I
I,
understand
the
need
and
the
desire,
but
also
the
need
for
us
to
protect
the
public
as
much
as
we
can.
V
V
It's
that
wouldn't,
if
that
wasn't,
with
the
express
permission
of
that
Survivor.
So
that's
the
part
that
was
really
giving
me
pause.
I
did
want
to
ask
if
the
motion
includes
the
direction
to
the
city
attorney,
to
ensure
that
we
have
jurisdiction
and
to
really
lay
out
kind
of
what
the
parameters
of
our
jurisdiction
is.
Are.
V
My
office,
thank
you,
I
just
yeah,
I
I
know
that
the
Lyft
drivers
aren't
really
just
staying
in
town
these
days,
I
they
go
all
up
and
down
the
peninsula
I
happen
to
know
a
Lyft
driver
or
an
Uber
driver
who
lives
in
Gilroy
and
actually
does
most
of
his
work
at
the
San
Francisco
Airport
and
around
the
San
Francisco
airport.
So
this
is
not
just
you
know
the
ride
share
from
when
it
first
started
where
it
was
just
people
kind
of
hanging
out
in
town
doing
their
thing.
J
Thank
you,
I'm
wondering
did
so
is
a
little
item,
one
be
included
or
not
included
in
this
motion.
It.
J
I'm
not
very
supportive
of
the
motion.
I'm,
not
supportive
of
the
motion
on
the
floor,
because
I
think
what
is
happening
is
is
backwards,
we're
deciding
where
it
is
that
we
want
to
go
it
and
we're
asking
Advocates
to
give
us
their
opinion.
After
the
fact,
and
after
we've
already
set
things
in
motion,
I
do
agree
with
one
1A,
which
is
you
know,
the
resource
card
and
winning
183,
which
is
the
sexual
assault.
Bill
of
Rights.
J
I
I
also
think
that
we
should
somehow
formalize
the
conversations
that
Mary
that
you
intend
to
have
with
some
of
the
private
serve
a
agency
cbo's,
as
well
as
the
private
public,
Rideshare
companies
and
I,
think
we
we
need
to
ensure
that
we
explore
and
and
discuss
with
with
the
private
Public
Partnerships
their
sexual
assault
policies
and
includes
things
that
could
help
a
a
Survivor
at
the
moment
that
these
things
happen,
and
that
would
be
things
like
supporting,
free
or
reduced
cost
transportation
for
survivors
to
a
community
advocacy
agency,
Florida
or
as
part
of
a
safety
exit
plan
from
somebody
who
is
in
a
intimate
partner,
violence
situation
or
to
participate
in
or
adopt
similar
policies
like
the
rights
now
survivors,
they
haven't
Safe
Haven
program
where
you
post
an
information
flyer
within
the
vision
of
the
passages.
J
You've
all
seen
it
in
more
of
the
taxis
but
I've
ever
seen
in
Uber
or
Lyft,
where
somebody
who
is
a
Survivor
can
actually
see
where
they
could
connect
for
additional
services.
J
Not
in
spirit
of
of
collaboration
and
partnership,
unfortunately,
because
those
voices
that
you've
heard
over
and
over
again
whether
they
are
funded
or
not
funded,
we
we
fund
so
many
agencies
and
we
provide
we
allow
for
developers
not
to
pay
some
fees,
but
that
does
not
mean
that
they
are
indebted
to
us.
J
Or
when
we
vote
in
their
favor,
it
does
not
mean
that
they
are
and
the
opposite.
So
I
I
don't
agree
with
the
approach
that
these
agencies
are
voicing
these
concerns,
because
a
fear
of
loss
of
grants
or
future
future
grants,
I
I
think
that
they
genuinely
came
out
because
they
believe
in
what
they
say.
They
they've
learned
through
experience.
J
J
Instead
of
feeling
that
we
are
that
now
we
have
to
follow
these
guardrails,
as
you
call
them
council
member,
because
you
said
so,
you've
heard
survivors,
say
quite
the
opposite
and
so
I'm
not
going
to
ask
for
a
friendly,
Amendment
I'm,
just
not
going
to
support
this.
This
motion
I
think
it's
patriarchal
and
I.
Think
it's
overly
prescriptive
and
I
just
like
to
point
out
that
all
of
the
folks
who
are
on
the
diets
at
the
moment
are
men
who
have
consistently
supported
women
in
the
past.
J
I
hope
that
you
can
continue
the
support
survivors
and
women
in
in
not
supporting
this
particular
motion.
Thank
you.
H
Just
to
clarify
my
my
motion
was
pretty
much
scrubbing
all
the
language
from
the
memo,
except
for
the
part
that
asks
for
the
attorney
to
check
on
our
Authority
and
the
part,
and
basically,
the
general
idea
that
conversations
will
move
forward
on
what
kinds
of
protections
what
kinds
of
collective
Solutions
might
be
able
to
be
developed
in
conversation
with
Advocates,
but
all
of
the
specifics
in
the
memo
not
specifically
adopted,
so
that
we're
not
putting
any
preconceived
ideas
as
to
any
outcome.
So
that
was
my
motion,
or
at
least
the
motion.
B
AB
B
C
AR
Hi
good
afternoon
vice
mayor
and
the
rest
of
the
rules
committee,
it's
weird
to
be
on
this
side
of
the
microphone.
I
must
say,
but
you
know:
I've
had
the
privilege
and
honor
of
serving
as
Chief
of
Staff
to
council
member
Perales
for
the
last
seven
years
and
growing
up
and
being
raised
in
the
city
of
San
Jose.
AR
M
Excuse
me
vice
mayor:
do
you
want
me
to
just
run
through
what
the
committee
is
doing,
or
are
we
all
comfortable
with
that?
No.
M
When
a
revolving
door
waivers
requested,
it
comes
here
to
rules
for
review
rules
makes
a
recommendation
to
the
city
council.
The
city
council
will
ultimately
decide
whether
or
not
the
waiver
is
granted,
but
here
at
rules.
If
you
are
recommending
a
waiver,
then
you
should
also
make
some
findings.
It
can
be
as
simple
as
referring
to
the
request
or
you
can
make
some
other
additional
findings
or
separate
findings.
If
you
want
thanks.
AQ
AQ
Well,
certainly,
you
know
appreciate
Christina
and
the
work
that
she
did
for
me
in
the
District
3
office
and
was
a
tremendous
public
servant
to
our
community
here
as
chief
of
staff
for
me
for
the
last
seven
years
and
was
bummed
to
to
to
lose
her,
although
I'm
moving
on
and
so
losing
the
entire
team,
so
kind
of
the
reality
of
terming
out
and
so
I've
been
pleased
to
see
my
staff
land
in
various
different
locations,
a
couple
of
them
staying
here
with
the
city
which
has
been
great
I,
think
for
our
organization
here
and
then
an
opportunity
that
Christine
has
had
now
to
serve
with
PG
e
and,
more
importantly,
be
a
a
liaison,
as
she
stated
in
her
role
and
responsibility
with
PG
E4,
our
city
as
she
denoted
in
her
letter.
AQ
I'll
utilize
that
to
our
city,
attorney's
advice
in
the
findings,
I
think
really
it's
it's
at
our
a
disadvantage
in
our
loss.
If
we,
we
do
not
approve
this
waiver,
because
then
we
are
sort
of
missing
out
on
the
direct
representation
in
liaison
that
we
would
have
in
Christina
through
PG
e
and
as
she
stated,
her
role
is
covering
the
county
of
Santa
Clara.
We
are
the
largest
city
in
this
area
and
it
would
be
to
our
disadvantage.
AQ
I
believe
we
have
not
had
an
immediate
local
liaison
for
over
a
year,
I
think
close
to
two
years
and
I
truly
think
this
would
be
a
benefit
for
our
organization
to
be
able
to
do
so.
AQ
We
also
have
some
presidents,
a
couple
years
ago,
approving
a
waiver
for
a
member
of
the
mayor
staff
that
had
moved
on
to
a
local
advocacy
Organization
for
non-profits,
one
that
we
work
hand
in
hand
with
and
and
sometimes
in
concert,
sometimes
in
opposition,
but
I
think
that
there
was
also
an
important
need
for
that
waiver
as
well,
and
so
with
that
I
will
make
a
a
motion
to
Grant
the
waiver
of
the
revolving
door
restrictions
and
forward
that
to
the
full
Council
next
week.
B
Right,
we
have
a
motion
in
a
second.
Let
me
see.
B
AQ
B
Right
all
right
on
to
item
C3,
homeless,
funding,
transparency,
let's
go
to
the
public
first.
F
Hi
Blair
Beekman
I
spoke
on
this
item
previously
a
consent
calendar
time
just
a
thanks
to
all
the
years
that
vice
mayor
Jones
has
put
up
with
me,
trying
to
learn
the
proper
time
to
speak
for
such
an
item.
I
hope
my
words
at
consent
can
be
noted
and
how
decided
was
now
talked
about.
Thank
you.
C
AJ
Okay,
thank
you.
Thank
you.
Paul
Soto
from
the
Horseshoe
having
homeless,
transparency
is
a
misnomer
for
this
city.
AJ
You
guys
can
keep
on
like
with
your
with
your
false,
with
your
full
rhetoric,
while
the
body
count
and
the
homeless
population
continues
to
increase,
because,
if
you're
in
competency
and
because
of
your
complete
your
complete
conscience,
you're
consciously
aware
of
what
you're
doing
and
then
you
smile
you
smirk
You,
Laugh
You
mock,
while
people
continue
to
die
on
our
streets
continue
to
live
Martin,
Luther
King
said
this:
compassion
is
more
than
flipping
a
coin
to
a
beggar.
It
is
dismantling
the
edifice
that
produces
them.
AJ
This
is
MLK
now
I
doubt
that
any
of
you
have
stood
on
that
principle
when
you're
creating
policy
that
deals
with
the
homeless
population
because
we're
not
dealing
with
homeless
people
we're
dealing
with
generational
poverty
that
is
being
accelerated
now
due
to
the
tech
industry
coming
to
the
city.
Now
until
we
start
using
that
as
a
premise
for
the
conversation,
the
start
Point
you're,
going
to
continue
to
come
in
this
room,
continue
to
mock
those
that
are
suffering
from
your
failures
and
it's
going
to
continue.
So
homeless,
transparency!
That's!
AJ
Why
that's
why
Dave
Cortez
is
auditing
this
city,
but
you
guys
are
going
to
be
gone,
so
you
don't
care
you
literally
don't
care
and
I
get
it
sociopaths,
usually
don't
sociopaths
don't
care,
they
have
absolutely
no
consciousness
at
all.
No
moral
or
ethical
conflict,
man.
So
do
whatever
you
do
it's
going
to
be
nice,
it's
going
to
be
really
good
to
listen
to
you.
Talk,
go
ahead,
I'm
done.
B
Okay,
entertain
a
motion.
H
Yeah
I
look
forward
to
being
able
for
the
public
to
be
able
to
track
the
how
our
funding
that
comes
in
for
homelessness
is,
is
utilized
in
the
city
and
so
I
move
approval
of
item
C3.
Second,.
E
I
can
jump
in
just
really
quickly
for
clarification.
We
do
have
a
early
consideration
form
which
is
green.
We
actually
have
a
staff
upstairs
working
on
this
item
right
now
and
would
like
to
ask
for
a
little
flexibility
on
the
end
of
January
date.
This
may
slip
into
February
just
for
our
first
iteration.
So
we'll
just
ask
for
some
flexibility,
no
yeah.
B
B
G
C
B
C
B
AJ
AJ
AJ
So
that's
what
Equity
would
determine,
but
you
use
islamophobia.
So
what
you're
doing
is
you're
hijacking
and
you're
using
religion
you're
using
what
has
happened
to
those
people
to
the
people
that
have
suffered
because
of
religious
persecution
to
make
themselves
look
like
they're,
moral
and
ethical
sickness.
This
is
sickness.
So
again,
call
me
a
liar
because
my
statistical
facts
back
me
up
what
about
yours?
Thank
you.
C
F
All
right,
thank
you.
Thanks
to
the
words
of
Paul,
Soto
I
think
over
the
past
few
years,
both
of
them
and
I
have
been
attending
this
sort
of
anti-hate
meetings
with
you
know,
public
meetings
with
with
different
statistics
being
offered
in
the
in
the
groups
that
he
mentioned.
Another
group
that
has
been
mentioned
a
lot
the
past
few
years.
That's
getting
a
lot
more
hate
than
usual
is
Jewish
groups,
people
of
Jewish
faith
and
religion
I.
F
This
is
an
interesting
item
by
council
person,
Jones
vice
mayor
Jones,
because
I
know,
the
African-American
Community
was
also
high
on
the
list
in
San
Jose
of
most
hate
crimes
reported
so
working
with
this
working
with
people
from
Islam
faith
can
be
an
interesting
Concept
in
maybe
breaking
connections
with.
You
know
different
persons
in
in
San
Jose
different
groups,
which
I
think
the
Islamic
community
can
actually
be
pretty
good
at
and
they
their
religion
has
an
interesting
way
to
make
those
sorts
of
connections.
F
It
has
an
inclusivity
about
it.
That's
interesting
and
so
good
luck
with
this
item
and
what
it
can
be
accomplishing
for
all
of
us
in
San
Jose
in
the
next
few
years,
I
respect
what
what
it,
what
is
capable
of,
and
thanks
for
this
item,
a
lot
and
good
luck
in
your
work
on
the
side.
Thank.
B
H
I
just
want
to
thank
you
for
bringing
this
resolution
to
us.
There's
been
a
rise
in
various
kinds
of
hate
crimes,
even
even
more
so
anti-Semitism
recently
and,
and
so
these
These
are
important,
Interfaith
cross
across
Faith
types
of
efforts
where
we
stand
up
for
one
another
when
there's
hate
crimes.
Many
of
us
are
talking
about
how
we
need
to
speak
out
for
everybody
when
these
things
happen.
AQ
B
AQ
AQ
Yeah,
thank
you
and
just
because
it
came
up
in
the
public
comment.
I
want
to
make
it
clear.
There
are
two
resolutions
here.
If
you
read
the
first
one
specifically
condemning
hate
crimes,
which
is,
is
inclusive
of
all,
there's
there's
no
specificity
there
on
singling
out
any
group,
and
that
is
inclusive
of
obviously
hate
crimes
that
we've
seen
on
the
rise.
G
AQ
Many
different
individuals
in
our
community
and
so
I
appreciate
that
in
in
the
work
and
the
work
that
the
city's
Association
has
done
there
and
vice
mayor
for
you
bringing
this
forward
to
our
Council
thanks.
Thank.
B
B
B
B
Okay,
the
next
item
we
will
take
individually
and
then
the
following
items
will
group
together
so
C5
Staffing,
recruitment
retention
and
vacancies.
We
will
go
to
the
public
first.
C
I
Let
me
committee
to
move
it
forward,
hold
the
special
meetings
and
to
consult
with
both
Community
groups
and
City
unions
to
develop
Pro
goals
for
this.
For
the
special
meeting,
this
is
an
issue
that
has
been
has
been
a
problem
for
many
many
years
at
the
city.
As
you're
all
aware,
we've
had
over
a
decade
of
disinvestment
in
our
city,
where
Force
has
left
a
lot
of
our
essential
Neighborhood
Services,
severely
understaffed.
The
city
has
more
than
900
persistent
vacancies.
I
These
are
positions
that
are
funded,
but
we
can't
retain
people
with
them,
and
what
that
means
is
that
many
of
our
San
Jose
neighborhoods
are
not
getting
their
core
Services.
They
need,
and
we
know
that
when
that
happens,
the
neighborhoods
that
suffer
the
most
are
the
ones
been
disenfranchised.
Our
communities
of
color,
our
immigrant
communities,
our
working
class,
Neighbors
neighbors,
so
I
would
ask
you
to
I
know
that
this
is
something
that
you
you
all
are
aware
of:
I'm
not
telling
you
anything
new,
but
we
really
need
to
lift
it
up
and
prioritize.
I
Developing
a
long-term
strategy
bring
together
workers,
managers,
HR
and
the
community
to
figure
out.
What
do
we
need
to
reverse
this
trend?
Make
our
city
back
into
a
world-class
employer
provide
good
jobs
that
can
be
filled
by
people
serving
the
communities
they
come
from
all
of
our
diverse
residents
and
make
sure
that
all
our
neighborhoods
get
the
services
that
they
need
to
drive.
I
AJ
Yes,
yes,
Paul
Circle
from
horseshoe
I'm
just
on
this
committee
right
here
is
somebody
that
also
works
for
the
police
department
and
they
give
an
excellent
excellent
definition
of
work.
Racial
Equity
means,
within
the
context
of
city
services
and
service
allocations,
so
I
think
that
you
would
like
be
able
to
solve
some
of
your
problems
by
really
using
that
councilman's
definition
of
racial
equity.
AJ
In
the
context
of
this
conversation
and
here's
why
this
is
what
this
is,
what
it
does
is
it
removes
services
from
other
areas
of
the
city,
will
Glenn
Cambrian
almadin
Rose
Garden,
and
it
it
it
concentrates
and
allocates
services
and
resources
to
those
areas
which
we
all
know,
and
if
we
don't
know,
then
you
don't
belongings,
but
we
know
these
areas.
These
bodies,
the
Horseshoe,
Palmas
Metals,.
AJ
All
of
these
modules
have
been
economically
and
resource
deprived,
and
that
was
by
intention.
So
in
your
policy
decisions,
all
you
have
to
do
is
remove
services
from
all
those
volumes
that
I
mentioned
prior
that
have
been
giving
the
Lion's
Share
of
those
resources
because
of
racist
policies
and
start
giving
them
to
the
neighborhoods
and
the
body
was
that
really
actually
deserve
them
and
actually
create
the
tax
base
by
which
you
extract
that
money
to
service
those
areas.
Thank
you.
C
AS
Hi
everyone
and
thank
you,
John
Tucker,
with
ask
me:
Municipal,
Employees,
Federation
I'll,
be
brief,
but
I'm
I'm
here
to
speak
in
support
of
the
memo.
You
all
know
that
we've
spent
years
talking
about
Recruitment
and
Retention
and
Staffing
levels
excuse
me,
and
every
year
continues
to
get
worse.
We
just
saw
the
most
recent
numbers,
which
are
over
900.
AS
Some
vacancies
now
I
understand
that
that
the
pushback
from
Human
HR
in
the
city
is
that
not
having
the
staff
resources
to
to
take
on
this
extra
work
right
now,
which
is
ironic
at
worst,
but
I
think
you
know,
we
need
to
put
the
cart
before
the
horse.
It's
time
for,
for
the
city,
to
focus
some
serious
people
and
resources
at
the
Recruitment
and
Retention
issues,
and
and
really
look
to
do
something.
I
mean
you.
You
know
it's
bad.
AS
When
the
union
reps
are
coming
to
you
telling
you
that
HR
needs
more
staff,
that's
how
dire
this
is
and
we
support
the
memo.
We
support
a
process
that
allows
us
all
to
look
at
this,
come
up
with
ideas
and
create
Solutions.
Thank
you
have
a
good
evening.
C
F
All
right,
well
Beekman,
here
to
speak
on
item
five
of
these
series
of
items
about
recruitment
issues.
You
know,
for
whatever
sense
of
misery,
endowriness
that
we're
all
feeling
in
this
era
of
covid
and
trying
to
get
out
of
it.
A
really
good
luck
in
how
to
try
to
revitalize
ourselves
and
how
to
offer
hope,
support
and
just
kind
of
like
our
positive
selves,
how
to
get
out
of
this
era
and
into
I.
F
Think
what
you
know
the
second
half
of
this
decade
may
be
really
interesting,
and
how
can
you
share
that
hope
and
excitement
with
you
know
we're
in
a
recruiting
process
really
important.
You
know
the
work
that
I
do
with
openness
and
accountability
and
responsibility.
I
mean
you
talk
about
those
things
with
with
people
when
trying
to
hire
and
and
to
for
that
to
be
a
philosophy
to
share
what's
important
for
the
future
of
San
Jose.
F
That
Civic
Innovation
is
interestingly
trying
to
learn
and
starting
to
learn
to
pass
that
along
to
other
parts
of
City
staff,
that's
the
sort
of
ideas
of
Hope
and
just
interest,
and
you
know
just
good
practices
that
I
think
people
can
would
want
to
respect
and
want
to
be
a
part
of
for
our
future
and
I
know
like,
for
instance,
the
data
collection
companies.
F
Are
you
know,
big
big
tech
companies
they're
going
through
the
same
kind
of
misery
right
now,
where
they're,
just
lackluster
and
apathetic
and
again
I,
think
it's
the
practices
of
openness
and
accountability
and
and
to
focus
on
a
more
community-based
solutions
that
can
that
can
offer
real
vibrancy
and
life
to
to
our
good
future.
For
all
of
us.
Thank
you.
B
Thank
you
before
I
go
to
my
colleagues.
There's
a
early
consideration
form
lee
would
like
to
speak
to
it.
Please
thank.
E
You
vice
mayor
staff
does
have
an
early
consideration
form.
It
is
yellow
in
that
early
consideration
form.
We
do
acknowledge
that
staff
is
currently
going
to
be
scheduled
to
come
forward
to
the
public
safety
Finance
strategic
support
committee,
with
the
Staffing
Recruitment
and
Retention
update
to
that
Committee
in
February
of
2023.
E
So
the
council
will
hear
that
if
the
committee
wishes
for
the
full
Council
to
hear
that
they
can
cross-reference
it
just
because
we
did
have
folks
call
in
I
do
want
to
encourage
our
union
leaders
who
called
in
we
were
approached
around
a
similar
proposal
in
the
fall,
and
we
asked
those
Union
representatives
to
sit
with
Jennifer,
shambry
and
I
and
discuss
them
and
work
them
through,
as
we
are
currently
piloting
a
lot
and
they
were
apprehensive
to
participate.
E
So
I
would
ask
them,
as
we
are
coming
forward
to
pisfiz
in
little
less
than
three
months
if
we
could
re-engage
in
that
conversation
because
we'd
certainly
like
to
hear
from
them
and
then.
Lastly,
as
the
council
member
acknowledges
and
in
her
proposals,
some
of
the
acute
vacancies,
we
are
piloting
some
additional
resources
and
centralization
for
the
housing
department.
Parks
and
Rec
neighbor
Recreation
Neighborhood
Services,
as
well
as
planning,
building
and
code
enforcement
to
be
a
little
bit
more
agile
and,
and
that
will
be
part
of
the
report
out
in
February.
E
J
Thank
you
vice
mayor
mayor
and
thank
you
for
the
for
the
response
on
this
request.
J
Obviously
I'm
trying
to
wrap
some
things
up
before
the
end
of
the
year
and
one
one
of
these
items
has
been
this
question
about
staff
and
Recruitment
and
Retention,
and
vacancies
and
I
know
it's
not
new
to
any
one
of
us.
We've
are
all
trying
to
figure
out
and
do
the
best
that
we
can
with
the
folks
that
we
have
on
board,
but
this
creates
a
a
terrible
cycle,
because
we
have
staff
that
we
depend
on
that.
J
Rates-
and
we
know
that
this
is
one
of
the
worst
vacancy
rates
that
we've
had,
and
so
this
is
really
an
attempt
to
continue
to
move
this
item
forward,
regardless
of
whether
I'm
on
Council
or
not
I,
know,
we've
been
nudginess
along
I
know
that
HR
team
is
is
very
dedicated
and
I
know
that
they've
had
a
lot
of
efforts
in
in
addressing
this
issue,
not
just
because
of
this
particular
request,
but
as
a
broader
effort
in
in
our
city
and
because
we
just
need
to.
J
We
just
need
to
I'm,
hoping
that
maybe
what
I
could
do
here
is
provided
a
bit
of
a
response
to
some
of
the
staff's
their
responses
and
their
their
challenges.
J
I
I
hear
that
you,
you
know
we're
going
to
have
this
special
meeting
in
a
business.
I
do
think
that
we
should
cross
reference
to
to
the
council.
I
think
the
whole
Council
needs
to
be
part
of
this
discussion,
so
I'm
I'm,
hoping
that
we
can
have
a
bit
of
a
modification
here
and
then
hopefully,
it'll
it'll
satisfy
some
of
those
concerns,
so
I'm
I'm,
hoping
that
we
can
adopt
the
core
of
item
two
from
the
memo.
The
MBA
request
for
strategies
that
Council
can
adopt.
J
That
would
give
the
administration
more
budgetary
resources
for
addressing
Staffing
vacancies
and
then
add
the
questions
that
are
raised
in
the
memo
by
staff
to
the
pistvis
item,
at
least
for
discussion
by
the
pacifist
committee,
and
then,
of
course,
the
cross
reference
to
the
full
Council.
E
Lee,
yes,
council,
member,
reynus,
I
think
that
sounds
like
a
good
compromise
we've,
as
I
mentioned,
we
did
add
resources
not
too
long
ago
over
strength
positions
to
help
with
some
of
this.
So
those
could
be
things
we
could
outline
in
the
MBA
as
well
as
well.
As
you
know,
any
kind
of
Lessons
Learned,
given
the
the
budget
reality
next
year
that
we
may
want
to
add,
but
certainly
we
can
also
bring
your
memorandum
forward
to
that
business
meeting
and
and
try
and
talk
about
some
of
these
things.
So
that
would
facilitate
that.
B
All
right,
we
have
a
motion
in
a
second
councilmember
Cohen,
actually.
T
B
Thank
you,
okay
for
items,
C
6
through
C9,
we're
gonna,
consolidate
those,
and
we
will
take
public
comment
on
all
those
items
and
then
we'll
go
bring
it
back
to
the
committee
for
a
discussion
on
all
the
items
and
unless
someone
on
the
committee
pulls
one
of
those
items
out
individually
to
be
voted
on,
we
will
vote
on
all
those
items
together,
all
right.
So
let's
go
to
the
public.
C
F
All
right,
Beekman
here
I
just
like,
would
just
like
to
thank
every
one
of
the
San
Jose
Community.
That
I
think
there's
been
some
really
interesting.
Good
public
comment
time
in
this
December
on
on
agenda
items
and
I
hope
there
can
be
some
sort
of
public
comment
on
these
set
of
items
that
I
don't
have
much
to
say
personally,
but
overall
I've
just
been
really
impressed
with
the
public
comment
time
this
December
and
November.
Thank
you
for
to
everyone
for
their
good
public
comments.
J
Thank
you
vice
mayor,
so
I
appreciate
having
these
all
come
in
this
one
and
just
to
let
my
colleagues
know
that
these
are
items
that
we've
been
all
working
together.
J
J
A
request
for
Paid
Family
Leave
This
is
another
item
that
I'm
gonna
have
to
make
just
a
bit
of
a
tweak
and
then
because
joint
meetings
have
been
so
successful,
at
least
in,
in
the
way
that
we've
used
them
for
gender-based
violence
and
and
for
the
children's
issues
and-
and
we
we've
recently
seen
epistas
Public
Safety
from
the
county
also
have
a
joint
meeting,
which
was
very
for
the
very
first
time
to
talk
about
some
some
cross
issues
that
that
talks
about
continuing
in
that
Spirit
of
joint
meetings.
J
So
the
the
only
other
one
and
I
apologize.
This
is
the
only
other
one
that
has
a
that
is
yellow
lit
and
that
I
wanted
to
make
a
bit
of
some
tweaks
around
four
years
ago,
I
proposed
the
the
Paid
Family
Leave
program,
and
this
is
for
our
city,
employees.
J
There
wasn't
one
that
existed
and
it
really
came
from
my
chief
of
staff
at
that
time
was
he
had
his
child,
his
first
child
and
for
city
employees
they
just
and
especially
for
men,
didn't
have
the
opportunity
to
have
paid
time
off.
It
only
gave
employees
who
gave
birth
access
to
paid
time
off,
and
so
we
all
know
how
important
bonding
is,
whether
you're
the
mother
who's
providing
the
the
birth
or
the
father,
who
is
also
providing
a
lot
of
support
and
bonding.
J
It's
just
it's
important
for
both
of
those
folks
to
be
available
and
have
some
paid
time
paid
time
off,
and
so
one
of
the
things
that
limited
city
employees
was
that
they
really
had
no
access
to
time
off,
and
so
they
weren't
allowed
to
use
sick
time.
And-
and
so
now
we
have
a
pilot
program
and
then,
of
course,
my
and
of
course,
then
this
team
member
had
a
second
child.
J
And
so
then
we
experienced
what
it
was
for
somebody
to
go
through
the
pilot
program
and
it
it
offered
one
week
of
paid
time
off.
And
then
this
is
where
this.
This
pilot
program
made
a
difference
and
that's
that
this
person
was
able
to
use
the
their
accrued
sick
leave
to
take
some
weeks
off,
which
is
something
that
wasn't
happening
before
and
wasn't
available
to
our
our
employees.
J
And
so
we
we
need
to
make
sure
that
there's
sufficient
time
available
for
folks
to
have
bonding
time
with
their
child.
J
We
need
to
make
sure,
there's
some
Kinks,
that
we
need
to
work
out,
because
there
might
be
some
folks
who
have
a
chronic
illness
that
may
not
allow
them
for
to
to
accrue
sick
leave,
and
so
what
would
they
that
particular
person
do
if
they
were
in
this
situation,
where
they
were
having
a
child
in
no
accrued
sick
time,
and
they
couldn't
be
part
of
this
pilot
program
anymore.
J
So,
with
that
in
mind,
I
I
want
to
see
if
there
is
a
willingness
to
provide
some
information
to
counsel
and
a
report
to
Council
in
closed
session
and
to
maybe
really
lay
out
some
of
the
time
frame
commitments
from
staff
about.
When
these
things
will
happen,
we
don't
want
to
wait
until
June
when
this
pilot
program
ends.
We
want
to
make
sure
that
there's
some
negotiation
that
happens
ahead
of
time
and
for
this
to
continue
on
to
that.
J
The
dads
in
in
this
scenario
and
those
parents
who
are
adopting
children
can
also
participate
in
paid
time
paid
time
that
they
can
use
during
during
that
family
leave,
so
so
I'm
hoping
that
that
this
is
something
that
we
can
ask
for.
J
So
I
know
that
the
the
the
memo
yellow
or
the
status
response,
yellow
lights
it,
but
I'd
love
to
have
an
info
memo
with
some
of
the
information
from
the
the
pilot
so
that
it
can
go
to
closed
session
and
and
figure
out
that
that
meet
and
confer
issue.
That
has
been
kind
of
an
obstacle.
B
Thank
you,
councilmember
Arena,
so
I'm
going
to
ask
Lee
to
speak
to
your
your
request,
as
well
as
the
early
consideration
form
for
that
item
and
actually
the
other
items
as
well.
That.
E
Are
sure
on
the
the
Paid
Family
Leave
I
think
that
what
council
member
Arenas
outlines
is
something
that
we
can
do
so
we
would
prepare
an
info
memo
to
give
data
on
the
the
current
pilot
program
and
and
offer
anything
that
we've
learned
from
that
and
then
probably
in
March,
so
prior
to
the
budget
process,
starting
and
negotiations
come
into
closed
session
for
any
discussion
and
information
that
we
can
give
the
council.
So
if,
if
we
can
do
that,
we
could
green
light,
it.
B
Okay,
and
can
you
since,
since
we
have
you,
can
you
also
speak
to
the
other.
E
Sure
I'm
happy
to
the
Lake
Cunningham
funding
strategy.
G
E
Sorry
councilmember
you
broke
up,
were
you
asking
for
when
the
time
frame
would
be?
Yes,
so
I
think
we
would
probably
do
an
info
memo
in
in
late
January
or
February
on
the
current
pilot
program
and
then
we'd
come
into
closed
session
prior
to
the
budget
process
and
negotiation
starting
so
that
would
likely
be.
E
So
yeah
Lake,
Cunningham
MBA
would
be
a
green
light.
The
gender-based
violence
MBA
would
also
be
a
green
light
and
then
the
joint
meetings
with
the
county
for
for
Neighborhood,
Services
and
education,
as
well
as
Public,
Safety,
finance
and
strategic
supports,
would
be
a
green
light.
Although
I
will
say
Deputy,
city
manager,
Angel,
Rios
and
I
are
very
interested
in
what
committee
assignments
soon
to
be.
Supervisor
has,
as
as
we
go
ahead
and
move
forward
with
those.
B
Thank
you
Lee,
so.
B
AQ
Thank
you
and
and
I'm
just
a
make
it
smooth.
Can
the
chair
make
a
motion,
or
should
we
just
give
it
to
council
member
Dennis.
AQ
Great
yeah
and
and
and
I
support
it
and
I
I
want
to
say
thank
you
to
councilmanas
for
for
work,
especially
on
this
item.
Ca
paid
family
leave
in
my
office,
the
the
only
two
staff
members
to
to
have
a
child.
Actually,
we
each
had
two
children
with
myself
and
David
Tran
from
my
team,
while
I
was
in
office
for
eight
years
and
and
and
it
was
a
big
hit,
as
his
councilmember
Atlanta
stated-
to
not
have
time
off
and
ultimately
having
to
take
his
own.
AQ
You
know
personal
time,
sick
time
and
and
so
I
think
it's
a
huge
need
that
we
have
I
adjust
back
to
to
staff
that
the
the
challenge
here
sounds
like
right
that
this
is
the
main
confer.
This
is.
This
is
something
that
we
just
have
to
negotiate
with
the
unions,
we're
on
a
pilot
program,
so
in
essence,
I
mean.
If,
if
it's
not
a
an
issue
that
the
unions
are
advocating
for
during
negotiations,
it
may
not
be
made
permanent.
Is
that
an
easy
kind
of
short
assumption.
E
I
would
ask
Jennifer
schembri
to
come
down
and
correct
whatever
I'm
about
to
say,
but
obviously,
as
we
go
into
close
session,
there's
issues
that
we
bring
forward
as
well
for
for
any
possible
consideration.
So
I
think
we,
if
directed
by
the
Council
next
year,
when
we
do
this
update.
It
would
be
something
that
Jennifer
and
her
team
would
mention.
I.
Think
in
the
first
round
of
negotiations
with
the
unions.
AQ
And
yeah
I
get
there's
the
two
sides
of
the
coin
there.
Obviously
the
council
would
have
to
agree
to
whatever
we
want
to.
You
know
offer
before
right
before
you
come
to
an
agreement
but
I'm.
Assuming
that
say,
assuming
that
the
council
says
yes,
this
is
something
we
want
to
offer
right.
AQ
Part
of
the
back
and
forth
requires
the
unions
to
to
agree
to
it
as
well.
Yes,
it
does,
and-
and
we
have
Joe
that
just
was
just
agendized
for
next
week
as
a
conversation,
I
actually
have
been
recusing
myself
from
which
is
the
POA
negotiations.
I
mean
is
that
something
that
was
discussed
there
would
that
have
been
an
appropriate
time.
AQ
I
know
we
have
that
coming
forward
to
us
before
this
pilot
ends,
I
mean
because
we're
obviously
in
in
negotiations
with
a
lot
of
our
unions
now,
but
we
happen
to
have
that
one
bring
being
brought
forward
next
week.
AQ
Okay,
so
that
that
resolves
that,
thank
you
sorry
to
make
you
come
down.
That's
it
I,
I
I,
appreciate
all
the
the
directions.
I
had
a
similar
thought
on
my
sort
of
on
my
way
out
here.
In
wanting
to
ensure
that
you
know
certain
work
could
be
continued
and
was
able
to
sneak
in
an
MBA
on
sanctioned
encampments
a
couple
weeks
ago.
So
for
good
measure.
B
Yes,
thank
you.
So
we
have
a
motion
in
a
second.
No
other
hands
are
raised.
So
can
we
have
a
roll
call
vote?
Please
yeah.
AT
Could
we
quickly
clarify
the
motion,
so
C6,
C7
and
C9
were
adopted,
as
is
in
accordance
with
the
early
consideration,
response
forms
and
C8
was
changed?
Would
you
mind
repeating
the
change
to
C8?
Please
sure.
E
That
staff
will
develop
informational
memorandum
that
goes
out
in
the
February
time
frame
and
that
we
would.
The
second
part
would
be
that
staff
would
come
forward
in
closed
session
in
March
prior
to
the
budget
process
or
negotiations
commencing.
AT
C
AQ
L
C
H
Thank
you
if
I
make
and
I'd
ask
for
a
point
of
personal
privilege
just
before
you
go
to
open
Forum,
yes
very
quickly,
I
just
want
to
first
thank
my
colleagues,
Council
memes
and
Perales
for
serving
with
me
on
the
on
this
body.
I'll
I'll
miss
you,
but
I
particularly
want
to
thank
our
chair.
Vice,
chair,
Jones
who's
done
a
great
job
chairing
this
Committee
in
the
two
years
that
I've
been
on
it.
H
T
F
All
right,
where
have
you
been
here
wow?
It's
like
the
last
meeting,
unbelievable,
thank
you
to
the
work
of
Council
persons,
Uranus,
Perales
and
Jones
for
all
their
years
of
service
and
good
work
and
boy.
It's
been
quite
an
experience
for
myself
and
I'm
sure
for
yourselves
as
well
and
I
hope
you
can
take
the
practices
of
openness
and
accountability
what's
possible
in
its
future
to
heart,
and
you
know
that
you
know
a
real
positive.
F
Our
positive
cells
are
really
possible
with
its
good
guidelines
and
efforts.
My
final
reminder
on
the
subject
hopefully
can
be
of
help
and
just
a
thank
you
in
the
previous
item,
I
think
just
our
everyday
Community
for
how
much
they've
been
attending
public
comment
times
recently,
with
really
good
public
comment.
Thank
you
to
city
government
staff
and
to
city
council
themselves.
F
Who've
come
up
with
really
good
agenda
items
that
I
think
it's
just
been
a
really
good,
Community
effort
in
these
past
couple
of
months
at
Council
meetings
and
committee
meetings,
and
just
thank
you
for
that.
I
hope
this
sort
of
vibrancy
can
continue
into
next
year
and
good
luck
to
our.
What
we'll
be
doing
with
our
lives
in
the
coming
year?
23
and
boy,
good
luck
to
ourselves
in
24
and
25.
F
That's
I
think
going
to
be
the
really
important
years
that
we
really
all
start
to
make
a
real
important
difference
and
good
luck.
How
that
can
go
and
the
steps
we
do
in
2023
to
get
to
those
important
good
years
of
24
and
25..
Thanks
again
for
everybody's
good
work
and
boy,
happy
December
and
thanks
for
all
the
years
of
service
to
everyone.
AJ
Yes,
Paul
Circle
from
the
Horseshoe
I
was
really
impacted
by
that
video
that
was
shown
there
was
no
warning.
I
was
a
Thrust.
There
was
no
label
in
the
memo.
There
was
nothing
that
would
indicate
that
that
violent
sexual
assault
attack
was
going
to
be
played
in
a
very
public
forum.
In
meeting
this
mayor
traumatized
me
again,
I
was
sexually
assaulted,
as
a
child.
AJ
I
was
sexually
assaulted
recently,
when
that
cop
went
ahead
and
called
the
probation
to
have
me
arrested
because
I
was
a
victim
of
a
sexual
assault
and
then
I
was
sexually
assaulted
in
jail,
and
then
this
mayor
exposed
me
once
again,
he
exposed
all
of
us
to
a
violent
sexual
assault
with
absolutely
zero
warning,
absolutely
no
consideration
at
all
for
any
of
the
victims
in
the
public
that
have
PTSD
and
are
triggered
by
things
like
that.
That's
how
ruthless
he
is.
AJ
This
happened
once
before,
and
I
was
locked
up,
because
of
that
too,
a
councilman
called
the
cops
10.
Undercover
officers
arrested
me
because
I
had
a
PTSD
episode
inside
of
a
movie
theater,
where
there
was
absolutely
no
Morgan
given
because
he
didn't
even
Scream
the
video
before
he
screamed
before
he
showed
it
yet.
I
was
violently
attacked
inside
juvenile
hall.
I
was
watching
on
the
display.
What
exactly
happened
to
me
again?
No
warning,
no
warning
to
the
public
at
all.
You
guys
it
made
me
sit
there
and
you
moralize
and
you
act
like.
AJ
B
Thank
you
for
the
last
time,
I'll
be
able
to
say
this
me
is
the
chairman,
but
before
I
do
I
just
want
to
express
my
gratitude
for
the
clerk's
office.
You
know
the
city
manager's
office,
the
attorney,
and
especially
my
colleagues
that
serve
with
me
on
this
rules.
Committee.
Good
people
do
good
work
and
I
really
appreciate
everything
that
everyone's
doing
so.
On
that
note,
this
meme
is
adjourned.