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City of San José, California
Joint meeting of Rules and Open Government / Committee of the Whole of April 14, 2021
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Hi
it
just
unmuted
just
gave
me
the
mute
capabilities,
hi
blair
beekman
here,
thanks
for
the
meeting
yesterday,
you
know
I'm
learning
a
lot
about
water
rate
issues.
It's
complex,
it's
more
than
just
possibly.
You
know,
subsidy
ideas,
I
hope
my,
but
I
hope
my
subsidy
ideas
can
at
least
offer
some
sort
of
help
and
guidelines
about.
C
Immigration
issues
in
the
office
of
immigration,
and
that
was
at
the
neighborhood
services
last
week
and
I
think
they're
going
to
work
on
it.
It's
going
to
come
back,
you
know
sometime
soon,
you
know,
hopefully
by
may
you
know
it's
my
hope.
I
I
figured
I
would
give
it
one
more
real
try
here
to
mention
the
importance
and
all
that
in
that
work
of
you
know
having
a
good
zoom
channel
open
to
having
different
interpretations
available.
C
I
hope
you
guys
continue
to
work
on
that,
because
I
I
I'm
very
worried,
there's
an
english,
only
issue
involved
with
why
it's
been
so
complicated
and
expensive
for
this
process
to
take
place,
and
I
think
we
need
to
address
that.
I
think
that
you
know
the
idea
of
having
as
many
people
in
as
many
languages
as
possible
into
the
community.
C
You
know
meeting
process
is
just
it's
a
decent
thing
to
do.
It
offers
economic
opportunity
for
all
parts
of
different
communities
and,
more
importantly,
it
just
offers
good
mental
health
and
good
community
practices,
and
we
need
to
learn
to
get
out
of
that.
English
only
mentality
and
it
takes
effort
and
work,
and
I
hope
we
can
do
that
and
I'll
explain
ways.
We
can
do
that
earlier.
Good
luck
in
your
efforts!
Thank
you.
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Hi,
my
name
is
alina
yin.
My
parents
came
here
from
cambodia
as
war
refugees.
They
have
been
here
for
over
35
years
and
are
proud
american
citizens.
They
love
this
country
in
cambodia.
There
is
no
such
thing
as
community
engagement.
The
law
is
written
behind
closed
doors
and
you
do
as
you're
told
or
you
stand
to
graves
of,
to
suffer
grave
consequences.
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B
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D
That's
okay.
Thank
you.
However.
Civic
engagement
and
civic
participation
is
in
america
is
a
celebrated
cornerstone
of
our
democracy,
and
my
parents
would
love
to
participate
locally,
but
they
can't
because,
even
though
their
english
is
proficient,
they
would
need
language
translation
services
to
enable
them
to
fully
participate
with
the
confidence,
and
I
unfortunately
don't
speak
my
well
enough
anymore
to
translate
for
them.
My
parents
are
so
smart,
they
are
resilient
and
they
would
be
an
invaluable
voice.
To
this
conversation.
E
E
My
fellow
commissioner,
commissioner,
matsumura,
did
a
memo
at
our
last
meeting
that
looked
into
other
cities,
who
are
also
doing
their
charter
reviews
and
they
were
provided
with
additional
funding
and
staff
support
to
do
the
best
job
they
can
and
that's
what
I'm
speaking
in
support
of
today.
So
I
hope
that
that
the
the
rules
committee
will
approve
this
and
and
that
will
have
further
support
of
the
council
so
that
we
can
get
what
we
need
in
order
to
accomplish
what
you've
asked
us
to
do
successfully.
Thank
you.
B
E
Thank
you.
I
will
move
approval
of
the
agenda
with
the
ad
sheet
and
with
a
drop
for
item
8.1.
This
is
the
the
nomination
of
the
alameda
park,
sheila
avenue
historic
district.
I
spoke
with
the
neighbors
and
the
neighborhood,
of
course
recognizes
the
history
of
discriminatory
housing
practices
in
our
city
and
across
the
nation,
and
we
want
to
make
sure
that
we
are
taking
the
extra
time
to
to
ensure
that
the
historic
designation
doesn't
perpetuate
that
issue
because
of
course
we
are
committed
to
racial
equality.
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B
F
B
C
Hi
blair
beekman
here,
thank
you
for
these
items
on
on
this
agenda.
I
guess
I
guess
another.
Thank
you
for
just
patience
to
me
working
out
my
my
kobe
distributions
and
how
to
talk
about
kovid.
I
mean
I'm
really
trying
to
figure
out
what
can
be
sustainable
ideas
and
how
do
we
build
a
new
era
of
sustainability
out
of
covid,
and
so
thanks
for
your
patience
with
that,
I
guess
it's
important
to
mention.
C
C
I
still
hope
we
can
make
clear
if,
if
applicable,
you
know,
are
there
aerosol
vaccines
in
being
used
in
our
school
systems
and
hotels,
and
you
know
restaurants
and
other
places,
and
you
know
in
the
hvac
systems,
can
we
ask
about
those
things,
and
can
it
be
kind
of
like
a
safe
place?
To
ask
I
mean,
I'm
not
sure,
I'm
not
certain,
but
this
is
going
to
be
about.
It
can
be
a
safe
topic
to
ask
about.
C
C
H
Yeah
hi
marcel
o'connell
speaking
pleading
for
a
time
certain
for
the
return
together
early
in
the
evening,
and
I
feel
like
a
broken
record,
because
I've
been
talking
about
this
for
over
15
years.
Please
talk
less
and
listen
more,
and
this
is
a
very
critical
topic
and
I'm
sure
seniors.
Disabled
people
who
have
to
get
up
early
in
the
morning
and
people
that
have
to
take
care
of
their
kids
would
appreciate
an
early
time.
Certain
talk
less
listen
more.
Thank
you.
I
I
would
have
a
suggestion
of
maybe
time
certain
at
4
pm
for
that
item.
I
know
it's
earlier
in
the
agenda.
I
think
that
might
help
too,
with
our
our
translators
to
give
them
a
a
time
certain,
but
I
know
we
have
another
stab
at
this
next
week,
so
maybe
I'll
make
that
a
suggestion
at
the
moment
and
then
I'll
I'll
make
a
formal
time
certain
request
next
week.
F
B
J
B
C
B
C
C
You
know
to
to
to
to
understand
their
issues
and
and
want
to
work
on
the
things
within
a
local
neighborhood,
and
you
know,
people
with
homes
can
address
people
without
homes
and
people
without
homes
can
address
people
in
homes
and
and
it's
working
each
other's
issues
out
or
with
homes.
I
guess-
and
I
guess
to
note
that
paul
pereira,
the
mayor's
aide
he
works
on
this
stuff,
a
lot
and
for
both
homeless,
houseless
and
people
with
homes.
C
Just
to
mention
paul
can
be
a
good
person
to
talk
to
as
a
good
go-between.
You
know
to
help
sort
out
and
maybe
work
as
a
third
party,
in
whatever
neighborhood
issues
you're
working
on.
So
thanks
a
lot
again
to
city
staff
for
bringing
these
items
on
the
council
agenda
each
week,
and
I
hope
they
can
continue
to
do
so
and
it
just
becomes
familiar
and
enjoyable
and
just
good
community
practices
for
itself.
Thank
you.
B
D
Elena,
thank
you.
I
just
wanted
to
speak
again
on.
I
believe
now
it's
it's
the
item.
21-405
for
the
language
translation
services.
I
think
that
it
would
be
really
important
to
have
them
for
the
city
charter
review,
commission
and
when
I
think
about
this
impact,
is
you
know
we
could
have
multi-generational
participation
in
this
process
if
people
who
don't
speak
english
as
a
first
language
could
also
participate
in
the
process
and
also
want
to
speak
in
support
of
item
21-410
for
the
bill
of
rights
for
their
children
and
youth,
and
that's
it.
K
K
She
has
always
been
civically
engaged
in
her
home
country
as
well
as
here,
and
I
would
like
for
her
to
have
the
opportunity
for
her
voice
to
be
heard
and
as
well
as
other
members
of
our
communities,
whose
stories
and
voices
are
not
heard
because
of
the
language
barrier.
We
have
a
very
diverse
community
and
I
think
it's
important
that
we
also
hear
what
they
have
to
say
so
that
they
can
contribute
to
our
community
and
that
these
decisions
that
affect
our
most
vulnerable.
K
They
should
at
least
get
a
say
in.
What's
in
what
these
decisions
are
being
made.
So
I
strongly
encourage
you
to
make
translation
services
a
priority
so
that
we're
not
having
to
come
up
with
these
discussions
of
we
don't
have
money,
we
don't
have
money
and
it
should
just
be
a
given
that
translation
services
are
needed
in
every
aspect
of
community
engagement
moving
forward.
Thank
you.
B
I
Chair,
if
I
could,
I
was
just
going
to
make
a
mention
of
something
if
I
could
sure
yeah
you
mentioned
already,
but
I
think
that
we
had
two
speakers
that
spoke
on
this
next
item
already.
So
just
out
of
fairness
of
those
that
are
participating.
I
think
just
to
to
note
that
they've
they've
commented
on
this
next
item.
I
think
just
a
little
bit
out
of
line
because
I
don't
know
if
they
were
fully
aware
that
we
hadn't
gotten
to
the
item
yet.
B
Yes,
thank
you
appreciate
it
all
right.
Well,
we
are
at
that
item
request
for
additional
financial
resources
allocated
by
the
san
jose
city
council
to
the
charter
review
commission
and
we're
gonna
go
to
the
public.
Now,
as
my
colleague
councilmember
paul
has
already
stated.
If
you've
already
commented
on
this
item,
there's
no
need
to
comment
again
on
it.
So
going
to
blair
beekman
go
ahead,
blair.
C
C
C
I
think
this
is
an
idea
of
enthusiasm
and
then,
if
we
get
enough
enthusiasm
going,
it
can
really
accomplish
a
lot.
You
know
you
could
you
could
contact
city
government
workers
who
I
think
would
want
to
do
this
san
jose
state
students,
I
think,
would
be
more
than
happy
to
interpret
for
100
bucks
an
hour
compared
to
300
bucks.
C
I
think
they'd
be
just
as
happy
with
100
bucks
an
hour
and
it's
a
matter
of
negotiating
that
and
learning
to
get
over
some
long
time,
hurdles
that
I
hope
we
we're
really
trying
to
practice
and
and
work
on,
yeah
and
and
and
we
can
develop.
You
know,
there's
ideas
of.
I
use
the
embarrassing
term
economic
opportunity.
I
mean
it's
economic
opportunity
and
development
for
for
a
whole
city.
C
If
you
do
these
sort
of
things
and
that
that
creates
really
interesting
mental
health
and
and
my
my
own
personal
way
to
work
is
through
mental
health,
I
think
it
would
just
bring
a
much
better
mental
health
to
the
city
and,
but
you
know,
there's
nothing
but
good
if,
if
you
offer
these
practices
to
mention
the
the
charter
process
itself,
thank
you
for
the
work
of
thinking
about
city,
council
and
community
and
its
relationship
to
the
city
manager
before
the
mayor
working
with
development
agencies.
Thank
you.
I
Jeffrey
members
of
the
rural
committee,
mr
vice
mayor
they
have
working
partnerships,
would
like
to
support
the
request
in
front
of
you
in
terms
of
bringing
to
city
council
a
discussion
of
of
allowing
some
additional
budget
both
for
supporting
the
the
civic
engagement
strategies
that
are
outlined
in
the
memo.
Additionally,
I
think,
as
we
talked
about
last
time,
this
was
before
the
rules
committee
historically
in
past
charter
review
commissions
and
also
in
other
similar
charter
review
commissions.
I
We've
we've
engaged
with
in
other
cities.
It's
a
common
practice
to
be
able
to
secure
outside
counsel,
just
to
ensure
that,
in
fact,
the
the
commission
has
access
to
independent
legal
services
to
be
able
to
aid
in
drafting
what
proposals
the
commission
does
come
up
with.
We
think
that
you
know
these
two
legs
of
insuring
resources
for
the
kind
of
robust
civic
engagement.
I
L
Great
hi
everyone
and
thank
you
so
much,
and
thank
you
to
the
previous
speakers,
I'm
also
here
in
support
of
this
much
needed
aid
for
the
charter
review.
I
think
the
charter
review
one
of
their
missions
is
to
examine
how
to
be
inclusive
and
be
inclusive
and
in
diversity
as
well
right,
and
so
we
can
be
ex
as
a
charter
review,
it
can
be
exclusive
by
not
offering
this
translation
support
more
than
ever.
L
I
think
our
our
communities
are
engaging
and
want
to
know
more
and
want
to
learn,
and
it
is
essential
that,
as
the
government
is
able
to
provide
that
non-profits
and
other
organizations
are
able
to
do
it,
why
isn't
our
government
able
to
do
that
as
well
as
with
legal
counsel?
I
think
it's
important
to
to
provide
that.
I
felt
like
the
charter
review
was
already
kind
of
set
up
with
no
resources
whatsoever
and
already
ready
to
fail,
and,
unfortunately,
that's
not
what
we
want
to
see.
L
M
Thank
you
vice
mayor
jones,
members
of
the
rules
committee.
My
name
is
jeremy
barus
and
I'm
very
honored
to
serve
as
a
commissioner
on
the
charter
review
commission
and
we
will
be
making
recommendations
to
council
later
this
fall.
That
will
have
a
lasting
impact
on
our
city
and
its
residents.
That
is
why
we
must
make
an
investment
in
a
robust
process
to
make
sure
that
we're,
including
as
many
community
voices
as
possible.
M
That
is
why
that
it's
imperative
that
we
invest
in
outside
counsel
funding
for
research
analysts
investing
in
our
local
cbo's
who
serve
as
trusted
messengers
to
the
community
and
translation.
So
I
do
ask
that
rules
committee.
Please
support
the
motion
to
send
this
discussion
to
council
for
a
full
vote
as
an
urgent
solution
to
funding
our
charter
review.
Commission.
Thank
you.
B
N
Hi
good
afternoon,
council,
men
and
woman
mayor
I'm
here
to
support
additional
finance
resources
for
the
charter
review.
Commission,
the
shelter
review
commission
was
established
to
examine
the
city's
governor's
structure
and
solicit
community
input,
which
I
think
is
the
key
thing
here.
We
want
community
input
and
we
want
to
make
sure
that
this
charter
is
able
to
make
the
best
recommendations
they
can
make
to
city
council.
This
was
the
initial
reason
why
this
was
formed
to
support
a
lot
of
the
decisions
for
the
strong
mayor
and
other
potential
charter
reforms.
N
I
think
it's
needed
and
I
think
that
this
funds
will
help
in
many
ways
not
only
to
provide
translators
and
other
things
that
will
help
them
make
these
these
decisions
right
that
are
hard
for
city
council
members
to
make,
but
now
they
have
recommendations
that
will
help
them
and
guide
them
how
to
make
these
changes
that
our
city
needs.
So
I
urge
you
guys
to
please
support
this
and
you
guys
have
a
wonderful
day.
Thank
you.
B
F
F
I
know
that
tony
has
submitted
a
supplemental
memo
that
was
actually
in
march
recognizing
the
need
for
additional
resources,
and
so
I
wanted
to
ask
tony
if
you're
available
what
the
next
steps
are
in
order
to
secure
some
funding.
I
know
that
it
has
to
come
out
of
the
city
clerk
non-personal
budget
based
on
your
on
your
memo,
but
if
you
could
help
outline
what
the
next
steps
are.
A
Well,
the
next
step
is
like
you
guys,
can't
make
the
approval
it
would
have
to
go
to
council
for
council
discussion
and
for
council
to
approve
that's
like
the
next
step.
That's
the
the
main
decision
you
have
today
is,
I
think,
has
enough
merit
to
go
to
a
full
council
for
discussion,
and
then
we
would
like.
I
can
answer
some
of
the
questions
that
you
might
have
about
how
to
go
about
getting
a
research
person
and
interpretation
and
those
kind
of
costs.
F
I
Yeah,
so
thank
you,
council,
member
lee,
wilcox,
deputy
city
manager,
I'm
not
seeing
jim
shannon
our
budget
director
on
yet,
but
as
this
moving
forward,
the
city
manager's
budget
office
would
do
analysis
to
find
any
savings
within
the
current
budget
cycle
to
offer
those
up
as
possible
funding
sources
for
this
work.
If
the
full
council
wish
to
grant
these
resources.
So
that
is
analysis
that
we
can
commit
to,
and
we
would
do,
is
just
move
forward
to
council.
F
I
I
think
the
the
memorandum
from
council
member
radius
recommends
april
27th
and
because
we
are
in
the
production
cycle
of
the
next
budget,
I
would
ask
for
that
flexibility
for
the
two
weeks
so
that
jim,
who
has
just
joined
us
in
the
budget
office,
can
can
have
time
to
look
at
that.
So
I
would
recommend
april
27th.
F
A
I
F
Could
I
just
I
want-
I
do
want
to
take
a
moment
just
to
thank
my
own
commissioner,
from
district
8
jeremy
bruce,
who
has
been
advocating
for
this,
as
well
as
our
chair
who's
present
here,
for
for
his
advocacy
and
for
all
the
public
who's
called
in
and
taken
the
time
to
actually
do
this
on
a
wednesday
afternoon,
because
they
believe
in
our
government
and
how
important
it
is
to
provide
all
of
these
additional
resources.
So
thank
you.
B
J
A
B
C
Hi,
thank
you.
Thank
you
for
noticing
my
hand
raised.
I
just
wanted
to
quickly
offer
that
I
haven't
looked
over
this
item
too
much,
but
I'm
guessing
that
the
human
services
commission
had
a
had
a
big
part
in
his
process,
and
you
know
it
seemed
like
it'd,
be
the
appropriate
time
to
just
thank
them
for
their.
You
know
continuous
good
work
and
thank
you
for
this
item.
F
Go
ahead!
Wonderful,
thank
you.
So
I
I
wanted
to
thank
our
youth
commissioners
for
taking
the
time
to
review
their
bill
of
rights,
which
I
mentioned
last
week
to
our
committee.
That
was
approved
about
10
years
ago,
and
so
they've
done
quite
a
bit
of
work
in
in
some
of
the
articles
within
the
bill
of
rights
and
just
to
give
you
a
bit
of
a
a
peak
sneak
peek
into
what
they've
been
doing
I'll.
F
So
it's
it's
these
kinds
of
efforts
that
they
are
making
sure
that
we
update
to
bill
of
rights
before
we
might
have
not
seen
the
importance
of
digital
inclusion.
Well,
it
was
a
of
course
a
priority
for
the
city,
but
it's
it
was
slow,
turns
in
terms
of
progress
and
because
of
pandemic.
It
is
absolutely
essential,
and
so
they've
done
the
work
to
update
many
of
these
bill
of
rights
and
actually
adding
one
additional
one.
F
And
let
me
just
read
that
one,
because
that
one's
a
a
new
article
that
they
have
added
and
it's
they
have
knowledge
of
and
when
they
say
they.
Of
course,
they
mean
children
and
youth,
are
educated
about
and
actively
include
people
of
diverse
cultural,
racial,
ethnic,
social,
economic
and
religious
backgrounds,
as
well
as
all
genders.
F
Gender
identity,
sexual
orientation,
citizenship,
developmental
abilities
and
are
aware
of
the
importance
of
inclusivity
and
identity,
and
so
that
just
gives
you
a
bit
of
an
insight
in
terms
of
what
our
youth
are
thinking
about
and
how
important
it
is
to
integrate
this
into
our
present
government.
So
I
want
to
make
a
motion
to
cross
reference
this
to
our
council.
F
J
B
B
C
Hi,
thank
you.
You
know
I
had
read
the
previous
agenda
item
and
knew
that
the
youth
services
commission
would,
you
know,
had
done
work
on
it
and
you
know
I
just
wanted
to
remind
from
council
person
uranus's
nice
words
that
you
know
their
good
work
with
the
item
and
digital
inclusion
ideas.
I
hope
they
can
remember
how
to
to
think
about
and
include
open
public
policies
in
the
future
ideas
of
digital
inclusion.
C
C
C
There
was
a
bunch
of
items
that
were
really
building
towards
our
future
sustainability
of
a
society
and
as
local
communities
and
healthcare
for
all
was
a
really
important
part
of
that
process
in
san
jose,
and
I
was
so
incredibly
hopeful
about
what
how
to
define
the
future
of
you
know
real,
genuine,
positive
sustainability
that
I
feel
healthcare
for
all
is
really
a
part
of
and
can
help
offer,
and
so
you
know
I
thank
you
for
that.
I
I
am
still
hopeful
we're
trying
to
figure
out.
C
You
know
we
created
a
mess
with
the
era
of
9
11..
I
think,
since
2014
this
country
has
been
really
trying
to
apologize
for
that
time
and
build
something
really
important
and
meaningful
and
peaceful
since
then,
and
we
have
to
continue
those
good
efforts
and
we
won't
have
kobits
in
the
future.
Thank
you.
Thank.
H
H
Indivisible
19
has
laid
bare
the
the
great
health
inequities
in
our
country,
especially
here
in
san
jose.
It
was
really
shocking
that
our
county
wasn't
one
point
the
epicenter
for
covet
covid19
and
we
do
know
now
that
they're
very
likely
will
need
to
be
booster
shots
to
the
vaccines
that
our
long
hauler
covet
patients
are
going
to
need
continued
care
for
the
rest
of
our
lives
so
for
health
equity
for
our
communities
of
color,
our
beloved
communities,
bipolar
communities.
Please
consider
this
resolution
to
better
support
them
and
to
support
better
equity
after
covet
19..
H
N
N
Hi
hi
everyone
in
the
rules
committee.
My
name
is
brenda
sindejas.
I
am
from
district
five,
where
our
wonderful
councilmember
carrasco
represents
today.
I
call
to
urge
you
to
support
ab1400
that
will
guarantee
healthcare
for
all
the
single-payer.
Healthcare
is
a
universal
healthcare
that
will
cover
all
residents.
We
saw
the
inequities
in
our
healthcare
with
the
pandemic.
N
N
P
P
I
want
to
thank
my
council
member
magdalena
carrasco
for
bringing
this
important
issue
forward
as
well
as
I
want
to
thank
the
council
members
who
have
voiced
support.
There
are
few
intersectional
issues
that
affect
all
communities
today,
like
the
need
for
universal
health
care.
The
kobe
9
19
pandemic
has
exposed
our
broken
health
care
system
that
has
left
millions
without
reliable
and
affordable
health
coverage.
Nowhere
is
this
more
of
a
reality
than
in
working
class,
neighborhoods
and
communities
of
color.
P
Here
in
santa
clara
county,
our
black
latino
and
undocumented
community
members
have
been
hit
the
hardest
by
covet
19.
I
mean,
and
this
all
is
tied
to
a
significant
factor,
which
is
the
inability
to
access,
affordable
health
care.
It's
our
responsibility
as
local
activists
and
community
leaders
and
elected
officials
to
advocate
for
our
state's
under-resourced
communities.
P
B
B
A
G
Can
you
hear
me
now
I'm
clear
yes
good
afternoon?
My
name
is
salam
angeloni,
I'm
a
member
of
the
democratic
socialist
of
america,
silicon
valley
chapter
and
of
the
single
of
the
santa
clara
county
single-payer
healthcare
coalition.
I'm
calling
to
speak
in
favor
of
resolution
in
support
of
ab-1400
as
every
every
expert
will
tell
you
who's.
Who
studied
this
a
question
a
publicly
financed
and
single-payer
health
care
system
that
would
cover
any
everyone
in
california.
G
Would
save
thousands
of
lives
each
year
would
extend
hundreds
of
thousands
of
lives
each
year
and
for
more
than
90
percent
of
households
and
businesses,
as
well
as
for
local
and
state
governments,
would
save
billions
tens
of
millions
of
dollars
in
in
healthcare
premiums
and
costs,
and
just
just
to
give
you
some
preview.
We
have
in
the
covid
era
a
preview
of
what
what
such
health
care
might
look
like,
and
it's
called
the
vaccination
program
where
everybody
it's
universal,
nobody's,
excluded,
there's
no
payment
or
co-payment
or
or
premium
to
pay.
G
L
Great,
thank
you,
everyone
and
thank
you
to
everyone
that
has
spoke
before
I'm
also
here
to
endorse
and
push
forward
this
bill.
The
1400
guarantee
healthcare
for
all,
because
it
is
not
just
a
privilege.
It
is
essential.
It
is
essential
from
our
babies
are
being
born
to
our
oldest
member
in
our
community.
That
needs
it.
L
I
can
only
tell
you
that
again
many
of
my
family
members
being
undocumented
and
not
having
the
ability
to
being
also
essential
workers
working
in
grocery
stores
and
not
having
the
ability
to
pay
for
their
own
health
care.
One
of
my
uncles
almost
lost
his
ear
because
he
didn't
have
health
care
just
a
couple
months
ago
and
wouldn't
want
to
go
to
the
emergency
room
or
see
a
doctor,
because
he
didn't
have
200
to
pay
for
an
appointment.
L
So
what
ended
up
doing
happening
was
he
ended
up
having
a
really
bad
infection
where
they
almost
cut
out
his
ear.
Now
he's
left
with
a
seven
thousand
dollar
bill
now,
making
it
on
minimum
wage
as
a
grocery
worker
who
has
two
children
and
a
wife?
How
is
he
supposed
to
pay
those
extra
six
to
seven
thousand
dollars
to
the
hospital?
L
It
is
not
only
not
only
not
fair,
but
it
unjust
he's
also
out
there
sacrificing
his
life
during
this
pandemic
to
make
sure
that
people
are
have
access
to
food,
to
make
sure
that
people
have
access
to
groceries,
to
make
sure
that
people
have
somebody
opening
those
grocery
stores
and
again
his
story
is
not
an
only
story.
It's
not
the
first
story.
The
stories
have
been
going
on
over
and
over
again
and
we
will
keep
seeing
them
until
we
actually
be
pro
until
we
become
proactive
and
do
something
about
it.
L
Q
This
is
an
absolutely
essential
step
in
creating
health,
equity
and
access
and
quality
health
care
both
for
california
and
for
the
country
in
general.
Some
of
the
principles
that
are
guiding
both
the
medicare
for
all
campaign
federally
and
the
ap
1400
campaign
here
at
the
state
are
built
around
these.
These
five
principles,
one
is
to
create
a
public
single
health
care
program
that
ensures
equal
access
to
all
medical
services
and
treatments.
Q
Q
Universal
next
is
universal
coverage
for
all
united
states
for
all
california,
residents
and
united
states
residents
in
the
case
of
medicare
for
all-
and
this
includes
non-citizens
as
well
and
finally
is
a
jobs
initiative
and
severance
for
those
that
are
affected
by
the
transition
to
a
public
health
care
system
from
a
private
health
care
system.
So
just
to
speak
to
everybody's
emphasis
on
our
our
residents
here
that
are,
are
immigrants
actually.
Q
In
march
of
2021,
a
study
was
published
that
in
2019,
one
in
four,
low-income
immigrant
adults
in
california
avoided
public
benefit
programs
which
likely
worsen
food
insecurity
and
access
to
health
care
due
to
the
push
from
the
federal
government
that
around
the
public
charge
rule.
So
not
only
is
this
going
to
affect
people's
health
in
the
short
term,
but
it's
going
to
affect
the
financial,
the
financial
point
or
financial
stability
of
the
state
government
having
to
cover
all
these
immense
expenditures
related
to
emergency
care.
Thank
you.
Q
O
Hi,
can
you
hear
me
I'm
clear
hi,
my
name's
riley
brand?
I
live
in
district
two,
I'm
a
father,
I'm
just
calling
as
well
in
support
for
assembly
bill
1400
the
guarantee
healthcare
act
and
for
you
all
to
get
this
on
the
agenda
yeah.
I
I
I
have
had
you
know
personal
experiences,
I'm
not
gonna.
I
could
speak.
You
know
to
to
what
medicare
for
all
would
do
and
what,
as
you
know,
assembly
bill
1400
would
do.
O
I
think
plenty
of
people
have
done
that
to
you
know,
to
to
great
length
and
to
with
much
higher
eloquency
than
I
could.
But
you
know
this
would
affect
everyone
and-
and
would
truly
you
know,
guarantee
health
care
for
for
the
working
class
and
there's
you
know,
there's
no
other
bill
or
no
other
proposal
that
that
does
that,
if,
if
you
leave
anything
as
far
as
barriers
to
care
as
such,
anything
that
has
to
do
with
cost
is
considered
a
barrier
to
care.
O
Then
you're,
not
actually
you
know
guaranteeing
or
universalizing
health
care
and
only
medicare
for
all.
Does
that
because
it,
you
know,
removes
the
it
removes
yeah
all
point
of
sale.
There's
no
there's
no
cost
sharing
by
the
individual
right.
You
don't
have
to
go
pay
co-pays,
deductibles
that
sort
of
thing,
but
anyway
I
just
wanted
to
say
yeah,
I'm
here
for
support
of
that
father.
O
You
know
the
one
thing
that's
preventing
me
from
from
buying
a
home
in
this
moment
in
san
jose
is
paying
off
medical
debt
right
and
paying
off
student
loans,
and
so,
if
we
could,
you
know
fix
that
for
people
yeah,
you
know
the
upward
mobility
would
would
truly
increase
that
as
a
person
of
color
you
know
I.
I
would
be
an
example
of
that.
So
in
any
case
yeah.
Thank
you
all
for
your
time
and
all
you'll
hear.
R
R
B
G
Hi,
my
name
is
kyle,
I'm
with
the
silicon
valley,
democratic
socials
of
america
and
the
santa
clara
county
single-payer
healthcare
coalition.
I
also
want
to
strongly
advocate
for
you
all
to
endorse
ap
1400
as
well
as
organized
around
it.
It
is
just
beyond
critical,
for,
as
many
people
have
already
laid
out,
but
especially
for
our
elderly
populations.
S
Okay,
great
in
this
wealthiest
country
in
the
world,
where
we
spend
twice
as
much
per
person
as
countries
that
guarantee
health
care
for
all
their
people
and
have
better
outcomes
to
show
for
it.
We
have
by
far
the
highest
number
of
covert
cases
and
deaths.
Even
before
the
pandemic,
we
had
87
million
on
or
underinsured.
S
A
recent
study
by
public
citizen
estimated
that
about
40
percent
of
u.s,
coven,
19
infections
and
33
percent
of
virus
deaths
are
associated
with
uninsurance.
A
rational
and
humane
health
care
system
would
provide
equitable
health
care.
Access
to
all
residents
would
not
inhibit
access
by
charging
fees
at
the
very
time
the
health
care
is
needed
would
not
be
tied
to
employment
or
immigration
status
and
would
not
be
allowed
to
gouge
patients
with
outrageous
prices
and
bills.
S
A
single-payer
medicare-for-all
system
created
at
the
state
level
by
ab-1400
calcair,
would
provide
health
insurance
to
all
residents,
negotiate
fair
payment
to
providers
and
suppliers
and
allow
our
focus
to
be
on
restoring,
protecting
and
improving
health
rather
than
subsidizing
corporate
profits.
The
new
system
would
also
be
able
to
focus
more
effectively
on
meeting
the
needs
of
underserved
communities.
S
So
I'm
a
registered
nurse,
I'm
retired,
and
I
really
appreciate
assembly
member
carrasco,
submitting
this
memo
to
the
council
and
hope
that
you
will
advance
it
to
the
full
council.
We
need
this
so
badly.
It's
it's
just
a
disgrace.
The
the
com,
the
the
type
of
health
care
that
we
have
in
this
country,
for
all
the
money
that
we
put
into
it.
So
please
move
this
memo
forward
so
that
we
can
support
ab1400.
O
O
It
is
so
important
that
we're
able
to
address
the
gaps
in
our
system
by
effectively
eliminating
private
health
insurance
and
their
for-profit
incentives
from
the
equation
by
shifting
responsibility
for
administrating
and
financing
health
coverage
to
the
state
government,
but
also
make
sure
that
members
of
our
undocumented
community
are
fully
covered.
I
mean
I
was
blessed
being
a
teacher
for
35
years
to
have
my
health
care
tied
to
my
employment,
but
that's
not
fundamentally
appropriate.
Since
I
believe
health
care
is
a
human
right
that
everyone
should
have
access
to,
and
you
know
I'm
a
huge
fan.
O
We've
seen
how
our
current
system
does
not
function
with
the
reality
of
the
kova
19
pandemic,
and
we
we
have
a
historic
opportunity
to
change
our
system
right
here
in
california
to
lead
the
way
for
the
nation,
and
I
certainly
hope
that
the
city
that
I
live
in
and
have
grown
to
love.
I'm
a
transplant
from
new
york
city
will
lead
the
way,
as
we
often
do
right
here
in
silicon
valley.
So
thank
you
very
much
for
the
opportunity.
S
Awesome,
my
name
is
luke,
I'm
from
evergreen
and
council
member
uranus
district
and
I'd
just
like
to
quickly
speak
in
favor
of
ap
1400
getting
on
the
agenda
so
as
we
slowly
emerge
out
of
the
pandemic.
I
think
it's
really
important
to
keep
in
mind
that
the
health
care
crisis
isn't
over
and
it's
nowhere
close
to
being
over.
S
You
know
the
problems
posed
from
our
for-profit
healthcare
system
still
very
much
exist,
and
unless
we
take
action
to
transition
it
into
a
system
that
actually
meets
the
needs
of
regular
everyday
people,
we'll
continue
to
be
at
risk
of
a
repeat
in
the
disaster
that
was
our
country's
pandemic
management.
I'd
also
like
to
reiterate
a
statement.
That's
already
been
made
many
times
by
previous
speakers.
S
B
Q
Q
Q
The
passage
of
calcare
would
not
only
help
provide
affordable
health
insurance
for
the
many
uninsured
people
in
our
community,
but
would
also
save
money
for
businesses,
schools
and
cities,
calcare
streamlined
the
medical
payment
process,
removing
externalities
and
making
the
payment
process
simpler
and
more
efficient
for
our
for
all
parties
involved.
This
lowers
the
overall
cost
of
treatment,
allowing
calculator
to
be
affordable
for
all
californians,
because
cal
care
would
cost
less
for
businesses,
schools
and
local
governments.
Q
Then
sorry,
let
me
go
back
to
that
one,
because
cal
care
will
cost
less
business.
Schools
and
local
governments
will
be
incentivized
to
use
calcare
to
cover
their
employees
rather
than
in-house
insurance
programs.
It
is
estimated
that
will
save
the
city
of
san
jose
100
million
dollars
annually.
40
48
of
californians
receive
health
insurance
from
their
employer,
meaning
calcare
would
cover
a
large
part
of
our
california,
california
population,
the
more
people
that
use
calculus,
the
cheaper
it
will
be
since
providers
generally
lower
cost
when
there
are
more
people
involved
in
an
insurance
program.
Q
This
means
that
larger
entities
can
provide
cheaper
health
care,
because
calcare
will
immediately
be
the
largest
health
care
program
in
the
state.
It
will
be
able
to
offer
some
of
the
lowest
prices
for
for
those
who
most
benefit
on
a
mo.
On
a
more
personal
note,
we
know
that
we
are
now
in
the
worst
health
care
crisis
in
our
lifetime.
Q
It
is
important
for
our
city
to
support
medicare
for
all,
especially
for
our
undocumented
community
and
indigenous
communities
as
well,
and
I
want
to
give
a
shout
out
also
to
the
students
for
a
national
health
care
program
chapter
who
continuously
keep
pushing
us
to
make
sure
that
everybody
has
the
health
care
they
deserve.
So,
thank
you
so
much
and
we,
I
hope
that
many
of
you
are
able
to
pass
this
because
a
council
member
carrasco
deeply
cares
for
her
district,
since
many
of
her
constituents
are
undocumented
and
are
underinsured.
F
Thank
you.
I
want
to
just
thank
councilmember
carrasco
and
and
omar
torres
for
bringing
this
forward
and
for
all
of
the
community
who
has
expressed
such
support
for
for
this
item,
one
of
the
one
of
the
things
that
I
was
thinking
about
and
actually
serena
alvarez,
who
wasn't
on
the
call,
but
she
sent
in
a
letter.
F
You
know
just
changed
my
perspective
about
not
that
I
was
not
supporting
this,
but
it
just
allowed
me
to
appreciate
the
need
for
healthcare
for
all
in
a
slightly
different
way,
and
that
is
the
the
current
lawsuit
that
is
happening
by
medi-cal
for
the
discrimination
by
medical
against
latinos.
And,
as
you
all
know,
when
you
are
a
low-income
family,
you're
likely
to
qualify
for
medical.
But
if
there
aren't
any
medical
providers
that
take
medi-cal,
then
essentially
you're
being
left
out
of
that
care,
and
so
it
is
it
does.
F
But
this
pandemic
has
driven
this
point
to
a
degree
that
it's
that
it's
cruel
and
very
unforgiving,
because
it's
ultimately
has
led
to
many
deaths,
especially
of
those
in
the
latino
community,
in
this
county,
and
so
with
that
I'll.
Just
close
up
and
say.
Thank
you
to
all
of
those
folks
who
called
in
thank
you
for
for
creating
this
awareness.
Thank
you
for
your
advocacy
and
for
your
voices,
and
we
hope
to
hear
you
as
well.
If
this
gets
cross-referenced
to
our
council.
I
Yeah,
thank
you
I'll
turn.
My
camera
back
on
here.
Thank
you
appreciate
the
public
speakers
that
came
out
on
this
and
I'm
aware
and
familiar
with
some
of
the
past
efforts
in
this
regard,
and-
and
I
think
in
the
the
challenge
that
our
state
legislators
are
going
to
have
in
being
able
to
move
this
forward,
but
I
think
the
the
support
is
going
to
be
important
and
certainly
being
able
to
move
in
this
direction.
I
I
J
Yeah,
thank
you,
and
I
want
to
thank
all
of
the
members
to
the
public
who
came
and
spoke
so
eloquently
about
the
importance
of
this
legislation
and
why
it's
great
for
our
community
and
for
the
state
single-payer
health
care
is
long
overdue.
I've
been
advocating
it
for
it
for
over
for
over
a
decade
and
I'm
I'm
glad
to
see
we
might
have
some
traction
to
get
it
done
this
year.
B
T
Sure
so
yeah
staff
is
that
stuff,
as
I
actually
looked
at
this
bill
and
one
of
the
things
we're
sort
of
recommending-
and
you
know
I
think
others
have
mentioned-
that
there
is
sort
of
a
hard
road
ahead
for
this,
and
we
definitely
support
the
merits
of
this
bill.
But
we
really
do
want
to
see
where
it
goes.
We
support
ensuring
guaranteed
health
care
for
all.
T
We
know
that
that's
very
important,
but
there's
a
lot
of
unknowns,
particularly
in
terms
of
how
it's
going
to
be
paid
for
what
the
cost
is
going
to
be.
We
know
that
a
lot
of
this
is
going
to
have
to
be
worked
out
in
the
budget
discussions
that
are
going
to
be
coming
up
in
the
next
few
months.
So
hopefully
you
know
there
will
be
more
information
available
on
this
when
we,
if
it
goes
to
council.
T
I
And
alexandria
can
can
help
me
if
I
get
it
wrong.
You
know
one
of
the
things
that
the
state
legislature
often
does
when
they
introduce
bills.
Is
you
know,
50
of
it
is,
is
written
and
the
other
50
really
gets
worked
out
in
committee,
and
this
is
one
of
those
things
where
a
lot
of
the
the
details
would
be
worked
out
through
the
committee
process
if
it
is
granted,
so
I
think
the
what
you're
approving
today
is
simply
moving
it
forward
to
council.
I
think
when
we
decide
to
hear
it
at
council,
it's.
M
I
Matter
of
timing
on
what
you
would
be
doing
or
not,
if
you
wanted
to
simply,
I
think,
like
council
member
perales,
mentioned
kind
of
lend
our
name
and
support
and
put
on
record.
You
know
in
the
next
week
or
two
we
would
probably
be
kind
of
supporting
the
concept
or
supporting
the
actual
policy
goal
of
health
care
for
all
versus.
You
know,
in
a
few
months,
once
there's
additional
details
there
and
alex
and
her
team
had
the
benefit
of
providing
you
with
more
details.
I
You
might
be,
you
know,
taking
a
support
position
with
those
additional
details,
so
I
think
it's
more
of
a
matter
of
timing
of
when
it
comes
forward
to
council
and
what
we
can
provide
to
you.
But
again,
as
council
member
perales
mentioned
this,
this
does
have
a
an
uphill
battle
through
the
budget
process
and
it
doesn't
have
a
committee
hearing
to
date.
So
it's
probably
much
more
of
a
supporting
a
policy
objective
of
the
state
in
the
city
city
lending
its
name
to
that.
At
this
juncture,.
J
A
400-page
bill
which
lays
out
some
of
the
details
of
implement
of
what
it
would
look
like
once
we
get
to
single-payer
healthcare
in
california,
but
it's
not,
but
there's
a
lot
of
things
that
you
worked
out
on
how
you
get
there
and,
as
I
said
to
him,
getting
from
a
to
b
is
the
hard
part
he
said.
Actually
it's
more
like
getting
from
a
to
z.
It
is
a
complex
process.
J
The
expectation
I
think
of
his
bill
is
to
this
bill
would
start
some
things
moving
to
try
to
then
have
future
bills
that
would
come
forward
in
future
years
to
lay
out
the
details,
the
funding
mechanism,
the
transition.
So
this
bill
is
somewhat
aspirational,
but
also
does
have
specifics
of
what
single-payer
healthcare
would
look
like,
but
I
don't
believe
that
the
intention
is
that
this
bill
would
immediately
implement
single-payer
healthcare,
and
there
would
be
more
things
to
do
after
that.
So
I
just
thought
that
context
might
help
a
little
bit.
B
I
B
B
I
C
C
C
It's
important
work
and
I
feel
that
we
can
really
address
our
future
with
these
sort
of
items,
and
I
think
we
can
really
address
the
future
of
issues
of
how
we
you
know,
plan
our
social
or
large-scale
social
planning
ideas
for
the
future
that
don't
harm
each
other.
We
don't
have
to
harm
each
other
anymore.
I
mean
we
can
really
work
on
big
issues
out
of
this
covid
era
and
it's
important.
We
do
that.
We
can't
allow
this
covid
pandemic
to
happen
again.
C
I
think
it's
important
my
own
personal
feeling
is:
we
don't
simply
blame
china.
We
look
at
a
larger
view
that
there
were
many
players
at
the
international
level
who
could
have
had
a
part
in
this
pandemic,
and
that's
how
I
try
to
talk
about
the
issue.
I
do
not
singularly
blame
china.
The
u.n
could
have
helped
out
a
lot.
The
u.s
could
have
helped
out
a
lot,
and
you
know
many
other
countries
had
early
parts
in
this
process
that
we
are
trying
to
address.
C
What
the
last
item
about
single-payer
issues,
there's
a
whole
set
of
issues
that
we're
developing
a
future
of
peace,
and
that
needs
to
be
looked
at,
and
we
can
do
some
incredibly
good
work
with
that
and
it's
nice.
I
hope
we're
returning
to
those
efforts
and
hey.
We
can
involve
everyone,
the
whole
world.
Thank
you.