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Home My Public Portal About20220131plCCFrom:kevin guibara To:Council, City Subject:Renter Protections Date:Monday, January 31, 2022 5:29:04 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear City Council, Renter protections hurt most tenants except those that were here first. Renter protections are damaging to the local economy and ultimately create an environment where lower income residents are not able to earn their income, but become reliant on more government subsidies. The housing market is over regulated which is why there is not enough housing. Please do not continue to make the problem worse by passing more rules. I understand that passing a rule titled "renter protections" makes you feel good when you go home tonight, but it is actually damaging to everyone in the City of Palo Alto and makes the housing crisis worse. Sincerely, Kevin Guibara Millennium Flats From:Emily Ramos To:Burt, Patrick; Kou, Lydia; DuBois, Tom; Stone, Greer; Cormack, Alison; Tanaka, Greg; Filseth, Eric (Internal); Council, City Cc:Mathew Reed; Regina Celestin Williams Subject:RE: Item 3 – Amendment to the Relocation Assistance for No-Fault Evictions Ordinance Date:Monday, January 31, 2022 3:56:26 AM Attachments:SVH Letter RE Item 3 - TRAO 13122.pdf Some people who received this message don't often get email fromemily@siliconvalleyathome.org. Learn why this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Please view the attached letter on behalf of SV@Home. Dear Mayor Burt, Vice Mayor Kou, and Councilmembers Cormack, Filseth, DuBois, Stone, and Tanaka: On behalf of Silicon Valley at Home and our members, we write today to express our support for the staff recommendation to adopt both an emergency ordinance and a permanent ordinance lowering the units per property threshold for tenant relocation assistance for No-Fault Evictions. There are members of this community that you can protect from a current threat of displacement by adopting both ordinances, maintaining stability for your neighbors and the communities in which they live. The costs incurred by households forced to move from their homes are significant and those with limited means of absorbing these costs face displacement and hardship, as this council acknowledged in passing the original relocation ordinance in 2018, and as staff articulated in the Findings and Declarations for these two ordinances. While we recognize that the action taken by this Council on November 29 of last year directed staff to return only with a permanent ordinance, staff has outlined compelling reasons to support the emergency ordinance at this time because of identified tenants in properties that are facing threats of no-fault evictions today. Given the clear intent of this council to provide additional protections for these households, the risk of the City’s current community members losing their homes prior to the permanent ordinance in March justifies the proposed urgency ordinance making these protections immediate. The use of urgency ordinances to make policy is not always good practice, but the power of your Council to pass such an ordinance exists for cases just like this. We advocated for a similar urgency ordinance in 2018 when the residents of the President Hotel faced eviction without adequate relocation support. We also advocated for local urgency ordinances during the implementation of AB 1482, noting that the period between the adoption of new tenant protections and their implementation was perhaps the most dangerous period for the most vulnerable households as some landlords would be compelled to take actions counter to the intent of the new rules in the period just before their implementation. While we do not know the full intent or motivation of the property owner(s) pursuing or threatening, no-fault evictions at this time, it is common for local action to pre-empt such actions taking place just ahead of new protections, lest the council policy deliberations themselves become the precipitating event for additional hardship. Palo Alto is a wonderfully desirable place to live, but it is also a place where many long term residents, central to the stability of your community, often struggle to remain. The research presented to you over these last months and our experience working in your city clearly shows that these challenges are particularly acute for lower-income households and Black, Indigenous, and People of Color communities in Palo Alto. Your actions in November to prioritize and move forward with a package of tenant protection ordinances were a strong statement of your continuing support for stable communities, and we recognize it as a model for neighboring jurisdictions. As we work collectively to refine and finalize the other ordinances you have endorsed, we urge you to take immediate action today in passing the urgency ordinance as well as the permanent ordinance extending relocation assistance to protect more of your community members at-risk of displacement today. Sincerely, Regina Celestin Williams Executive Director, SV@Home Emily Ann Ramos Preservation and Protection Associate, SV@Home 650.468.0493 I emily@siliconvalleyathome.org 350 W Julian St. #5, San José, CA 95110 Website Facebook LinkedIn Twitter Become a Member 350 W. Julian Street, Building 5, San José, CA 95110 408.780.8411 • www.svathome.org • info@siliconvalleyathome.org January 31, 2022 Mayor Burt and Councilmembers City of Palo Alto 250 Hamilton Avenue Palo Alto, CA 94301 Dear Mayor Burt, Vice Mayor Kou, and Councilmembers Cormack, Filseth, DuBois, Stone, and Tanaka: RE: Item 3 – Amendment to the Relocation Assistance for No-Fault Evictions Ordinance On behalf of Silicon Valley at Home and our members, we write today to express our support for the staff recommendation to adopt both an emergency ordinance and a permanent ordinance lowering the units per property threshold for tenant relocation assistance for No-Fault Evictions. There are members of this community that you can protect from a current threat of displacement by adopting both ordinances, maintaining stability for your neighbors and the communities in which they live. The costs incurred by households forced to move from their homes are significant and those with limited means of absorbing these costs face displacement and hardship, as this council acknowledged in passing the original relocation ordinance in 2018, and as staff articulated in the Findings and Declarations for these two ordinances. While we recognize that the action taken by this Council on November 29 of last year directed staff to return only with a permanent ordinance, staff has outlined compelling reasons to support the emergency ordinance at this time because of identified tenants in properties that are facing threats of no-fault evictions today. Given the clear intent of this council to provide additional protections for these households, the risk of the City’s current community members losing their homes prior to the permanent ordinance in March justifies the proposed urgency ordinance making these protections immediate. The use of urgency ordinances to make policy is not always good practice, but the power of your Council to pass such an ordinance exists for cases just like this. We advocated for a similar urgency ordinance in 2018 when the residents of the President Hotel faced eviction without adequate relocation support. We also advocated for local urgency ordinances during the implementation of AB 1482, noting that the period between the adoption of new tenant protections and their implementation was perhaps the most dangerous period for the most vulnerable households as some landlords would be compelled to take actions counter to the intent of the new rules in the period just before their implementation. While we do not know the full intent or motivation of the property owner(s) pursuing or threatening, no-fault evictions at this time, it is common for local action to pre-empt such actions taking place just ahead of new protections, lest the council policy deliberations themselves become the precipitating event for additional hardship. Palo Alto is a wonderfully desirable place to live, but it is also a place where many long-term residents, central to the stability of your community, often struggle to remain. The research presented to you over these last months and our experience working in your city clearly Board of Directors Kevin Zwick, Chair United Way Bay Area Gina Dalma, Vice Chair Silicon Valley Community Foundation Candice Gonzalez, Secretary Sand Hill Property Company Andrea Osgood, Treasurer Eden Housing Shiloh Ballard Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition Bob Brownstein Working Partnerships USA Amie Fishman Non-Profit Housing Association of Northern CA Ron Gonzales Hispanic Foundation of Silicon Valley Javier Gonzalez Google Poncho Guevara Sacred Heart Community Service Janice Jensen Habitat for Humanity East Bay/Silicon Valley Janikke Klem Jan LIndenthal MidPen Housing Jennifer Loving Destination: Home Mary Murtagh EAH Housing Chris Neale The Core Companies Kelly Snider Kelly Snider Consulting STAFF Regina Celestin Williams Executive Director January 31, 2022 RE: Item 3 – Amendment to the Relocation Assistance for No-Fault Evictions Ordinance Page 2 of 2 350 W. Julian Street, Building 5, San José, CA 95110 408.780.8411 • www.svathome.org • info@siliconvalleyathome.org shows that these challenges are particularly acute for lower-income households and Black, Indigenous, and People of Color communities in Palo Alto. Your actions in November to prioritize and move forward with a package of tenant protection ordinances were a strong statement of your continuing support for stable communities, and we recognize it as a model for neighboring jurisdictions. As we work collectively to refine and finalize the other ordinances you have endorsed, we urge you to take immediate action today in passing the urgency ordinance as well as the permanent ordinance extending relocation assistance to protect more of your community members at-risk of displacement today. Sincerely, Regina Celestin Williams Executive Director, SV@Home From:Loran Harding To:Loran Harding; antonia.tinoco@hsr.ca.gov; alumnipresident@stanford.edu; David Balakian; beachrides; fred beyerlein; bballpod; boardmembers; Leodies Buchanan; Cathy Lewis; Chris Field; Council, City; dennisbalakian; Doug Vagim; Dan Richard; bearwithme1016@att.net; Daniel Zack; david pomaville; esmeralda.soria@fresno.gov; dallen1212@gmail.com; eappel@stanford.edu; grinellelake@yahoo.com; Gabriel.Ramirez@fresno.gov; huidentalsanmateo; hennessy; Irv Weissman; jerry ruopoli; Joel Stiner; kfsndesk; kwalsh@kmaxtv.com; karkazianjewelers@gmail.com; lalws4@gmail.com; leager; mthibodeaux@electriclaboratories.com; margaret- sasaki@live.com; Mark Standriff; Mayor; merazroofinginc@att.net; newsdesk; news@fresnobee.com; nick yovino; russ@topperjewelers.com; Sally Thiessen; Steve Wayte; tsheehan; terry; VT3126782@gmail.com; vallesR1969@att.net Subject:Fwd: Specialists now agree endemic ending- Sun. Jan. 16, 2022. Dr. John Campbell Date:Monday, January 31, 2022 2:25:12 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. ---------- Forwarded message ---------s From: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> Date: Sat, Jan 22, 2022 at 3:51 AM Subject: Fwd: Specialists now agree endemic ending- Sun. Jan. 16, 2022. Dr. John Campbell To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> On Sat, Jan 22, 2022 at 12:57 AM Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> wrote: ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> Date: Sat, Jan 22, 2022 at 12:28 AM Subject: Fwd: Specialists now agree endemic ending- Sun. Jan. 16, 2022. Dr. John Campbell To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> Date: Fri, Jan 21, 2022 at 4:12 AM Subject: Fwd: Specialists now agree endemic ending- Sun. Jan. 16, 2022. Dr. John Campbell To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> Date: Fri, Jan 21, 2022 at 4:03 AM Subject: Fwd: Specialists now agree endemic ending- Sun. Jan. 16, 2022. Dr. John Campbell To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> Date: Fri, Jan 21, 2022 at 2:02 AM Subject: Specialists now agree endemic ending- Sun. Jan. 16, 2022. Dr. John Campbell To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> Sunday, January 30, 2022 To all- Here are two excellent videos by Dr. John Campbell. Dr. John Campbell in the UK for Sunday, January 16, 2022: Sorry, US TV network news. We are not all about to die. Watch this: You should just run Dr. Campbell every night, perhaps in addition to your normal news. His vids run around 25 minutes. Here he cites expert after expert in the UK who agree the pandemic is easing. New case numbers are falling. The story is just too complicated for the networks to attempt to cover it in five minutes. You put reporters on who have utterly no knowledge of the pandemic. People with rich Nazi affirmative action jobs who had part of a semester of Economics in a community college perhaps. Then 45 seconds of an expert. The result is mass confusion. Run Dr. Campbell instead of your often incorrect reporting on Covid. Ten minutes of excerpts from his daily video could fit within your nightly news broadcast. Have him select the excerpts.Then eliminate the soft, heart-warming piece you run at the end of your broadcast.. The American people need accurate information about the pandemic more than they need the little heart-warmers you run at the end of your broadcasts. I read the comments after his vids and all sorts of doctors and nurses watch him faithfully for good information. BTW, YouTube sent him a gold plaque in recognition of his having one million subscribers. That was weeks ago, so he has more now. There is no doubt that the Covid pandemic is becoming endemic. Specialists now agree on endemic ending - YouTube Dr. Campbell for Wed. January 19, 2022: Wow. Here is a study of how many people over the past year or two died of Covid WITH NO OTHER UNDERLYING CAUSE. That is about 1/7 of the deaths that were related to Covid. Very impressive. This information had to be pried loose with a FOI request in the UK. Freedom of information revelation - YouTube January 19, 2022 The New York Times: Omicron is in retreat: The Morning: Omicron is in retreat - loran.harding@alumni.stanford.edu - Stanford Alumni Mail (google.com) LH- I wonder exactly what "endemic" means. It means always there, with flare ups now and then. Influenza, measles, the common cold, are all endemic. But because Covid, including Omicron, breaks through immunity from vaccinations and natural immunity conferred by having been exposed to it or even having survived it, we will always be subject to infection and illness as long as it is around. Older populations, and those with co- morbidities, and those with both, are especially vulnerable to Covid. For that reason, I believe that older persons should probably continue with the protective measures recommended for all now: N95 Masks, social distancing, good ventilation, avoiding crowds, especially ones indoors, hand washing, vitamin D and zinc, good diet, good sleep, getting all available boosters. I HOPE that the federal government will continue to support the development of vaccines and boosters, if mainly for those people. Of course, also for those with surpressed immune systems from other causes- transplant pts., e.g. We know that older people are more subject to illness and death from influenza, and we urge them especially to get flu shots. Whether flu breaks through the immunity conferred by flu shots I do not know. Point here is this: Our declaring Omicron to have become endemic should not involve letting our guard down completely. We still have a very vulnerable cohort in our population. It is starting to sound to me like "endemic" means the pandemic is over and life can return to normal. If that is what it means, life will be ending for a lot of older people and becoming more risky the older they get. They will also continue to die in disproportionate numbers from flu, so the effect would be additive. L. William Harding Fresno, Ca. From:Dilma Coleman To:bill.lee@tn.gov; bfinley@youngstownohio.gov Cc:officeofthechief@torontopolice.on.ca; OCPO@dallascityhall.com Subject:Fwd: Saudi Arabian King Fahd appointed 9 year old Afghan Italian Jamaican chinese vietnamese Girl Diva Lee into Saudi Arabian Intelligence as a agent who accompanied King Fahd to cricket games in 1983. Copy machine. Diva Lee the grandaughter of Afghani... Date:Monday, January 31, 2022 12:02:38 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Dilma Coleman <dhappinessforever@gmail.com> Date: Sun, Jan 30, 2022, 11:45 PM Subject: Saudi Arabian King Fahd appointed 9 year old Afghan Italian Jamaican chinese vietnamese Girl Diva Lee into Saudi Arabian Intelligence as a agent who accompanied King Fahd to cricket games in 1983. Copy machine. Diva Lee the grandaughter of Afghanistan King MOHAMMED Zahir Shah..related by marriage to Queen Zamina Begum who is the biological mother to Jamaican singer Bob Marley. So what? Scott Peterson's lawyers guilty of malfeasance +Amber Frey must be arrested ASAP. To: <dept1@sanmateocourt.org>, <mbriscoe@scdefenders.com> Cc: <dept4@sanmateocourt.org>, <dept27@sanmateocourt.org> What's happening now? Alex Rodriguez's baseball player tongue is longer than Diva's thumb. So what. 13-14 years ago gangs cut off Diva's thumb placed it in a hamburger it was reattached yes the thumb is longer than the other thumb. Diva's thumb was harvested from a tissue donor transplanting tissues on my thumb yet Alex Rodriguez's tongue is longer. Stop gaslighting. Stop plaguerizing.Stop Kamala Harris's interaction with violent law enforcement agents and street gang members especially those agents targeted whereas Diva Lee aka Diva Jobs trapped in the name Dilma Coleman's favorite law enforcement agents were killed across the U.S. under Donald Trump's Presidential administration Cabinet and now under Harris/ Biden Presidential administration Cabinet. Obama,Trump,Biden Harris all guilty of racketeering styles, malfeasance styles really mimicking patterns of humantraffing,sex trafficking and it's obvious that they are organized habitual vigilantes canvassing their premeditated exploited selfs spreading dieases such and such..couch cushions instead of the crotchless pantyhose busted up and down..exposing themselves with it over there it's over there on it over there in Newark CA in the 1980's and it's obvious that the snails are their competitive market for them busted up couch cushions that Argentina pope Francis aka Jorge Bergoglio had been programmed to pressure those kids who didn't want him to sit on their couch. So they ate the (inside if the couch) couch cushions instead and the couch covers instead of the crib instead of the crotchless pantyhose busted up and it was completely different when it happens. attachment#8 then the hospital Emergency room had been targeted trapped by those kids who are not into chicken Nuggets only wanting hamburgers. Give it a try(words that rhyme with try: lie,fly,cry,fry,die,dye) Palo Alto CA police chief will not survive if he can't fry a team to generate a map that describes what appearances. Cold cases by the geographic locations for Chino Hills CA family members of Peggy Ryen. Peggy's food recipes stolen yet it was recognized as a food I ate as a kid why is it being served at Homefirst homeless shelter in San Jose CA little orchard. Stop plaguerizing deceased person who's family's unsolved HOMICIDES in a cold case. Peggy Ryen's a cold case but her food is hot at little Orchard homeless shelter. When Saudi Arabian King Fahd (cry cry cry) he appointed 9 year old Afghan Jamaican chinese vietnamese girl Diva Lee into the Saudi Arabian Intelligence he did it under grief after their mutual friend Chino Hills CA resident Peggy Ryen was killed. Same time the preparation the components of what type of metal object was tainted on the NASA Challenger? What time did Peggy Ryen have a meal at IHOP. Who had boxes of left over IHOP in Peggy's refrigerator and who had the popped bubble gum and empty bubble gum containers around the side of Peggy's home in Chino Hills CA? Who continued to leave bubble gum on IHOP furniture who got billed for damaged furniture in the IHOP. Anyone else conduct a team of detectives to research the current empathetic life moves organization their donors their clients and if anyone wants to be revealed as a jewish monster a California Mobster then go ahead and start to point out the jewish Mobsters who covet after the Catholics, the Muslims, the Methodists, the Winnebago no not that thing on wheels shower truck missing today at the fairgrounds. Point off to the appearance of the way back to the Stanford University campus the grounds near the El Camino Real across from Town n country village towards the corner of the intersection of Palo Alto Sr. HIGH SCHOOL. Diva Lee did chase after investigations in Afghanistan,Saudi Arabia,U.S.Russia. Italy, Serbia,Aleppo,(Damascus) Syria,Pune Maharashtra,Goa,Kerala,Rasjathan, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Gurajat, India. Africa.China.Phillipines.U.K. , trinidadian tonga islands Samoan hawaii, Jamacian ISLAND and Australia. Diva Lee graduated from Palo Alto Senior high school. DIVA visited dentist offices, food trucks, car dealerships, fruit stands, car tire stores, medallion rug galleria, the beach, paperwork generated thru visits at hospitals, orphanage,prisons, Montessori schools, private Universities, county jails, courthouses, children's hospitals, cricket games, futbol games, football, basketball,and aviation schools, laundry mat businesses, parks,zoos, hotel and grocery stores as an empath, paranormal investigator, Psychic spy hypochondriac and thumbsucker on it over there it's over bubble gum scare to blow the bubble. If you want to come to the appearance of ghost dog understand that the dogma is relevant to older women who are Habitual empaths using dog barks..making sounds from their mouths.. that's what they do and I turn my head on it over there I blink my eyes pretend not to hear em. I ask the lady if she slept good? Just checking on with it..(nightmare)dog scare vs Bubble Gum Scare. I don't have any documentation on it over there it's over there on it. I called the lady a smoothie because she fell asleep with a bagel in her hand. I have documentation on that. Diva Lee MD to JD a Psychic medium spy hypochondriac empath medical neurosurgeon psychiatric nurse doctor with cardiology surgery skills that performed it on California Senator Diane Feinsteins unseen yeah seen. Where's the documentation on it over there when Golden State Warriors basketball player Stephen Curry participated in the surgery of it over there. Wardell or Stephen Curry the identical twin brothers are the grandsons of John Madden. Riley Curry is Stephen Curry's sister..whereas Stephen Curry's mother is older than John Madden's son Michael Madden. If it's true it rules out the facts that Italian President Sergio Matarola isn't the biological father of Riley Curry. Yet it was Made of the father the son and the holy spirit. I feel sad Italian President Sergio Matarola wants to retire yet he's going to be revealed as a President of italy. Ooh whatever Sergio Matarola should do a vision board of the way sex enhanced drugs and other STD'S stuff whereas Sierra Lamar and Antolin Garcia Torres had a good study on it it's over there it's over the encyclopedia of dieases... that's what Sergio Matarola needs to explain how much Sierra Lamar and Antolin Garcia Torres were friends in 2011-2012 until her death. Antolin Garcia Torres should be exonerated. What do you want to say? I miss my favorite law enforcement agents in the FBI Laura Swartzenberger and Daniel Alfin. I am really hurt by it.. including The rookie cop in the Bronx Attachment #1 Jason Rivera+Wilbert Mora. I would fire New York Mayor Eric Adams relatively for his involvement with the reasons why attachment#1&#2 were in California at the Fairgrounds in 2019,2020, or 2021. Attachment 3- 4 Alameda County Sheriff Greg Aherns should be fired..for the recruits death of it..plus what led to it.. LAPD police chief Michal Moore should be fired for the appropriate charges that led to the death of Fernando Uriel Arorryo in attachment#5. Overall the AG Rob Bonta needs to be revealed as the gorilla who's cohorts affiliated with Gavin Newsom is the reason why there is a rise of deaths in law enforcement agents across the U.S especially when Diva Lee MD to JD argues they were targeted trapped and victimtimized..why did it happen again and again under the leadership of President Donald Trump Administration cabinet especially now under the leadership of President Joe Biden and VP Kamala Harris. I am fully aware of that stuff on paranormal investigation of it yet it's over there on it over there it's over.. Diva Lee possibly had been targeted trapped by Paul Walker and Ernst Clay Walker and Brad Praisley. What did Brad Praisley do? Make lots of country music and those individuals who are Habitual santanic Vigilantes affiliated with gambling addictions,drug addictions began racketeering song lyrics written down by Diva Lee..intended for county singer Clay Walker that was done at 6229 Thomas Ave Newark CA whereas that's a escape houses for those individuals who are Habitual gamblers affiliated with Homosexual jews doing the santanic sadistic masochistly behaviors based on Gematria santanic ritualistics beliefs to pressure cook it over there it's over there it's over the word transparency it's over there it's over the word of jesus jesus jesus jesus. Stop feeling like it's over there it's over there So what if Diva Lee aka Diva Jobs trapped in the name Dilma Coleman is Psychic spy thumbsucker on with with bubblegum at the cricket games in the 1980's with Saudi Arabian King Fahd..let's pause on it over there it's over the San Jose CA Fairgrounds Whereas that's where the proposal for a Cricket field. When Diva Lee aka Diva Jobs trapped in the name Dilma Coleman was secret Saudi Arabian Intelligence agent it was completely different businesses started with the way the Saudi Arabian Intelligence agent began to disappear or something like be assassinated along with the ultimatums from Americans boogaloo law enforcement agents Affiliated thru The drug addictions of Alwaleed bin Talal Al Saud +Saudi King Salmon+ MOHAMMED Bin Salmon+ Qatari businessman Wissam Al Mana+ those individuals exporting and importing alcoholic beverages for the appropriate charges for it..those Saudi Arabian busted up in my view ca in the 1990's including the geographic locations for observations of how many of them congregate near it over there in Santa Clara county.. Solono County especially Alameda County.. Diva Lee MD to JD says that Santa Clara County is similar to Vietnam whereas Sunnyvale CA police chief Ngo a vietnamese culture of it..had been trapped with crimes at the Mathilda hotel whereas the crime scene was generated in LA especially when several women emptied their menstrual cup spilling out the blood to decorate the crime scene that was planted. U shut up. Take this as a class forasmuch we understand that the gaslighting techniques that continued to take over Diva Lee MD to JD whereas she was the youngest women in the 1980's appointed by Saudi Arabian King Fahd to Saudi Arabian Intelligence as an agent..seen or unseen documented or shredded. Diva's biological children grew up with her yet Divided controlled by their Legal guardians whom were assigned to them and from that their income was generated from their mother's music and investment portfolios whereas she supported their careers yet there's evidence of it yet those people have gaslighting techniques on it over there it's over there. When King Fahd died in 2005..ok diva Lee's compensation generated income was $100 million. That's not including the Hotel property in San Diego CA whereas King Fahd purchased for Diva Lee aka Dilma Coleman. King MOHAMMED Zahir Shah died in 2007. None of it makes sense on the inheritance intended for Diva Lee aka Dilma Coleman from King MOHAMMED Hassan II of Morocco..it was completely focused on the Saudi Arabian Intelligence..work Diva continues to do for the appropriate charges for solving unsolved homicide mysteries especially that of Peggy Ryen's family in1983 Chino Hills CA. It's been on repeat for whatever reason why Zamina Begum who was the Queen of Afghanistan killed at the war at Arg in 1978. It's a good reasoning especially when Zamina Begum possibly had been Bob Marley's mother. Her death before my eyes when I was 2 years old has been fully trapped in the paranormal studies since I did visit numberous Cemeteries Hautecombe Abbey being the cemetery where I began to realize my father's identical twin brother. I don't know what to tell you about that Funeral in Hautecombe Abbey cemetery..it over there it's over there. I could describe the funeral of Poland's pope John Paul II aka Josef or Karol Wojtyla the identical twin brothers. One twin had gold pillows the other twin had red pillows .they died differently. They had different geographic areas whereas only one of the twin brothers were good enough to be revealed as a pope whereas the other brother was similar appearances of a pornographic video surveillance system connected to the Atari or something like that playstation game. What if Aladdin arcades was the best place to teach ur kids hygiene care if armpit stinks? Nowadays it's Krispy Creme donuts. Whatever.. arcades is better or something closer more frequent visits for adults. Everything vocalized from the Emergency room to Walgreens stores for whatever reason it's over there it's a STD'S book for it on it over there it's over there it's over the Dieases should we have any documentation on it over There's the shredder on it over there the plastic surgeon on it over there it's over there on the copy machine. As a former CIA agent who's abilities is that note of business over there it's over there it's over my former intelligence job in Saudi Arabia and in other places Diva Lee once had citzenship in the name of??? Let's pause on it over there let's do this one nation under the a year to remember with the Water Tiger. Best regards Diva Lee aka Diva Jobs trapped in the name Dilma Coleman From:Allan Seid To:CHOpinion CHOpinion Subject:Fwd: From The New Yorker: The Dark Purpose Behind a Town Constable’s Journal Date:Sunday, January 30, 2022 11:00:51 PM Attachments:The Dark Purpose Behind a Town Constable’s Journal The New Yorker.pdf CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. From: Allan Seid, Dirk Bennett Date: Sun, Jan 30, 2022 Subject: From The New Yorker: The Dark Purpose Behind a Town Constable’s Journal Source: The Ne Yorker https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/the-dark-purpose-behind-a-town-constables- journal Photo Booth The Dark Purpose Behind a Town Constable’s Journal Why did a local oﬃcial, at the turn of the twentieth century, maintain a ledger tracking Chinese residents? By Michael Luo January 28, 2022 T Photograph album of Chinese men and women in Sierra County, 1890-1930, Vault 184, California Historical Society he town of Downieville, California, situated at a fork of the Yuba River, about seventy-!ve miles northeast of Sacramento, began as one of the gold rush’s earliest mining camps. It quickly became a hub for miners in the region—a place where they could restock their provisions and !nd amusement away from the diggings. Gambling saloons, restaurants, hotels, and even a small theatre all occupied a single street, wedged between a steep mountain slope and the river. Like many parts of California during the latter half of the nineteenth century, the Downieville area became home to a population of Chinese immigrants. As the number of Chinese people on the Paci!c coast increased, so did white Americans’ loathing for the “heathen race.” The Chinese Exclusion Act, passed in 1882, banned the immigration of Chinese laborers, and dozens of communities across the western United States expelled their Chinese residents. Yet Downieville’s Chinese quarter persisted, in spite of the turbulence. In August, while researching a book I am writing about Chinese exclusion, I visited the California Historical Society in San Francisco and encountered for the !rst time a small red ledger, dating back to the turn of the twentieth century, that recorded the names and faces of Downieville’s Chinese residents. Accounts of the lives of Chinese people who experienced the cruelties of this era are rare, so I was immediately drawn to the volume, but I also found myself stricken as I began paging through it. The ledger, which measures roughly eight inches long and !ve inches wide, belonged to John T. Mason, a constable in Downieville. The date on the !rst page is April 8, 1890, though some of the ledger’s notations seem to have been recorded earlier. Ephemera consume the !rst few pages: instructions for treating varicose veins, notes about a letter sent to a detective bureau in Cincinnati, a mailing address in Seattle for “Mrs. H. Libby,” a list of legal summonses served between 1889 and 1890. But the book’s real purpose starts to reveal itself on page 4, with a lengthy index of names and a note at the top that reads, “Chinese Photographed by DD Beatty at Downieville Feb 20th, 1894.” What follows is a collection of a hundred and seventy-six photographs of Chinese residents of Downieville and the surrounding area, pasted two to a page, accompanied by notations for each subject’s name, age, height, occupation, place of residence, and select physical characteristics: “little !nger of right hand crooked,” “mole under right ear,” “pockmarked.” The weathered pages furnish the thinnest slivers of the lives led by Chinese people in nineteenth-century California. Multiple generations are represented in the document. Yup Gee, age !fty-six, a resident of the mining town of Alleghany, is identi!ed as the mother of “Ah Moon”; roughly thirty pages later, we meet Quok Moon, a twenty-two- year-old miner who was born in the same town. Census records point to them being mother and son. The youngest subject, a round-cheeked teen-ager named Eva Yee Chung, was born on the other side of the country, in New York City. The last few photographs, taken several decades after the others, show their subjects dressed mostly in elegant Western attire, perhaps indicating a certain degree of aﬄuence. Quong Dong Bing, age twenty-six, is in a suit and tie, his hair neatly combed back; Tong Ka Jou, age twenty-three, wears a polka-dot bow tie. Mason’s handwritten addenda to the entries, seemingly added over many years, reveal a grim attention to the movement of Chinese people in his jurisdiction. On page 27, for example, we meet Ung Gook, otherwise known as “China Susie”—a petite, !fty-!ve- year-old housekeeper with hoop earrings and a brocade pinned to her blouse. Scrawled at the bottom of the entry is an abrupt epilogue: “Gone to China for good 1900.” Nung Owen, a sixty-two-year-old man with a widow’s peak and a de!ant expression, “went to China Sep 1906” and was “told never to come back.” The photographer caught Jung Chung, a genial-looking sixty-three-year-old miner, in what appears to be the beginnings of a wry smile: he is listed as “gone to China to never return,” in December of 1894. In total, the ledger records that eleven of the Chinese residents of the Downieville area returned to their country of origin. Even more foreboding is the tally of twenty-one people who are marked as dead. Yung Jung, a !fty-eight-year-old miner, who was nearly six feet tall, “froze to death on Lost Creek” in February of 1895. Wong Sang, a sixty-one-year-old miner with a stubble on his chin and mournful eyes, was “killed” in 1905. For most of the dead, there is no explanation: Jo Jung, miner, age sixty-seven; Lock Yan, miner, age sixty-three; Chin Foo, cook, age sixty-!ve. The entry for Wong Fun, a !fty-two-year-old miner, contains only the frightening observation, “Burned.” Archivists at the California Historical Society are unsure about how long the ledger has been in their collection, or how it was acquired. Marie Silva, a manuscripts archivist, discovered it in one of the society’s basement vaults in 2011. Immediately upon examining it, she sensed the weight of the images. “It just felt extremely signi!cant to me,” she told me. “I think it was seeing all of these photographs of all of the people and then realizing this might be the only surviving record of these people.” She guessed that the document had a surveillance purpose during the era of Chinese exclusion, but also felt moved by the ways the pictures conveyed a sense of the personalities of the people depicted. While cataloguing the album, she took the unusual step of typing in the name of every person listed, in case someone might one day come looking for traces of an ancestor. The historical society recently made a digitized version of the ledger available online and, beginning on January 28th, will display it publicly for the !rst time, as part of an exhibition on exclusion-era photographs. Much about the document has remained mysterious. Who was DD Beatty, and why did he take these photographs? What was John T. Mason doing, maintaining the ledger for so many years? I started to !nd some answers in old issues of the Mountain Messenger, Downieville’s local newspaper, and other historical records. I learned that Mason was a longtime resident of Downieville, whose family had crossed the Great Plains from Missouri during the gold rush. He was made constable in Downieville in 1884, and later became a deputy sheriﬀ and the justice of the peace. A book published in 1930 about Mason’s adventures in mining country describes a thriving Chinatown in Downieville, and characterized Mason as being “friendly with the Celestials,” adding that he “could handle the chop-sticks to perfection.” But any purported friendliness between law enforcement and the Chinese residents of California contradicts the realities of the period. In 1892, Congress passed the Geary Act––named after its sponsor, Representative Thomas J. Geary, a California Democrat––re-authorizing the Chinese Exclusion Act. The bill, which extended the ban on the immigration of Chinese laborers for another ten years, imposed additional punitive measures on the Chinese, including requiring them to obtain certi!cates of residence that established their right to be in the country. Anyone found without such a certi!cate was subject to immediate arrest. Lawmakers subsequently added a requirement that the certi!cates be accompanied by photographs. “You can not make a verbal description of a Chinaman such as you can make of a white man, and have it de!nite,” Geary said, on the $oor of the House, explaining the need for the new requirement. “All Chinamen look alike, all dress alike, all have the same kind of eyes, all are beardless, all wear their hair in the same manner. Now, you sit down and write out a description of a Chinaman, give his height, weight, the color of his skin and the shape of his eyes, and after you have done it, what have you got? You have a description that will !t any other Chinaman you happen to run up against.” An alliance of Chinese mutual-aid associations, known as the Six Companies, pledged to resist the registration requirement, calling it “an insult that has not been in$icted upon the subjects of any other nation.” The groups took their !ght all the way to the Supreme Court—and lost. The Mountain Messenger cheered the Court’s decision and provided readers with regular updates on the requirements being imposed on the Chinese. “They must furnish with their registration papers two unmounted photographs of the face of the applicant, an inch and a half from the base of the hair to the point of the chin,” an article on January 6, 1894, said. “These photographs must be paid for by these heathens.” Mason’s son-in-law, a photographer named Decatur Dudley Beatty, arrived in Downieville with his wife, Lillian, on February 17, 1894, a few months after the enactment of the photography requirement. The couple had travelled by stagecoach from Grass Valley, in Nevada County, where Beatty had a studio. For over a week, Downieville was crowded with Chinese people from across the county who had come to have their pictures taken; Beatty photographed more than a hundred and !fty of them before he departed on February 28th. (The album’s index suggests that Beatty returned in late April to Downieville to take additional photographs.) The registration of the Chinese was conducted at the end of March by Thomas P. Ford, a deputy internal revenue collector. “The Chinese see that the authorities mean business and are all most anxious to register,” the Mountain Messenger reported. But even if federal lawmakers were preoccupied with regulating the presence of Chinese people, Mason’s maintenance of the book is still anomalous. Local oﬃcials like him were not required to track the Chinese as he so avidly did. Erika Lee, a professor at the University of Minnesota who included two pages from the ledger in her book “America for Americans: A History of Xenophobia in the United States,” theorizes that the journal might be an early example of local law enforcement taking liberties to surveil immigrants—a troubling phenomenon that persists to this day. In a phone conversation last week, she told me, “This is a form of racial control and terror.” Still, there is something undeniably moving about the assemblage of images and annotations. The people whom history has con!ned to the margins are often hidden from our view. By 1890, more than a hundred thousand Chinese were living in the United States, but newspaper articles, letters, diaries, and other historical archives from the nineteenth century are almost entirely devoid of Chinese voices. This is a recurring issue with the source material of American history: power and social status tend to determine whose narratives persist. In this way, the ledger—a record of the oppressed, authored by the powerful—is both magnetic and frustrating. As I have returned to it, I have found myself lingering over individual photographs. I have wondered about each person’s journey to America, their aspirations in this hostile land, the suﬀering they endured, and what ultimately became of them. 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Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. From: Allan Seid, Dirk Bennett Subject: How It Feels to Be an Asian Student in an Elite Public School Source: NYT, 1/30/22 https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/25/us/selective-high-schools-brooklyn-tech.html?smid=url- share Brooklyn Tech, like other test-screened public high schools across the country, is subject to persistent criticism and demands for far-reaching reform.Sarah Blesener for The New York Times By Michael Powell Jan. 25, 2022 Tausifa Haque, a 17-year-old daughter of Bangladeshi immigrants, walks in the early morning from her family’s apartment in the Bronx to the elevated subway and rides south to Brooklyn, a journey of one and a half hours. There she joins a river of teenagers who pour into Brooklyn Technical High School — Bengali and Tibetan, Egyptian and Chinese, Sinhalese and Russian, Dominican and Puerto Rican, West Indian and African American. The cavernous eight-story building holds about 5,850 students, one of the largest and most academically rigorous high schools in the United States. Her father drives a cab; her mother is a lunchroom attendant. This school is a repository of her dreams and theirs. “This is my great chance,” Tausifa said. “It’s my way out.” Brooklyn Tech is also subject to persistent criticism and demands for far-reaching reform, along with other test-screened public high schools across the nation. Stuyvesant, Brooklyn Tech and other schools across the country are under pressure to end entrance exams. Students have complicated feelings about that. How It Feels to Be an Asian Student in an Elite Public School https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/25/us/selective-high-schools-brooklyn-tech.html Liberal politicians, school leaders and organizers argue such schools are bastions of elitism and, because of low enrollment of Black and Latino students, functionally racist and segregated. Sixty-three percent of the city’s public school students are Black and Latino yet they account for just 15 percent of Brooklyn Tech’s population. For Asian students, the percentages are flipped: They make up 61 percent of Brooklyn Tech, although they account for 18 percent of the public school population. Some critics imply that the presence of so many South and East Asian students, along with the white students, accentuates this injustice. Such charges reached a heated pitch a few years ago when a prominent white liberal council member said such schools were overdue for “a racial reckoning.” Richard Carranza, who served as New York’s schools chancellor until last year, was more caustic. “I just don’t buy into the narrative,” he said, “that any one ethnic group owns admission to these schools.” But several dozen in-depth interviews with Asian and Black students at Brooklyn Tech paint a more complicated portrait and often defy the political characterizations put forth in New York and across the country. These students speak of personal journeys and struggles at a far remove from the assumptions that dominate the raging battles over the future of their schools. Their critiques often proved searching; most Asian students spoke of wanting more Black and Latino classmates. Fully 63 percent of Brooklyn Tech’s students are classified as economically disadvantaged. Census data shows that Asians have the lowest median income in the city and that a majority speak a language other than English at home. The admissions debate reaches far beyond New York’s selective high schools. Tausifa Haque, a 17-year-old daughter of Bangladeshi immigrants, goes to Brooklyn Tech. “This is my great chance,” she said. “It’s my way out.”Sarah Blesener for The New York Times The San Francisco Board of Education has discarded a merit-based admissions policy and substituted a lottery at the highly regarded Lowell High School, where 55 percent of students were of Asian descent. “When we talk about merit, meritocracy and especially meritocracy based on standardized testing,” a board member opined, “those are racist systems.” Officials in Fairfax County, Va., replaced the entrance exam at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology with a combination of grades and socioeconomic criteria. The next year the percentage of incoming Black and Latino students jumped and the percentage of Asian students, who skew more middle and upper middle class than in New York, declined. White student enrollment increased. When Asian parents sued, a federal judge told their lawyer, “Everybody knows the policy is not race-neutral and that it’s designed to affect the racial composition.” That case is awaiting a decision. Like these other institutions, Brooklyn Tech, which sits in the haute brownstone neighborhood of Fort Greene, is regarded as a diamond in the city’s educational crown, along with the Bronx High School of Science and Stuyvesant High School. The school boasts many advantages, as most students are well aware. Nearly all balked, however, at describing it as segregated, not least because the descriptor “Asian” encompasses disparate ethnicities, cultures, languages and skin colors. Tausifa looks at the multihued sea of students pouring through the doors of Tech. She expressed puzzlement that a school where three-quarters of the students are nonwhite could be described as segregated. “I have classes with students of all demographics and skin colors, and friends who speak different languages,” she said. “To call this segregation does not make sense.” The San Francisco Board of Education substituted a lottery for test- and grade-based admissions at the Lowell High School, where 55 percent of students were of Asian descent. Jason Henry for The New York Times To which Salma Mohamed, a child of immigrants from Alexandria, Egypt, and a graduate of Brooklyn Tech, added: “It’s very interesting to me that the word segregated is used in a school that is predominantly Asian. It connotes white and class privilege. That’s not us.” The Debate Over an Entrance Exam Critics of specialized high schools argue that these institutions are out of step with the zeitgeist and educational practice. Better to cast aside standardized tests and seek heterogenous classes in neighborhood high schools, they argue, than to cloister top students. Some studies, they say, show that struggling students gain from the presence of talented outliers. And the entrance exam, which includes no writing component, has fueled the growth of a private and inequitable tutoring industry. What of the bright child who has a bad test day? Or a teenager who lacks the money to seek tutoring? “Educationally, we don’t need these schools,” said David Bloomfield, a professor at the CUNY Graduate Center and Brooklyn College. “These students cannot be in a bubble. They need to be in a more diverse student body, where you could have advanced classes.” Those who champion specialized high schools point to alumni who became top scientists, among them 14 Nobel Prize laureates. With few exceptions these were the children of working-class and immigrant families. The best students, they argue, should press as far ahead as brains and curiosity might take them. The mayor and school officials preside over a system of 1.1 million schoolchildren, they add, in which only half are proficient in math and 24 percent of Black students fail to graduate. As Americans struggle to stay competitive with other nations in science, technology and mathematics, why obsess about the anti-egalitarian sins of a handful of high-performing schools that hold 6 percent of high school students? Brooklyn Tech sits in the brownstone neighborhood of Fort Greene.Sarah Blesener for The New York Times That said, the dwindling number of Black and Latino students at these high schools is a great concern and a mystery. Bill de Blasio, when he was mayor of New York, suggested the heart of the problem lay with a biased entrance exam. That does not reckon with history. Decades ago, when crime and socioeconomic conditions were far graver than they are today, Black and Latino teenagers passed the examination in great numbers. In 1981, nearly two-thirds of Brooklyn Tech’s students were Black and Latino, and that percentage hovered at 50 percent for another decade. Black and Latino students account for 10 percent of the students at Bronx Science; that percentage was more than twice as high in the 1970s and ’80s. To understand this decline involves a trek back through decades of policy choices, as city officials, pushed by an anti-tracking movement, rolled back accelerated and honors programs and tried to reform gifted programs, particularly in nonwhite districts. Black alumni of Brooklyn Tech argue that this progressive-minded movement handicapped precisely those Black and Latino students most likely to pass the test. Some poor, majority Black and Latino districts now lack a single gifted and talented program. Citywide, elementary school gifted classes enroll about 16,000 students and are 75 percent white and Asian. Of late, the city’s new mayor, Eric Adams, has proposed adding new gifted and talented programs in Black and Latino neighborhoods, and increasing the number of specialized high schools. City officials recently created five more such schools. Denice Ware, a daughter of Jamaican and Panamanian immigrants and president of the Brooklyn Tech Alumni Foundation, grew up in Ocean Hill-Brownsville in Brooklyn, an impoverished neighborhood. She was class salutatorian of her middle school for gifted students; the top 10 graduates that year, all Black, gained admittance to specialized high schools. “Don’t tell me Black and Latino children can’t get into these schools,” she said. “Our teachers made sure we were prepared.” Getting In and Staying In A visitor steps inside the doors to Brooklyn Tech and finds the honor roll list for last year’s senior class, the surnames offering variations on an old story: There is a Dong and a Doogan, a Goyer and a Huynh, a Subah and a Wai. The specialized high schools serve as a homing beacon for immigrant and working-class teenagers. The 1950s and 1960s saw the arrival of Holocaust survivors and West Indian families. Later waves rolled in from Asia and West Africa. “My parents didn’t even know what Brooklyn Tech was,” recalled Sophia Wing Lum Chok, whose parents grew up in Malaysia. She learned of the test on her own. “They would have been very happy if I went anywhere,” she said. “I didn’t have an adult figure in my life who did not work a blue-collar job.” Ms. Chok, 19, flourished at Brooklyn Tech and studies at Yale. Her experience was anomalous in one sense: Many immigrant parents view the specialized schools as a holy grail. Hasiba Haq, 28, lives in Kensington, a low-slung Brooklyn neighborhood known as Little Bangladesh. Her parents grew up on an island in the Bay of Bengal. Her father worked as a taxi driver when she was a student. She attended middle school in well- to-do Park Slope. “I became aware of internalized shame at not being white and wealthy,” she said. “I learned kids did not sit at home in summer: They went to ‘camp.’” By the time she turned 11, her family and neighbors talked of the high school examination. Her parents enrolled her in a tutoring center, a rigorous boot camp with teenage Asian teachers drawn from the specialized high schools. The sticker price was $4,000. Her parents bargained hard, but still paid a small fortune. “It was every weekend and classes over the summer,” Ms. Haq said. “Everyone in the community knew it was your turn to take the test.” She got in and the local Bengali newspaper ran her photograph and those of other Bengali teenagers who gained admittance to specialized high schools. “Family honor is tied to it,” she said. “It’s kind of embarrassing.” When she walked into Brooklyn Tech, she felt her shoulders drop. “I could finally breathe,” she said. “I was around kids like me.” There were Bengalis and Pakistanis and Indians, the Brown Squad. There was a Latino Squad, a Russian Squad, a Black Squad, similar in their yearnings. She stayed up past midnight doing homework, one advanced course piled atop another. “It was more difficult than college,” said Ms. Haq, a Fordham University graduate. “It was a hustle-and-grind culture.” She is now 28, a producer at TED Talks. Like many alumni, she speaks of crosscurrents of ambivalence and pride about surviving that crucible. Folk wisdom has it that South Asians dominate the test but reality is messier. Many students in her tutoring classes fell short, and parent and child cried together. Some students dropped out. More than 23,500 teenagers took the specialized high school test last year. Roughly 41 percent were Black and Latino, and 34 percent were Asian. “It was more difficult than college,” said Hasiba Haq, a Brooklyn Tech and Fordham University graduate. “It was a hustle-and-grind culture.”Sarah Blesener for The New York Times The examination can be problematic, as it requires knowledge of algebra, which is not offered to many middle school students. Ms. Haq was lucky enough to get offered that course. Tausifa Haque, the teenager from the Bronx, was not. Had her parents not paid for tutoring classes, she would have been at sea in that portion of the test. “I thought I was the smartest kid in the world,” Tausifa said, laughing at her conceit. “Then I understood I did not know enough to pass the test without tutoring.” She realized something else: Some of her middle school classmates had no chance. “One Black classmate, really smart, did not even realize there was a test,” she said. “There were uneven advantages.” Being a Black Student at Tech Diane Nunez, who is Black, and her son, Ricardo, 15, share a goal: to maximize his education and get him into a top college. His road was uncertain. He applied to the highly competitive Mark Twain Middle School and scored in the 97th percentile. The test cutoff was the 98th percentile. When Ricardo was in seventh grade, Ms. Nunez received a guidance counselor’s email intended for another family. It mentioned a city-run tutoring course for the high school test. “I thought, ‘Wait a minute, Ricardo is smart enough for this,’” she said. “Why isn’t he getting offered this?” At Brooklyn Tech, Ricardo Nunez joined the Black student union. “I don’t feel like a minority,” he said. “We resist being pitted against each other at this school.”Rick Wenner for The New York Times Ms. Nunez dug into her savings and enrolled Ricardo in a private tutoring agency favored by Asian parents. Ricardo understood the lost weekends of study it would entail. “That was the most challenging academics I’d ever done,” Ricardo said. “But I knew where I wanted to end up.” Once at Brooklyn Tech, he joined the Black student union. “I don’t feel like a minority,” he said. “We resist being pitted against each other at this school.” Rachel Germany, a social studies teacher at Brooklyn Tech who is Black, serves as adviser to that student union. She is moved by the struggles of all her students. “I appreciate the diversity and love these kids,” she said. “Having said that, the dearth of Black and Latinx students in a public high school feels palpable and strange.” City officials have long sought to arrest the decline in Black and Latino students at specialized high schools. In the mid-1990s, a chancellor started a tutoring program to much applause. Officials today could not say what became of that. The Department of Education runs another tutoring initiative, known as the Dream Program, which six students described as substandard, a pale shadow of the rigor of the tutoring academies. “The teachers did not even know what the exam consisted of,” said Nabila Hoque, a senior at Brooklyn Tech. “They handed us out-of-date workbooks.” Nabila, whose father is disabled and whose mother works in a uniform shop, enrolled at a tutoring academy. She was recently accepted at Duke University on a full scholarship. Tutoring is no replacement for identifying gifted students and placing them in accelerated classes. “There’s a big literature on the value of accelerated classes and it’s very favorable,” said James H. Borland, a professor at Columbia University Teachers College. “There’s a strong research base that shows it’s very beneficial.” “The teachers did not even know what the exam consisted of,” Nabila Hoque said of the Dream Program. “They handed us out-of-date workbooks.”Sarah Blesener for The New York Times Jumaane Williams, who is Black and resides on the political left — where support is infrequently heard for the specialized exam — is the New York City public advocate. He describes himself as a public school baby, from kindergarten to his master’s, and he is insistent that he couldn’t have achieved any of it without Brooklyn Tech. “The most clear failure has been establishing an accessible pipeline” for Black and Latino students, he wrote in The Daily News. “In the past, gifted-and-talented programs in middle schools have been a reliable pathway.” Horace Davis, a former Con Edison executive who is Black, spoke of his boyhood in East Flatbush, a working-class neighborhood in Brooklyn. He got into accelerated classes in his neighborhood school, and teachers pushed hard. His sister and best friend encouraged him to take the test, Mr. Davis said. “You have four years of courses at Brooklyn Tech taught at the college level,” he said. “It’s not just that you’re surrounded by smart students; you start to think of college and your life in a different way.” An Uneven Playing Field Little comes easy at a hothouse such as Brooklyn Tech. The weight of parental and teacher expectation make for much stress. Some fall to cheating; some leave. “I got so much out of that school,” said Zarnaab Javaid, who is of Pakistani descent and now at the State University of New York at Binghamton. “What brings me hesitation is the sheer number of kids who were not happy.” Alumni and students alike harbor the sense that as hard as they work, they benefit from unfair advantages. They point to college-level course offerings and a handsome moot court for the law class, and the battered robotics lab that produces students who win local and national competitions. Most private schools have more plushly appointed facilities but not public high schools. These students chafe, though, at the notion that their success can be explained away by saying, Well, Asian students test well. “You can’t just say Asian people are culturally predisposed to more education,” Mr. Javaid said. These students voice a fear that harks back to earlier generations of working-class Jewish students who dealt with antisemitism. If officials toss the test and substitute portfolios, interviews and extracurricular accomplishments, it could be easier to dismiss Asians as faceless “grinds,” the students said. “Many immigrant working families don’t have the time to get a portfolio together for their kids,” said Ms. Germany, the social studies teacher at Brooklyn Tech. However stressful a high-stakes test, it means a surname is no obstacle. No one knows they are Bengali, Tibetan, Nigerian or Tajik. Students and teachers spoke of alternatives. Establish variable passing scores so that economically disadvantaged, Latino or Black districts face somewhat lower bars than a wealthy majority-white district on the Upper West Side. Offer the exam to all eighth graders as a matter of course, and improve tutoring. Build out gifted and talented in nonwhite districts. Again and again, the conversation returned to the broader problem. The elementary and middle schools must prepare more students to compete at the highest level. “Bring grades or class rank into it if you need to; we should strive for a world where we don’t need Brooklyn Tech,” said Ayaan Ali, a senior whose parents emigrated from Pakistan. “But abolishing the test is like putting a Band-Aid over a gunshot wound.” Hasiba Haq, the TED Talks producer, sees a mirror turning inward as students and teachers question the test and the toll it takes on students who feel a constant pressure to succeed. To dismiss the success of these students as one of segregated advantage, however, draws from her a shake of the head. “We’re really trying to have this nuanced conversation about race and class and opportunity,” she said, “We haven’t found the words for it yet.” Correction: Jan. 25, 2022 An earlier version of a picture caption with this article misstated the age of the student Tausifa Haque. She is 17, not 16. “I appreciate the diversity and love these kids,” Rachel Germany, a social studies teacher at Brooklyn Tech, said. “Having said that, the dearth of Black and Latinx students in a public high school feels palpable and strange.”Sarah Blesener for The New York Times Sign Up for the Education Briefing From preschool to grad school, get the latest U.S. education news. Get it sent to your inbox. Michael Powell is a national reporter covering issues around free speech and expression, and stories capturing intellectual and campus debate. @powellnyt A version of this article appears in print on , Section A, Page 1 of the New York edition with the headline: At Top Public School, Asian Students Question Segregation Label From:Aram James To:Jethroe Moore; Jeff Rosen; Sajid Khan; Raj; Human Relations Commission; Council, City; paloaltofreepress@gmail.com; Jay Boyarsky; Joe Simitian; Roberta Ahlquist; Jonsen, Robert; chuck jagoda; Greer Stone; Binder, Andrew; Enberg, Nicholas; Winter Dellenbach; Rebecca Eisenberg; Reifschneider, James; Cecilia Taylor; Perron, Zachary; cindy.chavez@bos.sccgov.org; mike.wasserman@bos.sccgov.org; MGR-Melissa Stevenson Diaz; Shikada, Ed; Tony Dixon Subject:Police training focuses on ‘warrior mentality,’ blames media for police-reform movement - The Washington Post Date:Sunday, January 30, 2022 9:17:52 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ Fyi: Wow! Its worse then u thought! Read this one…… https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/01/26/police-training-reform/ Sent from my iPhone From:Jeff Hoel To:UAC Cc:Hoel, Jeff (external); Council, City Subject:How many communities are served by municipal FTTP networks? Date:Sunday, January 30, 2022 2:41:55 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments andclicking on links. Commissioners, The City's web page "Five Fiber Tips to Plug Into Palo Alto Fiber" says: https://medium.com/paloaltoconnect/five-fiber-tips-to-plug-into-palo-alto-fiber-3e38bfa3fd64 "The City sees high-speed internet as a community-wide need that impacts residents, businesses, schools, hospitals, public safety, and the community’s overall quality of life. To meet the needs of the community, the City is considering leveraging its existing fiber network and investment in new fiber to offer fast, reliable internet services to businesses and residents. By doing so, Palo Alto would be joining more than 100 communities across 20 states that offer high-speed internet to their citizens and businesses." How did staff come up with this statistic? MuniNetworks has a Community Broadband Map https://muninetworks.org/communitymap that says that there are "83 municipal networks serving 148 communities with a publicly owned FTTH citywide network," plus "260 communities with some publicly owned fiber service available to parts of the community (often a business district)" as of September 2021. (The map also shows "57 communities with a publicly owned cable network reaching most or all of the community," but let's not talk about that because "cable" isn't "high-speed" enough.) I tried listing the cities marked on the map (see below the "######" line) and found 156 communities shown as having citywide municipal FTTP and 258 communities shown as having partly-available municipal FTTP. That's a total of 414 communities. Also, these communities are spread across 40 states. (30 states have at least one citywide municipal network.) Note that I've also identified the 17 states that MuniNetworks says have some barriers to municipal FTTP. Also, Broadband Communities Magazine used to keep track of municipal networks. In August of 2015 there were 165 (including 16 public-private partnerships) https://www.bbcmag.com/pub/doc/BBC_Aug15_CensusCommunityFiber.pdf Thanks. Jeff ------------------- Jeff Hoel 731 Colorado Avenue Palo Alto, CA 94303 ------------------- ######################################################################################################################### Cities served by municipal FTTP networks. ("C" denotes citywide coverage. "P" denotes partial coverage.) * ALABAMA (1) (Barrier) Sylacauga -P- * ALASKA (0) * ARIZONA (0) * ARKANSAS (1) Clarksville -C- * CALIFORNIA (8) Beverly Hills -P- Burbank -P- Loma Linda -P- Los Altos Hills -P- --------------- it's actually a co-op Santa Clara -P- Santa Monica -P- Shafter -P- Vernon -C- * COLORADO (9) Breckenridge -P- Cortez -P- Estes Park -P- Fort Collins --------------------------------- not yet listed Glenwood Springs -P- Longmont -C- Loveland -P- Meeker -C- Montrose -P- Rangely -C- * CONNECTICUT (0) * DELAWARE (0) * FLORIDA (6) (Barrier) Fort Pierce -P- Gainsville -P- Leesburg -P- Ocala -P- Palm Coast -P- Palm Beach County -P- * GEORGIA (19) Appling -P- Calhoun -P- Cartersville -P- Catoosa County -P- Cohutta -C- Columbia County -P- Dalton -C- Dublin -P- Evans -P- Flintstone -C- Grovetown -P- Harlem -P- LaGrange -P- Rossville -C- Sandersville -P- Tunnel Hill -C- Varnell -C- Whitfield County -P- Wildwood -C- * HAWAII (0) * IDAHO (8) Ammon -P- Conkling Park -P- Harrison -P- Idaho Falls -P- Plummer -P- Rockford Bay -P- Tensed -P- Worley -P- * ILLINOIS (11) Batavia -P- Champaign -P- De Kalb County -P- Evanston -P- Highland -C- La Salle County -P- Mahomet -P- Princeton -P- Rochelle -P- Rock Falls -P- Urbana -P- * INDIANA (4) Anderson -P- Auburn -C- Garrett -P- Lebanon -P- * IOWA (14) Bellevue -C- Coon Rapids -C- Harlan -C- Indianola -C- Lenox -C- Manning -C- Muscatine -C- New Hampton -P- Paullina -C- Primghar -C- Sanborn -C- Spencer -C- Vinton -C- Waverly -C- * KANSAS (3) Chanute -P- Ottawa -P- White Cloud -P- * KENTUCKY (11) Artemus -P- Barbourville -C- Corinth -C- Franklin -P- Grant County -P- Heidrick -C- Owen County -P- Owensboro -P- Paducah -P- Russellville -C- Bowling Green -P- * LOUISIANA (4) (Barrier) Broussard -P- Carenco -P- Lafayette -C- Youngville -P- * MAINE (3) Baileyville -C- Ilsesboro -C- Sanford -P- * MARYLAND (1) Westminster -C- * MASSACHUSETTS (53) Alford -P- Ashfield -C- Bourne -P- Brewster -P- Bridgewater -P- Brockton -P- Chatham -P- Chesterfield -P- Chickopee -P- Colrain -P- Concord -C- Cummington -C- Dennis -P- East Bridgewater -P- Eastham -P- Fall River -P- Falmouth -P- Greenfield -P- Halifax -P- Harwich -P- Holyoke -P- Hyannis -P- Leyden -C- Leverett -C- Marion -P- Mashpee -P- Mt. Washington -C- New Ashford -C- New Bedford -P- New Salem -C- Orleans -P- Osterville -P- Provincetown -P- Plainfield -P- Plymouth -P- Plympton -P- Otis -C- Rowe -P- Sagamore -P- Sandwich -P- Seekonk -P- Shutesbury -C- South Hadley -P- Swansea -P- Tauton -P- Truro -P- Wareham -P- Washington -C- Wellfleet -P- Wendell -C- Westfield -P- Windsor -P- Yarmouth -P- * MICHIGAN (5) (Barrier) Holland -P- Lyndon Township -C- Marshall -C- Sebewaing -C- Traverse City -P- * MINNESOTA (19) (Barrier) Alexandria -P- Barnsville -P- Bingham Lake -C- Brewster -C- Buffalo -P- Chaska -P- Eagan -P- Ely -P- Heron Lake -C- Jackson -C- Lakefield -C- Little Falls -P- Long Prairie -P- Monticello -C- Okabena -C- Pine City -P- Round Lake -C- Wilder -C- Windom -C- * MISSOURI (5) (Barrier) Kennett -C- Marshall -C- North Kansas City -C- Springfield -P- West Plains -P- * MISSISSIPPI (0) * MONTANA (1) (Barrier) Bozeman -P- * NEBRASKA (0) (Barrier) * NEVADA (1) (Barrier) Churchill -C- * NEW HAMPSHIRE (4) Chesterfield -C- Dublin -C- Harrisville -C- Rindge -C- * NEW JERSEY (0) * NEW MEXICO (1) Santa Fe -P- * NEW YORK (1) Hogansburg -P- * NORTH CAROLINA (6) (Barrier) Highlands -P- Pineville -P- Salisbury -C- Sylva -P- Tryon -P- Wilson -C- * NORTH DAKOTA (0) * OHIO (9) Bath -P- Copely -P- Coventry -P- Dublin -P- Fairlawn -C- Hamilton -P- Hudson -P- New Albany -P- Springfield -P- * OKLAHOMA (3) Ponca City -P- Sallisaw -C- Tuttle -C- * OREGON (9) Douglas County -P- Independence -C- Hillsboro -P- Klamath County -P- Lane County -P- Monmouth -C- Sandy -C- Sherwood -P- The Dalles -P- * PENNSYLVANIA (1) (Barrier) Kutztown -C- * RHODE ISLAND (3) East Providence -P- Pawtucket -P- Providence -P- * SOUTH CAROLINA (2) (Barrier) Oconee County -P- Orangeburg County -P- * SOUTH DAKOTA (2) Faith -P- Brookings -C- * TENNESSEE (27) (Barrier) Athens -P- Bloomingdale -C- Blountville -C- Bluff City -C- Bristol -C- Clarksville -C- Chattanooga -C- Colonial Heights -C- East Ridge -C- Erwin -C- Jackson -C- Johnson City -P- Jonesborough -P- Kingsport -C- Lookout Mountain -C- Madison County -P- Milan -P- Morristown -C- Newport -P- Pulaski -C- Red Bank -C- Ridgeside -C- Signal Mountain -C- Spurgeon -P- Sullivan County -P- Tullahoma -C- Walnut Hill -C- * TEXAS (2) (Barrier) Hudson Oaks -P- Mont Belvieu -C- * UTAH (14) (Barrier) Spanish Fork -C- UTOPIA - Brigham City -C- UTOPIA - Centerville -C- UTOPIA - Layton -C- UTOPIA - Lindon -C- UTOPIA - Midvale -P- UTOPIA - Murray -P- UTOPIA - Orem -P- UTOPIA - Payson -C- UTOPIA - Perry -C- UTOPIA - Tremonton -C- UTOPIA - West Point -C- UTOPIA - West Valley City-C- UTOPIA - Woodland Hills -C- * VERMONT (27) Bethel -P- Barnard -C- Braintree -C- Brookfield -C- Chelsea -P- Fairlee -P- Granville -C- Hancock -C- Hartfield -P- Hartford -P- Norwich -C- Pittsfield -C- Pomfret -C- Randolph -P- Reading -P- Rochester -C- Royalton -P- Sharon -C- Stockbridge -C- Strafford -C- Thetford -C- Tunbridge -C- Vershire -C- West Fairlee -P- West Windsor -C- Windsor -P- Woodstock -P- * VIRGINIA (38) (Barrier) Accomac -P- Atlantic -C- Belle Haven -P- Bobtown -P- Cape Charles -P- Cheapside -P- Cheriton -P- Cloverdale -P- Danville -P- Eastville -P- Exmore -P- Galax -P- Greenbackville -P- Hallwood -P- Harborton -C- Hollins -P- Horntown -P- Keller -P- Luray -P- Martinsville -P- Nassawadox -P- Oak Hall -P- Onacock -P- Onley -P- Oyster -P- Page County -P- Painter -P- Pungoteague -P- Quinby -P- Roanoke -P- Rockbridge County -P- Salem -P- Sanford -P- Shenandoah -P- Stanley -P- Temperanceville -P- Wachapreague -P- Wattsville -P- * WASHINGTON (71) Aberdeen -P- Agate -P- Allyn-Grapeview -P- Ardenvoir -P- Badger Mountain -P- Bauer's Landing -P- Belfair -P- Benton City -P- Blewett -P- Bridgeport -P- Bridgeport Bar -P- Burlington -P- Cashmere -C- Chelan -P- Chelan County -C- Cheney -P- Chumstick -P- Clallam County -P- Collins Lake -C- Coulee City -P- Coulee Dam -P- Desert Aire -C- Desert Canyon -P- Douglas County -P- Dryden -C- East Wenatchee -P- Emerald Lake -C- Entiat -P- Ephrata -P- Franklin County -P- Grand Coulee -C- Grant County -C- Harstine Island -P- Hartline -C- Island Lake -C- Island Shores -C- Kamilche -P- Kitsap County -P- Lake Cushman -P- Lake Nahwatzel -C- Leavenworth -C- Mansfield -P- Matlock -P- Mattawa -C- Meritt -P- Monitor -C- Moses Lake -P- Mt Vernon -P- Newport -C- Okanogan County -P- Orondo -P- Pacific County -P- Palisades -P- Pasco -C- Pend Oreille County -P- Peshastin -C- Port of Skagit County -P- Prosser -C- Quincy -C- Royal City -C- Sequim -P- Soap Lake -C- Sun Cove -P- Tahuya -P- Warden -C- Waterville -P- Wenatchee -C- Wilson Creek -C- Withrow -P- Wooten Lake -C- Yodelin -P- * WEST VIRGINIA (0) * WISCONSIN (6) (Barrier) Eau Claire -P- Lake Delton -P- Loganville -C- Reedsburg -C- Sauk County -P- Wisconsin Dells -P- * WYOMING (1) Powell -C- From:Jeff Hoel To:UAC Cc:Hoel, Jeff (external); Council, City Subject:02-02-22 UAC meeting, Item VII.2, community outreach re FTTP Date:Sunday, January 30, 2022 2:30:37 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Commissioners, At your 02-02-22 meeting, you will consider item VII.2, which is about FTTP. Agenda: https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/files/assets/public/agendas-minutes-reports/agendas-minutes/utilities- advisory-commission/archived-agenda-and-minutes/agendas-and-minutes-2022/02-02-2022/02-02-2022- uac-agenda.pdf The item is a "discussion" item, meaning that you can't vote. (Recall that Commissioner Scharff has said that ALL items that come before UAC should be action items, just in case commissioners want to vote.) The staff report https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/files/assets/public/agendas-minutes-reports/agendas-minutes/utilities- advisory-commission/archived-agenda-and-minutes/agendas-and-minutes-2022/02-02-2022/02-02-2022- id-13939-2.pdf is extremely terse (2 pages). 1. The scope of the staff report is "Discussion and Update on the Communications and Community Engagement Efforts to Date and Upcoming Opportunities Planned." But can UAC ask about related things? * Funding sources * Architecture -- AE vs. PON * Hut locations * Infrastructure mapping results * Etc. 2. Is there -- or should there be -- an online "Table of Contents" that identifies all the relevant FTTP outreach documents? I don't feel confident that I have found them all, or that I can navigate to them when I want specific information. 3. The "Get Involved" map now (01-30-22 at 1:40 pm) has 195 participants and counting. https://fiber-palo-alto.hub.arcgis.com/pages/get-involved I'm guessing that there would be many more participants if it were easier to find. 4. I noticed that some of the online information (15 items so far) about FTTP is being put on the medium.com website. (Google "site:medium.com/paloaltoconnect fiber" about 57 hits -- but 15 hits when I inquired further.) I then noticed that the City has been using medium.com since 2019. (Google "site:medium.com/paloaltoconnect" about 243 hits -- but 212 hits when I inquired further.) I think this is not a good idea. If there were a Website Integrity Commission, I would ask it to look into this issue. If I search the City's website (cityofpaloalto.org), I should find everything there is. Also, how long does medium.com promise to keep the items online? 5. The City's list of utilities bill inserts https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/Departments/Utilities/Customer-Service/Utilities-Bill-Pay/Bill-Inserts has two items about FTTP: 5a. January 2022: "Market Research Survey" https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/files/assets/public/utilities/bill-inserts/paloaltofiber_utility-bill- insert_jan22_web-final.pdf It says, "Later this month, a unique survey link from Magellan Advisors, the City's Fiber project consultant, will be sent to your email inbox." Does "this month" mean "January 2022"? I haven't seen my survey link message from Magellan yet. Should I be concerned? (I received this insert in my utilities bill on 01-27- 22.) How do people who pay their utilities bills online receive the equivalent of inserts? Does this mean that all utilities customers will be invited to participate in this market research survey? How is this survey different from the residential and business surveys Council directed staff to do? (If it's the same, fine.) The staff report timeline predicts "survey launch" on March 14th (tentative). (At the 10-06-21 UAC meeting, Magellan Advisors consultant John Honker predicted (at 0:29:11 on this transcript) https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/files/assets/public/agendas-minutes-reports/agendas-minutes/utilities- advisory-commission/archived-agenda-and-minutes/agendas-and-minutes-2021/11-03-2021- regular/november-03-2021-public-letters-to-uac.pdf that the surveys would launch in the November-December (2021) timeframe. Recall that community outreach was supposed to precede the surveys. Does staff now think that there will have been sufficient community outreach before March 14th? 5b. December 2022: "Connecting the Community Through Local Broadband" https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/files/assets/public/utilities/bill-inserts/paloaltofiber_utility-bill-insert- nocropmarks_final.pdf 6. The report says there will be a Palo Alto Fiber Community Information Session on 02-24-22 at 5:30 pm https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/Events-Directory/City-Manager/Palo-Alto-Fiber-Community-Information- Session * Will this be a special meeting of UAC? I think that would be a good idea, assuming at least four commissioners are willing to attend. (The Brown Act would require an agenda, minutes, etc.) * Will the meeting be videotaped and posted on Midpen Media Center as a UAC meeting? That would be nice. * People who "Click Here to Register for the Session" go here: https://cityofpaloalto.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_0OCh7_ckR3isA8esjbMgNQ -- Do people have to register? (If it were a special UAC meeting, I'm guessing not.) * Will the meeting for sure be virtual only? Or is in-person an option? 7. Why not get the Palo Alto Weekly to write a story about recent FTTP developments, including an invitation to participate? 8. Has staff done anything with social media? (I'm not plugged into social media, so I don't know.) Thanks. Jeff ------------------- Jeff Hoel 731 Colorado Avenue Palo Alto, CA 94303 ------------------- From:pennyellson12@gmail.com To:"Kate Blessing-Kawamura"; "Alexander, Katherine"; "Barnes, Andrew"; Ketchum, Stanley Cc:"Simitian, Joe"; Star-Lack, Sylvia; "GMCA Board"; Council, City Subject:525 East Charleston Road --Eden Housing Project Date:Sunday, January 30, 2022 1:31:04 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Kate, Katherine, Andrew, and Stan, We haven’t heard anything in some time about the Eden Housing project. We are curious if progress has been made on your outreach to the county’s tenants, Challenger School and Abilities Path, regarding use of the former fire access lane. Given that the state-mandated deadline is approaching on March 8, we are of course interested in what action you have taken toward GMCA’s request that you consider second egress using the former fire lane. Can you share a status update? Thanks very much. Penny Ellson Virus-free. www.avg.com From:Aram James To:Council, City; Human Relations Commission; Sajid Khan; Jeff Moore; Jay Boyarsky; Jeff Rosen; Raj Jayadev; Joe Simitian; cindy.chavez@bos.sccgov.org; Joe Simitian; Planning Commission; ParkRec Commission; Vara Ramakrishnan; alisa mallari tu; Alison Cormack; paloaltofreepress@gmail.com; Roberta Ahlquist; chuck jagoda; Jonsen, Robert; Binder, Andrew; Greer Stone; Winter Dellenbach; Enberg, Nicholas; Rebecca Eisenberg; Reifschneider, James; Cecilia Taylor; Perron, Zachary Subject:Caste discrimination: students and others take it on at the universities on the job and in other venues - analogized to racism against African Americans and others Date:Sunday, January 30, 2022 10:01:15 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2022/01/30/us/csu-caste-protections-universities-cec/index.html Sent from my iPhone From:Deborah S Rose M.D. To:Council, City Subject:Please protect renters in small apartment buildings. They are easily pushed out in order to get higher rent or for a remodel. They have no protection at this point and many many people are suffering from the consequences. Thank you Deborah Rose Date:Saturday, January 29, 2022 11:19:23 PM [Some people who received this message don't often get email from drdsrose@stanford.edu. Learn why this is important at http://aka.ms/LearnAboutSenderIdentification.] CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ Sent from Deborah Rose From:Ellen Smith To:Council, City Subject:Campaign finance reform Date:Saturday, January 29, 2022 6:13:46 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. As a 50-year resident of Palo Alto and a member of the League of Women Voters of Palo Alto, I urge you to take up the issue of local campaign spending. Candidate spending has increased dramatically over the past years, making it more difficult for those without personal wealth or wealthy backers to compete and giving undue influence to such wealthy backers in Palo Alto politics. I endorse the suggestions proposed by the League and hope you will put this proposal on the agenda for full council discussion and support: 1) Limits on campaign donations of $500 to reduce the influence of large contributors and the perception that decisions are influenced more by the size of the contribution than by the best interests of the city; 2) Voluntary expenditure limits of $30,000 to stop the skyrocketing trajectory of campaign spending, so candidates can spend less time fundraising and more time addressing issues of importance to their constituents; and 3) Disclosure of the top five donors who contribute $2500+ to independent spending on political ads in city elections. Yours, Ellen Smith Dana Ave. From:herb To:Council, City; Clerk, City Subject:January 31, 2020 Council Meeting, Item #5: Individual Supply Guarantee Date:Saturday, January 29, 2022 5:55:28 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. The ISG given to East Palo Alto was to permit billionaire Atherton developer John Sobrato to build an office building. Keeping the ISG and not selling any is a better solution than taking the proceeds and building recycling water facilities in the baylands that is subject to sea level rise and liquefaction from earthquakes. From:Loran Harding To:Loran Harding; antonia.tinoco@hsr.ca.gov; alumnipresident@stanford.edu; David Balakian; beachrides; fred beyerlein; bballpod; Leodies Buchanan; Cathy Lewis; Chris Field; Council, City; dennisbalakian; Doug Vagim; Dan Richard; Daniel Zack; esmeralda.soria@fresno.gov; eappel@stanford.edu; grinellelake@yahoo.com; Gabriel.Ramirez@fresno.gov; George.Rutherford@ucsf.edu; huidentalsanmateo; hennessy; Irv Weissman; jerry ruopoli; Joel Stiner; kfsndesk; kwalsh@kmaxtv.com; karkazianjewelers@gmail.com; lalws4@gmail.com; leager; Mark Standriff; mthibodeaux@electriclaboratories.com; Mayor; margaret-sasaki@live.com; merazroofinginc@att.net; newsdesk; nick yovino; news@fresnobee.com; david pomaville; russ@topperjewelers.com; Sally Thiessen; Steve Wayte; tsheehan; terry; VT3126782@gmail.com; vallesR1969@att.net Subject:Fwd: Dr. John Campbell DO NOT MISS THIS. Drug cos. withhold the raw data. BAD Date:Saturday, January 29, 2022 4:59:18 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> Date: Sat, Jan 29, 2022 at 3:39 AM Subject: Fwd: Dr. John Campbell DO NOT MISS THIS. Drug cos. withhold the raw data. BAD To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> Date: Sat, Jan 29, 2022 at 3:13 AM Subject: Dr. John Campbell DO NOT MISS THIS. Drug cos. withhold the raw data. BAD To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> Saturday, January 29, 2022 To all- Here is Dr. John Campbell for Friday, January 28, 2022. This is rich! He quotes the British Medical Journal, apparently a publication with at least a somewhat decent reputation, in which they excoriate the drug cos. for keeping the raw data on vaccines and treatments for Covid SECRET. The public pays for the research in many cases and there should be an immediate release of raw data and total transparency of research results, they think. Recall how the NIH gave billions to at least one drug. co. to develop a vaccine or a treatment for Covid. LH- I can see how there are IP issues for the drug cos. here. "Why should we reveal every bit of data we have as research and trials progress when we have spent five years and $5 billion building up to announcing a breakthrough treatment for some disease, such as Covid19?" It is money that keeps the research results secret, I think. But Dr. Campbell shows here just what goes on and he does not like it. LH- Apparently, from this, the drug cos. keep the research data, and trial data, on a new med secret even after they get FDA approval or an EUA for it. "They MAY ENTERTAIN requests for data at some stated future date", one co. says in one case Dr. Campbell shows. They get a patent on a molecule, as Pfizer did with Viagra, and still keep the information secret. Maybe that is to ward off infringers of the patent, and copycat and counterfeit drugs. Data, we want it all - YouTube L. William Harding Fresno, Ca. From:Mary Gallagher To:Council, City Subject:Fwd: [TEST] Protect Tenants at City Council MONDAY! Date:Saturday, January 29, 2022 1:18:40 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Members of the City Council: I am inspired by the email below to thank members of the city council who are supporting 'expanded tenant relocation assistance' for Palo Alto renters. One day I policymakers, legislators and their constituents deem housing as well as healthcare to be a human right. Do we want to be a society that abandons the least among us to free market capitalism or a society that empowers the least to rise with the most among us? Solving the housing crisis is certain to take a village. One size won't fit all. Conventional solutions such as high rise, high density along the rail must be complemented with other diverse options. Let's consult with urban planners and the residents seeking housing to consider those options. Stay well. Gratefully, Mary Gallagher, B.Sc. Educator Do you know any folks that could send thank you notes to City Council for bringing back expanded tenant relocation assistance? They're voting to expand this on Monday and I'd love for them to get lots of notes saying thanks for bringing it back - now please pass it already!! We know half a dozen tenants who have been pushed out of their units in the last 2 months. Most of them would have been prevented - or at least helped - if this policy had passed! ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Palo Alto Renters' Association <info@paloaltorenters.org> Date: Fri, Jan 28, 2022 at 9:23 PM Subject: [TEST] Protect Tenants at City Council MONDAY! To: <angiebevans@gmail.com> Palo Alto Renters' Association Angie -- MONDAY the Palo Alto City council will finally vote on an expanded tenant relocation assistance ordinance. We need to thank them and make sure they know Palo Altans support this! (scroll to the bottom of this email for more info on what to say) What is that? Tenant Relocation Assistance is when a landlord is required to pay a small amount to help a tenant move. It is generally applied to situations that are at no fault of the tenant. The amount, trigger, and instance can vary. In Palo Alto, we see a lot of small apartment buildings providing voluntary notices to vacate, avoiding the eviction filing and convincing the tenant to leave. We know of 2 buildings that would have been protected if this policy had passed 2 months ago! We urgently need this! With Tenant Relocation Assistance, landlords will think twice about pushing out tenants they deem "less desirable" and if they do push them out, they'll have to have them help pay for their move. Where did it come from? When the mass eviction of tenants at the Hotel President occurred a few years ago, the City Council designed a bill that would ensure tenants got assistance in that building - and any buildings like it. Unfortunately it only covered buildings with 50 or more units. THIS new bill would cover buildings with 10 or more units. Many of our lowest income tenants are living in small apartment buildings with 10-20 units in the building. This would provide a stick, disincentivizing their evictions and displacement from our community! Can you send an email or speak by Monday? Details below HOW YOU CAN HELP Ask: Give public comment or send an email sharing your support for expanding tenant relocation assistance! Please say: THANK YOU for bringing this back so quickly! Please expand tenant relocation assistance and protect our neighbors! Agenda and Staff Report Link here Email: City.Council@cityofpaloalto.org *Reply to this email for a template email Public Comment via Zoom Monday, January 31st at 7:10pm https://cityofpaloalto.zoom.us/j/362027238 Please feel free to reply to this email if you have more questions :) Palo Alto Renters' Association http://www.paloaltorenters.org/ Palo Alto Renters' Association · CA 94303, United States This email was sent to angiebevans@gmail.com. To stop receiving emails, click here. You can also keep up with Palo Alto Renters' Association on Twitter or Facebook. Created with NationBuilder, software for leaders. -- Mary Gallagher, B.Sc. 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Ex-church leaders charged in $14M fraud https://enewspaper.mercurynews.com/?publink=090482fa7_1348305 Sent from my iPhone From:Allan Seid To:Channing House Bulletin Board Subject:Fwd: Plan the best day ever in S.F."s Chinatown with these food and restaurant recommendations Date:Saturday, January 29, 2022 7:13:32 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Allan Seid <allanseid734@gmail.com> Date: Sat, Jan 29, 2022 at 7:10 AM Subject: Plan the best day ever in S.F.'s Chinatown with these food and restaurant recommendations To: Allan Seid <allanseid734@gmail.com> https://www.sfchronicle.com/projects/2021/chinatown-food-best-day-ever/? utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=sfc_evening&sid= 5fefc058b042aa734736d79c Plan the best day ever in S.F.'s Chinatown with these food and restaurant recommendations We’re back for another round of our food-filled Best Day Ever series, and this time we’re setting our sights on San Francisco’s historic Chinatown. Though it experienced upheaval during the pandemic, the neighborhood has gradually started buzzing again. Over the last several months, it’s seen the debut of swanky new dining destinations like Empress by Boon, the return of popular pastry pop-ups like Grand Opening and the reimagining of historic establishments like the 80-year-old Cathay House. Chinatown diners are spoiled with choices: Home to the oldest Chinese immigrant community in North America, the cuisines here cover the length and breadth of diversity in China, and more recent establishments are going beyond the country to showcase the foods of neighboring areas like Taiwan and Hong Kong. A new generation of chefs in the neighborhood is also broadening the definition of Chinese American food as can be seen at the critically acclaimed Mister Jiu’s. For this particular guide, we’re focusing on a mix of tried and tested favorites along with recent additions. There are plenty of alternatives to choose from as well, like stylish cocktail bars and chic coffee shops. Grab your food and sit at one of the benches in Portsmouth Square for a relaxed picnic or take in the regal interiors of one of the many historic restaurants in the neighborhood for a more lavish evening. Bring your walking shoes, though, because the hills in Chinatown are no joke, and you’ll definitely want to soak in the charm of the neighborhood, particularly the shops along Grant Avenue and Stockton Street. We have options for the morning, afternoon, night and late night here, and there’s really no going wrong. Though, of course, if you want to do even more dining, you can always look at our list of the Top S.F. Chinatown restaurants. Morning Get dim sum at Good Mong Kok Decades after its opening, there’s always still a long line out the door at Good Mong Kok. Stephen Lam / The Chronicle There’s a reason there’s always a long line outside dim sum legend Good Mong Kok: Decades after its opening, the tiny takeout-only spot is still serving some of San Francisco’s best dim sum. Don’t let the lines get you down as they often move fast; do plan to get here before noon so you can be sure to get as many items on the menu as possible. Go for the pillowy soft, juicy barbecue pork buns, available steamed or baked; the plump shrimp shiu mai; the jiggly- yet-firm egg tart; and the deep-fried sesame balls stuffed with a rich, red bean filling. This dim sum spot is not a place to dawdle; either point to or say what you want to order, and you’ll be out with your food in minutes. Make your way to nearby Portsmouth Square, where elders hang out to socialize and play mahjong, to enjoy your warm dim sum on a bench just as the fog clears up overhead. In between your meals, be sure to check out Ross Alley and grab a fortune cookie — or 10 — from the historic Golden Gate Fortune Cookie Factory. Yes, it’s a tourist hot spot, and you might be too full from dim sum, but it’s worth it just to watch the speedy precision with which the workers make the cookies hot off the presses. Address: 1039 Stockton St., San Francisco Hours: 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily. Takeout only Or try one of these options: Grand Opening Ex-Mister Jiu’s pastry chef Melissa Chou recently reopened her hit pastry pop-up from a takeout window at the restaurant. Line up shortly after 9:30 in the morning to grab Chou’s inventive pastries like a pineapple bun filled with custard and the flaky, Cantonese wife cookie, filled with a chewy-tangy mix of mochi, black sesame and plum jam. 28 Waverly Place, San Francisco. grandopeningbakery.com The Coffee Movement Inspired by coffee shops in Sydney, where co-owner Bryan Overstreet once worked, this chic, tiny destination is serving some of the most exciting coffee in the neighborhood. Opt for the tasting flight featuring coffee prepared three ways or go for one of the inventive seasonal drinks like an orange cream latte with just a hint of orange flavor. 1030 Washington St., San Francisco. thecoffeemovement.com Afternoon Grab some Taiwanese snacks and lunch at Yilan Bento Come for Yilan’s selection of bento-style lunch sets, which are available in five different options. Stephen Lam / The Chronicle Though San Francisco is packed to the gills with Chinese restaurants, Taiwanese spots like newcomer Yilan Bento are scarce. Come for its selection of bento-style lunch sets, made popular on the island during its occupation by Japan during World War II. There are five options, each with a protein, rice, braised tofu and vinegared cabbage. If you’re looking for more of a snack, try the sweet-tart sweet potato fries sprinkled with plum powder or a bagful of crunchy popcorn chicken. The cheerful counter-service spot features a few indoor tables if you’re interested in eating there; otherwise, take your chicken on the road. There are lots of produce markets nearby, so you can grab some fruit for dessert. Keep an eye out for folks selling fresh loquats and crawfish by the pound on the sidewalk; if the mood hits you, there are occasionally people hawking melons out of car trunks, too. Address: 653 Clay St., San Francisco Hours: 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday to Friday. Noon-8 p.m. Saturday. Find them online: https://www.yilanbentosf.com/order Or try one of these options: Dim Sum Bistro Relatively new to Chinatown’s crowded, stellar dim sum set, Dim Sum Bistro stands out from the crowd with its superior steamed barbecue pork buns, pan-fried turnip cakes and its cheung fun, the rice noodle roll dish that comes with shrimp, beef or pork. 675 Broadway, San Francisco. Chong Qing Xiao Mian For massive portions of spicy, umami- rich noodle soups, look no further than Chong Qing Xiao Mian. One bowl of noodles can easily feed two, and options like the tan tan noodles with ground pork and sesame paste will keep you coming back for more. 915 Kearny St., San Francisco. chongqingxiaomian-sf.com Night Eat salt and pepper crab in a polished setting at R&G Lounge Chinatown staple R&G Lounge remains a destination for local families and tourists to enjoy family-style meals. Stephen Lam / The Chronicle In this bustling and convivial basement dining room, local families and tourists dig into family-style meals of seafood soups, Cantonese barbecue and platters of drunken squab accompanied by a large array of flavorful small plates. But the centerpiece at most of the tables is fresh Dungeness crab, wok-cooked and given one of a variety of treatments: steamed with garlic, fried with salted egg yolk, and more. The best way to eat it, though, is lightly battered and sprinkled with salt and pepper, spacing each bite with a sip of tea or Tsingtao beer. Address: 631 Kearny St., San Francisco Hours: 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday to Thursday. 11 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Indoor dining. Find them online: https://rnglounge.com/ Or try one of these options: Empress by Boon What was once the banquet hall Empress of China is now Empress by Boon, one of the most grand restaurant openings of 2021. Savor spellbinding views of Chinatown and Telegraph Hill from the sixth-floor restaurant while sampling its sophisticated takes on Cantonese cuisine. Reservations are tough, but the bar takes walk-ins. 838 Grant Ave., San Francisco. theempresssf.com Mister Jiu’s Part of a new wave of Chinese American cuisine, Mister Jiu’s treats traditional ingredients and dishes with great respect while working closely with local farms. Sit in the airy dining room set in a former banquet hall, or dine solo at the bar. 28 Waverly Place, San Francisco. www.misterjius.com House of Nanking Since 1988, the Fang family has developed a singular take on Shanghainese cuisine: offbeat and refreshing takes on classics like sesame chicken, served here with glazed sweet potato, and sesame-flavored noodles. Because of the restaurant’s location at the nexus of Chinatown, the Financial District and North Beach, the staff is well-versed in initiating newcomers and tourists. 919 Kearny St., San Francisco. houseofnankingsf.com Late Night Swoon in the pink lights at Moongate Lounge Moongate Lounge is back from hibernation and is the ideal place to laze about after a long day. Santiago Mejia / The Chronicle After a long period of pandemic hibernation, the intimate hideaway above Mister Jiu’s is open again. It’s the ideal place to laze about after a long day. Bask in colorful mood lighting, enjoy the romantic lunar motif guiding the drinks menu and decor, and sink into the huge velvety booth seating straight out of a vintage boudoir. Like the food menu at Mister Jiu’s, house cocktails are inspired by the seasons, utilizing corn, hibiscus and apricot, among other Californian seasonal fixtures. If you’re somehow still peckish after a full day of eating in Chinatown, the lounge has a brief menu of bar snacks, like salt-and-vinegar shrimp chips, lamb skewers and bao. Address: 28 Waverly Place, San Francisco Hours: 7 p.m.-midnight Thursday-Saturday Find them online: www.moongatelounge.com Or try one of these options: Yuet Lee A true Chinatown classic, Yuet Lee is a Hong Kong- style diner famous for its late hours and salt-and-pepper calamari. You can’t miss it: The facade is papered with reviews and photos of the original owner, Sam Yu, posing with Jackie Chan, Emeril Lagasse and Jacques Pepin. 1300 Stockton St., San Francisco. sanfranciscoyuetlee.com From:Loran Harding To:Loran Harding; antonia.tinoco@hsr.ca.gov; alumnipresident@stanford.edu; David Balakian; beachrides; fred beyerlein; bballpod; boardmembers; Leodies Buchanan; Cathy Lewis; Chris Field; Council, City; dennisbalakian; Doug Vagim; Dan Richard; Daniel Zack; esmeralda.soria@fresno.gov; grinellelake@yahoo.com; Gabriel.Ramirez@fresno.gov; George.Rutherford@ucsf.edu; huidentalsanmateo; hennessy; Irv Weissman; jerry ruopoli; Joel Stiner; kfsndesk; kwalsh@kmaxtv.com; karkazianjewelers@gmail.com; lalws4@gmail.com; leager; mthibodeaux@electriclaboratories.com; Mark Standriff; Mayor; margaret-sasaki@live.com; merazroofinginc@att.net; newsdesk; nick yovino; news@fresnobee.com; david pomaville; russ@topperjewelers.com; Sally Thiessen; Steve Wayte; tsheehan; terry; VT3126782@gmail.com; vallesR1969@att.net Subject:Fwd: GM CEO Mary Barra takes first Cruise driverless ride in SF. Got to see this. Date:Saturday, January 29, 2022 12:43:20 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> Date: Fri, Jan 28, 2022 at 3:22 PM Subject: GM CEO Mary Barra takes first Cruise driverless ride in SF. Got to see this. To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> Friday, January 28, 2022 To all- CEO of GM takes first driverless ride in SF at night. This was in a Chevy Bolt. She has three guys with her. Not clear who they all are. Some security probably. The car had a steering wheel, which we see turning as they start out. Apparently nobody ever touched any controls during the five minute ride so it really was an autonomous ride. You see the car at the curb right at the end and you see plenty of equipment on the roof. Don't miss this: GM CEO Mary Barra takes her first driverless ride - YouTube One of the men said "I said 'thank you' as I got out- to nobody". L. William Harding Fresno, Ca. From:Loran Harding To:Loran Harding; antonia.tinoco@hsr.ca.gov; alumnipresident@stanford.edu; David Balakian; beachrides; fred beyerlein; bballpod; boardmembers; Leodies Buchanan; Cathy Lewis; Chris Field; Council, City; dennisbalakian; Doug Vagim; Dan Richard; Daniel Zack; esmeralda.soria@fresno.gov; eappel@stanford.edu; grinellelake@yahoo.com; Gabriel.Ramirez@fresno.gov; George.Rutherford@ucsf.edu; huidentalsanmateo; hennessy; Irv Weissman; jerry ruopoli; Joel Stiner; kfsndesk; kwalsh@kmaxtv.com; karkazianjewelers@gmail.com; lalws4@gmail.com; mthibodeaux@electriclaboratories.com; Mark Standriff; Mayor; margaret-sasaki@live.com; merazroofinginc@att.net; newsdesk; nick yovino; news@fresnobee.com; david pomaville; russ@topperjewelers.com; Sally Thiessen; Steve Wayte; tsheehan; terry; VT3126782@gmail.com; vallesR1969@att.net Subject:Fwd: Dr. John Campbell Thurs. Jan. 27, 22, Omicron BA.2 will displace BA.1 Date:Saturday, January 29, 2022 12:36:04 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> Date: Fri, Jan 28, 2022 at 8:50 PM Subject: Dr. John Campbell Thurs. Jan. 27, 22, Omicron BA.2 will displace BA.1 To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> Dr. John Campbell for Thurs. Jan. 27, 2022: Omicron BA. 2 will displace BA. 1 - YouTube BA.2 is 50% more contagious, so it will displace BA.1 in the next few weeks in the US. Why is the death rate from Covid so high in the US? Older pop;, more co-morbidities, but he says the CDC should really tell us why it is. Those two don't fully explain it. Doubly vaccinated less likely to suffer long-covid. But the data were from the Delta wave. We don't know what Omicron will do wrt long covid. He expects less long covid with Omicron. but we do not have the data yet. BA. 2 can make hospitalizations rise a little. The deaths could look higher because they will come through faster since BA.2 is more highly contagious. Darker skin means less Vit. D production. Vitamin D boosts the immune system. Asians: food like Kim Chi helps maybe. Fermented food good. LH- A report a few weeks ago said that fermented food like Kim Chi and saurcraut help put Ca into your bones instead of into your blood vessel walls. You don't want it there. The vast majority of people hospitalized for Covid have co-morbidities, esp. diabetes. Most diabetics are over-weight. He discusses co-morbidities here. Most would have gone on to live for years had they not gotten Covid. 27 January data in UK. He goes through his charts, graphs. Big return to school effect- cases up. Then a line on the charts up for the parents as their children bring it home to them. We have seen that repeatedly. Lots of common cold features caused by Covid. He shows them. All are symptomatic cases of Covid 19. BA.2 cases doubling every four days and it will take over in a month. Same in US as UK. It has the same level of pathogenicity as BA.1, so hospitals will see an increase in pts over the short term. Cases should start going down a lot by March. L. William Harding Fresno, Ca. From:Loran Harding To:Loran Harding; antonia.tinoco@hsr.ca.gov; alumnipresident@stanford.edu; David Balakian; beachrides; fred beyerlein; bballpod; boardmembers; Leodies Buchanan; Cathy Lewis; Chris Field; Council, City; dennisbalakian; Doug Vagim; Dan Richard; Daniel Zack; esmeralda.soria@fresno.gov; eappel@stanford.edu; grinellelake@yahoo.com; Gabriel.Ramirez@fresno.gov; George.Rutherford@ucsf.edu; huidentalsanmateo; hennessy; Irv Weissman; jerry ruopoli; Joel Stiner; kfsndesk; kwalsh@kmaxtv.com; karkazianjewelers@gmail.com; lalws4@gmail.com; leager; mthibodeaux@electriclaboratories.com; Mark Standriff; Mayor; margaret-sasaki@live.com; merazroofinginc@att.net; newsdesk; nick yovino; news@fresnobee.com; david pomaville; russ@topperjewelers.com; Sally Thiessen; Steve Wayte; tsheehan; terry; VT3126782@gmail.com; vallesR1969@att.net Subject:Fwd: 777 First Officer Juan Brown and 5G (FCC) and Radar altimeters (FAA). Date:Friday, January 28, 2022 4:49:52 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Friday, January 28, 2022- LH- Why cannot the Telcos "just" delay turning on their 5G transmitters anywhere near airports until the radar altimeters in all of the hundreds of big airliners can be modified to reject their interference? Keep using 4G until then around airports. The devices (phones) most people are using now run on 4G and so the Telcos surely didn't take out the 4G transmitters on their towers when they installed the 5G equipment. When the radar altimeters in the planes are all updated, start using 5G near airports. Of course, Mr. Browne does discuss how 5G could also interfere with the radar altimeters on life-flight helos landing on hospitals. But one helo pilot said in notes, responses to Mr. Browne's earlier video about two weeks ago that they don't use their radar altimeters that much when landing on hospitals. They do use it when landing on highways. They use their big spot-light at hospitals. Mr. Browne also said that general aviation, maybe the bigger planes, use radar altimeters, so how would that work out? What a mess. Government bungling at its best. Of course, the "best" was Lyndon and Dick murdering 58,000 Americans in VN. Both men should have been convicted of murder and hanged. Mr. Browne says in his earliest video below that the principle in telecoms. is that the first user of a frequency has dibs on it. The interloper is the one who has to pay to make the situation right. So, by that, the telecoms with their 5G equipment should pay to upgrade all of the radar altimeters in the planes. See below for Mr. Browne's January 20, 2022 update. LH ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> Date: Thu, Jan 27, 2022 at 4:20 PM Subject: Fwd: 777 First Officer Juan Brown and 5G (FCC) and Radar altimeters (FAA). 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To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> Friday, January 28, 2022 Here is an update Mr. Browne put out on January 20 about how 5G is being implemented in Europe very differently than in the US, so the Telco's argument about how that shows 5G to be safe around airports is just BS. He put out a vid on Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2022, when the Telcos agreed to delay for two weeks the start of 5G ops. near airports. That would be up till Tuesday, Feb.1, 2022. That was all over the news. It came out while he was making the Jan. 18 vid. and he discusses that news in that vid. Here is the Jan. 20, 2022 vid where he talks about 5G in Europe being very different from 5G in the US.: 5G Update 20 Jan 'Alternative Compliance' - YouTube Thursday, January 27, 2022 To all, including Congress, the airlines, the Telcos, the flying public, anybody involved in commerical aviation in the US. This is a report by Juan Browne, first officer on the 777. Vastly experienced pilot. His Blancolirio channel: This is well, well worth seeing!! We have a ludicrous situation here. Billions are being spend in the frequency auctions for 5G and the tiny FAA is just no match. Reports are ridiculous. The FCC, enabling the phone cos, (I wonder if the billions involved somehow seeps over and creates influence) fires back at the FAA and the airlines with "Test the radar altimeters. Pilots may lose confidence in the equipment". They sure may!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Jesus. This is bad. Watch this vid. Stay with it too the end. It gets scarier as he goes. Long, but well worth seeing. Congress should step in except that BILLIONS are involved for the phone companies, so Congress won't. Would you believe that the Telcos have influence with Congress? Scary as hell. 5G C-Band Interference with Radar Altimeters in Aviation - YouTube Wait till a big plane with 400 people on board crashes and everybody on board is burned to death because of 5G signals interfering with the radar altimeters on planes. If some of them are members of Congress, we may see action here. Biden should issue an Executive Order limiting 5G transmissions the necessary distance from airports to keep the planes safe. The two agencies and the two industries are fighting and lying and issuing confliciting expert reports. He shows one Telco bidding $40 billion for some spectrum. Real money anytime. L. William Harding Fresno, Ca. From:Mary Sylvester To:City Attorney Cc:Shikada, Ed; Planning Commission; Council, City; Lait, Jonathan; French, Amy Subject:Commissioner Hechtman Conflict of Interest Date:Friday, January 28, 2022 4:01:13 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Ms. Stump, I am writing to call your attention to a statement made by Commissioner Hechtman at the January 19th, 2022 Planning and Transportation Commission (PTC) meeting. Four hours into the meeting, Mr. Hechtman stated that he had been contacted by two attorneys for the applicant and had communications "to go over the letter" sent by the Rutan & Tucker firm (Jan 13, 2022) to the City, which is a matter of public record, about the City Council's proposed text amendment https://midpenmedia.org/planning- transportation-commission-63-1192022/ (4:14.32). These communications raise significant concerns about why Commissioner Hechtman agreed to communicate with the school's attorneys in the first place, what was the specific content of the communications and do these communications constitute a conflict of interest on the commissioner's part? The information provided by the commissioner during his disclosure was so vague and uninformative, I believe it is up to your office to research and provide the public with a full and transparent answer about the communications and whether a conflict of interest was present. According to the City of Palo Alto's, City Boards, Commissions and Committee Handbook (2020): Residents, property owners and businesses in the City of Palo Alto are entitled to have fair, ethical and accountable local government. Such a government requires that public officials be independent, impartial and fair in their judgment and acting in their public office for the public good ( https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/files/assets/public/city-clerk/palo-alto-boards- commissions-and-committees-handbook_final_2022.pdf page 22). The City Handbook raises the questions of: Why was Commissioner Hechtman, presumably in his role as a PTC commissioner, communicating with Castilleja's attorneys? Was he acting in an "independent, impartial and fair" manner? Was his communication serving the best interests of the public? Specifically, I believe the public needs to know: 1. Why was Commissioner Hechtman "engaging" with Castilleja's attorneys at all, either through written oral communication? a) What was the nature of the "communication": via email, phone or in person, or some combination? How many communications were there? And who with on the school's legal team? b) Did Commissioner Hechtman communicate with the school's attorneys based solely on his own judgment? Did he consult with the City Attorney or any other public official before communicating with Castilleja's counsel? c) Why did Commissioner Hechtman agree to "go over the letter" with the applicant's counsel? From what I understood at the January 19th PTC meeting, it was only Mr. Hechtman that had a conversation with Castilleja's attorneys? c) And, if Castilleja's attorney/s are going to speak with any PTC commissioner, why did Commissioner Hechtman think it should be him and not Commission Chair Lauing? Or, prudently, refer the matter directly to the City Attorney's office where it belongs? 2. In the interests of transparency and good government, the public deserves to know what was the content of that communication with Castilleja's attorney's? Commissioner Hechtman said the purpose was " to go over the letter" the Rutan and Tucker firm sent to the City about the Council's text amendment https://midpenmedia.org/planning-transportation-commission-63-1192022/ (4:14.32). If, as Commissioner Hechtman stated, the letter is a public document, why did communication with Castilleja's attorney/s even need to take place? An email could have been sent to all PTC members calling their attention to Mr. Lanferman's letter? It begs the question, why was there only a need to communicate with Commissioner Hechtman by Castilleja's attorney/s? The public deserves a full and clear explanation of how Commissioner Hechtman came to communicate with Castilleja's attorneys as well as the content of that discussion. The appearance has certainly been created by this communication that school attorney/s believed they would find in him a receptive audience, maybe even an advocate for their legal viewpoint. Based on the City's Handbook, significant questions are raised about the independence, impartiality and fairness of Commissioner Hechtman's recent communications with Castilleja's attorney/s. I request that your office provide answers to the above questions at your earliest convenience. Until further information is provided about why Commissioner Hechtman communicated directly with Castilleja's legal counsel as well as the specific content of that communication, I request that he recuse himself or your office request that he do so until this matter is fully resolved. This would involve Commissioner Hechtman not participating in any PTC hearings involving Castilleja School's CUP application as well as its redevelopment request currently before the City. Specifically, this would mean refraining from: expressing any opinions about the school's applications; casting any votes about these applications; and, making any recommendations to Council about the school's applications. Thank you for your assistance in this matter. Sincerely, Mary Sylvester From:Allan Seid To:CHOpinion CHOpinion Subject:Fwd: From a friend in China Date:Friday, January 28, 2022 3:55:45 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. From: Allan Seid, Helen Young <hybj@stanford.edu> Date: Fri, Jan 28, 2022 at 12:53 PM Subject: Scientist Professor Gang Chen and FBI former agent Source: Brennan Center for Justice, Prosessor Gang Chen speaks for first time Prof. Gang Chen to the public. The other speakers include his lead attorney Rober Fisher and Prof. Maggie Lewis who is the first to call out the China Initiative. The moderator is Mike German who is a former special FBI agent and a fellow at Brennen Institute of NYU. https://aasforum.org/2022/01/24/upcoming-webinar- professor-gang-chens-case/ Please forward the webinar info to all your colleagues, friends and your university administrators. This webinar will be able to educate many people who haven't paid much attention to the China Initiative. — AASForum Get Outlook for iOS From:John Bender To:Council, City Subject:water and housing Date:Friday, January 28, 2022 3:39:39 PM [Some people who received this message don't often get email from bender@stanford.edu. Learn why this is important at http://aka.ms/LearnAboutSenderIdentification.] CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ Dear Council Members, I write as a property owner of nearly 50 years in Palo Alto. I am relying on the article about potential water sales that appeared in yesterday’s “Daily Post.” Palo Alto is being required to build thousands of units of housing over the next decade or so. They will need water. Such demands for housing development could be increased in future and with them the need for more water. We almost certainly will suffer further droughts during which our actual supply of water might be defined by our basic allocation. You and I do not have crystal balls to reveal the future, but to sell a right as precious as water in the present world seems to me profoundly misguided. What we might do the the funds is irrelevant. Other ways exist to raise money, including the proposed business tax, bond issues to improve utility services and so forth. As for housing: I cannot understand why an opportunity for housing development as large as the former Fry’s site (Ventura) may be forclosed for offices. We don’t even know now what the demand for offices may be as work from home becomes a serious option. We do know that we must build more housing. I don’t see developers should hold trumps in this situation. Yours truly, John Bender 2160 Newell Road From:Aram James To:Sajid Khan; Jethroe Moore; Jeff Rosen; Jay Boyarsky; Raj Jayadev; Human Relations Commission; Council, City; Joe Simitian; cindy.chavez@bos.sccgov.org; mike.wasserman@bos.sccgov.org; supervisor.ellenberg@bos.sccgov.org; Tanaka, Greg; chuck jagoda; paloaltofreepress@gmail.com; Binder, Andrew; Tannock, Julie; Enberg, Nicholas; Roberta Ahlquist; robert.parham@cityofpaloalto.org; Greer Stone; Jonsen, Robert; Rebecca Eisenberg; Reifschneider, James; Cecilia Taylor; Perron, Zachary; Betsy Nash Subject:Mostly White judges decide fate of mostly Black people in this Ohio county Date:Friday, January 28, 2022 3:00:53 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Reader, Few people in the Cleveland area wield as much power over as many lives as 34 elected judges. But who holds the power when it comes to picking them? Not people with the most at stake, we reveal with our new project, Testify. The result: Mostly White judges are deciding the fate of mostly Black criminal defendants in Cuyahoga County’s felony cases. Black residents are arrested and sent to prison at disproportionate rates. Using tens of thousands of court records, Rachel Dissell, Ilica Mahajan, Anna Flagg and Wesley Lowery explore the lopsided outcomes in this court system — including why 75% of incarcerated people convicted in the county are Black. And while Cleveland residents make up two-thirds of defendants, city voters account for less than a quarter of ballots in judges’ races. So, the predominantly White suburbs’ vote effectively carries three times the power of the vote in the majority Black city. Published by multiple local media partners, Testify is the first investment in what we hope is a collaborative relationship with Greater Clevelanders, as we launch our very first local news team this year. With thanks, The Marshall Project This email was sent to abjpd1@gmail.com why did I get this? unsubscribe from this list update subscription preferences The Marshall Project · 156 West 56th Street · Suite 701 · New York, NY 10019 · USA From:Madison Haley Singell To:Council, City Subject:Request for a Dog Park Update/Fence? Date:Friday, January 28, 2022 11:00:35 AM Some people who received this message don't often get email from msingell@stanford.edu. Learnwhy this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Hi Palo Alto City Council, I'm Madison, a Stanford PhD student, and a recent transplant to Palo Alto. I'm also a dog owner to a lovely mini golden doodle named Finley. I live in Southwood Apartments near Hoover Park and I've noticed an escalating dynamic between the neighbors here, and I want to do something about it. My request is going to be for a larger dog park area, especially for fences around the baseball outfield at Hoover Park and then for set hours on which dog owners can let their dogs run off-leash there, although updates and significant resizing of the dog park area would also help accommodate the issues. Outlining the problem: 1. Southwood is one of the few dog friendly high-density housing in Palo Alto. It is also pretty much the only option in Palo Alto that does not have significant breed restrictions, meaning that it is home to many larger dog breeds such as German Shepherds. It is also directly adjacent to Hoover park, which makes it a great option for dog owners! 2. Hoover park is great! But, the dog park area is small, and is well known amongst the dog community as a place where many dogs have gotten eye infections or other skin, health related associated issues due to the dirt surface of the park, and the high traffic in the area. It also is not large enough for many of the larger dogs to run. 3. At peak times, due to the high-density housing, specifically populated with large dogs, there are about 15-30 generally large dogs that need exercise, and the dog park is not able to accommodate those dogs and their associated humans safely. 4. The field is not dog friendly at Hoover park, and understandably so, in association with Palo Alto rules about dogs on leash and the lack of fences to contain dogs from humans, but it does become the next available option for dogs when the dog park is not able to accommodate them. 5. I keep seeing interactions where dogs scare people, or people will preemptively scream and yell at dog owners, even those with their dogs on leash, in frustration. Last night a particularly aggressive encounter occurred that made me feel very unsafe. 6. This escalating dynamic between neighbors here, as you might be aware of from the increased signage going up in the park, increased interactions with animal control, and general animosity between people here, isn't productive. And I want to help fix it. 7. I know that there are many wonderful parks in Palo Alto, but Hoover Park, because of its proximity to one of the few options lower-income individuals with large dogs can afford in the city, seems like the perfect place to try to accomodate a larger population of dogs. Is this the type of project we can propose to you as the City Council? Is there a process that I can be a part of to help make this change? I know why people are angry at dog owners in this area, but I also want to feel safe walking my dog near my home, and I want to help people in my community feel like it welcomes them too, even though they may not have the resources to have a yard to exercise their dogs here. Sincerely a dog-owner and dog-lover, who would love to help be a part of the solution! Madison From:Aram James To:robert.parham@cityofpaloalto.org; Tannock, Julie; Figueroa, Eric; Greer Stone; Perron, Zachary; Reifschneider, James; Human Relations Commission; Jonsen, Robert; Kou, Lydia; Council, City; chuck jagoda; Roberta Ahlquist; Jay Boyarsky; Sajid Khan; Jeff Rosen; Jeff Moore; Cecilia Taylor; Betsy Nash; Tony Dixon; Planning Commission; Joe Simitian; Raj Jayadev; Enberg, Nicholas; Rebecca Eisenberg; Vara Ramakrishnan Subject:Inspector: 3 officers at Floyd killing had duty to intervene Date:Friday, January 28, 2022 10:37:09 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ Follow the link below to view the article. Inspector: 3 officers at Floyd killing had duty to intervene https://enewspaper.mercurynews.com/?publink=0a526885f_1348304 Sent from my iPhone From:Joyce Schmid To:Council, City Subject:Selling water rights Date:Friday, January 28, 2022 9:50:28 AM [Some people who received this message don't often get email from joycegschmid@icloud.com. Learn why this is important at http://aka.ms/LearnAboutSenderIdentification.] CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ To the Honorable City Council, Please do not sell Palo Alto’s water rights. Palo Alto is being forced to increase our population by the State’s usurping our zoning rights. More population means more need for water. And in a broader sense, I think it is likely that as time goes on, fresh water will become increasingly more scarce. I think we would be well advised to look for ways to increase our water supply by such methods as desalination, rather than decreasing it. In my opinion, selling our water rights would be even more short-sighted than Esau’s selling his birthright for a mess of pottage. Thank you for considering my point of view. Respectfully, and with gratitude for all the work you do for Palo Alto, Joyce Schmid From:Bob Wenzlau To:Human Relations Commission Cc:Council, City Subject:Request to Address Human Harm of Palo Alto Waste Ship to Southeast Asia Date:Friday, January 28, 2022 8:24:21 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Members of the Palo Alto Human Relations Commission, I am writing to compliment your service and leadership. This email invites the HRC to extend her view toward the global human impact of Palo Alto actions, and in particular toward the impact on the Southeast Asian community as they receive the waste papers and plastics Palo Alto generates. I listened to discussion of this at the HRC joint meeting with our City Council. The joint meeting reinforced an important need pursued by the HRC for equity within our Asian community. The nexus between your attention to this need and the current disposition of waste in Southeast Asia inspired this communication. Our mixed papers and cardboard, as well as much of our plastics, are shipped to Southeast Asia. These materials have a devastating impact on Asian communities as well as the environment. This impact includes children picking through waste, uncontrolled burning and uncontrolled disposal often controlled by local gangs. A horrific human impact we are complicit in. The difference between local and global is that we do not see the global harm, but that harm is still there, and perhaps more severe. I invite the HRC to embrace and opine on by City purchasing or other policies that would cause adverse human impact beyond our boundaries. Public Works staff is aware that our waste is causing adverse impact, and for three years has been examining a change. However, now, perhaps considering the mandate of the HRC, the City of Palo Alto must say STOP rather than study. In the interim we can regress to local disposal, and celebrate that the harmful human impact would end. This action would also be symbolic to other cities who also participate in this practice. I hope I have inspired you, and thank you for pondering this additional challenge with our relationship to global humanity. I invite the HRC to make a statement to STOP the shipping of our waste to Southeast Asia. As background, I serve as President of Neighbors Abroad, and there we carry the connection between Palo Alto and the world. Sustainability has become a core connector between our Sister Cities. This message is outside my duty as President, but tied to the common desire for betterment. Thank you again! Bob -- Bob Wenzlau bob@wenzlau.net 650-248-4467 From:Allan Seid To:CHOpinion CHOpinion Subject:Fwd: Trailblazer Anna May Wong finally gets acknowledged — by the U.S. Mint | Datebook Date:Friday, January 28, 2022 7:22:25 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Allan Seid <allanseid734@gmail.com> Date: Fri, Jan 28, 2022 at 7:19 AM Subject: Trailblazer Anna May Wong finally gets acknowledged — by the U.S. Mint | Datebook To: Allan Seid <allanseid734@gmail.com> https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/movies-tv/trailblazer-anna-may-wong-finally- gets-acknowledged-by-the-u-s-mint? utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=headlines&utm_cam paign=sfc_datebook&sid=5fefc058b042aa734736d79c Trailblazer Anna May Wong finally gets acknowledged — by the U.S. Mint Mick LaSalle January 24, 2022Updated: January 25, 2022, 7:27 am I was in Stockholm and needed to break a 200 kronor bill. So I went up to the front desk of my hotel and said to the person behind it, “I’ll give you one Ingmar Bergman for two Garbos.” The man nodded and handed me two 100 kronor bills with Greta Garbo’s picture on it. Other countries honor their greatest artists in this way. Not the United States. In America, artists have always been regarded as suspicious characters. Most Americans care less about the work artists do than about their political ideology or personal morals. We have prudes on the right, but also scolds on the left, and both are so exhaustingly predictable and boring that it’s hard to imagine any artist not being regarded as unacceptable by one side or the other. Other countries routinely honor their artists on currency: Greta Garbo on Sweden’s 100 kronor bill. Photo: Mick LaSalle / The Chronicle Yet the other day I saw something encouraging. Over the course of 2022, the U.S. Mint will be issuing five quarters, each featuring a great American woman, and two of the women were artists. The first, poet Maya Angelou (who lived in San Francisco as a teenager and young woman), has gotten the most press, but the one I’m happiest about is the film actress Anna May Wong. Some people know the name, but even among those, few have seen her movies. So honoring Wong is a good thing in that it will encourage people to seek her out. It’s also a just thing. Anna May Wong was a real talent, but she never got a break. Born in Los Angeles in 1905, she was the first Chinese American woman to become a movie star, and she was hardly a flash in the pan. Wong was a teenager when she got her first screen credits in the early 1920s, and she was still getting offers 40 years later. She even had a TV show in the early 1950s. Yet her career was severely limited because of the racism of the era, and this was a source of profound frustration to her. Anna May Wong (1905-1961) on the new quarter. Photo: U.S. Mint Throughout her career, Wong complained that she never got to play a “normal American woman” and that when people met her, they expected her to have an accent, even though she was a native Californian. A beautiful actress in an era dominated by love stories, she couldn’t appear in a routine romance because the racism of the time prevented her from having a white leading man. The studios were afraid to show her kissing a white guy, and there were no male Asian film stars in Hollywood at the time. Thus, she was stuck in “exotic” roles, such as “Daughter of the Dragon” (1931), in which she is genuinely good, despite the movie being ridiculous. In that one, she played the daughter of the criminal mastermind Fu Manchu (Swedish American actor Warner Oland). Yet when big-budget Asian–centric movies were being cast, Wong was invariably passed over for white actresses in yellowface. The most famous example of this was “The Good Earth” (1937), in which she lost the lead role to the German actress Luise Rainer. Wong was told she was too Chinese to play Chinese — perhaps a coarse way of admitting that to have a real Asian person in the cast would make the white actors in yellowface look grotesque. Yet despite the limitations put on her, Wong was able to make a lasting impression on audiences. She had an arresting low voice and a calm authority. See her in “Shanghai Express” (1932), in which she has a supporting role as Marlene Dietrich’s traveling companion. She plays a self-possessed woman of few words who kills a warlord who assaults her. “Death canceled his debt to me,” she says tersely. Anna May Wong and Marlene Dietrich in “Shanghai Express.” Photo: The Criterion Collection In a sense, placing Anna May Wong on the quarter serves a double function, honoring the career she had and acknowledging the career she should have had. Wong died in 1961 of a heart attack at only 56, and this after years of hard drinking and cirrhosis. The stress and disappointment that this dignified, talented woman endured can only be imagined. Honoring Anna May Wong, alas, can’t do her any good, but it does right by her memory. Follow: Mick LaSalle Mick LaSalle is The San Francisco Chronicle's film critic. Email: mlasalle@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @MickLaSalle Your weekly guide to Bay Area arts & entertainment. More In Movies & TV From:Normajean Jiminez To:Council, City Subject:Meeting Date:Thursday, January 27, 2022 10:57:38 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. ASAP now 5103325003 From:Loran Harding To:Loran Harding; antonia.tinoco@hsr.ca.gov; alumnipresident@stanford.edu; David Balakian; beachrides; fred beyerlein; bballpod; boardmembers; Leodies Buchanan; Cathy Lewis; Chris Field; Council, City; Doug Vagim; dennisbalakian; Dan Richard; Daniel Zack; dallen1212@gmail.com; esmeralda.soria@fresno.gov; eappel@stanford.edu; grinellelake@yahoo.com; Gabriel.Ramirez@fresno.gov; George.Rutherford@ucsf.edu; huidentalsanmateo; hennessy; Irv Weissman; lalws4@gmail.com; leager; kfsndesk; kwalsh@kmaxtv.com; karkazianjewelers@gmail.com; mthibodeaux@electriclaboratories.com; Mark Standriff; Mayor; margaret- sasaki@live.com; merazroofinginc@att.net; newsdesk; nick yovino; news@fresnobee.com; david pomaville; russ@topperjewelers.com; jerry ruopoli; Sally Thiessen; Steve Wayte; Joel Stiner; tsheehan; terry; VT3126782@gmail.com; vallesR1969@att.net Subject:Fwd: 777 First Officer Juan Brown and 5G (FCC) and Radar altimeters (FAA). Date:Thursday, January 27, 2022 4:20:18 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> Date: Thu, Jan 27, 2022 at 2:16 AM Subject: 777 First Officer Juan Brown and 5G (FCC) and Radar altimeters (FAA). To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> Thursday, January 27, 2022 To all, including Congress, the airlines, the Telcos, the flying public, anybody involved in commerical aviation in the US. This is a report by Juan Brown, first officer on the 777. Vastly experienced pilot. His Blanco Lirio channel: This is well, well worth seeing!! We have a ludicrous situation here. Billions are being spend in the frequency auctions for 5G and the tiny FAA is just no match. Reports are ridiculous. The FCC, enabling the phone cos, (I wonder if the billions involved somehow seeps over and creates influence) fires back at the FAA and the airlines with "Test the radar altimeters. Pilots may lose confidence in the equipment". They sure may!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Jesus. This is bad. Watch this vid. Stay with it too the end. It gets scarier as he goes. Long, but well worth seeing. Congress should step in except that BILLIONS are involved for the phone companies, so Congress won't. Would you believe that the Telcos have influence with Congress? Scary as hell. 5G C-Band Interference with Radar Altimeters in Aviation - YouTube Wait till a big plane with 400 people on board crashes and everybody on board is burned to death because of 5G signals interfering with the radar altimeters on planes. If some of them are members of Congress, we may see action here. Biden should issue an Executive Order limiting 5G transmissions the necessary distance from airports to keep the planes safe. The two agencies and the two industries are fighting and lying and issuing confliciting expert reports. L. William Harding Fresno, Ca. From:Kenneth Horowitz To:Council, City Subject:District Based Elections Date:Thursday, January 27, 2022 2:54:25 PM Some people who received this message don't often get email from klhorowitz@earthlink.net.Learn why this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Hello City Council The article "thieves plaque neighborhood" in the PA Daily Post where south PaloAlto residents have signed a petition calling on the City Council to make crimeprevention a priority has raised an ongoing concern that our Council is ignoringindividual neighborhoods. A similar concern has been raised by downtownresidents about the homelessness, crime, and deteriorating conditions onUniversity Avenue. There also have been issues raised about equity on theCouncil. Perhaps these concerns could be better addressed by betterrepresentation of communities of interest. That is why a redistricting advisorycommittee is needed to look into whether council members should live inseparate districts; thus each council member be elected by districts and be moreresponsive to the needs of their elected neighborhood. District based electionsare already in place in Menlo Park and other Bay Area cities. The goal is to keepcommunities of interest together and address problems sooner thanaddressing/petitioning the entire City Council. There are additional benefits ofDistrict based elections too numerous to include in this email. Please have acolleagues' memo directed to the Policy and Services committee for discussion.Thank you for your prompt attention Kenneth Horowitz 525 Homer Ave Apt1 Palo Alto, CA 94301 (650)464-8959 From:Burt, Patrick To:Luc Anthony Alvarez; Council, City Cc:Pat Burt Subject:Re: Stanford Daily Request for Comment Date:Thursday, January 27, 2022 12:37:57 PM Luc, Let me know if you would like to would like to discuss these issues for your story. Regards, Pat Burt Mayor From: Luc Anthony Alvarez <lalv@stanford.edu> Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2022 11:07 PM To: Council, City <city.council@cityofpaloalto.org> Subject: Stanford Daily Request for Comment Some people who received this message don't often get email from lalv@stanford.edu. Learn why this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Good morning, I hope you’re well. My name is Luc Alvarez, and I am a reporter with The Stanford Daily. I’m reaching out with questions for a series of stories on housing in Palo Alto. In advance of their publication, we’d like to give the city council an opportunity to respond. 1. What is your overall comment on the state of housing and renting in Palo Alto? 2. Renters advocates have criticized the city council for the pace at which renter protections have progressed through the legislative process. How would you respond to these comments? 3. They have also criticized the city’s current lack of renter protections relative to cities like Mountain View, what is your response? I would greatly appreciate a response by 5:00 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 28. Thank you, Luc Alvarez From:Aram James To:chuck jagoda Cc:Roberta Ahlquist; Courtney Cooperman; Rebecca Eisenberg; Ed Frey; Angie Evans; Cherrill Spencer; Steve Pleich; Sandy Perry-HCA; letters@padailypost.com; Council, City; Shikada, Ed; Council, City; Jonsen, Robert; Planning Commission; ParkRec Commission Subject:Re: SJ will now require gun guys to get insurance. Palo Alto-- are you listening? Date:Thursday, January 27, 2022 12:25:40 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Hi Chuck, Excellent idea! Now with Palo Alto Police Chief Robert Jonsen retiring ( and then running for sheriff, God help us) this may be a strategic time to float this idea to the Palo Alto City Council and the city manager, Ed Shikada. BTW: I will send you the Palo Alto City Council agenda for 1/31/2022. Also the city council has its annual retreat on Feb 5, starting around 9am where the city will set priories for 2022. This would be a great time to float your idea as well. Aram https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/files/assets/public/agendas-minutes-reports/agendas- minutes/city-council-agendas-minutes/2022/20220131/20220131pccsm-linked.pdf On Jan 27, 2022, at 10:46 AM, chuck jagoda <chuckjagoda1@gmail.com> wrote: Hi All, At last-- civic responsibility for gun toters. If you need a gun, you also need insurance for it. Would you drive a car without insurance? Are you listening Palo Alto? Now the next step is to get the perpetrators of far more violence than the average gun owner-- the average Palo Alto policeman causes more violence on citizens than any other identifiable group in Palo Alto. The time for self indemnification of Palo Alto's Police is long past. Are you listening, Palo Alto? Chuck Jagoda 408.373.1449 From:chuck jagoda To:Roberta Ahlquist; Aram James; Courtney Cooperman; Rebecca Eisenberg; Ed Frey; Angie Evans; Cherrill Spencer; Steve Pleich; Sandy Perry-HCA; letters@padailypost.com; Council, City Subject:SJ will now require gun guys to get insurance. Palo Alto-- are you listening? Date:Thursday, January 27, 2022 10:46:05 AM Some people who received this message don't often get email from chuckjagoda1@gmail.com.Learn why this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Hi All, At last-- civic responsibility for gun toters. If you need a gun, you also need insurance for it. Would you drive a car without insurance? Are you listening Palo Alto? Now the next step is to get the perpetrators of far more violence than the average gun owner-- the average Palo Alto policeman causes more violence on citizens than any other identifiable group in Palo Alto. The time for self indemnification of Palo Alto's Police is long past. Are you listening, Palo Alto? Chuck Jagoda 408.373.1449 From:Jo Ann Mandinach To:letters@padailypost.com Cc:City Mgr; Council, City; Dave Price; Cormack, Alison; Burt, Patrick Subject:Palo Alto Selling Water Rights So It Can Spend More?? Date:Thursday, January 27, 2022 10:39:24 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Thanks for your 1/27 article that Mayor Burt and Councilwoman Cormack are considering selling OUR water rights so a Brisbane developer can build a "massive" office complex because the city "needs" more money. Did they forget we're still the only city without a revenue-generating business tax? Did they forget about the 2 new housing bills linking jobs to housing? Did they forget the Bay Area already has to accommodate almost 1,000,000 more people, all of whom use water? Unbelievable at a time when Palo Alto residents are told to conserve water, are threatened with $500 fines if we use too much, have already been overcharged by Palo Alto Utility by $20,000,000 every year to fund the General Fund while also paying for the city's appeal of the judge's ruling to pay us back OUR money, are attempting to link the business tax to more utility rate hikes? We've got the highest jobs/housing imbalance in Silicon Valley. We're STILL the only city without a business tax because politicians won't alienate their backers. Did they ask why we're spending $23,000,000 for a fiber-to-the-home system to compete with existing providers when the city can't even manage a simple priority survey...? Remind me again why we need another massive office complex. Where's the fiscal responsibility and common sense? Most sincerely, Jo Ann Mandinach Palo Alto, CA 94301 From:Barbara E. Lichman, Ph.D. To:Council, City Subject:Recent Developments in Aviation/Airport Law and Regulations - January 27, 2022 Date:Thursday, January 27, 2022 10:18:52 AM Some people who received this message don't often get email from blichman@buchalter.com. Learn why this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of openingattachments and clicking on links. If you're having trouble viewing this email, you may see it online. Share this: Aviation & Airport | Development Law News LATEST NEWS AND ANALYSIS - AIR AND SURFACE TRANSPORTATION, ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT Federal Agencies Go “Head to Head” Over Implementation of 5-G C-Band Implementation By Barbara Lichman on January 18, 2022 In an unprecedented confrontation, the Federal Aviation Administration (“FAA”) and Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) have been facing off over the imminent implementation of 5-G C Band transmission sought by AT&T and Verizon for their telephones. The issue for FAA is radar altimeters installed in scores of aircraft types, including commercial airlines, some business jets, and many helicopters, including helicopter air ambulances. Radio altimeters supporting these systems operate between 4.2-4.4 GHz; C-Band 5-G operations will initially begin at around 3.7 GHz. The concerns are not merely the delays and cancelled flights potentially caused by FAA’s issuance of over 1,500 Notices to Airmen (“NOTAM”), restricting use of instrument approaches and other procedures that rely on radar altimeters, principally in bad weather, but also increased weather minimums for Part 91 helicopter operations. Continue Reading ... D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals Puts the Brakes on Federal Government’s Use of the “Deliberative Process Privilege” to Avoid FOIA Disclosure By Barbara Lichman on January 4, 2022 The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has, in its December 10, 2021 Opinion, Judicial Watch, Inc. v. United States Department of Justice, No. 20-5304, now cut short the federal government’s flagrant overuse of the fifth exemption from production of documents set forth in the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. § 552, the so-called “deliberative process privilege.” That exemption from disclosure has been used by federal agencies, over the years, to deny requesters’ access to public documents, on the ground that those documents contain “inter-agency or intra-agency memorandums or letters that would not be available by law to a party other than an agency in litigation with the agency.” 5 U.S.C. § 552(b)(5). In Judicial Watch, the D.C. Circuit specifically reiterated and adopted the factors the agency invoking the privilege must show, as originally set forth in Senate of Puerto Rico v. DOJ, 823 F.2d 574, 585-86 (D.C. Cir. 1987). These include “(1) ‘what deliberative process is involved,’” and “(2) ‘the role played by the documents in issue in the course of that process.’” Id., quoting Coastal States Gas Corp. v. Department of Energy, 617 F.2d 854, 868 (D.C. Cir. 1980). In Judicial Watch, the Court added “to ‘assist the court in determining whether th[e] privilege is available,’ the agency should also explain (3) the ‘nature of the decisionmaking authority vested in the officer or person issuing the disputed document,’ and (4) the ‘relative positions in the agency’s chain of command occupied by the document’s author and recipient.’” Id. at 586. The Court found none of those factors to have been addressed by the DOJ in Judicial Watch, and, consequently, remanded the case to the District Court “to review [the requested documents] in camera and determine, consistent with the principles set forth herein, whether they qualify as deliberative.” Continue Reading ... Barbara E. Lichman, Ph.D., J.D. 18400 Von Karman Avenue, Suite 800 Irvine, CA 92614-0514 (949)224-6292 www.aviationairportdevelopmentlaw.com © Barbara E. Lichman, Ph.D., J.D. All Rights Reserved. This email was sent to city.council@cityofpaloalto.org. To ensure that you continue receiving our emails, please add us to your address book or safe list. manage your preferences | opt out using TrueRemove®. Got this as a forward? Sign up to receive our future emails. From:Luc Anthony Alvarez To:Council, City Subject:Stanford Daily Request for Comment Date:Thursday, January 27, 2022 10:00:31 AM Some people who received this message don't often get email from lalv@stanford.edu. Learn whythis is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Good morning, I hope you’re well. My name is Luc Alvarez, and I am a reporter with The Stanford Daily. I’m reaching out with questions for a series of stories on housing in Palo Alto. In advance of their publication, we’d like to give the city council an opportunity to respond. 1. What is your overall comment on the state of housing and renting in Palo Alto? 2. Renters advocates have criticized the city council for the pace at which renter protections have progressed through the legislative process. How would you respond to these comments? 3. They have also criticized the city’s current lack of renter protections relative to cities like Mountain View, what is your response? I would greatly appreciate a response by 5:00 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 28. Thank you, Luc Alvarez From:Palo Alto Free Press To:Bains, Paul; Human Relations Commission; Shikada, Ed; darylsavage@gmail.com; James Aram; Council, City; Sean Webby; Stump, Molly; jaythor@well.com; Jay Boyarsky; Jeff Moore; Jeff Rosen; dokonkwo@dao.sccgov.org; Brian Welch Subject:How do you sleep at night Date:Thursday, January 27, 2022 9:19:04 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. 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To: Donna Wallach <donnaisanactivist@gmail.com> From: Bay Area WWP <bayarea@workers.org> Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2022 1:47 PM To: Sharat Lin <sharatlin@hotmail.com> Subject: Jan 27 - Support the strike against Israeli Apartheid! Workers World Party supports this strike View in your browser Global Day of Action Defend 5,000 Striking South African Clover Dairy Workers Rallies In New York, Los Angeles & San Francisco At Israeli Consulates labormedia1@gmail.com Thursday Jan 27, 2022 12:00 Noon San Francisco Israeli Consulate 456 Montgomery St San Francisco, CA 94104 Los Angeles Israeli Consulate 6380 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles New York Israeli Consulate 800 Second Avenue, New York, NY 10017 Clover is the largest dairy company with 5,000 workers. In 2019, the ANC government allowed it to be taken over by the Israeli billionaire Wertheim family. They promised to protect jobs until October 2022, but they are now laying off thousands and shutting plants in rural communities with plans to import Israeli product. The company also imposed a 20% cut in wages. The South African Federation of Trade Unions, General Industrial Union of South Africa, and Food and Allied Workers union are also demanding that the company be nationalized and that it be run under workers control. They are also supporting an international day of solidarity action. Actions will be held at Israeli consulates, embassies, South African consulates, embassies, and the Israeli bank Mizrahi Tefahot which is owned by the Wertheim family and is the third largest bank in Israel. The Wertheim family also control the Coca-Cola franchise through the Central Bottling Company, CBC. They support and fund Israeli settlements on Palestinian land and the Israeli Defense Forces. On January 18th, in an escalation of the attacks on striking workers by Clover bosses, rubber bullets were fired at workers injuring them at the Clover Clayville plant in Johannesburg. The use of rubber bullets by Clover’s private security forces is linked up directly with the treatment of Palestinians except they use bullets to terrorize and murder. Workers’ demands are clear: 1. The unconditional reinstatement of all retrenched workers 2. The complete scrapping of all austerity measures including the 20% salary cuts 3. The disinvestment of Milco SA/CBC 4. Nationalization of Clover SA and its complete transformation into a co-operative run by workers and communities. 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Assata Shakur 2 books you must read: "Against Our Better Judgement: The hidden history of how the U.S. was used to create Israel" by Alison Weir http://www.againstourbetterjudgment.com/ "State of Terror: How Terrorism Created Modern Israel" by Thomas Suarez http://thomassuarez.com/SoT.html Free Palestine! Right of Return to Palestine for all Palestinians! Free all political prisoners! Leonard Peltier www.WhoIsLeonardPeltier.info Mumia Abu-Jamal www.FreeMumia.com Ruchell Cinque Magee http://denverabc.wordpress.com/prisoners-dabc-supports/political- prisoners-database/ruchell-cinque-magee/ Russell Maroon Shoatz https://russellmaroonshoats.wordpress.com/ Mutulu Shakur http://mutulushakur.com/site/ Julian Assange https://assangedefense.org The Holy Land Five: Shukri Abu Baker Ghassan Elashi Mufid Abdulqader Abdulrahman Odeh Mohammad Elmezain https://www.mintpressnews.com/the-trial-and-conviction-of-the-holy-land-foundation- five/237440/ and thousands more End Solitary Confinement https://prisonerhungerstrikesolidarity.wordpress.com California Prison Focus http://newest.prisons.org/our_story End United $tates of Amerikkka invasions and occupations U.S. Government and UN Occupation Force Soldiers - Hands off Haiti! http://www.haitisolidarity.net/ Donna Wallach DonnaIsAnActivist@gmail.com Skype: palestinewillbe Twitter: @PalestineWillBe (cell) 408-569-6608 -- 2 books you must read: "Against Our Better Judgement: The hidden history of how the U.S. was used to create Israel" by Alison Weir http://www.againstourbetterjudgment.com/ "State of Terror: How Terrorism Created Modern Israel" by Thomas Suarez http://thomassuarez.com/SoT.html Other important websites to visit http://www.ifamericansknew.org http://www.councilforthenationalinterest.org/new/ https://wearenotnumbers.org/ End the Blockade/Siege on Gaza! Tear down the Apartheid Walls in West Bank & Gaza! End the War Criminal Israeli collective punishment on the Palestinian people! End the illegal Apartheid Israeli Occupation of all of Palestine! Right to Return to their homes and land in Palestine for all Palestinians! End all U.S. aid to Israel Free Palestine! Long Live Palestine! Support Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) & Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) Campaigns! http://www.bdsmovement.net http://www.WhoProfits.org http://www.pacbi.org Support Solidarity with Gaza Fishers https://sgf.freedomflotilla.org/ https://freedomflotilla.org/ https://sgf.freedomflotilla.org/category/we-are-not-numbers Support ISM volunteers in West Bank and Gaza Strip! http://www.palsolidarity.org Donna Wallach cats4jazz@gmail.com Skype: palestinewillbe Twitter: @PalestineWillBe (h) 408-289-1522 (cell) 408-569-6608 From:Allan Seid To:CHOpinion CHOpinion Subject:Fwd: San Francisco district attorney"s office sued by victim of anti-Asian hate crime Date:Wednesday, January 26, 2022 5:03:53 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Allan Seid <allanseid734@gmail.com> Date: Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 10:49 AM Subject: San Francisco district attorney's office sued by victim of anti-Asian hate crime To: Allan Seid <allanseid734@gmail.com> https://news.yahoo.com/san-francisco-district-attorneys-office-230442754.html San Francisco district attorney's office sued by victim of anti- Asian hate crime Tue, January 25, 2022, 3:04 PM A man who was beaten by a father and son in anti-Asian hate crime has sued the office of San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin over its handling of the case. Meanwhile, sobering statistics reveal that hate crimes against members of the AAPI community skyrocketed in San Francisco last year. From:Allan Seid To:CHOpinion CHOpinion Subject:Fwd: Alleged Asian hate crime attack shakes valley AAPI business owners Date:Wednesday, January 26, 2022 4:52:35 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Allan Seid <allanseid734@gmail.com> Date: Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 10:50 AM Subject: Alleged Asian hate crime attack shakes valley AAPI business owners To: Allan Seid <allanseid734@gmail.com> https://news.yahoo.com/alleged-asian-hate-crime-attack-032313870.html Alleged Asian hate crime attack shakes valley AAPI business owners Tue, January 25, 2022, 7:23 PM The Las Vegas AAPI community is disturbed and worried after an attack left a business owner seriously hurt at a boba tea shop. Las Vegas Metropolitan Police said the man arrested was hurling anti- Asian slurs at workers there before the attack and is now facing hate crime charges. Jeremy Chen reports. From:Allan Seid To:CHOpinion CHOpinion Subject:Fwd: San Francisco reports big increase in anti-Asian hate crimes Date:Wednesday, January 26, 2022 4:49:32 PM Attachments:ab294576a17f450bcc16eae8083f7b17 CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Allan Seid <allanseid734@gmail.com> Date: Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 10:46 AM Subject: San Francisco reports big increase in anti-Asian hate crimes To: Allan Seid <allanseid734@gmail.com> https://news.yahoo.com/san-francisco-reports-big-increase-220801606.html San Francisco reports big increase in anti-Asian hate crimes Tue, January 25, 2022, 2:08 PM FILE - San Francisco Mayor London Breed speaks during a briefing outside City Hall in San Francisco on Dec. 1, 2021. Breed expressed despair over the increase in reported hate crimes against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders last year, up an astonishing 567% from the previous year, according to preliminary figures released by the police department on Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2022. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File) (ASSOCIATED PRESS) SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The mayor of San Francisco expressed despair over the increase in reported hate crimes against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders last year, up an astonishing 567% from the previous year, according to preliminary figures released by the police department on Tuesday. Mayor London Breed pledged continued support for the community, saying she suspects actual numbers are much higher because people are reluctant to report to the police. The initial count shows 60 victims in 2021, up from nine in 2020. Half of last year's victims were allegedly targeted by one man. It would have broken her heart if the grandmother who raised her had been attacked “in the way that we see so many of our seniors of the AAPI community being attacked,” Breed said at Tuesday's press conference. “But that did not happen. Because as a community we protected one another. And that’s what we have to do now more than ever.” Hateful attacks against the AAPI community — Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders — surged nationally during the pandemic, fueled in part by then-President Donald Trump's calling COVID-19 a derogatory nickname that insulted China. The Stop AAPI Hate coalition out of San Francisco State University tracked more than 10,000 incidents of hate from March 2020 through September 2021. In San Francisco and elsewhere, video clips of Asian Americans being attacked and robbed on public streets alarmed the community so much that frightened seniors stayed home. Most recently, former San Francisco Bay Area resident Michelle Go died in New York City after a mentally disturbed man pushed her in front of a subway. Officials there say there is no indication the man was motivated by racial bias, but Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders are still rattled. San Francisco Police Chief Bill Scott said at Tuesday's news conference they have expanded the crime tip line to include more languages and are sharing safety tips for Lunar New Year celebrations. But he also acknowledged his department is only part of a criminal justice system that includes prosecution and judges. Statistics do not show the whole picture because not everyone reports incidents. Also, prosecutors are unable to tack on hate crime enhancements without a clear statement of bias by the alleged attacker. This has frustrated some victims and their families, who see the charge as a sign of accountability. San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin, who faces a recall election in June, has come under fire from some Asian American victims. On Tuesday, lawyers for Anh Lê filed a federal lawsuit against Boudin, saying his office has systemically refused to uphold the rights of Asian Americans victimized by racial violence. Lê says the DA’s office never informed him of a lenient plea deal cut with his attackers or the lack of a hate crime charge until after the fact. Rachel Marshall, a spokeswoman for the DA, said in a statement that Boudin has been a “steadfast advocate” for improved services and support for the AAPI community. He has added multilingual advocates to his office and launched an AAPI elder abuse steering committee, she said. The mayor at Tuesday's news conference declined to comment on the lawsuit. From:Allan Seid To:CHOpinion CHOpinion Subject:Fwd: San Francisco reports steep increase in anti-Asian hate crimes Date:Wednesday, January 26, 2022 4:47:20 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Allan Seid <allanseid734@gmail.com> Date: Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 10:48 AM Subject: San Francisco reports steep increase in anti-Asian hate crimes To: Allan Seid <allanseid734@gmail.com> https://news.yahoo.com/san-francisco-reports-steep-increase-170100716.html San Francisco reports steep increase in anti-Asian hate crimes KFRON San Francisco Wed, January 26, 2022, 9:01 AM Ad: 0:08 0:16 Police chief Bill Scott said hate crimes against Asian American and Pacific Islander people have increased six-fold in the past two years. Dozens of attacks were committed by the same person, Scott said. From:Allan Seid To:CHOpinion CHOpinion Subject:Fwd: Anti-Asian hate crime reports up 567 percent in San Francisco Date:Wednesday, January 26, 2022 4:38:52 PM Attachments:06ae495056b2359deb9d15c411c51e49 CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Allan Seid <allanseid734@gmail.com> Date: Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 10:45 AM Subject: Anti-Asian hate crime reports up 567 percent in San Francisco To: Allan Seid <allanseid734@gmail.com> https://news.yahoo.com/anti-asian-hate-crime-reports-170520287.html Anti-Asian hate crime reports up 567 percent in San Francisco Wed, January 26, 2022, 9:05 AM Preliminary data from the San Francisco police department indicated that the number of people who reported being the victim of a hate crime against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in the last year was up by 567 percent. Last year, there were 60 anti-AAPI compared to eight in 2019 and nine in 2020, according to data from the police. On Tuesday at a press conference, San Francisco's police chief, Bill Scott, said one man, whom he did not name, was arrested in August and thought to be responsible for half of the incidents, The Washington Post reported. "If anybody thinks that San Francisco is an easy place to come in and terrorize our Asian communities, you are sadly mistaken - and you will be held accountable," Scott said, noting that law enforcement would be present at public Lunar New Year celebrations set to begin next week. "We will do everything we can to make those arrests, to hold perpetrators accountable," San Francisco Mayor London Breed (D) also said Tuesday, according to the Post. "I'm angry about the violence that has continued to impact many of the people who are part of our Asian community but especially our seniors," she added. The report also noted that anti-Black hate crimes were up 27 percent in the last year, anti-LGBTQ+ crimes were up by 50 percent, and crimes against Jewish people increased by 60 percent in the last year. It also noted a slightly downward trend in reports of hate crimes against Arabs or Muslims and Latinos. Last month, data from the New York Police Department showed that anti-Asian hate crimes in the city also increased from 28 in 2020 to 129 thus far in 2021, an uptick of 361 percent. From:Peggy E. Kraft To:Council, City Subject:El Camino Real Date:Wednesday, January 26, 2022 10:57:39 AM [Some people who received this message don't often get email from pkraft@stanford.edu. Learn why this is important at http://aka.ms/LearnAboutSenderIdentification.] CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ Dear Council Members, El Camino Real that runs through Palo Alto is badly in need of being repaved. I believe that it is a county road and/or maintained by CalTrans. Is it possible for you to make your concerns know to these entities and try to get them to repave this road through Palo Alto? It is in bad condition from Menlo Park through Mountain View. Perhaps you could join with these two cities to request the needed repaving. If you know of a way that I can voice my concerns to the proper authority I would be happy to do so as well. Thank you, Peggy From:Albert Henning To:Council, City Subject:CPAU and net metering? Date:Wednesday, January 26, 2022 10:44:26 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Hello, I would appreciate it, if the staff member reading this email could direct me to two places: first, any and all Council agenda items relating to net metering for Palo Alto residential solar energy generation, beginning with the implementation of NEM 2.0; second, the cognizant person at CPAU with whom I can discuss planning to put solar panels on our roof, and the attendant meter, panel, EV plug, and so forth. Thanks very much, Al Henning ======= Albert K. Henning, PhD 199 Heather Lane Palo Alto, CA 94303 650-380-5309 (mobile) albertkhenning@yahoo.com From:Coxe, Nicole To:Coxe, Nicole Cc:Garcia-Reyes, Rodrigo Subject:Funding Opportunity for Cities: Compliance checks to reduce youth access to tobacco products Date:Wednesday, January 26, 2022 8:44:35 AM Attachments:image001.png Tobacco Compliance Inspections Funding Opportunity Letter for Cities_January 2022.pdf Some people who received this message don't often get email from nicole.coxe@phd.sccgov.org.Learn why this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear City Manager and Police Chief, The Santa Clara County Public Health Department (SCCPHD) was awarded a grant from the California Department of Justice (DOJ) that started July 1, 2021, focused on increasing compliance with laws to reduce youth access to tobacco products. The funding from this grant comes from Proposition 56, the California Healthcare, Research and Prevention Tobacco Act of 2016, which increased the tax on cigarettes and other tobacco products by two dollars. Through this grant, we are offering funding to cities to conduct compliance checks to ensure businesses selling tobacco products are complying with applicable laws for selling tobacco and vaping products. Eligible cities may receive up to $5,000 to conduct compliance checks at 20-25 stores selling tobacco products, to ensure stores follow laws restricting sale of tobacco products to underage people and restrictions on sale of tobacco products, such as flavored tobacco and vaping products. All activities associated with this funding will start March 2022 and must be complete prior to June 30, 2022. Please notify us of your interest in this funding by February 18, 2022. Cities eligible for funding include: 1) Cities who are not currently receiving funds through a contract with SCCPHD to provide these services; 2) Cities who do not already receive funding directly from the DOJ to provide these services; and 3) Cities with tobacco retailers operating in their jurisdiction. Your work in enforcing tobacco control policies at the point of sale will help reduce the impact of these deadly products. These funds will also allow you to address access to vaping and e-cigarette products, which have become increasingly popular among youth. We recognize that there are multiple points of access to tobacco products, however one area we can make an impact is ensuring that retailers are complying with federal, state, and local tobacco control policies. If your city is interested or if you have any questions about this opportunity or your city’s eligibility, please contact Rodrigo García-Reyes, Santa Clara County Public Health Department Tobacco-Free Communities Tobacco Compliance Project Coordinator, at rodrigo.garcia-reyes@phd.sccgov.org. Thank you for your consideration. Sincerely, Nicole Coxe Nicole Coxe, MPH Pronouns: She/Her Program Manager, Healthy Communities Branch Santa Clara County Public Health Department 1775 Story Road Suite 120 San Jose, CA. 95122 nicole.coxe@phd.sccgov.org Work Cell - 669-288-2246 NOTICE: This email message and/or its attachments may contain information that is confidential or restricted. It is intended only for the individuals named as recipients in the message. If you are NOT an authorized recipient, you are prohibited from using, delivering, distributing, printing, copying, or disclosing the message or content to others and must delete the message from your computer. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender by return email. County of Santa Clara Public Health Department Healthy Communities Branch 1775 Story Rd., Suite 120 San José, CA 95122 Board of Supervisors: Mike Wasserman, Cindy Chavez, Otto Lee, Susan Ellenberg, S. Joseph Simitian County Executive: Jeffrey V. Smith January 26, 2022 RE: FUNDING OPPORTUNITY TO INCREASE COMPLIANCE WITH TOBACCO CONTROL POLICIES AT THE POINT OF SALE TO PREVENT SALES TO MINORS Dear City Manager and Police Chief: The Santa Clara County Public Health Department (SCCPHD) was awarded a grant from the California Department of Justice (DOJ) that started July 1, 2021, focused on increasing compliance with laws to reduce youth access to tobacco products. The funding from this grant comes from Proposition 56, the California Healthcare, Research and Prevention Tobacco Act of 2016, which increased the tax on cigarettes and other tobacco products by two dollars. Through this grant, we are offering funding to cities to conduct compliance checks to ensure businesses selling tobacco products are complying with applicable laws for selling tobacco and vaping products. Eligible cities may receive up to $5,000 to conduct compliance checks at 20-25 stores selling tobacco products, to ensure stores follow laws restricting sale of tobacco products to underage people and restrictions on sale of tobacco products, such as flavored tobacco and vaping products. All activities associated with this funding will start March 2022 and must be complete prior to June 30, 2022. Please notify us of your interest in this funding by February 18, 2022. Cities eligible for funding include: 1) Cities who are not currently receiving funds through a contract with SCCPHD to provide these services; 2) Cities who do not already receive funding directly from the DOJ to provide these services; and 3) Cities with tobacco retailers operating in their jurisdiction. Your work in enforcing tobacco control policies at the point of sale will help reduce the impact of these deadly products. These funds will also allow you to address access to vaping and e-cigarette products, which have become increasingly popular among youth. We recognize that there are multiple points of access to tobacco products, however one area we can make an impact is ensuring that retailers are complying with federal, state, and local tobacco control policies. If your city is interested or if you have any questions about this opportunity or your city’s eligibility, please contact Rodrigo García-Reyes, Santa Clara County Public Health Department Tobacco-Free Communities Tobacco Compliance Project Coordinator, at rodrigo.garcia-reyes@phd.sccgov.org. Thank you for your consideration. Sincerely, Nicole Coxe, MPH Tobacco-Free Communities, Program Manager Santa Clara County Public Health Department From:Palo Alto Free Press To:Council, City; Human Relations Commission; Gennady Sheyner; Sue Dremann; jaythor@well.com; Bill Johnson; James Aram Cc:darylsavage@gmail.com; Bains, Paul Subject:Re: Behavior the HRC supports concerning Jehovah’s Witnesses as Palo Alto community members Date:Tuesday, January 25, 2022 6:44:47 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Sorry Aram, I forgot to copy you in on the original…. Mark Sent from my iPad On Jan 25, 2022, at 8:42 PM, Palo Alto Free Press <paloaltofreepress@gmail.com> wrote: @RussianFSB forces: “They tired to force a glass bottle into my buttocks”bit.ly/3G8igzu @UN #Torture #Jehovah’sWitnesses are receiving throughout #RussiaToday #HumanRightsViolations by the Putin Regime. These are peace loving people that bring no harm to any one! https://twitter.com/pafreepress/status/1486120466070786048?s=21 In fact, The Daily Post, PaloAltoOnline.com and The Weekly there complicit…. they too have remained silent….. Mark Petersen-Perez Editor in chief Palo Alto Free Press Reporting from Nicaragua Sent from my iPad From:Palo Alto Free Press To:Council, City; Human Relations Commission; Gennady Sheyner; Sue Dremann; jaythor@well.com; Bill Johnson Cc:darylsavage@gmail.com; Bains, Paul Subject:Behavior the HRC supports concerning Jehovah’s Witnesses as Palo Alto community members Date:Tuesday, January 25, 2022 6:42:34 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. @RussianFSB forces: “They tired to force a glass bottle into my buttocks”bit.ly/3G8igzu @UN #Torture #Jehovah’sWitnesses are receiving throughout #RussiaToday #HumanRightsViolations by the Putin Regime. These are peace loving people that bring no harm to any one! https://twitter.com/pafreepress/status/1486120466070786048?s=21 In fact, The Daily Post, PaloAltoOnline.com and The Weekly there complicit…. they too have remained silent….. Mark Petersen-Perez Editor in chief Palo Alto Free Press Reporting from Nicaragua Sent from my iPad From:Allan Seid To:CHOpinion CHOpinion Subject:Fwd: L.A. TIMES AFFIRMATIVE ACTION Date:Tuesday, January 25, 2022 5:16:23 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Allan Seid <allanseid734@gmail.com> Date: Tue, Jan 25, 2022 at 5:14 PM Subject: L.A. TIMES AFFIRMATIVE ACTION To: Allan Seid <allanseid734@gmail.com> https://enewspaper.latimes.com/infinity/article_share.aspx?guid=cb177008-49ad- 4079-9ff0-fbd9ac3f1863 WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court agreed Monday to hear a major challenge to race-based affirmative action in the nation’s colleges and universities, setting the stage for another long-sought win for conservatives. The justices voted to hear a pair of appeals contending that Harvard University, the nation’s oldest private university, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the oldest public university, are violating civil rights laws by giving preferences to some minority students seeking admission while discriminating against others, including Asian Americans. They ask the court to rule that universities, whether public or private, may “not use race as a factor in admissions.” And they rely on the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which says no person “shall be subjected to discrimination ... on the ground of race, color or national origin” in a school or university that receives federal funds. Since 1978, however, the Supreme Court has held that colleges, universities and law schools may consider a student’s race or ethnicity as a “plus factor” in order to create more diversity in their classes. In recent decades, the court took up anti-affirmative action challenges to the admissions policies at the University of Michigan Law School and the University of Texas, but upheld them narrowly over sharp dissents from the conservatives. Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. was among the dissenters, and he now has five more conservative justices on his right. And they are in position to overturn the past rulings that upheld affirmative action. The effect in California may be limited, however. In 1996, the state was the first to outlaw race-based admissions policies when voters adopted Proposition 209. It said public universities such as the University of California may “not discriminate against or grant preferential treatment on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity or national origin.” A move to repeal that measure failed in the November 2020 election. Eight other states have since adopted similar measures, including Washington, Michigan and Florida. But a ruling striking down Harvard’s admissions policy would also apply to other private colleges and universities, such as Stanford and USC. The pair of cases to be heard by the high court were created and managed by Edward Blum, a retired financier who has launched a series of lawsuits to challenge what he sees as an illegal use of race by colleges and universities. He enlists supporters to back his cases, and he created a group called Students for Fair Admissions to sue Harvard and the University of North Carolina. The group says it has 20,000 members, including Asian American students who were denied admission to Harvard. Its goal is to “restore the original principles of our nation’s civil rights movement. A student’s race and ethnicity should not be factors that either harm or help that student to gain admission to a competitive university.” Since North Carolina is a state university, it is also alleged to violate the 14th Amendment’s guarantee to the “equal protection” of the laws. “It is our hope that the justices will end the use of race as an admissions factor at Harvard, UNC and all colleges and universities,” Blum said Monday. “Every college applicant should be judged as a unique individual, not as some representative of a racial or ethnic group.” Sherrilyn Ifill, president of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, said the court’s decision “seriously threatens the nation’s ideals of equality. Holistic, race-conscious admissions programs enable Harvard University, the University of North Carolina and other colleges and universities to bring together people of different backgrounds to learn from one another. As our country experiences a resurgence of white supremacy, it is as important now as ever before that our future leaders be educated in a learning environment that exposes them to the rich diversity that our country has to offer.” An Asian American civil rights group in San Francisco also urged the court to preserve affirmative action. “Amid a national reckoning with anti-Asian racism, we know that discrimination is not a relic of the past and continues to pervade and distort the lived experiences for people of color in this country every day. We still need these programs,” Asian Americans Advancing Justice said in a statement. “Seventy percent of Asian Americans support affirmative action. We reject the use of Asian Americans as proxies to attack the constitutionality of race-conscious programs.” Lower courts were unanimous in rejecting the lawsuits brought by Blum’s group. A federal judge in Boston, the U.S. 1st Circuit Court of Appeals there and a federal judge in North Carolina all concluded that the challengers had exaggerated the effect of race in the admissions process. They said the universities follow the Supreme Court’s past guidance by weighing a student’s race or ethnicity as one factor when choosing among a group of well-qualified applicants. Harvard, for example, says it selects 1,600 freshmen each year from more than 35,000 highly qualified applicants. “To assemble the strongest first-year class, Harvard looks for students who excel beyond academics and who will bring distinctive experiences, perspectives, talents and interests to campus,” the university’s lawyers told the court. It “does not pursue racial quotas or balance” and “does not automatically award” preferences to Black or Latino applicants, they added. In a statement, Harvard President Larry Bacow said the court’s action “puts at risk 40 years of legal precedent granting colleges and universities the freedom and flexibility to create diverse campus communities. Harvard will continue to defend vigorously its admissions practices. ... Harvard does not discriminate; our practices are consistent with Supreme Court precedent; there is no persuasive, credible evidence warranting a different outcome.” Harvard has played a special role in the history of affirmative action. In 1978, when the court took up its first challenge to affirmative action, it ruled for Allan Bakke, a rejected white applicant to the UC Davis School of Medicine who alleged he was a victim of racial discrimination. The court ruled the UC system had wrongly set aside a fixed number of slots for minority applicants. But the Bakke decision is better remembered for a crucial passage written by Justice Lewis F. Powell Jr. He cited approvingly the Harvard admissions policy that “takes race into account in achieving educational diversity.” This approach “includes students from disadvantaged economic, racial and ethnic groups. Harvard College now recruits not only Californians or Louisianans, but also Blacks and Chicanos and other minority students,” he wrote. In response, colleges and universities, including their law and medical schools, adopted the Harvard model of admissions based on the goal of “diversity.” In their appeals, Blum’s lawyers argue that Harvard and the University of North Carolina are not following Powell’s approach but instead are systematically ranking students based on their race and ethnicity. They contend the universities regularly “penalize” Asian American applicants and require them to have far higher grades and test scores to win admission compared with Black and Latino students. “Jewish students were the first victims of holistic admissions, and Asian Americans are the main victims today,” they wrote in the North Carolina appeal. They also contend both universities could achieve racial and ethnic diversity through “race-neutral alternatives,” such as giving preferences to disadvantaged students who come from families with low incomes or a community where few went to college. The court will hear arguments in the fall in the two cases, Students for Fair Admissions vs. Harvard College and Students for Fair Admissions vs. University of North Carolina. A decision would not be expected until 2023. From:Loran Harding To:Loran Harding; antonia.tinoco@hsr.ca.gov; alumnipresident@stanford.edu; David Balakian; beachrides; fred beyerlein; bballpod; Leodies Buchanan; boardmembers; Cathy Lewis; Chris Field; Council, City; dennisbalakian; Doug Vagim; Dan Richard; Daniel Zack; david pomaville; esmeralda.soria@fresno.gov; eappel@stanford.edu; grinellelake@yahoo.com; Gabriel.Ramirez@fresno.gov; George.Rutherford@ucsf.edu; huidentalsanmateo; hennessy; Irv Weissman; lalws4@gmail.com; leager; Mark Standriff; mthibodeaux@electriclaboratories.com; Mayor; margaret-sasaki@live.com; merazroofinginc@att.net; newsdesk; nick yovino; news@fresnobee.com; russ@topperjewelers.com; jerry ruopoli; Joel Stiner; kfsndesk; kwalsh@kmaxtv.com; karkazianjewelers@gmail.com; Sally Thiessen; Steve Wayte; tsheehan; terry; VT3126782@gmail.com; vallesR1969@att.net Subject:Fwd: Excellent Natural Immunity Confirmed--Dr. John Campbell. IMPORTANT Date:Tuesday, January 25, 2022 1:23:39 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> Date: Tue, Jan 25, 2022 at 12:27 PM Subject: Fwd: Excellent Natural Immunity Confirmed--Dr. John Campbell. IMPORTANT To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> Date: Tue, Jan 25, 2022 at 11:58 AM Subject: Fwd: Excellent Natural Immunity Confirmed--Dr. John Campbell. IMPORTANT To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> Date: Tue, Jan 25, 2022 at 2:27 AM Subject: Fwd: Excellent Natural Immunity Confirmed--Dr. John Campbell. IMPORTANT To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> Date: Tue, Jan 25, 2022 at 1:50 AM Subject: Fwd: Excellent Natural Immunity Confirmed--Dr. John Campbell. IMPORTANT To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> Date: Tue, Jan 25, 2022 at 1:19 AM Subject: Excellent Natural Immunity Confirmed--Dr. John Campbell. IMPORTANT To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> Tuesday, January 25, 2022- IMPORTANT. Dr. John Campbell for Monday, January 24, 2022 To all- Well worth seeing. Not hard to understand. Main body of the vid. is 18 minutes long, from the beginning. Relevant to Americans since the studies were done in California and New York. Important study done in California and New York. Does having been infected with Corona virus and having survived do you much good in terms of immunity? You, and our State and local public health officials, might be surprised at the answer. Dr. Campbell says he has heard not one word about this information in the main- stream media- the BBC, and NBC, e.g., in the US, which network he monitors, among the others in the US. One has to wonder why not since the studies were done by the CDC!! He is mildly excoriating the networks here. This is rather stunning information. You might want to get tested for antibodies after you watch this. He spends 18 minutes on that and then he goes to a vid from Uganda about HIV. I'm not sure which Covid test shows which antibodies, but a LOT of people are going to want to know what Covid antibodies they have, if any, after they see this. This 18 minute report has nothing to do with HIV. Excellent natural immunity confirmed - YouTube Dr. John Campbell. CDC report on January 24, 2022 re antibody testing: Interim Guidelines for COVID-19 Antibody Testing | CDC "The CDC finally acknowledges the power of natural immunity" January 24, 2022 NOT Dr. John Campbell, but this person is referring to the same report.: CDC finally acknowledges the power of natural immunity - YouTube Tues. Jan. 25, 2022: I just watched this. He does a great job and he uses the same charts from the CDC study that Dr. Campbell uses above in his vid. The best immunity comes from previous infection with Covid combined with vaccination against Covid. But the natural immunity that results from previous infection without vaccination is ALMOST AS GOOD. The beauty of natural immunity is that you get not just the antibodies you get with vaccination, but the long-lived T and B cells as well. With vaccination with our current vaccines, the antigen is the spike protein. With natural immunity from previous infection, you immune system is reacting to the entire virus, not just the spike protein. L. William Harding Fresno, Ca. From:Arlene Goetze To:Sara Cody; cindy chavez; County Supervisor Joe Simitian; Susan Ellenberg; mike wasserman; otto.lee@bos.sccgov.org Subject:35,000 Seek End of Mandates not Shots Date:Tuesday, January 25, 2022 11:34:36 AM Some people who received this message don't often get email from photowrite67@yahoo.com.Learn why this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. End Mandates for shots, not the shots Dear Readers, Please be aware that over 30,000 rallied Sunday at Lincoln Memorial in DC to stop Mandates requiring people get the Covid shots or lose jobs, housing, attendance at schools, etc....the objection is NOT for the Covid shots but for the laws that insist everyone get them. It violates US freedoms. Fox TV carried the story of the peaceful rally with up to 35,000 in attendance but other newspapers, if they even mentioned it, downplayed the number by large amounts and focused on very few radicals in the group and not the main goal... The Supreme Court has voted against Biden's mandates also. The president is not qualified to pass such mandates. Please know that the 3 shots used in the US did not pass even one of the Guidelines of the Nuremberg Code to qualify as a vaccine. The definition of vaccine was changed so no receiver of the shots could sue for damages or death. Pfizer denies that Dr Robert Malone is the creator of the MNRA shots years before the virus erupted and that an executive of Phizer is the creator. Malone now says the shots were not designed to ever be given to the public. Please do not believe what you read in the daily press (except The Epoch Times) or Facebook/Google media. They are all paid off by Big Pharma through drug and vaccine ads. The NY Times insiders admits they got over a $$ million. Just take Vit C, D3, Zinc and magnesium for a healthy immune system and to avoid all of Covid. 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Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking onlinks. ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Allan Seid <allanseid734@gmail.com> Date: Tue, Jan 25, 2022 at 10:21 AM Subject: California counties look to replicate Santa Clara's youth mental health centers | News | Palo Alto Online | To: Allan Seid <allanseid734@gmail.com> https://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/2022/01/25/california-counties-look-to-replicate-santa-clara-countys-youth-mental-health- centers?utm_source=express-2022-01-25&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=express Membership: Active N e w s C a l i f o r n i a c o u n t i e s l o o k t o r e p l i c a t e S a n t a C l a r a ' s y o u t h m e n t a l h e a l t h c e n t e r s A l l c o v e h a s c l i n i c s i n P a l o A l t o a n d S a n J o s e t h a t a l s o o f f e r p r i m a r y c a r e , a d d i t i o n s e r v i c e s a n d p e e r s u p p o r t b y K e v i n F o r e s t i e r i / M o u n t a i n V i e w V o i 0 c e U p l o a d e d : T u e , J a n 2 5 , 2 0 2 2 , 8 : 5 0 a m T i m e t o r e a d : a b o u t 3 m i n u t e s A l l c o v e i n P a l o A l t o i s l i k e l y t h e f i r s t o f m a n y y o u t h m e n t a l h e a l t h c l i n i c s p o p p i n g u p a c r o s s C a l i f o r n i a . 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Submit Share toFacebook Share toTwitter Share toPrint MoreAddThisShareoptions ©2022 PaloAltoOnline.Allrightsreserved. From:Allan Seid To:CHOpinion CHOpinion Subject:Fwd: Daughter of NYC elderly woman beaten in broad daylight weighs in on new anti-Asian racism film Date:Tuesday, January 25, 2022 9:58:20 AM Attachments:ec14831a65e0f3053ca7c2e3204fa76d CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Allan Seid <allanseid734@gmail.com> Date: Tue, Jan 25, 2022 at 9:55 AM Subject: Daughter of NYC elderly woman beaten in broad daylight weighs in on new anti- Asian racism film To: Allan Seid <allanseid734@gmail.com> https://news.yahoo.com/daughter-nyc-elderly-woman-beaten-222211855.html Daughter of NYC elderly woman beaten in broad daylight weighs in on new anti-Asian racism film Mon, January 24, 2022, 2:22 PM Filmmakers Ronald W. Wong and Tony Shyu put a finger to the pulse of some of the most notorious anti-Asian hate crimes to make headlines across the country and rock Asian American communities over recent years in their documentary “The Race Epidemic.” The film touches on the pattern of U.S. racism against Asians throughout the country’s history and how the COVID-19 pandemic served as the spark for the wave of violence and discrimination against Asians. A “Viral” History In "The Race Epidemic," Immigration Research Center Director Dr. Erika Lee explains how U.S. history has often painted Asians, particularly Chinese migrant workers as “parasites, an invasive population, a plague, an invisible threat like pathogens.” “Immigrants have been stigmatized for being carriers of dangerous diseases and contagion that are dangerous to Americans,” she said. One of the most popular 19th-century ads was a “Rough on Rats” poster of a stereotypically drawn Chinese man with his mouth open, ready to swallow a rat whole. The slogan read, “They must go,” a play on the 1886 “The Magic Washer” political cartoon which read, “The Chinese must go.” Input From An Assault Survivor “You don’t belong here,” were the words spoken by one anti-Asian hate crime survivor’s attacker. On March 29 last year, Vilma Kari, a then-65-year-old Filipina American was subjected to anti-Asian remarks, knocked to the ground and stomped on outside a New York City apartment building as she was on her way to church. Her attack made national headlines and spread outrage across social media when the released surveillance footage showed the security men inside who watched and closed the door on her. Vilma suffered harsh injuries to her body and head and a fractured pelvis. After the attack, Vilma’s daughter, Liz, became even more driven to speak out against anti-Asian crimes. When they watched the documentary, they agreed that Americans in general would learn from it. “It is important to note that the #StopAsianHate movement was highlighted during the pandemic [and] that AAPI have experienced discrimination and hate crimes for decades prior,” Liz told NextShark. “As documented attacks on AAPI increased substantially during the pandemic, the call for activism to address this issue and provide education is needed more now than ever before.” The film creates empathy to triumph over feelings of perpetual foreignness and offers solidarity among other people of color, the Karis said. “The more people know about each other, the less they will fear what is different and can hopefully see beyond physical traits and accept each person for who they are as an individual American.” Liz also believes that the documentary can be used as an educational tool “to help teach the next generation,” following the historical bills recently passed in Illinois and New Jersey, requiring schools to teach AAPI history. “One message that the video touches on is the idea that AAPI community does not have a clear leader to look up to for encouragement or unity,” she added. “AAPIs don’t always have strong encouragement to speak up, so it is important for films like this to bring about education and the opportunity for self-reflection.” Learn more about how you can help spread awareness on anti- Asian hate and fight racism by supporting “The Race Epidemic.” The Asian Pacific American Leadership Foundation (APALF), is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization, asking readers to help them reach their fundraising goal by donating to their GoFundMe campaign. Funds will support the completion and subsequent national tour of the film, as well as go towards developing anti-bias training for community leaders throughout America. All donations are tax- deductible. This post was created by NextShark with the Asian Pacific American Leadership Foundation. Featured Image via @CeFaanKim (left), Good Morning America (right) From:mcwood196@gmail.com To:Council, City Subject:Renter protection Date:Tuesday, January 25, 2022 9:49:40 AM Some people who received this message don't often get email from mcwood196@gmail.com.Learn why this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. 2B, 1 and 2 seem to me to be fault evictions not no fault and do not belong in this section. Why would I pay a tenant who has not paid rent to be able to evict them? Marcus Wood From:Yahoo Mail.® To:Honky Subject:Reiner Füllmich & 50 lawyers: ”The vaccines are designed to kill and depopulate the planet” Read description Date:Tuesday, January 25, 2022 1:41:33 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Reiner Füllmich & 50 lawyers: ”The vaccines are designed to kill and depopulate the planet” Read description 01-24-22 -This Week with Dr. Robert Young Reiner Füllmich & 50 lawyers: ”The vaccines are designed to kill and dep... After hearing the witness statements to the German Corona Investigative Committee by former vice president of Pf... 01-24-22 -This Week with Dr. Robert Young Dr. Robert Young has devoted his career to discovering the ‘missing pieces” within the larger picture of health.... From:Peter Jon Shuler To:Council, City Subject:We are second class citizens in Palo Alto. Date:Monday, January 24, 2022 11:53:05 PM Some people who received this message don't often get email from peterjon@gmail.com. Learnwhy this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Council, Regarding last night's meeting and the staff proposal, here is what is so offensive: Except RM-40 or PC, Except RM-40 or PC, Except RM-40 or PC, Except RM-40 or PC, Except RM-40 or PC, Except RM-40 or PC, Except RM-40 or PC, Except RM-40 or PC, Except RM-40 or PC, Except RM-40 or PC, Except RM-40 or PC, Except RM-40 or PC, Except RM-40 or PC, Except RM-40 or PC, Except RM-40 or PC, Except RM-40 or PC, Except RM-40 or PC, Except RM-40 or PC, Except RM-40 or PC, Except RM-40 or PC, etc.... This is the discriminatory theme that runs through the entire housing code. And the new standards further codify and promote this injustice. Thank you Councilmember DuBois and Vice Mayor Kou and a majority of the council for your efforts on our behalf with regard to adjacent commercial developments. Unfortunately, the motion still provides no protection for us from someone building a high-rise housing development that towers over us and puts us in perpetual shadow. Thank you, Peter Jon Shuler and Jamie Beckett Park Blvd. From:Loran Harding To:Loran Harding; antonia.tinoco@hsr.ca.gov; alumnipresident@stanford.edu; beachrides; David Balakian; fred beyerlein; bballpod; boardmembers; Leodies Buchanan; Cathy Lewis; Chris Field; Council, City; Doug Vagim; Dan Richard; Daniel Zack; esmeralda.soria@fresno.gov; eappel@stanford.edu; grinellelake@yahoo.com; Gabriel.Ramirez@fresno.gov; George.Rutherford@ucsf.edu; huidentalsanmateo; hennessy; Irv Weissman; jerry ruopoli; Joel Stiner; kfsndesk; kwalsh@kmaxtv.com; karkazianjewelers@gmail.com; lalws4@gmail.com; leager; Mark Standriff; mthibodeaux@electriclaboratories.com; Mayor; margaret-sasaki@live.com; merazroofinginc@att.net; newsdesk; nick yovino; news@fresnobee.com; david pomaville; russ@topperjewelers.com; Sally Thiessen; Steve Wayte; tsheehan; terry; VT3126782@gmail.com; vallesR1969@att.net; dennisbalakian; dallen1212@gmail.com Subject:Fwd: Jan. 24, 2022 FDA expands approval of Remdesivir Date:Monday, January 24, 2022 9:40:51 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> Date: Mon, Jan 24, 2022 at 8:59 PM Subject: Fwd: Jan. 24, 2022 FDA expands approval of Remdesivir To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> Date: Mon, Jan 24, 2022 at 8:36 PM Subject: Fwd: Jan. 24, 2022 FDA expands approval of Remdesivir To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> Date: Mon, Jan 24, 2022 at 2:56 PM Subject: Fwd: Jan. 24, 2022 FDA expands approval of Remdesivir To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> Date: Mon, Jan 24, 2022 at 2:49 PM Subject: Jan. 24, 2022 FDA expands approval of Remdesivir To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> Monday, January 24, 2022 To all- Remdesivir | COVID-19 Treatment Guidelines (nih.gov) Remdesivir is made by Gilead. The FDA has expanded its use authorization for Remdesivir to include outpatients. Recall that Trump was infused with it in the WH before he went to the hospital. Later, he had the CEO of Gilead in the Oval Office standing next to his desk while he praised the company. Decent PR. FDA notice re Remdesivir: FDA Takes Actions to Expand Use of Treatment for Outpatients with Mild-to-Moderate COVID-19 | FDA But, on same day, FDA says monoclonal antibodies from Lilly and Regeneron do not work on Omicron. FDA Restricts Use of Eli Lilly and Regeneron COVID-19 Treatments Due to Omicron Variant | Health News | US News I own stock in Merck, Lilly, Gilead, AstraZeneca, Pfizer and Johnson and Johnson. Antivirals: How antiviral pill molnupiravir shot ahead in the COVID drug hunt (nature.com) BTW, Dr. Campbell shows diagramatically in one of his videos from the last couple of days how Delta formed several mutations and they were all part of the Delta "claid". Now an extra claid of Omicron has been identified. Is he worried about that? He says "no". It is a new offshoot of Omicron. L. William Harding Fresno, Ca. From:Aram James To:DuBois, Tom; Sajid Khan; Human Relations Commission; Council, City; Jay Boyarsky; chuckjagoda1@gmail.com; wintergery@earthlink.net; Sajid Khan; Joe Simitian; Jeff Moore; Planning Commission; Jeff Rosen; Shikada, Ed; supervisor.ellenberg@bos.sccgov.org; Raj; supervisor.lee@bos.sccgov.org; michael.gennaco@oirgroup.com Subject:Los Angeles Times - eNewspaper: Killer Tests Norway’s kindness Date:Monday, January 24, 2022 8:43:21 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ https://enewspaper.latimes.com/infinity/latimes/default.aspx?pubid=50435180-e58e-48b5-8e0c-236bf740270e Sent from my iPhone From:Aram James To:Council, City; Pat Burt; Kou, Lydia; Greer Stone; Tanaka, Greg Subject:When will fire department start doing booster vaccines for folks home bound Date:Monday, January 24, 2022 6:57:39 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ Sent from my iPhone From:Dan Kostenbauder To:Council, City Subject:Request to participate in focus groups and other outreach with regard to business tax measure Date:Monday, January 24, 2022 6:55:51 PM Attachments:SVLG letter to Palo Alto City Council regarding outreach re business tax--January 24, 2022.pdf Some people who received this message don't often get email from dkostenbauder@svlg.org. Learn why this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Members of the City Council, Attached is a letter from a number of representatives of companies and associations who would like to participate in the outreach program and focus groups that the City of Palo Alto will be conducting this spring with regard to a business license tax that might be placed on the November 2022 ballot. Thank you for your consideration of this request. Best regards, Dan Dan Kostenbauder Vice President, Tax Policy Silicon Valley Leadership Group 2001 Gateway Place, Suite 101E San Jose, CA 95110 Phone: 650 . 454 . 7708 dkostenbauder@svlg.org Monday, January 24, 2022 Dear Mayor Burt and Members of the Palo Alto City Council, As the City Council continues to evaluate and deliberate on the timing and structure of a potential ballot measure to seek voter approval of a business tax in the City of Palo Alto, we appreciate the City’s intent to engage and seek input from a variety of stakeholders. As local Palo Alto businesses who create jobs and contribute to Palo Alto’s existing tax base through a variety of existing tax structures, as well as organizations focused on maintaining a vibrant local economy in the City of Palo Alto, we would like to formally request specific inclusion in the outreach program and focus groups that the City of Palo Alto will be conducting this Spring in advance of the potential placement of a square-foot business license tax on the November 2022 ballot. As noted on page 13 of the 1/18/22 Finance Committee packet, the City has contracted with the Lew Edwards Group to conduct “community and stakeholder engagement… Stakeholders include, but are not limited to, the business community and the community at-large”. In addition, the staff report states that “An online community engagement survey will be developed by Public Dialogue Consortium (PDC) to seek input from the community at-large. In addition, up to 10 Community Input Focus Groups are planned to elicit input and feedback on a variety of topics, including perceptions of the City’s financial picture, the general business climate and community issues, and general options related to a potential business license tax measure. The objective is to engage between 80 to 100 focus group participants from the business community and the community at-large. The goal of these strategies is first to ensure community awareness of the current proposals and their ongoing development, ensure the ability for stakeholders to react to and provide effective feedback as proposals are being refined, and ensure the proposals are crafted in a way that reflect the priorities of the community. Preliminary results are anticipated to be reported in the spring, prior to finalization and issuance of a second round of polling expected in May 2022.” While we have many questions regarding the potential business license fee tax measure, we appreciate the City’s commitment to listening to those who this measure would directly affect— our companies and organizations, our employees, our customers, and the hundreds of small businesses that directly benefit from the local spending of our companies and our employees. Our group meets on a regular basis regarding this matter, and we would welcome a presentation and discussion from the City and/or your consultants. We are also available for smaller group meetings and one-on-one sessions. We look forward to hearing from you. Signed, Charlie Weidanz President & CEO, Palo Alto Chamber of Commercecharlie@paloaltochamber.com Tiffany Griego Real Estate Managing Director, Stanford Research ParkTGriego@stanford.edu Lennies M. Gutiérrez (she/her/ella) Director of Government Affairs, South Bay & Southern Peninsula, Comcast CaliforniaLennies_gutierrez@comcast.com Roxy Rapp Owner/Rapp Developmentroxy@rapp.com Joyce Yamagiwa Hamilton Managementjoyce@keenanland.com Chop Keenan Keenan Landchopkeenan@yahoo.com Mark Gates Gates Landmarkgates09@gmail.com Dan Kostenbauder Vice President, Tax Policy, Silicon Valley Leadership Groupdkostenbauder@svlg.org Sarah MacIntyre VP, Ellis Partners on behalf of CEP Town & Country Investors, LLCSarah@ellispartners.com Kris Quigley Director, Local Government & Community Relations, California Life Scienceskquigley@califesciences.org Edesa Bitbadal Chief Public Policy Strategist, NAIOP Silicon Valleyedesab5@gmail.com Dan Swisher President, Jazz Pharmaceuticalsdan.swisher@jazzpharma.com Jennifer Cohen Policy and Business Development- California State Lead, Teslajecohen@tesla.com From:Allan Seid To:CHOpinion CHOpinion Subject:Fwd: Supreme Court Will Hear Challenge to Affirmative Action at Harvard and U.N.C. - The New York Times Date:Monday, January 24, 2022 6:46:27 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Allan Seid <allanseid734@gmail.com> Date: Mon, Jan 24, 2022 at 4:04 PM Subject: Supreme Court Will Hear Challenge to Affirmative Action at Harvard and U.N.C. - The New York Times To: Allan Seid <allanseid734@gmail.com> https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/24/us/politics/supreme-court-affirmative- action-harvard-unc.html? campaign_id=56&emc=edit_cn_20220124&instance_id=51177&nl=on- politics&regi_id=153784146&segment_id=80625&te=1&user_id=3a475fdd7467 e9084870aed2962b9a2b Supreme Court Will Hear Challenge to Affirmative Action at Harvard and U.N.C. The court’s new conservative supermajority may be skeptical of admissions programs that take account of race to foster educational diversity. Jan. 24, 2022, 9:41 a.m. ET The case against Harvard accused it of discriminating against Asian American students by using a subjective standard to gauge certain character traits.Tony Luong for The New York Times WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to decide whether race-conscious admissions programs at Harvard and the University of North Carolina are lawful, putting the fate of affirmative action in higher education at risk. The court has repeatedly upheld similar programs, most recently in 2016. But recent changes in the court’s membership have made it more conservative, and the challenged programs are almost certain to meet skepticism. From:Aram James To:Council, City; Greer Stone Subject:Transparency in hiring new chief ( 2009) archives of aram James Date:Monday, January 24, 2022 6:09:27 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.________________________________ Sent from my iPhone From:Bob Wenzlau To:Council, City Subject:January 24, 2022 - Greenwaste Information Report Date:Monday, January 24, 2022 6:05:00 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Councilmembers, I appreciate staff's dedication to working to take a leadership position on the disposition of our waste paper and plastics. This evaluation is taking too long. Do you realize that everyday we do not address diverting our waste from Southeast Asia, our plastics and paper continue to be shipped to Southeast Asia? The morality of continuing to ship these materials where we know they are doing both environmental as well as social harm in communities that do not have the environmental framework of California. This question has been in front of our City Council for almost 3 years now. Consider leading by halting shipments to Southeast Asia. Please consider an interim approach is to place our mixed paper and plastic in landfill where environmental standards are strong. There do not appear to be domestic options for our waste paper and many plastics. While one might react that landfilling is the opposite of what we would desire, this lacks the perspective that the same materials now are going into uncontrolled landfill, treatment of paper without controls, and burning of plastics - a far worse environmental fate than a landfill. Lack of GreenWaste Involvement. GreenWaste has not been strongly engaged or supportive of this effort. Staff appears underserved with disappointing reports being received by GreenWaste. They are a major contractor, and partner, but fail to take this requirement with adequate importance. Ironically, I see a tie to our local race equity issues as discussed with the HRC this evening. Our predominantly white community is shipping our waste to an impoverished Asian community. Equity is a global issue as well as a local issue. Thank you for considering my remarks. Bob Wenzlau -- Bob Wenzlau bob@wenzlau.net 650-248-4467 From:Jim Fitzgerald To:Council, City; Architectural Review Board; Planning Commission Cc:Emily McElhinney; Elke Teichmann Subject:Support for Castillja Date:Monday, January 24, 2022 5:52:05 PM Some people who received this message don't often get email from jimfitz8@gmail.com. Learn why this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Hello, Please approve one of the 5 versions of the Castilleja campus modernization plans. Having already approved this project once before, this should be a simple and quick process for all of you. Once again, Castilleja has gone above and beyond with five different versions for you to choose from. The repeated delays and tactics perpetrated by a vocal minority has had a detrimental effect on Castilleja fulfilling its mission to educate young women. Your support and rapid, affirmative resolution of this proposal will help to heal this damage and send a message to all that Palo Alto enthusiastically believes in the incredible value of Castilleja’s mission to educate women. The changes to the garage, the adjustments to the pool, and the new option for the loading entrance all preserve more trees. I recommend and prefer the garage plan with 69 spaces, to move as many cars as possible below ground, but the plan with 52 cars that the City Council asked for is also there. Also keeping the loading dock above ground is a preferred approach for preserving trees which is a priority for the community, but the good news is that if you go with the other option that moves deliveries below grade that will work as well. The greatest step forward for Castilleja, the neighborhood and the city will come when you approve this for the last time and allow the school to break ground on this exciting and beautiful update. You are all doing the community a grave disservice by delaying, and now standing in the way, of this wonderful initiative and I implore you to just do the right thing. Regards, Jim Fitzgerald -- Jim Fitzgerald M: 650 888-1293 Email: jimfitz8@gmail.com http://www.linkedin.com/in/jimfitz8 αιεν αριστευειν From:Bob Wenzlau To:Council, City Subject:Jan 24 Meeting - Comment Item 3 - Sludge Hauling Services Date:Monday, January 24, 2022 5:22:28 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Councilmembers, I was not aware of this contract until a few minutes ago. The contract to Denali Water Solutions for sludge hauling lies squarely in contrast with initiatives associated with the S/CAP. With nearly 66% majority, Palo Altans voted toward a local conversion of our biosolids to energy anticipating anaerobic digestion. This contract clearly lies in contrast with those wishes, where we now substitute vehicle emission for emissions from our incinerator. My request is to seek only a 12 month or 18 month term of the contract. The contract should hold an offset provision for these emissions as that mitigates the carbon impact. There is no calculation of emissions which are enormous over the term of the contract. The contract should also have pursued or allowed electrification of the hauling. By considering a shorter term, staff can consider these provisions. This contract marks a "business as usual" attitude from staff toward climate change. It lacks any discussion of the S/CAP, any CEQA consideration from the impact of the hauling. This shows that while are political leadership is setting the standard on climate, this staff report showed not one mention of the S/CAP impact. Thanks for considering these remarks. Bob Bob Wenzlau bob@wenzlau.net 650-248-4467 From:Aram James To:Joe Simitian; supervisor.lee@bos.sccgov.org; supervisor.ellenberg@bos.sccgov.org; michael.gennaco@oirgroup.com; mike.wasserman@bos.sccgov.org; Human Relations Commission; Raj; Sajid Khan; Jeff Rosen; Jeff Moore; chuckjagoda1@gmail.com; Council, City; Planning Commission; wintergery@earthlink.net; Binder, Andrew; Richard Konda; Tannock, Julie; Jonsen, Robert; Enberg, Nicholas Subject:Vote ‘no’ on a new jail ( Daily Post January 24, 2022) addressed to Supervisor Joe Simitian) Date:Monday, January 24, 2022 3:15:21 PM Attachments:IMG_1411.heic CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ Sent from my iPhone From:Hamilton Hitchings To:Council, City Cc:Lait, Jonathan Subject:Input on Height Transitions Agenda Item Date:Monday, January 24, 2022 3:14:40 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. The following are my own personal comments. This agenda item is primarily about transitions from commercial, office, research and manufacturing districts to residential districts. We should not allow these businesses to build higher and closer to low density residential neighborhoods. The 150 setback from single family (or now actually R-4) should be maintained and a horizontal distance is an important component to maintaining this. I support the staff’s desire for a moderated approach and their plans for the near-future objective standards ordinance that will further expand privacy, light and air protections for all residentially zoned properties. However, please do not accept staff’s proposal to add the word “abutting”, which would allow much closer distances as long as a street, alleyway or property was in between. Also, for the proposal to allow a reduction to 100 feet horizontal distance by the Planning Director upon recommendation from the ARB, I think that should only be allowed where the new tall building is a multi-unit housing and not a commercial or office building. While I do think the daylight plane is an important requirement I do not think it should be viewed as a substitute for several reasons. These include noise, the fact that mechanical equipment on top of the building may not count towards height and removing requirements now makes it easier to strip the remaining requirements in the future. I also think transitions should apply to any tall buildings within single family neighborhoods including on faith based properties which may build housing in the future. Lastly, I noticed staff is still referring to workforce housing. Can we eliminate that term since its been proven to actually be market rate housing, even when using subsidized land from the County like for the AltaLocal project. From:PS Admin Subject:MESSAGE FROM PROJECT SENTINEL BOARD OF DIRECTORS Date:Monday, January 24, 2022 12:16:33 PM Attachments:image002.png Some people who received this message don't often get email from admin@housing.org. Learn whythis is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious ofopening attachments and clicking on links. From:Camille Townsend To:Council, City Subject:No to Greer Park for a gym; Yes for its continued use as green space and accessible to the community Date:Monday, January 24, 2022 12:05:41 PM [Some people who received this message don't often get email from camillet@aol.com. Learn why this is important at http://aka.ms/LearnAboutSenderIdentification.] CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ Dear Palo Alto City Council, Greer Park is a priceless green space that accommodates outdoor events and use of so many kinds and it is not appropriate for a gym. Soccer, baseball, softball, dog shows, frisbee, contests are just a few of the many organized sports that use this green space continually. But Greer is extremely valuable also because the community does not have to schedule their activities in a park at all times. Greer Park is highly utilized for family picnics, kids playgrounds, dog walking, pick up sports, etc. It is a multi-ethnic, family friendly, accessible spot for family get- togethers, outdoor birthday parties, bbq’s, beautifully situated to enjoy the clear view of our hills and mountains. It is not appropriate for constructing more buildings including a gym. As an active member of the Palo Alto Recreation Foundation for over a decade, a supporter of recreation, and whose family enjoys diverse recreation, it does not add value to our community to encroach on our green space that serves so many diverse people, activities, without having to overcome huge hurdles and front ending planning. No, a gym and more concrete on this green space is not appropriate in any fashion and truly not a good option. Our citizens and families need to breathe and have this convenient open space, green space. We appreciate the donations of our community to upgrade our facilities but finding a suitable place is the key. Restricting one of our most diverse use green spaces, like Greer Park, to more building is not an improvement in any way. Thank you as always, for your service. Best regards, Camille Townsend Palo Alto From:slevy@ccsce.com To:Council, City Cc:Nose, Kiely; Paras, Christine; Abendschein, Jonathan Subject:Business tax refinement Date:Monday, January 24, 2022 11:25:11 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Thank you for the exemptions you have identified to date. They do not go far enough and do not follow the guidelines for am equitable tax especially given the impact of the pandemic. The idea that size qualifies for no exemptions flies in the face of logic and direct experience. Large facilities especially in retail and restaurants have been hit just as hard as smaller space occupants. And they all employ a very large share of low-wage workers. Just look at national trends (see today's Merc article) exemplified by the closing of three large retail spaces in Charleston Center. And my memory is that EPA often mentioned by council as an example exempted spaces under 20,000 square feet. So I would add all retail and restaurants to the exemption list as well as raising the 5,000 limit. These moves improve equity, make the tax have some foundation rather than just a revenue grab and probably have little revenue impact as the bulk of the revenues will come from very large firms that have mostly been unaffected by the pandemic. As a side note high tech employment is now 50,000 above the pre-pandemic level om the peninsula. I have two technical points that affect the revenue estimates. One I mentioned earlier is that the vacancy assumptions seem low compared to what I see walking around downtown. And two is a question, how are large office buildings that are sublet to businesses all under 5,000 square feet handled in the revenue estimates. Stephen Levy From:Allan Seid To:Channing House Bulletin Board Subject:Fwd: 7 events to celebrate Lunar New Year in the Bay Area Date:Monday, January 24, 2022 10:48:04 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Allan Seid <allanseid734@gmail.com> Date: Mon, Jan 24, 2022 at 10:44 AM Subject: 7 events to celebrate Lunar New Year in the Bay Area Source:S. J. Mercury 1/24/22 https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/01/24/7-events-to-celebrate-lunar-new-year- in-the-bay-area/? campaign=sjmnpeninsula&+utm_email+=5471747C047CF4F134FEE503FE&g2i _eui=sqnKQBf51kRyOuCrHJAwNHEFBT0TrrOE&g2i_source=newsletter&lctg =5471747C047CF4F134FEE503FE&active=yesP&utm_source=listrak&utm_me dium=email&utm_term=https%3a%2f%2fwww.mercurynews.com%2f2022%2f0 1%2f24%2f7-events-to-celebrate-lunar-new-year-in-the-bay- area%2f&utm_campaign=bang-sjmn-nl-peninsula-headlines- nl&utm_content=automated 7 events to celebrate Lunar New Year in the Bay Area Lisa Herendeen January 24, 2022 at 9:50 a.m. SAN FRANCISCO, CA – FEBRUARY 8: Members of West Coast Lion Dance perform during an interview with a video crew before the start of the Chinese New Year Parade along Market Street in San Francisco, Calif., on Feb. 8, 2020. Organizers of the largest and oldest celebration of the holiday outside of Asia said that they hadn’t made any changes to the event due to the recent novel coronavirus outbreak. “There’s a lot of xenophobia, racism going around lately that anything to do with Asia, you might get infected. That’s absolutely not true, and we definitely want to squash that kind of mentality,” said William Gee, one of the organizers. (Anda Chu/Bay Area News Group) Celebration of the Year of the Tiger: Two weeks starting Jan. 28, China Live, Cold Drinks and Eight Tables by George Chen, San Francisco. Enjoy traditional dishes and beverage items with a modern twist. Surprise Lion Dancers are also expected to make an appearance at some of the dinners. Reservations at all three locations are strongly suggested: chinalivesf.com. Lunar New Year Celebration & Festival 2022: 10 a.m.-noon Feb. 5, Terra Marin School, 70 Lomita Drive, Mill Valley. See traditional Chinese, Korean, and Vietnamese performances and other fun festivities. $8-$10. Eventbrite: bit.ly/3FS5AfE Lunar New Year Family Celebration: 10 a.m.-noon Feb. 12, Gamble Garden, 1431 Waverley St., Palo Alto. Explore a unique three-acre garden on a guided garden tour for adults or nature hunt for families. See a Chinese Lion Dance and try out a variety of hands-on activities and crafts in honor of the Year of the Water Tiger. Free. Eventbrite: bit.ly/3nI1bpB Lunar New Year 2022 at Greenmeadow: 4-8 p.m. Feb. 6, Greenmeadow Pool and Community Center, 303 Parkside Drive, Palo Alto. Enjoy Chinese dumplings and traditional sweets, play mahjong and watch the Chinese New Year Gala. Free. Eventbrite: bit.ly/3FS5YuC Lunar New Year Pop-Up: 8 a.m.-3 p.m. weekends from Jan. 22- Feb. 13, Ferry Building, San Francisco. Enjoy décor displayed by Chinatown shops specializing in handmade decorations and lanterns. ferrybuildingmarketplace.com/happenings Santana Row Lunar New Year Celebration: 4-6 p.m. Feb. 4, Santana Row, 377 Santana Row, San Jose. Enjoy the exciting drumbeats and crashing cymbals of the Dragon and Lion dances in honor of Lunar New Year, cultural performances, surprise red envelopes, arts and crafts and more. Free. Eventbrite: bit.ly/3qOPLSG San Francisco Chinese New Year Festival and Parade: Jan. 29- March 6. Festivities include the Flower Market Fair (Jan. 29-30, Chinatown), Chinese New Year celebration and Choy Sun Doe (Feb. 1, Chinatown), a Chinese New Year Parade (Feb. 19, location tba) with floats, ferocious lions, firecrackers and a 288-foot long Golden Dragon, and Community Street Fair (Feb. 19-20, Chinatown) with Chinese folk dancing, opera, drumming and more. Details: chineseparade.com/ Have a virtual or live Lunar New Year event to add? 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