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HomeMy Public PortalAbout20220207plCCFrom:deborah plumley To:Council, City Subject:Please keep the barriers on California Avenue!! Date:Monday, February 7, 2022 1:23:21 PM [Some people who received this message don't often get email from deborah@plumleygroup.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. ________________________________ From:Anu Bhambri To:Council, City Subject:Request police patrols in downtown area Date:Monday, February 7, 2022 1:05:33 PM Some people who received this message don't often get email from anu@roohpaloalto.com. Learnwhy this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Hi City Council, This is becoming a sensitive topic. Every week there is one thing or other on Univ ave. We put out new chandeliers on our parklet on 01/22/22 and they were gone the same night. Someone cut all the wires and took all the chandeliers from the parklet. We also filed a police report ( Online Police Report T22000092 ) This is a common occurrence. The following week someone smashed storefront of some stores. We would like to understand what the city is doing about this? Is there any way to get more police patrol in the area till we have a permanent solution? Thanks, Anu Bhambri ROOH 473 University Ave, Palo Alto From:Fernando Cabildo To:Council, City Subject:Cal Ave - please consider permanently closing to vehicle traffic Date:Monday, February 7, 2022 12:11:33 PM [Some people who received this message don't often get email from fernando.cabildo@gmail.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 Council: I have lived in College Terrace since 2016. Over the past two years I have frequented Cal Ave almost everyday, to grab a coffee, to dine outside, bank, mail/FedEx, walk to the supermarket (which I used to drive to), or just people watch. I love the vibrancy of the Ave now and hope you consider permanently closing Cal Ave to vehicle traffic. I appreciate the number of vacancies of retail spaces is concerning, especially to the property and business owners, but also understand that the change of shopping and spending habits has facilitated vacancies throughout our area and the country. Thank you for your consideration. Sincerely, Fernando Cabildo From:William M. Conlon To:Council, City Subject:California Avenue Date:Monday, February 7, 2022 12:10:20 PM [Some people who received this message don't often get email from bill@wmconlon.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. ________________________________ I urge you to re-open California Avenue to vehicular traffic as soon as practical, subject to the exigencies of the pandemic. Future consideration of street closure and repurposing should include: * traffic impacts on surrounding areas * environmental impact report, particularly as other projects such as the new police building, parking garage, etc. have relied on Cal Ave for traffic * survey of business owners and neighbors * appropriate allocation of costs and benefits, particularly the increased value to property owners who currently are using the public's property at no charge. Moreover, it is important to note that the current situation * is shabby and makeshift * is not in conformance with building and fire codes, particulary with respect to life safety * relies on propane cylinders which are both polluting and HIGHLY hazardous with the risk of BLEVE (Boiling Liquid Evaporating Vapor Explosion) that could kill or maim dozens * removes pedestrian traffic from the sidewalks that we recently invested in upgrading * mixes bikes and peds in the street, with the risk of accidents and injury * disproportionately benefits a few restaurants at the expense of other businesses in the currently restricted blocks, and the nearby restaurants that do not have the benefit of freely provided outdoor spaces Any permanent change to Cal Ave must address these problems and impacts. Regards, Bill William M. Conlon, P.E., Ph.D. bill@wmconlon.com +1 650 906 9929 From:Todd Burke To:Council, City Subject:Keep California Avenue as a pedestrian area Date:Monday, February 7, 2022 11:26:38 AM Some people who received this message don't often get email from tburkeus@yahoo.com. Learnwhy this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Hello Palo Alto City Council members, I live on California Avenue near the train station and have greatly enjoyed our street being partially closed to car traffic. I know most others in our community do as well. The pandemic has opened the door for this experiment which most residents want to stay. Sure, the design of the closed street needs attention and some retailers need additional affordances, but the concept overall has been extremely beneficial on many levels. We encourage the continued use of California Avenue as a pedestrian focused area between Birch and El Camino with improved design for such use. I'm happy to participate in any of those design meetings and discussions. Thanks, Todd. ----- Todd Burke President, Palo Alto Central HOA From:Andrew Hwang To:Council, City Subject:Public Comment: Please provide resources to fight the growing crime wave Date:Monday, February 7, 2022 7:37:38 AM Some people who received this message don't often get email from andrew.j.hwang@gmail.com.Learn why this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. As a resident of Altaire Walk, a community that has experienced a large increase in crime over the past two years, I urge the City Council to allocate the funding necessary to stem this growing wave of crime. Thank you for your time, Andrew Hwang 822 Altaire Walk From:Karen Jacobson To:Council, City Subject:Please keep Cal Ave closed to car traffic and parking--Keep It as a vital walking street Date:Monday, February 7, 2022 7:06:22 AM [Some people who received this message don't often get email from jacobson.karen.a@gmail.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 Mayor and City Council, Thank you for all your hard work on behalf of our city. I write to urge you to keep Cal Ave closed to car traffic and parking. By closing the street to cars, it’s become a vital walking street and pleasant place to relax, shop, and dine outdoors. In fact, we prefer Cal Ave to University Ave. because of the wide spaces and relaxed pedestrian space. We need this space for residents to relax and enjoy and draw in foot traffic to patronize the businesses on the street. Please keep Cal Ave closed to car traffic! Best Regards, Karen Jacobson 729 Mayfield Ave. Stanford, CA 94305 From:Melanie Grondel To:Council, City Cc:Melanie Grondel Subject:Closing of part of California Ave as a permanent Pedestrian zone. Date:Monday, February 7, 2022 2:41:43 AM Some people who received this message don't often get email from mel.grondel@gmail.com. Learn why this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Mayor Burt and City Council Members, I am writing you in support of making California Avenue a pedestrian - only space, according to the successful arrangement currently in place. Cal Ave is the heart of our neighborhood. With the pedestrian - only arrangement it feels like a plaza we need to shop, eat, drink, and meet. The decision to make this pedestrian - only arrangement permanent, will give Cal Ave the stability needed to make it truly the plaza in the heart of the neighborhood, where we can shop, eat, drink and meet in comfort and safety. This stability will allow for an investment in a better coordinated and more attractive spatial arrangement for shopping and browsing on foot and for seating for coffee and meals during day and evening hours, designed around a common and coordinated theme. Neighboring Los Altos and Mountain View show the effectiveness of simple and coordinated spaces with green plants in containers and colored umbrellas, instead of the current haphazard, pandemic- inspired, temporary collection of seating and view obstructing tents in Palo Alto. A Plaza approach will bring more foot traffic to enhance the current businesses who have so courageously provided Cal Ave with the spirit displayed during the up and down challenges of the Pandemic restrictions. There are new businesses announced and more will be attracted to a lively environment of a well chosen mix of shopping, food and drink opportunities. The Farmers' Market on Cal Ave is a lively destination as is Town & Country. In view of the greater density in housing being planned for this area in the immediate future, a permanent pedestrian Plaza is of even greater importance and urgency, as good cities pride themselves on attractive space to meet and mingle. The benefit of this Plaza as the Heart of the neighborhood on a few blocks of Cal Ave, will more than make up for the loss of some parking spaces and some drive and bike through access. As a person who uses a walking cane, I have adjusted myself to the reality of having to park nearby or in the rear of businesses and walk around to the front, without experiencing significant inconvenience. I urge the Council to approve creating a permanent pedestrian only Plaza on Cal Ave and to do everything in their power for support services needed for a revitalized Cal Ave and for timely permit approvals for new businesses trying to establish themselves on Cal Ave and nearby. Thank you for your consideration, Melanie Grondel College Terrace. From:Anke Audenaert To:Council, City Subject:Regarding California Avenue Date:Monday, February 7, 2022 12:48:58 AM [Some people who received this message don't often get email from aaudenaert@gmail.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 madam, sir, Since the closure of California Avenue to traffic, me and my family have enjoyed dinners outside with friends at least once a week. Because I have now frequented California Avenue so much more often than before, I have discovered the other stores on the street that I otherwise never stopped in since I just parked wherever I had to be. Now, I walk past them and see their changing windows and what they have to offer. I think that the sense of community that comes from enjoying a drink outside and serendipitously see a neighbor or friend pass by who then joins the table is something I have missed for the longest time in Palo Alto. The street closure and the opportunities it offered to meet up with friends during the pandemic have been very valuable to me and my family. For us, California Avenue has become a place we love, something it never was to us before. I am hoping we can keep this vibrant street car free! Thanks for your consideration, Anke Audenaert Stanford Resident From:Barbara L Dunn To:Council, City Subject:Keep California Ave closed as a pedestrian mall forever Date:Sunday, February 6, 2022 11:34:46 PM [Some people who received this message don't often get email from bdunn@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. ________________________________ Please keep California Ave closed as a pedestrian mall forever, I am loving it—the outdoor eating, the strolling, the music, even the occasional dancing! And then I hope the mall could also become more “settled” looking somehow…such as letting the restaurants, retailers and the farmers market have more permanent or semi-permanent structures in the mall, not just tents, and also more greenery throughout. Thanks, Barbara Dunn Harvard St Palo Alto From:Aram James To:Human Relations Commission; city.council@menlopark.org; Council, City; Sajid Khan; Jeff Rosen; chuck jagoda; Roberta Ahlquist; wilpfpeninsulapaloalto@gmail.com; Joe Simitian; supervisor.lee@bos.sccgov.org; supervisor.ellenberg@bos.sccgov.org; Planning Commission; ParkRec Commission Subject:SZAC] Fw: Please forward!: Mon, 2/7, 4 pm (PST) -- Building Palestine Solidarity after the Bowman Affair -- With Tithi Bhattacharya, Rabab Abdulhadi, brian bean & Haley Pessin Date:Sunday, February 6, 2022 9:35:03 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. FYI ----- Forwarded Message ----- From: Greg Jan <gregjan4@yahoo.com> To: Greg Jan <gregjan4@yahoo.com> Sent: Saturday, February 5, 2022, 09:57:56 PM PST Subject: Please forward!: Mon, 2/7, 4 pm (PST) -- Building Palestine Solidarity after the Bowman Affair -- With Tithi Bhattacharya, Rabab Abdulhadi, brian bean & Haley Pessin Mon, 2/7, 4 pm (PST) -- Building Palestine Solidarity after the Bowman Affair -- Join us for a discussion on how to build solidarity with Palestine and escalate the BDS movement in the wake of the Bowman Affair -- Israel’s war on Gaza last May sparked protest and support for the Palestinian struggle for liberation throughout the world including in the US. The Republicans and Democrats have tried to counter this groundswell of solidarity by demonizing and criminalizing the movement for Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS). 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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:Ruth Ann Daines To:Council, City Subject:Cal Ave Date:Sunday, February 6, 2022 9:02:59 PM Some people who received this message don't often get email from rdaines@gmail.com. Learnwhy this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Hi there-- I understand you are considering whether to keep California Ave as a pedestrian mall or to open it back up to vehicular traffic. I live on the Stanford campus, and my vote would be to open it up again. It has been helpful to support the dining businesses on Cal Ave during the pandemic by allowing dining in the middle of California Ave. But I for one am ready for a return to as "normal" as possible... and to me, that means being able to park on California Ave (or bike to the various businesses and restaurants) again. Thanks for considering my opinion. I know this is a difficult time to be running a city. best, Ruth Daines From:Susan Skinner To:Council, City Subject:A potential solution to the SB 9 problem Date:Sunday, February 6, 2022 8:50:52 PM Some people who received this message don't often get email fromnewportbeachelection2018@gmail.com. Learn why this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. February 6, 2022 Dear Palo Alto City Council: If you are concerned about the impacts of SB 9 on your community, I’m sure that you are aware of the Tripartisan Land Use Initiative which is currently gathering signatures in an effort to put limits on the state’s legislative overreach at the ballot box. This initiative very simply says that the state cannot dictate local zoning rules. It will unwind SB 9 and the many other laws passed in recent years that have chipped away at local zoning control. It may well rein in the RHNA requirements as well, although I have not gotten a firm answer on that yet. I am working on this initiative in Newport Beach but am also reaching out to City Councils throughout California to see if you can connect me with local activists who may not yet be involved in this effort. Please feel free to forward this Email to your local activist groups so that I might connect them with the statewide effort. Additionally, you have the benefit of being a very affluent area and there may well be residents in your city who have the financial means to substantially further this effort through the use of paid signatures gatherers. I believe it would only take about 8 to 10 million dollars to get this on the ballot and it may be worth some fraction of that amount to your residents to avoid the curse of SB 9. If so, please feel free to forward this Email to anyone who may be interested and I will help direct them to the statewide organizers. Thank you, Susan Skinner MD From:John McDowell To:Council, City Subject:Please keep Cal Ave as a pedestrian mall, and invest in making it better Date:Sunday, February 6, 2022 8:50:45 PM Some people who received this message don't often get email from john@mcdowell.com. Learnwhy this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. My family loves Cal Ave as a pedestrian area. It adds such a great social vibe to our city. We love walking the street before and after a meal. And with the huge garages on both sides, it’s so easy to access, whether we're shopping or eating. And it's already not a major thoroughfare, so the impact of closing the street is quite limited (even if there is some impact). I think the city should fund studying options to make the area great, whether putting in more outdoor seating, a gathering place, outdoor stage or exercise area, etc. Thanks, John From:Jeremy Platt To:Council, City Subject:Calif Ave to Remain Pedestrian or Not? Date:Sunday, February 6, 2022 7:00:25 PM [Some people who received this message don't often get email from jbplatt@earthlink.net. 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. ________________________________ My two bits: I think it’s too soon to adopt a permanent closure, although doing this on a temporary basis while tracking pandemic trends has apparently offered a vital lifeline to many spots. This could be revisited on some sensible schedule. Going forward, are we tapping the views of the full variety of businesses affected by what happens? Jeremy Platt (College Terrace) Sent from my iPhone From:Katherine Weller To:Council, City Subject:In favor: Cal Ave permanent closure Date:Sunday, February 6, 2022 6:34:44 PM [Some people who received this message don't often get email from kpweller2@gmail.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. ________________________________ Greetings City Council, My name is Katie Weller and I have been proud to call Palo Alto home for 5 years. I am writing to express my support of making the California Avenue closure permanent. The outdoor dining options have been lovely, especially during the pandemic when it is not safe to eat indoors. I also feel much safer as a pedestrian. The closure has not been an inconvenience to me as a motorist, either, because the adjacent streets are still open to vehicles. I hope you will vote to make the closure permanent. Thanks for the opportunity to express my support. Best wishes, Katie Weller Midtown From:mark weiss To:Council, City Subject:Tax holiday for billionaires Date:Sunday, February 6, 2022 6:19:26 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ Let’s end the tax holiday for Palo Alto billionaires and trillionaires. We are the only city in Santa Clara County that does not benefit from companies like google Amazon tesla Palentir Hippo That dubois is here. Do business here. It’s sickening to hear our so-called representatives talking about dinging Mom and Pop and letting the millionaires excuse me the billionaires and trillionaires continue their holiday. Meanwhile community centers are shuttered, stuck to pre-Covid hours. Our libraries are only open 97 out of a possible 350 hours which is equivalent to being open only two out of seven days. A tax based on square footage is an insult to decency. Payroll. Exclude everyone under $1 billion in revenue or valuation. As Willie Sutton said —that populist —go where the money is. These industries brag about their own success and the data is searchable. We literally leave $10,000,000 to $100,000,000 on the table every year every time we debate this and do nothing. Ad nauseum. How dare Tiffany Griego of Stanford claim that she and her tenants are paying their fair share when she sits on $18 billion worth of leases. Were Mrs. Stanford still here, she would take her over her knee. Mark Weiss Sent from my iPhone From:brenton hanlon To:Council, City Subject:California Ave Date:Sunday, February 6, 2022 5:08:17 PM Some people who received this message don't often get email from brentonhanlon@hotmail.com.Learn why this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Please leave California Avenue closed to traffic. Unlike University Avenue, California Avenue is a “road to nowhere” so the effect on traffic flow would be neglible. Brenton Hanlon 125 California Ave Sent from Mail for Windows From:Annette Glanckopf To:Council, City; Clerk, City Subject:Feb 7 Council Meeting Item 10 Date:Sunday, February 6, 2022 4:32:45 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Mayor Burt and Council Members, Here are my thoughts on adding city staff in our period of optimism about the economic outlook. I am totally in support of the following items in the staff report: All the Public Safety budget items in the report. All the items suggested for the PAFD. I especially endorse more funding for the Fire Inspection Programs. Code Enforcement Officer: Although IMHO enforcement of the leaf blower complaints should not be the top priority. Code enforcement of approved building plans should be the main priority. I recommend that building violations be enforced by significant fines. PAPD: I support funding for equipment and uniforms, staff for technical services and auto theft. This recent rise in crime points to the need to focus on filling the 11 vacant police departments positions and consider adding more. I expect the addition of staff in Human Resources will help. I believe we could totally fund 1-2 police positions if we had traffic enforcement of speeders, especially on bike paths, Alma and Middlefield. Public Works: Clearing brush along Page Mill, streetlight repair. As an aside, we have had the streetlights out on Bryant for at least 4 days. I am concerned about crime and, as this is a major bike path, bike safety as well. In the category of Neighborhood and Community services, specifically Additional actions are included in this report to restore funding for Library collections, and parksmaintenance and landscaping to pre-pandemic levels. Please include maintenance of the art collection. Specifically, I recommend funding to refurbish theunique and beloved Midtown Poetry wall. Thank you for approving these budget items. Annette Glanckopf • • • • • From:Jane Harris To:Council, City Subject:California Ave. Closure Date:Sunday, February 6, 2022 4:23:19 PM [Some people who received this message don't often get email from janeharris230@gmail.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 City Council Members, I want to urge you to keep California Ave. as a pedestrian-only road from El Camino to Birch St. As a neighbor who frequents Cal Ave multiple times during the week, it really is a true public amenity for not just the neighbors, but other visitors. I fully expect to continue enjoying the lack of cars after covid restrictions. Too much of our environment prioritizes motor vehicles. Please keep this 2 blocks for pedestrians only. There are alleys in the back for people to access shops if they can’t walk far or for deliveries and there is ample parking in the area, including the public lots and garages, so the spaces on Cal Ave are not needed. Also, since the parallel streets (Cambridge & Sherman) are commercial streets, any additional traffic on those streets will not impact residential areas. I know a few shop owners will complain about the impacts on their businesses, but i seriously question whether those businesses are indeed impacted by the closure or is it because they can’t compete with online or big box retailers given their higher pricing structure and limited options. i do hope that we can make the Cal Ave. closure permanent and then work to make it a truly special pedestrian environment that will be enjoyed by many for years to come. Sincerely, Jane Harris 230 Sequoia Ave. (Southgate neighborhood) From:Gail McFall To:Council, City Cc:Jim McFall Subject:Permanent Closure of California Avenue Date:Sunday, February 6, 2022 3:50:29 PM Some people who received this message don't often get email from gail.mcfall@gmail.com. Learn why this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Mayor Burt and Council Members, We are writing in support of permanently closing California Avenue (portion that is currently temporarily closed). As long-time Palo Alto residents, we hope that Council will move forward with the proposed study and ultimately decide to permanently close California Avenue for the following reasons: · Welcoming & Pedestrian Friendly Street: The closure of California Avenue has had a significant positive impact on the atmosphere and sense of community here. Since the pandemic began, we have made a conscious effort to patronize many of the businesses on the street, frequently several times each week. It has been a pleasure getting to know the business owners in this new pedestrian friendly environment. Frankly, it has helped us safely survive this pandemic in a reasonably normal fashion. · Provides Flexibility for Continued Outdoor Use: If the current pandemic continues (or a new one erupts) permanent outdoor space allows safe gathering and social distancing. Many residents are not ready to spend time indoors- both retail and dining. · Street Closure Supports Local Businesses: Not only are restaurants able to provide dining outside but we have noticed retail businesses making use of the area in front of their stores for displaying their products- enabling increased visibility. All of this contributes to an engaging environment. · Street Closure Minimally Impacts Local Business: We are not aware of any businesses on this two-block stretch that have closed due to the street closure and would suggest that the pandemic itself has had a much greater impact than a lack of cars. In closing, we strongly encourage Council to move forward with the study and ultimately permanently close California Avenue. The temporary closure has already proven to benefit residents, visitors, and local businesses. This is an opportunity the City should not pass up. Thank you for your consideration. Gail & Jim McFall Escobita Avenue Sent from my iPhone From:John Dawson To:Council, City Cc:dawsonjohnp@gmail.com Subject:please keep cars off of California Avenue Date:Sunday, February 6, 2022 3:20:06 PM [Some people who received this message don't often get email from dawsonjohnp@gmail.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. ________________________________ Hi City Council members, I have been a resident of Palo Alto since 1964. I grew up in College Terrace and currently live a few blocks East of California Avenue in Professorville. Over the decades, stores and businesses have come and gone from California Avenue, like with any business district. But it was never a great place to walk around. When the Farmers Market started, that made it a much more interesting and attractive place to walk on Sunday. But it took covid for most of the street to be closed to cars during the week. There is plenty of parking within a block or so of California Avenue. When it was open for traffic, most of the time all the parking spots were taken, so you often had to park in a parking garage anyway. Now, it is much more enjoyable for residents to walk around; there is really not much downside for people who drive there, because they can park in a nearby parking garage, which includes handicap spots, just as they mostly had to before, but the pedestrian experience is a whole lot better. So I strongly urge you to make the closure permanent, and to work with merchants to make the use of the sidewalk and street beautiful, convenient for pedestrians, and functional for the businesses. I expect this will be good for some businesses and bad for others, as most regulation of business districts is. I also urge you to consider that you are primarily responsible to Palo Alto residents, and to take our needs, wishes and preferences into account first, since you represent us. Thanks for your consideration, John Dawson From:Katie To:Council, City Subject:Support Cal Ave Date:Sunday, February 6, 2022 3:08:50 PM [Some people who received this message don't often get email from mightypasta@gmail.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. ________________________________ We would like the city to continue to keep California Avenue closed to cars. We have lived here over fifty years and have seem how the traffic has increased in the area and find it more dangerous. Also, please keep the College Terrace Library open! Thank you. — Haskin Family From:Marilyn mayo To:Council, City Subject:Reopening Cal Ave Date:Sunday, February 6, 2022 3:04:42 PM Some people who received this message don't often get email from marilynmayo@yahoo.com.Learn why this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. February 6, 2022 Members of Palo Alto City Council: As a resident of Evergreen Park, I am in favor of reopening Cal Ave to cars & parking in some creative way. During the years of Covid, the middle-of- the street restaurants have been much appreciated. However, now the street & asphalt look dirty & temporary structures look worn. Historically, Cal Ave's appeal was as a CONVENIENT place to park, make a purchase, use a service, and/or eat a meal. Many new demands are now impacting the area but closing the street permanently will not add to its vitality. University Avenue is experimenting with a plan allowing cars, restaurants, offices and retail. I hope the City Council will explore such alternatives for Cal Ave. You have already supported a new police/public safety building, a public parking structure, and neighborhood parking permits. Continue the street's revitalization with some mix of parking and street reopening. Thank you for your consideration. Marilyn Mayo 404 Oxford Ave Palo Alto Fro m : Pal o A l t o F r e e P r e s s To : Ara m J a m e s Cc: Ma l o n e y , C o n ; Jon s e n , R o b e r t ; Per r o n , Z a c h a r y ; Bin d e r , A n d r e w ; Jay B o y a r s k y ; Jef f R o s e n ; Bria n W e l c h ; dok o n k w o @ d a o . s c c g o v . o r g ; Wa g n e r , A p r i l ; Shi k a d a , E d ; Sch e f f , L i s a ; Cou n c i l , C i t y ; Hu m a n R e l a t i o n s C o m m i s s i o n Su b j e c t : Re: A l l e g e d c h i l d a b u s e r Da t e : Sun d a y , F e b r u a r y 6 , 2 0 2 2 2 : 2 2 : 0 6 P M CA U T I O N : T h i s e m a i l o r i g i n a t e d f r o m o u t s i d e o f t h e o r g a n i z a t i o n . B e c a u t i o u s o f o p e n i n g a t t a c h m e n t s a n d c l i c k i n g o n l i n k s . ___ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Ara m , As y o u k n o w , t h i s c a s e h a s m o v e d m e t o d e d i c a t e t o m y l a s t b r e a t h s e e i n g t h a t I b e c o m p l e t e l y e x o n e r a t e d a n d f o u n d f a c t u a l l y i n n o c e n t . Thi s p r o c e s s O N L Y t a k e s p l a c e a f t e r t h e f a c t , t h r o u g h i . e . D N A e v i d e n c e … . o r e x c u l p a t o r y e v i d e n c e h i d d e n b y f a l s e p o l i c e r e p o r t i n g o r t h e m i s b e h a v i o r o f t h e D A ” s o f f i c e n o t b e i n g pre s e n t e d d u r i n g a j u r y t r i a l . Thi s c a s e w i l l b e a F I R S T o f i t s k i n d a n d w h y i t s s o i m p o r t a n t n o t t o m e , b u t e v e r y o n e w h o h a s s u f f e r e d s i m i l a r c i r c u m s t a n c e s . An d i n t h e s p i r i t o f G i d e o n v s W a i n w r i g h t . Th i s c a s e w i l l set a p r e c e d e n t . Thi s c a s e w i l l g o t o t r i a l a n d e v e r y b o d y i n v o l v e d w i l l f a c e j u s t i c e … … d i s b a r m e n t a n d o r d e c e r t i f i c a t i o n . Th a t s y o u M r . P e r s o n ! Ma r k P e t e r s e n - P e r e z Edi t o r a n d C h i e f Pal o A l t o F r e e P r e s s Rep o r t i n g f r o m N i c a r a g u a Sen t f r o m m y i P a d > O n F e b 6 , 2 0 2 2 , a t 2 : 2 7 P M , A r a m J a m e s < a b j p d 1 @ g m a i l . c o m > w r o t e : >> Hi M a r k , > T h a n k s f o r s e n d i n g m e t h i s l e t t e r I h a d f o r g o t t e n a b o u t a l l a b o u t i t . T h a n k s f o r r e f r e s h i n g m y r e c o l l e c t i o n . a r a m >>> O n F e b 6 , 2 0 2 2 , a t 1 1 : 4 5 A M , P a l o A l t o F r e e P r e s s < p a l o a l t o f r e e p r e s s @ g m a i l . c o m > w r o t e : >>>> I w a s r e p o r t e d a s a p o t e n t i a l c h i l d a b u s e r w i t h o u t t h e b e n e f i t o f a t r i a l … . >>>> T h i s c a s e w i l l g o t o t r i a l a n d I w i l l s u e t h e c i t y o f P a l o A l t o i n t h e n e a r f u t u r e i n c l u d i n g t h e D A ’ s o f f i c e f o r g r o s s n e g l i g e n c e … . >>>> L i s a S c h e f f c l a i m e d a s t h e r e s u l t o f a r e c e n t C a l i f o r n i a P u b l i c R e c o r d s R e q u e s t A c t … T h a t N o s u c h r e c o r d e x i s t s ! >>>> H o w m a n y o t h e r r e q u e s t s f r o m t h e p u b l i c a n d p r e s s h a v e b e e n “ R u b b e r S t a m p e d ” a s s u c h ? >>>> >> >> M a r k P e t e r s e n - P e r e z >> e d i t o r i n c h i e f >> P a l o A l t o F r e e P r e s s >> R e p o r t i n g f r o m N i c a r a u g a >> S e n t f r o m m y i P a d Johnson Chief February 1, 2007 Mr. Aram James Attorney at Law 832 Los Robles Avenue Palo Alto, CA !;14306 Dear Mr. James: Ci!Y-of Palo Alto Police Department I reviewed case #04-182-0110 involving your client, Mark Scott Petersen , to ascertain whether an appropriate reporting occurred . After reviewing the case and the DOJ reporting requirements it is my belief the "child abuse" investigation aspect of this case should be unfounded . P.C . Section 11169(a) identifies what may not be reported to DOJ as : Unfounded Reports -Reasons for unfounded reports as defined in 11169 PC, may include false reporting , improbable incidents, accidents and events that do not constitute child abuse as defined by law. The events in this case Involving any alleged "child abuse" did not appear to constitute chilq-abuse as defined by law. Notification has been sent to The Department of Justice CACI to correct the reporting . Please contact me if you have any further ql(estions. !/ _/£ Sergeant lnveslfgatlve 8'r.,4Clile· ~ 1 1 From:Yahoo Mail.® To:Honky Subject:FIRST ASK YOURSELF WHY FACEBOOK BANNED THIS INFORMATION? SEE IT THEN BAN FACEBOOK DON"T FORGET TO MOON FACEBOOK Date:Sunday, February 6, 2022 1:50:14 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. DEATHBED CONFESSION - EYEWITNESS TO MOON LANDING FRAUD DEATHBED CONFESSION - EYEWITNESS TO MOON LANDING FRAUD https://www.amazon.com/dp/1513686569 From:Mary B. To:Council, City Subject:Maintaining California Avenue as a pedestrian mall Date:Sunday, February 6, 2022 1:27:46 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Members of the Council: A bright spot in the past two years or has been seeing California Avenue being turned into a walkway street, at least for a block or two. It's created a heart in this area, where no heart existed before, a destination place at a time when we all sorely need that vibe of a community coming together. Please consider maintaining California Avenue as pedestrian mall. The neighborhood wants it, the stores seem to like it. Allow it to continue to breakdown the barriers between people. Later we can think of ways to augment the aesthetics and increase the community vibe (maybe with street musicians as they have in Sta Cruz and Half Moon Bay?) Mary Bartholomay College Terrace From:Eileen Kim, PharmD To:CSD; Council, City Subject:Re: 2022 Palo Alto Chinese New Year Education Fair Date:Sunday, February 6, 2022 12:49:03 PM Some people who received this message don't often get email from eileen.rph@gmail.com. Learnwhy this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear City of Palo Alto I am not sure the correct department or person to write to regarding the: 2022 Palo Alto Chinese New Year Education Fair. PAUSD PTA recently sent out an enews blurb announcing: 2022 Palo Alto Chinese New Year Education Fair Sun, Feb 6, 3:00 - 6:00 PM, Mitchell Park Community Center The city of Palo Alto Teen Center and Educators for Impact cordially invites you to celebrate 2022 Chinese New Year, the Year of the Tiger. This Chinese New Year Education Fair features educational resources from Palo Alto such as PACCC, PIE, Youth clubs from Gunn/PALY, etc., it features performances, music, instruments by PAUSD students and local talents. The fun and festive celebration showcases Chinese art, cultural exhibitions, game booths, delicious foods and many more! We look forward to seeing students, parents, teachers, staff, neighbors, and friends. This event is organized by the City of Palo Alto Teen Center in collaboration with Educators for Impact. "Chinese New Year" is an ethnocentric and actually is an ignorant term, not respecting or acknowledging many other countries that celebrate the Lunar New Year, such as Vietnam, Korea, Tibet, Indonesia, and many more Countries. This term also isolates youth in Palo Alto who celebrate the Lunar New Year at home, but do not identify themselves with Chinese ethnicity. There are many articles that indicate why the term Lunar New Year should be used, instead of the "Chinese new year", such as: "It's Lunar New Year, not Chinese New Year" Expressions that purposefully ignore certain groups of society influence society as they accept the term without critical thinking, and eventually mute and ignore other minority groups and youth that live within Palo Alto. Therefore, it is extremely vital that educational institutions, cities and nonprofit groups do their best to use an inclusive and welcoming language that acknowledges it is actually LUNAR New Year and NOT CHINESE New Year. Sincerely, Eileen L. Kim, B.Ed, PharmD. Eileen Kim, PharmD eileen.rph@gmail.com Fro m : Ara m J a m e s To : Pal o A l t o F r e e P r e s s Cc: Ma l o n e y , C o n ; Jon s e n , R o b e r t ; Per r o n , Z a c h a r y ; Bin d e r , A n d r e w ; Jay B o y a r s k y ; Jef f R o s e n ; Bria n W e l c h ; dok o n k w o @ d a o . s c c g o v . o r g ; Wa g n e r , A p r i l ; Shi k a d a , E d ; Sch e f f , L i s a ; Cou n c i l , C i t y ; Hu m a n R e l a t i o n s C o m m i s s i o n Su b j e c t : Re: A l l e g e d c h i l d a b u s e r Da t e : Sun d a y , F e b r u a r y 6 , 2 0 2 2 1 2 : 2 7 : 4 3 P M CA U T I O N : T h i s e m a i l o r i g i n a t e d f r o m o u t s i d e o f t h e o r g a n i z a t i o n . B e c a u t i o u s o f o p e n i n g a t t a c h m e n t s a n d c l i c k i n g o n l i n k s . ___ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Hi M a r k , Tha n k s f o r s e n d i n g m e t h i s l e t t e r I h a d f o r g o t t e n a b o u t a l l a b o u t i t . T h a n k s f o r r e f r e s h i n g m y r e c o l l e c t i o n . a r a m > O n F e b 6 , 2 0 2 2 , a t 1 1 : 4 5 A M , P a l o A l t o F r e e P r e s s < p a l o a l t o f r e e p r e s s @ g m a i l . c o m > w r o t e : >> I w a s r e p o r t e d a s a p o t e n t i a l c h i l d a b u s e r w i t h o u t t h e b e n e f i t o f a t r i a l … . >> T h i s c a s e w i l l g o t o t r i a l a n d I w i l l s u e t h e c i t y o f P a l o A l t o i n t h e n e a r f u t u r e i n c l u d i n g t h e D A ’ s o f f i c e f o r g r o s s n e g l i g e n c e … . >> L i s a S c h e f f c l a i m e d a s t h e r e s u l t o f a r e c e n t C a l i f o r n i a P u b l i c R e c o r d s R e q u e s t A c t … T h a t N o s u c h r e c o r d e x i s t s ! >> H o w m a n y o t h e r r e q u e s t s f r o m t h e p u b l i c a n d p r e s s h a v e b e e n “ R u b b e r S t a m p e d ” a s s u c h ? >> > M a r k P e t e r s e n - P e r e z > e d i t o r i n c h i e f > P a l o A l t o F r e e P r e s s > R e p o r t i n g f r o m N i c a r a u g a > S e n t f r o m m y i P a d ,John,oo ~ February 1, 2007 Mr. Aram James Attorney at Law 832 Los Robles Avenue Palo Alto , CA !;)4306 Dear Mr. James : Ci~ of Palo Alto Police Department I reviewed case #04-182-0110 involving your client, Mark Scott Petersen , to ascertain whether an appropriate reporting occurred . After reviewing the case and the DOJ reporting requ irements it is my belief the "child abuse· investigation aspect of this case should be unfounded . P .C . Section 11169(a) identifies what may not be reported to DOJ as : Unfounded Reports -Reasons for unfounded reports as defined in 11169 PC , may include false reporting, improbable incidents, accidents and events that do not constitute child abuse as defined by law. The events in this case Involving any alleged "child abuse" did not appear to constitute chilcl· abuse as defined by law. Notification has been sent to The Department of Justice CACI to correct the reporting . Please contact me if you have any further ql.{eStions. r· __ jf. Sergeant 1 1 Fro m : Ara m J a m e s To: Palo A l t o F r e e P r e s s Cc: Mal o n e y , C o n ; Jon s e n , R o b e r t ; Per r o n , Z a c h a r y ; Bind e r , A n d r e w ; Jay B o y a r s k y ; Jeff R o s e n ; Bria n W e l c h ; dok o n k w o @ d a o . s c c g o v . o r g ; Wa g n e r , A p r i l ; Shik a d a , E d ; Sch e f f , L i s a ; Cou n c i l , C i t y ; Hum a n R e l a t i o n s C o m m i s s i o n Sub j e c t : Re: A l l e g e d c h i l d a b u s e r Da t e : Sun d a y , F e b r u a r y 6 , 2 0 2 2 1 2 : 2 3 : 5 7 P M CA U T I O N : T h i s e m a i l o r i g i n a t e d f r o m o u t s i d e o f t h e o r g a n i z a t i o n . B e c a u t i o u s o f o p e n i n g a t t a c h m e n t s a n d c l i c k i n g o n l i n k s . ___ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Hi M a r k , I ha d f o r g o t t e n t h i s l e t t e r . T h a n k s f o r r e f r e s h i n g m y r e c o l l e c t i o n . a r a m >> I w a s r e p o r t e d a s a p o t e n t i a l c h i l d a b u s e r w i t h o u t t h e b e n e f i t o f a t r i a l … . >> T h i s c a s e w i l l g o t o t r i a l a n d I w i l l s u e t h e c i t y o f P a l o A l t o i n t h e n e a r f u t u r e i n c l u d i n g t h e D A ’ s o f f i c e f o r g r o s s n e g l i g e n c e … . >> L i s a S c h e f f c l a i m e d a s t h e r e s u l t o f a r e c e n t C a l i f o r n i a P u b l i c R e c o r d s R e q u e s t A c t … T h a t N o s u c h r e c o r d e x i s t s ! >> H o w m a n y o t h e r r e q u e s t s f r o m t h e p u b l i c a n d p r e s s h a v e b e e n “ R u b b e r S t a m p e d ” a s s u c h ? >> > M a r k P e t e r s e n - P e r e z > e d i t o r i n c h i e f > P a l o A l t o F r e e P r e s s > R e p o r t i n g f r o m N i c a r a u g a > S e n t f r o m m y i P a d ,lohn.9oo ~ February 1, 2007 Mr. Aram James Attorney at Law 832 Los Robles Avenue Palo Alto, CA 94306 Dear Mr. James : G~ of Palo Alto Police Department I reviewed case #04-182-0110 involving your client, Mark Scott Petersen, to ascertain whether an appropriate reporting occurred . After reviewing the case and the DOJ reporting requirements it is my belief the "child abuse• investigation aspect of this case should be unfounded . P .C. Section 11169(a) identifies what may not be reported to DOJ as: Unfounded Reports -Reasons for unfounded reports as defined in 11169 PC , may include false reporting , improbable incidents, accidents and events that do not constitute child abuse as defined by law. The events in this case Involving any alleged "child abuse" did not appear to constitute chilq-abuse as defined by law. Notification has been sent to The Department of'Justice CACI to correct the reporting. Please contact me if you have any further questions. r~· _jt, Sergeant Investigative Sel,\4CEIS From:Charlotte Epstein To:Council, City Subject:Please keep part of California Avenue as a pedestrian mall Date:Sunday, February 6, 2022 11:37:18 AM Some people who received this message don't often get email from ch8r_e@yahoo.com. Learnwhy this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Hello, I have lived at 2192 Waverley St for 40 years and feel so fortunate that I can easily walk to California Avenue. Of course the pandemic has changed the offerings on Cal Ave but I expect that the future will bring Cal Ave back. I have enjoyed the pedestrian mall format over the last few years and think the appeal will continue when the pandemic is over. There is something quite pleasant about eating in the street. Now that there is the new garage, street parking may not be as necessary so a pedestrian mall will not discourage people who come by car. Thank you for your attention to this issue. Charlotte Epstein 2192 Waverley St Palo Alto 94301 From:Sharon Viggiano To:Council, City; Frank Viggiano Subject:Please vote to keep California Ave closed to cars Date:Sunday, February 6, 2022 10:42:24 AM Some people who received this message don't often get email from sharonviggiano@gmail.com.Learn why this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear City Council Members, It is so lovely having California Ave closed to cars. I always park in a public lot, the new garage or arrive by bike and really appreciate being able to stroll without inhaling car fumes and dine or have coffee in the safety of the outdoors. When I frequent my hairdresser, Molly Stones, the post office or Country Sun, I have no problem parking and accessing them. Please don’t miss the opportunity to move our community forward by keeping California Ave. closed to cars. I urge you to vote to keep California Ave. open for pedestrians and bicycles in our town, so that we can enjoy the carefree and safe environment. Thank you for your support in this quality of life matter! Thank you, Sharon (and Frank) Viggiano 830 Talisman Drive Palo Alto Ps my 97 year old mother in law, Dina Viggiano, a Palo Alto resident since 1963 asked me to add her wish to keep California Ave open to pedestrians and bikes and closed to car traffic. She is already distressed to see University Ave in its reopened state each time we visit Cafe Venetia. Please don't take away yet another car free zone. From:Terry Roberts To:Council, City Subject:pedestrian-only Cal Ave Date:Sunday, February 6, 2022 10:02:04 AM Some people who received this message don't often get email from terryr2564@gmail.com. Learnwhy this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Hi City Council, I understand you're planning to discuss reopening Cal Ave to vehicle traffic. I encourage you to leave it pedestrian-only. Cal Ave has become a much more pleasant place to visit since it became pedestrian-only, and I go there regularly for restaurants and other businesses. As I understand it, the primary argument for reopening it to traffic is that businesses would like cars to be able to drive right up to their front doors. But given that it's unlikely that a driver will find parking right in front of the store they're going to, parking on the next road over isn't all that different from the customer's perspective than parking down the block. If loading bulky items is part of the issue, the businesses can always use the alleys behind the stores. If discoverability is the issue, pedestrians probably notice more new stores than people driving by do. It's unfortunate that some businesses are struggling, but I don't think that lack of vehicles out front is the major issue. In fact, I would encourage you to make a firm decision that Cal Ave will remain pedestrian- only indefinitely. That would allow the city to design and build beautiful and functional barriers, rather than the ugly, makeshift barriers we have now. University Ave has reverted to vehicle traffic. Let's let Cal Ave take the other path and stay pleasant for pedestrians. Thanks for considering this, Terry Roberts, 2564 Greer Road, Palo Alto From:Michael Eager To:Council, City Subject:California Avenue street closure -- 2/7/22 item #11 Date:Sunday, February 6, 2022 9:50:02 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ Dear City Council members -- The temporary closure of California Avenue and creation of outdoor dining areas was an appropriate response to the Santa Clara County health order prohibiting indoor dining. Many restaurants shifted to take-out or delivery, while others created outdoor dining areas, enabling them to continue in business. Retaining these businesses in the face of a pandemic was an admirable goal; one which has been achieved. The circumstances leading to the closure of California Avenue ended some time ago with revised health orders permitting indoor dining. As the staff report says, the issue is now about how best to use public space. At this point, the street closure and large areas dedicated to the outdoor dining offer a great benefit to restaurants, some of which have doubled their seating capacity at minimal expense, with little public benefit and likely to the detriment to other businesses. The staff report mentions a desire for "more aesthetic cohesion" on California Avenue. Let me be a bit more blunt: California Avenue, with the many very large tents, is ugly. The street, rather than being a welcoming environment, looks more like an army bivouac. It is impossible to look down or across the street. When I walk along California Avenue, the previously widened sidewalks are now blocked by restaurants asserting that this is their sidewalk, not the public right of way. In many places restaurants have left just enough room for people to walk by single file. In the evening, walking along the street is like maneuvering through a crowded dining room, because that is exactly what California Avenue has become. I am a strong proponent of pedestrian-only shopping areas and there are numerous examples of cities creating a welcoming environment which promote businesses (and not just restaurants) as well as supporting the community. Palo Alto has done a very poor job of creating such an environment on California Avenue. While some of this may be blamed on the desire to take quick action, compared to other neighboring cities faced with the same problem, California Avenue is the least appealing. I encourage you to reduce the number and size of tents and outdoor dining areas on California Avenue, independent of whether the street is reopened either partially or completely or remains closed. This will go far to make the street more inviting and support non-restaurant businesses. Finally, the staff report mentions meeting with restaurant owners and retail business owners. They also state "Palo Alto residents continue to support continuation of the street closures" and that "Staff has been meeting with the community regularly". I have reached out to neighbors in Evergreen Park and College Terrace and have been unable to identify any meetings with community members and certainly there have been no regular meetings. The anecdotal comments which I have received from neighbors have almost all been in support of re-opening California Avenue. I encourage the City Council and the City Staff to actively engage in dialog with the community about the future of our neighborhood commercial zone. -- Michael Eager From:Cherry LeBrun To:Council, City Subject:Opening Ramona Street Date:Sunday, February 6, 2022 8:32:31 AM Some people who received this message don't often get email from cherry@denovo.com. Learnwhy this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Mayor Burt, Vice Mayor Kou, and Council members Cormack, Filseth, DuBois, Stone, and Tanaka, I live in Palo Alto and have owned my business, De Novo Fine Contemporary Jewelry, on Ramona Street for over 32 years. First of all I want to thank you for opening University Avenue to vehicle traffic. Having traffic flow through the City again has greatly improved access to my business and our town has a pulse again after being closed down for so many months. Now it is time to open Ramona Street so it can once again become a functional city street. At the beginning of the pandemic half of the block of Ramona Street between University Avenue and Hamilton Avenue was closed as a temporary measure to accommodate outdoor dining. Indoor dining has been allowed again for many months now yet this half block on Ramona Street remains closed. This closure has turned Ramona Street into a dead end street which limits access and visibility for my business and other service and retail businesses on the street. I walk down Ramona Street several evenings a week. I observe that the restaurants have lots of customers seated indoors and in their parklets but very few customers use the seats that are in the open street area outside the parklets. The need for the street closure is past and the seating outside the parklets is not being used in a significant way. Please even the opportunities for all businesses on the street by opening the street again to vehicle traffic in June and allow Ramona Street to become a functional city street again. Respectfully, Cherry LeBrun De Novo Fine Contemporary Jewelry 250 University Avenue Entrance on the side of the building on Ramona Street Palo Alto, CA 94301 From:Allan Seid To:Channing House Bulletin Board Subject:Fwd: China’s Welcoming Date:Sunday, February 6, 2022 7:58:46 AM Attachments:VIDEO-2022-02-02-07-19-06.mov CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. From: Allan Seid, Ping Yee Date: Wed, Feb 6, 2022 Subject: Fwd: China’s Welcoming Contemporary New Year Fireworks China does it again with their 5G Bluelight Technology to welcome the new lunar year. From:Dilma Coleman To:Jim Harrington; kleincouncil@sunnyvale.ca.gov Cc:cityofdp@cityofdp.com; cityattorney@sfcityatty.org Subject:Fwd: What led to the deaths of Syrian ISIS leader Abu Ibrahim Al Hashimi Al Qurashi. American government did fraudulent law enforcement boogaloo in various geographic locations in California across the U.S. Kamala Harris in leadership in the United Sta... Date:Sunday, February 6, 2022 7:52:59 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, Feb 6, 2022, 7:47 AM Subject: What led to the deaths of Syrian ISIS leader Abu Ibrahim Al Hashimi Al Qurashi. American government did fraudulent law enforcement boogaloo in various geographic locations in California across the U.S. Kamala Harris in leadership in the United States government used funds intended for Diva Lee MD to JD aka Diva Jobs aka Dilma Coleman . Arrest Kamala Harris especially for the fraudulent presidential fundraising events at San Jose CA Fairgrounds that hurt children whereas 10+ people illegally acquired one million+ dollars and gifts intended for Diva Lee. To: <kclayton@smcgov.org>, <jboyarsky@dao.sccgov.org> Cc: <jchase@dao.sccgov.org>, <ed@smllp.law> What's happening now? It's here in Santa Clara County with the Indictment for Santa Clara DA Jeff Rosen and Santa Clara Sheriffs Laurie Smith..Kamala started her presidential campaign fundraising event hurting children.. those children were victimtimized multiple times in 2019. Their auntie Minha aka Dilma aka Diva Lee was hurt at the fundraising events..whereas the events were in the direct jurisdiction of Santa Clara Sheriffs Laurie Smith. Diva Lee MD had been forced to give medical care to her ex husband King MOHAMMED Hassan VI. when MOHAMMED never paid any alimony when they divorced. In fact, MOHAMMED Hassan VI of Morocco had gained 2-3 million dollars in a dowry from his wife's father where MOHAMMED Hassan VI reinvested the entire dowry for 20 years that made him 3 billion richer. MOHAMMED Hassan VI knew his ex wife was trapped living homeless since her friend Scott Peterson was trapped with Accusations of killing his wife. It's Santa Clara Sheriffs Laurie Smith's charectoristics analysis from February 14,2019 that was developed in the 1983's that made Diva Lee MD to JD living in the worst geographic locations whereas Santa Clara Sheriffs were in Jurisdiction. Santa Clara Sheriffs Laurie Smith's finally charged of misconduct. The 1st indictment for Santa Clara District Attorney Jeff Rosen led into San Mateo's courthouse Judge Nancy Fineman. San Mateo county courthouse..under the Judge Nancy Fineman isn't the best fit because of her conflicted hobby of harvested snails and her style of musical negro spiritual sounds. Yes. Kamala Harris is a serial killer who travelled to Syria in previous years because ISIS leader Abu Ibrahim Al Hishami Al Qurashi held off an ultimatum that Kamala's husband and others their pursuit to kill Joe Biden who's the grandfather of Singer Rihanna aka Robyn Fenty. ISIS leader Abu Ibrahim Al Hishami Al Qurashi had was given an ultimatum to keep Joe Biden alive. It's those filipinos relatives of Rob Bonta and his wife Mialisa their drug smuggling in Castro Valley,CA Baker street...where Kamala and Doug Emhoff began to be revealed as drug lords. Kamala was exploited by her parents especially her mother and it made it easy for Doug Emhoff to do the same with Kamala and program Jewish leader Doug Emhoff to have access to Washington and records in the department of Justice. Kamala Harris especially with her former California AG position including the California Congresswomen it's her leadership in humantraffing racketeering sex slavery stuff and yes there's evidence that those Negros like Oprah Winfrey are canvassing their premeditated Gematria santanic sadistic masochists cult behaviors because they are so k minded individuals who are Habitual drug abusers in the past and possibly currently. In Kamala's previous years, California AG Rob Bonta's relatives set a trap for Scott Peterson's wife to be killed by Amber Frey and a few filipinos were present relatives of Attorney General Rob Bonta and other filipinos relatives of Michelle Obama's cousin's wife's filipino family. In 2002, those filipinos gave an ultimatum to Laci Peterson who's husband Scott Peterson had created a software Smart Communication and others gave Ultimatums to kill Scott Peterson. They killed Laci Peterson witnesses by Amber Frey because of the computer development of Smart Communication plus other software patents. Scott Peterson created thru his studies in various geographic locations. Scott Peterson didn't kill his wife. Dennis Rocha knows the truth whereas Sharon Rocha's husband Ron Grantski was involved with those filipinos relatives who had a cleaning business and inside of it was completely different businesses started with fiber optic cables for a different type of smart Communication with jail mail that's hacked easily for those in publishing houses who cheat for written materials that could create entertainment in books music and sitcoms. It's been on repeat for whatever reason why Laci Peterson had access to the helping others with her substitute teaching position. ISIS leader Abu Ibrahim Al Hishami Al Qurashi possibly had been with his children on his travels to San Jose,CA Willow Glen area and in Santa Cruz CA over there near Pine St. Abu Ibrahim Al Hishami Al Qurashi was good person very loving and key witness to the development of the computer coding development that was taught by Steve Jobs and the coding development of the different businesses started for it was completely different businesses when those jews and filipinos negro relatives did steal the businesses and lied about the funding. I know that there was an ultimatum whereas ISIS leader was set to decorate himself with bombs and his children fled towards him as The others such as Joe Biden,Hunter Biden and other children ran out. I know it's true because it was rehearsed. It was an enactment in 2019 a Premeditated act.creatdd by Kamala Harris especially Doug Emhoff and other filipinos relatives of Rob Bonta and others. .whereas ISIS leader had been warned if any U.S special Forces came towards ATMEH,SYRIA..that he had to follow thru in order to spare the life of U.S President Joe Biden, Hunter Biden, Hunter's biological daughter Singer Rhianna aka Robyn Fenty aka Near the Whole Foods Market in Santa Cruz CA. Abu Ibrahim Al Hishami Al Qurashi ISIS leader loved his family and he was very loved person who loved children and Protected children. The reason why Miami Gardens FBI agent Laura Swartzenberger is dead is because she was busy trying to protect those kids in attachment #3 & #5..They had secured them with their auntie yet that's what happened was another Ultimatums. Why has it been so much death of law enforcement agents especially when Boulder Creek Airforce police agent Steven Carrillo's wife Monika Carrillo Airforce military women was killed. Then Steven Carillo accused of the murder of Santa Cruz Sheriff Damon Guitzweiler ( Monika Leigh Carillo, Damon Guitzweiler, and Steve Carillo were on the same team fighting against a multitude of Boogaloo law enforcement agents like Santa Cruz Sheriff Jim Hart, Amber Frey, Attorney Mark Geregos, Santa Clara DA Jeff Rosen, Doug Emhoff, LA Police Chief Michal Moore, and others) And those boogaloo law enforcement agent and their cohorts across the U.S . The victims were LA Fernando Uriel Arroyos, FBI agent Daniel Alfin, Brooklyn NY police officer Jason Rivera, Alameda County recruit David Nguyen,Miami Gardens FBI agent Laura Swartzenberger,Santa Cruz Sheriff Damon Guitzweiler, and others across the U.S. Yes they all were at one point over there at the Santa Cruz CA Pacific Ave at the Pacific Blue Inn and those casinos and downtown strip area to Napa, Lake Tahoe,NV, Las Vegas NV, New York, and Seattle. Attachment#1 Diva Lee MD born in Italy..As a former CIA agent former intelligence for Saudi Arabia, And other geographic Intelligences. As a former rescue firefighter,Cal Fire fighter, plus medic firefighter in the Prison. As a former Neurosurgeon, primary care doctor, Psychaitric doctor assistant, former suicide bomber prevention specialist in the Middle East. As a former citizen of Syria(dual citizenship in America) I am grieved about the American Special Forces being in Syria doing terrorist attacks...that were organized by Kamala Harris to attack Abu Ibrahim Al Hishami Al Qurashi ISIS leader after Kamala and her cohorts dressed Al Qurashi in bomb devices. The loss of children in Syria, adults especially women has ache my heart. It's obvious that Americans are thieves who love Syria's resources in gold and technology. Diva Lee MD was a teacher in Syria where she taught English and spent hours in the day teaching children mostly her own the Alphabet and words that rhyme..having fun with synonyms (words that sound the same but spelled different and with different meanings). Doing music and arts. Diva Lee MD aka Dilma Coleman practiced Catholicism and taught simple prayers that created a new sanctuary for Islamic children to run towards for peace and adopt children to raise awareness about having a choice for the best way to identify our invisible God. Diva Lee MD has an great acceptance of Zen Buddhism meditations that's what Steve Jobs (Diva's american sponsorship until age 31 had taught). Diva Lee MD to JD is the granddaughter of Afghan King MOHAMMED Zahir Shah who was in exile in Italy until his return to Afghanistan near his death in 2007. Deep in my heart, Diva Lee is grieved about her previous assignments in the Middle East with suicide prevention with suicide bombers because Kamala Harris has used it to target individuals who are Family in Syria her friends in Syria that Diva Lee's idenfies. Of course there's evidence that those individuals in Afghanistan related to Osuna Were killed in Pakistan..and they were not Affiliated with 911 attacks. Kamala Harris is the bad american who has the worst jewish husband Who's connected with the most dangerous jews..who inflicted hate on Diva Lee in the forms of humantraffing Diva's children and stealing real estates properties and funds intended for Diva Lee MD to JD aka Dilma Coleman. Kamala's father Donald Harris has history of sexual abuse on Diva Lee and when Diva entered Stanford University as a student she participated in a study abroad medical course in the Caribbean islands and was anthrax on Stanford University campus an attack from Kamala's father and husband plus other islamic terrorists who went after inherited income intended for Diva Lee MD to JD. Kamala Harris made fun of Diva Lee and it made Diva's children especially her nieces very angry...and when the children ran to Santa Clara Sheriffs Laurie Smith..Laurie ignored Diva had been oppressed trapped in homeless shelters in California because Kamala's husband has cohorts whom take income from Diva Lee that's intended for Diva Lee aka Dilma Coleman for her written works in various projects with TV sitcoms and written lyrics for various songs were trapped plaguerized. Kamala Harris's parents exploited her to Joe Biden on the Stanford University campus especially near the El Camino Real and Encino Ave. Where a mini train or something like that trolley lifted pedestrian towards the Stanford stadium for football games. Diva was trapped in sex slavery in her childhood thru ultimatums. Thru those ultimatums Diva Lee became pregnanted by Hunter Biden whereas singer Rhyianna aka Robyn Fenty is Hunter's biological daughter. Hunter Biden has a reputable skill of racketeering and taking stock portfolios whereas Diva was drugged up beaten up thru ultimatums given to her while she had attended De Anza College in Cupertino CA. Yes , Diva Lee worked as a law enforcement agent in the middle East she possibly had been in Special Forces and she led Airforce police agents to arrests to those individuals who had the appearance of suicide bombers or carried equipment for those whom were assailant or made sells to those individuals who were programmed to provide equipment for suicide bombers. In the past, Diva Lee trained with her favorite ISIS leaders Abu Ibrahim, Al Hishami, Al Qurashi. President Bashar Al Assad was someone Diva Lee grew to love and was involved in various artistic projects with his father until his death. ISIS leader was targeted by Kamala Harris especially when Kamala Harris made it to the United States government VP Grieved about what led to the development of why Kamala Harris wanted ISIS leader to apply a bomb device on himself and hurt his children. As a former suicide prevention situation Whereas that's what I did on my mission to countries when the suicide situations were on the rise in the 1990's. Attachment#2 Atmeh,Syria the leader of ISIS hosted his home to entertain with his children and with American children....who had accompanied Syrian President Bashar Al Assad..in 2018. Attachment #8 Stanislaus county District Attorney Brigit Fladager who had covered her ears (Diva Lee spoke about the death and what led the killers to hide Laci's body for 4 months)while investigating inside Scott and Laci Peterson's home. When Brigit Fladager interviewed Diva Lee aka Dilma Coleman, There wasn't any additional interviews and the Attorney Pat Harris never conducted an addequate investigations and confessions of what really occurred inside the home of Scott and Laci Peterson. Why not? Filipinos caucasians be frying chicken and making spaghetti feeding Kamala Harris and her jewish husband gaslighting techniques sorcerer's spells that oppressed Scott Peterson..yet those related to California AG killed Laci Peterson. Those freaking negro filipinos relatives of Rob Bonta participated in racketeering styles,home invasions at a Novato CA home at 10 Sierra Vista..in that backyard is where Jewish Homosexual TMZ celebrity gossip host Harvey Levine decorates the case and sets up his investigations team to track down Amber and set her up with a job to be an murder for hire key witness using Amber Frey's massage table. Drug addict California Governor Gavin Newsom is fully involved with it because he also has pressure to staff his business ventures whereas that was his Biggest assets that helped drug smugglers n addicts gain employement in Napa and Lake Tahoe NV. Attorney Pat Harris did not perform additional information about those who killed Laci Peterson other than Scott. Diva Lee was drugged outside / inside the San Mateo county courthouse..with melatonin administered by Jewish women Karen Kempter (Mark Zuckerberg's mother). Warren buffett wife Susan a methodist church members was subject to attacks from jewish Synagogue members who covet after their wealthy assets. That's what Karen Kempter did to Susan Buffett and those individuals who were intended to recieve resources income from Susan's probate estates. It was completely revealed that those individuals philanthropist organizers who keep doing the santanic sadistic ritualistics attacks whereas it's over there it's over there on it over Alameda County resident Judge Alfred Delucci. Alfred Delucci's courtcases over there had been accustomed to hosting filipinos italian relatives of singer Frank Sinatra "fly me to the moon" those individuals filipino family members were lazy filipino negros who covet after the intellectual work Laci Rocha and Scott Peterson had designed. It's been on repeat for whatever reason why Jewish Homosexual TMZ celebrity gossip host Harvey Levine decorates the entire Homicide charectors of Amber Frey being a mistress when it's a fabricated story lines because of the computer development of Scott Peterson had projects that those filipinos relatives of Rob Bonta who are also relatives to Frank Sinatra and Relatives to Thailand's royal magistrates living in the U.S. Attorney Mark Geregos plus Attorney Pat Harris are guilty whereas they know Scott Peterson is innocent. It's been unfair trial because of the conflicts that Pat Harris has kept and has been fully repeating the facts that Amber Frey was a mistress when Amber was never Scott Peterson's Mistress. Laci Peterson had been killed and Amber participated in the murder..whereas after Laci's death Amber Frey continued to keep Scott occupied and distracted. I will do my best to give a charector analysis of the Stanislaus county District Attorney Brigit Fladager who hasn't gave the proper trial for Scott Peterson as well as the proper Habeus Corpus application for exoneration. Best regards Diva Lee MD JD aka Diva Jobs, aka Dilma Coleman. From:Dilma Coleman To:gengeland@losaltosca.gov; cityattorney@cityofepa.org Cc:cityofdp@cityofdp.com; cityattorney@sfcityatty.org Subject:Fwd: My Syrian Abu Ibrahim Al Hashimi Al Qurashi ISIS leader was dressed with bomb device in front of children because United States VP Kamala Harris wanted to kill President Joe Biden..yet the Ultimatums for Joe Biden"s granddaughter Singer Rihanna ak... Date:Sunday, February 6, 2022 7:20:09 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, Feb 6, 2022, 7:01 AM Subject: My Syrian Abu Ibrahim Al Hashimi Al Qurashi ISIS leader was dressed with bomb device in front of children because United States VP Kamala Harris wanted to kill President Joe Biden..yet the Ultimatums for Joe Biden's granddaughter Singer Rihanna aka Robyn Fenty was present. An ultimatum to kill Syrian ISIS leader Abu Ibrahim Al Hashimi Al Qurashi was granted in 2022. To: <exesec.syria@gmail.com>, <ed@smllp.law> Cc: <syrda@unhcr.org>, <jchase@dao.sccgov.org> What's happening now? Homeland security emergency services should inform Diva Lee who was killed the children killed. Diva Lee MD to JD a former Saudi Arabian Intelligence agent,former FBI agent, former firefighter rescue medic firefighter, former Neurosurgeon Psychaitric nurse on it over there A former CIA agent former DOJ in gun control, a former clandestine counterterrorism and psychic medium spy hypochondriac empath. Too much ultimatums being made by Jewish Homosexuals including VP Kamala Harris's jewish husband Doug had been programmed to make things worst based on the knowledge that Kamala's father and mother were on Stanford University campus exploiting their daughter Kamala's body to gain an extra income in the 1980's. Kamala's jewish husband Doug had wanted Joe Biden killed by various drugs administered to him and it was completely revealed that it occurred yet Joe survived. Abu Ibrahim Al Hashimi Al Qurashi ISIS leader was forced to take an ultimatum to save the life of U.S President Joe Biden with the help of Syria President Bashar Al Assad. Kamala Harris dressed Abu Ibrahim Al Hashimi Al Qurashi ISIS leader in bomb devices with American children present and Syrian children present. Diva Lee isn't gaslighting and has been oppressed isolated from her children and inherited income. Diva Lee aka Dilma Coleman has been homeless trapped by the worst greedy narcissist community based on Gematria santanic ritualistics beliefs on it over there it's over the family members related to AG Rob Bonta and other Thailand's royal magistrates. Most of the Ultimatums for it began in Santa Cruz,CA at A hotel on Pacific Ave. Jewishman Doug Emhoff with filipinos relatives of AG Rob Bonta sought out attack that began in 2019 or earlier..when Kamala Harris had began to run for VP position with plans to kill Joe Biden because in her younger days Kamala's parents exploited Kamala Harris for sex with Joe Biden and Other Saudi Arabian businessman Alwaleed bin Talal Al Saud was the man whom paid for sex with Kamala along with American Joe Biden on the Stanford University campus especially near that El Camino Real and Encino ave across from the Town n country village. As a graduate of Palo Alto CA Sr. high School on Embarcadero Rd..in 1994. I am aware of the geographic locations whereas Kamala's father Donald Harris has been fully involved with humantraffing racketeering styles of it. I am fully vaccinated with pfeiffer medication since April 2021. My name is Diva Lee aka Diva Jobs trapped in the name Dilma Coleman. I was born in Italy. I was always closely associated with President Sergio Mattarela and his wife Marissa in the 1980's. Diva Lee's grandfather is Afghan King MOHAMMED Zahir Shah who died in 2007. Diva Lee is the daughter of Jamacian Music producer "Bunny Striker" Christianed Sullivan Lee who was killed in 1991 aka the identical twin brother of Edward Sullivan Lee who died in 2020. Joe Biden's son Hunter Biden is a drug addict serial thief racketeering stuff on it over there his Habitual behaviors especially on Diva Lee MD to JD whereas she can't work because of the abuse Hunter did to her life in the 1980's.. Singer Rihanna aka Robyn Fenty is the daughter of Hunter Biden and Diva Lee. should Robyn Fenty be arrested for the appropriate charges(gypsy behaviors mimicking patterns of a Habitual thief) because she continues to be revealed as a thief racketeering stuff on it over there because Diva Lee MD wrote a song book that was intended for other music artist including herself when she was involved with R& B group Blaque..whereas the individuals in that group were killed in Atlanta GA. Rihanna aka Robyn Fenty stole the music and never paid the songwriter..singer Rihanna placed someone else's name in the written lyrics. It's been on repeat for whatever reason why the behaviors of plaguerized journals which generated income for their own personal itinerary whereas they did use written music. The singer Rihanna aka Robyn Fenty is so hostile and doing violent attacks whereas it's time for her to be investigated and removed from being a public figure. Rihanna is always gaslighting getting angry about the accusations on who her birth mother is and how much music was generated from Miss Diva Lee MD to JD in her youth (Miss Diva Lee the daughter of Jamacian Music producer). Rihanna refuses to do the right thing as she suffers from narcissistic behaviors especially when Diva Lee aka Dilma Coleman has tried to recover income from Rihanna for music lyrics she has used with Canadian Rapper Drake. It's been on repeat for whatever reason why Diva Lee MD to JD is victimtimized always surrounded by individuals racketeering styles and violent attacks that keep her trapped in the homeless shelter. My friend Abu Ibrahim Al Hashimi Al Qurashi ISIS leader tried to manage Diva's inherited issues that kept getting revealed as terrible treatment in the U.S. the bullying that Kamala Harris has done also the other political leaders are also guilty of racketeering, plaguerized journals which generated income. Best regards Diva Lee aka Diva Jobs trapped in the name Dilma Coleman. From:Aram James To:Shikada, Ed; Council, City; Planning Commission; chuck jagoda; Sajid Khan; Jeff Rosen; Joe Simitian; Greer Stone; Jeff Moore; Roberta Ahlquist Subject:After employees death Palo Alto fights charges of safety violations Date:Sunday, February 6, 2022 12:56:35 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. https://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/2022/02/04/after-employees-death-palo-alto-fights- charges-of-safety-violations Shared via the Google app Sent from my iPhone From:Leslie McNeil To:Council, City Subject:Keep Cal Ave for pedestrians! Date:Saturday, February 5, 2022 6:46:38 PM Some people who received this message don't often get email from lesliemc1000@gmail.com.Learn why this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. It is only a few blocks, and there are lots of new parking spaces nearby ( and maybe even a new garage underway??) Eating in the middle of the block has been delightful both day and night. Don’t let the Sunday farmers market get forced out by the restaurants, however. And maybe allow the shops to have outdoor stands if they don't already. They may have to shift hours of operation, but they should get even more new customers. Lower rents for “basic neighborhood stores” like hrdware, shoe stores, stationery store stores, bakeries, pharmacies , to add incentive to those kind of necessities to stay or return for neighbors and diners. Keep Cal Ave for people, not cars! Thank you, Leslie McNeil A College Terrace neighbor at 2050 Harvard St, Palo Alto -- Leslie From:Katie M To:Council, City; Burt, Patrick; Cormack, Alison; kou.pacc@gmail.com; tomforcouncil@gmail.com; Stone, Greer; Filseth, Eric (Internal); greg@gregtanaka.org Subject:Please vote to keep Cal Ave open to pedestrians only Date:Saturday, February 5, 2022 6:12:17 PM Some people who received this message don't often get email from katieleahmiller@gmail.com.Learn why this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear City Council, It's been brought to my attention you'll soon be voting on whether to keep California Ave open to pedestrians or open it back up to vehicles. I am a resident of College Terrace and absolutely love living in this neighborhood. I would like to ask you to please vote to keep California Ave open to pedestrians only, allow restaurants to continue to seat people on the street, and have live music during dining hours. My family and I have really enjoyed having California Ave open to pedestrians only these past few years. Everyone I've spoken to in College Terrace would also like to keep Cal Ave open to pedestrians only. It's truly brought the community closer together and it's a street to look forward to visiting and eating outdoors. Eating outdoors is so much more enjoyable without traffic going by, and it's very easy to reach all the retail stores and browse around. There also seems to be ample parking on the streets and in the garages to either side of California Ave and still very accessible to reach all of the retail stores, including Mollie Stones. I understand Mollie Stones may be petitioning to re-open Cal Ave to vehicles because they say it's hurt their business but quite honestly it's still very easy to access Mollie Stones with Cal Ave being open directly in front of Mollie Stones and having access to their parking lot from Cambridge. I honestly wonder if Mollie Stone's really high prices (compared to other local grocery stores) is what's hurting their business. Having a portion of Cal Ave closed to vehicles hasn't stopped me in the least from visiting any retail store, grocer, or restaurant on the street. Thank you for your consideration of my voice and opinion. I know that I speak on behalf of myself, my family, and all of our friends in College Terrace. Kind regards, Katie Miller From:herb To:Council, City; Clerk, City Subject:February 7, 2022 Council Meeting, Item #10: Mid-Year Budget Review Date:Saturday, February 5, 2022 5:19:35 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. ​Herb BorockP. O. Box 632Palo Alto, CA 94302 February 5, 2022 Palo Alto City Council250 Hamilton AvenuePalo Alto, CA 94301 FEBRUARY 7, 2022 CITY COUNCIL MEETING, AGENDA ITEM #10MID-YEAR BUDGET REVIEWAMENDMENTS TO FUNDS AND TABLE OF ORGANIZATION Dear City Council: The staff report for this agenda item (ID # 13801 at the top ofPacket Page 108 discusses the elimination and restoration ofthe Deputy Director of Technical Services from the Table ofOrganization, and Attachment B at Packet Page 148 shows thehistory of the position of the Deputy Director of TechnicalServices. When the Deputy Director retired in June 2020, the position wasfrozen, but was then filled with the Captain of Field Serviceswho was replaced by an Acting Captain who was the Lieutenant ofPolice Personnel Services. The Organizational Charts in each successive fiscal year'sOperating Budget never showed that Police Captain was servingin the position that had been frozen and that the City hadeffectively three persons serving as Captains when the Table ofOrganization shows only two Captains. There is now both a Captain and an Acting Lieutenant inTechnical Services. Perhaps succession planning anticipates sworn officers in thecommand staff returning to sworn positions, thus requiring thereturn of the Deputy Director position. Palo Alto Municipal Code Section 2.28.080 grants the power tothe Council to add positions to the table of organization, butit is silent about shifting the number positions from one rankto another higher rantk. Thank you for your consideration of these comments. Sincerely, Herb Borock From:Ann Balin To:Council, City Subject:Fwd: California Avenue Date:Saturday, February 5, 2022 2:40:59 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. From: Ann Balin <alafargue@mac.com> Subject: California Avenue Date: February 5, 2022 To: Palo Alto City Council Dear Mayor Pat Burt & fellow council members, I am writing to register my opinion that the closure of California Avenue should remain that way. I have spoken to shop owners who say that the closure does not impact their business in a bad way. I have spoken to the owner at Leaf & Petal. One of the owners at Country Sun also said that he was ok with the closure. A long time wine seller at vin, vino, wine said it was not impacting their business either. The vocal merchant in opposition is Jessica Roth who was hurt by the lack of commuters spilling off the trains. She and her husband told me that was the main reason for decline in sales. Like all businesses this is a competitive one. I have always gone to the Village Cobbler from the days when they were at T&C Village. This family business does outstanding work. Retailers over time develop a roster of loyal clientele. The Cobbler on California Avenue is a quasi boutique selling floppy hats, socks and other goods. Roth's business concept has changed from bags and shoes. Roth complains that her business is down because Hector Sol does not do lunch at this time. Yet across the street Joanie’s Cafe and Bohème do offer lunch. I am speculating as to why Roth’s business has lessened and it could be a combination of no commuters, the internet and a different business model. The point being that the avenue being closed to cars is NOT the reason. In today’s PA Daily Post Jessica Roth says that College Terrace residents are for keeping the avenue closed as it creates a European atmosphere. She does not speak for an entire neighborhood. This attitude demonstrates a lack of business acumen. I shop at Mollie Stones which is convenient, clean and a union shop. The owner is also vocal in opposition to the avenue being closed. Loyal shoppers know how to get to the store via Cambridge Avenue and Park Boulevard. I see many cars in the parking lot when I go there which is two or three times a week. I do not agree that his business has flattened because of closure to cars. Judy the owner of Leaf & Petal told me that she gets customers walking over from restaurants like Terun. She also does well on Farmers’ Market Sundays as is the case for Country Sun. In other words there is spill over from restaurants and the market to shops. I believe the restaurants are MAGNETS bringing in customers from all over town and from other municipalities as well. What disturbs many residents in Palo Alto is that city staff has again like with the tree FIASCO not included the residents in the conversation. Instead they only listen to merchants and landlords which is unfortunate and frankly unfair. According to the city staff the ‘stakeholders’ are landlords and merchants only. When I say the city I do not mean council members. Another issue is the high rents and past former council decisions to change the zoning which drove out retailers such as the florist, bookshop, bakery, art supply store etc. leaving a smaller ratio of shops. I feel that that council, sadly, has left its mark on California Avenue. There is a pattern here. The poll taken showed that the majority of residents want the avenue closed to vehicles. I believe the restaurants will have to undergo a facelift regarding the design of the structures to create an attractive ambiance. The city should study other successful avenues such as Burlingame Avenue. There is an upbeat vibe when one walks on the avenue there. Others include Menlo Park’s Santa Cruz Avenue and Mountain View’s Castro Avenue that have closed to traffic. One appealing design on California Avenue is italico! which has won the bistro Michelin category award. I realize that some restaurants have larger use of the public space than others. I understand that the city has a challenge in how to appropriately address that issue. Still these restaurants have offered a respite during this pandemic. We are on a roller coaster with the virus. Even if we reach a more stable world where more and more people are vaccinated I would argue keep the avenue closed as it offers a safe refuge from polluting cars where one can dine and shop. University Avenue was opened for specific reasons as it is a thoroughfare. California Avenue is different and creates a slower paced and safe haven in an urbanized suburb called Palo Alto. Traffic is back. Therefore please keep this attractive destination intact so residents and others can enjoy its genial and relaxed atmosphere. Thank you for taking into consideration my thoughts on this important topic. Respectfully, Ann From:Arnout Boelens To:Council, City Subject:Please turn California Avenue and Ramona Street into pedestrian streets permanently Date:Saturday, February 5, 2022 2:01:21 PM Some people who received this message don't often get email from a.m.p.boelens@gmail.com.Learn why this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear City Council, We are writing to urge you to turn California Ave and Ramona St into pedestrian streets permanently. There is overwhelming support from residents and a large group of businesses, and all the ingredients to make these streets successful public spaces are present in Palo Alto. As mentioned in the staff report, residents as well as many business owners have shown overwhelming support for turning California Ave and Ramona St into pedestrian streets permanently. This includes ourselves. We very much enjoy the atmosphere at California Ave and visit there all the time. However, we have avoided visiting University Ave since this street was opened back up to motorized vehicles because it does not feel as safe to walk anymore and because of the loud traffic noise. Amos (2020) analyzed 140 pedestrian malls built between 1959 and 1985 and found that warm weather, nearby college or university campuses, and growing populations, are contributing factors to ensuring the critical mass of people necessary for a thriving, successful public space. These factors are all present in Palo Alto. In addition, successful pedestrian streets are programmed to encourage vitality and attract pedestrians. e.g. the farmers market. We understand that some business owners think they have fewer customers because people cannot park in front of their store anymore. Therefore, as part of the feasibility study, we propose that the City conducts a survey of both shoppers and business owners and ask them which mode of transportation they use/think their customers use. Business owners tend to structurally overestimate how many customers arrive by car and how far they travel. However, there is a small but growing body of literature that suggests improved active travel and transit infrastructure is likely to benefit local business, including in North America (Dirk von Schneidemesser 2021). Lastly, we would like to ask Council to also consider bicyclists in their streetscape design. California Ave is a major biccycling route. While it makes sense to walk your bike during, for example. the farmers market, during normal times there is plenty of space for both pedestrians and bicyclists. We think that signs that tell bicyclists they are guests on this pedestrian street are much more appropriate than the current signs telling bicyclists to walk their bikes at all times. In summary, there are many good reasons to turn California Ave and Ramon St into pedestrian streets permanently, and we are looking forward to continuing to be able to walk there without having to worry about car traffic. Kind regards, Nicole, Arnout, and Ava Zoeller Boelens References Dave Amos, "Understanding the legacy of pedestrian malls", Journal of the American Planning Association, 2020 Dirk von Schneidemesser and Jody Betzien, "Local Business Perception vs. Mobility Behavior of Shoppers: A Survey from Berlin", Transport Findings, 2021 From:Aram James To:Council, City; Shikada, Ed; Winter Dellenbach; Sajid Khan; Jethroe Moore; Jeff Rosen; Reifschneider, James; Joe Simitian; robert.parham@cityofpaloalto.org; Figueroa, Eric; Enberg, Nicholas; Tannock, Julie; Jay Boyarsky; chuck jagoda; Roberta Ahlquist; Greer Stone; Raj; Jonsen, Robert; Joe Simitian; Binder, Andrew; Rebecca Eisenberg; Curtis Smolar; Cecilia Taylor Subject:Priorities for our city council: Hiring of a new and transparent police chief. Close scrutiny of our extremely violent police department. Date:Saturday, February 5, 2022 1:26:03 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Feb 5, 2022 Dear City Council Members: A racist cop murdered George Floyd on May 25, 2020. Let’s not forget ourown rogue and exceedingly violent police department that I’ve observed upclose and personal since I was a young person here in Palo Alto. We need to hire a chief who stresses transparency, not police secrecy. Wecan’t delegate such a critical decision to one person, our city manager EdShikada, also known for his own lack of transparency with our community. Please read the sugar-coated 46-page OIR ( Independent police auditor)report scheduled to be discussed as an informational item only, item # 11, atthe February 12, city council meeting. Please MAKE THIS 46-page report, covering nearly a 16-month period, anaction item so that the public can address this critical subject as more thansimply an information item buried near the end of the February 12, citycouncil agenda. We are not even two years away from the police murder of George Floyd andalready we are putting police reform or major police defunding -reallocationof funds to other more appropriate uses on the back burner. We must continue to prioritize extremely close scrutiny of our policedepartment that has brutalized members of our community on almost a non-stop basis for decades. Aram James From:Barry M Katz To:Council, City Cc:Stone, Greer Subject:Blowing in the Wind Date:Saturday, February 5, 2022 1:02:49 PM Some people who received this message don't often get email from bkatz@stanford.edu. Learn why this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. To the City Council: Although I was unable to squeeze into your Saturday agenda, I feel that Ms. Helene Grossman and other community members eloquently expressed my own concern about gas-powered leaf blowers. May I add only a brief additional comment: The legal, medical, environmental, and quality-of-life case against gas-powered leaf blowers is clear, and I have seen not a single credible counter-argument. Given the unwavering community support for the existing ban, it seems evident that the issue is now one of enforcement. You have seen numerous proposals, many advocating a warning followed by a fine to property owners who use or employ users of these dangerous, intrusive, and illegal machines. I implore the City Council: Let’s stop talking about this problem and finally do something about it. BK Barry M Katz 233 Margarita Avenue Palo Alto, CA. 94306 650.644-8697 From:Judy Grinberg To:Council, City Subject:Airplane Noise Date:Saturday, February 5, 2022 12:36:45 PM Some people who received this message don't often get email from judygrin@hotmail.com. Learnwhy this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Sent from Mail for Windows Please make airplane noise a priority. This issue is very concerning. I am awaken around 1:00 am almost nightly . Thank you in advance. Judy Grinberg From:David Axelrod MD To:Council, City Cc:Helene Grossman Subject:Gas Powered Engines (leaf blowers) Date:Saturday, February 5, 2022 12:19:46 PM Attachments:Axelrod_GPLB_PaloAlto.pdf PastedGraphic-2.tiff Some people who received this message don't often get email from daxelrod@stanford.edu. Learnwhy this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Hello Mayor Burt and Palo Alto City Council, Thank you for the opportunity to speak to you this morning regarding the enforcement of the ban on Gas Powered Leaf Blowers in Palo Alto. I believe this is an important environmental and health issue—and I believe you can make a difference by leading the way for neighboring communities. Enclosed please find a revised letter that I submitted to the Menlo Park City Council in November 2021. I have edited it to reflect my comments as they relate to Palo Alto. Please feel free to contact me at any time at this email address, or at my cell phone (415.378.0794) if I might be helpful in any way. Regards David Axelrod MD Cc: Helene Grossman David M. Axelrod, M.D. He/him Stanford Bio | LinkedIn Producer: The Stanford Virtual Heart, featured in The New York Times and in Seeker Media Division of Pediatric Cardiology Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford 750 Welch Road Suite 321 Palo Alto, CA 94304 www.stanfordchildrens.org Discover Stanford Children's on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and YouTube Please note emails will be read once per day, will be brief (no intro or sign off), and will be right to the point. Please don’t mistake brevity for rudeness! +--------------------------------------------------------- || CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail message, including any | attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and | may contain confidential, proprietary, and/or privileged information | protected by law. Remember to more and less. If you are not the intended recipient, you may not use, copy, or distribute this e-mail message or its attachments. | If you believe you have received this e-mail message in error, | please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies | of the original message. +--------------------------------------------------------- BETTY IRENE MOORE CHILDREN’S HEART CENTER 180 El Camino Real, Suite M384 | Palo Alto, CA 94304 | (650) 721-6737 HEART CENTER FACULTY Frank Hanley, MD - Executive Director Anne Dubin, MD - Interim Director Blake Gentile - Executive Admin. Director CARDIOLOGY Anne Dubin, MD - Interim Chief Greg Adamson, MD Claudia Algaze, MD Christopher Almond, MD, MPH Alisa Arunamata, MD Ritu Asija, MD David M.Axelrod, MD Meaghan Beattie, MD Daniel Bernstein, MD Joshua Blinder, MD Scott Ceresnak, MD Chiu-Yu Chen, MD, PhD Sharon Chen, MD, MPH Henry Chubb, MD R. Thomas Collins, MD Kavin Desai, MD Gary Dhillon, MD John Dykes, MD Jeffrey Feinstein, MD, MPH Susan M. Fernandes, MHP, LPD, PA-C Casey Gifford, MD William Goodyer, MD, PhD Stafford Grady, MD Christiane Haeffele, MD, MPH Bronwyn Harris, MD Deborah Ho, MD Seth Hollander, MD Rachel Hopper, MD Rebecca Kameny, MD Michelle Kaplinski, MD Beth Kaufman, MD Alaina Kipps, MD, MS David Kwiatkowski, MD Rhonda Larsen, PA-C, MHS Kyong-Jin Lee, MD Leo Lopez, MD George Lui, MD Kenneth Mah, MD, MS Alison Marsden, PhD Shiraz Maskatia, MD Ross Metzger, MD Kara Motonaga, MD Asha Nair, MD Inger Olson, MD Meghna Patel, MD Lynn Peng, MD Elizabeth Profita, MD Rajesh Punn, MD Neha Purkey, MD Marlene Rabinovitch, MD Charitha Reddy, MD Sushma Reddy, MD Ian Rogers, MD, MPH Anitra Romfh, MD David Rosenthal, MD Stephen Roth, MD, MPH Kathleen Ryan, MD Loren Sacks, MD Anar Shah, MD Andrew Shin, MD Anjuli Sinha, MD David Staudt, MD, PhD Lillian Su, MD Theresa Tacy, MD Seda Tierney, MD Sean Wu, MD, PhD Vamsi Yarlagadda, MD CARDIOTHORACIC SURGERY Frank Hanley, MD - Chief Louis Capecci, MD John Lamberti, MD Michael Ma, MD Malcolm MacDonald, MD Richard Mainwaring, MD Elisabeth Martin, MD Doff McElhinney, MD, MS Teimour Nasirov, MD Edwin Petrossian, MD Olaf Reinhartz, MD Naruhito Watanabe, MD CARDIAC ANESTHESIA M. Gail Boltz, MD - Chief Danton Char, MD, MAS Komal Kamra, MBBS, MMI Calvin Kuan, MD Michael Lennig, MD Aruna Nathan, MD Manchula Navaratnam, MBChB Zoel Quinonez, MD Chandra Ramamoorthy, MD November 16, 2021 Mayor, City Councilmembers, and Environmental Quality Commission of Menlo Park Re: Gas-Powered Leaf Blower (GPLB) Ban (Agenda Item N1., 11-16-2021) Dear Menlo Park City Council, Thank you for the opportunity to comment on a proposed ban of the use of gas-powered leaf blowers (GPLBs) in Menlo Park. I am a faculty pediatrician (specifically a pediatric cardiologist) at Stanford’s Children’s Hospital, and I will offer my personal views on the health-related hazards of GPLBs for all Menlo Park citizens, but especially for our kids. I will briefly discuss views that are my own and do not necessarily represent the views of Stanford University. Decades of rigorous scientific research have taught us that pollution and environmental exposures disproportionately affect our children. My training in pediatrics and my current practice in the pediatric intensive care unit provides me a constant reminder of why this is the case: babies and children breathe faster than adults, they inhale a larger volume of air when indexed to their body weight, and they spend more time at ground level--crawling, walking, or sitting where many environmental toxins settle. Finally, and perhaps most importantly, children’s developing lungs, hearts, and brains are uniquely sensitive to environmental exposures as they mature. An important principle in my daily practice in the intensive care unit is that children’s lungs continue to develop and grow alveoli (the gas-exchanging sacs of the lung) at least through the ninth year of life – therefore any toxic exposure experienced today will be amplified on a logarithmic scale in the future. There are two negative health effects of the use of GPLBs that I would like to highlight: air pollution (both from dust/particulate matter and chemicals) and noise pollution. These concepts have been very well summarized by Leah Elkins in the Environmental Quality Commission agenda item C-2 document from September 22, 2021. Air Pollution: GPLBs combust a mixture of oil and gasoline, and unlike cars they have no exhaust filter or catalytic converters. The emissions contain carcinogens such as uncombusted gasoline, benzene, formaldehyde, and ozone. For reference, GPLBs release three hundred times as much hydrocarbon as most cars and trucks. Particulate Air Pollution: All leaf blowers (both gas-powered and electric alike) work by propelling particulate matter into the air. With air speeds as high as 200 miles per hour, they send dust into the air – and into kids’ lungs—that contains everything from brake lining powder that has settled on road surfaces, to chemicals such as herbicides, and microscopic particles of soil. This particulate matter damages lungs – it’s harmful for everyone today and deleterious for decades for the developing lungs of our kids. IJ Stanford I M E D I c 1 NE g Stanford Lucile Packard ~ Children's Health Children's Hospital Stanford BETTY IRENE MOORE CHILDREN’S HEART CENTER 180 El Camino Real, Suite M384 | Palo Alto, CA 94304 | (650) 721-6737 HEART CENTER FACULTY Frank Hanley, MD - Executive Director Anne Dubin, MD - Interim Director Blake Gentile - Executive Admin. Director CARDIOLOGY Anne Dubin, MD - Interim Chief Greg Adamson, MD Claudia Algaze, MD Christopher Almond, MD, MPH Alisa Arunamata, MD Ritu Asija, MD David M. Axelrod, MD Meaghan Beattie, MD Daniel Bernstein, MD Joshua Blinder, MD Scott Ceresnak, MD Chiu-Yu Chen, MD, PhD Sharon Chen, MD, MPH Henry Chubb, MD R. Thomas Collins, MD Kavin Desai, MD Gary Dhillon, MD John Dykes, MD Jeffrey Feinstein, MD, MPH Susan M. Fernandes, MHP, LPD, PA-C Casey Gifford, MD William Goodyer, MD, PhD Stafford Grady, MD Christiane Haeffele, MD, MPH Bronwyn Harris, MD Deborah Ho, MD Seth Hollander, MD Rachel Hopper, MD Rebecca Kameny, MD Michelle Kaplinski, MD Beth Kaufman, MD Alaina Kipps, MD, MS David Kwiatkowski, MD Rhonda Larsen, PA-C, MHS Kyong-Jin Lee, MD Leo Lopez, MD George Lui, MD Kenneth Mah, MD, MS Alison Marsden, PhD Shiraz Maskatia, MD Ross Metzger, MD Kara Motonaga, MD Asha Nair, MD Inger Olson, MD Meghna Patel, MD Lynn Peng, MD Elizabeth Profita, MD Rajesh Punn, MD Neha Purkey, MD Marlene Rabinovitch, MD Charitha Reddy, MD Sushma Reddy, MD Ian Rogers, MD, MPH Anitra Romfh, MD David Rosenthal, MD Stephen Roth, MD, MPH Kathleen Ryan, MD Loren Sacks, MD Anar Shah, MD Andrew Shin, MD Anjuli Sinha, MD David Staudt, MD, PhD Lillian Su, MD Theresa Tacy, MD Seda Tierney, MD Sean Wu, MD, PhD Vamsi Yarlagadda, MD CARDIOTHORACIC SURGERY Frank Hanley, MD - Chief Louis Capecci, MD John Lamberti, MD Michael Ma, MD Malcolm MacDonald, MD Richard Mainwaring, MD Elisabeth Martin, MD Doff McElhinney, MD, MS Teimour Nasirov, MD Edwin Petrossian, MD Olaf Reinhartz, MD Naruhito Watanabe, MD CARDIAC ANESTHESIA M. Gail Boltz, MD - Chief Danton Char, MD, MAS Komal Kamra, MBBS, MMI Calvin Kuan, MD Michael Lennig, MD Aruna Nathan, MD Manchula Navaratnam, MBChB Zoel Quinonez, MD Chandra Ramamoorthy, MD Noise Pollution: The motors in GPLBs emit approximately 100 decibels of low-frequency noise (greater than 85 decibels is considered dangerous). Research demonstrates that this noise increases blood pressure and the risk of heart attack and stroke, it impairs development and learning in children, and increases stress hormones like cortisol. It also disrupts critically important sleep as it passes through windows and walls, even at a distance of 100 feet away. You may ask: “Who sleeps at 10 in the morning, as our laws require leaf blowers to be used during daytime?” Our most vulnerable – our babies and small children – rely on this sleep during the day for brain development and growth. I appreciate that there are important economic, political, and societal implications of imposing an immediate ban on GPLB use. I will trust experts in these respective fields to offer a creative and equitable proposal that addresses the needs of the workforce using the GPLBs and the community who needs their yards and fields kept tidy. I am not an expert in these areas, but I will submit that this ban will also help protect the health of the gardeners, workers, and citizens using GPLBs and inhaling the gas and particulate matter as they work. They, too, deserve protection from these environmental toxins. I am proud to support the submitted written commentary of my fellow citizens – many of them physicians and experts in child health -- in urging us to lead an immediate ban on the use (not just the sale) of GPLBs in Menlo Park. It is our duty—in fact a mandate for our city- - to protect our children and banning the use of GPLBs is one small step that will put us on the right side of history. Sincerely, David M. Axelrod MD Menlo Park Resident Clinical Professor, Pediatrics (Cardiology) Stanford University School of Medicine daxelrod@stanford.edu cell 415.378.0794 IJ Stanford I M E D I c 1 NE g Stanford Lucile Packard ~ Children's Health Children's Hospital Stanford From:sul.vreich To:Council, City Subject:Council Retreat On Priorities Date:Saturday, February 5, 2022 11:11:18 AM [Some people who received this message don't often get email from vreich@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 City Council, I support speakers who ask the Council to make jet noise and pollution a 2022 priority. Vicky Reich From:Kathy Miller To:Council, City Subject:Campaign finance reform Date:Saturday, February 5, 2022 11:01:55 AM Some people who received this message don't often get email from kathymiller405@comcast.net.Learn why this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Council Retreat statement My name is Kathy Miller and I’m a member of the League of Women Voters task force on Campaign Finance Reform. I’m speaking today to reiterate the League’s view that Campaign Finance reform should be a priority for the current council as part of its social justice plan. As most of you know, the League has studied this issue andhas proposed a three part approach to campaign finance reform that will Rein in the costs of running for city council Reduce the outsize influence of big donors in city elections, And protect citizens’ right to know who is spending money to influence elections. Neighboring cities, and indeed more than 100 cities in California, have already adopted reforms similar to those that we have proposed for Palo Alto. In other words, our city is behind the times on this good governance issue. This Council should act before the next election to ensure that a more diverse set of candidates can afford to run for City Council, and the voters know that their City Council represents all of them, not just the wealthy few. • • • From:Paul Machado To:Council, City; Filseth, Eric (Internal); Burt, Patrick; Kou, Lydia; Tanaka, Greg; Stone, Greer; Cormack, Alison; DuBois, Tom; Shikada, Ed Subject:California Ave. Date:Saturday, February 5, 2022 10:44:10 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. I have lived within walking distance of California Ave, virtually my entire life. It was a full service retail center that served the needs of the surrounding community. Understandably during the pandemic accommodations were made to help merchants. However the pandemic is expected to ebb soon, and life is expected to return to a more normal pattern. Unfortunately Cal Ave. has become an unattractive collection of tents that blocks the signage of storefronts. The street is vacant for most of the week as the tents are not used everyday, nor during the afternoon hours between lunch and dinner. Prior to the pandemic the City invested a large sum of money redesigning this avenue to allow for sidewalk dining. This design was intended to not only help restaurants, but also all the other retail in the area. It is time to return to the pre pandemic design the City envisioned when it remodeled the street. Further it allows drivers to see what the avenue has to offer as they drive to the newly completed parking garage. Thank you Paul Machado From:Michael Fertik To:Council, City Subject:Support for enforcement of anti-gas leaf blower ordinances Date:Saturday, February 5, 2022 10:40:53 AM [Some people who received this message don't often get email from michael@fertik.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 City Council, I am on the City Council Zoom meeting but am not sure exactly how to participate. I would like to voice my support for additional enforcement of the city ordinance against use of gas-powered leaf blowers in residential areas. The ordinance has been the law for a long time. It should be enforced. Gas-powered leaf blowers are even worse for air pollution than we understood it was in prior decades. The deleterious health impact of noise arising from machines like gas-powered is more grave than we understood in prior years. Abundant, affordable, effective alternatives exist. Electric-powered leaf blowers are available. Enforcement is surely quite easy. It is not hard to find individuals working with gas-powered leaf blowers any time one casually drives around town. No doubt some enforcement-type measures (some fines, some reminders, etc.) would have a very favorable impact. Michael Fertik 488 Ferne Ave. Palo Alto, CA From:Scott Kilner To:Council, City Subject:City Council Priorities for 2022 Date:Saturday, February 5, 2022 9:43:25 AM Some people who received this message don't often get email from scott.kilner7@gmail.com.Learn why this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear City Council Members, We are writing to urge the City Council to make abatement of airplane overflight noise a high priority in 2022. We recognize that this is a complicated issue involving many actors beyond Palo Alto. However, the unfortunate reality is that incessant noise from overhead aircraft continues to significantly degrade the quality of life in our city. We respectfully ask your continued strong engagement. Sincerely, Scott and Jan Kilner 827 E Greenwich Pl, Palo Alto, CA 94303 From:Harriet Stern To:Council, City Subject:Priority Setting Retreat Date:Saturday, February 5, 2022 8:27:31 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Mayor Burt, Vice Mayor Kou and City Council, The issues in Palo Alto which are most pressing right now are airplane noise, traffic-- especially speeding (which could be a great source of revenue) and crime. The long term issues most important to me are sustainability, low-income housing, encouraging small businesses and funding city services including the Police and Fire Departments and our cultural institutions which are the backbone of the community. Thank you. Sincerely, Harriet Stern From:Aram James To:ladoris cordell; Human Relations Commission; Council, City; michael.gennaco@oirgroup.com; paloaltofreepress@gmail.com; Sajid Khan; Jethroe Moore; Jeff Rosen; Shikada, Ed; Joe Simitian; chuck jagoda; Raj; Jay Boyarsky; Greer Stone; Cecilia Taylor; Roberta Ahlquist; Jeff Moore; Enberg, Nicholas; Jonsen, Robert; Winter Dellenbach; Rebecca Eisenberg; Curtis Smolar; Reifschneider, James; Perron, Zachary; Shikada, Ed; Stump, Molly; Binder, Andrew; Molly Subject:Independent police auditors report to be reviewed at the Feb 14 city council meeting item # 11 Date:Saturday, February 5, 2022 2:08:22 AM Attachments:1643998762.pdf CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ FYI: the report is 46 pages long and often raises more questions then it answers. It is unclear in my mind if the entire report does or does not violate the new Racial Justice Act in that it fails to give/mention the race of the multiple alleged victims of PAPD police abuse. I believe we deserve to know the race of each person confronted and arrested by the PAPD listed in the OIR Feb 2022 report. Of course on Feb 14, we need to asked OIR about this issue. In the meantime I will research the scope of RJA and report back to the community and the city council on this matter. Also there is no mention in this report of the Zack Perron investigation completed by the OIR but never released. We need to know why the city and the auditor continue in their apparent coverup in this matter. https://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/reports/1643998762.pdf Sent from my iPhone From:Yahoo Mail.® To:Honky Subject:IN YOUR FACE NOW THE CRIMINALS SO BOLD THEY TELL US WHAT THEY ARE GONNA DO TO US ? TRANSHUMANISM" Date:Saturday, February 5, 2022 12:03:57 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. The WEF, The Trucker Standoff and The Hand of God The WEF, The Trucker Standoff and The Hand of God Support my work on Subscribe Star:https://www.subscribestar.com/dave-cullen Support my work viacrypto: https:... From:Loran Harding To:Loran Harding; antonia.tinoco@hsr.ca.gov; alumnipresident@stanford.edu; David Balakian; beachrides; fred beyerlein; bballpod; Leodies Buchanan; boardmembers; bearwithme1016@att.net; Cathy Lewis; Chris Field; Council, City; dennisbalakian; Doug Vagim; 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; jerry ruopoli; Joel Stiner; kfsndesk; kwalsh@kmaxtv.com; karkazianjewelers@gmail.com; lalws4@gmail.com; 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, UK, Thurs. 2-3-22 Pandemic OVER IN DENMARK! Date:Friday, February 4, 2022 9:41:34 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: Fri, Feb 4, 2022 at 5:11 PM Subject: Fwd: Dr. John Campbell, UK, Thurs. 2-3-22 Pandemic OVER IN DENMARK! To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> Date: Fri, Feb 4, 2022 at 5:08 PM Subject: Fwd: Dr. John Campbell, UK, Thurs. 2-3-22 Pandemic OVER IN DENMARK! To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> Date: Fri, Feb 4, 2022 at 4:16 PM Subject: Fwd: Dr. John Campbell, UK, Thurs. 2-3-22 Pandemic OVER IN DENMARK! 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To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> Date: Fri, Feb 4, 2022 at 3:21 AM Subject: Fwd: Dr. John Campbell, UK, Thurs. 2-3-22 Pandemic OVER IN DENMARK! To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> Date: Fri, Feb 4, 2022 at 3:16 AM Subject: Dr. John Campbell, UK, Thurs. 2-3-22 Pandemic OVER IN DENMARK! To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> Friday, February 5, 2022 To all- Here, Dr. John Campbell excoriates the government of New Zealand because they are going to open their country gradually, on the theory that Omicron will spread gradually that way. NO. Omicron does not work that way, says Dr. Campbell. Then he looks at Denmark. It may be the country which has handled this pandemic the best. They are ending all restrictions "since Omicron cannot be stopped", they say. HE DOES MENTION THAT NEARLY EVERYONE IN DENMARK IS VACCINATED. 17% of hard core holdouts will not get vaccinated in the US and 5% more are problematic. I happen to know that the Danes have an excellent HC system not driven by profits. Incidentally, the Danes are the tallest people in the world. Good nutrition, womb to tomb excellent HC for all contribute to that and also allow them to now end virtually all restrictions wrt Omicron. The Danes are not absolutely shot through with co-morbidities, as we in the US, the best of all possible worlds, are. Millions without access to good HC here allow the co-morbidities to run rampant. People can't afford their insulin, e.g. So all of the undiagnosed and untreated obesity, pulmonary disease, heart disease, renal disease, diabetes, hypertension, bad blood lipids, high LDLs, low HDLs, high tryglycerides, liver disease from rampant alcoholism, heavy drug use, all of that sets people up for getting knocked over into the hospital when they come down with Covid, especially if they are older and unvaccinated. Because that is the profile of the US population, and because of our for- profit and inadequate HC system, we cannot follow the approach now adopted by Denmark and simply declare the pandemic to be over. He quotes the Danes saying "If you have a strategy based on trust and solidarity, (LH- there'd be no problem having those in the US) then you can actually open up with a relatively broad agreement, where the vulnerable and the elderly are accepting of the risks taking on a personal responsibility, allowing younger people to live life as normal again". Dr. Campbell then says "The main thing is there are people who are still vulnerable to this, although in Denmark virtually all of them have been tripelally vaccinated" Their experts do say that they have to protect the vulnerable as they open up. Dr. Campbell- At 10:50- Herd immunity is now kicking in in Denmark. A lot of epidemiologists (hint hint in the US and UK) have not appreciated that that is how pandemics work- several waves and then it becomes endemic. LH- So we are not all about to die, as the US evening network news continues to imply. At 12:50 Deaths in the United States: Here he quotes a nurse here who lambastes the US HC system. Laying off nurses to save money in for-profit hospitals, e.g. Only the well connected and fully insured able to access what is in places excellent HC in the US. Dr. Campbell thinks it is terrible that nearly 900,000 Americans have died in this pandemic. He mentions the large number of cases of pericarditis in Norway, where they do not aspirate when vaccinating, and the lower number of them in Denmark, where they do aspirate. If you inject a vaccine into a vein, it travels all over the body and can cause real trouble. If you aspirate, you can avoid that. Nobody ever aspirated when giving me the three, so far, vaccine doses for Covid. They wouldn't have known the meaning of the word. Just remember this when we spend $775 billion per year this coming year to defend the whole world, and white men in the US have their careers ruined by the Nazis running the US government. Shooting ourselves in both feet that way degrades our HC system, and a lot of other systems. There is a LOT wrong with the United States, and the Nazi system aimed at white male Americans is a big part of it. If we kick the Republicans to the curb and get our schools to where they should be, people wouldn't need Nazism to get an even break. Until then, I urge educated white American men to get even by moving to Germany. The system is rigged against you here and you are viewed as a bunch of suckers. This is well worth seeing: Denmark ends pandemic - YouTube Coronavirus update- National Geographic: Coronavirus Update: A 'stealth' Omicron variant is spreading - loran.harding@alumni.stanford.edu - Stanford Alumni Mail (google.com) L. William Harding Fresno, Ca. From:Aram James To:Tannock, Julie; Sajid Khan; Council, City; chuck jagoda; Joe Simitian; Roberta Ahlquist; Raj; Greer Stone; paloaltofreepress@gmail.com; Jeff Moore; Jay Boyarsky; Jeff Rosen; Jethroe Moore; Curtis Smolar; Rebecca Eisenberg; Winter Dellenbach; Binder, Andrew; Enberg, Nicholas; Reifschneider, James; michael.gennaco@oirgroup.com; supervisor.ellenberg@bos.sccgov.org; cindy.chavez@bos.sccgov.org Subject:Agent Nick Enberg a travesty to continue to employ this person in any law enforcement capacity Date:Friday, February 4, 2022 9:29:18 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. FYI: The below article contains one of the many videos of this unprovoked and vicious canine attack on Joel Alejo. Regardless of the PAPD’s conclusion or the conclusions of the OIR.. Agent Nicholas Enberg is, my opinion, a danger to our community and should be fired. The video below speaks for itself: https://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/2022/02/04/review-finds-flaws-in-officers-actions- after-2020-police-dog-attack Shared via the Google app Sent from my iPhone From:Arti Miglani To:Council, City Subject:Request to make Air plane noise a top priority Date:Friday, February 4, 2022 8:09:37 PM Some people who received this message don't often get email from arti4homes@gmail.com. Learn why this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking onlinks. Hi, I am a long term resident of Palo Alto. The air plan noise over our neighborhoods are getting worse every day. Airlines are flying their planes at a height of 3500 ft. The noise and pollution is a nuisance now Could you please help to make the airplane noise a top priority. Thank you. Best regards, Arti Arti Miglani | P 650.804.6942 | Join me on LinkedIn | " An ACTION is in itself neither good or bad. 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B e c a u t i o u s o f o p e n i n g a t t a c h m e n t s a n d c l i c k i n g o n l i n k s . ___ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Rea d t h e O I R r e p o r t i n t h e c i t y c o u n c i l pac k e t f o r F e b 1 4 , 2 0 2 2 FRIDAY, Feb 4 , 2022 No. 1 in Palo Alto and the Mid-Peninsula N ~ City looks to hire 11 more employees [!Jfflt'J m ., ~ s, BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT 0..l)IPU.1Stal!Wnt6r Palo Alto City Council will con!.1dcr creaung 11 new fuJJ-ume poMtions on Monday while a1 the ~ umc conl muiog ils pur.wit of a busi­ OC\~ I.ax to mcn:ase c11y n:VCOLJ,CS While sull uncertain. the economic outlook of the city hJ.!i impro,.ed. Cny Manager Ed Shi­ (Scc HIRE,p:tgc 341 Post No warning for BY BRADEN CAIITWIIICIHT O..,,,PoslS~tWr,te, Palo Allo pohce Agenl Nick Enberg. who w;i; hand/mg the dog rhat b11 a man "'hile he w11.'> mnocently sleeping m his hJc:~yarJ. \hould've annou nced hinuclr hef(ln~ he entered the property, indq>cn­ i.knl police Juduor Mike Gennaco said m h1, report yeslcrday to P:ilo Aho Ci1y Counl·i/ Pohu· ha,..e said .,.ery httle abou1 the police dog auack on Joel Alejo m Moun- THE UPDATE 0ow -a11.11 J:i.11116 1S1S CHI EF DEAD: The leader 111 l',1\. Abu lbr.d11m al Jla!,hJm1 al­ (Ju1,1y\lu. hkw lum<w:U up along with mrm~n ol h1\ IJm//y .i\ Amcnc,m f,,,u, r;,10Cd h1.'J \,)'n:t h,dtoOI Independent aud itor reviews police dog attack of sleeping man g,v, 1h11 ong lain View on June 25 , 2020, which resuh-vi ed in a $1 35,000 payment by lhe city to sctde Alejo's lawsuit in December. Geo-'"leadin1 naco's repor1 shines more light on the idem m afterrnalh of the attack , and how police ing dm ,Jlowed up . y(';-.krday. tht-If..\. 1;ml 1/Jt' M."t'<llld tuur m IJ,rc.e yt-:ir• 1t,,, I 1n11td SI.Jlt'• h.i1 1.-frn ouf ii /t'..dn 11( !Iv. wofr,11 ~tftcent Atherton New tonstruction ' ,·l ·.I · .. •~U. , ... ,' : ' . .'', _ .... ~\ . iii_~~- L.'-PRLCEDl'-TEl l ~S%1MIU1on5oldln200..I #1 !:.'"1:';.i'!'-;'.';..~~I'- ---Tfie c ouncil added nine positions ln October. Plve fjn::tighters were hired with a arant. 1111d the city alk,­ caie d money for two assistants to Shikada,. a supervi­ sor-for lhe police and fire dispatch center. and a front d esk receptionist where people get build.In& penmu . The ne w positions will require two-thirds of coun­ ci l ro vote y es beca u se they change this year's budget, S hilcada s aid . The city is currently pursujng a busines s tax mea­ s ure fo r the November ballot that would tax business­ e s based on the size of the space that they use. The revenue . which has no specified purpose w o uld g o into the city 's General Fund . The tax would bri.ng in between $14.3 and $57 .1 million, Sbikada said . The current operating budget for this fiscal year i s e s timated at $206 .5 million. WARNING a -­_.,.,, parlaodcar. were~ The officer er these potential and be and didn't pervlaor "'took. paina nalea that Remed UI ,.Law enfOTCClll pend& in part on makes. and that cred' tial for harm is exag: said. blame to the vic tim for fighting with the police K-9." Gennaco 's report says . The department's review said Enberg shouldn't b a ve tried to blame Alejo. Town Manager Jan. 25 to look SB9 applications babital. SB9, w~' The Alejo case was one of 17 police incidents and internal inves tigation s Gennaco reviewed. dating bac k to July 2020 . The cases range from the trivi­ al , such as a missing phone investiga­ tion and a car search for marijuana, to more serious, including police dog bites, physical holds and Taser deployments. The scope of the report is larger than ever before because the City Council expanded the types of incidents that GENNACO Gennaco reviews, and he bad a backlog because be and the city were BOiting wh e ther he should review HR-typc ·,,c w1ipwillla tween officers. · Genn aco doesn't give dates, the inci dents he reviews , though bia facts and circumstances that wcm publicized cases, s uch as the de nt in 2020. Overall. Gennaco co internal investigations as plenty of misconduct and a In one case, an officer along, and a dispatcher priatcl"" --•--• · BiDglc--family baildtwo1 Wumer hoosing bil1a Not many tlack from oreventl Wiener'• vocates Sen t f r o m m y i P h o n e a11uded to us· ,er The o ffi cer a}so versation o n a n in ~car corn pu · w ith h e r in a c on !lry4 , 2022 ing illegal dn]gS a l a parlY tion s council will consider ll1ar was record e d . Joking 8 i,out dOlng dl'll~i sor that his cer w h o will respond to ted l eaf blowers; Ii-see the po/ice"s rech nol- ist to help convert build­ riciry; Upon rev iew, the officer to ld a su~ him \(Jlowing , girlfrie nd looked her _ name up w1th0 ':1n drllgs to im· a nd he sa id he was 1old ng abo ut do i g minutes press her. H e was only interviewed fo ~ th~ee_ what initfally, Gennaco sa id . T he re po rt d1dn t s ay kind of drugs he boaste d a bo u t. Gen naco descri bes o the r in stanc e s where officers bY tbC state' ,-uleS-uQi'1Cll tbat W• for a candidatC s· currentlY eligible in ner memo. --}{owe"er. b ution , the enti Berkeley flil\S could patential side. woodsid• three engineers ro help d com.muter emissions ; educa tor; uiter. shou ld be m ore profess io na l. . . One con versation was marked by "rouluple in- stances of cas ual profa ni ty a nd sardonic commentatY" when talki ng a bo ut someone living in bis car. and an­ other officer joke d a bout having Covid to a man who was upset the officer had coughed withoUt a ~ tion. The peu·· alo: · fons wasn't clear. But mation about the cost 'ance, the total com­ int officer would be >nmental specialist, ineers wor ki n g on Grabbing a shOPllfl G e nna co al s o c riticizes a re p e rvi s ors who review incidents tifica tions for an officer's actions For example, a shoplifting a way from officers, and one of by grabbing her sweater and hair in Oc to b e r . Fi v e md the city allo­ ka da, a supervi - 1t e r , an d a fron t lding permits . · rls of coun­ ·ear 's budget, In a review, a supervisor the officer may have consi, sibility of the shoplifter rettie· parked car, or an "ambush From:David Sacerdote To:Council, City Subject:Leaf blower enforcement Date:Friday, February 4, 2022 5:33:06 PM Some people who received this message don't often get email from das33@cornell.edu. Learn whythis is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. I urge you to ensure the regular and routine enforcement of Palo Alto's ban on gas-powered leaf blowers, and to do so in a way which holds property owners responsible for contractors they employ, rather than the low-income workers who actually do the work. Thank you From:herb To:Council, City Cc:Clerk, City Subject:Fw: February 5, 2022 Council Meeting, Procedures and Protocols Handbook Date:Friday, February 4, 2022 5:27:11 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. ​The correct date in the subject line of my letter should beFEBRUARY 5, 2022. From: herb <herb_borock@hotmail.com> Sent: Saturday, February 5, 2022 1:23 AM To: city.council@cityofpaloalto.org <city.council@cityofpaloalto.org> Cc: city.clerk@cityofpaloalto.org <city.clerk@cityofpaloalto.org> Subject: February 5, 2022 Council Meeting, Procedures and Protocols Handbook ​Herb BorockP. O. Box 632Palo Alto, CA 94302 February 4, 2022 Palo Alto City Council250 Hamilton AvenuePalo Alto, CA 94301 FEBRUARY 4, 2022 CITY COUNCIL MEETING, AGENDA ITEM #2COUNCIL PROCEDURES AND PROTOCOLS HANDBOOK Dear City Council: Your Procedures and Protocols, Palo Alto Municipal Code Section2.04.070, prior direction to staff, and your practice should beconsistent. For example, the Council has previously given direction to theCity Manager to make agenda packets available with meetingagendas and staff reports eleven days prior to a Councilmeeting, but the Municipal Code has not been amended to reflectthat practice. Recently, the online agenda packet format has been changed tomove "Information Items" to the agenda from the list of itemsthat are in the agenda packet but are not part of the agendathat is published in a newspaper of general circulation. The information items are now given agenda item numbers andappear after the item for adjourning the meeting and have theambiguous statement: Information reports are provided for informational purposes only to the Council and the public but are not listed for action during this meeting’s agenda. The public is entitled to comment on any item on the agendabefore the Council takes action on the item, but the statementthat the information items are not listed for action during themeeting leaves open the possibility that they will be discussedby the Council because they have agenda item numbers. The agenda order already has a topic heading, "COUNCIL MEMBERQUESTIONS, COMMENTS, ANNOUNCEMENTS" ​under which Council Memberscan ask questions about information reports or schedule thereport to be an agenda item for a future meeting. I urge you to restore the Information Reports to their priorplace in the online agenda packet where the items are separatedfrom the agenda and are not numbered as part of the agenda. On the general topic of Procedures and Protocols, it isdifficult to make any other suggestions during the State ofEmergency when there is the possibility to change anyprocedures or protocols without regard to following anystandards you establish. Thank you for your consideration of these comments. Sincerely, Herb Borock cc: City Clerk From:herb To:Council, City Cc:Clerk, City Subject:February 5, 2022 Council Meeting, Procedures and Protocols Handbook Date:Friday, February 4, 2022 5:23:20 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. ​Herb BorockP. O. Box 632Palo Alto, CA 94302 February 4, 2022 Palo Alto City Council250 Hamilton AvenuePalo Alto, CA 94301 FEBRUARY 4, 2022 CITY COUNCIL MEETING, AGENDA ITEM #2COUNCIL PROCEDURES AND PROTOCOLS HANDBOOK Dear City Council: Your Procedures and Protocols, Palo Alto Municipal Code Section2.04.070, prior direction to staff, and your practice should beconsistent. For example, the Council has previously given direction to theCity Manager to make agenda packets available with meetingagendas and staff reports eleven days prior to a Councilmeeting, but the Municipal Code has not been amended to reflectthat practice. Recently, the online agenda packet format has been changed tomove "Information Items" to the agenda from the list of itemsthat are in the agenda packet but are not part of the agendathat is published in a newspaper of general circulation. The information items are now given agenda item numbers andappear after the item for adjourning the meeting and have theambiguous statement: Information reports are provided for informational purposes only to the Council and the public but are not listed for action during this meeting’s agenda. The public is entitled to comment on any item on the agendabefore the Council takes action on the item, but the statementthat the information items are not listed for action during themeeting leaves open the possibility that they will be discussedby the Council because they have agenda item numbers. The agenda order already has a topic heading, "COUNCIL MEMBERQUESTIONS, COMMENTS, ANNOUNCEMENTS" ​under which Council Memberscan ask questions about information reports or schedule thereport to be an agenda item for a future meeting. I urge you to restore the Information Reports to their priorplace in the online agenda packet where the items are separatedfrom the agenda and are not numbered as part of the agenda. On the general topic of Procedures and Protocols, it isdifficult to make any other suggestions during the State ofEmergency when there is the possibility to change anyprocedures or protocols without regard to following anystandards you establish. Thank you for your consideration of these comments. Sincerely, Herb Borock cc: City Clerk From:W.S. HOPFENBERG To:Council, City Subject:Airplane noise Date:Friday, February 4, 2022 3:27:50 PM [Some people who received this message don't often get email from wendyhopfenberg@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. ________________________________ I would appreciate the council making airplane noise one of the priorities this year. Thank you, Wendy Hopfenberg Forest Avenue Most likely voice recorded on iPhone From:Bonny Parke To:Council, City Subject:Enforcing the gas leaf blower ban #2 Date:Friday, February 4, 2022 2:55:04 PM Some people who received this message don't often get email from bonny.parke@gmail.com.Learn why this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear City Council, Regarding the method of enforcing this ban, it seems as though it would not be too difficult to send a form letter to a property owner who has been reported as having a gas leaf blower on their property. This letter could inform the property owner (1) that someone has reported that this activity has occurred and (2) that enabling such a blower is a misdemeanor. Suggested remedies could be provided, i.e., the name and decibel level of suitable blowers. I'm thinking that this type of enforcement would not be that onerous--mostly a part-time desk job at first. Eventually, it could be automated. Many people are not aware of this ordinance. I told one person on my block about the ordinance and she immediately contacted her gardener and offered to buy him a better alternative. Simply advertising the ordinance on city websites would also help. Respectfully, Bonny Parke, Ph.D. From:mickie winkler To:Council, City Cc:mickie winkler Subject:Do not hire more city staff until an outside audit is complete, Please Date:Friday, February 4, 2022 2:48:14 PM Some people who received this message don't often get email from mickie650@gmail.com. Learn why this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Palo Alto, City Council: Please do NOT hire more employees. Do you know how high Palo Alto's comparative salaries are? How high our comparative retirement and health care benefits are? And how wastefully our city is run? When I installed a washer dryer in my apartment, I had 5 city inspections. Yes 5. Before you hire more employees, especially in the so-called non-safety arena, hire an outside auditor to: · assess the overlap and need for the employees we have; · make suggestions for more efficiently staffing our departments; · and identify functions that could be contracted out so as not increase our enormous and growing pension of $510. 4 million (per June, 2020) Thank you, Mickie Winkler Former Mayor Menlo Park Mickie Winkler 650-324-7444 office 650-335-5540 cell MickieWinkler.com From:Marie-Francoise Bertrand To:Council, City Subject:Jet noise Date:Friday, February 4, 2022 2:15:14 PM [Some people who received this message don't often get email from mfbertrand2017@gmail.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. ________________________________ PLEASE make jet noise a 2022 priority Thank you From:Bonny Parke To:Council, City Subject:Enforcing the gas leaf blower ban Date:Friday, February 4, 2022 1:16:14 PM Some people who received this message don't often get email from bonny.parke@gmail.com.Learn why this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear City Council members, I urge you to provide resources to enforce the gas leaf blower ban. Gas leaf blowers pollute the air, make it difficult to work at home, and detract from the enjoyment of a simple walk in the neighborhood. Active enforcement of this ban could taper off once violators are notified, since they are likely to address the problem. Sincerely, Bonny Parke, Ph.D. 3292 South Ct, Palo Alto, CA 94306 . • • • From:Amir&Sandra Ben-Efraim To:Council, City Subject:City Priorities Date:Friday, February 4, 2022 12:12:08 PM Some people who received this message don't often get email from amirsandra@yahoo.com.Learn why this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. In light of tomorrow's meeting, I'd like to support that "there is no question that aviation noise and air pollution are community priorities--if not the highest priority for hundreds of Palo Alto residents. We need the City to be proactive on addressing FAA actions, including to propose design alternatives to the FAA." Plans have resumed flying at all odd hours and lower altitudes in the middle of the night. We must do everything possible to have our skies go back to pre-2015. Best, Sandra and Amir Ben-Efraim From:Larry Alton To:Council, City Subject:Please make aircraft noise a city priority Date:Friday, February 4, 2022 12:00:56 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Aircraft noise is disturbing and not necessary! Change the flight paths! Larry Alton Downtown North Fro m : Ca t h e r i n e M a r t i n e a u To : Co u n c i l , C i t y Cc : Sh i k a d a , E d ; Go l l i n g e r , P e t e r Su b j e c t : Ca n o p y i n p u t f o r C o u n c i l R e t r e a t t o m o r r o w Da t e : Fri d a y , F e b r u a r y 4 , 2 0 2 2 1 0 : 3 4 : 0 7 A M Att a c h m e n t s : 20 2 2 C a n o p y A d v o c a c y _ P a l o A l t o . p d f CAU T I O N : T h i s e m a i l o r i g i n a t e d f r o m o u t s i d e o f t h e o r g a n i z a t i o n . B e c a u t i o u s of o p e n i n g a t t a c h m e n t s a n d c l i c k i n g o n l i n k s . 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In addition, neighborhoods face disparities in canopy cover, and climate-change impacts are already being felt. Now is the time for the city to make sure its urban forest is protected, cared for, and renewed . Current Regulations The current tree ordinance protects only certain trees : • Protected-coast live oaks and valley oaks 11.5" trunk diameter (36" circum .), coast redwoods 18" trunk diameter (57'' circum.), measured 54" above ground • Street/public--on city property or street right-of-way • Near utilities--regulated by the Public Utilities Commission • Designated--listed in landscape development plans • Heritage--individuals designated by City Council It is illegal to remove or or harm any of these trees without a permit. See Palo Alto Municipal Code Ch . 8.04, 8.10. Moving Forward The city is in the process of updating its tree protection ordinance for the first time in 20 years and preparing a Tree and Landscape Technical Manual (TLTM) to implement the ordinance and set technical standards. In April, the City Council is scheduled to review and approve the ordinance updates, including expansion of the list of protected species. The updated ordinance and TLTM will help protect mature trees, integrate trees and nature into developments, and ensure that the city's urban forest is resilient in the face of increased urbanization and climate change. How You Can Support Tree Canopy Growth in Palo Alto 1. Update the tree protection ordinance: greater protection is needed 2. Ensure that the Landscape and Tree Technical Manual is completed and well publicized 3. Even during a drought, trees are worth their water: ensure that water-conservation measures include the deep watering that urban trees require 4. Ensure smart growth: integrate trees and nature into development projects by protecting mature trees and requiring robust new plantings 5. Increase canopy equity: prioritize plantings in neighborhoods with the lowest tree canopy coverage . ------------------. • '-\ Palo Alto is named for a tree: El Pd\1o A1t-o is a 11 0' tall, 1,000 year-old coast • redwood 1 '-\ Southern magnolia is the most abundant street tree in Palo Alto • '-\ Shade from street trees can keep neighborhoods up to ,-10 4'.e8"ees coo1e" than those without 1 '-\ Trees provide public ked\11-k 'bel\efits, improving both physical and mental health 1 '-\ Trees can return more than $S-'" 'bel\efits for every $1 spent on their care 1 . ---------------------------. Version updated January 2022 Canopy plants and cares for trees where people need them the most. Save Our Water and Our Trees! 3921 East Bayshore Rd. I Palo Alto, CA 94303 I canopy.org I 650-964-6110 I info@canopy.org From:David Coale To:Council, City Cc:Shikada, Ed Subject:Climate change needs to be a top priority for the City Date:Friday, February 4, 2022 9:56:07 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Mayor and Council members, Please make climate change, specifically GHG reductions, a top priority this year. Here are just some of the reasons why Palo Alto needs to have climate change as a top priority: --[if !supportLists]--> 1) <!--[endif]-->The Ad Hoc committee has just gotten started this year. 2) No real progress was made in the first two years, so there has really only been one year of Council effort on this. --[if !supportLists]--> 3) <!--[endif]-->We will need at least two more years to make sure substantial programs with meaningful intermediate milestones are in place. --[if !supportLists]--> 4) <!--[endif]-->The Council is still treating climate change and the SCAP as a separate item from other city business. GHG reduction goals need to be considered at every major council decision not just twice a year when the SCAP review comes before Council. --[if !supportLists]--> 5) <!--[endif]-->The follow on to the Ad Hoc Committee must be put in place to make sure the GHG reduction programs continue until our goals are realized. --[if !supportLists]--> 6) <!--[endif]-->It will take at least another two years for the City to get the messaging out about our SCAP goals and electrification. We must keep the conversation going (started) with the community at large. --[if !supportLists]--> 7) <!--[endif]-->Many of our high school students know more about the SCAP then some of our committees. I was surprised at how little the Planning and Transportation committee knew about the SCAP when this topic came up. --[if !supportLists]--> 8) <!--[endif]-->The SCAP needs to be front and center for all the committees and governing bodies. Anything less will jeopardize meeting our goals for GHG reductions. --[if !supportLists]--> 9) <!--[endif]-->The Council has yet to fully fund the GHG efforts. Until the funding is put in place to meet our 80 by 30 goals, climate change has to remain a top priority for the City. --[if !supportLists]--> 10) <!--[endif]-->The Council has yet to pair down the SCAP and prioritize GHG reductions so that we can make our 80 by 20 goals. While the other item that address sustainability are good, such as waste reduction, water use, etc. these items are doing pretty well while we are way behind in our GHG goals. For all these reasons and more, the Council needs to keep Climate change, specifically GHG reductions, as a top priority this year. Thank you for your consideration, Sincerely, David Coale Barron Park From:Peter Leroe-Muñoz To:Council, City Subject:SVLG Support for Accelerated Small Cell Deployment Date:Friday, February 4, 2022 8:00:53 AM Attachments:SVLG Letter - Support for accelerated small cell deployment.pdf Some people who received this message don't often get email from pleroemunoz@svlg.org. Learn why this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Esteemed Palo Alto City Council: Please find attached a letter from the Silicon Valley Leadership Group that expresses our support for accelerated small cell deployment in Palo Alto. Advancing this digital infrastructure will help meet the data demands of residents, businesses and academic institutions. Please consider the Leadership Group a resource in working towards greater connectivity. Best, Peter Peter Leroe-Muñoz General Counsel SVP, Tech & Innovation 408.200.2357 | svlg.org Connect with us: Twitter | LinkedIn | Facebook R I (408) 501-7864 2001 Gatew ay Place, Suite 101E San Jose, California 95110 svlg.org ▼ Palo Alto City Council Office of the City Clerk City Hall, 7th Floor 250 Hamilton Avenue Palo Alto, CA 94301 RE: Support of Accelerated 5G Infrastructure Deployment Members of the Palo Alto City Council: I am writing in support of accelerating small cell infrastructure deployment in Palo Alto to help meet data demands in the City for residents, businesses and academic institutions. The Silicon Valley Leadership Group, founded by David Packard of Hewlett Packard, is a diverse business association of more than 350 dynamic companies shaping the Innovation Economy of Silicon Valley, California and the nation. Leadership Group members provide nearly one of every three private sector jobs in Silicon Valley . The current pandemic has moved much of residents’ lives online, whether through remote work, online education, or te lehealth. Efficient deployment of small cells through modernized permitting processes will increase access to broadband internet. With higher mobile connectivity, residents will have greater opportunities to fully access these activities online, while also facilitating stronger engagement with City officials and vital emergency services. To fully experience all the benefits of an advanced wireless network, Palo Alto must establish a framework that allows carriers to have reasonable and timely access to suitable infrastructure for small cell deployment. Hindering this deployment will weaken the City’s position to compete economically, further attract a skilled workforce and educate next -generation tech workers. The Silicon Valley Leadership Group is happy to serve as a resource in working towards our shared goals of supporting residents, businesses and academic institutions , and improving digital infrastructure. Peter Leroe -Muñoz General Counsel Senior Vice President, Tech Policy (408) 501-7864 2001 Gatew ay Place, Suite 101E San Jose, California 95110 Ahmad Thomas, CEO Silicon Valley Leadership Group Jed York, Chair San Francisco 49ers Eric S. Yuan, Vice Chair Zoom Video Communications James Gutierrez, Vice Chair Luva Victoria Huff Eckert, Treasurer Pw C US Greg Becker Silicon Valley Bank Aart de Geus Synopsys Vintage Foster AMF Media Group Raquel Gonzalez Bank of America Paul A. King Stanford Children’s Health Ibi Krukrubo EY Alan Lowe Lumentum Judy C. Miner Foothill-De Anza Community College District Rao Mulpuri View Kim Polese Crow dSmart Sharon Ryan Bay Area New s Group Siva Sivaram Western Digital Tom Werner SunPow er January 31, 2022 svlg.org ▼ lEID SILICON VALLEY LEADERSHIP GROUP From:Blackshire, Geoffrey To:Burt, Patrick Cc:Council, City; Pat Burt Subject:Re: PAFD Badge Pinning Ceremony Date:Friday, February 4, 2022 6:16:41 AM Attachments:image003.png image002.png image005.png image008.png image010.png image002.png image003.png image005.png image008.png image010.png Good morning, Wonderful news. Would you like to say a few words? Geo Please excuse any typos. This message was sent from my iPhone On Feb 3, 2022, at 15:36, Burt, Patrick <Pat.Burt@cityofpaloalto.org> wrote:  Chief, I'd be glad to join the ceremony. Best regards, Pat Burt From: Blackshire, Geoffrey <Geoffrey.Blackshire@CityofPaloAlto.org> Sent: Tuesday, February 1, 2022 6:59 PM To: Council, City <city.council@cityofpaloalto.org> Subject: PAFD Badge Pinning Ceremony Good evening Council, With Ed Shikada’s consent, I am inviting you to the Palo Alto Fire Department’s badge pinning ceremony for our newest hires. The details are in the attached flyer. Please RSVP by replying to this email if you are able to join us. Best regards, Geo Blackshire Fire Chief Palo Alto Fire Department (650) 329-2424 www.cityofpaloalto.org From:promiserani To:Council, City Subject:Please support pedestrian streets Date:Thursday, February 3, 2022 9:29:50 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Council, I am writing to support turning California Avenue and Ramona Street into pedestrian streets permanently. Please continue to offer driving-free safe pedestrian zones and more "common spaces" that will provide bicycle routes, support the local businesses, and also help reach our climate goals. My family enjoys this local space and are looking forward to doing so for years to come. Prerana Jayakumar Midtown From:Audrey Gold To:Council, City Subject:Support for the California Avenue pedestrian street Date:Thursday, February 3, 2022 9:15:25 PM Some people who received this message don't often get email from audreygold@gmail.com. Learnwhy this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear City Council members, I strongly support the permanent closure of California to cars. I visit the area several times a week and find the quiet street a wonderful place to stroll, pick up take-out, dine and shop. Car parking is easily found on both sides of Cal Ave and the street is popular with cyclists. They are safer with less danger of being "doored" by people opening car doors without looking for people on bikes. Please vote to support making this change permanent! I expect restaurants will become even more popular when the days become longer and the weather warms up. Regards, Audrey Gold Lathrop Dr, Stanford From:Jack Baker To:Council, City Subject:Please keep California Avenue closed to traffic! Date:Thursday, February 3, 2022 9:13:55 PM Some people who received this message don't often get email from bakerjw@gmail.com. Learnwhy this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear City Council, One of the few bright spots of our challenging pandemic has been the pedestrian-only California Avenue. I love biking over with my family for outdoor dinners at Italico, where we can listen to live music while our kids run around in the street. Many other restaurant and coffee visits have turned from humdrum stops into a more memorable patio experience. Our mild climate is excellent for outdoor dining and gatherings, and is all the better without the noise and commotion of traffic on the road. California Avenue is now my favorite dining neighborhood on the peninsula, with the quiet street and excellent nearby parking and transit access. I hope you will keep this jewel of an arrangement, and allow it to grow into an even nicer setup with a permanent closure. I appreciate why University Avenue needed to re-open, but please keep our special California Avenue! It is a great family destination, and a role-model to encourage our neighboring towns to create their own car-free environments. Thank you, Jack Baker 650-799--4577 834 Esplanada Way, Stanford, CA 94305 From:Tran, Joanna To:Council, City Cc:Executive Leadership Team; Tanner, Rachael; Harper, Paul Subject:Council Consent Agenda Questions for 2/7/22: Items 4, 9, 10, 11 Date:Thursday, February 3, 2022 6:02:23 PM Attachments:image001.png image003.png image004.png image006.png image007.png image008.png image009.png Dear Mayor and Council Members, On behalf of City Manager Ed Shikada, please view responses to questions from Council members Cormack, DuBois and Tanaka regarding Monday night’s Council Meeting at this link. The amended agenda can be found here. Thank you, Joanna Joanna Tran Executive Assistant to the City Manager Office of the City Manager (650) 329-2105 | joanna.tran@cityofpaloalto.org www.cityofpaloalto.org 11 Please dick here to provide fc,edback on our City's s,el"\lices From:Rebecca Eisenberg To:Shikada, Ed; Council, City Subject:Re: FW: Pets In Need - Notice of Termination Date:Thursday, February 3, 2022 6:01:26 PM Attachments:image003.png image002.png CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Ed, Thank you for your note and for confirming you made the remarks I quoted on Monday night. Specifically, the most problematic line in your email is: "In the immediate term, we will not proactively share this development with others, to provide staff time to meet and determine appropriate steps forward." That insinuates clearly that the people you are not sharing this with is "the public" and states explicitly that you did not share it in order "to meet" (without the public, obviously, because you stated you are not sharing it with the public) and to "determine appropriate steps forward." Because you shared it with the entire City Council, and not with the public, your actions on the face create a prima facie violation of the Brown Act that mandates investigation. As I quoted in my comment, Cal Govt Code Section 54959 states: “Each member of a legislative body who attends a meeting of that legislative body where action is taken in violation of any provision of this chapter, and where the member intends to deprive the public of information to which the member knows or has reason to know the public is entitled under this chapter, is guilty of a misdemeanor.” Given the complicated and rich history of Court enforcement of the Brown Act and its various provisions, it is not rational to make any legal conclusion whether or not your statements and actions constitute an actionable and/or criminal violation of the Act. But to deny the fact that a case can be made for violation (and criminal misdemeanor) is irrational given your written testimony. I expect that the City Council and City Attorney are unlikely to take action on this matter, given the fact that they potentially face legal liability as well (and they historically have lacked the courage and integrity to look into matters that may put them at risk). Fortunately, the public has standing to enforce many/most provisions of the Brown Act, and as far as I am aware, certain people (not I) are in the process of considering that. Are you still sending two sets of emails -- one for City Council eyes only, and one for the public the following day? I believe that practice is unwise (at best) as well as optically negative from the perspective of the community. Anything that you consider material to tell the City Council (that is not amongst a very small category of matters that genuinely are subject to privilege) are material to the community, whether or not the practice of two separate emails is compliant with the law. As a final note, the affirmative obligation of a representative of local government to report material matters cannot be fulfilled by the disclosure of a third party unless that third party disclosure was sent as official communication from the local government, which was not done in this case -- even if PIN distributed its news to the entire community, which it did not (instead distributing it only to its limited email community, of which I am part). That fact can be confirmed by numerous sources so I am surprised to hear you make the argument you made. I appreciate your reaching out and authenticating the email, as well as validating your words as well as your position on the matter. Most importantly, it is always nice to hear from you directly, even if and when we disagree. It means a lot to hear directly from city leadership, and I am very grateful for your doing so. Best regards, Rebecca Rebecca L. Eisenberg Founder & Principal Netskink Positive Impact Investments Private Client Legal Services www.linkedin.com/in/eisenberg rebecca@netskink.comrebecca@privateclientlegal.com 415-235-8078 On Mon, Jan 31, 2022 at 8:16 PM Shikada, Ed <Ed.Shikada@cityofpaloalto.org> wrote: Hi Rebecca – Your comments this evening made me want to double check – below is my email to the council. I note that you neglected to mention my preface “In the immediate term”. In addition, I didn’t say “without public involvement” as I believe you quoted. As a practical matter, we didn’t need to announce receipt of the letter because PIN announced it. I’m happy to discuss further, but thought you’d want to know the facts. Best regards, --Ed Ed Shikada City Manager (650) 329-2280 | ed.shikada@cityofpaloalto.org www.cityofpaloalto.org From: Shikada, Ed Sent: Monday, November 15, 2021 12:14 PM To: Alison Cormack (Alison.Cormack@CityofPaloAlto.org) <Alison.Cormack@CityofPaloAlto.org>; Eric Filseth (efilseth@gmail.com) <efilseth@gmail.com>; Greer Stone <gstone22@gmail.com>; Greg Tanaka <greg@gregtanaka.org>; Lydia Kou (internal) <lydia.kou@cityofpaloalto.org>; Pat Burt (pat@patburt.org) <pat@patburt.org>; Tom DuBois (external) <tomforcouncil@gmail.com> Cc: Stump, Molly <Molly.Stump@CityofPaloAlto.org>; Nose, Kiely <Kiely.Nose@CityofPaloAlto.org>; Horrigan-Taylor, Meghan <Meghan.Horrigan- Taylor@CityofPaloAlto.org>; Kristen O'Kane (Kristen.O'Kane@CityofPaloAlto.org) <Kristen.O'Kane@CityofPaloAlto.org>; Jonsen, Robert <Robert.Jonsen@CityofPaloAlto.org>; Eggleston, Brad <Brad.Eggleston@CityofPaloAlto.org> Subject: Pets In Need - Notice of Termination Councilmembers – I’m writing to advise you of the attached letter hand-delivered from PIN this morning. In the immediate term, we will not proactively share this development with others, to provide staff time to meet and determine appropriate steps forward. Respectfully, --Ed C I TY OF PALO ALTO Please dick here to provide feedback on our City's s-ervices From:Aram James To:Sajid Khan; Jethroe Moore; Jay Boyarsky; Human Relations Commission; chuck jagoda; Joe Simitian; Raj; Jeff Rosen; Roberta Ahlquist; Council, City; Greer Stone Subject:Prosecutors Who Want to Curb Mass Incarceration Hit a Roadblock: Tough-on-Crime Lawmakers | The Marshall Project Date:Thursday, February 3, 2022 5:15:55 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ https://www.themarshallproject.org/2022/02/03/prosecutors-who-want-to-curb-mass-incarceration-hit-a-roadblock- tough-on-crime-lawmakers Sent from my iPhone From:Jiyeon Ban To:Council, City; Library, Pa; Library Director Subject:2022 Palo Alto Chinese New Year Education Fair Date:Thursday, February 3, 2022 5:00:38 PM Some people who received this message don't often get email from banjiyeon@gmail.com. Learnwhy this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear City of Palo Alto and Palo Alto Library, I am very disappointed with the “2022 Palo Alto Chinese New Year Education Fair”. Many other Asian countries (Taiwan, Korea, Singapore, Vietnam, Mongolia, Malaysia, Indonesia, etc.) celebrate Lunar New Year as well, each with different cultures and traditions. People of each country eat traditional food, enjoy their traditional games, and perform ancestral rites for their ancestors. I don’t want Lunar New Year to be called “Chinese New Year” as if it is a only Chinese holiday and only show Chinese culture. Please change the name to “Lunar New Year” instead of “Chinese New Year”. Thank you. Sincerely, Jiyeon From:Burt, Patrick To:Blackshire, Geoffrey; Council, City Cc:Pat Burt Subject:Re: PAFD Badge Pinning Ceremony Date:Thursday, February 3, 2022 3:36:24 PM Attachments:image003.png image002.png image005.png image008.png image010.png Chief, I'd be glad to join the ceremony. Best regards, Pat Burt From: Blackshire, Geoffrey <Geoffrey.Blackshire@CityofPaloAlto.org> Sent: Tuesday, February 1, 2022 6:59 PM To: Council, City <city.council@cityofpaloalto.org> Subject: PAFD Badge Pinning Ceremony Good evening Council, With Ed Shikada’s consent, I am inviting you to the Palo Alto Fire Department’s badge pinning ceremony for our newest hires. The details are in the attached flyer. Please RSVP by replying to this email if you are able to join us. Best regards, Geo Blackshire Fire Chief Palo Alto Fire Department (650) 329-2424 www.cityofpaloalto.org From:Loran Harding To:Loran Harding; Cathy Lewis; lalws4@gmail.com; Leodies Buchanan; leager; antonia.tinoco@hsr.ca.gov; alumnipresident@stanford.edu; David Balakian; beachrides; fred beyerlein; bballpod; boardmembers; bearwithme1016@att.net; Chris Field; Council, City; dennisbalakian; Doug Vagim; 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; jerry ruopoli; Joel Stiner; kfsndesk; kwalsh@kmaxtv.com; karkazianjewelers@gmail.com; Mark Standriff; mthibodeaux@electriclaboratories.com; margaret-sasaki@live.com; Mayor; 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 Wednesday, 2-2-22: Are Omicron vaccines needed? Date:Thursday, February 3, 2022 3:26:33 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: Wed, Feb 2, 2022 at 10:41 PM Subject: Dr. John Campbell Wednesday, 2-2-22: Are Omicron vaccines needed? To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> Thursday, February 3, 2022 To all- Dr. John Campbell in the north of England, on the west coast, discusses whether we need Omicron specific vaccines. Pfizer and Moderna are working on them. By now we, in the UK, US e.g. have so much innate immunity- which he discusses with some surprising new findings, so much natural immunity from having been exposed to Omicron, and so much immunity from vaccination, that he wonders aloud here whether we need Omicron specific vaccines (!) . Are omicron vaccines needed - YouTube L. William Harding Fresno, Ca. From:Miyoung Nam To:Council, City; Library, Pa; Library Director Cc:vlao@pausd.org; council@paloaltopta.org; daustin@pausd.org; vmaya@pausd.org; Laurence, Kathie; sofek@pausd.org; abrown@pausd.org Subject:About Lunar New Year Date:Thursday, February 3, 2022 12:15:13 PM Some people who received this message don't often get email from mycalif@hotmail.com. Learnwhy this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Palo Alto library and PAUSD, I’ve just found out that the city is naming Chinese New Year but I don't think it's proper of the diverse Asian population in this Bay Area. The way each county enjoys the Lunar New Year is different. Some counties celebrate it with the red items and dancing lions but others are totally different from them. Naming the Chinese New Year is like an act of instilling cultural prejudice in the children growing up in various culture. Please change the name "Lunar New Year", not Chinese New Year. Thanks, Miyoung Get Outlook for iOS From:Bogyung Kim To:Council, City; Library Director; Library, Pa Cc:Laurence, Kathie; Sharon Ofek; Vicky Lao; abrown@pausd.org; council@paloaltopta.org; daustin@pausd.org; vmaya@pausd.org Subject:Lunar New Year (Not Chinese New Year) Date:Thursday, February 3, 2022 10:48:36 AM Some people who received this message don't often get email from bogyung729@gmail.com.Learn why this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Palo Alto Library, PAUSD and Palo Alto City, “2022 Palo Alto Chinese New Year Education Fair Sun, Feb 6, 3:00 - 6:00 PM, Mitchell Park Community Center” We are very disappointed with the “2022 Palo Alto Chinese New Year Education Fair”. A lot of Asia has Lunar New year. Taiwan, Korea, Singapore, Vietnam, Mongolia, Malaysia, Indonesia etc. We feel very rejected from the Palo Alto Library, PAUSD and Palo Alto City. Please change the name. We are from different countries and different cultures in Asia. Do you know that in some countries, the color red means to die. A lot of people feel very bad and think about dying. I know Chinese people like the color red. The way each country enjoys the Lunar New Year and the food they eat are all different. Some countries like the color red, set off firecrackers, and dance lion dances, but other countries differ from each other by eating their country's traditional food, enjoying traditional games, and performing ancestral rites for their ancestors. Nevertheless, naming the Lunar New Year as if it were a Chinese holiday and showing only Chinese culture is thought to be an act of instilling cultural prejudice in our children growing up in various cultures. Do you know how many countries are in Asia? There are 48 countries in Asia. China is not Asia, China is just part of Asia. This event at the library has left many Asians feeling left out and rejected. Please change the name, “Lunar New Year” not Chinese New Year. Thank you. Sincerely, Bogyung Kim From:Carole Conn To:Carole Conn Subject:New Project Sentinel Services for Mortgage Relief Date:Thursday, February 3, 2022 9:35:44 AM Attachments:image001.png CA Mortgage Relief Assistance Program_2022.pdf Importance:High Some people who received this message don't often get email from cconn@housing.org. Learnwhy this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Community and Government Partners, It is my pleasure to introduce myself as the new Executive Director of Project Sentinel, an opportunity and privilege I look forward to fulfilling in partnership with you to best serve your constituents and members of the community. 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Our HUD Ce rtified Housing Counselors can also help with: •Post Purchase Counseling •Pre-purchase Counseling •Reverse Mortgage Counseling Project Sentinel, a California Non-Profit Providing Housing Solutions & Community Mediation since 1976 www.housing.org From:Allan Seid To:Channing House Bulletin Board Subject:Fwd: Scans Date:Thursday, February 3, 2022 6:45:47 AM Attachments:20220203061613405.pdf 20220203061645719.pdf CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. THE FIFTH CITY TO APOLOGIZE SHOULD BE----??? From: Allan Seid ,-' ' .... . . ·•, '' . ' ' .. _-' ; __ --' : ·' •:'•• :.· ... ·:·.'_.!:' '_',!._:'\,",::· ' _;,: .,.-.c',:'-':J,_.'n1:.:-.:,c:-;-, r-· -___ _::_.,_ SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE AND SFCHRONICLE.COM. 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The board · adopted his.resolution, Haney , also passed more than a do,;en told The Chronicle that a formal ordinances from 1873 to 18~3 . apoloITTlwould.cjenionstrate a cracking cfown on Chines.elaun· · . ine"1]ing:ful commitment by the dfies Ieadµl.gto infaino_~s rie>ts of · citytO ·tirtdo the systemic legacies 1877, which left four-people dead ofanti-:Chlnese laws.adopted in and 20 laundry houses destroyed. the 19th and.20th centuries. The San Francisco Unified "San FtariciSco has been for Scliool District also enacted racist over a hundred years a hub of Policies, according to the resolu-Chinese-American life, commu- Jion adopted Tue,~day. In 1~70, a ni/y and culture, but it has also been the source of many dis­ criminatory laws and atiti-Chi­ neseviolence," Haney said. !'Ifwe are going to confront the chal­ lenges of the present, we have to be vocal and honest about the root causes of ongoing discrim­ ination and hatred." , Tuesday's resolution was · adopted swiftly without board discussion or public comment. It came nearly a week after a _more robust discussion before the city's Budget and Finance Com­ mittee. At that Jan. 26 hearing, Cally Wong, director for AP! Couhcil of San Francisco, im­ plored local leaders to work in tandem with Chinese community leaders to identify and serve their needs. "The r~.cent surge in anti-Asian ------------- hate crimes continues to affirm (ilia! Asian and Pacific Islanders) continue to be seen as foreigners ,.µi.d not Americans," said Wong, whose coalition of nori.profit organizations work with un­ derserved Asian communities in San Francisco. "Our city must do . its part to snpport the type of policies that are attended to uplift and shill the narrative." The resolution, which ac­ knowledges ilia! the city's dis­ criminatory policies cast a wide net, disenfranchising members of other Asian communities, did not outline specific remedies. But Haney said he plans to continue working with Asian COnununity members about pot~tial finan­ cial reinvestments through the city's budget process. A road map could be San Francisco's Dream · Keeper Initiative, a two-year $120 ~on investment in historically Black neighborhoodsunveiled last February. The city's"formal apology is both a great gesture andjuSt the beginning, noted Justin Hoover, · executive director of the Chinese Historical Society of America Museum in San.Francisco. He said future city support would be crucial to Chinese youth and their educational aspirations, am called for greater investment in ancho.r nonprofit institutions tha can help cultivate the next gener­ ation of inclusive Asian leaders. "A gesture of acknowledgment does little without substantive investment in the community;" Hoover said. Shwanika Narayan is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. Email: shwanika.-narayan@ sfchronicle.com Twitter/Instagram: @shwanika ; From:Robert Nilsen To:Council, City Subject:Attn: Palo IT, M&A Transaction Opportunity Date:Thursday, February 3, 2022 4:29:54 AM Importance:High Some people who received this message don't often get email from r.nilsen@mdn-group.com.Learn why this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. 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[opt-out] From:Loran Harding To:Loran Harding; antonia.tinoco@hsr.ca.gov; alumnipresident@stanford.edu; David Balakian; beachrides; fred beyerlein; bballpod; Leodies Buchanan; boardmembers; bearwithme1016@att.net; Cathy Lewis; Chris Field; Council, City; dennisbalakian; Doug Vagim; 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; 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; midge@thebarretts.com; newsdesk; news@fresnobee.com; nick yovino; david pomaville; Sally Thiessen; Steve Wayte; tsheehan; terry; VT3126782@gmail.com; vallesR1969@att.net Subject:Fwd: Angela Rayner for 7:22. Interesting. Date:Thursday, February 3, 2022 1:37:55 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: Thu, Feb 3, 2022 at 1:01 AM Subject: Fwd: Angela Rayner for 7:22. Interesting. To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> Date: Wed, Feb 2, 2022 at 10:56 PM Subject: Fwd: Angela Rayner for 7:22. Interesting. To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> Date: Wed, Feb 2, 2022 at 10:00 PM Subject: Angela Rayner for 7:22. Interesting. To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> Late on Tuesday, 2-2-22 To all- 7:22 of Angela Rayner here. You get to see a town in N. England. That is northern England, not New England. She mentions that people leave university in the UK owing 45,000 pounds. Didn't know that. I thought with us defending the whole world, the developed countries mostly had afforable higher ed. I think we have better housing stock than the UK does. Where houses are all connected, we'd call those "row houses". They call them terraced houses. Detached houses are a far bigger deal there- rarer- than they are here. Owen Jones meets Angela Rayner | 'People are realising they can transform Britain' - YouTube More of Angela Rayner for 41 minutes: I just watched this whole thing. Wow. What a mind. She's now #2 in the Labor Party, apparently. A member of the House of Commons. What I notice is the world-view, and the language skill, of a woman who left school at 16 and pregnant. Ask the average woman in Fresno who did that to discuss anything, and see what you get. The vicious Republicans in the US have stunted the minds of milions of Americans by their arranging for the schools to be SO bad. I think it makes us vulnerable as a country to all sorts of things. And it's our culture too. Video games, social media, internet, TV, movies can be "distractors". A desire for and appreciation of the importance of education runs in famiies too. Not genetically, culturally. Yet, our universities turn out good numbers of highly educated people. Then when the white men among them try to have a career, they run into the Nazi policies of the U.S. government designed to ruin their lives. My recommendation to them: Get even. Move to Germany. They'll feel it when enough of you do that. In full: Labour deputy leadership candidate Angela Rayner on her 'traumatic' childhood | ITV News - YouTube She won that election, of course. 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; Leodies Buchanan; boardmembers; bearwithme1016@att.net; Cathy Lewis; Chris Field; Council, City; dennisbalakian; Doug Vagim; 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; 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; news@fresnobee.com; nick yovino; david pomaville; russ@topperjewelers.com; Sally Thiessen; Steve Wayte; tsheehan; terry; VT3126782@gmail.com; vallesR1969@att.net Subject:Fwd: House of Commons - charges of corruption,,etc. Date:Wednesday, February 2, 2022 7:43:18 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: Wed, Feb 2, 2022 at 4:25 PM Subject: Fwd: House of Commons - charges of corruption,,etc. To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> Date: Wed, Feb 2, 2022 at 4:28 AM Subject: Fwd: House of Commons - charges of corruption,,etc. To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> Date: Wed, Feb 2, 2022 at 3:50 AM Subject: Fwd: House of Commons - charges of corruption,,etc. To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> Date: Wed, Feb 2, 2022 at 3:43 AM Subject: Fwd: House of Commons - charges of corruption,,etc. To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> Date: Wed, Feb 2, 2022 at 3:22 AM Subject: House of Commons - charges of corruption,,etc. To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> Wednesday, February 2, 2022 To all- House of Commons: Really good. Apoplectic Speaker goes fully mental at Boris Johnson - YouTube More fire and brimstone in the House of Commons. I like the red-head. She is a stunner. Look at her long pointed nose. Flawless skin. Deputy leader of the opposition. Too bad she can't get elected President of the United States. Angela Rayner. January 5, 2022. Before the blow-up over alcohol-fueled parties at No. 10. PMQs: Angela Rayner tells Boris Johnson to brush his hair - YouTube More H. of Commons: I was watching this at 4:30 this morning not realizing that it was live. That was around 12:30 PM Wednesday in London. This is worth watching. They really excoriate each other. Maybe we should do this with our President facing Congress periodically. They have interesting accents, yes? Not one American accent. I suppose an American could move to the UK and get elected to Parliament. Let's send one from Texas or Alabama and one from Boston. LIVE: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson takes questions in parliament #PMQs - YouTube L. William Harding Fresno, Ca. From:susan chamberlain To:Pat Burt; Council, City Subject:Petition to make Climate Change Policies a top Priority for City Council Date:Wednesday, February 2, 2022 5:04:51 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Mayor Burt and City Council Members, After a brief reprieve in 2020, US greenhouse gas emissions rose by over 6 percent in 2021. As a Council that has made climate protection a priority for the last 2 years, we know that you share our concern at this very worrisome trend. We applaud your commitment to the Sustainability and Climate Action Plan but observe that Palo Alto has not yet acted in a way that matches the severity of the crisis. We urge the Council to take the following steps: • Continue to make climate change mitigation a top priority for 2022. • Prioritize the items that will give us the most dramatic greenhouse gas reductions in the near term— namely, building electrification and transportation. • Set annual goals and benchmarks to stay on track, and correct course as needed. Climate change is here. Scientists are reporting that devastating changes are happening at a pace faster than predicted. Here in Palo Alto, smoke, fire, drought, and heat waves are becoming the norm. The longer we wait to fund and initiate programs, the harder (and more expensive) it will be to meet our climate commitments. 2030 is less than 8 years away. The Governor’s proposed budget reflects a deep understanding of the crisis we’re facing. We implore you to act with the same courage and tenacity to promote a healthy and safe world for present and future generations. Thank you, 350.org SV Palo Alto Climate Team Steering committee and 312 Community Members: Oscar Anderson Susan Chamberlain Alexis Chew Saman De Silva Andrea Gara \!>''~ +~s. 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Date:Wednesday, February 2, 2022 3:36:03 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear City Council members and Mr. Shikada, I wanted to reach out regarding gas leaf blower enforcement and in particular, the proposal to add a code enforcement officer to enforce this ordinance. I very much hope this will come up for a vote this month! In addition, I hope the City can make progress on: - Updating the gas leaf blower ordinance to allow for citation of the property owner - Sending automated warning/educational notices in response to 311 complaints Every day, Palo Alto residents continued to be disturbed by the noise and pollution from these illegal gas blowers. I tend to avoid going outside or opening my windows during the day, since I know I will be bombarded by noise and fumes. (Sure enough, whenever I do venture outside, it's rarely more than 5 min before a GLB fires up in one direction or another.) It shouldn't be like this -- we should be able to enjoy our homes and neighborhoods. In addition, a few times a week I am contacted by Palo Alto residents who have signed our petition (change.org/paloaltoleafblowers) and want to know if we are making any progress on this issue. I would love to be able to tell them something positive! As it is right now, there is literally zero enforcement -- it's as if the ordinance has been rescinded. The police do not respond to complaints (they issued zero warnings or citations last year, despite hundreds of complaints called in), and 311 does not respond either -- it returns an automated message that the City is not responding to leaf blower complaints. So residents are left with... nothing. No recourse whatsoever for the unhealthy pollution and roaring noise imposed upon them, when they just want to enjoy their homes. I really hope we can rectify this soon. Thank you so much! Sincerely, Helene Grossman From:Allan Seid To:Channing House Bulletin Board Subject:Fwd: Lee Hing Rich Chinese in the Bay Area Date:Wednesday, February 2, 2022 3:29:55 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. From: Allan Seid, Su Lee Tom Date: Wed, Feb 2, 2022 at 1:48 PM Subject: Lee Hing Rich Chinese in the Bay Area Source: SF Gate FASINATING BAY AREA HISTORY https://www.sfgate.com/sfhistory/amp/Rise-and-fall-of-Lew-Hing-the-first-16815019.php Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone From:Ken Joye To:Council, City Subject:street opening retained Date:Wednesday, February 2, 2022 1:00:35 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ I live within walking distance of the California Ave shopping district. I understand that an item will come before you soon regarding devoting part of that roadway to pedestrian (non-vehicular) use. I strongly support the idea of having a place where one may dine outdoors without motor vehicles moving by on the pavement. Please vote in favor of making those blocks an “extended plaza” instead of a street. I would be in favor of installing a permanent stage, for when outdoor concerts resume. Having this space preserved for humans the past two years has been such an improvement to our community, please retain it for future residents. thank you for weighing this input, Ken Joye Ventura neighborhood From:Lawrence Garwin To:Council, City Subject:Urgent Consideration Required for Decarbonizing Palo Alto’s Electricity Supply. Date:Wednesday, February 2, 2022 12:15:50 PM Some people who received this message don't often get email from lawrencegarwin@yahoo.com.Learn why this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. (Possibly include as a Council Priority for 2022.) Honorable Palo Alto City Council Members, It’s imperative for Palo Alto to implement and incentivize the use of electric vehicle (EV) bidirectional charging and demand/response load shedding to remove fossil fuels from our electricity supply. Whereas traditional utilities might prefer stationary battery storage, because most battery manufacturing is currently focused on EVs, there are battery raw material constraints, EVs sit unused 90+% of the time, and some studies show EV batteries plugged in most of the time to provide grid services actually degrade less than ones charged occasionally on an as-needed basis, EV based grid storage is the clear choice to decarbonize our electricity supply. As well, recent developments in electrolyte additives (partially funded by Tesla) have yielded lithium ion batteries with a 4 to 8 times increase in battery cycle life, depending on temperature. This promises an EV battery pack useful for a million miles and perhaps a century, which is well over the 20+ years generally required for investing in grid infrastructure for storage applications (in this case, bidirectional chargers, communications systems, City fleet vehicles, and incentives for residents and commuters to plug in their own vehicles). In 2021 the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) updated their Combined Charging System (CCS) Direct Current Fast Charging (DCFC) protocols to allow bidirectional charging. This was the last piece needed for wide scale adoption of Vehicle to Grid (V2G) and demand/response EV charging in the US. The Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC) has published Paving the Way: Vehicle-to-Grid Standards for Electric Vehicles, https://irecusa.org/resources/paving-the-way-vehicle-to-grid-standards-for-electric-vehicles/ which describes how municipalities, public utilities commissions, and manufacturers now have all the standards necessary to implement Vehicle to Grid (V2G) and demand/response EV charging in the US. I ask that Palo Alto City Council engage with the Palo Alto Utilities and other City departments to immediately review this document and swiftly implement and incentivize Vehicle to Grid (V2G) and demand/response EV charging in Palo Alto. Thank you for giving this issue the priority it deserves. Lawrence Garwin Community Center Palo Alto From:Palo Alto Free Press To:Council, City; Human Relations Commission; Aram James; darylsavage@gmail.com; Bains, Paul; Rebecca Eisenberg; Jonsen, Robert; Perron, Zachary; Binder, Andrew; Reifschneider, James; Wagner, April Subject:Re: Public Safety Building Construction News – February 2022 Date:Wednesday, February 2, 2022 12:14:53 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of openingattachments and clicking on links. I think just adding windows would suit the Palo Alto Police just fine.....What are your thoughts Sent from my iPhone On Feb 2, 2022, at 9:40 AM, Palo Alto Free Press <paloaltofreepress@gmail.com> wrote: There has been more discussion to the monument dedicated to the Palo Alto Police then any discussions, meaningful discussion with the citizens of Palo Alto this communication is an abhorrence. Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: From: City of Palo Alto <cityofpaloalto@service.govdelivery.com> Date: January 31, 2022 at 11:30:45 PM CST To: paloaltofreepress@gmail.com Subject: Public Safety Building Construction News – February 2022 The Phallus in Ancient Greece - A ... kreps.org Reply-To: cityofpaloalto@service.govdelivery.com  Public Safety Building Construction News Banner with Rendering Activities Performed Swinerton Builders performed the following construction activities in January 2022: Continued groundwater drawdown to lower water surface elevation for the project. Installed, formed, placed, and stripped ramps, vertical walls, and interior columns in basement level B2. Installed rebar in perimeter walls on eastern half of the site in basement level B1. Installed and formed deck on western half of site. Upcoming Activities During February 2022, Swinerton Builders expects to perform the following activities: Continue groundwater drawdown to lower water surface elevation for the project. Layout and install mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and fire protection in basement ramp and western half of site in basement level B2. Project Team Swinerton logo General Contractor Phone: (408) 567-9755 [I] • • • • • • Form and install rebar in ramp leading to level 1 and perimeter walls in basement level B1. Layout and install mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and fire protection in ramp leading to level 1 and in basement level B1. Complete concrete pour of ramp leading to level 1. Complete concrete slab pours for deck of level B1 (more information below). Extended construction hours will take place on Thursday, Feb. 3, for the concrete deck pour on the western half of the site. Work will take place from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m., with concrete pumping ending around 5 p.m. and quiet work from mason finishers taking place from 6 to 9 p.m. Similar work and extended construction hours are awaiting approval from the City for the eastern half of the concrete deck pour, anticipated to take place Thursday, Feb. 10. Public safety building construction site on january 26, 2022 Public Works Engineering Phone: (650) 329-2295 Email: pwecips@cityofpaloalto.org Website: cityofpaloalto.org/PSB Nova Logo Construction Manager Project Architect • • • • [g psb major milestones California Avenue Area Parking Due to construction of the Public Safety Building, Lot C-6 has been permanently closed. As an alternative, check out the new California Avenue Area Parking Garage located at 350 Sherman Ave. Entrance to the garage is located on Sherman Avenue. Other public parking lots are available for parking in the California Avenue business district. See a parking map of the area. Parking enforcement is in effect in all garages, lots, and streets. Garage and lot permits are available via Revenue Collections; contact City staff at RevColl@CityofPaloAlto.org or (650) 329-2317 for assistance. Limited employee RPP permits are available in the Evergreen Park-Mayfield RPP. Contact Transportation@CityofPaloAlto.org for assistance. California Avenue is currently closed to vehicle traffic through June 2022 to support parklets and local businesses and maximize available open space. City Council is tentatively scheduled to discuss the permanent closure of California Avenue between El Camino Real and Park Boulevard on Feb. 7. For more information, please contact Transportation@CityofPaloAlto.org. Please support pandemic recovery efforts by continuing to frequent your favorite spots or discover new ones as well! Other Nearby Projects Other projects taking place in the California Avenue Area include: 231 Grant Avenue (Affordable Housing Project) - Mercy Housing and Los Angeles-based Abode Communities, along with the County of Santa Clara, the City of Palo Alto, and participating school districts in Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties, are partnering to create these much-needed new homes. The project provides approximately 110 affordable rental apartments for teachers, school [g employees, and their families. The project is still in the design phase. Palo Alto Parking Action Plan - Other future/ongoing commercial parking policy work taking place includes developing and piloting new commercial parking regulations. These may potentially include mobile payment options, virtual permit options, and/or hourly performance pricing rates in select popular parking locations, as well as additional employee and visitor permit types. The timeline for this work is as follows: Winter 2021 - Additional community engagement and municipal code review to scope out options. Spring 2022 - Present options to Finance Committee. Summer/Fall 2022 - Return to the Planning and Transportation Commission (PTC), and then the City Council with more developed recommendations. For more information about the City of Palo Alto’s Parking plan, please visit project's webpage or contact the Office of Transportation at transportation@cityofpaloalto.org or by phone at 650-329-2520. For more information on the California Avenue Area Garage, please visit cityofpaloalto.org/CalAveGarage. Find places to eat, shop, and celebrate Palo Alto at upliftlocal.org. For general City information, visit cityofpaloalto.org. The City has a variety of e-news topics that may be of interest to you. Join othere-news topics, update your subscriptions, modify your password or e-mailaddress, or stop subscriptions at any time on your Subscriber Preferences Page. You will need to use your e-mail address to log in. If you have questions or problems with the subscription service, please contactsubscriberhelp.govdelivery.com. This service is provided to you at no charge by the City of Palo Alto. This email was sent to Paloaltofreepress@gmail.com using GovDelivery Communications Cloud on behalf of: City of Palo Alto · 250Hamilton Ave · Palo Alto, CA 94301 · 650-329-2100 • • • [g From:Mark Petersen-Perez To:Jonsen, Robert; Rebecca Eisenberg; Shikada, Ed; Binder, Andrew; James Aram; Council, City; Reifschneider, James; Perron, Zachary Cc:Wagner, April; Jay Boyarsky; Jeff Rosen; Council, City Subject:Boggles the mind Date:Wednesday, February 2, 2022 11:34:51 AM Some people who received this message don't often get email from bayareafreepress@gmail.com.Learn why this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links.  It Boggles the mind she was promoted she should’ve been fired. https://twitter.com/pafreepress/status/1488956627101360128?s=21 Palo Alto Police get promoted for bad behavior, and this is not the first time for this officer… Sent from my iPad From:Gina Jennings To:Council, City Cc:Saskia Vandekamp Subject:RE: Architectural Review Board (ARB) Study Session-Mitchell Park Letter Date:Wednesday, February 2, 2022 9:14:46 AM Attachments:2 Mitchell Park Support City of Santa Clara - signed.pdf Some people who received this message don't often get email from gjennings@sarc.org. Learnwhy this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Please find the attached Letter of Support for Mitchell Park-Architectural Review Board in February. Thank you! ​Gina Jennings (she/her) San Andreas Regional Center Community Resource Development Plan Specialist (408) 341-3509 From:Allan Seid To:Channing House Bulletin Board Subject:Fwd: Virtual Exhibit Tour of Golden Threads: Chinese Opera in America Date:Wednesday, February 2, 2022 8:31:42 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Chinese American Museum DC <together@chineseamericanmuseum.org> Date: Tue, Feb 1, 2022 at 10:22 AM Subject: Virtual Exhibit Tour of Golden Threads: Chinese Opera in America To: Allan Seid <allanseid734@gmail.com> If you're having trouble viewing this email, you can see it online. edDUy%20GT%20Tour%20Graphic%20copy.jpg Allan, Join the Chinese American Museum DC on Friday, February 11, 2022, at 11:00 am ET for a virtual walking tour to celebrate the finale of the museum's special exhibit Golden Threads: Chinese Opera in America. Register Here This exhibition began with a single thread... with an idea to present a program on Chinese opera in Washington, DC’s Chinatown. It grew into an exhibition with Victoria Chen Lee’s personal costume collection and further exploration of the expanse and impact of Chinese opera in America through the late 1800s and 1920s. The opera troupes from China with their elaborate costumes, music, and acrobatics, brought culture, familiarity, and entertainment to Chinese American immigrants, spreading the recognition and appreciation of this ancient art form across the United States. Louisa Huang, President of Washington DC Beauty of Beijing Opera (DCBBO) will lead the exhibition tour with further insight into costumes, technique, and history. Walk along with us on this final exhibit tour. Exhibition costumes are shown courtesy of Dr. Maryland Pao and Dr. William and Victoria Chu Pao. The Chinese American Museum is dedicated to advancing the understanding, knowledge, and appreciation of the Chinese American experience, by highlighting the history, culture, spirit, and contributions of Chinese Americans to our nation and beyond. To learn more about the Chinese American Museum DC, upcoming events, and how to get involved visit our website at www.chineseamericanmuseum.org. This email was sent to allanseid734@gmail.com. Click here to unsubscribe. From:Allan Seid To:Channing House Bulletin Board Subject:Fwd: San Francisco becomes fourth California city to apologize for racist past against its Chinese community Date:Wednesday, February 2, 2022 8:07:05 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. HOORAY !! SUPER GREAT NEWS ON LUNAR NEW YEAR DAY !!! From: Allan Seid <allanseid734@gmail.com> Date: Wed, Feb 2, 2022 at 8:01 AM Subject: San Francisco becomes fourth California city to apologize for racist past against its Chinese community Source: San Francisco Chronicle https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/San-Francisco-becomes-fourth-California- city-to-16823441.php? utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=briefing&utm_camp aign=sfc_baybriefing_am&sid=5fefc058b042aa734736d79c San Francisco becomes fourth California city to apologize for racist past against its Chinese community Shwanika Narayan Feb. 1, 2022 Updated: Feb. 1, 2022 5:30 p.m. Comments Shwanika Narayan Feb. 1, 2022 (Left to right): Drew Min, Dennis Casey Wu and Dennis Wu at Portsmouth Square on Friday, Nov. 5, 2021, in San Francisco, Calif. Drew Min and Dennis Casey Wu are two of three students who led the effort in getting San Francisco Supervisor Matt Haney to introduce a bill for the city to officially apologize for its decades- long mistreatment of its Chinese residents. The bill passed on Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2022. Yalonda M. James/The Chronicle In a decision that coincides with the Lunar New Year, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors unanimously voted Tuesday afternoon to formally apologize to its Chinese community for past atrocities, becoming the fourth California city to do so after Antioch, San Jose and Los Angeles. “The Chinese community has deep roots in San Francisco,” Wu said before the vote. “San Francisco apologizing for historical wrongdoings makes way for progress in solving the critical problems of discrimination and racism facing America today.” The Board of Supervisors resolution comes following almost two years of rising xenophobia and hate crimes against Asian American and Pacific Islander communities amid the pandemic. But the mistreatment of Chinese residents and members of the larger Asian diaspora in San Francisco predates the public health crisis. Chinese laborers first arrived in San Francisco in the 1850s as the Gold Rush era took off. Like the state and other cities in the region, San Francisco piled on discriminatory policies toward the immigrant community. Anyone of Chinese descent could not do any government work after the Board of Supervisors passed a law against it in 1870. The board also passed more than a dozen ordinances from 1873 to 1883 cracking down on Chinese laundries leading to infamous riots of 1877, which left four people dead and 20 laundry houses destroyed. The San Francisco Unified School District also enacted racist policies, according to the resolution adopted Tuesday. In 1870, a decade after the state prohibited Chinese students from attending public schools with white students, the district closed the city’s only segregated Chinese school, leaving Chinese children without formal educational opportunities until 1885, when a California Supreme Court decision overruled the district’s decision. Before the board formally adopted his resolution, Haney told The Chronicle that a formal apology would demonstrate a meaningful commitment by the city to undo the systemic legacies of anti- Chinese laws adopted in the 19th and 20th centuries. “San Francisco has been for over a hundred years a hub of Chinese- American life, community and culture, but it has also been the source of many discriminatory laws and anti-Chinese violence,” Haney said. “If we are going to confront the challenges of the present, we have to be vocal and honest about the root causes of ongoing discrimination and hatred.” Tuesday’s resolution was adopted swiftly without board discussion or public comment. It came nearly a week after a more robust discussion before the city’s Budget and Finance Committee. At that Jan. 26 hearing, Cally Wong, director for API Council of San Francisco, implored local leaders to work in tandem with Chinese community leaders to identify and serve their needs. “The recent surge in anti-Asian hate crimes continues to affirm (that Asian and Pacific Islanders) continue to be seen as foreigners and not Americans,” said Wong, whose coalition of nonprofit organizations work with underserved Asian communities in San Francisco. “Our city must do its part to support the type of policies that are attended to uplift and shift the narrative.” The resolution, which acknowledges that the city’s discriminatory policies cast a wide net, disenfranchising members of other Asian communities, did not outline specific remedies. But Haney said he plans to continue working with Asian community members about potential financial reinvestments through the city’s budget process. A road map could be San Francisco’s Dream Keeper Initiative, a two-year $120 million investment in historically Black neighborhoods unveiled last February. The city’s formal apology is both a great gesture and just the beginning, noted Justin Hoover, executive director of the Chinese Historical Society of America Museum in San Francisco. He said future city support would be crucial to Chinese youth and their educational aspirations, and called for greater investment in anchor nonprofit institutions that can help cultivate the next generation of inclusive Asian leaders. “A gesture of acknowledgment does little without substantive investment in the community,” Hoover said. Shwanika Narayan is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. 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Sen t f r o m m y i P h o n e Be g i n f o r w a r d e d m e s s a g e : Fro m : Ci t y o f P a l o A l t o < c i t y o f p a l o a l t o @ s e r v i c e . g o v d e l i v e r y . c o m > Da t e : Ja n u a r y 3 1 , 2 0 2 2 a t 1 1 : 3 0 : 4 5 P M C S T To : pa l o a l t o f r e e p r e s s @ g m a i l . c o m Su b j e c t : Pu b l i c S a f e t y B u i l d i n g C o n s t r u c t i o n N e w s – F e b r u a r y 2 0 2 2 Re p l y - T o : cit y o f p a l o a l t o @ s e r v i c e . g o v d e l i v e r y . c o m  Pub l i c S a f e t y B u i l d i n g C o n s t r u c t i o n N e w s B a n n e r w i t h R e n d e r i n g Ac t i v i t i e s P e r f o r m e d Ii] Swinerton Builders performed the following construction activities in January 2022: Continued groundwater drawdown to lower water surface elevation for the project. Installed, formed, placed, and stripped ramps, vertical walls, and interior columns in basement level B2. Installed rebar in perimeter walls on eastern half of the site in basement level B1. Installed and formed deck on western half of site. Upcoming Activities During February 2022, Swinerton Builders expects to perform the following activities: Continue groundwater drawdown to lower water surface elevation for the project. Layout and install mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and fire protection in basement ramp and western half of site in basement level B2. Form and install rebar in ramp leading to level 1 and perimeter walls in basement level B1. Layout and install mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and fire protection in ramp leading to level 1 and in basement level B1. Complete concrete pour of ramp leading to level 1. Complete concrete slab pours for deck of level B1 (more information below). Extended construction hours will take place on Thursday, Feb. 3, for the concrete deck pour on the western half of the site. Work will take place from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m., with concrete pumping ending around 5 p.m. and quiet work from mason finishers taking place from 6 to 9 p.m. Similar work and extended construction hours are awaiting approval from the City for the eastern half of the concrete deck pour, anticipated to take place Thursday, Feb. 10. Project Team Swinerton logo General Contractor Phone: (408) 567-9755 Public Works Engineering Phone: (650) 329-2295 Email: pwecips@cityofpaloalto.org Website: cityofpaloalto.org/PSB Nova Logo Construction Manager • • • • • • • • • • Public safety building construction site on january 26, 2022 Project Architect psb major milestones California Avenue Area Parking Due to construction of the Public Safety Building, Lot C-6 has been permanently closed. As an alternative, check out the new California Avenue Area Parking Garage located at 350 Sherman Ave. Entrance to the garage is located on Sherman Avenue. Other public parking lots are available for parking in the California Avenue business district. See a parking map of the area. Parking enforcement is in effect in all garages, lots, and streets. Garage and lot permits are available via Revenue Collections; contact City staff at RevColl@CityofPaloAlto.org or (650) 329-2317 for assistance. Limited employee RPP permits are available in the Evergreen Park-Mayfield RPP. Contact Transportation@CityofPaloAlto.org for assistance. California Avenue is currently closed to vehicle traffic through June 2022 to support parklets and local businesses and maximize available open space. City Council is tentatively scheduled to discuss the permanent closure of California Avenue between El Camino Real and Park Boulevard on Feb. 7. For more information, please contact Transportation@CityofPaloAlto.org. Please support pandemic recovery efforts by continuing to frequent your favorite spots or discover new ones as well! Other Nearby Projects Other projects taking place in the California Avenue Area include: 231 Grant Avenue (Affordable Housing Project) - Mercy Housing and Los Angeles-based Abode Communities, along with the County of Santa Clara, the City of Palo Alto, and participating school districts in Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties, are partnering to create these much-needed new homes. The project provides approximately 110 affordable rental apartments for teachers, school employees, and their families. The project is still in the design phase. Palo Alto Parking Action Plan - Other future/ongoing commercial parking policy work taking place includes developing and piloting new commercial parking regulations. These may potentially include mobile payment options, virtual permit options, and/or hourly performance pricing rates in select popular parking locations, as well as additional employee and visitor permit types. The timeline for this work is as follows: Winter 2021 - Additional community engagement and municipal code review to scope out options. Spring 2022 - Present options to Finance Committee. Summer/Fall 2022 - Return to the Planning and Transportation Commission (PTC), and then the City Council with more developed recommendations. For more information about the City of Palo Alto’s Parking plan, please visit project's webpage or contact the Office of Transportation at transportation@cityofpaloalto.org or by phone at 650-329-2520. For more information on the California Avenue Area Garage, please visit cityofpaloalto.org/CalAveGarage. Find places to eat, shop, and celebrate Palo Alto at upliftlocal.org. For general City information, visit cityofpaloalto.org. The City has a variety of e-news topics that may be of interest to you. Join othere-news topics, update your subscriptions, modify your password or e-mail address, or stop subscriptions at any time on your Subscriber Preferences Page. 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This email was sent to Paloaltofreepress@gmail.com using GovDelivery Communications Cloud on behalf of: City of Palo Alto · 250Hamilton Ave · Palo Alto, CA 94301 · 650-329-2100 • • • Ii] Ii] Ii] From:Loran Harding To:Loran Harding; antonia.tinoco@hsr.ca.gov; alumnipresident@stanford.edu; David Balakian; beachrides; fred beyerlein; bballpod; Leodies Buchanan; boardmembers; bearwithme1016@att.net; Cathy Lewis; Chris Field; Council, City; dennisbalakian; Doug Vagim; 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; jerry ruopoli; Joel Stiner; kfsndesk; kwalsh@kmaxtv.com; karkazianjewelers@gmail.com; lalws4@gmail.com; leager; mthibodeaux@electriclaboratories.com; Mayor; Mark Standriff; merazroofinginc@att.net; newsdesk; news@fresnobee.com; nick yovino; david pomaville; russ@topperjewelers.com; Sally Thiessen; Steve Wayte; tsheehan; terry; VT3126782@gmail.com; vallesR1969@att.net; margaret-sasaki@live.com Subject:Fwd: Dr. John Campbell. Omicron (B.A. 2) outcompetes Omicron ( B.A.1) No worry Date:Wednesday, February 2, 2022 1:59:21 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: Tue, Feb 1, 2022 at 8:59 PM Subject: Fwd: Dr. John Campbell. Omicron (B.A. 2) outcompetes Omicron ( B.A.1) No worry To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> Date: Tue, Feb 1, 2022 at 4:49 AM Subject: Dr. John Campbell. Omicron (B.A. 2) outcompetes Omicron ( B.A.1) No worry To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2022 Omicron BA.2 is wonderful news. To all- Here is Dr. John Campbell in Carlisle, England with another data driven report. He shows the numbers and that is what, in part, sets him apart from the folks that do the US network news segments about Omicron every night. It is not often that I can summarize what he says and shows in a vid in a few words, but I can with this one: BA.1 is being outcompeted worldwide by BA. 2 and they are not sure why yet. But that it is is a good thing. "It will hasten the arrival of herd immunity and hasten the end of this pandemic" Dr. Campbell says in this vid. Everything about BA. 2 is beneficial for us. It is wonderful! Tonight on the local news in Fresno, Ca. they said that 2 or 3 cases of Omicron BA. 2 have been detected in Tulare County, the county to the south of Fresno County. You would think that Ebola had been detected there. They are just stupified, wondering if this is indeed the end of the world. Ignorance is a costly affliction to have and the health officials and spokespersons for the hospitals in Tulare Co., California are afflicted with it. I urge them to watch this video by Dr. John Campbell and see what Omicron BA. 2 actually portends for them. BTW, I think they said that 50% of adults in Tulare Co. are fully vaccinated. What a tragedy. What a traagic failure of our educational system, all arranged for by rich Republicans. Keep 'em broke, barefoot and pregnant. It is tougher to exploit people with good educations. The vaccination rate many months ago in highly educated Marin Co., California was 70%. Omicron outcompetes omicron, official data - YouTube L. William Harding Fresno, Ca. From:Mark Walden To:Council, City Subject:Fwd: Refusal to enforce laws Date:Tuesday, February 1, 2022 8:44:50 PM Attachments:image001.png image002.png image004.png image005.png image006.png image007.png Some people who received this message don't often get email from mark.walden7@gmail.com.Learn why this is important Anyone want to enforce the law? ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Planning Enforcement <Planning.Enforcement@cityofpaloalto.org> Date: Tue, Feb 1, 2022, 4:33 PM Subject: RE: Refusal to enforce laws To: Mark Walden <mark.walden7@gmail.com> Thank you for providing the location. I will open a code enforcement case regarding the lighting complaint. Regards, Robin Ellner Administrative Associate III Planning & Development Services (650) 329-2603 | robin.ellner@cityofpaloalto.org www.cityofpaloalto.org 1- You don't often get email from mark.walden7@gmail.com. Learn why this is important From: Mark Walden <mark.walden7@gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 1, 2022 9:01 AM To: Planning Enforcement <Planning.Enforcement@CityofPaloAlto.org> Subject: Re: Refusal to enforce laws Cubberley. The temporary lights memo clearly states that the light are to be used from sundown to 8:30PM. Yet, the Palo Alto Soccer Club located at Cubberley continues to ignore the lighting guidelines. In addition, on MULTIPLE occasions the lights have been left on for 36 hours straight (yes ALL night), and are turned on at 5AM daily by joggers using the track. On Tue, Feb 1, 2022, 8:54 AM Planning Enforcement <Planning.Enforcement@cityofpaloalto.org> wrote: Good morning Mr. Walden, Which field are you referring to? Code enforcement can investigate your lighting complaint, noise and open containers are handled by the Police Department by calling their non-emergency number 650.359.2413. Robin Ellner Administrative Associate III Planning & Development Services (650) 329-2603 | robin.ellner@cityofpaloalto.org www.cityofpaloalto.org I You don't often get email from mark.walden7@gmail.com. Learn why this is important From: Mark Walden <mark.walden7@gmail.com> Sent: Monday, January 31, 2022 8:52 PM To: Planning Enforcement <Planning.Enforcement@CityofPaloAlto.org> Subject: Refusal to enforce laws CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Why are soccer teams allowed to have lights on after 8:30pm, drink beer, play loud music and party until 10pm or later? This has happened several hundred times since the temporary lights memo has been published. It is now 8:50 pm and there are over 100 players and spectators playing music, drinking beer and having the lights on while playing soccer C!J From:Mary Gallagher To:Council, City; Roberta Ahlquist Subject:Example of Building Workforce Housing Date:Tuesday, February 1, 2022 7:37:18 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. https://www.cityofslt.us/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=1830 I share this link to influence how and what is built to house everyone. Are we all workers or not? -- Mary Gallagher, B.Sc. Aquatics Professional 650-683-7102 (cell) Copyright 2022 Security Alert Notice The information contained in this e-mail is confidential information, presumed to be virus free, and intended only for use by the individual or entity named above. Virus protection is the responsibility of the recipient. If the reader of this email is not the intended recipient, dissemination or distribution is prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please delete the material from your computer. From:Blackshire, Geoffrey To:Council, City Subject:PAFD Badge Pinning Ceremony Date:Tuesday, February 1, 2022 6:59:45 PM Attachments:image001.png image003.png PAFD Event_2.4.22.pdf image002.png image005.png image008.png image010.png Good evening Council, With Ed Shikada’s consent, I am inviting you to the Palo Alto Fire Department’s badge pinning ceremony for our newest hires. The details are in the attached flyer. Please RSVP by replying to this email if you are able to join us. Best regards, Geo Blackshire Fire Chief Palo Alto Fire Department (650) 329-2424 www.cityofpaloalto.org Palo Alto Fire Department Badge Pinning Ceremony You are cordially invited to attend the intimate badge pinning ceremony for our first class of academy graduates in 2022: • Firefighter Jake Mattman • Firefighter Daniel Jensen • Firefighter Audrey Romo • Firefighter Niko Fortino • Firefighter Eric Yousef The event will take place on the apparatus floor, with the doors rolled up and, all guests will be in masks. February 4, 2022 6:00-7:30pm Fire Station 6, 711 Serra Street Stanford, CA. 94305 PLEASE RSVP From:Allan Seid To:Channing House Bulletin Board Subject:Fwd: Happy Lunar New Year from Syndi Seid... Date:Tuesday, February 1, 2022 4:47:11 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Syndi Seid <info@advancedetiquette.com> Date: Tue, Feb 1, 2022 at 3:41 PM Subject: Happy Lunar New Year from Syndi Seid... To: <allanseid734@gmail.com> Dear Neighbors and Friends, You may be interested in seeing a new year message from my sister. Happy New Year of the Tiger, Allan Seid Having trouble viewing this email? Click here Interesting Image Hello Allan and Mary: It's Happy Chinese/Lunar New Year time! Today---here in the U.S.---is the start of yet another annual two-week celebration for the Lunar/Chinese New Year Spring Festival; for 2022, the Year of the Water- Tiger. In other parts of the world, it's already started. This is the first of three messages you'll be receiving in the days ahead. 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Thank you for all your continued support! g g Happy Practicing ! signature.JPG Syndi Seid International Speaker, Trainer, Author and Founder of Advanced Etiquette Info@AdvancedEtiquette.com http://www.advancedetiquette.com Tel: (415) 346.3665 If you no longer wish to receive our emails, click the link below: Unsubscribe Advanced Etiquette 25A Durham Road San Anselmo, California 94960-1604 United States (415) 346-3665 [I] Ill From:Kate Blessing-Kawamura To:Ellson, Penny; "Alexander, Katherine"; "Barnes, Andrew"; Ketchum, Stanley Cc:"Simitian, Joe"; Star-Lack, Sylvia; "GMCA Board"; Council, City; Susie Criscimagna; Hernandez, Consuelo; Monk, Natalie Subject:RE: 525 East Charleston Road --Eden Housing Project Date:Tuesday, February 1, 2022 3:01:33 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Hi Penny, Thanks for reaching out! Eden and the County have been working together to explore the proposed secondary egress option. We will reach out very soon with an update. Thanks for your patience! Best, Kate Kate Blessing-Kawamura (she, her, hers) Senior Project Developer 22645 Grand Street Hayward, CA 94541 Office 510-247-8170 | Cell 510-329-5102 Kate.Blessing-Kawamura@edenhousing.org | edenhousing.org Eden Housing creates and sustains high-quality affordable housing communities that advance equity and opportunity for all. From: pennyellson12@gmail.com <pennyellson12@gmail.com> Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2022 1:31 PM To: Kate Blessing-Kawamura <Kate.Blessing-Kawamura@edenhousing.org>; 'Alexander, Katherine' <katherine.alexander@BOS.SCCGOV.ORG>; 'Barnes, Andrew' <andrew.barnes@hhs.sccgov.org>; 'Ketchum, Stanley' <Stanley.Ketchum@CityofPaloAlto.org> Cc: 'Simitian, Joe' <Joe.Simitian@bos.sccgov.org>; 'Star-Lack, Sylvia' <Sylvia.Star- Lack@CityofPaloAlto.org>; 'GMCA Board' <board@greenmeadow.org>; 'City Council' <city.council@cityofpaloalto.org> Subject: 525 East Charleston Road --Eden Housing Project 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 Ill 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 I • I From:Allan Seid To:Channing House Bulletin Board Subject:Fwd: Happy Lunar New Year and Chinese New Year from AIISF! Date:Tuesday, February 1, 2022 2:52:09 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation <info@aiisf.org> Date: Tue, Feb 1, 2022 at 12:04 PM Subject: Happy Lunar New Year and Chinese New Year from AIISF! To: <allanseid734@gmail.com> February 2022 Dear ALLAN, Are we truly already 1 month into 2022? All of us at AIISF would like to wish you and yours a happy Lunar New Year and a happy Chinese New Year! While no firecrackers are allowed on Angel Island, we did start this year off with a bang as we opened the new Angel Island Immigration Museum. You can watch the recording on our YouTube channel. Initially, this FREE museum will be open to the public on weekends only. If you haven’t had a chance to visit Angel Island recently, then another reason to visit is the Taken From Their Families exhibit which focuses on the stories of some of the 700 Japanese and Japanese Americans who were temporarily detained on Angel Island during World War II. February 19th might be an especially meaningful day to visit as this is the annual Day of Remembrance commemorating the signing of Executive Order 9066 which authorized the forced incarceration of over 120,000 Japanese Americans. February is also the time of year when we celebrate Black History Month. Check out the National Museum of African American History and Culture’s website here. Their theme this year highlights Black contributions to Western medicine and addressing health disparities. With the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, it’s important for us all to continue to take steps to protect ourselves, our families, and our communities. Visit www.covidtests.gov to order your free at-home COVID-19 tests. Every home is eligible to order 4 free tests. Wi s h i n g y o u h e a l t h a n d p r o s p e r i t y ! Ed w a r d T e p p o r n AI I S F E x e c u t i v e D i r e c t o r Pl a n Y o u r V i s i t t o A n g e l I s l a n d Vis i t o u r w e b s i t e t o s t a r t p l a n n i n g y o u r n e x t t r i p t o t h e A n g e l I s l a n d I m m i g r a t i o n S t a t i o n . Ex p l o r e t w o m u s e u m s a n d 1 4 . 3 - a c r e s o f o u t d o o r e x h i b i t s i n h e a r t o f S a n F r a n c i s c o B a y . Cl i c k H e r e t o P l a n Y o u r V i s i t M a r c h P r o g r a m : A n g e l I s l a n d a n d A - F i l e s [I] Angel Island and A-Files: How to Research and AccessAIISF's Zoom Program with Jeanie Low March 8, 2022 | 5 pm PST / 8 pm EST Free via ZoomRegister Here Jeanie will help you determine whether you should file a FOIA request with USCIS and/or search NARA to receive a copy of an Angel Island and/or an A-File for your family. About Jeanie LowJeanie is a member of Save Our National Archives (SONA), which successfully advocated thatA-Files be designated a permanent historic collection. Since 1993, she has given over 40genealogical presentations on researching Chinese Americans. Her parents immigratedthrough Angel Island with “paper names. They underwent the “Confession Program” to cleartheir status and reclaimed their family name. She is the author of China Connection: FindingAncestral Roots for Chinese in America. She is also a fiber artist. Careers with AIISF WE ARE CURRENTLY HIRING FOR THE FOLLOWING POSITIONS Administrative Coordinator | Program Manager DEADLINE: February 18, 2022, or until filled Click here for more information and to apply Partner Events B OACC 2022 Asian Pacific New Year CelebrationFebruary 5 - April 16, 2022 | Free In recognition of the diversity of new year’s festivities across the Asian Pacific region, OACC presents a hybrid celebration of Asian Pacific New Year traditions featuring in- person and virtual content for audiences of all ages during February and April 2022. Learn more Connect to AIISF ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation | 870 Market Street, Suite 941, San Francisco, CA 94102 Unsubscribe allanseid734@gmail.com [ii 0000000000 Update Profile | Constant Contact Data Notice Sent by info@aiisf.org From:Allan Seid To:Channing House Bulletin Board Subject:Fwd: [K-12 ART CONTEST] 2022 Growing Up Asian In America is Open! Date:Tuesday, February 1, 2022 2:46:54 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Sarita Kohli <development@aaci.org> Date: Tue, Feb 1, 2022 at 8:02 AM Subject: [K-12 ART CONTEST] 2022 Growing Up Asian In America is Open! To: Allan Seid <allanseid734@gmail.com> AACI is Proud to Launch This Year's Growing Up Asian in America Contest! Bay Area students are encouraged to participate in the annual art, essay, and video contest! AACI is excited to announce that this year's Growing Up Asian in America (GUAA) Art, Essay and Video contest has begun! The contest is open to K-12 students living in or attending school in the nine Bay Area counties and will be open through March 15, 2022. Please share the contest widely with the youth in your life! Founded by Lance Lew of NBC Bay Area in 1995, the contest provides a unique platform for young artists to creatively explore and celebrate being both Asian or Pacific Islander and American. It remains one of the largest youth celebrations of APA Heritage Month in the nation! 10 students will be selected for a cash award and a chance to appear on NBC Bay Area! Learn more below and at: aaci.org/guaa 2022 CONTEST THEME: A HOME FOR YOU AND ME Entry Deadline: March 15, 2022 Immigrants and refugees shape history. Today, thousands of Afghan refugees are forced to leave their home country and many immigrate to the San Francisco Bay Area, just as Southeast Asian families did in the 1970s. For some of us, home is the place and people we return to at the end of the day. For others, home can also be a group of close friends, a favorite reading spot at the local library, or a community where we feel a sense of belonging and care for one another. Please reflect and share what home means to you and how you can help others to feel at home. Use the questions below to help spark ideas. You do not have to answer any/all of these specific questions. What does home mean to you? When you think of home, what do you see, touch, hear, smell, and taste? How has your idea of home changed over time and why? If you and/or your family have ever moved or relocated, either across town or even across the globe, how did you find a sense of home or a community in a new place? How would you welcome someone who is new to your home and include them in your community? Engage Your Family: Ask a family member, such as a grandparent, parent, or elder what home means to them. How is their concept of home different or similar to yours? K-12 Students in the counties of Santa Clara, San Francisco, Contra Costa, Marin, Sonoma, Solano, Napa, Alameda, or San Mateo are encouraged to submit artwork, essays, and videos relating to this year's theme. Entries must be submitted online by March 15, 2022 at 11:59 PM PST. For any questions, you can contact us at GUAA@aaci.org. THANK YOU TO OUR PARTNER, NBC BAY AREA! • • • • • AACI is a qualified 501(c)(3)non-profit organization and contributions are considered tax-deductible. Follow Us on Social Media! Our Contact Information AACI 2400 Moorpark Ave. Suite 300 San Jose, CA 95128 (408) 975-2730 http://www.aaci.org Unsubscribe | Manage email preferences Ill Ill From:Greg Schmid To:Council, City Subject:PASZ 2022 Priority note Date:Tuesday, February 1, 2022 10:59:43 AM Attachments:Feb 1 PASZ Priority note.docx CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Palo Altans for Sensible Zoning PO Box 305, Palo Alto, CA 94302 http://sensiblezoning.org February 1, 2022 PRIORITIES: LOCAL GOVERNMENT MATTERS Council’s priority for 2022 should be to maintain the quality of life while maintaining the innovative spirit that has made Palo Alto unique. Over the past several decades, there has been a dramatic economic threat emerging from the concentration of business activity in the City. Palo Alto has the highest concentration of workers to employed residents of just about any city in the country. This makes housing and office prices and measures of income inequality among the highest in the country and the fastest growing. This places substantial burdens on local government expenses while the business contribution to local government is inordinately low. What Council priorities can deal with these very real threats? • Place a clear priority for housing over office space. Target a strict limit on new office space and foster the growth of affordable housing. Publish regular updates that track the reduction in the current 3:1 ratio of workers to employed residents. • But businesses that employ three times the number of city employed residents contribute only about one-third of local government revenues. Businesses must contribute substantially more to local government expenditures for such things as affordable housing and vital services like transportation, emergency services and schools! • Open negotiations with Stanford on contributions to local governments and school needs. The Stanford Endowment grew from $29 billion to $42 billion in the last year while the value of their properties exempt from local taxes grew as well. Look at other cities with large tax exempt private colleges. New Haven just negotiated with Yale and the state to increase annual contributions to the city by some $60 million a year to cover the costs for local services from tax-exempt properties. Palo Alto can and should be a model for other cities at building affordable housing and working toward retaining a balanced community with fair financial contributions from all. Palo Altans for Sensible Zoning Contact: Greg Schmid gregschmid@sbcglobal.net From:Kenneth Streib To:Council, City Subject:ISG allotment Date:Monday, January 31, 2022 11:13:23 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. I am all for alternative sources of water, but is there a way of exploring these options BEFORE giving up our allotment? If the wonderful alternative plans don't work out, we are going to need that water. Ken Streib From:Gail Thompson To:Council, City Subject:Support for UUCPA"s SAFE PARKING PROGRAM Date:Monday, January 31, 2022 9:43:05 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. I am a citizen of Palo Alto and strongly support a Safe Parking Program at the UUCPA. This program will provide a safe response for the homeless/unsheltered and all residents of Palo Alto. Years ago I was an active member of a grass roots group addressing homelessness/safe parking. The group included Stanford students, homeless/unsheltered people, and various residents of Palo Alto and nearby communities. We researched Safe Parking programs in other places, including the Santa Barbara Safe Parking Program and one of the staff was able to come to Palo Alto and educate us about their program which was supported by businesses, the faith communities and the city of Santa Barbara. These programs have been researched nationwide and have been successful for those living on the streets which provides a healthier environment for all of us. Again, I strongly urge you to support UUCPA request for a City permit to allow them to move forward. Gail Thompson Gail.thompson2018@outlook.com No images? Click here From:Allan Seid To:CHOpinion CHOpinion Subject:Fwd: Leading the fight for ethnic studies Date:Monday, January 31, 2022 8:01:14 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Dr. Russell Jeung <hello@stopaapihate.org> Date: Mon, Jan 31, 2022 at 1:36 PM Subject: Leading the fight for ethnic studies To: ALLAN SEID <allanseid734@gmail.com> Stop AAPI Hate Header Hello there, In 2020, Stop AAPI Hate led a youth campaign with Asian American and Pacific Islander high school students across the country to understand how racism has impacted their educational experiences. My co-founders, Manjusha Kulkarni and Cynthia Choi, and I learned so much from these students, who have continued to propose new ways to protect children and youth Ill from racial prejudice — especially their desire to push for ethnic studies. We have also seen this push come to fruition in New Jersey, following the footsteps of Illinois' new mandate to include AAPI history in all K-12 public school curricula. As an educator, I have seen the immense growth a student can experience throughout their academic journey. And as a college professor of Asian American studies, I can attest to the benefits that ethnic studies provides for learners of all ages. Ethnic studies introduces the histories, voices and resistance of minoritized and marginalized communities. It's a proven pedagogy to reduce bias among all students and improve academic outcomes. Building a more just and equitable ID future starts with education. Please take a look and share our educator’s guide to discussing anti-Asian racism with students. Button for Educator's Guide As we proceed with our educational equity initiative, we look forward to sharing more resources and information on how to join and support our efforts to advance ethnic studies. Thank you, Russell Jeung, PhD Professor, Asian American Studies San Francisco State University Co-Founder, Stop AAPI Hate Ill Share Tweet Share Forward Stop AAPI Hate 17 Walter U Lum Place San Francisco, CA 94108 Stop AAPI Hate is a national coalition addressing anti-AAPI racism across the U.S. The coalition was founded by the AAPI Equity Alliance, Chinese for Affirmative Action, and San Francisco State University Asian American Studies Department. We are a coalition of nonprofits, organizers, and educators who came together to address the rise in anti-AAPI hate incidents during the COVID-19 pandemic. Our goal is to be responsive to the needs of our community. If you would like to report an anti-AAPI hate incident, click here. Your support of Stop AAPI Hate enables us to track and respond to [ii □ □ □ □ the surge in racism and xenophobia. To ensure we have the resources to continue our work, consider making a contribution today. Preferences | Unsubscribe From:Palo Alto Free Press To:Jethroe Moore Cc:Aram James; Jeff Rosen; Sajid Khan; Raj; Human Relations Commission; Council, City; 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:Re: (No subject) Date:Monday, January 31, 2022 6:51:02 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Ok… “but they could not find a hotel within there budget.” Did they think about a youth hostel…. I have traveled the world end I found hostels very Inexpensive fact I remember staying in Venezuela one night or maybe it was in Columbia and it cost me five dollars a night and I had the whole hostel to myself… Just a suggestion for the future. Sent from my iPad On Jan 31, 2022, at 8:27 PM, Jethroe Moore <moore2j@att.net> wrote: but they could not find a hotel within there budget. From:Jethroe Moore To:Aram James; Palo Alto Free Press Cc:Jeff Rosen; Sajid Khan; Raj; Human Relations Commission; Council, City; 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:Re: Police training focuses on ‘warrior mentality,’ blames media for police-reform movement - The Washington Joyce Dudley Date:Monday, January 31, 2022 6:27:35 PM Some people who received this message don't often get email from moore2j@att.net. Learn why this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. I would like to suggest inviting P.O.S.T to have a regular post commission california, meeting in Palo Alto. The director said he was willing, but they could not find a hotel within there budget. Or 2 invite the POST Director Alvarez Manny and POST Commission Chair Joyce Dudley to meeting and disscuss the training and or the article itself and how does California POST certifiy there instructor vs lecturer. San Jose Police Department has its own system, it would be a great time to have a marriage conversation with ouy departments. My 2 cents, they work for us and Director Manny is a great guy and believe you would get a positive response. I do miss my conversation with him. On Monday, January 31, 2022, 07:04:02 PM EST, Palo Alto Free Press <paloaltofreepress@gmail.com> wrote: Aram, These are my thoughts and observations… The key to any meaningful police reform is communication. Case in point marriage counseling. One of the first questions out the gate, do you talk to your mate? Marriages end up in divorce because of a lack of communication or poor communication skills. Is it any different in policing the community communities are made up of families. Communities and families as a whole function much better when there is good communication. Palo Alto, as an example there were times where the police chief would address the community, that kind of communication all of a sudden stopped. The communications officer for the Palo Alto Police department also disappeared. The result, An uptick in crime more calls coming into the call center for assistance those calls could’ve been avoided by community training community involvement bottom line better communication. Police training, and any police reform should involve the community getting their input perhaps even going so far as to allowing the community to be a take part in police training. Why all of the police Hatred? Is it fueled by the media as the Washington post reporter suggested. They’re reporting on violence being committed in the community, they’re not reporting on solutions. It should be city leadership. They should take on that role. Do you see any of that taking place by any city Council member, or for that matter the Human Relations Commissioners. Step back take a look and reach your own conclusion. Mark Petersen-Perez Editor in chief Palo Alto Free Press Reporting from Nicaragua Sent from my iPad On Jan 30, 2022, at 11:17 PM, Aram James <abjpd1@gmail.com> wrote: 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:Meg Durbin To:Council, City Subject:Support expanded tenant relocation costs Date:Monday, January 31, 2022 5:20:38 PM [Some people who received this message don't often get email from mdurbin@well.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 City Council Please support expanding the tenant relocation assistance to include those who live in buildings with fewer than 10 units. Meg Durbin, MD From:Emily Lacroix To:Council, City Subject:Tenant Relocation Date:Monday, January 31, 2022 4:50:10 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Mayor Burt and City Council Members, My name is Emily Lacroix, and I am a renter in the Evergreen Park neighborhood.I am writing to thank you for the work you’ve done so far to make sure Tenant Relocation returned to Council quickly. Palo Alto renters are experiencing a huge wave of evictions and “voluntary notices to vacate”. Without your action, we’ll see many of our low-income and working class neighbors leave the city. Please support the expansion of Palo Alto’s much needed Tenant Relocation Assistance ordinance. Including buildings with 10 or more units, rather than 50 or more units, will help thousands of families stay in their homes, stay housed between moves, and disincentivize which we’ve seen sweeping across the city to push out low-income tenants. Thank you, Emily Lacroix From:Allan Seid To:CHOpinion CHOpinion Subject:Fwd: Holocaust survivors on the state of American democracy - Los Angeles Times Date:Monday, January 31, 2022 4:47:41 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 31, 2022 at 4:42 PM Subject: Holocaust survivors on the state of American democracy - Los Angeles Times To: Allan Seid <allanseid734@gmail.com> https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2022-01-21/holocaust-survivors-what- worries-them-about-today?utm_id=47522&sfmc_id=4646133 These readers survived the Holocaust. This is what worries them about America today Jan. 21, 2022 6 AM PT Since Donald Trump was inaugurated in 2017, our letter writers have occasionally compared the current political situation in the U.S. to Germany’s crumbling democracy both before the Nazis were elected into power and before the start of World War II. Since the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, those comparisons have been made more frequently by letter writers. With the United Nations 2022 Holocaust Remembrance events underway, we asked some readers and letter writers who survived the Holocaust what they thought about those comparisons, and what they want people today to know about that era, less than 80 years ago , w h e n 6 m i l l i o n J e w s i n E u r o p e w e r e m u r d e r e d a n d m i l l i o n s mo r e w e r e e n s l a v e d o r f o r c e d t o f l e e t h e i r h o m e c o u n t r i e s . — P a u l T h o r n t o n , l e t t e r s e d i t o r Ge r m a n y ’ s ‘ g o o d ’ p e o p l e f a i l e d t h e J e w s i n t h e 193 0 s . S o m e ‘ g o o d ’ A m e r i c a n s a r e f a i l i n g t o d a y Wh e n I w a s a t e e n a g e r , I a s k e d m y f a t h e r w h a t i t w a s l i k e t o l i v e i n Ge r m a n y a f t e r H i t l e r c a m e t o p o w e r . “Da s k a n s t d u d i r n i c h t v o r s h t e l l e n ” — y o u c a n n o t i m a g i n e i t . “ A t firs t w e t h o u g h t i t w o u l d n ’ t b e s o b a d , b u t s o m e t h i n g s c h a n g e d alm o s t o v e r n i g h t . M y b o s s s a i d I s h o u l d n ’ t v i s i t c e r t a i n c l i e n t s bec a u s e t h e y m i g h t n o t w a n t t o d o b u s i n e s s . ” “B u t y o u h a d n ’ t c h a n g e d ! ” I i n t e r r u p t e d . “M y c h i l d , y o u c a n ’ t u n d e r s t a n d , a n d G o d w i l l i n g , y o u w o n ’ t h a v e to. T h e b o s s s a i d h e p e r s o n a l l y d i d n ’ t g o a l o n g w i t h H i t l e r ’ s N a z i ran t i n g s , b u t b y 1 9 3 4 w e w e r e n o l o n g e r i n v i t e d t o t h e i r S u n d a y kaf f e e k l a t s c h .” I re m e m b e r e d t h i s w h e n a p r o - T r u m p n e i g h b o r s t o p p e d i n v i t i n g u s t o her a n n u a l h o l i d a y c o c k t a i l p a r t y . Pri o r t o 2 0 1 6 , w e r e s p e c t e d e a c h o t h e r ’ s d i f f e r i n g p o l i t i c a l v i e w s , eve n j o k e d a b o u t i t . T h i s c h a n g e d d r a m a t i c a l l y a f t e r I s a i d t o h e r , “B u t T r u m p l i e s . ” T h a t w a s t h e e n d o f t h e c o n v e r s a t i o n , a n d s h e a n d her p a r t n e r r e t r e a t e d t o t h e i r c a p s u l e s o f c o l l u s i o n , f o r i t i s a f o r m o f col l u s i o n w h e n n o r m a l , o r d i n a r y p e o p l e l o o k a w a y f r o m f a c t s . It w a s t h e s a m e c o l l u s i o n a s w h e n t e a c h e r s , l a w y e r s a n d m i n i s t e r s i] went along with the Nazi lie that in a pure Germany, Aryan supremacy must be returned to “das Volk.” My parents left Germany for France in 1935; I was born there in 1938. Too many of our relatives were less fortunate, and they were gassed in the camps. Josie Levy Martin as a child in Montbron, France, during World War II. For a time I wanted to believe that the Nazi era was a “never-again” episode orchestrated by some twisted fascist monsters. I wanted to believe that America had saved Europe from the worst evil in modern times. Alas, “never again” is now. I fear not enough good people remember history. Why are so many Republicans on board with Trump, even a year after the Jan. 6, 2021, coup attempt? I worry about political things, such as the large number of judges Trump has appointed, but there are also other changes that deeply concern me. II I wonder about doctors who refuse to call COVID-19 the killer that it is, especially of poor Americans and people of color. My grandmother was a victim of the Nazification of medicine. She had leukemia. It was treatable with transfusions that she received regularly at a blood bank in Frankfurt. After the Nuremberg Laws, she was denied pure Aryan blood. Her oldest son stayed in Germany to donate blood to her even though he had received an exit visa to America. She feared he wouldn’t get out in time. My grandmother stopped eating so her son would leave. She died. Where were the good doctors, journalists or judges who could have demanded this cruelty stop? Where were the ruling bodies then? And where will ours be in 2022 and 2024 if so many election officials have been ousted or quit because they failed to cheat for a would-be fascist dictator? I pray for our democracy, which seems irrevocably on life support. — Josie Levy Martin, Santa Barbara Too few Americans know about the Holocaust. There’s also been an unsettling erosion of trust I am a proud American, born in Stettin, Germany (today, Szczecin, Poland) in 1933. My mother, father, sister and grandparents were all Germans of Jewish faith. Because of Hitler and the Nazi regime, my family was forced to leave the country of our birth. We left behind my father’s family business, our friends and our home. My father was a highly decorated officer in the German army for his service during World War I. We were fortunate to be able to escape Germany and spared what so many others faced in the concentration and death camps. My p a r e n t s , m y i d e n t i c a l t w i n s i s t e r a n d I c o u l d n o t e m i g r a t e imm e d i a t e l y t o t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s b e c a u s e o f a q u o t a s y s t e m t h a t cap p e d t h e n u m b e r o f G e r m a n s a l l o w e d t o e n t e r . S o , w e e m i g r a t e d t o En g l a n d f i r s t a n d w a i t e d u n t i l w e w e r e l e g a l l y a b l e t o c o m e t o t h e Un i t e d S t a t e s . In J u n e 1 9 3 9 , w e a r r i v e d i n t h e S a n P e d r o h a r b o r a f t e r a m o n t h - l o n g voy a g e a c r o s s t h e A t l a n t i c a n d t h r o u g h t h e P a n a m a C a n a l . M y mo t h e r w a s 2 6 y e a r s o l d , w i t h t w o 6 - y e a r - o l d g i r l s . M y f a t h e r w a s i n his e a r l y 4 0 s a n d h a r d o f h e a r i n g i n o n e e a r f r o m a n i n j u r y i n W o r l d Wa r I . W e h a d n o r e l a t i v e s o r f r i e n d s i n C a l i f o r n i a . Be t s y K a p l a n w i t h h e r t w i n s i s t e r b e f o r e t h e y f l e d Eu r o p e w i t h t h e i r p a r e n t s a h e a d o f W o r l d W a r I I . Th e N a z i s f o r c e d t h e d i s p l a c e m e n t o f m a n y o f m y r e l a t i v e s , w h o tod a y l i v e i n I n d i a , A u s t r a l i a a n d A r g e n t i n a . I r e l i s h a n d r e s p e c t bei n g a p a r t o f t h e i r l i v e s e v e n t h o u g h w e l i v e f a r a p a r t . I t h a s m a d e me h u m b l e a n d t h a n k f u l f o r m y l i f e . M y f a m i l y w a s c h a l l e n g e d w i t h dif f i c u l t t i m e s , a n d t h e y t u r n e d t h e i r l i v e s a r o u n d w i t h a p o s i t i v e atti t u d e . • Much in today’s world concerns me. I sympathize deeply with refugees trying to flee poverty and violence south of the U.S. border. They want to come to the United States for a better life, but how can this country take in millions of people who would come here if they could? This is a difficult question to ask that is just as difficult to answer. Advertisement I am also concerned that fewer and fewer people are learning about the Holocaust. My father, mother, sister and I fled Europe before the mass killing began, and I have fond memories of our journey across the Atlantic, a period that my mother recalled as the best vacation of her life. But I also remember my mother and father begging their parents to flee. My grandparents died in the concentration camps. My immediate family was not killed, but the Holocaust still happened to us. We lost everything we had in Germany and were forced to make new lives for ourselves. I feel it is important for people to know about this, the different ways Jews were victimized. Even though my parents did not talk about the Holocaust with us much at all, and though I am proud to be an American, I believe we must know about this history today. Finally, I am concerned about a general loss of trust among people today. When I was a child, my father — a distinguished World War I veteran and proud German — had everything taken from him because the people were made to distrust and hate him and other Germans of the Jewish faith. Today, in our world, I worry about a similar erosion of mutual trust among the people. — Betsy Kaplan, Covina Comparisons of the U.S. to 1930s Germany get so much wrong I write as a Jewish refugee from Hitler. My family fled Austria the day after the Anschluss of March 12, 1938. I come from an entirely secularized family, and my maternal grandfather was a leading diplomat from World War I to 1938. Nevertheless, the Anschluss meant that my family, by sheer dint of being Jewish by birth and ancestry, had to flee the country instantly, leaving everything behind. We left with four suitcases and no money. Those Jews who stayed behind, even for a few months, were likely to be sent to concentration camps and be killed in the gas chambers of the Holocaust. But the currently popular comparison between the U.S. today and early 1930s Germany is highly dubious. Unlike the U.S., Germany had no real tradition of democracy. Germany became a unified country only in 1871; it rapidly industrialized and became a major power by 1914. But until 1918, it was not only a monarchy but also an empire with a weak parliamentary structure. All government ministers were appointed by the Kaiser. The chancellor, moreover, could nullify any of the laws passed by the Reichstag (parliament). Then World War I decimated the country, bringing on large-scale poverty and, in the early years of the Weimar Republic, starvation. The 12 years of democracy from 1918 to the economic crash in 1929 were already shaky by the time of Hitler’s Beer Hall Putsch in 1923. Then, too, 21st century Americans ignore the role communism played in bringing the Nazis to power. In 1930, there were 37 individual parties running for office. If the Socialist (SPD) and Communist (KPD) parties had joined forces, the Nazis wouldn’t have had a chance. But because the SPD and KPD were constantly at each other’s throats, the far right saw its chance. It is impossible to understand today how great the fear of Russian communism was. It would have meant giving up private property — i.e. your house and home. This is hardly equivalent to the “threat” from the Republicans today. Those who turned to the Nazis often regarded it as the lesser of two evils — a temporary state of affairs before a centrist party could win again. Advertisement Marjorie Perloff and her family fled Austria in 1938. (Marjorie Perloff) The day Hitler became chancellor, the free press simply dissolved; from then on, all newspapers reported directly to Hitler. In the U.S., on the other hand, every major news outlet with the exception of Fox was adamantly against Trump throughout the four years of his presidency and continues to be obsessed with calling him every name in the book. Even NPR and PBS seem to be 100% pro- Democrat. So where is the parallel? What comparable state of affairs exists in America? Instead of the Weimar splinter parties, our current moment is Manichean, the country being divided right down the middle. Each of our two parties thinks it is the democratic one and the other elitist, racist or sexist. And consider the anarchy today! At the moment, schools seem to be barely functioning; some close regularly because there are not enough teachers. This is the antithesis of Hitler’s Germany, where regimented children, marching into the classroom, were indoctrinated into fascism. For Hitler, discipline was the order of the day, whereas the Trump administration was curiously disorganized, firing its own personnel left and right. At the same time, the Biden administration seems to be paralyzed when it comes to education. Finally, it should be made clear that democracy is not just a voting issue. One can, after all, vote in, fairly and squarely, a fascist party. It has happened all over Latin America. Rather, as Alexis de Tocqueville warned, democracy only works when you have a reasonably educated public. Today, when we have eighth graders who can’t read and write, when civics courses have disappeared and when geography is literally untaught, it is very hard to have a meaningful democracy in the U.S. Our first aim should be to restore primary education as well as a meaningful media in which there is real discussion of the issues. As for antisemitism, how can it be avoided at the same time Israel has become such an object of hatred? — Marjorie Perloff, Pacific Palisades Jan. 6 brought back frightening memories from 1938 I am a Holocaust survivor and an American. I was born in Vienna six years before the annexation of Austria by Hitler’s Germany. My family was very affluent — we lived in a large apartment and had several servants. I was a very spoiled brat. Marianne Bobick with her brother in 1936. Everything changed in March 1938, the date of the “annexation.” No shots were fired, nor were there protests. German airplanes dropped leaflets advising us not to resist. Hordes of Austrians happily donned German uniforms sporting the swastika. Advertisement [i] Several days later my father was physically thrown out of his business. His assets were confiscated. Soldiers came into our home and took anything they deemed valuable. My school, across the street from where we lived, was closed. One day I heard gun shots and screams. I went to the window and saw maybe 30 ultra-Orthodox men dressed in their traditional garb doing exercises in the middle of the street. Some were very old. They were surrounded by soldiers. If they stopped or sat, the soldiers would prod them with their guns. If they did not get up, they were shot. There were food shortages. Jews were not allowed in food lines. We were hungry. One day I had an accident and sliced my knee open. My father wrapped my leg and took me to the local emergency room, where we were refused admittance because of the large “J” stamped on our identification cards. Somehow (I was unconscious), my father found either a medical school or a small hospital on the outskirts of the city, and a kindly doctor risked his life to operate on me. On Kristallnacht — Nov. 9, 1938 — the Nazis determined to kill as many Jews as possible. My parents knew they would be coming for us. A banging on the door did not startle us. The door was opened and there stood a Nazi officer and a soldier. The officer yelled, “Quickly, come with us!” My mother had secreted some jewelry. She gave it to the officer. He took it and hesitated, then turned and yelled at the soldier to go to the next address. Sho r t l y t h e r e a f t e r t h e G e s t a p o o c c u p i e d t h e b u i l d i n g a s i t s hea d q u a r t e r s . O u r a p a r t m e n t w a s a b o u t f i v e s t e p s t o t h e r i g h t o f t h e ent r a n c e b e t w e e n f l o o r s a n d n o t a c c e s s i b l e t o t h e e l e v a t o r . T h e y l e f t us a l o n e , a n d w e s p e n t t h e r e s t o f t h e t i m e i n t h e G e s t a p o hea d q u a r t e r s b u i l d i n g . For 8 4 o r 8 5 y e a r s , t h e s e m e m o r i e s b u r i e d t h e m s e l v e s i n t h e b a c k rec e s s e s o f m y b r a i n . J a n . 6 , 2 0 2 1 , c a u s e d a t s u n a m i o f m e m o r i e s t o com e b a c k t o t h e f o r e f r o n t . Ev e r y t h i n g c h a n g e d i n M a r c h 1 9 3 8 , M a r i a n n e B o b i c k say s . “ N o s h o t s w e r e f i r e d , n o r w e r e t h e r e p r o t e s t s . ” Ter r o r , i n s e c u r i t y , f r i g h t — w i l l A m e r i c a ’ s C o n s t i t u t i o n a n d fre e d o m s b e o v e r t u r n e d ? W i l l w e b e c o m e a d i c t a t o r s h i p ? Ad v e r t i s e m e n t Ty r a n t s t h r i v e o n c h a o s , i n c i t e m e n t t o o v e r t h r o w g o v e r n m e n t , f r a u d , ma s s h y s t e r i a , l i e s , m a n i p u l a t i o n a n d r a l l i e s . T h a t i s t h e i r p l a y b o o k . I • can still hear Hitler’s rallies with thousand yelling “sieg heil,” until our radio was confiscated. Will the legislators who have blatantly ignored their oath of office let their conscience guide them? I instructed my children to always keep their passports current and to keep their assets only in banks that transfer money to foreign institutions via wire transfers. My insecurities are due to my history. Yet, I have faith in America and that the so far silent majority will be able to protect our country. — Marianne Bobick, Gainesville, Ga. From:Dan Zalles To:Council, City Subject:I support the expansion of Palo Alto’s Tenant Relocation Assistance ordinance Date:Monday, January 31, 2022 4:46:22 PM Some people who received this message don't often get email from danroyzal@gmail.com. Learnwhy this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Mayor Burt and City Council Members, I am a homeowner and resident of the Palo Verde neighborhood and am writing today to thank you for the work you’ve done so far to make sure Tenant Relocation returned to Council quickly. Palo Alto renters are experiencing a huge wave of evictions and “voluntary notices to vacate” and without your action, we’ll see many of our low- income and working class neighbors leave the city. Please support the expansion of Palo Alto’s much needed Tenant Relocation Assistance ordinance. Including buildings with 10 or more units, rather than 50 or more units, will help thousands of families stay in their homes, stay housed between moves, and disincentivize evictions which we’ve seen sweeping across the city to push out low-income tenants. Thank you. Dan Zalles From:Stephen Rock To:Council, City Subject:rental unit relocation assistance Date:Monday, January 31, 2022 4:16:38 PM Some people who received this message don't often get email from ser84@caa.columbia.edu.Learn why this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Please extend tenant relocation assistance to people living in 10-49 unit buildings. No matter what the size of the building, renters have the same needs to find alternate housing. -- Stephen Rock 3872 Nathan Way, Palo Alto, CA 94303 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; 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; 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; bearwithme1016@att.net; tsheehan; terry; VT3126782@gmail.com; vallesR1969@att.net Subject:Fwd: Covid 19 updates from Stanford Medicine. Updated daily. Date:Monday, January 31, 2022 4:13:01 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 31, 2022 at 3:27 PM Subject: Fwd: Covid 19 updates from Stanford Medicine. Updated daily. To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> Date: Mon, Jan 31, 2022 at 3:16 PM Subject: Fwd: Covid 19 updates from Stanford Medicine. Updated daily. To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> Date: Mon, Jan 31, 2022 at 2:57 PM Subject: Fwd: Covid 19 updates from Stanford Medicine. Updated daily. To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> Date: Mon, Jan 31, 2022 at 2:44 PM Subject: Covid 19 updates from Stanford Medicine. Updated daily. To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> Monday, January 31, 2022 To all- Here is a source of potentially valuable information from Stanford Medicine about Covid-19- Updated daily, it says. COVID-19 | Stanford Medicine | Stanford Medicine Terms of use for sites: Worth reading, if only to see the expert lawyering that Stanford employs: Terms of use for sites – Stanford University Here is KCBS-AM 740 SF. "Ask an Expert" which they broadcast weekdays at 9:20 AM. These run ~ fifteen minutes on the air and focus on the pandemic. Today, Monday, January 31, 2022, one caller asked how she could determine with which Covid variant she was infected. Dr. Warner Greene, a professor of Medicine at UCSF, today's expert, said there is not a good reason for her to know now, since 99.5% of infections now are Omicron. When infections were 50-50% Delta and Omicron, it might have mattered. He also said that it is unfortunate that the US has so many people who are vaccine hesitant. About 17% of adults resist vaccination as a "hard-core group". About 5% could be persuaded to get vaccinated. Today, the Moderna vaccine got final approval by the FDA and he fears that that won't change many minds. The full approval of the Pfizer vaccine in August, 2021, didn't seem to increase the vaccination rate. 13:56 today. These "Ask an Expert" segments are good. Big-gun experts. You hear a recording of the segment and you can read a transcript. You can see many recent segments here: | Audacy L. William Harding, BA Stanford '64 Fresno, Ca. From:Palo Alto Free Press To:Aram James Cc:Jethroe Moore; Jeff Rosen; Sajid Khan; Raj; Human Relations Commission; Council, City; 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:Re: Police training focuses on ‘warrior mentality,’ blames media for police-reform movement - The Washington Post Date:Monday, January 31, 2022 4:04:08 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Aram, These are my thoughts and observations… The key to any meaningful police reform is communication. Case in point marriage counseling. One of the first questions out the gate, do you talk to your mate? Marriages end up in divorce because of a lack of communication or poor communication skills. Is it any different in policing the community communities are made up of families. Communities and families as a whole function much better when there is good communication. Palo Alto, as an example there were times where the police chief would address the community, that kind of communication all of a sudden stopped. The communications officer for the Palo Alto Police department also disappeared. The result, An uptick in crime more calls coming into the call center for assistance those calls could’ve been avoided by community training community involvement bottom line better communication. Police training, and any police reform should involve the community getting their input perhaps even going so far as to allowing the community to be a take part in police training. Why all of the police Hatred? Is it fueled by the media as the Washington post reporter suggested. They’re reporting on violence being committed in the community, they’re not reporting on solutions. It should be city leadership. They should take on that role. Do you see any of that taking place by any city Council member, or for that matter the Human Relations Commissioners. Step back take a look and reach your own conclusion. Mark Petersen-Perez Editor in chief Palo Alto Free Press Reporting from Nicaragua Sent from my iPad On Jan 30, 2022, at 11:17 PM, Aram James <abjpd1@gmail.com> wrote: 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:Felipe Morais To:Council, City Subject:Tenant Relocation Assistance Date:Monday, January 31, 2022 3:19:28 PM Some people who received this message don't often get email from felipefcdemorais@gmail.com.Learn why this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Mayor Burt and City Council Members, I live in Evergreen Park and am writing today to thank you for the work you’ve done so far to make sure Tenant Relocation returned to Council quickly. Palo Alto renters are experiencing a huge wave of evictions and “voluntary notices to vacate” and without your action, we’ll see many of our low-income and working class neighbors leave the city. Please support the expansion of Palo Alto’s much needed Tenant Relocation Assistance ordinance. Including buildings with 10 or more units, rather than 50 or more units, will help thousands of families stay in their homes, stay housed between moves, and disincentivize which we’ve seen sweeping across the city to push out low-income tenants. Thank you, Felipe Morais -- Sent from mobile From:Judy Rock To:Council, City Subject:please support Tenant Relocation Assistance expansion Date:Monday, January 31, 2022 3:04:39 PM Some people who received this message don't often get email from rockjudy1@gmail.com. Learnwhy this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear city council, I strongly urge you to support expanding Tenant Relocation Assistance to tenants living in apartments with 10 or more units. Renters in the smaller apartment complexes in our community need this protection. At this point we should be doing everything we can to support affordable housing (which means multi-unit dwellings for the most part) and prevent evictions. thank you, Judy Rock 3872 Nathan Way From:Christian Beauvoir To:Council, City Subject:Please support Emergency & Permanent Renter Relocation Ordinance Date:Monday, January 31, 2022 2:52:38 PM Some people who received this message don't often get email from cbeauvoir11@gmail.com. Learnwhy this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Members of City Council: My name is Christian Beauvoir. I am writing to you to express my support for expanding tenant protections in Palo Alto, specifically passing an emergency and a permanent Tenant Relocation Assistance ordinance. In a city where almost half of residents are renters, such protections are essential to ensuring that everyone can exercise and maintain their right to housing in the community we call home. 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. During the pandemic, we have also seen landlords throughout the county use the justifications of owner move-in and taking a property off the rental market as a means of validly evicting tenants. 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" in ways that are unethical but currently legal. Support this expansion to help strengthen our Palo Alto community and protect our neighbors. Thank you, Christian Beauvoir From:David Bergen To:Council, City Subject:Thank You - for revisiting tenant relocation assistance! Date:Monday, January 31, 2022 2:44:33 PM Some people who received this message don't often get email from bergen.david@gmail.com.Learn why this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Thank you for bringing tenant relocation assistance back to the Council for consideration! It's important that our fellow Palo Alto residents, including those in smaller apartment buildings, be given assistance so they can find housing. Thanks again, David Bergen From:Allan Seid To:CHOpinion CHOpinion Subject:Fwd: Opinion | Slavery Was About Profit - The New York Times Date:Monday, January 31, 2022 12:27:13 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: Sun, Jan 30, 2022 at 5:05 PM Subject: Opinion | Slavery Was About Profit - The New York Times To: Allan Seid <allanseid734@gmail.com> https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/29/opinion/slavery-history.html Slavery Was About Profit Jan. 29, 2022 The work-weathered hands of Henry Brooks, a former slave from Greene County, Georgia.Jack Delano/Library of Congress Sign up for the Jamelle Bouie newsletter, for Times subscribers only. Join Jamelle Bouie as he shines a light on overlooked writing, culture and ideas from around the internet. I spent most of this month working on a long piece on using data to understand the trans-Atlantic slave trade. It is on the cover of the Sunday Review this week, if you want to check it out. One of the parts we had to trim for space was a paragraph on the domestic trade within the United States. A significant part of the slave system, the domestic trade relied on the sale of “surplus” slaves from the states of the Upper South down to New Orleans and beyond. Here’s what I wrote: Slaveholders in Upper South states like Virginia and Maryland produced a “surplus” of enslaved labor, which they sold to traders. Those traders brought their captives to markets in Charleston and Savannah and New Orleans, where they would be sold to the highest bidder to labor and produce profit. Enslaved women were expected, as well, to produce new capital, in the form of children, for their enslavers. In addition to this point, it is also worth saying why there was such a “surplus” to begin with. The short answer is: tobacco. Tobacco, for most of the colonial period, was the agricultural backbone of chattel slavery in the South. Virginia and Maryland were, for all intents and purposes, tobacco colonies, where planters used huge numbers of enslaved people to produce vast amounts of tobacco for European consumption. This extractive agriculture — practically unavoidable to commodities-driven slave cultivation — exhausts the soil in fairly short order. That’s why slaveholders were one of the engines of American expansion in the first decades of the republic. They needed more and more soil to cultivate tobacco, cotton and other commercial staples. View this email in your browser. Visit us on www.lwvpaloalto.org, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter February VOTER January 31, 2022 In this Issue Message from our President Upcoming League Events Program Planning Meeting Voter Services 2022 Workshop Pre-Order Lawn Signs for the Upcoming Elections Reclaim Our Vote Virtual Speaker Event From:LWV Palo Alto VOTER To:Council, City Subject:LWVPA February VOTER - Join Our Most Important Planning Meeting of the Year Date:Monday, January 31, 2022 11:46:27 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious ofopening attachments and clicking on links. Subscribe to our Google Calendar • • 0 0 0 0 0 [i] January 2022 Board Meeting Highlights Advocacy Reports Climate Calls Events by Other Leagues NPV and Ranked Choice Voting Bay Area League Day In Case You Missed It Community Event — Housing for All - How? Lunch with League — Changing Our Legal System Announcements 100th Anniversary Celebration Update Trudy Schafer Public Policy Fellowship Redistricting Updates Bay Area Monitor Notes Message from our President Happy New Year to 2022! And although we were once again surprised with a new virus variant, Omicron, the good news is that it appears to be on the wane as we approach the end of January. 2022 promises to be a busy year for the League and thank you for staying engaged with us during this first month of the year. All members are invited to our most important planning meeting of the year, 2022 Program Planning Meeting, on Saturday, February 12, to choose our top priorities for the coming year. Lisa Ratner, Advocacy Chair, will lead this very important discussion on Zoom. The League has taken the lead on Campaign Finance Reform, and we heard a detailed update on their work at our January Board meeting. We hope you will help us build our local coalition and educate our neighbors on this issue. The Housing for All - How? event was well-attended last Wednesday night, and we thank our members and supporters for participating in this important discussion. We heard from community leaders John Barton and Steve Levy and engaged citizens considering options for increasing our housing stock and helping renters and future homeowners. A recording of the event is available in this issue. • • • • • • 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Iii It's election year and we're kicking off the season with our Voter Services 2022 Virtual Workshop on Saturday, February 26, led by Kathy Miller and Liz Jensen. We need your help to set priorities for the election year and we hope to see you there! Liz Upcoming League Events LWVPA Program Planning Meeting Saturday, February 12, 2022 10:00 am - 12:00 pm You are invited to our League's most important planning meeting of the year! LWVPA is a grassroots organization that sets its agenda through the “Program Planning” process. As members of the League, this is your chance to help choose priority advocacy issues for both our local and the national League. We will first review current local priorities: Support of Making Democracy Work ® Affordable Housing and Homelessness Civics Education Climate Change Local Campaign Finance Reform and the LWVUS priority: Campaign for Making Democracy Work ® We will then propose issues for study and action by LWVPA for year 2022-23 and recommend priority issues for LWVUS for years 2022-24. • • • • • • Participate in the League's most important planning process. Bring your ideas, questions, and enthusiasm. We look forward to seeing you! Voter Services 2022 Workshop Setting a Powerful Course for this Election Year Saturday, February 26, 2022 9:00 am - 11:00 am Come help your Voter Services team set priorities to serve the community in this election year. We need you to help us brainstorm action items, prioritize them, and begin to identify volunteers to take responsibility for following through. Please join us at our wide-ranging Zoom group and break-out session conversation. Bring your answers to this question with you: What might the Palo Alto League do to reach a broader audience during the midterm election season? Register Now Register Now [i] Pre-order Lawn Signs for the Upcoming Elections The 2022 Primary elections are quickly approaching! Would you like to get these double-sided lawn signs (as pictured above) to display around your neighborhood and at events? These signs are evergreen: You can store them and use them in advance of any future election! For Palo Alto League members, the League will pay for the signs and we will let you know when they have arrived and where you can pick them up. Pre-order them here before Friday, February 25. Reclaim Our Vote - Reaching Beyond Palo Alto LWVPA Voter Services Team Empowering voters is core to what we, as League members, do. Former LWVPA off-board member Linda Henigin helps empower voters beyond Palo Alto through Reclaim Our Vote, a campaign of the nonpartisan Center for Common Ground, and she’s bringing [I] [I] that opportunity to our League. The current postcard campaign supports Black voter turnout in the Texas primary elections, which will be held on March 1. Only one in 25 Texas voters participates in primaries, yet their voices are crucial to choosing candidates. We will emphasize this and offer pointers to Early Voting information. You can request a free “Starter Pack” (10 postcards and addresses) from Linda by emailing her at LindaHenigin@gmail.com. You’ll donate the postage. These postcards must be written and mailed by February 14. We’re so excited to be able to support voters across the country in this way. We hope you’ll join us! LWVPA Virtual Speaker Event Wednesday, March 9, 2022 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Preparing the Next Generation of Voters: Civics Education - What it is and Why it Matters Guest Speakers: Susie Richardson, Facing History & Ourselves Board Member Jennifer DiBrienza, PAUSD School Board Member Join our speakers for a discussion of what our students are learning today and how Facing History & Ourselves motivates students to find their voices, stand l [i] up to hate, and exercise their right to VOTE. Stay tuned: More information to follow. January 2022 Board Meeting Highlights The board heard a detailed report from the Campaign Finance Reform Task Force on their work to inspire an ordinance in Palo Alto. The following motions were approved: 1. A through D on Consent Calendar including minutes and EAC communications to the City Council in support of housing; a letter to Police Chief Jonsen in support of safe gun storage implementation; and public comments to City Council on Campaign Finance Reform. 2. A three-month pilot of sharing our E-Blasts with a wider audience. Our next Board Meeting is on Tuesday, February 22, 7 - 9 pm. All members are invited! Please use our Zoom meeting link to join. - Megan Swezey Fogarty, Secretary Advocacy Reports [B Local Housing Petition: LWV Palo Alto Board signed a petition to the City Council supporting the County Civil Grand Jury report “Affordable Housing: A Tale of Two Cities.” The report called on Palo Alto to reject its old way of thinking about producing affordable housing and adopt a neighboring city’s approach. Mountain View has met 56% of its affordable housing targets as of 2019 but Palo Alto has barely met 10%. The Grand Jury recommended changes in four broad areas: (i) Political and Community Support; (ii) Proactive Planning and Effective Reporting; (iii) Supportive Practices; and (iv) Affordable Housing Financing. More signatures are needed. Please sign the Petition here. Educator Housing: The County Board of Supervisors approved a housing project on county land in Palo Alto which will house over 100 teachers and school employees, a much-needed project as Palo Alto has become Ill unaffordable for most public employees. The housing, located near Caltrain, bus, and bike routes on Sherman Ave, will also reduce greenhouse gas emissions by cutting commute times. The development furthers the League’s position on Meeting Basic Needs (providing decent housing and suitable living conditions for all Americans as a responsibility of federal, state, and local governments) and the League’s position that policies should address the climate change emergency. Nancy Shepherd and Lisa Ratner, LWVPA’s first and second Vice Presidents, both spoke in favor of the project at the Supervisors meeting on January 11. Gun Safety: The LWVPA Board approved a letter drafted by our Responsible Gun Ownership Committee to Police Chief Jonsen asking the City to participate in Project ChildSafe, which provides free cable gun locks to the law enforcement department to distribute to Palo Alto residents who have firearms at home but no locks. Local Campaign Finance Reform: Our CFR task force continued to meet with council members to explain why it’s important to stop the skyrocketing costs of running for City Council. National Neither the Freedom to Vote Act nor the John Lewis Voting Act--LWVUS priorities--were brought to a Senate vote because of the filibuster. These bills would have imposed uniform federal voting standards on states and nullified recent state laws that make it more difficult for people to vote, with special impact on minority and low-income voters. Efforts to pass federal voting rights will continue. League attention is now turned to phone banks, registering voters, fighting voter suppression state by state, and amending the Electoral Count Act, to prevent state-certified election results from being overturned, as was attempted during the January 6, 2021, insurrection. ---- LWVPA members rallied for democracy at the corner of Page Mill Road and Oregon Expressway on Jan 6, 2022, to mark last year’s January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. - Lisa Ratner, 2nd Vice President and Advocacy Chair Climate Calls What actions are you taking to combat climate change? Is there more that you can do? LWVPA Natural Resources Committee team members will share tips on what we can all do in a new column in our newsletter: Climate Calls. We are all in this together and call on EVERYONE to take action! Did you know that 30-40% of the food grown in the United States is wasted? (USDA) Four Simple Steps to Reduce Food Waste 1. Plan your meals and make a list before you go grocery shopping. 2. Freeze your leftovers to reduce waste and to reduce time spent cooking on a future day. 3. Don’t just look at ‘best by’ dates; use your nose, eyes and the Internet to ii ii check if food is still good to eat. Food can be inedible both before and after those dates. 4. Find great ideas on reducing food waste and other types of waste from Mountain View’s Zero Waste Chef Anne-Marie Bonneau. She’s also on Facebook. Want to share your ideas? Need further information? Please write to us at lwvpaoffice@gmail.com with the subject header: Climate Calls. Events by Other Leagues What Do You Know About the NPV and Ranked Choice Voting? LWV of Piedmont Thursday, February 10, 2022 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm Participate in the 2022 Defending Democracy Series: Ranked Choice Voting and the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact. Rob Richie, President and CEO of FairVote, will speak on Ranked Choice Voting and other election reforms. Click here for more information. Bay Area League Day Solving for Housing - The Nexus of Housing Policy and Climate Policy Saturday, February 19, 2022 Register Now r---------------, ______________ J 10:00 am - 2:30 pm Experts estimate that California is short over 3.5 million homes. Solving for Housing tackles how best to increase housing supply while combating the existential threat of climate change. How will we provide adequate housing while doing all possible to address impending climate risks? Click here for more information. In Case You Missed It LWVPA Community Event Housing for All - How? On January 26, LWVPA hosted a well- attended community discussion highlighting the need for affordable housing in our city. Community leaders on housing included John Barton and Steve Levy. Engaged citizens discussed options for increasing our housing stock and helping renters and future owners. View the recording here. Lunch with League: Register Now --------------~ .. -------------- r-------------- Changing Our Legal System? with Judge LaDoris Cordell On January 20, Judge LaDoris H. Cordell discussed her new book, Her Honor, a thought-provoking insider account of our legal system. She described her life on the bench and the reforms she recommends to improve our court system. View the recording of the event and her interview with KQED (starts at 5:38 into the video). Announcements We Regret to Inform You Ii] Ii] that the 100th Anniversary celebration of the LWV, an in-person event that was scheduled for February 27, is being restructured due to multiple years of COVID concerns. We celebrate the League in our hearts and through our actions, and we look forward to a future celebration when in-person circumstances allow. We hope to provide more information as we get closer to summer. In the meantime, we encourage you to review History of LWV, reflecting accomplishments over ten decades of voter service activities. Why is there a Trudy Schafer Public Policy Fellowship? The immense esteem that the LWV of California enjoys in today’s state legislature is well earned! For 25 years, Trudy Schafer “almost single-handedly developed the architecture of the modern League of Women Voters of California,” said then Senate Majority Leader Bob Hertzberg on August 13, 2018, adjourning the Senate in Trudy’s honor. As LWVC’s first Senior Director for Program, she made LWVC a force to be reckoned with. Hertzberg noted that, while relentless in her advocacy, “not once did Trudy sacrifice the smallest measure of respect, compassion, and humility in her interactions with others.” Thanks to the Trudy Schafer Public Policy Fellowship, LWVC will soon hire its 2022 Fellow to lead us into areas such as housing/homelessness and climate change, with a continued eye on building strong, diverse partnerships. g Redistricting Updates California Citizens Redistricting Commission (CRC) On December 27, 2021, the CA CRC delivered California’s Congressional, State Senate, Assembly, and Board of Equalization maps to the California Secretary of State. See final maps here. Valley Water Next public meeting to review and select map(s) is February 9, 2022, 1:00 pm. Find the updates here. Santa Clara County Board of Supervisor Districts See final maps and most notable changes here. Foothill-DeAnza Community College District Draft maps here. After two public hearings, the Board of Trustees is considering Draft Map A for adoption. Next public hearing is Feb. 14, 2022. The board is also considering which two trustee areas should hold elections in 2022. The other three areas will hold elections in 2024. MidPeninsula Regional Open Space Staff have prepared three draft redistricting scenario maps. Public feedback period has closed. Final scenario maps will be presented to the Board of Directors for review on January 26, 2022. Ward Redistricting Maps here. Bay Area Monitor Notes Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Coho Salmon Bay Area League Day: February 19th, 10am Bay Area Goings-On • • • • [ii Happy Lunar New Year! LWVPA Board Officers & Directors OFFICERS Liz Kniss President Nancy Shepherd 1st Vice President, Immediate Past President Lisa Ratner 2nd Vice President, Advocacy ​ DIRECTORS Ellen Forbes Webmaster Liz Jensen Voter Services Karen Kalinsky Collaborations & Community Outreach Megan Swezey Fogarty Secretary ​Theivanai Palaniappan Treasurer Myra Lessner Events Hannah Lu Communications Jeannie Lythcott At-Large DEI Kathy Miller Voter Services Sigrid Pinksy Parliamentarian Lynne Russell Fundraising Co-Chair Cari Templeton Membership LWVPA Off-Board Budget Kathy Miller, Chair Civics Education Jenn Wagstaff Hinton Civil Discourse Liaison Susan Owicki Education Team Chair TBD Equal Justice Chair TBD Fundraising Co-Chairs Abbie Dorosin Heike Enders​ Natural Resources Mary O'Kicki Hilary Glann Nominating Committee Chair, Terry Godfrey Cari Templeton Dawn Billman Melissa Baten Caswell Observer Corps Chair TBD Jeannie Lythcott ​ ​Pros & Cons and League Presentations Mary Jo Levy Housing & Transportation Steve Levy, Chair LWVPA Board Folder Task Force Ellen Smith Hannah Lu ​Responsible Gun Ownership Hilary Glann Stacey Ashlund Social Media Admin Aisha Piracha-Zakariya Rachel Kellerman Bella Daly VOTER and E-Blast Editors Hannah Lu Arati Periyannan Voter's Edge David Springer Stay Informed! 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