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HomeMy Public PortalAbout20200615plCC3 701-32 DOCUMENTS IN THIS PACKET INCLUDE: LETTERS FROM CITIZENS TO THE MAYOR OR CITY COUNCIL RESPONSES FROM STAFF TO LETTERS FROM CITIZENS ITEMS FROM MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS ITEMS FROM OTHER COMMITTEES AND AGENCIES ITEMS FROM CITY, COUNTY, STATE, AND REGIONAL AGENCIES Prepared for: 06/15/2020 Document dates: 5/27/2020 – 6/3/2020 Set 3 of 6 Note: Documents for every category may not have been received for packet reproduction in a given week. 2 Baumb, Nelly From:Lisa Rt <lrtmail@gmail.com> Sent:Friday, May 29, 2020 8:04 PM To:Council, City Subject:Palo Alto Children's Theater - staff cuts CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on  links.  ________________________________    Dear City Council,    Thank you for making changes to the budget that allow the Children’s Theatre to continue with some performances over  the next two years.  I am under the impression that, despite this increase in funding, the Theatre will still need to lay off  certain employees.   As a parent, I am concerned that the children will be adversely affected by seeing their teachers and  mentors laid off and absent from the Theatre.  Also, will the Theatre’s online offerings remain feasible and rewarding for  the children if the Theatre loses this valuable staff?  Is it possible that the FOPACT proposal for using donations could  help increase funding such that these staff cuts can be avoided?    Thank you for your dedication and hard work on behalf of City residents.    Sincerely,  Lisa Trovato  Charleston Meadows      3 Baumb, Nelly From:Evelyn Zhang <evelynzhang2006@icloud.com> Sent:Friday, May 29, 2020 5:58 PM To:Council, City Subject:Children's Theatre CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Hello,      My name is Evelyn and I'm an eighth grader at Greene Middle School. I have been attending shows at the Palo Alto Children’s Theatre ever since I moved to Palo Alto and I just started participating in productions two years ago. Where I used to live, there weren’t any theaters that were devoted to children. There were shows that hired professional actors meant for children to watch, but not for kids to participate in. This meant that the children who were a part of that community, including myself, didn't have the chance to participate at a theatre, especially not one that operates so professionally, like the children’s theatre in Palo Alto.   The children who are a part of their community also don't have the chance to have that theatre experience. The theatre experience that I’m talking about isn't only learning how to perform onstage but how to convey your emotions, how to speak in front of a crowd, how to work with people you don’t necessarily like, how to listen to directions, how to communicate efficiently, how to manage your time, and much more. These are all life skills that can and will aid me in the future, and I learned it all from the people at the Palo Alto Children’s Theatre. Which leads me to my next point. The staff.  Everyone who works at the theatre is so incredibly kind and will support you no matter what. By closing down the theatre, some, or possibly all, of the staff will need to be laid off and they will be very hard to hire back. These people are part of the reason why the Children’s Theatre is so special.   My last point is the numerous amount of connections you make when you participate at the theatre. Everyone at the theatre participates at the theatre because they love it. This means that every participant has something in common with everyone else at the theatre, therefore being able to bond with many others who share a common interest.  Everyone in our community has been impacted by the Palo Alto Children’s Theatre one way or another. It doesn’t matter if it’s by watching a show, taking a class, or participating in a production. The Palo Alto Children’s Theatre is a huge part of our community. So I’m asking you to please not take it away from us.     Sincerely,   Evelyn Zhang  4 Baumb, Nelly From:Karen Kesner <karen.kesner@gmail.com> Sent:Wednesday, May 27, 2020 12:46 PM To:Council, City; Patrik Westin Subject:Plea: Budget for Palo Alto Childerns Theatre (PACT) CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Dear City Council, We have respectively asked Kimberly Thacker to keep us informed of City Council review of Children's Theatre budget. Our 9 year old daughter has been involved in classes and a play at PACT for the last 2 seasons. She is enrolled for a July summer camp and planning her next school hear entering 4th grade at Walter Hays to say very involved in theater. She has been so inspired by the incredible staff and program she is passionate to continue her pursuant. I am sure you have received a lot of feedback how much theatre helps with the development of children - their confidence, memorization, teaming, managing when they are not cast for a part, and inspiring their school learning - writing stories for plays, sharing their stories with classmates. Children's Theatre has been life changing for our daughters confidence, and passion. We saw the news the morning under the revised budget, the Children's Theatre will see major cuts. https://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/2020/05/26/facing-budget-shortfall-palo-alto-agrees-to-cut-more-than-70- positions We are emailing our plea, please! First, thank you to the Council for adding back in the budget for performances and for all the hard work the City Council is doing during this unfortunate pandemic. We do very much appreciate the City Council support of the Children's Theatre. We are concerned the high level of staff cuts will not allow the theatre to continue in creating and implementing virtual programs during these tough times when they are so needed for our children. These cuts will make future programs and performances difficult because we need each of their unique talents and areas of expertise, and will put artists out of work during a time of economic crisis where they will have extreme difficulty finding other positions - plus we may lose them in the mean time when the budget recovers (hopefully) after the pandemic and we want them back. Please may we ask that you review the proposal sent to the Council by FOPACT which helps maintain more needed staff and relies on community donations and fundraising to help with the budget. Do not hesitate to reach out for any further feedback about the positive significant impact Palo Alto Children's Theatre has had on our daughter, and the wonderful support she has experienced through the classes, program, and staff. Kind Regards, Karen Kesner Patrik Westin 1 Baumb, Nelly From:areidsu@yahoo.com Sent:Tuesday, June 2, 2020 10:59 AM To:Council, City Cc:areidsu@yahoo.com Subject:library retention thank you and suggestion of winter holiday shopping early push CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on  links.  ________________________________    Dear City Council    I wanted to thank you for retaining the college terrace library in your recent budget cuts.  This pandemic has shown that  education and access to education is vital to us and even more vital, next to one of the leading universities in the  country.  Thank you again also for your leadership salary reduction ‐ for distributing the reductions.    As for a suggestion, I thought since retail and restaurants have been more challenged that perhaps a push for people to  shop early for the winter holidays ‐ xmas, hannukka, new years.  Since most of retails' revenue is typically in Q4, maybe  pushing that to be in the end of Q2 and in Q3 can help some of those stores get back on their feet.    Anything you can do to socialize that idea would be helpful; it would, of course, contribute to the city, and state tax  levels as well.    Sincerely  Alison Reid  College Terrace  2 Baumb, Nelly From:Eileen Stolee <estolee@gmail.com> Sent:Sunday, May 31, 2020 12:08 AM To:CTRA Cc:Council, City Subject:Re: [CTRA B2B] College Terrace Library CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Thanks, Pria for writing to thank the Mayor and CC for saving our library.   We are all so happy that our historic little library will be open for three days a week!  I can't wait to take my little grandchildren over to pick out books!    On Sat, May 30, 2020 at 10:58 AM Pria Graves <priag@birketthouse.com> wrote:  Dear Mayor Fine and Council Members ‐     I’m delighted to see that the College Terrace library will continue to be available three days a week.  This is an  important resource for our little neighborhood as well as for the surrounding neighborhoods west of the train tracks.     Thank you for hearing our pleas!    Stay safe,    Pria Graves  2130 Yale Street  6     ‐‐   ‐‐   To post to this group, send email to ctraboard@googlegroups.com    ‐‐‐   You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CTRA Board to Board" group.  To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to  ctraboard+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.  To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ctraboard/5F60927E‐565E‐4EDB‐98C9‐ 09B3C253D447%40birketthouse.com.  Redacted 3 Baumb, Nelly From:Pria Graves <priag@birketthouse.com> Sent:Saturday, May 30, 2020 10:58 AM To:Council, City Cc:ctraboard@googlegroups.com Subject:College Terrace Library CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on  links.  ________________________________    Dear Mayor Fine and Council Members ‐    I’m delighted to see that the College Terrace library will continue to be available three days a week.  This is an important  resource for our little neighborhood as well as for the surrounding neighborhoods west of the train tracks.    Thank you for hearing our pleas!    Stay safe,    Pria Graves  2130 Yale Street      Redacted 4 Baumb, Nelly From:mark weiss <earwopa@yahoo.com> Sent:Friday, May 29, 2020 9:37 PM To:Council, City Cc:Tom DuBois tom.dubois@gmail.com; Alison Cormack; Fine, Adrian; Filseth, Eric (external); James Aram; Tim Gray; Arthur Keller; Liberman, Art; Holman, Karen (external); Kniss, Liz (internal); Espinosa, Sid; Josh Becker; Joe Simitian Subject:i'm not running for council but CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  My platform for 2020, although I’m definitely not running Posted on May 29, 2020by markweiss86 6 Davey Havock of AFI, who once played at Cubberley, does not imply and endorsement but I’m asking for it, a fire inside. So to tie together a couple loose threads on the internet (here at PAW), we have 35 acres at Cubberley, 39 acres special zone (at or near Fry's) and Casti, which someone, apples to oranges, defines as a CUP on 51 R-1 single house tracts — I think these three discussions will define us as a community and be the gist of the election locally in the fall. A couple years ago, there was Maybell and Buena Vista concurrently but not treated equally or not thought of simultaneously – -and pretty mediocre outcomes in both cases. It is a challenge for us to self-govern in Palo Alto; the special interests — which I define loosely as Downtown Interests Vs The Residents — have had a rout going on for at least since 2009 when I started to tune in seriously. Leadership should be reflective of and responsive to We The People. How many of us feel that is the case? There is no way that 15,000 voters and 50,000 citizens and 10,000 homeowners call all get what we want all the time. And I often feel that our differences are an asset; they are unique to us, our problems; or as The Guy Who Wrote Jonathan Livingston Seagull (and "Illusions: A Reluctant Messiah" -- Bach?) wrote: inside of every problem is a gift. I want to see more park lands, a major park, in South Palo Alto. I guess I’m a NIMBY on housing, but if we do have housing, don’t do gimmicky schemes (like at the Maybell that was referendum-dummed, or referen-dunned) and maybe there should be subsidies for teachers, civil servants, public safety or artists. By the way, I think PAUSD gives a sweetheart deal to the tenant at my old school, the Fremont Hills campus we own — its a private school. Maybe that should be housing!!! BMR in LAH! Who’s with me? I had a theory that Palo Alto always under-utilized Cubberley in terms of not really programming it , just keeping the light bulbs current — no pun intended, the floors mopped. And that that was a dog whistle to the developers that they will someday get to send in their bulldozers and then build baby build. By the way, who builds a school then 25 years later asks for a Mulligan and shuts the school? And then basically lets it flop around like a flounder for 40 years. Who builds and closes, who shutters and stutters? We do, both counts. Maybe the mascot for the School and the city should be the Push Me Pull You or The Flounder (and our Sister City had a radish as a mascot — I wrote somewhere that Ed Shikada’s first job in the area was as the hockey mascot, or that we hired him to find us a good mascot). What about moving Casti to Cub and having PAUSD teachers live there too, building some homes at Bryant and Embarcadero, to fund shuttles and other precariot services, and making it up the difference to actual and current Palo Altans at Fry’s, with an arts center and some parks and just a smidgen of housing? Or maybe housing above a PAC performing arts center at Ventura, and use the old school campus of Ventura School as a lure, or lagniappe. But lets plan this all ourselves super-slowly – I’m serious — and not hire a bunch of out of town consultants. And don’t throw “scoping parties” with high end cheese. (It confuses people who buy "government cheese"). We could change the name of Cubberley to Green, Bill Green and then change the old Jordan to Baez, Joan Baez. Or if Jeremy Lin can raise $10M I’d say call the Cub, The Lin. Years from now they will think the Cougar was a Lion, The Lin Lions. I’d make the park in Ventura Yamamoto, the war hero. Problems solved. You're welcome. 7 and1: I’m helping Mac’s replace the lost tobacco and vape revenue by offering to produce a pop up art gallery in what is now their porn closet, behind the beads, working title Go Ask Matt; I’m covering the political debate in my blog, with a pro-Koury bias. But overall I think Cubberley, Ventura and Castilleja are the 3 hot topics. Share this:  Twitter  Facebook Related Rm 222 (KFlay v. KVal)In "math" AFI at The Cub, 1996 and 2021?In "music" Earthwise songwriter showcase Saturday at The Cub to feature Austin and Oakland artistsIn "music" About markweiss86 Mark Weiss, founder of Plastic Alto blog, is a concert promoter and artist manager in Palo Alto, as Earthwise Productions, with background as journalist, advertising copywriter, book store returns desk, college radio producer, city council and commissions candidate, high school basketball player; he also sang in local choir, and fronts an Allen Ginsberg tribute Beat Hotel Rm 32 View all posts by markweiss86 → 1 Baumb, Nelly From:Amy Brown <amyhopeb@yahoo.com> Sent:Friday, May 29, 2020 3:45 PM To:Council, City Subject:Fw: Please, please reconsider the funding cuts to the Children's Theatre CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.        Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone    Dear City Council, I just watched your entire meeting waiting and hoping for you to bring up a reconsideration of the cuts to the Palo Alto Children's Theatre budget. I, and others, do deeply appreciate that you are allowing for performances and we thank you for that change. However, I am not sure how this will be possible when staff will be cut so gravely. At one point the City Manager brought up that there are staff right now who will lose their jobs. This is the heart of the issue. These people need support as artists in our community and may not be around to resume jobs when this terrible situation is behind us. Also, the new programs they are developing online and future programs need staff support. September may be too late. I understand much better how much work you are putting into all this and the difficulty of all the decisions you are making. I realize it seems counter-intuitive to fund staff when there are no performances, but I beg you to look at the longer view. I do not understand all the details of the budget but it seems that there may be re-allocations or emergency funds available. I just wanted to write one more time to encourage you to reconsider these crippling cuts in your next meeting before this budget is finally adopted. I've volunteered at the theatre for the past 7 years and do not see how the theatre can survive this level of cuts to its amazing staff and be able to put on anything near the productions and programs that make them of such value to the community. I really, really hope that you discuss and reconsider these cuts. I also hope for more discussion with theatre staff to work together for the best solution for all, knowing that many parents are happy to donate and participate in fundraising. Please take all of the emails and comments to heart and look once more at re-instating more of the theatre's budget, especially for staff. It was disappointing that this was not raised again and I sincerely hope it will be. Thank you all for your service in this difficult time, Amy Brown 2 Baumb, Nelly From:Michael Eager <eager@eagercon.com> Sent:Wednesday, May 27, 2020 5:56 PM To:Council, City; editor@paweekly.com Subject:City Manager "pay cut" CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on  links.  ________________________________    I read the article in the PA Weekly that the City Manager, acting in selfless solidarity with other employees of the City  during the current budget crisis, is taking a 20% pay cut.  Then I read the details in the City Manager Report.  What I find  there I would describe as "playing games with numbers", not quite as generous as it was made out to be.    The City Manager and City Attorney are "voluntarily" giving up a salary increase of 4.5%.  But this is not a pay cut.  Their  salary will remain unchanged.  I cannot conceive that the City Council would authorize such a generous increase at the  same time it lays off other City employees.  Giving up something you have no claim to is not the same as taking a pay cut.    The City Manager is donating 100 hours of leave time to other employees.    I hope that the recipients express their appreciation for this gift, for that is what it is.  When I send my favorite niece a  check on her birthday, it's a gift, not my taking a pay cut.  The City Manager is free to use or gift his paid leave time as he  wishes.  Either way, the City will still pay the recipient, no matter who uses the leave time.    The City Manager has recommended that all non‐union employees take 26 unpaid furlough days, which does represent  a 10% reduction in City payroll for these employees,  Is this what we call a pay cut?  When I take an unpaid day off, I  describe it as unpaid vacation, not a pay cut.    If the City Manager was really taking a 10% pay cut, I would expect that for ten days work, he would receive nine days  pay.  Instead, he will be working nine days, and getting nine days pay.  On the other hand, this is not voluntary, so maybe  it's in a gray area.    That leaves the $1,250 contribution from the City Manager's IRS Section  125 flexible management benefit account.  This is an pre‐tax account with a use‐or‐lose rule where the funds can only be  used for a limited range of expenses, such as a deferred compensation retirement account.  This is not the same as the City Manager writing a check from his personal funds which are not similarly encumbered.   While this not the same as a pay cut, he would no longer have access to these funds.  It depends on whether the full  amount in the account would be used or returned to the City, so again, maybe this is another gray area.    This is a time which calls for real action and perhaps some creativity, not shuffling number to make things appear to be  more than they actually are.  I recommend a temporary 15% reduction in salary for all City employees.  For union  employees, perhaps this reduction could be "banked" and repaid over time in the future when revenues return to  previous levels.  Employee payroll cuts should be a real reduction, not just playing with the numbers.    ‐‐  Michael Eager  3 Baumb, Nelly From:Kimberly Thacker <kdawnkali@yahoo.com> Sent:Friday, May 29, 2020 9:22 AM To:Council, City Subject:It's not to late to be heroes! Save the staff and excellence of the Children's Theatre, jobs, and other community services CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Dear City Council, I know you have put hours and hours of over time work into the budget in these difficult and unprecedented times. I thank you for hearing from our families and especially our kids and restoring some of the performance possibilities to the Children's Theatre. I am asking you one last time to please take another look at the budget - so much is at stake and you can be the heroes that save jobs and services! It sounds like from the former mayor's comments in the Weekly that there are possibilities for re-allocating budget thinking outside the box. I beg you to consider prioritizing programs, like the Theatre and others too, that serve the community and especially youth during these depressing and frightening times, and preserving the jobs of the staff, each of whom is uniquely talented with experience in specific areas to help virtual and, eventually, physical performances and many other programs run at the Theatre. For my two sons and thousands of other children, the theatre being able to run with its staff at full capacity will be a major uplift and source of joy, security, and community now even more than ever. You have this last chance before the budget passes to be heroes to the many kids who spoke up, involving themselves for the first time in the political process, and are awaiting the outcome! Sincerely, Km Thacker 4 Baumb, Nelly From:Leonor Delgado <leonor31@sbcglobal.net> Sent:Friday, May 29, 2020 3:07 PM To:Council, City; daustin@pausd.org Cc:Leonor Delgado Subject:Eviction of nonprofit organizations at Cubberley Community Center CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on  links.  ________________________________    It is with great disappointment and consternation that many of us have learned of the decision to evict nonprofit and  educational organizations from Cubberley Community Center. Not only is that decision a rejection of the idea of  community building and the recognition of the work done by nonprofits, but it is also an affirmation of other values  most unfortunately held by the Palo Alto City Council and the City Manager’s office. These values consist of unrelenting  support and continuing enrichment of wealthy private developers and expensive contractors and other monied  interests, some of which are not even local, as opposed to supporting a sense of community and a recognition of the  place that education and nonprofits should hold in this community.    You have also added insult to injury by scheduling such evictions in the midst of a pandemic when most of us agree that  the health and safety of the community should be the city’s highest concern. Instead, you will be forcing people to move  when restrictions of shelter in place are still strongly advised by health experts and when many of the staff members of  the organizations being evicted are in a high risk category with regard to Covid‐19. That isn’t merely greed—it is greed  compounded by cruelty.    If you were truly concerned about people's health and safety, particularly of those of us at higher risk, such eviction  would not be an option. So, OK, you want to cash in, but can’t cashing in wait until it is truly safe for people to engage in  the process of moving? If you force people out at the end of June, you are putting us at great risk as well as letting us  know in no uncertain terms that the work we do is of no value to the monied interests in Palo Alto, which you seem to  represent, point already made. And of course, there’s the likelihood that some nonprofits could fold because of your  decision to evict, but I’m sure that possibility is of no concern to you.    Leonor Delgado    By the way, I am the education manager at Palo Alto Humane Society, and we understand that our most important goal  at this point is to support efforts that help people and animals during this crisis (something the city government fails to  understand and practice), and yes, I am at high risk, as well as the other staff members in the organization, and many of  our volunteers.      1 Baumb, Nelly From:Neil Murphy <wnmurphy@gmail.com> Sent:Wednesday, June 3, 2020 9:35 AM To:Council, City Subject:Pre-emptive Curfew Is Excessive and Unreasonable CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Hi all,     Santa Clara just ended their curfew. Why are we starting one?    We've been sheltering in place for 3 months. The only reprieve many of us get is an evening walk. Why exactly have you  made it a misdemeanor for your tax‐paying residents to go for a walk once it finally cools off enough to go outside?    Are we expecting riots or looting? Have we had any? What was your justification for a city‐wide response, rather than a  targeted one?     If you're expecting crime, increase patrols. Do this in specific areas. It's not like there are a ton of us out on the streets  who would make it harder for police to identify criminals.    ‐Neil  2 Baumb, Nelly From:Geoffrey Nilsen <geoff@nilsens.org> Sent:Wednesday, June 3, 2020 8:59 AM To:Council, City Subject:Feedback on curfew duration CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Dear Mayor Fine and City Council members,     Thank you for your leadership during this most difficult of years.    I'm writing to offer feedback on the recent curfew order.  Given the situation in the Bay Area the last few days, I  understand the reasoning for the imposition of a curfew order.  However, I cannot support the duration of the order.  A  curfew of two nights, with the possibility of extension if the situation warrants, as in neighboring counties and cities,  would be far more reasonable.  Restricting lawful activity and assembly can't be taken lightly, and certainly not for ten  days.    With best regards,  Geoff Nilsen  626 Middlefield Rd, Palo Alto  3 Baumb, Nelly From:Charles Goldberg <goldbrgc@yahoo.com> Sent:Wednesday, June 3, 2020 7:54 AM To:Council, City Cc:Charles Goldberg Subject:Concern re: Mandatory Curfew Order CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on  links.  ________________________________    Dear Council Members,    I am writing you to express my deep concern with the Mandatory Curfew Order issued yesterday, June 2, 2020, by the  City of Palo Alto. The rationale for the order was inadequately justified, the duration of the order was excessive, and the  communication of the order was poorly executed.    The Council appears to be poorly prepared and unable to appropriately react to the various situations that it has faced  recently. I suggest that you revisit and reverse the order immediately.    Charles Goldberg  765 Garland Drive  Palo Alto, CA 94303    Sent from my iPad  4 Baumb, Nelly From:Keri Wagner <keriwagner@gmail.com> Sent:Tuesday, June 2, 2020 11:40 PM To:City Mgr; Council, City; Fine, Adrian; Jonsen, Robert Cc:Keri Wagner Subject:City-wide curfew unnecessary CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on  links.  ________________________________    Dear Mr Shikada, Chief Jonsen, Mayor Fine, and Honorable City Council Members,    Thank you for everything you do to keep our city such a nice place to live.    That said, I object strongly to the city‐wide curfew put into place June 2 at 8:30pm and extending until 5:00am June 11.   Because of the political climate and unrest in other parts of the US, I understand the possibility of theft or damage in the  shopping and business districts of Palo Alto, so I understand why you want to keep people away from those areas.  However a city‐wide curfew is overreaching.    In my neighborhood of Charleston Meadows, many of us are out walking after dark, particularly when the daytime  temperatures hover near 90°F.  Our sleepy neighborhoods do not need to be included in this curfew. Our city has seen  several completely peaceful protests. If warranted, please concentrate your resources on the business districts and re‐ open the city’s neighborhoods to us residents.    Respectfully,  Keri Wagner  Charleston Meadows resident    5 Baumb, Nelly From:Matthew Stevens <mcstev@alumni.stanford.edu> Sent:Tuesday, June 2, 2020 10:42 PM To:Council, City Subject:Rescind the curfew immediately CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on  links.  ________________________________    This curfew is an absolute violation of our rights. Lift it now.    Otherwise we will vote you out.    Respectfully,  Matt  6 Baumb, Nelly From:Michael Deal <mikedeal888@gmail.com> Sent:Tuesday, June 2, 2020 9:48 PM To:Council, City Cc:Michael Deal Subject:Curfew CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  This 10‐day curfew is a gross overreaction.  Most if not all the curfews at other cities, even those that are actually  experiencing looting, are either a couple days long, or day‐to‐day (which is same as "indefinite").     ‐Mike Deal  Nathan Way  Palo Alto   7 Baumb, Nelly From:Dolo <dolo.diaz@gmail.com> Sent:Tuesday, June 2, 2020 9:21 PM To:Council, City Subject:Curfew seems excessive! CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Dear City Council: The current curfew is really excessive. Pl reconsider at least extending it to 9:30 PM to give folks some time to walk outside in cool temperatures and allow some restaurants to open outdoor dining on Friday. The duration of 10 days is also completely out of proportion. Thank you so much. Dolo Diaz - Resident of DTN   ‐‐   Dolo  8 Baumb, Nelly From:Connie Stillinger <stillinger@protonmail.com> Sent:Tuesday, June 2, 2020 9:10 PM To:Council, City Subject:Revoke the curfew -- it is offensive and unconstitutional CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  To the City Council:    We demand that you revoke the curfew now ‐‐ it is unreasonable, unconstitutional and especially  noxious after an unwarranted multi‐month lockdown.    You will be recalled or voted out, and we will defund your projects.   We will take our money out of Palo Alto and your  tax base will crumble.    Regards,    Constance Stillinger, PhD, OSCP, CISSP, PMP  Palo Alto  stillinger@protonmail.com            Redacted 9 Baumb, Nelly From:Aleatha Parker-Wood <aleathapw@gmail.com> Sent:Tuesday, June 2, 2020 8:09 PM To:Horrigan-Taylor, Meghan; Council, City Subject:Curfew implementation CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Dear City Council Members,  I have some significant concerns about both the nature and implementation of Palo Alto’s curfew. After talking with my  neighbors, it’s clear that while some have received cellphone notifications, many of us have received no official  notification from the city despite being in city limits all day. People who are essential workers in neighboring cities say  they also did not receive notifications.  In addition, there are a number of people in neighboring cities who rightfully  enjoy using our bike and walking paths for socially distanced exercise, and might also be unaware of the curfew.     Especially given the current political climate, now would be a very unfortunate time for someone to be wrongfully  arrested on the basis of an order they did not know about.     I’m aware of the looting that has gone on in other Bay Area communities, and I share your concerns for our local  businesses, but I question whether a city‐wide curfew is the correct solution (versus only restricting evening access to  shopping districts), and what justifies a curfew so much longer‐lasting than surrounding cities.     Very respectfully,  Aleatha Parker‐Wood   10 Baumb, Nelly From:Robert Klein <robertklein@gmail.com> Sent:Tuesday, June 2, 2020 6:58 PM To:Council, City Subject:10 day curfew?? CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on  links.  ________________________________    Dear City council,    I’m a 23 year Palo Alto homeowner a few blocks away from city hall. I’ve never seen something so nuts in all of Palo Alto  politics. Why 10 days? Why not day by day? Or 2 day like San Mateo? I’m sorry, but I can on no way support this. Please  change it!    Best,  Robert  11 Baumb, Nelly From:Ian Paul Crookston <ianpc@stanford.edu> Sent:Tuesday, June 2, 2020 6:55 PM To:Council, City Subject:Against the preemptive curfew CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Dear City Council,    As a registered voter in PA I want it to be known that I strongly oppose this preemptive curfew. Protest is a right. Shame  on you.    Ian Crookston   12 Baumb, Nelly From:Judy Kleinberg <Judy@paloaltochamber.com> Sent:Tuesday, June 2, 2020 6:44 PM To:Council, City; Shikada, Ed; Bill Johnson; Dave Price; Jocelyn Dong; Sara Tabin Cc:Charlie Weidanz Subject:Palo Alto Chamber Statement re Protests and Curfew CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  In this time of challenge and outrage, as Americans across this country deal with the personal and professional disruptions from the COVID-19 pandemic and now march in protest of systemic racism and inequality, it is clear that we still have a long way to go. It is even more incumbent on us in the business community to model the behaviors and practices of acceptance, diversity and inclusiveness that have built this nation into the strongest economy in the world.    On behalf of the businesses and professionals who provide the outstanding services that create the envious quality of life for our community, we express our heartfelt sympathies to the families of those innocent men and women who have been needlessly killed, including Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery and George Floyd, and all the others who have been harmed or harassed by authorities due to their race or ethnicity.     We are grateful for the vast majority of those responsible for public safety who are brave and fair and put themselves in danger every day to protect the rest of us. But we are ashamed that a handful of those responsible for safety have made their communities unsafe for so many of our fellow Americans, especially African Americans. We stand united behind the calls for peaceful protest. But we vigorously denounce those that abuse the rights of free speech and free assembly to harm others, vandalize and loot businesses, and disrupt our communities.     We applaud the difficult decision of Palo Alto city officials to order a curfew beginning tonight as an emergency measure to help ease tensions and protect lives and property. This creates an added but necessary burden on our families and our businesses, but public safety is always the top priority.     But a curfew it will never be a solution to the victimization of too many Americans or create a more equitable and just democracy. We can do better. We must do better. We are committed to being part of the solution and call on all our members and the entire business community to join us in this critical work.    Judy Kleinberg, President ( Charlie Weidanz, CEO (c) Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce 355 Alma Street Palo Alto, CA. 94301 Tel:  info@paloaltochamber.com  www.paloaltochamber.com Redacted Redacted Redacted 14 Baumb, Nelly From:Kristen Hughes <kristen@hughes-family.org> Sent:Tuesday, June 2, 2020 6:10 PM To:Council, City Cc:Horrigan-Taylor, Meghan Subject:Curfew for 10 days? Really? Absurd. CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on  links.  ________________________________    Dear City Council,    A ten day curfew for Palo Alto from 8:30pm is ridiculous overreaction that has persuaded citizens like me that policing in  Palo Alto also needs serious reform as well. If you are doing this to protect Mark Zuckerberg, for example, or some other  specific people or businesses, then protect him or them, and let the rest of us lead our dog‐walking, exercising, lives…  constrained as they are by the SIP, we should be able to go about our business after 8:30pm.    This is insane.      Kristen    —  Kristen Hughes  kristen@hughes‐family.org    15 Baumb, Nelly From:cbrouillet <cbrouillet@gmail.com> Sent:Tuesday, June 2, 2020 4:47 PM To:Council, City Subject:Curfew CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  I am shocked that you have decided to impose a 10 day curfew on the City of Palo Alto! What are you thinking? We have  been under "house arrest" or "shelter in place" already, for over 2 months! That is already a blatant violation of our  rights, since there was absolutely no scientific basis for "lockdown or "shelter in place" ‐ those were imposed because of  media hype/fear mongering and a horrific baseless computer model that came out of the Gate's Foundation funded  Imperial College. While powerful, wealthy interests have profited by destroying the global economy and destroying the  livelihoods of millions and millions of people, wiping out the middle class, wrecking small and medium sized businesses,  shattering the hopes of my children's generation, who are struggling to find work after obtaining degrees, most people  are suffering from this awful, baseless "shelter in place" which will kill more people from hunger, deaths of despair, lack  of critical medical care, because they are afraid to go to the hospital. You all are making it far worse by imposing a long  curfew on top of everything else. Is your intention to actually provoke a rebellion? Today it is extremely hot; tomorrow  will be even hotter. Pools are closed. We have no air conditioning. Every evening we always take an evening stroll  around our neighborhood, to enjoy the sunset, cool off, get fresh air, get some exercise. We live in Barron Park, aside  from Walgreens, which is where everyone goes for their prescriptions; there are no businesses here. And now we can't  legally go out for walk, when the heat finally begins to dissipate because we could be arrested! NOW, I do feel like  rebelling! For heaven's sake, think. Reflect. Realize that you made a foolish, hasty, bad decision. Lift the curfew.  Apologize.        Sent from my Galaxy Tab® A  16 Baumb, Nelly From:Sally-Ann Rudd <sallyann_r@yahoo.com> Sent:Tuesday, June 2, 2020 4:33 PM To:Council, City Subject:Palo Alto Curfew CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on  links.  ________________________________    Dear city council and city manager ‐    I understand why you did it, but tomorrow was going to be the nearest the high school seniors got to having a  graduation‐ June 3 ‐ neighborhood shout‐out, car parade, and now you made it so they can’t even have a pizza party  with their friends.    Can’t we just have a few cops on University Ave and the mall (and the mall should be paying for their own security) and  let people carry on as normal?    Sally‐Ann Rudd  354 Poe St  Palo Alto Ca 94301    Sent from my iPhone.  17 Baumb, Nelly From:Henry Haiying Cai <haiying_cai@yahoo.com> Sent:Monday, June 1, 2020 6:08 PM To:Council, City Subject:Curfew of Palo Alto CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Dear City Council Member, I am a Palo Alto resident. We are very sympathetic about the recent injustice on George Floyd and we are also very concerned about the recent riots and looting across bay area, in particular in the city of Palo Alto. We have learned that many bay area counties/cities has enforced the night curfew, should Palo Alto do the same to protect the citizens and properties in the city? Thanks. Current list of the cities/counties enforcing curfews:  Alameda County (all cities): 8 p.m. until 5 a.m., until further notice  Antioch: 6 p.m. to 5 a.m., until June 2  Berkeley: 8 p.m. to 5 a.m., until June 3  Danville: 8 p.m. until 5 a.m., until further notice  Lafayette: 9 p.m. to 5 a.m., until June 2  Oakland: 8 p.m. to 5 a.m., until further notice  Orinda: 8 p.m. to 5 a.m., until further notice  Pleasant Hill: 7 p.m. until 5:30 a.m., until further notice  San Francisco: 8 p.m. to 5 a.m., until further notice  San Jose: 8:30 p.m. to 5 a.m., until further notice  San Leandro: 6 p.m. until 5 a.m., until June 8  Santa Clara: 8:30 p.m. to 5 a.m., until further notice  Santa Rosa: 8 p.m. to 5 a.m., until June 4  Union City: 8 p.m. to 5 a.m., until further notice  Walnut Creek: 6 p.m. until 5 a.m., until June 8 18 Baumb, Nelly From:Jiena Li <lijiena@hotmail.com> Sent:Monday, June 1, 2020 5:24 PM To:Council, City Subject:please consider to enforce curfew in Palo Alto during this difficult time CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Dear Madam/Sir,    How are you?    As we hear from Broadcast and other medias, the situation right now is challenging. Could you please take  into consideration that a curfew might be enforced in Palo Alto as it is in the city of Santa Clara. It could bring  the residents more safety, especially with young kids at home.    Thank you for your efforts.    Residents at 333 Santa Rita Ave, Palo Alto, 94301.  Jiena Li  19 Baumb, Nelly From:Lily Huang Liao <lilyhuangliao@gmail.com> Sent:Monday, June 1, 2020 1:49 PM To:Council, City Subject:Curfew Consideration CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Dear Major and City Council members,     How are you?  I am reaching out to you for your favorite consideration of applying Curfew in City of Palo Alto.  We are  still suffering from Corvid‐19 pandemic and better not to be subject to the potential danger of violence / damages.  I  believe it is better safer than sorry.  Thank you very much for your kind consideration.    Sincerely,  Lily Huang  1 Baumb, Nelly From:Aisha Piracha-Zakariya <aishapz2016@gmail.com> Sent:Wednesday, June 3, 2020 11:46 AM To:Fine, Adrian Cc:Council, City Subject:Re: Curfew Justification? Dear Mayor Fine,    Thank you for your response.  In the interest of openness and transparency, I would like for City Council members to be  part of my follow up reply to the email you sent to me last evening.    I continue to struggle with the grossly disproportional response to a threat of potential looting in our commercial areas  with a 10‐day, full on, night‐time curfew on our peaceful residents. Again, the curfew is not a commensurate response  to the threat of looting or vandalism. Curfews are imposed IN RESPONSE to actual violence and live incidents that pose a  direct danger to the well‐being and safety of the people of the community first and foremost, not businesses, and not as  simply a preventative measure.    I am frankly quite astonished at how, by your own admittance in your reply below, you say your actions are 'really about  keeping our businesses safe'. You must be keenly aware of the criticism building in Palo Alto of this extreme action and  how you are putting the needs of big business ahead of the residents ‐ businesses who don't even pay taxes to the city,  in our deficit‐laden city budget. Instead, you are unnecessarily curtailing the rights and movements of Palo Alto residents  who pay extremely high taxes: your constituents.    By your own admittance, you say that, "I also think 10 days is way too long. Do 2‐3 days and then re‐evaluate". So why  didn't we start this way, like our neighboring cities in San Mateo County have done, who claim to be under similar  threats? Again, the casual use of a curfew is very deeply concerning when there IS NO VIOLENCE OR RIOTS in our streets.  It should be a response, but not a preemptive tool. This is a position taken in unfounded fear. This is government  overreach, as even the ACLU points out.     If private businesses need protection, then they can hire private security to police their assets ‐ it is not the job of our  city to provide that service. If the so‐called threats include gangs of cars coming to loot, how would the Palo Alto Police  respond even under curfew? They would still need to police, patrol and respond just like any regular day, where  potential organized criminal activity could occur. Is your solution to serve and protect our city by putting Palo Altans  under nightly lock down instead of providing a surge police  presence in the evenings in the said targeted commercial  areas if you have such 'tips'? Is that not what law enforcement does? Can you please come out and openly explain to the  people of Palo Alto, the exact nature of the threats beyond what's been splashed on unsourced social media feeds?     Unless there is any actual mayhem and looting and violence, I don't think the City should be protecting businesses over  the rights and freedoms of the people living in Palo Alto. The first amendment grants us the freedom to assemble and  violating that right comes with a heavy burden on authorities and governments to show that there is direct danger to  the people that is equal or greater to our constitutional rights.     The curfew also sends a chilling effect on those in our community who want to assemble, protest and exercise their First  Amendment rights during this tumultuous time in race relations in our nation's history ‐ especially to those of us who  are people of color in Palo Alto. I will repeat what I stated earlier: This kind of action will only further place our  community and its residents under greater police scrutiny, mistrust and undue criminalization. The reasons provided by  the City of Palo Alto are insufficient, unfounded and lack transparency. The City should also share how much the 10‐day  curfew will cost Palo Alto tax payers for the overtime Palo Alto police will be getting.  2   I am confident that our fine, well‐trained, well‐funded Police in Palo Alto can handle criminal activities that arise at any  time ‐ be it during civil upheaval or any regular day or night. What I am not sure about is whether a stringent curfew like  this one deters anyone from breaking the law. It certainly is only curtailing the movements of people in our beautiful  city.    I strongly urge you, our Mayor, the City Manager and City Council members to reverse this governmental overreach and  unfounded justification for a curfew immediately.    Peace,  Aisha Piracha            On Tue, Jun 2, 2020 at 7:38 PM Fine, Adrian <Adrian.Fine@cityofpaloalto.org> wrote:  Hi Aisha,    Thanks for the message. I am also extremely disappointed we have to take this step. A couple of notes:    1) we have credible and serious threats from criminal gangs about looting and damage in our commercial  areas (downtown, cal ave, the mall)  2) those gangs are said to be 40‐50 vehicles of criminals... so limited patrols would not be able to prevent  them  3) I also think 10 days is way too long. Do 2‐3 days, then re‐evaluate    This curfew is targeted at preventing damage and looting at our commercial establishments. I understand it  could be seen as inflaming tensions or extending law and order. But it's really about keeping our businesses  safe with regards to a real threat.    I hope this helps a bit. Stay safe, and my regards,  Adrian    From: Aisha Piracha‐Zakariya <aishapz2016@gmail.com>  Sent: Tuesday, June 2, 2020 7:11 PM  To: Council, City <city.council@cityofpaloalto.org>  Subject: Curfew Justification?      CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Dear City Council of Palo Alto:     As a resident of Palo Alto, I am failing to comprehend the legitimacy of the reasons to impose a curfew from 8:30pm ‐  5:00am for the next 10 days in our city.    I want our community and businesses to remain safe from harm, but I want to know why, without any violent protests,  rioters on our streets or any widespread looting, this over‐reaction to curb the movement of residents of the City of  3 Palo Alto is being imposed without any real‐time justification? The Bay Area the protests have been overwhelmingly  peaceful. I am very concerned about our local government's willingness to impose these curfews without a legitimate  justification. What is the legal basis for this curfew? Is there a legal memo from the City Attorney’s office on this issue?  The ACLU of Northern California feels the same way, in this local news report from today.    https://www.ktvu.com/video/690609?fbclid=IwAR3b9sFCVI7ihbAFpCEdUkkgFTj7f‐yB1Q4c0F16RDuCiUtAtlzMRehrqM8   A broad‐brushed lockdown of the entire citizenry of Palo Alto forcing everyone to stay in their homes is an over‐ response. Just saying that "Bay Area cities and towns, groups of individuals...have planned and executed criminal acts,  including property damage and theft, focused in central retail areas during nighttime hours", is no justification to lock  down Palo Alto.     Curfews are imposed under extreme conditions and should be a tool wielded most cautiously by governments. There  are some cities that have had looting or criminal activity that require public safety response with law enforcement.  What I am not comprehending is why an extreme lockdown is happening where there has not been any kind of  violence or criminal activity as a result of the protests in Palo Alto. This kind of pre‐emptive action is concerning and  very troubling. We must gauge what the actual extent of the problem is and what a proportional response looks like.  This kind of action will only further place our community and its residents under greater police scrutiny, mistrust and  undue criminalization for merely walking in our streets at night. This is not what I believe Palo Alto stands for.    Aisha Piracha    4 Baumb, Nelly From:Lance Martin <lance.c.martin@gmail.com> Sent:Wednesday, June 3, 2020 11:32 AM To:Council, City Subject:Objection to curfew order CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Dear City Council members,    I’m a resident of Palo Alto and am writing to object to the curfew order that was issued yesterday.    The level of danger we’re seeing in our community is not nearly high enough to justify the drastic step of imposing a  curfew.    Moreover, there are more measured actions that could be taken to address the stated concern about looting and  damage to property at the mall and the downtown retail core.  For example, a ban on being in those areas overnight  could help police and security protect those areas while still allowing residents to go out in their neighborhoods after  dark.    I urge you to rescind or significantly curtail the curfew order without delay.    Thanks and regards,  Lance Martin      5 Baumb, Nelly From:Kathleen Kavanaugh <kvkavanaugh@gmail.com> Sent:Wednesday, June 3, 2020 11:24 AM To:City Mgr; Council, City; Police Subject:Rescind the curfew CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Mr Shikada, Police Chief Jonsen and members of the City Council:     I am writing to express my desire to see the current city curfew lifted immediately. At this time in our city and  country's history, we need to build bridges, not walls, with our neighboring communities.     Positioning four police cars at the Newell Bridge on June 2, 2020 at 8:30pm to close our neighborhood to members of  the East Palo Alto community adjacent to us is abhorrent. At this point in our history, we need to stand with our  neighbors to fight injustice, not create barriers. Many of our friends and neighbors with whom we share Pardee Park  and dog walking adventures, who work in our city, live on Woodland Avenue and nearby East Palo Alto streets. They are  us.     While I understand your instinct to set a curfew, I must remind you that the protests seen on Monday, June 1st in East  Palo Alto were peaceful.     You communicated in your emergency letter that you had credible evidence of individuals casing Stanford Shopping  Center and downtown University Avenue shops. Would it not be a better response/solution to station your personnel  in these locations to protect these areas, rather than restricting our entire community and surrounding communities?  You rightly cite the peaceful protests that occurred throughout Palo Alto the past two days. Let us take the high road  and expect more of the same from everyone.    Your curfew is exactly the kind of extreme policing the likes of which communities across this country are asking to be  dismantled. We too must stand down; take a knee in honor of those who have fallen to racism.     We must find ways to engage in dialogue and support, not express fear by closing our city.    I will stand beside anyone in the city who will work with me and my neighbors on this issue.     Kathleen Kavanaugh   1479 Kings Ln  Palo Alto    6 Baumb, Nelly From:Kevin Ma <kevinma.sd@gmail.com> Sent:Wednesday, June 3, 2020 11:09 AM To:Council, City Cc:Fine, Adrian; Cormack, Alison; DuBois, Tom; Filseth, Eric (Internal); Kniss, Liz (internal); Kou, Lydia; Tanaka, Greg; City Mgr Subject:Opposition to the Curfew CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Dear Councilmembers,    I urge the council to review the curfew ordered by the city manager and rescind it, whether by the city manager  withdrawing it or via an emergency meeting.    I understand that in times of trouble, the usual situation is to overreact rather than underreact. We've seen that with  the curfews issued in San Jose and Santa Clara, which had newsworthy action. However, San Jose's curfew ends on  Thursday after the city council voted on restricting it from happening again, and Santa Clara's curfew ended on Tuesday  by the city manager. County of San Mateo's curfew would end tonight, and Mountain View and Sunnyvale haven't even  brought it up. Having a 10‐day curfew with an arbitrary start time seems excessive sets a dangerous precedent. That it  comes a day after a Joint Message of Hope really drives the oddity of it.    A curfew should also be used as a last resort, when all other avenues are exhausted. The shelter‐in‐place for COVID was  appropriate, because of the lack of PPE, vaccines, or contract tracing. However, a curfew isn't as appropriate. The  protests in our area were calm, and businesses were getting ready to open up to more opportunities under the new  health order. And a curfew implies a certain paranoia for it can make anyone in our city a "criminal" for just being  outside at the wrong time. I understand that our police will not probably drive around Professorville looking for the  elderly trying to escape from our heat wave, but it does engender a suspicion of the law and authorities, which can  exacerbate issues relating to the ongoing shelter‐in‐place. And it can lead to issues from the expected discretionary calls;  who are the police going to pick up for questioning about essential worker status? The same fundamental issue that led  to the protests in the first place.    I understand that the curfew is based on the action of looters, but you don't need to shutdown the town for this. We  already have a set of expected spots to prepare for (e.g. Stanford, Cal Ave, Downtown, Middlefield, Charleston); and if  it's pointed out that looters are from other locations, patrol the borders more, not lockdown the rest of us. And looters  can always make distractions that negate the advantage of everyone else stuck at home (like the Oakland Zoo "tiger  escape" distracting the Alameda County sheriffs).    Take a look at on‐the‐ground witnesses, news articles, individual journalists. The reputation of this city depends on your  actions; do we want to look like a lawless place needing such drastic action, look like we've made an Everest out of a  molehill? Or will you lead us from this overreaction to more positive steps?    Sincerely,  Kevin Ma  Ventura Resident  7 Baumb, Nelly From:Albert Henning <albertkhenning@yahoo.com> Sent:Wednesday, June 3, 2020 11:05 AM To:City Mgr; Police; Council, City Cc:Supervisor Simitian Subject:The curfew stands unjustified CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Dear City Manager Shikada, Chief Jonsen, and members of the City Council, The City Manager has imposed a 10-day curfew, as of last night. The duration is highly dissimilar to surrounding communities. The explanations given fall short of reasonable justification, and so appear to be simply rationalizations. This community is intelligent, yet responsible and compliant. We can handle the light of truth. The bar for evidence, and the expectations for transparency in extraordinary circumstances (such as imposition of an unprecedented curfew), are high. You have fallen short. Mr Shikada and Chief Jonsen joined two ministers Monday to write, in part: "We condemn the actions and inaction of the police officers in Minnesota and we do not tolerate or condone this type of behavior in Palo Alto at any level. Their actions have had a tremendous impact on all police officers serving communities like Palo Alto all across our great nation." While laudable, the statement is not believable. The events of 17 February 2018 -- which came to light in a video revealed in July of 2019, and which were discussed in an interview between Chief Jonsen and Gennady Sheyner, published on 13 March 2020 -- belie the statement entirely. Elaboration is unnecessary. So, while I have full faith in the County and its health officer regarding the justification for the shelter- in-place orders relative to SARS-CoV-2; and, while I have complied, and will comply, with those orders; yet, I have little faith in you, regarding this imposition of a curfew. I don't know who convinced you the curfew order was a good idea. I don't know what data you relied upon. You give us little information, then ask us to trust your judgement. But I cannot, because your behaviors relative to the Alvarez case prove you are not worthy of that trust. The events from Monday were disruptive but peaceful; I could hear much of the commotion from my second-floor window, and what I heard was corroborated by news reports. Tuesday, the first night of the curfew, I see nothing in the news, and heard nothing of import, compared to Monday. Law enforcement is to be commended for eschewing Monday the heavy hand deployed by, for instance, the President in Lafayette Square. That's a great start toward rebuilding trust. But you have far to go. And the process of arriving at a curfew, and the curfew itself, are steps backward. Sincerely, Al Henning ======= 8 Albert K. Henning, PhD 199 Heather Lane Palo Alto, CA 94303 (mobile) albertkhenning@yahoo.com Redacted 9 Baumb, Nelly From:Michael Fertik <michael@fertik.com> Sent:Wednesday, June 3, 2020 11:03 AM To:Council, City Subject:Ten day curfew CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on  links.  ________________________________    Dear City Council of Palo Alto,    I am a resident in the Greenmeadow neighborhood.  I have lived in Palo Alto for more than ten years.    Surely you are dealing with many professional and personal challenges, as we all are.  I thank you for your service.    I read with surprise Mayor Fine’s announcement of a ten day curfew.  In my research, I have not been able to locate any  other city or county in the United States that has announced a ten day curfew.  Perhaps there are many.  I have invited,  via Twitter, the mayor and other city council members to point to any examples.  I have not yet received a single  response.    In all my years living in Palo Alto, I have never, to my memory, sought any response to any question from the City  Council.  It is on this occasion that I am submitting my first such request.    Mayor Fine’s tweeted messages on the topic are disappointing.  In response to some other Tweeters’ questions about  the scope of the curfew, he seems to be using responsibility‐ducking phrases like “my understanding is.”  He is either the  mayor, or he isn’t.  He should own 100% responsibility for the decision‐making.  “My understanding” is the kind of vague  phrase a middle manager uses to avoid accountability for a decision that someone on his or her team has  recommended.  It is deplorable in middle management.  It is far worse here.  In this case, he is in the office of mayor and  has declared a prohibition on neighborhood freedom and enjoyment for ten continuous days — during family‐friendly  evening walk and neighborhood hours — on a citywide basis, when the threat (such as it may exist) would surely be to  the tiny number of shopping blocks in our fair town.  Why not announce a shorter curfew?  Why not have it begin at 930  pm, insofar as it may be compatible with countywide policy?  Or why not limit it to shopping streets, which can more  understandably be fully cordoned off for a period of time?    We are left wondering if Mayor Fine did _any_ homework on this question or whether he accepted the police  department’s first draft recommendation?  What evidence is there of this due diligence and research in this policy  making field?  Surely a good mayor would have done some basic homework and made some intelligent requests of his  advisors (or spent some time Googling) before announcing a curfew that far exceeds those of major cities where there is  widespread unrest.  As a first instance, did he ask how many other cities of any size in the California or elsewhere have  announced ten day curfews?  If so, he can easily produce a list.    I am disappointed that there has been no public and fulsome explanation of the reasoning of this policy and of the  comparable policies in comparable (or not comparable) municipalities.  (I am also further disappointed to have received  no response on Twitter.  I am trying here so that I may get some intelligible response if he does not wish to answer  further questions like this on a social media platform, despite having announced the policy on the platform.)    If there is indeed research behind this move, it should be easy to furnish it.  If it is just hapless leadership, then let it be  acknowledged as such and let the policy be wisely and swiftly revised.  11 Baumb, Nelly From:Milbrey W McLaughlin <milbrey@stanford.edu> Sent:Wednesday, June 3, 2020 10:54 AM To:Council, City Subject:Curfew CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  On Tue, Jun 2, 2020 at 10:23 PM Milbrey W McLaughlin <milbrey@stanford.edu> wrote: Dear City Council- I heard all of the noise last night, and was distressed. Also saw the day’s peaceful protests—impressive response to Floyd’s killing and the systemic racism it represented. I was proud of our community, and especially the young people who organized and led these protests. A 10xday 8:30 night curfew sends a punitive & negative response to these young people and those who peacefully marched. They weren’t the individuals involved in the late night issues, yet they are implicated in the city’s response… wrong response from Palo Alto… where is the appreciation of all these young people accomplished? Others who joined? Please reconsider and revise. And I am off for an illegal post-8:30 dog walk. Milbrey McLaughlin   12 Baumb, Nelly From:Daniel Druker <ddruker@stanfordalumni.org> Sent:Wednesday, June 3, 2020 10:49 AM To:Council, City Subject:End the curfew CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Seems very poorly thought out.      Best strategy would have been to preposition police units near the obvious targets.  They are not spread out all over.  No  curfew needed.     Next best strategy would have been to declare a one night curfew only, and extend as needed.     Three other ideas:     Work with folks who want to demonstrate to schedule their demonstrations for mid‐day.  No demonstrations after say  6pm ‐ to avoid providing cover for evil‐doers after dark.       If there really is a security problem, and the PAPD is stretched this, ask for citizen volunteers.  I would be happy to pull  guard duty to help protect our city. Anything is better than sitting at home in fear.     Get University and California filled with happy citizens dining outside ASAP.  Gang members are not going to rob retail  stores in the middle of a bunch of families having dinner.     ‐ Dan  Daniel Druker   cell  ddruker@stanfordalumni.org home email  Redacted 13 Baumb, Nelly From:Marisa Mayer <marisa.h.mayer@gmail.com> Sent:Wednesday, June 3, 2020 10:45 AM To:Council, City Subject:Instituting a curfew shows support for police brutality CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Hello,    My name is Marisa and I am a resident of Evergreen Park. I am disappointed to see that the city of Palo  Alto has instituted a curfew. This is not how a city shows solidarity with the black community and this is  not how a city respects its citizen's right to peacefully protest. Instituting a curfew in response to  protests shows support for the police brutality we have seen in other areas and heightens the tone of  fear instead which is frankly unacceptable in these times. There simply must be a better way to both  protect the community from so‐called "threats of civil unrest" and stand in solidarity and support of the  important protests occurring across our country. I implore you to use Palo Alto's "cutting‐edge" spirit to  find a better way and set an example for the Bay Area and the country at large.     Sincerely,  Marisa Mayer  14 Baumb, Nelly From:Leigh Rowe <leighrowe@gmail.com> Sent:Wednesday, June 3, 2020 10:34 AM To:Council, City Subject:Curfew CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on  links.  ________________________________    End this curfew ‐ this is just ridiculous and fear mongering.  1 Baumb, Nelly From:Joe Margevicius <joe.margevicius@gmail.com> Sent:Wednesday, June 3, 2020 9:10 AM To:Council, City Subject:request for police chief's view of Floyd event CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on  links.  ________________________________    Hello Council Members,    Given the incredible outpouring of interest, protests and opinions on the Floyd death by a "bad cop" with his fellow  onlookers, it would be helpful for us to hear from our police chief and his take on the event, as well as some assurance  that his/our department is taking measures to be certain to avoid such incidents and treatment to people of color, and  all people.    This Friday's zoom call by the mayor and city manager would be a perfect time for this!    Thank you for your dedication to this city, and your time!    Sincerely,  Joe Margevicius and others  1112 Greenwood Ave  (PA resident since 1975)  2 Baumb, Nelly From:Jo Ann Mandinach <joann@needtoknow.com> Sent:Wednesday, June 3, 2020 1:41 AM To:Council, City Subject:A 10-Day Curfew based on a POSSIBLE threat??? Pllease reconsider CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Please reconsider. People are wondering why Palo Alto has the longest curfew of any surrounding city or town and why you're overarching. Read NextDoor. The comments on Palo Alto Online. People are not happy with this draconian measure based on a possible threat, especially when we'd hoped to FINALLY get out and patronize our poor local restaurants. Oh well, too bad for them and their workers and all that happy talk about restaurant tables in the street. San Jose faced real threats and had REAL problems but they're already cleaning up and lifting their much SHORTER curfew. Why this draconian measure if you're worried about Stanford Shopping Center? They've been getting "looted" for years by organized gangs driving trucks through their big glass entries and organized gangs with get-away cars swarming their store at closing time and taking the priciest merchandise. Equally newsworthy are the break-ins at Apple stores and camera stores.   People are asking if the police will be paid over‐time for the ten‐day curfew    Please reconsider. Jo Ann Mandinach 1699 Middlefield Road Palo Alto, CA 94301 Redacted 4 Baumb, Nelly From:Deborah Ann Sivas <dsivas@stanford.edu> Sent:Wednesday, June 3, 2020 1:11 AM To:Council, City Subject:Palo Alto Curfew CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Dear City Mayor Fine and Council Members:    For the first time in more than two months, I went into my office today – properly masked, socially distanced,  and health‐checked – for a practice session with one of my students in preparation for an upcoming court  hearing via Zoom.  We were interrupted in our preparation by a blaring Stanford public alert notifying us that  Palo Alto had implemented a 10‐day nighttime curfew, commencing in three hours.  When I arrived home, my  family and my neighbors were abuzz with the news.  After nearly three months of compliant “shelter in place”  conduct, we (including our two college students forced home to shelter with us and largely deprived of social  interactions since March) are just starting, ever‐so‐slowly, to transition into such carefully distanced and  masked activities as tennis, hiking, and the dentist.  I offer this prelude to my comments below to assure you  that our family and my likeminded neighbors are responsible, evidence‐based and data‐driven individuals who  just sadly shake our heads in dismay at the gun‐toting “Liberate Michigan” types who stand shoulder‐to‐ should spitting venom and screaming for their “right” to go mask‐less.     That said, we read the City Manager’s “Declaration . . . Imposing a Curfew” with great consternation and dread  for our democracy.  Three aspects of this Declaration are particularly troubling.    First and foremost, the Municipal Code section on which the City Manager explicitly relies does not appear to  give him the legal authority to impose a unilateral curfew.  The City Manager may  “Request the city council to  proclaim the existence or threatened existence of a ‘local emergency’ if the city council is in session, or to  issue such proclamation if the city council is not in session, subject to ratification by the city council within  seven days thereafter or the proclamation shall have no further force or effect.”  Palo Alto Mun. Code section  2.12.050(c)(1).  “’Local emergency’ means the duly proclaimed existence of conditions of disaster or of  extreme peril to the safety of persons and property within the territorial limits of the city of Palo Alto caused  by such conditions as air pollution, fire, flood, storm, epidemic, riot, or earthquake or other conditions, other  than conditions resulting from a labor controversy, which conditions are or are likely to be beyond the control  of the services, personnel, equipment, and facilities of the city of Palo Alto and require the combined forces of  other political subdivisions to combat.”  Palo Alto Mun. Code section 2.12.020(a)(3).    According to the City’s website, the Council was in session both yesterday, June 1, and today, June 2, but did  not agendize the potential declaration of a “local emergency” for either day.  Under these circumstances, the  Code does not empower the City Manager to simply declare an emergency on his own without the assent of  the Council.  Under Code section 2.12.050, he is required to seek the Council’s proclamation of a “local  emergency” as a precondition to imposing any curfew.  Given the frequency with which the Council is meeting  via teleconference these days, I suspect a court would find the City’s Manager’s unilateral declaration to be  dubious, at best, and likely ultra vires (beyond his legal authority).  I urge the Council to take this matter up  immediately and suspend the City Manager’s Declaration until the City adheres to proper legal procedures.  5   Second, even if a one‐night emergency curfew were warranted by actual last‐minute evidence, a ten‐day  curfew is arbitrary and unsupported by any actual evidence.   Why not 5 days, or 30?  The Declaration states  that “Palo Alto law enforcement have observed scouting behavior in Palo Alto, including in and around the  Stanford Mall and downtown retail core; local and regional law enforcement intelligence‐gathering suggests  that planning is underway for additional organized criminal activity that could very quickly threaten harm to  persons and property, and that such activity is imminent.”  Whether such vague speculation would be  sufficient to obtain a criminal warrant – a highly questionable proposition – it certainly does not justify a ten‐ day curfew.  I grew up in Los Angeles County, where some 10 million people reside today.  That diverse  county, which saw significant looting and vandalism in the 1965 and 1992 racial justice protests and faces  similar challenges today, is implementing a day‐by‐day evening curfew in response to many real incidents over  the last several days; its daily decision will presumably be based on evidence that develops each day.  Here, in  placid, homogenous – dare I say, boring ‐‐ Palo Alto, there has been no similar activity.  Instead, the mere  rumor of “organized criminal activity” or some “scouting behavior observed” by police officers is apparently  enough to send everyone scurrying inside for the next ten days.  Scouting behavior?  Really?  You mean the  presence of people of color who don’t “belong” in Palo Alto?  As Council members serving in the present era  of Black Lives Matter, police brutality, and ongoing systemic racism, you need to ensure that our local law  enforcement does better – much, much better – than that.         But even assuming that there is some kernel of fact to support the police department’s speculation, why is it  that our highly‐paid force cannot handle this matter without locking down 67,000 residents already under the  stress of “sheltering in place”?  Before Palo Alto can declare a local emergency justifying a curfew, it must find  that there is evidence of “extreme peril to the safety of persons and property” that is “likely to be beyond the  control of the services, personnel, equipment, and facilities of the city of Palo Alto and require the combined  forces of other political subdivisions to combat.”  If local law enforcement is truly concerned that ill‐intended  individuals are planning to vandalize businesses in Stanford Shopping Center or along University or California  Avenues or elsewhere, the force should increase its presence in those target areas during the evening and  overnight in order to create visible deterrence.  As you know, with most businesses shut down, those  commercial districts are relatively empty at night in any event, making it much easier to identify anyone who  might have bad intentions.  If such temporary nighttime surges of police presence over the next week or so is  “beyond” the capability of the Palo Alto force of roughly 90 officers, as the City would need to conclude in  order to lawfully justify the declaration of a “local emergency” and the imposition of a broad‐scale curfew,  then we need a different police force.  Palo Alto line officers are very well compensated (according to the 2021  budget at page 43, the City’s 83 non‐management officers earn, on average, $315,000 per year in salary and  benefits, considerably more than the average local resident, and its police management team earns a  whopping average salary and benefit package of $450,00 per year).  During the week of May 20‐27, this  significantly‐sized and well‐paid police force dealt with nine “violent crimes,” including five domestic/family  disputes and four robberies, according to the Palo Alto Weekly’s Pulse compendium.  That leaves a lot of  hours in the work day.  As part of the wrenching budget process this year, the Council agreed to preserve most  of the public safety programs.  Frankly, if local law enforcement cannot figure out how to plan for and manage  the rumored acts of potential vandalism without locking down tens of thousands of law‐abiding residents,  then the Council needs to take a very long, very hard look at what public safety value, exactly, we taxpayers  are receiving in return for a police department budget of more than $40 million per year.          Third and perhaps most troubling, please think about the implications of your silence in the wake of the City  Manager’s unprecedented, unsupportable, and likely unlawful action.  What are the consequences for our  democracy when an unelected (but, again, very highly‐paid and autonomous) city manager can unilaterally  and single‐handedly lock down an entire population and threaten citizens with criminal charges for taking an  6 evening stroll along the quiet residential streets of this bland place?  I’m not personally concerned because I  am not normally out on the streets at night, but as a nation, we are wading through some extremely  treacherous waters.  With the current presidential administration in Washington, D.C., and the increasing  militarization of local law enforcement all across the country, our very democracy stands on an existential  precipice.  Do you really want to empower a single municipal bureaucrat, in collusion with an overly‐anxious  police chief, to bully and threaten local residents into submission without an ounce of public debate or  process, under the ruse of an “emergency”?  Think about it.  Read “How Democracies Die” by Steven Levitsky  and Daniel Zablatt, if you haven’t.  It dies not through bloody military coups, but through the accumulation of  incremental and seemingly “legitimate” deprivations in the name of “law and order,” piled one atop the other.   I urge you:  Wake up and look out at what is happening across this nation – indeed, across the world.  Don’t  stoke the irrational fears of the hard right with police crackdowns and municipal curfews.  Lead by stepping up  and making our public safety officers do the jobs they are so handsomely paid to do.  Don’t sacrifice  democracy for expediency.  Thank you.                        Deborah A. Sivas  Luke W. Cole Professor of Environmental Law  Director, Environmental Law Clinic  Director, Environmental and Natural Resources Law & Policy Program  Senior Fellow, Woods Institute for the Environment  Stanford Law School  559 Nathan Abbott Way  Stanford, California 94305  Telephone:   Facsimile:      Redacted Redacted 7 Baumb, Nelly From:rpplummer@comcast.net Sent:Tuesday, June 2, 2020 11:21 PM To:Council, City; City Mgr Subject:Curfew CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on  links.  ________________________________    A lot has been said about the curfew.  I am sad about it, but it seems necessary.  You have done the right thing.    I'm also sad about the number of people ranting against you.  Not what I expected in Palo Alto.  Below is the message I  posted on Palo Alto Online (under the name RP).  But first I just want to say thank you Mayor, thank you City Manager,  and thank you City Council.  Hang in there!    Robert Plummer    I find most of the comments against the curfew offensive and short sighted.  Many have the flavor of hysteria and conspiracy theories. The idea that the curfew is imposed so the police can arrest  minorities is pretty ridiculous.    Has anyone watched the riots on TV? It's very difficult for the police to distinguish between protesters and thieves. If the  protesters aren't there, though, it becomes easier. Of course, if the protesters decide to not be law‐abiding themselves,  then the plan doesn't work. Hopefully here people will be more sensible.    I'm all for police transparency, but I don't expect them to reveal what they know ahead of time. That would just give the  thieves a chance to come up with different targets.    I'm shocked that a curfew is needed in Palo Alto. I'm equally shocked to see most of the comments on this forum. Please  calm down, take a few deep breaths, and wait this out.    8 Baumb, Nelly From:Kim Martin <kim_maas_martin@yahoo.com> Sent:Tuesday, June 2, 2020 10:46 PM To:Council, City Subject:Expressing Opposition to City's Enactment of Curfew Before Just Cause CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Good evening. My name is Kim Martin and I reside here in Palo Alto. I am writing to you to express my strong objection to the City's action taken today to enact a 10 day curfew on the intelligence of police forces that some sort of looting or vandalism might occur in town. More broadly, the City, the County, and the State of California must stop inappropriately infringing upon the civil liberties of the citizens to react to "unknowns." There will always be risks and uncertainties and as soon as we have today's primary concern all figured out, a new challenge will present itself. This action significantly compromises the pillars of our democracy. It would be far more appropriate to share more actionable information with residents (what specific information are we acting on and why can't police use their enforcement powers to maintain control?) and issue guidelines, remind residents of the police tip line if they were to see anything suspicious. Further, in this heat we are having, many people look forward to the sun going down as a time to get out of the house and get some fresh air, walk the dog etc.. With the sun rising around 5:45 am and setting around 8:30, the curfew hours essentially prohibit any out of the house activity in the dark. To be denied this is unhealthy! Palo Alto is better than this. We should welcome nonviolent political gatherings whether they be in the daytime or the evening. Perhaps we should even formally enable them at City Hall. People and groups are looking to be heard and deserve to be! We should stand proud in support of the Black Lives Matter movement. How about "stickering" our police cars with prominent support for it! And although Palo Alto itself does not have a particularly large black population, we have programs that work with neighboring communities (Tinsley Act/EPA) that seek to raise education for all. The RISE together in Education program also heavily supports otherwise disadvantaged students. There is a lot we have to be proud of that is part of the solution - let's celebrate that and share our success stories so that they may serve to inspire other communities to do the same. Let's ask our community to come to the table and discuss how we can do better, instead of telling them to stay home. 9 Baumb, Nelly From:Dan Flees <djflees@sbcglobal.net> Sent:Tuesday, June 2, 2020 9:54 PM To:Council, City Subject:Excessive 10-day curfew must go! CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Dear Council Members, I am writing to express shock and disgust over the imposition of a 10-day!!! curfew in Palo Alto. A 1-2 day curfew to allow for situational assessment and cooling off may be justified, but announcing a 10-day curfew is an insulting assault on basic human rights. This is a completely unwarranted and unprecedented abuse of government police power. I call on you to rescind this excessive measure immediately. We have already been under SIP for more than a month beyond what was necessary, and that is what has brought the pot to a boil and our economy to the brink of collapse. Now added on top of this is an additional knee-jerk 10-day punishment. This is the time to say enough is enough! "whenever any form of government becomes destructive to these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government" Daniel Flees Midtown 10 Baumb, Nelly From:Alex Song <alexsong@gmail.com> Sent:Tuesday, June 2, 2020 9:50 PM To:Council, City Subject:Racial Injustice CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on  links.  ________________________________    Does the City of Palo Alto have any processes put in place to measure how the Police Department is treating the black  community? Thank you.  11 Baumb, Nelly From:syasmin@yahoo.com Sent:Tuesday, June 2, 2020 9:31 PM To:Council, City Subject:Curfew CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  To the Mayor and City Council.    I am a resident of Palo Alto and a person of color and I find this 10 day curfew to be absurd and an excuse to  target POC. There has been no looting in Palo Alto and it is beyond the pale for Palo Alto to utilize a curfew  (which should be a measure of last resort) as a preventative measure. If the City has reliable information, then  police should be stationed there and urge residents to stay away, and close those businesses down early. But  imposing a 10 day curfew on peaceful residents is absurd. Even the County of San Mateo and other areas that  have been hit have not  put in a 10 day curfew. Why is Palo Alto so special – because it is predominantly  white?    Please rescind this order asap. This does not show the council in a good light.     Sarah Yasmin    12 Baumb, Nelly From:Dr. Jochen Profit <profit@stanford.edu> Sent:Tuesday, June 2, 2020 9:25 PM To:Council, City Subject:10 Day Curfew CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on  links.  ________________________________    Dear City Council members,    I appreciate your efforts in keeping order in Palo Alto during tense times. However, as a citizen of this city and country I  am quite upset at this overreach. Whether or not you have the authority to do this, it is morally wrong. Protest has an  important function in a democracy and any announced protest should be assumed to be peaceful unless there’s clear  evidence to the contrary.    There are many police tactics to de‐escalate tension. I think some of the world’s experts works at Stanford. Maybe you  should involve him.    Protesters need to be heard. They can be engaged and likely the vast majority will be peaceful. Bad elements ought to  be isolated and arrested as needed, not allowed to proceed with violence, looting and destruction.    If a curfew as a last resort needs to be imposed it should be as limited as possible. Not for 10 days!! We are not (yet) a  police state. This can be decided day to day.    I’m sorry, but unless this gets immediately reconsidered I will never vote to re‐elect any of you and I will work actively to  ensure the opposite. I know many people feel like me from social media messages.    I thank you for working to keep us all safe, but sincerely hope you will reconsider this needlessly draconian decision.    Is there a way for me to learn who came up with it and who voted in favor?    Best regards,    Jochen Profit    Sent from my iPhone  Message potentially dictated; typos likely  13 Baumb, Nelly From:Robbie Sutton <robbiecsutton@gmail.com> Sent:Tuesday, June 2, 2020 9:28 PM To:Council, City Subject:Lead the Systemic Change CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Hello,    My name is Robbie Sutton, I live here in Palo Alto CA. I am writing to ask that our city council lead in  making systemic change.     I have found the following ideas presented by the black community as good options that we could  stand for.     1. Advocate for a national data base of police that have been fired for misconduct, preventing  them from being rehired in another state or city. This is how we currently keep doctors who  have malpractice claims accountable.   2. And independent committee that investigates all deaths by police. The committee would exist  outside of the local police department to remain unbiased.   3. An HR division dedicated to monitoring police officers social media and online activity. This  would be used in the hiring process and continue to provide over‐site.     You are my elected official and I hope you can make a difference.     Sincerely,  Robbie Sutton  14 Baumb, Nelly From:Maryjane Marcus <maryjane.marcus@gmail.com> Sent:Tuesday, June 2, 2020 8:32 PM To:Fine, Adrian; Council, City Subject:LIFT the curfew - militarization of Palo Alto CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Dear City Council and Adrian Fine,     The curfew you set is starting now.   What warrants this?    If the City of Palo Alto believes it is necessary, you need to give us very specific concrete reasons and evidence of  wrongdoing, and also why you would make it last so long.       Palo Alto has been committed to being a place of peace, from when I was in high school and we made Gunn a Nuclear  Free Zone. National anti‐nuclear movements including Beyond War were founded here.      Look at Palo Alto compared to neighboring areas that have actually had businesses harmed.     PALO ALTO ‐ UNTIL JUNE 11  Alameda County ‐ until June 5  San Mateo County ‐ until June 3  San Jose ‐ until June 4th     & MORE    So for Palo Alto to set a 10 DAY curfew seems an extreme restriction of our rights and sends a message that we should  be silenced to the injustices in our community and that property rights matter more than human rights  ‐no matter what  you claim otherwise.   It sends a message that state power is much more powerful than people's power.    I went to a protest yesterday in Menlo Park, starting at Burgess Park, that was so controlled by the police it felt  oppressive.  We walked a route that seemed to be designed by the police. We went no place of significance ‐‐  not to the  police station nor City Hall.  Big Palo Alto SUVs littered the route and were on El Camino.  It felt like a real militarization.     We have a choice here.  You have a choice how we respond.      We need to allow protests to occur without police interference, and life to occur without militarizing curfews when  there is no evidence it is needed.  Especially for 10 days.  It's like using a blunt instrument.      You are scaring us.  Especially women.   Since Police is primarily a masculine and male‐run institution.  And now you are  making them stronger.    I hope you will honor the demands of the Movement for Black Lives, and divest from our policing budget and reallocate  towards health, well‐being of our marginalized neighbors.      I suspect you are taking the Police's lead on what to do.  But the issue is ‐‐ black people are telling us ‐‐  the police are  the problem, not the solution.  Even Palo Alto police have shielded wrongdoers and not fired them.      15 We need to respond differently. Innovatively.     I urge you to lift the curfew immediately.       Is it because you are afraid people in Palo Alto will do harm?   Is it because you are afraid of people outside Palo  Alto?  That only which reinforces a longstanding racist Palo Alto history to keep others out, by single family zoning,  redlining and other means.    Do not react with EXTREME restrictions, or you threaten our civil liberties for years to come.  When will you decide to  evoke these again?    Sincerely  Mary Jane Marcus  Palo Alto, CA                       Redacted 16 Baumb, Nelly From:Liza Kolbasov <liza.kolbasov@gmail.com> Sent:Tuesday, June 2, 2020 8:28 PM To:Council, City Subject:Police Reform CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Dear City Council Members,    My name is Liza Kolbasov, and I am currently a high school senior from Palo Alto. I am writing to express my concerns  and hopes for PAPD and local/city‐level legislative actions in light of the boiling over of anger and disgust at police  violence nationally. The extreme brutality that has been going on in our country for years has been ignored until now,  and I believe that living in such a privileged, "bubble" community such as Palo Alto, we have considered ourselves (often  without realizing that we're doing so) exempt. I know, however, that our police department, our prosecutorial design,  and a number of the other problems we face are exactly that which much of the country is now discussing. So, in recent  days, I've read, researched, and asked myself the question: what are tangible ways to decrease police violence?    I came across an incredible organization called the Police Use of Force Project, a group that has devoted years upon  years to extensive (and often really hard to obtain, as department policies often aren't public) research on what is most  effective versus what makes a small dent but isn't quite as achievable in comparison. Much of what I'll suggest below are  centered on research by this project, in addition to other criminal justice, restorative justice, and civil rights  organizations that I admire. For brevity's sake (this is already turning out to be a really lengthy message, sorry!), I'll keep  it to 4 reforms:    1. Banning chokeholds: There are so many alternatives to this level of force; chokeholds are often lethal and cause  serious injury.    2. Duty to intervene: Other cops, e.g. the three standing around George Floyd, must intervene in situations where their  fellow officers are abusing their position and using excessive force. They must also be held to account if they fail to act in  service of those they are sworn to protect, even if the person the civilian requires protection from is a police officer.    3. Requiring deescalation: Basic communication and maintaining distance initially. It's not necessary to come in with  guns blazing, with only a surface‐level understanding of the situation and the human the officer is dealing with.    4. Report uses of force: Supervisors and others should be notified and tasked with periodically reviewing their officers'  use of force records. Independent investigations and prosecutions of police officers must be mandated to eliminate  biases. A broken system should not be evaluating itself.    There’s also the issue of police funding allocation; namely, should funding for a certain purpose/goal be given to the  police departments or to other groups? Instead of heightening the resources that officers have, I advocate redirecting  funds to alternative emergency response programs, which can also be fueled by state‐level and local‐level grants. We  should work towards a reality in which healthcare workers and emergency response teams should handle substance  abuse, domestic violence, homelessness, or mental health cases, while rapid response social workers provide individuals  with the care they need. Community organizers would be responsible for spearheading responses to the pandemic. “The  average police recruit spends 58 hours learning how to shoot and only 8 hours learning how to de‐escalate.” Police  officers are not trained nor necessary in reacting to such crises—specialized responders are.    17 Most police funding is budgeted and taxed at the local level, with city‐level and county‐level votes periodically increasing  budgets. In 2017, Oakland allocated the highest share of its general fund to policing nationwide, at 41 percent and  $242.5 million. It is crucial to establish state‐level and local‐level bans on heightening police funds, while simultaneously  redirecting budgets to the aforementioned alternatives.    For‐profit policing is a large culprit. Even though Governor Brown’s 2016 bill helped protect Californians from civil asset  forfeitures, this is far from sufficient. As of 2020, 66.25% of forfeiture profits go to police—a C+ rating.    I very much appreciate your time reading this letter and implore you to do what you can to reform our local police  system as is necessary.     Sincerely,  Liza Kolbasov.  18 Baumb, Nelly From:Andrew Witte <ajw@andrewwitte.com> Sent:Tuesday, June 2, 2020 8:20 PM To:Council, City Subject:Curfew Order CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on  links.  ________________________________    Dear Mayor Fine and City Council Members:    I am writing as a Palo Alto citizen to oppose the curfew order that was imposed starting tonight.    So far, fortunately, I have not read any stories about significant violence or looting having taken place here in Palo Alto  and therefore to take such drastic action against a hypothetical danger seems rather escalatory and potentially  counterproductive. Would‐be looters or rioters are looking to pick a fight, and a pre‐emptive curfew order seems to play  into that.    Additionally, considering the apparent hypothetical nature of the threat, and especially against the backdrop of the high  level of privilege enjoyed by many here in Palo Alto (myself included), this order appears to send a message of fear. I am  not afraid of those protesting the killing of George Floyd; in fact I support their aim of ending police brutality against  black Americans. I find myself somewhat embarrassed to be a Palo Altan when this is the message our community is  sending to the world, and I hope that my neighbors would agree.    I urge you to reconsider the necessity of the order.    Sincerely,  Andrew Witte      19 Baumb, Nelly From:Walter Enos <walter.enos@gmail.com> Sent:Tuesday, June 2, 2020 7:33 PM To:Council, City Subject:10 nights of curfew? I am disgusted CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  I am disgusted by your support for this ridiculous action. You revoke our freedom with NO community consultation.   And judging by online comments following this paloaltoonline,com article others feel as I do:  https://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/2020/06/02/palo‐alto‐imposes‐10‐day‐curfew‐starting‐tuesday‐night  If there is a legitimate threat to local businesses then police should act intelligently and surgically in that one location  only.  The optics on this are very, very bad for Council. Thank goodness you will be accountable when we vote in November.  Walter Enos  3736 La Calle Court  Palo Alto CA 94306  20 Baumb, Nelly From:Aisha Piracha-Zakariya <aishapz2016@gmail.com> Sent:Tuesday, June 2, 2020 7:12 PM To:Council, City Subject:Curfew Justification? CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Dear City Council of Palo Alto:     As a resident of Palo Alto, I am failing to comprehend the legitimacy of the reasons to impose a curfew from 8:30pm ‐  5:00am for the next 10 days in our city.    I want our community and businesses to remain safe from harm, but I want to know why, without any violent protests,  rioters on our streets or any widespread looting, this over‐reaction to curb the movement of residents of the City of Palo  Alto is being imposed without any real‐time justification? The Bay Area the protests have been overwhelmingly  peaceful. I am very concerned about our local government's willingness to impose these curfews without a legitimate  justification. What is the legal basis for this curfew? Is there a legal memo from the City Attorney’s office on this issue?  The ACLU of Northern California feels the same way, in this local news report from today.    https://www.ktvu.com/video/690609?fbclid=IwAR3b9sFCVI7ihbAFpCEdUkkgFTj7f‐yB1Q4c0F16RDuCiUtAtlzMRehrqM8   A broad‐brushed lockdown of the entire citizenry of Palo Alto forcing everyone to stay in their homes is an over‐ response. Just saying that "Bay Area cities and towns, groups of individuals...have planned and executed criminal acts,  including property damage and theft, focused in central retail areas during nighttime hours", is no justification to lock  down Palo Alto.     Curfews are imposed under extreme conditions and should be a tool wielded most cautiously by governments. There  are some cities that have had looting or criminal activity that require public safety response with law enforcement. What  I am not comprehending is why an extreme lockdown is happening where there has not been any kind of violence or  criminal activity as a result of the protests in Palo Alto. This kind of pre‐emptive action is concerning and very troubling.  We must gauge what the actual extent of the problem is and what a proportional response looks like. This kind of action  will only further place our community and its residents under greater police scrutiny, mistrust and undue criminalization  for merely walking in our streets at night. This is not what I believe Palo Alto stands for.    Aisha Piracha    21 Baumb, Nelly From:Geoff Ivison <geoff.ivison@gmail.com> Sent:Tuesday, June 2, 2020 7:09 PM To:Council, City Subject:Your curfew endorses police brutality CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  There has been no violence in Palo Alto, there is such scant support for the need for curfew in our city. Your choice to  institute a curfew is an endorsement of the hysteria that values property over human life. Please reconsider, and issue a  statement recognizing that the curfew was ill informed and came from a place of privilege, racism, and complicity in a  system of police brutality.     Best regards,  Geoffrey Ivison    (registered to vote at 267 Curtner Ave, Apt 2, Palo Alto CA)  22 Baumb, Nelly From:Charlotte Moffatt <moffatt.charlotte@gmail.com> Sent:Tuesday, June 2, 2020 6:49 PM To:Council, City Subject:Show that this community stands for justice CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Dear Palo Alto City Council,     I write to you following the release of "Calls for Inclusion and Joint Message of Hope" put out by the city. I  appreciate the sentiment, as I think it represents the feelings of this community. Beyond sending prayers and  condolences, what will the city do? Saying that we support peace does nothing if the city does not follow up with action.  The city council plays a role in negotiating police union contracts, giving you an opportunity to secure the safety of  citizens and improve trust in the police by removing barriers to civilian oversight and misconduct investigations. The  folks at Campaign Zero have helpfully outlined specific changes at this web  address: https://www.joincampaignzero.org/contracts. Maybe citizens of Palo Alto will never need these protections,  but taking preventative measures demonstrates a conviction to the safety of all citizens, but especially Black citizens.    Right now I am scared. Not of rioters, but of the police. Militarization and specifically allowing children part of the  Advanced Citizens Police Academy to take a course on SWAT normalizes this kind of violence. As I watch protests around  the country, I see officers escalating situations to violence. Training officers to de‐escalate conflicts saves lives.     I ask that you show that this city stands for justice, not just thinks about it.     With hope for change,  Charlotte Moffatt  23 Baumb, Nelly From:MidPen Housing <kim@www-midpen-housing.ccsend.com> on behalf of MidPen Housing <communications@midpen-housing.org> Sent:Tuesday, June 2, 2020 6:39 PM To:Council, City Subject:Creating an Equitable and Just Future for All CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  View as Webpage     Creating an Equitable and Just Future for All   Our country is hurting. Like so many of you, we were angered and deeply saddened by the brutal homicide of George Floyd at the hands of police charged with protecting the public. This – after the killing of Ahmaud Arbery, the racist treatment of Christian Cooper, and a COVID-19 mortality rate for black Americans that is more than double the rate for white Americans – reminds us that racial inequities run deep in America today. It also reminds us of the urgency of our work. There can be no social justice without racial equity. This was the principle upon which MidPen was founded in 1970, known then as the Stanford Mid-Peninsula Urban Coalition. As described by Ira Hall, MidPen’s first Executive Director, our overall objective was to “attack top priority areas of racial and subsequent economic discrimination.” In those early years, beyond building affordable housing, MidPen invested in minority businesses, advocated against racial discrimination in rental housing, and advanced education, jobs and healthcare on the Peninsula. In the 50 years since, we have made much progress as both an organization and an industry. And yet, as evidenced by the grief and fear we’ve all experienced in the aftermath of recent events, we still have a long way to go. At MidPen, we are committed to both providing access to quality homes for all and standing against the racist housing policies and programs that have systemically privileged some while keeping others down. Martin Luther King, Jr. said that “a riot is the language of the unheard.” There is pain in that “unheard” language, and we know that we must seek to first listen to it, strive to understand it, and then take action to alleviate it. We’ve certainly heard the pain this week. And MidPen joins those who call for justice as we work together to create a more equitable future – one that fosters diverse communities where all people feel safe, heard and valued and have equitable access to opportunity. We won’t stop until that vision is realized.     24   MidPen Housing | www.midpen-housing.org     MidPen Housing | 303 Vintage Park Dr. Ste. 250, Foster City, CA 94404 Unsubscribe city.council@cityofpaloalto.org Update Profile | About Constant Contact Sent by communications@midpen-housing.org in collaboration with Try email marketing for free today!   25 Baumb, Nelly From:Kassandra Sharp <sfdrupalgirl@gmail.com> Sent:Tuesday, June 2, 2020 5:52 PM To:Horrigan-Taylor, Meghan; Council, City; City Mgr Subject:Curfew CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  As a Palo Alto resident, I am writing to express my deep disappointment, bordering on outrage, at the news of the  curfew issued for Palo Alto. It seems unreasonable to believe that the level of criminal activity reported warrants a 10‐ day curfew when a simple increase in police patrols around the shopping centers should suffice. Rather, and despite  placating words respecting our rights to peaceably assemble, this seems designed to support the necessity of an  authoritarian law and order narrative. The fact that the city of Santa Clara is at the same time *lifting* its curfew order  makes the length of this order even more egregious.     I strongly urge the City Council and the offices of the Mayor and the City Manager to reverse or reduce this needless  curfew.    Thank you.  Kassandra Sharp  Palo Alto  26 Baumb, Nelly From:Claire Daviss <cedaviss@gmail.com> Sent:Tuesday, June 2, 2020 5:40 PM To:City Mgr; Council, City; Police Subject:Concern about the implementation of curfews CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Dear Mayor Fine, Palo Alto City Councilmembers, and Members of the Palo Alto Police Department,     As a Palo Alto resident and registered voter, I write to express immense concern about the recent announcement of a  10‐day nighttime curfew in Palo Alto. These curfews seem highly unnecessary given that protests in the Palo Alto area  have been almost entirely peaceful and occurring during daytime hours. Furthermore, these curfews implicitly promote  the incorrect assumption that Black Lives Matter protests are violent or out of control.     I am disappointed that the Palo Alto government would make this decision. I urge the Palo Alto City Council to  reconsider this decision immediately, and to reframe future policy actions around supporting protesters' rights to  organize and speak peacefully. If my elected representatives do not take these steps, I will seek ways to support other  candidates in future elections.    Sincerely,  Claire Daviss    ‐‐  Claire Daviss   c:    Redacted 27 Baumb, Nelly From:Jonathan Sorce <jon.sorce@gmail.com> Sent:Tuesday, June 2, 2020 5:11 PM To:Council, City Subject:Curfew CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Palo Alto City Council:    Instituting a curfew in response to protests sends the message that you condemn the protests and, by consequence,  support police brutality. Since you didn't institute a curfew to protect us from the deadly COVID‐19 pandemic — where  such a measure might have actually done some good for our community — the implication of this policy is that Palo Alto  cares more about showing disregard for Black lives than it does about protecting the health of its citizens.      If you don't want this to be the lasting message of your council, you must immediately revoke the curfew and apologize.   Jonathan Sorce  PhD Candidate, Stanford University   28 Baumb, Nelly From:Jeff Weitzman <jeff@weitzman.net> Sent:Tuesday, June 2, 2020 5:39 PM To:Council, City Subject:Curfew CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on  links.  ________________________________    A 10‐day curfew is a ridiculous response to the potential criminal activity targeting specific and concentrated retail  targets. I question whether any city‐wide curfew makes sense. Why can’t police use a limited curfew in the business  districts for a few nights, which can be extended if necessary? Once again, Palo Alto leaders seem compelled to act as if  we are a major city. Please, use your heads and rescind and recast this decision.    Jeff Weitzman  1 Baumb, Nelly From:Andrei Kamalov <andrei.kamalov@gmail.com> Sent:Tuesday, June 2, 2020 1:34 PM To:Council, City Subject:Questions regarding fair policing practices within Palo Alto CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Dear Palo Alto city council,    The events of the last few weeks have re‐focused attention to the painful experiences that the African American  community often face in their interactions with law enforcement officers.  A better America, and a better Palo Alto,  require mutual trust and respect between police officers and all members of the community.  What initiatives, if any,  will the Palo Alto city council consider, or has recently taken, to ensure that Palo Alto is a leader in equal police  treatment of civilians regardless of ethnicity?    Do police officers wear body cameras for their own safety, as well as the safety of the community?  What initiatives exist to train and recruit minority citizens to join the police department?    What initiatives exist to prevent racially profiled traffic stops?  Does the city collect data on the racial distribution of traffic stop subjects?   What opportunites are police officers given to interact and build trust within the community?    Thank you for your time and consideration,  Andrei Kamalov  2 Baumb, Nelly From:jake chamberlain <mynameisjake74@gmail.com> Sent:Tuesday, June 2, 2020 12:27 PM To:Council, City Subject:Unarm Police CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Dear City Council and Mayor Fine,     An elegant solution to police brutality is Unarmed Police. Consider that career public servants NEED NOT CARRY DEADLY WEAPONS.     Please Unarm Police.    What is the role of Police? Police are essentially representatives of our Courts. Courts, intelligently, involve elected officials, juries of peers, etc., and are the ONLY institution we as a People agree have authority to punish. We believe in the rule of law, the most liberal idea since the printing press; the Police are neither judge, nor jury, and are certainly NOT an executioner. A police officer should be able to 1) ensure public safety, and 2) bring citizen-offenders to court (or to pay fines) while reasonably ensuring public safety, and their own personal safety. But there is absolutely no reason for them to carry deadly weapons on them at all times to do either of these two day-to-day jobs.     Please Unarm Police. The citizen-police relationship needs this exact innovation, to heal.    Have you held a gun? These life-taking weapons produce a unique aesthetic experience in the holder: pure power. Gun owners describe feeling confident when they are armed. This confidence is artificial, possibly in- human, and leads to poor judgement. We need professionals in uniform. Police need to be better educated, to know Black Lives Matter, and to practice de-escalation techniques, but I believe all cases of police brutality, including beatings, stem from this in-human arrogance, STEM FROM THE GUN, and that cases of police brutality will not subside as long as the guns are on their hips.     Please Unarm Police. Discuss this proposal with your cabinet and constituents.     Do policemen need guns on their person at all times? No. Police seldom draw their weapons randomly in their day-to-day line of duty. Under an Unarmed Police program:    Armed suspects will be arrested by special armed detective units or SWAT; certain policing activities may need guns but this should be reserved for special cases.   Unarmed Police will have a gun, but it will be locked inside a safe in their car, un-lockable via remote device, controlled by Dispatch, for special circumstances such as an armed abuse case, difficult arrests or an active shooter situation.   Unarmed Police will have pepper spray, tasers and cuffs for subduing unarmed violent offenders that they may encounter in their day-to-day work.  Please Unarm Police. The gun prevents them from learning to do their job correctly.    In 2020 in the USA, it is shocking to think that public servants are killing people by mistake, are killing people who resist arrest, or are killing over a counterfeit bill – in fact its shocking to think that they have the ability to 3 kill at all. Justice is really only possibly served in Courts. The term “enforcement,” associated with cops, may be outdated, as it has a connotation of brutality baked right into it.    Policing must shift. Unarmed Police will look and feel different. Unarmed Police may – at first – be afraid to do their job, until they realize what their job actually is. Unarmed Police will practice their role correctly, will represent the rule of law. Let the police rise to the status of “Hero” again.    Please Unarm Police.    Sincerely,     Jake Chamberlain    PS. I lived in Palo Alto for two years while attending Stanford for an MFA in Film. Since September of last year, I've  been working as a freelance Video Producer in SF and frequently visit my friends in Palo Alto. I love it there.      Redacted 4 Baumb, Nelly From:Yahoo Mail.® <honkystar@yahoo.com> Sent:Tuesday, June 2, 2020 12:02 PM To:honkystar@yahoo.com Subject:DEATH TOLL RISES George Floyd? HOAX? or NOT? + Eye Witness Saw Bus Filled with ANTIFA heading to NY a week Before Incident. CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Hope all is well with ALL of you. 🙋 https://www.yahoo.com/news/death-toll-grows-national-protests-082145370.html Eye Witness Saw Bus Filled with ANTIFA heading to NY a week Before Incident. REALIST NEWS - EYE WITNESS SAW BUS FILLED WITH ANTIFA HEADING TO NY A WEEK BEFORE CHOKING INCIDENT     REALIST NEWS - EYE WITNESS SAW BUS FILLED WITH ANTIFA HEADING TO NY A WE...    Santa Surfing SantaSurfing   5     SantaSurfing ANTIFA will be a Terrorist Group! Senate Votes on Obama Subpoena!    Collapse of CBS, SpaceX explodes, WHO defunded, Trump controls power grid & Minneapolis explained .... 3D to 5D .... Collapse of CBS, SpaceX explodes, WHO defunded, Trump controls power grid & Minneapolis explained     Collapse of CBS, SpaceX explodes, WHO defunded, Trump controls power gri...    THIS IS WHAT YOU MISSED IN THE GEORGE FLOYD POLICE KILLING     6     THIS IS WHAT YOU MISSED IN THE GEORGE FLOYD POLICE KILLING    r/conspiracy - Benjamin Ray Bailey, from cash can, may be the killer cop. George Floyd was definitely a porn star.     r/conspiracy - Benjamin Ray Bailey, from cash can, may be the killer cop... 0 votes and 39 comments so far on Reddit        7 Baumb, Nelly From:David Sacerdote <das33@cornell.edu> Sent:Monday, June 1, 2020 1:48 PM To:Council, City Subject:Please prioritize fire protection over policing CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on  links.  ________________________________    About a dozen years ago, I watched the PAPD escort a black man down Miller Ave, across the city limits into Mountain  View.  Since they didn't cite or arrest him, I can only assume that this was done simply out of racism.    Given the lack of a formal statement by the PAPD indicating that they consider it wrong for police to murder nonwhites,  I can only assume that this situation has not changed.    In light of that situation, and the intentional provocation of violence by regional police officers in recent days, most likely  including officers brought into San Jose via mutual aid agreements,  I urge you to prioritize fire protection over policing  during the upcoming budget cuts, and to work to limit the ability of the Palo Alto police to engage in similar actions in  the future.    Thank you    David Sacerdote  3716 Starr King Circle  Palo Alto, CA  8 Baumb, Nelly From:Matthieu Bonnard <mpbnyc@gmail.com> Sent:Monday, June 1, 2020 10:04 AM To:Fine, Adrian; Council, City Subject:Re: Minneapolis and PAPD Hello again    I just saw 2 tweets from Robert Jensen circulating on Nextdoor.    Totally appalling that he talks about the unrest and totally ignore its root cause. And that community “leader”  collected  400k+ total comp i I am not mistaken…wow…Thinking that kind of money goes in 2021 budget itches me as a  taxpayer    On May 31, 2020, at 5:01 PM, Matthieu Bonnard <mpbnyc@gmail.com> wrote:    Great news, thank you so much for responding    Kind regards, Matthieu      On May 31, 2020, at 5:00 PM, Fine, Adrian <Adrian.Fine@CityofPaloAlto.org> wrote:    Thank you Matthieu.    I'm asking the police chief to make some comments at our city council meeting  tomorrow. I'll make a few comments too about these turbulent times.    Best regards,  Adrian    From: Matthieu Bonnard <mpbnyc@gmail.com>  Sent: Sunday, May 31, 2020 4:36 PM  To: Council, City <city.council@cityofpaloalto.org>  Subject: Minneapolis and PAPD CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Hello I think the Head of Palo Alto PD should communicate to the broad PA community how what happened in Minneapolis could never happen in PA, how police officers are trained etc,… Ideally, he would even go as far asking all PA officers to take a knee to acknowledge police violence against black people, but not in his backyard so to speak. Kind regards, Matthieu Bonnard 10 Baumb, Nelly From:Kevin Ma <kevinma.sd@gmail.com> Sent:Sunday, May 31, 2020 8:28 PM To:Council, City Subject:On Police Accountability CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Dear Councilmembers,    We have all seen the events of these past weeks, from the released video of Ahmaud Arbery's death in Georgia, the  death of Breonna Taylor in her Kentucky home, Amy Cooper abusing her privilege, George Floyd's murder in Minnesota,  and the subsequent unrest in our own region. There remains an injustice in America that all of our leaders must address.   Palo Alto is not above any of this. It was only a few months ago where you approved a settlement over the violent arrest  of Gustavo Alvarez, to be followed by news again on use of force issues with the arrest of Julio Arevalo. There were no  reforms arising from these cases, and instead you have chosen to hide future misconduct with the new contract with the  auditing firm. Campaign Zero's Police Scorecard gave our 2018 police a C grade, which means there's still plenty of room  for improvement. It shouldn't take a video to push for change.    The city is also silent now, whereas our former councilmember Wolbach has commented about it, Assemblymember  Berman has posted about it, Mountain View's Police Chief has already put out a statement, and Assemblymember‐ Candidate Alex Lee was in the San Jose protests.    Currently, you are preparing the budget for next year, the ultimate "put your money where your mouth is." While the  public survey does indicate a strong emphasis on Public Safety, please keep in mind that policing is still generally a  reactive force; a bandaid on a wound that perhaps could have been prevented with earlier interventions. And while  some crimes may be done by people outside of our community, I have seen no action for advocating to other levels of  government, nor aid.    Perhaps consider the measures that Campaign Zero's co‐founder wrote recently, such as a oversight board with teeth  (could add that to your current review of our current commissions) or stricter use of force regulations. Or perhaps  support AB 2054 to create community‐based alternatives to deal with mental health or drug use (or jump the gun and  start one ourselves). "Justice delayed is justice denied" is still true, pandemic or not.    Sincerely,  Kevin Ma  Palo Alto Resident  11 Baumb, Nelly From:Matthieu Bonnard <mpbnyc@gmail.com> Sent:Sunday, May 31, 2020 4:37 PM To:Council, City Subject:Minneapolis and PAPD CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Hello     I think the Head of Palo Alto PD should communicate to the broad PA community how what happened in Minneapolis  could never happen in PA, how police officers are trained etc,…    Ideally, he would even go as far asking all PA officers to take a knee to acknowledge police violence against black people,  but not in his backyard so to speak.    Kind regards,    Matthieu Bonnard         12 Baumb, Nelly From:Danny Allen <dkallen65@gmail.com> Sent:Saturday, May 30, 2020 2:08 PM To:Police; Office of the CIO; Council, City Subject:Website Info on Palo Alto PD Safe Policing/Preventative Measures CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  To Whom It May Concern,    In the wake of recent incidents of citizen deaths during police arrests, I wanted to learn more about what the Palo Alto  Police Department was doing to prevent such incidents. However, after a pretty thorough scan through the  PAPD's website, I couldn't find much relevant information. The closest things I could find were a link to the policy policy  manuals and protocols or the 2019 annual report, which aren't the most accessible ways to learn what PAPD is doing on  this front. The stat in the 2019 report that 18 out of 2,183 arrests in 2019 involved use of force is helpful and indicative  of safety measures, but it's buried.     Can you please consider adding a page on the site, or at the very least an FAQ, specifically dedicated to the measures  that PAPD is taking to ensure safe policing especially with regard to the safety of minority citizens (e.g. body cams, racial  bias training, etc.)? I think this would be helpful for Palo Alto residents, foster a sense of community, and probably  reduce phone call volume on the subject. Hopefully I'm not missing something that already exists on the website, and  hopefully these are the right city emails to contact.     Broadly speaking, I strongly encourage the Palo Alto Police Department and the City implement the latest best practices  to ensure the safety of all citizens, especially racial minorities who are disproportionately affected, and officers during  policing efforts and arrests.    Thank you,  Daniel Allen  13 Baumb, Nelly From:Paulette Altmaier <paulette.altmaier@gmail.com> Sent:Thursday, May 28, 2020 10:53 AM To:Council, City Subject:Need for Courageous City Action - County non-performance on Reopening CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Dear City Council,  As context for this email, I will mention that I placed a full-page ad in the Mercury News on May 23rd, as a measure of my concern regarding the financial distress caused by our County’s actions.    The County’s refusal to re-open our local businesses, and its non-performance in the critical contact tracing staffing area, is an open scandal that is crushing lives and livelihoods but can be remedied through your decisive action.     Santa Clara County easily meets the State’s health metrics (supporting data below), and as of today, 46 Counties in CA, including Orange and San Diego counties, are operating in CA’s Expanded Stage 2, which includes dine-in and in-store shopping. They will soon move to Stage 3. However, Cody has made clear, both in recent interviews and by indefinitely extending the current restrictions, that she has no intention of moving our County forward.     You need to act courageously, decisively, and with urgency to save your city’s local businesses. Other elected officials in CA have been very effective using the approach outlined here.    Executive Summary   Contact tracing is essential to safely reopening, but the county is lagging behind in staffing and has only 125 of the state-specified 300 tracers identified. The scandal is that non-essential County employees are on paid leave on the taxpayer’s dime, and idle at home, but Cody’s emergency powers are NOT being used to require them to be deployed as contact tracers,. Meanwhile, those same emergency powers are being mercilessly wielded to destroy the livelihoods of tens of thousands of workers and thousands of small businesses. This disparate use of emergency powers is illegitimate.    Cody has made it clear that she will not align with Gov. Newsom’s metrics for reopening the economy, but will move at an excruciatingly slow pace. She is also now openly criticizing Newsom’s actions in reopening CA’s economy.    Pressuring the Supervisors has proven to be completely ineffective. Although Cody and Smith are county employees, the supervisors refuse to rein them in. We can expect nothing from them, although it is their duty to act.    Cities are not helpless. They have the ability to change the picture, as other elected officials in CA counties and cities have done. This approach is within your power, and has been used effectively elsewhere:   o Cities should announce they are defunding/declining to fund enforcement of Cody- specific restrictions, while setting a date certain in early June for reopening within current CA guidelines Non-enforcement would involve not funding police enforcement, not threatening business licenses, etc.   14 o As part of this announcement, demand that Cody use her emergency powers to mandate that non-essential County workers be deployed as contact tracers to meet the State requirements of 300 contact tracing staff, to be trained and deployed immediately. Destroying tens of thousands of livelihoods while coddling County employees is illegitimate. (State employees and volunteers are being deployed - these are not skilled positions.)   o In parallel, pressure Gov. Newsom to direct Cody to move our County forward in alignment with CA, while making it clear that the city plans to go ahead regardless. Experience shows that taking a firm stand is essential. The record shows that Newsom has yielded to reason whenever faced with a principled stand by determined officials. Mere pleading is not effective. To date, he has been unduly deferential to County Health officials, but Newsom’s State Health officer can over-ride county officers, at his direction.     o Get other county cities to join with you in this action, but do not delay unduly, waiting for others to join. Once one domino falls, others will too.   Bottom Line: Cities must act courageously, decisively, and with urgency to save their local economies. The County has failed us.    Supporting Information:    a. State Required Health metrics and County Status   State Requirement SCC status 7-day case positivity rate Less than 8% 1.5% or less 7-day daily average of hospitalization change  Less than 5%Consistently well below. Currently negative ie: hospitalization dropping.    b. Contact tracing    It has been known since mid-March that contract tracers would be needed.  The state’s requirement to enter Expanded Stage 2 is 300 tracers.  10 weeks into the shutdown, only 50 tracers are in place, and 75 additional volunteers in training  However even the existing 50 tracers are currently under-utilized, with “no backlog”  Although "non-essential" County employees are being paid and are idle, Cody’s Emergency powers are not being used to deploy them to this essential function. Simultaneously, those powers are being used to destroy the livelihoods of tens of thousands. This picture can change rapidly once cities act decisively.   c. Hotspot focus vs broad shutdowns    Last week Gov Newsom announced that going forward, the state would have a more surgical, highly targeted focus on known hotspots such as nursing homes and food processing plants. This tailored strategy is scientific in being based on real data, and is the approach being used nationally to open safely.  However, Dr Cody is ignoring the science and the data, and is refusing to accept this targeted approach. She continues to insist on using these known hotspots to justify population-wide restrictions. 15  Troublingly in this context, our Public Health Dept has also refused to honor a Public Records Act request made by former public health officer Rajiv Bhatia for the county’s Contact Tracing and Outbreak Investigation information. This refusal to be transparent as CA law requires indicates that the county’s data likely does not support its public pronouncements.   16 Baumb, Nelly From:super nova <galaxy_454@yahoo.com> Sent:Wednesday, May 27, 2020 3:29 PM To:raymond.hulser@usdoj.gov; cityattorney@santaclaraca.gov; bcc@dca.ca.gov; mc03100-11 @yahoo.com; mcuban@axs.tv; admissions@calbar.ca.gov; dsun@cupertino.org; susan.lee@doj.ca.gov; srubenstein@sfchronicle.com; otaylor@sfchronicle.com; johanna.luerra@shf.sccgov.org; angelo.tom@hud.gov; district7@sanjoseca.gov; markhamplazata@gmail.com; moneal@pdo.sccgov.org; schatman@scscourt.org; donald.rocha@sanjoseca.gov; dave.cortese@bos.sccgov.org; sylvia.macdonald@ido.sccgov.org; mary.murtagh@eahhousing.org; gary.goodman@pdo.sccgov.org; hwilliams@scscourt.org; Human Relations Commission; aleksandra.ridgeway@sheriff.sccgov.org; wbrown@sfchronicle.com; mturpin@bayareanewsgroup.com; publisher@bayareanewsgroup.com; editor@bayareanewsgroup.com; editor@siliconvalleyfreepress.com; eclendaniel@bayareanewsgroup.com; jharper@vanlevylaw.com; rkeith@bayareanewsgroup.com; sdussault@bayareanewsgroup.com; helbraun@helbraunlaw.com; jcanova@scusd.net; csanfilippo@scusd.net; asgonzalez@scusd.net; askamy@amydickinson.com; jmuirhead@scusd.net; vjfairchild@scusd.net; aratermann@scusd.net; mrichardson@scusd.net; mryan@scusd.net; pubworks@sunnyvale.ca.gov; joebravo@bravolaw.com; joe@piastalaw.biz; districtattorney@sfgov.org; 6th.district@jud.ca.gov; scottlargent38@gmail.com; will@crim- defense.com; anna@annaeshoo4congress.com; guardians@aclu.org; fdngift@aclu.org; chartley@sunnyvale.ca.gov; pubdef-mediarelations@sfgov.org; Council, City; bill@sdap.org; patrick@sdpap.org; ukoffice@chinaculture.org; parmit.randhawa@gerogehills.com; corrupt@brianmccomas.attorney; jdiaz@sfchronicle.com; 1guitard.as@gmail.com; paulette.altmaier@gmail.com; hotline@hudoig.gov; gerald.engler@doj.ca.gov; supreme.court@jud.ca.gov; san.francisco@ic.fbi.gov; david.anderson@usdoj.gov; david.rose@doj.ca.gov; servesdap@sdap.org; john.bennett@ic.fbi.gov; bill@sdap.gov; super nova Subject:Re: KNOW JUSTICE; KNOW PEACE #5 CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  The Influence of the Mass Media on Health Policy | Health Affairs     The Influence of the Mass Media on Health Policy | Health Affairs Alan L. Otten Article Commentary Health Affairs Vol.11 No.4 The Influence of the Mass Media on Health Policy       17 On Wednesday, May 27, 2020, 3:28:07 PM PDT, super nova <galaxy_454@yahoo.com> wrote: One other thing...I already posted this RFK text; but I just dedicated it to my blog because it obviously needs more attention...RFK knows what he is talking about; so it is high time to listen up...Therefore; I will not be force-vaccinated any time soon along with so many others... RFK ON BILL GATES AND VACCINE DANGERS ETC RFK ON BILL GATES AND VACCINE DANGERS ETC Robert F Kennedy Junior on Bill Gates : "Vaccines, for Bill Gates, are a strategic philanthropy that feed his...    I want to hear your lousy excuses as to why RFK has zero veracity to his claims... EPOCH TIMES – CCP VIRUS: How the Chinese Communist Party's coverup led to a global pandemic    EPOCH TIMES – CCP VIRUS: How the Chinese Communist Party's coverup led t... Daily life in the United States has been upended, as governments seek to stop the spread of the CCP virus (see “...    Here it is; the smoking gun evidence that the Covid-19 virus was lab-created...The most telling aspect is that this story got taken out of the Google search results shortly after being published...To me this shows that Epoch Times' story so strayed from the popular narrative; and got so close to the truth at the same time -- that it was quickly de-legitimized and removed from search results...There are some people out there who will not change their views no matter how much hard scientific evidence is presented to them... So it is really more about cognitive dissonance than anything else at this point; as many have been brainwashed by the mainstream media that is at least partially owned by health care interests...NBC in particular I tend to think...Bottom line: Covid-19 is one part AIDS; one part SARS; and another part consisting of bat corona virus spike proteins...And we even have a female scientist talking about this on the documentary! A FEMALE SCIENTIST! WHAT MORE DO YOU NEED LIBERAL MEDIA! (just kidding?)... So the CCP is busted...Along with the US as well I suppose...Same shit ~ next day... + SEE ALSO: THE SYNTHETIC BIOLOGICAL AGENT 'AIDS" @ 18 http://www.likroper.com/AIDS.html On Wednesday, May 27, 2020, 2:18:30 PM PDT, super nova <galaxy_454@yahoo.com> wrote: This took alot of work! I'm totally exhausted! Whew! https://lreblogger.blogspot.com/2020/05/amended-claim-submitted-to-ghc-25-may.html TABLE OF CONTENTS / ATTACHMENTS FOR 25 MAY 2020 CITY OF SUNNYVALE-GHC SUBMISSION: TABLE OF CONTENTS / ATTACHMENTS FOR 25 MAY 2020 CITY OF SUNNYVALE-GHC SU... Cause of loss injury or damage: Police misconduct based upon ignoring exculpatory evidence leading to obstructio...    THE DEATH OF FRANK CARPENTINO (PART 2)    THE DEATH OF FRANK CARPENTINO (PART 2) THE DEATH OF CAMPBELL CALIFORNIA RESIDENT FRANCIS CARPENITO MAY NOT HAVE BEEN AN ACCIDENT. BEFORE HE DIED, HE TO...    THE 'HONORABLE' SOCRATES MANOUKIAN?    THE 'HONORABLE' SOCRATES MANOUKIAN? "Countless individuals have been victims of Judge Manoukian's loosely run court room; ignoring exculpatory evide...    MESSAGE TO CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM ABOUT 'DENIAL OF SERVICE' LAW 19    MESSAGE TO CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM ABOUT 'DENIAL OF SERVICE' LAW "With all of the bars and nightclubs now closed here in the State of California; there is a unique opportunity t...    MESSAGE TO CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR NEWSOM:    MESSAGE TO CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR NEWSOM: UPDATE / 27 APR 2020: "Hey Rosanna I noticed you were a "Former Tax Compliance Specialist at California State Bo...    Have a nice day everyone! :D On Monday, May 25, 2020, 5:25:54 PM PDT, super nova <galaxy_454@yahoo.com> wrote: ATTENTION! GEORGE HILLS COMPANY: AMENDED CLAIM SUBMITTED TO GHC 25 MAY 2020:    20 AMENDED CLAIM SUBMITTED TO GHC 25 MAY 2020: I POSTED THIS BACK IN 2017! -- THEREFORE IT'S HIGH TIME TO OVERCOME YOUR SEVERE CRANIAL POSTERIOR SYNDROMES CITY...    On Monday, May 25, 2020, 2:05:54 PM PDT, super nova <galaxy_454@yahoo.com> wrote: Other than that; any lawyers out there who care to help me push my case through the system are welcome to help me out; today is the 6 month cutoff date; so I am submitting an amended complaint in a new claim form bringing up this questionable prosecutorial misconduct... In a nutshell; Sunnyvale POS/DPS/SCPD refused to do anything about several active threats that existed outside my residence for many years (some of them police-sponsored active threats) then after submitting a claim form for the illegal ejection from a private business of public accommodations that Sunnyvale POS/DPS refused to take action on (The Oasis Nightclub which is now closed) the City of Sunnyvale retaliated with a non-issue by targeting my 94-year old Father for more prosecutorial harassment; this time threatening prosecution for a government-sanctioned green garbage can with a 19 MPH sign painted on it that I got permission from the City of Sunnyvale for many years ago; and the City of Santa Clara; as all of the signage on my street is there due to my valiant efforts...Adding to this; a safety cone that helps remind people to slow down on our street and protects my cats from getting run over easily was sighted as being a problem by Sunnyvale Public Works after me suggesting to other Public Works employees about making the street safer... This Public Works employee wrote a letter telling me he can steal my safety cones any time he wants... In other words; the usual: tying my hands and leaving a festering problem in a grossly negligent manner; as a bicyclist had been run over and killed on Dunford Way last summer (which brought a million cop cars yet no obligatory obsessive media coverage -- why did the local TV nes media ignore this story; helping to cover it up?) therefore attempting to get me to move the safety cone (as small and insignificant as it seems to some who view themselves as being 'in control' of this Silicon Valley mess) was actually a HUGE deal... Not only due to the various aforementioned reasons; but also due to the fact that the City of Sunnyvale has a history of messing with the elderly to get their way...For instance; one of the two brothers who used to own the Corn Palace parcel said that the City of Sunnyvale was so intent on developing his land (which they are finally developing right as the demand for housing is decreasing exponentially) that the City of Sunnyvale allegedly gave him a heart attack (or almost did; I cannot remember exactly) the main point being the City of Sunnyvale has no respect for their elderly population; willing to abuse their prosecutorial harassment on frail stroke victims like my 94-year old Dad just to retaliate against me... And the Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety went against their core mission of "public safety" by telling me to remove a government-sanctioned green garbage can with 19 MPH written on the side of it (when Dunford Way is actually Santa Clara jurisdiction) and POS/DPS standing behind Sunnyvale 21 Public Works didn't help things...And these actions caused an immense amount of emotional distress for the entire family at the time...So all it did was make things worse...But government in general is an 'Emotional Distress Machine' (EDM) of sorts; so good luck getting government to care about the turmoil they cause within people's lives without the help of a good lawyer who knows how to twist their insurance companies' arm the right way... Like I said before; for many years police took zero action for active threats existing outside my residence (causing my financial fall) and sometimes government/police-sponsored active threats ~ then turned around and wanted to talk about a safety cone and a green garbage can reminding people to slow down to 19 MPH after many late-1990s meetings with the the City of Santa Clara's Traffic Engineering Department... NEIGHBORHOOD COPWATCH / LIST OF STALKERS    NEIGHBORHOOD COPWATCH / LIST OF STALKERS This is a semi-complete list of stalkers and harassers who violently attacked and menaced and vandalized my resi...    I am getting pretty good at this legal game after a decade of self-study; but since there is so much government-sanctioned class-based discrimination they treat me like I do not exist...Instead defaming and slandering me; calling me crazy and ruining my good reputation to get me to "just go away"... But that's not gonna happen any time soon and that should be obvious by now... OFFICIAL REJECTION OF GHC CLAIM REJECTION: OFFICIAL REJECTION OF GHC CLAIM REJECTION: RE: George Hills Company (GHC) 7 MAY 2020 Date of loss: 19 May 2019 City Claims Number: 19-20-046 George Hill...     On Monday, May 25, 2020, 1:20:12 PM PDT, super nova <galaxy_454@yahoo.com> wrote: Other than that; it occurred to me over the weekend that the situation with the angry clerk at Grocery Outlet applies directly over to my claims against the Cities of Sunnyvale and Santa Clara; government employees like police officers should be held to a higher standard of behavior than even distribution drivers like me who have been polite and courteous for so long; allowing me to keep the same job for 35+ years now... 22 How many cops out there reading this have kept their jobs for even half of that time? So yeah; I am a wise old soul that you need to listen up to because I know a thing or two about a thing or two...The only thing that is necessary in life is to be kind and helpful to others; as there is no other higher calling for humanity... In other words; this aint my first rodeo...And remember; inhumanity does not give a shit about any of this...Inhumanity thinks I am full of shit...But what else is inhumanity gonna think? I mean really? Come on! On Monday, May 25, 2020, 1:11:16 PM PDT, super nova <galaxy_454@yahoo.com> wrote: I added Paullete Altmaier to this email list because I saw her very well-written open letter to Doctor Cody as an op ed advertisement in the San Jose Mercury News; and I wanted to suggest maybe putting up an online version as well to get it out to more people and give it more life...I actually wanted to point to your article as an example of a pattern and practice of negligent behavior on the part of local officials who have been allowing an out of control homeless situation that is turning out to be not unlike the situation with Gyspies in Europe etc...A seemingly unsolvable problem that thrusts countless poor souls into a life of desperation and poverty... This was already going on; as the liberal democrats who generally run this region seem to think they can endlessly cram more and more people into this overcrowded region to the point where almost everyone is struggling; and especially those with increasingly expensive rental housing that steals their pensions... So this has already been the desperate trend in this region; to get too many tops spinning at once in an unsustainable fashion to the point where they eventually all crash -- causing us all to start over... It happened after the dot com bust in the late 1990s; which lasted until roughly 2008 when the region was revved up again; only to crash once again after the Covid-19 situation...And the long-term effects of the pre-2008 era are the regions' homeless population...So if that is what is left over from 2008; imagine what we are facing now with so many people losing their businesses as Gavin Newsom keeps his winery open? In other words; Covid-19 just added countless more individuals to that list of desperate individuals...But it's looking like at least some of the Covid-19 data was incorrect; so we may have done all of this for nothing -- destroying countless lives in the process and making the State of California (CA) etc liable for the losses... (Ultimately China is actually responsible for the losses; but the actions of CA made it worse...) We all probably need to be more careful during cold and flu season for our own health and the health of others -- for the sake of the elderly and those who are vulnerable; and especially me because I take care of my 94 year old Dad who had a stroke recently...I was doing that anyway before all of this... But I am afraid that most of us went a bit too far this year with our reaction; mainly out of fear and ignorance regarding the true danger of the situation...And there is gonna be Hell to pay for this big mess; but the US is out of money and has been for awhile now; and Hell doesn't take credit cards...And China now owns our credit card debt along with many other things so right now China is winning the this game of international chess... 23 https://www.yahoo.com/news/im-looking-truth-states-face-100035918.html On Saturday, May 23, 2020, 10:03:39 PM PDT, super nova <galaxy_454@yahoo.com> wrote: BTW: Changing the subject; I went to Grocery Outlet in Santa Clara yesterday and a tall cashier named Amanda (who I'm pretty sure is transsexual) was at a closed register right after the boss had left when there was 3's a crowd in line (there was actually about 15 people in line) I had come in earlier for some items and mentioned to the manager that some plants by the front door were wilting and needed watering; so maybe add a little B1 to some water to de-stress them... Then when I came back a few hours later for some Valerian Root to help me sleep; like I said there was a long line and Amanda was at a closed register...I suggested that Amanda open the line; making her angry -- asking the first person in the long line to be served first; which is actually what I wanted because she was trying to make me look selfish...Then the first person in line saw that I only had one item and let me go first; angering Amanda even further...Amanda then said very loudly for all to hear: "Get out of my face" and went on for about a minute later with more verbally abusive comments... So I figured I would go back soon and tell the manager; so today I returned and instead spoke to someone who had always been very nice; telling her essentially that I have had the same job for 35+ years at least partially because I am courteous to all people along the way no matter whether I like them or not; and/or whether they are being mean to me or not...I am a wise elder who you need to listen to because I know all about life is what I told her; because I am...I have dealt with enough mean-spirited people in my life and been all over the world with a rock band so I know how to snap back at idiots to shut them down... I just wait until I am on my blog to snap back at corrupt cops due to the inherent duress involved...I am not necessarily afraid; I am just not stupid and this is my way of outsmarting their shit... ACLU apps take this all one step further; I should have used that app when dealing with Ochoa and Smith and many other crooked cops I have dealt with along the way... Anyway; I told the clerk maybe her and the girls at the other registers who heard these abusive languages should sit her down and have a little talk with Amanda to set her straight (you now what I mean)... Just then; Nia and African-American lady from Big Lots walked up and said hello to me...She obviously overheard our conversation and intervened with her usual beautiful self...She was always very gracious when she worked at Big Lots; and I even gave her a Roberta Flack CD when I was on a big Robert Flack kick awhile back...And I mentioned how gracious Nia always was when working at Big Lots to the clerk I was speaking to... Nia and I exchanged a few more kind words; showing the clerk I had spoken to through example the "way to be"; and we went our separate ways...And it's like Nia was there at that moment for a reason...Like she is some kind of protector spirit or something with the positive energy that was needed to defuse the situation... But if the abuse continues; I will record with it with my ACLU app on witness mode and take it from there...Or maybe talk to her boss...We'll see...And the state of California attempting to stop people 24 from video recording their abuse is yet another form of abuse which essentially obstructs justice in the process -- as those who are violating your rights effectively nullify their owns rights in the process... Either way something must be done because the mainstream media's usual half-truthed perspective is either ignoring my other side of this reality; or perhaps they are even causing it and exacerbating it as well... A bit of both actually...So let's start treating all people equally -- no matter what...Is that a deal? Asian American doctors and nurses are fighting racism and the coronavirus    Asian American doctors and nurses are fighting racism and the coronavirus Asian Americans are reporting a sharp increase in racist verbal abuse and physical attacks, as the coronavirus d...    On Saturday, May 23, 2020, 8:12:24 PM PDT, super nova <galaxy_454@yahoo.com> wrote: "God is everything or it is nothing..." -- Mark Chapman (BTW: Mark Chapman told me this one day...Mark was the guitar player in one of my first rock bands in high school -- he went to Archbishop Mitty High School and loved Black Sabbath; and we played many songs by them...And believe it or not right after John Lennon died I was going on about my old friend Mark Chapman to my Dad right after that band had broken up; and right at this same moment as I was talking to my Dad about Mark; my brother came into the room crying saying John Lennon had been killed by a man named Mark Chapman...No shit...True story...I still think it's kinda freaky that I am psychic...I have no control over it...) On Saturday, May 23, 2020, 8:05:40 PM PDT, super nova <galaxy_454@yahoo.com> wrote: Call us what you want: but we all still are what we are ~ which is essentially recycled star matter...Star matter and/or God and/or the Universe and/or Allah and/or etc etc etc is everything -- and we are all part of that everything; therefore we are all part of God...Or whatever you want to call it...Same thing... On Saturday, May 23, 2020, 8:01:41 PM PDT, super nova <galaxy_454@yahoo.com> wrote: Humans had to come up with some official word for all of this; thus the word God and/or Allah and/or etc etc etc...Same thing... 25 On Saturday, May 23, 2020, 7:59:30 PM PDT, super nova <galaxy_454@yahoo.com> wrote: So whether it is mass death and biomass emanating energy; or 'quantumly entangled' energy over light years of space and time between a tsunami and a gamma ray burst; it is all explainable with physics and/or quantum physics and/or quantum entanglement...And it really doesn't matter what you call it: God or whatever... It's still the exact same thing... "...if everything that is has always been; when did it all start and where did it all come from? that was the basic idea behind this blog post > WHAT IS THE CAUSAL DETERMINISM OF BIG BANGS? > the concept of endless; infinite space and/or time and/or energy and/or mass and/or matter is almost totally incomprehensible...and the starting point for the initial inception of endless energy and/or mass and/or matter in a universe of infinite potentiality remains elusive as well...but assuming basic elementary particles such as atoms etc have always existed along with the photons within them which we know are timeless; perhaps within these massively abundant elementary particles lies the potentiality for all life in the universe; occasionally unleashing unlimited and compacted energy and/or matter into the universe of potentiality like a quadrillion tiny nuclear big bang explosions based upon external stimulus causing these events to occur...or something?...but the question remains: how could something have always existed? therein lies the 'god' element...as the concept of 'god' is not just a question; but also an unheard answer as well that holds all truths that will never be told..."    WHAT IS THE CAUSAL DETERMINISM OF BIG BANGS? SEE ALSO: https://www.icr.org/article/big-bang-hubble- contradiction It occurred to me recently that no o...     "UPDATE / 31 MARCH 2019: Why would anyone think there was no matter and/or energy in the known universe at one point in 'time' before space time even existed within this dimensional realm or elsewhere? That is a ridiculous notion. As in the justice system; evidence must first be discovered and presented for any allegation to become a reality -- and the same goes for theoretical scientific observation. Maybe our obsession with numbers and mile-long mathematical calculations to find answers is part of this multi-dimensional problem -- perhaps wrongfully assuming there needs to be a zero starting point for everything. But zero can also express the circle of infinity and/or limitless, infinite, innumerable space as expressed in my simple Algebraic equation: x + y = 0. In other words; the center of the spatial universe is everywhere... 26 In light of this; it should seem obvious that the terms macro and micro are entirely relative and based upon our own particular limited human perspectives and/or relative size as humans. Therefore the macroscopic reality of Quantum Entanglement merged with the microscopic reality of Quantum Mechanics can finally be unified and/or consolidated as everything is just a scale model of everything else. (explaining why 100 light years is really like and inch or less depending due to the sheer innumerable and/or limitless size of endless space) If an elementary particle can be endlessly halved without disappearing ~ then conversely perhaps entire universes can emanate from seemingly invisible elementary particles and/or 'nothing'... Perhaps explaining the theoretical 'nothingness' the universe came from to begin with. Quantum gravity has a tendency to compact matter and/or energy into black holes (much like a trash compactor and/or an highly compacted 'unzipped' computer file) while supernovas alternately release highly condensed energy and/or matter. And like a star that goes supernova; a big bang event is perhaps just a very large macro level supernova star emanation event. Perhaps there are giant distant stars that are out of our observational realm that go supernova and create entire universes. In retrospect; to fully understand and/or truly appreciate all of the mystery; grandeur and illogical nature of our known universe -- I suppose you have to believe in magic..." "Science and religion are not necessarily unconnected...Religion does not necessarily explain sciecne; but science can definitely help to explain religion...Albert Einstein once rejected a conflict between science and religion, and held that cosmic religion was necessary for science. For Einstein, "science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind." He told William Hermanns in an interview that "God" is a mystery..." Religious and philosophical views of Albert Einstein    Religious and philosophical views of Albert Einstein Einstein used many labels to describe his religious views, including "agnostic",[5] "religious nonbeliever"[3] a...    Can Science Explain Religion?    27 Can Science Explain Religion? Robert Wright’s “The Evolution of God” both surveys the history of religion and offers a new theory to explain w...     On Friday, May 22, 2020, 2:28:29 PM PDT, super nova <galaxy_454@yahoo.com> wrote: "I am not prefect" haha Yes I need to proof read a little more; but I am in a bit of a hurry today... On Friday, May 22, 2020, 2:25:20 PM PDT, super nova <galaxy_454@yahoo.com> wrote: And if you think that'smind blowing check this out: 2004 TSUNAMI/GAMMA RAY BURST CONNECTION?    2004 TSUNAMI/GAMMA RAY BURST CONNECTION? GAMMA RAYS BURSTS are likely relatively common events in the universe; but the burst that occurred the day afte...    I added a post in my website back in 2004 noticing the largest gamma ray burst happened the day after the 2004 tsunami occurred (which is 'simple' cause and effect) then my DoD buddy who shall remain anonymous told me not only did that occur; but the gamma ray burst also blew back a field energy that busted a hole in the earths' ozone layer!?! UC Officer Gary Perez then chimed in that the ozone layer had closed over since then and essentially healed itself (Gary has classified clearance and often went to Vandenburg AFB after being at the Oasis Nightclub...And DoD also told me that I was not crazy like the police were suggesting; instead I am very intelligent and onto something... Bringing us back on point; first off I am not prefect but I am a really intelligent person who was (for instance) separated from his elementary school class for independent study due to the less intelligent students in the class holding me back...And I could have easily graduated early from high school but wanted to play drums... Therefore; the slanderous and defamatory "mental illness" claims by law enforcement were/are way out of bounds and absolutely baseless...Adding to all of this; it is against federal law to discriminate against those with disabilities; even if those said disabilities are clearly imagined by malicious external sources like federal X-Officer Seagrave (etc) who has been called a terrorist by her own co-workers... TERRORIST SEAGRAVE ~ X-13 28 TERRORIST SEAGRAVE ~ X-13 this is an excerpt from an email i recently received from another individual who has been harassed and terrorize...    On Friday, May 22, 2020, 2:08:51 PM PDT, super nova <galaxy_454@yahoo.com> wrote: BTW: I'm starting a new thread that last one was getting too large to open easily... Kamala Harris introduces resolution condemning ‘Chinese Virus’ as racist    Kamala Harris introduces resolution condemning ‘Chinese Virus’ as racist The Washington Times http://www.washingtontimes.com Sen. Kamala Harris wants this on the record — the term “Chinese Virus” is hate speech fueling attacks against As...    STAYING ON POINT: What democrats really seem to want to do is lock us all down with forced health care and tell us what to say and think...I understand her concern; but I am also very concerned about the largely undemocratic half-truthed "white entitlement " argument as being racist and fomenting hatred against whites and therefore causing me and many others to be openly discriminated against due to this extremely divisive narrative... === GOING OFF ON A TANGENT: I also wanted to change the subject for one minute to comment that you cannot kill this many animals all at once without some kind of weather-related response like the massive flooding in Minnesota...It is a large amount of displaced energy that does not just "go away"...During winter it would turn to ice and snow due to the lower atmospheric temperatures and/or the slightly lowered temperature of the mass of disembodied spirits; which have a direct effect upon the atmosphere...And I highly suspect it is quantum entanglement-related... QUANTUM ENTANGLEMENT THEORY 29    QUANTUM ENTANGLEMENT THEORY " Quantum entanglement is a physical phenomenon that occurs when pairs or groups of particles are generated or ...    BLACK PLAGUE / LITTLE ICE AGE CONNECTION?    BLACK PLAGUE / LITTLE ICE AGE CONNECTION? WAS THERE A CONNECTION BETWEEN THE BLACK PLAGUE; AND THE LITTLE ICE AGE? -- Just like how Germany experienced th...    Flooding in Minnesota    Flooding in Minnesota US Department of Commerce, NOAA, National Weather Service    Farmers overrun with dead livestock during coronavirus pandemic aren’t sure what to do    30 Farmers overrun with dead livestock during coronavirus pandemic aren’t s... As slaughterhouses and processing plants close, farmers are stuck with a surplus of dead animals.    Millions of farm animals culled as US food supply chain chokes up    Millions of farm animals culled as US food supply chain chokes up Sophie Kevany US government vets said to be ready to assist with culls, or ‘depopulation’ of pigs, chickens and cattle because...