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HomeMy Public PortalAbout20200302plCC 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: 03/02/2020 Document dates: 2/12/2020 – 2/19/2020 Set 1 Note: Documents for every category may not have been received for packet reproduction in a given week. 1 Baumb, Nelly From:Aram James <abjpd1@gmail.com> Sent:Wednesday, February 19, 2020 12:31 AM To:Donna Wallach Cc:WILPF.peninsula.paloalto@gmail.com; Roberta Ahlquist; Council, City; chuck jagoda; Kniss, Liz (internal); City Mgr; paloaltofreepress@gmail.com; city.council@menlopark.org; Dave Price; Kou, Lydia; Human Relations Commission; Miguel Rodriguez; greg@gregtanaka.org; Molly.ONeal@pdo.sccgov.org; Stump, Molly; Jeff Rosen; Fine, Adrian; Jonsen, Robert; Perron, Zachary; Ian Bain; DuBois, Tom; Minor, Beth; council@redwoodcity.org; Josh Becker; Ashkaan Daneshi; Carlos Bolanos; Anna Griffin; Bill Johnson; Ayoola Mitchell; Keith Mccord; fred smith; Fellissa Richard; Yolanda Trevino; Victoria Schafer; cindy.chavez@os.sccgov.org; Supervisor Simitian; Greer Stone Subject:Re: From Aram’s Justice Archive CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Hi Donna,     Sorry hit the send message before I completed this message. Will complete later! Talk soon. Aram           Hi Donna,   Thanks so much for your kind comments. The Palo Alto City Council intends to have a study session on  community policing on Monday Feb 24, 2020 from 5‐6pm.     If things run according to script it will be all about policing and next to zero about community. The  unfailingly polite police chief..Robert Jonsen.. will be allowed to filibuster for the bulk of the study  session ..with rare interruption by one of the seven city council members. Each member will upon the  perceived  risk of political and professional death... ask the softest of softball questions with the  obligation preface about how deeply they respect the police chief and his hard working department.     In this case the study session is simply a PR stunt designed to detract the community, press... and city  council from an ongoing cover‐up of the Captain Zack Perron scandal      https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/05/22/palo‐alto‐police‐captain‐under‐fire‐over‐racial‐comment‐ to‐black‐officer/amp/    Sent from my iPhone     Given a recent city council meeting December 16, 2019 re the PAPD police scandal involving Captain  Zack Perron —alleged to have called        Sent from my iPhone  2     On Feb 18, 2020, at 4:33 PM, Donna Wallach <donnaisanactivist@gmail.com> wrote:     Hi Aram,      So very true, especially about the general public not knowing their rights. Cops don't like  it when people know their rights & stand up for them. Especially Black & Brown people.    But it is super important for all of us to know our rights & to teach others. You have  always been a role model in doing that Aram!    Donna Wallach        On Mon, Feb 17, 2020, 21:33 Aram James <abjpd1@gmail.com> wrote:  Hi Folks,     Below is an article—an interview of me ‐ from September 1998‐by The Recorder. At the  time...The Recorder was the 2nd largest daily legal newspaper in California . Maybe its  time for me to do another mobile soap box.       Best regards         Sent from my iPhone  1 Baumb, Nelly From:Margaret Novotny <margaret@novotny.com> Sent:Tuesday, February 18, 2020 11:52 AM To:Council, City Subject:Traffic Circle at Meadow and Ross CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Dear Council I am very pleased to see that the Palo Alto City Council is going to consider removing the "traffic  calming" circle at Meadow and Ross Roads.  In my experience, there was nothing wrong with that  traffic at that intersection when it was a four‐way stop, and the circle has done just the opposite  of calming the traffic.  No one seems to know how to act with it.  A friend told me she was  stopped there by a police car for not yielding the right of way to him.  At one point a police car  failed to yield the right of way to me.  And children on bicycles (of which there are many with the  school so close) act as if it is a through‐way for them (not that they tend to stop for stop signs  either).  I have seen as many as 10‐12 children on bicycles going through that intersection at  speed, one after another as though they were a linked vehicle instead of separate vehicles, with  no consideration of any other traffic that might already be there.  In my experience, bicyclists tend  to treat stop signs as not there, and children on bicycles are too vulnerable for that to be allowed.   Given what I have seen, I am not surprised that there have been bicycle accidents there.  I am just  surprised that there have only been 3, if that is the accurate number.   Four‐way stops are  definitely a more calming solution.      Margaret Novotny  Palo Alto   1 Baumb, Nelly From:dmcheng34@aol.com Sent:Tuesday, February 18, 2020 11:54 AM To:Council, City Subject:Dangerous roundabout at Ross Road CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  To: Palo Alto City Council Subject: Unsafe traffic circle at Ross Road & East Meadow We came dangerously closed to a collision three times in the traffic circle (roundabout) located at Ross Road and East Meadow. In one incident, the bicyclist came from behind and cut in front of our car as we were entering the circle. In two other incidents, a car entered the circle at high speed while we were driving through the circle. In a normal size traffic circles, we would have enough time to react. But we had no time to react at this small circle. We implore the Council to remove this dangerous traffic circle. David & Margaret Cheng Residents of Ortega Court, Palo Alto 1 Baumb, Nelly From:M S <ms1967@gmail.com> Sent:Tuesday, February 18, 2020 2:44 PM To:Council, City Subject:Ross road traffic patterns CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on  links.  ________________________________    Hello,    Please consider removing the traffic circles on Ross road.  Many times I find cars coming into the circle when there is  already a car in the circle and small circumference of the circle does not allow too many cars to be accommodated,  which creates a dangerous situation.    Srini   Redacted 1 Baumb, Nelly From:Shirish Puranik <spuranik@gmail.com> Sent:Tuesday, February 18, 2020 3:55 PM To:Council, City Subject:Please remove round.abouts on Ross Road CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Hello     Please remove the big round abouts on Ross Road.    They have made much more dangerous esp for Pedestrians  Previously there was a 4 way stop which was much safer    Thank you   Shirish Puranik  1 Baumb, Nelly From:Alberto Poggesi <alberto_poggesi@yahoo.com> Sent:Tuesday, February 18, 2020 4:47 PM To:Council, City Cc:Alberto Poggesi Subject:Traffic circle at E Meadow & Ross CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on  links.  ________________________________    To whom it may concern:    The traffic circle at E. Meadow & Ross is ill conceived and dangerous.  I walk through it at least twice a day, and I very often witness unsafe behavior by motorists and cyclists.  Motorists don't signal in which direction they intend to go, which leaves pedestrians clueless as to what is about to  happen.  Cyclists (at least some of them) seem to be convinced that the right thing to do is to keep going through them without  any slowing down.  Everyone seems to believe, obviously incorrectly, that the circular roadway eliminates the need to maintain safe  distances.  Thank God I haven't seen any collisions so far, but I saw a several near misses, and I am very concerned for everyone's  safety.    I am a 30‐year resident of Palo Alto, at Middlefield & Mayview, but I lived for the first half of my life in Europe, where  roundabouts are ubiquitous.  In Europe, they are never less than 2‐300 foot in diameter, and that makes a huge difference.  Another huge difference is that in Europe motorists and cyclists know how to negotiate them safely, which apparently  cannot be said in this area.  I was very surprised by the decision to put it in (and other similar traffic structures nearby).  If the desire was to eliminate a stop sign, the aspiration was worthy, but the implementation does not reach the goal at  least in terms of safety.    For the safety of all involved, on behalf orf my whole family, I urge the Council to remove this traffic circle, and to revert  the intersection to the traditional layout.    Sincerely,    Alberto Poggesi      1 Baumb, Nelly From:Joan Teo <joanmteo@gmail.com> Sent:Tuesday, February 18, 2020 5:35 PM To:Council, City Subject:Ross road roundabouts CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on  links.  ________________________________    Dear Sir/Madam,    Yes, I believe the Ross Road roundabout should be removed. It’s quite small and with the cars going to the YMCA and  the students on bikes, it is becoming a very unsafe intersection. I live near E. Meadow and Louis and use this often and  am amazed at the drivers coming from the direction of the YMCA  and continuing on Ross and just flying through the  intersection with no slow down at the roundabout. Some students manage them with only themselves in mind and the  drivers must just give up the entire circle to them. I try to time my errands etc. when they are in school.    Thank you,    J. Teo  (Nathan Way)  1 Baumb, Nelly From:Karen Jew <karenljew@gmail.com> Sent:Wednesday, February 19, 2020 11:03 AM To:Council, City Subject:Ross Road circle CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  My husband and I live on E. Meadow Dr. and use the Ross Road circle multiple times a day.  We have found it to be  dangerous as drivers and pedestrians.       As a pedestrian crossing the street it has become a free for all.  We try to make eye contact with the drivers but drivers  are mostly focused on other cars and maneuvering the tight circle to keep from hitting the center circle.  Drivers can not  watch for cars, pedestrians, bikes and the cement circle in the middle all at once.  For pedestrians it's a free for all trying  to cross the street.      Driving the circle is terrible.  With four way stops, everyone understands the rules.  The whole process is much easier  and safer.  Pedestrians can pause wait for the car to stop and then proceed knowing that a car from any direction is not  going to come at you.      We have been in the intersection many times where if we hadn't to hit our brakes or we would have been hit.  Some  drivers just zoom through the circle area likes it's a race track, and most don't even pause before entering.  This circle  was a big mistake.  The area is to small for the circle and the flow of traffic needs to be kept at neighborhood  speeds.  That means stop signs where everyone knows the rules, proper eye contact for pedestrians and bike riders can  be made to car drivers.    As you know most people in the direct area of the circle are against it.  We have been apart of the conversation on  Nextdoor telling of our near misses in the circle.  Some of the supporters of the circle are from Mt. View who ride their  bikes through town.  Others live out of the immediate area so they don't live with it daily like we do.      We implore you to please remove the circle for safety sake.      Thank You  Rick and Karen Jew  Baumb, Nelly From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: Attachments: Lesley Lowe <llowe@stanford.edu> Wednesday, February 19, 2020 11 :56 AM Council, City Jean Mccown; Star-Lack, Sylvia; Kamhi, Philip Item 12, Council Agenda February 24th SUMC Bike Support_2020.pdf; PA_Bike Support 2020.pdf; Bicycle Plan Support.pdf CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Mayor Fine and Council Members, On behalf of Stanford University, Stanford Health Care and Stanford Research Park, please find attached letters supporting the staff recommendation for Item 12 on the February 24th Council agenda. Thanks. LL Lesley Lowe, AICP CTP Stanford University I Land Use and Environmental Planning 650.721.4261 j llowe@stanford.edu 1 LAND BUILDINGS & REAL ESTATE Land Use & Environmental Planning February 19, 2020 Honorable Adrian Fine Mayor, Palo Alto City Council City of Palo Alto 250 Hamilton Avenue Palo Alto, CA 94301 Dear Mayor Fine and Council Members, Stanford is committed to reducing single-occupancy vehicle trips and encouraging healthy transportation options for our employees and students. We are proud of our 20 percent bicycle commuter mode share and for being recognized as the only Platinum Level Bicycle University for the third time. In support of our efforts in transportation, Stanford published the Stanford Bicycle Commuter Access Study in October 2017. The study found that Palo Alto’s planned bicycle infrastructure, as envisioned in the City’s Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan, is central to reducing the psychological stress of bicycle travel. Implementing the proposed improvements within seven miles of campus is expected to improve bicyclist perceptions of their routes by up to two miles, depending on the location. In addition to improving commutes for over 2,600 current bicyclists, these investments are expected to make bicycling a likely mode for 800 or more new Stanford bicycle commuters. For this reason, Stanford writes in support of the staff recommendation to continue building out the infrastructure envisioned in the City’s 2012 Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan. Stanford believes that the Plan is the key to meeting our shared sustainability goals and reducing congestion in our communities. We are appreciative of the city’s efforts to provide an innovated design network that benefits all transportation choices and are supportive of the city’s continued endeavors to provide bicycle enhancements throughout the community. Thank you for continuing in our shared success, Brian Shaw, CAPP Executive Director of Stanford Transportation Lesley Lowe, AICP CTP Transportation and Environmental Planning Manager REAL ESTATE Real Estate 415 Broadway, 3rd Floor, Redwood City, CA 94063 February 19, 2020 Honorable Adrian Fine Mayor, Palo Alto City Council City of Palo Alto 250 Hamilton Avenue Palo Alto, CA 94301 Dear Mayor Fine and Council Members, Stanford Research Park (SRP) has made big strides through the Transportation Management Association (TMA) to shift drivers out of signal occupancy vehicles to more sustainable modes. Despite significant effort by the SRP TMA to encourage and support bicycling, bicycling commuting has not budged from 3 percent over the 4 years the SRP TMA has been in place. This compares to an 80 percent increase in transit use and a 60 percent increase in carpooling during the same period. Nearly 18 percent of SRP employees are interesting in bicycling to work, but the most expressed barrier to bicycling is concern about safety, especially related to high speed vehicles and distracted or aggressive drivers. This is especially relevant as SRP is bounded by El Camino Real, Page Mill Expressway, and Foothill Expressway, all of which are daunting even to experienced bicyclists due to both volumes and speeds on these corridors. Further, those first/last mile trips on bicycles between the Cal Ave Caltrain station and SRP are filled with obstacles such as heavy traffic, construction detours and poor road conditions. Bicycle lanes, even with improved markings, are not enough to overcome the safety concerns of most potential riders. Separated bike paths are needed to achieve a significant increase in bicycle commuting. A second connection between Bol Park and SRP (near the VA hospital) would improve bicycling access to the center of the Research Park and facilitate a safe route for students traveling between Stanford campus and Gunn High School. The project is envisioned and supported by Program T-23 of the City’s Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan. To that end, Stanford Research Park writes in support of the staff recommendation to continue building out the infrastructure envisioned in the City’s 2012 Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan. Stanford believes that the Plan is the key to meeting our shared sustainability goals and reducing congestion in our communities. Thanks for your continued efforts, Jamie Jarvis Programs Director, Stanford Research Park 1 Baumb, Nelly From:Aram James <abjpd1@gmail.com> Sent:Monday, February 17, 2020 9:33 PM To:wilpf.peninsula.paloalto@gmail.com; Roberta Ahlquist; Council, City; chuck jagoda; Kniss, Liz (internal); City Mgr; paloaltofreepress@gmail.com; city.council@menlopark.org; Dave Price; Kou, Lydia; Kniss, Liz (internal); Human Relations Commission; Miguel Rodriguez; greg@gregtanaka.org; Molly.ONeal@pdo.sccgov.org; Stump, Molly; Jeff Rosen; Fine, Adrian; Jonsen, Robert; Perron, Zachary; Ian Bain; DuBois, Tom; Minor, Beth; council@redwoodcity.org; Josh Becker; Ashkaan Daneshi; Carlos Bolanos; Anna Griffin; Bill Johnson; Ayoola Mitchell; Keith Mccord; fred smith; Fellissa Richard; Yolanda Trevino; Victoria Schafer; cindy.chavez@os.sccgov.org; Supervisor Simitian; Greer Stone; Donna Wallach Subject:From Aram’s Justice Archive CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on  links.  ________________________________    Hi Folks,    Below is an article—an interview of me ‐ from September 1998‐by The Recorder. At the time...The Recorder was the 2nd  largest daily legal newspaper in California . Maybe its time for me to do another mobile soap box.      Best regards  1 Baumb, Nelly From:Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> Sent:Sunday, February 16, 2020 3:26 PM To:Loran Harding; Dan Richard; Daniel Zack; Mayor; bballpod; beachrides; David Balakian; becerra.bere11@gmail.com; bearwithme1016@att.net; Leodies Buchanan; boardmembers; Cathy Lewis; Council, City; paul.caprioglio; Chris Field; Doug Vagim; dallen1212@gmail.com; diffenbaugh@stanford.edu; eappel@stanford.edu; esmeralda.soria@fresno.gov; fmbeyerlein@sbcglobal.net; Steven Feinstein; Raymond Rivas; fmerlo@wildelectric.net; francis.collins@nih.gov; grinellelake@yahoo.com; gregory.martin@faa.gov; huidentalsanmateo; hennessy; steve.hogg; Irv Weissman; igorstrav .; jerry ruopoli; Joel Stiner; Jason Tarvin; kwalsh@kmaxtv.com; kfsndesk; Kirk Sorensen; Mark Kreutzer; leager; mthibodeaux@electriclaboratories.com; newsdesk; nick yovino; popoff; russ@topperjewelers.com; toni.tinoco@hsr.ca.gov; shanhui.fan@stanford.edu; Steve Wayte; Mark Standriff; yicui@stanford.edu; terry; vallesR1969@att.net Subject:Fwd: Aviation start up cuts B.A. commutes with flying taxis CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.    ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Forwarded message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐  From: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>  Date: Sat, Feb 15, 2020 at 12:25 PM  Subject: Fwd: Aviation start up cuts B.A. commutes with flying taxis  To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>      ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Forwarded message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐  From: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>  Date: Sat, Feb 15, 2020 at 12:18 PM  Subject: Fwd: Aviation start up cuts B.A. commutes with flying taxis  To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>      ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Forwarded message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐  From: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>  Date: Sat, Feb 15, 2020 at 11:34 AM  Subject: Fwd: Aviation start up cuts B.A. commutes with flying taxis  To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>      ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Forwarded message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐  From: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>  2 Date: Sat, Feb 15, 2020 at 11:27 AM  Subject: Fwd: Aviation start up cuts B.A. commutes with flying taxis  To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>      ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Forwarded message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐  From: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>  Date: Sat, Feb 15, 2020 at 11:16 AM  Subject: Fwd: Aviation start up cuts B.A. commutes with flying taxis  To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>      ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Forwarded message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐  From: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>  Date: Fri, Feb 14, 2020 at 12:19 PM  Subject: Fwd: Aviation start up cuts B.A. commutes with flying taxis  To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>      ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Forwarded message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐  From: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>  Date: Thu, Feb 13, 2020 at 3:16 PM  Subject: Fwd: Aviation start up cuts B.A. commutes with flying taxis  To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>      ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Forwarded message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐  From: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>  Date: Tue, Feb 11, 2020 at 12:30 PM  Subject: Fwd: Aviation start up cuts B.A. commutes with flying taxis  To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>      ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Forwarded message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐  From: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>  Date: Tue, Feb 11, 2020 at 2:18 AM  Subject: Fwd: Aviation start up cuts B.A. commutes with flying taxis  To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>      ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Forwarded message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐  From: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>  3 Date: Mon, Feb 10, 2020 at 3:17 PM  Subject: Fwd: Aviation start up cuts B.A. commutes with flying taxis  To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>      ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Forwarded message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐  From: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>  Date: Mon, Feb 10, 2020 at 2:15 PM  Subject: Fwd: Aviation start up cuts B.A. commutes with flying taxis  To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>      ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Forwarded message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐  From: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>  Date: Mon, Feb 10, 2020 at 1:14 PM  Subject: Fwd: Aviation start up cuts B.A. commutes with flying taxis  To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>      ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Forwarded message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐  From: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>  Date: Mon, Feb 10, 2020 at 12:47 PM  Subject: Fwd: Aviation start up cuts B.A. commutes with flying taxis  To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>      ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Forwarded message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐  From: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>  Date: Mon, Feb 10, 2020 at 12:35 PM  Subject: Fwd: Aviation start up cuts B.A. commutes with flying taxis  To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>      ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Forwarded message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐  From: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>  Date: Sun, Feb 9, 2020 at 3:24 PM  Subject: Fwd: Aviation start up cuts B.A. commutes with flying taxis  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Subject: Fwd: Aviation start up cuts B.A. commutes with flying taxis  To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>      ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Forwarded message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐  From: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>  Date: Sat, Feb 8, 2020 at 4:27 PM  Subject: Fwd: Aviation start up cuts B.A. commutes with flying taxis  To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>      ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Forwarded message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐  From: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>  Date: Sat, Feb 8, 2020 at 12:52 PM  Subject: Fwd: Aviation start up cuts B.A. commutes with flying taxis  To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>      ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Forwarded message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐  From: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>  5 Date: Sat, Feb 8, 2020 at 2:32 AM  Subject: Fwd: Aviation start up cuts B.A. commutes with flying taxis  To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>      ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Forwarded message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐  From: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>  Date: Fri, Feb 7, 2020 at 3:35 PM  Subject: Fwd: Aviation start up cuts B.A. commutes with flying taxis  To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>      ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Forwarded message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐  From: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>  Date: Fri, Feb 7, 2020 at 3:11 PM  Subject: Fwd: Aviation start up cuts B.A. commutes with flying taxis  To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>      ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Forwarded message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐  From: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>  Date: Fri, Feb 7, 2020 at 2:46 PM  Subject: Fwd: Aviation start up cuts B.A. commutes with flying taxis  To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>      ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Forwarded message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐  From: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>  Date: Fri, Feb 7, 2020 at 2:24 PM  Subject: Aviation start up cuts B.A. commutes with flying taxis  To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>              Sunday, February 16, 2020               To all‐              Here are some current non‐electric helos in the Bay Area used to move high‐ego corporate weenies a little faster,  and to ruin the livability of our neighborhoods. Read the comments after this. Interesting. Rich people causing noise  pollution: One commentator says that to get from even Mountain View, Ca. up to the Palo Alto Airport to board a helo  would take at least 1/2 hour on 101. Then fly for 10 minutes across the Bay to Oakland Internat. Airport. Then get on  880 for at least a 1/2 hour to get anywhere in the East Bay. (Make that an hour). So, a big $200 ego trip.               Land the helos on office building roofs instead of airports?  You'll get away with that only if the surrounding  residents are all stone deaf, are utterly naive and supine, and don't vote. OTW, they'll be up in arms and suing after they  read this. The Pan Am Building helo disaster in 1977: It landed on the roof, a strut collapsed, the blades hit the roof and  6 broke loose, four passengers waiting to board were killed, one blade went over the side, fell 59 stories, and killed a  person walking on the sidewalk.                      "The life and death of helicopter commuting":   Let's arrange for it to stay dead:  Notice here that Trump was  involved in a commuter helo venture once and it failed. I wonder if that influences the push by NASA to get electric  commuter helos up and running. It sounds like something Republicans would do since it will benefit the 1% and ruin the  lives of the rest of us.                      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nbz5VFilxY                    https://gothamist.com/news/in‐1977‐five‐were‐killed‐in‐helicopter‐accident‐atop‐midtowns‐pan‐am‐building              So important poobahs with inflated egos and outsized remuneration were saving some "valuable" time using a  helo to the Pan Am building. That was the end of commuter helos landing on the Pan Am building and most other  buildings in the U.S. I don't recall capitalism collapsing because they had to go back to taking limos from JFK into  midtown.             https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxdYXj4ZqGw              Voter willingness to fix traffic v. fix housing crisis in B.A.:            https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ivKWurencw               A search for NASA Ames research on electric helicopters produces this: So people have all sorts of ideas about  how to get rich ruining our neighborhoods with this stuff: They should all be stopped:                 https://www.google.com/search?q=NASA+Ames+research+on+electric+helicopters&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwio_ JW7xsDnAhUHm54KHbq5C4EQ2‐ cCegQIABAA&oq=NASA+Ames+research+on+electric+helicopters&gs_l=img.12...107111.134865..137823...10.0..0.154.4 994.35j15......0....1..gws‐wiz‐img.....0..0j0i131j0i67j0i5i30j0i24j0i10i24.FzWPyixIs1U&ei=2‐w9XuiiE4e2‐ gS6866ICA&bih=591&biw=1269&hl=en              NASA and Uber team up for flying cars‐  Urban Air Mobility‐   UAM  it is called, and was called on the KCBS‐SF "In  Depth" program. This talks about how a "new future for city transport is in the works at NASA‐ a future where both  people and packages will take to the air". The technology is under development at NASA's Ames and Langley Research  Centers, and it should not be. Yet another boner by NASA: The Apollo capsule fire that killed 3 astronauts due to the  pure O2 used and the sloppy wiring done, the Apollo 13 O2 tank, tested almost to destruction at KSC to get it to pass 10  days before the flight, the Hubble Space Telescope mirror mis‐grinding fiasco, two shuttles lost, the recent Boeing  capsule to the space station fiasco because somebody programmed the clock wrong, one Mars lander that crashed  because the engine cut off 200 feet above the surface, and there have been more. But this one will ruin neighborhoods,  and the top people at NASA should all be fired or re‐assigned now because of it. Stick to space, NASA, and leave our  neighborhoods alone, even though rich Republicans in Congress give you the money to take a dump on the American  people. We are going to return the favor with laws, lawsuits and votes. I notice that this scheme is supposed to get the  helos into the air in the next few years, while Trump is still in office and the Republicans still have control of the Senate.  It's yet another way to ruin the lives of the 99%. (I was impressed with 12 men on the moon, some with cars, and with  the Opportunity rover on Mars).                NASA should be gutted from top to bottom if this is the best they can do for the American people: Ruin our  neighborhoods with noise from helos transporting rich Republicans to save a little bit of time and salve their  monumental egos. Congress should kill this outrage before it leaves the cradle by going after NASA for it. It is just  another in a long line of Republican efforts to ruin the lives of the average American:  Outlaw abortion and  contraception (their trophy wives will fly to Berlin for their abortions), destroy the unions, oppose all reasonable gun  7 legislation, end health care for 30 million Americans, give huge tax cuts to rich Republican scum, spend $730 billion per  year to defend and enrich Germany and Japan, fight high speed rail at every turn, even though Germany, France, Spain,  Italy, Japan, S. Korea and Taiwan all have wonderful HSR systems because we provide their military defense. Murder  thousands of young Americans in a trumped‐up war every few years in some pus‐pocket country to enrich the one‐ percent and to show us who's boss. (Some military action is justified, responding to outrages like 9‐11, e.g.) Make damn  sure the public schools stink for most Ameicans. Their kids here go to the excellent Clovis, Ca. schools running, oddly, for  miles across north Fresno, miles from Clovis, Ca. Let Republican‐owned corporations ditch their defined benefit pension  plans and give their employees lousy 401‐K plans instead. See "The Retirement Gamble" on You Tube. Damage Medicare  and Social Security anyway they can. Pull out of the Paris Climate Accords and push for more coal and other  hydrocarbon production. Declare the climate experts at Stanford, et. al., to be a pack of liars. They are highly competent  scientists with the facts on their side. Demand money back from California intended to fight wild fires. Demand money  back from California ear‐marked for HSR, just because it's California. Pack the Supreme Court with right‐wing zealots  who will overturn Roe and maintain Citizens United. The Russians tilt the 2016 election to Trump because they prefer  him as President. "No collusion, but if they do it and we are aware of it, well, do we have an obligation to raise the  alarm?" Robert Muller testified that "it continues as we speak". Coerce the President of Ukraine into announcing  investigations of a possible political opponent. Vote to acquit our President for that in his impeachement trial. The  evidence of what he did was overwhelming, but all but one Republican in the Senate voted to ruin the lives of the  American people as ordered by their rich Republican contributors and to keep him in office. I sense a deep sense of  outrage in the American people and a determination to rectify that injustice. A woman in Iowa or New Hampshire said  last night on the news "It's scary what is happening to our country".                 Trump has done several things which I don't think Hillary would have done, and needed doing: That doesn't mean  that no Democratic candidate in 2016 would have done them. He took on N. Korea on its nuclear and ICBM program,  results still to be determined. At least Kim is clear on what lobbing a big nuke onto an American city would produce for  him. He took on China on its unfair trade practices. He took on the invasion at the southern border and "enlisted the  help" of Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, etc., and it seems to have slowed the flow of illegals. He renegotiated NAFTA to  get the USMCA. It can only be better than NAFTA and may bring some manufacturing jobs back to the U.S. And the  economy and the stock market are great. For these reasons, I believe that Trump will be re‐elected in 2020. But the  present approach of huge tax cuts for rich Republicans and an enormous $730 billion military budget reminds me of  Johnson's dual moon program and Viet Nam war stimulating the economy. The hangover came in the 70's. Hope I'm  wrong.                BTW, I watched lots of the House hearings and much of the Senate impeachment trial of Trump. I was impressed  by the bald‐faced liars who said in interviews in the Capitol that black is white and white is black. I have no idea who  these people were‐ they somehow got into the capitol building and were talking to reporters. That helps me understand  better how the 1964 Gulf of Tonkin Resolution was passed unanimously in the House and got two "no" votes in the  Senate, after a full 40 minutes of discussion. Johnson used it to murder 33,000 young Americans and Nixon used it to  murder 25,000 more ("Peace with Honor, you see) from 1965 to 1973. "You say there were alleged torpedoes in the  water? We have millions of 19 year‐olds, so here's your Resolution". "I have to go. The new Mercedes is in. The new  Rollie is in". "We've been discussing this for forty minutes already" "A big, long war can only be good for my district, and  we must respond to topedoes in the water, alleged or real". We had no business being in Viet Nam in the first place.  Eisenhower must have been senile by 1954 when he signed on to the Geneva Accords which partitioned the country.                 And now this:  Ruin our neighborhoods with noisy helicopters carrying packages of crap and rich Republicans. I  wonder if they'll dump their waste on our neighborhoods. "Why should the average American have a quiet, peaceful  neighborhood in which to live? That is a luxury for we rich Republicans and our trophy wives, and it is something we can  now deny to the suckers, the American people, for whom we have absolute and total contempt". That sentiment is  flowing both ways, and the Republicans should read history.                 https://www.express.co.uk/news/science/1187534/NASA‐news‐flying‐cars‐Uber‐Urban‐Air‐Mobility‐flying‐taxis‐ NASA‐drones    8          This crazy idea should be stopped in its tracks with legislation. I am raising the alarm here. In California, the  legislature should pass a law saying that if the urban commuter helos can be heard by people in their homes near the  pads or under the flight path, that the helos are prohibited. We have airports, and steps are taken to allow nearby  residents to avoid total madness from the noise. Quieter engines, steep climb‐outs, sound muffling insulation on homes,  carefully chosen flight paths, limits on hours of operations, etc., help make those neighborhoods somewhat livable. But  this electric urban commuter helo idea spreads that pain far and wide and will ruin countless currently livable  neighborhoods. All of this to cut down the commute time for a few in the upper eschelons of companies and to salve  their inflated egos. Residents in Palo Alto, Ca. are currently up in arms over the noise from a new flight path for the big  jets into SFO. They and many others should act now to prevent this even more invasive nuisance.               The cities of San Jose, Santa Clara, Sunnyvale, Mt. View, Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, Palo Alto, East Palo Alto, Menlo  Park, Redwood City, Atherton, San Carlos, Foster City, Hillsborough, San Mateo, Burlingame, Milbrae, S. San Francisco  and San Francisco, Ca., just considering the peninsula, should start toughening their municipal codes and start suing  NASA and the FAA for this outrage now. The Attorney General of California should do the same. The California  legislature should pass tough laws to ban this intrusion into our neighborhoods. And Congress should cut off the money  that NASA is using to perpetrate this crime. We have tough laws and tough FAA rules to control noise from airports, but  this new noise threat from electric commuter helos needs to be addressed now with new laws and regulations, and  litigation.                 The better answer for the commute nightmare in the Bay Area is to move some, many Silicon Valley operations  down to Fresno, e.g., as soon as HSR nears completion. The companies of SV should put their considerable money and  political influence behind getting HSR built from San Francisco to Bakersfield. Perhaps we need legislation to limit how  many employees companies can employ per hour of average commute time to get to work. The world has gone a little  mad when an affordable house has to be in Tracy, Stockton, Los Banos or Salinas and the residents have to leave home  in a car at 4 AM for a job in Sunnyvale to pay for it. A planned economy sounds bad on its face, but this horrific commute  near  SV and San Francisco by hundreds of thousands twice a day calls for strong, carefully thought‐through legislation.  One can say that people are free to endure such a stressful life, but society steps in when what people are willing to  endure becomes outrageous and a hazard to themselves and others. What if you tried to raise your children on 500 cal.  per day so you could afford your house, e.g.? You wouldn't get away with it.              The Bay Area commute now starts at 4 AM. The drive home goes from 1 PM to 10 PM: So, leave work at 5 PM,  arrive home at 7 or 8 PM, go to bed at 8 PM, get up 6 hours later at 2 AM to eat breakfast and get ready to leave for  work. Leave home at 4 AM. Ignition is at 4 AM five days a week. Notice here zwei Deutsche Frauen sitting in traffic at the  Bay Bridge toll plaza. "Is it like this in Germany?"  "No" they reply, laughing at the suckers, the American people who pay  for their rich life in Germany. They can't believe their luck. Notice too that they speak English. The reporter assumed that  when they understood his question and said they were from Germany. They need good schools in Germany to learn  English, and they have them, paid for by us.               https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNftlAyr7TI              Don't want to pay $4,000 per month, and rising, for a crummy 600 sq. ft. apartment in Santa Clara? Don't want to  leave home in Stockton at 4 AM every morning? Buy an old RV and live in it in SV and hope the cops don't bother you  too much:                    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KG0_KiM9Mv8              It strkes me as odd that SV companies view employees who sit in traffic for 6 hours a day so they can work for 8  hours as being really efficient and mentally together. Such a hellish commute must degrade their performance and  endanger their health. The endless accidents on Bay Area highways must be due in part to sleep‐deprived, late‐for‐work  drivers. Bet some of them use some crystal meth to stay awake. And living in an RV to work for a SV company just seems  to push the limits of what is reasonable. What would Bill and Dave have thought of it?     9           In Japan some car factories have employee housing in a big dorm‐like structure 50 feet from the factory floor.  Well‐rested employees run through a tunnel to get to their work stations. NO, that is not the American dream. But is  sitting in five lanes of traffic for 6 hours per day the American dream? And is ruining our neighborhoods with electric  helos to transport crap to the well‐heeled and to shorten the commute for a tiny number of the highly compensated  part of the American dream? No, it is not, and the Ameican people should fight back to prevent it. The crazy electric  commuter helo idea will take a tiny part of one percent of the cars off the roads and ruin the lives of millions of people,  and this outrage should be outlawed before it gets started.The Trump administration is enabling NASA to ruin our lives  in this, yet another, way. We need high speed rail to move large numbers of people so that industry can spread out into  areas currently out of reach by their employees. Trump enables HSR for the countries we defend, but opposes it for the  American people, just to kick us in the teeth and to screw the 99%. He's starting to get tiresome.               China built 25,000 KM of HSR in 10 years recently‐ about 15,534 miles. The entire proposed Phase 1 California HSR  system would be about 520 miles, connecting the downtowns of San Francisco, Los Angeles and Anaheim, about 3% of  what the Chinese have built.  We can't build 3% of the HSR that China just built. Trump does all he can to slow or kill the  California HSR system because the Republican scum in the Central Valley opposes it. Their mouthpiece in the California  legislature, Jim Patterson, shot his mouth off again this week when the Calif. High Speed Rail Authority released its new  business plan:                    https://www.fresnobee.com/news/local/high‐speed‐rail/article240234126.html                  Patterson has every right to express his opinion, but his opinion is handed to him on a sheet of paper written by  the Republican overlords in the Central Valley. The extreme commute crisis and the extreme housing crisis in the Bay  Area call for immediate and strong action, and the money, to finish HSR here. If the federal government decided to do  so, they could fund and build HSR from San Francisco to Bakersfield in five years probably. Vast amounts of planning,  engineering and environmental work have been completed. China built HSR at the rate of 1,553 miles per year, and our  entire system will be one‐third of that. We could peel off some of the $730 billion we give to Boeing, McDonnell‐ Douglas, Raytheon, etc. to defend all of Europe, Japan and S. Korea and get it built.                Yesterday, Friday, Feb. 12, 2020,KCBS said that something called the Joint Venture Silicon Valley had released its  massive annual Index. See "Snapshot of the Region" there. Loads of information re Silicon Valley. The lead‐in by KCBS  said "The Bay Area has some of the worst traffic in the nation". A man from the organization said: "In the past nine years  we have added 800,000 jobs in Silicon Valley. We have built office space, R&D facilities, warehouses and hotels. We  forgot to build housing".  Take a look. Then Sat. Feb. 13, 2020 the JVSV held a big conference for SV big shots. Dan  Rather spoke, not always praising Trump.                  https://siliconvalleyindicators.org/              L. William Harding            Fresno, Ca.                 1 Baumb, Nelly From:Dan Gordon <dgordon@gordonbiersch.com> Sent:Tuesday, February 18, 2020 9:59 PM To:Council, City Cc:Rob Fischer; Michael Ekwall; Greg St. Claire Subject:Employer Headcount Tax CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Dear Mayor Fine, Council Members Cormack, DuBois, Kniss, Kou, Filseth and Tanaka,    I am writing in response to the planned employee head count tax the council approved last month without exemptions  for labor intensive restaurant operations while once again leaving the entire restaurant community in the dark.  As most  of you know, I founded my company in Palo Alto in what I refer to as the good old days.  Rent was affordable, great  qualified employees were abundant and they were all happy earning huge amounts of tip income while earning hourly  wages at the state minimum wage level.  We were able to afford to pay our hard‐working cooks a living wage and they  loved working at the original Gordon Biersch.    A restaurant in Palo Alto back in 1988 could operate with 30‐32% labor cost and a profit margin of 5‐10%.  Flash forward  to 2020.  The city council as increases minimum wage for front of the house tipped employees by 78% over 3 years.  What happens to the front of the house incites the back of the house insisting on equal increase.   Labor costs on a good  month are 48% of sales and that is after cutting back to skeleton crews.   We are bleeding cash and stuck with long term  leases that cannot be terminated for years.   By bleeding, I mean coming out of pocket to the tune of $10‐20k a month  from what was a profitable business before the city council went on the minimum wage increase program.  Ask any  restaurant owner in downtown or California Ave and they all wish they could escape.  And now, you are adding a head  tax onto companies that are labor intensive. This will be the death blow to future restaurants locating in downtown PA  and many existing ones will close.  We would love to find someone to take over our lease, but who in their right mind  would want to deal with a city that is so insensitive to small businesses.  Anybody interested in our location questions  whether they could thrive in Palo Alto, when a seasoned restauranteur like me and Steve Sinchek cannot operate  profitably and this was before the council approved the head tax.        Retail businesses generate $34M of sales tax revenue for the city.  Your head tax will destroy retail businesses and  ultimately the net tax revenue will decline.  Personal Property taxes and real property taxes paid by small businesses will  also reduce the total city tax revenue from the $48.6M that goes into the general fund.       Dan    Dan Gordon  Dan Gordon’s  640 Emerson St.  Palo Alto, CA 94065  dgordon@gordonbiersch.com  www.gordonbiersch.com    1 Baumb, Nelly From:Cary Andrew Crittenden <caryandrewcrittenden@icloud.com> Sent:Saturday, February 15, 2020 12:39 PM To:sixth.district@jud.ca.gov Cc:Bill Robinson; patrick@sdap.org; ming.chin@jud.ca.gov; carol.corrigan@jud.ca.gov; mariothemaster; mary.greenwood@jud.ca.gov; leandra.kruger@jud.ca.gov; joshua.grober@jud.ca.gov Subject:Re: Docket ( H045195 & H046743 ) - People V. Cary Crittenden Attachments:Grand-Jury-Investigation-Public-Guardian-Santa-Clara-County.pdf; DECLARATION OF FACTS IN SUPPORT OF PETITION FOR HABEAS CORPUS RELIEF.pdf; 091315-exculpatory-evidence-suppressed- by-james-leonard-docket-c1493022(1)(1).pdf; PDO-Jeffrey-Dunn-Marsden-Motion-Evidence- C1493022-.pdf; DECLARATION OF FACTS IN SUPPORT OF PETITION FOR HABEAS CORPUS RELIEF.pdf; Grand-Jury-Investigation-Public-Guardian-Santa-Clara-County.pdf CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Please review the copy of email below which was included in paperwork seized by bailiffs ‐ sheriff deputies when  attempting to file Marsden Motion / Motion to withdraw plea in C1493022.   The email makes clear that I was never  informed of the conditions of probation, yet I was arrested at the hearing for allegedly violating these terms which were  never told to me.  Then I was deceived by attorney Thompson Sharkey into pleading guilty for “probation Violation”  when there WAS NO VIOLATION. I had simply published a NEWS ARTICLE STATING THE FACTS  ‐ Including the fact that  deputy district attorney James Leonard is a parasite.    (  A FALSIFIED POLICE REPORT BY SHERIFF DETECTIVE SAMY  TARAZI LATER CLAIMED THAT I HAD BEEN ARRESTED FOR “HARASSING” DEPUTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY JAMES LEONARD. )  ‐  There was no CONVICTION or PROBATION VIOLATION!   ‐ These records are FAKE!!    Again, James Leonard was HOMICIDE PROSECUTOR WHEN Robert Moss DIED.  ‐  Please add to court record to  cross  reference to H045195 & H046743  and cross reference to dockets c1493022 & 1‐12‐CV226958     The Sixth District Appelate Program was supposed to assign a habeas attorney  and investigator and did not.     Homicide of Markham Plaza Resident Robert Moss concealed from 2013 / 2014 Civil Grand Jury investigation into The  Santa Clara County Public Guardian:               From: Cary‐Andrew Crittenden <southsfbayarea@gmail.com>  Date: Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 6:41 PM  Subject: Jeffrey Dunn  To: "Dunn, Jeffrey" <Jeffrey.Dunn@pdo.sccgov.org>  Cc: "Rodriguez, Miguel" <miguel.rodriguez@pdo.sccgov.org>, "JKAPP@pdo.sccgov.org"  <JKAPP@pdo.sccgov.org>, "MONEAL@pdo.sccgov.org" <MONEAL@pdo.sccgov.org>, "Kahan,  Rebecca" <Rebecca.Kahan@pdo.sccgov.org>    Mr. Dunn, additionally, since you insist in communicating only in email, you do not seam to  acknowledge my legitimate concern about the District Attorney or whomever intercepting these  correspondences. As I have mentioned earlier, I need to understand the full scope of the search  involved. I believe not only, that the charges & the evidence was misrepresented to me, but I  believe also that the terms & conditions of the plea were made under false pretenses.    2 I did not knowingly authorize a roving wiretap of all my communications, phone calls , emails,  etc. & nobody from your office will give me a strait answer as to what the scope of this search  entales.    You are telling me repeatedly to comply with the terms of the court order, yet you refuse to state  clearly to me what those terms are. I need to understand these things specifically in order to  comply.    I am not responsible for your actions & I have still not Sean any evidence that I have committed  any crime matching up to this statute.    If a simple statement could be ridiculously twisted out of proportion as has been done in both of  the cases, then imagine what could be done if the DA can sift through years worth of emails, etc.    You act as if you are not even familiar with the case & cannot tell your clients from one another. I  cannot comply with terms that are not clear to me & you are deliberately evading and distorting  the realities of this case and how these developments evolved.    State clearly to me the scope of the search that I supposedly authorized. If the consequences of  my plea are not understood, then this is an element in the criteria to withdraw plea of no contest.  Any evidence obtained through this court order is illegally obtained if this was made under false  pretenses as I believe it was.    You are obligated to keep me fully informed as of all developments and instead, it seams you are  evading these issues and invoking your fifth amendment rights.    You have even acknowledged to me in writing that there are now three restraining orders. Is that  not ridiculous due to the fact that have never made a threat?    Please take corrective action immediately. You are the one responsible for any "violations" for  your continued and deliberate incompetence ( See Rule 3‐110 )    This correspondence will be distributed to coalition partners.    If something happens to me as a result of your incompetence, the world will know that you, not I  are responsible. I strongly suggest that you never again shift the blame on me for your errors.    Regards,  Cary‐Andrew Crittenden | 650‐701‐3202    SEPTEMBER 24th 2014    On Sep 24, 2014, at 5:52 PM, Cary‐Andrew Crittenden wrote:        Begin forwarded message:    From: Cary Andrew Crittenden <caryandrewcrittenden@icloud.com>  Subject: Fwd: Board Policy 3.8 ‐ Retaliation for filing whistleblower complaint ( H045195 & H046743 ) ‐  People V. Cary Crittenden  Date: February 10, 2020 at 4:02:12 PM PST  3 To: sixth.district@jud.ca.gov, judgebullock1949@gmail.com  Cc: Bill Robinson <bill@sdap.org>, patrick@sdap.org, j@fuerylaw.com, ming.chin@jud.ca.gov,  carol.corrigan@jud.ca.gov, joshua.grober@jud.ca.gov, leandra.kruger@jud.ca.gov,  goodwin.liu@jud.ca.gov, cgi@scscourt.org, debra.ryan@scscourt.org    Important note about the attachment below , Public Defender Molly O'Neal office was recipient ( and  also George Abel ) ‐ The Santa Clara County Public Defender’s office can therefore not claim ignorance  as to these events as they transpired regarding the whistleblower complaint to  1‐12‐cv226958 leading  to my false arrest on C1493022.      I am formally requesting  this email & attachments be added to the record in  dockets H045195 & H046743 & be cross referenced to corresponding dockets C1493022 & 1‐12‐ CV226958     Santa Clara County Board Policy 3.8: https://www.sccgov.org/sites/scc/gov/CountyPolicies/Board‐ Policy‐3.8‐Policy‐Against‐Discrimination‐Harassment‐and‐Retaliation.pdf    Respectfully Submitted,  Cary Andrew Crittenden |. 408‐318‐1105      Begin forwarded message:    From: Cary Andrew Crittenden <caryandrewcrittenden@icloud.com>  Subject: Board Policy 3.8 ‐ Retaliation for filing whistleblower complaint ( H045195 &  H046743 ) ‐ People V. Cary Crittenden  Date: February 10, 2020 at 2:22:40 PM PST  To: sixth.district@jud.ca.gov  Cc: Bill Robinson <bill@sdap.org>, patrick@sdap.org, ming.chin@jud.ca.gov,  carol.corrigan@jud.ca.gov, joshua.grober@jud.ca.gov, leandra.kruger@jud.ca.gov,  goodwin.liu@jud.ca.gov, cgi@scscourt.org, debra.ryan@scscourt.org    The attatched PDF file is documentation of the period when Santa Clara County Sheriff  Detective David Carroll began to stalk me in retaliation for filing whistleblower  complaint.   ( See Santa Clara County Board Policy 3.8 ) ‐ which led to my   false arrest on case C1493022.    It would interesting to compare this to timeline  regardng  corresponding civil grand jury investigation into Santa Clara County Public  Guardian.  ( The Robert Moss Homicide was concealed from Civil Grand Jury ‐ and also  the death of Julie Stewart )   ‐ See declaration in support of habeas corpus relief        I am formally requesting  this email & attachments be added to the record in  dockets H045195 & H046743 & be cross referenced to corresponding dockets C1493022  & 1‐12‐CV226958    Respectfully Submitted,  Cary Andrew Crittenden | 408‐318‐1105        4 Begin forwarded message:    From: Cary Andrew Crittenden <caryandrewcrittenden@icloud.com>  Subject: Court Records Seized / Homicide concealed from Grand Jury  Date: February 10, 2020 at 1:47:47 PM PST  To: sixth.district@jud.ca.gov, judgebullock1949@gmail.com,  j@fuerylaw.com  Cc: Bill Robinson <bill@sdap.org>, patrick@sdap.org,  ming.chin@jud.ca.gov, carol.corrigan@jud.ca.gov,  goodwin.liu@jud.ca.gov, mariothemaster  <mariothemaster@protonmail.com>, littlehoover@lhc.ca.gov,  mary.greenwood@jud.ca.gov, leandra.kruger@jud.ca.gov    Here is copy of records siezed by sheriff department bailiffs on  10/16/2014 ( Marsden Motion / Motion to withdraw plea ) to case  C1493022    I am formally this email & attachment be added to the record in  dockets H045195 & H046743 & be cross referenced to corresponding  dockets C1493022 & 1‐12‐CV226958    ( Was not able to effectively file Marsden because  deputies seized  record and arrested me on fake VOP as soon as I entered court room ‐  This conviction is invalid also & the public has the right to know & to say  something, without being stalked , harassed, threatened and terrorized  by Santa Clara County Sheriff Deputies ) ‐ This is serous federal crime  that these deputies committed on behalf of detective David Carroll.            Homicide of Markham Plaza resident Robert Moss concealed from Santa  Clara County civi grand jury investigation into Santa Clara County Public  Guardian ( 2013 / 2024 )          Respectfully Submitted,   Cary Andrew Crittenden | 408‐318‐1105        1 2013-2014 SANTA CLARA COUNTY CIVIL GRAND JURY REPORT PROBATE CONSERVATORSHIP: A SAFETY NET IN NEED OF REPAIR SUMMARY The 2013-2014 Santa Clara County Civil Grand Jury (Grand Jury) received a complaint alleging the “mishandling” of a client’s case referred to the Office of the Public Administrator/ Guardian/Conservator (PAGC). Adult Protective Services (APS) had referred the client to PAGC. The individual’s medical condition deteriorated significantly over five months, and the client died before being conserved. The Grand Jury sought to examine the actions or inactions of the PAGC in the matter. The Grand Jury’s inquiry into this case led to a broader examination of the safety net provided by Santa Clara County for seniors who are not able to advocate for themselves, have no one else to advocate for them, and whose cognitive abilities are severely compromised. The Grand Jury explored the process of conservatorship for seniors, age 65 or older, from Adult Protective Services (APS) through PAGC to Probate Court. The management of the client’s needs during this prolonged time and the efficiency of handling the referrals to a final legal judgment of conservatorship by the Probate Court were investigated. The specific areas within APS and PAGC upon which the Grand Jury focused its attention are the following: The procedure of assigning an account/case number at the initial contact, Decisions prior to the acceptance of referrals to PAGC, Incomplete or insufficient information sharing between APS and PAGC, The Capacity Declaration, Training for new and current deputy public guardians, Updated Policies and Procedures Manual for PAGC not reflecting current practices, Background checks for APS workers and deputy public guardians, and Lack of PAGC statistics for case management. BACKGROUND Santa Clara County is home to a population of approximately 1.8 million residents (2012 United States census estimate), of which 11.7 % are identified as over the age of 65, about 213,000 individuals.1 Most of these elderly citizens will eventually require some level of support and assistance as they advance toward the end of their lives. A few will have limited 1 http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/06/06085.html. 2 or no support system available within their family circle to execute their affairs. The Department of Aging and Adult Services (DAAS), a division of the Santa Clara County Social Services Agency (SSA), was formed in 1997. DAAS consolidated several separate and distinct divisions to improve coordination among In-Home Supportive Services, the Senior Nutrition Program, the Office of the Public Administrator/Guardian/Conservator (PAGC), and Adult Protective Services (APS). The stated goals include coordinating and enhancing services for seniors that are delivered under county programs and strengthening partnerships in the community and among these departments.2 SSA Organization Chart (Abbreviated) The Grand Jury examined the roles of APS, PAGC, and Office of the County Counsel (County Counsel). ADULT PROTECTIVE SERVICES (APS) APS is a department whose activities are defined by the California Welfare & Institutions Code. APS serves two population groups: elders (age 65+) and dependent adults (age 18-64) who are suspected of being abused and neglected. Types of abuse that are investigated include physical, sexual, financial, neglect or self-neglect, and isolation. Reports of abuse are taken on a 24/7 basis.3 The mission of APS is to provide preventative and remedial interventions, such as investigation, assessment, counseling, development of a service plan, case management on a time-limited basis, and referrals to community resources. The law mandates the availability of these services through APS, but since the client is not conserved, acceptance of the services is voluntary. 2Adult Protective Services Handbook of Santa Clara County, n.d., 2-2. 3 Welfare and Institutions Code section 15763. Social Services Agency (SSA) Department of Employment & Benefit Services (DEBS) Department of Aging & Adult Services (DAAS) Department of Family & Children Services (DFCS) Agency Office (AO) Department of Administrative & Operations Services Adult Protective Services (APS) In-Home Supportive Services Public Administrator/ Guardian/Conservator (PAGC) Senior Nutrition Program 3 The primary goal is to maintain the client in his/her home, while securing his/her ongoing health and safety as much as possible, using existing community-based services.4 When the client is no longer able to make personal, health, or financial decisions without great risk to his/her well-being, or is in danger of being abused by others, and when other family members or other individuals are not willing, able, or appropriate to step into a formal caregiver role, APS makes a referral to PAGC for further investigation. The outcome of this investigation could lead to a permanent conservatorship.5 APS together with PAGC, the District Attorney, County Counsel, and other law enforcement entities staff the rapid response Financial Abuse Specialist Team (FAST). The team, established in 1999 by DAAS, allows a multi-disciplinary approach to take quick action and intervene in situations where the elderly person is in imminent risk of financial abuse. The team then also addresses the client’s broader issues.6 Non-FAST cases (clients not at imminent financial risk) do not have the same level of information sharing and cooperation among the departments. OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC ADMINISTRATOR/GUARDIAN/CONSERVATOR (PAGC) “The Office of the Public Guardian insures the physical and financial safety of persons unable to do so on their own, and when there are no viable alternatives to a public conservatorship. The Superior Court determines whether a conservatorship should be established. The court process includes petitioning the court and notifying the proposed conservatee and his/her family of the proceedings. A conservatorship is established only as a last resort through a formal hearing. The Superior Court can appoint the Public Guardian as a conservator of the person only, estate only (for probate), or both person and estate.”7 The PAGC serves several groups of clients: elderly and dependent adults (probate conservatorships) and the severely mentally ill under the State of California Lanterman-Petris-Short Act of 1967 (LPS conservatorships – CA Welfare &Institutions Code §5000 et seq.). Probate and LPS conservatorships have separate divisions within PAGC, and each operates its own intake and ongoing units. The intake unit case manages the client who is awaiting conservatorship; the ongoing unit assumes management after the granting of conservatorship. The Public Administrator handles the closing of estates of the deceased, when no other alternatives such as wills and trusts exist. PAGC Organization Chart 4 Id. at 15750 et. seq. 5 Adult Protective Services Handbook of Santa Clara County, n.d., 9-5 6 “Financial Abuse Specialist Team Practice Guide Santa Clara County,” Version 1.0, 12/2010, 3 7 http://www.sccgov.org/sites/ssa/Department%20of%20Aging%20-20%Adults%...Services/Public%20Guardian/Pages/Office-of-the-Public-Guardian.aspx. Public Administrator/Guardian/Conservator Estate Administrator Public Administrator Conservatorship Probate Intake Unit Estate Administrator Public Guardian Conservatorship Probate Ongoing Unit Conservatorship LPS Intake Conservatorship LPS Ongoing 4 The Probate Intake Unit receives referrals from APS, skilled nursing facilities, hospitals, the court, and the community when there is concern about the cognitive and/or physical ability of the elderly person to function competently on his/her own, or for protection from outside abuse (financial, physical, emotional), and long-term intervention appears to be warranted. (See Appendix A.) Following an extensive investigation, the Public Guardian (PG) may decide to petition the Probate Court to request appointment of the PG as the legal conservator of record. This occurs only after extensive exploration for less restrictive alternatives such as willing and available family members or friends, and no one is found. The individual can be conserved in the following ways, as determined in Probate Court: Conservatorship of the person: The conservator assures that all personal care, medical care, and services needed to maintain a safe and comfortable living environment are provided for the conservatee. Conservatorship of the estate: The conservator bears the responsibility for locating, managing, and protecting all assets of the conservatee's estate. She/he also applies for all income and benefits to which the conservatee is entitled, pays all just debts, and keeps separate records of all the funds received and disbursed on the conservatee's behalf. An individual may have both his/her person and estate conserved, based on the judgment of the court after careful consideration of all of the facts in the case. There are two types of probate conservatorship, permanent and temporary. The first step for both is to determine if the client is a candidate for referral for conservatorship. According to the Policies and Procedures Manual of the PAGC (Procedure 704.0), PAGC has 30 days to respond to the referring party; e.g., APS, hospital, or nursing home about accepting the referral. Once the referral is accepted, the deputy public guardian investigates the need for conservatorship and assembles a packet of documents including the Capacity Declaration, a physician’s evaluation of a person’s ability to handle his/her well-being and affairs. (See Appendix B.) A completed Capacity Declaration is mandatory to obtain a conservatorship. Then the deputy public guardian sends the packet to County Counsel. If the packet is complete, County Counsel prepares the petition for conservatorship, and a court date is initially calendared for 10 weeks in the future. After the Probate Court receives the petition, the Superior Court investigator independently reviews the documents and further investigates so that she/he can make a recommendation to the judge on conservatorship. If time is of the essence, a temporary conservatorship can be sought. The temporary conservatorship has a limited term of one month. PAGC may petition the Probate Court to extend the temporary conservatorship, if needed.8 This conservatorship has limited powers necessary to ensure the health, safety, and support of the proposed conservatee and protection of his/her property. It protects the client in the moment (a medical or financial emergency) before going forward with a permanent conservatorship.9 A permanent 8 Probate Code section 2257 9 Probate Code section 2252 5 conservatorship is petitioned at the same time as the temporary conservatorship with the client being charged a fee for both petitions. Temporary conservatorships are filed with the court for a hearing date within three weeks. Unlike the permanent conservatorship, the temporary conservatorship does not allow decisions concerning the conservatee’s real estate, routine medical care, or financial matters, unless urgent. For purposes of this investigation, the Grand Jury chose to focus only on the portion of PAGC that deals with non-LPS probate conservatorships for the elderly from the point of referral to the Probate Court naming the Public Guardian as legal conservator. The process of moving a client through conservatorship is complicated and prolonged. In the process of probate conservatorship, clients can spend as much as four to six months in a holding pattern, between PAGC’S acceptance of a case and the Probate Court’s formal granting of temporary and/or permanent conservatorship. During this period, the client has already been deemed to lack the capacity to make good decisions for him/herself, as established by a physician via the Capacity Declaration. Further, the deputy public guardian assigned to the client has not been granted any legal authority to conduct business on behalf of the client. Until permanent conservatorship is completed, the deputy public guardian must confront the clients' day-to-day issues without having the legal capacity to make decisions for the clients. The Grand Jury found that deputy public guardians, by necessity, bring their own personal skills and creativity into play to respond to clients' inability to care for their own needs under these precarious circumstances. A temporary conservatorship may be sought to alleviate a crisis and is only a stopgap solution. It is limited in time, thirty days, and scope, a medical or financial emergency. Once the permanent conservatorship is in place, PAGC officially assumes the ongoing legal and physical responsibility for attending to all business and personal decisions surrounding the clients, and they will be case-managed accordingly. The Grand Jury concludes that this legal limbo in which the deputy public guardians find themselves underscores the need to eliminate any delays within the conservatorship process that are easily correctable. OFFICE OF THE COUNTY COUNSEL The Office of County Counsel (County Counsel) is the legal advisor to the County of Santa Clara. Within this department are attorneys representing various practice areas, and according to County Counsel, the “Probate Section represents and advises the PAGC in almost 1,000 conservatorship, decedent estate and trust proceedings each year.”10 The deputy county counsel assigned to probate prepares the petition for conservatorship, based on documents received from PAGC. The County Counsel staff calendars the case for a Probate Court hearing. Prior to the hearing in Probate Court, a court-appointed individual, the court investigator, does an additional independent examination of the facts. The investigator independently evaluates the need for conservatorship and recommends whether the court 10 http://www.sccgov.org/sites/cco/Pages/Offfice-of-County-Counsel.aspx. 6 should grant a conservatorship. METHODOLOGY In preparing this report, the Grand Jury conducted 17 interviews, received email responses to questions, did web searches, attended a demonstration of the PAGC Panoramic Case Management System (PANO) and examined various documents. The Grand Jury subpoenaed and reviewed financial, medical, and case management records of the deceased client mentioned in the complaint. Interviewed employees from the following: Adult Protective Services (APS), Office of the Public Administrator/Guardian/Conservator (PAGC), Office of the County Counsel, and Superior Court of California. Emailed communications with the following departments of Santa Clara County: Social Services Agency (SSA) which includes the Department of Aging and Adult Services (DAAS), APS, and PAGC, Office of County Counsel, Employee Services Agency (ESA), and Superior Court of California. Web searches (See Appendix C.1.) Manuals and codes (See Appendix C.2.) Statistics for APS, PAGC, and Superior Court of California (See Appendix C.3.) Forms and documents not included in the above (See Appendix C.4.) DISCUSSION The Grand Jury began its investigation in response to a complaint that PAGC delayed establishing a conservatorship over a client who was referred to PAGC by APS. The client’s medical condition deteriorated over five months with the client dying without a conservatorship in place. The Grand Jury reviewed this specific case and did not conclude that there was mishandling. Nevertheless, this case directed the Grand Jury’s efforts to review and to evaluate the processes involved in determining conservatorship for the elderly. The following sections outline what legal, procedural, and communication processes/factors 1 Baumb, Nelly From:Wintergery <wintergery@earthlink.net> Sent:Tuesday, February 18, 2020 9:13 AM To:Council, City Subject:Palo Alto can take a bow on climate efforts CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Council members ‐ city efforts are paying off. We truly lead the world in meeting 2030 climate goals. We all must do  more but for this we can take a bow.   Winter Dellenbach    https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020‐02‐18/cdp‐ranking‐show‐cities‐working‐to‐reduce‐greenhouse‐ emissions    1 Baumb, Nelly From:K <kpanahi@comcast.net> Sent:Saturday, February 15, 2020 1:27 AM To:Council, City Subject:Arastradero and Stanford Junipero Serra to Attachments:IMG_3030.JPG; IMG_3031.JPG; IMG_3032.JPG; IMG_3033.JPG; IMG_3034.JPG; IMG_3035.JPG CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  .Palo Alto City Council Recently some new curbing and lanes has been installed in Arastradero and Stanford Junipero Serra to control the traffic speed. The curbs are not visible for the drivers, in particular at night, and there are no detectible signs for the drivers to avoid running over them. As is evident this condition has caused hundreds of accidents in a matter of few weeks after the recent construction. The attached pictures, taken today, show how many cars have run into these concrete curbs destroying the curb and the cars wheels or requiring realignment. It is a matter of time that one of these accidents turn into a catastrophic one. The original intent of the designers was to reduce some local accidents. This is an acceptable goal which needs yet to be proven by statistics as achieved. Unfortunately the faulty design has caused different type of accidents with much higher frequency (probabilistically thousand times more). It is suggested that the city of Palo Alto find a remedy ASAP to avoid greater accidents and undesirable litigations. Sincerly Khosrow panahi Palo Alto, CA 94306 650-494-3333 Redacted 1 Baumb, Nelly From:Aram James <abjpd1@gmail.com> Sent:Sunday, February 16, 2020 3:08 AM To:Josh Becker Cc:Ashkaan Daneshi; wilpf.peninsula.paloalto@gmail.com; Roberta Ahlquist; City Mgr; Council, City; Human Relations Commission; Public Defender Media; Molly.ONeal@pdo.sccgov.org; Fine, Adrian; Kou, Lydia; Kniss, Liz (internal); Jeff Rosen; michael.gennaco@oirgroup.com; Winter Dellenbach; Minor, Beth; Bill Johnson; Jonsen, Robert; Dave Price; Supervisor Simitian; PD Dan Mulholland; Senator.Hill@senate.ca.gov; Betsy Nash Subject:Josh, here is the piece I wrote on the Question: Are Judicial election a fraud in the voters ? This piece originally ran in the SF/LA Daily Journal ( the largest 5 days a week legal paper in the state. Much of the article apply to elections in general.... CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Please reply all:     FYI: as promised here is my piece: Are Judicial elections a fraud on the public?  ***many of the questions raised apply to elections in general. Look forward to your thoughts.     Best,    Aram     https://acjusticeproject.org/2014/10/31/are‐judicial‐elections‐a‐fraud‐on‐voters‐by‐aram‐james/    Shared via the Google app    Sent from my iPhone  1 Baumb, Nelly From:Christine Selberg <christineselberg@gmail.com> Sent:Wednesday, February 12, 2020 5:14 PM To:ARB@citypaloalto.org; board@pausd.org; Planning Commission; Council, City; Clerk, City Subject:Diane Feinstein Op-Ed, Mercury News 1-16-20 Attachments:Feinstein Op-Ed.jpg CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  I noticed on the 1‐27‐20 meeting that this Op‐Ed had now formatted incorrectly.    Please find attached Feinstein's Op‐Ed.    If there is any issue with opening the attachment, please let me know.    Thanks,    Chris Selberg  1 Baumb, Nelly From:Aram James <abjpd1@gmail.com> Sent:Saturday, February 15, 2020 1:19 PM To:Kniss, Liz (internal); Kou, Lydia; DuBois, Tom; Fine, Adrian; City Mgr; Council, City; paloaltofreepress@gmail.com; chuckjagoda1@gmail.com; wilpf.peninsula.paloalto@gmail.com Subject:2012 article from the Wall Street Journal re Palo Alto’s homeless battles -still relevant to 2020 CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702304022004577517022288672972    Shared via the Google app    Sent from my iPhone  1 Baumb, Nelly From:Aram James <abjpd1@gmail.com> Sent:Sunday, February 16, 2020 1:30 AM To:Josh Becker Cc:Ashkaan Daneshi; Dave Price; paloaltofreepress@gmail.com; chuck jagoda; WILPF.peninsula.paloalto@gmail.com; Lewis. james; Jeff Rosen; Kou, Lydia; Council, City; city.council@menlopark.org; Kniss, Liz (internal); Human Relations Commission; Jonsen, Robert; Perron, Zachary; greg@gregtanaka.org; DuBois, Tom; Fine, Adrian; Roberta Ahlquist; Ian Bain; Carlos Bolanos; Bill Johnson; Minor, Beth; City Mgr; council@redwoodcity.org; Donna Wallach; epatoday@epatoday.org; Stump, Molly; fred smith Subject:Re: Aram James has a series of questions for candidate Josh Becker .... to be asked of all the other candidates running for state assemble —district 13 —-I will share the candidates responses as widely as possible ... CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on  links.  ________________________________    Hi Josh,    When your time permits... I’d like to hear your specific views on a few best police practice issues, criminal justice related  issues .. and a few other hot button political issues. My goal is to become as fully informed on the issues as possible  ...before I cast my vote.    1. Your view point on whether Tasers should be banned statewide? Why? Why not?    2. Your views on mass incarceration?    3..Your views on the need for reform re our criminal justice system? Bail reform? Your view on alternatives to  incarceration for non‐violent offenders.?    4. Your view on race based jury nullification for African‐American defendants  —and other defendants of color... or some  reasonable alternative to the current  jury system ...of mostly white jurors sitting in judgement of defendants of color.    5. Your view on the death penalty? For? Against? Why?    6. Sentencing reform? Yes? No? If yes, type of reforms you would support?    7. Your opinion on the progressive prosecutor movement ...and white wing prosecutorial push back....see the SF/LA  Daily Journal ‐Thursday ‐Feb 13, 2020...article titled: Critics of progressive DA movement start to push back—‐front  page...  ( largest daily legal paper in CA)    8. How to solve the problem of police departments statewide responding to the CPRA ..in very uneven ways ...some  departments responding  in a timely manner ..and other departments foot dragging and engaging in obstructive tactics  ...to effectively— nullify the benefits of the CPRA... in police matters.    9. Your view of the BDS movement on publicly supported California campuses.    2 10. Whether the state of California should support the BDS? Why? Why not?    11. Whether the state of CA should engage in an economic boycott ...to bring the state of Israel into compliance with  International law? Why? Why not?    12. Should the state of California push Israel to recognize a fully sovereign Palestine? Why? Why not?    13. Should the State of California resist efforts of the Trump administration to expand the wall between California and  Mexico? Why? Why not?    14. Should the state of California support a movement to demand that Israel tear down the wall between Israel and  Palestine?  Why? Why not?    *** My family and friends —often look to me__ for advice on candidates... and who I think would best service our  district. I hope to do my democratic part to fully inform my community on the hot button issues above.    ***Please feel free_in fact I would prefer‐if you would take the time to respond to each of my numbered questions  ...below each numbered question. This will allow for as much clarity on each issue as possible.    ****I would very like to either meet in person... or by phone... to follow up on your initial responses.    *** Once you have answered each of the above questions I will share your responses with my interested friends, and  the local Palo Alto Press...Daily Post —editor Dave Price, and the PA weekly, etc. I will then submit the identical  questions to each of the other candidates —and share the questions and answers with as many members of the public  as I can—and all of the candidates.    *** I will tentatively call this my: Aram James voters——fully informed on the issues ‐before election day ....grassroots  democracy in action project.    ***P.S. I will send you one recent piece I co‐authored on Tasers...And a  second piece on the question: Are judicial  elections a fraud on the voters? Hopefully this will give you a partial view ....on some of the issues that are important to  at least one of your perspective constituents      Best regards‐ sincerely,    Aram James    415‐370‐5056    P.S. please consider responding reply all so as many voters as possible can receive the benefit of our exchange. Thanks.            Sent from my iPhone    > On Feb 15, 2020, at 11:02 PM, Josh Becker <becker.josh@gmail.com> wrote:  >  > Aram, I look forward to your question,  3 >  > Josh  >  >>>> On Feb 15, 2020, at 5:56 PM, Ashkaan Daneshi <asher.daneshi@gmail.com> wrote:  >>   >> Hi Josh,  >> Aram is a retired public defendant and a best police practices advocate and he wants to vote between either you or  Brownrigg. He has a question from you before he votes. Could you kindly answer?  >> Aram please ask your question from Josh?  >> Cheers,  >> Ashkaan  1 Baumb, Nelly From:Ann Balin <alafargue@mac.com> Sent:Monday, February 17, 2020 9:51 PM To:Council, City Cc:Stump, Molly; Lait, Jonathan Subject:Corrections to Jason Oberman's letter (2/10/2020) CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on  links.  ________________________________    Mayor Fine and Council Members,    I watched the City Council meeting (2/10/2020) from home and need to make a few clarifications of the points delivered  to you by the landlord, Jason Oberman,  of 2100 El Camino Real regarding the Khoury Market and the issue of fines.    Thank you for amending the administrative fee schedule so the fines will be $2000 a day as was intended.    First of all the Khoury Market’s very last day of doing business was January 25, 2020. Therefore January 26, 2020 is the  date when the fines begin not January 31st as Jason Oberman claims. Please see my previous email to you with photos  of the empty market.    Oberman states in his letter that he had vetted all improvements at a College Terrace Residents’ Association Meeting on  November 14, 2018. Kindly take into consideration that Oberman had begged the Khourys to come on board even  though many improvements were needed. There were renovations cited including painting, signage, indoor and outdoor  seating, changing the windows from the tinted glass to transparent glass, and lighting. He mentioned that this work  would take place over the next COUPLE of months. Mark Khoury was also in attendance at this meeting. The board and  the community at large were relieved that the Khoury family was coming back to College Terrace as a relationship with  this grocer was already established. Again, this landlord said that the changes and improvements would occur but he  never acknowledged that these changes would take over a year. He asserted that the work would be completed in a few  months as previously stated.    What ensued was a different story.    Please ask Amy French to confirm how many times Oberman asked for permits to change the paint color. I believe that  there are two changes on his watch. Why does a new builiding need to be repainted? And then why was it painted  again?    The windows were changed and the Khourys never complained about that work. What was problematic were the pipes  and elevator breaking. To make matters worse why wouldn’t the landlord return calls to the tenant? Why were there no  tables and chairs indoors and outdoors? Most important there was NO signage? The 1st Republic Bank has over six signs.  What is going on here?    Why did the painting which is still ongoing as I write you take over seven months? The constant shrouding and  scaffolding thwarted the business as many did not even know that a grocery store existed at 501 Oxford Avenue.    To conclude the date that Oberman provided is false. The date that the fines need to begin is January 26, 2020. He said  he would make improvements in a timely way and blamed the city for delays which was not accurate.    2 Thank you,    Ann Lafargue Balin  California Business District Observer  College Terrace Residents’ Association    1 Baumb, Nelly From:Paul Martin <paul.manjun@gmail.com> Sent:Friday, February 14, 2020 8:11 PM To:Neilson Buchanan Cc:Council, City Subject:Re: narrow streets CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Hello Neilson:     I totally agree!    I wrote to city council objecting to request to create new L‐lot on a narrow street near us.   Some members of this City  Council including our Mayor seem hell bent on cramming as many new homes into an already fully built out Palo Alto as  possible and they don’t require sufficient on‐premises/off street parking so then the narrow streets are filled both sides  with parked cars turning them into dangerous one way roads.   I live near a school and hardly a month goes by where I  don’t see a child nearly hit on his/her bike due to too many cars parked on narrow streets not built for two side parking!   Enough with building more housing, we need to move the jobs out to where housing already exists and focus on  improving Palo Alto for Palo Alto residents.  1). Increase funding for urban forestry.  2). Act on decades old promises to underground utility wires.  3). Connect the buried dark fiber to our homes.  4). Pay our pension debts  5). So many promises to fulfill before we even consider to add more people!  ...  Paul  On Feb 11, 2020, at 8:55 AM, Neilson Buchanan <cnsbuchanan@yahoo.com> wrote:  I understand that you have raised the narrow 30' streets issue with city staff. Did you get a response? We in Downtown North (DTN) have sets of narrow streets creating parking, fire safety and traffic issues. It seems that our Planning Commission and city staff may be planning to increase non- resident parking permits issued for neighborhoods adjacent to University and California Avenue. Therefore, these issues will become more important. Palo Alto, CA 94301 650 329-0484 Neilson Buchanan Redacted Redacted cnsbuchanan@yahoo.com 1 Baumb, Nelly From:Richard Stolee <rstolee@gmail.com> Sent:Monday, February 17, 2020 3:31 PM To:Council, City; Shikada, Ed Subject:2 hour Parking on El Camino next to Stanford CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Dear Council,     I have noticed that two hour parking signs have been added to El Camino next to Stanford from Serra St to Churchill  St..   This has had a dramatic effect on overnight parking on El Camino as well as provided much needed parking for  Stanford fields that has been severely limited by 24/7 parking of RV's on El Camino.  Given that the parking north of  Churchill is next to both Stanford University and near Palo Alto High School and next to Town and Country Village, it  seems like the two hour parking should be extended north of Churchill St. to University Ave. on the Stanford side.   The  two hour parking was added with very few, if any, complaints or concerns expressed from the homeless and RV parking  communities nor the news media.    I think this a reasonable and practical solution to the parking problem on El Camino and does not prohibit overnight  parking on El Camino.   There are obviously other locations in the city that this may also work, but we could give this a  trial.    Richard Stolee  Palo Alto Resident for 45 years.      1 Baumb, Nelly From:Press strong <pressstrong@gmail.com> Sent:Monday, February 17, 2020 10:32 PM To:Burns, Dennis; Council, City; Human Relations Commission; michael.gennaco@oirgroup.com; Cullen, Charles; Green, DuJuan Cc:Jill.Wine-Banks@macmillan.com; colleen.osborne@macmillan.com; KWinfree@manatt.com; jeff.modisett@nextlawnetwork.com; jensie.anderson@law.utah.edu; ronnell.andersen.jones@law.utah.edu; David.Schendiman@law.utah.edu; eabramowitz@maglaw.com; ckubota@cov.com; lwise@roginlaw.com; peter.zimroth@arnoldporter.com; Michael.Bromwich@bromwichgroup.com; MBromwich@bromwichgroup.com; john.durham@usdoj.gov Subject:Police using fake videos vs. baseball players stealing signs Attachments:stutchman report.png; 2494990_orig - Copy.jpg; kazak 5.JPG; natasha powers 57.PNG; afanasiev 9.PNG CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Dennis Burns  Former Palo Alto Police Chief    Chief Burns,  Which is the more egregious offense, cheating to win at baseball or cheating to win in the court of law,  cheating the Constitution?  The reaction to the Astros cheating has not been good.  The league officials did hold them accountable to a  certain degree but most people believe the penalty thus far is exceedingly insufficient.   Imagine what people would think of Major League Baseball if the league officials covered up the cheating of  the Astros.  What do you think the paying fans and other teams would think of the league?    Then imagine the league officials not only covering up the cheating but actually helping the Astros cheat and  retaliate against other players and individuals who would reveal the cheating?  What do you think the people would think of a professional sports league that helped one team get away with  cheating to win games and the world series?  That league would cease to exist because the people would realize that the games are fixed.  Well that is exactly what you and you supporters in the justice system have done.    2   https://chiefburns.weebly.com/      You aided and abetted the creation of falsified evidence, fake videos, and taser gun activation data to cover up  the crimes of your fellow officers and submitted that evidence to District Attorney to wrongly incriminate the  victim of your officers' crimes.  You got caught but the DA helped you get away with your cheating by creating fraudulent crime lab reports  and denying the prima facia irrefutable evidence    https://jeffrosenda.weebly.com/  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrA7ehMi0Lg&feature=youtu.be    The State Attorney General then covered up your cheating:  https://senatorkamalaharris.weebly.com/    You then submitted your falsified, fake videos and taser gun activation data along with your false statements  to a federal court but the U.S. DOJ judge, Lucy Koh, who worked with Palo Alto’s Independent Police Auditor  Michael Gennaco covered up your crimes.  https://judgelucykoh.weebly.com/    3 The U.S. DOJ also covered up your cheating doing their former colleague Michael Gennaco a favora ala Trump‐ Barr‐Stone:  https://michaelgennacooir.weebly.com/    ONE:  The MAV videos have been edited and falsified:  https://chiefburns.weebly.com/exhibit‐10.html  https://sccrimelab.weebly.com/one.html    TWO:  The two taser cameras which recorded the incident were sent to Taser International and destroyed;  https://chiefburns.weebly.com/exhibit‐7.html    THREE:  The PAPD acknowledged destroying a taser cartridge, taser probes, blast doors and AFIDS;  The PAPD acknowledged that four taser probes were fired from two separate taser guns; two probes from  each gun however the video footage of the second taser firing is missing from the MAV videos and the Taser  video from the taser gun that fired the taser probes;   https://chiefburns.weebly.com/exhibit‐5.html    https://chiefburns.weebly.com/pc‐135.html  https://chiefburns.weebly.com/pc‐135‐‐141‐b.html    FOUR  The PAPD falsely presented the crime scene by removing the taser cartridge, taser probes, blast  doors and AFIDS, which is a violation of CA PC 141(b);  https://corruptpaloaltopolice.weebly.com/afanasiev.html  https://corruptpaloaltopolice.weebly.com/powers.html    FIVE  Two officers from the PAPD knowingly provided false testimony during a court proceeding;  https://sccrimelab.weebly.com/nine.html  https://sccrimelab.weebly.com/seven.html    SIX  The PAPD falsified the taser gun activation data and submitted that data to federal court, not  once but twice and Judge Koh swept it under the rug;  https://chiefburns.weebly.com/exhibit‐6.html  4   SEVEN  How the Santa Clara District Attorney concealed the crimes of the Palo Alto Police;  https://jeffrosenda.weebly.com/    There is a lot more evidence that implicates the DA and others but this is more than sufficient to  prove the allegations to Kamala Harris.  https://chiefburns.weebly.com/     14 missing videos  https://corruptpaloaltopolice.weebly.com/missing‐videos.html      Remember when former Sgt. Natasha Powers filed a false police report as a retaliatory move to conceal her  initial crimes of falsifying videos and other evidence?  How many times has your officers and supporters  attempted to frame me for a crime since then, 5, 10, 15 times?  A number of them are documented right here: https://corruptpaloaltopolice.weebly.com/parham.html  https://corruptpaloaltopolice.weebly.com/chief‐jonsen.html      My mole has informed me that your supporters in the department and outside are working on another plan  to frame for a crime for exposing yours and their corruption.    No matter how much your minions try to harm me and silence me it will never change who you are and what  you have done and continue to do.  Today was another day you beared false witness against me and tomorrow will be yet another day that you  bear false witness against me by perpetuating falsehoods.     More than 2,000 former prosecutors and other DOJ officials call on Attorney  General Bill Barr to resign  By Laura Jarrett, CNN  https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/16/politics/prosecutors‐doj‐officials‐barr‐resign/index.html        5 DOJ Alumni Statement on the Events Surrounding the Sentencing of Roger Stone     We, the undersigned, are alumni of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) who have collectively served both Republican and Democratic administrations. Each of us strongly condemns President Trump’s and Attorney General Barr’s interference in the fair administration of justice. As former DOJ officials, we each proudly took an oath to support and defend our Constitution and faithfully execute the duties of our offices. The very first of these duties is to apply the law equally to all Americans. This obligation flows directly from the Constitution, and it is embedded in countless rules and laws governing the conduct of DOJ lawyers. The Justice Manual — the DOJ’s rulebook for its lawyers — states that “the rule of law depends on the evenhanded administration of justice”; that the Department’s legal decisions “must be impartial and insulated from political influence”; and that the Department’s prosecutorial powers, in particular, must be “exercised free from partisan consideration.” All DOJ lawyers are well-versed in these rules, regulations, and constitutional commands. They stand for the proposition that political interference in the conduct of a criminal prosecution is anathema to the Department’s core mission and to its sacred obligation to ensure equal justice under the law. And yet, President Trump and Attorney General Barr have openly and repeatedly flouted this fundamental principle, most recently in connection with the sentencing of President Trump’s close associate, Roger Stone, who was convicted of serious crimes. The Department has a long-standing practice in which political appointees set broad policies that line prosecutors apply to individual cases. That practice exists to animate the constitutional principles regarding the even-handed application of the law. Although there are times when political leadership appropriately weighs in on individual prosecutions, it is unheard of for the Department’s top leaders to overrule line prosecutors, who are following established policies, in order to give preferential treatment to a close associate of the President, as Attorney General Barr did in the Stone case. It is even more outrageous for the Attorney General to intervene as he did here — after the President publicly condemned the sentencing recommendation that line prosecutors had already filed in court. Such behavior is a grave threat to the fair administration of justice. In this nation, we are all equal before the law. A person should not be given special treatment in a criminal prosecution because they are a close political ally of the President. Governments that use the enormous power of law enforcement to punish their enemies and reward their allies are not constitutional republics; they are autocracies. We welcome Attorney General Barr’s belated acknowledgment that the DOJ’s law enforcement decisions must be independent of politics; that it is wrong for the President to interfere in specific enforcement matters, either to punish his opponents or to help his friends; and that the President’s public comments on DOJ matters have gravely damaged the Department’s credibility. But Mr. Barr’s actions in doing the President’s personal bidding unfortunately speak louder than his words. Those actions, and the damage they have done to the Department of Justice’s reputation for integrity and the rule of law, require Mr. Barr to resign. But because we have little expectation he will do so, it falls to the Department’s career officials to take appropriate action to uphold their oaths of office and defend nonpartisan, apolitical justice. 6 For these reasons, we support and commend the four career prosecutors who upheld their oaths and stood up for the Department’s independence by withdrawing from the Stone case and/or resigning from the Department. Our simple message to them is that we — and millions of other Americans — stand with them. And we call on every DOJ employee to follow their heroic example and be prepared to report future abuses to the Inspector General, the Office of Professional Responsibility, and Congress; to refuse to carry out directives that are inconsistent with their oaths of office; to withdraw from cases that involve such directives or other misconduct; and, if necessary, to resign and report publicly — in a manner consistent with professional ethics — to the American people the reasons for their resignation. We likewise call on the other branches of government to protect from retaliation those employees who uphold their oaths in the face of unlawful directives. The rule of law and the survival of our Republic demand nothing less. If you are a former DOJ employee and would like to add your name below, click here. Protect Democracy will update this list daily with new signatories. https://medium.com/@dojalumni/doj‐alumni‐statement‐on‐the‐events‐surrounding‐the‐sentencing‐of‐roger‐ stone‐c2cb75ae4937        Penal Code:  182.      (a) If two or more persons conspire:  (1) To commit any crime.  (2) Falsely and maliciously to indict another for any crime, or to procure another to be charged or arrested for any  crime.  (3) Falsely to move or maintain any suit, action, or proceeding.  (4) To cheat and defraud any person of any property, by any means which are in themselves criminal, or to obtain  money or property by false pretenses or by false promises with fraudulent intent not to perform those promises.  (5) To commit any act injurious to the public health, to public morals, or to pervert or obstruct justice, or the due  administration of the laws.    https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displayText.xhtml?lawCode=PEN&division=&title=7.&part=1.&chapter =8.&article=        18 U.S. Code § 1513. Retaliating against a witness, victim, or an informant   (a)  (1) Whoever kills or attempts to kill another person with intent to retaliate against any person for—  (A) the attendance of a witness or party at an official proceeding, or any testimony given or any record, document, or other object produced by a witness in an official proceeding; or (B) providing to a law enforcement officer any information relating to the commission or possible commission of a Federal offense or a violation of conditions of probation, supervised release, parole, or release pending judicial proceedings, shall be punished as provided in paragraph (2).    (2) The punishment for an offense under this subsection is—  (A) in the case of a killing, the punishment provided in sections 1111 and 1112; and (B) in the case of an attempt, imprisonment for not more than 30 years.   (b) Whoever knowingly engages in any conduct and thereby causes bodily injury to another person or damages the tangible property of another person, or threatens to do so, with intent to retaliate against any person for—   7 (1)  the attendance of a witness or party at an official proceeding, or any testimony given or any record, document, or other object produced by a witness in an official proceeding; or   (2) any information relating to the commission or possible commission of a Federal offense or a violation of conditions of probation, supervised release, parole, or release pending judicial proceedings given by a person to a law enforcement officer; or attempts to do so, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 20 years, or both.   (c) If the retaliation occurred because of attendance at or testimony in a criminal case, the maximum term of imprisonment which may be imposed for the offense under this section shall be the higher of that otherwise provided by law or the maximum term that could have been imposed for any offense charged in such case. (d)  There is extraterritorial Federal jurisdiction over an offense under this section. (e)  Whoever knowingly, with the intent to retaliate, takes any action harmful to any person, including interference with the lawful employment or livelihood of any person, for providing to a law enforcement officer any truthful information relating to the commission or possible commission of any Federal offense, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 10 years, or both.  (f)  Whoever conspires to commit any offense under this section shall be subject to the same penalties as those prescribed for the offense the commission of which was the object of the conspiracy.   https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1513        18 U.S. Code § 1512. Tampering with a witness, victim, or an informant   https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1512#       Tony Ciampi  1 Baumb, Nelly From:Donna Wallach <donnaisanactivist@gmail.com> Sent:Tuesday, February 18, 2020 4:33 PM To:Aram James Cc:wilpf.peninsula.paloalto@gmail.com; Roberta Ahlquist; Council, City; chuck jagoda; Kniss, Liz (internal); City Mgr; paloaltofreepress@gmail.com; city.council@menlopark.org; Dave Price; Kou, Lydia; Human Relations Commission; Miguel Rodriguez; greg@gregtanaka.org; Molly.ONeal@pdo.sccgov.org; Stump, Molly; Jeff Rosen; Fine, Adrian; Jonsen, Robert; Perron, Zachary; Ian Bain; DuBois, Tom; Minor, Beth; council@redwoodcity.org; Josh Becker; Ashkaan Daneshi; Carlos Bolanos; Anna Griffin; Bill Johnson; Ayoola Mitchell; Keith Mccord; fred smith; Fellissa Richard; Yolanda Trevino; Victoria Schafer; cindy.chavez@os.sccgov.org; Supervisor Simitian; Greer Stone Subject:Re: From Aram’s Justice Archive CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Hi Aram,      So very true, especially about the general public not knowing their rights. Cops don't like it when people know their  rights & stand up for them. Especially Black & Brown people.    But it is super important for all of us to know our rights & to teach others. You have always been a role model in doing  that Aram!    Donna Wallach        On Mon, Feb 17, 2020, 21:33 Aram James <abjpd1@gmail.com> wrote:  Hi Folks,     Below is an article—an interview of me ‐ from September 1998‐by The Recorder. At the time...The Recorder was the  2nd largest daily legal newspaper in California . Maybe its time for me to do another mobile soap box.       Best regards         Sent from my iPhone  Ofc. Afanasiev sees the taser probe in Ofc. Burger's hand and acknow ledges its existence yet he does not photograph it like he did the other two taser probes, the one lying on the sidewalk with a taser w ire st ill attached to it and the one in the fence with a taser wire still attached to it. 1 Baumb, Nelly From:Magic <magic@ecomagic.org> Sent:Wednesday, February 12, 2020 12:27 PM To:Planning Commission; Architectural Review Board; Council, City Subject:Wireless Ordinance CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Dear Planning and Transportation Commissioners,    Please ensure that Palo Alto’s Wireless Ordinance enforces to the fullest extent possible the provisions of the Wireless Resolution and protects the interests of Palo Alto residents.   I urge you to recommend four changes to Staff’s proposed revised Ordinance:   Require(!) ARB review of requests for exceptions.   Incorporate WCF Siting Standards described on the first two pages of Exhibit 1 of Resolution No. 9873 into the Wireless Ordinance to preclude placement of cell towers in residential areas in the absence of an exception.   Increase the minimum setback of a cell tower from a residence to 100 feet.   Require a minimum setback of 600 feet from schools for macro cell towers.  Thank you for considering these views.     Sincerely,    ************* Magic, 1979-2019: forty years of valuescience leadership ************** Magic demonstrates how people can address individual, social, and environmental ills nearer their roots by applying science to discern value more accurately and realize it more fully. Enjoy the satisfaction of furthering Magic's work by making one-time or recurring gifts at http://ecomagic.org/participate.shtml#contribute. Magic is a 501(c)(3) public charity. Contributions are tax-deductible to the full extent permitted by law. THANK YOU! www.ecomagic.org -------- (650) 323-7333 --—----- Magic, Box 15894, Stanford, CA 94309 ************************************************************************************** 1 Baumb, Nelly From:Aram James <abjpd1@gmail.com> Sent:Saturday, February 15, 2020 1:23 PM To:Kniss, Liz (internal); chuck jagoda; wilpf.peninsula.paloalto@gmail.com; City Mgr; Council, City; paloaltofreepress@gmail.com; Human Relations Commission; DuBois, Tom; greg@gregtanaka.org; Kou, Lydia; Jonsen, Robert; Perron, Zachary; city.council@menlopark.org Subject:Safe Parking Program in Santa Barbara —much to learn for Palo Alto CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on  links.  ________________________________    https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture‐news/the‐sharp‐sudden‐decline‐of‐americas‐middle‐class‐234917/amp/     Sent from my iPhone  1 Baumb, Nelly From:Aram James <abjpd1@gmail.com> Sent:Sunday, February 16, 2020 1:24 PM To:Kniss, Liz (internal); Council, City; chuckjagoda1@gmail.com Subject:Aram James: Car dwelling ban would demonize the homeless – The Mercury News— from 2014 — Now in 2020...will the real Liz Kniss please stand-up? Where does she really stand on a viable and sustainable Safe Parking program ...with substantial financial su... CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on  links.  ________________________________    FYI:  https://www.mercurynews.com/2013/08/02/aram‐james‐car‐dwelling‐ban‐would‐demonize‐the‐homeless/      Sent from my iPhone  1 Baumb, Nelly From:Aram James <abjpd1@gmail.com> Sent:Saturday, February 15, 2020 1:13 PM To:Kniss, Liz (internal); City Mgr; Council, City; chuckjagoda1@gmail.com Subject:From the archives of Aram James -2013 —re car dwelling issues CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on  links.  ________________________________    https://www.mercurynews.com/2013/08/02/aram‐james‐car‐dwelling‐ban‐would‐demonize‐the‐homeless/amp/      Sent from my iPhone  1 Baumb, Nelly From:Joan Larrabee <joan.larrabee.17@gmail.com> Sent:Friday, February 14, 2020 3:57 PM To:Council, City Subject:Fwd: Proposed San Antonio Road “Housing Corridor “ CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Begin forwarded message:    From: Joan Larrabee <joan.larrabee.17@gmail.com>  Date: February 12, 2020 at 9:56:19 PM PST  To: Planning.Commission@CityofPaloAlto.org, PlanDiv.Info@CityofPaloAlto.org, ARB@cityofpaloalto.org  Cc: SAhsing@m‐group.us  Subject: Proposed San Antonio Road “Housing Corridor “  FACTS TO KEEP IN MIND WHEN CONSIDERING HIGH DENSITY HOUSING ON SAN ANTONIO ROAD    San Antonio, in Palo Alto, Between Route 101 and Alma Street/Caltrain tracks:    San Antonio Road (Avenue on some maps) is only four lanes wide, two lanes in each direction, with a  narrow landscaped median between.     The roadway is so narrow and so congested that the VTA removed the County bus stops.  There are no  Shuttle Bus Service stops. There are no bike lanes. Very rarely do people ride bikes on San Antonio, and  then they ride on the sidewalks.  San Antonio is the only Truck Route (for trucks over 7 tons) from Route 101 into the City of Palo Alto.  On‐Street parking along the corridor is very limited.    An apartment building, 50 feet tall, with 102 units, is being proposed for 788, 790, 796 San Antonio at  Leghorn. The units would be a mix of sizes.  Underground garage parking would have mechanical lifts, which are subject to frequent  breakdowns.  We were told at the last public hearing that people who live in studio apartments do not  drive cars so don’t need parking. Where is the proof of this? There is none.  The proposal has no grade‐level visitor parking or parking for Lyft/Uber stops.     Leghorn Street frontage is two lanes wide. As the traffic increases, soon the City of Palo Alto may have  to remove the 3‐4 on‐street parking spaces on Leghorn to provide for a right‐turn‐only lane onto north‐ bound San Antonio. There would then be no room to pickup or drop off passengers.    The original application for a condominium building of fewer than 25 units and only three stories high  was welcomed by most neighbors. We would miss “Studio Kicks” activities, but recognize the need for  housing.    To quadruple the number of units in the latest proposal and therefore increase the size, height and mass  of the building, with an increase in parking problems, is unacceptable.  Current zoning zoning allows 30  units at the site. The proposed 102 units would be too much congestion in an already congested area.     2 The latest suggestion of a grey and black color scheme would not be a welcome addition to the  neighborhood.    At future public hearings on the project, please have sufficient Staff Reports available to the public. At  the 1/16/2020 ARB meeting, only one copy was available. Several members of the public attended and  spoke. We are looking forward to the Draft Environmental Impact Report.      Joan Larrabee    Palo Alto 94303                              Redacted 1 Baumb, Nelly From:Aram James <abjpd1@gmail.com> Sent:Sunday, February 16, 2020 2:40 AM To:Josh Becker Cc:Council, City; Jonsen, Robert; Ian Bain; City Mgr; city.council@menlopark.org; city.council@menlopark.org; wilpf.peninsula.paloalto@gmail.com; chuck jagoda; Stump, Molly; Human Relations Commission; epatoday@epatoday.org; Dave Price; paloaltofreepress@gmail.com; Lewis. james; Perron, Zachary; Ian Bain; citycouncil@mountainview.gov; Stump, Molly; Carlos Bolanos; council@redwoodcity.org; Tom DuBois; Tony Dixon; Kniss, Liz (internal); Fine, Adrian; Ashkaan Daneshi; citycouncil@mountainview.gov; james pitkin; Tanaka, Greg; greg@gregtanaka.org; cromero@cityofepa.org; lmoody@cityofepa.org; Roberta Ahlquist; michael.gennaco@oirgroup.com Subject:No Excuse for Tasers in our Jails by Richard Konda & Aram James CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  FYI: Josh here is the piece I co‐wrote on Tasers with my friend...and fellow attorney—Richard Konda—who is also the  long time executive director of the San Jose based...Asian Law Alliance. Let me know what you think. Please reply all.  Best, Aram    P.S even thought this piece was specifically written  about our efforts to keep Tasers out of the Santa Clara County Jails  —the same analysis applies to the propriety of the police using Tasers on our community members....     http://ccin.menlopark.org/att‐17785/Aram_James__DJ‐1‐12‐18_.pdf    Shared via the Google app    Sent from my iPhone  1 Baumb, Nelly From:Jeff Hoel <jeff_hoel@yahoo.com> Sent:Tuesday, February 18, 2020 4:53 PM To:UAC Cc:Hoel, Jeff (external); Council, City Subject:Review of AMI CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Commissioners, At UAC's 02-05-20 meeting, at item IX.5 -- potential future topics -- (at 2:07:35 on the video), https://midpenmedia.org/utilities-advisory-commission-31-252020/ Commissioner Jackson said, "OK. And, something that's not on here at all. I don't have a particular timeline on this. But you hear a lot of talk about AMI. AMR. I guess I'm generally interested -- and I don't know when the right time is to think about this is -- is -- how is that system actually going to work? And, specifically, my understanding is, it's radio-based, between a residence and neighborhood receivers. Is it one-way? Is it -- transmit to the customers -- we don't have to answer these questions. These are the questions I have. And, specifically, what are the security issues involved with the data transmissions from residences to these reporting hubs? I've read a lot of things on the internet about various deployed that have very poor security. I don't know if that's a universal problem. Or just the ones that I read. But a some point, when it's appropriate, I'd be very interested in understanding what the plan is, and what the technologies are, and what the security implications of those things may be." And staff agreed to add it to the list of potential future topics. I have a few comments: * The "modern" acronym for what it takes to do smart meters is AMI (Advanced Metering Infrastucture). AMR (Automatic Meter Reading) refers to an earlier technology that is now obsolete. This 02-13-12 staff report has 5 occurrences of "AMR" https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/civicax/filebank/documents/41569 (referring to meters the City installed in 2005-2007, accessed wirelessly while driving by them), and 400 occurrences of "AMI" (referring to then future technology the City wanted to wait for). This staff report said AMI was capable of two-way communication. * Various smart meter functions require two-way communication, including remote shut-off of service and downloading firmware updates. * At the 06-24-19 Council meeting, staff discussed two possibilities for connecting meters wirelessly to "collectors." One would require about 7 "collectors" citywide. The other would require more like 30 "collectors" citywide. Staff has not provided the technical details. Staff just said a consultant would help them decide. * At the 10-16-18 Finance Committee meeting, staff considered the possibility of using a wireless carrier (e.g., AT&T or Verizon) to perform the collector function. I think that would be a bad idea. * In Chattanooga, which has citywide FTTP, the smart meters of premises that take FTTP services are connected by fiber, and those smart meters also serve as "collectors" for the smart meters of premises that don't take FTTP services. (See PDF page 19 here.) https://info.ornl.gov/sites/publications/Files/Pub74732.pdf * Security issues are indeed very important. Thanks. 2 Jeff ------------------- Jeff Hoel Palo Alto, CA 94303 ------------------- PS: Below the "######" line is a collection of references about the City's AMI issue, sorted by date, between 05-02-18 and 06-24-19. PPS: On 02-06-19, 03-06-19, 04-09-19, 05-01-19, and 06-05-19, the AMI issue was agendized by UAC just in case UAC wanted to talk about it. But nothing was actually talked about, other than when the issue would be brought to Council. ############################################################################################### 06-24-19: Council agenda -- Item 36 -- FTTN RFP -- AMI -- https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/civicax/filebank/blobdload.aspx?t=41658.37&BlobID=72070 06-24-19: staff report (10 pages) https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/civicax/filebank/documents/72075 06-24-19: video -- 1:47:32 to 2:58:20 https://midpenmedia.org/city-council-152-6242019/ 06-24-19: transcript & comments (pages 53-78) https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/civicax/filebank/blobdload.aspx?t=48441.64&BlobID=72569 06-05-19: UAC agenda -- Item IX.5 -- Discussion and Update of Fiber and AMI Planning http://cityofpaloalto.org/civicax/filebank/documents/71703 06-05-19: presentation slides (2) http://cityofpaloalto.org/civicax/filebank/documents/71700 06-05-19: video -- 2:59:44 to 3:04:30 https://midpenmedia.org/utilities-advisory-commission-31-652019/ 05-01-19: UAC agenda -- Item IX.4 -- Update and Discussion of Fiber and AMI Planning http://cityofpaloalto.org/civicax/filebank/documents/70943 05-01019: video -- 2:29:01 to 2:31:20 https://midpenmedia.org/utilities-advisory-commission-31-512019/ 04-09-19: UAC agenda -- Item IX.5 -- Update and Discussion of Fiber and AMI Planning http://cityofpaloalto.org/civicax/filebank/documents/70083 04-09-19: video -- 2:54:09 to 2:56:20 https://midpenmedia.org/utilities-advisory-commission-31-492019/ 03-06-19: UAC agenda -- Item IX.4 -- Discussion and Staff Update on Fiber and AMI Planning https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/civicax/filebank/blobdload.aspx?t=66781.38&BlobID=69605 03-06-19: video -- 1:59:12 to 2:01:02 https://midpenmedia.org/utilities-advisory-commission-31-362019/ 03-06-19: presentation slides (2) http://cityofpaloalto.org/civicax/filebank/documents/69600 02-06-19: UAC agenda -- Item IX.5 -- Staff Update and Discussion of Fiber and AMI Planning https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/civicax/filebank/documents/68793 02-06-19: video -- 2:24:57 to 2:26:42 https://midpenmedia.org/utilities-advisory-commission-31-262019/ 02-06-19: presentation slide https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/civicax/filebank/documents/68910 01-09-19: UAC agenda -- Item IX.2 -- Staff Request for Feedback on Recommendations Regarding the City's Fiber-Optic, Wireless and Advanced Meter Infrastructure Planning https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/civicax/filebank/documents/68326 01-09-19: staff report (4 pages) https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/civicax/filebank/documents/68314 Redacted 3 01-09-19: video -- 1:05:09 to 1:57:13 https://midpenmedia.org/utilities-advisory-commission-31-192019/ 01-09-19: transcript & comments (pages 7-35) https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/civicax/filebank/documents/68777 10-16-18: Finance Committee agenda -- Item 4 -- smart grid, AMI https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/civicax/filebank/blobdload.aspx?t=71592.98&BlobID=67079 10-16-18: staff report (110 pages) https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/civicax/filebank/documents/67112 10-16-18: my analysis of staff report (pages 12-13) https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/civicax/filebank/documents/67916 10-16-18: video -- 1:49:00 to 3:04:23 http://midpenmedia.org/finance-committee-50-10162018/ 10-16-18: transcript & comments (pages 14-42) https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/civicax/filebank/documents/67916 09-05-18: UAC agenda -- Item IX.2 -- smart grid, AMI http://cityofpaloalto.org/civicax/filebank/documents/66594 09-05-18: staff report (23 pages) https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/civicax/filebank/documents/66550 09-05-18: my analysis of staff report (pages 2-3) https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/civicax/filebank/documents/66860 09-05-18: video -- 1:29:24 to 1:54:55 https://midpenmedia.org/utilities-advisory-commission-31-09052018/ 09-05-18: (I think I didn't do a transcript & comments) 05-02-18: UAC agenda -- Item IX.1 -- smart grid, AMI https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/civicax/filebank/documents/64810 05-02-18: staff report (103 pages) https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/civicax/filebank/documents/64784 05-02-18: my analysis of staff report (pages 47-63) https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/civicax/filebank/documents/64916 05-02-18: video -- 0:17:50 to 1:15:42 https://midpenmedia.org/utilities-advisory-commission-31-2-2-2-2-2-2/ 05-02-18: transcript & comments (pages 27-50) https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/civicax/filebank/blobdload.aspx?t=62465.62&BlobID=65229 1 Baumb, Nelly From:Barbara Ann Hazlett <bthazlett@aol.com> Sent:Wednesday, February 19, 2020 11:05 AM To:Expanded Community Advisory Panel; Nadia Naik Cc:Council, City; Shikada, Ed; Gaines, Chantal; Kamhi, Philip; gblack@hextrans.com Subject:Neighborhood Communication to XCAP, City Council, City Staff, Consultants CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  February 19, 2020 XCAP Attn: Nadia Naik, Chair Ladies and Gentlemen: We are writing as concerned residents of Professorville and Embarcadero with respect to the proposed mitigation plans in connection with the proposed closing of the at-grade crossing of Churchill Avenue. We request that the XCAP please take the following suggestions into serious consideration in developing your recommendations with respect to this crossing. 1. The City Council approved a full study of the potential restructuring of the Churchill crossing known as the "Price Plan". We believe that City staff and the XCAP have an obligation to study this proposal in good faith and to present the resulting technical structure and relevant pros and cons to the City Council. In light of the City Council's action, the City staff and the XCAP have an obligation to fairly consider this alternative. The ultimate judgment with respect to all alternatives lies with the City Council and it is our expectation that this requirement will be complied with. 2. The City has previously considered the creation of a protected bicycle corridor from Bryant Street along the north side of Embarcadero and City staff has acknowledged the importance of such improvements to bicycle and pedestrian safety. Recent counts of bicycle and pedestrian traffic on this corridor have confirmed the need to this improvement. We strongly encourage the XCAP and City staff to pursue these improvements without waiting for the modifications to be implemented in connection with the Connecting Palo Alto railway crossing plans. 3. The crosswalk at High Street and the north side of Embarcadero is an existing dangerous hazard. If the proposed mitigation plan to add a light at Alma and the Embarcadero "slip road" is adopted, the hazards with this intersection will be greatly increased unless additional safety measures are adopted. Allowing a left turn from the slip road onto Alma Street will greatly expand the volume of vehicular traffic crossing this crosswalk from Embarcadero and has the potential to be even more dangerous than it is today. If this proposal is to be considered, it is essential that greater protections be implemented. 4. Similarly, if the crossing at Churchill is closed entirely it is obvious that the traffic using the Alma to Lincoln to Emerson Street "cloverleaf" will be vastly increased. Hexagon has acknowledged this impact and recognized that the proposed mitigation designs will not be sufficient to prevent this result. This increase in vehicular traffic would seriously diminish the residential neighborhood nature of this portion of Professorville and increase the hazards associated with the bicycle corridor that traverses this route along the north side of Embarcadero. As has previously been reported to City staff and Council, a dog has been killed, a resident's parked car side swiped and a young bicyclist, riding in the cross walk, was hit by a car this summer on this block. Additionally, commercial trucks are often unable to navigate the right-hand turn from Emerson to Embarcadero west without using much of the sidewalk to accomplish the turn. These conditions require that Hexagon's mitigation designs include that Emerson Street be closed to right-hand turns at Embarcadero. We believe that the XCAP, City staff and the City Council all have an obligation to take the foregoing considerations into account in adopting a final solution. Indeed, the Palo Alto Comprehensive Plan compels the City to place a significant emphasis on non-vehicular traffic concerns in making long-term design decisions. While it may be inconvenient to consider additional design alternatives, it would be unacceptable to ignore these concerns merely because these official 2 bodies would prefer to adopt a proposal quickly without taking into full consideration the impact on the residents of the impacted neighborhood and to the safety of bicyclists and pedestrians in this heavily-traversed area. Thank you for your consideration of our concerns. Sincerely, Rachel Kellerman Tom Kellerman Barbara Hazlett William (Butch) Hazlett Dan Nitzan Sarah Nitzan Kathy Wait Greg Wait Eleanor Laney Sarah Epstein Dave Epstein Joan Hobstetter Gary Hobstetter Irene Deitsch Marshall Deitsch Husna Hashmi Jahangir (Jay) Hashmi Mary Chacon Michael Chacon Betsy Gamburd Robert Gamburd Rob Levitsky Susan Mitchell Liping Li Steve Carlson Christine Crosby Guy Crosby Sara Girton Dexter Girton Inder Monga Reshma Singh Margaret Kim Carl Dowds Roberto Peon Rekha Das Shailesh Jaitly Visa Jaitly cc: Palo Alto City Council Ed Shikada, City Manager Chantal Gaines, Assistant to the City Manager Philip Kamhi, Chief Transportation Official Gary Black, Hexagon Traffic Consultant