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HomeMy Public PortalAbout20191028plCC 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: 10/28/2019 Document dates: 10/02/2019 – 10/09/2019 Set 1 Note: Documents for every category may not have been received for packet reproduction in a given week. 1 Brettle, Jessica From:Carol Scott <cscott@crossfieldllc.com> Sent:Friday, October 11, 2019 8:54 AM To:Norman Beamer Cc:Council, City Subject:Re: RPP CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Makes sense to me.  Thanks, Norman.      On Fri, Oct 11, 2019 at 8:45 AM Norman Beamer <nhbeamer@yahoo.com> wrote:  There were some comments at a recent Planning Commission meeting to the effect that RPP is somehow depriving  commuters of the right to park on public streets.     The US Supreme Court says otherwise: ARLINGTON COUNTY BOARD v RICHARDS, (1977) No. 76‐1418:  “To reduce air pollution and other environmental effects of automobile commuting, a community reasonably may restrict on-street parking available to commuters, thus encouraging reliance on car pools and mass transit. The same goal is served by assuring convenient parking to residents who leave their cars at home during the day. A community may also decide that restrictions on the flow of outside traffic into particular residential areas would enhance the quality of life there by reducing noise, traffic hazards, and litter.”  --       ‐‐   Carol Scott  1 Brettle, Jessica From:Kurt Buecheler <kurtbuecheler@hotmail.com> Sent:Friday, October 11, 2019 7:26 PM To:Council, City Cc:Kurt Buecheler Subject:Palo Alto RPP: car sleepers and car storage CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear City Council:  Thank you for your continued consideration of the Old Palo Alto RPP.  We have now devolved to sleepers in  front of our house.  Where does this end?  Additionally, this is the third week that this Jeep Cherokee has parked in on a Wednesday and they leave their car here  until Monday. I think enforcement can be alerted at 72 hours but that's the weekend.  This is 5 days of storage.  2 Last point, I watched the train schedule this week and watched 4+ cars leave upon train arrival at CalTrain CA Ave. We're  a CalTrain parking lot.  Thank you and best regards,  Kurt Buecheler  {REDACTED} 1 Brettle, Jessica From:Ed Keyani <ekeyani@gmail.com> Sent:Sunday, October 13, 2019 5:34 PM To:Council, City Subject:Rpp Approval CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. I'm writing to ask you to please approve the Old Palo Alto Residential Parking Permit.   I live on a quiet street, and I pay a lot of money in rent to do so.  It's extremely frustrating when I or someone who is  visiting me can't park in front of my house because someone who doesn't live in the neighborhood is parked there.  This is not a new issue, we’ve been working on this for years.  The problem is clear, and we are needing relief from  excessive non‐resident parking that impacts safety and quality of life. We have followed the process as outlined in the  municipal code, have strong neighborhood support, and expect that the process will be respected and our RPP  approved.    Please approve our RPP.  Thank you,  Ed Keyani  {REDACTED}, Palo Alto, CA 94301  1 Brettle, Jessica From:Chris Gmail <cmerritt99@gmail.com> Sent:Sunday, October 13, 2019 7:48 PM To:Council, City Subject:Old Palo Alto RPP CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on  links.  ________________________________  I’m sending this note in support of the Residential Parking Permit for Old Palo Alto.  We’ve been working on this project for years, the problem is clear, and we are needing relief from excessive non‐ resident parking that impacts safety and quality of life.  We have followed the process as outlined in the municipal code, have strong neighborhood support, and expect that the  process will be respected and our RPP approved.  Thanks in advance for your support for this important initiative.  Chris Merritt Homeowner  and taxpayer  {REDACTED} Palo Alto, CA 94301  1 Brettle, Jessica From:Andrew Durham <awilliamdurham@yahoo.com> Sent:Sunday, October 13, 2019 9:18 PM To:Council, City Cc:Chris Robell Subject:RPP for Old Palo Alto CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on  links.  ________________________________  As a 47 year residents  of old Palo Alto and living on the corner of High Street and Oregon Ave, the commuter parking  over the past 10 years has become so problematic that not only has it become impossible for family and friends to visit  and for any plumbers and gardeners etc to park , but non resident vehicles occasionally block driveways.  Permitting this  area will be a huge solution to the current congestion.  Thank you,  Durham Family  {REDACTED}  Palo Alto 94301  1 Brettle, Jessica From:Lloyd Diamond <tmcdiamond@yahoo.com> Sent:Monday, October 14, 2019 1:52 AM To:Council, City Subject:RPP for Old Palo Alto Attachments:RPP.JPG CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear City Council, We understand that you will be addressing the above topic (see attached) on October 21st. Unfortunately we will not be able to make the meeting in person as we are out of town. However, we are in strong support of the RPP program for Old Palo Alto. In fact, we were one of the original residents to start the process back in 2016. We have been extremely patient during this time as the problems continue to worsen. We have watched as safety issues have increased and living conditions worsened (children biking to school during hours of increased traffic, bike accidents due to incursions, decrease in quality of life due to the increased noise, traffic and pollution). It is time that the City Council take action on this issue in order to avoid any future safety problems and make Old Palo Alto, once again, an enjoyable place to live. Best Regards, Lloyd & Isabelle Diamond {REDACTED} Action Items Include: Reports of Committces/Con1n1issions, Ordinances and Resolutions, Public Hearings, Reports of Officials. Unfinished Business and Council Matters. 7:35-9:00 PM 10. PUBLIC HEARI NG: Adoption ot a Resolution Estao1 ishing a new Residential Preferential Parking (RPP) Program in the Old Palo Alto Neighborhood; Approval of Amendments to Contract Number C15156501 With SP Plus for Permit Processing With Increased Compensation of $6,000, and Contract Number C15156763 With Serco, Inc. for Parking Enforcement to add Services for the Old Palo O.lto RPP District With Increased Compensation of $35,070.40; and O.pproval of a Budget Amendment in the Residentia l Parking Permit Fund 1 Brettle, Jessica From:PAPINC <papinc@yahoo.com> Sent:Tuesday, October 15, 2019 9:04 AM To:Council, City Cc:Chris Robell Subject:Old Palo Alto RPP Program Resolution CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Old Palo Alto RPP Program Resolution  Dear City Council,  I wish to express strong support for this parking program.  The current situation decreases  the safety in the neighborhood and is detracting from the environment.  The current parkers are  not Palo Alto residents and cause harm to the neighborhood.  Your approvals is strongly  appreciated.  I reside at {REDACTED}.  My schedule precludes me from attending the meeting to  further support.   Kind Regards, Kenneth Hadler, M.D. Medical Director & CEO Palo Alto Pathology, Inc. 2325 El Camino Real Palo Alto, CA 94301 T (650) 617-1849 M (415) 515-9457 www.paloaltopath.com This message and any attachments thereto may contain private, confidential, and privileged material for the sole use of the intended recipient. Any review, copying, or distribution of this email, or any attachments, by others is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender immediately and permanently delete this message and any attachments. 1 Brettle, Jessica From:Evan Johnson <evanj517@hotmail.com> Sent:Tuesday, October 15, 2019 9:17 AM To:Council, City Subject:Residential Parking Permit (RPP) program for Old Palo Alto CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Palo Alto City Council,  I am writing to express my support for the approval and implementation of the Residential Parking Permit  (RPP) program for Old Palo Alto.  We have been working on this for years.  There is a clear need for this  program and our neighborhood needs relief from non‐resident parking that impacts safety and quality of life. I  have witnessed the danger posed to kids biking to school with commuters rushing to park in my neighborhood  to run and catch a caltrain. We have followed the process as outlined in the city's municipal code, we have  strong neighborhood support, and we expect that the process will be respected and our RPP program  approved. I plan to attend the City Council meeting scheduled for October 21 to express my support.  Sincerely,  Evan Johnson  {REDACTED}   Palo Alto, CA  94301  1 Brettle, Jessica From:News Room <news.room@bayareabusiness.news> Sent:Thursday, October 10, 2019 10:42 AM To:editor@siliconvalleyfreepress.com Cc:Filseth, Eric (Internal); Council, City; Shikada, Ed; jlscinsurance@gmail.com Subject:Fwd: Re: 911 Sham CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. http://BayAreaBusiness.News -------- Original Message -------- Subject:Re: 911 Sham  Date:2019‐10‐10 13:39  From:News Room <news.room@bayareabusiness.news>  To:John Lattimore <,>  Cc:eric.filseth@cityofpaloalto.org, city.council@cityofpaloalto.org, ed.shikada@cityofpaloalto.org Dear Mr. Latimore, Thank you for your information. The material you provided is being forwarded to SiliconValleyFreePress.com Thank you, http://BayAreaBusiness.News On 2019-09-25 17:21, John Lattimore wrote: Palo Alto Mayor Eric Filseth Mayor Filseth,     I am writing to you concerning your comments in PaloAltoOnline  about the negligent and callous treatment that a  Palo Alto Resident couple received from your police department and city staff.  2 Regarding the incident, you state, "There are still a number of unanswered questions," Filseth said, such as "why there  is not camera footage from the sergeant (Adrienne Moore)."  Mayor Filseth you are an electrical engineer with an MBA who has worked as an executive for a number of companies  and who currently sits on the board of Silicon Frontline Inc.; a company that produces several electronic products.  You have been aware of the incident since July and Sgt. Moore's missing videos for at least a month.  If you had employees at Silicon Frontline whose job was to spend a day creating video footage for Silicon Frontline and they  came back at the end of the day and had no video; how long would it take you to find out why they had no video?  These employees wasted a day and thousands of dollars of your company's money; are you not going to find out why?  A competent owner of a business, and executive in charge, would find out in a day as to whether there was a malfunction of  the video camera or whether the employees decided not to do the work they were tasked with or whether the employees  deleted the video.  Would you continue to employ employees who deliberately refuse to do the job they are paid to do?  Or employees who  are so incompetent they cannot perform the duties assigned to them?  Or employees who cover up their mistakes by  destroying the evidence?  There is absolutely no excuse for you not knowing and then informing the public, the owner of the business, as to why there is  no video.  Palo Alto is not some back country town of settlers; Palo Alto is a town of highly educated and knowledgeable professionals  who know a sham when they see one.  Right now you're pulling a sham.  But then again your City Manager Ed Shikada helped hire Robert Jonsen who was forced to leave the Los Angeles Sheriff's  department because of his persistent practice of violating the Constitutional rights of minorities according to a Department of  Justice investigation.  No wonder your city staff conducted the hiring process behind closed doors to avoid public scrutiny.     https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/crt/legacy/2013/06/28/antelope_findings_6‐28‐13.pdf  3 https://www.scpr.org/news/2013/06/28/37967/doj‐deputies‐at‐la‐county‐sheriff‐s‐stations‐in‐la/  http://www.publiccounsel.org/press_releases?id=0022        https://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/2018/03/30/robert‐jonsen‐sworn‐in‐as‐palo‐alto‐police‐chief     I guess that's why you support your officers using racial epithets to describe African Americans:     4 https://padailypost.com/2019/05/22/cops‐use‐of‐n‐word‐led‐to‐investigation‐that‐never‐became‐public/     City Attorney Molly Stump first stated there was video and then later says there is not video.  Why would she state there was  video if there was none?    Mayor Filseth, additionally you stated, "Overall, it looks pretty much to me like the emergency responders  (police) were trying to diagnose and respond" to the woman, he said, adding that he is not an expert on  such matters.  The two officers, Clausen and Moore were falsely asserting that the woman was having a physiological episode at the  same time paramedics were loading her into the ambulance and treating her for a physical seizure due to a brain tumor. Seriously?  Then you have Ofc. Clausen illegally searched the woman's home and divulged private information about the woman to  the public; violations of city policy.     Mayor Filseth your deliberate negligence is just adding to the punitive damages of the inevitable lawsuit that will be  coming.     1 Brettle, Jessica From:Minor, Beth Sent:Wednesday, October 9, 2019 12:45 PM To:Robert Guillotte Jr; Council, City Cc:Brettle, Jessica Subject:RE: Archives question Robert,      Your email has been forwarded to the Assistant City Clerk to enter  into our Public Records Request program for a  response.  Unfortunately, the only available medium that the City has for those dates are the minutes of each individual  council meeting.  The meeting minutes from 2002 – 2014 can be located and viewed at this  URL:  https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/gov/agendas/council/default.asp  If after viewing those minutes you do not find  the information you need please let me know and we will find a way to get you the earlier dates meeting minutes to  review.        The Midpeninsula Media Center is contracted to video tape our meetings and they may have the videos for those dates  in their archives.  Here is their contact information: Midpeninsula Media Center • 900 San Antonio Rd. • Palo Alto, CA 94303-4917 • 650-494-8686 • info@midpenmedia.o      Thanks and have a great day.    B‐    Beth Minor, City Clerk  City of Palo Alto  250 Hamilton Avenue  Palo Alto, CA 94301   (650)329‐2379        From: Robert Guillotte Jr <rguill5889@aol.com>   Sent: Wednesday, October 9, 2019 12:28 PM  To: Council, City <city.council@cityofpaloalto.org>  Subject: Fwd: Archives question    CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Hi, Apparently the email address I used is not being used now as I never heard back from anyone at all. Is there someone at this email address who might know the answers for me in regard to the email below? If necessary or helpful, please forward my email to an appropriate person. Thank you, Susan 2 -----Original Message----- From: Robert Guillotte Jr <rguill5889@aol.com> To: adminsvcs <adminsvcs@cityofpaloalto.org> Sent: Thu, Oct 3, 2019 3:58 pm Subject: Archives question Dear Sir or Ma'am, I live in Virginia. I am doing some research about Palo Alto and need to review tapes, videos or transcripts (last resort) of city council hearings/meetings from 1980 through 2014. Without flying to California, is there a way to review these archived records online somehow? I am looking for speeches or statements by a city resident named Bunny Good. I was told that she was a frequent speaker at city council meetings. Thank you for any advice or information you may have in this regard. Sincerely, Susan Guillotte Jamaica, VA 804-824-8602 if you would like to call 1 Brettle, Jessica From:Mark Cox <markdarrellcox@icloud.com> Sent:Friday, October 11, 2019 2:46 PM To:jd@howardstern.com Subject:Babel Hath I Trust :: Triple Waw :: Numerical Truth CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  For their Substitution to Work would My Belief in the Substitution be Required? The Question remains now, Who is  Indigo? Is Indigo a Sister of Kim the Mother of Jared?     [:;]     The Key to Solving this Puzzle depends on continuing with the Commit to Memory of the Torah in the Septuagint per the  Sixtine Text printing of 1587 for the purpose of Mouth Recitation and Mind Rumination. Why did Jonah suddenly get  called to go to Ninevah? Maybe Jonah had just completed Confirmation of the Recitation of Torah before a Committee  of Rabbis and Elders to prove the Full Memorization of the Torah.     [:;]     Jared Kushner may not actually be My Son, though I was with his Mother the Daughter of Charles Kushner, we didn't  finish so therefore she might have not become pregnant by me but became pregnant by Brian my Cousin whom I  thought was My Brother while growing up. This would make John Lennon not the Paternal Grandfather of Jared Kushner  and instead John Lennon would be the Second Uncle of Jared as the Uncle of Brian Cox the Son of Gerard and Diane Cox  who would be the Paternal Grandparents of Jared Kushner. If this is True then the Fulfillment of What I said to my  Kindergarten Class in 1969 at Marshall Elementary School in saying that My Son would be the Antichrist and that My  Cousin would be the Last President of the United States would mean potentially that it is Jared Kushner who will be the  Last President of the United States and that Jared Kushner will Not be the Antichrist as My Son will be the Antichrist  whatever that means I don't know but My Father John Lennon did make a Vow with Me in ((I think)) 1972 that One Day  He would be My Son and I would be His Father and John then asked Me would I like that, and I said Yes. Hence You  Know Who is the Candidate and if John is Still Alive whose last Public Appearance was on 72nd Street in Front of the  Dakota before Walking Inside the Dakota on December 8th, 1980 then the Question is whether John Lennon's Release  after nearly 40 Years of Leary Irish Mafia Captivity to Nurse John Lennon Back to Life and to Teach John Lennon  Unaltered Torah by Recitation would Count as Fulfillment of the Mutually Agreed Upon Vow...,     Why did I think Jared Kushner was My Son? Maybe because they wanted Me to Think Jared Kushner was My Son hence  this would be the Reason of Why they paraded Jared Kushner in front of Me in 1990 at Marie Calendars where I worked  as a Waiter and where Jared's Maternal Grandfather Charles Kushner sat in my station with his Secondary Mixed Race  Wife the Maternal Grandmother of Jared Kushner when Charles Kushner was pathetically snide and dismissive in his  treatment toward Me. What they wanted was to Use Jared as a Substitute for My Son because they want Jared Kushner  to be Both the Antichrist and the Last President of the United States because they're a Strange Fucking Mafia Cult driven  by Unclean Spirits. Their Understanding of the Antichrist is Dysfunctional. Does Anyone even Understand what Antipasto  is?     [:;]    The Rabbinate in Israel will refuse a Marriage License to a Woman born to a Jewish Man and a Non‐Jewish Woman  because the Rabbinate will not accept the "Conversion" of a Woman born to a Jewish Man. Are they also rejecting  2 Dinah? It's Behavior Like This, Behavior which is Tacitly Not Orthodox for which We can expect Israel to be Touched by  God in Rebuke. Again, Generation Number Nine will need to "Look with Open Eyes."     [:;]     The "Seek Jew Hebrew Healer" Must Embrace Triple Waw (ו ו ו)  ϛ ϛ ϛ  6 6 6    A. The First Waw. The Torah is Six Books, Not Five Books. The Arc of the Story is from Israel leaving  the Promised Land to the Children of Israel entering the Promised Land. The Torah is the Law is One  Law in Six Books and the Torah cannot be Broken with the Removal of Even One Book and Certainly  not the Removal of the One Book that details the Fulfillment of the Promise given to Abraám to as  God does Not Break His Promise and therefore the Book of Joshua is Fundamental to the Torah as the  Proof the Manifestation of the Promise is Fundamental to the Keeping of the Promise. Moses as a  Prophet is the Writer of Joshua before Moses will die and the Testimony in this to the Levites is that  the Unaltered Writings are Valid Sacred Writing so Don't Change Anything with Textural Distortions  because you think them to be Myths.     B. The Second Waw. The Elohim the ΘΕΟΣ is Not Defective so therefore the Removal of Waw ( ו) from  Elohim (םיהולא) to create El*him (םיהלא) by relying upon the Tiberian Vowel Marker of Holem in a  Codex though Absent in a Defectively Spelled Scroll is Not Permissible as the Removal of a Character  Breaks the Torah and Waw ( ו) the Sixth Abjad with a Numerical Value of Six cannot therefore be  removed hence Elohim (םיהולא) in Hebrew is Six Characters of the Numerical Value of "92" and Not  Five Characters of Numerical Value of "86" and the Number of Years between Third Generations of  1914 with the First World War and the Current Generation of 2001 with the Twin Towers of 9/11 are  87 Years apart in the Span of Time between their Beginnings, hence the Previous Fourth Generation  of 1938 with the Second World War of is to be followed by the Next Fourth Generation beginning in  2026. Given the Negative Feedback Loop in the Present Third Generation we should wake up to the  Fact that the Negative Consequences will surpass the Negative Realities of the Present Third  Generations. So therefore we should stop living in Denial. De Nile is where the Crocodile is to be  Found. If we are Synchronizing with Defective Waw‐less El*him equal to 86 then the Next Third  Generation could begin in 2087 and the Next Fourth after the Fourth Generation could be in 2112 as  the Value of 86 the Value of the Defective El*him is added to the Years 2001 and 2026 that Mark the  Beginnings of the Present Set of Third and Fourth Generations even as 1914 and 1939 Mark the  Beginnings of Third and Fourth Generations with the First World War carrying a Theme of Death by  Chlorine Gas in Trenches and the Second World War carrying a Theme of Death by Zyklon B in Death  Camps to Herd the Quiet Assimilated NonObservant Jews with Clandestine Last Names into the  German Nazi Militaries to be Driven to their Deaths along the Eastern Winter Front in Vast Numbers  this the Number is Likely Higher than Six Million even discounting the Strangers in the Midst within  the Death Camps of Starvations, Servitude, Nakedness, and Ovens of Death were Jews were Baked  just like Joseph would replace the Chief Baker who was Hung from a Gibbet as Joseph would Feed  Egypt and Jews were Buried in the Dirt in Pits perhaps not unlike Pharaoh and His Army were  Collectively drowned in Water as the Wall of Water became their Pit. Sickle Sickle Sickle Sickle the  Raised Symbol Jews Hebrews Harvested in Generation Number Four of 1939 and No Faction was  Immune. Hence the Protection offered to Abraám was not Extended to his Children and What is the  Reason for This? What Factions of Judaism Existed Under Nazi Domination? Orthodox? Whom else?  3 Was Any Branch of Immune? Do you think Abraám would have died within a Zyklon B Gas Chamber?  The Ninth Generation is always the First Generation with the Hindsight of Two Fourth Generations.  Will this be highly applicable to the Generation following the Fourth Generation of 2026?     C. The Work of Elohim (םיהולא) is Finished to the State of Very Good on Day Six and there is No Work  performed whatsoever on Day Seven on the Seventh Day of Elohim (םיהולא) irregardless of What  constitutes a Seventh Day for Elohim the Creator Deity whose Self Definition is Six Hebrew Characters  whatever a Day is to Elohim it's His Day and No Work by Elohim is Performed on Elohim's Seventh  Day. What is Work? I don't know what work is. Apparently Breathing is Not Work. We are therefore  allowed to live on Day Seven. Is Work then a Form of Self Denial, a Form of Death and Dying?     S. To Recap. The Torah is the One Book of the Law in Six Books not Five Books; The Promised Land  cannot be removed from the Torah. The Elohim of the Torah is Six Hebrew Characters whose Value is  92 and not Five Hebrew Characters whose Value is 86; The Waw whose Value is 6 cannot be removed  from Elohim whose Value is 92. The Sixth Day of Elohim is the One Day where Elohim finishes All of  His Work to the State of Very Good. The Sabbath is the Day of Elohim were No Work is Performed  Whatsoever.     [:;]    Yes it's Extreme what I wrote about Howard Stern, Sergey Brin, Mark Zuckerberg, but what do they think is going to  happen to them for their Stubborn Silence on Fundamental Truth given that all Hezekiah had to do was show off his  Material Wealth while remaining Mute to the Gift of the Wealth of the Unaltered Scriptures ((in the Face of the  Confirmation of the Power of the True God by Hezekiah's Healing)) to bring about the Curse of Hezekiah's Children  becoming Eunuchs; And Howard, Sergey, and Zuckerberg operate with Material Gifts from God yet Zuckerberg Muzzled  my Mouth as did Outlook, Google, and Yahoo in Shutting Down My Accounts, and Howard is like a Cat in a Microwave  who absorbs Information without Opening his Mouth and eventually the Cat is Going to Explode whether it's a Cat in the  Microwave or Howard in the Elevator, and Given that Another Fourth Generation is on the Way and Everyone Seems to  Be in Protracted Error despite the Wealth of the Possibility of the "World Wide Web" the "World Wide Web" is Failing to  Fulfill it's Role on a Fundamental Level as The True Torah is the Fundamental Truth and the Incarnate Torah washed Feet  to Convey the Foundational Importance of the Torah then the Culpability Each of These Individuals and Likewise  Individuals with Respect to the Welfare of the World Population is Immense and the Magnitude has a Reach Far  Exceeding the Reach of Hezekiah to His Neighbors. In Other Words, Stern, Sergey, Zuckerberg and Likewise Others can  expect Far More than Merely having Eunuchs for Children and I Should expect My Own Consequences if I were not to at  least try to make this Abundantly Clear to Howard "Muzzled" Stern. These Three People and Likewise Others have One  Thing in Common: Each of Them Met Me before Becoming Who They Are. What do I think this means? I don't know  what this means. It's an Odd Phenomenon to Me. They are Responsible for their Gifts Irregardless of How They got  Them and if They Continue to Muzzle the Truth they should Expect to be Severely Cursed because they bear an  Obligation to the World that Greatly Exceeds the Average Human born into the General Population.     Looking again at Raba in the Gemara, there were Three Points to Look at with Respect to Painful Sufferings :: 1) To  Examine your own Conduct, 2) To Search yourself to See whether you have Neglected Torah, 3) To be aware that in the  Event of the Inapplicability of Point One and Point Two then to Be Sure that the Painful Sufferings are Chastenings of  Love. For it is Said whom the Lord loves He Corrects." :: Now the Third Point has the Word Correct, and if the Word  "Correct" has Any Relevance then Something in this Persons Life is "Incorrect" yet the Person with Painful Sufferings has  Examined his Conduct and the Person with Painful Sufferings has Searched Himself and Determined that He is not in a  State of Neglect with Respect to the Study of Torah and this would be inclusively Reading, Memorization, Recitation, and  Rumination; Yet consider that our Examination of our own Conduct is Informed by the Torah in addition to our Parental  and Cultural Upbringing and our Study of Torah is likewise informed by our Torah so what could possibly be Incorrect by  4 Point Three? Our Torah could be Defective. How do you create a Defective Torah? You Remove One Character; You  Substitute One Character for Another; You Add a Character. Changing the Meaning with a Revision is Another Way and  the Dead Sea Scrolls are Proof this was happening.     Would the Holocaust count as "Painful Sufferings"? How could anyone say that the Holocaust was not about "Painful  Sufferings"? Of course the Holocaust was about "Painful Sufferings". What then was the Underlying Causation of the  Painful Sufferings of the Holocaust? You don't want to know? You have to know. You have an Obligation to Know. Why  do Torah and Trojan evoke each other in Soundings? Trojan Horse, Torah Horse, Torah Hoarse. What's it like to lose your  Voice? What's it like to lose your Life?     How could the Deaths in the Holocaust have anything to do with "Chastenings of Love"? Here's one possibility, Abraám's  Descendants are to Number like the Stars of Heaven. How many Stars are in the Universe? Is the Number 40 Trillion?  What's the Number of the Stars in the Universe? That's How Many Children are to be Born to Abraám the Father of  Nations given the Covenant by the Father God. Hence? Those Reborn from the Holocaust are to be at the Beginning of  the Chain of this Significant Lineage. That means that their Parenting Skills hold a High Degree of Relevance. Does having  an Acutely Critical Understanding of the Truth without the Slightest Mitigation have any Significance in this Emerging  Picture? Some Mistakes should Never be Repeated.     [:;]    Given that there is no "Easy to Use" Online Reference of Source Material to Allow Individuals the Opportunity to Form  Networks of Contests to See and Prove the Difference Between the Masoretic Text in Hebrew and in Translation and the  Sixtine Text and the Complutensian Polygot in Greek and in Translation where Four Groups would be formed with Two  Groups in the Hebrew and the Greek Language and Two Groups would be formed with English Translations of the  Hebrew and the Greek where these Online References allow for the Easy Use of The Source and Translation Material to  Facilitate Mouth Memorization of the Six Books of The Torah to Prove the Higher Validity of the Gemara where it is  Written of Rabbi Hiya bar Abba, Rabbi Yohanan, Rabbi Hanina, and Rabbi Elazar with Respect to Being Healed from  Sickness when a Man sees Painful Sufferings visit him, and there is Nothing Wrong in his Conduct and that therefore the  Problem is Rooted in Some Manner of Neglect in the Study of Torah, and this would be Inclusive of Studying a Faulted  Version of the Torah that is a Torah with Defects, whether by the Document itself or by Error in the Memorization of the  Mouth for the Purpose of Recitation and Rumination. Given that this Online Resource doesn't exist with Both Wiki Style  Reading Pages and Facsimile Photographs that are Easy to Browse of the Masoretic Codex, the Sixtine Text of 1587, and  the Complutensian Polygot of 1514/1517 ((And Not of Reprints whose Printing Seem to be Uniformly Corrupted)).     This Contest of Four Teams where the English Translations are proofed against the Source Material, would be akin to the  Context of Elijah and the Prophets of Baal. These are Divergent Source Material therefore either "One Side" or "Both  Sides" (is or are) Incorrect. The Winner(s) in this Contest would be those Whose Confirmed Recitation and Rumination of  the Six Book of the Torah would Render their Hand ((Or)) as a Vehicle for Healing to those too Sick to Actively Memorize  the Torah. Truth is Always Something that can Proven to be True. If Elijah could prove the True God the True God then  this is likewise possible for Us, and given the Gemara Commentary of Raba along with the Examples of Rabbi Yohanan,  Rabbi Hanina we see that Healing could be Administered to the Sick, meaning the Conduct of these Persons and their  Study of Torah could not Be Faulted and Neither could their Source Material be Faulted given the Third Component the  Statement of Raba "If when he searches himself and does not find this to be the cause, let him be sure that they are  chastenings of love. For it is said: Whom the Lord loves He corrects ((Proverbs)). The Two Teams with English  Translations would need Third Party Confirmation to the Hebrew Masoretic Text and the Greek Sixtine Text as to the  Validity and Impartiality of the Translation by Hebrew Speaking Rabbis and Greek Speaking Priests ((Preferably Versed in  the Pontic Dialect of Greek)).     Given that this Manner of "Easy to Use" Online Reference Material that may also be Downloaded in an Easy to Use  Manner inclusive of a Suitable Application means that Each of Howard Stern, Larry Page, Sergey Brin, Mark Zuckerberg,  Laurene Powell Jobs, Jeff Bezos, ect, etc, are All Standing in Fault and Standing in Error in Opposition to the Statement  "You Shall Be a Nation of Priests" and they can expect to be Fully Punished for their Neglect of their Obligatory Duties in  5 this Present Timeframe for these have the Resources to Do This, and Given that This Doesn't Exist then Not Even One of  Them is Doing This. Silence doesn't Protect Anyone. When a Certain King was given the Opportunity to Show Off His  Torahs to Another King and instead this Certain King showed off his Material Wealth then because of this Silence on the  Torah this King's Children were Cursed to Become Eunuchs. Each of these People already Stand Guilty of Being Liars even  if this is Merely Silence about the Factual Truth of their Lives and given that Steve Jobs was Abducted by His Wife over a  Twenty Year Period as a Punishment for the Stealth Lies in Steve's Mouth, then Each of these Liars can Expect the Same  or Worse in their Lives for their Silence to the Truth. Even Abaám lost his Wife Sarrah Twice for the Fact of Lying to Say  that Sarrah was His Sister. The Silence in Abraám's Lie is that Sarrah was the Sister‐in‐Law whom Abraám married with  the Death of Charran. Job likewise lost everything for the Fault of Not Instructing his Children. The Truth has to be in  One's Mouth and Otherwise is a Self Inflicted Curse.     None of these Individuals would need to put their "Name" on this "Online Reference" as their Image to the Public is  currently so Stigmatized that even a Well Done Effort could be marred by the Use of their Name and this could damage  the Opportunity this "Online Resource" would represent. Nevertheless this "Online Resource" needs to be made. The  Individuals behind the effort can of course admit participation but fundamentally the Work should be allowed to speak  for itself as the Work can indeed Speak for itself and likewise the Work can Prove itself without anyone's Self  Aggrandizing Help.     [:;]    The Website 'babel.hathitrust.org" where The Septuagint Translation of Charles Thomson in 1808 as Printed by Jane  Aitken from before the "Edits" by Muses, exists as a Scan, that Website SUCKS for Reading the Scan as you have to Wait  Forever to Scroll and See Anything. Do you wanna know why the World is Going to be Butchered Again? It's Because  Assholes like Howard Stern, Mark Zuckerberg, Sergy Brin, Etc, DO NOT DO A FLYING FUCK TO HAND THE WORLD THE  TRUTH SO LET THEIR ASSHOLES BE DEVOURED IN THE BURNING FIRE OF HELL WITH ALL THE FALSE MINISTERS.    1 Brettle, Jessica From:Mark Cox <markdarrellcox@icloud.com> Sent:Thursday, October 10, 2019 2:33 PM To:jd@howardstern.com Subject:Babel Hath I Trust CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on  links.  ________________________________    Yes it's Extreme what I wrote about Howard Stern, Sergey Brin, Mark Zuckerberg, but what do they think is going to  happen to them for their Stubborn Silence on Fundamental Truth given that all Hezekiah had to do was show off his  Material Wealth while remaining Mute to the Gift of the Wealth of the Unaltered Scriptures ((in the Face of the  Confirmation of the Power of the True God by Hezekiah's Healing)) to bring about the Curse of Hezekiah's Children  becoming Eunuchs; And Howard, Sergey, and Zuckerberg operate with Material Gifts from God yet Zuckerberg Muzzled  my Mouth as did Outlook, Google, and Yahoo in Shutting Down My Accounts, and Howard is like a Cat in a Microwave  who absorbs Information without Opening his Mouth and eventually the Cat is Going to Explode whether it's a Cat in the  Microwave or Howard in the Elevator, and Given that Another Fourth Generation is on the Way and Everyone Seems to  Be in Protracted Error despite the Wealth of the Possibility of the "World Wide Web" the "World Wide Web" is Failing to  Fulfill it's Role on a Fundamental Level as The True Torah is the Fundamental Truth and the Incarnate Torah washed Feet  to Convey the Foundational Importance of the Torah then the Culpability Each of These Individuals and Likewise  Individuals with Respect to the Welfare of the World Population is Immense and the Magnitude has a Reach Far  Exceeding the Reach of Hezekiah to His Neighbors. In Other Words, Stern, Zuckerberg et Al can expect Far More than  Merely having Eunuchs for Children and I could expect My Own Consequences if I did not try to make this clear to  Howard "Muzzled" Stern. These Three People and Others have One Thing in Common: Each of Them Met Me before  Becoming Who They Are. What do I think this means? I don't know what it means. It's an Odd Phenomenon to Me. They  are responsible for their gifts irregardless of how they got them and if they continue to muzzle the Truth they can Expect  to be Severely Cursed because they bear an obligation to the world that greatly exceeds the births in the General  Population.    Looking again at Raba in the Gemara, there were Three Points to Look at with Respect to Painful Sufferings :: 1) To  Examine your own Conduct, 2) To Search yourself to See whether you have Neglected Torah, 3) To be aware that in the  Event of the Inapplicability of Point One and Point Two then to Be Sure that the Painful Sufferings are Chastenings of  Love. For it is Said whom the Lord loves He Corrects." :: Now the Third Point has the Word Correct, and if the Word  "Correct" has Any Relevance then Something in this Persons Life is "Incorrect" yet the Person with Painful Sufferings has  Examined his Conduct and the Person with Painful Sufferings has Searched Himself and Determined that He is not in a  State of Neglect with Respect to the Study of Torah and this would be inclusively Reading, Memorization, Recitation, and  Rumination; Yet consider that our Examination of our own Conduct is Informed by the Torah in addition to our Parental  and Cultural Upbringing and our Study of Torah is likewise informed by our Torah so what could possibly be Incorrect by  Point Three? Our Torah could be Defective. How do you create a Defective Torah? You Remove One Character; You  Substitute One Character for Another; You Add a Character. Changing the Meaning with a Revision is Another Way and  the Dead Sea Scrolls are Proof this was happening.    Would the Holocaust count as "Painful Sufferings"? How could anyone say that the Holocaust was not about "Painful  Sufferings"? Of course the Holocaust was about "Painful Sufferings". What then was the Underlying Causation of the  Painful Sufferings of the Holocaust? You don't want to know? You have to know. You have an Obligation to Know. Why  do Torah and Trojan evoke each other in Soundings? Trojan Horse, Torah Horse, Torah Hoarse. What's it like to lose your  Voice? What's it like to lose your Life?    2 How could the Deaths in the Holocaust have anything to do with "Chastenings of Love"? Here's one possibility, Abraám's  Descendants are to Number like the Stars of Heaven. How many Stars are in the Universe? Is the Number 40 Trillion?  What's the Number of the Stars in the Universe? That's How Many Children are to be Born to Abraám the Father of  Nations given the Covenant by the Father God. Hence? Those Reborn from the Holocaust are to be at the Beginning of  the Chain of this Significant Lineage. That means that their Parenting Skills hold a High Degree of Relevance. Does having  an Acutely Critical Understanding of the Truth without the Slightest Mitigation have any Significance in this Emerging  Picture? Some Mistakes should Never be Repeated.    [:;]    Given that there is no "Easy to Use" Online Reference of Source Material to Allow Individuals the Opportunity to Form  Networks of Contests to See and Prove the Difference Between the Masoretic Text in Hebrew and in Translation and the  Sixtine Text and the Complutensian Polygot in Greek and in Translation where Four Groups would be formed with Two  Groups in the Hebrew and the Greek Language and Two Groups would be formed with English Translations of the  Hebrew and the Greek where these Online References allow for the Easy Use of The Source and Translation Material to  Facilitate Mouth Memorization of the Six Books of The Torah to Prove the Higher Validity of the Gemara where it is  Written of Rabbi Hiya bar Abba, Rabbi Yohanan, Rabbi Hanina, and Rabbi Elazar with Respect to Being Healed from  Sickness when a Man sees Painful Sufferings visit him, and there is Nothing Wrong in his Conduct and that therefore the  Problem is Rooted in Some Manner of Neglect in the Study of Torah, and this would be Inclusive of Studying a Faulted  Version of the Torah that is a Torah with Defects, whether by the Document itself or by Error in the Memorization of the  Mouth for the Purpose of Recitation and Rumination. Given that this Online Resource doesn't exist with Both Wiki Style  Reading Pages and Facsimile Photographs that are Easy to Browse of the Masoretic Codex, the Sixtine Text of 1587, and  the Complutensian Polygot of 1514/1517 ((And Not of Reprints whose Printing Seem to be Uniformly Corrupted)).    This Contest of Four Teams where the English Translations are proofed against the Source Material, would be akin to the  Context of Elijah and the Prophets of Baal. These are Divergent Source Material therefore either "One Side" or "Both  Sides" (is or are) Incorrect. The Winner(s) in this Contest would be those Whose Confirmed Recitation and Rumination of  the Six Book of the Torah would Render their Hand ((Or)) as a Vehicle for Healing to those too Sick to Actively Memorize  the Torah. Truth is Always Something that can Proven to be True. If Elijah could prove the True God the True God then  this is likewise possible for Us, and given the Gemara Commentary of Raba along with the Examples of Rabbi Yohanan,  Rabbi Hanina we see that Healing could be Administered to the Sick, meaning the Conduct of these Persons and their  Study of Torah could not Be Faulted and Neither could their Source Material be Faulted given the Third Component the  Statement of Raba "If when he searches himself and does not find this to be the cause, let him be sure that they are  chastenings of love. For it is said: Whom the Lord loves He corrects ((Proverbs)). The Two Teams with English  Translations would need Third Party Confirmation to the Hebrew Masoretic Text and the Greek Sixtine Text as to the  Validity and Impartiality of the Translation by Hebrew Speaking Rabbis and Greek Speaking Priests ((Preferably Versed in  the Pontic Dialect of Greek)).    Given that this Manner of "Easy to Use" Online Reference Material that may also be Downloaded in an Easy to Use  Manner inclusive of a Suitable Application means that Each of Howard Stern, Larry Page, Sergey Brin, Mark Zuckerberg,  Laurene Powell Jobs, Jeff Bezos, ect, etc, are All Standing in Fault and Standing in Error in Opposition to the Statement  "You Shall Be a Nation of Priests" and they can expect to be Fully Punished for their Neglect of their Obligatory Duties in  this Present Timeframe for these have the Resources to Do This, and Given that This Doesn't Exist then Not Even One of  Them is Doing This. Silence doesn't Protect Anyone. When a Certain King was given the Opportunity to Show Off His  Torahs to Another King and instead this Certain King showed off his Material Wealth then because of this Silence on the  Torah this King's Children were Cursed to Become Eunuchs. Each of these People already Stand Guilty of Being Liars even  if this is Merely Silence about the Factual Truth of their Lives and given that Steve Jobs was Abducted by His Wife over a  Twenty Year Period as a Punishment for the Stealth Lies in Steve's Mouth, then Each of these Liars can Expect the Same  or Worse in their Lives for their Silence to the Truth. Even Abaám lost his Wife Sarrah Twice for the Fact of Lying to Say  that Sarrah was His Sister. The Silence in Abraám's Lie is that Sarrah was the Sister‐in‐Law whom Abraám married with  the Death of Charran. Job likewise lost everything for the Fault of Not Instructing his Children. The Truth has to be in  One's Mouth and Otherwise is a Self Inflicted Curse.  3   None of these Individuals would need to put their "Name" on this "Online Reference" as their Image to the Public is  currently so Stigmatized that even a Well Done Effort could be marred by the Use of their Name and this could damage  the Opportunity this "Online Resource" would represent. Nevertheless this "Online Resource" needs to be made. The  Individuals behind the effort can of course admit participation but fundamentally the Work should be allowed to speak  for itself as the Work can indeed Speak for itself and likewise the Work can Prove itself without anyone's Self  Aggrandizing Help.    [:;]    The Website 'babel.hathitrust.org" where The Septuagint Translation of Charles Thomson in 1808 as Printed by Jane  Aitken from before the "Edits" by Muses, exists as a Scan, that Website SUCKS for Reading the Scan as you have to Wait  Forever to Scroll and See Anything. Do you wanna know why the World is Going to be Butchered Again? It's Because  Assholes like Howard Stern, Mark Zuckerberg, Sergy Brin, Etc, DO NOT DO A FLYING FUCK TO HAND THE WORLD THE  TRUTH SO LET THEIR ASSHOLES BE DEVOURED IN THE BURNING FIRE OF HELL WITH ALL THE FALSE MINISTERS.  1 Brettle, Jessica From:just sayin <send.kin.mail@gmail.com> Sent:Tuesday, October 15, 2019 7:03 PM To:Council, City Cc:greenacres2@yahoogroups.com Subject:Re: Charleston Arastradero corridor Attachments:Charleston Arastradero corridor accident.jpg CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Dear Council Members,     Attached is a picture my wife just took of a car getting towed at the intersection of Arastradero   and Coulombe, with clear tire damage mostly likely from impacting the end of the bike lane divider  at the intersection, which dangerously juts out onto the road.     Do we have to wait for a serious fatal accident to happen at this intersection before the city will take action  to remove this danger from our neighborhood?    Kin Cho      On Wed, Aug 7, 2019 at 11:55 PM just sayin <send.kin.mail@gmail.com> wrote:  Dear Council Members,     I'm a home owner on Maybell Ave.  My daily commute takes me pass by the unbelievably senseless Charleston Arastradero corridor twice a day.  I couldn't help but wonder the danger the jetting dividers/barriers jet pose  to drivers young and old, and someday maybe myself.  For the good of all the people who relies on Arastradero daily, please remove the barriers ASAP!    Sincerely,    ‐kin    • - • 1 Brettle, Jessica From:Alice Smith <alice.smith@gmail.com> Sent:Monday, October 14, 2019 10:32 AM Subject:Georgia on my mind - Vote Suppression, Alive and Well. Attachments:NVC_VotingRights_10-14-2019.pptx CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Brave New World has done a stunning job of describing Vote Suppression in Georgia.    https://www.bravenewfilms.org/suppressed    Take  30 minutes and watch this film.     My view is this film must be shown to one and all: belongs on all Civil Rights websites and should be used as evidence in  an action to declare the election of Kemp as Governor tainted and rescinded because of concerted state action to  deprive voters of the right to vote.     To have the Secretary of State control the validity of the eligible voters in his own election is outrageous if not  criminal.  That he didn't process 58k applications to register to vote or 10k provisional ballots with most from majority  black districts shows a disregard for constitutional values. He won by 53k votes (and he controls the voting machines and  the counting of the votes. )    Kemp's  actions were certainly self‐serving and biased and there is clear evidence of racial discrimination: the removal of  voting locations in black districts is only one example of racially motivated vote suppression. I can show from this movie  clear and convincing evidence of voter fraud by the state, of fundamental breach of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act,  the 14th Amendment inter alia.     I have ordered a copy of this film and intend to show it at Channing House and hold a discussion afterwards.  I think  Human Rights Watch should take this on, the LWV and ACLU should as well. I believe Common Cause has some litigation  on going.     I would like to send this film to every member of the US Supreme Court but have no idea how to do that. If you do,  please get the movie to them    I am attaching my Voting Rights/Vote Suppression Slides for anyone who would like to have an easy slide show look at  vote suppression in America.  I first gave the  this talk in February at Channing House but this presentation has been  substantially rewritten.  I believe it isn't enough to know that voting rights are under attack in America. We have to take  action and it has to be impactful and directed.  I am starting with making sure people understand the scope of vote  suppression and feel outraged enough to figure out what to do.  There is a lot of brain‐power on this bcc.  Let's stop the  return to pre 1965 era. One person one vote and every vote counted. I have embedded the movie link into my slide  presentation.  Producing a you‐tube for use by anyone who prefers Voting 101 orally.    Happy to do a teach in as and when.      Alice   10/16/2019 1 Voting Rights and Vote Suppression © National Voter Corps, 2019. October 14, 2019 Purpose of this Presentation •Explain voting rights and vote suppression: •The legal framework for voting rights •The impact on voting rights after the Supreme Court decision -Shelby County v. Holder (2013) •Gerrymandering as a tool for controlling state and congressional election results •Update on Congressional action on voting in 2019 2 Content •Voting Rights in the US Constitution •Congressional Action 1924 to 2012 •Shelby County v Holder 2013 •Impact of Shelby on voting rights and vote suppression •Gerrymandering •Supreme Court Decision on Partisan Gerrymandering 2019 •Vote Security for Vote Integrity •Briefly: Congressional Action in 2019: •HR 1 – For the People Act of 2019, Passed 234 - 193 HR 4 – •Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2019 •HR 2722 - SAFE Act- Securing America’s Federal Elections Act, Passed 225 – 184 3 VOTING RIGHTS in the US CONSTITUTION 4 12 34 10/16/2019 2 How is our right to vote determined? • US Constitution • Congressional Action • State Legislative Action • State Laws • Redistricting 5 • State Initiatives • US Supreme Court Decisions • Federal Court Decisions • State Court Decisions The right to vote was not guaranteed in the US Constitution but is in the Amendments US Constitution – Article I §*4 Elections’ Clause §4 The times, places and manner of holding elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each state by the legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time by law make or alter such regulations, except as to the places of choosing Senators. State legislatures set rules: when/where/how to vote but Congress may make new rules or alter existing State rules. * § symbol indicates “section.” 6 14TH Amendment (1868) Citizenship, Equal Protection §1 All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside. No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. §2 Representatives shall be apportioned among the several states according to their respective numbers,counting the whole number of persons in each state, excluding Indians not taxed. §5 The Congress shall have the power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation. 7 15th and 17th Amendments •15th Amendment (1870)Race - Color •§1 The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude. •17th Amendment (1913)Popular Vote of Senators •§1 The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each state, elected by the people thereof, for six years; and each Senator shall have one vote. The electors in each state shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the state legislatures. 8 56 78 10/16/2019 3 19th, 24th and 26th Amendments •19th Amendment (1920) Sex •The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex. •24th Amendment (1964) Poll tax or other tax •The right of citizens of the United States to vote .. shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State by reason of failure to pay any poll tax or other tax. (Federal elections only) •26th Amendment (1971) 18 years old voting age •The right of citizens of the United States, who are eighteen years of age or older, to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of age. 9 States’ Rights (Federalism) in the US Constitution •Article 4: Right of Self-Government to each State •10th Amendment: Reserves all rights not granted to the federal government to the individual states. 10 CONGRESSIONAL ACTION 1924 to 2012 11 US Congress: Some Key Laws • 1924 Indian Citizenship Act • 1965 Voting Rights Act (VRA) • 1986 Uniformed And Overseas Voter Registration Act • 1993 National Voter Registration Act (NVRA) • 2002 Help Americans Vote Act (HAVA) • Introduces Voter ID • Adds voting machine requirements etc. • 2006 Re-enacted Voting Rights Act for 25 years without changing formula 12 910 11 12 10/16/2019 4 1965: Voting Rights Act (VRA) enacted §2 -"No voting qualification or prerequisite to voting, or standard, practice, or procedure, shall be imposed or applied by any State or political subdivision to deny or abridge the right of any citizen of the United States to vote on account of race or color.“ President Lyndon Johnson signing July 2, 1964 13 Voting Rights Act §§ 4(b) and 5 .14 •§4(b) defined the formula to determine which States were to require pre-clearance. •§5 required certain States and other Counties with histories of discriminatory tests and devices plus low voter turnout to obtain pre-clearance from the federal government before changing voting laws. • By 2013, the preclearance formula classified Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Texas and Virginia as well as counties in California (1970: Monterey, Yuba, 1975: added Kings and Merced), Florida, Michigan, New York, North Carolina and South Dakota requiring pre-clearance. Importance of § 5 to Voting Rights 15 “Section 5’s prophylactic power came from its recognition that the “harms” of voting discrimination can never be truly redressed. Once an election is held, there is no do-over.” http://civilrightsdocs.info/pdf/reports/Democracy-Diverted.pdfp7 States and counties requiring pre-clearance under § 5 in 2013 16 13 14 15 16 10/16/2019 5 SHELBY COUNTY v HOLDER 2013 17 Alabama challenges parts of the Voting Rights Act Shelby v Holder 2013 •In a 5 to 4 decision the Supreme Court held: •Section 4(b) of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 unconstitutional. •Result: •Without Section 4(b), Section 5 (pre-clearance) neutralized. 18 Reasoning in Shelby •Majority Opinion: •Chief Justice John Roberts - Coverage formula is based on data over 40 years old, making it no longer responsive to current needs and therefore an impermissible burden on the constitutional principles of federalism and equal sovereignty of the states. •Justice Thomas - concurring opinion- thought §5also unconstitutional. •Minority Opinion: •Justice Ginsburg argued that evidence gathered by Congress supports continuing the law which enforces the 14th and 15th Amendments. •"Throwing out preclearance when it has worked and is continuing to work to stop discriminatory changes is like throwing away your umbrella in a rainstorm because you are not getting wet." 19 Impact on Voting Access post Shelby County State Legislatures act quickly after Shelby: • By 2019 1688 polling places closed in previously covered counties, many in predominantly African-American counties • Closing or reducing polling places at colleges and universities• Research shows changing and/or reducing early voting locations reduces voter turnout • Cutting early voting days, hours and the number of early voting locations • Purging of voter rolls • Imposing Strict Voter ID laws in 35 states 20 17 18 19 20 10/16/2019 6 1688 polling places closed since 2013 in counties previously covered by preclearance. 21 Under Voting Rights Act §4(b)preclearance would have been required before these precincts were closed. http://civilrightsdocs.info/pdf/reports/Democracy-Diverted.pdfp13 Voter Purging 17 million since 2016 Brennan Center reports 22 Crosscheck Program used by 26 States • ”The program combines each state's voter rolls into a database and seeks to identify potential duplicate registrations by comparing first name, last name, and full date of birth. In 2006, the firstcrosscheck was conducted using voter registration records from Kansas, Iowa, Missouri, and Nebraska.” Wikipedia •27 states used it, 9 states withdrew before 2016 election •For every double voter found, 300 legitimate voters were removed (Stanford  Study 2019)  23 Impact on 2016 Election – Crosscheck purges 24 Sources: Wikipediaand Brennan Center Map of the states that have not publicly withdrawn from the Interstate Voter Registration Crosscheck Program. 21 22 23 24 10/16/2019 7 Significant Voting Restrictions post 2010 25 Source: Brennan Center 2019 Voter Identification Requirements by 35 States 26 Photo ID required 35 States require an approved ID, 17 require photo IDs https://ballotpedia.org/Voter_identification_laws_by_state Examples of Strict Voter ID laws that limit voters • Requiring Street Addresses on registration forms •Native Americans on Reservations don’t always have street addresses •10,000s disenfranchised in North Dakota • Not allowing Student IDs from colleges and universities or local businesses to be used as IDs when voting • Requiring Birth Certificates to register to vote KA, GA, AZ (ruled unconstitutional) 27 January 2019: North Carolina’s Voter ID Law • In 2016, Federal judges struck down a 2013 state law that included photo ID and other voting restrictions. •The judges said in the ruling that the law was approved with intentional racial discrimination in mind and that it "targeted African-Americans with almost surgical precision.” • 2019 Legislature passes new Voter ID law similar to 2013 law• Democratic governor vetoes Voter ID law • Legislature overrides veto. • Lawsuit sought injunction. 2 Superior Court judges ruled on 7/19/19 the new law won’t take place until 2020. 1 judge would have issued injunction. 28 25 26 27 28 10/16/2019 8 Mechanical errors deprive citizens of their vote – some states require perfection •Misspelt street name •European date format (4 July 1952 as 4/7/1952) •Misspelt city name (by even 1 letter) •Signature printed, not cursive •Signature does not exactly meet the voter registration form •Date entered was voting date not birthdate on provisional ballot and all other information was correct and voter known to be registered 29 Restrictive Voting Rights Bills introduced or carried over into 2019 30https://www.brennancenter.org/sites/default/files/legal-work/New%20Voting%20Restrictions.pdf 2019 States with Expanding Voter Rights Legislation introduced or carried over 31https://www.brennancenter.org/sites/default/files/legal-work/New%20Voting%20Restrictions.pdf Which States have Early Voting? 32 Source:  https://www.bamapolitics.com/24365/alabama-early- voting-part-of-house-democrats-2019- legislative-agenda/ 29 30 31 32 10/16/2019 9 Automatic Voter Registration 33Mother Jones 11/3/18 Same Day Registration as of 1/2019 34 Source: National Council of State Legislatures Expansion of Felons’ Voting Rights “A man without a vote  is a man without  protection.” Lyndon B. Johnson 35 Expansion of Felons’ Voting Rights “A man without a vote  is a man without  protection.” Lyndon B. Johnson 40 GERRYMANDERING 36 33 34 35 36 10/16/2019 10 The Original Gerrymander 37 •In 1812, Massachusetts  Governor Elbridge Gerry  redrew the state senatorial  districts to favor his party. •The Boston Gazette  published the cartoon  which merged  “Gerry” and  “salamander” to describe  the result. Source: Wikipedia How Voter Districts Are Drawn •Every 10 years US Census identifies where people live and the number of Congressional Districts that are allocated to states according to population. Then redistricting allocates voters to the districts. •When State Legislatures control redistricting their political interests often lead to: •Partisan Gerrymandering •Racial Gerrymandering •States which have Independent Commissions: •Tend to create more balanced districts when specific and fair criteria guides composition of the commission and their mission 38 How to Gerrymander •Packed District: •“When a voter resides in a packed district, her preferred candidate will win no matter what”. •Cracked District: •“When a voter lives in a cracked district, her chosen candidate stands no chance of prevailing.” •“But either way, such a citizen’s vote carries less weight—has less consequence—than it would under a neutrally drawn map.” Justice Kagan’s concurring opinion in Gill v Whitford 2018 39 Gerrymandered: Democratic and Republican Congressional Seats 40 37 38 39 40 10/16/2019 11 Gerrymandered: State Legislatures 41Source: Brennan Center Michigan’s Gerrymandering (Packing) 42 •Democrats dominated the state  in 1980s & 1990s, Republicans  from 2004 to 2018. In 2016  Republicans won 64.5 % of  delegation (9 seats to 5) with  50.5% of vote. After 2018  election, each party held 7 seats. •On 4/25/2019 Federal District  Court rules districts are  unconstitutional. Overruled by  Supreme Court  decision in Rucco (details to follow) Source: Wikipedia 2008, 2010, 2012: Examples of packing 43 Map Source:The Nation10/2/2017 Blue voters, over time, are packed into  fewer districts., 53% Democrats, 47% Republicans results in 36% Dems and 64% elected . North Carolina Extreme Partisan Gerrymandering and Recommended Solution • 2016 map impartial proposal •Judge-drawn and Unpacked • 2016 actual •gerrymandered • 2011 actual •gerrymandered 44 41 42 43 44 10/16/2019 12 SUPREME COURT DECISION ON PARTISAN GERRYMANDERING 6/27/2019 45 Partisan Gerrymandering: N. Carolina and Maryland •2 cases heard in separate Courts of Appeals; each Court ruled partisan gerrymandering unconstitutional and held plaintiffs had standing to sue. •Supreme Court joins the cases into Rucho v.Common Cause et al. • Issues presented to the US Supreme Court: partisan gerrymandering •Do Plaintiffs have standing to press partisan gerrymandering claims? •Are they justified? •Is North Carolina’s 2016 Congressional map in fact unconstitutional partisan gerrymandering? •Is Maryland’s Democratic gerrymandering unconstitutional dilution? 46 Supreme Court 5:4 : Roberts writes Majority Opinion • US Supreme Court decides that partisan gerrymandering claims present political questions beyond the reach of the federal courts. “A jurisdiction may engage in constitutional political gerrymandering.” • Majority concluded that partisan gerrymandering claims have proven far more difficult to adjudicate and the standard to adjudicate partisan gerrymandering must be clear, manageable and politically neutral. • Constitution does not require proportional representation. • “Courts may not apportion political power on the basis of fairness: Vote dilution in the one-vote cases refers to the idea that each vote must carry equal weight. That requirement does not mean that each party must be influential in proportion to the numbers of their supporters!” 47 Majority Opinion (continued) •“Excessive partisanship in districting leads to results that reasonably seem unjust. But the fact that such gerrymandering is ‘incompatible with democratic principles’does not mean that the solution lies with the federal judiciary. We conclude that partisan gerrymandering claims present political questions beyond the reach of the federal courts. Federal judges have no license to reallocate political power between the two major political parties with no plausible grant of authority in the Constitution, and no legal standard to limit and direct their decisions.”* •Supreme Court Slip Decision Rucho et al. v. Common Cause et al. 6/27/2019 emphasis added 48 45 46 47 48 10/16/2019 13 Minority Opinion - Kagan • Deprives citizens of the right to participate equally in the political process • Politicians allowed to entrench themselves in office against voters’ preferences. • Core principle is that the “voters should chose their representatives, not the other way around” • Vote dilution implicates the 14 th Amendment: equality participation of voters in the election • First Amendment rights of association and political effectiveness diluted by political gerrymandering,degrading a voter’s influence on the political process • Specific and predominant intent to entrench themselves in power by manipulating district lines. 49 Kagan’s Minority Opinion concludes “Of all times to abandon the Court’s duty to declare the law, this was not the one. The practices challenged in these cases imperil our system of government. Part of the Court’s role in that system is to defend its foundations. None is more important than free and fair elections. With respect but deep sadness, I dissent.” * *Rucho v.Common Cause and LWV of North Carolina and Lamone v.Benisek: June 27, 2019 50 Advocates supporting Partisan Gerrymandering • States: •Texas, Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Indiana, Louisiana, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina and Utah • Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives • American Civil Rights Union (Notthe ACLU) • Southeastern Legal Foundation • National Republican Redistricting Trust: Court should allow state legislatures to continue to apply the traditional, community-based districting standards that have prevailed since the Founding. • The Republican National Committee • The National Republican Congressional Committee. 51 N. Carolina’s State Court rules maps unconstitutional under state law • 9/2/2019 Unanimous decision by 3 judge panel • “The North Carolina court in Wake County said the Republican maps violated the State Constitution’s clauses guaranteeing free elections, equal protection under the law and freedom of speech and assembly.” NY Times 9/3/2019 • Defendants will not appeal to N. Carolina Supreme Court; there is no federal issue to be adjudicated so should not be appealed to US Supreme Court (similar to an earlier Pennsylvania voting rights case where US Supreme Court refused that case because claims only based on state laws) •The unconstitutional maps are the same maps in the Rucho case. 52 49 50 51 52 10/16/2019 14 Current Status of Redistricting 53 https://www.commoncause.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/CC-Activist-Handbook-on-Redistricting-Reform-5.24.19.pdf 2019 2019: Where Redistricting Bills Introduced 54 Source: Brennan Center Political Appointee Commission Draws Districts 55 States with Single Congressional District 56 53 54 55 56 10/16/2019 15 Where Independent Commission Draws Districts 57 Michigan Voters Pass Independent Redistricting Commission -- Republicans sue • Constitutional Amendment passed by 61% of Michigan Voters in 11/2018 to redistrict after the 2020 Census • State Legislature has not funded this effort (7/6/2019) • Secretary of State has not issued application form for applicants to apply to be on the commission. • 7/30/2019 Republicans sue stating the Constitutional Amendment is unconstitutional because it disallows lobbyists and candidates from serving; citing 1st Amendment. • Note: Roberts in Rucho cited Michigan’s redistricting commission vote as an example of why courts should not intervene! 58 2015: Arizona State Legislature v.Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission US CT 5:4 GINSBURG MAJORITY “The people of Arizona turned to the initiative to curb the practice of gerrymandering …..Arizona voters sought to restore “the core principle of republican government,” namely,“that the voters should choose their representatives, not the other way around.” The Elections Clause does not hinder that endeavor.” ROBERTS’ DISSENT “The people of Arizona have concerns about the process of congressional redistricting in their State. For better or worse, the Elections Clause of the Constitution does not allow them to address those concerns by displacing their legislature. But it does allow them to seek relief from Congress, which can make or alter the regulations prescribed by the legislature.” 59 VOTE SECURITY FOR VOTE INTEGRITY 60 57 58 59 60 10/16/2019 16 Ongoing State Election Security Bills for Vote Integrity 61 AS2 Georgia 2018 Election Security Failures •Computer Security & Vote Tabulation Problems •Lt. Governor’s race - 127,000 “missing” votes (under-votes) •Disproportionate under-votes in African American neighborhoods •Computer-processed ballots irretrievable •Absentee ballots, which had a paper trail, had no significant under-votes •Decision 8/15/2019: Federal District Court: Georgia may not use its GEMS/DRE voting machines in 2020 and must correct its voting registration system. Experts agree - only paper ballots are truly secure 62 •Briefly 2019 Congressional Actions 63 For the People Act of 2019 -- HR1 • Addresses voting access, gerrymandering, computer security, ballot tabulation and handling, etc. • Sarbanes & Pelosi introduced HR1 on January 4, passed by the House on March 8, 2019 (234 to 193) • Unlikely to be brought onto the Senate Floor according to Senator Majority Leader Mitch McConnell 64 61 62 63 64 Slide 61 AS2 Alice Smith, 10/12/2019 10/16/2019 17 Key Features of HR 1 regarding Election Access •Internet – Registration •Automatic Voter Registration •Same Day Registration •Rules For Automatic Removal/Crosschecks •Access For Individuals With Disabilities •Prohibits Voter-caging •Prohibits Deceptive Practices And Prevents Intimidation •Democracy Restoration (Rights Of Felons) •Promoting Accuracy, Integrity And Security: Voter-verified Paper Ballot •Rules On Provisional Ballots •Early Voting •Vote By Mail •Absent Uniformed Services And Overseas Voters •Poll Worker Enforcement •Federal Election Integrity And Enforcement 65 Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2019 +Securing America’s Federal Elections Act 2019 • 2/26/2019: Voting Rights Advancement 2019 - to replace sections on Covered Practices of the Voting Rights Act 1965 relating to race, color and national language, including on Indian lands,to overcome some of the discriminatory actions after Shelby County in committee (given low chance of getting to the floor for a vote • 6/28/2019: Congress passed SAFE: requiring cybersecurity safeguards, paper ballots : Securing America’s Federal Elections Act, authorized $600 million for states to bolster election security. It also would give states $175 million biannually to help sustain election infrastructure. •6/28/2019: Taken up by the Senate and referred to the Rules Committee 66 Selected Non-Partisan Voter Action Groups •www.nationalvotercorps.com Lists action groups by state, nationwide organizations, voter suppression information and more •https://www.vote411.org/League of Women Voters US: How to register in your state, are you registered, what’s on your ballot and voting location •http://centerforcommonground.org Reclaim Our Vote: effort to help voters disenfranchised by voter suppression activities to register to vote and help to get out the vote in underserved communities •https://www.mifamiliavota.org Mi Familia Vota: unites Latino, immigrant, et al.to promote social and economic justice through citizenship workshops, voter registration, and voter participation in AZ, CA, CO, Fl, NV and TX 67 About National Voter Corps • Mission is to “Let Every Citizen Vote” by •Encouraging volunteers nationwide to join non-partisan voting right groups •Providing information online about voter suppression and how to get help to vote •Giving presentations on voting rights •Registering voters • Formed in November 2016 by Alice Smith in Palo Alto, California • Unincorporated, Non-Partisan and Non-Profit •Tax-deductible Donations are managed for NVC via The Social Good Fund, a 501(c)(3) • Our website is https://nationalvotercorps.org/ 68 65 66 67 68 10/16/2019 18 69 Postnote The information in this presentation is for use by anyone for the purpose of helping others to understand voting in America. The full version of this presentation has footnotes, citations and comments which may be of interest. To obtain a PDF version of this presentation with notes please contact Info@nationalvotercorps.org Additional slides on vote suppression activities follow. Please be aware: this is only a quick look at vote suppression and there are dozens of other cases on different forms of suppression not covered here such as,without limitation: money in politics, intimidation, closing registrars’ offices to make it difficult to get voter IDs 70 Voter Caging and Voter Purging •“Voter caging is the practice of sending mail to addresses on the voter rolls, compiling a list of the mail that is returned undelivered, and using that list to purge or challenge voters registrations on the grounds that the voters on the list do not legally reside at their registered addresses.” (Brennan Center 2007) •“For the two election cycles between 2012 and 2016, jurisdictions no longer subject to federal preclearance had purge rates significantly higher than jurisdictions that did not have it in 2013. The Brennan Center calculates that 2 million fewer voters would have been purged over those four years if jurisdictions previously subject to federal preclearance had purged at the same rate as those jurisdictions not subject to that provision in 2013.” (Brennan Center 2018) • Notices from some Registrars of Voters to “inactive voters” to re-register or confirm intention to vote by reply mail often are designed to look like junk mail with instructions hidden in fine print 71 States try to require Proof of Citizenship to register to vote •3 States try to require proof of citizenship • Georgia • Kansas • Arizona •Courts rule that the 1993 National Voter Registration Act controls what identification is required to register to vote • Voter only needs to provide state-issued Driver’s License number or last 4 digits of his/her social security number 72 69 70 71 72 10/16/2019 19 Strict Voting Rules (examples only) • Exact match of signature on registration compared to signature on absentee vote violates the 14thAmendment and Voting Rights Act • Georgia Muslim Voter Project is fighting rejection of absentee ballots because signature didn’t exactly match. Court held that voter must be given a reasonable time to cure mismatched signatures 73 “Mechanical Error” Cases • Ohio homeless case: •Voter receives absentee ballot and accidentally signs the day’s date on the form instead of his birthdate. He provides correct information otherwise (social security, driver’s license). •His vote is disallowedbecause no exact match of birthdate (aka “mechanical error”) •Other forms of “mechanical error” on envelopes for provisional or absentee ballots: •Misspelt street name •European date format (4July2018) •Misspelt city name (by even 1 letter) •Signature printed, not cursive 74 Arizona Registration Forms and Signatures •Arizona used one registration form for voting in Federal elections and a State form which required proof of citizenship to vote on local issues. State agreed to eliminate the dual registration system. Court determined: No more use of separate state and federal voter registration forms. June 4, 2018 •On 8/20/18 ACLU filed a lawsuit for League of Women Voters AZ, Mi Familia Vota and others, alleging violation of Section 5 of the National Voter Registration Act. Settlement by Memorandum of Understanding to remedy the problem executed..Arizona agreed to update voter’s registration when voter’s change of address is updated on a driver’s license. 75 Reducing Polling Locations • Florida’s law proving no early voting sites on college campuses struck down for intentional discrimination based on age. 76 73 74 75 76 10/16/2019 20 North Dakota requires Voter ID card to have Street Address • Native Americans on reservations do not always have a street address as part of their culture. •8th Federal Court of Appeals in Oct 2018 refused to issue an injunction to prevent the North Dakota address requirement on IDs because only 20% of Native Americans on reservations lacked specific addresses. • US Supreme Court denied review of case (Brakebill v.Jaeger) but Justices Ginsburg and Kagan voted to hear the case • “Ginsburg acknowledged that, as the 8th Circuit had emphasized, the elections are still a month away. However, Ginsburg stressed, tens of thousands of North Dakotans don’t have an ID bearing their residential street address. As a result, she warned, the 8th Circuit’s order “may lead to voters finding out at the polling place that they cannot vote because their formerly valid ID is now insufficient.” 77 Kansas Provisional Ballot Cases •Kansas Provisional ballots are ballots that are provided at polling places when the voter’s name is not on the voter roll. A ballot is filled out and put into a provisional vote envelope which is sealed and information about the provisional voter is detailed on the envelope. Requirements for names and addresses and other details vary by state. Registrar of Voters will confirm whether the voter is registered. If so, ballot counted. •Kobach, then Secretary of State,won Republican nomination for Governor by < 350 votes. More than 800 provisional votes were thrown out. •ACLU demands access to review the disallowed provisional ballots after Public Records Act request denied. •Won in January 2019. 78 77 78 1 Brettle, Jessica From:Mohammodfayem@gmail.com Sent:Friday, October 11, 2019 10:41 PM To:Council, City Subject:Govy the much needed thing for govs CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.      Hope you are well.Actually we are a startup from Bangladesh and we would like to startup in Palo alto with our following  project for a great gov.Have a look       Govy  How frequently do constituents experience frustration when providing information to governments?  “I have to call a different department to make the same changes you just made?”  “Why have I been on hold for 30 minutes to provide the same information you already have?”  “This is so inefficient!”  Governments are under pressure to improve the user experience for all their stakeholders —the public, businesses and  employees. Applying the once‐only principle— an e‐government concept to provide standard information to  government entities only once — will achieve efficiencies for governments and stakeholders.  We should adopt the once‐only principle for public administrations, businesses and citizens. Particularly relevant is the  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bringing added transparency and efficiency through improved management of legal transactions related to the lifecycle  of companies.  The question for leaders is not if but when they will they explore blockchain’s use for government registers to improve  the user experience, accelerate government efficiency and restore trust.    Best regards    Fayem    1 Brettle, Jessica From:Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> Sent:Tuesday, October 15, 2019 1:29 PM To:Loran Harding; Doug Vagim; Steve Wayte; Mayor; esmeralda.soria@fresno.gov; paul.caprioglio; Mark Standriff; margaret-sasaki@live.com; midge@thebarretts.com; info@superide1.com; kfsndesk; newsdesk; kwalsh@kmaxtv.com; Dan Richard; Daniel Zack; dennisbalakian; David Balakian; mike; leager; robert.andersen; beachrides; bballpod; Cathy Lewis; Council, City; Raymond Rivas; grinellelake@yahoo.com; huidentalsanmateo; steve.hogg; Joel Stiner; jerry ruopoli; Leodies Buchanan; nick yovino; pavenjitdhillon@yahoo.com; terry; 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Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.    ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Forwarded message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐  From: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>  Date: Tue, Oct 15, 2019 at 1:01 PM  Subject: Howard Jarvis group ads on KCBS now re Prop. 13 and bastards attacking  To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>              Tues. Oct. 15, 2019                     Doug Vagim               Doug‐  Look at this. You can hear here the state‐wide radio ad that Jarvis is running re the assault on Prop. 13. I  heard it this AM as I awoke on mighty KCBS, broadcasting the Truth into the Central Valley. We can be pals at the  Homeless Shelter if the bastards can subvert Prop. 13. They never give up. Please spread the word.            https://www.hjta.org/                 Also interesting at this site is info re the decision impacting the Fresno Measure P parks tax.  It now fails after a  judge ruled that the 2/3 requirement does indeed apply to initiatives by the voters. Looks like we won't be getting  further gouged on sales tax to fund parques por ellos aqui ilegalmente.                     I missed this dec. re the 2/3 requirement in the news, and I don't miss a lot.,                                 LH                                                    1 Brettle, Jessica From:News Room <news.room@bayareabusiness.news> Sent:Thursday, October 10, 2019 10:20 AM To:Mike Swenson <ms1ca@yahoo.com> Cc:Filseth, Eric (Internal); Council, City; Shikada, Ed; Stump, Molly; jrosen@dao.sccgov.org; leah.wilson@calbar.ca.gov; GC@calbar.ca.gov; ExecutiveDirector@calbar.ca.gov; CMAA@calbar.ca.gov; Vanessa.Holton@calbar.ca.gov; Melanie.Lawrence@cal.bar.gov; asteinbrecher@steinbrecherspan.com; heidi.yauman@gmail.com Subject:Re: Fw: Palo Alto Mayor Filseth Responds Attachments:moore brain 22.PNG; moore brain 23.PNG; moore brain 24.PNG; moore brain 25.PNG; moore brain 26.PNG; moore brain 27.PNG; moore brain 28.PNG; moore brain 29.PNG; moore brain 30.PNG CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Mr. Swensen, Thank you for the information. Will be forwarding this material to: SiliconValleyFreePress.com http://BayAreaBusiness.News On 2019-09-27 00:35, Mike Swenson wrote:    Eric Filseth  Palo Alto Mayor     https://corruptpaloaltopolice.weebly.com/911.html  To help prprivacy, Mprevented download from the In   911 On June 3, 2019 a Palo Alto resident, 54 year old woman, calls for an ambulance because she believes she is suffering from a stroke. Instead the police arrive, late, and deny her medical treatment... corruptpaloaltopolice.weebly.com   Mayor Filseth,  you have had another full business day in addition to at least two months to pick up the phone  and call Charles Cullen the Director of Technical Services to find out why Sgt. Moore's recordings were not  2 uploaded to the secure and tamper proof server.  Have you done it?  If not why not?   You have a lawful and  Constitutional duty to act on behalf of the people of Palo Alto your failure to act demonstrates your  culpability.  https://www.upcounsel.com/failure‐to‐act‐definition  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misfeasance                             https://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/2019/09/20/12‐questions‐the‐city‐wont‐ answer?utm_campaign=magnet&utm_source=article_page&utm_medium=related_articles        CHAPTER 3. Crimes Relating to Public Records, Documents, and Certificates [6200 ‐ 6203]    ( Chapter 3 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. )         6200.    Every officer having the custody of any record, map, or book, or of any paper or proceeding of any court, filed  or deposited in any public office, or placed in his or her hands for any purpose, is punishable by imprisonment  pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 of the Penal Code for two, three, or four years if, as to the whole  or any part of the record, map, book, paper, or proceeding, the officer willfully does or permits any other  person to do any of the following:  (a) Steal, remove, or secrete.  (b) Destroy, mutilate, or deface.  (c) Alter or falsify.  (Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 15, Sec. 129. (AB 109) Effective April 4, 2011. Operative October 1, 2011, by Sec. 636 of Ch. 15, as amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 39, Sec. 68.)     https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?sectionNum=6200.&lawCode=GOV     People v. Thompson  https://law.justia.com/cases/california/court‐of‐appeal/2d/122/567.html      3                  https://www.mercurynews.com/2016/02/24/palo‐alto‐police‐officers‐to‐start‐phasing‐in‐use‐of‐body‐worn‐ cameras/                               Very interesting how the City of Palo Alto refused to provide the software to analyse whether or not the  videos had been tampered with and then when the judge ordered the City to turn over the  to the plaintiff the  city settles the case.  https://michaelgennacooir.weebly.com/harney.html        So Charlie we already have multiple malfunctions, incidents where the batteries failed and the officers failing  to turn on the cameras, what is the excuse going to be this time?     https://corruptpaloaltopolice.weebly.com/missing‐videos.html                https://corruptpaloaltopolice.weebly.com/chief‐jonsen.html  To help prprivacy, Mprevented download from the In   chief Jonsen Palo Alto City Manager James Keene, (on the left), hires Robert Jonsen, (on the right), as Palo Alto's Police Chief -- November 11, 2017/March 30, 2018 corruptpaloaltopolice.weebly.com    4 https://padailypost.com/2019/05/22/cops‐use‐of‐n‐word‐led‐to‐investigation‐that‐never‐became‐public/  To help protect your privacy, Microsoft Office prevented automatic download of this picture from the Internet.   Cop's use of n-word led to investigation that never became public - Palo Alto Daily Post BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer. Palo Alto police Capt. Zach Perron was investigated for using a racial slur while speaking to a black officer — and the probe wasn't shown to the city's independent police auditor, keeping it out of the public eye. padailypost.com Questions Surround Palo Alto Police Officers' Use of Force           Questions Surround Palo Alto Police Officers' Use of Force Home surveillance video obtained by NBC Bay Area's Investigative Unit shows Palo Alto police officers pulling Gu...    https://jeffrosenda.weebly.com/rule‐of‐law.html  To help prprivacy, Mprevented download from the In   Rule of Law Jeff Rosen, District Attorney Santa Clara jeffrosenda.weebly.com Proof of Violation 5           Proof of Violation Proof of Sgt. Benitez' violations and the conspiracy to cover up verified by law enforcement's own standards fro...              1 Brettle, Jessica From:Arthur Keller <arthur@kellers.org> Sent:Monday, October 14, 2019 10:09 PM To:Council, City Cc:Swaminathan, Shiva Subject:Microgrids for Fire Stations CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Dear Mayor and City Council members,     We are rebuilding our fire stations.  Are we creating microgrids to keep them going in the event of a power outage, such  as caused by an earthquake?    https://www.kqed.org/science/1948951/micro‐power‐grids‐emerging‐as‐a‐way‐to‐keep‐power‐on‐during‐shutoffs    Best regards,  Arthur Keller   To help protect your privacy, Microsoft Office prevented automatic download of this picture from the Internet. 1 Brettle, Jessica From:Gary Wesley <gary.wesley@yahoo.com> Sent:Sunday, October 13, 2019 9:40 PM To:Council, City Subject:Missing surveillance report CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. City Council: I wrote you previously about surveillance. I noticed that your ordinance requires a report of surveillance by the City following the end of the last fiscal year. Has the report been produced? If not, why not? Gary Wesley, Resident of Mountain View {REDACTED} gary.wesley@yahoo.com 1 Brettle, Jessica From:Suzanne Keehn <dskeehn@pacbell.net> Sent:Thursday, October 10, 2019 3:11 PM To:Council, City; Planning Commission Subject:Fw: More Local Control Over 5G CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Please read this that we do have more local control over the 5G. 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We do think this new calming effort by the city could have been better. It is too late to mention but simple "speed bumps" would have been aesthetically more appealing, less costly and would do the job of slowing down. Also- instead of constructing in the middle, giving that width to the bike lanes may have been better for all. regards Ruchita On Wednesday, August 21, 2019, 10:40:51 AM PDT, Eva Gal evahgal@gmail.com [greenacres2] <greenacres2-noreply@yahoogroups.com> wrote: Ms. Boyd, Thank you for your response to my message on Mr. Shikeda’s behalf. I do appreciate the fact that messages get read. In my letter, I focused specifically on several of the dangerous omissions in the City's poorly designed and poorly executed plans for one corner on Arastradero Road. Nothing major. I chose not to get into the litany of all the other horrors you have created on this road, since other communications have dealt with those issues already. Sadly, your note to me completely ignores all these concerns. Instead, your note reiterates the same talking points and platitudes that you and your staff have voiced in the past. As we continue to share our concerns, please note that none of us question the positive intentionality of the redesign. Unfortunately, neither positive intentionality nor talking points and platitudes resolve the nightmare you have created for us in this neighborhood, and for everyone else using the Arastradero corridor. And, we all know where the the road paved with good intentions often leads….. In my message last week, I listed the following specific issues, to no avail: -As the students stack on bikes in the green slime box waiting to cross Arastradero, and as the students stack on bikes on the green stripes on Arastradero waiting to either cross to Fletcher or to go to Gunn, there is no space for cars to make a right turn to Donald even at the slowest speed-without jutting into the bike box or the waiting students. What. A. Nightmare!!! We warned staff about this, to no avail. -With all the so called planning that has gone into this realignment, the City has not bothered to activate/place a "no turn on red when students are present” sign at the four corners. (There is one well hidden at one corner, which is ignored by all) Safety concerns, City Staff?????? -The four corners at Donald/Arastradero and Terman Drive/Arastradero are still not painted red. Therefore, parents are stopping and dropping kids off at the corners; parking at the corner (I almost hit a car as as I turned right on to Donald from Arastradero going West)-all legally. Safety concerns, City Staff???? Once again, I am requesting that you Ms. Boyd, Mr. Shikeda or SOMEONE address each of the above issues, along with all the issues identified/shared by my neighbors, with specific plans to mitigate them. These are easily correctable issues. Correcting them would at least make one highly dangerous corner a little bit safer. (BTW, I saw that there is finally red curb paint at the corner of Arastradero and Georgia. I understand it took approximately four years of requests/complaints to achieve a 3 ft. long red marking. I am hoping that we do not have to wait four years for these corrections at Donald.) 3 Your note lists one mitigating step that is supposed to help the dangerous situation on Arastradero: the addition of more signage/traffic warning devices to explain the very confusing situation that City Staff designed. Since one of the main issues is the visual overload-arrows going in all directions, red, white, green, yellow, black markings, straight lines, jagged lines, arrows shifting directionally in short distances, parking signs in the middle of the road, bumper car protrusions along the street, lack of turning radius at corners-could you please explain to the uninitiated how adding new signage-thereby creating more visual confusion-is supposed to help? With all these visual detractions, you have done nothing but keep drivers from paying attention to cars/students/bikers along the road. Trying to read the signage and pay attention traffic warning devices has the same net effect as texting while driving: distracting from paying attention to the road. What genius came up with this plan? What textbook proposes a plan that supposedly creates safer driving conditions by maximum distraction of drivers? Do I read signs or pay attention to student bikers/walkers/on a mile long parking lot with bumper to bumper cars during peak traffic hours? I am truly wondering how anyone can call this a “CALMER DRIVING CONDITION”, one of the ostensible goals for this million dollar redesign. Ms. Boyd, your note states that you evaluate concerns as they are brought to your attention. Surely, the very specific and very serious concerns we have brought to your attention merit a better, more robust and more respectful response/action plan from City Staff than adding more signage and painting the median noses red. Thank you for your attention to these matters. Regards, Eva Gal On Aug 20, 2019, at 1:09 PM, Boyd, Holly <Holly.Boyd@CityofPaloAlto.org> wrote: Ms. Gal,  The City Manager, Ed Shikada, asked me to respond to your message on his behalf.  Thank you for reaching out to us about the concerns you noticed regarding the  improvements along Arastradero Road. The road improvements along Arastradero Road  are part of a greater effort to improve 2.3 miles of the Charleston‐Arastradero Corridor  by moderating vehicle speeds and creating calmer travel conditions for drivers, cyclists,  and pedestrians. Charleston‐Arastradero is classified as a residential arterial which  means it has lower speeds than commercial arterial streets. However, given the change  involved, we have installed additional temporary traffic warning devices to reinforce  lower speeds in addition to the permanent medians that limit turns. The medians work  in conjunction with the project’s other design elements to ensure smoother traffic flow,  lower speeds, and less abrupt lane changes, dangerous turns, and other unsafe driving  maneuvers such as illegal U‐turns.  Staff from Public Works and the Office of  Transportation observed the school commute along the corridor during the first days of  school last week and is reviewing additional improvement opportunities for signage and  striping, including the painting of the median noses to make them more visible. While  most of the hardscape work is completed, there is still more work to be done.  Irrigation  installation is happening now, with landscaping and tree planting to follow.  Meanwhile, work on the Palo Alto‐Los Altos bike path will happen later this  fall.  Upgraded vehicle detection and traffic signal synchronization along the corridor to  smoothen traffic flow will continue to be optimized over the next several months.  The  construction project is expected to be completed in November, with the last segment  (Phase 3) to be bid later this fall.  4 We value your feedback. We continue to evaluate concerns as they are brought to our  attention. Please let us know if you have additional questions or observations.     Regards,                             From: Eva Gal <evahgal@gmail.com>   Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2019 9:43 AM  To: Council, City <city.council@cityofpaloalto.org>  Cc: Reply to group <Greenacres2@yahoogroups.com>  Subject: Nightmare on Arastradero corridor     CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.   Members of the City Council of Palo Alto:     I have read the many notes written about the disastrous Charleston/Arastradero corridor, and I agree with the details and sentiments expressed in them.      We were away from home for almost five weeks this summer. As we were driving home last week, I thought I was prepared for the worst, but of course I was wrong. Driving on Charleston and then Arastradero, I had a sense of what it must be like to to be hallucinating-roads curving in odd directions, abutments sticking out in unexpected places, roads so narrow that an SUV touches both sides of the markings, insufficient turning radius for cars due to unnecessary bump-outs, green boxes, green lines, jagged lines, red markings, white stripes, etc. One does wonder about the state of mind of City Council who directed these changes, and City Staff, who interpreted and implemented these directions in a truly nightmarish way. As a person who gets sick on roller coasters, and stays away from Ferris wheels and bumper cars for the same reason, Arastradero and Charleston feels equally nauseating and dangerous-yet unfortunately unavoidable. Shame on you City Council and City Staff for wasting millions of dollars on a project that has caused so much grief for residents and created possibly the most unsafe corridor in Palo Alto or any area in the Bay Area.      On a different note, this Morning, I went to observe the traffic at 7:45 am at the corner of Donald and Arastradero... Here are some thoughts and observations:     Good News:  - No one got hurt this morning.  - On the whole, the students and the crossing guard did a good job observing the traffic rules.     Bad news: -There is a significant increase in traffic on side streets as a consequence of traffic on Arastradero. Thank you, Council Member Kniss !!!!!  -As the students stack on bikes in the green slime box waiting to cross Arastradero, and as the students stack on bikes on the green stripes on Arastradero waiting to either cross to Fletcher or to go to Gunn, there is no space for cars to make a right turn to Donald even at <image001.jpg>       Holly Boyd, P.E.  Assistant Director of Public Works     Engineering Services     650.329.2612      5 the slowest speed-without jutting into the bike box or the waiting students. What. A. Nightmare!!! We warned staff about this, to no avail.  -With all the so called planning that has gone into this realignment, the City has not bothered to activate/place a "no turn on red when students are present” sign at the four corners.  (There is one well hidden at one corner, which is ignored by all) Safety concerns, City Staff??????  -The four corners at Donald/Arastradero and Terman Drive/Arastradero are still not painted red. Therefore, parents are stopping and dropping kids off at the corners; parking at the corner (I almost hit a car as as I turned right on to Donald from Arastradero going West)-all legally. Safety concerns, City Staff????  -The traffic inside Fletcher is equally problematic: cars are going in four different patterns, no turning areas for cars to drive by, and Bowman pre-school drop-off has not even started!  -Parents making u-turns on Donald right into oncoming walkers, parked cars, double yellow lines, bicycling kids, etc. is a major hazard-no police presence at all to help with traffic!!!!     These are but a few observations from one morning. City Council and Staff, you have managed to endanger lives and create a traffic snarl that benefits no one. I do not know what base you are catering to or whose interests you are accommodating. It is certainly not the residents of Green Acres ll.     Eva Gal  Green Acres ll         -------- Original message --------  From: "'A.J.' ajlumsdaine@gmail.com [greenacres2]" <greenacres2- noreply@yahoogroups.com>  Date: 8/14/19 3:38 PM (GMT+08:00)   To: Betty Thana <bthana@att.net>   Cc: Ree Dufresne <ree_duff@comcast.net>, Sheryl Keller <kellersheryl@gmail.com>, "Sheryl Keller kellersheryl@gmail.com[greenacres2]" <greenacres2- noreply@yahoogroups.com>, Ron Baker <bakerra@pacbell.net>, Greenacres2 <greenacres2@yahoogroups.com>   Subject: Re: [GA2] Fwd: Congratulations Lunkheads, the City Will Now Get Sued Over the Corridor Project         The most serious is the separated bike lane which is basically designed to kill someone. Separating bike and car traffic is not a bad idea, but there needs to be integrated signaling so the bikes don’t just think they have the right of way. As it is, the cars have to know about this separated lane in order to not turn right in front of bikes on that separated lane, otherwise called a right hook, the most common car-bike accident. The new streetscape is so confusing and unorthodox, and set up to be such an obstacle course, I have noticed that I have to spend so much attention on the street scape it’s making it impossible to safely keep an eye on pedestrians and especially bicyclists (especially erratic bicyclists, which unfortunately, is just par for the course with middle schoolers).    The crazy thing is that I spent a lot of effort trying to explain to the City how the previous jut-out curb was an accident waiting to happen, and so it seems like they went back to the drawing board to make absolutely certain they kill someone. Absolutely crazy.    6 Anne        On Aug 13, 2019, at 10:31 PM, Betty Thana bthana@att.net [greenacres2] <greenacres2-noreply@yahoogroups.com> wrote:    Hi Neighbors,  I was returning home tonight, around 7:15 PM, turning onto Arastradero from El Camino, then turning right onto Coulombe, and I noticed how dangerous the newly constructed cement barriers are on Arastradero, for that 0.3 miles. It is as if someone has constructed an obstacle course for us:    1) midway on Arastradero, between El Camino and Columbe, the new cement barriers directly cut off the right lane, by being constructed straight across the road, ie perpendicular to the curb, and stretching out one lane’s length, directly into the lane where people are driving their cars.    I was only alerted to its existence, because there were a few orange flags on top of the cement barrier, otherwise, I probably would have driven my car straight into the concrete barriers, that is directly in front crossing my lane.     This was in the day light, and accidents may happen after dark, when the drivers who are not familiar with this road, and not anticipating a concrete barrier crossing their entire lane, would crash into the concrete barrier, causing severe injuries to passengers and kids.   2) to make the right turn into Coulombe, there are the concrete barriers butting out as a big triangle, way into the middle of the road, and if one is not familiar with this road, it may cause an accident,     It is a bit ironic that here we are, living in the heart of the Silicon Valley, supposedly full of the smartest people on earth, making all these innovations, and we have in our own neighborhood these concrete barriers that do seem in need some help from some smarter road safety designers and legislators..    Regards, Betty  On Aug 10, 2019, at 1:04 PM, ree_duff@comcast.net [greenacres2] <greenacres2-noreply@yahoogroups.com> wrote:      Before I send this to City Council, do I have my facts straight & does it make sense to the rest of you? Ree Dufresne    Members of the City Council of Palo Alto  Before Those DANGEROUS ABUTMENTS were put in permanently, I along with other Intelligent residents of Palo Alto, objected to having 7 them put in. It was obvious to me that they pmwould do more harm than good!  As Staff apparently carries more weight in how my Tax dollars are spent, our opinions opposing these structural monstrosities abutting out of the normal lane markers, etc. were ignored.   I would ask the Council to weigh the collateral damage & risks to Automobiles, Bikers & Pedestrians, from “sideswiping” or bouncing off of these blocks of Concrete.  Although I was aware of the danger they posed. I didn’t fully appreciate how easily a driver could miss allowing for that concrete, as it isn’t a normal lane width.  I wasn’t prepared for the damage caused to the front left wheel well, etc. on the side of my car when I bounced off of one. Is the City of Palo Alto going to pay for the damages to cars that bounce off of these abutments?  Why is it that STAFF carries more weight with a Computer generated model for altering our streets, than those of us who are in our cars and driving these roads every day?Ree Dufresne            On August 7, 2019 at 9:18 PM "Sheryl Keller kellersheryl@gmail.com [greenacres2]" <greenacres2- noreply@yahoogroups.com> wrote:     Agree with Ron Baker. Where is the city employee who designed this mess. Let's find him and have him drive on our "improved" corridor at 8AM and at 5PM. Same with the city council members who approved this. Let them drive this stretch for a week. See what happens.      On Wed, Aug 7, 2019 at 8:58 PM Ron Baker bakerra@pacbell.net [greenacres2] < greenacres2- noreply@yahoogroups.com> wrote:         Forwarding because they bounced my new email address. See my message below..    From: Ron Baker <rabaker.pa@gmail.com>  Subject: Congratulations Lunkheads, the City Will Now Get Sued Over the Corridor Project  8 Date: August 7, 2019 at 8:48:03 PM PDT  To: city.council@cityofpaloalto.org  Cc: Greenacres2 <greenacres2@yahoogroups.com>, webmaster@paloaltoonline.com    I went to a council session, my wife and I went to department meetings or hearings, my neighbors went to planning meetings, I talked to and emailed council and staff on the absolute stupidity of the “traffic calming” project on Charleston Arastradero corridor. ABSOLUTELY NOBODY WAS LISTENING. Let me tell you, there was NO material problem that a few citations/police speed patrols and better use of rapid transit funds wouldn’t solve. Traffic accidents were largely due to Gunn kids reading their phones and rear ending people in stop and go traffic at rush hour. I know, as my home fronts Arastradero,and I work from home most days.    Anyway, today TWO cars just ran into those stupid new traffic calming forms today, just in the stretch of Arastradero between Coulombe and Cherry Oaks.    This was the first day without the orange warning blocks. I only saw what happened in one of these “accidents", fortunately the second driver, whose car will have to be extracted from the form, was okay, though her expensive car may need some work.. The prior accident reportedly involved a double blowout when the vehicle hit the form. My neighbors on and near Arastradero, some of whom also tried to complain, were out in force to greet the fire truck that responded, and all agreed this was totally predictable, so from a legal standpoint, that will be a problem for Palo Alto.. As one firefighter said, wait til the schools are in session, and rush hour traffic has gone to zero. I’m guessing that residents now ! take longer getting to the local freeways then actually traveling on them.    Meanwhile, wait til a bicyclist who doesn’t understand the design runs into a form. This is just pathetically stupid.     The city is going to get sued for this project, and the the hazards it presents. This city is run by a part time council that leaves decisions in the hands of staff who couldn’t figure out best practices if their lives depended on it, but fortunately for them, they collect great pensions, no matter how bad their recommendations. Clearly, the incentives here are all wrong. At least half the council is funded by developers, or depend on incomes in real estate or property development, the other half move on to higher office with the support of the public employee unions. Few members of the council are willing to challenge the reports and proposals prepared by the bureaucrats, or challenge the assumptions on which they are based.     The council and departments run interminable meetings where many of the people with something real to say have to leave because the council is running way too far behind. When the citizens on rare occasions rebel, as with the original Maybell housing project, council members seem to have no clue because they almost never go door to door to canvas residents in the affected area, and the bureaucrats are even less inclined to do that. The process here is a total failure.       Ron Baker  Greenacres 2        9                       __._,_.___    Posted by: Ruchita Parat <ruchita@yahoo.com>     Reply via web post • Reply to sender •Reply to group •Start a New Topic •Messages in this topic (2) TO DO THE FOLLOWING: Post a message: greenacres2@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: greenacres2-subscribe@yahoogroups.com [Include your real name and street address - for use of moderators only] Unsubscribe: greenacres2-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com List owner: greenacres2-owner@yahoogroups.com VISIT YOUR GROUP To help protect your priv acy, Microsoft Office prevented automatic download of this picture from the Internet.Yahoo! Groups • Privacy • Unsubscribe • Terms of Use     .      __,_._,___  1 Brettle, Jessica From:anthony jordan <truchoice2010@gmail.com> Sent:Wednesday, October 9, 2019 9:22 PM To:Council, City Subject:Permanent solution to the homeless crisis outline Attachments:PERMANENT HOMELESS STRUCTURE COMPLEX OUTLINE 10092019.rtf CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  see attached                                                         Permanent Homeless Solution  Facility    I've been trying to get the Mayors of any of the major cities to sit down and listen to my solution to the  homeless crisis. But as usual all of them keep ignoring me. I constantly have to hear them say how there  doing everything they can to deal with the situation. All lies and they should be exposed. Why would you  not want to hear a solution that can eliminate the problem forever.      My plan is to construct a facility or facilities that can house the entire homeless population, not just a  select few. In places that are away from the schools and residences.    Similar to the way the Hardly  Strictly Festival is held in the Golden Gate Park annually. The festival is a jazz and blues festival that is  free to the public. The security, sanitation and acts are paid for by a trust fund. The interest    generated  is so much that the trust balance grows each year keeping up with the cost of living and inflation.    I feel that each city should build a facility or facilities .   That can house people with mental disorders,  one with drug addictions and one that can house family units. Each unit will have a sleeping, living,  dining and kitchen area. The bathroom will have the walkin tub/shower combination. The door locks will  be the coded variety.    There should be a trust fund set up for each facility or facilities. Below is the cost  to build and the annual cost to operate.    Unit cost  Walkin tub combo                                                                                 $15,000  Fridge                                                                                           500  Microwave                                                                                       60  Bed                                                                                             200  Tv                                                                                              300  Dining table                                                                                      100  Coded door lock                                                                                   500  ==================================================================================                                                                                                  $16,600  Number of units                                                                                   X      10,000  ==================================================================================   Total                                                                                           $5,016,160    Land                                                                                            $1‐$3 million  Cafeteria                                                                                         $1,600,000  Washer/Dryers for laundry (200 units)                                                                                           $570,000  Office construction cost                                                                             $400,000  Medical offices cost                                                                                $1,500,000    ==================================================================================  Total                                                                                            $5‐$7, 070,000    Staffing  Security    (15/5 # of guards X hours X $30 per hour X 30 days X 12 months)                  $1,296,000  Kitchen (20 X 8 hours X $30 per hour X 30 days X 12 months)                                                $1,728,000  Office staff (10 X 8 hours X $30 per hour X 30 days X 12 months)                                          $864,000  Medical staff (10 X 8 hours X $50 per hour X 30 days X 12 months)                                  $1,440,000  ==================================================================================  Total                                                                                            $5,328,000    Utilities cost  Gas and Electric ($1,000 X 12 months)                                                                                          $12,000  Water ($2,000 X 12 months)                                                                          $24,000  Garbage ($1,000 X 12 months)                                                                                                          $12,000  Cable ($200 monthly cost + $50,000 dvr box X 12 months)                                                          $600,200  ==================================================================================  Total                                                                                            $648,200    Amount needed to be placed into a trust to pay for annual cost                                    $30,000,000    Total amount needed to eliminate the crisis and build the facility or facilitie         $42,086,000           1 Brettle, Jessica From:Joe USA <USC1ST@mail.com> Sent:Saturday, October 12, 2019 8:24 PM To:rabrica@cityofepa.org; lmoody@cityofepa.org; cromero@cityofepa.org; lgauthier@cityofepa.org; rwallacejones@cityofepa.org; Council, City Subject:Persecuting the Innocent to Protect the Guilty CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  A whistle-blower. A witch hunt. A cover-up. Secret tribunals, out-of-control intelligence agencies, and government corruption. Welcome to 1890s Paris. An Officer and a Spy, by Robert Harris Anna Franco September 19, 2018 AudioPDF In The Objective Standard, Winter 2018 An Officer and a Spy, by Robert Harris, is a riveting fictionalization of the Dreyfus Affair—an espionage case that began in France at the end of the 19th century. Harris opens this award-winning book in Paris in 1895, during a period of widespread anti-Semitism throughout France. Captain Alfred Dreyfus, a Jewish officer in the French army, has just been convicted of treason for passing information to Germany. He is publicly stripped of his rank and transported to Devil’s Island—a former leper colony that has been converted into a prison for Dreyfus—where he is to serve a life sentence in isolation. The public, the army, and the court are against him. Yet a few people are committed to proving his innocence. The story is written from the perspective of Major Georges Picquart, who is soon promoted to Colonel and given command of the Statistical Section, a French counter-intelligence unit. In his new position, Picquart gains access to correspondence between Dreyfus and his wife, the archives of the case, and a steady trickle of secret documents. Upon reviewing this information, he comes across a new item that indicates that a spy is still at large. Although the Dreyfus case has already been closed, Picquart questions both the outcome and the way it was conducted by his co- workers and superiors. As Picquart continues to follow the evidence, several associates attempt to ignore or suppress it. Among them is a superior, General Gonse. Gonse encourages Picquart to investigate the new suspect, but he also tells him not to include evidence that would show Dreyfus’s innocence. Gonse asks Picquart, “After all, I know your views on the Chosen Race—really, when all is said and done, what does it matter to you if one Jew stays on Devil’s Island?” Picquart narrates, “It is as if he has leaned across his desk and offered me a secret handshake. I say carefully, ‘I suppose it matters to me because he is an innocent man’” (216). Picquart recognizes that “The trial of Dreyfus was handled in an unprecedentedly superficial manner, with the preconceived idea that Dreyfus was guilty, and with a disregard for due legal forms” (272). He knows the case needs to be reopened. Although the novel is based on a true event with a known outcome, Harris maintains suspense, driving the plot primarily by dramatizing the characters’ decisions to think or to evade the facts of the case. At every turn, the issue is whether or not a character will consider the evidence, think independently and honestly, and place the facts above his prejudices and emotions. Thus, the book illustrates the relation between rationality, integrity, and justice. The Dreyfus file includes letters between Dreyfus and his wife. These letters give the reader a glimpse into the terrible suffering that the prisoner endures, his dismay at the injustices inflicted upon him, and the extent to which he values the life from which he was torn. Through them, Dreyfus comes alive with a moral strength that helps him through the ordeal. The letters also reveal the unbreakable bond between husband and wife—and Lucie’s enduring quest for justice on her husband’s behalf. 2 In time, Picquart becomes a hero. With a handful of allies, he leads the investigation, facing various opponents, among them high-ranking army officers. Risking his own position and career, he persists, eventually taking his investigation underground. An Officer and a Spy is at once a compelling historical novel and a spy thriller, portraying a few people who take principled actions to save an innocent man. The book exposes the evil of lies and prejudices as well as the value of meticulous objectivity in the cause of justice. It is a stirring demonstration of the role of virtue in man’s life. https://www.theobjectivestandard.com/2018/09/an-officer-and-a-spy-by-robert-harris/ ‘An Officer and a Spy,’ a thrilling novelization of the Dreyfus Affair, by Robert Harris By Patrick Anderson January 26, 2014 Robert Harris’s brilliant novelization of the Dreyfus Affair begins in Paris, on the bitterly cold morning of Jan. 5, 1895: The disgraced army captain is led onto the parade grounds of the Ecole Militaire to suffer “military degradation” as 4,000 soldiers and 20,000 angry citizens look on. An army general on horseback proclaims, “Alfred Dreyfus, you are not worthy to bear arms. In the name of the French people, we degrade you!” A sergeant major of the Republican Guard tears the epaulettes from Dreyfus’s shoulders, the buttons from his tunic, the gold braid from his sleeves and the red stripes from his trousers, then pulls Dreyfus’s sword from its scabbard and breaks it across his knee. Dreyfus cries out, “Long live France! I swear I am innocent!” But his words are overwhelmed by the crowd’s roar of “Traitor!” and “Death to the Jew!” He is led away to begin his journey to a barren rock called Devil’s Island, near French Guiana, where he is to spend the rest of his life for passing military secrets to the Germans. “An Officer and a Spy” thus opens with what seems to be the end of the Dreyfus Affair, but it proves to be only the beginning of what Harris, the best- selling British author of “Fatherland” and “The Ghost Writer,” calls “perhaps the greatest political scandal and miscarriage of justice in history.” The previous year, French officials had discovered that someone had passed secrets to a German military attache. The only hard evidence was a note that military leaders decided had been written by Dreyfus, although handwriting experts were less certain. But Dreyfus was wealthy, viewed by some as arrogant, and, above all, he was a Jew in the virulently anti- 3 Semitic French military. He was quickly convicted of treason by a closed military court; his lawyer was not allowed to examine the evidence against him — because of “national security,” a defense that governments still use to hide their misdeeds. The novel’s narrator is 40-year-old Col. Georges Picquart, the newly appointed chief of French military intelligence. Soon after Dreyfus is sent to Devil’s Island, Picquart finds evidence that the traitor was another officer, a drunken lout named Esterhazy, who gambles to excess and spends his nights with a prostitute called Four-Fingered Marguerite. Although Picquart has no doubt that Esterhazy, not Dreyfus, is the traitor, his superiors, from the minister of war on down, make clear that the Dreyfus case is closed and that Picquart’s career will end badly if he makes trouble. “An Officer and a Spy” brings vividly to life the many people caught up in this complex struggle. Picquart pursues the truth, loves classical music, cares for his dying mother and is deftly juggling two women, one his childhood sweetheart, now married, the other a well-born 25-year-old who is pleased to include him among her lovers. At his office, Picquart must do battle with a wily, alcoholic second-in-command who plots against him. The generals to whom he appeals for justice are of varying intelligence and charm, but none will endanger his own status for the sake of — as the minister of war himself puts it — “one Jew on a rock.” Harris has read widely in the vast literature on the Dreyfus Affair and uses his literary skills to give his novel excitement and depth. Like all the great “nonfiction novels,” the story possesses an extra dimension, a special impact, simply because it’s true — good or bad, these are real people fighting for their lives. Although I encountered the Dreyfus Affair in school, eons ago, I confess that I had forgotten its outcome. In general, ignorance is to be avoided, but in this case, it was bliss because it turned a historical novel into the most suspenseful of thrillers. I raced along feverishly to find out if Dreyfus would be freed from Devil’s Island or IF, in the alternative, Picquart was destined to join him there. The military cover-up at first seemed all-powerful, but it slowly began to crumble. “J’accuse!” — the novelist Emile Zola’s passionate indictment of the conspiracy — still echoes through history, but its immediate outcome is less well remembered: Zola was sued for defamation, found guilty and forced to flee to England to avoid jail. https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/an‐officer‐and‐a‐spy‐a‐thrilling‐novelization‐of‐the‐dreyfus‐ affair‐by‐robert‐harris/2014/01/26/43d43ebe‐7162‐11e3‐8b3f‐b1666705ca3b_story.html 4 https://www.history.com/news/what‐was‐the‐dreyfus‐affair https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Officer_and_a_Spy A scandal that rocked France in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the Dreyfus affair involved a Jewish artillery captain in the French army, Alfred Dreyfus (1859-1935), who was falsely convicted of passing military secrets to the Germans. In 1894, after a French spy at the German Embassy in Paris discovered a ripped-up letter in a waste basket with handwriting said to resemble that of Dreyfus, he was court-martialed, found guilty of treason and sentenced to life behind bars on Devil’s Island off of French Guiana. In a public ceremony in Paris following his conviction, Dreyfus had the insignia torn from his uniform and his sword broken and was paraded before a crowd that shouted, “Death to Judas, death to the Jew.” In 1896, the new head of the army’s intelligence unit, Georges Picquart, uncovered evidence pointing to another French military officer, Major Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy, as the real traitor. However, when Picquart told his bosses what he’d discovered he was discouraged from continuing his investigation, transferred to North Africa and later imprisoned. Nevertheless, word about Esterhazy’s possible guilt began to circulate. In 1898, he was court-martialed but quickly found not guilty; he later fled the country. After Esterhazy’s acquittal, a French newspaper published an open letter titled “J’Accuse…!” by well-known author Emile Zola in which he defended Dreyfus and accused the military of a major cover-up in the case. As a result, Zola was convicted of libel, although he escaped to England and later managed to return to France. The Dreyfus affair deeply divided France, not just over the fate of the man at its center but also over a range of issues, including politics, religion and national identity. In 1899, Dreyfus was court-martialed for a second time and found guilty. Although he was pardoned days later by the French president, it wasn’t until 1906 that Dreyfus officially was exonerated and reinstated in the army. https://www.history.com/news/what‐was‐the‐dreyfus‐affair 1 Brettle, Jessica From:Samuel Dehaven <samueldehaven@mac.com> Sent:Tuesday, October 15, 2019 2:56 PM To:Council, City Subject:Solar Energy CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  October 15, 2019 To: Members of the Palo Alto City Council From: Samuel DeHaven/Marilyn Aden 4173 El Camino Real #29 Palo Alto, CA 94306 We learned early in our research on adding solar panels to our condo that we could not, because we live in a condo where the Association did not allow it. However, the legislature changed that, making it possible for us to add solar. We were enthused to learn that the City of Palo Alto is promoting solar through SunShares. We signed up and got quotes. We want a battery back-up, because we think that PG&E will continue to find it expedient to shut off the lines carrying Palo Alto’s electricity. However, we have run into a roadblock. It seems that while the State wants to promote solar and the City of Palo Alto Utilities wants to promote solar energy, that apparently does not extend to the City’s electrical inspection and permitting. We have been told that the solar contractors are able to install the solar panels and attach them to a battery following all established electrical guidelines. However, the Palo Alto electrical inspector is not approving industry standards. The City is insisting that the solar contractors do a non-standard electrical approach. This adds time and costs additional money for the contractor who passes the cost along to the homeowner. In fact, at this point we have no assurance that we can get our solar system installed with a battery. We believe that adding solar to our condo is ecologically sound. We also believe that having a solar system with a back-up battery is smart, considering what PG&E is likely to do. However, if we cannot get the total system installed, then we will choose not to have only the panels installed. We ask you to review the City’s process and smooth the way for Palo Alto citizens to install solar panels with a back-up battery with an installation that meets industry standards. Thank you for your consideration! 1 Brettle, Jessica From:Ben Granholm <ben@westernpga.org> Sent:Tuesday, October 15, 2019 2:51 PM To:Council, City Cc:Shikada, Ed Subject:WPGA Letter RE: City of Palo Alto Development of Reach Codes - 10.15.19 Attachments:WPGA Letter RE City of Palo Alto Development of Reach Codes - 10.15.19.pdf CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Good afternoon Mayor Filseth and Councilmembers:    The Western Propane Gas Association (WPGA) would like to thank you for the opportunity to comment on the City of  Palo Alto’s development of proposed Reach Codes aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the building sector.  While we applaud efforts for building decarbonization, WPGA believes that Reach Codes disincentivizing propane as a  complementary fuel source to electric are fundamentally misguided.    We hope the attached letter will prove helpful throughout this process and look forward to working with you as the City  of Palo Alto and the State strive to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through comprehensive clean energy solutions.    Please do not hesitate to contact me with any questions you may have.    Thank you,    Ben Granholm Regulatory Affairs Specialist Western Propane Gas Association 2012 H Street, Suite 203 Sacramento, CA 95811 Cell: (530) 205‐5641  www.westernpga.org   October 15, 2019 Eric Filseth, Mayor SUBMITTED VIA EMAIL City of Palo Alto Attn: Palo Alto City Council 250 Hamilton Avenue Palo Alto, CA 94301 city.council@cityofpaloalto.org RE: City of Palo Alto Development of Reach Codes Dear Mayor Eric Filseth: Thank you for the opportunity to comment on the City of Palo Alto’s proposed Reach Codes aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the building sector. The Western Propane Gas Association (WPGA) seeks to be a valuable contributor in both the development of these codes and the policies and procedures that may emerge as a result of these discussions. While we applaud efforts for building decarbonization, WPGA believes that Reach Codes disincentivizing propane as a complementary fuel source to electric are fundamentally misguided. WPGA hopes that regulators will look to the example that the City of San Luis Obispo is setting with the development of their Reach Codes and recognize the value that propane provides on a number of levels. Propane provides affordable, clean energy for low income communities as well as a vital back-up power for solar powered homes when battery power is low. Disincentivizing propane as a complementary power to solar has an unintended consequence to make solar homes more expensive and less reliable when power generation is not at peak levels. Furthermore, there has been numerous discussions throughout California regarding planned power outages and safety black-outs. In a recent article published by Politico (PG&E begins massive power shut-off in California to avoid wildfires) it is noted that the Public Safety Power Shutoff could affect 2.4 million electricity users. Propane delivers energy resiliency for communities facing safety black-outs which can be critical for those powering life-sustaining equipment. Vulnerable citizens such as people on dialysis or simply the many individuals using electric powered wheelchairs can use propane energy for reliable power. When looking towards the future, our industry is investing in renewable propane, derived from sustainable sources like beef tallow or vegetable oil. We hope that regulators take a more holistic view of the complementary role propane plays alongside decarbonization efforts including solar, wind and other renewable fuels. The Western Propane Gas Association appreciates your work in this area and looks forward to working with you as the City of Palo Alto and the State strive to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through comprehensive clean energy solutions. Sincerely, Ben Granholm Regulatory Affairs Specialist cc: Ed Shikada, City Manager 1 Brettle, Jessica From:John Lambert <anurean@icloud.com> Sent:Wednesday, October 16, 2019 11:28 AM To:Administrative Services; mamateresa88@yahoo.com; mamateresapurple@gmail.com; mojdeh.bahar@ars.usda.gov; jagadeesh.pamulapati.civ@mail.mil; gainlab@cia.gov; matthew.p.willis.civ@mail.mil; dalguy@comcast.net; carlynblaine@qcbu.cia-gov; Seth Grant; ceo@hilton.com; Hotline@oig.abilityone.gov; info@loveland.org; Council, City; jbaer@miles- group.com; ceo@hilton.com; reportpdx@portlandoregon.gov; erskine@pdx.edu; ernestt@richardsimmons.com; erkirk@kucatholic.org; gspade@emporia.edu; dbm@dicksbusinessmachines.com; welcomingteam@mccny.org; helenharris@fsmsolicitors.co.uk; webmaster@oregonswimming.org; yumi.foster@wichita.edu; welcomingteam@mccny.org; news@urn1350.net; epd@emporia-kansas.gov; Police; PlannerOnDuty; customer@frontierbankco.com; police@springfield-or.gov Subject:Zellner: Equations, Frauds, Money 10(10100) CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  I am kidnapped, held hostage in Portland Oregon.    Question:  Is Ronald F. Reinisch still alive?  If so, it seems I need to meet him.   Perhaps revisit the desert and return to "gods green earth"    Portland has taken an unholy eerie post modern BS feel.  Too: the area has malaria and mutant mosquito suddenly.  The same kind, found in Kansas whenever alien species holding educative books pop up.  Usually, they are some form of negro from Africa      I have been living in a parallel dimension where all american science seems to be based off his book "Photo‐chemistry of  Macromolocules".    This book...  Is the kind of California published works, who's authors where frequently killed off by Apache Terrorists.  This is one of the reasons, life has come to the point all Apache are fair game and apache bone has come to be worn,  and why Apache fats are used to make touch screen plastics.    This book, at some point, was called a "bible" and that was what was used by cult members working in tandem with  occultists within the anti‐christ group mind to replace my perceptive reality.  2 <(!lo Portland State University Libraiy X W Alphabet Inc. -Wikipedia X G "@cityofpaloalto.org" email con X i en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphabet_Jnc. 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The largest of which, of course, afield of our main internet products contained in Alphabet instead.[ ... ] Fundan that aren't very related. Page says the motivation behind the reorganization is to make Goog le "cleaner and rlninn" ::i:nrl ff\ ::illn\AJ nn~::it~r rnnt rn l nf 11nr~l::it.orl f"Amn::ini~~ [4){9) September 30, 2019 Dear Sir/Madam: f!Jull~ '"A\/t" -z. : 3 t P~ sMJ c {, ~ +u..t., (!) '1-'f e lo.y~ Shell Pipeline Company LP Greg Smith President-Shell Pipeline LP 70 l Poydras St , Suite 1000 New Orleans, LA 70 l 39 You are one of the key stakeholders to ensuring public safety should a pipeline incident occur in your community. Shell Pipeline Company LP operates pipeline systems in your area. We would like to take this opportunity to make you aware of the location our facilities and provide safety information and resources for your use. Shell is committed to operating its pipeline systems safely. Please review the enclosed public awareness brochure. The brochure tells how to use 811 or the One Call notification system, identifies the possible hazards associated with a release from a pipeline, the physical indications that such a release may have occurred, what steps should be taken in the event of a release, and how to report the release. We would request that you provide this important safety information to other groups within your organization, especially city managers, planning and public work departments, and permitting and zoning staff. A listing of the products transported by our pipeline systems has also been enclosed for your convenience together with maps that provides the general location of the route of our pipeline systems in your area. If you would like more detailed pipeline location, attributes or characteristics of Shell's pipeline systems, please do not hesitate to call us and we will be happy to provide you with appropriate information. As a Public Official, you can also view a list of all pipeline systems and their operators in your area and more detailed information by accessing the National Pipeline Mapping System (NPMS) on the Internet at https://www.npms.phmsa.dot. SQY. We have also included information on the free, online Pipeline Emergency Training Portal which provides "best in class" training to Emergency Officials in your area. We encourage you to take advantage _of this 24/7 training opportunity. More information about pipeline systems can be found at www.pipeline 10 l .com and at our website at www.shell.us/pipeline. Shell contacts and/or meets with public officials, excavators and emergency officials in your area annually to provide education and awareness information and to obtain an understanding of local government agencies response resources, capabilities and concerns. We use these opportunities to discuss and answer any questions regarding pipeline safety, our operations, or our emergency response capability, plan, and procedures. These outreach meetings provide us with an opportunity to engage in discussions with you on how our organizations can plan, prepare and work together to respond to pipeline emergencies. If you are unable to attend the annual meeting, but would like to meet with us, please contact us and we will be happy to arrange a more convenient date and time. Also enclosed you will find a survey card which provides you an opportunity to provide feedback to us. After reading the enclosed public awareness brochure, please take a few moments to complete all the questions and return it to receive a special "Thank You" from us. This important feedback will help Shell Pipeline improve our safety efforts. If you have any questions about our facilities or Shell Pipeline, please do not hesitate to contact us at 1 ·877·775·2622 (Monday-Friday 8:00am -5:00pm Central Time) or e-mail us at SPLC·One·Call·Center@shell.com. Thank you for your commitment to public safety. Sincerely, Greg Smith President Shell Pipeline Company LP Enclosures Knowwtiars below. Call before you dig. SPLC -PO -Mop ~ f aHonda Loma Mar Big Basin Redwoods State Park Boulder Creek Santa Cruz County Shell Pipeline Company CA, Santa Clara ~ Hospital $. Police 4 School 4J Fire -Pipeline Centerline N -Wildlife Area w .. E CJ lntracoastal Waterway s CJ County/Parish CJ State Boundary ---§f:.=g~~ ~~~~€;;.~· 2232 Ben Lomond Alameda County Sunol Regional Wilde mess Forest Of N1sene Marks State Park Freeda") M< c mllton erey nty Sa n t a Clara County California San Joaquin County ----.... San Juan Bautista __§/.§> Stanislaus County San Luis Reservoir State Rec Area San LUIS Reservoir , - CA, Santa Clara Product Multiple Products Asset Counties • Shell Pipeline Company LP is providing you with the following information to promote your awareness about our pipelines in your community. Pipeline purpose and reliability ... Over 200,000 miles of pipelines move crude oil and refined products from place to place across the United States each day. Transporting approximately two-thirds of all the crude oil and refined products, transmission pipelines and gathering lines provide a safe and reliable method to meet our Nation's growing economic and energy needs. How do you know where a pipeline is located ... Since pipelines are buried underground, line markers, like the ones shown in the box to the right, are used to indicate the approximate route and general location of the pipeline. Markers should not be relied upon to indicate the exact position, depth or amount of cover over the pipeline. Pipelines oftentimes do not follow a straight route between markers and can also have various depth profiles as they cross tracts of land. Contact Shell if you wish to know where the pipeline is located. Do not disturb or remove the markers. Willful removal or damage of the markers is a Federal offense and subject to a fine or imprisonment. The markers can be found along the pipeline route or where a pipeline intersects a street, highway, waterway or railway. The markers display important information such as the material transported in the line, the name of the pipeline operator, and a telephone number where the operator can be reached in the event of an emergency. How do stakeholders find out about pipeline operators in their community ... For those interested in viewing the general location of pipelines in their community as well as other information, visi t the U.S. Department of Transportation's National Pipeline Mapping System at: www.npms.phmsa.dot.gov or write: U.S. Department of Tran sportation Pipeline and Hazardous Material Safety Administration 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, East Building Washington D.C. 20590 What prevention measures do we undertake ... Shell is committed to operating its pipelines safely. In accordance with Federal and State regulations, Shell has a Damage Prevention Program to prevent excavation activities from harming, denting or scratching our pipelines. We also employ numerous prevention processes, such as valve inspections, equipment inspections, and right-of-way maintenance. We utilize several protective measures including cathodic protection systems to deter corrosion, sophisticated tools or pressure tests to detect potential anomalies, and electronic surveillance systems to monitor operations. Additionally, we conduct frequent ground and aerial surveys along the right of way to observe any excavation activity or ground discoloration. !>PO This public awareness message is brought to you by Shell Pipeline Company LP <!:)COPYRIGHT 2019 Shell Pipeline Company LP How can you tell ' located? Look for 1 A. Line markers locateo along the pipeline ri B. Sign for pipeline pal C. Pipeline casing vent Line markers also identif the product transported number. Before you dig, Cc your local State 0 Do your part ••• spr community ••• CALL BEFORE YOU • Call 81 1 or your local • Wait for the site to be • Discuss markings with prior to digging • Respect all markings • Dig with care IN CASE OF AN CALL 1-800-92 1ere a pipeline is ese signs: ear roads, ra ilroads and t-of-ways I plane e pipeline operator, d an emergency phone 811, or contact Call Center directly Loulsia.-1 ·I00-272-3020 Texm: 1-800-344 1377 1d the word in your G. IT'S THE LAW! ne Call Center irked i Shell representative lMERGENCY 3459 (24-HRS) How do you increase your awareness ol hazards ... Pipelines carry both gaseous and liquid materials under pressure. Some liquids form gaseous vapor clouds when released into the air. Many pipelines contain colorless and odorless products. Some gases are lighter than air and will rise. Other heavier-than-air gases and liquids will stay near the ground and collect in low spots. All petroleum gases and liquids are flammable. Any pipeline leak can be potentially dangerous. What you should do if you see suspicious activity near the pipeline or terminal ... Evacuate the area, immediately call 911. What are "One Call" requirements ••• As a public official, you know that statistics indicate excavation activities are one of the leading causes of pipeline incidents in the United States. W ithout proper notification and coordination, excavation activities in the vicinity of underground pipelines may lead to dangerous public safety situations. State law requires you to call 811 or contact your local One Call Center directly, no less than 48 hours (some States require 72 hours) before beginning any excavation, trenching, bori ng, or performing other soil disturbing activities. rhere is no charge for this call. The O ne Call Center will notify us that you wish to excavate and we will determ ine if your project is near our pipeline. If so, we will send a representative to meet with you to mark the location and route of the pipeline and provide safety information on how you can prevent damage. There is no charge for this service. Materials provided to the affected public, excavators and government officials ... Shell provides safety information on an ongoing basis to the affected public that lives along its pipeline right-of-way. Shell also provides safety information to excavators, public officials, and emergency officials located in the counties or parishes that may respond to an incident. Additionally, Shell hosts public awareness outreach programs for public officials, emergency officials and excavators. If you would like to participate, please contact us. How to get additional information about pipelines ... For more information about pipelines, visit www.pipeline 101.com For more information about excavation practices around underground utilities and pipelines, visit www.commongroundalliance.com For more information about Shell Pipeline Company LP ... Visit www.shell.us/pipeline or contact us at 1-877-775-2622 (Monday -Friday 8:00am -5:00pm Central Time) or e-mail us at SPLC-One-Call-Center@shell.com. How do you recognize and respond to a leak ... SIGHT -Liquid pools, discolored or abnormally dry soil/vegetation, continuous bubbling in wet or flooded areas, an oily sheen on water surfaces, and vaporous fogs or blowing dirt around a pipeline area can all be indicative of a pipel ine leak. Dead or discolored plants in an otherwise healthy area of vegetation or frozen ground in warm weather are other possible signs. Natural gas is colorless, but vapor and "ground frosting" may be visible at high pressures. A natural gas leak may also be indicated by bubbles in wet or flooded areas, distinct patches of dead vegetation, dust blowing from a hole in the ground or flames if the leak is ignited. SOUND -Volume can range from a quiet hissing to a loud roar depending on the size of the leak and pipeline system. SM ELL -An unusual smell, petroleum odor, or gaseous odor will sometimes accompany pipeline leaks. Natural Gas and Highly Volatile Liquids are colorless, tasteless and odorless unless commercial odorants or Mercaptan is added. Gas transmission/gas gathering pipelines are odorless, but may contain a hydrocarbon smell. Evacuate the area, immediately call 911 and notify us at 1 ·800-922-3459. What actions will we take during an emergency ... W e will immediately dispatch personnel to the site to help handle the emergency and to provide information to public safety officials to aid in the response to the emergency. We will also take the necessary operating actions -such as closing and opening valves and similar steps -to minimize the impact of the leqk. Public safety personnel and others unfamiliar with the pipeline should not attempt to operate any of the valves on the pipeline. Improper operation of the pipeline valves could make the situation worse and cause other accidents to happen. As a Public Official, you know to take whatever steps you deem necessary to safeguard the public in the event of a pipeline emergency. The following suggestions are offered for your consideration: Secure the area around the leak to a safe distance. This could include the evacuation of people from homes, businesses, schools, and other locations, as well as the erection of barricades to control access to the emergency site and si milar precautions. If the pipeline leak is not burning, take steps to prevent ignition. This includes prohibiting smoking, rerouting traffic and shutting off the electricity. If the pipeline leak is burning, try to prevent the spread of fire but do not attem pt to extinguish it. Burning petroleum products will not explode. If the fire is extinguished, gas or vapor will collect and could be reignited by secondary flames. Contact the company as quickly as possible. Pipeline marker signs show the com pany name, emergency telephone number and pipeline contents. \ HAZARDOUS MATERIAL QUICK GUIDE PRODUCT TYPE VAPORS HEALTH HAZARDS Highly Volatile liquids Will be easily ignited by heat, sparks or flames and will form explosive [such as: butane, Initially heavier than air, spread along mixtures with air. Vapors may cause dizziness or asphyxiation without propane, ethane, Gas ground and may travel to source of warning and may be toxic if inhaled at high concentrations. Contact propylene, and ignition and flash back. with gas or liquefied gas may cause burns, severe injury and/or natural gas liquids frostbite. Fire may produce irritating and/or toxic gases. (NGL)] Lighter than air and will generally rise and Will be easily ignited by heat, sparks or flames and will fo(m explosive Natural Gas dissipate. Dry Gas density will determine mixtures with air. Vapors, including H1S contained in Dry Gas, may Gas cause dizziness or asphyxiation without warning and may be toxic If [including Dry Gas] whether it will hold to the ground and not inhaled at high concentrations. Contact with gas or liquefied gas may dissipate. cause burns, severe injury and/or frostbite. Vapors from liquified gas initially heavier than air, spread along ground and may Will be easily ignited by heat, sparks or flames and will form explosive Flammable Gases travel to source of ignition and flash back. mixtures with air. Vapors may cause dizziness or asphyxiation without [such as: acetylene, Gas Vapors from flammable gases lighter than warning and may be toxic if Inhaled at high concentrations. Contact butadiene, and air; released from refrigeration will initially ethylene) hold to the ground until the refrigerant with gas or liquefied gas may cause burns, severe injury and/or effects subside then behave as physical frostbite. Fire may produce irritating and/or toxic gases. properties predict. Product is a simple asphyxiant and non-flammable. Vapors may Carbon Dioxide {C02) Gas Vapors from liquefied gas are initially cause dizziness or asphyxiation without warning and may be toxic if heavier than air and spread along ground. inhaled. Contact with gas or liquefied gas may cause burns, severe injury and/or frostbite. Initially heavier than air and spread along Product is a simple asphyxiant and non-flammable. Vapors may Nitrogen Gas cause dizziness or asphyxiation without warning and may be toxic if ground. inhaled. Vapors are lighter than air and will Vapors are toxic and may be fatal if inhaled, ingested or absorbed Ammonia Gas generally rise and dissipate. In presence of through skin. Vapors are extremely irrftating and corrosive. Contact moisture, vapors become heavier than air with gas may cause burns, severe injury and/or frostbite. and may spread along ground. Hazardous Liquids Initially heavier than air and spread along Inhalation or contact with material may irritate or burn skin and eyes. (such as: crude oil, ground and collect in low or confined Fire may produce irritating, corrosive and/or toxic gases. Vapors may diesel fuel, jet fuel, Liquid areas. Vapors may travel to source of cause dizziness or suffocation. Runoff from fire control or dilution gasoline, and other ignition and flash back. Explosion hazards water may cause pollution. refined products) indoors, outdoors or in sewers. Toxic, may be fatal if inhaled, ingested or absorbed through skin. Vapors from liquefied gas are initially Inhalation or contact will Irritate or burn skin and eyes. Fire will Methanol Liquid heavier than air, spread along ground and produce irritating, corrosive and/or toxic gases. Vapors may cause may travel to source of ignition and flash dizziness or suffocation. Runoff from fire control or dilution water back. may cause pollution. Runoff to sewer may create fire or explosion hazard. Vapors from liquefied gas are initially Toxic, may be fatal if inhaled, ingested or absorbed through skin. Contact may cause burns, severe injury and/or frostbite. Fire will Carbon Monoxide Gas heavier than air and spread along ground. produce Irritating, corrosive and/or toxic gases. Flammable, may be Vapors may travel to source of ignition and Ignited by heat, sparks or flames. Runoff from fire control may cause flash back. pollution. * Source: U.S. Department of Transportation Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration 2016 Emergency Response Guidebook. The U.S. Department of Transportation's Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) provides a free, mobile web app of its Emergency Response Guidebook 2016 (ERG). This web app provides firefighters, police and other emergency responders' hazardous material response information, evacuation tables and standard response procedures for gas and liquid pipeline incidents. Links to download this software are available from the Apple iTunes website at ERG 2016 for iPhone and from the Google Play website at ERG 2016 for Android. In addition, a version of the ERG is available in NLM's Wireless Information System for Emergency Responders (WISER) application. An instructional video for learning how to use the ERG2016 is also available on PHMSA's website (www.npms.phmsa.dot.gov). \ GUIA BREVE DE MATERIAL PELIGROSO PRODUCTO TIPO VAPOR ES PEUGROS PARA LA SALUD Liqufdos Altamente Son muy f,kiles de incendiarw con el calor. chispas o llamas y forman una Volatiles (Tales Como: lnicialmente es m6s pesado que el aire, se mezda explosfva con el afre. Los vapores pueden causar mareos o asfixia Butano, Propano, Etano, Gas esparce en el suelo y puede viajar hasta ta sfn dar ningOn avlso y pueden ser t6xicos si se fnhalan en concentraclones Propileno y Uquidos de fuente de incendfo y causar un retroceso de grandes. El contacto con gas o con gas llquido puede causar quemaduras, Gas Natural (NGL)) llamas. El Producto no tlene color. sabor ni olor. herldas graves ylo congelamiento. El fuego puede producir irrltacl6n y/o gases t6xico. Es mM livlano que el aire y generalmente Son muy fadles de incendiarw con el calor. chispas o llamils y forman una se eleva y se disipa. Se puede acumular en mezcla explosiva con el aire. Los vapores, intluyendo H2S contenido en Gas Natural espados confi nados y viajar hasta fuentes (incluyendo el Gas Seco) Gas de encendido. la densidad del Gas Seco el Gas Seco, pueden causar mareos o asflxla sin previo aviso y pueden ser determinar6 sl este permanecera en el suelo y t6xicos si se inhalan a altas concentraciones. El contacto con gas o con gas no se disipara. llquido puede causar quemaduras. heridas graves y/o congelamiento. Los vapores del gas llcuado son lniclalmente mas pesados que el aire, se esparcen a lo largo del suelo y pueden vlajar a la fuente de lgnlci6n Son muy f6clles de incendlarse con el calor. chlspas o llamas y forman una Gases lnflamables y causar un retroceso de llamas. Los vapores mezcla explosiva con el afre. Los vapores pueden causar rnareos o asfixia (Tales Como: Acetileno, Gas de los gases inflamables son m6s llgeros que sin dar ningun aviso y pueden ser t6xicos sl sl! lnhalan en concentraclones Butadleno y Etlleno) el aire, pero cuando est6n refrigerados y son grandes. El contacto con gas o con gas Uquido puede causar quemaduras, liberados, estos inlcialmente se mantendr6n en heridas graves ylo congelamiento. El fuego puede produclr irritad6n y/o el suelo hast.a que los efectos del refrigerante gases t6xicos. desaparecen y entonces se comportaran de acuerdo como predlcen las propledades flslcas. El producto es un simple asfixiante y no es lnflamable. Los vapores pueden Bloxido de Carbono Gas lnlclalmente es mas pesado que el aire y se causar mareos o asfixia sin dar ningun aviso y pueden ser t6xlcos sl se (C02) esparce en el suelo. inhalan. El contacto con gas o con gas llquido puede causar quemaduras, heridas graves y/o congelamlento. lnlclalmente es mM pesado que el aire y se El producto es un simple asfixiante y no es lnflamable. Los vapores pueden Nitr6geno GM esparce en el suelo. causar mareos o asfixia sin dar ninglln aviso y pueden ser t6xicos sf se inhalan. Los vapores son mas livianos que el aJre y generalmente se elevan y se dlsipan. Cuando Los vapores son t6xlcos y pueden ser fatales sf SI! inhalan, ingleren o si hay humedad presente, los vapores se son absorbldos por la plel. Los vapores son extremadamente lrritantes Amonlaco Gas convlerten mis pesados que el alre y se pueden y corroslvos. El contacto con gas puede ocaslonar quemaduras, leslones espardr a lo largo del suelo o hasta las areas graves ylo congelaci6n de la pie. bajas donde ·estos pueden ocasionar riesgos al ser expuestos. Llquidos Peligrosos lnidalmente es mas pesado que el aire, se (Tales Como: Petroleo esparce en el suelo y se acumula en lugares La inhalaci6n o el contacto con est.a materfa pueden irritar o quemar la plel Crudo, Combustible Uquldo bajos y confinados. Los vapores pueden y los ojos. El fuego puede produdr gases irritantes, corrosivos y/o t6xicos. Diesel, Combustible Para vla)ar hasta la fuente de lncendlo y causar un Los vapores pueden causar mareos y asfixla. Los reslduos del fuego Aviones, Gasollna y otros retroceso de llamas. Pellgro de explosl6n en controlado o del agua dllulda pueden causar contamlnacl6n. Productos Refinadosl lnteriores, exteriores o en alcantarlltados. lnidalmente es mas pesado que el alre, se T6xicos y pueden ser fatal sf es lnhalado, ingerido o absorbido a trav~s de esparce en el suelo y se acumula en lugares la piel. La inhalacl6n o el contacto pueden irritar o quemar la piel y los bajos y confinados. Los vapores pueden ojos. El fuego puede produdr gases irritantes, corrosivos ylo t6xicos. Los Meta no I Uquldo vlajar hasta la fuente de fncendio y causar un vapores pueden causar mareos y asfixia. Los residuos del fuego controlado retroceso de llamas. Pellgro de explosi6n y de o del agua diluida pueden causar contaminacl6n. Los reslduos que llegan envenenamiento en lnteriores, exteriores o en hasta los alcantarillados pueden crear un peligro de fuego ode explos16n. alcantarlllados. Los vapores de los gases llcuados son Son t6xlcos, pueden ser fatales si se fnhalan, lngieren o si son absorbldos iniclalmente mas pesados que el aire y se por la plel. El contacto puede ocasionar quemaduras, lesiones graves y/o Mon6xido de Carbono Gas propagan cerca del suelo. Los vapores pueden congelacl6n de la plel. El fuego puede producir gases lrrltantes, corrosives llegar hasta las fuentes de encendldo y y/o t6xlcos. Son lnflamables, se pueden lncendlar con el calor. chispas o con ocasionar que el fuego retroceda. llamas. Los reslduos descartados por el control de fuegos pueden causar poluci6n. *Fuente: U.S. Department of Transportation Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration 2016 Emergency Response Guidebook. La Administraci6n de Seguridad de Materiales Peligrosos y de Lineas de Tuberias ("PHMSA" por sus siglas en ingles) def Departamento de Transporte de los Estados Unidos ofrece una aplicaci6n web gratis de su Gula de Respuesta de Emergendas 2016 ("ERG" por sus siglas en ingles). Esta aplicaci6n web proporciona a los bomberos, la policia ya otros respondedotes de emergencias informaci6n de respuesta de materiales peligrosos, tablas de evacuaci6n y procedimientos estandares de respuesta a incidentes en las lineas de tuberias de gas y de Hquidos. Los enlaces para descargar este programa (software) estan disponibles en el sitio web de Apple iTunes en ERG 2016 para iPhone y desde el sitio web de Google Play en ERG 2016 para Android. Ademas, una versi6n del ERG esta disponible en la aplicaci6n def Sistema de lnformaci6n lnalambrico para los Respondedores de Emergencias ("WJ.ill" por sus siglas en ingles). Tambien bay disponible un video de instrucciones para aprender a utilizar el ERG 2016 en el sitio web de PHMSA (www.npms.phmsa.dot.gov).