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MAYOR OR CITY COUNCIL RESPONSES FROM STAFF TO LETTERS FROM CITIZENS
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ITEMS FROM CITY, COUNTY, STATE, AND REGIONAL AGENCIES
Prepared for: 12/9/2019
Document dates: 11/20/2019 – 12/27/2019
Set 1
Note: Documents for every category may not have been received for packet
reproduction in a given week.
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Brettle, Jessica
From:Mary Ann Michel <maryannm7@gmail.com> on behalf of Mary Ann Michel
<mamichel@alumni.duke.edu>
Sent:Friday, November 22, 2019 8:15 PM
To:Council, City
Subject:101 Bike/ Pet bridge
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When will construction begin?
Mary Ann Michel
6503247384
850 Webster St. Apt 503
Palo Alto, CA 94301
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Brettle, Jessica
From:Geri <geri@thegrid.net>
Sent:Friday, November 22, 2019 11:47 AM
To:Council, City
Subject:711 Moreno at middlefield
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Available until Dec 22, 2019
We ALL PAID THE BOND TO PUT THESE WIRES UNDERGOUND , and REPLACE THIS CROOKED CROOKED
TELEPHONE POLE
years ago.
Please do it before the house is built.
MORENO NEEDS A LEFT TURN SIGNAL.
We have no safety here.
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Brettle, Jessica
From:editor@siliconvalleyfreepress.com
Sent:Friday, November 22, 2019 1:16 PM
To:Filseth, Eric (Internal); Council, City; Shikada, Ed
Subject:Fwd: Re: 911 Sham
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-------- Original Message --------
Subject:Fwd: Re: 911 Sham
Date:2019‐10‐10 13:42
From:News Room <news.room@bayareabusiness.news>
To:editor@siliconvalleyfreepress.com
Cc:eric.filseth@cityofpaloalto.org, city.council@cityofpaloalto.org, ed.shikada@cityofpaloalto.org,
jlscinsurance@gmail.com
http://BayAreaBusiness.News
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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
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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.
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.
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https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/crt/legacy/2013/06/28/antelope_findings_6‐28‐13.pdf
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
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I guess that's why you support your officers using racial epithets to describe African Americans:
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.
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Brettle, Jessica
From:Mark Cox <markdarrellcox@icloud.com>
Sent:Thursday, November 21, 2019 1:33 PM
To:lisabjobs@gmail.com
Subject:Cain and the Cunt (i)
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Cain used his Mouth to Ask his Brother to Come into the Plain. Then Cain if Cain slew his Brother because Cain wanted a
Cunt in the Wife of Able then was the Mark of Cain as a Cleft Palate the Delivery of a Cunt to the Mouth and Face of
Cain? So then Cain did Divide but this Division is Not the Division of dividing rightly. Should the Empire of Elohim be
capable of Resolving Cleft Palates? If yes then whats wrong with the Priests?
Was the Covenant of Avraám the Translational and Positional Inverse of the Mark of Cain by the Manifest True Elohim
upon Sarrah the Wife of Avraám to Allow the Birth of Isaac?
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Brettle, Jessica
From:Mark Cox <markdarrellcox@icloud.com>
Sent:Friday, November 22, 2019 3:41 PM
To:lisabjobs@gmail.com
Subject:Apocalypse of Avraám
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The Apocalypse of Avraám is preserved in Slavic ((to my recollection)) and there doesn't seem to be any mention of
Sarrah in the Writing. Unless you consider the Statue that fell and what the Implications of this would be. Upon lifting up
the Statue the Head falls off and so Terah makes a New Head for the Statue. Would this be a Pointer to Sarrah and was
Sarai assaulted when Charran died in the Presence of his Father? Did Terah thereafter Help with Sarai's Injury as Avraám
lended assistance and did Terah help Sarai learn to present herself as a Beautiful Woman when Sarai was Third Gender
prior to the Full Transformation of her Body when Avraám was Ninety Nine Years Old?
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Brettle, Jessica
From:Elizabeth Greenfield <elizabethg15@gmail.com>
Sent:Thursday, November 21, 2019 1:35 PM
To:Council, City
Subject:Appreciation for Funding Bike Bridge
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Dear Palo Alto City Council,
I am writing to thank you for voting to fund the 101 Palo Alto bike bridge. As a resident that primarily cycles for
transportation within a 10 mile radius of the city, I can't wait for this bridge to be complete to have a year‐round path
and avoid the hassle of backtracking to the Oregon/Embarcadero 101 crossing in wintertime. Given that
transportation sector makes up 65% of citywide greenhouse gas emissions, I hope this project will empower latent
riders/scooters/etc. to ditch their car when traveling to the Baylands or their employer and contribute to City
transportation emission reductions. I look forward to the opportunity to capitalize on this momentum with other
alternative transportation projects in the future.
With gratitude,
Elizabeth Greenfield
3476 Waverley St.
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Brettle, Jessica
From:Peter Phillips <pkphillips@gmail.com>
Sent:Wednesday, November 20, 2019 6:42 PM
To:Council, City
Subject:Bike / Ped bridge in south PA
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________________________________
Dear honorable council members,
Thank you for your vote to approve the construction of the bike / ped bridge over 101 in south Palo Alto.
Regards,
Peter Phillips
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Brettle, Jessica
From:Mark Cox <markdarrellcox@icloud.com>
Sent:Thursday, November 21, 2019 1:42 PM
To:lisabjobs@gmail.com
Subject:Cain and the Cunt (i)
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Cain used his Mouth to Ask his Brother to Come into the Plain. Then Cain if Cain slew his Brother because Cain wanted a
Cunt in the Wife of Able then was the Mark of Cain as a Cleft Palate the Delivery of a Cunt to the Mouth and Face of
Cain? So then Cain did Divide but this Division is Not the Division of dividing rightly. Should the Empire of Elohim be
capable of Resolving Cleft Palates? If yes then whats wrong with the Priests?
Was the Covenant of Avraám the Translational and Positional Inverse of the Mark of Cain by the Manifest True Elohim
upon Sarrah the Wife of Avraám to Allow the Birth of Isaac?
An Act of Love wrought by Elohim and Not an Act of Violence wrought by Man? Cain's lack of Patience was replaced by
Avraám's Stubborn Faith until the Age of 100 Years?
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Brettle, Jessica
From:pascal.renauld@gmail.com
Sent:Friday, November 22, 2019 6:55 PM
To:Council, City
Subject:Call for action. San Alma community
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Dear Palo Alto City Council Members,
I am a member of the San Alma Home Owner’s Association in Palo Alto. Our community presented a petition
(appended below) to the Council on Monday, November 18, 2019.
I am writing to show my support of their petition for the City to enforce the Municipal Code 10.36.030
that mandates all parked vehicles move every 72 hours and install “No overnight parking signs” along
San Antonio between Alma Street and Briarwood Way.
Please keep me informed of any updates regarding this issue.
Sincerely,
Pascal Renauld
145 Hemlock Ct
November 14th, 2019
To: Palo Alto City Manager and Council
From: Residents of San Alma HOA and neighbors
Petition
We, the 75+ residents of the San Alma HOA and surrounding neighborhoods, are submitting this petition to
request that the City of Palo Alto:
Enforce Municipal Code 10.36.030 that mandates all parked vehicles move every 72 hours;
Install “No RV Parking” signs along San Antonio Ave between Alma St and Briarwood Way;
Extend the “No Parking From Here to Corner” zone along the west side of San Antonio Ave
between Alma St and Ponce Dr to improve sight lines, and refresh red-color curbs and install
additional signs;
Create bike lanes on both sides of the San Antonio Ave between Alma St and Briarwood Way to
improve bike and pedestrian safety;
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Consider installing “No Parking” signs on designated days and times of the week, to allow a
sweeping vehicle to clean pavement and remove trash from both sides of San Antonio Ave.
In the last few years the short stretch of San Antonio Ave between Alma St and Briarwood Way has
experienced a sharp increase in traffic, littering, and illegal dumping including human waste. The increase in
commuter traffic, parking for the train station, ‘Waymo’ car tests, heavy construction trucks, and special
equipment have all contributed to these conditions. This entire stretch of San Antonio Ave is always full of RVs
and cars used as sleeping accommodations; there are frequently abandoned vehicles as well, and often used
for storage of construction equipment.
The oversized vehicles parked along this street block visibility when exiting Ponce Drive, especially concerning
because this stretch of San Antonio Ave is very busy with bicyclists and pedestrians traveling to and from the
Caltrain station. It is currently very hazardous for bicycles and pedestrians: bicyclists are forced onto the
sidewalk for safety, jeopardizing the pedestrians and creating hazardous driving conditions for vehicles. We
have also observed that the fire hydrant is blocked which causes even more of a safety concern for the
residents in the area.
It has been often observed that frequent lack of parking provokes fire hydrant blocking violations that is once
more an extreme hazard jeopardizing safety of San Alma community.
There is a large amount of trash along both sides of San Antonio Ave because the individuals residing in RVs
leave bagged trash directly on the street or in nearby areas. The area on the east side of San Antonio Ave is
used as a bathroom and human fecal matter and other trash has been observed; the residents of the homes
behind these walls have complained of strong human waste odors often coming from San Antonio Ave. The
parked RVs and other vehicles prevent the sweeping truck from cleaning the streets. All of these bio-
hazardous conditions are creating an area that is unsanitary and unsafe for the community in general and for
the quality of life of our residents in particular.
When the weather gets colder, the RVs and other vehicles that are used as living accommodations run
generators for heat, which pollutes the air and creates loud sounds which violate city noise ordinances.
This has been a problem for our community for several years, and many of our residents have filed numerous
reports. Despite our efforts, there are several RVs that are here many days and weeks with no discernible
movement. One particular RV has been parking here for over three years. This lack of enforcement has
attracted more RVs and cars that are used as residences.
We ask for code enforcement and “No Overnight Parking” signs placement for safety, security and
sanitation reasons. Our Residents require a safe and sanitary neighborhood to be maintained for all.
Moreover, we urge the Palo Alto City Council to adopt an ordinance prohibiting overnight parking of RVs,
trailers, oversized vehicles, and special equipment within at least 100 feet from any residential property line.
We understand that many individuals and their families have circumstances causing them to reside in RV’s and
other vehicles. While we empathize with these individuals, we request the City of Palo Alto take immediate
actions to protect our residents by enforcing the municipal codes and increasing signage.
We are aware of measures taken by the City in other locations, and we request the same consideration from
the City.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the residents of the San Alma HOA and surrounding neighborhood.
Simon Gleyzer, President of San Alma HOA
SGleyzer
3
4214 Ponce Dr.
Palo Alto, CA 94306
qasimon@gmail.com
650.224.6979
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Brettle, Jessica
From:Phyllis Kayten <pkayten@yahoo.com>
Sent:Friday, November 22, 2019 2:30 PM
To:Council, City; Filseth, Eric (Internal)
Cc:Nadia Naik
Subject:Churchill Viaduct/closure options
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Dear Mayor and members of Palo Alto City Council:
I sent you a letter via email November 6, but I haven’t seen it in any public packet – I am hoping the letter I emailed on
the 6th got to you, but if it got lost, I want to reiterate that I am strongly against the viaduct option, and in favor of the
Churchill closure option. My house sits virtually on the Caltrain track – it is closer to the tracks than any house on
Mariposa. I have been to several meetings in which various plans are described in great detail, with videos and charts
and maps. Most do not show my house being taken, but common sense says that all options would involve my house
being taken, even the Churchill closure. Any construction at the intersection is going to require space to build – common
sense says the construction equipment would end up where my house now stands. And yet there has been no honest
discussion of this. I ask that any discussion of Churchill Ave. crossing options include an honest discussion of property
loss to home owners, including the need for space during the construction phase. The City and the planners have to
include construction space requirements in their planning, and have to be honest with the neighbors along Mariposa,
who will be most affected.
The Viaduct option will not only take my house (even though no plans will admit that), it will also loom over all the
houses along Mariposa. The noise and vibration of passenger and freight trains over our houses will increase – any noise
blocking wall will be a blight. The thought of a train going right over our houses on Mariposa is inconceivable.
We in Southgate are prisoners of the indecision and incomplete engineering analysis. The longer we are in limbo, the
more our house values go down. We can’t leave because who would buy a house on the corner of Churchill and
Mariposa not knowing how it will be impacted. By the time the city admits our property will have to be taken, the value
of our property will be further diminished. Most of us on Mariposa understand the impact any plan will have on our
properties. The worst part of this is not knowing. It would be better if the city just took our property now, giving us a fair
market price for properties at the current value.
I appreciate your consideration of these undiscussed issues (the taking of property to accommodate construction; the
impact of the viaduct on quality of life of home owners on Mariposa; and the impact on property values while no clear
decision is made.
Sincerely,
Phyllis Kayten and Steve Weinstein
96 Churchill Ave. Palo Alto, CA 94306
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Brettle, Jessica
From:Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>
Sent:Monday, November 25, 2019 12:05 PM
To:kerri.donis@fresno.gov; fire-construction@fresno.gov; Mayor; Mark Standriff;
esmeralda.soria@fresno.gov; paul.caprioglio; dennisbalakian; David Balakian; Dan Richard; Daniel
Zack; Council, City; huidentalsanmateo; Joel Stiner; beachrides; Mark Kreutzer; margaret-
sasaki@live.com; bballpod; hennessy; shanhui.fan@stanford.edu; yicui@stanford.edu;
mthibodeaux@electriclaboratories.com; midge@thebarretts.com; info@superide1.com;
becerra.bere11@gmail.com; Cathy Lewis; diffenbaugh@stanford.edu; fmbeyerlein@sbcglobal.net;
Raymond Rivas; Chris Field; grinellelake@yahoo.com; steve.hogg; jerry ruopoli; Jason Tarvin;
kfsndesk; newsdesk; kwalsh@kmaxtv.com; Kirk Sorensen; kclark; leager; Leodies Buchanan; Loran
Harding; Mark Waldrep; nick yovino; pavenjitdhillon@yahoo.com; popoff; robert.andersen; Steve
Wayte; Steven Feinstein; terry; vallesR1969@att.net; Doug Vagim
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From: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>
Date: Sun, Nov 24, 2019 at 10:14 PM
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From: Eric Andrew Appel <eappel@stanford.edu>
Date: Sun, Nov 17, 2019 at 8:34 PM
Subject: Re: DW "Clean Air‐ A Human Right". Excellent. Damage from PM 2.5. I opener
To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>
William,
Many thanks for your kind words. We have launched a company called LaderaTECH (www.ladera.tech) to commercialize
the technology, which is being called FORTIFY. We have worked with a couple of homeowners to protect their
properties.
Here is another article that does a good job explaining how we are proposing to use our materials:
https://www.wired.com/story/wildfire‐gel/
Kind regards,
Eric
Eric Andrew Appel, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Materials Science & Engineering
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Department of Bioengineering (by courtesy)
Faculty Fellow, ChEM-H Institute
Faculty Fellow, Woods Institute for the Environment
Stanford University
Stanford CA 94305
W: supramolecularbiomaterials.com
T: +1 (650) 498-9155
On Nov 17, 2019, at 1:55 PM, Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> wrote:
Sunday, Nov. 17, 2019
At the end of this mail, I provide a link to the Sept. 30, 2019 article about your hydrogel to
prevent wildfires. Very impressive development. Congratulations. As you can see, my mail was widely
distributed, including to the media. I saw the article re the gel when I was about to send the mail. It
occurs to me that homeowners in fire‐prone areas could apply the gel to vegetation near their property,
so there might be a retail opportunity with it.
Wonderful development.
L. William Harding
Fresno, Ca.
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Date: Sun, Nov 17, 2019 at 1:47 AM
Subject: Fwd: DW "Clean Air‐ A Human Right". Excellent. Damage from PM 2.5. I opener
To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>, dennisbalakian
<dennisbalakian@sbcglobal.net>, David Balakian <davidbalakian@sbcglobal.net>, Dan Richard
<danrichard@mac.com>, Daniel Zack <daniel.zack@fresno.gov>, Mayor <mayor@fresno.gov>,
<esmeralda.soria@fresno.gov>, paul.caprioglio <paul.caprioglio@fresno.gov>, Mark Standriff
<mark.standriff@fresno.gov>, Mark Kreutzer <mlkreutzer@yahoo.com>, <vallesR1969@att.net>, nick
yovino <npyovino@gmail.com>, Cathy Lewis <catllewis@gmail.com>, terry <terry@terrynagel.com>,
bballpod <bballpod@aol.com>, beachrides <beachrides@sbcglobal.net>, Irv Weissman
<irv@stanford.edu>, <shanhui.fan@stanford.edu>, <yicui@stanford.edu>,
<diffenbaugh@stanford.edu>, Chris Field <cfield@ciw.edu>, hennessy <hennessy@stanford.edu>,
city.council <city.council@cityofpaloalto.org>, huidentalsanmateo <huidentalsanmateo@gmail.com>,
<becerra.bere11@gmail.com>, <grinellelake@yahoo.com>, <mthibodeaux@electriclaboratories.com>,
<info@superide1.com>, <midge@thebarretts.com>, <margaret‐sasaki@live.com>, Mark Waldrep
<mwaldrep@aixmediagroup.com>, Kirk Sorensen <kirkfsorensen@gmail.com>, kclark
<kclark@westlandswater.org>, newsdesk <newsdesk@cbs47.tv>, kfsndesk <kfsndesk@abc.com>,
<kwalsh@kmaxtv.com>, robert.andersen <robert.andersen@fresno.gov>, Leodies Buchanan
<leodiesbuchanan@yahoo.com>, Doug Vagim <dvagim@gmail.com>, Steve Wayte
<steve4liberty@gmail.com>, Steven Feinstein <steven.feinstein@ionicmaterials.com>,
<fmbeyerlein@sbcglobal.net>, Raymond Rivas <financialadvisor007@gmail.com>,
<fmerlo@wildelectric.net>, steve.hogg <steve.hogg@fresno.gov>, jerry ruopoli
<jrwiseguy7@gmail.com>, leager <leager@fresnoedc.com>, <pavenjitdhillon@yahoo.com>, popoff
<popoff@pbworld.com>, <russ@topperjewelers.com>, Joel Stiner <jastiner@gmail.com>,
<toni.tinoco@hsr.ca.gov>, boardmembers <boardmembers@hsr.ca.gov>
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Date: Sat, Nov 16, 2019 at 3:20 PM
Subject: Fwd: DW "Clean Air‐ A Human Right". Excellent. Damage from PM 2.5. I opener
To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>, dennisbalakian
<dennisbalakian@sbcglobal.net>, David Balakian <davidbalakian@sbcglobal.net>, Dan Richard
<danrichard@mac.com>, Daniel Zack <daniel.zack@fresno.gov>, Mayor <mayor@fresno.gov>,
<esmeralda.soria@fresno.gov>, paul.caprioglio <paul.caprioglio@fresno.gov>, Mark Standriff
<mark.standriff@fresno.gov>, Mark Kreutzer <mlkreutzer@yahoo.com>, <vallesR1969@att.net>, nick
yovino <npyovino@gmail.com>, Cathy Lewis <catllewis@gmail.com>, terry <terry@terrynagel.com>,
bballpod <bballpod@aol.com>, beachrides <beachrides@sbcglobal.net>, Irv Weissman
<irv@stanford.edu>, <shanhui.fan@stanford.edu>, <yicui@stanford.edu>,
<diffenbaugh@stanford.edu>, Chris Field <cfield@ciw.edu>, hennessy <hennessy@stanford.edu>,
city.council <city.council@cityofpaloalto.org>, huidentalsanmateo <huidentalsanmateo@gmail.com>,
<becerra.bere11@gmail.com>, <grinellelake@yahoo.com>, <mthibodeaux@electriclaboratories.com>,
<info@superide1.com>, <midge@thebarretts.com>, <margaret‐sasaki@live.com>, Mark Waldrep
<mwaldrep@aixmediagroup.com>, Kirk Sorensen <kirkfsorensen@gmail.com>, kclark
<kclark@westlandswater.org>, newsdesk <newsdesk@cbs47.tv>, kfsndesk <kfsndesk@abc.com>,
<kwalsh@kmaxtv.com>, robert.andersen <robert.andersen@fresno.gov>, Leodies Buchanan
<leodiesbuchanan@yahoo.com>, Doug Vagim <dvagim@gmail.com>, Steve Wayte
<steve4liberty@gmail.com>, Steven Feinstein <steven.feinstein@ionicmaterials.com>,
<fmbeyerlein@sbcglobal.net>, Raymond Rivas <financialadvisor007@gmail.com>,
<fmerlo@wildelectric.net>, steve.hogg <steve.hogg@fresno.gov>, jerry ruopoli
<jrwiseguy7@gmail.com>, leager <leager@fresnoedc.com>, <pavenjitdhillon@yahoo.com>, popoff
<popoff@pbworld.com>, <russ@topperjewelers.com>, Joel Stiner <jastiner@gmail.com>,
<toni.tinoco@hsr.ca.gov>, boardmembers <boardmembers@hsr.ca.gov>
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To all‐ Important.
Last night DW ran this documentary on air pollution, "Clean Air, A Human Right". They have bad air
pollution in Deutschland, as do many parts of the U.S. The air in the Central Valley of California is often
terrible, especially when wildfires are putting smoke in here. I have been emailing about our breathing
wildfire smoke for months every year (I am in Fresno, Ca.) and so this documentary on DW caught my
attention. It deals with particulate matter from cattle production, power plants, woodfires, vehicle
emissions, brake and tire wear in Germany. In Fresno, we get it from engines, tires and brakes, people
burning their fireplaces, farmers burning ag waste, ammonia from cattle manure reacting with NOX
from vehicle emissions, AND, for sure, from the huge wildfires which the authorities cannot fight very
effectively at present. Climate change has come on fast with 129 million dead trees in the Sierra, dry
trees and brush, low humidty and high winds. Gov. Newsom seems stunned by it all. He's had 100
National Guardsmen trimming brush during 2019 (not 1,000). He has authorized more fire fighting rigs
and teams, and CalFire has received the first of seven C‐130s repurposed as tankers, with 4,000 gal.
capacity each. The one 747 "Global Super Tanker" available to rent drops 19,000 gal per pass. It is
privately owned in Colorado. I want 50 of those for CalFire. They could form a national fire fighting fleet,
available for the entire U.S. They might cost $5 billion total to buy and convert but Trump and Congress
will spend $738 billion this year to defend poverty‐stricken Germany, Japan, S. Korea, all of poverty‐
stricken Europe, and the rest of the world. "Those poor people. We defeated them in WWII and ruined
their countries 75 years ago (and then we re‐built them)". And their commitment to the American
people: "Let 'em hang". "We can always balance the books on the backs of the ignorant, non‐voting
American people". I keep urging them all to read history.
Here is the DW documentary on air pollution. 42:36.
https://www.dw.com/en/clean‐air‐a‐human‐right/av‐48647373
One weather‐man in Fresno likes to encourage people to burn. "No restrictions on burning
tonight" he says with a big smile. "Burning only with registered devices" he said last night for some
counties here.
It should be criminal conduct to burn a fireplace in California's Central Valley at any time.
Sometimes on winter nights I walk down to the mailbox and the air is thick with chimney smoke. The
San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District is just killing people here. AND THEN, they do zero
monitoring of the air at the neighborhood level. You don't see trucks with sensors or lasers or something
coming down the street on heavily polluted nights. Apparently no enforcement of the no‐burn rules,
when they are in place. No fines. The morons who just have to have a roaring fire 200 nights per year
just ignore the rules and damage their neighbors health. The San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control
District should be heavily penalized by the State and feds for failing to enforce its no‐burn rules if they
law says they should enforce them. If they go out and fine fireplace polluters, they should say so. Let's
see the records. Do these Air Pollution Control Districts in California have the legal authority to fine
residents burning on no‐burn nights? If not, they should have.
How to detect chimney violators? The police helicopter is in the sky over Fresno every night. Infra‐
red cameras on it would surely pick up heat coming from a chimney. GPS would tell them where the
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offending home is. Since they can see heat emitted by a person on the ground, why not from a hot
chimney? If we need a No‐burn monitoring helicopter to do this, it should be obtained. It seems to me
that with the police helicopter flying around Fresno every night recording infra‐red images and GPS
data, the air pollution authorities should be able to determine from that who is burning their fireplace
on no‐burn nights.
Child's play for Silicon Valley: A helicopter‐mounted infra‐red camera which stamps the date and
time and the GPS location on images of residential neighborhoods. The exact location of the hot
chimney could be determined: GPS co‐ordinates of the helicopter, altitude of the hilo, angle down to the
house, get GPS co‐ordinates of the house. With that recorded data, the air pollution control district
coud go out and cite the offender. There is no excuse for not fining people burning on no‐burn nights.
Go 37 mph in a 35 mile‐zone in Fresno and the Fresno PD will issue you an expensive ticket.
This documentary deals with air pollution in Germany from coal‐fired and other power plants,
from industry, from vehicle emissions, from tire and brake wear, from wood burning in homes and in
fields, and from industrial farming‐ i.e. from cows. Nothing about smoke from wildfires, but we know
that it is a serious health hazard if inhaled, and how do you avoid inhaling it? Since California will not
obtain the 50 747 retardant tankers I want, we can all keep breathing wildfire smoke. Those 747s could
suppress wildfires much better than the little planes and hilos they use now.
Here is the one available 747‐400 Global Supertanker in Nov. 2018. Here it was dropping on the
remnants of the Camp Fire in 2018. 19,200 gal. per drop.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mW0XQI525UE
Here is more vid. showing the plane: The audio starts here at 38 seconds:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygXto9jdQP0
Governor Newsom is still asleep at the switch. Because he has been, he keeps blaming the wildfires
on 100 years of negligence by PG&E in maintaining their electric infrastructure, but climate change has
come on with a vengeance in recent years, and that is the root cause of these horrific wildfires in
California. There are 129 million dead trees just in the Sierra, killed largely by a five year drought, and
they burn great. More elsewhere in the State. Kindling‐dry trees and brush, and then 80 mph off‐shore
winds make for disastrous wildfires. Gov. Newsom has had 100 National Guardsmen trimming brush
since he took office earlier this year. I wrote this in the AM today. Tonight the ABC network news
reported that Trump is excoriating Newsom for his "terrible forest management practices". He is
threatening to cut off money to Calif. to deal with the wildfires. I'm not sure I follow his logic there.
Trump knows he did not and will not carry California, so, "Let them hang", I guess. A let 'em hang
attitude to 40 million Americans should produce a strong reaction, and strong revulsion, by most
Americans. Trump is telling Californians that he is damaging their health and that they can all go to hell.
I'm really starting to warm to Trump.
KCBS‐SF said the following in the past few days: These fires are not all forest fires. Brush is more
involved in the Kincaid fire in Sonoma Co. than are trees. A CalFire expert said that that fire was "un‐
fightable" for much of the time. "You try to start back‐fires or cut fire lines, but those are not effective in
such a fast moving fire". It is 80% contained by Nov. 4, 2019. The issues are heat, low humidity, dry
vegetation, and then 60‐80 mph winds. He said that the Kincaid fire was a wind‐driven fire.
It is common knowledge and oft repeated that huge amounts of fuel have been allowed to
accumulate in the forests over 100 years. We have jumped on every small fire and put them out. Now
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we pay the price with higher temps, lower humidity and high winds, and especially with 129 million
dead trees in the Sierra. Maybe that is what Trump meant about forest management practices‐ letting
all of that fuel accumulate. Hard to lay 100 years of that on Newsom.
Since entering office, Newsom has had 100 Guardsmen trimming brush in Orinda, Los Gatos and
Woodside, Ca., KCBS said. He has authorized new, additional fire‐fighting apparatus and crews. He and
Gov. Swarzenegger received at a ceremony the first of the seven C‐130s that Diane Feinstein obtained
for CalFire from the Coast Guard. These have a 4,000 gal. capacity.
Last night the news showed many video cameras that have been installed in the wilds of Calif. to
detect fires at their outset. I recommended a year ago that devices including video cameras,
thermometers, smoke detectors, and wind and humidity measuring devices be placed all over California
in fire‐prone areas. PG&E has been installing weather stations. Probably about what I have suggested.
We need lots of those. The PUC should order them installed.
So, KCBS asked, "What can be done, given the limited resources California has". "Clear a
defensible space around your home and have a go‐bag ready", were the answers.
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Trump could provide the $5 billion needed to buy and convert 50 747s to tanker duty by an
executive order, but we will spend $738 billion this f.y., to defend the entire world. He won't lift a finger
to help California with these fires, and Californians should respond in kind, sort of. We should not be
defending Germany and Japan, the two richest countries after the U.S. See vids of Germany and Japan.
Happy, relaxed, prosperous people with high speed rail and magnificent national health care. If anyone
threatens them, they just call the White House.
Robert Reich was interviewed the other night. He and others are saying that PG&E has put profits
ahead of safety in not making their infrastructure more resistant to failure. What those making that
argument fail to recognize is that climate change has come on fast, faster than anyone expected. Rising
sea levels by 2100 was the thought, not vast areas of dead trees and brush, and higher termperatures
and lower humidity. That is important. It has happened faster than anyone expected and it will keep
getting worse. PG&E is heavily regulated by the California PUC. Where were they in ordering PG&E to
harden its electric infrastructure in past decades? Let's see the transcripts of their meetings where that
was often considered and voted upon. I think that PG&E has been a good utility, and has served
California well. There is plenty of blame to go around for not preparing earlier for climate change.
I lived in Santa Clara, Calif. from 1995 to 2000. That city operates a municipal electric utility, and the
rates were dirt cheap. Turbines and generators‐ Santa Clara makes its own e‐. Perhaps in any
consideration of making PG&E a customer‐owned or publicly‐owned utility operated by the State or
municipalities, the people who run the Santa Clara, Ca. electric utility should be consulted as to how
they do it. Would the State of California or 58 counties really run PG&E better than it is run now? Maybe
we should reform the Calif. PUC first. I have heard that they can be unduly influenced.
This DW documentary covers the chemistry of air pollution better than any others I have
seen. Note the pathologist near the start at Cologne (Koln) University Hospital, Dr. Marcus Rothschild,
examining a human lung. Note the black spots on the lung from the 50 year‐old non‐smoking victim
having inhaled PM 2.5 particles. Rothschild says that inhaling these particles over time "can lead to
fibrosis in the lungs and to anthracosis" (black lung). "Fibrosis results from chronic inflammation caused
by particulate matter entering the alvioli. It is a proliferation of connective tissue which results in
reduced elasticity of the lung. The patient experiences shortness of breath, a hunger for air that is not
curable". Does having that sound alright for you and yours? Note again that it is not curable.
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Munchen, Stuttgart, Koln‐ terrible air. Ich war in Koln in 1973, und die Luft scheint OK, aber jetzt
ich weiss dass es war gefahrlich. Note all of the NOX from diesel engines in the documentary. This reacts
with ammonia in the air to produce particulate matter. Diesel powered cars can now be retrofitted to
reduce the nitrous oxide emissions. No wonder VW got into some emissions cheating. They are
discussing a ban on diesel cars in some cities in Germany. I wonder if the retrofit technology shown
should be required for older diesel cars in California. Does California currently require that new diesel
vehicles sold here be a lot cleaner than the diesels sold in Germany? Hard to believe that we do. In
Germany, some diesel manufacturers are going to pay 80% of the cost of retrofits for their cars in some
cities. Technology now permits reducing both NOX and particulate emmissions from cars. It used to be
one or the other.
Germany is one thing, but see in the documentary the situation in India. Horrific air pollution. It
has even made the network news here in the past few nights‐ pollution in Delhi. People use coal‐fired
irons to iron clothes and wood stoves to cook in India. Farmers burn stubble. In Germany, more and
more people are using wood stoves for heat.
Be it wood stoves in India and Germany or brush and forest fires in California, or morons in Fresno
burning their fireplaces, it is the burning of wood, the impact of cattle, combined with pollution from
vehicles that puts much of our horrific pollution into the air. Remember CBS's Dr. John LaPook's
statement about a year ago: "Smoke from wildfires contains thousands of compounds". That would be
true especially when towns are being burned with their cadmium, mercury, lead and other heavy
metals, their asbestos, acids, pesticides and herbicides, paint, plastics, building materials, tires,
petroleum, fertilizers and other organic materials. And we are breathing that!
Atmete ein und atmete aus. Breath in and out. It's a tough habit to give up.
Now some passages from the DW documentary that really caught my attention. Note these as you
watch it again:
1) Particulate matter is: PM 10 10 microns in dia.
PM 2.5 microns and less.
PM 0.1 really fine particles.
The small particles pass through the lungs and get into the bloodstream, the documentary
says. They impact the immune system. They inflame and block arteries and cause heart attacks and
strokes. They can cause asthma, bronchitis and pneumonia. They can cause fibrosis in the lungs and
anthracosis (black lung). Note Dr. Marcus Rothschild at University Hospitall in Koln showing us a lung
covered with black spots. I notice that all of this medical horror from breathing polluted air is not
prominently discussed in California by elected officials, by the California Air Resources Board, by the
local air polution control districts, like the one in the San Joaquin Valley, and certainly not by local TV
news in the Central Valley. Mum's the word. Governor Newsom is not all over TV during these weeks‐
long wildfires detailing all of this for the people of Calfornia. He does not appear with a pathologist like
Dr. Rothschild in Koln, or pathologists and pulmonologists from Stanford and UCSF, e.g., who could raise
the alarm as to what air pollution, and especially wildfire smoke, is doing to us. That's what Newsom
should be doing. He's asleep at the switch on getting the 747 tankers, and he's AWOL on raising the
alarm about the health impact of breathing wildfire smoke. He has the health experts at his disposal.
WRT traffic, REGARDING TRAFFIC, in Germany, 63% of PRIMARY particulate matter is from
brakes and tires. 37% is from engines. Surprising, no? Read on, though, to see what the NOX from
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engines does when it reacts chemically in the atmosphere with ammonia from cattle manure. It creates
secondary particulate matter.
Coal‐fired power plants are essentially banned in Germany, but wood‐fueled heating systems
are a problem, especially in rural areas. In the Central Valley, we have ag waste being burned and all of
those fireplaces burning here, and now horrific weeks‐long wildfires every year in California.
Ag waste burning in California:
It is regulated, but is allowed. It has increased in recent years, but we have had a big
improvement since ~2003: However, with the new, added burden of smoke from huge wildfires, I
wonder if any ag burning should be allowed in California at this point.
https://www.kvpr.org/post/despite‐tight‐restrictions‐open‐ag‐burning‐increases‐valley
See at 20:15 the graph showing particulate matter from engines v. wood stoves in Germany.
The lines have crossed and wood stoves (and fireplaces and wildfires in California, probably) now out‐
produce engines as a source. Wood burning in Germany has now even equaled the particulate matter
produced by engines, tires and brakes, i.e. total traffic sources.
So the burning of wood is a huge source of particulate pollution. Fireplaces in California, ag
burning, and now the endless wildfires here.
PM 2.5 in Germany: 20% from wood stoves.
26% from power plants
19% from traffic
5% from agriculture
Those are the numbers from the German Environmental Agency, but Jos Lelieveld, Prof. of
Atmospheric Physics at the Max Planck Instute for Chemistry, disagrees. He says these numbers only
reflect direct emissions. Another culprit is livestock which are also responsible for particulate matter.
He says that primary particulate matter is from engines, stoves and tires and brakes
decomposing into smaller particles.
IMPORTANT: But secondary particulate matter is formed by chemical processes in the air.
Ammonia from cattle manure combines with nitrogen oxides from engines to form particulate
molecules which can enter the alvioli and bloodstream. 70% OF FINE PARTICULATE MATTER IS FORMED
CHEMICALLY IN THE ATMOSPHERE, NOT RELEASED AS DUST, he says. 40% of fine particulate matter in
Germany is from agriculture, above all from factory farming‐ raising cattle. California's Central Valley is
dairy‐land. Are the California Air Resources Board and the Central Valley Air Pollution Control District
addressing that source of particulate matter? Are they even aware of it? Do we need new laws to
compel them to address it?
Ambient particulate matter from ag and woodstoves (ag and fireplaces and wildfires in
the Central Valley) is compounded in cities by traffic.
Sixty‐five cities in Germany exceed the rules for oxides of nitrogen (NOX) from diesel
vehicles, especially in Munchen, Stuttgart and Koln. (Munich, Stuttgart and Cologne). The most effective
way to reduce NOX emissions is to ban diesel vehicles from roads. (28:56) in the film. Should California
do that too?
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Stuttgart has banned some diesels cars‐ "Euro 4" standard diesels and older.
Now, with new technolgy, BOTH NOX and particulate matter can be reduced from diesels.
California could upgrade older diesel vehicles with the new technology. Euro 5 vehicles will be restricted
next as to where they can be driven in Germany.
Compulsory hardware retrofitting? One manufacturer will pay 80% of the cost in some
German cities. Who are the manufacturers of diesels sold in California and would they pay to retrofit
those diesels with new hardware? Should they be compelled to do so?
Do we have the same problems with diesels in California as the Germans have with them
there?
A joke here used to be that California's Central Valley is home to daires and prisons. The
LA basin and the Bay Area don't want vast herds of dairy cattle, so the CV gets them. Now we know that
they are an important source of particulate matter. Do the air quality authorities in California admit that
and are they addressing it? Do we need to toughen the laws to compel them to?
I'll send this to big‐gun climate researchers at Stanford, Dr. Chris Field and Dr. Noah
Diffenbaugh. They are experts on climate change, but they would be very familiar with the impact
climate change is having on air pollution, I am sure. Climate change is making air pollution worse. I hope
they will forward this to the appropriate air quality authorities and to law‐makers. This documentary
from Germany is an eye‐opener. It shows that action is needed wrt dirty diesel vehicles in California, wrt
to dairies, wrt to law‐breakers burning their fireplaces on no‐burn nights, wrt to ag burning, and wrt to
the damage that the endless wildfires in California are doing to our health.
The response by public officials in California and at the federal level to these endless
wildfires is inadequate. The Governor has 100 Guardsmen trimming brush and Diane Feinstein obtains
seven old C‐130s for Calfire. The federal government lavishes $738 billion on all of Europe, Japan, S.
Korea to defend and enrich them and won't lift a finger to help California with these fires. Trump last
week threatened to cut off federal money to deal with the fires here because he hates the Governor.
Last week the U.S. completed its pull‐out from the Paris Climate Accords when climate change is at the
root of these fires. And, of course, Trump is pro‐coal.
Too bad we have to hear all of this from the Germans. Public officials in California and
Washington, D.C won't raise the alarm here and won't adequately move to protect our health from
wildfires. Huge efforts and money have been expended over 50 years to address air pollution, especially
in California, but further action is needed. Ag burning, ammonia from cattle combining with NOX to form
particulate matter, NOX and particulate matter from older diesels, illegal fireplace burning, particulates
from brakes, all need further attention. The efforts to address all air pollution are now being subverted
by these annual wildfires. A modest $5 billion to procure 50 747 super‐tankers to fight the wildfires
would be money well spent. We need a second re‐load base for them in San Bernardino County, too.
Now some good news:
New to me in recent days is this: "Stanford researchers have developed a gel‐like fluid to
prevent wildfires". Article of Sept. 30, 2019. CalFire is involved in testing it and it works. Please read this
and see the 90 second video. I think this is big news:
https://news.stanford.edu/2019/09/30/new‐treatment‐prevents‐
wildfires/?sf111423407=1%20&mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiWVdNeE56Z3lNV0ZsTUdVNCIsInQiOiJnWE9iOTh1T1pR
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More good news: "Using AI to repair power lines". Nov. 1, 2019:
https://stanfordmag.org/contents/a‐speedier‐solution‐using‐ai‐to‐repair‐power‐
lines?utm_source=The_Loop&utm_medium=email&utm_content=a‐speedier‐solution‐using‐ai‐to‐
repair‐power‐
lines&mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiWVdNeE56Z3lNV0ZsTUdVNCIsInQiOiJnWE9iOTh1T1pRSUNCa09YK0FsTWI1OFk5S
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L. William Harding
B.A., Biological Sciences, Stanford '64
Fresno, Ca.
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I'll be glad when the Mafia Cults are Eating their Trash in Confinement. They have created Victims like some people paint
Water Colors. Why don't they realize that what happens on the Figurative Canvas of Someone Else's Life is the Basis of
their Future? Do Evil and Evil is Received on a Multiplied Scale. What Protects? Is Anyone Getting the Message? Only
Unaltered Truth Protects. Do you know where you can find that? Do I have to do everything myself while everyone
shivers in fear in the closet? How many did they abduct? I don't know. How do you tell the Difference? The Fear seems
Equal. Code this code that. Has that ever protected anyone? "No. Don't say anything it will get them all killed." So
fucking what. You want to extend their Life into Lifelong Confinement? That's Real Fucking Brilliant. What a Friend you
are. How Magnanimous. Can I get you anything? Blood Clot on the Rocks? Job lost All of his Kids. Then Job got Kids! You
think they were Different Kids? Why would you think that? Your Mouth could get me killed? Really? You think so? THEN
STOP KILLING ME AND EVERYONE ELSE W/ SILENCE.
"Well I tried to tell the Police. The FBI. The CIA. The Congress. The Synagogue. The Church." Fuck All that. Tell Everyone
you Meet. Burn Light before their Eyes. "Shine."
How can they offers prayers for you if they don't know anything? "Them" are against "Us." Except you're All Divided.
Flock of Lambs silently dying in Confinement. "Well they killed another Lamb. Should we say anything?" "Oh no. Don't
say anything. They'll kill All of Us." "Really? What do you think Elohim would do about that?" "I don't know." "He'd
slaughter them and then bring Us back to Life to a Blessed Existence while they live as Animal Forms Appropriately
Suitable for their Proven Form of Disposed Character."
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No One should be using the Main Email Vendors, iCloud, Outlook, Gmail, Yahoo. Everyone should have their Own Secure
Email Server. It's a Matter of Worldwide Security. No One should be Entrusted with your Library of your Written Letters.
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Esau taught Jacob to Wrestle. This leads to Jacob's Ability to Remove the Heavy Stone from the Well as Rachel is arriving
which leads to Years of Labor to Win the Hand of Four Women Thirteen Children and Scores of Jacobs Livestock which
leads to Rachels First Born which leads to Joseph the First Born of Rachel which leads to Preservation in Egypt which
leads to Exodus and the Collapse of the New Kingdom when Ramesses the Eleventh and his Army die in the Avalanche of
the Cleft of Water Walls to receive the Torah and to Later Return to The Land Jacob had left which leads to the Question
what did we leave and what are we Returning to and what do we have to Wrestle with? With the Theme of Recitation of
Unaltered Scripture as Actors in the Play of Existence are we learning to Wrestle with our Tongues to Wrestle with
Expression By Any Means. Moses had to hold his Arm Raised Up for a Duration that is a Form of Wrestling against
Gravity.
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From:Coxe, Nicole <Nicole.Coxe@PHD.SCCGOV.ORG>
Sent:Wednesday, November 20, 2019 1:19 PM
To:Coxe, Nicole
Cc:Tran, Don; Chen, Bai-yun
Subject:Funding Available for Cities to Implement Tobacco-Free Communities Strategies! Apply by
1/31/2020
Attachments:City Funding Announcement - 2019 Final.pdf; Tobacco-Free Communities Funding Application -
2019 Final.docx; Tobacco-Free Communities Budget Template_FINAL.xlsx; Santa Clara County
Tobacco Control Policies.pdf
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County of Santa Clara
Public Health Department
Public Health Administration
976 Lenzen Avenue, 2nd Floor
San José, CA 95126
408.792.5040
November 20, 2019
Funding opportunity to implement tobacco prevention strategies in Santa Clara County jurisdictions
Dear Honorable Mayor and City Manager,
In November 2016, California voters approved Proposition 56, the California Healthcare, Research
and Prevention Tobacco Act of 2016, increasing the tax on cigarettes and other tobacco products
by two dollars. Santa Clara County voters strongly approved the proposition—with over 73% voting
yes to increase the tax.
As a result of this funding, The Santa Clara County Public Health Department (SCCPHD) has the
opportunity to expand tobacco protection efforts by releasing funding to cities to support the
implementation of priority tobacco prevention strategies. Through this funding, cities may address key
areas within the dashboards of the SCCPHD’s Healthy Cities Project focused on promoting tobacco-
free communities. Included is a current grid of tobacco control policies within each jurisdiction; to
view your city’s complete 2018 Healthy Cities dashboard, visit: http://bit.ly/healthy-cities-dashboards.
Tobacco use is still the number one preventable cause of death and disease in California, killing
nearly 40,000 Californians every year. Tobacco use carries a hefty price tag, both in the annual cost
of $689 million in the county, and immeasurable impacts on families due to preventable disease and
lives lost. The 2017-2018 California Student Tobacco Survey revealed 31.6% of high school students in
Santa Clara County have used e-cigarettes. These funds will allow cities to implement strategies to
prevent and reduce tobacco use, and reduce exposure to secondhand smoke.
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Santa Clara County cities have the opportunity to take advantage of these funds to create
sustainable changes for the health and economic vitality of our residents. The SCCPHD has up to
$200,000 available to fund cities to participate in this effort. Funding awards could range from
$20,000-$50,000. The amount per city will be determined based on the proposed strategies and total
number of responses from cities.
As you will see in the funding application, we are providing three resource options for cities: direct
grant funding, in-kind support from a consultant paid for by the County, or a hybrid of the two.
The priority funding areas are listed on the Healthy Cities Program – Tobacco-Free Communities
Funding Application. Activities funded through this opportunity are guaranteed through June 30,
2021.
The research and best practice models for addressing these issues have already been developed,
and resources such as technical assistance, community outreach, and communications strategies
will be made available from Public Health staff.
If your City is interested in participating in the 2020-2021 funding cycle, please observe the timeline
below:
Action Date
Tobacco Funding Application and Budget Form
completed and submitted to:
bai-yun.chen@phd.sccgov.org
January 31, 2020 by 5:00 pm
Award Notification February 14, 2020
Scope of Work and Final Budget Negotiations and
Contract Signing
February 17, 2020 – April 30,
2020
Project Period May 1, 2020 – June 30, 2021
For additional information or if you have questions, please contact Don Tran at 408-817-6879 or
don.tran@phd.sccgov.org.
Sincerely,
Nicole Coxe, MPH
Program Manager, Tobacco-Free Communities
Santa Clara County Public Health Department
CC:
City Councilmembers
Board of Supervisors: Mike Wasserman, Cindy Chavez, Dave Cortese, Susan Ellenberg, S. Joseph Simitian
County Executive: Jeffrey V. Smith
Nicole Coxe, MPH
Tobacco‐Free Communities, Program Manager
Santa Clara County Public Health Department
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San Jose, CA. 95122
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Office #: 408.817‐6844 (New Phone Number)
Learn more about our program @ www.sccphd.org/tobaccofree
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County of Santa Clara
Public Health Department
Public Health Administration
976 Lenzen Avenue, 2nd Floor
San José, CA 95126
408.792.5040
Board of Supervisors: Mike Wasserman, Cindy Chavez, Dave Cortese, Susan Ellenberg, S. Joseph Simitian
County Executive: Jeffrey V. Smith
November 20, 2019
Funding opportunity to implement tobacco prevention strategies in Santa Clara
County jurisdictions
Dear Honorable Mayor and City Manager,
In November 2016, California voters approved Proposition 56, the California
Healthcare, Research and Prevention Tobacco Act of 2016, increasing the tax on
cigarettes and other tobacco products by two dollars. Santa Clara County voters
strongly approved the proposition—with over 73% voting yes to increase the tax.
As a result of this funding, The Santa Clara County Public Health Department
(SCCPHD) has the opportunity to expand tobacco protection efforts by releasing
funding to cities to support the implementation of priority tobacco prevention
strategies. Through this funding, cities may address key areas within the dashboards
of the SCCPHD’s Healthy Cities Project focused on promoting tobacco-free
communities. Included is a current grid of tobacco control policies within each
jurisdiction; to view your city’s complete 2018 Healthy Cities dashboard, visit:
http://bit.ly/healthy-cities-dashboards.
Tobacco use is still the number one preventable cause of death and disease in
California, killing nearly 40,000 Californians every year. Tobacco use carries a hefty
price tag, both in the annual cost of $689 million in the county, and immeasurable
impacts on families due to preventable disease and lives lost. The 2017-2018
California Student Tobacco Survey revealed 31.6% of high school students in Santa
Clara County have used e-cigarettes. These funds will allow cities to implement
strategies to prevent and reduce tobacco use, and reduce exposure to
secondhand smoke.
Santa Clara County cities have the opportunity to take advantage of these funds to
create sustainable changes for the health and economic vitality of our residents.
The SCCPHD has up to $200,000 available to fund cities to participate in this effort.
Funding awards could range from $20,000-$50,000. The amount per city will be
determined based on the proposed strategies and total number of responses from
cities.
As you will see in the funding application, we are providing three resource options for
cities: direct grant funding, in-kind support from a consultant paid for by the County,
or a hybrid of the two.
The priority funding areas are listed on the Healthy Cities Program – Tobacco-Free
Communities Funding Application. Activities funded through this opportunity are
guaranteed through June 30, 2021.
The research and best practice models for addressing these issues have already
been developed, and resources such as technical assistance, community outreach,
and communications strategies will be made available from Public Health staff.
If your City is interested in participating in the 2020-2021 funding cycle, please
observe the timeline below:
Action Date
Tobacco Funding Application and Budget
Form completed and submitted to:
bai-yun.chen@phd.sccgov.org
January 31, 2020 by 5:00 pm
Award Notification February 14, 2020
Scope of Work and Final Budget Negotiations
and Contract Signing
February 17, 2020 – April 30,
2020
Project Period May 1, 2020 – June 30, 2021
For additional information or if you have questions, please contact Don Tran at 408-
817-6879 or don.tran@phd.sccgov.org.
Sincerely,
Nicole Coxe, MPH
Program Manager, Tobacco-Free Communities
Santa Clara County Public Health Department
CC:
City Councilmembers
Parks &
Trails
Outdoor
Dining
Areas Entryways
Service
Areas
Public
Events
Multi-Unit
Housing
Common
Areas of
Multi-
Unit
Housing
Tobacco
Retail
Permit
Reduce
Density of
Tobacco
Outlets
Limit Sales
Near
Schools
Flavored
Tobacco
Restrictions
Limit Sales
in
Pharmacies
% of County population
covered by policy 95.3%97.2%39.2%85.9%31.6%24.3%79.9%72.5%11.5%14.3%9.8%9.8%
County of Santa Clara 2010 2010 2010 2010 2010 2010 2010 2010 2010 2010 2010
Campbell 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2012
Cupertino 2011 2014 2014 2019 2019 2019 2019 2019
Gilroy 2014 2014
Los Altos 2011 2018 2018 2018 2018
Los Altos Hills n/a*n/a*n/a*n/a*n/a*n/a*n/a*n/a*n/a*n/a*
Los Gatos 2013 pre-2010 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2017 2017 2017 2017 2017
Milpitas 2012 2017
Monte Sereno n/a*n/a*n/a*n/a*n/a*n/a*n/a*n/a*n/a*n/a*
Morgan Hill 2012 2012 2012 2012 2012 2014
Mountain View 2012 2012 2012
Palo Alto 2013 2014 2014 2014 2014 2016 2016 2017 2017 2017 2017 2017
San Jose pre-2010 2012 2012 2012 2011
Santa Clara 2019 2019 2019 2019 2019 2019 2019
Saratoga pre-2010 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2015 2016 2016 2018**2018
Sunnyvale 2012 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016
* Not included in denominator of % of county population covered by policy because don't have the specific venues/areas covered by policy (Ex. Monte Sereno & Los Altos Hills do not have any tobacco retailers)
** Includes an exemption for menthol-cigarettes
Rev. 11/19
11/2019: Tobacco-Free Communities - Policies Across Santa Clara County Jurisdictions
Jurisdiction
Reducing Exposure to Secondhand Smoke Reducing Youth Access & Exposure to Tobacco Products
Santa Clara County Public Health Department
Tobacco-Free Communities Program
Healthy Cities Project – Tobacco-Free Communities Program Priorities
FY 2020 – 2021 Funding Application
The Santa Clara County Public Health Department (SCCPHD) is pleased to inform you that
funding resources are available to all cities in Santa Clara County for pursuing the following
tobacco prevention priority areas known to have the greatest impact on reducing tobacco-
related disparities and inequities:
1. Reducing secondhand smoke exposure in multi-unit housing (condos, apartments, and
townhomes)
2. Restricting the sale of flavored tobacco products, including menthol cigarettes
3. Reduce overall density/concentration of tobacco retailers in your city
4. Prohibit new tobacco retailers from operating near schools, parks, playgrounds, and
other youth-populated areas
5. Prohibit the sale of e-cigarettes, vaping products, or other types of tobacco products
The SCCPHD has resources available, up to $200,000, to fund cities to participate in this effort.
The amount per city is negotiable, and will be determined based on the proposed strategies
and total number of responses from cities. Award amounts could range from $20,000 - $50,000.
Cities can either elect to work in one or two priority areas with three different funding options:
1. Direct Grant Funding to Cities (Reimbursable budget –for city staff time for research,
development, stakeholder engagement; costs for signage/other implementation costs)
2. In-kind Policy Consultant (Paid for in-kind by the County; Consultant could conduct tasks
associated with development and implementation, including research, development of
memos or reports, community outreach, implementation activities)
3. Hybrid of Option 1 and 2 (City could request funding to support staff time for review of
memos or reports, ordinance, costs for signage, and utilize the consultant for
development of report/memo, stakeholder engagement, implementation planning)
How to Apply
Please complete the following sections:
I. Contact Information
II. Priority Areas and Anticipated Reach
III. Budget Justification
This completed funding application, along with the budget justification, must be submitted by:
Friday, January 31, 2020 @ 5:00 pm
to Bai-Yun Chen at bai-yun.chen@phd.sccgov.org
Santa Clara County Public Health Department
Tobacco-Free Communities Program
Applications will be evaluated and decisions will be made by February 14, 2020. Negotiations
on Scope of Work, final budget, and contract signing will occur between February 17 – April 30,
2020.
Evaluation criteria include:
• Priorities - Totality of the proposed work (including number of strategies selected)
• Reach - Number of individuals affected and impacting those who will benefit most
• Equity – Strategies selected and reach of strategies will have a significant effect on
populations disproportionately impacted by tobacco use and exposure
• Impact - Anticipated long-term or sustained changes
• Budget – Alignment of costs in budget to proposed priority areas and strategies
• Previous Contract Performance (if applicable) - Evaluation of previous performance
related to meeting project deliverables and adhering to project budget and spending to-
date
Santa Clara County Public Health Department
Tobacco-Free Communities Program
I. Contact Information
Date:
City Name:
Contact Personnel
Name:
Title:
City Department:
Phone: Alt. Phone:
Email:
Address:
Santa Clara County Public Health Department
Tobacco-Free Communities Program
II. Priority Areas and Anticipated Reach
Cities may choose to apply to implement one or more priority areas. Please indicate which
priority or priorities the City is applying for by checking the priority area box and any strategies
within that priority area that the city would utilize funding to implement.
☐ Priority 1: Reduce exposure to secondhand smoke in multi-unit housing
Adopt and implement a citywide policy to designate 100% of individual units (including
balconies and patios) and outdoor common areas as entirely smoke-free.
☐ Priority 2: Prevent youth access to flavored tobacco products and/or tobacco products
overall, and reduce the number of tobacco retailers in communities.
Adopt new or amend existing tobacco retail licensing ordinance to restrict the sale of flavored
tobacco products and restrict the issuance of tobacco licenses to new retailers located within
1,000 feet of schools and within 500 feet from existing tobacco retailers.
Strategies to Decrease Access to Tobacco and Tobacco-flavored Products
(Select any area the city is interested in exploring)
☐ Restrict the sale of flavored tobacco
products, including menthol cigarettes
☐ Restrict the sale of e-cigarette and vaping
devices, and/or other tobacco products
☐ No new licenses to retailers within
1000 feet of schools, parks, playgrounds
and other youth-sensitive areas
☐ No new licenses to retailers within 500 feet of
another tobacco retailer
☐ Other methods of reducing overall
density/ concentration of tobacco
retailers in your city
Santa Clara County Public Health Department
Tobacco-Free Communities Program
III. Budget Justification
Please complete the attached budget form and detail the expenses the City will incur for the
priority areas being applied for.
Cities have three options of how their budgets may be structured. Please indicate on the
budget form which option your city would prefer.
• Option one (reimbursable) is to complete the attached budget form and include
Personnel and other costs (supplies, signage, printing, etc.) that the city would be
reimbursed for.
• Option two (in-kind policy consultant) is to utilize the expertise and knowledge of our
Policy Consultant. This person’s salary would be in-kind for all cities, paid for by the
County. Cities may have the Consultant’s help with a whole spectrum of services from
researching what other cities have done related to your priority areas, to developing
ordinance language, council reports, conducting stakeholder outreach, and developing
implementation plans and carrying out implementation activities.
• Option three (hybrid) is to budget for Personnel and/or other costs (supplies, signage,
printing, etc.) while obtaining in-kind help from our Policy Consultant.
Tobacco Free Communities - Budget for Cities
Step 2‐ Needs for Options 2 or 3: (check
all that apply)
A.
$ -
Position Name 3
Staff person $ -
$ -
Salary Subtotal:
If hiring a consultant, list Consultant here
$ - Staff person
Position Name 2
Position Name 1
Santa Clara County Healthy Cities Project - Tobacco-Free Communities Program Priorities
Upon Execution - June 30, 2021
Budget and Justification Worksheet
City Name:
Salary Amount
=(Salary x
FTE%)/Months First & Last Name
BUDGET CATEGORY
SALARIES (No payment for worker's comp)
Months Requested Annual Salary (Full Time
Basis)
$ - Staff person
Position/Title % of Full Time (FTE)
Assigned to TFC
Step 1‐ Please indicate type of budget desired:
Position 2 -
Position 3 -
JOB DESCRIPTIONS:
Consultant Name
Write a brief job description for each of the postions/titles listed above. The descriptions should correspond to the scope of work/workplan task and goals. It is not
necessary to repeat descriptions for duplicated positions except for those positions whose work differs from the others of the same title/position. If hiring a consultant, list
the purpose for hiring the consultant and the specific tasks and deliverables they will accomplish - these should align with the scope of work/workplan task and goals.
Position 1 -
Option 1 (Reimbursable) - skip
Step 2 and continue
Option 2 (In-kind Policy
Consultant)- go to Step 2
and stop
Option 3 (Hybrid budget)
- go to Step 2 and
complete budget
Research Ordinance Language Council Reports Stakeholder Outreach Implementation Plan and/or Activity
TFC Budget 1 of 3 12/4/2019
Tobacco Free Communities - Budget for Cities
B.
XX% x G18
$ -
C..
$ -
D.
$ -
E.
$ -
$ -
$ -
F.
$ -
$ -
$ -
G.
$ -
Example: Fringe benefits are calculated at XX% of
Fringe Benefits Subtotal:
Travel/Mileage (no out-of-state travel; TFC trainings OK)
Operating Expenses [Office Supplies; Printing (external vendor)- smoke-free signage, factsheets, etc.; Postage; Duplicating (internal small jobs)]
For expense categories C-F, please provide a short narrative of the expense details that makes clear the expense and the purpose in general. In
those cases where expenses may be siginificantly different, you may enter multiple expenses for that category. For example, category E could use
seperate lines for local mileage, costs to travel to a meeting or conference and the expenses related to hosting a conference or meeting, if
applicable. PLEASE REFER TO PROPOSITIONS 56 & 99 ALLOWABLE EXPENSES for assistance in completing these sections.
Travel/Mileage will include...
Travel/Mileage Subtotal:
Subcontracts/Consultants
Operating Subtotal:
INDIRECTS/Administrative Overhead
INDIRECTS MAY NOT EXCEED 10% OF SALARIES (salary subtotal from above). If indirects are claimed as an expense please indicate the basis for the charge.
For example 5% of salaries would be 5% x 131 = 7.
Indirects Subtotal:
If a Subcontractor is part of this budget, please complete the second tab of this sheet, labeled "Subcontractor Detail". List here the Subcontractor/Conosultant Name
and deliverable.
Contracts
Subcontractor/Consultant Subtotal:
Other Costs (Educational Materials- signage, training guides, posters, etc.; Paid Media- ads on tv, radio, newspaper, or billboards, etc.)
FRINGE BENEFITS
Consultant (if applicable) -
TFC Budget 2 of 3 12/4/2019
Tobacco Free Communities - Budget for Cities
BUDGET
TOTAL: $ -
TFC Budget 3 of 3 12/4/2019
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Brettle, Jessica
From:Matthew Turner <jeepboy438@gmail.com>
Sent:Thursday, November 21, 2019 2:34 PM
To:Council, City
Subject:hate
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why does you city hate the LGBT community? I read many articles of your cities hate and misdeeds toward the
community.
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Brettle, Jessica
From:Charlie Weidanz <charlie@paloaltochamber.com>
Sent:Wednesday, November 20, 2019 3:38 PM
To:Council, City
Cc:Shikada, Ed; Flaherty, Michelle; Minor, Beth
Subject:Hotel TBID
Attachments:Hotel TBID letter.pdf
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Please see attached letter related to the Hotel TBID matter that will be presented to the council on December 2nd 2019
Charlie
Charlie Weidanz
CEO
355 Alma Street | Palo Alto, CA. 94301
Tel: 650‐324‐3125 | Cell: 650‐773‐6414
www.paloaltochamber.com
Palo Alto Business Directory & Community Guide
November 20, 2019
Palo Alto City Council
250 Hamilton Avenue
Palo Alto, CA 94301
Create I Connect I Cornpel:e
Dear Mayor Filseth and members of the Palo Alto City Council,
We write to express our support of all Palo Alto hotels and their ability to succeed. However, the Chamber of
Commerce opposes the non-renewal of the current contract with the San Mateo County/Silicon Valley Visitor
and Convention Bureau unless and until the resulting impact on the Chamber of Commerce is mitigated.
The Chamber of Commerce was included in the decision to become part of the TBID to provide funds to
create a visitor center supporting the hotels in Palo Alto, and other venues and resources for visitors and
businesses, meeting planners, conventions, and those seeking business referrals and area information.
The nearly $32,000 a year that we receive from the TBID provides us the ability to be the face of the
community and welcoming support for new residents, visitors, and businesses already here or weighing
whether to locate in Palo Alto. We provide information and referrals, both by phone from all around the
country and to walk-ins, to local points of Interest, hotels, restaurants, medical care providers, entertainment
and outdoor activities, education institutions, realtors, and more. The City doesn't do this work in the day-to-
day and comprehensive way that our Chamber does. It is a constant flow of inquiries and direct support for
the wide variety of interests relating to our city, as well as Stanford University and the hospital systems. It
began years ago with Destination Palo Alto and has become a much used and relied upon resource and asset
in the community. However, without the TBID funding, we would not be able to dedicate any staff time to this.
The chambers of commerce that do provide this sort of visitor and economic development support are most
commonly supported by city funds [information provided by Western Association of Chamber Executives],
which our Chamber does not receive but with the TBID funding, we can and do provide this service.
While we were informed that there are a number of hotels that want to cancel their participation in the TBID
which would end our financial support, we were not included in any discussions directly dealing with the
impact on our work and funding, or how to mitigate or resolve this situation. As a stakeholder in the TBID, we
would expect that no decision would be taken by the City until this is remedied.
We believe our Chamber provides a unique and valuable service to our community as a visitor center and
economic development partner for a small amount of financial support which would not be replaced by any
current plan or source of funding. We respectfully request the City Council not recommend cancellation until
these matters have been evaluated in full and a realistic plan for mitigation developed.
Sincerely,
Charlie Weidanz, CEO
cc: City Manager Ed Shikada
Deputy City Manager Flaherty
Alma Palo T:
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From:Mark Cox <markdarrellcox@icloud.com>
Sent:Friday, November 22, 2019 10:21 AM
To:lisabjobs@gmail.com
Subject:Indigenous Cults
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To Return to the Distorted Stories taught by Indigenous Fathers is to Return to the Same Vulnerabilities that led to their
Wholesale Slaughter. The Slaughters brought with them the Crucified Book to further pollute the Land. This isn't to say
that All Groups have Some Resident Truth but having Some is Insufficient. The Story was the Same in the Beginning and
the Story was changed by Multiples of Lineages. We have to use the Full Canon of Unaltered Truth and Not Merely Some
of the Full Canon if we want to be led into All Truth and thereby understand ourselves better inclusive of the Hidden
Secrets of our Existence to Un‐Redact the Truths that were hidden to us even by our own Families or else by our
Abductors or both. Families do this to their own Kin? Yes, whether knowingly or unknowingly. Everyone seems to be
living in Fear. They have no Access to Hidden Knowledge and therefore they don't know who they can trust and who
they should not trust and even this will fluctuate with time. My Kin does this Very Thing like its a Full Time Job with
Overtime for it consumes their Entire Existence. How do you do this? You have to Seek the Definition of Unaltered
Scripture and Recite this as the Light on your Path to Rightly Divide your Cultural Heritage, and to also Rightly Divide the
Present Imposition of the Ruling Cultural Frame and to also determine the Future Path of Cultural Evolution while also
Recovering the Ancient Knowledge denied to us by our Unfaithful Fathers whose Small Changes led to More Changes
that led to our Sufferings across Generations. Those who had the Truth and Everyone Started with the Truth yet those
who had the Truth ridiculed the Truth with Deviations for they thought the Truth was a Myth so the Truth they
embraced became a Myth and then came the Sufferings allowed by Elohim for if Man continues to feed his Children
Graven Images they will never be able to partake of the Redemption Program given to Man for Humans are Beings
recycled from Beings who fell as they ran into the Darkness as Prodigal Children and this happened before the Creation
of Adam and Eve and their Sin is our Opportunity to Return. Why was the Forbidden Tree in the Garden? They didn't
have the Natural Inclination to Eat of the Tree yet upon Eve's Beguilement they did Eat and perhaps Adam who was
Negligent in the Recitation of the Stricture for Eve's Version was Entirely Scrambled perhaps Adam willingly gave up his
Life to die with Eve. That Kind of Love is the Kind of Love Elohim was looking for. They were the Ones chosen for this
Program to Allow the Gate of Return. Where do we have a Clue on what to Work with? We have the Hieroglyphic of
Memphis Egypt pointing to the Full Canon of Written Scripture. Is that all there is? What about the Manual that comes in
Every Box of Product? Yes, Most of Us have this Gift too. Use this in Privately Alone or Married.
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Brettle, Jessica
From:barbara.kouns@yahoo.com
Sent:Wednesday, November 20, 2019 10:11 PM
To:Council, City
Subject:Khoury Market concerns
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Dear Council members,
I am writing to express my concerns about the status of the Khoury Market on the corner of El
Camino and Oxford Avenue.
Months have gone by with no significant progress on the exterior of the building. It is not only
unsightly, but also feels unsafe walking under all the scaffolding. It discourages people from
patronizing the market.
I know I don't need to tell you how much the surrounding community campaigned to keep a family
market in that location. However, if it is constantly under construction it makes it virtually impossible to
establish a thriving patronage.
If there is anything you can do to intervene and discover what the hang up is which is delaying the
completion of the market facade and see that it gets resolved the community would be VERY grateful.
Sincerely,
Barbara Kouns
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Brettle, Jessica
From:Karen Damian <karenswansondamian@gmail.com>
Sent:Friday, November 22, 2019 8:46 AM
To:Council, City
Subject:Khoury Market
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Dear Council members,
I fear for the future of our neighborhood market, the Khoury Market on the corner of El Camino and Oxford
Avenue. Chris and his crew put in long hours and also have a very long commute just to get here every day. i
would hate to see this dedication go unrewarded.
Months have gone by with no significant progress on the exterior of the building. It is not only unsightly, but also
feels unsafe walking under all the scaffolding. It discourages people from patronizing the market; that is if they
even can see there is a market there!
I know I don't need to tell you how much the surrounding community campaigned to keep a family market in that
location. However, if it is constantly under construction it makes it virtually impossible to establish a thriving
patronage.
If there is anything you can do to intervene and discover what the hang up is which is delaying the completion of
the market facade and see that it gets resolved the community would be VERY grateful. Thank you in advance
for any efforts you can make to move this situation along.
Karen and Dick Damian
870 College Avenue
Palo Alto, CA 94306.
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Brettle, Jessica
From:Ann Balin <alafargue@mac.com>
Sent:Tuesday, November 26, 2019 2:39 PM
To:Council, City
Subject:Khoury Market
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November 26, 2019
Mayor Eric Filseth & Council Members,
I am writing you to request that you investigate the status of the Khoury Market located at the corner of El Camino Real
and Oxford Street.
The delay in completing renovation and painting is disturbing to the College Terrace, Evergreen and Stanford
communities amongst others. Now in the fifth month there are safety concerns such as the scaffolding and shrouding of
the building. Patrons are forced to walk under scaffolding which appears unsafe and is a deterrent. Apparently the city
has not conducted an inspection until now because of letters from the community bringing these issues to your
attention. The black netting covers signage and is mournful in appearance. Neighbors would appreciate greatly your
intervening and requiring a report from the Building department concerning OSHA compliance.
One of the managers of the market has stated that this constant work and gloomy facade is killing business. Yet there is
rarely a worker on the premises which contributes to the bizarre haunted ambiance.
Amy French has said that the superintendent for the building says that work will be completed in sixty days. That means
the Khourys will have to endure the netting, no signage and depressed sales for two more months. I appreciate her
reaching out but this is a late date for the city to engage oversight. When I had contacted her earlier to inquire about the
delay in getting the work completed she said it was because of a landlord tenant issue. Why didn’t planning require the
landlord to finish the work sooner than sixty days?
One can conclude that the owners of the building are indifferent to the completion. I reached out to Jason Oberman, the
building manager, via email in October and he would not divulge the date for completion of the work. He did not want
to respond in writing. Why would he decline to state the date especially after nearly five months of “work?” Some
members in the community wonder if the owners do not want the market to succeed. Then they can run to the city and
assert, "Well no grocery can thrive at this site.”
Some speculate that there is a passive aggressive action on the part of the landlord because the investors do not want to
pay the fines.
You, members of the council, are keenly aware of how much College Terrace neighbors, surrounding communities and
citizens from other Palo Alto neighborhoods campaigned to keep a market in this location. Liz Kniss and Greg Tanaka
patronized JJ&F market and listened to their constituents. With rarely a worker on site doing the actual painting and
renovation combined with the macabre exterior what are people supposed to think?
Given the neglect by the owners to step up and get the work completed patrons are weary and concerned for their
safety. Citizens want the market to succeed and they want to feel safe entering the building. They want the work
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completed in a timely manner and signage restored. Your intervention into this matter is greatly appreciated by Palo
Altans.
Thank you for your attention and oversight regarding the Khoury Market.
Sincerely,
Ann Lafargue Balin
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Brettle, Jessica
From:Natalie Nevarez <nevarezt@stanford.edu>
Sent:Sunday, November 24, 2019 2:03 PM
To:Council, City
Subject:Khoury's Market Construction
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I am writing to express my concerns about the status of the Khoury Market on the corner of El Camino and Oxford
Avenue. I live directly in front of the market and have seen little progress or active work on the exterior of the
building. We went weeks without realizing there was a market in that location because of construction in the area.
Aside from the obvious impediment to any signage for the market, the scaffolding seems unsafe. The constant
construction is an unnecessary nuisance. Is there anything that city council can do to resolve the conflict that is
holding up the construction? The community greatly benefits from a market in this location and we are worried that
they will not build a significant client base because of the construction delays. I am attaching a photo taken from my
residence for your reference.
Sincerely,
Natalie Nevárez
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Natalie Nevárez, Ph.D.
Pronoun: She/Her/Hers
Postdoctoral Fellow, de Lecea Laboratory
President, Stanford Latinx Postdocs
Stanford University School of Medicine
Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
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Brettle, Jessica
From:Kim <ksuz1981@yahoo.com>
Sent:Thursday, November 21, 2019 12:39 PM
To:Council, City
Subject:Khoury’s market hindered by construction area
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________________________________
Please let the neighborhoods surrounding Khoury’s Market know what is being done to ensure the construction that is
shrouding the market won’t continue indefinitely.
The scaffolding obscures
The market preventing people from discovering it by sight. It also makes it uncomfortable going in and out.
Khoury’s has been open a long time now but it seems like the builder is dragging their feet and preventing them from
establishing a customer base.
The market is very important to our community and we’d like the city to help it to thrive, not hinder it from even getting
started. They can only stay in business if Palo Alto helps them not be starved out right up front.
Thank you,
Kim Lemmer
College Terrace neighborhood
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Brettle, Jessica
From:mike.forster@alumni.usc.edu
Sent:Sunday, November 24, 2019 9:22 PM
To:Council, City; Fine, Adrian
Cc:mlf2
Subject:Khoury's Market - First Republic Bank - renovation too slow, please expedite
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November 24, 2019
City Council:
The work to renovate the First Republic Bank building that houses Khoury's Market is
proceeding much too slowly.
That slowness is reducing the chances for Khoury's Market to succeed.
Please take whatever action or exert whatever pressure is necessary for First Republic Bank to
complete this work quickly.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Mike Forster
420 Stanford Ave
Palo Alto, CA 94306
Mike.forster@alumni.usc.edu
650 464 9425
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Brettle, Jessica
From:Susan C <teachinator@gmail.com>
Sent:Saturday, November 23, 2019 10:37 PM
To:Council, City
Subject:Khoury's Market
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Dear City Council,
I join others in the community in expressing my concerns about the status of Khoury’s Market, at the corner of El
Camino Real and Oxford Avenue in College Terrace.
It has been more than three months since scaffolding and opaque safety netting went up that block the store almost
completely from view, purportedly to allow installation of clear glass windows and a larger sign. The pace of work has
been unreasonably slow. I live within a few blocks of the location and pass by often during the day, and have almost
never seen work going on there.
Now the clear windows are finally in, but the building is still completely shrouded in netting and it continues to look like
a building under construction. A casual passer‐by would not even realize there was an business open behind the netting,
and I have seen people’s comment that they think it looks unsafe to enter. If you have not yet visited Khoury’s, I invite
you to go and see for yourself how much of a hindrance this is to attracting business. I am attaching a photo I took
today, November 23, that will give you some idea. The small, brave sandwich board signs on the street cannot compete
with the image of incompleteness that the netting imposes.
The community pressed for and received a guarantee that a market would be maintained in this location, but it appears
that the building owners have not acted in good faith to give a market a fair chance to succeed. The Khoury family are
commuting from hours away and working very hard, but Chris Koury has told me that he cannot even get the owner’s
representatives to respond to his attempts to communicate about the ongoing work.
I urge the city council to require that the owners live up to their responsibilities and commit to an expedited completion
of the signage and removal of the scaffolding. In addition, the owners should be required to give the Khourys such
financial concessions as are necessary to allow the market time to build its business once it is no longer hampered by
these long‐term impediments.
Thank you very much for your attention to this community issue.
Regards,
Susan Cole
420 Stanford Avenue
Palo Alto, CA 94306
teachinator@gmail.com
650‐464‐9430
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Brettle, Jessica
From:Jeremy Charles Borniger <jcbornig@stanford.edu>
Sent:Monday, November 25, 2019 12:20 PM
To:Council, City
Subject:Khoury's Market Construction
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I am forwarding this issue raised by my partner (Natalie) below.
The market is great and we don’t want them to lose business due to the ugly construction that obscures the public from
even noticing that a market is there.
Sincerely,
Jeremy C Borniger, PhD
Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Stanford University SoM
From: Natalie Nevarez <nevarezt@stanford.edu>
Sent: Sunday, November 24, 2019 2:03 PM
To: city.council@cityofpaloalto.org
Subject: Khoury's Market Construction
I am writing to express my concerns about the status of the Khoury Market on the corner of El Camino and Oxford
Avenue. I live directly in front of the market and have seen little progress or active work on the exterior of the
building. We went weeks without realizing there was a market in that location because of construction in the area.
Aside from the obvious impediment to any signage for the market, the scaffolding seems unsafe. The constant
construction is an unnecessary nuisance. Is there anything that city council can do to resolve the conflict that is
holding up the construction? The community greatly benefits from a market in this location and we are worried that
they will not build a significant client base because of the construction delays. I am attaching a photo taken from my
residence for your reference.
Sincerely,
Natalie Nevárez
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Natalie Nevárez, Ph.D.
Pronoun: She/Her/Hers
Postdoctoral Fellow, de Lecea Laboratory
President, Stanford Latinx Postdocs
Stanford University School of Medicine
Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
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Brettle, Jessica
From:Mark Cox <markdarrellcox@icloud.com>
Sent:Friday, November 22, 2019 2:59 PM
To:lisabjobs@gmail.com
Subject:Ms Carrington (i)
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If Ms Carrington who was my Third Grade Teacher at Kimberly Elementary School Teacher is a Proud Swine Eating
Member of an Entrenched Mafia Cult where her Mission in 1972/1973 was to Spy on Me to allow the Leary Cult to
Monitor and Assess the Progress of the Redaction Methods of the Childs Minds and if Ms Carrington is the Grandmother
of a Child with Down Syndrome then is this a Part of her Punishment? The Sins of the Fathers are visited upon the Third
and Fourth Generations. How literal is this? By Fathers can we Assume Mothers are Included given a Marriage is One
Flesh?
Then instead of paying attention she breaks the Torah into pieces by Feeding the Child Blood Meat not properly drained
of Blood possibly with Cheese included while Boasting of her Proud Ability to eat Swine and she weighs so much you
have to Work to give her the Benefit of the Doubt until you realize there is something wrong with her behavior and shes
a Factory of Curses to her Children. Minorities who take Pride in being allowed to Work with Cultic Criminal Clans as a
Vehicle in Service to their Goals seem to be Clueless they are being used by a Cult that is Highly Racist despite any
Sophisticated Claims by the Criminally Organized Cult to suggest or say otherwise as they have done this for Generations
and they know how to Hook and Deceive. To the Cult Ms Carrington is a Disposable Commodity. There are Truths the
Cult knows that would Help Ms Carrington but they they will not be inclined to share these with her because their Love
is False Love. So they'll continue to Conceal Things from her while her continued Blindness will serve their Purposes of
using her while she curses her own Genetic Lineage. The Cult will likewise face their reckoning and with their Infiltration
of the United States Government and of Key Companies with a Concentration of Extreme Power the Country will
Collapse and that is Unavoidable at this Point. The Question is whether there will be Any Work to Prepare for a Soft
Landing in the Inevitable Transition of Power as the United States Receives Two Vertical Tears whose Demarcation is the
Consequence of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August Sixth and Ninth in the Year AD Nineteen Forty Five And this will
vividly begin in the Year AD Twenty Twenty Six with the Loss of Six Cities. Thereafter will be the Vertical Tears in the
Context of Another World Wide Economic Meltdown wherein the Former United States becomes Three Sections.
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Brettle, Jessica
From:Mark Cox <markdarrellcox@icloud.com>
Sent:Thursday, November 21, 2019 12:10 AM
To:lisabjobs@gmail.com
Subject:Oh Well
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Those in Hell are the Fuel of the Fire. Stupid Motherfuckers think that because Judaism doesn't believe in Hell that it's no
Big Deal to join Mafia Cults which is maybe why at least Twenty Hebrew Writings were hidden because the Mafia Cults
want to be able to smoothly recruit Jews because Jews usually know how to make Money "Hey Jew. You wanna make
some money?" "You talking to me?" "You think I'm a Fucking Mirror? Put the Gun down De Niro. I've got a Business
Opportunity. Are you good at keeping Secrets?" "Well I never told Emma that I loved her." "That's because you didn't
love her." Of course I'm Proof that not all Jews know how to make money because I'm the Turnip the Leary Black Hand
Cultic Mafia Synagogue Greek Church Alliance Electroconvulsive Therapy Clan would like to Squeeze Blood Money from
Me except they can't because they're too Fucking Stupid to Figure Out How. Neither do they understand that Short Cut
Money actually has no True Value. Why hang yourself for a Fictional Mousetrap?
Ms Carrington my Third Grade Teacher, Mario's Son, Steve Reiki, Tina Fey? They like Diversity in their Cults. You could
waste your time being Surprised. Diversity in Cults is a Geopolitical Strategy. Except they overlook the Quran revealing
how Unbelievers will be the Fuel in the Fire of Hell. So they can run around all they want while they burn in Hell. They'll
still be burning like a Log in a Bonfire. Crazy Fucking Job to have. What's their Resumé? Their Lifetime of Wicked
Behavior. Crafting Lies with Deceptive Tongues. They wanna listen to the Rabbi taking Bribes from Cults who says there
is no Hell when Hell was made for People like him and the Money Laundering Greek Priest Colleagues?
When my Father John Lennon is Released from Confinement since December 1980 the World will have the Chance to
Drop their Jaw to the Ground. Then they better get the Fuck to Work and Start Memorizing Scripture before the Return
of Gog and Magog of whom the Quran says will come rushing down from the Hills. Is that the Return of the Nephilim or
is that something else? Does anyone know anything? The Mishnah says in Kodashim that Circumcision should never be
prior to the Eighth Day nor after the Twelfth Day yet the Believing Pharisees were telling Peter that the Gentile Converts
should be Circumcised. Were they converting Ten Day Old Children? No? Why not? Okay never mind. We can assume
they were not converting Ten Day Old Children. Hence they weren't a Mafia Cult yet. So why were the Believing
Pharisees saying this? We don't know because Shithead James unilaterally cut the Answer Off before Crafting a Bullshit
Serpent like Letter for Antioch and thats when they became an Anti Circumcision Cult. They Broke the Feet of the
Messiah the Torah the Foundation with that Practice and thereby cursed their Future with what has been nearly 2000
Years of Repeated Periods of Expulsions, Plagues, Wars, Financial Ruin, Holocausts.
Is anyone not in a Cult? Its getting Harder and Harder to know. We even have Recycling Cults. They think they can save
the world by saving trash. Well thats a Noble Idea except its no replacement for the Recitation of Unaltered Scripture.
No Exceptions.
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Brettle, Jessica
From:Diana Barnes <ecrivan@gmail.com>
Sent:Sunday, November 24, 2019 9:07 PM
To:Council, City
Subject:Palo Alto City Manager and Council
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Dear Palo Alto City Council Members,
I am a member of the San Alma Home Owner’s Association in Palo Alto. Our community presented a petition
(appended below) to the Council on Monday, November 18, 2019.
I am writing to show my support of their petition for the City to enforce the Municipal Code 10.36.030
that mandates all parked vehicles move every 72 hours and install “No overnight parking signs” along
San Antonio between Alma Street and Briarwood Way.
Please keep me informed of any updates regarding this issue.
Sincerely,
Diana Barnes
4272 Ponce Dr, Palo Alto, CA 94306
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Brettle, Jessica
From:Frank Cuthbert <reallywell98@gmail.com>
Sent:Thursday, November 21, 2019 7:32 AM
To:Council, City
Subject:About paloaltosolar .net
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Dear paloaltosolar manager,
I was going through your website paloaltosolar .net today, and wanted to discuss a few notes about it.
Your site has been around for a few years now, but I felt some aspects of its design, user‐experience & SE0 could use a
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I come from a website management company based in LA. With your permission, I’ll share with you the aforementioned
findings, and help improve them.
This essentially translates to having more search‐exposure, and customer inquiries through your website.
Let me know if you would like to know more.
Also, is 650 329 2100 the right number to reach you in this concern?
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Consultant, LA digital Co.
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Brettle, Jessica
From:Barbara Sawyer <barbara@bsawyer.com>
Sent:Friday, November 22, 2019 12:37 PM
To:Council, City
Subject:Petition for the City to enforce Municipal Code 10.36.030 on San Antonio Way between Alma Street
and Briarwood Way
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Dear Palo Alto City Council Members,
I am a member of the San Alma Home Owner’s Association in Palo Alto. Our community presented a petition
(appended below) to the Council on Monday, November 18, 2019.
I am writing to show my support of their petition for the City to enforce the Municipal Code 10.36.030
that mandates all parked vehicles move every 72 hours and install “No overnight parking signs” along
San Antonio between Alma Street and Briarwood Way.
Please keep me informed of any updates regarding this issue.
Sincerely,
Barbara Sawyer
4237 Ponce Drive
Palo Alto, CA 94306
November 14th, 2019
To: Palo Alto City Manager and Council
From: Residents of San Alma HOA and neighbors
Petition
We, the 75+ residents of the San Alma HOA and surrounding neighborhoods, are submitting this petition to
request that the City of Palo Alto:
Enforce Municipal Code 10.36.030 that mandates all parked vehicles move every 72 hours;
Install “No RV Parking” signs along San Antonio Ave between Alma St and Briarwood Way;
Extend the “No Parking From Here to Corner” zone along the west side of San Antonio Ave
between Alma St and Ponce Dr to improve sight lines, and refresh red-color curbs and install
additional signs;
Create bike lanes on both sides of the San Antonio Ave between Alma St and Briarwood Way to
improve bike and pedestrian safety;
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Brettle, Jessica
From:Alexander Sivura <asivura@icloud.com>
Sent:Friday, November 22, 2019 10:13 AM
To:Council, City
Subject:Petition for the City to enforce the Municipal Code 10.36.030
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Dear Palo Alto City Council Members,
My wife and I are members of the San Alma Home Owner’s Association in Palo Alto. Our community
presented a petition (appended below) to the Council on Monday, November 18, 2019.
We are writing to show my support of their petition for the City to enforce the Municipal Code 10.36.030
that mandates all parked vehicles move every 72 hours and install “No overnight parking signs” along
San Antonio between Alma Street and Briarwood Way.
Please keep us informed of any updates regarding this issue.
Sincerely,
Alexander and Anastasia Sivura
154 Hemlock Ct, Palo Alto, CA, 94306
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Brettle, Jessica
From:Jing Fang <fangjn01@gmail.com>
Sent:Friday, November 22, 2019 11:25 AM
To:Council, City
Subject:petition
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Dear Palo Alto City Council Members,
I am a member of the San Alma Home Owner’s Association in Palo Alto. Our community presented a petition
(appended below) to the Council on Monday, November 18, 2019.
I am writing to show my support of their petition for the City to enforce the Municipal Code 10.36.030
that mandates all parked vehicles move every 72 hours and install “No overnight parking signs” along
San Antonio between Alma Street and Briarwood Way.
Please keep me informed of any updates regarding this issue.
Sincerely,
(Jing Wang)
(138 hemlock ct,
palo alto, ca, 94306)
November 14th, 2019
To: Palo Alto City Manager and Council
From: Residents of San Alma HOA and neighbors
Petition
We, the 75+ residents of the San Alma HOA and surrounding neighborhoods, are submitting this petition to
request that the City of Palo Alto:
Enforce Municipal Code 10.36.030 that mandates all parked vehicles move every 72 hours;
Install “No RV Parking” signs along San Antonio Ave between Alma St and Briarwood Way;
Extend the “No Parking From Here to Corner” zone along the west side of San Antonio Ave
between Alma St and Ponce Dr to improve sight lines, and refresh red-color curbs and install
additional signs;
Create bike lanes on both sides of the San Antonio Ave between Alma St and Briarwood Way to
improve bike and pedestrian safety;
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Brettle, Jessica
From:Richard Karp <dick_karp@yahoo.com>
Sent:Friday, November 22, 2019 1:47 PM
To:Council, City
Cc:qasimon@gmail.com
Subject:Petition for the City to enforce Municipal Code 10.36.030 on San Antonio Way between Alma Street
and Briarwood Way
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To the members of the city council:
I reside at 334 Diablo Ct in the Greenmeadow area and I would like to join the members of the San
Alma association by supporting their petition regarding parking on San Antonio Way. I pass by this
street almost every weekday and it is frustrating to see the increasing buildup of apparently immobile
campers and RVs on this short block.
Looking forward to a speedy resolution.
Regards,
Richard A Karp
To: Palo Alto City Manager and Council
From: Residents of San Alma HOA and neighbors
Petition
We, the 75+ residents of the San Alma HOA and surrounding neighborhoods, are submitting this petition to request that
the City of Palo Alto:
Enforce Municipal Code 10.36.030 that mandates all parked vehicles move every 72 hours;
Install “No RV Parking” signs along San Antonio Ave between Alma St and Briarwood Way;
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Brettle, Jessica
From:marina egorova <marinaegorova@yahoo.com>
Sent:Saturday, November 23, 2019 9:30 AM
To:Council, City
Subject:Petition from San Alma HOA
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Dear Palo Alto City Council Members,
I am a member of the San Alma Home Owner’s Association in Palo Alto. Our community presented a petition (appended
below) to the Council on Monday, November 18, 2019.
I am writing to show my support of their petition for the City to enforce the Municipal Code 10.36.030 that mandates
all parked vehicles move every 72 hours and install “No overnight parking signs” along San Antonio between Alma
Street and Briarwood Way.
Please keep me informed of any updates regarding this issue.
Sincerely,
Marina Egorova
4226 Ponce Dr.,
Palo Alto, CA 94306
November 14th, 2019
To: Palo Alto City Manager and Council
From: Residents of San Alma HOA and neighbors
Petition
We, the 75+ residents of the San Alma HOA and surrounding neighborhoods, are submitting this petition to request that
the City of Palo Alto:
Enforce Municipal Code 10.36.030 that mandates all parked vehicles move every 72 hours;
Install “No RV Parking” signs along San Antonio Ave between Alma St and Briarwood Way;
Extend the “No Parking From Here to Corner” zone along the west side of San Antonio Ave between Alma St
and Ponce Dr to improve sight lines, and refresh red‐color curbs and install additional signs;
Create bike lanes on both sides of the San Antonio Ave between Alma St and Briarwood Way to improve bike
and pedestrian safety;
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Brettle, Jessica
From:Lawrence <lawrenceylau@gmail.com>
Sent:Thursday, November 21, 2019 7:39 PM
To:Council, City
Subject:Rail crossing
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I do not think closing Churchill is a good option.
Having trains going through the middle of a city always cause different kind of issues, and difficult choices have to be
made to deal with them.
I believe practically should override aesthetic.
Just go and check the traffic on Churchill. Where will people go if they can not go through Churchill. It is going to cause
more problems for Embarcadero, and Oregon.
Never mind the inconvenience caused to the residents of Southgate.
Thanks very much for your consideration.
Lawrence Lau
1571 Madrono, PA.
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Brettle, Jessica
From:Jay Barry Brodsky <jbrodsky@stanford.edu>
Sent:Friday, November 22, 2019 9:14 AM
To:Council, City
Subject:Request to ban long term RV parking
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Dear Palo Alto City Council Members,
I am a member of the San Alma Home Owner’s Association in Palo Alto. Our community presented a
petition (appended below) to the Council. Why have a municipal code if you as our representatives
don’t enforce it? Should some rules be followed and others ignored?
I am writing to show my support of their petition for the City to enforce the Municipal Code
10.36.030 that mandates all parked vehicles move every 72 hours and install “No overnight
parking signs” along San Antonio between Alma Street and Briarwood Way.
Please keep me informed of any updates regarding this issue.
Sincerely,
Jay Brodsky and Ana Lins
146 Hemlock Court
Palo Alto, CA, 94306
November 22, 2019
To: Palo Alto City Manager and Council
From: Residents of San Alma HOA and neighbors
Petition
We, the 75+ residents of the San Alma HOA and surrounding neighborhoods, are submitting this
petition to request that the City of Palo Alto:
Enforce Municipal Code 10.36.030 that mandates all parked vehicles move every 72
hours;
Install “No RV Parking” signs along San Antonio Ave between Alma St and Briarwood
Way;
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Brettle, Jessica
From:Art Liberman <art_liberman@yahoo.com>
Sent:Friday, November 22, 2019 3:15 PM
To:Council, City
Subject:Rezone 3300 El Camino for HOUSING
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Council - if you are serious about finding and establishing places for housing in Palo Alto, then rezone
a parcel 3300 El Camino. It is part of a parking lot and is otherwise an empty property, located across
El Camino from the Fry site in Ventura
Sand Hill is the owner of the lease of this site. Sand Hill has recently acquired a number of leases of
sites in the Stanford Research Park. They have spent large sums to buy leases and build a number of
office buildings in the Stanford Research Park, and thus are responsible for bringing huge numbers of
new workers to Palo Alto, exacerbating our jobs to housing balance.
Sand Hill's website suggests they are planning to build yet another office building on the 3300 El
Camino site. But, just as Stanford was required to fully mitigate its expansion plans, Sand Hill must be
required to build housing on its lease hold sites to mitigate all of its new office construction in Palo
Alto, starting with 3300 El Camino.
They are constructing a sprawling four building office campus at 1050 Page Mill Road, and two office
buildings at 3251 Hanover. The latter is the former site of a Lockheed technology complex which
employed 300 persons; the new buildings, leased to a financial services company, are estimated to
employ 1000 persons.
Two years ago they purchased CPI's lease on Hansen Way, and in a previous deal in which they
acquired the lease for 3175 Hanover St (Cooley LLP), they also acquired the lease for 3300 El
Camino, the parcel in the front of the former CPI office building which runs from Hansen Way all the
way to the Creekside Inn.
Palo Alto needs housing desperately and few sites are available and none are as attractive as 3300
El Camino, with its frontage on a road with public transit.
If you are serious about housing, take action NOW to rezone the 3300 El Camino parcel from
Research Park (RP) zoning to one on which housing can be built on the site. This site is exactly the
type that has been the focus of SB50's proposal, which would give the State of California the authority
to override local zoning codes. Your inaction will signal to California State officials in Sacramento that
Palo Alto is in fact, not serious about taking action to increase housing and will give them good
reason to pass legislation that will have the effect of overriding Palo Alto's zoning codes.
Arthur Liberman
751 Chimalus Drive
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Brettle, Jessica
From:Wileta Burch <wiletaburch@gmail.com>
Sent:Sunday, November 24, 2019 1:40 PM
To:Council, City
Subject:RV parking on San Antonio Avenue
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Dear Palo Alto City Council Members,
I am a member of the San Alma Home Owner’s Association in Palo Alto. Our community presented a petition
(appended below) to the Council on Monday, November 18, 2019.
I am writing to show my support of their petition for the City to enforce the Municipal Code 10.36.030
that mandates all parked vehicles move every 72 hours and install “No overnight parking signs” along
San Antonio between Alma Street and Briarwood Way.
Please keep me informed of any updates regarding this issue.
Sincerely,
Wileta Burch
177 Hemlock Court
Palo Alto, CA. 94306
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November 14th, 2019
To: Palo Alto City Manager and Council
From: Residents of San Alma HOA and neighbors
Petition
We, the 75+ residents of the San Alma HOA and surrounding neighborhoods, are submitting this petition to
request that the City of Palo Alto:
Enforce Municipal Code 10.36.030 that mandates all parked vehicles move every 72 hours;
Install “No RV Parking” signs along San Antonio Ave between Alma St and Briarwood Way;
Extend the “No Parking From Here to Corner” zone along the west side of San Antonio Ave
between Alma St and Ponce Dr to improve sight lines, and refresh red-color curbs and install
additional signs;
Create bike lanes on both sides of the San Antonio Ave between Alma St and Briarwood Way to
improve bike and pedestrian safety;
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Brettle, Jessica
From:Anna <anna.renauld@gmail.com>
Sent:Friday, November 22, 2019 1:34 PM
To:Council, City
Subject:petition for San Alma Home Owner’s Association
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Dear Palo Alto City Council Members,
I am a member of the San Alma Home Owner’s Association in Palo Alto. Our community presented a petition
(appended below) to the Council on Monday, November 18, 2019.
I am writing to show my support of their petition for the City to enforce the Municipal Code 10.36.030
that mandates all parked vehicles move every 72 hours and install “No overnight parking signs” along
San Antonio between Alma Street and Briarwood Way.
Please keep me informed of any updates regarding this issue.
Sincerely,
Aihua Renauld
145 Hemlock Ct, Palo Alto
November 14th, 2019
To: Palo Alto City Manager and Council
From: Residents of San Alma HOA and neighbors
Petition
We, the 75+ residents of the San Alma HOA and surrounding neighborhoods, are submitting this petition to
request that the City of Palo Alto:
Enforce Municipal Code 10.36.030 that mandates all parked vehicles move every 72 hours;
Install “No RV Parking” signs along San Antonio Ave between Alma St and Briarwood Way;
Extend the “No Parking From Here to Corner” zone along the west side of San Antonio Ave
between Alma St and Ponce Dr to improve sight lines, and refresh red-color curbs and install
additional signs;
Create bike lanes on both sides of the San Antonio Ave between Alma St and Briarwood Way to
improve bike and pedestrian safety;
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Brettle, Jessica
From:Lei <leileiliang@gmail.com>
Sent:Saturday, November 23, 2019 8:53 AM
To:Council, City
Subject:San Alma HOA Petition
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Dear Palo Alto City Council Members,
I am a member of the San Alma Home Owner’s Association in Palo Alto. Our community presented a petition
(appended below) to the Council on Monday, November 18, 2019.
I am writing to show my support of their petition for the City to enforce the Municipal Code 10.36.030
that mandates all parked vehicles move every 72 hours and install “No overnight parking signs” along
San Antonio between Alma Street and Briarwood Way.
Please keep me informed of any updates regarding this issue.
Sincerely,
Chunlei Liang
4290 Ponce Dr
Palo Alto CA 94306
November 14th, 2019
To: Palo Alto City Manager and Council
From: Residents of San Alma HOA and neighbors
Petition
We, the 75+ residents of the San Alma HOA and surrounding neighborhoods, are submitting this petition to
request that the City of Palo Alto:
Enforce Municipal Code 10.36.030 that mandates all parked vehicles move every 72 hours;
Install “No RV Parking” signs along San Antonio Ave between Alma St and Briarwood Way;
Extend the “No Parking From Here to Corner” zone along the west side of San Antonio Ave
between Alma St and Ponce Dr to improve sight lines, and refresh red-color curbs and install
additional signs;
Create bike lanes on both sides of the San Antonio Ave between Alma St and Briarwood Way to
improve bike and pedestrian safety;
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Brettle, Jessica
From:Vadim Egorov <egorovv@gmail.com>
Sent:Saturday, November 23, 2019 11:20 AM
To:Council, City
Subject:Fwd: Fw: CALL TO ACTION for San Alma Residents
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Dear Palo Alto City Council Members,
I am a member of the San Alma Home Owner’s Association in Palo Alto. Our community presented a petition
(appended below) to the Council on Monday, November 18, 2019.
I am writing to show my support of their petition for the City to enforce the Municipal Code 10.36.030
that mandates all parked vehicles move every 72 hours and install “No overnight parking signs” along
San Antonio between Alma Street and Briarwood Way.
Please keep me informed of any updates regarding this issue.
Sincerely,
Vadim Egorov
4226 Ponce Dr, Palo Alto, CA 94306
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November 14th, 2019
To: Palo Alto City Manager and Council
From: Residents of San Alma HOA and neighbors
Petition
We, the 75+ residents of the San Alma HOA and surrounding neighborhoods, are submitting this petition to
request that the City of Palo Alto:
Enforce Municipal Code 10.36.030 that mandates all parked vehicles move every 72 hours;
Install “No RV Parking” signs along San Antonio Ave between Alma St and Briarwood Way;
Extend the “No Parking From Here to Corner” zone along the west side of San Antonio Ave
between Alma St and Ponce Dr to improve sight lines, and refresh red-color curbs and install
additional signs;
Create bike lanes on both sides of the San Antonio Ave between Alma St and Briarwood Way to
improve bike and pedestrian safety;
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Brettle, Jessica
From:Charlene Liao <charlene.liao@immuneonc.com>
Sent:Sunday, November 24, 2019 11:20 PM
To:Aggarwal, Ruchika; Rius, Rafael
Cc:Laura B. Lawton; Charlene Liao; Council, City
Subject:Re: San Antonio/East Charleston project-meeting
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Dear Rafael and Ruchika,
I read on Palo Alto Weekly that there is a recent committee meeting about the San Antonio/East Charleston
project. If you recall, we have expressed our concerns on lost parking spaces at the frontage road, as well as
the potential width of the merge point from the frontage road to San Antonio Road.
We have organized a local business owners' meeting for this project with you earlier this year and hopefully
you have incorporated our feedback.
Could you please share with us the latest recommended option or solution? Could you please give an update
on this project?
I counted that currently there are 33 parking spaces at the frontage road. How many parking spaces will be
protected and kept in the new proposal?
Kind regards,
Charlene
Charlene Liao, PhD
President and CEO
Immune‐Onc Therapeutics, Inc.
795 San Antonio Road
Palo Alto, CA 94303
From: Aggarwal, Ruchika <Ruchika.Aggarwal@CityofPaloAlto.org>
Sent: Monday, February 4, 2019 12:55 PM
To: Charlene Liao <charlene.liao@immuneonc.com>
Cc: Rius, Rafael <Rafael.Rius@CityofPaloAlto.org>; Laura Lawton <laura.lawton@immuneonc.com>
Subject: Re: San Antonio/East Charleston project‐meeting
Hi Charlene,
Yes, the meeting is confirmed for Feb 12 from 2‐3pm and the postcards are already in mail.
Thanks
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Ruchika
On Feb 4, 2019, at 10:52 AM, Charlene Liao <charlene.liao@immuneonc.com> wrote:
Dear Ruchika,
Could you please confirm the Feb 12 date and time of 2-3 pm? I am happy to send email to the
business owners that I have contacts of, and your postcards should perhaps be in the mail already
since the meeting is a week from now.
We can fill your water pitchers.
Looking forward to your confirmation of date and time. Thanks.
Kind regards,
Charlene
Charlene Liao, PhD
President and CEO | Immune‐Onc Therapeutics
charlene.liao@immuneonc.com | 1.650.460.8898
From: Aggarwal, Ruchika <Ruchika.Aggarwal@CityofPaloAlto.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2019 3:20:56 PM
To: Charlene Liao
Cc: Rius, Rafael; Laura Lawton
Subject: RE: San Antonio/East Charleston project‐meeting
Hi Charlene,
Thank you for confirming the date and time for the meeting. We will be sending out the notice
postcards soon.
City staff will arrange and bring some snacks for the meeting. As per City’s policies, we are not allowed
to buy and serve water bottles. We will be bringing paper cups and a water pitcher. Is there a place to fill
the pitcher with drinking water near the proposed meeting room?
Thanks
Ruchika
From: Charlene Liao [mailto:charlene.liao@immuneonc.com]
Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2019 10:38 PM
To: Aggarwal, Ruchika
Cc: Rius, Rafael; Charlene Liao; Laura Lawton
Subject: Re: San Antonio/East Charleston project-meeting
Thank you Ruchika. Feb 12 between 2‐3 pm will work. The address is correct and we will have
chairs for meeting participants.
Do you need us to prepare any snacks for the meeting? How is the expense reimbursed?
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I am copying Laura Lawton, our senior manager of business operations, to help coordinating the
meeting with you. Please contact her directly and copy me.
Kind regards,
Charlene
Charlene Liao, PhD
President and CEO | Immune‐Onc Therapeutics
charlene.liao@immuneonc.com | 1.650.460.8898
From: Aggarwal, Ruchika <Ruchika.Aggarwal@CityofPaloAlto.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2019 2:23:56 PM
To: Charlene Liao
Cc: Rius, Rafael
Subject: San Antonio/East Charleston project‐meeting
Hi Charlene,
Thank you for helping City staff find a meeting room for San Antonio Road/East Charleston Road
intersection safety improvements project. This project aims to improve pedestrian safety, address
intersection operations and poor motor vehicle level of service. Staff will present revised concepts to
business owners/employers based on the feedback from the meeting held in September. Staff is
available to conduct this one hour meeting at the following dates/times:
Tuesday February 12: 2pm‐4pm
Wednesday February 13: 10am‐12noon
This meeting is exclusively being held for businesses in the vicinity of this intersection. Once you select
the date/time for the meeting, staff will mail a postcard notifying businesses of this upcoming meeting.
Also, please confirm that the meeting room is able to seat 15‐20 people and that the address is 4020
Fabian Way, Suite 201, Palo Alto.
I would appreciate if you could respond back with a selected time/date by Friday February 1, so we are
able to send the postcards in a timely manner.
Sincerely,
<image001.jpg> Ruchika Aggarwal | Project Engineer
Office of Transportation | City of Palo Alto
250 Hamilton Avenue | Palo Alto, CA 94301
T: 650.617.3136 |E: ruchika.aggarwal@cityofpaloalto.org
Please think of the environment before printing this email – Thank you!
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Brettle, Jessica
From:Liliya Shilova <liliya.ignat@gmail.com>
Sent:Thursday, November 21, 2019 4:47 PM
To:Council, City
Subject:Message from the City Council Home Page - street sweeping
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I have a question about sweeping machines in Palo Alto.
Around 9:30 am on Tuesday this week there seemed to be some road work on Alma and E.Meadow. A street sweeper
was trying to clean the debris that was there. It was going back and forth holding the morning traffic, and kicking up
unbelievable amounts of dust.
I attached some pictures.
Shouldn't a dust prevention system be utilized on the street sweepers? A vacuum or at least water sprayers to hold the
dust down?
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Brettle, Jessica
From:Peter Taskovich <ptaskovich@yahoo.com>
Sent:Friday, November 22, 2019 11:19 AM
To:Public Works Public Services
Cc:City Mgr; Council, City
Subject:Street Sweeping - Entire neighborhoods missed yesterday.
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To whom it may concern,
Yesterday (Thursday, Nov. 21) the streets of the neighborhood where I live (Meadow Park) in south Palo Alto was
supposed to be swept. But as of this morning, Friday, it still has not yet been swept. In fact, NONE OF THE STREETS in
the Meadow Park, Adobe-Meadows and Charleston Gardens neighborhoods were swept yesterday (as they should
have been). The street sweepers didn't sweep any streets south of East Meadow Drive and east of Middlefield
Road. That's a very large area to miss.
The leaves are piling up. These streets need to be swept.
I've left two phone messages at the Public Services phone number listed in the City of Palo Alto phone directory for
street sweeping (650-496-6974) but no one has gotten back to me with an update. I would like to
know when the streets in this area of Palo Alto will be swept. If not swept by the next rain storm
(scheduled for the upcoming week) our storm drains will get clogged with leaves.
Please send a street sweeper today to sweep the streets of the neighborhoods they missed
yesterday (all the streets south of East Meadow Drive and east of Middlefield Road). Thank you.
Sincerely,
Peter Taskovich
Gailen Avenue, Palo Alto
ptaskovich@yahoo.com
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Brettle, Jessica
From:Penny Ellson <pellson@pacbell.net>
Sent:Thursday, November 21, 2019 2:11 PM
To:Council, City
Subject:Thank you.
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Thank you for continuing to move the Adobe pedestrian/bicycle bridge forward. I know many people (including me!)
who are excited about this important new connection to the bay lands and bay trails for recreation and transportation.
It has been many years in the making.
Sincerely,
Penny Ellson
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Brettle, Jessica
From:Annette Isaacson <annetteisaacson@comcast.net>
Sent:Tuesday, November 26, 2019 12:56 PM
To:Council, City
Subject:upgrading electrical panels
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Dear City Council Members,
I know the city is trying to get citizens to switch over to electric water heaters, dryers,
ovens, furnaces... We installed solar panels about 15 years ago and bought an electric
car three years ago. We talked to an electrician today to see what is needed to
upgrade our electrical panel so we can switch out our gas appliances, and he gave us
a quote of $10,000. If the city is going to be giving any incentives to citizens to switch
from gas to electric, the biggest expense is probably going to be upgrading the electric
panel. Have you considered waiving permit fees or giving other types of incentives?
What is your thinking about this?
Happy Thanksgiving,
Annette Isaacson
2550 Webster St.
Palo Alto, CA 94301
Midtown Neighborhood
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Brettle, Jessica
From:Mark Cox <markdarrellcox@icloud.com>
Sent:Monday, November 25, 2019 4:07 PM
To:jd@howardstern.com
Cc:MediaInquiries@kushner.com
Subject:Where are you in Existence? (i)
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I forgot to say, Monday "Lunea" September 21st AD 2026 will be Ten (10) Days after the Twenty‐Fifth (25th) Anniversary
of Tuesday "Martis" September 11th AD 2001. Tuesday "Martis" September 22nd AD 2026 will be Eleven (11) Days after
the Twenty‐Fifth (25th) Anniversary of Tuesday "Martis" September 11th. Wednesday "Mercurii" September 23rd AD
2026 will be Twelve (12) Days after the Twenty‐Fifth (25th) Anniversary of Tuesday "Martis" September 11th, AD 2026.
Sunny in her Visit as a Messenger on July 21st AD 2017 told me she has Twelve Spirits and she told them, "I don't care if
you're nice you have to go." Are Triplets statically significant? Nine Eleven. You don't divide Truth. Avraám lived in Tents.
Avraám did not live in the Past. Where are you living?
[:;]
Sunny used her Palm of Five Fingers to Double Pat on her Amun the Right Side of the Chest the Hollow Space Side. As
Amun is Moon of Reflected Light of a Size Far Less in Magnitude than the Flaming Solar Sun while the Moon Functions
with the Stars in Diffusion whose Relative Size by their Distance is Smaller than the Moon though more Numerous.
Would the Distance of the Stars Across the Universe relate to Hidden Knowledge discovered upon Reflection? Did she
Double Pat with her Left or Right Hand? I get confused and mixed up. She had to finagle the Outer Garment to reveal the
Inner Garment of just the Amun Side of her Chest the Firmament so it could have been the Left Side. This would pertain
to the Far Right Side of the Hieroglyphic of Memphis the Circle with the Inscribed Bold X to Australia the Re‐Beginning
Pointer as if to say Australia the Baby points Backwards in Time to Gaia when the Landmass of Gaia was the Image of the
Seeing Eye as maybe a Reflection of Heaven's Vision of Earth. The Double Pat on Amun could indicate Sixty Days in the
Sense of Two Moon Cycles though the Visit was in July of 31 Days while August is also 31 Days and the Sum is 62 Days
which is like the Number of the Age of Jared's Lifespan of 962 by the Last Two Numbers. The Visit was on July 21st, 2017.
There are Ten More Days in July. Add July is 10 + 31 = 41 and 62 ‐ 41 gives the Date of September 21st and September
21st in AD 2026 will be a Monday. Erin / Siena left Starbucks on University in Seattle while saying Monday Tuesday
Wednesday after refusing to respond to me sitting next to her. If September 21st is the First Day then September 22nd is
the Second Day and Septuagint 23 will be the Third Day and September means Seven while September is the Ninth
Month and 23 is the Axial Tilt of the World. Sarrah did this prior in AD 2017 prior to Sunny's Visit and prior to the
Expulsion from the Libraries of the University of Washington at Seattle by Uniformed Police accusing Me of Antisemitism
when All I wanted was for the Library to Stop Hiding the Septuagint Translation by Thomson with Editing by Muses
though I realize now that the Approach of Muses in using the Valid Text of Codex Sinaiticus in editing the Translation by
Thomson is believed to have been the Sixtine Text whether directly from the Printing of 1587 or by the Reprint of 1665
by John Fields that was compromised with edits by John Pearson the future Bishop of Chester and the Complaint with
Muses is that his Approach was Eclectic rather than Informative of the Source Materials in Affirming or else Disagreeing
with Each Other where also and furthermore there seems to be no proofing of the Translation of the Translation by
Direct Use of the Greek Sixtine Text by the Printing of 1587 under Pope Sixtus the Fifth before the Source Material was
Quarantined 1590/1600 which if 1600 could be 3200 Years after the Birth of Jacob if Jacob was born 1600 BC with
Jacob's Age of 130 marking the beginning of the 400 Year Period of the Stay of Israel in Egypt in 1470 BC with the Exodus
under Moses occurring in 1070 BC under the Eleventh Ramesses and the Dissolution of the New Kingdom being the
Aftermath in 1069 BC which is followed by the Four Gospels in AD 69 of which therefore then happens 1137 Years after
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the New Kingdom collapsed. So if Sunny's Left Hand for the Double Pat then this corresponds to the View of the Far
Right Side of the Hieroglyphic of Memphis to therefore also Australia by the World Map. This is the Hop Side of the
Anointing Oil of Memphis by the First Ingredient and Sunny's Visit was across from iHop on Madison Street in Seattle.
This is also the Yod Side of the Tetragrammaton which implies Light Emergent since there are Four Characters when
there are Five Columns meaning the Right Hand of Light in Fullness by the Light Over Water in the Far Left Column of
Memphis the Hieroglyphic is Hidden. Thereafter in Speaking to the Blond at Rainbow Natural Remedies and speaking of
their Hop Cones and in telling of my then understanding of the Hieroglyphic of Memphis as the Anointing Oil of Moses
points to Memphis she said to Me "Sounds like a Patriarch. It's Right Here" while pressing in a Single Extended Press with
her Right Hand to her Right Side of her Chest her Amun Side the Hollow Side of the Firmament and Right Hand would
indicate Left Side of the Hieroglyphic of Memphis where there is an Inscription of Light over Water. What sounds like
Patriarch? "Pat Tree Arch." Erin Siena worked at Urban Timber. "Path to the Ark." And when Sunny turned in turning
around as I told her the Age of Lamech the Father of Noah is "753" which is like an Odd Numbered Countdown implying
"1" as if to say Unity and they said at Sunny's Funeral that she was a Unitarian which is a Name like the Image of the
Unity of the Tetragrammaton the Circle with the Inscribed Bold X in the Far Right Column of the Hieroglyphic of the
Memphis the Capital of the First Nome of Egypt at the Juncture of the Nile that was Phishon and the Delta of Rich Soil
from Flooding the Gem of Egypt and then Sunny walked on Madison Street heading towards Broadway from the
Entrance of Seattle University and towards Fire Station Number Five on the Edge of Puget Sound where if Sunny
continued she would end up in Australia even reaching Roma Queensland Australia after at least 10,000 Miles whatever
the Distance is hence the Ark of Noah must be there in Roma. And whose Father is termed a Wandering Aramean?
Roma. Have you ever roamed? Yet someone might say that the Ark of Noah landed on a Mountain. Yes and thereafter
the Animals deboard but excuse me what about the Stored Food in the Ark to feed Everyone while Life begins Anew as
the Waters continue to recede and the Earth continues to Dry? Would you want to keep hiking back up the Mountain for
Breakfast every Morning for you and your Family and All of the Herds while still tilling the Soil for the First Crop?
Wouldn't the Logical Thought be to Unanchor the Ark from it's Landmass Position to slip down into the Water to keep at
the Receding Edge of the Water until you came to Plain of the Final Resting Position of the Ark? What does the
Unaltered True Translation say exactly so? Then too you might say that Senaar is Name of the Land between the Two
Rivers Tigress and Euphrates. Yes and also the Name of Kings at least One in Number in Scriptural History. Have you
heard of King Detroit? King Manhattan? King London? King Paris. Okay we can skip Paris for Queen Paris Hilton yet the
point here is that Names for Cities and Names for People diverge in Contemporary Settings until the Length of City
stitches the Name into the Mind of the Common Man to Echo the Past to carry independent meanings across Two
Categories. If you called your Son "Detroit" I would think your Son is an Automobile despite the Michael Mann
Documentary I never saw to my Memory though I have indeed been to Flint, Michigan which isn't Detroit yet Detroit
invokes an Automobile for me for reasons I don't even know weren't they made in Flint and we circumcised the World
with Automobiles okay that was fun is there anything else we can do besides watch the Flintstones and not even making
the Connection that Fred and Wilma rode in Neolithic Stone Cars that were never once made in Flint Michigan.
Mandatory Evacuations should precede September 21, 22, 23 in AD 2026 because Otherwise this might be like a
Preemptive Shot in the Head Two Months prior to the 65th Anniversary of the Assassination of JFK in a Sandwich Date
that's 64 Years and Ten Months. You wouldn't want to force Police to die in the Line of Duty and for Any Parts of these
Cities that might Survive to Any Degree you wouldn't want Looters to Invade the Homes while the City is Vacated prior
the Beginning of the End of the United States as the World knew it. What's the Significance of the Dates? Given Sunny
visited me at Night then the implication is that these Events could occur at Night and with Water on the West, Wind in
the Middle, and Light on the East for a Total of Six Cities across Three Days then if Fire fills New York and Fire fills
Washington DC at Night then the Whole World will see the Vivid Light of their Destruction on September 23, AD 2026
even as the Axial Tilt of the World is 23 Degrees. And these Three Dates of a Sandwich Date like the Name Sandra
Sudweeks whose Voice to me is like an Evil Witch these Three Dates summation is 21 and 22 and 23 are 66 and Route 66
Traverses Horizontally and the United States Leadership was a Whore for New Clear Violence with Little Boy and Fat
Man meaning Absolutely No Fucking Discrimination in who was targeted for Manhattan's Nuclear Vaporization
Celebrations on Investors Returns eliminating Civilians in a Lust for Wrath to win the Wreath World of Conquistadores in
the Death per Second Match so therefore Expect a Quick Return in the Consequences. "[Pat Pat Pat]" "Who's There?
Honey its the Leary Black Hand Irish Mafia. They wanna know when were going to give them their Next Protection
Money Installment. What? Tell them to Fuck Off and Die? Okay. Guys, umm. Errr. What! Honey? Nevermind! I thought
that was their Racist Hand knocking on the Door but it was just their Heads looking for a Final Resting Place. Kicking you
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to the Curb. Go on. Roll the Fuck Away." Then what of the Significance of the Month of September? Well July and August
No Longer carry the Names of their Former Numbers from the Ten Month Calendar of the Roman Calendar System
namely No Longer Five in Latin and No Longer Six in Latin while the Months of September October November December
still carry the Names of these Four Months by their Former Numbers and these fit very nicely for "Yod Heh Waw Heh"
the Hebrew Characters of the Tetragrammaton and Yod I think maps to Spirit like Fire like Tongues of Fire like Fish
leaping out of the Water Line. Can you Multiply Fish without the Spirit? Who had the Spirit without Measure? You Guys
reduce your Measure by the Alterations to the Truth you embrace? You put the Mask over your Eyes? Witless With
Less? Everything is Vague Ass to you? Vatican? Vacant? Forgot where you hid it? Try the Colosseum? You Lost the
Biggest Book in History? Co/loss. You All Share in the Loss. Dying in Surprise Parties over Generations. SURPRISE! "The
Mafia Cult Depends on Me." "The Mafia Cult Depends on Me." Drink those Words and Think About that. Is that the
Consequence of Brilliance? LET THE TOP LEADERSHIP OF THE ABDUCTING MAFIA CULTS FIRSTLY AND THEN THEREAFTER
LET EACH CONNECTED IN EACH LAYER BELOW WHO FAIL TO RELEASE EVERYONE TO FREEDOM AND WHO FAIL TO HELP
DESTROY ALL MAFIA CULTS —> Of the Mafia Abducting Cults let Each Layer from the Top to the Bottom become
Immensely Fat and Let their Faces be Disfigured and Let their Skin become the Color of the Race they Hate the Most if
they participate in Black Listing Methods by Any Label of Race and then thereafter Let them become Blind in their Eyes
to be guided by their Glow to their Bodily Organs and then let them thereafter Document their Crimes in Openness for
World History and if any of these Members Drag their Asses in Resistance to this Documentation then after they Finally
Comply after Elohim patiently inflicts them with the Rod of Correction then let them be Eaten Midair by Savage Beings
of the Rapture if the Time Frame corresponds in this Lifetime and if not then Otherwise let their Consequences rain
down upon their Heads in their Next Incarnations from the Day they are Born into whatever Life Form they are given by
Elohim. Did you forgot the Name of Elohim? You don't have a Clue of How to Say the Name? No Practice with your Lips
because you'd rather Apocalypse? Why do you do this to yourselves? Let Kelly Jean Leary's Ass be Divinely Cursed by the
Mouth of Elohim if Kelly is a Relentless Curse to the Hebrews, otherwise let the Curse apply above Kelly all the Way to
the Tops of Every Abducting Murderous Mafia Cult. I Fell. Eiffel. Love is why there is a Hell. Those who harm those who
are loved by Elohim shall Burn in Fire. Adding Light of Stars to Amun will Expand the Foundation where The Radiance of
Re can shine forth like Joseph elevated by Pharaoh to feed the World Bread of Truth. What's the Mature Job?
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Herb Borock
P. 0. Box 632
COUNQL ~EETING 1/-/f'-1
Palo Alto, CA 94302 [ ] Plac~d Before Meeting
[ ~Ived at Meeting
November 18, 2019
BY ELECTRONIC MAIL AND HAND DELIVERY
NOVEMBER 18, 2019 CITY COUNCIL MEETING
AGENDA ITEM #9: STATE REVOVLING FUND APPLICATION
AGENDA ITEM #17: (a) APPROVAL OF ADDENDUM TO RECYCLED WATER
PROGRAM ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACE REPORT; AND (b) APPROVAL OF
AGREEMENT WITH MOUNTAIN VIEW AND VALLEY WATER
Dear City Council:
I urge you to remove both of these items from your agenda,
because the Addendum to the Environmental Impact Report (EIR) is
not adequate to evaluate significant effects related to sea
level rise that were not discussed in the previous EIR, and you
are prohibited from approving the State Revolving Fund Agreement
and the Agreement with Mountain View and Valley Water until you
abide by the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).
CEQA requires you to prepare a Subsequent EIR du~e
significant environmental effects regarding sea level rise, and
CEQA prohibits you from approving a project that violates
.ael:o~telR:t the City Council adopted Seal Level Rise Policy.
You recently adopted a Sea Level Rise Policy based on a
presentation that showed the path of any new recycled water
pipeline being inundated by sea water during the term of the
agreement discussed in the staff reports for these agenda items.
At the March 18, 2019 City Council meeting the Council
unanimously adopted the following Sea Level Rise Adaption Policy:
MOTION: Council Member Cormack moved, seconded by Council Member
Kniss to:
A. Accept the Sea Level Rise Adaptation Policy, which will serve
as a guide for the development of a subsequent Sea Level Rise
Adaptation Plan. This Plan will serve as the Sustainability and
Climate Action Plan-Sea Level Rise chapter; and
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B. Direct Staff to return to Council with a Sea Level Rise
Adaptation Plan by December 2020.
MOTION PASSED: 7-0
The Policy includes the following item #2:
"2. For critical development and infrastructure (e.g.,
wastewater treatment facility or utilities that are essential to
public health and safety), a risk assessment should be completed
based on the SLR projections to 2100 and to include the lifetime
of the building using the Medium-high or Extreme Risk Aversion
Projections[.]"
See Power Point slides 24-26 at:
https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/civicax/filebank/blobdload.aspx?t
=72191.97&BlobID=69942 that accompanied staff's presentation of
the agenda item on Seal Level Rise.
Thank you for your consideration of these comments.
Sincerely,
W-----
Herb Borock
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DATE:
SUBJECT:
City of Palo Alto
MEMORANDUM
Finance Committee
11/19/2019
FINANCE COMMlmE MEETING
11/19/2019
[X) Placed Before Meeting
[ I Received at Meeting
Item# 2
Approve the FY 2019 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR) and
Budget Amendments -Corrected Chart
The General Funds Departments, actual departmental costs, including encumbrances and
reappropriations, over the past seven years chart (page 7) of CMR #10644 the FY 2019
Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR) and Budget Amendments was inadvertently
incorrectly printed. The chart below is the corrected version.
FV 2013 Actual
FV 2014 Actual
FV 2015 Actual
FV 2016 Actual
FV 2017 Actual
FV 2018· Actual
FV 2019 Actual
FV 2020 Budget
II Public Safety
;; Community Services
"\ Admln Oepts
l!I Public Works
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DEPARTMENT HEAD:
CITY MANAGER:
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$0 $20 $40 $60 $80 $100 $120 $140 $160 $180 $200
FY 2020
Budget
80,083
32,481
29,092
20,302
23,258
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10,532
FY 2019 FY 2018 FY 2017
Actual Actual Actual
76,765 75,975 72,815
30,096 28,395 26,573
23,408 22,127 21,406
19,004 18,908 17,475
11,009 10,446 10,732
13,098 12,560 11,668
9,900 9,357 9,266 --
Ed Shikada
City Manager
FY 2016 FY2015 FY 2014 FY 2013
Actual Actual Actual Actual I
65,005 62,459 63,403 61,222 I
25,262 23,902 23,402 22.219 I
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DATE: November 12, 2019
TO: STATE, CITY AND LOCAL OFFICIALS
NOTICE OF PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY'S REQUEST TO CHANGE RATES FOR
INCOME QUALIFIED PROGRAMS (A.19-11-003)
Summary
On November 4, 2019, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) filed its Income Qualified Programs Application (A.19-
11-003) with the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC).
The application seeks recovery of approximately $1.2 .billion needed to administer and enhance income qualified
programs, including California Alternate Rates for Energy (CARE), Family Electric Rate Assistance (FERA) and the
Energy Savings Assistance Program.
The application covers a six-year periop from 2021 to 2026. If the CPUC approves this application, PG&E will begin to"
recover costs in electric and gas rates beginning January 2021 and continue throughout the six years covered in the
application.
On an annual basis, PG&E is requesting less funding for these programs than previously authorized amounts, with the
exception of FERA, which is being expanded per CPUC mandate. On average, residential electric customers will see a
decrease in their monthly bill amount. Certain gas customers will also see a decrease in their monthly bill amount but, on
average, residential gas customers will see a small increase.
CARE and FERA are PG&E discount programs that help eligible customers pay their energy bills.
·CARE offers a monthly discount on energy bills for qualifying households. -n~
• FERA offers a monthly discount on electric bills for households of three or more people with a slightly highe~co~
than required for CARE. o ~ o .c:: ' , "Tl
Energy Savings Assistance Program provides qualified customers with energy-saving improvements, such as-ene~
efficient appliances and home weatherization, at no charge for customers. CO :xr ,_ c.no
To learn more about these programs, customers can visit pge.com/programs. 3 0 :t>
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The programs included in this application have provided income qualified customers assistance in lowering e~rgy l>
consumption and costs while increasing their comfort, health and safety since 1983 and have offered rate assistance
through a monthly discount to qualifying customers since 1989. PG&E is required to file an application updating its
program proposals and costs for these income qualified programs. This recurring application is filed on a schedule
approved by the CPUC.
How will the application affect electric rates?
Bundled electric customers receive electric generation, transmission and distribution services from PG&E.
Based on rates currently in effect, the bill for a typical residential nonCARE customer using 500 kWh per month would
decrease from $121.17 to $120.89, or -0.2% in the first year.
Direct Access and Community Choice Aggregation customers only receive electric transmission and distribution services
from PG&E. On average, these customers would see a decrease of -0.3% in the first year.
Another category of nonbundled customers is Departing Load. These customers do not receive electric generation,
transmission or distribution services from PG&E. However, these customers are required to pay certain charges by law or
CPUC decision. The impact of PG&E's application on these customers is an average decrease of -2.3% in the first year.
Actual impacts will vary depending on usage.
How will the application affect gas rates?
Bundled gas customers receive transmission, distribution and procurement services from PG&E.
Based on rates currently in effect, the gas bill for a typical residential nonCARE customer averaging 32 therms per month
would increase from $52.32 to $52.38, or 0.1 % in the first year.
Actual impacts will vary depending on usage.
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How do I find out more about PG&E's proposals?
If you have questions about PG&E's filing, please contact PG&E at 1-800-743-5000. Para mas detalles llame al 1-800-
660-6789 • ~mm3l)('fi 1-800-893-9555. For TTY, call 1-800-652-4712. If you would like a copy of PG&E's filing and
exhibits, please write to PG&E at the address below:
Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Income Qualified Programs Application (A.19-11-003)
P.O. Box 7442
· San Francisco, CA 94120
A copy of PG&E's filing and exhibits is also available for review at the CPUC's Central Files office by appointment only.
For more information, contact aljcentralfilesid@cpuc.ca.gov or 1-415-703-2045. PG&E's application (without exhibits) is
available on the CPUC's website at www.cpuc.ca.gov.
CPUC process
This application will be assigned to an Administrative Law Judge (Judge) who will determine how to receive evidence and
other related information necessary for the CPUC to establish a record upon which to base its decision. Evidentiary
Hearings (EHs) may be held where parties will present their testimony and may be subject to cross-examination by other
parties. These EHs are open to the public, but only those who are formal parties in the case can participate.
After considering all proposals and evidence presented during the hearings, the assigned Judge will issue a proposed
decision which may adopt PG&E's proposal, modify it or deny it. Any of the five CPUC Commissioners may sponsor an
alternate decision. The proposed decision, and any alternate decisions, will be discussed and voted upon at a scheduled
CPUC Voting Meeting that is open to the public.
The California Public Advocates Office (CalPA) may review this application. CalPA is the independent consumer advocate
within the GP.UC with a legislative mandate to represent investor-owned utility customers to obtain the lowest possible
rate for service consistent with reliable and safe service levels. CalPA has a multidisciplinary staff with expertise in
economics, finance, accounting and engineering. For more information about CalPA, please call 1-415-703-1584, email
PublicAdvocatesOffice@cpuc.ca.gov or visit CalPA's website at www.publicadvocates.cpuc.ca.gov.
Stay inform~~
If you would like to follow this proceeding, or any other issue before the CPUC, you may use the CPUC's free subscription
service. Sign up at: http://subscribecpuc.cpuc.ca.gov. If you would like to learn how you can participate in the
proceeding, have informal comments ab9ut the application or have questions about the CPUC processes, you may
access the CPUC's Public Advisor's Office (PAO) webpage at http://~onsumers.cpuc.ca.gov/pao/.
You may also contact the PAO as follows:
Email: public.advisor@cpuc.ca.gov
Mail: CPUC .
Public Advisor's Office
505 Van Ness Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94102
Call: 1-866-849-8390 (toll-free) or 1-415-703-2074
TTY: 1-866-836-7825 (toll-free) or 1-415-703-5282
Please reference PG&E's Income Qualified Programs Application (A.19-11-003) in any communications you have with
the CPUC regarding this matter. All public comments will become part of the public correspondence file for this
proceeding and made available for review by the assigned Judge, Commissioners and appropriate CPUC staff.
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To: Palo Alto City Manager and Council I 9 NOV 15 AH II: 35
From: Residents of San Alma HOA and neighbors
Petition
We, the 75+ residents of the San Alma HOA and surrounding neighborhoods, are submitting this petition
to request that the City of Palo Alto:
• Enforce Municipal Code 10.36.030 that mandates all parked vehicles move every 72 hours;
• Install "No RV Parking" signs along San Antonio Ave between Alma St and Briarwood
Way;
• Extend the "No Parking From Here to Corner" zone along the west side of San Antonio
Ave between Alma St and Ponce Dr to improve sight lines, and refresh red-color curbs and
install additional signs;
• Create bike lanes on both sides of the San Antonio Ave between Alma St and Briarwood
Way to improve bike and pedestrian safety;
• Consider installing "No Parking" signs on designated days and times of the week, to allow
a sweeping vehicle to clean pavement and remove trash from both sides of San Antonio
Ave.
In the last few years the short stretch of San Antonio Ave between Alma St and Briarwood Way has
experienced a sharp increase in traffic, littering, and illegal dumping including human waste. The
increase in commuter traffic, parking for the train station, 'Waymo' car tests, heavy construction trucks,
and special equipment have all contributed to these conditions. This entire stretch of San Antonio Ave is
always full of RVs and cars used as sleeping accommodations; there are frequently abandoned vehicles
as well, and often used for storage of construction equipment.
The oversized vehicles parked along this street block visibility when exiting Ponce Drive, especially
concerning because this stretch of San Antonio Ave is very busy with bicyclists and pedestrians traveling
to and from the Caltrain station. It is currently very hazardous for bicycles and pedestrians: bicyclists are
forced onto the sidewalk for safety, jeopardizing the pedestrians and creating hazardous driving
conditions for vehicles.
We have observed that the fire hydrant is often blocked which causes even more of a safety concern for
the residents in the area.
There is a large amount of trash along both sides of San Antonio Ave because the individuals residing in
RVs leave bagged trash directly on the street or in nearby areas. The area on the east side of San
Antonio Ave is used as a bathroom and human fecal matter and other trash has been observed; the
residents of the homes behind these walls have complained of strong human waste odors often coming
from San Antonio Ave. The parked RVs and other vehicles prevent the sweeping truck from cleaning the
streets. All of these bio-hazardous conditions in this area are unsanitary and unsafe for the community in
general affecting the quality of life of our residents in particular.
When the weather gets colder, the RVs and other vehicles that are used as living accommodations run
generators for heat, which pollutes the air and creates loud sounds which violate city noise ordinances.
This has been a problem for our community for several years, and many of our residents have filed
numerous reports.
Despite our efforts, there are several RVs that are here many days and weeks with no discernible
movement. One particular RV has been parking here for over three years. This lack of enforcement has
attracted more RVs and cars that are used as residences.
We ask for code enforcement and "No Overnight Parking" signs placement for safety, security
and sanitation reasons. Our Residents require a safe and sanitary neighborhood to be maintained
for all.
We understand that many individuals and their families have circumstances causing them to reside in
RVs and other vehicles. While we empathize with with these individuals, we request the City of Palo Alto
take immediate actions to protect our residents by enforcing the municipal codes and increasing signage.
We are aware of measures taken by the City in other locations, and we request the same consideration
from the City.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the residents of the San Alma HOA and surrounding neighborhood.
Simon Gleyzer, President of San Alma HOA
4214 Ponce Dr.
Palo Alto, CA 94306
gasimon@gmail.com
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MOLLY STUMP, CITY ATIORNEY
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SUBJECT: AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 19-COLLEAGUES' MEMO FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS
DUBOIS AND KOU AND POTENTIAL ADOPTION OF AN URGENCY ORDINANCE
TO PROVIDE JUST CAUSE EVICTION PROTECTIONS TO TENANTS UNTIL
CALIFORNIA STATE ASSEMBLY BILL 1482 TAKES EFFECT ON JANUARY 1, 2020
Attached is the urgency ordinance updated to correct a typo in Section 1, paragraph E, as
follows:
E. Eviction creates particular hardships for individuals and
households of limited means, given the shortage of housing,
particularly affordable housing, within the City of Redwood Cit·~
Palo Alto and the San Francisco Bay Area region generally ...
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Ordinance No .
Urgency Ordinance of the Council of the City of Palo Alto
Temporarily Prohibiting Evictions without Just Cause through
December 31, 2019, for Residential Real Property Built Prior to
January 1, 2005
The Council of the City of Palo Alto ORDAINS as follows:
SECTION 1. Findings and Declarations. The City Council finds and declares as follows:
A. The "Tenant Protection Act of 2019" (Assembly Bill ["AB"] 1482) was
approved by the California Legislature on September 11, 2019 and signed by the
Governor on October 8, 2019; and
B. Effective January 1, 2020 the Tenant Protection Act of 2019 codified
as California Civil Code sections 1946.2 (Just Cause Eviction) and 1947.12 (Rent Caps)
will provide eviction protections and limits on rent increases in the State of California; and
C. The City Council, pursuant to its police powers, has broad authority to
maintain public peace, health, and safety of its community and preserving the quality of
life for its residents; and
D. Housing instability threatens the public peace, health, and safety as
eviction from one's home can lead to prolonged homelessness; increased residential
mobility; loss of community; strain on household finances due to the necessity of paying
rental application fees and security deposits; stress and anxiety experienced by those
displaced; increased commute times and traffic impacts if displaced workers cannot find
affordable housing within the city in which they work; and interruption of the education of
children in the home; and
E. Eviction creates particular hardships for individuals and households
of limited means, given the shortage of housing, particularly affordable housing, within
the City of Palo Alto and the San Francisco Bay Area region generally; and
F. As AB 1482 does not go into effect until January 1, 2020, landlords could seek to evict
tenants without cause in order to implement rent increases that would not otherwise be possible
after the effective date; and
G. The City desires to prohibit evictions without just cause during this transition period; and
H. The City Council finds and determines that regulating the relations between
residential landlords and tenants will increase certainty and fairness within the residential
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rental market in the City and thereby serve the public peace, health, and safety; and
I. Palo Alto Municipal Code Section 2.04.270 authorizes the adoption of an urgency
ordinance to protect the public peace, health or safety, where there is a declaration of the facts
constituting the urgency and the ordinance is adopted by four-fifths of the Council; and
J. This urgency ordinance would essentially establish the just cause eviction protections that
will go into effect on January 1, 2020 under AB 1482 immediately within the City of Palo Alto; and
K. An urgency ordinance that is effective immediately is necessary to avoid the immediate
threat to public peace, health, and safety as failure to adopt this urgency ordinance could result
in the displacement of the City's residents and community members.
SECTION 2. Just Cause Eviction Protections.
This urgency ordinance shall be known as the "Just Cause Eviction Protection Ordinance."
(a) Notwithstanding any other law, after a tenant has continuously and lawfully occupied a
residential real property for 12 months, the owner of the residential real property shall
not terminate the tenancy without just cause, which shall be stated in the written notice
to terminate tenancy.
(b) For purposes of this Ordinance, just cause includes either of the following:
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1. At-fault just cause, which is any of the following:
(A) Default in the payment of rent.
(B) A breach of a material term of the lease, as described in paragraph (3) of
Section 1161 of the Code of Civil Procedure, including, but not limited to,
violation of a provision of the lease after being issued a written notice to
correct the violation.
(C) Maintaining, committing, or permitting the maintenance or commission of a
nuisance as described in paragraph (4) of Section 1161 of the Code of Civil
Procedure.
(D) Committing waste as described in paragraph (4) of Section 1161 of the Code
of Civil Procedure.
(E) Criminal activity by the tenant on the residential real property, including any
common areas, or any criminal activity or criminal threat, as defined in
subdivision (a) of Section 422 of the Penal Code, on or off the residential real
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property, that is directed at any owner or agent of the owner of the residential
real property.
{F) Assigning or subletting the premises in violation of the tenant's lease, as
described in paragraph (4) of Section 1161 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
{G) The tenant's refusal to allow the owner to enter the residential real property
as authorized by Sections 1101.5 and 1954 of the Civil Code, and Sections
13113.7 and 17926.1 of the Health and Safety Code.
{H) Using the premises for an unlawful purpose as described in paragraph (4) of
Section 1161 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
(I) The employee, agent, or licensee's failure to vacate after their termination as
an employee, agent, or a licensee as described in paragraph (1) of Section 1161
of the Code of Civil Procedure.
{J) When the tenant fails to deliver possession of the residential real property
after providing the owner written notice as provided in Section 1946 of the
Civil Code of the tenant's intention to terminate the hiring of the real property,
or makes a written offer to surrender that is accepted in writing by the
landlord, but fails to deliver possession at the time specified in that written
notice as described in paragraph (5) of Section 1161 of the Code of Civil
Procedure.
2. No-fault just cause, which includes any of the following:
(A) Intent to occupy the residential real property by the owner or their spouse,
domestic partner, children, grandchildren, parents, or grandparents.
{B) Withdrawal of the residential real property from the rental market.
{C) The owner complying with any of the following:
{i) An order issued by a government agency or court relating to habitability
that necessitates vacating the residential real property.
{ii) An order issued by a government agency or court to vacate the residential
real property.
{iii) A local ordinance that necessitates vacating the residential real property.
{D) Intent to demolish or substantially remodel the residential real property. For
purposes of this subparagraph, "substantially remodel" means the
replacement or substantial modification of any structural, electrical, plumbing,
or mechanical system that requires a permit from a governmental agency, or
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the abatement of hazardous materials, including lead-based paint, mold, or
asbestos, in accordance with applicable Federal, State, and local laws, that
cannot be reasonably accomplished in a safe manner with the tenant in place
and that requires the tenant to vacate the residential real property for at least
30 days. Cosmetic improvements alone, including painting, decorating, and
minor repairs, or other work that can be performed safely without having the
residential real property vacated, do not qualify as substantial rehabilitation.
(E) Before an owner of residential real property issues a notice to terminate a
tenancy for just cause that is a curable lease violation, the owner shall first give
notice of the violation to the tenant with an opportunity to cure the violation
pursuant to paragraph (3) of Section 1161 of the Code of Civil Procedure. If the
violation is not cured within the time period set forth in the notice, a three -
day notice to quit without an opportunity to cure may thereafter be served to
terminate the tenancy.
(c) This section shall not apply to the following types of residential real properties or
residential circumstances:
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1. Transient and tourist hotel occupancy as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 1940
of the Civil Code.
2. Housing accommodations in a nonprofit hospital, religious facility, extended care
facility, licensed residential care facility for the elderly, as defined in Section
1569.2 of the Health and Safety Code, or an adult residential facility, as defined in
Chapter 6 of Division 6 of Title 22 of the Manual of Policies and Procedures
published by the State Department of Social Services.
3. Dormitories owned and operated by an institution of higher education or a
kindergarten and grades 1 to 12, inclusive, school.
4. Housing accommodations in which the tenant shares bathroom or kitchen
facilities with the owner who maintains their principal residence at the residential
real property.
5. Single-family owner-occupied residences, including a residence in which the
owner-occupant rents or leases no more than two units or bedrooms, including,
but not limited to, an accessory dwelling unit or a junior accessory dwelling unit.
6. A duplex in which the owner occupied one of the units as the owner's principal
place of residence at the beginning of the tenancy, so long as the owner continues
in occupancy.
7. Housing that has been issued a certificate of occupancy within the previous 15
years.
8. Residential real property that is alienable separate from the title to any other
dwelling unit, provided that the owner is not any of the following:
(A) A real estate investment trust, as defined in Section 856 of the Internal
Revenue Code.
(B) A corporation.
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(C) A limited liability company in which at least one member is a corporation.
9. Housing restricted by deed, regulatory restriction contained in an agreement with
a government agency, or other recorded document as affordable housing for
persons and families of very low, or moderate income, as defined in Section 50093
of the Health and Safety Code, or subject to an agreement that provides housing
subsidies for affordable housing for persons and families of very low, low, or
moderate income, as defined in Section 50093 of the Health and Safety Code or
comparable federal statutes.
(d) Any waiver of the rights under this section shall be void as contrary to public policy.
(e) For the purposes of this Ordinance, the following definitions shall apply:
1. "Owner" and "residential real property" have the same meaning as those terms
are defined in Civil Code Section 1954.51.
2. "Tenancy" means the lawful occupation of residential real property and includes
a lease or sublease.
(f) Applicability. This Ordinance shall apply to tenancies where the tenant remains in
possession of the residential real property and an eviction lawsuit, if any, has not been
finally adjudicated.
(g) Statement of Urgency. The City Council finds and declares that this Ordinance is required
for the immediate protection of the public peace, health and safety as failure to adopt
this urgency ordinance could result in irreversible displacement of residents resulting
from no-fault evictions during the period before AB1482 becomes effective. The Council,
therefore, adopts this Ordinance to become effective immediately upon adoption.
(h) Enforcement. An owner's failure to comply with any requirement of this Ordinance shall
render any notice of termination of tenancy void. A tenant may assert this Ordinance as
a complete affirmative defense in an unlawful detainer or other action brought by the
owner to recover possession of the residential real property. A tenant may bring a civil
suit in the courts of the state alleging that an owner has violated any of the provisions of
this ordinance. An owner's failure to comply with this Ordinance does not constitute a
criminal offense.
SECTION 3. If any section, subsection, clause or phrase of this Ordinance is for any reason
held to be invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portion or sections
of the Ordinance. The Council hereby declares that it should have adopted the Ordinance and
each section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase thereof irrespective of the fact that any one
or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases be declared invalid.
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SECTION 4. The Council finds that this project is exempt from the provisions of the
California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA"), pursuant to Section 15061 of the CEQA
Guidelines, because it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the ordinance
will have a significant effect on the environment.
SECTION 5. This ordinance shall be effective immediately upon adoption and shall remain
in effect until December 31, 2019. On January 1, 2020, this ordinance shall be repealed and shall
be of no further force and effect.
INTRODUCED:
PASSED:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTENTIONS:
ATTEST:
City Clerk Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM : APPROVED:
City Attorney City Manager
Director of Administrative Services
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PALO
ALTO
TO:
DATE:
SUBJECT:
City of Palo Alto
MEMORANDUM
Finance Committee
11/19/2019
FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING
11/19/2019
[X] Placed Before Meeting
[ ] Received at Meeting
Item# 2
Approve the FY 2019 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR) and
Budget Amendments -Corrected Chart
The General Funds Departments, actual departmental costs, including encumbrances and
reappropriations, over the past seven years chart (page 7) of CMR #10644 the FY 2019
Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR) and Budget Amendments was inadvertently
incorrectly printed. The chart below is the corrected version.
FY 2013 Actual
FY 2014 Actual
FY 2015 Actual
FY 2016 Actual
FY 2017 Actual
FY 2018 Actual
FY 2019 Actual
FY 2020 Budget
It Public Safety
; Community Services
n Admin Oepts
151 Public Works
'·Planning & Comm Env
:<:: Development Svcs
c: Library
DEPARTMENT HEAD:
CITY MANAGER:
$0 $20 $40 $60 $80 $100 $120 $140 $160 $180 $200
FV 2020
Budget
80.083
32.481
29,092
20,302
23,258
.
10,532
FY 2019 FY 2018
Actual Actual
76,765 75,975
30,096 28,395
23.408 22,127
19,004 18,908
11,009 10,446
13,098 12,560
9,900 9,357
Ed Shikada
City Manager
FY 2017
Actual
72,815
26,573
21,406
17,475
10,732
11,668
9,266
FY 2016 FY 2015 FY 2014 FY 2013
Actual Actual Actual Actual
65,005 62,459 63,403 61,222
25,262 23,902 23,402 22,279
22,059 19,771 19,784 18,544
15,084 14,210 14,138 13,987
10,912 9,026 14,637 13,112
10,872 11,335 . -
8,217 8,144 8,072 7,555
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