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Home My Public Portal AboutMarch 6, 2023 City Council Emails701-32 DOCUMENTS IN THIS PACKET INCLUDE: LETTERS FROM CITIZENS TO THE MAYOR OR CITY COUNCIL RESPONSES FROM STAFF TO LETTERS FROM CITIZENS ITEMS FROM MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS ITEMS FROM OTHER COMMITTEES AND AGENCIES ITEMS FROM CITY, COUNTY, STATE, AND REGIONAL AGENCIES Prepared for: 3/6/2023 Document dates: 2/27/2023 – 3/6/2023 Note: Documents for every category may not have been received for packet reproduction in a given week. View this email in your browser. Visit us on www.lwvpaloalto.org, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter March VOTER March 6, 2022 In this Issue Message from our President LWVPA Updates Program Planning Meeting Update LWVPA Virtual Speaker Event LWVPA DEI Assessment Survey February 2023 Board Meeting Highlights Advocacy Reports Climate Calls Events by Other Leagues Words Matter: Democracy's Rhetorical Failures Finding Fairness in a Polarized Country More in the News... Dr. Deborah Ann Turner's State of the League 2023 Address Updated "Impact on Issues" Now Available from LWVUS From:LWV Palo Alto VOTERTo:Council, CitySubject:LWVPA March VOTER - Program Planning, DEI Survey, Virtual Speaker Event and More...Date:Monday, March 6, 2023 3:00:31 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of openingattachments and clicking on links. Subscribe to our Google Calendar Message from our President Hello everyone! On February 11th we had a successful Program Planning meeting led by our Advocacy Chair, Lisa Ratner. Our Action Committee Chairs spoke passionately about the advocacy issues at both the state and local levels, and our members asked questions and provided input to the League. The meeting was held in person and it was wonderful to see many of you attend and speak up! Please see a meeting summary and the priority issues our members recommended in this newsletter. League's Virtual Speaker event, Women's Reproductive Rights, will be held on April 19th. The guest speaker will be Professor Michelle Oberman, Law Professor at Santa Clara University School of Law. A big thanks to Myra Lessner and her team for organizing this wonderful event. Registration is open now. Our DEI Committee has sent members a DEI survey in order to assess where we are in this area of our League practices. This is the first step in developing a roadmap for making the League a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive organization. For those who have turned in the survey, thank you for taking the time to let us know how we are doing. If you haven't done so, we hope you will take this opportunity to provide valuable feedback to us and help us develop concrete goals for 2023. The deadline for submitting the survey is March 15. Liz LWVPA Updates 2023 Program Planning Meeting Update Thank you for joining us at the Program Planning meeting where twenty-three members met on February 11th and discussed our priority issues for the coming year. Following presentations by Advocacy Chair Lisa Ratner and our Action Committee Chairs, members engaged in robust conversations and came to the following conclusions: Program Planning 2023-2025 (LWV California) Members recommended that LWVC priority issues continue to be: - Housing/Homelessness - Climate Change - Criminal Justice Reform Our League also recommended updating the LWVC's Gun Safety position and a Housing focus on state forgivable loans to builders of low and moderate/workforce housing. Read LWVC Program Planning Response Form. Program Planning 2023-2024 (LWV Palo Alto) Our members affirmed our local League’s priority issues of: - Affordable Housing for All - Gun Violence Prevention - Climate Change - Civics Education - Local Campaign Finance Reform Members also voiced a need to encourage community leaders to pursue and comply with comprehensive planning that results in equitable transportation and community services to sustain Palo Alto. These issues will be voted on at our annual meeting in May. Stay tuned for more details on our annual meeting. LWVPA Virtual Speaker Event Wednesday, April 19, 2023 12:00 - 1:00 pm Featuring our Guest Speaker Professor Michelle Oberman The US Abortion War in 2023: A California Perspective In addition to the flurry of abortion bans enacted in 2022, the US witnessed the highest number of abortion protections ever passed. Fully one-quarter of these were enacted in California. What does it mean to be an abortion-friendly state in a country where almost half of the states have banned abortion or are likely to do so? Professor Oberman is an international expert on the impact of abortion regulation in countries with widely divergent abortion laws. In this talk, she will share findings from her current research in a state where abortion is banned to explore what changes on the ground when U.S. abortion law changes on the books, and to consider how California’s commitment to reproductive justice does (and does not) alter that landscape. BIO: Michelle Oberman, J.D, M.P.H. Katharine and George Alexander Professor of Law Santa Clara University School of Law Professor Oberman is an internationally recognized scholar on a wide range of legal and ethical issues arising at the intersection of sex, pregnancy, motherhood, and criminal law. For the past decade, she has studied the impact of abortion regulation in countries with widely divergent abortion laws. Her work in El Salvador, along with other countries and a range of US jurisdictions, informs her 2018 book, Her Body, Our Laws: On the Frontlines of the Abortion War from El Salvador to Oklahoma. Her current work focuses on what changes on the ground when U.S. abortion law changes on the books. LWVPADiversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI)Assessment Survey Please help us create a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive organization by taking the survey before March 15, 2023 Dear League members, The LWV of Palo Alto is fully committed to the LWV diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policy set forth by LWVUS. In the past few months, our DEI Committee has been meeting to develop a roadmap for making our League a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive organization. The starting point is an assessment of the current practices to measure DEI in our League. As part of the assessment, we have developed a brief MEMBER SURVEY that asks 13 short questions and allows for elaboration based on your experience. We will use the valuable input we gather from the survey to develop League's DEI goals for 2023 and beyond and to measure progress against our baseline. Applying a DEI lens to all of League’s work will help us broaden our outreach and membership, which in turn will help us work toward our ultimate mission—to have as many people as possible be informed, active participants in government. Please complete the survey and submit it by March 15, 2023. Your response is extremely valuable to help us identify and eliminate any barriers that might prevent the equity and inclusion of everyone. All responses will be used anonymously, without reference to any individual by name. Register Now Complete the Survey February 2023 Board Meeting Highlights The Board heard reports on the Program Planning meeting held on February 11 and discussed priorities for our local League as well as for the League of Women Voters of California. These included a focus on updating our state gun safety position and a deeper focus on workforce/middle income housing. Approved Motions: 1. To participate in the TheatreWorks “In Conversation” program if we can identify a panelist following the Saturday, March 18 and 25 productions of Fannie, The Music and Life of Fannie Lou Hamer at Lucie Stern Theater. 2. To authorize the Gun Violence Prevention Committee co-chairs to represent the League on the PTA Council's Be SMART Parent Education panel focused on gun safety. 3. To approve the Consent Calendar including January minutes, approve adding National Voter Corps to our list of allied organizations, and approve a student membership for Ella Debenham. Our next Board Meeting is on Tuesday, March 28, 7 - 9 pm. All members are welcome to join the meeting. Please send an email to contact@lwvpaloalto.org for meeting details. - Megan Swezey Fogarty, Secretary Advocacy Reports Gun Violence Prevention Committee: Community Education with PTA Council Our Gun Violence Prevention Committee, co-chaired by Stacey Ashlund, will lead a PTA Council parent education event based on the Moms Demand Action (Everytown for Gun Safety) Be SMART program. The event will focus on talking to other parents about the need to store guns in locked safes or with trigger locks, separate from ammunition, so they are not accessible to children. Legislative Interviews LWVPA members Mary O’Kicki, Megan Swezey Fogarty, and Lisa Ratner, together with LWV Los Altos-Mountain View and South San Mateo League members, interviewed State Senator Josh Becker (SD 13) on Feb. 17. Sen. Becker would support funding by the Secretary of State’s office for education and outreach about how to access basic information on voting, in order to reduce the voter participation gap among youth, communities with language barriers, and communities of color. He was also in favor of lowering the threshold for passage of state education facility bonds to a simple majority and would consider lowering the local school district match requirement for state funding to be fairer to low-wealth districts. Sen. Becker’s legislative priorities include climate, criminal justice, homelessness, and economic development. He has or will introduce bills which allow solar canopies close to urban centers, eliminate jacking up prices at prison commissaries, and prevent penalizing affordable housing developers when a city has a noncompliant housing element. He will be working on parole and death penalty reform, keeping electricity rates affordable to all, and funding interim supportive housing. Legislative interviews are done by local Leagues to provide LWVC with insight into legislators’ priorities. - Lisa Ratner, 2nd Vice President and Advocacy Chair Climate Calls Written By Virginia VanKuran Our Climate Change committee at the League would like to invite you to the following event which has a lot to inspire local action! Acterra’s Promise to the Planet Thursday, March 23, 2023 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm Keynote Speaker will be Donel Baird, Founder of BlocPower, a climate technology company that facilitates building decarbonization and creates jobs for local low-income workers. Menlo Park is partnering with BlocPower in a historic commitment to electrify over 10,000 homes and buildings by 2030. There will be breakout sessions on: Food and Climate Change Youth Education with Kamille Lang, who will discuss engaging youth in conversations about local climate change issues and collaborative solutions Legislation with State Senator Josh Becker. Senator Becker is the author of several bills focused on accelerating California’s transition to 100% clean energy and net-zero emissions, voter access and justice reforms, and leveraging technology to provide greater economic mobility for all Californians. Electrification of your home with former City of Palo Alto Energy Engineer Tom Kabat. Tom has fully electrified his own home and has developed training, tools, guides, and processes for contractors working on grid- and panel-friendly home electrification. Advocacy with Juan Estrada from Green Foothills. Juan is a policy advocate and expert at mobilizing local English- and Spanish-speaking communities. Champions of Promise Awards will be presented to Oscar Anderson and Kai Mirchandani from Palo Alto High School, who started a food rescue program at their school to benefit the nearby Opportunity Center. We hope to see you at this exciting event! Events by Other Leagues Words Matter: Democracy's Rhetorical Failures Virtual Lunch With League - LWV San Jose/Santa Clara Thursday, March 16, 2023 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm America’s founders realized from the very beginning that democracy was not perfect. It is especially vulnerable to the tendency of powerful people to undermine regulatory institutions and to the allure of offloading democratic decision-making onto an authoritarian leader who might rhetorically exploit an issue for political purposes. San Jose State University Associate Professor Ryan Skinnell will talk about the dangers of demagoguery and anti-democratic movements that pose threats in the current moment, and what we can do to strengthen our democracy. Dr. Skinnell is a historian of political rhetoric, especially as Register Now it relates to fascism, demagoguery and democracy. He has published six books and more than 100 essays, articles and reviews including Faking the News: What Rhetoric Can Teach Us About Donald Trump in 2018 and Rhetoric and Guns, published in 2022. He is currently writing a book about Adolf Hitler’s rhetoric. Finding Fairness in a Polarized Country Practicing Civil Discourse Thursday, March 16, 2023 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Hone your civil discourse skills and add your ideas in this Participative Conversation around using the elements of Equity & Equality and whether they provide fair solutions to community issues. Facilitated Group Discussion Topics will include: Register Now • Affordable Housing - Nimby vs. Yimby – What’s fair? • No cash bail? Is it fair to have bail requirements? • Mental health treatment for the unhoused – Mandatory or not? • Universal Basic Income – What’s fair? We hope to see you on Zoom! More in the News... Dr. Deborah Ann Turner's State of the League 2023 Address LWVUS Board President Dr. Deborah Ann Turner addressed League members on the state of the League in 2023, including an update on the League's transformation journey. Updated "Impact on Issues" Now Available from LWVUS The latest version of Impact on Issues from LWVUS, the League's cornerstone policy positions document, is now available online! Check it out, and also watch the LWVUS advocacy team's webinar for Register Now further details on this biennium’s Impact on Issues. Throughout its 103 years, the League has served dual purposes of education and advocacy, engaging in studies on representative government, international relations, natural resources, and social policy. Although our history of advocacy goes back to our beginnings, this version of Impact on Issues covers our advocacy efforts beginning in the 1960s. Impact on Issues provides a clear understanding of LWVUS positions, how they interrelate, and how they can complement and reinforce state, local, and regional Inter-League Organization (ILO) positions, strengthening the League’s impact at all levels of government. Celebrating Women's History Month in March! LWVPA Board Officers & Directors OFFICERS Liz Kniss President Nancy Shepherd1st Vice President, Immediate Past President Lisa Ratner2nd Vice President, Advocacy Megan Swezey Fogarty DIRECTORS Paula Collins Parliamentarian Liz Jensen Voter Services Karen Kalinsky Collaborations Hannah Lu Secretary Theivanai PalaniappanTreasurer Communications Kathy Miller Voter Services Bonnie Packer County Council Chair Cari Templeton Membership Jingjing Xu Fundraising LWVPA Off-Board Civil Discourse Liaison Susan Owicki Civics Education Jenn Wagstaff Hinton DEI (Diversity, Equity & Inclusion) Chair TBD Education Chair TBD Events Myra Lessner Housing & Transportation Steve Levy Local Campaign Finance Reform Lisa Ratner, Elizabeth Weal & Karen Kalinsky LWVPA Board Folder Task Force Hannah Lu Natural Resources/Climate Change Hilary Glann Mary O'Kicki Nominating Committee Chair, Terry Godfrey Dawn Billman Myra Lessner Nancy Shepherd Hannah Lu Observer Corps Chair TBD Gun Violence Prevention Hilary Glann Stacey Ashlund Social Media Rachel Kellerman Bella Daly VOTER and E-Blast Editors Hannah Lu Arati Periyannan Voter's Edge Clinton Lewis Meg Durbin Webmaster Rachel Kellerman Stay Informed! 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From Voter Recipient List Our mailing address is: League of Women Voters Palo Alto 3921 E Bayshore Rd Ste 209 Palo Alto, CA 94303-4303 Add us to your address book Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list. Questions? Please contact communications@lwvpaloalto.org. From:Yarkin, Genna (SFO - X56990) To:Lait, Jonathan Cc:Maclean, Chelsea M (SFO - X56979); John Favreau; Yang, Albert; Jeff.farwestern@gmail.com; Planning Commission; Council, City; HeUpdate Subject:Request for Inclusion as Housing Element Inventory Site - 3997 Fabian Way Date:Monday, March 6, 2023 2:11:28 PM Attachments:Letter to City re Housing Element Inventory Site - 3997 Fabian Way 3-6-2023.pdfExhibit A - Study Session Staff Report(191109968.1).pdf CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Good afternoon Jonathan, On behalf of Juno Realty Partners and working in partnership with Far Western Land and Investment Company, we are transmitting the enclosed letter requesting that all 6 parcels of land at 3997 Fabian Way (APNs 127-37-002, 127-37-003, 127-37-004, 127-37-005, 127-34-006, and 127-34-007) be included in the Housing Element's housing site inventory. At this time, some of the property is included but not all - the attached letter supports our request for all to be included. We understand that the City's Planning and Transportation Commission is holding a hearing to consider the Housing Element this Wednesday evening - we would also like to include the attached letter and its exhibit as public comment on that item, Agenda Item #3. Thank you very much for your attention to this matter, and please feel free to reach out with any questions. 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From:Aram James To:Binder, Andrew; Reifschneider, James; Wagner, April; Perron, Zachary; Barberini, Christopher; Foley, Michael;Michael Gennaco; Figueroa, Eric; Tony Dixon; Cecilia Taylor; Stump, Molly; Shikada, Ed; Sean Allen; JethroeMoore; Council, City; Julie Lythcott-Haims; Rebecca Eisenberg; Joe Simitian; Jeff Rosen; ladoris cordell; chuckjagoda; Jay Boyarsky; Vara Ramakrishnan; Josh Becker; Human Relations Commission; Enberg, Nicholas; GreerStone; Bains, Paul; Javier Ortega; Betsy Nash Subject:Cops why we can’t have bad apples by Chris Rock Date:Monday, March 6, 2023 12:23:46 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. https://www.sbs.com.au/topics/voices/culture/article/2020/06/01/clip-chris-rock-about-police- brutality-going-viral Shared via the Google app Sent from my iPhone From:Newton, Khafre (Analytical) To:Council, City Subject:Seeking FY 23 Electric Utility Financial Plan Date:Monday, March 6, 2023 11:40:32 AM Attachments:fy 22-26 Electric plan.pdf Some people who received this message don't often get email from khafre.newton@fitchratings.com. Learn whythis is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Hello, I hope this emails finds you well! My name is Khafre, and I work in the Public Finance Utilities Group at Fitch Ratings. While Fitch does not have a public rating on Palo Alto Electric Fund, we conduct an internal, financial analysis using Palo Alto Electric financial documents for analytical purposes. I am able to locate the FY 22 audit, the FY 2023 Water Utility Financial Plan but not able to do so for the updated version of the attached – FY 23 Electric Utility plan. Is this document available? Thank you, Khafre Confidentiality Notice: The information contained in this e-mail and any attachment(s) is confidential and for the use of the addressee(s) only. If you are not the intended recipient ofthis e-mail, do not duplicate or redistribute it by any means. Please delete this e-mail and any attachment(s) and notify us immediately. Unauthorized use, reliance, disclosure or copying ofthe contents of this e-mail and any attachment(s), or any similar action, is strictly prohibited. Fitch Ratings reserves the right, to the extent permitted by applicable law, to retain, monitorand intercept e-mail messages both to and from its systems. From:Javed A. Abbasi To:Council, City Subject:Important: Immediate Escalation is required to Mark Zuckerberg! – Priority = High, Impact = High, Urgency = Extremely High Date:Monday, March 6, 2023 10:09:06 AM Importance:High Some people who received this message don't often get email from javed@gisba.net. Learn why this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Hi,Important Note: This email is for Immediate Escalation to the senior most levelmanagement NOW! This important email will be part of the IT Industry's history. If this email is missed or overlooked, remember that history is in the making. This offer will be shifted toyour competitors within 48 hours.Why is this email important for the survival of Facebook RoBERTa? 1. This email reveals the weakness, internal working, and fakeness of ChatGPT, which Facebook RoBERTa can utilize to compete with its biggest rival.2. As per the helps desk rule, Priority = Impact x Urgency, So, in this case, for Facebook RoBERTa…Impact = HighUrgency = Extremely HighTherefore, for Facebook RoBERTa's senior management, this is a matter of survival and a Do or Die matter. It's like a “Now or Never”3. This saves jobs at Facebook RoBERTa at every level, so please read on. Is this email spam or a hoax?We will not provide links; just Google "ChatGPT in Hot Water." Please check it and come back because the matter is serious.Pause! You have already seen the issue, and this email is valid, so let's get serious about the subject.Why should you proceed to read this email? 1. ChatGPT myth is busted, and good news for Facebook RoBERTa: It is a goldenopportunity for Facebook RoBERTa to settle the score. ChatGPT is the biggest rival of Facebook RoBERTa, and this email will bust the myth and shell provide FacebookRoBERTa the advantage and the breathing time to refine your product. PythPeare has identified ChatGPT shortcomings, malpractices, deceitfulness, and false claims withrelevant evidence. Please google the "CHATGPT in hot water" video. 2. Time is running fast, and it's time to stop ChatGPT: As we have suffered from themalpractice of ChatGPT, we can help Facebook RoBERTa to be in a better position and do a lot of face-saving by revealing the malpractices of ChatGPT. What is Pythpeare's Claim? ChatGPT was trained using our system without informing us. We are confident that if you seethe pattern, you will hardly recognize any difference between our work and ChatGPT. If ChatGPT is also trained on other poetries, we are sure that a significant weightage, maybemore than 70%, is assigned to our methodology. If your team investigates, I'm sure they will increase the percentage but not decrease it. How would you help Facebook RoBERTa in fighting with ChatGPT?This email will help Facebook RoBERTa in the following way: 1. To bust the myth of ChatGPT and give an obvious advantage to Facebook RoBERTa.2. Will help Facebook RoBERTa to learn from the same source as ChatGPT (Obviously with our help)3. Investing in or acquiring PythPeare will enhance the future of Facebook RoBERTa's offering.4. PythPeare is a goldmine for Facebook RoBERTa: I'm the author of PythPeare, and Facebook RoBERTa can take advantage of our approach and the pattern as ChatGPTdid. What is the proposal?The proposal is as follows: 1. At this point, Facebook RoBERTa may need PythPeare more than we need FacebookRoBERTa. So taking advantage of our suffering and experience with ChatGPT malpractice is a win-win situation for PythPeare and Facebook RoBERTa. We wantFacebook RoBERTa to use its resources to expose ChatGPT, which has taken advantage of our system; we should join hands because our rivalry is the same, and ChatGPT hastaken full advantage of us without compensation. 2. ChatGPT is not a Pure AI, and we have the proof. Our story will help FacebookRoBERTa to inform the public using its resources. 3. Explore a win-win situation between Facebook RoBERTa and PythPeare. First, help ussell PythPeare we will help you define and refine your Facebook RoBERTa. We need Facebook RoBERTa to support us in selling PythPeare to the masses, and in return, wewill allow Facebook RoBERTa to learn from our methodology as ChatGPT did. 4. We are starting a new project for Mini MBA using the same methodology, andFacebook RoBERTa can learn from us as ChatGPT has done earlier. 5. We want the PythPeare movement to be part of Facebook RoBERTa so that we canfocus on more similar projects. Ultimately, if Facebook RoBERTa will not take advantage of this unique opportunity, it willbe a big regret in the future. If we get the deal from Facebook RoBERTa, we may not approach the competitors and may close the deal here. However, if you are not interested,Google, Alibaba, and Amazon must be interested. So, we want to first strike a deal with Facebook RoBERTa to acquire PythPeare and avoid the other competition to its advantage.Waiting for your response in case you are interested in discussing this further. Best Regards,Javed Abbasi Owner of PythPeare & GISBAContact: +966 56 971 6634 ---------------------------------------------------Additional Information for ReferenceWhat is PythPeare, and what is the relationship between ChatGPT and PythPeare? 1. PythPeare is an innovative way of teaching using poetry, and it was launched in November 2020. You can Google PythPeare and reach the site. We are not giving youURLs to prevent spam filters from blocking our email. Please google it. 2. PythPeare has a particular pattern that is a bit difficult but has been used to createcomplete Python training available on the teachable website since November 2020. 3. ChatGPT has copied the style and pattern of PythPeare without giving them any credit. Does ChatGPT recognize that they have followed PythPeare? ChatGPT knows that they followed PythPeare to create the pattern, and initially, theyrecognized it, but later when we asked them to recognize us for contribution, ChatGPT changed their response. This also shows a manual intervention in the background. ChatGPT isnot entirely AI but a hybrid model (proofs in the video). Many answers show emotions which are also non-AI intervention evidence.Can you explain in technical terms what has happened? Our pattern of rhyming, on which PythPeare training, website, and promo were built, wasderived from the quarantine approach, and the rhyming chosen is AABB. All of the stanzas were half or three fourth of the line. Certain words have refrained. All these are copied byChatGPT poetry which is generated by default. Therefore, this is what we think that this is not ChatGPT, but it is CheatGPT. We are sure and have sufficient evidence that ChatGPT hasused our approach and rules to write the poems without giving us credit. In addition, our investigation discovered many shortcomings in ChatGPT, which will significantly benefitFacebook RoBERTa. From:Aram James To:Binder, Andrew; Reifschneider, James; Wagner, April; Perron, Zachary; Barberini, Christopher; Foley, Michael;Tannock, Julie; Figueroa, Eric; Council, City; Sean Allen; Jethroe Moore; Josh Becker; Rebecca Eisenberg;Shikada, Ed; Jeff Rosen; Joe Simitian; ladoris cordell; chuck jagoda; Jay Boyarsky; Julie Lythcott-Haims; HumanRelations Commission; Enberg, Nicholas; Greer Stone; Bains, Paul; Tony Dixon; Cecilia Taylor; Javier Ortega;Betsy Nash; Kaloma Smith Subject:EXCLUSIVE: Cops Slam Black Man When He Asks Them To Leave His Shop ( Cops acting like vile filthy slave catchers) Date:Sunday, March 5, 2023 9:57:54 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. 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Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: From: Aram James <abjpd1@gmail.com>Date: March 5, 2023 at 8:18:30 PM PSTTo: Aram James <abjpd1@gmail.com>Subject: EXCLUSIVE: Cops Slam Black Man When He Asks Them ToLeave His Shop https://youtu.be/y496FOojsw8 Sent from my iPhone From:Aram James To:Barberini, Christopher; Tannock, Julie; Enberg, Nicholas; Binder, Andrew; Reifschneider, James; Wagner, April;Perron, Zachary; Josh Becker; Shikada, Ed; Council, City; Jethroe Moore; Sean Allen; Julie Lythcott-Haims; JeffRosen; ladoris cordell; chuck jagoda; Jay Boyarsky; Joe Simitian; Rebecca Eisenberg; Michael Gennaco; HumanRelations Commission; Foley, Michael; Bains, Paul; Tony Dixon; Cecilia Taylor; Javier Ortega; Betsy Nash; KalomaSmith; Greer Stone; Shana Segal; Pat Burt; Angie Evans; Dave Price; Lydia Kou; Supervisor Susan Ellenberg;Emily Mibach; Braden Cartwright; Stump, Molly Subject:text of AB 742 the No Police Flesh Eating Canine Bill Date:Sunday, March 5, 2023 9:08:26 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links.https://legiscan.com/CA/text/AB742/2023 Shared via the Google app Sent from my iPhone From:Keith Ferrell To:Zero Waste Cc:Council, City; City Mgr Subject:Paper Shredding? Date:Sunday, March 5, 2023 7:13:06 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Hi,Is the city going to be sponsoring more paper shredding events like they have in the past? I see events for Sunnyvale and Mountain View residents, but have not seen anything for Palo Alto. Every one I've been to has been well attended, much busier than the hazardous waste events.(Although less frequent). Please schedule one as soon as possible. I have about a year's worth of paperwork piling up in my office waiting for the next one. ThanksKeith Ferrell From:Aram James To:Jeff Rosen; Jay Boyarsky; Josh Becker; Council, City; Sean Allen; Stump, Molly; Jethroe Moore; Julie Lythcott-Haims; Rebecca Eisenberg; Joe Simitian; Javier Ortega; Steve Preminger; Molly; Rob Baker; Roberta Ahlquist;Bains, Paul; peaceandjusticecenter@gmail.com; ladoris cordell; wilpf.peninsula.paloalto@gmail.com; chuckjagoda; Human Relations Commission; Kaloma Smith; Shikada, Ed; David Angel Subject:The Disturbing Groupthink Over the War in Ukraine Date:Sunday, March 5, 2023 5:29:29 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ https://theintercept.com/2023/03/03/russia-ukraine-war-weapons/ Sent from my iPhone From:Aram James To:Lydia Kou; Pat Burt; Julie Lythcott-Haims; Council, City; Sean Allen; Jethroe Moore; Josh Becker; Shikada, Ed;Stump, Molly; Shikada, Ed; Human Relations Commission; Rebecca Eisenberg; Joe Simitian; Supervisor SusanEllenberg; Supervisor Otto Lee; Cindy Chavez Subject:Housing still lags in spite of laws Date:Sunday, March 5, 2023 1:29:28 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ I saw this The Mercury News e-edition article on the The Mercury News e-edition app and thought you’d be interested. Housing still lags in spite of laws https://edition.pagesuite.com/popovers/dynamic_article_popover.aspx?guid=b0ccfd52-6785-42cf-ae69- f69c422a4a45&appcode=SAN252&eguid=9da05b09-3f38-4f69-97a6-8b175d857db5&pnum=4# For more great content like this subscribe to the The Mercury News e-edition app here: Sent from my iPhone From:Aram James To:Lydia Kou; Tanaka, Greg; Julie Lythcott-Haims; Council, City; Sean Allen; Binder, Andrew; Reifschneider, James;Wagner, April; Shikada, Ed; Josh Becker; Rebecca Eisenberg; Joe Simitian; Jethroe Moore; ladoris cordell; chuckjagoda; Jay Boyarsky; Human Relations Commission; Dave Price; Emily Mibach; Braden Cartwright; DianaDiamond; jdong@paweekly.com; Gennady Sheyner; Sue Dremann; Cecilia Taylor; Betsy Nash;citycouncil@mountainview.gov; Clerk, City; Jeff Rosen; Enberg, Nicholas; Michael Gennaco; Bains, Paul; JavierOrtega; Tony Dixon; Kaloma Smith; Pat Burt; Shana Segal; Perron, Zachary; Angie Evans; Vicki Veenker;Supervisor Susan Ellenberg; EPA Today; Ed Lauing; Stump, Molly Subject:Bay Area police stockpiling military-grade weaponry Date:Sunday, March 5, 2023 1:24:30 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ To: The City Council of Palo Alto From: Aram James Re: Today’s front page article in the San Jose Mercury News: BAY AREA POLICE STOCKPILING MILITARY-GRADE WEAPONRY *** This issue requires and action item on an upcoming agenda. ****. PLEASE DON’T LET OUR CITY MANAGER ED SHIKADA BURY THIS ITEM ON THE AGENDA UNTIL LATE AT NIGHT - IN AN ATTEMPT TO LIMIT PUBIC IMPUT. TRANSPARENCY ON THIS ITEM IS CRITICAL: Read in advance AB 481 Be aware of the 2022 California Assembly Bill AB 481 that requires ALL police departments to annually ( first reports due in May) report their entire inventory of military equipment -how the department used their stockpile of weapons in the last year -and ask elected officials explicit permission before obtaining any new military hardware. I saw this The Mercury News e-edition article on the The Mercury News e-edition app and thought you’d be interested. Bay Area police stockpiling military-grade weaponry https://edition.pagesuite.com/popovers/dynamic_article_popover.aspx?guid=b59ff2fb-b3a6-4839-8a00- 544f3725fbb7&appcode=SAN252&eguid=9da05b09-3f38-4f69-97a6-8b175d857db5&pnum=1# For more great content like this subscribe to the The Mercury News e-edition app here: Sent from my iPhone From:Karen Holman To:Council, City; Shikada, Ed; Eggleston, Brad; Anderson, Daren Subject:Re: San Francisquito Creek Date:Sunday, March 5, 2023 12:10:45 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Doncha just hate autocorrect….San Francisquito Creek, not San Francisquito Week, altho maybe a good thought when we get to the end of this multi-year project. On Mar 5, 2023, at 12:07 PM, Karen Holman <kcholman@sbcglobal.net> wrote: Good news. I have the honor of serving on the San Francisco Bay Restoration Authority Board, and Item 13 on our agenda this past Friday, the 3rd, was consideration offunding to advance the San Francisquito Creek project. Strategy to Advance Flood Protection, Ecosystems and Recreation along SanFrancisco Bay (SAFER Bay) Project (Augmentation)(Action) Consideration and possible authorization to disburse up to $3,980,000 to the SanFrancisquito Creek Joint Powers Authority to augment the grant previously authorized by the Authority to conduct planning, perform data collection andanalysis, develop design plans, and prepare program-level and project-level California Environmental Quality Act documentation for the Strategy to AdvanceFlood Protection, Ecosystems and Recreation along San Francisco Bay (SAFER Bay) Project in San Mateo County. More information can be found here: https://www.sfbayrestore.org/sites/default/files/2023-02/Item%2013_SAFER%20Bay%20Staff_March%203%202023.pdf The board quickly and unanimously approved the project. Best, Karen From:Karen Holman To:Council, City; Shikada, Ed; Eggleston, Brad; Anderson, Daren Subject:San Francisquito Week Date:Sunday, March 5, 2023 12:09:31 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Good news. I have the honor of serving on the San Francisco Bay Restoration Authority Board, and Item 13 on our agenda this past Friday, the 3rd, was consideration of funding to advance the SanFrancisquito Creek project. Strategy to Advance Flood Protection, Ecosystems and Recreation along San FranciscoBay (SAFER Bay) Project (Augmentation)(Action) Consideration and possible authorization to disburse up to $3,980,000 to the San FrancisquitoCreek Joint Powers Authority to augment the grant previously authorized by the Authority to conduct planning, perform data collection and analysis, develop design plans, and prepareprogram-level and project-level California Environmental Quality Act documentation for the Strategy to Advance Flood Protection, Ecosystems and Recreation along San Francisco Bay(SAFER Bay) Project in San Mateo County. More information can be found here: https://www.sfbayrestore.org/sites/default/files/2023- 02/Item%2013_SAFER%20Bay%20Staff_March%203%202023.pdf The board quickly and unanimously approved the project. Best, Karen From:Jennifer Landesmann To:Council, City Subject:staff report leaves out key parts of the history of the airport, relevant to sustainability concerns Date:Saturday, March 4, 2023 8:57:12 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Council, Courtesy of the Palo Alto Weekly, and Sky Posse Palo Alto, please see two historical summaries which provide a more complete picture of the airport and are also consistent witheach other. Summary by Palo Alto Weekly Summary on the Sky Posse website on the history of Goddard airport The parts that the staff report left out are as follows: The airport was created for Norman A. Goddard, who ran Stanford's Palo Alto Schoolof Aviation. The airport was called Goddard Airport. Residents were worried about 3 things: 1) The runway of the Goddard airport waspositioned between Escondido Elementary and Paly; 2) Landings had to skim over the roofs located in College Terrace, and 3) noise generation. Concurrently - residents petitioned to move the airport and got the US Commerce Department to approve the Embarcadero site.Stanford didn't want to move the site, so in 1934 residents filed a lawsuit to force the airport to move off Stanford land because of noise. Other parts of the airport's history: the current Embarcadero site was originally San Mateo in 1954 San Mateo paid $46,000 for construction of a new runway, the FAA paid $133,000 for more developmentin 1963 San Mateo County's boundaries changed and PAO then located in Santa Clara County, the county paid thee $46,000 back to San Mateo By leaving out the above parts in the staff report, the City staff denies a fundamental concern that residents have had with the airport since it began - noise and the people and children who are affected. In more recent history, in 1983 East Palo Alto incorporated and began to grow. There are now schools and many people affected yet the behaviour of the FAA and aviation folks has been defiant and refuse to consider the people affected by the airport's operations as stakeholders. The ugliest part of PAO's history is how the City of Palo Alto was non- transparent in the transition and plans surrounding the 2014 council actions. I can share from personal experience that 2014 was a year when I had never even heard that Palo Alto had an airport but was made aware of it because of all the SFO mess. As we tried to learn what was going on with SFO's landing patterns, and even met with the city on noise issues, the City had nothing to say to us about PAO. Yet in the dead of Summer, it committed to all sorts of things that should have had much more public scrutiny and light. What we have learned since about airport governance is not good. One thing we know is howaviation reports and consultant opinions are not even close to understanding environmental impacts and use flawed or misleading data (especially in 2014 which is before Palo Altoresidents uncovered how flawed the FAA's methods are as regards understanding noise). The City itself has taken positions on noise to challenge the FAA which were not even raised in thestaff report. Such as the issue of metrics and measurements. If the City actually cares about sustainability, the word that should stand out is balance. The staff report is instead a one-way megaphone about everything but the real stakeholders, thepeople of Palo Alto and East Palo Alto. When you have no balance in your basic analysis, everything else is flawed. Interestingly, the SFO Roundtable invokes in each of their meetingsthat they are on Ohlone land, I suppose to invoke sustainability. PAO is also on Ohlone land, and the people who surround the airport today still care deeply about the human and naturalenvironment. Seems to me that the people who do not have airport interests need to design the information that we want to see about the airport. Unlike 2014, much more is available to study airports. I encourage you to be curious about thefederal laws and policies. For example, while much is said about federal preemption, Foster City did a legal study where it was learned that when an airport and a community agree oncertain things to be neighborly, it can supersede federal law. Federal policies are also changing because the assumptions behind the current FAA regulations about airports and communitieshave been proven to be wrong by the FAA's own scientific studies. You should above all understand what you are signing up for with every single issue on PAO and last but not leastprioritize safety. Just last week, in a Nextgen Advisory Committee meeting it was mentioned how the protocols for new entrants are unknown. When anything is "unknown," you shouldplease not be signing up for it. Thank you, Jennifer From:Aram James To:Binder, Andrew; Barberini, Christopher; Josh Becker; Shikada, Ed; ladoris cordell; Sean Allen; Jethroe Moore;Julie Lythcott-Haims; Council, City; dennis burns; Reifschneider, James; Perron, Zachary; Joe Simitian; RebeccaEisenberg; Wagner, April; chuck jagoda; Dave Price; Gennady Sheyner; Jay Boyarsky; Human RelationsCommission; Enberg, Nicholas; Greer Stone; Michael Gennaco; Bains, Paul; Tony Dixon; Cecilia Taylor; JavierOrtega; Kaloma Smith; Betsy Nash; Pat Burt; Shana Segal; Angie Evans; Jeff Rosen; Lydia Kou; Vicki Veenker;Supervisor Susan Ellenberg; Ed Lauing Subject:Plymouth Police K-9 shot and killed by handler following alleged attack – Boston 25 News Date:Saturday, March 4, 2023 4:56:51 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ Another one Andrew!! https://www.boston25news.com/news/local/plymouth-police-k-9-shot-by- handler/2CUV5C3WSJBCRM4PXYAQ2RW3TI/ Sent from my iPhone From:Aram James To:Binder, Andrew; Lauing, Ed; Shikada, Ed; Jethroe Moore; ladoris cordell; Julie Lythcott-Haims; Josh Becker; SeanAllen; Council, City; dennis burns; DuJuan Green; Reifschneider, James; Wagner, April; Jeff Rosen; Joe Simitian;chuck jagoda; Jay Boyarsky; Human Relations Commission; Dave Price; Emily Chapman; Braden Cartwright;Council, City; Veenker, Vicki; Greer Stone; Enberg, Nicholas; Michael Gennaco; Bains, Paul; Tony Dixon; CeciliaTaylor; Javier Ortega; Kaloma Smith; Betsy Nash; Shana Segal; Pat Burt; Angie Evans; Perron, Zachary; LydiaKou; Rebecca Eisenberg; Supervisor Susan Ellenberg Subject:State police K9 bites Detroit police officer during chase of carjack suspect Date:Saturday, March 4, 2023 4:50:13 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ They just keep coming: https://www.fox2detroit.com/news/state-police-k9-bites-detroit-police-officer-during-chase-of-carjack-suspect Sent from my iPhone From:Aram James To:Binder, Andrew; Sean Allen; Shikada, Ed; Julie Lythcott-Haims; Jethroe Moore; Council, City; Wagner, April;Barberini, Christopher; Reifschneider, James; Joe Simitian; ladoris cordell; Rebecca Eisenberg; Jeff Rosen; RobBaker; chuck jagoda; Jay Boyarsky; Human Relations Commission; Enberg, Nicholas; Greer Stone; MichaelGennaco; Bains, Paul; Tony Dixon; Cecilia Taylor; Javier Ortega; Kaloma Smith; Betsy Nash; Shana Segal; DavePrice Subject:Police Dog Bites Cop For Attacking Teenager Date:Saturday, March 4, 2023 4:44:11 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ Binder & Shikada take a look! https://youtu.be/JTm1kjDeAqU Sent from my iPhone From:Aram James To:Binder, Andrew; Sean Allen; Perron, Zachary; Jethroe Moore; Reifschneider, James; ladoris cordell; Wagner,April; Julie Lythcott-Haims; Barberini, Christopher; dennis burns; Kevin Jensen; Josh Becker; Council, City;Rebecca Eisenberg; Shana Segal; David Angel; Rob Baker; Tony Dixon; Cecilia Taylor; Jeff Rosen; Joe Simitian;chuck jagoda; Jay Boyarsky; Human Relations Commission; Enberg, Nicholas; Greer Stone; Michael Gennaco;Bains, Paul; Javier Ortega; Kaloma Smith; Betsy Nash; Pat Burt Subject:VIDEO: Santa Fe police officer suing his own department after K9 attacks face Date:Saturday, March 4, 2023 4:32:51 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ They just keep coming while Binder & Shikada turn a blind eye. Who in our city council will be the first to speak out against this madness and support AB 742 -that would ban flesh eating police canines? https://www.krqe.com/news/new-mexico/video-santa-fe-officer-sues-city-department-after-a-k-9-attacks-face/ Sent from my iPhone From:Aram James To:Sean Allen; DuJuan Green; dennis burns; KEVIN JENSEN Cc:Lydia Kou; Greer Stone; Council, City Subject:Fresno Police officer shoots, kills K-9 partner after dog attacks him( according to Andrew Binder and his minionssay police canines are NOT dangerous-Binder is fooling no one) Date:Saturday, March 4, 2023 4:21:44 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.________________________________ >> Cop shoots and kills his own police dog and is seriously injured by his purposely-intentionally -weaponizedcanine. In Andrew Binder’s upside down model of policing this police canine attack is just fine.>> Binder & Shikada need to be fired and if our city council stands by while the PAPD refuses to change and refusesto ask the hard questions of our city manager and police department they too will be complicit in any crimesmembers of the PAPD commit in the future. Time to speak up and ask the hard questions about a police departmentwith a long and vile history of discriminatory policing.>> aram>>> https://www.visaliatimesdelta.com/story/news/2022/01/04/fresno-police-officer-shoots-kills-k-9-partner-after-dog-attacks-him/9096791002/ > >> Sent from my iPhone From:Aram James To:Barberini, Christopher; Tannock, Julie; Enberg, Nicholas; Wagner, April; Binder, Andrew; Council, City; Shikada,Ed; Sean Allen; Julie Lythcott-Haims; Diana Diamond; Dave Price; Gennady Sheyner; Diana Diamond;Reifschneider, James; Wagner, April; DuJuan Green; dennis burns; Kevin Jensen; Rebecca Eisenberg; JoshBecker; Jethroe Moore; Jeff Rosen; Joe Simitian; ladoris cordell; chuck jagoda; Human Relations Commission;Greer Stone; Michael Gennaco; Bains, Paul; Tony Dixon; Cecilia Taylor; Javier Ortega; Betsy Nash; KalomaSmith; Pat Burt; Shana Segal; Angie Evans; Perron, Zachary; Lydia Kou; Vicki Veenker; Supervisor SusanEllenberg; Ed Lauing; Jay Boyarsky; Cindy Chavez; Emily Mibach; Braden Cartwright; EPA Today; Stump, Molly;Vara Ramakrishnan Subject:Fla. K-9 fatally shot after attacking deputy Date:Saturday, March 4, 2023 4:19:24 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ Another unprovoked attack on a police officer by a police canine with serous injuries resulting. In the Binder and Shikada world this is apparently just part of the cost of doing business. Aram “Ban flesh eating police canines now” James https://www.police1.com/officer-shootings/articles/fla-k-9-fatally-shot-after-attacking-deputy-iLCexlieB6rLjCW4/ Sent from my iPhone From:Art Liberman To:Council, City Cc:City Mgr Subject:E-bike ban on the Improved unpaved trails in the Baylands Date:Saturday, March 4, 2023 3:35:04 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. The majority of Council Members made a mistake last week when you (Stone, Lauing, Burt, Kou, and Veenker) voted to ban e-bikes from the improved unpaved trails in the Baylands. I say this for two interrelated reasons – the first is enforcement. I can assure you that my e-bike riding cohorts in my senior cycling group will not ride on the unpaved trails in the Baylands, but I wonder how the City will enforce this ban. A group from PABAC proposed a year long trial on the Adobe Creek Loop Trail. This trail, open for many years to cyclists, is a favorite of mountain cyclists one of whosefavorite activity is to ride heavy fat tire bikes at high speed on bumpy trails Here’s a link to Trailforks , mountain bike website, that lists this trail: Adobe Creek Loop Trail Trail at I doubt that a few signs will deter those who are determined to ride their e-bikes on these trails. And they are the kind of folks who ride their e-bikes at high speed, so how will the City enforce a speed limit? The second reason you erred is that this trail does not go through sensitive native habitat. Yet you voted for the Parks and Recreation proposal which, as Commission Chair Greenfield said in his discussion, pitted “community recreation versus habitat and wildlife protection”. There’s a very popular mountain bike feature, the bowl, that is alongside the trail. Here’s a link to a google map that shows ‘the bowl’. Adobe Creek Loop Trail Trail at Adobe Creek Loop Trail is a 4 km less popular green mixed familyfriendly trail located near Mountain View Calif... https://goo.gl/maps/UjnR6t3fovfUgSPt7 If you have been out on the Adobe Creek Loop Trail, you would realize that it isn't a place where, as Councilmember Lauing said, he would "stop and focus on a bird or a snake or a bug and my nose is down in the weeds.“ If you stopped along this trail, somewhere in the area of the bowl, you might see this instead (the title erroneouslylists this being in Mountain View's Shoreline Park): A nature BMX bike track | Have you been the BOWL?? A hidden bike track in Shoreline park I thank you for your consideration and for your service to the City of Palo Alto, but I remain deeply disappointed by your flawed decision making. Art Liberman, Palo Alto resident member,PABAC A nature BMX bike track | Have you been theBOWL?? A hidden bike track i... From:Aram James To:Pat Burt; Julie Lythcott-Haims; Council, City; Barberini, Christopher; Binder, Andrew; Shikada, Ed; Sean Allen;Josh Becker; Wagner, April; Reifschneider, James; Perron, Zachary; Joe Simitian; Josh Becker; Lydia Kou;Tanaka, Greg; Greer Stone; Jeff Rosen; Tony Dixon; Cecilia Taylor; Betsy Nash; GRP-City Council;citycouncil@mountainview.gov; Human Relations Commission; Foley, Michael Subject:Bill would ban flesh eating police canines Date:Saturday, March 4, 2023 10:27:05 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ https://www.postnewsgroup.com/new-assembly-bill-would-ban-use-of-police-canines-for-arrests-crowd- control/amp/ Sent from my iPhone From:Aram James To:Sean Allen; Binder, Andrew; Shikada, Ed; Council, City; Julie Lythcott-Haims; Jethroe Moore; ladoris cordell; JoshBecker; Joe Simitian; Wagner, April; Jeff Rosen; Reifschneider, James; Human Relations Commission; ShanaSegal; Angie Evans; Tony Dixon; Cecilia Taylor; Betsy Nash; bob nunez; Figueroa, Eric; Michael Gennaco; Foley,Michael; Molly Subject:Deputy gangs a "cancer" within the Los Angeles County Sheriff"s Department, scathing report says Date:Friday, March 3, 2023 6:44:59 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna73367 Sent from my iPhone From:Aram James To:Sean Allen; Jethroe Moore; Council, City; Julie Lythcott-Haims; Bains, Paul; Rebecca Eisenberg; Josh Becker; JoeSimitian; Shikada, Ed; Binder, Andrew; Reifschneider, James; Perron, Zachary; Wagner, April; VaraRamakrishnan; Angie Evans; Shana Segal; Greer Stone; Lauing, Ed; Jeff Rosen; Jay Boyarsky; Dave Price; chuckjagoda; Human Relations Commission; Enberg, Nicholas; Michael Gennaco Subject:Scott Adams Echoes White America’s Resentful History of “Helping” Others Date:Friday, March 3, 2023 6:40:13 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ https://theintercept.com/2023/02/27/scott-adams-dilbert-racism/ Sent from my iPhone From:Aram James To:Council, City; ladoris cordell; Sean Allen; Julie Lythcott-Haims; Bains, Paul; Kevin Jensen; dennis burns; Binder,Andrew; Josh Becker; Rebecca Eisenberg; Shikada, Ed; Joe Simitian; Jeff Rosen; Jay Boyarsky; Kou, Lydia;Jethroe Moore; Cecilia Taylor; Shana Segal; Angie Evans; Dave Price Subject:Out of work: Beloved San Jose reverend faces uphill climb Date:Friday, March 3, 2023 6:02:21 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. NewsBreakUsed by over 45 million people Open APP Out of work: Beloved San Jose reverend faces uphill climb San José Spotlight I found this on NewsBreak: Out of work: Beloved San Jose reverend faces uphill climb Click to read the full story Sent from my iPhone Dear Aram, There has never been a more important time to come together against Israeli apartheid. As the new Jewish supremacist Israeli government continues to escalate violence against the Palestinian people, we need you to join the movement dedicated to justice and freedom for all. From:Aram James To:Lauing, Ed; Josh Becker; Jeff Rosen; Jay Boyarsky; Josh Becker; Council, City; Jethroe Moore; Sean james;Stump, Molly; Rob Baker; Shana Segal; Angie Evans; Vara Ramakrishnan; Jack Ajluni; Salem Ajluni; Ann Ravel;Binder, Andrew; Julie Lythcott-Haims; Rebecca Eisenberg; Joe Simitian; Supervisor Susan Ellenberg; Shikada, Ed;Figueroa, Eric; Michael Gennaco; Reifschneider, James Subject:City council-members et al: will you join IJV and add your voice to the movement? Date:Friday, March 3, 2023 4:59:38 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Join now Just this week, one of the most senior members of Netanyahu’s government said that Israel should “wipe out” the Palestinian town of Huwara in the West Bank. As our statement yesterday madeclear, this is but one example of a violent trajectory that Israel has been on for years. And makes the need for us to mobilize everyone who doesn't condone this growing trend more pressing than ever. The topic of Israel has long been divisive within our families, schools, religious spaces, and other community circles. But it isbecoming increasingly clear to many that the Israeli government’s sharp turn to the right can only translate into more violence against Palestinians. The time has come to speak out and say “not in our name”. 2022 was the deadliest year for Palestinians in theWest Bank since 2004. With Israel already on track to break its record in 2023, standing by idly is no longer an option. Jewish tradition commands action in the face of injustice, and together we can do more than on our own. Joining IJV sends a clear message that you will not allow these atrocities to be perpetrated in your name. As an IJV member or supporter, youcan get involved locally, and nationally in campaigns like Together Against Apartheid and No IHRA. Our work doesn't stop there. By joining, you choose to stand with us in solidarity with Indigenous Peoples of Turtle Island, Muslim and Black communities, and everyone who faces racism and colonialism. This work spans years, and we need you, Aram, tocontinue building a flourishing, joyous, liberated movement that stands for freedom and dignity for all. The time to remain silent is long past. Join us, and let your voice be heard. In solidarity, Join us today! Tamara Filyavich, Membership Engagement Coordinator at Independent Jewish Voices Canada tamara@ijvcanada.org PO Box 30087 RPO Woodbine Heights 1500 Woodbine Avenue Toronto, ON M4C 5J2 Canada Unsubscribe from this list View in your browser From:Aram James To:Sean Allen; Jethroe Moore; Julie Lythcott-Haims; Bains, Paul; Binder, Andrew; Council, City; Josh Becker;Rebecca Eisenberg; Shikada, Ed; Joe Simitian; Jeff Rosen; Wagner, April; Reifschneider, James; chuck jagoda;Jay Boyarsky; Enberg, Nicholas; Figueroa, Eric; Michael Gennaco; Shana Segal; Angie Evans; Stump, Molly;Molly; Human Relations Commission; Greer Stone; Karen Holman; Josh Becker;Assemblymember.Berman@assembly.ca.gov Subject:When the Supreme Court Forces You to Admit That Gun Control is Racist Date:Friday, March 3, 2023 4:45:27 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ https://youtu.be/6aworqZ6HKY Sent from my iPhone From:LWV of Palo Alto To:Council, City Subject:March 6 special meeting: Action Item 10-- public comment Date:Friday, March 3, 2023 11:36:10 AM Attachments:sensitiveplaceord.docx Some people who received this message don't often get email from lwvpaoffice@gmail.com. Learn why this isimportant CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. The League of Women Voters of Palo Alto supports the emergency ordinance banning firearms in sensitive places. The League requests that "sensitive places" be expanded toinclude all places where people assemble to practice democracy and houses of worship. Our letter is attached. -- League of Women Voters of Palo Alto 3921 E. Bayshore Road Palo Alto, CA 94303 Phone: (650) 903-0600 Web: www.lwvpaloalto.org Facebook: www.facebook.com/PaloAltoLeague/ Twitter: www.twitter.com/lwvpaloalto From:Joel Davidson To:Council, City; pwecips Cc:webmaster@paloaltoonline.com Subject:El Camino Real paving Date:Friday, March 3, 2023 10:57:38 AM [Some people who received this message don't often get email from joelscottd@gmail.com. Learn why this is important at https://aka.ms/LearnAboutSenderIdentification ] CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clickingon links.________________________________ To Whom it may concern,I live at Barron Square condo and townhouse complex (504 Thain Way). I have been concerned about the ElCamino Real for over 3 years.It is a driving disaster. Potholes, uneven paving, detritus of rocks and sand, has made me spend $800 dollars fornew shocks and more recently my windshield got damaged by being plastered by sand and rocks by a truck drivingin the first lane. You can see a dust of rocks and sand in the air when cars or trucks drive on El Camino Real fromOregon Expressway to San Antonio Road. I have reported this to the City of Palo Alto and the County of SantaClara over three years ago. Palo Alto response was that is a county road and not our responsibility. County ofSanta Clara stated that it might get done by 2024. I know that the Infrastructure bill by Biden gave lots of money tohave these roads fixed. Could somebody take responsibility and get El Camino Real paved and fixed in Palo Alto?I would appreciate a response.Thank you,Joel DavidsonP.S. Mountain View and Menlo Park do not have the amount of mess that Palo Alto has. From:Aram James To:Shikada, Ed; Lauing, Ed; Tanaka, Greg; Julie Lythcott-Haims; Dave Price; Greer Stone; Lydia Kou; Council, City;Pat Burt; Lait, Jonathan; Diana Diamond Subject:Good and relevant quotes Greg Tanaka Date:Thursday, March 2, 2023 11:59:44 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ I saw this The Mercury News e-edition article on the The Mercury News e-edition app and thought you’d be interested. E-bike trail ban is divisive issue https://edition.pagesuite.com/popovers/dynamic_article_popover.aspx?guid=4f8b521e-391e-4c61-85a2- 552fc5fcf3d6&appcode=SAN252&eguid=f9f18012-1668-4cb8-b22c-2da5a4ba0047&pnum=1# For more great content like this subscribe to the The Mercury News e-edition app here: Sent from my iPhone From:Lisa Becks To:Council, City Cc:zshroff@lccrsf.org; edellapiana@lccrsf.org; bgreene@aclunc.org; JDo@aclunc.org; al.pfeiffer@lw.com; Wesley.tiu@lw.com; joseph.lee@lw.com; regina.wang@lw.com; wfreeman@aclunc.org; sjwagers001@aol.com; jfriedenbach@cohsf.org; finance@cohsf.org; jhighsmith@cohsf.org; ijames@cohsf.org; MArnwine@aclunc.org; mcarrera@cohsf.org; qwatts@cohsf.org; eyoung@aclunc.org; LNelson@aclunc.org; avictory@aclunc.org; GZelphin@aclunc.org; cleroy@gibsondunn.com Subject:Homeless" Property taken in violation of 14th Amendment? Date:Thursday, March 2, 2023 10:52:34 PM Attachments:lawsuit.PNG Some people who received this message don't often get email from lisabecksa@yahoo.com. Learn why this isimportant CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. I read an article today in the Palo Alto Daily Post which described how Palo Alto Police are using extortion tactics to force homeless people to leave Palo Alto, [or face criminal consequences and the loss of their property] Hopefully someone will come to their aid and file a lawsuit against the city as even former Palo Alto Police Chief Dennis Burns stated homeless people are people too; “they are citizens, homelessness is not a crime, they have the same rights” (as everyone else….. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5BXL0tP5jo&t=18s Constitutional Limits to Abating Homeless Encampments, and Best Practices for a Cooperative Approach February 21, 2023 In addition to the Fourth Amendment violation in Lavan, the court also found a Fourteenth Amendment violation related to the immediate destruction of seized property because the City of Los Angeles had failed to provide the property owners with notice and a meaningful opportunity to be heard. The City argued it was impracticable to provide a pre-deprivation hearing when seizing property, and while the court agreed, it noted that “efficiency must take a backseat to constitutionally protected interests” and that Los Angeles’ interest in keeping its parks clean was outweighed by the plaintiffs’ interest of not having their personal property destroyed. Cities might also violate the substantive Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment if they place a person in a situation of known danger with deliberate indifference to their personal or physical safety. In Sacramento Homeless Union v. County of Sacramento (2022), unhoused individuals brought action against the county, city, and others, alleging they had been subjected to state-created danger in violation of federal and state constitutions by the clearing or sweeping of existing encampments during periods of extreme heat and by failing to open a sufficient number of cooling centers and other safe, air-conditioned locations. Relying on Kennedy v. Ridgefield (2006) (in which the court ruled that the government could be held liable for affirmatively, and with deliberate indifference, placing an individual in a dangerous situation they would not have otherwise faced), the federal court granted a preliminary injunction barring the City of Sacramento from clearing encampments. Relying on this state-created danger doctrine, federal district courts have likewise barred several cities from carrying out abatements during the height of the pandemic in Sausalito and Santa Cruz. https://www.smwlaw.com/2023/02/21/constitutional-limits-to-abating-homeless- encampments-and-best-practices-for-a-cooperative-approach/ City Can’t Immediately Seize and Destroy “Bulky” Items Belonging to the Homeless Without a Warrant or Notice https://www.bbklaw.com/news-events/insights/2020/legal-alerts/04/city-cant-seize-bulky-items-from-homeless-without Suit threatened over Palo Alto city's car-camping ban https://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/2013/11/18/suit-threatened-over-citys-car- camping-ban From:Tran, Joanna To:Council, City Cc:Executive Leadership Team Subject:Council Consent Question: Item 5 (3/6/23) Date:Thursday, March 2, 2023 7:40:48 PM Attachments:image001.pngimage003.pngimage004.pngimage006.pngimage007.pngimage008.pngimage002.png Dear Mayor and Councilmembers, On behalf of City Manager Ed Shikada, please view the following links below for the amended agenda and staff responses to questions from Councilmembers Tanaka for Monday night’s Council Meeting: March 6 Amended Agenda Staff responses to Item 5 Thank you, Joanna Joanna Tran Executive Assistant to the City Manager Office of the City Manager (650) 329-2105 | joanna.tran@cityofpaloalto.org www.cityofpaloalto.org From:Aram James To:Pat Burt; Greer Stone; Shana Segal; Angie Evans; Julie Lythcott-Haims; Binder, Andrew; Sean Allen; JethroeMoore; Shikada, Ed; Rebecca Eisenberg; Council, City; Josh Becker; Javier Ortega; Wagner, April; Reifschneider,James; Jeff Rosen; Joe Simitian; ladoris cordell; chuck jagoda; Jay Boyarsky; Enberg, Nicholas; Michael Gennaco;Bains, Paul; Kaloma Smith; Tony Dixon; Cecilia Taylor; Betsy Nash; Human Relations Commission; Perron,Zachary; Supervisor Susan Ellenberg; Lydia Kou; Ed Lauing Subject:CO Police Slam Handcuffed Man To Hospital Floor ( this brutal cop should be behind bars) !!!!! Date:Thursday, March 2, 2023 7:01:27 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ https://youtu.be/vCwF38dkPAk Sent from my iPhone From:Bhanu Iyer To:Council, City Subject:Letter To Palo Alto City Council Members Re. Rezoning Application 23PLN-27 Date:Thursday, March 2, 2023 6:11:32 PM Some people who received this message don't often get email from bhanuiyer9@gmail.com. Learn why this isimportant CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear City Council Member, Re: Rezoning Application 23PLN-27 This is a real estate deal gone wrong. The seller misled the buyer about the use of the land. This should not have even been brought up before the City Council. The property address of the plot was changed to 700 Ellsworth Place, which does not exist. Historically the correct address is 702 Ellsworth Pl., and information about 702 Ellsworth Pl is available in the city records and dates back to 1937 and earlier. The correct address of 702 Ellsworth Place, on https://www.sccassessor.org/online- services/property-search/real-property website, shows parcel 127-35-152 aa a parking lot, and further research shows that it is under “Zoning District PC-2343”. We are vehemently opposed to the development of this property and changes to lifting the current Zoning District PC-2343 from this plot for safety concerns and the increase in density to an already tight and problematic parking situation. Sincerely, Bhanu Iyer Bhanu Iyer Homeowner 712 Ellsworth Pl Palo Alto From:Kelly Hautala To:Council, City Subject:Clarification on e-bikes and access to open space Date:Thursday, March 2, 2023 4:55:13 PM Some people who received this message don't often get email from kthautala@sbcglobal.net. Learn why this isimportant CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Hello City Council, I have been following the recent changes in banning e-bikes in the Baylands Nature Preserve. As an avid e-bike rider, I am disappointed that access is being restricted. I do not understand why an e-bike would be restricted on trails that allow other types of bikes, but will abide by riding only on paved trials if this is what has been decided. I believe some education needs to be done with your staff who work in these areas. Today a friend told me that a Park Ranger at Baylands told him e-bikes are not allowed on even the paved trails - this is not my understanding. I read that only theunpaved trails are off limits - can you please clarify? Also a Park Ranger at Foothills Open Space Preserve recently told me that e-bikes are banned from the entire park, including the paved asphalt road for motorized carsand trucks. This makes no sense whatsoever. So I can drive my car into the park, but not my e-bike? I know that unpaved trails have always been off limits to all bikers, and this makes sense to me. Lots of confusion - can you please clarify? Hopefully signage will be posted soon so it is clear to all. Thank you,Kelly Hautala From:Aram James To:Jeff Rosen; Jay Boyarsky; jessicab@jvalley.org; Josh Becker; Assemblymember.Berman@assembly.ca.gov; Anna Griffin; LydiaKou; Gennady Sheyner; Sue Dremann; Bill Johnson; Diana Diamond; Jason Green; Penni Wilson; Veenker, Vicki Cc:GRP-City Council; citycouncil@mountainview.gov; Clerk, City; Rob Baker; Lauing, Ed Subject:California Reparations Task Force Meets March 3-4 in Sacramento Date:Thursday, March 2, 2023 4:50:53 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious ofopening attachments and clicking on links. Equal Justice Society web banner California Reparations Task Force Meets March 3-4 in Sacramento The Task Force to Study and Develop Reparations Proposals for African Americans meets tomorrow and Saturday,March 3-4, from 9am - 5pm PST, at theCalifornia Environmental ProtectionAgency (CalEPA), Byron Sher Auditorium,1001 I Street, Sacramento. The meeting will be live streamed at https://oag.ca.gov/ab3121. Read the meeting agenda and other materials at https://oag.ca.gov/ab3121/meetings. In May 2021, California Governor Gavin Newsom appointed EJS President Lisa Holder to serve on the first-of-its-kind Task Force to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans, formed by the Governor’s signing of AB 3121, authored by then- Assemblymember Shirley Weber. Lisa Holder and Assemblymember Reggie Jones Sawyer, Chair of the AssemblyPublic Safety Committee, are themembers of the advisory team forlegislative recommendations torehabilitate and center Black equity in thehousing and criminal justice systems. Othering & Belonging Institute Launches Reparations Resource Page The Othering & Belonging Institute, University of California, Berkeley, today announced a new online hub with resources from the California Task Force to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans. On this new page, the Institute gathered the complete collection of presentations and testimonies given before the California Reparations Task Force, which have been organized by topic because we think teachers, students, researchers, community activists and others will find incredible value in these videos and written statements. Taken as a whole, they shed light on the deep structural inequalities in America and illustrate how ongoing reparations efforts are necessary to address racial disparities. The Institute supports the mission of the Task Force and contributes in a variety of ways. One of our faculty cluster members, Dr. Jovan Scott Lewis, is one of nine members of the Task Force appointed by California's governor and the president pro tempore of the state senate. The Institute's director and assistant director of the Institute, john a. powell and Stephen Menendian, respectively, were among the 67 experts who shared witnesstestimonies. Other staff, including AyketaIverson, Sarah Crowell, and Christian Iveyhave collaborated with the Task Force tohost listening sessions that foster a spacefor community members to share stories about the hardships faced as Black Californians. Visit the site. DONATE Sent via ActionNetwork.org. To update your email address, change your name or address, or to stop receiving emails from Equal Justice Society, please click here. From:Charlie Weidanz To:Council, City Subject:Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce News & Updates - March 3, 2023 Date:Thursday, March 2, 2023 2:36:48 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. NEWS & UPDATES - MARCH 3, 2023 el Prado Hotel Wine Tasting Business Leadership Luncheon Spotlight: Miyagi Space ALPR Survey Stanford Blood March Madness Palo Alto Mediation Program Mark Your Calendar - 43rd Annual Tall Tree Awards Elevated Evenings at el PRADO Elevated Evenings at el PRADO March 9th | 6:00pm-8:00pm 520 Cowper St, Palo Alto Enjoy a curated wine tasting from Testarossa and Westlife Imports. Featuring live music in our new Tapas Bar. 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If you have questions or comments concerning this email or services in general, please contact us by email atinfo@paloaltochamber.com. From:how to se recipes To:Council, City Subject:increase in Managerial Salaries Date:Thursday, March 2, 2023 1:26:16 PM Some people who received this message don't often get email from mayoung632@gmail.com. Learn why this isimportant CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. The President of the USA makes $200K a year The City of Palo Alto has 642 employees and 200 Senior Managers! Come on, does this compute? Our City Council is frivolous, they do not consider the majority of issues the citizens of PA are dealing with. Do members of the Council support the ideas of their benefactors, rather than us? I don't think that $411K should be paid to the 4 managers in a department. When a employee is granted a Manager position, there should be a set limit of how many people a manager needs to manage to earn the status of "Manager". It's as simple as that. An employee should have one manager not more. Like 20 to manage? There are people within the City of Palo Alto who manage no one and are paid the Manager's salary. Not even mentioning the exceptional Medical Benefits. For 4 years the City Manager would not even meet with the SEIU to update salaries for the employees who make it all work. And then after a hefty raise, the Council gave him another raise just before he retired.!! What the hell. Also, how many Assistant City Managers does the City Manager have? We in Palo Alto live in a community that is unique. We must not forget the reality of our community, yes many wealthy hard working individuals who have started a business and are billionaires, rightfully so, and then there is the rest of us. I do not begrudge anyone, not those who live with Prop 13 or those that have much more thanmost. But we can not give our Managers salaries that will put the wellbeing of those on the bottom of the ladder more hardships. Give options or solutions without expending more funds. Mary Ann Young Sent from Mail for Windows From:Dilma Coleman To:Council, City; CityManagerOffice@ci.milpitas.ca.gov Subject:Fwd: King Of Pop ♡ on TikTok Santa Clara county DA Jeff Rosen choreograph (mimicked) the dance steps his ballet class at Esther"s Edgewood plaza Palo Alto CA had kosher dark meats+goat cheese+crackers Date:Thursday, March 2, 2023 1:16:40 PM Attachments:1737089b350ae5b18321e289813d6c2b.mp4 CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Dilma Coleman <dhappinessforever@gmail.com>Date: Thu, Mar 2, 2023, 12:56 PM Subject: King Of Pop ♡ on TikTok Santa Clara county DA Jeff Rosen choreograph(mimicked) the dance steps his ballet class at Esther's Edgewood plaza Palo Alto CA had kosher dark meats+goat cheese+crackers To: Dilma Coleman <dhappinessforever@gmail.com> Dear reader it's over there on the koshers. Rosen ain't Kosher because he pulled the trigger.Did Scott Grant (Pastor of Peninsula Bible Church) pulled the trigger on Matthew Flores(Applied Materials parking lot) in March 1994? Yes..Did Scott Grant blongeonged Scott Peterson? Yes. Whom can't stay in Pastor positions at Peninsula Bible Church? Rolana Smith+Scott Grant+ others are subject for dismissal including those non members who congregate at the Mosqueand other Synagogues. Best regards Dilma Andrea Coleman. From:Yahoo Mail.® To:Honky Subject:FLORIDA ASSEMBLY CALL-TO-ACTION ALERT Date:Thursday, March 2, 2023 4:14:36 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear FRA Members, Partners, and Colleagues, The Florida Republican Assembly Executive Board passed a “Ban The Jab Resolution” unanimously, which will be sent to Florida Governor Ron DeSantis office immediately. Also, we included the CDC Floridian Weekly Death Count, which is sourced and very disturbing | see attachments. Please CALL and EMAIL Governor DeSantis and Attorney General Ashley Moody as well as your state legislature and demand they “Ban The Jab Immediately” in pursuit of saving human lives. The life you save may be yours,so make the call and email! Florida Governor Ron DeSantis @ (850) 717-9337 Attorney General Ashley Moody @ 850-414-3300 Florida State Legislatures Directory Florida Senator Directory Please share with everyone you know! The life you save may be yours, so make the call and email! Thank you in advance for your valuable time, understanding, and cooperation. Sincerely, Frank Agamemnon From:Aram James To:Steve Preminger; Council, City; Julie Lythcott-Haims; Sean Allen; Binder, Andrew; Josh Becker; RebeccaEisenberg; Council, City; ladoris cordell; Pat Burt; Lewis. james; Dave Price; Bains, Paul; Jethroe Moore; JoeSimitian; Lauing, Ed; Jeff Rosen Subject:A History of California, Capitalism, and the World: Malcolm Harris on Ne... Date:Wednesday, March 1, 2023 9:32:31 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ https://youtu.be/j7jPzzjbVuk Sent from my iPhone From:Aram James To:Barberini, Christopher Cc:Julie Lythcott-Haims; citycouncil@mountainview.gov; Tanaka, Greg; Council, City; Sean Allen; Jethroe Moore; Lauing, Ed; Shikada, Ed; Human Relations Commission; Human Relations Commission; Kevin Jensen; dennis burns; Tony Dixon; Cecilia Taylor; Joe Simitian Subject:EXCLUSIVE: Cops Flip Driver"s Car, Release K-9 On Him, Beat Him Date:Wednesday, March 1, 2023 9:11:24 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.________________________________ https://youtu.be/IzUf1LOBqvc Sent from my iPhone From:Sue Glad and Tom Peterson To:Council, City Cc:Sue Glad and Tom Peterson Subject:E-bikes in the Baylands Date:Wednesday, March 1, 2023 8:13:08 PM [Some people who received this message don't often get email from gladpeterson@comcast.net. Learn why this is important at https://aka.ms/LearnAboutSenderIdentification ] CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clickingon links.________________________________ Dear Palo Alto City Council, We are writing to express our disappointment that e-bikes will be banned on unpaved trails in the Palo AltoBaylands. My wife and I are both over 70 years old, and my wife rides a Class 1 e-bike (the motor kicks in onlywhen she pedals). Her riding through the Baylands creates no more disturbance than if her bike were not electric-assist. Please consider the fact that not all e-bikes are the same, and that riders of Class 1 e-bikes, especially seniorslike we are, generate no more disturbance to life in the Baylands than any other riders. We are both avid environmentalists who enjoy the shorebirds, butterflies, and other wildlife in the Baylands. Wewould be deeply disappointed not to have access to the more extensive shore areas and wonderful views from thosebenches along the unpaved trails. Regards,Thomas Peterson and Susan Glad1850 Sand Hill RdPalo Alto From:Tony Ciampi To:Binder, Andrew; Stump, Molly; Council, City Subject:Bicycle Harassment Date:Wednesday, March 1, 2023 8:05:34 PM Attachments:trek bike.PNG bb 5.PNG bb 7.PNG binder 1.PNG binder 2.PNG pp 1.PNG binder 3.PNG bb 1.PNG bb 2.PNG bb 3.PNG bb 4.PNG binder 1.pdf CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Andrew Binder Palo Alto Police Chief Chief Binder, Attached is a warning I received affixed to my bicycle. Fact One: It is not abandoned. Fact Two: I purchased the bike from a local resident several years ago so if you think you are going to attempt to fabricate some kind of justification to wrongly incriminate me like your officers have repeatedly done for several years, please stop. https://corruptpaloaltopolice.weebly.com/false-arrest.html https://corruptpaloaltopolice.weebly.com/parham.html http://libertyless.weebly.com/ Details provided in my records request. Your officers are an extension of you. They only do what you direct them to do. You have now cost me 3 hours of my time to ensure that you do not continue to abuse your power. Please inform your subordinate officers to leave my property, my bike, alone. Thank you. Tony Ciampi Public Records Request about 20 hours ago W005096-022823 I found the attached warning of storing property affixed to my bicycle this morning. One my bike is claimed by me and therefore is not in violation of the ordinance. Two, the warning was soaking wet from the rain and crumbling apart. When your employees attach a warning to citizens' property they should ensure the warnings are weather proof. Three, please provide the full name of the employee that attached the warning to my bicycle. Not positive but the employee # appears to be 04807. I use my bike at least 340 days a year probably closer to 350, typically it is only on days that it is raining heavily that I do not use it. Additionally I have been locking up my bike[s] for 30 years like this in Palo Alto and this is the first time that I have ever received a warning of storing property. Lastly I see numerous bikes locked similarly and they do not receive storage warnings? Pleas provide the reason why the warning was attached to my bike. https://post.ca.gov/california-public-records-act-faqs https://www.calcities.org/docs/default-source/city-attorneys/the-people's-business.pdf? sfvrsn=f827f33f_3 Tony Ciampi From:sel lightahead.com To:Council, City; Amy.French@cityofpaloalto.com; Council, City; Kou, Lydia; kou.pacc@gmail.com; Burt, Patrick;Lauing, Ed; Tanaka, Greg; greg@gregtanaka.org; Veenker, Vicki; Stone, Greer; Lythcott-Haims, Julie Subject:Re: Your e-mail to City Council was received Date:Wednesday, March 1, 2023 7:14:39 PM Attachments:Palo Alto - Apartments 23PLN-00025 - SIGNED.pdf Some people who received this message don't often get email from sel@lightahead.com. Learn why this isimportant CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. I inadvertently attached the document without the signature page. Here is the complete one. Sorry! SEL From: Council, City <city.council@cityofpaloalto.org> Sent: Wednesday, March 1, 2023 6:22 PM To: sel lightahead.com <sel@lightahead.com> Subject: Your e-mail to City Council was received Thank you for your comments to the City Council. Your e-mail will be forwarded to all seven Council Members and a printout of your correspondence will also be included in the next available Council packet. If your comments are about an item that is already scheduled for a City Council agenda, you can call (650) 329-2571 to confirm that the item is still on the agenda for the next meeting. If your letter mentions a specific complaint or a request for service, we'll either reply with an explanation or else send it on to the appropriate department for clarification. We appreciate hearing from you. ------------------Cybersecurity safety note: Official emails from the City of Palo Alto typically end with @cityofpaloalto.org andthere are limited exceptions such as surveys or polls that may come from City consultants acting on the City’sbehalf. Though the City doesn’t often solicit donations, City partners, including local foundations such as thePalo Alto Art Center Foundation, Friends of the Palo Alto Library, and Friends of the Palo Alto Junior Museum &Zoo do send out fundraising communications. Please contact the appropriate City department or City CouncilMember to double check its legitimacy and never share personal information or other secure details via email. Contact City Departments: https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/City-Hall/Phone-Directory Contact City Council: https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/City-Hall/City-Council From:sel lightahead.com To:Amy.French@cityofpaloalto.com; Council, City; Kou, Lydia; kou.pacc@gmail.com; Burt, Patrick; Lauing, Ed;Tanaka, Greg; greg@gregtanaka.org; Veenker, Vicki; Stone, Greer; Lythcott-Haims, Julie Subject:Ellsworth Place Date:Wednesday, March 1, 2023 6:22:51 PM Attachments:Palo Alto - Apartments 23PLN-00025 - Google Docs.pdf Some people who received this message don't often get email from sel@lightahead.com. Learn why this isimportant CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. To the Mayor and City Council: Please see the attached letter regarding the File Number 23PLN-00025. The homeowners and most tenants on Ellsworth Place are in agreement and have signed the letter. We ask for this letter to be included in the packet being generated for the City Council meeting on March 13, 2023. Thank you for your consideration, Susan E. Light, MD From:Aram James To:Pat Burt; ladoris cordell; Julie Lythcott-Haims; Sean Allen; Jethroe Moore; peaceandjusticecenter@gmail.com; Stump, Molly; Molly; Shikada, Ed; Josh Becker; Rebecca Eisenberg; Joe Simitian; Dave Price; Emily Mibach; Braden Cartwright; Human Relations Commission;jdong@paweekly.com; Kaloma Smith; Tanaka, Greg; EPA Today Cc:Council, City Subject:You"re Invited: CADEM Black Caucus Strategy Session Date:Wednesday, March 1, 2023 12:15:06 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of openingattachments and clicking on links. March 1, 2023 Hi Pat,Health permitting I sincerely hope you and all other members of the city council will attend one of the belowlisted strategic sessions on the critical issue of reparations for African Americans. My call outs at numerous citycouncil meetings over the last few years, for Palo Alto to appoint their own commission to deal with thereparations issue, have mostly met with silence. The one exception being city council member Greg Tanakawho back in 2022 invited me to discuss the topic at one of his Sunday meetings. I believe the session was taped.If I am able to locate the video I will circulate our discussion to the entire city council and potentially interestedcommunity members. Certainly if they were interested in being part of such a Palo Alto focused reparationscommittee Judge LaDoris Cordell, journalists Loretta Green and the extraordinary Professor EmeritusClayborne Carson would be great choices for such a committee. No doubt there are many other qualifiedAfrican Americans, residents of Palo Alto, who could make a huge contribution to this discussion. I hope allcity council members will keep an open mind on taking action to form a Palo Alto focused reparationscommittee. Best regards, Aram James Hi Folks: Here is a chance to become involved in California’s powerful discussion on reparations. Ihope all of you will attend a session on this critical topic. Best regards, Aram James California Democratic Party Logo Democrats, Langston Hughes asked “What happens to a dream deferred?” in his poem “A Dream Deferred.” His words resonated with so many people because too many people know this feeling. For many Black Americans, this dream has been for a true reckoning for the injustice done to our community since Europeans enslaved our ancestors, forced them into ships, made them work, and treated them less than human….for centuries. In a country governed by the rule of law, that type of injustice is addressed. Sadly, the injustice against Black Americans has yet to be addressed fully. California Democrats are working to change that with a bill to create a task force to study and develop reparations proposals that was authored by then Assemblymember Shirley Weber, passed by both houses of the Democratic-controlled Legislature, and signed by Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom in September of 2020. By law, the Task Force must submit a report with recommendations to the Legislature by Jun 1, 2023. As Chair of the California Democratic Party Black Caucus, I want to make sure that as many Democrats as possible understand what is going on with regard to reparations and learn how they can make sure that reparations are delivered. While reparations cannot erase hundreds of years of enslavement, Jim Crow, racial segregation, lynching, underinvestment in communities, and more, it is one way we address injustice in a country ruled by law. Reparations will also go far in helping many Black Americans to realize their deferred dreams. The CADEM Black Caucus is excited to partner with the California Democratic Party and others to organize regional reparations strategy sessions. We will discuss the work of the Reparations Task Force, their recommendations, and what you can do to help make their recommendations real. The first session will be in Riverside, California on April 1st. We will have another session during our Convention in Los Angeles at the end of May, followed by one in Oakland in June, Sacramento in July, and San Diego in August. Please join us for one of these sessions and commit yourself to helping make the dream of reparations real for Black Americans. REGISTER TODAY Yes we can, Assemblymember Dr. Corey Jackson Chair, CADEM Black Caucus DONATE » Our Democratic leaders are working hard to make California a better place to live. From fighting for good-paying jobs, combating climate change, to expanding healthcare access so all Californians can lead safe, healthy, prosperous lives — California’s Democraticleaders turn progressive ideas into meaningful action. If this email was forwarded to you, please sign up for our email list here. We rely on email to communicate with supporters like you and conduct the business of theCalifornia Democratic Party, but if you wish to receive only our most important emails, let us know here to sign up for fewer emails. And if you no longer wish to receive emails from the California Democratic Party, click hereto unsubscribe. Paid for by the California Democratic Party | www.cadem.org | Notauthorized by any candidate or candidate committee. California Democratic Party 1830 9th StSacramento, CA 95811United States From:Richard Corny To:Council, City; Kou, Lydia Subject:What does the city council think will happen with Cal Ave? Date:Wednesday, March 1, 2023 12:09:23 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachmentsand clicking on links.________________________________ HelloI will continue to send pics of our dead street because I feel it’s important to be heard, especially whensomeone does something that affects your business. The novelty has worn off and locals basically onlycome on Sundays during the farmers market. The rest of the week it is a ghost town down here.The only picture I have with people on the street is Sunday from 8am to about 2pm and you can tell withthe very next pic that once the market is done, people leave. There is nothing to do, see or buy or eatafter certain times.The street needs to reopen bottom line. Too many empty office spaces still and too many empty spots forretail and dining.You guys crack me up though, you have no budgets, you show us slides of other downtowns that arecompletely irrelevant to our street and you basically jerk us around (scuse my French)We have a bunch of construction going on as well and people don’t come down here anymore. We aresure we are losing customers because of it.Please care about all the businesses on Cal Ave not just a few. The restaurants aren’t open enough tohave a completely closed street.I have proof of that as you can see in all the pics I have sent you. And I will keep sending you those pics.If anyone reads this can you at least answer the budget question? What is it?Thank you Sent from my iPhone From:dean@dmccully.com To:Council, City Subject:Invitation to Participate in a Santa Clara County Disaster Exercise May 13 Date:Wednesday, March 1, 2023 10:41:19 AM [Some people who received this message don't often get email from dean@dmccully.com. Learn why this is important at https://aka.ms/LearnAboutSenderIdentification ] CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ Greetings California Airport Disaster Airlift Response Team CalDART invites select disaster response organizations active in disaster-response to participate in its volunteer air transportation exercise May 13, 2023 The May 13 exercise is inspired by the Loma Prieta Lifeline Airlift in 1989 as well as the Great Shake Out. Events will be held at several airports around California. One of the biggest events will be held in San Jose at San Jose Reid Hillview Airport RHV. RHV DART is a member of CalDART, the California DART Network (see www.caldart.org) . During the past two years, members of RHV DART organized and mobilized to fly various COVID missions. This year RHV DART returns to an annual exercise. This exercise: _ Builds CalDART's transportation arrangement skills, _ Gives aviators another way to enjoy aviation while giving back to the community, _ Enables the community and its organizations to better utilize their airport during a disaster. The exercise scenario for RHV DART is an 8.0 magnitude earthquake centered on the San Andreas fault near San Carlos, causing collapsed housing, electricity and water outages, and region-wide impairment of surface transportation. Santa Clara County will be treated as one small location in this major regional disaster and is not receiving much county, state, and federal assistance. RHV DART will activate and will offering free disaster air transportation to its partners to assist their response. For the San Jose specific event, RHV DART expects that the community will have many kinds of urgent transportation needs to support the response such as: _ Assistance with local disaster worker commutes within Santa Clara County and neighboring communities _ Delivery of food and water from distant sources to Reid-Hillview Airport to feed East San Jose _ Transportation of disaster service workers from distant locales to assist undermanned local agencies _ Aerial surveillance of the disaster zone including dams, bridges, buildings and roadways _ Evacuation of people made homeless by collapsed housing who cannot be locally sheltered _ Evacuation of fragile people who cannot survive without clean water, electricity, and/or care services _ Evacuation of seniors whose housing operators can no longer serve their needs _ Backup medical transportation to overwhelmed Emergency Medical Services transportation This exercise is part of a statewide CalDART drill in which other DARTs at other airports will be having similar activities based on the same scenario. RHV DART will be performing the receiver function for flights inbound to RHV from the other DARTs. During the May 13 exercise, RHV DART will set up its base of operations by the Reid-Hillview airport terminal, and it expects to fly to other northern California airports including Hollister, San Martin, Palo Alto, and Watsonville. Organizations who receive this invitation from RHV DART are asked to think about what their transportation needs might be in this disaster scenario, and send an email describing those needs to RHV DART: Dean McCully dean@caldart.org Additionally, if one or more members of your organization would like to fly with RHV DART May 13th between10:00 in the morning and 4:00 in the afternoon, include in your email the names, email addresses, and cell phonenumbers of the person or people who want to fly and whether they have a specific requested flight operation.Passengers without a specific request will fly one of the various standard simulated profiles such as a familyevacuation to a distant airport and then an importation of disaster workers from that distant airport - the passengerswould simulate the evacuating family on the flight out and the disaster workers on the flight back. RHV DARTCustomer Service will respond to your email with further information and send you a waiver for each passenger tosign if we have adequate numbers of pilots to fly them. The available pilots will be allocated to the transportation requests as they come in, and we will triage the requests ifneeded, giving priority to east county organizations and emergency services, but also attempting to serve allinvitees. We will be matching pilots to passengers continuously in the weeks leading up to the exercise, so that ifpassengers are cleared to go to the airport, they know they will have a scheduled pilot and plane to fly them. Therewill also be some room for people who merely wish to be observers of the exercise, so if your organization wouldjust like to observe, please request that in your email with email address and cell phone of the requested observers. Representatives from invited organizations will also be invited to attend an exercise briefing in a Zoom meeting(date/time to be determined based on participant availability) _ The exercise will be discussed,_ An overview will be provided on utilizing general aviation in disaster response,_ The variety of US public-benefit charitable flying organizations is discussed,_ The California DART Network will be described in further detail, and_ Questions will be answered. If you are interested in hearing more, and/or participating on May 13, please enter your organization's informationonline. No obligation, and no cost. Register to receive more information, and to receive an invitation to Zoommeeting. https://www.regathon.com/caldart ALSO - If you are not close to San Jose, sign up online, and we will try to connect you with an airport closer to you. Reply to this email for more information. We look forward to working with you. We hope to see you at Reid Hillview Airport on Saturday May 13, 2023, orat some other airport in the CalDART state-wide network. Thank You,Dean McCully dean@caldart.orgCalDART and RHV DART To no longer receive emails about public events, reply to this email with UNSUBSCRIBE in the subject line. From:Cara E. Silver To:Council, City Cc:Hayes, Ken Subject:March 13 CC Meeting: Study Session re Pre-Screening of Zone Change at 2901 Middlefield and 702 Ellsworth Date:Wednesday, March 1, 2023 10:11:46 AM Attachments:image001.pngLTR City Council Pre-Screen 2901 Middlefield 2-28-23.pdf Some people who received this message don't often get email from ces@jsmf.com. Learn why this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Mayor, Vice Mayor and Council Members: Attached is a letter regarding RLD Land LLC’s application for a zone change. This matter is agendized for a pre-screening on March 13. Thanks, Cara Silver Attorney for RLD Land LLC Cara E. Silver (she/her) Jorgenson, Siegel, McClure & Flegel, LLP 1100 Alma Street, Suite 210 Menlo Park, CA 94025 (650) 324-9300 jsmf.com CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail and any attachments are for the sole use of the intended recipients and contain information that may be confidential or legally privileged. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender by reply e-mail and delete the message. Any disclosure, copying, distribution, or use of this communication by someone other than the intended recipient is prohibited. From:Aram James To:Pat Burt; Greer Stone; Binder, Andrew; Shikada, Ed; Council, City; Sean Allen; Jethroe Moore; RebeccaEisenberg; Barberini, Christopher; Figueroa, Eric; Wagner, April; Reifschneider, James; Reifschneider, James;Veenker, Vicki; Lauing, Ed; Lait, Jonathan; Shikada, Ed; Joe Simitian; Javier Ortega; walter wilson; RebeccaEisenberg; Jethroe Moore Subject:LA Sheriff gangs. Pat et al: check this out Date:Tuesday, February 28, 2023 10:12:25 PM Attachments:preview.png CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. How Hollywood Makes Us Love Cops A Tradition of Violence · January 4, 2023 Sent from my iPhone From:Aram James To:Shikada, Ed; Council, City; Julie Lythcott-Haims; Vicki Veenker; Lauing, Ed; Binder, Andrew; Pat Burt; Dave Price; Clerk, City; RebeccaEisenberg; Joe Simitian; Lait, Jonathan Subject:From the archives of Aram James-Fire Ed Shikada Date:Tuesday, February 28, 2023 9:24:33 PM Attachments:image.png CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clickingon links.________________________________ Sent from my iPhone From:Mj Wolf To:French, Amy; Council, City Subject:File Number: 23PLN-00025 Date:Tuesday, February 28, 2023 7:11:53 PM Attachments:San Carlos Ct_mjw_23PLN-00025_Ellsworth.pdf CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Please find my attached letter regarding the proposal at Ellsworth and Middlefield. Thank you.Kind regards, Mary J. (Mimi) Wolf745 San Carlos Ct, Palo Alto, CA 94306 650.245.6434 From:Sheriff Transparency To:Aram James Cc:Joe Simitian; Javier Ortega; Jethroe Moore; Sean Allen; Binder, Andrew; Cindy Chavez; Julie Lythcott-Haims; Council, City; Josh Becker; Supervisor Susan Ellenberg; Jeff Rosen; Rebecca Eisenberg; Steve Preminger; Raj; Sheriff Transparency Subject:Re: ACLU asks judge to hold sheriff in contempt for jail conditions - Los Angeles Times Date:Tuesday, February 28, 2023 6:53:34 PM Some people who received this message don't often get email from sccsherifftransparencyinfo@gmail.com. Learnwhy this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Aram, Agreed! The new Sheriff has many issues he has not been held to answer for, therefore increasing the risk of him running amuck at taxpayers expense and unknown told number of lives which willbe affected by poor leadership as demonstrated from his command at 3 agenicies (LASD, MPD, PAPD). With his strong support from former Sheriff Laurie Smith and as evident recently he told theMercury News, he will not change the current command structure. https://www.mercurynews.com/2023/02/05/new-santa-clara-county-sheriff-takes-oath-of- office Rare that this happens and a practice done within the Los Angeles Sheriff Office wherecorruption, civil rights violations continue to plague that department, where Bob Jonsen started his career and left abruptly as a LA Sheriff Commander. Interesting we find his comments to the Mercury News absurd because we have personalknowledge that the former Sheriff Laurie Smith has been Bob Jonsen's mentor and was hand picked by Laurie Smith to run for Sheriff so that he would keep her policies and commandstructure in place. And that's exactly what he is doing. Her command structure is of course not resistant to change because they have someone now inplace to carry on the legacy of her leadership. Spoken like a true LA Sheriff Commander who has proven true to not be held accountable for the 2013 Civil Rights violations under his command, per a DOJ report, he has all of thepoliticians in Santa Clara County fooled. Jonsen says.. "I think the organization is ready for change. They're all pretty much in alignment with the direction I want to head the organization. If I felt there was going to be resistance to thechange and the direction I want to head, I would absolutely change commanders". And our response to Anna Eschoo ridiculous comment.. "We're incredibly fortunate that he has chosen a lifetime, a career, to live out these values. He is the son of a police officer, he is the great nephew of a former Santa Clara County Sheriff,and like them, he has heeded the call to serve". Did Anna Eschoo vett Bob Jonsen's background? Apparently not. When anyone speaks about law enforcement leaders, they should know who they are speaking of! We know his Fatherfrom SFPD did not serve honorably. We know that his great uncle Sheriff Sweigart was brought up on charges of embezzlement and worse, we know Bob Jonsen's own son, Travis R.Jonsen, who was in a deputy gang was shot off duty by another deputy gang member over tampering of his gang tattoo. The investigation was covered up as an accidental shooting.LASD Sheriff sources confirmed to Journalists who the deputy shot was and that is how we obtained the name. https://knock-la.com/deputy-gang-tattoo-shot-off/ Our point is, Bob Jonsen has a storied past. Bob Jonsen was the commander in LA (Antelope Valley) when the DOJ concluded that Civil Rights violations occurred which includedunlawful search/seizures, racial profiling, etc against African Americans. Bob Jonsen left the LASD and became Chief in Menlo Park, therefore avoiding the whole issue of accountabilityfor what happened under his command in LA. The fact exist that Bob Jonsen is who we believe to be a bad actor in law enforcement and comes from a family who proves no better. https://theavtimes.com/2013/07/02/civil-rights-leaders-react-to-doj-findings-call-for-citizens-review-board/ And here, the politicians in Santa Clara County refuses to acknowledge and listen that they should be monitoring Bob Jonsen's activities based on the amount of information out there thathis leadership may be a liability for the future of the SCC Sheriff Office. There are ongoing investigations involving Bob Jonsen with DOJ, LA OIG, FBI, etc and people need to be concerned. The purpose of those investigations is to determine whathappened when Bob Jonsen shot a black teenager in 1990, what happened when Bob Jonsen surrounded himself with Deputy Gang members and perhaps involved himself with otheralleged criminal circumstances, which has led to the repeated poor leadership and decisions he has made, affecting the black/brown communities from LA to Palo Alto. Hopefully he will not get away with it here, but all our eyes are on him and he will be exposedmore and more to the point if necessary public outcry, recall and with confirmed evidence, potentially criminal charges. Nobody outside our group has done ANY investigation as to Bob Jonsen's background.Nobody has looked into any of the allegations except our group of experienced community members who know how to separate fact and fiction. Members of our group has reported thenumerous allegations for the said agencies to investigate. We have reached out to other community advocates who have reviewed several sources, information, etc about the allegations and are appalled. Anyone else who is not, has refused orhas intentionally ignored to listen to what is being brought forth. We do not need the problems of LA here. We all know that once you open that door, its hard to get rid of. Unless you open your eyes and that of an oversight committee, you will becomplicit in any future problems that the SCC Sheriff Office may be plagued with. Respectfully, The SCC Sheriff Transparency Group Read more about us and the issues which concerns us: www.sccsherifftransparency.org On Tue, Feb 28, 2023, 1:50 PM Aram James <abjpd1@gmail.com> wrote:Will the Santa Clara County Jail - become more and more like the LA County Jail under our new leadership? Only a community uprising saying NO NO NO can prevent such madness.We must remain constantly vigilant and keep our eyes glued to the leaders that run our institutions. No crimes against humanity in the name of public safety allowed. TheNuremberg principals apply. If we know or should have known that crimes against humanity are being committed in our jails, in our names, and we fail to act -we become complicit forthese crimes. Aram “No Tasers and No Flesh Eating Police Canines” James https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-02-27/aclu-asks-judge-to-hold-sheriff- supervisors-in-contempt-over-jail-conditions Sent from my iPhone From:Stephen Rock To:Council, City Subject:Lucie Stern Theater improvements Date:Tuesday, February 28, 2023 3:12:31 PM [Some people who received this message don't often get email from ser84@caa.columbia.edu. Learn why this is important at https://aka.ms/LearnAboutSenderIdentification ] CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ Dear Folks, I heard recently that you are planning on closing Lucie Stern theater for 3 months to replace the seats. This will disrupt the schedules of many organizations that use the theater. As far as I can tell the existing seats are in good condition. Aside from a little shine on the upholstery on the top of the seats next to the isles, they looked beautiful. Why fix what’s not broken? There are plenty of other good things to spend city money on. Stephen Rock Palo Alto ser84@caa.columbia.edu From:Aram James To:Shana Segal; Angie Evans; Sean Allen; Binder, Andrew; Jethroe Moore; Julie Lythcott-Haims; Council, City;Rebecca Eisenberg; Josh Becker; Wagner, April; Joe Simitian; Reifschneider, James; Jeff Rosen; LaDoris Cordell;chuck jagoda; Jay Boyarsky; Human Relations Commission; Foley, Michael; Michael Gennaco; Shikada, Ed;Enberg, Nicholas; Bains, Paul; Tony Dixon; Cecilia Taylor; Javier Ortega; Kaloma Smith; Betsy Nash; Perron,Zachary; Vicki Veenker; Supervisor Susan Ellenberg; Ed Lauing Subject:Cops Shoot Unarmed Black Man Over Alleged Stolen SUNGLASSES Date:Tuesday, February 28, 2023 3:08:21 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ https://youtu.be/VA4Xjz_-CYs Sent from my iPhone From:Aram James To:Lydia Kou; Council, City; Sean Allen; Jethroe Moore; Binder, Andrew; Josh Becker; Rebecca Eisenberg; Shikada,Ed; Wagner, April; Reifschneider, James; Joe Simitian; Jeff Rosen; chuck jagoda; Jay Boyarsky; ladoris cordell;Human Relations Commission; Enberg, Nicholas; Supervisor Susan Ellenberg; Gennady Sheyner; Barberini,Christopher; Bains, Paul; Cecilia Taylor; Betsy Nash; Joe Simitian; Javier Ortega; Michael Gennaco Subject:AB 742 Date:Tuesday, February 28, 2023 2:53:07 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links.2/28/2023 Hi Mayor Kou: I strongly oppose your reactionary efforts to attempt to override progressive state laws promoting equitable housing practices by asserting-exercising old school racist Jim Crowtactics in the name of local control. Your efforts to override or nullify much needed housing bills like AB 9 that have the potential to vastly expand equitable anti-racist housing options in Palo Alto …..and other cities acrossthis state… will surely fail. I for one will resist your efforts at every turn. Below is the link for you and other city council members and city staff to track the progress of AB 742-the bill that would prohibit the use of flesh eating police canines. I have brought this bill to your attention at several council meetings and thus far you haveremained silent on AB 742. I request that you speak you mind on the bill at our next city council meeting. You may oppose or support the bill but as our mayor I would like to hear your view point andreasoning in support or in opposition to the bill. Of course you have the right to remain silent on this critical issue if you so choose. Best regards, aram 415-370-5056 https://fastdemocracy.com/bill-search/ca/2023-2024/bills/CAB00029103/ Shared via the Google app Sent from my iPhone From:Mark Shull To:Council, City; Shikada, Ed Cc:Lydia Kou; Greer Stone; pat@patburk.org; Greg Tanaka Subject:Why I View the City"s Recent Evaluation of EBikes as Extremely Disappointing Date:Tuesday, February 28, 2023 1:55:18 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. I am writing to express my disappointment at how the Council, city staff and Parkand Recreation advisors dealt with eBikes at last night's council meeting. My frustration was not the need to regulate eBikes, but that the initiative, while technically an open process, was clearly not publicized, was extremely one-sidedand based on gross misinformation. I strongly support undisturbed habitat, which is why our house does not have a lawn (which are food deserts for insects and birds) but rather native plants. I havealways used a bike whenever possible, and since converting to an ebike, I literallyhave to keep a trickle charger on my car battery because I almost never need to use it anymore. My eBike is my primary mode of transportation. First, it appeared that there was no attempt to understand the vast differencesbetween pedelec (pedal assisted) eBikes and "twist and go throttle" eScooters. As the EU has long recognized, the impact of these are dramatically different, which is why the EU promotes the first and severely limits use of the latter. (See EU LawEN15194.) E-scooters are typically faster, louder and easy to identify because thepedals are nearly useless and they have a throttle. Pedelecs use smoother and quieter motors, primarily from Bosch, that help the rider push the pedals. There is no throttle and the rider does the majority of the work. (Class categories aremarketing hype in the US and more a source for abuse by ebike marketers and ebike opponents alike, than a legitimate tool for regulation.) Second, my frustration with Council decisions and staff recommendation is muchbroader than the Baylands Park discussion yesterday. I perceive a continuedwalkback to making bikes, and particularly e-bikes, a meaningful and practical part of the city's stated climate goals. At a recent meeting, the Council eliminated the long-standing and well used bike path through California Avenue,not just for now, but also in the redevelopment plans. And no matter how muchdaily bike users ask for safer crossings at key locations or contiguous protected paths, these requests seem to fall on deaf ears. And there are small but troubling indicators of low interest, like no one questioning how bikes should safely get around the Ca. Avenue bike lane take-away, or why would it be that bike usersprefer chaining to street posts rather than bike racks as staff reported, or why there are no good bike parking areas (with usable bike racks and security cameras) at parkentrances. Third, I was also disturbed by Park and Rec's reliance on Open Space as an authority. This body banned eBikes first, then requested "research" to justify it. And, all the one non-peer-reviewed "research paper" said was the motor they testedproduced frequencies audible by bats and some other birds. The same is true for the noises humans make, which almost all species hear and react to. This single study artifice is a well-used anti-environmental and anti-science tactic that shouldhave raised immediate red flags. Yet the study was referenced repeatedly asjustification for a policy preference, even while members of POST admitted it was flawed and unreliable. Fourth, the staff report and discussion simply lacked balance. I walk four or fivemiles through the Arastradero foothills almost daily. All of the bikes I have seen are mountain bikes, and often BMX bikes designed specifically to race down steep single track trails. And these bikes are a bear to ride on roads, so they are brought there on cars, pickups and SUVs, and not ridden there. I also heard multiple peopleassert that it was ebikes that are carving the trails and racing downhill. This would be near suiside and I have never seen an ebike race down a single track trail. And if the concern were really damage to trails and habitat, there are abandoned poop bags and off leash dogs all over Arastradero, and ongoing damage from the imprintsof 1,000 pound horses and their manure on many trails. It seems that what is accommodated and what is banned is not fact or ecologically based, but rather simply what the majority of the public views as their right or preference. Fifth, Council and staff were quick to expound on the Baylands as a tranquil space for slow, quiet communication with nature. But, will that still be the view of the Council and staff when it comes to discussing the non-stop noise and spewing of lead emissions over this same Banland preserve from the Palo Alto Airport, or thefood desert that is the Baylands Golf Course? And I have to ask, why are any of the trails in the Baylands paved in the first place, and not non-toxic water permeable gravel paths? Sixth, eBikes do expand access to bike transportation and enjoyment as residents age and for those who are not in any ADA category, but can do much more with the pedal assist eBikes provide. I was upset to hear the comment that these people don't need the same access as regular bike riders; they can experience whatever theyneed looking in from paved roads. In my view, bikes of all types should be limited on single track trails, but allowed on fire roads and access roads. The fire road ride from the Monte BelloPreserve to Saratga is beautiful, but while I used to be able to ride the 8 mile cimb up Page Mill to get to the fire road entrance on my eBike, I now have to load amountain bike in my car and drive it up there, ride, and then drive home. Similarly, the gravel service road in Arastradero leads to Foothill, and is a much safer ride up to the park than dodging annoyed SUVs on Page Mill. In sum, I do not believe this was a well publicized, open and transparent process,and it reflected very little input from people who are committed to both the environment and biking as a primary mode of transportation. 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Date:Tuesday, February 28, 2023 11:08:43 AM [Some people who received this message don't often get email from drkwexler@gmail.com. Learn why this is important at https://aka.ms/LearnAboutSenderIdentification ] CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ I give up on you, City Council! For once I’m in agreement with Greg Tanaka. What are you thinking? E-bikes run a gamut. From low-powered pedal assist to bikes with throttles that are like mini-motorcycles. I get why you’d want to ban the later. They are noisier and faster. And, some road bikers are speed demons and a risk to public safety. So what or whom are you protecting? I’ve got torn menisci and just bought an e-bike. I love it! My husband who rides road bikes and is an experienced biker, just bought one (he also has bad knees). These will enable us to bike together and ride to places I haven’t been able to ride to before (not being an avid biker). We’re in our sixties. Maybe I should consider this an example of ageism?! Not to mention contrary to getting people on bikes and out of their cars (commuting, pleasure-driving, etc). This won’t be forgotten at election time. Unbelievable! Deborah Wexler Forest Ave Sent from my iPhone Sent from my iPhone From:Andy Poggio To:Council, City Subject:Item 7 on 2/27 agenda -- E-Bikes on Park Trails Date:Tuesday, February 28, 2023 9:44:16 AM [Some people who received this message don't often get email from apoggio@pacbell.net. Learn why this is important at https://aka.ms/LearnAboutSenderIdentification ] CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ Sorry I missed this last night. As I’m sure you know, California recogonizes 3 classes of E-Bikes: Class I, II, and III. I recommend that you allow only Class I E-Bikes. These bikes are often described as regular bicycles that can go anywhere that a non-electric bike can og. —andy From:Loran Harding To:Loran Harding; alumnipresident@stanford.edu; antonia.tinoco@hsr.ca.gov; David Balakian; boardmembers; fredbeyerlein; bballpod; Leodies Buchanan; bearwithme1016@att.net; Chris Field; Cathy Lewis; Council, City; DougVagim; dallen1212@gmail.com; Dan Richard; Daniel Zack; eappel@stanford.edu; Scott Wilkinson;Gabriel.Ramirez@fresno.gov; George.Rutherford@ucsf.edu; huidentalsanmateo; hennessy; Irv Weissman; SallyThiessen; jerry ruopoli; Joel Stiner; kfsndesk; karkazianjewelers@gmail.com; leager; Mayor; Mark Standriff;margaret-sasaki@live.com; merazroofinginc@att.net; newsdesk; news@fresnobee.com; nick yovino;russ@topperjewelers.com; Steve Wayte; tsheehan; terry; vallesR1969@att.net Subject:Fwd: Tidbits from KCBS-SF AM740 Date:Tuesday, February 28, 2023 2:56:38 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>Date: Tue, Feb 28, 2023 at 2:29 AM Subject: Tidbits from KCBS-SF AM740To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> Monday, Feb. 27, 2023 late: To all-- tidbits on KCBS-SF not heard in the Central Valley: 1) Newsom's excess profits tax on the oil cos. in Calif. Phil Matier said on KCBS that theCalif. legislature is not interested. No way! Impose a new tax on the oil Cos. So then the idea got floated of a FEE imposed on them for charging so much for gas. NG- won't fly either.What would you do with the money? The oil companies say "You built your own mousetrap. All these special blends we have tomake in Calif. We can't build any new refineries in Calif. We don't have to sell the gasoline we make in Calif. IN Calif. We can ship it out of Calif. Calif. drivers can choose betweenpaying "$7" for gas and waiting in line for one hour every time they buy gas". 2) "Ask an Expert" on KCBS today, Monday 2-27-23. Prof. William Ball at the Univer. of Santa Clara School of Law. Teaches criminal law and crim. procedure. Calif lost the case ofSchwarzenegger v. somebody years ago and so had to reduce prison overcrowdng. A lot of the issue was not providing health services to the prisoners, including mental health. That is stillinadequate. To take a prisoner to a hospital takes 2 guards and a van, and to pay the hospital for its services. Not all state prisons are alike. Some have more older prisoners, requiring more HC. They have different levels of security, depending on the population. Being a guard is a good job interms of pay but its a lousy working environment. A big percent retire within 10 years. It costs $100,000 per yr. to incarcerate someone, but there is a huge fixed cost in there. Itcosts millions to run a prison even if nobody or very few are there. Prop. 109 requires less prison crowding. Unless your offense was violent or on kids or sexual, you now stay local, in acounty jail. We are reducing the prison population by sending people back to the county that first convcted them. Mayor Jerry Dyer and DA Lisa Smittcamp in Fresno would know allabout that. The local courts look at the State and see they will not pay for mental health or drug or alcohol addiction but they will pay for prisons, so that is the "service" that people get. Prof. Ball said that if someone suffers from mental health issues, putting them in state prison will not help them get better or cause them to see the error of their ways. Putting prisons in the Central Valley means that family and friends must take a four hour bus ride to see their relative. Seeing such people leads to better outcomes when they get out. Ifthey only associate with other inmates, that does not portend a good outcome upon release. People can get convicted on a drug charge and get sentenced to a county jail for 10 years,Ball said. The push at the state level is to close prisons, they are so expensive. There have beendiscussions about closing San Quentin since 1865. You can hear this "Ask an Expert " on www.KCBSradio.com by clicking on "more". 3) KCBS said today that natural gas prices are soaring in California because we do nothave adequate pipelines coming into the western states. Some accidents reduced our storage capacity for nat. gas too. The colder weather has caused more consumption. LH- Then whyhave the state and the utilities not built more pipelines into the western states and morestorage capacity?. LH This tap dance about pipelines sounds like a lot of bull to me. That wasn't the story a year ago!!!!! NOT ONE WORD FROM KCBS OR PGE ABOUT BIDEN GOING OVER TOEUROPE 10 MOS AGO AND SELLING THE AMERICAN PEOPLE DOWN THE RIVER BY AGREEING TO SELL VAST AMOUNTS OF NATURAL GAS TO EUROPE TOMAKE UP FOR THE SHORTFALL CAUSED BY RUSSIA SHUTTING DOWN THE NORD STREAM PIPELINE TO EUROPE. OUR GAS GETS CONVERTED TO LNG ANDGETS SHIPPED TO EUROPE ON LNG TANKERS FROM LOUISIANA AND THE EAST COAST. I sent out a link showing Biden doing this. Van derl Lyden stood there with himthanking him.Then an expert came on and told how much nat. gas the US would be shipping to Europe. See the vid below. KCBS and PGE are lying about this. I guess you just do not call the President of the US out for selling his people down the river. A pack of liars. Now the Calif. PUC is considering arequest by PG&E to raise rates yet again. People are shocked by the bills they are getting now because the average used includes the big price spike in January. Our asshole President went over to Europe 10 months ago and agreed to sell vast amounts of US natural gas to Europe. Vid. of him doing it is shown below. Here is the video: Watchthe numbers reeled of by the commentator after Biden and Van Der Leiden speak. Don't miss this!!!!!! Remember this when you vote in 2024. But what will be our choices? Biden orHarris or Trump. We will be screwed at that point. Just absolutely screwed. We have to study the history of 1789 I guess. US, EU strike LNG deal to help wean Europe off Russian gas • FRANCE 24 English -YouTube L. William Harding Fresno, Ca. From:Kenneth Streib To:Council, City Subject:e bikes Date:Monday, February 27, 2023 11:21:25 PM Some people who received this message don't often get email from ken_streib@yahoo.com. Learn why this isimportant CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. City Council, I would expect that if e bikes are heavier than conventional bikes, they would do more harm in a collision, and should be help to a higher regulatory standard. Thanks so much for your time, Ken Streib From:Aram James To:Council, City; Shikada, Ed; Stump, Molly Subject:Re: How about bonuses written into contract for the 1st year if grants for the 1st year are reached or exceeded??? Date:Monday, February 27, 2023 10:44:02 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ City council: Don’t defer anything to Shikada —you are the elected officials. Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 27, 2023, at 10:42 PM, Aram James <abjpd1@gmail.com> wrote: > > 1. How about bonuses written into contract for the 1st year if grants for the 1st year are reached or exceeded??? > > Sent from my iPhone From:Aram James To:Council, City; Josh Becker; Sean Allen; Jethroe Moore; Shikada, Ed; Julie Lythcott-Haims; Binder, Andrew;Rebecca Eisenberg; Wagner, April; Reifschneider, James; Joe Simitian; Javier Ortega Subject:Don’t forget to ask about AB 742 -no more flesh eating police canines Date:Monday, February 27, 2023 10:26:52 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ Blame Shikada for lack of info on critical contracts the council should know about Sent from my iPhone From:Aram James To:Vicki Veenker; Council, City; Shikada, Ed; Tanaka, Greg; Julie Lythcott-Haims; Dave Price Subject:Re: We need to know the hourly expenses every month —we need the details of course ….1 year contact makes sense —Vicki is right the more expense details the better —the tax payer need to know since we pay for these services Date:Monday, February 27, 2023 10:23:01 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ A contract is like a piece of legislation the more details the better —the more specific language of the contract the less likely litigation over the intent of the contract occurs. Don’t let Shikada and staff jam thru contracts the council doesn’t understand. aram Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 27, 2023, at 10:16 PM, Aram James <abjpd1@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Sent from my iPhone From:Aram James To:Kou, Lydia; Council, City; Shikada, Ed; Stump, Molly; Julie Lythcott-Haims Subject:Not all of us want local control—I want the state to intervene on hosing issues and I’ve been in Palo Alto for the bulk of my 74 years Date:Monday, February 27, 2023 10:08:04 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ Hi Mayor Kou, How about AB 742? I want a mayor who supports human rights. How about No More flesh eating police canines? Please ask about AB 742? I support . This is city manager babble by Ed Shikada to take the city council out of the conversation and delegating to staff what council should control. Sent from my iPhone From:Aram James To:Council, City; Shikada, Ed; Lauing, Ed; Julie Lythcott-Haims; Greg Tanaka; Pat Burt; Binder, Andrew; Barberini,Christopher; Enberg, Nicholas; Julie Lythcott-Haims; Figueroa, Eric; Foley, Michael; Michael Gennaco; JavierOrtega; chuck jagoda; Wagner, April; Josh Becker; Reifschneider, James; Lydia Kou; Cecilia Taylor Subject:Malcolm X says on police canines Date:Monday, February 27, 2023 9:59:13 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. https://www.azquotes.com/quote/1546676 Shared via the Google app Malcom x said: AB 742 -Dr Corey Jackson state assembly person: A hundred years ago the American white men used to put on a white sheet and use a bloodhound against Negroes. Today they have taken off the white sheet and put on police uniforms and traded in the bloodhounds for police dogs, and they're still doing the same thing. From:Aram James To:Julie Lythcott-Haims; Council, City; Tanaka, Greg Subject:End police canines biting human beings Date:Monday, February 27, 2023 9:33:27 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. https://aclucalaction.org/bill/ab-742/ Shared via the Google app Sent from my iPhone From:Aram James To:Council, City; Shikada, Ed Subject:Is Shikada attempting to undermine Julie Lythcott Haims -as he frequently does with Greg Tanaka? Date:Monday, February 27, 2023 9:12:01 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ Sent from my iPhone From:Aram James To:Stump, Molly; Clerk, City; Council, City; Shikada, Ed Subject:# of lawsuits and claims filed with the city over the last 5 years involving bikes and pedestrian accidents in city parks & preserves pursuant to the California Public Records Act) also the monies paid out as a results of these claims and lawsuits over... Date:Monday, February 27, 2023 8:34:21 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ 2/28/2023 Hi Molly, { City Attorney Molly Stump) Pursuant to the California Public Records Act: # of lawsuits and claims filed with the city over the last 5 years involving bikes ( e-bikes -standard bikes ) and pedestrians… accidents in city park and city preserves pursuant to the California Public Records Act) also the monies paid out as a results of these claims and lawsuits over the last 5 years. Thanks very much Molly, Sincerely, Aram James P.S. Molly, If you need me to more narrowly tailor this request please call me with any suggestions. Happy to discus this matter with you. As you know the public records act is designed to be user friend and to include, where appropriate, assistance from government agencies to ensure the appropriate records are disclosed. From:Nancy or Mike Mayo To:Council, City Subject:Re: Item 7 on 2/27 agenda Date:Monday, February 27, 2023 8:13:00 PM Some people who received this message don't often get email from nancymikemayo@comcast.net. Learn why thisis important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. I am pleased to see that Councillor Greg Tanaka gets it. In addition, I have experienced a huge mental benefit, commuting on the Bay Trail, finding theability to slow down and commune with the wildlife out past Moffett Field. In addition to avoiding burning up a boatload of gasoline. Sincerely,Mike Mayo On 2/27/23 19:48, Nancy or Mike Mayo wrote: As a long time resident on Channing Avenue, and commuter on the Bay Trail, I urge the Council to diligently preserve the ability for us to us e-bikes forcommuting on all rational routes well separated from road traffic. I do believe it is valid to restrict bicycle use (whether e- or not) on trails that are wildlife habitat that is readily bypassed on some other trail. I do not consider pedestrian interaction to be a valid reason for restricting e-bikesdifferently from regular bicycles. Both should be obliged to be considerate of other users of the space. In my experience athletes on regular bicycles have justas much ability to be excessively speedy and obnoxious as e-bike users. In summary, I suggest ... 1. Regulate e-bikes and pedal bicycles (and comparable wheeled devices)identically. 2. Regulate in a manner that encourages commuting (and other functional asopposed to recreational travel) using bicycles and e-bikes. Sincerely, Mike Mayo From:Connie Cunningham To:Council, City Subject:Re: Item 7 on 2/27 agenda: Support for PRC recommendations Date:Monday, February 27, 2023 7:29:59 PM Some people who received this message don't often get email from cunninghamconniel@gmail.com. Learn whythis is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Mayor Lou and City Council,I regret that I could not make my computer system work with Zoom this evening. That is a first. However, I am glad that I sent my comments in advance. The comment that I would have added would have been to agree with the many speakers whonoted that eBikes are powerful and allow more riders to go farther and faster than traditional bikes. More people. More speed. Completely at odds with observing wildlife and allowingwildlife to live freely in the quiet and at their own speeds. Sincerely, Connie Cunningham On Feb 27, 2023, at 8:34 AM, Connie Cunningham<CunninghamConnieL@gmail.com> wrote: Dear Mayor Kou and City Council: I urge you to support the Parks and Recreation Commission recommendation to not allow electric bikes on unpaved roads and trails in open space and nature preserves, including the Baylands. Access to nature is important, but it should be provided responsibly. In open space, including the Baylands, animals respond to human presence and behavior. Scientific literature shows clearly that along Bay levees, -Faster moving uses have greater impacts than slower recreational uses. -Impacts include -the distance at which animals are disturbed and move or fly away, -the species diversity (which is lower with increased human presence) and -behavior (the time of day animals are active, and the - amount of time animals spend in alert behavior instead of feeding or relaxed behaviors). I agree that electric bike traffic on unpaved trails and along Bay levees will add disturbance to areas that currently provide critical habitat to many migratory birds and allow refuge to Ridgeway rail and other endangered species in the Baylands. We need to be careful not to reach a tipping point where the enjoyment of nature irreversibly harms wildlife and populations of migratory birds. I urge you to support the Parks and Recreation Commission recommendation to not allow electric bikes on unpaved roads and trails in open space and nature preserves, including the Baylands. Sincerely, Connie Cunningham Member, Santa Clara Valley Audubon Society From:KC Hetterly To:Council, City Subject:Item 7 (Support for PRC recommendations) on 2/27 agenda: Date:Monday, February 27, 2023 6:16:07 PM [Some people who received this message don't often get email from kchetterly@gmail.com. Learn why this is important at https://aka.ms/LearnAboutSenderIdentification ] CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ Dear Mayor Kou and Council Members, I want to share my support for the Parks and Recreation Commission’s recommendation to exclude e-bikes from unpaved trails in open space and nature preserves in Palo Alto. The presence of e-bikes on unpaved trails can disrupt walkers and have harmful effects on native wildlife, in addition to causing damage to the trails themselves. Preventing additional disturbance in our open space and nature preserves is vital to maintaining and promoting biodiversity. Please approve the PRC’s recommendation to keep e-bikes off of our unpaved trails. Thank you for your consideration. Best, KC Hetterly From:Aram James To:Barberini, Christopher; Binder, Andrew; Josh Becker; Shikada, Ed; Council, City; Julie Lythcott-Haims; Enberg,Nicholas; Rebecca Eisenberg; Wagner, April; Reifschneider, James; Pat Burt; Tanaka, Greg; Stump, Molly; TonyDixon; Cecilia Taylor; Betsy Nash; bob nunez; Figueroa, Eric; Foley, Michael; Michael Gennaco Subject:San Jose Police Department sued after K-9 bites man"s neck Date:Monday, February 27, 2023 6:14:03 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ https://www.audacy.com/kcbsradio/news/local/san-jose-police-department-sued-after-k-9-bites-mans-neck Sent from my iPhone From:Jeb Eddy To:Council, City Subject:OPPOSE Item 7 on 2/27 agenda: PRC recommendations Date:Monday, February 27, 2023 5:55:45 PM [Some people who received this message don't often get email from jeb@me.com. Learn why this is important at https://aka.ms/LearnAboutSenderIdentification ] CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ It is premature to cut off all ebiking on unpaved trails, especially in the Baylands. Some limits — fine. Blanket elimination — NO. Please hold off any such decision for ~3 months. Thanks, Jeb Eddy Responsible 15-year e-biker in Palo Alto From:Gary Latshaw To:Council, City Subject:Electric Bikes on unpaved Open Space Date:Monday, February 27, 2023 5:33:42 PM Some people who received this message don't often get email from glatshaw@gmail.com. Learn why this isimportant CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Councilpersons - I have biked (manually) on these trails. I see no difference in manuallybiking than electric bikes. Electric bikes allow people who are not strong enough to bike. I don't believe they go particularly fast and they are not particularly noisy. If you have concerns about noise and reckless speed of bikes on the trails, I would specificallyidentify the noise limits allowed from any bikes. Gary Latshaw -- Fight for Renewable Energies! Save the global ecology; create jobs; eliminate dependence onforeign oil; reduce military requirements Gary Latshaw, Ph.D. 408-499-3006 From:allan marson To:Council, City Cc:allan mason Date:Monday, February 27, 2023 5:27:46 PM Some people who received this message don't often get email from akam@seanet.com. Learn why this isimportant CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. The 108K for salaries and associated benefits is an added out-of-pocket tax payer cost. Workers in the "private sector" (read "market economy") are paid according to how much people will voluntarily pay for their output (product or service). Government workers are paid according to whatever the state can force tax payers to pay (influenced by pressure groups like public employee labor unions), regardless of whether anyone wants their services enough to pay for them voluntarily This is not to say the City doesn’t need paid positions, but rather that there are also many positions we may not need and have no way to get rid of. There is a check on rising cost of services offered by the market economy: The right of consumers (recipients of services) to go to a competitor (unless the private sector provider has a monopoly). There is no similar check on the cost of government services (by definition government is a monopoly) because we can't go to a competitor. Or rather, the only check is our vote, and our agency-dominated economy dilutes its value as a check. So thanks to Greg for at least bringing up this cost issue. Here is a wild thought: Why not put each highly paid position in Palo Alto, together with its out-of-pocket cost to taxpayers (don’t forget any fixed-amount retirement benefits that government has to pay later), on the ballot with a yes/no vote option as to whether that position should be discontinued? Executives of small companies face exactly that kind of pressure to perform from their buyers every day their company operates. Many government services are essential, but I suspect putting all positions to a vote of the people would result in more funding for services like fire, police and schools that are turning out successful students, and pruning away of many services (and their highly paid executives, as well as their employees) that are only there because some group pressured the City into funding them, or because some Platonic elite believes they are for our own good Allan Marson Sent from Mail for Windows From:Bharath Ram To:Council, City Subject:Comments and feedback on proposed raises to managerial staff of Palo Alto Date:Monday, February 27, 2023 4:53:12 PM [Some people who received this message don't often get email from bharathram2011@gmail.com. Learn why this is important at https://aka.ms/LearnAboutSenderIdentification ] CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ Hello, Longtime resident of South PA here and noted with grave concern that city is planning to hand out pay and benefits hikes to I yes managerial staff. At a time, when residents face inflation, no respite from some of the highest taxes, inflated utility bills with falling service quality, there is no reason to rush and vote for these increases. I also suggest paring down the pensions and benefits comparable to what citizens have as 401K or equivalent through their employers. Please get rid of pensions since they signify am insane benefit in these tough times. If there is a challenge to retain front line staff who actually do the work, prioritize that and delay pay or benefits increase to all managerial staff. I would also urge the council to aggressively seek cost reductions wherever possible and lower the burden for PA residents. Thanks, Kuskoor Ram 4208 Rickey’s way Unit G Palo Alto, CA 94306 Sent from my iPhone From:Ann Balin To:Council, City Subject:Keep electric bikes from the Baylands Date:Monday, February 27, 2023 4:39:09 PM [Some people who received this message don't often get email from alafargue@mac.com. Learn why this is important at https://aka.ms/LearnAboutSenderIdentification ] CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ Mayor Kou and council members, I am writing to impress upon you to please keep electric bikes off trails in the Baylands. You the council have rightly emphasized mental health as a priority for our residents and therefore need to maintain this peaceful habitat. Many electric bike users could use these trails as a commuter run. Some would not abide by the speed limit. Why have tech in this environment? I believe that electric bikes are well suited for paved surfaces but not in the Baylands. The Baylands provides a respite for residents and others who profit from clean air and being immersed in a slow- paced environs with wildlife. A speeding electric bike would startle birds and humans alike. Lucy Evans lived next door to my grandmother in Palo Alto. I knew her when I was a girl. She invested long hours working to get the city to preserve this special place. I am asking you to continue her legacy and support residents and others who enjoy the Baylands by maintaining this cherished environment. Respectfully, Ann Lafargue Balin From:Gita Dev To:Council, City Subject:item 7 on agenda for 2/27 meeting Date:Monday, February 27, 2023 3:51:22 PM [Some people who received this message don't often get email from gd@devarchitects.com. Learn why this is important at https://aka.ms/LearnAboutSenderIdentification ] CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ City Council of Palo Alto Dear Council Member Please support the Parks and Recreation Commission recommendation to not allow electric bikes on unpaved roads and trails in open space and nature preserves, including the Baylands. What we do not realize is that E_bikes make noise at frequencies that our human ears do not hear but that affect many species of wildlife. Mid-Peninsula Open Space Authority actually had a scientific study done in 2021 on the issue of E-Bikes on trails. The reserach done by the naturalist firm of H.T.Harvey came up with this new information that indicates that E-Bikes are a problem for wildlife along trails. Motorized vehicles do not mix well with the wildlife or recreational value of trails. Thank you for your support to NOT allow electric bikes on unpaved roads and trails in open space and nature preserves, including the Baylands. -- Gita Dev Dev Architects 415.722.3355 www.devarchitects.com From:Greg Bressani To:Council, City Subject:Federal Grant Program Available for Streetlighting! Date:Monday, February 27, 2023 3:29:18 PM Some people who received this message don't often get email from greg@tankolighting.com. Learn why this isimportant CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear City of Palo Alto, CA, Did you know that the City of Palo Alto has been allocated federal funds for streetlight projects! The Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant Program (EECBG) provides funding to municipal streetlight-related projects for: · Energy efficiency; · Strategy development; and · Technical consultant services. There is $430 million in grants available through this program! The process is simple but the deadline to reserve your funds is April 28, 2023! Tanko Lighting helps municipalities with all their streetlighting needs. Contact us today to learn howmuch the City of Palo Alto has been allocated and how we can help you access this program! Best, Greg Greg BressaniBusiness Development Coordinatorgreg@tankolighting.com415.622.6860 (phone) www.tankolighting.comBringing passion to light. If this information would be better directed to someone else, please let us know. Or, if you prefer to not be contacted, please reply "do not contact" to this email. From:William Courington To:Council, City Subject:eBikes and park trails Date:Monday, February 27, 2023 3:01:47 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ No one knows how much of a problem mixing e-bikes and pedestrians on the same trails is or will be. Armed with this ignorance, some people advocate e-bike bans. Others, including the State of California, believe that electric and conventional bikes should be regulated identically. Further, whatever rules are adopted, no one knows how they can be effectively and economically enforced. I suggest that Palo Alto gain insight by experimentation, and perform a service to other park-regulating jurisdictions, by instituting and monitoring a pilot program on the Baylands trails that are effectively roads. Such a program would include signs emphasizing good behavior for all trail users, a website for reporting incidents, and perhaps spot checks of volumes and bicycle types conducted by volunteers. William Courington Byron St.