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Home My Public Portal AboutJuly 3, 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: 7/3/2023 Document dates: 6/27/2023 – 7/3/2023 Note: Documents for every category may not have been received for packet reproduction in a given week. From:Henry Etzkowitz To:provost@stanford.edu; paloaltorenters@gmail.com; Council, City; Rebecca Eisenberg; Justin Jeong;joe.simitian@bos.sccgov.org; Jim Beddows; juliet.gentzkow@gmail.com; Roberta Ahlquist; Lobdell Jinx;Wasserman Martin; Jim Hersh; Ellen Fox; Winkler Mickie; Hom Gloria; Terry Beaubois; Orna Rosenfeld; daisylaw; Whitney McNair; Catie Fee; Julie Lythcott-Haims; Representative Eshoo; Jerker Lessing; FiroozehDastmalchi; Dorien jacque; Ellen Granovetter; Mark Granovetter Subject:Housing policy; community co-creation Date:Monday, July 3, 2023 8:09:53 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ Dear Persis Realize you are moving on shortly but also aware you want to leave a positive legacy for your successor to build upon. Whitney has made a good start with her recent communication but has left broader issues as well as some important specifics unaddressed. You made undergraduate community building a significant focus of your tenure; committing significant resources. Nevertheless, equal or even greater attention needs to be given to the postgraduate levels and above, recognizing that the university is part of a larger community and that its actions may have unintended consequences, for example, the removal of a significant number of housing units from the Palo Alto housing stock with the reservation of oak creek apartments for post doc and other Stanford affiliates. The university should explore large scale housing program in cooperation with Palo Alto, bringing its academic, financial and land resources to bear in cooperation with the city to develop a joint solution, utilization of the city’s bonding capacities and its potential to create a municipal housing development program and authority Oak Creek, with a reasonable percentage of its units kept “open access” provides a model to draw upon, recognizing that a multi generational community provides significant social benefits for its students and post-docs. Rather than unintentionally destroying this unique feature of what is now becoming a university oriented community, Stanford together with Palo Alto should make this principle integral to the co-creation of future oak creek-like communities. See previous suggestions for developing vertical oak creeks on the site of the shopping center parking garages, utilizing existing infrastructure. TBC Best wishes for the 4th Henry Community of Oak Creek Residents, Co-organizer Sent from my iPhone View this email in your browser. Visit us on www.lwvpaloalto.org, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter JULY VOTER JULY 3, 2023 In this Issue Message from our Co-Presidents LWVPA Updates LWVPA Virtual Speaker Event How a Student Became Aware of Gun Violence June 2023 Board Meeting Highlights Advocacy Reports Climate Calls From:LWV Palo Alto VOTERTo:Council, CitySubject:LWVPA July VOTER - LWVPA Virtual Speaker Event and MoreDate:Monday, July 3, 2023 7:05:49 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious ofopening attachments and clicking on links. Subscribe to our Google Calendar Community News Architectural Review Board Recruitment Now Open Community Engagement in July & August Get Ready for Plastic Free July! Message from our Co-Presidents Welcome to the dog days of summer… and any belief that our League is taking a break, is mistaken! The Board is strategizing for a Summer Orientation Annual Retreat (SOAR). This will take place on August 5 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., hosted by Hilton's Homewood Suites in Palo Alto. We encourage all Off-Board chairs and committee members to join the Board for a special planning session. At SOAR we will prepare our League to reconnect using team-building strategies that support our work, orient new board members, and welcome the 2023-2024 year. After a long period of Zoom meetings, we can already feel the new energy for this work with lively meetings and preparations for our Kickoff on October 1st, when all our members come together. We want to welcome a new member, Rene Morgan, who sought us out to make an honorarium donation in the name of her cousin who passed away last month at 95. Faye Grossman was an extraordinary woman, the first in her family to go to college, earning a BA and an MA from the University of Illinois. She became active in the Illinois League of Women Voters after a teaching career in Philadelphia. Our League is honored to receive this donation and inspired by Faye's commitment to education and democracy. Thank you, Rene, for sharing Faye’s story with us. Now, let’s get back to our summer plans and return in the fall prepared to commit to further to our cause of Making Democracy Work®. Judy Kleinberg & Nancy Shepherd Co-Presidents LWVPA Updates LWVPA Virtual Speaker Event Wednesday, August 23, 2023 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. Featuring our Guest Speaker Palo Alto Police Chief Andrew Binder How is Our Police Department Prioritizing Service to Palo Alto? Since being confirmed by the Palo Alto City Council in August 2022, Chief Binder has been leading the Police Department’s efforts in recruiting and hiring, connecting with the Palo Alto community, and providing professional police services to the public. Chief Binder is excited to discuss his strategies for addressing public safety and crime, departmental challenges and opportunities, the Public Safety Building, and how community members can contribute to public safety. BIO: After being selected by City Manager Ed Shikada and confirmed by City Council, Andrew Binder began serving as Palo Alto’s 11th Police Chief on August 8th, 2022. Andrew’s 26 years of law enforcement experience include serving eighteen years with the City of San Jose and more than eight years in Palo Alto. Andrew is a Bay Area native and holds a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice administration from San Jose State University and a master’s degree in criminal justice from Arizona State University. In the summer of 2016, Andrew attended the FBI National Academy for Law Enforcement Managers in Quantico, Virginia. He has also completed the POST Executive Development Course and attended the Stanford Local Governance Summer Institute. Andrew is a member of the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP), California Police Chiefs Association (CalChiefs), Federal Bureau of Investigation National Academy Association (FBI NAA), Police Executive Research Forum (PERF), International City/County Managers Association (ICMA), and the Association of Workplace Investigators (AWI). How a Student Became Aware of theIssue of Gun Violence By Chloe Chan, Rising Sophomore, Palo Alto High School Register Now During my academic career, my focus revolved around academic and school related activities. It wasn’t until I stumbled upon news about the Texas elementary school shooting in 2021 that I truly began to pay attention to the issue of gun violence. Witnessing the devastating impact on innocent children through news reports and articles deeply affected both me and my family. At that moment, I felt a strong desire to take action, but I didn't know where to begin. Upon entering high school as a freshman, I was aware that every student had to complete a certain amount of volunteer hours in order to graduate. Therefore, I began researching various local organizations, eventually coming across the Palo Alto League of Women Voters. To my delight, I had the opportunity to get involved in the Gun Violence Prevention Committee. Throughout my time working in this committee, I delved into the significance of gun violence prevention and became aware of the staggering number of individuals affected by this issue. With each new discovery, my passion for advocating against gun violence grew stronger. Today, I am an active volunteer for the League of Women Voters, dedicating my time to a cause that resonates deeply with me. In addition, I have taken the initiative to establish a chapter of Students Demand Action in Palo Alto, as I believe education and outreach are crucial to combating gun violence. In essence, my journey from being a normal high school student to an advocate against gun violence has been life-changing. By participating in the League of Women Voters and starting a Students Demand Action chapter, I intend to raise awareness about the pressing need to prevent gun violence. Through engaging with others and increasing our shared knowledge, I hope to contribute to a safer and more secure future for everyone. Here are ways all of us can help reduce the risk of gun violence in our community: June 2023 Board Meeting Highlights The bulk of the June Board meeting focused on planning for our Board orientation and team- building meeting scheduled for Saturday, August 5. All Board and Off-Board members are encouraged to attend as we revisit our operation building blocks and look forward to improving critical areas of operation. Please reach out to any Board member for details and join us! Approved Motions: To elect Erika Buck to the 2023-24 Nominating Committee. To approve Consent Calendar including May minutes. We will not hold a Board meeting in July. Our next Board Meeting is on Tuesday, August 22. All members are welcome to join the meeting by emailing contact@lwvpaloalto.org. - Megan Swezey Fogarty, Secretary Advocacy Reports National The Supreme Court issued two important decisions strengthening voting rights. LWVUS filed amicus briefs in these cases, blocking attempts by state legislatures to use partisan or racial gerrymandering to violate the Voting Rights Act and state constitutions. Moore v. Harper involved a claim that the North Carolina legislature could— entirely free from state judicial oversight—draw congressional districts which gave one party an advantage based on party affiliation, violating the state constitution which guaranteed “fair and free elections.” The Supreme Court rejected that claim, holding that state courts did have the right to review what the legislature had done. The Court reinforced the long-held rule that state legislatures regulating federal elections are bound by checks and balances in state constitutions and enforced by state courts. This decision will be important in a case filed by the LWV of Utah and Mormon Women for an Ethical Government challenging Utah’s gerrymandered congressional voting map and asking the court to reinstate Prop 4, an initiative prohibiting partisan gerrymandering. The Utah Supreme Court will hear this case on July 11. In Allen v. Milligan, the LWVUS, LWV of Alabama and allies filed an amicus brief supporting a lower court ruling that Alabama must create a second Black congressional district in compliance with Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. LWVUS argued that Black Alabamians in Mobile and an area named the Black Belt constitute a community of interest which has been deprived of their right to elect candidates of their choice, representing their interests. The Supreme Court’s ruling held that lower courts correctly found that Alabama’s maps diluted voting power based on race, reaffirming the crucial role of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. Local Stacey Ashlund, chair of LWV Palo Alto’s Gun Violence Prevention Committee, spoke to the City Council in favor of an emergency ordinance establishing gun- free areas in the city, including government buildings and schools. LWV Santa Clara County Council plans to begin work on updating its housing position by incorporating LWV San Diego’s Housing Action Policy, which was based on extensive input from regional planning experts. Lisa Ratner, Advocacy Chair of LWV Palo Alto, hopes to lead the effort. Hilary Glann, chair of LWV Palo Alto’s Natural Resources committee, helped plan a successful June 15 citizen education event on the link between reducing greenhouse gas emissions and allowing infill housing. - Lisa Ratner, 2nd Vice President and Advocacy Chair Climate Calls Persuading People to Take Climate Action: The Words We Use Matter By Hilary Glann I recently had the pleasure of speaking with Gretchen Engbring, Sustainable Behavior Change Program Manager in Stanford’s Office of Sustainability. Gretchen develops programs to help Stanford students and employees adopt more climate-friendly actions. Our topic: how to convince residents to take climate actions. Gretchen provided tips for creating more persuasive messages, not just for climate actions, but for any behavior change. 1. Talk about what you gain rather than what you lose. For example, when you switch from a gas to electric stove, you gain health benefits, more control when you cook, and easier clean-up. 2. Watch out for ‘argument dilution.” My instincts are to overwhelm any opposition by providing ten reasons to buy an EV, or six reasons why a heat pump water heater beats a gas water heater. But apparently, arguments “average out” rather than adding up, so use fewer, better arguments. 3. Use “social proof” to persuade. When we are uncertain how to behave or react, we look to other people for answers. This is why testimonials from people like us are powerful, especially when we are thinking about making a change to something we don’t fully understand. This is the behavioral science behind EV Expos—you talk to another EV owner about their experiences. 4. Deliver the message at the right time. People are a lot more open to battery backup solutions right after they’ve lost electric power; concern about climate change is typically higher during heat domes or wildfires; people get interested in EVs when gasoline prices skyrocket. When possible, connect your messages to something currently going on in the world. 5. Don’t validate the fear when you try to address it. Don’t say “When you buy an induction cooktop, you need to use a pan that a magnet sticks to, but don’t worry; there are lots of new pans available.” Instead say, “Any of your pans that a magnet sticks to will work on an induction cooktop, and you can buy a $20 induction adapter so your aluminum, all- copper, or glass cookware will also work.” Visitors to a June EV Expo in Los Altos show their enthusiasm for Hyundai Ioniq 5 EV. EV Expos are an example of ‘social proof’ that helps people feel comfortable about switching to an electric vehicle. So whether you are talking about taking action, registering to vote, or supporting local housing, think about how to use these tips to make your words more persuasive. Community News Architectural Review Board Recruitment Now Open Want to make a difference in Palo Alto? Do you have a passion for architecture, design, and development? The Architectural Review Board (ARB) reviews designs of all new construction, promotes harmonious development and the visual environment's high aesthetic quality, and more. Recruitment is now open for one seat on the ARB. If this sounds like an opportunity for you or someone you know, volunteer as a member of the Architectural Review Board. Apply by August 14, 2023 at 5 p.m. Community Engagement in July & August Stay involved this summer and connect at upcoming engagement opportunities. Next Thursday, July 6 at 5 p.m., the Palo Alto Fire Department, in coordination with the Office of Emergency Services, will host a workshop for the community to learn about how to prepare for wildfire season. Or get a behind-the-scenes look at City services at the Municipal Services Center Open House on Saturday, July 15. Stop by anytime from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. and enjoy a day of fun for the whole family. Join a July 17 community meeting to learn updates on the San Francisco International Airport Ground Based Augmentation System and to connect with City staff and SFO staff (6 p.m.). Save the Date for National Night Out on August 1. Learn more about these events and others. Get Ready for Plastic Free July! Find information on this global movement and sign up for the Plastic Free July challenge. Explore local resources from Zero Waste Palo Alto. The League of Women Voters of Palo Alto will not be sending out a July E-Blast or August VOTER. Look for us in your inbox on August 14. We hope you enjoy your summer! LWVPA Board Officers & Directors OFFICERS Nancy Shepherd & Judy Kleinberg Co-Presidents Liz Kniss 1st Vice President, Immediate Past President Lisa Ratner 2nd Vice President, Advocacy Megan Swezey Fogarty Secretary Theivanai Palaniappan Treasurer DIRECTORS Paula Collins Parliamentarian Karen Kalinsky Collaborations Hannah Lu Communications TBD Voter Services Bonnie Packer County Council Chair Sunny Dykwel Membership Terry Godfrey Fundraising LWVPA Off-Board Civil Discourse Liaison Susan Owicki Civics Education Chair TBD DEI (Diversity, Equity & Inclusion) Chair TBD Education Gail Price 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, TBD Charlotte Falla Erika Buck Paula Collins Hannah Lu Observer Corps Katie Causey Gun Violence Prevention Hilary Glann Stacey Ashlund Social Media Rachel Kellerman Chloe Chan VOTER and E-Blast Editors Hannah Lu Ella Debenham Ellen Forbes 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:Aram James To:Robert. Jonsen; Binder, Andrew; Sean Allen; Foley, Michael; Tannock, Julie; Reifschneider, James; Wagner, April;Jethroe Moore; Shikada, Ed; Council, City; Shana Segal; Jeff Rosen; Human Relations Commission; MichaelGennaco; Josh Becker; Rebecca Eisenberg; chuck jagoda; Jay Boyarsky; Perron, Zachary; Enberg, Nicholas; JoeSimitian Subject:San Rafael officers charged for use of force Date:Sunday, July 2, 2023 11:38:32 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ https://youtu.be/EkqnXUS4dow Sent from my iPhone From:Aram James To:Julie Lythcott-Haims; Greg Tanaka; DuJuan Green; dennis burns; Bains, Paul;peaceandjusticecenter@gmail.com; Jethroe Moore; Council, City; Josh Becker; Mila Zelkha; Reifschneider, James;Wagner, April; Shana Segal; Vara Ramakrishnan; Jeff Rosen; EPA Today; Rob Baker; Roberta Ahlquist; LindaJolley; Gardener, Liz; Gary Goodman; Shikada, Ed; Human Relations Commission; Karen Holman; Binder,Andrew; Sean Allen; Jethroe Moore; Michael Gennaco; Rebecca Eisenberg; chuck jagoda; Jay Boyarsky Subject:Santa Clara Co."s largest safe parking site for people living in vehicle...(Mountain View) Date:Sunday, July 2, 2023 11:22:41 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ https://youtu.be/M9aYdPoqSXk Sent from my iPhone From:Aram James To:Robert. Jonsen; Jeff Rosen; Binder, Andrew; Council, City; Reifschneider, James; Sean Allen; Jethroe Moore;Shikada, Ed; Shana Segal; Josh Becker; ladoris cordell; peaceandjusticecenter@gmail.com;peaceandjusticecenter@gmail.com; Cecilia Taylor; Rob Baker; Human Relations Commission; Joe Simitian;Supervisor Susan Ellenberg; David Angel; Michael Gennaco; Stephen.Connolly@oirgroup.com; RebeccaEisenberg; chuck jagoda; Jay Boyarsky; Perron, Zachary; Enberg, Nicholas; Julie Lythcott-Haims; Javier Ortega;Mila Zelkha; Tina Boales Subject:Inmates tear gassed in their cells – Palo Alto Daily Post Date:Sunday, July 2, 2023 4:57:04 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ FYI: https://padailypost.com/2023/07/02/inmates-tear-gassed-in-their-cells/ Sent from my iPhone From:Aram James To:Sheriff Transparency; Robert. Jonsen; Sean Allen; Jethroe Moore; bob nunez; Josh Becker; Binder, Andrew;Reifschneider, James; Wagner, April; Council, City; Jeff Rosen; Shana Segal; Joe Simitian; Michael Gennaco;Stephen.Connolly@oirgroup.com; Patricia.Guerrero@jud.ca.gov; Burt, Patrick Subject:Stop Tasers being introduced into our jails Date:Sunday, July 2, 2023 2:04:13 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. https://www.siliconvalleydebug.org/stories/stop-tasers-from-being-introduced-to-our-jails Shared via the Google app Sent from my iPhone From:Aram James To:Barberini, Christopher; Tannock, Julie; Binder, Andrew; Reifschneider, James; Council, City; Wagner, April;Shikada, Ed; Greg Tanaka; DuJuan Green; Sheriff Transparency; Rob Baker; Robert. Jonsen; Josh Becker; ShanaSegal; Sean Allen; Jethroe Moore; Perron, Zachary; Afanasiev, Alex; Human Relations Commission; PlanningCommission; Stephen.Connolly@oirgroup.com; Michael Gennaco; Joe Simitian; Rebecca Eisenberg; chuckjagoda; Jay Boyarsky; Perron, Zachary; Enberg, Nicholas; Jeff Rosen Subject:The Shocking Truth about Police Canines Date:Sunday, July 2, 2023 1:59:07 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ https://youtu.be/cSbEj6RIoDE Sent from my iPhone From:Aram James To:Perron, Zachary; Sean Allen; Jethroe Moore; ladoris cordell; Julie Lythcott-Haims; Bains, Paul;peaceandjusticecenter@gmail.com; Council, City; Josh Becker; Shikada, Ed; Reifschneider, James; Wagner, April;Binder, Andrew; Michael Gennaco; Shana Segal; Vara Ramakrishnan; Joe Simitian; Jeff Rosen; Angie Evans; MilaZelkha; Rebecca Eisenberg; Jay Boyarsky; chuck jagoda; Enberg, Nicholas; Javier Ortega; Tina Boales; DuJuanGreen; dennis burns; Kevin Jensen; Supervisor Susan Ellenberg; Cindy Chavez; Human Relations Commission;Greg Tanaka; Rob Baker; EPA Today; Gennady Sheyner Cc:Foley, Michael; Figueroa, Eric; Tannock, Julie; Afanasiev, Alex Subject:From The Mercury News e-edition - Workers allege racism by Tesla Date:Sunday, July 2, 2023 12:38:29 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.________________________________ Workers allege systematic racism at Tesla’s Fremont factory. ( ugly ugly story)!Front page story in today’s Mercury News. Read it! aram Workers allege racism by Teslahttps://edition.pagesuite.com/popovers/dynamic_article_popover.aspx?guid=8d662d19-bcf3-43fd-832e-33306f866618&appcode=SAN252&eguid=8b95b4a8-dd81-4b58-812a-b450c246af37&pnum=2# For more great content like this subscribe to the The Mercury News e-edition app here: Sent from my iPhone From:Deborah Goldeen To:Council, City Subject:Air Plane Noise Date:Saturday, July 1, 2023 9:18:03 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ Air plane noise at my house (Evergreen Park Neighborhood) is a constant torment. A constant, unrelenting torment. It’s been this way for at least ten years. Just because I don’t write an email everyday about it doesn’t mean it’s stopped. Deborah Goldeen 2130 Birch St., 94306 From:mark weissTo:Council, City; Shikada, Ed Subject:Enterprise license for Pullpath, for $10m per annumDate:Saturday, July 1, 2023 7:29:15 PM Attachments:image0.pngimage1.png CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Pullpath sucksCharge them $10m per year to license our name, “palo Alto” and images. I’m sick of being like some whore in some Hugh Selby story for every f$&@%^ vc bright-boy buck.Mark Weiss Gamify my ^*%# From:Liz Gardner To:Tanaka, Greg; Julie Lythcott-Haims; Council, City; Van Der Zwaag, Minka;gsheyner@embarcaderopublishing.com; Sue Dremann; Summa, Doria; Jean G. Snider; Jocelyn Dong Cc:Aram James; Roberta Ahlquist; Robert Chun Subject:Fwd: More Evictions Coming Terman Apartments Date:Saturday, July 1, 2023 7:21:12 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Liz Gardner <gardnerjaqua@gmail.com>Date: Saturday, July 1, 2023 Subject: More Evictions Coming Terman ApartmentsTo: Palo Alto Renters' Association <info@paloaltorenters.org>, Palo Alto Forward <palo.alto.fwd@gmail.com> FYI: July 15. Many at Terman (sp) have applied for rent assistance and checks are not in the mail. Happy Independence Day from the overloading of British / England’s rule over the hard working & depraved. —Liz -- Liz Gardner -- Liz Gardner From:Sandeep Verma To:Council, City Subject:NO to swapping Terman Park! Date:Saturday, July 1, 2023 6:53:03 PM [Some people who received this message don't often get email from sasverma@hotmail.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, We need Terman Park to be accessible to all residents. Kids need to go to school from south side. We also need access to Los Altos for people of all ages. Terman park is only parkland for Arastradero residents. Neighborhood kids play in the park. We also need egress through Glenbrook gate (which cannot be closed) and school kids need egress out in emergencies. Thanks, S. Verma From:Aram James To:Jethroe Moore; Sean Allen; Danny Garza; Cindy Chavez; walter wilson; Joe Simitian; Supervisor Susan Ellenberg;Javier Ortega; Robert. Jonsen; Council, City Subject:East San Jose residents demand environmental justice - San José Spotlight Date:Saturday, July 1, 2023 3:15:48 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ https://sanjosespotlight.com/east-san-jose-residents-demand-environmental-justice/ Sent from my iPhone From:Aram James To:Sheriff Transparency; Cindy Chavez; Supervisor Susan Ellenberg; Jethroe Moore; Mila Zelkha; Council, City; JoshBecker; Shikada, Ed; Reifschneider, James; Wagner, April; Human Relations Commission; Joe Simitian; JeffRosen; Michael Gennaco; Sean Allen Subject:UPDATE: No Murder Charge For Woman Who Shot Black Neighbor Through Door Date:Saturday, July 1, 2023 3:04:17 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ https://youtu.be/1UHmmpGr4T4 Sent from my iPhone From:Aram James To:Perron, Zachary; Robert. Jonsen; Binder, Andrew; Council, City; Jethroe Moore; Wagner, April; Reifschneider,James; Josh Becker; Shikada, Ed; Mila Zelkha; Shana Segal; Angie Evans; Vara Ramakrishnan; Foley, Michael;Michael Gennaco; Tannock, Julie; Figueroa, Eric; Joe Simitian; ladoris cordell; Rebecca Eisenberg; chuck jagoda;Sean Allen; Jeff Rosen; Jay Boyarsky Subject:UPDATE: No Murder Charge For Woman Who Shot Black Neighbor Through Door Date:Saturday, July 1, 2023 3:02:51 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ https://youtu.be/1UHmmpGr4T4 Sent from my iPhone From:Frankie Farhat To:Council, City Subject:NO SWAPPING TERMAN PARK: Vital For Our Community Date:Saturday, July 1, 2023 2:50:14 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Mayor Kou and Councilmembers, As the NPC (Neighborhood Preparedness Coordinator) for GreenAcres 1, I implore you not to swap Terman Park with the School District. Terman Park is truly vital to our community, in the true sense of this word. It is indeed necessary to maintain and protect life, not just because it supports a more natural and healthier life style, but also because it increases safety and provides us with escape routes in case of a life-threatening emergency, both for GreenAcres 1 residents and surrounding neighbors and for the students and staff at Fletcher Middle School. Safety is an everyday concern for Fletcher Middle School parents. I invite you to come to GreenAcres I on a school day and count the number of cars dropping off or picking up kids near the gate between Glenbrook Drive and Terman Park. For parents, it is the safest way for their children to walk to school withoutwalking on Arastradero... (and most likely also for them to avoid the traffic and congestion on Arastradero and at the school drop-off lanes...). Safety is also important for our own residents, young and older, who can bike or walk to go to school, to the San Antonio shopping center, to downtown Los Altos, or toanywhere in between, while using only low-traffic paths or streets. Emergencies can happen in all kinds of situations: - Natural disasters affecting GreenAcres 1: As the NPC, I have to envision whatclose-by open area I could use for triage in case of a natural disaster. The only viable option for us is Terman Park. The next "option", Juana Briones Park, would require dragging injured (or worse) bodies across a road as busy as Arastradero, a definite no-go....- Disaster along Arastradero: if Arastradero is blocked, our community is stuck, landlocked, with no alternative, unless we can use the Terman path and park, which is another reason why it is so important for us to keep their access open at all times.. - Emergency affecting the school: Should some emergency occur at or around theschool, it seems important for the students and staff to have more than one possible escape route; Once the school closes off what is now known as Terman Park, those options will disappear for them too... Bottomline, Terman Park, just as it is currently used, is vital to keep our community safer and more resilient to adverse situations. Please do not even consider swapping it with the school district. Frankie Farhat GreenAcres 1 NPC From:Henry Etzkowitz To:provost@stanford.edu; Marty Wasserman; Khonika Gope; Ellen Fox; Ellen Granovetter; Bette; Jim Hersh; ChunyanZhou; Whitney McNair Cc:Council, City; Kristina Loquist; Chunyan Zhou; Gloria Hom; Jinx Lobdell; Mickie Winkler Subject:Re: Office Closure: Tuesday, July 4, 2023/clubhouse lockout Date:Saturday, July 1, 2023 11:24:18 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious ofopening attachments and clicking on links. Is Stanford unpatriotic or simply lazy. Why is there no tradition 4th of July celebration hostedafter the university take over of oak creek apartments? Office closing fine. But why lock fitnesscenter on a holiday when it is a facility that is supposed to run unsupervised. Clubhouse should Also be open on a day when students and their families can use it. Recent announcement thatevening hours will be restored appreciated. However, rationale for holiday availability the same. Whether management is lazy or incompetent, need for Palo Alto Third space policy as well asretail space policy with consultants reports and regulation and action! Community of Oak Creek Residents Sent from my iPhone On Jun 30, 2023, at 2:15 PM, Oak Creek Apartments <no-reply@rentcafe.com>wrote: Office Closure: Tuesday, July 4, 2023 June 30, 2023 Dear Valued Residents, Please see below for Oak Creek’s modified office schedule for Independence Day, which will include the Leasing Office, the Resident Services, the Fitness Center, and the Maintenance: Tuesday, July 4th – All offices will be closed in observance of Independence Day. Fitness Center – CLOSED th CONTACT INFO 1600 Sand Hill Rd Palo Alto, CA 94304 (650) 800-7753 Monday 10AM-6PM Tuesday 10AM-6PM Wednesday 10AM-6PM Thursday 10AM-6PM Friday 10AM-6PM Saturday 10AM-6PM OFFICE HOURS Wednesday, July 5 – Normal operations to resume: Leasing Office: 10am- 6pm Resident Services: 9am- 6pm Maintenance Office: 8am- 5pm If you encounter a maintenance emergency while the office is closed such as water leaks, smoke detector concerns, clogged toilet, or locked out of your home, please contact the after-hoursmaintenance on-call at (650)609-8065. Please note, packages are not considered an emergency. To report any noise disturbances or property related concerns, please contact courtesy patrol, Allied Security at (650)564-2096 for immediate assistance. As a reminder, the Community Quiet Hours arebetween 10pm‐8am daily. For general assistance and leasing inquiries please email the Oak Creek Apartments Team at oakcreekaparments@stanford.edu (Cc: oakcreek@sares-regis.com) and a member of our team will follow up upon our return on Wednesday, July 5, 2023. Wishing everyone a wonderful and safe holiday! Sincerely, The Management Team at Oak Creek THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS MESSAGE AND ANY ATTACHMENT MAY BE PRIVILEGED, CONFIDENTIAL, PROPRIETARY OR OTHERWISE PROTECTED FROM DISCLOSURE. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, copying or use of this message and any attachment is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender and permanently delete it from your computer and destroy any printout thereof. 1600 Sand Hill Rd, Palo Alto, CA 94304 This email was sent to h.etzko@gmail.com. To ensure you continue receiving our emails, please add us to youraddress book or safe list. You can opt out of email notifications by clicking here. From:Aram James To:Council, City; Sean Allen Subject:Donald Tamaki of the California Reparations Task Force shares his experiences Date:Saturday, July 1, 2023 10:55:28 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ Hi Rev & Sean: Here is the presentation by Donald Tamaki, member of the reparations task force, that he gave at a recent AALT meeting on the work of the task force and on his own experience working on the Fred Korematsu case. Richard Konda sent it my way. The zoom presentation is about 58 mins long. I highly recommend the presentation. Best regards, aram >> >>> A must view to understand what the Reparations Task Force has been up to over the last 2 years. 5 stars and two thumbs ups! >>> https://us06web.zoom.us/rec/play/fvpFCnBDEBtSfYt-y5nIWz8tP59Lnf- mDW70LkEvRlgxkIiSD9QpCJq0b4leHHaJxO2nuLLfQL3wEgdf.EeD5Q1OEAKgMPava Sent from my iPhone Sent from my iPhone From:Aram James To:Jeff Rosen; Jeff Moore; Josh Becker; Sean Allen; Robert. Jonsen; Binder, Andrew; Reifschneider, James; Wagner,April; Council, City; Shana Segal; Jay Boyarsky; Rob Baker; David Angel; Shikada, Ed; Joe Simitian; HumanRelations Commission; Mila Zelkha; Angie Evans; Vara Ramakrishnan Subject:The California Reparations Report | State of California - Department of Justice - Office of the Attorney General Date:Saturday, July 1, 2023 12:19:37 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ https://oag.ca.gov/ab3121/report Sent from my iPhone From:Aram James To:Shana Segal; Angie Evans; Vara Ramakrishnan; Jethroe Moore; Sean Allen; Binder, Andrew; Reifschneider,James; Perron, Zachary; Council, City; Shikada, Ed; citycouncil@mountainview.gov; GRP-City Clerk; GregTanaka; DuJuan Green; dennis burns; Sheriff Transparency; Robert. Jonsen; Rob Baker; Roberta Ahlquist;Wagner, April; Jeff Rosen; Joe Simitian; Michael Gennaco; dis_course@yahoo.com Subject:Reparations Report Executive Summary Date:Friday, June 30, 2023 11:21:00 PM Attachments:exec-summary-ca-reparations.pdf CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of openingattachments and clicking on links.________________________________ https://oag.ca.gov/system/files/media/exec-summary-ca-reparations.pdf Sent from my iPhone From:Aram James To:Patricia.Guerrero@jud.ca.gov; Burt, Patrick; Greer Stone; Lydia Kou; Lauing, Ed; Council, City; Shikada, Ed;Rebecca Eisenberg Subject:Executive Summary Reparation Report Date:Friday, June 30, 2023 11:13:52 PM Attachments:exec-summary-ca-reparations.pdf CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of openingattachments and clicking on links.________________________________ https://oag.ca.gov/system/files/media/exec-summary-ca-reparations.pdf Sent from my iPhone From:Aram James To:Greg Tanaka; Julie Lythcott-Haims; Veenker, Vicki; Shikada, Ed; Sean Allen; Jethroe Moore; Council, City; EPAToday; Human Relations Commission; Josh Becker; Emily Mibach; Mila Zelkha; Vara Ramakrishnan; SupervisorSusan Ellenberg; Cindy Chavez; Binder, Andrew; Reifschneider, James; Shana Segal; Angie Evans; Jeff Rosen;Joe Simitian; ladoris cordell; Rebecca Eisenberg; chuck jagoda; Jay Boyarsky; Perron, Zachary; Enberg, Nicholas;Michael Gennaco; Wagner, April; dennis burns Cc:Cecilia Taylor; citycouncil@mountainview.gov; DuJuan Green; GRP-City Council; Sheriff Transparency Subject:[AALT Meeting] CA Reparations Task Force Learnings - Zoom Date:Friday, June 30, 2023 10:18:50 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.________________________________ A must view to understand what the Reparations Task Force has been up to over the last 2 years. 5 stars and twothumbs ups! https://us06web.zoom.us/rec/play/fvpFCnBDEBtSfYt-y5nIWz8tP59Lnf-mDW70LkEvRlgxkIiSD9QpCJq0b4leHHaJxO2nuLLfQL3wEgdf.EeD5Q1OEAKgMPava Sent from my iPhone From:Aram James To:DuJuan Green; Perron, Zachary; Binder, Andrew; Jethroe Moore; Council, City; Shikada, Ed; Wagner, April; JoshBecker; Jeff Rosen; Shana Segal; Human Relations Commission; Joe Simitian; Michael Gennaco; ladoris cordell;chuck jagoda; Sean james; Bains, Paul; peaceandjusticecenter@gmail.com; Rebecca Eisenberg; Jay Boyarsky;Julie Lythcott-Haims; Veenker, Vicki; Enberg, Nicholas; Javier Ortega; Tina Boales; Mila Zelkha; dennis burns;Angie Evans; Kevin Jensen; Reifschneider, James; Greg Tanaka; Vara Ramakrishnan; Supervisor Susan Ellenberg Subject:California"s slavery reparations plan: Eligibility, payments and other details Date:Friday, June 30, 2023 7:27:43 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: From: Aram James <abjpd1@gmail.com>Date: June 30, 2023 at 7:24:42 PM PDT To: Sean james <uxseanjames@gmail.com>, "Lewis. james" <alphonse9947@gmail.com>, Donette <brownsugah2u@yahoo.com>, Jean Gage <jean_gage@yahoo.com>, Ann James<ajames1983@gmail.com> Subject: California's slavery reparations plan: Eligibility, payments and other details NewsBreakUsed by over 45 million people Open APP California's slavery reparations plan: Eligibility, payments and other details Los Angeles Times I found this on NewsBreak: California's slavery reparations plan: Eligibility, payments and other details Click to read the full story Sent from my iPhone From:Alice Smith To:Board@valleywater.org; Council, City; PA Weekly Editor; Supervisor Joe Simitian;supervisor.ellenberg@bos.sccgov.org Subject:Environmental Dead-spots in my town: think of the birds and the bees. Date:Friday, June 30, 2023 3:56:28 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. I am asking the City of Palo Alto, the Valley Water Board, Santa Clara County and the Palo Alto Weekly to be aware of and to take action to limit and prevent environmental degradation arising from the use of artificial turf. The City of Palo Alto and other jurisdictions should not advocate for its use and stop using the same and remove artificial turf from all publicly fundedlocations. There are private homes in Palo Alto extensively using artificial turf in their backyards.I have no doubt these homeowners were told they were making good water-saving decisions. Such use is not a good environmental choice. This article on Water Rebate: https://www.synlawn.com/news/2022-california-water- restriction-and-artificial-grass-rebate-information/ suggests the government is paying ultimately Monsanto to degrade our environment through rebates for turf. Rebates for destroying open space??? That is crazy. Public agencies and commissions such as the architectural review boards, the planning departments, the City Council, Board of Supervisors and Water Districtshould inform themselves, and then reach out to homeowners, their landscapers, local architects and others to help them to understand the environmental degradation arising from their use of artificial turf and its impact on the environment. Our normally environmentally wise City has advocated and invested in promoting changing grass lawns into natural habitats, including wildflowers and native plants, for the good of the community. So why do we have artificial turf on soccer fields which only benefits Monsanto and its ilk and not the players or nature? Whatever water usage or grounds-keeping servicesyou may be saving, that cost isn’t as costly as the loss of greenery to the birds, bees, bugs and air quality (or injuries to players). Returning artificially turfed lands to a natural state, whether grass for soccer ornative plants or native grasses to replace lawns: (a) helps our insects and birds which are so much in trouble,(b) counters carbon-increase, (c) eliminates these new impervious surfaces and the chemical gasses and debris running off the wearing-out turf and thus removes this new source of water pollution and resulting water-runoff which floods nearby streets. Thus eliminating turf is a lot healthier choice for our community as well as the environment. Here are links to 2 NY Times articles which furthered my understanding and I trust yours of the need for more not fewer grassy places: No mow: meadows ... how one can profit nature by your actions and To Nurture Nature, Neglect Your Lawn Read the article but do note this quote: .. "Nature has been trying to make this point for a while now. Next time you walk around a suburban neighborhood, take a mental wildlife census of the yards you pass. What you’ll invariably find is that the pristine lawns have almost no insects living there — no bees or butterflies, no beetles, no grasshoppers or crickets, no lacewings, no spiders, no roly-polys. And where there are no insects, there are also no tree frogs, no toads, no turtles, no bats, no songbirds. A staggering 96 percent of songbirds, even thosethat subsist on seeds and berries as adults, rely on insects to feed their young: A growing body needs protein, and for birds the best source of protein is a bug. And birds don’t know when a bug is sick with poison. We tend to think of nature in terms of its resilience. A rat snake eats all the redbird babies, and the parents build another nest somewhere else and try again. A tree dies in the forest, and all the little woodland creatures make a feast of the insects that livein the deadwood. But just because we can’t see something doesn’t mean it isn’t happening. We hearbirds singing in springtime, and we assume that all is well, despite our chemicals, despite the heat we are generating with our fossil fuels, despite the forests we are laying waste to. But we are wrong: The North American bird population is in steep decline, and the news is even worse for insects and amphibians: “Apocalypse” is the word scientists most often use to describe what’s happening to those populations. Gerard Manley Hopkins didn’t live to see the havoc wreaked by the chemicals that poison us now, but he knew something about the vulnerability of the natural world: What would the world be, once bereft Of wet and of wildness? Let them be left, O let them be left, wildness and wet; Long live the weeds and the wilderness yet. As individuals, we too often feel powerless in the face of the corporate and political forces that drive our culture, but in this matter we are not powerless. We can change our preferences and train our eyes to see the “perfect” American lawn for what it is: a field of poison. We can put away our chemicals, make a haven of our own yards and welcome the wildflowers." Protect our environment, please. Take action now. I am not a scientist, but am a bird-watcher and wildflower enthusiast aghast by the loss of our open spaces through ignorance. Alice Schaffer Smith 850 Webster Street #520 Palo Alto, CA 94301 Why should my Zip Code determine how I exercise my vote? We need one federal law that governs elections for every American. www.nationalvotercorps.org From:Boatwright, Tabatha To:Council, City Cc:Shikada, Ed; Batchelor, Dean; Nose, Kiely Subject:2023 MSC Open House Date:Friday, June 30, 2023 11:39:37 AM Attachments:image001.pngimage002.pngimage003.pngimage006.pngMAP_Sustainability.pngMAP_Sustainability.pngMunicipal Service Center Open House Flyer2.pdf Honorable Council Members, As staff we see and appreciate all that you do for our community. We understand your time is valuable and you volunteer so much of it to better our city and lives within it. Each year staff opens the Municipal Service Center to the same community in hopes of bringing them together to get to know us and what we can do for them. What programs we have, how do handle permitting, how we help in emergency situations, and the fun things we have to offer as well, pet adoption, library services, Jr. Museum and Zoo. This year we are trying something new, we will have a Sustainability Locator Booth. This booth will have a map (attached) to direct the community to all of the sustainability booths. We would be excited to have you experience this with us. We have an annual Trophy for the booth that stands out. We are asking you to participate and judge the booths. As you visit each one. Which ones stand out to you, most exciting, most informative, most attraction, interactive and so much more for you to see. There will be ballots on clipboards waiting for you at the Welcome Booth. There is a ballot box there as well where you can drop them off. I can speak for all of us when I say it would be wonderful to have you participate. With the understanding this is during your break, I would appreciate knowing if you will be in attendance so I can have everything prepared for you. TABATHA BOATWRIGHT Utilities Administrative Assistant City of Palo Alto Utilities Department 250 Hamilton Ave | Palo Alto, CA 94301 O: 650.329.2326 M: 408.966.0838 E-mail: Tabatha.Boatwright@cityofpaloalto.org www.cityofpaloalto.org Join us for the 2023 MSC Open House on Saturday, July 15, 2023 from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm From:Charlie Weidanz To:Council, City Subject:Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce News & Updates - June 29, 2023 Date:Friday, June 30, 2023 11:13:53 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. NEWS & UPDATES - June 29, 2023 Chamber Mixer & Networking Event Leadership Palo Alto - Applications Due July 31 Stanford Summer Celebrations Third Thursday California Avenue - July 20 SlingShot Connections SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITY: 2023 Palo Alto Festival of the Arts Chamber Mixer & Networking Event Tuesday, July 18, 2023 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm Mike's Diner Bar 2680 Middlefield Rd. Palo Alto, CA 94306 The City of Palo Alto will present an update on UpLift Local. Connect with fellow professionals and business owners. Enjoy light refreshments and drinks. RSVP Online Leadership Palo Alto 2023-2024 Participants will graduate ready to re-imagine and reshape our communitywith 21st-century leadership skills. Topics include: Local, Regional and State Government Education Arts & Culture Environment & Sustainability Housing & TransportationHealth & Wellness & More Learn More and Apply Online Here Applications are Due July 31 Contact Charlie@paloaltochamber.com for more information. Summer Celebrations at Stanford Research Park Summer Celebrations at Stanford Research Park Join us in celebrating 70 years of innovation at Stanford Research Park this summer. This event series will celebrate culture, sustainability, and STEM with activities, music, and entertainment for all ages. Individuals who work in Stanford Research Park, their friends and family, and Palo Alto residents are welcome to attend anytime between 4 pm and 8 pm on June 8, July 6, and August 3. Complimentary appetizers, dessert, and non-alcoholic beverages provided byStanford Research Park. Meals, beer and wine available for purchase from Coupa Café. More Details and Free Registration Here 3rd Thursday California Ave. Palo Alto Third Thursday - A New Monthly Live Music Event Join us on Third Thursday 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm July 20th, 2023 California Avenue in Palo Alto Musical groups will be playing at various locations along the street creating the joyful opportunity to explore the Ave and support local businesses. Learn More SlingShot Connections SlingShot Connections is a women-owned, purpose-led and community-driven, staffing solutions provider with the mission to revolutionize workforce solutions one connection at a time. We specialize in placing candidates in the Hospitality/Retail, Manufacturing and Human Resources sectors through direct hire placement, flexible contingent workforce, as well as Managed Service Program solutions. Through our commitment to excellence, we put our Clients and Associates at the forefront of everything we do - matching exceptional talent to our Clients’ diverse needs and cultures. Transform your business hiring today! Call: 408-247-8233 Email: hospitality@slingshotconnections.com Palo Alto Festival of the Arts - Celebrating 40 years Want to get your business in front of tens of thousands of local residents? Join us as a Corporate Sponsor for the 2023 Palo Alto Festival of the Arts Aug. 26-27 along University Avenue. Along with branding, you will have promotional and lead generation opportunities galore with tens of thousands of attendees expected over the weekend. We look forward to helping you find a creative and satisfying fit for your specific needs. For details, call Claudette Mannina at 831- 461-1796 or claudette@designingleads.com. See full Festival details at www.paloaltochamber.com/festival. Hope to see you Aug. 26-27! This signature event is proudly hosted by: This email was sent on behalf of Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce 355 Alma St Palo Alto, CA 94301.To unsubscribe click here. If you have questions or comments concerning this email or services in general, please contact us by emailat info@paloaltochamber.com. See Our Upcoming Events Learn More About The Chamber PALO ALTO CHAMBER & VISITORS CENTER 355 ALMA STREET | PALO ALTO | CA | 94301 | 650-324-3121 WWW.PALOALTOCHAMBER.COM This email was sent on behalf of Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce 355 Alma St Palo Alto, CA 94301.To unsubscribe clickhere. If you have questions or comments concerning this email or services in general, please contact us by email atinfo@paloaltochamber.com. From:Jasmine Dhaliwal To:Council, City Subject:Our beloved Terman park, Don"t take it away! Date:Friday, June 30, 2023 9:35:28 AM Some people who received this message don't often get email from nonya.dhaliwal@gmail.com. Learn why this isimportant CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Mayor Kou and Councilmembers, I want to express my great consternation at the thought of losing Terman park. The parkwhere our kids play in the evenings-- basketball, baseball and run all over the field! It's safe and can be walked by elders and toddlers alike. It is a place where we holdconversations, walk and bike to the trail that connects Los Altos and Mountainview. I can't fathom the impact it will have on the joy and meaning this place has been giving us.. I hope that you do not take this lightly and the emotional impact it is having on us. Recently we had a summer event on these grounds where all generations mingled. We stand on the giant shoulders of our predecessors and it was such an enriching experience for ourchildren to learn and play. We had a book exchange and it was just such a healing experience after the turmoil of the pandemic. To swap that land and have it taken away, throws me in such a deep state of despair, butknowing that you as a leader will listen to the voices of your fellow citizens, is my sole hope. Thanks,Jasmine Dhaliwal. -- Warm regards, Jasmine Dhaliwal From:Aram James To:Julie Lythcott-Haims; Jethroe Moore; Sean Allen; Lydia Kou; Robert. Jonsen; Binder, Andrew; Foley, Michael;Wagner, April; Reifschneider, James; Figueroa, Eric; Enberg, Nicholas; DuJuan Green; Kevin Jensen; dennisburns; Council, City; Shikada, Ed; Josh Becker; Mila Zelkha; Shana Segal; Joe Simitian; Angie Evans; Gardener,Liz; Linda Jolley; Michael Gennaco; Jeff Rosen; ladoris cordell; Rebecca Eisenberg; chuck jagoda; Perron,Zachary; Javier Ortega; Tina Boales; Jay Boyarsky; Rob Baker; Vara Ramakrishnan; Greg Tanaka; Cecilia Taylor;EPA Today; Gennady Sheyner; Diana Diamond; Cindy Chavez; Supervisor Susan Ellenberg; Bains, Paul; HumanRelations Commission Subject:From The Mercury News e-edition - Task force suggests restitution for slavery Date:Friday, June 30, 2023 8:17:37 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ Task force suggests restitution for slavery https://edition.pagesuite.com/popovers/dynamic_article_popover.aspx?guid=d4ced544-2630-4f4c-9ba2- a2922dc50606&appcode=SAN252&eguid=c4ab9410-c0a6-4f54-ba90-61564dea6163&pnum=3# For more great content like this subscribe to the The Mercury News e-edition app here: Sent from my iPhone From:Aram James To:Julie Lythcott-Haims; Veenker, Vicki; Greg Tanaka; Jethroe Moore; Sean Allen; Council, City; Josh Becker; MilaZelkha; Angie Evans; Shana Segal; Human Relations Commission; Binder, Andrew; Robert. Jonsen;Reifschneider, James; Wagner, April; Jeff Rosen; Shikada, Ed Subject:San Jose official"s stay in homeless shelter exposes reality - San José Spotlight Date:Friday, June 30, 2023 8:06:08 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ https://sanjosespotlight.com/san-jose-officials-stay-in-homeless-shelter-exposes-reality/ Sent from my iPhone From:Aram James To:Robert. Jonsen; Sheriff Transparency; Sean Allen; Jethroe Moore; Josh Becker; Reifschneider, James; Wagner,April; Shikada, Ed; Human Relations Commission; Jeff Rosen; Shana Segal; Joe Simitian; Michael Gennaco;Binder, Andrew; Council, City; chuck jagoda; Rebecca Eisenberg; Perron, Zachary; Enberg, Nicholas; JulieLythcott-Haims; Javier Ortega; Jay Boyarsky; Angie Evans; Mila Zelkha; DuJuan Green; Kevin Jensen; dennisburns; Supervisor Susan Ellenberg; Vara Ramakrishnan; Rob Baker; Cecilia Taylor; Cindy Chavez; Greg Tanaka;Gennady Sheyner; EPA Today; Diana Diamond Subject:WATCH: Street Bigot Beats, Stomps Black Food Truck Owner Date:Thursday, June 29, 2023 6:09:33 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ https://youtu.be/4mTF8NbIa4g Sent from my iPhone From:Aram James To:Enberg, Nicholas; Foley, Michael; Tannock, Julie; Reifschneider, James; Wagner, April; Binder, Andrew; Robert.Jonsen; Sheriff Transparency; Council, City; Shikada, Ed; Josh Becker; Jethroe Moore; Mila Zelkha; Shana Segal;Joe Simitian; Michael Gennaco; ladoris cordell; Rebecca Eisenberg; chuck jagoda; Jay Boyarsky; Perron, Zachary;Kevin Jensen; Human Relations Commission; Javier Ortega; Angie Evans; dennis burns; DuJuan Green;Supervisor Susan Ellenberg; Rob Baker; Vara Ramakrishnan; EPA Today; Cecilia Taylor; Gennady Sheyner; CindyChavez; Greg Tanaka; Diana Diamond; Jeff Rosen Subject:Three SAPD officers charged with murder after gunning down woman in apar... Date:Thursday, June 29, 2023 6:02:31 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ https://youtu.be/GZ9mUWF7dUw Sent from my iPhone From:Aram James To:Binder, Andrew; Robert. Jonsen; Jeff Rosen; Julie Lythcott-Haims; Veenker, Vicki; Jethroe Moore; Sean Allen;Kevin Jensen; Reifschneider, James; DuJuan Green; Wagner, April; Josh Becker; Shikada, Ed; dennis burns;Council, City; Shana Segal; Joe Simitian; Javier Ortega; Michael Gennaco; ladoris cordell; Rebecca Eisenberg;chuck jagoda; Jay Boyarsky; Perron, Zachary; Enberg, Nicholas; Tina Boales; Angie Evans; Mila Zelkha;Supervisor Susan Ellenberg; Vara Ramakrishnan; Greg Tanaka; Cecilia Taylor; Cindy Chavez; EPA Today;Gennady Sheyner; Rob Baker; Human Relations Commission; Diana Diamond Subject:UPDATE: All Five Cops FIRED For Abusing Black Men In Heinous Attack Date:Thursday, June 29, 2023 5:53:39 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ https://youtu.be/NIKlEfEtmBg Sent from my iPhone Celebrating Six Decades of Sister City Friendship Please join Neighbors Abroad at 6 p.m. on Friday, October 27, at the Lucie Stern Community Center to celebrate our 60th anniversary of cultivating Palo Alto’s Sister City relationships. The fundraising event will include a silent auction, international cuisine, and entertainment. Proceeds benefit our service projects in Mexico and the Philippines, youth exchange programs, and other initiatives around the world and here at home. Tickets will be available for purchase in late summer. Mark your calendar and join us for the fun! www.neighborsabroad.org From:Neighbors AbroadTo:Council, CitySubject:SAVE THE DATE! Celebrate 60 Years of Sister City Friendship with Neighbors AbroadDate:Thursday, June 29, 2023 5:53:33 PM Some people who received this message don't often get email from mschreiber@neighborsabroad.org. Learn why this isimportant CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious ofopening attachments and clicking on links. View in browser SAVE THE DATE! Neighbors Abroad 355 Alma Street, Palo Alto CA 94301 United States You received this email because you signed up on our website or made a purchase from us. Unsubscribe From:Cal Cornwell To:Council, City Subject:Keep Terman Park - Don"t Swap! Date:Thursday, June 29, 2023 5:16:40 PM [Some people who received this message don't often get email from calcornwell@yahoo.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 Members, I frequently use the bike path through Terman park to get from Stanford south. I would be a shame to have lose this pathway which we have used for many years. Cal Cornwell From:Maya To:Council, City Subject:Keep Terman a City Park! Date:Thursday, June 29, 2023 1:52:34 PM Some people who received this message don't often get email from emayaanbalagan@gmail.com. Learn why thisis important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Mayor Kou and Council members, My family and I have lived in the Green Acres neighborhood and we really enjoy having theability to utilize Terman Park with our children. It is a lovely open space that our neighborhood otherwise lacks. I was recently informed of plans to create more housing in thisarea and that would be a severe loss for us. Please reconsider this project! Emaya Anbalagan Pomona AvePalo Alto From:Aram James To:Julie Lythcott-Haims; Patricia.Guerrero@jud.ca.gov; Burt, Patrick; Jeff Rosen; Council, City; DuJuan Green; Tanaka, Greg; Josh Becker;Shikada, Ed; Jethroe Moore; Sean Allen; Bunny Chiba; dennis burns; Sheriff Transparency; Binder, Andrew; Reifschneider, James;Wagner, April; Joe Simitian; Michael Gennaco; Shana Segal; ladoris cordell; Rebecca Eisenberg; Jay Boyarsky; Perron, Zachary; Enberg,Nicholas; Javier Ortega; Angie Evans; Mila Zelkha; Kevin Jensen; Supervisor Susan Ellenberg; chuck jagoda; Vara Ramakrishnan; Human Relations Commission; Cecilia Taylor; Cindy Chavez; Gennady Sheyner; Greg Tanaka; Rob Baker; Bains, Paul Subject:Reparations Task Force Unveils Comprehensive Final Proposals Regarding Reparations for African Americans Date:Thursday, June 29, 2023 1:42:52 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of openingattachments and clicking on links. Equal Justice Society web banner California Reparations Task Force Unveils Comprehensive Final Proposals to the Legislature Regarding Reparations for African Americans All of us at the Equal Justice Society congratulate our President Lisa Holder on the completion of her two-year term on the historic California Reparations Task Force, which is holding its final meeting now, and the release of its final report and recommendations for redressing the historical atrocities perpetrated against African Americans in California. Lisa was appointed to the Task Force by Gov. Gavin Newsom following his signing of AB 3121, authored by then-Assemblymember Shirley Weber to establish a task force to educate the public about slavery and its history and pernicious aftereffects in California and make recommendations on how the state could provide reparations. The California Task Force to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans was the first initiative of its kind by a state government. It spent the past two years documenting how enslavement and its enduring legacy of systemic racism cemented structural inequality. The Reparations Task Force’s final report identifies methodologies for calculating reparations payments to the community of eligibility— descendants of a chattel enslaved person, or descendants of a free Black person living in the United States prior to the end of the 19th Century; and recommends to the Legislature, for its adoption, numerous policy changes directed at redressing each and every aspect of the atrocities perpetrated against African Americans, as well as, a formal apology, and a standard curriculum to help make the history of African Americans as well as the Task Force's findings and recommendations, accessible to people of all ages. Other components of the report include a survey on the implementation of the California Racial Justice Act, a detailed compendium of state and federal laws and cases impacting the rights of African Americans, and a robust community engagement process undertaken at the direction of the Task Force. Enacted on September 30, 2020, AB 3121 tasked the Reparations Task Force with studying the institution of slavery in the United States – including the keeping of enslaved persons and enforcement of “Fugitive Slave Acts” in California – and how those actions and structures put in place during the enslavement period and thereafter resulted in a system that relentlessly subjugated African Americans. The report traces this through California’s history into the present and both details the ongoing adverse impacts on living African Americans and presents numerous ideas for policy changes designed to begin the process of repair, with special attention to addressing the specific injuries to descendants of individuals enslaved in the United States. The final report consolidates months of hearings, expert testimony, public comments, witness statements, and an array of records and materials submitted to the task force. The report is organized as follows: Part I details the history of how, 158 years after the abolition of slavery, its badges and incidents remain embedded in the political, legal, health, financial, educational, cultural, environmental, social, and economic systems of California and the United States. Part II discusses the international framework for reparations as established by the United Nations, which requires compensation, restitution, rehabilitation, satisfaction, and guarantees of non- repetition. Part III offers recommendations as to how the State of California should apologize for the state’s perpetration of gross human rights violations against Africans who were enslaved and their descendants. Part IV sets forth methods for calculating some aspects of monetary reparations to address: (a) health disparities, (b) disproportionate African American mass incarceration and over-policing, (c) housing discrimination, (d) devaluation of African American businesses; (e) unjust property takings by eminent domain; and (f) labor discrimination. Part V delineates a broad set of more than 115 recommendations to the Legislature for critically needed law and policy reforms to address and redress the harms set forth in Part I and support the other recommendations in the Report. Part VI discusses the results of the DOJ’s survey regarding the implementation of the California Racial Justice Act, which could offer a potentially powerful tool for rooting out and addressing bias in the criminal justice system, including charging decisions, convictions, and sentencing. Part VII includes a report commissioned by the Task Force intended to give the community voice in the conversation concerning reparations, including through listening sessions, collection of personal testimonies and oral histories, and a statewide survey. Part VIII sets forth the Task Force’s recommendation that the Legislature adopt a standard curriculum centered on the Task Force’s findings and recommendations and that the Legislature fund the development and implementation of age-appropriate curricula across all grade levels. Part IX contains a compendium of state and federal laws and cases that demonstrate that from the birth of the nation forward, federal and state constitutional provisions, statutes, and court decisions have sanctioned, enabled, and institutionalized discrimination, on the part of government and private actors, against African Americans. For additional information about the Reparations Task Force's work, please visit www.oag.ca.gov/ab3121. Source: State of California Dept. of Justice, Attorney General Rob Bonta The Equal Justice Society (https://equaljusticesociety.org) is transforming the nation’s consciousness on race through law, social science, and the arts. Our legal strategy aims to broaden conceptions of present-day discrimination to include unconscious and structural bias by using social science, structural analysis, and real-life experience. 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Perhaps trees with deep. straight taproots can be planted along the west side of the viaduct for privacy. You are responsible for all of Palo Alto, not just the track neighbors, though it's hard toremember that in the face of passionate opposition. I also favor all the proposed tall buildings around the intersection of El Camino and OregonEspressway/Page Mill. They are close to Caltrain, VTA busses, and the intersection from101 and 280. These buildings cause the least disruption. Again, you can require a wideparking strip with trees with deep. straight taproots as a buffer.Thanks, Mary Beth, Channing House resident and home owner Mary Beth Train - Home office phone 650-324-7346 *voice only, not text*-mbt3305@yahoo.com From:Sheriff Transparency To:Aram James Cc:Michael Gennaco; Stephen.Connolly@oirgroup.com; Binder, Andrew; Reifschneider, James; Wagner, April; Council, City; Julie Lythcott-Haims; Shikada, Ed; Josh Becker; Mila Zelkha; Angie Evans; Shana Segal; Vara Ramakrishnan; Human Relations Commission; Jeff Rosen; Joe Simitian; EPA Today; Gennady Sheyner; Diana Diamond; DuJuan Green; dennis burns; Kevin Jensen Subject:Re: San Jose chooses new interim police watchdog - San José Spotlight Date:Thursday, June 29, 2023 9:40:16 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. ?We've never read before, so much controversy about a candidate for the City of San Jose IPA. Ms. Sinunu and her husband, Mr. Towery have been in so many questionable circumstances, how can an entire community trust her? We are not questioning her background as a former prosecutor or her work with the innocenceproject. We question the potential activities, politically and personally she has been involved with that makes us wonder her ability to remain neutral in her new role. Did any City Councilmember consider this? Was there a public meeting for input? This is not our issue to monitor this. But in reading the posted article, has any of those opposing this appointment express their input to the City Council rather than the "mediacourt?" Has anyone who opposed the appointment brought forth any suggestions for a neutral, viable candidate without a hazy background? 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From:mark weiss To:Council, City; Shikada, Ed Cc:Jeff LaMere; Tom DuBois; Neilson Buchanan Subject:Fwd: Board Correspondence: An appeal for professionalism and integrity Date:Thursday, June 29, 2023 1:52:06 AM Attachments:image001.png062723 S Public Email C-23-0150.pdf062723 S Public Email C-23-0151.pdf062823 Moore Email C-23-0152.pdf CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: From: mark weiss <earwopa@yahoo.com>Date: June 29, 2023 at 1:47:15 AM PDTTo: Rebecca Eisenberg <Reisenberg@valleywater.org>Cc: ladoris@judgecordell.com, Jethroe Moore <moore2j@att.net>, Aram James<abjpd1@gmail.com>, Julie Lythcott-Haims <julieforpaloalto@gmail.com>, greg zlotnick <z_tiburon@yahoo.com>, Peter Drekmeier <pdrekmeier@earthlink.net>,Brian Evans <evansbrian@fhda.edu>, art_liberman@yahoo.com, Harry Price <mcantrell@priceslaw.com>, Joe Simitian <joe.simitian@bos.sccgov.org>,doriasumma@gmail.comSubject: Re: Board Correspondence: An appeal for professionalism andintegrity Thank you, Rebecca. As always — I’m guessing 50 times— you address a topic with a thoroughnessand sophistication well beyond my ability, at times enhancing or amplifying myrhetorical thrust.Mark Weiss(BA, Dartmouth College, in English; former reporter, Peninsula Times Tribune,Worcester Telegram; former copywriter, Rigoli Pamphilon Demeter; intern, ChiatDay, Coakley Hagerty; freelancer, Saatchi, Young and Rubican; blogger, “PlasticAlto” wordpress; also: candidate Palo Alto City Council, 2009, 2012, 2014;candidate, PA Human Relations Commission, Public Art Commission,Architectural Review Board, Planning Commission, Parks and Recs commission2010-2023 total of 11 separate times) Sent from my iPhone On Jun 28, 2023, at 5:28 PM, Rebecca Eisenberg<Reisenberg@valleywater.org> wrote: Dear Revered Moore: (Also: I am cc'ing individuals referenced below, but per my note at the bottom- to those cc'd, please do not feel any obligation to read this in full and/or respond. I am sorry to occupy your time, which I respect and value.) I am going to call you by phone, but I want to document my thoughts for the purpose of official communication, which this is. Reverend (and I know you told me I can call you Jethroe, but you also know that I respect you greatly and we both know how names can demonstrate respect or lack thereof), I greatly appreciate your note. You are a strong ally and friend, and I always welcome and appreciate your insightful comments. In particular, I greatly appreciate your pointing out to the Board my friendship and allyship with Reverend Kaloma Smith. You are correct that I was very active in the successful effort to open Foothills Park, and you also know my involvement with Black Lives Matter, Defund Police, and my best friend (our mutual friend) Aram James's continuing efforts to eliminate the use of police dogs and other inhumane and brutal methods of police violence against minority individuals, especially African American men and women, who die every day at the hands of the police (which is one of the primary reasons that I sit down during the pledge, an action which I do not intend to change despite John/Susan Q Public's objection to my not performing the act of forced fealty). Reverend, you also know that it was Judge LaDoris Cordell, as Mark pointed out, who recruited me to run for this position and who remains one of my most respected, admired and valued mentors. You, Judge Cordell, Aram James, and I (along with many others) have been involved in important and life-improving community actions in Palo Alto, and through our shared values, goals and actions, we have become friends. I also appreciate and am grateful for your commitment to the womxn's rights movement, and our shared support in particular for better opportunities and equity for women of color, especially African American women who, among other things, have been at the forefront of the true (inclusive) womxn's rights movement. I am proud of our shared efforts towards justice. That said, I fear that you may have misread some my language, possibly due to my own lack of clarity. For example, when I refer to the male CEO and the male Chair, I refer to different individuals via the relevant dominant status they have in common: their dominant sex and gender (and sexual orientation and religion). It is important and relevant to point out that the positions of greatest power, prestige, and pay are all held by men at Valley Water -- CEO, Chair, and District Counsel (the CEO being the highest paid and the Chair being the most powerful). For purposes of anti-discrimination analysis, it is of essential relevance what classification holds the power, as it is almost never the case that the lower-status groups can, as a matter of law and fact, discriminate against those in power of the dominant class. You know from life experience, as well from books like White Fragility, that the dominant class sometimes does not perceive or recognize their privilege, and as such, they often view experiences that differ from their belief in an equal status quo as direct attacks (e.g the perception that being called a racist is worse than actual racism, similar to the perception that being pointed out one's gender bias is worse than the harm caused by unconscious bias against women). This is where training can be extremely useful and powerful, and is why I continue to ask for better training for the Board and the District's top leadership. Most importantly, Reverend, you know that I am not the ringmaster here. If I were the ringmaster, and/or had ay power in this organization (which I do not), I would: 1. I would end the expensive reverse discrimination investigation inquiry against me. I have complied with all document and public records act requests in full, and nothing has been found. I still have not been interviewed but honestly, is that necessary? There is nothing there. This continues to drain my savings, intended to be used for things like paying my two children's college tuitions (one is in college now; the other heads there hopefully in one year). 2. I would reimburse my costs of defense (not any costs of taking on the district, which I have not done, so amount to zero). This never should have been an investigation. It should have been a conversation, ideally with a third party mediator who is well versed in workplace discrimination. Jim Beall has asked for that. It's common sense. The men in charge did not recognize how depriving me of equal representation on committees harmed my income, exposure to opportunities, and access to networking. This kind of unawareness can be mitigated through difficult conversations and trainings. 3. I would end to the unprofessional and abusive policy of distributing unauthenticated, ad hominem emails. Emails from trolls are never given the evidentiary weight that this organization gives them. It is shocking. What is particularly alarming in this case is that the "Q Public person is same email address that made the vile, defamatory, malicious attacks on Chuck Cantrell, using the lowest and most harmful racist tropes to discredit a well-respected, highly-educated, public servant. Now Valley Water is leveraging similar discriminatory tropes and narratives against me, referencing long-held views about a "woman's place," and referencing language that many consider to be heterosexist and anti-semitic (I can point them out to you by phone if you like. I enjoy our conversations discussing these types of matters, which often are visible only to the victim of discriminatory attacks). 4. I would immediately fulfill the Board's (and top executives') obligation for gender equity training, which is greatly overdue. 5. I would hire a third party consultant to recommend long- overdue remedial measures to address the systemic issues pointed out in last October's investigation about my predecessor and the problematic culture that enabled his behavior to go on for 7 years without consequence. 6. I would ban the use of anonymous email ad hominem attacks. Disagreement is always welcome but bullying (especially by anonymous trolls) is not. The lack of any objection to these trolls (and rather, the continued amplification of troll harassment) has fueled the fire. Just now, Mark Weiss, an ordinary citizen and a respected community member, was attacked by this troll. That is shameful. There are no adults controlling the children here. 7. I would take urgent measures to help this organization understand and respect (perhaps through training or a mediator) that disagreement is not the same thing as discrimination. We can disagree with each other in a respectful way. Ad hominem attacks-- meaning, attacks on a person's character, rather than disagreements with a person's actions or words- are never welcome. In recognition that some people perceive disagreement (especially by lower-status individuals, e.g. women and/or minorities) as insults and attacks, there are many consultants who help with this misperception -- e.g. the author of White Fragility. 8. I would push for recognition that it is our jobs and our responsibility to disagree with each other, as well as understanding that the CEO is a Board appointed officer, so Board members have the right to disagree with the strategies, actions, and statements made by the CEO. We are a legislative body, not a cheerleading squad, and just like Congressional Democrats often disagree with the President, and state lawmakers often disagree with the Governor, such disagreement is a healthy and necessary part of a democracy. Our President and Governor do not complain that disagreements are personal attacks, which is expected of adults in positions of power. Those in power - chairs of every committee in addition to the Board itself - must be required to listen to those beneath them, which does not happen as much as it should. On a personal note, Dick Santos and I are a great example of positive relationship-building high-integrity behavior. We sometimes disagree with each other, but we have developed a relationship of mutual respect, where we listen to each other and learn from each other. That is the opportunity we all have on this Board, and we let our constituents down by not pursuing and embracing it! In sum, disagreement, when healthy, is as essential aspect of democracy. But high-integrity disagreement is a universe different from low-integrity and unethical attacks such as the use of an anonymous troll. Use of anonymous trolls like Q Public harms our relationships with each other, our public image, and our ability to work together to achieve our mutual goals. I expect that you agree with me, Reverend. You and I see eye to eye on many matters of importance. If so, please help me "ringlead" this organization away from pathology, cruelty, and dysfunction towards a path of high integrity listening, a focus on disagreement rather than personal attacks, and prioritized achievement of our mutual goals of social justice, environmental equity, wildlife preservation, and equal access to clean drinking water regardless of income, ethnicity, race, gender, sex, and/or other socially created division, class, and/or caste. That is what I would have happen if I were Chair, or at very least, ringmaster. Please help me bring higher integrity, improved listening, professionalism and better training to our Board and District, so we can achieve our goals without this type of dysfunction and cruelty. Let's commit to being our best possible selves. Best, Rebecca cc Mark Weiss, Aram James, LaDoris Cordell. Friends: please know that I am not expecting any response, or even making it this far in the letter, and I know your time is valuable and in-demand. If you did make it this far, I am honored and grateful. Rebecca Eisenberg, Esq. Director, District 7 Santa Clara Valley Water District www.valleywater.org 415-235-8078 reisenberg@valleywater.org From: Michele King <MKing@valleywater.org> Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2023 9:14 AM To: Barbara Keegan <BKeegan@valleywater.org>; Jim Beall <JBeall@valleywater.org>; John Varela <jvarela@valleywater.org>; Nai Hsueh <NHsueh@valleywater.org>; Rebecca Eisenberg <Reisenberg@valleywater.org>; Richard Santos <rsantos@valleywater.org>; Tony Estremera <tonye@legalaidsociety.org> Cc: Rick Callender <rcallender@valleywater.org> Subject: Board Correspondence Good Morning Directors Attached for your information are three email submitted to the Board@valleywater email. Thanks, Michele MICHELE L. KING, CMC CLERK OF THE BOARD Office of the Clerk of the Board Santa Clara Valley Water District Tel. (408) 630-2711 / Cell. (408) 593-5803 Clean Water • Healthy Environment • Flood Protection 5750 Almaden Expressway, San Jose CA 95118 www.valleywater.org From:Aram James To:board@valleywater.org; Julie Lythcott-Haims; Jeff Rosen; Council, City; Shikada, Ed; Lauing, Ed; Burt, Patrick;mark weiss; Planning Commission; Binder, Andrew; Josh Becker; Mila Zelkha; Wagner, April; Joe Simitian;Supervisor Susan Ellenberg; Shana Segal; Rebecca Eisenberg Subject:Re: Board Correspondence: An appeal for professionalism and integrity Date:Thursday, June 29, 2023 12:49:18 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links.On Jun 28, 2023, at 5:28 PM, Rebecca Eisenberg<Reisenberg@valleywater.org> wrote:Dear Revered Moore: (Also: I am cc'ing individuals referenced below, but per my note at the bottom- to those cc'd, please do not feel any obligation to read this in full and/or respond. I am sorry to occupy your time, which I respect and value.) I am going to call you by phone, but I want to document my thoughts for the purpose of official communication, which this is. Reverend (and I know you told me I can call you Jethroe, but you also know that I respect you greatly and we both know how names can demonstrate respect or lack thereof), I greatly appreciate your note. You are a strong ally and friend, and I always welcome and appreciate your insightful comments. In particular, I greatly appreciate your pointing out to the Board my friendship and allyship with Reverend Kaloma Smith. You are correct that I was very active in the successful effort to open Foothills Park, and you also know my involvement with Black Lives Matter, Defund Police, and my best friend (our mutual friend) Aram James's continuing efforts to eliminate the use of police dogs and other inhumane and brutal methods of police violence against minority individuals, especially African American men and women, who die every day at the hands of the police (which is one of the primary reasons that I sit down during the pledge, an action which I do not intend to change despite John/Susan Q Public's objection to my not performing the act of forced fealty). Reverend, you also know that it was Judge LaDoris Cordell, as Mark pointed out, who recruited me to run for this position and who remains one of my most respected, admired and valued mentors. You, Judge Cordell, Aram James, and I (along with many others) have been involved in important and life-improving community actions in Palo Alto, and through our shared values, goals and actions, we have become friends. I also appreciate and am grateful for your commitment to the womxn's rights movement, and our shared support in particular for better opportunities and equity for women of color, especially African American women who, among other things, have been at the forefront of the true (inclusive) womxn's rights movement. I am proud of our shared efforts towards justice. That said, I fear that you may have misread some my language, possibly due to my own lack of clarity. For example, when I refer to the male CEO and the male Chair, I refer to different individuals via the relevant dominant status they have in common: their dominant sex and gender (and sexual orientation and religion). It is important and relevant to point out that the positions of greatest power, prestige, and pay are all held by men at Valley Water -- CEO, Chair, and District Counsel (the CEO being the highest paid and the Chair being the most powerful). For purposes of anti-discrimination analysis, it is of essential relevance what classification holds the power, as it is almost never the case that the lower-status groups can, as a matter of law and fact, discriminate against those in power of the dominant class. You know from life experience, as well from books like White Fragility, that the dominant class sometimes does not perceive or recognize their privilege, and as such, they often view experiences that differ from their belief in an equal status quo as direct attacks (e.g the perception that being called a racist is worse than actual racism, similar to the perception that being pointed out one's gender bias is worse than the harm caused by unconscious bias against women). This is where training can be extremely useful and powerful, and is why I continue to ask for better training for the Board and the District's top leadership. Most importantly, Reverend, you know that I am not the ringmaster here. If I were the ringmaster, and/or had ay power in this organization (which I do not), I would: 1. I would end the expensive reverse discrimination investigation inquiry against me. I have complied with all document and public records act requests in full, and nothing has been found. I still have not been interviewed but honestly, is that necessary? There is nothing there. This continues to drain my savings, intended to be used for things like paying my two children's college tuitions (one is in college now; the other heads there hopefully in one year). 2. I would reimburse my costs of defense (not any costs of taking on the district, which I have not done, so amount to zero). This never should have been an investigation. It should have been a conversation, ideally with a third party mediator who is well versed in workplace discrimination. Jim Beall has asked for that. It's common sense. The men in charge did not recognize how depriving me of equal representation on committees harmed my income, exposure to opportunities, and access to networking. This kind of unawareness can be mitigated through difficult conversations and trainings. 3. I would end to the unprofessional and abusive policy of distributing unauthenticated, ad hominem emails. Emails from trolls are never given the evidentiary weight that this organization gives them. It is shocking. What is particularly alarming in this case is that the "Q Public person is same email address that made the vile, defamatory, malicious attacks on Chuck Cantrell, using the lowest and most harmful racist tropes to discredit a well-respected, highly-educated, public servant. Now Valley Water is leveraging similar discriminatory tropes and narratives against me, referencing long-held views about a "woman's place," and referencing language that many consider to be heterosexist and anti-semitic (I can point them out to you by phone if you like. I enjoy our conversations discussing these types of matters, which often are visible only to the victim of discriminatory attacks). 4. I would immediately fulfill the Board's (and top executives') obligation for gender equity training, which is greatly overdue. 5. I would hire a third party consultant to recommend long- overdue remedial measures to address the systemic issues pointed out in last October's investigation about my predecessor and the problematic culture that enabled his behavior to go on for 7 years without consequence. 6. I would ban the use of anonymous email ad hominem attacks. Disagreement is always welcome but bullying (especially by anonymous trolls) is not. The lack of any objection to these trolls (and rather, the continued amplification of troll harassment) has fueled the fire. Just now, Mark Weiss, an ordinary citizen and a respected community member, was attacked by this troll. That is shameful. There are no adults controlling the children here. 7. I would take urgent measures to help this organization understand and respect (perhaps through training or a mediator) that disagreement is not the same thing as discrimination. We can disagree with each other in a respectful way. Ad hominem attacks-- meaning, attacks on a person's character, rather than disagreements with a person's actions or words- are never welcome. In recognition that some people perceive disagreement (especially by lower-status individuals, e.g. women and/or minorities) as insults and attacks, there are many consultants who help with this misperception -- e.g. the author of White Fragility. 8. I would push for recognition that it is our jobs and our responsibility to disagree with each other, as well as understanding that the CEO is a Board appointed officer, so Board members have the right to disagree with the strategies, actions, and statements made by the CEO. We are a legislative body, not a cheerleading squad, and just like Congressional Democrats often disagree with the President, and state lawmakers often disagree with the Governor, such disagreement is a healthy and necessary part of a democracy. Our President and Governor do not complain that disagreements are personal attacks, which is expected of adults in positions of power. Those in power - chairs of every committee in addition to the Board itself - must be required to listen to those beneath them, which does not happen as much as it should. On a personal note, Dick Santos and I are a great example of positive relationship-building high-integrity behavior. We sometimes disagree with each other, but we have developed a relationship of mutual respect, where we listen to each other and learn from each other. That is the opportunity we all have on this Board, and we let our constituents down by not pursuing and embracing it! In sum, disagreement, when healthy, is as essential aspect of democracy. But high-integrity disagreement is a universe different from low-integrity and unethical attacks such as the use of an anonymous troll. Use of anonymous trolls like Q Public harms our relationships with each other, our public image, and our ability to work together to achieve our mutual goals. I expect that you agree with me, Reverend. You and I see eye to eye on many matters of importance. If so, please help me "ringlead" this organization away from pathology, cruelty, and dysfunction towards a path of high integrity listening, a focus on disagreement rather than personal attacks, and prioritized achievement of our mutual goals of social justice, environmental equity, wildlife preservation, and equal access to clean drinking water regardless of income, ethnicity, race, gender, sex, and/or other socially created division, class, and/or caste. That is what I would have happen if I were Chair, or at very least, ringmaster. Please help me bring higher integrity, improved listening, professionalism and better training to our Board and District, so we can achieve our goals without this type of dysfunction and cruelty. Let's commit to being our best possible selves. Best, Rebecca cc Mark Weiss, Aram James, LaDoris Cordell. Friends: please know that I am not expecting any response, or even making it this far in the letter, and I know your time is valuable and in-demand. If you did make it this far, I am honored and grateful. Rebecca Eisenberg, Esq. Director, District 7 Santa Clara Valley Water District www.valleywater.org 415-235-8078 reisenberg@valleywater.org From: Michele King <MKing@valleywater.org> Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2023 9:14 AM To: Barbara Keegan <BKeegan@valleywater.org>; Jim Beall <JBeall@valleywater.org>; John Varela <jvarela@valleywater.org>; Nai Hsueh <NHsueh@valleywater.org>; Rebecca Eisenberg <Reisenberg@valleywater.org>; Richard Santos <rsantos@valleywater.org>; Tony Estremera <tonye@legalaidsociety.org> Cc: Rick Callender <rcallender@valleywater.org> Subject: Board Correspondence Good Morning Directors Attached for your information are three email submitted to the Board@valleywater email. Thanks, Michele MICHELE L. KING, CMC CLERK OF THE BOARD Office of the Clerk of the Board Santa Clara Valley Water District Tel. (408) 630-2711 / Cell. (408) 593-5803 <image001.png> Clean Water • Healthy Environment • Flood Protection 5750 Almaden Expressway, San Jose CA 95118 www.valleywater.org <062723 S Public Email C-23-0150.pdf> <062723 S Public Email C-23-0151.pdf> <062823 Moore Email C-23-0152.pdf> From:Aram James To:Michael Gennaco; Stephen.Connolly@oirgroup.com; Sheriff Transparency; Binder, Andrew; Reifschneider, James;Wagner, April; Council, City; Julie Lythcott-Haims; Shikada, Ed; Josh Becker; Mila Zelkha; Angie Evans; ShanaSegal; Vara Ramakrishnan; Wagner, April; Human Relations Commission; Jeff Rosen; Joe Simitian; EPA Today;Gennady Sheyner; Diana Diamond; DuJuan Green; dennis burns; Kevin Jensen Subject:San Jose chooses new interim police watchdog - San José Spotlight Date:Thursday, June 29, 2023 12:07:38 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. 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Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>Date: Wed, Jun 28, 2023 at 7:11 PM Subject: Fwd: A Brit drives Toyota MiraiTo: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> Wednesday, June 28, 2023 To all- A Brit with a new Toyota Mirai. His first drive in a H powered car. This is an FCV, a fuelcell vehicle. It is brought out here that the H fueling stations will make their own H by electrolysis of water on site. No huge tanker trucks need deliver the hydrogen. Those would be"rolling Hindenbergs" in my opinion. There were 9 H stations in the UK when this was made. Germany had 90 at that point. 2022 Toyota Mirai Review – Is Hydrogen really the fuel of the future ? - YouTube The top 7 New Hydrogen Vehicles: Top 7 New Hydrogen Vehicles - YouTube More on the new Tesla Model 2 EV EV priced at $15,000, coming maybe in 2025: Just happened! Elon Musk official revealed tesla new model $15.000! - YouTube GM Ultium battery: Why GM Says Its Ultium Batteries Will Lead It To EV Dominance - YouTube Now inductive charging. I am changng the subject from hydrogen here. These are EVs,not H FCVs, and they charge by induction. "Plugless" was an early maker of the chargers. You have a unit on the wall of your garage and then a small cabled unit on the garage floor- you see it here. You drive over this unit and the car starts changing automatically, if you wantit to. You'd need a coil to act as a receiver on the underside of the car. You position one coil over the other one and charging begins. No handling of a charging cable at all. (In an ad, theycalled that a "muddy charging cable in a lightening storm"). Just get out and go in the house. Plugless Customer Story - RicksTesla Charges Itself - YouTube A huge player in this was Siemens, and they put out great vids ~2005 showing inductive charging going on all over the place with EVs. One showed a line of cabs at an airport, andthey are all charging as they wait in line. They showed a downtown area, in Deutschland, por cierto, and you see someone drive up, park and walk away. The car starts charging. Youwouldn't get fully charged there due to current batt. tech, but you would find when you returned that you had more range than when you left the car. Here is that Siemens vid from 12years ago: Inductive Charging - YouTube Now imagine if you had these inductive chargers in the ground, in the parking lots, at work, at WM, at Kaiser, at the bank, at the grocery store, in the Palo Alto City Hall parking garage,at the Hillsdale Shopping Center parking garage in San Mateo, at Stanford Shopping Centeer. Your car would identify itself when you drive up over the charging coil and the cost of the e-your car takes on would appear on your monthly electric bill. SURELY we have tech to do that.You'd need massive encryption to prevent thieves from charging their car and you gettingthe bill. With this tech. proven, why are we spending billions now of fed. money to build millions of charging stations for EVs? It would be smarter to spend the money on the in-ground coilsand related equipment and rebates to car buyers who had the system installed in their cars. Or just mandate the receiving equipment in new cars sold in the US. Maybe have EVs configuredboth to be charged with a cable now (conductive charging), and with the receiving coil to take advantage of (inductive charging) when the coils are widely present in the ground. OR, ownerscould just have the receiving coil installed on their car once enough inductive charging stations are in place. 10 years ago when "Plugless" was a player, they showed how a kit couldbe bought and maybe a Chevrolet dealer could install it under your Chevy Volt. That is probably the way to go. When I first saw inductive car charging on the net ~2005, I wrote thatcharging cables would become as obsolete as hand cranks to start cars. Now from some people in the wireless charging industry: Worth seeing: The power of wireless EV charging - The Urban Café Episode 4 - YouTube Note that an autonomous vehicle could drive over to a place offering inductive chargingand get itself charged, then return to you. Tough to do with conductive charging, which is what charging with a cable is. Note that one man says that it is tricky right now to measure exactly how much e- a car hastaken in with inductive charging. They will have to solve that for an automatic billing system to put the dollar amount on your utility bill. US Department of Energy (no less) and wireless charging of EV's: Wireless Charging for Electric Vehicles - YouTube Back to H for a minute. The feds are into H big time: Here on June 5, 2023, DOE and DHS and Army Corps announce a H FCV prototype that isa rescue vehicle. "H2Rescue", they call it. It is a H powered FCV, "an emergency relief vehicle that can provide power and water to disaster mitigation sites for up to 72 hours". Start watching this at nine minutes and watch to 25 minutes. You can stand 16 minutes ofit. You see here that the federal government is really into H. You hear the feds talk about "microgrids", "regional H hubs", "A generous Production Tax Credit for H". "Theinfrastructure bill has $8 billion in it for H hubs". Also, "money to reduce the price of electrolyzers". We hear of a "full hydrogen strategy across the US government working with the privatesector" here. Important words. Big money is going to be riding on and is going to be made from that "full hydrogen strategy". Again, why spend billions now on EV charging stations if the future is H? Build those sothey can be converted over to H fueling stations. You see here why GM is turning away from batts in its GMC trucks and toward H, with which GM has vast experience. GM pays attentionto what the federal government is doing wrt energy. For sure Tesla and Toyota do too. GM wouldn't be doing that if it were not for the "full hydrogen strategy" of the federalgovernment. Skip the first 9 min of hot air here and listen to the rest: DOE, DHS, and Army Corps to Showcase First-Of-Its-Kind Hybrid Emergency Relief Vehicle - YouTube It seems that now we have reached a fork in the road of sorts. Just when the auto makersare spending billions on better batteries and the production of them, and are churging out EVs, hydrogen is coming on big time. GM and Toyota, and Tesla to some extent, are talking aboutH powered vehicles. EVs help reduce GHG emissions, as will FCVs. I think the federal govenment should support a blend of the two by funding both EV and FCV fueling stations.Big federal and State incentives for consumers to buy both should be in place. It seems that we are going to travel along a dual path for a while in reducing vehicle GHG emissions. That isalright. The two don't conflict with each other or cancel each other out. WRT EV charging stations, the widespread adoption of inductive charging tech will slowly reduce the need for those, but only slowly. No huge problem if it does. Read on. I can see how the e- "pumps" at EV charging stations could be converted to H pumps as Hincreases as a proportion of vehicles on the road. As we build thousands of EV charging stations we should configure them for the addition of H fueling later. Build a building forhydrolyzers and pipes to get the H out to the pumps. Both EV and FCV "charging" stations are going to require a big increase in the supply of e- from the grid. That is where the SNRs are going to be essential. The one National Lab in Idahocharged with testing and perfecting these should get the funding it needs. It has a critical task. If more than one Nat. Lab. could speed up development, they should be engaged. The ultimate energy answer will be fusion. Five National Labs and most of NASA shouldprobably work on perfecting and downsizing it. It is going to be a race between getting fusion perfected and installed world-wide and the rising seas. L. William Harding Fresno, Ca. From:Amy Yotopoulos To:Roberta Ahlquist; h.etzko@gmail.com Cc:Council, City Subject:RE: Rally for Senior Housing Date:Wednesday, June 28, 2023 5:22:51 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Hello Roberta, La Comida will have both inside and covered outside seating options, just like all the restaurants in Palo Alto, and people can choose where they would prefer to sit. Best, Amy From: Roberta Ahlquist <finnroberta@gmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2023 4:35 PM To: Amy Yotopoulos <ayotopoulos@avenidas.org>; h.etzko@gmail.com Cc: city.council@cityofpaloalto.org Subject: Re: Rally for Senior Housing Amy, Why is La. Comida not INSiIDE?! Hot tents for senior lunches... how sad. The place is ghostly empty most days at lunchtime. Sincerely, Roberta Ahlquist, pa senior low income committee. Sent from my iPhone On Mar 15, 2023, at 8:36 AM, Amy Yotopoulos <ayotopoulos@avenidas.org> wrote: Hi Roberta, Thank you for taking the time to speak with me yesterday and for sharing your views. This is the organization I was talking about and they are having a rally tomorrow night, so I thought I would pass it along to you (they’ve also posted it on our community board). Best, Amy Amy Yotopoulos (she/her) President and CEO Avenidas 450 Bryant Street Palo Alto, CA 94301 (650) 289-5440 www.avenidas.org <image001.png> <Rally For Senior Housing.pdf> From:matt@evolutionaryteams.com To:Matt Schlegel Subject:FFF – June 23 – Fridays for Future Follow up (Week #76) Date:Wednesday, June 28, 2023 5:00:20 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of openingattachments and clicking on links. We enjoyed another music-filled gorgeous Friday afternoon as we explored the importance music will play in the climate movement. We adapted a number of familiar tunes to have climate themes. We created a mesmerizing version of Give Earth a Chance playedto John Lennon’s Give Peace a Chance. Our music attracted José who joined us for a wide-ranging conversation. He was a DJ in the 80’s and was very familiar with Casey’s band and the classic song, I Wanna Be Jackie Onassis. What a small world! José also likes writing poetry – he plans to write a climate-change poem and share it with us at an upcoming Friday climate strike. Thanks, José! In a lightning round, each of us shared a climate event that struck us in the last week. Casey: Rampant Groundwater Pumping has changed the tilt of Earth’s axis; Robin: Deaths due to heatwave in Texas; Rick: Media cares more about a submersible for the wealthy than drowned refugees; José: Global warming leading to severe tornadoes; and, Matt: Record high Atlantic sea surface temperature. Volunteers from 350 Palo Alto are reaching out to residents with older water heaters who expressed interest in Palo Alto’s HeatPump Water Heater Program. I made calls to ten residents: two residents signed up for the program (YAY!), two said they love their fossil fuel water heater (BOO!), and the others received a friendly voice mail message encouraging them to sign up. Thanks toDebbie and the 350 Palo Alto team for their terrific organizing! Keep Up the Fight and See You Friday! All We Are Saying, Is Give Earth a Chance Upcoming Events Friday, June 30, Noon: Fridays for Future Palo Alto – King Plaza in front of Palo Alto City Hall Saturday July 8 10:00 AM to 12:30 PM – Engage On’s Imagine Future Art Show -- Palo Alto Art Center community hall gallery at 1313 Newell Rd., Palo Alto. Friday, July 14, Noon: Fridays for Future Climate Strike! and march to Avenidas – meet at King Plaza in front of Palo Alto City Hall Sunday, July 23 at 1:30 pm: Climate Friends Book Club – we will discuss All We Can Save chapters 5 & 6. Details at: https://www.engageon.org/events Friday, Sept 15 – GLOBAL CLIMATE STRIKE! – Time and Place: TBD EngageOn calendar: https://www.engageon.org/events Peninsula Peace and Justice calendar: https://peaceandjustice.org/events-calendar/ More Climate Action Join Rick and Casey and encourage AARP to promote climate action. Sign the petition: https://supportaarpclimateaction.org/ Thank you for helping Matt reach 100 views of his new climate song Turn It Blue! https://youtu.be/qotmqawBp2E Here is the slide deck from the S/CAP program presented to Palo City Council on 6/5: https://cityofpaloalto.primegov.com/Portal/viewer?id=1869&type=2. David Ligouy is in Tijuana fulfilling his mission of creating worker co-ops in every state in Mexico to build electric bike kits. He seeks: 1) Needs a technical partner to help produce the motor; 2) Needs help to organize the management structure of the worker co-op; and 3) Needs cash to “prime the pump” for the first 3 months of operations. Reach out to David or me if you know anyone who can help. Palo Alto’s Heat Pump Water Heater Program Status Here’s your monthly update on the Heat Pump Water Heater Program: As of:6/1/2023 4/27/2023 4/5/2023 Number of residents signed up on the HPWH full-service interest list 488 466 432 Number who have been sent a site assessment agreement (SAA)399 345 125 Number who have signed their SAA 280 156 70 Number of completed site assessments 111 58 22 Installations Number of installed HPWHs 12 8 1 Target Installations by 12/31/23 1000 Monthly Installation Rate Monthly Installation Rate 4 7 n/a Target Monthly Installation Rate 20 Weekly Photos FFF June 23: https://photos.app.goo.gl/F99tz8qniGfuQeZ49 What We Are Watching/Listening to:The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens (podcast): https://www.thegreatsimplification.com/ Extrapolations (TV series): https://www.apple.com/tv-pr/originals/extrapolations/ Follow Fridays For Future Palo Alto: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fridaysforfuture_paloalto/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Fri4Future_PA Email notifications of FFF Palo Alto events: https://mailchi.mp/c8c130127345/join-fridays-for-future-palo-alto You are receiving this email because you have expressed an interest in supporting climate action in Palo Alto. If you no longer wish to receive these emails, please let me know. Matt Schlegel Schlegel Consulting 650-924-8923 Author: Teamwork 9.0 Website: evolutionaryteams.com Blog: evolutionaryteams.com/blog/ Linked In: linkedin.com/in/mattschlegel/ Twitter: twitter.com/EvoTeamMatt Instagram: instagram.com/MattSchlegel6 Facebook: facebook.com/mattschlegel.77 YouTube: youtube.com/channel/UCLkUMHuG4HVa831s9yeoZ5Q Enneagram Quiz: www.EnneaSurvey.com From:Roberta Ahlquist To:Amy Yotopoulos; h.etzko@gmail.com Cc:Council, City Subject:Re: Rally for Senior Housing Date:Wednesday, June 28, 2023 4:35:09 PM Some people who received this message don't often get email from finnroberta@gmail.com. Learn why this isimportant CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Amy, Why is La. Comida not INSiIDE?! Hot tents for senior lunches... how sad. The place isghostly empty most days at lunchtime. Sincerely, Roberta Ahlquist, pa senior low income committee. Sent from my iPhone On Mar 15, 2023, at 8:36 AM, Amy Yotopoulos <ayotopoulos@avenidas.org> wrote: Hi Roberta, Thank you for taking the time to speak with me yesterday and for sharing your views. This is the organization I was talking about and they are having a rally tomorrow night, so I thought I would pass it along to you (they’ve also posted it on our community board). Best, Amy Amy Yotopoulos (she/her) President and CEO Avenidas 450 Bryant Street Palo Alto, CA 94301 (650) 289-5440 www.avenidas.org <image001.png> <Rally For Senior Housing.pdf> From:Loran Harding To:Loran Harding; alumnipresident@stanford.edu; antonia.tinoco@hsr.ca.gov; beachrides; Leodies Buchanan;bearwithme1016@att.net; boardmembers; fred beyerlein; bballpod; David Balakian; Council, City; Cathy Lewis;Chris Field; Doug Vagim; Dan Richard; dallen1212@gmail.com; dan.richard@earthlink.net; Daniel Zack;dennisbalakian; eappel@stanford.edu; Scott Wilkinson; Gabriel.Ramirez@fresno.gov;George.Rutherford@ucsf.edu; huidentalsanmateo; hennessy; Irv Weissman; Sally Thiessen; jerry ruopoli; JoelStiner; kfsndesk; karkazianjewelers@gmail.com; leager; Mayor; Mark Standriff; margaret-sasaki@live.com;merazroofinginc@att.net; maverickbruno@sbcglobal.net; newsdesk; nick yovino; news@fresnobee.com;russ@topperjewelers.com; Steve Wayte; terry; tsheehan; vallesR1969@att.net Subject:Fwd: NVDA and AI Chip Controls to China Date:Wednesday, June 28, 2023 3:08:45 PM 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: Wed, Jun 28, 2023 at 2:45 PM Subject: NVDA and AI Chip Controls to ChinaTo: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> Wednesday, June 28, 2023 To all re NVDA and export controls on AI chips to China. Scroll in the article below, after you read it, and see the heading that says "buy the dip re NVDA" LH- NVDA are a huge outfit, into a lot of things, and it's a big world outside of China.It's a big market in China too outside of AI chips. I'm not selling any NVDA. I'm not selling my Fresno house either with 90 miles to go to get HSR built Merced to Gilroy to San Jose. Let's see about $13 billion of additional federal money to CHSRA to buildthat. The feds will get their money back many times over when the Central Valley of California becomes richer by being linked to Silicon Valley. Correct the thievery done byShumer when he diverted the rail money in the infrastructure bill to the NE corridor. Ninety miles. The Chinese build a thousand miles a year of HSR. They must be praying that the US does not build 90 more miles of it to connect the Central Valley of California toSilicon Valley. Ninety miles. I told my Chinese dentist that we ought to fire everybody, have the Chinese build that, and just send us the bill. Engineers, etc. in Silicon Valley pay $3,000 per month for crummy, old 600 sq. ft.apartments in places like Santa Clara, Ca. For $4,000 per month they could buy a brand new beautiful house in Fresno, one hour by HSR from San Jose. Silicon Valley would attract moreof the brilliant people it needs if they could do that. Right now a lot of those people are gravitating to the growing Silicon Valley around Munchen. There they get out from under theNazi Nuremberg laws of the U.S. government aimed at ruining the lives of white American men too. The whole world sees that and they no more approve of it than when the original Nazis did it to the Jews. Nvidia stock falls after CFO says no material impact from prospective wider ban on AIchip sales to China - MarketWatch L. William Harding Fresno, Ca. From:Daligga, Teddy To:Daligga, Teddy Subject:FW: Intoxicating Hemp Products, Youth Access, and Local Policy Solutions Webinar Tomorrow, June 29 at 11am Date:Wednesday, June 28, 2023 2:28:25 PM Attachments:PHI Policy Brief--Intoxicating Hemp Products (June 28 2023_v1.1).pdf DRAFT Model Hemp Ordinance 6 23 2023.pdf Some people who received this message don't often get email from edward.daligga@phd.sccgov.org. Learn whythis is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Greetings! The County of Santa Clara Public Health Department is hosting a webinar in partnership with Behavioral Health Services tomorrow, Thursday, June 29 at 11am. Public Health Institute will be presenting on intoxicating hemp products and share policy solutions that cities and counties could consider to address access to such products (see the attached policy brief and for more information). Please register (if you have not already) and join us tomorrow! Thanks, Teddy Teddy Daligga Pronouns: He, Him, His Healthy Cities Program County of Santa Clara Public Health Department 1775 Story Rd, Ste 120 San Jose, CA 95122 408.817.6846 edward.daligga@phd.sccgov.org Policy webinar to address youth access to intoxicating hemp products in Santa Clara County Hemp-derived products for sale at a retailer in Santa Clara County Due to legal loopholes in state and federal law, intoxicating hemp products can be found for sale in businesses across California, including vape shops, tobacco retailers, many gas stations, and other locations accessible to youth within Santa Clara County. Intoxicating hemp products are also marketed by industry to appeal to youth under the age of 21, who cannot otherwise legally purchase cannabis (also often referred to as marijuana, weed, pot, etc.). Intoxicating hemp products may contain high levels tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the primary psychoactive chemical found in cannabis. Local community organizations and city and county partners, staff, and elected officials are invited to join Public Health Institute, and the County of Santa Clara Public Health Department and Behavioral Health Services for a webinar about intoxicating hemp on Thursday, June 29 from 11 AM to 12 noon. 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If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender by return email. From:Dilma Coleman To:anthony.gonzalez@dsj.org; districtattorney@sfgov.org Cc:Shikada, Ed; david.dorn@hayward-ca.gov Subject:Fwd: Document Leo Smith Pastor of Grace Temple Baptist Church E.Palo Alto,CA a rapist+completes murder forhire assignments. (Register sex offended he deserves that title). Date:Wednesday, June 28, 2023 11:52:10 AM 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: Wed, Jun 28, 2023, 11:49 AMSubject: Fwd: Document Leo Smith Pastor of Grace Temple Baptist Church E.Palo Alto,CA a rapist+completes murder for hire assignments. (Register sex offended he deserves that title).To: <wyoung@smcgov.org>, <dpine@smcgov.org> Cc: <dcanepa@smcgov.org>, <cityattorney@cityofepa.org> Dilma Andrea Coleman aka Diva Screws is blacklisted from former law enforcement agencies Futhermore hostilely arose with their boogaloo law enforcement agents who desperately assistthe most dangerous oppressors narcissistic extortionist whom do excessive crimes.. Verify that Dilma Andrea Coleman aka Diva Screws a former medical doctor with Juris Doctorate degree..former firefighter medic former ATF agent former DOJ agent in gun controlformer correctional rehabilitations officer deputy Sheriff former oncologist hematologist surgeon plastic surgeon ophthalmologist Surgeon assistant former family marriage therapist. Gather facts quickly then make arrests. Contact Rob Bonta for everything vocalized..be on itdo your employment without gang activity. Best regards Dilma Andrea Coleman aka Diva Screws ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Dilma Coleman <dhappinessforever@gmail.com>Date: Wed, Jun 28, 2023, 11:45 AM Subject: Document Leo Smith Pastor of Grace Temple Baptist Church E.Palo Alto,CA arapist+completes murder for hire assignments. (Register sex offended he deserves that title). To: <jliu@cityofepa.org> Dearest Chief of E.Palo Alto,CA police department, it's obvious that you have the right to investigate furthermore quickly contact CIA to arrest or shoot(kill) Leo Smith Pastor of GraceTemple Baptist Church. That property must be cleared up for a commercial real estate sales. All monies freeze...Gather evidence quickly about Leo Smith Pastor of Grace Temple BaptistChurch E.Palo Alto,CA . A rapist inside little orchard Home First Homeless shelter six years ago and less than 6years. 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Leo Smith participated in slavery lifestyle inflicted trances drugs on Dilma..could be verified. Leo Smith participated in the murder for hire assignments for Benjamin Keough..it was a malefalsifying statements about Benjamin Keough suicide. Blame Lamont McCallister and his fiance Rosa for falsifying statements about suicide situations when it's homicide. Please continue to investigate furthermore Diane Scott her financial assaults inflicted on thereal estate properties transaction for Clifton McCallister home and other business ventures whereas it's not theirs anymore. Best regards Dilma Andrea Coleman aka Diva Screws. From:YIMBY ActionTo:Council, CitySubject:Join Us: A conversation with Congressman Maxwell FrostDate:Wednesday, June 28, 2023 9:31:59 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious ofopening attachments and clicking on links. Image Congressman Maxwell Frost is the first Gen Z candidate to get elected in Congress! 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To update your email address, change your name or address, or to stop receiving emails fromYIMBY Action, please click here. From:Debasish Mukhopadhyay To:Council, City Cc:lagomtek@gmail.com; adtmukho@gmail.com Subject:Please don"t trade away Terman Park Date:Wednesday, June 28, 2023 8:57:36 AM Some people who received this message don't often get email from debmukho@aol.com. Learn why this isimportant CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Mayor Kou and Council Members, My husband and I have lived in the GreenAcres 1 neighborhood for almost thirty years. Throughout this time, we have regularly used the pathway through Terman Park for exercise and to relieve the tension of everyday life. Access to this open space means so much to us and to those living in this part of town. Having it changed in any way would be a major loss for us all. Please, don't trade away Terman Park! Sincerely, Aditi and Debasish Mukhopadhyay GreenAcres 1 From:Jethroe Moore To:mark weiss; Aram James Cc:Julie Lythcott-Haims; Council, City; Jeff Rosen; Jay Boyarsky; patricia.guerrero@jud.ca.gov; Sarah Public; board@valleywater.org; Human Relations Commission; Supervisor Susan Ellenberg; Cindy Chavez; Joe Simitian Subject:Re: Valley Water Board Meeting 1 PM Tuesday June 26 - Please call in to support me? Date:Wednesday, June 28, 2023 5:32:50 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Good night, This is pathetic, I have learned that their 3 types of political behavior are internal-external, vertical- lateral and legitimate-illegitimate. This reads like a teenage social media account full of bullying, rumor spreading, and unrealistic views of other people's lives and peer pressure. First it was not Pastor Kaloma Smith as 1 writer claims Director Rebecca Eisenberg supported Reverend Smith and his campaign to open Foothill Park it was myself Rev. Jethroe Moore II. I guess we all look alike. Malcom X said “Conservatism" in America's politics means "Let's keep the niggers in their place." And "liberalism" means "Let's keep the knee-grows in their place-but tell them we'll treat them a little better; let's fool them more, with more promises." With these choices, I felt that the American black man only needed to choose which one to be eaten by, the "liberal" fox or the "conservative" wolf-because both of them would eat him. Second, many of you sound like the fox or wolf you have been outright disrespectful of the title of Rick Callender as Chief Executive Officer, when you refer to him as male Board Chair and CEO. Director Eisenberg, as a friend this sounds like a circus, and you're the ringmistress, if you have a case take it to court. And present your evidence. Any anonymous letters make for good practice at trash can basketball. Citizens or other elected officials become targets if they disagree or agree to disagree about topics of public interest. While I cannot find evidence of racial bias, misogyny, heterosexism, and anti- semitism I believe, as do many others, that Director Eisenberg actions toward Rick Callender were inappropriate given his capacity as a Chief Executive Officer employed by the Valley Water District. We request the Valley Water District to take the necessary steps to guarantee that this behavior does not become the standard and not allow its precedent to encourage others to conduct themselves inappropriately. I do not condone the use/release of Pseudonym, anonymous, unauthenticated emails, and while much has been said and implied about the situation, all personnel matters, including complaints against Valley staff by members, are taken seriously. Therefore I request the Valley Water District pass a resolution not to publish any fictitious, Pseudonym, anonymous, unauthenticated emails or letters as policy. REV. JETHROE MOORE II On Wednesday, June 28, 2023 at 04:27:09 AM EDT, Aram James <abjpd1@gmail.com> wrote: Hi Mark, Patricia Guerrero, included in this email exchange, is none other than the new Chief Justice of the California Supreme Court. She is a Stanford law grad, and attended UC Berkeley as an undergraduate. She is age 51, appointed by Gavin Newsom and sworn into office on January 2, 2023. She is the first Latina to serve as the Chief Justice of California’s Supreme Court. I intentionally included Chief Justice Guerrero in on this conversation in hopes she might want to weight in on this on-going, and sometimes frightened to me, controversy. Aram On Jun 27, 2023, at 10:46 PM, mark weiss <earwopa@yahoo.com> wrote: In “The United States of Anonymous: How the First Amendment ShapedOnline," author Jeff Kosseff explores two cases, Dentrite International, Inc. v. Doe No. 3, 775 A.2d 756 (N.J. App. Div. 2001) and Cahill v. Doe, 879 A.2d 943 (Del. Super. Ct., June 14, 2005), in which courts recognized relatively strong First Amendment presumptions on behalf ofpurveyors of anonymous speech, especially for those that are statementsof opinions rather than obvious falsehoods, while recognizing that government sometimes has the right to identify such speakers when they have used their platforms to harass, engage in slander or sexualpredation, make true threats, or allow foreign governments toinfluence U.S. elections. Please identify “Sarah Q Public” or at least stop promoting her views, especially over my own. Mark Weiss In Palo Alto Sent from my iPhone On Jun 27, 2023, at 9:43 PM, Aram James <abjpd1@gmail.com> wrote: Hi Mark, Extremely well said! Please put me on the list of those being monitored. Best, aram Sent from my iPhone On Jun 27, 2023, at 7:23 PM, mark weiss <earwopa@yahoo.com> wrote: Mr. SQ Public, sir: Permit me a brief addendum to the previous, which is also a public record. Palo Alto voters did not reject me; when I ran for city council I received roughly 8,000 votes, but having spent less than $2,000 I am actually the most popular politician of my generation on a cost basis. You are entitled to your opinion, and potentially you are allowed to spew your hateful, nonsense and leadership is allowed to disseminate for whatever stupid reasons. Rebecca Eisenberg is not a bigot. She supported Reverend Kaloma Smith and his campaign to open Foothill Park, explaining “disparate effects” to us, to the benefit of all, and specifically Black people and non-residents. Likewise, although I am white, I am known and respected in Black, Latino, and Asian communities. (my wife is an Asian activist and a former member of Palo Alto leadership). If you were one of the 60 people watching the meeting by zoom, I was one of the 50 people actually at the meeting. I believe it is much more likely that “Sarah Q Public” is a pseudonym for a white supremacist male trying to foment conflict between Blacks like Mr. Callender and Jews like Ms. Eisenberg (and myself), than herself being a Black woman. You are a coward. You are free to “monitor” me, but given the history of the Ku Klux Klan and the Nazis, bringing violence against people like myself, you should watch yourself to avoid it be mistaken for such, if you’re merely just a fucking idiot. And yes, some hate speech is protected by the first amendment. Threat of violence, probably not. For the record, I live in a tiny house surrounded by McMansions so go ahead and build in my backyard, bitch. MBW PS if Mr. Callender is reading this, please do not waste the taxpayers’ money by harassing the person myself and 50,000 others elected. There was no gender harassment of the male staff attorney. Sent from my iPhone On Jun 27, 2023, at 5:37 PM, Sarah Public <sarahqpublic@proton.me> wrote:Dear Mark: We know exactly who you are and you are a nimby joke. You always have been and your nimby comments to the Palo Alto Council prove it. Its exactly why the Palo Alto voters rejected you! We were on the Valley Water District Zoom today and we will continue to monitor and respond to bigoted behavior. We continue to call her out publicly for her bigoted behavior toward minorities until something is done to stop her bigoted behavior. You can not shut us up! We are also sending this to the Trustees so they know who Bigoted Becky is trying to get to speak on her behalf. More white bigots who make more bigoted accusations. Obviously we have unearthed the White bigotry Palo Alto nimby movement. Sarah Dear Sarah: I doubt you are a real person or a woman or any protected class, or probably not a PALO ALTO voter, but I am going to respond to you in good faith: Rebecca Eisenberg is a Stanford grad with a Harvard law degree. She studied with Elizabeth Warren. She was recruited by LaDoris Cordell, a Black woman to run against Gary Krem. She is not racist or bigoted against Asian or Latinos. She is against stupid people doing a bad job on behalf of we the people, or in the pockets of the developers, or a special interest. She is opposed to a $8 billion boondoggle dam. (and her stance is consistent with a group of minorities, the Muwekma Ohlone). That Mr. Callender is Black does not give him license to be corrupt. I agree with Rebecca that part of the retaliation against her falls along sexist and anti-semitic lines. I would gather you are more likely a white supremacist Nazi asshole than a female voter in Palo Alto. But in America, you are still entitled to your opinion. God bless. Mark Weiss Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: From: Rebecca Eisenberg <rebecca@rebecca4water.com> Date: June 27, 2023 at 4:36:51 AM PDT Subject: Valley Water Board Meeting 1 PM Tuesday June 26 - Please call in to support me? Show original message Sent with Proton Mail secure email. ------- Original Message ------- On Tuesday, June 27th, 2023 at 8:02 AM, markweiss <earwopa@yahoo.com> wrote: Dear Sarah: I doubt you are a real person or a woman or any protected class, or probably not a Palo Alto voter, but I am going to respond to you in good faith: Rebecca Eisenberg is a Stanford grad with a Harvard law degree. She studied with Elizabeth Warren. She was recruited by LaDoris Cordell, a Black woman to run against Gary Krem. She is not racist or bigoted against Asian or Latinos. She is against stupid people doing a bad job on behalf of we the people, or in the pockets of the developers, or a special interest.She is opposed to a $8 billionboondoggle dam. (and her stance isconsistent with a group ofminorities, the Muwekma Ohlone). That Mr. Callender is Black doesnot give him license to be corrupt.I agree with Rebecca that part ofthe retaliation against her fallsalong sexist and anti-semitic lines. I would gather you are more likely awhite supremacist Nazi assholethan a female voter in Palo Alto. Butin America, you are still entitled toyour opinion. God bless. MarkWeiss Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: From: Rebecca Eisenberg <rebecca@rebecca4water.com> Date: June 27, 2023 at 4:36:51 AM PDT Subject: Valley Water Board Meeting 1 PM Tuesday June 26 - Please call in to support me? Hi all - Can you please spread the word that I need help defending myself against the continued and escalating onslaught of misogyny, heterosexism, and anti-semitism at Valley Water? Per below, the Chair and CEO (both male, both behind the 6 month expensive witch hunt against me for "discrimination against men") now are resorting to (writing and) publishing on the agenda anonymous emails using misogynist and anti- semitic narratives (not to mention provably false lies) to discredit, humiliate, disempower, marginalize, and trigger me. Their non-stop escalating attacks are taking a toll on me, and before the Board breaks for the full month of July (except not me--I will be continuing to work, apparently the only Board member who relies on a paycheck). Thank you in advance. Here is what I posted on Facebook (and shorter versions on Twitter) which can be shared, passed on, edited, shortened, etc. For the many times I have turned up for others, I hope that one or two people will turn up for me. That said, I do recognize it is last minute notice, so I understand if not possible. I still love you all regardless. :) THANK YOU IN ADVANCE! FRIENDS! Call to ACTION! PLEASE call in or attend the Valley Water Board Meeting today - Tuesday June 27 - at 1 PM to tell the male Board Chair and CEO to stop using misogynist narratives and anti-semitic tropes to bully and marginalize me. This is getting out of control and I am tired of being slapped around by these men for my refusal to agree with their arrogant, outdated, anti- democratic, and environmentally irresponsible actions and policies. They cannot stand my refusal to bow to their demands! If you have ever been bullied and had offensive, bigoted rumors spread about you, you know how I feel. Please spread the word and tell the Valley Water Board Chair and CEO to act like civilized, professional humans and treat others with respect! PLEASE LET THEM KNOW WEWILL NOT STAND THIS.Here is how! Date/time: 1 PM Today: Tuesday, June 27. Place: In person at the Valley Water HQ- 5700 Almaden Expressway, San Jose. Or by ZOOM: https://valleywater.zoom.us/j/84454515597 Join by Phone: 1 (669) 900-9128, 84454515597# Here is today's agenda: https://scvwd.legistar.com/MeetingDetail.aspx? ID=1108841... Here is the item where they separated out from the regular email packet only the 2 anonymous emails sent by a man calling himself "Susan Q Public": https://scvwd.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx... WHY? BACKGROUND: The men who run the show on the Valley Water Board continue to try anything to bully me out of my elected position. They denied me equal representation on Board Committees, constantly interrupt me while I am speaking, yell at me and threaten me during meetings, and now they wage a disinformation campaign using *anonymous* unauthenticated, misogynist and anti-semitic emails to attempt to humiliate and discredit me publicly. Because these men are in charge, they decide what goes on the agenda, and for today's agenda, they unprecedentedly pulled out 2 anonymous emails for direct posting, both from someone calling himself "Susan Q. Public." Note, this is the same name used by the person who emailed vile, slanderous racist attacks against my friend Chuck Cantrell who dared to run against 32- year-lifer of the Valley Water Board Tony Estremera. This is the first time indocumented history that theValley Water Board pulledanonymous, unauthenticatedemails, for upgraded visibilityin an agenda. Never before haveanonymous emails (likely written by the Board Chair or other Board member) receive such top billing and exposure. It is an intentional, malicious, personal attack. PLEASE CALL IN and tell them that we are not interested in their sexist, homophobic, and anti-semitic smears! Tell them to stop spending taxpayer money on the two expensive lawyers they have kept on payroll for SIX months to "investigate" me for "discrimination against men" in their male- dominated workplace where all top and highest paid positions are held by men. Tell them to act like grownups. Tellthem to behave. And at the polls in 1.5 years: VOTE THEM OUT like you did their best friend, my predecessor. It is time for CLEAN government, with transparency, accountability, and integrity. #NOMORE #METOO #EnoughIsEnough From:Ning Mosberger-Tang To:Council, City Subject:Please don"t give away Terman Park Date:Wednesday, June 28, 2023 5:22:27 AM Some people who received this message don't often get email from ning.mosberger@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 Members, I own a house in the Green Acres Neighborhood near Terman Park. Over a decade ago, Ibought the property because it's located near dedicated parkland with easy access to the Los Altos-Palo Alto Bike Path. That turned out to be a blessing indeed, as my family enjoyed shortstrolls to the Sweet Shop (a few minutes away on the path) with young kids, evening walks with elderly parents via the path to restaurants in the San Antonio Shopping Center, weekendbike rides to Stanford (a slightly longer but still enjoyable ride), and grocery shopping trips (by bike or on foot) to Whole Foods on El Camino. We bought a portable shopping trolley soelderly parents can shop for groceries on foot, as it's getting harder for them to bike or drive. It's fair to say that Terman Park and the LA-PA Bike Path are the linchpins of our family life in South Palo Alto. If Terman Park is swapped for land at Cubberley, all of this will be irrevocably lost. PAUSDhas already put up signs barring daytime access to the fields from our neighborhood. They can't enforce it yet since they don't own the land, but they will surely do so as soon as theycan. While it may seem like a fair idea to renovate Cubberley Community Center, have the opinions of those who live near the Park been considered? In addition to utilizing the bikepath, many of my neighbors walk their dogs or exercise in the park and its sports fields. Please bear in mind that residents of Green Acres already have very little access to city facilities(without crossing main streets like El Camino Real or Alma). We don't even have a public library on our side of El Camino Real and Page Mill. Terman Park offers a much-neededreprieve for those of us who live in a corner of Palo Alto that seems to have been forgotten...please don't take it away from us. Thank you for your consideration! --ning From:Aram James To:mark weiss Cc:Julie Lythcott-Haims; Council, City; Jeff Rosen; Jay Boyarsky; Patricia.Guerrero@jud.ca.gov; Sarah Public; board@valleywater.org; Jethroe Moore; Human Relations Commission; Supervisor Susan Ellenberg; Cindy Chavez; Joe Simitian Subject:Re: Valley Water Board Meeting 1 PM Tuesday June 26 - Please call in to support me? Date:Wednesday, June 28, 2023 1:27:15 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links.Hi Mark, Patricia Guerrero, included in this email exchange, is none other than the new Chief Justice ofthe California Supreme Court. She is a Stanford law grad, and attended UC Berkeley as anundergraduate. She is age 51, appointed by Gavin Newsom and sworn into office on January2, 2023. She is the first Latina to serve as the Chief Justice of California’s Supreme Court. Iintentionally included Chief Justice Guerrero in on this conversation in hopes she might wantto weight in on this on-going, and sometimes frightened to me, controversy. Aram On Jun 27, 2023, at 10:46 PM, mark weiss <earwopa@yahoo.com> wrote:In “The United States of Anonymous: How the First Amendment ShapedOnline," author Jeff Kosseff explores two cases, Dentrite International, Inc. v. Doe No. 3, 775 A.2d 756 (N.J. App. Div. 2001) and Cahill v. Doe, 879 A.2d 943 (Del. Super. Ct., June 14, 2005), in which courts recognized relatively strong First Amendment presumptions on behalf ofpurveyors of anonymous speech, especially for those that are statementsof opinions rather than obvious falsehoods, while recognizing that government sometimes has the right to identify such speakers when they have used their platforms to harass, engage in slander or sexualpredation, make true threats, or allow foreign governments toinfluence U.S. elections. Please identify “Sarah Q Public” or at least stop promoting her views, especiallyover my own.Mark WeissIn Palo Alto Sent from my iPhone On Jun 27, 2023, at 9:43 PM, Aram James <abjpd1@gmail.com>wrote: Hi Mark,Extremely well said! Please put me on thelist of those being monitored. Best, aram Sent from my iPhone On Jun 27, 2023, at 7:23 PM, mark weiss<earwopa@yahoo.com> wrote:Mr. SQ Public, sir:Permit me a brief addendum to the previous, which isalso a public record. Palo Alto voters did not reject me; when I ran for citycouncil I received roughly 8,000 votes, but having spentless than $2,000 I am actually the most popular politicianof my generation on a cost basis. You are entitled to your opinion, and potentially you areallowed to spew your hateful, nonsense and leadership isallowed to disseminate for whatever stupid reasons. Rebecca Eisenberg is not a bigot.She supported Reverend Kaloma Smith and hiscampaign to open Foothill Park, explaining “disparateeffects” to us, to the benefit of all, and specifically Blackpeople and non-residents. Likewise, although I am white, I am known andrespected in Black, Latino, and Asian communities. (mywife is an Asian activist and a former member of PaloAlto leadership). If you were one of the 60 people watching the meetingby zoom, I was one of the 50 people actually at themeeting. I believe it is much more likely that “Sarah Q Public” isa pseudonym for a white supremacist male trying tofoment conflict between Blacks like Mr. Callender andJews like Ms. Eisenberg (and myself), than herself beinga Black woman. You are a coward. You are free to “monitor” me, butgiven the history of the Ku Klux Klan and the Nazis,bringing violence against people like myself, you shouldwatch yourself to avoid it be mistaken for such, if you’remerely just a fucking idiot. And yes, some hate speech is protected by the first amendment. Threat of violence,probably not. For the record, I live in a tiny house surrounded byMcMansions so go ahead and build in my backyard, bitch.MBW PS if Mr. Callender is reading this, please do not wastethe taxpayers’ money by harassing the person myself and 50,000 others elected. There was no gender harassmentof the male staff attorney. Sent from my iPhone On Jun 27, 2023, at 5:37 PM, Sarah Public <sarahqpublic@proton.me> wrote:Dear Mark: We know exactly who you are and you are a nimby joke. You always have been and your nimby comments to the Palo Alto Council prove it. Its exactly why the Palo Alto voters rejected you! We were on the Valley Water District Zoom today and we will continue to monitor and respond to bigoted behavior. We continue to call her out publicly for her bigoted behavior toward minorities until something is done to stop her bigoted behavior. You can not shut us up! We are also sending this to the Trustees so they know who Bigoted Becky is trying to get to speak on her behalf. More white bigots who make more bigoted accusations. Obviously we have unearthed the White bigotry Palo Alto nimby movement. Sarah Dear Sarah: I doubt you are a real person or a woman or any protected class, or probably not a PALO ALTO voter, but I am going to respond to you in good faith: Rebecca Eisenberg is a Stanford grad with a Harvard law degree. She studied with Elizabeth Warren. She was recruited by LaDoris Cordell, a Black woman to run against Gary Krem. She is not racist or bigoted against Asian or Latinos. She is against stupid people doing a bad job on behalf of we the people, or in the pockets of the developers, or a special interest. She is opposed to a $8 billion boondoggle dam. (and her stance is consistent with a group of minorities, the Muwekma Ohlone). That Mr. Callender is Black does not give him license to be corrupt. I agree with Rebecca that part of the retaliation against her falls along sexist and anti-semitic lines. I would gather you are more likely a white supremacist Nazi asshole than a female voter in Palo Alto. But in America, you are still entitled to your opinion. God bless. Mark Weiss Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: From: Rebecca Eisenberg <rebecca@rebecca4water.com> Date: June 27, 2023 at 4:36:51 AM PDT Subject: Valley Water Board Meeting 1 PM Tuesday June 26 - Please call in to support me? Show original message Sent with Proton Mail secure email. ------- Original Message -------On Tuesday, June 27th, 2023 at 8:02 AM,mark weiss <earwopa@yahoo.com> wrote: Dear Sarah: I doubt you are a real person ora woman or any protected class, or probably not a Palo Altovoter, but I am going to respond to you in good faith:Rebecca Eisenberg is a Stanford grad with a Harvard law degree.She studied with Elizabeth Warren. She was recruited byLaDoris Cordell, a Black woman to run against GaryKrem. She is not racist or bigotedagainst Asian or Latinos. She is against stupid peopledoing a bad job on behalf of we the people, or in the pockets ofthe developers, or a special interest.She is opposed to a $8 billion boondoggle dam. (and herstance is consistent with a group of minorities, the MuwekmaOhlone). That Mr. Callender is Blackdoes not give him license to be corrupt.I agree with Rebecca that part of the retaliation against herfalls along sexist and anti- semitic lines. I would gather you are more likely a white supremacist Naziasshole than a female voter in Palo Alto. But in America, youare still entitled to your opinion. God bless. Mark Weiss Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: From: Rebecca Eisenberg<rebecca@rebecca4water.com>Date: June 27,2023 at 4:36:51 AM PDT Subject: ValleyWater BoardMeeting 1 PMTuesday June 26 -Please call in tosupport me?Hi all - Can you please spread the word that I need help defending myself against the continued and escalating onslaught of misogyny, heterosexism, and anti- semitism at Valley Water? Per below, the Chair and CEO (both male, both behind the 6 month expensive witch hunt against me for "discrimination against men") now are resorting to (writing and) publishing on the agenda anonymous emails using misogynist and anti-semitic narratives (not to mention provably false lies) to discredit, humiliate, disempower, marginalize, and trigger me. Their non-stop escalating attacks are taking a toll on me, and before the Board breaks for the full month of July (except not me--I will be continuing to work, apparently the only Board member who relies on a paycheck). Thank you in advance. Here is what I posted on Facebook (and shorter versions on Twitter) which can be shared, passed on, edited, shortened, etc. For the many times I have turned up for others, I hope that one or two people will turn up for me. That said, I do recognize it is last minute notice, so I understand if not possible. I still love you all regardless. :) THANK YOU IN ADVANCE! FRIENDS! Call to ACTION! PLEASE call in or attend the Valley Water Board Meeting today - Tuesday June 27 - at 1 PM to tell the male Board Chair and CEO to stop using misogynist narratives and anti-semitic tropes to bully and marginalize me. This is getting out of control and I am tired of being slapped around by these men for my refusal to agree with their arrogant, outdated, anti- democratic, and environmentally irresponsible actions and policies. They cannot stand my refusal to bow to their demands! If you have ever been bullied and had offensive, bigoted rumors spread about you, you know how I feel. Please spread the word and tell the Valley Water Board Chair and CEO to act like civilized, professional humans and treat others with respect! PLEASE LET THEM KNOW WEWILL NOT STAND THIS.Here is how! Date/time: 1 PM Today: Tuesday, June 27. Place: In person at the Valley Water HQ- 5700 Almaden Expressway, San Jose. Or by ZOOM: https://valleywater.zoom.us/j/84454515597 Join by Phone: 1 (669) 900-9128, 84454515597# Here is today's agenda: https://scvwd.legistar.com/MeetingDetail.aspx? ID=1108841... Here is the item where they separated out from the regular email packet only the 2 anonymous emails sent by a man calling himself "Susan Q Public": https://scvwd.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx... WHY? BACKGROUND: The men who run the show on the Valley Water Board continue to try anything to bully me out of my elected position. They denied me equal representation on Board Committees, constantly interrupt me while I am speaking, yell at me and threaten me during meetings, and now they wage a disinformation campaign using *anonymous* unauthenticated, misogynist and anti-semitic emails to attempt to humiliate and discredit me publicly. Because these men are in charge, they decide what goes on the agenda, and for today's agenda, they unprecedentedly pulled out 2 anonymous emails for direct posting, both from someone calling himself "Susan Q. Public." Note, this is the same name used by the person who emailed vile, slanderous racist attacks against my friend Chuck Cantrell who dared to run against 32- year-lifer of the Valley Water Board Tony Estremera. This is the first time indocumented history that theValley Water Board pulledanonymous, unauthenticatedemails, for upgraded visibilityin an agenda. Never before have anonymous emails (likely written by the Board Chair or other Board member) receive such top billing and exposure. It is an intentional, malicious, personal attack. PLEASE CALL IN and tell them that we are not interested in their sexist, homophobic, and anti-semitic smears! Tell them to stop spending taxpayer money on the two expensive lawyers they have kept on payroll for SIX months to "investigate" me for "discrimination against men" in their male- dominated workplace where all top and highest paid positions are held by men. Tell them to act like grownups. Tellthem to behave. And at the polls in 1.5 years: VOTE THEM OUT like you did their best friend, my predecessor. It is time for CLEAN government, with transparency, accountability, and integrity. #NOMORE #METOO #EnoughIsEnough From:mark weiss To:Aram James Cc:Julie Lythcott-Haims; Council, City; Jeff Rosen; Jay Boyarsky; Patricia.Guerrero@jud.ca.gov; Sarah Public; board@valleywater.org Subject:Re: Valley Water Board Meeting 1 PM Tuesday June 26 - Please call in to support me? Date:Tuesday, June 27, 2023 10:46:42 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. In “The United States of Anonymous: How the First Amendment ShapedOnline," author Jeff Kosseff explores two cases, Dentrite International, Inc. v. Doe No. 3, 775 A.2d 756 (N.J. App. Div. 2001) and Cahill v. Doe, 879 A.2d 943 (Del. Super. Ct., June 14, 2005), in which courts recognized relatively strong First Amendment presumptions on behalf of purveyors of anonymous speech, especiallyfor those that are statements of opinions rather than obvious falsehoods, whilerecognizing that government sometimes has the right to identify such speakers when they have used their platforms to harass, engage in slander or sexual predation, make true threats, or allow foreign governments to influence U.S.elections. Please identify “Sarah Q Public” or at least stop promoting her views, especially over my own. Mark WeissIn Palo Alto Sent from my iPhone On Jun 27, 2023, at 9:43 PM, Aram James <abjpd1@gmail.com> wrote:Hi Mark,Extremely well said! Please put me on thelist of those being monitored. Best, aram Sent from my iPhone On Jun 27, 2023, at 7:23 PM, mark weiss <earwopa@yahoo.com>wrote:Mr. SQ Public, sir:Permit me a brief addendum to the previous, which is also a publicrecord. Palo Alto voters did not reject me; when I ran for city council Ireceived roughly 8,000 votes, but having spent less than $2,000 I am actually the most popular politician of my generation on a cost basis. You are entitled to your opinion, and potentially you are allowed to spew your hateful, nonsense and leadership is allowed to disseminatefor whatever stupid reasons. Rebecca Eisenberg is not a bigot.She supported Reverend Kaloma Smith and his campaign to open Foothill Park, explaining “disparate effects” to us, to the benefit ofall, and specifically Black people and non-residents. Likewise, although I am white, I am known and respected in Black, Latino, and Asian communities. (my wife is an Asian activist and a former member of Palo Alto leadership). If you were one of the 60 people watching the meeting by zoom, I was one of the 50 people actually at the meeting. I believe it is much more likely that “Sarah Q Public” is a pseudonym for a white supremacist male trying to foment conflictbetween Blacks like Mr. Callender and Jews like Ms. Eisenberg (and myself), than herself being a Black woman. You are a coward. You are free to “monitor” me, but given the history of the Ku Klux Klan and the Nazis, bringing violence againstpeople like myself, you should watch yourself to avoid it be mistaken for such, if you’re merely just a fucking idiot. And yes, some hatespeech is protected by the first amendment. Threat of violence, probably not. For the record, I live in a tiny house surrounded by McMansions so go ahead and build in my backyard, bitch.MBW PS if Mr. Callender is reading this, please do not waste the taxpayers’money by harassing the person myself and 50,000 others elected. There was no gender harassment of the male staff attorney. Sent from my iPhone On Jun 27, 2023, at 5:37 PM, Sarah Public<sarahqpublic@proton.me> wrote:Dear Mark: We know exactly who you are and you are a nimby joke. You always have been and your nimby comments to thePalo Alto Council prove it. Its exactly why the Palo Alto voters rejected you! We were on the Valley Water District Zoom today and we will continue to monitor and respond to bigoted behavior. We continue to call her out publicly for her bigoted behavior toward minorities until something is done to stop her bigoted behavior. You can not shut us up! We are also sending this to the Trustees so they know who Bigoted Becky is trying to get to speak on her behalf. More white bigots who make more bigoted accusations. Obviously we have unearthed the White bigotry Palo Alto nimby movement. Sarah Dear Sarah: I doubt you are a real person or a woman or any protected class, or probably not a PALO ALTO voter, but I am going to respond to you in good faith: Rebecca Eisenberg is a Stanford grad with a Harvard law degree. She studied with Elizabeth Warren. She was recruited by LaDoris Cordell, a Black woman to run against Gary Krem. She is not racist or bigoted against Asian or Latinos. She is against stupid people doing a bad job on behalf of we the people, or in the pockets of the developers, or a special interest. She is opposed to a $8 billion boondoggle dam. (and her stance is consistent with a group of minorities, the Muwekma Ohlone). That Mr. Callender is Black does not give him license to be corrupt. I agree with Rebecca that part of the retaliation against her falls along sexist and anti-semitic lines. I would gather you are more likely a white supremacist Nazi asshole than a female voter in Palo Alto. But in America, you are still entitled to your opinion. God bless. Mark Weiss Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: From: Rebecca Eisenberg <rebecca@rebecca4water.com> Date: June 27, 2023 at 4:36:51 AM PDT Subject: Valley Water Board Meeting 1 PM Tuesday June 26 - Please call in to support me? Show original message Sent with Proton Mail secure email. ------- Original Message ------- On Tuesday, June 27th, 2023 at 8:02 AM, mark weiss<earwopa@yahoo.com> wrote: Dear Sarah: I doubt you are a real person or a woman orany protected class, or probably not a Palo Alto voter, but I am going to respond to youin good faith: Rebecca Eisenberg is a Stanford grad with aHarvard law degree. She studied with Elizabeth Warren. She was recruited byLaDoris Cordell, a Black woman to run against Gary Krem. She is not racist or bigoted against Asian or Latinos. She is against stupid people doing a bad job on behalf of we the people, or in the pocketsof the developers, or a special interest. She is opposed to a $8 billion boondoggledam. (and her stance is consistent with a group of minorities, the Muwekma Ohlone). That Mr. Callender is Black does not give him license to be corrupt.I agree with Rebecca that part of the retaliation against her falls along sexist andanti-semitic lines. I would gather you are more likely a whitesupremacist Nazi asshole than a female voter in Palo Alto. But in America, you arestill entitled to your opinion. God bless. Mark Weiss Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: From: Rebecca Eisenberg <rebecca@rebecca4water.com>Date: June 27, 2023 at 4:36:51 AM PDT Subject: Valley Water Board Meeting 1 PM Tuesday June26 - Please call in to supportme?Hi all - Can you please spread the word that I need help defending myself against the continued and escalating onslaught of misogyny, heterosexism, and anti- semitism at Valley Water? Per below, the Chair and CEO (both male, both behind the 6 month expensive witch hunt against me for "discrimination against men") now are resorting to (writing and) publishing on the agenda anonymous emails using misogynist and anti-semitic narratives (not to mention provably false lies) to discredit, humiliate, disempower, marginalize, and trigger me. Their non- stop escalating attacks are taking a toll on me, and before the Board breaks for the full month of July (except not me--I will be continuing to work, apparently the only Board member who relies on a paycheck). Thank you in advance. Here is what I posted on Facebook (and shorter versions on Twitter) which can be shared, passed on, edited, shortened, etc. For the many times I have turned up for others, I hope that one or two people will turn up for me. That said, I do recognize it is last minute notice, so I understand if not possible. I still love you all regardless. :) THANK YOU IN ADVANCE! FRIENDS! Call to ACTION! PLEASE call in or attend the Valley Water Board Meeting today - Tuesday June 27 - at 1 PM to tell the male Board Chair and CEO to stop using misogynist narratives and anti- semitic tropes to bully and marginalize me. This is getting out of control and I am tired of being slapped around by these men for my refusal to agree with their arrogant, outdated, anti-democratic, and environmentally irresponsible actions and policies. They cannot stand my refusal to bow to their demands! If you have ever been bullied and had offensive, bigoted rumors spread about you, you know how I feel. Please spread the word and tell the Valley Water Board Chair and CEO to act like civilized, professional humans and treat others with respect! PLEASE LET THEM KNOW WE WILL NOT STAND THIS.Here is how! Date/time: 1 PM Today: Tuesday, June 27. Place: In person at the Valley Water HQ- 5700 Almaden Expressway, San Jose. Or by ZOOM: https://valleywater.zoom.us/j/84454515597 Join by Phone: 1 (669) 900- 9128, 84454515597# Here is today's agenda: https://scvwd.legistar.com/MeetingDetail.aspx? ID=1108841... Here is the item where they separated out from the regular email packet only the 2 anonymous emails sent by a man calling himself "Susan Q Public": https://scvwd.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx... WHY? BACKGROUND: The men who run the show on the ValleyWater Board continue to try anything to bully me out of myelected position. They denied me equal representation onBoard Committees, constantly interrupt me while I amspeaking, yell at me and threaten me during meetings,and now they wage a disinformation campaign using*anonymous* unauthenticated, misogynist and anti-semiticemails to attempt to humiliate and discredit me publicly. Because these men are in charge, they decide what goes on the agenda, and for today's agenda, they unprecedentedly pulled out 2 anonymous emails for direct posting, both from someone calling himself "Susan Q. Public." Note, this is the same name used by the person who emailed vile, slanderous racist attacks against my friend Chuck Cantrell who dared to run against 32-year-lifer of the Valley Water Board Tony Estremera. This is the first time indocumented history that the Valley Water Board pulledanonymous, unauthenticated emails, for upgraded visibilityin an agenda. Never before have anonymous emails (likely written by the Board Chair or other Board member) receive such top billing and exposure. It is an intentional, malicious, personal attack. PLEASE CALL IN and tell them that we are not interested in their sexist, homophobic, and anti-semitic smears! Tell them to stop spending taxpayer money on the two expensive lawyers they have kept on payroll for SIX months to "investigate" me for "discrimination against men" in their male-dominated workplace where all top and highest paid positions are held by men. Tell them to act like grownups.Tell them to behave. And at the polls in 1.5 years: VOTE THEM OUT like you did their best friend, my predecessor. It is time for CLEAN government, with transparency, accountability, and integrity. #NOMORE #METOO #EnoughIsEnough From:Aram James To:mark weiss; Julie Lythcott-Haims; Council, City; Jeff Rosen; Jay Boyarsky; Patricia.Guerrero@jud.ca.gov; RebeccaEisenberg Subject:Re: Valley Water Board Meeting 1 PM Tuesday June 26 - Please call in to support me? Date:Tuesday, June 27, 2023 10:26:35 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. https://www.einnews.com/amp/pr_news/641890145/california-chief-justice-patricia-guerrero-issues-statement-on-judicial-branch-budget On Jun 27, 2023, at 9:54 PM, Aram James <abjpd1@gmail.com> wrote:Hi Mark,Extremely well said! Please put me on thelist of those being monitored. Best, aram Sent from my iPhone On Jun 27, 2023, at 7:23 PM, mark weiss<earwopa@yahoo.com> wrote:Mr. SQ Public, sir:Permit me a brief addendum to the previous, which isalso a public record. Palo Alto voters did not reject me; when I ran for citycouncil I received roughly 8,000 votes, but having spentless than $2,000 I am actually the most popular politicianof my generation on a cost basis. You are entitled to your opinion, and potentially you areallowed to spew your hateful, nonsense and leadership isallowed to disseminate for whatever stupid reasons. Rebecca Eisenberg is not a bigot.She supported Reverend Kaloma Smith and hiscampaign to open Foothill Park, explaining “disparateeffects” to us, to the benefit of all, and specifically Blackpeople and non-residents. Likewise, although I am white, I am known andrespected in Black, Latino, and Asian communities. (my wife is an Asian activist and a former member of PaloAlto leadership). If you were one of the 60 people watching the meetingby zoom, I was one of the 50 people actually at the meeting. I believe it is much more likely that “Sarah Q Public” is a pseudonym for a white supremacist male trying tofoment conflict between Blacks like Mr. Callender and Jews like Ms. Eisenberg (and myself), than herself beinga Black woman. You are a coward. You are free to “monitor” me, butgiven the history of the Ku Klux Klan and the Nazis, bringing violence against people like myself, you shouldwatch yourself to avoid it be mistaken for such, if you’re merely just a fucking idiot. And yes, some hate speechis protected by the first amendment. Threat of violence, probably not. For the record, I live in a tiny house surrounded by McMansions so go ahead and build in my backyard,bitch. MBWPS if Mr. Callender is reading this, please do not waste the taxpayers’ money by harassing the person myself and50,000 others elected. There was no gender harassment of the male staff attorney. Sent from my iPhone On Jun 27, 2023, at 5:37 PM, Sarah Public<sarahqpublic@proton.me> wrote:Dear Mark: We know exactly who you are and you are a nimby joke. You always have been and yournimby comments to the Palo Alto Council prove it. Its exactly why the Palo Alto voters rejected you! We were on the Valley Water District Zoom today and we will continue to monitor and respond to bigoted behavior. We continue to call her out publicly for her bigoted behavior toward minorities until something is done to stop her bigoted behavior. You can not shut us up! We are also sending this to the Trustees so they know who Bigoted Becky is trying to get to speak on her behalf. More white bigots who make more bigoted accusations. Obviously we have unearthed the White bigotry Palo Alto nimby movement. Sarah Dear Sarah: I doubt you are a real person or a woman or any protected class, or probably not a PALO ALTO voter, but I am going to respond to you in good faith: Rebecca Eisenberg is a Stanford grad with a Harvard law degree. She studied with Elizabeth Warren. She was recruited by LaDoris Cordell, a Black woman to run against Gary Krem. She is not racist or bigoted against Asian or Latinos. She is against stupid people doing a bad job on behalf of we the people, or in the pockets of the developers, or a special interest. She is opposed to a $8 billion boondoggle dam. (and her stance is consistent with a group of minorities, the Muwekma Ohlone). That Mr. Callender is Black does not give him license to be corrupt. I agree with Rebecca that part of the retaliation against her falls along sexist and anti-semitic lines. I would gather you are more likely a white supremacist Nazi asshole than a female voter in Palo Alto. But in America, you are still entitled to your opinion. God bless. Mark Weiss Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: From: Rebecca Eisenberg <rebecca@rebecca4water.com> Date: June 27, 2023 at 4:36:51 AM PDT Subject: Valley Water Board Meeting 1 PM Tuesday June 26 - Please call in to support me? Show original message Sent with Proton Mail secure email. ------- Original Message -------On Tuesday, June 27th, 2023 at 8:02 AM, mark weiss <earwopa@yahoo.com> wrote: Dear Sarah:I doubt you are a real person or a woman or any protected class,or probably not a Palo Alto voter, but I am going to respondto you in good faith: Rebecca Eisenberg is a Stanfordgrad with a Harvard law degree. She studied with ElizabethWarren. She was recruited by LaDoris Cordell, a Blackwoman to run against Gary Krem. She is not racist or bigoted against Asian or Latinos. She is against stupid people doing a bad job on behalf of wethe people, or in the pockets of the developers, or a specialinterest. She is opposed to a $8 billionboondoggle dam. (and her stance is consistent with a groupof minorities, the Muwekma Ohlone). That Mr. Callender is Black does not give him license to becorrupt. I agree with Rebecca that partof the retaliation against her falls along sexist and anti-semitic lines. I would gather you are morelikely a white supremacist Nazi asshole than a female voter inPalo Alto. But in America, you are still entitled to your opinion.God bless. Mark Weiss Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: From: RebeccaEisenberg <rebecca@rebecca4water.com>Date: June 27, 2023 at 4:36:51AM PDT Subject: ValleyWater BoardMeeting 1 PMTuesday June 26 -Please call in tosupport me?Hi all - Can you please spread the word that I need help defending myself against the continued and escalating onslaught of misogyny, heterosexism, and anti- semitism at Valley Water? Per below, the Chair and CEO (both male, both behind the 6 month expensive witch hunt against me for "discrimination against men") now are resorting to (writing and) publishing on the agenda anonymous emails using misogynist and anti-semitic narratives (not to mention provably false lies) to discredit, humiliate, disempower, marginalize, and trigger me. Their non-stop escalating attacks are taking a toll on me, and before the Board breaks for the full month of July (except not me--I will be continuing to work, apparently the only Board member who relies on a paycheck). Thank you in advance. Here is what I posted on Facebook (and shorter versions on Twitter) which can be shared, passed on, edited, shortened, etc. For the many times I have turned up for others, I hope that one or two people will turn up for me. That said, I do recognize it is last minute notice, so I understand if not possible. I still love you all regardless. :) THANK YOU IN ADVANCE! FRIENDS! Call to ACTION! PLEASE call in or attend the Valley Water Board Meeting today - Tuesday June 27 - at 1 PM to tell the male Board Chair and CEO to stop using misogynist narratives and anti-semitic tropes to bully and marginalize me. This is getting out of control and I am tired of being slapped around by these men for my refusal to agree with their arrogant, outdated, anti- democratic, and environmentally irresponsible actions and policies. They cannot stand my refusal to bow to their demands! If you have ever been bullied andhad offensive, bigoted rumorsspread about you, you know how I feel. Please spread the word and tell the Valley Water Board Chair and CEO to act like civilized, professional humans and treat others with respect! PLEASE LET THEM KNOW WE WILL NOT STAND THIS. Here is how! Date/time: 1 PMToday: Tuesday, June 27.Place: In person at the Valley WaterHQ- 5700 AlmadenExpressway, San Jose.Or by ZOOM: https://valleywater.zoom.us/j/84454515597Join by Phone: 1 (669) 900-9128, 84454515597# Here is today's agenda: https://scvwd.legistar.com/MeetingDetail.aspx? ID=1108841... Here is the item where they separated out from the regular email packet only the 2 anonymous emails sent by a man calling himself "Susan Q Public": https://scvwd.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx... WHY? BACKGROUND: The men who run the show on the Valley Water Board continue to try anything to bully me out of my elected position. They denied me equal representation on Board Committees, constantly interrupt me while I am speaking, yell at me and threaten me during meetings, and now they wage a disinformation campaign using *anonymous* unauthenticated, misogynist and anti-semitic emails to attempt to humiliate and discredit me publicly. Because thesemen are in charge, they decide whatgoes on the agenda, and fortoday's agenda, theyunprecedentedly pulled out 2anonymous emails for direct posting,both from someone callinghimself "Susan Q. Public." Note, thisis the same name used by the personwho emailed vile, slanderous racistattacks against my friend ChuckCantrell who dared to run against 32- year-lifer of the Valley Water Board Tony Estremera. This is the first time in documented history that the Valley Water Board pulled anonymous, unauthenticated emails, for upgraded visibility in an agenda. Never before have anonymous emails (likely written by the Board Chair or other Board member) receive such top billing and exposure. It is an intentional, malicious, personal attack. PLEASE CALL INand tell them that we are notinterested in their sexist,homophobic, and anti-semiticsmears! Tell them to stop spendingtaxpayer money on the two expensivelawyers they have kept on payroll forSIX months to "investigate" mefor "discrimination against men" intheir male- dominatedworkplace where all top and highestpaid positions are held by men. Tell them to act like grownups. Tell them to behave. And at the polls in 1.5 years: VOTE THEM OUT like you did their best friend, my predecessor. It is time for CLEAN government, with transparency, accountability, and integrity. #NOMORE #METOO #EnoughIsEnough From:Aram James To:mark weiss; Julie Lythcott-Haims; Council, City; Jeff Rosen; Jay Boyarsky; Patricia.Guerrero@jud.ca.gov; RebeccaEisenberg Subject:Re: Valley Water Board Meeting 1 PM Tuesday June 26 - Please call in to support me? Date:Tuesday, June 27, 2023 9:54:52 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links.Hi Mark,Extremely well said! Please put me on thelist of those being monitored. Best, aram Sent from my iPhone On Jun 27, 2023, at 7:23 PM, mark weiss <earwopa@yahoo.com>wrote:Mr. SQ Public, sir:Permit me a brief addendum to the previous, which is also a publicrecord. Palo Alto voters did not reject me; when I ran for city council Ireceived roughly 8,000 votes, but having spent less than $2,000 I amactually the most popular politician of my generation on a cost basis. You are entitled to your opinion, and potentially you are allowed tospew your hateful, nonsense and leadership is allowed to disseminatefor whatever stupid reasons. Rebecca Eisenberg is not a bigot.She supported Reverend Kaloma Smith and his campaign to openFoothill Park, explaining “disparate effects” to us, to the benefit ofall, and specifically Black people and non-residents. Likewise, although I am white, I am known and respected in Black, Latino, and Asian communities. (my wife is an Asian activist and aformer member of Palo Alto leadership). If you were one of the 60 people watching the meeting by zoom, Iwas one of the 50 people actually at the meeting. I believe it is much more likely that “Sarah Q Public” is apseudonym for a white supremacist male trying to foment conflictbetween Blacks like Mr. Callender and Jews like Ms. Eisenberg (andmyself), than herself being a Black woman. You are a coward. You are free to “monitor” me, but given thehistory of the Ku Klux Klan and the Nazis, bringing violence against people like myself, you should watch yourself to avoid it be mistakenfor such, if you’re merely just a fucking idiot. And yes, some hate speech is protected by the first amendment. Threat of violence,probably not. For the record, I live in a tiny house surrounded by McMansions sogo ahead and build in my backyard, bitch. MBWPS if Mr. Callender is reading this, please do not waste the taxpayers’ money by harassing the person myself and 50,000 others elected.There was no gender harassment of the male staff attorney. Sent from my iPhone On Jun 27, 2023, at 5:37 PM, Sarah Public <sarahqpublic@proton.me> wrote:Dear Mark: We know exactly who you are and you are a nimby joke. You always have been and your nimby comments to the Palo Alto Council prove it. Its exactly why the Palo Alto voters rejected you! We were on the Valley Water District Zoom today and we will continue to monitor and respond to bigoted behavior. We continue to call her out publicly for her bigoted behavior toward minorities until something is done to stop her bigoted behavior. You can not shut us up! We are also sending this to the Trustees so they know who Bigoted Becky is trying to get to speak on her behalf. More white bigots who make more bigoted accusations. Obviously we have unearthed the White bigotry Palo Alto nimby movement. Sarah Dear Sarah: I doubt you are a real person or a woman or any protected class, or probably not a PALO ALTO voter, but I am going to respond to you in good faith: Rebecca Eisenberg is a Stanford grad with a Harvard law degree. She studied with Elizabeth Warren. She was recruited by LaDoris Cordell, a Black woman to run against Gary Krem. She is not racist or bigoted against Asian or Latinos. She is against stupid people doing a bad job on behalf of we the people, or in the pockets of the developers, or a special interest. She is opposed to a $8 billion boondoggle dam. (and her stance is consistent with a group of minorities, the Muwekma Ohlone). That Mr. Callender is Black does not give him license to be corrupt. I agree with Rebecca that part of the retaliation against her falls along sexist and anti-semitic lines. I would gather you are more likely a white supremacist Nazi asshole than a female voter in Palo Alto. But in America, you are still entitled to your opinion. God bless. Mark Weiss Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: From: Rebecca Eisenberg <rebecca@rebecca4water.com> Date: June 27, 2023 at 4:36:51 AM PDT Subject: Valley Water Board Meeting 1 PM Tuesday June 26 - Please call in to support me? Show original message Sent with Proton Mail secure email. ------- Original Message -------On Tuesday, June 27th, 2023 at 8:02 AM, mark weiss<earwopa@yahoo.com> wrote: Dear Sarah:I doubt you are a real person or a woman orany protected class, or probably not a PaloAlto voter, but I am going to respond to youin good faith:Rebecca Eisenberg is a Stanford grad with aHarvard law degree. She studied withElizabeth Warren. She was recruited byLaDoris Cordell, a Black woman to runagainst Gary Krem. She is not racist or bigoted against Asian orLatinos. She is against stupid people doing a bad jobon behalf of we the people, or in the pocketsof the developers, or a special interest.She is opposed to a $8 billion boondoggledam. (and her stance is consistent with agroup of minorities, the Muwekma Ohlone). That Mr. Callender is Black does not givehim license to be corrupt.I agree with Rebecca that part of theretaliation against her falls along sexist andanti-semitic lines. I would gather you are more likely a whitesupremacist Nazi asshole than a femalevoter in Palo Alto. But in America, you arestill entitled to your opinion. God bless. Mark Weiss Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: From: Rebecca Eisenberg<rebecca@rebecca4water.com>Date: June 27, 2023 at 4:36:51AM PDT Subject: Valley Water BoardMeeting 1 PM Tuesday June26 - Please call in to supportme?Hi all - Can you please spread the word that I need help defending myself against the continued and escalating onslaught of misogyny, heterosexism, and anti- semitism at Valley Water? Per below, the Chair and CEO (both male, both behind the 6 month expensive witch hunt against me for "discrimination against men") now are resorting to (writing and) publishing on the agenda anonymous emails using misogynist and anti-semitic narratives (not to mention provably false lies) to discredit, humiliate, disempower, marginalize, and trigger me. Their non- stop escalating attacks are taking a toll on me, and before the Board breaks for the full month of July (except not me--I will be continuing to work, apparently the only Board member who relies on a paycheck). Thank you in advance. Here is what I posted on Facebook (and shorter versions on Twitter) which can be shared, passed on, edited, shortened, etc. For the many times I have turned up for others, I hope that one or two people will turn up for me. That said, I do recognize it is last minute notice, so I understand if not possible. I still love you all regardless. :) THANK YOU IN ADVANCE! FRIENDS! Call to ACTION! PLEASE call in or attend the Valley Water Board Meeting today - Tuesday June 27 - at 1 PM to tell the male Board Chair and CEO to stop using misogynist narratives and anti- semitic tropes to bully and marginalize me. This is getting out of control and I am tired of being slapped around by these men for my refusal to agree with their arrogant, outdated, anti-democratic, and environmentally irresponsible actions and policies. They cannot stand my refusal to bow to their demands! If you have ever been bullied and had offensive, bigoted rumors spread about you, you know how I feel. Please spread the word and tell the Valley Water Board Chair and CEO to act like civilized, professional humans and treat others with respect! PLEASE LET THEM KNOWWE WILL NOT STAND THIS. Here is how! Date/time: 1 PM Today: Tuesday, June 27. Place: In person at the Valley Water HQ- 5700 Almaden Expressway, San Jose. Or by ZOOM: https://valleywater.zoom.us/j/84454515597 Join by Phone: 1 (669) 900- 9128, 84454515597# Here is today's agenda: https://scvwd.legistar.com/MeetingDetail.aspx?ID=1108841... Here is the item where they separated out from the regular email packet only the 2 anonymous emails sent by a man calling himself "Susan Q Public": https://scvwd.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx... WHY? BACKGROUND: The men whorun the show on the Valley Water Board continue to tryanything to bully me out of my elected position. They deniedme equal representation on Board Committees, constantlyinterrupt me while I am speaking, yell at me andthreaten me during meetings, and now they wage a disinformation campaign using *anonymous* unauthenticated, misogynist and anti-semitic emails to attempt to humiliate and discredit me publicly. Because these men are in charge, they decide what goes on the agenda, and for today's agenda, they unprecedentedly pulled out 2 anonymous emails for direct posting, both from someone calling himself "Susan Q. Public." Note, this is the same name used by the person who emailed vile, slanderous racist attacks against my friend Chuck Cantrell who dared to run against 32-year-lifer of the Valley Water Board Tony Estremera. This is the first time indocumented history that the Valley Water Board pulledanonymous, unauthenticated emails, for upgraded visibilityin an agenda. Never before have anonymous emails (likelywritten by the Board Chair or other Board member) receivesuch top billing and exposure. It is an intentional, malicious,personal attack. PLEASE CALL IN and tell them that we are not interested in their sexist, homophobic, and anti-semitic smears! Tell them to stop spending taxpayer money on the two expensive lawyers they have kept on payroll for SIX months to "investigate" me for "discrimination against men" in their male-dominated workplace where all top and highest paid positions are held by men. Tell them to act like grownups. Tell them to behave. And at the polls in 1.5 years: VOTE THEM OUT like you did their best friend, my predecessor. It is time for CLEAN government, with transparency, accountability, and integrity. #NOMORE #METOO #EnoughIsEnough From:Aram James To:mark weiss; Julie Lythcott-Haims; Council, City; Jeff Rosen; Jay Boyarsky; Patricia.Guerrero@jud.ca.gov Cc:Sarah Public; board@valleywater.org Subject:Re: Valley Water Board Meeting 1 PM Tuesday June 26 - Please call in to support me? Date:Tuesday, June 27, 2023 9:44:05 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Hi Mark,Extremely well said! Please put me on thelist of those being monitored. Best, aram Sent from my iPhone On Jun 27, 2023, at 7:23 PM, mark weiss <earwopa@yahoo.com> wrote:Mr. SQ Public, sir:Permit me a brief addendum to the previous, which is also a public record. Palo Alto voters did not reject me; when I ran for city council I received roughly8,000 votes, but having spent less than $2,000 I am actually the most popularpolitician of my generation on a cost basis. You are entitled to your opinion, and potentially you are allowed to spew yourhateful, nonsense and leadership is allowed to disseminate for whatever stupidreasons. Rebecca Eisenberg is not a bigot.She supported Reverend Kaloma Smith and his campaign to open Foothill Park,explaining “disparate effects” to us, to the benefit of all, and specifically Blackpeople and non-residents. Likewise, although I am white, I am known and respected in Black, Latino, andAsian communities. (my wife is an Asian activist and a former member of PaloAlto leadership). If you were one of the 60 people watching the meeting by zoom, I was one of the50 people actually at the meeting. I believe it is much more likely that “Sarah Q Public” is a pseudonym for a whitesupremacist male trying to foment conflict between Blacks like Mr. Callender andJews like Ms. Eisenberg (and myself), than herself being a Black woman. You are a coward. You are free to “monitor” me, but given the history of the KuKlux Klan and the Nazis, bringing violence against people like myself, youshould watch yourself to avoid it be mistaken for such, if you’re merely just afucking idiot. And yes, some hate speech is protected by the first amendment. Threat of violence, probably not. For the record, I live in a tiny house surrounded by McMansions so go ahead and build in my backyard, bitch.MBW PS if Mr. Callender is reading this, please do not waste the taxpayers’ money byharassing the person myself and 50,000 others elected. There was no gender harassment of the male staff attorney. Sent from my iPhone On Jun 27, 2023, at 5:37 PM, Sarah Public<sarahqpublic@proton.me> wrote:Dear Mark: We know exactly who you are and you are a nimby joke. You always have been and your nimby comments to the Palo Alto Council prove it. Its exactly why the Palo Alto voters rejected you! We were on the Valley Water District Zoom today and we will continue to monitor and respond to bigoted behavior. We continue to call her out publicly for her bigoted behavior toward minorities until something is done to stop her bigoted behavior. You can not shut us up! We are also sending this to the Trustees so they know who Bigoted Becky is trying to get to speak on her behalf. More white bigots who make more bigoted accusations. Obviously we have unearthed the White bigotry Palo Alto nimby movement. Sarah Dear Sarah: I doubt you are a real person or a woman or any protected class, or probably not a PALO ALTO voter, but I am going to respond to you in good faith: Rebecca Eisenberg is a Stanford grad with a Harvard law degree. She studied with Elizabeth Warren. She was recruited by LaDoris Cordell, a Black woman to run against Gary Krem. She is not racist or bigoted against Asian or Latinos. She is against stupid people doing a bad job on behalf of we the people, or in the pockets of the developers, or a special interest. She is opposed to a $8 billion boondoggle dam. (and her stance is consistent with a group of minorities, the Muwekma Ohlone). That Mr. Callender is Black does not give him license to be corrupt. I agree with Rebecca that part of the retaliation against her falls along sexist and anti-semitic lines. I would gather you are more likely a white supremacist Nazi asshole than a female voter in Palo Alto. But in America, you are still entitled to your opinion. God bless. Mark Weiss Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: From: Rebecca Eisenberg <rebecca@rebecca4water.com> Date: June 27, 2023 at 4:36:51 AM PDT Subject: Valley Water Board Meeting 1 PM Tuesday June 26 - Please call in to support me? Show original message Sent with Proton Mail secure email. ------- Original Message -------On Tuesday, June 27th, 2023 at 8:02 AM, mark weiss<earwopa@yahoo.com> wrote: Dear Sarah:I doubt you are a real person or a woman or anyprotected class, or probably not a Palo Alto voter, but Iam going to respond to you in good faith:Rebecca Eisenberg is a Stanford grad with a Harvard lawdegree. She studied with Elizabeth Warren. She wasrecruited by LaDoris Cordell, a Black woman to runagainst Gary Krem. She is not racist or bigoted against Asian or Latinos. She is against stupid people doing a bad job on behalf ofwe the people, or in the pockets of the developers, or aspecial interest.She is opposed to a $8 billion boondoggle dam. (and herstance is consistent with a group of minorities, theMuwekma Ohlone). That Mr. Callender is Black does not give him license tobe corrupt.I agree with Rebecca that part of the retaliation againsther falls along sexist and anti-semitic lines. I would gather you are more likely a white supremacistNazi asshole than a female voter in Palo Alto. But inAmerica, you are still entitled to your opinion. Godbless. Mark Weiss Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: From: Rebecca Eisenberg<rebecca@rebecca4water.com>Date: June 27, 2023 at 4:36:51 AM PDT Subject: Valley Water Board Meeting 1PM Tuesday June 26 - Please call in tosupport me?Hi all - Can you please spread the word that I need help defending myself against the continued and escalating onslaught of misogyny, heterosexism, and anti- semitism at Valley Water? Per below, the Chair and CEO (both male, both behind the 6 month expensive witch hunt against me for "discrimination against men") now are resorting to (writing and) publishing on the agenda anonymous emails using misogynist and anti-semitic narratives (not to mention provably false lies) to discredit, humiliate, disempower, marginalize, and trigger me. Their non-stop escalating attacks are taking a toll on me, and before the Board breaks for the full month of July (except not me--I will be continuing to work, apparently the only Board member who relies on a paycheck). Thank you in advance. Here is what I posted on Facebook (and shorter versions on Twitter) which can be shared, passed on, edited, shortened, etc. For the many times I have turned up for others, I hope that one or two people will turn up for me. That said, I do recognize it is last minute notice, so I understand if not possible. I still love you all regardless. :) THANK YOU IN ADVANCE! FRIENDS! Call to ACTION! PLEASE call in or attend the Valley Water Board Meeting today - Tuesday June 27 - at 1 PM to tell the male Board Chair and CEO to stop using misogynist narratives and anti- semitic tropes to bully and marginalize me. This is getting out of control and I am tired of being slapped around by these men for my refusal to agree with their arrogant, outdated, anti-democratic, and environmentally irresponsible actions and policies. They cannot stand my refusal to bow to their demands! If you have ever been bullied and had offensive, bigoted rumors spread aboutyou, you know how I feel. Please spread the word and tell the Valley Water BoardChair and CEO to act like civilized, professional humans and treat others withrespect! PLEASE LET THEM KNOW WE WILL NOT STAND THIS. Here is how! Date/time: 1 PM Today: Tuesday, June 27.Place: In person at the Valley Water HQ- 5700 Almaden Expressway, San Jose.Or by ZOOM: https://valleywater.zoom.us/j/84454515597Join by Phone: 1 (669) 900-9128, 84454515597# Here is today's agenda: https://scvwd.legistar.com/MeetingDetail.aspx? ID=1108841... Here is the item where they separated out from the regular email packet only the 2 anonymous emails sent by a man calling himself "Susan Q Public": https://scvwd.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx... WHY? BACKGROUND: The men who run the show on the Valley Water Board continue to try anything to bully me out of my elected position. They denied me equal representation on Board Committees, constantly interrupt me while I am speaking, yell at me and threaten me during meetings, and now they wage a disinformation campaign using *anonymous* unauthenticated, misogynist and anti-semitic emails to attempt to humiliate and discredit me publicly. Because these men are in charge, they decide what goes on the agenda, and for today's agenda, they unprecedentedly pulled out 2 anonymous emails for direct posting, both from someone calling himself "Susan Q. Public." Note, this is the same name used by the person who emailed vile, slanderous racist attacks against my friend Chuck Cantrell who dared to run against 32-year-lifer of the Valley Water Board Tony Estremera. This is the first time in documented historythat the Valley Water Board pulled anonymous, unauthenticated emails, forupgraded visibility in an agenda. Never before have anonymous emails (likelywritten by the Board Chair or other Board member) receive such top billing andexposure. It is an intentional, malicious, personal attack. PLEASE CALL IN and tell them that we are not interested in their sexist, homophobic, and anti-semitic smears! Tell them to stop spending taxpayer money on the two expensive lawyers they have kept on payroll for SIX months to "investigate" me for "discrimination against men" in their male-dominated workplace where all top and highest paid positions are held by men. Tell them to act like grownups. Tell them tobehave. And at the polls in 1.5 years: VOTE THEM OUT like you did their best friend, my predecessor. It is time for CLEAN government, with transparency, accountability, and integrity. #NOMORE #METOO #EnoughIsEnough From:Aram James To:Sheriff Transparency; Julie Lythcott-Haims; Jethroe Moore; Sean Allen; Josh Becker; Binder, Andrew; Council,City; Shikada, Ed; Wagner, April; Jeff Rosen; Reifschneider, James; Joe Simitian; Shana Segal; ladoris cordell;chuck jagoda; Jay Boyarsky; Perron, Zachary; Enberg, Nicholas; Javier Ortega; Angie Evans; dennis burns;DuJuan Green; Kevin Jensen; Jason Green; Michael Gennaco; Mila Zelkha; Supervisor Susan Ellenberg; HumanRelations Commission; Vara Ramakrishnan; Cecilia Taylor; Greg Tanaka; Rob Baker; Cindy Chavez; EPA Today;Gennady Sheyner; Bains, Paul Subject:Policing in black & white Date:Tuesday, June 27, 2023 7:59:57 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ https://www.apa.org/monitor/2016/12/cover-policing Sent from my iPhone From:Zhengli Xu To:Council, City Subject:Please don’t swap Terman park! Date:Tuesday, June 27, 2023 7:00:03 PM [Some people who received this message don't often get email from zhenglixu@yahoo.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 Councilmembers, Terman Park means so much to me and my family. It’s part of our beloved community. We love the open space, and my kids go over there to run and play on the fields. We make use of the pathway and bike path a lot. Please don't swap Terman Park. Sincerely, Zhengli Xu and Wanhou Wang Sent from my iPhone From:Van Der Zwaag, Minka To:Gardener, Liz Cc:Council, City Subject:RE: Disabled Senior, Family with a Baby Being Evicted at Mayfield Place Date:Tuesday, June 27, 2023 4:11:30 PM Ms. Gardner, I am responding on behalf of the City Manager. I am sorry to hear about the challenges you write about. Please know that you and other residents of the Mayfield Place can contact the Office of Human Services for community resource information and/or as an conduit to other city staff and services. I am also able to be in dialogue with your neighbor who is facing eviction, especially in regards to the communication with LiveMoves. Regards, Minka van der Zwaag Manager, Office of Human Services From: Liz Gardner <gardnerjaqua@gmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2023 9:34 PM To: Wong, Tim <Tim.Wong@CityofPaloAlto.org>; Van Der Zwaag, Minka <Minka.VanDerZwaag@CityofPaloAlto.org>; Council, City <city.council@cityofpaloalto.org> Cc: Palo Alto Renters' Association <info@paloaltorenters.org>; Palo Alto Forward <palo.alto.fwd@gmail.com>; PAHousingElement <pahousingelement@googlegroups.com>; gsheyner@embarcaderopublishing.com; Jocelyn Dong <jdong@embarcaderopublishing.com>; Roberta Ahlquist <roberta.ahlquist@sjsu.edu>; Jean G. Snider <jsnider@stanford.edu> Subject: Disabled Senior, Family with a Baby Being Evicted at Mayfield Place CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Re: 2017 Related Mayfield Place -- 2500 El Camino Real. Background: A very low income multi family complex. It was part of Stanford Pa Agreement deal . The Facade Designed by David Baker Assoc and built by Seque Construction. Yes the same firm that was sued in 2016 for the deaths of 6 international Irish exchange UC students and which also maimed many more in Berkeley -- and the tragedy occurred during the construction of Mayfield Place. Summary: A seven year resident, disabled senior, her daughter & 2 year-old grandson are currently evicted for non-payment of rent. Grandma had her car impounded in December and it took $700 or all of her paycheck to get it out so she could continue to work at a care home. She has been attempting to work w Life Moves who has been in-affectual at best. Not returning calls, message machine full, and a paperwork, run- around by the case worker there for a shelter bed, and/or money to pay back rent. Remember she's disabled. She and I are meeting at 12:30 at 2500 Mayfield Place in the courtyard to get a hold of Legal Aid and Project Sentinel. Help is needed for her. This is the same woman that was willing to speak to the Palo Weekly back in January yet the weekly dropped running the story. Not only are evictions occurring at this very low income complex 100 percent tax credit building -- an agreement between Stanford and Palo Alto -- there are stationary horrid recycling bin overloads with appliances, furniture, food, yard waste, clothing, mattress' spilling out. Programs to keep us on track for employment or printing or writing résumé's are lacking and are non-existent with non working computers and no access to a copy machine or community room, or Internet. The property has been put on a 24 hour notice by city code enforcement to rid the rubbish and clean them out. It's unsafe unhealthy. As well trash shoot doors are broken and often cannot access because of doorway decree Too there are gas powered edgers and lawn mowers starting up at 7:45 weekly. There is no teen programming or sufficient onsite tenant support services. The manager does not have regular office hours posted . Both the manager & property maintenance reside onsite. Families are: Being served without warning, lease violations for such things as skateboarding off the property, little kids riding trikes & small scooters in an enclosed safe from cars area. Tenants rents are being raised yearly by 11%, mounds of paper-work for long time tenants recertification -- even when nothing has changed. Extraneous unreasonable pages of forms (not necessary and confirmed to me by the State Tax Credit Commission) to tenants places of work, job sites and bosses, even when other affidavits are acceptable for tax accreditation. Again this is the fifth property manager in 7 years, she denied us much needed Palo Alto Christmas Bureau checks in Dec 2021 when we'd been receiving them for years. These much needed funds and two days later, 3 day pay or quit notices were placed on most families doors. Management is known to knock on doors without notice threatening lease violations. broken fire hazard stoves, where God forbid if there was a fire, escape by a window is 4 feet off the floor. Refrigerators are cracking and breaking, floors are buckling, counters are coming away from the walls. In closing, if our fair city cannot find this family immediate active, involved assistance Palo Alto will be adding a senior grandmother, a young mother and a baby onto our streets in crisis, we are in for even more weight on law enforcement, emergency services while the demoralization of our neighbors persist. Sincerely, Liz Gardner Liz Gardner Palo Alto 650-223-3024 From:C Tannenwald To:Council, City Subject:Terman Park Date:Tuesday, June 27, 2023 4:02:15 PM Some people who received this message don't often get email from lucata1941@gmail.com. Learn why this isimportant CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. I have lived in Green Acres One since June 1966 & remember well how we fought to getTerman Park after Terman JHS closed. I use the Park almost daily in some fashion. It already has low cost housing!! This is the only open space with fields in this part of town. It is used by many groups to playsoccer,etc. on weekends. The Glenbrook Gate is essential for safety for our residents & for the children in case of emergency . The School District closed it one day due to Pandemic & had absolutely NO rightto do that. It was reopened when we told them that . It is a safe bike route from as far away as Stanford to areas south of Los Altos. I could go on & on but I am sure you have heard a lot of our concerns. Terman Park is Not to be Swapped!!!! Carol Tannenwald, Green Acres resident. From:Aram James To:Julie Lythcott-Haims; Patricia.Guerrero@jud.ca.gov; Josh Becker; Jethroe Moore; Sean Allen; Robert. Jonsen; SheriffTransparency; Shana Segal; Angie Evans; Veenker, Vicki; Vara Ramakrishnan; DuJuan Green; Greg Tanaka; KevinJensen; dennis burns; Bains, Paul; peaceandjusticecenter@gmail.com; ladoris cordell; Binder, Andrew; Reifschneider, James; Wagner, April; Mila Zelkha; Josh Becker; Gardener, Liz; Human Relations Commission; Jeff Rosen; JoeSimitian; Shikada, Ed; chuck jagoda; Jay Boyarsky; Perron, Zachary; Enberg, Nicholas; Javier Ortega; Rob Baker;Supervisor Susan Ellenberg; Cecilia Taylor; Council, City Subject:Thursday, June 29, is the Final Meeting of the Reparations Task Force Date:Tuesday, June 27, 2023 1:14:24 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious ofopening attachments and clicking on links. Equal Justice Society web banner Flyer for reparations task force meeting Final Meeting of the Reparations Task Force on Thursday, June 29, in Sacramento Thursday, June 29, 2023, In-person Meeting 9:00 a.m. Pacific March Fong Eu Secretary of State Building 1500 11th Street, 1st Floor Auditorium Sacramento, CA 95814 All Task Force meetings are open to the public. The meeting will be livestreamed at https://oag.ca.gov/ab3121. NOTE: Public Comment for the June 29, 2023 meeting will take place in-person only. MEETING AGENDA 1. Call to Order, Roll Call to Establish a Quorum and Welcome – 9:00 a.m. – 9:05 a.m. 2. Public Comment – 9:05 a.m. – 9:35 a.m. 3. Action Item: Approval of May 6, 2023 Meeting Minutes – 9:35 a.m. – 9:40 a.m. 4. Personal Testimony – 9:40 a.m. – 10:10 a.m. 5. Reflections by Task Force Members, Economists, and Department of Justice; and Presentation of the Task Force’s Final Report and Recommendations – 10:10 a.m. – 11:05 a.m. 6. 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