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Prepared for: 8/21/2017
Document dates: 8/2/2017 – 8/9/2017
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City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 8/8/2017 1:47 PM
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Carnahan, David
From:Kathleen M Eisenhardt <kme@stanford.edu>
Sent:Tuesday, August 8, 2017 1:31 PM
To:Council, City
Subject:Donald drive and Arastredero
Dear council members
Just a short email to object to the new striping project on Donald drive. Once again, city traffic planners are not solving
a problem but rather creating a problem with a :
confusing,
expensive and
unnecessary striping project on Donald drive. It will create confusion and is completely unnecessary.
Moreover there has been no attempt that I know of to gain neighborhood input.
This comes on the heels of the dysfunctional changes to Arastredero that have made that road less safe and more
congested.
When will the city council start pushing back and exercising judgement on a clearly out of control traffic planning group?
Thank you.
Kathleen Eisenhardt
4184 Donald dr
Palo Alto
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City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 8/8/2017 1:23 PM
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Carnahan, David
From:Public Records Request Tracking System <public.records.request.tracking@gmail.com>
Sent:Friday, August 4, 2017 5:06 AM
To:Carnahan, David
Cc:michael.gennaco@oirgroup.com; stephen.connolly@oirgroup.com; Council, City;
Watson, Ron; Perron, Zachary; Reifschneider, James; Philip, Brian
Subject:Driving under the influence IPA report LA2009-02
California Public Records Request
1. Name(s) of other sister cities [agencies] used as the benchmark in determining level of discipline to be
administrated in the Palo Alto police officers DUI case.
2. "Standards of progressive police agencies"
A. List of progressive agencies used
B. List of standards used
C. List of applicable laws used and reviewed by IPA
Mark Petersen-Perez
Palo Alto Free Press
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City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 8/8/2017 1:42 PM
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Carnahan, David
From:Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>
Sent:Monday, August 7, 2017 2:44 PM
To:Dan Richard; boardmembers; Mayor; CityManager; Council, City; Mark Standriff;
esmeralda.soria@fresno.gov; paul.caprioglio; robert.andersen; beachrides; David
Balakian; dennisbalakian; Cathy Lewis; Daniel Zack; Paul Dictos; steve.hogg;
firstvp@fresnopoa.org; info@superide1.com; jboren; kfsndesk; newsdesk; lxcastro93
@yahoo.com; midge@thebarretts.com; mmt4@pge.com; popoff; richard.wenzel;
rosenheim@kpix.cbs.com; russ@topperjewelers.com; Steve Wayte; Doug Vagim; Tranil
Thomas; nick yovino; bballpod; Mark Kreutzer; fmerlo@wildelectric.net; Raymond Rivas;
Leodies Buchanan
Subject:Fwd: First HSR line in India will be b. by Japan. Note the Japanese financing.
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From: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>
Date: Mon, Aug 7, 2017 at 2:35 PM
Subject: Fwd: First HSR line in India will be b. by Japan. Note the Japanese financing.
To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>
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From: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>
Date: Mon, Aug 7, 2017 at 2:29 PM
Subject: Fwd: First HSR line in India will be b. by Japan. Note the Japanese financing.
To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>
Date: Mon, Aug 7, 2017 at 1:44 PM
Subject: Fwd: First HSR line in India will be b. by Japan. Note the Japanese financing.
To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>
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From: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>
Date: Sun, Aug 6, 2017 at 11:36 PM
Subject: Fwd: First HSR line in India will be b. by Japan. Note the Japanese financing.
To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>
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From: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>
City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 8/8/2017 1:42 PM
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Date: Sun, Aug 6, 2017 at 10:15 PM
Subject: Fwd: First HSR line in India will be b. by Japan. Note the Japanese financing.
To: Dan Richard <danrichard@mac.com>
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From: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>
Date: Sun, Aug 6, 2017 at 10:10 PM
Subject: First HSR line in India will be b. by Japan. Note the Japanese financing.
To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>
Sunday, Aug. 6, 2017
Dan- Here is an article in today's paper in India re the first HSR line in India, to be built by the Japanese, a
version of the Shinkansen:
http://indianexpress.com/article/india/bullet-trains-are-set-to-change-train-travel-in-india-here-is-how-
4785092/
First phase will be 317 miles and will cost $15 billion. 81% will be financed by the JICA via a long-term low
cost loan. See the section entitled "When will it start construction?" to see that. Is that interesting financing?
Land and construction costs must be much cheaper in India than here. It is about 255 miles from Diridon to
Bakersfield on the route you are building.
Here, in Japan, is the JR 500 series Shinkansen. Beautiful. One can see on YouTube the E5 and E7 too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rh6rrZjL1UA#t=210.7064375
Here is 15:30 of the Shinkansen. Notice how they disappear in a cloud of snow. Better have the radar on.
The Japanese seem to have perfected HSR. Maybe we should buy their trains.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmiSx-eaOIk#t=0.7555708
Here is a gem. 15:37. Here we have lots of information, in English. Talk, not just video of the trains.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23b6eZkGnxc
City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 8/8/2017 1:42 PM
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Notice "Japan's economy depends on the speed of the Shinkansen". Hint, hint to Congress and to the
California legislature.
L. William Harding
Fresno, Ca.
City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 8/8/2017 1:41 PM
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Carnahan, David
From:Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>
Sent:Sunday, August 6, 2017 9:40 PM
To:Dan Richard; Mayor; CityManager; Council, City; thomas.esqueda@fresno.gov;
paul.caprioglio; esmeralda.soria@fresno.gov; Mark Standriff; mmt4@pge.com; Mark
Kreutzer; midge@thebarretts.com; dennisbalakian; David Balakian; jboren; bmcewen;
kfsndesk; newsdesk; beachrides; Joel Stiner; Doug Vagim; Steve Wayte;
rosenheim@kpix.cbs.com; Tranil Thomas; Leodies Buchanan; Cathy Lewis; leager
Subject:Fwd: Important: Aug.4, 2017- Stanford software helps Utilities with aquifer recharge.
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From: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>
Date: Sun, Aug 6, 2017 at 9:20 PM
Subject: Fwd: Important: Aug.4, 2017- Stanford software helps Utilities with aquifer recharge.
To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>
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From: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>
Date: Sun, Aug 6, 2017 at 9:18 PM
Subject: Important: Aug.4, 2017- Stanford software helps Utilities with aquifer recharge.
To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>
Sunday, August 6, 2017
To all- Here is a new software tool from Stanford called AquaCharge to help water utilities replenish
aquifers with treated wastewater and storm water runoff.
http://news.stanford.edu/2017/08/04/new-tool-helps-parched-regions-replenish-aquifers/
And here, again, is the Stanford study of a year ago on managed aquifer recharge. This says that that would
be far preferable to building more big dams.
http://news.stanford.edu/2016/07/21/cost-effective-path-drought-resiliency/
L. William Harding
Fresno, Ca.
City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 8/9/2017 8:33 AM
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Carnahan, David
From:Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>
Sent:Wednesday, August 9, 2017 2:10 AM
To:Dan Richard; Daniel Zack; Mayor; CityManager; thomas.esqueda@fresno.gov; Mark
Standriff; midge@thebarretts.com; info@superide1.com; dennisbalakian; David
Balakian; steve.hogg; robert.andersen; Joel Stiner; terry; Council, City
Subject:Fwd: New story published: City Proposal: a $200 Glass of Water
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From: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>
Date: Wed, Aug 9, 2017 at 2:02 AM
Subject: Fwd: New story published: City Proposal: a $200 Glass of Water
To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>
Date: Wed, Aug 9, 2017 at 1:58 AM
Subject: Fwd: New story published: City Proposal: a $200 Glass of Water
To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>
Date: Wed, Aug 9, 2017 at 1:53 AM
Subject: Fwd: New story published: City Proposal: a $200 Glass of Water
To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>
Date: Wed, Aug 9, 2017 at 1:42 AM
Subject: Fwd: New story published: City Proposal: a $200 Glass of Water
To: Doug Vagim <dvagim@gmail.com>
Wed. August 9, 2017
Doug- All very interesting.
Would you please tell everyone and anyone involved in water in the C.V. the following: This is the plan that
will solve the water problem for Ag., cities, industry and the environment in the C.V., at least for 30 to 50 years.
City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 8/9/2017 8:33 AM
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1) You cancel Temperance Flat Dam and implement the Stanford SAR plan. Here it is:
http://news.stanford.edu/2016/07/21/cost-effective-path-drought-resiliency/
2) You build a big dam just inside of the Golden Gate bridge. This would turn the SF Bay into a fresh water
lagoon. See on YouTube "The Earth Under Water". They show the dam and how it would save SF Bay, and the
Delta. With no salt water in SF Bay, you no longer have to release 10 trillion gallons of fresh water to the Delta
to hold back the salt water from SF Bay. That is what we did this past winter. You could then use most of the
water coming out of the Sierra for Ag., cities, industry and the environment.
3) You vote out the bible-belting, religious fundamentalist "Christian" fanatic Republicans that have a death
grip on the C.V. There is nothing Christian about them. They are scum out to get huge tax breaks for themselves
and to exploit the people of the C.V.
4) The City of Fresno lays on a big campaign to get people to reduce family size, with big billboards
showing where our two PP clinics are. The current 2035 General Plan to increase Fresno's population by 50%
by 2035, to 775,000, all to enrich three developers in Fresno, and, of course, the politicians on their payrolls, is
nothing short of a crime.
That is pretty much it. Stanford's Noah Diffenbaugh says that the precip in the high Sierra will diminish by
~2070 and then we will have less and less water coming out of the Sierra to put in the aquifer using the SAR
plan. But the above should get us through till them.
I tried to be level-headed and reasonable in composing this.
Please forward this to your powerful and influential friends. I'll forward it to 80 people.
L. William Harding
Fresno, Ca
Forwarded message ----------
From: Doug Vagim <dougvagim@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Aug 8, 2017 at 8:13 PM
Subject: Fwd: New story published: City Proposal: a $200 Glass of Water
To: communique_fyi@juno.com
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From: "GVWire" <donotreply@gvwire.com>
Date: Aug 8, 2017 7:48 PM
Subject: New story published: City Proposal: a $200 Glass of Water
City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 8/9/2017 8:33 AM
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City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 8/8/2017 1:31 PM
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Carnahan, David
From:redress.of.grievance@gmail.com
Sent:Saturday, August 5, 2017 4:43 PM
To:Lum, Patty; Watson, Ron; Perron, Zachary; Reifschneider, James; Philip, Brian
Cc:Scharff, Greg; Kniss, Liz (external); Keene, James; Council, City
Subject:Fwd: Schmidlin v. City of Palo Alto, et al. H034169 $
Attachments:Pinsky Work.doc
2010 email Lump.... You cannot get away with abusing any senior! You do not deserve to be a police officer
anywhere Lump....
Superior Court:
Sterling Park v. City of Palo Alto 1-09-CV-154134
City of Palo Alto v. Barron Square HOA 1-09-CV-151386
Merlo v. City of Palo Alto 1-07-CV-089468
Friends of the Juana Briones House v. City of Palo Alto 1-07-CV-083727 Golin v. Allenby 1-07-CV-082823
L. Melgar v. City of Palo Alto 1-06-CV-067390
A. DeQuieroz v. W. Petelle et al. 1-06-CV-055951
CSAA v. City of Palo Alto 1-02-CV-813502
State Farm v. City of Palo Alto 1-06-CV-064814 City of Palo Alto v. A. Jentzsch 1-05-CV-055097
6th District Court of Appeal
Merlo v. City of Palo Alto H035214 H035172
H035098
H035074
H035066
H035012 H034938
H034705
H034584
H034577 H034510 H034486
H033978
H033826
H033565 H032239 H030443
Schmidlin v. City of Palo Alto, et al. H034169
Friends of Juana Briones House v. CPA; Nulman, et al. H033275
Golin, et al. v. Allenby, et al. H032619
Nulman v. City of Palo Alto H027764
*includes costs associated with Nulman v. City of Palo Alto
**includes post appellate work in trial court
City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 8/8/2017 1:46 PM
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Carnahan, David
From:Allen Podell <alpodell@gmail.com>
Sent:Monday, August 7, 2017 10:12 PM
To:Mello, Joshuah; Council, City
Cc:Kou, Lydia
Subject:Fwd: Town and Country traffic improvements
Attachments:image001.jpg
No one has responded to me, other than to acknowledge that someone would respond to me.
Perhaps a personal discussion would help clarify things.
Thanks,
Allen Podell
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From: Allen Podell <alpodell@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Jun 6, 2017 at 11:42 AM
Subject: Fwd: Town and Country traffic improvements
To: Kou, Lydia <Lydia.Kou@cityofpaloalto.org>
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From: Mello, Joshuah <Joshuah.Mello@cityofpaloalto.org>
Date: Tue, Jun 6, 2017 at 11:22 AM
Subject: RE: Town and Country traffic improvements
To: alpodell@gmail.com <alpodell@gmail.com>
Mr. Podell:
Thank you for these thoughtful observations and ideas. I have asked our Traffic Engineering Lead Rafael Rius to reach
out and discuss the traffic signal phasing at these intersections with you.
Regards,
JOSHUAH D. MELLO, AICP
Chief Transportation Official
PLANNING & COMMUNITY ENVIRONMENT
Transportation
City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 8/8/2017 1:46 PM
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Joshuah.Mello@CityofPaloAlto.org
office: 650.329.2520 fax: 650.329.2154
Use Palo Alto 311 to report items you’d like the City to fix. Download the app or click here to make a service request.
_____________________________
From: Allen Podell <alpodell@gmail.com>
Sent: Thursday, June 1, 2017 9:30 PM
Subject: Town and Country traffic improvements
To: Council, City <city.council@cityofpaloalto.org>
Dear City Council members,
Here is an abbreviated plan for doubling the flow by the T&C.
Going west on Embarcadero, have a turn into Town and Country(T&C) before anything
else, to peel off the traffic. Have a CCW route around the center, outside the busy areas,
eventually terminating at Encina Ave. Eliminate congestion at the entrance. No cross
traffic.
Ban U turns on El Camino at the intersection with Embarcadero. A U turn would be
permitted at the northwest entrance to T&C, when the light at the corner allows a left
from El Camino into Embarcadero. At this time, pedestrians would be permitted to cross
to the center island. They would proceed to the other side when the left turn signal for
Embarcadero is on. No pedestrians would be permitted to cross El Camino from the T&C
when the Embarcadero light is green. There would be uninterrupted flow of traffic from
Embarcadero westward.
There is much more that could be done, but that would require the close cooperation of
the T&C management. For example, when left turn traffic is entering T&C, left turn
traffic could be exiting at the same time. I would be happy to map it all out for you.
Lydia Kou has seen some of my ideas.
Sincerely,
City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 8/9/2017 8:25 AM
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Carnahan, David
From:ncmartin@comcast.net
Sent:Tuesday, August 8, 2017 6:04 PM
To:Council, City
Subject:Idle Free Zone
Attachments:DSCN3584.JPG
Dear Esteemed Council Members,
I was recently on a trip to Churchill, Manitoba, Canada and saw this sign and thought of your work. I
think it is a terrific idea. These signs were in all the appropriate places around town.
As we are feeling the effects of climate change more and more, we need to do every little thing we
can. Not only is idling bad for the environment; it is annoying. I support you in your move
against idling. Thank you for all you do.
Nancy Martin
777 San Antonio Rd. #132
Palo Alto, CA 94303
"It's not what we have, but what we enjoy that constitutes our abundance."
City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 8/3/2017 10:07 AM
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Carnahan, David
From:Aram James <abjpd1@gmail.com>
Sent:Thursday, August 3, 2017 1:16 AM
To:chuckjagoda1@gmail.com; smanley@scscourt.org; dryan@scscourt.org;
rpichon@scscourt.org; swagstaffe@smcgov.org; myraw@smcba.org;
jseybert@redwoodcity.org; jsylva@scscourt.org; ppennypacker@scscourt.org;
sscott@scscourt.org; mharris@scscourt.org; mdiaz@redwoodcity.org;
mgreenwood@scscourt.org; Keene, James; bos@smcgov.org; Council, City;
citycouncil@menlopark.org; bwalsh@scscourt.org; dcbertini@menlopark.org;
RJonsen@menlopark.org
Subject:James Baldwin 1968 Interview on Race in America After Death of Martin Luther King Jr.
FYI: who needs to cool it???
http://www.esquire.com/news‐politics/a23960/james‐baldwin‐cool‐it/
Sent from my iPhone
City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 8/3/2017 10:07 AM
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Carnahan, David
From:Aram James <abjpd1@gmail.com>
Sent:Thursday, August 3, 2017 12:20 AM
To:chuckjagoda1@gmail.com; roberta.ahlquist@sjsu.edu; Council, City;
citycouncil@menlopark.org; council@cityofberkeley.info; jseybert@redwoodcity.org;
bos@smcgov.org; swagstaffe@smcgov.org; myraw@smcba.org;
dcbertini@menlopark.org; RJonsen@menlopark.org
Subject:James Baldwin's Birthday ( August 2) an oh so prophetic letter to Angela Davis circa
1970
https://www.versobooks.com/blogs/3334‐the‐beginning‐or‐the‐end‐of‐america
Sent from my iPhone
City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 8/3/2017 10:06 AM
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Carnahan, David
From:Roberta Ahlquist <roberta.ahlquist@sjsu.edu>
Sent:Wednesday, August 2, 2017 8:09 PM
To:Council, City
Subject:Longer article also worth a read
http://www.nybooks.com/articles/2017/08/17/tenants-under-siege-inside-new-york-city-housing-crisis/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NYR%20Housing%20crisis%20North%20Korea%20Henry%20James&utm_cont
ent=NYR%20Housing%20crisis%20North%20Korea%20Henry%20James+CID_3c31c3e52fabd95578097ecb88f0eb52&utm_s
ource=Newsletter&utm_term=Tenants%20Under%20Siege%20Inside%20New%20York%20Citys%20Housing%20Crisis
Note: If you are a subscriber to the New York Review of Books, you can locate this article and read online
from your account.
City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 8/8/2017 1:43 PM
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Carnahan, David
From:Press strong <pressstrong@gmail.com>
Sent:Monday, August 7, 2017 4:15 PM
To:bradleycwardle@gmail.com; Keene, James; Council, City; Stump, Molly;
info@tbcrecruiting.com
Subject:PA Police Chief Recruitment
Attachments:los-angeles-6_orig.png; los-angeles-3_orig.png
Bradley Wardle, Senior Recruiter, Teri Black & Company, LLC
Mr. Wardle,
You are currently recruiting for a new Police Chief for the City of Palo Alto.
I hope that one of the criteria you are using to decide upon the Police Chief for Palo Alto is whether or not the
candidate[s] will root out the long standing corruption of the PAPD which is now entrenched in the command
staff.
https://www.tbcrecruiting.com/Recruitments/Details/356
https://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/2017/08/01/city-looks-to-pick-new-police-chief-this-fall
As a result of the ongoing political persecution by the PAPD they knowingly and deliberately falsely
arrested me last week, an act of intimidation that was both unethical and illegal since the motive was a
malicious attempt to cause me harm. An act whole heartedly condoned if not directed by the command staff.
http://corruptpaloaltopolice.weebly.com/false-arrest.html
I'm still waiting for the original, unadulterated taser and mav videos; and the taser probes that were destroyed in
violation of department policy, state and federal laws.
1 http://corruptpaloaltopolice.weebly.com/
2 http://corruptpaloaltopolice.weebly.com/pattern-and-practice.html
3 http://chiefburns.weebly.com/
4 http://chiefburns.weebly.com/exhibit-5.html
The get away with it because the Palo Alto Police Auditor
Michael Gennaco aid and abets their unethical and illegal acts
http://michaelgennacooir.weebly.com/
http://michaelgennacooir.weebly.com/the-big-lie.html
Tony Ciampi
============================
City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 8/8/2017 1:43 PM
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Why Cops Lie Under Oath
Michelle Alexander
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/03/opinion/sunday/why-police-officers-lie-under-oath.html?pagewanted=2
POLICE CODE OF SILENCE
FACTS REVEALED
Legal Officers Section
Annual Conference
International Association of Chiefs of Police
By Neal Trautman
Director
The National Institute of Ethic
1. The police Code of Silence exists.
2. Some form of a Code of Silence will develop among officers in virtually any agency.
3. The American criminal justice system and in particular law enforcement, has been negligent by not
attempting to resolve the negative impact the code.
4. The Code of Silence breeds, supports and nourishes other forms of unethical actions.
5. Because the code is an essentially natural occurrence, attempts to stop it all together will be futile.
6. The Code of Silence in law enforcement is more dominant and influential than most other vocations or
professions.
9. Whistle-blowers are generally not supported by the administration of law enforcement agencies.
11. The Code of Silence among administrators, although better camouflaged and less well known, is more
destructive than when non-ranking personnel do the same thing.
15. The Code of Silence typically conceals serious law enforcement misconduct for years before the corruption
is revealed.
16. Some officers who participate in the Code of Silence rationalize their behavior by convincing themselves
that what they are doing is not actually hurting anyone, while others intentionally replace the facts with a
self-serving version because it is emotionally painful to admit the truth.
17. The majority of officers who have been in law enforcement for several years have directly participated in
the Code of Silence.
18. The Code of Silence is prompted by excessive use of force incidents more than for any other specific
circumstance
21. The “Us versus them” mentality is usually present within the minds of those who participate in the Code of
Silence.
26. A culture which acts as fertile ground for the destructive features of the Code of Silence to grow is one that
promotes loyalty to people over integrity.
31. Leaders themselves lie at the core of both the cause and solution to corruption and the Code of Silence.
32. The “rotten apple” theory that some administrators propose as the cause of their downfall has frequently
been nothing more than a self-serving, superficial façade, intended to draw attention away from their own
failures.
36. The intentional ignoring of the Code of Silence by leaders is primarily caused by two problems: a lack of
knowledge and self-centeredness.
37. Some leaders do not do more to improve ethical problems such as the Code of Silence because they believe
bringing attention to their integrity needs could hurt them personally.
38. Hypocrisy and fear often dominate the culture of a law enforcement agency that has a substantial
negative Code of Silence.
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40. At its worse, a destructive Code of Silence is both condoned and privately encouraged by supervisors and
administrators.
44. Some police agencies have shown they are incapable of policing themselves.
54. Officers should be fired for not reporting officers who commit criminal acts.
COMPLETE LIST:
http://www.aele.org/loscode2000.html
http://www.nealtrautmaninc.com/about-us.php
City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 8/3/2017 9:57 AM
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Carnahan, David
From:Timothy Maloney <tjmaloney@sbcglobal.net>
Sent:Wednesday, August 2, 2017 4:25 PM
To:Council, City
Subject:Please allow Stanford Folkdancers to Continue at First Baptist
To the Palo Alto City Council:
As a longtime Palo Alto resident (since 1977), I would like to express my disappointment at the recent ruling disallowing
Stanford Folkdancers from continuing to hold their Friday evening events at First Baptist Church. Please reconsider, and
please do not associate our recreational, culturally diverse weekly activity with other "livelihood-supporting" daily activities
at churches that may run afoul of city ordinances.
I first "discovered" Stanford Folkdancers on the Stanford campus in 1977, shortly after moving here to accept my first
Silicon Valley job. I learned that the group had begun on campus in 1949 (coincidentally the year of my birth); some trace
its local roots to an even earlier time in the 1940s. In any case, our age cohort steadily grew older, until it was appropriate
to move off campus in the mid-1990s--Stanford graciously bequeathed us the records and all the legacy materials. We
moved to First Baptist around 2010 and it has been my favorite location, as it is close enough that I walk there from home
in good weather, not using any local parking.
Again, I would ask that the City Council reconsider its ruling against Stanford Folkdancers continued presence at First
Baptist Church on Friday evenings.
Thank you.
Timothy J. Maloney
451 Matadero Ave.
Palo Alto, CA 94306
650-493-2534
tjmaloney@sbcglobal.net
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Carnahan, David
From:Sylvia Gartner <sgartner@ix.netcom.com>
Sent:Monday, August 7, 2017 6:58 PM
To:Shikada, Ed
Cc:Council, City
Subject:Proposal for the Mime Troupe
I don't think your suggested solution is going to work. People attending a live, outdoor theater performance are caught
up in the moment and moved by the actors' skills. I believe having people go to a GoFundMe site will be an absolute
failure. Traditionally the Mime Troupe, which has been around since 1959, has its cast members walk around after the
performance and those who wish to do so put whatever they feel appropriate in the metal cans held by the cast
members. No one is pressured.
To give you an example. I am the Treasurer of the Midtown Residents Association. Every year we host a very successful
Ice Cream Social for Midtowners. I usually sit at the membership table. People stop by who are already members and
give us $15, a small annual membership fee that helps us put on the event and print and mail our periodic newsletters.
Every year new people who didn't know about MRA stop by. Often they take one of our brochures, promising to fill in
the membership area on the brochure and send us the $15 later. It never happens. Once people leave the event, the
impulse to contribute just fades away. However, if they happen to have $15 in their wallet, they appreciate what they
experienced at the Ice Cream Social and join. I hope by writing this I don't risk your putting a stop to MRA's taking of
membership funds at the event!
Berkeley, Santa Cruz, San Francisco, San Jose, Ukiah, Petaluma, and Davis are permitting the Mime Troupe to perform in
their public parks this summer. I can only assume the donation model is the same.
The Mime Troupe performed in Palo Alto for a number of years, occasionally twice in a single summer. If all these other
cities don't have a problem with this illustrious group getting donations after the show, what's different about Palo Alto?
A better solution would be a rewrite of the code that would permit this Emmy‐award‐winning group to come back to
Palo Alto.
Sylvia Gartner
824 Moreno Avenue
City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 8/9/2017 1:24 PM
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Carnahan, David
From:Darren Shon <dlshon@yahoo.com>
Sent:Wednesday, August 9, 2017 10:30 AM
To:Eva Gal; Ron Baker
Cc:A.J. Lumsdaine; GA2; Mello, Joshuah; Council, City
Subject:Re: [GA2] SAFETY?????? LOL
As someone who has made that left turn from Donald onto Arastradero every day for the last 5 years, I agree with you
Eva, this is a really dangerous setup. Asking these kids to ride between what is now two lanes of cars on Donald (rather
than stopping to dismount and walk across the crosswalk as they currently do) is asking for trouble. While most kids will
probably disregard the new lane and continue to get off their bikes on the corner rather than ride through the bike lane,
there is going to be enough confusion to cause real problems. For a lot of these kids, this intersection is intimidating
enough without having to thread two lanes of cars who are also trying to navigate left turns against cars coming out of the
Terman parking lot.
I would be interested to review whatever analysis was done on this and determined that this was a good idea.
From: "Eva Gal evahgal@gmail.com [greenacres2]" <greenacres2-noreply@yahoogroups.com>
To: Ron Baker <bakerra@pacbell.net>
Cc: A.J. Lumsdaine <lumsdaine@alum.mit.edu>; GA2 <greenacres2@yahoogroups.com>;
Joshuah.Mello@cityofpaloalto.org; city.council@cityofpaloalto.org
Sent: Wednesday, August 9, 2017 10:12 AM
Subject: Re: [GA2] SAFETY?????? LOL
Hi Ron,
Thanks for the DMV ref. If I read it correctly, there is nothing to stop drivers from waiting in the "slime"
zone. According to the DMV manual, you can enter green zone 200 feet before getting ready to turn.
The entire section of Donald is a turning zone in this area. To have kids intermingle with
drivers moving in three different directions seems like the height of insanity.
Eva
Sent from my iPhone
On Aug 9, 2017, at 8:41 AM, Ron Baker bakerra@pacbell.net [greenacres2] <greenacres2-
noreply@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
Anne: FYI, see p. 39 of DMV
handbook at https://www.dmv.ca.gov/web/eng_pdf/dl600.pdf regarding markings on
Donald, but you raise good questions. Eva is right also. I don’t believe any driver,
seeing this for the first time, can make sense of this at normal and safe driving
speeds. Might as well have people get out of the car on Donald just before Arastradero
to receive a lecture on how to navigate the intersection. If the only purpose is to alert
drivers that they need to share the lane with bikes, maybe a bit more traffic enforcement
would be a better solution, but that also slows up traffic.
For Joshua and City Council, could you please stop doing things like this on the input of
one parent, and get some input from those of us living here by actually knocking on
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Carnahan, David
From:Ron Baker <bakerra@pacbell.net>
Sent:Wednesday, August 9, 2017 8:41 AM
To:A.J. Lumsdaine
Cc:GA2; Mello, Joshuah; Council, City
Subject:Re: [GA2] SAFETY?????? LOL
Anne: FYI, see p. 39 of DMV handbook at https://www.dmv.ca.gov/web/eng_pdf/dl600.pdf regarding
markings on Donald, but you raise good questions. Eva is right also. I don’t believe any driver, seeing this for
the first time, can make sense of this at normal and safe driving speeds. Might as well have people get out of
the car on Donald just before Arastradero to receive a lecture on how to navigate the intersection. If the only
purpose is to alert drivers that they need to share the lane with bikes, maybe a bit more traffic enforcement
would be a better solution, but that also slows up traffic.
For Joshua and City Council, could you please stop doing things like this on the input of one parent, and get
some input from those of us living here by actually knocking on doors and talking to drivers. When you put an
agglomeration of many safety instructions in one place, its like having none at all. Meanwhile, the change
from one lane to two and back again in the Charleston Arastradero Corridor has reduce morning and late
afternoon traffic speeds to near zero, without improving traffic safety. There has to be a better way. Afternoon
accidents on Arastradero during school seem way up, mostly due to distracted driving. Thats an enforcement
issue. And its cheaper to change enforcement practices then to redo our streets.
-Ron
On Aug 8, 2017, at 8:24 PM, 'A.J. Lumsdaine' lumsdaine@alum.mit.edu [greenacres2] <greenacres2-
noreply@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
I would also like to know exactly what this particular arrangement means. I have literally never seen this,
where there is a green bike lane and then at the intersection, a "hockey stick" green patch in front of the
left turn lane. Does that mean cars should not pull up? The DMV rule is to pull into the bike lane to turn
right, but left? And that left turn is already pretty difficult to get the clearance to see far enough left,
especially given the way people speed and run that light. Is the City going to enforce some line of sight
clearance so cars can see far enough left to turn safely?
I thought that too -- they justified this based on the input of one person yet say they can't do something
based on one person. Again, I was told there would be no markings on Donald from this plan. Let me see
if I have an email...
Anne
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Dear Neighbors,
This just keeps getting worse. To say that no-one can reach us is more than disingenuous; it is downright
insulting to our intelligence.
A picture is worth many thousand words, so I am including several pictures of the "not so safe " new
SAFETY plan for hundreds of middle school and high school students and cars.
As you can see from the Chief Transportation official, this plan was based on the input of one parent. A
JOKE!!!! The response I got from City Council was that they cannot change plans based on one
complaint. Hmmmmm!!! Whom do we believe?
If you look at the attached pictures, this plan herds hundreds of bicycle riding students in the middle of
cars driving in two directions, cars making a very sharp turn onto Donald from Arastradero to what has
become a very narrow lane; cars going across and making left turns/and or going straight to
Terman. OMG!!!!!
I dare/invite our City Council members, or our Transportation Department staff members-with middle
school age children-to place their children into this SAFE zone.
Once again, I invite you to send your comments to the City Council and to the Chief of Transportation
whose email address is below, to express your opinion about this mess.
I also invite the City Council to take the highly unusual step and order the City Staff to undo this mess
before someone gets hurt.
Best regards,
Eva Gal
> Begin forwarded message:
>
>
>
>> Too late since going on today.
>>
>> I received this reply from Karen Holman/City with their somewhat lame excuse for not notifying
neighbors the change in green paint plan. It is more that just the indicated small box at the intersection
>>
>> Marianne McKissock
>>
>>
>>
>> Holman, Karen
>>
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>> Good morning, Marianne.
>>
>> I have forwarded your comments to the staff who should follow up with you.
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Karen
>> Mello, Joshuah <Joshuah.Mello@cityofpaloalto.org <mailto:Joshuah.Mello@cityofpaloalto.org>>
>> to me
>> Dear Ms. McKissock:
>>
>> Thank you for your email. The work underway on Donald Drive is a minor spot safety improvement
that was initiated last year by a parent who made a presentation to the City-School Traffic Safety
Committee. She and the committee were very concerned about the large number of Terman Middle
School students riding bicycles the wrong way on the sidewalk on the east side of Donald Drive. We have
been working over the last year or so to develop a solution that accomplishes the goals of the committee,
PTA and school administration, while accommodating the needs of the nearby residents.
>>
>> Every effort was made to notify the neighborhood association, however our staff could not locate an
official contact for such a group. As a result, we elected to send letters directly to adjacent property
owners. One of these residents called our project manager and adjustments were made to the project
design to preserve one on-street parking space for this resident.
>>
>> It is important to note that the green thermoplastic will be limited to a small bicycle box at the
intersection of Arastradero Road and Donald Drive. Simple white thermoplastic shared-lane markings
will be added to Donald Drive within the neighborhood. This is consistent with our recent working policy
of limiting green markings to conflict areas outside of residential areas
>>
>> Please let me know if you have any additional questions.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>>
>> JOSHUAH D. MELLO, AICP
>> Chief Transportation Official
>>
>
>
>
>
[Attachment(s) from Eva Gal included below]
Dear Neighbors,
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This just keeps getting worse. To say that no-one can reach us is more than disingenuous; it is downright
insulting to our intelligence.
A picture is worth many thousand words, so I am including several pictures of the "not so safe " new
SAFETY plan for hundreds of middle school and high school students and cars.
As you can see from the Chief Transportation official, this plan was based on the input of one parent. A
JOKE!!!! The response I got from City Council was that they cannot change plans based on one
complaint. Hmmmmm!!! Whom do we believe?
If you look at the attached pictures, this plan herds hundreds of bicycle riding students in the middle of
cars driving in two directions, cars making a very sharp turn onto Donald from Arastradero to what has
become a very narrow lane; cars going across and making left turns/and or going straight to
Terman. OMG!!!!!
I dare/invite our City Council members, or our Transportation Department staff members-with middle
school age children-to place their children into this SAFE zone.
Once again, I invite you to send your comments to the City Council and to the Chief of Transportation
whose email address is below, to express your opinion about this mess.
I also invite the City Council to take the highly unusual step and order the City Staff to undo this mess
before someone gets hurt.
Best regards,
Eva Gal
City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 8/9/2017 8:50 AM
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Begin forwarded message:
Too late since going on today.
I received this reply from Karen Holman/City with their somewhat lame excuse for not notifying
neighbors the change in green paint plan. It is more that just the indicated small box at the intersection
Marianne McKissock
City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 8/9/2017 8:50 AM
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Holman, Karen
Good morning, Marianne.
I have forwarded your comments to the staff who should follow up with you.
Best,
Karen
Mello, Joshuah <Joshuah.Mello@cityofpaloalto.org>
to me
Dear Ms. McKissock:
Thank you for your email. The work underway on Donald Drive is a minor spot safety improvement that
was initiated last year by a parent who made a presentation to the City-School Traffic Safety Committee.
She and the committee were very concerned about the large number of Terman Middle School students
riding bicycles the wrong way on the sidewalk on the east side of Donald Drive. We have been working
over the last year or so to develop a solution that accomplishes the goals of the committee, PTA and
school administration, while accommodating the needs of the nearby residents.
Every effort was made to notify the neighborhood association, however our staff could not locate an
official contact for such a group. As a result, we elected to send letters directly to adjacent property
owners. One of these residents called our project manager and adjustments were made to the project
design to preserve one on-street parking space for this resident.
It is important to note that the green thermoplastic will be limited to a small bicycle box at the
intersection of Arastradero Road and Donald Drive. Simple white thermoplastic shared-lane markings
will be added to Donald Drive within the neighborhood. This is consistent with our recent working
policy of limiting green markings to conflict areas outside of residential areas
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Please let me know if you have any additional questions.
Regards,
JOSHUAH D. MELLO, AICP
Chief Transportation Official
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Carnahan, David
From:Doris Suh <doris.suh@parakletos.com>
Sent:Saturday, August 5, 2017 10:43 AM
To:Mello, Joshuah
Cc:Keene, James; Gitelman, Hillary; Kou, Lydia; Council, City; Maximilian Goetz
Subject:Re 2nd NOTICE: Dangerous Crosswalk on Arastradero Road at Clemo Avenue
Good morning.
Here is a quick update.
1. Based on my observation over the last 4 weeks, 8 out of 10 cars do not stop even when crossing lights have
been activated because they do not receive sufficient notice due to defective crosswalk lights. These represent
the cars that are first in line when the crossing lights are activated by a pedestrian.
2. Attached photo shows the light on the right side of the driver covered and not even visible to drivers. This is
true for both directions. (Exhibit A)
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3. The middle lights in both direction have been out for over 4 weeks which further adds to the dangerous
conditions. I wanted to see when it would be fixed but it never happened.
4. Lights are too dim and drivers cannot see it. When the sun is shining in the direction of the lights, it is
completely useless.
During one of my observations, first 3 cars went right through the crosswalk despite the weak blinking lights
before the 4th car stopped as the pedestrian waived. This caused the pedestrian to have to wait to enter the
crosswalk, which ultimately meant that by the time he crossed 1/3 of the way, the lights stop blinking. This
caused the vehicles (to the right of the pedestrian) to drive right through the crosswalk because the lights were
no longer blinking.
All around, this is a horribly dangerous crosswalk. Please fix this dangerous crosswalk by adding BRIGHT
blinking lights on ALL the signs and the GROUND and ensuring that they are all visible to a reasonable
driver.
Furthermore, please place a speed monitor close by and start ticketing the drives.
Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter.
Doris
Sent from my iPhone
On Jun 19, 2017, at 3:46 PM, Mello, Joshuah <Joshuah.Mello@CityofPaloAlto.org> wrote:
Dear Judge Suh:
Good afternoon. I hope you are doing well today (and staying cool). Thank you for your e‐mail regarding
the crosswalk on Arastradero Road at Clemo Avenue. I am responding at the request of our City
Manager Jim Keene.
The current configuration at Arastradero Road at Clemo Avenue meets and exceeds the minimum
design standards for an uncontrolled crosswalk on a low‐speed (<35 MPH) two‐lane roadway. However,
given the importance of this crosswalk to area school routes, we are planning to make improvements to
this crosswalk as part of the larger Charleston‐Arastradero Corridor Project, which is scheduled for
construction later this year and next year. The crosswalk will be upgraded with additional signs and
markings and a new wider pedestrian refuge island at the center of the roadway.
In recent studies, the in‐pavement lights at crosswalks have been shown to be relatively ineffective at
encouraging motorists to yield to pedestrians. They are also extremely difficult to maintain. We are
actually in the process of replacing several sets of in‐pavement lights with rectangular rapid flashing
beacons (RRFBs), which are proven to be much more effective. New RRFBs are planned at Clemo Avenue
as part of the Charleston‐Arastradero Corridor Project.
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I will have our traffic engineer conduct a site visit and make any modifications that can be done in
advance of the larger construction project. It is important to note that the activation of the any beacons
by a pedestrian does not then create a requirement for a motorist to stop immediately. The lights are
warning devices only and motorists are not required to stop until a pedestrian is entering the crosswalk
on their side of the street. Our Safe Routes to School team has regularly provided guidance to Juana
Briones Elementary and Terman Middle School students on the proper usage of this crosswalk and
others like it. Unfortunately, many motorists are not aware of their duties and responsibilities when
approaching an unsignalized crosswalk. While we try to encourage good behavior through design, it is
ultimately the responsibility of roadway users to exercise care, caution and good judgement. I will also
send a request to the police department to conduct spot enforcement at this location.
Please let me know if you have any additional thoughts. You can find more information on the
Charleston‐Arastradero Corridor Project here:
http://www.cityofpaloalto.org/news/displaynews.asp?NewsID=3794&TargetID=145
Regards,
<image001.jpg> JOSHUAH D. MELLO, AICP
Chief Transportation Official
PLANNING & COMMUNITY ENVIRONMENT
Transportation
Joshuah.Mello@CityofPaloAlto.org
office: 650.329.2520 fax: 650.329.2154
Use Palo Alto 311 to report items you’d like the City to fix. Download the app or click here to make a service
request.
From: Doris Suh <doris.suh@parakletos.com>
Sent: Friday, June 16, 2017 11:42 PM
To: Rius@cityofpaloalto.org; Kou, Lydia
Subject: URGENT/High Risk Crosswalk
Dear Sir and Madam,
First, I want to thank the City of Palo Alto for installing the much needed crosswalk on Arastradero near
Clemo Avenue. This is a very busy crossing for countless children going to and from Juana Briones Park,
Terman middle School and Juana Briones Elementary and the crosswalk is necessary for the safety of
our children.
However, while I am grateful for the crosswalk, I want to inform you of the insufficient nature of the
existing crosswalk lights and the dangerous condition it is creating.
The existing lights are too dim and fail to provide adequate notice to the drivers to stop for
pedestrians. When the sensor is activated by the pedestrian, there are no blinking lights on the ground or
around the signs. Other similar crosswalks in Palo Alto and Los Altos have blinking lights on the ground,
on the signs as well as the traffic lights to ensure that drivers are adequately informed of pedestrians
crossing, but the one on Arastradero does not.
Around February this year, a school aged boy was hit in the intersection by a driver which I believe was
not reported. Furthermore, in my last 7 observations, 4 involved cars failing to notice the dim blinking
lights and driving straight through the intersection while a child was trying to cross, and 2 involved cars
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screeching to a halt while a child was in the crossing after activating the signal light. None of these drivers
were speeding.
Again, the existing crosswalk signal on Arastradero near Clemo is insufficient and creates a dangerous
condition. It is currently a high risk crosswalk. Please install blinking lights on the ground and around the
signs as soon as possible before another child is injured. Please also replace the existing dim lights with
brighter lights so drivers can see them.
Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Doris Suh
VP, General Counsel
(Judge pro tem of Santa Clara County)
408-691-6082 cell
Sent from my iPhone
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Carnahan, David
From:Roberta Ahlquist <roberta.ahlquist@sjsu.edu>
Sent:Wednesday, August 2, 2017 8:01 PM
To:Council, City
Subject:Re: A National Crisis
Here is the link. Very worth a look. The NYT has several other articles on housing, homeless issues.
http://www.nybooks.com/articles/2017/08/17/tenants-under-siege-inside-new-york-city-housing-
crisis/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NYR%20Housing%20crisis%20North%20Korea%20Henry%20James&utm_content=NYR%2
0Housing%20crisis%20North%20Korea%20Henry%20James+CID_3c31c3e52fabd95578097ecb88f0eb52&utm_source=Newsletter&utm_te
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On Wed, Aug 2, 2017 at 11:54 AM, Roberta Ahlquist <roberta.ahlquist@sjsu.edu> wrote:
If you haven't seen this, it is worth reading. It covers the history of housing and homelessness in NYC, where
they are working hard to provide housing for homeless people.
Roberta Ahlquist, WILPF low income housing committee
City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 8/8/2017 1:27 PM
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Carnahan, David
From:Palo Alto Free Press <paloaltofreepress@gmail.com>
Sent:Saturday, August 5, 2017 3:39 AM
To:Press strong
Cc:Keene, James; Watson, Ron; Council, City; Stump, Molly; Burgio, Paul; Mullarkey, Kevin;
michael.gennaco@oirgroup.com; Brian Welch; Philip, Brian; David Angel;
jrosen@da.sccgov.org; Wagner, April; Ryan, Dan; Bonilla, Robert; Perron, Zachary;
Reifschneider, James; Scharff, Greg; Kniss, Liz (external); Dave Price;
jeramygordon@me.com; bajadrew911@aol.com; Gsaldivar@scscourt.org;
gsheyner@paweekly.com; CSumida@da.sccgov.org; sdremann@paweekly.com;
SWebby@da.sccgov.org
Subject:Re: Attempt to plant illegal drugs? 3rd follow up false arrest harassment
City 🌃 of Palo Alto management team.....
Left to right James Keene younger years, dual role split bipolar personality, Ron Watson/Dennis Burns, Liz
Kiss [Kniss] of death, FakeNewsMedia pawn broker Dave Price, former media rep Sandra flush it down Brown,
officer Green
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Having fun with this one....
Mark
Sent from my iPhone
On Aug 5, 2017, at 4:15 AM, Palo Alto Free Press <paloaltofreepress@gmail.com> wrote:
Tony, I found the photo entire management team PAPD and Keene too... also, Liz Kiss [kniss] of
death 💀 on a recent whitewater rafting trip in 🇨🇷 Costa Rica... I knew it!
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Cheers,
Mark
Sent from my iPhone
On Aug 5, 2017, at 3:50 AM, Palo Alto Free Press <paloaltofreepress@gmail.com> wrote:
Tony, AS you may know, PAPD protocol is to dawn cloves [latex} during the
"pat down" process .. Unless they have developed a tick finger, and I bet they
have... designed for that purpose. I would secure the cloves as evidence...Do you
have the cloves? Light bulb moment? Gennaco, Ad that to your work in
progress.... Asshole! But, the greater question Tony, is?
Do you know if either the these officers were transgender? I would protest if that
were the case.... PAPD's [new] policy dictates should be of the same sex absence
of exigent circumstances.
Planting of illegal substance? Happening on a national level. Slight of hand....
I've coined it, "The Houdini Maneuver"
Secure the video would be your first priority. Tony... The PAPD has been after
you you for a very very long document time....And Mr. Keene.... I think I saw a
bobble head somewhere here in Nicaragua or a likeness of him. Anyway, that
guy is a coward like city council on any, any police controversy.
All the best Tony, Coconut 🌴 Margaritas de Nicaragua 🇳🇮
Mark
Sent from my iPad
On Aug 4, 2017, at 7:04 PM, Palo Alto Free Press
<paloaltofreepress@gmail.com> wrote:
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Tony, you have the legal and lawful right to secure the body cam
video of this incident. Have you made that request? I would also
suggest a GoFundMe page..... I'll handle the social media aspect....
I have a combined total punch power of over a million follows
when analyzing those who follow us.... I'll unitize multi-languages
technics they love western scandals
Mark
Sent from my iPad
On Aug 4, 2017, at 6:31 PM, Press strong
<pressstrong@gmail.com> wrote:
James Keene
Palo Alto City Manager
Mr. Keene,
When Ofc. Burgio was rummaging through
my pockets on Aug. 1, 2017 he was asking me if I
had anything in them that I did not want "them" to
find. I now realize he was referring to illegal drugs.
The scary thing is he could have very easily slipped
some illegal drugs into by cargo pockets from his
own hand without it being seen by anyone including
me, and or just put his hand in my cargo pocket
while holding the illegal drugs in his hand the entire
time and falsely proclaim that he found the drugs in
my pocket.
Kind of like how I believe Ofc. Louis Parham
attempted to plant drugs on me back in 2010 by
leaving them on the ground in close proximity to by
bike.
<parham.png>
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPRmYAmdvsI
http://chiefburns.weebly.com/retaliation.html
Which was around the same time that a local
employee informed me that Officer Kelly Burger
took flour from his groceries and charged him with
cocaine possession. The kid is long gone so that's
just "hear say" and rumor as the account has most
likely been purged from Burger's file but it could be
verified by Burger's arrest record and crime lab
sometime between 2003 and 2008 with 2006/2007
being a logical date for the incident.
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Carnahan, David
From:Press strong <pressstrong@gmail.com>
Sent:Friday, August 4, 2017 5:32 PM
To:Keene, James; Watson, Ron; Council, City; Stump, Molly; Burgio, Paul; Mullarkey, Kevin;
michael.gennaco@oirgroup.com; Burns, Dennis
Subject:Attempt to plant illegal drugs? 3rd follow up false arrest harassment
Attachments:frame up 1.PNG; frame up 2.PNG; frame up 10.PNG; frame up 4 a.PNG; frame up 4
b.PNG
James Keene
Palo Alto City Manager
Mr. Keene,
When Ofc. Burgio was rummaging through my pockets on Aug. 1, 2017 he was asking me if I had
anything in them that I did not want "them" to find. I now realize he was referring to illegal drugs.
The scary thing is he could have very easily slipped some illegal drugs into by cargo pockets from his own hand
without it being seen by anyone including me, and or just put his hand in my cargo pocket while holding the
illegal drugs in his hand the entire time and falsely proclaim that he found the drugs in my pocket.
Kind of like how I believe Ofc. Louis Parham attempted to plant drugs on me back in 2010 by leaving them on
the ground in close proximity to by bike.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPRmYAmdvsI
http://chiefburns.weebly.com/retaliation.html
Which was around the same time that a local employee informed me that Officer Kelly Burger
took flour from his groceries and charged him with cocaine possession. The kid is long gone so that's just "hear
say" and rumor as the account has most likely been purged from Burger's file but it could be verified by
Burger's arrest record and crime lab sometime between 2003 and 2008 with 2006/2007 being a logical date for
the incident.
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Given that local police are provided federal monies based not on how many drug convictions
they obtain but on how many drug arrests they make, the motive is apparent.
It's not uncommon either.
Another Baltimore Police Body-Cam Video Shows Officers ‘Plant’ Drug
A number of criminal cases in Baltimore have gone up in smoke over the past two weeks after two Baltimore
police body-camera videos have allegedly shown officers planting drugs on residents of the city.
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/another-baltimore-police-body-cam-video-shows-officers-plant-drugs-n789396
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/body-camera-video-allegedly-shows-baltimore-police-plant-drugs-n784561
Ex-Drug Cop: Drug Squad Stole Cash And Planted Drugs Too Many Times To Count
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A disgraced ex-police officer testifying against his drug squad colleagues
acknowledged Tuesday that he stole drug money, planted evidence and lied on police paperwork too many
times to count.
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/former-cop-planted-drugs-stole
Rogue narcotics officer offers blistering testimony
In his 24 years as a Philadelphia narcotics investigator, Jeffrey Walker testified at countless court hearings,
providing the evidence that sent dozens of drug dealers to prison.
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He took the witness stand again Tuesday - this time to implicate himself and six of his former colleagues as
rogue cops who terrorized the streets with gang-like efficiency.
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20150415_Rogue_narcotic_cop_offers_blistering_testimony_in_police-corruption_trial.html
Man Confronts Missouri Cop Who Planted Drugs On Him & Gets All Of His Charges Dropped!
Lawrence Lawhorn believes two police officers planted narcotics on him during a previous arrest. Columbia Police Officers Chris
Papineau and Ryan Terranova Arrested him for allegedly possessing methamphetamine. After spotting Officer Papineau conducting a
traffic stop in central Columbia, Lawrence decided it was time to confront him.
https://www.liveleak.com/view?i=820_1501870837
https://www.liveleak.com/browse?q=police.%20planting%20drugs
Tony Ciampi
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Carnahan, David
From:Palo Alto Free Press <paloaltofreepress@gmail.com>
Sent:Friday, August 4, 2017 2:21 AM
To:Press strong
Cc:Keene, James; Watson, Ron; Council, City; Stump, Molly; Burgio, Paul; Mullarkey, Kevin;
michael.gennaco@oirgroup.com; Burns, Dennis; jrosen@da.sccgov.org; Jay Boyarsky;
Brian Welch; Philip, Brian; Bullerjahn, Rich; Reifschneider, James; Perron, Zachary;
stephen.connolly@oirgroup.com
Subject:Re: Perpetual Harassment/ miss-identification follow-up
Mr. Gennaco, Mr. Connolly,
Re: Third party complaint:
I would like to initiate a 3rd party complaint into the alleged arrest and unlawful detainment of Mr. Ciampi, a
free lance field reporter for PaloAltoFressPress.com on August 1, 2017.
I would appreciate your acknowledgement of this request, by hitting the reply all key.....
Regards,
Mark Petersen-Perez
Editor: Palo Alto Free Press
Ticuantepe, Nicaragua Central America
505 8784 3381
Google Intl. 650 646-5737
Sent from my iPad
On Aug 4, 2017, at 3:04 AM, Palo Alto Free Press <paloaltofreepress@gmail.com> wrote:
Outrageous behavior Mr. Keene willful and wanton. And Tony, these so called appeasements
(Resolutions) are meaningless words, created by spineless men and women hell bent on their
own personal agenda, self gratification, long standing pervasive sickness of... Depravity!
Mark
Sent from my iPad
On Aug 3, 2017, at 11:26 PM, Press strong <pressstrong@gmail.com> wrote:
James Keene
Palo Alto City Manager
Mr. Keene:
Following up on the actions of police officers Kevin Mullarkey and Paul Burgio:
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Carnahan, David
From:Press strong <pressstrong@gmail.com>
Sent:Thursday, August 3, 2017 10:26 PM
To:Keene, James; Watson, Ron; Council, City; Stump, Molly; Burgio, Paul; Mullarkey, Kevin;
michael.gennaco@oirgroup.com; Burns, Dennis
Subject:Perpetual Harassment/ miss-identification follow-up
Attachments:ethics 1.PNG; PAPD Employent Qualifications.pdf; Professional Conduct Code.pdf
James Keene
Palo Alto City Manager
Mr. Keene:
Following up on the actions of police officers Kevin Mullarkey and Paul Burgio:
3) When asked to produce a photograph of the person they were looking Ofc. Mullarkey and Ofc. Burgio could not produce
one. Thus they made a positive identification of their suspect based upon their recollection of dealing with that person in the
past. After a few minutes the dispatch provided Ofc. Mullarkey and Ofc. Burgio on their cell phone and patrol car cruiser. Had they
used that photograph to identify the suspect they could not have erroneously concluded I was the person they were looking for since I
do not look the person they sought.
4) Mullarkey stated that he interacted with the person he was seeking face to face several times in the past and yet here he was
interacting with me face to face and he claims that he could not tell the difference. No unbiased judge would believe that regardless of
any resemblance of the two.
For the sake of argument, giving Mullarkey the benefit of doubt of his assertion, if his assertion is true it reveals a level of
incompetence which would disqualify Mullarkey working as a police officer for the city of Palo Alto. How many other egregious
mistakes like this has he made?
The only other option is that the "RUSE" to get me outside was to search my person for contraband and or initiate and assault by
which the officers could twist a 180 degrees into a "resisting arrest" charge and that Mullarkey and Burgio were directed to do so by
others in the departments. This deliberate act to violate the Constitution and cause harm to someone without provocation would also
dictate that Mullarkey and Burgio are not qualified to work as police officers for the city of Palo Alto.
The cause/motive of the miss-identification must be one of the two scenarios above and both of the scenarios dictate that Mullarkey
and Burgio should not be working as police officers.
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http://chiefburns.weebly.com/burgio-mullarkey.html
http://www.cityofpaloalto.org/civicax/filebank/documents/56459
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http://www.cityofpaloalto.org/civicax/filebank/documents/55179
Given the evidence and the pattern and practice of members of the PAPD and their supporters persecuting me one would have to
conclude that this was no accident and that Mullarkey and Burgio were directed to target me by other officers, superiors, from within
the department. Who are these other officers?
Mr. Keene I have asked you several times for you to direct your officers to cease and desist persecuting and harassing me. Either you
refuse to do so or you subordinate officers refuse to follow your orders. If it is the latter, should they remain officers?
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I have already documented several attacks/harassment by people who must have been provided detailed information about me and
where I would be. The only people who would have a motive to harass and persecute me would be members of your police
department and their colleagues and supporters throughout the area.
===============================
False Personation and Cheats
PC 528.5.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any person who knowingly and without consent credibly impersonates another
actual person through or on an Internet Web site or by other electronic means for purposes of harming, intimidating,
threatening, or defrauding another person is guilty of a public offense punishable pursuant to subdivision (d).
PC 529.
(a) Every person who falsely personates another in either his or her private or official capacity, and in that assumed character does any
of the following, is punishable pursuant to subdivision (b):
(2) Verifies, publishes, acknowledges, or proves, in the name of another person, any written instrument, with intent that the
same may be recorded, delivered, or used as true.
(3) Does any other act whereby, if done by the person falsely personated, he might, in any event, become liable to any suit or
prosecution, or to .......
PC 530.5.
(a) Every person who willfully obtains personal identifying information, as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 530.55, of
another person, and uses that information for any unlawful purpose, .....
PC 530.55.
(b) For purposes of this chapter, “personal identifying information” means any name, address, telephone number
https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displayText.xhtml?lawCode=PEN&division=&title=13.&part=1.&chapter=8.&article=
Stalking
PC 646.9. (a) Any person who willfully, maliciously, and repeatedly follows or willfully and maliciously harasses another
person and who makes a credible threat with the intent to place that person in reasonable fear for his or her safety,.......
https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displayText.xhtml?lawCode=PEN&division=&title=15.&part=1.&chapter=2.&article=
Conspiracy
PC 182.
(a) If two or more persons conspire:
(1) To commit any crime.
(2) Falsely and maliciously to indict another for any crime, or to procure another to be charged or arrested for any
crime.
(3) Falsely to move or maintain any suit, action, or proceeding.
(5) To commit any act injurious to the public health, to public morals, or to pervert or obstruct justice, or the due administration of the
laws.
Inciting a Riot, (violence against another person)
404.6.
(a) Every person who with the intent to cause a riot does an act or engages in conduct that urges a riot, or urges others to commit
acts of force or violence, ...... is guilty of incitement to riot.
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For instance on April 16, 2017 I was harassed, targeted, by a large African-American male at the gym, one of many that has occurred
there. Coincidentally, this was the same large African-American male who "out of the blue" harassed and assaulted me at the post
officer several years ago when I was working on the civil case against your police chief and his subordinates. He made statements that
indicated that he was provided information that could have only come from your officers.
Thus the connection between an individual who has no reason to harass and assault me and your police department.
Who from your police department is orchestrating these attacks?
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It's probably more than one person but I do know that Officer Adrienne Moore is most likely involved given her history.
Like Lt. Sandra Brown whom I caught lying in federal court you'd think an African-American and a woman would be most sensitive
to the Constitutional and Civil Rights of others given the persecution and violation of rights that her Ancestry endured. Imagine
perpetrating the same offenses against others that were perpetrated against your grand-parents; great, grand parents; great, great grand-
parents; etc... because your filled with the same hate and bigotry as those who persecuted your fore-bearers.
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http://www.cityofpaloalto.org/civicax/filebank/documents/18959
No doubt that hate will manifest itself with another attack upon me as a result of this email.
When a person laughs at the misfortune, the pain, of another, the former is deriving pleasure at the pain of another.
Mr. Keene what do call a person who derives pleasure at witnessing the pain of another human being?
What do call a person who derives pleasure at causing pain to another human being?
No doubt Adrienne Moore got a good laugh at what Officers Mullarkey and Burgio did to me the other day.
During the Pre-Trial Hearing back in 2008, Officer Burger, smirked at, laughed at, me while he was on the witness stand when he was
giving false testimony. After he came down from the witness stand Burger stated to Ofc. Dan Ryan,
"Dan, I didn't think it would get this far, I was just having fun."
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Captain Bob Beacom then chimed in, "there was another audio."
Officer Burger was just having "fun" torturing me with electricity and destroying my life with his falsified videos and trying to send
me to prison in the process.
On July 14, 2017 Officer Burger smirked at me, laughed at me, once again at the same Starbucks that Officers Mullarkey and Burgio
persecuted me, another connection.
Are these the types of police officers that are consistent with the values being espoused by the City Council, the City of Palo Alto?
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Mr. Keene,
if you do not take any action to put a stop of the harassment and persecution by your officers and their
colleagues throughout the area than all of your declarations about protecting the rights of the powerless are
nothing but hollow words being used for self aggrandizement.
If you do not take any action to put it to a stop than you don't believe in the Constitution just as your police
auditor Michael Gennaco does not believe in the Constitution.
http://michaelgennacooir.weebly.com/the-big-lie.html
Tony Ciampi
==================
Two Chicago police officers charged in a federal lawsuit against the city said they faced threats of violence and
warnings their colleagues wouldn’t back them up after it was revealed they’d worked undercover on a police
corruption case….
“I remember reporting to fugitive apprehension and a supervisor told me, ‘You’re not getting backup. The team
is not going to back you up. You guys want to put supervisors in jail. I hate to be the one to knock on your door
and tell your daughter you’re coming home in a box,’” Spalding said, detailing an example of the retaliation
she and Echeverria faced.
http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2016/06/20/whistleblower-cop-ending-police-code-silence
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Carnahan, David
From:Palo Alto Free Press <paloaltofreepress@gmail.com>
Sent:Wednesday, August 9, 2017 10:24 AM
To:Reifschneider, James
Cc:Council, City; Watson, Ron; Perron, Zachary; Keith, Claudia; jrosen@da.sccgov.org;
David Angel; Brian Welch; Philip, Brian; Jay Boyarsky; Keene, James
Subject:Re: Tweet by Palo Alto Free Press on Twitter
And you're all week spineless individuals...A total complacent attitude that demonstrates why law enforcement
official politicians and so loathed/ hated in general... disgusting!!!
Mark
Sent from my iPhone
On Aug 9, 2017, at 9:26 AM, Palo Alto Free Press <paloaltofreepress@gmail.com> wrote:
You must enjoy destroying people's live...Do you ever take into consideration the impact this
potentially has on any arrested individual.
Why don't you parade all arrestee's down University Ave... In stocks?
Is this really best practices? My god... All of you guys are sick!
Mark
Palo Alto Free Press (@PAFreePress)
8/9/17, 9:19 AM
@PaloAltoPolice Presumption of #innocence must prevail rather then flaunt any arrested person It's a sick
pervasive going PAPD behavior 🛑! pic.twitter.com/jvS08wqXfo
Mark
Download the Twitter app
Sent from my iPhone
City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 8/9/2017 8:32 AM
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Carnahan, David
From:chuck jagoda <chuckjagoda1@gmail.com>
Sent:Wednesday, August 9, 2017 12:30 AM
To:editor@mv-voice.com; editor@bayareanewsgroup.com; editor@mercurynews.com;
editor@paweekly.com; letters@padailypost.com
Cc:Stop the Ban Google Discussion Group; Stephanie Munoz; Sneha Saroja Ayyagari; Raga
Neela Ayyagari; Lakshmi Ayyagari; Board; Board Operations; Paul George @ PPJC; Paul
Costelloe; Bains, Paul; Kelcy Fleming
Subject:Regional Plan story response
In response to Palo Alto Mayor Scharf's statement (page 6, August 4 MV Voice) that "When you
choose to make something a PDA [designated high density area], you're saying 'Give us more
development.'"
And when you say 'DON'T give us more development,' you're saying 'We want to keep refusing to
replace the housing that we've been sqeezing people out of for decades.'
The squeezed out poor and middle class and all drivers stuck in hours-long traffic jams thank you for
listening. NOT.
Chuck
Jagoda
516.398.5100
495 N Wolfe Rd
# 317
Sunnyvale CA 94085
Housing/Homeless Activist
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Carnahan, David
From:idoinvoicing@yahoo.com
Sent:Sunday, August 6, 2017 6:00 AM
To:Scharff, Greg; Kniss, Liz (external); Council, City; Watson, Ron; Perron, Zachary; Brian
Welch; Wagner, April; DOkonkwo@da.sccgov.org; Ryan, Dan; jrosen@da.sccgov.org;
Jay Boyarsky; Reifschneider, James; David Angel; Philip, Brian; Senator Dianne Feinstein;
senator.leno@sen.ca.gov; Keene, James
Subject:Reinvestigation of RAPE case
I will be requesting this case be reopen once the new police chief is assigned. I will not, will not let up in my resolve of "factual
innocence" despite your racist biased views... "No Statue of Limitations" You cannot destroy lives with immunity or impunity.
MarkPetersen-Perez
Sent from my iPad
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Carnahan, David
From:Penny Ellson <pellson@pacbell.net>
Sent:Monday, August 7, 2017 3:18 PM
To:'board'; Council, City
Cc:Mello, Joshuah; 'Audrey Gold'; 'Sara Armstrong'; Safe Routes;
safercommutepta@googlegroups.com; 'Marty Martinez'; Gitelman, Hillary; 'Leah
Russin'
Subject:SB328: Urgent Attention Needed
Hi Max, Sharon, Cathy, and Honorable Board of Education and City Council Members,
You may be aware of SB328 https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB328# which
would require all middle schools and high schools to start after 8:30am. This has important implications for Palo Alto
because our community’s peak hour commuter traffic rush starts around 8:30am. We stagger our school start times and
try to place them before the peak hour rush in order to minimize safety impacts of auto traffic (generated by tens of
thousands of inbound commuters going to local jobs) on students who commute on bikes and on foot. This is especially
important in areas where arterial and collector streets function as school commute routes and where middle schools and
high school share commute routes.
SB328 has only recently come to my attention because it was listed by CAPTA as an “attendance” issue, however it is an
urgent matter needing our attention as SB328 has already passed the Senate and is scheduled to go to the
Assembly Appropriations Committee for a vote this month (probably on August 23 or 30. The agenda has not been
posted yet.) As you know, the PTAs do not meet over the summer, so my ability to take action through the PTA is very
limited. I am reaching out to you for some advice on actions we might take together
Actions I have taken so far:
I have reached out to CoPA Chief Transportation Official Josh Mello and Planning Director Hillary Gitelman to get
their professional assessment of potential impacts. Josh has been out on paternity leave, so his response to my
inquiries was delayed. He returned this week and shared that the engineering team is concerned about
congestion and safety impacts of putting students on school routes during the morning peak hour which starts
around 8:30am. Further, he said it was possible that this change might also push some secondary school student
commuters into the early part of the evening peak.
Because this bill came up over the summer, it is not on the city’s legislative agenda. City staff has made the city’s
lobbyist aware of this bill. However, the lobbyist takes direction from Council. Council is copied on this email. It
would be helpful to learn more about the legislation and process and what the city’s options may be.
I checked with a CAPTA advocacy rep and learned that CAPTA never considered traffic safety impacts in
their analysis of the legislation. Based on a preliminary search of letters of support and supporting research
offered by the Senators who wrote the bill, I see no evidence that they and bill proponents (including CAPTA) ever
considered traffic safety impacts of the legislation at all.
CAPTA’s advocacy rep Carol Kocivar suggested possible amendment language that is unlikely to make a
difference (which she has not sent me in writing and also said it “may or may not pass”). In a nutshell, based on
what she said, I understand the amendment language would enable a school to open and receive students 15
minutes before an 8:30 start time to allow students who want to avoid the commute rush to come early. I
explained many reasons why this would not work (chief among them being who is going to arrive early for a non-
compulsory arrival time?) and also explained that I think this is a complicated traffic safety matter that really
deserves the attention of transportation professionals and should not be decided by a group of PTA volunteers
who have no technical understanding of statewide school commute patterns. I asked her to consider requesting a
delay of the Assembly vote to enable study of school commute safety impacts and see if we could identify an
amendment that might work. This request was not supported. Honestly, to be fair, she was getting ready to leave
for a vacation, and I got the impression she didn’t have time needed to thoroughly address the issues. I’m not
sure who, if anyone, in CAPTA was notified of these concerns. She didn’t share that with me.
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I reached out to National Safe Routes to School Partnership and state legislative reps there. They were
completely unaware of this legislation which was listed as an ATTENDANCE item. They are concerned that
transportation was not considered and we are scheduled to talk about how they might help on Monday.
I have reached out to our local PTA leadership and our local SRTS team—who are limited in actions they can
take because there are no PTA meetings over the summer. No Palo Alto PTA votes can be taken on advocacy
issues until September—too late to influence the Assembly vote.
I reached out (as an individual) on Friday by phone and Saturday by email to Senators Portantino and Pan, the
co-writers of SB328, to raise my concerns that traffic safety analysis had not been done and to explain potential
problems this may cause in Palo Alto and probably in other communities. I have asked them to consider
delaying the vote to provide time for that analysis and possible amendment of the language. I have not yet
heard back from either Senator.
I am reaching out to you.
While I generally support later start times in conformance with new research on adolescent sleep needs, I believe that
school commute safety is equally important to students’ health, well-being, stress reduction and safety. These needs
must be considered as well before a vote is taken. Some balance is needed. As it stands, from a transportation
perspective, SB328 will create risk for student commuters in our community. PAUSD has more than 4,000 students
per day biking to PAUSD schools and about 14% of students walking now. I hope we can work together to make a strong
advocacy effort to protect their safety.
I realize the timing is terrible with start of school imminent and so many people away on summer breaks.
Nonetheless, this is an important matter that needs our quick attention if we are to be effective amending this legislation.
Can you share PAUSD’s position on SB328, and would you be willing to meet soon with SRTS partners to discuss a
collaborative strategy to make sure this bill considers/addresses the traffic safety needs of children in our community?
Please let me know how you would like to proceed.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Penny Ellson
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Carnahan, David
From:Eva Gal <evahgal@gmail.com>
Sent:Tuesday, August 8, 2017 9:55 AM
To:Council, City
Subject:Street striping on Donald Drive
Council Members:
I thought I have seen truly bizarre traffic configurations in Palo Alto, but nothing compares to what is being implemented
at the corner of Donald Drive and Arastradero as I am writing this note.
Six different and highly illogical driving instructions/color codes on a street not wider than perhaps 25‐30 feet. Green
bicycle lanes, white turning lanes, yellow markers, white cyclist signs criss‐crossing each other! Have any of you ever
seen hundreds of kids on bikes, cars turning in all directions, cars parked in the middle of the street‐now compounded
by pushing kids to the middle of the road with cars turning all around them?
I expected better from all of you, but I should have known better: the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over
and over again, and expecting different results. You should be ashamed of yourselves for this betrayal of our trust, for
exposing all of us to such danger. Your transportation planners should be fired on the spot for designing the craziest
configuration ever seen.
Just pray that no one in my family ever gets hurt as a consequence of your lack care and planning.
Eva Gal
4172 Donald Drive
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Carnahan, David
From:Karen Hohner <khohner@gmail.com>
Sent:Thursday, August 3, 2017 3:16 PM
To:Council, City
Cc:info@isingsv.com; jennah@isingsv.com
Subject:Support for iSing Silicon Valley and First Baptist Church of Palo Alto
Dear Members of the City Council,
I am writing to voice my support of iSing Silicon Valley and its ability to continue operating at the First Baptist Church of Palo Alto.
I've lived in Palo Alto (in Southgate) for 19 years. My daughter is a former student of iSing's founders, Jennah Delp Somers and Shane Troll,
and has been working for iSing ever since its founding, first as a camp counselor and later as an intern and general assistant to the Artistic
Director. Through her I have seen the value that iSing provides to the community. The girls who participate in iSing don't just learn the
fundamentals of music and experience the joys of singing together; they also build leadership skills by mentoring younger singers and by
helping with the iSing@School program in Redwood City.
Over half of the families enrolled in iSing live in Palo Alto, and my daughter tells me many of them walk or bike to rehearsals. Those who do
get driven are usually just dropped off by their parents, who then come back later to pick them up rather than parking and staying in the area.
There are other youth choirs in the area but they're not based in Palo Alto, and iSing is the only one that focuses solely on empowering girls.
First Baptist Church is the ideal location for a base for the choir. In addition to the sanctuary, there is a large Fellowship Hall with a piano,
which enables the older and younger choirs to rehearse simultaneously. The church has also been very generous in providing office space as
well as storage space for the many instruments used in instruction. It is very difficult to find that much space in Palo Alto, especially for a
non-profit such as iSing.
It has also been a mutually beneficial arrangement -- First Baptist needs the income from renting its space in order to continue operating as a
church. I would also argue that it is important to allow the church to continue renting space to medical providers who focus on counseling
young people, especially with the problems Palo Alto has had in the past when it comes to teen stress. And asking the church not to make use
of space that would otherwise be empty during the week is a huge waste.
Thus, I'm asking the Planning Commission and the City Council to consider amending the zoning laws to allow churches in a residential area
to continue making their unused space available to non-profit groups and individual providers. There are undoubtedly other churches in Palo
Alto besides First Baptist that find themselves in this position; suddenly enforcing the current zoning restriction would have an adverse effect
on religious institutions throughout the city, many of whom provide the only affordable spaces available to the arts and cultural organizations
that make Palo Alto such a great city to live in. (As a member of the Bay Choral Guild, which used to rehearse at First Baptist and now
rehearses at First United Methodist, I, too am a beneficiary of this generosity.)
If rezoning is not possible, then at the very least I ask you to extend the notice given to iSing; giving a large organization just 30 days to
relocate when they have already had registration for classes that begin in a couple of weeks, is just not feasible. Please consider extending the
notice to January 1, 2018.
Thank you for your consideration.
Karen Hohner
City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 8/8/2017 1:42 PM
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Carnahan, David
From:Virginia Van Kuran <vvankuran@yahoo.com>
Sent:Monday, August 7, 2017 12:37 PM
To:Council, City
Subject:Thank you for support of the Paris Agreement
Mayor and City Council,
Thank you for your support of the Paris Agreement. I'm also strongly in support of the agreement and doing what I can
locally to reduce my carbon emissions and promote a healthy and diverse environment.
Virginia Van Kuran
879 Garland Drive
Palo Alto, CA 94303
City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 8/3/2017 10:05 AM
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Carnahan, David
From:Deborah Plumley <deborah@plumleygroup.com>
Sent:Wednesday, August 2, 2017 5:16 PM
To:Council, City
Subject:Urgent Need for Big Sign for College Terrace Market
Dear City Council:
It is a disgrace that there is no big sign for the new College Terrace Market.
There are three signs for First Republic Bank.
The lack of big sign could help put the College Terrace Market out of business.
*** what actions do you plan to resolve this?
— a very concerned resident of College Terrace