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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2022-01-10 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: 1/10/2022 Document dates: 1/03/2022 – 1/10/2022 Public Comments Note: Documents for every category may not have been received for packet reproduction in a given week. From:Neilson Buchanan To:Kamhi, Philip; Shikada, Ed; Architectural Review Board; Council, City; Eggleston, Brad Subject:worth consideration Date:Monday, January 10, 2022 9:36:08 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2022/01/05/opinion-keep-ev-charging-on-private-property/ It seems to me that the city garages should have charging stations in the areas designated for longer term commuters. Use of short-term parking spaces (ie, less than 3 hours) seem counterproductive an easily accessed parking for visitors and shoppers. One thing is certain: enforcement of parking "rules" in commercial cores is nil and ineffective. NYC seldom has sage advice for small cities like Palo Alto, but in this case NYC ciitizen's advice is worthy of consideration. "OPINION: Do Not Put EV Charging Stations on Public Property The city must not build stations at the curb, encouraging yet more car use. Such first steps demonstrate good intentions amid this once-in-a-century opportunity to replace our automotive infrastructure. But given the historic transformation, we must think holistically, adjusting for technology evolution and its unintended consequences — and we should not enshrine a technology that encourages car use." Neilson Buchanan 155 Bryant Street Palo Alto, CA 94301 650 329-0484 650 537-9611 cell cnsbuchanan@yahoo.com From:Jim Colton To:Council, City Subject:Proposal for Fry"s Site Date:Monday, January 10, 2022 9:07:55 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Mayor Burt, Vice Mayor Kou and Council Members I was surprised and dismayed at the staff's new proposal for development of the Fry's site. We all know that what Palo Alto needs is below market rate housing for service workers, police and fire personnel, teachers and others. We also know that what we don't need more of are office space, luxury housing, more parking problems, more traffic and a bigger burden on our infrastructure. Yet that is what the current proposal gives us. Please reconsider and aim at what Palo Alto needs. Regards, Jim Colton Green Acres II -- JimColtonPhotography.com From:Keith Reckdahl To:Council, City Subject:NVCAP: Parks Date:Monday, January 10, 2022 8:52:11 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Parks are an important park of Palo Alto's quality of life. To ensure that new residents receive the same park access as existing residents enjoy, we charge new developments an impact fee to fund park acquisition. The Jan 10 NVCAP Staff Report (packet Page 165) states "The City could acquire parcels to turn into public parks. However, this is an expensive proposition based on land costs." and "The draft preferred alternative is unlikely to generate substantial park impact fees; therefore, additional public subsidy (e.g., bond funds, CIP) will be required to fund acquisition." When Park Impact Fees last came to Council, I complained that the nexus study's land acquisition costs were inaccurate. With this real-world example, staff has confirmed that our current park impact fees are insufficient to provide new residents with adequate parks. We will be adding 6000 housing units over the next 8 years, we need to ensure that these resident receive the same park experience as current residents. City Council should prioritize a rigorous evaluation of the actual costs of park acquisition and development. Thanks, Keith From:Keith Reckdahl To:Council, City Subject:NVCAP: Parking Date:Monday, January 10, 2022 8:51:25 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious ofopening attachments and clicking on links. I agree that the City should not blindly build parking, as excessive parking wastes money and space. But we also must base our decisions on data, not on ideological hopes. The Jan 10 NVCAP Staff Report incorrectly suggests that the Fehr & Peers Parking Study supports lowering parking standards. In fact, the Fehr & Peers study recommends keeping our existing parking standards (except for Senior Housing). See excerpt at bottom of email. Despite the Fehr & Peers conclusions, the Jan 10 NVCAP Staff Report recommends a drastically lower parking requirement of only 0.5 spot/unit which is less than half of the Fehr & Peers recommendation. This reckless recommendation is a classic attempt to shift the Overton Window. Staff is proposing an extremely crazy 0.5 spot/unit parking requirement in the hope that we "compromise" and just take a slightly crazy requirement of 1.0 spot/unit. Even that "compromise" is unsupported by Fehr & Peers data. Don't take the bait and fall for a fake "compromise". If we want to lower parking our requirements, demand data. Task the PTC to perform better surveys. For example: The Fehr & Peers street-parking counts had a hard time knowing which street cars belonged to which apartment complex. Instead, examine apartments in RPP neighborhoods. Between midnight surveys and issued RPP permits, we should be able to have a very good idea of parking demand. Most complexes require that residents register their cars with apartment management. Request anonoumous registration information from complexes. Examine DMV registration and census data for Palo Alto to determine car ownership in Palo Alto. My young coworkers split 3-bedroom apartments, using 3 parking spots. That would crush a 0.5 spot/unit parking requirement. Similarly, before we bought our house, my wife and I lived in a studio but had 2 cars. Those are anecdotal examples, but I suspect very common. If the 6000 new RHNA units use incorrect parking requirements, we will overwhelm our streets with parked cars. We will lose future flexibility to limit parking to improve bike/ped safety or improve traffic flow. We must insist on data-based policies, not hope-based policies. Thanks, Keith Reference: Fehr & Peers Parking Study • • • The Fehr & Peers Executive Summary (from page ES-1 which is packet page 46) https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/files/assets/public/agendas-minutes-reports/agendas- minutes/planning-and-transportation-commission/2018-agendas-minutes-and-staff- reports/august-29-2018-framework-for-2018-comp-plan-housing-ordinance.pdf recommends that the City keep its current parking requirements for Affordable and Market Rate housing, but reduce parking requirements for Senior Housing to 0.75 spaces per unit. Screenshot from the Fehr & Peers Executive Summary: F!!hr & PHrs us@d th@ suN@y r@sulits to d@v-1elop parking supply rat@s. A conS.frrvati,v@ approach was taken to dev@l'op th@ rates to r-1eflect community conc@m s regard ing neighbo rhood parking intrusion. Affo rda bl e Hous,ingi: 1.0 parking spac@ p-1er s~udio and ptH 1-b@droom unit 2.0 parking spaces ptlr 2-b@droom o rla rg1H unit R@s@rv@d parking , if provid@d, could b@ li mited to on@ spam p@r unit to maximizit parking spac@ availab ility. Market Rat. Ho11sing1: 1.0 parking space per s~udio and per 1-b@droom unit 2.0 parking spaces ptlr 2 -b@dro om o r larg@ r unit Res@rv@d parking, if prov id@d, could be li mited to on@ sparn p@r unit to maximiz@ park ing spac@ ava ilab il ity. Senior Housing: 0.75 spaces p@run it From:Keith Reckdahl To:Council, City Subject:NVCAP: Office space per employee Date:Monday, January 10, 2022 8:48:17 AM Some people who received this message don't often get email from reckdahl@yahoo.com. Learn why this isimportant CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious ofopening attachments and clicking on links. The Jan 10th NVCAP Staff Report (Packet Pg 176) recommends that the City assume 3.4 jobs per 1000 square feet of office (294 SqFt/employee) for its "standard" office density value. However, I consider this to be an extremely inaccurate value (see references below). If the City uses this number, it will greatly understate the number of employees in office space. This could lead us to accept mixed-used projects which end up worsening our jobs/housing imbalance. Some people have suggested that COVID may decrease employee density (that is, increase the SqFt/employee). But (anecdotally) I haven't seen that in my work. My work has set up hotel cubes, allowing the same cube to be used by multiple hybrid workers who work on-site on different days. So instead of COVID decreasing employee density, these hotel cubes have actually increased the number of different workers in my building, thus increasing the number of housing units needed to support my office building. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thanks, Keith References for Per-Employee Space Allocation · During the March 1, 2021 Palo Alto City Council Study Session, the Jay Paul planner stated that in his experience, tech offices typically allocate 165 SqFt/employee. · The Federal Government's General Service Administration (GSA) 2012 public-sector survey (https://www.gsa.gov/cdnstatic/Workspace_Utilization_Banchmark_July_2012_%281%29.pdf) showed a nationwide average of 190 usable SqFt/employee. The survey also showed the distribution, with 58% of employers allocating 200 SqFt/employee or less, and 25% of employers allocating 150 SqFt/employee or less. · A Cushman Wakefield analysis (https://www.cushmanwakefield.com/en/united- states/insights/us-articles/2019-07-dc-open-offices-good-or-bad) calculated a 2017 nationwide value of 193.8 SqFt/employee. · The 2019 VTA Bart to San Jose project's Market Analysis and Demand Projections Report (https://www.vta.org/sites/default/files/2019-09/L-MARK~1.PDF, page 83) used 200 SqFt/employee for Professional Services & Information offices. · A Commercial Real Estate Development Association analysis (https://www.naiop.org/en/Research-and-Publications/Magazine/2017/Fall-2017/Marketing- Leasing/Trends-in-Square-Feet-per-Office-Employee-An-Update) showed that the nationwide average had fallen from 197 SqFt/employee in 2010 to 181 SqFt/employee in 2017. · In September 2021, PGIM Real Estate (https://realassets.ipe.com/offices/san-francisco- offices-reigniting-the-space-race/10055178.article) reported that the space per employee is now 150-175 SqFt in San Francisco. · In December 2020, Levi's recently listed 100,000 SqFt of office space which has seats for 673 employees in San Francisco, which is 149 SqFt/employee (https://archive.fo/gVttn) (end of list) From:Lorraine Brown To:Planning Commission Cc:Council, City; Architectural Review Board Subject:Please recommend approval of Castilleja"s project. It"s time! Date:Monday, January 10, 2022 6:45:36 AM Some people who received this message don't often get email from lobrown170@gmail.com. Learn why this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Planning & Transportation Commission, I live, work, and vote in Palo Alto, and I continue to strongly support Castilleja’s proposal to modernize campus, increase enrollment, and build an underground garage to remove cars from the neighborhood streets - and I hope you all do as well. The EIR, for which you voted to recommend certification, made clear that all of these improvements can be made with no negative impacts on the neighborhood. The assertion, by one opponent, that the data in the EIR is now out of date is outrageous and a blatant attempt to further stall progress. Our city process is embarrassing when I reflect on how this project has been derailed and stalled by a few vocal opponents for 6 years! Now, Castilleja has presented several options for the garage, all improved versus last year’s submission, and I urge you to vote to approve this meaningful compromise. This plan preserves trees, significantly reduces the square footage of the parking facility, and importantly, will bring no additional cars to the neighborhood. We can not forget that car trips for the school are capped; they can only increase enrollment if traffic does not increase in the neighborhood. It’s long overdue for this project to be approved, so that you and our city leaders can focus on far more pertinent issues, such as housing. Thank you for closely reading the studies submitted by the school, and again recommending approval of their project. Thank you, Lorraine Brown 170 Walter Hays Drive, Palo Alto From:christopher jette To:Council, City Date:Monday, January 10, 2022 6:40:46 AM Some people who received this message don't often get email from christopherjette@gmail.com.Learn why this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Mayor Burt, Vice Mayor Kou, and Council Members: Please forcefully reject the current proposal by staff for development of the Fry's site. It contradicts the wishes of many Venturans who have been participating in this multi-year process, the wishes of the Working Group nor your own instructions when Council last considered NVCAP. Please focus on building truly affordable housing and creating a livable, walkable neighborhood with community amenities and excluding high-end office space and luxury housing. There is plenty of vacant office space throughout our neighborhood. Palo Alto always meets its housing goals for at-market or above market rate housing, but always falls short of meeting affordable housing goals. North Ventura provides a real opportunity to solve our below-market housing needs. Sincerely Christopher Jette resident of Ventura neighborhood From:upcomingsales@friendspaloaltolib.org To:Council, City Subject:Friends and Family Sales - Friends of the Palo Alto Library Date:Monday, January 10, 2022 4:03:08 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Visit our web site The Pandemic Is Making Things Weird Part II "This is Part II of what was supposed to be a single January 2022 sale newsletter. If you didn't receive Part I, or need a refresher, there's a copy at: https://www.fopal.org/wp- content/newsletters/newsletter22jan.htm "Apologies again for the nuisance of extra e-mail. I didn't have all the info about the Friends and Family Sales on Friday morning, and thought I really ought to get something out about the January monthly sale being cancelled." -Frank McConnell Friends and Family Sales By Appointment Our monthly sales will be on hold until the health risk to our customers and volunteers is substantially reduced. We monitor the health situation continually and we look forward to returning to our monthly sales when we can offer them with as little risk as possible. If you miss our sales and our fantastic offerings of items in three rooms, we have started a program we call Friends and Family. Anyone who wants to shop is definitely a Friend and you can sign up via SignUp.com: Main Room: Appointments begin Tuesday January 11 https://signup.com/go/xaTuNnK Requested minimum purchase (per person): $30 Children's Room: Appointments begin Tuesday January 11 https://signup.com/go/ceYabjC Requested minimum purchase (per person): $20 Bargain Room: Appointments begin Monday January 17 https://signup.com/go/utMmqga No requested minimum purchase, but please sign up with the intention to show up and look for something to buy (prices start at $1 and mostly go down from there) There are rules. Customers must have exact change or a check. Customers must shop only on shelves where items are priced. Volunteers continue to price and shelve books from boxes on the floor. And then there's February On Thursday January 6 the FOPAL Book Sale Committee decided to cancel the February 12-13 sale as well. Friends and Family sales will be ongoing for the next little while at least. Suggestions? We're always eager to hear your suggestions for ways to improve our book sale. Please email us at suggestions@friendspaloaltolib.org. This notice comes to you from the non-profit organization Friends of the Palo Alto Library. No trees were felled in the making of this e-mail. Visit our web site. Become a member by joining online. Be sure to receive your own free copy of this e-mail notice so that you'll know about all special upcoming books sales. To sign up, just e-mail us. We carefully protect the privacy of your e-mail address. We will not share your e-mail address with any other organization and we will not use it for any purpose other than to send you these notices. If you do not wish to receive these e-mail notices in the future, please reply with the words "Remove Me" in the first line of the text. From:Don Nielson To:Council, City Subject:Frys Development Date:Monday, January 10, 2022 3:36:53 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Councilmembers, It isn't often that you find existing neighborhoods wanting a development that helps meet our obligatory need for affordable housing. Moreover, the City seems unbearably in the grips of developers who fight rather than help produce that same goal. We are sick of overbuilding in Palo Alto and contributing to its unaffordability. Please, please free yourselves from the high-end developer's clutch and help keep this rare opportunity affordable and a compatible part of the Ventura neighborhood!!! Don Nielson 850 Miranda Green Sent from my iPhone From:Aram James To:Roberta Ahlquist; Council, City; Planning Commission; Human Relations Commission; chuck jagoda; wintergery@earthlink.net; Joe Simitian; paloaltofreepress@gmail.com; Jay Boyarsky; Sajid Khan; Jeff Rosen; citycouncil@mountainview.gov; City Mgr; city.council@menlopark.org Subject:Housing: From optional to fundamental right Date:Monday, January 10, 2022 12:00:20 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ Follow the link below to view the article. From optional to a fundamental right https://enewspaper.mercurynews.com/?publink=147940510_13482f1 Sent from my iPhone From:Arthur Keller To:Council, City Subject:No on Fry"s Proposal Date:Sunday, January 9, 2022 10:00:52 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ Dear Mayor Burt, Vice Mayor Kou, and Council Members: Please do not accept the current proposal by staff for development of the Fry's site. It doesn't reflect the wishes of many Venturans who have been participating in this multi-year process, the wishes of the Working Group nor your own instructions when Council last considered NVCAP. Please focus on building truly affordable housing and creating a livable, walkable neighborhood with community amenities and excluding high-end office space and luxury housing. Palo Alto always meets its housing goals for at-market or above market rate housing, but always falls short of meeting affordable housing goals. North Ventura provides a real opportunity to solve our below- market housing needs. Best regards. Arthur From:Kirsten Flynn To:Council, City Subject:NVCAP Date:Sunday, January 9, 2022 9:48:26 PM Some people who received this message don't often get email from kir@declan.com. Learn whythis is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Honorable City Council, Thank you for your service. I appreciate your efforts in these very difficult and changing times. Thank you also to city staff for the staff report, it does a very good job explaining the realities of the development climate and the trade offs chosen. It incorporates many of the goals of the working group. Not all, but guess what, we all need to accommodate the greater good. The housing affordability crisis will not be solved without some density and relaxation of parking regulations, but we need to focus on keeping our park ratios. I was pleased by some relaxation of the height limits, which facilitate more affordable housing, for the following reason. If you divide the cost of the land, by the number of units, you get the base land cost of each unit. Then add the cost of building the unit. if there are 6 units per acre (typical single family house zoning) each unit is already 200k before it is built. If you are 40 units per acre, (typical townhomes or condos) the units are more affordable. I love that they are boosting the REQUIRED income tied BMR (below market rate) percentage in condos and townhomes (owned units) to 20% rather than the current 15%. Great progress, thank you, and please keep this in the plan Secondly, I like that they are prioritizing ground floor retail at several locations in the plan. the additional density is essential to make this retail viable, as they estimate that a new housing units can each support about 15 square feet of retail (assuming each new family spends about 25% of their shopping budget locally.) so for a 1000 sf retail location, you need 66 local housing units. Finally, on the positive, I think that the parking ratios are very reasonable. Minimum .5 parking space per bedroom, maximum 1 parking space per bedroom, up to 2 parking spaces, with bicycle parking at one space/unit. They have done parking surveys, and this is what is typically used in parking garages of condo and townhome complexes. Our neighborhood is an excellent place to not have a car, with the train and bike boulevard. Additionally, parking spaces are super expensive to built, so if you require 2 parking spaces for each apartment or townhouse, they now will cost an additional 100k per unit. However, I plan to continue being very vocal about the need to keep to the city’s own stated standards about the ration of parkland acres per resident. If our neighborhood is likely to grow by more than 530 units, we need to have parkland at a ratio in line with the cities comprehensive plan. As the staff report says "2.0 to 5.2 acres of parkland could be developed, under the realistic and maximum buildout scenarios, respectively. This equates to 1.6 acres/1,000 residents to 1.7 acres/1,000 residents, under realistic and maximum buildout, respectively. This range does not meet the 4 acres/1,000 residents aspired to in the Comprehensive Plan.” WE DESERVE BETTER. I believe we should continue to advocate for the maximum creek naturalization plan, and additional small parks and plazas in any development plan. If we are going to absorb density for the city, we need parks! Additionally, I think the neighborhood will have to be vigilant to make sure that every effort will be make to preserve the most historic aspects of the 340 Portage historic cannery building. It is easy to destroy a sense of place, it is hard to create it once it has been erased. I am not sure if I will be able to attend the city council meeting, my elder care responsibilities have been turned up to 11 (that is one more than 10) That is one of the things about living in your home town, your parents and in-laws also live there! Thanks for reading, Best regards, Kirsten 650-855-9464 cell 650-387-3329 From:Mary Gallagher To:Council, City Subject:Housing for All Date:Sunday, January 9, 2022 9:43:06 PM Some people who received this message don't often get email from livebuoyantly@gmail.com. Learn why this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Mayor Burt, Vice Mayor Kou, and Council Members: When leaders are among the power elite, they may fail to see the plight of the poor. Please open your eyes and your minds, to support the building of housing that is affordable for lower income residents--our veterans, seniors, and the disabled--on the Fry's site. Stop the greed. How much more money do developers need? I imagine developers may wish to pave the Bay if it were not for our wetland and endangered species laws. Unbridled greed has no boundaries. Please do not accept the current proposal by staff for development of the Fry's site. The proposal does not reflect the wishes of many Ventura Neighborhood residents, the wishes of the Working Group nor your own instructions when Council last considered NVCAP. Please focus on building truly affordable housing and creating a livable, walkable neighborhood with community amenities. Palo Alto has enough high-end office space and luxury housing--but not enough affordable housing. How many more RVs and homeless folks pushing carts or sleeping on cardboard do city leaders and developers need to see before you realize, the Fry's parcel in the North Ventura Neighborhood provides a real and rare opportunity to add to our below-market housing inventory? What more may I/we say or do to make building affordable housing on the Fry's site a reality? Thank you, Mary Gallagher, B.Sc., A Ventura Neighborhood Resident -- Mary Gallagher, B.Sc. Aquatics Professional 650-683-7102 (cell) Copyright 2021 Security Alert Notice The information contained in this e-mail is confidential information, presumed to be virus free, and intended only for use by the individual or entity named above. Virus protection is the responsibility of the recipient. If the reader of this email is not the intended recipient, dissemination or distribution is prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please delete the material from your computer. From:Susan Kemp To:Council, City Subject:Development of the Fry"s Site - Please do not accept the current staff proposal Date:Sunday, January 9, 2022 8:11:29 PM Some people who received this message don't often get email from skemp650@gmail.com. Learnwhy this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Mayor Burt, Vice Mayor Kou, and Council Members: Please do not accept the current proposal by staff for development of the Fry's site. It doesn't reflect the wishes of many Venturans who have been participating in thismulti-year process, the wishes of the Working Group nor your own instructions whenCouncil last considered NVCAP. Please focus on building truly affordable housing andcreating a livable, walkable neighborhood with community amenities (including parks)and excluding high-end office space and luxury housing. Though Palo Alto alwaysmeets its housing goals for at-market or above market rate housing, it falls short ofmeeting affordable housing goals. North Ventura provides a real opportunity to solve our below-market housing needs. Thank you.Susan KempVentura From:Angela Dellaporta To:Council, City Subject:NVCAP Date:Sunday, January 9, 2022 6:26:50 PM Some people who received this message don't often get email from asdellaporta@gmail.com.Learn why this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear City Council, The Comprehensive Plan recommendations were written to apply to all areas of Palo Alto – not just the most privileged areas. The naturalization of Matadero Creek is a popular and positive plan. However, it does not provide the public park space that would be necessary to serve the needs of a population increase of 1,600 people. According to the recommendations of the Comprehensive Plan, the City Council has an obligation to provide 4 acres of public park/1,000 residents. To blithely ignore those recommendations, and assume that less than half the prescribed amount is acceptable for Palo Alto residents who will live in apartments without their own backyards, is simply wrong. Bike paths, woonerfs and plazas are all great – but they absolutely cannot take the place of public parks. Palo Alto is full of extremely wealthy individuals and businesses. There are many ways to finance the purchase of park land and I know that you can figure it out if you choose to. Angela Dellaporta Erstwhile NVCAP co-chair From:Roberta Ahlquist To:Council, City; Human Relations Commission; Planning Commission; Aram James; rebecca; Dave Price; city.council@cityofpaloalto.com Subject:Fry paropterty needs to be ldeveloped for low-income housing! Date:Sunday, January 9, 2022 5:32:17 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Mayor Burt, Vice Mayor Kou, and Council Members: Women's International League for Peace & Freedom Low-income Housing Committee members ask you to be bold and develop service sector housing for city workers. Thee people work here but have no access to low-income housing. Do not accept the current proposal by staff for development of Fry's site. It doesn't reflect the wishes of many Venturans and many others, who have been participating in this multi- year process, the wishes of the Working Group nor your own instructions when Council last considered NVCAP. Please focus on building truly LOW-INCOME, affordable housing and create a livable, walkable neighborhood with community amenities, excluding high-end office space and luxury housing. Palo Alto always meets its housing goals for at-market or above market rate housing, but always falls short of meeting affordable housing goals. North Ventura provides a real opportunity to solve our below-market housing needs. Thank you. Roberta Ahlquist, WILPF Low-income Housing Committee From:Noah Fiedel To:Council, City Subject:Feedback about the Ventura plan Date:Sunday, January 9, 2022 4:53:13 PM Some people who received this message don't often get email from nfiedel@gmail.com. Learn why this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Mayor Burt, Vice Mayor Kou, and Council Members, I've read the staff proposal and it does a great disservice to your greatest constituents, the residents of Palo Alto. Pages 9-11 make no mention of actually enforcing the current and long-standing RM-30 zoning! All of the discussion centers around the wants of activist developer property-owners, while specifically mentioning "high lease values of office uses". What they do not mention is the high negative externalities to the community, and the missed opportunity cost, by continuing to let developers push for office space over housing. 1. Our city has the highest jobs to housing ratio in the nation. If anything, we should be pausing new office construction everywhere. 2. This site has been zoned RM-30 for decades. The developers knew this in advance, and have no claim of "poverty" to justify overriding city zoning. It's purely a profit grab. 3. Office space, with our already imbalanced ratio, has only negative externalities to our community: More traffic, More speeding, Less property taxes (due to how commercial properties abuse prop-13 to rarely re-assess), Less good neighbors, etc. 4. Missed opportunity cost: More residents in this corridor would encourage retail & walkable neighborhoods. It's close to California Ave, Caltrain, and the (nascent) retail on Park. As a longstanding resident of Palo Alto, I simply ask that you enforce the current residential zoning! Please do not allow for further "amortization", which has shown already to be a delay & stall tactic for developers to try and extract more profit, while waiting for a more office-developer-friendly council in the future. Ok to do this for newly zoned residential, but not 340 Portage/already RM-30 areas. I do support some light, community serving retail along the edges to make this a great walkable neighborhood. But no/zero offices please. Thank you, Noah Fiedel Ventura Neighborhood From:Jeanne Fleming To:Planning Commission Cc:Council, City; Clerk, City Subject:Conflict of Interest Date:Sunday, January 9, 2022 4:18:37 PM Attachments:Matteoni O"Laughlin & Hechtman website.PNG CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Planning & Transportation Commission Chair Hechtman, I am writing to you on behalf of United Neighbors. United Neighbors is a grass roots organization of Palo Alto residents that, for the last five years, has been working to further the development of a thoughtful, responsible wireless policy for our city, a policy that—while recognizing the rights of the telecommunications industry— prioritizes the interests of the people who live here. As part of our efforts, we have taken part in dozens of meetings on this topic, meetings with the Planning & Transportation Commission (PTC), with the Architectural Review Board, with City Council and with senior City Staff. But, since you have refused to recuse yourself, we are not going to attend or participate in the PTC meeting on January 12, 2022, where revisions to Palo Alto’s wireless ordinance are scheduled to be considered. For decades, you and you the small law firm in which you are a partner have worked for telecommunications companies, helping them secure permits for wireless facilities. Attached is a screenshot from your firm’s website stating that obtaining such approvals is an area in which you specialize, and soliciting business in that arena. The work you do and the work your partners do constitutes a clear and serious conflict of interest for you as a Commission member, one that disqualifies you —both as a public official and as a member of the California State Bar—from participating in the consideration of wireless matters that come before the PTC. Yet you refuse to recuse yourself. United Neighbors passively accepted your refusal to recuse yourself at the PTC meeting in February, 2020, only to watch as you then advocated for cell tower applicants at every turn. Were the PTC convening in Council Chambers this week, we would attend, and—to highlight the impropriety of your participation—stand en masse and turn our backs to you each time you spoke. But Covid has made that impossible. Hence I am writing to say that your participation in the PTC’s consideration of Palo Alto’s wireless ordinance is unethical and that we will not be a party to it. Sincerely, Jeanne Fleming Jeanne Fleming, PhD JFleming@Metricus.net 650-325-5151 3:13 •• LTE • , Telecommun i cation Towers and Ce ll ular Facilities Obtained approvals for tele,communication towers for Clear Channel Radio, and for ... .a matteonLcom From:D Martell To:Council, City Cc:Shikada, Ed; Jonsen, Robert; Stump, Molly Subject:Mayor Lydia Kou Date:Sunday, January 9, 2022 3:33:12 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Lydia Kou for Mayor ... not because she's female or an Asian-American, but because she CARES about Palo Alto residents and HONORS our city's history; Lydia Kou is a true leader, principled, and courageous. -Danielle Martell Palo Alto City Council Candidate 2016 & 2005 From:Aram James To:Enberg, Nicholas; robert.parham@cityofpaloalto.org; Tannock, Julie; Human Relations Commission; Jonsen, Robert; Council, City; Planning Commission; paloaltofreepress@gmail.com; chuck jagoda; Winter Dellenbach; Jeff Moore; Binder, Andrew; Sajid Khan; Joe Simitian; Jeff Rosen; Reifschneider, James; Perron, Zachary; Roberta Ahlquist; Rebecca Eisenberg; Greer Stone; Jay Boyarsky; Vara Ramakrishnan; Raj; Cecilia Taylor; cindy.chavez@bos.sccgov.org; Tanaka, Greg; darylsavage@gmail.com; Shikada, Ed; Tony Dixon Subject:Racial profiling persists ( Sunday Jan 9, 2022) Date:Sunday, January 9, 2022 1:37:15 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ Follow the link below to view the article. Study: Racial profiling persists https://enewspaper.mercurynews.com/?publink=39fb2dad6_13482f1 Sent from my iPhone From:Priyanki Gupta To:Planning Commission Cc:Council, City; Architectural Review Board Subject:Castilleja School project Date:Sunday, January 9, 2022 12:54:33 PM Some people who received this message don't often get email from priyanki_gupta@yahoo.com. Learn why this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Planning and Transportation Commission. After your thoughtful review and approval of Castilleja’s project last year, it should be easy to approve it again, especially as the garage size is reduced to preserve more trees and the pool and the delivery access is also improved to further protect other trees. The project has only gotten better since the last time you approved it. Since that time, the TDM at school has also proven to be agile and responsive, doing whatever it takes to keep car trips level in any circumstances—including a once-in-a- century pandemic. As fewer people rode the Caltrain during the pandemic, the school opened new bus routes and expanded its already-successful carpool matching program to ensure that when students returned to campus, they did not do so in single-occupancy cars. The community is committed to sustainability and improving quality of life in the neighborhood and the city by reducing traffic. TDM is not a passing phase, it is a way of life at Castilleja. I think we are all finally on the same page in understanding that the garage will not bring more cars to campus. There is cap on daily car trips. If the school exceeds the cap, it will not be allowed to enroll more students. There is built-in accountability to the project. After all the years that the school has invested in this new CUP process, it’s abundantly clear that the school wants to enroll more students. Thus, they will stay under the cap. However, for critics who need more reassurance, there are external audits and consequences and the increase in students is GRADUAL and CONDITIONAL. It is ALREADY SELF-LIMITING: 25 to 27 students can be added each year IF CAR TRIPS REMAIN LEVEL. I was delighted when you approved the project the last time, and I look forward to your endorsement of these improvements. Respectfully, Priyanki Gupta 80 Crescent Drive From:David Hirsch To:Council, City; Burt, Patrick; Kou, Lydia; Filseth, Eric (Internal); Cormack, Alison; DuBois, Tom; Greer Stone; Greg Lin Tanaka Subject:NVCAP Date:Sunday, January 9, 2022 12:36:10 PM [Some people who received this message don't often get email from davidlhirsch@gmail.com. Learn why this is important at http://aka.ms/LearnAboutSenderIdentification.] CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ Dear Mayor Burt, Deputy Mayor Kou and Council Members; You have much to read and little time so I’ll keep this short and to the point: The Planning and Development Study of the NVCAP is a tremendous disappointment for the following reasons: 1. It offers next to nothing for the Ventura community or to the other neighboring communities which had high hopes of an integrated relationship, a destination and attraction that would connect them to a unique ‘place'. 2. It offers no scheme for creating pedestrian only or traffic limiting zones by analyzing possible pedestrian, traffic and service alternatives. 3. It makes no attempt to consider alternate, creative uses with modifications to the present zoning to allow for such changes, an essential consideration for mixed use neighborhoods. 4. It is dominated by a restrictive height limitations that will inhibit an appropriately scaled density, the essential financial prerequisite for the creation of both private and public landscaped open spaces; such residential limitations will not likely be considered by private developers or acceptable under the recent state regulations. The positive is that there is still time: Since it is obvious that Sobrato intends to retain the present R&D and one can imagine other uses for Fry’s that could be a significant benefit to answer the above limitations, such as an entertainment zone (think gymnasium, karaoke, shuffle board, ping pong, all under the unique roof monitors with an occasional hot air balloon and gondola). Note how much parking is available. Provide a through passage from the parking behind Fry’s to Portage and a (digital?) gallery dedicated to the fruit packing history and Thomas Soon Chew and the images of this past Mayfield era. Then consider building heights, location, massing that is intentional and contextual. Consider the corner of Olive and Park Boulevard as a special designated taller residential building with commercial on the ground floor that announces by its special design the beginning of a unique zone; consider making Ash Street between Portage and Lambert as a one way loop so that a wider sidewalk can accommodate a bike and pedestrian connection to and from Boulware Park and the Ventura neighborhood; consider a pedestrian street from Ash to Park with mixed height housing, taller where there is public open space, lower where private courts; consider naturalizing the creek where it is adjacent to the park, an appropriate suggestion of the City’s landscape designer … and the list can go on. One final reminder: This past week the Chronicle noted in their Jan. 7th edition that Burlingame Is creating a mixed use zone on Rollins Road with six stories of housing while maintaining its industrial uses. The NVCAP could be a much more exciting opportunity! Respectfully, David Hirsch From:Heidi Hopper To:Council, City; Architectural Review Board; Planning Commission Subject:Please approve the Castilleja project Date:Sunday, January 9, 2022 9:50:13 AM Some people who received this message don't often get email from hhopper@gmail.com. Learnwhy this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear PTC - I’d like to express my strong support for Castilleja’s updated design with different options to review. In particular, I want to comment on the lengths the school has gone to protect more trees and be flexible and open to feedback. They have offered you five options for the garage that all improve the neighborhood and protect trees. Which will you recommend to City Council? Will you recommend the option that parks as many cars as possible below ground, knowing that doing so, according to the Final Environmental Impact Report (FEIR), will have no negative impacts? Castilleja has been very responsive and thoughtful about the city staff’s, the Council’s, and neighbors’ concerns for over almost ten years now, correct? We have all watched the project evolve. Changes have been made to the massing of the buildings, the patterns for pick up and drop off, the materials on the facades, the pool location, the parking garage exit and size to protect homes and trees. The school has taken feedback from all sides and made dozens of changes. They have listened. And every time, they respond. Have any other Palo Alto schools, or businesses, been held to the same standards? The latest proposal further protects both tree 89 and tree 155, preserving existing trees while still adding 100 new trees to the canopy. It also shows an array of choices for the garage that all preserve trees. The school is doing everything possible to integrate feedback and move toward a positive future for the neighborhood, the city, and girls who want a single sex education. Please review these improvements and select the one you believe is best. This process has gone on too long, and your leadership is critical to helping our community move forward. Sincerely, Heidi Hopper From:Aram James To:Human Relations Commission; paloaltofreepress@gmail.com; Council, City; Planning Commission; Jay Boyarsky; chuck jagoda; Joe Simitian; Sajid Khan; Jeff Rosen; wintergery@earthlink.net; Jeff Moore; Binder, Andrew; Tannock, Julie; Jonsen, Robert; Enberg, Nicholas; roberta.ahlquist@sjsu.edu; Greer Stone; Reifschneider, James; Cecilia Taylor; robert.parham@cityofpaloalto.org; Perron, Zachary; cindy.chavez@bos.sccgov.org; Tanaka, Greg; Rebecca Eisenberg Subject:More on our FBI Date:Saturday, January 8, 2022 11:50:05 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. https://www.aclu.org/blog/racial-justice/race-and-criminal-justice/fbi-wont-hand-over-its- surveillance-records-black Shared via the Google app Sent from my iPhone From:Aram James To:paloaltofreepress@gmail.com; darylsavage@gmail.com; Human Relations Commission; Council, City; Planning Commission; Sajid Khan; wintergery@earthlink.net; Jeff Rosen; chuck jagoda; Joe Simitian; Jay Boyarsky; Jeff Moore; Tannock, Julie; Jonsen, Robert; Binder, Andrew; Enberg, Nicholas; Rebecca Eisenberg; roberta.ahlquist@sjsu.edu; Reifschneider, James; Perron, Zachary; robert.parham@cityofpaloalto.org Subject:This is the FBI that our HRC wants to lecture us in hate crimes on January 19, at 6pm.. come to the meeting and just say no to the FBI Date:Saturday, January 8, 2022 11:41:59 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ https://amp.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/jun/26/fbi-black-activism-protests-history Sent from my iPhone From:Mark Petersen-Perez To:Human Relations Commission Cc:Council, City; Shikada, Ed; Sean Webby; Sajid Khan; Bill Johnson; Sue Dremann; dokonkwo@dao.sccgov.org; Brian Welch Subject:The propaganda fraud team of the Palo Alto City Council - Historically one Failure after failure to meet Date:Saturday, January 8, 2022 11:11:58 PM Some people who received this message don't often get email from bayareafreepress@gmail.com.Learn why this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. any semblance of your mission statement to the Palo Alto community on any level https://twitter.com/pafreepress/status/1478009963872239619?s=12 You cannot point to a successful accomplishment impacting the community at large. Best described as the consumer fraud unit for Palo Alto City council in addressing / camouflaging i.e improved race relations, police community relations…on and on. Professional politician’s fooling the community with idle words leaving your first amendment rights unprotected…. Meet the team of deceivers: https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/Departments/Community-Services/Other- Services/Commissions/Human-Relations-Commission Bay Area Free Press a subdivision of Palo Alto Free Press From:Laura Stark To:Planning Commission Cc:Architectural Review Board; Council, City Subject:Please support Castilleja"s project Date:Saturday, January 8, 2022 9:59:13 PM Some people who received this message don't often get email from laura.s.stark@gmail.com. Learn why this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Commissioners, I am writing to ask you to approve the Castilleja project, which is once again before you. As you know, the City Council asked the school to again revise their plans, so the project has improved since you last approved it a year ago. Now, the massing of the academic building is smaller (and ensures no new square footage is included), the garage is smaller, and more trees are preserved. These changes are in addition to the many changes/compromises made by the school in previous rounds with regard to hours of operation, events, drop off and pick up patterns, etc. I hope you all recognize and acknowledge the copious changes the school has made so that they can at long last move toward approval. People talk about “the Palo Alto process,” a reference to the lengthy and consensus seeking approval process that applicants must adhere to in our city. No applicant has endured a lengthier process than Castilleja. The school has faithfully revised its plans for several years, each time integrating input from neighborhood stakeholders. This is a school, not a massive tech company or conglomerate. Their goal is to educate girls who want a single-sex, non-sectarian education. But they need to renovate their buildings to best fulfill this goal in the 21st century. Palo Alto is a leader in innovation, education, and in investing in the future. Knowing this, it seems enabling the successful completion of this project should be high-priority. I hope you will vote to support their project, including the 69 car garage, and enable this process to move expeditiously to City Council. The school has delivered, and it is time to approve the project. Thank you. Laura Stark 645 Hale Street -- Laura Stark 645 Hale St. Palo Alto, CA 94301 From:Allan Seid To:DENNIS LEE Subject:Fwd: [chbb850] Fwd: High Speed Railway by Country Date:Saturday, January 8, 2022 2:25:59 PM Attachments:VID-20210730-WA0029.mp4 CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. From: Allan Seid, Lynne Faust Date: Thu, Jan 8, 2022 Subject: Fwd: [chbb850] Fwd: High Speed Railway by Country From:Aram James To:chuck jagoda Cc:Palo Alto Free Press; citycouncil@mountainview.gov; Council, City; Human Relations Commission; Jay Boyarsky; Sajid Khan; Jeff Rosen; Planning Commission; Winter Dellenbach; Joe Simitian; Tanaka, Greg; Kou, Lydia Subject:Re: Why Palo Alto needs a well resourced and monitored Tent City until it creates the low income housing quota the Santa Clara Grand Jury says Palo Alto is resisting Date:Saturday, January 8, 2022 2:00:21 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Hi Chuck, Excellent piece! Any monitoring, and I didn’t make this clear, would be by case managers assisting the unhoused into programs to move folks from tents to permanent housing and into living wage jobs. In addition to hiring case workers to assist in monitoring the tenant city for any health and safety issues, and providing job program assistance, and living wage jobs, hiring members of the tent villages to perform these same functions would be a big priority. aram On Jan 8, 2022, at 9:29 AM, chuck jagoda <chuckjagoda1@gmail.com> wrote:  "Monitored"? Did you say "Monitored"? I assume you mean monitored by police or police stand ins to make it safe and convenient for police to come work out their violent needs on the heads of the needy. Police prove continuously their need to attack, main, and kill unarmed, unprotected, unwhite members of the community. It only costs the taxpayers of Palo Alto about $135,000 a bloody workout. Which IS more expensive than a gym membership but maintains white supremacy, the power of might over right, and establish the police rights to instant violence anytime they feel like it. I agree with Mr. James. He's 100% correct. We need some well maintained tent cities rather than trying to sweep the victims of the wealthy of this bountiful land off the streets. Whether it's Cupertino, Palo Alto, or San Jose, there's one thing the municipalities of the Bay Area agree on. It's the sovereign right to remove homeless shelters for any or no reason without hardly any thought or action to replace the lost housing for the poor people. That's just one of the ways the cities are creators of their own residents' homelessness. Just like US support of Latin American dictators who abuse their people cause the immigration problems we then have to deal with. And just like taking all this beautiful land from the Indian nations who'd cared for it for millenia encouraged the great American party of Whites Firsters to the point where we (our corporations and their police) attack the water and land defenders who stand in the way of further erosion and weakening of our vital needs (clean land and water). The police need therapy BEFORE they commit more atrocities. We think we're getting protection by the police against danger. Actually, we are paying the police for danger FROM the police. And don't be fooled by the rhetoric. There is NO monitoring of police and their unbridled violent attacks on defenseless residence: before, after, or during those attacks. The truth is we are completely at the mercy of "The Fuse" and other hero- violent cops. There is no active structure or procedure for monitoring cops. They won't work under those conditions-- not without their clubs and other weaponry and the right to use them at any time they are frightened, challenged, or emotionally upset. Chuck Jagoda, son a NYState policeman On Fri, Jan 7, 2022 at 9:57 PM Aram James <abjpd1@gmail.com> wrote: https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/12/17/grand-jury-praises-mountain-view- rips-palo-alto-for-their-affordable-housing-efforts/amp/ Sent from my iPhone -- Chuck From:Kocher, Bob To:Planning Commission Cc:Architectural Review Board; Council, City Subject:Support for Castilleja"s project Date:Saturday, January 8, 2022 10:45:00 AM Some people who received this message don't often get email from bkocher@venrock.com. Learn why this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear PTC Commissioners, I am a near neighbor of Palo Alto and I am sure that among the FIVE (yes, count them, five) different parking designs that Castilleja has offered you, there is at least one that solves all of the concerns that have been voiced by only a very small number of opponents. • SAVE TREES All of the new designs preserve the trees that had been at issue in the previous designs. • REDUCE SQUARE FOOTAGE Again all of these new designs reduce square footage. • NO NEW TRIPS This was true before and it remains true now, despite the efforts that a small handful of opponents have made to insist otherwise. Car trips are capped. It’s a non-issue • COMPROMISE This is it. The school has offered five different options and now you, as leaders, can lead by deciding on your priorities for the city and making a choice. As a near neighbor to the school I urge you to support the option that maximizes underground parking. First of all, this improves traffic patterns, aesthetics, and quality of life for everyone without harming trees. But even more important, it allows the school to self-park its project without adding more surface parking to my neighborhood. I am grateful to Castilleja for providing this responsible and appealing option as an investment in and gift to the neighborhood. Why not park as many cars below ground when there are no negative impacts? The school is again presenting architectural designs that are an improvement for my residential neighborhood; you know as well as I that the goalposts of this project have shifted over several years. I know you recommended approval last year, and now again, I hope you will approve the updated, elegant, and compliant plans. Respectfully, Bob Kocher - Neighbor, Emerson Street –––––––––––––––––– Bob Kocher MD Venrock @bobkocher | Insights From:chuck jagoda To:Aram James Cc:Palo Alto Free Press; citycouncil@mountainview.gov; Council, City; Human Relations Commission; Jay Boyarsky; Sajid Khan; Jeff Rosen; Planning Commission; Winter Dellenbach; Joe Simitian; Tanaka, Greg; Kou, Lydia Subject:Re: Why Palo Alto needs a well resourced and monitored Tent City until it creates the low income housing quota the Santa Clara Grand Jury says Palo Alto is resisting Date:Saturday, January 8, 2022 9:29:48 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. "Monitored"? Did you say "Monitored"? I assume you mean monitored by police or police stand ins to make it safe and convenient for police to come work out their violent needs on the heads of the needy. Police prove continuously their need to attack, main, and kill unarmed, unprotected, unwhite members of the community. It only costs the taxpayers of Palo Alto about $135,000 a bloody workout. Which IS more expensive than a gym membership but maintains white supremacy, the power of might over right, and establish the police rights to instant violence anytime they feel like it. I agree with Mr. James. He's 100% correct. We need some well maintained tent cities rather than trying to sweep the victims of the wealthy of this bountiful land off the streets. Whether it's Cupertino, Palo Alto, or San Jose, there's one thing the municipalities of the Bay Area agree on. It's the sovereign right to remove homeless shelters for any or no reason without hardly any thought or action to replace the lost housing for the poor people. That's just one of the ways the cities are creators of their own residents' homelessness. Just like US support of Latin American dictators who abuse their people cause the immigration problems we then have to deal with. And just like taking all this beautiful land from the Indian nations who'd cared for it for millenia encouraged the great American party of Whites Firsters to the point where we (our corporations and their police) attack the water and land defenders who stand in the way of further erosion and weakening of our vital needs (clean land and water). The police need therapy BEFORE they commit more atrocities. We think we're getting protection by the police against danger. Actually, we are paying the police for danger FROM the police. And don't be fooled by the rhetoric. There is NO monitoring of police and their unbridled violent attacks on defenseless residence: before, after, or during those attacks. The truth is we are completely at the mercy of "The Fuse" and other hero-violent cops. There is no active structure or procedure for monitoring cops. They won't work under those conditions-- not without their clubs and other weaponry and the right to use them at any time they are frightened, challenged, or emotionally upset. Chuck Jagoda, son a NYState policeman On Fri, Jan 7, 2022 at 9:57 PM Aram James <abjpd1@gmail.com> wrote: https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/12/17/grand-jury-praises-mountain-view-rips-palo- alto-for-their-affordable-housing-efforts/amp/ Sent from my iPhone -- Chuck From:Dilma Coleman To:alfonso.lopez@ado.sccgov.org; OCPO@dallascityhall.com Cc:afg_evac@padilla.senate.gov; police@mountainview.gov Subject:Fwd: What is the difference between Defund Catholic Charities,Defund SJPD, Defund OaklandPD or something like arrest records for Tiger Woods...try again. Date:Saturday, January 8, 2022 12:07:37 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: Sat, Jan 8, 2022, 12:06 AM Subject: What is the difference between Defund Catholic Charities,Defund SJPD, Defund OaklandPD or something like arrest records for Tiger Woods...try again. To: <ajansen@pubdef.lacounty.gov>, <maf@fernichlaw.com> Cc: <mbriscoe@scdefenders.com>, <officeofthechief@torontopolice.on.ca> What is happening now? It's a madlibs thing for the media reporters their stories are so fake and a collaboration of truths yet exgerrating description of it. Dogma. Is it using a black 8ball ? Does it make sense how much does it make sense how much those clogged pipes those sewer pipes and it's obvious that Diva Lee aka Diva Loera trapped in the name Dilma Coleman isn't guilty of plaguerized journals or something like those recipes Ayesha uses were plaguerized and it's obvious that it's true whereas Dilma Coleman aka this n this says that stuff whereas Oprah Winfrey's (hidden songbooks Diva wrote that Singer Rhianna done used it) had storage units in Redwood City CA and everywhere else including Newman CA prior to the Arrest of Scott Peterson and it's obvious that it's true that they did the same to OJ Simpson's family members especially when they were aware of the way Ron Goldman had identical twin brother named Lyle Goldman as if California Governor Gavin Newsom had identical twin brother and as if Mark Davis has identical twin brother Clark as if Elon Musk has identical twin brother Reeves Musk and it's over there on repeat how these individuals twin siblings are being killed by those whom are doing the worst Cyber Forensics cyber attacks.. Who's an arsonist? LeRonne Armstrong. What led to that answer? A few situations that proceeded to occur in Palo Alto,CA near Park Blvd ...that Barron Park Neighborhood. best regards Diva Lee aka Diva Loera,Diva Jobs trapped in the name Dilma Coleman From:Loran Harding To:Loran Harding; antonia.tinoco@hsr.ca.gov; alumnipresident@stanford.edu; David Balakian; fred beyerlein; bballpod; Leodies Buchanan; boardmembers; beachrides; Cathy Lewis; Chris Field; Council, City; dennisbalakian; Dan Richard; Doug Vagim; Daniel Zack; esmeralda.soria@fresno.gov; eappel@stanford.edu; grinellelake@yahoo.com; Gabriel.Ramirez@fresno.gov; George.Rutherford@ucsf.edu; huidentalsanmateo; hennessy; Irv Weissman; jerry ruopoli; Joel Stiner; kwalsh@kmaxtv.com; kfsndesk; karkazianjewelers@gmail.com; lalws4@gmail.com; leager; Mayor; margaret-sasaki@live.com; mthibodeaux@electriclaboratories.com; Mark Standriff; merazroofinginc@att.net; newsdesk; news@fresnobee.com; nick yovino; david pomaville; russ@topperjewelers.com; Sally Thiessen; Steve Wayte; tsheehan; terry; VT3126782@gmail.com; vallesR1969@att.net Subject:Fwd: Dr. John Campbell for Wednesday, January 5, 2022. Date:Friday, January 7, 2022 11:59:32 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: Fri, Jan 7, 2022 at 8:53 PM Subject: Fwd: Dr. John Campbell for Wednesday, January 5, 2022. To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> Date: Fri, Jan 7, 2022 at 8:40 PM Subject: Fwd: Dr. John Campbell for Wednesday, January 5, 2022. To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> Date: Fri, Jan 7, 2022 at 7:42 PM Subject: Fwd: Dr. John Campbell for Wednesday, January 5, 2022. To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> Date: Fri, Jan 7, 2022 at 5:23 PM Subject: Fwd: Dr. John Campbell for Wednesday, January 5, 2022. To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> Date: Fri, Jan 7, 2022 at 5:18 PM Subject: Fwd: Dr. John Campbell for Wednesday, January 5, 2022. To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> Date: Thu, Jan 6, 2022 at 11:45 PM Subject: Fwd: Dr. John Campbell for Wednesday, January 5, 2022. To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> Date: Thu, Jan 6, 2022 at 11:37 PM Subject: Dr. John Campbell for Wednesday, January 5, 2022. To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> Friday, January 7, 2022 To all- Here is Dr. John Campbell for Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2022 and for Friday, Jan. 7, 2022: A whole lot less Dooms-day stuff than the evening network news in the US present as fact: They say we are all about to die, and he says that the pandemic will grow for the next two weeks and then will die down by the end of January and into February. It is on its last legs. Omicron is the best thing that could have happened to us at this point, he says.The US news networks say it is the end of the world. Omicron, as anticipated - YouTube A few items that jump out of this Jan. 5, 2022 vid by Dr. Campbell: Cases in the UK are now 96% Omicron. The US is 80% Omicron, and probably well into the 90 percents, he says. Hospitalizations in the US have been high and are increasing. The diet is often poor in the US among certain groups. For a big rich country like the US.... Lots of co- morbidities in the US- lots of obesity, untreated hypertension. Much of the pressure on hospitals is due to staff off sick. In the UK, cases are way up but not high levels of hospitalizations and deaths. At 8:54: Omicron is displacing Delta. He says it in English while looking right into the camera. That is happening everywhere- South Africa, UK, Europe, United States- quite promising, he says. At 9:45: We can't stop Omicron. Cases will keep on increasing for the next two weeks, then start down. As Omicron goes through the population, it is leaving huge amounts of herd immunity in its wake. "It's just great!". At 13:27: Deaths due to Covid week over week are down in the UK. He runs a vid by an MD in Australia. She says: In Sydney, NSW: They have the highest rate of new cases in the world, suddenly. Hospitalzations are up, but ICU use is low, with Delta and the unvaccinated there mainly . Seven day average: 3 deaths due to Omicron. Some predictions by her: Catching Omicron is inevitable. It spreads rapidly. We will get herd immunity. Omicron will go extinct from Australia soon. Dr. Campbell ends the vid with some conclusions of his own: Omicron becomes endemic? Yes, for the next few seasons. New variants? No. Wide-spread herd immunity? Yes. Does Omicron act as a polyvalent vaccine? Yes. Here he is for Friday, January 7, 2022: He says repeatedly that Omicron is displacing Delta and proves it with data: I could tease out quotes, but the message he gives here is that the pandemic is nearly over!! It will become endemic and life will get back to normal. In the meanwhile, get vaxed and boosted, wear a good mask, socially distance, avoid crowds of strangers, especially indoors, ventilate enclosed areas, wash hands often, keep hands away from nose and mouth, eat right, get good sleep. Dr. Campbell thinks vitamin D is important. For a shot of good news, watch this: Omicron growth for next two weeks - YouTube He presents an interesting possibility at the end here. Since Omicron is highly contagious and produces mild illness, maybe in future pandemics we could engineer a virus like that and innoculate people with it. Get it to displace a dangerous virus that is causing lots of disease. You million dollar per year money managers should keep selling like drunken sailors, but I think you will regret it at the end of 2022. Here is one to contemplate: Amazon got to $100 per share and then plunged, by ~2003 to $5 per share. So $1,000 then bought you 200 shares. AMZN closed at $3,251.08 on Friday, January 7, 2022, giving you $650,216.00 now. By the end of 2022 we will be largely rid of Covid. It will become endemic. The economy will surge as that happens. The Fed will knock down inflation with its three rate hikes. Infrastructure spending will kick in. The next Presidential race will begin a year from now, and the Dems will move heaven and earth to hang on. L. William Harding Fresno, Ca. From:Aram James To:paloaltofreepress@gmail.com; citycouncil@mountainview.gov; Council, City; Human Relations Commission; chuck jagoda; Jay Boyarsky; Sajid Khan; Jeff Rosen; Planning Commission; Winter Dellenbach; Joe Simitian; Tanaka, Greg; Kou, Lydia Subject:Why Palo Alto needs a well resourced and monitored Tent City until it creates the low income housing quota the Santa Clara Grand Jury says Palo Alto is resisting Date:Friday, January 7, 2022 9:58:04 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/12/17/grand-jury-praises-mountain-view-rips-palo-alto-for-their-affordable- housing-efforts/amp/ Sent from my iPhone From:Lian Bi To:Council, City; Architectural Review Board; Planning Commission Subject:Castilleja Project Date:Friday, January 7, 2022 8:53:34 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear PTC, I understand that you have continued assessing the Castilleja project, more than a year after you last reviewed it and recommended approval. I live close to the school and am anxious for the modernization to begin, so thank you for your renewed attention to the project. I think it’s the best version for our community. In particular, I appreciate that the school is putting forth several parking options for you to consider, so that an optimal solution can be recommended that best preserves trees, removes cars from our neighborhood streets, minimizes noise, and modernizes the very dated campus while offering an excellent all-girls education to more students AND reducing car trips. Specifically, I understand that the school is presenting an option for the pool that can better protect one of the trees, as well as different options for the below grade parking structure. Over the past several years, the school has made countless modifications to their plans in response to neighbor feedback as well as feedback from Council, the ARB, and PTC. I greatly appreciate their investment and effort in designing a campus that best meets our community’s needs. For the sake of our city and our children, I hope this latest round of revisions is the last. The goalposts for this project can not keep moving; please recognize the work that the school has done, including the latest options for your review. You have great choices before you; the decision should be easy. I hope that you will once again recommend approval of this project so that the divisive signs can come down, neighbors can again be friends, and construction can begin. With great appreciation, Lian Bi, 380 Coleridge Avenue From:nancytuck@aol.com To:Council, City; Architectural Review Board; Planning Commission Subject:Castilleja Proposal Date:Friday, January 7, 2022 4:38:46 PM Some people who received this message don't often get email from nancytuck@aol.com. Learnwhy this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Planning and Transportation Commissioners, Thank you once again for committing time to reviewing the Castilleja architectural plans. I am a neighbor on Melville Avenue and have actively advocated for the project’s approval for years. I certainly appreciate the time you have put into this. Now, I believe you need to make a final decision to support this project again for the second and last time. The project checks all the boxes and is better than it’s ever been. The current campus is old and dated, and the school is long overdue for an upgrade that other local and comparable schools have been granted. I understand the school is also presenting options for the new underground garage and swimming pool that will further protect trees. I appreciate their time, effort, and care in offering these alternatives. I would like to leave you with two key points of feedback regarding planning and transportation: 1. As a neighbor, I am grateful to Castilleja for all that it has done to reduce traffic. Have you come to school at drop off or pick up to see how smoothly it goes? The school does not deserve and should not be subject to car counting measures that are more stringent than those at Stanford. It is a disservice to compare the size of the two institutions; Castilleja is a small community, with minimal impacts, despite the outsized complaints from a few of my neighbors. I’m here on Melville without an agenda--other than supporting a school that is being a good neighbor. Please be reasonable. 2. I also would like to add my adamant support for the 69 car underground garage. To me, the Council’s direction to limit the capacity to 52 cars seems arbitrary. If the capacity is 69 cars, the school can fulfill the number of spots required by city code AND get more cars off our streets. This addition of 17 cars creates no additional traffic, nor does it affect any trees. This maximized capacity is wiser for all parties involved and should be recommended. Further, the stipulation of no new car trips is built in to the project’s approval process. Knowing this, what is holding up the approval process? Thank you, as always, for listening to constituent and neighbor feedback. I appreciate the time you’ve dedicated to this effort and our city at large. With gratitude, Nancy Tuck - 113 Melville Avenue, Palo Alto From:Kathy Burch To:Planning Commission Cc:Council, City; Architectural Review Board Subject:Support for Castilleja School Date:Friday, January 7, 2022 4:05:38 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Planning and Transportation Commissioners, I am grateful for the hard work you have already put into reviewing Castilleja School's project. And I thank you for recommending it for approval last year. This year, you have minor improvements to review, and excellent options to choose from in order to reach a compromise. It’s time for Castilleja to update its outdated campus and provide opportunities to more girls who seek an education at this nationally-recognized institution. One element of recent news to add to the conversation is Castilleja’s capacity to adapt its outstanding TDM program in response to the pandemic. Before the pandemic, many students who live north of campus rode Caltrain to school and were met by Castilleja’s electric shuttles to get to campus from the station. As school reopened when it became safe again, some students who had ridden the shuttles before chose not to continue to do so. Castilleja responded immediately, with two new bus routes picking students up near their homes, thereby preventing them from relying on smaller carpools or single-occupancy vehicles. Even as some students have become more comfortable riding Caltrain again, the bus routes are still running to make sure that daily trips remain low. Please put these questions of increased car trips to rest. The cap on car trips directly impacts whether Castilleja can gradually increase enrollment. This is built into the project’s approval process. Approve the project, and car trips will be capped. Simple. The school has outstanding TDM and will immediately make any changes necessary to keep car trips below the cap. What other institution or organization in Palo Alto has achieved reducing their daily car trips by 25–31% percent? Approve this project and highlight Castilleja for being a leader in reducing traffic. Thank you, Kathy Burch 777 Marion Avenue Palo Alto From:Arlene Goetze To:alysacouncil@sunnybale.ca.gov; dincouncil@sunnyvale.ca.gov; Lawrence A. Klein; Glenn Hendricks; glarsson2000@yahoo.com Subject:Kids die more from Vax then virus Date:Friday, January 7, 2022 4:02:08 PM Some people who received this message don't often get email from photowrite67@yahoo.com.Learn why this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. More Children Die From the COVID Shot Than From COVID Analysis by Dr. Joseph Mercola Fact Checked STORY AT-A-GLANCE According to Collette Martin, a practicing nurse who testied before a Louisiana Health and Welfare Committee hearing December 6, 2021, children are having “terrifying” reactions to the COVID shot, yet her concerns are simply dismissed - The average number of adverse event reports following vaccination for the past 10 years has been about 39,000 annually, with an average of 155 deaths. That’s for all available vaccines combined. The COVID jabs alone now account for 983,756 adverse event reports as of December 17, 2021, including 20,622 deaths — and this doesn’t include the underreporting factor, which we know is signicant Children are at risk for potentially lifelong health problems from the jab. Myocarditis (heart inammation) has emerged as one of the most common problems, especially among boys and young men Myocarditis is inversely correlated to age, so the risk gets higher the younger you are. The risk is also dose-dependent, with boys having a six fold greater risk of myocarditis following the second dose British data show deaths among teenagers have spiked since that age group became eligible for the COVID shots. Between the week ending June 26 and the week ending September 18, 2020, 148 deaths were reported among 15- to 19-year-olds. During those same weeks in 2021, 217 deaths occurred in that age group — an increase of 47% The video above features Collette Martin, a practicing nurse who testied before a Louisiana Health and Welfare Committee hearing December 6, 2021.1,2 Martin claims ■ I she and her colleagues have witnessed “terrifying” reactions to the COVID shots among children — including blood clots, heart attacks, encephalopathy and arrhythmias — yet their concerns are simply dismissed. Among elderly patients, she’s noticed an uptick in falls and acute onset of confusion “without any known ideology.” Coworkers are also experiencing side effects, such as vision and cardiovascular problems. Martin points out that few doctors or nurses are aware the U.S. Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System (VAERS) even exists, so injury reports are not being led. Hospitals also are not gathering data on COVID jab injuries in any other ways, so there’s no data to investigate even if you wanted to. According to Martin: “We are not just seeing severe acute [short term] reactions with this vaccine, but we have zero idea what any long-term reactions are. Cancers, autoimmune [disorders], infertility. We just don’t know. We are potentially sacricing our children for fear of MAYBE dying, getting sick of a virus — a virus with a 99% survival rate. As of now, we have more children that died from the COVID vaccine than COVID itself. And then, for the Health Department to come out and say the new variant [Omicron] has all the side effects of the vaccine reactions we’re currently seeing — it’s maddening, and I don’t understand why more people don’t see it. I think they do, but they fear speaking out and, even worse, being red ... Which side of history will you be on? I have to know that this madness will stop.” Martin also states she believes the hospital treatment protocol is killing COVID patients. Doctors agree that it’s “not working,” but that “it’s all we have.” But “that’s simply not true,” she says. “It’s just what the CDC will allow us to give.” What the VAERS Data Tell Us About COVID Jab Risks I recently interviewed Jessica Rose, Ph.D., a research fellow at the Institute for Pure and Applied Knowledge in Israel, about what the VAERS data tell us about the COVID jabs’ risks. As noted by Rose, the average number of adverse event reports following vaccination for the past 10 years has been about 39,000 annually, with an average of 155 deaths. That’s for all available vaccines combined. The COVID jabs alone now account for 983,756 adverse event reports as of December 17, 2021, including 20,622 deaths3 — and this doesn’t include the underreporting factor, which we know is signicant and likely ranges from ve to 40 times higher than reported. Most doctors and nurses don’t even know what VAERS is and even if they do, they chose not to report the incidents. You can’t even compare the COVID shots to other vaccines. They’re by far the most dangerous injections ever created, yet there doesn’t appear to be a cutoff for acceptable harm. No one within the CDC or Food and Drug Administration, which jointly run VAERS, has addressed these shocking numbers. Both agencies outrageously deny that a single death can be attributed to the COVID jabs, which is simply impossible. It’s not statistically plausible. The FDA and CDC are also ignoring standard data analyses that can shed light on causation. It’s known as the Bradford Hill criteria — a set of 10 criteria that need to be satised in order to show strong evidence of causal relationship. One of the most important of these criteria is temporality, because one thing has to come before the other, and the shorter the duration between two events, the higher the likelihood of a causative effect. Well, in the case of the COVID jabs, 50% of the deaths occur within 48 hours of injection. It’s simply not conceivable that 10,000 people died two days after their shot from something other than the shot. It cannot all be coincidence. Especially since so many of them are younger, with no underlying lethal conditions that threaten to take them out on any given day. A full 80% have died within one week of their jab, which is still incredibly close in terms of temporality.4 Children Risk Permanent Heart Damage Aside from the immediate risk of death, children are also at risk for potentially lifelong health problems from the jab. Myocarditis (heart inammation) has emerged as one of the most common problems, especially among boys and young men. In early September 2021, Tracy Beth Hoeg and colleagues posted an analysis5 of VAERS data on the preprint server medRxiv, showing that more than 86% of the children aged 12 to 17 who report symptoms of myocarditis were severe enough to require hospitalization. Cases of myocarditis explode after the second shot, Hoeg found, and disproportionally affect boys. A full 90% of post-jab myocarditis reports are males, and 85% of reports occurred after the second dose. According to Hoeg et. al.:6 “The estimated incidence of CAEs [cardiac adverse events] among boys aged 12-15 years following the second dose was 162 per million; the incidence among boys aged 16-17 years was 94 per million. The estimated incidence of CAEs among girls was 13 per million in both age groups.” No doubt, doctors are seeing an increase in myocarditis, but few are willing to talk about it. In a recent Substack post, Steve Kirsch writes:7 “I just read a comment on my private ‘healthcare providers only’ substack. An estimated100X elevation in rate of myocarditis, but nobody will learn of it since cardiologists aren’t going to speak out for fear of retribution. His comment was a private conversation he had with a pediatric cardiologist. The cardiologist is never going to say this in public, to the press, or have his name revealed since his rst duty is to his family (keeping his job). If a ‘fact checker’ called the cardiologist, he might either refuse to comment or say ‘I’m seeing somewhat more cases after the vaccine rolled out.’ Here’s the exact comment that was posted to the private substack: ‘Pre-jab, one or two cases per year of myocarditis. Now, half his waiting room. Tells parents they are ‘studying’ the causality. Refers them to infectious disease specialist for discussions on their other children. Admits he and about 50% of his colleagues know what’s going on but are too terried to speak out for fear of retaliation from hospitals and state licensing boards. Other 50% don’t want to know, don’t care and/or are reveling in the cognitive dissonance (like Dr. Harvey [Cohen] at Stanford) and/or letting loose their authoritarian demon. Good luck with these former colleagues of mine. The stench is overpowering.’ ... From 1 or 2 cases per year to ‘half his waiting room.’ I don’t know the size of his waiting room, but it’s at least two people since he said ‘half.’ So, the rate has increased by: 250 day per year open/1.5 avg cases per year=166X.” Myocarditis Is Not a Mild, Inconsequential Side Effect Together with Dr. Peter McCullough, in October 2021 Rose also submitted a paper8 on myocarditis cases in VAERS following the COVID jabs to the journal Current Problems in Cardiology. Everything was set for publication when, suddenly, the journal changed its mind and took it down. You can still nd the pre-proof on Rose’s website, though. The data clearly show that myocarditis is inversely correlated to age, so the risk gets higher the younger you are. The risk is also dose-dependent, with boys having a sixfold greater risk of myocarditis following the second dose. While our health authorities are shrugging off this risk saying cases are “mild,” that’s a frightening lie. The damage to the heart is typically permanent, and the three- to ve- year survival rate for myocarditis has historically ranged from 56% to 83%.9 Patients with acute fulminant myocarditis (characterized by severe left ventricular systolic dysfunction requiring drug therapy or mechanical circulatory support10) who survive the acute stage have a survival rate of 93% at 11 years, whereas those with acute nonfulminant myocarditis (left ventricular systolic dysfunction, but otherwise hemodynamically stable11) have a survival rate of just 45% at 11 years.12 This could mean that anywhere from 7% to 55% of the teens injured by these shots today might not survive into their late 20s or early 30s. Some might not even make it into their early 20s! How is this possibly an acceptable tradeoff for a virus you have practically zero risk of dying from as a child or adolescent? Excess Deaths Are Exploding, Including Among Teens Throughout the pandemic, the COVID jab was held out as the way back to normalcy. Yet, despite mass injections and boosters, excess deaths keep rising. For example, in the week ending November 12, 2021, the U.K. reported 2,047 more deaths13 than occurred during the same period between 2015 and 2019. COVID-19 cannot be entirely to blame, as it was listed on the death certicates for only 1,197 people. Even more telling is the fact that, since July 2021, non- COVID deaths in the U.K. have been higher than the weekly average in the ve years prior to the pandemic. Heart disease and strokes appear to be behind many of the excess deaths, and both are known side effects of the COVID jab. 14 In a November 28, 2021, Twitter post,Silicon Valley software engineer Ben M. (@USMortality) revealed that in the preceding 13 weeks, about 107,700 seniors died above the normal rate, despite a 98.7% vaccination rate. In another example, he used data from the CDC and census.gov to show excess deaths rising in Vermont even as the majority of adults have been injected.15 “Vermont had 71% of their entire population vaccinated by June 1, 2021,” he tweeted. “That’s 83% of their adult population, yet they are seeing the most excess deaths now since the pandemic!” Even more disturbing, British data show deaths among teenagers have spiked since that age group became eligible for the COVID shots.16 Between the week ending June 26 and the week ending September 18, 2020, 148 deaths were reported among 15- to 19-year- olds. Between the week ending June 25, 2021, and the week ending September 17, 2021, 217 deaths occurred in that age group. That’s an increase of 47%! “ Correlation does not equal causation, but it is extremely concerning to see that deaths have increased by 47% among teens over the age of 15, and COVID-19 deaths have also increased among this age group since they started receiving the COVID-19 vaccine,and”itisperhapsonecoincidencetoofar.~ The Exposé Deaths from COVID-19 also went up among 15- to 19-year-olds after the shots were rolled out for this age group. Signicant concerns have been raised about the possibility that COVID-19 vaccines could worsen COVID-19 disease via antibody-dependent enhancement (ADE).17 Is that what’s going on here? As reported by The Exposé, which conducted the investigation:18 “Correlation does not equal causation, but it is extremely concerning to see that deaths have increased by 47% among teens over the age of 15, and COVID-19 deaths have also increased among this age group since they started receiving the COVID-19 vaccine, and it is perhaps one coincidence too far.” Omicron Poses No Risk to Young People As noted in a recent analysis by Dr. Robert Malone,19 (who recently got banned from Twitter but can be found on Substack), the risk-benet ratio of the COVID shot is becoming even more inverted with the emergence of Omicron, as this variant produces far milder illness than previous variants, putting children at even lower risk of hospitalization or death from infection than they were before, and their risk was already negligible. Malone is currently spearheading the second Physicians Declaration20 by the International Alliance of Physicians and Medical Scientists, which has been signed by more than 16,000 doctors and scientists, stating that “healthy children shall not be subjected to forced vaccination” as their clinical risk from SARS-CoV-2 infection is negligible and long term safety of the shots cannot be determined prior to such policies being enacted. Not only are children at high risk for severe adverse events from the shots, but having healthy, unvaccinated children in the population is crucial to achieving herd immunity. Shots Double Risk of Acute Coronary Syndrome Researchers have also found Pzer and Moderna mRNA COVID-19 shots dramatically increase biomarkers associated with thrombosis, cardiomyopathy and other vascular events following injection.21 People who had received two doses of the mRNA jab more than doubled their ve-year risk of acute coronary syndrome (ACS), the researchers found, driving it from an average of 11% to 25%. ACS is an umbrella term that includes not only heart attacks, but also a range of other conditions involving abruptly reduced blood ow to your heart. In a November 21, 2021, tweet, cardiologist Dr. Aseem Malhotra wrote:22 “Extraordinary, disturbing, upsetting. We now have evidence of a plausible biological mechanism of how mRNA vaccine may be contributing to increased cardiac events. The abstract is published in the highest impact cardiology journal so we must take these ndings very seriously.” AMA Is A-OK With Sacricing Children Tragically, it’s not only the CDC and FDA that have been captured by the drug industry and who are sacricing public health, including the health of our children, in order to further the technocratic Great Reset agenda. Even the American Medical Association, which is supposed to lobby for physicians and medical students in the U.S. and promote medicine for the betterment of public health, has abandoned all semblance of ethics, transparency and honesty. In a mid-November 2021 article on the AMA’s website, “COVID-19 Vaccine for Kids: How We Know It’s Safe,”23 contributing news writer Tanya Albert Henry cites data straight from Pzer’s press release, and then goes on to claim we “know it’s safe” because “younger children see the same side effects as has been seen in adults and teens.” Based on the VAERS data, that should send shivers down parents’ backs. “The American Academy of Pediatrics is on board with vaccinating this age group, along with the American Academy of Family Physicians and the Pediatrics Infectious Diseases Society, said Dr. Fryhofer, chair-elect the AMA Board of Trustees,” Henry writes. “Dr. Fryhofer ... noted that myocarditis has been a rare occurrence after the second dose of the mRNA vaccines. ‘The observed risk is highest in young males age 12 to 29, but COVID infection can also cause myocarditis,’ she pointed out. ‘For adolescents and young adults, the risk of myocarditis caused by COVID infection is much higher than after mRNA vaccination.’” Really? Where did Fryhofer get that idea? I’ve not seen any data to back that up, and Henry doesn’t provide any. What Do the VAERS Data Show? Research published in 201724 calculated the background rate of myocarditis in children and youth, showing it occurs at a rate of four cases per million per year. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, as of 2020 there were 73.1 million people under the age of 18 in the U.S.25 That means the background rate for myocarditis in adolescents (18 and younger) would be about 292 cases per year. As of December 17, 2021, looking only at U.S. reports and excluding the international ones, VAERS had received:26 308 cases of myocarditis among 18- 252 cases among 17-year-olds year-olds 226 cases in 16-year-olds 256 cases in 15-year-olds 193 in 14-year-olds 132 in 13-year-olds 108 in 12-year-olds In total, that’s 1,475 cases of myocarditis in teens aged 18 and younger — ve times the background rate. And again, this does not take into account the underreporting rate, which has been calculated to be anywhere from ve to 40. Meanwhile, the CDC27 claims that, between March 2020 and January 2021, “the risk for myocarditis was 0.146% among patients diagnosed with COVID- 19,” compared to a background rate of 0.009% among patients who did not have a diagnosis of COVID-19. After adjusting for “patient and hospital characteristics,” COVID-19 patients between the ages of 16 and 39 were on average seven times more likely to develop myocarditis than those without COVID. That said, the CDC stressed that “Overall, myocarditis was uncommon” among all patients, COVID or not. What’s more, only 23.7% of myocarditis patients between the ages of 16 and 24 had a history of COVID-19, so a majority of the cases in that age group were not due to COVID. We’re also not talking about big numbers in terms of actual COVID infections. The weekly adolescent hospitalization rate peaked at 2.1 per 100,000 in early January 2021, declined to 0.6 per 100,000 in mid-March, and rose to 1.3 per 100,000 in April.28 Using that peak hospitalization rate of 2.1 per 100,000 (or 21 per million) in this age group, and assuming the risk for myocarditis is 0.146% among COVID-positive patients, we get a myocarditis-from-COVID rate among adolescents of 0.03 per million. That’s a far cry from the normal background rate of four cases per million, so the risk of getting myocarditis from SARS- CoV-2 infection is probably quite small. Now, assuming the COVID hospitalization rate for adolescents is 21 per million, and we have 73.1 million adolescents, we could expect there to be 1,535 hospitalizations for COVID in this age group in a year. If 0.146% of those 1,535 teens develop myocarditis, we could expect 2.2 cases of myocarditis to occur in this age group each year, among those who come down with COVID. In summary, based on CDC statistics, we could expect just over two teens to contract myocarditis from COVID-19 infection. Meanwhile, we have 1,475 cases reported following the COVID jab in just six months (shots for 12- to 17- year-olds were authorized July 30, 202129). Taking into account underreporting, the real number could be anywhere between 7,375 and 59,000 — again, in just six months! To estimate an annual rate, we’d have to double it, giving us anywhere from 14,750 to 118,000 cases of myocarditis. So, is it actually true that “For adolescents and young adults, the risk of myocarditis caused by COVID infection is much higher than after mRNA vaccination”? I doubt it. Can You Lessen the Damaging Effects? There is absolutely no medical rationale or justication for children and teens to get a COVID shot. It’s all risk and no gain. If for whatever reason your son or daughter has already received one or more jabs, and you hope to lessen their risk of cardiac and cardiovascular complications, there are a few basic strategies I would suggest implementing. Keep in mind these suggestions DO NOT supersede or cancel out any medical advice they may receive from their pediatrician. These are really only recommendations for when there are no adverse symptoms. If your child experiences any symptoms of a cardiac or cardiovascular problem, seek immediate medical attention. 1. First and foremost, do not give them another shot or booster. 2. Measure their vitamin D level and make sure they take enough vitamin D orally and/or get sensible sun exposure to make sure their level is between 60 ng/mL and 80 ng/ml (150 to 2000 nmol/l). 3. Eliminate all vegetable (seed) oils in their diet. This involves eliminating nearly all processed foods and most meals in restaurants unless you convince the chef to only cook with butter. Avoid any sauces or salad dressings as they are loaded with seed oils. Also avoid conventionally raised chicken and pork as they are very high in linoleic acid, the omega-6 fat that is far too high in nearly everyone and contributes to oxidative stress that causes heart disease. 4. Consider giving them around 500 milligrams per day of NAC, as it helps prevent blood clots and is a precursor for the important antioxidant glutathione. 5. Consider brinolytic enzymes that digest the brin that leads to blood clots, strokes and pulmonary embolisms. The dose is typically two to six capsules, twice a day, but must be taken on an empty stomach, either an hour before or two hours after a meal. Otherwise, the enzymes will merely act as a digestive enzyme rather than digesting brin. Sources and References 1 Louisiana Health and Welfare Committee Meeting December 6, 2021 2 Louisiana Government Archived Videos 2021 (see Health and Welfare) 3 OpenVAERS Data as of December 17, 2021 4 Dare to Seek the Truth Dr. Peter McCullough 5, 6 medRxiv September 8, 2021 DOI: 10.1101/2021.08.30.21262866 7 SteveKirsch.substack December 30, 2021 8 Journal Pre-proof, A Report on Myocarditis Adverse Events in the U.S. Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System (VAERS) in Association with [...] 9, 12 European Heart Journal September 2008; 29(17): 2073–2082 10, 11 Journal of the American College of Cardiology July 23, 2019; 74(3):299-311 13 Financial Times November 23, 2021 14 Twitter, Ben M. November 28, 2021 15 Twitter, Ben M. November 24, 2021 16, 18 The Exposé September 30, 2021 17 Int J Clin Pract. 2020 Oct 28 : e13795 19 RWMaloneMD.substack.com COVID Vaccine Safety in Children 20 Physicians Declaration by the International Alliance of Physicians and Medical Scientists 21 Circulation November 16, 2021; 144(Suppl_1) 22 Twitter Aseem Malhotra November 21, 2021 23 AMA November 15, 2021 24 Journal of the American Heart Association November 18, 2017; 6:e005306 25 Census.gov 2020 Statistics 26 OpenVAERS Myocarditis cases by age as of December 17, 2021 27, 28 CDC MMWR September 3, 2021; 70(35);1228–1232 29 CDC MMWR August 6, 2021; 70(31);1053-1058 From:Tina Kuan To:Planning Commission Cc:Council, City; Architectural Review Board Subject:Castilleja project Date:Friday, January 7, 2022 3:37:55 PM Some people who received this message don't often get email from tinakuan@gmail.com. Learn why this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Planning and Transportation Commissioners, Thank you for your service regarding the Castilleja project. It is a surprisingly contentious issue considering that both sides of this debate want the same thing: fewer cars in the neighborhood. Castilleja has done that in two ways: 1. By reducing daily trips to campus by 25–31% 2. By submitting plans to move street parking below ground. 3. By increasing shuttle options and adding bus routes. As far as reducing trips, the school will continue to do this after the CUP is approved because in order to enroll more students, daily trips cannot rise above current levels. This simple fact seems to get lost, and I think it is important to highlight. The good work the school has done on TDM will only become more comprehensive if it is granted the opportunity to do so. And as far as moving street parking below ground, you have five options before you. All of them move parking off neighborhood streets. All of them shift part of the drop off and pick up below ground. All of them reduce the overall size from the original proposal. All of them preserve trees. You can’t go wrong. Just select a plan and make a recommendation to City Council. Why continue to hold up the process when you’ve already approved the project before? It is well beyond time for this excellent project to be approved and move into the execution phase. Respectfully, Tina Kuan 2351 Emerson Street From:marcela millan To:Council, City; Architectural Review Board; Planning Commission Subject:Castilleja Date:Friday, January 7, 2022 2:37:59 PM Some people who received this message don't often get email from marmillan@yahoo.com. Learnwhy this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links.  Dear PTC, It’s clear that Castilleja’s Traffic Demand Management program (TDM) will be vital to their mitigating traffic once their enrollment grows. I just wanted to write to express a few points about their successful, and ever expanding TDM program. 1. As has been well documented, the school has been very successful executing TDM results to date, reducing traffic by ~ 30% in the neighborhood. 2. It can not be said enough times: the school will not be able to increase their enrollment if traffic increases. It seems that this requirement is not discussed enough. Opponents who worry about growth or “expansion” must remember that the school will not be able to grow unless they manage the car trips. Let me repeat that in other words: Castilleja will only be able to gradually add more students each year IF the car trips remain under their current number. It is in their best interest to invest in traffic reduction–something that the neighbors also heavily desire. 3. To illustrate the school’s agility and investment in TDM, they added new bus routes to school during the pandemic since families were uncomfortable putting students on trains. The goal of all of these shared rides is the same: keep cars and traffic from the neighborhood. Companies and other organizations in Palo Alto should all be instituting TDM measures, and Castilleja is proving to be a strong test case for successful mitigation. Going forward, it sounds like Castilleja will further expand their rideshare options, and I hope other businesses do the same. I appreciate your service, thank you. Marcela Millan 1094 Forest Avenue From:Jim Mimmack To:Council, City Cc:price@padailypost.com Subject:Pets In Need and Buddy Date:Friday, January 7, 2022 2:00:04 PM Some people who received this message don't often get email from mimmackjj@msn.com. Learn why this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Hey...W​e fed breakfast and dinner to a "neighborhood" cat for over a year and finally decided he needed the surgery as he was a proud TomCat. We called Pets In Need and they said bring him in at seven am and pick him up at three pm. We finally got Buddy into a carrying case and took him in. He was sterilized, got his shots, a flea treatment, id clipped, toenails clipped and an abscess on his right rear foot repaired. The staff was professional, friendly and helpful. And the cost was affordable, very affordable. We hope the City of Palo Alto can talk in an animal friendly manner with the new management at Pets In Need so the service we got will be available in the future in Palo Alto. We kept Buddy indoors during the cold and wet weather while he recovered. A month later he goes outdoors in the morning and returns mid-morning and sleeps the rest of the day. He is a beautiful brown tabby and a lovely pet. Thanks for listening. LaNell and Jim Mimmack and Buddy Palo Alto From:Rick Block To:Council, City Subject:NEM-3 Proposal Date:Friday, January 7, 2022 1:17:54 PM Some people who received this message don't often get email from rickblock@gmail.com. Learnwhy this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Members of Council, As I'm sure you are aware, the California Public Utilities Commission is considering a major proposal called NEM-3 for short, at its upcoming meeting on January 27. If adopted, this will have a major impact on the net cost of installing residential solar systems, in some cases making it uneconomical to install them. The proposal has two main aspects: significantly reducing the net energy metering credit and imposing a monthly charge for being connected to the grid. We are Palo Alto residents, and we entered into a contract for the installation of a rooftop solar system with battery storage in December, 2021. We anticipate installation by April, 2022. My questions: Does Palo Alto plan to adopt the NEM-3 rules for its residential solar customers? If so, would that include both the new net meeting formula and the monthly charge to be connected to the grid? How, if at all, would the new rates and charges affect those who contracted for solar prior to the adoption of the NEM-3? Thank you. Richard Block 292 N California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94301 216-401-8041 From:Mark Hoffberg To:Council, City; Eggleston, Brad; Luong, Christine; Abendschein, Jonathan; Debbie Mytels; Diane Bailey; Justine Burt; Bret Andersen; Hodge, Bruce; Sandra Slater; Tom Kabat; Steve ß Carol Eittreim Subject:Code Red For Humanity - What Municipalities Can Do, Jan 14th webinar Date:Friday, January 7, 2022 12:44:28 PM Some people who received this message don't often get email from mark.b.hoffberg@gmail.com.Learn why this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Palo Alto Council members, staff and friends, I hope you'll be able to hear these outstanding climate experts and politicians voice their concerns and share their strategies in this Code Red webinar. Please feel free to circulate this invitation to others who you think might be interested. Thanks. Best, Mark Here's the link to register: https://www.acterra.org/events/2022/1/14/code-red-for-humanity-what-municipalities-can-do Code Red for Humanity: What Municipalities Can Do Friday, January 14, 2022 12:00 PM 1:30 PM Google Calendar ICS Zoom webinar featuring presentations by experts and leaders on climate change and local policy who will address the implications of August’s “Code Red” warning from the IPCC, and how cities are emerging as our strongest hope for action. This is a must attend event for local elected officials, municipal staff and all members of the public interested in working toward effective responses to the climate crisis. Paul N Edwards is a Lead Author on the latest IPCC 6th Assessment Report, and Director of the Program on Science, Technology & Society at Stanford University, Dr. Edwards will translate the science for us and answer the question: how bad is it, really? Saul Griffith is an engineer, inventor, climate solutions expert, Build Back Better advisor, MacArthur Fellowship “Genius Grant” recipient, founder of Rewiring America, and Author of Electrify: an Optimist’s Playbook for Our Clean Energy Future. Dr Griffith will describe real-world technology solutions and why we should “electrify everything”. Veronika Vostinak is a Sustainability staff member for the City of Half Moon Bay and author of a first-in-the-nation policy that sunsets the delivery of natural gas in town by 2045. Ms. Vostinak will share just what it takes to pass policies that will get cities on • • • • • • track to meet their goals. Dr. Luis Aguirre-Torres is the Director of Sustainability for the City of Ithaca, NY. He is behind an ambitious plan to decarbonize all 6000 buildings in the city by 2030. His efforts combine climate justice with innovative financing and policy solutions to dramatically lower emissions while supporting green jobs. Josh Becker is California’s District 13 State Senator who ran for office on a platform of addressing climate change. He was a member of the California delegation at the Glasgow Climate Change Conference (COP26) in November, and serves as Vice Chair of the California Joint Legislative Committee on Climate Change. Senator Becker will explain the catalytic role cities play in advancing state and national climate policy. • • From:upcomingsales@friendspaloaltolib.org To:Council, City Subject:January Book Sale CANCELLED - Friends of the Palo Alto Library Date:Friday, January 7, 2022 7:46:26 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Visit our web site January 2022 Book Sale Cancelled The Board of Friends of the Palo Alto Library has been closely monitoring news of the coronavirus in order to do what may be prudent for the health of our volunteers and sale attendees. The Santa Clara County Public Health Department continues to recommend keeping group gatherings small and to be particularly cautious around elderly and immunocompromised individuals and that was in the days before the winter holidays when the Omicron variant was still somewhat new. The vast majority of FOPAL's volunteers are well over 50 and the same is probably true for our customers. The sale, especially on Saturday usually has a high concentration of people in very close proximity to each other. Therefore we have reluctantly decided to cancel our sale scheduled for January 8 and 9, which includes Main Room, Bargain Room, Children's Room and both later free nights. News from the Library, by E-mail and RSS By the time this newsletter goes out, the Library should be past its end-of-year holiday closings. You can read the Library's new-year news here. If you have ever given the Library your e-mail address, like this newsletter editor did when he signed up for a Palo Alto Library card, you have probably noticed that they are sending you one to a few e-mails per month since the start of the pandemic. If you haven't been getting these e-mails, and are curious, there's an archive of them here. The messages linked from the archive page have links to a subscription page. If you prefer this sort of thing in your RSS reader instead of your e-mail, you can get the RSS feed here. (This may open in your RSS reader instead of in your browser.) The City may also be sending you "Uplift Local" e-mails once a week or so. This week's mentions that the Library will be closing public access to the study rooms at Mitchell Park, Rinconada, and Downtown Libraries effective "tomorrow" which probably means January 7. That e-mail may be read here. The Pandemic Is Making Things Weird Yr hmbl newsletter editor is finding that the news of January's sale cancellation must get out before some other details beyond the sale dates are nailed down enough to publish. There will be another e-mail, likely this weekend and maybe even later Friday January 7. Sorry about that but I hope to have some better news in that one. -Frank McConnell Donations We have made it past Drop-off Donations 3.0 and have returned to accepting donations without the need to make an appointment. HOWEVER.... We had already planned to pause accepting donations until January 10 while we prepared for the cancelled sale. Please hold your donations until then. Please read our donation guidelines before you bring materials to us. All that said, our normal hours for drop-off donations are Monday through Saturday, 3pm- 5pm. (But not the week before the sale.) This notice comes to you from the non-profit organization Friends of the Palo Alto Library. No trees were felled in the making of this e-mail. Visit our web site. Become a member by joining online. Be sure to receive your own free copy of this e-mail notice so that you'll know about all special upcoming books sales. To sign up, just e-mail us. We carefully protect the privacy of your e-mail address. We will not share your e-mail address with any other organization and we will not use it for any purpose other than to send you these notices. If you do not wish to receive these e-mail notices in the future, please reply with the words "Remove Me" in the first line of the text. From:Meg Gilbuena To:Planning Commission Cc:Architectural Review Board; Council, City Subject:In Support of Castilleja Date:Thursday, January 6, 2022 11:21:46 PM Some people who received this message don't often get email from megangilbuena@gmail.com. Learn why this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. As a neighbor living on Churchill Ave, I want to affirm my support of Castilleja. Thank you for approving the very thorough and painstaking analysis in the Environmental Impact Report, which took years to research and produce, and found no significant impacts. Now I hope you will recommend this project for approval to the City Council for the second time. The lag in decision making over the years feels like a stalling tactic regarding a project that is ultimately about providing our children with knowledge and opportunities. Please listen to the copious voices who wish to see this project succeed. Schools should always be part of residential neighborhoods. They sustain the children who live in the homes there and are a promise for the future. Schools should not be driven out of residential zones. They should be encouraged to thrive. Every other school in Palo Alto has grown and modernized their campus in recent years. Why shouldn’t this very small all-girls school have the same opportunity? Castilleja has improved this project again and again, and now you have excellent options before you that allow a school to thrive quietly and sustainably in an area that was zoned as residential many years after the institution was established. Castilleja’s mission to educate girls for leadership is critical to support the broader societal movement to place more women in positions of leadership. With a budget of $3.5 million in Tuition Assistance to grant access to any deserving student, despite her family’s financial circumstances, Castilleja is actively working to rectify age-old disparities in access to education. Particularly important to me, Castilleja has a year-round program to support first generation college students as they prepare to take steps no one in their families has ever taken before. Supporting this should be a core value for our city. Palo Alto is a bellwether city, a community known for cutting a brave path into a better future. Castilleja is part of that effort, working to amplify young women’s voices. Please think of the positive impact beyond our own city, and do not let a small number of neighbors hinder broader societal advancements. Sincerely, Megan Gilbuena From:Yahoo Mail.® To:Honky Subject:A MUST GO VIRAL Planet Lockdown | Film Release January 15th! Trailers Released! Date:Thursday, January 6, 2022 9:50:00 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. This is what the VACCINES are ALL ABOUT THE PLANDEMIC IS ALL ABOUT CONTROL WE THE PEOPLE (OR BUST) FILM RELEASE January 15th MAKE A DONATION We are proud to announce the documentary PLANET LOCKDOWN will be released on January 15th in multiple languages. The final film will be premiered on a new partner site SOURCE, dedicated to bringing people quality news, legal resources and a forum to meet others. Details to follow before release. The film addresses three questions, for which we produced three trailers; HOW DID WE GET HERE? WHERE ARE WE? & WHERE IS THIS HEADED......? (to be released January 10th) This film has been a journey and we've learned a lot on the way. One thing we've learned is the importance to maintain balance. This film and the interview series is an educational tool to bring people up to speed on the gravity of the situation and that something very wrong is going on. The film walks the viewer through high-level thought provoking interviews with a unique style and realism not found anywhere else. We are continuing the fight with more interviews and partnering with the site SOURCE to help provide more resources for people to stay up to date and not waste time on endless videos scaring us down endless rabbit holes. Our basic human rights are under attack and this is the issue. At SOURCE is site where you'll be able to spend 10 minutes a day seeing reliable news with traditional journalistic integrity, find legal and scientific resources to defend yourself, watch interviews and meet others who are getting free. It's time to resist, not comply and get on with our lives. We will live through this and be stronger from it. This nonsense it trying to consume us, but we won't let it and will grow from it. Now it is up to us to not comply, have empathy with others no matter where they are at in waking up. and maintain the integrity and balance needed Please donate to help fund additional foreign languages and fund the ongoing interviews. Your patronage is important to produce this these interviews that serve as educational tools of understanding. Thank you all! MAKE A DONATION _______________________________________________________________ JOIN OUR TELEGRAM CHANNEL FOR DAILY NEWS AND UPDATES Please donate to continue the interview series. We release all of these valuable interviews to the public for free. The film as well will be released for free for all the world to see and share. Anyone is able to download them, edit them and share them with the public in any way they see fit. This is truly an open source project to educate the public in this insane time we find ourselves thrust into. The designs on this world need to be brought to light and the culprits brought to justice. People are waking up to the shear absurdity of it all and this film and interview series has done a lot and will continue to do a lot to wake people up. We cannot let the mainstream media and government tyrants overwhelm our better senses. These interviews help educate the public to understand what is happening. Please join the cause and make a donation using credit or debit card or crypto. 0 Telegram MAKE A DONATION Thank you so much for being a part of this movement. The people have always had the power. It is time we claim it and hold those responsible for this accountable. Join us! Watch Interviews -- This message was sent to honkystar@yahoo.com by newsletter@planetlockdownfilm.com. To forward this message, please do not use the forward button of your email application, because this message was made specifically for you only. Instead use the forward page in our newsletter system. To change your details and to choose which lists to be subscribed to, visit your personal preferences page. Or you can opt-out completely from all future mailings. powered by phpList Q LBRY 0 0 rumble Telegram From:Yahoo Mail.® To:Honky Subject:A MUST GO VIRAL Planet Lockdown | Film Release January 15th! Trailers Released! Date:Thursday, January 6, 2022 9:46:48 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. This is what the VACCINES are ALL ABOUT THE PLANDEMIC IS ALL ABOUT CONTROL WE THE PEOPLE (OR BUST) FILM RELEASE January 15th MAKE A DONATION We are proud to announce the documentary PLANET LOCKDOWN will be released on January 15th in multiple languages. The final film will be premiered on a new partner site SOURCE, dedicated to bringing people quality news, legal resources and a forum to meet others. Details to follow before release. The film addresses three questions, for which we produced three trailers; HOW DID WE GET HERE? WHERE ARE WE? & WHERE IS THIS HEADED......? (to be released January 10th) This film has been a journey and we've learned a lot on the way. One thing we've learned is the importance to maintain balance. This film and the interview series is an educational tool to bring people up to speed on the gravity of the situation and that something very wrong is going on. The film walks the viewer through high-level thought provoking interviews with a unique style and realism not found anywhere else. We are continuing the fight with more interviews and partnering with the site SOURCE to help provide more resources for people to stay up to date and not waste time on endless videos scaring us down endless rabbit holes. Our basic human rights are under attack and this is the issue. At SOURCE is site where you'll be able to spend 10 minutes a day seeing reliable news with traditional journalistic integrity, find legal and scientific resources to defend yourself, watch interviews and meet others who are getting free. It's time to resist, not comply and get on with our lives. We will live through this and be stronger from it. This nonsense it trying to consume us, but we won't let it and will grow from it. Now it is up to us to not comply, have empathy with others no matter where they are at in waking up. and maintain the integrity and balance needed Please donate to help fund additional foreign languages and fund the ongoing interviews. Your patronage is important to produce this these interviews that serve as educational tools of understanding. Thank you all! MAKE A DONATION _______________________________________________________________ JOIN OUR TELEGRAM CHANNEL FOR DAILY NEWS AND UPDATES Please donate to continue the interview series. We release all of these valuable interviews to the public for free. The film as well will be released for free for all the world to see and share. Anyone is able to download them, edit them and share them with the public in any way they see fit. This is truly an open source project to educate the public in this insane time we find ourselves thrust into. The designs on this world need to be brought to light and the culprits brought to justice. People are waking up to the shear absurdity of it all and this film and interview series has done a lot and will continue to do a lot to wake people up. We cannot let the mainstream media and government tyrants overwhelm our better senses. These interviews help educate the public to understand what is happening. Please join the cause and make a donation using credit or debit card or crypto. 0 Telegram MAKE A DONATION Thank you so much for being a part of this movement. The people have always had the power. It is time we claim it and hold those responsible for this accountable. Join us! Watch Interviews -- This message was sent to honkystar@yahoo.com by newsletter@planetlockdownfilm.com. To forward this message, please do not use the forward button of your email application, because this message was made specifically for you only. Instead use the forward page in our newsletter system. To change your details and to choose which lists to be subscribed to, visit your personal preferences page. Or you can opt-out completely from all future mailings. powered by phpList Q LBRY 0 0 rumble Telegram From:Tran, Joanna To:Council, City Cc:Executive Leadership Team; ORG - Clerk"s Office Subject:Late Consent Questions for Jan 10 Council Meeting Date:Thursday, January 6, 2022 8:36:06 PM Attachments:image001.png image002.png image003.png image004.png image006.png image007.png image008.png Dear Mayor and Councilmembers, Due to the late packet, we will be accepting late consent questions for the Monday, January 10th Council Meeting. Staff will do our best to respond to the questions on Monday. Have a great weekend! Thank you, Joanna Joanna Tran Executive Assistant to the City Manager Office of the City Manager (650) 329-2105 | joanna.tran@cityofpaloalto.org www.cityofpaloalto.org Please dick here to provide fe-edhack 011 our City's s,ervices From:Trisha Suvari To:Planning Commission Cc:Architectural Review Board; Council, City Subject:Castilleja Project Date:Thursday, January 6, 2022 7:10:27 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Planning and Transportation Commission, The Castilleja project, which you have already voted to support, is before your commission again. I hope that once again, you will support this latest design and demonstrate responsible decision-making that supports our community’s schools. Unlike its neighboring schools, Castilleja is the only educational institution that has not had the opportunity to renovate its teaching and learning spaces. The school is in desperate need of modernization, and I think they’ve done an excellent job revising, and revising again, to incorporate the constructive feedback they’ve received. The only area of concern you raised last time was over the garage. Now they have offered five different options that all reduce the size, preserve trees, reroute cars from the neighborhood, and move parked cars below ground. All I see are benefits; what is holding up the process from allowing the school to move forward and provide updated buildings to its students and our community? During your hearings last year, there was a lengthy conversation about whether the limits and restrictions that were being placed on Castilleja were at all consistent with the treatment other schools and nonprofits receive in Palo Alto and other nearby towns. I think that after these changes that the school has offered in compromise, that question will loom even larger unless city leaders like you find a reasonable path forward. I am a voter in Palo Alto and I hope you will represent me and the many others like me rather than a small number of neighbors who cannot and will not compromise. This project will improve traffic and parking, bring no new cars, and blend beautifully into the mix of homes on Bryant, Kellogg, and Emerson. More importantly, it provides the space to educate more young women so that those families seeking all-girls education can attain it for their daughters. All education, including single-sex, is a public benefit. In a city that lauds education, innovation, and knowledge, why are we facing so many obstacles in supporting an institution whose mission aligns with Palo Alto’s forward-thinking values? Thank you for your time. Best, Trisha Suvari 1413 Dana Ave. From:Ann Protter To:Council, City; bart.hechtman@cityofpaloalto.org; barton.hechtman@cityofpaloalto.org Subject:Cell Towers Date:Thursday, January 6, 2022 6:20:56 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear City Council and Mr Hechtman, As noticed on the Matteoni, O'Laughlin & Hechtman website (https://www.matteoni.com/) it appears that Mr Hechtman is both a partner in a law firm which may represent clients wishing to install cell towers and is the chair of the PTC which is considering revisions to Palo Alto's wireless ordinance. Isn't that a conflict of interest? Shouldn't he recuse himself? If he won't, shouldn't he be forced to do so? Ann Protter From:Alice Holmes To:Clerk, City; Council, City Subject:Wireless Ordinance Date:Thursday, January 6, 2022 5:28:10 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear City Council Members: The Planning & Transportation Commission’s (PTC’s) consideration of revisions to Palo Alto’s wireless ordinance, which had been scheduled for December 15th, is now scheduled to take place next Wednesday, January 12th. I am concerned about the following: The Chair of the PTC, Bart Hechtman, continues to refuse to recuse himself from consideration of cell tower-related matters that come before the Commission. FYI - Mr. Hechtman and the five-lawyer firm in which he is a partner— Matteoni, O’Laughlin & Hechtman—specialize in obtaining permits for cell towers from municipalities. There is no ambiguity on this point. Please refer to his firm’s website (view www.matteoni.com) to view a screenshot documenting that one of the firm’s areas of specialization is cell tower permitting. In other words, Mr. Hechtman and his partners earn their livings advocating for telecommunications companies seeking to do exactly what the City of Palo Alto is trying to constrain. How can Mr. Hechtman possibly represent the interests of Palo Altans when his firm represents companies in the telecom industry? Ask yourself, how many telecom clients could Matteoni, O’Laughlin & Hechtman hope to attract if Mr. Hechtman were to side with residents on any point Verizon opposes? It is disgraceful that PTC Chair Hechtman—despite objections, and despite the concerns that, as we understand it, multiple members of City Council have raised with him—it is disgraceful that he has refused to acknowledge his serious conflict of interest, and disgraceful that he continues to refuse to recuse himself from the consideration of wireless-related matters that come before the Commission. Is the City Council aware of this conflict and this issue? As a citizen of Palo Alto who is concerned about the cell tower issues, I would ask you to follow up with the PTC and ensure that Mr. Hechtman is not allowed to vote on this issue and that he properly recuses himself. Thank you. Alice Holmes From:Alan - To:Council, City Subject:Task Rabbit Date:Thursday, January 6, 2022 5:05:55 PM Some people who received this message don't often get email from alanmartinez352@gmail.com.Learn why this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Hello, My name is Alan and wanted to know which application I need to file in order to be an independent contractor under Task Rabbit. I saw on Task Rabbit website that I needed a business license, now, does this mean I will only be able to do tasks in palo alto? I live in east palo alto. Hope to hear soon, Alan From:pennyellson12@gmail.com To:Council, City Subject:Vision Zero Success Story: Fremont, California Date:Thursday, January 6, 2022 1:48:29 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. This article is worth reading. Traffic fatalities across the US rose in 2020 but not in Fremont. What did the city do differently? https://www.westerncity.com/article/traffic-fatalities-across-us-rose-2020-not-fremont-what-did- city-do-differently Virus-free. www.avg.com From:Allan Seid To:Channing House Bulletin Board Subject:Fwd: One of five 2022 quarters! Date:Thursday, January 6, 2022 10:01:00 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. FROM: Allan Seid, Barbara Bowden. Anna May Wong Anna May Wong quarter The U.S. Mint is honoring actress Anna May Wong with a quarter. U.S. Mint The final quarter as part of this year's series features Anna May Wong, considered the first Chinese American film star in Hollywood. Wong appeared in more than 60 movies, including one of the first films made in Technicolor, achieving international recognition. In 1951, she was also the first Asian American to lead a U.S. television show. Over the next four years, the mint will continue to meet with partners to decide on potential honorees. There are several more steps to finalize the recommendations before they are sent to the Treasury Secretary for approval. The legislation creating the program in commemoration of the 19th Amendment giving women the right to vote was introduced by Congresswoman Barbara Lee of California in 2019 and passed in 2020. It was signed into law in January 2021. While each of the five quarters this year will honor a prominent American woman, the "heads" sides of the coins will continue to feature the portrait of President George Washington. Barbara Bowden barbara@1035b.com View this email in your browser LWVPA Community Event HOUSING FOR ALL – HOW? A community conversation on housing in Palo Alto Wednesday, January 26, 2022 From:LWV Palo Alto (Eblast) To:Council, City Subject:Housing for All - How? A Community Conversation on Housing in Palo Alto on Wednesday, January 26 Date:Thursday, January 6, 2022 9:23:34 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious ofopening attachments and clicking on links. LEAGUE OF -WOMEN VOTERS OF PALO ALTO o o e 7 pm - 8:30 pm on Zoom MODERATOR John Barton, Director of Stanford’s Architectural Design Program, former Palo Alto City Council member, former Palo Alto Unified school board member, and founding member of the Community Working Group that built the Palo Alto Opportunity Center. Palo Alto has an opportunity to become a better, more affordable and more livable community for residents of a wide range of income levels, and in ways that meet what the state has set as housing goals to reduce overcrowding and greenhouse gas emissions. But how can we do this? We have been struggling with this challenge for years. Participants will learn about and discuss the options. After hearing about community members impacted by housing costs, we will discuss what we could do to increase our housing stock and help renters and future owners. We will also hear from housing experts who will describe what neighboring communities are doing to meet their housing targets. Breakout group discussions will follow. There, participants will express their thoughts about the best ways forward. Though the program is focused on Palo Alto, people from neighboring communities are warmly invited to participate. Please join us for this lively discussion! Cosponsored by Alta Housing, Palo Alto Forward, Palo Alto Community Fund, and League of Women Voters Santa Clara County Council After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. Please share with others who may be interested. Register Now LWVPaloAlto.org Facebook Twitter YouTube LinkedIn Email Copyright © 2022 League of Women Voters Palo Alto, All rights reserved. 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Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ This should've gone to trial the plaintiffs attorney just looking for a quick buck..... Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 5, 2022, at 5:56 PM, Aram James <abjpd1@gmail.com> wrote: > >  > https://padailypost.com/2022/01/05/city-pays-135000-to-settle-police-dog-attack-lawsuit/ > > > Sent from my iPhone From:Allan Seid To:Channing House Bulletin Board; CHOpinion CHOpinion Subject:Fwd: Jim Toy: pioneering leader in LGBTQ rights Date:Thursday, January 6, 2022 5:44:02 AM Attachments:Activists and historians remember Jim Toy as a pioneering leader in LGBTQ rights PBS NewsHour.pdf CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. From: Alla Seid, Dirk Bennett Date: Wed, Jan 5, 2022 at 8:00 PM Subject: Jim Toy: pioneering leader in LGBTQ rights ANOTHER GREAT ASIAN AMERICAN HERO TO CELEBRATE, REMEMBER AND EMULATE ! Allan https://www.pbs.org/newshour/education/activists-and-historians-remember-jim-toy-as-a- pioneering-leader-in-lgbtq-rights Activists and historians remember Jim Toy as a pioneering leader in LGBTQ rights Jan 5, 2022 5:21 PM EST Narratives around queer history are often told from the perspective of major coastal centers of queer activism, such as the Stonewall Riots in New York City or the openly gay Harvey Milk running for office in San Francisco. But activists and historians across the country this week are mourning leader Jim Toy, widely believed to be the first person in Michigan to publicly come out as gay, who died Jan. 1 at the age of 91. Toy is remembered as a pioneer who spent his life advocating for LGBTQ people and working for human and civil rights for everyone, though he did not enter the national consciousness as deeply as other wider-known queer activists such as Milk, Marsha P. Johnson or Bayard Rustin. “Jim Toy’s life is a reminder that LGBT history and LGBT civil rights were also made here in the Midwest, and that Asian Americans and other people of color were a critical part of that movement,” Ian Shin, a University of Michigan assistant professor of history and American culture, told the PBS NewsHour. Toy was known across the country as a leading Asian American advocate for the LGBTQ community for more than 50 years, working at the community, collegiate, state, and national levels. READ MORE: The Census Bureau’s first ever data on LGBTQ+ people indicates deep disparities Toy’s legacy “is the courage he helped so many of us find within ourselves through his support, encouragement, and belief that we each deserved all of what we wanted for ourselves in this life,” Will Sherry, director of the University of Michigan Spectrum Center, told the NewsHour. Toy’s role as community elder is also important. “It means so much to have elders in queer community. To have people you can see yourself in, who believe in your value and worth and the possibilities for your future that you sometimes cannot see for yourself,” Sherry said. “He represents the opportunity we all have to create space for others to live into who they are. He represents possibility.” Education PBSO NEWS HOUR Toy was born in New York in 1930 to a Chinese American father and a Scottish Irish American mother. His mother died when he was born, so his father moved them to live with his maternal grandparents in Granville, Ohio, a small village in the central part of the state. Toy’s father later remarried. Toy recalled that they were one of only three families of color in the village, which at the time had a population of about 1,200. During World War II, when anti-Japanese sentiment was at its highest, his white stepmother sent him to middle school with a cardboard sign around his neck that read, “I AM NOT A JAP.” Michigan pioneering LGBTQ activist Jim Toy as a young man. Courtesy of Jim Toy. But aside from that, Toy would recount in his adult years, there was little discussion of race, and none of sexual orientation, while he was growing up. He said that he did not even know what the words homosexual or gay meant until someone told him years later that he was gay, which he denied for some time longer. READ MORE: ‘About time’: LGBTQ Olympic athletes unleash a rainbow wave “My ‘identity’ is a tapestry of many threads — race and ethnicity, color, class, gender identity, sexual orientation, ability/disability, appearance, age, religious belief, political belief,” Toy said in a 2015 interview with NBC Asian America. “If one of the threads is plucked, the whole fabric is bound to move. Anyone struggling to consolidate and manifest any thread of their identity may find help from allies — and possibly from counseling or therapy.” An early leader in LGBTQ activism While living in Ann Arbor and working as a church music director in 1970, he said he saw a notice for a “gay meeting” at St. Joseph Episcopal Church in Detroit, an integrated Episcopal church in Detroit which also supported the Vietnam War draft-resistance movement and was the site of the Freedom School in the 1960s. He said although he was afraid that if he went to the meeting, that would mean that he was actually gay, he went and became a founding member of the Detroit Gay Liberation Movement (DGLM). A few months later, he co-founded of the Ann Arbor Gay Liberation Front (AAGLF). Toy was also a conscientious objector during the Vietnam War. On April 15, 1970, the DGLM participated at an anti-Vietnam war rally at Kennedy Square in Detroit. The person that was supposed to speak on behalf of the group suddenly changed his mind, and at the last minute, Toy stepped up. He said he had never spoken in public before, but he scribbled some notes on a notepad, and he introduced himself with his name, his age, and said that he was gay. The rally was covered by local media, and it is widely believed that Toy is the first person in the state of Michigan to publicly come out as gay. “Like many Asian Americans of his generation, the racism as well as the homophobia that Jim faced led him to protest injustice and oppression not only here in the United States, but also overseas,” Shin said. “His life is an inspiring example of how all these issues intersect, and how our activism can also.” READ MORE: Study finds more racial diversity in LGBTQ film characters In 1971, pressured by the AAGLF, the University of Michigan created the Human Sexuality Office, the first staffed university office in the country – and, as Toy was known to say, “likely the world” — to address sexual-orientation concerns. There, he served as co-coordinator together with Cynthia Gair and as gay male advocate from 1971 to 1994. The office was later renamed the Spectrum Center, which recently celebrated its 50th anniversary, and currently works for the concerns of transgender, bisexual, lesbian, gay, and queer students and allies. “Jim’s legacy is deep within LGBTQIA+ higher education,” Sherry told the NewsHour. “Jim anchored the work of our office in support and advocacy. He sought to support and help those who were struggling while at the same time hold accountable the institutions and structures that perpetuate harm. He worked to change the world we live in, to make it better, and he did that through his actions each day.” While working at the Spectrum Center, Toy also completed a master’s degree in social work at the University of Michigan. Sherry, who attended the School of Social Work decades later, appreciated Toy’s dual roles as both community leader and social worker. “He taught me how to center my values and ethics within myself and to live those out all the places that I go,” Sherry said. Toy’s impact in Michigan Toy also fought a 21-year battle with the University of Michigan Regents to amend its bylaws to include non-discrimination due to sexual orientation. He worked with the Michigan House of Representatives to try to expand Michigan’s Elliott-Larsen Act to include sexual orientation, gender identity and expression as protected classes. He co-authored the city of Ann Arbor’s first “Lesbian-Gay Pride Week Proclamation, believed to be one of the first issued by any governing body in the U.S., and he co-authored the city’s non-discrimination policy in regard to sexual orientation and gender identity and expression. He founded and served on many HIV/AIDS organizations and task forces. A University of Michigan library is named in his honor, a community resource center is named in his honor, and the city of Ann Arbor named April 29 — “Jim Toy Day.” “The legacy of Jim Toy’s work has been one centered on inclusion. He was passionate about visibility, community, and advocacy.” Joe Halsch, president of the Jim Toy Community Center, told the NewsHour. WATCH MORE: House votes to expand legal safeguards for LGBTQ people Toy often said he preferred to use the term “TBLGQI” instead of the more commonly used “LGBTQIA” in order to invert the power relationships and to prioritize transgender and bisexual people, whom he said are at the greatest risk of harassment, discrimination, and assault. He said that in the 1970s, it took a decade to convince many groups to list lesbian before gay as in LG instead of GL which he saw as sexist. Roland Hwang, a lecturer at University of Michigan who helped nominate Toy for an honorary doctorate, which Toy received in 2021, noted that despite his many accolades and recognitions, “Jim always, year after year, made time to come to the classroom to talk about his humble childhood in Ohio, about gender and its Michigan LGBTQ pioneer Jim Toy cutting the ribbon at the opening of the University of Michigan Jim Toy Library. Courtesy of the Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan. meaning, and his views for effective advocacy.” Ron Aramaki, another University of Michigan lecturer, told the NewsHour that Toy was an agent of change as well as a Renaissance person. “He was a musician, a natural leader, a speaker of truth, a powerful force for social change, and a good friend for many years.” Jim Toy speaking on a panel for the U-M Lesbian Gay Male Bisexual Programs Office (now Spectrum Center). Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan. Michigan pioneering LGBTQ activist Jim Toy at the 2014 Ann Arbor Fourth of July Parade. Toy died Jan. 1, 2022, at 91 years of age. Courtesy of Jim Toy Community Center. After Toy’s death was announced, leaders and organizations across the state of Michigan shared condolences and remembrances, including Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, Attorney General Dana Nessel, U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell, State Sen. Jeff Irwin, University of Michigan President Mark Schlissel, the Michigan Department of Civil Rights, and more. On Monday, the Ann Arbor City Council dedicated a moment of silence to him. In a series of tweets, Dingell wrote that Toy was a champion for equality, a trailblazer for LGBTQ rights in Michigan but also across the country, and a dear friend to her and her late husband, former U.S. Rep. John Dingell. “Often I think about Jim’s words, ‘I am committed to making as much trouble as I can to create and maintain justice.’ He fought with every bone in his body to support the LGBTQ community, to fight for marriage equality, to ensure protections for so many.” “Asian American and TBLGQI issues intersect in all our struggles for justice and equality, our attempts to gain and retain our human and civil rights,” Toy said in a 2015 interview with NBC Asian America. “Human and civil rights are essential to human dignity.” Michigan’s pioneering LGBTQ activist Jim Toy died on Jan. 1, 2022, at 91 years of age. Courtesy of Jim Toy Community Center and University of Michigan Spectrum Center. From:Normajean Jiminez To:Council, City Subject:Re: Your e-mail to City Council was received Date:Thursday, January 6, 2022 1:14:24 AM Some people who received this message don't often get email from njjiminez40@gmail.com. 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Monday, Jan. 3, 2022. Omicron gives less severe disease. Date:Wednesday, January 5, 2022 5:19:18 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: Tue, Jan 4, 2022 at 11:43 AM Subject: Fwd: Dr. John Campbell in UK. Monday, Jan. 3, 2022. Omicron gives less severe disease. To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> Date: Mon, Jan 3, 2022 at 11:19 PM Subject: Dr. John Campbell in UK. Monday, Jan. 3, 2022. Omicron gives less severe disease. To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> Tuesday, January 4, 2022 To all- Here is Dr. John Campbell for today, Jan. 3, 2022, informative as always. Science indicates less severe omicron disease - YouTube He mentions that there is trouble in hospitals, in the sense that staff is overworked, over whelmed even, BUT the reason for that is more due to the number of staff who are out sick or who are isolating, than to the number of pts. coming in. I wish that the US network news programs would make that clear. They tend to show desperate hospital staff trying to cope, when they would cope far better if fewer of their colleagues were self-isolating. It is not like the spring of 2021 when Delta was filling the hospitals with big numbers of new pts., and filling freezer trucks with bodies, but the networks would let you believe that. So it is not the pt. load so much that is producing the burden in the hospitals, as it is the number of staff who are out isolating due to having tested positive..However, we are going to see an increase in numbers of pts. in hospitals for about three weeks now. With Omicron, pts are less severely ill, and recover and are discharged faster. That limits the number in hospital. Far fewer into the ICU, on a ventilator and dead than during Delta. Dr. Campbell says that the big numbers infected with Omicron will produce high levels of immunity for big numbers of people. And, it has been found that the immunity conferred by Omicron protects one from future infection by Delta. That is an important, recent finding out of South Africa. Now Tuesday, January 4, 2022- A famous and high wattage radio station interviewed somebody involved in the E-R at a big hospital this morning. The person said " You know" 12 times in 10 minutes, so the person should avail themselves of psychiatric services there plus speech therapy. What if a member of the British parliament spoke for 10 minutes and did that. They would soon be shunned by the other members, if not censured. Ditto for members of Congress. But the person said that they are seeing a lot of people who come in to the ER for some other reason, and test positive for Covid (almost always now for Omicron). Dr. Campbell calls those "incidental admissions", if they are admitted. The person discussed the current policy, which varies by county in the US, it seems, of isolating anybody who tests positive for Omicron, even if they have no symptoms. The person said we are going to have to get over that. It is not sustainable. The pandemic is becoming "indemic" sounded like that to me anyway, can you imagine, an MD talking, indemic, and so we will have to start to treat Omicron infections like a cold. The US had one million people test positive yesterday. At that rate, the country will shut down if they all have to isolate for 5 days. The person also said that the mass MASS testing, with people freezing in lines for 3 or 4 hours to get tested, makes no sense. We'll have to give up on that. I've thought it looked strange, but I live pretty much as a hermit, am fully vaxed and boosted, venture out for essentials, don't teach school, got a haircut ten months ago, etc. The person said that most of the fully vaxed, if positive, are showing mild symptoms, at worst. If that is their profile, they send them home. Stanford says that 145 students returning to campus have tested +. and 135 of them were so tested in the past five days They are isolating in campus housing. A higher percentage of Stanford students are fully vaxed than people in surrounding communites. Well, duh. Infants and very young children do not tend to get very sick from Omicron, at least, but some do. Hospitals are admitting infants with serious symptoms, the news shows. Infants cannot be vaccinated, so that is a real problem which the networks are showing. Last night, one of the major TV networks in the US in their evenng news talked to a man who is supposed to be a towering expert. In response to my mails, or in response to people just watching Dr. Campbell's vids, they asked him whether Omicron was displacing Delta. He said that it is in South Africa and maybe in the UK. It is unclear in the UK, he said. NOOOOOOOOOOO! Dr. Campbell has been showing conclusive evidence that Omicron has nearly completely displaced Delta in the UK. In fact, he showed a day or two ago that that has happened in Colorado!!! Their expert is a little out of touch. The network asked him if Omicron may signal the beginning of the end of the pandemic, and he said "he sure hoped so", which surprised me. So he has heard Dr. Campbell on that. A big radio station reported that every last ICU bed in Napa Co. Calif. is occupied and they are trying to transfer pts. to Solano and Sonoma Cos. There are 18 ICU beds in Napa Co. The Fire Chief in San Francisco has tested positive. A commentator said this is happening in police, fire, transit (Muni in SF), in health care, in cities all over. They cannot ask for help from outside because those towns have the same situation. I can see how this could develop into an even scarier, or at least a situation impacting more people, if grocery stores, banks, gas stations, auto repair places are seriously impacted by big numbers of people isolating because they tested positive. This is partly or largely reponsible for the "supply chain" problems we are seeing. As the E-R person said, we will have to change our thinking on having anyone who tests positive for Omicron, even though they are fully vaxed and have no symptoms, isolate for five days. If such people mask up, socially distance, wash hands often, etc., and everybody around them does that too, perhaps we can relax the isolation regime somewhat, at least for the front line workers. Dr. Campbell says repeatedly that the number of cases, i.e., number of people testing positive, can be at least doubled to get the number actually infected. L. William Harding Fresno, Ca. From:Allan Seid To:Channing House Bulletin Board; CHOpinion CHOpinion Subject:Fwd: Like many Asian Americans, I have long spurned my full name. A wave of racism made me say: No more. - Washington Post Date:Wednesday, January 5, 2022 4:33:39 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. From: Allan Seid, Frances Burr Date: Wed, Jan 5, 2022 at 3:45 PM Subject: Like many Asian Americans, I have long spurned my full name. A wave of racism made me say: No more. - Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/magazine/interactive/2022/assimilation- chinese-names-asian-racism/?itid=mr_lifestyle_1 Like many Asian Americans, I have long spurned my full name. A wave of racism made me say: No more. Marian Chia-Ming Liu This past spring, at the height of violence against Asians and Asian Americans during the pandemic, my husband and I chose to eat dinner at a Vietnamese restaurant near where we live in South Florida — in a show of solidarity with our community. As we finished our beef noodle soup and paid the check, a White man, who was sitting with his family at the table next to us, started mocking the accents of our waiter and the cook, loud enough for the entire room to hear. Besides the staff, we were the only people of Asian descent in the establishment. As a Chinese American journalist who had been covering the recent anti-Asian attacks, I was all too familiar with the scenario and how it could easily escalate into violence. I had recently interviewed 61- year-old Noel Quintana, whose face was slashed cheek-to-cheek with a box knife while he was on his way to work on the New York subway. Another victim I spoke to, Iona Cheng, was tackled to the ground as she delivered a Christmas gift near Oakland’s Jack London Square — not far from where I used to hang out with friends growing up in the Bay Area. After my stories published, I was accosted online, with racist tweets and emails. To protect myself, I started wearing sunglasses in public often, to obscure my race. I became a bit of a recluse, not wanting to leave the apartment. One person I had interviewed recommended that I carry a personal alarm. Story continues below advertisement The Vietnamese meal was one of my first ventures out since the start of the pandemic. As this man continued his ridicule for what felt like 10 minutes, nobody in the packed restaurant reacted. Our tables were separated only by makeshift partitions made of blinds tacked onto a clothing rack for social distancing. My husband, who is also Chinese, stood up and glared at the man. My personal alarm was in my purse, ready to emit a high-pitched sound with a touch of a button. The man shut up, and then I bolted for the parking lot. As had been the case so many times in my life — when I was repeatedly asked where I was from or told to go back there — I avoided conflict at all costs. Like many immigrants, I had long believed that the nail that sticks up gets hammered down. [Have you ever felt the need to Anglicize your name to fit in? Tell us your story.] When my husband caught up to me before I reached the car, he asked me to stop running. “We need to stand up and stand tall,” he said. “We need to be proud of who we are and look people in the eye.” This was coming from a man who had suffered countless bouts of racism after immigrating from Hong Kong to Florida during high school. At age 14, his barber nicknamed him “Charlie,” off the Vietnam War-era racial slur. I was born in the United States, but I was very much caught between two cultures. In my traditional immigrant family, I learned Mandarin first. Then, starting in kindergarten, I had to take English-as-a- second-language classes and speech therapy, and had a rough time fitting in. So, I became a journalist with hopes of squashing stereotypes. But while I was proactively calling out racism in my stories, I wasn’t doing the same in my personal life — not even with my own name. For my community, names are potent symbols that can encompass the dynamics on display that day in South Florida: bigotry, shame, fear, but also pride. Whether they are learning English as a second language or bringing lunches to school that smell “rotten,” plenty of Asian Americans find that their full name is just one more way they stick out. And so, many assimilate through changing or adjusting their given names. I was no exception: Over the years, I’d essentially erased the middle two words of the name on my birth certificate: Marian Chia-Ming Liu. The conversation outside that restaurant with my husband — coupled with my experience covering the increase in anti-Asian sentiments and violence — made me realize I needed to stop hiding. And my name, I decided, was a good place to start. Chinese names are incredibly purposeful. Many of them, explains Na n c y Y a o M a a s b a c h , p r e s i d e n t o f t h e M u s e u m o f C h i n e s e i n Am e r i c a i n N e w Y o r k , a r e m a d e u p o f t h r e e c h a r a c t e r s s t e e p e d w i t h me a n i n g . F i r s t u p i s t h e f a m i l y n a m e , k n o w n a s t h e l a s t n a m e i n ma n y W e s t e r n c u l t u r e s a n d s i m i l a r l y t a k e n f r o m t h e f a t h e r ’ s s i d e . Th i s i s f o l l o w e d b y a n a m e t h a t i s s h a r e d w i t h y o u r g e n e r a t i o n , o f t e n pat e r n a l c o u s i n s . F i n a l l y , t h e r e i s t h e p e r s o n ’ s i n d i v i d u a l n a m e . Th e s e n a m e s l i t e r a l l y s h o w n o t o n l y o u r t i e s t o f a m i l y a n d h i s t o r y , but h o w w e p u t t h e m f i r s t . S o , m y f u l l C h i n e s e n a m e i s L i u C h i a - Mi n g . As p a r t o f b e i n g a s h a m e d o f m y n a m e , I ’ v e n e v e r c o r r e c t e d h o w En g l i s h s p e a k e r s p r o n o u n c e m y l a s t n a m e , a n d f u r t h e r c o n c e a l e d m y ide n t i t y b y i n t r o d u c i n g m y s e l f a s t h e A n g l i c i z e d “ l o o . ” ( A s n a r k y rea d e r o n c e e m a i l e d m e t o c r i t i c i z e a c o n c e r t r e v i e w I w r o t e a s a mu s i c c r i t i c b u t f i r s t s a i d m y l a s t n a m e r e m i n d e d h i m o f t h e bat h r o o m . ) I t ’ s a c t u a l l y p r o n o u n c e d “ L E E - ō” (柳) an d m e a n s “w i l l o w t r e e . ” M y m o m ’ s m a i d e n n a m e i s L i n g ( 林), m e a n i n g “fo r e s t , ” a n d t o g e t h e r w i t h m y d a d ’ s l a s t n a m e t h e y r e p r e s e n t a bea u t i f u l p a r t n e r s h i p . Th e m i d d l e c h a r a c t e r i s o n e I s h a r e w i t h a l l m y f i r s t c o u s i n s o n m y fath e r ’ s s i d e . I t c o m e s f r o m a p o e m t h a t d a t e s b a c k t o t h e Q i n dyn a s t y , 2 2 1 B . C . E a c h g e n e r a t i o n t a k e s t h e n e x t w o r d . O t h e r cul t u r e s t h a t u s e p i c t o g r a p h s i n t h e i r l a n g u a g e s , l i k e J a p a n e s e a n d Ko r e a n , s a y s M a a s b a c h , a l s o u s e p o e m s i n t h e i r n a m e s . W h i l e i t ’ s spe l l e d o u t a s “ C h i a ” i n E n g l i s h , i t ’ s p r o n o u n c e d m o r e l i k e “ J i ā” (家) and m e a n s “ h o m e ” — w h i c h i s p a r t i c u l a r l y s i g n i f i c a n t t o m e a s a jou r n a l i s t w h o h a s m o v e d a c r o s s t h e c o u n t r y a n d w o r l d f o r w o r k . Las t l y , m y i n d i v i d u a l n a m e — l i k e a f i r s t n a m e i n E n g l i s h — i s Mi n g ( 明). ( T h e s a m e c h a r a c t e r a s f o r m e r N B A p l a y e r Y a o M i n g ’ s nam e . ) C o m b i n e d w i t h t h e m i d d l e c h a r a c t e r , t h e n a m e i s r a t h e r m masculine; my grandfather didn’t want me to be the kind of woman who needed a man to depend on. One side of the character is a sun and the other the moon. Together, the character means “bright,” and next to my grandfather’s name, Tsong (聪明), the resulting phrase means “smart.” My parents also gave me “Marian” as my first name, separate from my individual Chinese name, out of American custom. “Because everybody has English names,” says my mom. It is derived from both the first letter of my individual name, Ming, and the Christian Mary. Maasbach says Chinese American names symbolize not only our roots, but often point to our journey to America. When visitors come into the Museum of Chinese in America, she can within a few minutes place them — based on how their names are spelled in English, whether they are Anglicized and what Chinese characters are used — in a range of possible immigration periods. Doug Chan, president of the Chinese Historical Society of America, notes that “while the stories about Chinese last names speak to us about the immigration experience, the first names of Chinese Americans tell another story about the inner journey that our families, and each of us as individuals, have traveled within U.S. society.” For the first name, he says, “the choice reflects not only more deliberation but also the idea of assimilation.” Many Asian immigrants end up adopting or being assigned Anglicized names to fit in. “The experience is very common but very under-researched,” says clinical psychologist Ranjana Srinivasan, linking it to the “model minority myth” that Asians are successful immigrants even if faced with obstacles. She changed her own Indian name several times to “be more pronounceable,” experimenting with Rita, Jay and even Rah Rah. After realizing she was “trying to meet the needs of White culture” in college, she went back to Ranjana, which is of Hindu religious origin and means “delightful.” Now she works with Asian patients on similar struggles. In 2019, she published a qualitative study for Columbia University on name- based microaggressions within the South Asian American population. The study found that while some patients felt proud to be unique and carry their family’s legacy, others felt that their names were the most inconvenient part of their lives — one that meant they “never get to seamlessly join a company or participate in a meeting, because it’s always a battle.” The name struggle can also lead to depression and anxiety, says Srinivasan, because of “mixed feelings about their own culture and belongingness in your own skin.” This, she adds, is “the price you pay for being American.” Story continues below advertisement Her study was published before the spike in anti-Asian violence during the pandemic. The FBI found that in 2020, hate crimes against Asian people jumped 73 percent. According to a Pew Research Center study conducted in April 2021, one-third of Asian Americans fear threats and physical attacks. “The pandemic has made Asians in America, even those who are native-born citizens, acutely aware that they are perpetual foreigners in the eyes of some of their neighbors and even friends,” says Frank Wu, president of City University of New York’s Queens College and author of “Yellow: Race in America Beyond Black and White.” Yet lately Srinivasan has also seen that “people are recognizing the importance of representation and holding one’s culture as an important part of who they are.” After the names of the victims of the Atlanta spa shootings were released in March of last year, there wa s a m o v e m e n t o n s o c i a l m e d i a t o n o t o n l y s a y t h e i r n a m e s b u t t o als o p r o n o u n c e t h e m c o r r e c t l y . T h e A s i a n A m e r i c a n J o u r n a l i s t s As s o c i a t i o n e v e n r e l e a s e d a pro n u n c i a t i o n g u i d e . Ma a s b a c h a l s o n o t i c e d t h i s t r e n d . “ M y d a d g a v e u s a l l n a m e s t o ma k e i t e a s i e r t o g e t W e s t e r n n a m e s j u s t t o f i t i n m o r e ” — b u t n o w , she s a y s , i t ’ s m o r e a b o u t “ r e s p e c t i n g t h e n a m e s f o r w h a t t h e y a r e , s o we ’ v e d e f i n i t e l y s e e n a s h i f t i n p e o p l e o w n i n g t h o s e [ A s i a n ] nam e s . ” My m o m , l i k e m a n y i n t h e c o m m u n i t y , h a d t h e s a d e x p e r i e n c e o f bei n g r e n a m e d b y t e a c h e r s f o r t h e i r c o n v e n i e n c e . “ T h a t ’ s j u s t h o w thin g s w e r e d o n e i f y o u p l a n n e d t o s t u d y a b r o a d , ” s h e s a y s . H e r Ch i n e s e n a m e i s W a n I n , b u t s h e w a s r e n a m e d “ W a n d a ” b y a n Am e r i c a n p r o f e s s o r i n h e r d e n t i s t r y p r o g r a m “ b e c a u s e i t w a s e a s i e r for t h e m t o r e m e m b e r y o u . ” Ne w e r g e n e r a t i o n s o f i m m i g r a n t s a r e n o t e n t e r t a i n i n g a n a m e c h a n g e at a l l . I n 2 0 2 0 , Vie t n a m e s e s t u d e n t Ph u c B u i D i e m N g u y e n p u s h e d bac k w h e n a c o l l e g e p r o f e s s o r a s k e d h e r t o A n g l i c i z e h e r n a m e bec a u s e i t r e m i n d e d h i m o f a n i n s u l t i n E n g l i s h . S c r e e n s h o t s o f t h e em a i l e x c h a n g e t r e n d e d o n T w i t t e r . A n d i n 2 0 1 7 , a f t e r t a g s w i t h E a s t As i a n n a m e s w e r e tor n o f f d o o r s at C o l u m b i a U n i v e r s i t y d o r m s , Ch i n e s e s t u d e n t s g o t t o g e t h e r a n d m a d e a v i d e o e x p l a i n i n g w h a t the i r n a m e s m e a n t . Th e a u t h o r . ( B i l l O ’ L e a r y / T h e W a s h i n g t o n P o s t ) “I t h i n k c h a n g i n g n a m e s t o ‘ b l e n d i n ’ o r i n e x c h a n g e f o r n o t b e i n g atta c k e d o r b u l l i e d , f i r s t o f a l l , d o e s n ’ t w o r k , ” s a y s H u h e Y a n , w h o wa s p a r t o f t h e g r o u p o f C o l u m b i a s t u d e n t s w h o p r o d u c e d t h e v i d e o and i s n o w a m a n a g e m e n t c o n s u l t a n t i n H o n g K o n g . “ R a c i s m a g a i n s t As i a n s i n t h e U . S . i s n o t g o i n g t o s t o p w i t h e v e r y o n e c h a n g i n g t h e i r nam e s t o J a s o n a n d M a r y . W h a t w i l l m a k e a d i f f e r e n c e i s f o r A s i a n s [I] to have a seat at the table, be in positions of power, be visible.” Campaigns like My Name, My Identity in the San Francisco Bay area are starting to pop up, where educators, parents, community members and students take a pledge to pronounce students’ names correctly and honor their backgrounds. Yee Wan, who spearheads the program, which launched in 2016, hopes to create a better sense of belonging in schools than she experienced when she immigrated at 17 — and her ESL teacher renamed her “Winnie.” This past year, we had our first big-budget cinematic Asian superhero in Marvel Studios’ “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings.” Not only was the protagonist’s name Chinese, but the name of the Chinese Canadian actor, Simu Liu, wasn’t Anglicized either. (Shang-Chi went by “Shaun” while in hiding in the United States.) In the movie, Shang-Chi’s father explains why Chinese names are important, saying, “Names are sacred. They connect us not only to ourselves, but everyone who came before.” The burden shouldn’t be on our community to change, says Srinivasan, but on the wider culture to accept who we are. “We’ve done tons of work to make sure we acclimated,” she says. “And so now it’s their turn.” After I ran away from that dreadful restaurant incident, my husband challenged me to reclaim my name as a way to be proud of who I am. He further dared me to drop my American name in lieu of my Chinese one. But that doesn’t tell my whole story either. Instead I’m going to start by telling folks I have a Chinese name and how to properly pronounce my last name. So let me reintroduce myself: My full name and complete byline is Marian Chia-Ming Liu. Chia is pronounced with a J, like Jiā. Liu like Leo. And yes, it includes all four words. I’m proud of it all, because it represents my complete self, Asian and American. Story continues below advertisement About this story is an Operations Editor at The Washington Post, where she manages digital operations for the Metro section. She contributes to The Post’s newsletter on race and identity, About US, covering topics from the attacks on the Asian community to Korean pop music. Illustrations and calligraphy by Sally Deng. Design and art direction by Clare Ramirez. From:Aram James To:Council, City; paloaltofreepress@gmail.com; chuck jagoda; Human Relations Commission; Planning Commission; Raj; Sajid Khan; wintergery@earthlink.net; Tannock, Julie; Enberg, Nicholas; Figueroa, Eric; Reifschneider, James; Jay Boyarsky; Jeff Moore; Binder, Andrew; Jonsen, Robert; Joe Simitian; roberta.ahlquist@sjsu.edu; Rebecca Eisenberg; Perron, Zachary; Figueroa, Eric; ParkRec Commission; Cecilia Taylor; Greer Stone; Sajid@votesajid.com; Tony Dixon; Alison Cormack; robert.parham@cityofpaloalto.org; Tanaka, Greg; cindy.chavez@bos.sccgov.org; Vara Ramakrishnan; Shikada, Ed; citycouncil@mountainview.gov; Jeff Rosen; alisa mallari tu; DuBois, Tom; Filseth, Eric (Internal); Betsy Nash; Perron, Zachary; Pat Burt; Stump, Molly; city.council@menlopark.org; Gennady Sheyner Subject:City pays $135,000 to settle police dog attack lawsuit – Palo Alto Daily Post Date:Wednesday, January 5, 2022 3:56:11 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ https://padailypost.com/2022/01/05/city-pays-135000-to-settle-police-dog-attack-lawsuit/ Sent from my iPhone From:Shannon Rose To:Transportation Cc:City Mgr; Council, City Subject:Signal Problem at Cal Ave and El Camino Date:Wednesday, January 5, 2022 2:53:04 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Friends at Palo Alto Transportation: Could you please ask someone to fix the signal at Cal Ave and El Camino? When you closed off the business district on Cal Ave, the signal was reset. What is currently happening is that the cars moving north and south on El Camino are backed up at the light because the signal is red for an incredibly LONG time -- yet there is little to no traffic coming east off of Cal Ave onto El Camino (and none coming off the Cal Ave business district as it is completely closed). Why is the traffic waiting and waiting when it is unnecessary? While this is an irritating waste of time for drivers, the cars are backed up for extended periods of time and they are emitting climate-changing fumes! This is not only a ridiculous situation, it's dangerous. I know the City is working hard to reduce our climate footprint, so I imagine that you will want to correct this situation ASAP. Please let me know if I can provide any additional information or be of help. Sincerely, Shannon Rose McEntee lLongtime Palo Alto Resident 410 Sheridan Avenue 650-704-4674 From:Nicole Valk To:Burt, Patrick; Transportation; Kamhi, Philip; Baird, Nathan; Jonsen, Robert; Council, City; City Mgr Cc:Pat Burt Subject:RE: Unsafe Conditions in Cowper/Webster Parking Garage Date:Wednesday, January 5, 2022 1:04:27 PM Some people who received this message don't often get email from nicole@iconventures.com. Learn why this is important Hi All, In response to my below email, I would like to bring to your attention that another vehicle was broken into (window smashed) at the Cowper/Webster parking garage. I strongly urge you to reconsider making parking in the parking garage mandatory for long term parking as myself and my fellow colleagues who work at 505 Hamilton Avenue do not feel safe parking in that structure. I fear that either my car or another co-workers car will get broken into again leaving us spending over a thousand dollars in repair. Long term street parking for the safety of all is highly, highly preferred. Please re-consider this as a solution to help keep the community safe. Best, Nicole Valk Icon Ventures 505 Hamilton Avenue, Suite 310 Palo Alto, CA 94301 O: (650) 463-8811 | M: (650) 400-5732 From: Nicole Valk Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2021 12:21 PM To: Burt, Patrick <Pat.Burt@CityofPaloAlto.org>; transportation@cityofpaloalto.org; Philip.kamhi@cityofpaloalto.org; Nathan.baird@cityofpaloalto.org; Robert.jonsen@cityofpaloalto.org; city.council@cityofpaloalto.org; citymgr@cityofpaloalto.org Cc: Pat Burt <pat@patburt.org> Subject: RE: Unsafe Conditions in Cowper/Webster Parking Garage Hi All, Per my original email below, I am reaching back out as I have been informed that street parking will now be enforced starting October 1st. As stated below, my car as well as my co-workers car was broken into and vandalized on Thursday, July 22nd and Friday, July 23rd which left me spending hundreds of dollars to get repaired. Additionally, there have been many complaints regarding the safety of our employees as some have suffered verbal and physical attacks from the homeless people. These incidents have taken place in the Palo Alto parking garages (I am specifically referring to the parking garage we park in which is the Cowper/Webster parking garage). I have noticed that the homeless situation still has not been fully handled and I worry that my car (and other people’s cars) may get broken into again as I can’t afford to get it fixed if it were to happen again. Even more 1- importantly, I worry for the safety of our Palo Alto employees. I even spoke to a Parking Enforcement officer that was in the Cowper/Webster garage who let me know that although the issue has gotten better, he still notices there are homeless people that reside there. With all of this being said, I implore you to allow long term street parking until this issue is fully and completely resolved. I as well as my fellow co-workers still feel unsafe parking in the parking garages at this time and would feel much more comfortable parking on the street until this is fully handled. Thank you very much for your time and attention to this matter. Best, Nicole Valk Icon Ventures 505 Hamilton Avenue, Suite 310 Palo Alto, CA 94301 O: (650) 463-8811 | M: (650) 400-5732 From: Nicole Valk Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2021 1:39 PM To: Burt, Patrick <Pat.Burt@CityofPaloAlto.org> Cc: Pat Burt <pat@patburt.org> Subject: RE: Unsafe Conditions in Cowper/Webster Parking Garage Thanks, Pat! Really appreciate the prompt response and your attention to this matter. I look forward to hearing from the city staff in regards to what can be done further about this ongoing issue. Best, Nicole Valk Icon Ventures 505 Hamilton Avenue, Suite 310 Palo Alto, CA 94301 O: (650) 463-8811 | M: (650) 400-5732 From: Burt, Patrick <Pat.Burt@CityofPaloAlto.org> Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2021 1:35 AM To: Nicole Valk <nicole@iconventures.com> Cc: Pat Burt <pat@patburt.org> Subject: Re: Unsafe Conditions in Cowper/Webster Parking Garage Nicole, I'm very concerned to hear about the set of incidents that you and your staff have been experiencing. You may have seen in the press that we have been having issues with homeless encampments and a fire in the Cowper garage which city staff have responded to by removing the encampments, but your issues magnify those problems. I have requested a response from the city manager and police chief about what actions we've taken and intend to take next. Please keep me informed and let me know if the city staff do not provide you with a timely and substantive response. Best regards, Pat Burt Vice-mayor 650-892-0925 From: Nicole Valk <nicole@iconventures.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2021 2:44 PM To: Council, City <city.council@cityofpaloalto.org> Subject: Unsafe Conditions in Cowper/Webster Parking Garage CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. To whomever this may concern, My name is Nicole Valk and I work at 505 Hamilton Avenue in Palo Alto. I would like to bring to your attention the rising issue with the homeless situation as well as other reckless behavior in the Cowper/Webster parking garage which is a garage that I frequently park in on a daily basis in order to go to work. I was notified a month or so ago that street parking would be enforced and thus I would need to start parking in the parking garage for long term parking. I have no problem with this, however, lately it has increasingly grown more and more unsafe to do so. I have received multiple complaints from our employees that they have been yelled at as well as spit on when walking to their cars in the parking garage from homeless people. In addition, I have been notified of suspicious activity coming from construction workers, etc. that has been taking place in this specific parking garage. The most recent attack was when my car was broken into last Thursday, July 22nd when I was parked on the basement level. My window was completely shattered and a few belongings that were located inside my middle console were broken beside my vehicle. The next day, my colleague suffered a similar break in where his window was shattered as well. I can’t say for certain who committed these crimes, but the issue is all the same: me and my coworkers do not feel safe when parking in the parking garage. With all of this being said, something needs to be done. For the time being, I implore you to allow long term street parking be permitted until something is done so more people don’t have to suffer through another car break in or a verbal/physical attack when walking to their cars. I kindly ask you again to please consider not reinforcing street parking for the safety of the Palo Alto workers and residents. Thank you for your time and your attention to this matter. Best, Nicole Valk Icon Ventures 505 Hamilton Avenue, Suite 310 Palo Alto, CA 94301 O: (650) 463-8811 | M: (650) 400-5732 From:Jack Freytag To:Burt, Patrick; Council, City Cc:dhughes941@aol.com Subject:Acoustical and Air Traffic Control Consulting Date:Wednesday, January 5, 2022 11:33:59 AM Attachments:Palo Alto Consulting Proposal.pdf CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Mayor Burt, Congratulations on your new role leading the City Council. Attached please find our proposal for renewed acoustical and ATC consulting services for Palo Alto. We sincerely hope to have the opportunity to work with you and the City once again. Feel free to contact me at any time. Thank you for your consideration. Jack Freytag. ------ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------2169 LOGGIA, NEWPORT BEACH, CA 92660 T: 949 .500.1853 JOHN C. FREYTAG, P.E., INCE Bd. Cert. FREYTAG & ASSOCIATES LLC E: JACK@FREYTAGLLC.COM W: FREYTAGLLC.COM City of Palo Alto January 5, 2022 ATTN: Mayor Pat Burt (burt@cityofepa.org) Mayor of Palo Alto and City Council Members 250 Hamilton Avenue Palo Alto, CA 94301 cc: Ed Shikada (Ed.Shikada@CityofPaloAlto.org) Subject: Aviation Noise and Environmental Impacts, Consulting Services Dear Mayor Burt, Congratulations on your new role as Mayor of Palo Alto. As the city continues to be actively concerned with the environmental impacts of aircraft over the city, we believe that they, once again, would substantially benefit from our professional technical assistance. As San Francisco International Airport (SFO) continues its perpetual search for increased operation capacity, Palo Alto’s geographic location will continue to be a point for low-altitude vectored arrival aircraft to SFO. Also, the expanding airport market of the Norman Y. Mineta, San Jose International Airport (SJC) is increasing low altitude aircraft over your city. Since last June we find that SFO and the FAA are proceeding with various new plans which will increase airport noise and air pollution over Palo Alto. We often find the presentation of these plans deceitful. Their justification for these activities, such as Categorical Exclusions (CATEX), should be challenged by the city, and alternatives should be presented and evaluated. The SFO Airport / Community and SC-SC Roundtables do not contain “Operational Air Traffic / Instrument Procedure subject matter experts”, instead relying on the FAA for evaluation of their own proposals. We see conflicts in this procedure lacking objective technical input or proper environmental assessment. Freytag & Associates previous consulting for Palo Alto provided monthly reports and staff briefings to the Select (County Supervisor Joe Simitian) Committee and Ad-Hoc Committee on the status of aviation activities from SFO, SJC and OAK potentially affecting Palo Alto. This letter is to survey your interest in renewing our noise and aviation services. Earlier this year we reported that the proposed Ground Based Augmentation System (GBAS) landing system proposed by SFO would not result in noticeable noise reduction for Palo Alto. Stacking another layer of traffic atop current traffic increases environmental problems. The SFO GBAS project team issued public briefings stating their intent to use the FAA with their CATEX process. These briefings continued for over a year until the FAA “overlay procedures” were completed (as required for instrument procedure processing) confirming no noticeable noise reduction. ------ --------- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------2169 LOGGIA, NEWPORT BEACH, CA 92660 T: 949 .500 .1853 JOHN C. FREYTAG, P.E., INCE Bd. Cert . FREYTAG & ASSOCIATES LLC E: JACK@FREYTAGLLC.COM W : FREYTAGLLC.COM A local advocacy group, Sky Posse, recently concluded, “…the FAA and local airports are making changes that may affect you, with no validation yet from the FAA that these actions will reduce noise for Palo Alto and its neighbors.” The local Airports appear unconcerned with air traffic operations beyond their immediate boundaries, regarding their environmental consequences as regional problems. While the Palo Alto City council is actively concerned with aircraft noise, we believe that they would benefit from our professional technical assistance on all relative airport operational impacts. Thank you for considering our proposal to support the City once again on these most important environmental issues in this new year. Very truly yours, John C. Freytag, PE, INCE Bd. Cert From:herb To:Council, City; Clerk, City Subject:January 10, 2022 Council Meeting, Item #2: Approval of Minutes for December 6, 2021 Meeting Date:Wednesday, January 5, 2022 11:21:44 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. ​Herb BorockP. O. Box 632Palo Alto, CA 94302 January 5, 2022 Palo Alto City Council250 Hamilton AvenuePalo Alto, CA 94301 JANUARY 10, 2022 CITY COUNCIL MEETING, AGENDA ITEM #2APPROVAL OF MINUTES FOR DECEMBER 6, 2021 COUNCIL MEETING Dear City Council: Prior to approving the Draft Action Minutes for the December 6,2021 City Council meeting, you need to correct the ResolutionNumber for Agenda Item 5 on the Consent Calendar of the DraftMinutes that appears on Packet Page 7. The correct Resolution is Resolution 10006. Thank you. Sincerely, Herb Borock ← A schoolmate at Gunn High of Palo Alto writes in today’s Sunday Times of being homeless two years From:mark weiss To:Cormack, Alison; DuBois, Tom; Shikada, Ed; Library, Pa; Council, City; Filseth, Eric (Internal); Summa, Doria; Holman, Karen (external); Reckdahl, Keith; David Moss; Drekmeier, Peter; Espinosa, Sid; Bob Moss Subject:Taxing venture capital to pay for library staff Date:Wednesday, January 5, 2022 10:46:02 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dial M, or dialing for dollars Posted on January 5, 2022 by markweiss86 Mark Wang for NYT, 12/7/20 Silicon Valley Business Journal reported recently that Palo Alto companies give and get more than a billion dollars each year in venture capital. Billion with a “B”, a thousand times million with an “M”. Meanwhile I noted, in an “Uplift” message from the City, that our libraries are only open 28 percent of the time. What if we levy a teeny tiny tax on venture capital here and use that money to hire back furloughed staff and keep our lights on longer at libraries and community centers? Mark Weiss Downtown North Former candidate Libraries Commission (but scored 20 percent higher on Math than Verbal) Library hours open per week: Children’s: 12 College Terrace: 8 Downtown: 8 Mitchell: 39 Rinconada: 30 Total: 97 hours Max: 10 x 7 x 5 = 350 (Assuming 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. seven days a week is full capacity) From:mark weiss To:Library, Pa; Shikada, Ed; Pat Burt; DuBois, Tom Cc:Council, City Subject:Dial M or dialing, proposed Date:Wednesday, January 5, 2022 9:18:50 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Silicon Valley Business Journal reported recently that Palo Alto companies give or get more than a billion dollars each year in venture capital. Billion with a “B”, a thousand times million with an “M”. Meanwhile I noted, in an “Uplift” message from the City, that are our libraries are only open 28 percent of the time. What if we levy a teeny tiny tax on venture capital here and use that money to hire back furloughed staff and keep our lights on longer at libraries and community centers? Mark Weiss Downtown north Former candidate Libraries Commission (but scored 20 percent higher on Math than Verbal) Library hours open per week: Children's: 12 College Terrace: 8 Downtown: 8 Mitchell: 39 Rinconada: 30 Total: 97 hours Max: 10 x 7 x 5 = 350 Assuming 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. seven days a week is full capacity) Sent from my iPhone From:Kat Snyder To:Council, City Subject:Public Comment: Albuquerque passed a bill addressing anti-Asian hate Date:Tuesday, January 4, 2022 4:29:04 PM Attachments:R-229final.pdf CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Hello Council, I just saw that Albuquerque passed a bill addressing anti-Asian hate and thought you would like to see the wording of the bill (attached) since I believe discussions are ongoing in Palo Alto about our own possible city ordinance. The bill was passed along with another bill about language access, more context here: https://www.kob.com/albuquerque-news/mayor-keller-signs-language-access-anti-aapi-hate- bill/6343802/ Hope you find this helpful to your discussions! Take care, ~Kat [Br a c k e t e d / U n d e r s c o r e d M a t e r i a l ] - Ne w [Br a c k e t e d / S t r i k e t h r o u g h M a t e r i a l ] - De l e t i o n 1 CITY of ALBUQUERQUE TWENTY FOURTH COUNCIL COUNCIL BILL NO. R-21-229 ENACTMENT NO. ________________________ SPONSORED BY: Lan Sena, by request RESOLUTION 1 DENOUNCING XENOPHOBIA, ANTI-ASIAN AMERICAN PACIFIC ISLANDER 2 (AAPI) SENTIMENTS AND CONDEMNING HARMFUL RHETORIC, RACIST 3 ACTS, AND HATE CRIMES TARGETING ASIAN-PACIFIC AMERICANS 4 STEMMING FROM PEOPLE’S REACTION TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. 5 WHEREAS, Article VIII of the City Charter states that, “The Council shall 6 preserve, protect and promote human rights and human dignity... and shall 7 prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin 8 or ancestry, age or physical handicap”; and 9 WHEREAS, stigmatization represents a serious threat to our collective 10 emergency response to the pandemic. It furthers dangerous and false 11 information about how COVID-19 spreads, misinforms people’s perception of 12 risk and repeats mistakes in our own history during past emergencies when 13 racist and xenophobic sentiment targeted vulnerable groups; and 14 WHEREAS, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (“CDC”) 15 asserts that stigma associated with COVID-19 may currently be affecting 16 persons of Asian descent, people who have traveled, and emergency 17 responders or healthcare professionals; and 18 WHEREAS, the World Health Organization (“WHO”) has indicated that 19 attaching locations or ethnicity to the disease is dangerous. The official name 20 for the disease was deliberately chosen to avoid stigmatization – the “co” 21 stands for Corona, “vi” for virus and “d” for disease, and 19 for the emergence 22 of the disease in 2019. It is not a “Chinese virus,” “Asian virus” or “Wuhan 23 virus”; and 24 WHEREAS, the Stop-AAPI Hate Reporting Center has reported 3,795 25 incidents between March 19, 2020 to February 28, 2021 involving anti -AAPI 26 [Br a c k e t e d / U n d e r s c o r e d M a t e r i a l ] - Ne w [Br a c k e t e d / S t r i k e t h r o u g h M a t e r i a l ] - De l e t i o n 2 discrimination including incidents of verbal assault, shunning, physical 1 assault, Civil Rights violations and online harassment; and 2 WHEREAS, the Pew Research Center has reported that 3 in 10 Asian 3 Americans have experienced racial slurs since the beginning of the pandemic; 4 and 5 WHEREAS, AAPI immigrants and health care workers cannot be made the 6 scapegoats of COVID-19 and Asian Americans do not represent a greater risk 7 of spreading COVID-19; and 8 WHEREAS, the World Health Organization (“WHO”) states that stigmatized 9 groups may be subjected to social avoidance or rejection, denials of 10 healthcare, education, housing or employment, and physical violence, and 11 also indicates that stigma can result in more severe health problems and 12 difficulties controlling a disease outbreak by driving people to hide the illness 13 to avoid discrimination, preventing people from seeking health care 14 immediately, and discouraging them from adopting healthy behaviors; and 15 WHEREAS, there has been recent increase in violence against Asian-16 Americans due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, including AAPI students of all 17 ages; and 18 WHEREAS, in 2011, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 19 identified suicide as the second leading cause of death among 12–18 year 20 olds; and 21 WHEREAS, national data from the 2013 Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance 22 System reported that 8.0% of American youth had at least one suicide attempt 23 within the twelve months preceding the survey; comparatively, 11.8% of Native 24 Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (NHPI) youth and 9.5% of Asian American (AA) 25 youth had at least one suicide attempt; and 26 WHEREAS, among males, Asians were the most likely to attempt suicide 27 compared to other groups; and similar pattern was seen for feeling sad or 28 helpless almost every day for two or more weeks in a row; and 29 WHEREAS, the City has a duty to speak out against all forms of 30 discrimination and especially now, as stigmatization of our fellow Americans 31 during the pandemic will only hurt our recovery efforts; and 32 [Br a c k e t e d / U n d e r s c o r e d M a t e r i a l ] - Ne w [Br a c k e t e d / S t r i k e t h r o u g h M a t e r i a l ] - De l e t i o n 3 WHEREAS, the City Council wishes to assure its vulnerable communities 1 that the City supports them, will do all it can to maintain and improve their 2 quality of life, and does not tolerate acts of hate, discrimination, bullying, or 3 harassment; and 4 WHEREAS, the City Council wishes to reaffirm and declare that 5 Albuquerque is a safe place for AAPIs, as well as for all ethnic, racial, and 6 religious groups, LGBTQ people, and people with disabilities; and 7 WHEREAS, this City Council believes in the human dignity of all 8 Albuquerque residents, regardless of immigration status, and recognizes the 9 importance of immigrants’ many contributions to the social, cultural, 10 intellectual and economic fabric of the City; and 11 WHEREAS, the City of Albuquerque is made up of diverse individuals, both 12 native born and immigrants, whose collective cultures, religions, 13 backgrounds, orientations, abilities and viewpoints join to form a highly 14 pluralistic community which prides itself on being a place which welcomes 15 persons and families of all walks of life; and 16 WHEREAS, the City of Albuquerque has a strong tradition and mission of 17 embracing and valuing diversity and the City Council believes that it is 18 similarly important to support diversity and to provide services to all persons 19 in the City regardless of their race, disability, national origin, gender identity, 20 religion, sex, sexual orientation, ethnicity, economic or immigration status (in 21 addition to any other protected classes under local, state, or federal law); and 22 WHEREAS, on April 6, 2018, the Albuquerque City Council adopted 23 Resolution R-18-7 Albuquerque as an Immigrant Friendly City wishing to 24 assure its vulnerable communities that the City supports them, will do all it 25 can to maintain and improve their quality of life, and does not tolerate acts of 26 hate, discrimination, bullying, or harassment; and 27 WHEREAS, the City Council is greatly concerned about public safety in 28 Albuquerque and the mission of the Albuquerque Police Department is to 29 protect the safety of the public against crimes committed by persons whoever 30 they may be. 31 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL, THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF 32 ALBUQUERQUE: 33 [Br a c k e t e d / U n d e r s c o r e d M a t e r i a l ] - Ne w [Br a c k e t e d / S t r i k e t h r o u g h M a t e r i a l ] - De l e t i o n 4 SECTION 1. That the City Council does hereby denounces stigmatization, 1 hateful racism and xenophobia during the COVID-19 pandemic, against 2 particular groups of people, notably AAPI immigrants and healthcare workers. 3 SECTION 2. That the City Council does hereby proclaim its renewed and 4 ongoing commitment to be a diverse and inclusive community free from 5 racism, so all who live, work, and play in Albuquerque feel welcomed. 6 Albuquerque strongly stands against hate, bias, or violence based on race, 7 nationality, gender, disability, or religion, and urge all residents to unite 8 together in solidarity with our AAPI neighbors. 9 SECTION 3. That the City Council encourages the City to partner with 10 community-based organizations, advocacy groups, as well as other 11 appropriate officials and agencies across the county, to protect AAPI 12 residents and victims of discrimination and to curb hate acts related to COVID-13 19 for other groups, including, but not limited to all ethnic, racial and religious 14 groups, and LGBTQIA communities, and people with disabilities. 15 SECTION 4. That the City Council joins cities, counties, and states across 16 the country in affirming its commitment to the safety and well-being of 17 citizens, non-citizens and visitors with ancestry from the Asia Pacific region 18 and in combating racist acts targeting AAPIs. 19 SECTION 5. That the City Council encourages the City to partner with the 20 County of Bernalillo, healthcare providers and community-based 21 organizations to educate the public on mental health services for those who 22 have been traumatized or otherwise stigmatized by anti-AAPI hate. 23 Section 6. That the City Council encourages City staff to continue to work 24 with the City of Albuquerque’s Office of Civil Rights in documenting and 25 investigating incidents of anti-AAPI discrimination and promote respect for all 26 residents in businesses and public areas. 27 Section 7. That the City Council calls upon all counties, cities, and local 28 governments across the United States to adopt similar commitments to 29 reaffirm their solidarity with AAPI communities and commit to combating hate 30 and improving health equity. 31 Section 8. That the City Council encourages City Departments to ensure 32 that eligible minority-owned and disadvantaged small businesses continue to 33 [Br a c k e t e d / U n d e r s c o r e d M a t e r i a l ] - Ne w [Br a c k e t e d / S t r i k e t h r o u g h M a t e r i a l ] - De l e t i o n 5 have fair access to the City’s resources, such as the Small Business Relief 1 Fund, and are directed to language assistance where needed. 2 Section 9. That the City Council urges the City to partner with community-3 based organizations to highlight AAPI stories and uplift the contributions of 4 AAPI-owned businesses and AAPI-led organizations. 5 Section 10. That the City Council urges the City to engage youth who are 6 both victims and perpetrators of AAPI hate through a restorative justice 7 framework to prevent youth criminalization and further harm to the City’s 8 communities. 9 Section 11. That the City Council recognizes that it is the policy of the City 10 to ensure that all information, such as public health information and 11 emergency and disaster relief resources, is disseminated effectively to Limited 12 English Proficient (“LEP”) communities. 13 Section 12. That the City Council supports the equal treatment of all 14 persons and states that all persons who live within the City should have full 15 access to all City services with respect and dignity, including public safety 16 services and programs, regardless of their race, disability, national origin, 17 gender identity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, ethnicity, economic o r 18 immigration status (in addition to any other protected classes under local, 19 state, or federal law). 20 Section 13. The Chief Administrative Officer shall communicate these 21 policies to all City employees within 30 days of this resolution. 22 Section 14. SEVERABILITY. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, 23 phrase, or portion of this resolution is held to be invalid or unconstitutional by 24 the decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not 25 affect the validity of the remaining portions of this resolution. 26 Section 15. COMPILATION. This Resolution shall be incorporated in and 27 made part of the Code of Resolutions as “Anti-AAPI Hate Policy.” 28 29 30 31 32 X:\CL\SHARE\CL-Staff\_Legislative Staff\Legislation\24 Council\R-229final.docx 33 From:Jeanne Fleming To:Klicheva, Madina Cc:Planning Commission; Council, City; Clerk, City; Lait, Jonathan; "Tina Chow"; "Todd Collins"; "William Ross" Subject:FW: Upcoming PTC meeting Date:Tuesday, January 4, 2022 4:24:43 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Madina, I understand that, in Rachael Tanner’s absence, you are responding to her emails. I would appreciate it if you would answer the question below, namely, what is on the agenda for the Planning & Transportation Commission’s meeting a week from tomorrow? Is revising the wireless ordinance on it? Thanks, best, and Happy New Year, Jeanne Jeanne Fleming, PhD JFleming@Metricus.net 650-325-5151 From: Jeanne Fleming <jfleming@metricus.net> Sent: Tuesday, January 4, 2022 4:14 PM To: 'Tanner, Rachael' <Rachael.Tanner@CityofPaloAlto.org> Cc: Planning.Commission@CityofPaloAlto.org; city.council@cityofpaloalto.org; 'Lait, Jonathan' <Jonathan.Lait@CityofPaloAlto.org>; 'Tina Chow' <chow_tina@yahoo.com>; 'Todd Collins' <todd@toddcollins.org>; 'William Ross' <wross@lawross.com>; 'City'' <city.clerk@cityofpaloalto.org> Subject: Upcoming PTC meeting Dear Rachael, I would appreciate it if you would tell me whether revising the wireless ordinance will be on the Planning & Transportation Commission’s agenda when it meets a week from tomorrow (i.e., on January 12th). The website for the PTC does not have this information. Thank you for your help. Best wishes for the new year, Jeanne Jeanne Fleming, PhD JFleming@Metricus.net 650-325-5151 From:Jeanne Fleming To:Tanner, Rachael Cc:Planning Commission; Council, City; Lait, Jonathan; "Tina Chow"; "Todd Collins"; "William Ross"; Clerk, City Subject:Upcoming PTC meeting Date:Tuesday, January 4, 2022 4:14:04 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Rachael, I would appreciate it if you would tell me whether revising the wireless ordinance will be on the Planning & Transportation Commission’s agenda when it meets a week from tomorrow (i.e., on January 12th). The website for the PTC does not have this information. Thank you for your help. Best wishes for the new year, Jeanne Jeanne Fleming, PhD JFleming@Metricus.net 650-325-5151 From:Becky Bartindale To:Council, City Cc:City Mgr Subject:Decision time is near - Foothill-De Anza draft maps up for review Jan. 10 Date:Tuesday, January 4, 2022 12:57:02 PM Some people who received this message don't often get email from bartindalebecky@fhda.edu. Learn why this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Honorable Mayor and City Council Members, On January 10, the Foothill-De Anza Community College District Board of Trustees will consider public input on Draft Map A and Draft Map C in preparation for choosing a final trustee area boundary map. The board invites your comments as it contemplates this decision. In December, trustees selected those two possible maps for dividing the district into five trustee areas for electing members of the governing board. Under the new election system, rather than electing trustees who live anywhere in the district, voters will elect one resident from each of the five areas to serve on the board. The change is meant to ensure equitable representation of all areas and population groups. There are multiple ways to provide comments on the draft maps, which you can find at www.fhda.edu/trustee-areas. These include sending your written comments to TrusteeAreas@fhda.edu and attending the Jan. 10 public hearing, which is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. sharp. The map that the board ultimately adopts will affect the communities of Cupertino, Sunnyvale, Mountain View, Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, Palo Alto and small portions of San Jose, Santa Clara, and Saratoga. Draft Map A follows city boundaries and seeks to keep cities as whole as possible to create five trustee areas of roughly equal population size Draft Map C prioritizes school boundaries, with city boundaries as the second priority, to create five trustee areas of roughly equal population size. At a Dec. 13 public hearing, trustees selected the two maps from among three proposed by consultant Redistricting Partners based on established districting principles and input from community and board members. The Palo Alto Weekly/Mountain View Voice covered the December public hearing, and you can read the article at https://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/2021/12/14/foothill-de-anza- narrows-down-election-map-options You can also find a recording of the Dec. 13 public hearing, which includes trustees' questions and comments about the maps, at https://www.fhda.edu/trustee-areas/Timeline_Meetings.html Will you please share this information with your friends, neighbors, and colleagues so they do not miss an opportunity to make their views known about the two proposed boundary maps? Thank you for your interest. Best wishes, Becky --Becky Bartindale (she/her/herself)Foothill-De Anza Community College DistrictCoordinator of communications and public affairs650-949-6107 office650-269-8927 mobile From:Normajean Jiminez To:Council, City Subject:Urgent matter help Date:Tuesday, January 4, 2022 11:15:15 AM Some people who received this message don't often get email from njjiminez40@gmail.com. Learnwhy this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dying veterans family service dog stolen was scammed and forge documents Simon underwood made false police report fraudulent adoption process dying veterans wish Simon underwood attack owners befriend them they have stage 4 plz call asap now plzzzz they showed Chan proof but he egnore the evidence 6507227758 call now urgent matter before veterans family die last wish From:Palo Alto Free Press To:Aram James Cc:Jeff Rosen; Jeff Moore; Sajid Khan; Raj; Human Relations Commission; Council, City; Planning Commission; Jay Boyarsky; chuck jagoda Subject:Re: Larry Krasner sworn in for a second term Date:Tuesday, January 4, 2022 12:53:24 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ Yeah, Since Rosen is an elected official like Larry, you can fix stupid….. Mark Sent from my iPad > On Jan 4, 2022, at 2:17 AM, Aram James <abjpd1@gmail.com> wrote: > > https://www.inquirer.com/news/larry-krasner-district-attorney-second-term-gun-violence-20220103.html? outputType=amp > > > Sent from my iPhone From:Aram James To:Jeff Rosen; Jeff Moore; Sajid Khan; Raj; Human Relations Commission; Council, City; Planning Commission; Jay Boyarsky; paloaltofreepress@gmail.com; chuck jagoda Subject:Larry Krasner sworn in for a second term Date:Tuesday, January 4, 2022 12:17:50 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. 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Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. https://padailypost.com/2017/11/14/palo-altos-hires-menlo-parks-police-chief/ Shared via the Google app Sent from my iPhone From:Aram James To:Pat Burt; Tanaka, Greg; DuBois, Tom; Council, City; Greer Stone; Human Relations Commission; Planning Commission; paloaltofreepress@gmail.com; chuck jagoda; Alison Cormack; Jay Boyarsky; Sajid Khan; Jeff Rosen; Filseth, Eric (Internal) Subject:Communists and socialists Date:Monday, January 3, 2022 5:53:32 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. https://www.cpusa.org/authors/paul-robeson/ Shared via the Google app Sent from my iPhone From:Aram James To:paloaltofreepress@gmail.com; Enberg, Nicholas; Tannock, Julie; Human Relations Commission; Council, City; Planning Commission; chuck jagoda; Binder, Andrew; Jay Boyarsky; Sajid Khan; Jeff Rosen; Raj; Joe Simitian; Winter Dellenbach; ParkRec Commission; Jonsen, Robert; Perron, Zachary; Reifschneider, James; Figueroa, Eric Subject:This is a BLM zone Date:Monday, January 3, 2022 4:03:41 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.________________________________ Sent from my iPhone From:ronricorh@aol.com To:Council, City Subject:Affordable Housing Date:Monday, January 3, 2022 9:00:26 AM Some people who received this message don't often get email from ronricorh@aol.com. Learn whythis is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Again, there is another example of a municipality providing affordable housing! Friday Debember 31th Post daily, front page. "County may but hotel for housing. $333,333 per room" Maybe Palo Alto should consider that option. Ron hall Channing Ave.