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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2022-07-11 City Council Emails 701-32 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: 07/11/2022 Document dates: 06/28/2022 – 07/11/2022 Note: Documents for every category may not have been received for packet reproduction in a given week. From:Aram James To:Sean Allen; Binder, Andrew; Council, City; Pat Burt; michael.gennaco@oirgroup.com; ladoris cordell; Winter Dellenbach; Shikada, Ed; cromero@cityofepa.org; Cecilia Taylor; chuck jagoda; Jeff Rosen; city.council@menlopark.org; Council, City; Enberg, Nicholas; Tannock, Julie; robert.parham@cityofpaloalto.org; Figueroa, Eric; Foley, Michael Subject:The City Where Investigations of Police Take So Long, Officers Kill Again Before Reviews Are Done — ProPublica Date:Monday, July 11, 2022 9:56:00 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ https://www.propublica.org/article/vallejo-police-killing-investigations Sent from my iPhone From:D Martell To:Council, City; Shikada, Ed Subject:Fwd: Air traffic is getting worse !! Date:Monday, July 11, 2022 6:26:01 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. 6:20 am, another noisy plane .. this is crazy!! ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: D Martell <dmpaloalto@gmail.com> Date: Monday, July 11, 2022 Subject: Air traffic is getting worse !! To: "Council, City" <city.council@cityofpaloalto.org>, "Shikada, Ed" <Ed.Shikada@cityofpaloalto.org> Oh no! Not again! 5:55 am! ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: D Martell <dmpaloalto@gmail.com> Date: Monday, July 11, 2022 Subject: Air traffic is getting worse !! To: "Council, City" <city.council@cityofpaloalto.org>, "Shikada, Ed" <Ed.Shikada@cityofpaloalto.org> Finally fell back asleep, only to be woken by another plane at 5:20 am. Sleep deprivation is a form of torture.. Again, please INSIST it stops. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: D Martell <dmpaloalto@gmail.com> Date: Monday, July 11, 2022 Subject: Air traffic is getting worse !! To: "Council, City" <city.council@cityofpaloalto.org>, "Shikada, Ed" <Ed.Shikada@cityofpaloalto.org> This weekend, loud airplanes woke me at all hours of the night, including 1:15 am, 3:30 am, 4:50 am. Please INSIST it stops. From:D Martell To:Council, City; Shikada, Ed Subject:Fwd: Air traffic is getting worse !! Date:Monday, July 11, 2022 6:01:13 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Oh no! Not again! 5:55 am! ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: D Martell <dmpaloalto@gmail.com> Date: Monday, July 11, 2022 Subject: Air traffic is getting worse !! To: "Council, City" <city.council@cityofpaloalto.org>, "Shikada, Ed" <Ed.Shikada@cityofpaloalto.org> Finally fell back asleep, only to be woken by another plane at 5:20 am. Sleep deprivation is a form of torture.. Again, please INSIST it stops. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: D Martell <dmpaloalto@gmail.com> Date: Monday, July 11, 2022 Subject: Air traffic is getting worse !! To: "Council, City" <city.council@cityofpaloalto.org>, "Shikada, Ed" <Ed.Shikada@cityofpaloalto.org> This weekend, loud airplanes woke me at all hours of the night, including 1:15 am, 3:30 am, 4:50 am. Please INSIST it stops. From:D Martell To:Council, City; Shikada, Ed Subject:Fwd: Air traffic is getting worse !! Date:Monday, July 11, 2022 5:25:52 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Finally fell back asleep, only to be woken by another plane at 5:20 am. Sleep deprivation is a form of torture.. Again, please INSIST it stops. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: D Martell <dmpaloalto@gmail.com> Date: Monday, July 11, 2022 Subject: Air traffic is getting worse !! To: "Council, City" <city.council@cityofpaloalto.org>, "Shikada, Ed" <Ed.Shikada@cityofpaloalto.org> This weekend, loud airplanes woke me at all hours of the night, including 1:15 am, 3:30 am, 4:50 am. Please INSIST it stops. From:D Martell To:Council, City; Shikada, Ed Subject:Air traffic is getting worse !! Date:Monday, July 11, 2022 5:06:08 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. This weekend, loud airplanes woke me at all hours of the night, including 1:15 am, 3:30 am, 4:50 am. Please INSIST it stops. From:D Martell To:Figueroa, Eric; Foley, Michael; Parham, Luis; Tannock, Julie; Ferreira, David Cc:Shikada, Ed; Binder, Andrew; Reifschneider, James; Philip, Brian; Kan, Michael; Pojanamat, Dan; Lee, David; Salkeld, Joshua; Jensen, Eric; michael.gennaco@oirgroup.com; Stephen.Connolly@oirgroup.com; Jeff; Supervisor Simitian; AnnaEshoo@mail.house.gov; anne.ream@mail.house.gov; Kou, Lydia; Stone, Greer; Stump, Molly; Irwin, Daniel; Bill Johnson; Jay Thorwaldson; Dave Price; Council, City; Aram James Subject:Palo Alto"s City Mural wrongly excused "Cop Killer" | Officers win lawsuit against City Date:Saturday, July 9, 2022 4:04:21 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Captain Binder: Please forward email to retired police Agent Chris Moore. Thank you. - DM ------------------ Six courageous officers - Eric Figueroa Michael Foley Luis Parham Julie Tannock David Ferreira Chris Moore (retired) Palo Alto Police Department Palo Alto, California 94301 Dear Officers: Palo Alto residents support you. Thank you for having improved Palo Alto. Most sincerely, -Danielle Martell Palo Alto City Council Candidate 2016 & 2005 dmPaloAlto@gmail.com From:Liz Gardner To:Palo Alto Forward; Palo Alto Renters" Association; PAHousingElement; Council, City Subject:Collaboration ? What Drives Palo Alto Tenant Protection Date:Friday, July 8, 2022 4:22:46 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. My take on how to handle advocacy and collaboration for renters in Palo Alto. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Liz Gardner <gardnerjaqua@gmail.com> Date: Friday, July 8, 2022 Subject: Collaboration Drives Palo Alto Tenant Protection To: "info@siliconvalleyathome.org" <info@siliconvalleyathome.org> Hello, One of the biggest pieces missing from Palo Alto’s renter protections is that landlords ask that the prospective tenant to produce three months of pay stubs proving income 3 times the asking rent and a bank statement that shows enough cash for three months rent plus security deposit in an account, a credit score of 700 and above. Even if a prospective tenant has the income to cover asking rent . Also Wall Street’s V Rents “accepts S8” yet a tenant must have all of the above to be considered. In an average substandard dwelling 2B/1B 800 sq ft with shared laundry abd no yard at 3000 a month the tenant has to show income of 100,000 a year in income. This in itself denies rental subsidies like S8 vouchers or social security or disability for the low-wage worker. Is Laura or PA City Council, PA forward or the PA Renters association aware of this major discriminatory practice. This in itself prevents freedoms to move within the city of Palo Alto and traps families to stay in overcrowded unlivable situations. Even when they’ve never been evicted. Too the links provided by the PARA for below market apartments are weak at best. Waitlists are closed via Alta Housing with no understanding of where if one can get on a waitlist where there name is on the list (what number). Links to dead end circular websites only creates more frustration and sandbags prospective good tenants from access to safe, quality rentals that are below market. I am sorely disappointed in the PARA’s lack of clear guidelines and direct resources that could help renters access good housing choices. It’s the cities responsibility to proved direct, clear ways that renters can get in a list, where they are on a list. Furthermore. Should PA continue to gaslight BMR tenants in this community yet be building housing in Redweod City, Mountain View ect, PA residents should be allowed to apply for that housing and thier kids should continue to attend PAUSD — based on the cities inadequate housing supply for BMR resident renters. Lastly it would be so great if City of PA, SVatHome, PA Forward, PARA and Alta, Mid Pen ect could hold a renters workshop at Mitchel Park to invite residentrenters to learn and get hooked into and clear access to the renters market here in Palo Alto. What a great way to in person work together to really help people navigate a maze of information that often leads nowhere. Thank you for listening! Liz Gardner On Friday, July 8, 2022, SVatHome <info@siliconvalleyathome.org> wrote: Challenge Grant Collaboration Drives Palo Alto Tenant Protection Proposals If five pending tenant-protection proposals become ordinances in Palo Alto, it will mark a triumphant culmination of a partnership between the City and SV@Home that started more than 36 months ago with a proposal for an innovative grant program sponsored by the Partnership for the Bay’s Future. The Challenge Grants for Protection and Preservation supports policy development by bringing local government and community partners to the same table to facilitate collaboration and drive the adoption of equitable ordinances and programs. The Palo Alto partnership was one of seven grants in the Bay Area. A vital piece of the Challenge Grant partnership was Palo Alto fellow, Lauren Bigelow, who was assigned to this effort. She is a mid-career fellow who worked full-time for two years to facilitate and drive the process. She assumed the tasks of: Implementing a robust community outreach and education process: Pulling together data outlining the triggers of housing instability; Collecting best practices on a menu of policy solutions and; Keeping the focus on racial and economic equity for renters in Palo Alto. The collaboration moved several policies forward and supported the formation of the Palo Alto Renters Association (PARA), a group of community members focused on renters' rights and increasing renters’ voices in the civic landscape. Throughout the grant period, both the fellows and the partners from all seven sites came together as a cohort to exchange insights and experiences. We believe the Challenge Grant program was a real breakthrough in Palo Alto because we sustained momentum behind the policy push and built trust between the City and community partners. The Partnership for the Bay's Future recently released a full review and evaluation of the program, including an assessment of the process for each of the seven sites. To learn more, see the evaluation of the program here. One of the goals of the Challenge Grant was to develop policy templates that could be shared with other jurisdictions around the region. In this spirit, SV@Home used the work from this grant to submit letters to most of the cities in Santa Clara County about anti- displacement and renter-protection policies to Affirmatively Further Fair Housing (AFFH) in their Housing Elements. You can view the letter here. SV@Home produced a Housing Action Coalition (HAC) event about tenant protections and its Challenge Grant work in Palo Alto last January. If you’d like a refresher, the link to the YouTube recording is here. We have also been tracking the progress of the Challenge Grant program in San Jose, one of the partnerships focused on developing a Community Opportunity to Purchase Act (COPA) preservation program. We dedicated our HAC segment in February to that policy effort. A link to the YouTube recording of the COPA HAC can be found here, and a link to the session conducted in Spanish is here. This work for SV@Home and Palo Alto continues to move through the policymaking and adoption process, and it’s exciting to see the fruits of our collective efforts over the past many months. Palo Alto was one of seven Challenge Grant sites throughout the Bay Area. Throughout the grant period, both the fellows and the partners came together as a cohort to exchange insights and experiences. The Partnership for the Bay's Future website recently released a full review and evaluation of the pilot program. To see more information about this program and others, click this link. Our participation in these creative partnerships will continue with a new policy development partnership with the City of Mountain View and the Housing Trust of Silicon Valley, supported by a new competitive program from The Partnership for the Bay’s Future – the Break Through Grant. Look for updates on this new work in the months ahead. 350 W. Julian St. #5 • San José, CA 95110 • 408.780.8411• siliconvalleyathome.org Sent via ActionNetwork.org. To update your email address, change your name or address, or to stop receiving emails from SV@Home , please click here. -- Liz Gardner -- Liz Gardner From:Karen Latchford To:Council, City Subject:Avoid “car camping” Date:Friday, July 8, 2022 3:05:12 PM [Some people who received this message don't often get email from klatchford@comcast.net. Learn why this is important at https://aka.ms/LearnAboutSenderIdentification ] CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ Dear Mayor Burt, Vice Mayor Kou and City Council Members, I write to recommend avoiding “car camping” in the City of Palo Alto. I view this as an untenable lifestyle. I have seen waste dumped down drains labeled “flows to bay.” Rules of behavior and occupation that apply to residents suddenly don’t seem to apply to “campers.” In nomway do Inassert every “car camper” is the same. Moreover, in the past couple of days, the Palo Alto Daily Post has covered the tragic death of a man “car camPing” in the adjacent City of Mountain View: This was a man “who died from blunt force injuries…at Shoreline Amphitheatre, where the city allows people to live in their RVs…the parking lot is owned by the city so that people who live in their RVs can stay there as part of a “safe parking” program. Up to 29 RVs are allowed to stay on the parking lot for 24 hours a day, as long as the people work woth social workers to get more stable housing.” That is a scary death and implies 100% supervision by Public Safety or Social Services is required. It sounds like more is required. There are numerous well documented news reports of negative circumstances related to various forms of “car camping.” Some would include tent encampments in this category of living on the streets. In Sacramento, which is not that far from here, a woman (Emma Roark) was raped and killed: “Suspect charged in ‘horrific’ killing of California woman found in tree in homeless encampment,” NBCnews.com, February 14, 2022, et al. If this sensational crime is scoffed at as “it would never happen here,” then why do some object to confirming identities and screening potential “car campers,” often stating that they are from (Palo Alto) or work here or the public has no right to be assured that they ARE Palo Altans or work here. - Why not confirm identities and circumstances? No, they aren’t all identical circumstances, but the subject must be addressed owing to a conflict with: Justifiable family neighborhood safety concerns, Safe Routes to School routes for elementary children, concerns about the potential from fire from those casually “camping” - they are NOT located in a campground or mobile home park, for example. At least Social Services is engaged with the above referenced location in Mountain View. If we don’t want to encourage ongoing issues/risks, then action to navigate persons promptly beyond “car camping” is a must. Palo Alto must balance Public Safety in our residential neighborhoods with requests to install “car camping.” At a minimum, I would think background screening would be necessary, in order to assist Palo Altans in great need and to avoid bringing felons or sex offenders in from outside this city - which place residents and businesses at likely risk. In addition, Social Services screening creates a foundation of identity and guidance to utilize available necessary services (whether employment, disability, mental health, medical, housing, substance abuse disorder, etc.) If persons object to identification, screening, utilizing appropriate offered public and charitable services, when do the rights of local residents and businesses enter into the discussion? Some Faith organizations feel a need to support those experiencing homelessness. It is admirable and understandable that these organizations support their members in need, including with housing access and support. By contrast, I do NOT agree with inviting unknown persons from outside this city to “car camp” on such properties. There is quite a difference, and doing this without meaningful oversight places city residents and businesses at potential risk. My children attended a liberal religious-affiliated school for part of their elementary years (not in this city). Each year at Thanksgiving they did a project to decorate placemats and write inspiring messages, and these were taken by adults associated with the faith organization to those incarcerated (can’t recall now which facility). This was one example of a suitable way to support those in difficulty and have them know they are acknowledged. These persons, upon exit from incarceration, were not brought to the faith organization’s property to reside. To be clear, I do not equate those experiencing homeless with ex-incarcerated, though the populations are known to overlap to some extent, in some places, so this may be mentioned. I am concerned with effective support to those who wish to do/are “car camping” in order to get them past this untenable lifestyle. This is best accomplished by obtaining services at Palo Alto’s Opportunity Center or other equivalent Social Services, not by being invited into random residential neighborhoods away from services, including away from Public Safety. When I lived in an inexpensive apartment years ago in a city with a very low cost of living (Stockton, CA, which is only 1 hour, 15 minutes’ drive from here), I discovered the adjacent apartment complex was where a large number of Hmong refugees had been placed. Quite a few lived in each apartment. These were not easy circumstances in any way for them. They were a very highly challenged group of people (language, culture, occupation, etc.) and Social Services determined they would do best in an agricultural setting. Many live in California’s Central Valley. These Hmong refugees did NOT “car camp.” Some experiencing housing challenges are moving to areas with much lower cost of living. This may make sense for some who “car camp,” as it is truly not a tenable lifestyle. Sincerely, Karen Latchford Sent from my iPad From:Kirk Vartan To:Filseth, Eric (Internal); Council, City; City Mgr; Clerk, City Subject:Quick 1-minute ask to support Worker Ownership! Date:Friday, July 8, 2022 3:00:23 PM [Some people who received this message don't often get email from kirk@asliceofny.com. Learn why this is important at https://aka.ms/LearnAboutSenderIdentification ] CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ Mayor, Council, and Staff, Hope all is well! This is literally a 60-second ask. Please share with others if you can. This is kind of time sensitive, so the sooner the better. SB 1407 - the CA Employee Ownership Act is out of the Senate and now in the Assembly. We have a petition to show them all of the many areas of support. Please click the link below to sign our advocacy petition. Even if you have sent in a letter of support in the past, this is different. Same bill, different medium. If you have a business that can support our efforts, use that when filling it out. https://www.usworker.coop/worc/sign-on-to-support-the-california-employee-ownership-act Thanks so much. Kirk Vartan Your friendly neighborhood cooperator ================ A Slice of New York, a Worker Cooperative A New York Experience in the Bay Area 3443 Stevens Creek Blvd. (San Jose/Santa Clara) 1253 W El Camino Real (Sunnyvale) SJ: (408) 24-SLICE / SV: (650) 938-NYNY www.asony.com www.911memorial.org From:Planning Subject:HEU: County of Santa Clara Housing Element Update: INVITATION FOR COMMUNITY WORKSHOP, JULY 19 & JULY 21 Date:Friday, July 8, 2022 12:36:18 PM Some people who received this message don't often get email from planning2@pln.sccgov.org. Learn why this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Community Members, You are invited to attend Online Community Workshops in support of the County of Santa Clara’s 2023-2031 Housing Element Update. Community Workshop #1 – Rural Focus (South County, San Martin, & Other Rural Areas) DATE: Tuesday, July 19 TIME: 6:00 PM Community Workshop #2 – Urban Focus (County Islands & Urban Service Area Neighborhoods) DATE: Thursday, July 21 TIME: 6:00 PM Your input on housing priorities is important to us. The purpose is to solicit your feedback on housing-related opportunities and challenges in the County. To register for these workshops, please visit the County Housing Element website and register under “Upcoming Events” at https://www.sccgov.org/housing-element During the meeting, staff will provide a brief presentation to introduce the Housing Element Update to the County’s General Plan, its timeline and the targets to be achieved within the eight-year implementation cycle, and solicit your inputs on housing-related opportunities, challenges and priorities in the unincorporated parts of the County. +++ What is a Housing Element? The Housing Element is a mandatory element, or chapter, of the General Plan that primarily addresses the housing needs of unincorporated Santa Clara County. Housing Element law requires local governments to adequately plan to meet their existing and projected housing needs, including their share of the Regional Housing Needs Allocation. To effectively plan for developing and preserving an adequate supply of housing, local jurisdictions must first understand the housing needs in their communities. A Housing Element must be updated on an eight-year cycle or as otherwise determined by the California Department of Housing and Community Development. The County’s current Housing Element extends to 2022. Visit our project website for more information. Sign up for project updates here. We are looking forward to collaborating with you in formulating the County’s housing policies for the next 8 years. Sincerely, The Department of Planning & Development Housing Team Email: planning2@pln.sccgov.org From:Neilson Buchanan To:Council, City; joshorenberg@gmail.com; George Ugras Cc:Afshin Daghi; Brooke Partridge; Nancy Larson; "Avi Haksar" Subject:Re: Email for Rail Committee Date:Friday, July 8, 2022 8:45:22 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. great job, George ...lets see how communicative PA staff, Committees and Council are to their concerned citizens. Neilson Buchanan 155 Bryant Street Palo Alto, CA 94301 650 329-0484 650 537-9611 cell cnsbuchanan@yahoo.com On Friday, July 8, 2022 at 08:41:47 AM PDT, George Ugras <ugras@pacbell.net> wrote: Some good news from Menlo Park - the city got 3 bids to do the study and is going to pick one on July 12th - they have also coordinated with Palo Alto already to partially cover some of the cost since the Palo ALto Ave crossing is part of the study thanks to our collective efforts. This is good news - about a month behind schedule but I was pleasantly surprised that behind the scenes it had been moving along: https://beta.menlopark.org/files/sharedassets/public/agendas-and-minutes/city-council/2022- meetings/agendas/20220712-city-council-agenda-packet.pdf#page=18 George On Monday, June 13, 2022 at 12:05:48 PM PDT, <joshorenberg@gmail.com> wrote: Hi Rail Committee, I want to thank you for listening to us residents and for getting the quiet zone issue into public discussion. Thanks Philip Kamhi for a brief overview of staff work that is in process and Ripon Bhatia for agreeing to keep us up to date. This issue is very important to over 200 citizens who have signed a petition for action by the cities of Palo Alto and Menlo Park. Now we need Rail Committee and Council support to participate in the project to reduce train noise and improve the health and safety of the communities around the grade crossing. How will Rail Committee and concerned citizens be kept up to date about the project timelines? What funds will be allocated to this effort in FY 23 and FY24? How does the Rail Committee coordinate funding details with the June 20 Council FY23 Budget Approval? What role will the Council Finance Committee have in FY 23? Can we have a Zoom call with staff in mid August? Thanks so much, Main Representatives: Josh Orenberg Afshin Daghi Brooke Partridge Nancy Larson George Ugras Avi Haskar From:George Ugras To:Council, City; joshorenberg@gmail.com Cc:Afshin Daghi; Brooke Partridge; Nancy Larson; "Avi Haksar"; Neilson Buchanan Subject:Re: Email for Rail Committee Date:Friday, July 8, 2022 8:41:51 AM Some people who received this message don't often get email from ugras@pacbell.net. Learn why this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Some good news from Menlo Park - the city got 3 bids to do the study and is going to pick one on July 12th - they have also coordinated with Palo Alto already to partially cover some of the cost since the Palo ALto Ave crossing is part of the study thanks to our collective efforts. This is good news - about a month behind schedule but I was pleasantly surprised that behind the scenes it had been moving along: https://beta.menlopark.org/files/sharedassets/public/agendas-and-minutes/city-council/2022- meetings/agendas/20220712-city-council-agenda-packet.pdf#page=18 George On Monday, June 13, 2022 at 12:05:48 PM PDT, <joshorenberg@gmail.com> wrote: Hi Rail Committee, I want to thank you for listening to us residents and for getting the quiet zone issue into public discussion. Thanks Philip Kamhi for a brief overview of staff work that is in process and Ripon Bhatia for agreeing to keep us up to date. This issue is very important to over 200 citizens who have signed a petition for action by the cities of Palo Alto and Menlo Park. Now we need Rail Committee and Council support to participate in the project to reduce train noise and improve the health and safety of the communities around the grade crossing. How will Rail Committee and concerned citizens be kept up to date about the project timelines? What funds will be allocated to this effort in FY 23 and FY24? How does the Rail Committee coordinate funding details with the June 20 Council FY23 Budget Approval? What role will the Council Finance Committee have in FY 23? Can we have a Zoom call with staff in mid August? Thanks so much, Main Representatives: Josh Orenberg Afshin Daghi Brooke Partridge Nancy Larson George Ugras Avi Haskar From:upcomingsales@friendspaloaltolib.org To:Council, City Subject:Independent, Incredible, and Iconic Book Sale - Friends of the Palo Alto Library Date:Thursday, July 7, 2022 4:26:12 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Visit our web site CUBBERLEY USED BOOK SALES FACE COVERS RECOMMENDED Saturday July 9 Bargain Room 9:30am - 4pm Children's Room 10am - 4pm Main Room Sale 11am - 4pm Sunday July 10 All Rooms 11am - 4pm FEATURED IN JULY History/China Asian Language Puzzles & Games Children's Room High Value 4000 Middlefield Road Palo Alto NE corner of the Cubberley Community Center (650) 213-8755 www.fopal.org Maps and Directions More information on the sales Donate your used books, DVDs, &c ALL NET PROCEEDS GO TO HELP PALO ALTO LIBRARIES Marty's (Main) Room In our Main Room, prices are way below what used book stores charge. Hardcover books start at $3.00 and softcover books start at only $2.00. NO NUMBERS WILL BE ISSUED FOR NON- MEMBERS FOR THIS SALE. IF YOU ARE NOT A FOPAL MEMBER SIMPLY SHOW UP AT 11AM. Please note that due to crowding during the first two hours of the Book Sale, no strollers, rolling carts, etc. can be brought into the Main Room. This is for the safety of shoppers and volunteers alike. By 12:30 or so, the crowd thins out and shoppers are welcome to bring these items into the sale. Children's Book Sale The Children's Room is located in the portable next to the soccer field near Greendell School. It is entirely filled with children's books and toys. You'll find picture books, school age fiction and non-fiction, award winners, non-English titles, CDs and DVDs, and books for parents and teachers, most for 50 cents or $1. Strollers are welcome in the Children's Room at any time. Bargain Books in H-2 The Bargain Room is located in Rooms H-2 and H-3 of the Cubberley main campus, between Marty's Room and Middlefield Road. On Saturday, paperbacks are 50 cents, hardcovers are $1, and children's books are 50 cents each. The room also contains many records, CDs, and DVDs at $1 each. On Sunday, the room opens at 11 am and all prices are half off. Or, save even more on Sunday by buying green FOPAL reusable bags from us for $2/ea (or bring your own grocery-size reusable bag) and stuffing them with any items in the room for $5/bag. Fill four bags at $5/bag and fill a fifth bag FREE! (We no longer receive sufficient used paper grocery bags along with donations for this purpose.) News from the Library, by E-mail and RSS 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. The Library would like you to know that this year's Summer Reading Program is under way, and that you can sign up for it until July 31, and I (yr hmbl newsletter editor) can't point you at the e-mail because they've changed mailing list provider to one that apparently does not do archives. Maybe it's OK. The Library has a blog too and it covers most of the other topics that were in the most recent newsletter. You can look at that here and it's got an RSS feed here. (The RSS feed 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. There is an archive of those e-mails here. And if like yr hmbl newsletter editor you have not been paying attention and are wondering what is open and how much the Library has a Current Library Services page. July Sale Highlights July is FOPAL's busy donation time, signaling that summer is here! FOPAL is offering plenty of summer-time reads, games, puzzles, music, movies, and more! From the History section, look for a big special on China history books along with hundreds of other History books donated this month The Asian Language section has been completely restocked with a wide variety of books from several recent donations. The overflow can be found in the Bargain Room. Look for multiple sections/shelves of Puzzles & Games in both the Main Room and the Bargain Room. The equally nice selection in the Bargain Room is a reflection of the overflow from the Main Room. The Children's Room has more than enough items to fill most sections twice over, graphic novels, kid's non-fiction & fiction, toys, puzzles, and games to name a handful of the superabundant sections! For all FOPAL's bibliophile customers the unique special of High-Value books normally sold by our High- Value team on Amazon, eBay, or at auction continues! Enjoy this opportunity to shop the High-Value inventory at the July Sale as well as check out a super-duper variety of books, DVDs, LPs, CDs, and more specially selected by FOPAL dedicated Section Managers! Donation Reminder FOPAL processes approximately 40k books a month! Sadly about 2/3 of what we accept is not salable. Please know that books that are insect-infested, water damaged, moldy, chewed on, missing pages or cover, or are heavily written in or highlighted, are not saleable. These books are destined for the blue bin. As we like to gently say... "If you wouldn't give it to a friend, please don't give it to the Friends." History "Don't miss the special on CHINA in the History section. Our books span the breadth of Chinese history including 21st century developments. We have added new books to last month's extensive collection. We have also received a large number of books on RUSSIA ranging from the tsars to Putin. Gain a better understanding of our current 'countries of concern' and why each of these countries wants and feels they deserve to regain their former status and position in today's world. Check out the rest of the History section for great sets, lots of US history, Asia, Europe, etc. Middle East books are all on a red cart this month." -Suzanne Little and Lin McAllister Puzzles and Games "This section has been one of our fastest-growing and best-selling since the pandemic began. And for good reason beyond being great stay-at-home entertainment--we get high- quality current items. This month in puzzles we had a large donation on the very popular and highest quality Pomegranate Art puzzles and will start the sale with 15 of these in our section of over 135 to choose from. "Also donated this month were some of the most popular (and pricy) strategy games of the past several years, none now priced at more than $20. Games include copies of Settlers and Seafarers Catan, two versions of Ticket to Ride, Dominion, Duel, Race for the Galaxy, Axis, and Allies. Also available are many adult and family favorites. Come check us out at the sale and in our growing puzzle display at the FOPAL store at Mitchell Park Library." - Vicky Evans High Value Special "Due to the success of last month's high value book sale we are running it for one more month refreshed with new books. "FOPAL considers most of our books priced at over $20 as high value and sells them online either through eBay or Amazon. For the July sale we are going to make available around 500 books from our high value reserve. The books will cover all of our usual category areas, including art, architecture, fiction and nonfiction, recent and old editions, hardbacks and paperbacks. This is an opportunity to see the books in person as a library and buy them without fees and without waiting. As an added bonus, all of the books will be for sale at less than their online price. "Look for the High Value Special Sale in the main aisle." -Nigel Jones European Language "We have lots of good books in Spanish, including several by Jorge Ibarguengoitia (author of Two Crimes/Dos crimenes). We also received a lot of books in Sanskrit which will be offered in the Bargain Room." -Susan Strain (Yr hmbl newsletter editor has seen these in the Bargain Room in its Eastern Religion section and in a small book case near Philosophy.) Poetry "In the Poetry section, look for special sections on T.S. Eliot, Lives of the Poets, Haiku, and a selection of poetry books signed by author. For a glimpse of the shelves, go to fopalbooks.com" -Mandy MacCalla Philosophy "As a result of our large high value sale in the main aisle Philosophy has moved to aisle 13. This month we have two very handsome volumes. One is the Complete Works of Aristotle, volume 1, and the other is the Complete Works of Plato. They are rarely seen especially in this condition." -Nigel Jones Computers "The Computer section has many special interest sections, each small enough to allow a thorough browse by the reader with a matching interest. The savvy customer should know that the latest acquisitions are usually at the right end of each section. This month, thanks to a big donation from the CMU library, the 'Opinion-Analysis-History' section has overflowed to a second shelf." -David Cortesi Science "All shelves are pictured and available for viewing at fopalbooks.com." -Edwin El-Kareh Sheet Music "We have received several large donations and all are now up on the shelves. We were given music for instruments that we normally do not get: harp, lute and balalaika. With so many new materials, we have had to put some overflow in the Science section. All shelf pictures are at fopalbooks.com. Because most sheet music is spineless, most every item has been individually pictured. Each musical instrument has its own webpage, so pictures should be faster to get to." -Edwin El-Kareh Photography "On the Photography shelves: Postcards From Mars (The First Photographer on the Red Planet) On the red carts: National Geographic's The Photo Ark (One Man's Quest to Document the World's Animals) Several titles focused on music in general (The Beatles Anthology) and guitars in particular" -George Chaltas 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 are closed for donations from Sunday July 3 through Sunday July 10 to prepare the Main Room for this weekend's sale. Please hold your donations until Monday July 11. 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.) Suggestions? 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From:Jo Ann Mandinach To:City Mgr; Council, City Subject:Internet/Broadband Services Market Research Survey and Deposit Program – City of Palo Alto, CA Date:Thursday, July 7, 2022 3:51:56 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. How do we demonstrate our LACK of support for this monumental waste of money? The survey was ridiculously biased and more of a push poll designed to collect deposits! What a waste of our money from a city that can't even provide reliable power outage reports! https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/News-Articles/City-Manager/InternetBroadband-Services- Market-Research-Survey-and-Deposit-Program? utm_source=Coronavirus+Updates&utm_campaign=32012ba11b- EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2022_07_07_04_11&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_d8eda03e5f- 32012ba11b-354967955 From:Silicon Valley Community Foundation To:Council, City Subject:Special Implicit Bias Leadership Training Opportunity 7/27 and 8/3 - Sign Up Today Date:Thursday, July 7, 2022 1:25:30 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious ofopening attachments and clicking on links. 650.450.5400 @ info@siliconvalleycf.org Dear friend of SVCF, Through SVCF's Capacity-Building and Leadership Investment Program, we are excited to announce the next round of Implicit Bias trainings facilitated by the National Training Institute on Race and Equity. This online training is open to anyone living or working in San Mateo or Santa Clara counties. This is a two-part series, so please plan on attending both days. We invite you to share this opportunity with those in your networks. Understanding Race and Equity through Implicit Bias Exploration Part one Wednesday, July 27 1:00 - 3:00 p.m. PT Part two Wednesday, August 3 1:00 - 3:00 p.m. PT This event, offered in partnership with the National Training Institute on Race and Equity, provides an engaging and fact-based approach to understanding bias and how it shows up in our personal and professional lives. Past participants have commented on how the training is engaging and informative: “This training was great! It was insightful, thought-provoking, accessible, easy to understand and truly the best one I've attended on this topic to date (and I've attended many over the past two years). Thank you!" We hope to see you there. Thank you, Will Aubin and Michelle Fries SVCF's Capacity-Building and Leadership Investment Team Register here Register here Address 2440 West El Camino Real Suite 300 Mountain View, CA 94040 About Silicon Valley Community Foundation is a community catalyst for change. Copyright © 2022 Silicon Valley Community Foundation View in browser | Unsubscribe From:Allan Seid To:Channing House Bulletin Board; CHOpinion CHOpinion Subject:Fwd: Law requires removal of "racial covenants" from California property records Date:Thursday, July 7, 2022 9:58:19 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. From: Allan Seid <allanseid734@gmail.com> Date: Tue, Jul 5, 2022 at 9:30 AM Subject: Law requires removal of 'racial covenants' from California property record Source: San Jose Mercury News, 7/5/22 https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/07/05/state-bill-requires-removal-of-racial- covenants-from-property-records/? campaign=sjmnbreakingnews&utm_email=5471747C047CF4F134FEE503FE&g 2i_eui=sqnKQBf51kRyOuCrHJAwNHEFBT0TrrOE&g2i_source=newsletter&ac tive=yesP&lctg=5471747C047CF4F134FEE503FE&utm_source=listrak&utm_m edium=email&utm_term=https%3a%2f%2fwww.mercurynews.com%2f2022%2f 07%2f05%2fstate-bill-requires-removal-of-racial-covenants-from-property- records%2f&utm_campaign=bang-sjmn-nl-breaking-news-alerts- nl&utm_content=alert State bill requires removal of ‘racial covenants’ from California property records Racist housing rules no longer enforceable, but a reminder of past discrimination Ethan Varian July 5, 2022 at 7:28 a.m. Eileen Bissen’s property title document which includes offensive language is photographed before being submitting with a modification form at the Contra Costa County Recorder’s Office in Martinez, Calif., on Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2019. When Bissen bought her house in Concord in 2010, she was shocked to see language in the property documents that said the home could not be owned or occupied by anyone who was not of the Caucasian race. (Anda Chu/Bay Area News Group) Under a new state law, counties must now work to purge their property records of decades-old racist language that once banned people of color from buying homes in neighborhoods across California. Starting July 1, the law also requires real estate agents and services to notify homebuyers if any such bans — called racially restrictive covenants — are known to be tied to a property and to help redact the unlawful rules. While the covenants were deemed unenforceable by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1948, racial justice advocates say removing the racist language is necessary to confront the region’s painful history of discrimination. “This law brings awareness to the fact that the covenants are not only our legacy but that their remnants are still in practice,” said Tomiquia Moss, founder of the Bay Area advocacy group All Home, which pushed for the bill’s passage last year. In the first half of the 20th century, it was common practice for developers and homeowners’ associations throughout the country to include covenants in deeds and other property records to bar specific races and groups of people from moving into certain homes. In the Bay Area, restrictive covenants remain on the books in neighborhoods from the Oakland Hills to Redwood City and beyond. Some property records include language such as “no person of any race other than the Caucasian or white race” may use or occupy the property, with the exception of “domestic servants of a different race domiciled with an owner or tenant.” Other covenants from that era specifically prohibit residents of “African, Mongolian or Japanese” descent. Restrictive covenants — along with discriminatory zoning laws and other practices — contributed to the lasting wealth gap between Whites and people of color, experts say. As minority families were excluded from the housing market, they were often prevented from moving to areas with more resources and from building equity in their homes, a stepping stone to wealth that can be passed down over generations. “Racial residential segregation in the Bay Area is not natural or simply a matter of individual preferences and actions,” states a 2019 report by UC Berkeley’s Othering and Belonging Institute. “Today’s patterns are partially the result of a wide range of coordinated tactics used to perpetuate racial exclusion prior to the enactment of state and federal fair housing legislation.” In 2000, California set up a process for homeowners to strike racist language from property records. The state’s new law, Assembly Bill 1466, now allows anyone, even those who don’t own or live in properties with racial covenants, to file a form requesting county officials redact the language. The law also requires real estate agents, title companies and escrow services to alert a homebuyer if they’re aware restrictive covenants are attached to a property. Ramesh Rao, a real estate agent in the South Bay, said the new rules shouldn’t be difficult to accommodate. “We already give a number of advisories to sellers and buyers in any transaction, and we’ll be adding one more advisory to that effect,” Rao said. To comply with the law, county recorder’s offices across the Bay Area are setting up programs to identify and redact covenants from their millions of property records dating back to the 1800s. Matt Yankee, chief of the Alameda County Clerk-Recorder’s Office, said his staff plans to use special software to help digitize, review and remove racial covenants from the majority of recorded county property records within five years, and manually go through the remaining older documents that can’t be read by a computer. The agency also aims to allow residents to alert officials to racist language through its public records portal. “We hope to have some kind of ‘report this document’ button,” Yankee said. “We want to know right away to take immediate action.” But Stephen Menendian, a researcher with the Othering and Belonging Institute, worries that redacting the language from property records could hinder efforts to study and map restrictive covenants in the state. The University of Washington found more than 20,000 properties in the Seattle area with racial covenants, the Seattle Times reported in 2019. “This is going to make it so much harder to know the extent of racial covenants in California,” Menendian said. Yankee said redacted records will still be identified by a cover page noting a covenant has been removed. Original copies can also be accessed by a public records request, according to the text of the bill. Moss, with the advocacy group All Home, said she wants officials and Realtors associations to do more to inform the public about the new law, as well as work to prevent any ongoing fair housing violations – such as potential discrimination in home appraisals or mortgage lending. “This is saying we know it happened, we know it’s still happening,” Moss said, “and we’re doing something about it.” From:Dilma Coleman To:troy@hansonflg.com; Stanford Community Law Clinic Cc:cityattorney@sfcityatty.org; Council, City Subject:Fwd: AC1 Monika Carillo didn"t commit suicide in South Carolina. Seen it. Monika Carillo aka Nika was kidnapped from her home in Boulder Creek CA taken to a San Jose motel whereas Nicole Shanahan had trapped Monika Carillo? Steven Carrillo Airforce mil... Date:Wednesday, July 6, 2022 8:52:42 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Dilma Coleman <dhappinessforever@gmail.com> Date: Wed, Jul 6, 2022, 8:27 PM Subject: AC1 Monika Carillo didn't commit suicide in South Carolina. Seen it. Monika Carillo aka Nika was kidnapped from her home in Boulder Creek CA taken to a San Jose motel whereas Nicole Shanahan had trapped Monika Carillo? Steven Carrillo Airforce military police officer didn't kill my dearest friend Sgt. Damon Guitzweiler. To: <mbriscoe@scdefenders.com>, <60amw.actionline@us.af.mil> Cc: <agsecurities@scag.gov>, <chief@caycesc.gov> Whatever else Sergie Brin's wife Nicole Shanahan plus El Chapo's wife Emma had transported Steven Carrillo's wife's body..from San Jose hotel room..to A hotel in South Carolina as if Ivan Archibaldo is The biological son of Princess Diana. Why was it so important for Steven Carrillo Airforce military police's wife to be killed and why did it matter to Nicole Shanahan? AC1 Monika Carillo was talented with similar interests and talents as Laci Peterson. Monika Carillo didn't brag or boasts about her gifts and talents and neither did Laci Peterson. Both women were ambitious very outspoken heroric, learner's who taught different people who had disabilities such as autism and other injuries inflicted thru environmental factors or from gun violence. Monika Carillo was always AC1 she knew how to care for the sick and her bedside skills assisting the wounded was never boring. Monika Carillo had an abundance of friends and her busy schedule kept her family life private and she was a good wife who shared different psychological charectoristics whereas she prepared her husband Steven Carrillo for the appropriate healthy measures for good reasoning for the things he were afraid of or made him dislike certain cultural aspects of women. Scott Peterson didn't kill his wife Laci. Laci was with many talents and it's obvious that Laci Peterson's father Dennis Rocha knew that his son in law Scott was innocent. Dennis Rocha had requested for Dilma to speak with Scott yet everyone else was going through their hypnosis or something like several other type of brain washes whereas Laci Rocha's family was kept under close watch while the others wrote fictional characters whereas it didn't match the characteristics of Scott Peterson. Laci's brother was constantly comparing his self towards Laci and Her husband Scott Peterson. Scott Peterson was trapped held hostage by witnesses who had a different story as if they were targeted trapped by local government officials who had been law enforcement agents who are desperately guilty of extortion. Steven Carrillo wasn't sure what killed his wife Monika Carillo because he had been attacked by boogaloo law enforcement agents who desperately had kleptomaniac sorcerer's spells. Those hypnotist obviously attributed to the appearance of targeting people in trapped houses whereas the only transportation to an escape house was to be released from the jail whereas the warden had a map quest towards other roadside employment that was occupied by travelling off duty agents who desperately had been programmed to perform acts that force a law enforcement agents to form extortion Acts some under violent racketeering charectoristics analysis and or a different procedural process of extortion. Trapped with alcoholic beverages from facing the ideas of being a single dad without a wife Steven Carrillo Airforce military police was with depression whereas it made him an easy target. Steven still needed answers for his wife's death.. Monika Carillo was gone just as Scott Peterson's wife Laci Rocha Peterson was gone. Their patterns of needed answers was in constant denial as if a family of false prophets used hypnosis on their family members to be revealed as if Scott Peterson was guilty. Laci Rocha Peterson's death was done with many witnesses such as the similar appearances of that HAYWARD CA girl Sophia Mason had many witnesses who revealed her body to the Merced sheriffs. This type of investigations is closed and one sided of the information is revealed thru the darkest behaviors of those Santa Clara county government officials who are Habitual gamblers addicted to switching crime scenes and using manipulated charectoristics analysis from forensic scientists. There were environmental behaviors that were Primal observations and intuitive for what happened to Scott Peterson's wife. It's Completely revealed that the primal observations and intuitive factors that came to build up the lives of Monika Carillo did happen during her 12 yr marriage to Steven Carrillo and in their childhood the older male whom frequently seen them was Dave Patrick Underwood. Dave Patrick Underwood was with good role model observations who didn't have any doubts with Steven Carrillo's role as a single father and it's obvious that Dave Patrick Underwood was confident in her social interaction with Steven Carrillo as well as his religious beliefs and other talks about social skills, especially talks about work environments. Monika's role model as an former Airforce military agent..on it. Dilma had owned a charter plane and Monika loved it and when a power Kleptomaniac gang took that plane away from Dilma there was nothing the local police did to recover it because of their extortions practices on what they gain thru their community whereas home invasions are acceptable thru the Santa Clara county,San Mateo county, Alameda County all regions near Municipal airports and other military bases. Dilma has been thru Russia CIA Intelligence under the leadership of Vladimir Putin. So so much for that. AC1 Monika Carillo was taken out her home in Boulder Creek taken to Casa Linda motel in 2018. Nicole Shanahan had everything vocalized and it's obvious that Emma Coronel aispuro was involved with her cohorts Affiliated with boogaloo law enforcement agents who desperately need to be revealed as extortionists as well as other drug smuggling cartels using homes that don't belong to them as if their muppets for the U.K royals and other indigenous people from Mawali. ...let's pause..on all Dilma's awards in the CIA Intelligence whereas the Saudi Arabian Intelligence owes Dilma Coleman an income for what led to that investigation on my ex husband Alwaleed bin Talal Al Saud..be on it as Dilma needs income..and replaced aircrafts,military weapons for Diva Lee MD JD are granted invisible to all. Stop Gaslighting techniques that continued to be revealed as crime scene analysis transferred from California to South Carolina. Best regards Dilma Coleman aka Diva Lee MD JD From:Aram James To:Sean Allen; Council, City; Shikada, Ed; Winter Dellenbach; Joe Simitian; Binder, Andrew; Jeff Rosen; Raj; Greer Stone; chuck jagoda; Jethroe Moore; Enberg, Nicholas; Tannock, Julie; Jay Boyarsky; Vara Ramakrishnan; Rebecca Eisenberg; ladoris cordell; Greg Tanaka; Anna Griffin; Pat Burt; Cindy Chavez; Bains, Paul; Human Relations Commission; Roberta Ahlquist; Lewis. james; Tom DuBois; Betsy Nash; Cecilia Taylor Subject:How Can We Improve the Police Chief Selection Process? Date:Wednesday, July 6, 2022 6:03:08 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ Check out this video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/pyuqJ6EwHas Sent from my iPhone From:mark weiss To:Council, City Cc:Shikada, Ed; Tom DuBois tom.dubois@gmail.com; Alison Cormack Subject:Library will be closing Date:Wednesday, July 6, 2022 12:23:07 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of openingattachments and clicking on links. I received a blast from the city manager’s office informing us of the new libraries’ hours. If you consider that the library is sometimes open as early as 10 AM and at other times open until as late as 9 PM there are 385 possible hours for our five branches. Yet we are open only 149 cumulative hours. That is the equivalent of being open three days a week and closed four days a week, closed more than open. Besides being a library user I am also a former candidate for the library advisory commission which I noticed has also been shuttered or disbanded. Mark Weiss See: “Why I Write” by George Orwell, 1946 Mitchell park 45 Rinconada 32 Children 24 College Terrace 24 Downtown 24 Cumulative 149 Possible 10 to 9 x 7 x 5 == 385 Average: 42 percent Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: From: Palo Alto City Library <pa.library@cityofpaloalto.org> Date: July 3, 2022 at 8:38:37 AM PDT To: earwopa@yahoo.com Subject: New Digital Lab & Seed Library Reply-To: pa.library@cityofpaloalto.org    Palo Alto City Library logo Colorful flower and strawberry characters holding books.   Summer is in full swing at the Library! We hope you’re signed up for our annual Summer Reading Program and are reading (and listening!) away this summer. If you’re not signed up, you have until July 31 to sign up, set your goal, attend events and earn prizes! And if you complete the program, we’ll donate $1 to the Palo Alto Community Fund (PACF) in your name. Join us as we read for a wonderful cause that provides funding to improve the quality of life for everyone in our community.   Sign up!     Come Visit Us! Read our Current Library Services page for available services. We still highly recommend wearing masks when visiting our locations. Mitchell Park Library TUE, WED, THU: 10 AM–9 PM FRI & SAT: 12 PM–6 PM Rinconada Library TUE & WED: 10 AM–6 PM THU: 12 PM–8 PM FRI & SAT: 10 AM–6 PM   Children's Library TUE, WED, SAT: 10 AM–6 PM College Terrace Library THU, FRI, SAT: 10 AM–6 PM Downtown Library THU, FRI, SAT: 10 AM–6 PM     New Digital Lab at Mitchell Park Library The Ventura Technology Learning Center at Mitchell Park Library will launch its Reboot Services in mid-July! Services will include the Vintage Media Lab, lab tours of equipment and 1- on-1 eBook help. Learn more Seed Library is Back at Rinconada Library Wooden shelf with seed packets Come by and pick up native wildflower seeds! You can also contribute seeds to the Library. Learn more FOPAL Book Sale Support the Friends of the Palo Alto Library monthly book sale on July 9 & 10! Events paper collage spelling Make a Zine with colorful yellow and red background Join us from some exciting July in-person & virtual events: All Ages: July 20: Village Rhythms with Onye Onyemaechi July 27: Let's Make a Zine Kids Events: Mondays: Virtual Family Storytime on Facebook Live Wednesdays: Little Ones Storytime at Children’s Library Thursdays: Family Storytime at Mitchell Park (space is limited!) July 13: Fratello Marionette's Puppet Show Teen Events: 1st and 3rd Thursdays of the month: Teach A Librarian How To Play Videogames on twitch.tv July 5: Linguistics Love July 22: You've Never Drawn Like This July 23: Teen Spikeball Tournament Adult Events: July 2: Saturday Boards Games Day (for Teens & Adults!) July 14: Getting Started with Web3 – Blockchain and Digital Wallets July 15: Understanding Asset Accumulation Strategies Look for more Summer Streams and Online Programs! eLibrary tablet displaying book covers over a green background Whether you’re looking for your next beach read or something to listen to on your road trip, Axis360 is your resource for bestselling eBooks and audiobooks to enjoy this summer. Get started Staff Picks Book covers overlayed with text that says "Staff's Best of 2022 (so far)" Need an idea for what to read next? Check out Staff's Best of 2022 for our favorite reads, listens, and watches so far. You can also ask a librarian for recommendations through our Shelf Made service.     Palo Alto City Library | 270 Forest Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94301 Unsubscribe earwopa@yahoo.com Update Profile | Constant Contact Data Notice Sent by pa.library@cityofpaloalto.org in collaboration with Try email marketing for free today! From:Aram James To:Human Relations Commission; Council, City; Shikada, Ed; Winter Dellenbach; Binder, Andrew; chuck jagoda; Jeff Rosen; Joe Simitian; Greer Stone; Jethroe Moore; Raj; Tannock, Julie; Figueroa, Eric; Jay Boyarsky; Enberg, Nicholas; robert.parham@cityofpaloalto.org; melissa caswell; michael.gennaco@oirgroup.com; Vara Ramakrishnan; Rebecca Eisenberg; Roberta Ahlquist; Jonsen, Robert Subject:Justice for Jayland Walker! Rally Wednesday, July 6th, 6 pm Date:Tuesday, July 5, 2022 10:14:07 PM Attachments:Statement on the Murder of Jayland Walker.docx CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious ofopening attachments and clicking on links. From: Donna Wallach Greetings all, I know that this protest calling for Justice for Jayland Walker is happening in Chicago tomorrow, however it is important that we do our utmost to support and give our solidarity. Whoever can share this and the other email I will send and also use the Facebook link to share on Facebook if you use Facebook. If you can, please make the phone calls and say the 3 demands below. In case you cannot open the attached Word document, here is what it says: Statement on the Murder of Jayland Walker: In the early morning of Monday, June 27, 8 Akron police officers fired over 90 shots at Jayland Walker, 25, striking him over 60 times, while attempting to stop him for a traffic violation. Following nearly a week of protests in Akron, authorities have now publicly released the bodycam footage of this deadly shooting. It’s a horrific video to watch, but its public release is crucial in the fight for justice. Police departments know the importance of public perception in these kinds of cases, which is why they immediately push narratives, often without evidence, that seek to justify their officers and smear their victims. This is why Akron police claimed “[Walker] posed a deadly threat to them” and fired a gun outside his vehicle. Their goal is to depict Jayland Walker as deserving of such horrific violence in the minds of the public. Body cam footage shows Jayland Walker running on foot until the shooting begins. The police unloaded 90 shots into Jayland with most of the shots being fired when he was on the ground. After being shot, police handcuffed Jayland’s lifeless body. At the time of the murder the police chief admitted that Jayland Walker was unarmed. The murder of Jayland Walker comes at a time when our government driven by white supremacists is removing its reactionary mask and showing its ugly, repressive face. The overturning of Roe v Wade, the inability to sue police officers who fail to read people their Miranda Rights, the targeting of same-sex marriage and unions, etc., are creating even more oppressive conditions in this country. We’re in a moment of crisis, and Black, Brown, and working class people are being tightly squeezed out of the little freedoms we have. Conditions are rough, and all signs signal to even further repression in the future. However, we must not give into despair and apathy. We must turn our despair into action. Only through disciplined organizing and action can we lead the masses towards a future in which the police do not get away with murdering Black people. A future in which the people have a direct say over who polices them and how they are policed. This is a future with actual police accountability through community control, and the time to build that future is now! The National Alliance stands in full solidarity with the family and friends of Jayland Walker and their demands for justice and accountability. We are also demanding the following: Fire and Indict all officers involved in the shooting of Jayland Walker The DOJ launch an immediate investigation into the shooting of Jayland Walker Community Control of the Police Now! ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Shasta Jones <shastaj0880@gmail.com> Date: Tue, Jul 5, 2022, 16:15 Subject: Fwd: Justice for Jayland Walker! Rally Wednesday, July 6th, 6 pm To: donnaisanactivist@gmail.com <donnaisanactivist@gmail.com> ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: joe iosbaker <joeiosbaker@gmail.com> Date: Tue, Jul 5, 2022, 11:52 AM Subject: Justice for Jayland Walker! Rally Wednesday, July 6th, 6 pm To: <fight-back-news---chicago@googlegroups.com> Justice for Jayland Walker! Rally Wednesday, July 6th, 6 p.m. Federal Plaza, Adams and Dearborn In the wake of the police lynching of Jayland Walker in Akron, Ohio, we are called to protest and demand justice. We demand: 1. City of Akron fire and indict all officers involved of the shooting of Jayland Walker 2. An immediate Department of Justice investigation into the shooting of Jayland Walker 3. Community Control of the Police Now! Here is a link to the facebook event for the rally – please share! https://www.facebook.com/events/405643104863290/?active_tab=about Read NAARPR's statement on the murder, attached below, and share the this event graphic on your social media pages: Sponsors: Chicago Alliance Against Racist & Political Repression, Black Lives Matter - Chicago, Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, US Palestinian Community Network, Justice for Nick Lee, Indivisible Chicago South Side, Freedom Road Socialist Organization, Southsiders Organized for Unity & Liberation -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Fight Back! news - Chicago" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to fight-back-news---chicago+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/fight- back-news---chicago/CAAV%3DU1CV6QM0JAho1QXUyu3SKsAphH-zvDJbrh- Ws6Yj-RLjEw%40mail.gmail.com. -- 2 books you must read: "Against Our Better Judgement: The hidden history of how the U.S. was used to create Israel" by Alison Weir http://www.againstourbetterjudgment.com/ "State of Terror: How Terrorism Created Modern Israel" by Thomas Suarez http://thomassuarez.com/SoT.html Other important websites to visit http://www.ifamericansknew.org http://www.councilforthenationalinterest.org/new/ https://wearenotnumbers.org/ End the Blockade/Siege on Gaza! Tear down the Apartheid Walls in West Bank & Gaza! End the War Criminal Israeli collective punishment on the Palestinian people! End the illegal Apartheid Israeli Occupation of all of Palestine! Right to Return to their homes and land in Palestine for all Palestinians! End all U.S. aid to Israel Free Palestine! Long Live Palestine! Support Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) & Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) Campaigns! http://www.bdsmovement.net http://www.WhoProfits.org http://www.pacbi.org Support Solidarity with Gaza Fishers https://sgf.freedomflotilla.org/ https://freedomflotilla.org/ https://sgf.freedomflotilla.org/category/we-are-not-numbers Support ISM volunteers in West Bank and Gaza Strip! http://www.palsolidarity.org Donna Wallach cats4jazz@gmail.com Skype: palestinewillbe Twitter: @PalestineWillBe (h) 408-289-1522 (cell) 408-569-6608 Statement on the Murder of Jayland Walker: In the early morning of Monday, June 27, 8 Akron police officers fired over 90 shots at Jayland Walker, 25, striking him over 60 times, while attempting to stop him for a traffic violation. Following nearly a week of protests in Akron, authorities have now publicly released the bodycam footage of this deadly shooting. It’s a horrific video to watch, but its public release is crucial in the fight for justice. Police departments know the importance of public perception in these kinds of cases, which is why they immediately push narratives, often without evidence, that seek to justify their officers and smear their victims. This is why Akron police claimed “[Walker] posed a deadly threat to them” and fired a gun outside his vehicle. Their goal is to depict Jayland Walker as deserving of such horrific violence in the minds of the public. Body cam footage shows Jayland Walker running on foot until the shooting begins. The police unloaded 90 shots into Jayland with most of the shots being fired when he was on the ground. After being shot, police handcuffed Jayland’s lifeless body. At the time of the murder the police chief admitted that Jayland Walker was unarmed. The murder of Jayland Walker comes at a time when our government driven by white supremacists is removing its reactionary mask and showing its ugly, repressive face. The overturning of Roe v Wade, the inability to sue police officers who fail to read people their Miranda Rights, the targeting of same-sex marriage and unions, etc., are creating even more oppressive conditions in this country. We’re in a moment of crisis, and Black, Brown, and working class people are being tightly squeezed out of the little freedoms we have. Conditions are rough, and all signs signal to even further repression in the future. However, we must not give into despair and apathy. We must turn our despair into action. Only through disciplined organizing and action can we lead the masses towards a future in which the police do not get away with murdering Black people. A future in which the people have a direct say over who polices them and how they are policed. This is a future with actual police accountability through community control, and the time to build that future is now! The National Alliance stands in full solidarity with the family and friends of Jayland Walker and their demands for justice and accountability. We are also demanding the following: • Fire and Indict all officers involved in the shooting of Jayland Walker • The DOJ launch an immediate investigation into the shooting of Jayland Walker • Community Control of the Police Now! We call on Alliance chapters , affiliates and all strains of the peoples movements to hold protests demanding Justice for Jayland Walker in their cities starting July 5th. #JusticeForJaylandWalker #AllOutForJaylandWalker #ComminityControlNow #ConvictKillerCop From:Jill Sturm To:Jill Sturm Subject:Help your community get their stimulus payment! Date:Tuesday, July 5, 2022 1:53:44 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Hello friend, Many people have still not filed their taxes even though 4/15 has passed. Please make sure your community gets the free help they need to file their taxes to get their stimulus payments as well as the child tax credit. Tax-Aid volunteers will be meeting people at an outdoor Curbside Tax Document Drop Off Event this Saturday July 9th at the Foundation for Hispanic Education in San Jose at 14271 Story Road between 10 am and noon. We will collect copies of their tax documents so that our volunteers can prepare their tax returns. Tax-Aid helps people that earn less than $58,000 a year. Our services are provided free of charge by volunteers who donate their time. Your community members need our help. Many people need to file their taxes to take advantage of the stimulus payments and child tax credits. Please help us get the word out to your constituents, clients and networks. You can find more information on our location for this weekend on our website here Flyers can be downloaded on our website in English, Spanish and Chinese from our website. People can also RSVP for the event on that page. Our event is also available on Facebook here Thank you for helping us spread the word. Best, Jill Sturm Executive Director Tax-Aid 235 Montgomery Street, Suite 1155, San Francisco, CA 94104 Phone and Fax: 415-229-9239 jill@tax-aid.org www.tax-aid.org/ Visit us on Facebook! www.instagram.com/taxaidfotos/ From:Friends of the Palo Alto Junior Museum & Zoo To:Council, City Subject:Friends Raises $300,000 for California Dinosaur Garden; Science with a Twist Spotlight Date:Tuesday, July 5, 2022 1:02:06 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of openingattachments and clicking on links.   Logo_Full_Color_CMYK.jpg Friends Raises $300,000 for California Dinosaur Garden July 5, 2022 Hello Friends, I am delighted to share that thanks to the generous support of our donor community and our board, we have reached our fundraising goal of $300,000 for the California Dinosaur Garden, a new exhibit scheduled to open in June 2023. Funds raised through this latest capital campaign will supplement a grant awarded to the JMZ by the Institute of Museum and Library Services to make this incredible exhibit a reality. You can read more about the California Dinosaur Garden in our June 7, 2022 newsletter. Thank you again to everyone that contributed! In this newsletter, we profile a wonderful JMZ program, Science with a Twist, which provides after-school science lessons to elementary-school children. Thanks to a generous sponsorship by the Palo Alto Rotary Club, the after-school program was offered for free to 1st and 2nd grade students at the Boys & Girls Club of the Peninsula (BGCP) in East Palo Alto. Given the success of the Science with a Twist “pilot” with BCGP, the Friends of the Palo Alto Junior Museum & Zoo is committed to continuing the program in East Palo Alto. Interested sponsors can learn more on our Corporate Sponsorship page. Finally, the Friends of the Palo Alto Junior Museum & Zoo now has dedicated social channels to help you stay up to date on our news and events! Please follow us on Instagram at @friendsjmz and via our page on Facebook. Warmly, Lauren Angelo President, Friends of the Palo Alto Junior Museum & Zoo Program Spotlight: Science with a Twist at the Boys and Girls Club of the Peninsula Interview with Alex Hamilton, JMZ Director of Education Tell us about Science with a Twist. Science with a Twist is an after-school program that provides children with opportunities to explore science in a more relaxed and fun environment than in-class school lessons (which have specific learning goals tied to California State Content Standards). It was launched about 15 years ago to provide Palo Alto school children with educational and fun science learning opportunities after school and to provide parents with childcare options. The program is best suited for students in the 1st – 3rd grades, which makes up the majority of our students most of the year. At the program sponsored for the Boys and Girls Club of the Peninsula this winter and spring, we worked with students in 1st and 2nd grades. Why did you team up with the Boys and Girls Club of the Peninsula on this program? We have brought after-school programming to the Boys and Girls Club of the Peninsula (BGCP) several different times over the past 12 years. When one of our Friends’ Board Members, who also has close ties to the organization, presented the opportunity to bring science to BGCP students again, it was an easy “yes!” Another Friends’ Board Member connected us with the Rotary Club of Palo Alto, which generously sponsored Science with a Twist as a pilot program for BGCP students. Providing science learning to BGCP students is integral to our mission of engaging a child’s curiosity in science and nature, and staff and students at BGCP have always been wonderful to work with. JMZ Director of Education, Alex Hamilton, showcases a scorpion to a group of BCGP learners. What do children learn through the program? Children learn about a wide range of topics, such as Locomotion, Illusions & Special Effects and the Science of Toys in year one; Amusement Park Physics, Electricity & Magnetism and Wonders of the Human in year two; and Amazing Architects, Geology and Dinosaurs and Energy Explorations in year three. These are just a few examples of topics; it is a very robust program! Some lessons touch on concepts children may have been exposed to in school, but this program gives them the freedom to dive in a little deeper to certain aspects of a topic that particularly interest them. For example, during our Castles and Catapults program in year two, we sometimes have kids who want to get lost in the physics of building the best catapult and testing its launching power, so we let them take an extra day to perfect and test their structure. Others—the kids who are obsessed with castles, castle lore, knights and kings, and stories of the Round Table—want to create the best mini castle and include all of the necessary rooms and components. So, we let them spend an extra day perfecting their medieval structures. Kids get to move at their own pace (within reason), and it’s a great mechanism for keeping all students engaged with low levels of frustration. This Spring, we planned to provide BGCP students with Illusions & Special Effects, the Science of Toys and Slime, Ooze and Mysterious Concoctions, but we soon realized that the kids really wanted animal programs. We pivoted to start with four lessons learning about our vertebrate and invertebrate Zoo residents, and added an additional two lessons that involved the students making enrichment toys for the animals. They really enjoyed that. Friends of the Palo Alto Junior Museum & Zoo info@friendsjmz.org | www.friendsjmz.org DONATE NOW Connect with us Friends of the JMZ | 1451 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto, CA 94301 Unsubscribe city.council@cityofpaloalto.org Update Profile | Constant Contact Data Notice Sent by info@friendsjmz.org in collaboration with Try email marketing for free today! From:Wayne Wheeler To:Council, City Subject:Quotes for Takeoff Date:Tuesday, July 5, 2022 12:00:23 PM Some people who received this message don't often get email from wayne@intlmeps.com. 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Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. https://twitter.com/pafreepress/status/1544369379143553024? s=21&t=Eq_K48Ms8wKHlYp1L40M7A You've made a ton of cash off the backs of Palo Alto taxpayers Sent from my iPhone From:Aram James To:Binder, Andrew; Council, City; Human Relations Commission; Shikada, Ed; Winter Dellenbach; Jeff Rosen; Greer Stone; Greg Tanaka; Tannock, Julie; robert.parham@cityofpaloalto.org; Figueroa, Eric; Enberg, Nicholas; chuck jagoda; Joe Simitian; Jethroe Moore; Jay Boyarsky; supervisor.ellenberg@bos.sccgov.org Subject:Deputy Gangs - LA County Sheriff’s Office Date:Monday, July 4, 2022 12:28:29 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. FYI:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIqGFyqNwT0 Sent from my iPhone From:mark weiss To:Council, City Cc:Shikada, Ed; Reckdahl, Keith Subject:Tax in PA or more gifts Date:Monday, July 4, 2022 7:10:26 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ I would like to see a thorough discussion of why there is no tax in Palo Alto for businesses. Why have we forgone this, for example since 2009 and why do we not have $1 billion rainy day fund from such taxes? Absent that, it’s reasonable to suspect that what we’re discussing now as a tax was pre-negotiated behind closed doors with certain deep state influencers and puppet-masters, for example the landlords of certain downtown properties; it renders all our recent discussion disingenuous. Maybe punt it all until after the sea-change election. Likewise the languid and limp results regarding Castilleja (another giveaway) and Ventura -Sobrato (a boondoggle). Mark Weiss Trained as a journalist when that meant something, college educated and civically engaged Downtown North (650) 305-0701 Sent from my iPhone From:Aram James To:Pat Burt; Human Relations Commission; citycouncil@mountainview.gov; Council, City; Winter Dellenbach; Joe Simitian; Shikada, Ed; chuck jagoda; Jeff Rosen; Jay Boyarsky; Lydia Kou; Greg Tanaka; Greer Stone; Roberta Ahlquist; epatoday@epatoday.org; Jethroe Moore; Sean Allen; Rebecca.Tanner@cityofpaloalto.org; Rebecca Eisenberg; cotton.gaines@cityofpaloalto.org Subject:From The Mercury News e-edition - Homelessness up despite Cisco’s $50M Date:Monday, July 4, 2022 7:01:56 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ I saw this The Mercury News e-edition article on the The Mercury News e-edition app and thought you’d be interested. Homelessness up despite Cisco’s $50M https://edition.pagesuite.com/popovers/dynamic_article_popover.aspx?guid=9f2e7f67-8d8e-4a03-827e- b70d86554bed&appcode=SAN252&eguid=ca232314-6f53-4d2c-a585-8e0ee71284e2&pnum=24# For more great content like this subscribe to the The Mercury News e-edition app here: Sent from my iPhone You won't want to miss Monday's Truth & Liberty with: Tim Barton From:Richard Harris: Executive Director To:Council, City Subject:Tim Barton: America’s Foundations and Future Date:Monday, July 4, 2022 6:29:51 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious ofopening attachments and clicking on links. Tim Barton is the President of WallBuilders, a national pro-family organization that presents America’s forgotten history and heroes, with an emphasis on our religious, moral, and constitutional heritage. WallBuilders has been recognized from coast-to-coast for its work in education, history, law, and public policy, integrating the elements of Biblical faith and morality throughout all aspects of American life and culture. This Week's Topics: American History Great Awakenings LEARN MORE Constitutional Liberties Tonights Hosts FOLLOW THE LINK BELOW TO WATCH THE LIVECAST! EVERY MONDAY @ 6PM MT / 8PM ET This Week's Articles Did You Catch Last Week's Livecast? WATCH NOW READ OUR SHOW NOTES LET PEOPLE KNOW YOU'RE WATCHING! Share Tweet Forward SUPPORT THE COALITION! Copyright © 2022 Truth & Liberty Coalition, All rights reserved. DONATE BECOME A MEMBER You are receiving this email because you subscribed on our website. Our mailing address is: Truth & Liberty Coalition 1 Innovation Way Suite B Woodland Park, CO 80863 Add us to your address book Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list. From:Yahoo Mail.® To:Honky Subject:FLIGHT 93? Dick Cheney saith to Major General Robert Darling "WE JUST SHOT THAT PLANE DOWN" Date:Sunday, July 3, 2022 2:28:05 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. WOW Dick Cheney comes clean in this 2019 AIR FORCE ONE DOCUMENTARY says he gave the SHOOTDOWN ORDER for FLIGHT 93 on 9/11 Just cut to the chase at 57:25 says to Major General Robert Darling "WE JUST SHOT THAT PLANE DOWN" then some commentator says he later found out that it crashed? BULLOCKS https://watch.historyvault.com/specials/29158/full-special From:Aram James To:Planning Commission; Council, City; Winter Dellenbach; Shikada, Ed; Human Relations Commission; Binder, Andrew; Tannock, Julie; robert.parham@cityofpaloalto.org; Figueroa, Eric; Raj; Sean Allen; Jeff Rosen; Jeff Moore; Roberta Ahlquist; Perron, Zachary; Lewis. james; ParkRec Commission Subject:Dozens of white supremacists seen marching through Boston ( F these MF’s) Date:Saturday, July 2, 2022 9:14:22 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. F these MF’s  NewsBreak Used by over 45 million people Open APP Dozens of white supremacists seen marching through Boston CBS Boston BOSTON -- Dozens of masked white supremacists marched through Boston on Saturday.The group wore white masks and were seen boarding Orange Line trains at Haymarket Station. Some carried police shields and flags.They are members of a group called Patriot Front.According to the Southern Poverty Law Center, which monitors extremist ideology, Patriot Front promotes fascism and the creation of a white ethnostate.In response to the group's visit to Boston, Mayor Michelle Wu said in a statement to WBZ-TV, "The disgusting, hateful actions and words of white supremacist groups are not welcome in this city. Especially in a moment when so many of our rights are under attack, we will not normalize intimidation by bigots. This weekend as we remember Boston's legacy as the cradle of liberty, we celebrate the continued fight to expand those liberties for all and ensure that Boston will be a city for everyone." Click to read the full story Sent from my iPhone From:Aram James To:Pat Burt; Council, City; Shikada, Ed; Human Relations Commission; Winter Dellenbach; Sean Allen; Binder, Andrew; chuck jagoda; Greer Stone; Joe Simitian; Jeff Rosen; Jay Boyarsky; Jethroe Moore Subject:Salaries of block by block ambassadors Date:Friday, July 1, 2022 10:59:49 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. https://www.indeed.com/cmp/Block-By-Block/salaries/Ambassador/California Shared via the Google app Sent from my iPhone From:Aram James To:Pat Burt; Council, City; Human Relations Commission; Shikada, Ed; Winter Dellenbach; Binder, Andrew; chuck jagoda; Joe Simitian; Greer Stone; Jeff Rosen; Jay Boyarsky; Sean Allen; Jethroe Moore; Vara Ramakrishnan; Roberta Ahlquist; Rebecca Eisenberg; Dave Price; Emily Mibach; Braden Cartwright; Cindy Chavez Subject:WeHo City Breaks Down Changes in Community Safety as Part of City Budget - WeHo Times West Hollywood Daily News, Nightlife and Events Date:Friday, July 1, 2022 10:31:47 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Increase Block by Block (BBB) security ambassadors by 30 positions to perform foot patrols in residential neighborhoods; staff will return to the City Council with an item for an updated agreement for services in August 2022; https://wehotimes.com/weho-city-breaks-down-changes-in-community-safety/ Sent from my iPhone From:Palo Alto Fiber To:pegrego@sonic.net Cc:Council, City; City Mgr Subject:Palo Alto fiber survey Date:Friday, July 1, 2022 4:22:47 PM Thank you for your input and feedback about the Palo Alto Fiber project and internet services/broadband market research survey. Your comments are being reviewed and shared with the fiber project staff team. -----Original Message----- From: Paul Gregory <pegrego@sonic.net> Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2022 10:17 PM To: Council, City <city.council@cityofpaloalto.org> Subject: Palo Alto fiber survey [Some people who received this message don't often get email from pegrego@sonic.net. Learn why this is important at https://aka.ms/LearnAboutSenderIdentification ] CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ Hi, I just started to fill out Palo Alto's Fiber survey. I quit when it became apparent that the survey is not an honest attempt to measure opinion, but rather is designed to skew responses to get the desired outcome. Please don't make any decisions based on this "survey". Garbage in, garbage out. A waste of money. Nowhere was there an option "I'm very happy with my current internet provider, and I intend to continue with them". I have fiber service from Sonic. Sonic provides service over AT&T fiber. It would be better if Sonic had their own fiber, but that is unlikely to happen since the AT&T fiber is already there. This brings up another reason Palo Alto should not get into fiber to the home. AT&T has brought fiber to some neighborhoods in Palo Alto, and seems to be expanding service. They could expand faster if they saw the need. There is no reason to have two sets of fiber going to all neighborhoods. In other words, Palo Alto is late to the game. Palo Alto should instead concentrate on doing things that only they can do. For example, finally make some actual decisions about building grade separations at Caltrain crossings, and get construction underway. Our neighboring cities have plans, and will probably get funding long before Palo Alto stops dithering. Paul Gregory 3880 La Donna Ave From:Lynn Chiapella To:Council, City; cityofpaloalto@service.govdelivery.com Subject:Fwd: Conservation is a Way of Life – New Palo Alto Water Use Restrictions Date:Friday, July 1, 2022 4:19:46 PM Some people who received this message don't often get email from lchiapella@gmail.com. Learn why this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of openingattachments and clicking on links. As City Council keeps saying: Water in Palo Alto is cheap! It is the fees that are high. Palo Alto continues to charge fees that favor the larger water user. 20th century water users in Palo Alto paid incrementally based on the actual units used. 3 units of water per month was the lowest fee. 10 or 12 units per month was the next level. Thereafter the charges went up for every 10 or 20 units. The largest users, who often lived in the Palo Alto hills, required enormous amounts of water per household to be electrically pumped uphill. These users of 30, 50, or more units per month during the droughts of the 1980's and 1990's had shockingly high bills. With the backing of the PA Fire Department and City Council these large users' complaints were heard and acted upon. Thereafter, water would be cheap and fees would be added to all users regardless of usage or home size or whether gravity fed or electrically pumped. Significantly large users' bills went down and small users bills went up. Lynn Chiapella On Fri, Jul 1, 2022 at 3:08 PM City of Palo Alto <cityofpaloalto@service.govdelivery.com> wrote: Header Image Native plants Conservation is a Way of Life – New Palo Alto Water Use Restrictions On June 20, 2022, the City of Palo Alto Council implemented water use restrictions in Stage II of Palo Alto's Water Shortage Contingency Plan(PDF, 125KB) and restricted using drinking water (potable) irrigation to no more than two days a week, with exceptions for tree health, health and safety, and certain non-residential zone irrigation. Stage II is designed for cutbacks up to 20%. The two additional water waste restrictions are: Restaurants and other food service operations shall serve water to customers only upon request. Operators of hotels and motels shall provide guests with the option of choosing not to have towels and linens laundered daily. The hotel or motel shall prominently display notice of this option in each guestroom using clear and easily understood language. Restrictions for Residents Limit irrigation of ornamental landscapes and lawns to 2 days a week, before 10am. or after 6pm. Know Your Watering Days Mondays and Thursdays for odd numbered and numberless addresses; & Tuesdays and Fridays for even numbered addresses. Watering days apply except to ensure the health of trees and other perennial non-turf plantings. It is important to water your trees during drought, for more information and tree care tips please see Tree Care Resources. Non-Residential Customers Limit irrigation by landscape type, before 10am or after 6pm. Functional turf (eg: playing fields and golf courses) – irrigate as necessary for health and safety Ornamental Landscape "Ornamental landscape” refers to landscaping for purely decorative purposes, which is distinguished from edible gardens or landscapes that are functional as well as aesthetic. Trees/Perennial Non-Turf – 2 days per week (Mo/Th for odd and numberless addresses. Tu/F for even by irrigation zone, if applicable); additional irrigation allowed for tree/perennial non-turf health No Trees/No Perennial Non-Turf - 2 days per week (Mo/Th for odd and numberless addresses. Tu/F for even addresses by irrigation zone, if applicable) Non-functional Turf The ban on potable irrigation of non-functional turf at commercial, industrial and institutional sites, except to protect trees and perennial non-turf plants, or to address an immediate health and safety need, is a State regulation, see California Code of Regulations, Title 23, Section 996(e). Trees/Perennial Non-Turf – Irrigation allowed for tree/perennial non-turf health, or to address an immediate health and safety need No Trees/No Perennial Non-Turf – Irrigation prohibited, except to address immediate health and safety need READ MORE ABOUT PALO ALTO'S NEW WATER USE RESTRICTIONS HERE The City has a variety of e-news topics that may be of interest to you. Join other e-news topics, update your subscriptions, modify your password or e-mailaddress, or stop subscriptions at any time on your Subscriber PreferencesPage. You will need to use your e-mail address to log in. If you have questions or problems with the subscription service, please contact subscriberhelp.govdelivery.com. This service is provided to you at no charge by the City of Palo Alto. This email was sent to l.chiapella@gmail.com using GovDelivery Communications Cloud on behalf of: City of Palo Alto · 250 Hamilton Ave · Palo Alto, CA 94301 · 650-329-2100 From:Palo Alto Fiber To:Gabe Cc:UAC; Council, City Subject:Re: Palo Alto Fiber question Date:Friday, July 1, 2022 4:12:26 PM Thank you for your input and questions about the Palo Alto Fiber project and internet services/broadband market research survey and deposit program. Your questions have been received. Staff are working to provide you with answers and will respond soon. From: Gabe <gamma888@yahoo.com> Date: Sunday, June 26, 2022 at 11:36 AM To: Palo Alto Fiber <fiber@CityofPaloAlto.org> Cc: UAC <UAC@cityofpaloalto.org>, Council, City <city.council@cityofpaloalto.org> Subject: Palo Alto Fiber question You don't often get email from gamma888@yahoo.com. Learn why this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Hello there! Since I see that Palo Alto Fiber survey is being distributed to the public, I just have a question to ask... How much of % Palo Alto residents would give out a strong indication/vote that fiber being run by CPA is needed throughout the city? I look forward to receiving your response soon. Regards, Gabe Leung From:Palo Alto Fiber To:Don Jackson Cc:Council, City; UAC Subject:Re: Fiber/Internet Survey and "Submit a Deposit" programs Date:Friday, July 1, 2022 4:09:40 PM Thank you for your input and feedback about the Palo Alto Fiber project and internet services/broadband market research survey and deposit program. Your comments are being reviewed and shared with the fiber project staff team. From: Don Jackson <dcj@clark-communications.com> Date: Monday, June 27, 2022 at 6:30 PM To: Palo Alto Fiber <fiber@CityofPaloAlto.org> Cc: UAC <UAC@cityofpaloalto.org>, Council, City <city.council@cityofpaloalto.org> Subject: Fiber/Internet Survey and "Submit a Deposit" programs You don't often get email from dcj@clark-communications.com. Learn why this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. A few points about the recently announced Survey and “Submit a Deposit” initiatives regarding a potential fiber/Internet service: I suggest that you “lead” with the “Submit a Deposit” link and promotion, instead of only mentioning it at the end of the survey. I feel that a $50 deposit is a stronger indication of interest, and should be positioned/promoted as such: “To DEMONSTRATE that you are interested in a fiber/Internet service, submit a deposit. To inform our decision making, please also take our survey….” In addition, every day/week the running total of deposits that have submitted should be published on the Fiber website, so we can all see how that is going, similar to the “goal thermometers” often used to incentivize a community (see image below) The “Make a Deposit” program should be touted/featured in the weekly "Notice for City Council Meetings' Agendas and Reports” email and the “Weekly City Manager Blog” Another very direct way for Council to gauge voter interest would be to put an “advisory question” on the November election ballot, something to the effect of: “Should Council proceed to create a fiber/Internet service utility for residences and businesses in Palo Alto?” The section of the survey where the participant is asked to chose between 10 combinations of potential services is quite poorly done (in my opinion), for example, when asked for a preference between X Mbps fiber/Internet service from Palo Alto versus X Mbps from Comcast (for the same value of “X”), the context/explanation is not provided that the speed of the Palo Alto service would be symmetric (same speed up and down), and that a cable Internet service (from Comcast) might be X Mbps down, but will never be more than ~25 Mbps up, and this huge difference is not at all apparent in the current survey. Regards, Don Jackson Supreme Court Makes Landmark Rulings From:Truth & Liberty Coalition To:Council, City Subject:The Good Report: Supreme Court Makes Landmark Rulings Date:Friday, July 1, 2022 6:03:47 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious ofopening attachments and clicking on links. Roe v Wade Overturned, Court Sides with Praying Coach, Scholars Develop Anti-Woke Social Studies Standards Even though the left-wing mainstream media won’t tell you, there is good news to report! Traditional values are winning every day, and biblical truth is prevailing. Positive things are happening, and here are some stories that will encourage you: Supreme Court Overturns Roe v. Wade: ‘Constitution Does Not Confer Right to Abortion’ The Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade, with a 6-3 majority ruling in the Dobbs case that “The Constitution does not confer a right to abortion.” “We hold that Roe and Casey must be overruled. The Constitution does not prohibit the citizens of each State from regulating or prohibiting abortion. Roe and Casey arrogated that authority. We now overrule those decisions and return that authority to the people and their elected representatives,” Justice Samuel Alito wrote for the majority. “The Constitution makes no reference to abortion, and no such right is implicitly protected by any constitutional provision, including the one on which the defenders of Roe and Casey now chiefly rely— the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.” Read more. Supreme Court Sides with Football Coach in Battle Over Brief Prayer at 50 Yard Line In a 6-3 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the right of former high school football coach Joe Kennedy to take a knee in quiet prayer after football games even if he can be seen by students and the general public. Importantly, the decision respects the Constitutional rights of all public-school teachers and coaches to engage in a brief, personal prayer in public. “This is a tremendous victory for Coach Kennedy and religious liberty for all Americans,” said Kelly Shackelford, president, CEO, and chief counsel for First Liberty. “Our Constitution protects the right of every American to engage in private religious expression, including praying in public, without fear of getting fired. We are grateful that the Supreme Court recognized what the Constitution and law have always said – Americans are free to live out their faith in public.” According to the opinion, “Respect for religious expressions is indispensable to life in a free and diverse Republic—whether those expressions take place in a sanctuary or on a field, and whether they manifest through the spoken word or a bowed head.” Read more. Scholars Launch Social Studies Standards To Counter Wokification Of K-12 The National Association of Scholars’ (NAS) Civic Alliance launched the “American Birthright” project Monday, a new model of social studies standards ready for adoption in K-12 schools. The new standards offer state and local school boards under pressure from left- wing educators the option to recalibrate instruction that prioritizes America’s founding pillars as the fundamental focus of civics education. “Love, liberty, and the law – these are the touchstones of American social studies instruction,” the new standards’ introduction reads. Read more. For more headlines, visit the Truth & Liberty 24/7 news feed for regular updates. SHARE THIS WITH YOUR FRIENDS! Share Tweet Forward Copyright © 2022 Truth & Liberty Coalition, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you subscribed on our website. Our mailing address is: Truth & Liberty Coalition 1 Innovation Way Suite B Woodland Park, CO 80863 Add us to your address book Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list. GET THE LATEST UPDATES DONATE BECOME A MEMBER ❑® ❑® ❑® El 0 0 ❑® From:Aram James To:Jethroe Moore; Sean Allen; Human Relations Commission; Council, City; Joe Simitian; Shikada, Ed; Winter Dellenbach; Planning Commission; Binder, Andrew; ParkRec Commission; Jeff Rosen; Roberta Ahlquist; wilpfpeninsulapaloalto@gmail.com Subject:SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE: Black Bay Area residents own homes at half the rate of white neighbors. Could $500 million help change that? Date:Thursday, June 30, 2022 6:22:48 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Black Bay Area residents own homes at half the rate of white neighbors. Could $500 million help change that? The Berkeley where Darris Young works today in a downtown co-working space isn’t the same diverse East Bay city where he grew up. Berkeley’s Black population has been nearly cut in half since 1980, as Young’s own family and friends first left for more affordable nearby locales like El Cerrito or Antioch. More and more, he said, loved ones are heading for distant destinations like Atlanta. Read in San Francisco Chronicle: https://apple.news/AwtrDIDm1RJCqRSnitYmFaw Shared from Apple News Sent from my iPhone From:Elizabeth Bishop To:Council, City Subject:Cockroaches Date:Thursday, June 30, 2022 5:10:36 PM Some people who received this message don't often get email from feetab@gmail.com. Learn whythis is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. To Whom it May Concern; I was born and raised in Palo Alto, spent 10 years in New York in the 70's and have lived in the Evergreen Park neighborhood since 1986. In Manhattan they had a serious cockroach problem that they couldn't get ahead of and had to regularly fumigate their buildings. I see cockroaches becoming a problem in Palo Alto. I've noticed them around my house and have put out traps and poison. I've also noticed masses of them behind Molly Stone. These creatures can survive nuclear fallout and if the City doesn't get ahead of this problem, you're going to need a new budget item: Fumigation. Thank you for your attention to this problem. Elizabeth Bishop 650 279-9796 From:Jeanne Fleming To:Gaines, Chantal Cc:Clerk, City; Planning Commission; Architectural Review Board; Shikada, Ed; City Mgr; Council, City Subject:RE: Invitation from United Neighbors Date:Thursday, June 30, 2022 12:03:48 PM Dear Ms. Gaines, Thank you for your prompt response. I am pleased to know that you are withdrawing as a member of the Steering Committee of Joint Venture Silicon Valley’s Wireless Communications Initiative, and I will relay this information to United Neighbors. Wishing you a happy holiday weekend as well, Jeanne Fleming Jeanne Fleming, PhD JFleming@Metricus.net 650-325-5151 From: Gaines, Chantal <Chantal.Gaines@CityofPaloAlto.org> Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2022 4:46 AM To: Jeanne Fleming <jfleming@metricus.net> Cc: Clerk, City <city.clerk@cityofpaloalto.org>; Planning Commission <Planning.Commission@cityofpaloalto.org>; Architectural Review Board <arb@cityofpaloalto.org>; Shikada, Ed <Ed.Shikada@CityofPaloAlto.org>; City Mgr <CityMgr@cityofpaloalto.org> Subject: Re: Invitation from United Neighbors Hi Ms. Fleming, Thank you so much for reaching out to me and flagging this. I was unaware that I was listed on this Committee membership roster and have asked that my name be removed (I am not an active member nor subject matter expert in this topic area). I believe they listed me from years ago after Jonathan R. left the City. Warm regards and happy 4th of July weekend, Chantal C. G. Sent from my mobile device. Please excuse brevity and typos. From: Jeanne Fleming <jfleming@metricus.net> Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2022 4:51 PM To: Gaines, Chantal <Chantal.Gaines@CityofPaloAlto.org> Cc: Council, City <city.council@cityofpaloalto.org>; Clerk, City <city.clerk@cityofpaloalto.org>; Planning Commission <Planning.Commission@cityofpaloalto.org>; Architectural Review Board <arb@cityofpaloalto.org> Subject: Invitation from United Neighbors CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Ms. Gaines, I am writing to invite you to join the Steering Committee of United Neighbors of Palo Alto. As I believe you know, ours is a grassroots residents group that is seeking to put in place a responsible wireless policy for our city, a policy that prioritizes the interests of residents with respect to the siting and design of cell towers. We are inviting you to join us because we see that you replaced Palo Alto’s disgraced former Chief Technology Officer Jonathan Reichental on the Steering Committee of Joint Venture Silicon Valley’s (JVSV) Wireless Communications Initiative. As you know, the JVSV Wireless Communications Initiative is a telecommunications industry- led and funded group whose stated goal is “to remove obstacles to deployment [of cell towers].” The group’s Steering Committee meets every six weeks to “guide” this effort. Those serving with you on the Steering Committee include individuals who regularly appear before Palo Alto’s City Council advocating for approval for cell tower installations (Verizon attorney Maureen Cruzen, for example). The Steering Committee also includes individuals whose job it is to lobby on behalf of the telecom industry (for example, Scott Longhurst, President of the California Wireless Association, a telecom industry group). Since you joined it, the Wireless Communications Initiative has filed amicus briefs supporting Verizon when residents have appealed City Staff’s approval of Verizon cell towers. To us at United Neighbors, your serving on an industry-funded committee that has business before—and indeed lobbies—the City of Palo Alto is inappropriate and has, at the very least, the appearance of a conflict of interest. But setting that aside, we residents would also like the opportunity to meet with you every six weeks, as the telecom industry members of the JVSV Wireless Communications Initiative’s Steering Committee do, to discuss Palo Alto’s wireless policy. Like them, we would like to have a friend on City Staff who will listen to our concerns and help us with our agenda. Please know that this invitation to join United Neighbors’ Steering Committee is sincere. We would value your perspective as much as we would like to have your ear. I look forward to hearing from you and to working with you. Sincerely, Jeanne Fleming P.S. Rest assured, we are well aware that you are not the only public official on the Steering Committee of the Wireless Communications Initiative. We also know, however, that the vast majority of Bay Area cities have not joined this telecom industry group. Moreover, of those who have, a plurality are represented by someone who works for the city in a technical capacity (e.g., as an engineer). And only one other city among those who have joined the Wireless Communications Initiative has chosen to send someone like you—Deputy to the City Manager, the senior decision- maker who shapes the wireless policy in their city and/or who is responsible for making recommendations with respect to cell towers to the elected officials on City Council. Jeanne Fleming, PhD JFleming@Metricus.net 650-325-5151 From:Aram James To:Council, City; Human Relations Commission; Roberta Ahlquist; Winter Dellenbach; Rebecca Eisenberg; cotton.gaines@cityofpaloalto.org; Shikada, Ed Subject:Santa Clara County makes "dramatic" investment in homeless housing - San José Spotlight Date:Thursday, June 30, 2022 6:08:23 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ https://sanjosespotlight.com/santa-clara-county-makes-dramatic-investment-in-homeless-housing/ Sent from my iPhone From:Aram James To:Raj; Sean Allen; Jeff Moore; Jeff Rosen; Joe Simitian; chuck jagoda; supervisor.lee@bos.sccgov.org; supervisor.ellenberg@bos.sccgov.org; Sam Ho; Human Relations Commission; Shikada, Ed; Richard Konda; Binder, Andrew; Tannock, Julie; robert.parham@cityofpaloalto.org; Figueroa, Eric; Council, City; Winter Dellenbach; Jonsen, Robert; epatoday@epatoday.org Subject:Congratulations Debug - $ 533 Jail contract delayed ( Daily Post) June 28, 2022 Date:Wednesday, June 29, 2022 10:46:16 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.________________________________ > > > > > > Sent from my iPhone From:Jeanne Fleming To:Gaines, Chantal Cc:Council, City; Clerk, City; Planning Commission; Architectural Review Board Subject:Invitation from United Neighbors Date:Wednesday, June 29, 2022 4:51:17 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Ms. Gaines, I am writing to invite you to join the Steering Committee of United Neighbors of Palo Alto. As I believe you know, ours is a grassroots residents group that is seeking to put in place a responsible wireless policy for our city, a policy that prioritizes the interests of residents with respect to the siting and design of cell towers. We are inviting you to join us because we see that you replaced Palo Alto’s disgraced former Chief Technology Officer Jonathan Reichental on the Steering Committee of Joint Venture Silicon Valley’s (JVSV) Wireless Communications Initiative. As you know, the JVSV Wireless Communications Initiative is a telecommunications industry- led and funded group whose stated goal is “to remove obstacles to deployment [of cell towers].” The group’s Steering Committee meets every six weeks to “guide” this effort. Those serving with you on the Steering Committee include individuals who regularly appear before Palo Alto’s City Council advocating for approval for cell tower installations (Verizon attorney Maureen Cruzen, for example). The Steering Committee also includes individuals whose job it is to lobby on behalf of the telecom industry (for example, Scott Longhurst, President of the California Wireless Association, a telecom industry group). Since you joined it, the Wireless Communications Initiative has filed amicus briefs supporting Verizon when residents have appealed City Staff’s approval of Verizon cell towers. To us at United Neighbors, your serving on an industry-funded committee that has business before—and indeed lobbies—the City of Palo Alto is inappropriate and has, at the very least, the appearance of a conflict of interest. But setting that aside, we residents would also like the opportunity to meet with you every six weeks, as the telecom industry members of the JVSV Wireless Communications Initiative’s Steering Committee do, to discuss Palo Alto’s wireless policy. Like them, we would like to have a friend on City Staff who will listen to our concerns and help us with our agenda. Please know that this invitation to join United Neighbors’ Steering Committee is sincere. We would value your perspective as much as we would like to have your ear. I look forward to hearing from you and to working with you. Sincerely, Jeanne Fleming P.S. Rest assured, we are well aware that you are not the only public official on the Steering Committee of the Wireless Communications Initiative. We also know, however, that the vast majority of Bay Area cities have not joined this telecom industry group. Moreover, of those who have, a plurality are represented by someone who works for the city in a technical capacity (e.g., as an engineer). And only one other city among those who have joined the Wireless Communications Initiative has chosen to send someone like you—Deputy to the City Manager, the senior decision- maker who shapes the wireless policy in their city and/or who is responsible for making recommendations with respect to cell towers to the elected officials on City Council. Jeanne Fleming, PhD JFleming@Metricus.net 650-325-5151 From:Reed Schwartz To:Council, City Subject:Re: Letter of Support - 2850 W Bayshore Road Date:Wednesday, June 29, 2022 3:47:04 PM Some people who received this message don't often get email from reed@yimbylaw.org. Learnwhy this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Hi, Do you have on record if this project was approved? Thanks, Reed On Thu, Jun 16, 2022 at 4:58 PM Reed Schwartz <reed@yimbylaw.org> wrote: Hi, Attached is a letter in support of the project at 2850 W Bayshore Road. Thanks, -- Reed Schwartz YIMBY Law Intern Wesleyan University '24 The Fight Against Abortion From:Truth & Liberty Coalition To:Council, City Subject:The Fight Against Abortion Continues: Stand Against Violent Radicals Seeking to Nullify Supreme Court on Abortion Date:Wednesday, June 29, 2022 9:02:12 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious ofopening attachments and clicking on links. Continues Stand Against Violent Radicals Seeking to Nullify Supreme Court on Abortion (Editor’s note: The accounts related to the following message are extremely graphic and may be troubling to some readers. Following links may reveal graphic accounts of abortion procedures and reports of demonic behavior.) After nearly 50 years and more than 63 million babies killed in the womb, the U.S. Supreme Court recently overturned the Roe v Wade decision and sent the issue of the right to life back to the states. However, that has not stopped the Biden administration and radical leftists in Congress from pushing nationwide measures supporting abortion. Violent thugs in the pro-abortion movement have also attacked pregnancy centers, churches, and other pro-life organizations, and are threatening more terror in the future. Our friend Mat Staver of Liberty Counsel recently reported witches and warlocks disrupting pro-life events and menacing elderly women who were praying as part of a vigil near the Supreme Court. According to Mat: The evil of abortion is being unmasked around the Supreme Court and in Washington, D.C. Security is the highest I have seen around the Court, especially following the recent attempted assassination of Justice Brett Kavanaugh and the many satanists gathered to shout their incantations on the crowd and against the Court. Liberty Counsel is continuing the fight against abortion, standing up against a corrupt, immoral regime in Washington, DC, and the abortion businesses who are profiting from the continued slaughter of innocents. In a case involving Planned Parenthood whistleblower Sandra Merrit, undercover video footage revealed abortion industry officials discussing how they killed babies to preserve and harvest body parts so they would fetch top dollar. Pro-life activist Albin Rhomberg testified the abortion industry has been trafficking human body parts for at least 20 years, and described one especially barbaric procedure: They were scalping the babies and taking their scalps and grafting them to immune-suppressed mice, and then using various pharmaceuticals on these humanized mice to test the effect upon preventing, or I suppose you might say treating baldness. Sign Liberty Counsel’s petition to block federal abortion bills and tell your lawmakers to protect the lives of the unborn. SHARE THIS WITH YOUR FRIENDS! Share Tweet Forward Copyright © 2022 Truth & Liberty Coalition, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you subscribed on our website. Our mailing address is: Truth & Liberty Coalition 1 Innovation Way Suite B Woodland Park, CO 80863 SIGN THE PETITION DONATE BECOME A MEMBER Add us to your address book Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list. From:D Martell To:Council, City Cc:Shikada, Ed; Stump, Molly; Jonsen, Robert; Supervisor Simitian; anne.ream@mail.house.gov; AnnaEshoo@mail.house.gov Subject:NEWS FLASH --- 7th COVID case at Lytton Gardens Assisted Living facility Date:Tuesday, June 28, 2022 2:06:13 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. June 27, 2022: - More Covid cases at LG Assisted Living facility in the past month. - Another two staff members today.