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 >> I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG 


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OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 


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AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS 


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ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, 


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WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.


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>> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU.


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ROLL CALL, PLEASE.


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>> Ms. Gauthier: COUNCILMEMBER


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SALWAN, PRESENT.


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COUNCILMEMBER SHAO, PRESENT.


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COUNCILMEMBER KASSAN, HERE.


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COUNCILMEMBER CAMPBELL,
PRESENT.


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COUNCILMEMBER KENG, PRESENT.


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VICE MAYOR COX, HERE.


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MAYOR MEI, HERE.


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AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO SHARE


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THERE ARE VACANCIES ON OUR


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BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.


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THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE ACCEPTS


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APPLICATIONS FOR THOSE


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THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.


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AND IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN


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LEARNING MORE, PLEASE GO TO THE


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BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND


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COMMITTEES PAGE ON THE WEBSITE


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AT FREMONT.GOV.


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OR PLEASE CONTACT THE CITY


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CLERK'S OFFICE AT 510-284-4060.


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MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC


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PARTICIPATING IN THE ELECTRONIC


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MEETING WISHING TO SPEAK MAY DO


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SO DURING PUBLIC COMMENT BY


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CLICKING ON THE RAISE HAND ICON


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OR IF BY CALLING IN, BY DIALING


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STAR NINE.


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I WILL MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT


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BEFORE EACH SECTION OF THE
AGENDA.


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IF NOT NOTED ON THE ZOOM SCREEN,


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PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, IF


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SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF AN


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ORGANIZATION, STATE YOUR NAME OF


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THE ORGANIZATION YOU ARE
REPRESENTING.


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EMAILS SUBMITTED TO THE CITY


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CLERK'S OFFICE ARE COMPILED AND


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DISTRIBUTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL


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AND STAFF AND PUBLISHED IN THE


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CITY AGENDA CENTER ON


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FREMONT.GOV, AND WILL BE PLACED


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ON FILE AND CONSIDERED PART OF


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THE PUBLIC RECORD.


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I WOULD LIKE TO ANNOUNCE THIS


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MEETING WILL GO UP UNTIL


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11:30 P.M. IF NEEDED.


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WE WILL ALLOW FOR 30 MINUTES OF


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GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT.


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IF THERE ARE ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS


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FOR ORAL COMMUNICATIONS AFTER


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THE INITIAL 30 MINUTES WE WILL


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TAKE THE ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS AT


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THE END OF THE MEETING IF TIME
REMAINS.


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I WILL NOW TURN THIS MEETING


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OVER TO OUR CITY MANAGER, KARENA


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SHACKELFORD, TO INTRODUCE HER


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STAFF AT THIS TIME.


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THANK YOU.


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>> City Mgr. Shackelford:


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THANK YOU, MADAME MAYOR.


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GOOD EVENING TO YOU AND TO


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MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.


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I DON'T HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS


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THIS EVENING BUT I WILL TAKE


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THIS OPPORTUNITY AS THE MAYOR


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STATED TO INTRODUCE MY
COLLEAGUES.


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CITY ATTORNEY RAFAEL ALVARADO,


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CITY CLERK SUSAN GAUTHIER, AND


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ASSISTANT CITY CLERK ALBERTO
QUINTANILLA.


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THANK YOU, MADAME MAYOR.


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>> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU.


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AT THIS TIME, DOES THE CITY


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ATTORNEY HAVE ANYTHING TO REPORT


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OUT FROM THE CLOSED SESSION THIS


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EVENING?


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>> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: YES,
MAYOR.


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GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND
COUNCIL.


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IN CLOSED SESSION THE COUNCIL


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DISCUSSED TWO ITEMS PUBLIC


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EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION


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AND CONFERENCE WITH LABOR


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NEGOTIATORS CONCERNING THE


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POSITION OF CITY ATTORNEY.


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COUNCIL DISCUSSED THE ITEMS BUT


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TOOK NO REPORTABLE ACTION.


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THANK YOU, MAYOR.


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>> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU.


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AND AT THIS TIME, I HAVE THE


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CONSENT CALENDAR, ITEMS THAT


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WILL BE PASSED WITH ONE COUNCIL


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VOTE AND THE STAFF


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RECOMMENDATION WILL STAND.


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MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISHING TO


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COMMENT ON AN ITEM ON THE


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CONSENT CALENDAR MAY DO SO AT


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THIS TIME BY PRESSING THE RAISE


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HAND ICON IF CALLING IN OR


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PRESSING STAR NINE IF YOU'RE


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DIALING IN.


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DOES THE CITY CLERK SEE ANY


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MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISHING TO


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COMMENT OR PULL AN ITEM FROM THE


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CONSENT CALENDAR THIS EVENING?


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>> Ms. Gauthier: NO, MADAME
MAYOR.


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>> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU.


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IS THERE A COUNCILMEMBER?


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>> Councilmember Salwan: MOVE


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CONSENT ITEMS.


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>> Councilmember Cox: SO MOVE.


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SECOND.


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>> Mayor Mei: MOVED BY


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COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN, SECONDED


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BY VICE MAYOR COX.


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CAN WE PLEASE HAVE A VOTE?


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THE CONSENT CALENDAR PASSES WITH


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UNANIMOUS VOTE AT THIS TIME.


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THANK YOU.


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NEXT THIS EVENING ARE CEREMONIAL
ITEMS.


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WE HAVE TWO THIS EVENING


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BEGINNING WITH NATIONAL NIGHT


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OUT AND I WILL MEET THE


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ACCEPTANCE HONOREES AT THE DAIS


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DOWN THERE.


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SO I HAVE OUR PUBLIC AFFAIRS


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SPECIALIST FOR THE NATIONAL


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NIGHT OUT, AS WELL AS JOSIE


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FULTON LATER ON FOR PROJECT


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SENTINEL FAIR HOUSING, SO I'LL


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MEET YOU OVER THERE.


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>> Mayor Mei: THIS


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PROCLAMATION IS FOR NATIONAL


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NIGHT OUT. WHEREAS, THE NATIONAL 


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ASSOCIATION OF TOWN WATCH IS 


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SPONSORING THE “40TH ANNUAL 


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NATIONAL NIGHT OUT,” A 


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NATIONWIDE COMMUNITY-BUILDING 


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AND CRIME PREVENTION AWARENESS 


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EVENT ON AUGUST 1, 2023; AND 


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WHEREAS, THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF 


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NATIONAL NIGHT OUT PROVIDES A 


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UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE 


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FREMONT COMMUNITY TO JOIN WITH 


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THOUSANDS OF OTHER COMMUNITIES 


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ACROSS THE COUNTRY IN 


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CELEBRATING GRASSROOTS 


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COMMUNITY-BUILDING THROUGH 


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NEIGHBORHOOD BLOCK PARTIES; AND 


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WHEREAS, IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT 


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ALL COMMUNITY MEMBERS OF FREMONT 


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BE AWARE OF THE IMPORTANCE OF 


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CRIME PREVENTION PROGRAMS AND 


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THE IMPACT THEIR PARTICIPATION 


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CAN HAVE ON REDUCING CRIME, 


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DRUGS, AND VIOLENCE IN FREMONT; 


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AND WHEREAS, THE CITY OF 


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FREMONT’S COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT 


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GOAL CALLS FOR THE SUPPORT AND 


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EXPANSION OF NATIONAL NIGHT OUT 


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AS AN IMPORTANT TOOL IN 


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DEVELOPING NEIGHBORHOOD SPIRIT 


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AND UNITY, AND FOSTERING THE 


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PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE CITY OF 


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FREMONT AND THE COMMUNITY. NOW,


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THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, THE


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CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF 


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FREMONT HEREBY PROCLAIM TUESDAY, 


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AUGUST 1, 2023, AS “NATIONAL 


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NIGHT OUT” IN THE CITY OF 


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FREMONT AND CALL UPON ALL


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RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF FREMONT


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TO JOIN THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE NATIONAL 


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ASSOCIATION OF TOWN WATCH IN 


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SUPPORTING AND PARTICIPATING THE 


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“40TH ANNUAL NATIONAL NIGHT OUT.”


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AND THANK YOU FOR COMING TO JOIN


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US THIS EVENING.


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WOULD YOU LIKE TO SHARE SOME
WORDS?


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AND THEN ALSO I WANTED TO SAY


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THAT I HAVE TO THANK ALL THE


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MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY WHO


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HAVE BEEN SUPPORTIVE OF THIS IN


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THE PAST.


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I THINK THE MOST EVENTS WE'VE


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EVER HAD IN ONE NIGHT WAS 130 OR


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150 PARTIES, SOMETHING CRAZY, I
REMEMBER.


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IT WAS A LOT OF FUN, BUT THANK


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YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING TO SHARE
THIS.


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AND IF YOU'D LIKE TO SHARE A FEW


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WORDS, I'D GREATLY APPRECIATE
IT.


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THANK YOU.


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>> THANK YOU.


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>> WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO


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SEEING EVERYONE THERE FOR


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NATIONAL NIGHT OUT AND IF YOU


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WOULD LIKE TO REGISTER, OUR


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WEBSITE IS NOW LIVE SO YOU CAN


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GO TO FREMONTPOLICE.GOV/NNO TO


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REGISTER YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.


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THANK YOU.


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SO


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>> I WANTED TO SHARE THIS PROC


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 PROCLAMATION ON FAIR HOUSING
MONTH.


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 WHEREAS, ADEQUATE HOUSING IS A 


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BASIC NEED AND RIGHT OF ALL 


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PEOPLE; AND WHEREAS, THIS YEAR


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WE CELEBRATE THE 55TH


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ANNIVERSARY OF THE ENACTMENT OF


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THE FEDERAL FAIR HOUSING ACT OF


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1968 (TITLE VIII OF THE CIVIL


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RIGHTS ACT), WHICH STATES THAT DISCRIMINATION 


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IN THE SALE AND RENTAL OF 


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HOUSING IS ILLEGAL WHEN BASED ON 


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RACE, COLOR, RELIGION, SEX, OR 


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NATIONAL ORIGIN; AND WHEREAS,


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THE FAIR HOUSING AMENDMENT ACT


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OF 1988 EXTENDS FAIR HOUSING


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RIGHTS ON THE BASIS OF FAMILIAL


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STATUS TO FAMILIES WITH


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CHILDREN, AND ON THE BASIS OF


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HANDICAP TO DISABLED PERSONS; 


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AND WHEREAS, CALIFORNIA STATUTES 


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ADDITIONALLY PROTECT CITIZENS ON 


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THE BASIS OF AGE, MARITAL 


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STATUS, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, 


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GENDER IDENTITY AND SOURCE OF 


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INCOME; AND CALIFORNIA 


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CELEBRATES THE 62ND ANNIVERSARY 


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OF THE FAIR EMPLOYMENT AND 


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HOUSING ACT (FEHA); AND WHEREAS,


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THE CITY OF FREMONT SUPPORTS


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FAIR HOUSING EFFORTS TO 


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ELIMINATE DISCRIMINATION IN


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HOUSING AND RECOGNIZES THE 


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BENEFITS OF PROJECT SENTINEL TO 


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EDUCATE HOME SEEKERS, APARTMENT 


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MANAGERS, AND APARTMENT OWNERS 


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ON FEDERAL AND STATE HOUSING 


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LAWS, AND TO INVESTIGATE 


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COMPLAINTS OF ILLEGAL HOUSING 


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DISCRIMINATION IN FREMONT; AND 


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WHEREAS, IN ORDER TO HEIGHTEN 


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PUBLIC AWARENESS, THE CITY OF 


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FREMONT WISHES TO FOCUS PUBLIC


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ATTENTION IN APRIL AS FAIR


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HOUSING MONTH. NOW, THEREFORE,


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BE IT RESOLVED, THE CITY COUNCIL


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OF THE CITY OF FREMONT HEREBY


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PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF APRIL 2023


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AS “FAIR HOUSING MONTH,” AND DO ENCOURAGE 


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ALL RESIDENTS AND COMMUNITY 


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ORGANIZATIONS TO CELEBRATE THE 


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VALUE OF HARMONIOUS, INCLUSIVE, 


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AND DIVERSE COMMUNITIES OF 


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NEIGHBORS AND TO SUPPORT THE 


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GOAL OF EQUAL HOUSING 


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OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL PEOPLE.


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THANK YOU SO MUCH, JOSIE.


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>> I JUST WANTED TO THANK MAYOR


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AND CITY COUNCIL AND THE CITY OF


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FREMONT FOR SUPPORTING US AND


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SUPPORTING PROJECT SENTINEL AND


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AFFIRMATIVELY FURTHERING PUBLIC


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HOUSING ESPECIALLY HERE IN THE


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BAY AREA, I THINK IT'S A VERY


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NEEDED SERVICE THAT WE PROVIDE,


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AND YEAH, I REALLY APPRECIATE


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YOU ALL'S SUPPORT.


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>> Mayor Mei: AT THIS TIME,


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IT'S ORAL COMMUNICATIONS OR


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PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS.


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UP TO 2 MINUTES PER SPEAKER.


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AND THIS IS FOR ANY PERSON


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DESIRING TO SPEAK ON A MATTER


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WHICH IS NOT SCHEDULED ON THE


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AGENDA THIS EVENING MAY DO SO


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UNDER THE ORAL COMMUNICATION


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SECTION OF PUBLIC
COMMUNICATIONS.


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PLEASE NOTE THAT COMMUNICATIONS


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RECEIVED VIA EMAIL WILL BE


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PLACED ON FILE AND CONSIDERED


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PART OF THE PUBLIC RECORD.


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MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISHING TO


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SPEAK MAY DO SO BY CLICKING ON


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THE RAISE HAND ICON OR IF


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CALLING IN, BY DIALING
STAR NINE.


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IF NOT NOTED ON THE ZOOM SCREEN,


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PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND WHEN


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SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF AN


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ORGANIZATION, STATE YOUR NAME OF


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THE ORGANIZATION YOU ARE
REPRESENTING.


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AND I WAS GOING TO ASK, I KNOW


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THAT -- I CAN SEE WHEN I LOOK IN


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THE AUDIENCE THERE ARE MANY


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PEOPLE WHO REPRESENT PERHAPS A


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SIMILAR ISSUE, AND WHILE I


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DEFINITELY WELCOME ALL THE


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SPEAKERS, IF YOU SHARE THE


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VALUE, IT MIGHT BE EASIER FOR


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YOU JUST TO STAND AND HAVE A


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COUPLE SPEAKERS, BECAUSE WE DO


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HAVE SEVERAL ITEMS THIS EVENING


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ON THE AGENDA BUT KE CERTAINLY


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 WE CERTAINLY CAN SEE


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SOLIDARITY IN SOME OF THE
VIEWPOINTS.


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WE'LL HAVE TO TIME IT BECAUSE


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OF -- I KNOW THAT WE ALSO HAVE


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TO HAVE A BREAK AT A CERTAIN


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TIME SO AT THE MOST, 45 MINUTES


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AND THEN WE'LL HAVE TO GO TO OUR


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AGENDA ITEMS AND COME BACK,
OKAY?


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AND I KNOW YOU HAVE A SEPARATE


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TIMER FOR THAT.


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THANK YOU.


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>> Ms. Gauthier: I'LL SET A


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TIMER FOR THE 45 MINUTES.


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>> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU.


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SO IF WE WANT TO BEGIN BY


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CALLING THE SPEAKERS.


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>> Ms. Gauthier: WE HAVE A


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QUESTION HERE.


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>> Mayor Mei: DO YOU WANT TO


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SET TO 30?


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>> Ms. Gauthier: WE HAVE 15
CARDS.


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SPEAKER CARDS.


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AND HANDS ARE STARTING TO BE


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RAISED IN ZOOM.


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>> Mayor Mei: OKAY.


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BECAUSE WE DO NEED TO GET TO THE


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AGENDA ITEMS TOO, AND THEN WE


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CAN RETURN TO IT AFTER THE


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REGULARLY SCHEDULED AGENDA
ITEMS.


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THANK YOU.


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>> Ms. Gauthier: I'LL CALL THE


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FIRST THREE SPEAKER CARDS IN
PERSON.


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THEY ARE DEB, FOLLOWED BY MINON


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ROWAL, AND SRESH RENA.


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>> Mayor Mei: IF YOU CAN LINE


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UP ALONG THE WALL SO WE CAN BE


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MORE EFFICIENT IN TERMS OF


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SPEAKERS, THAT WOULD BE
WONDERFUL.


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WE NORMALLY DON'T ALLOW SIGNS


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BUT WE DON'T WANT TO BLOCK


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ANYONE ELSE'S VIEW BEHIND YOU,


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THAT'S WHY.


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IT'S OUT OF COURTESY FOR ALL THE


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OTHER PEOPLE.


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SO THANK YOU.


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>> Ms. Gauthier: THE FIRST


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SPEAKER IS DEB.


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>> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU.


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>> Ms. Gauthier: FOLLOWED BY


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MINON RAWAL.


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COME UP TO THE PODIUM, PLEASE.


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WE'LL START YOUR TIMER.


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>> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU.


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>> HELLO.


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GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.


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GOOD EVENING TO ALL THE


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COUNCILMEMBERS AND THANKS FOR


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PROVIDING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO


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TALK HERE.


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THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I AM


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SPEAKING, SO, YEAH, I ALSO WANT


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TO THANK THE COMMUNITY WHICH HAS


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JOINED ME.


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SO I AM TALKING ON BEHALF -- I'M


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A PRIVATE INDIVIDUAL, I'M NOT


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REPRESENTING ANY ORGANIZATION,


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BUT I AM RAISING MY VOICE


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AGAINST SB403 WHICH IS BEING


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BROUGHT SPECIFICALLY, SO I WANT


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TO RAISE HERE THAT IT'S AGAINST


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THE HINDU COMMUNITY, AND IT'S


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LIKE RECENTLY WE HAVE SEEN A LOT


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OF ATTACKS HAPPENING AGAINST THE


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HINDU COMMUNITY, AND ONE OF THE


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RECENT EVENTS WAS THE ATTACK IN


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SAN FRANCISCO, WHERE THEY'RE


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LIKE -- THIS IS ALL BASICALLY


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CONNECTED TO HINDUPHOBIA, SO I


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BASICALLY -- I'M RAISING THE


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VOICE AGAINST SB403 AND


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BASICALLY THE COUNCILMEMBERS --


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URGE THE COUNCILMEMBERS TO MAKE


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SURE THAT THIS IS NOT PASSED


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BECAUSE THE DUE DILIGENCE HAS


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NOT BEEN DONE, AND AS A


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COMMUNITY, I'M JUST -- REQUEST


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BASICALLY TO MAKE SURE THAT


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THAT'S NOT PASSED.


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THANK YOU.


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>> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU.


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JUST A POINT OF CLARIFICATION


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JUST TO LET PEOPLE KNOW, THE


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COUNCIL DOES NOT GET TO VOTE ON


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THE SENATE BILLS THEMSELVES.


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BUT WE WILL TAKE YOUR COMMENTS


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INTO CONSIDERATION SO I JUST


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WANTED TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE


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UNDERSTOOD THAT, OUR ROLE DOES


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NOT HAVE GOVERNING OVER THAT.


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NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE.


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>> Ms. Gauthier: THE NEXT


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SPEAKER IS MINON RAWAL.


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>> HELLO.


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I'M SPEAKING HERE AS AN


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INDIVIDUAL, NOT REPRESENTING ANY
ORGANIZATION.


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THIS IS MY FIRST TIME ATTENDING


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CITY HALL, IT'S A DIFFERENT


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SETUP FOR ME SO I'M SORRY IF I'M


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COMING OUT A LITTLE NERVOUS.


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I WOULD LIKE TO JUST LOOKING


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TETRADIGS OF THIS CITY HALL


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MEETINGS, STARTING WITH THE


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PROCLAMATION, I WOULD LIKE TO


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HAVE A PROCLAMATION MYSELF, IF


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YOU WILL.


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[SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE]


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THE LITERAL MEANING OF WHAT I


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JUST SAID IS, MAY EVERYONE AND


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EVERYTHING BE HEALTHY, BE HAPPY,


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FREE OF ANY MISERIES OR WORRIES,


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AND MAY EVERYBODY SEE BLISSFUL
THINGS.


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AND THE REASON WHY I SAY IT IS


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THAT THIS IS INHERENT PART OF


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HOW I WAS RAISED AND MANY HINDU


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AMERICANS WHO CAME HERE WERE
RAISED.


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WE DON'T PRAY FOR -- GOOD FOR A


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PARTICULAR RELIGION, A


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PARTICULAR RACE, A PARTICULAR


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ETHNICITY, A PARTICULAR CAST.


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SO COMING ON TO THE CAST ISSUE


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HERE, I AM RAISING A FAMILY, A


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PRETTY YOUNG FAMILY WITH MY WIFE


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OF TWO KIDS, A FIFTH GRADER AND


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A FIRST GRADER IN THIS
NEIGHBORHOOD.


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AND --


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>> Mayor Mei: 30 SECONDS.


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>> OKAY, THANK YOU.


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SO LOOKING AT BILLS LIKE SB403,


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WE ALREADY HAVE REPORTS OF --


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MULTIPLE REPORTS OF HINDUPHOBIA


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ON THE RISE, WHERE HINDUS ARE


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BEING DISCRIMINATED AGAINST.


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BILLS LIKE SB403 WILL MAKE MY


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GENERATION AND THE GENERATION


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WHICH I'M CURRENTLY BRINGING UP


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AS HINDU AMERICANS WHO ARE


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TAKING THEIR PLEDGES EVERY DAY


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AT SCHOOL, IT WILL BECOME MORE


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AND MORE DIFFICULT.


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SO I JUST REQUEST THE CITY


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MEMBERS TO PASS A RESOLUTION


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AGAINST HINDUPHOBIA.


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>> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU.


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[SPEAKERS CALLED]


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>> HI.


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THANK YOU.


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MY NAME IS SHRI KRISHNA.


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I WANT TO INTRODUCE MYSELF AS A


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MEMBER OF THE HINDU COMMUNITY,


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PRACTICING HINDU.


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I'M A FATHER OF TWO YOUNG


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GIRLS.


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AND I'M HERE TO EXPRESS MY


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DEEPEST CONCERNS ABOUT THE BILL


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THAT IS BEING INTRODUCED IN THE


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SENATE, IN THE STATE OF


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CALIFORNIA.


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SO MY BIGGEST CONCERN IS WHILE


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RAISING MY KIDS, THERE IS


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ALREADY SO MUCH STEREOTYPES


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ASSOCIATED WITH HINDUISM.


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AND THE FIRST STEREOTYPE THAT


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COMES TO ANYONE'S MIND WHEN THEY


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HEAR ABOUT HINDUISM IS CAST.


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AND THERE IS -- THIS BILL LIKE


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THIS 403 IS PROBABLY FOR THE


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FIRST TIME IT IS INTRODUCING


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CAST AS A PROTECTED CATEGORY,


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WHICH WILL IDENTIFY AND WHICH


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WILL POTENTIALLY PROFILE THE


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MICROMINORITY COMMUNITY WHICH IS


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HINDU COMMUNITY.


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THE OTHER PROTECTIVE CATEGORIES


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WHICH ARE VERY GENERIC IN NATURE


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IN MY OPINION ALREADY SHOULD


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ADDRESS AND SHOULD BE ABLE TO


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PROVIDE JUSTICE TO THOSE WHO ARE


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DISCRIMINATED BASED ON CAST.


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SO THERE IS NO NEED TO BRING IN


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THIS PROTECTED CATEGORY, NEW


[Captioner] 19:21:46
PROTECTED CATEGORY WHICH IS


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GOING TO PROFILE AND MONITOR


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HINDU COMMUNITY, AND IT IS GOING


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TO FURTHER PERPETUATE THE


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STEREOTYPES THAT OUR COMMUNITY


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IS ALREADY FACING, AND AS YOU


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HEARD FROM OTHER MEMBERS, THERE


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IS A SYSTEMIC RISE IN THE


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ATTACKS ON THE HINDU COMMUNITY.


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AND THIS IS GOING TO FURTHER


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FUEL THOSE ATTACKS.


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PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO ATTACK
IT.


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AND ALSO I WANT TO BRING YOUR


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ATTENTION TO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE


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BEHIND THIS BILL.


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THERE IS THIS ORGANIZATION


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CALLED EQUALITY LAB, WHICH


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CLAIMS TO HAVE DONE A SURVEY BUT


[Captioner] 19:22:20
THAT SURVEY HAS BEEN DEBUNKED


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AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, THAT


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ORGANIZATION, THE FOUNDERS OF


[Captioner] 19:22:25
THAT ORGANIZATION, THEY HAVE


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OPENLY, THEY HAVE VERY OPENLY


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PLACED THEIR POSITION IN THE


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PUBLIC DOMAIN THAT DESTROYING


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HINDUISM IS THEIR MAIN MOTIVE.


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THERE IS SO MUCH EVIDENCE TO


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PROVE THAT, AND WE CANNOT TRUST


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THE DATA THAT WAS PRODUCED BY


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THIS ORGANIZATION.


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>> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU, SIR.


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>> Ms. Gauthier: NEXT SPEAKER


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IS SYSHA DESAI.


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>> HI.


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THANK YOU, MAYOR MEI AND THE


[Captioner] 19:22:53
CITY COUNCIL FOR ALLOWING ME TO
SPEAK.


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SO I WANT TO ECHO WHAT SOME OF


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THE MEMBERS HAVE SAID HERE.


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THERE IS A SYSTEMIC RACISM BY


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INTRODUCING THIS SB403 BILL


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AGAINST ASIANS.


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IT IS PROFILING ASIANS, AND


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DIVIDING ASIANS COMMUNITY, ASIAN
COMMUNITY.


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SO I WANT TO STRONGLY SEE IF YOU


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CAN TAKE OUR VOICE FURTHER.


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I KNOW THIS IS NOT -- THIS IS A


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STATE BILL AND CITY COUNCIL


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DOESN'T GET TO VOTE ON IT.


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BUT I THINK WHAT WE WANT TO HAVE


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THE CITY HELP WITH IS TO TAKE


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THE VOICE OF THE ASIAN COMMUNITY


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HERE TO NOT PASS SUCH KIND OF


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RACIST AND SYSTEMIC RACIST BILLS


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AND LAWS WHICH TARGET ASIANS.


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AS SUCH, THERE HAS BEEN


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INCREASING ASIAN HATE, AND THIS


[Captioner] 19:23:49
WILL CREATE MORE OF THOSE ASIAN


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HATE, AND IT'S UNAMERICAN, IT'S


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UNCONSTITUTIONAL, ILLEGAL TO


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HAVE CATEGORIES TARGETED TO JUST


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SPECIFIC COMMUNITIES.


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AND I REALLY WANT THE HELP OF


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THIS ESTEEMED PANEL TO MAKE OUR


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VOICE HEARD.


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MAYBE AT FREMONT LEVEL AS WELL,


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THERE ARE A LOT OF INDIAN


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AMERICANS, ASIAN AMERICANS AND


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 HINDUS, AND IF YOU COULD


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PASS SOME RESOLUTION ARGUING FOR


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OR SAYING YOU OPPOSE HINDU HATE,


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YOU OPPOSE HINDUPHOBIA AND ALSO


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HELP US TAKE THIS VOICE FORWARD,


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WE WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE IT.


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THANK YOU SO MUCH.


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>> Ms. Gauthier: THANK YOU.


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THE NEXT SPEAKER IS ARUN NAMANI


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FOLLOWED BY SRIDHAR.


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>> I'M TALKING ON BEHALF OF ALL


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THE PEOPLE WHO ARE STANDING, SO


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LIKE THE MAYOR SAID, I WANTED TO


[Captioner] 19:24:49
TAKE THE TIME TO TALK ON BEHALF


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OF THEM.


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WE, THE SOUTH ASIAN HINDUS, ARE


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BEING TARGETED IN FREMONT.


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MANY OF US HAVE EXPERIENCED HATE
CRIMES.


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EVERYONE KNOWS ABOUT THE


[Captioner] 19:25:04
CHRISTIAN INCIDENT.


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OUR STATE SENATOR IS INTRODUCING


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A BILL WHICH IS GOING TO


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RACIALLY PROFILE AND


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DISCRIMINATE AND FURTHER


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INCREASE ASIAN AND HINDU HATE.


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I REITERATE, IT WILL INCREASE


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ASIAN AND HINDU HATE.


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SO THIS BILL, THIS BILL MIGHT


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LOOK AS A PROGRESSIVE BILL ON


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THE OUTSIDE, BUT IT IS NOT.


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IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS,


[Captioner] 19:25:38
PLEASE FEEL FREE, WE WILL SET UP


[Captioner] 19:25:42
A MEETING TO EXPLAIN WHY IT IS


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SO, AND HOW IT IS GOING TO


[Captioner] 19:25:46
DISCRIMINATE AND RACIALLY


[Captioner] 19:25:46
PROFILE US.


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MY CHILDREN WILL BE PROFILED,


[Captioner] 19:25:52
VILIFIED, AND HARASSED DUE TO


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THE ACTIONS OF A SENATOR WHO HAS


[Captioner] 19:25:56
AN OFFICE IN FREMONT AND IS


[Captioner] 19:25:57
SUPPOSED TO REPRESENT US.


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WE REQUEST YOU ALL TO MAKE OUR


[Captioner] 19:26:04
COMMUNITY SAFE, FEEL SAFE, AND


[Captioner] 19:26:05
PLEASE PASS A RESOLUTION AGAINST


[Captioner] 19:26:08
HINDU PHOBIA AND HINDU HATE.


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THANK YOU.


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>> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU.


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THAT'S VERY HELPFUL.


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>> THE NEXT SPEAKER, SRIDHAR.


[Captioner] 19:26:26
>> THAT'S ME.


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THANK YOU FOR THE TIME.


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I'M HERE TO ASK YOU ABOUT TWO


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THINGS, TO PASS A RESOLUTION


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THAT INCLUDES TWO THINGS.


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MY COMMUNITY MEMBERS HERE


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TALKING ABOUT THE HINDUPHOBIA,


[Captioner] 19:26:39
AND I AM A FIRST TIME


[Captioner] 19:26:40
EXPERIENCED PERSON OF THAT ONE.


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I HAD TO EXPERIENCE THAT ONE


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WHILE JUST GOING FOR PARKING IN


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THE STANFORD PARKING LOT AND


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GOING UP THE MISSION PEAK.


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AND I WAS CALLED OUT BECAUSE YOU


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HINDUS, YOU GO BACK HOME, WHAT


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ARE YOU DOING HERE, YOU'RE NOT


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AMERICAN, YOU'RE AN INDIAN, GO


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BACK TO INDIA.


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SO THAT WAS PLAYED OUT ON ME, MY


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WIFE, AND MY YOUNG SON, WHO WAS


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WITH US, ON GOING ON A HIKE.


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AND THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE.


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SO I'M ASKING YOU GUYS TO PASS A


[Captioner] 19:27:11
RESOLUTION THAT IS GOING TO MAKE


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SURE THAT HINDUPHOBIA IS NOT


[Captioner] 19:27:16
PROPAGATED, IS NOT PLAYED OUT IN


[Captioner] 19:27:18
OUR COMMUNITY, IN THE CITY OF
FREMONT HERE.


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THE SECOND PART, EVERYBODY IS


[Captioner] 19:27:23
TALKING ABOUT THE SB403 AND THE


[Captioner] 19:27:26
CAST, AND IF WE ALLOW THAT TO


[Captioner] 19:27:28
COME IN AND PLAY OUT AT THE


[Captioner] 19:27:30
STATE LEVEL AND IF THE FREMONT


[Captioner] 19:27:32
CITY DOES NOT DO SOMETHING ABOUT


[Captioner] 19:27:34
THAT ONE, SO THAT IS GOING TO


[Captioner] 19:27:35
CAUSE A LOT OF PROBLEM ALONG


[Captioner] 19:27:37
WITH THE HINDUPHOBIA THAT WE ARE


[Captioner] 19:27:38
TALKING ABOUT, IT'S ALSO GOING


[Captioner] 19:27:40
TO DIVIDE THE COMMUNITY ON THE


[Captioner] 19:27:42
CAST, AND RIGHT NOW, IF NONE OF


[Captioner] 19:27:44
OUR KIDS HAVE EVEN ANY


[Captioner] 19:27:47
CONSCIOUSNESS ABOUT CAST AS AN


[Captioner] 19:27:48
ITEM, THEY DON'T TALK ABOUT IT,


[Captioner] 19:27:49
THEY DON'T KNOW ABOUT IT, THEY


[Captioner] 19:27:50
DON'T DISCUSS IT.


[Captioner] 19:27:55
NOW WE ARE GOING TO SEED THAT


[Captioner] 19:27:56
INTO THEIR MIND TO START


[Captioner] 19:27:57
THINKING ABOUT THAT.


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SO I ASK YOU GUYS TO PASS A


[Captioner] 19:28:02
RESOLUTION THAT IS OPPOSING THE


[Captioner] 19:28:03
HINDUPHOBIA AND ANY LAW THAT IS


[Captioner] 19:28:05
COMING INTO THE STATE THAT IS


[Captioner] 19:28:08
GOING TO MAKE THE CAST AS ONE OF


[Captioner] 19:28:08
THE DISCRIMINATORY ITEMS.


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THANK YOU.


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>> Ms. Gauthier: THANK YOU.


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THE NEXT SPEAKER IS SAI, FOLLOW


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BID KRISHNA KUMAR PILUMARI.


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>> RESPECTED MAYOR AND CITY


[Captioner] 19:28:22
COUNCIL, I'M BACK.


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I WAS HERE ABOUT TWO WEEK AGO, I


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WAS HOPING THAT WHEN WE MEET THE


[Captioner] 19:28:29
NEXT TIME AROUND, WE MIGHT HAVE


[Captioner] 19:28:30
BETTER TIDINGS BUT


[Captioner] 19:28:32
UNFORTUNATELY, YOU KNOW, WE'VE


[Captioner] 19:28:33
SEEN OVER THE LAST TWO WEEKS


[Captioner] 19:28:35
THAT AN ENTIRE COMMUNITY OF


[Captioner] 19:28:36
AMERICANS AND RESIDENTS IN THIS


[Captioner] 19:28:38
COUNTRY CONTINUES TO BE


[Captioner] 19:28:40
VILIFIED, STEREOTYPED, PROFILED


[Captioner] 19:28:42
AND HELD TO BE PRESUMPTIVELY


[Captioner] 19:28:44
GUILTY, SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY


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DECIDED TO PRACTICE A CERTAIN


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FAITH OR ARE ASSUMED TO BE
PARTICIPATING IN A CERTAIN
FAITH.


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MAYOR MEI, YOU KNOW, 15,986, YOU


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KNOW WHAT THAT NUMBER IS?


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15,986 IS UNFORTUNATELY THE


[Captioner] 19:28:59
NUMBER OF VOTES THAT CAME


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BETWEEN, YOU KNOW, HAVING A


[Captioner] 19:29:02
TRULY REPRESENTATIVE STATE


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SENATOR FOR DISTRICT 10, AND WHO


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WE NOW HAVE IN OFFICE, WHO IT'S


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KIND OF IRONIC IN THE DAY AND


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AGE WE HAVE A FAIR HOUSING


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PROCLAMATION FOR EQUITY AND


[Captioner] 19:29:16
EQUALITY FOR ALL, YOU HAVE A


[Captioner] 19:29:18
STATE SENATOR WHO'S SPONSORING A


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BILL THAT CODE GUYS
SEGREGATION.


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THE CODIFICATION INTO OUR STATE


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LAW IS, A, A VIOLATION OF THE


[Captioner] 19:29:30
COBS TEUTION, B, A VIOLATION OF


[Captioner] 19:29:31
OUR CIVIL RIGHTS AND C, MOST


[Captioner] 19:29:34
IMPORTANTLY, A VIOLATION OF THE


[Captioner] 19:29:35
MORAL COMPASS THAT I HOPE WE AS


[Captioner] 19:29:36
AMERICANS SHARE.


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WHEN I LOOK AT THE CITY COUNCIL,


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I SEE DIVERSITY IN ACTION.


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I SEE DIVERSITY IN ACTION.


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AND IT IS SHAMEFUL THAT TODAY IN


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THE 21ST CENTURY, WE'RE SITTING


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HERE PLEADING THAT THE STATE NOT


[Captioner] 19:29:49
INTERFERE IN DESTROYING THAT


[Captioner] 19:29:51
DIVERSITY, SIMPLY BY USING A


[Captioner] 19:29:52
CAPRICIOUS, ARBITRARY AND


[Captioner] 19:29:56
IRRATIONAL FRAMEWORK IMPORTED


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AND -- ENFORCED ON OUR
CHILDREN.


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I RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT THE CITY


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CONSIDER PASSING A PROCLAMATION,


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GIVEN THAT THE STATE SENATOR HAS


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HER OFFICE HERE, THAT THE CITY


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CONSIDER A PROCLAMATION AGAINST


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HINDU HATE, AND AGAINST HATE OF


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ALL KINDS, BECAUSE WE ARE THE


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HAPPIEST CITY IN THE COUNTRY.


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LET US CONTINUE TO REMAIN THAT
WAY.


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GOD BLESS US, AND GOD BLESS THE


[Captioner] 19:30:17
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.


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THANK YOU.


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[APPLAUSE]


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>> Ms. Gauthier: THANK YOU.


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THE NEXT SPEAKER, KRISHNA
KUMAR.


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FOLLOWED BY PADMA.


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>> GOOD EVENING.


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TODAY I WANT TO TALK ABOUT SB403


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EXPRESSING MY ANGUISH AT A


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STATE SENATOR INTRODUCING SUCH A


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DISCRIMINATORY BILL ALONG WITH


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THE HINDUPHOBIA THAT WE'RE


[Captioner] 19:30:46
ALREADY FACING.


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BUT, THE CLOSER POINT HERE IS


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THAT CAST IS NOT EVEN A WORD IN


[Captioner] 19:30:58
ANY OF THE INDIAN LANGUAGES, IT


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IS NOT IN THE INDIAN KNOWLEDGE


[Captioner] 19:31:01
SYSTEMS AT ALL.


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IT'S AN IMPOSED WORD FROM


[Captioner] 19:31:08
OUTSIDE, TRYING TO EXPLAIN WHAT


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THE TWO TERMS IN THE INDIAN


[Captioner] 19:31:11
KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS ARE.


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SUCH A MISUNDERSTANDING IMPOSED


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ON US BY COLONIAL RULERS IS NOT


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TO BE CODIFIED INTO A LAW BY THE


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STATE SENATOR WHO IS UNWITTINGLY


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OR WITTINGLY MAKING THE EFFORT.


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I WOULD REQUEST THE ENTIRE


[Captioner] 19:31:39
COMMUNITY AS WELL AS THE


[Captioner] 19:31:41
COUNCILMEMBERS TO RAISE THEIR


[Captioner] 19:31:45
VOICE AGAINST SUCH PRACTICE AND


[Captioner] 19:31:47
EXPLAIN TO THEM WHAT THIS CAST


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IS ABOUT.


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I'M STANDING BY TO BE ABLE TO


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OFFER A CLEAN AND DETAILED


[Captioner] 19:31:55
EXPLANATION IF NECESSARY, BUT I


[Captioner] 19:31:57
WANT TO REGISTER MY PROTEST


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AGAINST THIS PRACTICE.


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AGAINST THIS BILL IN THE FIRST
PLACE.


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THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR
TIME.


[Captioner] 19:32:06
>> Ms. Gauthier: THANK YOU.


[Captioner] 19:32:14
PAD MA FOLLOWED BY RAKESH SINGH.


[Captioner] 19:32:16
>> GOOD EVENING.


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A BETWEEN FIVE-YEAR RESIDENT OF


[Captioner] 19:32:20
FREMONT I'M ONE OF 250 PEOPLE


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WHO MET TODAY FOR A SILENT AND


[Captioner] 19:32:28
PEACEFUL PROTEST OUTSIDE SENATOR


[Captioner] 19:32:29
WAHAB'S OFFICE AGAINST SB403.


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I WENT TO HER OFFICE ALONG WITH


[Captioner] 19:32:33
A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE TO HAND HER
A PETITION.


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HER STAFF WERE STANDING OUTSIDE


[Captioner] 19:32:40
HER OFFICE AND LIED TO ME, TO MY


[Captioner] 19:32:42
FACE, THAT THEY DON'T WORK FOR


[Captioner] 19:32:45
HER, AND CLAIMED THAT HER OFFICE


[Captioner] 19:32:47
IS CLOSED AND DID NOT ACCEPT OUR
PETITION.


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HOWEVER, THE SENATOR DOESN'T


[Captioner] 19:32:52
HAVE ANY PROBLEM ASSOCIATING


[Captioner] 19:32:53
WITH A SECRETIVE GROUP CALLED


[Captioner] 19:32:55
EQUITY LABS WHICH IS KNOWN TO


[Captioner] 19:32:57
HAVE HATRED FOR HINDUS AND A


[Captioner] 19:32:59
DESIRE TO DESTROY THE OLDEST


[Captioner] 19:33:00
RELIGION IN THE WORLD,
HINDUISM.


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WE AS A COMMUNITY LIVE


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PEACEFULLY AND IN HARMONY WITH


[Captioner] 19:33:06
EVERYBODY AROUND US.


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THIS BILL HAS ONLY ONE


[Captioner] 19:33:10
INTENTION, TO DIVIDE US.


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AND AS A CONSEQUENCE OF THAT, IT


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WILL CREATE HINDU HATE, AND THIS


[Captioner] 19:33:17
WILL INCREASE AND CAUSE HARM AND


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CAUSE ATTACKS SUCH AS THE ATTACK


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ON A HINDU IN A TACO BELL IN OUR


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OWN CITY OF FREMONT.


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I'M A MOTHER OF TWO CHILDREN,


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AND MY CHILDREN SHOULD NOT BE


[Captioner] 19:33:31
DISCRIMINATED AGAINST OR HURT ON


[Captioner] 19:33:32
ACCOUNT OF RELIGIOUS PROFILING


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OR HINDU HATE.


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I REQUEST THE CITY OF FREMONT AS


[Captioner] 19:33:38
REPRESENTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL


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TO CONVEY THIS TO OUR STATE


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LEADERS, AS WELL AS PASS A


[Captioner] 19:33:46
RESOLUTION AGAINST HINDU HATE


[Captioner] 19:33:48
AND STAND WITH OUR PEACEFUL
COMMUNITY.


[Captioner] 19:33:49
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR
TIME.


[Captioner] 19:33:50
>> Ms. Gauthier: THANK YOU.


[Captioner] 19:33:56
RAKESH SINGH FOLLOWED BY KAWAL
SINGH.


[Captioner] 19:33:57
>> HI.


[Captioner] 19:33:59
MY NAME IS RAKESH SINGH.


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GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY.


[Captioner] 19:34:07
I'M HERE TO TALK A BIT ABOUT --


[Captioner] 19:34:09
AGAINST WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED


[Captioner] 19:34:13
BY THE SENATOR, AND IN MY


[Captioner] 19:34:15
OPINION, IT DOESN'T BELONG TO
U.S.


[Captioner] 19:34:18
THAT CASTE SYSTEM, IT'S A


[Captioner] 19:34:23
NON-ISSUE FOR U.S., AND OF A


[Captioner] 19:34:25
NON-ISSUE, SOME FOLKS ARE TRYING


[Captioner] 19:34:27
TO CREATE AN ISSUE OUT OF IT.


[Captioner] 19:34:30
AS A COUNTRY, WITH A DIFFERENT


[Captioner] 19:34:31
PRINCIPLE WHICH IS VERY, VERY


[Captioner] 19:34:33
PROGRESSIVE, FORWARD LOOKING,


[Captioner] 19:34:34
AND INCLUSIVE, RIGHT?


[Captioner] 19:34:40
AND THE MOTTO OF THE COUNTRY.


[Captioner] 19:34:43
THEN WHAT'S THE POINT OF


[Captioner] 19:34:44
HAVING -- THEY'RE CALLING IT --


[Captioner] 19:34:47
IT'S A NON-DISCRIMINATORY BILL,


[Captioner] 19:34:49
BUT IT IS IN REALITY A


[Captioner] 19:34:49
DISCRIMINATORY BILL.


[Captioner] 19:34:52
IT IS GOING TO CREATE


[Captioner] 19:34:53
DISCRIMINATION.


[Captioner] 19:34:58
ANOTHER THING IS THAT AS FAR AS


[Captioner] 19:34:59
I UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S


[Captioner] 19:35:01
IMPOSSIBLE TO IMPLEMENT THIS


[Captioner] 19:35:04
BECAUSE FROM THE LAWS, I DON'T


[Captioner] 19:35:08
THINK ANYBODY, ANY FORM, SCHOOL,


[Captioner] 19:35:09
COLLEGE, ANY JOB, ANYBODY IS


[Captioner] 19:35:11
GOING TO ASK ABOUT WHAT IS YOUR
CASTE.


[Captioner] 19:35:12
IT'S NOT IMPLEMENTABLE.


[Captioner] 19:35:17
SO SINCE THE SENATOR IS FROM OUR


[Captioner] 19:35:19
CITY, AND SHE IS PROPOSING THIS,


[Captioner] 19:35:22
I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR THE


[Captioner] 19:35:24
COUNCILMEMBERS, THE MAYOR, AND


[Captioner] 19:35:26
EVERYBODY, TO VOTE AGAINST THIS


[Captioner] 19:35:29
IF IT'S POSSIBLE, AT LEAST RAISE


[Captioner] 19:35:29
THE VOICES.


[Captioner] 19:35:30
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.


[Captioner] 19:35:31
>> Ms. Gauthier: THANK YOU.


[Captioner] 19:35:38
KAWAL SINGH FOLLOWED BY
SHRIKAR.


[Captioner] 19:35:41
>> COUNCILMEMBERS, MAYOR AND THE
STAFF.


[Captioner] 19:35:42
GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY.


[Captioner] 19:35:44
AND THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE


[Captioner] 19:35:44
CHANCE TO SPEAK.


[Captioner] 19:35:51
THERE IS NO ROOM FOR


[Captioner] 19:35:52
DISCRIMINATION BASED ON THE
CASTE.


[Captioner] 19:35:54
FEW SPEAKERS SPEAK THAT, YEAH,


[Captioner] 19:35:55
THERE IS NO CASTEISM.


[Captioner] 19:35:56
THERE IS A CASTEISM.


[Captioner] 19:35:59
THERE IS A CASTEISM EXISTING IN


[Captioner] 19:36:00
THIS COUNTRY.


[Captioner] 19:36:01
BY THE OTHER PEOPLE.


[Captioner] 19:36:09
WE ARE IN SUPPORT OF SB403 AND


[Captioner] 19:36:10
WE HAVE REPRESENTING ALL OVER


[Captioner] 19:36:13
THE COUNTRY, THIS BILL ALREADY


[Captioner] 19:36:17
BEEN PASSED IN -- AND IT'S


[Captioner] 19:36:19
ONGOING, MY DAUGHTERS, MY OTHER


[Captioner] 19:36:21
SON, THEY ARE ALSO INVOLVED,


[Captioner] 19:36:22
THEY HAVE BEEN DISCRIMINATED.


[Captioner] 19:36:25
I'M NOT SAYING IT'S HINDUS, I'M


[Captioner] 19:36:26
NOT SAYING IT'S SIKH.


[Captioner] 19:36:29
WE ARE BASED ON OUR -- OF


[Captioner] 19:36:31
THAT -- BASED ON THE CASTE,


[Captioner] 19:36:33
THERE SHOULD BE NO ROOM FOR
DISCRIMINATION.


[Captioner] 19:36:36
I'M NOT AGAINST ANY OTHER


[Captioner] 19:36:36
RELIGION OTHER THING.


[Captioner] 19:36:38
WE HAVE LIKE A THOUSAND FAMILIES
HERE.


[Captioner] 19:36:42
SO PLEASE CONSIDER THIS, DO NOT


[Captioner] 19:36:45
PLEASE MAKE -- LISTEN CAREFULLY


[Captioner] 19:36:47
TO THESE THINGS, WHAT THEY'RE


[Captioner] 19:36:48
SAYING, WHAT -- ACTUALLY WHAT IS


[Captioner] 19:36:49
THE BACKBONE BEHIND IT?


[Captioner] 19:36:50
WHY THIS IS HAPPENING.


[Captioner] 19:36:53
ALL OVER.


[Captioner] 19:36:55
I HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE OVER


[Captioner] 19:36:56
HERE, I CAN BRING A THOUSAND


[Captioner] 19:36:57
PEOPLE OVER HERE.


[Captioner] 19:36:57
THAT'S NOT THE SOLUTION.


[Captioner] 19:36:59
THE SOLUTION IS WHAT IS THE


[Captioner] 19:37:01
REALITY IN IT, WHICH IS --


[Captioner] 19:37:06
NOBODY WANTS TO DISCLOSE -- SO


[Captioner] 19:37:07
PLEASE, COUNCILMEMBERS, MAYORS,


[Captioner] 19:37:12
I REQUEST YOU HUMBLY, SB403 IS A


[Captioner] 19:37:14
VALID SB, WE ARE -- I'M 100%


[Captioner] 19:37:16
SUPPORT OF IT ALONG WITH MY


[Captioner] 19:37:17
FAMILY AND MY COMMUNITY.


[Captioner] 19:37:17
THANK YOU.


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[APPLAUSE]


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>> Ms. Gauthier: NEXT SPEAKER


[Captioner] 19:37:28
IS SRIKHRA POLARI.


[Captioner] 19:37:28
>>


[Captioner] 19:37:31
>> HELLO, EVERYONE.


[Captioner] 19:37:33
I AM A SOPHOMORE IN COLLEGE.


[Captioner] 19:37:36
I WAS BROUGHT HERE TODAY BY MY


[Captioner] 19:37:38
MOM AND SOME OF MY PERSONAL


[Captioner] 19:37:39
INTEREST IN THIS MATTER.


[Captioner] 19:37:45
REGARDING THE BILL OR SORRY THE


[Captioner] 19:37:46
PROPOSITION SB403.


[Captioner] 19:37:50
I HEARD ABOUT THE GROWING


[Captioner] 19:37:52
CONCERN REGARDING THE HINDU


[Captioner] 19:37:53
CASTE SYSTEM IN THE UNITED


[Captioner] 19:37:55
STATES AND I WAS SHOCKED TO SEE


[Captioner] 19:37:57
IT AS I MYSELF DON'T KNOW OR


[Captioner] 19:37:58
EXPERIENCE IT IN THE U.S.


[Captioner] 19:38:03
HINDUS ARE BEING TARGETED BY


[Captioner] 19:38:07
OTHER HINDUS FOR BEING A HIGHER


[Captioner] 19:38:11
CASTE OR BY THE SO-CALLED LOWER


[Captioner] 19:38:13
CASTE STATING THAT WE GET MORE


[Captioner] 19:38:15
JOBS AND WE HAVE A BETTER


[Captioner] 19:38:16
POSITION IN SOCIETY THAN THEM.


[Captioner] 19:38:19
GROWING UP, MY PARENTS NEVER


[Captioner] 19:38:24
TALKED TO ME ABOUT HOW WE, US


[Captioner] 19:38:25
HINDUS ARE BETTER THAN OTHERS


[Captioner] 19:38:27
AND HOW WE ARE ALWAYS ABLE TO


[Captioner] 19:38:30
GET THE POSITION WE WANT SUCH AS


[Captioner] 19:38:33
A CEO OR MAYOR, FOR EXAMPLE, IN


[Captioner] 19:38:36
THIS SOCIETY AS OPPOSED TO OTHER
HINDUS.


[Captioner] 19:38:41
AND I MAY NOT KNOW MUCH ABOUT


[Captioner] 19:38:43
THIS ISSUE, AS MY FELLOW


[Captioner] 19:38:45
ASSOCIATES HERE, BUT I DO KNOW


[Captioner] 19:38:47
THAT WE ARE BEING TARGETED BY
OTHERS.


[Captioner] 19:38:51
AND THIS IS WHY I SAY NO TO


[Captioner] 19:38:54
PROPOSITION SB403 AND STOP ALL


[Captioner] 19:38:54
HINDU HATE.


[Captioner] 19:38:55
THANK YOU, MAYOR AND CITY
COUNCIL.


[Captioner] 19:38:56
[APPLAUSE]


[Captioner] 19:38:59
>> Ms. Gauthier: THANK YOU.


[Captioner] 19:39:02
SRINAS FOLLOWED BY HARSH SINGH.


[Captioner] 19:39:05
>> THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THIS


[Captioner] 19:39:06
OPPORTUNITY, MAYOR AND
COUNCILMEMBERS.


[Captioner] 19:39:10
I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT SB403.


[Captioner] 19:39:11
AND THE REASON I'M HERE IS


[Captioner] 19:39:13
BECAUSE I'M CONCERNED ABOUT MY
KIDS.


[Captioner] 19:39:14
I HAVE TWO KIDS WHO ARE GOING


[Captioner] 19:39:15
HERE IN FREMONT.


[Captioner] 19:39:19
AND THE MOMENT I HEAR ABOUT THIS


[Captioner] 19:39:22
SB403, I FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW,


[Captioner] 19:39:24
RIGHT NOW MY KIDS DON'T KNOW


[Captioner] 19:39:27
WHAT CASTE IS, AND WHAT CASTE WE


[Captioner] 19:39:28
BELONG OR WHAT CASTE THEIR


[Captioner] 19:39:28
FRIENDS BELONG TO.


[Captioner] 19:39:32
SO IT'S NOT EVEN A POINT OF


[Captioner] 19:39:33
DISCUSSION RIGHT NOW.


[Captioner] 19:39:36
BUT BECAUSE OF THIS SB403, I'M


[Captioner] 19:39:38
FEARING THAT THIS COMES INTO THE


[Captioner] 19:39:40
DISCUSSION AND THEY HAVE TO


[Captioner] 19:39:41
IDENTIFY WITH THEIR CASTE AND


[Captioner] 19:39:43
THAT KIND OF BRINGS A


[Captioner] 19:39:47
DISCRIMINATION WHICH IS UNWANTED


[Captioner] 19:39:49
AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S


[Captioner] 19:39:51
BEEN LEFT IN INDIA AND IT'S NOT


[Captioner] 19:39:52
RELEVANT HERE FOR THE FUTURE


[Captioner] 19:39:53
GENERATION OF AMERICA.


[Captioner] 19:39:55
AND I THINK THIS SHOULD BE


[Captioner] 19:39:59
OPPOSED AND I REQUEST


[Captioner] 19:40:00
COUNCILMEMBERS HERE IN FREMONT


[Captioner] 19:40:02
TO PASS A RESOLUTION RELATED TO
THIS.


[Captioner] 19:40:04
THANK YOU.


[Captioner] 19:40:09
>> Ms. Gauthier: THANK YOU.


[Captioner] 19:40:10
HARSH SINGH.


[Captioner] 19:40:13
>> RESPECTED MAYOR, RESPECTED


[Captioner] 19:40:14
COUNCILMEMBERS, THANK YOU VERY


[Captioner] 19:40:15
MUCH FOR GIVING ME THE


[Captioner] 19:40:17
OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK HERE.


[Captioner] 19:40:20
YOU HEARD ENOUGH ABOUT SB403,


[Captioner] 19:40:22
HOW IT IS RACIST PROFILES AND


[Captioner] 19:40:22
EVERYTHING ELSE.


[Captioner] 19:40:24
I WOULD LIKE TO ACTUALLY ADDRESS


[Captioner] 19:40:27
THE COMMENTS OF THE PREVIOUS


[Captioner] 19:40:29
GENTLEMAN REGARDING CASTEISM


[Captioner] 19:40:30
EXISTING IN AMERICA AND HOW HE


[Captioner] 19:40:31
HAS BEEN DISCRIMINATED AGAINST


[Captioner] 19:40:32
ON THE BASIS OF CASTE.


[Captioner] 19:40:35
WHILE THAT MIGHT BE TRUE AND I'M


[Captioner] 19:40:37
REALLY APOLOGETIC AND I FEEL FOR


[Captioner] 19:40:38
THE GENTLEMAN AND HIS FAMILY IF


[Captioner] 19:40:40
THAT WAS THE CASE.


[Captioner] 19:40:41
WHAT I WANT TO SAY IS THAT


[Captioner] 19:40:42
CURRENT LAWS ARE ENOUGH TO


[Captioner] 19:40:42
ADDRESS THEM.


[Captioner] 19:40:45
YOU DON'T NEED TO PROFILE A


[Captioner] 19:40:46
CERTAIN COMMUNITY TO DO THAT.


[Captioner] 19:40:49
WE ARE AGAINST ALL SORTS OF


[Captioner] 19:40:50
DISCRIMINATION, AND WE BELIEVE


[Captioner] 19:40:52
IN NO DISCRIMINATION FOR ANYBODY


[Captioner] 19:40:54
REGARDLESS OF WHATEVER.


[Captioner] 19:40:58
HOWEVER, TO TARGET A CERTAIN


[Captioner] 19:41:01
COMMUNITY AND PROFILE THEM ON


[Captioner] 19:41:03
THE BASIS OF CASTE IS WHAT'S


[Captioner] 19:41:03
MORE DISCRIMINATING.


[Captioner] 19:41:05
SO IF YOU LOOK AT EVEN THIS CASE


[Captioner] 19:41:08
THAT'S ADDRESSED BY SB403 WHICH


[Captioner] 19:41:11
SAYS HEY, GO FILE A LAWSUIT,


[Captioner] 19:41:13
THAT'S A LAWSUIT, NOTHING PROVEN


[Captioner] 19:41:14
AND THERE'S NOTHING WILL BE


[Captioner] 19:41:14
PROVEN IN THE FUTURE.


[Captioner] 19:41:16
THAT CANNOT BE USED AS EVIDENCE


[Captioner] 19:41:17
FOR DISCRIMINATION.


[Captioner] 19:41:21
SO ABSOLUTELY AGREE, NO


[Captioner] 19:41:22
DISCRIMINATION OF ANY FORM


[Captioner] 19:41:23
SHOULD EVER, EVER EXIST.


[Captioner] 19:41:27
AND THIS LAW OR THIS BILL


[Captioner] 19:41:30
ACTUALLY PROFILES US AND


[Captioner] 19:41:31
DISCRIMINATES AGAINST US.


[Captioner] 19:41:33
SO NOW COMING BACK TO THE ISSUE,


[Captioner] 19:41:36
WE HAVE SEEN MANY HINDUPHOBIC


[Captioner] 19:41:36
EVENTS INSIDE FREMONT.


[Captioner] 19:41:38
WE HEARD ONE FROM ONE GENTLEMAN


[Captioner] 19:41:40
TODAY PLUS WE KNOW ABOUT THE


[Captioner] 19:41:40
OTHER CASE.


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WE ARE SEEING ATTACKS


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CONTINUOUSLY IN OUR COMMUNITY BY


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ORGANIZATIONS LIKE QUALITY
LABS.


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WE NEED TO BE PROTECTED IN THIS


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CITY, WHICH I HAVE BEEN A


[Captioner] 19:41:49
RESIDENT FOR 25 YEARS.


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I WANT A RESOLUTION ON
HINDUPHOBIA.


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JUST LIKE THE STATE OF GEORGIA


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PASSED ONE, WE AS A COMMUNITY


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HERE IN WHICH WE ARE LARGE


[Captioner] 19:42:01
CONTRIBUTING COMMUNITY, THIS


[Captioner] 19:42:03
SOCIETY, WE DESERVE A
RESOLUTION.


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ALSO, I WOULD REQUEST THE


[Captioner] 19:42:08
COUNCILMEMBERS TO COME OUT IN


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SUPPORT FOR US AND SAY THAT


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THEY'RE AGAINST SB403.


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THANK YOU VERY MUCH.


[Captioner] 19:42:14
>> Ms. Gauthier: THANK YOU.


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THE NEXT SPEAKER IS JIRAJ SINGH


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FOLLOWED BY KELLY ABREU.


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>> HELLO, EVERYBODY.


[Captioner] 19:42:23
SO MOST OF THE THINGS HAVE


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ALREADY BEEN COVERED SO FAR.


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SO I'M HERE TO OPPOSE SB403.


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I JUST FEEL THAT THIS IS A VERY


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SINISTER DESIGNED TO PUT A WEDGE


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IN THE HINDU COMMUNITY.


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LARGELY WE DON'T PRACTICE ANY


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CASTEISM WHATSOEVER.


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NEVER HEARD OF IT.


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IF ANYBODY HAS BEEN EVER


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DISCRIMINATED BY WAY OF CASTE,


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IF AT ALL I HAVE TO DEFEND HIM,


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I'LL DEFINITELY DEFEND WHENEVER


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IT'S POSSIBLE.


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THERE ARE ALREADY SO MANY


[Captioner] 19:43:01
DISCRIMINATORY LAWS AVAILABLE TO


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PROTECT AGAINST ANY KIND OF


[Captioner] 19:43:04
DISCRIMINATION AND I WILL BE THE


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FIRST ONE TO EVER POINT IT OUT


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IF I SEE IT HAPPEN.


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BUT THIS PARTICULAR BILL


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ACTUALLY POINTS OUT AND PROFILES


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HINDUS, AND THE ONLY WAY IT WILL


[Captioner] 19:43:14
BE IMPLEMENTED IS BY CALLING OUT


[Captioner] 19:43:16
THAT THIS IS A HIGH CASTE, THIS


[Captioner] 19:43:18
IS A LOW CASTE, AND THE


[Captioner] 19:43:18
DISCRIMINATION HAS BEEN DONE.


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SO BASICALLY THIS PROFILING IS


[Captioner] 19:43:22
WHAT I'M REALLY SCARED OF, AND


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THIS IS GOING TO BE -- TURNING


[Captioner] 19:43:27
OUT REALLY BAD IN THE FUTURE IF


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IT'S IMPLEMENTED SO I'M AGAINST
IT.


[Captioner] 19:43:29
THANK YOU.


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[APPLAUSE]


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>> Ms. Gauthier: KELLY ABREU,


[Captioner] 19:43:40
FOLLOWED BY ARUNI RAU.


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>> THANK YOU.


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I WANT TO FOCUS IN ON PICKERING


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AVENUE AND MORRISON CANYON
ROAD.


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THE CITY WAS INTERESTED IN


[Captioner] 19:43:51
OPENING -- FORMALLY OPENING A


[Captioner] 19:43:52
GATE AT PICKERING AVENUE IN


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ORDER TO ALLOW ACCESS TO VARGAS


[Captioner] 19:43:56
PLATEAU REGIONAL PARK.


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THEY WENT SO FAR AS TO SEND OUT


[Captioner] 19:44:02
LETTERS TO TWO DOZEN OF THE


[Captioner] 19:44:04
NEAREST HOMEOWNERS NEAREST THE
GATE.


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KIND OF LIKE IF YOU GO TO A


[Captioner] 19:44:09
SCHOOL AND SEND OUT LETTERS


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ASKING HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THE


[Captioner] 19:44:12
TRAFFIC SITUATION WITHIN HALF A


[Captioner] 19:44:15
BLOCK OF YOUR SCHOOL?


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WE WOULD SHUT DOWN EVERY SCHOOL


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IF WE DID THAT.


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BECAUSE EVERY SCHOOL IS A


[Captioner] 19:44:23
TRAFFIC DISASTER.


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SAME WITH EVERY PARK.


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SO THE CITY CAREFULLY CHOSE --


[Captioner] 19:44:31
THEY COULD HAVE SENT THIS OUT TO


[Captioner] 19:44:31
HUNDREDS, THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE


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BUT NO, ONLY TWO DOZEN.


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AND THEY NOW ARE GETTING SOME


[Captioner] 19:44:39
FEEDBACK, SOME FEEDBACK, BUT


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BEFORE WE GET INTO THAT, WHY


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WOULD THIS BE HAPPENING NOW?


[Captioner] 19:44:46
THE CITY TRAFFIC ENGINEERING


[Captioner] 19:44:47
DEPARTMENT SEEMS TO HAVE


[Captioner] 19:44:49
FORGOTTEN ITS ROLE, ITS ROLE IN


[Captioner] 19:44:50
SHUTTING DOWN ACCESS TO THIS


[Captioner] 19:44:53
PARK OR LIMITING ACCESS TO THIS


[Captioner] 19:44:53
PARK, WHY?


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BECAUSE MORRISON CANYON ROAD IS


[Captioner] 19:44:57
CLOSED RIGHT NOW DUE TO NATURAL
DISASTERS.


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AND IT'S BEEN CLOSED FOR
MONTHS.


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AND UNTIL THAT ROAD IS


[Captioner] 19:45:04
RE-OPENED, IT'S NOT A ROAD, IT'S


[Captioner] 19:45:05
A TRAIL, WE NEED THAT TRAIL TO


[Captioner] 19:45:08
BE RE-OPENED IN ORDER TO ALLOW


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PEOPLE TO VISIT THE PARK MORE
EASILY.


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AND TO WALK IN THE NATURE.


[Captioner] 19:45:16
SO FOR YOUR STAFF TO TURN AROUND


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AND SAY THERE IS NO PROJECT OR


[Captioner] 19:45:20
NO STUDIES RELATING TO THIS


[Captioner] 19:45:22
ITEM, WE'RE JUST EXPLORING,


[Captioner] 19:45:26
WANTING TO OBTAIN FEEDBACK, YOUR


[Captioner] 19:45:28
STAFF IS TRYING TO COVER UP,


[Captioner] 19:45:30
HIDE, RUN AWAY FROM THIS IDEA OF


[Captioner] 19:45:31
OPENING THE GATE.


[Captioner] 19:45:35
YOU NEED TO GET OUT THERE AND


[Captioner] 19:45:37
REPAIR THAT WALKING TRAIL ON


[Captioner] 19:45:37
MORRISON CANYON ROAD.


[Captioner] 19:45:40
THANK YOU.


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[APPLAUSE]


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>> Ms. Gauthier: THANK YOU.


[Captioner] 19:45:47
THE NEXT SPEAKER IS ARUNI RAO.


[Captioner] 19:45:54
>> HELLO, EVERYONE.


[Captioner] 19:45:54
GOOD EVENING.


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MY NAME IS ARUNI.


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I ACTUALLY AM A CITIZEN OF THE


[Captioner] 19:45:59
UNITED STATES.


[Captioner] 19:46:03
I WAS BORN AND BROUGHT UP HERE.


[Captioner] 19:46:05
AND TODAY I WANT TO SPEAK


[Captioner] 19:46:08
AGAINST THE SB403 BILL.


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SO I GO TO A JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL


[Captioner] 19:46:12
RIGHT HERE.


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MY FRIENDS, I HAVE FRIENDS FROM


[Captioner] 19:46:16
ALL DIFFERENT RACES, ALL


[Captioner] 19:46:17
DIFFERENT CATEGORIES, YOU A


[Captioner] 19:46:18
DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS.


[Captioner] 19:46:23
NOT ONCE EVER HAVE WE EVER


[Captioner] 19:46:25
TALKED ABOUT CASTE


[Captioner] 19:46:26
DISCRIMINATION, NOTHING LIKE
THAT.


[Captioner] 19:46:32
SO I FEEL LIKE THIS BILL, IF


[Captioner] 19:46:37
IT'S PASSED, I'M SCARED ABOUT MY


[Captioner] 19:46:38
FUTURE BECAUSE IF I EVER GO TO


[Captioner] 19:46:41
COLLEGE, WILL IT BE LIKE, OH,


[Captioner] 19:46:42
YOUR CASTE, WHAT'S YOUR CASTE?


[Captioner] 19:46:44
AND THEY WILL DISCRIMINATE ON ME


[Captioner] 19:46:44
AGAINST THAT.


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I DON'T WANT THAT TO HAPPEN TO


[Captioner] 19:46:52
ME OR ANYONE LIKE THAT.


[Captioner] 19:46:54
IF THIS BILL IS PASSED, IT'S


[Captioner] 19:46:55
JUST GOING TO ADD MORE


[Captioner] 19:46:58
DISCRIMINATION, MORE ANTI-HINDU


[Captioner] 19:47:00
HATE, AND I DON'T WANT THAT TO


[Captioner] 19:47:03
BE HERE IN AMERICA.


[Captioner] 19:47:06
, BECAUSE THIS IS AGAINST ALL


[Captioner] 19:47:07
DISCRIMINATION AND IF THIS BILL


[Captioner] 19:47:10
IS PASSED, I DON'T THINK IT'S


[Captioner] 19:47:11
GOING TO ACHIEVE THAT GOAL OF


[Captioner] 19:47:14
NOT HAVING ANY DISCRIMINATION.


[Captioner] 19:47:14
THANK YOU.


[Captioner] 19:47:15
[APPLAUSE]


[Captioner] 19:47:15
>> Ms. Gauthier: THANK YOU.


[Captioner] 19:47:24
WE HAVE A FEW MORE CARDS IN


[Captioner] 19:47:25
PERSON BUT A COUPLE OF FOLKS ON


[Captioner] 19:47:27
ZOOM HAVE HAD THEIR LANDS RAISED


[Captioner] 19:47:30
SO WE'RE GOING TO CALL ON TEMO


[Captioner] 19:47:34
AGUILAR FOLLOWED BY PAD NA


[Captioner] 19:47:35
SRINIVASAN.


[Captioner] 19:47:43
>> CAN YOU HEAR ME?


[Captioner] 19:47:44
>> YES.


[Captioner] 19:47:45
>> GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL MEMBERS


[Captioner] 19:47:46
AND MAYOR.


[Captioner] 19:47:49
I'M A FIELD REPRESENTATIVE FROM


[Captioner] 19:47:53
THE NORCAL CARPENTERS UNION


[Captioner] 19:47:54
LOCAL 713 HERE IN AL PLEA DA
COUNTY.


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I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH


[Captioner] 19:47:57
EVERYONE HERE MY EXPERIENCE AND


[Captioner] 19:47:59
WHAT THE CARPENTER'S UNION HAS


[Captioner] 19:48:00
DONE FOR MYSELF AND MY FAMILY.


[Captioner] 19:48:02
CONSTRUCTION APPRENTICESHIP


[Captioner] 19:48:03
PROGRAMS HAVE THE RESOURCES AND


[Captioner] 19:48:05
ABILITY TO LIFT OUR NEIGHBORS


[Captioner] 19:48:08
OUT OF POVERTY AND INTO A


[Captioner] 19:48:09
COMFORTABLE MIDDLE CLASS


[Captioner] 19:48:11
LIFESTYLE WITHOUT DRAWING ON
TAXPAYERS.


[Captioner] 19:48:14
OUR COUNTRY'S VETERANS HERE CAN


[Captioner] 19:48:19
BE BROUGHT DIRECTLY INTO OUR


[Captioner] 19:48:20
APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM THROUGH


[Captioner] 19:48:22
THE HELMETS TO HARD HATS PROGRAM


[Captioner] 19:48:24
AND NOT ONLY WILL THEIR TRAINING


[Captioner] 19:48:26
FEES BE TAKEN CARE OF, VETERANS


[Captioner] 19:48:28
CAN ALSO COLLECT THEIR G.I. BILL


[Captioner] 19:48:29
WHILE GOING THROUGH THE
PROGRAM.


[Captioner] 19:48:30
APPRENTICES GO THROUGH THE


[Captioner] 19:48:34
ENTIRE PROGRAM WITHOUT OWING


[Captioner] 19:48:34
A DIME.


[Captioner] 19:48:35
IT IS EVEN POSSIBLE FOR


[Captioner] 19:48:36
APPRENTICES TO PURCHASE THEIR


[Captioner] 19:48:39
FIRST HOMES CLOSE TO WHERE THEY


[Captioner] 19:48:41
WORK WHILE IN THE APPRENTICESHIP


[Captioner] 19:48:43
PROGRAM TO BE ABLE TO CREATE A


[Captioner] 19:48:45
LOCAL VIABLE POOL OF SKILLED


[Captioner] 19:48:46
LABORS IS ONE OF THE MAIN


[Captioner] 19:48:47
MISSIONS OF THE CARPENTER'S
UNION.


[Captioner] 19:48:49
THE CARPENTER'S UNION ALSO


[Captioner] 19:48:51
OFFERS AN EXCELLENT HEALTHCARE


[Captioner] 19:48:53
PROGRAM WHERE SADLY SO MANY


[Captioner] 19:48:54
WORKERS HAVE NONE.


[Captioner] 19:48:55
THESE WORKERS HAVE TO RELY


[Captioner] 19:48:57
MAINLY ON SOCIAL PROGRAMS AND


[Captioner] 19:48:59
OVERLY TAXED EMERGENCY ROOMS.


[Captioner] 19:49:02
WHEN MY SON WAS INJURED WHILE


[Captioner] 19:49:03
PLAYING VARSITY FOOTBALL, HE


[Captioner] 19:49:05
TORE A LIGAMENT IN HIS HAND AND


[Captioner] 19:49:07
LOST MOTOR FUNCTIONS OF ONE OF


[Captioner] 19:49:07
HIS FINGERS.


[Captioner] 19:49:09
MY SON HAD THE MEDICAL COVERAGE


[Captioner] 19:49:10
TO REPAIR HIS HAND AND BRING HIM


[Captioner] 19:49:13
BACK TO 100% FUNCTIONALITY


[Captioner] 19:49:13
THROUGH TOPNOTCH PHYSICAL
THERAPY.


[Captioner] 19:49:16
IF WE CAN ADOPT THESE SORTS OF


[Captioner] 19:49:19
 STANDARDS FOR FUTURE


[Captioner] 19:49:19
PROJECTS COMING DOWN THE


[Captioner] 19:49:22
PIPELINE, A LIVING WAGE, AN


[Captioner] 19:49:24
APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM, A GOOD


[Captioner] 19:49:24
HEALTH AND WELFARE PROGRAM, YOU


[Captioner] 19:49:26
WILL SEE THE STANDARD OF LIVING


[Captioner] 19:49:27
THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY RISE
UP.


[Captioner] 19:49:29
I THANK YOU ALL FOR ALLOWING ME


[Captioner] 19:49:29
TO SPEAK.


[Captioner] 19:49:32
THANK YOU.


[Captioner] 19:49:33
>> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU, AND


[Captioner] 19:49:34
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.


[Captioner] 19:49:34
>> THANK YOU.


[Captioner] 19:49:36
>> Ms. Gauthier: THE NEXT


[Captioner] 19:49:40
SPEAKER IS -- ON ZOOM IS PAD NA
SRINIVASAN.


[Captioner] 19:49:43
>> LOW.


[Captioner] 19:49:45



[Captioner] 19:49:46
>> HELLO, CAN YOU HEAR ME?


[Captioner] 19:49:47
>> Ms. Gauthier: YES.


[Captioner] 19:49:47
>> THANK YOU.


[Captioner] 19:49:49
GOOD EVENING.


[Captioner] 19:49:51
I HAVE BEEN A U.S. CITIZEN FOR


[Captioner] 19:49:55
49 YEARS, AND A RESIDENT OF


[Captioner] 19:49:56
FREMONT FOR 40 YEARS.


[Captioner] 19:49:58
I'VE RAISED MY KIDS HERE AND NOW


[Captioner] 19:50:01
MY GRANDKIDS ARE HERE.


[Captioner] 19:50:03
AND IN MY 49 YEARS IN THE U.S.,


[Captioner] 19:50:05
IN MY PROFESSIONAL AND PERSONAL


[Captioner] 19:50:07
LIFE, CASTE HAS NEVER COME UP,


[Captioner] 19:50:09
NEVER ONCE COME UP.


[Captioner] 19:50:13
I ASKED MY SON WHEN ALL THIS


[Captioner] 19:50:15
CASTE NONSENSE STARTED, I SAID,


[Captioner] 19:50:16
HEY, DO YOU KNOW WHAT CASTE --


[Captioner] 19:50:17
HAVE WE EVER TALKED ABOUT CASTE


[Captioner] 19:50:18
AT HOME?


[Captioner] 19:50:20
AND HE SAID, NO, MOM, WE NEVER
DID.


[Captioner] 19:50:23
AND NOW I HAVE A WONDERFUL,


[Captioner] 19:50:24
BEAUTIFUL CAUCASIAN


[Captioner] 19:50:26
DAUGHTER-IN-LAW AND MY GRANDKIDS


[Captioner] 19:50:26
ARE MIXED KIDS.


[Captioner] 19:50:28
ADORABLE, ABSOLUTELY ADORABLE.


[Captioner] 19:50:32
HOW WOULD YOU ASSIGN A CASTE TO


[Captioner] 19:50:32
THEM?


[Captioner] 19:50:34
HOW WOULD YOU ASSIGN PEOPLE WHO


[Captioner] 19:50:36
DON'T KNOW THEIR CASTE, A CASTE


[Captioner] 19:50:36
TO THEM?


[Captioner] 19:50:37
WHAT KINDS OF QUESTIONS WOULD


[Captioner] 19:50:37
YOU ASK?


[Captioner] 19:50:40
YOU SEE THIS RABBIT HOLE THAT


[Captioner] 19:50:42
IT'S GOING DOWN IN?


[Captioner] 19:50:46
SO PLEASE, PLEASE VOTE NO ON


[Captioner] 19:50:48
SB403, AND SINCE WE ARE ALL


[Captioner] 19:50:51
FREMONT RESIDENTS, I URGE THE


[Captioner] 19:50:54
CITY COUNCIL TO LOOK INTO THIS


[Captioner] 19:50:56
HIGHLY DISPARAGING AND


[Captioner] 19:50:58
INFLAMMATORY BILL BECAUSE IT


[Captioner] 19:50:58
DIVIDES PEOPLE.


[Captioner] 19:51:00
AND IF I HAVE NOT HEARD CASTE


[Captioner] 19:51:03
ONCE IN MY PERSONAL PROFESSIONAL


[Captioner] 19:51:05
LIFE IN 49 YEARS, HOW COULD


[Captioner] 19:51:07
SOMEBODY SAY THERE IS CASTE
HERE?


[Captioner] 19:51:09
HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE?


[Captioner] 19:51:13
AND THEY SAY BASED ON ONE CASE,


[Captioner] 19:51:16
THE CISCO CASE IS NOW STILL IN


[Captioner] 19:51:19
THE LEGAL LIMBO AFTER THREE


[Captioner] 19:51:19
YEARS.


[Captioner] 19:51:23
AND IT WAS BASED ON A FAULTY


[Captioner] 19:51:28
STUDY BY EQUALITY LABS WHICH


[Captioner] 19:51:32
WAS SHOT DOWN BY A MUCH MORE


[Captioner] 19:51:32
REPUTABLE ORGANIZATION.


[Captioner] 19:51:34
SO THIS IS A HATE BILL.


[Captioner] 19:51:37
THIS IS ABSOLUTELY A HATE BILL


[Captioner] 19:51:38
THAT SHOULD NOT SEE THE
DAYLIGHT.


[Captioner] 19:51:40
SO PLEASE VOTE NO.


[Captioner] 19:51:41
I STRONGLY OPPOSE IT.


[Captioner] 19:51:44
THANK YOU SO MUCH.


[Captioner] 19:51:49
>> Ms. Gauthier: WE'RE GOING


[Captioner] 19:51:50
BACK TO THE CARDS.


[Captioner] 19:51:52
THE NEXT SPEAKER IS J.T.


[Captioner] 19:51:57
FOLLOWED BY HERMESH SIDHU.


[Captioner] 19:51:57
G.T.


[Captioner] 19:52:01
>> HI.


[Captioner] 19:52:03
I WANTED TO KEEP IT SHORT.


[Captioner] 19:52:09
FIRST OF ALL I'M ACTUALLY A


[Captioner] 19:52:10
COMMISSIONER IN THE CITY OF


[Captioner] 19:52:11
CUPERTINO BUT I'M HERE IN MY


[Captioner] 19:52:13
PRIVATE CAPACITY, AS A PUBLIC
MEMBER.


[Captioner] 19:52:16
AND THE REASON I'M HERE IS


[Captioner] 19:52:18
BECAUSE I WAS ASKED TO JOIN A


[Captioner] 19:52:20
PARTICULAR RALLY HERE, AND I


[Captioner] 19:52:24
JUST GOT -- IT'S TOO LONG A


[Captioner] 19:52:26
DRIVE, FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO


[Captioner] 19:52:30
THANK HONORABLE MEI, OUR CITY


[Captioner] 19:52:32
MANAGER, AND CITY ATTORNEY AND


[Captioner] 19:52:34
CITY CLERK AND ALL THE
COUNCILMEMBERS.


[Captioner] 19:52:36
THANK YOU FOR GIVING US THE


[Captioner] 19:52:37
OPPORTUNITY TO TALK BECAUSE THIS


[Captioner] 19:52:39
IS A VERY CRITICAL ISSUE.


[Captioner] 19:52:40
I'VE BEEN HERE IN THE UNITED


[Captioner] 19:52:41
STATES FOR 30 YEARS.


[Captioner] 19:52:44
MOST OF MY CLASSMATES CAME HERE


[Captioner] 19:52:44
45 YEARS AGO.


[Captioner] 19:52:49
AND MANY OF THEM HAVE MARRIED TO


[Captioner] 19:52:50
PEOPLE WHO ARE LOCALLY HERE.


[Captioner] 19:52:53
I MYSELF, THOUGH I'M FROM INDIA,


[Captioner] 19:52:55
I'VE BEEN A U.S. CITIZEN FOR


[Captioner] 19:53:03
QUITE SOME TIME, I HAVE A --


[Captioner] 19:53:04
CHRISTIAN AS MY DAUGHTER-IN-LAW


[Captioner] 19:53:06
IN INDIA, JUST HAPPENED DURING


[Captioner] 19:53:11
THE PANDEMIC, MY NEPHEW MARRIED


[Captioner] 19:53:12
A -- CHRISTIAN.


[Captioner] 19:53:13
THIS IS GOING ON IN INDIA.


[Captioner] 19:53:16
A NEIGHBOR OF MINE, SHE LIVES IN


[Captioner] 19:53:18
VANCOUVER, MARRIED TO ANOTHER
CHRISTIAN.


[Captioner] 19:53:20
SO WE ARE ALL TOTALLY GETTING


[Captioner] 19:53:22
MIXED UP, EVERYWHERE, IN TERMS


[Captioner] 19:53:25
OF NOT LOOKING AT THINGS LIKE


[Captioner] 19:53:26
EVEN WHETHER WE'RE HINDUS OR
NOT.


[Captioner] 19:53:30
I MEAN, RELIGION ITSELF HAS


[Captioner] 19:53:31
BECOME SOMETHING WHICH IS NOT


[Captioner] 19:53:31
THE MAIN CONSIDERATION.


[Captioner] 19:53:35
SO I THINK IN A CERTAIN SETTING,


[Captioner] 19:53:38
TRYING TO BRING SOMETHING SO


[Captioner] 19:53:41
DIVISIVE, YOU GO TO ANY COUNTRY,


[Captioner] 19:53:42
THERE'S SUBDIVISION, IT IS


[Captioner] 19:53:43
THERE, IT CANNOT GO AWAY.


[Captioner] 19:53:46
SO WHY SHOULD WE ACTUALLY HANG


[Captioner] 19:53:48
ON TO THAT -- LOOK AT THE BILL,


[Captioner] 19:53:52
ALL THE RED LINE, THE BLUE PART,


[Captioner] 19:53:56
IT IS NOT SOMETHING WHICH AN


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ORDINARY AMERICAN WILL BE ABLE


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TO UNDERSTAND AT ALL BECAUSE IT


[Captioner] 19:54:00
IS NOT THE LINGO THAT GOES ON
HERE.


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>> Ms. Gauthier: THANK YOU.


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THE NEXT SPEAKER IS HERMESH


[Captioner] 19:54:09
SYDHU.


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>> GOOD EVENING, DISTINGUISHED


[Captioner] 19:54:19
PERSONALITIES AND MY FELLOW
CITIZENS.


[Captioner] 19:54:22
ALL OF THEM SPOKE, I WOULD SAY


[Captioner] 19:54:27
MAJORITY EXCEPT KAWAL SINGH


[Captioner] 19:54:29
SPOKE AGAINST SB403 AND I'M


[Captioner] 19:54:31
STANDING HERE IN SUPPORT OF 
SB403.


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SB403 IS A BILL, IT IS NOT GOING


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TO TAKE AWAY ANYTHING FROM YOU


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GUYS AS A COMMUNITY.


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 -- PHOBIA.


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I CAN GIVE YOU ONE EXAMPLE, THE


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CASTE BASED DISCRIMINATION.


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IT'S A BIG EXAMPLE.


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PRESIDENT OF INDIA WAS NOT


[Captioner] 19:54:50
ALLOWED TO ENTER INTO A TEMPLE.


[Captioner] 19:54:52
COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.


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IT'S NOT -- IT'S NOT A FAKE.


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>> Mayor Mei: EXCUSE ME.


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I NEED TO CALL AN ORDER.


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WE'RE GOING TO BE RESPECTFUL


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WHEN ONE PERSON IS SPEAKING, SO


[Captioner] 19:55:06
WE WOULD -- EXCUSE ME.


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WE CANNOT SHOUT OVER ONE
ANOTHER.


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WE WANT TO BE RESPECTFUL WHEN


[Captioner] 19:55:13
ANYONE ELSE IS SPEAKING, WE WANT


[Captioner] 19:55:15
TO ALLOW PEOPLE THE EQUAL
RESPECT.


[Captioner] 19:55:17
>> THIS SHOWS THE CHARACTER


[Captioner] 19:55:17
ACTUALLY LIKE WHAT IT IS.


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YOU KNOW?


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IT IS JUST TO -- THE SB403 IS


[Captioner] 19:55:23
GOING TO PROVIDE A PROTECTION SO


[Captioner] 19:55:25
THE PEOPLE DON'T FEEL
DISCRIMINATED.


[Captioner] 19:55:26
IT IS BOTH WAYS.


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IF I'M ON TOP OF THE -- I KNOW,


[Captioner] 19:55:31
I CAN'T DISCRIMINATE YOU GUYS


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TOO SO YOU GUYS HAVE THE


[Captioner] 19:55:33
PROTECTION TO.


[Captioner] 19:55:34
 TOO.


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SO I AM REQUESTING YOU GUYS


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BEING CITIZEN OF THIS PARTICULAR


[Captioner] 19:55:40
CITY THAT PLEASE SAY YES ON
403.


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THANK YOU VERY MUCH.


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>> Ms. Gauthier: THE NEXT


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SPEAKER IS SRIKANT PINYALA


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FOLLOWED BY JOANN.


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>> THANK YOU, MAYOR, FOR GIVING


[Captioner] 19:55:54
ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK


[Captioner] 19:55:54
ABOUT THIS.


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I'M AGAINST SB403 AND THE


[Captioner] 19:56:02
PREVIOUS GENTLEMAN WHATEVER HE


[Captioner] 19:56:04
EXPLAINED, I THINK SOME OF THE


[Captioner] 19:56:07
FALSE INFORMATION IS CIRCULATED


[Captioner] 19:56:10
ACROSS THE COUNTRY HERE AND EVEN
INTERNATIONALLY.


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SOME SITUATIONS, SOME INCIDENTS


[Captioner] 19:56:17
CANNOT BE, YOU KNOW, GENERALIZED


[Captioner] 19:56:17
ACROSS THE BOARD.


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THE CASTE SYSTEM -- I'M THE


[Captioner] 19:56:25
 PARENT OF TWO CHILDREN,


[Captioner] 19:56:27
I'VE BEEN LIVING IN FREMONT CITY


[Captioner] 19:56:30
FOR 10 YEARS, AND I NEVER -- NOW


[Captioner] 19:56:33
MY KIDS ARE GOING TO ELEMENTARY


[Captioner] 19:56:34
BUT OF COURSE 10 AND 12 YEARS


[Captioner] 19:56:36
AND I NEVER EXPLAINED THEM ABOUT


[Captioner] 19:56:36
THE CASTE SYSTEM.


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OR WHICH CASTE THEY BELONG TO.


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SO MOSTLY EVERYONE ARE LIKE --


[Captioner] 19:56:47
THEY THINK THEMSELVES AS


[Captioner] 19:56:50
VEGETARIANS, SO VEGETARIANS OR


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NON-VEGETARIANS, THAT'S THE ONLY


[Captioner] 19:56:51
DIFFERENCE THEY SEE.


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BY THIS CASTE SYSTEM,


[Captioner] 19:56:56
INTRODUCING THIS, DEFINITELY


[Captioner] 19:56:58
MAKES THEM -- WE HAVE TO -- IN


[Captioner] 19:57:00
THEIR CONSCIOUSNESS, WE HAVE TO


[Captioner] 19:57:04
TEACH THEM WHAT IS CASTE SYSTEM


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AND THIS DEFINITELY DIVIDES THE


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PEOPLE AND THE HINDU COMMUNITY


[Captioner] 19:57:19
THIS IS INTRODUCING
THE DISCRIMINATION.


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THERE IS NO REASON OF -- THE


[Captioner] 19:57:23
PURPOSE OF THIS IS -- THE PEOPLE


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WHO WANTS TO DIVIDE THIS WANT TO


[Captioner] 19:57:31
INTRODUCE THIS, AND EVEN MR. --


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MISS SENATOR, WHEN SHE


[Captioner] 19:57:36
INTRODUCED THIS SB403, I DON'T


[Captioner] 19:57:38
THINK SHE HAD ENOUGH DETAIL


[Captioner] 19:57:41
ABOUT THIS, BUT WE WANTED TO


[Captioner] 19:57:46
COMMUNICATE MANY TIMES BUT I


[Captioner] 19:57:48
THINK IF -- THE PREVIOUS


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GENTLEMAN HAS ALSO TOLD THAT WE


[Captioner] 19:57:53
ARE THREATENING THEM IF WE WANT


[Captioner] 19:57:54
TO --


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>> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU.


[Captioner] 19:58:07
>> Ms. Gauthier: JOANN.


[Captioner] 19:58:12
>> Ms. Gauthier: DID WE


[Captioner] 19:58:17
ALREADY HAVE SRIKAR -- SORRY,


[Captioner] 19:58:17
JOANN, YOU'RE NEXT.


[Captioner] 19:58:18
>> HI.


[Captioner] 19:58:18
THANK YOU.


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GOOD EVENING, COUNCILMEMBERS,


[Captioner] 19:58:22
MAYOR MEI, AND COMMUNITY
MEMBERS.


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ON THE TOPIC OF PROFILING AND


[Captioner] 19:58:37
DISCRIMINATION, SENATOR AISHA


[Captioner] 19:58:38
WAHAB DIDN'T GO FAR ENOUGH ON


[Captioner] 19:58:38
THIS BILL.


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I THINK IT SHOULD BE SCRAPPED


[Captioner] 19:58:46
COMPLETELY, HOWEVER I DO SEE


[Captioner] 19:58:47
THERE NEEDS TO BE A BILL PUT


[Captioner] 19:58:48
INTO PLACE FOR DISCRIMINATING


[Captioner] 19:58:52
AGAINST THE SOCIOECONOMIC


[Captioner] 19:58:56
DIVIDE, AND I SAY THAT ON BEHALF


[Captioner] 19:58:59
OF ALL UNHOUSED INDIVIDUALS, ALL


[Captioner] 19:59:04
LOW INCOME INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES


[Captioner] 19:59:06
AS WELL.


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AS I STATED, I MYSELF AM
UNHOUSED.


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I DO NOT CONSIDER MYSELF
HOMELESS.


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I AM HOUSELESS, I AM
HOME-ENGAGED.


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I WOULD LOVE TO GET INTO A REAL


[Captioner] 19:59:21
PLACE TO LIVE ONCE AGAIN.


[Captioner] 19:59:24
AS A 42-YEAR RESIDENT OF 


[Captioner] 19:59:27
FREMONT, I'VE BEEN UNHOUSED FOR


[Captioner] 19:59:29
4 1/2 YEARS, AND I SEE THAT


[Captioner] 19:59:32
THERE'S TOO MUCH DISCRIMINATION


[Captioner] 19:59:38
AGAINST THE UNHOUSED,


[Captioner] 19:59:39
ESPECIALLY AGAINST WOMEN AND


[Captioner] 19:59:40
SENIORS AND OUR VETERANS.


[Captioner] 19:59:45
THERE'S NO GOOD REASON OR EXCUSE


[Captioner] 19:59:47
WHY OUR VETERANS ARE UNHOUSED,
PERIOD.


[Captioner] 19:59:52
THERE'S NO GOOD EXCUSE WHY WOMEN


[Captioner] 19:59:53
ARE BEING ASSAULTED SUCH AS


[Captioner] 19:59:55
MYSELF, I'VE BEEN ATTACKED TWICE


[Captioner] 19:59:58
IN THE LAST 30 DAYS, ONCE


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PHYSICALLY AND JUST RECENTLY


[Captioner] 20:00:02
SEXUALLY ATTACKED IN MY OWN
MOTORHOME.


[Captioner] 20:00:04
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT NEEDS TO


[Captioner] 20:00:09
DO MORE TO CATCH THESE OTHER


[Captioner] 20:00:10
INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE UNHOUSED


[Captioner] 20:00:14
AND PUT THEM WHERE THEY BELONG,


[Captioner] 20:00:15
AND THEN COUNCILMEMBERS, YOU'VE


[Captioner] 20:00:17
GOT TO DO MORE TO FIND


[Captioner] 20:00:19
DEVELOPERS, PLEASE, THAT WILL


[Captioner] 20:00:21
BUILD AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR US,


[Captioner] 20:00:24
NOT JUST FOR THE MEDIAN INCOME,


[Captioner] 20:00:29
BUT FOR THE UNHOUSED THAT CAN


[Captioner] 20:00:31
PAY --


[Captioner] 20:00:32
>> Ms. Gauthier: THANK YOU.


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[APPLAUSE]


[Captioner] 20:00:41
THE NEXT SPEAKER IS MALAYA
WORLEY.


[Captioner] 20:00:47
FOLLOWED BY SHIVA CODA.


[Captioner] 20:00:51
>> SO MY NAME IS MYLAYA.


[Captioner] 20:00:53
>> Ms. Gauthier: I'M SORRY.


[Captioner] 20:00:54
>> SO I'M 24 YEARS OLD.


[Captioner] 20:00:57
I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT OF UNION


[Captioner] 20:01:00
CITY FOR A REALLY LONG TIME,


[Captioner] 20:01:01
SINCE 2007, AND I JUST RECENTLY


[Captioner] 20:01:04
BECAME UNHOUSED DUE TO A TOXIC


[Captioner] 20:01:06
FAMILY SITUATION, SO I'VE BEEN


[Captioner] 20:01:09
LIVING IN FREMONT IN A VAN WITH


[Captioner] 20:01:11
MY DOGS FOR THE PAST THREE


[Captioner] 20:01:13
MONTHS, AND JUST TO PIGGY BACK


[Captioner] 20:01:15
OFF OF WHAT JOANN SAID, YES,


[Captioner] 20:01:16
THIS IS AN ISSUE, ESPECIALLY IN


[Captioner] 20:01:19
THE AREA THAT WE ARE LIVING A


[Captioner] 20:01:22
PART OF WITH DISCRIMINATION AND


[Captioner] 20:01:24
WOMEN AND ESPECIALLY PEOPLE OF


[Captioner] 20:01:26
MY AGE, THE PEOPLE THAT WERE


[Captioner] 20:01:29
BEING ATTACKED BY PHYSICALLY,


[Captioner] 20:01:31
EMOTIONALLY, VERBALLY, YOU KNOW,


[Captioner] 20:01:33
SEXUALLY AS JOANN SAID, THEY


[Captioner] 20:01:35
ARE, YOU KNOW, OLDER PEOPLE, AND


[Captioner] 20:01:37
PEOPLE WHO FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE A


[Captioner] 20:01:38
RUN OVER THE POLICE DEPARTMENT


[Captioner] 20:01:40
AND SO I FEEL LIKE THE POLICE,


[Captioner] 20:01:43
YES, THEY SHOULD BE DOING MORE,


[Captioner] 20:01:45
BUT BECAUSE WE LIVE IN THE PARK,


[Captioner] 20:01:48
THE PARK RANGERS


[Captioner] 20:01:50
ARE DOING AN AMAZING JOB,


[Captioner] 20:01:51
THEY'RE DOING WHAT THEY HAVE TO
DO.


[Captioner] 20:01:52
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT SHOULD BE


[Captioner] 20:01:55
IN CAHOOTS WITH THE RANGERS TO


[Captioner] 20:01:58
BE ABLE TO WEED OUT THESE


[Captioner] 20:01:59
INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE MAKING


[Captioner] 20:02:00
THINGS A LITTLE BIT DIFFICULT.


[Captioner] 20:02:05
AND I'VE WITNESSED A LOT WITHIN


[Captioner] 20:02:06
THE PAST THREE MONTHS OF ME


[Captioner] 20:02:12
LIVING IN THAT SITUATION, AND I


[Captioner] 20:02:14
HONESTLY DISLIKE IT VERY MUCH


[Captioner] 20:02:15
AND I FEEL LIKE THERE SHOULD BE


[Captioner] 20:02:16
A LOT MORE GOING ON THAT A LOT


[Captioner] 20:02:17
OF PEOPLE DON'T GET THE HELP


[Captioner] 20:02:22
THAT THEY NEED, AND I USED TO


[Captioner] 20:02:24
WORK FOR ABODE, ABODE SHELTER, I


[Captioner] 20:02:27
USED TO WORK FOR THE SUNRISE


[Captioner] 20:02:29
VILLAGE LOCATION IN WARM SPRINGS


[Captioner] 20:02:30
BEFORE I BECAME HOMELESS.


[Captioner] 20:02:32
THEY FIRED ME BECAUSE I LOST MY


[Captioner] 20:02:34
HOUSING, AND SO AFTER DEALING


[Captioner] 20:02:35
WITH THAT AND BEING IN THE


[Captioner] 20:02:36
SITUATION I'M IN AND STILL


[Captioner] 20:02:37
TRYING TO HELP THE PEOPLE THAT


[Captioner] 20:02:40
I'M SURROUNDED BY EVERY DAY, I


[Captioner] 20:02:43
FEEL LIKE THERE IS MORE OF


[Captioner] 20:02:45
OTHERS CAN DO AND, YOU KNOW,


[Captioner] 20:02:47
LIKE THE PEOPLE THAT COME IN TO


[Captioner] 20:02:52
THE PARK AND THEY FEEL


[Captioner] 20:02:52
DISCRIMINATED AGAINST.


[Captioner] 20:02:55
>> Ms. Gauthier: TIME IS UP.


[Captioner] 20:02:56
>> THANK YOU.


[Captioner] 20:02:57
>> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU FOR
SHARING.


[Captioner] 20:02:59
>> Ms. Gauthier: MAYOR, THAT'S


[Captioner] 20:02:59
YOUR 45 MINUTES.


[Captioner] 20:03:03
WE HAVE -- I HAVE TWO CARDS


[Captioner] 20:03:04
CURRENTLY IN FRONT OF ME.


[Captioner] 20:03:08
THIS IS -- THIS MAKES THREE


[Captioner] 20:03:09
CARDS, IF YOU WANT THIS TO BE


[Captioner] 20:03:10
THE LAST THREE.


[Captioner] 20:03:12
>> Mayor Mei: OKAY.


[Captioner] 20:03:15

DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS
ONLINE?


[Captioner] 20:03:16
>> Ms. Gauthier: YES, WE HAVE


[Captioner] 20:03:16
ONE MORE ONLINE.


[Captioner] 20:03:17
>> Mayor Mei: OKAY.


[Captioner] 20:03:20
IF WE KEEP THAT TO THESE ARE THE


[Captioner] 20:03:21
LAST BECAUSE WE NEED TO GO BACK


[Captioner] 20:03:23
TO OUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED


[Captioner] 20:03:23
AGENDA ITEMS.


[Captioner] 20:03:29
SUE WE WILL TAKE SAROGE KUMAR ON
ZOOM.


[Captioner] 20:03:32
SAROJ.


[Captioner] 20:03:32
>> HI.


[Captioner] 20:03:34
CAN YOU HEAR ME?


[Captioner] 20:03:34
>> Mayor Mei: YES.


[Captioner] 20:03:39
>> SO FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU


[Captioner] 20:03:40
FOR GIVING ME THE CHANCE TO


[Captioner] 20:03:41
PRESENT MY POINT OF VIEW.


[Captioner] 20:03:44
I HAVE BEEN A RESIDENT OF


[Captioner] 20:03:46
FREMONT EVER SINCE I CAME TO


[Captioner] 20:03:49
USA, WHICH IS 18 YEARS BACK, AND


[Captioner] 20:03:53
I'VE BEEN REALLY THANKFUL TO THE


[Captioner] 20:03:54
ALMIGHTY FOR PUTTING ME IN THIS


[Captioner] 20:03:56
PLACE THAT I CAN SEE ALL --


[Captioner] 20:04:00
PEOPLE FROM ALL PLACES, I CAN


[Captioner] 20:04:01
SEE PEOPLE FROM INDIA, DIFFERENT


[Captioner] 20:04:05
WALKS OF SOCIETIES, AND MY


[Captioner] 20:04:08
EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN INFORMALLY
GOOD.


[Captioner] 20:04:10
I DO ACKNOWLEDGE SOME OF THE


[Captioner] 20:04:13
CHALLENGES THAT MY NATIVE


[Captioner] 20:04:15
COUNTRY SOCIETY IN INDIA FACE,


[Captioner] 20:04:19
BUT I'M HAPPY TO SAY THAT MOST


[Captioner] 20:04:21
OF IT ARE NOT SEEING THAT IN MY


[Captioner] 20:04:22
ONLY EXPERIENCE AND BASED ON


[Captioner] 20:04:23
WHAT I'VE HEARD FROM MY FRIENDS,


[Captioner] 20:04:28
NONE OF THAT IS MOSTLY RELEVANT
HERE.


[Captioner] 20:04:30
SO I HAVE A DILEMMA ABOUT THIS


[Captioner] 20:04:36
BILL AND I WENT TO THE BILL LAST


[Captioner] 20:04:38
NIGHT AND WHAT I FIND


[Captioner] 20:04:38
OBJECTIONABLE MOST OF MY FRIENDS


[Captioner] 20:04:40
HAVE ALREADY SAID I WON'T REPEAT


[Captioner] 20:04:42
THAT BUT FEW THINGS WHICH ARE


[Captioner] 20:04:44
VERY ALARMING IS THE BILL ITSELF


[Captioner] 20:04:46
STARTS WITH THE PREMISE THAT A


[Captioner] 20:04:48
LOT OF DISCRIMINATION IS


[Captioner] 20:04:50
HAPPENING ON THE BASIS OF
CASTE.


[Captioner] 20:04:52
UNFORTUNATELY THERE IS NO


[Captioner] 20:04:52
EVIDENCE TO BACK IT UP.


[Captioner] 20:04:55
AND AS I WORKED THROUGH THIS


[Captioner] 20:04:57
SCENARIO IN MY MIND, THIS BILL


[Captioner] 20:05:00
IS GOING TO LEAD TO A LOT MORE


[Captioner] 20:05:02
DISCRIMINATION AS OUR KIDS WILL


[Captioner] 20:05:04
BE FORCED TO KNOW ABOUT WHAT THE


[Captioner] 20:05:08
CASTE MEANS, AND MOST ALARMING


[Captioner] 20:05:11
CONSEQUENCE WITH THAT, ANYONE


[Captioner] 20:05:14
CAN ACCUSE THAT THEY'RE BEING


[Captioner] 20:05:17
DISCRIMINATED AGAINST, AND THE


[Captioner] 20:05:19
ONUS OF DOING THAT WRONG WILL BE


[Captioner] 20:05:23
ON THE PERSON BEING ACCUSED,


[Captioner] 20:05:24
JUSTICE, AGAINST THE LAW OF


[Captioner] 20:05:26
NATIONAL JUSTICE, AND SO THE


[Captioner] 20:05:28
CASE FROM CISCO IS A GREAT
EXAMPLE.


[Captioner] 20:05:30
NOTHING HAS COME OUT IN THREE
YEARS.


[Captioner] 20:05:33
AND AS OTHERS, THERE ARE ENOUGH


[Captioner] 20:05:35
SAFEGUARDS AND RULES TO PREVENT


[Captioner] 20:05:38
ANY MISUSE, SO THE QUESTION --


[Captioner] 20:05:38
VOTE AGAINST THIS.


[Captioner] 20:05:40
>> Ms. Gauthier: THANK YOU.


[Captioner] 20:05:43
THE LAST THREE SPEAKERS FOR


[Captioner] 20:05:45
SPEAKER CARDS IN PERSON ARE


[Captioner] 20:05:54
SHIVA KOTA, ABINOV VISSON AND


[Captioner] 20:05:56
GUYATRE.


[Captioner] 20:06:00
>> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU.


[Captioner] 20:06:03
>> TO THE HONORABLE JURY HERE, I


[Captioner] 20:06:06
BOW MY HEAD TO WISH YOU THE VERY
BEST.


[Captioner] 20:06:11
SO I'M FIRMLY AGAINST SB403.


[Captioner] 20:06:15
AND I'D LIKE TO REALLY EXPLAIN


[Captioner] 20:06:17
AND POINT OUT THAT THE PRIME


[Captioner] 20:06:19
MINISTER OF THE GREAT COUNTRY


[Captioner] 20:06:21
FROM WHERE I COME IN, INDIA, IS


[Captioner] 20:06:25
FROM A LOWER CASTE.


[Captioner] 20:06:28
AND THE PRESIDENT OF INDIA IS


[Captioner] 20:06:29
FROM THE ABSOLUTE LOWER CASTE.


[Captioner] 20:06:33
SO WHEN WE HAVE THE TOP TWO


[Captioner] 20:06:35
HEADS OF A GREAT -- OF THE


[Captioner] 20:06:37
WORLD'S LARGEST DEMOCRACY IN THE


[Captioner] 20:06:40
WORLD REPRESENTING THE LOWEST


[Captioner] 20:06:43
CASTE OF THE COUNTRY, SO CALLED


[Captioner] 20:06:45
CASTE, YOU LIKE TO TAG IT,


[Captioner] 20:06:47
RIGHT, IT WOULD REALLY BE UNFAIR


[Captioner] 20:06:49
TO SAY THAT PEOPLE ARE BEING


[Captioner] 20:06:49
DISCRIMINATED AGAINST CASTE.


[Captioner] 20:06:53
SO I DON'T THINK I'M GOING TO


[Captioner] 20:06:56
TAKE UP THE MINUTES THAT ARE


[Captioner] 20:06:57
AVAILABLE TO ME BUT I JUST


[Captioner] 20:06:59
WANTED TO POINT OUT THOSE TWO


[Captioner] 20:07:01
FACTS, AND JUST SAY THAT YOU


[Captioner] 20:07:02
KNOW, WHEN SOMEBODY COMES HERE


[Captioner] 20:07:05
TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,


[Captioner] 20:07:06
RIGHT, SO IT'S THE LAND OF
OPPORTUNITY.


[Captioner] 20:07:08
THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE


[Captioner] 20:07:10
EXTREMELY TALENTED REGARDLESS OF


[Captioner] 20:07:10
THEIR CASTE.


[Captioner] 20:07:11
RIGHT?


[Captioner] 20:07:14
THEY CATCH A FLIGHT AND THEN


[Captioner] 20:07:16
THEY COME IN AND THEN THEY ARE


[Captioner] 20:07:18
EXTREMELY WELL EMPLOYED, WELL TO


[Captioner] 20:07:18
DO, RIGHT?


[Captioner] 20:07:22
AND THEN WHEN THAT HAPPENS DUE


[Captioner] 20:07:23
TO SOME POLITICAL DIFFERENCES


[Captioner] 20:07:25
WITHIN A GIVEN ORGANIZATION, IF


[Captioner] 20:07:26
PEOPLE WANT TO MAKE -- TAKE


[Captioner] 20:07:27
ADVANTAGE OF THEIR RESPECTIVE,


[Captioner] 20:07:29
YOU KNOW, SOCIOECONOMIC


[Captioner] 20:07:31
BACKGROUND THAT IS NOT RELEVANT


[Captioner] 20:07:33
IN THIS COUNTRY AND -- SORRY.


[Captioner] 20:07:34
THANK YOU.


[Captioner] 20:07:39
>> YOU HAVE 30 SECONDS.


[Captioner] 20:07:41
>> I THINK I MADE MY POINT.


[Captioner] 20:07:41
THANK YOU.


[Captioner] 20:07:42
>> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU.


[Captioner] 20:07:42
[APPLAUSE]


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>> Ms. Gauthier: ABINOV.


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GLL THANK YOU VERY MUCH LADIES


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AND GENTLEMEN FOR YOUR PATIENCE


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IN LISTENING TO US.


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I'VE BEEN IN THIS COUNTRY FOR


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ABOUT 25, 30 YEARS NOW.


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I HAVE TWO CHILDREN HERE, DOING


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PRETTY WELL NOT THANKS TO ME BUT


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THANKS TO THE SYSTEM OVER HERE.


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THEY ARE SELF-MOTIVATED,


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SELF-INSPIRED, BUT THAT APART, I


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JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THAT


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COMING TO THIS, YOU KNOW, ROOM


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TODAY, I HEARD ABOUT VARIOUS


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THINGS THAT YOU GUYS DISCUSSED.


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AMONG THAT, INCIDENTALLY, THE


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FACT THAT THERE ARE LAWS IN THIS


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COUNTRY ABOUT RACE, COLOR,


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NATIONAL ORIGIN.


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WE ALSO DISCUSSED ABOUT FAIR


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HOUSING, YOU KNOW, IN FACT MY


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HEART GOES OUT TO SOME OF THE


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FOLKS HERE WHO CAME UP ABOUT


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FAIR HOUSING ISSUES.


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I SEE THAT AS A MAJOR PROBLEM,


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YEAH, ANYWAY, THAT'S BESIDE THE
POINT.


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MY HEART ALSO GOES OUT TO THE


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COUPLE OF PEOPLE, I DON'T THINK


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THEY'RE HERE NOW, WHO ARE IN


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FAVOR OF THIS BILL.


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AND I WISH WE COULD HAVE DONE


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SOMETHING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT


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THEIR PROBLEM WAS AND WHY THEY


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ARE IN SUPPORT OF THIS BILL.


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SO BUT I DON'T HAVE A CHANCE TO


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DO THAT ONE ON ONE, I HOPE I GET


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A CHANCE.


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BUT THAT APART, WHEN I HEARD


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THIS ABOUT THIS BILL YESTERDAY,


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I DON'T KNOW -- I'VE BEEN SO


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HELPLESS ACTUALLY, I SAID WHAT


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AM I GOING TO DO ABOUT THIS AND


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I SAID IN MY MIND, I'M GOING TO


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DO -- TO DEATH, TO FIGURE OUT


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HOW DO WE STOP THIS BILL, AND


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WHY DO I SAY THAT?


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BECAUSE I THINK IT FORCES --


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CASTE IS AN ANTIQUATED -- I


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THINK SO MANY PEOPLE IN THIS


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ROOM HAVE TALKED ENOUGH ABOUT


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IT, HOW IT'S AN ANTIQUATED


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COLONIAL MINDSET THAT HAS BEEN,


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YOU KNOW, INSTALLED UPON US.


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IT'S NOT THE TIME, WE HAD TO BE


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PROGRESSIVE, RIGHT?


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I WORK, I GET UP AT 2:00 A.M., I


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WORK UNTIL 10:00, I DON'T KNOW


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WHAT I'M DOING IN LIFE, RIGHT?


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WE DON'T HAVE TO DEAL


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WITH THESE THINGS, RIGHT?


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ANYWAY, THANK YOU FOR THE TIME.


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>> Ms. Gauthier: THANK YOU.


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THE LAST SPEAKER IS GUYATRI
PENDIALA.


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>> HELLO.


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I AM TALKING ABOUT SB403 AND HOW


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IT MIGHT AFFECT ME IN THE
FUTURE.


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SO I REALLY THINK IT WILL AFFECT


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MY FUTURE IF NOBODY HELPS IT


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BECAUSE YOU KNOW, CHILDREN MIGHT


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BULLY ME BECAUSE OF MY CASTE.


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AND I DON'T WANT THAT TO HAPPEN


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TO ME AND OTHER BRAMANS.


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SO THAT'S WHY I AM GOING FOR


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PEACEFUL PROTEST, BECAUSE I


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DON'T WANT THIS SB403 TO AFFECT


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ME OR ANY OTHER KID, ANYONE
ACTUALLY.


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AND THIS MIGHT NOT TAKE VERY


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LONG, THOUGH I JUST WANT TO SAY


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THAT WE HAVE TO STOP SB403


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BECAUSE IT MIGHT AFFECT MANY


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PEOPLE IN THE FUTURE, AND I'M


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VERY WORRIED FOR EVERYONE.


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AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I


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REALLY THINK ME AND MANY OTHER


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BRAMANS DO NOT LIKE SB403.


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THANK YOU.


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[APPLAUSE]


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>> Ms. Gauthier: THANK YOU.


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THE LAST SPEAKER IS RAJ UNANDU.


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>> THANK YOU, MAYOR AND ALL


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COUNCILMEMBERS FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY.


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THANK YOU, EVERYONE.


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I'M HERE TO VOICE MY PROTEST


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AGAINST THE SB403 BILL.


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I'M ALSO HERE TO REQUEST THE


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CITY COUNCIL TO PLEASE PASS A


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RESOLUTION IN THE FREMONT CITY


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TO BAN HINDUPHOBIA, HINDUPHOBIC
PRACTICES.


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ONE EXAMPLE THAT WE JUST SAW IN


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THE LAST 30 MINUTES WAS THERE


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WAS A GENTLEMEN HERE, ONE OF THE


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GENTLEMEN WHO SPOKE, HE WAS


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TALKING ABOUT THE FACT THAT


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INDIAN PRESIDENT, THE PRESIDENT


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OF INDIA WAS NOT ALLOWED IN THE


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TEMPLE BECAUSE OF LOWER CASTE.


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IT IS VERY EASY TO PROVE FALSE


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INFORMATION JUST BY TALKING


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TO -- OF INDIA.


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THEY WOULD TELL WHETHER A


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PERSON WOULD BE ALLOWED INTO THE


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TEMPLE OR NOT BECAUSE OF CASTE,


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THAT'S A LIE.


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THAT EXACTLY SHOWS THE PROBLEM


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WITH THE HINDUPHOBIA.


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THE GENTLEMAN RIGHT HERE


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EXHIBITED THE HINDU PHOBIA IN A


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VERY -- WAY.


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SO PLEASE, THAT SHOULD TELL THE


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SITUATION AND I REQUEST AGAIN


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THE CITY OF FREMONT TO PASS A


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BILL THAT IS PREVENTING ANY


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HINDUPHOBIC ACTIVITIES.


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THANK YOU.


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>> Mayor Mei: AT THIS TIME,


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I'M GOING TO CLOSE PUBLIC


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COMMENT AND WE HAVE TO RETURN


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BACK TO OUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED


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AGENDA ITEMS THIS EVENING.


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I'M JUST LOOKING AT THE TIMING.


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>> Ms. Gauthier: IF YOU'D LIKE


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TO DO THE PUBLIC FINANCING


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ITEMS, I BELIEVE THOSE SHOULD GO


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PRETTY QUICKLY.


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>> Mayor Mei: YES.


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LET'S DO THAT AT THIS TIME.


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SO THE CITY COUNCIL IS NOW GOING


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TO CONVENE FOR FREMONT PUBLIC


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FINANCING AUTHORITY.


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WITH THE SAME ATTENDANTS AS WE


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HAVE HERE.


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SO THIS IS THE FREMONT PUBLIC


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FINANCING AUTHORITY ITEMS AND IT


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ON A SEPARATE AGENDA.


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SO FOR THOSE WHO DID NOT KNOW.


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AND I'D LIKE TO CALL THE MEETING


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TO ORDER.


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THE CONSENT CALENDAR WILL BE


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PASSED WITH ONE AUTHORITY VOTE


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AND STAFF RECOMMENDATION WILL


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STAND UNLESS THERE'S ANY MEMBER


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OF THE AUTHORITY WISH TO REMOVE


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AN ITEM FROM THE CONSENT


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CALENDAR?


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FOR THIS ITEM?


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>> Ms. Gauthier: FOR THE


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PUBLIC FINANCING AUTHORITY,


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APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM
2019.


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I'LL PULL IT UP IF YOU NEED TO


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SEE IT.


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>> Mayor Mei: SINCE I SEE


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NONE, DOES ANY MEMBER OF THE


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PUBLIC WISH TO ADDRESS OR REMOVE


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ANY ITEM FROM THE PUBLIC FINANCE


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AUTHORITY CONSENT CALENDAR?


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SEEING NONE, I'M GOING TO CLOSE


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THIS PERIOD FOR THIS.


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IS THERE A MOTION FROM THE


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AUTHORITY TO MOVE THE CONSENT


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FOR JUST THE MINUTES FROM 2019?


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>> Councilmember Campbell:


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MAYOR MEI, I DON'T SEE AN AGENDA


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FOR THIS ITEM.


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>> Ms. Gauthier: IT WAS TWO


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SEPARATE AGENDAS THAT WAS


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EMAILED TO COUNCIL.


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>> Mayor Mei: IT WAS A


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SEPARATE AGENDA ITEM.


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I'LL PULL IT UP RIGHT NOW FOR
YOU.


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MOVED BY COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN,


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SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER SHAO.


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DO YOU SEE IT?


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>> Councilmember Campbell: I


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COULDN'T APPROVE IT ANYWAY


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BECAUSE I WASN'T HERE.


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>> Mayor Mei: OKAY.


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SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A
SECOND.


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>> Ms. Gauthier: I'M SORRY,


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WHO WAS THE SECOND?


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IT WAS SALWAN AND --


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>> Mayor Mei: SHAO.


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ANY FURTHER DISCUSSIONS?


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IF NOT, PLEASE VOTE.


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I NOTE THE RECUSAL FROM


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COUNCILMEMBER CAMPBELL BECAUSE


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SHE WAS NOT HERE AT THAT TIME.


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>> Ms. Gauthier: I HAVE NO


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VOTE ON HERE.


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>> Mayor Mei: I VOTED ALREADY,


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BUT DID ANYONE ELSE?


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>> Ms. Gauthier: COUNCILMEMBER


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CAMPBELL, CAN YOU AYE, NAY OR
ABSTAIN?


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THANK YOU.


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>> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU.


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SO THE MOTION PASSES WITH SIX


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COUNCILMEMBERS AND COUNCILMEMBER


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CAMPBELL ABSTAINING, NOT BEING


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ON COUNCIL AT THAT TIME.


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NEXT IS THE PUBLIC FINANCE


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AUTHORITY PUBLIC
COMMUNICATIONS.


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ARE THERE ANY PEOPLE OR SPEAKERS


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CARDS TURNED IN FOR THE PUBLIC


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FINANCE AUTHORITY?


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>> Ms. Gauthier: NOT FOR THE


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ORAL COMMUNICATIONS PORTION.


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I DO HAVE A CARD FOR 5A.


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ON THE PFA AGENDA.


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>> Mayor Mei: SO AT THIS TIME,


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I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE ORAL


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COMMUNICATIONS PIECE OF THE


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PUBLIC FINANCE AUTHORITY.


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NEXT IS THE PUBLIC FINANCE
AUTHORITY.


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I KNOW ITEM 5A, PREPAYMENT OF


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GENERAL FUND LEASE PAYMENTS, AND


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DEFEASANCE OF SERIES 2017B LEASE


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REVENUE BONDS.


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AND WE HAVE FINANCE DIRECTOR


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DAVID PERSSELIN AVAILABLE FOR
QUESTIONS.


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ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE
COUNCILMEMBERS?


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IT IS ON YOUR AGENDA.


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DO I SEE ANY MOTIONS?


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NONE?


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>> Ms. Gauthier: YOU HAVE


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SPEAKERS HERE.


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>> Mayor Mei: THEN WE HAVE THE
SPEAKER.


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>> Ms. Gauthier: SORRY, YOUR


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REQUEST TO SPEAK, I HAVE TWO


[Captioner] 20:17:43
SPEAKERS ON THE QUEUE.


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DO YOU NOT SEE THAT ON THE
QUEUE?


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>> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU.


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COUNCILMEMBER SHAO.


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>> Councilmember Shao: THANK


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YOU, MADAME MAYOR.


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I BELIEVE IT WAS FROM THE


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PREVIOUS ITEM, WHICH IS THE


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CONSENT CALENDAR.


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I WAS GOING TO MAKE THE MOTION


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BUT I SECONDED INSTEAD.


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>> Ms. Gauthier: OKAY.


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>> Mayor Mei: COUNCILMEMBER
SALWAN?


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>> Councilmember Salwan: THANK


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YOU, MADAME MAYOR.


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JUST A QUICK 2-MINUTE HIGHLIGHT,


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IF YOU COULD JUST KIND OF FILL


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US IN.


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YOU KNOW, THE MAIN PURPOSE OF


[Captioner] 20:18:21
THIS AND HOW WE GOT HERE AND HOW


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THIS WILL HELP OUR CITY REDUCE


[Captioner] 20:18:23
OUR DEBT.


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FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC.


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>> Mr. Persselin: SURE, NO
PROBLEM.


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SO THE CITY HAS OUTSTANDING


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BONDS THAT WERE ISSUED TO


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REFINANCE BONDS THAT WERE ISSUED


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PREVIOUSLY, ULTIMATELY TO PAY


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FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS LIKE THE


[Captioner] 20:18:46
POLICE ADMINISTRATION CENTER AND


[Captioner] 20:18:46
THE MAIN LIBRARY.


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IN THE CURRENT YEAR, WE HAVE


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BOTH A REVENUE SURPLUS DUE TO


[Captioner] 20:18:59
UNBUDGETED REVENUES, AND WE ALSO


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ARE EXPERIENCING A HIGH LEVEL OF


[Captioner] 20:19:05
CITY-WIDE SAVINGS DUE PRIMARILY


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TO VACANCIES.


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AS A RESULT OF THAT, WE HAVE


[Captioner] 20:19:12
ONE-TIME MONEY SO NOT ONGOING


[Captioner] 20:19:16
REVENUE, BUT WE HAVE ONE-TIME


[Captioner] 20:19:19
MONEY THAT WE CAN USE TO PAY OFF


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A PORTION OF THE BONDS THAT WE


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HAVE OUTSTANDING.


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SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE TWO WHAT ARE


[Captioner] 20:19:27
CALLED SERIES OF BONDS


[Captioner] 20:19:28
OUTSTANDING CURRENTLY.


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WHAT WE'RE TALKING TONIGHT IS


[Captioner] 20:19:30
ONE OF THOSE.


[Captioner] 20:19:34
THIS IS A WAY OF TAKING THAT


[Captioner] 20:19:36
ONE-TIME MONEY AND TURNING IT


[Captioner] 20:19:38
INTO ONGOING SAVINGS.


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SO THOSE BONDS ARE OUTSTANDING


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UNTIL 2038, 15 MORE YEARS, AND


[Captioner] 20:19:49
WE'LL BE PAYING APPROXIMATELY


[Captioner] 20:19:51
$1.3 MILLION IN DEBT SERVICE


[Captioner] 20:19:54
EACH YEAR FOR THE NEXT 15 YEARS


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IF THE BONDS REMAIN
OUTSTANDING.


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WHAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO WITH OUR


[Captioner] 20:20:02
ONE-TIME MONEY IS TO PAY OFF


[Captioner] 20:20:07
THOSE BONDS, WHICH WILL SAVE US,


[Captioner] 20:20:08
THEN, $1.3 MILLION A YEAR FOR


[Captioner] 20:20:09
THE NEXT 15 YEARS THAT CAN BE


[Captioner] 20:20:12
USED TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO THE


[Captioner] 20:20:13
COMMUNITY.


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MOREOVER, BECAUSE WE'RE PAYING


[Captioner] 20:20:18
THE BONDS OFF EARLY, WE WON'T


[Captioner] 20:20:20
HAVE TO PAY INTEREST ON THE


[Captioner] 20:20:22
BONDS THAT WE WOULD IF THEY


[Captioner] 20:20:25
REMAINED OUTSTANDING, AND THAT


[Captioner] 20:20:27
INTEREST THAT WE WOULD BE SAVING


[Captioner] 20:20:29
OVERALL IS WORTH ABOUT


[Captioner] 20:20:31
$2.6 MILLION TO THE CITY.


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SO THOSE ARE DOLLARS THAT AGAIN


[Captioner] 20:20:35
CAN BE USED TO PROVIDE SERVICES


[Captioner] 20:20:36
TO THE COMMUNITY INSTEAD OF


[Captioner] 20:20:37
PAYING INTEREST ON BONDS.


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>> Councilmember Salwan: THANK
YOU.


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I'M READY TO MOVE THIS FORWARD


[Captioner] 20:20:43
AT THE RIGHT TIME.


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>> Ms. Gauthier: WE DO HAVE A


[Captioner] 20:20:46
SPEAKER CARD, MADAME MAYOR,


[Captioner] 20:20:47
KELLY ABREU.


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>> Mayor Mei: THANKS.


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I ALSO HAVE ONE MORE


[Captioner] 20:20:50
COUNCILMEMBER, I BELIEVE.


[Captioner] 20:20:51
COUNCILMEMBER COX?


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OKAY.


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LET'S WAIT UNTIL AFTER --
MR. ABREU?


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>> THIS FINANCE DEPARTMENT HAS


[Captioner] 20:21:11
BEEN STUNNINGLY DEFICIENT IN


[Captioner] 20:21:14
PRESENTING ANY KIND OF A COGENT


[Captioner] 20:21:17
ANALYSIS OF WHAT'S GOING ON WITH
FINANCES.


[Captioner] 20:21:19
FOR EXAMPLE, TODAY'S ITEM.


[Captioner] 20:21:20
WE'RE HEARING ABOUT HOW MANY


[Captioner] 20:21:22
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS WE'RE
SAVING.


[Captioner] 20:21:24
THIS IS IRRELEVANT TO ANY KIND


[Captioner] 20:21:27
OF A PROPER FINANCIAL ANALYSIS.


[Captioner] 20:21:28
WHAT WE SHOULD BE TALKING ABOUT,


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FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU WERE PAYING


[Captioner] 20:21:33
1% INTEREST ON YOUR BONDS, THEN


[Captioner] 20:21:34
I SUSPECT YOU SHOULDN'T BE


[Captioner] 20:21:34
PAYING THEM OFF.


[Captioner] 20:21:38
EVEN IF 1% INTEREST ADDS UP TO


[Captioner] 20:21:40
$1.3 MILLION A YEAR OR


[Captioner] 20:21:41
2.6 MILLION OR WHATEVER IT IS.


[Captioner] 20:21:43
IF YOU'RE PAYING SOME HIGH


[Captioner] 20:21:44
INTEREST RATE AND YOU WANT TO


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CUT OFF THOSE HIGH INTEREST


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PAYMENTS, THAT WOULD BE A REAL


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REASON TO PAY OFF THESE BONDS.


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WE DIDN'T HEAR ABOUT THAT
TODAY.


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BECAUSE WE'RE GETTING THESE KIND


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OF KINDERGARTEN IRRATIONAL


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FINANCIAL EXPLANATIONS.


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IN OTHER AREAS OF THE CITY


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FINANCE, IN THE COMPREHENSIVE


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ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT


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DISAGREES WITH OTHER FINANCIAL


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REPORTS, AND WHAT DOES THAT HAVE


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TO DO?


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THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT, YOUR


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FINANCE STAFF IS UNRESPONSIVE


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WHEN THEY GET, YOU KNOW, SERIOUS


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QUESTIONS ABOUT WHY ARE YOUR


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REPORTS DISAGREEING WITH ONE
ANOTHER?


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WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IS


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SLIDES, IS A RATIONAL ANALYSIS


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OF FINANCE DECISIONS AND A


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RATIONAL JUSTIFICATION FOR WHAT


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YOU'RE DOING.


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NOT WE'RE SAVING MILLIONS OF


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DOLLARS A YEAR, YOU KNOW, YOU


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CAN SAVE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS A


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YEAR BUT THAT HAS TO BE DONE ON


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AN INTEREST RATE BASIS, NOT ON A


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HOW MANY MILLIONS OF DOLLARS A


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YEAR YOU SAVE.


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THIS WHOLE EXPLANATION DOESN'T


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HOLD ANY WATER.


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THERE MIGHT BE AN EXPLANATION IN


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THERE BUT WE DIDN'T HEAR IT.


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THANK YOU.


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>> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU.


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AT THIS TIME, I'M GOING TO CLOSE


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THE PUBLIC COMMENT.


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 FOR THIS ITEM.


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5A.


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AND I'M GOING TO HAVE -- WE HAD


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A MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN


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AND A SECOND BY VICE MAYOR COX.


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AND I SEE NO OTHER COMMENT.


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CAN I PLEASE CALL THE VOTE.


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AND THE MOTION PASSES
UNANIMOUSLY.


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THANK YOU.


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NEXT IS ITEM 6B.


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WHICH IS THE COUNCIL RETREAT --


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SORRY, 6A.


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DO WE HAVE TO DO STILL 6A AGAIN,
SORRY.


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>> Ms. Gauthier: IT'S A


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COMPANION ITEM TO THE PFA ITEM.


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>> Mayor Mei: NOW WE'RE GOING


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TO OPEN BACK TO 6A, WHICH IS THE


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PREPAYMENT.


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ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR


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COMMENTS FROM THE COUNCIL?


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I SEE COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN


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MOVING IT.


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COUNCILMEMBER CAMPBELL, I SEE


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THAT YOU'RE ALSO --


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>> Councilmember Campbell: I


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JUST WANTED -- DO WE NEED TO


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ADJOURN THIS FINANCING MEETING


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AND THEN --


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>> Mayor Mei: I CLOSED IT.


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>> Councilmember Campbell: OH,


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YOU SAID YOU CLOSED THE PUBLIC


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COMMENT.


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>> Mayor Mei: OKAY, I'LL CLOSE


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THE PFA AND RETURN BACK TO THE
COUNCIL.


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>> Councilmember Campbell:


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THANK YOU.


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>> Mayor Mei: SO AS WE TURN


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BACK TO THE COUNCIL WITH THE


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AUTHORITY ON 6A, COUNCILMEMBER


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SALWAN JUST MOVED IT.


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COUNCILMEMBER CAMPBELL, IS THERE


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ANYTHING ELSE YOU'D LIKE TO
ADD?


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OKAY.


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COUNCILMEMBER KENG.


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>> Councilmember Keng: I'M


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SECONDING.


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>> Mayor Mei: OKAY.


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COUNCILMEMBER COX, DID YOU --
OKAY.


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SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND.


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CAN I PLEASE CALL THE VOTE ON


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THIS ITEM, 6A, WHICH IS WITH THE


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DIFFERENT AUTHORITY, WHICH IS


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THE COUNCIL VERSUS THE PUBLIC


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FINANCE AUTHORITY.


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IS THERE ANY PUBLIC SPEAKER ON


[Captioner] 20:25:05
THAT TOO?


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>> Ms. Gauthier: NO, MADAME
MAYOR.


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>> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU.


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SO I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC


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COMMENT ON 6A AND THEN WE HAVE A


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MOTION AND SECOND.


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PLEASE VOTE.


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YOU HAVE TO VOTE AGAIN ON
ITEM 6A.


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THANK YOU.


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THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.


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NEXT IS 6B, THE 2023 CITY


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COUNCIL RETREAT.


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OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER


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KRISTINA BRIGGS IS AVAILABLE FOR
QUESTIONS.


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ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE
COUNCILMEMBERS?


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ON THE REPORT?


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OKAY.


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SEEING NONE, ARE THERE ANY


[Captioner] 20:25:48
COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC?


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DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKER CARDS?


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>> Ms. Gauthier: WE HAVE A


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HAND RAISED IN ZOOM.


[Captioner] 20:25:58
LISA DANZ.


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>> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU.


[Captioner] 20:26:02
>> GOOD EVENING AND THANK YOU


[Captioner] 20:26:03
FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.


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I TOOK A LOOK AT THIS ITEM AND


[Captioner] 20:26:08
OVER THE ANALYSIS OF SOME OF THE


[Captioner] 20:26:09
ACTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN TAKEN ON


[Captioner] 20:26:12
THE PREVIOUS PRIORITIES, AND I'M


[Captioner] 20:26:14
PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN THE


[Captioner] 20:26:15
HOMELESSNESS PRIORITY SO I WAS


[Captioner] 20:26:17
LOOKING CLOSELY AT THAT AND WHAT


[Captioner] 20:26:19
REALLY JUMPED OUT AT ME IS THERE


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IS A LONG LIST OF ACTIONS THAT


[Captioner] 20:26:23
HAVE BEEN TAKEN AND I DO WANT TO


[Captioner] 20:26:25
COMMEND AND APPRECIATE THE CITY


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FOR TAKING ALL OF THOSE ACTIONS


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BUT I FEEL LIKE IF WE REALLY


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WANT TO UNDERSTAND HOW WE'RE


[Captioner] 20:26:29
MAKING PROGRESS ON THE PRIORITY,


[Captioner] 20:26:31
THE QUESTIONS WE SHOULD BE


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ASKING SHOULD ALL FOCUS ON THE


[Captioner] 20:26:34
BOTTOM LINE OF WHAT'S THE IMPACT


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ON THE TOTAL BURDEN OF


[Captioner] 20:26:38
HOMELESSNESS ON THE CITY AND HOW


[Captioner] 20:26:39
MANY PEOPLE ARE EXPERIENCING
IT.


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AND I KNOW THAT WE ARE TRACKING


[Captioner] 20:26:42
THAT WITH THE POINT IN TIME


[Captioner] 20:26:45
COUNT AND THAT THOSE NUMBERS GOT


[Captioner] 20:26:46
WORSE FROM THE PREVIOUS POINT IN


[Captioner] 20:26:47
TIME COUNT TO THIS ONE.


[Captioner] 20:26:51
AND IT'S EASY TO SAY OH A LOT OF


[Captioner] 20:26:54
THAT WAS OUT OF THE CITY'S


[Captioner] 20:26:57
HANDS, BUT WE DO HAVE A ROLE TO


[Captioner] 20:26:58
PLAY AND OTHER JURISDICTIONS


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HAVE A ROLE TO PLAY.


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WHEN BUSINESSES ARE ANALYZING


[Captioner] 20:27:03
THEIR PERFORMANCE, THEY OFTEN


[Captioner] 20:27:06
USE SOMETHING LIKE -- WHERE YOU


[Captioner] 20:27:07
HAVE A TOP LINE GOAL OF WHAT


[Captioner] 20:27:09
YOU'RE REALLY TRYING TO


[Captioner] 20:27:11
ACCOMPLISH AND OTHER MEASURABLE


[Captioner] 20:27:11
GOALS TO GET YOU THERE.


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AND I WONDER IF -- MAYBE THIS


[Captioner] 20:27:17
EXISTS AND I'M NOT AWARE OF IT,


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BUT I FEEL LIKE THE REPORTS THAT


[Captioner] 20:27:22
I SAW DIDN'T REALLY SERVE THE


[Captioner] 20:27:24
PURPOSE OF SAYING HOW CLOSE ARE


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WE TO, YOU KNOW, STARTING TO


[Captioner] 20:27:28
DECREASE THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE


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WHO ARE HAVING TO SLEEP ON THE


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STREETS EVERY DAY RATHER THAN


[Captioner] 20:27:32
THE CURRENT STATE OF INCREASE.


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THANK YOU.


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>> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU.


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ARE THERE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS ON


[Captioner] 20:27:37
THIS ITEM?


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SEEING NONE, I'M GOING TO CLOSE


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THE COMMENT PERIOD, PUBLIC


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COMMENT PERIOD ON ITEM 6B.


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AND I'LL TURN IT BACK TO THE


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COUNCIL FOR ANY COMMENTS.


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IS THERE ANY MOTION?


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I WANTED JUST TO NOTE THAT FROM


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THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE COUNCIL,


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I KNOW HOMELESSNESS -- WE KEPT


[Captioner] 20:28:03
OUR TOP THREE PRIORITIES AND


[Captioner] 20:28:05
THAT ACTUALLY WE ARE IN THE


[Captioner] 20:28:07
PROCESS OF HIRING SOMEONE TO


[Captioner] 20:28:08
SPECIFICALLY WORK WITH US ON THE


[Captioner] 20:28:11
PLAN FROM THE HUMAN SERVICES


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DEPARTMENT ON A MORE DETAILED


[Captioner] 20:28:14
ANALYSIS AND STRATEGY ON HOW


[Captioner] 20:28:15
WE'RE GOING TO BE ADDRESSING
THAT.


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SO I JUST WANTED TO NOTE FOR


[Captioner] 20:28:20
MS. DANZ OR JUST THE PUBLIC THAT


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OUR COUNCIL ABSOLUTELY CONSIDERS


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THAT ONE OF OUR TOP PRIORITIES.


[Captioner] 20:28:27
AND SO SEEING NO OTHER COMMENT


[Captioner] 20:28:29
FROM THE COUNCIL, CAN I GET A


[Captioner] 20:28:31
MOTION TO APPROVE THE REPORT


[Captioner] 20:28:32
FROM THE COUNCIL RETREAT?


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>> Ms. Gauthier: INCLUDING THE


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CORRECTION THAT CAME VIA THE


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GREEN SHEET THIS AFTERNOON OR


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THIS MORNING.


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>> Mayor Mei: YES, INCLUDING


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THE GREEN SHEET, WHICH I KNOW


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WAS A --


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>> Ms. Gauthier: IT WAS A


[Captioner] 20:28:43
MINOR CORRECTION.


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>> Mayor Mei: MINOR CORRECTION


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IN TERMS OF THE VOTE AND


[Captioner] 20:28:49
PRIORITIES.


[Captioner] 20:28:51
MOVED BY COUNCILMEMBER COX AND


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SECONDED BY -- OKAY, THANK YOU.


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SO MOVED BY VICE MAYOR COX AND


[Captioner] 20:29:01
AGAIN SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER
SALWAN.


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PLEASE VOTE.


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>> Ms. Gauthier: COUNCILMEMBER
KENG.


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THANK YOU.


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>> Mayor Mei: THANK YOU.


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SO THE MOTION PASSES
UNANIMOUSLY.


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WITH ALL THE COUNCIL.


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LAST ON THE COUNCIL AGENDA THIS


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EVENING IS 7D, REPORT ON


[Captioner] 20:29:31
COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS.


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IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT THE


[Captioner] 20:29:35
COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO SHARE ON A


[Captioner] 20:29:38
REPORT OUT ON YOUR COMMITTEES?


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>> Mayor Mei: I'LL SHARE A


[Captioner] 20:29:46
COUPLE THINGS BRIEFLY.


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ONE I WANT TO THANK OUR STAFF


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AND THE COUNCILMEMBERS, I KNOW


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SOME OF YOU STOPPED BY AT OUR


[Captioner] 20:29:55
FIRST SPRING INTO STEAM EVENT


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AND I THINK WE HAD ABOUT 600


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CHILDREN AND FAMILIES COME OUT


[Captioner] 20:29:59
TO THAT EVENT.


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I HOPE I'M RIGHT ON THE NUMBERS,


[Captioner] 20:30:03
BUT ROUGHLY, IT WAS VERY
CROWDED.


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I KNOW I SAW COUNCILMEMBER


[Captioner] 20:30:09
SALWAN AT THE EVENT, I THINK,


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AND I'M SURE SOME OTHERS MAY


[Captioner] 20:30:11
HAVE POPPED IN.


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AND THEN ALSO AS WE WERE MOVING


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IN SUPPORT OF OUR SMALL


[Captioner] 20:30:17
BUSINESSES, I WANTED TO THANK --


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I KNOW COUNCILMEMBER CAMPBELL, I


[Captioner] 20:30:21
RAN INTO YOU ALSO AT THE


[Captioner] 20:30:23
RE-OPENING OF THE NILES FARMERS
MARKET.


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I JUST WANTED TO REPORT OUT THAT


[Captioner] 20:30:29
SERVING ON ALAMEDA COUNTY


[Captioner] 20:30:30
TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION, I DID


[Captioner] 20:30:34
MAKE A TRIP UP FOR ADVOCACY ON


[Captioner] 20:30:37
BEHALF OF THE CITY FOR THE


[Captioner] 20:30:38
ALAMEDA COUNTY TRANSPORTATION


[Captioner] 20:30:39
COMMISSION TO FOCUS ON A COUPLE


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KEY AREAS, AND I'M HAPPY TO


[Captioner] 20:30:43
SHARE THE REPORT IF YOU'D LIKE


[Captioner] 20:30:44
TO SEE WHAT ARE THE PRIORITIES.


[Captioner] 20:30:46
BUT FOR US, SOME OF THE THINGS


[Captioner] 20:30:48
WE FOCUSED ON WERE THE SAFE


[Captioner] 20:30:51
ROUTES TO SCHOOL, THE STUDENT


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PASSES, PARATRANSIT, THE


[Captioner] 20:30:54
CONNECTION OF TRAILS, SOME OF


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THE INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS,


[Captioner] 20:30:59
AND RAIL SAFETY, AND SO THOSE


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ARE SOME OF THE KEY THINGS THAT


[Captioner] 20:31:00
WE FOCUSED ON.


[Captioner] 20:31:03
THE OTHER THING IS THAT NATIONAL


[Captioner] 20:31:06
LEAGUE OF CITIES, I WENT OUT TO


[Captioner] 20:31:08
ALSO ADVOCATE ON BEHALF OF THAT


[Captioner] 20:31:10
FOR THE CONGRESSIONAL CITIES,


[Captioner] 20:31:13
AND SPEAK SPECIFICALLY ON SMALL
BUSINESSES.


[Captioner] 20:31:16
THERE IS AN UPCOMING LEAGUE OF


[Captioner] 20:31:21
CALIFORNIA CITIES LEADERSHIP


[Captioner] 20:31:23
SUMMIT COMING UP ON THE 12TH TO
14TH.


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I DON'T KNOW IF OTHERS ARE ABLE


[Captioner] 20:31:26
TO JOIN.


[Captioner] 20:31:28
I KNOW IT'S A LITTLE CRAZY IN


[Captioner] 20:31:29
TERMS OF SCHEDULING BECAUSE IT'S


[Captioner] 20:31:31
RIGHT BEFORE TAX SEASON AND


[Captioner] 20:31:33
STUFF, BUT THANKS TO SOME OF THE


[Captioner] 20:31:34
EXTENSIONS, PERHAPS SOME OF YOU


[Captioner] 20:31:35
MIGHT BE ABLE TO JOIN ME FOR A
DAY.


[Captioner] 20:31:37
I'M PLANNING TO BE UP THERE FROM


[Captioner] 20:31:39
THE 12TH TO THE 14TH, BUT IF


[Captioner] 20:31:40
YOU'D LIKE TO GO UP FOR EVEN A


[Captioner] 20:31:41
DAY, IT WOULD BE A GREAT
OPPORTUNITY.


[Captioner] 20:31:44
THERE IS A PRE-SCHEDULED CALL IF


[Captioner] 20:31:46
YOU WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT


[Captioner] 20:31:48
SOME OF THE ADVOCACY THAT'S ON A


[Captioner] 20:31:49
WEBINAR IF YOU'D LIKE TO SEE


[Captioner] 20:31:50
THAT WITH LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA
CITIES.


[Captioner] 20:31:54
SO I JUST WANTED TO THANK, I


[Captioner] 20:31:55
THINK COUNCILMEMBER CAMPBELL IS


[Captioner] 20:31:57
TAKING A COMMUNICATIONS


[Captioner] 20:31:59
LEADERSHIP ROLE, I THINK IF I


[Captioner] 20:32:00
REMEMBER CORRECTLY, AND THEN


[Captioner] 20:32:02
COUNCILMEMBER SALWAN FOR YOUR


[Captioner] 20:32:07
LEADERSHIP AS VICE PRESIDENT OR


[Captioner] 20:32:10
VICE -- AT LARGE FOR THE EAST
BAY.


[Captioner] 20:32:12
AND WITH THAT, IF THERE'S NO


[Captioner] 20:32:14
OTHER REPORTS, I THANK YOU ALL


[Captioner] 20:32:17
FOR YOUR REPRESENTATION, AND


[Captioner] 20:32:18
CERTAINLY LISTENING TO A LOT OF


[Captioner] 20:32:19
THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE HAD


[Captioner] 20:32:23
THIS EVENING, TO CONTINUE TO BE


[Captioner] 20:32:25
HEALTHY, TO BE SAFE AND TO BE
KIND.


[Captioner] 20:32:25
SO THANK YOU.


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WITH THAT, THE MEETING IS
ADJOURNED.