[Captioner] 19:19:39 BUSINESS CONCERNS ARE LOUD AND [Captioner] 19:19:42 CLEAR, BUT THE BAN IS AN [Captioner] 19:19:42 EXPENSIVE BAND-AID. [Captioner] 19:19:46 LET'S FOCUS ON EXPANDING [Captioner] 19:19:49 STRATEGY 3 OF HRP. [Captioner] 19:19:51 CAMPING BAN IS NOT A PLAN. [Captioner] 19:20:05 >> SHOULD THIS CAUSE ANYONE TO [Captioner] 19:20:06 BE A CRIMINAL? [Captioner] 19:20:08 SHOULD OWNING THIS AND BEING [Captioner] 19:20:09 UNHOUSED BE A CRIME IN OUR [Captioner] 19:20:10 CITY? [Captioner] 19:20:11 I DON'T THINK SO. [Captioner] 19:20:14 BUT THAT IS WHAT THIS CAMPING [Captioner] 19:20:16 BAN DOES AND MAKES IT A CRIME [Captioner] 19:20:18 FOR UNHOUSED PEOPLE TO EXIST [Captioner] 19:20:19 WITH THEIR BELONGINGS. [Captioner] 19:20:21 IF AN UNHOUSED PERSON HAS A [Captioner] 19:20:23 BLANKET OR A SLEEPING BAG, THEY [Captioner] 19:20:24 ARE A CRIMINAL UNDER THIS [Captioner] 19:20:24 PROPOSED POLICY. [Captioner] 19:20:26 THE ONLY WAY FOR AN UNHOUSED [Captioner] 19:20:28 PERSON TO BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH [Captioner] 19:20:30 THIS POLICY IS TO ESSENTIALLY [Captioner] 19:20:32 HAVE NO BELONGINGS AT ALL. [Captioner] 19:20:34 UNHOUSED PEOPLE OWNING [Captioner] 19:20:36 BELONGINGS ISN'T HARMFUL TO OUR [Captioner] 19:20:37 COMMUNITY, IT'S NOT VIE LEN TO [Captioner] 19:20:38 OUR COMMUNITY AND IT SHOULD NOT [Captioner] 19:20:38 BE A CRIME. [Captioner] 19:20:41 IT'S ALSO WORTH POINTING OUT [Captioner] 19:20:44 THAT IN ATTEMPT TO FUNCTIONALLY [Captioner] 19:20:45 CRIMINALIZE HOMELESSNESS, THIS [Captioner] 19:20:48 POLICY IF FOLLOWED CAUSES SOME [Captioner] 19:20:48 POTENTIALLY ABSURD RESULTS. [Captioner] 19:20:51 FOR EXAMPLE I'VE HAD THIS [Captioner] 19:20:53 SLEEPING BAG FOR OVER A MONTH IN [Captioner] 19:20:54 MY CAR, I JUST FORGOT TO TAKE IT [Captioner] 19:20:54 OUT. [Captioner] 19:20:57 BUT PERHAPS UNDER THIS POLICY [Captioner] 19:20:59 PERHAPS MY SHEIK VEEK WOULD BE [Captioner] 19:21:00 CONSIDERED AN ENCAMPMENT. [Captioner] 19:21:02 IF NOT, WHY NOT? [Captioner] 19:21:05 MY UNHOUSED NEIGHBORS WOULD BE [Captioner] 19:21:05 DOING THE SAME THING. [Captioner] 19:21:24 >> MY NAME [Captioner] 19:21:24 IS KATHRYN RUBY. [Captioner] 19:21:27 I AM A MEMBER OF FREMONT FOR [Captioner] 19:21:29 EVERYONE, AND I HAVE BEEN [Captioner] 19:21:32 SPEAKING IN FRONT OF CITY [Captioner] 19:21:34 COUNCIL OR WRITING LETTERS SINCE [Captioner] 19:21:35 2019, WHEN I BECAME HOMELESS. [Captioner] 19:21:37 I HAVE DONE EVERYTHING THAT I [Captioner] 19:21:40 WAS SUPPOSED TO DO IN SOCIETY. [Captioner] 19:21:42 GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL, [Captioner] 19:21:45 SERVED IN THE MILITARY, HAD A [Captioner] 19:21:48 TOP SECRET SECURITY CLEARANCE, [Captioner] 19:21:51 ENDED MY MILITARY TERM WITH AN [Captioner] 19:21:51 HONORABLE DISCHARGE. [Captioner] 19:21:52 I AM A VETERAN. [Captioner] 19:21:55 I AM DISABLED, I HAVE GROWN [Captioner] 19:21:58 DISABLED OVER TIME, AGE, AND I [Captioner] 19:22:00 HAVE FOUND THAT THOSE THINGS [Captioner] 19:22:01 HAVE DECREASED MY INCOME. [Captioner] 19:22:04 AND I BECAME HOMELESS AS A [Captioner] 19:22:05 RESULT OF THOSE THINGS. [Captioner] 19:22:09 I HAVE THREE DEGREES AND THREE [Captioner] 19:22:09 MINORS. [Captioner] 19:22:11 I HAVE BEEN A HOMEOWNER. [Captioner] 19:22:15 I HAVE WORKED IN [Captioner] 19:22:19 A WHITE COLLAR JOB, AND HAVING [Captioner] 19:22:20 BEEN REDUCED TO THAT WAS [Captioner] 19:22:21 ABSOLUTELY SHOCKING FOR ME. [Captioner] 19:22:24 >> Ms. Gauthier: THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:22:32 AFTER JENNA DOHERTY IS CAROLINE [Captioner] 19:22:36 HARRIS, JEFFREY SPENCER, SAI [Captioner] 19:22:36 NATARAJAN. [Captioner] 19:22:37 MARK SMITH. [Captioner] 19:22:38 >> THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:22:43 AS THE GAP BETWEEN THE RICH AND [Captioner] 19:22:44 THE POOR CONTINUES TO WIDEN, I [Captioner] 19:22:47 FIND IT UNCONSCIONABLE THAT MY [Captioner] 19:22:48 HOMETOWN OF FREMONT, ONE THAT [Captioner] 19:22:51 HAS SO MUCH WEALTH AND [Captioner] 19:22:51 PRIVILEGE, CAN EVEN PROPOSE [Captioner] 19:22:53 TREATING THE MOST VULNERABLE OF [Captioner] 19:22:55 FREMONT AS LESS THAN HUMAN, [Captioner] 19:22:56 SIMPLY BECAUSE MANY OF THEM ARE [Captioner] 19:22:57 IN A SITUATION BEYOND THEIR [Captioner] 19:22:57 CONTROL. [Captioner] 19:23:01 WHAT HAPPENED TO FREMONT BEING A [Captioner] 19:23:01 COMPASSIONATE CITY? [Captioner] 19:23:04 AS A TRANS ADVOCATE, MANY OF US [Captioner] 19:23:06 ARE UNHOUSED BECAUSE WE FACE [Captioner] 19:23:09 HATE FROM SOCIETY AND OUR OWN [Captioner] 19:23:09 FAMILY. [Captioner] 19:23:12 I MYSELF AM CURRENTLY [Captioner] 19:23:12 UNDERHOUSED. [Captioner] 19:23:14 IF IT WASN'T FOR AMAZING FAMILY [Captioner] 19:23:15 AND FRIENDS WHO TOOK ME IN AND [Captioner] 19:23:17 GAVE ME FINANCIAL SUPPORT, I, [Captioner] 19:23:18 TOO, MAY BE ON THE STREET. [Captioner] 19:23:20 AFTER NOT BEING ABLE TO FIND [Captioner] 19:23:21 WORK FOR ALMOST A YEAR. [Captioner] 19:23:25 IS HOMELESSNESS HARD TO SOLVE? [Captioner] 19:23:25 YES. [Captioner] 19:23:27 BUT THAT IS WHAT LEADERSHIP IS [Captioner] 19:23:29 FOR, TO DO THE RIGHT THING EVEN [Captioner] 19:23:29 WHEN IT'S HARD. [Captioner] 19:23:31 THE QUESTION IS, WILL YOU STEP [Captioner] 19:23:33 UP AND LEAD AND FIGHT FOR THOSE [Captioner] 19:23:34 WHO ARE MOST VULNERABLE? [Captioner] 19:23:35 THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:23:43 >> HELLO. [Captioner] 19:23:45 MY NAME IS CAROLINE HARRIS. [Captioner] 19:23:46 I'M A FREMONT RESIDENT. [Captioner] 19:23:50 AND I'VE GOT TO SAY THIS MOTION [Captioner] 19:23:51 THAT CAME BEFORE THE VOTE, [Captioner] 19:23:53 BEFORE THE SESSION ENDED FOR [Captioner] 19:23:54 CHRISTMAS ONLY CAME TO MY [Captioner] 19:23:57 ATTENTION LAST WEEK AND I WAS [Captioner] 19:23:58 ABSOLUTELY APPALLED THAT THE [Captioner] 19:24:00 CITY COUNCIL OF FREMONT WOULD [Captioner] 19:24:04 VOTE IN FAVOR OF MOVING [Captioner] 19:24:07 ENCAMPMENTS ON -- 24 HOURS IS [Captioner] 19:24:09 RIDICULOUS, WHAT A WASTE OF [Captioner] 19:24:10 TIME, ENERGY AND MONEY. [Captioner] 19:24:11 DON'T DO IT, PLEASE. [Captioner] 19:24:11 THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:24:16 >> GOOD EENG. [Captioner] 19:24:19 I'M JEFFREY SPEN SE PASTOR AT [Captioner] 19:24:20 NILES DISCOVERY CHURCH. [Captioner] 19:24:23 IN OUR STUDIES OF WORLD [Captioner] 19:24:24 RELIGIONS, DR. KAREN ARMSTRONG [Captioner] 19:24:26 FOUND THE ESSENCE OF ALL [Captioner] 19:24:26 RELIGIONS IS IMATION. [Captioner] 19:24:28 SHE FOUND THAT ALL OF THE [Captioner] 19:24:30 WORLD'S MAJOR RELIGIONS INSISTED [Captioner] 19:24:31 IN ONE WORDING OR ANOTHER. [Captioner] 19:24:33 NEVER TREAT OTHERS AS YOU WOULD [Captioner] 19:24:35 NOT LIKE TO BE TREATED [Captioner] 19:24:36 YOURSELF. [Captioner] 19:24:39 SO I ASK YOU TO ASK YOURSELVES, [Captioner] 19:24:41 IF YOU LOST YOUR HOUSING, AND [Captioner] 19:24:43 FOUND THAT YOU HAD TO LIVE ON [Captioner] 19:24:44 THE STREETS, HOW WOULD YOU LIKE [Captioner] 19:24:44 TO BE TREATED? [Captioner] 19:24:49 WOULD YOU WANT TO BE FINED [Captioner] 19:24:52 OR ARRESTED FOR MAKING THE BEST [Captioner] 19:24:53 YOU COULD WITH A TENT OR [Captioner] 19:24:53 LEAN-TO? [Captioner] 19:24:56 ON JANUARY 12TH, 2016, THE [Captioner] 19:24:58 FREMONT CITY COUNCIL UNANIMOUSLY [Captioner] 19:24:59 ADOPTED THE CITY OF FREMONT [Captioner] 19:25:00 COMPASSIONATE CHARTER. [Captioner] 19:25:02 THE PROPOSED CAMPING BAN [Captioner] 19:25:04 VIOLATES THE FREMONT [Captioner] 19:25:06 COMPASSIONATE CHARTER AND IT [Captioner] 19:25:07 VIOLATES THE MOST BASIC [Captioner] 19:25:09 PRINCIPLE HELD BY ALL THE [Captioner] 19:25:11 WORLD'S MAJOR RELIGIONS, THAT WE [Captioner] 19:25:12 TREAT EACH OTHER WITH [Captioner] 19:25:13 COMPASSION, THE COMPASSION WE [Captioner] 19:25:14 WOULD WANT TO BE TREATED WITH [Captioner] 19:25:19 OURSELVES, SO PLEASE VOTE [Captioner] 19:25:21 NO ON THE CAMPING BAN. [Captioner] 19:25:22 >> GOOD EVENING. [Captioner] 19:25:23 I'M SPEAKING IN MY PERSONAL [Captioner] 19:25:23 CAPACITY. [Captioner] 19:25:26 THANK YOU, CITY OF FREMONT, FOR [Captioner] 19:25:30 TAKING OLD PRACTICAL AND TRULY [Captioner] 19:25:32 STRATEGIC STEPS TO MAKE FREMONT [Captioner] 19:25:33 SAFER, HEALTHIER AND MORE [Captioner] 19:25:33 ECONOMICALLY ROBUST. [Captioner] 19:25:35 THE MIDDLE OF DECEMBER I WAS AT [Captioner] 19:25:38 A CVS TRYING TO GET MEDICINES [Captioner] 19:25:39 FOR A SON WHO WAS UNWELL. [Captioner] 19:25:40 IT WAS 10:00 P.M. [Captioner] 19:25:43 A GUY COMES IN RIGHT BEHIND ME, [Captioner] 19:25:44 HE WALKS PAST THE COUNTER TO [Captioner] 19:25:45 GRAB STUFF AND WALK AWAY. [Captioner] 19:25:47 ON HIS WAY OUT, HE WALKED UP TO [Captioner] 19:25:49 THE MANAGER WHO WAS WORKING IN [Captioner] 19:25:51 THE FRONT, TRYING TO BULLY HER. [Captioner] 19:25:54 MY INSTINCT, DADDY INSTINCT, I [Captioner] 19:25:57 STOOD BETWEEN ME AND THIS AM, I [Captioner] 19:25:58 LOOKED ME IN THE EYE AND SAID [Captioner] 19:26:00 I'M GOING TO BLANK YOU UP [Captioner] 19:26:00 TONIGHT. [Captioner] 19:26:03 TUSHES OUT HE'S A LONG TERM [Captioner] 19:26:05 RESIDENT, HE VISITS THAT CVS3 [Captioner] 19:26:07 TIMES A WEEK FOR HIS [Captioner] 19:26:07 QUOTE-UNQUOTE SHOPPING [Captioner] 19:26:07 ACTIVITIES. [Captioner] 19:26:09 THE DIFFERENT BETWEEN A [Captioner] 19:26:10 STATISTIC THAT I SHARED WITH YOU [Captioner] 19:26:13 AND A TRAGEDY IS IF THAT MANAGER [Captioner] 19:26:14 OR IF I WERE HARMED OR WORSE [Captioner] 19:26:16 KILLED THAT NIGHT IN DECEMBER, [Captioner] 19:26:17 WE WOULD BE HAVING A DIFFERENT [Captioner] 19:26:17 CONVERSATION. [Captioner] 19:26:21 I WOULDN'T BE HERE TONIGHT. [Captioner] 19:26:24 THANK YOU FOR YOUR BOLD STEPS IN [Captioner] 19:26:24 MAKING FREMONT SAFER FOR [Captioner] 19:26:24 EVERYONE. [Captioner] 19:26:25 THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:26:28 >> Ms. Gauthier: AFTER MARK [Captioner] 19:26:32 SMITH IS LEE JATTA VOLED BY [Captioner] 19:26:35 VINCENT HU AND SINDARI. [Captioner] 19:26:37 >> Mayor Salwan: LET'S LIMIT THE [Captioner] 19:26:40 CLAPPING AND CHEERING, PLEASE. [Captioner] 19:26:41 >> HELLO, CITY COUNCIL. [Captioner] 19:26:42 THANK YOU FOR HEARING ME AGAIN. [Captioner] 19:26:44 I LAST CAME A LITTLE WHILE AGO [Captioner] 19:26:47 ABOUT THE RV ENCAMPMENTS OUT OF [Captioner] 19:26:48 FREMONT BUSINESS PARK ON CHRISTY [Captioner] 19:26:50 AND I TOLD YOU ABOUT THE HORRORS [Captioner] 19:26:51 OF THEM FOLLOWING THE PREGNANT [Captioner] 19:26:52 WOMEN INTO THE RESTROOMS, [Captioner] 19:26:55 LIGHTING THE CARS ON FIRE, [Captioner] 19:26:56 STEALING POWER. [Captioner] 19:26:58 SINCE THEN, WE HAD ANOTHER ONE [Captioner] 19:26:59 SMASH A LOCKBOX AND TAKE OUR [Captioner] 19:27:01 MASTER KEY, WHICH NOW WE HAVE TO [Captioner] 19:27:05 RE KEY THE WHOLE PLACE. [Captioner] 19:27:08 SINCE YOU GUYS TOOK ACTION I'VE [Captioner] 19:27:10 SPOKEN TO A NUMBER OF TENANTS [Captioner] 19:27:11 AND THEY FEEL VERY RELIEVED. [Captioner] 19:27:13 I KNOW IT'S JUST THE FIRST STEP [Captioner] 19:27:15 BUT THANK YOU FOR AT LEAST [Captioner] 19:27:17 TAKING A STEP IN PROVIDING [Captioner] 19:27:17 SAFETY FOR EVERYONE AROUND. [Captioner] 19:27:19 OTHER THAN THAT, JUST THANK YOU [Captioner] 19:27:19 VERY MUCH. [Captioner] 19:27:35 MY NAME [Captioner] 19:27:38 IS LEE, I WAS HERE WITH MARK A [Captioner] 19:27:39 FEW WEEKS AGO. [Captioner] 19:27:42 WE HAVE A PROBLEM AND WE [Captioner] 19:27:43 APPRECIATE THE EFFORTS THAT [Captioner] 19:27:45 YOU'VE BEEN PUTTING FORWARD TO [Captioner] 19:27:46 CORRECT IT. [Captioner] 19:27:49 WE TRY TO SHOW SPACE AND BRING [Captioner] 19:27:52 BUSINESS TO FREMONT INTO OUR [Captioner] 19:27:52 BUILDINGS. [Captioner] 19:27:54 AND OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, IT [Captioner] 19:27:56 BEEN VERY DIFFICULT TO SAY THE [Captioner] 19:27:59 LEAST WITH THE SHOWINGS THAT [Captioner] 19:28:00 PEOPLE COME DOWN THE STREETS, [Captioner] 19:28:02 THEY DON'T WANT TO STAY. [Captioner] 19:28:05 AND IT'S UNFORTUNATE BUT WE NEED [Captioner] 19:28:08 TO HAVE A BETTER SOLUTION TO NOT [Captioner] 19:28:11 HAVE THE SAFETY AND HAVE AN [Captioner] 19:28:13 EASIER PLACE TO SURVIVE WHEN [Captioner] 19:28:18 YOU'RE DOING BUSINESS IN FREMONT [Captioner] 19:28:19 AND IT'S JUST A NATURAL THING. [Captioner] 19:28:21 SO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE [Captioner] 19:28:22 HELP THAT YOU'VE DONE SO FAR. [Captioner] 19:28:23 THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:28:39 >> GOOD EVENING, COUNCILMEMBERS [Captioner] 19:28:40 AN MAYOR. [Captioner] 19:28:44 I'M VINCENT HU, REPRESENTING MY [Captioner] 19:28:47 COMPANY, OWNER FOR FREMONT [Captioner] 19:28:47 BUSINESS PARK. [Captioner] 19:28:51 WE HAVE SIX OR SEVEN -- USED TO [Captioner] 19:28:53 BE SIX OR SEVEN RVs NEXT TO OUR [Captioner] 19:28:55 BUILDINGS, NOW DOWN TO TWO, AND [Captioner] 19:28:56 BY THE WAY, I JUST TALKED TO ONE [Captioner] 19:28:59 OF THE HOMELESS WHO OWNS THOSE [Captioner] 19:29:02 TWO RVs, ONE OF THEM IS JUST [Captioner] 19:29:02 LIKE STORAGE. [Captioner] 19:29:05 AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE [Captioner] 19:29:08 COUNCILMEMBERS TAKING ACTIONS [Captioner] 19:29:10 DOING THIS CAMPING BAN. [Captioner] 19:29:14 IT COST US A LIST OF 60% OFF [Captioner] 19:29:17 VACANCY, WE LOST ABOUT 45 [Captioner] 19:29:19 TENANTS, WHICH MEANS THERE MIGHT [Captioner] 19:29:22 BE SOME LOCAL BUSINESS LOST [Captioner] 19:29:23 THEIR EMPLOYEES, THEY MIGHT BE [Captioner] 19:29:24 THE NEXT HOMELESS. [Captioner] 19:29:25 IT'S POSSIBLE. [Captioner] 19:29:27 I'M NOT JUST SAYING GUARANTEE IT [Captioner] 19:29:28 BUT IT'S POSSIBLE AND IT'S COST [Captioner] 19:29:32 A LOT OF MONEY, TAX [Captioner] 19:29:36 LOSS, IT'S A LOSE-LOSE [Captioner] 19:29:36 SITUATION. [Captioner] 19:29:38 I'M HERE TO SUPPORT CAMPING [Captioner] 19:29:38 BAN. [Captioner] 19:29:46 >> SINDARI. [Captioner] 19:29:48 >> GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. [Captioner] 19:29:50 I'M A RESIDENT. [Captioner] 19:29:53 I'M HERE TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF [Captioner] 19:29:54 CITYWIDE CAMPING BAN. [Captioner] 19:29:56 THIS BAN ENSURES OUR PUBLIC [Captioner] 19:29:59 SPACE REMAINS SAFE AND WELCOMING [Captioner] 19:30:00 FOR EVERYONE. [Captioner] 19:30:03 TENTS, ENCAMPMENTS EVERYWHERE IN [Captioner] 19:30:04 FREMONT, THAT AFFECTS THE PUBLIC [Captioner] 19:30:07 SAFETY IN A BIGGER PICTURE. [Captioner] 19:30:10 THIS ISSUE HAS IMPACTED MANY [Captioner] 19:30:11 SMALL BUSINESS, MANY OF THEM [Captioner] 19:30:15 ALREADY LEAVING THE FREMONT, I [Captioner] 19:30:17 SEE EMPTY PLACES IN FREMONT. [Captioner] 19:30:20 IT GIVES A BIGGER PICTURE AND [Captioner] 19:30:22 FAMILY AVOIDING PUBLIC SPACES [Captioner] 19:30:24 LIKE LIBRARIES AND OTHER PUBLIC [Captioner] 19:30:27 PARKS AND RECREATION HAS BEEN [Captioner] 19:30:28 AFFECTED IN THE BIGGER PICTURE. [Captioner] 19:30:31 PLEASE RE-THINK AND SUPPORT THIS [Captioner] 19:30:33 -- I SUPPORT THIS BAN AND PUT [Captioner] 19:30:39 THE PUBLIC'S SAFETY AND RESTORE [Captioner] 19:30:39 ORDER OF THE FREMONT. [Captioner] 19:30:43 FREMONT IS FOR EVERYONE, NOT [Captioner] 19:30:45 ONLY THE HOMELESS PEOPLE. [Captioner] 19:30:45 THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:30:52 >> HI, EVERYONE. [Captioner] 19:30:54 I DON'T SPEAK PRETTY GOOD [Captioner] 19:30:58 ENGLISH BUT I AM -- FOR 30 YEARS [Captioner] 19:31:00 BUT RIGHT NOW THE SITUATION [Captioner] 19:31:02 BEING HOMELESS, I'M LIVING IN AN [Captioner] 19:31:03 RV BUT I DON'T BE A CRIMINAL. [Captioner] 19:31:06 I THINK CRIMINALS IS NO USE IN [Captioner] 19:31:06 RVs. [Captioner] 19:31:09 CRIMINAL IS ALL AROUND IN THE [Captioner] 19:31:09 WORLD. [Captioner] 19:31:15 IT IS -- A LOT OF PEOPLE FOR [Captioner] 19:31:18 EVERYWHERE, BUT CRIMINAL IS [Captioner] 19:31:18 EVERYWHERE. [Captioner] 19:31:20 AROUND ME, LEAVING A LOT OF [Captioner] 19:31:23 PEOPLE WITH A FAMILY, WE SAID [Captioner] 19:31:25 WE'LL DO IT, THE CITY, WE THE [Captioner] 19:31:25 PEOPLE. [Captioner] 19:31:29 WE WANT A SOLUTION. [Captioner] 19:31:29 PLEASE. [Captioner] 19:31:33 SO GIVE GOOD SOLUTION. [Captioner] 19:31:35 WE ARE NO CRIMINALS. [Captioner] 19:31:38 JUST PEOPLE -- WE WANT A GOOD [Captioner] 19:31:38 OPPORTUNITY IN THE LIFE. [Captioner] 19:31:39 I WORK EVERY DAY. [Captioner] 19:31:41 I DON'T BE A CRIMINAL. [Captioner] 19:31:42 THANKS. [Captioner] 19:31:54 >> GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. [Captioner] 19:31:55 MY NAME IS MONICA. [Captioner] 19:31:58 I USED TO HAVE A BUSINESS IN [Captioner] 19:31:59 UNION CITY. [Captioner] 19:32:01 UNFORTUNATELY AFTER PANDEMIC [Captioner] 19:32:04 HIT, I WAS LEFT WITH NOTHING AND [Captioner] 19:32:04 THEN IN THE STREETS. [Captioner] 19:32:08 LIKE MY NEIGHBOR BEFORE, [Captioner] 19:32:13 ANTONIO, I LIVE IN AN RV [Captioner] 19:32:14 AND I AM NOT A CRIMINAL. [Captioner] 19:32:16 I THINK THE CITY COUNCIL, THE [Captioner] 19:32:18 MAYOR HAS TO CONSIDER THAT NOT [Captioner] 19:32:19 EVERYONE THAT LIVES IN RVs ARE [Captioner] 19:32:19 CRIMINAL. [Captioner] 19:32:21 YOU NEED TO SEPARATE THE KIND OF [Captioner] 19:32:21 PEOPLE THAT YOU HAVE. [Captioner] 19:32:23 AND AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE BACK, [Captioner] 19:32:25 THERE ARE FAMILIES RIGHT THERE. [Captioner] 19:32:27 THERE ARE FAMILIES WITH THEIR [Captioner] 19:32:28 CHILDREN THAT LIVE IN RVs [Captioner] 19:32:31 BECAUSE THAT'S ALL THAT THEY CAN [Captioner] 19:32:31 AFFORD. [Captioner] 19:32:33 NOT EVERYBODY WORKS FOR FACEBOOK [Captioner] 19:32:35 OR A GOOGLE OR MAKES THOUSANDS [Captioner] 19:32:38 OF HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS A YEAR. [Captioner] 19:32:41 EVERYBODY HERE TRIES TO DO A [Captioner] 19:32:42 LIVING AND CAME TO UNITED STATES [Captioner] 19:32:45 FOR THE SAME OPPORTUNITIES THAT [Captioner] 19:32:47 YOU COUNCILMEMBERS AND THE MAYOR [Captioner] 19:32:47 CAME FOR. [Captioner] 19:32:49 THAT'S WHAT YOU SAID IN YOUR [Captioner] 19:32:53 NICE WORDS IN YOUR -- GOOGLE ON [Captioner] 19:32:54 YOUR PAGE, THAT YOU CAME AND [Captioner] 19:32:56 YOU'RE VERY GRATEFUL FOR UNITED [Captioner] 19:32:56 STATES. [Captioner] 19:33:01 WE ALSO CAME -- [Captioner] 19:33:09 >> HELLO. [Captioner] 19:33:10 MY NAME IS GREG. [Captioner] 19:33:14 MY FAMILY HAS BEEN LONG TIME [Captioner] 19:33:16 RESIDENTS OF FREMONT SINCE THE [Captioner] 19:33:17 80s. [Captioner] 19:33:21 MY HOUSING SITUATION CHANGED [Captioner] 19:33:23 WHEN THEY WERE EVICTED FROM [Captioner] 19:33:26 THEIR HOUSE THAT WAS KIND OF [Captioner] 19:33:27 SOLD OUT FROM UNDERNEATH THEM. [Captioner] 19:33:36 I, TOO, WAS LEFT HOMELESS AFTER [Captioner] 19:33:39 THE PANDEMIC, ENDED UP IN AN [Captioner] 19:33:43 RV, AND I'VE HAD TO MOVE EIGHT [Captioner] 19:33:43 TIMES. [Captioner] 19:33:47 I TRY TO GO WHERE THERE'S NOT [Captioner] 19:33:49 OTHER PEOPLE, WHERE I'M NOT [Captioner] 19:33:49 CAUSING PROBLEMS. [Captioner] 19:33:51 I SWEEP THE STREET, I SWEEP THE [Captioner] 19:33:54 SIDEWALK, I TAKE CARE OF MY [Captioner] 19:33:55 GARBAGE, I'M NOT A CRIMINAL, I [Captioner] 19:33:56 DON'T CAUSE PROBLEMS FOR [Captioner] 19:33:56 ANYBODY. [Captioner] 19:34:00 I'D LIKE FOR YOU GUYS TO TRY AND [Captioner] 19:34:00 FIND SOLUTIONS. [Captioner] 19:34:02 PEOPLE ARE DOING THEIR BEST. [Captioner] 19:34:03 THEY'RE GETTING RVs. [Captioner] 19:34:07 CAN WE NOT HAVE PLACES FOR [Captioner] 19:34:10 PEOPLE TO PARK RVs SAFELY? [Captioner] 19:34:12 >> Ms. Gauthier: MAYOR, THAT IS [Captioner] 19:34:15 THE END OF THE 30-MINUTE TIME [Captioner] 19:34:15 PERIOD. [Captioner] 19:34:17 WE HAVE FIVE MORE SPEAKERS IF [Captioner] 19:34:20 YOU'D LIKE TO CONTINUE WITH -- [Captioner] 19:34:20 >> Mayor Salwan: LET'S GO AHEAD [Captioner] 19:34:21 WITH THE FIVE. [Captioner] 19:34:22 >> Ms. Gauthier: THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:34:27 SALEEM [Captioner] 19:34:30 MASTON, RICHARD. [Captioner] 19:34:35 >> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND THE [Captioner] 19:34:35 COUNCILMEMBERS. [Captioner] 19:34:41 THE PRIEST SAID SOMETHING VERY [Captioner] 19:34:41 COMPASSIONATE. [Captioner] 19:34:45 ALL RELIGIONS WANT TO DO GOOD. [Captioner] 19:34:46 WE HAVE BEEN FEEDING THE [Captioner] 19:34:48 HOMELESS FOR THE LAST FOUR [Captioner] 19:34:51 YEARS, AND WE ARE FACE-TO-FACE [Captioner] 19:34:53 WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE HUNGRY AND [Captioner] 19:34:55 WHO LIVE IN CAMPS AND RVs AND [Captioner] 19:34:57 ALL OF THAT. [Captioner] 19:35:02 WE LIVE IN AN AREA THAT HAS [Captioner] 19:35:05 NVIDIA, APPLE, TESLA, ALL THESE [Captioner] 19:35:06 BILLION DOLLAR COMPANIES. [Captioner] 19:35:09 FORM A TASK FORCE, GET THE FUNDS [Captioner] 19:35:13 FROM THESE COMPANIES, BUILD [Captioner] 19:35:15 SHELTERS, BUILD LOW-COST [Captioner] 19:35:17 HOUSING, BUILD SPACES WHERE THE [Captioner] 19:35:18 RVs CAN BE MOVED. [Captioner] 19:35:21 PRACTICAL STEPS ARE NEEDED. [Captioner] 19:35:27 JUST TWIRLING OF THE THUMBS [Captioner] 19:35:27 MEANS NOTHING. [Captioner] 19:35:29 MEETING AFTER MEETING AFTER [Captioner] 19:35:29 MEETING HAS NO RESULTS. [Captioner] 19:35:31 PEOPLE ARE ANGRY, PEOPLE ARE [Captioner] 19:35:31 UPSET. [Captioner] 19:35:32 DO WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE. [Captioner] 19:35:33 THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:35:46 >> RICHARD GODFREY FROM NILES [Captioner] 19:35:46 DISTRICT. [Captioner] 19:35:47 THANK YOU, MAYOR AND CITY [Captioner] 19:35:47 COUNCIL. [Captioner] 19:35:52 THE PILLARS OF OUR COUNTRY ARE [Captioner] 19:35:55 LIBERTY, FREEDOM, AND JUSTICE. [Captioner] 19:35:59 AND THOSE PILLARS ARE LIKE A [Captioner] 19:36:02 THREE-LEGGED STOOL THAT HOLDS UP [Captioner] 19:36:03 THE BASIC STRENGTH OF OUR [Captioner] 19:36:04 SOCIETY. [Captioner] 19:36:07 AND THE GLUE THAT HOLDS THOSE [Captioner] 19:36:09 PILLARS, THOSE PARTS OF THAT [Captioner] 19:36:10 STOOL, IS COMPASSION. [Captioner] 19:36:13 THERE ARE SOME THAT THINK [Captioner] 19:36:14 COMPASSION IS WEAKNESS. [Captioner] 19:36:18 I THINK WE ALL UNDERSTAND THAT [Captioner] 19:36:19 COMPASSION IS STRENGTH, AND I [Captioner] 19:36:22 THINK WITH MORE TIME AND [Captioner] 19:36:23 OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT THE NEEDS [Captioner] 19:36:25 OF THE CITY OF FREMONT, YOU WILL [Captioner] 19:36:27 DO MUCH MORE TO SOLVE THESE [Captioner] 19:36:30 PROBLEMS WHEN YOU INCLUDE THE [Captioner] 19:36:31 PHENOMENAL PASSION THAT COMES [Captioner] 19:36:34 FROM THE PEOPLE THAT WE SEE HERE [Captioner] 19:36:34 TODAY. [Captioner] 19:36:35 I THANK YOU FOR THE WORK AND THE [Captioner] 19:36:36 SERVICE THAT YOU DO. [Captioner] 19:36:45 >> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, [Captioner] 19:36:45 COUNCILMEMBERS. [Captioner] 19:36:48 MY NAME IS VIVIAN JUAN, CHIEF [Captioner] 19:36:50 EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF ABODE [Captioner] 19:36:51 SERVICES, LONG TIME FREMONT [Captioner] 19:36:52 CITIZEN AS WELL, RESIDENT. [Captioner] 19:36:54 FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR [Captioner] 19:36:55 SLOWING THIS DOWN. [Captioner] 19:36:56 YOU COULD HAVE BROUGHT THIS TO [Captioner] 19:36:57 THE COUNCIL TO VOTE TONIGHT AND [Captioner] 19:36:59 I APPRECIATE YOU TAKING A MINUTE [Captioner] 19:37:00 AND HEARING FROM FOLKS. [Captioner] 19:37:05 IT CLEAR TO ME THAT WE ALL WANT [Captioner] 19:37:06 A MAGIC WAND. [Captioner] 19:37:08 WE ALL WANT TO END [Captioner] 19:37:08 HOMELESSNESS. [Captioner] 19:37:10 BUT YOU ARE SELLING A BILL OF [Captioner] 19:37:13 GOODS THAT'S FALSE TO EVERYONE [Captioner] 19:37:13 HERE. [Captioner] 19:37:17 THIS BAN WILL NOT SOLVE THE [Captioner] 19:37:17 CRISIS. [Captioner] 19:37:19 AND IT'S CLEAR TO ME THAT THE [Captioner] 19:37:20 CITY OF FREMONT DOESN'T REALLY [Captioner] 19:37:21 WANT TO SOLVE THE CRISIS BECAUSE [Captioner] 19:37:24 IF YOU DID, YOU WOULD HAVE [Captioner] 19:37:26 INCLUDED LEADERS, EXPERTS, LIKE [Captioner] 19:37:30 FROM ABODE, LIKE BACS, LIKE THE [Captioner] 19:37:31 COUNTY, LIKE ANYONE, BUT YOU [Captioner] 19:37:31 DIDN'T. [Captioner] 19:37:34 IT IS CLEAR TO ME THAT YOU WANT [Captioner] 19:37:35 TO MAKE A POLITICAL STATEMENT. [Captioner] 19:37:40 I JUST THINK THAT IF YOU THINK [Captioner] 19:37:41 YOU CAN SOLVE THIS PROBLEM [Captioner] 19:37:42 ALONE, YOU ARE WRONG. [Captioner] 19:37:45 WE ALL KNOW IT GOING TO TAKE US [Captioner] 19:37:46 ALL. [Captioner] 19:37:46 THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:37:53 >> Ms. Gauthier: PADMA FOLLOWED [Captioner] 19:37:55 BY THE LAST SPEAKER, LUNA. [Captioner] 19:37:55 >> GOOD EVENING. [Captioner] 19:37:59 I HAVE MIXED FEELINGS ABOUT THIS [Captioner] 19:38:00 ORDINANCE SO I'LL SPEAK FROM [Captioner] 19:38:01 BOTH SIDES OF MY HEART. [Captioner] 19:38:06 ONE IS THAT I SEE THIS AS A [Captioner] 19:38:07 CLARIFICATION FROM THE CITY ON [Captioner] 19:38:10 HOW YOU MAY UTILIZE THIS AS A [Captioner] 19:38:12 TOOL BASED ON THE CHANGES IN THE [Captioner] 19:38:14 SUPREME COURT RULING AND THAT [Captioner] 19:38:16 YOU'LL BE VERY CAREFUL IN [Captioner] 19:38:19 ENFORCING THEM, AND THESE [Captioner] 19:38:20 CLARIFICATIONS WILL GIVE THE [Captioner] 19:38:22 PUBLIC AS WELL AS OUR COMMUNITY [Captioner] 19:38:24 AN INSIGHT INTO HOW THIS MAY BE [Captioner] 19:38:24 IMPLEMENTED. [Captioner] 19:38:28 AND I ALSO SEE THAT YOU HAVE A [Captioner] 19:38:31 DESCRIPTION ON HOW THE SOURCES [Captioner] 19:38:35 WOULD BE -- IT WILL BE BASED ON [Captioner] 19:38:38 SYSTEMIC -- ENCAMPMENT [Captioner] 19:38:39 CONDITIONS, FEASIBILITY AND [Captioner] 19:38:40 COMMUNITY BENEFIT OF THE [Captioner] 19:38:40 INTERVENTION. [Captioner] 19:38:42 SO I'M HOPEFUL THAT YOU WILL [Captioner] 19:38:44 HOLD TO THAT SPIRIT OF THAT [Captioner] 19:38:44 WORDING. [Captioner] 19:38:46 BUT I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT I'D [Captioner] 19:38:47 LIKE TO SEE MORE IN TERMS OF [Captioner] 19:38:50 SAFE PARKING, ESPECIALLY FOR [Captioner] 19:38:53 SINGLE WOMEN, AND ALSO GIVING [Captioner] 19:38:55 PRIORITY TO VETERANS, DISABLED [Captioner] 19:38:58 IN YOUR PROGRAMS, AND ALSO I [Captioner] 19:39:00 HAVE HELPED ABODE SERVICES AS [Captioner] 19:39:04 WELL, SO WE NEED TO -- [Captioner] 19:39:12 >> Ms. Gauthier: LUNA HAS [Captioner] 19:39:12 TEMPORARILY -- OH, SORRY. [Captioner] 19:39:18 >> Mayor Salwan: WELCOME. [Captioner] 19:39:21 >> MY NAME IS LUNA. [Captioner] 19:39:25 I'M A JUNIOR AT MSJ HIGH SCHOOL, [Captioner] 19:39:25 I'M 17. [Captioner] 19:39:28 TO BE FRANK, COUNCILMEMBER, I'M [Captioner] 19:39:30 FAIRLY DISAPPOINTED BY THE [Captioner] 19:39:31 MAYOR'S SUGGESTION OF THIS [Captioner] 19:39:31 ANTICAMPING BILL. [Captioner] 19:39:37 I THINK VAGRANCY IS A LARGER [Captioner] 19:39:38 PROBLEM WITH POLICY. [Captioner] 19:39:42 I DON'T THINK THE WAY TO SOLVE [Captioner] 19:39:45 IT IS BY HURTING THE PEOPLE [Captioner] 19:39:48 AFFECTED BY POOR DECISION-MAKING [Captioner] 19:39:53 AND POSSIBLY CORRUPTION, AND I [Captioner] 19:39:57 BELIEVE THAT IF YOU ARE TO -- IF [Captioner] 19:40:01 YOU ARE TO DO THIS, IT'S NOT [Captioner] 19:40:06 JUST VAGRANTS, BUT [Captioner] 19:40:07 IT'S LIKE -- IT GOES WAY BEYOND [Captioner] 19:40:07 THAT. [Captioner] 19:40:09 SOMEONE IN THE BILL, IT DETAILS [Captioner] 19:40:11 EVEN WITH THE PERMISSION OF [Captioner] 19:40:12 SOMEONE WHO OWNS PRIVATE [Captioner] 19:40:14 PROPERTY, THEY CANNOT STAY THERE [Captioner] 19:40:15 FOR LONGER THAN THREE DAYS. [Captioner] 19:40:17 HOW IS THAT REASONABLE? [Captioner] 19:40:19 HOW SHOULD THE PRIVATE PROPERTY [Captioner] 19:40:22 OWNER, IF THEY ALLOW -- [Captioner] 19:40:22 >> Ms. Gauthier: THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:40:23 YOUR TIME IS UP. [Captioner] 19:40:28 THAT WAS THE LAST SPEAKER, [Captioner] 19:40:28 MAYOR. [Captioner] 19:40:29 >> Mayor Salwan: OKAY. [Captioner] 19:40:30 WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH. [Captioner] 19:40:33 THAT CONCLUDES THE ORAL [Captioner] 19:40:34 COMMUNICATION PORTION. [Captioner] 19:40:36 TRULY WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY [Captioner] 19:40:37 FOR COMING OUT, GIVING YOUR [Captioner] 19:40:37 FEEDBACK. [Captioner] 19:40:40 WE APPRECIATE THE PASSION AND [Captioner] 19:40:42 THE ENERGY. [Captioner] 19:40:44 UNFORTUNATELY WE CAN'T TALK [Captioner] 19:40:46 ABOUT THIS ITEM BECAUSE THIS IS [Captioner] 19:40:46 NOT AGENDIZED. [Captioner] 19:40:48 WE WILL HAVE MORE OPPORTUNITIES [Captioner] 19:40:50 FOR YOU GUYS TO WEIGH IN, AND AT [Captioner] 19:40:53 THE FOLLOW-UP MEETING WHEN WE [Captioner] 19:40:54 HAVE AN AGENDA, THEN WE CAN [Captioner] 19:40:54 DISCUSS IN MORE DETAIL. [Captioner] 19:40:56 THANK YOU SO MUCH, AND HOPE [Captioner] 19:40:57 EVERYBODY HAS A GREAT EVENING. [Captioner] 19:40:59 WE'LL HAVE A 10-MINUTE RECESS [Captioner] 19:41:00 BEFORE WE GO TO THE NEXT TOPIC. [Captioner] 19:41:02 THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:41:03 >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: THROUGH [Captioner] 19:41:04 THE MAYOR, BEFORE WE BREAK, [Captioner] 19:41:05 WOULD IT BE ALL RIGHT IF I READ [Captioner] 19:41:06 THE ORDINANCE INTO THE RECORD? [Captioner] 19:41:09 I FAILED TO DO SO AFTER CONSENT [Captioner] 19:41:09 CALENDAR. [Captioner] 19:41:12 THIS IS THE -- [Captioner] 19:41:13 >> Mayor Salwan: FOR THE WARM [Captioner] 19:41:13 SPRINGS, PLEASE. [Captioner] 19:41:15 >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: [Captioner] 19:41:16 TYPICALLY WE READ THE TITLE OF [Captioner] 19:41:17 THE ORDINANCE INTO THE RECORD, [Captioner] 19:41:20 THE COUNCIL VOTED ON 6-0 VOTE [Captioner] 19:41:22 WITH MAYOR SALWAN RECUSING [Captioner] 19:41:23 HIMSELF AND ADOPTED -- EXCUSE ME [Captioner] 19:41:26 -- ADOPTED AN ORDINANCE TITLED [Captioner] 19:41:26 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF [Captioner] 19:41:29 FREMONT AMENDING CHAPTERS OF THE [Captioner] 19:41:32 FREMONT MUNICIPAL CODE TITLE 2 [Captioner] 19:41:35 ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE, [Captioner] 19:41:38 TITLE 8 HEALTH AND SAFETY, TITLE [Captioner] 19:41:39 17 SUBDIVISIONS, TITLE 18 [Captioner] 19:41:41 PLANNING AND ZONING, TO CLARIFY [Captioner] 19:41:43 AND ENHANCE DEFINITIONS, [Captioner] 19:41:45 PROCEDURES AND STANDARDS RELATED [Captioner] 19:41:46 TO DEVELOPMENT AND USE OF [Captioner] 19:41:48 PROPERTY WITHIN THE CITY, AND [Captioner] 19:41:50 IMPLEMENT PROGRAM 35 OF THE [Captioner] 19:41:52 CITY'S 2023 TO 2031 HOUSING [Captioner] 19:41:55 ELEMENT AND MAKE FINDINGS OF [Captioner] 19:41:55 CEQA EXEMPTION. [Captioner] 19:41:57 AND OF COURSE THIS HAS NOTHING [Captioner] 19:41:58 TO DO WITH THE TOPIC THAT WAS [Captioner] 19:42:01 THE SUBJECT MATTER OF PUBLIC [Captioner] 19:42:01 COMMENT. [Captioner] 19:42:03 THIS IS A PLANNING MATTER THAT [Captioner] 19:42:05 THE COUNCIL INTRODUCED AT THE [Captioner] 19:42:05 LAST MEETING. [Captioner] 19:42:06 THANK YOU, MAYOR. [Captioner] 19:42:06 >> Mayor Salwan: THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:42:08 SO 10-MINUTE RECESS. [Captioner] 19:42:08 THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:50:50 [Captioner] 19:52:57 >> Mayor Salwan: IF WE COULD [Captioner] 19:52:59 HAVE ALL OF OUR COUNCILMEMBERS [Captioner] 19:53:00 BACK UP ON THE DAIS. [Captioner] 19:53:02 FOR THOSE FOLKS THAT ARE [Captioner] 19:53:02 LEAVING, THANK YOU SO MUCH. [Captioner] 19:53:05 WE'RE GOING TO GO ON TO OUR NEXT [Captioner] 19:53:05 ITEM. [Captioner] 19:53:06 THANK YOU FOR COMING TODAY. [Captioner] 19:53:09 COUNCILMEMBER ZHANG. [Captioner] 19:53:14 MAY I HAVE YOUR ATTENTION, [Captioner] 19:53:15 PLEASE? [Captioner] 19:53:16 IF YOU'RE NOT PLANNING TO STAY [Captioner] 19:53:18 FOR THIS ITEM, YOU CAN GO INTO [Captioner] 19:53:18 THE LOBBY. [Captioner] 19:53:20 THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:53:25 THANK YOU SO MUCH. [Captioner] 19:53:29 SO THIS ITEM IS ITEM 5A. [Captioner] 19:53:34 IT'S ON THE RENT [Captioner] 19:53:36 REVIEW ORDINANCE, ANNUAL REPORT [Captioner] 19:53:36 AND ADMINISTRATION FEE [Captioner] 19:53:36 ADOPTION. [Captioner] 19:53:40 I'LL BE RECUSING ON THIS ITEM [Captioner] 19:53:41 BECAUSE OF RENTAL PROPERTY. [Captioner] 19:53:46 I'M GOING TO TURN THE MEETING [Captioner] 19:53:49 OVER TO VICE MAYOR DESRIE [Captioner] 19:53:49 CAMPBELL. [Captioner] 19:53:50 >> Vice Mayor Campbell: THANK [Captioner] 19:53:50 YOU, MAYOR SALWAN. [Captioner] 19:53:52 I'M GOING TO OPEN UP THE PUBLIC [Captioner] 19:53:53 HEARING ON THE RENT REVIEW [Captioner] 19:53:54 ORDINANCE. [Captioner] 19:53:57 CLERK, DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS? [Captioner] 19:53:59 I'LL BRING TO THE COUNCIL FIRST [Captioner] 19:54:00 FOR ANY CLARIFYING QUESTIONS. [Captioner] 19:54:01 DO WE HAVE ANY CLARIFYING [Captioner] 19:54:02 QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? [Captioner] 19:54:06 NO? [Captioner] 19:54:10 SEEING NONE, I DO HAVE ONE [Captioner] 19:54:11 LITTLE QUICK CLARIFYING [Captioner] 19:54:11 QUESTION. [Captioner] 19:54:17 THIS ORDINANCE IS FOR FIVE OR [Captioner] 19:54:20 MORE PROPERTIES, AND PER UNIT [Captioner] 19:54:20 OF EACH PROPERTY. [Captioner] 19:54:22 SO IF YOU HAVE 20, YOU HAVE TO [Captioner] 19:54:27 PAY THE FEE FOR ALL 20 [Captioner] 19:54:28 UNITS, IS THAT CORRECT? [Captioner] 19:54:28 >> THAT'S CORRECT. [Captioner] 19:54:30 >> Vice Mayor Campbell: JUST TO [Captioner] 19:54:30 CLARIFY. [Captioner] 19:54:30 OKAY. [Captioner] 19:54:34 DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS ON THIS [Captioner] 19:54:34 ITEM? [Captioner] 19:54:36 >> Ms. Gauthier: WE DO, MADAM [Captioner] 19:54:36 VICE MAYOR. [Captioner] 19:54:40 JOHN HINDS, AND CHUNG. [Captioner] 19:54:41 >> Vice Mayor Campbell: OKAY. [Captioner] 19:54:42 SINCE WE ONLY HAVE TWO, CAN I [Captioner] 19:54:44 GIVE THEM TWO MINUTES EACH, [Captioner] 19:54:44 PLEASE? [Captioner] 19:54:48 >> Ms. Gauthier: MR. HINDS? [Captioner] 19:54:50 >> HELLO, EVERYONE. [Captioner] 19:54:54 FREMONT'S RENT REVIEW ORDINANCE [Captioner] 19:54:56 PASSED IN 2017. [Captioner] 19:54:59 TWO YEARS LATER, STATE GOT INTO [Captioner] 19:55:02 THE ACT WITH AB 1482, WHICH [Captioner] 19:55:03 COVERED SIMILAR GROUND, MUCH [Captioner] 19:55:07 MORE FORCEFULLY, MAKING OUR [Captioner] 19:55:07 PROGRAM LARGELY REDUNDANT. [Captioner] 19:55:10 THERE ARE SOME DIFFERENCES DOWN [Captioner] 19:55:13 IN THE DETAILS, BUT WE SHOULD [Captioner] 19:55:15 ASK HOW MUCH ADDITIONAL BENEFIT [Captioner] 19:55:17 ARE WE GETTING FROM OUR [Captioner] 19:55:18 ADDITIONAL PROGRAM SITTING ON [Captioner] 19:55:19 TOP OF THE STATE'S RULES? [Captioner] 19:55:21 ONE MEASURE OF THAT IS THAT LAST [Captioner] 19:55:25 YEAR, WE HAD 37 REQUESTS FOR [Captioner] 19:55:25 REVIEW. [Captioner] 19:55:29 THAT'S NOT VERY MANY, AND IT [Captioner] 19:55:30 INDICATES THAT WE'RE NOT GETTING [Captioner] 19:55:32 A LOT OF ADDITIONAL BENEFIT THAT [Captioner] 19:55:35 OUR PROGRAM IS LARGELY [Captioner] 19:55:36 SUPERFLUOUS, OR MADE THAT WAY BY [Captioner] 19:55:37 THE STATE'S SIMILAR PROGRAM. [Captioner] 19:55:39 BUT IT COMES AT A COST. [Captioner] 19:55:44 WE CHARGE LANDLORDS $14 A [Captioner] 19:55:46 YEAR PER UNIT AND BY NOW, WE [Captioner] 19:55:48 CAN FIGURE THE LANDLORDING ARE [Captioner] 19:55:49 PASSING THE COST ALONG TO [Captioner] 19:55:51 TENANTS SO WE'RE CHARGING ALMOST [Captioner] 19:55:52 ALL TENANTS HERE THE COST OF A [Captioner] 19:55:54 HOME COOKED MEAL FOR A SERVICE [Captioner] 19:55:56 THAT ONLY 37 PEOPLE HAVE ASKED [Captioner] 19:55:56 FOR. [Captioner] 19:56:00 THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION NOW IS [Captioner] 19:56:02 TO INCREASE THAT ANNUAL FEE FROM [Captioner] 19:56:05 $14 TO $16, WHICH IS A 14% [Captioner] 19:56:06 INCREASE, AND THAT SUGGESTS THAT [Captioner] 19:56:08 WE'RE HAVING SOME CHALLENGES [Captioner] 19:56:10 MANNING THE COST OF [Captioner] 19:56:13 ADMINISTRATING THIS PROGRAM, [Captioner] 19:56:15 EVEN WITH JUST 37 CASES A YEAR. [Captioner] 19:56:17 SO WE COULD JUST CONTINUE DOWN [Captioner] 19:56:20 THIS PATH AND RAISE THE RATES, [Captioner] 19:56:22 BUT I SUGGEST WE CONSIDER [Captioner] 19:56:24 INSTEAD THAT THE STATE HAS [Captioner] 19:56:26 BASICALLY TAKEN OVER THIS SPACE [Captioner] 19:56:29 AND OUR ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTION [Captioner] 19:56:30 TO IT ISN'T ENOUGH TO BOTHER [Captioner] 19:56:30 WITH. [Captioner] 19:56:35 WE COULD JUST REPEAL OUR RENT [Captioner] 19:56:36 REVIEW ORDINANCE FROM LAST TIME [Captioner] 19:56:37 AROUND, LET THE STATE TAKE CARE [Captioner] 19:56:39 OF IT AND WE MOVE ON TO OTHER [Captioner] 19:56:39 THINGS. [Captioner] 19:56:39 THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:56:52 >> SO I WANT TO [Captioner] 19:56:53 CONCUR WITH WHAT JOHN JUST [Captioner] 19:56:53 SAID. [Captioner] 19:56:56 THE RENT REVIEW PROGRAM HAS BEEN [Captioner] 19:56:56 SUCCESSFUL. [Captioner] 19:57:01 SINCE 2017 THAT HAS RESOLVED A [Captioner] 19:57:02 SMALL NUMBER OF CASES THAT [Captioner] 19:57:04 ACTUALLY CAME TO THE RENT REVIEW [Captioner] 19:57:05 BOARD, BUT WE HAVE TO ASK [Captioner] 19:57:07 OURSELF THAT DO WE REALLY HAVE A [Captioner] 19:57:08 RENTAL PROBLEM IN FREMONT. [Captioner] 19:57:13 AND IF WE FEEL [Captioner] 19:57:14 THAT THEY STILL WANT TO HAVE [Captioner] 19:57:17 IT, KEEP IT AS IS, BUT IF WE [Captioner] 19:57:18 THINK THAT'S NOT COST-EFFECTIVE, [Captioner] 19:57:20 THEN IT'S REALLY TIME TO [Captioner] 19:57:23 CONSIDER JUST LETTING IT GO AND [Captioner] 19:57:24 UTILIZING THE MECHANISM THAT THE [Captioner] 19:57:27 STATE HAS ALREADY IMPLEMENTED TO [Captioner] 19:57:29 ADDRESS THE RENTAL MARKET [Captioner] 19:57:29 PROBLEM. [Captioner] 19:57:30 SO THAT'S MY COMMENT. [Captioner] 19:57:31 THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:57:33 >> Vice Mayor Campbell: THANK [Captioner] 19:57:33 YOU. [Captioner] 19:57:34 >> Ms. Gauthier: THAT'S THE LAST [Captioner] 19:57:34 SPEAKER. [Captioner] 19:57:36 >> Vice Mayor Campbell: OKAY, [Captioner] 19:57:37 THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:57:39 DID YOU -- YOU DIDN'T -- I [Captioner] 19:57:39 DIDN'T SEE A PRESENTATION. [Captioner] 19:57:40 I'M SORRY. [Captioner] 19:57:42 IF THERE WAS ONE. [Captioner] 19:57:43 THERE IS NO PRESENTATION? [Captioner] 19:57:43 OKAY. [Captioner] 19:57:44 THANK YOU. [Captioner] 19:57:47 SO I CAN BRING THIS BACK TO THE [Captioner] 19:57:49 COUNCIL FOR COMMENTS OR [Captioner] 19:57:49 QUESTIONS. [Captioner] 19:57:52 I DON'T HAVE THE BOARD IN FRONT [Captioner] 19:57:53 OF ME SO YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO [Captioner] 19:57:55 RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU HAVE [Captioner] 19:57:56 SOMETHING YOU'D LIKE TO ADD. [Captioner] 19:58:02 OKAY, COUNCILMEMBER SHAO. [Captioner] 19:58:04 >> Councilmember Shao: THANK [Captioner] 19:58:05 YOU, VICE MAYOR CAMPBELL. [Captioner] 19:58:09 I BELIEVE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE [Captioner] 19:58:11 SHOWN THAT THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN [Captioner] 19:58:15 VERY SUCCESSFUL INSTEAD OF RENT [Captioner] 19:58:18 CONTROL AND OTHER MECHANISMS [Captioner] 19:58:19 ADOPTED BY OTHER CITIES. [Captioner] 19:58:24 SO SINCE IT'S WORKING AND [Captioner] 19:58:26 IT'S ONLY -- THE FEE ONLY [Captioner] 19:58:30 APPLIES TO LIKE A LARGE [Captioner] 19:58:34 SCALE PROPERTY OWNERS, THEN I [Captioner] 19:58:37 FEEL THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO [Captioner] 19:58:40 HAVE THIS, IF IT WORKS, WHY FIX [Captioner] 19:58:40 IT. [Captioner] 19:58:43 IN TERMS OF THE $2 INCREASE FROM [Captioner] 19:58:47 $14 TO $16, I BELIEVE IT IS [Captioner] 19:58:50 CATCHING UP WITH THE INFLATION, [Captioner] 19:58:52 THE CPI, SO I THINK IT'S [Captioner] 19:58:52 REASONABLE. [Captioner] 19:58:54 SO I'M SUPPORTIVE. [Captioner] 19:58:56 >> Vice Mayor Campbell: THANK [Captioner] 19:58:56 YOU. [Captioner] 19:58:59 COUNCILMEMBER ZHANG? [Captioner] 19:59:02 >> Councilmember Zhang: THANK [Captioner] 19:59:02 YOU. [Captioner] 19:59:05 MY QUESTION IS THE 27 CASES, AND [Captioner] 19:59:10 I SEE THAT THERE IS MEDIATION, [Captioner] 19:59:13 WHICH WORKS AND PROVIDES [Captioner] 19:59:15 SOLUTION, I THINK WE JUST [Captioner] 19:59:16 RE-ADJUSTED INCREASE FROM, I [Captioner] 19:59:18 DON'T KNOW, LIKE A LARGE AMOUNT, [Captioner] 19:59:21 OVER 10%, DROPPED TO HALF OR [Captioner] 19:59:21 SOMETHING. [Captioner] 19:59:26 SO I FEEL LIKE THE MEDIATION IS [Captioner] 19:59:29 REALLY A VEHICLE TO HELP BOTH [Captioner] 19:59:32 PARTIES TO KIND OF HAVE A [Captioner] 19:59:38 DISCUSSION, AND TO DEBATE THIS [Captioner] 19:59:40 CONFLICT, AND ALSO I FEEL LIKE [Captioner] 19:59:43 FREMONT IS THE CITY WHICH [Captioner] 19:59:45 CHARGED THE LEAST AMOUNT OF [Captioner] 19:59:47 RENTAL PER UNIT FEE AND SOME [Captioner] 19:59:48 OTHER CITIES CHARGE, I DON'T [Captioner] 19:59:48 KNOW, A LOT. [Captioner] 19:59:51 I THINK ALAMEDA CITY CHARGED [Captioner] 19:59:51 OVER A HUNDRED. [Captioner] 19:59:55 AND SOME OTHER CITIES ARE A [Captioner] 19:59:55 LOT. [Captioner] 19:59:59 SO I FEEL THAT WITH THIS $14, [Captioner] 20:00:03 $16, IT'S A GREAT BENEFIT FOR [Captioner] 20:00:04 HOMEOWNER AND RENTERS FOR THEM [Captioner] 20:00:09 TO HAVE A PLACE TO DISCUSS AND [Captioner] 20:00:10 TO COMMUNICATE. [Captioner] 20:00:12 SO I WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE TO [Captioner] 20:00:13 SEE THE PROGRAM CONTINUE. [Captioner] 20:00:18 >> Vice Mayor Campbell: THANK [Captioner] 20:00:18 YOU. [Captioner] 20:00:19 COUNCILMEMBER KENG. [Captioner] 20:00:20 >> Councilmember Keng: THANK [Captioner] 20:00:21 YOU, VICE MAYOR. [Captioner] 20:00:24 THANK YOU FOR THE REPORT OF THE [Captioner] 20:00:25 LAST YEAR'S SUMMARY, AND IT WAS [Captioner] 20:00:28 GOOD TO SEE THAT SOME OF THE [Captioner] 20:00:31 TENANTS THAT ARE HAVING ISSUES [Captioner] 20:00:32 WITH THEIR -- THE RENT INCREASE [Captioner] 20:00:37 CAME TO THE BOARD AND GOT THEIR [Captioner] 20:00:41 KIND OF -- GOT A REDUCTION OF [Captioner] 20:00:44 THE INCREASE, AND I KNOW THAT [Captioner] 20:00:46 SOMETIMES WHEN -- EVEN IF THE [Captioner] 20:00:47 LAND LORD HAS AN INCREASE FOR [Captioner] 20:00:50 MAYBE A FEW YEARS, BUT IF THEY [Captioner] 20:00:52 HAVE -- YOU KNOW, LIKE 2 OR $300 [Captioner] 20:00:54 INCREASE AT ONE TIME AND WITHOUT [Captioner] 20:00:55 NOTICE, IT COULD BE DIFFICULT. [Captioner] 20:00:58 SO I'M GLAD TO SEE THE RENT [Captioner] 20:01:00 REVIEW BOARD CONTINUE TO SERVE [Captioner] 20:01:03 ITS FUNCTION AND I THINK THE $16 [Captioner] 20:01:06 FEE IS PRETTY MINIMAL [Captioner] 20:01:09 CONSIDERING THE RENT THAT MOST [Captioner] 20:01:10 LANDLORDS ARE CHARGING PER [Captioner] 20:01:12 MONTH, SO I'M HAPPY TO CONTINUE [Captioner] 20:01:12 TO SUPPORT. [Captioner] 20:01:12 THANK YOU. [Captioner] 20:01:16 >> Vice Mayor Campbell: THANK [Captioner] 20:01:16 YOU. [Captioner] 20:01:19 TRUSTEE -- I KEEP DOING THAT. [Captioner] 20:01:21 COUNCILMEMBER LIU? [Captioner] 20:01:22 >> Councilmember Liu: THANK YOU, [Captioner] 20:01:23 VICE MAYOR. [Captioner] 20:01:26 I'D JUST LIKE TO ECHO, I AGREE [Captioner] 20:01:27 WITH MOST OF MY COLLEAGUES' [Captioner] 20:01:27 THOUGHT ON THIS. [Captioner] 20:01:30 THIS IS A REALLY NICE PROGRAM TO [Captioner] 20:01:33 HAVE AS A LAST RESORT TO RESOLVE [Captioner] 20:01:35 DISPUTES BETWEEN LAND OWNERS AND [Captioner] 20:01:35 RENTERS. [Captioner] 20:01:36 OF COURSE LIKE AS MENTIONED IN [Captioner] 20:01:38 THE REPORT, WE WOULD LOVE FOR [Captioner] 20:01:39 THEM TO COME TO AN AGREEMENT [Captioner] 20:01:40 THEMSELVES, BUT IF THEY'RE NOT [Captioner] 20:01:42 ABLE TO, THEN THIS PROVIDES A [Captioner] 20:01:43 LAST RESORT FOR THEM, YOU KNOW. [Captioner] 20:01:45 I OOO DEALLY THE CASES THAT [Captioner] 20:01:47 SHOULD BE LOW, RIGHT, IDEALLY WE [Captioner] 20:01:48 SHOULD HAVE THEM RESOLVE IT [Captioner] 20:01:49 PEACEFULLY BY THEMSELVES, ONLY [Captioner] 20:01:51 COME TO US AS A LAST RESORT. [Captioner] 20:01:52 AND AGAIN WITH THIS FEE, YOU [Captioner] 20:01:54 KNOW, I DON'T THINK IT'S [Captioner] 20:01:54 EXORBITANT. [Captioner] 20:01:59 $16, LIKE, YOU [Captioner] 20:02:02 KNOW, EVEN IN AND OUT COSTS [Captioner] 20:02:03 THAT MUCH THESE DAYS, SO THIS IS [Captioner] 20:02:04 A FEE TO FUND SOMETHING NICE AND [Captioner] 20:02:05 IT'S HELPED PEOPLE IN THE PAST [Captioner] 20:02:07 AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT [Captioner] 20:02:08 CONTINUE HELP HEPING PEOPLE IN [Captioner] 20:02:09 THE FUTURE AS WELL. [Captioner] 20:02:09 THANK YOU. [Captioner] 20:02:10 >> Vice Mayor Campbell: THANK [Captioner] 20:02:11 YOU, COUNCILMEMBER. [Captioner] 20:02:12 COUNCILMEMBER KIMBERLIN. [Captioner] 20:02:14 >> Councilmember Kimberlin: YES, [Captioner] 20:02:16 I ALSO THINK THIS IS -- THIS IS [Captioner] 20:02:16 APPROPRIATE. [Captioner] 20:02:18 WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY HERE WHO [Captioner] 20:02:21 IS SAYING THIS IS HORRIBLE, THIS [Captioner] 20:02:23 IS AWFUL, AND THERE ARE BROKEN [Captioner] 20:02:23 PIECES TO THIS. [Captioner] 20:02:25 I DO LOVE THE REPORT THAT SHOWS [Captioner] 20:02:26 THE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN [Captioner] 20:02:27 SATISFIED AND THE COMPROMISES [Captioner] 20:02:29 THAT HAVE COME UP THROUGH THIS [Captioner] 20:02:29 PROCESS. [Captioner] 20:02:33 AND AS WELL THE AMENDMENT TO [Captioner] 20:02:35 CONFORM WITH STATE LAW AND THE [Captioner] 20:02:36 OTHER PART OF IT IS IMPORTANT, [Captioner] 20:02:38 SO I SEE THIS AS A GOOD PLAN. [Captioner] 20:02:39 THANK YOU. [Captioner] 20:02:41 >> Vice Mayor Campbell: THANK [Captioner] 20:02:41 YOU. [Captioner] 20:02:44 I ECHO EVERYTHING THAT EVERYONE [Captioner] 20:02:46 SAID SO I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING [Captioner] 20:02:47 REALLY TO ADD. [Captioner] 20:02:50 SO SEEING -- OH. [Captioner] 20:02:50 >> Councilmember Shao: I WOULD [Captioner] 20:02:51 LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION. [Captioner] 20:02:52 >> Vice Mayor Campbell: OKAY. [Captioner] 20:02:54 AND A SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER [Captioner] 20:02:54 ZHANG. [Captioner] 20:03:00 MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER SHAO, [Captioner] 20:03:01 SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER ZHANG. [Captioner] 20:03:04 PLEASE VOTE. [Captioner] 20:03:16 THE MOTION PASSES WITH MAYOR [Captioner] 20:03:17 SALWAN ABSTAINING. [Captioner] 20:03:20 SO NOW WE'LL LET HIM COME BACK [Captioner] 20:03:20 AND RESUME THE MEETING. [Captioner] 20:03:23 OH, I'M SORRY. [Captioner] 20:03:26 WE HAVE TO READ THE ORDINANCE [Captioner] 20:03:27 INTO THE RECORD, THE ORDINANCE [Captioner] 20:03:30 INTO THE RECORD, PLEASE. [Captioner] 20:03:31 >> Cty. Attny. Alvarado: THANK [Captioner] 20:03:31 YOU, VICE MAYOR. [Captioner] 20:03:35 THE TITLE OF THE ORDINANCE IS AN [Captioner] 20:03:37 ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE [Captioner] 20:03:39 CITY OF FREMONT AMENDING FREMONT [Captioner] 20:03:43 MUNICIPAL CODE SECTION 6.60.04 [Captioner] 20:03:46 OWE AND 6.0 -- TO REVISE THE [Captioner] 20:03:48 RENT REVIEW PROGRAM [Captioner] 20:03:49 ADMINISTRATION FEE AND THE [Captioner] 20:03:50 NOTICE REQUIREMENTS FOR [Captioner] 20:03:52 RESIDENTIAL RENT INCREASES TO [Captioner] 20:03:53 CONFORM WITH STATE LAW. [Captioner] 20:03:53 THANK YOU. [Captioner] 20:03:58 >> Mayor Salwan: WELL, THANK YOU [Captioner] 20:03:58 VERY MUCH. [Captioner] 20:04:00 THAT CONCLUDES OUR SCHEDULED [Captioner] 20:04:00 ITEMS. [Captioner] 20:04:04 AT THIS POINT, ANY COMMITTEE [Captioner] 20:04:04 REPORTS FROM THE COUNCIL? [Captioner] 20:04:09 SEEING NONE, I WILL BE MAKING [Captioner] 20:04:12 APPOINTMENTS TO COMMITTEES FOR [Captioner] 20:04:13 COUNCILMEMBER, HOPEFULLY I'LL [Captioner] 20:04:15 SEND TO THE CITY CLERK SOON, AND [Captioner] 20:04:17 THEN WE'LL HAVE COMMITTEE [Captioner] 20:04:17 ASSIGNMENTS FOR EVERYBODY. [Captioner] 20:04:18 SO THEN YOU'LL HAVE MORE [Captioner] 20:04:18 REPORTS. [Captioner] 20:04:21 SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. [Captioner] 20:04:23 I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY COMING [Captioner] 20:04:23 OUT TODAY. [Captioner] 20:04:24 HOPE EVERYBODY HAS A GREAT [Captioner] 20:04:27 EVENING AND HOPE TO SEE YOU NEXT [Captioner] 20:04:27 TIME. [Captioner] 20:04:27 THANK YOU.