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This time it passed seven votes to nothing, after changes meant that simply sleeping in a car is not itself an offence.
▶4:23:55Representative transcript excerpts—not inferred positions.
a place where it's quiet and we can get sleep we all deserve to not go into our car in the morning it's been broken into or at OSHA the other day there was a completely naked man walking down the street with all the students that were out there he was…
Because I think what came to us before was a little kind of muddled, I think. And I think my colleagues actually made some good points about some of the things that need to be revised. I think, as Mayor Pro Tem mentioned, something about coolers, right, that…
issues and making sure that we do not increase the nuisances in our city and keep our community clean. I also want to thank the different departments for addressing the concerns that we talked about relating you know like the coolers and things like that…
I'm going to vote yes on this ordinance because I have faith in our team and a quality of life team and the work that they do in and out. They do come in at 4 in the morning and they work until 9 at night, two different shifts. They are non-stop. They go and…
Mayor Pro Tem Phan said she does not believe the mere act of sleeping in your car is a crime, and pointed to the nuisance provisions the revision kept in its place.
▶4:13:03Representative transcript excerpts—not inferred positions.
a place where it's quiet and we can get sleep we all deserve to not go into our car in the morning it's been broken into or at OSHA the other day there was a completely naked man walking down the street with all the students that were out there he was…
Because I think what came to us before was a little kind of muddled, I think. And I think my colleagues actually made some good points about some of the things that need to be revised. I think, as Mayor Pro Tem mentioned, something about coolers, right, that…
issues and making sure that we do not increase the nuisances in our city and keep our community clean. I also want to thank the different departments for addressing the concerns that we talked about relating you know like the coolers and things like that…
I'm going to vote yes on this ordinance because I have faith in our team and a quality of life team and the work that they do in and out. They do come in at 4 in the morning and they work until 9 at night, two different shifts. They are non-stop. They go and…
Councilmember Vazquez, the only member who voted against holding the ordinance over in November, said he would vote yes on the revised version.
▶4:18:20Representative transcript excerpts—not inferred positions.
a place where it's quiet and we can get sleep we all deserve to not go into our car in the morning it's been broken into or at OSHA the other day there was a completely naked man walking down the street with all the students that were out there he was…
Because I think what came to us before was a little kind of muddled, I think. And I think my colleagues actually made some good points about some of the things that need to be revised. I think, as Mayor Pro Tem mentioned, something about coolers, right, that…
issues and making sure that we do not increase the nuisances in our city and keep our community clean. I also want to thank the different departments for addressing the concerns that we talked about relating you know like the coolers and things like that…
I'm going to vote yes on this ordinance because I have faith in our team and a quality of life team and the work that they do in and out. They do come in at 4 in the morning and they work until 9 at night, two different shifts. They are non-stop. They go and…
The council also adopted a resolution recognising the concerns of the community and the family of Edgar Vargas Arzate, seven votes to nothing.
▶4:37:58Said the city's position was already on the record and nobody had proposed changing it.
Said as an immigrant she shared the worry, but that folding it in would confuse two issues, and asked for work with schools instead.
Wanted the sanctuary commitment restated in the text so undocumented residents would hear it before the federal administration changed.
Moved the resolution as presented, which is what carried.
That resolution stops short of the formal apology Councilmember Vazquez had asked for in November.
▶4:37:33Said the city's position was already on the record and nobody had proposed changing it.
Said as an immigrant she shared the worry, but that folding it in would confuse two issues, and asked for work with schools instead.
Wanted the sanctuary commitment restated in the text so undocumented residents would hear it before the federal administration changed.
Moved the resolution as presented, which is what carried.
A street outreach contract with City Net passed six votes to one, with Councilmember Bacerra against on the grounds that the county already advertises the same service.
▶4:07:18Said the failure is the county's, and that he could not keep approving $3.75 million a year for a service the county claims to provide.
Supported it while pressing on the size of the spend and what residents get for it.
Said a ride-along convinced him the team takes real work off police officers and gets people into shelter.
The consent calendar passed six votes to nothing, with Councilmember Lopez recorded against on the recreation software agreement alone.
▶3:33:32No named councilmember contribution could be reliably linked to this item.
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Said the failure is the county's, and that he could not keep approving $3.75 million a year for a service the county claims to provide.
Supported it while pressing on the size of the spend and what residents get for it.
Said a ride-along convinced him the team takes real work off police officers and gets people into shelter.
Said the city's position was already on the record and nobody had proposed changing it.
Said as an immigrant she shared the worry, but that folding it in would confuse two issues, and asked for work with schools instead.
Wanted the sanctuary commitment restated in the text so undocumented residents would hear it before the federal administration changed.
Moved the resolution as presented, which is what carried.
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