00:06:52 >>> GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE, AND WELCOME TO THIS SPECIAL
00:06:54 MEETING OF THE SANTA CLARA CITY COUNCIL.
00:06:56 COULD YOU PLEASE STAND FOR
00:06:57 THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND REMAIN
00:06:58 STANDING FOR OUR STATEMENT OF VALUES.
00:06:59 I
00:07:01 PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED
00:07:02 STATES OF
00:07:04 AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH
00:07:05 IT
00:07:07 STANDS, ONE NATION, UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE,
00:07:09 WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
00:07:14 AS WE GATHER,
00:07:16 WE HUMBLY SEEK BLESSINGS UPON THIS MEETING.
00:07:17 MAY
00:07:20 WE ACT WITH
00:07:22 STRENGTH, COURAGE, AND THE WILL TO
00:07:23 PERFORM OUR OBLIGATIONS
00:07:25 AND DUTIES TO OUR PEOPLE WITH JUSTICE
00:07:26 FOR ALL.
00:07:28 LET US SEEK WISDOM SO THAT WE MAY ACT IN THE
00:07:29 BEST INTEREST OF
00:07:31 OUR PEOPLE, OUR NEIGHBORS, AND OUR
00:07:32 COUNTRY. ALL THIS WE
00:07:34 ASK SO WE MAY SERVE OUR COMMUNITY
00:07:35 WITH FAIRNESS AND
00:07:37 RESPECT, PUTTING THEIR NEEDS BEFORE ALL.
00:07:38 >> THANK YOU.
00:07:41 PLEASE BE
00:07:44 SEATED.
00:07:48 CITY CLERK?
00:07:49 >>. [ ROLL BEING CALLED ]
00:08:05 [ ROLL BEING CALLED ]
00:08:08 >> THANK YOU.
00:08:11 THE AB 23 ANNOUNCEMENT, MEMBERS OF
00:08:14 THE SANTA CLARA STATE AUTHORITY SPORTS
00:08:15 AND
00:08:16 HOUSING AUTHORITY ARE ENTITLED TO
00:08:17 RECEIVE $30 FOR
00:08:19 EACH ATTENDED MEETING. THE CITY OF SANTA
00:08:20 CLARA HAS ADOPTED
00:08:23 A CODE OF ETHICS AND VALUES AND BEHAVIORAL
00:08:24 STANDARDS FOR PUBLIC MEETINGS TO PROMOTE
00:08:26 AND MAINTAIN THE HIGHEST LEVELS
00:08:28 OF CONDUCT. THIS INCLUDES MUTUAL RESPECT,
00:08:29 ROBUST DISCUSSION,
00:08:31 AND THE ALLOWING CITY BUSINESS TO BE
00:08:32 DONE IN AN
00:08:34 EFFICIENT AND CONSISTENT MANNER. PLEASE
00:08:35 NOTE THAT AS
00:08:38 A PRESIDING OFFICER, THE MAYOR'S
00:08:40 AND CHAIR'S DIRECTION MATTER OF PROCESS
00:08:43 OF DECORUM SHOULD BE FOLLOWED AND
00:08:44 USE OF THE GAVEL INDICATES
00:08:46 ALL CONVERSATIONS MUST CONCLUDE, AND EVERYONE
00:08:47 IN
00:08:48 ATTENDANCE SHOULD COME TO ORDER AND
00:08:50 ATTENTION. WELCOME AND THANK YOU FOR
00:08:51 YOUR PARTICIPATION. FOR THOSE JOINING
00:08:53 US THIS EVENING IN THE CAPACITY OF
00:08:54 A
00:08:55 REGISTERED LOBBYIST, WE ASK YOU TO
00:08:56 PLEASE IDENTIFY
00:08:58 YOURSELF AS SUCH AND DISCLOSE THE
00:08:59 CLIENTS
00:09:01 AND/OR ORGANIZATIONS THAT YOU REPRESENT.
00:09:02 THIS
00:09:05 IS PURSUANT TO CITY CODE
00:09:07 SECTION --
00:09:08 >> GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE,
00:09:09 AND WELCOME. FOR TODAY'S MEETING, THE
00:09:11 COUNCIL'S BACK IN PERSON AND
00:09:14 IS CONDUCTING ITS MEETING IN A HYBRID MANNER.
00:09:17 THE PUBLIC IS WELCOME TO ATTEND IN PERSON, AND
00:09:18 THE CITY CONTINUES
00:09:20 TO USE A ZOOM FEATURE TO ALLOW PARTICIPATION
00:09:21 FROM
00:09:22 YOUR HOME OR OFFICE. MEMBERS OF THE
00:09:23 PUBLIC
00:09:26 CAN STILL JOIN VIA THE LINK
00:09:29 AND/OR CALL INTO THE ZOOM
00:09:31 MEETING, PHONE NUMBER SHOWN ON THE
00:09:32 SCREEN NOW. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON
00:09:35 AN AGENDA ITEM OR DURING PUBLIC
00:09:37 PRESENTATIONS, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND
00:09:38 ON THE ZOOM
00:09:41 APPLICATION OR PRESS STAR-9
00:09:44 ON YOUR PHONE. PLEASE ONLY RAISE
00:09:47 YOUR HAND WHILE THE ITEM YOU'RE SPEAKING ON
00:09:48 IS PRESENTED. STAFF WILL ENTER YOUR
00:09:50 NAME OR LAST FOUR DIGITS
00:09:52 OF YOUR PHONE NUMBER, AND I WILL CALL
00:09:53 ON YOU TO SPEAK. AS
00:09:56 A FRIENDLY REMINDER, MEMBERS OF THE
00:09:57 PUBLIC HAVE TWO
00:09:58 MINUTES TO SPEAK ON AN AGENDA ITEM.
00:09:59 PRIOR
00:10:01 TO EACH AGENDA ITEM, STAFF WILL LOWER
00:10:02 YOUR HAND TO
00:10:05 ENSURE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE SEEKING TO SPEAK
00:10:06 ON
00:10:08 THE APPROPRIATE AGENDA ITEM. SO, WE'LL
00:10:09 MOVE ON
00:10:11 TO THE COUNCIL
00:10:12 AGENDA NOW. NEXT, WE HAVE REPORTS OF
00:10:14 ACTION TAKEN IN CLOSED SESSION.
00:10:16 CITY ATTORNEY?
00:10:17 >> THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.
00:10:18 A
00:10:20 COUPLE ITEMS TO REPORT OUT ON. FIRST OF
00:10:23 ALL, ON JANUARY
00:10:26 7, 2026, COUNCIL MET ON BOTH
00:10:29 ITEMS, 1A AND 1B. I REPORTED OUT
00:10:31 ON ITEM 1A AT THE COUNCIL MEETING.
00:10:32 BUT ITEM 1B
00:10:35 DID NOT OCCUR UNTIL AFTER THE REGULAR
00:10:36 OPEN
00:10:38 COUNCIL MEETING HAD ADJOURNED. SO, DO WANT
00:10:39 TO
00:10:40 REPORT OUT THAT COUNCIL MET IN CONFERENCE
00:10:42 WITH
00:10:45 LABOR NEGOTIATORS AS LISTED
00:10:48 WITH RESPECT TO THE
00:10:51 IBEW 1245
00:10:54 UNIT 3. HOWEVER, THERE WAS NO
00:10:57 REREPORTABLE ACTION.
00:10:58 COUNCIL ALSO MET YESTERDAY IN CLOSED
00:11:00 SESSION ON AN ITEM,
00:11:02 AS LISTED ON THE AGENDA, THREAT TO
00:11:04 PUBLIC SERVICES OR FACILITIES, BOTH
00:11:06 WITH RESPECT TO THE CITY
00:11:09 AND THE STADIUM AUTHORITY.
00:11:10 THE CONSULTATIONSCONSULTATIONS WITH
00:11:12 OFFICIALS IS AS LISTED
00:11:15 ON THE AGENDA,
00:11:18 WITH A COUPLE OF
00:11:21 AMENDMENTS. ASSISTANT CHIEF --
00:11:24 ALSO WAS IN ATTENDANCE AT THAT
00:11:26 MEETING AS WAS THE ASSISTANT CITY
00:11:27 MANAGER. THERE WAS
00:11:29 NO REPORTABLE ACTIONS. THANK YOU,
00:11:30 MADAM MAYOR.
00:11:31 >> THANK YOU. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE
00:11:33 ON
00:11:36 TO THE NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS OUR
00:11:38 CONSENT CALENDAR. WE HAVE ONE ITEM
00:11:39 ON THE
00:11:40 CONSENT CALENDAR. IT'S APPROVED WITH
00:11:42 ONE MOTION FROM THE
00:11:44 CITY COUNCIL. IS THERE ANYONE ON THE
00:11:45 DAIS OR
00:11:46 THE PUBLIC WHO WOULD LIKE TO PULL
00:11:48 THAT CONSENT ITEM FOR DISCUSSION?
00:11:51 ALL RIGHT.
00:11:54 SEEING NONE, COUNCIL MEB HARDY?
00:11:56 >> I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE
00:11:57 CONSENT CALENDAR.
00:11:58 >> SECOND.
00:12:00 >> WE HAVE
00:12:03 A MOTION BY
00:12:06 COUNCIL MEMBER
00:12:08 HARDY, SECOND BY -- TO APPROVE THE
00:12:09 CITY CALENDAR. WHEN YOU'RE READY, CITY
00:12:10 CLERK.
00:12:15 >> PLEASE
00:12:18 REGISTER
00:12:21 YOUR VOTE. AND THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY,
00:12:23 THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE OUR ONLY OTHER
00:12:24 ITEM ON
00:12:26 THE AGENDA TONIGHT. PUBLIC HEARING
00:12:27 GENERAL
00:12:29 BUSINESS, ITEM NUMBER 12, DISCUSSION
00:12:30 AND POSSIBLE ACTIONS
00:12:31 ON A CITY COUNCIL STATEMENT RELATED
00:12:33 TO SUPER BOWL SAFETY AND AF
00:12:35 MISSION OF SUPPORT FOR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES
00:12:36 AND
00:12:38 POLICY REGARDING IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT
00:12:39 ACTIVITIES WITHIN THE
00:12:42 CITY OF
00:12:43 SANTA CLARA. CITY MANAGER, WHY DON'T
00:12:45 YOU KICK US OFF?
00:12:46 >> SURE.
00:12:47 >> THANKS. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR, MEMBERS
00:12:48 OF THE CITY
00:12:50 COUNCIL, AND THE PUBLIC BOTH HERE
00:12:51 AND THOSE
00:12:54 ATTENDING REMOTELY. WE HAVE A
00:12:57 POWERPOINT
00:13:00 PRESENTATION TONIGHT.
00:13:02 I WILL DO THIS IN CONCERT WITH YOUR
00:13:03 CITY ATTORNEY. AND
00:13:05 THE ITEM, THE MAYOR HAS ALREADY READ.
00:13:06 IT IS A
00:13:09 DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON A CITY
00:13:10 COUNCIL STATEMENT AS WELL AS
00:13:12 A PROPOSED POLICY. LET'S
00:13:13 TALK THROUGH THE COMPONENTS OF OUR
00:13:15 AGENDA FOR THIS ITEM. IT
00:13:18 WILL BEGIN WITH A
00:13:21 STAFF
00:13:24 PRESENTATION. WE WILL START
00:13:25 WITH BACKGROUND. COUNCIL, I KNOW YOU'VE HAD A
00:13:27 NUMBER OF UPDATES OVER THE
00:13:29 LAST TWO AND A HALF, REALLY THREE YEARS.
00:13:30 BUT WE WILL TAKE
00:13:32 SOME TIME TO DO A LITTLE REVIEW BECAUSE
00:13:33 WE KNOW A NUMBER OF
00:13:35 MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE JOINING
00:13:36 THIS CONVERSATION FOR
00:13:38 THE FIRST TIME TODAY. WE THEN WILL
00:13:39 TALK ABOUT EXISTING
00:13:42 STATE AND REGIONAL LAWS. WE WILL
00:13:44 DISCUSS THE DRAFT STATEMENT. WE WILL
00:13:45 ALSO TALK ABOUT
00:13:48 RECENT POLICIES THAT HAVE BEEN ADOPTED
00:13:49 BY
00:13:51 BAY AREA CITIES RELATED TO
00:13:53 IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT. WE WILL NEXT
00:13:54 TALK ABOUT
00:13:56 A DRAFT POLICY, AND OUR CITY ATTORNEY
00:13:59 WILL STEP US THROUGH THAT. THERE ARE
00:14:00 POTENTIAL OTHER ITEMS FOR
00:14:02 CONSIDERATION TONIGHT. WE DID RECEIVE
00:14:03 A
00:14:06 LETTER EARLIER TONIGHT FROM VICE MAYOR
00:14:09 GONZALEZ
00:14:12 AND DISTRICT 6 COUNCILMEMBER KELLY
00:14:15 COX. THERE ARE COMPONENTS I KNOW
00:14:17 THE CITY COUNCIL WILL DISCUSS. AND A RECOMMENDED
00:14:18 ACTION FOR YOU TONIGHT.
00:14:20 WE THEN WILL PROCEED THROUGH THE NORMAL PROCESS
00:14:21 OF CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
00:14:23 ITEMS, WHERE WE WILL HAVE CITY COUNCIL
00:14:24 QUESTIONS ON
00:14:26 THE PRESENTATION. NEXT WE WILL HAVE
00:14:27 PUBLIC COMMENT. AND THEN
00:14:29 WE WILL HAVE CITY COUNCIL DELIBERATION
00:14:33 AND FINAL ACTION. AND SO WITH OUR
00:14:34 PRESENTATION,
00:14:35 A LITTLE BIT BACKGROUND. SO, WHY ARE
00:14:36 WE HERE TODAY,
00:14:38 RIGHT? WE ALL KNOW THAT SANTA CLARA
00:14:39 IS
00:14:42 HOSTING SUPER
00:14:45 BOWL LX, AND THE GAME WILL OCCUR
00:14:48 AT OUR LEVI'S STADIUM THIS SUNDAY.
00:14:49 THE
00:14:50 TEAMS ARRIVED THIS PAST SUNDAY. WE ALL
00:14:51 KNOW THAT OPENING
00:14:53 NIGHT WAS LAST NIGHT. AND THE PRO
00:14:55 BOWL IS ACTUALLY OCCURRING THIS EVENING, I
00:14:57 THINK AS WE SPEAK. I
00:14:59 ALSO GOT A REPORT JUST BEFORE COMING
00:15:00 UP HERE THAT
00:15:03 OUR HOTEL OCCUPANCY IS
00:15:06 HIGHER THAN IT
00:15:09 WAS FOR SUPER BOWL L.
00:15:12 WE ARE TRENDING
00:15:15 AT 90% OCCUPANCY,
00:15:17 AND IT WAS 90% TEN YEARS AGO. AND WE CAN
00:15:18 ALL SEE THE CITY
00:15:20 IS ABOUND WITH ACTIVITY. OUR EMERGENCY
00:15:21 OPERATIONS CENTER
00:15:24 OPENED YESTERDAY. IMPORTANT TO KNOW
00:15:25 THAT IT IS
00:15:26 FULLY OPERATIONAL. AND STAFF IS HERE TONIGHT
00:15:27 TO SUPPORT
00:15:30 YOUR POLICY DELIBERATIONS. HOWEVER,
00:15:33 KNOW THAT OUR CORE OPERATIONAL
00:15:36 POSTURE HAS SHIFTED AWAY FROM PLANNING
00:15:37 AND
00:15:39 PREPARATION, AND OUR PRIMARY MISSION
00:15:40 NOW FOCUSES
00:15:41 ON SECURITY FOR ALL RESIDENTS, BUSINESSES,
00:15:42 AND ALL THE MEMBERS OF
00:15:45 THE VISITING PUBLIC THAT WILL BE
00:15:48 COMING TO AND THAT ARE ALREADY WITHIN
00:15:49 SANTA CLARA.
00:15:51 NEXT, WE ALSO KNOW THAT THE CITY WILL
00:15:54 BE HOSTING SIX FIFA WORLD CUP MATCHES
00:15:57 FROM JUNE 13th
00:16:00 THROUGH JULY 1st OF THIS YEAR. AS
00:16:01 WE ALL KNOW
00:16:03 ARE THE ONLY CITY EVER TO HOST
00:16:05 BOTH THE SUPER BOWL AND THE WORLD
00:16:07 CUP IN A SINGLE
00:16:09 YEAR. AND THERE ARE 16 HOST CITIES
00:16:12 ACROSS NORTH AMERICA, TWO IN CANADA, THREE IN
00:16:13 MEXICO,
00:16:16 AND 11 IN JURISDICTIONS
00:16:19 WITHIN THE UNITED STATES.
00:16:22 SINCE 2013 --
00:16:24 I'M SORRY. SINCE 2023, THE CITY AND
00:16:25 THE STADIUM AUTHORITY STAFF
00:16:27 HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE VERY HOST
00:16:28 COMMITTEE,
00:16:30 THE 49ers, AND OTHER KEY PARTNERS TO
00:16:31 PLAN AND IMPLEMENT
00:16:34 THE NECESSARY SERVICES TO SUPPORT
00:16:36 THESE MAJOR EVENTS. WE ALL KNOW THE
00:16:37 OTHER
00:16:40 PARTNERS INCLUDE THE NFL,
00:16:43 OUR 49ers, WHO ALSO SERVE AS THE
00:16:45 MANAGEMENT COMPANY FOR LEVI'S STADIUM, AS WELL
00:16:46 AS
00:16:47 FIFA AND OTHER ALLY PARTNERS THAT
00:16:49 WE WILL TALK ABOUT.
00:16:50 IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT OVER
00:16:52 THESE THREE
00:16:54 YEARS, THE CITY HAS NEGOTIATED FUNDING
00:16:55 AGREEMENTS,
00:16:58 PARTICIPATED IN VARIOUS PUBLIC
00:17:01 SAFETY TRAININGS. WE ALSO
00:17:03 ATTENDED --A SELECT NUMBER OF STAFF
00:17:04 ATTENDING TWO
00:17:05 PROGRAMS RELATED TO SUPER BOWL. ONE
00:17:07 WAS A
00:17:09 VISITING CITY PROGRAM AND THE OTHER
00:17:10 WAS
00:17:12 A FUTURE HOST CITY PROGRAM. AND THE
00:17:13 NFL HAS A
00:17:14 PROGRAM THAT FOR THE PRIOR TWO SUPER
00:17:16 BOWLS, THEY ALLOW STAFF AND
00:17:17 PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS TO REALLY WITNESS
00:17:19 EVERYTHING
00:17:21 IT TAKES TO PULL OFF THE SUPER BOWL.
00:17:22 SO, AS YOU KNOW WE
00:17:24 HAD STAFF BOTH IN LAS VEGAS AND IN NEW
00:17:25 ORLEANS FOR A SHORT
00:17:27 PERIOD OF TIME. ALSO, AS WE TALK TONIGHT,
00:17:28 IT'S
00:17:30 IMPORTANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO TALK
00:17:31 ABOUT
00:17:34 KEY ENTITIES.
00:17:36 SO, OF COURSE THERE'S THE CITY OF SANTA
00:17:37 CLARA,
00:17:39 WHERE LEVI'S STADIUM IS LOCATED. IMPORTANT TO
00:17:40 NOTE
00:17:43 THAT THE CITY IS ELITE PUBLIC
00:17:46 SAFETY AGENCY FOR ALL SUPER BOWL
00:17:47 ACTIVITIES OCCURRING IN SANTA CLARA.
00:17:49 AND WE ALSO HAVE A
00:17:52 HEAVY, HEAVY ROLE IN PERMITTING.
00:17:54 COUNCIL KNOWS THAT OVER THE LAST FEW
00:17:55 WEEKS, WE HAVE HAD
00:17:57 STAFF FRANKLY WORKING EVERY DAY OF THE
00:18:00 WEEK, OVERTIME AND OFTEN TIMES AT
00:18:01 NIGHT,
00:18:04 REVIEWING, APPROVING, AND INSPECTING
00:18:05 ALL OF THE WORK FOR THE SUPER BOWL
00:18:07 VILLAGE THAT IS NOW FULLY
00:18:09 CONSTRUCTED BUT HAS BEEN GOING UP.
00:18:13 THE CITY ALSO IS -- THE CITY
00:18:15 COUNCIL SITS AS THE STADIUM AUTHORITY
00:18:16 BOARD FOR
00:18:18 THE SANTA CLARA STADIUM AUTHORITY.
00:18:19 THE SANTA CLARA
00:18:20 STADIUM AUTHORITY, IMPORTANT TO NOTE,
00:18:22 IS THE OWNER OF
00:18:24 LEVI'S STADIUM, A PUBLIC ENTITY. ALSO
00:18:25 WE WILL
00:18:27 DISCUSS THE BAY AREA HOST COMMITTEE.
00:18:28 IMPORTANT TO NOTE
00:18:31 THAT THE BAY AREA HOST COMMITTEE IS A
00:18:32 NON-
00:18:33 PROFIT ORGANIZATION, FRANKLY, THAT
00:18:34 IS INTENSELY
00:18:37 FOCUSED ON BRINGING
00:18:39 MAJOR SPORTING EVENTS TO THE BAY AREA.
00:18:40 THEY'RE THE OFFICIAL REGIONAL HOST
00:18:42 ORGANIZATION FOR BOTH SUPER BOWL AND FIFA WORLD
00:18:43 CUP. NEXT WE HAVE THE
00:18:46 NFL AND FIFA, THAT ARE OWNERS OF
00:18:48 THE TWO MAJOR EVENTS THAT WE'RE TALKING
00:18:49 ABOUT.
00:18:52 THERE ARE A NUMBER OF OTHER PARTNERS, AND WE
00:18:53 WILL STEP
00:18:55 THROUGH A FEW OF THEM NOW. WE HAVE ALL
00:18:56 OF OUR FEDERAL
00:18:57 PARTNERS THAT HAVE BEEN WORKING IN COLLABORATION WITH
00:18:58 THE CITY, THE
00:18:59 STADIUM AUTHORITY STAFF, AS WELL AS
00:19:01 THE BAY AREA HOST COMMITTEE. AND
00:19:03 WE WILL SPEND A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME
00:19:04 TALKING ABOUT ALL
00:19:05 OF OUR FEDERAL PARTNERS AND THE WORK
00:19:07 THAT THEY DO. WE ALSO
00:19:10 HAVE PARTNERS AT THE
00:19:11 STATE, MANY, MANY DEPARTMENTS OF THE STATE
00:19:13 HAVE BEEN
00:19:14 ENGAGED IN THIS EFFORT OVER THE LAST
00:19:16 FEW YEARS.
00:19:18 CAL OES, THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF
00:19:19 EMERGENCY
00:19:22 SERVICES, AS WELL AS THE CHP. WE HAVE
00:19:24 REGIONAL PARTNERS. IMPORTANT TO NOTE
00:19:25 THAT WE
00:19:27 ARE ONE OF THE SMALLEST CITIES WITH
00:19:28 A MAJOR
00:19:30 NFL STADIUM. AND SO NOT JUST A SUPER BOWL.
00:19:34 WE RELY ON REGIONAL PARTNERS FOR EVERY
00:19:37 EVENT AT LEVI'S STADIUM. SO, THAT
00:19:39 IS LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES UP AND DOWN
00:19:40 THE BAY AREA BUT ALSO IN
00:19:43 THE CENTRAL VALUE. ADDITIONALLY, THERE
00:19:46 ARE A NUMBER OF TRANSIT
00:19:48 AGENCIES LIKE VTA CAL TRAIN THAT WE
00:19:49 RELY ON AND HAVE
00:19:52 BEEN WORKING INTENTLY WITH. NEXT,
00:19:53 IT'S
00:19:55 IMPORTANT TO TALK
00:19:58 ABOUT THE SUPER BOWL IN
00:19:59 PARTICULAR AS A SAFETY EVENT. THE SUPER
00:20:01 BOWL HAS ALWAYS
00:20:04 BEEN
00:20:06 CLASSIFIED AS A TIER 1 EVENT, A SPECIAL
00:20:07 EVENT
00:20:10 ASSESSMENT RATING THAT'S PROVIDED BY
00:20:11 THE
00:20:13 DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY. THIS DESIGNATION
00:20:14 IS
00:20:15 THE SECOND HIGHEST, SECOND ONLY TO
00:20:16 WHAT'S CALLED A NATIONAL
00:20:19 SPECIAL SECURITY EVENT. AN EXAMPLE
00:20:20 OF THAT
00:20:22 IS A PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION.
00:20:25 THERE'S AN ASSESSMENT DONE BY DHS.
00:20:28 THAT METHODOLOGY FACTORS IN THE THREAT,
00:20:29 VULNERABILITY, AS WELL AS
00:20:31 THE CONSEQUENCES OF A MAJOR
00:20:33 INCIDENT OCCURRING AT THE EVENT. AND WHEN YOU
00:20:34 HAVE A
00:20:37 S.E.A.R. LEVEL RATING OF 1, IT REALLY
00:20:39 REQUIRES INTENSE COOPERATION WITH
00:20:40 FEDERAL AGENCIES,
00:20:43 THE FBI, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY,
00:20:45 THS, TO SECURE THE STADIUM AS WELL
00:20:46 AS THE
00:20:49 SURROUNDING AREA.
00:20:52 ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT
00:20:54 OUR PUBLIC SAFETY STAFF, LED BY THE SANTA
00:20:55 CLARA POLICE
00:20:59 DEPARTMENT, HAVE BEEN
00:21:00 COORDINATING IN FRANKLY JUST ABOUT
00:21:02 EVERY AREA. SO, WHAT'S UP ON
00:21:03 THE SCREEN RIGHT NOW IS JUST A FEW OF
00:21:05 THE AREAS THAT WE HAVE FOCUSED
00:21:08 ON OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS.
00:21:11 HUMAN TRAFFICKING, TACTICAL
00:21:13 RESPONSE, TRAFFIC AND PARKING, FIRE
00:21:17 SUPPRESSION, CYBER
00:21:19 SECURITY, AVIATION, ESCORTS, EMERGENCY
00:21:21 MANAGEMENT, FINANCIAL, CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE,
00:21:23 TRANSIT, ET CETERA. SO,
00:21:26 WE HAVE PREPARED
00:21:28 FOR EVERY POSSIBLE POTENTIAL THREAT AS WELL
00:21:29 AS
00:21:31 ALL THE LOGISTICS THAT ARE NEEDED
00:21:32 TO
00:21:34 UNDERTAKE SUPER BOWL. AND FRANKLY,
00:21:37 EVEN THOUGH WE ARE NOW IN AN EXECUTION
00:21:38 MODE FOR SUPER
00:21:40 BOWL, WORK IS ALSO CONTINUING TO OCCUR
00:21:41 ON
00:21:44 OUR PREPARATIONS FOR FIFA WORLD
00:21:47 CUP.
00:21:49 SO, LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
00:21:50 SPECIFICALLY
00:21:51 WHY WE ARE HERE TONIGHT. WE ALL KNOW
00:21:53 THAT RECENT FEDERAL IMMIGRATION
00:21:54 ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES ACROSS THE
00:21:56 COUNTRY HAVE
00:21:58 CREATED CONCERNS, BOTH LOCALLY AND
00:21:59 NATIONALLY. IN
00:22:01 YOUR PACKET TONIGHT, ATTACHMENT 1
00:22:03 INCLUDES A NUMBER OF CONCERNS THAT YOU
00:22:05 HAVE RECEIVED FROM
00:22:08 MEMBERS
00:22:11 OF THE PUBLIC. AND SO WE WENT THROUGH AND
00:22:12 SCANNED THE CITY'S SYSTEM OVER THE
00:22:14 LAST FEW MONTHS AND INCLUDED ALL
00:22:17 OF THOSE FOR
00:22:19 YOUR REFERENCE AND THE COMMUNE COMMUNITY'S
00:22:20 REFERENCE TONIGHT.
00:22:21 ADDITIONALLY, FEARS OF IMMIGRATION
00:22:22 ENFORCEMENT CONNECTED TO THE SUPER
00:22:23 BOWL EVENTS
00:22:25 HAVE BEEN ELEVATED. I THINK WE ALL
00:22:26 KNOW THAT AS WE'VE
00:22:28 SAT IN THE BAY AREA OVER THE LAST
00:22:31 FEW WEEKS. ADDITIONALLY, AT YOUR VERY
00:22:32 LAST
00:22:34 MEETING, ON JANUARY 27, ALL MEMBERS OF
00:22:38 THE CITY COUNCIL THAT
00:22:41 WERE
00:22:43 PRESENT, A 6-0 VOTE, VOTED UNANIMOUSLY
00:22:44 TO VOTE AND APPROVE
00:22:46 AN AGENDA ITEM WE ARE DISCUSSING TONIGHT.
00:22:48 AND YOU CALLED FOR THIS SPECIAL MEETING.
00:22:50 AT THAT MEETING, YOU DIRECTED
00:22:52 THAT THE MEETING BE SCHEDULED FOR
00:22:53 IMPORTANT
00:22:56 NOTE, POTENTIAL ACTION ON
00:22:58 SAFETY PROTOCOLS THAT WERE REFLECTIVE OF
00:22:59 THE
00:23:02 COMMUNITY REQUESTS AS WELL AS
00:23:03 POLICIES THAT OTHER CITIES HAVE ADOPTED.
00:23:05 SO, YOU HAVE THAT IN
00:23:08 YOUR PACKET TONIGHT.
00:23:11 I'VE ALREADY MENTIONED THAT
00:23:13 ATTACHMENT ONE INCLUDES COMMENTS THAT
00:23:14 WE RECEIVED FROM
00:23:17 THE COMMUNITY. AND SO
00:23:19 OVER THE PAST WEEK, I JUST WANT TO
00:23:20 TAKE A
00:23:22 MOMENT TO NOTE A NUMBER OF THINGS
00:23:23 THAT
00:23:26 HAVE OCCURRED. A CENSURE MEETING JUST
00:23:27 LAST TUESDAY. CITY STAFF CONVENED
00:23:29 A MEETING WITH
00:23:30 DHS AS WELL AS OTHER KEY STAKEHOLDERS
00:23:32 TO CONFIRM
00:23:35 THAT THERE IS NO PLANNED I.C.E.
00:23:37 IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT ASSOCIATED WITH
00:23:38 ANY EVENTS
00:23:41 AT SUPER BOWL LX. IMPORTANT TO NOTE
00:23:42 THAT THERE
00:23:43 WAS ALSO A PRESS CONFERENCE EARLIER TODAY.
00:23:44 THE
00:23:46 NFL'S ANNUAL SECURITY PRESS CONFERENCE,
00:23:47 WHERE THAT
00:23:50 WAS REPEATED. AND A SCAN OF
00:23:52 LOCAL NEWS ARTICLES FROM "THE WASHINGTON
00:23:53 POST"
00:23:56 TO FOX NEWS, RUTGERS, ARE
00:23:58 ALL NOW REPORTING WHAT WAS SAID AT
00:23:59 THE 8:30 A.M.
00:24:02 PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY, THAT THERE IS NO I.C.E.
00:24:03 IMMIGRATION
00:24:04 ENFORCEMENT PLANNED FOR ANY EVENT
00:24:05 CONNECTED
00:24:07 TO THE SUPER BOWL HERE IN SANTA CLARA
00:24:08 OR ACROSS THE
00:24:11 BAY AREA REGION.
00:24:14 A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN
00:24:16 THAT WE DID NOT KNOW PUBLICLY WHEN
00:24:17 WE MET
00:24:20 HERE LAST WEEK. THE CITY
00:24:23 COUNCIL ALSO HELD A
00:24:26 CLOSED SESSION JUST LAST
00:24:28 NIGHT NIGHT, AS THE CITY ATTORNEY
00:24:29 MENTIONED. AT THAT
00:24:31 CLOSED SESSION, YOU RECEIVED INFORMATION
00:24:32 ON SAFETY AND
00:24:34 SECURITY CONCERNS AND WERE ABLE TO ASK
00:24:35 QUESTIONS AROUND SAFETY
00:24:36 AND SECURITY PLANS THAT, OF COURSE,
00:24:38 ARE NOT PUBLIC. BUT WE
00:24:40 DID SCHEDULE THAT SO THAT YOU HAD
00:24:41 THAT OPPORTUNITY.
00:24:43 I MENTIONED THE ANNUAL PRESS CONFERENCE
00:24:44 THAT
00:24:46 OCCURRED EARLIER TODAY. AS WELL AS
00:24:47 IN PREPARATION OF THE
00:24:48 MATERIALS THAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU,
00:24:50 STAFF REVIEWED
00:24:53 POLICIES THAT WERE ADOPTED IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS.
00:24:56 WE PREPARED A DRAFT STATEMENT
00:24:57 FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND A POLICY
00:24:59 THAT WE WILL TALK
00:25:02 ABOUT A LITTLE --IN JUST A LITTLE BIT.
00:25:05 AND LASTLY, AS I MENTIONED,
00:25:07 WE HAVE ACTIVATED THE CITY'S EMERGENCY
00:25:08 OPERATION CENTER.
00:25:10 ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT EMERGENCY
00:25:11 OPERATION CENTERS ACROSS THE
00:25:14 REGION ARE ACTIVE
00:25:17 IN SAN
00:25:20 JOSE, PALO ALTO, AS
00:25:22 WELL AS --IT'S IMPORTANT, AS WE BEGIN
00:25:23 THIS
00:25:26 CONVERSATION ALSO TO SETTO A
00:25:29 CONTEXT AROUND EXISTING LEGISLATION THAT
00:25:31 IS ACTIVE IN SANTA CLARA AND FRANKLY
00:25:32 HAS BEEN ACTIVE
00:25:34 FOR QUITE SOME TIME. AND SO ONE OF
00:25:35 THEM IS
00:25:38 SENATE BILL 54, ALSO REFERRED TO AS
00:25:39 THE CALIFORNIA
00:25:40 VALUES ACT. IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT
00:25:41 THAT WENT INTO EFFECT
00:25:44 JANUARY OF 2018. IT HAS
00:25:47 WITHSTOOD A LEGAL CHALLENGE. IT PROHIBITS LAW
00:25:48 ENFORCEMENT
00:25:50 FROM ENGAGING IN IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT
00:25:52 OR COOPERATING WITH FEDERAL IMMIGRATION
00:25:54 ENFORCEMENT, EXCEPT
00:25:57 IN VERY
00:25:58 DEFINED CIRCUMSTANCES. THAT HAS ALWAYS BEEN
00:26:00 THE
00:26:01 OPERATIONAL POSTURE OF THE SANTA CLARA POLICE
00:26:02 DEPARTMENT, EVEN BEFORE THIS WAS ADOPTED.
00:26:03 AND
00:26:06 THAT REMAINS TODAY. IT ALSO AFFIRMS LONG-
00:26:09 STANDING PRACTICES WHERE LOCAL
00:26:12 GOVERNMENT DOES NOT INQUIRE OR PROVIDE
00:26:13 SERVICES BASED ON IMMIGRATION STATUS.
00:26:18 FURTHER, IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO
00:26:21 NOTE, AND IS ATTACHED
00:26:24 --AND I KNOW WAS SENT TO
00:26:27 THE CITY COUNCIL -- WE HAVE
00:26:29 IN THE SANTA CLARA POLICE DEPARTMENT
00:26:33 POLICY 414 THAT FORMALLY
00:26:34 IMPLEMENTED A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT WERE INCLUDED IN
00:26:36 THE CALIFORNIA
00:26:38 VALUES ACT. AGAIN, GROUND SETTING.
00:26:42 IMPORTANT TO NOTE,
00:26:44 ASSEMBLY BILL 450, ALSO KNOWN AS THE
00:26:45 IMMIGRANT
00:26:46 WORKER PROTECTION ACT, THAT WENT INTO
00:26:48 EFFECT JANUARY
00:26:51 OF 2018. THAT ALSO HAS SURVIVED A
00:26:53 SUBSTANTIAL LEGAL CHALLENGE. AND IT
00:26:55 GENERALLY PROHIBITS FEDERAL IMMIGRATION
00:26:57 ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITIES
00:26:59 FROM ACCESSING NON-PUBLIC PRIVATE
00:27:00 WORKPLACES
00:27:03 WITHOUT A JUDICIAL WARRANT.
00:27:06 LASTLY, WANT TO NOTE SENATE
00:27:09 BILL 627, COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS
00:27:10 NO
00:27:12 SECRET POLICE. THIS IS A MORE
00:27:15 RECENT LAW THAT WAS --WENT INTO EFFECT
00:27:18 JANUARY 1 OF THIS YEAR. IT SEEKS
00:27:20 TO BAN LAW ENFORCEMENT, INCLUDING
00:27:21 FEDERAL LAW
00:27:24 ENFORCEMENT, FROM WEARING MASK COVERINGS WITH
00:27:27 THE EXCEPTION OF
00:27:29 MEDICAL MASKS AND CERTAIN TACTICAL
00:27:30 ACTIONS. HOWEVER, VERY IMPORTANT
00:27:33 TO NOTE, ANTICIPATED
00:27:36 APPEALS OF LEGISLATION --
00:27:39 I'M SORRY, LEGAL ACTION,
00:27:42 IS SUSPECTED. SO, THERE HAS BEEN
00:27:44 AN AGREEMENT STATE-WIDE TO SUSPEND
00:27:45 IMPLEMENTATION OF
00:27:48 THIS PENDING JUDICIAL
00:27:50 REVIEW. OKAY. AS I SAID, BASED ON CITY
00:27:53 COUNCIL ACTION AT YOUR LAST MEETING ON
00:27:57 JANUARY 27th, STAFF DEVELOPED
00:28:00 A STATEMENT THAT WE WILL
00:28:05 REVIEW NOW. THAT STATEMENT IS INTENDED TO
00:28:06 BE RELEASED TO THE
00:28:07 PUBLIC AS A STATEMENT FROM THE CITY
00:28:09 COUNCIL TO THE PUBLIC. IT
00:28:12 IS ATTACHED TO THE AGENDA
00:28:17 PACKET. THROUGHOUT SANTA CLARA'S LONG
00:28:18 AND
00:28:20 PROUD HISTORY, IMMIGRANTS AND PEOPLE
00:28:21 FROM
00:28:23 ALL BACKGROUNDS HAVE ENRICHED AND
00:28:24 HELPED
00:28:27 DEFINE SANTA CLARA'S CULTURAL,
00:28:30 ECONOMIC, AND CIVIC LIFE AS COMMUNITY
00:28:31 LEADERS,
00:28:33 ENTREPRENEURS, NEIGHBORS, COWORKERS,
00:28:34 AND
00:28:36 FELLOW STUDENTS. THEIR PRESENCE AND
00:28:37 CONTRIBUTIONS HAVE NOT ONLY HELPED
00:28:39 TO FUEL INNOVATION,
00:28:41 GROWTH, AND OPPORTUNITY THROUGHOUT
00:28:42 THE CITY
00:28:45 BUT HAVE ALSO SHAPED OUR
00:28:48 IDENTITY. BY FOSTERING
00:28:49 AN INCLUSIVE ENVIRONMENT GROUNDED
00:28:51 IN RESPECT,
00:28:53 DIGNITY, AND FAIRNESS, THE SANTA CLARA
00:28:54 CITY
00:28:56 COUNCIL AFFIRMS THE PRINCIPLE THAT EVERY
00:28:57 PERSON
00:29:00 DESERVES TO FEEL SAFE, VALUED,
00:29:03 AND SUPPORTED. WHEN WE
00:29:06 EMBRACE DIVERSITY, WE ARE BETTER EQUIPPED
00:29:07 TO
00:29:08 THRIVE SOCIALLY, ECONOMICALLY, AND
00:29:09 MORALLY.
00:29:12 THE SANTA
00:29:15 CLARA CITY COUNCIL SHARES DEEP CONCERN
00:29:18 AND SORROW OVER THE LOSS OF LIFE CONNECTED
00:29:19 TO
00:29:21 RECENT IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT
00:29:24 ACTIONS NATIONWIDE. WE RECOGNIZE THAT
00:29:27 SUCH CONDUCT HAS MADE MANY MEMBERS
00:29:28 OF OUR
00:29:29 COMMUNITY FEARFUL. THE DEATHS AND
00:29:30 OTHER INCIDENTS
00:29:33 THAT APPEAR TO BE
00:29:34 INCONSISTENT WITH RESPECT FOR INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS
00:29:36 AND DUE
00:29:38 PROCESS DEMAND SERIOUS ATTENTION AT
00:29:39 THE FEDERAL
00:29:42 LEVEL.
00:29:45 MAJOR EVENTS, SUCH AS THE SUPER BOWL,
00:29:47 REQUIRE EXTENSIVE COORDINATION AMONG
00:29:48 LOCAL, STATE,
00:29:51 AND FEDERAL AGENCIES TO ENSURE THE
00:29:54 SAFETY OF RESIDENTS, VISITORS,
00:29:57 AND PARTICIPANTS. AS PART OF THIS
00:29:58 COORDINATED
00:29:59 EFFORT, MULTIPLE AGENCIES WILL BE PRESENT
00:30:00 AS
00:30:02 A ROUTINE AND PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE
00:30:03 TO
00:30:06 SUPPORT EVENT SECURITY, EMERGENCY
00:30:07 PREPAREDNESS, AND
00:30:09 RESPONSE TO CREDIBLE PUBLIC
00:30:12 SAFETY CONCERNS. WE ENGAGE IN THIS
00:30:15 LEVEL OF COORDINATION IN 2016
00:30:18 FOR SUPER BOWL L, AND IT IS COMMON
00:30:20 FOR ALL MAJOR SPORTING EVENTS, INCLUDING
00:30:21 THE WORLD CUP
00:30:23 MATCHES THAT WILL TAKE PLACE IN SANTA
00:30:24 CLARA
00:30:27 THIS SUMMER.
00:30:29 MAINTAINING PUBLIC SAFETY AND ENFORCEMENT
00:30:30 OF
00:30:33 LAWS CARRIES A
00:30:35 PROFOUND RESPONSIBILITY, TO PROTECT
00:30:36 HUMAN
00:30:38 LIFE AND UPHOLD DIGNITY, DUE PROCESS,
00:30:41 AND ACCOUNTABILITY. STRONG COMMUNITIES
00:30:42 DEPEND ON TRUST
00:30:44 BETWEEN RESIDENTS AND PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS.
00:30:45 AND FOR
00:30:48 THESE REASONS, WE HAVE --
00:30:51 INSERT ANY ACTION THAT THE
00:30:54 CITY WOULD TAKE TONIGHT. AND THOSE
00:30:55 OPTIONS ARE
00:30:57 TO ADOPT A STATEMENT, ADOPT A STATEMENT AS WELL AS
00:30:58 THE DRAFT RESOLUTION THAT WILL BE
00:31:00 IN FRONT OF YOU, OR
00:31:03 ANY OTHER POTENTIAL ACTIONS.
00:31:06 THE STATEMENT GOES ON TO SAY, DURING
00:31:07 THE SUPER
00:31:08 BOWL AND EVERY DAY, THE SANTA CLARA
00:31:09 POLICE DEPARTMENT FOCUSES
00:31:12 SOLELY ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND
00:31:13 COMMUNITY PROTECTION. OUR OFFICERS
00:31:15 DO NOT ENGAGE
00:31:18 IN CIVIL IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT.
00:31:19 CALIFORNIA
00:31:21 STATE LAW REINFORCES THIS BY PROHIBITING
00:31:22 LOCAL
00:31:24 LAW ENFORCEMENT FROM COOPERATING WITH
00:31:27 FEDERAL IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT
00:31:30 EFFORTS. WITH RESPECT TO SUPER BOWL
00:31:34 LX, WHICH WILL
00:31:35 BE PLAYED ININ SANTA CLARA, RELATED
00:31:36 EVENTS THAT WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE
00:31:37 BAY
00:31:40 AREA, WE APPRECIATE
00:31:41 RECENT STATEMENTS BY FEDERAL OFFICIALS
00:31:42 INDICATING THAT THERE ARE NO PLANS
00:31:43 FOR
00:31:44 IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT OR AN I.C.E.
00:31:46 DEPLOYMENT
00:31:49 CONNECTED TO ANY OF THESE
00:31:50 EVENTS. STANDING WITH SANTA CLARA'S
00:31:51 DIVERSE AND IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES
00:31:52 IS
00:31:54 NOT ONLY AN ACT OF SOLIDARITY. IT
00:31:55 IS
00:31:56 A CLEAR DECLARATION OF OUR VALUES
00:31:58 AND A STATEMENT TO
00:32:01 FUTURE GENERATIONS THAT WE CHOSE
00:32:04 COURAGE, FAIRNESS, AND HOPE WHEN IT
00:32:05 MATTERED MOST. WE ENCOURAGE RESIDENTS
00:32:07 AND
00:32:10 VISITORS TO
00:32:12 ENJOY THE SUPER BOWL EVENTS RESPONSIBLY AND
00:32:13 JOIN US
00:32:14 IN STANDING WITH SANTA CLARA'S DIVERSE
00:32:16 AND IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES.
00:32:18 SIGNED, THE SANTA CLARA CITY COUNCIL.
00:32:19 WITH THAT, I WILL NOW TURN
00:32:22 THE PRESENTATION OVER TO CITY
00:32:25 ATTORNEY GLEN GUGENS,
00:32:27 WHO WILL GO THROUGH THE DRAFT POLICY THAT IS
00:32:28 BEFORE YOU.
00:32:31 >> THANK YOU,
00:32:34 CITY MANAGER.
00:32:36 WE'LL SAVE OUR QUESTIONS UNTIL TEND OF
00:32:38 THE PRESENTATION. WELCOME, CITY ATTORNEY.
00:32:40 >> THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.
00:32:42 HAPPY TO BE WITH YOU HERE TONIGHT
00:32:43 TO PRESENT THE DRAFT CITY COUNCIL
00:32:46 POLICY 056.
00:32:52 THE DRAFT POLICY THAT'S BEFORE
00:32:54 YOU TONIGHT, AMONG OTHER THINGS, WOULD
00:32:58 PROHIBIT THE USE OF CITY
00:32:59 FACILITIES, PARKING LOTS, GARAGES,
00:33:01 AND
00:33:04 OPEN SPACES FOR CIVIL IMMIGRATION
00:33:06 ENFORCEMENT PURPOSES. THERE'S SOME
00:33:07 KEY
00:33:08 EXCEPTIONS TO THAT I'LL TALK ABOUT
00:33:10 WHEN WE GET INTO THE DETAILS OF
00:33:11 THE POLICY. BUT THAT'S THE GENERAL
00:33:13 THRUST OF
00:33:16 THE POLICY. AT YOUR JANUARY 27th
00:33:18 MEETING, THIS TYPE OF POLICY, YOU'LL
00:33:22 RECALL, WAS REFERENCED BY
00:33:25 BOTH ADVOCATES ASKING
00:33:28 FOR CITY COUNCIL
00:33:31 ACTION AND COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO ARE AWARE
00:33:33 OF THIS KIND OF POLICY, AS THE KIND
00:33:36 OF POLICY YOU WOULD WANT TO BRING BACK.
00:33:37 GIVEN THE
00:33:39 TIME CONSTRAINTS AND THE AVAILABILITY OF
00:33:40 LOCAL
00:33:42 MODELS FOR THIS TYPE OF POLICY --
00:33:43 TO BE HONEST,
00:33:45 THIS POLICY WAS THE ONLY TYPE OF POLICY WE
00:33:46 THOUGHT WE
00:33:48 COULD REALISTICALLY PUT TOGETHER AND BRING BACK TO YOU IN
00:33:49 THE
00:33:52 TIME WE HAD -- WE
00:33:55 WERE AFFORDED -- TO DO THAT. SO, HERE WE
00:33:56 ARE LOOKING AT THIS POLICY. THE POLICY
00:33:58 IS PRIMARILY BASED ON
00:34:01 THE CITY OF SAN JOSE'S
00:34:02 POLICY, WHICH PER CONVERSATIONS I
00:34:04 HAD WITH MY COUNTERPARTS AT THE
00:34:06 CITY OF SAN JOSE ITSELF WAS BASED ON
00:34:07 A POLICY THAT
00:34:09 HAD BEEN ADOPTED BY THE CITY OF CHICAGO.
00:34:13 WE DID
00:34:16 LOOK IN ON OTHER POLICIES AND
00:34:18 PROVISIONS AS POTENTIAL COMPONENTS, YOU
00:34:19 KNOW, IN
00:34:22 LANGUAGE. FOR THIS POLICY,
00:34:25 WE TRIED TO
00:34:27 TAILOR THE POLICY AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE
00:34:31 TO
00:34:33 SANTA CLARA. I SAY, ME. I DON'T MEAN.
00:34:34 MY OTHER
00:34:36 LAWYERS WEREWERE WORKING A BUNCH OF STUFF.
00:34:37 THE POLICY, OF
00:34:38 COURSE, AS YOU KNOW, WAS PUT TOGETHER
00:34:40 IN THREE DAYS. THE POLICIES THAT THIS
00:34:41 WAS BASED ON WERE PUT TOGETHER AFTER
00:34:43 A LOT OF INPUT
00:34:46 FROM STAKEHOLDERS AND I THINK
00:34:49 DISCUSSIONS WITH THE PUBLIC,
00:34:51 BETWEEN THREE OR FOUR MONTHS OR LONGER DEPENDING
00:34:52 UPON
00:34:55 THE POLICY. SO, IT WAS A CHALLENGE.
00:34:57 BUT OF COURSE WHEN THE COUNCIL ASKS US TO DO
00:34:58 SOMETHING, WE SEEK
00:35:01 TO MEET THE CHALLENGES PRESENTED.
00:35:03 THIS NEXT SLIDE GIVES AN IDEA OF SOME OF
00:35:05 THE BENCHMARKING THAT WAS DONE IN
00:35:07 ORDER TO LOOK AT THE KINDS
00:35:09 OF POLICIES IN AND AROUND THIS AREA,
00:35:10 WITHIN
00:35:13 OUR REGION. AS YOU CAN SEE, ON
00:35:16 THE THE CITY OF OAKLAND, CITY OF
00:35:19 PINOLE, CITY OF SAN JOSE,
00:35:22 ALAMEDA COUNTY, SAN MATEO COUNTY, AND SANTA
00:35:24 CLARA COUNTY, HAVE ALL PUT TOGETHER
00:35:25 AND ADOPTED POLICIES LIKE
00:35:28 THIS WITHIN THE LAST YEAR OR SO. THIS
00:35:31 MATRIX GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF SOME OF THE
00:35:32 COMPONENTS
00:35:34 THAT, YOU KNOW, WENT INTO THESE POLICIES.
00:35:35 THESE ARE DETAILED A LITTLE BIT MORE
00:35:37 FOR YOU IN YOUR
00:35:39 STAFF REPORT. BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S
00:35:40 HELPFUL FOR ME TO
00:35:43 GO THROUGH REALLY IN ANY GREAT
00:35:45 DETAIL THESE NOW FOR YOU. INSTEAD,
00:35:47 WHAT I'M GOING TO DO IS GO OVER THE
00:35:49 KEY TERMS, AGAIN, USING
00:35:52 THESE POLICIES AND BORROWING
00:35:54 FROM THEM THAT WENT INTO THE DRAFT
00:35:55 POLICY THAT'S
00:35:56 BEFORE YOU TONIGHT. REALLY AT THE
00:36:01 CORE OF THE POLICY, DRAFT
00:36:02 POLICY 056 IS A GENERAL PROHIBITION
00:36:04 ON THE USE OF CITY
00:36:07 FACILITIES, PARKING LOTS, GARAGES,
00:36:10 AND OPEN
00:36:13 SPACES THAT
00:36:14 ARE OWNED, YOU KNOW, OR CONTROLLED
00:36:16 BY THE CITY WITHIN THE CITY OF
00:36:18 SANTA CLARA, OUR JURISDICTION. AND
00:36:19 SPECIFICALLY --I
00:36:22 THINK THIS IS THE EXACT LINE, CLOSE
00:36:25 TO IT --THE POLICY SAYS, NO CITY-OWNED
00:36:28 OR CITY-CONTROLLED FACILITIES,
00:36:29 PARKING LOT, GARAGE, OR OPEN SPACE
00:36:31 SHALL BE USED AS A STAGING
00:36:34 AREA, A PROCESSING LOCATION, OR AN
00:36:36 OPERATIONS BASE FOR CIVIL IMMIGRATION
00:36:37 ENFORCEMENT.
00:36:40 ALL OF THOSE TERMS IN QUOTES ARE
00:36:43 DEFINED TERMS. THEY
00:36:46 WERE BORROWED
00:36:49 SUBSTANTIALLY, IF NOT VERBATIM, FROM THE CITY OF
00:36:52 SAN JOSE POLICY. I THOUGHT THEY DID A
00:36:53 NICE JOB
00:36:54 OF CONCEDING WHAT THOSE THINGS WERE.
00:36:55 SO, I'LL READ THEM TO YOU
00:36:56 SO YOU REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE
00:36:58 TALKING ABOUT. STAGING AREA MEANS
00:36:59 AN AREA THAT
00:37:01 IS USED TO ASSEMBLE, MOBILIZE, AND
00:37:02 DEPLOY
00:37:04 VEHICLES, EQUIPMENT, OR MATERIALS
00:37:05 AND
00:37:06 RELATED PERSONNEL FOR THE PURPOSES
00:37:07 OF CARRYING OUT CIVIL IMMIGRATION
00:37:10 ENFORCEMENT OPERATIONS. A PROCESSING
00:37:13 LOCATION MEANS AN AREA THAT
00:37:16 IS USED FOR ACTIVITIES SUCH AS
00:37:18 THE IDENTIFICATION, INTAKE, PROCESSING
00:37:19 OF DOCUMENTATION,
00:37:22 DETENTION, ARREST, OR TEMPORARY HOLDING
00:37:23 OF
00:37:25 INDIVIDUALS IN CONNECTION WITH CIVIL
00:37:26 IMMIGRATION
00:37:28 ENFORCEMENT OPERATIONS. AN OPERATIONS
00:37:29 BASE
00:37:31 MEANS AN AREA THAT IS USED TO PLAN,
00:37:34 COORDINATE, AND EXECUTE CIVIL IMMIGRATION
00:37:36 ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES. SO, THAT'S AT
00:37:37 THE CORE OF THE POLICY, AND THAT'S
00:37:38 THE
00:37:41 THRUST OF IT. AGAIN, LARGELY
00:37:43 BASED ON CITY OF SAN JOSE. THE POLICY
00:37:46 ALSO INCLUDES PROVISIONS FOR ITS IMPLEMENTATION AND
00:37:50 ENFORCEMENT.
00:37:53 THE CITY MANAGER, AS
00:37:54 THE ADMINISTRATOR FOR ALL SUCH POLICIES
00:37:56 WITHIN THE CITY,
00:37:58 IS CHARGED WITH IDENTIFYING CITY-
00:37:59 OWNED
00:38:02 OR CITY-CONTROLLED
00:38:05 PROPERTIES. AND ONCE THOSE
00:38:07 ARE IDENTIFIED, POST CLEAR SIGNAGE
00:38:08 ON
00:38:09 SUCH PROPERTIES THAT INDICATE THE
00:38:11 PROHIBITED
00:38:12 IMMIGRATION ACTIVITIES. THIS WILL
00:38:14 CLEARLY TAKE SOME TIME, YOU KNOW,
00:38:15 AND RESOURCES. THERE'S GOING TO BE
00:38:17 A FOCUS ON THE KINDS
00:38:20 OF PROPERTIES THAT COULD LOAN THEMSELVES
00:38:21 TO THESE TYPES OF CIVIL IMMIGRATION
00:38:23 ACTIVITIES. IT DOESN'T MAKE
00:38:24 ANY SENSE TO IDENTIFY AND POST SIGNS
00:38:26 ON THINGS
00:38:27 THAT COULDN'T POSSIBLY BE DEPLOYED FOR
00:38:29 THAT PURPOSE. BUT THERE'S
00:38:32 A FAIR AMOUNT OF
00:38:34 REALLY YET UNANALYZED ENCOSTED WORK THAT
00:38:35 WOULD
00:38:37 NEED TO GO INTO THIS. WHERE NECESSARY
00:38:41 AND APPROPRIATE, THERE WOULD ALSO
00:38:42 BE A
00:38:43 PROVISION FOR INSTALLING PHYSICAL
00:38:44 BARRIERS TO DISCOURAGE
00:38:45 THE PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES. AND IT
00:38:47 ALSO --THE
00:38:50 POLICY ALSO PROVIDES
00:38:52 A PROCEDURE FOR CITY EMPLOYEES TO
00:38:54 REPORT ANY ACTIVITIES TO THE CITY
00:38:55 MANAGER AND THE CITY ATTORNEY. AND
00:38:56 THIS IS
00:38:58 IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT BECAUSE LIKE
00:38:59 THE OTHER
00:39:02 POLICIES THAT WE BASE
00:39:05 THIS ON, OUR
00:39:07 POLICIES, NOT ORDINANCES, INTENDED
00:39:10 TO CREATE CRIMES, IF IN FACT THESE
00:39:11 POLICIES
00:39:14 ARE VIOLATED. THE MECHANISM FOR
00:39:17 ENFORCING THIS POLICY IS IF CITY MANAGER
00:39:19 OR CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE GETS A REPORT
00:39:20 THAT THERE'S
00:39:22 A PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES, WE WOULD
00:39:23 IN EFFECT NEED
00:39:26 TO SEEK A CIVIL INJUNCTION AND A LAWSUIT
00:39:29 TO
00:39:32 FILE AND TO
00:39:35 IN THAT TYPE OF ACTIVITY. THAT'S HOW ALL THE OTHER
00:39:36 EFFORTS ARE SET UP. IT AVOIDS ANY TYPE OF
00:39:38 ARGUMENT THAT WE ARE
00:39:41 ENGAGED IN UNLAWFUL, YOU KNOW,
00:39:44 PROSECUTION OF PROTECTED FEDERAL ENFORCEMENT
00:39:45 ACTIVITIES.
00:39:47 AND IT REALLY IS INTENDED TO MAKE THIS POLICY, LIKE
00:39:49 ALL OF THEM, MORE OF A CITY EXERCISE
00:39:50 OF ITS
00:39:52 RIGHTS WITH RESPECT TO PROPERTY MANAGEMENT
00:39:53 OF PROPERTIES
00:39:55 IT OWNS AND CONTROLS, RIGHT? WE HAVE
00:39:59 THE ABILITY TO SAY WHAT ARE
00:40:02 AND WE'RE SUPPOSED TO USE OUR PROPERTIES FOR
00:40:04 CITY PURPOSES. THE CITY IS NOT ENGAGED AND
00:40:05 IS PROHIBITED
00:40:07 FROM ENGAGING IN CIVIL IMMIGRATION
00:40:08 ENFORCEMENT, YOU
00:40:11 KNOW, ACTIVITIES.
00:40:13 AND SO WE WANT OUR PROPERTIES RESERVED FOR
00:40:14 CITY PURPOSES,
00:40:16 NOT THESE ALTERNATIVE PURPOSES. AND
00:40:17 THIS
00:40:19 REALLY GETS AT THAT AND BALANCES, KIND OF,
00:40:20 THOSE
00:40:23 INTERESTS. NEXT SLIDE. IT
00:40:26 IS SOMETHING BEYOND JUST
00:40:29 THE CITY TAKING CLAIM OF
00:40:32 AND MANAGING ITS OWN PROPERTIES.
00:40:35 THE
00:40:36 POLICIES THAT HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED
00:40:38 HERE, A NUMBER OF THEM, NOT ALL OF
00:40:41 THEM, ALSO PROVIDE FOR
00:40:43 CITY SUPPORT FOR PRIVATE PROPERTY
00:40:44 OWNERS,
00:40:46 BUSINESSES, AND RESIDENTS TO DO THE SAME IF THEY WANT.
00:40:47 SO, WE'RE GOING
00:40:50 TO DEVELOP SIGNAGE. AND THE
00:40:52 CITY WILL PROVIDE FREE ELECTRONIC
00:40:53 COPY OF THAT
00:40:55 SIGNAGE, A TEMPLATE, THAT SUCH PROPERTY
00:40:56 OWNERS COULD
00:40:59 USE IF THEY WERE INTERESTED IN DELINEATING
00:41:00 AREAS
00:41:02 ON THEIR PRIVATELY
00:41:05 OWNED PROPERTY THAT THEY ALSO WISH
00:41:08 TO RESTRICT CIVIL IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT
00:41:09 ACTIVITIES.
00:41:10 THE CITY WILL ALSO MAKE AVAILABLE
00:41:11 TO THE PUBLIC KNOW YOUR RIGHTS
00:41:12 MATERIALS. I SHOULD POINT OUT THAT
00:41:14 THE CITY ACTUALLY ALREADY DOES THIS.
00:41:15 MATERIALS ARE PRODUCED AND AVAILABLE AT
00:41:17 THE CITY LIBRARIES. THIS
00:41:19 POLICY IN EFFECT AFFIRMS AND FORMALIZES
00:41:20 THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING
00:41:22 ALREADY, AND IT COULD SUGGEST MAYBE
00:41:23 A MORE
00:41:25 EXPANDED DISTRIBUTION OF THOSE TYPES
00:41:26 OF MATERIALS SO
00:41:29 PEOPLE KNOW THEIR RIGHTS IN
00:41:31 OUR COMMUNITY. NEXT SLIDE, AND IT'S
00:41:32 AN IMPORTANT ONE.
00:41:35 AND IT'S LIMITATIONS ON SCOPE OF THE
00:41:36 APPLICATION OF THIS POLICY. AGAIN,
00:41:38 BASED ON THE POLICIES THAT
00:41:41 WE LOOKED AT,
00:41:44 THEY ALL
00:41:47 HAVE SIMILAR CARVE-OUTS IN ORDER TO
00:41:49 AVOID CONFLICTS WITHWITH CONTRACTS OR
00:41:50 OTHER RIGHTS FOR FEDERAL
00:41:53 LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES THAT WE'RE
00:41:54 NOT
00:41:56 ABLE TO INFLUENCE AND CONTROL. AND
00:41:57 THE CARVE-
00:41:59 OUTS ARE THESE.
00:42:02 THEY APPLY TO --THEY DO NOT --
00:42:05 THE POLICY DOES NOT APPLY TO CITY
00:42:06 PROPERTY SUBJECT TO
00:42:08 AN EXISTING LEASE, OPERATOR AGREEMENT,
00:42:09 OR
00:42:10 OTHER CONTRACTURAL RESTRICTION, DEFINED IN
00:42:11 THE POLICY AS
00:42:14 EXISTING CONTRACTS.
00:42:17 THIS MAKES
00:42:20 SENSE FOR CONTRACT --BECAUSE TO THE
00:42:21 EXTENT
00:42:23 A PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNER HAS A CONTRACTURAL
00:42:24 RIGHT, IT IS
00:42:25 UNLAWFUL TO JUST CHANGE THEIR CONTRACT AND
00:42:26 THE TERMS OF THEIR
00:42:29 OWNERSHIP AND CONTROL
00:42:32 OF THAT PROPERTY MERELY BY
00:42:35 MAKING A POLICY. BY
00:42:38 NECESSITY, WE'VE CARVED OUT THE APPLICATION OF
00:42:40 THIS POLICY, POLICIES THAT THE CITY
00:42:41 HAS IN FACT LEASED OR
00:42:43 OTHERWISE PROVIDED CONTROL OF TO A
00:42:44 PRIVATE
00:42:46 PROPERTY OWNER. THE OTHER LIMIT IS
00:42:47 ON
00:42:49 THE EXECUTION OF LAWFUL JUDICIAL WARRANTS
00:42:50 OR OTHER
00:42:53 ENFORCEMENT OF CRIMINAL LAW BY ANY
00:42:56 FEDERAL STATE OR LOCAL ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
00:42:59 AGAIN, AS A MATTER OF RELATIONSHIPS
00:43:03 BETWEEN
00:43:04 JURISDICTIONS, IT IS WIDELY BELIEVED
00:43:06 AND UNDERSTOOD THAT LOCAL
00:43:07 JURISDICTIONS CANNOT RESTRICT CRIMINAL
00:43:10 ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES BY OTHER FEDERAL
00:43:11 AGENCIES. SO, THIS PROPERTY DOES NOT
00:43:15 PROPORT TO DO THAT.
00:43:17 THERE'S A JUDICIAL WARRANT THAT WAS
00:43:20 ISSUED WITH RESPECT TO A CITY-OWNED
00:43:21 PROPERTY FOR
00:43:23 A CRIMINAL ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY BY I.C.E.
00:43:25 OR ANY OTHER AGENCY, THIS WOULD NOT
00:43:27 PREVENT THEM FROM
00:43:29 GAINING ACCESS TO THAT PROPERTY. AGAIN,
00:43:31 PROPERTY MANAGEMENT OF THINGS THAT WE
00:43:33 CAN CONTROL BUT NOT THINGS THAT
00:43:35 WE DON'T HAVE CONTROL --AND FINALLY,
00:43:36 POLICY
00:43:38 MAKES IT CLEAR THAT THE RIGHTS OF
00:43:41 ANY PERSON OR ANY STATE OR FEDERAL
00:43:42 LAW --
00:43:45 AGAIN, ANY PERSON OR ENTITY --OR
00:43:47 OTHER LAWFUL ACTIVITY, INCLUDING BY
00:43:48 FEDERAL AND
00:43:49 STATE AGENCIES OR PRIVATE ENTITIES
00:43:51 OR INDIVIDUALS, ALSO IS NOT
00:43:53 PROHIBITED. SO, IF SOMEONE WAS EXERCISING
00:43:54 THEIR LAWFUL RIGHTS TO
00:43:56 PROTEST OR OTHERWISE IN AN OPEN SPACE
00:43:57 AVAILABLE
00:43:58 FOR THAT PURPOSE, THIS WOULDN'T PROHIBIT
00:44:00 THAT TYPE OF ACTIVITY.
00:44:12 WE KNEW THAT THE FOLKS THAT CAME
00:44:15 IN AND SPOKE TO YOU ON THE 27th
00:44:17 AND THAT ALL OF YOU HAD SPECIFIC CONCERNS ABOUT,
00:44:18 YOU KNOW,
00:44:20 ACTIVITIES IN AND AROUND THE STADIUM.
00:44:22 THE OTHER JURISDICTIONS, MANY OF THEM
00:44:24 HAVE THE LUXURY OF
00:44:27 NOT HAVING SUCH A FACILITY HERE
00:44:30 TO TRY TO NAVIGATE AROUND AND SORT OUT.
00:44:32 BUT WE, OF COURSE, DO HAVE THIS AND
00:44:33 UNDERSTAND
00:44:35 THAT IT'S A CONCERN, YOU KNOW, OF
00:44:36 THE COMMUNITY.
00:44:38 AND SO WITHIN OUR ABILITY TO CONTROL, YOU
00:44:39 KNOW, THESE
00:44:42 THINGS, WE DID BUILD INTO THIS
00:44:44 POLICY SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR EXISTING
00:44:48 STADIUM CONTRACTS AND FUTURE CONTRACTS.
00:44:51 SO, THERE IS A PROVISION THAT SAYS,
00:44:52 EVEN
00:44:54 THOUGH WE CAN'T IMPOSE
00:44:55 THIS REQUIREMENTREQUIREMENT WE WOULD
00:44:57 MEET AND CONFER WITH THIRD
00:44:59 PARTIES OF EXISTING CONTRACTION FOR THE
00:45:00 OPERATION OF THE STADIUM
00:45:02 AUTHORITY AND OWNED STADIUM FACILITIES
00:45:03 TO DEVELOP
00:45:05 MUTUALLY AGREEABLE MECHANISMS THAT,
00:45:06 TO THE
00:45:08 EXTENT POSSIBLE, IMPLEMENT THE TERMS OF
00:45:09 THE POLICY
00:45:12 AT STADIUM FACILITIES. AS
00:45:15 YOU ALL KNOW AND MAYBE THE PUBLIC DOESN'T,
00:45:18 WE HAVE SUBSTANTIAL OPERATIONAL
00:45:19 CONTROL OVER A CONTRACT FOR SIX MONTHS
00:45:23 OF OPERATIONS. THE 49ers, WITH THE
00:45:24 ABILITY TO
00:45:26 LICENSE THE STADIUM THEMSELVES AS
00:45:27 TENANT TO
00:45:29 OTHER USERS LIKE THE NFL FOR PURPOSES OF
00:45:30 THE SUPER BOWL,
00:45:32 CONTROL OPERATIONS AT THE STADIUM, YOU KNOW, FOR
00:45:33 THE OTHER
00:45:35 SIX MONTHS. FOR THE SUPER BOWL, THEY
00:45:36 ARE IN CONTROL, IN
00:45:38 EFFECT, AS A TENANT WITH CONTRACTURAL
00:45:39 RIGHTS WITH RESPECT TO
00:45:42 THE OPERATIONS. SO, THOSE NEED TO
00:45:43 BE RESPECTED. BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN
00:45:45 THAT WE CAN'T SAY, HEY, WE
00:45:48 ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THESE THINGS
00:45:51 AND WE HAVE A
00:45:53 POLICY WE , WE WANT TO ENGAGE WITH
00:45:56 YOU , BECAUSE WE THINK THIS WILL BE
00:45:57 A MATTER OF MUTUAL CONCERN.
00:46:00 THERE'S NOT A BULLET HERE, BUT I
00:46:02 THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO SHOW THE IMPORTANCE OF
00:46:03 THE ATTEMPT TO
00:46:06 BALANCE THIS POLICY IS. THAT
00:46:07 THIS MEET AND CONFER PROCESS SHALL
00:46:09 BE DONE IN A
00:46:11 MANNER THAT RECOGNIZES AND MAINTAINS THE
00:46:12 STRONG
00:46:15 WORKING RELATIONSHIPS IN
00:46:16 CLOSE COORDINATION WITH ALL STATE,
00:46:18 LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES THAT
00:46:20 IS NECESSARY AND INTEGRAL TO SECURING
00:46:21 THE SAFETY
00:46:24 OF ALL STADIUM EVENTS PARTICIPANTS,
00:46:26 WORKERS, ATTENDEES, BUSINESSES, AND
00:46:27 NEIGHBORHOODS, AND
00:46:30 OTHERS
00:46:32 ENGAGED IN LAWFUL ACTIVITIES AT AND AROUND THE STADIUM
00:46:33 DURING MAJOR EVENTS. AGAIN, RECOGNITION
00:46:35 OF EXISTING CIRCUMSTANCES AND THE
00:46:36 NEED TO HAVE
00:46:38 ANY POLICY LIKE THIS, SHOULD YOU PROCEED
00:46:39 WITH
00:46:41 IT, BALANCE THOSE INTERESTS AND MAINTAIN
00:46:44 THOSE RELATIONSHIPS. FOR ALL OTHER
00:46:45 CITY-OWNED
00:46:47 AND CONTROLLED PROPERTIES SUBJECT
00:46:48 TO EXISTING, YOU
00:46:50 KNOW, CONTRACTS WITH THE CITY, THE
00:46:51 CITY MANAGER,
00:46:53 THIS POLICY PROVIDES WOULD PROVIDE
00:46:54 NOTICE OF THE
00:46:57 EXISTENCE OF THIS POLICY AND SHALL
00:46:58 REQUEST
00:46:59 THE CONCURRENCE OF THOSE CONTRACTED
00:47:00 PARTIES WITH THE TERMS OF
00:47:03 THIS POLICY. AGAIN, THEY HAVE A
00:47:05 CONTRACT, WE CAN'T IMPOSE THIS ON
00:47:06 THEM. BUT WE
00:47:08 CAN CERTAINLY ASK FOR THEIR CONCURRENCE.
00:47:09 THEN IN
00:47:11 ADDITION FOR ANY FUTURE AGREEMENTS
00:47:12 REGARDING CITY-OWNED OR
00:47:14 CONTROLLED PROPERTY, WHEREVER POSSIBLE
00:47:15 AND ALLOWED BY
00:47:18 LAW --WE'D HAVE TO SORT THAT OUT
00:47:20 BECAUSE THERE MAY BE UNIQUE CIRCUMSTANCES --
00:47:21 THE
00:47:23 CITY MANAGER SHALL DIRECT THAT THE
00:47:24 LIMITATIONS SET FORTH
00:47:26 BE INCLUDED. EXISTING CONTRACTS ARE
00:47:27 LIMITED. THE STADIUM HAS
00:47:30 UNIQUE CIRCUMSTANCES. BUT FUTURE
00:47:32 CONTRACTS, SHOULD YOU DECIDE TO PROCEED,
00:47:33 COULD HAVE PROVISIONS THAT
00:47:36 MORE EXPLESLY BUILD THESE
00:47:38 PROVISIONS INTO THAT RELATIONSHIP.
00:47:39 I SHOULD MAKE, BEFORE I TURN IT OVER
00:47:40 TO
00:47:42 THE CITY MANAGER
00:47:45 TO CLOSE, WE'RE ABLE TO
00:47:48 RESPOND TO CITY COUNCIL
00:47:50 REQUESTS. AND I THINK WE HAVE, IN
00:47:51 THIS CASE.
00:47:54 BUT I HAVE TO TELL YOU I'M NOT ENTIRELY
00:47:55 COMFORTABLE
00:47:57 IN FRONT OF YOU, PRESENTING
00:48:00 THIS POLICY FOR ACTION TONIGHT. GOOD
00:48:01 POLICY
00:48:03 MAKING, ESPECIALLY IN COMPLEX AREAS
00:48:04 OF
00:48:07 POLICY AND THE
00:48:08 LAW, AND ESPECIALLY WHERE THERE ARE A
00:48:10 LOT OF STAKEHOLDERS
00:48:13 AND IMPACTS,
00:48:15 ARE NOT TYPICALLY RUSHED AND THEY'RE
00:48:16 NOT OFF
00:48:18 OF A SHELF. THEY USUALLY INVOLVE MORE
00:48:20 SUBSTANTIAL ENGAGEMENT WITH THE STAKEHOLDERS
00:48:22 AND THE
00:48:24 IMPACTED PARTY IES BEFORE YOU MAKE SUCH
00:48:27 A POLICY. I'M OF THAT ILK. WHILE I
00:48:28 OBVIOUSLY WAS GLAD TO
00:48:29 BE ABLE TO PUT THIS TOGETHER FOR YOU, I
00:48:31 DIDN'T
00:48:33 DO IT WITH ANY GREAT RELISH. AND I
00:48:34 WANTED TO
00:48:37 BE RESPONSIVE.
00:48:40 OBVIOUSLY HERE TO SUPPORT THE
00:48:42 COUNCIL. BUT I FELT LIKE I WOULD BE
00:48:44 REMISS IF I DIDN'T POINT OUT, YOU
00:48:46 KNOW, THAT CERTAIN LEVEL
00:48:48 OF PROFESSIONAL DISCOMFORT IN PRESENTING THIS TO YOU.
00:48:49 WITH THAT,
00:48:50 OBVIOUSLY I'LL BE HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS
00:48:52 ABOUT THE POLICY OR OTHER
00:48:54 AREAS, BUT I'LL TURN THE MICROPHONE OVER.
00:48:58 >> THANK YOU,
00:49:00 CITY ATTORNEY. CITY MANAGER?
00:49:01 >> THANK YOU.
00:49:02 AND
00:49:03 I'LL WRAP US UP REAL QUICK. I WILL
00:49:04 SAY
00:49:07 THAT I SHARE A BIT OF THE CITY ATTORNEY'S
00:49:08 CONCERN. I'VE BEEN DOING THIS LONG
00:49:10 ENOUGH TO KNOW THAT WHEN YOU
00:49:12 REALLY BASED YOUR POLICY OFF OF WHAT
00:49:13 OTHER CITIES
00:49:15 HAVE ADOPTED, IT MAY NOT HIT EXACTLY WHAT
00:49:16 YOU NEED
00:49:18 FOR YOUR COMMUNITY, AND THERE MAY --
00:49:20 AND WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT TIME FOR THE
00:49:22 COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WITH OUR
00:49:25 LOCAL STAKEHOLDERS. THAT SAID,
00:49:28 THE RECOMMENDATION
00:49:31 TONIGHT IS CONSIDERED STAFF'S
00:49:32 PRESENTATION AND TAKE ACTION THAT
00:49:34 THE CITY COUNCIL DEEMS
00:49:35 APPROPRIATE. SO, THAT IS ON YOUR DRAFT
00:49:37 POLICY STATEMENT THAT WE
00:49:39 DISCUSSED EARLIER TODAY AS WELL AS
00:49:40 THE
00:49:42 DRAFT POLICY THAT WAS PUT BEFORE YOU
00:49:45 AND AS THE CITY ATTORNEY MENTIONED,
00:49:48 LARGELY BASED ON WORK THAT OTHER COMMUNITIES
00:49:50 HAVE DONE. ADDITIONALLY, IF THERE
00:49:52 ARE ANY OTHER ACTIONS, IT IS
00:49:54 OUR RECOMMENDATION THAT THOSE BE REFERRED
00:49:55 TO
00:49:58 THE CITY STAFF OR IF THERE
00:50:00 IS SUBSTANTIAL AND SUBSTANTIVE AMENDMENTS TO
00:50:01 THE POLICY, IT WOULD
00:50:03 BE OUR RECOMMENDATION THAT WE HAVE
00:50:06 ADDITIONAL TIME TO WORK THROUGH THOSE.
00:50:10 THAT SAID, THE CITY ATTORNEY
00:50:13 AND I ARE HERE TO SUPPORT YOUR
00:50:16 POLICY DELIBERATIONS. AND AS I
00:50:19 SAID, OUR FRANKLY
00:50:21 CITY OPERATIONAL MODE HAS SHIFTED
00:50:22 TO PROTECTION.
00:50:25 SO, I'D BE
00:50:27 REMISS IF I DIDN'T CONCLUDE TONIGHT'S
00:50:28 PRESENTATION WITH
00:50:30 A THANK YOU TO OUR CITY AND PUBLIC
00:50:31 EMPLOYEES THAT
00:50:34 ARE ACTIVELY SUPPORTING THE
00:50:36 PUBLIC, WHETHER THAT'S IN A PROTECTION
00:50:37 CAPACITY, A WELCOMING
00:50:39 CAPACITY, OR EVEN A JANITORIAL CAPACITY.
00:50:42 THAT EXTENDS TO OUR ALLIED PARTNERS.
00:50:44 I CAN'T TELL YOU ACTUALLY HOW MANY
00:50:46 FEDERAL PARTNERS WALKED UP TO ME
00:50:49 YESTERDAY AND REMINDED ME THAT THEY CAME
00:50:51 HERE TO PROTECT OUR COMMUNITY AT A TIME THEY
00:50:54 WERE FURLOUGHED, THAT THE FEDERAL
00:50:55 GOVERNMENT WAS GOING
00:50:57 THROUGH A PARTIAL SHUTDOWN. ALSO THANK
00:50:58 YOU TO
00:50:59 ALL OF THE PRIVATE PERSONNEL. MANY
00:51:01 PEOPLE DON'T KNOW, BUT THERE IS
00:51:03 OVER 10,000 EMPLOYEES THAT HAVE BEEN
00:51:04 HIRED TO
00:51:06 SUPPORT THE SUPER BOWL. SO, THANK YOU TO
00:51:07 ALL OF THOSE
00:51:09 PERSONNELS, AS WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE
00:51:10 OF
00:51:11 IMPLEMENTATION OF SUPER BOWL WEEK.
00:51:13 WITH THAT, THANK YOU.
00:51:15 >> THANK YOU, CITY MANAGER. AND I
00:51:16 WANT TO THANK OUR STAFF
00:51:17 FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER SO QUICKLY.
00:51:19 I KNOW I
00:51:21 HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT SAN
00:51:22 JOSE'S POLICY A COUPLE
00:51:24 OF WEEKS AGO AND HAD A CHANCE TO GO
00:51:25 THROUGH IT. AND I
00:51:26 THOUGHT IT WAS PRETTY DECENT. SO, THANK
00:51:28 YOU
00:51:29 FOR PUTTING THIS ALL TOGETHER QUICKLY.
00:51:31 AND I
00:51:34 AGREE THAT WE HAVEN'T OUTREACHED YET ON
00:51:35 THIS,
00:51:36 BUT --AND IT MAY BE TOO LATE FOR SUPER
00:51:37 BOWL, EVEN IF
00:51:40 WE TAKE ACTION TONIGHT, BUT IT WON'T
00:51:43 BE TOO LATE FOR WORLD CUP, WHICH IS --
00:51:44 I THINK
00:51:45 WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO A LOT MORE WORK
00:51:46 BETWEEN NOW AND OUR FIRST WORLD
00:51:48 CUP GAME. SO --BUT I DO APPRECIATE
00:51:49 YOU PUTTING THIS
00:51:52 ALL TOGETHER. THIS IS FOR QUESTIONS ONLY.
00:51:55 SO, QUESTIONS AND, I GUESS, COUNCIL
00:51:56 COMMENTS TOO.
00:51:58 I'M GOING TO START WITH OUR
00:52:01 DISTRICT 1 REPRESENTATIVE, VICE MAYOR GONZALEZ.
00:52:04 THE STADIUMS IN
00:52:06 YOUR DISTRICT -- ALTHOUGH THIS POLICY WILL
00:52:07 BE CITYWIDE. BUT
00:52:10 IF YOU'D LIKE TO START.
00:52:11 >> THANK YOU,
00:52:13 MADAM MAYOR.
00:52:16 I
00:52:19 KNOW THAT
00:52:22 COUNCILMEMBER COX AND I DRAFTED A SHORT
00:52:25 MEMO. I WANT TO MENTION THAT
00:52:27 AND MENTION
00:52:28 ITEMS THAT ARE
00:52:30 MORE IMPLEMENTATION-WISE THAT DON'T
00:52:31 NEED TO BE IN THE
00:52:34 POLICY BUT CAN BE, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY
00:52:35 FOLLOWED
00:52:37 ON MY STAFF. I WANTED TO THANK, YOU
00:52:38 KNOW,
00:52:39 OUR CITY MANAGER AND OUR STAFF FOR
00:52:41 RESPONDING WITH URGENCY TO THE CONCERNS
00:52:43 RAISED BY OUR COMMUNITY. THE
00:52:46 FEAR AND ANGER EXPRESSED BY RESIDENTS,
00:52:47 PARTICULARLY THOSE
00:52:49 OF OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY, WERE NOT
00:52:50 ABSTRACT.
00:52:52 THEY WERE GROUNDED IN REAL EXPERIENCES
00:52:53 AND DEEP
00:52:55 DISTRUST OF FEDERAL IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT
00:52:56 PRACTICES
00:52:58 THAT HAVE INCREASINGLY BLURRED THE
00:52:59 LINE
00:53:00 BETWEEN LAWFUL ACTIVITY AND INTIMIDATION.
00:53:01 SANTA CLARA IS HOSTING EVENTS OF
00:53:04 INTERNATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE. WITH THAT
00:53:05 VISIBILITY
00:53:06 COMES RESPONSIBILITY. OUR RESIDENTS
00:53:07 DESERVE CLARITY,
00:53:10 PROTECTION, WITHIN THE LIMITS OF THE
00:53:11 LAW AND A
00:53:13 LOCAL GOVERNMENT THAT ACTS DECISIVELY RATHER
00:53:16 THAN SYMBOLICALLY. WE'RE --ENFORCEABLE
00:53:18 CITY POLICY THAT PREVENTS CITY-OWNED
00:53:20 AND CITY
00:53:21 CONTROLLED PROPERTY FROM BEING USED
00:53:23 TO FACILITY --
00:53:25 ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES WHILE ALSO
00:53:26 PROVIDING PRACTICAL
00:53:28 GUIDANCE, RESOURCES TO OUR RESIDENTS
00:53:31 AND BUSINESSES. SPECIFICALLY WE SUPPORT
00:53:32 THE ADOPTION
00:53:35 OF CITY COUNCIL
00:53:37 POLICY 056, AS DIRECTED BY WHICH ESTABLISHES
00:53:38 A FOLLOWING
00:53:39 CORE COMMITMENT. THE CITY PROHIBITS
00:53:41 A
00:53:44 USE OF CITY-OWNED AND CITY-CONTROLLED FACILITIES,
00:53:47 PARKING LOTS, AS STAGING
00:53:50 AREAS, PROCESSES, LOCATIONS, OR
00:53:51 OPERATIONAL BASES FOR CIVIL IMMIGRATION ACTIVITIES.
00:53:53 WE SUPPORT DIRECTING
00:53:55 CITY MANAGER TO IMPLEMENT THIS POLICY
00:53:56 THROUGH
00:53:58 CLEAR IDENTIFICATION OF --PROPERTIES,
00:54:00 VISIBLE SIGNAGE INDICATING PROHIBITED
00:54:02 USES,
00:54:05 PHYSICAL DETERRENTS
00:54:07 WHERE APPROPRIATE, AND INTERNAL RESOURCES
00:54:08 FOR
00:54:09 CITY EMPLOYEES TO FLAG REVIEW BY THE
00:54:11 CITY MANAGER AND CITY ATTORNEY.
00:54:14 WHILE THE CITY CANNOT REGULATE
00:54:15 PRIVATE PROPERTY IN THE SAME MANNER,
00:54:17 WE STRONGLY SUPPORT
00:54:20 PROVIDING STANDARDIZED SIGNAGE FOR
00:54:22 VOLUNTARY USE FOR PROPERTY OWNERS
00:54:23 MAKING
00:54:26 KNOW YOUR RIGHTS MATERIALS AVAILABLE.
00:54:29 AND ATTORNEY GENERAL GUIDANCE.
00:54:31 PARTNERSHIP WITH LOCAL GROUPS -- MOST EFFICIENT WAY
00:54:32 POSSIBLE WITH
00:54:35 THE GREATEST REACH AND IMPACT.
00:54:36 THIS POLICY MUST BE EXPLICIT THAT
00:54:38 IT DOES
00:54:39 NOT INTERFERE WITH THE LAWFUL AND
00:54:41 JUDICIAL WARRANTS, CRIMINAL LAW
00:54:42 ENFORCEMENT, OR RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS
00:54:44 EMPLOYED BY
00:54:46 STATE AND FEDERAL LAW. CLARITY HERE
00:54:47 IS ESSENTIAL
00:54:49 TO MAINTAIN PUBLIC TRUST AND AVOID
00:54:50 MISINFORMATION. GIVEN THE
00:54:53 SCALE AND COMPLICITY OF STADIUM
00:54:55 AUTHORITY OPERATIONS, WE SUPPORT STAFF'S
00:54:56 APPROACH TO MEET
00:54:57 AND CONFER WITH EXISTING CONTRACT
00:54:59 PARTNERS AND COMMUNITY
00:55:01 GROUPS TO IMPLEMENT TO THE GREATEST
00:55:02 EXTENT
00:55:05 POSSIBLE WHILE PRESERVING
00:55:07 NECESSARY COORDINATION --FUTURE AGREEMENTS
00:55:08 WE
00:55:10 SUPPORT INCLUDING THESE USE LIMITATIONS
00:55:11 WHEREVER LEGALLY
00:55:14 PERMISSIBLE. IN ADDITION TO
00:55:17 ADOPTING POLICY 056, WE REQUEST THAT
00:55:19 STAFF MODIFY THE POLICY TO INCLUDE --
00:55:20 WHETHER IT
00:55:22 IS MODIFIED OR IMPLEMENTED WITH THESE
00:55:23 CAVEATS, A
00:55:25 CLEAR IMPLEMENTATION TIMELINE, IDENTIFYING WHAT
00:55:26 CAN BE
00:55:28 EXECUTED IMMEDIATELY AND WHAT WILL
00:55:29 REQUIRE ADDITIONAL
00:55:32 STAFFING OR
00:55:33 RESOURCES. GUIDANCE ON EMPLOYEE TRAINING
00:55:35 RELATED TO SAFETY PROTOCOLS
00:55:38 AND REPORTING PROCEDURES, AND A PUBLIC-
00:55:41 SAFING SUMMARY OF
00:55:44 LESSONS LEARNED. THIS REQUIRES
00:55:47 MORE THAN REASSURANCE. IT
00:55:49 REQUIRES VISIBLE ACTION THAT IS LEGALLY
00:55:51 SOUND, OPERATIONALLY FEASIBLE, AND
00:55:56 RESPONSIVE TO THE LIVED
00:55:59 REALITY
00:56:05 OF OUR RELTS.
00:56:07 WE LOOK FORWARD TO DO COLLABORATION
00:56:11 TO ENSURE SANTA CLARA REMAINS
00:56:12 A CITY WHERE ALL RESIDENTS CAN LIVE,
00:56:14 WORK, AND
00:56:16 PARTICIPATE WITHOUT FEAR. THAT'S SIGNED
00:56:19 BY COUNCILMEMBER KELLY COX AND I.
00:56:20 >>
00:56:23 VICE MAYOR, I HAVE A QUESTION ON YOUR LETTER HERE.
00:56:26 >> YES? >> ARE YOU AND COUNCILMEMBER
00:56:28 COX SUGGESTING THOSE THREE BULLET
00:56:29 POINTS BE INCLUDED IN
00:56:32 THE POLICY, ADDED INTO THE POLICY?
00:56:33 >> IF WE CAN ADD
00:56:34 THEM INTO THE POLICY OR PUT IT IN
00:56:35 THE RECORD THAT THEY BE IMPLEMENTED
00:56:36 IN SOME
00:56:38 WAY, THEY'RE NOT --THEY'RE MORE
00:56:40 IMPLEMENTATION VERSUS POLICY, RIGHT?
00:56:41 SO, THOSE
00:56:43 ARE THINGS THAT CAN AFFORDED, WHETHER
00:56:44 THEY'RE IN
00:56:47 THE POLICY OR
00:56:50 BRINGS THOSE ITEMS TO BEAR.
00:56:53 BUT THE THIRD ONE BASICALLY IS A
00:56:55 REPORT AFTER THE SUPER BOWL LOOKING AT
00:56:56 WHAT WORKED,
00:56:58 WHAT DIDN'T WORK, AND WHAT WE CAN
00:56:59 USE MOVING FORWARD
00:57:01 WITH FIFA WORLD CUP.
00:57:02 >> THANKS. I
00:57:03 JUST WANTED CLARIFICATION
00:57:05 ON THAT. THANK YOU.
00:57:08 COUNCILMEN
00:57:11 JAIN?
00:57:14 >> SO, THERE HAVE ALREADY BEEN
00:57:16 SOME SUPER BOWL ACTIVITIES. THERE WAS AN
00:57:17 OPENING NIGHT AT
00:57:20 DOWNTOWN SAN JOSE. AND I BELIEVE THERE
00:57:21 WAS A
00:57:23 DRUM SHOW THERE. THEN THERE
00:57:26 WAS AN EVENT AT
00:57:29 THE --CENTER. THEN THE TEAMS WERE
00:57:30 PRACTICING TODAY.
00:57:32 MY QUESTION IS, HAS THERE BEEN ANY
00:57:33 EVIDENCE OF I.C.E.
00:57:35 PRESENCE AT ANY OF THOSE
00:57:38 EVENTS? AND THEN CAN YOU
00:57:41 TALK ABOUT FREE SPEECH ZONES THAT
00:57:43 WE HAVE ESTABLISHED IN THE CITY OF SANTA
00:57:44 CLARA TO ALLOW PEOPLE
00:57:47 TO EXPRESS THEIR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS
00:57:50 WITHOUT ANY CONSEQUENCES?
00:57:52 UNFORTUNATELY, THIS ADMINISTRATION
00:57:53 HAS BEEN
00:57:56 VIOLATING PEOPLE'S FREE SPEECH RIGHTS
00:57:59 FOR, YOU KNOW,
00:58:02 AT LEASTLEAST 20 --
00:58:05 FOR A LONG TIME.
00:58:08 BUT 2021. SO, I JUST WANTED TO KNOW
00:58:11 ABOUT THE FREE SPEECH ZONES. THANK YOU.
00:58:14 >> THANK YOU,
00:58:17 COUNCILMEMBER HARDY?
00:58:18 >> THANK YOU.
00:58:20 I WANT TO MAKE CERTAIN
00:58:22 I UNDERSTAND WHAT POWER THE CITY COUNCIL
00:58:23 DOES HAVE BECAUSE SOME OF THIS
00:58:26 IS DIRECTING THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
00:58:27 AND I KNOW THAT
00:58:29 WE DO NOT HAVE THAT POWER. SO, I WANT
00:58:30 TO
00:58:32 UNDERSTAND THAT. I ALSO WANT TO
00:58:35 UNDERSTAND, BECAUSE THIS IS A
00:58:37 POLICY, IS THAT DIFFERENT THAN AN
00:58:39 ORDINANCE?
00:58:40 BECAUSE USUALLY WE HAVE TO HAVE A
00:58:42 SECOND READING ON SOMETHING,
00:58:43 AND THIS IS VERY LAST MINUTE. I WILL
00:58:45 SAY IT'S VERY
00:58:48 FRUSTRATING BECAUSE WE HAVE SPENT
00:58:49 YEARS --AND I MEAN YEARS --WORKING
00:58:51 ON
00:58:54 THE SAFETY. AND THERE
00:58:55 ARE SO MANY THINGS TO KEEP PEOPLE
00:58:57 SAFE THAT IT'S
00:58:58 BETTER THAT WE DON'T SAY BECAUSE IT
00:59:00 KEEPS
00:59:01 EVERYONE SAFER BY NOT SAYING THINGS.
00:59:03 SO, YOU
00:59:05 MAY FEEL LIKE WE'RE NOT SAYING ENOUGH,
00:59:06 BUT THAT'S TO KEEP
00:59:09 YOU ALL SAFE.
00:59:12 SO, I FELT MUCH BETTER WITH THE PUBLIC
00:59:13 STATEMENT FROM THE NFL. I THINK IT'S
00:59:15 THE DIRECTOR
00:59:18 OF THEIR SECURITY WHO WAS ALSO
00:59:21 IN CHARGE OF SECURITY FOR ALL THE SUPER
00:59:23 BOWLS FOR OVER TEN YEARS. AND THAT
00:59:24 MADE ME FEEL
00:59:27 MUCH BETTER. BUT I WANT TO MAKE
00:59:30 CERTAIN I
00:59:31 UNDERSTAND, IF WE PASS SOMETHING TONIGHT --
00:59:33 BECAUSE THIS IS A VERY
00:59:35 LAST-MINUTE SITUATION. WE HAVE BEEN
00:59:36 WORKING FOR YEARS
00:59:39 TO KEEP EVERYONE
00:59:42 SAFE. AND WITH THE VERY CLEAR
00:59:45 STATEMENT OF NO IMMIGRATION
00:59:48 ENFORCEMENT BEING HERE. IS IT
00:59:49 BETTER FOR US TO HOLD OFF AND LOOK
00:59:51 AT THIS MORE CAREFULLY
00:59:54 AND PASS SOMETHING BEFORE FIFA?
00:59:57 THAT'S A QUESTION. THANK YOU.
01:00:00 >>
01:00:02 THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER CHAHAL?
01:00:03 >>
01:00:04 THANK
01:00:06 YOU, MAYOR. FIRST OF
01:00:09 ALL, THANK YOU, STAFF, CITY MANAGER, CITY
01:00:10 ATTORNEY AND THE STAFF. THANK YOU ALL
01:00:12 THE PARTNERS. AND BEST OF ALL, THANK YOU
01:00:15 TO THE RESIDENTS WHO
01:00:18 BROUGHT
01:00:20 THIS THING. THAT MEANS A LOT. AND
01:00:21 COMMUNICATION FROM
01:00:24 THE RESIDENTS MEANS A LOT
01:00:26 TO COUNCIL AS WELL AS DEFINING ANY
01:00:27 POLICY,
01:00:30 WHETHER IT'S A 911 POLICY, WE HAVE TO COME
01:00:32 UP WITH SOMETHING. SO, I APPRECIATE
01:00:33 YOUR PRESENCE AND
01:00:36 YOUR FEEDBACK ON THAT.
01:00:41 THERE ARE SEVERAL THINGS I WANT STAFF --
01:00:45 LOW-HANGING FRUIT BASICALLY. WE
01:00:47 HAVE SB 54, WHICH IS CALIFORNIA VALUES
01:00:51 ACT. AND SEVERAL OTHER, AB
01:00:54 450 AND
01:00:57 SB 627,
01:00:58 NO SECRET -
01:01:10 >>>
01:01:13 DEFINING THE POWERS OF THE
01:01:16 STATE AND LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES
01:01:18 I WOULD LIKE THE CITY TO PUT THOSE
01:01:19 ON OUR WEBSITE
01:01:22 SO
01:01:23 EVERY RESIDENT CAN GO THROUGH THOSE
01:01:25 AND SEE WHAT ARE THE VALUES,
01:01:28 WHAT ARE THE RIGHTS GIVEN
01:01:31 BY SB 54.
01:01:34 NO LOCAL COOPERATION FOR I.C.E., NO
01:01:35 DATA
01:01:37 SHARING WITH I.C.E. NO
01:01:39 MONEY SPINNING ON BEHALF OF OF CITIES
01:01:40 OR
01:01:41 ANY AGENCIES INVOLVED WITH THE CITY,
01:01:43 NO ASSETS
01:01:46 TO BE PROVIDED , NO DETENTION
01:01:49 CAN BE DONE, RIGHT?
01:01:52 IT CANNOT BE UNDER
01:01:55 I.C.E. UMBRELLA BASICALLY. SO,
01:01:58 JUDICIAL WARRANTS ARE NEEDED
01:02:00 IF THEY'RE GOING INTO CITY PROPERTIES
01:02:01 THAT DO
01:02:03 NEED A JUDICIAL WARRANT FOR THAT MATTER.
01:02:07 THIS
01:02:09 FACILITIES SO I WOULD HIGHLIGHT WE
01:02:10 SHOULD PUT THIS THING
01:02:13 ON OUR WEBSITE ALONG
01:02:15 WITH WHATEVER POLICIES WE ARE TAKING
01:02:16 TODAY SO RESIDENTS ARE MORE EDUCATED
01:02:18 AND EVERYONE IS BETTER EDUCATED ALONG WITH
01:02:19 KNOW
01:02:22 YOUR RIGHTS PART OF IT
01:02:25 SO THEY KNOW WHAT THE STATE HAS DONE
01:02:26 , WHAT
01:02:27 LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES ARE FOLLOWING BASICALLY
01:02:31 AND TO LET YOU KNOW IN 2018,
01:02:34 NOVEMBER 20 18th SB
01:02:36 50 FOR THE CALIFORNIA VALUES ACT WAS
01:02:37 UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL
01:02:40 SO BASICALLY
01:02:42 WE HAVE SINCE 2018 FOR THAT MATTER
01:02:43 JUST FOR THE KNOWLEDGE
01:02:46 OF EVERYONE. I
01:02:49 ALSO WANT TO THANK
01:02:55 THE NFL SECURITY CHIEF AND
01:02:58 DHS THAT ARE
01:03:01 REPRESENTING THIS SAN FRANCISCO AREA.
01:03:04 THERE ARE ASSURANCES NO PLANS
01:03:07 FOR I.C.E. THAT MEANS A LOT AND HOPEFULLY
01:03:10 WE STAND BY THAT
01:03:13 AND HOPEFULLY WE ARE LOOKING AT THAT.
01:03:15 NOT SURE HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE GONE
01:03:16 THROUGH OR
01:03:19 LISTENED TO THE MORNING PRESS CONFERENCE
01:03:22 FROM THESE
01:03:28 , FOR THIS THING BASICALLY
01:03:31 THE ASPECTS
01:03:34 WITH NO PLANS FOR I.C.E.,
01:03:37 NOT ONLY AT THE
01:03:38 STADIUM, BUT EVEN OUTSIDE OF THE STADIUM
01:03:40 SO THEY
01:03:43 HAVE CLEARLY MENTIONED THAT. I WANT
01:03:44 TO MENTION IF YOU
01:03:46 GET A CHANCE PLEASE LOOK
01:03:49 AT THOSE AVAILABLE ON
01:03:52 ALL THE MAJOR NEWS ORGANIZATIONS,
01:03:55 THEY HAVE MENTIONED THAT.
01:03:58 WE ALSO HAVE CPD 414
01:04:01 WHICH I WOULD REQUEST STAFF ON
01:04:04 THE WEBSITE SO THEY KNOW WHAT SANTA
01:04:07 CLARA PD STANDS FOR AND EVEN ON
01:04:10 THOSE SB 414, THERE
01:04:13 ARE CLEAR GUIDELINES AND POLICY
01:04:16 MATTERS THAT PD WILL
01:04:19 NOT STOP TO ANY
01:04:22 I.C.E. OPERATION,
01:04:24 THEY WILL NOT DETAIN ANYBODY BECAUSE
01:04:25 OF THEIR STATUS
01:04:28 IN THIS COUNTRY BASICALLY.
01:04:31 I,
01:04:33 BEING AN IMMIGRANT UNDERSTAND THE CONCERN
01:04:35 AND I HEAR FROM
01:04:37 THE COMMUNITY CONCERNS OF THAT SEGMENT OF
01:04:40 THE POPULATION. SO I WOULD LIKE FOR THAT
01:04:41 TO BE
01:04:43 MORE CLEAR, WE SHOULD PUT THIS POLICY
01:04:48 AS FRONTLINE EDUCATING RESIDENTS.
01:04:53 THERE IS ONE MORE.
01:04:56 I WOULD REQUEST STAFF TO LOOK INTO.
01:04:59 I KNOW THERE
01:05:00 IS SHORTAGE OF TIME RIGHT NOW BEFORE
01:05:01 THE SUPER BOWL. SEVERAL CITIES HAVE RECALLED
01:05:04 THE AUTOMATIC LICENSE PLATE READER
01:05:05 BECAUSE OF
01:05:08 THE DATA LEAKAGE SO WE SHOULD LOOK
01:05:11 INTO OUR VENDOR.
01:05:17 IT
01:05:19 SHOULD NOT BE GOING INTO OUTSIDE THE
01:05:23 AGENCY BUSINESS SANTA CLARA CITY AGENCY
01:05:26 , IT SHOULD NOT BE GOING OUT TO ANYBODY
01:05:29 OTHER THAN WHAT IS MEANT FOR IT AND
01:05:31 WITH THE CITY OF MOUNTAIN VIEW THAT
01:05:35 HAS STOPPED
01:05:37 , POSTPONED BECAUSE OF THESE REASONS AND
01:05:41 I ASKED STAFF TO
01:05:44 PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS
01:05:46 ASAP AND IF THERE'S ANY DOUBT OUR DATA
01:05:50 IS BEING LEAKED OUT TO
01:05:51 SOMEONE WE HAVE TO TAKE ACTION ON
01:05:53 THIS SO I WOULD LIKE
01:05:56 TO HEAR ON THAT.
01:05:58 THAT IS MY INITIAL THOUGHT AND THANK
01:05:59 YOU FOR
01:06:00 THE PRESENTATION AND EVERYBODY WHO CONTRIBUTED
01:06:02 TOWARD THIS
01:06:05 POLICYMAKING IN SUCH A SHORT TIME
01:06:08 THANK YOU.
01:06:09 >> THINK OF THE
01:06:10 QUESTIONS COUNCILMEMBER PARK.
01:06:11 >> THANK
01:06:12 YOU STAFF
01:06:14 AND I HEAR A LOT
01:06:15 OF THINGS AND SOME THINGS SEEMED VERY CONTRADICTORY
01:06:17 TO ME, WHEN
01:06:19 WE SAY WE DID NOT HAVE A LOT OF TIME
01:06:20 TO
01:06:22 PUT IT TOGETHER I FEEL LIKE WE DID,
01:06:23 MY QUESTION
01:06:24 IS HOW MUCH TIME DO WE HAVE SINCE
01:06:26 WE FINALIZED SUPER BOWL AGREEMENTS
01:06:29 AND STARTED WORKING ON SECURITY
01:06:32 AND SAFETY PLANS? I KNOW
01:06:35 THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF RULES
01:06:37 AND A LOT OF THINGS WE PUT IN PLACE
01:06:40 BUT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THINGS LIKE
01:06:41 LIMITATIONS ON
01:06:44 SCOPE. WE HAVE REVISIONS AGAINST
01:06:47 PEOPLE USING CITY-OWNED PROPERTY, BUT
01:06:49 SUBJECT TO EXISTING LEASE LICENSE
01:06:53 IN CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENTS WHAT ABOUT
01:06:55 THE CONVENTION CENTER AND STADIUM?
01:06:56 THOSE ARE
01:06:58 CITY PROPERTIES BUT NOT NECESSARILY OPERATED BY
01:07:01 THE CITY SO WITH THE PROHIBITIONS
01:07:02 BE THERE?
01:07:05 YOU KNOW WHAT
01:07:07 ARE THE CITY-OWNED PROPERTIES THAT RIGHT NOW
01:07:08 WE KNOW
01:07:11 ARE BY CONTRACT OR OTHER REASON
01:07:13 BY OPERATION ARE NOT SUBJECT TO THE PROHIBITIONS
01:07:17 FOR COUNCIL POLICY.
01:07:18 I THINK RATHER THAN HAVE CITY-OWNED PROPERTIES
01:07:20 THAT PEOPLE KNOW VERY WELL
01:07:23 THESE ARE CITY-OWNED PROPERTIES
01:07:25 WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT THE EXCEPTIONS
01:07:26 ARE WHEN
01:07:27 CITY-OWNED PROPERTIES INCLUDING CONVENTION
01:07:29 CENTER AND STADIUM
01:07:32 ARE NOT SUBJECT TO THE PROHIBITIONS
01:07:33 IN
01:07:35 THIS COUNCIL POLICY. DID WE ASK
01:07:37 WHAT THE PEOPLE WHO WORK IN THESE
01:07:38 ENVIRONMENTS HAVE TO SAY?
01:07:41 CITY WILL WORK WITH CONTRACT
01:07:44 OPERATORS TO PUBLISH A LIST
01:07:45 OF VENUES AND OPERATORS WHO DO NOT
01:07:47 AGREE TO THE PROHIBITIONS ESPECIALLY
01:07:50 ON CITY-OWNED PROPERTY? I THINK IT IS
01:07:51 IMPORTANT THE
01:07:52 PUBLIC KNOWS WHERE THEY ARE GOING
01:07:54 AND WHERE THE PROHIBITIONS WHERE THEY
01:07:56 THINK THEY ARE SAFE OR
01:07:59 ACTUALLY ARE IN EFFECT.
01:08:02 SB 45 AS COUNCILMEMBER
01:08:03 WAS TALKING ABOUT PROHIBITS SHARING
01:08:05 OF LOCAL DATA
01:08:08 AND MY QUESTION IS WHAT ABOUT THIRD-PARTY DATA?
01:08:10 IT'S NOT EVEN ENOUGH THAT IT IS SECURE.
01:08:11 I WANT
01:08:14 TO KNOW IF THAT INFORMATION IS SHARED
01:08:17 AT ALL. WE HAVE
01:08:20 ENOUGH EXAMPLES OF COMPANIES SECURING
01:08:21 DATA
01:08:23 AND THEN SELLING THE DATA SELLING
01:08:24 THE COMPANY TO
01:08:26 OTHER COMPANIES. WHAT
01:08:28 ABOUT THIRD-PARTY DATA THE POLICE
01:08:29 DEPARTMENT USES
01:08:32 WE USE FLOCK SAFETY CAMERAS A LOT
01:08:35 OF STATIONS ARE MOVING AWAY FROM THAT
01:08:36 FOR
01:08:38 THIS REASON. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW
01:08:43 WHAT THE RESTRICTIONS, IF ANY APPLY
01:08:44 TO THE FLOCK CAMERAS.
01:08:46 SB 45 PROHIBITS IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT
01:08:47 BY LOCAL OFFICERS
01:08:50 AND FEDERAL OVERSIGHT LOCAL OFFICERS
01:08:51 FOR
01:08:52 IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT BUT THAT DOES
01:08:53 NOT PRECLUDE LAW ENFORCEMENT FROM
01:08:55 HELPING AUTHORITIES ON THEIR OWN ACCORD.
01:08:59 TALKS ABOUT WHAT WE
01:09:01 TALK ABOUT A REQUIREMENT FOR REPORTING
01:09:02 BUT
01:09:05 I SEE MECHANISMS FOR REPORTING
01:09:08 BUT I GUESS I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR MORE
01:09:09 ABOUT REQUIREMENTS FOR
01:09:10 REPORTING AND WHAT REPORTING WE HAVE.
01:09:14 I CAN SEE THE CITY MANAGER LOOKING
01:09:17 AT ME, BUT IN THE POLICY ADOPTED BY
01:09:18 OTHER CITIES THERE
01:09:20 IS A REQUIREMENT OF REPORTING AND
01:09:23 WE HAVE ON SLIDE
01:09:29 IT IS THERE.
01:09:35 SLIDE 26. MECHANISM FOR REPORTING
01:09:38 FROM STAFF TO CITY MANAGER BUT I DON'T
01:09:39 KNOW
01:09:41 THE REQUIREMENTS AND I DON'T
01:09:43 KNOW WHAT THE PUBLIC CAN DO FOR THIS
01:09:44 KIND OF REPORTING
01:09:47 SB 45 OR 54 ALSO SAYS
01:09:49 NO FEDERAL IMMIGRATION USE OF DETENTION
01:09:50 FACILITY BUT WHAT IF THE
01:09:53 ACTION IS NOT MARKED AS IMMIGRATION
01:09:54 ENFORCEMENT?
01:09:55 WHAT IF IT IS IN THE DUTY OF DOING
01:09:56 SOMETHING ELSE
01:09:59 AND IT HAPPENS TO NOT BE IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT?
01:10:02 COULD THEY THEN USE DETENTION FACILITIES
01:10:06 ? WHAT ABOUT AD HOC OR
01:10:07 TEMPORARY FACILITIES? THAT ARE CONVERTED
01:10:09 FOR USE? ARE
01:10:11 THOSE COVERED IN THESE RESTRICTIONS?
01:10:15 AGAIN I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE
01:10:17 ON COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO PASS A STATEMENT,
01:10:18 BUT THE
01:10:19 REALITY IS WE NEED TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE
01:10:21 KNOW WHAT THEY'RE
01:10:23 GETTING INTO AND PEOPLE ARE SAFE AND SECURE
01:10:26 SO THAT'S THE QUESTION I WOULD LIKE
01:10:27 TO HEAR WHAT
01:10:28 THE MAYOR HAS TO SAY AND I WOULD LOVE
01:10:30 TO GO TO
01:10:33 THE PUBLIC.
01:10:34 >> PLEASE. YOU
01:10:35 CAN HOLD YOUR APPLAUSE UNTIL THE END
01:10:36 THAT WOULD
01:10:38 BE GREAT. COUNCILMEMBER COX DID YOU
01:10:39 HAVE SOMETHING
01:10:42 TO SAY, QUESTIONS?
01:10:43 >>
01:10:45 I THINK AFTER
01:10:48 HEARING STAFF VISITATION, AND
01:10:50 MEETING WITH SOME MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY
01:10:53 , I WAS PLEASED WE CAME OUT WITH A
01:10:56 DRAFT POLICY . HOWEVER, IT SEEMS LIKE
01:10:59 NOW TOWARD THE END THERE WILL BE RELUCTANCE
01:11:03 , AT LEAST HESITATION TO PUT THIS
01:11:06 INTO PLACE.
01:11:09 SO I WANT TO BE
01:11:10 CLEAR THE HESITATION WAS LISTED OR
01:11:12 SAID TO BE YOU KNOW
01:11:15 COMING INTO THIS TOO FAST
01:11:17 WHAT I WORRY ABOUT AT THE END OF THE
01:11:18 DAY IS
01:11:19 THERE WILL BE PUSH TO DO NOTHING.
01:11:21 SO I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IN
01:11:23 REALISTIC TERMS WHAT'S THE WORST THAT
01:11:24 COULD HAPPEN
01:11:26 IF WE PUT A POLICY IN PLACE THAT ATTEMPTS
01:11:27 TO
01:11:29 DO SOMETHING RIGHT NOW? I KNOW WE
01:11:30 TALK ABOUT
01:11:31 STAKEHOLDERS, PRIMARILY WE TALK ABOUT
01:11:33 ONE STAKEHOLDER WE HAVE
01:11:36 CONFERRED WITH BUT
01:11:37 I WANT TO UNDERSTAND REALLY IS DOING SOMETHING
01:11:39 BETTER THAN
01:11:42 DOING NOTHING? I KNOW
01:11:43 THAT'S NOT A POPULAR OPINION RIGHT NOW
01:11:45 BUT I WANT
01:11:46 TO UNDERSTAND IF YOU CAN ARTICULATE
01:11:48 WHAT THE RISK
01:11:50 WOULD BE IF WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS BESIDES
01:11:54 ANGERING A GROUP OF PEOPLE
01:11:57 WHAT IS THE WORST THAT
01:11:59 COULD HAPPEN , WHAT ARE LIABILITIES BECAUSE
01:12:00 IT HAS BEEN
01:12:02 HAPPENING IN OTHER CITIES AND I THINK
01:12:03 THAT
01:12:04 IS A UNSATISFACTORY STANCE TO TAKE
01:12:06 WHEN WE
01:12:08 HAVE A COMMUNITY WHO SAYS WE HAVE
01:12:09 TO BE PROACTIVE. I
01:12:12 UNDERSTAND EVERYBODY COMES HERE
01:12:14 AND I DON'T WANT TO DIVERGE TO COMMENTS
01:12:15 NOW THAT'S A QUESTION. EVERYBODY IS
01:12:17 ENTITLED TO HAVE THEIR OWN PRIORITIZATION
01:12:18 OF HOW
01:12:21 THIS HAPPENS. PEOPLE
01:12:22 ARE PRIORITIZING SAFETY, THE NFL WANTS
01:12:24 TO HAVE A
01:12:26 BEAUTIFUL EVENT THAT IS NOT DRAWN
01:12:27 NEGATIVE ATTENTION.
01:12:30 NONE OF THOSE THINGS ARE WRONG
01:12:32 BUT WE ARE IN A POSITION TO DO SOMETHING
01:12:33 TONIGHT AND I WORRY AS
01:12:34 A RESULT WE WILL SAY DON'T DO ANYTHING
01:12:36 NOW BECAUSE WE ARE NOT READY SO
01:12:38 I NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS THE RISK.
01:12:42 >> THANK YOU FOR THAT.
01:12:44 I CONCUR WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING.
01:12:45 THE WORLD
01:12:48 IS CHANGING SO FAST THAT
01:12:51 , WE HAVE TO
01:12:53 TAKE ACTION WHEN WE TAKE ACTION THAT
01:12:54 IS THE REALITY
01:12:57 OF IT. I KNOW WHAT WE DO TONIGHT
01:13:00 MAY NOT BE PERFECT, BUT WE CAN HAVE
01:13:02 A LITTLE MORE TIME LATER, TO ADJUST
01:13:06 IT ESPECIALLY AFTER WE FIND OUT
01:13:09 WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THE SUPER BOWL.
01:13:10 WHAT
01:13:12 IS THE FALLOUT AFTER SUPER BOWL
01:13:14 AND THEN WE WILL HAVE A LITTLE BIT
01:13:15 OF TIME TO
01:13:17 HELP US, BEFORE THE WORLD CUP, NOT
01:13:18 LONG BUT WE WILL HAVE
01:13:21 MORE TIME SO I THINK YOU KNOW IF SOMETHING
01:13:24 HAPPENS NOW , WE NEED
01:13:26 TO TAKE SOME KIND OF ACTION. MY QUESTIONS
01:13:27 ARE, I GUESS
01:13:30 PRACTICAL QUESTIONS IN TERMS OF
01:13:33 THE CITY FACILITIES. I
01:13:36 UNDERSTAND MAYBE GREAT AMERICA
01:13:39 OR WE DON'T WANT GREAT AMERICA ONE
01:13:40 OF
01:13:42 MY SAYING? I WAS THINKING WE STILL
01:13:43 OWNED GREAT
01:13:44 AMERICA WE WERE FORCED TO SELL THAT.
01:13:47 WE HAVE CITY FACILITIES THAT ARE LEAST
01:13:51 , BUT MOST CITY FACILITIES
01:13:54 ARE PARKS AND LIBRARIES
01:13:57 AND PUBLIC AREAS. DOES THIS
01:14:00 ALSO INCLUDE
01:14:02 THE RIGHT OF WAYS, STREETS AND SIDEWALKS,
01:14:03 AS WELL?
01:14:06 IT SHOULD INCLUDE ALL OF THAT.
01:14:09 IF WE PASS THIS
01:14:10 TONIGHT, THIS POLICY DOES IT AUTOMATICALLY
01:14:12 GO INTO EFFECT?
01:14:15 TOMORROW?
01:14:18 AND WILL IT BE IMPLEMENTED FOR
01:14:21 THE SUPER BOWL?
01:14:23 WE KEEP, WE ARE SAYING SUPER BOWL
01:14:24 BUT
01:14:26 WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE WHOLE CITY BECAUSE
01:14:27 EVEN
01:14:29 DURING THE SUPER BOWL EVENTS, YOU
01:14:30 KNOW THIS WEEK WHICH MOST OF
01:14:33 THEM ARE IN OTHER CITIES.
01:14:36 EVEN IF WE TALK ABOUT THE SUPER
01:14:38 BOWL EVENTS , THEY ARE STILL GOING
01:14:39 TO BE
01:14:40 POTENTIAL PROTESTING. THERE IS GOING
01:14:42 TO BE DEMONSTRATIONS,
01:14:45 IT COULD BE ON
01:14:46 STEVENS CREEK AND WINCHESTER LIKE
01:14:48 THEY REGULARLY ARE.
01:14:51 DIFFERENT PARTS OF TOWN.
01:14:54 SO WE ARE TALKING CITYWIDE. YOU MAY
01:14:55 HEAR
01:14:57 US SAY SUPER BOWL OR WORLD CUP BUT
01:15:00 WE ARE TALKING CITYWIDE.
01:15:02 WILL THIS TAKE EFFECT TO ONE OF THE
01:15:03 COUNCIL PASSES THIS POLICY
01:15:06 THIS EVENING?
01:15:09 AND I THINK THAT IS IT FOR THE QUESTIONS.
01:15:11 WHEN YOU ARE READY CITY MANAGER, CITY
01:15:12 ATTORNEY.
01:15:15 THERE'S ONLY ABOUT 50 IN THERE. GET STARTED.
01:15:18 THERE IS A THEME.
01:15:21 >> YES AND WE WILL
01:15:23 TAKE SOME INDIVIDUAL QUESTIONS 1st
01:15:24 AND THERE ARE
01:15:26 A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS WE CAN GROUP TOGETHER.
01:15:27 LET'S
01:15:29 START WITH COUNCILMEMBER GONZALEZ.
01:15:30 REFERENCING A LETTER
01:15:32 AND THERE ARE A NUMBER OF COMPONENTS
01:15:34 IN THE
01:15:35 LETTER COVERED IN THE DRAFT POLICY.
01:15:37 WE RECEIVED THIS
01:15:38 EARLIER TODAY BUT I DO BELIEVE ITEMS
01:15:40 1
01:15:43 THROUGH 4 COVERED
01:15:45 IN THE LANGUAGE OF THE DRAFT POLICY
01:15:46 BEFORE
01:15:48 YOU. THAT LEAVES ITEM 5 WHICH IS REALLY
01:15:51 IN MANY WAYS IT CAN BE SUMMARIZED
01:15:52 AS
01:15:55 LOOK AT LESSONS LEARNED .
01:15:58 FOR LARGE-SCALE EVENTS LIKE
01:16:01 THE SUPER BOWL AND
01:16:02 CONFER WITH EXISTING CONTRACTUAL PARTNERS
01:16:04 AND COMMUNITY
01:16:05 GROUPS ON HOW TO IMPLEMENT THE POLICY TO
01:16:07 THE GREATEST EXTENT POSSIBLE
01:16:09 AND FOR FUTURE AGREEMENTS SUPPORT, INCLUDING
01:16:12 LIMITATIONS WHERE LEGALLY PERMISSIBLE
01:16:15 AND PART OF THAT WAS IN THE POLICY
01:16:19 AS WELL. THEN WE HAD A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS
01:16:22 FROM COUNCILMEMBER COUNCILMEMBER
01:16:25 JAIN. ONE IS ANY EVIDENCE OF
01:16:28 I.C.E. ACTIVITY IN SANTA CLARA?
01:16:30 ACTUALLY YOU SET ACROSS THE BAY AREA.
01:16:34 SO THE ANSWER TO THAT IS NOT TO
01:16:36 OUR KNOWLEDGE. I AM AWARE THAT LATE
01:16:40 YESTERDAY, THERE WAS A REPORT OF I
01:16:43 BELIEVE A I.C.E. AGENT
01:16:45 CHECKING INTO THE HILTON, THAT WAS
01:16:46 DEBUNKED AND
01:16:48 THEN LATE IN THE AFTERNOON OR LATE
01:16:49 IN THE
01:16:50 EVENING THAT WAS REMOVED BY THE INDIVIDUAL
01:16:52 WHO PUT IT UP.
01:16:55 NOT SURE EXACTLY WHO WAS SEEN
01:16:57 CHECKING IN AT THE HOTEL , BUT THAT
01:16:58 WAS DEBUNKED.
01:17:01 I KNOW THAT WAS COVERED AT THE
01:17:04 8:30 A.M. PRESS CONFERENCE.
01:17:07 NEXT THERE WAS A QUESTION
01:17:08 AROUND FREE SPEECH ZONES. YES THERE
01:17:10 WILL BE AND WE HAVE A FIRE
01:17:12 CURRENTLY BEING PUT UP ON THE SCREEN
01:17:16 SO THIS WILL GO OUT
01:17:19 LATER THIS WEEK, BUT THERE ARE 2 FREE
01:17:22 SPEECH ZONES ACTIVE ON SUPER BOWL
01:17:23 DAY
01:17:24 11:00 UNTIL 9:00 P.M. THE LOCATION
01:17:25 FOR THE
01:17:26 WEST ZONE AT GREAT AMERICA PARKWAY
01:17:28 AND PATRICK
01:17:31 HENRY DRIVE AND ON THE EAST SIDE
01:17:34 KNOW IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT PAGE
01:17:36 YOU WILL SEE 2 MAPS OF WHERE THE LOCATIONS
01:17:37 ARE, THOSE LOCATIONS
01:17:40 ARE REPRESENTED BY THE SALMON
01:17:43 RED COLOR. THE
01:17:44 MAP WILL BE POSTED AND AVAILABLE TO
01:17:46 THE PUBLIC.
01:17:49 NEXT, COUNCILMEMBER HARDY
01:17:52 HAD A NUMBER OF
01:17:55 QUESTIONS AROUND IS THIS POLICY
01:17:57 OR ORDINANCE, COUNCILMEMBER LET'S
01:17:58 COME BACK TO THAT BECAUSE
01:18:01 THAT RELATES TO A COUPLE OF THE QUESTIONS
01:18:02 RELATED
01:18:04 TO THIS. THERE WAS ALSO
01:18:07 A COMMENT AROUND OR
01:18:09 FRANKLY A QUESTION ON THE LIMITS OF
01:18:10 CITY
01:18:13 COUNCIL POWER, TO PASS POLICY
01:18:16 THAT IMPACT THE
01:18:18 POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE OPERATIONAL ACTIVITIES
01:18:22 THE POLICE DEPARTMENT SO FOR THAT
01:18:24 I WILL TURN IT OVER TO THE CITY ATTORNEY.
01:18:28 >> THANK YOU.
01:18:31 I WILL ADD SOMETHING 1st
01:18:34 TO ONE OF YOUR ANSWERS. THANKS TO
01:18:37 THE CHIEF ASSISTANT FOR UPRISING
01:18:40 ME ON THIS. THOSE FREE
01:18:43 SPEECH ZONES ARE THE CURRENT
01:18:44 FREE SPEECH ZONE AREAS DESIGNATED
01:18:46 BUT THAT IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE
01:18:49 ON THE EVENT DAY BASED ON SECURITY CONCERNS.
01:18:52 IF THERE IS A SECURITY ISSUE THAT CAUSES
01:18:55 TO THE POINT THERE NEEDS TO BE AN
01:18:56 ADJUSTMENT IN THE FREE SPEECH ZONE
01:19:00 THEY COULD BE ADJUSTED AND MODIFIED
01:19:01 TO ADDRESS
01:19:03 THAT SECURITY CONCERN.
01:19:04 >> HOW WILL
01:19:05 WE NOTIFY THE PUBLIC IF
01:19:06 SPREE FOR EACH ZONES HAVE CHANGED?
01:19:10 REAL-TIME?
01:19:11 >> WE WOULD
01:19:13 USE SOCIAL MEDIA IN THAT INSTANCE
01:19:14 BOTH
01:19:15 OUR CITY AND LIKELY LAW-ENFORCEMENT
01:19:16 SOCIAL
01:19:19 MEDIA ACCOUNTS.
01:19:22 >> SO WITH RESPECT
01:19:25 TO THE CITY COUNCIL ABILITY
01:19:28 TO DIRECT THE CHIEF OF POLICE
01:19:31 AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, A
01:19:33 VERY BASIC SUMMARY OF STRUCTURE OF GOVERNMENT
01:19:34 AS
01:19:37 YOU KNOW WE ARE IN CHARGE
01:19:39 OF CITY, COUNCIL MANAGER FORM OF GOVERNMENT
01:19:40 WITH
01:19:41 PROVISIONS IN THE CHARTER AND MUNICIPAL CODE
01:19:46 THAT DESCRIBE WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT.
01:19:49 AND IN OUR CITY SOMEWHAT
01:19:52 UNIQUELY WE HAVE A ELECTED CHIEF
01:19:55 OF POLICE GIVEN AUTHORITY
01:19:58 TO SUPERVISE
01:20:01 ACTIVITIES IN THE POLICE
01:20:04 DEPARTMENT AND IN THIS CASE,
01:20:07 HE IS ACCOUNTABLE TO THE PEOPLE,
01:20:09 NOT ACCOUNTABLE TO REMOVAL BY THE CITY
01:20:10 COUNCIL BECAUSE HE IS
01:20:13 NOT AN APPOINTED OFFICIAL HE
01:20:15 IS ELECTED. SO THERE ARE LIMITATIONS
01:20:16 ON COUNCIL
01:20:19 DIRECT AND OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS
01:20:21 TO IMPLEMENT POLICY IN THAT REGARD.
01:20:25 AND SO
01:20:27 IF THERE WAS A PROPOSAL TO DO THAT,
01:20:31 WE WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT CAREFULLY
01:20:32 TO
01:20:33 SEE IF IT WAS THE KIND OF THING THAT
01:20:34 FELL WITHIN THE CITY SCOPE.
01:20:35 SO THERE ARE MEANINGFUL LIMITATIONS
01:20:37 IN LIGHT OF STRUCTURE OF GOVERNMENT.
01:20:40 AND I SHOULD AN
01:20:43 OLD GUYS IT IS NOT ENTIRELY UNIQUE
01:20:46 WITH RESPECT TO THE CHIEF
01:20:49 OF POLICE. WHILE YOU DO APPOINTED
01:20:50 CITY
01:20:51 MANAGER, THE CITY MANAGER IS RESPONSIBLE
01:20:52 FOR THE ADMINISTRATION
01:20:55 OF POLICY. AND PROCEDURES
01:20:58 AT HIS LEVEL AND WHILE THE COUNCIL
01:21:01 MAKES LARGER AND BROAD POLICIES IT
01:21:02 IS UP TO CITY MANAGER TO DETERMINE
01:21:04 HOW THOSE ARE IMPLEMENTED
01:21:07 BY HIS OWN ADOPTION OF CITY MANAGER
01:21:08 DIRECTIVES AND
01:21:11 OTHER PROVISIONS.
01:21:13 WAS THERE ANOTHER ONE?
01:21:14 >> WE WILL
01:21:16 COME BACK TO THE OTHER ONE.
01:21:17 >> POLICY
01:21:20 VERSUS ORDINANCE?
01:21:21 >>
01:21:23 CAN WE PAUSE ON THAT ONE?
01:21:24 >>
01:21:26 COUNCILMEMBER CHAHAL
01:21:28 MENTIONED WE SHOULD INCLUDE INFORMATION
01:21:29 ON SENATE
01:21:31 BILLS 54 AS WELL AS OTHER STATE POLICIES
01:21:35 AND SOME LOCAL CITY POLICIES
01:21:38 ON A DEDICATED SECTION
01:21:39 OF THE WEBSITE SO IT IS ACCESSIBLE
01:21:41 TO THE PUBLIC
01:21:44 AND WE CAN TAKE THAT BACK AND DO
01:21:47 THAT. THERE WAS A QUESTION
01:21:50 /COMMENT BY
01:21:52 COUNCILMEMBER PARK WITH RESPECT TO
01:21:53 THE
01:21:56 AMOUNT OF TIME SO
01:21:57 AS YOU KNOW STAFF TAKES DIRECTION
01:21:59 FROM CITY COUNCIL
01:22:02 SO AFTER TUESDAY'S
01:22:03 MEETING WHEN WE WERE DIRECTED TO LOOK
01:22:04 INTO THE POLICY, AS WE ARTICULATED
01:22:05 THAT
01:22:08 WAS TUESDAY, WE ENDEAVORED
01:22:10 TO HAVE THE PACKET RELEASED ON FRIDAY SO
01:22:11 THE PUBLIC
01:22:14 HAD KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT YOU WOULD
01:22:15 BE DISCUSSING TODAY AND THERE WAS
01:22:17 NOTICE OF THE MEETING
01:22:19 SO THAT LEFT UNDER 72 HOURS FOR THE WORK.
01:22:23 SO AS I SAID EARLIER,
01:22:25 A BIT OF TREPIDATION ONLY BECAUSE
01:22:29 THIS IS LARGELY BASED
01:22:32 ON WHAT OTHER CITIES HAVE DONE.
01:22:33 I HAVE BEEN AROUND LONG ENOUGH TO
01:22:35 KNOW THAT WHEN YOU
01:22:38 ADOPT A POLICY
01:22:39 , COMMUNICATIVE WITH LOCAL PUBLIC
01:22:41 AND OUTREACH TO THE LOCAL COMMUNITY
01:22:44 MAY INFORM WHAT YOU DO.
01:22:45 CUT AND PASTE POLICY HAS CHALLENGES.
01:22:47 WHAT IS RIGHT FOR
01:22:49 ONE COMMUNITY MAY NOT BE RIGHT FOR
01:22:50 THE
01:22:52 NEXT COMMUNITY. LAST TUESDAY WE HAD
01:22:53 A NUMBER OF MEMBERS
01:22:54 OF THE PUBLIC SAYING JUST ADOPT WHAT
01:22:56 SAN JOSE DID
01:22:58 JUST ADOPT EXACTLY WHAT SAN JOSE DID AND
01:23:02 AS WE LOOKED AT THAT IT
01:23:03 CONNECTS TO ONE OF THE QUESTIONS FROM
01:23:05 THE COUNCILMEMBERS. SAN JOSE'S POLICY
01:23:06 EXAMS ALL PUBLICLY OWNED FACILITIES
01:23:11 THAT
01:23:13 ARE UNDER EXISTING CONTRACT OR LICENSE AGREEMENT.
01:23:14 THIS
01:23:17 DOES TOO.
01:23:19 WE TOOK IT A STEP FURTHER AND WITHIN
01:23:20 THE POLICY DIRECTED
01:23:21 CITY MANAGER INFORMED ALL EXISTING
01:23:23 LICENSEES
01:23:26 OR
01:23:29 LESSEES OF CITY PROPERTY OF THE
01:23:31 NEW COUNCIL THAT THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED
01:23:33 AS WELL AS TOOK IT A LITTLE FURTHER
01:23:35 THAN THAT AND MADE IT WITH
01:23:37 HIM POLICY DIRECTION THAT THE CITY
01:23:40 MANAGER SHOWS AND SHALL INCLUDE THIS
01:23:41 POLICY IF ADOPTED AS
01:23:44 A STANDARD TEMPLATE IN OUR NORMAL
01:23:47 LEASE AND LICENSING AGREEMENT
01:23:50 SO IT IS NOT JUST A POLICY THAT SAYS
01:23:53 THIS IS COUNCIL POLICY
01:23:56 56.
01:23:58 BUT IT IS EMBEDDED INTO THE NORMAL TEMPLATE.
01:23:59 THAT
01:24:00 SOMETHING OTHER CITIES DID NOT HAVE
01:24:02 SO PARTLY WHAT WE
01:24:04 ARE SAYING IS WE DON'T KNOW WE CAUGHT EVERYTHING
01:24:07 AND WE KNOW THIS POLICY HAS NOT GONE
01:24:08 THROUGH THE RIGOR
01:24:11 OF OUTREACH TO THE LOCAL COMMUNITY.
01:24:14 SO WE WANT TO BE PROFESSIONALLY TRANSPARENT
01:24:17 TO SAY THIS IS LARGELY
01:24:18 BASED ON WHAT OTHER COMMUNITIES DID
01:24:20 AND IT MAY NOT REFLECT WHAT IS
01:24:23 EXACTLY RIGHT FOR SANTA CLARA.
01:24:29 THERE WAS ALSO A QUESTION FROM
01:24:32 COUNCILMEMBER PARK THAT IF LICENSE HOLDERS
01:24:35 DO NOT AGREE TO IMPLEMENT THE
01:24:38 CITY POLICY THAT
01:24:41 IT BE NOTED AND REFLECTED OKAY. I
01:24:42 WOULD
01:24:44 ALSO SAY THAT THERE IS A
01:24:46 STATEMENT IN THE POLICY THAT THIS
01:24:47 POLICY IS
01:24:50 NOT INTENDED TO AMEND EXISTING
01:24:52 CONTRACTS RIGHT? WE HAVE DOZENS IF
01:24:53 NOT HUNDREDS OF
01:24:56 EXISTING CONTRACTS SO IT
01:24:58 WOULD BE A CHALLENGE IF THIS POLICY
01:25:01 ATTEMPTED TO BE A UNILATERAL AMENDMENT
01:25:02 OF THOSE SO
01:25:05 IT IS NOT UNILATERAL
01:25:07 SO THAT IS WHY THE CITY MANAGER WOULD
01:25:08 ISSUE A LETTER TO EVERYONE
01:25:11 WITHIN ENCUMBERED CITY PROPERTY.
01:25:14 NEXT
01:25:17 THERE WERE COMMENTS AROUND FLOCK AND
01:25:20 THIRD-PARTY DATA
01:25:22 I WILL SAY I CANNOT ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS
01:25:25 TONIGHT. WE ARE CERTAINLY KNOWLEDGEABLE
01:25:26 OF A RECENT ARTICLE I
01:25:28 CAME OUT WITH REGARDS TO MOUNTAIN
01:25:29 VIEW PD THAT WE HAVE
01:25:32 LOOKED AT IN THE FLOCK SYSTEM
01:25:34 AND WE CAN CONFIRM WE DON'T HAVE THAT PROBLEM
01:25:35 BUT
01:25:36 THE LARGER QUESTION IS SHARING LAW
01:25:38 ENFORCEMENT DATA.
01:25:39 UNFORTUNATELY TONIGHT BECAUSE LAW
01:25:41 ENFORCEMENT IS ACTIVE
01:25:43 WE DO NOT HAVE SENIOR LAW ENFORCEMENT
01:25:44 OFFICIALS HERE TONIGHT
01:25:47 TO SUPPORT POLICY DELIBERATION SO
01:25:48 WE WANT
01:25:49 TO PUNT DETAILED DISCUSSION OF THOSE
01:25:50 AND
01:25:53 I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR
01:25:56 SENIOR INDIVIDUALS IN OUR POLICE
01:25:59 DEPARTMENT TONIGHT.
01:26:02 THERE WERE A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS
01:26:04 OR QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS BY COUNCILMEMBER
01:26:05 PARK
01:26:08 SAYING THAT WE WANT PEOPLE TO FEEL
01:26:11 SAFE AND SECURE IF THE
01:26:12 CITY COUNCIL ADOPTS THE POLICY THAT THEY WOULD
01:26:14 BE SAFE AND SECURE
01:26:17 AND FRANKLY
01:26:18 THAT CONNECTS TO COUNCILMEMBER HARDY'S
01:26:20 QUESTION AROUND IS THIS A RESOLUTION
01:26:23 OR ORDINANCE? IS IT A
01:26:26 LAW OR COUNCIL POLICY? WHAT, IN FACT,
01:26:27 IS
01:26:29 THE TRUE EFFECT
01:26:32 IN
01:26:34 REALITY IF THIS COUNCIL PASSES OR
01:26:35 THIS POLICY THAT IS ACTIVE IN A NUMBER
01:26:38 OF OTHER CITIES? I WILL TURN IT OVER
01:26:39 TO
01:26:40 THE CITY ATTORNEY BECAUSE IT HAS SOME
01:26:41 LEGAL NUANCE AND I WILL ASK THE
01:26:43 CITY ATTORNEY TO TALK ABOUT ENFORCE
01:26:47 ABILITY BECAUSE MANY PEOPLE
01:26:49 IN THE PUBLIC THINK THAT POLICIES LIKE
01:26:50 THIS MEAN IT IS
01:26:52 A ABSOLUTE PROHIBITION AGAINST I.C.E.
01:26:56 COMING ONTO THE PROPERTY AND LOCAL LAW
01:26:57 ENFORCEMENT
01:26:59 WILL ENFORCE THAT. I HAVE HEARD OR
01:27:02 SEEN THAT IN COMMENTS ON SAN JOSE'S POLICY
01:27:05 AND IT IS NOT TRUE SO IT IS
01:27:07 IMPORTANT TO HAVE A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF
01:27:08 THE POLICY DOES AND
01:27:11 DOESN'T DO.
01:27:12 >> CAN YOU TELL US IF
01:27:14 SAN JOSE COUNTY IS IT A POLICY OR
01:27:15 ORDINANCE
01:27:17 AS WELL?
01:27:20 >> I DO NOT CATCH THAT. >> SAN JOSE
01:27:23 IS IT A SAN JOSE POLICY OR
01:27:26 SAN JOSE ORDINANCE? AND THE
01:27:28 COUNTY IS A COUNTY POLICY?
01:27:29 >> BOTH
01:27:30 CASES POLICY,
01:27:32 I KNOW FOR SURE CITY OF SAN JOSE
01:27:35 WITH A COUPLE REASONS FOR THAT
01:27:38 AS A TEST ON MAYBE NOT ENOUGH DETAIL
01:27:39 IN MY
01:27:40 AFFIRMATIVE PRESENTATION. MATTER MAYOR
01:27:41 YOU ARE RIGHT MEMBER HARDY ORDINANCE
01:27:44 IS MORE FORMALLY ADOPTED
01:27:47 IN EFFECT MAKING OF A LAW AND
01:27:50 PLACED ON
01:27:53 1st READING AND THEN 2nd READING AND ADOPTION
01:27:56 AND THEN 30 DAYS UNLESS THERE IS AN
01:27:59 EMERGENCY PERIOD WHERE IF A RESIDENT OR
01:28:03 OTHER INDIVIDUAL WAS STANDING
01:28:05 AND WANTS TO CHALLENGE THE POLICY
01:28:07 THEY CAN SUBJECT TO REFERENDUM AND EFFECTIVE VOTE
01:28:09 OF THE PEOPLE
01:28:12 AND TYPICALLY ORDINANCES
01:28:13 ARE ADOPTED AND INCORPORATED INTO
01:28:15 CITY CODE IN ORDER TO HAVE
01:28:18 FULL NOTICE PROVIDED
01:28:20 TO PEOPLE WHO MIGHT BE SUBJECT TO
01:28:22 THE POLICY BECAUSE THE CONSEQUENCE
01:28:24 FOR VIOLATING AN ORDINANCE
01:28:27 TYPICALLY IS BOTH
01:28:28 POTENTIAL CIVIL ADMINISTRATION REMEDIES
01:28:32 AND IN SEVERE CASE PROSECUTION FOR
01:28:33 MISDEMEANOR SO THERE COULD
01:28:35 BE CRIMINAL CHARGES AS A RESULT OF THAT.
01:28:38 OTHER JURISDICTIONS HAVE NOT DONE THAT.
01:28:41 WE ARE NOT PROPOSING TO DO THAT BECAUSE
01:28:42 WE
01:28:43 DON'T THINK THAT IS THE APPROPRIATE
01:28:45 MECHANISM FOR THIS. THIS IS
01:28:48 US MANAGING OUR PROPERTY AND
01:28:50 MAKING SURE IT IS DEDICATED TO CITY PURPOSES
01:28:54 AND IT AVOIDS US AND
01:28:56 POLICE DEPARTMENT IN THEORY HAVING
01:29:00 TO PROSECUTE
01:29:02 INTERACTIONS WITH OTHER FEDERAL AGENCIES
01:29:03 WHICH
01:29:05 CREATES ISSUES AND IS NOT DONE CURRENTLY.
01:29:09 SO, IT
01:29:11 IS DESIGNED TO BE SOMETHING THAT DOES APPLY
01:29:17 AND IS A TOOL BUT IS NOT ENFORCED
01:29:18 LIKE
01:29:19 ORDINANCE WITH SEVERE CONSEQUENCES,
01:29:20 INSTEAD IT IS A PROPERTY MANAGEMENT
01:29:21 MECHANISM WHERE
01:29:23 WE PURSUE CIVIL ENFORCEMENT THROUGH INJUNCTION
01:29:27 , NOT TO CRIMINAL PROSECUTION.
01:29:37 >> NEXT THERE WERE QUESTIONS FROM
01:29:39 COUNCILMEMBER COX
01:29:45 WHO ASKED AROUND
01:29:48 THE HESITATION THAT I THINK
01:29:50 COUNCILMEMBER I DON'T WANT TO INCORRECTLY
01:29:51 QUOTE
01:29:53 YOU, BUT I THINK YOU ALLUDED TO STAFF
01:29:56 MAYBE NOT WANTING COUNCIL TO ACT AND
01:29:57 LET
01:30:00 ME CLARIFY. NOT AT ALL WHAT STAFF
01:30:03 IS SAYING OR HAS SAID.
01:30:05 WE TAKE OUR DIRECTION FROM CITY COUNCIL, COUNCIL
01:30:09 DIRECTED WE BRING BACK
01:30:11 POLICY AND SUPPORTING MATERIALS ,
01:30:12 WE DID THAT.
01:30:15 WE ARE JUST BEING TRANSPARENT AROUND
01:30:16 THAT
01:30:18 WAS DONE LARGELY BASED ON WHAT OTHER
01:30:21 CITIES HAVE DONE AND FRANKLY I DON'T
01:30:22 THINK
01:30:23 WE WOULD BE DOING OUR JOB IF WE DID
01:30:24 NOT ARTICULATE
01:30:27 THAT WE HAVE NOT GONE THROUGH A PROCESS
01:30:30 TO ENGAGE THE SANTA CLARA PUBLIC AROUND THIS
01:30:33 AND THERE MAY BE THINGS
01:30:35 IN THE EXPEDITED NATURE TO GET THIS
01:30:36 TO
01:30:37 YOU THAT WERE NOT CONSIDERED OR OTHER THINGS
01:30:39 THAT MIGHT
01:30:42 BE ADDED SO CERTAINLY
01:30:45 THE COUNCIL CAN ACT TONIGHT
01:30:46 AND CERTAINLY ANYTHING YOU ACT ON
01:30:48 WE IMPLEMENT
01:30:51 .
01:30:54 >> POINT OF CLARIFICATION.
01:30:57 CORRECTING ME
01:31:00 COUNTY DID
01:31:03 A TALK IMPLEMENTATION IN THEIR ORDINANCE.
01:31:06 >> ORDINANCE REQUIRES 2 READINGS.
01:31:09 >> WE ARE FAMILIAR.
01:31:11 >> NEXT THERE WAS A QUESTION AROUND
01:31:14 WHAT IS THE WORST THAT CAN HAPPEN?
01:31:15 A
01:31:18 VERY TOUGH QUESTION TO ANSWER
01:31:21 AND FRANKLY ALMOST
01:31:22 AN IMPOSSIBLE QUESTION FOR CIVILIANS
01:31:24 TO ANSWER SO WITHOUT
01:31:27 SENIOR LAW ENFORCEMENT PRESENT I CANNOT
01:31:30 DISCUSS OR WOULD EVEN WANT
01:31:33 TO ASSUME PUBLIC SAFETY
01:31:35 IMPLICATIONS OF AN ADDITIONAL CHANGES
01:31:39 IN THE FEDERAL POSTURE TOWARD
01:31:42 SUPER BOWL EVENTS. I
01:31:45 WILL SAY THAT
01:31:47 AS WE TALKED ABOUT DURING THE PRESENTATION
01:31:48 IT IS IMPORTANT
01:31:50 TO KNOW THAT THIS CONVERSATION AROUND
01:31:54 POTENTIAL IMMIGRATION,
01:31:56 AROUND SUPER BOWL DID NOT COME UP
01:31:57 JUST LAST WEEK
01:32:00 IN FACT IT HAD BEEN PART OF
01:32:03 NORMAL BOTH TACTICAL PLANNING
01:32:06 AS WELL AS CONVERSATIONS AS
01:32:09 WE PREPARED FOR THIS EVENT.
01:32:12 AND CERTAINLY, I THINK EARLIER TODAY
01:32:15 THE PUBLIC HEARD SOMETHING
01:32:17 THAT WE HEARD EARLIER WHICH IS THERE
01:32:18 IS NOT
01:32:20 A PLAN I.C.E. DEPLOYMENT AROUND ANY
01:32:21 SUPER
01:32:24 BOWL EVENTS IN SANTA CLARA
01:32:27 OR ELSEWHERE. THAT'S WHERE WE ARE
01:32:30 TODAY. WE SIT HERE WITH THAT INFORMATION.
01:32:33 AND SO THAT IS
01:32:36 WHAT WE KNOW TODAY.
01:32:39 >> I MIGHT ADD
01:32:41 A COUPLE OF THINGS TO THAT FROM A
01:32:42 LEGAL STANDPOINT. TO THE
01:32:45 EXTENT THIS IS A NEW POLICY AND
01:32:47 A LOT OF THOSE ARE NEW POLICIES WE
01:32:48 ARE NOT AWARE THEY
01:32:49 HAVE BEEN CHALLENGED BUT THEY COULD
01:32:51 BE COME THEY COULD BE IN
01:32:53 A POSITION TO DEFEND THE POLICY AND
01:32:54 LEGAL CHALLENGE
01:32:56 SOME OF THE LARGER JURISDICTIONS ARE
01:32:57 BETTER EQUIPPED TO DO THAT
01:33:00 THEN WE MIGHT BE, BUT PART OF THE
01:33:02 REASON MY THIS PARTICULAR POLICY IS
01:33:03 IN FRONT
01:33:05 OF YOU IS BECAUSE WE THINK IT IS ONE
01:33:06 OF THE ONES
01:33:09 THAT IS LIKELY TO SURVIVE THE CHALLENGE
01:33:10 BECAUSE
01:33:12 OF HOW CAREFULLY IT HAS BEEN DRAFTED.
01:33:15 I CANNOT TELL YOU THAT I KNOW IT
01:33:17 IS INDESTRUCTIBLE OR THAT THE ACTION
01:33:18 MIGHT NOT
01:33:21 BE TAKEN TO CHALLENGE. THE
01:33:24 OTHER THING THE CITY MANAGER WAS
01:33:26 GOING TO MENTION THAT IS LESS LEGAL BUT
01:33:30 ONE OF THE THINGS WE ARE CONCERNED
01:33:33 ABOUT WITH POLICIES LIKE THIS
01:33:35 ARE ADOPTED IT GETS TO A COMMENT MEMBER
01:33:36 PARK MADE ABOUT
01:33:39 PEOPLE BEING SAFE, THIS
01:33:42 IS A NARROW FOCUS LIMITED THINK AND
01:33:45 THE HEADLINE IS
01:33:48 CITY PREVENTS I.C.E. FROM
01:33:51 ENFORCEMENT WITHIN THE CITY THAT'S
01:33:54 NOT ACCURATE AND NOT TRUE
01:33:56 SO EVEN THOUGH IT IS NARROW IN FOCUS
01:33:59 AND RETHINK APPROPRIATE IT MIGHT CREATE
01:34:00 THE IMPRESSION WE HAVE DONE
01:34:02 MORE THAN WE HAVE AND MAKE PEOPLE
01:34:03 FEEL SAFE
01:34:06 WHEN WE CANNOT AFFORD THEM THAT SENSE
01:34:08 OF SAFETY. SO THOSE ARE THE THINGS
01:34:09 WE WRESTLE WITH
01:34:12 AND YOU ALL WRESTLE WITH WHEN YOU
01:34:13 HAVE TIME
01:34:15 OR SERIES OF TIME TO ENGAGE WITH
01:34:17 STAKEHOLDERS TO LOOK AND THINK ABOUT
01:34:18 WHAT YOU ARE DOING.
01:34:21 THAT IS LESS LEGAL RISK
01:34:24 THAN IT IS POLICY AND COMMUNICATION
01:34:27 BECAUSE IT IS HARD TO COMMUNICATE PARTICULARLY
01:34:30 IN THIS ENVIRONMENT WITH NUANCE AND
01:34:31 ACCURACY AS TO
01:34:34 WHAT YOU ARE DOING AND WHAT
01:34:35 YOU'RE NOT DOING SO PART OF MY PRESENTATION
01:34:37 I TRY TO MAKE THAT
01:34:39 AS CLEAR AS POSSIBLE. THANK YOU MDM. MAYOR.
01:34:43 >> LESLIE A QUESTION FROM
01:34:46 MAYOR GILLMOR AROUND
01:34:47 DOES THIS POLICY INCLUDE A RIGHT-OF-WAY
01:34:49 AND I WILL TURN THAT TO THE CITY
01:34:50 ATTORNEY.
01:34:51 >> IT DOES NOT IN OTHERS
01:34:52 DO NOT EITHER.
01:34:55 THEY DO NOT AFFECT
01:34:58 RIGHT AWAY. SAN JOSE
01:35:00 IT TALKS ABOUT OPEN SPACE. AND IT
01:35:01 TALKS
01:35:04 ABOUT CITY FACILITIES.
01:35:06 >> OURS WOULD INCLUDE OPEN SPACE.
01:35:10 >> YES IT INCLUDES OPEN SPACE,
01:35:11 PARKING LOTS, IT INCLUDES FACILITIES
01:35:13 THAT MIGHT
01:35:14 LEND THEMSELVES TO HAVE THOSE SPACES
01:35:16 BUT IT IS
01:35:18 NOT INCLUDE RIGHT-OF-WAY THERE'S ACCESS
01:35:21 FOR PUBLIC AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES
01:35:22 THAT WOULD
01:35:24 BE DIFFICULT TO INCLUDE IN A POLICY
01:35:25 LIKE THIS
01:35:27 , THAT IS A DIFFERENT MANAGEMENT EXERCISE
01:35:31 SO IT DOES NOT INCLUDE THAT.
01:35:32 >>
01:35:33 IT WOULD GO INTO EFFECT TOMORROW.
01:35:34 IT IS A
01:35:36 RESOLUTION BUT PIGGYBACKING OFF WHAT
01:35:37 THE CITY
01:35:39 ATTORNEY SAID THE FACT THAT IT DOES
01:35:43 NOT OCCLUDE RIGHT AWAY IS
01:35:46 ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF SOMEWHAT THE
01:35:47 MISUNDERSTANDING PEOPLE HAVE WITH
01:35:49 THESE POLICIES, THEY GET
01:35:51 THE SENSE THE CITY HAS TAKEN ACTION
01:35:54 AND PERMITTED I.C.E. FROM CITY PROPERTY
01:35:57 AND THAT INCLUDES PROPERTIES THAT
01:35:58 IT DOESN'T.
01:36:01 >> ONE THING I WAS
01:36:04 LOOKING AT THE CONSISTENCY
01:36:05 OF HAVING A NEIGHBORING CITY WITH
01:36:07 THE SAME
01:36:10 OR SIMILAR POLICY TO WHAT WE
01:36:13 HAVE HERE AND OF COURSE THE
01:36:16 COUNTY, BUT IT GIVES A LEVEL OF CONSISTENCY,
01:36:19 SINCE SANTA CLARA, ALTHOUGH WE ARE
01:36:21 NOT THE SIZE OF SAN JOSE WE HAVE BIG
01:36:25 CITY ASSETS AND TO BE
01:36:27 CONSISTENT WITH THE BIG CITY NEXT DOOR
01:36:31 IS A GOOD THING. THANK YOU.
01:36:34 IS THAT IT FOR THE QUESTIONS?
01:36:37 >>
01:36:39 I THINK WE ADDRESSED YOUR QUESTION ABOUT
01:36:40 SUPER
01:36:42 BOWL MEANING THIS WOULD APPLY IF ADOPTED
01:36:45 THE RESOLUTION WOULD BE IN EFFECT
01:36:46 TOMORROW.
01:36:47 >>
01:36:49 VERY GOOD. COUNCILMEMBER PARK.
01:36:52 >> I HAD SOME VERY SPECIFIC
01:36:53 QUESTIONS ABOUT CONVENTION CENTER
01:36:55 AND STADIUM WITH OTHER QUESTIONS THAT
01:36:57 WERE NOT ANSWERED.
01:36:58 >> CONVENTION CENTER
01:36:59 AND
01:37:01 STADIUM WE DID ANSWER I THOUGHT WE
01:37:02 DID
01:37:03 ANSWER WITH RESPECT TO CITY PROPERTIES
01:37:06 SO THE STADIUM AUTHORITY CONVENTION CENTER
01:37:10 IS CITY PROPERTY SO
01:37:12 THIS WOULD APPLY TO THE CONVENTION
01:37:13 CENTER. NOT
01:37:15 A LEASE FOR ANOTHER ENTITY WE OWN
01:37:16 A
01:37:18 PORTION OF THE PARKING LOT FOR LEVI
01:37:19 STADIUM THOSE ARE ENCUMBERED FOR PART
01:37:22 OF THE YEAR TO THE SAN FRANCISCO 49ers
01:37:25 SO THAT IS A LEASEHOLD. ALL
01:37:27 OF THOSE SCENARIOS ARE COVERED IN
01:37:28 THE POLICY IN ONE
01:37:31 WAY OR ANOTHER CITY PROPERTY
01:37:34 NOT LEAST WHERE THAT IS LEAST
01:37:36 IN THE POLICY INSTRUCT CITY MANAGER
01:37:37 TO SEND NOTICE
01:37:40 TO THE LEASEHOLDER.
01:37:41 >> SPECIFICALLY
01:37:42 FOR
01:37:43 THE STADIUM.
01:37:44 >> THE STADIUM
01:37:46 COVERED.
01:37:49 >> I KNOW
01:37:50 THE ANSWER BUT THE PUBLIC NEEDS TO
01:37:52 KNOW.
01:37:53 >> THE LAND UNDER THE STADIUM
01:37:54 IS
01:37:55 OWNED BY THE CITY THE
01:37:58 BUILDING IS OWNED BY THE
01:38:00 STADIUM AUTHORITY SO IN ACCORDANCE
01:38:01 WITH THE POLICY
01:38:03 THE CITY WOULD SEND NOTICE TO ITSELF
01:38:04 THE STADIUM AUTHORITY THE
01:38:06 STADIUM AUTHORITY WOULD THEN SEND
01:38:07 A NOTICE
01:38:10 TO ITS LEASEHOLDER
01:38:13 THE SAN FRANCISCO 49ers THAT HAVE
01:38:16 THE LEASE FOR PART OF THE YEAR.
01:38:19 >> VERY GOOD THANK YOU FOR
01:38:21 THOSE ANSWERS. WE MAY HAVE MORE QUESTIONS
01:38:22 LATER I'M SURE
01:38:25 WE WILL.
01:38:27 WILL START WITH PUBLIC MEMBERS AND I WILL
01:38:28 CALL 3 AT
01:38:31 A TIME AND IF YOU WOULD NOT MIND QUEUING UP
01:38:33 SO WE CAN BE FAIRLY CONSISTENT AND
01:38:34 MOVE ALONG
01:38:37 WE HAVE A 2
01:38:39 MINUTE LIMIT ALTHOUGH OUR 1st SPEAKER
01:38:40 I WILL CALL UP
01:38:43 MARY,
01:38:45 SHE HAS 2 OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC
01:38:46 WHO HAVE DEFERRED THEIR TIME
01:38:49 TO HER.
01:38:50 >> SHE HAS 3 MEMBERS
01:38:52 DONNA WEST,
01:38:55 AND LINDA JOHNSTON ONLINE.
01:38:58 SHE HAS 8 MINUTES.
01:38:59 >> ALL RIGHT.
01:39:01 8 MINUTES FOLLOWED IF YOU WOULD
01:39:04 NOT MIND QUEUING UP AND
01:39:07 YOU MIGHT KNOW WANT TO GET UP
01:39:09 SHE HAS 8 MINUTES. REST YOUR LEGS.
01:39:13 OKAY MARY, GO AHEAD.
01:39:14 >> GOOD EVENING
01:39:16 MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, MANAGER
01:39:19 AND CITY ATTORNEY. I AM HERE TONIGHT
01:39:20 NOT
01:39:22 ON MY BEHALF,
01:39:25 AS RECLAIMING DOWNTOWN BUT ON BEHALF
01:39:28 OF MYSELF AND ON BEHALF OF THE
01:39:31 CITIZENS OF SANTA CLARA THAT FOR
01:39:33 THE LAST WEEK OF KEPT ME UP UNTIL
01:39:34 1:00 WITH TELEPHONE
01:39:37 CALLS AND QUESTIONS.
01:39:40 AND SO I'M NOT SPEAKING TONIGHT ABOUT
01:39:42 WHAT IS ON THE AGENDA ITSELF, BUT
01:39:43 I AM HERE TO SHARE MY
01:39:46 CONCERNS ABOUT HOW
01:39:47 MEETING INFORMATION AND PUBLIC ACCESS
01:39:49 ARE BEING HANDLED ESPECIALLY ABOUT
01:39:52 TONIGHT'S MEETING. LATE LAST NIGHT
01:39:55 , ON THURSDAY OR FRIDAY I
01:39:57 RECEIVED NOTICE ABOUT THE FEBRUARY
01:39:59 2 MEETING
01:40:01 AND ITS AGENDA BUT I WAS ALREADY PLANNING
01:40:04 TO ATTEND THE FEBRUARY 3 MEETING .
01:40:08 AT THE REQUEST OF EVIDENCE
01:40:10 WHEN I CHECKED THE CITY MEETING CALENDAR
01:40:11 TO CONFIRM
01:40:12 THE FEBRUARY 3 MEETING IT WAS NOT
01:40:14 CLEARLY LISTED.
01:40:15 ONLY THE FEBRUARY 2 MEETING APPEARED
01:40:17 WITH A SMALL REFERENCE
01:40:20 AT THE BOTTOM TO ANOTHER MEETING
01:40:23 , THE FOLLOWING DAY.
01:40:24 BECAUSE OF THIS MANY RESIDENTS CALLED ME,
01:40:26 ASKING WHY THE FEBRUARY
01:40:29 3 MEETING WAS NOT SHOWING UP.
01:40:30 PEOPLE WERE CONFUSED AND FRUSTRATED
01:40:35 AND I DID NOT HAVE CLEAR ANSWERS FOR THEM.
01:40:38 THE CALLS CONTINUE LATE INTO THE
01:40:39 EVENING AFTER 1:00. THE NEXT MORNING,
01:40:41 FRUSTRATED AND TIRED
01:40:44 I ASKED MY SISTER BERNADETTE
01:40:46 TO HELP ME UNDERSTAND THE CITY CALENDAR
01:40:47 SYSTEM BECAUSE
01:40:49 IT WAS SO UNCLEAR. SHE DID HER OWN
01:40:50 CHECKING
01:40:52 AND CONCLUDED THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM
01:40:54 AND CONTACTED CITY STAFF, SHE TOLD
01:40:56 THEM IF RESIDENTS
01:40:59 CANNOT RELY ON THE CITY CALENDAR
01:41:01 OR CHANNEL 15 BROADCAST , TO FIND
01:41:04 MEETING INFORMATION IN THE SYSTEM
01:41:07 IS NOT WORKING. TRANSPARENCY IS NOT OPTIONAL
01:41:08 ,
01:41:11 IT IS ESSENTIAL.
01:41:14 ONLY LATER WAS THE
01:41:16 FEBRUARY 3 MEETING ADDED TO THE PROGRAM
01:41:19 BUT THE CITY TOLD BERNADETTE THAT
01:41:23 IT APPEARS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE.
01:41:25 A PERSON HAS TO SCROLL ALL THE WAY
01:41:26 DOWN
01:41:28 TO FIND IT. NO REASONABLE RESIDENT
01:41:32 WOULD KNOW TO DO THAT. I AM TOLD
01:41:34 THE PROGRAM DOES NOT ALLOW 2 CONSECUTIVE ENTRIES
01:41:35 IN THE
01:41:37 SAME WEEK WHICH CREATES FURTHER CONFUSION.
01:41:41 THAT IS A SYSTEM LIMITATION THAT
01:41:44 NEEDS TO BE FIXED, NOT WORKED AROUND
01:41:46 AT THE EXPENSE OF PUBLIC AWARENESS.
01:41:47 IF
01:41:50 THE CITIES DIGITAL SYSTEMS ARE NOT
01:41:52 GIVING RESIDENTS CLEAR AND RELIABLE INFORMATION,
01:41:55 A NEED TO BE CORRECTED. THE CITY SHOULD
01:41:56 ALSO CONSIDER
01:41:59 RESTORING DIRECT PHONE ACCESS
01:42:01 SO RESIDENTS CAN SPEAK WITH SOMEONE
01:42:04 TO GET ACCURATE ANSWERS IN REAL-TIME.
01:42:07 I ALSO WANT TO ADD ONE ADDITIONAL
01:42:08 NOTE FOR
01:42:11 THE RECORD. I RECEIVED A MESSAGE TODAY
01:42:12 FROM AN
01:42:14 ATTORNEY WHO RAISED A MESSAGE
01:42:17 , WHO RAISED A CONCERN ABOUT THE WORDING
01:42:18 OF TONIGHT'S RESOLUTION REGARDING
01:42:20 FEDERAL ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES
01:42:23 , THE CONCERN EXPRESSED TO ME
01:42:25 IS THAT THE RESOLUTION NAMES I.C.E.
01:42:29 , BUT DOES NOT
01:42:32 EXPLICITLY REFERENCE CUSTOM AND BORDER PROTECTION
01:42:35 AND HAD OMISSION COULD CREATE AMBIGUITY.
01:42:38 I AM NOT PRESENTING THAT IS A VERIFIED LEGAL
01:42:41 CONCLUSION BUT I AM RELAYING AS A
01:42:44 CONCERN THAT WAS RAISED AND MAY
01:42:46 DESERVE CLARIFICATION BY COUNCIL BEFORE
01:42:47 FINAL ADOPTION.
01:42:50 AFTER ALL, IT
01:42:51 WAS CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION
01:42:53 THAT KILLED
01:42:56 ALEX. I AM SUPER PLEASED
01:42:58 AT THE TURNOUT TONIGHT OF CONCERNED CITIZENS,
01:42:59 THIS IS TRULY
01:43:02 HEARTWARMING FOR ME AS WE
01:43:04 AS A GROUP OF CITIZENS THIS IS THE
01:43:05 ONLY
01:43:08 WAY WE CAN MAKE CHANGE. THANK YOU.
01:43:09 >>
01:43:10 THANK YOU. HOLD YOUR APPLAUSE PLEASE
01:43:11 THANK YOU.
01:43:14 I WANT PEOPLE TO FEEL COMFORTABLE COMING
01:43:15 UP
01:43:17 HERE
01:43:20 WELCOME, LESLIE.
01:43:23 >> HON. CITY COUNCILMEMBERS AND MAYOR
01:43:24 OF
01:43:25 SANTA CLARA THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY
01:43:26 TO SPEAK
01:43:29 ON THIS MOST IMPORTANT MATTER
01:43:32 OF I.C.E. AND ITS OVERAGGRESSIVE TACTICS
01:43:35 IN OUR
01:43:38 US CITIES LEADING TO VIOLENCE AND RECKLESS
01:43:39 KILLING OF CITIZENS IN MINNEAPOLIS.
01:43:44 WITHOUT THIS RESISTANCE, THIS WILL CONTINUE.
01:43:47 I AM A RESIDENT
01:43:50 OF SANTA CLARA AT
01:43:53 THE SAME ADDRESS, FOR 51 YEARS.
01:43:56 I AM ALSO A MEMBER OF
01:43:59 THE RESISTANCE,
01:44:02 A PART OF NEIGHBORS , NEIGHBORS NOT
01:44:05 ENEMIES COALITION IN
01:44:08 JAPAN TOWN.
01:44:11 JAPANESE AMERICANS , BORN IN THE
01:44:14 COULD YOU DURING WORLD WAR II ,
01:44:17 I AM ACTUALLY CONCERNED
01:44:20 I.C.E. IS UNCONSTITUTIONALLY ATTACKING
01:44:21 PEOPLE
01:44:23 OF COLOR WHO MAY BE CITIZENS
01:44:26 AND REPORTING THEM WITHOUT
01:44:29 DUE PROCESS VERY MUCH LIKE
01:44:32 JAPANESE AMERICANS WHO WERE EVACUATED
01:44:38 TO 10 ISOLATED LAND SITES IN 1942
01:44:41 WHEN INCARCERATED. MY WIFE WAS
01:44:44 BORN IN A CAMP
01:44:47 IN ARKANSAS. I.C.E.
01:44:50 IS REPEATING THE SAME PROCEDURE
01:44:53 FOR COMMUNITIES OF COLOR ,
01:44:56 OR ANY MORE VIOLENT, CRUEL MANNER
01:44:59 , THREATENING THE LIVES
01:45:02 AND PUBLIC SAFETY , WHEREVER.
01:45:05 I URGE YOU TO STRONGLY STAND UP
01:45:09 AND OPPOSE THEIR PRESENCE AND
01:45:11 ACTIVITIES BY DECLARING SANCTUARY.
01:45:12 BE
01:45:15 A SANCTUARY CITY.
01:45:18 AND NOT BE INTIMIDATED BY THE
01:45:20 PRESIDENT'S FUNDING. DO NOT ALLOW
01:45:24 LAW OFFICERS --
01:45:27 >> THANK YOU, WES. >>
01:45:30 THANK YOU.
01:45:36 >> HELLO.
01:45:39 I AM WITH SECURE JUSTICE.
01:45:42 I WANTED TO
01:45:43 THANK THE COUNCIL FOR TAKING OUR CONCERNS
01:45:44 SERIOUSLY AND I WANTED TO THANK STAFF
01:45:45 FOR
01:45:48 QUICK ACTION IN DEVELOPING THIS POLICY.
01:45:51 I KNOW IT HAS BEEN
01:45:54 STATED THAT THE DHS HAS SAID
01:45:56 THERE IS NO PLANNED IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT
01:45:57 OPERATIONS FOR THE
01:45:59 SUPER BOWL, BUT JUST BECAUSE SOMETHING
01:46:00 HAS NOT
01:46:02 BEEN PLANNED FROM BEFORE DOES NOT
01:46:03 MEAN
01:46:04 THEY CAN JUST CHANGE THEIR MINDS AND
01:46:06 PLAN SOMETHING NOW. THE
01:46:09 FACT THAT WE DON'T HAVE A POLICY IN PLACE
01:46:11 AND IF WE DO NOT PASS THIS TONIGHT
01:46:15 , IT SHOWS
01:46:18 THE CITY HAS NOT TAKEN A STRONG STANCE
01:46:21 AND I KNOW AS BE 54 HAS
01:46:23 BEEN REFERENCED YOU KNOW THROUGHOUT
01:46:24 TONIGHT AND
01:46:27 THE THING IS , UNFORTUNATELY
01:46:30 THERE ARE LOOPHOLES TO
01:46:33 SB 54. IT HAS NOT KEPT OUR COMMUNITY SAFE
01:46:36 SO
01:46:37 THAT'S WHY WE NEED A CLEAR STANCE FROM
01:46:39 THE CITY, THAT
01:46:40 THEY ARE GOING TO BE PROTECTING OUR COMMUNITY.
01:46:42 THAT
01:46:43 THEY ARE NOT COOPERATING WITH I.C.E.
01:46:45 THAT WE ARE
01:46:46 NOT GOING TO HAVE SHARED SPACES OR
01:46:48 HAVE CITY PROPERTY
01:46:51 USED FOR I.C.E.
01:46:54 SO WITHOUT HAVING THIS
01:46:56 STRONG POLICY AND WITHOUT, I BELIEVE
01:46:59 THE CITY SHOULD PASS NOT ONLY POLICY,
01:47:03 BUT ALSO THE MEMO DRAFTED
01:47:05 BY COUNCILMEMBERS. VICE MAYOR AND
01:47:06 COUNCIL MEMBER COX.
01:47:09 BECAUSE WE NEED TO HAVE THIS BE
01:47:12 STRONG AND SECURE, SO THAT
01:47:15 WE CAN SHOW OUR CITY IS NOT GOING
01:47:18 TO BE STANDING WITH WHAT'S
01:47:20 HAPPENING AND KIDNAPPINGS THAT HAVE
01:47:21 BEEN HAPPENING
01:47:24 OF OUR COMMUNITY.
01:47:25 I KNOW IT HAS BEEN TALKED ABOUT WITH
01:47:27 HUMAN TRAFFICKING AS
01:47:29 A CONCERN, NOW THE THING IS THE FACT
01:47:30 THAT HUMAN TRAFFICKING
01:47:33 , THE COLLABORATION
01:47:36 WITH I.C.E. DOES NOT
01:47:37 MEAN WE ARE PROTECTED FROM HUMAN TRAFFICKING.
01:47:39 WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH I.C.E. IS THAT
01:47:42 >> THANK YOU. I
01:47:44 WILL ASK IF EVERYONE CAN STAY TO THE
01:47:45 2 MINUTES
01:47:48 BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MANY SPEAKERS
01:47:50 AND WE WANT TO HEAR FROM EVERYONE.
01:47:57 >> HELLO FROM
01:47:59 THE CITY OF SANTA CLARA. I AM HERE
01:48:03 WHICH IS IMMIGRATION PROTECTION
01:48:06 EMPOWERMENT NETWORK.
01:48:09 I JUST WANT TO SAY I HAVE
01:48:11 A WHOLE SPEECH, BUT I HOPE YOU GUYS KNOW
01:48:15 , YOU GUYS GOT 44%
01:48:18 IN THE POPULATION OF YOUR
01:48:21 CITY IS FOREIGN-BORN , THEY WERE NOT
01:48:24 BORN HERE. WHAT HAPPENED
01:48:25 IN MINNEAPOLIS IF THAT HAPPENED TO
01:48:27 YOUR CITY YOU WOULD BE
01:48:30 A BIG BIG TROUBLE. LOOK AT THE
01:48:31 CITY COUNCIL BECAUSE IT IS VERY DIVERSE.
01:48:33 VERY DIVERSE BUT LET ME TELL
01:48:36 YOU SOMETHING BROTHERS AND SISTERS
01:48:37 HERE TODAY
01:48:39 IF I.C.E. WAS GOING TO PULL YOU
01:48:42 GUYS OVER IN THE STREET, 4 OF YOU
01:48:45 WOULD BE IN BIG BIG TROUBLE.
01:48:47 OKAY? YOU GUYS WOULD BE ARRESTED BECAUSE
01:48:48 THEY ARE
01:48:51 RESTING CITIZENS AND BLAMING US IMMIGRANTS
01:48:54 FOR ALL
01:48:55 THAT'S BEEN HAPPENING IN THE COUNTRY
01:48:57 WHICH IS NOT TRUE. OKAY
01:48:59 AND I'M VERY SURPRISED THAT THIS CITY
01:49:03 DOES NOT HAVE A POLICY LIKE
01:49:06 THIS. OKAY I AM VERY SURPRISED AND
01:49:07 YOU KEEP ASKING
01:49:09 FOR TIME, LET ME TELL YOU
01:49:12 SOMETHING WE DON'T HAVE TIME. MY PEOPLE IS
01:49:13 DYING, 32
01:49:15 PEOPLE DIED IN I.C.E. CUSTODY LAST YEAR
01:49:18 AND COUNTING, YOU SAW
01:49:21 THE NEWS. I DON'T HAVE TO TELL
01:49:23 YOU MORE. THOUSANDS MORE OF MY PEOPLE
01:49:27 DIE EVERY SINGLE YEAR
01:49:29 ON THE BORDER. OKAY, THIS IS NOTHING COMPARED
01:49:30 TO WHAT
01:49:33 WE GO THROUGH. I'M SPEAKING
01:49:36 TO YOU AS A IMMIGRANT. WE
01:49:39 TRAVEL THE WAY
01:49:41 YOU SPEAK THE WAY YOU LOOK CONSTITUTIONAL
01:49:42 RIGHTS OUT THE DOOR
01:49:45 NO MORE WE DON'T HAVE
01:49:48 CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS WE HAVE TO BE CERTAIN
01:49:51 WE WILL BE RESILIENT. WE WILL BUILD
01:49:54 RESILIENT AND WE WILL
01:49:57 RESIST THIS LIKE WE HAVE BEEN
01:49:59 RESISTING FOR MANY YEARS SINCE 1930S.
01:50:00 WHEN THEY DEPARTED A BUNCH
01:50:03 OF CHICANOS BACK TO MEXICO. WE WILL
01:50:06 KEEP RESISTING AND STOP
01:50:08 THINKING ABOUT TIME PASS THE POLICY NOW.
01:50:13 >> THANK YOU, WE HAVE
01:50:16 SAMANTHA FOLLOWED BY CARMEN.
01:50:20 IF YOU WOULD NOT MIND, THANK YOU SO
01:50:22 MUCH WELCOME.
01:50:25 >> THANK YOU,
01:50:26 IMMIGRANT PROTECTION EMPOWERMENT NETWORK
01:50:28 AND ALSO
01:50:32 AND THE NEIGHBORS NOT ENEMY COALITION
01:50:37 WHAT YOU HEARD
01:50:40 , THAT IS EXACTLY
01:50:43 THE SITUATION WE ARE IN
01:50:44 AND WE ASK YOU TO STRONGLY SUPPORT
01:50:46 THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION
01:50:49 PLUS THE ADDITIONAL POINTS
01:50:52 OF COUNCIL MEMBER COX AND VICE MAYOR DOLLARS.
01:50:55 THIS IS NOT A TIME TO
01:50:57 BE HESITANT THERE'S A LOT OF PLANNING
01:51:00 AND IT'S NOT ONE-GAME HAPPENING THIS
01:51:01 WEEK
01:51:02 IT IS ABOUT THE WELL-BEING OF THE
01:51:04 COMMUNITY IN THE DAYS AND MONTHS AND YEARS
01:51:06 TO COME THANK YOU.
01:51:07 >> THANK YOU SO
01:51:08 MUCH. WE
01:51:09 HAVE SAMANTHA FOLLOWED BY CARMEN FOLLOWED
01:51:13 BY HECTOR
01:51:16 >> HELLO MY NAME IS SAMANTHA ON BEHALF OF,
01:51:19 THE PATIENT ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
01:51:23 AND RIGHT NOW MANY PATIENTS HESITATE
01:51:25 BEFORE STEPPING IN A HOSPITAL
01:51:26 OR CLINIC'S. KNOW ONE THING TWICE
01:51:27 ABOUT SEEKING ESSENTIAL MEDICAL CARE
01:51:28 BUT WITH THE
01:51:30 RIGHTS OF AGGRESSIVE ENVIRONMENT I.C.E. OPERATIONS
01:51:34 IMMIGRANTS
01:51:35 ARE FIGHTING FOR THEMSELVES AND THEIR
01:51:36 CHILDREN SAFETY THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE
01:51:40 HEALTHCARE SPACES
01:51:45 MUST REMAIN FREE FROM I.C.E. INTIMIDATION INCLUDING
01:51:46 RESTRICTIONS ON DATA SHARING, ENSURING
01:51:47 HOSPITAL'S
01:51:48 CLINICS AND CITY DEPARTMENTS DO NOT
01:51:50 INTENTIONALLY OR UNINTENTIONALLY SHARE
01:51:51 PATIENT INFORMATION, LOCATION DATA
01:51:52 SERVICE USE RECORDS WITH I.C.E.
01:51:55 WHEN PATIENTS
01:51:56 WITH PERSONAL INFORMATION CAN BE ACCESSED
01:51:58 OR MISUSED OR
01:51:59 STOP SEEKING CARE ENTIRELY THAT CREATES
01:52:01 PREVENTABLE EMERGENCIES
01:52:03 WORSENING HEALTHY QUICK INEQUITIES
01:52:05 AND UNDERMINING PUBLIC HEALTH WITH THE
01:52:07 SUPER BOWL V DAYS AWAY COMMUNITY FEELS
01:52:08 ABANDONED FAMILIES TELL US LEADERS
01:52:10 ARE COMFORTABLE
01:52:11 WHILE SATISFIED AS IMMIGRANTS RESIDENTS
01:52:15 ARE AFRAID TO GO TO THE GROCERY STORE
01:52:16 TAKE THEIR KIDS
01:52:18 TO SCHOOL OR ACCESS BASIC MEDICAL SERVICES.
01:52:19 PATIENTS
01:52:21 DESERVE BETTER , THEY DESERVE LEADERS
01:52:22 WHO ACT WITH
01:52:24 URGENCY, NOT AFTER HARM HAS ALREADY
01:52:28 BEEN DONE I URGE YOU
01:52:29 TO PROTECT THE COMMITTEE BY PASSING
01:52:30 STRONG POLICY WITH NO COOPERATION
01:52:31 NO DATA SHARING
01:52:34 OR ROOM FOR I.C.E. TO TERRORIZE FAMILIES
01:52:37 DURING THIS HIGH PROFILE EVENT
01:52:39 OR EVER AGAIN, THANK YOU.
01:52:40 >> THANK
01:52:41 YOU, SAMANTHA.
01:52:42 NEXT WE HAVE CARMEN FOLLOWED BY HECTOR.
01:52:46 >>
01:52:49 DIRECTOR OF ORGANIZING LATINAS
01:52:51 WE SERVE CANCER PATIENT ACROSS THE
01:52:53 COUNTY AND WORK HARD TO ENSURE VOICES
01:52:55 ARE HEARD THROUGHOUT EVERY
01:52:56 STEP OF THE JOURNEY PATIENT COMMUNITIES
01:52:58 AND
01:53:00 MANY OF US IN THIS ROOM DID NOT TRUST
01:53:01 FEDERAL AGENCIES WE NEED TO
01:53:02 ENSURE COMMITTEE MEMBERS, THE PEOPLE
01:53:03 WHO VOTED FOR YOU ARE PROTECTED SANTA
01:53:04 CLARA MUST
01:53:07 COMMIT TO THE MANY I.C.E.
01:53:08 ACTIVITY TO SAFEGUARD PUBLIC HEALTH
01:53:10 AND COMMITTEE SAFETY
01:53:11 PUBLIC HEALTH DEPENDS ON TRUST AND
01:53:13 THE TRUST DISAPPEARS WHEN
01:53:16 I.C.E. IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT IS PRESENT
01:53:21 WE SAW AGENT STATION FOR 2 WEEKS AND
01:53:22 SETTLE LOS
01:53:23 ANGELES HOSPITALS VIOLATING PATIENT
01:53:25 RIGHTS AND FROM OUR
01:53:28 VERY OWN PATIENTS TOLD US
01:53:31 THEY SKIP
01:53:34 APPOINTMENTS FOR FEAR OF ENCOUNTERING
01:53:36 I.C.E. WE CANNOT IGNORE THE TRAUMA
01:53:37 AND IT THAT'S CONNECTED TO
01:53:39 IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT WHILE REASSURANCE
01:53:40 COMES
01:53:43 THAT I.C.E. WILL
01:53:46 NOT BE
01:53:49 CONDUCTING ANY ACTIVITY DURING THE
01:53:50 SEVERAL
01:53:51 OUR COMMUNITY DESERVES A POLICY NOT PROMISES.
01:53:52 WHAT THE NOBODY
01:53:55 BELIEVES THAT. ABOUT THE COUNTS DECIDED
01:53:56 TO AGENDA IS
01:53:58 THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE
01:54:01 AND EMBARRASSING IT WILL NOT BE PERMITTED
01:54:02 BEFORE ONE
01:54:03 OF THE MOST TELEVISED EVENTS IN THE
01:54:04 WORLD WE ARE OVER THE AUDACITY TO
01:54:05 WANTING
01:54:06 TO ENFORCE FREE SPEECH ZONES BUT DON'T REALIZE
01:54:10 RIGHTS ARE VIOLATED
01:54:11 THESE LIMITATIONS DO NOT EXIST BECAUSE
01:54:13 AT THE END OF THE DAY WHO STREETS
01:54:14 ARE THESE? OUR STREETS, COMMUNITIES
01:54:15 WILL SHOW UP TO ENSURE THE POLICY
01:54:16 IMPLEMENT IT
01:54:19 IS STRONGEST WE
01:54:20 REMEMBER WHAT EACH COUNCIL MEMBER
01:54:22 HAS TO SAY.
01:54:23 >> THANK YOU.
01:54:25 ARE YOU HECTOR?
01:54:28 OKAY HECTOR FOLLOWED BY
01:54:31 --
01:54:32 >>
01:54:34 SPEAKING ON
01:54:36 BEHALF OF MYSELF I AM A IMMIGRANT
01:54:40 YES
01:54:46 MY DAD IS A TEACHER
01:54:49 AND STUDENTS
01:54:52 AND FAMILIES AND THE PARENTS FOR THEM GETTING
01:54:55 DEPORTED AND A FEW
01:54:58 OF THEM ARE SICK GO TO THE HOSPITAL
01:54:59 GOING TO
01:55:01 THE RESTAURANT OR
01:55:04 HAVING THIS FEAR OF LIVING IN A COMMUNITY
01:55:07 YOU EXPECT TO FEEL SAFE IN THE COMMUNITY
01:55:09 BUT BECAUSE OF WHAT'S HAPPENING HAPPENING
01:55:10 NOT ONLY
01:55:13 UNDER PREISDENT TRUMP BUT UNDER
01:55:15 PAST PRESIDENTS THEY HAVE A FEAR OF
01:55:16 BEING TAKEN.
01:55:19 SO
01:55:21 I WANT TO TELL THE CITY COUNCIL TO PASS
01:55:22 THE MEMO, PASS
01:55:25 THE POLICY TO PROTECT THE COMMUNITY. AND
01:55:28 DO IT TONIGHT BECAUSE
01:55:31 I KNOW
01:55:33 WE NEED TO CONTINUE SUPPORTING THE COMMUNITY
01:55:37 AND IMMIGRANTS YOU KNOW
01:55:40 I SAW THE FLAGS OF DIFFERENT
01:55:43 COUNTRIES AND COUNCILMEMBERS AND CITY COUNCIL
01:55:46 AND WE WANT TO
01:55:49 CELEBRATE IMMIGRANTS
01:55:52 AND THERE'S ALWAYS HOLIDAYS AND
01:55:55 OTHER STUFF AND ASKING FOR HELP FROM COUNCILMEMBERS
01:55:58 AND POLITICIANS
01:56:02 AND WE DON'T WANT THAT,
01:56:05 WE WANT THEM TO SUPPORT US AND
01:56:08 TO SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY.
01:56:09 >>
01:56:11 THANK YOU, HECTOR.
01:56:20 >>
01:56:29 VERY GOOD, WELCOME.
01:56:32 >>
01:56:38 >> I AM
01:56:40 A FIRST-GENERATION US CITIZEN HERE
01:56:41 TODAY IS A
01:56:42 CONCERN COMMUNITY MEMBER IS A CONCERN
01:56:44 OLDER BROTHER.
01:56:47 ENTERING THE POSSIBLE INSTANCE
01:56:50 WHICH MAY HER SISTER HAS
01:56:52 TO WATCH ARMED AND MASKED MEN SHOW UP
01:56:53 TO HER ELEMENTARY
01:56:54 SCHOOL AND ABDUCT A CLASSMATE'S FAMILY MEMBER OR
01:56:56 WORSE CLASSMATE THEMSELVES.
01:56:59 WE HAVE SEEN INSTANCES
01:57:00 LIKE THAT IT IS NOT ISOLATED AND EARLIER TODAY
01:57:02 IMMIGRATION
01:57:04 AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT AGENTS CHECKED
01:57:08 INTO REGIONAL HOTELS
01:57:10 WITHIN AND AROUND SANTA CLARA THIS BUT
01:57:11 HE HAS PROVEN THEMSELVES
01:57:12 TO BE MISSED TRAINED UNREGULATED AND
01:57:14 HE OPENED HER
01:57:15 TO NOT JUST IMMIGRANT AND UNDOCUMENTED COMMUNITIES
01:57:17 BUT TO ALL OF US.
01:57:20 THEIR INTENTIONS ARE NOT EVIDENT
01:57:22 INSTEAD OF TARGETING CRIMINALS THEY
01:57:23 GO AFTER
01:57:26 OUR FRIENDS, THEIR FAMILIES
01:57:28 , NEIGHBORS, SHOPKEEPERS, ESSENTIAL WORKERS
01:57:29 AND FROM
01:57:31 WHAT'S NOTICED ANYONE WHO OPPOSES THEM
01:57:34 , THEIR PRESENCE IN SANTA CLARA IS MUCH
01:57:35 LESS OF A
01:57:36 SAFETY INITIATIVE FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
01:57:38 THAN IT IS SHOW
01:57:41 OF FORCE AND TERROR. EARLIER TODAY
01:57:42 YOU
01:57:44 MADE A STATEMENT THAT I.C.E. IS
01:57:45 NOT PLANNING TO CONDUCT OPERATIONS
01:57:47 IN SANTA CLARA WITHIN
01:57:48 THE COMMUNITY. WE NEED MORE REASSURANCE
01:57:50 THAN JUST THIS WE
01:57:53 NEED PLACES WHERE
01:57:54 IN SANTA CLARA COMMUNITY MEMBERS CAN
01:57:56 BE GUARANTEED SAFETY
01:57:59 FROM I.C.E.
01:58:00 IRON CITY COUNCIL TO PROHIBIT THE
01:58:02 USE OF ANY CITY OWNED OR CONTROLLED LAND
01:58:04 AND RESOURCES TO FACILITATE IMMIGRATION
01:58:05 STAGING, SURVEILLANCE,
01:58:06 ARREST, DEPORTATION INCLUDING PUBLIC
01:58:08 SCHOOL GROUNDS
01:58:11 AND PARKS , THESE ALIGN
01:58:13 YOUR INITIATIVES WITH A REQUEST OF
01:58:14 CONSTITUENTS
01:58:17 THANK YOU.
01:58:18 >> THANK YOU.
01:58:20 SEAN FOLLOWED BY JEREMY FOLLOWED
01:58:23 BY MARK. WELCOME.
01:58:24 >> THANK YOU.
01:58:25 AND THE PRESIDENT OF SILICON VALLEY
01:58:26 NAACP,
01:58:29 I REVIEWED YOUR MESSAGE WHERE
01:58:30 HE SPEAKS OF UPHOLDING PRINCIPLES
01:58:35 OF OUR VALUE STATEMENT.
01:58:38 THE SANTA CLARA WAY OF POLICING
01:58:40 THAT HIS RECENT COMMENTS ON COOPERATING
01:58:41 WITH
01:58:44 I.C.E. DEPENDING
01:58:47 INSIST
01:58:50 A LOOPHOLE.
01:58:53 THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS UNNECESSARY COOPERATION
01:58:55 FOR CIVIL IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT
01:58:56 IT IS
01:58:58 A VIOLATION OF STATE LAW. THIS WEEKEND
01:58:59 SANTA CLARA
01:59:02 HOSTS SUPER BOWL LX , THE
01:59:05 CITY HAS GAINED TREMENDOUS
01:59:07 OFF THE TONE A PREDOMINANTLY BLACK
01:59:08 AND BROWN ATHLETES. WE
01:59:10 WILL NOT ALLOW THE CITY TO PROFIT
01:59:11 FROM THEIR LABOR ON
01:59:14 THE FIELD WHILE LOCAL POLICE
01:59:16 COURTNEY WITH FEDERAL AGENCIES THAT
01:59:19 THE NATIONAL NAACP DRY ICE CAMPAIGN
01:59:20 HAS STOOD UP AGAINST.
01:59:23 THIS
01:59:24 IS WEAPON IS THE ACTION BY I.C.E.
01:59:26 YOU CANNOT TAKE THE PROFIT FROM
01:59:28 BLACK EXCELLENCE AND PAY BACK TO THE
01:59:29 COMMUNITY WITH TERROR.
01:59:31 WE DEMAND A CLEAR COMMITMENT TO 0
01:59:34 I.C.E. COLLABORATION. THIS IS BLACK
01:59:37 HISTORY MONTH. THE SHORTEST MONTH OF
01:59:38 THE YEAR WHICH
01:59:41 IS NOT ENOUGH RECOGNITION FOR
01:59:44 BLACK EXCELLENCE. YOU CANNOT PROFIT
01:59:45 FROM OUR
01:59:47 CULTURE ON SUNDAY AND
01:59:48 BE COMPLICIT WHILE WE ARE HUNTED DOWN
01:59:50 LIKE ANIMALS ON MONDAY.
01:59:53 I APPRECIATE SOME OF
01:59:55 THE EFFORTS BUT I AM A CAREER LAW ENFORCEMENT
01:59:56 GUY RETIRED
01:59:58 POLICIES AND ORDINANCES ARE DIFFERENT.
02:00:02 SOUNDS LIKE A
02:00:04 BUNCH OF WORDS NOT COMMITTING TO DOING
02:00:05 THE RIGHT THING. YOU HAVE
02:00:08 MEASURES LIKE SAN MATEO TO REMOVE
02:00:10 ELECTED OFFICIALS LIKE THEY DID THE SHERIFF
02:00:14 SO I WOULD RECOMMEND YOU LOOK AT
02:00:15 THAT TO CONTROL YOUR POLICE CHIEF AND
02:00:17 HIS MOUTH.
02:00:20 BECAUSE THIS COMMUNITY IS NOT GOING
02:00:21 TO TOLERATE
02:00:22 ANY TYPE OF SUPREME MISSED ACTIONS
02:00:23 BY ANY LOCAL
02:00:26 AUTHORITY.
02:00:27 >> THANK YOU.
02:00:29 ALL RIGHT, JEREMY FOLLOWED
02:00:32 BY MARK FOLLOWED BY, WELCOME.
02:00:33 >>
02:00:35 GOOD EVENING.
02:00:37 CENTER FOR JUSTICE AND IMPAIRMENT
02:00:41 . WE STARTED ENGAGING WITH SOME OF
02:00:42 THE MEMBERS
02:00:43 OF CITY COUNCIL AND CITY STAFF BACK
02:00:44 IN 2025
02:00:47 AND THIS IS THEIR THAI COUNCIL IN
02:00:49 A MONTH. THESE ARE NOT NORMAL TIMES SO
02:00:50 LET'S
02:00:52 UPHOLD VALUES AND STAND UP FOR THE
02:00:53 MOST VULNERABLE NEIGHBORS.
02:00:56 WE ARE TO THE COUNCIL TO STAND UP FOR
02:00:57 IMMIGRANTS, NOT THROUGH
02:00:59 WORDS BUT TO POLICY AND ACTION.
02:01:02 PASSING A STRONG POLICY WOULD GUARANTEE WE ARE
02:01:05 ENTERING
02:01:08 THE BEST PUBLIC SAFETY, FOR ALL SANTA CLARA RESIDENTS, ESPECIALLY OUR
02:01:11 MOST VULNERABLE. WE
02:01:14 URGE THE COUNCIL TO PASS STAFF DRAFT POLICY
02:01:16 AND UPHOLD VICE MAYOR GONZALES AND
02:01:17 COX MEMO
02:01:35 THAT CLEARLY PROHIBIT LOCAL LAW
02:01:36 ENFORCEMENT FROM INTERACTING WITH
02:01:38 I.C.E. WE NEED TO MAKE
02:01:41 SURE THAT WE'RE PASSING A POLICY PROTECTS IMMIGRANT
02:01:42 RESIDENTS
02:01:44 ALL ACROSS SANTA CLARA, NOT JUST
02:01:46 AROUND THE STADIUM. WE NEED TO LOOK
02:01:47 AT TONIGHT
02:01:49 AND BEYOND THE NEXT THREE YEARS AND ABOVE. SO
02:01:53 LET'S STAND UP. LET'S UPHOLD OUR VALUES
02:01:54 AND STAND UP
02:01:55 FOR OUR MOST VULNERABLE NEIGHBORS. THANK
02:01:56 YOU.
02:01:57 >> THANK YOU,
02:01:59 JEREMY. NEXT WE HAVE MARK FOLLOWED
02:02:02 BY BAVIA FOLLOWED
02:02:04 BY BOB. WELCOME.
02:02:05 >> HI. I'M MARK DURRELL. I'VE
02:02:06 LIVED IN SANTA CLARA ABOUT SIX
02:02:08 YEARS NOW AND LIVED IN THE BAY ABOUT
02:02:10 30 AND, QUITE FRANKLY, I'M DISAPPOINTED
02:02:11 WITH THE FLACCID
02:02:13 RESPONSE I'VE SEEN TONIGHT. HONESTLY,
02:02:14 I WAS SHOCKED WHEN
02:02:17 I HEARD THAT YOU GUYS WERE TRYING
02:02:20 TO SWEEP ANY ACTION AGAINST I.C.E.
02:02:21 UNDER THE RUG AND
02:02:22 IF IT WEREN'T FOR COUNCILMEMBER PARK,
02:02:23 WE WOULDN'T HAVE COME
02:02:24 OUT LAST WEEK AND PRESSURED YOU GUYS
02:02:26 TO ACTUALLY GET
02:02:29 OFF YOUR ASSES AND
02:02:32 DO SOMETHING. MAYOR GILLMOR, YOU WEREN'T
02:02:33 EVEN THERE. EVEN WHAT WE'RE TALKING
02:02:35 ABOUT RIGHT NOW
02:02:38 IS
02:02:41 NOT
02:02:43 EVEN ENOUGH TO COVER IT. WE TALKED
02:02:44 ABOUT
02:02:46 HOW LAW ENFORCEMENT COULDN'T EVEN BE BOTHERED
02:02:47 TO SEND
02:02:50 A REPRESENTATIVE HERE TODAY
02:02:53 TO TALK ABOUT THIS AND I HAD FAMILY HATE CRIMED
02:02:56 OUT OF
02:02:59 THIS COUNTY. THEY HAD
02:03:01 TO FLEE TO TEXAS BECAUSE THE COUNTY WOULDN'T DO ANYTHING
02:03:02 TO PROTECT
02:03:05 THEM FROM THEIR NEIGHBORS
02:03:07 WHO CALLED THEM COLOMBIAN N WORDS
02:03:08 AND
02:03:10 THREATENED THEM WITH VIOLENCE AND
02:03:11 CALLED ME THE SAME AND
02:03:13 THREATENED ME THE SAME WHEN I WENT
02:03:14 TO VISIT THEM AND THEY HAD
02:03:16 TO SELL THEIR HOUSE BELOW MARKET VALUE
02:03:17 AND THAT WAS APATHY
02:03:20 ON THIS
02:03:22 LOCAL GOVERNMENT, NOT THE CITY HERE.
02:03:26 AND THAT WAS
02:03:29 2023,
02:03:32 2024. THAT WAS BEFORE THIS
02:03:34 OVERT FASCIST AGGRESSIVE REGIME RIGHT NOW. SO
02:03:35 NOT ONLY DO
02:03:38 WE NEED TO LIMIT FEDERAL ACCESS
02:03:40 TO OUR PUBLIC PROPERTIES, WE NEED TO
02:03:41 HAVE
02:03:42 A COMMITMENT THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT IS
02:03:46 GOING TO PROTECT OUR CITIZENS, NOT
02:03:47 JUST
02:03:49 FOR PROTESTING, BUT WHEN THEY'RE LIVING THEIR
02:03:50 LIVES
02:03:53 HERE. I MEAN, PEOPLE HAVE SAID
02:03:56 44%
02:03:59 OF PEOPLE
02:04:02 HERE ARE
02:04:03 PRIME TARGETS AND I'M -- THANK YOU.
02:04:04 >> THANK
02:04:05 YOU, MARK. NEXT WE
02:04:08 HAVE BAVIA FOLLOWED
02:04:11 BY BOB FOLLOWED
02:04:14 BY WESLEY B. WELCOME.
02:04:15 >> HELLO,
02:04:17 EVERYONE. MY NAME IS BAVIA VIAS AND
02:04:18 I'M 16 YEARS OLD. HOWEVER, I'M NOT
02:04:22 HERE TODAY AS A JUNIOR IN HIGH SCHOOL, BUT RATHER AS A YOUNG WOMAN, THE DAUGHTER
02:04:23 OF TWO BEAUTIFUL INDIAN IMMIGRANTS AND
02:04:26 A PERSON OF
02:04:29 COLOR LIVING UNDER AN ILLOGICAL ADMINISTRATION
02:04:30 WHICH
02:04:31 DECIDES WHICH HUMANS DESERVE HUMAN RIGHTS. I'M
02:04:35 SURE ALL OF YOU HERE HAVE HEARD
02:04:37 ABOUT RENEE GOOD, THE WOMAN WHO WAS
02:04:38 SHOT THREE TIMES IN
02:04:41 THE FACE. I'M SURE ALL OF YOU HERE
02:04:42 TODAY HAVE HEARD
02:04:44 ABOUT ALEX PRETTI WHO WAS SHOT MULTIPLE
02:04:47 TIMES EVEN AFTER HE TOOK HIS LAST BREATH. MAYBE YOU
02:04:49 GUYS HAVE HEARD ABOUT LIAM, THE PRESCHOOLER
02:04:50 WHO WAS SENT
02:04:53 TO A DETENTION CAMP
02:04:55 IN TEXAS. HONESTLY, I AM TERRIFIED. I
02:04:56 AM DISGUSTED
02:04:59 AND I AM ANGRY. HOW WERE
02:05:03 THEY ALL
02:05:04 CRIMINALS? HOW IS A 5-YEAR-OLD A "ILLEGAL ALIEN"
02:05:06 AND WHAT AM I SUPPOSED
02:05:09 TO DO WHEN I.C.E. AGENTS
02:05:10 COME HERE TO CALIFORNIA TO MY CITY
02:05:12 AND TARGET THE
02:05:15 PEOPLE I LOVE MOST? THESE ARE
02:05:18 THE QUESTIONS I ASK MYSELF
02:05:19 DAILY. THE NATIONAL ADMINISTRATION
02:05:20 SAYS IT'S COMPLICATED. THEY SAY WE
02:05:21 MUST
02:05:22 FOLLOW THE LAW AND THAT THERE ARE
02:05:24 COSTS TO SAFETY AND THAT WE MUST
02:05:26 PUT A STOP TO THOSE WHO ARE NOT IN ORDER,
02:05:27 BUT
02:05:30 WHAT TYPE OF ORDER DIMINISHES ALL
02:05:32 HUMAN DECENCY? THIS IS WHY I AM HERE
02:05:33 SPEAK NOTHING
02:05:35 MATTER HOW ANXIOUS I MIGHT BE CURRENTLY
02:05:36 SHAKING
02:05:38 UP HERE. I'M HERE TODAY TO URGE YOU
02:05:39 ALL TO DO WHAT IS
02:05:41 RIGHT AND TO PASS THIS RESOLUTION. I'M
02:05:42 HERE TODAY
02:05:45 FOR ALL OF THOSE WHO HAVE
02:05:46 BEEN PERSECUTED AND MARGINALIZED IN
02:05:48 THE NAME OF LAW AND I WANT ALL
02:05:50 OF YOU HERE TO MAKE THE CORRECT DECISION. MAKE
02:05:51 THE DECISION THAT
02:05:53 DOESN'T FORCE CHILDREN LIKE ME TO
02:05:54 LIVE IN
02:05:57 FEAR
02:05:58 AND PARANOIA EVERY SINGLE DAY. IF
02:06:00 IT COMES DOWN TO IT, IF I.C.E. AGENTS
02:06:03 SHOW UP TO THE SUPER BOWL, WE CANNOT
02:06:04 COOPERATE WITH I.C.E. I AM YOUNG. HOWEVER,
02:06:06 I WILL
02:06:08 NOT BE IGNORANT AND WE PLEDGE TO THESE
02:06:09 SIX WORDS TODAY,
02:06:12 WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR
02:06:15 ALL. THANK YOU.
02:06:16 >> THANK
02:06:18 YOU, BAVIA, NICE JOB. BOB
02:06:21 FOLLOWED BY WESLEY FOLLOWED BY RILEY. WELCOME,
02:06:23 BOB.
02:06:24 >> THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. I'M
02:06:25 AN
02:06:26 EAST SIDE SANTA CLARA RESIDENT. I'VE
02:06:27 LIVED HERE MY
02:06:29 WHOLE ENTIRE LIFE. I'VE ATTENDED THREE
02:06:33 PUBLIC SCHOOLS,
02:06:36 WENT TO SCOTT LANE, CABRIO,
02:06:38 WILCOX. MY PARENTS WERE BOTH IMMIGRANTS. I'M
02:06:39 A
02:06:40 FIRST GEN SCHOLAR. I USED TO WORK
02:06:42 WITH KELLY COX AT UFC GYM
02:06:45 AND I'M
02:06:47 A COMMUNITY ORGANIZER. I GREW UP LIVING
02:06:48 IN FEAR
02:06:50 THAT ANY LITTLE TRAFFIC STOP WOULD END
02:06:51 UP
02:06:52 WITH MY PARENTS BEING DEPORTED. I
02:06:54 GREW UP IN FEAR
02:06:55 THAT MY PEERS WOULD BE TAKEN FROM
02:06:57 ME WHEN WE'RE JUST TRYING TO GO TO SCHOOL
02:07:00 AND WHAT I'M HERE TO SAY IS THAT WE
02:07:02 ARE JUST SCARED OF THE POTENTIAL RISKS
02:07:03 THAT
02:07:06 I.C.E. IMPOSES
02:07:08 ON OUR COMMUNITY, RIGHT? CUSTOMS, BORDER
02:07:09 PROTECTION, HOWEVER
02:07:12 THE --THEY WANT TO SUGARCOAT
02:07:13 IT. IT'S ALL THE SAME. I'M SORRY FOR
02:07:14 MY LANGUAGE. I'M JUST VERY PASSIONATE. WE
02:07:15 SHOULD KNOW HOW
02:07:17 TO PROTECT AND WHEN TO ATTACK, WHEN
02:07:18 TO DEFEND. I.C.E. NEEDS
02:07:21 TO STAY OUT OF HERE. WE NEED TO STAY
02:07:22 HERE. WE LIVE, WE
02:07:23 HOLD THIS SPACE AND I STAND HERE BEFORE
02:07:24 YOU
02:07:26 ALL AS A LIVING TESTAMENT I MADE IT
02:07:28 OUT THE HOOD. I WENT TO SCHOOL AND
02:07:30 I'M HERE TO REPRESENT MY
02:07:32 PEOPLE I'M FORTUNATE OF TO BE THE
02:07:33 LAST OF
02:07:35 A DYING BREED. I CAN SPEAK AND READ
02:07:36 AND
02:07:39 WRITE IN BOTH LANGUAGES. WE NEED ASSISTANCE
02:07:40 THROUGH NONCOOPERATION. THANK
02:07:42 YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
02:07:43 >> THANK
02:07:45 YOU. WESLEY FOLLOWED
02:07:48 BY RILEY FOLLOWED BY LECILIA.
02:07:49 >> HELLO,
02:07:50 SANTA CLARA CITY COUNCIL. MY NAME'S
02:07:51 WESLEY BROCK. I'M HERE TO VOICE
02:07:53 MY SUPPORT FOR THIS MEASURE. THE TRUMP
02:07:54 ADMINISTRATION IS CURRENTLY
02:07:57 BEING SUED BY
02:08:00 SEVERAL IMMIGRANTS WITH THE
02:08:03 ASSISTANCE OF THE ACLU DUE TO TERRIBLE TREATMENT
02:08:04 WITHIN
02:08:05 I.C.E. FACILITIES. THE IMMIGRANTS
02:08:06 DID NOT RECEIVE PROPER MEDICAL
02:08:08 TREATMENT AND EXPERIENCED INHUMANE
02:08:09 CONDITIONS WITHIN I.C.E.
02:08:11 FACILITIES. IN 2025 THERE WERE A TOTAL
02:08:12 OF
02:08:15 32 IMMIGRANTS THAT DIED
02:08:18 IN I.C.E. CUSTODY. ONE OF
02:08:21 THESE WAS ISHMAEL URIBE. ISHMAEL
02:08:24 WAS A DACA RECIPIENT WHOSE REQUEST
02:08:25 TO CONTINUE
02:08:26 TO STAY IN THE U.S. WAS DENIED. IN 2025
02:08:27 HE
02:08:30 WAS
02:08:33 TAKEN TO THE PRIVATELY RUN
02:08:36 GEO FACILITY AND DIED NOT
02:08:38 RECEIVING PROPER MEDICAL TREATMENT. PASSING THE
02:08:41 STAFF POLICY AND THE VICE MAYOR POLICY, TOO,
02:08:42 EXCUSE ME, IS
02:08:44 THE BARE MINIMUM TO PROTECT THE MOST
02:08:45 VULNERABLE WITHIN OUR COMMUNITIES. I
02:08:47 HOPE YOU CHOOSE TO STAND ON THE SIDE
02:08:48 OF HUMANITY. THANK
02:08:51 YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
02:08:52 >> THANK
02:08:54 YOU, WESLEY. ALL RIGHT. WE
02:08:57 HAVE
02:09:00 RILEY FOLLOWED BY
02:09:03 L ECILIS FOLLOWED
02:09:05 BY ELSA. WELCOME.
02:09:06 >> WE'VE ALL SEEN
02:09:07 THE STORY BEFORE. FIRST
02:09:08 THEY CAME FOR THE SOCIALISTS AND I
02:09:09 DID NOT SPEAK OUT BECAUSE
02:09:11 I WAS NOT A SOCIALIST. THEN THEY CAME
02:09:12 FOR THE UNIONS AND I DID
02:09:15 NOT SPEAK OUT BECAUSE I WAS NOT A TRADE
02:09:16 UNIONIST. THEN
02:09:18 THEY CAME FOR THE JEWS AND I DID NOT SPEAK
02:09:19 OUT
02:09:20 BECAUSE I WAS NOT A JEW AND THEN THEY
02:09:21 CAME FOR ME AND THERE
02:09:24 WAS NO ONE LEFT TO SPEAK FOR ME. THESE
02:09:27 IMMORTAL WORDS
02:09:30 SPOKEN BY GERMAN PASTOR MARTIN IMOLE
02:09:33 IN 1946 AFTER THE
02:09:35 NAZI REGIME TORCHED GERMAN DEMOCRACY
02:09:36 AND BUTCHERED OVER
02:09:39 12 MILLION
02:09:42 OF ITS OWN CITIZENS TO
02:09:45 POLITICAL POWER. THE POWER AND OF
02:09:48 DESTRUCTIVE NATURE
02:09:49 OF AUTHORITARIAN REGIMES THROUGHOUT
02:09:51 HISTORY. WHILE WE
02:09:52 DISCUSS PROCEDURES AND DELEGATED POWERS,
02:09:54 PEOPLE ARE BEING MURDERED ON THE STREETS
02:09:55 BY THUGS
02:09:56 HIRED BY A MAN WHO PRAISED HITLER
02:09:57 FOR
02:10:00 HIS ABILITY TO INSPIRE LOYALTY AMONG
02:10:03 HIS GENERALS. THIS IS NOT ABOUT PROCEDURE. THIS
02:10:06 ISN'T ABOUT IMMIGRATION. HECK, IT'S
02:10:09 BARELY ABOUT THE CONSTITUTION ITSELF. THIS
02:10:11 IS ABOUT RIGHT AND WRONG. IF THIS
02:10:12 COUNCIL
02:10:15 IS UNWILLING TO TAKE ACTION AGAINST
02:10:17 THE NEW GESTAPO NOW, HOW CAN THIS
02:10:18 CITY HAVE CONFIDENCE THAT
02:10:21 WE'LL TAKE ACTION WHEN THEY INEVITABLY
02:10:22 COME FOR
02:10:24 US NEXT? BECAUSE THEY ALWAYS COME FOR YOU NEXT.
02:10:27 PROTECT THE PEOPLE OF THE
02:10:30 CITY AND STAND WITH THE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE
02:10:33 PROTESTING WORLDWIDE TO STOP THE ESTABLISHMENT
02:10:34 OF
02:10:36 A NEW FASCIST REGIME. THANK YOU.
02:10:37 >>
02:10:40 THANK
02:10:43 YOU. NEXT WE HAVE
02:10:46 LUCILIA
02:10:47 FOLLOWED BY ELCIA FOLLOWED BY BATMAN.
02:10:52 >> GOOD EVENING,
02:10:53 MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL. MY NAME IS LUCILA
02:10:55 ORTIZ ON BEHALF
02:10:57 OF WORKING PARTNERSHIPS AND A MEMBER
02:10:58 OF IPEN. FIRST
02:10:59 I WANT TO CLARIFY TWO DIFFERENT POINTS. I
02:11:01 WANT TO MAKE SURE
02:11:03 YOU ALL KNOW THAT THE LABOR MOVEMENT
02:11:04 REACHED OUT MONTHS
02:11:06 AGO TO DISCUSS THE LABOR AND COMMUNITY CONCERNS WITH
02:11:07 REGARDS
02:11:09 TO THE SUPER BOWL AND THOSE OUTREACHES
02:11:11 WERE IGNORED AND THAT'S WHAT LED US TO
02:11:13 THIS
02:11:14 TIMELINE WE HAVE RIGHT NOW. AND ALSO
02:11:15 WANT TO CLARIFY WHAT WE'RE ASKING
02:11:17 ABOUT TODAY IS NOT JUST ABOUT THE
02:11:19 SUPER BOWL. THE
02:11:20 COMMUNITY NEEDS PROTECTION REGARDLESS
02:11:22 OF
02:11:24 WHETHER THIS EVENT HAPPENS OR NOT. ALSO
02:11:25 WANT TO
02:11:27 MAKE SURE I DO GIVE THANKS TO YOU
02:11:30 ALL, FIRST OF ALL, ESPECIALLY COUNCILMEMBER PARK, FOR
02:11:31 BRINGING
02:11:34 US HERE, MAKING SURE THAT YOU'RE HEARING OUR CONCERNS
02:11:35 AND BRINGING, YOU KNOW, THIS ACTION
02:11:37 HERE TODAY
02:11:38 AND ALSO TO STAFF BECAUSE ALTHOUGH
02:11:40 THEY DID NOT RESPOND
02:11:42 THE FIRST TIME, YOU KNOW, THEY DID
02:11:43 THIS TIME AND THAT
02:11:44 WAS IN A COMPRESSED TIMELINE AND SO
02:11:46 I DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT
02:11:48 AND I WANT TO THANK THEM FOR THEIR
02:11:49 WORK
02:11:52 THAT THEY DID HERE. WE STAND IN SUPPORT
02:11:55 OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT ARE
02:11:58 BEFORE YOU AND ALSO
02:11:59 WE HAVE SPOKEN TO COUNCILMEMBER COX
02:12:01 AND VICE MAYOR GONZALEZ
02:12:02 AND WHOLEHEARTEDLY AGREE WITH THE
02:12:04 RECOMMENDATIONS THEY HAVE PUT UP
02:12:06 AS WELL. LASTLY, I WANT TO MAKE SURE
02:12:07 THAT I TELL YOU
02:12:08 THAT THESE ARE COMMON SENSE POLICIES
02:12:10 THAT PROTECT NOT JUST
02:12:13 THE COMMUNITY, BUT THEY ALSO
02:12:16 PROTECT THE CITY ITSELF FROM
02:12:17 THESE UNCONSTITUTIONAL ACTIONS AND
02:12:18 QUITE HONESTLY, WITHOUT THESE WHAT
02:12:19 YOU WOULD BE DOING
02:12:20 IS HOSTING A PARTY FOR THE RICH AT
02:12:24 THE EXPENSE OF THE POOR. LASTLY, THIS
02:12:25 IS A SIGN THAT
02:12:28 MY DAUGHTER WHO
02:12:30 IS 7 YEARS OLD CREATED HERE. WHAT
02:12:31 SHE'S ASKING, SHE'S ASKING ABOUT
02:12:32 THESE THINGS BECAUSE SHE HAPPENS TO
02:12:34 BE THE DAUGHTER OF
02:12:35 AN IMMIGRANT. I DON'T HAVE THE LUXURY
02:12:37 OF TELLING HER I CAN'T TALK
02:12:38 ABOUT THIS TODAY. LET ME FORM THE
02:12:40 PERFECT RESPONSE FOR YOU TO
02:12:41 HAVE IN HERE. I HAVE TO TELL HER AND
02:12:43 I
02:12:45 HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT SHE KNOWS WHICH OF
02:12:46 THE LAW
02:12:47 ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES THAT SHE CAN
02:12:49 CALL UPON WHEN SHE'S IN DANGER AND
02:12:52 WHICH ONES SHE NEEDS
02:12:55 TO STAY AWAY
02:12:58 FROM.
02:12:59 >>
02:13:00 THANK YOU. THANK YOU LUCILIA. ELISA
02:13:04 FOLLOWED BY BATMAN FOLLOWED BY TIMI. WELCOME.
02:13:05 >>
02:13:06 BEFORE BAD BUNNY PERFORMS AT HALFTIME
02:13:07 GREEN DAY IS
02:13:08 OPENING THE SHOW. SO I'M ASKING YOU
02:13:10 NOT
02:13:12 TO BE AN AMERICAN IDIOT. WE DON'T
02:13:13 WANT A NATION UNDER THIS
02:13:16 NEW MANIA AND CAN YOU HEAR THE SOUND
02:13:18 OF HYSTERIA? WE ARE HEARING AND SEEING
02:13:19 IT IN MINNEAPOLIS
02:13:21 AND ALL ACROSS THE ALIEN NATION WHERE
02:13:22 DONALD TRUMP AND
02:13:23 KRISTI NOEM ARE CLEARLY TELLING US
02:13:25 EVERYTHING ISN'T MEANT TO BE OKAY. BUT
02:13:27 YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CHANGE
02:13:28 THAT, NOT
02:13:31 ONLY IN OUR CITY BUT ALL OVER
02:13:32 AS TELEVISION DREAMS OF TOMORROW WILL
02:13:34 BE FOCUSED ON THE SUPER
02:13:36 BOWL. WE ARE THE HOST CITY, NOT SAN
02:13:37 FRANCISCO OR SAN
02:13:38 JOSE, BUT SANTA CLARA. WE ARE NOT
02:13:40 THE ONES WHO ARE MEANT TO FOLLOW. WE'RE
02:13:42 MEANT TO BE A LEADING VOICE IN THIS
02:13:43 FIGHT. I KNOW
02:13:46 YOU HAVE SOME FEARS AROUND THIS POLICY,
02:13:47 BUT
02:13:48 PEOPLE ARE AFRAID, TOO, OF BEING DISAPPEARED
02:13:49 FROM
02:13:51 THEIR HOME, OF BEING DETAINED WHILE
02:13:52 AT IMMIGRATION COURT HEARINGS, OF BEING
02:13:55 ATTACKED IN THE STREET FOR EXERCISING
02:13:56 THEIR
02:13:57 FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS. I KNOW FEDERAL
02:13:58 AUTHORITIES AND THE NFL CONVINCED
02:14:01 YOU THERE WILL NOT
02:14:02 BE ABNORMAL I.C.E. PRESENCE THERE. SO
02:14:04 BY THAT LOGIC YOU HAVE NO REASON
02:14:06 NOT TO ACCEPT THIS POLICY, BUT I DON'T
02:14:07 BELIEVE
02:14:09 THAT THESE AUTHORITIES ARE TELLING THE
02:14:10 TRUTH. WE KNOW
02:14:11 THIS ADMINISTRATION LIES. WE SEE IT
02:14:13 RIGHT
02:14:15 IN FRONT OF OUR EYES. NOEM PREVIOUSLY
02:14:16 SAID THAT I.C.E. WOULD BE
02:14:19 ALL OVER THE SUPER BOWL. THEY ARE
02:14:20 SUPPOSED
02:14:21 TO REQUIRE JUDICIAL WARRANTS, BUT
02:14:22 THEY OPENLY ARE NOT AND EVEN IF THEY ARE TELLING
02:14:25 THE TRUTH AND THIS IS LARGELY SYMBOLIC,
02:14:28 SYMBOLS MATTER. I KNOW THIS WAS RUSHED,
02:14:29 BUT
02:14:30 YOU HAD THREE YEARS TO WORK ON PUTTING
02:14:31 THIS TOGETHER. IT'S YOUR
02:14:34 OWN FAILURE TO ACT THAT MAKES THIS
02:14:35 SO
02:14:36 RUSHED. PEOPLE AROUND THE COUNTRY THINK THIS
02:14:37 GAME IS HAPPENING
02:14:39 IN SAN FRANCISCO OR SAN JOSE, BUT YOU
02:14:41 CAN HELP FIX THAT MISCONCEPTION. IF
02:14:43 YOU TAKE ACTION, WE CAN
02:14:46 DRAW POSITIVE ATTENTION TO OUR CITY. PLEASE
02:14:47 SUPPORT
02:14:48 YOUR COMMUNITY AND TAKE ATTENTION AWAY
02:14:49 FROM SAN FRANCISCO AND SAN
02:14:50 JOSE BECAUSE IT'S REALLY ANNOYING THAT
02:14:55 PEOPLE
02:14:58 FORGET THAT WE EXIST. THANK YOU.
02:14:59 >>
02:15:01 THANK YOU. BATMAN FOLLOWED BY
02:15:04 TIMI FOLLOWED BY JAMES K. WELCOME.
02:15:16 >> LAST TIME
02:15:19 I SPOKE HERE I INFORMED YOU OF
02:15:21 YOUR COWARDICE AND IT SEEMS AT LEAST
02:15:22 A FEW MEMBERS OF COUNCIL HAVE TAKEN THAT
02:15:25 TO
02:15:28 HEART AND I CAN APPRECIATE
02:15:31 THAT. THIS POLICY
02:15:33 IS NOT PERFECT. IT ISN'T. NOTHING
02:15:34 YOU CAN DO
02:15:37 WITHIN THE NEXT
02:15:40 FEW DAYS
02:15:43 WILL BE PERFECT. THE PEOPLE
02:15:46 BEHIND ME, THE CHILDREN, THE IMMIGRANTS,
02:15:47 THE COMMUNITY
02:15:49 BEHIND ME, ARE NOT ASKING YOU
02:15:52 TO BE PERFECT. WE ARE
02:15:57 ASKING YOU TO DO SOMETHING, SOMETHING
02:15:58 TO
02:16:01 SHOW THAT YOU
02:16:04 ARE NOT COMPLICIT IN THE RAPIDLY
02:16:07 INCREASING ODDS
02:16:10 OF A GENOCIDE OF
02:16:12 THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. WE ARE NOT ASKING
02:16:13 YOU
02:16:16 TO HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS RIGHT
02:16:19 NOW. WE ARE
02:16:22 ASKING YOU TO ACT DECISIVELY, TO SHOW
02:16:23 THAT WE ARE NOT
02:16:26 GOING TO TOLERATE A
02:16:29 GENOCIDE OF OUR PEOPLE. I DON'T
02:16:32 WANT TO
02:16:33 SEE MY NEIGHBORS, MY FAMILY, MY FRIENDS,
02:16:35 A 3-YEAR-OLD
02:16:38 BOY THAT I MET UNDERNEATH
02:16:41 AN OVERPASS BE TAKEN AND
02:16:43 TORTURED IN SOME FAR OFF FACILITY. I
02:16:44 WILL
02:16:46 NOT STAND FOR THAT. I WILL PUT MY
02:16:49 BODY ON THE LINE FOR THESE PEOPLE
02:16:50 AND THE COMMUNITY
02:16:52 OF SANTA CLARA WANTS TO KNOW WILL
02:16:55 YOU DO THE SAME? I AM NOT ASKING AGAIN. I
02:16:59 AM DEMANDING
02:17:00 THAT YOU PASS THIS POLICY AND THAT
02:17:02 WHATEVER PROBLEM AS
02:17:03 RISE, YOU FIX THEM AFTERWARDS. NOW IS
02:17:05 NOT THE TIME FOR
02:17:08 TALK. NOW IS
02:17:09 THE TIME FOR ACTION. DO SOMETHING!
02:17:13 >> THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] >> WE CAN
02:17:14 HOLD
02:17:16 OUR APPLAUSE, PLEASE, THANK YOU. NEXT
02:17:17 WE HAVE
02:17:19 TIMI FOLLOWED BY JAMES K. FOLLOWED
02:17:23 BY NEIL B. WELCOME.
02:17:24 >> I HAVE GROWN
02:17:25 UP IN A WORLD WHERE I WAS REPEATEDLY DISAPPOINTED
02:17:28 BY SO-CALLED LEADERS WHO USES VULNERABLE PEOPLE
02:17:29 AS MOUTHPIECES
02:17:32 AND ABANDON THEM. I'M ONCE
02:17:34 MORE DISAPPOINTED AGAIN WHEN CITY,
02:17:35 STATE, AND GOVERNMENT
02:17:38 OFFICIALS
02:17:39 HAVE YET TO CONDEMN I.C.E. ENFORCEMENT. THE
02:17:41 MORE I LIVE,
02:17:43 THE MORE I REALIZE THE DISAPPOINTMENT
02:17:44 FOR MOST WHO
02:17:46 COME BEFORE ME IS ENDLESS, THAT INSTEAD
02:17:48 OF STAYING EMPATHETIC, WILLING TO
02:17:49 LEARN, AND QUESTION EVERYTHING PEOPLE BECAME
02:17:50 DULL
02:17:52 AND ACCUSTOMED TO A CRUEL WORLD ORDER. SO
02:17:53 I AM HERE
02:17:55 TODAY TO DEMAND YOU TO PASS THIS POLICY
02:17:56 AND MAKE
02:17:57 IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR I.C.E. TO TERRORIZE
02:17:59 OUR COMMUNITIES FURTHER AND BE PART OF A MOVEMENT
02:18:00 TO
02:18:01 DRIVE THEM OUT OF BAY AREA, OUT OF
02:18:02 CALIFORNIA,
02:18:04 AND OUT OF ALL OUR COMMUNITIES. THE
02:18:05 CHOICE YOU
02:18:06 MAKE HERE TODAY AND ONWARD WILL BE
02:18:08 PART OF A FUTURE THAT YOUR CHILDREN
02:18:10 AND I WILL HAVE TO ENDURE OR LIVE
02:18:11 IN. YOU
02:18:13 MIGHT NOT BE HERE WHEN SOCIETY LOOKS
02:18:14 BACK TO CONDEMN THIS MOMENT
02:18:16 OF HISTORY, BUT THE YOUTH WILL BE. AND
02:18:17 I GUARANTEE
02:18:19 YOU ONE DAY WHEN IT'S SAFE WHEN THERE'S
02:18:20 NO PERSONAL DOWNSIDE
02:18:22 TO CALLING A THING WHAT IT IS, TO
02:18:23 CALLING I.C.E.
02:18:25 A TERRORIST ORGANIZATION THAT SHOULD HAVE
02:18:28 NEVER BEEN CREATED, WHEN HUMANITY
02:18:29 ASKS WHY DID PEOPLE LET THIS
02:18:31 HAPPEN, WHEN IT'S TOO LATE TO HOLD ANYONE ACCOUNTABLE,
02:18:35 EVERYONE WILL HAVE ALWAYS BEEN
02:18:37 AGAINST THIS.
02:18:38 >> THANK YOU, TIMI. NEXT
02:18:39 WE
02:18:41 HAVE JAMES FOLLOWED BY NEIL
02:18:44 FOLLOWED BY
02:18:46 JILL N. WELCOME.
02:18:47 >> GOOD EVENING. MY
02:18:48 NAME IS
02:18:49 JAMES KIRKSTRA. I'M A MEMBER OF UNITE
02:18:50 LOCAL
02:18:52 19. I WORK AT THE S.A.P. CENTER IN SAN
02:18:53 JOSE AND
02:18:56 THE CITY HAD JUST PASSED A
02:18:57 POLICY RESTRICTING FEDERAL IMMIGRATION
02:19:00 ENFORCEMENT ON CITY PROPERTY IN EARLY JANUARY. IN
02:19:02 A TIME
02:19:05 OF GREAT WORRY AND STRESS AMONGST
02:19:06 WORKERS
02:19:08 AND THE DIVERSE COMMUNITY
02:19:10 IN SANTA CLARA COUNTY, SAN JOSE'S
02:19:11 POLICY PROVIDED ME
02:19:14 AND MY COMMUNITY
02:19:16 AND CO-WORKERS WITH SOME RELIEF AND A
02:19:17 FEELING THAT
02:19:20 OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT IS STANDING UP FOR US.
02:19:23 IN
02:19:26 THE FACE OF I.C.E. TERROR,
02:19:29 I ASK YOU
02:19:32 TO FOLLOW SUIT AND
02:19:34 JOIN US SETTING PREVENTIVE MEASURES IN
02:19:38 PLACE AGAINST I.C.E.,
02:19:39 AGAINST AGGRESSIVE ENFORCEMENT OPERATIONS, AS I
02:19:41 SEE IT AND AS YOU SHOULD. KICKING
02:19:42 THIS
02:19:44 CAN DOWN THE ROAD IS NOT AN
02:19:46 OPTION.
02:19:47 >> THANK YOU, JAMES. ALL RIGHT. WE
02:19:48 HAVE
02:19:50 NEIL
02:19:53 FOLLOWED BY JILL FOLLOWED BY ANANYA. WELCOME.
02:19:54 >>
02:19:56 GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS NEIL
02:19:59 BECK. I AM, TOO, A MEMBER OF
02:20:02 UNITED HERE LOCAL 19. I WORK AT
02:20:05 LEVI'S STADIUM
02:20:08 AND THE OWNERS CLUB. THE SUPER BOWL
02:20:10 RELIES ON THOUSANDS OF WORKERS. MANY
02:20:11 OF THEM MAY BE
02:20:14 AFRAID OF GOING TO WORK
02:20:17 IN LIGHT
02:20:20 OF RECENT EVENTS OF I.C.E. INFLICTING
02:20:21 MASS TERROR. ADOPTING THIS RESTRICTION ON I.C.E.
02:20:23 ACTIVITIES ON CITY PROPERTY
02:20:26 IS AN IMPORTANT FIRST STEP
02:20:28 TO ADDRESS COMMUNITY CONCERNS AND
02:20:29 FEARS. PLEASE MOVE FORWARD
02:20:32 WITH ADOPTING AND IMPLEMENTING THIS POLICY. THANK YOU MUCH
02:20:35 FOR YOUR TIME
02:20:36 AND PATIENCE.
02:20:37 >> THANK YOU, NEIL. NEXT
02:20:38 ARE YOU
02:20:41 JILL? VERY GOOD. JILL FOLLOWED
02:20:43 BY ANANYA FOLLOWED BY LUIZ. WELCOME.
02:20:44 >>
02:20:46 HELLO. MY NAME IS JILL NELSON. MSW
02:20:47 AND
02:20:49 RESIDENT OF SANTA CLARA CITY. I'M
02:20:50 ONE
02:20:53 OF NEARLY 3,000 RAPID RESPONDERS IN
02:20:54 OUR COUNTY
02:20:56 WHO VOLUNTEER ROUND THE CLOCK AS TRAINED
02:20:57 LEGAL
02:20:58 OBSERVERS TO PROTECT OUR IMMIGRANT
02:21:01 NEIGHBORS THROUGH THE LOCAL I.C.E. HOTLINE. HOWEVER,
02:21:05 WE CANNOT DO THIS ALONE. AS CITY COUNCIL,
02:21:06 YOU MUST
02:21:07 HELP PROTECT ALL OF US, INCLUDING VISITORS
02:21:08 FOR THE
02:21:11 SUPER BOWL AND WORLD CUP
02:21:14 GAMES BY IMPLEMENTING CLEAR POLICY
02:21:15 THAT
02:21:16 PROHIBITS LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT FROM COOPERATING
02:21:17 WITH I.C.E.
02:21:20 UNLESS REQUIRED BY A VALID
02:21:23 JUDICIAL WARRANT OR COURT ORDER. WE
02:21:26 APPRECIATE THE
02:21:28 STAFF'S CURRENT DRAFT OUTLINING I.C.E.-FREE
02:21:29 ZONES IN MULTILINGUAL PUBLIC
02:21:31 KNOW YOUR RIGHTS RESOURCES, BUT MORE SUPPORT
02:21:32 IS NEEDED. YOU
02:21:34 MUST PROHIBIT I.C.E. FROM ACCESSING
02:21:35 CITY DATA
02:21:38 LIKE THE AUTOMATED LICENSE
02:21:41 PLATE READERS, SHARING RESIDENT
02:21:42 INFORMATION, IDENTIFYING INFORMATION,
02:21:44 OR IMMIGRATION STATUS, AND DENY THE USE
02:21:45 OF
02:21:47 ANY CITY-OWNED
02:21:49 LAND FOR STAGING, SURVEILLANCE, ARRESTS, OR
02:21:50 DEPORTATIONS. IN THE
02:21:53 PAST SEVEN MONTHS,
02:21:56 I.C.E. HAS KILLED NINE PEOPLE IN PUBLIC AND
02:21:59 35 PEOPLE IN THEIR CONCENTRATION
02:22:02 CAMPS THAT WE
02:22:05 KNOW OF. THEY ARE A DOMESTIC TERRORIST ORGANIZATION
02:22:07 BEING WIELDED BY AN AUTHORITARIAN
02:22:08 ADMINISTRATION
02:22:11 WHO ARE ACTIVELY DESTROYING OUR DEMOCRACY
02:22:13 AND CIVIL LIBERTIES. RAPID RESPONDERS ARE
02:22:14 DOING OUR PART TO PROTECT
02:22:17 OUR NEIGHBORS. NOW IT IS YOUR
02:22:20 RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT ALL OF US. REFUSING
02:22:21 TO COOPERATE WITH I.C.E.
02:22:23 WILL SHOW OUR COMMUNITY THEY CAN TRUST
02:22:24 THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT
02:22:27 TO PRIORITIZE THE SAFETY
02:22:29 AND RIGHTS OF ALL FAMILIES. EARN OUR
02:22:32 TRUST BY PASSING THIS ROBUST ANTI-I.C.E. POLICY. I
02:22:33 DISAGREE
02:22:36 WITH THE FOLKS WHO SAID
02:22:38 THAT THIS IS TOO RUSHED. THE CITY
02:22:41 ATTORNEY AS WELL AS COUNCILPERSON
02:22:42 HARDY,
02:22:45 AS WE SEE WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING
02:22:48 IN THE LAST FEW DAYS,
02:22:50 THE LAST --THANK YOU.
02:22:51 >> THANK YOU. NEXT
02:22:54 WE HAVE ANAYA FOLLOWED
02:22:56 BY LOUISE FOLLOWED BY LARRISA. WELCOME.
02:22:57 >>
02:23:00 HELLO. MY NAME IS
02:23:01 ANAYA ROVANI AND I'M A SOPHOMORE IN
02:23:03 HIGH SCHOOL, BUT JUST LIKE
02:23:04 EVERY OTHER AMERICAN, WHEN I WAKE
02:23:06 UP AND CHECK THE NEWS, I FEEL
02:23:07 DREAD ABOUT WHAT I.C.E. AND THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION
02:23:09 HAS DONE NOW. I URGE THAT
02:23:12 WE NEED TO
02:23:13 TAKE ACTION AND PROTECT OUR MAJORITY IMMIGRANT
02:23:15 COMMUNITY BECAUSE I DON'T WANT
02:23:17 TO GO TO SCHOOL FEELING UNSAFE, BEING
02:23:18 BROWN SKINNED
02:23:21 AND BEING
02:23:22 THE DAUGHTER OF TWO IMMIGRANTS. IF
02:23:24 WHAT EVERYONE WHO CAME
02:23:26 BEFORE ME HAD SAID ISN'T ENOUGH, LET'S LOOK
02:23:30 AT
02:23:32 SOME COLD HARD STATISTICS. BEFORE
02:23:34 TRUMP TOOK OFFICE THE I.C.E. ENFORCEMENT
02:23:36 AGENCY OFFICERS HAD
02:23:38 TO TAKE A MANDATORY FIVE-WEEK PROGRAM
02:23:39 TO
02:23:42 BE TRAINED TO EVEN GO OUT
02:23:45 ON THE STREETS. ONCE TRUMP
02:23:48 TOOK
02:23:49 OFFICE THAT TRAINING PERIOD REDUCED DRASTICALLY. THE
02:23:51 AMOUNT
02:23:53 OF I.C.E. OFFICERS HAS INCREASED BY
02:23:54 120% AND
02:23:55 THESE PEOPLE AREN'T EVEN TRAINED. THEY
02:23:57 ARE GOING OUT
02:24:00 INTO STREETS AND COMMITTING ATROCITIES AGAINST
02:24:01 AMERICAN CITIZENS, BUT THEN ALONG
02:24:03 WITH THIS TRUMP IN THE
02:24:06 YEAR OF 2025 UNDER
02:24:09 THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION
02:24:12 THERE WERE ALMOST 2.5 MILLION DEPORTATIONS. COMPARE
02:24:15 THAT TO OBAMA. IN OVER EIGHT YEARS
02:24:16 THERE WERE 3 MILLION DEPORTATIONS. SO
02:24:18 HOW MANY MORE PEOPLE IS
02:24:20 TRUMP GOING TO DEPORT? YOU NEED TO
02:24:24 TAKE ACTION TO
02:24:26 KEEP THE CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY SAFE. CALIFORNIA
02:24:27 HAS BEEN A STATE THAT HAS BEEN
02:24:29 KNOWN FOR ITS SAFETY. SO IF YOU DON'T
02:24:30 TAKE ACTION TO KEEP
02:24:33 IT SAFE,
02:24:34 THEN WHAT ARE YOU DOING? A COUNTRY
02:24:35 THAT HAS BEEN BUILT BY IMMIGRANTS
02:24:38 IS NOT SAFE FOR IMMIGRANTS ANYMORE. SO
02:24:39 UNLESS YOU TAKE
02:24:42 ACTION AND PROTECT THE PEOPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY
02:24:45 AND THIS SOCIETY, THEN YOU ARE
02:24:48 NOT MAKING
02:24:51 THE
02:24:53 RIGHT DECISION. THANK YOU.
02:24:54 >> THANK
02:24:55 YOU. ALL
02:24:57 RIGHT. LOUISE FOLLOWED BY LARRISA FOLLOWED BY
02:24:59 ELIZABETH. WELCOME.
02:25:00 >> THANK YOU,
02:25:01 GOOD EVENING. LOUISA
02:25:02 ARHAN. I LIVE IN SAN JOSE. MY WIFE
02:25:03 WORKS HERE IN SANTA CLARA AND
02:25:06 SHE IS THE DAUGHTER OF TWO REFUGEES. FIRST
02:25:09 I WANT TO
02:25:11 THANK THE CITY COUNCIL AND STAFF FOR
02:25:12 YOUR QUICK ACTION SINCE
02:25:15 LAST WEEK AND TO URGE YOU TO IMMEDIATELY
02:25:16 TONIGHT PASS
02:25:18 THE DRAFT POLICY WITH THE ADDITION OF
02:25:21 THE MEMO FROM
02:25:23 VICE MAYOR GONZALEZ AND COUNCILMEMBER COX. I.C.E.
02:25:24 IS NOT
02:25:25 ENGAGED IN PUBLIC SAFETY. I.C.E. IS
02:25:27 NOT ENGAGED
02:25:30 IN LAW ENFORCEMENT. I.C.E. IS A
02:25:32 VIOLENT CRIMINAL GANG ENGAGED IN ORGANIZED TERRORISM
02:25:33 AND I
02:25:34 REALIZE THIS IS HARD TO WRAP OUR ARMS
02:25:36 AROUND FOR THOSE OF US WHO AREN'T
02:25:38 IN THE MIDDLE OF IT. SO I WANT TO
02:25:39 TRIED AN ACCOUNT FROM
02:25:44 SOMEONE WHO LIVES IN MINNEAPOLIS. PEOPLE
02:25:45 WERE JUMPING INTO
02:25:47 ACTION HERE STARTING IN DECEMBER. WHY? BECAUSE
02:25:48 WE SAW
02:25:51 BROWN AND BLACK NEIGHBORS BEING DRAGGED
02:25:54 FROM THEIR CARS, DRAGGED FROM THEIR HOMES,
02:25:56 STALKED, TERRORIZED, KIDNAPPED WITHOUT
02:25:57 THE
02:26:00 SHADOW OF DUE PROCESS OR LEGAL OVERSIGHT. INCREASED
02:26:01 DEPORTATIONS
02:26:02 WOULD BE BAD ENOUGH, BUT THAT'S NOT
02:26:03 WHAT WE
02:26:06 WERE SEEING. WE WERE SEEING ANONYMOUS
02:26:08 MASKED THUGS ABDUCTING PEOPLE AND DISAPPEARING
02:26:11 THEM. WE WERE SEEING A SECRET POLICE WITH
02:26:12 BLANKET IMMUNITY. WE WERE
02:26:14 SEEING A COMPLETE BREAKDOWN OF THE
02:26:15 RULE OF
02:26:18 LAW. WE WERE SEEING AN AUTHORITARIAN POLICE
02:26:19 STATE IN
02:26:20 FORMATION AND WE WERE EXPECTED NOT
02:26:21 TO
02:26:24 CARE BECAUSE IT
02:26:26 WAS TARGETING DARK-SKINNED PEOPLE. WE
02:26:27 NEED TO CARE. FOR CITY
02:26:29 COUNCIL TONIGHT, I URGE YOU TO ACT
02:26:30 WITH ALL THE POWERS THAT
02:26:33 YOU DO HAVE AND FOR OUR CONGRESS MEMBERS,
02:26:34 I
02:26:36 URGE ALL OF US TO SEND A
02:26:39 MESSAGE TO CONGRESS, TO OUR MEMBERS,
02:26:42 TO OUR REPRESENTATIVES, ABOLISH I.C.E. THANK
02:26:44 YOU.
02:26:45 >> THANK YOU, LOUISE. NEXT WE
02:26:46 HAVE
02:26:48 LARRISA FOLLOWED BY ELIZABETH
02:26:51 FOLLOWED BY JOHN H. WELCOME.
02:26:52 >>
02:26:54 THANK YOU FOR HEARING ME TODAY. MY
02:26:55 NAME
02:26:56 IS LARRISA BITTERLY AND I'M HERE AS
02:26:57 A RESIDENT
02:27:00 OF SAN JOSE AND A DAUGHTER TO TWO IMMIGRANTS AND
02:27:03 A SISTER TO TWO IMMIGRANTS. I WAS
02:27:06 BORN IN THE BAY AREA AND I GREW
02:27:09 UP IN SAN JOSE. ALL MY LIFE I HAVE
02:27:10 KNOWN DIVERSITY,
02:27:12 BUT THIS DIVERSITY IS BEING THREATENED
02:27:13 BY
02:27:15 I.C.E. I SHOULDN'T KNOW YOUR CONSTITUENTS
02:27:16 WHO
02:27:18 HAVE BEEN BRUTALIZED AND TORN FROM
02:27:21 THEIR FAMILIES, BUT I DO. WE NEED
02:27:22 ACTION. WE NEED
02:27:24 FUNDING, AND WE
02:27:26 NEED SANCTUARY. AS SOMEONE THAT DOESN'T
02:27:27 WORK IN THE GOVERNMENT
02:27:29 AND AS SOMEONE WITH A FULL-TIME JOB,
02:27:30 I CAN GIVE AS MANY RESOURCES
02:27:33 AS I CAN TO MY COMMUNITY GOING DOOR
02:27:36 TO DOOR IN THE RAIN, IN
02:27:38 THE HEAT, ON MY DAYS OFF. I CAN STAND
02:27:39 IN FRONT OF AS MANY CARS
02:27:42 AS I CAN TO PROTECT FELLOW PROTESTERS,
02:27:43 COMMUNITY
02:27:44 MEMBERS, PEOPLE WHO ARE MUCH YOUNGER
02:27:45 THAN I AM, BUT
02:27:47 THAT WON'T BE ENOUGH BECAUSE I DON'T
02:27:48 HAVE
02:27:51 THE ABILITY TO PASS POLICIES, BUT
02:27:52 YOU DO. IF
02:27:55 I GET HIT BY A CAR WHEN
02:27:57 I'M VOLUNTEERING AS A SAFETY MARSHAL AT AN
02:27:58 ANTI-I.C.E.
02:28:01 PROTEST, IF
02:28:02 I GET HIT BY A RUBBER BULLET, WHO IS
02:28:04 GOING TO TELL MY
02:28:07 PARENTS? WHY SHOULD THAT EVER
02:28:08 BE SOMETHING THAT CROSSES MY MIND WHEN
02:28:09 I'M STANDING UP FOR BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS
02:28:12 AND DIGNITY? WE NEED THIS POLICY AND
02:28:13 WE
02:28:14 NEED CONTINUOUS POLICY AND CONTINUOUS LEGAL
02:28:15 ACTION AGAINST I.C.E. TO PROTECT THOSE
02:28:19 THAT LIVE
02:28:22 AND THAT WORK IN THIS
02:28:24 CITY. I'M ASKING YOU TO PASS THIS POLICY
02:28:25 AND
02:28:26 TO PROTECT THIS DIVERSE COMMUNITY
02:28:28 THAT I GREW
02:28:31 UP IN. THANK YOU.
02:28:32 >>
02:28:33 THANK YOU, LARRISA. WE HAVE ELIZABETH
02:28:34 FOLLOWED BY JOHN
02:28:37 H. FOLLOWED BY SARAH. WELCOME,
02:28:40 ELIZABETH.
02:28:41 >> THANK YOU. IT'S
02:28:43 SO EXTREMELY IMPORTANT THAT WE
02:28:46 PASS THE POLICY
02:28:49 THAT WAS DIRECTED BY VICE
02:28:52 MAYOR GONZALEZ AND THE MEMO BY
02:28:55 KELLY COX. IT'S
02:28:56 IMPORTANT THAT WE TAKE ACTION NOW. WE
02:28:58 HAVE THESE STATEMENTS BECAUSE WE
02:29:00 CANNOT TRUST THIS FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION. THEY
02:29:01 HAVE
02:29:04 BEEN KNOWN TO LIE AND SO I WISH
02:29:05 ALONG WITH PROBABLY SO MANY OTHER
02:29:07 PEOPLE THAT THERE WON'T BE
02:29:10 A HUGE I.C.E. TURNOUT AND THAT
02:29:13 WE WILL BE SAFE. THAT'S THE TOP
02:29:14 LIKE THING THAT MOST PEOPLE WANT,
02:29:16 BUT AS
02:29:19 A BLACK AND LATINO
02:29:21 WOMAN, I CAN'T JUST HAVE WISHFUL THINKING. I
02:29:22 NEED
02:29:24 MY GOVERNMENT TO TAKE ACTION IN ORDER
02:29:25 TO
02:29:28 PROTECT US AND
02:29:31 WHAT
02:29:32 YOU ARE SAYING, MAYOR GILLMOR ABOUT, SAN
02:29:34 JOSE HAD PASSED AND SANTA CLARA
02:29:37 BEING A LARGER CITY AND KIND OF
02:29:39 PASSING A SIMILAR POLICY IN TANDEM,
02:29:41 IT DOES SHOW A UNITED EFFORT, UNITED
02:29:43 STRENGTH AND THAT'S WHAT WE
02:29:45 DEFINITELY ARE GOING TO NEED. AND
02:29:46 SO
02:29:49 AS A BLACK AND LATINO WOMAN AND
02:29:52 THE DAUGHTER OF AN IMMIGRANT,
02:29:55 MY WHOLE EXISTENCE
02:29:56 IN THIS COUNTRY, IN THIS COMMUNITY, LAWS
02:29:58 HAVE BEEN
02:30:01 THE ONLY THING THAT
02:30:03 HAVE BEEN USED TO HELP PROTECT US,
02:30:04 BUT I KNOW
02:30:07 THAT THEY'RE NOT PERFECT, BUT
02:30:10 IT'S STILL SO IMPORTANT THAT YOU'RE ABLE
02:30:13 TO HAVE A POLICY AND SHOW TO
02:30:14 THE BROADER COMMUNITY THAT THESE ARE
02:30:16 THE VALUES THAT WE STAND
02:30:18 FOR. WE STAND FOR PROTECTING IMMIGRANTS. WE
02:30:19 STAND
02:30:21 FOR PROTECTING CITIZENS. WE STAND
02:30:22 FOR
02:30:25 PROTECTING BLACK, LATINA
02:30:27 X, ASIAN, INDIGENOUS, WHITE, EVERYONE. SO
02:30:28 PLEASE TAKE
02:30:31 THIS MOMENT TO PASS THIS
02:30:34 POLICY. THANK YOU.
02:30:35 >> THANK YOU,
02:30:37 ELIZABETH. JOHN FOLLOWED
02:30:42 BY SARAH FOLLOWED BY LADONNA.
02:30:43 >> THANK
02:30:44 YOU. THE PROPOSED
02:30:45 MEASURES DO NOT DIFFERENTIATE AT ALL
02:30:46 BETWEEN LAWFUL
02:30:48 AND UNLAWFUL IMMIGRANTS. THE FIRST
02:30:49 GROUP RESPECTS ALL LAWS, WHEREAS
02:30:52 THE SECOND GROUP HAS BEEN
02:30:54 BLATANTLY DISREGARDING OUR LAWS. WHEN MY
02:30:55 MOTHER IMMIGRATED
02:30:57 TO AMERICA IN THE 1950s, SHE WAS REQUIRED
02:30:58 TO HAVE
02:31:00 A MEDICAL EXAMINATION IN DUBLIN, IRELAND,
02:31:01 AND HAVE
02:31:02 A RELATIVE IN AMERICA FINANCIALLY GUARANTEE
02:31:04 SHE WOULD NOT
02:31:05 BECOME A PUBLIC CHARGE. IN OTHER WORDS,
02:31:06 THERE IS A RIGHT AND PROPER WAY TO
02:31:07 COME INTO OUR NATION
02:31:10 AND THEN
02:31:13 THERE IS THE ILLEGAL
02:31:15 ANARCHISTIC WAY. UNLAWFUL IMMIGRATION
02:31:17 REDUCES WAGES, INCREASES HOUSING COSTS, CAUSES
02:31:19 LONGER LINES
02:31:22 AT THE E.R. IN THE HOSPITAL
02:31:25 AND LEADS
02:31:27 TO MORE CROWDED CLASSROOMS. FINALLY,
02:31:28 I'M ALSO CONCERNED
02:31:30 THAT A LACK OF A ROBUST COOPERATION BETWEEN
02:31:31 OUR CITY AND
02:31:33 ALL OF THE FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
02:31:34 AGENCIES AND WE'RE WORKING
02:31:37 WITH A LOT OF THEM ALREADY IN
02:31:40 THE SUPER
02:31:43 BOWL INCREASES THE RISKS OF AN UNAPPREHENDED
02:31:44 UNLAWFUL
02:31:45 ALIEN COMMITTING A CRIME AT THE SUPER BOWL
02:31:46 OR THE WORLD CUP. SO I
02:31:49 WANTED TO GIVE YOU THAT SIDE
02:31:52 OF THE PROBLEM. THANK
02:31:55 YOU.
02:31:56 >> THANK YOU,
02:31:58 JOHN. NO,
02:32:01 NO. NO, NO. PLEASE STOP. PLEASE
02:32:02 STOP. HE'S ALLOWED. ANYBODY CAN --
02:32:03 EXCUSE ME. I WOULD LIKE PEOPLE TO
02:32:04 FEEL COMFORTABLE TO BE
02:32:07 ABLE TO COME UP AND SPEAK
02:32:09 THEIR PIECE. SO PLEASE, LET'S RESPECT EVERYONE'S
02:32:10 ABILITY TO BE
02:32:13 ABLE TO COME UP AND FEEL COMFORTABLE TALKING
02:32:16 TO
02:32:18 THE CITY COUNCIL. THANK YOU. YES,
02:32:19 SARAH. THANK YOU,
02:32:21 SARAH. GO AHEAD, PLEASE.
02:32:22 >> GOOD EVENING. MY
02:32:23 NAME
02:32:25 IS SARAH JULIAN, FINANCIAL SECRETARY TREASURE WITH
02:32:26 UNITE HERE
02:32:28 LOCAL 19 AND I'M PROUD TO REPRESENT
02:32:30 SANTA CLARA WORKERS, INCLUDING MANY
02:32:31 WORKERS AT LEVI'S
02:32:34 STADIUM AND AT THE CONVENTION
02:32:37 CENTER. RECENT EVENTS IN CITIES
02:32:40 ACROSS THE COUNTRY HAVE
02:32:43 PROVED COUNTLESS EXAMPLES OF I.C.E.'S MASKED
02:32:44 AGENTS
02:32:46 DETAINING PEOPLE REGARDLESS OF IMMIGRATION STATUS. WHILE
02:32:48 THEY HAVE GENERALLY TARGETED PEOPLE
02:32:49 OF COLOR, THE KILLINGS IN
02:32:52 MINNESOTA HAVE DEMONSTRATED THAT THEIR
02:32:54 TERROR IS INDISCRIMINATE. IT IS CLEAR
02:32:55 THAT
02:32:57 I.C.E. HAS BEEN USING IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT
02:32:58 AS A GUISE
02:33:01 FOR INFLICTING VIOLENCE AND CHAOS ON
02:33:02 COMMUNITIES. AND I
02:33:04 ASK THAT SANTA CLARA
02:33:07 NOT LET OUR COMMUNITIES FALL VICTIM. THE
02:33:08 SUPER BOWL
02:33:09 AND UPCOMING WORLD CUP IS MEANT TO BE
02:33:10 AN EXCITING TIME OF PRIDE
02:33:13 FOR THE CITY, FOR ITS WORKERS, AND
02:33:16 THE MANY VISITING AND
02:33:18 LOCAL ATTENDEES AND NOW IS A KEY OPPORTUNITY
02:33:19 FOR THE
02:33:22 CITY TO TAKE THE LEAD IN PROTECTING
02:33:23 OUR COMMUNITY AND PREVENTING I.C.E. FROM
02:33:25 USING THIS EVENT AS
02:33:27 A TARGET FOR THEIR MASS TERROR. OUR
02:33:28 MEMBERS OF UNITE
02:33:32 HERE LOCAL 19 WHO LIVE
02:33:33 AND WORK IN SANTA CLARA ARE COUNTING
02:33:35 ON YOU
02:33:37 TO TAKE A CLEAR STAND ON THIS PARTICULAR
02:33:38 ISSUE
02:33:41 AND WE URGE YOU TO ADOPT THE
02:33:43 POLICY 56 TONIGHT. THANK YOU.
02:33:44 >> THANK
02:33:47 YOU, SARAH. SECOND CALL
02:33:50 FOR LADONNA AND
02:33:53 THEN JACKIE
02:33:59 AND THEN JUNE Z. ANY OF THOSE
02:34:02 THREE HERE? PLEASE COME
02:34:03 FORWARD. YES.
02:34:04 >> GOOD EVENING. MY
02:34:05 NAME IS JIM ZAO AND A RESIDENT
02:34:08 WHO SPENDS TIME
02:34:10 IN SANTA CLARA PRETTY OFTEN. I'M A
02:34:13 MEMBER OF SA521 AND BAY RESISTANCE SILICON
02:34:14 VALLEY SPEAKING AS AN
02:34:16 INDIVIDUAL. I SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF
02:34:20 ADOPTING DRAFT POLICY 056
02:34:22 AS WELL AS THE ADDITIONS IN THE MEMO
02:34:23 OFFERED
02:34:24 BY VICE MAYOR GONZALEZ AND COUNCILMEMBER
02:34:26 COX. I'M ALSO
02:34:28 IN FAVOR OF MEASURES TO PAUSE THE
02:34:29 OPERATION OF
02:34:31 AUTOMATIC LICENSE PLATE READERS IN
02:34:35 THE CITY. I ECHO THE CONCERNS
02:34:36 REGARDING THE DANGERS OF MASS SURVEILLANCE OF
02:34:38 OUR
02:34:39 COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND THE CONSEQUENCES
02:34:41 ARE DIRE WHEN
02:34:44 THAT DATA GETS LEAKED AND
02:34:47 BAD ACTORS GET THEIR HANDS
02:34:50 ON THEM. DESPITE THE DHS
02:34:51 CLAIMING THAT NO I.C.E. ACTIVITIES WILL
02:34:53 TAKE PLACE AT
02:34:56 THE SUPER BOWL
02:34:58 ON SUNDAY, WE CAN'T TRUST THEM AT FACE
02:34:59 VALUE, RIGHT? WE'VE SEEN
02:35:02 THE WAYS THAT THIS ADMINISTRATION LIES.
02:35:07 WE MUST TAKE AS MUCH PRECAUTION AS
02:35:08 WE
02:35:11 CAN
02:35:12 FOR OUR COMMUNITIES. TIME IS TICKING.
02:35:14 YOU MUST
02:35:17 TAKE A SIDE
02:35:19 IN THIS SITUATION. TO REMAIN NEUTRAL
02:35:20 OR
02:35:23 TO TAKE NO ACTION IS
02:35:27 EFFECTIVELY COLLABORATING WITH THIS
02:35:29 FASCIST ADMINISTRATION. SO YEAH, CONSIDER
02:35:30 WHAT
02:35:32 LEGACY YOU WANT TO HAVE WITH
02:35:35 YOUR NAME. THANK
02:35:38 YOU.
02:35:39 >> THANK YOU
02:35:41 VERY MUCH. ARE YOU JACKIE? IT'S
02:35:44 JAKI. AM I
02:35:46 SAYING IT WRONG? OKAY. PLEASE COME
02:35:50 FORWARD. THAT'S WHAT
02:35:51 I HAD. OKAY. JATI. VERY GOOD. THANK
02:35:53 YOU. IT WAS WRITTEN DOWN WRONG, APOLOGIZE
02:35:56 FOR THAT. CAN I JUST SAY
02:35:59 FOLLOWED BY ARIEL AND
02:36:02 FOLLOWED BY DANNY. GO AHEAD, PLEASE.
02:36:03 >>
02:36:04 I.C.E. IS AN EXISTENTIAL THREAT TO
02:36:05 OUR COMMUNITY. YOU
02:36:08 SHOULD UNDERSTAND THAT IF I.C.E.
02:36:11 ATTACKS HERE
02:36:12 LIKE THEY ATTACKED MINNEAPOLIS, TERRORIZING OUR
02:36:14 COMMUNITY, IT'S GOING TO BE BAD
02:36:17 FOR EVERYONE. YOU MUST DO
02:36:20 EVERYTHING IN YOUR POWER TO
02:36:22 PROTECT OUR COMMUNITY. THIS POLICY
02:36:23 IS THE BARE MINIMUM. IT'S NOT
02:36:26 GOING
02:36:28 TO STOP I.C.E. KIDNAPPING AND MURDERING
02:36:29 PEOPLE, PREVENTING
02:36:31 THEM FROM USING CITY PARKING LOTS,
02:36:33 WOW, WHAT A BOLD MOVE! I.C.E. MUST
02:36:38 BE QUAKING IN
02:36:39 THEIR BOOTS. COME ON. YOU'RE CIVIC
02:36:41 LEADERS! WE NEED YOU TO
02:36:43 RISE TO MEET THE MOMENT, NOT LOWER
02:36:44 YOURSELVES
02:36:47 TO LICK THE JACK BOOTS
02:36:50 OF FASCISM. YOU MUST FOLLOW THE EXAMPLE
02:36:52 OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY SUPERVISOR OTTO
02:36:53 LEE WHO
02:36:56 SAID, "IF ANYONE COMES INTO OUR
02:36:58 COUNTY MASKED SPREADING TERROR, BREAKING
02:36:59 LAWS, OR THREATENING
02:37:02 OUR RESIDENTS, THEY WILL BE ARRESTED
02:37:04 BY SHERIFF DEPUTIES AND POLICE OFFICERS." THAT'S
02:37:05 WHAT WE NEED
02:37:08 TO DO. YOU HAVE SEEN WHAT
02:37:10 I.C.E. DOES IN MINNEAPOLIS. YOU KNOW
02:37:11 BETTER THAN TO
02:37:14 PRETEND THIS IS
02:37:17 JUST IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT! SO DON'T
02:37:18 LET
02:37:19 US DOWN. ALSO DON'T TRUST DHS WHEN THEY SAY
02:37:23 THERE ARE NO PLANNED
02:37:25 I.C.E. OPERATIONS. DUDE, WERE YOU
02:37:26 BORN YESTERDAY? THEY'RE
02:37:28 LYING! I'M 21 AND IT'S OBVIOUS TO
02:37:29 ME THAT
02:37:30 THIS FASCIST GOVERNMENT IS LYING! HOW
02:37:32 CAN YOU BE
02:37:38 SO OLD AND SO
02:37:41 NAIVE?
02:37:42 >> THANK YOU. NEXT
02:37:44 WE
02:37:47 HAVE ARIEL FOLLOWED
02:37:48 BY DANNY FOLLOWED BY HUGH. THAT'S
02:37:50 A
02:37:53 HARD ACT
02:37:56 TO FOLLOW. I THINK
02:37:59 SO.
02:38:00 >> THIS AMERICAN
02:38:02 FLAG AND THIS IS
02:38:05 A
02:38:11 KNOW YOUR RIGHTS CARD.
02:38:23 BE [ INAUDIBLE-LOW VOLUME ]
02:38:26 SOME OF WHOM
02:38:29 ARE YOUR CONSTITUENTS, BY
02:38:32 THE WAY. SO MY POINT HERE IS
02:38:35 THAT IF
02:38:37 THIS MEANS ANYTHING TO YOU, PASS THE RESOLUTION
02:38:38 THAT WE'RE
02:38:41 TALKING ABOUT HERE BECAUSE YOUR CITIZENS NEED
02:38:42 PROTECTION. I AM SO
02:38:44 SORRY AND YOU CAN'T
02:38:47 HEAR ME, CAN YOU? MY
02:38:50 POINT HERE IS THAT
02:38:53 I.C.E. IS ARRESTING, BEATING
02:38:56 UP, SHOOTING, AND
02:38:58 OTHERWISE ABUSING PEOPLE FOR BEING
02:39:00 JOURNALISTS, BEING
02:39:01 LEGAL OBSERVERS, GOING TO SCHOOL, GOING
02:39:03 TO WORK AND SO IT'S
02:39:06 TIME FOR ALL OF US TO QUESTION
02:39:08 WHAT LEGAL AND NORMAL EVERYDAY ACTIVITY
02:39:09 WILL
02:39:12 WE BE DOING WHEN MASKED
02:39:14 SECRET POLICE COME FOR US? AND ALSO
02:39:15 WHILE
02:39:18 WE'RE AT IT, THE FLOCK CAMERAS,
02:39:19 EVEN IF YOU COULD GUARANTEE THAT YOU
02:39:21 WEREN'T SHARING DATA TO I.C.E.,
02:39:23 THERE'S STILL NO REASON FOR THE CITY GOVERNMENT
02:39:24 OR
02:39:26 THE POLICE FORCE TO KNOW THE LOCATIONS
02:39:27 AND
02:39:30 THE MOVEMENTS
02:39:31 OF LAW ABIDING CITIZENS. END YOUR
02:39:32 CONTRACT. THANK YOU. ANYONE WHO WANTS
02:39:35 A RED CARD, FIND ME AFTER.
02:39:36 >> THANK
02:39:39 YOU. DO WE HAVE
02:39:42 DANNY
02:39:45 R. HERE? OH, THERE FOLLOWED
02:39:47 BY HUGH TRAN FOLLOWED BY SHAROT. WELCOME. IF
02:39:48 YOU
02:39:49 WOULDN'T MIND LINING UP, SO I KNOW
02:39:51 THAT PEOPLE ARE HERE. THANK
02:39:54 YOU SO MUCH,
02:39:55 APPRECIATE THAT. YES, WELCOME.
02:39:56 >>
02:39:57 THANK YOU. HELLO. MY NAME IS
02:39:59 DANNY ROSICK AND I'M ONLY SPEAKING
02:40:00 FOR MYSELF. I CURRENTLY
02:40:01 LIVE IN SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA, AND
02:40:03 I
02:40:05 CARE DEEPLY ABOUT MY FAMILY, FRIENDS,
02:40:06 AND COMMUNITY. I
02:40:08 HAVE A CORE MEMORY FROM SANTA CLARA
02:40:10 UNIVERSITY. A LOVED ONE USED TO TAKE
02:40:12 ME DURING WINTER BREAK
02:40:14 TO FEED THE INSECTS AND REPTILES AND
02:40:15 AS A CHILD THAT'S
02:40:17 ONE OF THE CORE THINGS THAT LED ME
02:40:18 TO BE
02:40:19 AN EDUCATOR. LAST WEEK I STOOD HERE
02:40:21 AND I WENT HOME AND I COULD
02:40:22 NOT SLEEP. I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. I
02:40:24 COULDN'T FIND
02:40:26 IT IN MY HEART TO TRUST YOU. INFORMATION'S
02:40:27 HARD. THE
02:40:29 WEBSITE DOESN'T MAKE A LOT OF SENSE
02:40:30 AND
02:40:33 IT KIND OF WAS LATE. I
02:40:36 ALSO HAVE A PROP. IN ORDER
02:40:39 TO SLEEP, I WOULD PUT THIS ON
02:40:42 AND DO A SIX-MINUTE PLANK
02:40:44 AND I CRY AND I SWEAT INTO THIS. THIS
02:40:45 IS
02:40:48 A FULL FACE RESPIRATOR WITH
02:40:49 CHEMICAL CARTRIDGES TO PROTECT MYSELF
02:40:51 FROM TEAR GAS. PUTTING THIS ON RAISES
02:40:53 MY RISK OF BEING SHOT IN THE FACE
02:40:54 AND
02:40:57 I AM SO GRATEFUL TO
02:41:00 HAVE THE PRIVILEGE TO HAVE THIS.
02:41:06 I CAN ONLY SLEEP KNOWING THAT I CAN
02:41:09 GO INTO A SITUATION AND HELP PEOPLE
02:41:12 WHO ARE INJURED
02:41:13 AND NEED MEDICAL TREATMENT AND REMOVE THEM
02:41:15 FROM THAT SITUATION, BUT EVERY TIME
02:41:17 I DO THAT MEANS AN I.C.E. AGENT IS
02:41:18 GOING TO REALIZE WHAT
02:41:21 I AM DOING AND PUT ME AT GREATER
02:41:24 RISK OF BEING SHOT IN THE FACE. THERE'S
02:41:25 SO
02:41:27 MUCH YOU COULD DO AND NONE OF US
02:41:30 KNOW EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING TO
02:41:31 HAPPEN. SO PLEASE DO YOUR BEST AND
02:41:33 THEN WE'LL FIX IT
02:41:35 AND DO IT BETTER FOR THE NEXT EVENT. PLEASE,
02:41:36 I
02:41:38 DON'T WANT TO COME HERE WITH STORIES
02:41:39 OF WHAT
02:41:41 I DID DURING THE SUPER BOWL TO BEG YOU TO
02:41:42 FIX IT
02:41:45 FOR THE WORLD CUP. THANK
02:41:48 YOU.
02:41:49 >> THANK YOU, DANNY. NEXT
02:41:51 WE
02:41:54 HAVE HUGH
02:41:57 FOLLOWED BY SHAROT FOLLOWED
02:42:00 BY JERITZI.
02:42:01 >> GOOD EVENING, COUNCILMEMBERS. MY
02:42:03 NAME IS IT THUY TRAN. I LANDED FROM
02:42:04 A CONFERENCE WITH A NATIONAL PARTNERS
02:42:06 IN DENVER WHO WERE ALL SURPRISED TO
02:42:08 LEARN FROM BATMAN SANTA CLARA HAS
02:42:09 NO SANCTUARY POLICY. WE
02:42:11 HAVE SEEN THE STATEMENTS I.C.E. ISN'T
02:42:12 COMING. THIS HAS
02:42:14 BEEN REPORTED BY MEDIA AND ELECTED
02:42:15 OFFICIALS. HOWEVER, WHAT
02:42:18 ALL OF THIS MISSES IS THAT I.C.E.
02:42:19 IS ALREADY
02:42:21 HERE. THE CITY MANAGER SAYS HE IS UNAWARE
02:42:22 OF
02:42:23 ANY IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT THAT'S
02:42:24 BEEN OCCURRING HERE. SIREN IS
02:42:27 PART OF THE RAPID RESPONSE NETWORK. WE
02:42:29 CONFIRMED AN OPERATION AS RECENT AS JANUARY
02:42:30 20th. IF YOU DIDN'T
02:42:33 SEE IT, YOU AREN'T TRYING. I.C.E.
02:42:36 HAS CONDUCTED OPERATIONS IN OUR COUNTY
02:42:37 SINCE JANUARY 2025. THESE
02:42:38 OPERATIONS HAVE OCCURRED THROUGHOUT
02:42:39 THE COUNTY
02:42:42 AND AT TIMES
02:42:45 HAVE RESULTED IN DETAINEES BEING BRUTALIZED, DRAGGED
02:42:46 OUT
02:42:47 OF THEIR CARS AND HOSPITALIZED. WE
02:42:48 ARE NOT IMMUNE. THIS IS
02:42:51 WHY YOUR POLICY MUST INCLUDE NONCOOPERATION. LOCAL
02:42:52 SUPPORT
02:42:54 FOR FEDERAL AGENTS IS A FORCE
02:42:56 MULTIPLIER. IT DOESN'T MATTER IF ALL
02:42:57 SANTA CLARA PD
02:43:00 DOES IS BLOCK STREETS OR
02:43:03 CONTROL TRAFFIC. THAT'S THE REASON
02:43:04 I.C.E.
02:43:05 AND CPD WILL DO MORE TERROR. YOUR
02:43:06 POLICY
02:43:08 MUST ADDRESS DATA, A NEW STRATEGIC
02:43:09 APPROACH USED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
02:43:12 TO TRACK PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY. REGARDLESS
02:43:13 OF
02:43:14 YOUR STATUS, SIREN LEARNED THIS WHEN
02:43:15 WE BLOCKED
02:43:18 THE DOJ'S EFFORTS TO
02:43:19 SECURE CALIFORNIA'S UNREDACTED VOTER ROLLS. IN
02:43:21 THAT CASE THE JUDGE
02:43:24 SAID, "IT APPEARS THE DOJ IS ON A NATIONWIDE
02:43:26 QUEST TO GATHER THE SENSITIVE PRIVATE
02:43:27 INFORMATION OF MILLIONS
02:43:30 OF AMERICANS FOR
02:43:31 USE IN A CENTRALIZED FEDERAL DATABASE." YOU
02:43:33 NEED TO AUDIT YOUR DATA PROTOCOLS
02:43:34 TO
02:43:35 DETERMINE WHETHER ANY YOU COLLECT
02:43:36 IS AT RISK OF BEING TAKEN
02:43:38 BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. YOU ALSO
02:43:39 NEED TO
02:43:40 REVIEW FLOCK CAMERA PROTOCOLS. I HIGHLIGHT
02:43:42 THESE ISSUES TO SHOW EXAMPLES
02:43:44 WHERE THEY ARE NEEDED, NOT TO SAY
02:43:45 THEY ARE MORE IMPORTANT
02:43:47 THAN OTHERS. WE ONLY GET MINUTES. MY
02:43:48 OFFER STANDS TO WORK
02:43:50 WITH YOU TO STRENGTHEN YOUR POLICY. THIS
02:43:51 COUNCIL WENT VIRAL FOR
02:43:54 THE WRONG REASONS LAST WEEK. YOU HAVE
02:43:55 TIME
02:43:57 TO COURSE CORRECT.
02:43:58 >>
02:44:00 THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, SAROT
02:44:03 FOLLOWED BY -- EXCUSE ME ONE SECOND. LET
02:44:07 ME GET THIS CORRECT. JERITZI
02:44:10 FOLLOWED BY MARIA
02:44:13 R. WELCOME.
02:44:14 >> MY NAME IS
02:44:16 DR. SHAROT LYNNE WITH VICE
02:44:21 LIN WITH THE ORGANIZATION THAT PROVIDES
02:44:22 PRO BONO SERVICES
02:44:25 TO OUR COMMUNITY. FIRST THING IS
02:44:27 TO FOLLOW ON WHAT WAS JUST SAID, THAT
02:44:28 CONTRARY
02:44:29 TO WHAT THE CITY MANAGER HAS JUST SAID,
02:44:31 THERE IS
02:44:34 I.C.E.
02:44:36 ACTIVITY. I PERSONALLY HAVE WITNESSED I.C.E.
02:44:37 ACTIVITY
02:44:38 AT THE I.C.E. APP OFFICE ON BLOSSOM
02:44:40 HILL
02:44:43 ROAD IN SAN JOSE. THEY HAVE
02:44:46 AN OFFICE
02:44:47 THERE AND IMMIGRANTS HAVE BEEN ASKED
02:44:49 TO REPORT TO AN
02:44:51 APPOINTMENT AND THEN THEY'VE BEEN
02:44:52 TAKEN AWAY. I WITNESSED
02:44:55 THAT AND ALSO AT STANFORD
02:44:58 UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL WHERE
02:44:59 I.C.E. WAS DETAINING A PATIENT. SO
02:45:01 I URGE YOU TO
02:45:02 FULLY SUPPORT THIS POLICY EVEN THOUGH
02:45:04 IT ISN'T PERFECT,
02:45:07 BUT WE HAVE TO MAKE A STAND AND
02:45:08 HOPEFULLY THE BEST CASE IS THAT BY
02:45:10 MAKING
02:45:11 A STAND BY ALL THE CITIES, THE MAJOR CITIES
02:45:13 OF SANTA CLARA
02:45:15 COUNTY AND THE BAY AREA MAKING A STAND, THAT
02:45:16 I.C.E.
02:45:19 WILL NOT TAKE ITS ACTION AT
02:45:21 THE SUPER BOWL. BUT I WANT YOU TO
02:45:22 THINK OF IT THIS WAY,
02:45:24 THAT THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF A PROCESS. SO
02:45:25 IN OTHER
02:45:26 WORDS, YOU TAKE A VOTE TODAY. THAT'S
02:45:28 NOT THE END OF IT
02:45:30 BECAUSE WE NEED TO PERFECT THIS AND
02:45:31 THE LEGAL
02:45:33 LANDSCAPE IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO
02:45:34 EVOLVE
02:45:36 AS THE STATE LEGISLATURE PASSES LAWS,
02:45:37 AS THE COUNTY
02:45:40 PASSES ORDINANCES
02:45:43 AND SO FORTH. SO I
02:45:45 URGE YOU TO PASS THIS RESOLUTION. ALSO
02:45:46 MAKE
02:45:49 A POINT TO THE CHIEF OF
02:45:52 POLICE THAT WE NEED THE
02:45:54 SANTA CLARA POLICE DEPARTMENT TO DEFEND
02:45:55 OUR RESIDENTS AND
02:45:58 I URGE YOU TO
02:46:01 MAKE THIS
02:46:04 A
02:46:08 UNANIMOUS VOTE.
02:46:09 >> THANK YOU, SHARAT. NEXT
02:46:16 JERITZI FOLLOWED BY MARIA R.,
02:46:19 FOLLOWED BY
02:46:22 KATIE P. WELCOME.
02:46:23 >>
02:46:24 THANK YOU. MY NAME IS JURITZI AND
02:46:25 I'M HERE WITH SIREN. I
02:46:27 THINK I WANT TO TELL JUST A QUICK
02:46:31 STORY TO KIND OF CONTEXTUALIZE
02:46:34 THE IMPACT OF I.C.E. AND THEIR HISTORY
02:46:35 AND HOW THEY'VE IMPACTED YOUTH. AT
02:46:37 SIREN I
02:46:40 WORK WITH YOUTH AND SO I REMEMBER BEING
02:46:41 AROUND
02:46:43 LIKE 5 OR 6 YEARS OLD AND MY PARENTS BEING
02:46:46 STOPPED
02:46:49 BY POLICE OFFICERS DURING
02:46:50 A REGULAR TRAFFIC STOP. I DON'T KNOW
02:46:52 IF MY DAD
02:46:55 WAS SPEEDING OR
02:46:58 WHATEVER, BUT
02:47:01 I IMMEDIATELY WAS FILLED WITH TERROR. I CLEARLY
02:47:02 REMEMBER. I
02:47:03 HAVE A HORRIBLE MEMORY, BUT I HAVE A
02:47:04 VERY CLEAR MEMORY
02:47:07 OF THIS AS A 5 OR 6-YEAR-OLD JUST
02:47:10 CRYING IN THE CAR THINKING MY
02:47:12 PARENTS WERE GOING TO BE TAKEN AWAY
02:47:13 IN THAT MOMENT. I
02:47:16 BRING THAT STORY UP TO HIGHLIGHT AT
02:47:17 THE
02:47:18 TIME WE DIDN'T HAVE THE MEDIA COVERAGE
02:47:19 THAT WE HAVE
02:47:22 TODAY WITH
02:47:24 PEOPLE BEING BRUTALLY MURDERED, ARRESTED, BRUTALIZED,
02:47:25 TORTURED. I CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT
02:47:27 THE YOUTH ARE GOING THROUGH RIGHT
02:47:28 NOW
02:47:31 AND THEY ARE
02:47:32 TERRORIZED FOR GOOD REASON. SO MANY
02:47:34 DEATHS AT THE HANDS OF I.C.E., NOT
02:47:37 JUST
02:47:40 THIS YEAR, BUT IN OTHER ADMINISTRATIONS. I.C.E.
02:47:41 WE
02:47:43 NEED TO UNDERSTAND HAS ALWAYS STOOD
02:47:44 FOR
02:47:45 THE BRUTALIZATION OF THE IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY
02:47:46 AND BLACK
02:47:47 AND BROWN BODIES. WE CANNOT DENY THAT
02:47:49 IF YOU ACTUALLY LOOK AT
02:47:52 THE HISTORY AND SO WE MUST TAKE ACTION. TAKE
02:47:55 THE ACTION THAT YOU CAN RIGHT NOW
02:47:57 AND CONTINUE TO TAKE ACTION. CONTINUE
02:47:58 TO WORK
02:47:59 TOWARDS PERFECTION. WE WILL NEVER
02:48:01 GET THERE UNTIL I.C.E. IS ABOLISHED
02:48:02 AND
02:48:04 SO WE HOPE FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP IN THESE
02:48:05 EFFORTS
02:48:07 TO PROTECT
02:48:10 THE COMMUNITY, TO PROTECT THE CHILDREN,
02:48:11 AND
02:48:12 ALSO THEIR FUTURES. THANK YOU.
02:48:13 >>
02:48:16 THANK YOU
02:48:19 FOR THAT. MARIA R.
02:48:22 FOLLOWED BY KATIE P. FOLLOWED
02:48:24 BY JENNIFER FOLLOWED BY MELINDA. WELCOME,
02:48:25 KATIE.
02:48:26 >> GOOD
02:48:27 EVENING. MY NAME IS KATIE. I'M FROM
02:48:28 DISTRICT 6 IN SANTA CLARA AND
02:48:30 I'M HERE WITH SIRENS YOUTH GENERATION
02:48:31 INSTITUTE IN SUPPORT
02:48:34 OF ITEM 2. I WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT
02:48:37 THE FAMILIES, THE STUDENTS, AND WORKERS
02:48:38 AFFECTED BY
02:48:39 I.C.E.'S PRESENCE IN THIS CITY. THINK
02:48:40 ABOUT MY BROTHERS,
02:48:43 MY FRIENDS, AND
02:48:46 MY DISABLED IMMIGRANT SINGLE
02:48:48 MOTHER. I.C.E. IS NOT TARGETING CRIMINALS. THEY'RE
02:48:49 TARGETING SKIN
02:48:51 COLOR AND THEY'RE TARGETING LANGUAGE. OUR
02:48:52 YOUTH GROUP ORGANIZATION FIGHTS FOR
02:48:53 IMMIGRANT RIGHTS AND WE ARE HERE TO
02:48:55 VOICE THE
02:48:58 YOUTH WHO CARE FOR THIS ISSUE. MANY
02:49:00 SCHOOLS HAVE DONE WALKOUTS IN OUR
02:49:01 COUNTRY AND IN OUR
02:49:03 AREA. 1,000 STUDENTS WALKED OUT OF
02:49:04 MY HIGH SCHOOL. THE
02:49:06 SUPER BOWL IS A MAJOR CONCERN AND
02:49:07 THE BIGGEST PUSH FACTOR FOR
02:49:10 THE WALKOUTS IN OUR LOCAL
02:49:12 HIGH SCHOOLS. THE YOUTH DOES NOT WANT
02:49:13 I.C.E. IN OUR COMMUNITIES. WE ARE
02:49:16 WILLING TO LEAVE OUR LESSONS TO TEACH
02:49:17 OUR
02:49:19 COMMUNITIES THAT I.C.E. ACTIVITY
02:49:20 IS INHUMANE AND UNCONSTITUTIONAL. WE
02:49:22 WANT
02:49:25 SECURITY AND WE WANT ACCOUNTABILITY. WE
02:49:28 ARE URGING YOU TO URGENTLY PASS THE
02:49:29 POLICY
02:49:30 TO PROTECT OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES
02:49:31 BEFORE I.C.E. TERRORIZES THE SUPER BOWL. YOU
02:49:35 HAVE THE POWER
02:49:38 TO
02:49:41 PROTECT THE
02:49:44 PEOPLE.
02:49:45 >>
02:49:47 THANK YOU, KATIE. ONE MORE
02:49:48 CALL FOR MARIA R. JENNIFER. PLEASE
02:49:50 COME FORWARD. I TAKE IT
02:49:53 YOU'RE MELINDA BACK THERE,
02:49:54 VERY GOOD, FOLLOWED BY T. WELCOME.
02:49:55 >>
02:49:59 HI. THANK
02:50:00 YOU. MY NAME IS JENNIFER NOBLE. I'M
02:50:02 JUST HERE AS A CONCERNED CITIZEN AND
02:50:04 THIS IS THE ONLY WAY THAT I KNOW HOW
02:50:05 TO HELP RIGHT NOW. I
02:50:08 HAVE LIVED IN SANTA
02:50:11 CLARA FOR 15 YEARS. I AM
02:50:13 A MISSION COLLEGE ALUM. MY SON GOES
02:50:14 TO
02:50:16 WILCOX HIGH SCHOOL. WE HAVE HAD GREAT AMERICA
02:50:19 PASSES FOR THE LAST 15 YEARS. THIS
02:50:20 IS OUR HOME. THIS
02:50:23 IS ALL
02:50:26 I KNOW LIVING IN CALIFORNIA. AND
02:50:27 HOME SHOULD BE SOMEPLACE THAT YOU
02:50:29 FEEL
02:50:32 SAFE AND RIGHT NOW I DON'T FEEL SAFE IN
02:50:35 MY OWN HOME. AND JUST TO
02:50:38 BE CLEAR, THIS ISN'T JUST ABOUT
02:50:39 IMMIGRANTS IN SANTA CLARA. IT'S ABOUT
02:50:41 ALL OF US BECAUSE WHAT
02:50:44 HAPPENS TO ONE OF US HAPPENS
02:50:47 TO ALL OF US HERE IN SANTA
02:50:50 CLARA AND I'M HERE
02:50:52 TO SUPPORT MY IMMIGRANT NEIGHBORS, BUT
02:50:56 RENEE WAS OUT THERE SUPPORTING HER
02:50:59 IMMIGRANT NEIGHBORS AND ALEX
02:51:02 WAS OUT THERE SUPPORTING HIS
02:51:05 NEIGHBORS. PEOPLE ARE BEING
02:51:07 DETAINED AND MISTREATED JUST FOR SHOWING UP FOR ONE ANOTHER.
02:51:11 YOU HAVE
02:51:13 THE ABILITY TO PASS THESE PROTECTIONS
02:51:14 TO KEEP
02:51:15 US SAFE AND I JUST WANT YOU TO THINK
02:51:17 ABOUT
02:51:20 IT THIS WAY. WHEN A BIG STORM IS
02:51:22 COMING OUR WAY, YOU PREPARE FOR THE
02:51:23 WORST, BUT YOU
02:51:25 HOPE FOR THE BEST, RIGHT? AND I'M
02:51:26 TELLING YOU RIGHT
02:51:29 NOW I HOPE THIS POLICY DOESN'T HAVE
02:51:31 TO BE USED. I HOPE IT'S USELESS, BUT
02:51:32 WE HAVE TO
02:51:35 DO WHAT WE CAN TO
02:51:38 KEEP ALL OF US SAFE. PLEASE KEEP
02:51:41 US SAFE
02:51:43 FROM THIS STORM. THANK YOU.
02:51:44 >> THANK
02:51:45 YOU
02:51:47 VERY MUCH. MELINDA FOLLOWED
02:51:50 BY T. FOLLOWED BY
02:51:51 JAMES. WELCOME.
02:51:52 >> HI. THANK YOU. I
02:51:53 CAME BEFORE THE COUNCIL
02:51:55 LAST WEEK AND REQUESTED THIS MEETING AND
02:51:59 ACTION BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN NO
02:52:02 TRANSPARENCY AROUND
02:52:05 THE SUPER BOWL
02:52:07 AND FIFA SECURITY AND SAFETY. I UNDERSTAND
02:52:08 SPECIFICS CANNOT BE SHARED FOR
02:52:10 SECURITY REASONS AND I'M OKAY WITH
02:52:11 THAT, BUT THE COMMUNITY SHOULD HAVE
02:52:13 BEEN INFORMED THAT ACTION AND PLANNING
02:52:17 HAD BEEN GOING ON. NOW IS THE
02:52:20 TIME TO MAKE
02:52:21 A CORRECTION AND A STRONG STATEMENT. I
02:52:23 HAVE
02:52:26 TWO QUESTIONS FOR CITY STAFF.
02:52:29 IF THE STATEMENT AND POLICY WERE APPROVED
02:52:30 TONIGHT,
02:52:31 WOULD COUNCIL, STAFF, AND THE COMMUNITY
02:52:32 BE
02:52:34 ABLE TO REVISIT WHAT WAS APPROVED
02:52:35 TO FINE
02:52:36 TUNE THESE DOCUMENTS AND GET STAKEHOLDER
02:52:38 AND COMMUNITY INPUT
02:52:41 TO MAKE IT A BETTER POLICY? I'M SURPRISED
02:52:44 TO SEE
02:52:47 THAT THERE ARE DESIGNATED FREE
02:52:48 SPEECH ZONES. DOESN'T THE CONSTITUTION
02:52:50 AFFORD US ALL THE
02:52:53 RIGHT TO
02:52:56 FREE SPEECH EVERYWHERE? I DO NOT
02:52:59 TRUST I.C.E., DHS, OR OUR FEDERAL
02:53:01 GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AND AGENCIES AFTER
02:53:02 ALL WE'VE SEEN? WE NEED
02:53:05 TO BE PREPARED IN CASE A RAPID CHANGE
02:53:08 IS MADE AND I.C.E. AND/OR
02:53:10 CUSTOMS, BORDER CONTROL, DO MAKE AN
02:53:11 APPEARANCE. THEIR PROCESS
02:53:14 HAS BEEN TO SHOW UP UNANNOUNCED. WE
02:53:15 NEED TO
02:53:17 KNOW THERE'S A PLAN AND POLICY IN
02:53:20 PLACE TO PROTECT US ALL FROM
02:53:23 THE UNLAWFUL ACTIONS WE'VE
02:53:25 SEEN REPEATED THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. I
02:53:26 APPRECIATE THE HARD WORK AND SPEED
02:53:29 WITH WHICH WE WERE ABLE TO GET
02:53:32 HERE TODAY. THANK YOU TO EVERYONE
02:53:33 INVOLVED AND
02:53:35 IN CASE I WASN'T
02:53:38 CLEAR, PLEASE TAKE ACTION TONIGHT. THANK
02:53:40 YOU.
02:53:41 >> THANK YOU, MELINDA. WE HAVE
02:53:42 NEXT
02:53:44 T. FOLLOWED BY JAMES
02:53:47 FOLLOWED BY SOPHIA. WELCOME.
02:53:48 >>
02:53:50 HI. THANK YOU. I'D LIKE TO ECHO THE
02:53:51 LAST COMMENT. I
02:53:53 THINK IT IS NOT WITHIN
02:53:56 THE AUTHORITY OF A CITY
02:53:59 ATTORNEY TO ADJUST FREE SPEECH
02:54:01 ZONES. I WAS NOT AWARE THAT THE FIRST AMENDMENT
02:54:02 IS SOMETHING THAT ACTUALLY
02:54:07 CAN BE LIMITED TO ZONES. DURING WORLD
02:54:08 WAR
02:54:11 II THE CITY OF AMSTERDAM BURNT
02:54:14 THEIR CITY ARCHIVE OF ADDRESSES AND
02:54:15 NAMES AND
02:54:16 REGISTRIES ASSOCIATED WITH THE LOCATION OF
02:54:17 JEWISH
02:54:19 CITIZENS WITHIN THE CITY OF AMSTERDAM. THEY
02:54:20 DID THIS BECAUSE
02:54:22 THEY KNEW THAT THE NAZIS WERE GOING
02:54:23 TO COME AND
02:54:25 HAVING AN ARCHIVE OF THE LOCATIONS,
02:54:26 THE
02:54:29 ADDRESSES OF JEWISH COMMUNITY MEMBERS
02:54:30 WOULD ENDANGER
02:54:31 THE MEMBERS OF THEIR COMMUNITY. SO
02:54:32 THEY BURNT THE ARCHIVE. I
02:54:34 BRING THAT UP BECAUSE YOU ARE IN THE
02:54:35 SITUATION NOW WHERE
02:54:38 YOU ARE CHOOSING TO PUT UP
02:54:40 LICENSE PLATE CAMERAS AND CUT CONTRACTS WITH
02:54:41 FLOCK AND A LOT
02:54:44 OF MAJOR CORPORATIONS THAT HAVE
02:54:47 CONTRACTS WITH I.C.E. AND WITH
02:54:50 THE DEFENSE DEPARTMENT TO COOPERATE
02:54:53 WITH ISRAEL AND TO CREATE A GLOBAL DRAGNET
02:54:54 TO
02:54:56 SURVEIL CITIZENS IN ORDER TO CURTAIL
02:54:57 FIRST
02:54:59 AMENDMENT SPEECH AS WELL AS ALL
02:55:02 OTHER EFFORTS TO DEFEND HUMAN RIGHTS, ESPECIALLY
02:55:03 AT
02:55:05 THE PRECIPICE
02:55:08 OF A MOVEMENT FOR NATIONALIZED HEALTHCARE,
02:55:10 FOR ABORTION RIGHTS, FOR WEALTH REDISTRIBUTION. NOW
02:55:11 IS NOT
02:55:14 THE TIME TO BE COLLECTING INFORMATION
02:55:15 ABOUT PEOPLE
02:55:18 WHO REGISTER THEIR DISSENT
02:55:19 WITH THE CHOICES OF THEIR MUNICIPAL
02:55:20 COUNTY AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS. I
02:55:21 WOULD ALSO
02:55:24 LIKE TO SAY WE DON'T TRUST
02:55:25 ANY POLICE DEPARTMENT AND WE HAVE
02:55:26 BEEN PROTESTING FOR MANY YEARS IN
02:55:29 THE STREETS TO DEFUND POLICE DEPARTMENTS
02:55:30 FOR SIMILAR REASONS. SO WE
02:55:32 DO NOT HAVE FAITH THAT THE POLICE
02:55:33 DEPARTMENT
02:55:36 WILL ACT IN GOOD FAITH
02:55:39 IN TRYING TO
02:55:41 DETER I.C.E. FROM THEIR CORRUPT BEHAVIORS. SO
02:55:42 I URGE
02:55:44 YOU IN EVERY CONTEXT AVAILABLE TO
02:55:45 SPEAK VERY
02:55:48 PUBLICLY ABOUT RESISTING FUNDING
02:55:51 FOR INSTITUTIONS DESIGNED TO
02:55:52 LIMIT HUMAN RIGHTS.
02:55:53 >> THANK YOU. NEXT
02:55:54 WE
02:55:57 HAVE JAMES FOLLOWED BY SOPHIA.
02:56:05 WELCOME.
02:56:06 >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBERS. THANK
02:56:07 YOU, MAYOR. I
02:56:09 THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND FOR
02:56:10 YOUR PATIENCE WITH ME TONIGHT BECAUSE
02:56:14 IN FULL HONESTY, I AM COMPLETELY UNPREPARED. I
02:56:15 LEARNED ABOUT
02:56:16 THIS DISCUSSION JUST OVER TWO HOURS
02:56:18 AGO NOW. I CAME TO
02:56:21 THE CHAMBERS WITH MY FAMILY TO OBSERVE
02:56:24 AND TO LISTEN AND
02:56:26 IN LISTENING TO THE PASSION WORDS OF
02:56:27 OUR COMMUNITY I
02:56:29 FELT IT IMPOSSIBLE TO STAY SEATED. THERE
02:56:30 ARE NO WORDS
02:56:31 THAT I CAN ADD TO THIS DISCUSSION
02:56:33 THAT HAVEN'T ALREADY
02:56:36 BEEN SAID BY PEOPLE BEFORE ME TONIGHT,
02:56:38 AND HAVEN'T ALREADY BEEN KNOWN. I'M
02:56:41 JUST OBSERVING WHAT'S GOING ON. SO
02:56:42 I AM SIMPLY
02:56:45 HERE TO ADD MY VOICE TO
02:56:46 THE CHORUS. I'LL KEEP IT BRIEF. I
02:56:48 URGE YOU
02:56:49 TO PASS THIS RESOLUTION. I URGE YOU
02:56:51 TO VOTE TO
02:56:53 PROTECT IMMIGRANT FAMILIES, TO KEEP
02:56:54 OUR CITY SAFE
02:56:57 AND TO STAND WITH OUR COMMUNITY
02:56:59 AND ADD YOUR VOICE ALONGSIDE OURS. MY
02:57:02 NAME IS JAMES RONALD LAVECK. I'M A
02:57:03 RESIDENT OF
02:57:05 SANTA CLARA. AGAIN, I THANK YOU FOR
02:57:06 YOUR TIME.
02:57:07 >>
02:57:09 THANK YOU
02:57:12 FOR YOUR TESTIMONY, JAMES. ALL
02:57:15 RIGHT. WE HAVE SOPHIA AND
02:57:17 THEN I'M GOING ONLINE. WELCOME, SOPHIA.
02:57:18 >>
02:57:19 HELLO,
02:57:20 EVERYONE. MY NAME IS SOPHIA YOVU. I'M
02:57:22 AN DOCTORAL CANDIDATE IN EDUCATION
02:57:26 POLICY AT UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS,
02:57:27 URBANA, CHAMPAIGN. ONE THING I'D
02:57:29 LIKE TO CALL OUT IS THAT TONIGHT'S
02:57:30 CONVERSATION AMONG THE
02:57:33 CITY COUNCIL AS WELL AS THE
02:57:36 CITY ATTORNEY AND CITY MANAGER VERY
02:57:37 MUCH SEEMED
02:57:39 THAT TONIGHT WAS GOING TO BE
02:57:40 THE FINAL CONVERSATION AROUND IMMIGRANT
02:57:42 RIGHTS
02:57:45 IN THE CITY OF SANTA CLARA. ONE OF
02:57:46 THE THINGS THAT I'M REMINDED ABOUT
02:57:48 EVERY
02:57:51 DAY IS THAT THERE IS NO STANDARD DEFINITION OF MORALITY
02:57:53 AND THE THINGS THAT I FEEL ARE IMPORTANT
02:57:54 MAY
02:57:57 NOT BE THE SAME THINGS THAT
02:57:59 YOU AND THE HESITANCY THAT'S BEEN
02:58:00 EXHIBITED HERE TONIGHT
02:58:02 SHOWS THAT WE DO NOT ALIGN. IF YOU'RE
02:58:03 WORRIED ABOUT THE OPTICS,
02:58:06 THINK ABOUT HOW POOR THE NATIONAL
02:58:07 HEADLINES WILL
02:58:09 LOOK. IF YOU'RE WORRIED ABOUT
02:58:11 LOSING CONTRACTS, YOU'LL FIND NEW ONES. YOU'RE
02:58:14 WORRIED ABOUT MONEY, THE CITY WILL
02:58:18 ABSOLUTELY LOSE MORE MONEY BY
02:58:19 REMAINING COMPLIANT IN SILENCE. WE
02:58:21 WILL ALL MAKE SURE OF THAT. I
02:58:24 LOVE TO REMIND YOU THAT YOU ARE IN
02:58:25 THE
02:58:27 BAY AREA AND THAT MEANS
02:58:29 THAT WE PRIDE DIVERSITY WITHIN OUR
02:58:30 COMMUNITIES AND WE WILL DO
02:58:33 A WHOLE LOT TO PROTECT IT. WE ARE
02:58:34 GOING
02:58:36 TO KEEP HOLDING YOU ALL
02:58:39 ACCOUNTABLE FOR THIS POLICY AND FOR
02:58:40 FUTURE
02:58:41 POLICIES CONTINUING TO PROTECT EVERYONE IN
02:58:42 THIS CITY. SOMETHING THAT
02:58:44 STUCK WITH THEY FROM LAST WEEK'S MEETING
02:58:45 WAS A SENTIMENT
02:58:47 THAT MAYBE WE WOULDN'T BE TRAUMATIZED
02:58:48 LIKE OTHER PARTS OF THE
02:58:51 COUNTRY IF WE AS A COMMUNITY
02:58:53 JUST HELD OUR HEAD DOWN, BUT IN WHAT
02:58:54 WORLD DID YOU THINK
02:58:57 THAT
02:58:59 WAS GOING TO HAPPEN HERE? WE'RE A
02:59:00 COMMUNITY THAT
02:59:02 PRIDES IN DIVERSITY AND IS FOUNDED
02:59:03 IN LOVE AND WE WERE GOING
02:59:05 TO CONTINUE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE
02:59:06 APPLYING PRESSURE ON
02:59:09 EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU THAT
02:59:12 WE ARE ALL PROTECTED EVERY DAY
02:59:15 WAY AFTER THIS SUPER BOWL. THANK
02:59:16 YOU.
02:59:17 >> THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. I'M
02:59:18 GOING TO --WE HAVE
02:59:20 SEVERAL MEMBERS ONLINE THAT WOULD
02:59:21 LIKE TO SPEAK. SO WE'RE GOING
02:59:24 TO START
02:59:26 WITH OUR ONLINE PARTICIPANTS. MUSA. GO
02:59:30 AHEAD, MUSA FOLLOWED BY GOLDY.
02:59:31 >>
02:59:33 HI. CAN YOU HEAR ME?
02:59:34 >> YES, WE CAN. >>
02:59:35 GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCILMEMBERS. MY NAME IS
02:59:39 MUSA FROM THE SANTA CLARA
02:59:42 OFFICE OF CAIR, AND WE URGE YOU
02:59:44 TO URGENTLY PASS THE STAFF'S DRAFT
02:59:45 POLICY AND INCLUDE THE MEMO
02:59:47 FROM VICE MAYOR GONZALEZ. ACROSS THIS
02:59:48 COUNTRY I.C.E.
02:59:49 IS ENACTING HORRIFIC VIOLENCE OPERATING
02:59:51 WITH IMPUNITY AND WITH UTTER DISREGARD
02:59:54 FOR HUMAN LIFE AND DUE PROCESS, EMBOLDENED
02:59:55 BY THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION. FAMILIES
02:59:57 ARE LIVING IN ABJECT FEAR. PEOPLE
03:00:00 ARE BEING TORTURED AND DYING IN I.C.E.
03:00:03 CUSTODY. CHILDREN ARE BEING KIDNAPPED. LEGAL
03:00:04 OBSERVERS
03:00:05 ARE BEING EXECUTED IN OUR STREETS. THIS
03:00:06 IS
03:00:08 THE NATIONAL CONTEXT WE ARE IN AS
03:00:09 SANTA CLARA PREPARES TO HOST
03:00:12 THE SUPER BOWL WHICH WILL COME
03:00:13 WITH HEIGHTENED MILITARIZED I.C.E.
03:00:15 PRESENCE. SO WE URGE YOU
03:00:17 DO NOT COOPERATE WITH I.C.E. DO NOT
03:00:18 SHARE
03:00:21 DATA WITH I.C.E. THAT
03:00:24 MEANS NO MORE FLOCK OR AUTOMATIC LICENSE
03:00:27 PLATE READERS. WORK WITH LOCAL IMMIGRANT
03:00:31 RIGHTS ADVOCATES TO ESTABLISH
03:00:32 SAFETY PROTOCOLS AND ESTABLISH I.C.E.-FREE
03:00:34 ZONES. DO NOT
03:00:35 ALLOW I.C.E. THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXECUTE
03:00:37 MORE AMERICANS IN
03:00:40 OUR STREETS, FOR RENEE GOOD, FOR
03:00:41 ALEX PRETTI, FOR KEITH PORTER, FOR
03:00:43 THE 30 PEOPLE WHO
03:00:44 DIED IN I.C.E. CUSTODY IN 2025, FOR
03:00:50 >>> CAN CAN
03:00:53 YOU HEAR ME?
03:00:54 >> YES WE CAN. >> I'M A RAPID
03:00:55 RESPONDER WITH THE RAPID RESPONSE
03:00:56 NETWORK, AND WHAT WE ARE
03:00:58 SEEING I.C.E. AND BORDER PATROL DO
03:00:59 OUT THERE ON
03:01:02 THESE STREETS IS NOT ONLY
03:01:05 UNCONSTITUTIONAL BUT VIOLENT
03:01:08 AND INHUMANE. IT'S STARTING TO
03:01:09 RESEMBLE WHAT PALESTINIANS ENDURE. I.C.E. HAS
03:01:11 SHOWN WE HAVE
03:01:13 CAN NOT TRUST THEM WITH THE CONSTITUTION, SO
03:01:14 NEM SAYING THEY WILL NOT BE
03:01:16 PRESENT DURING THE SUPER BOWL BRINGS
03:01:17 ABSOLUTELY
03:01:19 NO COMFORT TO US. I CAN'T BELIEVE
03:01:20 WE HAVE TO
03:01:23 COME HERE TODAY TO DEMAND THE CITY
03:01:25 --WIDESPREAD VIOLENCE AT THE HANDS
03:01:26 OF I.C.E. AGENTS KEEP
03:01:29 US SAFE, BUT HERE
03:01:32 WE ARE. THESE FORCES AND IN MANY
03:01:34 CASES FRESH OUT OF GAZA, IDF BABY KILLERS
03:01:35 ARE LOOSE
03:01:37 IN OUR COMMUNITIES AND THE THREATS
03:01:38 AND YOU AND I
03:01:41 AND ALL OF US KNOW IT. WHAT WE'RE
03:01:42 ASKING
03:01:43 IS ARE YOU GOING TO HAND THEM THE
03:01:44 LICENSE
03:01:47 TO KILL AND TERRORIZE OUR COMMUNITIES? ARE
03:01:48 YOU GOING
03:01:49 TO DO THE RIGHT THING? THE WORLD IS
03:01:50 WATCHING THIS
03:01:51 ADMINISTRATION FAIL THIS COUNTRY AND
03:01:53 GIVING I.C.E. THE GREEN LIGHT TO TERROR. AND
03:01:56 WE ARE HOPING THAT
03:01:59 YOU ARE WITH
03:02:01 US AND PASS THIS TO ESTABLISH THAT
03:02:02 YOU
03:02:05 HEAR AND STAND WITH YOUR CONSTITUENTS. WE
03:02:06 WILL
03:02:07 SUPPORT, PROTECT, AND DEFEND OUR COMMUNITIES
03:02:08 BY
03:02:11 ALL
03:02:14 MEANS NECESSARY. WE WILL NOT STAND
03:02:15 IDLY BY. SO PLEASE
03:02:16 PASS THIS, BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT IT
03:02:17 TO LOOK LIKE
03:02:20 MINNESOTA OUT THERE. BUT WE WILL HOLD
03:02:23 THE LINE.
03:02:24 >> THANK YOU, GOLDIE. ALL
03:02:25 RIGHT,
03:02:26 NEXT WE HAVE
03:02:29 ELISSA FOLLOWED BY HANSEL. GO
03:02:31 AHEAD, ELISSA.
03:02:32 >> HELLO, I'M A RESIDENT
03:02:33 OF SANTA
03:02:34 CLARA COUNTY, DISTRICT FIVE. I URGE
03:02:35 YOU TO ADOPT THE
03:02:37 POLICY TODAY. WE DON'T NEED PERFECTION,
03:02:38 WE NEED A GLIMMER
03:02:41 OF HUMAN DECENCY IN THESE TRYING
03:02:43 TIMES. WE KNOW LOCAL GOVERNMENTS CAN'T
03:02:44 DO MUCH AGAINST THE FEDS UNTIL
03:02:47 IT'S TOO LATE, BUT WOULD YOU
03:02:49 RATHER DO NOTHING NOW? NOTHING WHILE
03:02:50 PEOPLE DIE? YOU MUST, LIKE ALL
03:02:53 CITY OFFICIALS SHOULD BE
03:02:55 DOING SOON, EVENTUALLY FEED OFF OF MINNEAPOLIS OFFICIALS
03:02:56 AND
03:02:58 ASK THEM TO TRAIN YOU. I'M A GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEE TOO,
03:02:59 I KNOW THESE THINGS TAKE A
03:03:03 LOT OF WORK, BUT WE ARE NOT IN
03:03:04 NORMAL TIMES. YOU MUST GET THIS JOB
03:03:06 DONE NOW
03:03:07 BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE. PRIORITIZE YOUR
03:03:08 CONSTITUENTS, NOT ECONOMIC GAINS OF
03:03:11 THINGS LIKE THE SUPER BOWL 5:00 AT
03:03:12 THIS TIMES. WHETHER
03:03:14 YOU NEED TO PASS AN INTERIM POLICY,
03:03:18 ADMIN POLICY BY STAFF, YOU
03:03:21 CAN
03:03:22 REFINE THEM LATER. THEIR COMMANDER
03:03:24 IN COWARDNESS IS
03:03:25 UNPREDICTABLE, AND I.C.E. USUALLY
03:03:27 COMES TO SUPER BOWLS,
03:03:30 WHAT'S STOPPING THEM NOW IN THE
03:03:32 FED'S ACTIONS HAVE LED TO DEATH. THIS
03:03:33 IS LITERALLY
03:03:35 LIFE OR DEATH. EVEN IF I.C.E. DOESN'T
03:03:36 COME
03:03:39 THIS WEEK, I.C.E. COMES TO
03:03:41 THIS AREA. IT'S NOTHING NEW. PEOPLE IN WAR-TORN
03:03:44 COUNTRIES ARE WATCHING, AS FAR AS
03:03:46 UKRAINE, AND THEY'RE ASKING WHY GOVERNMENT
03:03:47 OFFICIALS ARE NOT DOING ENOUGH. IT'S
03:03:48 NOT THE
03:03:51 TIME TO ROLL OVER, TURN BACKS AND
03:03:53 SAY DON'T POKE THE BEAR. MY FAMILY
03:03:55 MEMBERS WHO LIVE IN MINNESOTA HAVE TO
03:03:57 GO
03:03:58 OUT AND PURCHASE DIAPERS AND BABY
03:04:00 FORMULAS FOR THE FAMILIES AFRAID TO
03:04:02 LEAVE THEIR HOMES BECAUSE THEIR SKIN
03:04:06 IS DARKER THAN
03:04:07 OURS. DON'T PUT US THROUGH THAT HERE. DO
03:04:09 MORE THAN WHAT THE LAW
03:04:11 AFFORDS US AND REMEMBER, WE THE PEOPLE
03:04:15 ARE AFFORDED FREE SPEECH
03:04:16 AND PEACEFUL ASSEMBLY ANYWHERE WE
03:04:18 PLEASE, QUARANTINING PEOPLE INTO
03:04:20 FREE SPEECH ZONES IS CONDESCENDING,
03:04:21 THANK YOU.
03:04:22 >> THANK
03:04:24 YOU, ELISSA. NEXT WE
03:04:27 HAVE HANSEL FOLLOWED BY AIDEN. GO
03:04:28 AHEAD HANSEL, UNMUTE YOURSELF. THERE
03:04:30 YOU GO.
03:04:31 >> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR
03:04:32 AND COUNCILMEMBER, MY NAME IS HANSEL,
03:04:36 I'M A NEWER RESIDENT OF DISTRICT THREE
03:04:39 IN THE CITY. I'M ALSO A
03:04:40 HONDURAN MIGRANT, AND THESE ISSUES
03:04:42 ARE DEEPLY PERSONAL TO ME. I'M HERE
03:04:43 TO
03:04:45 URGE YOU TO ADOPT THE STAFF'S
03:04:48 DRAFT POLICY AND
03:04:50 FULLY INCORPORATE VICE MAYOR GONZALEZ'S MEMO
03:04:51 TO
03:04:52 PROTECT COMMUNITIES NOT JUST DURING
03:04:54 THE
03:04:57 SUPER BOWL BUT BEYOND IT. FOR
03:04:59 IMMIGRANT FAMILIES LIKE MINE --WE KNOW
03:05:00 THAT I.C.E.
03:05:03 HAS NEVER LEFT THIS COUNTY. SO
03:05:05 OUR NEIGHBORS CONTINUE TO BE DETAINED,
03:05:06 SOMETIMES WHILE
03:05:08 COMPLYING WITH THE LAW AND ATTENDING
03:05:09 REQUIRED COURT
03:05:10 HEARINGS. THAT REALITY SHAPES HOW
03:05:12 FAMILIES MOVE, WORK,
03:05:13 SEEK HEALTHCARE, AND TRUST GOVERNMENT. AS
03:05:15 A MIGRANT, I KNOW HOW
03:05:18 QUICKLY FEAR SPREADS
03:05:21 WHEN LOCAL PROTECTIONS
03:05:23 ARE UNCLEAR. WHEN LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
03:05:24 DRAW BRIGHT LINES,
03:05:26 COMMUNITIES ARE SAFER AND TRUST IS
03:05:27 STRONGER. THAT
03:05:30 TRUST IS ESSENTIAL FOR REAL
03:05:32 PUBLIC SAFETY. AND SANTA CLARA'S HOSTING
03:05:33 A GLOBAL EVENT,
03:05:36 MULTIPLE GLOBAL EVENTS, AND THAT
03:05:39 COMES WITH A RESPONSIBILITY. PASSING
03:05:41 A STRONG ENFORCEABLE POLICY SENDS
03:05:42 A CLEAR MESSAGE THAT THIS
03:05:43 CITY WILL NOT ALLOW ITS RESOURCES,
03:05:45 LAND, OR TECHNOLOGY TO
03:05:48 BE USED TO HARM
03:05:50 THE VERY COMMUNITIES THAT SUSTAIN
03:05:51 IT. THANK YOU
03:05:53 FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND FOR ALL WHO
03:05:54 CALL
03:05:57 SANTA CLARA HOME.
03:05:58 >> THANK YOU, HANSEL. AIDEN
03:06:00 FOLLOWED BY EDWARD.
03:06:01 >> HELLO, MY NAME
03:06:02 IS AIDEN, I'M A RESIDENT OF SANTA
03:06:03 CLARA COUNTY. I'LL KEEP
03:06:05 IT BRIEF BECAUSE I'M JUST HERE TO
03:06:06 MIRROR WHAT
03:06:08 SOME OF OUR WONDERFUL COMMUNITY MEMBERS
03:06:09 ALREADY SAID. BUT I'M HERE TODAY
03:06:12 TO DEMAND THE CITY COUNCIL TAKE ACTION
03:06:13 AGAINST ANY
03:06:14 FUTURE HARASSMENT, TERRORISM, AND
03:06:17 DESTRUCTION OF OUR COMMUNITIES FROM I.C.E. OOIT
03:06:18 JUST LIKE
03:06:21 TO SHARE IS A SHORT
03:06:22 STORY. I AM A PUBLIC MIDDLE SCHOOL
03:06:24 TEACHER AND HAVE SEEN THE TERROR
03:06:27 AND ABUSE THAT I.C.E. HAS CAUSED IN
03:06:28 OUR COMMUNITIES FIRSTHAND. JUST
03:06:30 WEEKS AGO I SPOKE WITH A
03:06:32 STUDENT WHO DEALS WITH THE DAILY TRAUMA
03:06:33 OF NOT
03:06:35 KNOWING WHETHER OR NOT HIS FATHER
03:06:36 WILL RETURN HOME
03:06:38 FROM WORK. HE SPOKE ABOUT BEING UNABLE
03:06:39 TO GO ON THEIR YEARLY TRIP
03:06:41 TO THE SNOW OR ANY FAMILY OUTINGS
03:06:42 BECAUSE THEY'RE AFRAID TO LEAVE
03:06:44 THEIR HOUSE NOW. I'D JUST LIKE TO
03:06:45 POINT OUT THAT I'M
03:06:48 DEEPLY DISAPPOINTED
03:06:51 WITH SOME OF THE COWARDICE TODAY,
03:06:54 COUNCILMEMBER HARDY AS WELL AS OUR
03:06:55 DISTRICT ATTORNEY,
03:06:56 DO BETTER. I URGE YOU TO DO THE RIGHT
03:06:57 THING AND PROTECT
03:07:00 OUR COMMUNITY AND
03:07:02 FIGHT AGAINST THE CONTINUING SPREAD
03:07:03 OF FASCISM AND
03:07:06 RACISM IN THE COUNTRY.
03:07:07 >> THANK YOU,
03:07:09 AIDEN. NEXT WE HAVE EDWARD FOLLOWED
03:07:11 BY KIMBERLY. IS EDWARD STILL ON? EDWARD?
03:07:12 >>
03:07:15 YEAH, I'M
03:07:16 STILL HERE.
03:07:17 >> GO AHEAD, EDWARD. >> MY
03:07:18 MOTHER WAS BORN AND
03:07:21 RAISED IN GUATEMALA. SHE CAME TO THE
03:07:23 UNITED STATES AND TOOK THE LEGAL STEPS
03:07:24 TO BECOME A CITIZEN. I
03:07:27 JUST WANT TO SAY THAT
03:07:28 THE MEDIA, UNIONS, THEY'RE GASLIGHTING
03:07:30 PEOPLE. THEY DIDN'T DO THIS DURING
03:07:33 THE OBAMA AND CLINTON YEARS WHEN OBAMA
03:07:36 AND CLINTON USED
03:07:39 I.C.E. TO GET PEOPLE OUT OF THE COUNTRY,
03:07:40 AND THAT
03:07:42 IS VERY FRUSTRATING WHEN YOU SEE SOMETHING
03:07:43 LIKE
03:07:44 THAT. I HEAR STORIES ABOUT HOW OTHER
03:07:45 COUNTRIES ARE EMPTYING
03:07:48 OUT THEIR PRISONERS INTO OUR
03:07:50 BORDER THAT ARE KILLING PEOPLE IN
03:07:51 THIS COUNTRY. WE NEED
03:07:54 TO SAVE ALL LIVES. WE GOT TO PROTECT
03:07:55 ALL
03:07:57 PEOPLE. WE CAN'T JUST PROTECT A
03:07:59 CERTAIN CLASS OF PEOPLE. THAT'S ALL
03:08:00 I WANTED TO
03:08:03 SAY. THANK YOU VERY
03:08:06 MUCH.
03:08:07 >> THANK YOU. AND KIMBERLY, GO
03:08:08 AHEAD KIMBERLY.
03:08:09 >>
03:08:10 HI, CAN YOU HEAR ME?
03:08:11 >> YES, WE CAN. GO
03:08:12 AHEAD, PLEASE.
03:08:13 >> THANK YOU, HI, I'M
03:08:14 KIMBERLY WOO. I AM
03:08:15 A PROUD DAUGHTER OF
03:08:18 CHINESE AND FILIPINO IMMIGRANT PARENTS
03:08:21 AS
03:08:24 WELL AS A
03:08:26 COMMUNITY ORGANIZER. I JUST WANT TO
03:08:27 THANK
03:08:29 COUNCILMEMBERS FOR BRINGING FORWARD
03:08:30 THIS POLICY TODAY
03:08:32 URGENTLY BEFORE THE SUPER BOWL. I
03:08:33 STRONGLY URGE THE CITY OF
03:08:36 SANTA CLARA TO PASS
03:08:39 THESE POLICIES AND INCLUDE THE MEMO
03:08:41 TO ESTABLISH FURTHER RECOMMENDATIONS THAT
03:08:43 CLEARLY PROHIBIT OUR LOCAL LAW
03:08:44 ENFORCEMENT FROM COOPERATING WITH
03:08:46 I.C.E. UNLESS
03:08:48 REQUIRED BY LAW WHILE ALSO FOSTERING
03:08:51 FURTHER COLLABORATION WITH IMMIGRANT
03:08:52 RIGHTS
03:08:55 ADVOCATES TO CREATE
03:08:58 --PROTOCOLS. I
03:09:00 THINK HEARING --HEARING THAT SOME
03:09:01 CITY COUNCILMEMBERS
03:09:03 ARE FEARFUL MAKES ME EVEN MORE FEARFUL
03:09:04 THAT
03:09:06 OUR ELECTED ARE TRYING TO BE SILENT
03:09:07 IN A MOMENT WHEN
03:09:08 OUR COMMUNITIES ARE UNDER ATTACK. OUR
03:09:09 PEOPLE, OUR COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS
03:09:11 ARE ON THE GROUND TRYING TO PROTECT
03:09:13 EACH OTHER, AND WE
03:09:15 NEED OUR ELECTEDS TO STAND UP AND
03:09:16 DO
03:09:17 THE JOB THAT THEY WERE LITERALLY ELECTED
03:09:19 TO DO TO
03:09:21 SERVE OUR PEOPLE. SO I REALLY ENCOURAGE
03:09:22 YOU TO PASS THESE
03:09:23 POLICIES TONIGHT AND EVEN ENCOURAGE
03:09:25 YOU TO MUST
03:09:26 TER BRAVERY AND COURAGE TO CONTINUE
03:09:28 PASSING FURTHER PROTECTIONS DOWN
03:09:29 THE LINE, BECAUSE WE'RE NOT JUST LOOKING
03:09:31 AT OTHER
03:09:33 SUPER BOWLS FOR THIS UPCOMING SUNDAY,
03:09:34 BUT
03:09:36 WE'RE ALSO LOOKING FOR HOW CAN WE
03:09:38 PASS THIS POLICIES TO PROTECT OUR COMMUNITIES
03:09:40 FOR THE LONG TERM. THIS
03:09:43 IS NOT JUST A ONE-TIME
03:09:46 INCIDENT, I.C.E. IS STILL, EVEN
03:09:47 THOUGH I.C.E. HAS BEEN VERY PREVALENT
03:09:49 IN INSTILLING FEAR IN
03:09:52 OUR
03:09:53 COMMUNITY, AND PASSING THESE PROTECTIONS
03:09:54 WOULD ENSURE EVERYBODY HAS THE SAFETY
03:09:55 CAN
03:09:57 DIGNITY WE ALL DESERVE. I REALLY ENCOURAGE YOU
03:09:58 TO PASS
03:09:59 THESE POLICIES TONIGHT, AND I GREATLY
03:10:01 APPRECIATE THE COUNCIL FOR AT
03:10:02 LEAST BRINGING THIS FOR A SPECIAL
03:10:04 MEETING TO ACTUALLY
03:10:07 HEAR PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS. THANK
03:10:09 YOU.
03:10:10 >> THANK, YOU KIMBERLY. AND THAT'S
03:10:13 IT FOR
03:10:16 OUR
03:10:18 PUBLIC COMMENT. SO I HAVE COUNCILMEMBER
03:10:19 COX. WE'RE
03:10:22 LOOKING FOR
03:10:24 COMMENTS AND POTENTIALLY A MOTION.
03:10:25 >>
03:10:26 YEAH,
03:10:27 SO I HAVE A FEW COMMENTS, AND THEN I
03:10:28 WILL MAKE A MOTION ON, THIS
03:10:29 BECAUSE IT'S BEEN THREE HOURS NOW,
03:10:31 AND I DON'T THINK THAT
03:10:32 THE DELIBERATION PIECE OF THIS IS
03:10:34 GOING TO BE IMPORTANT TO YOU
03:10:36 GUYS, UNLESS IT COMES TO THE OUTCOME
03:10:37 THAT
03:10:39 HAS BEEN SO CLEARLY EXPRESSED TONIGHT. I
03:10:40 DO
03:10:43 WANT TO FLIP THE SCRIPT A LITTLE BIT
03:10:44 ON
03:10:46 YOU OUT THERE,
03:10:49 AND I HOPE THIS DOESN'T
03:10:50 PISS EVERYONE OFF TOO MUCH. REMEMBER,
03:10:52 YOU PUT US INTO OUR PLACES, AND YOU
03:10:55 VOTE. MOST OF TIME WE HAVE AN
03:10:56 EMPTY CHAMBER OF PEOPLE. AND THIS
03:10:58 PERVASIVENESS OF
03:11:01 THE WAY WE REACH DECISIONS ISN'T
03:11:02 ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS IN THIS MOMENT,
03:11:03 IT'S ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH OUR
03:11:04 SEWER
03:11:06 CONTRACTS AND ALL OF THESE THINGS. I LOVE
03:11:07 CIVIC PARTICIPATION,
03:11:10 AND I'M GOING TO HOLD
03:11:12 THE DOCTORAL CANDIDATE, YOU KNOW,
03:11:13 TO THAT. PLEASE
03:11:14 PARTICIPATE AND PARTICIPATE MORE OFTEN
03:11:16 AND PARTICIPATE IN THE
03:11:18 STUFF THAT YOU DON'T THINK MATTERS,
03:11:19 BECAUSE IT PUTS
03:11:22 THESE PEOPLE
03:11:24 ON THE DAIS FOR YOU. AND YOU HAVE
03:11:25 BEEN
03:11:28 INCREDIBLE TONIGHT, AND I'M ALWAYS
03:11:29 MOTIVATED
03:11:30 BY COMMUNITY ACTIVISM. RUN. RUN FOR
03:11:31 A COUNCIL
03:11:32 SEAT. BE SOMEBODY WHO'S A CHANGE MAKER. WE
03:11:34 ARE ALL
03:11:37 PART OF A MASSIVE MACHINE. AND
03:11:39 SORRY, I WISH MY DOCTORAL COHORT WAS
03:11:40 HERE,
03:11:42 MIGHT GET CREDIT FOR THIS TONIGHT,
03:11:43 BUT THE ONLY WAY
03:11:45 TO FIX A MACHINE FROM THE INSIDE OUT
03:11:46 IS TO BREAK IT. I
03:11:47 THINK ONE OF THE THINGS I REALIZED
03:11:49 TONIGHT IS WE DON'T GET
03:11:51 TO DO ENOUGH IN THIS. I HEARD REPEATEDLY
03:11:52 WE WANT TO
03:11:54 MAKE THE SECURITY OF ALL --MAKE SURE
03:11:55 THAT
03:11:58 WE SECURE THE SAFETY OF EVERYONE.
03:11:59 WE CANNOT
03:12:01 OFFER THAT TO YOU TONIGHT. WE ABSOLUTELY
03:12:02 CANNOT. WE
03:12:03 ARE IN A WEIRD TIME, AND FOR US TO
03:12:04 SAY THAT, AGAIN,
03:12:07 WOULD BE THE WORST THING WE CAN DO. BECAUSE
03:12:09 WE'RE GOING OF OVERCOMMIT AND UNDERDELIVER. WE
03:12:10 CAN
03:12:12 PUT A POLICY IN PLACE, BUT UNTIL THE
03:12:13 SYSTEM IS
03:12:15 CHANGED, THIS IS AS GOOD AS IT'S GOING
03:12:16 TO GET. WE
03:12:18 HAVE NO POWER TONIGHT. WHAT YOU'LL HOPEFULLY
03:12:19 SEE IS YOU HAD POWER AND YOU
03:12:20 CAME HERE AND FORCED ACTION, SO DO IT
03:12:22 ALL THE TIME. DO IT IN THE LITTLE
03:12:23 THINGS
03:12:24 TOO SO THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO GET
03:12:26 TO THIS THIS POINT AGAIN. BUT WITH
03:12:28 THAT, I WILL MAKE A MOTION BECAUSE
03:12:31 I DON'T WANT TO BE HERE
03:12:33 FOR ANOTHER FIVE HOUR, GOOD LUCK,
03:12:34 THOUGH,
03:12:37 TO TAKE THE RECOMMENDATION OF POLICY
03:12:39 056. I WOULD LIKE TO NOTE, COUNCILMEMBER
03:12:40 GONZALEZ
03:12:43 AND I DID NOT REALLY WRITE
03:12:45 --THIS POLICY WAS A RECOMMENDATION
03:12:46 GIVEN TO US BY COMMUNITY
03:12:49 MEMBERS SO. WE ARE HAPPY TO SAY THAT
03:12:50 THIS HOPEFULLY
03:12:51 VOCALIZED WHAT YOU NEEDED. AGAIN,
03:12:52 I WANT TO MAKE SPECIFICALLY
03:12:54 SURE THAT WE NOTE THAT THERE WILL
03:12:55 BE A --AN EFFORT
03:12:57 TO MAKE SURE WE ENGAGE YOU, THE EXPERTS
03:12:58 ON THE
03:13:01 FIELD, IN THIS. YES, THERE IS PROVISIONS
03:13:02 IN
03:13:04 BOTH POLICY 056 AND WHAT WE HAD IN
03:13:05 THERE
03:13:06 THAT THIS IS A CONTINUING CONVERSATION
03:13:07 AND THAT IT WILL BE
03:13:09 REVIEWED AND LOOKED AT FOR HOPEFULLY
03:13:10 A BETTER POLICY COMING UP
03:13:13 IN FIFA. SO WITH THAT, I WOULD
03:13:16 LIKE TO SUPPORT 056
03:13:18 WITH THE THREE AMENDED NOTATIONS AS
03:13:19 LISTED IN THERE, AND I WOULD
03:13:21 LIKE TO ALSO JUST POINT OUT ONE OF
03:13:22 THE THINGS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO FOCUS
03:13:25 ON IN THE REVIEW OF
03:13:27 THIS IS THE DATA ISSUE. THANK YOU.
03:13:28 >>
03:13:29 ALL
03:13:31 RIGHT. SO WE HAVE A MOTION
03:13:34 BY COUNCILMEMBER COX
03:13:37 AND SECONDED
03:13:41 BY COUNCILMEMBER CHAHAL. SO COMMENTS, COUNCILMEMBER JAIN?
03:13:49 >> SO I'M AN IMMIGRANT. I'M
03:13:50 A NATURALIZED U.S. CITIZEN. AND I'M
03:13:52 REALLY DISMAYED THAT THIS ADMINISTRATION
03:13:55 IS NOW LOOKING TO IGNORE
03:13:57 OR EVEN REVERSE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS
03:13:58 TO BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP AND
03:14:01 EVEN TO GO AS
03:14:04 FAR AS
03:14:07 REVOKING CITIZENSHIP OF NATURALIZED
03:14:09 CITIZENS. JUST APPALLING. THIS ADMINISTRATION
03:14:10 HAS BEEN
03:14:12 ARRESTING PEOPLE SIMPLY FOR EXPRESSING
03:14:13 THEIR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS
03:14:16 OF FREE SPEECH AND ARRESTING PEOPLE
03:14:17 WITHOUT
03:14:19 DUE PROCESS, EVEN
03:14:21 EXECUTING PEOPLE WITHOUT DUE PROCESS. THE
03:14:22 INHUMANE
03:14:25 TREATMENT OF PEOPLE IN
03:14:31 THE DETENTION CENTERS
03:14:33 IS SIMPLY UNIMAGINABLE. WES TALKED
03:14:36 ABOUT THE DETENTION OF JAPANESE AMERICANS
03:14:41 SIMPLY FOR WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE
03:14:43 AND WHAT THEIR ETHNIC ORIGINS, ARE
03:14:44 PUTTING THEM
03:14:49 IN LITERALLY CONCENTRATION CAMPS. AND
03:14:50 AS PEOPLE HAVE
03:14:52 EXPRESSED, WE KNOW THAT 35 PEOPLE
03:14:53 HAVE DIED IN THESE DETENTION
03:14:56 CENTERS AND NINE PEOPLE
03:14:59 HAVE BEEN KILLED IN PUBLIC. IT'S
03:15:01 JUST APPALLING TO ME WHAT'S HAPPENING,
03:15:05 THE LACK OF
03:15:08 TRAINING BY
03:15:11 I.C.E. OFFICIALS AND SO-CALLED
03:15:13 POLICE IS UNACCEPTABLE. SO I AM GLAD
03:15:15 THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING SOMETHING,
03:15:17 BUT YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD BE
03:15:18 LOOKING AT WHAT THE SAN JOSE SHARKS
03:15:20 ARE DOING, AND WE SHOULD
03:15:23 BE LOOKING AT WHAT THE CITY OF
03:15:26 CHICAGO IS DOING. SO WE CAN'T
03:15:27 DO THAT BEFORE SUPER BOWL. WE CAN
03:15:30 CERTAINLY LOOK AT THAT BEFORE FIFA. SO
03:15:32 THAT'S WHERE I
03:15:35 WANT US
03:15:38 TO GO NEXT.
03:15:39 >> THANK
03:15:42 YOU. COUNCILMEMBER CHAHAL?
03:15:43 >> THANK
03:15:44 YOU, MAYOR. SO THIS IS A POLICY DECISION,
03:15:46 AND WE ARE SUPPORTING THIS. I SECONDED
03:15:47 THE
03:15:50 MOTION BASICALLY, BUT IT'S
03:15:51 MUCH BROADER THAN THAT. AS COUNCILMEMBER
03:15:53 JAIN
03:15:54 MENTIONED, THERE ARE BLATANT HUMAN
03:15:56 RIGHTS VIOLATIONS HAPPENING
03:15:57 IN THE UNITED STATES. I COULD NEVER
03:15:59 HAVE IMAGINED WHEN I
03:16:02 CAME TO THE
03:16:05 UNITED STATES IN 1995, THE
03:16:07 COUNTRY HAD SO MUCH ETHICS AND RIGHTS
03:16:08 I
03:16:09 COULD NOT IMAGINE RIGHT NOW THAT THIS
03:16:11 IS
03:16:13 HAPPENING IN THE UNITED STATES. THIS
03:16:16 IS EYE OPENING, AND THIS IS ONE SMALL
03:16:19 STEP WE ARE TAKING AGAINST I.C.E.
03:16:21 REMEDIES, BASICALLY. WE ARE TRYING
03:16:23 TO FIX THAT. BUT WITH THE
03:16:24 CURRENT ADMINISTRATION, THERE ARE
03:16:26 MUCH
03:16:29 BROADER
03:16:32 ISSUES TO BE FIXED. AND
03:16:35 I'M SO CONCERNED BECAUSE IN
03:16:38 THIS COUNTRY, EVEN THE
03:16:41 JUDICIARY IS APPOINTED BY ADMINISTRATIONS,
03:16:43 DIFFERENT ADMINISTRATIONS. AND THAT
03:16:44 BEING
03:16:47 BIASSED, THE HIGHEST
03:16:49 COURT OF THIS LAND CAN BE BIASSED,
03:16:53 AND
03:16:56 THAT DOES NOT REFLECT GOOD, BASICALLY. SO
03:16:58 THIS IS NOT THE LAST TIME WE'LL BE,
03:16:59 AS MENTIONED,
03:17:01 THIS IS NOT THE LAST TIME WE'LL BE
03:17:02 VISITING
03:17:04 THIS THING. WE SHOULD HAVE ENOUGH
03:17:05 TIME TO
03:17:08 FIX OR IMPROVE
03:17:10 NOT ONLY THIS POLICY BUT WHEREVER
03:17:11 WE CAN PROTECT THE
03:17:14 HUMAN RIGHTS OF EACH AND
03:17:17 EVERY INDIVIDUAL,
03:17:20 IMMIGRANT, NONIMMIGRANT,
03:17:23 CITIZEN, A 5-YEAR-OLD KID,
03:17:25 OR WHO'S BEING DETAINED, SOMEBODY
03:17:26 INTERNED, JAPANESE
03:17:28 INTERNED, WE MUST RESPECT AND LEARN
03:17:29 FROM HISTORY. WHEN WE LOSE OUR
03:17:32 FREEDOM, WE ARE NOT JUST LOSING ONE
03:17:33 PERSON'S FREEDOM, WE ARE LOSING --
03:17:35 THE WHOLE SYSTEM IS TRYING
03:17:38 TO DEFEAT EACH ONE OF
03:17:41 US. SO THAT FREEDOM, LOSING
03:17:47 THE FREEDOM, LOUIS ING
03:17:50 LOSING
03:17:53 OF RIGHTS --YOU AND
03:17:56 ME WILL
03:17:58 BE IMPACTED. SOONER OR LATER IT WILL
03:18:02 BE
03:18:04 IMPACTING ALL OF US. THAT'S THE BEAUTY. PRESIDENT
03:18:05 LINCOLN
03:18:08 OR
03:18:10 PRESIDENT WASHINGTON, THEY SET UP THIS
03:18:11 CONSTITUTION. PRESIDENT WASHINGTON,
03:18:12 WE HAVE
03:18:13 THAT CONSTITUTION, AND WE HAVE FUNDAMENTAL
03:18:14 RIGHTS AS
03:18:16 PER OUR CONSTITUTION. AND WHEN THEY
03:18:17 COME INTO PLAY
03:18:20 BEING VIOLATED, IT MEANS A LOT. IT
03:18:22 SHOULD NOT BE ACCEPTED. AND IT'S TIME
03:18:23 FOR
03:18:26 US, ALL OF US, TO
03:18:28 AT LEAST MAKE SURE NOT ONLY THIS I.C.E.
03:18:29 THING BUT
03:18:32 ALL THE HUMAN
03:18:35 RIGHTS, FREEDOM OF
03:18:38 SPEECH, FREEDOM OF OTHER --OUR
03:18:41 AMENDMENTS, THEY
03:18:44 SHOULD BE RESPECTED. AND THE EXPERIENCE
03:18:47 WE GET FROM DIFFERENT
03:18:48 ADMINISTRATIONS TEACHES, OKAY, WHAT THIS
03:18:50 ADMINISTRATION HAS DONE WRONG AND
03:18:51 WHAT
03:18:52 CAN WE FIX BASICALLY. WE NEVER WANTED
03:18:53 TO HAVE A WAR
03:18:55 WITH IRAQ. LIKE THAT WAS A BLUNDER. WE
03:18:56 LOST BILLIONS AND TRILLIONS
03:18:59 OF DOLLARS OVER THERE,
03:19:00 RIGHT? SO WE LEARNED FROM IT. BUT
03:19:02 HOW WE CAN FIX THOSE
03:19:05 THINGS. AND THIS IS A BASIC FORM
03:19:07 OF GOVERNMENT, AT THE VERY LOWEST
03:19:08 FORM
03:19:10 OF GOVERNMENT. AND EVERYTHING STARTS
03:19:11 FROM HERE. ALL
03:19:13 OF YOU ARE SPEAKING HERE. YOU DON'T
03:19:14 HAVE A PRIVILEGE
03:19:16 TO SPEAK TO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN
03:19:17 WASHINGTON, D.C.,
03:19:19 BUT WE CAN HEAR DIRECTLY FROM YOU
03:19:20 ALL WHAT WE NEED
03:19:23 TO FIX, BASICALLY. AND
03:19:26 WE SHOULD BE TAKING ACTION BY GRASSROOTS
03:19:29 SUPPORT
03:19:32 AND BY COMING
03:19:34 FROM GRASSROOTS. AND I GIVE CREDIT
03:19:35 TO
03:19:37 COUNCILMEMBER PARK FOR BRINGING THIS
03:19:38 THING. IT WAS THE LAST MOMENT,
03:19:41 BUT I GIVE CREDIT TO COUNCILMEMBER
03:19:42 PARK FOR
03:19:44 BRINGING THIS
03:19:47 THING. SO MUCH CREDIT TO HIM. AND
03:19:50 AS I JUST WAS
03:19:52 NOTING DOWN, I MET FORMER SECRETARY NORMAN
03:19:53 AND HE
03:19:56 WAS TELLING ALL THE STORIES ABOUT
03:19:59 HIS INTERNSHIP IN THE JAPANESE INTERNMENT
03:20:01 CAMPS BASICALLY. IF YOU HAVE PEOPLE
03:20:02 LIKE NORMAN WHO
03:20:05 COULD DO SO MUCH WONDERS, HE'S SO
03:20:06 WELL
03:20:07 RESPECTED PERSON NOT ONLY IN THE BAY
03:20:08 AREA BUT THE WHOLE
03:20:11 OF A COUNTRY, IF IMMIGRANTS CAN ADD
03:20:12 SO MUCH
03:20:14 VALUE TO THE SYSTEM, THEY MUST
03:20:17 BE RESPECTED, THEY MUST BE TAKEN
03:20:20 EQUAL AS OTHER HUMAN --OTHER CITIZENS OF THIS
03:20:21 COUNTRY. AND WE HAVE
03:20:23 TO RESPECT ALL
03:20:26 OF THAT. AND WITH THAT, I WILL SUPPORT
03:20:27 THIS MOTION,
03:20:29 AND I WILL URGE THAT WE NOT ONLY STOP
03:20:31 OVER THERE BUT WE BRING IT BACK IF
03:20:33 WE
03:20:34 ARE HAVING ANY OTHER SUGGESTIONS. PLEASE
03:20:36 DO NOT STOP OVER
03:20:39 HERE AS
03:20:41 A RESIDENT TOO. IF YOU NEED TO SEND
03:20:42 US SOME SUGGESTIONS, SEND SUGGESTIONS
03:20:45 SO WE CAN IMPROVE
03:20:48 ON THIS THING. THANK YOU.
03:20:49 >>
03:20:50 THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER HARDY?
03:20:51 >>
03:20:52 THANK YOU. I WANT TO
03:20:53 MAKE IT REAL CLEAR WHO IS I WAS REFERENCING
03:20:54 WAS
03:20:56 NOT A GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL BUT THE
03:20:57 NFL
03:20:58 SECURITY DIRECTOR. THAT WAS COMING
03:21:00 DIRECTLY FROM THE
03:21:01 NFL, NOT ANY GOVERNMENT AGENCY. ALSO,
03:21:02 I WILL SAY I TAUGHT AT WILCOX HIGH
03:21:06 SCHOOL FOR MANY YEAR, AND WE
03:21:09 HAD 52 NATIVE LANGUAGES. IT WAS
03:21:11 LIKE TEACHING AT THE UNITED NATIONS.
03:21:12 AND IT
03:21:14 WAS WONDERFUL. AND I LOVED THAT. MY
03:21:15 ONE
03:21:18 CONCERN --I WILL ALSO SAY, I
03:21:21 MENTIONED IT BEFORE, I GO TO
03:21:24 CHURCH IN SPANISH. [
03:21:26 SPEAKING NON-ENGLISH ] FOR THE LAST
03:21:30 TEN YEARS. AND I
03:21:33 TALK TO PEOPLE. AND MY CONCERN
03:21:36 IS WHEN WE
03:21:39 OPERATE IN FEAR, WE
03:21:42 MAKE BAD
03:21:44 DECISIONS. WE CANNOT BE AFRAID, BECAUSE
03:21:45 WHEN YOU OPERATE
03:21:47 IN FEAR, YOU HAVE GIVEN THE POWER
03:21:48 AWAY
03:21:51 TO SOMEONE ELSE
03:21:54 TO CONTROL
03:21:57 YOU. AND YOU CAN'T DO THAT. YOU
03:22:00 HAVE TO BE STRONG ABOUT
03:22:03 YOUR BELIEFS. I STARTED OUT
03:22:06 IN 1992 FIGHTING CITY HALL
03:22:08 OVER A CARD ROOM. DIDN'T FEEL LIKE THEY
03:22:11 LISTENED, AND SO WE WENT AND GATHERED
03:22:13 ENOUGH SIGNATURES AND OVERTURNED THAT. AND
03:22:15 YOU NOTICE THERE'S NO CARD ROOM
03:22:18 IN TOWN BECAUSE THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE
03:22:19 DIDN'T
03:22:20 WANT THAT. I WANT TO MAKE CERTAIN
03:22:21 I
03:22:24 HAVE NO TROUBLE
03:22:27 WITH THE POLICY 056, BUT I --
03:22:30 WHEN I READ
03:22:33 THESE POINTS, IT SAYS A CLEAR IMPLEMENTATION
03:22:35 TIMELINE IDENTIFYING WHAT CAN BE EXECUTED
03:22:36 IMMEDIATELY AND
03:22:39 WHAT
03:22:41 CAN REQUIRE ADDITIONAL STAFFING OR
03:22:42 RESOURCES. THAT ISN'T FOR
03:22:44 RIGHT NOW. THAT WOULD BE FOR WHAT
03:22:48 WE CAN LOOK AT. GUIDANCE ON EMPLOYEE TRAINING
03:22:51 RELATED TO STAFF SITE PROTOCOLS AND
03:22:53 REPORTED PROCEDURES. THAT'S DOWN THE
03:22:54 ROAD. A
03:22:55 PUBLIC SPEAKING SUMMARY OF LESSONS
03:22:57 LEARNED FROM SUPER BOWL
03:22:59 OPERATIONS TO INFORM PREPARATION FOR
03:23:00 THE UPCOMING
03:23:03 FIFA WORLD CUP. THAT'S ALSO DOWN
03:23:05 THE ROAD. SO I WANT TO MAKE CERTAIN I'M
03:23:06 CLEAR
03:23:09 ON THIS MOTION THAT IT'S FOR
03:23:12 THE 056 AND THAT
03:23:14 WE CAN HAVE OUR STAFF, ESPECIALLY
03:23:15 OUR CITY ATTORNEY,
03:23:18 LOOK OVER THIS TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT
03:23:21 WE ARE HANDLING IT
03:23:23 CORRECTLY. AND THAT WE ARE NOT OVERSTEPPING
03:23:24 OUR
03:23:27 BOUNDARIES BUT WE'RE WITHIN THAT,
03:23:28 BECAUSE
03:23:29 THESE WERE SUGGESTIONS --I'M NOT SAYING
03:23:30 THEY'RE BAD, I'M
03:23:32 SAYING THEY HAVEN'T BEEN VETTED, AND
03:23:33 THAT'S MY WORRY.
03:23:34 >> JUST
03:23:36 FOR CLARIFICATION, DOES NOT THE MOTION
03:23:37 INCLUDE THOSE
03:23:38 SUGGESTIONS, YEAH, OKAY, I JUST WANT
03:23:39 TO MAKE
03:23:42 SURE THAT WAS
03:23:43 CLEAR. THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER PARK?
03:23:44 >>
03:23:45 SO I MEAN,
03:23:47 TO RESPOND TO THAT, I SAY OPERATING IN FEAR
03:23:48 FOR
03:23:49 MANY IS NOT A CHOICE. I THINK OPERATING
03:23:51 IN FEAR FOR A LOT OF
03:23:53 PEOPLE IS CALLED HOW WE MAKE IT THROUGH
03:23:54 THE
03:23:55 DAY. AND AGAIN, IT'S NOT EVEN REALLY
03:23:57 ABOUT THIS POLICY. I MEAN, TO BE
03:23:59 HONEST, PEOPLE HAVE SAID THIS. I THINK THE
03:24:00 CITY ATTORNEY
03:24:03 SAID THIS, WHICH IS THAT PEOPLE THINK
03:24:04 THAT
03:24:06 THIS POLICY IS GOING TO PROTECT PEOPLE
03:24:07 AGAINST I.C.E., THAT'S NOT EVEN --
03:24:09 THAT'S NOT EVEN
03:24:10 WHAT THIS POLICY CAN DO. I MEAN, THAT'S
03:24:12 A
03:24:14 LITTLE BIT OF THE TRUTH, UNFORTUNATELY,
03:24:15 BUT IT'S REALLY
03:24:17 ABOUT COMING TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY
03:24:18 TO SHOW --
03:24:20 TO MEET ALL THE OTHER PEOPLE HERE
03:24:21 THAT
03:24:23 FEEL THE SAME WAY THAT YOU DO TO SHOW
03:24:24 THAT WE HAVE A
03:24:26 LOT OF SUPPORT TO MAKE A STATEMENT. I'VE
03:24:27 BEEN TOLD
03:24:29 MANY TIMES THAT, WELL, WE HAVE TO
03:24:30 BE A LITTLE BIT
03:24:32 CAREFUL AS THE HOST CITY, BECAUSE
03:24:33 WHAT WE SAY
03:24:35 WILL BE AMPLIFIED EVEN MORE. AND I
03:24:36 THINK, WELL, THAT'S EXACTLY
03:24:39 THE REASON WHY WE NEED TO MAKE A
03:24:41 STATEMENT. BECAUSE IF WE ARE NOT MAKING A
03:24:42 STATEMENT TO
03:24:44 BE AMPLIFIED, YOU KNOW, TO GO OUT,
03:24:45 THEN
03:24:48 WHAT ARE WE DOING HERE? I MEAN, IT'S
03:24:49 REALLY
03:24:51 ABOUT TRUST. I MEAN, WE'VE HAD
03:24:54 A LOT OF MEMBERS TELL US
03:24:56 THAT, WELL, IF I.C.E. ISN'T COMING ANYWAY,
03:24:57 THERE'S NO REASON
03:24:59 NOT TO PASS THESE. WE HEARD THAT IT'S NOT EVEN
03:25:00 ABOUT --EVEN
03:25:03 IF SUPER BOWL DID NOT EXIST, WE WOULD
03:25:06 NEED POLICIES LIKE THIS TO KEEP THE
03:25:07 COMMUNITY
03:25:08 SAFE. I THINK SHE SAID LAST TIME ABOUT
03:25:09 POKING THE BEAR,
03:25:12 I MEAN, I'M SORRY, BUT A LOT OF US
03:25:14 ARE POKING THE BEAR SIMPLY BY BREATHING
03:25:15 AND
03:25:18 BEING HERE. LIKE WE'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING
03:25:19 TO
03:25:20 ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO COME. I MADE THE
03:25:21 ANALOGY ABOUT THE RADIO, WHICH
03:25:24 IS RADIO WAVES
03:25:27 ARE RIGHT HERE IN THIS ROOM. HOW DO
03:25:28 WE
03:25:29 DETECT THEM? WE TURN ON A RADIO AND
03:25:32 WE HEAR THE RADIO. THE RADIO DIDN'T
03:25:33 CAUSE THE RADIO
03:25:36 WAVES TO APPEAR. THEY WERE ALWAYS
03:25:37 HERE. WE
03:25:39 USED THE RADIO TO SHOW THE WAVES WERE
03:25:40 HERE. THE
03:25:41 THINGS GOING ON IN THE COMMUNITY, THEY
03:25:42 HAVE BEEN HERE ALL THIS
03:25:44 TIME. AND FOR THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE
03:25:45 NOT BEEN EXPERIENCING THEM,
03:25:48 FOR THE PEOPLE WHO
03:25:51 HAVE NOT --WHO THINK, WELL, EVERYTHING'S
03:25:52 ALREADY GOOD, LET'S NOT
03:25:54 CAUSE THINGS TO BE BAD, I DON'T THINK
03:25:55 YOU ACTUALLY UNDERSTAND,
03:25:56 I DON'T THINK YOU'RE ACTUALLY DOING
03:25:57 THE JOB OF REPRESENTING THE PEOPLE
03:26:00 AND UNDERSTANDING WHAT PEOPLE ARE
03:26:02 GOING THROUGH ON A DAILY BASIS. THERE WERE
03:26:03 QUESTIONS ABOUT, WELL,
03:26:06 WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR HOSPITALS
03:26:07 ARE SAFE. HOSPITALS
03:26:08 ARE OFTEN PRIVATE PLACES, BUT I THINK
03:26:09 THIS IS A BIG
03:26:12 QUESTION. WHAT CAN WE DO
03:26:14 FOR HOSPITAL SPACES? I'M REALLY SAD
03:26:15 THAT
03:26:18 THE PEOPLE IN FRONT LEFT. THEY LEFT
03:26:19 --IT'S GETTING
03:26:20 LATE --BUT THEY ACTUALLY HAD A SIGN
03:26:22 THAT SAID
03:26:24 --I DON'T KNOW IF PEOPLE SAW IT --
03:26:28 I.C.E. OUT. I THINK THIS IS A
03:26:29 REFERENCE TO BAD BUNNY. PEOPLE KEEP
03:26:30 SAYING THAT EVERYONE'S GOING TO BE
03:26:31 LOOKING AT WHAT
03:26:32 CITY COUNCIL'S DOING. I'M GOING TO
03:26:34 SAY, I'M
03:26:35 SORRY, I THINK THAT MILLIONS MORE
03:26:37 WILL BE LOOKING
03:26:38 AN AT THE HALFTIME SHOW, AND MILLIONS
03:26:40 MORE WILL BE
03:26:43 --YOU KNOW, WHAT HAPPENS IN
03:26:44 THIS COUNCIL, I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW
03:26:46 HOW MANY PEOPLE
03:26:47 ARE GOING TO SEE IT. BUT I KNOW FOR
03:26:49 CERTAIN THAT MILLIONS
03:26:52 OF PEOPLE WILL SEE AND HAVE
03:26:55 SEEN ALREADY MESSAGES BY THE
03:26:58 HALFTIME ACT. RIGHT? I THINK THAT
03:27:01 BAD BUNNY SAID IN SIX LETTERS,
03:27:07 YOU KNOW, TOLD A
03:27:08 BETTER CONTEMPORARY STORY THAN ERNEST
03:27:09 HEMMINGWAY WAS GIVEN CREDIT FOR IN
03:27:10 SIX WORDS. AND
03:27:13 I THINK WE NEED TO TELL THE
03:27:14 SAME STORY. AND WE DON'T NECESSARILY
03:27:16 TELL THE STORY
03:27:19 BECAUSE WE'VE EXPERIENCED IT OURSELVES,
03:27:20 BUT WE TELL THE STORY BECAUSE PEOPLE
03:27:22 IN OUR COMMUNITY HAVE TOLD
03:27:24 US THIS IS WHAT'S HAPPENING. AND IF
03:27:25 WE DON'T
03:27:27 BELIEVE THE RESIDENTS, IF WE'RE GOING
03:27:28 TO, YOU
03:27:30 KNOW, NOT PROTECT THE RESIDENTS THAT
03:27:31 SAY THAT THEY'RE
03:27:33 FEELING, THEN WHAT IS OUR ROLE AS
03:27:34 PUBLIC
03:27:37 REPRESENTATIVES? I MEAN, WE ARE NOT
03:27:38 THE LEADERS, THE QUEENS AND KINGS
03:27:40 OF THIS COUNTY OF
03:27:41 ANY JURISDICTION, WE ARE CIVIL SERVANTS. AND AT
03:27:43 SOME POINT IT IS NOT
03:27:46 OUR JOB TO REPLACE YOUR FEARS
03:27:49 WITH OUR, YOU KNOW, WITH OUR CONFIDENCE. IT
03:27:51 IS FOR US TO UNDERSTAND THE FEAR IN
03:27:52 THE
03:27:53 COMMUNITY AND ADDRESS THE FEARS THAT
03:27:55 ARE THERE EVEN
03:27:57 IF WE DO NOT FEEL THEM OURSELVES. IN
03:27:58 MY
03:28:00 PARTICULAR CASE, I DO UNDERSTAND THESE
03:28:01 FEARS. I HAVE
03:28:04 PEOPLE IN MY FAMILY THAT
03:28:06 ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THIS. NOT HERE
03:28:07 IN THE
03:28:08 CITY BUT ELSEWHERE. AND I THINK THAT
03:28:10 AT SOME POINT I
03:28:11 CAN TELL THEM, LIKE CHILDREN, OH,
03:28:13 DON'T WORRY, EVERYTHING'S GOING
03:28:15 TO BE FINE, BUT THEY'RE NOT CHILDREN. AND
03:28:16 AT SOME
03:28:19 POINT WE NEED TO START
03:28:21 TREATING THE PEOPLE AROUND US, TREATING
03:28:25 OUR CITIZENS AS IF THEY'RE
03:28:27 NOT CHILDREN, TAKING THEM SERIOUSLY AS
03:28:28 TO WHAT
03:28:29 THEY'RE COMING TO US FOR. PEOPLE SAY
03:28:31 THAT I.C.E. IS NOT HERE, BUT
03:28:33 WE'VE JUST HEARD FROM PEOPLE WHO DEAL,
03:28:34 FROM
03:28:36 RAPID RESPONSE, YOU KNOW, I THINK
03:28:37 THAT PEOPLE WHO
03:28:38 DON'T TRUST THE GOVERNMENTS AREN'T
03:28:40 GOING TO CALL THE
03:28:43 GOVERNMENTS FOR HELP. I THINK
03:28:45 THEY'RE GOING TO CALL THE ORGANIZATIONS
03:28:46 THAT
03:28:48 ARE THERE TO HELP IMMIGRANTS RUN BY
03:28:49 IMMIGRANTS. AND
03:28:52 IF WE DON'T BELIEVE THOSE
03:28:55 ORGANIZATIONS, THEN YOU KNOW,
03:28:58 I
03:28:59 THINK THAT'S ANOTHER LEVEL OF PRIVILEGE
03:29:01 THAT IS BURYING THIS ISSUE. SO
03:29:03 I DON'T WANT TO TALK TOO MUCH, BECAUSE
03:29:04 I HAVE SO MUCH
03:29:05 I WOULD LIKE TO SAY FOR THE PEOPLE
03:29:07 THAT ARE TALKING ABOUT, WELL,
03:29:09 YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE GOING FREE. WE
03:29:10 ARE
03:29:12 LETTING CHAOS IN THE STREETS. NO. I
03:29:13 MEAN, THE
03:29:16 PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT
03:29:18 BLACKSTONE'S RATIO. IT SAYS WE WOULD
03:29:19 RATHER THAT TEN
03:29:21 PEOPLE, TEN GUILTY PEOPLE GO FREE
03:29:22 THAN
03:29:23 ONE INNOCENT PERSON SUFFER. AND I DON'T
03:29:25 THINK PEOPLE HAVE LOOKED
03:29:28 AT THE REASONS FOR THIS. I THINK THAT
03:29:31 JOHN ADAMS, THE REASON FOR THIS IS,
03:29:34 IF WE ARE OKAY WITH INNOCENT PEOPLE
03:29:36 SUFFERING, THEN THERE IS NO REASON
03:29:37 FOR ANYONE
03:29:39 TO BE INNOCENT. IF THERE IS NO ADVANTAGE
03:29:40 FOR
03:29:43 BEING GOOD, IF THERE IS NO
03:29:45 ADVANTAGE FOR US BEING LAW-ABIDING
03:29:46 CITIZENS, THEN AT SOME
03:29:49 POINT, THERE
03:29:50 WILL BE FEWER LAW-ABIDING CITIZENS,
03:29:52 RIGHT? I
03:29:55 HAVE BEEN TOLD WE HAD A MEETING
03:29:57 YESTERDAY BASICALLY I THINK TO DO
03:29:58 PR AROUND WHY THIS
03:30:01 CITY SHOULD NOT HAVE A STRONG
03:30:04 MESSAGE BECAUSE WE WILL BE INCITING
03:30:05 VIOLENCE
03:30:07 HERE. AND I FEAR ABOUT --I FEAR
03:30:10 THAT TOO. BUT WHAT I FEAR IS SOMETHING
03:30:12 HAPPENING AND US NOT SAYING A DARN
03:30:13 THING. I THINK THAT
03:30:16 WE NEED TO LOOK AT THE LENS OF
03:30:19 HISTORY AND SAY IN THIS MOMENT, YOU
03:30:20 KNOW, WHAT
03:30:22 DID WE DO, PEOPLE HAVE
03:30:25 SAID, WELL, ALL LIVES. WHY ARE
03:30:28 WE PROMOTING BROWN LIVES AND IMMIGRANT
03:30:29 LIVES? AND
03:30:30 I'LL TELL YOU WHY, BECAUSE A, SOMEBODY
03:30:31 SAID IT, WE'RE ALL
03:30:32 IN THIS TOGETHER. WHAT HAPPENS TO
03:30:34 ONE HAPPENS TO ALL OF US. AND TO
03:30:37 BE HONEST, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY NATIVE
03:30:38 AMERICANS THERE
03:30:40 ARE HERE, BUT ALL OF
03:30:43 US
03:30:46 ARE IMMIGRANTS. ALL OF US
03:30:49 ARE IMMIGRANTS. SO I FULLY SUPPORT
03:30:52 THIS. I AM ALSO GOING TO ADD I WOULD
03:30:53 LIKE SOME
03:30:54 TIMES THAT WE COME BACK TO REVISIT. I
03:30:55 KNOW THAT WE'VE GOT
03:30:57 THEM IN OUR MINDS, BUT I WOULD LIKE
03:30:58 TO MAKE SURE THAT
03:31:01 THE PEOPLE HERE AND THE PEOPLE
03:31:03 OUTSIDE KNOW WHEN THE NEXT MEETINGS
03:31:04 ARE TO GO OVER WHAT
03:31:06 WE LEARNED FROM THE SUPER BOWL, TO
03:31:07 GO OVER WHAT WE'VE
03:31:10 LEARNED, YOU KNOW, NOT JUST FOR FIFA
03:31:11 BUT GOING FORWARD. I MEAN,
03:31:12 SOMEBODY ELSE SAID THIS IS A LONG-TERM
03:31:13 ISSUE. THIS IS
03:31:15 NOT ABOUT SUPER BOWL. SUPER BOWL IS
03:31:16 THE REASON THAT WE'RE BRINGING IT
03:31:17 UP,
03:31:19 BUT SUPER BOWL IS NOT THE REASON THAT
03:31:20 WE
03:31:21 HAVE TO TALK ABOUT THIS. RIGHT? THE
03:31:22 REASONS THAT WE
03:31:25 HAVE TO TALK ABOUT THIS WERE BROUGHT
03:31:26 TO THIS
03:31:28 CITY, NOT
03:31:31 BY THE SUPER BOWL, BUT BECAUSE,
03:31:33 YOU KNOW, OUR BASIC VALUES, THE MAKEUP
03:31:34 OF THIS COUNTRY IS UNDER
03:31:37 ATTACK, AND IF WE SAY NOTHING,
03:31:40 YOU KNOW, WHO'S
03:31:43 GOING TO SPEAK FOR US
03:31:46 LATER? THANK
03:31:48 YOU.
03:31:49 >> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER GONZALEZ? >>
03:31:50 THANK YOU, MADAME
03:31:52 MAYOR. I'LL TRY TO KEEP IT SHORT. BUT
03:31:54 BASICALLY WANT TO THANK THE PUBLIC
03:31:55 FOR BEING HERE AND SPEAKING AND
03:31:57 REALLY TRYING TO ADDRESS AND TRYING TO
03:31:58 PUSH US TO DO
03:32:01 THE RIGHT THING. I
03:32:04 THINK THAT SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, LISTENING
03:32:05 TO OUR DECISIONS
03:32:06 IS SOMETHING THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT. I
03:32:07 CAN TELL YOU THAT
03:32:11 IN DISTRICT ONE
03:32:13 WE HAVE A, YOU KNOW, FOLKS WHO MIGHT
03:32:15 BE BETTER OFF AND SOME WHO ARE NOT. I
03:32:17 CAN TELL YOU
03:32:20 THAT'S THERE'S PEOPLE THAT I'VE
03:32:22 TALKED TO WHO ARE A LITTLE BIT AFRAID
03:32:23 -- NOT A
03:32:25 LITTLE BIT, AFRAID TO BE IN DISTRICT BECAUSE
03:32:26 OF
03:32:27 THE ACTIVITY THAT'S CONCENTRATED IN
03:32:29 THAT AREA. SO DEFINITELY
03:32:31 THIS IS SOMETHING THAT EVEN THOUGH
03:32:32 WE CAN'T GUARANTEE PEOPLE'S SAFETY,
03:32:34 BUT WE CAN TRY TO MOVE TO MAKE SURE
03:32:37 THAT WE DON'T USE OUR RESOURCES AGAINST
03:32:40 THEM. AND I WANT TO THANK THE CITY
03:32:41 STAFF
03:32:43 FOR TRYING TO GET THIS FROM FRONT
03:32:47 OF US AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. I
03:32:49 KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT ON THEIR PLATES,
03:32:50 AND
03:32:52 AS WE WORK TO PROVIDE THE SAFETY FOR
03:32:55 OUR RESIDENTS AND OUR VISITORS, THAT'S
03:32:56 SOMETHING THAT'S
03:32:57 IMPORTANT. YOU KNOW, OUR CHIEF OF
03:32:59 POLICE WAS AT
03:33:01 8:00 A.M. UP IN SAN FRANCISCO, SO
03:33:02 I
03:33:05 KNOW HE'S WORKING HARD TO MAKE
03:33:07 SURE THAT OUR RESIDENTS ARE SAFE AND
03:33:10 THAT HE'S GOING TO NOT ONLY COMPLY
03:33:11 -- HE'S NOT
03:33:12 ONLY COMPLYING WITH THE CALIFORNIA VALUES ACT
03:33:14 AND THE
03:33:17 TRUST ACT THAT WAS PASSED IN
03:33:20 2014. SO JUST WANT TO
03:33:22 THANK THE COUNCIL FOR SUPPORTING THIS. I
03:33:23 KNOW THAT
03:33:25 I WOULD HOPE TO GET A UNANIMOUS VOTE. I
03:33:26 THINK
03:33:28 WE'LL GET THERE. IT'S NOT PERFECT. WE'RE MOVING
03:33:29 FORWARD. WE'RE
03:33:31 GOING TO BE COLLABORATING IN THE FUTURE. THIS
03:33:32 IS
03:33:34 MUCH MORE THAN JUST THE STADIUM, THE
03:33:35 EVENT ZONE,
03:33:36 BUT THE CITY. IT'S A REGIONAL EFFORT. I
03:33:38 THINK THAT WE SUPPORT EACH
03:33:41 OTHER AND WE NEED TO KEEP
03:33:42 THIS COMMUNICATION. IF IT'S A NEW
03:33:44 COMMUNICATION THAT SOME
03:33:46 PEOPLE FIND, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE
03:33:47 DESPERATELY HAVE TO
03:33:49 MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE THIS AND
03:33:50 IMPROVE
03:33:52 ON THIS AND REALLY MOVE FORWARD TO DO
03:33:53 THAT. AND AS
03:33:56 FAR AS NATIVE AMERICAN, I
03:33:59 DO
03:34:01 CONSIDER MYSELF NATIVE AMERICAN, COUNCILMEMBER
03:34:02 PARK.
03:34:03 >>
03:34:05 COUNCILMEMBER HARDY?
03:34:06 >> THANK YOU. I
03:34:07 JUST WANT TO, SPEAKING TO THE MOTION,
03:34:11 ASK THE CITY ATTORNEY IF HE IS COMFORTABLE
03:34:12 WITH WHAT THOSE THREE BULLET POINTS
03:34:14 FROM A
03:34:16 LEGAL POINT OF VIEW.
03:34:17 >> MADAME MAYOR? >>
03:34:18 YES.
03:34:19 >> WE'VE BEEN
03:34:20 TALKING ABOUT THAT HERE WITH THE CITY
03:34:21 MANAGER AND HOW
03:34:23 BEST TO KIND OF TRANSLATE THOSE
03:34:26 ITEMS, YOU
03:34:28 KNOW, INTO THE RESOLUTION AND THE
03:34:29 POLICY. IF YOU DON'T
03:34:31 MIND, I HAVE MORE SPECIFIC LANGUAGE
03:34:32 TO ACCOMPLISH THAT.
03:34:33 >> WE'RE NOT
03:34:34 GOING TO BE WORDSMITHING THIS NOW,
03:34:38 ARE WE?
03:34:39 >> IT'S PRETTY STRAIGHT FORWARD
03:34:40 WORDSMITHING,
03:34:41 MAYOR.
03:34:42 >> OKAY. >> THAT HELPS US UNDERSTAND
03:34:43 THE NATURE OF WHAT'S BEING REQUESTED,
03:34:44 AND WE
03:34:45 ARE COMFORTABLE WITH THESE PROPOSED
03:34:47 CHANGES.
03:34:48 >> I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE
03:34:49 THE MAKER OF THE MOTION AND THE SECOND
03:34:50 ARE GOING
03:34:51 TO BE COMFORTABLE.
03:34:52 >> ME TOO, THAT'S
03:34:53 WHY I WANT TO SAY
03:34:55 IT OUT LOUD. A COUPLE CHANGES, IN
03:34:56 THE
03:34:58 RESOLUTION AND POLICY ITSELF. FIRST
03:34:59 OF ALL
03:35:01 IN THE RESOLUTION, ITEM TWO OF THE
03:35:02 RESOLUTION WHICH
03:35:04 APPROVES THE POLICY SAYS STAFF IS
03:35:05 DIRECTED
03:35:07 TO TAKE SUCH ACTION, OTHER ACTIONS,
03:35:08 AS
03:35:11 ARE NECESSARY TO IMPLEMENT THE POLICY. CONSULTING
03:35:12 WITH THE CITY MANAGER, HE'S COMFORTABLE
03:35:14 WITH ADDING THE WORD IMMEDIATELY AT
03:35:16 THE END OF THAT. HE IS OKAY WITH PROCEEDING
03:35:17 WITH
03:35:19 THESE THINGS IMMEDIATELY, AND IN FACT,
03:35:20 HAS
03:35:21 BEEN STAGING, YOU KNOW, THE POSSIBILITY,
03:35:23 YOU KNOW,
03:35:26 FOR
03:35:29 THAT WHILE YOU'VE BEEN TALKING. THE
03:35:32 --SECONDLY, WE'D LIKE TO ADD AN
03:35:35 ITEM THREE, A NEW ITEM
03:35:37 THREE, TO THE RESOLUTION THAT INCORPORATES
03:35:38 ANOTHER ONE
03:35:41 OF YOUR ITEMS BUT WITH SLIGHTLY
03:35:42 MODIFIED LANGUAGE. STAFF SHALL RETURN
03:35:44 TO COUNCIL WITH A REPORT PRESENTED
03:35:47 AT A PUBLIC MEETING WITH, ONE, A
03:35:49 SUMMARY OF LESSONS LEARNED FROM SUPER
03:35:50 BOWL
03:35:51 OPERATIONS TO INFORM PREPARATION FOR
03:35:53 THE UPCOMING FIFA WORLD CUP, AND I'VE
03:35:55 ADDED SOME WORDS HERE, UNDERSTANDING
03:35:56 THE
03:35:58 NEED FOR CONFIDENTIALITY OF CERTAIN
03:35:59 SECURITY-RELATED MATTERS. DON'T WANT
03:36:01 THE IMPRESSION THAT IT'S ALL THE LESSONS
03:36:02 ARE GOING TO BE PUBLIC BUT
03:36:04 THAT THERE WILL BE A PUBLIC PRESENTATION
03:36:05 ON THAT. NUMBER
03:36:07 TWO, BASED ON WHAT I HEARD, AND I
03:36:08 BELIEVE ACCEPTED BY THE
03:36:11 MAKER OF THE MOTION AND
03:36:14 THE SECOND, INFORMATION REGARDING
03:36:15 DATA SHARING POLICIES. AND NUMBER
03:36:17 THREE, OPPORTUNITIES FOR
03:36:19 UPDATES OR REFINEMENTS TO THE APPROVED
03:36:22 POLICY 056. SO I THINK THAT INCORPORATES
03:36:23 MOST
03:36:25 OF IT. ONE OTHER MINOR CHANGE, MADAME
03:36:26 MAYOR, TO
03:36:29 THE POLICY ITSELF THAT
03:36:31 WOULD IMPLEMENT, IN MY UNDERSTANDING
03:36:32 OF BULLET
03:36:33 TWO, GUIDANCE ON EMPLOYEE TRAINING
03:36:35 RELATED TO SAFE SITE PROTOCOLS AND
03:36:37 REPORTING PROCEDURES, THERE IS A PROVISION
03:36:38 FOR
03:36:41 THAT IN MANY
03:36:42 THE POLICY ITSELF. ITEM B, IMPLEMENTATION
03:36:44 ENFORCEMENT, SO PARAGRAPH FOUR, IT
03:36:45 TALKS
03:36:46 ABOUT THE PROCEDURES FOR CITY EMPLOYEES
03:36:47 REPORTING
03:36:49 THINGS. I WOULD ADD A PROVISION THAT
03:36:50 SAYS PROVIDE TRAINING AND
03:36:53 A PROCEDURE FOR CITY EMPLOYEES TO
03:36:56 REPORT, YOU KNOW, THESE MATTERS. SO
03:36:57 I
03:36:59 THINK THAT INCORPORATES THE CONCEPTS
03:37:00 IN YOUR
03:37:01 LETTER. WANTED TO MAKE IT SPECIFIC
03:37:02 TO THE RESOLUTION AND
03:37:03 THE POLICY. THANK YOU, MADAME MAYOR.
03:37:04 >>
03:37:05 I'M GOING TO CHECK WITH THE MAKER
03:37:06 OF
03:37:07 THE MOTION AND THE SECOND IF YOU'RE
03:37:08 OKAY WITH THAT, TO
03:37:10 INCLUDE THAT IN THE MOTION.
03:37:11 >> I AM
03:37:12 HAPPY TO
03:37:13 INCLUDE THAT IN THE MOTION. AND I
03:37:14 DO NOTICE THAT THE RECOMMENDATION
03:37:15 DOES
03:37:16 INCLUDE THE CITY COUNCIL STATEMENT
03:37:17 THAT I DIDN'T TALK
03:37:20 ABOUT IN THE MOTION THAT IS THE
03:37:23 TEXT BEFORE THAT SHOWS KIND OF
03:37:25 A UNIFORM COUNCIL. SO I WOULD LIKE
03:37:26 TO ADD THAT AS WELL. YES,
03:37:29 OKAY WITH IT, AND THE STATEMENT PART
03:37:32 AND THE RECOMMENDATION.
03:37:33 >> ALL RIGHT, VICE
03:37:35 MAYOR --OH,
03:37:38 YEAH, IT WAS
03:37:41 COUNCILMEMBER
03:37:44 CHAHAL. OKAY. GOT THAT, GOT THAT. COUNCILMEMBER
03:37:46 PARK? OH, I'M SORRY, CITY MANAGER?
03:37:47 >> COUPLE
03:37:48 OF POINTS OF CLARIFICATION,
03:37:49 THERE WAS A REFERENCE THAT THE POLICY
03:37:50 INCLUDES I.C.E. OR TALKS
03:37:52 ABOUT I.C.E., JUST WANT TO CLARIFY FOR
03:37:53 THE RECORD
03:37:56 THAT'S NOT THE CASE. THE
03:37:59 POLICY NOR THE STATEMENT REFER TO
03:38:02 IMMIGRATION --REFERS TO IMMIGRATION
03:38:05 ENFORCEMENT. THE TERM I.C.E. IS USED
03:38:07 ONCE WITHIN THE STATEMENT BUT SIMPLY
03:38:09 TO REFER
03:38:11 TO THE AGENCY. BUT THE PROHIBITIONS
03:38:13 ARE REALLY DIRECTED TOWARD IMMIGRATION
03:38:15 ENFORCEMENT BECAUSE THEY
03:38:18 COULD OCCUR FROM ANY FEDERAL
03:38:19 AGENCY.
03:38:20 >> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER
03:38:21 PARK?
03:38:22 >> YEAH. I WAS GOING TO
03:38:23 MENTION THAT WHICH IS THE BORDER BUT
03:38:24 ALSO NOT JUST
03:38:25 SUMMARIES BUT THE DISCUSSION WITH
03:38:26 PUBLIC. I MEAN, IT SOUNDS LIKE WE
03:38:28 WILL COME BACK WITH A REPORT ON WHAT HAPPENED,
03:38:30 BUT I THINK
03:38:31 THAT WHAT HAPPENED ISN'T JUST GOING
03:38:33 TO BE
03:38:35 TOLD BY OUR SECURITY. I THINK THAT
03:38:36 WHAT HAPPENED
03:38:39 WILL
03:38:40 BE A COMMUNITY EXPERIENCE. AND I THINK
03:38:42 THAT THE COMMUNITY SHOULD
03:38:43 BE ABLE TO GIVE INPUT ON SOMETHING
03:38:45 LIKE THAT. WHEN WE
03:38:47 TALK ABOUT INFORMATION REGARDING DATA
03:38:49 SHARING POLICIES, SOMEBODY ASKED FOR --
03:38:51 AS SOMEBODY FROM I.T.
03:38:54 I BELIEVE THIS, WE
03:38:56 NEED A DATA POLICY REVIEW. NOT NOW,
03:38:59 NOT HERE, BUT I WOULD LIKE, YOU KNOW,
03:39:00 TO
03:39:03 TALK ABOUT --MAYBE
03:39:06 I BRING THIS
03:39:09 UP AT ANOTHER
03:39:11 0 THIRTY, DISCUSSION ABOUT POSSIBLE
03:39:12 ACTION
03:39:14 ON CHANGES TO OUR TOOLS, TO OUR, YOU
03:39:15 KNOW,
03:39:17 AFTER REVIEW OF ALL OUR DATA POLICIES
03:39:18 AND
03:39:21 AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHERE
03:39:24 OUR DATA'S BEING USED.
03:39:25 >>
03:39:27 OKAY. CITY MANAGER, YOUR
03:39:29 LIGHT'S CITY ON?
03:39:30 >> [ INAUDIBLE ]
03:39:39 >> MIC. >> MICROPHONE. WHAT IS
03:39:42 ENVISIONED BY STAFF
03:39:43 AFTER ANY COUNCIL ACTION TONIGHT. WE
03:39:45 WOULD ENGAGE WITH
03:39:46 THE PUBLIC POST-SUPER BOWL, LESSONS
03:39:48 LEARNED, AND BRING BACK
03:39:51 WHAT WE CAN BRING BACK
03:39:52 PUBLICLY. AND ANY CONFIDENTIAL LESSONS
03:39:54 LEARNED ACT SECURITY OR
03:39:56 SAFETY TACTICS WE WOULD PROVIDE THOSE
03:39:57 TO THE
03:39:59 CITY COUNCIL. ALSO JUST WANT TO NOTE
03:40:00 IN REGARD
03:40:02 TO FLOCK, I UNDERSTAND A REQUEST TO
03:40:03 LOOK
03:40:04 INTO THAT. DID RECEIVE INFORMATION
03:40:06 FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT
03:40:08 THAT THEY HAVE CHECKED OUR SYSTEM
03:40:09 EARLIER TODAY
03:40:11 AND WE DO NOT CURRENTLY NOR HAVE WE
03:40:12 IN
03:40:14 THE PAST SHARED DATA WITH ANY FEDERAL
03:40:15 AGENCIES
03:40:17 WITH REGARD TO OUR LICENSE PLATE READER. BUT UNDERSTAND
03:40:18 THE OTHER COMMENTS
03:40:20 THAT HAVE BEEN MADE, BUT I DID WANT TO PROVIDE THAT
03:40:21 INFORMATION
03:40:23 BECAUSE IT WAS PROVIDED TO ME. AND
03:40:24 THEN
03:40:26 LAST CLARIFICATION, IT WAS MENTIONED THAT
03:40:27 STAFF SAID THAT
03:40:30 THERE HAVE BEEN NO I.C.E. ENFORCEMENTS
03:40:32 IN THE BAY AREA. STAFF AND I WERE
03:40:33 RESPONDING
03:40:35 TO A SPECIFIC QUESTION ABOUT I.C.E.
03:40:36 ACTIONS
03:40:38 RELATED TO SUPER BOWL EVENTS, NOT
03:40:39 ANY I.C.E.
03:40:42 ACTIONS IN THE GREATER BAY AREA
03:40:44 OR DURING A TIME PERIOD THAT'S NOT
03:40:45 THE --
03:40:46 >>
03:40:47 THANKS FOR SAYING THAT. I WAS GOING
03:40:48 TO MENTION THAT YOU SAID AROUND THE SUPER
03:40:50 BOWL EVENTS, NOT THE BAY AREA, THERE HAS
03:40:51 BEEN
03:40:53 I.C.E. IN THE BAY AREA, ACTIONS. THANK
03:40:54 YOU FOR
03:40:55 CLARIFYING THAT. COUNCILMEMBER PARK,
03:40:57 IS YOUR LIGHT STILL
03:40:58 ON?
03:40:59 >> YES. I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING,
03:41:00 AND AGAIN, WE CAN TALK
03:41:03 ABOUT IT LAYER, BUT THE DATA SHARING
03:41:05 POLICIES, IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT FLOCK. EVEN
03:41:06 IF
03:41:08 WE DON'T SHARE INFORMATION, OUR INFORMATION
03:41:09 WITH OTHER
03:41:11 AGENCIES, FLOCK IS OWNED BY A COMPANY
03:41:12 OUTSIDE OF
03:41:13 THE STATE. WE EPURCHASE THEIR EQUIPMENT
03:41:15 AND THEY GO
03:41:16 THROUGH OUR DATA. I THINK WHETHER WE
03:41:18 SHARE THE DATA
03:41:21 OR NOT, THE FACT THAT THE DATA ARE
03:41:23 --EXIST OUTSIDE OF OUR CONTROL, THAT'S
03:41:24 SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO
03:41:26 CONSIDER. SO IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT WHAT
03:41:27 WE DO TO SHARE
03:41:29 THE DATA, IT'S ABOUT HOW IS THE DATA
03:41:30 AVAILABLE,
03:41:33 HOW IS THE DATA SHARED,
03:41:35 ESPECIALLY IF ANOTHER ENTITY PURCHASES,
03:41:36 BUYS THE COMPANY
03:41:38 --OR ANY OF THE COMPANIES, NOT JUST
03:41:39 FLOCK --
03:41:42 OR ANY OF THE COMPANIES THAT WE WORK
03:41:43 WITH
03:41:44 THAT COLLECT DATA. SO AGAIN, IT'S
03:41:45 A BIGGER ISSUE
03:41:47 THAN THAT. I DON'T WANT IT DISMISSED
03:41:48 WITH A,
03:41:50 WELL, WE'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING TO
03:41:51 EXPLICITLY SHARE THIS INFORMATION. LIKE
03:41:53 I DON'T SHARE ANY OF MY INFORMATION
03:41:54 WITH ANYONE,
03:41:57 BUT GOOGLE SHARES IT WITH A LOT
03:41:59 OF PEOPLE.
03:42:00 >> THANK YOU. I JUST WANT
03:42:01 TO MAKE
03:42:03 A COUPLE OF COMMENTS IF EVERYONE'S
03:42:04 FINISHED. I
03:42:05 JUST RETURNED FROM THE U.S. CONFERENCE
03:42:06 OF
03:42:09 MAYORS IN WASHINGTON, D.C. THAT'S
03:42:10 WHY
03:42:11 I WASN'T HERE THIS LAST WEEK. AND
03:42:14 THE LARGEST, BESIDES HOUSING, THE
03:42:15 BIGGEST TOPIC OF
03:42:20 CONVERSATION WAS IMMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION
03:42:21 ENFORCEMENT. AND WE
03:42:24 HAD A PRESENTATION FROM MAYOR FREY
03:42:25 OF
03:42:26 MINNEAPOLIS, AND ACTUALLY, I PUT IT
03:42:27 ON MY SOCIAL MEDIA IN
03:42:30 CASE ANYBODY WANTS TO LISTEN TO
03:42:33 IT. BUT I ALSO
03:42:35 TALKED TO OTHER MAYORS FROM THE MINNEAPOLIS
03:42:36 AREA AND AROUND
03:42:39 THE COUNTRY AND HEARD SOME
03:42:42 PRETTY DISTURBING STORIES ABOUT I.C.E.
03:42:45 IN THEIR COMMUNITIES AND
03:42:48 SOME OF THE
03:42:51 REALLY HEARTBREAKING SITUATIONS
03:42:54 THAT HAPPENED TO THEIR COMMUNITIES. SO
03:42:55 I ATTENDED
03:42:57 SESSIONS ON IT AS
03:42:59 WELL AND WHAT IS IMPORTANT IS THAT
03:43:00 THE MESSAGE OUT THERE
03:43:03 IS, YOU KNOW, WE PROTECT OUR
03:43:05 COMMUNITIES. WE HAVE TO PROTECT OUR
03:43:06 COMMUNITIES. AND I KNOW
03:43:09 THAT THE MORE YOU SPEAK OUT, THE MORE
03:43:12 YOU PUT A TARGET ON YOUR BACK. THAT'S
03:43:14 GOING TO HAPPEN. I THINK CALIFORNIA
03:43:15 ALREADY HAS A HUGE TARGET
03:43:18 ON --IN OUR STATE. I MEAN,
03:43:20 THAT'S NO SECRET. SO I THINK THAT,
03:43:21 YOU KNOW, BUT
03:43:24 WHAT'S IMPORTANT IS THAT WE'RE ALL
03:43:25 IN
03:43:26 IT TOGETHER. AND I THINK, YOU KNOW,
03:43:27 I TALKED
03:43:29 ABOUT EARLIER THAT WE'RE A MEDIUM-SIZED
03:43:30 CITY BUT WE
03:43:33 HAVE BIG CITY ASSETS. AND SO WE'RE SIMILAR
03:43:36 TO, YOU KNOW, SAN JOSE AND SOME
03:43:37 OF BIGGER COMMUNITIES BECAUSE, YOU
03:43:39 KNOW, YOU'RE NOT SEEING SOME
03:43:41 OF THESE SMALLER COMMUNITIES IN THE
03:43:42 CONVERSATION RIGHT NOW, BUT
03:43:45 YOU HEAR ABOUT OAKLAND, SAN
03:43:46 FRANCISCO, SAN JOSE, AND NOW SANTA
03:43:48 CLARA, SO WE'RE PART OF THE,
03:43:51 I GUESS, THE BIG GUYS OUT THERE RIGHT
03:43:52 NOW. AND
03:43:54 WE NEED TO BE CONSISTENT, YOU KNOW,
03:43:55 WITH
03:43:56 OUR NEIGHBORS, BECAUSE MOST PEOPLE
03:43:57 DON'T KNOW WHERE
03:44:00 OUR CITY LIMITS END AND,
03:44:02 YOU KNOW, ANOTHER CITY STARTS. SO
03:44:03 IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. SO
03:44:06 I KNOW THAT WE
03:44:08 HAVE, ALTHOUGH WE MAY NOT HAVE ADVERTISED
03:44:09 IT, BUT I KNOW
03:44:12 OUR CITY STAFF, AND I'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS
03:44:13 AS
03:44:15 WELL WITH THE RAPID RESPONSE NETWORK. I'VE
03:44:16 BEEN IN
03:44:18 CONTACT WITH THE CONSUL GENERAL OF
03:44:19 MEXICO, WHO HAS OFFERED
03:44:22 RESOURCES TO US IN THE EVENT
03:44:24 WE HAVE AN I.C.E. INCIDENT IN SANTA
03:44:25 CLARA. THEY WANT
03:44:28 TO BE ABLE TO
03:44:30 HELP US. WE ARE, AS SOMEONE HAD MENTIONED
03:44:31 EARLIER, HALF OF
03:44:32 OUR COMMUNITY WAS BORN IN ANOTHER
03:44:34 COUNTRY. SO THIS IS
03:44:37 NOT, YOU KNOW, FOREIGN
03:44:39 TO US. THIS IS OUR COMMUNITY, AND
03:44:40 ALTHOUGH
03:44:43 WE HAVE --
03:44:45 WE'RE THE CENTER OF SILICON VALLEY,
03:44:46 WE'RE STILL A
03:44:48 SMALL TOWN IN THE FACT THAT WE KNOW
03:44:49 OUR NEIGHBORS,
03:44:51 YOU KNOW, WE PROTECT EACH OTHER. WE ARE
03:44:52 A
03:44:53 FAMILY HERE IN SANTA CLARA. WE'RE
03:44:55 NOT AS BIG AS THE
03:44:58 BIG CITIES, BUT OUR SANTA
03:45:01 CLARA FAMILY IS QUITE CLOSE. AND
03:45:04 SO WE HAVE TO
03:45:06 PROTECT EACH OTHER, ESPECIALLY IN
03:45:07 THESE
03:45:08 DARK TIMES. AND WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE. WE
03:45:10 HAVE AN
03:45:11 EXCELLENT POLICE DEPARTMENT. WE HAVE
03:45:13 AN EXCELLENT FIRE
03:45:14 DEPARTMENT. THEY'RE VERY RESPONSIVE
03:45:16 TO THE COMMUNITY
03:45:18 IN GOOD WAYS, NOT IN THE BAD WAYS
03:45:19 BUT
03:45:22 IN VERY GOOD WAYS. SO I
03:45:24 KNOW I'M SUPPORTING THIS MOTION. IT'S
03:45:25 A
03:45:26 SMALL STEP. ALTHOUGH IT'S IMPERFECT
03:45:27 THE WAY IT'S WRITTEN, BUT I THINK
03:45:28 WE'RE GOING
03:45:30 TO HAVE NOW MORE TIME. WE NEED TO
03:45:32 ENGAGE OUR GREATER SANTA CLARA COMMUNITY
03:45:34 FOR --TO
03:45:35 PERFECT, YOU KNOW, TO MAKE IT, YOU
03:45:37 KNOW, PUT OUR
03:45:40 SANTA CLARA TOUCH ON IT. RIGHT
03:45:42 NOW IT'S REALLY KIND OF SAN JOSISH,
03:45:43 BUT
03:45:45 WE NEED TO MAKE IT OURS AND OWN IT.
03:45:46 SO WE
03:45:48 WILL DO THAT AFTER SUPER BOWL. IT'S
03:45:49 BEEN A
03:45:52 TOUGH WEEK. IT'S BEEN A TOUGH THREE
03:45:54 YEARS, ACTUALLY, TO PUT THESE EVENTS
03:45:55 TOGETHER ARE HUGE. IT'S
03:45:58 TAKEN A VILLAGE
03:46:00 TO DO THIS FOR US. SO I.C.E. IS VERY
03:46:01 INCONVENIENT FOR
03:46:03 US. WE DON'T LIKE IT. WE DON'T WANT
03:46:04 THEM. WE
03:46:07 WANT THEM TO STAY AWAY, BECAUSE
03:46:09 IT'S NOT IN OUR AGENDA. BUT THE FACT
03:46:10 OF THE
03:46:12 MATTER IS, THEY DON'T LOOK LIKE THEY'RE
03:46:13 GOING ANYWHERE, SO WE
03:46:16 HAVE TO HIT IT HEAD ON. SO
03:46:19 THANK YOU ALL FOR
03:46:22 YOUR SUPPORT, THANK YOU
03:46:23 FOR HELPING US PUT THIS TOGETHER,
03:46:25 AND MAKING IT
03:46:27 PART OF OUR COMMUNITY. SO WITH THAT,
03:46:28 CITY CLERK,
03:46:30 I'M CALLING FOR A VOTE, PLEASE. WE
03:46:31 HAVE
03:46:33 A MOTION BY VICE MAYOR --SHE'S NOT
03:46:34 VICE
03:46:37 MAYOR ANYMORE, GOSH, WE
03:46:39 CHANGED, SORRY, ALBERT, COUNCILMEMBER
03:46:40 COX AND SECONDED
03:46:41 BY COUNCILMEMBER CHAHAL.
03:46:42 >> THANK
03:46:43 YOU, MADAME MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO
03:46:44 READ THE MOTION BACK TO THE MAKER
03:46:45 OF THE MOTION. APPROVE THE COUNCIL
03:46:46 STATEMENT
03:46:48 ON SUPER BOWL SAFETY AND AFFIRMATION
03:46:49 OF SUPPORT
03:46:51 FOR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES AND ADOPT
03:46:52 THE RESOLUTION
03:46:54 AND CITY COUNCIL POLICY 056 WITH AMENDMENTS
03:46:58 AS NOTED BY
03:47:00 THE CITY ATTORNEY. IS THAT CORRECT?
03:47:01 >>
03:47:02 CORRECT.
03:47:03 >>
03:47:04 ARE YOU OKAY WITH THAT?
03:47:05 >>
03:47:07 [ INAUDIBLE ]
03:47:08 >>
03:47:10 YES.
03:47:11 >> YES. >> I
03:47:13 DIDN'T
03:47:16 HEAR.
03:47:17 >> PLEASE REGISTER
03:47:19 YOUR VOTE. AND THAT
03:47:20 PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. YAY.
03:47:21 >> [ APPLAUSE ] >>
03:47:22 I'VE BEEN MEANING
03:47:24 TO DO THIS ALL NIGHT. OKAY. THANK
03:47:25 YOU VERY MUCH,
03:47:28 EVERYONE, FOR COMING. AND
03:47:33 WITH THAT, THIS MEETING'S ADJOURNED.
03:47:34 THANK YOU.