I'll be there. Muy excellente carta, Senor! Carlos On Mon, May 6, 2019, 11:19 AM Roberta Ahlquist wrote: > excellent! Please atend the meeting _at_(domainremoved) > roberta > > On Sun, May 5, 2019 at 11:33 PM Aram James > >> Tomorrow’s joint session would also be a great time to raise and discuss >> the issue of reparations. >> >> Aram >> >> P.S. See my comments below on this critical >> Issue. >> Palo Alto Weekly >> >> Spectrum - March 22, 2019 >> Letters to the editor >> >> >> Editor, >> >> Although at first blush I find myself strongly supporting SB 50, I >> appreciate the scope of the questions raised in Greer Stone and Pat Burt's >> guest opinion in the March 15 issue of the Weekly ("SB 50 undermines >> single-family neighborhoods and diversity"). >> >> In the past, I was part of a group in Palo Alto called Stop The Ban >> (STB), which fought to overturn/forestall Palo Alto's then-proposed ban on >> vehicle dwellers. >> >> STB worked tirelessly for several years to convince the City Council and >> faith groups to support a Safe Parking Program or what Stone and Burt's >> article refers to as, "managed location for RV dwellers." The resistance to >> the program was overwhelming. >> >> We organized a panel discussion on the topic at a local church that was >> attended by about 100 folks, including former City Council member Karen >> Holman. Our keynote speaker was a counselor from a very successful Safe >> Parking Program in Santa Barbara. Still, we had no success in getting the >> powers that be in Palo Alto to consider such a program. >> >> I'm wondering if the answer is not a total refusal to support SB 50's >> call for more and dense housing, but rather, making certain that the bill >> includes provisions for a very large percentage of the dense housing, >> envisioned by SB 50, to be set aside, in perpetuity, for low- and very >> low-income individuals, including seniors, people of color, the disabled, >> the formerly unhoused, etc. >> >> In addition, we could begin a discussion of mandating housing for the >> victims, and their families, of housing segregation going back generations >> in Palo Alto. Yes, a big-time discussion of providing permanently free or >> very low rent housing as a form of reparations for the wrongs Palo Alto >> visited and continues to visit on our African-American brothers and >> sisters. SB 50 could include language that would require a principled >> discussion of reparations statewide. >> >> Aram James >> >> Park Street, Redwood City >> >> >> >> >> Received on Mon May 06 2019 - 11:58:04 PDT
