San Jose Mayoral Candidate Forum October 10, 2022

This was hosted by District 5 United

The October 10th San Jose Mayoral Forum with candidates Cindy Chavez and Matt Mahan. Hosted by District 5 United.

Get the answers to these questions:

1. How will you address the unhoused situation, and any impacts to neighborhoods, waterways, and along school routes?
2. What are your thoughts on increasing home ownership, increasing housing stock, and the Community Opportunity to Purchase Act?
3. What are your thoughts on rent control, the tenant protection ordinance, the apartment rent ordinance, rent registry, and/or other rental property topics?
4. What are your thoughts on the preservation and/or addition of parks, trails, open space and natural resources within the City of San Jose, whether in incorporated or unincorporated areas?
5. What are your thoughts on the potential closure of Reid-Hillview Airport?
6. Related to Reid-Hillview Airport: What are your thoughts on the airborne lead level issue?
7. What are your thoughts on programs to support small businesses, employee-owned businesses, and/or workers?
8. What are your top 3 to 5 ways to address the climate crisis?
9. What is your position on allowing non-citizens to vote in San Jose elections?
10. How would you promote public safety?

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NNO 2022

A huge THANKS to all our community members that attended our annual National Night Out event at Los Paseos Park! That includes all our volunteers, local businesses and organizations supporting our community, the Crimson Blues Band, the first responders (SJPD and SJFD), and of course, you, our neighbors. There was food, fun, chalk art contest, and the live band providing entertainment. If you were unable to join us, peruse the photo gallery to see what you missed. Get involved with the community. Get to know your neighbors! We will see you next year or at one of our quarterly meetings.

* Photo quality reduced. Higher resolution images available upon request. *


Quarterly Meeting for Q2 2022

Hope you can join us for this meeting.

 
Main presenter is from Destination: Home speaking on the Plan to End Homelessness in San Jose.  

We will also have updates from our new City Council D10 office of Matt Mahan, and a police update on crime in our area.
Topic: LPNA Qtrly Mtg – June 16, 2022, 7 p.m.
Time: Jun 16, 2022 07:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
If you would like to attend this meeting, you can request the Zoom meeting information via the Contact Us page. Otherwise, if you are on the LPNA mailing list, check your email for meeting information.

Video of LPNA Meeting on December 9, 2021

For those unable to attend the last meeting due to the other commitments, we are posting the video here for your viewing.

00:00 Meeting start (LPNA Business)
00:50
Election of LPNA board
02:40
LPNA Grant update
04:10
LPNA Project updates
07:20
District 2 update – Vanessa Sandoval
25:05
SJPD update – Sgt Hernandez
30:15
Water-wise gardening – Anita Rosen, Master Gardener, US Master Gardeners of Santa Clara County
1:52:25
Composting law – Smita Patel

Zoom chat logs from meeting
Water-wise Gardening presentation with notes

Links to stories about the new composting mandate to go into effect January 1, 2022:

LA Times
Mercury News

Quarterly Meeting for Q4 2021

Our quarterly Zoom meeting is on December 9, 2021 7:00-8:30PM

December 9 LPNA General Meeting Agenda
  • LPNA budget update – Barbara Canup
  • Election of LPNA board (no current nominations to challenge current board members) – Barbara Canup
  • D2 Update – Vanessa Sandoval *
    • Redistricting in San Jose – how the proposals affect D2 boundaries
    • Encampments in District 2 near Los Paseos area
    • Opportunity Housing status in San Jose
    • SB 9 and SB 10 – information as these bills relate to SJ actions at this time
    • Homekey update – Residence Inn (San Ignacio Ave), other sites
    • other
  • Presentation – Anita Rosen, Master Gardener, UC Master Gardeners of Santa Clara County
    • Water-wise gardening – a presentation of water-wise gardening and drought tolerant plantings
* Links related to D2 update:
  1. Redistricting (see Meeting Schedule):
    1. https://www.sanjoseca.gov/your-government/appointees/city-clerk/redistricting-2020
  2. Charter Review:
    1. https://sanjose.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=10325506&GUID=AEBEBDC4-953E-4828-9DFC-9840608B9660
  3. Opportunity Housing
    1. https://sanjose.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=10322668&GUID=66BA311F-ED63-46C2-B259-8FBEADB4ECE1

If you would like to attend our meeting, you can request the Zoom meeting information via the Contact Us page. Otherwise, if you’re on the LPNA mailing list, check your email for meeting information.

Video of LPNA meeting on March 25, 2021

For those unable to attend our last zoom meeting due to the other commitments, we are posting the video here for your viewing.

00:00 Meeting Start
01:37
LPNA Business and Project Updates
06:10
Living Green – Ashley Katz/Alex Gamboa Grand
40:50
D2 Updates – Vanessa Sandoval
53:31
Environmental Services Recycling – Linden Skjeie
1:15:31
Bridge Housing Update – Andrea Urton
1:33:36
After meeting Q&A

Participant Chatlogs of questions or comments during the zoom meeting are included here

 

Quarterly Meeting for Q1 2021

Please join Los Paseos Neighborhood Association (LPNA) for our quarterly Zoom meeting on March 25th at 7:00 – 8:30 pm. 

 
Below is the agenda with the great topics we will be covering. 
  • LPNA business and projects update
  • Council District 2 office update
  • Linden Skjeie of the Environmental Services Department, presenting on Recycling will be discussing items that many of us have questions about regarding whether they are recyclable. We’ll have some pictures of common items. If you want to send a photo of something you have been wondering about, send it to president@lospaseosneighbors.com
  • Ashley Katz, a Los Paseos neighbor, and her sister, Alex Grand: Start Your Journey to Low Waste (reduce garbage waste)
  • Andrea Urton of HomeFirst will provide an update on the two Emergency Interim Housing sites at Monterey & Bernal and Rue Ferrari
We hope to see you at the Zoom Meeting. The Join Zoom Meeting link is below.
 
Topic: Los Paseos Neighborhood Association March 25, 2021 Meeting 
Time: Mar 25, 2021 07:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada) 
Meeting ID: 222 251 1714 
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Video of the LPNA meeting on November 19, 2020

For those unable to attend our last zoom meeting of the year due to the pandemic, we are posting the video here for your viewing.

00:00 LPNA Business
05:30
District 2 Office Update, Vanessa Sandoval
22:25
Open Space Authority, Gavin Comstock – updates on North Coyote Valley
1:02:00
SJPD, Captain Elle Washburn – Crime statistics for local area
1:22:30
HomeFirst, James Henderson – Update on Bernal Road and Rue Ferrari sites

Participant Chatlogs of questions or comments during the zoom meeting are included here

Powerpoint presentation of the meeting agenda is here for PDF download.

Video of the LPNA meeting on August 27, 2020

For those unable to attend our second zoom meeting held this year due to the pandemic, we are posting the video here for your viewing.

00:00 Start meeting and LPNA business
04:33
District 2 update by Sergio Jimenez
29:01
Main presentation by Andrea Urton of HomeFirst discussing Bridge Housing locations at Bernal and Monterey and the Rue Ferrari site
49:33
HomeFirst Q&A

Participant Chatlogs of questions or comments during the zoom meeting are included here

Powerpoint presentation within the video, EIH Bernal Overview_8.20.20.pptx, is copyrighted by Andrea Urton of HomeFirst and available for download in PDF format