SUPPLEMENTAL REPORTS & COMMUNICATIONS
Office of the City Clerk
City Council of the City of Napa
Regular Meeting
May 7, 2024
FOR THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NAPA
AFTERNOON SESSION:
SUBMITTED DURING THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING
4. PUBLIC COMMENT:
1) Letter from Dalton J. Piercey received on May 7, 2024. 2) Handout from Dalton J. Piercey regarding "Napa Music Industry" received on May 7, 2024
3) Cities of Sacramento and Richmond sample resolutions regarding "cease fire" received on May 7, 2024.
Napa City Council Address:
May 7th, 2024
Today I come forward now to speak plainly to our City officials asking that language be created to foster a Proclamation that supports our local music culture. And establishes our identity as Music Artists. Describing Music Artists whom are in a cultural classification in similar as we find with visual artists of palette, brush and paint. With classification of that nature we can claim ourselves as Music Artists and not vendors. So in turn we can be present in groups or organizations working to change those elements which affect changes to our professional artistic music culture and industry.
As my research and analysis reveals local musicians hold a position in our Napa society that is similar to a lower caste system. The application of the term vendor is a form of discrimination barring and obstructing interested individual musicians whom are following the changes for music associated with; stages, venues, amplified sound, entertainment and the passion for the live performance of music. Musicians share these main elements with local business, city administration and county too.
I find now that there is no specific identity for musicians in our governing bodies defining local music as 1. Music Culture and 2. Music Artist and Artist's. So as offered the time is now to create a City Proclamation in so declaring that those individuals whom follow the passion for the live performance of music are not vendors but Music Artist. As a part of our local music culture. I stand ready to work with the City to initiate this very small change that will step local music culture forward.
Secondarily, I ask the Mayor, Vice Mayor, City Council and City Manager to support me now. Advocating my civil-right to attendance at any working groups or task-force groups that are engaging in making changes or organizing events that involve the six elements that I have discussed today. Given what I have stated I would not want to test my rights under the Brown Act or Civil Rights for such a simple matter in linguistics. I submit also my recent commentary for your reading: Musicians As Vendors Is A Convenience For Others.
Thank You for allowing my public address.
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Music Artist: Dalton J. Piercey
Napa Music Industry: Musicians As Vendors IS A
Convenience For Others..
Commentary By Dalton I. Piercey 5-4-2024
It appears to me that for local musicians it is more convenient for us to be classified as vendors for that substantiates in form a lower caste or group where natural artistic rights and respectability are not acknowledge or provisioned..
There are a few issue's I find that are leaning to the Those speakers were marginally effective. Lacking side of a small injustice to the community of local thorough knowledge of what happened and why. musicians. I know and understand that a culture must Speaking not on point and then there was some exist and that culture must have balance. In all that obscenity offered as well. So here again we find establishes a foundation for the continued existence of that it is a convenience for musicians to be that culture. With it's people and the products for that described as vendors in not bringing a professional culture. discussion to the subject. Why the objectionable anger from the speakers at city council? It was
Studying Native American Studies at Sonoma State their disappointment of being obstructed in the University I learned the constants and tenants of pursuit of their music art and having no knowledge Cultural Regeneration. That is why I am focused in on of the decision made by others. our Local Music Culture here. Because we are a Gig
Based economy for the pursuit of live performance of When I first began my pursuit of truth and justice music and as the performers we are a microcosm of in concern of the dance permit, the noise permit our community's culture. Much like a natural tribal and the entertainment permit, lappeared at the system. My point being there are a few activities that planning department. And wanted tổ gain affect our culture in sustaining a foundation for the knowledge in these matters I was obstructed and existence and growth of Music as a Cultural Art. told that these documents were not available to me. Then when I returned and advised the planning
Going forward in this commentary I am offering my department that the Brown Act allowed me as a experiences that at times I believe delivered a form of citizen to ask for and look upon documents social discrimination that affected my pursuit of music generated by a City Administration entity, I was as an art. Also following the pursuit as a music artist. then able to have a key to unlock the door. Then I In this way it can be understood that musicians as asked for copies and was charged a dollar per copy. vendors is a convenience to others and not to us. I later found out that it was ten cents per copy.
Discovering what that means and involves I give my Then when I complained about the dollar charge. I best for your insight. was told I would have to file under the freedom of the information act to obtain documents. It
In 1977 the City administration reconstructed legal eventually worked out for me under the Brown Act requirements for the music venues in our community. with my continued complaining. But every time I A few changes that resulted in a lot of red tape and appeared asking for specific documents I had one expensive changes to the operation of a business hundred questions thrown at me as to why I offering local music. By the late 80's the majority of wanted them. Was that question asked because I venues that supplied stages for local music acts had was an active musician in the community or a vanished. This was the second obstructive movement citizen resident? by the City that affected the local music culture. By
1991 First Street from Soscol to School Street was a Here is a demonstration of my experience with dead street and black at night. Past School the Police the municipal codes in concern of noise.
Department and Fire Department was the only
attraction for a lighted street in downtown. The City Municipal Codes Title 8 and Title 9 came to be the next of my trouble as it was with many
Considering the way that communication works for other musicians whom practiced on different nights musicians through the years it's vehicle is the through the week. grapevine and the coconut wire. Musicians for years
received news of changes in venue operation either by Municipal Title 8 with it's changes now falls under experience of notice at the venue or through downtown - Noise-Commercial Activity. merchant operators. I believe this to be a social? Between the hours of 9:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., discrimination in form. For it is a convenience that no commercial activity shall be conducted upon any benefits downtown business and City administration. privately owned real property within the city, which When the venues were shutdown and musicians activity creates noise which can be heard at the discovered the change, some musicians appeared at property line of any parcel of real property within city council offering their thoughts.
Then there is Municipal Title 9, Loud And Unruly heard) applied by responding officers. I request a Gatherings. supervising Sergeant. The Sergeant arrives he is interviewing me. I offer my same explanation. The
The purpose of this chapter is to deter the Sergeant walks up to the house where the occurrence of loud and unruly gatherings, parties complaint was made from and nobody's home. I and other breaches of the peace. This chapter is
intended to enhance the general peace, safety and reiterate that I am in the county as he can look at welfare of the citizens of the City of Napa by the codes taped on my window. The Sergeant calls reducing the deployment of Police Department the Sheriff's department and requests a deputy to personnel to loud and unruly gatherings. The the scene of the complaint. The deputy arrives and commitment of law enforcement resources to such
gatherings decreases preventive police presence is asked the question, is this the counties and delays dispatch to other incidents requiring a jurisdiction? The deputy radio's the Sheriffs Office police response. asking for clarification. I and band are waiting. I offer coffee and donuts to the officers. Some enjoy
"Loud and unruly gathering" means a gathering of a the moment. Band and I work on vocal harmonies. group of two or more persons on any public or The police and the deputy get a free country music private property in a manner which constitutes a
substantial disturbance of the quiet enjoyment of moment. Sheriff's Department replies after calling public or private property in a significant segment John Tutuer. Yes, is the reply we are in the county. of the surrounding neighborhood. Loud and unruly
gatherings are frequently accompanied by the The police then bring up the title 9 language, following types of conduct which may otherwise Loud and unruly gathering" means a gathering of a constitute a violation of local or State law:
excessive generation of noise or traffic, obstruction group of two or more persons on any public or of public streets by crowds or vehicles, public private property in a manner which constitutes a drunkenness, fights, disturbances of the peace, or substantial disturbance of the quiet enjoyment of public or private property in a significant segment
of the surrounding neighborhood. I offer back that
I lived out on El Centro right off Byway East. On
this is also City code language and not applicable in
my side of the street it was zoned county across the
the jurisdiction of the county and even so, I have
street it was zoned City. There was a home owner five homes around me in which they enjoy the up on the City corner side that was a habitual
music in the evening. The Sergeant and the Deputy
complainer to 911 every time my band rehearsed.
call it a night. With the Sergeant reminding me that
For the county the rule for sound is from 7 a.m. to
I need to stop exactly at 10 p.m.
10 p.m. Across the street in the city it is 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. So the complainer would call 911 at 9:05 p.m
As I continue to practice and play music in my
And the Napa Police would arrive citing a home the Police still received complaints and calls multiplicity of solutions based on their
with confusion over code application and
interpretation of the issue. And every time was
jurisdiction. The point I am reaching here is that
different. Here is a summary of the attempted local musicians are unclassified or not even application of the legal language in my experience classified in any category or identity in City and with law enforcement.
County administrative language. We are not
acknowledged, except for now the nickname
1. It is after 9 pm you have to stop, (my reply) I assigned that to us we are vendors. So given that am in the county and can continue practicing until circumstance there is no local definition of 10 pm. (time out here as they attempt to verify
musicians and their rights. Other than the
zoning). No your not in the you in the City. The constitutional first amendment under happiness, police officer replies. You will have to stop. Okay we joy and freedom for which title 9 significantly call it a night.
encumbers.
2. Next practice same complainer. Police respond. The profound truth is we are artist's. Musical This time I have County docs and City docs to
Artist's. However not given this identity creates a
substantiate that I am in the County. I am asked to
barrier from consistently establishing a continuing
stop practice, (my reply) No I am in the county I Local Music Culture. Delivering traditional folk can continue until 10 p.m. The Police huddle then music that is defined in several ways: as music comeback with the response, your noise can be transmitted orally, music with unknown composers, heard at the property line. Here they are applying music that is played on traditional instruments, city code Title 9. Insisting that I cease and desist or music about cultural or national identity, music that
face a fine. We stop for the night. changes between generations (folk process), music associated with a people's folklore, or music. It
3. Here we go again with practice. In the privacy
appears to me that for local musicians it is more
of my home with minimal sound emission outside convenient for us to be classified as vendors for the building. Same complainer calls 911 exactly at that substantiates in form a lower caste or group 9:05 pm. But he is calling from the pay phone at where natural artistic rights and respectability are the restaurant up the street on Byway East. Police
not acknowledge or provisioned. That is my view
respond, same leaal definition (your noise can be chain I believe my view to be true. For recently I have And for music interest's in downtown business wanted to be apart of and continue to be apart of they can operate in any form and manner towards any activities in the city, downtown and county Music Artist's as they choose. However they too are wide changes with decisions to music based on the frontline when circumstances arise in elements. For example the expansion of the fostering changes to entertainment, sound, stage Entertainment District into the Oxbow. In that and venue. Though they are privileged to have the group they are as I have last heard discussing legal classification of stakeholder. There too we find terms for decibels. Please let us not attempt to inexperienced and unknowledgeable personage's retread that tire? making decisions in concern of local music culture causing affect and effect to local musicians and our
I am sure many can remember Zapata's and the culture. As I have stated many times our local Police out at night in the Belair community walking music culture is a Gig Based economy where we around with decibel meters. I went out that night pursue contracting music events and obtaining and it was a scene from a homicide investigation in compensation for the venture. So every opportunity operation. By contrast we have had years of the to perform live music supports the positive cash East Napa and Fair Grounds audio urban flow to each and every musician working encroachment issue's. But I offer that is a concern professionally. So every stage that is operating and for which any direction you summarize a solution it available contributes and continues to help the is difficult for both sides of the issue. security and foundation for a local music culture.
In my experience locally I was held out of sitting I come forward now to speak plainly to our City on the task force for the downtown specific plan. At officials asking that language be created to foster a one point I was given opportunity to voice from the Proclamation that supports our local music culture. professional musician experience. My professional And establishes our identity as Music Artists. organization opening up concerts in Veterans Park Describing Music Artists whom are in a cultural was barred from joining the Downtown Merchants classification in the same as we find with visual Association. I recently was unfairly treated by artists of palette, brush and paint. With Economic Development for the City Of Napa and classification of that nature we can claim ourselves the Planning Department. And now I hear this as Music Artists and not vendors. So in turn we can classification of Vendor. I suspect I am being kept be present in groups or organizations working to out. Because I am viewed as a troublemaker. change those elements which affect changes to our However it is convenient to keep me out. Because professional artistic music culture and industry. then there is no experienced voice from local music
to offer information and positive solutions for all Yet, in my experience it appears that my action to concerned including local musicians. invoke the Brown Act or the question of Civil Rights has fallen on deaf ears. And resulting in much
What I offer here in my commentaries are from bearing and weight by not allowing me to be that experience. And that experience understands present to speak and participate. For it is a that when sound, venue and entertainment are in convenience to others with little effort and difficulty that circle of elements involved for changes in to just say to me that I am a vendor. downtown business and City administration, I say
that musician's are stake holders too. For those
elements are a part of our elements that contribute Dalton to music art, local music culture and the passion to
follow the art of live music performance as a
professional music artist.
Musicians counting myself as one, we are
minimized to that three minute comment at City
Council. Right now in this commentary for which I
am educating and informing the community I have
typed 2,567 words. How can any individual give
explanation to City officials of the complex issue of
how these blind activities and actions being made
by inexperienced and unknowledgeable personage's
are in support of our local music culture? But in
turn causing affect with effect to local musicians. It
can't be given in three minutes. So essentially I am
saying that it is a convenience in the hands of
minimally experienced individuals making law and
activity decisions for Music Entertainment in Napa
and Napa County government. In having musicians
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• Chapter 8.08 NOISE CONTROL REGULATIONS C Chapter 9,50 LOUD AND UNRULY GATHERINGS • $ 8.08.010 Outdoor sound systems-Permit required.
• 59.50.010 Title.
$ 8.08.020 Noise--Commercial activity.
• $9.50.020 Purpose.
§ 8.08.025 Noise-Construction activity.
• $ 9.50.030 Definitions.
$ 8.08.030 Application for permit.
• $ 8.08.040 Appeal of City Manager's decision. • $ 9.50.040 Loud and unruly gatherings prohibited. § 8.08.050 Permit issuance, revocation. • $ 9.50.050 Notification. • Chapter 3.12 NUCLEAR-FREE ZONE • $ 9.50.060 Administrative citations and appeals. $ 8.12.010 Policy.
$ 9.50.070 Civil penalties.
§ 8.12.020 Prohibition.
• $ 9.50.080 Recovery of police response costs.
§ 8.12.030 Posting of signs.
• $9.50.090 No criminal liability for violation.
§ 8.12.040 Penalty.
$ 8.08.020 Noise-Commercial activity.
Between the hours of 9:00 p.m. and 7:00 am, no commercial activity shall be conducted upon any privately owned real property within the city, which activity creates noise which can be heard at the property line of any parcel of real property within the city which bears an RP, residential/professional office district, or more restrictive zoning designation, as provided in Title 17 of this code unless a permit shall first have been secured from the City Manager pursuant to Section 2.08.050 of this code. The City Manager shall grant such permit if it reasonabiy appears that: (1) the activity is otherwise permitted under this code; and (2) the benefit to be derived by the applicant from conducting such activity at the time and place specified in the application outweighs the detriment to be suffered by the neighborhood, by neighboring residents, and by the city generally. The collection of garbage and trash pursuant to Chapter 5.60 of this code is expressly exempt from the provisions of this section.
• $ 9.50.020 Purpose.
The purpose of this chapter is to deter the occurrence of loud and unruly gatherings, parties and other breaches of the peace. This chapter is intended to nhance the general peace, safety and weifare of the citizens of the City of Napi y reducing the deployment of Police Department personnel to loud and unrul atherises Treventme police or law en ford denys esources to such hirints requiring a police response.
(02011 8, 5/17/11)
• $9.50.030 Definitions.
As used in this chapter:
"Loud and unruly gathering" means a gathering of a group of two or more persons on any public or private property in a manner which constitutes a substantial disturbance of the quiet enjoyment of public or private property in a ignificant segment of the surrounding neighborhood. Loud and unrun gatherings are frequently accompanied by the following types of conduct which may otherwise constitute a violation of local or State law: excessive generation of noise or traffic, obstruction of public streets by crowds or vehicles, public drunkenness, fights, disturbances of the peace, or littering @Gretsel Kat Musie. All rights reserved
RESOLUTION NO. 2024-
Adopted by the Sacramento City Council
, 2024
The City of Sacramento's Resolution for Immediate and Permanent Bilateral Cease-Fire, Release of all Hostages, and the Entry of Unrestricted Humanitariar Aid into the Gaza Strip
WHEREAS, The City of Sacramento sees all human life as precious, and the targeting of innocent civilians, no matter their faith or ethnicity, as wrong and unjust; WHEREAS, The City of Sacramento condemns the loss of all innocent civilian lives, regardless of their nationality, ethnicity or religious background; WHEREAS, The City of Sacramento recognizes that hundreds of Israeli hostages remain captive by Hamas in the Gaza Strip;
WHEREAS, The City of Sacramento recognizes that thousands of Palestinians are held unfairly, unjustly, and without charge in Israeli prisons; WHEREAS, The City of Sacramento recognizes that the current crisis takes place within a long history and affirms, that for a pathway to lasting peace and justice to be developed, a two-state solution must exist, with one Jewish state and one Palestinian state existing side by side; where each side recognizes the others' historic ties to the land, and the right for both peoples to peacefully exist in that land; WHEREAS, On October 7, 2023 Hamas committed horrific atrocities against Israel causing the death and injuries of thousands of innocent civilians; WHEREAS, Since October 7, 2023 the Israeli government has carried out military operations that have killed 25,000 Palestinian civilians and injured over 70,000 more; WHEREAS, The City of Sacramento condemns the weaponizing of sexual violence; it is never acceptable- in war or otherwise;
WHEREAS, Many in the Jewish community are experiencing the terrible rise in anti- Semitism, the acceptance of hate speech on college campuses and elsewhere against Jews, and the refusal of some to condemn anti-Semitism without qualifications as a shocking reminder of historic reality. The Holocaust happened in the modern 20th century, and the world's oldest prejudice never goes away. The State of Israel remains the hope that Jews can live safely and freely and never again face threats to their very existence;
WHEREAS, Many in the Jewish community are rightfully offended by the spoken views of some that while the death of innocent Israelis is unfortunate, the plight of the Palestinian people in fact justified the October 7, 2023 terrorist massacre. This implicit and sometimes explicit justification is wrong and stokes the community's central fear that Jewish lives are easily expendable;
WHEREAS, The Muslim and Arab-American communities are experiencing the terrible rise in Islamophobia and anti-Arab rhetoric, the acceptance of hate speech on college campuses and elsewhere against Muslims and Arabs, and the refusal of some to condemn Islamophobia and anti-Arab prejudice without qualifications as a shocking reminder of historic reality. Islamophobia and anti-Arab hate are centuries old prejudices that never go away. An independent Palestinian state remains the hope that Palestinians can live safely and freely and never again face threats to their very existence;
WHEREAS, Many in the Muslim and Arab communities are rightfully offended by the spoken views of some, that the ongoing slaughter of innocent Gazans is justifiable due to the attacks on October 7, 2023. The implicit and sometimes explicit justification is wrong and stokes the community's central fear that Palestinian lives are easily expendable;
WHEREAS, The United Nations states over 2 million people in the Gaza Strip are living in catastrophic conditions without sufficient access to shelter, drinking water, food, electricity, fuel, medical care, and basic humanitarian necessities. These innocent lives will remain at imminent risk if a permanent bilateral ceasefire is not achieved and unrestricted humanitarian aid is not delivered without delay; WHEREAS, The World Health Organization states that the healthcare system in the Gaza Strip is in a state of emergency due to the ongoing combat. The majority of hospitals have been forced to cease operations and the remaining hospitals are unable to support the overwhelming number of victims with a severe shortage of medical supplies, equipment and personnel.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City of Sacramento
1. Calls for an immediate and permanent bilateral ceasefire to urgently end the current violence; a true and effective bilateral ceasefire must include four key simultaneous elements. (1) Hamas must cease all military operations directed against Israel, (2) the immediate unconditional release of all Israeli hostages held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip, (3) Israel must stop the bombing and military action inside the Gaza Strip and the West Bank and (4) the elimination of all offensive weapons by Israel and Hamas directed at one another.
2. Recognizes this conflict will not be resolved militarily; rather, it will be resolved diplomatically when wise, courageous and visionary leaders on both sides replace the current leaders in charge today. This resolution calls for new leadership on both sides.
There is no chance for real peace and a long-term bilateral ceasefire so long as the current leadership exists on both sides.
3. Calls upon the Biden administration to promptly send and facilitate the entry of unrestricted humanitarian assistance into the Gaza Strip.
4. Calls for the immediate unconditional release of all Palestinians held without charge or trial in Israeli prisons.
FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City of Sacramento advocates for the dignity and safety of residents in every community.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City of Sacramento vows to combat xenophobia, antisemitism, Islamophobia, and racism in all forms, and denounces them in the strongest way possible.
FINALLY, BE IT RESOLVED, Sacramento is such a special place to live for many reasons. None is more important than the way we treat each other. In good times and bad, through celebration and despicable hate crimes, our diverse ethnic and religious communities have stood shoulder to shoulder with one another. We are friends and have sought to always model love, inclusion and support for one another in increasingly dark times.
Resolution Affirming Richmond's Support and Solidarity with the Palestinian People of Gaza
WHEREAS, the City of Richmond stands in solidarity with the Palestinian people of Gaza, who are currently facing a campaign of ethnic cleansing and collective punishment by the state of Israel; and
WHEREAS, collective punishment is considered a war crime under international law, and refers to a form of sanction imposed on persons or a group of persons in response to a crime committed by one of them or a member of the group; and
WHEREAS, the state of Israel is engaging in collective punishment against the Palestinian people in Gaza in response to Hamas attacks on Israel; and WHEREAS, this collective punishment of the Palestinian people includes shutting off all access to electricity, drinking water, food, and humanitarian aid; and WHEREAS, the UN says approximately 2 million people in Gaza may soon run out of drinking water and all medical care; and
WHEREAS, ethnic cleaning refers to the creation of an ethnically homogenous geographic area through the elimination of unwanted ethnic groups by deportation, forcible displacement, or genocide; and
WHEREAS, Israel is now engaged in an ethnic cleansing campaign by explicitly requiring two million Palestinians to leave Gaza immediately or risk being bombed in their homes by the Israeli army; and
WHEREAS, the Gaza Strip, one of the most densely populated places on Earth, has been repeatedly referred to by human rights groups as "the world's largest open-air prison" even prior to this conflict; and
WHEREAS, Gaza is known as "the world's largest open-air prison" due to ongoing, unbearable living conditions imposed by the state of Israel, including a full air, land and sea blockade, enclosure of its borders by concrete walls and barbed wire fences, and the strict prohibition of Palestinians from leaving and entering the territory freely; and WHEREAS, this blockade on Gaza has caused a 42% unemployment rate, while 84% of the population relies on humanitarian aid, 41% of Palestinians have too little food, 60% of Palestinian children are anemic, and the Gazan population cannot count on more than 2-4 hours of continuous electrical power a day; and
WHEREAS, prior to this current water shortage, only 1% of Gaza population has access to safe drinking water, leaving Gaza's population - half of whom are children - increasingly vulnerable to waterborne diseases, infections, and dehydration; and WHEREAS, Israel has not allowed many common cancer diagnosis and treatment tools, including PET CT and radiotherapy, to enter Gaza since 2007; and WHEREAS, pediatric cancer cases that are typically considered treatable are often fatal in the Gaza Strip, as a result of the lack of healthcare and restrictions on movement; and WHEREAS, the state of Israel would not be able to maintain an apartheid regime without enormous military aid provided by the United States every year, thereby also depriving Americans of money for their own urgent needs;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City of Richmond takes seriously the entreaty of "Never Again," and that the historical memory of the Holocaust means fighting ethnic cleansing and apartheid everywhere; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City of Richmond vows to combat antisemitism and ethno-nationalism in all its forms; and
FINALLY, BE IT RESOLVED that the City of Richmond advocates for the dignity and safety of residents in every community, regardless of what crimes its leadership may commit, and that peaceful diplomacy is the only way to achieve this safety and dignity.
City of Sacramento
City Council - 5PM Report
915 | Street Sacramento, CA 95814
www.cityofsacramento.org
File ID: 2024-00759 3/19/2024 Discussion Item 20.
Resolution Calling for an Immediate Bilateral Ceasefire in Gaza (Two-Thirds Vote Required) File ID: 2024-00759
Location: Citywide.
Recommendation: (1) Pass a Motion pursuant to Council Rule of Procedure 1.D, to waive Rule T.K.1, which requires non-binding resolutions be referred to the Law and Legislation Committee before coming to council (Two-Thirds Vote Required); and (2) adopt a Resolution calling for an immediate bilateral ceasefire in Gaza.
Contact: Mayor Darrell Steinberg, (916) 808-5300
Presenter: Mayor Darrell Steinberg, (916) 808-5300
Attachments:
1-Description/ Analysis
2-Resolution
Description/Analysis
Issue Detail: Nothing we say or do in Sacramento may change the course of the war for Israel, Gaza, and the West Bank. But there are other compelling reasons for our city to speak out in support of an immediate, bilateral, and permanent ceasefire.
This ceasefire resolution stands out from those passed by other jurisdictions in California and around the nation because it represents a principled compromise. Leaders from both the Muslim and Jewish communities in Sacramento had input into the language, which includes important principles and concessions from both sides.
Sacramento is a special place to live for many reasons. None is more important than the way we treat each other. In good times and bad, through celebration and despicable hate crimes, our diverse ethnic, and religious communities have stood together. We are friends and have sought to model love, inclusion and support for one another in the face of intolerance and division. By passing this resolution, our City can model how we can find common ground for good even when we disagree.
This resolution appropriately calls for a permanent end to the bloodshed and upholds the spirit of mutual understanding and support that defines Sacramento.
File ID: 2024-00759 3/19/2024 Discussion Item 20.
Policy Considerations: Not applicable.
Economic Impacts: Not applicable.
Environmental Considerations: Not applicable.
Sustainability: Not applicable.
Commission/Committee Action: Not applicable.
Rationale for Recommendation: Not applicable.
Financial Considerations: Not applicable.
Local Business Enterprise (LBE): Not applicable.