RULES COMMITTEE: 4/27/2022
Item: B.1
File ID: ROGC 22-184
TO: Honorable Mayor & FROM: Toni J. Taber, CMC
City Council City Clerk
SUBJECT: The Public Record DATE: April 27, 2022
April 14 – April 21, 2022
ITEMS FILED FOR THE PUBLIC RECORD
Letters from Boards, Commissions, and Committees
1. Letter from the Youth Commission, received April 15, 2022, regarding: Youth Commission Budget Letter 22-23.
Letters from the Public
2. Letter from P M Guzman, dated April 19, 2022, regarding: Item 4.1 - Approve Councilmember Peralez's Memo on Gun Harm Reduction.
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Toni J. Taber, CMC
City Clerk
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City of San Jose
Office of the City Clerk
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SAN J OSE San José Public Library
CAPITAL OF SILICON VALLEY Youth Commission
March 14, 2022
Dear Honorable Mayor and City Council,
On behalf of the San José Youth Commission, we implore you consider the following budget priorities of San José’s youth when making decisions on the final budget for the 2022- 2023 fiscal year.
A quarter of San José’s population is youth. With the enormous impacts of the coronavirus crisis on our City, the Youth Commission understands that many sacrifices must be made and that the 2022-2023 City Budget must consider the impacts of rising inflation. However, the Youth Commission hopes that the City Council will heed Youth Priorities when allocating funds. Existing essential services are vital, and there are many City-funded initiatives that help youth develop socially, mentally, and emotionally.
The Youth Commission conducted research through a youth town hall, a Budget summit, and individual district Youth Advisory Council discussions to gather youth feedback and priorities. Collectively, the youth ranked the departments in order of priority.
YOUTH PRIORITY #1 HOUSING
Youth have consistently placed housing as one of their top priorities. Silicon Valley youth feel the impact of inadequate housing from many angles. e Domestic violence, family abuse, and financial concerns leave youth and their families in unstable conditions during an impressionable period of youth’s lives.
The impact on low-income housed youth has become more intense during the pandemic. Youth who live in shared housing where multiple families occupy a single-family dwelling often lack privacy, peace, and sometimes are in an increased threat of violence.
e Youth feel the impact of high rents when their instructors, teachers, and community members move out of the area due to the high cost of living. Youth have also stated that it is unlikely they will continue to live in San José when they are older due to the high cost of the rent.
The Youth Commission hopes that the city will continue to explore innovative public/private partnerships and solutions as well as investigate ways to incentivize the creation of affordable housing to mitigate the displacement of youth that need stability to build a future.
YOUTH PRIORITY #2 ENVIRONMENT
Our city is already a leader in sustainability. Youth believe that San José’s stance towards 150 E. San Fernando Street, San José, CA 95112 ~ tel (408) 808-2000 ~ www.sjpl.org/youth-commission Public Record: 1
climate change, recognizing it as a climate emergency and today’s responsibility, and enacting aggressive measures to move the city towards a cleaner and greener future is the right approach to take.
e Youth from various Youth Advisory Councils (YACs) have been working on creative videos to promote recycling in the city and emerged with several policy proposals on ways to incentivize the use of biodegradable materials in restaurants, decrease the amounts of debris in landfills, and reduce food waste.
e Youth have noticed a remarkable decrease in air pollution in San José due to the COVID19 shutdown forcing residents to work from home. Youth believe that San José should not waste this opportunity and should push for more policies to reduce the pollution levels even further.
YOUTH PRIORITY #3 LIBRARY
The San José Public Library youth work is guided by the Education and Digital Literacy Strategy, which ensures all children and families of San José are fully engaged learners. e The libraries provide youth a critical access point for knowledge and information and access to their schoolwork with robust physical and digital collections. eResources support learners in their information needs and a quiet, safe atmosphere with access to reservable PCs, laptops, tablets, and hotspots, as well as free Wi-Fi and TeenHQ, at the Dr. Martin Luther King Library.
e Youth rely intensely on the Library department for both its afterschool services and programs and its support of the Youth Commission. The Youth Commission plays a vital role in allowing youth to be represented in their local government by partnering with city leaders and decision-makers to make our city stronger for all. e The Library offers teens a variety of leadership roles and volunteer experiences. Teens Reach is the Library's youth council empowered to serve their community by volunteering, library advisors, and advocates.
e The SJ Aspires program allows students to earn up to $5,000 in scholarship funds for distribution to the vocational school, community college, college, or university of their choice by completing an online curriculum on college and career skills.
The Youth Commission supports the Library Education Commission's call for a “full restoration of hours at all library branches to the pre-pandemic level and additional operational capacity to support the restoration of public hours” and “expanding Library juvenile material fines-free to fines-free for all materials.”
YOUTH PRIORITY #4 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
In the face of rising unemployment and small businesses impacted by the economic shutdown, youth value the core services that generate revenue, improve the city’s economic outlook and make a vibrant and enjoyable City.
e The work2future group that enacts programs such as San José Works is incredibly valuable to youth in gang-impacted neighborhoods and youth who wish to enter the workforce directly.
e Youth appreciate the city’s effort to develop public art; each brightly colored murals or light displays make the city feel more like a connected community. The youth appreciate other small measures such as allocating one-time funding to repair and upgrade the downtown ice rink. e The work done by the Economic Development Department to mitigate the effects of unemployment through grants and fundraising is vital during this pandemic for small business owners and part-time youth that work to provide for their families.
YOUTH PRIORITY #5 TRANSPORTATION
The past fiscal year, the city spent a sizable portion of the budget on the transportation department and, along with Measure T’s funds, put a lot of effort into paving the many miles of roads. The Commission believes that the city should prioritize bike infrastructure and prevent speeding to make the city safer and more environmentally friendly.
YOUTH PRIORITY #6 PARKS, RECREATIONAL AND NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES The Parks, Recreation, and Neighborhood Services Department are essential for all citizens’ well-being to contribute to the mental, emotional, and physical health and skills of youth in crucial ways such as e R.O.C.K. Afterschool, ASES, San José Recreation Preschool, Teen Centers, and Mayor’s Gang Prevention Task Force. It gives youth opportunities to participate in sports, take classes, do arts and crafts, homework support and create experiences, explore passions, and increase social interaction.
e The maintenance of city parks is essential especially with social distancing as the norm.
Parks must be cleaned and kept operational for the sake of residents, especially with the department's new role in managing the unhoused encampments.
In a few years, today’s youth will face and live the consequences of the decisions made by our city officials, which is why the San José Youth Commission feels it is essential that youth voices are considered while defining the 2022-2023 fiscal City Budget. The Commission respectfully asks that these factors be considered when creating the final budget. A complete ranking list of all the departments can be found here (https://bit.ly/Y CBudget2022).
This letter has been coordinated with the 2021-2022 San José Youth Commissioners and the Library Department. For questions, please contact Elizabeth Nolan, Senior Librarian, at (408) 808-2184.
AROSHI GHOSH NICOLE V. HOANG
Citywide Youth Commissioner San José Youth Commission Chair
Youth
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Dear Mayor Liccardo and San José City Council,
lam emailing in non support of Councilmember Raul Peralez’s memo on the Gun Harm Reduction Ordinance. As we seek to address the epidemic of gun violence that plagues our society and cuts so many lives short each and every day, we must center our policies around meaningful and collaborative solutions to ending violence in all forms and creating a safer and healthier community for all of our residents.
This tax is going to provide little or no assistance in reducing gun violence. Do you really believe that criminals are going to register their weapons so they may pay the tax. There are no provisions for ghost guns or guns getting into the hands of individuals that have mental issues. It is not the amount of the tax, it is the precedence that is being established. Let’s provide more police presence against criminals and provide better care for the individuals that are roaming the streets of San Jose. Stop putting more taxes on the legal gun owners and law abiding citizens.
Sincerely,
P M Guzman
District 3 resident
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