Letters from the Public - 1 of 6 — San Jose City Council, December 5, 2022

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Election of Representatives
Glenna Howcroft <
Thu 11/24/2022 3:00 AM
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Honorable Mayor and Councilmembers,
I am calling on City Council to conduct a special election to place two new members on the City Council in accordance with our democratic traditions.

Uphold our civic right to elect our representatives.

Glenna Howcroft

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Let Mobilehome Park residents vote
martha O'Connell <
Fri 11/25/2022 8:06 AM
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Do not have item number or date this will be at Council.

Toni,
Please ensure it gets in the proper agenda packet.

See attached letter.

If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality. – Desmond Tutu

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Filling Vacancies in Council Districts 8 and 10
jim gailey <
Sun 11/27/2022 1:16 PM
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Esteemed Council Members,
I am a resident in District 10 and feel there is a strong consensus of fellow residents that want to have the chance to elect a representative that reflects the unique needs and concerns that we have.

I encourage you all to do the right thing and let’s us have a referendum that reflects the true nature and values that we hold.

Thanks for taking is important matter under consideration, Jim Gailey
D10 resident

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Filling Vacancies in Council Districts 8 and 10
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As a resident in District 10, I would like to vote on who will replace Councilman Mahan to represent me.

Thank you,
Andras Csaplar
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Filling Vacancies in Council Districts 8 and 10
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Good Morning councilmen and woman,
I’m a resident of the 9th district. I feel that these two vacancies for district council should be assigned by the people vs the council. I know this will cost additional funds to have an election but I want district leaders who share similar beliefs as me.

Thanks for your time,
Julie sardana

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lloyd Bass <
Sun 11/27/2022 5:07 PM
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SJ City Council Members:

Please let the citizens decide who should fill the council vacancies.

Thank you
Lloyd Bass
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Filling Vacancies in Council Districts 8 and 10
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Sun 11/27/2022 5:24 PM
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I believe that the City Council represents and works for “we the people” and that it is our right and responsibility to ELECT those we want to represent us. I request that the San Jose City Council create an expedited process for a Special Election to fill the vacancies in the D8 & D10 Council positions. I oppose the current 2022 Council appointing individuals to the D8 & D10 Council positions without a vote of the citizens of these districts.

Helen Blain
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Sun 11/27/2022 5:29 PM
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As a voter in District 10 I would like to vote on the next candidate to replace Matt Mahan. Do not take this from us,
Thank you
Linda Snell

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Honorable Mayor and Council-members,
My neighborhood, now in District 10, will be represented by a new Council-member soon, until the 2024 election. That is a long time.

Please consider that I prefer to have a person who I voted into that position instead of a person appointed by a City Council that does not know my District 10 concerns and needs as well as I do, a resident in my neighborhood for 50 years.

You can find a way to make the special election happen in a cost effective manner. You can.

Regards,
Greg Peck
District 10 resident

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Lydia McClure <
Mon 11/28/2022 4:52 AM
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Dear Mayor Liccardo and San Jose City Council Members,
I believe in representation that is fair, transparent, accountable and unencumbered by conflicts of interest created by council appointments. The quality of life and advocacy for local district issues has the greatest impact on quality of life for residents in my district. The right to choose who represents my interests should not be usurped by city council members not the voters.

Appointment robs the voters in a district of the ability to assess the qualifications, values and ability to serve our community. But more importantly it changes the equation from public service to constituents to alignment and loyalty to council members.

I urge you to vote in favor of the needed special election to fill these vacancies. Failure to let the voters decide will further undermine the mutual trust and respect between voters and their elected representatives.

Do not usurp my right as a voter to elect my city representative. Approve the special election.

Regards,
Lydia McClure

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Filing Vacancies in Council Districts 8 and 10
barbara fontana <
Mon 11/28/2022 7:03 AM
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Preserving every citizen’s voting rights requires that they be allowed to elect their representatives (Council members), regardless of the cost. The highest priority of our representative, democratic form of government is elections – which means that citizens have voted for and a majority have selected the person that represents them.

San Jose City Council members should move the process forward as quickly as possible to hold a ’special election’ to fill these two vacant council district seats.

Allowing citizens to elect their representatives is the most fundamental governmental function - more important than any other, including police & fire, health & welfare – and the cost of the election should not be considered a constraint or relevant factor.

EACH CITIZEN of San Jose needs to have their voices heard on this important issue.

On this and other important issues impacting the well being of the citizens of San Jose, the voice of we, the tax-paying citizens of San Jose, needs to outweigh a majority (“by right”) vote of just the mayor and other city council members. Absent our input through VOTING, the City Council could (continue to) be very unbalanced in representing the voice of its tax-paying citizens.

Sincerely,
Robert and Barbara Fontana
DISTRICT 10

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LET US VOTE!!!!!
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Mon 11/28/2022 7:31 AM
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City council appointments of 2 vacant seats with 5 lame duck votes is morally corrupt and ethically bankrupt. Let us vote. If the city has money to change pronouns in the city charter they have money for a special election. Let us vote!!!!

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From: Don Chamberlin <
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Subject: Filling Vacancies in Council Districts 8 and 10

Dear Mayor Liccardo and Council Members:

I live in Almaden Valley, District 10. I ask you to allow us vote for our successor councilmember. District 8 should vote for theirs too. While appointments are legal, they are not appropriate in this case. Current councilmembers should not be appoinng two more councilmembers. We constuents deserve to vote. In similar situaons in the last 20 years, there has been a special elecon. The precedent should stand. I urge you: schedule a special elecon.

Thank you,
Donald Chamberlin
District 10

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From: Terrence Reilly <
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Mayor, Councilmembers,

Please keep democracy alive by allowing the people to p[ick their representave. Support a special elecon for D8 and D10.

Best Regards,

Terrence

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Fw: Election for seats 8 and 10
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Members of the Council:

I believe the appointment of vacant council seats by the Council is a terrible precedent and it's undemocratic.

With Councilpersons Arenas District 8 and Mahan District 10 moving on to County Supervisor and San Jose Mayor, there are two empty seats, that need filling, but how? Chavez's forces want the Council to fill the seats saving money and time. It seems to me that money shouldn't hold sway, when it comes to a citizen's right to vote. Time is a problem for those two districts, but so would it be to have two districts filled for two years by a Council, who incidentally, all endorsed Chavez except Liccardo and Mahan. I am shocked that there is even a challenge to filling the seats without an election in the two districts. I didn't vote for any of the council persons other than my own district 1. It's hard to imagine bowing to either faction in the council.

David Eisbach

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From: blanca Alvarado < onnetwork.org>
Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2022 2:20 PM
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Subject: Special Meeng on Filling Vacancies in Council Districts 8 and 10

San Jose City Clerk Toni Taber,
I am writing in support of the City Council appointing new members of council to fill Districts 8 and 10. According to the City Charter, the City Council has the discretion to appoint someone to fill the two vacancies for the remainder of the term. This option would require no city funding and create an opportunity for a genuinely representative electorate to select their next councilmember. The alternative, a special election, could cost $7-11 million dollars, have extremely low, consequently unrepresentative, voter turnout and will not yield a councilmember until August of next year, months before the 2024 election cycle begins, according to the Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters.

As a San José resident, it’s clear to me that our city is currently at a critical juncture, in dire need of resources for public safety, parks, and vital infrastructure — every dollar that is unwisely spent means there is less, much needed, funding towards addressing our current housing crisis, and need for public safety and regional economic development. These are urgent issues that impact each and everyone that lives and works in San José. We need our local leaders to focus on funding and implementing solutions that make it possible for each of us to have a roof over our heads, feel safe in our neighborhoods and parks, and have access to critical infrastructure and care.

I stand alongside a broad coalition of partners from labor, community and multi ethnic organizations in supporting a process that would lead to genuine representation and afford for an electorate reflective of our community. I ask the San José City Council to put their constituents first and adopt a fair, transparent, inclusive, and expeditious process to appoint members to represent Districts 8 and 10 until the next regular election in 2024. blanca Alvarado

San Jose, California 95127

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From: betsy hammer carr < onnetwork.org>
Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2022 2:58 PM
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Subject: Special Meeng on Filling Vacancies in Council Districts 8 and 10

San Jose City Clerk Toni Taber,
Hi Dev,
Hope you are well and had a great Thanksgiving with your family.

I am writing in support of the City Council appointing new members of council to fill Districts 8 and 10. According to the City Charter, the City Council has the discretion to appoint someone to fill the two vacancies for the remainder of the term. This option would require no city funding and create an opportunity for a genuinely representative electorate to select their next councilmember. The alternative, a special election, could cost $7-11 million dollars, have extremely low, consequently unrepresentative, voter turnout and will not yield a councilmember until August of next year, months before the 2024 election cycle begins, according to the Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters.

Thanks for your consideration.
betsy

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Special Meeting on Filling Vacancies in Council Districts 8 and 10 BRIAN HABERLY <
Wed 11/30/2022 10:43 PM
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San Jose City Clerk Toni Taber,
I am writing in strong support of the City Council appointing new members of the council to fill Districts 8 and 10. According to the City Charter, the City Council has the discretion to appoint someone to fill the two vacancies for the remainder of the term. This option would require no city funding and create an opportunity for a genuinely representative electorate to select their next councilmember.

The alternative, a special election, could cost $7-11 million dollars, have extremely low, consequently unrepresentative, voter turnout and will not yield a councilmember until August of next year(!), months before the 2024 election cycle begins, according to the Santa Clara County Registrar of V oters.

As a San José resident, it’s clear to me that our city is currently at a critical juncture, in dire need of resources for public safety, parks, and vital infrastructure — every dollar that is unwisely spent means there is less, much-needed, funding towards addressing our current housing crisis, and need for public safety and regional economic development. These are urgent issues that impact each and everyone that lives and works in San José. We need our local leaders to focus on funding and implementing solutions that make it possible for each of us to have a roof over our heads, feel safe in our neighborhoods and parks, and have access to critical infrastructure and care.

I stand alongside a broad coalition of partners from labor, community and multi-ethnic organizations in supporting a process that would lead to genuine representation and afford for an electorate reflective of our community. I ask the San José City Council to put their constituents first and adopt a fair, transparent, inclusive, and expeditious process to appoint members to represent Districts 8 and 10 until the next regular election in 2024.

BRIAN HABERLY

San Jose, California 95112

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From: Marg Cimafranca <
Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2022 5:28 PM
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Subject: Filling Vacancies in Council Districts 8 and 10

I am wring and sending this email to let you know, that I am totally against the council making appointments to the vacancies, le aer the elecon, for districts 8 and 10.. I demand that you uphold our civic right, to elect our own representaves.

Sincerely,

Margaret Cimafranca, District 7

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Fwd: Special Election in Districts 8 & 10`
Ann Webb <
Thu 12/1/2022 11:34 AM
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For the Council meeting on Monday, December 5 - for insertion into the letters from the public.

Ann Webb
Community Activist
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Subject: Special Election in Districts 8 & 10`
Date: December 1, 2022 at 11:16:28 AM PST
To: Sam Liccardo < >, District 1 - Chappie Jones < >,
District 2 - Sergio Jimenez < >, District 3 - Raul Peralez < >, District 4 - David Cohen < >, District 5 - Magdalena Carrasco < >, District 6 - Dev Davis < >, District 7 - Maya Esparza < >, District 8 - Sylvia Arenas < >, District 9 - Pam Foley < >, District 10 - Matt Mahan < >
Dear Mayor & Council Members,
I am writing today in favor of a Special Election for Districts 8 and 10.

THE PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN. According to today’s Mercury News editorial, 52% of the vote in District 8 went to Matt Mahan and 63% of the vote in District 10. Results have shown that the majority want moderate leadership.

I, and many of my friends, (and they will be out in force on Monday night) do not want a predominantly pro-backed labor Council picking their representative. We want a SPECIAL ELECTION where the VOTERS get to pick their representative, not you, who have already shown your bias by endorsing labor-backed Cindy Chavez over a pro-business candidate.

It is my sincere hope that now you will put the interests of the City before you and vote for a special election to replace the two candidates.

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I am also concerned at the estimate for the cost of this special election. Even allowing for inflation and labor costs, how did an estimate quadruple from the previous special election? This stinks to high heaven. If this estimate came from the Registrar of Voters, then it is highly suspicious as it is my understanding that she favors Cindy Chavez, which is an obvious conflict of interest. The estimate for this special election should be closely scrutinized and audited. Again, quoting the Mercury News, ’spending less than one tenth of 1% of one year’s annual budget on an election is a small price for democracy’.

And I am sure we are going to hear that this money would be better spent on housing the homeless. While I have a lot of compassion for the homeless, particularly in this cold and wet weather, we taxpayers have rights too, and I don’t want them trampled on by denying the voters the right to pick their own representative.

I trust you will do the right thing on Monday night and vote to hold a Special Election to replace the outgoing representatives in Districts 8 and 10.

Sincerely,
Ann Webb
Community Activist
Resident of District 2

Ann Webb

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Will Smith

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Furthermore, a special election in May would deprive the residents of Districts 8 and 10 of a city council representative during the period when the city budget is negotiated and finalized. Lastly, if no candidate reaches 50% of the votes in May, a highly likely outcome, this would necessitate a run-off election in August which would further undermine representation for the two districts in question and require the eventual winner of that August election to begin campaigning immediately for the next election.

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It is problematic that the current 2022 Council would evenhandedly appoint two new Council members to serve out the two years remaining for D8 & D10 for 2023 & 2024.

San Jose City Council members should move the process forward as quickly as possible to hold a ’special election’ to fill these two vacant council district seats. Allowing citizens to elect their representatives is the most fundamental governmental function - more important than any other, including police & fire, health & welfare – and the cost of the election should not be considered a constraint or relevant factor.

Please let people vote for the council vacancies. People's voice is the most important.

Best regards,
Jenny Yuan
San Jose resident.

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FW: Let Me Vote for City Council in my District!!!
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Please Let Me Vote for City Council in my District!!! Thanks.

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From: Debbie Ramsey <
Sent: Friday, December 2, 2022 9:00 AM
To: Jimenez, Sergio < Peralez, Raul < Cohen, David
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Subject: Support Special Elecons: Filling Vacancies in Council Districts 8 and 10

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TO: All San Jose Councilmembers,
Do you want to go down in history as being part of a corrupt City Council who votes to deny people an elecon? Yes, you would be the ELECTION DENIER!
Do you want to go down in history as being part of the corrupt City Council who refuses to put democracy on the ballot? Without an elecon, DEMOCRACY will NOT have a chance to be ON THE BALLOT! Any Councilmember who caves to special interest groups, meaning the Labor Unions, does not deserve to the on the council.

Everyone knows that the current Labor-majority wants to use its vong block to grab power for the next two years.

City Council should never have been given the power to appoint its own members.

Our California State Legislature calls for special elecons when a seat becomes vacant. “If there is a vacancy in the California State Legislature, the governor must call for a special elecon. The elecon must be called by the governor within 14 days of the vacancy.”
But many San Jose City Council members think they are above the people of this city and can railroad our processes. It’s no diﬀerent than what we see at the naonal level. Those who opposed a President appoinng a Supreme Court Jusce at the end of his term, now want a City Council, with six members who won’t be on the Council next year, to make a decision to appoint to two vacant council seats for two years.

LET THE PEOPLE CHOOSE THEIR REPRESENTATIVES!
Support Special Elecons!

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Dear Mayor Liccardo and City Council Members,
I reside in District 2 and am writing to encourage you to please allow the voters in Districts 8 and 10 to pick their representatives, not Council members who don't live in those districts.

The City of San Jose has always held special elections to fill vacant seats so that the citizens of the affected districts select their replacement Council member in fair and timely elections.

We must preserve every citizen’s voting rights in local elections, regardless of the cost. The highest priority of our representative, democratic form of government is elections – which means citizens have voted and a majority has selected the person that represents them.

Please move the process forward as quickly as possible to hold a special election to fill these two vacant Council District seats. It is the most fundamental governmental function to allow citizens to elect their representatives - more important than any other, including police and fire, health and welfare. The cost of the election should not be considered a constraint or relevant factor.

Thank you.

Connie Segreto
San Jose

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Hello all,
I’m a constituent of district 10 and I want to vote for my next council member. I do NOT want it be assigned by the city. This is my right to choose who oversees my area. Thank you
Felicia
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Dear Councilmembers,
I support special elecons in Districts 8 and 10.

One reason is because I imagine that if it were Districts 3 and 5 that were vacant, the people in those districts would also want special elecons. It wouldn’t be about cost and it wouldn’t be about turnout. It would be about what is fair to those voters.

People saw San Jose’s redistricng around this same me last year. Those same labor-backed groups who are opposing special elecons now are the same groups who tried to take advantage of the redistricng process and move a District 5 City Council candidate from Warner Heights over to District 8. Fortunately, the people in that small neighborhood recognized what was happening and spoke out against it. These groups are not the people who should be hand-picking our new council members.

We also saw what happened this year in October with three Los Angeles City Council members and the President of the Labor Federaon. An audio was released of them plong and making racist remarks about redistricng and ﬁlling council seats. The Labor President and President of the Los Angeles City Council had to resign over it. People’s eyes were opened to the power that can corrupt within City Councils.

Unfortunately, the power given to Council members, along with their agendas and polical aspiraons, can cause them to lose touch with the concepts of democracy and the people they are supposed to represent.

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For six of the past vacancies in San Jose, we have held special elecons, and most mes the council seat was le vacant during the special elecon.

It’s not only one council seat this me, but two seats that account for 18% of the council vote.

Yes, elecons get more costly as we make vong more accessible and improve voter rights. But these new elecon laws aren’t meant as a tool to keep people from having elecons.

I urge you to Let The People Choose Their Representaves! Thank You.

Joe Alexander

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Mayor Sam Liccardo,
I am writing in support of the City Council appointing new members of council to fill Districts 8 and 10. According to the City Charter, the City Council has the discretion to appoint someone to fill the two vacancies for the remainder of the term. This option would require no city funding and create an opportunity for a genuinely representative electorate to select their next councilmember. The alternative, a special election, could cost $7-11 million dollars, have extremely low, consequently unrepresentative, voter turnout and will not yield a councilmember until August of next year, months before the 2024 election cycle begins, according to the Santa Clara County Registrar of V oters.

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John Miller

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Furthermore, a special election in May would deprive the residents of Districts 8 and 10 of a city council representative during the period when the city budget is negotiated and finalized.

Lastly, if no candidate reaches 50% of the votes in May, a highly likely outcome, this would necessitate a run-off election in August which would further undermine representation for the two districts in question and require the eventual winner of that August election to begin campaigning immediately for the next election.

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As a San José resident, it’s clear to me that our city is currently at a critical juncture, in dire need of resources for public safety, parks, and vital infrastructure — every dollar that is unwisely spent means there is less, much needed, funding towards addressing our current housing crisis, and need for public safety and regional economic development. These are urgent issues that impact each and everyone that lives and works in San José We need our local leaders to focus on funding and implementing solutions that make it possible for each of us to have a roof over our heads, feel safe in our neighborhoods and parks, and have access to critical infrastructure and care.

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Mayor Liccardo & Members of the San Jose City Council:

Aached, please ﬁnd a leer from the San Jose Chamber of Commerce supporng the calling of special elecons in Districts 8 & 10 when that decision comes before you in the coming weeks. We greatly appreciate your consideraon of our posion on this issue.

Derrick Seaver
President & CEO
San Jose Chamber of Commerce
101 W. Santa Clara Street
San Jose, CA 95113

December 2, 2022

San Jose City Council
Mayor Sam Liccardo
200 E. Santa Clara Street
San Jose, CA 95113

Mayor Liccardo & San Jose City Council Members:

On behalf of the San Jose Chamber of Commerce, our Board of Directors and members, I am writing to you today to ask for your support of the calling of special elections to fill the vacancies for City Council in Districts 8 and 10, created by the recent elections of Councilmembers Sylvia Arenas and Matt Mahan to the County Board of Supervisors and San Jose Mayor, respectively.

San Jose is the tenth largest city in the United States. With a population over one million, our ten members of Council each represent roughly 100,000 San Jose residents. To put that in context, members of the San Jose City Council represent more individuals than do members of the state assemblies/houses of 42 states. We rely heavily on members of Council to represent not just the interests of the city at-large, but also their individual districts, before our city government.

Over the past two years, the integrity of our democracy has been questioned at all levels of government.

At its foundation is the belief that residents – all residents – should have their voices heard at the ballot box and be able to peacefully and freely express their will in who represents them. California has been at the forefront of protecting these rights. On November 9, 2016, the California Legislature issued a joint statement that said: “California was not part of this nation when it’s history began, but we are clearly now the keeper of its future”. That has been expressed in relation to our most fundamental rights by the expansion of vote by mail, increased election days and hours, the protection of employees’ rights to PTO on election day, and the mass participation of our residents in the democratic process. We should rightly be proud of these California initiatives and successes.

Here in San Jose, we are now facing a choice: should we leave the decision to appoint 20% of the body entrusted to govern our city with just ten members of Council, only two of which being residents of the impacted districts, or should we leave that decision to the two-hundred thousand San Joseans who will be relying on these new members of Council to represent them before our city? We believe, strongly, that California’s tradition of robust, open, and free democracy lends itself to only one solution: that the filling of vacancies on any elected body should be left where it was intended – with the voters.

For these reasons, the San Jose Chamber of Commerce is urging you to support the calling of special elections in Council Districts 8 & 10 when the decision comes before you over the coming two weeks. We thank you for your consideration, and for all you do to make San Jose a world class place to start and grow your business.

Sincerely,
Derrick Seaver
President & CEO

San Jose City CouncilDecember 5, 2022

San Jose City Council
December 5, 2022