Letters from the Public - 2 of 2 — San Jose City Council, June 6, 2023

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FW: Letter re: City Council meeting June 6, 2023 - Agenda item 8.4 City Clerk <[email protected]>
Tue 6/6/2023 10:09 AM
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From: Arianna Borsoni
Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2023 9:08 AM
To: City Clerk <[email protected]>
Subject: Leer re: City Council meeng June 6, 2023 - Agenda item 8.4

Hello City Council,
I live in District 2 -- right on the border with District 10, as a homeowner in the Urban Oak community, which is less than .25 mile away from the soon-to-be Safe Parking site at the Santa Teresa VTA station and the proposed EIH sites at Via del Oro & San Ignacio AND Great Oaks and 85. We live less than .5 mile away from the Monterey @ Bernal EIH site, and less than 1 mile from the Rue Ferrari EIH sites. I represent the Urban Oak Master Homeowners Association (on the Board of Directors) and I am a part of the Great Oaks Neighborhood Association.

I and most of our 1000+ neighbors here strongly oppose the several new EIH tiny home locations that have been proposed by the housing department at Beral & 85, Via del Oro and San Ignacio, and Great Oaks and 85.

Like many
of the community members in my neighborhood, I share concerns about what will happen to our neighborhood once these sites are up and running, specifically about crime uptick, additional unhoused encampments encroaching into the surrounding area, increased illegal dumping and trash, and more vehicle dwellers on the streets. Other nearby EIH sites like Rue Ferrari and Bernal have brought an increase in encampments and illegally parked RVs to the surrounding neighborhoods and encampments. The city’s policy of not enforcing existing laws (like 72 hour parking limit, etc.) is making these issues even worse.

Our concern about the site is what it will attract to our neighborhood. We have no doubt that it will be run well on the inside perimeter of the site, but are very concerned about what and who it will attract on the outside and bring to the neighboring communities. Urban Oak is the closest housing development to the Via del Oro & San Ignacio and Great Oaks and 85 sites, at less than .25 miles away. If you go to the site at Rue Ferrari, for example, it has become a magnet for homeless encampments and RV parking outside of the site perimeter and spilling out to the neighborhoods that surround it.

Our neighborhood is safe, peaceful and so far has been encampment free – and there is nothing more than we want then to keep it this way.

Most importantly, all of the proposed new EIH sites in District 2 and 10 are being concentrated in the same 1 mile radius.

There are 3 existing/approved sites, with 1 current expansion and 3 new proposed sites all in that D2/D10 zone. While I (and many of my neighbors) support housing the homeless and providing shelter and services, I do not support putting everything in such a small area of the city. Yes, I know that other districts have homeless housing, but there is no other radius of San Jose that has a concentration of homeless housing sites like ours. And it’s not even close.

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Not only is our small area of San Jose supporting the most number of EIH sites, it is also housing the most number of people and beds compared to any other district. With the already 3 existing EIH sites, plus the expansion of Rue Ferrari, this small section of District 2 and District 10 will be housing 500 beds, which equates to over 50% of the city's total EIH beds.

So not only are we taking on more locations than any area of San Jose, we are also taking on the most number of beds and individuals. How is this fair or equitable distribution?

Again, I fully support finding solutions for the homeless crisis in the city, and I am happy to do my part to come up with solutions in our own community. We have done this time and time again over the past few years (Rue Ferrari, Monterey @ Bernal, Santa Teresa VTA safe parking, Southside Community Center safe parking, etc.). However, the concentration of all of these EIH sites and other homeless housing projects is deeply concerning. Our community is bearing the burden of solving the entire city’s homeless crisis.

I urge you to call for a relocation of the proposed EIH sites Bernal & 85, Via del Oro & San Ignacio and Great Oaks and 85 to other parts of the city.

Other parts of the city and even within District 10 (the west side) need to do their part to alleviate the homeless crisis. It’s time to stop laying the burden on the same very small 1 mile section of San Jose, and move the location of these proposed EIH sites.

Thank you Councilmember Jimenez for strongly opposing these new EIH projects in our neighborhood. Your work here certainly is appreciated.

Thank you for your time.

Best,
Arianna Borsoni

FW: Item 8.4 Opposition to Bernal site
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Tue 6/6/2023 10:10 AM
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From: Faith Eggers
Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2023 9:21 AM
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Subject: Item 8.4 Opposition to Bernal site
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I oppose agenda item 8.4, specifically the proposal to build yet another Housing site(s) in District 2 at Bernal and highway interchanges. It’s time to equitably situate these sites thru out San Jose and quit using D2and D10 as your dumping grounds. Thank you Regards, Curtis Whiteman
San Jose 95138
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FW: Today's city council meeting, Agenda items 8.4 and 8.5 City Clerk <[email protected]>
Tue 6/6/2023 10:10 AM
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From: Marie Arnold < >
Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2023 9:22 AM
To: City Clerk <[email protected]>
Subject: Today's city council meeng, Agenda items 8.4 and 8.5

Dear City Clerk, I agree with my D2 Councilmember Jimenez opposing locating in our D2, more than the 500 housing units we already have! The other Districts in San Jose, ( eg. D10), need to do their fair share!

Oftentimes, I drive Branham Lane from Pearl to Snell and there's a large encampment beside and under the overpass. It does not appear to have any showers, toilets, etc. Those homeless need the homes/outreach services that EIH offers. It's my observation that these homeless know how to "manage their lives" from this location, as they seem to have been there for a long time! They would benefit by staying in the general neighborhood, aka: the District that they know!

Having attended the May 22nd Zoom mtg I realize that the city is working on the problem. But Jacquie Heffner and Karen Lattin set up a camp that was a model! On an unused parkinglot of an empty government building. It was dismantled by the City. It's my opinion that "rules" need to be re- evaluated if we are ever going to solve this problem! Also, listen to Robert Aguirre, the voice of experience! Marie Arnold, D2 resident

FW: Vote No on proposed additional EIHCs in D2 - tonight’s meeting City Clerk <[email protected]>
Tue 6/6/2023 10:10 AM
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Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2023 9:25 AM
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Hi City Council,
As a resident of D2 and very near the two additionally proposed sites surrounding Bernal and 101, I urge these plans to be eliminated from further pursuit.

Our South San Jose area has already taken on a considerable number of units over the past few years and while it was then able to bypass proper site development and environmental processes of review those emergency privileges no longer should be allocable by this city council nor our Governor.

Many of the public concerns over the developments have come into fruition and so why add even more.

Here is the biggest argument against these two particular site proposals. Both are surrounded by heavy freeway traffic as Bernal and 101 is really Bernal/101 and 85. These sites are at the center of major noise and vehicle traffic. How are these sites different from other road side homeless erected encampments? The city isn’t offering homeless better living just simply higher end accommodations in an area they don’t already congregate.

The fact that this proposal is Emergency Housing but yet construction has been ongoing for years proves the larger issue.

The city and state have Failed to address the route issue.

D2 is a prime dumping ground for the city proposals as there is still undeveloped land with minimum immediate construction concern. That’s not the best reason to continue the onslaught of build out.

Final thought the city is also not thinking about its own relocation of city positions/employment to the nearby Hellyer and Blossom Hill road office locations. South San Jose is developing and becoming the longer standing and final affordable housing for single families to set up roots. Why subject this beautiful area to more EIHCs. We are already living with the increased homeless on street sides, abundant RV domination of the streets near BAE Systems and beyond.

Solve the problem not add a bandaid to it. We have a $20B plus state deficit why are we constructing expensive “Emergency dwellings”?

FW: Item 8.4
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Tue 6/6/2023 10:11 AM
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Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2023 9:35 AM
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Subject: Item 8.4
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Hello City Leaders,
I am writing this email to you to express my strong opposition to the proposed EIH sites on Bernal Road. As a resident of this community I urge you to distribute the EIH sites fairly and evenly throughout San Jose. This community is already a host to more than its share of interim or other forms of housing for the disadvantaged. There are 10 sites either already located here or being proposed within a 3 mile radius. The other districts in San Jose, such as Berryessa and Almaden need to step up and carry their share of the load.

I do not believe either of the proposed sites are close enough to public transportation or other city resources to be of a benefit to the residents that would be moved there. They are at the far edge of the city and this does not make make them attractive to the residents they are supposed to serve.

Another concern is the overall blight issues that these sites bring to the community. Although the sites themselves are clean, they do generate further encampments, parked cars, RVs, garbage, vagrancy and pan handlers and graffiti in the surrounding areas. The city is not able to enforce any way to lessen these and calls to the city to take care of these concerns either go unanswered, take too long, or the areas are cleaned up only to have the same concerns again shortly after.

I understand that the VTA employees have concerns, but we as citizens of Disrict and 10 have the same concerns and feel that our concerns should be weighed equally or have more weight since we care already carrying a more than fair burden.

The Cerone site and Cherry Avenue site are far more suitable so please weigh the concerns of District 2 and 10 members and use those sites.

Thank you,
Tabassum Vaidyanath
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FW: opposition to Emergency Interim Housing; District 2; Agenda item 8.4 City Clerk <[email protected]>
Tue 6/6/2023 10:11 AM
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From: Peter Gaudio
Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2023 9:35 AM
To: City Clerk <[email protected]>
Subject: opposion to Emergency Interim Housing; District 2; Agenda item 8.4

I am totally opposed to addional interim housing in district 2. District 2 is already supporng enough of this burden. Other districts should "share the wealth." I ﬁnd it odd that many council members advocate interim housing at a point farthest away from City Hall and on the edge of the City. Why not locate these in their district closer to beer services? Addionally, have they given any thought that this housing will be the ﬁrst thing visitors see while driving north and the last thing they see while driving south? Not the best look for San Jose. Surely, there are appropriate locaons within San Jose's 150 square miles that keep from overconcentrang these housing units in one area.

Peter Gaudio

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FW: item 8.4: Support for Jimenez Memorandum, parts of other Memorandums submitted City Clerk <[email protected]>
Tue 6/6/2023 10:11 AM
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From: Chris Paulson
Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2023 9:40 AM
To: District 10 <[email protected]>; District8 <[email protected]>; Cohen, David <[email protected]>; District 6 <[email protected]>; District7 <[email protected]>; District9 <[email protected]>; District2 <[email protected]>; District1 <[email protected]>; The Oﬃce of Mayor Ma Mahan <[email protected]>; District5 <[email protected]>; District3 <[email protected]> Cc: Passons, Omar <[email protected]>; Ortbal, Jim <[email protected]>; Stagi, James <[email protected]>; City Clerk <[email protected]>; Morales-Ferrand, Jacky <[email protected]> Subject:
item 8.4: Support for Jimenez Memorandum, parts of other Memorandums submied

Subject: item 8.4: Support for Jimenez Memorandum, parts of other Memorandums submied

Dear Councilmembers and City Staff,

I am adding my agreement to the letter below written by Karen Lattin to express support of several points of concern, as a long time home owner and volunteer in the local community struggling to sustain a positive commercial area, school environments and working to improve our pleasant parks and foot paths.In addition, this area is a gateway to San Jose which at times has been unable to receive prompt police responses which make management of the urgent public behavior issues a concern.

Thank you,

Christi Paulson
Resident of South San Jose

Copy of the letter written by Karen Lattin, Resident of South San Jose

Dear Councilmembers and City Staff,

I am writing today to express support of several points in multiple memorandums submitted by Councilmembers.

First, supporting Councilmember Jimenez’ Memorandum to remove the two Bernal Road sites from immediate consideration as backup sites for the Governor’s State Small Home Initiative.

With the inclusion of the new
Via Del Oro moveable cabin site and the already approved expansion of Rue Ferrari, there will be a total 400 interim units less than 5000 feet apart (as the crow flies, 1.63 miles walking distance). Let the area absorb and acclimate to those additions before planning additional sites in the immediate area. This concentration of interim units in such a small area of the South San Jose is contrary to the original intent by the City to spread these sites throughout San Jose and is not a recipe for overall success of the program long-term. It is also important to note that when the Council focuses so much on District lines, it obscures the fact that just because a site is in a

This message is from outside the City email system. Do not open links or attachments from untrusted sources. different District across the District line, it still can have impacts in both Districts. There should be a buffer of time and space before introducing additional EIH’s in an area, not based solely on district lines.

Second, supporting the Mahan, Kamei, Cohen, Foley Memorandum as it pertains to “Prioritizing calls in the immediate vicinity of interim housing and safe parking sites to provide enhanced neighborhood services through BeautifySJ.” I strongly believe that these sites should be examples to the rest of the City to show how they can thrive in neighborhoods and over time, be more acceptable in all areas of the City. Allowing the surrounding areas to fall into blight tarnishes the reputation of the interim communities, whether the blight is related or not. The average resident driving by will not understand whether blight is a direct result of the EIH or not, but the reputation will still be tarnished and they will associate the two. Don’t give them the opportunity to associate blight with the interim solutions by keeping areas around the interim sites blight-free.

Third, supporting Councilmember Batra’s Memorandum as it pertains to including an analysis of the costs for providing enhanced cleanup services in a one-mile radius of the perimeter of the site with the goal to make the EIH sites more welcome by the local residents rather than being rejected by the neighboring communities
. Also, to explore innovative solutions to provide individual bathrooms in each movable cabin.

Studies have shown that units with individual bathrooms have led to more successful outcomes than those without bathrooms.

Finally, in the Staff Memorandum, I support (a) Pursue the 1300 Berryessa Road site for a new Recreational Vehicles Communities Supportive Parking Program; and (c) Pursue the Valley Water Cherry Avenue site for Emergency Interim Housing
for the Governor’s State Small Home Initiative.

Thank you for your time and consideration.

Karen Lattin
Resident of South San Jose

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FW: Re item 8.4 on today's City Council agenda -- EIH housing City Clerk <[email protected]>
Tue 6/6/2023 10:12 AM
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From: barbara < >
Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2023 9:53 AM
To: City Clerk <[email protected]>
Subject: Re item 8.4 on today's City Council agenda -- EIH housing

I am opposed to considering placing any addional EIH sites in South San Jose at this point. We have already taken more than our share of emergency housing. Before any more South San Jose sites are even considered, other areas of the city should take their share of the eﬀorts to abate the homelessness problem.

It is a fairness issue to both the South San Jose residents and those experiencing homelessness who come from all over the city and many of whom have es to the areas where they previously lived.

Barbara Canup
Los Paseos Neighborhood (now District 10, formerly District 2)

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FW: Opposition to 2 Bernal Rd. "back-up" emergency interim housing City Clerk <[email protected]>
Tue 6/6/2023 10:13 AM
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From: ct <
Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2023 9:57 AM
To: City Clerk <[email protected]>
Subject: Opposion to 2 Bernal Rd. "back-up" emergency interim housing

Dear San Jose city Council and all,

I aended the interim (open to the public) housing meengs prior to Covid and felt unheard. I am not happy this latest meeng is during work hours for many people, that said, I stand in adamant opposion to the latest proposal of the addional 2 Bernal Rd. "back- up" emergency interim housing sites.

I live oﬀ of Bernal Road, and feel we have gone above and beyond taking on the interim housing sites in the area so far, while so many other San Jose districts remain untouchable. My only respite has been the belief that the other districts of San Jose would share the responsibility. I adamantly oppose this latest proposal because it is unfair and disrespecul to the residents of our area. San Jose is a very large city. Please try your best to disperse the emergency interim housing sites more fairly.

-Cheryse Triano
San Jose, CA

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FW: Agenda Item 8.4 for June 6th City Council Meeting - My comments City Clerk <[email protected]>
Tue 6/6/2023 10:13 AM
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From: Wyman Pang
Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2023 10:02 AM
To: City Clerk <[email protected]>
Subject: Agenda Item 8.4 for June 6th City Council Meeng - My comments

Dear San Jose City Council & City Staﬀ,

My name is Wyman Pang and I am a resident of the Los Paseos neighborhood in South San Jose.

I am supporve to help the unhoused in our community. However, we currently have two EIH sites at Monterey & Bernal and Bernal & Rue Ferrari. And we will soon have the opening of the Safe Parking facility at the VTA Santa Teresa Light Rail. We already have an over concentraon of EIH's in our area. And there are mulple consideraons for other sites in South San Jose.

Three points I want to make.

1. Do not over concentrate EIH's and RV parking in South San Jose.

2. To support the exisng EIH's and the neighborhoods in South San Jose, the City should provide Enhanced Services.

3. The City should expand EIH facilies in other areas which currently do not have them. This includes the Berryessa RV Parking and Valley Water Cherry Ave EIH. The City of San Jose should not over concentrate EIH in South San Jose.

Thank you for your me and consideraon!

Regards,
Wyman Pang
South San Jose Resident

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FW: 8.4 and 8.5
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Tue 6/6/2023 10:13 AM
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From: Lynne Steele >
Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2023 10:03 AM
To: City Clerk <[email protected]>
Subject: 8.4 and 8.5

Dear Councilmembers and City Staff,

I am writing today to express support of several points in multiple memorandums submitted by Councilmembers.

First, supporting Councilmember Jimenez’ Memorandum to remove the two Bernal Road sites from immediate consideration as backup sites for the Governor’s State Small Home Initiative. With the inclusion of the new Via Del Oro moveable cabin site and the already approved expansion of Rue Ferrari, there will be a total 400 interim units less than 5000 feet apart (as the crow flies, 1.63 miles walking distance). Let the area absorb and acclimate to those additions before planning additional sites in the immediate area. This concentration of interim units in such a small area of the South San Jose is contrary to the original intent by the City to spread these sites throughout San Jose and is not a recipe for overall success of the program long-term. It is also important to note that when the Council focuses so much on District lines, it obscures the fact that just because a site is in a different District across the District line, it still can have impacts in both Districts. There should be a buffer of time and space before introducing additional EIH’s in an area, not based solely on district lines.

Second, supporting the Mahan, Kamei, Cohen, Foley Memorandum as it pertains to “Prioritizing calls in the immediate vicinity of interim housing and safe parking sites to provide enhanced neighborhood services through BeautifySJ.
” I strongly believe that these sites should be examples to the rest of the City to show how they can thrive in neighborhoods and over time, be more acceptable in all areas of the City. Allowing the surrounding areas to fall into blight tarnishes the reputation of the interim communities, whether the blight is related or not. The average resident driving by will not understand whether blight is a direct result of the EIH or not, but the reputation will still be tarnished and they will associate the two. Don’t give them the opportunity to associate blight with the interim solutions by keeping areas around the interim sites blight-free.

Studies have shown that units with individual bathrooms have led to more successful outcomes than those without bathrooms.

Thank you for your time and consideration.

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Lynne Steele
Resident of Los Paseos, South San Jose

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FW: Item 8.4 on 6/6/23 11:00 am City Council agenda, to be heard concurrently with Item 8.5 City Clerk <[email protected]>
Tue 6/6/2023 11:25 AM
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From: Lawrence Boesch >
Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2023 10:31 AM
To: City Clerk <[email protected]>
Cc: District2 <[email protected]>
Subject: Item 8.4 on 6/6/23 11:00 am City Council agenda, to be heard concurrently with Item 8 5

Dear Council members:

I join our Dist 2 council member Sergio Jimenez in opposing this measure. We live just north of Chynoweth Rd and did not oppose the sites on Branham and Blossom Hill Roads because we thought such sites would be evenly d str buted throughout the c ty
In vising friends near Reed Street and 2nd, we saw locaons that are examples of places where the double purposes of housing unfortunate people and eradicang urban blight might both be served.

I don’t know if this district has already been given enough of these facilies to serve the purpose of even distribuon. These are examples that may be similar to locaons in other parts of the city that have not yet seen balanced applicaon.

Alternave locaons in the neighborhood are aached. The third is at the corner of 2nd & Margaret. The fourth is in the block of Virginia between 1st and 2nd.

The ﬁrst two are in the 700 block of South Second.

Sincerely,
Lawrence Boesch

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FW: Opposition 2 Bernal E Sites
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Tue 6/6/2023 11:25 AM
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From: Gary Buck >
Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2023 11:17 AM
To: City Clerk <[email protected]>
Subject: Opposion 2 Bernal E Sites

I am with Sergio. We need to spread the burden of unhoused residents. The main causes of homelessness are not being addressed; mental illness, drug/alcohol addicon. Too many in one place will overwhelm the local residents, businesses and law enforcement.

Gary Buck
San Jose
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FW: Protesting EIH over-concentration near D2/D10
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Tue 6/6/2023 11:25 AM
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From: Dhanya Rajan < >
Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2023 11:18 AM
To: District1 <[email protected]>; District2 <[email protected]>; District3 <[email protected]>; District4 <[email protected]>; District5 <[email protected]>; District 6 <[email protected]>; District7 <[email protected]>; District8 <[email protected]>; District9 <[email protected]>; District 10 <[email protected]>; City Clerk <[email protected]>; Jimenez, Sergio <[email protected]>; Mahan, Ma <Ma[email protected]>; Passons, Omar <[email protected]>; Maguire, Jennifer <[email protected]>; Wilcox, Leland <[email protected]>; Chapman, Helen <[email protected]>; Frimann, Nora <[email protected]>
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Protesng EIH over-concentraon near D2/D10

Hello all,

I am a resident of D2 emailing to share my concern regarding the new EIH projects that you are trying to bombard in our locality. If you see, the number of homeless folks here is less compared to other districts. Then why are you so keen to push in more projects when you do nothing to take care of the blight and crime that we have in our neighborhood as the city does not do enough to manage this issue?

There are only 1-2% of homeless in our district and you are planning for 947 beds here. Why don't you create permanent solutions for folks who really need help and are willing to cooperate to receive assistance? A major chunk of tax money is wasted by just enabling encampments everywhere. We as local residents how the EIHs at Rue Ferrari and Bernal have ruined the vicinity area. There are encampments just opposite EIHs. There is no guarantee that there will be any reduction in tents even when EIHs are built. I would request the city to properly manage the neighborhoods near the current EIHs before asking for more in our area. There should be consequences for people who just choose to trash the area.

If EIHs are properly managed, make the neighbohood look better and there is some buffer with no encampments in a 1 or 2 mile radius, you won't see much of an opposition.

There are many misrepresentation in terms of success of EIH projects. The success rate is only 35%, not 50% as claimed. Hope you can correct the same.

Thanks
Dhanya

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FW: Item 8.4: Support for Jimenez Memorandum
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Tue 6/6/2023 11:41 AM
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From: Chia-Keng(Peter) chen
Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2023 11:37 AM
To: District 10 <[email protected]>; District8 <[email protected]>; Cohen, David <[email protected]>; District 6 <[email protected]>; District7 <[email protected]>; District9 <[email protected]>; District2 <[email protected]>; District1 <[email protected]>; The Oﬃce of Mayor Ma Mahan <[email protected]>; District5 <[email protected]>; District3 <[email protected]>; Ortbal, Jim <[email protected]>; Stagi, James <[email protected]>; City Clerk <[email protected]>; Morales-Ferrand, Jacky <[email protected]> Cc: Passons, Omar <[email protected]>
Subject: Item 8.4: Support for Jimenez Memorandum

Dear Councilmembers and City Staff,

Compared to rest of the city, District 2/10 is being unfairly burdened with high number of EIH :

Total Interim Housing built, planned or "in play": 848 Bernal/Monterey: 80

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Rue Ferrari: 120
Rue Ferrari Expansion: 100
Bernal/101: 100
Bernal (Cross Site): 200
Great Oaks & 85 : 100
Cottle VTA: 100
Safe Parking Santa Teresa VTA: 48

I am writing today to express support of several points in multiple memorandums submitted by Councilmembers.

Supporting Councilmember Jimenez’ Memorandum to remove the two Bernal Road sites from immediate consideration as backup sites for the Governor’s State Small Home Initiative.

Supporting the Mahan, Kamei, Cohen, Foley Memorandum as it pertains to “Prioritizing calls in the immediate vicinity of interim housing and safe parking sites to provide enhanced neighborhood services through BeautifySJ.”
Supporting Councilmember Batra’s Memorandum as it pertains to including an analysis of the costs for providing enhanced cleanup services in a one-mile radius of the perimeter of the site with the goal to make the EIH sites more welcome by the local residents rather than being rejected by the neighboring communities
.

Support (a) Pursue the 1300 Berryessa Road site for a new Recreational Vehicles Communities Supportive Parking Program; and (c) Pursue the Valley Water Cherry Avenue site for Emergency Interim Housing for the Governor’s State Small Home Initiative.

Thank you for your time and consideration.

Peter
Resident of South San Jose

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FW: Item 8.4: Support for Jimenez Memorandum
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Tue 6/6/2023 11:50 AM
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From: Julie & Dima Martynyuk >
Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2023 11:45 AM
To: District 10 <[email protected]>; District8 <[email protected]>; Cohen, David <[email protected]>; District 6 <[email protected]>; District7 <[email protected]>; District9 <[email protected]>; District2 <[email protected]>; District1 <[email protected]>; The Oﬃce of Mayor Ma Mahan <[email protected]>; District5 <[email protected]>; District3 <[email protected]>; Ortbal, Jim <[email protected]>; Stagi, James <[email protected]>; City Clerk <[email protected]>; Morales-Ferrand, Jacky <[email protected]>; Passons, Omar <[email protected]>
Subject: Item 8.4: Support for Jimenez Memorandum

Dear Councilmembers and City Staff,

Compared to rest of the city, District 2/10 is being unfairly burdened with high number of EIH :

Total Interim Housing built, planned or "in play": 848 Bernal/Monterey: 80
Rue Ferrari: 120
Rue Ferrari Expansion: 100
Bernal/101: 100
Bernal (Cross Site): 200
Great Oaks & 85 : 100
Cottle VTA: 100
Safe Parking Santa Teresa VTA: 48

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I am writing today to express support of several points in multiple memorandums submitted by Councilmembers.

Supporting Councilmember Jimenez’ Memorandum to remove the two Bernal Road sites from immediate consideration as backup sites for the Governor’s State Small Home Initiative.

Supporting the Mahan, Kamei, Cohen, Foley Memorandum as it pertains to “Prioritizing calls in the immediate vicinity of interim housing and safe parking sites to provide enhanced neighborhood services through BeautifySJ.” Supporting Councilmember Batra’s Memorandum as it pertains to including an analysis of the costs for providing enhanced cleanup services in a one-mile radius of the perimeter of the site with the goal to make the EIH sites more welcome by the local residents rather than being rejected by the neighboring communities.

Thank you for your time and consideration.

Julie
Resident of South San Jose

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FW: Bernal Emergency Homeless Site
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Tue 6/6/2023 3:27 PM
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From: Bill Yanowsky < >
Sent: Tuesday, June 6, 2023 9:00 AM
To: City Clerk <[email protected]>
Subject: Bernal Emergency Homeless Site

Dear City Council,

As a resident of District 2 I support my councilmember Sergio Jimenez's desire to spread the homeless around the city and not localize it in south San Jose. It's a city wide problem which needs to be addressed through out the city.

Thank you.

Bill Yanowsky
, San Jose, CA 95136

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FW: Emergency Interim Housing among all Districts
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Tue 6/6/2023 3:28 PM
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From: cyndi abad >
Sent: Tuesday, June 6, 2023 10:04 AM
To: ma[email protected]; Kamei, Rosemary <[email protected]>; Jimenez, Sergio <[email protected]>; Torres, Omar <[email protected]>; Cohen, David <[email protected]>; Orz, Peter <Peter.Or[email protected]>; Davis, Dev <[email protected]>; Doan, Bien <[email protected]>; Candelas, Domingo <[email protected]>; Foley, Pam <[email protected]>; Batra, Arjun <[email protected]>; City Clerk <[email protected]>
Subject: Emergency Interim Housing among all Districts

To all Council Members-

I reside in District 2 which already has 500 units of EIHCs. Please do not approve any additional locations for the unhoused in District 2. Please evenly distribute locations for the unhoused in all the other districts in order to be fair to all taxpayers in San Jose.

Kind regards,
Cyndi Abad
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FW: Agenda Item 8.4 - RV Communities Support Parking & EIH Sites in General City Clerk <[email protected]>
Tue 6/6/2023 3:59 PM
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From: Travis Murphy
Sent: Tuesday, June 6, 2023 3:58 PM
To: City Clerk <[email protected]>
Subject: Agenda Item 8.4 - RV Communies Support Parking & EIH Sites in General

I’d like the mayor and council members to please keep in mind equity rather than solely expediency when picking places to build EIH and similar sites in our city. I live nearby where the 85 and 101 meet and there already exists Monterey & Branham, Monterey/Bernal, the soon to be expanded Rue Ferrari sites as well as the soon opening Santa Teresa safe parking area. This is all within a walk of our homes. I share sentiments with many of my neighbors that believe we have already done more than enough to shoulder the burden of the city's homeless aid sites. And yet despite how many sites are already around our neighborhoods, I'm shocked and dismayed to see that the city hopes to add even more. Between the Via del Oro, Cottle Road, 85/Great Oaks, 85/Santa Teresa, and both Bernal/101 proposed and planned sites it looks like our area will likely double its burden in the coming years.

Meanwhile areas like Evergreen, Almaden, Cambrian, and the entirety of districts 1 and 4 continue to seemingly do nothing to help tackle the homelessness crisis. If San Jose wants to solve this crisis, then it's going to take the entire city to pitch in, not just particular areas. It's time for other parts of the city to step up to the plate and help solve homelessness. Otherwise, as it stands South San Jose is dangerously close to becoming the city's glorified dumping grounds where it ships off its problems that the other, particularly wealthier areas don't want to see nor deal with.

I ask that the mayor and the council take the time to find solutions that are fair for everyone in San Jose rather than what's quick and easy. Our neighborhoods, livelihoods, and children deserve to be safe just as much as everyone else’s. Thank you for your time.

Sincerely,
Travis Murphy

San Jose City CouncilJune 6, 2023

San Jose City Council
June 6, 2023