2 bloodshed, upon the innocent people of Gaza. As most people of Gaza, were simply not a part of, the October 7, 2023, Hamas massacre.
And from this, the U.S. should be trying to return, to its pre 9/11, good standing in the world. And to work towards dialogue & negotiation, to resolve differences. And with less u.s. military armaments.
The people of San Jose, at this time, are trying to develop, this decent thinking, with better principled, local practices & local control. Thoughtful, coordinated, well principled practices, at the local level, such as divestment, along with more responsible, community tech accountability policies, can simply offer good examples & best practices, towards ideas of peace, open democracy, and better human reasoning.
And that all levels of govt, and their local communities, should better reflect upon.
From this, as part of our good system, of checks and balances - local govt, simply should have the ability, to ask for, and to better define best practices, in concepts towards peace, better reasoning, and open democracy. And certainly before, the current federal concepts, of continual war, and its needs of secrecy, opacity, harm, and the prison military industrial complex, in its policy making.
To conclude this section -
good beliefs in Judaism, should allow us, to work towards a future of Israel, that is based on ideas of peace, dialogue, and better reasoning, before war & bloodshed, as how to solve issues, in defending a nation. A good luck to ourselves, that future u.s. divestment, from the Israel war machine, can actually have the political will, to be considered practices, 'of the good fight'. And the ideas, of peace before war. And not as an attack, on Israel or Judaism itself.
Oakland City Council, has recently approved, a compromise plan, to end their ALPR vendor contract with Flock, in two years time. And in the next two years, look for a new ALPR vendor. Oakland city council, is now open to criticism, superstition, and innuendo, that they have been, a sellout or unethical, in their compromise deal. When in fact, Oakland city council, seems to be addressing larger questions, in how to invite, all parts of the Oakland community, to this process. And to address, both, Oakland neighborhood Public Safety, and better local control, of their surveillance data collection, within this current federal administration.
All of the Oakland community, is also trying to better understand important lessons, at this time, in how to end shipments, of war equipment to Israel, from its Oakland airports & seaports. All of this, can be important lessons, for current San Jose divestment questions.
Perhaps, focusing on the concepts, of how to leave war, the importance of dialogue, and to not supply war technologies to Israel, can be an important focus, for San Jose divestment, at this time.
I hope these two Oakland examples, and the work of Alameda County, and its local cities, at this time, can also be of help to San Jose, in their own decision making, on the difficult questions of divestment, in the current war practices of Israel. And in what should be, easier questions to answer, in divestment planning for San Jose, to move away from, corporations supporting ICE, and questionable immigration practices & policies, from the corporate level, at this time.
In this current, well-intentioned divestment process, by the San Jose community, I hope, the recent, well intentioned compromise plan, of the city of Oakland, to leave Flock, in 2 years time, can be acknowledged. As this Oakland compromise plan, can also be good examples, of how local communities, can now be able, to more clearly question & address, the future of surveillance & data collection tech practices & placement, in their local neighborhoods.
In San Jose , in working towards a future of peace & sustainabilty, please don't forget - San Jose is currently being sued, for SJPD overreach, in their use, of SJ neighborhood surveillance technology. And what simply has to be considered as, an over-abundance of surveillance tech, that has been been placed, in local SJ neighborhoods, in the last decade.
This message is from outside the City email system. Do not open links or attachments from untrusted sources. so they released him. Israel clearly protects its image, banning foreign journalists from Gaza, killing several hundred Palestinian journalists in Gaza and, for example, recently arresting journalist Ayman Ghraieb for documenting the ethnic cleansing of the Jordan Valley. Regardless, it is right for the residents of San Jose to have our money and voice on the side of justice and human rights.
When I think of what others have been through to provide us with our constitutional rights including my father and father-in-law fi ghting the fascist architects of the holocaust in WWII -- my father-in-law as an R.O.T.C. student in Honolulu during the Pearl Harbor attack going on to fi ght in Italy with the task of driving a reconnaissance vehicle until the German army revealed their positions by fi ring on him, for example -- it sickens me that my Mayor is either so ignorant or cowardly that he “strongly rejects” even the right to BDS.
BDS seeks to peacefully encourage the Israeli government to end genocide in Gaza and the ethnic cleansing in the West Bank and parts of Lebanon and Syria. And now, Israel's leaders are even promoting the mythical idea of “Greater Israel” that would include much of Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, and Iraq.
I am intensely ashamed of my “best and brightest” (as we said about the fools and liars who brought us the Vietnam War) Mayor.
With great sincere disappointment,
Dave Poeschel
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Equally important is the city’s fiduciary responsibility. As noted in the staff memo, the city is obligated to safeguard public assets by seeking the highest rate of return consistent with safety, diversification of risk, and liquidity. Annual investment earnings from public companies account for approximately $22 million—representing a significant proportion of the City’s roughly $50 million annual budget deficit.
Given these fiscal realities, it is essential that investment decisions remain grounded in financial criteria alone. This approach ensures that city resources are managed prudently and equitably for the benefit of all residents.
As the staff memo clearly and appropriately states:
“City does not make investment decisions based on political positions or foreign policy considerations, but rather on prudent risk management and financial considerations consistent with its fiduciary obligations.”
I respectfully urge the Council to maintain this disciplined, financially focused approach and to avoid policies that would compromise the City’s fiscal stability, lead to service cuts or create unintended consequences for our community.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
Sincerely,
R.A.Callahan
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Ruth A Callahan
San Jose CA 95118
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Municipal operations rely on Microsoft platforms, and the city has signed a major development partnership with Alphabet/Google. In practical terms, San José cannot responsibly nor realistically divorce itself from such an important segment of the modern economy.
Equally important is the city’s fiduciary responsibility. As noted in the staff memo, the city is obligated to safeguard public assets by seeking the highest rate of return consistent with safety, diversification of risk, and liquidity. Annual investment earnings from public companies account for approximately $22 million—representing a significant proportion of the City’s roughly $50 million annual budget deficit.
Given these fiscal realities, it is essential that investment decisions remain grounded in financial criteria alone. This approach ensures that city resources are managed prudently and equitably for the benefit of all residents.
As the staff memo clearly and appropriately states:
“City does not make investment decisions based on political positions or foreign policy considerations, but rather on prudent risk management and financial considerations consistent with its fiduciary obligations.” I respectfully urge the Council to maintain this disciplined, financially focused approach and to avoid policies that would compromise the City’s fiscal stability, lead to service cuts or create unintended consequences for our community.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
Sincerely,
Brenda Dohmen
choose divestment.
The problem is anti-Semitism is real and it is made worse by media and politicians who have mischaracterized anti-Zionism, often portraying it as anti-Semitism with headlines, “Biden and Democratic Leaders Condemn Protest Outside L.A. Synagogue as Antisemitic” and statements like "“Intimidating Jewish congregants is dangerous, unconscionable, antisemitic, and un-American,” Mr.
Biden said in a statement” when in reality “In this case, demonstrators were protesting a real estate fair at Adas Torah synagogue, where attendees were invited to meet “representatives of housing projects in all the best Anglo neighborhoods in Israel” on Sunday afternoon.” NYTimes,
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/05/us/usc-pro-palestinian-encampment.html. Many argue that these are illegal land sales of land taken one way or another from Palestinians.
Months of peaceful protests by pro-Palestinian rights activists on hundreds of college campuses were vilified with headlines like, “Violence erupts at UCLA as protests over Israel's war in Gaza escalate across the U.S.” Capradio,
https://www.capradio.org/news/npr/story?storyid=1248433624 Yet, in reality the major outbreak of violence was committed by counter protesters and police. “On April 30th, counter-protesters at the University of California, Los Angeles conducted what can only be described as a full-frontal assault on their university’s student encampment. Wielding physical and chemical weapons, a pro-Israel mob attempted to dismantle the walls of the UCLA encampment. A video investigation by The New York Times found that much of the violence was instigated by the counter- protesters, who threw lit fireworks into groups of students and violently attacked everyone from individual protesters to student journalists. Attempting to defend their encampment, pro-Palestine students were seen repairing the walls where possible and shouting at others to not engage.” Michigan Daily,
https://www.michigandaily.com/statement/the-anatomy-of-an-encampment/ Attached is a brief history of the Israel/Palestine conflict.
Regardless of individual acts, San Jose should not be doing business with a countries committing genocide.
-- Dave Poeschel, San Jose
On Tue, Mar 17, 2026 at 12:41 PM Dave Poeschel < > wrote:
Dear Mayor Matt Mahan,
It’s long past due that the City of San Jose expresses its humanitarian values on behalf of its large and diverse SF South Bay population through financial inv estment policy wherever clear and convincing facts indicate an ethical need, broadly and robustly, including divestment from Israel, Russia, the UAE and not limited to ICE.
When I was in kindergarten in 1968-69, our playgrounds were filled with little boys wrestling and playing war as cowboys and Indians.
The Indians were extra imaginary since we all wanted to be cowboys. We w ere racists. Most of us weren’t mean spirited but we were very ignorant; we were steeped in colonial propaganda and pervasive TV westerns. But with the Vietnam W ar experience, we began to question authority as it became quite apparent that our brilliant leaders were also fools and liars. Many of us learned to think more critically about history. And, despite being called pinkos and c
ommie sympathizers, the mostly older draft age kids protested and eventually stopped that foolish war.
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When I was in college, many of us questioned the formerly accepted white supremacy of the apartheid system in South Africa. W e were cast as naïve communist sympathizers by our racist presidential fool and liar Ronald Reagan. But with the stigma and economic pressure brought on by boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS), driven primarily by students, the white South African leaders freed the “terrorist” (as he was often called), Nelson Mandela, dismantled Apartheid, and transitioned to true democracy.
And from that time when I was in kindergarten a long time ago, our people have also been steeped in a one-sided perspective, rightfully called propaganda, about the Israeli cowboy and Palestinian Indian conflict.
Instead of educating our people about the history of Israel/Palestine, our leaders call the protesters against what the UN, genocide scholars, and NGOs call genocide, “anti-Semitic”. Ins tead of educating our people about the difference be tween anti-Zionism and anti-Semitism, our leaders push unconstitutional bans on First Amendment rights on the peaceful BDS movement. W ar and violence against Jews and Muslims is the result.
You may argue that BDS is ineffective but keep in mind the case of Palestinian American teenager Mohammed Ibrahim who (along with thousands of others) had been held by Israel without charge for months. With widespr
ead international pressure and a media campaign, it became too costly for Israel so they released him. Isr ael clearly protects its image, banning foreign journalists from Gaza, killing several hundred Palestinian journalists in Gaza and, for example, recently arresting journalist Ayman Ghraieb for documenting the ethnic cleansing of the Jordan Valley. R egardless, it is right for the residents of San Jose to have our mone y and voice on the side of justice and human rights.
When I think of what others have been through to provide us with our constitutional rights including my father and father-in-law figh ting the fascist architects of the holocaust in WWII -- my father-in-law as an R.O.T.C. student in Honolulu during the Pearl Harbor attack going on to figh t in Italy with the task of driving a reconnaissance vehicle until the German army revealed their positions by firing on him, f or example -- it sickens me that my Mayor is either so ignorant or cowardly that he “strongly rejects” even the right to BDS. BDS seek s to peacefully encourage the Israeli government to end genocide in Gaza and the ethnic cleansing in the West Bank and parts of Lebanon and Syria. And no w, Israel's leaders are even promoting the mythical idea of “Greater Israel” that would include much of Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, and Iraq.
I am intensely ashamed of my “best and brightest” (as we said about the fools and liars who brought us the Vietnam War) Mayor.
With great sincere disappointment,
Dave Poeschel
Palestinian and Israeli massacres
In the context of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the term "massacre" is used by both sides to describe acts of violence resulting in a large number of deaths, often against civilians, which are seen as grave breaches of international humanitarian law
.
Massacres attributed to Israeli forces/Zionist militias • Deir Yassin (1948): Zionist paramilitary groups Irgun and Lehi attacked the village, leading to the deaths of between 107 and 140 Palestinian civilians, including women and children, according to a BADIL Resource Center report. The event is considered a pivotal moment in the 1948 Palestinian exodus, known as the Nakba. • Al-Dawayima (1948): Israeli forces killed between 80 and 300 Palestinian civilians, including women and children, during and after the village's capture. • Tantura (1948): During the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, Israeli forces attacked the coastal village after its surrender, killing nearly 200 Palestinians. • Kafr Qasim (1956): During the Suez Crisis, Israeli Border Police enforced a curfew, killing 49 Palestinian villagers returning home from work, including children, according to Al Jazeera. • Khan Yunis (1956): Israeli forces killed approximately 275 to 400 Palestinians during house-to-house searches in Khan Yunis refugee camp, notes the Middle East Eye. • Sabra and Shatila (1982): During the Israeli invasion of Lebanon, Israeli forces allowed the Phalangist militia to enter the Palestinian refugee camps, where the militia massacred between 460 and 3,500 Palestinian and Lebanese civilians.
• Ibrahimi Mosque (1994): Baruch Goldstein, an Israeli extremist, opened fire on Palestinian Muslims praying at the Ibrahimi Mosque, killing 29 and injuring 125. • Gaza War (2008-09): The UN Fact-Finding Mission found that Israel's military assault on Gaza during this period was a "deliberately disproportionate attack designed to punish, humiliate, and terrorize a civilian population," resulting in the deaths of approximately 1,166 to 1,417 Palestinians. • Gaza War (2023-present): A UN document describes over 42,000 Palestinians, including children, women, and men, having been killed by Israeli forces in Gaza in the first year alone. Doctors Without Borders notes that attacks on civilians and civilian infrastructure have led to recurrent mass casualty events in Gaza's Middle Area.
Massacres attributed to Palestinian groups
• Hadassah medical convoy (1948): Arab forces attacked a Jewish medical convoy, killing 79 Jewish doctors, nurses, Haganah members, and scientists, and 1 British soldier. • Kfar Etzion (1948): Arab forces killed 157 Jewish residents and Haganah soldiers in Kfar Etzion. • Ma'alot (1974): The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine attacked a school, killing 29 people, mostly children, and injuring 68. • Coastal Road Massacre (1978): The Palestine Liberation Organization killed 38 people, including 13 children, on a bus near Tel Aviv. • October 7 Attacks (2023): Hamas-led militants killed 1,163 Israelis and foreign nationals, two thirds of whom were civilians, during a surprise attack on communities, a music festival, and military bases in southern Israel.
It is important to note that accounts and interpretations of these events can differ depending on the source and perspective.1
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The supplemental memorandum proposes the following "1. Sell the investments immediately
2. Allow the investments to mature, and make no new investments in the companies identified 3. Divest and restructure the portfolio over time" as options to divest from companies that provide services to the State of Israel in its ongoing conflict in Gaza and support U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner finds, "Israel has
committed genocide in the Gaza Strip" https://www.ohchr.org/en/press- releases/2025/09/israel-hascommitted-genocide-gaza-strip-un-commission-finds”. The act of genocide in Gaza should be sufficient for the City of San Jose to choose divestment. If you do not divest, you are complicit in genocide. San Jose deserves better than elected officials complicit in genocide.
The only people who are afraid are those in the wrong. Be Brave. Divest Now. Inspire leaders across the nation to do the same.
I hope you make the moral choice.
Kateryna
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The supplemental memorandum proposes the following "1. Sell the investments immediately
2. Allow the investments to mature, and make no new investments in the companies identified 3. Divest and restructure the portfolio over time" as options to divest from companies that provide services to the State of Israel in its ongoing conflict in Gaza and support U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner finds, "Israel has
committed genocide in the Gaza Strip" https://www.ohchr.org/en/press- releases/2025/09/israel-hascommitted-genocide-gaza-strip-un-commission-finds”. The act of genocide in Gaza should be sufficient for the City of San Jose to choose divestment. If you do not divest, you are complicit in genocide. San Jose deserves better than elected officials complicit in genocide.
The only people who are afraid are those in the wrong. Be Brave. Divest Now. Inspire leaders across the nation to do the same.
I hope you make the moral choice.
Nina
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San Jose is a community built by immigrants, with over 40% of San Jose residents being born outside of the United States. ICE relies heavily on the private sector to carry out terrorizing raids against immigrants and their allies. ICE arrests have averaged 1,100 per day in 2026. At least forty-five (45) Americans have died in ICE custody in 2025 and 2026, and the fatal shootings by ICE of U.S. citizens Renee Good and Alex Pretti reveal the dangerous reality we live in. I do not want my taxpayer dollars going towards corporations that do business with ICE. I want the City of San Jose to immediately divest investments of any kind and business with corporations that have ties to ICE. San Jose deserves better than elected officials who prioritize businesses that profit off of harm to the people of our city.
The supplemental memorandum proposes the following "1. Sell the investments immediately
2. Allow the investments to mature, and make no new investments in the companies identified 3. Divest and restructure the portfolio over time" as options to divest from companies that provide services to the State of Israel in its ongoing conflict in Gaza and support U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner finds, "Israel has
committed genocide in the Gaza Strip" https://www.ohchr.org/en/press- releases/2025/09/israel-hascommitted-genocide-gaza-strip-un-commission-finds”. The act of genocide in Gaza should be sufficient for the City of San Jose to choose divestment. Still, we see further war crimes being committed now by the Israeli military against civilians in Iran and especially Lebanon, in addition to continued settler and state violence against Palestinians and even Palestinian-American US citizens in the West Bank. If you do not divest, you are complicit in genocide. San Jose deserves better than elected officials complicit in genocide.
The only people who are afraid are those in the wrong. Be Brave. Divest Now. Inspire leaders across the nation to do the same.
I hope you make the moral choice.
Thann you for your consideration.
Mani
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This message is from outside the City email system. Do not open links or attachments from untrusted sources. the fatal shootings by ICE of U.S. citizens Renee Good and Alex Pretti reveal the dangerous reality we live in. I do not want my taxpayer dollars going towards corporations that do business with ICE. I want the City of San Jose to immediately divest investments of any kind and business with corporations that have ties to ICE. San Jose deserves better than elected officials who prioritize businesses that profit off of harm to the people of our city.
The supplemental memorandum proposes the following "1. Sell the investments immediately
2. Allow the investments to mature, and make no new investments in the companies identified 3. Divest and restructure the portfolio over time" as options to divest from companies that provide services to the State of Israel in its ongoing conflict in Gaza and support U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner finds, "Israel has
committed genocide in the Gaza Strip" https://www.ohchr.org/en/press- releases/2025/09/israel-hascommitted-genocide-gaza-strip-un-commission-finds”. The act of genocide in Gaza should be sufficient for the City of San Jose to choose divestment. If you do not divest, you are complicit in genocide. San Jose deserves better than elected officials complicit in genocide.
The only people who are afraid are those in the wrong. Be Brave. Divest Now. Inspire leaders across the nation to do the same.
I hope you make the moral choice.
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This message is from outside the City email system. Do not open links or attachments from untrusted sources. the fatal shootings by ICE of U.S. citizens Renee Good and Alex Pretti reveal the dangerous reality we live in. I do not want my taxpayer dollars going towards corporations that do business with ICE. I want the City of San Jose to immediately divest investments of any kind and business with corporations that have ties to ICE. San Jose deserves better than elected officials who prioritize businesses that profit off of harm to the people of our city.
The supplemental memorandum proposes the following "1. Sell the investments immediately
2. Allow the investments to mature, and make no new investments in the companies identified 3. Divest and restructure the portfolio over time" as options to divest from companies that provide services to the State of Israel in its ongoing conflict in Gaza and support U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner finds, "Israel has
committed genocide in the Gaza Strip" https://www.ohchr.org/en/press- releases/2025/09/israel-hascommitted-genocide-gaza-strip-un-commission-finds”. The act of genocide in Gaza should be sufficient for the City of San Jose to choose divestment. If you do not divest, you are complicit in genocide. San Jose deserves better than elected officials complicit in genocide.
The only people who are afraid are those in the wrong. Be Brave. Divest Now. Inspire leaders across the nation to do the same.
I hope you make the moral choice.
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This message is from outside the City email system. Do not open links or attachments from untrusted sources. the fatal shootings by ICE of U.S. citizens Renee Good and Alex Pretti reveal the dangerous reality we live in. I do not want my taxpayer dollars going towards corporations that do business with ICE. I want the City of San Jose to immediately divest investments of any kind and business with corporations that have ties to ICE. San Jose deserves better than elected officials who prioritize businesses that profit off of harm to the people of our city.
The supplemental memorandum proposes the following "1. Sell the investments immediately
2. Allow the investments to mature, and make no new investments in the companies identified 3. Divest and restructure the portfolio over time" as options to divest from companies that provide services to the State of Israel in its ongoing conflict in Gaza and support U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner finds, "Israel has
committed genocide in the Gaza Strip" https://www.ohchr.org/en/press- releases/2025/09/israel-hascommitted-genocide-gaza-strip-un-commission-finds”. The act of genocide in Gaza should be sufficient for the City of San Jose to choose divestment. If you do not divest, you are complicit in genocide. San Jose deserves better than elected officials complicit in genocide.
The only people who are afraid are those in the wrong. Be Brave. Divest Now. Inspire leaders across the nation to do the same.
I hope you make the moral choice.
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This message is from outside the City email system. Do not open links or attachments from untrusted sources. the fatal shootings by ICE of U.S. citizens Renee Good and Alex Pretti reveal the dangerous reality we live in. I do not want my taxpayer dollars going towards corporations that do business with ICE. I want the City of San Jose to immediately divest investments of any kind and business with corporations that have ties to ICE. San Jose deserves better than elected officials who prioritize businesses that profit off of harm to the people of our city.
The supplemental memorandum proposes the following "1. Sell the investments immediately
2. Allow the investments to mature, and make no new investments in the companies identified 3. Divest and restructure the portfolio over time" as options to divest from companies that provide services to the State of Israel in its ongoing conflict in Gaza and support U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner finds, "Israel has
committed genocide in the Gaza Strip" https://www.ohchr.org/en/press- releases/2025/09/israel-hascommitted-genocide-gaza-strip-un-commission-finds”. The act of genocide in Gaza should be sufficient for the City of San Jose to choose divestment. If you do not divest, you are complicit in genocide. San Jose deserves better than elected officials complicit in genocide.
The only people who are afraid are those in the wrong. Be Brave. Divest Now. Inspire leaders across the nation to do the same.
I hope you make the moral choice.
Jade
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This message is from outside the City email system. Do not open links or attachments from untrusted sources. the fatal shootings by ICE of U.S. citizens Renee Good and Alex Pretti reveal the dangerous reality we live in. I do not want my taxpayer dollars going towards corporations that do business with ICE. I want the City of San Jose to immediately divest investments of any kind and business with corporations that have ties to ICE. San Jose deserves better than elected officials who prioritize businesses that profit off of harm to the people of our city.
The supplemental memorandum proposes the following "1. Sell the investments immediately
2. Allow the investments to mature, and make no new investments in the companies identified 3. Divest and restructure the portfolio over time" as options to divest from companies that provide services to the State of Israel in its ongoing conflict in Gaza and support U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner finds, "Israel has
committed genocide in the Gaza Strip" https://www.ohchr.org/en/press- releases/2025/09/israel-hascommitted-genocide-gaza-strip-un-commission-finds”. The act of genocide in Gaza should be sufficient for the City of San Jose to choose divestment. If you do not divest, you are complicit in genocide. San Jose deserves better than elected officials complicit in genocide.
The only people who are afraid are those in the wrong. Be Brave. Divest Now. Inspire leaders across the nation to do the same.
I hope you make the moral choice.
Calum
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This message is from outside the City email system. Do not open links or attachments from untrusted sources. the fatal shootings by ICE of U.S. citizens Renee Good and Alex Pretti reveal the dangerous reality we live in. I do not want my taxpayer dollars going towards corporations that do business with ICE. I want the City of San Jose to immediately divest investments of any kind and business with corporations that have ties to ICE. San Jose deserves better than elected officials who prioritize businesses that profit off of harm to the people of our city.
The supplemental memorandum proposes the following "1. Sell the investments immediately
2. Allow the investments to mature, and make no new investments in the companies identified 3. Divest and restructure the portfolio over time" as options to divest from companies that provide services to the State of Israel in its ongoing conflict in Gaza and support U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner finds, "Israel has
committed genocide in the Gaza Strip" https://www.ohchr.org/en/press- releases/2025/09/israel-hascommitted-genocide-gaza-strip-un-commission-finds”. The act of genocide in Gaza should be sufficient for the City of San Jose to choose divestment. If you do not divest, you are complicit in genocide. San Jose deserves better than elected officials complicit in genocide.
The only people who are afraid are those in the wrong. Be Brave. Divest Now. Inspire leaders across the nation to do the same.
I hope you make the moral choice.
Vedanshi
California
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This message is from outside the City email system. Do not open links or attachments from untrusted sources. the fatal shootings by ICE of U.S. citizens Renee Good and Alex Pretti reveal the dangerous reality we live in. I do not want my taxpayer dollars going towards corporations that do business with ICE. I want the City of San Jose to immediately divest investments of any kind and business with corporations that have ties to ICE. San Jose deserves better than elected officials who prioritize businesses that profit off of harm to the people of our city.
The supplemental memorandum proposes the following "1. Sell the investments immediately
2. Allow the investments to mature, and make no new investments in the companies identified 3. Divest and restructure the portfolio over time" as options to divest from companies that provide services to the State of Israel in its ongoing conflict in Gaza and support U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner finds, "Israel has
committed genocide in the Gaza Strip" https://www.ohchr.org/en/press- releases/2025/09/israel-hascommitted-genocide-gaza-strip-un-commission-finds”. The act of genocide in Gaza should be sufficient for the City of San Jose to choose divestment. If you do not divest, you are complicit in genocide. San Jose deserves better than elected officials complicit in genocide.
The only people who are afraid are those in the wrong. Be Brave. Divest Now. Inspire leaders across the nation to do the same.
I hope you make the moral choice.
Aryahi
California
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This message is from outside the City email system. Do not open links or attachments from untrusted sources. the fatal shootings by ICE of U.S. citizens Renee Good and Alex Pretti reveal the dangerous reality we live in. I do not want my taxpayer dollars going towards corporations that do business with ICE. I want the City of San Jose to immediately divest investments of any kind and business with corporations that have ties to ICE. San Jose deserves better than elected officials who prioritize businesses that profit off of harm to the people of our city.
The supplemental memorandum proposes the following "1. Sell the investments immediately
2. Allow the investments to mature, and make no new investments in the companies identified 3. Divest and restructure the portfolio over time" as options to divest from companies that provide services to the State of Israel in its ongoing conflict in Gaza and support U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner finds, "Israel has
committed genocide in the Gaza Strip" https://www.ohchr.org/en/press- releases/2025/09/israel-hascommitted-genocide-gaza-strip-un-commission-finds”. The act of genocide in Gaza should be sufficient for the City of San Jose to choose divestment. If you do not divest, you are complicit in genocide. San Jose deserves better than elected officials complicit in genocide.
The only people who are afraid are those in the wrong. Be Brave. Divest Now. Inspire leaders across the nation to do the same.
I hope you make the moral choice.
Kayla
California
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This message is from outside the City email system. Do not open links or attachments from untrusted sources. the fatal shootings by ICE of U.S. citizens Renee Good and Alex Pretti reveal the dangerous reality we live in. I do not want my taxpayer dollars going towards corporations that do business with ICE. I want the City of San Jose to immediately divest investments of any kind and business with corporations that have ties to ICE. San Jose deserves better than elected officials who prioritize businesses that profit off of harm to the people of our city.
The supplemental memorandum proposes the following "1. Sell the investments immediately
2. Allow the investments to mature, and make no new investments in the companies identified 3. Divest and restructure the portfolio over time" as options to divest from companies that provide services to the State of Israel in its ongoing conflict in Gaza and support U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner finds, "Israel has
committed genocide in the Gaza Strip" https://www.ohchr.org/en/press- releases/2025/09/israel-hascommitted-genocide-gaza-strip-un-commission-finds”. The act of genocide in Gaza should be sufficient for the City of San Jose to choose divestment. If you do not divest, you are complicit in genocide. San Jose deserves better than elected officials complicit in genocide.
The only people who are afraid are those in the wrong. Be Brave. Divest Now. Inspire leaders across the nation to do the same.
I hope you make the moral choice.
Sarah
California
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This message is from outside the City email system. Do not open links or attachments from untrusted sources. the fatal shootings by ICE of U.S. citizens Renee Good and Alex Pretti reveal the dangerous reality we live in. I do not want my taxpayer dollars going towards corporations that do business with ICE. I want the City of San Jose to immediately divest investments of any kind and business with corporations that have ties to ICE. San Jose deserves better than elected officials who prioritize businesses that profit off of harm to the people of our city.
The supplemental memorandum proposes the following "1. Sell the investments immediately
2. Allow the investments to mature, and make no new investments in the companies identified 3. Divest and restructure the portfolio over time" as options to divest from companies that provide services to the State of Israel in its ongoing conflict in Gaza and support U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner finds, "Israel has
committed genocide in the Gaza Strip" https://www.ohchr.org/en/press- releases/2025/09/israel-hascommitted-genocide-gaza-strip-un-commission-finds”. The act of genocide in Gaza should be sufficient for the City of San Jose to choose divestment. If you do not divest, you are complicit in genocide. San Jose deserves better than elected officials complicit in genocide.
The only people who are afraid are those in the wrong. Be Brave. Divest Now. Inspire leaders across the nation to do the same.
I hope you make the moral choice.
Trisha
California
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This message is from outside the City email system. Do not open links or attachments from untrusted sources. the fatal shootings by ICE of U.S. citizens Renee Good and Alex Pretti reveal the dangerous reality we live in. I do not want my taxpayer dollars going towards corporations that do business with ICE. I want the City of San Jose to immediately divest investments of any kind and business with corporations that have ties to ICE. San Jose deserves better than elected officials who prioritize businesses that profit off of harm to the people of our city.
The supplemental memorandum proposes the following "1. Sell the investments immediately
2. Allow the investments to mature, and make no new investments in the companies identified 3. Divest and restructure the portfolio over time" as options to divest from companies that provide services to the State of Israel in its ongoing conflict in Gaza and support U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner finds, "Israel has
committed genocide in the Gaza Strip" https://www.ohchr.org/en/press- releases/2025/09/israel-hascommitted-genocide-gaza-strip-un-commission-finds”. The act of genocide in Gaza should be sufficient for the City of San Jose to choose divestment. If you do not divest, you are complicit in genocide. San Jose deserves better than elected officials complicit in genocide.
The only people who are afraid are those in the wrong. Be Brave. Divest Now. Inspire leaders across the nation to do the same.
I hope you make the moral choice.
Alana
California
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This message is from outside the City email system. Do not open links or attachments from untrusted sources. recent cuts to programs like Medi-Cal and CalFresh. Aggressive enforcement tactics have led to heigh tened fear, trauma, family separation, and even wrongful detentions of U.S. citizens, creating ins
tability that undermines the well-being of immigrant youth across the state of California and the nation. Immigrant families are vital t
o our community and economy, contributing to technology, education, and other sectors while enriching our region with diverse cultures and languages; protecting immigr
ant youth is essential to ensuring they can thrive. We urge the city to invest in the safety and well-being of our people, not companies that support an agency that causes extreme harm in our community and country by terrorizing communities with threats and violence, tearing families apart, and violating Constitutional and human rights.
San Jose City Council has been a leader in establishing policies and practices - “No Staging Zones”, “No masking”, De-escalation Plan, etc. - that provide both concrete protections and demonstrate the City’s values for our community.
As Councilmembers Peter Ortiz and Rosemary Kamei state in their memo:
“This item represents a natural next step in aligning the City’s investment practices with those values by providing direction to limit future exposure to companies with identified ties t o ICE. In doing so, the City
reinforces its commitment to ensuring that public funds are managed in a manner that reflects both its fiduciar
y responsibilities and the priorities of the community it serves.” We hope we can count on your continued support and strong leadership to respond to community concerns and protect the safety and well-being of all. This will add to the City of San Jose’s model policies and practices that are being replicated by others across Santa Clara County and beyond.
Thank you,
Joy Murrieta | Executive Director | she/they/ella
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Every child safe & stable, healthy, successful in learning, thriving in life.
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