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Candidates’ Forum! (see flyer)

for SJ Council District 6 and Valley Water Board D2

>> Monday, Sept. 30th <<

at the Westminster Presbyterian Church on Shasta at The Alameda

Doors open at 6:30 PM: come meet the candidates and collect campaign literature
Forum is from 7 to 8:30 PM,
followed by informal Q&A.

>> we invite you to email suggested questions for either or both races to:
question@wgbackfence.net

Lo invitamos a enviar preguntas sugeridas por correo electrónico para una o ambas carreras a: question@wgbackfence.net

Las preguntas se pueden enviar en español. Una transcripción del evento será traducida al español y publicada en esta página web poco después del evento.

Chúng tôi mời bạn gửi email các câu hỏi gợi ý cho một hoặc cả hai cuộc đua tới: question@wgbackfence.net

Các câu hỏi có thể được gửi bằng tiếng Việt. Bản ghi lại sự kiện sẽ được dịch sang tiếng Việt và đăng tải trên trang web này ngay sau sự kiện.

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Next D6NLG meeting: Monday Oct. 7, 2024, 7:00 PM via Zoom

>> agenda TBD.

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Position papers:

D6NLG letter to Planners re Housing and the Homeless, 8/8/24
[LLA’s talk to Council re park parcel tax (8/6/24)]
Polling on leasing of city parks and/or parcel tax (6/18/24, Council agenda item 3.5):
[SJADLG letter to Council 6/14/24; advocates “Joint Letter” (6/13/24); LLA’s talk (6/18/24)]
Downtown High-rise Incentives & Park fees (6/18/24, Council agenda item 8.2):
D6NLG Letter to Council, 6/7/24
[also letter from SJADLG, 6/7/24; letter from SJ Parks & Rec Cmsn, 6/5/24; and LLA’s talk (6/18/24)]
Letter to Council re: City Budget and Park Funding, 5/8/24 [and LLA graphic, 5/11/24]
[SJ All District Leadership Group (SJADLG) Letter to Mayor & Council re: “Neighborhood Assoc. Engagement Model” & end of N’hds Cmsn, 4/28/24]
[SJADLG letter (4/18/24), advocates “Joint Letter” (4/19/24), and LLA’s talk (4/22/24)
to CED Cmte re: “Development Fee Framework Status Report” and an “analysis of the Parks Development Impact Fee Study.”]
[“Joint Letter” from advocates re: Mayor’s Budget Letter and retail & commercial use of parkland, 3/16/24; and LLA public comment 3/19/24]
Letter to Council re: budget trades involved in “Stormwater Permit Requirements, Homelessness and Neighborhood Considerations”, 3/4/24
[SJ All District Leadership Group (SJADLG) Letter to Mayor & Council with suggestions from D6 for 2024 Budget, 2/12/24]
the District 6 Council Candidates’ Forum (1/23/24), at the Westminster Presbyterian Church: Video recording, and transcript in English, Spanish, and Vietnamese.
Letter to SJ Parks & Rec Cmsn re: “Chartered Parks” and the preservation of city parkland, 1/18/24
Letter to Proj. Mngr. et al re: Airport’s NOP request to convert 11 acres of Guadalupe Gardens from “Open Space, Parkland and Habitat” to “Combined Industrial Commercial”, 9/14/23
Letter to Council re: need for public process for design of former Pleasant Hills Golf Course, 4/23/23. Also signed ADLG’s 4/25/23 letter.
Letter to Council re: Breeze of Innovation at Cesar Chavez Plaza, 4/12/23
Letter to Council re: Burbank Theater, 3 /20/23
Comments to NSE re future of N’hds Cmsn, 3/9/23
[Also, personal letter to NSE from L.Ames, 3/7/23]
Letter to NSE re: Breeze of Innovation at Cesar Chavez Plaza, 12/2/22
“Alternative Recommendation” (to streamline development of Pleasant Hill Golf Course)

- Letter to Planning Cmsn (11/15/22);

- Chair’s talking points (11/16/22);

- Letter to Council (11/28/22)

2nd Letter to Fee Task Force re: park funding policies, 10/1/22
Letter to EPA via SCVWD in support of Valley Water’s grant application, 9/13/22
Letter to Council re: Proposed ‘Repurposing’ of Chartered City Parks, 8/12/22
Letter to NSE and Public Comments re: Breeze of Innovation, Arena Green, & Plaza de Cesar Chavez, 6/8/22
Letter to Council re: Mayor’s Budget Message, 3/11/22
Letter to Fee Task Force re: park funding policies & priorities, 2/14/22
and Briefing Charts for NSE, 4/8/22 (updated 5/27/22)
Letter to Council re: “Residential Uses in Neighborhood Business Districts” and Lincoln Ave. in Willow Glen, 12/7/21
Letter to Council from All Dist. Leaders Group re: Save Coyote Valley, 11/16/21
Letter to Rules Cmte re: State SB’s 9 & 10 – Opportunity Housing, 8/9/21
Letter to Council re: Urban Confluence “Iconic” art project, 5/3/21
Opportunity Housing:

- Letter to Gen. Plan Update Taskforce, 8/3/20

- Letter to Mayor & Council, 3/1/21

Letter to Council on Fee Consolidation and its impact on Parks (11/4/19);
Letter to Council on the Need for Parks (8/6/19)
Annual Report on the Neighborhoods Commission to the D6NLG, 8/31/10
(and, from 4/28/2008: “Opposition to the proposed sale of a VTA Parcel to Green Republic”)

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Past agendas and meeting notes:

D6NLG agendas & meeting notes for 2013 - ‘16 are online at http://wgbackfence.net/NC/index.htm

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Guidelines:

“Guidelines for D6NLG”, adopted 2/7/22

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Other websites:

Willow Glen “Back Fence” (WGBackfence.net) and the “eList”
Glenside-Riviera Neighborhood Association
Burrell Park Centennial

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Contact us:

send email to: SJDist6LG+owner@groups.io

please include “D6NLG” in the subject line.