Remarks by Ben Barrientos
12 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 1
- Play at 1:49:15
“First off, I'd like to thank GPAC for all the work you've done and the staff. And we get briefings throughout the years. Here's where we got planned here for Midtown. And we get to see all that and all the plans we have input at that time, too. And our concern is right up there. So you get this document. It's kind of cleaned up a little bit. Some of the edges have been knocked off. And I appreciate for the work you've done. The other thing is, I would, if you heard a couple years ago, I voted against the EIR on the Greenville area. And my concern was Mission Creek. And I felt like if we do…”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
- Play at 1:50:48
“I think you're keeping the count, head count. Anyway, squirrels, raccoons, chipmunks. Anyway, the other thing is... One of my friends drove down. I was born in San Francisco, and I lived in South San Francisco. If you drive from South San Francisco down south on the El Camino, you cannot tell when one city switches to another. You can't tell when you cross from Burlingame to Millbrae to San Mateo. You can't. And that's what impresses some people that come to Livermore. They're impressed. with our town and the way we were set up. And we are concerned about encroaching from our neighbor cities…”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
- Play at 2:59:12
“Well, I haven't heard too much from my constituents. That's my district. Where were they? I heard them here. I do have concerns about the whole thing anyway. I see that little blue thing go through there, the creek. But right now, I just want to hold my comments until later. All right.”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
- Play at 3:09:31
“Every time we go through these developments, I understood that we always encourage developers to hire union workers. And the word encourage is like, when I teach, I encourage my kids to do their homework. Some did, some didn't. Anyway, that's the only thing that bothers me, encourage it. But, you know, I'm a union worker. I'm a union man all my life. U.S. Steel to post office to teachers. And so I support the idea that we need union workers. And they've been destroyed, basically, in the last, since Reagan, the union movement. And that's what made our country better and the middle class…”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
- Play at 1:49:15
“First off, I'd like to thank GPAC for all the work you've done and the staff. And we get briefings throughout the years, here's where we got planned here for Midtown. And we get to see all that and all the plans we have input at that time too. And our concerns right up there. So you get this document, it's kind of cleaned up a little bit. Some of the edges have been knocked off. And I appreciate for the work you've done. The other thing is, I would, if you've heard of, A couple of years ago, I voted against the EIR on the Greenville area. And my concern was Mission Creek. And I felt like if…”
City Council · Jul 27, 2026
- Play at 1:50:48
“I think you're a human account, headcount. Anyway, you know, squirrels, raccoons, chipmunks. Anyway, the other thing is, one of my friends drove down. I was born in San Francisco, and I lived in South San Francisco. If you drive from South San Francisco down south on the El Camino, you cannot tell when one city switches to another. You can't tell when you cross from Burlingame to Millbrae to San Mateo. You can't. And that's what impresses some people that come to Livermore. They're impressed with our town and the way we're set up. And we are concerned about encroaching from our neighbor…”
City Council · Jul 27, 2026
- Play at 3:00:17
“Well, I haven't heard too much from my constituents. That's my district. Where were they? I heard them here. I do have concerns about the whole thing anyway. I see that little blue thing going through there, the creek. But right now, I just want to hold my comments until later.”
City Council · Jul 27, 2026
- Play at 3:10:36
“Every time we go through these developments, I understood that we always encourage developers to hire union workers. And the word encourage is like, by a teacher, I encourage my kids to do their homework. Some did, some didn't. Anyway, that's the only thing that bothers me, encourage it. But, you know, I'm a union work, I'm a union man all my life. U.S. Steel to post office to teachers. And so I support the idea that we need union workers. And they've been destroyed basically in the last, the union movement, and that's what made our country better and the middle class stronger. So I support…”
City Council · Jul 27, 2026
- Play at 3:26:11
“I know they were concerned when we first saw the midtown plan, and I knew the staff was going to be able to work something out with them. I'm glad you're pleased, and I'm glad everything came out okay.”
City Council · Jul 27, 2026
- Play at 3:30:54
“You know he first responded up and so can he told me to get this APP he might want to get his call watch duty, some of us have it better pinged you real quick like it ping me the three fires you've had there's one going on right now mines road. approaching 300 acres right now wow.”
City Council · Jul 27, 2026
- Play at 12:29
“What we're doing, I think it's good for them to know more about these two items.”
City Council · Jul 14, 2026
- Play at 37:07
“I forgot that. I did attend the Teen Academy graduation. And the other thing is on July 18th, we call the Vasco Summer Festival over on the north side of the tracks for 580. And the whole idea is to try to get more people to see more Livermore and to increase business over there on that side of town. I need to talk to Chief Lacey, too. That's it.”
City Council · Jul 14, 2026