Remarks by Brett Taylor
242 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 3 of 10
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“Perfect, thank you for explaining that. You're welcome. Let's go ahead and open this up to the public. Anyone who wishes to speak on this item, please come forward.”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“Anybody else wishing to speak on this item? City Clerk, do we have anyone online? Okay, let's go ahead and close public comment, and I will turn it back over to Council.”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“First and second. All those in favor, please vote. Item passes 4-0 with Councilmember Nelson absent. Thank you very much, Margie. Appreciate it. Thank you. All right. Next, we're going to go on to item number four, which is a pro-housing second public hearing. Staff report when you're ready.”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“Perfect, thank you guys very much. Council Member Pichigian, do you have any comments or questions?”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“Yeah, I just want to say thank you. I mean, the reason you guys scored so high is because the way that you guys conduct your business here in the community is far beyond what other cities are doing. And we're supportive of housing of all different types here in the city. And that makes sense. You know, when we have 2,000 kids a year graduating, we want to make sure that those kids actually have a place to live. We don't want them taking off and not moving or not sticking around their family and moving off. We appreciate what you guys have done and allowing people to have all different types…”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“I'll second it. We have a first and second. All those in favor, please vote. And the item passes 4-0 with Councilmember Nelson absent. Thank you guys very much for that report. All right next we're going to item number five which is the public hearing and five year PLHA plan approval. Margie that's you still so.”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“So I just have one quick question. This is obviously our third time or second time hearing this one. If we did want to change this in the future, let's say year three, we wanted to shift some funds around. Are we still able to make changes in the future?”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“Okay, that was my only question, just to make sure that there was some flexibility if needed. Yes. Wonderful. Okay, let's go ahead and open this up to the public. Anyone from the public wishing to speak on this item, please come forward and state your name and city of residence.”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“Okay, seeing no one else, is there anybody online?”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“Okay. So let's go ahead and pull this closed public comment, and I'll entertain a motion or any further discussion.”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“Second. Thank you. We have a first and a second. All those in favor of the motion, please vote. And the motion passes 4-0 with Council Member Nelson absent. Thank you, Marjorie. I think you're off the hook for the rest of the night. All right, next we're going to go on to item number six, which is appropriate funds for the 2005 JAG program.”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“Any questions? Councillor Soto, any questions?”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“So I just want to make sure I understand this. If there was a suspect that, let's say, was wanted for murder and we know their driver's license number, or license plate, you'd put that in the system and if that vehicle popped up anywhere, you guys would be notified that the person was in that vicinity, correct? That's correct. Okay. I just want to make sure I understood exactly how that's being used. So it's similar to like the APBs you guys send out right now if you're looking for a wanted criminal. I mean, you guys just verbally say, hey, look out for this color vehicle, this license plate.…”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“So then, I mean, every wanted criminal in Visayas, are we submitting their license plates trying to find these people through the flock system?”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“Right, so you have to be wanted and known for you guys to be able to go and try to find us. It has to be related to an active investigation. Okay, thank you. So my only other question at this point is, have you found any inappropriate searches by any of our police officers?”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“Okay. Any other questions? Okay. Let's go ahead and open this up to the public. Anyone from the public wishing to speak, please come up to the podium, state your name and city of residence. And just a reminder, we will keep this open for 30 minutes. So Kathy Connolly, this is your time to speak.”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“Anybody else wishing to speak? Okay, seeing, okay, come on up. If there's anyone else wishing to speak, go ahead and form a line, please, so I can kind of get a count of how many people.”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“Thank you. Anybody else wishing to speak? Okay, is there anybody online?”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“Okay, so we'll go ahead and close public comments, and I'll turn it back over to Councilmember Poochigan with any questions or comments.”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“Councilor Soto, any comments or questions?”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“Can I ask you a question real quick, Council Member Soto?”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“So it was said that we can create profiles of people's political, ethnic, and religious identities. Is that true that we're creating profiles of anybody?”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“Okay. So I did like the recommendation from one of the speakers who said that we should look at an outside oversight. I think that would be appropriate. So maybe that's something we can look at in the future. And I also like the idea of us as a city supporting legislation to crack down on misuse of inappropriate searches. Other than that, though, I think... If you're a criminal, be warned. Don't commit crime in Visalia. We're actively going to look for you. We're going to hunt you down. We're going to arrest you. We don't want you in our city. You can go somewhere else. So I fully support…”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“We have a first and second. All those in favor, please vote. Item passes 3-1 with Council Member Nelson absent. Thank you very much. All right. Do we have any closed session items to report?”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“Thank you. Then we're going to go ahead and adjourn, and we welcome everyone to come back at our next City Council meeting, which will be on Monday, October 5th at 7 p.m. Thank you very much.”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026