Remarks by Darren Suen
19 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 1
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“Yeah, thanks, Jason. Darren Soon here, Vice Mayor. There's no one in the room or around me period. Thank you.”
City Council · Sep 9, 2026
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“Is it just muted? Is it me that's just muted?”
City Council · Sep 9, 2026
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“Thank you, mayor. Um, I also want to start off by, well, let me start off with a question. Andrea, I heard one of our public members speaking tonight talking about the tracking of our movements. But I also heard earlier our ALPRs take only photos and cannot track movements. Can you clarify for me?”
City Council · Sep 9, 2026
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“Okay. Thank you very much. And so, again, I want to start first by thanking everyone for coming out and speaking. I echo my colleagues' sentiments that this is very good, transparent conversations that we're having. You know, it doesn't mean we're going to, you know, just say what we want to hear, right? We're trying to get the data out and hear all sides. I really appreciate the concerns that residents have raised and how they feel. I also appreciate the words of District Attorney Tien Ho and Sheriff Jim Cooper and Chief Bobby Davis and Andrea Cortez and how the technology benefits residents…”
City Council · Sep 9, 2026
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“All right. Good evening, Mr. Clerk and my colleagues. I'm here. Can you hear me?”
City Council · Aug 26, 2026
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“Yeah. Okay. Yes, I am. I'm here and there's nobody over the age of 18 or anyone else for that matter in my presence. Excellent.”
City Council · Aug 26, 2026
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“Yeah. Okay. Yeah. I mean, this, you'd think this is straightforward. Cause I, I do agree that, uh, You know, we might be able to do some much better uses in certain places. I just worry that sometimes this, if this wasn't storage facilities, if it was something we did like, and we were going to put a moratorium on it. It, you know, the knife cuts both ways, so to speak. Right. And so. the uh i i would support a temporary moratorium just because they do take up so much land and so it is worth taking a look at the the uses around our city and whether we want to allow uh or where we want to…”
City Council · Aug 26, 2026
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City Council · Aug 26, 2026
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“Yeah, thank you. I appreciate all this information. Just curious, you know, we mentioned you met U.S. Treasuries and their bond yields. And, you know, recently Secretary Besson made some moves and caused yields to drop. How exposed are we to those kinds of actions by the federal government, or are we invested in – Are you managing it in such a way that the volatility is minimized?”
City Council · Aug 26, 2026
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“Thank you, Mary. Yeah, thank you. Carlos and Raj for the presentation and explanation. I think everyone will appreciate your presentation, Carlos and. recognizing that we're only trying to hit singles and doubles when we talk about government finance. versus our own personal portfolios for retirement or something like that. So in many ways, the goals are different when it comes to the local agencies. So thank you for explaining that to everybody.”
City Council · Aug 26, 2026
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“Thank you, Mayor. Just echoing those sentiments. Thank you for the report. I would like to highlight, just because it wasn't mentioned, but I think it's important and worthy of mentioning, the Whitelock Interchange project, the planning process is continuing. So I know folks might be getting a little frustrated with traffic out there on Elk Grove Boulevard. We're definitely working as fast as we can to get that done. That's all. Thank you.”
City Council · Aug 26, 2026
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“Thank you, Mayor. Yes, also thank you, Chief Davis and Lieutenant Williams. Appreciate the information. The numbers really tell a story. So appreciate your hard efforts in trying to keep us all safe and trying to change behavior.”
City Council · Aug 26, 2026
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“yeah no this is this is good information but as we see we can we can always strive to to be better and do better thank you thank you vice mayor thank you mayor and thank you miss kumar for the information i i do uh appreciate it and agree with what councilmember brewer said uh continuous improvement should continue to be our mantra i i will say i'm i'm pleased to see the the general trend of a lot of these categories i am you know i know there's some areas that that we uh we will continue to work on but uh they're you know people still um really enjoy living here and people do feel safe here…”
City Council · Aug 26, 2026
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City Council · Aug 26, 2026
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“Nothing to report. We have SACOG. Well, I say that nothing to report. SACOG policy meeting next week.”
City Council · Aug 26, 2026
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“Thank you, Mayor. We honor, respect, and acknowledge Elko's first inhabitants, the Plains Miwok, who lived as sovereign caretakers of this land and these waterways since time immemorial. We commemorate and advocate for their descendants, the Wilton Rancheria Tribe, the only federally recognized tribe in Sacramento County, who endure because of the bravery, resilience, and determination of their ancestors, tribal members, and leaders.”
City Council · Aug 12, 2026
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“Cameron, I just want to offer my own thanks for your service and the entire committee's representing our community. Thank you.”
City Council · Aug 12, 2026
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“Thank you, Mayor. Yeah, in our suburban community, these e-bikes are a great tool to get people out of their cars. Another mode of transportation for our kids as well. But absolutely, the numbers, I agree with my colleague, Council Member Brewer, the numbers that we've seen on these slides and what we've just seen, any reels on the social media, it's horrific when you see these young kids in these accidents. And so, I'm really glad to see this come about as well. Chief, I want to thank you and Kaylee, Public Works and Police Department for the research and effort you guys put into this, the…”
City Council · Aug 12, 2026
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“the um the budget or excuse me the cable revenues as everybody continues to uh cut the cable and and go to streaming so anyway um that's all i have thank you thank you vice mayor uh thank you mary um sewer district meeting was canceled today's uh sacog board meeting next week and then i just want to publicly congratulate madam mayor and councilmember brewer on their The reappointment reelections that'll take place soon, I guess.”
City Council · Aug 12, 2026