Remarks by Gina Ortiz Jones
215 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 2 of 9
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“Thank you. Maya Ellsbury. Maya or May Ellsbury. Okay. Followed by Manny Garcia and then John Melendez, please.”
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“Manny Garcia, followed by John Melendez, and then Alanthius Thompson, please.”
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“Thank you. John Melendez, followed by Alantheus Thompson, and then Rodney Kidd, please.”
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“Thank you. Thank you. Alantheus Thompson? Alantheus Thompson? Rodney Kidd, please. Rodney Kidd, followed by Linda Thomas, and then Christian Ramirez.”
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“Linda Thomas. Linda Thomas. Christian Ramirez. Christian Ramirez. Kathleen Vail. Followed by Debbie Benke and then Lloyd Welty, please.”
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“Thank you. Debbie Benke. Lloyd Welty. followed by Dan Snyder, and then our final speaker, Clemente Sanchez.”
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“Dan Schneider and then Clemente Sanchez, please.”
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“Sir, thank you. You can submit the rest of your comments for the record.”
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“Great. Thank you. Thank you to everybody that took the time to share your thoughts with us this morning. Councilmember Villagran is recognized to make a motion for approval of item five.”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
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“It's moved and seconded to approve the balance of the budget as presented today by the city manager save and accept funding for Guardian House We'll move on to council discussion. I remind my colleagues. This is on items 5 through 10 However, we'll vote on those individually, but this will be the one just the council discussion round To rather my you get it. Okay, so please sign in if you'd like to speak Item 5 Okay. Councilman McKee-Rodriguez, please.”
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“Okay. Are there colleagues that would like to make amendments? Well, let me just, okay, so. Are there colleagues that would like to make amendments at this point? Okay. Councilman McKee-Rodriguez, please. Okay. Councilman Villagran, please.”
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“Thank you. Let me see if Councilman McKee-Rodriguez would like to speak.”
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“Thank you very much Thank You council member white, please”
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“There's a motion and a second for an amendment as read. We'll move on to council discussion on the amendment. At this point, let's just raise your hand if you'd like to comment on the amendment. Councilman Kaur, would you like to? No, nothing, okay. So I'm just gonna go around, no. Councilman, I'll take a veto.”
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“Thank you. Are there any other comments on this amendment? Go ahead, Councilman Galvan, please.”
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“Thank you. Councilman White, to clarify as well, the Northeast Corridor Revitalization Program, my understanding is that program is already cut by $250,000 in the budget. And so there was only $250,000 left. So this $200,000 would leave that program at $50,000. Is that correct?”
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“The Northeast Corridor Revitalization Program. Okay.”
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“Okay. Got it. Thank you. Councilman White, is that a field position or?”
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“There's no position with that. Okay. Thank you.”
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“Thanks, Eric. Councilman White, does that modify your amendment at all? It's short $327,000.”
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“We're sticking with what I have on here Okay, so then Eric just to clarify You get to 620 Just actually just recap what the entire cut looks like from in order to get to 947, please Well, I think he wants to keep it as is so one as is is 1.6 well then we'll eliminate seven positions and”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
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“Okay. And Andy, would we still be in compliance with our city charter?”
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“Okay. My God, dude. Did you want to say something, Eric? Okay. So cutting seven positions, the lawyer's going to find a way to make sure we're in compliance with our city charter as a result of this. That is the amendment as read. Okay. Any other discussion on this amendment as read? Okay. There's a motion and a second. Please vote. Okay, the motion fails. Okay, so we'll go to the main motion. Council Member Cora, please.”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
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“Thank you. Council Member Spears, please.”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
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“There's a motion and a second for the amendment as read. I'll just go around to see who would like to speak on this. Councilman McKee-Rodriguez, please.”
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