Remarks by Jose Sigala
128 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 3 of 6
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“And would it be possible for the council to be appraised? I'd like to be appraised on what happens with this issue.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Thank you. Great job. Quick question. I guess, trying to understand on particular on food trucks, where Do you and your department and Mario's department sort of either come together or merge? Because obviously for a food truck, they go through the condition to use permit process, but then they may need some help with capital or they may need some help with business plans that Mario's department I don't think handles. So what point kind of like...”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Right, because I think one of the things I've been hearing out, at least in my part of the city, is they're trying to organize some kind of association to kind of have some representation on things that I think mostly on enforcement and compliance, because I know that I would venture to say that maybe half the trucks aren't in compliance with the necessary permits. So I know that they've been talking about trying to form an association or have some kind of advocacy channel to whomever, your department or Mario's department.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Yes, I just wanted to say that on August the sixth as well, I attended the first Avanz Atelier Marketplace event. It was great. There was about 2,600 people that showed up with 70-plus vendors, food, and a number of things that were provided. They had live music. 300 backpacks were given away to kids, and it's a great event. Then the following Thursday, they had a little bit less, about 2,000 people that showed up. To the event. And so this Thursday again is another Thursday night market where there's a lot of food and vendors and there's a farmer's market. There's a lot of different things…”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Before we dispense, I had one question though on 7.4. I don't know if it's part of why they got pulled or just a question, if I may, Mr. Mayor, but on the side letter agreements on this particular topic that are part of 7.4, I noticed that in the close seal one, there was a clause missing that the rest of them had. So under the rest of them is under F, They're labeled A through D, half or whatever. And the CLOSIA is like one through five, one through six. So it's labeled a little different, but it was regarding the minimum, nothing in this policy shall reduce the leave. So all the other ones…”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Yeah, so I just wanted to note that because that's the reason why I have pulled it is just that the CLOSIA contract had a diff didn't have this clause and the, all the other ones did. So just.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Um, just real quick. So, um, so the other one that's recommended for, uh, postponing is 7.1, four as well. So just, again, just wanted, I had also requested, I was going to request for that to be pulled, but maybe in the looking at it once again, I had two sort of questions on this. The first one is, is there a threshold in our purchasing policy for something like this going out to RFP? So is there a threshold that has to be under it? And then the last one is, well, they're in the scope of work that the company's doing. Will there be a specific area for an over-cross or will there be options…”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Well, just had a couple of questions for Alex. This particular item has to do with an agreement with Salt Light to provide some services for the homeless. I was reading through the new staff report, and I just had... a couple of sort of questionnaire to verify something I'm trying to understand. So in the staff report, It's noted that the grant is being provided to assist with dealing with some casework or some casework regarding homeless folks that will not be in the shelter, that are not going to necessarily be in the shelter. It states that the funding is going to be within the city and…”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Right, because I think that kind of just... kind of what jumped out at me was, I know that, you know, we have a Tulare first policy with the shelter, right? That there is criteria that you have to be from Tulare. I mean, there is, I think, a percentage, I think a quarter from other county areas as part of a deal with the county. So someone from Porterville or Woodlake or Goshen or whatever technically could be housed at the center. So I was just curious to see that kind of that kind of jumped out at me because obviously this is a grant we got for the city for residents. But so you're telling…”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“And so one of the reasons a person can be ineligible is that they don't meet the criteria that they're from Tulare. That could be one of the reasons.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“And then along those lines, So for the case management, I think you set up the grants up to 30 right individuals that can be monitored throughout whatever timeframe. Where where are those folks eligible to be housed anywhere outside the city as well? So there's a spot. let's say at Salt Lake's facility, they can recommend them to their own facility or they can rent them to, what is the Eden House, I think, is that what it's called, the Mycelia? So technically they can go, if there's no room for them in Tulare, they can be housed in Porterville, Lindsay, wherever. And that includes the village…”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Right. And I think that I definitely agree that that should be the end point, that that should be the final purpose of the whatever funding we have through this grant. So I'm just curious to see where would folks be housed? Because if you're ineligible to be at the shelter or you don't follow the very minimal rules that there are there and you... you end up out in the street again, then what happens, right? So this attempt to take care of that, and I was just curious to see, you know, how far the reach would be in terms of, you know, like I said, the language within the surrounding areas, the…”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“So Mayor, before I do the motion for this item, just real quick, maybe in the next, in the weekly report, I know we sponsored a bill in Sacramento regarding homeless housing. So I don't know if we maybe get an update or that bill's passed or stuck in committee or got killed or whatever. So maybe an update on that. But without any other questions, I'll move to adopt item 7.13 on our consent calendar.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Well, just a quick question. Is this delay anything on that project?”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Yeah, I had a question along those lines. So what would be the driving force for, I know that in previous reports you shared with us that I think we've only had like 40 built over a five-year period or something like that. I think we're averaging eight a year or something like that for ADUs?”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“So what would be the driving factor? Is it more to make income, generate income for whoever puts it together or to provide... sort of more housing? Because I guess the question is, is there any limitations on those pre-plans? I mean, I saw one that was like 1,200 square feet. That's a pretty sizable ADU. Is there anything that prohibits them from turning those into Airbnb type of situations? Because that would generate income for someone that may need it versus someone that's trying to house...”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“But is there anything that prohibits us as a city or as a council to kind of prioritize one over the other through incentives. For example, when you put out those, hey, here's some free plans that have been approved on what you can build. Those are made available to everyone. But if they were just made available to folks that may be committed to providing more of a housing type of scenario versus a for-profit scenario, are those things that prohibit a city from doing that?”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“So I had a question on this one. I know we have sold surplus property in the past, in the years that I've been here. When we do have that property available, we make it available to nonprofits, right? I mean... developers or nonprofit developers first to see if it's something they would be interested in acquiring. But I'm recalling the property on K Street that I think Knight, was it Knight? I'm thinking Knight, right? Or that's a show, but. All right. the property that's over by the night transportation, right on K Street. I'm not sure where that property is. I know that we had put it out…”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Well, because the idea is you would build housing. I mean, one of the goals from the surplus land process is to try to encourage housing. Try to encourage, and you make first dibs to a self-help or other types of groups that are into that business. But if the land's not usable, would it be, instead of getting X company, So paying a million dollars for a piece of land, instead of paying a million dollars, they just find a land that's equivalent in not necessarily size, but in cost, where it would be easier for a developer to build where the infrastructure is already built and so forth. So is…”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Yeah, I think that was the one on Blackstone by the freeway.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“I mean, you're a lot more, you're an attorney, you have that background. I mean, for me, it's just the idea that, you know, I'm going to be in December being here for 10 years on this council. And I don't just quite honestly don't see any headway we're making on RENA. I mean, I'm just trying to think outside the box and what can we do to try to reach those arena numbers that just keep getting bigger and bigger and harder and harder. So, I mean, if an attorney is going to come in and say, hey, you can't do this, this is the wrong thing. Well, let's figure out something else. I mean, let's make…”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“I had one on on I guess slide number four or I guess before. Or it talked about just different strategies on. Let me see just so you guys get back to number four. Right there. In terms of displacement protections, I know we talked about that. Was it the fair housing or something we did last time that was part of the housing element? Are strategies such as trying to protect from rental increases that are beyond... rational in terms of like if, you know, a law allows you to raise your rent by 5% and you're raising it 15%? Are there any those types of protections that the council can impose? In…”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Yeah, I mean, I appreciate what you're talking about. I was just talking more specifically about rental increased safeguards, right? I mean, like what could happen? I mean, I'm familiar where you're. I'm familiar with what you're talking about. I mean, otherwise known as Frogtown over in LA. But those are a lot of single family homes that are sometimes rented. So the idea is to try to keep people in their homes and unreasonable rental increases is something that hopefully we might be able to explore down the road. But that was just one question on that particular topic.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Oh, she's been here. She's been here. All right. I guess I'll take it.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Now, I guess I have a question. Do we need to take a position on this thing, on the resolution, or is it up to me?”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026