Remarks by Kaia Eakin
101 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 5
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“I move to approve the response to the grand jury report.”
City Council · Oct 5, 2026
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“So what I heard Chief Bell say is that it would not change the letter, the five-page letter, because we agree with all the conclusions already and the one, so the assumption at the beginning, you had an assumption when you said, and I believe that your assumption was incorrect because Chief Bell said it wouldn't change anything, so no, I won't accept the friendly amendment.”
City Council · Oct 5, 2026
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“Thank you so much, Malahat and Jeff, for an excellent report. It's wonderful that we are working with our regional partners across the Bay Area to plan now for future transportation projects that will be interconnected. In this regard, I'd also like to thank Councilmember Gee for serving as chair of the Transbay Joint Powers Authority and also on the boards of Caltrain and Samtrans. When we look at what's best for Redwood City in terms of public transportation, I think we all agree, and as your report showed, we need to look at what will bring jobs and businesses and therefore tax revenue to…”
City Council · Oct 5, 2026
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“So I have a clarifying question also, and then I wanted to... So the Transportation Authority, that's a San Mateo County agency?”
City Council · Oct 5, 2026
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“It's a division of, it's a subsection of CCAG?”
City Council · Oct 5, 2026
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“Okay. And who are the board members? Or, I mean, are there any elected officials that are part of the Transportation Authority? Who?”
City Council · Oct 5, 2026
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“That's all right. I'll look it up later. No problem. I think I saw it today, so thank you. So then another clarifying question just to follow up on Councilmember Chiu's comments. So this report was first vetted by the Transportation Subcommittee of Redwood City, is that right?”
City Council · Oct 5, 2026
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“Okay, so this staff report and these staff recommendations were studied deeply by the Transportation Subcommittee, which has three representatives from the Redwood City Council. Is that right?”
City Council · Oct 5, 2026
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“Attack. Okay. And so that organization vetted these various projects and studied them and put them in the priority? Yes.”
City Council · Oct 5, 2026
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“So I just, you know, we can, this is, so I would just say this is all aspirational, and I hope we don't have a two-hour conversation about second-guessing a project whose job it is to look at this and who came up with these recommendations. This is a snapshot, it's aspirational. We'll be looking at things for years to come. We can't fund everything anyway, I am okay with exactly the prioritization that our TAC and our community studied deeply. I'm sympathetic to Councilmember Chiu. I revere her knowledge. We are so lucky on this dais in this council to have so many, to have some real fine…”
City Council · Oct 5, 2026
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“Thank you. Jeff wanted to say something.”
City Council · Oct 5, 2026
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“I just wanted to clarify, Jeff. So if I heard you right, what you said is we can go ahead and keep Bay and add Broadway and make it six preferred projects instead of five. And I'M OKAY WITH THAT. I REALLY RESPECT THE EXPERTISE ON THIS PANEL. I WANT TO KEEP BAY BECAUSE AS COUNCILMEMBER HOWARD ELICITED, IT'S CONSIDERED MORE REGIONAL AND THIS IS THE WHOLE PART OF THE POINT OF THIS PLANNING AND THIS OUTREACH IS TO NOT BE SILOED CITY BY CITY BUT TO ACT you know, not only just cities and counties, but multi-counties. So anyway, I'm okay with just adding the Broadway and having it be six projects. I…”
City Council · Oct 5, 2026
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“Yeah, I feel like we, as a council, are starting to delve into micromanagement. We've got a list of six. Jeff says we can do six. I'm not comfortable with... We've had a robust discussion here, and I think we're getting into the area of angels dancing on the head of a pin.”
City Council · Oct 5, 2026
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“I move that we... support the staff recommendation with the addition of the Broadway project.”
City Council · Oct 5, 2026
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City Council · Sep 28, 2026
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“And with that, I would like to ask Council Member Gee if he would lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance.”
City Council · Sep 28, 2026
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“Thank you very much, Mr. G. And now I would like to make a notification that meeting participation by teleconference due to just cause pursuant to government code subsection 54953.8.3 is permissible. And on this point, I am now going to turn over the microphone to our Mayor, Elmer Martinez Ceballos, to discuss this further.”
City Council · Sep 28, 2026
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“Thank you very much, Clerk, and thank you, Mayor Martina Ceballos, for keeping us all safe and finding a good way to participate. We are now at item number five, which is presentations and acknowledgements. The first proclamation that we are presenting tonight is in recognition of suicide prevention month. During this month of September, our goal is to spread hope and spark meaningful action around one of the most urgent mental health issues of our time. This month is Suicide Prevention Month. And what we are recognizing tonight is that 65 people died by suicide in San Mateo County in the…”
City Council · Sep 28, 2026
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“Well, thank you both for enlightening us on ways that we can get involved and work on this public health problem. I would like to ask my colleagues to join me. We have a plaque for you to recognize this month. We can do it again. Yeah, let's do it again. Thank you. Let's do it again. It's digital now. Congratulations. Thank you for your work. Thank you so much. Thank you again. And now we have an additional proclamation that we would like to share with so much good work going on in Redwood City. We are welcoming a new community-based, program-focused organization fostering safer, healthier…”
City Council · Sep 28, 2026
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“Well, don't go away. We also, for you, have a plaque to recognize and welcome you. So if my colleagues could join me in front.”
City Council · Sep 28, 2026
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“Our third proclamation this evening, our third and final proclamation this evening, recognizes National Service Dog Month. And I will now turn this item over to Mayor Martino Ceballos.”
City Council · Sep 28, 2026
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“Well, well, thank you so much and we have a handy dandy proclamation here for you and we'd love for you and your canine friends to come up in front. Wolf is back to us. Okay, the other way. Puppies!”
City Council · Sep 28, 2026
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“Thank you all again. What an adventure. And with that, I'll turn it back. Oh, all right. We are now at the part of the evening where we accept public comment on the consent calendar, matters of council interest, and items not on the agenda. So if anyone would like to make public comment, we will now... We welcome speakers providing public comment, but please be advised that this is a limited public forum. As such, speakers must address matters within the subject matter jurisdiction of Redwood City. If speakers do not, they will be warned, and if they continue to disregard city rules, their…”
City Council · Sep 28, 2026
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“Manny, Manny, you need to keep your comments related to the subject matter jurisdiction of this body. If you don't stop, if you don't keep within the jurisdiction of this body, I'm warning you now, if you continue outside of the jurisdiction, I will limit you.”
City Council · Sep 28, 2026
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City Council · Sep 28, 2026