Remarks by Larry Klein
284 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 10 of 12
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“Councilmember Cisneros? Or Councilmember Chang? Either one. Councilmember Cisneros?”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“Okay. So actually, so it looks like there's no additional comments on this, leaving it the same as it currently stands. Do you have a comment? Yeah, I have one more. Council Member Cisneros?”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“Council Member Cheng, do you have any suggestions on this specific one or are you talking about the next one?”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“Council Member Srinivasan. Yeah. Thank you.”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“OK. And I agree. From a wordsmithing standpoint.”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“sorry where would you put even numbered as I placed it somewhere is that where you would put it I think we have I think we have the word so conceivably yeah you could put it as a as a it's getting a long I would I would almost put it after that November Sunnyvale election on every even in even numbered years even number of years yes okay And I think that has value. And I think we're still well within the word count. I think we were 268 or 9.”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“And it was a lot of fun trying to play with those numbers. Anyway, but we tried to make sure that we had enough headroom for what we're doing tonight. Okay. Okay. Any other wordsmithing suggestions? Do we need to approve this basically tonight?”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“Okay. Councilmember Tsao. And I know Councilmember Chang has. Go ahead. On this one or a different one?”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“Well, the question is how much of what's already in the... Oh, is that already in the charter? It's already in the charter. We're not changing any of the vacancy limits that are already there. okay this is this is basically allowing a vacancy to go farther the way it's currently worded conceivably it was causing a prime a a vacancy to be filled with a primary election and this is saying we want the largest voter turnout at the end of the day so that was what this”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“I don't know if you want it as the main argument or if it comes up from a separate standpoint. You know, it's like it's from the number of vacancies and council can call a special election. It's not necessarily part of our process. You know, it's like we're not forcing, as opposed to the way things were previously, we were forcing council to call a special election. And this is trying to give them the option not.”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“or a special well it's so so we've made this is this will be the third change to vacancies um over the last few years and it's trying to continue to look at at those hypotheticals of of not having to call a special election okay so i guess i can't see a good place to talk about the flexibility yeah”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“No, but it's a best practice. I think that captures from a wordsmith standpoint. best practice for council elections to be decided when voter turnout is highest? Yes. I think that's a clear statement. Everyone agree? Any other comments? We'll kind of keep this open. Council Member Chang?”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“what's best i don't i prefer it the other way but i'm open to my and we can and we can conceivably do a sprawl a straw poll vote if you want um hang on so so the original and you see in the good thing about thank you city clerk you can see what it was previously council elections should be decided when voter turnout is best or it is best practice for council um elections to be decided when voter turnout is high sorry as highest um I'll just say those that are in favor of making changes and let me read it again and from a tone standpoint um those those that agree the making changes uh please…”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“I think it was Councilmember Chang, Srini Bas, and myself and Councilmember Cisneros.”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“Please raise your hand again for the change. Thank you. I appreciate that. As opposed to council elections should.”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“My only worry about that is when you start, it becomes not prescriptive, but it becomes a little vaulted in from a language standpoint. where I understand best practice is a little business-like. But I think when we start bringing in democracy, and yes, it's trying to get highest voter turnout. And that's trying from a democratic process, trying to get the best engagement from our residents and who they're choosing as their council member. i i think that that's a little and i'll i'll that's only my opinion does anyone have other comments or they do they agree that adding that is not what the…”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“And I'll agree with that, I think. And there's nothing, I like the concept democracy, but to me it's, I don't know. It's not that it's not best practice, but I think best practice of trying to get voter turnout, when you pull it, for me, democracy seems a little vaulted and higher.”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“Council member Chang, did you have anything else? No. Okay. Just checking. Are there any other changes? And this is always the fun thing. Sorry, staff about wordsmithing from the dais, but we do have this deadline that, that we have to meet. And just as a question to staff from our last meeting, we not our last meeting but our last meeting where we actually voted on on the ballot measures and giving um myself and the vice mayor the the chance to write this pro argument did we make any i can't remember any decisions on any rebuttals or did we give did we give the you know the mayor and the…”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“draft something bring it to council and get it done in that seven day window okay thank you and now and that was you know looking at our at our meeting schedule so so as much as council is reviewing the pro arguments now the rebuttal to any negative arguments would just be done by the the vice mayor myself okay correct okay just just re-clarifying thank you staff I had a question.”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“The intent was basically it's progressively less. Less than that. 50%, 40%, and often 20%, but no numbers.”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“That is the edit that's being proposed. I'm fine removing special election comments. And it'll also be something that conceivably goes to rebuttal if there is, but all that.”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“Democracy, rebuttal, and yes. Any other wordsmithing changes? I see none. Okay. No other comments. Can I have a motion to approve the changed arguments as specified? Council Member Cisneros.”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“council members scenarios to your motion.”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“City Clerk, can you please bring up the Settlement Authority one?”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“Sorry. Yes, I know. But now we're to friendly amendments and advocacy. um one thing I forgot so about halfway down there's five X's and with the motion that we made earlier this evening we need to replace that those X's with a friendly amendment to replace those X's with 250. good catch I approve and to the second agree Thank you, thank you, so I just want to get that friendly amendment out of the way, thank you, Council member lay sorry.”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026