Remarks by Lee
191 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 5 of 8
- Play at 6:35:50
“Thank you, sir. And thank you for all the work that you and Audrey have been doing on that because I know that's been a lot. Also, I'll be speaking at the Stockton Democrats meeting August 24, 2026 at 6 p.m. at Troke Library. The only requirement I have is that you come and ask me any question you want, and don't be afraid of the answer that you get. And also, in October, I will be doing a guest lecture at Harvard Law School in Boston, and I'm really excited about that, to come from El Dorado Middle School, or El Dorado Elementary School, I'm sorry, and then Webster Middle School and Stagg…”
City Council and Authorities · Aug 18, 2026
- Play at 1:42:45
“And if I can, while the mayor does that, well, she's going to get a photo and I'll say something after. If I can really quick, excuse me, officers, before you go away. I just want to say on a personal level, the individual that you did this for was one of my campaign consultants when I ran for office, and he's the current campaign consultant for two other people running. So I'm glad that the mayor recognized you because this is a week where we've seen one of our peacekeepers shot, now other people that are involved in the work that we do here at the city stabbed. And when you're attacked in…”
City Council and Authorities · Jul 21, 2026
- Play at 2:52:09
“Why didn't hear staff present? So am I speaking? Are you speaking?”
City Council and Authorities · Jul 21, 2026
- Play at 2:52:14
“Oh, okay. Sure. Well, there's no context for the audience. So I'll just say that there were items here. There were items here where there were Approve motion to award a professional service contract for the systemic intersection safety improvements. Obviously, my district wasn't on there. District five's not on there. District one's not on there. So the question was, why were they not included? Were there items in those districts that should have been included? And if not, then I have no further questions.”
City Council and Authorities · Jul 21, 2026
- Play at 2:54:02
“I'll save you time. I'm looking at the staff report on March 2nd, 2026, the city advertiser RFP for design of systemic intersection safety improvements. That's what we're talking about, correct?”
City Council and Authorities · Jul 21, 2026
- Play at 2:54:37
“and more to that that report was done really in reaction to this funding that we're receiving we could not receive this funding and unless we did that i'm not asking for staff to justify what they need to do to get funding that's not the question the question is and i think you just answered it so there was work done five years ago prior to this council to identify areas that needed to be improved that is why my district is not on the list that's correct okay that's the only question i had But we're absolutely going to be looking for future inclusions because there's a lot to be done in…”
City Council and Authorities · Jul 21, 2026
- Play at 2:57:56
“Yeah, I think thanks to Councilman Padilla for kind of jogging my memory on our conversation upstairs yesterday that the prior the person that sat in the seat prior to me once they apply or once the RP goes out people have to follow through show up go to meetings. I think what's important when these meetings happen and staff have been pretty good about at least for my district, I would assume my colleagues want the same as that council members are aware that these meetings are happening that we can promote them through our channels and that we can advocate for civic participation because…”
City Council and Authorities · Jul 21, 2026
- Play at 2:59:17
“Mayor, my comments were similar to 6.11, so it's the same thing. So I can, if there's no other questions, I'll make a motion to approve.”
City Council and Authorities · Jul 21, 2026
- Play at 3:05:13
“Thank you, Mayor. I'm sorry, this new system is very frustrating. I just want to say, you know, this pad isn't working. The attachments I'm seeing are not in the report. I don't see them here. I can't see this screen from here because it's not on my pad. So we need to figure out how to make this functional for us because I'm trying not to disrupt the mayor while she's talking. But then even the system, I can't click to talk to her. It's quite frustrating. I'm getting older. I can't see these letters are too small. You know the the You know what? That's all I wanted to say actually I thought…”
City Council and Authorities · Jul 21, 2026
- Play at 3:09:49
“Thank you, Mayor. With respect to the opening statement around leaked emails, I second that. I do want to go on the record to say that I don't think we should confirm whatever was or was not an email that is an actual email or not. Because as you mentioned, that is privileged. I made the motion. I actually added this to the agenda because we talked about transparency. You put on the agenda to waive the report. that I can't wait to talk about as it relates to OPTIC and OPDA. The email that's referenced here, first question, city attorney, how many council members came to meet with you to…”
City Council and Authorities · Jul 21, 2026
- Play at 3:10:31
“OK, so none of you cared to see because either you don't want to stop releasing it or you just don't intend to be transparent. And I think that this council has talked about transparency since day one. And we're out here campaigning, talking about being transparent. This email is directly related to an inquiry from the district attorney who asked us to send over under an oath signed by us under potential perjury that something happened here at City Hall. It's one email that would go with another email that this council has already waived. And if no council members went to your office to look…”
City Council and Authorities · Jul 21, 2026
- Play at 3:16:22
“Point of order. We haven't waived privilege on the price, right? And we can, which I have no problem voting for. She just voted against waiving privilege. But if you're going to say the price, I think part of that was we need to waive the privilege for that invoice.”
City Council and Authorities · Jul 21, 2026
- Play at 3:16:40
“Okay. And then we rule on it. What's your point? Okay, my point of order. No, no, no. You got to give me the numbers. I'm going to tell you, if you slow down a little bit. My point of order is that the invoice and what we paid for this investigation.”
City Council and Authorities · Jul 21, 2026
- Play at 3:16:54
“Can I give it to you or do you want to argue? No, I just want you to give me the numbers. I'm going to give it to you if you will wait a second. I'm giving it to you.”
City Council and Authorities · Jul 21, 2026
- Play at 3:17:04
“I don't know where we're going to go with this because I'm not going to leave tonight. And I'm going to give you the point of order if you want to hear it. But if you don't, then let me know. The invoice is privileged. The fee that we paid for it is privileged. Ask the city attorney. She's sitting right there. If she confirms that, we need to vote to waive that. And I'm down to do that. Let's do it.”
City Council and Authorities · Jul 21, 2026
- Play at 3:19:20
“We need to comment. We want to talk on the items. I'm sorry.”
City Council and Authorities · Jul 21, 2026
- Play at 3:19:40
“Yeah, I think it's really ironic that you don't want to go backwards, but you go all the way backwards. I also think it's ironic that you try to shut down discussion and go straight to a motion on an item that involves one investigation but doesn't include all the investigations that total up to $770,580, which is the total number. absolutely talked about waiving privilege on all of it because the taxpayers paid for the circus and they should be able to get a ticket to the show. Um, I, I find it really interesting that you're saying you want to build a government for a better tomorrow. Uh,…”
City Council and Authorities · Jul 21, 2026
- Play at 3:23:40
“I'd like to amend that motion to say that I want to release all the investigations and all the cost of all the investigations to the public.”
City Council and Authorities · Jul 21, 2026
- Play at 3:23:55
“Because you only chose one investigation. You didn't put yours on here. You didn't put Steve Colangelo's on here. You didn't put the one. You didn't put others on here.”
City Council and Authorities · Jul 21, 2026
- Play at 3:24:03
“Well, no, I made an amendment to the motion. Is there a second?”
City Council and Authorities · Jul 21, 2026
- Play at 3:24:59
“yeah um you you spoke earlier i think is an entryway to this item that i want to add about the released emails and i'm just perplexed on us discussing a better government for tomorrow when the subject of those in emails that have been released is still here So pursuant to charter section, charter article 11, section 1102N, authorizing the mayor with advice and consent of council to appoint employees to the office of the mayor. Jason Teramoto was appointed by resolution of this council on December 9, 2025. Council policy 4.02.”
City Council and Authorities · Jul 21, 2026
- Play at 3:25:35
“I'm going to give it to you right here. Here it is. Well, council policy 4.0 to allows council to reconsider an item when six months have passed since the last meeting at which the item was voted on. So I'd like to make a motion to add it's not that position to a future agenda to the next agenda. I'll support that. Thank you.”
City Council and Authorities · Jul 21, 2026
- Play at 3:31:00
“Thank you, Mayor. Thank you, Council Member Villalpura. I just want to thank Jesse from the Sikh Temple who called me. He's a very silent giant, all of you are, and I just appreciate the work that all of you do in the community, not just for the Sikh Temple, but as Council Member Villalpura said, for everybody. I think your presence spoke a lot, so we need 20 public comments, but I'll be supporting this also, and if there's no other comments, I'll make a motion to approve. Second. Second.”
City Council and Authorities · Jul 21, 2026
- Play at 3:44:08
“Thank you, Mayor. Thank you, Jordan. You always do a great job. So as a newly elected, I've learned that these presentations don't just pop out of nowhere. So we're getting informational training on Surplus Land Act. Why? I just wanted and felt that everybody sort of need a refresher. Okay. So I don't want to assume, but maybe it's safe to assume there'll be something that comes before us soon around our surplus land. I'm assuming.”
City Council and Authorities · Jul 21, 2026
- Play at 3:44:59
“So I have a couple questions for Jordan then. So the surplus land if we act, would that apply to Old City Hall, Weber Point, Martin Luther King Plaza, anything owned by the city?”
City Council and Authorities · Jul 21, 2026