Remarks by Lee
191 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 6 of 8
- Play at 3:45:34
“Let me get to what I'm trying to get at. So we have, obviously, a very fragile budget that you all have figured out how to balance. And we're always talking about how to increase the tax base, how to look at creative ways of bringing in more money to our local economy. And one of those would be liquidating some of our assets. So if we had an operator that wanted to buy something because they could either build housing or not tear it down but still operate it better, Would this apply to that?”
City Council and Authorities · Jul 21, 2026
- Play at 3:46:28
“land and does the surplus land act prohibit the city from selling so let me give you an example because then again i'm learning we we sell the old city hall to become a casino not saying that that's in the plans i'm just saying just for that they're going to tear it down they're going to build something new that's one thing but arena say you're going to sell it to a operator who's going to keep it not tear it down but operate it does that make sense or does the surplus land act Apply to both scenarios.”
City Council and Authorities · Jul 21, 2026
- Play at 3:47:08
“And are there restrictions on what you can do with the land and property?”
City Council and Authorities · Jul 21, 2026
- Play at 3:48:04
“Or I can just send you several questions I have. You got it. I'm just trying to understand.”
City Council and Authorities · Jul 21, 2026
- Play at 4:06:18
“Thank you, Mayor. And I echo what my colleague just said. And the one thing I want to start by saying at the onset of my comments tonight is that everybody should just give up trying to change who I am on social media. That is where I make lots of money. That's where I live my life. I am a I am a social person, and I want everybody listening to go to my Facebook and follow me everywhere on social media so you can stay in touch with what I have going on. First, I want to start with the public comments tonight. The woman that came before us and talked about AC Smoke Shop, I just want to ask…”
City Council and Authorities · Jul 21, 2026
- Play at 4:11:26
“Okay, thank you. I want to shout out the Zumba ladies in Western Ranch. I am not a Zumba person, but I did get out there the other day, and I did it as much as I could. I want to invite any of you who want to go, Councilman Ponce, if you want to stop on the way to work, we can get out there and Zumba, but That group is just an amazing group of women. They're often thrown out here as if people who are just ignoring them. They don't want to go in the school. They like being outside. They know they have the option to go inside. But they will be at my national night out on August 4 at Paul Weston…”
City Council and Authorities · Jul 21, 2026
- Play at 57:02
“Thank you, Mayor. And thank you to my colleague for her comments. And so I'm going to start by saying that I'm going to root all of what I have to say initially in facts. And then I will give my opinion because I think facts are important. The fact is I own a media company and Beyonce said that the media controls the minds of the people. Sometimes when you put stories out, people read it and they believe it's absolutely true. They're referring to the Stockton Observer article that was written on the date that the city attorney just said, titled Stockton Council to Vote on Controversial Mask…”
City Council and Authorities · Jun 23, 2026
- Play at 58:59
“So I believe in our police department. I don't want to politicize this matter. I believe in our officers. I believe in officers that are in here to protect us. I'm not concerned about my safety. I have a great amount of respect for Deputy Chief Annabelle Morris. We bestow the state, our country bestows rights to our officers to protect our community, including the right to take a life if they believe in doing so will protect citizens in this community. So I'm not going to say that we're going to remove to say that to pass a face covering. ban ordinance to protect our kids, to protect our…”
City Council and Authorities · Jun 23, 2026
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“Thank you, Mayor, and thank you for the public comments. I want to call Deputy Chief Morris up to the podium, and please be mindful of my time when she's speaking. The article that we referenced earlier quoted you. It says, Deputy Chief Annabelle Morris of the Stockton Police Department said she did not have statistics, and it quoted you saying, I do know that there are situations where masks are used during crimes. That's your statement?”
City Council and Authorities · Jun 23, 2026
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“Okay. Because the other thing I want to quote from the same article was Councilman Padilla was quoted as saying that you compare the issue to vehicle window tent violations, noting that enforcement often depends on officer discretion. They quoted you in that article as saying that. So going back to the issue of discretion, officers would have to use the same discretion in whether or not to engage a person that has a mask on as they do whether or not they have to pull their firearm and shoot a person.”
City Council and Authorities · Jun 23, 2026
- Play at 1:17:42
“And discretion, it stays with the officer to make that determination. Correct. One of the public comments from Michelle Sherman, she just said that she opposes it because the city needs to prioritize recruiting officers. That's an indication of what the department's efforts are because we don't recruit officers. You all recruit officers. Are you all doing everything you can to recruit officers to the city?”
City Council and Authorities · Jun 23, 2026
- Play at 1:18:07
“And do you believe that you have all the support of this council to recruit whoever you need to wherever you need to?”
City Council and Authorities · Jun 23, 2026
- Play at 1:18:14
Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
City Council and Authorities · Jun 23, 2026
- Play at 1:26:44
“Thank you, Mary, and thank you for those comments. I'm going to use them as reference points in my response to that. Stop and frisk in our country. If you think about New York City, that is very diverse. It's one of the most diverse cities in our country. I was just there this weekend. If you walk in Times Square, you literally see a sea of everything, every type of person, every type of background. And I think that's the thing that makes that city beautiful. But that's also the thing that's the heart of our city, that we are a very diverse community. If you look at this dais, we represent…”
City Council and Authorities · Jun 23, 2026
- Play at 1:34:55
“Thank you, Mayor. I'll put the recommendation out there, but if I can really quick, if you get a call because somebody's skateboarding and wearing a mask and the officer engages them and they have a gun on them, will they be arrested?”
City Council and Authorities · Jun 23, 2026
- Play at 1:35:18
“Or if they have a warrant for robbery or homicide, they'll be arrested.”
City Council and Authorities · Jun 23, 2026
- Play at 1:35:24
“Thank you. And thank you for all of your presentation. I mean, given the conversation, and I appreciate this dialogue because I think, you know, whether we agree, disagree, or the debate is good for the safety of our city thank you mayor for allowing us to have that debate I would say we can bring this back to the very next council it gives our city attorney an opportunity to do a full review put her eyes on it talk with our city manager and our police department and take all their considerations and then council members can have discussions in their respective areas and I will commit to…”
City Council and Authorities · Jun 23, 2026
- Play at 1:36:09
“Okay. Sorry. Is it a friendly amendment? It's a very friendly amendment.”
City Council and Authorities · Jun 23, 2026
- Play at 1:36:46
“So we'll vote on her motion first, and then we may not need to answer that question.”
City Council and Authorities · Jun 23, 2026
- Play at 1:37:29
“Thank you, Mayor. Yeah, I just wanted to acknowledge publicly acknowledge the chief in the fire department for all the creativity you all are doing to be innovative and move us forward um and what i looked i think what i saw in this report was that this is going to be making us money is that accurate”
City Council and Authorities · Jun 23, 2026
- Play at 1:38:25
“I mean, you're helping to save money, okay? Yes, correct. Okay, and so with this, do you see us being able to recover even more revenue later or down the road? Or how does this work for those who are watching and learning?”
City Council and Authorities · Jun 23, 2026
- Play at 1:39:26
“Yeah, I just wanted to pull it to acknowledge the work and just say thank you.”
City Council and Authorities · Jun 23, 2026
- Play at 1:40:02
“And I pulled the item, but there's lots of conversation with this dais individually and in groups about the need to continue to support the fire department, the work that you're doing, but I wanted to pull it to just publicly acknowledge it in any way that we can save money is great, so thank you. Absolutely, thank you. I'll make a motion to approve.”
City Council and Authorities · Jun 23, 2026
- Play at 1:40:46
“Thank you, Mayor. So I was able to meet with Penny from public. So thank you for answering some of my questions. I've received lots of calls and text messages about this item and I wasn't, I don't know if I was, well maybe I was around last time we did the award but I had questions around it. One of the questions was what is the RFP process for this? I understand we put our RFP out. We have received I think six to seven applicants. I asked how they were selected. and where the actual plans for each of the contractors, my understanding, similar to when we do NOFA work, where we can review the…”
City Council and Authorities · Jun 23, 2026
- Play at 1:43:37
“And were you able to examine the program we have with the sheriff's office? I know we have a contract in speaking to the sheriff that we reimburse or pay for. Were you able to confirm what that rate is?”
City Council and Authorities · Jun 23, 2026