Remarks by Padilla
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“Thank you, Mayor. First, thank you to all the city departments who gave out information and participated in my community event. It was a huge success and very well received. I appreciate those that are using Ask Stockton in my district. I have had some positive comments with regards to how easy it is to use and how things are getting done quickly. So I did receive comments, positive comments. Yes, Chick-fil-A opened last week, and now one of the biggest questions is when is In-N-Out opening? So that will be coming soon, and we'll notify the public once we have that grand opening date. Another…”
City Council and Authorities · Sep 1, 2026
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“Motion to approve the remainder of the consent items. Second.”
City Council and Authorities · Aug 18, 2026
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“Thank you mayor So in this short time that city manager Ford has been here I have seen a major change within our city You know what really stands out is how he treats people and how he treats his employees and that really matters and He values his employees, he listens, and most importantly, he's earned their respect. So he is truly a positive addition to Stockton, and I fully support his continued leadership, and I am thankful that he is here in Stockton leading our city. So I appreciate you.”
City Council and Authorities · Aug 18, 2026
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“Sure, just a couple of questions. So we received $8.4 million under this SB1 funding for this fiscal year. Is there any other remaining balance? No, let me rephrase that. Have we spent any other funds to date with that grant? Or is this the first allocation of that grant?”
City Council and Authorities · Aug 18, 2026
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“Okay, so we've depleted the grant then. Is that what you're saying? What you said?”
City Council and Authorities · Aug 18, 2026
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“So we're allocating $198,000 for resurfacing. Correct. Out of that money, we've used all of it yet? Is that my question?”
City Council and Authorities · Aug 18, 2026
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“Mayor, as this is a discussion item as well, after receiving guidance from our city attorney, I find that myself, too, will recuse due to a personal matter and out of an abundance of caution.”
City Council and Authorities · Aug 18, 2026
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“Thank You mayor I'm not the best of Matt and maybe I missed it but the ESG grant was for 283 but the two that are funded or 262”
City Council and Authorities · Aug 18, 2026
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“So anyway Yeah, councilman Padilla Thank You mayor and thank you chief for providing this because I saw it firsthand and I thought it was very informational to the public and In the first presentation, you also mentioned that if the hospital doesn't have a room, for example, if you have a patient that's going into mental distress and they don't have a room available for that type of situation, you are sitting there waiting until the hospital has availability and so that affects you going back into operation. And then, two, the question came up about people directing which hospital they want…”
City Council and Authorities · Aug 18, 2026
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“Thank you, Mayor. Just a few district updates. With today's allocation, Stanfield and Anderson streets will be two streets in District 1 eligible for resurfacing. I have been currently working with city staff on a pilot program to detour street racing and sideshow so I hope this temporary deterrent will be installed North Stockton on the intersection of West Lake and regatta because that is a very large intersection and that is where we see a lot of activity Another intersection, McCollamy and Consumas, which is heavily trafficked with a most recent accident of an individual crossing the…”
City Council and Authorities · Aug 18, 2026
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“Yeah, so. You just have to call for the roll call vote.”
City Council and Authorities · Jul 21, 2026
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“Thank you, Mayor. And I just want to clarify in discussion with Public Works, because we get several requests for speed bumps in areas every month. And constituents feel like this is just something that our Public Works can install Right away or within that month and that's not how the process works And so I just want to advise the community that once your application is put in There does have to be requirements under that application as well as a public hearing and so in District six case there were two public hearings in my case There were no applications made during that time period So…”
City Council and Authorities · Jul 21, 2026
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“I actually did see the email. And it's not that I don't want to be transparent to the public. However, I don't feel that this is information that is productive to our city. This is a topic that was in the past. We need to move on and fix things in our city. And anything in this email should be handled internally, behind the scenes. It's not for the public to be involved in. We have crime. We have homelessness. We want to fix our neighborhoods. To me, this is just information that is not making our city productive.”
City Council and Authorities · Jul 21, 2026
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“I do have important city business to talk about. So on our next council meeting, I would like to agendize the Appendix P ordinance for temporary shelter in Stockton. Second. And this refers to our ad hoc project that we are working on.”
City Council and Authorities · Jul 21, 2026
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“I'm not going with the system. So we all know that every district is not immune to sideshows. And so after looking at the information that the San Joaquin County had put out for their pilot program, I've asked our staff to look into bringing this to Stockton. So what I've seen, it could really make a difference in our communities. With that, you know, no single problem can fix everything, but this gives us another way to discourage those that are doing sideshows, that are driving recklessly in those streets that are wider or those intersections that are wider. So anything that we can do to…”
City Council and Authorities · Jul 21, 2026
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“Thank you, Mayor. I just wanted to make a comment with regards to 6.5 and 6.6. I just wanted to take a moment to thank our firefighters and our fire management team for the work that they do every day. You know, this isn't an easy profession and they respond to people's worst days in their lives. and they put themselves in harm's way and i know most recently we've had some really bad fires here in our city and thankfully no one was you know injured or affected by those fires so i really thank them for serving our community and the professionalism and the compassion that they give to our…”
City Council and Authorities · Jul 7, 2026
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“Councilwoman Padilla. Thank you, Mayor. And as a council member for representing this district, you know, we see Stockton growing because people see our opportunities here. We have great neighborhoods. We have great parks. We have great schools. And, you know, we're in a location that makes us attractive to families looking to put their roots down here. You know, I need to acknowledge that I constantly hear from my residents and also hear today is the concerns about traffic. You know, those concerns are real and I share them and I've also expressed them to the developers when I met with them.…”
City Council and Authorities · Jul 7, 2026
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“Thank you, Mayor. I know you touched on development and businesses, but could you briefly explain what kind of permit is allowed or needed for businesses operating out of your home? Because I have several in my district, and It's more so the neighbors that are being affected by these businesses within a residential area Sure, so home-based businesses require a home occupation permit from planning.”
City Council and Authorities · Jul 7, 2026
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“So if we do identify a business being out of the home, would we just contact code enforcement and that's how it goes through the process?”
City Council and Authorities · Jul 7, 2026
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“I just want to clarify that the investigation that we're asking of two-way privilege is the optic.”
City Council and Authorities · Jul 7, 2026
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“Thank you, Mayor. Councilmember Villaputa mentioned that we have over 60 parks. city and most of those parks or there's areas that have pools well district one does not have a city public pool so when ursula meyer community center opened i actually pressured ardry of csd really hard um to get a j uh with the Lodi Unified School District because McNair High School is just right behind the community center, and they have an awesome Olympic-sized pool. And every time I saw her, I was like, are you on that pool? Are you on that pool? Well, she followed through. And we now have an MOU with Lodi…”
City Council and Authorities · Jul 7, 2026
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“Thank you, Mayor. So my opinion on this is that COVID is over. And honestly, with Stockton's weather, wearing masks all the time doesn't make sense to me. As our Vice Mayor has mentioned before, we don't have snow and we don't have heavily cold weather here in Stockton and I have to be honest if I see somebody out in the public wearing a mask I do kind of get apprehensive and nervous because typically when someone is wearing a mask that means they want to hide their identity or they're sheltering themselves from something and you know we just had multiple homicides over the weekend and I'm…”
City Council and Authorities · Jun 23, 2026
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“Thank you, Mayor. I understand we have brought it to ledge two times. We brought it to council again two times. And I know how important public safety is to our city. But with listening to public comments and also what my colleagues have said, I just don't feel that we have enough conversation or topic that warrants this policy. including city council's, I mean, sorry, city attorney's thorough and legal analysis that this doesn't impede on the First Amendment. I don't know if you saw us passing notes back and forth, but city attorney, is my understanding that this was created prior to you…”
City Council and Authorities · Jun 23, 2026
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“Okay. So I, I mean, I, I understand, you know, you want a decision and I understand the importance. Um, I don't want to send it back to ledge. I wouldn't mind seeing it coming back to council at the next meeting. Um, I'm, I'm open to suggestions. I don't want to say that I'm a fully opposed, um, as I'm always open to discussion and more conversation.”
City Council and Authorities · Jun 23, 2026
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“I would also like some input from the police department with regards to enforcement. I know you mentioned that if there was a call for a crime versus the face mask, the serious crime would be, you know, enforced prior to. Just if you can elaborate more on the enforcement piece.”
City Council and Authorities · Jun 23, 2026