Remarks by Rod Brewer
20 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 1
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“How are you guys doing? Good. Coach Bowden, thank you for having us here. Thank you for bringing the guys here. Definitely quite an accomplishment. You guys had a great summer. You had made great memories. You made some good friends along the way. And you played a fun sport. all summer long, and thank goodness that we had nice weather to make it all the much more worth it. But we definitely want to say congratulations and to say how proud we are of you, of what you've done this year, because believe it or not, you're the first Elk Grove baseball team to actually make it to the World Series.…”
City Council · Sep 9, 2026
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“So with the opening of the library on October 10th, it's my understanding with the work of the Sacramento Public Library partnership that the city did. The main meeting room, conference room space at the new library will be named after Patricia Sandifer. And just wanted to make that as a note. She's been a very historical figure for the Elk Grove Library and someone that, she's still alive, we're still honoring her while she is here with us. So when we do open the new library, definitely take that opportunity to get a chance to meet with her. and she's a great conversation to have to learn…”
City Council · Sep 9, 2026
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“I don't filibuster that long. I don't know what you're talking about, Council Member Spence. I appreciate both of your comments because you're speaking to the larger issue from a technical standpoint and from a municipal standpoint. And make no mistake, This is a very controversial subject. It's not anything that we could sweep under the rug, and I'm glad we're having this full-throat discussion with everyone in the room, both the people who want to see the cameras gone and eliminated from our sheriff and our district attorney. I want to thank them for coming and providing their testimony. I…”
City Council · Sep 9, 2026
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“And for parties who we do have an MOU with, do we have amendments in our agreement where they are required to not share our data with their partners in an MOU? No.”
City Council · Sep 9, 2026
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“Okay, and for, And the reason why I'm asking these questions, because it's really leading back to the meat of the situation, Department of Homeland Security. Department of Homeland Security, they are not obligated to contact Elk Grove Police Department, Sacramento County Sheriff, or any law enforcement agency if they're going to be in an area.”
City Council · Sep 9, 2026
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City Council · Sep 9, 2026
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“Thank you, Madam Mayor. If I could have the members of the Diversity and Inclusion Commission... COME UP. I want to thank you all for being here tonight and definitely want to thank you for serving our community as commissioners on the Diversity and Inclusion Commission. As we round into the second half of the year, Diversity Awareness Month is definitely important given the broad scope and largesse of our community. We have a lot of people that represent a lot of different backgrounds and to have all of you in capacity serving in that role is really commendable, and so I want to thank you…”
City Council · Aug 26, 2026
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City Council · Aug 26, 2026
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“Great job, Carlos. Thank you, Council Member. I want to thank you and Rajanil and the finance team for being very responsible over this past year and maintaining our AA plus rating. It's very intricate. And not a lot of people understand the balancing act that is taken to keep a well-balanced portfolio when you're diversifying, especially from where we came from, from the COVID era, where you had to focus on US Treasury bonds and money market accounts just to keep the ship going because everything was pretty much shut down. But now that things are running and running at a very high clip, the…”
City Council · Aug 26, 2026
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City Council · Aug 26, 2026
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“Thank you, Madam Mayor. I wanna thank Chief Davis and Lieutenant Williams for providing the data and the information that supports the need for these new intersection locations. These are the high traffic areas throughout Elk Grove that are highly likely where we see accidents. And it's always helpful to have the lights up as a deterrent. They're not meant to make money. It's pretty much to educate, to inform, but to also keep people safe and to just basically be good stewards. I used to be one of those people with a heavy lead foot. But over time, you kind of come to the realization that…”
City Council · Aug 26, 2026
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City Council · Aug 26, 2026
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City Council · Aug 26, 2026
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“Council Member Brewer. We had SAC RT board on Monday and we have Sacramento Public Library tomorrow. Thank you. Vice Mayor.”
City Council · Aug 26, 2026
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“I have no comments but to say thank you. No, I have no comments except to say thank you to the residents of District 2, and I look forward to continue to represent and be present for all of you.”
City Council · Aug 20, 2026
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“Thank you, Mayor. Cameron, thank you for the report. This is really good information and definitely shows what we can do and we're working together in collaboration to improve the quality of life for everyone here in Elk Grove. And this specific commission does that and has been doing that for a number of years. I remember sitting in on a couple of meetings in my past life and listening to some of the solutions that were being carried out. And it's very good to see because these are things that people take for granted and a lot of people just don't know about. But as you're out there…”
City Council · Aug 12, 2026
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“In fact, I'm glad you alluded to that because it's something that has come up not only through our emails, also being approached by folks who have certain physical limitations. So in addition to the scooters themselves and the one that I call the Geo, because the Geo lives over by my house, just trying to figure out is there any sort of way to do Any sort of reasonable accommodations? Do we have to put it something in ordinance form to help provide a clear line for those mobility devices? Because people will say, well, they're scooters too, but they are not. They are, but they're not.…”
City Council · Aug 12, 2026
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“And that's helpful because some of the individuals that I know that have these types of vehicles they're riding in the bike lane. They're trying to do the right thing and ride in the bike lane. But in reality, it's slow to the point of being like a pedestrian vehicle and should be on the sidewalk in areas where a sidewalk is available. And so there has to be, so we have to make sure that we're thinking about that in these terms, because The last thing I want is to have someone get hit or to have someone on an e-motorcycle kick them over because after seeing what I've been seeing over the last…”
City Council · Aug 12, 2026
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“Thank you, Mayor. No, I want to thank Chief for this because this is something that we've been seeing not just with, we've been seeing a lot of safety-related incidents happen throughout town over the past two years. And within the last couple of months, especially along Elk Grove floor, and I've been seeing more and more of it, And it's really doing it for the protection of the riders, but also for people who are driving, because you do have drivers who are trying to do the right thing, trying to drive slow, trying to mind traffic. But you will have an instance where someone will do a stunt,…”
City Council · Aug 12, 2026
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“I have no items to report committee-wise, but we definitely want to send our well wishes and root on the Elk Grove 10 Under Blue All-Star Team as they're playing in the Cal Ripken Baseball World Series. It's definitely a historic team that is going on this search or this quest, so we definitely want to root them on and wish them well.”
City Council · Aug 12, 2026