Remarks by Rudy Picha
81 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 2 of 4
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“You know, clearly we could use the scratch, but we could do this backwards, right? We could go to voters and they could even approve it. And then it would go to Sacramento and they could potentially deny it.”
City Council · Oct 2, 2026
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“Okay, so this is a necessary step. But the voters are going to get their say. Ultimately, it's up to the voters. That's all I've got.”
City Council · Oct 2, 2026
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“So, You know, Speaker Revis has told us time and time again, especially when it relates to California 25, come to me with shovel ready projects. So that's that's he doesn't have time to help us hold our hands and figure out like his staff, the information that the Casey's are asking for.”
City Council · Oct 2, 2026
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“Okay. So all we're doing right now is giving you the authority to reach out and start the conversation. And then if he's got additional questions, then our partner is going to help us figure out what information they need to give to Sacramento. So we're just starting a conversation with Sacramento about potentially raising money.”
City Council · Oct 2, 2026
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“overall just amazing work thank you so much for your contributions to the community to the animal shelter and and to the matterment of everyone thank you yeah so impressed um i you know a lot of people have you know civic engagement and you know they're they're civically minded a lot of people do a lot of talking but you know as they say actions speak louder than words um look at you man you're doing public speaking you project management. You've organized, you know, people and companies and directed them toward a common goal and you're helping the animals. And, you know, that's something I…”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“That's awesome. A good solid couple of years. You've probably been thinking about it a little bit more before that even. We're all so proud of you and your accomplishments and all the people that have supported you along the way. And I'm looking at Hollister's finest. And, you know, they carry themselves well every single day, but they have a tremendous just look of pride just at your accomplishments. Thank you so much for helping out the community, helping the animals. at the animal shelter. And, uh, I'd love to see him, you know, in, you know, a couple of years, two, three years, you know,…”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026
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City Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“Okay, thank you. So there is light at the end of the tunnel.”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“I have one question. So as I read through the documentation, I was reading about the storm drain and how we're, you know, it's not in a good state financially. What fund is that in? Is that in the water? I can't remember why I read it.”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“So there's not a section on the water bill, is there, for that? Like the streets weeping on the water bill, right? That's right? So how do we collect money for the storm, keeping our storm drains clean?”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“So basically we're spending general fund monies to clean out storm drains. I mean, it's kind of a service. Is it possible for us to make it a utility and make it an enterprise fund?”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“Right. I understand that. Thank you very much. That's all I have.”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“Yeah, it seems like we've been, you know, for the last two years, we've been, you know, faced with tough financial times and, you know, we've all, I'm sure everybody up here has been just like, Waiting for that light at the end of the tunnel. Luckily, we're having some winds on California 25. Thanks to good direction. Just in this chambers tonight, we've been asked for some increased transparency. And we've got some. Some. These monthly treasury reports. that we have. Are we publishing these on the website? I probably should know. I should probably get on the website and start pressing some…”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“Because we've been doing quite a bit of self-accountability and oversight, and we just approved the appointment of Charles Tumbaga to the Financial Oversight Task Force. Council Member Morales is actually bringing two qualified candidates to that task force and invited them to the meeting coming up on the 26th. at 9 a.m. here in Chambers. So we're asking the community to come out and look over the books and make sure that they see the same things that we see. And hopefully this satisfies, you know, certain people. You know, John, appreciate you coming in and being part of the whole effort,…”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“So thanks for the council for doing the hard work and hopefully we can see that speck of light at the end of the tunnel.”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026
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City Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“So this isn't exactly an assignment, but on Wednesday, September, what was it, the 16th, I met with Sean Tenenbaum of Hollister High School with Carson Clower. We discussed Nash Road and, you know, with me specifically, they addressed some of the concerns that we had brought up in our previous session. with regard to nash road they demonstrated that the little clicker that we were talking about as far as like opening and closing the gate doesn't function the way we thought nothing different for the first responders to do in order to get that gate open just activating lights and sirens and…”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“It's on 7.10. The one about risk resolution accepting the improvements in the public right of way and other areas designated for public use within the project almond clearest park subdivision. So, you know, as we read through consent. I kind of dug in on this one because it talked about the roundabout on San Felipe at Burt and I kind of dug in on it and found a Benito Link article by our own No Magana is not here. It's like late 2019, early 2020. And it says in a 4-0 vote, the amendments included removing a requirement to build a roundabout at San Felipe and Burt. But clearly there's this…”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Okay, that was literally it. I thought Amazon had put that in. It's definitely functioning. It works. And roundabouts are kind of the way of the future. Thanks. That's all I have.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“So are municipalities using it? Are we on the hook for promoting this? Or is this on the development community to know about so they can get more funding for impact fees and all the things that SCIP is used for? Because I could see us using this as a tool to get more local jobs, more, you know, industrial commercial projects up to San Felipe corridor. So, yeah, we'd want to probably use this as a tool to help, you know, achieve those goals. But is it really on us to, you know, it comes to like a residential development? Is it like on us to promote this?”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“So I just kind of another question popped into my head. So I thought this was a tool for homeowners to, you know, potentially qualify for a home or, you know, a business to overcome some upfront costs to getting into a project. But for the homeowner side, because Carson kind of jogs something in my mind while he was talking. I thought this was a tool to reduce the upfront cost to get into a home and then spread that lowered upfront cost over the property tax portion of twice a year and spread it over the long haul, like 15 to 30 years. Is that accurate?”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Okay. So it's lower and then they can, the homeowner has the option to pay it off early with no penalty. Is that kind of what I'm hearing?”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Yeah, so my question is, so we're literally looking at these three properties, these three items that can be voted on separately. We're analyzing these particular 1.9, 40 point whatever, 03s. um those are the only three things that we would be annexing if something were touching it like a fence and let's say ridge mark was next to that we wouldn't be like annexing ridge market we would just be adding seeing that little corner that's in the north west side of the um 25 fairview right and it's looks like it's residential right now and it looks like they potentially want to put a gas station in,…”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Yeah, I'm kind of like a romantic guy. I remember when McCarthy, you know, on the, what would that be like? The South side of McCarthy used to be an orchard. It was apricots, right? I remember that. I was a little kid playing in those apricot orchards until my mom yelled, you know, when the streetlights come on. So I kind of miss being able to play in the orchard, but I'm 46 now. And obviously I don't play in somebody else's property. um you know what i mean and so now it's a lucky's in a bike shop that i love and uh you know every once in a while going to kfc i'm not gonna like and uh…”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026