Remarks by Steve Montes
9 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 1
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“Yeah. Um, just want to respond. I'm going to agree with some of some of the things that had been set up here, but some, you know, I guess I have a different perspective, right? So I've come from the enforcement side. So I actually did court enforcement in the city there on some of these vendors and some of these businesses and actually, was part of the code enforcement process where we would go and verify hey is the business where they say they are are they doing what they say they're doing and is it permitted i know uh the other departments um had their role in that too but you know as code…”
City Council · Aug 19, 2026
- Play at 2:24:51
“And so that I guess that's kind of my point. I mean, I think, you know, more of the carrot and the stick to certain degree. So I think that I know we have some of the cannabis revenues, we can say, well, we can have kind of like a care program, like with PG&E, right? Because I think to this point, some of those funds are unallocated. I know it's a different topic, but I think that we can do that. If you qualify based on certain conditions, then maybe we can waive those using um the cannabis fee so that we don't kind of hamstring ourselves in the future saying well it's costing us this much…”
City Council · Aug 19, 2026
- Play at 21:00
“Move to approve consent with the removal of B3 into section D. I'll second.”
City Council · Aug 5, 2026
- Play at 23:51
“Just to clarify, we have two members attending, right, currently?”
City Council · Aug 5, 2026
- Play at 24:01
“Oh, OK. So people haven't opted out yet? Correct. Oh, OK. So it could be anybody.”
City Council · Aug 5, 2026
- Play at 24:50
“Move that we nominate Councilmember Evans as the voting member and designate alternates Councilmember Rodriguez and Mayor. Okay. Second.”
City Council · Aug 5, 2026
- Play at 1:29:05
“You need a form of a motion. I mean, I think, you know, given that conversation, minimal is not worth the fight. So.”
City Council · Aug 5, 2026
- Play at 1:29:15
“Yeah, we go with the recommendation of staff.”
City Council · Aug 5, 2026
- Play at 1:29:20
“Yeah, I move that we go with the recommendation of staff, the full amount.”
City Council · Aug 5, 2026