Remarks by Valerie Amezcua
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City Council · Jul 7, 2026
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“First, there's only one meeting in August. Do you want to take it there?”
City Council · Jul 7, 2026
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City Council · Jul 7, 2026
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“Thank you very much. Is there an alternate?”
City Council · Jul 7, 2026
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“I'll second that. Council Member Lopez? Yes, that's fine, thank you. Great, let's prepare to vote.”
City Council · Jul 7, 2026
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“No, just you and then an alternate. Okay, we're good, but just the two.”
City Council · Jul 7, 2026
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“Yes, it's going to be right down the street. It's wonderful. We don't have to fly anywhere. All right. Item number 22 is to consider a ballot measure to remove the sunset on local sales tax. Do we need a presentation, Council? Yeah, I think a presentation. Perfect. All right. Let's have our presentation. The floor is all yours, Kat.”
City Council · Jul 7, 2026
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“Thank you very much. I'll open it up to the council this time and then I'll make my comments when we're about to vote. So any council member comments? Councilman Hernandez.”
City Council · Jul 7, 2026
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“Thank you, Councilman Hernandez. I don't see any other comments. You gotta raise it, Councilman Vasquez. All right, got it, go ahead.”
City Council · Jul 7, 2026
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“Thank you, I'm gonna make my comments and then we will take a vote. So at this time, I'm gonna just say it is at the will of the voters, bottom line. It was in 2018 and it's gonna come forward again. If it passes, it will be the voters who decide. And so since I've been the mayor, I've talked about in 2029, there'll be a 30 million drop for the city. 30 million, because whoever was sitting up here in 2018 and brought this forward to the voters, you know, they put a timeline on it, 2029 and 2039, which to me is absolutely ridiculous. They should have just put it there forever, right? And said,…”
City Council · Jul 7, 2026
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“So sorry, I do have a comment, Mayor. Oh, I asked you earlier, you said no, and I said I was going to speak and then close it out, so go ahead.”
City Council · Jul 7, 2026
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“Thank you. And since we now are back to speaking, I thought we were going to vote. So Council Member Fann.”
City Council · Jul 7, 2026
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“Thank you, Mayor Pro Tem. We have your no recorded. I just want to clarify that we're not raising the taxes. We are keeping them exactly. It'll go out to the voters. If it passes that, it'll say exactly the same. So I just want to be clear on that. I do appreciate your comments, you know, about wasteful spending. But I also want to be clear as the mayor and that I've been sitting here for four years. The last two years, I have seen such a difference. You know, you kind of, we have staff that are lifting the covers, and oh my goodness, the cockroaches run out, and all of a sudden you see a…”
City Council · Jul 7, 2026
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“I'll make a recommendation that councilman found right in support of this, please.”
City Council · Jul 7, 2026
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“Thank you and I want to thank the Council for this very healthy discussion. It's hard to be up here and you make some hard decisions so I want to thank all of you for making whatever decision you made tonight. All right, we're gonna end the business calendar. At this time, we're gonna go to the council member requested items. Requested item number 23 was brought forward by Mayor Pro Tem Panelosa. Sir, the floor is yours.”
City Council · Jul 7, 2026
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“Thank you, Mayor Pro Tem. So let me just ask a couple questions. So as far as the tickets and car parked against park, I mean, against each other and whatnot, according to the police department, from January 1 of 26 to June 30 of 26, they've given out 44,260 tickets. I think that's great. I mean, I don't know what that amounts to in revenue, but I think it's, I mean... They're doing their job, right? Chief, they get out of their car, they do check the license. Can you share that, please, sir? And the parking permit, license, I mean, whatever they're doing. We've had 44,260 tickets.”
City Council · Jul 7, 2026
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“And if they're parked in an area where they do not have a parking permit, do they address that as well, sir?”
City Council · Jul 7, 2026
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City Council · Jul 7, 2026
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“And I want to be clear that Rudy Rosas is the Acting Director, Executive Director at this time, and you are not, you were not the Executive Director six, seven years ago.”
City Council · Jul 7, 2026
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“That's why I asked, can we ask about that? So thank you. Yeah. So let's stop.”
City Council · Jul 7, 2026
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“I don't want to ask any questions. Just tell us what you can share. No, I got around it. I have lawyers in my family. I know how to do this.”
City Council · Jul 7, 2026