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‘Tiny’ stories
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Newsfront
DIGEST Livermore council accepts all recommendations
Chabad camp closes
Chabad of the Tri-Valley can-
from Equity and Inclusion Subcommittee
celed its summer day camp Key areas addressed include housing, police programs, creating opportunities
for the rest of the season last
week after five youth attend- BY CIERRA BAILEY was divided into two phases, with collaborations with community part- may benefit the city’s efforts.
L
ing the camp tested positive for ivermore City Council agreed the second phase of meetings con- ners, advisory body recruitment and Following Martin’s presentation,
COVID-19. to move forward with a list cluding on June 15. volunteer opportunities, housing and Councilmember Bob Carling, the
All in-person events at of 10 recommendations pre- Deputy city manager Christine police programs. other subcommittee co-chair, shared
Chabad’s Center of Jewish Life
sented by the city’s Equity and In- Martin, who also served as the staff Martin mentioned that there was his perspective on the experience. “I
on Hopyard Road in Pleasan-
ton were called off through the clusion Subcommittee during its liaison to the subcommittee, deliv- one recommendation that the sub- want to say what a privilege it was
weekend while the building was regular meeting Monday. ered a presentation to the council committee chose not to carry for- to participate and all the folks that
cleaned and disinfected as an “We’re not fixing systemic racism with a brief overview of both phases ward for the council’s consideration, came week after week to our meet-
extra precaution, according to in this go, and we’re not even going and a summary of the recommen- which was for the city to join the ings, we had very, I thought, terrific
Rabbi Raleigh Resnick. He said to fix Livermore,” said Vice Mayor dations, which she noted are all Government Alliance on Racial Equi- participation from the community.
no other positive tests had been Trish Munro, who served as the sub- implementable given current staff re- ty (GARE). According to Martin, the Some people actually came to every
confirmed to date, including committee’s co-chair. sources and funding. Councilmem- item was not ranked as a top priority meeting of every subgroup, so I think
none among counselors, junior “But all of these together provide a ber Gina Bonanno was absent from by the working group and she said that was yeoman’s effort in terms of
counselors, coaches or camp vol- way of inclusive thinking for the city, Monday’s meeting. “the subcommittee was concerned participation,” Carling said.
unteers at the day camp.
which provides paths for building The list of recommendations was that this may be a check-the-box He added, “One of the things that
“Upon consultation, our camp
directorship made the decision to collaborations for others to continue put together by the citizen working type of exercise that wouldn’t have came out of it — at least on the last
close the camp for the remainder doing this work. So, hopefully these group and refined by the subcom- enough return on investment.” meeting of June 15 — as I recall,
of the summer. This is obviously will serve as a foundation on which mittee before going to the council. However, Martin said that city staff was an overwhelming enthusiasm
not something we wanted, but is to build for the future,” she added. The areas addressed in the list in- will continue to research and moni-
the right decision under the cir- The nearly year-long city initiative clude, the Key to the City program, tor GARE for tools and resources that See EQUITY on Page 9
cumstances,” Rabbi Resnick said.
The affected youth were said to
be asymptomatic or experiencing
PUSD seals
only mild symptoms.
Tracking progress
City removes totem pole from deal with
More than one-quarter of the
infrastructure projects on which
park for maintenance evaluation classified
BART is working with Measure Analysis required due to pests, ‘significant structural issues’
RR funding have now been com-
pleted, exceeding the agency’s
timeline projections from when
BY CIERRA BAILEY union
the measure went before voters The city of Livermore shared
in 2016. a social media post last week in- CSEA members to earn
The agency is currently work- forming the community that a 1.5% salary raise,
ing on more than 120 infrastruc- maintenance evaluation required
ture repair and improvement the removal of a well-known local one-time bonus
projects and has already invested art landmark.
roughly $866 million from Mea- The Centennial Park totem BY JULIA BAUM
sure RR, which authorized BART pole is currently missing from its Pleasanton Unified School Dis-
to issue bonds totaling $3.5 bil- usual post located at the corner trict signed off on an agreement at
lion to replace aging rail and
of Fourth and Holmes streets, city a special Board of Trustees meeting
track components, and modern-
ize the transit system’s stations. officials said. on Tuesday that gives classified
As of March 2021, BART has “The totem pole has been re- employees a one-time cash infusion
utilized Measure RR funds to moved so that it may undergo on top of salary and medical benefit
replace 34 miles of track rail, 27 a maintenance evaluation. We’ll contribution increases.
miles of electrical cables and im- update the community upon Assistant superintendent of
proved the safety of the platform completion of the evaluation,” the human resources Julio Hernandez
edges at seven different stations. city’s July 22 post on Facebook called the months leading up to the
—Bay City News Service reads. board’s unanimous adoption of the
City officials told the Weekly contract with the California School
Recall bid stalls that its Public Works Maintenance Employees Association (CSEA) “a
An effort to unseat three mem- Division is conducting the evalu- journey in negotiating.”
bers of the San Ramon Valley ation and fumigation is required “What is being presented today
Unified School District’s Board because “there are pests present.” is a compensation piece so that
of Education has failed after a Additionally, officials said there we are able to start that process of
parent group seeking to launch are other “significant structural is- processing all of the individual unit
a recall election did not turn
sues” that are being assessed. They members’ salary screens, which is
in a petition with an adequate CITY OF LIVERMORE
number of signatures from voters did not elaborate on the expected going to be quite a task,” Hernan-
The totem pole in Livermore’s Centennial Park has been removed for a
before the deadline, the Weekly length of the totem pole’s absence. dez said.
maintenance evaluation, according to city officials. They did not elaborate
confirmed this month. The piece of historic public art on the expected duration of the totem pole’s absence. District staff members represent-
Recall proponents did not re- was carved by artist Adam “Fortu- ed by CSEA will receive an across-
spond to requests for comment, nate Eagle” Nordwall in 1969 and circulated online by pro-police At the time, one of the city’s eq- the-board 1.5% salary raise, based
but all three targeted board mem- was installed at Centennial Park in website Law Enforcement Today uity and inclusion subgroups that on a squared salary schedule that
bers confirmed that the recall celebration of Livermore’s 100th suggested that the city group was focused on community, culture went into effect last year, as well
effort did not proceed past the anniversary in 1974, according to debating whether the Thin Blue and representations was consider- as a 3.68% increase of district con-
signature-gathering phase. The the city’s public art guide. Line flag — which is used to ing conducting a community-wide tribution toward medical benefits.
petition drive was first launched
In December, the totem pole express support for law enforce- assessment and action project, in- Staff are owed retroactive payment
in January, after a group of par-
ents wanted to oust SRVUSD was brought up during a social ment, but is considered by others volving taking inventory of art- as of July 1, 2020, by no later than
board members Susanna Wong media-fueled controversy over as a symbol of intimidation — work, artifacts and other symbols Sept. 30.
Ordway, Rachel Hurd and Ken the city’s Equity and Inclusion should be labeled as a symbol of
Mintz for their decision-making Subcommittee after an article hate. See TOTEM POLE on Page 10 See UNION on Page 11
during the pandemic. Q
Pleasanton Weekly • July 30, 2021 • Page 5
NEWSFRONT
Livermore: Lab workers strike amid contract negotiations
Trade union members oppose on-call requirements without bargaining
Trade workers at Lawrence Liver- group but we are an integral part for a violation of labor laws.
more National Laboratory began a of this lab. We want them to know “(The board) saw enough merit
three-day strike Tuesday after their that, because right now they don’t in that to take and bring charges
workplace allegedly required on- treat us that way.” against them,” Balke said. “We
call hours without negotiations. Balke said on-call hours at the actually have a court date with
The 235 workers, all union laboratory were voluntary for (the lab) in October with the
members of the Society of Profes- years, until workers ran into re- National Labor Relations Board
sionals, Scientists and Engineers, strictions and were less incentiv- about their bad faith bargaining
will stand in front of the lab’s ized to sign up. charge.”
gates from 4:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. “Most of the guys that said, ‘You Lawrence Livermore National
for three days this week in hopes know what, I’m tired of jumping Laboratory says it has negotiated in
that the lab will open up room for through hoops to go see my den- good faith since September 2019
bargaining. tist or to go pick up my kids from on the matter at hand, but negotia-
They make up a small percent- school,’” Balke said. “We didn’t tions have remained separated by
age of the 6,000 workers at the lab, have enough people, they didn’t “economic issues and management
but union chief bargainer Steve have enough to cover the on-call, rights,” acting lab spokesperson
Balke said they cover essential de- so they said they’re making it Breanna Bishop said. The labora-
partments to make the lab run. mandatory, along with those same tory does not expect the strike
“We’re all skilled trades. We’re restrictions.” to have a great impact on site
electricians, plumbers, carpenters, In response, the union filed a operations.
sheet metal workers, welders, boil- complaint with the National Labor “We will continue to bargain in
er guys, handling heavy equip- Relations Board for bad faith ne- good faith with the union to reach LOCAL 11
ment, security alarms, fire alarms,” gotiations. The board has since an agreement,” Bishop said. Q Trade workers at Lawrence Livermore National Lab picket Tuesday outside the
Balke said. “We might be a small issued a complaint against the lab —Olivia Wynkoop, BCN Foundation lab in Livermore on the first day of a three-day strike over working conditions.
Tri-Valley youth hold forum on future of campus police officers
Effectiveness of SRO program called into question
BY LEILA TOUATI for when a student is having a mental programs and safety.” managed the forum. created a culture of healing in the
Tri-Valley youth led a virtual com- health crisis. One of the main concerns with the Pleasanton Unified School Dis- community.”
munity forum last week to discuss “I don’t believe there has ever SRO program is the limited training trict trustees Steve Maher and Kelly After the speakers, all participants
police presence on local school cam- been an assessment or evaluation of that officers get, according to Lopez. Mokashi, as well as Pleasanton City split up into breakout rooms to dis-
puses and the future role of school the school resource officer program “The California state does pro- Councilmember Valerie Arkin, at- cuss their thoughts on the subject of
resource officers (SROs). since it began back in 2002, so there vide for 40 hours of training for tended the online forum that lasted the SRO program. In breakout room
The evening conversation on July aren’t any specifics on Pleasanton’s any school resource officers at K-12 a little over an hour. There did not 12, Laurie Bennett, a frequent par-
22 was organized by members of program,” Oscar Lopez, interim di- schools, however there isn’t really a appear to by any Pleasanton Po- ticipant in public Genesis events, was
Genesis of the Tri-Valley, a com- rector of the Education Advocacy significant mental health component lice Department representatives in among those to share her thoughts
munity group focused on impact- Clinic, said during the forum. “The to it,” he said. attendance. on the matter.
ing structural racism through issue- data from the Department of Justice Amador Valley High School stu- Jodie Geddes, the human services “It’s not new that kids are having
based campaigns. They aim to end I have reviewed has indicated that dents Vaneesha Dave, Holly Fletcher manager at Restorative Justice for mental health issues, so it’s surpris-
the school-to-prison pipeline, put school resource officers actually do and Nadia Rehman, Amador alum- Oakland Youth, spoke about how ing and sad that the school district
a stop to youth incarceration com- not make schools safer. There is nus Grace Chen and Dublin High restorative justice can play a big role in hasn’t been able to put more form
pletely and find alternate methods no correlation at all between SRO student Megha Suresh presented and helping students feel safe and trust the around helping kids. With this last
people around them in times of crisis. year, coming back is going to be very
“Aside from increased trust, I challenging and it would really be so
think a lot about the disruption of great for Pleasanton to have a better
the school-to-prison pipeline, when way of being able to handle crisis,”
we look at data around suspension Bennett said.
and expulsion and we begin to look Genesis youth hope for a memo-
at what the core of the issue is or randum of understanding (MOU)
even when our young people might between city officials, the school dis-
get arrested in a moment of crisis trict and police on the SRO program
without calling the therapist. They as well as creating a dialogue about
often engage with so many people involuntary hold orders for stu-
along their path before their needs dents struggling with mental health
are actually met,” Geddes said. and when police SROs should be
Geddes called on her experience involved.
of creating proper wellness programs Maher, Mokashi and Arkin in-
outside of Pleasanton to explain how teracted with Genesis youth on the
using restorative justice can trans- subject of an MOU and future dia-
form circumstances that students are logues on the subject. They said they
in. She used the phrase “a culture of didn’t want to make any definitive
healing, not harming” to illustrate statements due to the Brown Act,
her point. but agreed that immediate changes
“Really creating a wellness sys- must be implemented to the SRO
tem that is holistic, that focuses on program.
wellness and safety, where young “It’s certainly long overdue that we
people, their parents, and their com- haven’t discussed the SRO program
munity members are also a part of and now we’re trying to set things
the conversation so then we engage straight and have an MOU and quali-
in a process that’s not about ‘doing fy what we expect and what students
to’ but ‘being with,’” Geddes said. and parents can expect, and we’re
“I’ve seen restorative justice being moving forward. I’m looking forward
transformative in situations that were to (the MOU) being completed by
really escalating, and we were able to the end of September, I’m hoping,”
deal with this because we’ve already Maher said. Q
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NEWSFRONT
One millionth Alameda County resident involving neighbor-to-neighbor
conversations.
“Our goal is to ensure that un-
receives COVID-19 vaccine vaccinated residents living in com-
munities that are hardest hit by the
‘Remarkable milestone ... (but) more work to do to get to immunity’ pandemic are equipped with infor-
mation about vaccines, nearby vac-
One million Alameda County But Chawla said, “We have more generally mild cases of the disease expanding with the Direct Outreach cination opportunities, and on-the-
residents are fully vaccinated from work to do to get to immunity from have been reported among vacci- to Our Residents (DOOR) program spot assistance with registration,” he
COVID-19 or two-thirds of the this devastating disease and we are nated people recently while most re- providing relationship-centered said.
county population, public health moving deeper into our communi- cent cases are among unvaccinated conversations between residents,” People 12 and older can receive
officials said last week. ties to engage our residents.” people. said Dr. George Ayala, Alameda the Pfizer vaccine while the Johnson
Of the residents 12 years old and Vaccination rates vary across com- COVID-19 can still cause severe County’s Health Care Services Agen- & Johnson and Moderna vaccines
older, 70.7% were fully vaccinated munities in the county and public illness, hospitalization, and death cy’s public health deputy director. are approved for people 18 and
and about 83% had at least one health officials are increasing their for unvaccinated people, including “The DOOR program is a collabo- older. Doses are free and no one will
dose, as of last Friday. efforts to address the disparities. young adults and youth. ration across the Public Health De- ask for the immigration status or
“It’s been a long seven-month The county has seen an increase The COVID-19 vaccine is the best partment and neighborhood-based insurance information of a person
journey to get to this remarkable in cases in communities where the protection against severe illness, community organizations,” he said. seeking to get vaccinated.
milestone in one of the largest and rates of vaccination are the lowest, public health officials said, and the Ayala said, “Most DOOR work- Information about getting vac-
most diverse counties in the state,” according to public health officials. “Direct Outreach to Our Residents” ers live in the priority census tracts cinated in Alameda County can be
said Colleen Chawla, director of Some of those communities are the program is reaching out to people with lower vaccination rates, and found at covid-19.acgov.org/vac-
the Alameda County Health Care ones hit hardest by the coronavirus. who have yet to get the vaccine. are uniquely positioned to lead cines. Q
Services Agency. Public health officials said a few “Our efforts continue and are hyper-local, door-to-door outreach —Keith Burbank, BCN
Students reflect on Holocaust through writing, artwork
Winning pieces from contest on display at Pleasanton Library
BY JULIA BAUM Art and Writing Contest prompts Pleasanton, which agreed to put the California and Amador Valley high contestants chose to express them-
Artwork and writing by Tri-Valley residents to consider, before giving entries on display in the young adult schools. selves through written word.
youth that illustrate the importance an interpretive answer to the ques- section of the library, where they cur- To spread word about the compe- “With the writing, they either did
of remembering and learning about tion, “Why is it important to remem- rently reside. tition, Lagin said, “We reached out to poems or prose, or a combination of
the Holocaust is now on display at ber the Holocaust?” EBHEC founder Larry Lagin told all the public high schools in the East poetry or prose, and they were quite
the Pleasanton Library. The contest took place earlier dur- the Weekly, “We had a good response Bay, and also specifically to the world strong,” Lagin said. “There were a
Available for viewing since Mon- ing spring and was open to middle and were able to reward $3,500 history teachers and art teachers.” few that were based on someone’s
day, each of the winning pieces from and high school students around of prize money to these winners,” About half of the entrants sub- aunt and uncle, they’re Holocaust
the East Bay Holocaust Education the Tri-Valley and surrounding areas. including 15 students from Harvest mitted art pieces — some colorful,
Center (EBHEC) 2021 High School EBHEC also approached the city of Park Middle, and Dublin, Livermore, others more muted — while other See EXHIBIT on Page 9
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Kottinger Gardens Phase 1
Senior Apartments New initiative aims to increase visibility
Waitlist Open for 1 Bedroom Apartments for Livermore artists, creatives
Applications available on 7/26/2021
‘Livermore Valley Made’ program set to kick off with pop-up market Sept. 18
Completed applications accepted in person BY CIERRA BAILEY campaign arose from our 2020-2025 The third piece of the program
or by mail From 08/02/2021 to 8/27/2021 Livermore Downtown Inc. (LDI) Economic Development Strategic is hosting pop-up experiences and
K\YPUNVɉJLOV\YZ!4- HTWT is launching a new initiative geared Plan and our goals to both enhance makers markets downtown for Liver-
toward artists, makers and creatives Livermore’s unique sense of place more Valley Made participants to
All applications will be date/time stamped to promote and support up-and- and lower the barriers to entry for showcase and sell their work.
H[[OL[PTLYLJLP]LKHUKHKKLK[V[OL^HP[SPZ[ coming small businesses. our artists, makers and entrepre- While Livermore has existing sell-
“Livermore Valley Made” is the neurs,” said Adam Van de Water, ing opportunities like the farmers’
by date/time order. name of the free business assistance the city’s innovation and economic markets, currently held twice a week,
Community Income Restrictions Apply. program that aims to provide in- development director. and the monthly Batch Makers Mar-
creased visibility and access to cottage “Having a coordinated Livermore ket, Snedecor said some makers are
Senior 62+ industry businesses in Livermore. Valley Made campaign provides not looking for that level of exposure
LEASING OFFICE LOCATED AT: While initial plans for the program structure to an already healthy mak- and may not produce enough prod-
began pre-pandemic, LDI Executive er’s movement in Livermore, helping uct to consistently sustain a booth at
240 Kottinger Drive, Pleasanton, CA 94566 Director Rachael Snedecor said that connect new entrants establishing a larger market.
(925) 574-1701 or TTD (650) 357-9773 the pandemic and subsequent shel- and growing their brands with cus- She also said that with the influx of
ter-in-place orders afforded many tomers looking for unique offerings new makers, offering more opportu-
RV[[PUNLYNHYKLUZ'TPKWLUOV\ZPUNVYN people an opportunity to try new that support homegrown entrepre- nities for them to get their products
)9,*VYWVYH[L3PJLUZL things, resulting in a surge of new neurs,” he added. seen and sold will ultimately benefit
entrepreneurial ventures. The components of the program them. “It’s not about competition.
“One of the things that COVID did include a new website — set to It’s about success through collabora-
is really increase the amount of cot- launch by the end of the month tion,” Snedecor said.
tage industry makers now, whether — which will serve as an online The first Livermore Valley Made
that be bakers, candy makers or directory where locals and visitors pop-up experience is set for Sept. 18,
artists,” Snedecor said. “They had can find artists and makers in vari- which will coincide with an official
Many time to pursue their talents and see ous categories selling locally made launch.
WORLDS
what was bringing them joy through goods. LDI is currently calling upon art-
COVID and they turned that into an Another aspect of Livermore Val- ists and makers to submit their
income stream.” ley Made is identifying ways to con- businesses to be added to the new
One Although LDI is promoting the nect the makers with the brick-and- website. They are asking interested
MUSEUM ttm
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program, Snedecor said its develop-
ment is a collaborative effort with
local business owners and other
mortar businesses in town, according
to Snedecor. For example, providing
opportunities for the makers to get
participants to send an email with
a company name, contact name,
email address, mailing address,
community stakeholders, including their products on shelves at some of website, Instagram, product type
Now Open
the city of Livermore. the downtown shops or facilitating and a product photo to Events@
“The Livermore Valley Made partnered events with one another. livermoredowntown.com. Q
Fridays – Sundays Quest to host Tri-Valley Innovation Fair
Reserved Tickets Required at Alameda County Fairgrounds
Available at blackhawkmuseum.org
World of Nature Annual event returning Sept. 18
Now Open BY ANNA HSU officials said they have taken into there will be food trucks available
This year’s Tri-Valley Innovation consideration the public health situ- for food and beverages. Interested
Fair is set to be held by the Quest ation and have partnered with Al- attendees can access the fairgrounds
Science Center at the Alameda ameda County Fairgrounds to pro- by Wheels bus system or car with
County Fairgrounds in September, vide an open and safer environment parking at the site.
the nonprofit recently announced. for the community to gather in. Attendees can look forward to
The event encourages the com- “It’s important to Quest to be meeting and talking with profes-
munity to explore science and tech- welcoming and accessible to people sional scientists, engineers, innova-
nology through hands-on experi- of all backgrounds with a central tors, teachers, business leaders and
Automobile Gallery ences and first-hand witnessing new and familiar location that has ample exploring skills in different STEM
innovations from the Tri-Valley. flexible indoor and outdoor exhibit fields to continue to develop their
“The Tri-Valley Innovation Fair space for exhibitors and can also ac- own career.
The Spirit of The Old West 2021 will showcase the fun and commodate evolving public health While there are already a number
interesting activities, interactive ex- guidelines this year,” Quest Science of local companies and laboratories
periments, exciting demonstrations Center CEO Monya Lane said in a participating in the event this year,
and so much more,” said Richard statement. Quest Science Center is inviting
Peterson, event lead and president/ “Planning the event with the Al- more sponsors or exhibitors to join
CEO of the U.S. Cultural Heritage ameda County Fairgrounds was the them at the fair.
Marketing Council. “The impor- perfect solution and they’ve been a Companies, businesses, organi-
tance of coming together for com- wonderful partner every step of the zations, nonprofits and more can
munity enrichment programs such way,” she added. reserve a space at the fair by email-
Art of Africa as the Innovation Fair is more criti- With an expected 2,000 to 2,500 ing richard@uschmc.com in which
Into China cal than ever before.” visitors from around the Tri-Valley a registration form will be sent for
Local companies and innova- and Bay Area, Quest and the fair- completion. Applications are ap-
tions in the fields of life sciences, grounds are keeping a close eye on proved based on “unique connec-
advanced manufacturing, cloud state and federal health regulations tion to STEAM innovations.” Each
computing, agriculture technology, and safety guidelines and plan to booth has a registration fee of $500
energy, transportation and more will adjust the event if necessary. and may require more costs, such as
925-736-2277 be featured, and skills for many of The Innovation Fair is scheduled for additional electrical power.
3700 Blackhawk Plaza Circle • Danville, CA these fields will be showcased. to take place from 10 a.m. to 5 More information on being a
In the past, the event was hosted p.m. Sept. 18 with admission free sponsor or exhibitor for the 2021
All COVID-19 protocols are followed. in downtown Livermore at Bank- to visitors but registration required. Tri-Valley Innovation Fair can be
head Theater. This year, Quest The event is open to all ages and found at www.quest-science.org. Q
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EXHIBIT impressed by the quality of the
Continued from Page 7
work,” according to Lagin.
A virtual learning series being
survivors.” Another poem called ‘For hosted in August by the Jewish
My Zayde’ — Yiddish for ‘grandfa- Learning Institute called “Beyond
ther’ — also has personal roots for Never Again” aims to examine the
the writer. Holocaust “and try to understand
“I just found it very touching and how we could learn from it, and also
moving, and ... I just found the look to the future and how to make
artwork to be very moving,” Lagin life better for everyone,” Lagin said.
added. The series focuses on antisemi-
The entries were judged by local tism, but Lagin said, “Our center
“Lost,” colored pencil drawing by Nicole Altan, Dublin High School.
poet Deborah Grossman and Anne basically looks at the Holocaust and
Giancola, visual arts manager for tries to apply it to different events of people of all faiths.” Contest can be viewed during nor- Old Bernal Ave.
the Livermore Valley Performing genocide, trying to prevent genocide The winning entries from EBHEC’s mal hours in the young adults sec- For more information about
Arts Center, both who were “very in general. We’re reaching out to 2021 High School Art and Writing tion at the Pleasanton Library, 400 EBHEC, visit www.ebhec.org. Q
EQUITY the subcommittee with Carling and Martin said that city staff is work- conduct a Key 2 City specifically for community partners on a calendar of
Continued from Page 5 Woerner and learned from both of ing on creating a survey to send youth. cultural events.
their different working styles. to all of the working group par- 3. Collaborate with Livermore 7. Housing: Expand outreach
to continue in some fashion for the A handful of participants in Liver- ticipants from both phases for indi- Valley Joint Unified School District to communities most affected by
people that participated.” more’s citizen equity and inclusion vidual feedback about their experi- (LVJUSD) and Livermore Area Rec- housing issues. Share information
Both Carling and Munro thanked working group spoke during public ences. Woerner said that the city will reation and Park District (LARPD) on housing-related matters with the
Martin, city staff, all of the par- comment on the item to share their also consider planning some form to create/implement complementary community.
ticipants and consulting firm Public experiences and thank the city for of event or ceremony or distributing programming for youth. 8. Police Department Stop Data
Dialogue Consortium, which helped establishing the equity and inclusion certificates as a way to thank all of the 4. Collaborate with Livermore Val- Project: Invite Subgroup B to hear
facilitate the working group meetings program. participants. ley Chamber of Commerce, Las Posi- updates and provide input on the
and projects. Toward the end of the discussion, The full list of subcommittee rec- tas Community College and other stop data project at milestones.
They also thanked each other, Woerner congratulated everyone in- ommendations are as follows: business organizations on youth 9. Police Department Mental
with Munro extending her gratitude volved for doing a “superb” job. “I 1. Key 2 City: Expand community training/career opportunities. Health Clinician Ride-Along Pilot
to Mayor Bob Woerner, who co- just want to say this was an incredible awareness of the inner workings of 5. Recruitment for advisory bod- Program: Explore ways to deploy
chaired phase one with her before amount of work with a really good local government and ways to pro- ies, employment and other volunteer police department resources most ef-
appointing Carling to take his place outcome,” he said. “At the beginning, vide stepping stones to leadership opportunities: Expand outreach and ficiently and effectively in response to
upon his ascension to mayor. there was a lot of emotion and con- opportunities. Expand outreach and advertising efforts to reach all seg- mental health related calls for service.
“I will say, it’s true that sharing a cern and a lot going on in the country advertisement of participation and ments of the community. 10. Chief’s Advisory Group: In-
name does not mean sharing a work- and I think we took a risk, as Vice volunteer opportunities in further- 6. Collaborate with LVJUSD, crease police chief and police de-
ing style,” Munro said, adding that Mayor Munro pointed out (in her ear- ance of the above. LARPD, Livermore Downtown Inc., partment awareness of community
she is grateful to have worked on lier comments), and that it paid off.” 2. Youth Key 2 City: Create and Chamber of Commerce and other policing-related matters. Q
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New CDC advice: Most vaccinated Californians
should wear masks indoors
State employees, health care workers must show proof of vaccination
BY BARBARA FEDER OSTROV / cases on June 15, the state’s reopen- also noted that such breakthrough
CALMATTERS ing day. cases remain rare.
Nearly all vaccinated Californians In response, California Gov. Gavin In California, about 21,000 break-
should return to wearing masks Newsom on Monday said health care through cases have been identified
indoors under new federal guide- workers and state employees must among nearly 21 million fully vac-
lines issued Tuesday for areas where be vaccinated or undergo weekly cinated people — just 0.1%, accord-
COVID-19 is surging. testing and wear masks. The federal ing to state health data.
The new guidelines from the U.S. government was expected to follow Some public health experts were
Centers for Disease Control and Pre- suit on Thursday. relieved by the CDC’s reversal on
vention apply to regions with “high Los Angeles County and city of- Tuesday after criticizing its previous
or substantial” transmission rates, ficials also renewed indoor mask guidance, issued before the Delta
which includes 45 of California’s 58 mandates in mid-July. Yolo and Ven- variant became predominant, as
counties and about 96% of its nearly All unvaccinated people, includ- vaccination status. tura counties have followed suit misguided.
40 million people. ing children not yet eligible for As in other states, California’s On Wednesday, the state public “The CDC’s decision in May to
The guidelines would cover all of COVID-19 vaccines, should con- COVID-19 cases have spiked in re- health department updated its mask apply one size fits all mask guid-
California’s most populous counties. tinue to wear masks in all public cent weeks as the more infectious guidance to align with the new CDC ance regardless of vaccines or preva-
The counties, with lower COVID-19 indoor places under state and federal Delta variant has become dominant. recommendations, asking vaccinat- lence was always a bad one for this
rates, that are not included are: Mon- recommendations. Nearly 30% of eligible Californians ed Californians to mask up in indoor exact reason: every community is
terey, San Luis Obispo, Santa Cruz, The CDC also recommended on remain unvaccinated along with chil- public spaces. different, and public health should
San Benito, Glenn, Tehama, Lassen, Tuesday that vaccinated people in dren too young to be immunized. The new federal guidelines were be flexible enough to accommodate
Modoc, Sierra, Alpine, Mono, Inyo all areas of the country wear masks Nationally, nearly two-thirds of prompted by evidence showing that those distinctions,” University of
and Tulare. About 1.7 million people indoors if they are immunocom- U.S. counties are experiencing high the delta variant may be more likely Saskatchewan virologist Angela Ras-
live in those counties. promised or have a higher risk of or substantial transmission rates, ac- than other variants to cause break- mussen tweeted Tuesday. “By over-
The announcement reverses an severe disease if infected, or if they cording to CDC data. through cases in vaccinated people, simplifying complex and uncertain
earlier CDC recommendation, is- live with someone who is. It also State health officials on Tues- and those people may still carry situations ... we will not convince
sued in mid-May, that it was safe for issued guidelines that everyone who day reported more than 7,700 large quantities of the virus that can people to wear masks if they weren’t
vaccinated people to remove their attends, works at or visits a K-12 new COVID-19 cases and five new be passed to others, said CDC Direc- already or persuade skeptics to get
masks in most settings. school wear masks regardless of deaths, compared to about 700 new tor Dr. Rochelle Walensky. But she vaccinated.” Q
Advocacy group sues East Bay Parks over
feral cat abatement policy
District rule allows feral or abandoned cats to be killed or relocated
A cat advocacy group filed a parks. California Environmental Quality not enforced since December, and said the agency “could have done
lawsuit last week against the East Alley Cat Allies, which advocates Act by changing the physical en- issue a temporary restraining order. better regarding the removal of
Bay Regional Park District for a for the protection of cats and kit- vironment without a full review of Becky Robinson, president and abandoned and feral cats that were
controversial policy allowing feral tens, filed suit July 21 in Alameda the consequences. founder of Alley Cat Allies, ar- threatening endangered wildlife at
and abandoned cats to be killed County Superior Court, arguing Alley Cat Allies requested the gued that culling or relocating Martin Luther King Jr. Regional
or relocated to help protect endan- that the district’s policy is inhu- court to vacate or suspend the feral cats would only lead to new Shoreline last year.”
gered animal species at the district’s mane and fails to comply with the policy, which East Bay Parks has cats moving in and the population At that time, Mason also said
rebounding. district officials had been meeting
“Cats are part of the environment regularly with local animal shelters
in East Bay and are critical to the since suspending the policy in De-
Father — Daughter complex web of life,” Robinson cember to safely rehome or relocate
said in a statement. “Cats have cats rather than killing them. Ac-
Estate and Trust Law Firm been part of the natural environ- cording to Mason, 48 cats had been
ment in California for hundreds safely re-homed or relocated from
Phillips & Phillips of years and cannot realistically
be removed permanently from the
park grounds as of June 16.
Park district staff members killed
environment.” at least 13 cats last year at Martin
A Professional Corporation A park district spokesperson did Luther King Jr. Regional Shoreline
not immediately return a request without seeking non-lethal alterna-
Practice Areas for comment last week. On June tives, according to Alley Cat Allies. Q
16, district spokesman Dave Mason —Eli Walsh, BCN Foundation
• Trust & Estate Planning
• Trust Administration & Probate
James J. Phillips* Katelyn M. Phillips clarified that the city had not made
• Conservatorship & Elder Law TOTEM POLE any decisions to remove any of the
Continued from Page 5
city’s artifacts.
James J. Phillips & Katelyn M. Phillips throughout the city that represent
and signify systemic racism as well
“We are not considering removing
the totem pole, we’re not removing
30 Years in the Tri Valley as the symbols that signify equity
and inclusion.
the statue of the three children and
the city has not decided to do any-
*Certified Specialist in Estate Planning, Trust, and Probate Law While the Thin Blue Line flag was thing at this point,” Marchand said
State Bar Board of Legal Specialization at the center of the debate, concerns during the Dec. 14 City Council
were raised by community members meeting.
LL.M. in Taxation that public art displays — like the “This is merely an exercise to
totem pole and the “Circle of Peace” begin a community conversation.
sculpture depicting three children So, with that — just to put every-
4900 Hopyard Rd., Suite 260, Pleasanton • (925) 463-1980 holding hands in a circle located one’s minds at ease — we’re not
www.phillipslaw.us in Hansen Park — were at risk of taking out the totem pole, we’re not
removal. removing the circle of children,” he
Then-Mayor John Marchand added. Q
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PG&E expands resources for customers
affected by planned power outages
Just one PSPS so far in 2021, but utility prepping for more
PG&E is expanding its resources Tamar Sarkissian. This May, the CPUC ordered Medical Baseline Program, which In the meantime, Sarkissian
for customers at risk of being af- In response, Sarkissian said, PG&E to pay $106 million in fines — along with an additional energy pointed customers toward the util-
fected by planned power outages as PG&E has made several safety im- and customer bill credits in re- allotment each month — includes ity’s website to access multilingual
California’s wildfire season rages on. provements to prevent or minimize sponse to several violations that extra notifications about upcoming resources. PG&E is also hosting a
Public Safety Power Shutoffs, or PSPS events. As of April, PG&E occurred during the 2019 shutoffs. PSPS events. webinar series where customers can
PSPS events, are part of PG&E’s ef- has strengthened 180 miles of lines Chief among those violations was They can also access portable learn more about PSPS events and
forts to prevent wildfires that could by installing stronger poles, cover- their website being unavailable dur- batteries, hotel stays and meal re- wildfire safety in their county.
happen if high winds cause damage ing power lines or moving them ing the PSPS events, preventing im- placements through PG&E partner- Sarkissian said community en-
to power lines. A combination of underground. The utility has also pacted residents from being able to ships with local community-based gagement at the webinars has been
factors such as low humidity, high installed 925 sectionalizing devices, access resources and information. organizations, such as food banks. strong, in part due to partnerships
winds, dry material and nearby tall which can turn off power in just Sarkissian said PG&E has All customers can also take ad- with cities and counties to promote
trees can cause PG&E to temporar- specific sections of the power grid, learned from the 2019 outages and vantage of PG&E’s Community Re- sharing information that will help
ily shut off power until the danger keeping the power on in areas that made backend improvements to its source Centers, where there are keep customers safe during planned
of a wildfire has passed. would have otherwise also been website to prevent it from going chargers for devices and medical power outages.
PG&E has only reported one impacted by the outage. down during future PSPS events. equipment, updated information “PG&E’s most important respon-
PSPS event in 2021 so far: a “Due to these upgrades — the Residents can also sign up for text, about ongoing PSPS events, water sibility is the safety of our custom-
planned outage from Jan. 19 to 21 system hardening and the distribu- call or email alerts for when a and snacks. ers and the communities that we
that impacted about 5,100 Central tion microgrids — we do not expect PSPS event might impact them or a In the 2020 wildfire season, serve,” she said. “We are doing
California residents after 83 mph a return to the large scale PSPS relative. Sarkissian said the centers enforced more to help our customers and
wind gusts created an imminent events of 2019,” Sarkissian said. Though PSPS events are a “last social distancing and masking to communities than ever before, be-
threat of wildfire. In 2019, numerous power shut- resort” for PG&E, Sarkissian en- promote COVID-19 safety, though fore, during and after PSPS events.”
Nearly a third of PG&E’s power offs occurred throughout wildfire couraged customers to plan ahead their policies for 2021 may be up- Customers can attend upcoming
lines are in areas now designated as season, leaving hundreds of thou- for resources they may need in case dated based on public safety guide- webinars or view recordings of past
high fire-threat districts by the Cali- sands of Northern and Central Cali- of a long-term shutoff. Customers lines at the time of the event. PG&E ones on PG&E’s website at www.
fornia Public Utilities Commission, fornia residents without power for who depend on power for medi- hopes to open 370 total resource pge.com. Q
according to PG&E spokesperson up to several days at a time. cal needs can register for PG&E’s centers in 2021. —Megan Munce, BCN Foundation
UNION classification compensation study
as well that will be made based on
agreement but is not currently being
fulfilled by PUSD. By doing so, Her-
said staff has “already started some
of that work” but would “have to
accommodate if staffing modifica-
tions need to be changed or modi-
Continued from Page 5
recommendations from the union. nandez said, “we would have met look at some of our ratios with our fied down the road.”
Assistant superintendent of busi- Only 80 classifications approved and will meet our obligation in the involvement throughout the grades.” “Correct. We are increasing our
ness services Ahmad Sheikholesla- in 2019-20 were approved to the collective bargaining agreement.” “We’ll have to look at both sup- deficit spending, but we’re going to
mi told the board, “Every employee 50th percentile or above, according “We agreed to square it based port programs and other programs be looking in the 45-day budget,”
is at a certain placement in the sal- to Hernandez. By approving the on the $15, which is the minimum the district has, and aligning those Sheikholeslami replied. “There’s ad-
ary schedule, and this 1.5% moves contract, “all of our classifications wage that will be established in Jan- with our enrollment,” Sheikholesl- ditional revenues that are going
the entire salary schedule 1.5% will either be at the 50th percentile uary, so this sets that ... and makes ami said. “It’s a through-through to be included into the ongoing
higher, and so that’s the additional or above with our CSEA unit.” it whole,” he added. kind of evaluation at every level multi-year as well, and then out-
compensation and the additional Hernandez described the one- During the board discussion, to ensure staffing is aligned with years we’re going to have to look
cost to the district on an ongo- time $350,000 distributed among Trustee Mary Jo Carreon asked enrollment.” at that. If enrollment is where it is,
ing basis. For this unit, that cost CSEA membership “as part of the about the district’s deficit spending Trustee Kelly Mokashi later currently we need to tighten enroll-
of 1.5% is approximately around agreement to close the study and and where staffing would be re- pointed out, “But as you said, ment, we need to tighten staffing
$390,000 or $400,000.” bring closure to it. Again, elevating duced, if necessary. Sheikholeslami there are some actions, planning to throughout the district.” Q
A one-time payment not to everybody within the study within
exceed $350,000 will also be our classified unit with CSEA, at or
split among all CSEA members. above the 50th percentile.”
The 2020-21 fiscal year agree- The squaring of the salary sched- Three days of entertainment, festival food and shopping
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