Lori Saldaña

CA Assembly Speaker ProTempore (retired) | Central Committee Member @sandiegodems | I❤️ clean campaigns | ☀️ #SaveSolar | #Lori4SD #Vote

[Lori Saldaña @lori4sd]

For the San Diego County Democratic Party Central Committee (78th Assembly Dist.)
- vote for these smart, progressive candidates:

✅Rebecca Fielding-Miller

✅Cathie Hyatt

✅Oren Robinson

✅Casey Kennedy

✅Sarah Davis

✅Lori Saldaña

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Saying goodbye to Becca Taylor at a memorial service alongside Mission Bay.

Her family is sprinkling her ashes offshore tonight.

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I'm attending Affiliated Clubs of the San Diego County Democratic Party's event, ��Debate Watching Party with the Downtown Democratic Club” - sign up now to join me! https://t.co/FBy530eGQL

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DNC Night 1 in 60 seconds

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Next time I get angry thinking of the 1000’s of untested sexual assault evidence kits in #SanDiego in violation of state law… I’ll remind myself there are still states that don’t have any tracking process at all…

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This Resolution and Cynical, I mean, Special Session followed another Special Closed Session meeting on Monday July 29, per:"Significant Exposure to Litigation: California Government Code section 54956.9."

Specifically: "This matter arises from a statement made by a person in an open and public meeting threatening litigation of an alleged Brown Act violation. The City Attorney’s Office will update the Mayor and City Council and seek direction."

Despite their claim that this Resolution is an "unconditional commitment"- it also states:

"...the Council may rescind this commitment only by a majority vote of its membership taken in open session at a regular meeting and noticed on its posted agenda as “Rescission of Brown Act Commitment.”

Agenda: https://t.co/BHLmazn7n8

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"The notion that technology can prevent crime, as claimed by city leaders and business owners, is unfounded.
"Even if research aligned with business owners’ claims, the potential collusion between #LGBTQ+ businesses and local law enforcement is concerning for a community already overpoliced and underprotected."

Moreover: This technology was installed without complying with the process outlined in the city's Privacy Ordinance:
https://t.co/JsPXzZGdXb

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I encourage people who are interested in changes to the short term vacation rental ordinance to contact Council member Jen Campbell, and ask her to revisit the ordinance she drafted.

this is a presentation she was making to the Clairemont Town Council tonight. I tried to record some of her statements but was asked to stop after the first few minutes.

I will post more later.

https://t.co/oq9YrLrl1N

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Here's a 🧵of things @CM_Jencampbell said at a community meeting tonight re:#SanDiego's response to #homelessness during the #COVID outbreak, when the @SDConventionCtr was turned into a mega-shelter at a cost of over $10 million/month:

1️⃣ "...the people who work in the city who would have been laid off were able to volunteer if they wanted to help the #homeless. They were trained and then they would have jobs as well so it worked out very well and it went for about a year and the city and the county worked very well together which is not always true in the past… so out of the approximately 14000 homeless people who passed thru the convention center that year there were only 26 cases of COVID."

FACT CHECK: There were many more than 26 cases of COVID in the shelter. At least once, according to a Convention Center report: An entire shift of workers had to be replaced due to exposure after shelter residents tested positive.

From a December 7, 2020 report: https://t.co/P6L2AHm4ZW

In less than a week, at least 80 people have tested positive for the novel coronavirus the San Diego Convention Center while it's being used to house the homeless amid the coronavirus pandemic, the city said Monday.

At least 50 cases connected to the facility were reported on Saturday from tests given on Dec. 3. On Monday, the city reported another 26 positives from tests administered on Dec. 5. Another round of testing was conducted on Monday but the results were not yet available.

The city did not clarify how many positive cases were among staff and how many were among the homeless population, though both groups are tested regularly.

More than 870 homeless individuals, which the city refers to as clients, are being sheltered at the San Diego Convention Center through the city's Shelter to Home program, which launched in April to keep the vulnerable population safe amid the coronavirus outbreak.

Since the program was established, 107 staff and clients have tested positive for the coronavirus. The last week's surge in cases is the largest reported to date, though Mayor Kevin Faulconer said in March that they were prepared for the inevitability of an increase in cases among the homeless population.

"The recent positive test results are not unexpected given the surge seen throughout the region, the state and the country," city spokesperson Ashley Bailey said.

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Yesterday we sent a claim notice to the City of San Diego alleging multiple violations of its #surveillance #ordinance due to its misuse of #SmartStreetlights and automated #LicensePlateReaders.

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I am a lifelong resident of Clairemont, and a member of the Clairemont Town Council (CTC). I am also a member of an organization that meets on the same night as CTC, so I alternate months to attend meetings and stay involved with both groups.

Last night I attended the CTC's August meeting, a few blocks from my home, at the @CityofSanDiego Community Center on Bannock Street. I was seeking a solution to a neighborhood issue of concern (still a work in progress), and also listening to @CMJenCampbell speak.

Since Campbell is an elected official, I thought recording her would be a benefit for people who could not (or choose not) to attend in person.

I sat in the front row, a few feet from the President and other Board members, and began to broadcast her remarks on how the city is increasing housing supplies and managing homelessness.

I made no attempt to conceal that I was doing this- and was surprised to see Campbell's partner recording me as well.

The first 10 minutes of her talk are here:
https://t.co/oq9YrLrl1N

Things went well for the first 7 minutes, when Campbell's City Council staff member and CTC Boardmember Carrie Munson whispered something in the ear of San Diego Deputy City Attorney and CTC President Nicole Crosby.

You can see and hear what happened next in the broadcast (link above).

After a discussion, I stopped streaming the video, and recorded audio only to document what Campbell was saying- and I'm glad I did, because some of her statements were blatantly false and inaccurate re:COVID and the outcomes of the emergency shelter at the @SDConventionCtr

Were these demonstrably false/inaccurate statements (she was reading them from prepared notes) the reason her staff & partner were so uncomfortable with her being recorded/broadcast?

Read details about those issues here: https://t.co/jqjyfKnA2j

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We are fighting @SeanEloRiveraD9 to keep Virtual Participation an option at @SDCityCouncil meetings, as #COVID surges and people prefer to participate via zoom vs. the expense and time of driving to City Hall.

Related, at an August 1 community meeting in a city building:
- Watch these 2 minutes of the Clairemont Town Council meeting to see how current City Councilmember Jen Campbell and 2 city employees react to being livestreamed, during Campbell's remarks.

1️⃣ @CM_Jencampbell has spoken for 7 minutes without any problems, when she appears to lose her place on her notes re: #housing policies for the @CityofSanDiego
2️⃣ She leans over and whispers something to her Council staff member Carrie Munson, who is also a Clairemont Town Council Board member
3️⃣ Carrie then whispers to CTC Board President Nicole Crosby- who is a San Diego Deputy City Attorney.
4️⃣Nicole gestures at me to stop recording, and I decline.
5️⃣Jen Campbell stops talking, and Nicole then speaks up to request that I stop my broadcast, even though there is nothing in the CTC bylaws prohibiting this.
6️⃣I remind @CMJenCampbell that she is an elected official, and her words are of interest to the public (the CTC is in her district)- and you can see how she reacts.

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Start at 7 minutes. Why is
@CMJenCampbell
blocking public from recording her public presentation? What is she trying to hide or hide from? (Probably fact checkers, the prior 7 minutes is wildly inaccurate.)

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These videos demonstrate why, after a Special Session of the @SDCityCouncil ended late in the evening on July 31, I told @SeanEloRiveraD9 that he could have gone home hours earlier if he had simply followed the law.

Instead: he has continued to act like a "coward and a bully"- and also a serial violator of the Brown Act.

In the first video, Sean illegally interrupts the speaker as she is trying to ask the @SDCityCouncil to demonstrate their "Unconditional Commitment" for people who cannot/choose not to attend in-person Council meetings.

As she asks that- Sean cuts her off.

I then stepped forward and stood next to her to show support and provide encouragement. And despite Sean's admonition that I had already spoken- I had no intention to speak again. I just wanted to support her after a long afternoon.

A few minutes later, Sean once again interrupted and bullied the speaker: recent @SDSU grad @dannyavitiasd, who was able to testify virtually, and raised similar concerns about losing that option.

Under the Brown Act: "When a member of the public testifies before a legislative body, the body may not prohibit the individual from criticizing the policies, procedures, programs or services of the agency or the acts or omissions of the legislative body. (§ 54954.3(c).)"

Since #SeanEloRiveraD9 seems unable to control these outbursts and change his behavior, and continues to interrupt people during testimony in violation of the Brown Act when he disagrees with their public comments:

Perhaps it's time for Sean to step down as presiding officer position, to avoid additional litigation against the #CityofSanDiego

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In a resolution passed Tuesday evening, the city reiterated its “unconditional commitment to cease, desist from, and not repeat any act preventing public testimony on items presenting proclamations appearing on the council’s agenda as required by the Brown Act.”

“It’s a total disregard for the public’s right to simply express dissent or support,” Saldaña said. “It’s as hollow and empty as (the city’s) commitment for our right to speak.”

https://t.co/SuHQtoGHJU

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starting the morning listening to/being inspired by @BettyYeeforCA and @DrShirleyWeber speak in #SanDiego, getting ready to rumble

#Election2024

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After placing a "Change to Standing Rules" item on the July 24 Rules Committee agenda (WITHOUT seeking legal advice from the City Attorney's office)- proposing to end virtual public comments at @sdcitycouncil meetings-
- Council President @SeanEloRiveraD9 has decided to seek closed-door legal advice at Monday morning's Council meeting.

Wondering why he's doing this?
Perhaps it was the remarks of recent SDSU graduate @dannyavitiasd

During Danny's non-agenda comments, Sean interrupted him, and made a bizarre and convoluted "ThAt WiLl Be On a FuTuRe AgEnDa so YoU CaN't TaLk AbOuT iT nOw" claim, since he had pulled the Item from that day's agenda- in the middle of the meeting.

To Danny's credit:
- He maintained his composure, and explained his concerns over more litigation related to denying the public a chance to participate virtually.

Here are Danny's comments from the July 24 Rules Committee meeting, and the "supplemental" Item SCS-1 for Monday's Council Hearing Closed Session agenda.
(It's "supplemental" because it was added at the last minute, as a result.)

PLEASE ATTEND MONDAY JULY 29 at 10 AM or
CALL IN, or USE ZOOM TO PARTICIPATE AND PROTECT YOUR RIGHTS UNDER THE BROWN ACT-

ATTEND: 202 C Street San Diego, CA 92101
Virtual Participation: https://t.co/BdtA8mAhdu
By telephone: Dial 1-669-254 5252 + input Webinar ID: 160 780 7743

Full agenda here: https://t.co/mefTSjCZIr

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This will never be unfunny... Every time I watch it I burst in laughter 🤣