 Thank you very much for joining us for the San Ramon mayoral candidate forum. We are wanting to host a number of forums to educate the community on the candidates to have them hear about their platforms to learn more about how if they want to help and to help educate you before you get you turn in your ballots. So tonight we have three of the council members. We are going to be having so so the format of the form is that every question is going to be answered in one minute. We have men and a bead who is going to be our lovely timekeeper. We want everybody to stick to the time and actually we're going to be a bit strict this time and mute people if they go above the one minute time limit so please please please stick to the time. Also make sure to answer the questions without referring to the other candidates. I think that's helpful people want to hear about your platform versus the other person's platform in your words. So without further ado, we're going to go ahead and start with the questions. So the first question is basically we'd love for you to give an introduction, please include your involvement in the city and what are your top three priorities if elected. And we're going to start with that we're going to try to do this alphabetically so that everybody can have, you know, an equal shot so we'll be fair about who's starting first. So Mina, can you actually start the timer please. Okay, and the first person to be speaking will be a partner so you can go ahead and start now. I'm a partner mother ready at 23 years and Ramon resident, and I'm the chair of the open space advisory committee and district tools rep for census 2020 and serve on its finance subcommittee as supervisor. Candice Anderson appointee. My daughter. She graduated from Dordi Valley High School now lives and works in Virginia. And my top priorities are to bring fun back in San Ramon we've been dead since COVID and we want to get some life back. To recover the economy, while addressing the debt and also bring about some changes with resident students and school partnerships to see how we can get resources for the students and working families in San Ramon. Thank you. Thank you for the time and restart Mina. If you can start when the timer goes to zero. Dave. My name is Dave Hudson I've been on the city council for the last 23 years I was your mayor in 2001 vice mayor four or five times since then. I currently serve on the board of directors for the Bay Area air quality management district the Association of Bay Area government, the counter cost of transportation authority the central counter cost of transit authority. The iron horse trail advisory traffic street smart, ATS technology implementation office bark SWAT, the MTC a bag legislation and others. My top priorities will be get that bridge across Bollinger Canyon Road connecting the iron horse trail, a transit plan for the downtown core and guard against the regional housing plan known as Casa. I look forward to your questions. My name is Sabina Zaffer in 2018 I was elected to the San Ramon city council as the first Asian American member of the council. I am thankful victory for San Ramon where a large majority of her residents are now Asian descent. As promised on city council I have adopted an open and inclusive approach to city governance. More residents are engaged in the decisions we make strengthening the fabric of our community, and this includes celebrating our community through proclamations and celebrations. I was humbled and honored when last year my colleagues on city council selected me to represent them as the vice mayor. Together, we're working together to make San Ramon a safe community with open space parks and a high quality of life. In my professional and public life, I have experienced leading teams to find solutions to new problems. This would be essential as I lead the city as your mayor. Thank you. Thank you so all of you for sticking to the time wonderful thank you. All right so the next question will go towards Councilman Dave Hudson. What is the biggest problem facing San Ramon right now. Okay, has this problem changed or evolved over the last six months. It's COVID. There's there's no getting around it. People aren't going to work. You don't have that. You don't have cats. So being and I only see each other now over these zooms when meetings we could talk sidebars, whatever it took. I think if we don't get people shopping again and back to some kind of normal routine. We're going to have a hard time really coming out of this. That's why I'm looking forward to Bishop Ranch doing the Christmas tree lighting that they do every year. I'm going to start I go down there, at least three times a week there's a lot of activity starting there, and the farmers market has been extremely, extremely helpful and bringing people out so to me, COVID has been problem one, two and three. And if we can get past this and get back to normalcy, we'll be doing our job. I'll wait for your time or so I would agree with Council Member Hudson that COVID is certainly impacted our community in a big way. It's impacted our budget. It's impacted our small businesses, and it's it's impacted likelihood of many people that live in San Ramon. And so most certainly that's what we're paying attention to and how do we open in a thoughtful way. How do we support our businesses in a way that they're able to open up and and go back to thriving and then what impact is this going to have on our city budget, because with all of this economy close now, it is going to have an impact on the budget when it comes back to us next year. So those are important things I would say Wi-Fi and your connectivity has become a big major issue for us. People are working from home, kids are going to school from online and so that impact on our wireless infrastructure has also been a big impact. And I'm looking forward to managing all of those. So the biggest problem for us related to COVID is the businesses who have lost their revenues and our people who shopped at these businesses who've lost their jobs. So those two are intertwined. When personal consumption expenditure declines, it has a trickle down effect on the businesses because people are not spending. The way it has evolved is the county just issued a moratorium that extended to January 2021 rent and eviction moratorium. But people still need to pay 25% of the rent until then before the rent is collected. So the stress is still there. How do we get those assistance? We do not have a rental assistance or a business loan program in the city. Setting them that up ASAP is critical to recovering for both businesses and residents through this. Thank you. Thank you very much. So for the next question, and that will go to Sabina, Vice Mayor Sabina is at her first. It is COVID-19 has shaken our communities through sickness and through loss of life, along with negatively impacting the economy. How would you as mayor build upon and strengthen San Ramon's recovery? I would first like to start with saying that San Ramon has done a really good job. Our residents have been phenomenal in helping us, making sure that they are thoughtful. When we told everybody they need to stay home, they stayed home, they wore masks. So in San Ramon, we've actually out of 83,000 population, we have a little over 300 total cases in San Ramon. Having said that, you know, obviously people are concerned. There are other issues that have come up in the community, like depression, like domestic violence, which have arisen because of COVID as well in our small bedroom communities where we haven't been paying attention. So for me, it's going to be very important that as we come out of this, how do we bring services to our residents around those issues as well. So for me, it's very important that we provide community services around mental health illness and domestic violence to and make it available to our residents. So the residents of San Ramon are very resilient and they obviously want to see things turn around quickly so they can also go back to a normal lifestyle. But they need support in this as working families are struggling with children at home and doing online learning and the uncertainty around it. So I have been recommending for a while now a Citizens Welfare Advisory Committee or a task force that would address the needs of the working families and the students, their educational needs or their recreational needs. The second one which is important to residents is public safety. So a Citizens Police Advisory Committee with residents of different age groups, ethnicities participating and working with the Police Department and the Diversity Coalition to provide input. And lastly is the economic recovery for businesses and for the city through an economic policy and stimulus committee to build the revenues up and bring the debt down. I think it starts with, we've got to open up. I mentioned earlier that we start looking for some of these programs that San Ramon has traditionally done. I'm not going to tell you you're going to be able to put the primo race back together but that tree lighting is extremely important to people. I don't agree with what you just heard. I'm not going to set up three more advisory committees and have them all have to sit through the Brown Act and learn what they're doing and have them staffed we've got enough work for staff to do without adding three more committees. I really believe that this city is ready to bust out. If we can get a good November and December on the retail end of it will be in good shape. I was at an air district meeting this morning for budget and finance, and the numbers are looking much better than we previously had projected so I think the opportunity is there, and I hope we open up for this Christmas lighting gets important. So, according to a 2019 report the Contra Costa County homeless population is up 43% since 2017 and is likely increased with job loss. What are some sets needed to address the homelessness population and what is your plan for the thousands of people facing homelessness. Once the fiction moratorium ends. So that this has been a. I need to wait. This has been a very important concern for me all along so I've been very actively reaching out and talking to people in the county we do have a health and human services division in the county that does address the homelessness issue which was pre covered 2300 close to 2300 homeless people it has escalated a lot more. The county recently was granted the house key funds from the state, and they got about 21 million. That is really going to help convert a lot of the hotels into homeless shelters. So the burden doesn't fall on the city but the county addresses that, but even as a city we have to ensure we are looking at all our residents and seeing where they need assistance support and connecting them to those resources quickly, so that they are not struggling for information or where they need to go. And that's what I've been working on in getting them the information over the last two weeks. I'm going to assume it's me, you know, the homeless problem is just part of the problem at San Ramon really hasn't been hit hard as some of these other cities. It's not having homes, and that's why our arena numbers are going to be so high in the sixth cycle. The idea of putting the homeless in in hotels is something I've been working with with a bag for five or six years I actually have the executive director, ready to do something if we could convert the front 16 units of the residents in to very low income. The jobs are right there they wouldn't need anything more than transit. The thing that's surprising to me is what it has done to the RV prices homeless are buying up RVs and driving the price up for them. So we're going to have multiple problems here if we can't come up with a solution. I brought it up with David Chew from San Francisco and I think he sees the problem. So you're going to end up seeing another billion dollar bill. So building upon what we've talked about the homelessness problem obviously it's not severe at in San Ramon but we have seen individuals and for me as a council member one person is one too many. And it's one of the things which the city is actually doing the staff is bringing in front of us a plan called hope, which they have promised is going to address any issues that we have here in San Ramon. Now we don't directly have services in San Ramon but San Ramon has partnered with Contra Costa County to make sure that the county as a whole gets funding for this issue. It is top of mind it is something that even being a very affluent community we cannot brush under the rug. We need to face it we need to think about it. And even the four or five people that are homeless in San Ramon. It is my responsibility to make sure that they have a home and I will do everything in any partnership I need to to make sure we provide them. Thank you. There are many demands for more commercial properties as well as more residential properties, especially in high density housing for low income families. At the same time there are people demanding to preserve that San Ramon that we have today, instead of an ever more bigger and taller buildings. So can you stand with regard of future growth of San Ramon, or more commercial growth or more residential growth or maintaining the status quo. Who's going Samina, that would go to Dave. I mean, Councilman Dave Hudson. I'm sorry I thought I went first last time. Well, let me just put it like this. There was something about height limits in there and we haven't changed the height limits at all. It really is a sad state of affairs but the cities have pretty much lost local control, and I can guarantee you that we will get hit with a 4700 home production number in the sixth cycle from Rena will find out for sure on October 15. So what the matter is is every city as you just heard about the responsibility of the homeless we have the responsibility to produce housing. And it is becoming more and more of a city's want to put their foot down and say, we're not going to do it. And the state is saying, we'll do it if you don't. So folks, we have a 4500 home plan over 2025 years of Bishop Ranch, and the state is telling you you have to do more. And that's before they start the appeals, we are likely going to get hit with arena number over 5000. And staff's going to have to figure out how to do it. Do I go next. Yes, so it's most people are probably aware the Council did approve a 27 year plan for 4500 homes in San Ramon. What we're going to bring up here is that it is a well planned plan that is going to bring housing to San Ramon, including affordable housing to San Ramon over the next 27 years. It aligns with a general plan. It is a plan, it, you know, cities can be unplanned and then like Council Member Dave said we will have our Rena numbers and we'll have to meet it. Cities can be planned where we protect our open spaces our parks, but then we create a downtown which is going to be more inclusive, and will attract a younger population will build housing for our young people for people who want to down size who want to live in more affordable housing. These are currently all rental housing, which are going to be coming and 15% of that housing is going to be affordable. So as we talk about homelessness. This is also an important topic to talk about planning in a well and thoughtful way. So our city council recently approved the 4500 homes in the name of affordable housing each unit is $600,000. I do not think that is affordable for any working family or any senior unlimited income. So, first the state needs to justify in the name of affordable housing why are we required to build so many units, which is affordable. There are another 634 units being proposed for the Crow Canyon area which is in the process of being approved on top of that our new housing numbers are being given to us at 4,720 units. When a city like Beverly Hills gets three. Again, justify why we are required to build when we cannot build affordable housing for our residents. We don't see what we want to do with that, but nobody is questioning that with the state mandates, and that's what bothers me a lot about housing and affordable housing, particularly. Thank you. So we have a question from the audience. What are the three most important developments you would like to see in San Ramon during and post pandemic time. And I believe that goes to vice mayor. So, I guess, during and post pandemic. There are things that are basically right now in our budget and things that are priority for the city and what some of them are fully funded and some of them obviously are going to we are going to have to rethink about whether we will put our budget towards them or not. For example, the bridge over the iron horse trail is something which has been fully funded and it is going to be coming up. Our bike plan is funded and we're going to continue to invest in the bike plan. But then there were other projects which we had set as a priority which as a five year priority and a goal, which we may not be putting in place but instead investing more towards opening up our small businesses. So an important thing is going to be how are we going to be supporting our small businesses and our residents as we come out of COVID as well and how whether it's monetary support, whether in other ways that that's something which is going to be important to me. You're muted. Sorry. Thank you. I was looking at our capital improvement budget and we have four new projects at a little over $10 million. One or two of them have federal grants that one of them actually has federal grants so that is not even going to come out of the city budget per se. But the Dorothy station community center being renovated at two and a half million is very important because that is a gathering place for families for children's activities as we open back up. The second one of course is the iron horse trail overpass the cost keep escalating with construction and labor. And it started with 14 million it's a 22 million close to 22 million right now we don't want it to go any higher it's still in the design phases. And the third is pedestrianizing and bicycle, a bicycle safe streets for our city so putting money there to have people being able to bicycle and walk instead of driving from one point of the city to the other. Those are the places I would invest. The first three are going to be Bollinger Canyon over passing the city walk project which is the, the homes that we were talking about in Bishop branch because they're walkable to work. I guarantee you the state of California can justify what they're doing and will what you need to be afraid of is if they start listening to the people that are saying your way under built and need to go to a million homes not 400,000. This is the center out in Doherty Valley. I'm really a little upset with the people downsizing that I thought we had a fantastic plan. Gosh, it must have been two decades ago when the county started developing it, but I think it'll turn out okay. It's not going to be good enough for that Bollinger Canyon overpass. If I didn't think it was worth it, I wouldn't have fought to get the grants that we have. I've got a half million from the air district and over 500,000 from a bag 500 million I'm sorry, and we're on our way we're going to do it. Um, what would you do to help improve traffic and pedestrian safety in, you know, in the city and throughout the neighborhoods in downtown. And that would go to a partner. So, as I've stated before, we have a little over 500 lane miles and each lane mile costs over $300,000 to maintain. We do not have that kind of money in in our infrastructure maintenance fund. So we have to really proactively look at ways where we can create a traffic solution within our city. One of the things I have suggested is the car rental agencies that have been sitting idle for a long time now during COVID many have been laid off partnering with them we don't need big buses mini vans cars with Uber with lift you can really partner and set up a solid traffic solution for working families as schools open back up, having children being dropped off to school setting specific routes that they need to use. Those are things that will really help the bicycle and pedestrian. Yes, but our city is not really bicycle and pedestrian friendly yet it's a long term plan. It's not a short term solution. So rental companies are the best bet right now. I was going next. It would actually be Councilman Dave Hudson. Oh, good. Actually, I'm Vice Chair of the county connection three CTA and we are doing a partnership like that we've set up a program to take people to Martin, and we're working with our neighbor county with their busing. The problem that people don't understand has to do with maintenance many times. I know it's maddening to see these large buses running down empty. But the truth of the matter is they last 12 years and beyond those little El Dorados that we had like we use for link. After about five years they're gone, I was really upset during the fires. 40 buses of those little link buses to Sonoma County to use to live in, and they wouldn't take them. And the real problem is you buy them for 100 grand five years later. If you sell it for more than 5000 you have to fix them up. I think our traffic program and I'll leave that for subpoena is a huge success. And that is our CCTA tax dollars absent sales tax working for you. So let's segue into our traffic program because both council member Hudson and I serve on the traffic program traffic program basically provides bus services to our students in San Ramon and we have really been able to maintain that and pay our drivers throughout the pandemic, even though we did not have students writing so that is something which when we go back to school students go back to school will be ready for students to get on those buses. Public transportation is still very important and the important thing to understand about public transportation is, it's the frequency with which it connects to your part and a stream and San Ramon being that last mild city it is very, very important that we continue to increase the frequency of the county connection buses that are that are being used to for people to go and take part in a stream. And obviously the bike and pedestrian plan is very important because we do want to encourage people to bike and now that they've developed new habits during code. I think we will see an increase in bike ridership even for commute purposes. What would be your top new strategy that would push forward to tackle climate change if you were elected. This would go to Councilman Hudson. Thank you very much. And we have one minute you've got to be kidding me. I was in two meetings this morning for the air district and we were discussing this. I was chair of Bay Area air quality management district in 2018 and I made it very clear my priority is what should be the priority right now. And that is particulate matter. You see it in the air it comes from fires particulate matter and methane are short live pollutants. That's about 15 days where's the CO2 you can't see the advantage for about 15 years. We should have been fighting to set up a fire force before we set up a space force, because this can't continue. It is the number one cause of health effects in the air, and the number two cause of climate change in the Bay Area. These fires have to stop. When you get to winter spare the air you look, you're going to be asked not to burn fires in your fireplace, because it's 40% of the particulate matter in the air. It's particulate matter for climate change. Now for Vice Mayor Zephyr. One of the things, and I think it's small things that add up to big changes that we're able to make one of my asks to our staff was people were idling in their cars for 30 seconds or more. What was happening is people would just had their cars turned on, and they were just sitting there and parking lots and really polluting the air. One of my asks was that we put out a basic communication educating our community about the harmful impact of just that car idling, and things like those as we, as we build upon our climate action plan are going to be very, very important in educating the community how they can be more cognizant. We are doing a lot of things in San Ramon in terms of making sure we have drought tolerant plants that are there we've you know basically our waste management plan is in line with climate action plan and we want to continue to build upon the good things that we're already doing to make sure that we continue to align with the state policies on climate action plan as well. I think that's very, very, it's a favorite topic of mine for the reason because I can really tell here. I do not believe in discussions or in listening to what others are saying but in action. And because of this I had pre COVID I had set up a San Ramon Valley youth transport that's called San Ramon Valley but we have participants from pre month Santa Clara San Jose everybody participating in discussions. One of the discussions that started was after the Australian wildfires. And now we're doing another one this Sunday which is on climate change is it climate change is it force management. The best top news strategy which has been my strategy is educating our student population are you because they are the future leaders of our community so when they're engaged they're taking on leadership roles through this youth task force. They're sending a message forward into their communities, their families, making everyone engaged in this conversation and that's when real change happens at the grassroots level. Thank you. So, the next question, and that'll go to Vice Mayor Zephyr. I think it involves killings of George Floyd, Brianna Taylor, and even locally with miles hall and Steven Taylor among others. There's been louder calls to reimagine or defund or even eliminate the police. Do you believe that changes are needed to be made with local police departments and training and if so what suggested trainings would you make. Yes, so this is an interesting. It's an important question. And we also need to understand that we have to have a balance between making sure our community is safe, and also making sure that racial justice prevails in our communities. One of the most important thing for me is how do we come together as a community are officers are diversity coalition, the council to find out the right solution for it when the Black Lives Matter movement happened in San Ramon I was the only council member to listen to our youth. I was the only person standing will listen to our youth and I am trying to right now listen and understand and work both with our chief of police who has been very open and who's been very open to listening to us to new ideas and he's provided us all the ideas that they currently take and what are some of the proposals he's bringing to the council for them to take and so right now I am in listening more. I want to learn before we come to any decisions. So, I'm a founding member of the diversity San Ramon Valley diversity coalition committee and the police chief recently announced at our last meeting that he is willing to work with the diversity coalition to see how we can build more community trust. Again, I had been advocating for a citizens police advisory committee, working with the diversity coalition committee, it's a perfect partnership to build that trust to build that attitude towards the police and the police having that attitude towards the residents where they can really bond at a much deeper level than they ever have. We have to learn from the mistakes of the past when there was the Detroit riots of 1967 if you go back to the Kerner commission. You're going to read about how cops were vilified and it was the same thing calls for social justice reform budget cuts. It hurt the very population. It was trying to help. We do not want to make that mistake we want to support our police, but at the same time address the concerns in partnership with the diversity coalition committee. Thank you. Well, let me be clear right off the bat. I will not defund the police. I will not defund the police. We fought too hard back in 2007 to form our own police force with one goal to have the very best police department bar none. And I think we've done it. We give them the best equipment we've given them the best training, and we bring in the best officers we selected them, and they serve you and have. We're not Detroit. This is not Minneapolis. We are part of the community, and we continue to work that way people need to understand that you voted for a standard of one sworn officer per 1000 people. You have 69 sworn officers for 85,000 people contrast that to all agreed that has 80 sworn officers for 80,000 people, and they almost lost their city and that peaceful demonstration. So, for the next question and I'm going to go to a partner. And I'm actually combining two questions one from the audience and one that we have written. Racist and hate incidences have been on the rise, especially throughout coven and getting closer to the election. What efforts have you made to combat racism and end Islamophobia. And what will you do as council member to tackle this issue. And the question from the audience is the city is increasingly becoming more divisive we're seeing in an increase in racism. Yeah, excuse me racist incidences posted on next door and on Facebook what would be your strategy to bring our community together. So very way. Easy question for me to answer so when I announced my candidacy I was at the receiving end of racism which I made public because I do not encourage or tolerate any kind of bigotry hate or racism of any kind. I made it very public it was all over I even had to inform the police chief because it became a security threat at one point. And within a period of one one and a half months I was called a racist by a group in our city and I did not tolerate that either because I wanted to make sure these kind of divisive conversations do not happen in our city. And with that public as well I made sure I addressed the concerns of what where these topics were coming from and why it was coming, and I, this is my going to be my policy if there is any kind of hate or divisiveness. I'm going to address it before it escalates to the next level. And that's my answer thank you. Call me Council Member Dave if you want some, you know, I was a chair of the air district in 2018 and actually when we started the no idling program, the, the key for us was putting together a program under AB 617 for disadvantaged communities. And that's when I learned that there is going to be a need and there is a need to bring in people like Gary, like race forward. Richard Rothstein wrote the book the color of law, and you have to educate people. What has happened over the decades that people are unaware of. I'm amazed at some of the things that California has done and I will continue to push for it. I don't understand what the state hasn't made it mandatory, like sexual harassment, and the ethics class that we are mandated to take every two years. I believe it's going to happen. And I believe our city should be doing it right now. So I would just say, if you want to look at my record in the last two years that I've served, I have been very open and inclusive to everybody who's come to me who's asked me for a proclamation who's asked me to come to their event to celebrate, and I've really enjoyed that. So I really think one of the most important things as, as somebody who's elected is to be available and approachable to all residents of San Ramon to show up at events to shop at their celebrations and to proclaim our, our different communities. We, whoever comes I've always been open and we've all we've actually had to develop a policy, so that nobody feels like they're silent. That's an important thing for me. The other thing is, when I was listening to the black lives movement. I was, even I was surprised at how much racism and hate these kids some of these kids had grown up with. And I want to make sure I listen to these kids now as they come and speak to us they are educating us right now on this. And I want them to be an important part of my team council. All right, so we now come to the close of our event. So the last question would be, so without discussing your competitors, what is what are your final thoughts on why you, why we should vote for you. So if you could just give your closing. Thank you and that and the first person would be Councilman Hudson. Councilman Dave right over a quarter of a century. I am proud of the decisions we have made to make San Ramon your home. We are recognized as one of the safest cities in America. We are recognized as the richest city in America. We are recognized for our growth management and our preservation of open space. We are recognized as the highest total property tax evaluation of any city in Contra Costa County. Our schools are among the highest rated, our parks and programs are among the highest rated, and our future is very bright. I am asking for your vote, so that I can continue to keep us on top with innovation and successes in the coming decade. Thank you for listening tonight. Vice Mayor Zephyr, if you want to restart. Thank you. Beyond San Ramon's immediate response to COVID-19, there are other challenges ahead that require community engagement and management skills. As our city matures, a delicate balance must be struck between growth and maintaining our quality of life, because I understand the desires and needs of the community must come first. As a council member, and as a community volunteer, I am widely recognized for my efforts to bring the community together. And as your mayor, I will combine my community roots with my business technology background and the real experience that I have gained on this council to lead our city through unprecedented times. The future of San Ramon is bright, and I would be honored to have your support. Good night. Over the last 23 years that I've lived in San Ramon, I have worked with many, many people of different age groups, different religious groups, different ethnicities. To me, you are a person. I don't see your skin color. I don't see your religious background. I don't care who you are. If you come to me for help, I have made sure that I have reached out to every single resource exhausted, every single avenue to get you that help. If I don't have the answers, if I do, I always make sure I give that to you right away. I have served on boards that are mainly for families and students and for seniors. Those are the kind of committees I gravitate towards. Having me as your mayor means you are going to have an ally who's going to work for you and you will be. You're not a vote for me. You're not an endorsement. You are a human being who matters to me. Your needs matter to me. My information is on Aparna for San Ramon.com. Thank you. Thank you to all the candidates tonight. We appreciate you coming out. I know it's an incredibly busy time for all of you. We appreciate you taking the time to share your views, to share your positions. It will truly help community members on making their decision on who to vote for. I wanted to also thank the San Ramon Valley Islamic Center and the Muslim Community Center of the East Bay for their co-sponsorship and their partnership with CARE. Again, our goal is to mobilize the American Muslim community towards meaningful participation in the 2020 election cycle. And we do this work through non-partisan education events through voter registration and also building community awareness through the importance of voting and civic engagement. And the information needed in order to take part in local and state and federal elections. And we urge you to go to our website. We have a variety of resources regarding voting. You can find it at bit.ly slash CARE CA vote. And you can find voter registration information, voter education event information, and also our statewide voter guide that should be coming out in the next few days. We're also going to be publishing a local voter guide that analyzes the ballot measures of all of the 11 Bay Area counties. And so that should also be coming out very soon. Again, CARE is a 501c3. We're not allowed to endorse any candidates. However, we can provide information to the community through the information about the ballot measures and how one's elected officials have voted as well. Now, lastly, again, as I mentioned on that website, bit.ly slash CARE CA vote, you will have some informational webinars. We're doing a deep dive on Prop 15 tomorrow. That is about the schools and communities first ballot measure. The following week we have a deep dive on Prop 16 and that's opportunity for all. And the week after that is about Prop 17, which is the free to vote bill or measure. So, and lastly, if you've not filled out the census, you still have time to make sure to do so. It takes less than 10 minutes to answer nine questions that will impact you for the next 10 years of your life. And for each person that does not fill out the census, your area can lose up to over $10,000 worth of federal funding. So please make sure to fill out the census. Again, thank you again for joining us tonight. Make sure to vote. And if you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to us at CARE. Take care. Have a good night. Thank you. Thank you, Samina. Do you have one question, Samina? You said 11 counties in the Bay Area? We have, well, we vote the Sonoma. Do you ask Tamal Keen or Monterey? I know the nine counties of the Bay Area. Oh, I'm including the 11 that I've had to analyze. Sonoma and then all the way down to Monterey. Oh, you do include Monterey. Yes, we do include Samal Keen also. No, we do not. Because I know the four Bay Area or North Bay, Solano, Sonoma, Napa, and then San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Alameda and Contra Costa. When you said that, Santa Cruz. Oh, you go to Santa. Well, because Monterey is Santa Cruz. Life is hard. Santa Cruz and Monterey. Okay. You have your work cut out for you. Thanks again. And Councilman Dave is fine. So we've done all this work for you. So you have no excuse not to vote. So make sure you vote. Thank you very much. Thank you so much. Thank you so much. We can chat. Call me. Thank you so much. Bye. Bye.