GOOD. EVERYBODY THANK YOU FOR
BEING HERE. CALL TO ORDER OF OUR
, UH, SELECT COMMITTEE. THE
ASSEMBLY SELECT COMMITTEE ON
RECONNECTING COMMUNITIES. UH, I
AM THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE.
UH ASSEMBLY MEMBER DAVID
ALVAREZ, REPRESENTING THE 80TH
ASSEMBLY DISTRICT. AND I WANT TO
WELCOME YOU ALL AND THANK YOU
VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE. THIS
IS THE SECOND IN A SERIES OF
THREE HEARINGS THAT WE WILL BE
HO HO, HOSTING OR HOLDING. UH,
THE FIRST ONE WAS HELD LAST
DECEMBER IN THE CITY OF SAN
DIEGO. AND UH, TODAY IS THE
SECOND HEARING IN, UH, ON MARCH
14TH AND WE WILL BE IN SAN
FRANCISCO FOR OUR THIRD AND
FINAL HEARING. WE ANTICIPATE
THAT THE, UH AT THE END OF THE
THREE HEARINGS THOSE INTERESTED
IN THE WORK THAT THIS COMMITTEE
IS DOING, IT WILL HAVE NOT ONLY
ACCESS TO THE TESTIMONY THAT'S
BEEN WILL HAVE BEEN PROVIDED
OVER THE COURSE OF THREE
HEARINGS, BUT ALSO A REPORT TO
THE LEGISLATURE ON THE WORK THAT
WAS DONE IN THE COMMITTEE. IN
ADDITION TO LEGISLATIVE, UM,
IDEAS AND PRIORITIES THAT WILL
BE INTRODUCED FOR THE
LEGISLATURE'S CONSIDERATION, SO
I WANNA THANK AGAIN ALL OF YOU
FOR BEING HERE TODAY, UH,
PARTICULARLY WANT TO THANK UH,
THE PRESENTERS. UH THE PANELISTS
, WHICH WILL HAVE TWO PANELS
TODAY TO HEAR FROM EXCITED TO
HEAR FROM BOTH WHILE WE WERE IN
SAN DIEGO, WE GOT TO HEAR SOME
PERSPECTIVES LOCALLY, ABOUT SOME
WORK BEING DONE IN SAN DIEGO. WE
ALSO HAD A CHANCE TO HEAR ABOUT
WHAT? UM A SISTER CITY IN
SEATTLE AND THE STATE OF
WASHINGTON AND THE WORK THAT
THEY'RE DOING ON RECONNECTING
COMMUNITIES AND ALSO AT THE
HEARING WE HEARD FROM OUR
TRANSPORTATION AGENCY. CALTRANS
AND OUR N P SAN DAG. IN OUR
CASE, THE SAN DIEGO REGIONAL, UH
UH, ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENT
WHERE WE HEARD ABOUT SOME OF THE
WORK THAT'S BEING DONE AROUND
RECONNECTING. THERE IS SOME
TAKEAWAYS ALREADY THAT WE HAVE
FROM THOSE PANELS. THERE'S ALSO
MORE WORK THAT WILL BE COMING
AND SOME QUESTIONS THAT WERE
BROUGHT UP AND REMAIN TO BE
ANSWERED, UH, FROM THOSE PANELS,
AND THAT WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE
FINAL REPORT. UH, BUT AGAIN, I
WANNA THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE
TODAY. UH VERY EXCITED TO HAVE
THIS SECOND CONVERSATION. AND,
UM, WE HAVE A FANTASTIC SET OF
PANELS TO TALK ABOUT, UH, TWO
ADDITIONAL PERSPECTIVES OF
WHAT'S HAPPENING IN TWO OTHER
PARTS OF THE STATE. AND UH, I
CERTAINLY CAN'T WAIT TO HEAR
DIRECTLY FROM THOSE THAT HAVE
BEEN INVOLVED IN THIS. THE
REPORTS AND THE INFORMATION
PROVIDED AHEAD OF TIME WAS
USEFUL. BUT IT I I'M LOOKING
FORWARD TO THE ACTUAL
CONVERSATION HERE TODAY. SO I
THANK YOU FOR THAT, UM SO, UH,
WITH THAT, I LET'S GET STARTED.
WE'LL CALL UP OUR FIRST OUR
FIRST PANEL, WHICH IS RECLAIMED
JAPANTOWN, SACRAMENTO. I BELIEVE
WE HAVE FOUR INDIVIDUALS THAT
ARE THAT ARE PART OF THIS
PRESENTATION, SO PLEASE COME
FORWARD TO PROVIDE YOUR
TESTIMONY AS THEY ARE GETTING
PREPARED. I JUST WANT TO BRIEFLY
OVERVIEW FROM OUR FIRST HEARING.
WE DID HEAR FROM RESEARCHERS
ABOUT THE HISTORY OF
INFRASTRUCTURE OF THIS KIND OF
INFRASTRUCTURE, HIGHWAY,
INFRASTRUCTURE AND COMMUNITIES.
THE REDLINING THAT OCCURRED, UH,
THE RESEARCH DEMONSTRATED THE
FAILED PROMISE OF URBAN RENEWAL.
AS A RESULT OF SOME OF THOSE
PROJECTS. UH, AGAIN. WE ALSO
LEARNED ABOUT THE WORK THAT
OTHERS ARE DOING LIKE IN SEATTLE
AND THE STATE OF WASHINGTON. UM
WE ALSO HEARD A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
SOME OF THE WORK THAT IS BEING
PLANNED. UH, STATEWIDE THROUGH
OUR CALTRANS, UH, STATE AGENCY
AND ALSO REGIONALLY IN THE CASE
OF SAN DIEGO, SO WE ARE HERE IN
SACRAMENTO AND ARE EXCITED TO
HEAR ABOUT THE WORK THAT'S BEEN
HAPPENING HERE. SO WITH THAT,
I'LL TURN IT OVER TO OUR, UH,
PRESENTERS. I IF YOU HAVE AN
ORDER, PLEASE GO RIGHT AHEAD.
UM, I KNOW WE HAVE MISS
PRISCILLA OCHIDA. UM MICHELLE
HUEY, JOSHUA KAIZUKA AND JIM
TUCCI ALL FOR YOU HERE, SO I'LL
LET YOU, UH GO IN THE ORDER THAT
YOU PREFER AND WELCOME. THANK
YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
YEAH. JUST BRING IT CLOSER TO
YOU. IS THIS IS MY OK. THANK
YOU, UM THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING
US THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UM,
PRESENT TODAY ON THE DEMOLITION
OF SACRAMENTO, JAPAN TOWN. MY
NAME IS PRISCILLA OCHIDA. I'M
THE FORMER DIRECTOR OF THE
JAPANESE AMERICAN CITIZENS
LEAGUE, THE OLDEST ASIAN
AMERICAN CIVIL RIGHTS
ORGANIZATION IN THE NATION. MY
GRANDFATHER CAME HERE IN 19 Ó,
SEVEN FROM SAN FRANCISCO AFTER
THE EARTHQUAKE, AND IT OPENED UP
A THEATER MOVIE THEATER IN
JAPANTOWN. THEN IN 1920, THREE,
HE OPENED UP THE WAKO
RESTAURANT, WHICH WAS IN
OPERATION UNTIL 1913. BUT UM,
THE ORIGINAL RESTAURANT WAS
DEMOLISHED WHEN JAPANTOWN WAS
DEMOLISHED. UM, WE LIVED TWO
BLOCKS NORTH OF BROADWAY. AND SO
MY FAMILY'S HOUSE, ALTHOUGH IS
OUTSIDE OF JAPANTOWN WAS
DEMOLISHED, UM, WHEN HIGHWAY 50
WAS CONSTRUCTED. SO TODAY, UM,
WE'RE GOING TO BE PRESENTING, UH
, THE STORY OF JAPANTOWN, WHICH
WAS THE FIRST ETHNIC COMMUNITY
IN CALIFORNIA TO BE DEMOLISHED
AS A REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT IN
1945, CALIFORNIA BECAME THE
FIRST STATE IN THE NATION TO
ADOPT A COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT
ACT IN 1952, CALIFORNIA ALLOWED
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO FUND
REDEVELOPMENT PROJECTS WITHOUT A
PUBLIC VOTE OR APPROVAL.
FOLLOWING WORLD WAR I, THE CITY
OF SACRAMENTO PIONEERED THE USE
OF REDEVELOPMENT OFTEN REFERRED
TO AS SLUM CLEARANCE TO DEMOLISH
THE CITY'S MOST POPULATED,
DIVERSE, INTEGRATED AND HISTORIC
NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE CITY. THE
PROJECT, DISPLACED HUNDREDS OF
MINORITY OWNED BUSINESSES AND
THOUSANDS OF ASIAN, AFRICAN
AMERICAN AND LATINO RESIDENTS
AFTER PROVING THE CAPITOL MALL
PROJECT IN 1954, SACRAMENTO,
ZEAL FOR REDEVELOPMENT CONTINUED
TO DISRUPT COMMUNITIES OF COLOR
THROUGHOUT THE CITY. THE CAPITAL
MALL PROJECT TARGETED
SACRAMENTO'S WEST END, WHICH HAD
LONG BEEN SUBJECTED TO THE
CITY'S RACIST HOUSING POLICIES.
THE WEST END WAS CREATED AS A
SEGREGATED COMMUNITY IN THE LATE
18 HUNDREDS FOR AFRICANS,
JAPANESE AND CHINESE WERE
EXCLUDED FROM OTHER PARTS OF THE
CITY. STRICTLY ENFORCED ALL BY
COVENANTS, CONFINED PERSONS OF
COLOR TO THE AREA WEST OF THE
STATE CAPITOL TO THE SACRAMENTO
RIVER. SO YOU JUST FOLLOW, UM
FROM THE WEST SIDE OF THE
CAPITOL DOWN TO THE RIVER THAT
USED TO BE CONSIDERED THE WEST
END. IS A FILM ON. BY 1890. THE
WEST ENDS JAPANTOWN HAVE BECOME
BOTH AN AGRICULTURAL AND
COMMERCIAL HUB FOR JAPANESE
MIGRANTS IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
AND WAS HOME TO ONE OF THE MOST
SIGNIFICANT JAPANESE COMMUNITIES
IN THE UNITED STATES. BY
POPULATION PERCENTAGE.
SACRAMENTO WAS THE MOST JAPANESE
OF ANY AMERICAN CITY. BY 1910
JAPANTOWN HAS SUCCESSFULLY
DEVELOPED INTO A DISTINCT AND
SEPARATE CITY WITHIN THE CITY.
SACRAMENTO JAPANTOWN WAS A
CULTURAL AND COMMERCIAL HUB THAT
SERVE JAPANESE FROM VACAVILLE,
WEST SACRAMENTO, WOODLAND,
MARYSVILLE, PENRHYN. LOOMIS
CLARKS FIELD, W GROVE AND FLORIN
AND WE'RE SHOWING YOU SOME
PICTURES OF, UM WHAT WAS
DESCRIBED AS A SLUM AND AS YOU
CAN SEE, OTHER THAN BEING
PRIMARILY PERSONS OF COLOR, THE
CITY THIS NEIGHBORHOOD JAPANTOWN
NEIGHBORHOOD LOOKS JUST LIKE ANY
OTHER CITY IN THE NATION IN THE
19 FORTIES AND 19 FIFTIES. BY
1949 1941. THE JAPANESE
COMMUNITY WAS ABOUT AS AMERICAN
AS ANY ETHNIC COMMUNITY IN THE
UNITED STATES. JAPANESE BASEBALL
AND BASKETBALL PROGRAMS SERVE
YOUTH WHO WERE DENIED
PARTICIPATION IN SCHOOL AND WHY
PROGRAMS YOUTH WERE INVOLVED IN
FOOTBALL TRACK AND FIELD, GOLF,
SWIMMING AND TENNIS. ALTHOUGH
JAPANESE AMERICANS WERE NOT
ACCEPTING DU BOIS GO OF AMERICA,
THEY FORMED THEIR OWN SEGREGATED
TROOPS AND COMPETED AGAINST
MAINSTREAM TROOPS IN 1929, THE
SACRAMENTO BEE. THAT JAPANESE
TROOP 25 WAS ONE OF THE BEST IN
THE SACRAMENTO COUNCIL. BOY
SCOUTS HAVING PLACED FIRST IN AN
EFFICIENCY CONTEST WITH 75 OTHER
TROOPS DESPITE RACIAL BARRIERS,
THE SACRAMENTO JAPANESE
COMMUNITY WAS DOING WELL. THE
ROAD TO JAPAN TOWN'S DESTRUCTION
WAS PRECEDED BY DECADES OF ANTI
JAPANSE DISCRIMINATION. BY 1892
DENNIS KEARNEY, WHO LED A
SUCCESSFUL CAMPAIGN TO EXCLUDE
CHINESE IN 1882 BROUGHT HIS ANTI
JAPANSE MESSAGE TO SACRAMENTO. A
TOP A SACRAMENTO WOODING, UH, ON
TOP, A WOODEN CRATE AT Kò STREET
AND FOURTH STREET, KARAN
DECLARED. MUST GO. THE DRUM BEAT
OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION AGAINST
JAPANESE AND OTHER COMMUNITIES
OF COLOR LED BY THE CITY OF
SACRAMENTO, THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA AND LOCAL NEWSPAPERS
CONTINUE THROUGH THE 19 FIFTIES.
VÆ S¼ MCCLATCHY VALENTINE,
MCCLATCHY FOUNDER AND PUBLISHER
OF THE SACRAMENTO BEE, WAS AN
EARLY AND VOCAL ANTI JANEE
ADVOCATE. BETWEEN 19 Ó SIX AND
1945. MCCLATCHY WAS RESPONSIBLE
FOR 90 ANTI JAPANNESE EDITORIAL
CARTOONS THAT APPEARED IN THE
BEE. TRYING TO GET TO IT. BUT
I'M NOT GETTING THERE FAST
ENOUGH, I GUESS. IN 1913, THE
SACRAMENTO COMMUNITY OF FLORIN
BECAME THE EXAMPLE THAT LED TO
THE ANTI JANEE ALIEN LAND LAWS
OF 1913 AND 1920 BECAUSE OF THE
AGRICULTURAL SUCCESSES ON MAY
7TH 1942, THE FOURTH ARMY
COMMAND ISSUED ORDERS FOR THE
FOURTH REMOVAL OF THAT AN
EDITORIAL FOR THE FOUR REMOVAL
AND INCARCERATION OF 8600
JAPANESE AMERICANS FROM WITHIN
THE CITY OF SACRAMENT. GIVING
ONLY A WEEK'S NOTICE TO REPORT
THE MEMORIAL AUDITORIUM WITH
ONLY WHAT THEY CAN CARRY. THE
FIRST GROUP OF THREE 1008 100
LEFT TO BOARD BUSES ON MAY 13TH
1942 FOR THE ASSEMBLY CENTER OF
WGA. EARL WARREN CONTINUED THE
ANTI JAPANSE DRUMBEAT. HE WAS
ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CALIFORNIA
AND IS NOTABLE FOR HIS ANTI
JANEE EFFORTS IN 1942. HE WAS A
PROMINENT PROPONENT OF THE
FORCED REMOVAL FORCE BEHIND THE
INTERNMENT OF JAPANESE AMERICANS
BETWEEN 1944 AND 1948. BE FILED
OVER 200 SUS LANDS OWNED BY
JAPANESE AMERICANS, CHARGING
THAT THE LANDS WERE PURCHASED IN
VIOLATION OF THE ALIEN NAN ACT
OF 1913 AND 1920. THE CALIFORNIA
LEGISLATURE APPROPRIATED
$200,000 TO FUND THE ATTORNEY
GENERAL'S PROGRAM TO TAKE
PROPERTY FROM JAPANESE
LANDOWNERS. BETWEEN FEBRUARY AND
APRIL 1942. THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA TERMINATED EVERY
JAPANESE AMERICAN WORKING FOR
THE STATE FROM THEIR CIVIL
SERVICE JOBS OVER THREE 100.
JAPANESE AMERICANS, MOST OF WHOM
LIVED IN JAPANTOWN, WERE FIRED.
I MAY 28TH 1943, THE SACRAMENTO
CITY COUNCIL, AND MAYOR TOM MONK
JOINED THE HOME FRONT COMMANDOS
TO UNANIMOUSLY PASS RESOLUTION
207, WHICH STATED WE ARE OPPOSED
TO THE RETURN OF ANY JAPANESE
FROM CONCENTRATION CAMPS TO
THEIR FORMER LOCATIONS, AND WE
ENDORSE THE ORDERS MADE BY
GENERAL JOHN L DEWITT OF THE
WESTERN DEFENSE COMMAND THAT ALL
JAPANESE BE CONFINED IN
CONCENTRATION CAMPS AND THAT
THEY NOT THAT THEY NOT RETURN TO
ANY PACIFIC COAST STATE. THIS IS
A CLIMATE THAT EXISTED IN
SACRAMENTO AS A CITY PLAN TO
DEMOLISH ITS WEST END. HØI MR
CHAIRMAN. MY NAME IS MICHELLE
HUEY AND I'M WITH THE FLORIN
JAPANESE AMERICAN CITIZENS
LEAGUE. UM SO GROWING UP. MY
GRANDMOTHER TOLD ME STORIES
ABOUT RUNNING HOME AFTER SCHOOL
TO HELP MAKE BEDS AT HER
FAMILY'S HOTEL. UM AND EVERY
TIME WE PASS THE CROCKER MUSEUM,
SHE WOULD POINT IT OUT AND SAY
THAT'S WHAT MY FAMILY'S HOTEL
USED TO LOOK LIKE. YOU KNOW? OH,
SURE, GRANDMA LIKE THAT'S A
PRETTY BIG HOTEL, LIKE, WHERE IS
THAT NOW? UM AND YEAH, SO I
ALWAYS WONDERED WHERE IT WAS AND
WHAT HAPPENED TO IT. UM SO, UH,
I STARTED DOING RESEARCH AND I
LEARNED THAT IT WAS ABOUT 30
BEDS AND IF YOU WALK OUT OF THE
FRONT STEPS OF THE STATE CAPITOL
OR THE WEST STEPS OF THE STATE
CAPITOL ABOUT FIVE BLOCKS, AND
YOU FACE THE GOLDEN ONE CENTER,
UM THAT'S WHERE MY FAMILY'S
HOTEL USED TO BE. UM AND THEN I
LEARNED THAT IT WAS PART OF
SACRAMENTO JAPANTOWN, WHICH I
PREVIOUSLY DIDN'T KNOW EXISTED
AND THAT THAT HOTEL AND A SECOND
HOTEL THAT THEY TRIED TO
ESTABLISH WERE DEMOLISHED THE
REDEVELOPMENT. UM SO. LOCATED ON
UH, SOUTH OF EL STREET. THE WEST
ENDS, JAPANTOWN WAS BOUNDED BY
SECOND STREET TO FIFTH STREET, L
STREET TO Ó STREET. AND AFTER
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT'S EXCLUSION
ORDER WAS LIFTED IN DECEMBER,
1944 JAPANESE AMERICANS BEGAN TO
RETURN TO SACRAMENTO. WHILE
JAPANESE AMERICANS WERE
RESETTLING IN JAPANTOWN.
SACRAMENTO HAD ALREADY BEGUN TO
FORMULATE PLANS FOR THE
DEMOLITION OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
IN THE 19 FORTIES AND 19 FIFTIES
, CITY LEADERS AND THE
SACRAMENTO BEE BEGAN TO PORTRAY
THE WEST END AS A BLIGHTED,
DISEASE RIDDEN SKID ROW. IN 1949
SACRAMENTO, COMMISSIONED A
SURVEY OF 244 BLOCKS IN THE
DOWNTOWN AREA. 65 BLOCKS IN THE
WEST END WERE IDENTIFIED AS
BLIGHTED. IN 1950, THE CITY
ESTABLISHED ITS REDEVELOPMENT
AGENCY AND IDENTIFIED 62 BLOCKS
IN THE WEST END OF SACRAMENTO AS
REDEVELOPMENT AREA ONE. BY 1950
JAPANTOWN HAD RECOVERED DESPITE
ITS COMPLETE DEVASTATION DURING
WORLD WAR TWO. BY 1954 80% OF
THE CITY'S JAPANESE OWNED
BUSINESSES AND HOMES STOOD IN
THE EIGHT BLOCK AREA BETWEEN L
AND P STREETS AND 3RD AND 4TH
STREETS. JAPANESE AMERICANS
OCCUPIED OVER 50% OF THE LIVING
QUARTERS AND OWNED OR MANAGED AT
LEAST 95% OF THE REAL ESTATE OR
INSURANCE BUSINESSES. 57% OF THE
EATING ESTABLISHMENTS 40% OF THE
GROCERY STORES AND 30, 3% OF THE
APARTMENT'S MOTELS AND SMALLER
SPECIALTY SHOPS. UM THE WEST END
WAS THE CITY'S BUSINESS DISTRICT
AND WELCOMED PEOPLE FROM AROUND
THE WORLD. DESPITE ITS
DEVELOPMENT AS A SEGREGATED
COMMUNITY. IT WAS THE CITY'S
MOST POPULATED, DIVERSE AND
INTEGRATED NEIGHBORHOOD. THE
VIBRANT POPULATION OF THE WEST
END WAS MADE UP OF 22% AFRICAN
AMERICANS, 30% ASIAN AMERICANS
AND 13% LATIN AMERICANS. HOWEVER
THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
CHARACTERIZED THE WEST END AS A
FULL BLOWN, THREE DIMENSIONAL,
HORRIBLE, FILTHY SLUM. THE
SACRAMENTO BEE, LED BY PUBLISHER
VALENTINE MCCLATCHY, A WELL
KNOWN ANTI JAPANSE ACTIVIST,
AMPLIFIED THE CITY'S POSITION.
1950 THE CITY OF SACRAMENTO
PROPOSED THE CAPITOL MALL
PROJECT A PLAN TO CONNECT THE
STATE CAPITOL BUILDING TO THE
RIVERFRONT, A PATH THAT WENT
STRAIGHT THROUGH JAPANTOWN.
REALTOR W èC W CHALLENGED THE
CITY AND SAID THAT REDEVELOPMENT
WAS NOT MEANT FOR A CITY LIKE
SACRAMENTO THAT DIDN'T HAVE
SLUMS AND THAT JAPANTOWN HAD
HOMES AS NICE AS IN ANY OTHER
PART OF THE CITY. AFTER TWO
YEARS OF DEBATE, THE
REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY REDUCED THE
SCALE OF THE PROPOSED
REDEVELOPMENT FROM 62 BLOCKS TO
15 BLOCKS, UH, BETWEEN 4TH AND
7TH STREET AND Kò AND P STREETS,
AN AREA THAT ENCOMPASSED THE
ENTIRETY OF JAPANTOWN. THE
PROPOSED PROJECT CALLED FOR THE
ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY THROUGH
EMINENT DOMAIN POWERS OVER A TWO
YEAR PERIOD. THE PLAN INCLUDED
THE WHOLESALE DEMOLITION OF MOST
OF THE AREA'S BUILDINGS, THE
RELOCATION OF RESIDENTS AND THE
SALE OF PROP PROJECT PROPERTY TO
PRIVATE INVESTORS. THE PLAN'S
MISSION WAS TO REPLACE JAPANTOWN
AND THE SURROUNDING AREA WITH
GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS, SHOPPING
MALLS, COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS AND
PARKING. THERE WAS NÓ
INFORMATION ON PROPERTY
ACQUISITION PROCEDURES,
REHOUSING ASSISTANCE OR
RELOCATION COMPENSATION FOR WEST
END BUSINESSES OR RESIDENTS IN
THE PLAN TO HELP DEMOLISH THE
AREA SPECIFICALLY CREATED FOR
SEGREGATED MINORITIES. THE 7000.
JAPANESE AMERICANS LIVING IN
SACRAMENTO HAD BEEN RELOCATED TO
THE, UH, WGA ASSEMBLY CENTER AND
THEN TO THE TEE LAKE. UH,
WARTIME RELOCATION CENTER AND
OFTEN TO A THIRD PRISON CAMP.
AND IN A MATTER OF A FEW YEARS,
SACRAMENTO WAS AGAIN ATTACKING
THE COMMUNITY AND WE HAD TO
MOVE. THE JAPANESE COMMUNITY
FELT UNFAIRLY TARGETED. THE
PROPOSED FORCED RELOCATION NOW
CAME UNDER THE GUISE OF CIVIC
PROGRESS RATHER THAN THE FORMER
MILITARY NECESSITY. SO MY NAME
IS JOSH KAZA. I AM THE CORE OF
THE FLORIN CHAPTER OF THE
JAPANESE AMERICAN CITIZENS
LEAGUE. UM. AND ALSO COMMUNITY
ORGANIZE ON VARIOUS ISSUES IN
SACRAMENTO. I CAME TO SACRAMENTO
IN THE MID-EIGHTIES. I HAD NÓ
IDEA THAT THERE WAS A JAPANTOWN
OR EVEN A CULTURAL DISTRICT.
ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING HOW
DIVERSE OF A COMMUNITY WE HAVE
HERE IN SACRAMENTO. I'M GONNA
FOCUS ON SOME OF THE PUSHBACK
THAT THE COMMUNITY MADE AGAINST
THIS REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT
BECAUSE THERE WERE VOICES THAT
TRIED TO EXPLAIN THAT. THIS WAS
NOT OK. AND THAT IT WAS
DESTROYING A VERY VIBRANT AND
CULTURAL DISTRICT. SO THE AREA
DESIGNATED FOR THE CAPITOL MALL
PROJECT WAS NOT A CITY SLUM. THE
CITY'S INTENTION TO DEMOLISH
SACRAMENTO JAPANTOWN WAS CLEAR.
JAPANESE AMERICANS. THE N, A.
èC P, THE WEST SIDE COMMUNITY
ASSOCIATION AND LEADERS IN THE
LATINO COMMUNITY JOIN THE FIGHT
AGAINST THE PROPOSED
REDEVELOPMENT PLAN.
REPRESENTATIVES OF J A èC, THE
JAPANESE AMERICAN CITIZENS
LEAGUE. THE NICE VETERANS OF
FOREIGN WAR. JAPANESE COMMUNITY
LEADERS, MERCHANTS. PROPERTY
OWNERS AND RESIDENTS CONVENED AT
THE BUDDHIST CHURCH AUDITORIUM
IN ORGANIZED JARS. WHICH IS THE
JAPANESE AMERICAN REDEVELOPMENT
STUDY ASSOCIATION. JARS WHO WAS
FORMED TO DO ITS OWN INDEPENDENT
REDEVELOPMENT RESEARCH INTO
LEGALLY REPRESENT THE COMMUNITY
IN NEGOTIATIONS. IT CREATED A
$6000 DEFENSE FUND INFORMED OF
15 MEMBER ADVISORY BOARD.
SACRAMENTO'S FIRST AFRICAN
AMERICAN ATTORNEY AND CIVIL
RIGHTS ICON NATHANIEL CAWLEY.
TEAMED UP WITH MAMORU SAKUMA,
WHO LATER BECAME THE FIRST
JAPANESE AMERICAN JUDGE IN
SACRAMENTO TO REPRESENT THE WEST
END RESIDENTS. ANTI JAPANESE
SENTIMENT WAS STILL A BARRIER IN
THE COMMUNITY HAD LITTLE PUBLIC
SUPPORT OR PUBLIC POWER. THE
SACRAMENTO BEE WAS RELENTLESS AS
A MOUTHPIECE FOR REDEVELOPMENT
IN THE CAPITOL MALL PROJECT,
WHICH IS ENDORSED BY THE
SACRAMENTO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
THE BUILDERS EXCHANGE, THE
ASSOCIATION OF LANDSCAPE
ARCHITECTS, THE AMERICAN SOCIETY
OF LIBERAL CIVIL ENGINEERS, THE
SACRAMENTO AREA PLANNING
ASSOCIATION IN THE LEAGUE OF
WOMEN VOTERS. ON JUNE 29TH 1954,
THE CITY COUNCIL HELD A SECOND
PUBLIC MEETING IN A LARGE NUMBER
OF RESIDENTS, NOT JUST FROM
JAPANTOWN BUT FROM THE WEST END
APPEARED. MEMORIAL SAKUMA ARGUED
THAT THE SACRAMENTO
REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY HAD MADE NÓ
EFFORTS TO ENGAGE RESIDENTS OF
THE IMPACTED PROJECT AREA. HE
ACCUSED THE AGENCY OF HAVING NÓ
PLAN BEYOND DESTRUCTION OF THE
AREA. HE STATED THAT THE AGENT
AGENCY HAS BEEN SO EVASIVE. WE
CAN'T PUT OUR FINGER ON A THING.
WE ARE NOT INTERESTED IN WHAT
THE AGENCY MIGHT DO CAN DO OR
WILL POSSIBLY DO WE WANT TO KNOW
WHAT ACTUALLY IS PROPOSED TO BE
DONE. HE ADMONISHED THE AGENCY
FOR TURNING DOWN OFFERS TO MEET
WITH JARA. THE SACRAMENTAL BE
CONTINUED PRINT POLITICAL
PROPAGANDA AGAINST MINORITY
OPPOSITION. RUNNING FRONT PAGE
EDITORIALS AND POLITICAL
CARTOONS RIDICULING THOSE IN
OPPOSITION. TO BE ACTUALLY WROTE
QUOTE ANY COMMUNITY LEADER WHO
WOULD REJECT SUCH AN OPPORTUNITY
MIGHT PROPERLY BE CALLED THE
REPRESENTATIVE OF BLIGHT. JARS
AND THE N A èC N AA èC P AS
THE CITY TO ASSIST RESIDENTS AND
BUSINESSES RELOCATE. THE WEST
SIDE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION
SCOLDED THE CITY FOR FAILING TO
PROVIDE RELOCATION ASSISTANCE OR
PROVIDE A RELOCATION AREA FOR
WESTERN BUSINESSES AND
RESIDENTS. REVEREND E èC
REGALADO SPOKE OUT ON BEHALF OF
THE LATINO AMERICANS THAT
NONWHITE RESIDENTS OF THE WEST
END FACED RACISM. IN
DISCRIMINATION, AND WE ARE
EXCLUDED FROM ALL WHITE
NEIGHBORHOODS, AND THEY HAD
NOWHERE TO GO. HENRY TAKEDA
ARGUED. WE SINCERELY FEEL IT IS
REASONABLE AND JUST FOR US TO
ASK APPROPRIATE SAFEGUARDS BE
MADE BY THE SACRAMENTO
REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY TO PROTECT
THE ECONOMY IN LIVELIHOOD,
LIVELIHOOD OF THOSE WHO MAY BE
DISLOCATED. NATHANIEL CAWLEY,
REPRESENTING 32. BLACK BUSINESS
OWNERS FEARED THAT FOR QUOTE
WHITES ONLY SIGNS A NEW
STRUCTURE BUILT ON REDEVELOPMENT
WILL RE WOULD REPLACE THE
ALLEGED CONDITIONS WITHIN THE
QUOTE BLIGHT OF BIGOTRY. FRANK
YOSHIMURA, REPRESENTING THE NICE
VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS,
CHARACTERIZED THE PROPOSAL AS AN
ABUSE OF POWER OF EMINENT DOMAIN
AND UN AMERICAN DESPITE THESE
ARGUMENTS FROM THE WEST
COMMUNITY, THE AGENCY REFUSED TO
GUARANTEE MINORITY GROUPS THAT
THEY WOULD NOT BE SUBJECTED TO
SOME PRESSURE AND PREJUDICES IF
THEY ATTEMPTED TO MOVE INTO
CERTAIN RESIDENTIAL AREAS IN
SACRAMENTO. ON JULY 1ST 1954 SAN
FRANCISCO DEVELOPER BEN SWIG
PROPOSED TO FUND THE DEVELOPMENT
OF A PEDESTRIAN SHOPPING MALL
BETWEEN 2ND AND 5TH STREET AND
ELLEN CAPITAL, THE HEART OF
JAPANTOWN. THAT PROPOSAL PROVED
TO BE THE FINAL NAIL. THE CITY
COUNCIL CALLED A SPECIAL MEETING
ON JULY 20TH 1954 TO MAKE A
DECISION ON SWIG'S OFFER.
ATTORNEY DEAN ITANO, DIRECTOR OF
JARS, A PROPOSED THE CITY SET
REASONABLE STANDARDS FOR
ALTERING IMPROVING,
RECONSTRUCTING, MODERNIZING AND
REHABILITATING EXISTING
STRUCTURES AND ALLOW US AN
OPPORTUNITY TO MEET THOSE
STANDARDS AND BY THIS METHOD,
ACHIEVE THE OBJECTIVE OF
REDEVELOPMENT. TOKYO TOKYO, FUJI
REPRESENTING SACRAMENTO G, A èC
L STATED. JAPANESE AMERICANS AS
A PARTICULAR MINORITY GROUP ARE
JUST BARELY RECOVERING FROM THE
TRAGEDY OF THE RECENT MASS
EVACUATION OF WORLD WAR I. I WE
HOPE THAT SAFEGUARDS WILL BE
INSURED FOR EVERY RESIDENT OF
SACRAMENTO, REGARDLESS OF HIS
ECONOMIC STATUS, AND THAT THE
CITY COUNCIL WILL DEFEND THE
NEEDS AND RIGHTS OF EVERY
PERSON, REGARDLESS OF RACE OR
COLOR. IN A FINAL EFFORT. JARA
PROPOSED TO RETAIN A ONE BLOCK
SECTION OF THE REDEVELOPMENT
AREA WHERE JAPANESE AMERICAN
MERCHANTS COULD CONSOLIDATE
THEIR BUSINESSES. ELEANOR
MCCLATCHY IN HISTORIC LANDMARK
PRESERVATION IS MAINTAINED AT
THE WHOLESALE CLEARANCE APPROACH
FAILED TO PRESERVE A SUFFICIENT
NUMBER OF IMPORTANT LANDMARKS.
THE SACRAMENTO REDEVELOPMENT
AGENCY IMMEDIATELY DISMISSED THE
OPPOSITION. ARGUING WAS AN
OBSTACLE TO LARGE SCALE
CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS. AND
REJECTED ANY PROPOSAL THAT WOULD
NOT RESULT IN A TOTAL
DEVASTATION OF JAPANTOWN IN THE
WEST END. ON JULY 22ND 1954, THE
CITY COUNCIL UNANIMOUSLY
UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED THE
AGENCIES CAPITOL MALL PROJECT
OVER THE OBJECTIONS OF THE
ENTIRE WEST END COMMUNITY. GOOD
AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS JIM TUCCI.
AND I'M THE FACILITATOR FOR THE
SACRAMENTO, UM, RECLAIMED
SACRAMENTO JAPANTOWN
ORGANIZATION. THE COMMUNITY
INITIALLY THOUGHT THEY HAD
SWAYED CITY VOTERS TO SPARE
SACRAMENTO JAPANTOWN A $1.5
MILLION BOND MEASURE, ASKING THE
PUBLIC TO PAY FOR THE INITIAL
COST OF THE CAPITAL MÀ MALL
PROJECT FAILED PASSAGE IN THE
NOVEMBER 54 ELECTIONS. WITHIN
DAYS OF THE BOND MEASURES
DEFEAT, THE SACRAMENTO
REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY WENT
AGAINST THE WILL OF THE VOTERS
AND IMPLEMENTED A NEW FUNDING
MECHANISM APPROVED BY THE
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE IN 1952.
SACRAMENTO BECAME THE FIRST CITY
IN THE STATE TO UTILIZE TAX
INCREMENT FINANCING, WHICH DID
NOT REQUIRE A PUBLIC VOTE. TAX
INCREMENT FINANCING ALLOWED THE
CITY TO USE FUTURE TAX REVENUES
TO PAY FOR A CITY ISSUED BOND.
ON MAY 5TH 1955, THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT APPROVED THE
FINANCING PLAN, AND ON JULY 1ST
1956, THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
ISSUED ITS FIRST TAX INCREMENT
BOND OF $2 MILLION. THE FIGHT TO
PRESERVE THE COMMUNITY'S SENSE
OF PLACE AND MAINTAIN A
CULTURALLY AND HISTORICALLY
IMPORTANT NEIGHBORHOOD WAS LOST.
GOVERNOR GORDON GOODWIN. KNIGHT
OPERATED THE CRANE THAT BROUGHT
DOWN THE FIRST BUILDING A TWO
STORY HOUSE NEAR THE CORNER OF
SIXTH AND CAPITAL ON JANUARY
28TH 1957. BY NOT MARCH 1961.
ALL 310 PARCELS IN THE AREA HAD
BEEN DEMOLISHED. OVER THREE 100
BUSINESSES AND 4000 RESIDENTS
WERE FORCIBLY EVICTED. CAN YOU
NISHIJIMA, OWNER OF L AND M
APPLIANCES AND OTHERS QUESTION
THE CITY'S CALCULATION OF FAIR
MARKET VALUES FOR IMPACTED HOMES
AND BUILDINGS. APPRAISALS DID
NOT REFLECT PROPERTY
IMPROVEMENTS OR PRE CONDEMNATION
VALUES. AND OFFERS WERE BELOW
PURCHASE PRICES. THE
REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY ALSO
REFUSED REQUESTS FROM PROPERTY
OWNERS SUCH AS TOKO FUJI TO
CONTINUE TO OPERATE RENTAL
PROPERTIES UNTIL THE BUIL
BUILDINGS WERE SCHEDULED FOR
DESTRUCTION. AS A RESULT,
PROPERTY OWNERS SUFFERED LOST
INCOME AS THE BUILDING SAT EMPTY
FOR 2 TO 3 YEARS. THE
DESTRUCTION OF THE FORMER
JAPANTOWN WAS COMPLETE AND
THOROUGH, NOT A SINGLE BUILDING
IN THE REDEVELOPMENT AREA WAS
PRESERVED. GONE ARE THE MOMO
CLUB AND THE ZANZIBAR JAZZ CLUBS
THAT ATTRACTED BILLIE HOLIDAY.
COUNT BASIE, DUKE ELLINGTON,
LOUIS ARMSTRONG, WHO OFTEN
PERFORMED AT THE CLUBS AFTER
THEIR CONCERT PERFORMANCES AT
THE MEMORIAL AUDITORIUM.
UNCOMMON IN THE 19 FORTIES AND
FIFTIES, THE RACIALLY DIVERSE
CLIENTELE THAT WERE DRAWN TO
JAPAN TOWN'S JAZZ SCENE WERE
ALSO GONE. THE COMMUNITIES OF
COLOR DISPLACED BY REDEVELOPMENT
WERE LEFT TO SCRAMBLE FOR NEW
HOMES AND NEW SITES FOR THEIR
BUSINESSES. RED LINING AND
RACIALLY RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS
EXISTING IN SACRAMENTO'S
NEIGHBORHOODS CREATED LIMITED
OPTIONS FOR THOSE DISPLACED BY
JAPANTOWN CONDEMNATION. FOR
JAPANESE AMERICANS,
REDEVELOPMENT MEANT A SECOND
FORCED RELOCATION AND THE
DESTRUCTION OF THE COMMUNITY
CITY WITHIN A CITY. IN 1960
NATHANIEL CAWLEY, SACRAMENTO'S
FIRST AFRICAN, I ATTORNEY ARGUED
THAT THERE ARE CERTAIN HUMAN
VALUES AT STAKE HERE THAT WE ARE
NOT PAYING ENOUGH ATTENTION TO
USUALLY MINORITY GROUPS. PEOPLE
ARE THE ONES WHO ARE WHO INHABIT
THE AREA'S FIRST CLEARED BY
URBAN DEVELOPMENT, BUT IT SEEMS
TO ME ALMOST IMMORAL FOR A
GOVERNMENT TO GO IN AND TELL A
SLUM DWELLER. WE'RE GOING TO
CLEAR YOU OUT AND THEN HAVE HIM
GO OUT AND FACE A CLOSED HOUSING
MARKET. REDEVELOPMENT CREATED A
HUMAN VOID. IN 19 50/4000.
PEOPLE LIVED IN THE CENSUS TRACT
THAT INCLUDED SACRAMENTO
JAPANTOWN. AFTER REDEVELOPMENT.
ONLY THREE 177 LIVED IN THE AREA
. A LOSS OF POPULATION OF 92.
THE PROJECT INITIATED A
REDEVELOPMENT CYCLE THAT
IMPACTED MINORITY COMMUNITIES IN
SACRAMENTO, MANY OF SACRAMENTO'S
JAPANTOWN RESIDENTS RELOCATED TO
OAK PARK, A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT
BECAME A REDEVELOPMENT TARGET
AGAIN IN 1970 THREE. SACRAMENTO
JAPANTOWN BUSINESSES RELOCATED
TO THE 10TH STREET CORRIDOR. AND
WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF HIGHWAY
150 JAPANTOWN WAS DESTROYED A
THIRD TIME. THE NEW SACRAMENTO
JAPANTOWN WAS LATER BISECTED BY
HIGHWAY HIGHWAY 50. DOWNTOWN
UNDERWENT MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF
REDEVELOPMENT, EACH PHASE,
REMOVING ANOTHER COMMUNITY. THE
PROPERTY ACQUIRED BY THE CITY AT
FIRE SALE PRICES BECAME THE
PROPERTY OF IBM, CROCKER BANK,
WELLS FARGO, BANK OF AMERICA AND
OTHER LARGE CORPORATIONS.
DOWNTOWN COMMONS THAT FEATURES
THE GOLDEN ONE CENTER, THE HOME
OF THE KINGS AND THE SAWYER
HOTEL WERE ONCE PART OF
JAPANTOWN. THE HEART OF
JAPANTOWN WAS LOCATED AT THREE
01 CAPITOL MALL. JUST SIX BLOCKS
OF WHERE WE'RE SITTING TODAY.
THIS PROPERTY, WHICH BECAME THE
SACRAMENTO UNION BUILDING IN
1968. AFTERWARD THE SACRAMENTO
UNION'S DEMISE. THIS BUILDING
HAS BEEN A VACANT LOT FOR AT
LEAST 13 YEARS. THE AREA
IMMEDIATELY. WEST OF JAPANTOWN
BECAME INTERSTATE FIVE. SO
THROUGHOUT THIS PRESENTATION,
WE'VE PROVIDED A HISTORY OF THE
SYS SYSTEMATIC DESTRUCTION OF
SACRAMENTO JAPANTOWN. JUST TO
SHARE MY OWN PERSONAL STORY. MY
GRANDFATHER MOVED HERE FROM SAN
FRANCISCO TO HERE TO SACRAMENTO
AND WORKED AT THE SAKAYA DRY
GOODS STORE EXACTLY AT 301
CAPITAL. HE THEN MOVED TO
STOCKTON TO OPEN UP THE BRANT
STORE THERE. AND STOCK AND
FOLLOWED SACRAMENTO'S LEAD AND
ALSO WENT THROUGH RE
REDEVELOPMENT AND OUR FAMILY
OWNED BUILDING WAS TAKEN BY
EMINENT DOMAIN. SO HERE I WAS,
AND I REMEMBER THIS IS CLEAR AS
DAY. AS A FOUR YEAR OLD BOY. ARE
SITTING ON MY MOTHER'S LAP IN
THE FRONT SEAT OF OUR STATION
WAGON. WATCHING. THE WRECKING
BALL SLAM INTO OUR BUILDING. AND
TURN IT INTO RUBBLE. AND WITH
TEARS STREAMING DOWN, YOU KNOW
MY FOUR YEAR OLD FACE. I TOLD MY
MOTHER I'M GONNA REBUILD OUR
STORE ONE DAY. BUT MY STORY
ISN'T UNIQUE. IT WAS REPLAYED
HUNDREDS OF TIMES. AS FAMILIES
LOST THEIR BUSINESSES AND
LIVELIHOODS, MULTIPLE TIMES.
FIRST THE JAPANESE AMERICAN
INTERNMENT. THEN THROUGH
REDEVELOPMENT AND FINALLY BY
FREEWAY CONSTRUCTION. WE WANT TO
THANK YOU FOR SEEKING TO
UNDERSTAND THIS STORY. AND WE
WELCOME YOUR COMMENTS AND
QUESTIONS. THANK YOU ALL. I
APPRECIATE YOUR SHARING THE
HISTORY FOR SURE. UH, BUT ALSO
THE PERSONAL CONNECTION. REALLY?
UH, HUMANIZES THE IMPACT AND
BRINGS TO REAL TO LIFE. THE UM.
THE DECIMATION AND DESTRUCTION
OF THE COMMUNITY. SO THANK YOU.
FIRST OF ALL FOR THAT. UM I
THINK WHAT WAS INTERESTING FOR
ME I. I LOVE THE WAY YOU
PRESENTED THE STORY. UH IT WAS
VERY, VERY WELL DONE, UH, TOOK
US THROUGH SOME HISTORY AND THEN
, UM, SORT OF, LIKE, WALKED US.
WE WALKED WITH YOU THROUGH
THROUGH WHAT HAPPENED, UH, AND
IT LED TO I THINK FOR ME WHAT IT
POINTED OUT TO YOU IS THAT THESE
DECISIONS? UM DON'T JUST HAPPEN
OVERNIGHT. UH, WHEN WE TALK
ABOUT ELIMINATING COMMUNITIES
BECAUSE OF URBAN RENEWAL,
REDEVELOPMENT OR IN, UH IN THE
SPIRIT OF. UH, WHAT HAS BEEN
CLAIMED IN THE PAST OF PROGRESS?
UH WE LEAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE
BEHIND OR OUT OF THAT PROGRESS.
WE LEARNED THAT IN OUR FIRST
HEARING, UH, WHERE OUR
RESEARCHERS FROM, UH U èC L, A
PRESENTED, UH, IN DEPTH ANALYSIS
OF THE DECISION THAT HAVE BEEN
MADE TIME AND TIME AGAIN, UH,
WITH WITH DATA OF ALTERNATIVES
THAT IN THE CASE OF HIGHWAY
SYSTEMS THE STATE HAD AS TO
WHERE TO PLACE THE HIGHWAY
SYSTEMS. UH, SIMILARLY, YOU
SHARED WITH US THAT THERE WAS,
UM, ORIGINALLY WITH WITH
REDEVELOPMENT HERE, SORT OF A UM
. LARGER MAP IF YOU WILL, AND
YET THE DESTRUCTION TIME AND
TIME AGAIN. HAPPEN TO HIT OTHER
JAPANESE COMMUNITY TARGETED THE
JAPANESE COMMUNITY, SO I WANNA
THANK YOU FOR WALKING US THROUGH
THAT. AND, UM AND SETTING THE
TONE AS TO HOW HOW THESE
DECISIONS. HAVE BEEN MADE IN THE
PAST THAT HAVE LED TO NOW THE
REPERCUSSIONS THAT WE LIVE WITH
NOT ONLY UH, DEMOLISHING OF
COMMUNITIES AND ERASING
COMMUNITIES OR ENTIRELY BUT ALSO
THE IMPACTS THAT THAT THAT
BRINGS, UM I WANT TO ASK YOU
BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T TALK AND I'M
JUST FAST, UH, FASCINATED AND
LEARNING MORE ABOUT WHAT YOU
HOPE OR DESIRE, EITHER, UM, AS A
RESULT OF WHERE THINGS STAND
TODAY. UM SPECIFICALLY, IF YOU
HAVE ANYTHING THAT YOU'RE
WORKING ON TOWARDS UM THE
IMPACTS OF THE HIGHWAY SYSTEMS
HAD AND ANYTHING THAT YOU LIKE
TO SHARE ABOUT ANY OF THE WORK
THAT YOU'RE DOING AROUND THAT
SPACE. YOU. YES THE FORMATION OF
RECLAIM SACRAMENTO. JAPANTOWN.
UM IT IS NOT JUST A MEMORIAL.
IT'S NOT JUST A RECOGNITION OF
WHAT WAS IN THE PAST, BUT WE
HOPE THAT THERE WILL BE SOME
ACTION THAT'S TAKEN BY LED BY
OUR TEAM, BUT NOT JUST INCLUDING
OUR TEAM. WHAT WE REGARD THE
WEST END AS BEING AS NOT JUST A
JAPAN TOWN BUT ACTUALLY A
MULTICULTURAL, MULTI RACIAL, UM,
AREA OF THE CITY. AND SO IF YOU
LOOK AT IF YOU LOOK AT THE
SACRAMENTO REGION, IT'S OFTEN
CLAIMED TO BE ONE OF THE MOST
DIVERSE PLACES IN THE COUNTRY,
IF NOT THE WORLD. UM AND YET
BECAUSE OF THIS REDEVELOPMENT,
IT IS NÓ LONGER INTEGRATED. AT
THIS PART OF TOWN. AND SO PART
OF WHAT WE'RE THINKING IS THIS
IS NOT JUST A JAPANTOWN TYPE OF
ISSUE OR OPPORTUNITY, BUT THIS
ENABLES US TO THEN BRING IN
PARTNERSHIPS FROM OUR LATINX AND
FROM UH FROM FILIPINO, CHINESE
AMERICAN COMMUNITIES. AFRICAN
AMERICAN COMMUNITIES TO REALLY
BRING TOGETHER THE CITY, NOT IN
A Dð NOT ONLY IN A DIVERSE WAY,
BUT ALSO IN AN INTEGRATED WAY.
AND SO WE HAVE HOPES THAT IN IN
SOME WAY, UH, THERE WOULD BE A
CELEBRATION OF BRING THAT PART
OF THE CITY BACK IN THIS
MULTICULTURAL WAY. UM WE HAVE
SOME INITIAL JUST KIND OF
GLIMMERING IN OUR EYES OF
POSSIBILITIES, BUT IT COULD BE
SOMETHING LIKE AN INTERNATIONAL
MARKETPLACE WHERE THERE ARE
RESTAURANTS AND SHOPS AND
ARTWORK AND COMMUNITY CENTERS
AND MONUMENTS AND ART THAT THAT
ALL COMES TOGETHER, UM, TO
REALLY CELEBRATE NOT ONLY THE
DIVERSITY BUT REINTEGRATE THE
COMMUNITY AS IT ONCE WAS BACK
BEFORE REDEVELOPMENT. YEAH AND
YOU ARE, I THINK MENTIONED
EXAMPLES OF PRIVATE ENTERPRISES
THAT WERE, UM. ESSENTIALLY ENDED
AS A RESULT OF WHAT HAPPENED.
UM, AS WE TALK IN THIS COMMITTEE
ABOUT PRIMARILY PUBLIC SPACE OR
UTILIZING PUBLIC ASSETS, UM.
JUST CURIOUS AS TO THANK YOU FOR
SHARING ABOUT WHAT YOU INTEND TO
DO IN TERMS OF BRINGING PEOPLE
TOGETHER MORE ON A FOR
OPPORTUNITIES TO EXCHANGE
CULTURE BUT ALSO EXCHANGE UM
COMMERCIALLY. THROUGH
OPPORTUNITIES. UH, BUT ON THE
PUBLIC SIDE AS THOSE ARE THE
SORT OF THINGS THAT WE HAVE MORE
PURVIEW OVER. UM JUST INTERESTED
IN HEARING YOUR THOUGHTS OF WHAT
YOU WOULD IMAGINE. THAT TO LOOK
LIKE IN THE PUBLIC SPHERE. SO WE
IMAGINE THE S¼ SPACE WHERE HE
HAD BEEN TALKED ABOUT TO BE
WHERE WE CAN SHARE. UM WE HAVE
VENUES FOR MUSIC LIKE JAZZ MUSIC
LIKE THAT USED TO EXIST IN THE
OLD WEST END, BUT ALSO, YOU
KNOW, WE'RE STILL FORMULATING,
BUT IT IS A POSSIBILITY FOR LIKE
HOUSING FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING
FOR DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES
IMPACTED. UM, BECAUSE THERE'S
STILL A WEST END COMMUNITY. IT'S
JUST MUCH SMALLER AND, UM MUCH
MORE DISTRIBUTED NOW, YOU KNOW,
SO BUT THERE'S STILL EXISTS, UM,
DISADVANTAGED, DISADVANTAGED
COMMUNITY IN WHAT USED TO BE THE
WEST END THAT, UM, NEEDS
SERVICES. SO ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT WAS, UH I HAVE THIS
INGESTION MARKETPLACES, INGE
SPACE IT ALSO BE, UH, UH,
OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE COMMUNITY
SERVICES HERE THAT WE CAN, YOU
KNOW, ASSESS CENTER FOR BRINGING
TOGETHER COMMUNITY SERVICES FOR
THE WHAT USED TO BE THE WEST
END. YOU. YOU ALL TALKED VERY
WELL ABOUT, UM SOME OF THE
IMPACTS THAT HAPPEN. ARE THERE
ANY THINGS THAT WERE. THAT YOU
CAN POINT TO THAT. MAYBE WE'RE
POSITIVES. THERE WAS CLEARLY NÓ
JUST COMPENSATION IN ANY WAY FOR
WHAT HAPPENED, UM, WITH THE LOSS
OF PROPERTY AND BUSINESSES AND
ALL OF THAT, UM IS THERE
ANYTHING IN THE WORK THAT YOU'VE
DONE? THAT WAS A POTENTIALLY
GOOD THING THAT BECAUSE YOU
KNOW, WE ALWAYS WANT TO TRY TO
FIND THE GOOD AS WELL AND USE
THAT TO HELP US. MOVE FORWARD.
UH IS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU'VE
DISCOVERED IN YOUR RESEARCH AND
IN TALKING TO FAMILY AND IN
TALKING TO OTHERS ABOUT
SOMETHING THAT YOU LIKE TO SHARE
AND LEAVE US WITH TODAY? SO IT'S
INTERESTING. WE STARTED LOOKING
INTO THIS PROJECT A WHILE AGO.
AND IT'S COME TO OUR ATTENTION
THAT THE CITY OF SACRAMENTO
RECOGNIZES THAT THE WEST END WAS
A VERY DIVERSE LIVELY. AND. AN
IMPORTANT PART OF WHAT MADE
SACRAMENTO. THEY'RE ACTUALLY
ASKING FOR IDEAS. TO REVITALIZE
THE CAPITOL MALL AREA. WHICH IS
ENCOURAGING. BUT, YOU KNOW.
THERE'S SOME POTENTIAL WITH THE
CITY NOW UNDERSTANDING THAT
REDEVELOPMENT WIPED OUT A VERY
IMPORTANT PART OF SACRAMENTO. I
THINK THIS CAN BRING OUR
COMMUNITIES TOGETHER. THERE'S
GOTTA BE SOME PUBLIC SPACES THAT
ARE NOT OWNED PRIVATELY. THAT
MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN
THINK ABOUT GETTING BACK. UM.
THAT ARE WITHIN THE BOUNDS OF
WHAT USED TO BE THE WEST END
BECAUSE AS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT,
IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT JAPAN. IT'S
ABOUT THIS DIVERSE COMMUNITY,
WHICH INCLUDED THE BLACK
COMMUNITY, THE LATINO COMMUNITY,
THE FILIPINO COMMUNITY, CHINESE
COMMUNITY, AND, OF COURSE,
JAPANTOWN. AND THERE'S GOT TO BE
A WAY. WHERE WE CAN CREATE
PUBLIC SPACES. AND MAYBE SOME
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR
LOCAL COMMUNITIES OF COLOR. TO
BRING BACK WHAT WAS ONCE A
VIBRANT WEST END. AND I THINK
THERE'S A POTENTIAL FOR THAT IF
WE REALLY LOOK INTO WHAT KIND OF
PUBLIC SPACES ARE AVAILABLE IF
WE'RE DEVELOPMENT OF THOSE
SPACES. WELL, I WANNA I WANNA
THANK YOU. UM BEFORE WE MOVE ON
TO THE NEXT PANEL, I JUST THINK
IT'S IMPORTANT TO REFLECT THAT
SOMETIMES AND YOU'VE DONE A ONE
OF THE BEST JOBS. UM AS I'VE
READ ABOUT EFFORTS THROUGHOUT
THE STATE ABOUT RECLAIMING
SPACES THAT WERE UNFORTUNATELY
LOST DUE TO AGAIN IN THE CASE OF
OUR COMMITTEE. WE'RE FOCUSING ON
WHAT HIGHWAYS DID TO A LOT OF
COMMUNITIES, BUT, UM, AND IT IT
IMPACTED THIS COMMUNITY AS WELL.
BUT WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO FIND
A LOT OF VERY DIRECT STORIES.
AND WHAT YOU'VE DONE, I THINK IS
REALLY CAPTURE THAT HISTORY WELL
, BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S THE
UNDERLYING STORY OF PROBABLY
MANY PLACES THROUGHOUT THE STATE
THAT YOU HAVE THE FORTUNE OF
BEING ABLE TO, UH, RESEARCH AND
TO SHARE WITH US. SO I THANK YOU
FOR THAT. UM AND OTHERS MAYBE
HAVE NOT BECAUSE THOSE
COMMUNITIES WERE COMPLETELY
DISPLACED. AND THE STORIES HAVE
NOT BEEN TOLD. SO. THANK YOU FOR
SETTING THE FOUNDATION FOR, UH,
AND BEING PART OF THIS
CONVERSATION, AND, UH, CERTAINLY
LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR TO YOUR
CONTINUED WORK. THANK YOU VERY
MUCH FOR BEING HERE. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. THANKS SO MUCH. SO
NOW WE'LL MOVE ON TO HEAR ABOUT
IT. ANOTHER COMMUNITY, UH, AND
SOME EFFORTS THAT ARE HAPPENING
IN THE PASADENA AREA. UH, IN
PASADENA. WE HAVE THE EXAMPLE OF
, UH S¼ R 710, THE 710. UM AND I
THINK WE'LL SEE SOME VISUALS.
I'VE ALREADY SEEN SOME VISUALS.
UH, IN OUR REPORT ABOUT WHAT
HAPPENED THERE. THE 710 WAS PART
IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY OF THE U
èC L A RESEARCH ON SOME OF THE
DECISIONS THAT WERE MADE ON
WHERE THIS HIGHWAY WENT AND WHAT
IT DID, AND SO I'M LOOKING
FORWARD NOW TO HEARING I'VE
HEARD THE HISTORY NOW THIS
COMMITTEE HAS HEARD THE HISTORY
UH AND NOW WHAT'S HAPPENING
THERE TODAY AND THE HOPE OF WHAT
CAN HAPPEN SO. I'LL TURN IT OVER
TO YOU ALL AND THANK YOU FOR
BEING HERE AND PLEASE, UH, OVER
WHATEVER ORDER IS BEST FOR YOU.
AND PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF.
ABSOLUTELY. UH, MY NAME IS
BRENDA HARVEY WILLIAMS. AND I'M
AN ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER WITH
THE CITY OF PASADENA. I WANT TO
BEGIN BY. FIRST OF ALL, THANKING
YOU. ASSEMBLY MEMBER ALVAREZ FOR
THIS IMPORTANT WORK THAT YOU AND
YOUR COMMITTEE ARE DOING AND
WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY TO COME HERE AND TO
SHARE OUR STORY. UM PASADENA'S
STORY IS THAT WE WERE BIFURCATED
BY THE CONSTRUCTION OF A FREEWAY
IN THE 19 SIXTIES, AND WE NOW
HAVE THIS EXCITING OPPORTUNITY
TO ENTER A THOUGHT. PROCESS TO
REPAIR OUR CITY BECAUSE THIS
LAND HAS BEEN RETURNED OR
RELINQUISHED TO PASADENA, WHERE
THE FREEWAY WAS NOT COMPLETED BY
BY CALTRANS, AND WE ARE VERY
THANKFUL FOR THAT. UM TODAY WE
HAVE HERE A NUMBER OF OUR, UH, I
HAVE THREE OTHER COLLEAGUES WITH
ME, AND I'LL ALLOW THEM TO
INTRODUCE THEMSELVES WHEN THEY
DO SPEAK. BUT WE ARE VERY
GRATEFUL, AND I WANTED TO
MENTION TO CALTRANS FOR THEIR
COLLABORATION AND SUPPORT FOR
THIS OPPORTUNITY FOR HAVING THIS
LAND RETURNED TO PASADENA, AND
WE NOW HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
REVISION AND RECONNECT OUR
COMMUNITY. AND I WILL NOW TURN
IT OVER TO, UH, DAVID. THANK
YOU, BRENDA. HONORABLE CHAIR. MY
NAME IS DAVID REYES. I'M ONE OF
THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGERS WITH
THE CITY OF PASADENA. AND IT IS
OUR GREAT PLEASURE TO HOPEFULLY
PRESENT A STORY OF HOPE. AND UM,
ONE OF PERSEVERANCE. THIS IS A
UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY THAT WE HOPE
TO BE A MODEL FOR THE STATE. UM,
WE ARE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT
POSITION THAN THE FIRST PANEL.
ALTHOUGH WE COULD LEARN A LOT
FROM THEIR RESEARCH. THEY HAVE
DONE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK
AND IT WAS REALLY INSPIRING TO
SEE THAT WE WERE AT THE
BEGINNING OF THAT THAT PROCESS
FOR OUR SPECIFIC AREA, BUT THIS
IS REALLY GONNA BE A
COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE CITY
ITS RESIDENTS. CALTRANS THE
FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION
AND OTHER ADVOCATES, UM, FOR HOW
TO RECLAIM HOW TO RECONNECT AND
HOW TO REVISION, AN AREA THAT'S
REALLY BEEN DISPLACED BY BY THE
WRONGS OF THE PAST. SO WITH
THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO
WENDY. THANK YOU, DAVID. UH,
THANK YOU, CHAIR, ALVAREZ AND TO
YOUR COMMITTEE. UH, THANK YOU
FOR INVITE FOR INVITING US TO
TALK ABOUT OUR 710 PROJECT AND
THE RECONNECTING COMMUNITIES
PLANNING GRANT PROCESS. OH, LET
ME SEE. HERE WE GO. HERE WE GO.
I WILL BEGIN WITH A BRIEF
BACKGROUND OF THE 710 STAFF,
WHICH STARTS WITH THE DATE OF
NOVEMBER. 18TH 1964 WHEN CALI
WHEN THE CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY
COMMISSION DETERMINED THE FINAL
FIVE MILES OF THE STATE ROUTE,
710. THE FREEWAY WAS MEANT TO GO
THROUGH THE COMMUNITIES OF EL
SERENO, SOUTH PASADENA AND
PASADENA, BUT NUMEROUS
ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDINGS,
COURT ACTIONS AND LEGISLATIVE
INITIATIVES FROM CITIES LIKE
SOUTH PASADENA STALLED THE
CONSTRUCTION IN CITIES SOUTH OF
THE SUB. AS A RESULT BY THE
EARLY 19 SEVENTIES, THE 710 Dð
WAS CONSTRUCTED. BUT ONLY IN
PASADENA. THE CONSTRUCTION OF
THE SUB, DISPLACED THOUSANDS OF
RESIDENTS AND DIVIDED A
RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY FROM THE
CITY'S VERY ACTIVE CENTRAL
BUSINESS DISTRICT. HERE ARE
THREE AERIAL VIEWS THAT SHOW THE
710 Dð AREA BEFORE, DURING AND
PRETTY CLOSE TO CONSTRUCTION OF
THE 710 STOP. AS YOU CAN SEE THE
CHANGE OF THE CITY'S LAYOUT IN
THE SPAN OF APPROXIMATELY 10
YEARS WITH SIGNIFICANT HOLMES
CHURCHES, INSTITUTIONS ALL
DISAPPEARED. HERE'S AN OLD
PASADENA PLANNING MAP FROM 1935.
AS WE CAN SEE, THERE WAS QUITE A
CONCENTRATION OF AFRICAN
AMERICAN, MEXICAN, AMERICAN AND
JAPANESE AMERICAN COMMUNITIES IN
THE SECTION OF THE CITY, WHERE
IT WAS DECIDED THAT THE 7/10 SUB
WOULD RUN THROUGH. THE CURRENT
LOCATION OF THE 710 SUB WAS
SELECTED BY STATE AND CITY
OFFICIALS AND OBLITERATED LARGE
PORTIONS OF PASADENA'S
COMMUNITIES OF COLOR. WE KNOW
NOW THAT THE SEVEN SUB ROUTE
COULD HAVE TAKEN A DIFFERENT
TRAJECTORY THROUGH A SECOND
ROUTE OPTION. WHICH WOULD HAVE
CAUSED SIGNIFICANTLY LESS
DISPLACEMENT OF THE CITY'S
RESIDENTS. UNFORTUNATELY FOR
MANY OF THE DISPLACED RESIDENTS,
RELOCATING WITHIN THE CITY AND
OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS PROVED
DIFFICULT. MOST WERE LIMITED BY
RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS. REDLINING
TACTICS, SEGREGATION AND LACK OF
AVAILABLE HOUSING. SO FAST
FORWARD TO NOVEMBER 26TH OF 2018
WHEN THE STATE ROUTE 710 OR
PROJECT FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL
IMPACT REPORT WAS RELEASED BY
CALTRANS. WHERE THEY IDENTIFIED
THAT THE Tð S¼ M N A Tð Dð M,
UM OPTION WAS A PREFERRED
ALTERNATIVE FOR THIS CORRIDOR.
THIS DEMONSTRATED THE
TRANSPORTATION SOLUTIONS AND
STRATEGIES HAD SIGNIFICANTLY
CHANGED SINCE THE 19 SEVENTIES
WHEN THE 710 ST WAS CONSTRUCTED.
TRANSPORTATION AGENCIES NÓ
LONGER WANT TO DISPLACE
COMMUNITIES WITH LARGE
TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS. AS A
RESULT, LEGISLATION INTRODUCED
BY STATE SENATOR PORTANTINO AN
ASSEMBLY MEMBER, HOLDEN, UM.
PASSING SB SEVEN AND A B 29,
RESPECTIVELY. UM WHERE IT EXCUSE
ME, WHERE IT UM AMENDED THE
CALIFORNIA STREET AND HIGHWAY
CODE. ALLOWING THE èC Dð èC TO
RELINQUISH THE PORTION OF THE
710 THAT IS CONTAINED WITHIN THE
CITY OF PASADENA. BUT FIRST TO
CITY IN CALTRANS WOULD ENTER
INTO AGREEMENT PROVIDING FOR
THAT RELINQUISHMENT.
ADDITIONALLY A TRANSPORTATION
FEASIBILITY STUDY WAS PART OF
THE PROCESS OF SECURING AN
AGREEMENT FROM CALTRANS. THIS
THIS RELINQUISHMENT ESSENTIALLY
ELIMINATES THE POSSIBILITY OF A
FUTURE 710 NORTH FREEWAY
CONNECTION. WITH CALTRANS
RELINQUISHMENT OF THEIR FORMER
SEVEN IN 10 SUB IN JUNE OF 2022
AND THE ACTUAL TRANSFER OF THE
PROPERTY TO THE CITY OF PASADENA
IN AUGUST OF THAT SAME YEAR, THE
CITY WAS TASKED WITH PLANNING
AND REDEVELOPING, REDEVELOPING
THIS PIECE OF LAND TO BEST SERVE
THE COMMUNITY. OH, EXCUSE ME.
BUT THE LAND IN HAND SO TO SPEAK
, THE PASADENA CITY COUNCIL
CREATED THE RECONNECTING
COMMUNITIES ADVISORY GROUP AND
APPOINTED RESIDENTS TO
COLLABORATE WITH CITY STAFF. AND
CONSULTANTS TO CREATE A VISION
AND A PLAN BASED ON THIS ON THE
FIVE CITY COUNCIL GOALS FOR THE
PROJECT, WHICH INCLUDE EQUITY,
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT, CLIMATE, RESILIENCY
AND FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE LAND
MANAGEMENT. THE RECONNECTING
COMMUNITIES 710 ADVISORY GROUP
WILL CONTINUE TO COLLABORATE
WITH CITY STAFF AND CONSULTANTS
TO CREATE A VISION AND A PLAN.
AND HERE WITH US TODAY IS THE
710 RECONNECTING COMMUNITIES
ADVISORY GROUP CHAIR DANNY
PARKER. WE WOULD LIKE TO INVITE
HIM TO SPEAK AND SHARE ABOUT HIS
ROLE WITH THE ADVISORY GROUP.
YES THANK YOU, AND IT'S QUITE AN
HONOR TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS
PROCESS AND REALLY WANT TO
APPLAUD THESE EFFORTS TO BRING
TO LIGHT SOME OF THE HISTORIC
INEQUITIES THAT STILL FACE US
TODAY AS A SOCIETY AND
RESPECTIVE COMMUNITIES. AGAIN MY
NAME IS DANNY PARKER, AND IT IS
QUITE AN HONOR TO SERVE AS CHAIR
OF THIS TASK FORCE THAT WENDY
JUST MENTIONED. I AM A NATIVE OF
PASADENA AND I HAD A LOT OF
EXPERIENCE AND EXPOSURE TO THE
AREAS THAT WHERE THE 710 STUB
NOW SITS. I WENT TO ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL AT THE SOUTHERN TERMINUS
OF THE STUB. I WENT TO A CHURCH
THAT WAS LOCATED AT THE NORTHERN
TERMINUS OF THE STUB UNTIL 1967.
MY FATHER WORKED IN THE AREA
WHERE THE FREEWAY SIT. AEROSPACE
FIRM IN THE 19 SIXTIES, MY
PARENTS BOUGHT A CAR FROM A AUTO
DEALER THAT WAS LOCATED WHERE
THE FREEWAY STUB NOW SITS AND
THEN WE GO BACK FOR SERVICE AS
WELL AS JUST GENERALLY FREQUENT
IN BUSINESSES IN THE AREA, SO I
DEFINITELY HAVE AN EXTENSIVE
FAMILIARITY WITH THE AREA PRIOR
TO THE FREEWAY. I ALSO GREW UP
HEARING STORIES AT THE DINNER
TABLE ABOUT THE AREA AND WHAT IT
WAS LIKE, AND SOME OF THE IMPACT
AND JUST TO FINISH THE THOUGHT
AS BRIEFLY AS POSSIBLE, WHICH IS
ALWAYS A CHALLENGE FOR ME IS I'M
A PRODUCT OF PASADENA SCHOOL'S
PRIVATE AND PUBLIC. AS FOR THE
TASK FORCE ITSELF IT AS I SAID,
BEFORE, IT IS QUITE AN HONOR TO
BE SERVED AS A CHAIR. WE HAVE A
VERY DIVERSE 16 MEMBER GROUP
THAT REPRESENTS SO MANY
DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS,
ETHNICALLY EXPERIENCE WISE
BUSINESS WISE, AND THEY BRING SO
MUCH THOUGHTFUL DISCUSSION TO
THE TABLE. IT'S QUITE BENEFICIAL
OVER THE PAST YEAR THAT WE'VE
BEEN MEETING SINCE APRIL OF LAST
YEAR. WE'RE DEVELOPING A
CAMARADERIE THAT I THINK WILL
SERVE AS WELL AS WE FACE IN THE
FUTURE INCREASINGLY COMPLEX AND
POTENTIALLY CONTENTIOUS ISSUES
BUT TO USE A CLICHE. I THINK WE
ARE DEVELOPING A BOND AND A
FAMILIARITY THAT WILL GIVE US
THE ABILITY TO DISAGREE WITHOUT
BEING DISAGREEABLE. OUR GENERAL
ROLE IS TO PROVIDE INPUT TO THE
CITY STAFF AND THE CONSULTANTS
AND WORK WITH THEM, AS WELL AS
TO PROVIDE THAT COMMUNITY INPUT
AND COMMUNITY BACKDROP. AND TO
THAT POINT I REALLY WANT TO
APPLAUD THE CITY COUNCIL FOR
PROVIDING A VERY SPECIFIC
MECHANISM AND CONDUIT FOR
COMMUNITY INPUT. I WOULD SAY AT
THE CORE, OUR ROLE AND
RESPONSIBILITY IS TO SOLICIT TO
HEAR AND TO AMPLIFY THE VOICES
OF THE ENTIRE PASADENA COMMUNITY
BECAUSE THIS IS A MAJOR,
INCREDIBLY IMPACTFUL PROJECT
THAT IMPACTS THE ENTIRE
COMMUNITY, NOT JUST THOSE
NEARBY. WITH RESPECT TO
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT. I THINK
SUBSTANTIVELY IT ALWAYS MAKES
PROJECTS BETTER. YOU GET HEARING
DIVERSE VOICES AND OPINIONS CAN
SURFACE ISSUES, NUANCES AND
DETAILS THAT MIGHT OTHERWISE BE
MISSED. AND I THINK IN THIS ROLE
IN THE WAY THAT THE CITY OF
PASADENA IS APPROACHING THIS IT,
IT MERITS APPLAUSE BY ENSURING
THAT AND IT ALSO SENDS A
SYMBOLIC MESSAGE THAT EVERYONE
WILL HAVE A FIGURATIVE SEAT AT
THE TABLE IN THE PROCESS, WHICH
I THINK IS IMPORTANT AS WELL.
AND LASTLY AND ONE MORE SLICING
OUR CHARACTERIZATION OF OUR TASK
FORCE AND ITS ROLE. IT'S TO BE A
CONDUIT OF INFORMATION GETTING
INFORMATION OUT TO THE COMMUNITY
ABOUT WHERE WHAT WE'RE DOING, AS
WELL AS HEARING FROM THE
COMMUNITY ABOUT WHAT WE COULD BE
DOING. LAST POINT, I WOULD LIKE
TO RAISE OR LAST SORT OF BUCKET
WOULD BE THAT THERE ARE MULTIPLE
STAKEHOLDERS. IN THIS PROCESS.
THERE ARE RESIDENTS BOTH IN THE
IMMEDIATE NEIGHBORHOOD OR
VICINITY AS WELL AS CITYWIDE.
THERE ARE BUSINESSES IMPACTED
AND THOSE THAT MAY WIND UP
RELOCATING AND IN SOME CASES,
HOPEFULLY COMING BACK TO THAT
AREA. WE HAVE COMMUNITY GROUPS,
INCLUDING CHURCHES AND
NONPROFITS, AND WE HAVE
GOVERNMENT AT MULTIPLE LEVELS.
MUNICIPAL REGIONAL, STATE AND
FEDERAL AND PART OF THE GOAL AND
OF THE TASK FORCE IS TO MANAGE
EXPECTATIONS OF ALL THOSE
STAKEHOLDER GROUPS AND
UNDERSTAND WE'RE TRYING TO GET
INPUT FROM ALL SEGMENTS OF OUR
COMMUNITY, AND NOT THAT ANY ONE
GROUP WILL HAVE OUTSIZED
INFLUENCE, AND ULTIMATELY, WE
NEED TO AGGREGATE AND SYNTHESIZE
THOSE VARIOUS OPINIONS AND MAKE
SURE THAT THAT FINAL RESULT THAT
WE COME TO REFLECTS AND
INTEGRATES THOSE VARYING
OPINIONS, AND I THINK THAT MAKES
FOR ULTIMATELY THE BEST TYPE OF
PRODUCT AND BEST END RESULT IN
THIS CASE, A MASTER PLAN OR
SPECIFIC PLAN. THE CASE MAY BE
AND ULTIMATELY WE WANT TO NEVER
LOSE SIGHT OF A BIT OF A NORTH
STAR THAT WE HAVE AND THAT THAT
THIS IS A ONCE IN A LIFETIME
OPPORTUNITY. IT'S LOCATED A
COUPLE OF BLOCKS FROM OLD TOWN.
PASADENA WHICH IS A VIBRANT
ECONOMIC IS ENGINE FOR PASADENA,
IF NOT ALL OF SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA, AND AS SUCH, IT
CREATES A TREMENDOUS CHALLENGE
AND A TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITY,
AND WE'RE DETERMINED TO MEET
THIS MOST IMPORTANT OF MOMENTS
AND THAT I THANK YOU AND AGAIN.
IT'S QUITE AN HONOR TO
PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROCESS AND
REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO NOT
JUST MAKING HISTORY. BUT BEING A
GUIDING LIGHT AND A REFERENCE
POINT FOR THE ENTIRE STATE.
THANK YOU, DANNY. AND I WILL
CONTINUE WITH MY PRESENTATION
HERE. NOW. I'D LIKE TO MOVE INTO
THE FEDERAL GRANT PROCESS. IN
2022. THE BIPARTISAN
INFRASTRUCTURE LAW IS
ESTABLISHED A NEW RECONNECTING
COMMUNITIES PILOT DISCRETIONARY
GRANT PROGRAM, WHICH WAS FUNDED
WITH A BILLION DOLLARS OVER THE
NEXT FIVE YEARS. IT IS THE FIRST
EVER FEDERAL PROGRAM DEDICATED
TO RECONNECTING COMMUNITIES THAT
ARE CUT OFF FROM OPPORTUNITY AND
BURDENED BY PAST TRANSPORTATION
INFRASTRUCTURE DECISIONS. THE
TIMING OF THE PILOT GRANT
PROGRAM WORKED IN THE FAVOR OF
PASADENA WITH POSSESSION OF THE
RECENTLY RELINQUISHED. 710 STUB.
SECURITY PLANNING GRANT FROM THE
RECONNECTING COMMUNITIES PILOT
PROGRAM HELPED THE MASTER PLAN
PROCESS GAIN EVEN MORE MOMENTUM.
THERE WERE VARIOUS PARTNERS
DURING THE RELINQUISHMENT AND
THE RECONNECTING COMMUNITIES
GRANT APPLICATION PROCESS. AS WE
WENT OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY TO
INFORM THE CITY'S REGIONAL
PARTNERS ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF
THE SUB, THE CALTRANS DISTRICT
SEVEN OFFICE THE èC Tð èC, THE
FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION
AND THE OFFICE OF L, A COUNTY
SUPERVISOR, BARGER WERE
INSTRUMENTAL IN HELPING THE CITY
OF PASADENA BUILD ITS CASE FOR
THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS PLANNING
PROJECT. ON FRIDAY, APRIL 21 OF
2023. THE CITY HOSTED
CHRISTOPHER COS. U S¼,
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION'S
ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF
TRANSPORTATION POLICY. MISTER CO
. TOOK A BRIEF HELICOPTER TOUR
OF THE 7/10 ST AND SURROUNDING
AREA AND RECEIVED A POWERPOINT
PRESENTATION. REGARDING OUR
APPLICATION AND AWARD. WE THANK
MISTER COS FOR HIS SUPPORT AND
MADE HIM AWARE OF THE CITY'S
FUTURE RESOURCE NEEDS FOR
PROJECT EMPLOYMENT
IMPLEMENTATION. ON FEBRUARY 28TH
2023, THE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION ANNOUNCED THE
FIRST ROUND OF THE RECONNECTING
COMMUNITIES PROGRAMS GRANT
AWARDS. PASADENA WAS AWARDED THE
MAXIMUM $2 MILLION PLANNING
GRANT TO ASSIST WITH FUTURE
PLANNING OF THE AREA. AND WAS
ONE OF ONLY THREE CITIES IN THE
ENTIRE STATE TO RECEIVE ONE.
FUNDS WILL BE USED TO SUPPORT
THE STUDY OF TRANSPORTATION AND
LAND USE NEEDS RELATED TO THE
FUTURE DEVELOPMENT. THE THREE
YEAR PLANNING PROCESS, WHICH
WILL INCLUDE A FEASIBILITY
ANALYSIS AND VISION PLANNING.
WILL ULTIMATELY RESULT IN THE
710 NORTHERN STUB SITE SPECIFIC
PLAN. THE GOAL IS TO DEVELOP A
COLLABORATIVE PLAN FOR THE 50
ACRE SITE THAT WILL TAKE A
RESTORATIVE JUSTICE APPROACH
WHILE COORDINATING LAND USE
HOUSING AND TRANSPORTATION NEEDS
REFLECTIVE OF THE CITY'S
EXISTING AND FUTURE POPULATION.
AND SO WITH THE TASK AS BIG AS
THE ONE IN HAND, PROFESSIONAL
SUPPORT IS NECESSARY. THE
HISTORIC PROJECT PORTION OF THE
MASTER PLAN AIMS TO ACKNOWLEDGE
AND DOCUMENT WHAT HAPPENED IN
HISTORY TO THE PASADENA
COMMUNITY DURING THE
CONSTRUCTION OF THE 710. AS PART
OF THE MASTER PLAN. THE HISTORIC
PORTION OF THE PROCESS IS VERY
IMPORTANT TO THE CITY. IT HAS
BEEN BROKEN UP INTO THREE
SECTIONS. THE FIRST, WHICH IS A
HISTORICAL DATA SETTING PORTION
WE LOOK AT THE WILL LOOK AT AND
DOCUMENT THE HISTORICAL DATA OF
WHAT EXISTED BEFORE THE STUB
LIKE HOME SCHOOLS, BUSINESSES
AND INSTITUTIONS. THE SECOND
PART KNOWN AS THE ORAL HISTORY
PROJECT, WHERE I WILL IDENTIFY
PERSONS AND SOURCES WITH DIRECT
KNOWLEDGE OR EXPERIENCE OF THE
FREEWAY EXPANSION AND
DISPLACEMENT. THIS PARTICULAR
PORTION OF THE HISTORIC PROJECT
WILL ALSO FOCUS ON LOCATING
INDIVIDUALS THAT MIGHT HAVE
DIRECT TIES AND WILL CONSIST OF
A ORAL PORTION WHERE THEY WILL
BE INTERVIEWED, AND THEIR
INTERVIEWS WILL BE RECORDED AS
PART OF THE PROJECT. LASTLY THE
IMPACTS OF FREEWAYS ON
SEGREGATION IN PASADENA WILL
LOOK AT ZONING, REDLINING
COVENANTS AND THE OVERALL
IMPACTS OF FEW WAYS HAD ON THE
PASADENA COMMUNITY. THE GOAL OF
THE MASTER PLAN SEEKS TO EXPLORE
THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THE STUB.
WITH ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF HISTORY
OF DISPLACED COMMUNITIES IT
SEEKS TO EQUITABLY EQUITABLY
DISTRIBUTE, DISTRIBUTE BENEFITS
EXCUSE ME AND MITIGATE IMPACTS
TO VULNERABLE POPULATIONS. THE
MASTER PLAN PROCESS WILL
IDENTIFY FUTURE LAND USES, SUCH
AS HOUSING, COMMERCIAL,
INSTITUTIONAL AND OPEN SPACE AND
PARK LAND. THE MASSIVE PLAN
SCOPE INCLUDED SEVEN
DELIVERABLES THAT WILL ALL THAT
WILL ALL BE DEVELOPED THROUGH A
RESTORATIVE JUSTICE LENS. THEY
INCLUDE COMMUNITY. THEY INCLUDE
A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY,
WHICH WILL BE INCLUSIVE OF ALL
COMMUNITY MEMBERS. A RESTORATIVE
JUSTICE FRAMEWORK. FRAMEWORK
BOLSTERED BY THE WORK OF THE
HISTORIC PROJECT CONSULTANTS. A
RESTORATIVE JUSTICE. A
RESTORATIVE JUSTICE FRAMEWORK.
I'M SORRY. EXCUSE ME. AGAIN
BOLSTERED BY THE WORK OF THE
HISTORIC PROJECT CONSULTANTS.
THE DATA COLLECTION. PART OF THE
SCOPE WILL SURVEY THE EXISTING
710 CONDITIONS AND PROVIDE THREE
Dð MODELING OF PROPOSED
SOLUTIONS. THE ECONOMIC STUDY
AND MARKET DEMAND ANALYSIS. WILL
IDENTIFY MARKET SUPPORTED LAND
USE OPTIONS THAT CAN HELP
REALIZE THE CITY'S ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT GOALS. THE MOBILITY
AND CIRCULAR. THE MOBILITY AND
CIRCULATION ANALYSIS WILL
INCLUDE DEFINING AND IDENTIFYING
MOBILITY AND CIRCULATION
CIRCULATION OPTIONS. THEN USE
OPTIONS WILL INCORPORATE WHAT IS
HEARD FROM STAKEHOLDERS AND WILL
CONSIDER ELEMENTS ADDRESSING
URBAN FORM COMMUNITY AND
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH. PUBLIC
ASSETS, TRANSPORTATION AND
MOBILITY TO NAME A FEW. LASTLY,
THE CLIMATE RESILIENT
INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN. WILL
PROVIDE INPUT AND DIRECTION OF
CLIMATE, RESILIENT CITY
COMMITMENTS AND PRIORITIZE
OPPORTUNITIES BASED ON LEVELS OF
SUCCESS. THE NEXT STEPS AS WE
CONTINUE THROUGH THE MASTER PLAN
PROCESS INCLUDE ANNUAL UPDATES
TO THE CALIFORNIA TRANSPORTATION
COMMISSION. CONTINUED
DISCUSSIONS WITH THE 710
ADVISORY GROUP OF POTENTIAL USES
, MASSING SCALE AND BROADER
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. CONTINUED
CO ORDINATION WITH CALTRANS AND
STAKEHOLDERS. UH, THE ONGOING
AND CONTINUED, UM, PROCESS OF
THE HISTORICAL REPORT AND MASTER
PLAN DEVELOPMENT PROCESS. AND
QUARTERLY UPDATES TO THE
PASADENA CITY COUNCIL. ALSO WE
ARE VERY HAPPY TO COME BACK TO
SEE YOU AND GIVE YOU REGULAR
UPDATES AS NEEDED. WE WANNA SAY
THANK YOU, UH, FOR THE TO THE
GROUPS AND TO THE AGENCIES THAT
CONTINUE TO GRANT US SUPPORT WE
WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO THE
RECONNECTING COMMUNITIES PILOT
PLANNING PROGRAM. TO CALTRANS,
THE RECONNECTING COMMUNITY 710
ADVISORY GROUP. AND OUR
CONSULTANTS WHO ARE GUIDING US
THROUGH THE MASTER PLAN PROCESS.
AND SO THE CITY LOOKS FORWARD TO
PARTICIPATING IN THE STATE'S
RECONNECTING COMMUNITIES.
HIGHWAYS TO BOULEVARDS PROCESS
FOR F ASSISTANCE AS WE WORK TO
DEVELOP THE 710 STEP. THIS
CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. I'D
BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH AGAIN. UM I
WAS REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO
THIS DISCUSSION, OBVIOUSLY VERY
IMPORTANT DISCUSSION. THE
PREVIOUS PANEL, BUT ONE OF THE
REASONS WHY I REQUESTED THE
SPEAKER TO CREATE THIS COMMITTEE
IS TO SHARE MORE INFORMATION. AS
I KNOW THERE ARE COMMUNITIES
LIKE THE ONE THAT I GREW UP IN,
AND I LIVE IN NOW IN, UH BARRIO
LOGAN LOGAN HEIGHTS, WHERE THE
FIVE FREEWAY CAME IN, AND UH,
YOU KNOW? DEMOLISHED, DISPLACED
AND DIVIDED THE COMMUNITY. AND
UH AND SO I ACTUALLY STARTED
THIS WORK, UM, FORMERLY A CITY
COUNCIL MEMBER IN SAN DIEGO, AND
THEN UH, JUST AS A RESIDENT, UH,
BEING ACTIVE IN THE COMMUNITY,
AND SO WHEN I CAME HERE TO THE
LEGISLATURE, I JUST THOUGHT LIKE
NOW I'M IN A PLACE WHERE I CAN
HELP, UH, BRING THIS
CONVERSATION TOGETHER, AND I WAS
REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR
PRESENTATION BECAUSE WHAT I HOPE
IS THAT THIS COMMITTEE THROUGH
THE QUESTIONS THAT I'LL ASK NOW,
BUT ALSO THE REPORT THAT WE
PROVIDE THAT WE CAN HELP OTHERS
WHO MIGHT BE WANTING TO ENGAGE
IN THIS KIND OF WORK. LEARN FROM
THE BEST PRACTICES AND LEARN THE
STEPS OF WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN IN
THEIR OWN BACKYARD. SO THEY, UM
YOU HAVE A BIG BIG
RESPONSIBILITY RIGHT NOW TO HELP
US ALL UNDERSTAND? SORT OF HOW
YOU GOT TO WHERE YOU'RE AT. UH,
YOU DID A GREAT JOB OF WALKING
US THROUGH IT, BUT I HAVE SOME
MORE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS AND
ANYBODY WHO LIKE TO ANSWER.
PLEASE. UH PLEASE DO SO. UM I
GUESS THE FIRST QUESTION TO SORT
OF LAY A LITTLE BIT OF
FOUNDATION. CAN YOU CAN YOU PULL
UP A SLIDE THAT BEST DEPICTS?
WHAT THE STUB. LOOKS LIKE. I'M
LOOKING AT SLIDE NUMBER 11. UH
AND WONDERING IF THAT'S THE ONE
BECAUSE I AM NOT FAMILIAR WITH
THIS. UH, PORTION OF THE 710 SO
JUST TO HELP US SORT OF SEE WHAT
IT LOOKS LIKE, AND THEN I'D ASK
YOU TO DESCRIBE ITS SCOPE AND
SIZE. YOU KNOW WHICH ONE IS THE
BEST VISUAL THAT YOU CAN SHARE
WITH US. I. I THINK 11 IS A GOOD
SLIDE TO GO TO I'LL START
HONORABLE CHAIR WHILE THAT'S
BEING PULLED UP. IT'S ABOUT 50
ACRES OF POTENTIALLY DEVELOPABLE
LAND, WHICH IS FOR A CITY LIKE
PASADENA, WHICH IS BUILT OUT IS
MASSIVE LIKE THIS IS A MASSIVE
PLANNING OPPORTUNITY FOR US, BUT
IT CREATES MANY. MANY CHALLENGES
IT IT STARTS THERE. I THINK THAT
WAS THE ONE I THINK THAT'S VERY
NICE THERE AND REALLY, IF YOU
LOOK AT THE THIRD BRIDGE AT THE
TOP OF THE SCREEN, GOING DOWN TO
SORT OF THE LAST BRIDGE, AND IT
GOES A LITTLE BIT FURTHER,
ACTUALLY OUT OF SCREEN THERE.
THERE'S DIFFERENT ELEVATIONS,
AND THE CHALLENGE IS IT'S
ACTUALLY REFERRED TO AS THE
DITCH, UH, IN THE CITY, AND, UH,
WITH THE RECENT RAINS, IT'S
SOMETIMES REFERRED TO AS THE
POND. BUT UM, THOSE ALREADY TO
INTERRUPT. I'M GONNA PROBABLY
INTERRUPT YOU A LOT BECAUSE I
WANNA GET CLARITY. NÓ THERE ARE
NÓ VEHICLES THAT TRAVERSE THIS,
UH, THIS WHOLE SECTION THAT
YOU'RE SHOWING US HERE. THAT'S
CORRECT. THEY STOP RIGHT AT THE
NORTHERN TERMINUS THERE, AND
IT'S ALL THE UNDERPASSES. BUT
WHAT ABOUT THOSE OVERPASS?
BRIDGES ARE THOSE LOCAL STREETS.
THOSE ARE LOCAL STREETS. OK AND
THEY ARE UTILIZED. TODAY THEY
ARE UTILIZED TODAY THAT
INCREDIBLY CLEAR PICTURE. I'M
NOT SURE WHY THERE'S NÓ CARS.
THERE WAS NOBODY THERE, BUT SO
YOU KNOW, THE 50 ACRES. AS I WAS
SAYING IS CHALLENGING BECAUSE
IT'S NOT FLAT LAND. IT'S NOT A
YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT A RECTANGLE.
I IT. IT REALLY IS THIS
INCREDIBLE THAT THAT'S NICE ONE
AS WELL. THIS ONE GIVES A
DIFFERENT YEAH, I THINK WHAT?
WHAT WE REALLY SEE IS, UH, THIS
DISCUSSION ABOUT THE FEASIBILITY
OF DO WE FILL IN THE DITCH? DO
WE FILL IN PORTIONS OF THE
DITCH? ARE WE GONNA CAP IT AND
BUILD ON TOP OF THAT ALL OF
THOSE THINGS REMAIN TO BE SEEN,
BUT IN TERMS OF AREA AND TO
ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, YOU KNOW,
REALLY, UM IT'S 50. IT'S 60
ACRES PLUS BUT POTENTIALLY
DEVELOPS ABOUT 50. AND IT GOES
FROM THAT GREEN. MAYBE SOME
TREES DOWN AT THE IS AT THE
SOUTH OR THE EAST TO THE UNION
TO UNION OF THAT'S SORT OF WHERE
IT START THE FREEWAY STARTS IF
YOU WILL. GOT IT. UM YOU MENTION
, AND I MIGHT BOUNCE AROUND A
LITTLE BIT HERE, SO EXCUSE ME,
UM, FOR THAT YOU MENTIONED THE
èC Tð èC. AND I SAW THAT
YOU'RE GONNA BE DOING UM REGULAR
UPDATES THERE AS WELL. TELL ME
ABOUT THEIR INVOLVEMENT AND
MAYBE OTHERS INVOLVEMENT IN THE
PROCESS AS YOU WERE GOING I
THINK SORT OF RIGHT NOW. THE
PROMISED LAND FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE
NOT WHERE YOU ARE IS LET'S GET A
GRANT TO BEGIN THE PLANNING,
RIGHT. WHICH IS THE STAGE YOU'RE
AT, UM, HOW MUCH OF THAT WAS
LIKE DID YOU HAVE TO HAVE
SUPPORT. I SAW THAT YOU HAD SOME
MATCHING FUNDS. WHERE DID THAT
COME FROM? WHAT IS THE èC Tð
C'S ROLE IN THAT YOUR LOCAL
MUNICIPAL PLANNING N P. YOUR
CITY WAS A PART OF THIS. IT
SOUNDED LIKE YOUR SUPERVISOR WAS
INVOLVED. CAN YOU SHARE A LITTLE
BIT MORE ABOUT THAT TRAIL FOR
US? THE, UM BEFORE I TALK ABOUT
THE GRANT. IT WAS A COMPLEX
PROCESS FOR WHAT WE CALL
RELINQUISHMENT TO HAVE HAPPENED
BECAUSE THE CITY DIDN'T OWN IT.
WE WEREN'T SURE IF THE STATE
OWNED IT DID THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT OWN IT BECAUSE THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THE FEDERAL
HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION, PUT IN
DOLLARS FOR THAT TO HAPPEN, AND
SO WE KNEW THAT BY DEED,
CALTRANS OWNED THE PROPERTY, BUT
THEY DIDN'T ACQUIRE IT. UM BY
THEMSELVES. THERE WERE FEDERAL
HIGHWAY DOLLARS INVOLVED. AND SO
THERE WAS A LOT OF SORT OF
BACKGROUND UNDERSTANDING. THERE
WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION, A LOT
OF NEGOTIATION, A LOT OF BACK
AND FORTH WHEN IT BECAME VERY
CLEAR THAT FROM A FEASIBILITY
STANDPOINT, THE FREEWAY WAS NOT
GOING TO BE CONSTRUCTED. WE
IMMEDIATELY WENT TO WORK AND
SAID, WELL, IT'S IN OUR
BACKYARD. HOW DO WE HOW DO WE
RECONNECT? HOW DO WE DO THIS?
AND SO THROUGH THE HELP OF, UM
THE LEGISLATURE? UH, YOU SAW THE
HONORABLE UH, SENATOR PORTANTINO
AS WELL AS UH, ASSEMBLY MEMBER.
HOLDEN HELPED DRAFT BILLS AND
LEGISLATION THAT THIS PROCESS
WHERE IT WAS ACTUALLY THE
CALIFORNIA TRANSPORTATION
COMMISSION THAT ULTIMATELY
GRANTED THE RELINQUISHMENT AND
SO WE, ALONG WITH CALTRANS
WORKED CLOSELY IN CONCERT. UM
WITH, UM AND WE'RE LUCKY TO BE
JOINED IN THE ROOM BY MR TONY
HARRIS, WHO'S A FORMER DIRECTOR
OF CALTRANS DISTRICT SEVEN, BUT
IT WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN HELPING
US UNDERSTAND THAT PROCESS
BECAUSE IT IT IT IT IT HADN'T
BEEN DONE BEFORE. AND SO WE DID
BREAK NEW GROUND. AND I WOULD
SAY THAT ANYBODY IN THIS SORT OF
WORLD THIS BEGINNING PROCESS
STEP IT TAKES COLLABORATION
BETWEEN LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL
AGENCIES TOGETHER THE
COLLABORATION, THE WORKING
TOGETHER ON THE LEFT, WE SEE MAY
GORDO, THOUGH, ALONG WITH UM UH,
WE DO SEE HØI HILLARY. UH UM
NORTON FROM THE èC Tð èC,
WHO'S ALSO IN THE PICTURE. SO WE
SEE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. WE
SEE THE STATE GOVERNMENT. WE SEE
OUR COUNTY GOVERNMENT AND WE SEE
OUR OUR OUR LOCAL ELECTED
OFFICIAL ALL WORKING HAND IN AND
TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS HAPPENED
AND SO ONCE THE RELINQUISHMENT
WAS DONE, AND I KNOW I. I TALKED
ABOUT THAT VERY QUICKLY, BUT
THAT'S WHEN WE REALIZED THAT YOU
KNOW TO DO THE PLANNING. IS
THERE'S DOLLARS INVOLVED FOR
SURE. BUT THE REALITY IS WITHOUT
HAVING THE HARD DISCUSSIONS THAT
DANNY TALKED ABOUT OF
ACKNOWLEDGING THOSE PAST WRONGS
OF HAVING A CITY THAT YOUR FIRST
PANEL WAS FANTASTIC. THEY WERE
RESIDENTS. AND SO HERE WE ARE
FROM CITY GOVERNMENT, SAYING WE
NEED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE PAST. WE
NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT IN ORDER
FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD, AND I
THINK THAT THAT'S A KEY FOR ANY
PROJECT. UH, LIKE THIS IN THE
STATE IN THE COUNTRY, YOU HAVE
TO HAVE EVERYBODY SORT OF
WALKING. HAND IN HAND AND BEING
ABLE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE UGLY, UH
, THE UGLY PAST BECAUSE THE
STORIES ARE THE SAME, YOU KNOW,
NÓ MATTER WHERE YOU'RE AT IT
THROUGH. THE PEOPLE OF COLOR
WERE DISPLACED. UM THANK YOU, MR
HARRIS. FOR YOUR SERVICE. UH,
OUR DISTRICT DIRECTORS ARE
ALWAYS WONDERFUL AT CALTRANS. I
KNOW. OURS IS ALWAYS HAVE ALWAYS
BEEN UM I ASK THESE QUESTIONS
BECAUSE AGAIN, THIS IS MEANT TO
BE, UM, HOPEFULLY OF SERVICE TO
OTHERS. YOU YOUR RECONNECTING
PROJECT IS A LITTLE BIT
DIFFERENT THAN THE SOME OF THE
ONES WE'RE LOOKING AT IN SAN
DIEGO. WE'RE TALKING MORE ABOUT
LIDS OR CAPS BECAUSE OF THE WAY
THE TOPOGRAPHY IS, BUT THERE ARE
SOME TALKS ABOUT SOME POTENTIAL
RELINQUISHMENT OF SOME STATE
ROUTE SYSTEMS. AND SO I
APPRECIATE YOU GIVING SORT OF,
UM, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT YOU
SHARE THAT PROCESS THAT YOU WENT
THROUGH BECAUSE THERE MIGHT BE
PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT ARE GOING
TO HAVE TO GO THROUGH AND ANSWER
THE SAME QUESTIONS THAT YOU ALL
SORT OF ANSWERED. AND SO WE
WANNA DEFINITELY MAKE SURE WE
CAPTURE THAT AS PART OF THE
TESTIMONY HERE AND IN OUR
REPORT, UM NOW GOING TO THE, UH
THE AWARD. I AM NOT FAMILIAR
WITH THE RECONNECTING FEDERAL
PROGRAM AND, UH, BECAUSE WE'RE
WE'RE TRYING TO RECEIVE SOME OF
THOSE AWARDS. UH, LOCALLY, UM,
THE MATCHING GETTING TO THE
SPECIFICS ON THE MATCHING CAN
YOU TELL ME ABOUT HOW WAS WAS
THAT ALSO, UM, STATE SUPPORT OR
WAS THAT LOCAL, UH, SUPPORT AND
WAS THE GRANT. I DON'T REMEMBER.
ALTHOUGH I WAS SIGNED ON TO
LETTERS OF SUPPORT, UH, REQUIRE
A MATCHING AND MORE COMPETITIVE.
YOU WERE MATCH IS THAT HOW IT
WORKED? WE HAD TO HAVE THE
MATCHING PORTION AND WAS IT 50%
MATCH? WE KNEW THAT THE PLANNING
WAS GONNA BE MORE THAN $4
MILLION. WE DID AN ESTIMATE AT
THE AT THE EARLY STAGES AND CAME
OUT TO ABOUT 4.5 MILLION. WITH
THE RELINQUISHMENT CAME $5
MILLION, A ONE TIME FROM THE
STATE, AND THAT'S REALLY, UM
TOWARDS LONG TERM MAINTENANCE
AND OTHER THINGS. WE ARE GONNA
USE SOME OF THAT MONEY TO HELP
FUND. UH THE PLANNING STUDIES.
OTHERS WILL COME FROM THE CITY'S
GENERAL FUND. UM BUT THE
MATCHING GRANT WAS A IT WAS A
REQUIREMENT AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL
ANYWAY, IS THE 50% FOR THE
PLANNING SIDE. UM, THERE'S ALSO
THERE WAS AN INFRASTRUCTURE
GRANT. UH, FOR RECONNECTING
COMMUNITIES. I BELIEVE LONG
BEACH RECEIVED OVER $30 MILLION.
THEY WERE MUCH FARTHER AHEAD IN
THE PROCESS THAN WE WERE AND
THEY'RE READY TO BUILD. UM I'M
NOT SURE THERE WAS A MATCHING
GRANT THERE, BUT OURS DID COME
WITH THE 50% MATCHING GRANT. OK
AND AS YOU ALL THINK OF OTHER
THINGS, PLEASE SHARE MORE
INFORMATION, THE BETTER. I'M
JUST LOOKING THROUGH THE
PRESENTATION. SOME QUESTIONS
THAT I'VE SORT OF THOUGHT OF, UM
. WHEN YOU MADE YOUR APPLICATION
DID YOU APPLY WITH BY THE WAY, I
THINK YOU'RE THE BREAKDOWN OF
YOUR PLANNING PROCESS IS TO BE
COMMENDED. I THINK IT'S YOU
KNOW, IT'S CERTAINLY THE WORK
THAT WASN'T DONE WHEN THESE
HIGHWAY SYSTEMS CAME TO BE UH
AND YOU'VE CLEARLY IDENTIFIED
THE WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE
IN TERMS OF ENGAGEMENT. AND ALL
OF THAT, UM, WAS THAT SOMETHING
THAT CAME AFTER YOU RECEIVED THE
GRANT? OR WAS THAT ALL PART OF
YOUR APPLICATION? THAT WHOLE
PROCESS OF WHAT YOU WERE GONNA
DO, UH, TO ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY
TO CREATE A PLAN FOR THIS
PROJECT. UM AND ASSEMBLY MEMBER.
I THINK IT WAS ALL DONE
SIMULTANEOUSLY ARE WE ARE VERY
FORTUNATE TO HAVE A VERY
THOUGHTFUL CITY COUNCIL, MAYOR
AND CITY COUNCIL AND IT WAS VERY
IMPORTANT TO THEM THAT, HOWEVER,
THIS PROCESS, UH, DEVELOPED THAT
THE THEY SET THE GUIDING LIGHTS
AS TO WHAT THE GOALS WERE. SO
THEY WERE DEVELOPED REALLY IN
CONJUNCTION WITH THE GRANT, AND
ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY SET OUT TO
APPOINT THE ADVISORY BODY OF
CITIZENS. THEY REALLY WANTED TO
GIVE THEM SOME CLEAR. BUT IT WAS
VERY IMPORTANT TO THEM THAT WE
THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THE PAST
THAT THEY UNDERSTAND HOW WE GOT
HERE SO THAT WE CAN LOOK TO THE
FUTURE WITH THROUGH THE LENS OF
WHAT HAPPENED IN THE PAST, AND
THAT'S WHY, UH, RESTORATIVE
JUSTICE IS A PIECE OF THIS AND
WE THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT
THAT WE KNOW WHAT HAPPENED. AND
WE WANT TO BE CAREFUL NOT TO DO
IT AGAIN AND IT IT IS SO SAD TO
SEE AS WE LISTEN TO THE GROUP
BEFORE US TO SEE WHAT HAS BEEN
DONE THROUGHOUT. YOU KNOW OUR
STATE AND REALLY OUR NATION. UM,
TIME AND TIME. AND IT IT'S THE
SAME GAME PLAN. UM BUT I THINK
OUR CITY COUNCIL DID
THOUGHTFULLY, UM, TRY TO
CONSIDER ALL THE WAYS THAT WE
MAKE AMENDS FOR THE PAST AS WE
MOVE FORWARD IN PLANNING FOR THE
FUTURE. MR EDGAR ALVAREZ THAT WE
WOULDN'T HAVE RECEIVED THE
GRANT. UM, ALONE. WE APPLIED. UM
AS A PARTNER WITH CALTRANS. THEY
WERE A DIRECT PARTNER WITH US,
AND I THINK THAT REALLY PUT US
OVER THE TOP AND HAVING THAT
PARTNERSHIP, UH, INSTRUMENTAL IN
SHOWING THAT WE'RE GOING TO MOVE
FORWARD TOGETHER. UM I AM NOT
FAMILIAR WITH ALL OF THE, UM
DEMOGRAPHICS AND DATA OF
PASADENA AND CERTAINLY NOT OF
THE ADJACENT COMMUNITIES CAN YOU
SHARE WITH ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
? UM ARE THEY CATEGORIZED AS ON
THE KAN VIRUS SCREEN AS ANY, UH,
DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES AS OUR
CATEGORIZED THERE? MAYBE THEY'RE
CALLED SOMETHING ELSE. BUT I
KNOW I THINK YOU KNOW WHAT WHAT
I MEAN ABOUT THE KEN VIRAL
SCREEN. UM ARE THERE HEALTH
DISPARITIES? WHAT ARE THE JUST
GENERAL? UM SENSE. GIVE ME A
GENERAL SENSE OF THE COMMUNITIES
THAT SURROUND IT, THAT THAT WAS
A. SOME OF OUR APPLICATION
REQUIREMENT THAT WE IDENTIFY HOW
WE'RE GONNA HELP THOSE
DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES. THERE
ARE A COUPLE OF SPOTS THAT ARE,
UM CLEARLY WITHIN THE SCREENING
PROCESS AND SCREENING CRITERIA
THAT ARE A LITTLE BIT NORTH OF
THE DITCH. ACTUALLY JUST NORTH
WHAT WE REFER TO AS THE
NORTHWEST AREA OF PASADENA
THAT'S LARGELY AFRICAN, AMERICAN
AND LATINO IN IN, UH BY
POPULATION. OK? I WANTED TO ALSO
ASK YOU UM. I ALWAYS PRESS MY
CITY FOLKS ON THE LENGTH OF TIME
THINGS TOOK. AND I HEARD YOU
MENTION THREE YEARS NOW. YOU YOU
DO HAVE A VERY ROBUST ENGAGEMENT
AND, YOU KNOW, PLAN. UM, BUT
THAT STILL SEEMS LIKE QUITE SOME
TIME. UM WHERE ARE YOU? YOU
RECEIVED THIS GRANT LAST YEAR.
NOW IT'S ABOUT A YEAR AGO. UM
HAVE YOU STARTED THE WORK? UH,
MORE ARGUE, AND. THROUGH THE
THREE YEARS IS IMPORTANT
SPECIFICALLY FOR WHICH PHASE OF
THE PLAN. THANK YOU. CHAIR
ALVAREZ. UH, YES. UM I BELIEVE I
DIDN'T INTRODUCE MYSELF. I'M
WENDY MACIAS. I'M THE SENIOR
PROJECT MANAGER. I'VE BEEN WITH
THE CITY AND WITH THE PROJECT
FOR APPROXIMATELY SIX MONTHS
SPECIFICALLY TO GUIDE THE
PROJECT THROUGH THE MASTER PLAN
PROCESS, AND SO WE HAVE STARTED
THE PROCESS WE JUST BROUGHT ON
BOARD OUR MASTER PLAN CONSULTANT
PRIOR TO THAT WE HAD SECURED OUR
THREE CONSULTANTS FOR THE
HISTORIC PORTION OF THE MASTER
PLAN. UM AND WE ARE FIRST OF ALL
VERY EXCITED TO HAVE OUR FIRST
THREE CONSULTANTS REALLY GETTING
INTO THE HISTORY OF THE CITY.
BASICALLY WHAT WE DISCUSSED UM,
AND THE MASTER PLAN PROCESS HAS
BEGUN. UM WE ARE. WE ARE WORKING
WITH A WHAT WE FEEL IS A VERY
KNOWLEDGEABLE, UM, FIRM AND, UM,
WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO, YOU
KNOW, USING THE UPCOMING SPRING
AND SUMMER SEASON TO REALLY GET
OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY AND START
OUR ENGAGEMENT PROCESS, AND
ULTIMATELY, THE GOAL IS TO TAKE
THE WORK OF OUR HISTORIANS THAT
ARE WORKING NOW AND INTEGRATE
THAT INTO THE LARGER MASTER
PLAN. AGAIN THIS IS GOING TO BE
THE PORTION THAT'S GOING TO
REALLY BOLSTER THE RESTORATIVE.
UM JUSTICE FRAMEWORK. AND THE
REALITY IS THAT, UM, THE GOAL IS
TO HAVE A MASTER PLAN THAT WILL
HAVE THAT RESTORATIVE JUSTICE
LENS APPLIED IN ALL THE VARIOUS
SECTIONS OF THE WORK THAT WE'RE
DOING. SO YES, THE WORK HAS
STARTED. WAS IT DIFFICULT HAS IT
BEEN DIFFICULT TO PROCURE FIRMS
TO DO ANY PARTICULAR PART OF THE
WORK? JUST CURIOUS AS TO WHAT
EXISTS IN THE IN THE MARKETPLACE
IF YOU WILL, U èC L A IS
HELPING US, UH, WITH THE PORTION
AS WELL. THEY'VE GOT A LOT OF
INFORMATION GREAT. ANY ANYONE
ELSE HAVING DIFFICULTY LIKE
FINDING SOME EXPERTISE AROUND
GIVEN THIS IS, YOU KNOW,
RELATIVELY NEW WORK, I GUESS.
CORRECT UM, I THINK THIS PROJECT
IS VERY EXCITING. I THINK, UH
VARIOUS AGENCIES AND FIRMS AND
GROUPS HAVE BEEN, UM, LOOKING TO
US TO REALLY UM, SEE WHERE OR IN
WHAT DIRECTION THE CITY WAS
GOING TO MOVE, MOVE IN. AND SO
MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE
CITY PUT OUT AN RF, UH, WHICH
RESULTED IN A LOT OF INTEREST.
THERE WERE DAVID CORRECT ME IF
I'M WRONG, UM HUNDREDS THAT
ATTENDED THAT. SO THERE'S NÓ
ISSUE THERE NÓ ISSUES I THINK
ABOUT CAN I ADD SOMETHING TO THE
PRIOR QUESTION? I APOLOGIZE FOR
GOING BACKWARDS. BUT WHEN YOU'RE
MENTIONING ABOUT THE TIMING, I
THINK ONE OF THE THINGS WE
RECOGNIZE AND NEED TO BE MINDFUL
IS THE PLANNING PROCESS CAN BE
EXTENSIVE AND TAKE SOME TIME.
BUT ALONG THE WAY ANY WAY WE CAN
STREAMLINE THE PROCESS AND BE
MINDFUL OF THAT, I THINK IS
IMPORTANT BY WAY OF SPECIFIC
EXAMPLE. MY FAVORITE AUNT IS 92
YEARS OLD. SHE HAS AN AMAZING
MEMORY. SHE WAS A LONG TIME.
SCHOOL TEACHER KNOWS CHAPTER AND
VERSE AND WHO'S ZOOMING WHO AND
EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED. SHE
TOOK A YEAR OFF FROM TEACHING TO
WORK FOR THE PASADENA
REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY THAT DID AN
UNFORTUNATE PROJECT UNDER THE
GUISE OF URBAN RENEWAL THAT
CREATED A HOUSING PROJECT. HER
OFFICE WAS LOCATED WHERE THE
FREEWAY IS NOW LOCATED, SO SHE
KNOWS WHAT WAS IN THAT AREA.
THERE'S ANOTHER LOCAL LEGEND,
WHO WAS 100 AND TWO YEARS OLD.
SHE CAME TO PASADENA WHEN SHE
WAS THREE MONTHS OLD. SO SHE HAS
BEEN IN PASADENA. OVER 100 YEARS
. SHE GREW UP WITH JACKIE
ROBINSON, THE JACKIE ROBINSON
SHE WOULD GET A RIDE WITH HIM TO
PASADENA CITY COLLEGE ON MONDAY
NIGHTS. THEY WOULD STUDY AT A
LOCAL LIBRARY, AND SHE IS
COMPLETELY LUCID AND SHARE
STORIES AND THE IMPORTANCE OF
MENTIONING THEIR AGES IS WITH
EACH PASSING DAY. THE ABILITY TO
CAPTURE THOSE STORIES AND
INFORMATION OF ELDERS OF THE
COMMUNITY DIMINISHES AND IT
WOULD BE WONDERFUL IN THEIR
LIFETIME, NOT MERELY TO CAPTURE
THEIR STORIES, BUT TO SEE THE
END RESULT OF THIS PROCESS, SO I
THINK THERE IS AN URGENCY. THAT
IS INHERENT TO THIS PROCESS AND
TO MISQUOTE SLIGHTLY LEGENDARY U
èC L A COACH JOHN WOODEN. WE
NEED TO BE QUICK BUT NOT HURRY.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR SHARING
THAT. I WANTED TO ALSO ASK
ABOUT, UM. SHOULD HAVE WRITTEN.
I SHOULD WRITE THESE DOWN. UM
YOU EVERYTHING YOU SAY? ALWAYS
SORT OF SPURS SOME SOME
QUESTIONS. UM I THINK I WANTED
TO ASK YOU ABOUT THE ONE OF THE
COMPONENTS OF THE. OH I KNOW
WHAT IT WAS, UH, WILL THE
PLANNING GRANT THAT YOU HAVE NOW
ALSO PROVIDE YOU WITH POTENTIAL
POTENTIALLY A FINANCING PLAN?
BECAUSE THAT'S ONE OF THE BIG
ISSUES WHEN IT COMES TO, UM YOU
KNOW THE INVESTMENT THAT HAS TO
GO TO EVEN IN YOUR CASE YOU YOU
ARE, YOU KNOW NOT WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT, UM STREET LEVEL OR GROUND
LEVEL. OBVIOUSLY AS YOU
MENTIONED THERE'S DITCHES AND
YOU GOTTA DO A LOT OF WORK. BUT
ALL THAT TAKES RESOURCES MONEY
IN PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE THAT
HAS TO GO IN, UM YOU KNOW, NÓ
MATTER HOW WELL INTENTIONED YOU
CAN FIND THE PRIVATE SECTOR TO
BE THERE'S YOU KNOW, AFFORDABLE
HOUSING ALWAYS REQUIRES SUPPORT.
IT CAN'T JUST BE DONE. UM UH,
BASED ON ON LOW, UH, LOW RENTS
THERE, SO THERE'S I. MY POINT IS
, THERE'S A NEED THAT'S PUBLIC
FINANCING TO HELP THESE PROJECTS
COME TO FRUITION. UM, WILL YOUR
PLAN AND I HAVE A FOLLOW UP TO
THAT OF AN IDEA THAT I HAVE THAT
I'D LIKE TO BOUNCE OFF OF YOU,
UH, WILL YOUR PLAN INCLUDE A
FINANCING PLAN WITH SCENARIOS?
ULTIMATELY IT WILL AND, UH, TO
TALK ABOUT, UH, PANEL ONE TALKED
ABOUT THE TAX INCREMENTS. A
PORTION OF WHAT WE'RE GOING TO
HAVE TO DO IS ENHANCE
INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCING
DISTRICT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO,
BUT IT'S NOT GOING TO COVER IT
ALL. AND YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA
NEED STATE FEDERAL DOLLARS FOR
SURE. AND SO WE'LL HAVE SOME
OPTIONS THAT THAT WILL HAVE
VARIOUS SCENARIOS AND OPTIONS
FOR FUNDING. SOME OF IT. UM
WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO ASK THE
STATE AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
TO HELP SO JUST POINTED TO STAFF
BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT
I'VE TALKED ABOUT IS, UM, YOU
KNOW, FOR ALL THE ALL THE
HORRIFIC THINGS THAT
REDEVELOPMENT DID, AS WE JUST
HEARD FROM THE PREVIOUS PANEL,
IT WAS A TOOL THAT IS USEFUL.
AND, UM JUST TO SORT OF, UH,
PRE-EMPT OUR FINAL REPORT A
LITTLE BIT AND ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT I'M THINKING ABOUT, AND
THIS IS THE IDEA. I WANTED TO
BOUNCE OFF OF YOU. SO WE'RE
WE'RE THINKING THE SAME WAY IS
IN SELECT AREAS SUCH AS IN YOUR
CASE, UH, THE STUB IN THE CASE
OF COMMUNITIES THAT ARE LOOKING
AT MAYBE CREATING NEW LAND WITH
CAPS OR LIDS. UH THE TOOL OF TAX
INCREMENT FINANCING IS ONE THAT
I THINK WE SHOULD BE LOOKING
TOWARDS, UM IT IS A THERE'S
PROBABLY PEOPLE, UH, THAT ARE
HEARING THIS THAT ARE PROBABLY
SHRIEKING AT THE THOUGHT OF ME,
MENTIONING IT BECAUSE IT'S SORT
OF BEEN A SACRED ISSUE FOR THE
LAST 10 YEARS OR 12 YEARS NOW
SINCE 2012, BUT, UM, BUT I THINK
IT'S IN IN SELECT INSTANCES,
PERHAPS LIKE IN YOUR EXAMPLE AND
IN OTHER PROJECTS THAT ARE
LOOKING TO ESSENTIALLY CREATE
NEW OPPORTUNITIES WHERE THEY
DIDN'T REALLY EXIST BEFORE. UM
THIS MIGHT BE A TOOL THAT'S
AVAILABLE TO US. SO THAT'S THE
IDEA I WANTED TO. AND I'D LIKE
TO HEAR WHAT YOUR THOUGHTS ARE.
WE? WE WOULD LOVE THAT WE WOULD
LOVE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT
OPPORTUNITY AND REALLY USE A
TOOL THAT IT HISTORICALLY. ARMED
FOLKS IN A WAY, SORT OF BRING IT
FULL CIRCLE AND HAVE IT, UH,
HEAL. WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE
DETAILS OF THAT PLAN, AND I
THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE
WOULD CERTAINLY WELCOME. YEAH
UH, IT'S NOT GONNA BE AND I
THINK MAYBE WE'LL END THIS. END
IT WITH THIS AND REALLY OPEN UP
TO ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANNA
SHARE, BUT AS AGAIN AS A PUBLIC
SERVICE TO THOSE WHO ARE LOOKING
TO DO THE WORK THAT YOU ARE
DOING THAT WE HOPE TO DO IN SAN
DIEGO. UM THIS IS NOT AN EASY
AND INEXPENSIVE TASK IS GONNA
REQUIRE A SUBSTANTIAL INVESTMENT
, UH WAY BEYOND THE 4 MILLION TO
PLAN. AND SO EVERYTHING THAT IS
AVAILABLE OR CAN BE MADE
AVAILABLE TO HELP WILL HELP
RIGHT? AND SO I'M LOOKING
FORWARD TO YOUR CERTAINLY
CONTINUED PROGRESS. YOUR
FINANCING PLAN THAT I THINK, UH,
MAYBE MY LITTLE INPUT AS YOU GO
THROUGH. THAT PROCESS IS
IDENTIFIED TOOLS THAT THE STATE
CAN PROVIDE TO YOU, UM, THAT
WILL HELP. CLOSE THAT GAP
BECAUSE PRIVATE SECTOR IS NOT
GONNA AFFORD TO DO THIS YOU THE
CITY CANNOT AFFORD TO DO THIS.
IT'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE THE
CREATIVE FINANCING THAT WE, UM
WE KNOW WE CAN DO AND WE CAN, AS
YOU SAID, PUT IT TO WORK IN THE
IN THE POSITIVE. GOOD WAY. SO
UM, THIS HAS BEEN TREMENDOUSLY
HELPFUL. I. I WANT YOU TO
SUCCEED. WE ARE ALL ROOTING FOR
YOU. WE WANT THIS TO BE
SUCCESSFUL. UM I DON'T KNOW
ANYBODY WHO LIVES IN PASADENA. I
DON'T THINK BESIDES, UH, MR
HOLDEN, WHO'S A GREAT
REPRESENTATIVE OF YOURS, BUT, UM
. BUT YOU'RE PART OF OUR STATE
AND PART OF THE WORK OF THIS
COMMITTEE IS TO IDENTIFY THE
AREAS IN OUR STATE WHERE THIS
INJUSTICE OCCURRED. AND UH AND
HOW TO FIND SOLUTIONS TO NOT
JUST SAY THAT IT WAS AN
INJUSTICE BUT TO ACTUALLY MAKE A
CHANGE AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE AND
MAKE A POSITIVE IMPACT. AND
YOU'RE DOING THAT. SO
CONGRATULATIONS. WE THANK YOU
FOR YOUR, UH, YOUR PRESENCE.
YOUR TESTIMONY. IS THERE
ANYTHING ELSE ANY OF YOU WOULD
LIKE TO SHARE WITH US BEFORE WE
CLOSE? IF I COULD ADD. I THINK
ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS
THAT'S SO STRIKING AND
MOTIVATING TO ME IS IN THE
FORTIES FIFTIES SIXTIES AND
EARLY SEVENTIES, COMMUNITIES
WERE DICTATED. THEY WERE TOLD
WHAT TO DO. THEY WERE TAUGHT AT
AS OPPOSED TO NOW THERE IS A
ONCE IN A LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY
FOR A COMPLETE DO OVER IN THIS
CASE, AND IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO
HAVE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT AND
TALKING WITH COMMUNITIES AND
COMMUNITIES HAVING THE ABILITY
TO DO SELF DETERMINATION, AND I
THINK THAT IS SO IMPORTANT
AGAINST SUBSTANTIVELY AND
SYMBOLIC. AND THE LAST
ADDITIONAL THING IS PASADENA AND
I SAY THIS WITH ALL THE PRIDE AS
A PASADENA NATIVE PASADENA
PUNCHES ABOVE ITS WEIGHT. IT
USHERS IN THE NEW YEAR. ARGUABLY
THE FOCUS OF THE WORLD IS IN
PASS ON PASADENA, JANUARY 1ST
WITH THE ROSE PARADE AND THE
ROSE BOWL, SO THINGS THAT HAPPEN
IN PASADENA HAVE QUITE THE
RIPPLE EFFECT AND THERE'S QUITE
A LEVERAGE. SO IF WE CAN DO THIS
RIGHT IN PASADENA, I THINK IT
WILL SERVE AS A VERY HIGHLY
PUBLIC, HIGHLY VISIBLE MODEL FOR
OTHER PLACES OF HOW TO DO THIS
RIGHT. WHETHER THERE'S THE
OPPORTUNITY FOR COMPLETE DO OVER
WHEN A FREEWAY IS REMOVED OR
WHERE THERE'S A COVER TYPE OF
ACTIVITY, AS YOU WERE MENTIONING
, IS THE POSSIBILITY IN SAN
DIEGO. EVEN IN THAT MIDRANGE
PLACE, THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY
TO HAVE THE CORRECT COMMUNITY
INVOLVEMENT THAT UNFORTUNATELY
DIDN'T OCCUR IN THE PAST, BUT WE
HAVE A CHANCE TO DO IT RIGHT
GOING FORWARD AND TO BE GUIDED
AND INFORMED BY THE MISTAKES OF
THE PAST. THANK YOU ANYBODY
ELSE? I WOULD JUST ADD THAT ONE
OF THE KEYS TO OUR SUCCESS AND
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S I THINK
SPECIAL ABOUT PASADENA IS OUR
CITIZEN PARTICIPATION. SO YOU
CAN SEE THIS IS ONE OF OUR
RESIDENTS. OUR CITIZENS WHO
VOLUNTEERS THEIR TIME TO ASSIST
AND WITH PEOPLE LIKE THIS,
HELPING US AND KEEPING THEIR EYE
ON WE AS THE CITY STAFF. UH, WE
CAN'T GO WRONG. AND FINALLY, I
WOULD JUST LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR
ENLIGHTENING AND LETTING PEOPLE
AND BECOME AWARE OF THIS PROCESS
BECAUSE THERE IS SO MUCH HISTORY
THAT HAS BEEN LOST. AND
BULLDOZED OVER AND, UH PEOPLE
HAVE TRIED TO FORGET ABOUT IT.
AND DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT.
SO I THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS
TO LIGHT AND THANK YOU FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY FOR LETTING US SHARE
OUR STORY. THANK YOU. WELL AS WE
SAW HERE, YOU KNOW, IT TAKES
DEFINITELY TAKES DEDICATED
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. UM THANK
YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE IN THAT
ROLE AND FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS,
UH, IN PASADENA TO ACKNOWLEDGE
THE IMPORTANCE OF THE PUBLIC
PARTICIPATION PROCESS. IT ALSO
TAKES, UH YOU KNOW SOMEONE TO
JUST SHEPHERD THIS THROUGH YOU
HAVE A FULL TIME PROJECT MANAGER
. THAT'S A LESSON THAT NEEDS TO
BE SHARED WITH EVERYBODY. IT'S
JUST THIS CAN'T JUST BE ANOTHER
PROJECT OR AN IDEA. IT'S GOTTA
BE SOMETHING THAT'S VERY
INTENTIONAL. WHICH YOU'VE
CLEARLY DECIDED IT IS FOR YOU
AND YOUR CITY. WISH YOU WELL AND
, UH, APPRECIATE YOUR TESTIMONY
HERE. AND IF THERE'S ANYTHING
ELSE YOU'D LIKE TO SUBMIT FOR US
TO INCLUDE IN OUR FINAL REPORT.
UH, WE LOOK FORWARD TO THAT.
THANKS AGAIN. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
AND WITH THAT, WE WILL, UM BE
TAKING ON SOME PUBLIC COMMENT IF
THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE
PUBLIC WHO WISH TO SPEAK ON UH,
THIS ITEM NOW IS YOUR TIME TO
COME FORWARD AND LOVE TO HEAR
FROM YOU. I HOPE THE
PRESENTATIONS AND THE PANELS
WERE AS, UH, ENLIGHTENING AND
USEFUL TO YOU AS THEY WERE TO ME
. AND SO PLEASE COME FORWARD
BECAUSE WE HAVE ONLY A FEW OF
YOU. I SEE THERE. I'LL GIVE YOU
A COUPLE OF MINUTES TO SHARE
YOUR THOUGHTS. UM AND, UH,
PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND
COME FORWARD. GREAT GOOD
AFTERNOON CHAIR ALVAREZ. I'M
SOPHIA FOA WITH THE COALITION
FOR CLEAN AIR AND CALIFORNIA
PRIDES ITSELF ON BEING A LAND OF
OPPORTUNITY. THERE'S A PLACE
THAT WELCOMES ALL AND INSPIRES,
BUT IT'S UNIQUE DIVERSITY OF
LIFE, NATURE AND CULTURES. YET
OVER THE PAST 70 YEARS, OUR
STATE HAS SPENT BILLIONS OF
DOLLARS ON HIGHWAY PROJECTS THAT
INCREASE POVERTY, REDUCE QUALITY
OF LIFE. SEPARATE COMMUNITIES
DESTROY NATURE. VÆ, CALIFORNIA
SICKER. HOW EXPANSION PROJECTS
ARE ADVERTISED AS NECESSARY FOR
OUR ECONOMY AS A WAY TO REDUCE
CONGESTION AND CREATE GOOD BANK
DOT JOBS. YET RESEARCH SHOWS
THIS IS NOT THE CASE. HIGHWAY
EXPANSIONS DO NOT REDUCE
CONGESTION. IN FACT, THEY WORSEN
IT THROUGH A PROCESS KNOWN AS
INDUCED DEMAND. WHICH STATES
THAT THE NUMBER OF CARS WILL
INCREASE ON THE ROAD AS MORE
SPACE BECOMES AVAILABLE, IN
PARTICULAR, INCREASING ROAD
CAPACITY BY 1% LEADS TO 1%
INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF CARS
ON THE ROAD. HOW EXPANSIONS ARE
ALSO POOR JOB CREATORS. INSTEAD
INVESTMENTS IN PUBLIC
TRANSPORTATION, PRODUCE 70% MORE
JOB HOURS AND EVEN ROAD REPAIR
PURSUES. IT PRODUCES 16% MORE
JOBS PER DOLLAR THAN NEW ROAD
CONSTRUCTION. AND AS WE HEARD
TODAY, HOW EXPANSIONS DON'T JUST
HURT OUR ECONOMY. THEY HURT OUR
MOST. COMMUNITIES MORE TRAFFIC
ON OUR ROADS GENERATES MORE AIR
POLLUTION, WHICH LEADS TO HEALTH
EFFECTS SUCH AS LUNG CANCER,
ASTHMA, HEART ATTACKS AND EVEN
PREMATURE DEATH. THIS POLLUTION
TENDS TO CONCENTRATE NEAR
ROADWAY COMMUNITIES, WHICH IS
WHERE 45 MILLION AMERICANS CALL
HOME. THESE COMMUNITIES NOT ONLY
BEAR THE BURDEN OF AIR POLLUTION
BUT ARE OFTEN DISPLACED TO MAKE
ROOM FOR ADDITIONAL HIGHWAY
LANES SINCE THE DEVELOPMENT OF
THE INTERSTATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM
MORE THAN 1 MILLION PEOPLE HAVE
BEEN FORCED TO LEAVE THEIR
HOMES, MANY OF WHICH HAVE BEEN
IN BLACK NEIGHBORHOODS. WE DO
ASK YOU TO CONSIDER WHETHER ROAD
EXPANSION PROJECTS PROVIDE VALUE
TO CALIFORNIANS OR WHETHER OUR
INVESTMENTS WOULD BE BETTER
SPENT ON PROJECTS THAT ACTUALLY
IMPROVE OUR ECONOMY AND BENEFIT
COMMUNITIES SUCH AS BUILDING
PUBLIC TRANSIT AND ACTIVE
TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE.
ONE WAY TO DO SO WOULD BE TO
REALLOCATE FUNDING FROM THE
STATE HIGHWAY CAMP TO BACKFILL
PROPOSED CUTS TO THE A P AND THE
Tð R èC P PROGRAMS IN THE
CURRENT BUDGET PROPOSAL, PLEASE
WRAP UP YOUR COMMENTS. YEAH. UM
YES. ADDITIONALLY KNOWING WHAT
HIGHWAY EXPANSIONS ARE BEING
PROPOSED WOULD START BUILD TRUST
BETWEEN AGENCIES AND COMMUNITIES
, WHICH IS WHY WE ASKED THE
LEGISLATURE TO REQUEST THE CAL'S
RELEASE. IT'S UNPUBLISHED LIST
OF LEGACY HIGHWAY EXPANSION
PROJECTS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
HELLO CHAIR. ALVAREZ I'M JEANNE
WARD WALLER. I WORK FOR A FIRM
CALLED FEARLESS ADVOCACY. AND
I'M HERE REPRESENTING, UM,
TRANSFORM èC BIKE AND THE
LEADERSHIP COUNCIL FOR JUSTICE
AND ACCOUNTABILITY, WHICH IS
BASED IN THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY.
UM I WANNA THANK YOU. FIRST FOR
CHAIRING THE SELECT COMMITTEE,
BRINGING THIS REALLY IMPORTANT
ISSUE FORWARD AND ALSO FOR THE
FOLKS, UM, THAT TESTIFIED TODAY.
I LIVE IN SACRAMENTO. SO REALLY
APPRECIATE HEARING ABOUT THE
HISTORY OF JAPANTOWN IN
SACRAMENTO. UM IT'S INCREDIBLY
MOVING. AND UM, I THINK IT'S
VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE WRITE THE
WRONGS OF THE PAST. UM I ALSO
WAS RECENTLY UM, AN EMPLOYEE AT
CALTRANS. SO I WANNA ALSO
APPRECIATE OUR, UH, STATE STATE
WORKERS THE WORK THAT WE DO. AT
CALTRANS. UM, BUT I DO WANT TO
EMPHASIZE THAT THIS IS NOT JUST
PAST HARM. WE ARE CONTINUING TO
WIDEN FREEWAYS TODAY AND
PERPETUATE A LOT OF THE HARM OF
THIS LEGACY. UM COMMUNITIES OF
COLOR, UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES,
AS WELL AS RURAL COMMUNITIES ALL
FACE THE BRUNT OF, UM, THE
IMPACTS OF OUR HIGHWAY SYSTEM.
YOU MENTIONED WANTING TO HAVE
SOME IDEAS FOR HOW WE CAN REPAIR
THIS HARM AND MOVE FORWARD. UM,
CERTAINLY YOU'VE HEARD SOME
TODAY THE WORK OF THE
RECONNECTING COMMUNITIES PROGRAM
. BOTH FEDERAL AND THE STATE
PROGRAM ARE CRITICAL, AND
THERE'S A LOT OF FLEXIBILITY IN
OUR TRANSPORTATION BUDGET. WHICH
IS BIGGER THIS YEAR. DESPITE THE
DEFICIT IN THE GENERAL FUND, WE
HAVE MORE TRANSPORTATION MONEY
THAN EVER BECAUSE OF ALL THE
FEDERAL FUNDS FLOWING FROM THE
INFRASTRUCTURE LAW, UM, THAT'S
FLEXIBLE MONEY. A LOT OF THAT
CAN BE USED FOR THESE TYPES OF
PROJECTS. WE REALLY ENCOURAGED
TO LOOK AT THAT. WE ENCOURAGE,
UH, PROJECT SPONSORS TO WORK
WITH YOU TO WORK WITH CALTRANS
AND TO DO MORE TRANSFORMATIONAL
INVESTMENTS THAT CREATE MORE
VIBRANT COMMUNITY SPACE. MORE
WALK ABILITY, UM, PLACES FOR
CHILDREN TO PLAY AND CERTAINLY
REVITALIZE COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE
BEEN HARMED. SO THANK YOU FOR
YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. GOOD
AFTERNOON, MR CHAIR JAMES TH OR
THE CALIFORNIA STATE COUNCIL OF
LABORERS LIKE TO THANK THE
COMMITTEE FOR COMMEND THE
COMMITTEE FOR ITS WORK THAT IT'S
DOING IN THE SPACE. I ALSO WANNA
THANK EACH OF THE PANEL MEMBERS,
UH, THAT WERE HERE TODAY FOR
SHEDDING A LOT OF LIGHT AND
EDUCATING US ON THE HISTORY. UM,
UH, THAT'S HAPPENED THROUGHOUT
THE STATE. UM YOU KNOW, OUR
HISTORY IS REPLETE WITH
INJUSTICES, AND WE WANT TO DO
WHATEVER WE CAN TO ENSURE THAT
THOSE EVENTS ARE NOT REPEATED AS
AN ORGANIZATION THAT IS
COMPRISED OF OVER 70,000 WORKING
MEN AND WOMEN THROUGHOUT THE
STATE. WE DO FULLY SUPPORT,
COMMUNITY DRIVEN TRANSPORTATION
PLANNING AND THE CALTRANS
HIGHWAYS TO BOULEVARD PROGRAM,
WHICH IS WORKING TO CONVERT
UNDERUTILIZED HIGHWAYS INTO
MULTIMODAL CORRIDORS TO
RECONNECT COMMUNITIES AND CREATE
NEW ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES
THROUGHOUT THE STATE. I WOULD
LIKE TO ADD A TRANSPORTATION
PROJECTS DO IN FACT, CREATE
THOUSANDS OF GOOD PAYING UNION
JOBS, UM, PROTECTING COMMUNITIES
AND SUPPORTING UNION JOBS ARE
NOT AND SHOULD NOT BE MUTUALLY
EXCLUSIVE GOALS. WITH THAT WE
LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH
BOTH THE COMMITTEE AND OTHER
STAKEHOLDERS THROUGHOUT THIS
PROCESS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MR CHAIR MIKE
WEST ON BEHALF OF THE STATE
BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION TRADES
COUNCIL OF CALIFORNIA, THE
BUILDING TRADE SUPPORT, SMART
AND WELL PLANNED FREEWAY
CONSTRUCTION AND SUPPORTS
CONTINUED BUDGET FUNDING FOR
THOSE WELL PLANNED PROJECTS. UM
ALSO THE SUPPORT OF MAINTENANCE
OF OUT OF DATE ROADS AND
CRUMBLING INFRASTRUCTURE IS
IMPORTANT TO THE STATE BUILDING
TRADES. WE ALSO SUPPORT THE
RECONNECTION PLAN THAT WAS
PRESENTED HERE, AND I WOULD ALSO
LIKE TO THANK THE PRESENTERS
THAT CAME UM, THROUGH THIS
COMMITTEE TODAY, AND WE ARE
LOOKING FORWARD TO ENGAGING WITH
THE COMMITTEE IN THIS PROCESS
AND WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THE
HEALTH AND SAFETY OF THE DRIVERS
SHOULD BE PARAMOUNT. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. MR CHAIR DON WILCOX
WITH THE CALIFORNIA CONFERENCE
CARS JUST WANT TO TAKE TIME TO
THANK YOU FOR HOLDING THIS
IMPORTANT HEARING. IT'S UM
ENLIGHTENING ALL THE THINGS THAT
HAVE HAPPENED IN THE PAST. UH,
I. A LOT OF MY COMMENTS WILL
MIRROR THE FOLKS HAVE JUST
PRECEDED ME. THANKS AGAIN. THANK
YOU. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR, UH,
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE MAN
LEÓN WITH THE CALIFORNIA
ALLIANCE FOR JOBS WHERE A LABOR
MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATION
REPRESENTING THE CONSTRUCTION
INDUSTRY ECHO MANY OF THE
COMMENTS THAT, UM OUR LABOR
PARTNERS PROVIDED, BUT I DO
WANNA MENTION ALSO THAT ON TOP
OF BRINGING COMMUNITIES TOGETHER
, UH, THESE TYPE OF RECONNECTION
PROJECT OR RECONNECTING PROJECTS
ALSO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES TO
ENHANCE TRANSPORTATION, SAFETY
IN CORPORATE, ACTIVE
TRANSPORTATION AND CREATE WELL
PAYING JOBS THAT WILL FURTHER
HELP THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY
AND REGIONAL ECONOMY. THE
CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY
UNDERSTANDS THAT IN ORDER TO
ADDRESS THE CLIMATE CRISIS THAT
NÓ NEW FREEWAYS CAN BE BUILT,
HOWEVER, MAJORITY OF THE STATE'S
TRANSPORTATION POLICIES TO
ADDRESS THE CLIMATE CRISIS MOVE
TOWARDS TRANSITIONING VEHICLES
TO ZERO EMISSION AND
INCENTIVIZING TRANSIT RIDERSHIP,
IN OTHER WORDS, NOT REQUIRING A
REDUCTION IN VEHICLES ON OUR
ROADS. WHAT THIS MEANS IS THAT
IT'S IMPERATIVE THAT WE CONTINUE
TO INVEST ON IMPROVING THE
STATE'S TRANSPORTATION
INFRASTRUCTURE. INCLUDING WHEN
CONSIDERING PROJECTS THAT
RECONNECT COMMUNITIES. AS
IMPROVING AS IMPROVING ACCESS
WILL BE CRITICAL TO ALLOW BUSES,
VAN POOLS, BIKES AND EVEN GOODS
FOR BUSINESSES TO MOVE
EFFICIENTLY TO AND FROM THESE
NEIGHBORHOODS. ADDITIONALLY
USING TRANSPORTATION, BEST
PLANNING BEST PRACTICES,
RECONNECTING, UH, RECONNECTING
PROJECTS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVE THE SAFETY
FOR PEDESTRIANS, CYCLISTS AND
MOTORISTS IN THESE
NEIGHBORHOODS. THANK YOU VERY
MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU TO
ALL, UH, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC
FOR THEIR COMMENTS. I'LL JUST
CONCLUDE TODAY'S HEARING BY ONCE
AGAIN ACKNOWLEDGING THE TWO
PANELS AND THANKING THEM FOR
THEIR TESTIMONY. AND UH, YOU
KNOW, IN THE CASE OF THEIR FIRST
PANEL LIFTING UP THE VOICE, UH,
THAT, UH HAS BEEN OFTEN UNHEARD.
UM AND IN THE CASE OF SECOND
PANEL, THANK THEM FOR THEIR WORK
AND HELPING US BETTER UNDERSTAND
HOW THIS COULD BE A WIN WIN AS
THE PUBLIC MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC
MEN. UH, THERE IS IMPORTANT
INFRASTRUCTURE THAT STILL NEEDS
TO BE BUILT THAT COULD BE BUILT
AND CREATE GOOD JOBS. AND REALLY
, THIS COMMITTEE IS FOCUSED ON
THAT. WHAT ARE THOSE
OPPORTUNITIES WHERE WE CAN
CONTINUE TO BUILD A
TRANSPORTATION NETWORK THAT
WORKS WHERE WE RECONNECT
COMMUNITIES WHERE WE DON'T WE
REALLY THIS IS ABOUT CORRECTING
SOME OF THE, UH, INJUSTICES THAT
WERE ELOQUENTLY ALREADY, UH,
SHARED WITH US TODAY IN OUR
PREVIOUS MEETING, AND I'M SURE
WE'LL HEAR ABOUT IT. OUR NEXT
HEARING AS WELL, SO, UH, WORK
REMAINS TO BE DONE, UM, IN THE
COMMITTEE AND THEN HOPEFULLY
WORK OUT IN THE COMMUNITY WITH
EVERYBODY SO THAT THERE'S AN
IMPROVEMENT TO THE COMMUNITIES
THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA, WHERE
HIGHWAY SYSTEMS IN PARTICULARLY
DIVIDED AND DISPLACED FAMILIES
AND CREATED A LOT OF INEQUITIES
IN OUR STATE THAT NEED TO
CORRECT SO WITH THAT ARE HEARING
TODAY, UH, IS ADJOURNED UNTIL
OUR NEXT HEARING MARCH 14TH IN
SAN FRANCISCO. THANK YOU.