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Paul Lock

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2022.05.13

By Pablo Lock. Peninsula 360 Press [P360P]

I don't know when I started planning our trips and when they ended up being like this, so different, so unique, so ours. I think it was after the third or fourth trip or suddenly when I started to have that feeling that our vacations ended early as soon as we arrived at our destination.

What I am sure of is that our holidays began weeks before, from the moment I started planning. Long before the date I began to consider different options, although what I was doing was simply delaying our arrival at our destination. I took absurd, elliptical, senseless routes in order to delay our arrival.

Many times we went in the opposite direction to our destination, trying to cross that river where gold seekers used to camp, we detoured to see a sunset on that hidden beach or to cross that great national park we went away from the route.

The truth is that I was very happy on those trips where at the same time as I was driving I was telling them real or fictional stories, I was telling them about the books I had read, the movies I had seen and although my versions often did not resemble the originals, I managed to capture their attention and kept them captivated while they tried to guess the outcome.

And as we began to travel through valleys, cross deserts, climb peaks, and visit ghost towns, I announced my next story. And although my audience often disagreed with the twists and turns of the stories, and even less so with the endings, I never gave in to their requests to amend the plot.

And all those stories were of course accompanied by our background music. And of course, music was also part of the trip planning. I tried to select different types of music for each trip: pop, rock, boleros, some classical music, but the song that could not be missed was one that for some reason was always present, a nostalgic song that without saying much told us so much. An unmissable song without intending to. A song that perhaps evoked different things in us but that in the end united us.

That song revealed to me the reason for my trip, but not just one of my vacation trips, but the reason for my great trip, the reason for the trip of my life, the great trip that had changed the destiny of our lives, a trip that began 20 years ago, a trip with no return, whose destination we continued to build as we moved forward.

And now, listening to that song again, as the one my daughter chose for her graduation, I couldn't help but remember our trips, long for those moments, reminisce about “the trip” and feel again how good it was to be there, inside the car, driving, discovering destinations, telling stories, writing history.

For those who come to San Francisco

Summertime will be a love-in there…

San Carlos, August, 2020.

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Camp Doza; an unparalleled summer camp in East Palo Alto

Hans Leguízamo

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Camp Doza; an unparalleled summer camp in East Palo Alto

«Para mí, primero son los niños de East Palo alto» afirma Mario Mendoza, coach y fundador de Camp Doza, un campamento de verano en donde se enseña a niños valiosas lecciones de vida mediante el deporte y la cultura agrícola.

Situado dentro del Parque Martin Luther King Jr. en el 435 de Daisy Ln., East Palo Alto, Camp Doza se concentra en que los campistas de entre 4 y 15 años de edad, conozcan algo nuevo cada día a través de eventos como lunes de memoria muscular, martes de profesiones, miércoles salvaje, jueves de agradecimiento y viernes de estilo libre, donde tratan de hacer de una semana, una experiencia llena de sorpresas para los niños.

Por ejemplo, durante el martes de profesiones, se invita a especialistas en ciertas áreas para que platiquen con los niños, tal es el caso de bomberos, jugadores de soccer profesionales, trabajadores de Apple, para que compartan sus experiencias y vivencias dentro de sus trabajos.

«Queremos que nuestros campistas continúen con las lecciones de vida aprendidas en el campamento y ayudarlos a contribuir al mundo de una manera positiva. Queremos que aprendan a compartir, a trabajar en equipo, a ser responsables, a trabajar duro para lograr sus objetivos, a que aprendan a comunicarse en grupo, a ser respetuosos con ellos mismos y con el mundo que los rodea, y lo más importante queremos que se diviertan», señala el propio Mario en la página web de Camp Doza.

Encouraging coexistence with animals: a fundamental part of Camp Doza

Camp Doza se empeña en desarrollar la convivencia de los niños con los animales de Ravenswood Ranch, donde los pequeños pueden aprender y acercarse a caballos miniatura, gallinas, tortugas, conejos y una cebra, entre otros.

Para muchos niños, Camp Doza es la oportunidad ideal para que los niños se acerquen a estos animales, pues muchos de ellos nunca han tenido contacto alguno con ellos, señaló Mario en entrevista para el Consejo Latino de Redwood City.

A causa de la popularidad de este campamento, el negocio ha ido creciendo año con año. De acuerdo con Mendoza, otras ciudades se han interesado en el programa que ofrece Camp Doza, sin embargo, dijo, prefiere concentrar sus esfuerzos en East Palo Alto.

«Para mí, East Palo Alto es mi casa», subrayó el fundador del campamento que lleva cinco años en funcionamiento.

Para Mario, la falta de campamentos de verano en East Palo Alto, así como su pasión por el deporte y los animales ‒especialmente los caballos y animales de rancho‒ fue lo que lo llevó a crear y modelar Camp Doza.

A su vez, subrayó que para que existan y se preserven experiencias y negocios como Camp Doza, es necesaria la participación de los latinos en los asuntos de la ciudad, pues, dijo, «es fundamental para conservar y fortalecer a nuestra comunidad».

Además, dijo, «la historia de Camp Doza forma parte de la celebración de todos los latinos y de sus logros como emprendedores, trabajadores e impulsores del desarrollo de nuestras comunidades».

En el marco de la celebración del cinco de mayo, fecha importante para la comunidad mexicana, se puede encontrar la historia de Mario en el video del evento realizado por el Consejo Latino de East Palo Alto.

Camp Doza tiene un costo de es de 380 dólares por cada niño, sin embargo, los residentes de East Palo Alto solo pagan 180 dólares. Mientras que a ciudad de East Palo Alto corre con los gastos de 40 niños cada año.

Para conocer más sobre el campamento los interesados pueden visitar su página, www.campdoza.comor send an e-mail to questions@campdoza.com.

Ve el video de celebración del cinco de mayo:

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New York: The streets are ours

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2022.05.12

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Text by Prospero Martinez
Courtesy of El Molino News

Forward! Forward! The struggle is constant! This was one of the many slogans that the people, the worthy people, chanted enthusiastically.

After a long journey from New York City to the state capital, Albany, the people arrived together with those brothers in struggle who carried out the walk, to continue demanding the right to unemployment insurance, a fund for excluded workers and health insurance.

At the rally site to start the march, while the leaders were organizing the order of the contingents, a citizen exercised her right to safety by calling on the police to stop the unusual mobilization.

With drums, improvised trumpets, string instruments and a wind band that was in the middle of the organizations, they showed the jubilation of the organized people.

Some of the comrades were timid at first, while others danced and chanted, but the march gradually turned into a festive struggle. The hidden bridge became the scene of a struggle of the people and, arriving between the buildings, we soon saw the imposing building where Governor Hochul works. What was surprising were the strategically placed metal fences, as a warning that this building was not accessible to the working people who had to work hard to get there. But in a symbolic and improvised way, the speakers repeated the requests again and again at the foot of a statue and the park soon became welcoming.

But that was not all: the march continued on its route and suddenly we came across fragile glass doors that were secured. The contingent was still able to enter through a narrow door and once again the people embraced their struggle through the speakers, inside the building where the lords of souls and grey hats no longer let us advance.

The villages, always respectful, protested again. The band was ready and the comrades from the Transnational Village Network were happy to have achieved their goal.

As a farewell, the band came out playing “El son del coyotito.”

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11 journalists have been murdered in Mexico so far in 2022

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11 journalists have been murdered in Mexico so far in 2022

murders of journalists in Mexico — Map of journalist murders in Mexico during 2022.
Illustration Hans Leguízamo.

The journalistic community in Mexico is in mourning. The country has become the most dangerous place to practice any kind of journalism without being in a state of war. From January 1 to date, 11 journalists have been murdered in Mexico.

Just this Monday, May 9, two murders of journalists were reported in Mexico, Yesenia Mollinedo Falconi and Sheila Johana Garcia Olivera, both - director and reporter, respectively - part of the portal "El Veraz" which is located in the state of Veracruz.

According to police reports, the journalists were shot dead while they were in a car outside a convenience store in Cosoleacaque, Veracruz.

As in other cases of journalists murdered in this state, the Veracruz Attorney General's Office said it has opened an investigation file to clarify the facts.

Just four days before the double murder, on Thursday, May 5, in the north of the country, in Culiacán, Sinaloa, the body of the analyst and political columnist, Luis Enrique Ramirez Ramos was found dead.

The founding director of the news site Credible Sources, was found on the morning of May 5 on a dirt road that runs from Mexico Highway 15 to Campestre Las Nanchis, in Culiacán, Sinaloa. He was wrapped in plastic. He had been kidnapped outside his home the day before. Ramírez Ramos was a journalist, analyst and political columnist, as well as a writer. His work was widely known in that state.

It seems that the attackers know that there is total impunity in the country, as violence against journalists does not stop despite calls from national and foreign organizations that have made clear the seriousness of the murders of journalists in Mexico.

In addition to the three murders of journalists in Mexico in the last week, there are eight more.

Jose Luis Gamboa Arenas He was stabbed to death on January 10 in the state of Veracruz. According to authorities, the crime could have been due to an alleged assault. Gamboa was the founder and editor of the news portal Inforegio, where he addressed security issues, as well as being one of the founders and editors of the digital media La Noticia.

Margarito Esquivel Martinez He was shot dead outside his home in Tijuana, Baja California, just 7 days after Gamboa. The photojournalist focused on security and police-related stories for Semanario Zeta and Grupo Cadena, and his work was published by international media outlets such as the BBC.

As if it were a cruel joke, seven days after Margarito's death, she was murdered journalist shot Lourdes Maldonado, once again in Tijuana. "I fear for my life," she said to Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador during the morning press conference held at the National Palace, as she had received threats. Five days later she was shot when she arrived at her home, where she died.

The last day of January, Roberto Toledo, a contributor to the Monitor Michoacán portal, was gunned down as he left his office in Zitácuaro, Michoacán. Despite maintaining a low profile, as he had already received threats for his journalistic work, he was killed. The presidential spokesman, Jesús Ramírez, condemned the murder, however, he pointed out that Toledo was not a journalist but an assistant at the office where he was killed. Statements that outraged a profession fed up with injustice and attacks on its work from the presidential "pulpit."

February did not open any better, and the murders of journalists in Mexico continued on February 10, Heber Lopez, director of the Noticias Web portal, was shot dead upon arriving at his home in Salina Cruz, Oaxaca. López, 39, had been working as a journalist for 18 years, especially covering issues of corruption and security, which earned him several threats.

14 days later, on February 24, Jorge Camero Zazueta, director of the El Informativo website, was shot to death inside a gym he regularly attended in Cajeme, Sonora. The crime occurred just two weeks after he resigned from his position as private secretary to the mayor of Empalme, Sonora, Luis Fuentes Aguilar, and resumed his journalistic activities on the website he created.

The first victim of March was Juan Carlos Muniz, a police reporter for the digital media outlet Testigo Minero, who was shot dead on March 4 in Fresnillo, Zacatecas, inside his vehicle, which he used both to travel to his reporting and to provide taxi services.

619 kilometers away from that murder, on March 15, Armando Linares, a reporter for the news portal Monitor Michoacán, was shot dead inside his home in Zitácuaro, Michoacán. On January 31 of this year, Linares had requested security measures from the Federal Government Protection Mechanism due to various threats against him, but these were denied on the grounds that he was not a journalist.

From this media outlet located in San Francisco Bay, California, USA, we deeply condemn the murders of Mexican journalists who seek to freely and safely carry out their journalistic work in Mexico, while, as fellow citizens, we demand that the government clarify, resolve and exercise the full weight of the law against those who took the lives of these and all the murdered journalists.

We also demand that all reporters, photographers, cameramen, writers, editors and other journalistic positions be protected by the State, because, although our media is focused on the Latino community in California, we have collaborators who carry out their work in Mexico and today their integrity is compromised.

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Writing what can't be named: sexual abuse from the literary perspective

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Irma Gallo

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2022.05.12

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Writing what can't be named: sexual abuse from the literary perspective

I have recently read three novels—two of them autofiction—that deal with child sexual abuse. In all three, the abuser was an adult male and the victim was a girl or teenager.

Before I go any further, I must warn you that I was not looking for books dealing with this topic, but that they came to me by chance; in fact, if you only read their titles it is very difficult to know what they are about. This leads me to think that, unfortunately, sexual abuse against minors is a crime that occurs, almost always with total impunity, throughout the world, but that more women, sometimes until they reach adulthood and fully understand what happened to them, are reporting it. And that is always a good thing, because the search for justice is the first step towards healing.

I will write about each of them as they arrive: the first one is called Why did you come back every summer? (2018, Lumen; 2022, Palindrome), and in it its author, the Argentine Belén López Peiró (Buenos Aires, 1992) recounts those terrible summer holidays during which, from the age of 13 to 17, her uncle-in-law abused her when he came to visit, as well as the legal battle she had to undertake to prove that, although he only penetrated her with his fingers, what her uncle - who by the way was a policeman - was doing to her was raping her. It is a text in which the author changes her narrative voice (sometimes in the first person, other times using different narrators who tell their own version of the events) and also uses transcriptions of the testimonies of the witnesses in the court file to weave the plot of the crime that marked her adolescence and her relationships with men for some time.

Why you came back every summer. Belén López Peiró

In the second novel, The girl from the ice floe (Anagrama, 2021), the French actress and writer Adélaïde Bon (Paris, 1981) tells how for years she mistreated her body with blows, painful masturbation, alcohol and drug use until she was able to unlock from her subconscious the sexual abuse she suffered as a seven-year-old girl by an unknown adult. The stairs of the building in an upper-class neighborhood in Paris where she lived with her family were the scene of the abuse in which a middle-aged Italian immigrant who posed as someone who was going to fix his neighbor's bicycle forced her to perform oral sex on him and inserted his fingers into her vagina. Bon tells how the trial against this man, with the girls who, like her, were his victims now being adult women, helped her heal and stop punishing her body.

The Girl from the Ice Floe. Adélaïde Bon

Finally, it came into my hands The summer of the snake (Alfaguara, 2022), the only one of the three novels that I will comment on in this space that is not autofiction, but pure and simple literary fiction, even with some fantasy, but that does not make it any less shocking or deal with the issue of sexual abuse any less seriously. The author, the narrator, essayist, poet and academic Cecilia Eudave (Guadalajara, 1953), uses both the images of the snake and of a female ghost to tell the story of a summer in 1977, when a little girl, Ana, was abused by a neighbor, who asked her to caress his penis while making her believe that it was a boa that “got up” because it was happy with his caresses, and that the “white poison” it released would not hurt her.

When a minor suffers sexual abuse, he or she needs a lot of therapy, care and attention to try to heal, as far as possible, the wound that an event of this nature leaves in the body, in self-esteem, in the psyche and therefore in the way of relating to others. As I wrote at the beginning of this text, I am glad that more and more women are reporting. And that literature, as a timely reflection of what happens in each era with humanity, is recording this.

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U.S. crosses 1 million COVID-19 deaths, Biden laments figure

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2022.05.12

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U.S. crosses 1 million COVID-19 deaths, Biden laments figure

Este jueves, 12 de mayo, EE.UU. llegó a una trágica marca, pues ha cruzado el millón de muertes por COVID-19, enfermedad generada por el virus SARS-CoV-2 que alrededor del mundo ha causado la pérdida de 6.25 millones de vidas.

«Hoy marcamos un trágico hito: un millón de vidas estadounidenses perdidas por el COVID-19. Un millón de sillas vacías alrededor de la mesa. Cada una de ellas es una pérdida irremplazable. Cada una de ellas deja atrás una familia, una comunidad y una nación que han cambiado para siempre a causa de esta pandemia», señaló el presidente Joseph Biden en una declaración emitida por La Casa Blanca.

El mandatario dijo que «no debemos adormecernos ante este dolor», pues para sanar, es necesario recordar.

En ese sentido, subrayó que es necesario permanecer atentos a la pandemia por COVID-19 y hacer todo lo que se pueda para salvar tantas vidas como sea posible.

«En el recuerdo, saquemos fuerzas los unos de los otros como compatriotas. Porque, aunque hemos sido humillados, nunca nos rendimos. Podemos y haremos esto juntos como Estados Unidos de América», puntualizó.

Biden, precisó que en memoria del millón de vidas americanas perdidas por la COVID-19 y de sus seres queridos que quedaron atrás, ordeno que la bandera de Estados Unidos sea izada a media asta en la Casa Blanca y en todos los edificios y terrenos públicos, además de en todos los puestos militares y estaciones navales, así como en todos los buques navales del Gobierno Federal en el Distrito de Columbia y en todos sus territorios hasta la puesta del sol del 16 de mayo de 2022.

También ordeno que la bandera ondee a media asta durante el mismo período en todas las embajadas, delegaciones, oficinas consulares y otras instalaciones estadounidenses en el extranjero, incluidas todas las instalaciones militares, buques y estaciones navales.

Estados Unidos es el país con mayor número de muertes registradas en el mundo, seguido por Brasil, India, Rusia y México.

Si bien la unión americana fue uno de los primeros en comenzar la administración de vacunas contra el virus, la tasa de inmunización es, a este momento, de poco más de 65 por ciento de su población, por lo que el país ha redoblado esfuerzos para llegar a las comunidades más vulnerables y avanzar en sus cifras.

También este jueves y bajo el liderazgo de Estados Unidos, Belice, Alemania, Indonesia y Senegal, líderes mundiales de todas las economías del mundo, de la sociedad civil y del sector privado se reunieron en la 2ª Cumbre Global COVID-19.

Los participantes en la cumbre asumieron compromisos políticos y financieros para poner las vacunas a disposición de las personas de mayor riesgo, ampliar el acceso a las pruebas y los tratamientos, y prevenir futuras crisis sanitarias.

La Cumbre, dijo el gobierno estadounidense, se centró en evitar la autocomplacencia, reconociendo que la pandemia no ha terminado; en proteger a los más vulnerables, incluidos los ancianos, las personas inmunodeprimidas y los trabajadores sanitarios de primera línea; y en prevenir futuras crisis sanitarias, reconociendo que ahora es el momento de asegurar el compromiso político y financiero para la preparación ante la pandemia.

Desde el punto de vista financiero, los líderes se comprometieron a proporcionar casi 2 mil millones de dólares en nuevos fondos, además de las promesas realizadas anteriormente este año.

Los fondos, buscaran acelerar el acceso a las vacunas, las pruebas y los tratamientos, y contribuirán a un nuevo fondo de preparación para la pandemia y de seguridad sanitaria mundial con sede en el Banco Mundial.

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Photo recount of the March of National Dignity, of the Searching Mothers in CDMX

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2022.05.11

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Photo recount of the March of National Dignity, of the Searching Mothers in CDMX

By Jiroko Nakamura. Península 360 Press [P360P]

Marcha de la dignidad nacional, de las madres buscadoras, Ciudad de México, 10 de Mayo, 2022.

March of national dignity, of the searching mothers — *Photo: Jiroko Nakamura*

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Makerspace, a new space with activities in Spanish at Redwood City Library

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Makerspace, a new space with activities in Spanish at Redwood City Library

En un esfuerzo por ampliar sus servicios y generar una mayor cercanía con la comunidad, la Biblioteca Pública de Redwood City creó Makerspace, un espacio de creación colaborativa dedicado al arte, la tecnología y las manualidades.

El Makerspace fue “diseñado para proporcionar un acceso equitativo a los miembros de la comunidad a la tecnología y otras herramientas que podrían no ser fácilmente accesibles o asequibles para los individuos”, de acuerdo con la descripción de su Web page.

“Tenemos una gran diversidad de actividades en español, como The portal to creativity, que tiene lugar todos los martes de 6:30 a 8:30 pm., en donde imparto talleres en español que otros compañeros ofrecen en inglés”, dijo a P360P María Díaz Slocum, trabajadora de la biblioteca encargada de coordinar actividades en español.

Aunado, comentó Díaz, “creamos el miércoles de manualidades de 4:00 a 5:00 pm., que es para los más jóvenes. Aquí hacemos arte, costura, tejido, dibujo, jardinería, y mucho más”.

El Makerspace, que está abierto todos los días, incluidos los sábados y domingos, fue inaugurado a principios de marzo del 2022. Su creación fue una iniciativa de la Fundación de la Biblioteca de Redwood City (Redwood City Library Foundation).

De acuerdo con Díaz, cualquier persona puede inscribirse en todas las actividades de Makerspace. No se requiere contar con la credencial de la Biblioteca Pública de Redwood City, y tampoco importa el estatus migratorio. “A veces pedimos que la gente se registre solo con su nombre para que nosotros sepamos con cuántos espacios contamos”.

Las impresoras de tercera dimensión, así como las clases de código y de fotografía digital con teléfonos celulares, son algunas de las muchas novedades que ofrece el Makerspace. También hay charlas de poesía y talleres para el uso de servicios en línea como la solicitud de la ciudadanía y el aprendizaje del inglés.

“Queremos que la gente se acerque con confianza y haga uso de este magnífico espacio”, comentó Díaz. “Si no encuentran un taller o una actividad de que les gustaría tener, nos los pueden informar y lo creamos”.

La dirección de la Biblioteca Pública de Redwood City es 1044 Middlefield Rd, Redwood City, CA 94063.

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Meet the candidates for San Mateo County offices who are on your ballot

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2022.05.11

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Meet the candidates for San Mateo County offices who are on your ballot

candidates for positions in San Mateo County. — Photo: Peninsula 360 Press [P360P]

By Pamela Cruz and Constanza Mazzotti
The countdown has begun for the June 7 primary election, where voters will be able to cast their votes on candidates for U.S. Senate, governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, comptroller and treasurer, so it's important to know all the candidates in San Mateo County.

As well as Attorney General, Insurance Commissioner, State Board of Equalization member, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, U.S. Representative to Congress, State Senator, State Assemblyman, and other local candidates.

The latter are no less important, so here is a list of candidates in San Mateo County.

Superintendent of Schools for San Mateo County

In this case, the only contender for the post is Nancy Magee, a gay woman originally from San Mateo County who lives in Half Moon Bay and has 38 years of experience in education.

Magee earned the position of San Mateo County school superintendent in 2018, so he is going for his second term.

In the next term, Nancy wants to focus resources on deeper supports for students with disabilities and those identified as English learners; hire a diverse educational workforce at all levels of service to better reflect the diversity of San Mateo County students; and provide leadership in achieving social, racial, and environmental justice for area schools and communities.

In turn, according to her platform, she seeks to strengthen digital infrastructure, educator training, and the curriculum to ensure that students have access to digital learning tools and accelerated and independent learning opportunities. To learn more about Nancy Magee and her proposals, you can visit the website www.vote4nancy2022.org/.

Member for the Board of Supervisors

The Board of Supervisors is the five-member elected body that oversees the operation of San Mateo County, with board members representing one of five population districts within the county. For the 2nd District seat being vacated by Carole Groom, the candidates are:

Noelia Corzo

San Mateo-Foster City School District Trustee; Belmont Councilman Charles Stone; and Cameron Rolfe, a commercial pilot and flight instructor. Noelia Corzo points out that her priorities are pandemic recovery, public and mental health, affordable housing, climate justice, community engagement, universal Pre-K, public education and child care, as well as transportation. To learn more about her campaign, those interested can visit the website www.noelia4smc.org/.

Charles Stone

She notes that the biggest threat facing the region, including District 2, is devastating climate change: the increased risk of wildfires, drought and pollution in the bay, so sustainability is among her priorities. To learn more about this and her other proposals, voters can visit her website. www.stoneforsupervisor.org.

Cameron Rolfe

He does not have a website that voters can visit to learn about his political platform, however, he has made clear, in interviews with the media, his position on various issues such as health, housing budget and climate change, pointing out that to make progress on them, multi-jurisdictional collaboration is necessary.

For the seat in the Third District of the Board of Supervisors

Laura Parmer-Lohan

Whose priorities focus on dealing with wildfires and any emergency, addressing climate change, affordable communities for all, and services for homeless people and families, her website where you can learn more about her and her platform on www.lauraforsupervisor.com.

Virginia Chang Kiraly

She says she will seek to revive the economy, keep communities safe, protect homes from fire and drought, and hold leaders accountable, learn more about her on her site www.virginiachangkiraly.com.

Ray Mueller

He highlights his support for farm workers and the agricultural industry, among other issues, so to find out more about his campaign he makes his platform available to the public at www.raymuellerforsupervisor.com.

Steven Booker

He talks about defending workers' rights, as well as investing in affordable housing for veterans, working families, and essential workers, as well as addressing traffic congestion in a post-pandemic world with long-term solutions, all of which you can read and find more on his site. www.bookerforsupervisor.org.

Assessor – County Clerk – Recorder

The local position is being sought:

David Pollack ‒ www.david4assessor.com ‒; John K. Mooney; and Mark Church ‒ www.markchurch.com‒.

County Comptroller

The only candidate for the position is Juan Raigoza, who took over as County Comptroller in January 2015. He is seeking to remain in office.

Forensic

As with other positions, Robert Jon Foucrault, the only candidate, is seeking to remain in office in order to provide independent and prompt investigations to determine the cause and manner of death of those deceased under the jurisdiction of the San Mateo County Coroner.

District Attorney and Treasurer-Tax Collector

The ballot only has Stephen Wagstaffe running for San Mateo County District Attorney, while Sandie Arnott is the only one to win the Treasurer and Tax Collector position again.

San Mateo County Sheriff

The position of head of the San Mateo County Sheriff's Office is being contested by two people, the current Sheriff, Carlos Bolaños, and the current Millbrae Police Chief, Christina Corpus, both with extensive experience in law and security matters, so the race is close.

To learn more about them and their proposals, they make available the sites www.bolanosforsheriff.com ‒Carlos Bolanos‒, www.christinacorpus.com ‒Christina Corpus‒, where voters will be able to delve into their stories and experiences, as well as actions taken and proposals to improve security in San Mateo County.

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Redwood City to seek to charge sewer service on property tax bill

Pamela Cruz

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2022.05.10

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Redwood City to seek to charge sewer service on property tax bill

El próximo 13 de junio, la Ciudad de Redwood City buscará la aprobación del Concejo Municipal para que se cobren algunos cargos del servicio de alcantarillado en factura de impuestos del Condado.

El cobro de el servicio de alcantarillado en factura de impuestos, dijo la ciudad, brindará beneficios tanto a los contribuyentes como al fondo de la empresa de alcantarillado, pues el condado de San Mateo garantiza el pago de cualquier cargo recaudado en el registro de impuestos el cual permitirá al personal proyectar los ingresos con mayor precisión y planificar cualquier gasto futuro necesario para mantener el sistema de recolección de alcantarillado de la Ciudad, incluidas las obligaciones de deuda a largo plazo.

If the tax bill sewer collection process is approved, the city plans to implement it in phases.

La primera fase se enfocará en parcelas con una unidad de vivienda, ya que estos clientes tienen un costo fijo y representan la mayor parte de los ingresos del servicio de alcantarillado de la ciudad, para posteriormente incluir a las unidades habitacionales.

El ayuntamiento apuntó que, como recaudador de impuestos generales, el tener un flujo de ingresos constante y garantizado también tiene el potencial de aumentar la calificación de los bonos de la ciudad, lo que conduciría a que Redwood City reciba tasas de interés más bajas cuando surja la necesidad de financiar proyectos de mejora de capital u obligaciones contractuales para operaciones de aguas residuales.

De tal forma y de ser aceptado el cobro del servicio de alcantarillado en factura de impuestos, los clientes de alcantarillado de una unidad de vivienda tendrán cargos por servicio de alcantarillado prorrateados hasta el 30 de junio en el próximo estado de cuenta de servicios públicos.

Posteriormente, en octubre de este año la Factura de Impuestos a la Propiedad será emitida para el año fiscal 2022-23 que contiene el cargo anual por servicio de alcantarillado para parcelas de una unidad de vivienda.

Redwood City seeks to join other San Mateo County cities that collect sewer service charges on tax bills, such as North Fair Oaks.

Cabe destacar que los los clientes de alcantarillado de Redwood City aún pueden solicitar el Programa de Asistencia con las Tarifas de Agua y Alcantarillado ‒WSRAP, por sus siglas en inglés‒ a los pagadores de tarifas de servicios públicos que califiquen y que facturen a través del registro de impuestos del condado

La elegibilidad se basa en los ingresos del hogar y los solicitantes que califiquen recibirán un crédito de hasta 80 dólares en su factura de servicios públicos. Para obtener más información sobre WSRAP, los interesados pueden visitar el sitio www.redwoodcity.org/wsrap.

La ciudad organizará reuniones comunitarias virtuales el 2 y el 9 de junio a las 18:00 h, por lo que aquellos que deseen asistir a cualquiera de esas reuniones pueden hacerlo vía Internet a través de una reunión de Zoom, dando click here.

O ingresando directamente a la plataforma Zoom y agregando el ID de reunión: 962 4015 4095 y el código de acceso: 606410.

Los participantes también podrán escuchar la sesión vía telefónica al número +1 669 900 6833 con los mismos códigos anteriormente descritos.

A su vez, se llevará a cabo una audiencia pública el 13 de junio a las 18:00 h a la cual se puede acudir personalmente en las Cámaras del Concejo Municipal ubicadas en el 1017 de Middlefield Road, o a través de video conferencia en el sitio https://redwoodcity.zoom.us/j/99481825639 o marcar al número telefónico (669) 900 6833.

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