{"id":23400,"date":"2024-05-15T12:03:38","date_gmt":"2024-05-15T19:03:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/?p=23400"},"modified":"2024-05-20T13:50:37","modified_gmt":"2024-05-20T20:50:37","slug":"voting-requires-communication-to-understand-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/voting-requires-communication-to-understand-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Voting requires communication to understand"},"content":{"rendered":"

Listen to that note:<\/p>\n

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It is always easier to have an opinion when you understand what is going on. A new standard of communication from elected officials in the the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors<\/a> is helping precisely with that.<\/span><\/p>\n

On the evening of April 30, San Mateo County District 2 Supervisor Noelia Corzo held a community dinner at the San Mateo Public Library to update constituents on policy priorities.<\/span><\/p>\n

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On the evening of April 30, San Mateo County District 2 Supervisor Noelia Corzo held a community dinner at the San Mateo Public Library to update constituents on policy priorities.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Supervisor Corzo's office gathered feedback from residents over the past ten months and how they have built a strategic plan to guide their district's policy moving forward.<\/span><\/p>\n

Supervisor Corzo\u2019s team used a community-centered approach to canvass the community\u2019s most important issues. Residents stated that their top priorities were affordable housing and child care, safety and emergency services, and mental well-being.<\/span><\/p>\n

In response, Supervisor Corzo spoke of a commitment to affordable housing, community safety and well-being, equity, justice and representation for all.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Supervisor Corzo\u2019s team used a community-centered approach to canvass the community\u2019s most important issues. Residents stated that their top priorities were affordable housing and child care, safety and emergency services, and mental well-being.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Listening intently were community members, from county officials to council members and residents. Over a spread of Cuban food, listeners had the opportunity to ask questions about the policy approach.<\/span><\/p>\n

Democracy is more than just electing a person and expecting them to solve all our problems. It is about community representation. This requires that the community understand social issues.<\/b><\/p>\n

Politics is confusing. It's hard to vote for people you don't know and laws you don't understand.<\/span><\/p>\n

This problem is solved with open communication. It provides a basis for the community to be heard. Establishing an active dialogue between officials and the public facilitates understanding of what is happening.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Politics is confusing. It's difficult to vote for people you don't know and laws you don't understand. This problem is solved by open communication. It provides a basis for the community to be heard. Establishing an active dialogue between officials and the public makes it easier to understand what's going on.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As a result of the presentation, it is much easier to understand what Supervisor Corzo supports.<\/span><\/p>\n

Corzo provided a welcoming environment of community engagement. By speaking to the community in this way, he establishes accountability and transparency of representation.<\/span><\/p>\n

You may not agree with the politics. But there's no denying that community issues are easier to understand now.<\/span><\/p>\n

It is the process of listening and understanding that makes representative democracy possible. When people are better informed, we all benefit.<\/b><\/p>\n

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Escucha esa nota:   Siempre es m\u00e1s f\u00e1cil tener una opini\u00f3n cuando se entiende lo que est\u00e1 pasando. Una nueva norma de comunicaci\u00f3n de los cargos electos del condado de San Mateo est\u00e1 ayudando precisamente a eso. La noche del 30 de abril, la supervisora del distrito 2 del condado de San Mateo, Noelia Corzo, […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":53,"featured_media":23409,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-23400","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-opinion"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23400","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/53"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23400"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23400\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23509,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23400\/revisions\/23509"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23400"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}