{"id":27209,"date":"2024-12-20T11:07:03","date_gmt":"2024-12-20T18:07:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/?p=27209"},"modified":"2024-12-20T12:17:02","modified_gmt":"2024-12-20T19:17:02","slug":"state-of-the-city-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/state-of-the-city-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cIt has been an honor to be your mayor\u201d: Joaquin Jimenez, at Half Moon Bay transition ceremony"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_27210\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-27210\" style=\"width: 842px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-27210 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Joaquin-Jimenez.jpeg\" alt=\"Half Moon Bay issues 2024 State of the City address from former Mayor Joaquin Jimenez\" width=\"842\" height=\"584\" srcset=\"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Joaquin-Jimenez.jpeg 842w, https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Joaquin-Jimenez-300x208.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Joaquin-Jimenez-768x533.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Joaquin-Jimenez-18x12.jpeg 18w, https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Joaquin-Jimenez-150x104.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Joaquin-Jimenez-218x150.jpeg 218w, https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Joaquin-Jimenez-696x483.jpeg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 842px) 100vw, 842px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-27210\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The city of Half Moon Bay presented the 2024 State of the City Address, led by now former mayor Joaqu\u00edn Jim\u00e9nez, who stood out for the closeness of his administration to the farmers in the area.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Listen to this note:<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-27209-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Viviana-6133414.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Viviana-6133414.mp3\">https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Viviana-6133414.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After the city of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.half-moon-bay.ca.us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Half Moon Bay<\/a> held its City Hall reorganization ceremony, which marked a night of transition and celebration, presented the 2024 State of the City, led by now former Mayor Joaqu\u00edn Jim\u00e9nez.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Highlights included, in addition to the presentation of the 2024 State of the City address, heartfelt farewells to outgoing Councilmembers Joaqu\u00edn Jim\u00e9nez and Harvey Rarback, and a warm welcome to newly elected Councilmembers Patrick Jonsson and Paul Nagengast.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At the meeting, the City Council also reorganized and selected Robert Brownstone as mayor and Debbie Ruddock as deputy mayor for 2025.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the video, Jimenez recalls how vibrant, strong and resilient the city of Half Moon Bay is, remembering the community&#039;s heritage and traditions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/civplus.tikiliveapi.com\/embed?scheme=embedVod&amp;videoId=155493&amp;autoplay=no\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The former mayor also recalled the seven lives tragically cut short on city farms in January 2023, prompting the city to take decisive action to seek aid for the affected community.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In this regard, she noted that what happened highlighted the inequalities that the city faces, as well as the demands for attention and action for equity, where this is not only an objective, but a commitment for each resident of Half Moon Bay.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On the other hand, Joaqu\u00edn Jim\u00e9nez assured that affordable housing remains a challenge and a priority, and acknowledged the steps taken for tenants to face, among other things, unfair evictions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cAs we look to the future, we will continue to honor the legacy of our agricultural heritage while striving for a more equitable and robust economic environment.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cTogether with the support of our partners, community organizations and each of your elected officials, we will build a city that reflects our values of compassion, inclusion and resilience,\u201d he stressed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIt has been an honor to be your mayor and council member for the past 4 years. There is still work to be done and I will continue to support this community with all my heart,\u201d he concluded.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>You may be interested in:<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/inclement-weather-program-2\/\"> The cold weather is here! San Mateo County keeps its Severe Weather Program active<\/a><\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Escucha esta nota: &nbsp; Luego de que la ciudad de Half Moon Bay celebrara su ceremonia de reorganizaci\u00f3n del Ayuntamiento, que marc\u00f3 una noche de transici\u00f3n y celebraci\u00f3n, present\u00f3 el Estado de la Ciudad 2024, de la mano del ahora exalcalde Joaqu\u00edn Jim\u00e9nez. Los momentos destacados incluyeron, adem\u00e1s de la presentaci\u00f3n del discurso sobre el [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":27210,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[295,9,14,277,297,274,272,2,10],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-27209","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-colombia","8":"category-community","9":"category-cover","10":"category-featured","11":"category-latinoamerica","12":"category-lunar-new-year","13":"category-fact-check-p360p-verificado-verify-false","14":"category-peninsula","15":"category-politics"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27209","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\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27209"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27209\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27223,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27209\/revisions\/27223"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27210"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}