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Terry Godfrey [bgodfrey@pacbell.net]

Wednesday, January 11,201210:14AM J2JAN II -AKfO:2, Howard, Adam; adrolette@pausd.org; anne@proj~ctcornerstone;org; Beacomb@pamf.org; ddykwel@kwrpa.com; judy@youthcommunityservice.org; leif@youthcommunityservice.org; Lenoir, Linda; mpresti@yahdo.com; Van Der Zwaag, Minka; pennybarrett@sbcglobal.net;

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Subject: January Asset of the Month image for your use

Attachments: AssetsBanner_Jan 2012.jpg; AssetsBanner_Jan2012.pdf

Hi We had a bit of the delay with the holidays but we're back on track now. Attached is the assets banner for January in both pdf and jpg versions. I find the jpg to be easier to use for most things. The image below should be a good size and format for your signature.

I~ January's Asset of the Month is Family Support. Palo Alto's youth could use more Adult Role Models-in the Developmental Assets.2010 survey, only 51% of 5th graders and 48% of 7th graders and 33% of 9th -12th graders r.eported the presence of positive adult role models in their lives. Peter C. Scales, a Search Institute author and researcher has identified the #1 needs of kids between 10 and 15 years old, as positive social interactions with adults. A few reminders

1. Treat them with love and respect. 2. Model appropriate behavior. Your children are watching. If you bend the rules, then it's okay

for them to bend them.

3. When you make mistakes, admit them and apologize when you fail them. 4. Avoid making negative comments about others. 5. Spend time with them. Be involved in their lives on a daily basis ..

A positive role model doesn't have to have any special skills-you don't have to be a sports hero or a billionaire for youth to look up to you. In fact, most youth who said that they had role models identified them as caring friends and relatives. It only takes a second.

As in prior months, this banner will hang on the fence at the construction site of the Mitchell Library, at the fence at the Mayfield soccer fields and above Embarcadero at the overpass at Alma. Terry

Terry Godfrey Palo Alto Developmental Assets Initiative Project Safety Net

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Wayne Martin [wmartin46@yahoo.com]

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Keene, James

Digital Technology Significantly Changing Publishing Industry

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Palo Alto City Council City of Palo Alto Palo Alto, CA 94301 Cc: James Keene

Subject: Digital Technology Significantly Changing Publishing Industry

Elected Council Members:

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The attached MS-WORD file contains a recent Wall Street Journal article about how digital technology is changing the publishing industry. The digital changes have implications relative to City governments wasteful expenditures in public libraries, as well as how City-generated information should be distributed to the public.

Wayne Martin Palo Alto, CA

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Palo Alto City Council City of Palo Alto, CA Palo Alto, CA 94301

Subject: Digital Technology Significantly Changing Publishing Industry

Elected Council Members:

The following article published recently in the Wall Street Journal, is being forward for your consideration and increased understanding of changes in the paper publishing sector, which are also playing out across the land in terms of shifts from analog/paper technologies to digital/on-line technologies for handling, and transmitting information--

TECHNOLOGY JANUARY 6, 2012

Barnes & Noble Seeks Next Chapter By JEFFREY A. TRACHTENBERG And MARTIN PEERS

Barnes & Noble Inc. is the latest old-school company to discover how costly it can be to

try to reinvent itself for a digital future.

The nation's largest bookstore chain warned Thursday it would lose twice as much money

this fiscal year as it previously expected, and said it is weighing splitting off its growing

Nook digital-book business from its aging bookstores.

Shares of bookseller Barnes & Noble Inc. BKS -22.14% fell 21 % in preopen trading Thursday after the company

said it is looking at options to spin off the popular e-book reader Nook as a separate business unit. Greg Morcroft

reports

Over the past 15 years, rapid technological change has transformed the company from a

dominant retailing force that left smaller booksellers quaking in fear to a struggling giant

grasping for a plan to ensure its long-term relevance to the publishing industry.

Barnes & Noble realized early on that e-books could appeal to consumers, but allowed

Amazon.com Inc. to get an early leg up. Now it is locked in a battle with Amazon and

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another deep-pocketed rival, Apple Inc., to sell both electronic books and the high-tech

devices consumers use to read them.

Digital technology continues to roil all manner of once-dominant companies. Former giants

such as Blockbuster Inc., Circuit City and Barnes & Noble's main book-chain rival, Borders

Group Inc., have struggled mightily-and in some cases, disappeared altogether-in the

face of digital competitors including Netflix Inc. and Amazon. Wednesday's news that

Eastman Kodak Co. was contemplating seeking Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection

underscored the severity of the technology threat.

Bookending Barnes & Noble

From humble beginnings to a bookselling behemoth,Barnes & Noble has seen ups and downs over the

decades as it tried to straddle the world of paper books and e-books. See a timeline of Barnes & Noble's

history .

Deal Jelurnal: Investors Punish B.arnes & Noble

Barnes & Noble's stock fell 17% on Thursday. The company now may be at its most

critical juncture since Leonard Riggio, its chairman and largest shareholder, opened his

first store in New York's Greenwich Village in 1965.

As recently as the 1990s, Barnes & Noble was known as a carnivorous competitor with

the power to wipe out independent bookstores with its steeply discounted books and

sprawling stores where customers could sip coffee and read in plush chairs. In New York

City, the emergence of a Barnes & Noble on the Upper West Side was partly responsible

for the mid-1990s closing of the beloved neighborhood bookseller Shakespeare &

Company-the kind of narrative arc that cropped up in the movie "You've Got Mail."

Ironically, Barnes & Noble had been one of the first to recognize the potential of digital

books. In 1998, it invested in NuvoMedia Inc., maker of the Rocket eBook reader, and the

bookseller actively supported digital-book sales. But in 2003, it exited the still-nascent

business, saying there wasn't any profit in it.

It wasn't until 2009 that Barnes & Noble re-entered the business, introducing its Nook e­

reader. By then, Amazon had been selling its Kindle device for about two years, and was

offering best sellers for $9.99, a fraction of what hardcover best sellers are priced at.

Apple introduced its iPad tablet in January 2010. Amazon responded with its competing

Kindle Fire tablet this past September, and in November, Barnes & Noble introduced its

Nook Tablet.

E-book sales have skyrocketed, jumping to $863 million in 2010, from $62 million in 2008,

according to BookStats, a joint-research venture between the Book Industry Study Group

and the Association of American Publishers. One publisher predicted Thursday that e­

books could account for as much as 40% of total revenue by the end of the year.

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Although Barnes & Noble was late to the game, its devices have won critical praise, and

publishers estimate today that it controls as much as 27% of the digital-books market. 'We

saw more growth with e-books with Barnes & Noble this Christmas than anybody else,"

said the publisher.

But those sales have come at an enormous cost. Developing, manufacturing and

promoting e-readers and tablets requires heavy upfront spending. Barnes & Noble's

spending on advertising has more than tripled since 2009, according to Kantar Media, an

ad-tracking unit ofWPP PLC. To promote the Nook, the retailer returned to national TV

advertising in 2010, after a 14-year hiatus, buying spots on popular programs such as

"American Idol."

The heavy Nook investment has squeezed Barnes & Noble's bottom line. Largely as a

result, its earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization-a critical

measure of earnings-fell to $163 million in the fiscal year ending April 30, 2011, from

$281 million in fiscal 2010.

When Barnes & Noble's stock weakened, the company came under pressure from activist

investor Ronald Burkle. In response, Mr. Riggio, who maintains control with a stake of

about 30%, put the company up for sale in August 2010. Last May, Liberty Media Corp.

made a bid to buy the business. Mr. Riggio appeared to support the bid, but Liberty Media

eventually opted to invest $204 million for a 16.6% stake, receiving two board seats.

People love the Nook Tablet and hate the Nook Touch. B&N will have to beef up their digital work if they intend to

take on biggies like Amazon and Apple. Peter Kafka reports,

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Barnes & Noble is considering splitting off its popular Nook e-book business as losses mount, Spencer Ante

reports on Lunch Break.

This holiday season has offered a ray of hope. Barnes & Noble said device sales had

risen 70% for the nine-week period ending Dec. 31, compared with the year-ago period. It

said the Nook business is likely to notch $1.5 billion in sales in the current fiscal year,

compared with $880 million a year earlier. That business includes the Nook devices,

digital-book sales, accessories, magazine and newspaper sales, app sales and sales of

warranties.

On Thursday, Barnes & Noble increased its projected loss per share for the current fiscal

year to between $1 .10 and $1.40, from the 30 cents to 70 cents it reaffirmed one month

ago.

Barnes & Noble blamed an unexpected shortfall of sales of the Nook Simple To.uch e­

reader on a Christmas where consumers embraced color digital devices, including the

Nook Tabletand Amazon's Kindle Fire. The e-reader sales shortfall is significant because

of its ripple effect on projected sales of related products, including e-books and

accessories.

'We over-anticipated the demand for the holiday season," said William Lynch, the

company's chief executive officer.

Mr. Lynch said Barnes & Noble has plenty of capital to continue financing the Nook

expansion, including a $1 billion credit line.

But in a comment at an investor conference on Wednesday, Liberty Media Chief

Executive Greg Maffei hinted that Barnes & Noble might need help to continue building

the business. Competing with Apple and Amazon, he said, was a "big-boy game." He said

Barnes & Noble may find "partners to help fund that game, meaning the public or strategic

partners."

A Brief History of the Book

Long before there were iPads and Kindles changing communication as we know it, there were other disruptive

technologies and breakout information delivery systems. Like the printing press. And the Guttenberg Bible. WSJ's

Marshall Crook offers a brief history of the book.

Barnes & Noble said in a statement on Thursday it was "in discussions with strategic

partners including publishers, retailers and technology companies in international

markets." It said that could lead to expanding the Nook business overseas.

One possibility is that Barnes & Noble could sell a minority stake in the Nook business in a

public offering. The two businesses would likely have different managements and different

boards. Under such a scenario, Barnes & Noble would continue to have close ties to its

Nook devices. Another possibility is selling the Nook business outright.

Edward Latessa, a portfolio manager for Aria Partner, a Boston-based investment firm that

owns a stake in Barnes & Noble, suggested one logical buyer could be Google Inc.,

whose e-book store has had only a minimal impact so far. "The Nook business alone

could be worth $1.5 billion," said Mr. Latessa. The Nook runs on Google's Android

software. Google declined to comment.

Another potential p~rtner is Microsoft Corp., people familiar with the situation said.

Microsoft declined to comment.

A Nook tablet display at a Barnes & Noble store in New York. The bookseller is considering a plan to spin off its

Nook business.

Journal Community

The idea for splitting off the Nook business may partly reflect the influence of Uberty

Media, whose chairman, John Malone, and chief executive, Mr. Maffei, are experienced at

devising complex financial structures to highlight the value of businesses. Mr. Maffei and

another Liberty executive, Mark Carleton, are on Barnes & Noble's board.

"This is classic Malone," noted Maxim Group analyst John Tinker.

The idea came up during the company's long-running strategic-review process, which

began in the summer of 2010, according to people familiar with the situation. Barnes &

Noble executives and the board discussed how the company could increase shareholder

value and improve its stock price, these people said, and separating the Nook business

was one suggestion.

The idea was also embraced by Liberty, said another person familiar with the situation.

Barnes & Noble said the decision to explore the potential sale of the Nook business was a

board-level decision that had the full support of the company.

Investors have shown they are in favor of companies overhauling their structures to focus

their business divisions, applauding moves by McGraw-Hili Cos., Kraft Foods and other

companies that separated businesses last year.

Barnes & Noble investors may not have the patience to fund Nook growth here and

abroad, said Forrester Research analyst Sarah Rotman Epps. "It's going to require

sustained investment."

-Gina Chon and Suzanne Vranica contributed to this article.

Write to Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg at jeffrey.trachtenberg@wsj.com and Martin Peers

atmartin.peers@wsj.com

Read more: http://online.wsj.com/articlefSB10001424052970203513604577142481239801336.html#ixzz1 ihTnYaOb

Takeaways-

• Digital technology continues to roil all manner of once-dominant companies.

• Bames&Noble may not survive in its current corporate configuration due to aggressive competition in the e-book arena.

• "The Nook business alone could be worth $1.5 billion" • E-book sales have skyrocketed, jumping to $863 million in 2010, from $62 million in

2008 • e-booksare selling for prices that are significantly lower than p-books, typically in the

$5-$10 range. • When the Measure-N Library is operational, the cost-per-circulated-item will be in the

$10 range.

Conclusion

With tp.e Palo Alto library now consuming somewhere about 5% of General Fund, and property owners having to pay down the $1 OOM (or so) general obligation bond to pay for the library, the long-term costs ofthis facility need to be identified, and alternatives considered. This "gift" to certain residents, and non-residents, is simply too expensive, and can not be considered even remotely appropriate from a "sustainable government" point~of-view.

While too late to stop this project, it is not too late to begin to consider alternative uses for the building, uses which might be revenue generating-so that this building might, over time, help to pay for itself.

Wayne Martin Palo Alto, CA

Letter to Palo Alto City Council-January 3,2012

What I am Grateful For

What I am grateful for this season is the Palo Alto City Council and their hard work, intelligence, and dedication to continuing the legacy that we have inherited of this magical small city which has become such an important center of the universe.

I am especially impressed with their masterful dissection of the consultant's report on the economic impact on Palo Alto by the High Speed Rail Project at the City Council meeting in December.

Thank you

To Karen Holman for introducing the issue ofthe difference between appraised value and market value of property and for Pat Burt's extensive elaboration. Also Pat's raising the issue of how far the penetration into the neighborhood the ramp to an underpass would go. This is especially important for Churchill Avenue I think because of the new homes and extensive remodels in the 100 block of Churchill in the last couple of years.

To Greg Schmid for his graphic explanation (differentiating between 'radial' and 'linear' configurations) of why a city in New Jersey is not a comparable model to use: "Palo Alto is not a suburb."

To Nancy Shepherd for her always nonconfrontational but persistent asking for clarifications.

And to Greg Scharff for his equally nonconfrontational but relentless questioning of the consultant's assumptions.

Also to Larry Klein, who, ifhe had been there also would have not let anything go unchallenged.

Andto all the rest of you, Gail, and Sid, and Yiaweh for your willingness to put in these long hours and go to back ~to-back meetings, bringing your remarkable intelligence and energy, all in the service of our community.

Having worked at both Arthur D. Little in Cambridge and SRI in Menlo Park, I am familiar with the effort of consultants to get up to speed on issues starting from zero. They may be heroic research efforts but they often don't come close to the level of knowledge on the ground.

I am very grateful for 'the troops on the ground!'

Happy New Year. Virginia Vaughan Saldich, 27 Crescent Drive, Palo Alto

DATE:

TO:

FROM:

Office of the City Clerk MEMORANDUM

January 9, 2012

Council Members

Donna J. Grider, City Clerk~ SUBJECT: Correction to Minutes of October 17, 2011

ICOUIl.CIL MEETING ,- '1-/2.

[ laced Before Meeting [ ] Received at Meeting

Attached please find a corrected first page of the minutes of October 17, 2011 to reflect that Council Members Price and Scharff were in attendance at this Council meeting.

Also, we have moved the attendance listing of the Public Art Commission to the correct location on the minutes.

I am sorry for any confusion that this may have caused.

REVISED MINUTES

Special Meeting October 17, 2011

The City Council of the City of Palo Alto met on this date in the Council Chambers at 5:35 P.M.

Present: Burt, Espinosa, Holman, Klein, Price, Scharff, Schmid, Shepherd, Yeh

Herb Borock stated it was his understanding that Harold Hohbach's case was going to be heard during the Closed Session and would require additional information if the case was going to be heard at a later date.

CLOSED SESSION

1. Closed Session: Mitchell Park Conference with Legal Counsel - Government Code Section 54956.9(b), (c) Potential Litigation Relating to the Mitchell Park Library and Community Center Construction Significant Exposure to Litigation Pursuant to Subdivision (b) of Section 54956.9: 1 Potential Case Potential Initiation of Litigation Pursuant to Subdivision © of Section 54956.9: 1 Potential Case

The City Council returned from the Closed Session at 7:35 P.M. and Mayor Espinosa advised no reportable action.

Council Member Price advised she did not participate in the Closed Session because she had a preexisting business partnership with Turner Construction.

STUDY SESSION

Commissioners: Acebo-Davis, Collins, Richter, Ross, Smit, Usich

2. Study Session with the Public Art Commission.

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Minor, Beth

From: Tony Ciampi [t.ciampi@hotmail.com]

Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2012 12:01 PM 12 JAN f 0 PH 12: ,... To: Williams, Curtis; Council, City; Larkin, Donald; Keene, James; Stump, Molly; Hernandez, Consuelo;

Underhill, Mary

Cc: chuckjagoda1@gmail.com; abjpd1@gmail.com; bkenny5678@gmail.com; redress.of.grievance@gmail.com

Subject: CCT apposes any plan/program/ordinance that criminalizes the use of vehicles by unhoused persons

Curtis Williams City of Palo Alto

Mr. Williams,

For clarification, ccr does not and has not endorsed any Eugene-like plan or any other City's plan such as Santa Barbara's or Venice's. In fact ccr apposes those plans and made that clear at the last two Working Group meetings. ccr is supported in this position by the majority of citizens in Palo Alto.

Chuck Jagoda informed you at the first Working Group Meeting that he needs to know the specific problems that specific residents have in order to mediate a resolution of those specific problems. Mr. Venable stated that he would provide Chuck with that information but he has not.

Tony Ciampi

Williams, Curtis (Curtis. Williams@CitvofPaloAlto.orq)

From Sent:Mon 1/09/12 10:15 PM

. To: 'Tony Ciampi' (t.ciampi@hotmail.com) C. Larkin, Donald (Donald.Larkin@CityofPaloAlto.org); Venable, Mark (Mark.Venable@OtyofPaloAlto.org); abjpd1@gmail.com

c. (abjpd1@gmail.com); chuckjagoda1@gmail.com (chuckjagoda1@gmail.com); Van Der Zwaag, Minka ( Tony,

In response to your suggestions:

1) I believe you have misinterpreted my statement about an ordinance. While individuals did not expressly request an ordinance, they have requested that the City address their concerns. One of the options to do so may be an ordinance prohibiting habitation of vehicles. The ordinance will be included as an option for discussion on the agenda, so you and others may speak to your suggestion at that point.

2) Amendment of conditional use permits will require action by the Planning and Transportation Commission and City Council, as they amend the zoning ordinance. Staff does not have the authority to do so on our own. Staff believes that the Commission and Council will not act on such a request other than in the context of how to address the entire Vehicle Habitation issue. If a Eugene-like program is presented to the Council, it would include a recommendation for such a change. CCl does not and has not endorsed any program like the Eugene program.

3) The Parking Study Group is, as previously indicated, looking at a much larger spectrum of solutions than just restricting parking in the Professorville or other neighborhoods. The group will proceed independent of this one, though staff will inform the Vehicle Habitation Working Group if there are

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substantive discussions about parking limitations and subsequent input points for the public.

Thanks again for your input. I think there will be ample opportunities to talk about the issues of concern for you in the agenda for the next meeting.

Curtis Williams, Director Department of Planning and Community Environment City of Palo Alto

111012012

Minor, Beth

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Subject:

GtTY Sf ·PALO ·AH8 •. ·S;A Tony Ciampi [t.ciampi@hotmail.com] BHY CLERK'S t3FFfIJ'E

Monday, January 09, 2012 11 :07 PM J 2 JAN lOAM 8: 25 Williams, Curtis; Larkin, Donald; Venable, Mark; Council, City

Keene, James; liz.kniss@bos.sccgov.org; Stump, Molly; senator.simitian@sen.ca:gov

City of Palo Alto refuses to identify anyone who wants a Vehicle Habitation Ordinance

Attachments: vehicle ordinance.PNG

DCurtis Williams City of Palo Alto

Mr. Williams,

I made minutes of every Working Group meeting Mr. Williams, Are you now denying that you stated at the first Working Group

Meeting that the Proposed Ordinance is off the table?

Please, please stop giving us the run-around Mr. Williams.

Every member of CCT and virtually every member of this community and media wants to know WHO wants a Vehicle Habitation Ordinance as an Option, as you have couched it.

ONE: SINCE YOU HAVE STATED THAT AN ORDINANCE IS STILL AN

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OPTION, PLEASE IDENTIFY EVERY INDIVIDUAL IN THE CITY, EVERY CITY DEPARTMENT, EVERY LOCAL RESIDENT AND EVERY BUSINESS WHO WANTS A VEHICLE HABITATION PROHIBITION ORDINANCE, EVEN AS AN OPTION MR. WILLIAMS.

Should you not identify anybody Mr. Williams, then everyone will know that no one is seeking an ordinance even as an option.

TWO: Please identify the person[s] who wrote up the proposed ordinance that was to go before City Council on July 25, 2011

. http://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/show storv.php?id=21843

THREE: Please identify the person and or persons who directed the person to write up the proposed ordinance.

FOUR: Please identify the person who decided that violating the proposed ·ordinance would be a misdemeanor.

FIVE: Mr. Williams, we have pleaded with you, Mr. Larkin and Mr. Venable

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for four months to identify what exactly are the problems that motivated you and the City to propose a Vehicle Habitation Ordinance in the first place. You have not identified one problem Mr. Williams. You have not provided any evidence of a problem. . When are you going to identify the problem? When are you going to provide some morsel of evidence ora problem Mr. Williams?

Tony Ciampi

My responses to your email in red below:

From: Curtis. Wiliiams@CityofPaloAlto.org To: t.ciampi@hotmail,com

Tony,

In response to your suggestions:

1) I believe you have misinterpreted my statement about an ordinance. While individuals did not expressly request an ordinance, they have requested that the City address their concerns. One of the options to do so may be an ordinance prohibiting habitation of vehicles. WHO WANTS THIS AS AN OPTION MR. WILLIAMS? The ordinance will be included as an option for discussion on the agenda, so you and others may speak to your suggestion at that point. PLEASE EXPLAIN WHY THIS ORDINANCE IS EVEN AN OPTION SINCE NO ONE HAS REQUESTED THAT ONE BE ENACTED MR. WILLIAMS?

2) Amendment of conditional use permits will require action by the Planning and Transportation Commission and City Council, as they amend the zoning ordinance. Staff does not have the authority to do so on our own. Staff believes that the Commission and Council will not act on such a request other than in the context of how to address the entire Vehicle Habitation issue. PLEASE IDENTIFY WHAT THE ISSUE IS MR.

WILLIAMS. If a Eugene-like program is presented to the Council, it would include a recommendation for such a change.

3) The Parking Study Group is, as previously indicated, looking at a much larger spectrum of solutions than just restricting parking in the Professorville or other neighborhoods. The group will proceed independent of this one, though stalf will inform the Vehicle Habitation Working Group if there are substantive discussions about parking limitations and subsequent input points for the public.

Thanks again for your input. I think there will be ample opportunities to talk about the issues of concern for you in the agenda for the next" meeting.

1110/2012

Curtis Williams, Director Department of Planning and Community Environment City of Palo Alto

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by Gennady Sheyner PaiQ Alto Weeklystaft'

Hometessresidents and adlocates pleaded with Palo Alto omcials on Monday night to rethink their plan to bal'lwhicle dwelling on c~ streels.

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that would makeittnegat for residents to tlvein vehicles. The new law would make vehicle habitation a misdemeanor that would be punishable with a fine of up to $1.000 and silt months in jail.

T.hough the council did not discuss the new ordinance on Monday, about a dozen critics -some ofthem homeless - asked council members to slow down andconsfder the pJan'simpacts on the city's homeless population.

"I'm homeless and I Uvein my car and I'm nota criminal," resident Vickie Boone told the council. "'I'Ve lived in Palo Alto aU my life and voted for most of you.

""m asking you to delay the vote you'll have next week and give us time to come up with solutions instead oif criminalizingit. ..

Another speaker, David Gilroy, told the counciil that he was once homeless but isn't anymoire. He asked the council not to make the homeless population's al,ready dilicult situation even more daunting.

"I'm going to appeal to your hearts that you think about the people out there in these rough times,"' Gilroy said.

The Rev. Greg Schaefer, pastor ofthe University Lutheran Church in College Terrace, also to,ld the council to consider other options beforeinstitut.ng the ban. T.he dty,he said, failed to seek "broad communityinpuf' beifore proceeding with the ordinance.

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Minor, Beth

From: Nat Fisher [sukiroo@hotmail.com]

Sent: Friday, January 06, 2012 12:27 PM 12 JAN -9 AM 7: 40 To: Council, City

Subject: FW: Tasers target abdomen: from PAPD

From: sukiroo@hotmail.com To: robert.bonilla@cityofpaloalto.org CC: city.council@cityofpaloalto.org; james.keene@cityofpaloalto.org Subject: RE: Tasers target abdomen: from PAPD Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2011 12:17:37 -0800

That's what I thought, which is why I wanted this information clarified. What do doctors say about tasering the abdomen? As a laywoman, I guestion the safety of doing so.

From: Robert.Bonilla@CityofPaloAlto.org To: sukiroo@hotmail.com Subject: RE: Answers regarding Tasers from PAPD Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2011 22:42:29 +0000

Greetings Mrs. Fisher,

In an effort to avoid the areas indicated below (head, neck, chest and groin areas), the manufacturer generally recommends to target the "lower center mass", which includes the abdomen area.

Sincerely,

Lieutenant Robert Bonilla P,ersonnel & Training Palo Alto Police Department 650-329-2394

From: Nat Fisher [mailto:sukiroo@hotmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, November 08,201111:49 AM To: Bonilla, Robert Cc: Council, City Subject: RE: Answers regarding Tasers from PAPD

Thank you for the information. My impression is that the abdomen is considered a legitimate target. Is this correct?

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From: Robert.Bonilla@CityofpaloAlto.org To: sukiroo@hotmail.com Subject: Questions regarding Tasers Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2011 01:39:42 +0000

Greetings Mrs. Fisher,

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I have been asked to send you an email regarding your inquiry of the Tasers as it relates to the Palo Alto Police Department. Unfortunately, as Chief Burns mentioned we do not have information online for you to access. However, I would like to copy and paste information from our manual that will hopefully assist you in answering questions you may have.

The following is from the Palo Alto Police Department Policy manual - Policy #309

"FACTORS TO DETERMINE REASONABLENESS OF FORCE The application of the TASER is likely to cause intense, but momentary, pain. As such, officers should carefully consider and balance the totality of circumstances available prior to using the TASER"

"Authorized personnel may use the TASER when circumstances known to the officer at the time indicate that such application is reasonable to control a person who pose an immediate threat of bodily injury."

"The use of the TASER should generally be avoided in the following situations unless the totality of the circumstances indicate that other available options reasonably appear ineffective, impractical, or would present a greater danger to the officer, the subject or others, and the officer reasonably believes that the need to control the individual outweighs the risk of using the TASER: (a) Pregnant females. (b) Elderly individuals or obviously infirmed persons (c) Juveniles obviously under 14 years of age. (d) Individua:ls who are handcuffed or otherwise restrained. (e) Individuals who have been recently sprayed with a flammable chemical agent or who are otherwise in close proximity to any flammable. material. (f) Individuals whose position or activity may result in collateral injury (e.g., falls from height, operating vehicles). (g) Individuals who are in a body of water or who could fall into a body of water" (h) Individuals who are in control of a moving vehicle (or vehicles that could begin moving if the TASER is activated). Moving vehicles includes autos, trucks, motorcycles and bicycles. (i) Individuals suspected of being under the influence of drugs/alcohol or exhibiting symptoms of excited delirium (see Policy Manual §30B.15) may be more susceptible to collateral problems and should be closely monitored following the application of the TASER until they can be examined by paramedics or other medical personnel. Because the application of the TASER in the drive-stun mode (Le., direct contact without darts) relies primarily on pain compliance and requires close proximity to the subject, additional caution should be exercised. The application in drive-stun mode should be limited to brief applications in which pain compliance would reasonably appear necessary to achieve control.

The TASER shall not be used to torture, psychologically torment, elicit statements or to punish any individual."

"309.4.4 TARGETING CONSIDERATIONS While manufacturers generally recommend that reasonable efforts should be made to target lower center mass and to avoid intentionally targeting the head, neck, chest and groin, it is recognized that the dynamics of each situation and officer safety may not permit the officer to limit the application of the TASER darts to a precise target area. As such, officers should take prompt and ongoing care to monitor

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the condition of the subject if one or more darts strikes the head, neck, chest or groin until he/she is released to the care of paramedics or other medical personnel."

Mrs. Fisher, I hope the above information is helpful.

Sincerely,

Lieutenant Robert Bonilla Personnel & Training Palo Alto Police Department 650-329~2394

1/9/2012

Minor. Beth

From: Joseph Ciampi [t3footballt3@yahoo.com]

Sent:

To:

Cc:

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~:i:~:~~I~:~~~~:~ 2012 4:48 PM ,?\t.N \ () M'\ St 25' ' Stump, Molly; Keene, James; Brown; Sandra; paloaltofreepress@gmail.com; abjpd1@gma~.eorW,eouncil, City; Weatherford, Jeanny

Subject: Fw: Can you answer the following questions for me?

Jonathan Reichental, Ph.D

Mr. Reichental,

I cc Sandra Brown my request of you to answer the questions regarding the technical aspects of the tampered videos and taser guns. The email did not go through, it was blocked just as Mr Perez's email was. So I forwarded the exact same email to Sandra.brown@cltyofpaloalto.org from an alternate email ,address and it went through just fine. You have just stated that Sandra.brown@cltyofpaloalto.orgemail has been disabled which is why Mr. Perez's email did not go through. That is not true, for I sent my email to Mrs. Brown after Mr. Perez sent his. Knowing that yo.u are Ph. D. in information technology, the only possible explanation is that you have lied.

Tony Ciampi

Reichental, Jonathan Add to contacts

To Palo Alto Free Press, Stump, Molly, Tony Ciampi,"abjpcll@juno,com, Keene, James

From: Reichental, Jonathan (Jonathan.Relchental,@OtyofPaloAlto.org)

Sent: Mon 1/09/12 5:31 PM

To: Palo Alto Free Press (paloa~ofreepress@gmail.com)

cc: Stump, Molly (Molly.Stump@C~fPaloAlto.org); Tony Ciampi (t.ciampi@hotmail.com); abjpd1@juno.com (abjpd1@juno.com); Keene, James (James.Keene@CityofPaloAIto.org)

Hi Mark:

We've reviewed your request below and found the following:

Kara.apple@cityofpaloalto.org: We found no obvious server-side restriction on this email. There are any number of other reasons it could have bounced outside of my teams control. Sandra.brown@cityofpaloalto.org: This person retired last year and the email address has been disabled. A bounced email is the correct outcome.

Thanks.

-- Forwarded Message -----From: Joseph Ciampi <t3footballt3@yahoo.com> To: ·Sandra.brown@cityofpaloalto.org" <Sandra.brown@cityofpaloalto.org> Sent: Saturday, January 7, 2012 7:58 PM Subject: Fw: Can you answer the following questions for me?

---- Forwarded Message -----From: Tony Ciampi <t.ciampi@hotmail.com> To: t3footballt3@yahoo.com Sent: Saturday, January 7,20127:57 PM Subject: FW: Can you answer the following questions for me?

Jonathan Reichental, Ph.D. :: Chief Information Officer:: City of Palo Alto :: @Reichental

Assistant: jeanny.weatherford@citvofpaloalto.org :: 650-329-2182

From: t.ciampi@hotmail.com To: jonathan.reichentai@cityofpaioaito.org CC: molly.stump@cityofpaloalto.org;james.keene@cityofpaioaito.org; abjpdl@gmail.com;

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paloaltofreepress@gmail.com; jeanny.weatherford@cityofpaloalto.org; kara.apple@cityofpaloalto.org; sandra.brown@cityofpaloalto.org Subject: Can you answer the following questions for me? Date: Sat, 7 Jan 2012 20:54:58 -0700

Jonathan Reichental, Ph.D

Mr. Reichental,

I see that you are Ph.D and are the Chief of Infonnation. I was wondering if you could answer a few questions regarding the audio/video recordings created by the Palo Alto Police when Officer Kelly Burger shot me in the face without warning with his Taser gun. Attached are a few pieces of evidence of the editing, altering and tampering of the videos.

Attch. 1: Can you explain how three scenes were recorded on the taser videos that were never recorded on Temores' MAV video even though Temores' MAV video never stopped recording?

Attch 2: can you explain how two microphones recording simultaneously from the same location recorded two different sets of dialog?

Attch 3: Can you explain how Temores' MAV camera/Video records Ciampi outside the van at precisely the same time'that Burger's and Temores' Taser cameras/Videos record Ciampi inside the van?

Attchs. 4, 5 & 6: Can you explain how Burger's taser gun is discharging electricity yet neither his Taser gun Data Port nor his taser camera recorded the discharges

Attch.7: Can you explain how 4 to 5 seconds of video footage and time is missing from Temores' Taser video when compared to Burger's Taser video?

Attch. 8: Can you explain how four taser probes were fired during incident from two seperate taser gun firings, (verified by Officer Burger), yet only one taser gun firing is captured on the videos?

I have asked Police Chief Dennis Bums and Attorneys Don Larkin and Michael Gennaco to answer these questions however they refuse to do so. I thought that since you are a man integrity who is a Ph.D you might be willing to respond. If the City Council, Molly Stump, Larkin, Burns, City Manager James Keene or any other superior orders you not to respond, please let me know that as well.

Thanks and I look forward to your response.

Tony Ciampi

P.s. You can find all of the evidence and videos at www.larkinbarcomplaint.weebly.com and www.gennacobarcomplaint.weebly.com

Hi Mark:

We will look into why the following email addresses bounced when you sent them an email.

Kara.apple@cityofpaloalto.org Sandra.brown@citvofpaloalto.org

Myself or another member of our team will provide you with a response by end of day on Monday.

All the best.

Jonathan Reichental, Ph.D. :: Chief Information Officer :: City of Palo Alto :: @Reichental

Assistant: jeanny.weatherford@citvofpaloalto.org :: 650-329-2182

Joseph (Tony) Ciampi P.O. Box 1681 Palo Alto, CA 94302 650-248-1634

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Minor, Beth

From:

Sent:

abjpd1@juno.com

Monday, January 09,.2012 9:57 PM 12 JAN' 0 AM S: 21. To: HRC; goodlawyer03@yahoo.com; Donald.R.Mendoza@nasa.gov; claude@ezran.com;

hayden@yourcriminaldefender.com; dhorsley@co.sanmateo.ca.us; gmunks@co.sanmateo.ca.us; DHowe@da.sccgov.org; aatito@gmail.com

Cc: Keene, James; jaythor@well.com; RNavarro@scscourt.org; aflint@scscourt.org; thansen@scscourt.org; liz.kniss@bos.co.santa-clara.ca.us; Council, City; ieb547@sbcglobal.net; christinalgonzalez@yahoo.com; laurie.smith@sheriff.sccgov.org

Subject: FYI: commemorative-poster-art-for-de-bugs-albert-cobarrubias-justice-p roject

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Hi Folks:

Below is the link to an article Raj J ayadev just posted to SJBeez re the recently completed ACJP poster by Doug Minkler and Aram James. Please feel free to comment on Raj's article and or the poster--ifyou feel so compelled (you can post your comments just below Raj's article).

Aram

htt,p:llwww.sjbeez.orglarticles/2012/01/09/commemorative-poster-art-for-de-bugs-albert-cobarrubias-justice-projectl .

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Minor, Beth

From: galen [denzen@umich.edu]

Sent: Friday, January 06,20129:07 AM

To: PA Patriot; 9-11 NeXuS; Council, City

Cc: Glutimas Maximus; galen; Aram James; Burns, Dennis; Burns, Dennis; Danielle Martell; Wes Harrison

Subject: Re: Fw: Update on the Constitutional Sheriff Conference

This is an important initiative. Please personally invite your local Sheriff.

I still want to know where palo Alto Police Chief Dennis Burns stands on this critical issue. I've sent several e-mails to the Palo Alto City Council and have not received a single reply. Should i be surprised?

For truth -- galen

On 115/2012 8:05 PM, Glutimas Maximus wrote:

http://www.countysheriffproject.org/CSPOA Invitation Dec29.2011 This is the PDF invitation sent via email to all sheriffs across the COl

We urge you to print this out, hand deliver it to your sheriff and encl him/her to attend this conference. *******

We promised we would notify all of you when the invitations went out to the so you could approach your sheriff personally. A few hundred went out Decemb, but every sheriff in the united States was sent this invitation via email on Frida December 30. Another blast went out today to all of them. We all know many 1

can happen to email. Unfortunately, we do not have the resources, human or monetary, to mail them each an invitation.

Our space at the conference is limited to about 120 at present unless we get mOTI donations. We do expect to have all availability filled quickly now that the hoi

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are over. We are approximately half filled already.

It is important for you, the constituents, to approach your sheriff personally without demanding. Call and make an appointment. You may approach individually or get some friends to go with you.

As you can see, we have a slate of amazing speakers scheduled. We are expecting this first Constitutional Sheriff conference to be a historical event. It is hard to imagine that sheriffs would decline.

Those of you who have collected donations for your sheriff, please, get those funds in as soon as possible noting your sheriff's county and name. Just send what you have. Remember!! It is your responsibility to get your sheriff to attend the conference. We can only send him the invitation.

With a $1000 donation, an individual may attend this momentous occasion once helshe is approved by the CSPAO Board.

IF there is any way we can help you with this effort, please do not hesitate to ask. ,

FREEDOM IN ACTION!

Mary hrtlite@gmail.com www.countysheriffproject.org

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From: Palo Alto Free Press [paloaltofreepress@gmaiLcom]

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January 6, 2012

424 P~ndleton Way Oakland. CA 94621 51 0-638-5864 phone 51 0-638-8984 fax

State of Tobacco Control Report to be Released January 19, 2012 Join our Efforts to Pass the California Cancer Research Act

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Dear Mayor and City Council Members:

I am pleased to announce that the American Lung Association will release its annual State ofTobacco Control report on January 19, 2012. This report assigns grades to the federal government and states based on their tobacco control laws and regulations in effect as of January 1, 2012. The state grades cover policies for Smokefree Air, Cigarette Tax, Tobacco Prevention and Control Spending and Smoking Cessation. .

This year more than ever before, California's grades have particular importance. Our state· has historically earned low marks for its Cigarette Tax and Tobacco Prevention and Control Spending grades, which is surprising considering the state's leadership role in reducing smoking and the health impacts from tobacco.

To address this, the American Lung Association in California has joined with the American Cancer Society and the American Heart Association to pass the California Cancer Research Act (CCRA). CCRA is a ballot initiative that will be placed before voters on June 5,2012. Through a $1 per pack tax on cigarettes, the CCRA delivers more than $855 million annually to fund cancer research and other tobacco­related. diseases and drive down smoking rates by investing in proven tobacco prevention, education, and law enforcement efforts that keep tobacco away from kids.

Additionillly, in coordination with the national State of Tobacco Control report, the American Lung Association in California will release report cards for all 58 counties and the 482 incorporated cities and towns in California. Grades are assigned for the following policy categories: Smokefree Outdoor Air, Smokefree Housing, and Reducing Sales of Tobacco Products. These three grades are then averaged for one Overall Tobacco Control Grade. Our goal in producing the local tobacco control grades is to increase public knowledge about laws that help protect individuals, families and children from tobacco's deadly toll, and encourage local leadership to take action where improvement is needed.

It's no surprise that tobacco use is.still the number one preventable cause of death and disease in California. Despite significant gains in the last twenty years, 3.6 million Californians still smoke, and smoking kills nearly 40,000 people every year. Every day, the tobacco industry wages a multi-million dollar campaign that glamorizes smoking, and more than 36,000 California kids start smoking.

I encourage you to take an active role in passing the California Cancer Research Act. To find out more about this life-saving initiative go to www.californiansforacure.org. And please visit the American Lung Association in California's website www.lung.org/california on January 19 to view the state and local tobacco control report cards. Together we can fight for clean air and healthy lungs for all Californians.

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Minor, Beth

From: Tony Ciampi [t.ciampi@hotmail.com] OnlY CLERK'S OtflCE

Sent: Saturday, January 07,201212:35 AM 12 JAN -9 AM 7: 41 To: paloaltofreepress@gmail.com

Cc: Council, City; Keene, James; michael.gennaco@oirgroup.com; jrosen@da.sccgov.org

Subject: Police Corruption the result of cowardly and bigoted elected officials

Attachments: corruption 1.PNG; corruption 2.PNG; corruption 3.PNG; corruption 4.PNG

Editor of Palo Alto Free Press

Mark,

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Just like Larkin, Mr. Gennaco did the job he was hired to do, and that is to limit the liability of the City of Palo Alto regardless of truth or justice. The real culprits of Police Corruption are found sitting on the City Council of Palo Alto and the Chair of the City Manager in James Keene. I informed the City Council and Keene of what Dennis Burns had perpetrated prior to and long before anointing him Chief, but instead of bringing in an outside person to clean up the department, they chose Burns to be the next Chief in order to perpetuate his own crimes and those committed by his subordinate officers. Rather than stand up for truth and justice, the City Council of Palo Alto cowered to the pressure of image and their own hatred in order to perpetuate the lies and crimes of the Palo Alto Police making each and every one of them complicit in those crimes.

How do they justify the deliberate perjury committed by Officers Temores, Burger and Wagner (Wagner in Discovery Admissions)? The can't. They do nothing to hold these officers accountable. I will be informing every criminal defense attorney in the Bay Area of the false statements made by Manuel Temores, Kelly Burger, April Wagner, Sgt. Honniker, Lt. Denson and Chief Burns so that if any of these officers are a part of any investigation of any person who is arrested by the Palo Alto Police their statements and findings will be questioned and thrown out. Additionally, I will be informing every criminal defense attorney in the Bay Area of the Santa Clara County Crime's Lab bogus analyses of the videos and taser guns which amazingly prove that editing and tampering has occurred contrary to the assertions of Dolores Carr and Jeff Rosen.

Tony

From: Palo Alto Free Press (paloaltofreepress@gmail.com) D Sent: Fri 12/30/11 12: 12 AM

To: Tony Ciampi (t.ciampi@hotmail.com)

Cc: michael.gennaco@oirgroup.com; abjpd1@gmail.com

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Re: The Mollen - Report. New York City

The attached report will explain Mr. Genanco and all those like him .....

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CBAPTEIl FOUR

tHE COLlAPSE or TBI DEPARTMENT'S CORltUPTJON CONTROLS

-.All parts or lhe DepIl'hl1ellI'J comaptiOllqsfemc bad bella fIulcdnhIl terri.blY fOr .,... .. ". lOp tommuden iliad oatdae of laten.al AfraIn .dIddt HelD too coacented .baa~ tIIat Ilowewrr because it: pa.r:adteed.no bad headliDa ••• hi wha dte7 IIeard ID lDdepeadeDt IlOJdtoriqCOdlmissiou _s beIq ~- lip tore how the)r.1IItI'e 'dolaJ ill ·dte corruptin ana, IIdDp .artea qliddy ellu"''' ,. ,. ....

-lAD hpenilOl' Prhate ~ willi: Commission Std' september 23, Uf3

To MDl1 our mandate to iavestigate the qulicy ofibe Department~ corruption coDtrols. the Commtwo.tl made numerous requacsfor doauneBts and information that set forth the Depa.rtmenr\ 1D1f-CorrupdOllpracticeS aDd performanm over the past decade. We were astounded to learrt tbat - unlike other commaods mthe Department .... virtually DO information em. the cwerall perfOrmance of the and-cor.rupliOil :systems existed. and the UUlc that did was largely iDaccorate.We then subpocuaed officers of aU. ranks -who were assigned to and supervised pottioasofthe Dttpartment~ aDti-conuption appanm.ts" . We were agai.D astounded to ]earnthat many did DOt kDowb_ ccnaiD. aati-corruption systems were supposed to work or how cenain pros;ra;ml and units, many established during the Knapp Commission era, 'Were tuncdoning today.

The Commission tberefore started from scratch 10 iaves-ligating and aUditing what. sbould have bUD the principal colmponcnu of !be Depattmenfsaoti-oorruption systems. These include: (i) command aecountabWty and supemswn; (Ii) iatemal inYestigatioosand intelligeDce lathcriDJ; (ill) rec:uitmeDt aDd saeeniDg: (i'Y) trainiq; and (v) thepoliee attitudes and culture that .tlw1ure and protect corruptiotLThis had newr been done before because - unlike other City agencies ... the Department bad beeD allowed to police il$elf alone. with no ·iDdepeDdent oversight to insu:re it was dome its job wen.

Our investiption foUDd a system that had 'YittuaUy collapsed yean· ago -and that was more likely to minimi" or oonceal corruptiou thaD uncover and uproot it. We mUDd .iI"'L_"" .:1.. _ 1t&.T __ .. , .. -" __ 1_ ~ .. _ ..... _" "',. ...... I _. 'Ii Ii • .' ,. oil lit .... ....... ___

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syst,ems of conuptiou coatrol Sllike at the root eaues and eo:nditiom of cotNplioD and DOC •. • t;H.. -weaL 1'1 . ..1.- dJ· 1:, .'L._ ~"""""m must tra1lsfmw RIlL. ··1··~·CC cullm'C and. -..I:~ .... ..JI1I ... ~ symp _. . ~ .. o ~ ...•. ~ ........ ~~ ~ i~~"

Us power apimt CQDCe81fnJ aDd perpematiDs cormption. It must create a culture that demands integrity and works·to insure it; an atmosphae in which dishonest cops rear the . honest ones, awl DOt tbeMber way around - as Detecdve Frank Serpico warned :t'Wellty years .. o~ 'Without j~ DO system. of oorruptioD coutrol is llkely to succeed. The Commission belieges that such Chanp is poISl~le.kbetieves such pOSS1bility is e.nbanced by aD indepeDdmt commi'lioD UDsted by :aD concemed

Commission to Investigate A"egalions of Po'Uce ,Corruption andlhe Anti-Corruption Procedures of the Police Department

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On 3/16/2008' :!l~Uu!!n h~ after [ 'l\tl):Ii: ul'l'~wfuIV as:!lalilt~d and falsl!'lv <;Irre$ited by three members of th;;! 1';;110 AltoP,",1ic;; Oepartrnent, a §!'ollk; Alw Polke Offic·ef flagged me down and 'ipologizJi!d for ~ ass.ault that hi'S f@llow polic~ officerscommittl!d upon me. ThIs tells ml! two things, one there are membE!'fS in the Police Oepartmentwho @ not appro'>!e (If what i$ going on ·and w(luld like som@one in aumooty to do the right thing, since thiIEIY th@msl!!hr~§ar@ 1.mabl0 to due to Code of Silence a;ndI the retaliation they most likely would incur for exposing their fellowofflcen:, their teammates ~s: criminals. Two, tnere js .a likelihood that the off'!C@f whoa~()gizil!!I:~ to meYiew@d the unllduiteratllld ",idlllo wotage of Offic;:E'f eUfger firing his Tollser gun at mV fa.:::e without waming while my nand!> werilllin the air.'

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polgee officers under OennJs 8ums' command have falsified vld~,os and evidence. D~nnis Burns not only has not held them accountable but has obviously be@n

conceailing th@~r cnmes. 1 find it very disturbing thi/lt youwCl,uldi ail.ow 1m Keene to appoint Mr. 8:umsas the next Police Chief. In d04ng so you willi be aiding the police department's ability to perpetuate the concealment of their crii'll'les;,

YO'u don't believe Cops will frame innocent cibzens, .... iew this '!!ideo; htte;lb~ .. !f!!l,~!.!t!Jtu~,~2mlwa:t'bZlt~Y1:!F:iZti'~!.!gifilat!.!r~=r~li'il:d

\'\Ihat a good polic@ chief would have done and should do: http://www.youtube.comlwatch?v=5WRxKM624&feature..related

Tony Ciampi

Minor. Beth

From: Tony Ciampi [fwbWtd@gmail.com]

Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2012 11 :49 PM

To: assemblymember.mitchell@assembly.ca.gov; senator.walters@sen.ca.gov

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Subject: Stop the harmful affects of Smart Meters

Dear Representative,

Smart Meters are ruining people's lives. Just because Smart Meters do not affect everyone in a significant manner that does not mean that they are not negatively affecting everyone, including you, to a lesser degree. Just because Smart Meters do not affect everyone in an immediate and harmful way should not diminish the devastation that they causing to those citizens that are being immediately affected by the meters. These citizens should not have to suffer just so someone can make an extra buck or two and these citizens should not be penalized for having bodies that are sensitive to a foreign substance that is forced upon them against their will. Ifweplaced peanut oil in our drinking water because it was good to kill off pathogens would you think that a person who is allergic to peanuts was crazy after suffering symptoms from drinking the water? Would you force that citizen who is allergic to peanuts to drink the water against his/her will? Ifnot, then why are you forcing thousands of citizens who are allergic to the electromagnetic waves from Smart Meters? Would you force a citizen who is allergic to peanuts to pay more money for water without peanut oil than everyone else? Then why are you forcing thousands of citizens to pay more for healthy energy without the excessive electromagnetic waves. If you think you know everything about electromagnetic waves, just ask any radiologist about why you cannot have a Magnetic Resolution Image (MRI) of your body if you have any metal in your body.

Please represent the interests of the citizens who need you to represent them just as you would want them to represent you if you were the one who needed their help.

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http://stoosmartmeters.orgj

Smart Meter Health Complaints The following comments about how the new utility 'Smart' Meters

have affected people's health were sent to the EMF Safety

Network, or publicly posted. If you are experiencing health or

other problems related to Smart Meters you can submit your

complaints toSmartMeterhelp.com.

I am writing in regards to Smart Meters that I have to deal with on

a daily basis. Over the past 6-7 months I have recently developed

Tinnitus, Migraines and Blurred sensitive vision. The only change

in my life has been the SMART METERS. I have to sit within

about a 6-10 ft radius of a smart meter at my work and My

neighborhood has been flooded with them. I have called Pg&e but

of course they say nothing can be done. At this point I am just

looking for help on how to approach this matter. AM.C Santa

Cruz

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I do not have a SmartMeter on my house and most of my neighbors don't. But as the meters have increased nearby the

ringing in our ears is near constant here and sometimes intolerable. Sleeping can be difficult, I have suffered

unexplained hair loss, my appetite has gone down and my digestion has suddenly gotten more difficult. Further, I have

suddenly become lackluster about things and other health issues have spiked. I feel better now when I am away from

home but it is getting increasingly difficult to find places where I can not feel restless or spacey. R.H. Santa Cruz

I was switched on to a Smart Meter without my consent. ( a notice was sent out only) Since that time, I've had issues

with severe anxiety, depression, sleeplessness, headaches, buzzing and ringing in my ears .. .! couldn't account as to why

I was feeling this way, until I finally read about the smart meters and what they are doing to some of the population .... I

called my utility co. (salt river project in az.) and asked to speak to a supervisor about this matter. He (Ben Celleck) said

that they don't cause these problems and that it's SRP'sproperty and they will deem what they will use. I told him "I'm

the customer and I pay SRP for the service and they should use what I request, not the other way around!" .... .! kept

insisting to have it changed out and stating it was my right as a customer to have this request..but he keep telling

me ... "No, they will not change out the meter, but we will come out and check it for any leakage ofpower." .... "I said I'm

very sensitive with the EMF that it produces and is causing my health problems." I said. " I don't want SRP to just come

out and check it, I just want it to be replaced with the analog meter not the smart meter" ..... He kept to his same

story .... "We will not replace with the analog" ..... When I got back home (11/2/11) from work, I had received a notice

from SRP that they had been out there to inspect my meter and stated they had found nothing wrong with my meter.

D.M. Arizona

Since the smart meters were installed, I have difficulty breathing, have headaches which I never had, sleep problems,

balance problems, physical weakness, nausea, anxiety, depression, and worsening of health conditions. I would like the

analog meter back so I can feel normal again. D.D. Santa Cruz

I am having serious health issues since the meter was installed. And, not prior. My home has become toxic. I want this

meter removed immediately. I can not wait. This is an emergency. Either the utility company comes out immediately

and takes it off or I will resort to other measures. This is oppressive tyranny and an assault to my mental and physical

well being. M.C. Riverside CA

My family and I have been experiencing negative health effects since the smart meter was installed. I have had ringing

in my ears and my son has not slept a whole night since the meter was installed. He sleeps fine at his daycare (analog

meter) and he sleeps all night at his grandparent's house (also analog meter).

I would like permission to have my analog meter replaced at no cost to me or my family. L.S. Los Angeles CA

Ever since the Smart Meter has been installed in my house I have suffered insomnia, constant headaches and am

forced to listen to the sound of electrical humming outside my bedroom. Do not ignore the fact that some people are

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more sensitive to electricity than others. L.M. Santa Cruz

In May of 2010 they installed a RF Smart Meter. Between then and June 2011, I had made four trips to an ER for heart

palpitations, tinnitus, extreme fatigue with mental confusion and inability to sleep. On top of being able to accomplish

damn little due to the symptoms, the electric bills topped $200 per month when we didn't add an appliance or use

more of what we had.

In each ambulance ride, the symptoms went away after 30 minutes out of this Smart Meter Neighborhood. Then the

symptoms returned within a day.

June 2011, I demanded they remove the smart meter because I was being over-charged. They replaced the RF Smart

Meter with a hardwired digital Smart Meter in an attempt to placate me. And I am still being overcharged. The

symptoms are a little less severe, but they still exist and are very hard to accommodate in any capacity. Especially the

headaches that I've never had until a Smart Meter was installed. John N., New Mexico

My name is Donald Newsom. I have an account with PG&E in my home. My desk is on the other side of the wall from

the smart meter.

I am 42 and in excellent health. However, since this was put on our home without any permission I have had severe

headaches and my right eye is twitching now uncontrollably. This doesn't happen when I am away from my home

(although now the problems are severe enough they are becoming constant). I believe it's the smart meter. I have

phoned them twice to have someone remove it but they will not.

On 10/18/2011 I called PG&E and they transferred me to Angel in Sacramento with the Smart Meter Department. I

told Angel that my eye is twitching badly and that my headaches are getting severe. He took my information down and

said he'd have someone get in touch with me. I told him I tried this once before, where PG&E said they would have a

supervisor call me back, but when they did call 5 days later they hung up immediately after I picked up the receiver -

which was 2 rings in. I saw it was PG&E via my caller !D. They did not call back. Thus, Angel told me he would have

someone get in touch with me over the next week. I hope so ... as I am now demanding this be removed.

I would like to have this smart meter removed. I have 3 adults living here and 4 children all under 13 years of age.

PG&E did not allow us to opt out and put the meter on our home while we were away. It seemed to us very sneaky.

How can a company put something on my home that may harm me and my children, and then not remove it when I tell

them the harm it is now causing? I am hoping someone needs to come out and remove this from our home and put

back the old style meter, or turns off the transmitter I am so sensitive to.

My body is now feeling very sick, I have headaches constantly and my eye may need surgery to stop the twitching.

Further, we work where we live and home school our kids ... so we are getting much exposure to the RFTransmissions

and would like it to stop.

How can we accomplish this?

Donald Newsom, Butte County CA

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I have very disturbing symptoms after living for a year and a half sandwiched between 30 gas smart meters on one side

and 30 electric smart meters on the other side. I also have wi-fi router and wi-fi radio which are probably part of the

problem.

I am toasted by inability to sleep more than 4-5 hours and even those hours occur randomly so as to say my sleep

patterns schedules are all out of whack. I have intermitant vertigo. I think I am getting cooked by meters in my location

because I get unexplainable, VERY uncomfortable sweats that come upon me out of nowhere feeling like I am being

heated up from the inside out, they make me feel very unbalanced and really mad as I usually evacuate my apt and go

outside before I take a shower to try to feel good. My facial skin also has dried and aged and wrinkled beyond

recognition. Most replies to my inquiries say I must move from this apt a.s.a.p. That is not an easy job.

Where am I going to be safe?

NO wi-fi recommended or maybe wi-fi will invade another neighborhood after I relocate there. Also getting away from

the stupid smart meters they are everywhere here now. I know moving off the grid and living with solar power is ideal

but that is not likely at this time. I cannot really start living in my car and spend my time at the park or whatever

others report such as staying away from their homes as much as possible. MS. Humboldt County

Edison installed a new smart meter yesterday. I did not sleep last night. There is something going on in my head and

body. I have ringing in my ears at a very high pitch. Like a dog whistle or crystal in some electronic device whistling. It

is creating some sort of electric waves from my ear area to my body that is very uncomfortable. It is making me sick. It

is like a chill but not quit. I am having a hard time describing it.

I called Edison. right away and they tell me there is nothing they can do for me. But they say things like we care and

have a nice day while I tell them I am being harmed as we speak. The people at the Edison company are not trained in

electromagnetic radiation or electronics and challenge me that I am not having the reaction that I am having. I begged

them to remove the meter and it is still whistling away in my head. No concern to Edison that it is killing me. It makes

it hard to think. My brain is slowly shutting down.

It is a real wake up call to me since I have worked in the electronic field (Research and development for Hughes

aircraft, Semens etc.) I know about EMF and have heard of these things happening but it was always on an intellectual

level since I had no personal reaction in the past. At least not like this. Now I know! It is real bad and I am considering

getting an ice chest and just turning off the electricity to the house but this produces many other problems I don't know

how to get around. I want to change to another electric company but Edison says you can't do that now. What can I

do. I can't take this for very long.

Is there a class action suit against the smart meter yet? Allan B., So. CA

I have had severe headaches since a Smart Meter was installed on my house. When I leave to visit my Mom in a place

where there are no Smart Meters, my headaches subside. As soon as I come home, the headaches return. I have been

getting 15 - 18 severe headaches per month for approximately a year now. The days the headache is not severe, it is

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still present. This is severely affecting the quality of my life and my ability to work. I am barely hangingJn there. I don't

know how much more I can take.

When the subcontractor working for PG&E came to install the meter, I told him I did not want one. He said I had no

choice in the matter and installed the meter anyway.

Despite my health complaints, PG&E will not comply with my request to remove the meter. My request to purchase my

own anolog meter, have it installed by an electrician, and return their meter to them was also denied.

I cannot believe this is happening in this country!! This is absolutely criminal!!

Lisa Miller, Novato CA

This is becoming such a critical issue all over the globe, including my soon-to-be "former home" of 23 years: the city of

Burbank, CA. I am being forced to leave the city that I have loved living in, where I have friends and family and

community ties. The place that I thought of as a safe and friendly haven.

I began to experience severe health affects within 5 hours of the installation of 4 GE Trilliant smart meters on my small

apartment complex on 7/28/2011. Headaches, nausea, insomnia, feelings of agitation and irritability, and difficulty

concentrating have made it necessary for me to leave my home. My symptoms resolve within about 30 minutes going

to a meterless area. I have been living out of my car since 8/2/2011, stopping in the evenings at the homes of people

who are able to let me sleep for the night. My life has been turned upside down. I knew nothing of smart meters until

the onset of my symptoms, but I do know for sure that the effects are real. Five out five residents who were polled in

my complex (out of 6 total residents who live here full time) have shared that they are having similar physical

symptoms. A woman in the building next door has reported that she is unable to sleep in her bedroom. She didn't

know she had a bank of 8 meters installed in the basement directly below her bedroom.

I have sought remedy through contacting Burbank Water and Power. Initially I was told it would be too expensive to

restore my analog meter by Ron Davis, Chairman of BWP. Another board member suggested I just move out of

Burbank. In a bizarre twist, I received a phone call from BWP a month after I spoke about the problem offering me a

new refrigerator (free) to replace my "old" refrigerator. This is peculiar, given that my refrigerator is only one year old.

I then received another call from BWP suggesting that I might have a problem with a carbon monoxide leak. Given that

my carbon monoxide meter reads zero and given that I feel ill in other people's homes in Burbank, I hardly think that

this is feasible. BWP employees have suggest~d that I am reacting to my neighbors' WIFI. While this may be true, I

have lived quite comfortably with my neighbors' WIFI until the day the meters were installed. They also suggested that

I might be having a problem with the new paint in my apartment (it's a year old) or the new carpet (it's 15 years old).

Other helpful suggestions included the idea that something new is in bloom and/or there might be some construction

going on around me.

I contacted Judge Yip.:. Kikugawa, telling her of my plight. I received a terse message back from one of her assistants

stating that the CPUC has "zero authority" over BWP and a suggestion that I present my complaints to my City Council.

I took the suggestion and tearfully told the Mayor of Burbankand the Council at a meeting in early August. The

response was underwhelming, save for that of Dr. David Gordon. After ~ublic comments were made, Ron Davis was

allowed to take the floor for several minutes, during which he stated that the meters are "safer than safe" and that BWP

is working with each concerned citizen to resolve their issues. I do not feel that BWP's effort with me come close to

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solving my problem. I am losing my home and they are offering me a new refrigerator.

I am desperately saddened by the situation and am seeking a place to go that is not too far distant from my elderly

mother and from the community I have lived in all my life ...

This must be STOPPED. Civil rights, human rights, and the future of the planet could very well tum on this issue.

Dramatic? Yes! True? Absolutely. SG, Burbank CA

Since PG&E put in their 'smartmeter' (oxymoron), I wake up with a headache every day and I am always tired no

matter how much sleep I get. I have been depressed, lethargic and forgetful. I have so much trouble thinking clearly, it

interferes with my daily functioning. I have gone to several doctors about the symptoms, but nothing has helped. I

didn't realize how much the meter had been affecting me until I went away for a vacation and all of my 'illnesses' were

gone. Now that I am home, all of my "symptoms" are back. On top of everything, SMUD came out to try to install one

of the meters, too. I told them I didn't want one. As the men were leaving, I heard one of them say, "She is going to get

one anyway." This is absolutely criminal!

Michelle, Sacramento

From Dec 2010 to April 2011 four 'smart meters' were installed within 20 feet of our bed. Since that time we've

experienced headaches, ringing iri the ears, heart palpitations and insomnia, ONLY when we sleep in our bed in this

house. We've had SDG&E out on several occasions and have requested to opt-out of the 'smart meters' and return to

analog. The SDG&E reps say that there is NO alternative to the 'smart meters'! Also our city block's main grid 'smart

meter' is located in front of our home, so short of moving, we don't know what to do! Friends in Northern Calif. tell us

that PG&E offers an 'opt out' program for their customers. Plus many cities there have chosen not to have 'smart

meters' at all. Why can't SDG&E give us that same option in Southern Calif?

At least with cell phones, microwave ovens and computers, we have the choice to buy them or not, and when to tum

them off. What about all the families with small children who live in apartments or condos with hundreds of 'smart

meters' in banks of adjoining bedroom walls? We should all have a choice with our metering system, especially since so

many are having health issues with the 'smart meters', and the long term effects of microwave exposure are still

unknown.

Not long ago we were told that high tension power lines were safe, but over time statistics have shown 'that the

incidence of several types of illnesses, including cancer, is much higher for people living beneath those wires. We can

all only hope that you, (our California Public Utilities Commission) will step in and create a state wide free opt-out

program soon, or maybe this is something to be put on the ballot and let the residents of California decide for

ourselves? Vicki, San Diego

Submitted on 2011/09/01 at 9:03 am

I live in Perris CA in an apartment complex that also has swap the old analog meters for smart meters. The meters are

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directly outside of my bedroom wall. Eversince these smart meters were installed every night while trying to sleep I can

hear this buzzing, humming sound that gives me horrible migraine headaches n heart palpitations. I wake up feeling

tired, nauseas and not well rested whatsoever due to all the disturbance this smart meter brings upon not only myself

but also my little four year old daughter that sleeps with me every night. I know that these smart meters are a big

health risk because of all the symptoms my daughter and I have been experiencing since they were installed. I really

wish that this issue can be seriously investigated because 1 know that I'am not the only person experiencing the same

issues and our electric company should be held accountable. 1 hope this matter gets resolved quickly before people

become more seriously ill. We need our old analog meters back!!!!!

Thanks,

Julie Reynoso

1 currently have a 4 bedroom house that 1 can only use two bedrooms of due to the radiation being emitted from your

smart meters. My daughter had the classic symptoms from having slept in the room adjacent to the meter for 9 months

before 1 realized that her problems coincided with the installation of the meters. 1 have had the radiation levels

measured in her room and she was getting dosed with high levels of MW radiation every couple of minutes all night

long for nine months. 1 need my home to be a safe haven, my daughter needs her room back, give me the option to

protect my family from microwave radiation. electrosmog21 on youtube.PaUl, CA

"My health has been effected since my neighborhood had smart meters installed. 1 have trouble sleeping, often only

sleeping a couple of hours each night. 1 feel this is a giant experiment on the population." Anon.

An open letter to SDG&E, Smart Meter Complaint Department

1 have made three prior telephone requests advising SDGE of the serious side effects concerning my health since the

installation of the smart meter device at my home. Three different individuals came out to my house on three separate

occasions, all armed with the same propaganda, the same zero concern for my health or the safety of my home.

1 was told, "I don't know. You are the only one that has complained." (A false statement.) 1 was also told, "The smart

meter is not causing any problems to your home." (Another false statement.)

1 am a 49-year-old woman and 1 have never before experienced any of these problems in either this home, or any other

home that 1 have lived in, prior to the smart meter installation.

1 came home one day after work, and they had just finished installing my smart meter. 1 did not think anything of it. 1

had received a notice a few weeks prior, indicating that a smart meter was going to be installed.

That same evening 1 awoke between 2:00 and 3:00 in the morning, with ringing in my ears, dizziness, tingling at the

upper part of my head that turned into a headache and then nausea. There was also a horrible feeling of uneasiness

that 1 had never experienced before and that prevents me from going back to sleep at night - every night.

One of my dogs awoke at the same time, wandering the hallways whining and crying. This dog refuses to sleep inside at

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night now, as the pulsed radiation also makes him sick. This dog had slept at the foot of my bed since the day I brought

him home until the night the smart meter was installed. I have numerous friends and family who will testify to this, if

called to do so.

The SlPDe scenario occurs whenever I sleep in my home, a home that I worked six or seven days a week for most of my

life to be able to afford, and now you, the utility company, is FORCING PULSED RADIATION where I live and sleep,

which if you do your homework and read the numerous articles that have been published by scientists who were not

paid off by a utility company, you will see that radiation causes cancer and I will not stand for a cancer causing device

to be attached to my home.

I was gone for two weeks on two occasions over the summer, and I sleep fine whenever I am away from my home. I was

in Peru for two weeks without these problems and also in Alaska, where I had no trouble sleeping, no trouble

concentrating, no dizziness, no ringing in my ears, no tingling at the upper part of my head that turned into headaches.

I also have noticed a strange humming and buzzing in my home around the appliances, coming from the computer,

and around all the intercom panels in my home. I've had three people out from SDGE and they all heard the humming

and buzzing and told me to turn the intercom down all the way and then I would not hear it.

I asked them, "How do you explain this? This humming and buzzing was not ever here before the smart meter

installation? My kitchen appliances never hummed and buzzed before the smart meter installation." I told them, "I

don't think my house is safe. This is not normal."

And I just got the blank stare, the "I don't know what to tell you, " and the "No, I cannot remove the smart meter." I

begged them to return my house and home which I loved back to normal, to please, please remove the smart meter and

install the old analog meter that worked just fine and that I never had a problem with. The blank stare and the, "No, I

cannot do that," was the only answer I could get out of these people.

I asked one of the gentlemen what his job was at SDGE, as it appeared he had no training as an electrician and was not

capable of answering any of my questions. He told me, "Well, my job is to handle questions from people like you." I

then replied, "I thought you said I was the only one that complained." Of course, he quickly departed after that. We all

know that if he had told me anything different, he would have lost his job.

I want the same remedy that Northern Californians have received. I pay my utility bills just like they do and I want to

be treated with the same remedy that [they] received: IMMEDIATE REMOVAL OF MY SMART METER AND

REMOVAL OF SMART METERS SURROUNDING MY HOME.

How can the utility commission and the utility. companies treat Southern Californians who are being made sick by

smart meters any different than customers in Northern California? They cannot. This is a formal request for removal of

the smart meter illegally attached to my home and to the homes arouild me.

Copies of this letter are going out to as many people, organizations, and government agencies as I can send it to, so you

can't drop this one in the trash and say you never got my letter.

Sincerely,

Richard and Diane XXXXXXXXXXX

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The following letter was sent to the CPUC judge overseeing the 'Smart' Meter proceeding:

Your Honor,

I am writing from the city of Burbank, in Southern California. On July 28, 2011 Burbank Water and Power, the

municipal utility company that "serves" my home city, installed a bank of four GEfTrilliant smart meters on the side of

the small fourplex in which I live.

Approximately four hours after the installation was complete I developed a band-like headache that was unresponsive

to medication. The next morning I awoke with the headache and slight nausea. I thought I might be coming down with

the ·flu. However, after I was away from my apartment, I noticed that these symptoms resolved - only to return when I

was back in my apartment for about 4 hours. This pattern continued for the next three days. I began to have trouble

sleeping and difficulty concentrating. I also experienced some transient heart palpitations.

Prior to this I knew nothing about smart meters and had no idea that they could impact human health. I am

devastated by these developments.

My current residence has been a haven for me - until the meters went in. In an almost nightmarish scenario the place

that I call home is now off-limits for me. This is particularly problematic because I am disabled and rely upon Section 8

rental subsidies in order to survive. I cannot move within my home city because every building is slated to receive the

meters by the end of 2011.

I have spent the past 22 days living out of my car, finding shelter at various friends' homes in the evening. The

temperatures in Southern California have been in the high 90S and over. I am exhausted, frightened, and do not know

where to turn.

I have spoken to the board of BWP at a public meeting. The best they could come up with is the suggestion that I move·

into another city. This is problematic because the closest city to me is Los Angeles. To transfer my housing voucher to

Los Angeles is a Sysephian task. The housing authority in Los Angeles (HACLA) is a poorly-run, huge bureaucracy that

has been known to cause tenants to lose their housing vouchers through mismanagement. I have called five different

telephone numbers to try to get some guidelines about transferring - all to no avail. Meanwhile I struggle to keep my

health and my life together. I take anti-seizure medication and my medication schedule has been disrupted by the

random and brutal way I am living right now.

This is so very wrong. I have been displaced from my home of 23 years due to the installation of the meters. To be sure,

I am currently in the minority of people who are known as electrosensitive but I do not believe that I should not I be

subjected to the suffering and losses that are my current reality. If I were physically challenged and needed a .

wheelchair would I be thrown out of my home? I think not - there are laws that protect against this. Why, then, should

I be denied the fundamental right of a home - a home that I have been healthy and happy in until the meters were

foisted upon me?

Where can I go? My 84-year-old mother lives 10 minutes from me and I believe that it is my duty and right to remain

close to her in the event that she needs to call upon me for assistance. As a disabled woman (I've had four brain

surgeries), life is difficult enough without being displaced by a technology that I have neither asked for nor consented

to. I consider myself to be a resourceful and strong person, but I am feeling overwhelmed by what I am facing: illness

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and homelessness. I am college-educated and have a middle-class background but even this does not equip me to deal

with my current challenges caused directiy by the smart meters.

I believe that the utility companies have relied upon poorly-designed studies conducted by organizations (CCST and

EPRI) that have ties to the communications industry, the utility companies, and that have financial interests in the

smart grid infrastructure. I do not think that a thoroughgoing study into health consequences has been performed by

either of these entities. The non-thermal effects of non-ionizing radiation (especially pulsed RF) has NOT been studied

by these so-called "impartial" organizations. I think it is an outrageous and tragic tum of events that is affecting me

and many other people. I have heard three of my neighbors (young people with no history of electrosensitivity)

complain of headaches and insomnia since the meters were installed - and they weren't even aware that they had

received them! I am absolutely sure I am not alone in my suffering.

Your Honor, I ask you to take into account my situation when you consider what is being perpetrated upon the citizens

of California. This cannot continue. I may be collateral damage - it's too late for me. But, please, think about the

population and countless numbers of people who are having their lives upset and threatened by these dangerous

devices.

I am not a believer in conspiracy theories, but I do believe what my body is telling me. This is real, this is true, and it

should not be allowed to continue.

Thank you for consideration.

Sincerely,

Ms. Shane Gregory, Burbank, CA

from: July 26, 2010

Dear Barbara Boxer:

I'm currently living in a comer of my house the size of a single bed surrounded by aluminum foil. This blocks the Wi-Fi

from my neighbors' houses and ambient EMF.

The Wi-Fi fields and other EMF make me sick. I've spent the last eight months extremely ill and spend much of my

days in state parks where there is no Wi-Fi or electricity. I've had to stop working.

There have been nights at 10:30 pm, when I've been driving around, looking for a place I could sleep with no Wi-Fi,

and there was no place to go. If Smart Meters are not stopped, there'll be no place for me to be.

European countries have standards for health for EMF safety. America does not. I may be a canary in a gold mine but

I'm an early warning sign for everybody else.

All our bodies are delicate, organic bioelectrical systems and not made to be constantly bathed in the electrical

frequencies that Wi-Fi and Smart Meters put out. It's so toxic, and this needs to be addressed so that I can come out

from behind the foil screen. There's been no place to tum. Society has had nothing to offer me in terms of help.

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