The meeting was called to order by President Linda Hermann at 7:35 p.m. The minutes were approved as written. There is a total of $1608.00 in the treasury.
Annie Navin, Berryessa area police officer, reported that a burglary sting rounded up a group of 4 or 5 culprits who have been active in Berryessa; therefore, there has been a decrease in burglaries. The police are monitoring the Piedmont/Sierra shopping center and are fining juveniles, having them clean up any damages and, on occasion, taking them home to their parents.
Presentation by Sheriff Candidates
Ruben Diaz is a Berryessa resident and has been in law enforcement 27 years, 20 of those years in management. He became involved in community affairs at the age of 21 by starting a wrestling program for youths in Milpitas and has worked with youth since that time. He founded the East San Jose Youth Foundation and is a member of the Mayor’s Gang Prevention Task Force. He looks to the future of the department by incorporating more technology for greater efficiency such as placing computers in all police cars.
Jose Salcido was raised in Berryessa, attended local schools. He began his career with San Jose Police Dept. He has been with the Sheriff’s department for 21 years, 13 as a sergeant. He will receive his Master’s Degree in Public Administration in 1998 when his thesis on Humanistic Management in Law Enforcement is complete. He believes the department is managed too autocratically and would like to encourage community policing by having the deputies have a say in the program. Measurement of the department should be citizen response to the deputies rather than the number of tickets given, etc.
Laurie Smith has been in law enforcement 25 years, 8 as Assistant Sheriff. She has created programs such as Sexual Assault Task Force, Regional Auto Theft Task Force and a all-police agencies task force on narcotics. The records division of the Sheriff’s Dept. now has participative management. The department has also started sheriff development classes for leadership training. Her ability as a leader has been proven by her accomplishments in her role as Assistant Sheriff.
Brian Beck’s principal target as sheriff will be juvenile gangs. The sheriff has jurisdiction everywhere in the county and can centralize and coordinate gang problems. Resources and information are not now shared among police agencies. He has been in the sheriff’s department 20 years. He developed and implemented the Sexual Assault Felony Enforcement Task Force,and can use this experience to create a task force on juvenile gangs. He has the ability to get along with other people that will help to bring the correction officers and the sheriff deputies together. State Senate Candidates for District 10
Bob Gough believes that politicians are beholden to special interests as they need so much money to run for office that they must answer to those who supported them. He backs Proposition 226 as a needed reform. Incumbents take advantage of sending out newsletters with free postage before elections which, though sanctioned by the Fair Political Practices Commission, should not be allowed.
Education is a major issue of his campaign. We need basic education and less experimentation.
Liz Figueroa as an Assemblywoman had the highest number of bills passed and signed by the governor during her first term. She is backed by a wide variety of groups such as the Chamber of Commerce, American Electronic Assn., and the Sierra Club. She has been a leader on HMO/health care reform and reducing class size. She has also been instrumental in strengthening the high-tech industry and has worked on traffic gridlock, public safety, environmental, and domestic violence issues.
Mike Sweeney, Assemblyman, will push for high standards for schools. The local districts must be accountable for students not at grade level. Those students should be required to attend after school classes, Saturday classes and/or summer school. Technology must be integrated into the classroom.
His bill, AB 95, will return property tax taken from the cities and counties by the state during the years of a funding shortage. San Jose alone lost $17 million a year.
He is the author of the Taxpayers’ Rights Protection Act stating the "taxpayers are innocent until proven guilty."
Announcements
Community Forum on May 13th, Independence High School
Highway Clean-up Signups - see Linda
Adjournment 9:15 p.m.
Pat Barfield
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