Read the full story here Web Link posted Tuesday, December 17, 2019, 10:38 AM
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Council drops plans for human rights analysis
Original post made on Dec 17, 2019
Read the full story here Web Link posted Tuesday, December 17, 2019, 10:38 AM
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Posted by A Talking Cat
a resident of Old Mountain View
on Dec 17, 2019 at 11:07 am
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a resident of Old Mountain View
on Dec 17, 2019 at 11:07 am
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TLDR: "We were bad at it and it was hard, so we're giving up."
Posted by Even if...
a resident of Another Mountain View Neighborhood
on Dec 17, 2019 at 2:43 pm
a resident of Another Mountain View Neighborhood
on Dec 17, 2019 at 2:43 pm
“ Even if staff made that effort, she reported it likely wouldn't affect any staff decisions or recommendations.”
Means..
“Even if we did our jobs to get relevant data, we are so set in our ways that no way would it ever see the light of day.”
Bonus points: Even if data driven analysis would be submitted to Council, Matchiak and Abe-Koga are too dumb to understand it and just stick to Nimby-ism 101.
Posted by Christopher Chiang
a resident of North Bayshore
on Dec 17, 2019 at 9:28 pm
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a resident of North Bayshore
on Dec 17, 2019 at 9:28 pm
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A related policy from a similarly sized city in Southern California (MV pop: 80k, SM pop: 92k).
"Santa Monica: the first city in the world to measure its residents’ wellbeing" background article: Web Link
Excerpt: "What is the purpose of government? There are countless partial answers. To keep people safe. To support business. To fill in potholes. But what’s the overarching purpose?... The answer they came to was deceptively simple: to improve the wellbeing of their residents."
More info from Santa Monica's Office of Well Being:
Web Link
Posted by It's the corporations, stupid
a resident of Monta Loma
on Dec 18, 2019 at 7:44 am
a resident of Monta Loma
on Dec 18, 2019 at 7:44 am
This city council is beholden to corporate special interests. Human rights? Bah Humbug.
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