The Public Record for December 18, 2025 - January 8, 2026. (City Clerk)

Summary

This item is the 'Public Record' for December 18, 2025, to January 8, 2026, which includes correspondence filed for public review. Two key items were filed:

1. Letter from Ishaan Attawar (January 2, 2026): Expresses deep concern about the homelessness crisis, citing over 6,250 unhoused neighbors. The letter highlights audit reports revealing the city's inability to track $302 million spent on homelessness since 2020 and non-compliance by contracted nonprofits. It urges the city to adopt and implement all City Auditor recommendations for financial oversight to ensure transparency and accountability.

2. Letter of Complaint from Hyde Park Neighborhood Association (January 8, 2026): Details ongoing frustration with PG&E and the city's handling of tree removal. Six Sycamore trees at 941, 945, and 951 N. 3rd Street were removed by PG&E for power line construction. The association protested, but the City's Department of Transportation denied the protests, citing PG&E's pre-emption by the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC). The letter states that no replacement trees have been planted and PG&E is asserting property owners are responsible for planting costs, which the association argues contradicts the Municipal Code requiring the permittee to bear the cost. They request the city address the plight of the impacted property owners.

Citizen Impact

Residents are informed about concerns regarding the transparency of homelessness funding and the city's process for handling PG&E-related tree removals, including the financial burden on property owners for replacement trees.

Confidence

high