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Q&A with Denver City Council District 3 candidate Jamie Torres

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 12:52:36 GMT

Go to: Denver Post Voter Guide • Candidate Q&A home pageIncumbentJamie TorresPROFESSIONDenver CouncilwomanEDUCATIONB.A. in Cultural Anthropology and M.A. in Medical AnthropologyEXPERIENCEDistrict 3 Councilwoman from 2019-current;Deputy Director, Agency for Human Rights & Community Partnerships from 2013-2019;Director, Denver Office of Immigrant & Refugee Affairs from 2005-2019WEBSITE • FACEBOOKBriefly describe the single most urgent issue facing the city of Denver and how it should be addressed.Affordability in every corner of the city. This covers the broad range of a person or family’s ability to find housing, purchase goods, cover basic needs, and have a reasonable quality of life in Denver. It is addressed by supporting options across a spectrum of need from safe outdoor spaces, to permanent supportive housing, subsidized housing, workforce housing, accessory dwelling units and market rate housing. It is further addressed by ensuring families can earn a li...

Q&A with Denver City Council District 7 candidate Guy Padgett

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 12:52:36 GMT

Go to: Denver Post Voter Guide • Candidate Q&A home pageGuy PadgettPROFESSIONOperations director at a non-profit news siteEDUCATIONMA, International Relations, University of Denver Korbel SchoolEXPERIENCEMayor, Casper, WYCouncilman, Casper WYWEBSITE • FACEBOOK • TWITTERBriefly describe the single most urgent issue facing the city of Denver and how it should be addressed.What should Denver leaders do to address the city’s lack of affordable housing?We must closely monitor the effects of the Inclusionary Housing Ordinance to determine if its incentives and consequences need to be adjusted in order to fulfill its purpose. We must also work to clear the backlog of permit applications; this may require more manpower in the permitting department. We should look at how adaptive reuse can be made more affordable and practical, this could include creating finance stack models with assistance available from the city as well as creating or adopting code specifically aimed a wide...

Q&A with Denver City Council District 2 candidate Chris Herr

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 12:52:36 GMT

Go to: Denver Post Voter Guide • Candidate Q&A home pageChris Herr PROFESSION Director of Sustainability EDUCATION Master’s in Public Administration EXPERIENCE Director of Sustainability at the Auraria Higher Education Center, project management, strategic planning, coalition building, small business owner, board and committee volunteer at state/city levelWEBSITE • FACEBOOK • TWITTERBriefly describe the single most urgent issue facing the city of Denver and how it should be addressed. Lack of affordable housing is the single most urgent issue facing Denver. For decades now, the city has put forth plans and initiatives to address homelessness that have not worked. One data point suggests that the population of houseless folks has reached a 14-year high. To say this is unacceptable is a gross understatement.A housing first approach works and that’s how I would address this issue. Let’s make it easier and cheaper t...

Q&A with Denver City Council District 7 candidate Arthur May

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 12:52:36 GMT

Go to: Denver Post Voter Guide • Candidate Q&A home pageArthur MayPROFESSIONSoftware product managementEDUCATIONBS Computer Science, MS Computer Science, MBAEXPERIENCEHusband, father and neighbor in Denver District 7 for 10 yearsWEBSITE • FACEBOOK • TWITTERBriefly describe the single most urgent issue facing the city of Denver and how it should be addressed.Denver’s crime rate has increased at a rate 10X the increase in population from 2021-2022. Using crime statistics from denvergov.org and population stats from macrotrends.net violent crime increased 11.8%, property crime increased 4.6%, other crimes increased 12.3%. Denver’s population only increased 1.22%. Non-violent crime can be just as damaging to our neighborhoods morale as violent crime.To address the issue we need to 1) Make 311 more efficient such that property crime can and non-violent crime can be reported much more efficiently 2) Increase funding for police 3) Review laws that are unenforceable and either refo...

Q&A with Denver City Council District 7 candidate Adam Estroff

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 12:52:36 GMT

Go to: Denver Post Voter Guide • Candidate Q&A home pageAdam EstroffPROFESSIONSalesEDUCATIONB.A. US History – Earlham CollegeEXPERIENCEI have been working to change rules that prevent affordable housing in Denver neighborhoods as a volunteer, while I work full time to provide for my family.WEBSITE • FACEBOOK • TWITTERBriefly describe the single most urgent issue facing the city of Denver and how it should be addressed.Denver faces many crises but the lack of affordable housing underpins them all. Our city has lost starter homes to mansions while making even the construction of a backyard unit a nearly impossible labyrinth of meetings and permits. Making sure we can build affordable housing in our neighborhoods is key to solving Denver’s problems and creating a better city for everyone who lives here.What should Denver leaders do to address the city’s lack of affordable housing?City leaders should allow the massive buildings they permit in our neighborhoods...

EU Solidarity with Ukraine: One year of temporary protection for people fleeing Russian aggression against Ukraine

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 12:52:36 GMT

The European Commission has adopted the Communication on Temporary Protection Directive. The Directive was triggered for the first time on 4 March 2022 in response to Russia's aggression against Ukraine, to protect people fleeing the war.Since then around 4 million people were granted immediate protection in the EU, out of which more than 3 million in the first half of 2022. All those registered had the right to access the labour market, education, healthcare, and accommodation. The EU's response to the war in Ukraine shows once more what is possible when the EU acts united. The Temporary Protection Directive has proven to be an essential instrument to provide immediate protection in the EU and it should remain part of the toolbox available to the European Union in the future.This Communication takes stock of the Directive's implementation over the last year, draws the lessons learned and identifies priority areas where continued efforts are needed.The EU response in a nutshell:The ...

Newborn baby found in gas station trashcan in Fullerton

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 12:52:36 GMT

Police are investigating after a newborn baby was found inside a gas station trashcan in Fullerton on Thursday.Fullerton Police responded to a Chevron gas station on the 900 block of West Orangethorpe Avenue around 3:30 p.m. A store clerk discovered the abandoned infant inside a restroom trash bin, officers said.Newborn baby found inside gas station trashcan in Fullerton on March 9, 2023. (OC Hawk)Newborn baby found inside gas station trashcan in Fullerton on March 9, 2023. (OC Hawk)Newborn baby found inside gas station trashcan in Fullerton on March 9, 2023. (OC Hawk)Newborn baby found inside gas station trashcan in Fullerton on March 9, 2023. (OC Hawk)Newborn baby found inside gas station trashcan in Fullerton on March 9, 2023. (OC Hawk)Newborn baby found inside gas station trashcan in Fullerton on March 9, 2023. (OC Hawk)Newborn baby found inside gas station trashcan in Fullerton on March 9, 2023. (OC Hawk)Newborn baby found inside gas station trashcan in Fullerton on March 9, 20...

62-year-old Oxnard woman poses as judge, scams victim out of $10,000

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 12:52:36 GMT

A 62-year-old woman from Oxnard pled guilty earlier this week to grand theft after identifying herself as a judge and scamming a victim out of $10,000, authorities announced on Wednesday. According to the Ventura County District Attorney’s Office, Teresa Robles Boyzo, posing as a judge, told a man that she could help with legal matters for a fee in 2019. The victim handed over the check for legal services concerning his wife’s estate.  “Boyzo did not provide any legal services to the victim and was not a judge nor licensed to practice law,” a VCDA news release stated.  Deputy District Attorney Susan Park, a member of the Ventura County District Attorney’s Office Consumer Protection Unit, and the prosecuting attorney in the case, said people can protect themselves from these types of scams by using the “Look Up a Lawyer” feature on the California State Bar website.  “Money or personal information should never be given to someone claiming to be an attorney without first...

No. 8 Arizona pulls away from Stanford, reaches Pac-12 semis

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 12:52:36 GMT

LAS VEGAS — Stanford had already beaten No. 8 Arizona in the season’s lone meeting, and Wildcats coach Tommy Lloyd was not at all surprised the Cardinal were a tough out Thursday night.Behind a balanced scoring attack and a late run, the Wildcats finally put away Stanford, winning the Pac-12 Conference Tournament quarterfinal 95-84.“We knew it was going to be a challenge,” Lloyd said. “Their size matches up with us pretty well. They have a tendency to make real timely shots against us, and they just kept doing that over and over and over again. Our guys hung with it.”Oumar Ballo scored 24 points, Cedric Henderson Jr. had 23 and Azuolas Tubelis added 20 for the Wildcats (26-6). They will play either Arizona State or Southern California on Friday night.Point guard Kerr Kriisa injured a shoulder in the first half, and Lloyd said he didn’t expect to have him after intermission, but Kriisa played 15 minutes in the second half.Lloyd won his 59th game at Arizona, an NCAA record for most vi...

San Diego firefighters rescue residents trapped in San Bernardino mountain snow

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 12:52:36 GMT

TWIN PEAKS, Calif. -- The death toll in the San Bernardino County mountains after the recent snow storms has climbed to 13 as residents prepare for another storm on the way.Cal Fire San Diego sent 56 personnel to the San Bernardino County mountains to rescue folks trapped inside their homes, and they are especially worried for another round of rain expected Friday night.Cellphone video shows how deep Cal Fire San Diego is digging to get to homeowners in need.“Hope is what keeps us going,” said Brent Pascua of Cal Fire San Diego. “They hear about things like this and it just makes them want to work harder. Dig down deeper, because time is of the essence with things like this.”Snow has been stacked so high it reached the top of trucks and buildings. Cal Fire crews have been shoveling several feet of snow in the Crestline, Twin Peaks and Big Bear area. They have been working to rescue residents trapped in their homes.“Two inmates and these two Cal Fire guys started shoveling,” said tra...