August 2022 Newsletter
Greetings, D4 residents -
Late August is back-to-school month for so many of you; I hope it is going smoothly for students & parents alike!
August has been a busy month with fun filled events around District 4. We started the month with National Night Out, a night to celebrate community members and their families. Over the course of the evening, I was able to stop by 4 neighborhood events and appreciate being so warmly welcomed at every gathering! My office attended a Winchester Orchard Neighborhood Association Clean Up and BBQ that was a blast. I was invited by PATH to meet with community members in a Villas on the Row Community Meeting. I spoke at the Early Learning Apprenticeship Program Kick Off Event hosted by FIRST 5 of Santa Clara County and attended the Womxn’s Equality Event hosted by the Santa Clara County Commission on the Status of Women. This past Saturday we held our monthly sidewalk office hours, Food 4 Thought, at the Santa Clara Farmers’ Market. My team and some of our family members walked in the Silicon Valley Pride parade and spent the afternoon chatting with folks from around the region. It was a beautiful event filled with love and acceptance. Finally, I spoke to the Rotary of San Jose about the public health crisis of mental illness & substance use disorders and how the County must urgently respond.