League of Women Voters of California Education Fund
Santa Clara County, CA March 6, 2007 Election
	Jacqueline Bates Answers Questions Candidate for Council Member, 4; City of San Jose; Council District 4

The questions were prepared by the League of Women Voters of San Jose/Santa Clara in partnership with the San Jose Mercury News and asked of all candidates for this office.
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Questions & Answers

3. Safety often includes services such as homework centers and code enforcement for neighborhoods, but the city budget now being prepared could cut much needed services. If there is no other source of funds to maintain safety-related centers and gang prevention, would you consider reducing the funds going to support the police and fire departments? Can the growing costs of police and for pensions be covered without depleting funds for other community service in the future?

Public Safety is a necessity, and as a Council Member I will do do my best not to reduce funding for the police and fire departparts; but rather look for other funding to support our neighborhood services and safety.

4. Money to maintain and operate the city’s public facilities such as parks and libraries is in shorter and shorter supply. So while new or expanded community centers have been proposed previously, the city is looking at closing or privatizing up to 30 existing centers it cannot afford to operate. Should the city re-examine its plans to add parks and other public facilities? Are there services the city could cut to find money for these highly valued ones?

The city should re-examine its plans to add parks and other public facilities. As a Council Representative, I will examine all of the services, and evaluate their usage, and determine if the service can be cut to part-time or cut for non-usage.

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