Inquiry Into City Support of a DAY Workers’ Center in the City of Mountain View Introduction was no formal plan for a

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  for work in positions such as gardeners, housekeepers or construction workers. The Grand Jury concluded that this Without these centers, day laborers complaint was baseless for the following could gather along major streets, reasons: blocking sidewalks and causing congestion. 1) The site mentioned in the complaint has not been selected The neighboring town of Los Altos has for a Day Workers’ Center. such a center, St. Joseph the Worker, Should the site be selected for operated by the Society of St. Vincent de such a center, that use would Paul, a private nonprofit charitable comply with current zoning organization as defined under the tax regulations. code 501 (c) (3). This Los Altos center is losing its lease and supporters have 2) There are no funding proposals proposed establishing a new location in currently under consideration Mountain View. requiring the use of City of Mountain View money. It is OBSERVATIONS possible the city could become involved in distributing federal During September and October 2001, the grant money to St. Vincent de Grand Jury made visits to the City of Paul, an action that is legal and Mountain View offices, the site proper under current law. mentioned by the complainant, and the offices of the St. Joseph the Worker Center in Los Altos. At that time, there 1 PASSED and ADOPTED by the Santa Clara Civil Grand Jury this 3rd day of January, 2002. _________________________________ Bruce E. Capron Foreperson _________________________________ Norman N. Abrahams, DDS Foreperson Pro Tem _________________________________ Joyce S. Byrne Secretary 2

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