Perhaps the most significant news is that we're working to get a new track field, soccer field, library, and City Hall built on the Bloomhouse site on Pulgas Avenue. We'll have more updates on this major project as it moves forward.

• Emergency Preparedness: We're getting the city ready for the eventual earthquake that we can expect to happen in our lifetime by funding new emergency response measures.

• YMCA Access: With our funding, the YMCA will be free on weekends for residents and will offer swim classes, basketball leagues, and enhanced senior activities

• Community and Cultural Events: We've funded movies, music, and other cultural events at the EPACENTER. Look forward to live music of every type, including jazz, blues, salsa, banda, reggae, samba, bossa nova, and mariachi.

• Park Improvements: New scoreboards at MLK and Jack Farrell parks are being installed, which addresses a longstanding request from the Little League.

• New Park and Street Lighting: We've funded new field lighting for both Jack Farrell and Martin Luther King parks, which will allow kids to practice past 5 p.m. during the winter. We're also funding new street lighting to make our streets safer and better lit.

• Code Enforcement: We've directed and funded staff to enforce our code on "Tier III" violations, which include things like broken-down vehicles, trash and old furniture in front yards, and overgrown vegetation blocking sidewalks.

• Parking Enforcement: New funding for parking enforcement will help remove unregistered and broken-down vehicles and increase enforcement of the 72-hour parking rule.