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Sal Quintero: “It has a rail spur and it has freeway access.”

Featuring: Sal Quintero, Former Candidate, Fresno County Board of Supervisors District 3 | California

OCTOBER 9, 2020_ DISTRICT 3 SUPERVISOR SAL QUINTERO

Published October 14, 2020 | Video Starts at 36:24

That's where Fresno Irrigation district is located. JD Foods is located there. Beth Springs is there. And there's a lot of empty properties there for new industry to come in. It has a rail spur and it has freeway access. And it's right down the street North Avenue from where the other, the original Amazon is at. So that's. That's a good, that's a super location for companies that are. (36:24–36:29)

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Asserts that the industrial park has rail and freeway access.

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Sal Quintero

“We've invested a little close to $4 million into [the Kalwa area] as far as cleanup, infrastructure projects and everything.”
OCTOBER 9, 2020_ DISTRICT 3 SUPERVISOR SAL QUINTERO | Uploaded October 14, 2020 | 04:40-04:51
“Amazon is going to build a warehouse, their distribution center [in the Kalwa area].”
OCTOBER 9, 2020_ DISTRICT 3 SUPERVISOR SAL QUINTERO | Uploaded October 14, 2020 | 05:11-05:17
“We've rebuilt some of the streets [in the Kalwa area].”
OCTOBER 9, 2020_ DISTRICT 3 SUPERVISOR SAL QUINTERO | Uploaded October 14, 2020 | 05:31-05:34
“We even were able to talk PG and E into installing some lighting in those alleys for safety purposes.”
OCTOBER 9, 2020_ DISTRICT 3 SUPERVISOR SAL QUINTERO | Uploaded October 14, 2020 | 05:45-05:53
“We've redone all the streets and done a lot of valley cleanups [in the Mayfair area].”
OCTOBER 9, 2020_ DISTRICT 3 SUPERVISOR SAL QUINTERO | Uploaded October 14, 2020 | 05:57-06:02
“Kalwa park was formed in the 1950s by the residents of the area because it was in the county.”
OCTOBER 9, 2020_ DISTRICT 3 SUPERVISOR SAL QUINTERO | Uploaded October 14, 2020 | 07:10-07:16
“We've, to date, come up with about $266,000 to rebuild the old swimming pool.”
OCTOBER 9, 2020_ DISTRICT 3 SUPERVISOR SAL QUINTERO | Uploaded October 14, 2020 | 07:38-07:47
“Kaiser Permanente contributed $80,000 for the renaming of the pool.”
OCTOBER 9, 2020_ DISTRICT 3 SUPERVISOR SAL QUINTERO | Uploaded October 14, 2020 | 07:52-08:01
“I was on the city council for 14 years and now four years on the county.”
OCTOBER 9, 2020_ DISTRICT 3 SUPERVISOR SAL QUINTERO | Uploaded October 14, 2020 | 10:21-10:27
“We even had a lead based program in the county that if you own a rental home, you're eligible to have that home cleaned up.”
OCTOBER 9, 2020_ DISTRICT 3 SUPERVISOR SAL QUINTERO | Uploaded October 14, 2020 | 10:51-11:04
“The area I represent on the county portion is west of 99 to Peach Avenue.”
OCTOBER 9, 2020_ DISTRICT 3 SUPERVISOR SAL QUINTERO | Uploaded October 14, 2020 | 13:19-13:28
“The county has gone in there and bought at least some of the Palco buildings in there.”
OCTOBER 9, 2020_ DISTRICT 3 SUPERVISOR SAL QUINTERO | Uploaded October 14, 2020 | 14:17-14:25
“Our technology computer center is out there, our social services centers out there where we bought the old Costco building there.”
OCTOBER 9, 2020_ DISTRICT 3 SUPERVISOR SAL QUINTERO | Uploaded October 14, 2020 | 14:24-14:36
“A lot of times it's money that the state gives to the local, you know, the county governments say it's social services for them to contract…”
OCTOBER 9, 2020_ DISTRICT 3 SUPERVISOR SAL QUINTERO | Uploaded October 14, 2020 | 18:50-18:58
“They're nonprofits. They make money, and it's a business to them.”
OCTOBER 9, 2020_ DISTRICT 3 SUPERVISOR SAL QUINTERO | Uploaded October 14, 2020 | 19:23-19:29
“Right now [code enforcement is] busy trying to shut down businesses.”
OCTOBER 9, 2020_ DISTRICT 3 SUPERVISOR SAL QUINTERO | Uploaded October 14, 2020 | 22:35-22:40
“If it's a rental and you're the property owner and you have it rented out, you're eligible for [the program].”
OCTOBER 9, 2020_ DISTRICT 3 SUPERVISOR SAL QUINTERO | Uploaded October 14, 2020 | 27:17-27:24
“All the permits and everything had to be approved by the county, not the city.”
OCTOBER 9, 2020_ DISTRICT 3 SUPERVISOR SAL QUINTERO | Uploaded October 14, 2020 | 33:51-34:01
“We're currently working in partnership with the city to install a pedestrian friendly signal light at Cedar and Florence.”
OCTOBER 9, 2020_ DISTRICT 3 SUPERVISOR SAL QUINTERO | Uploaded October 14, 2020 | 34:53-35:04
“We're working hand in hand with the city on getting that signal.”
OCTOBER 9, 2020_ DISTRICT 3 SUPERVISOR SAL QUINTERO | Uploaded October 14, 2020 | 35:11-35:17
“It's a new type of signal that I said is pedestrian friendly and it's called a hawk signal.”
OCTOBER 9, 2020_ DISTRICT 3 SUPERVISOR SAL QUINTERO | Uploaded October 14, 2020 | 35:30-35:38
“I believe it's the first one in the city of Fresno.”
OCTOBER 9, 2020_ DISTRICT 3 SUPERVISOR SAL QUINTERO | Uploaded October 14, 2020 | 35:37-35:41
“There's an old industrial park at...between north and Jensen and Chestnuthen Maple.”
OCTOBER 9, 2020_ DISTRICT 3 SUPERVISOR SAL QUINTERO | Uploaded October 14, 2020 | 35:54-36:05
“JD Foods is located there.”
OCTOBER 9, 2020_ DISTRICT 3 SUPERVISOR SAL QUINTERO | Uploaded October 14, 2020 | 36:09-36:16
“There's a lot of empty properties there for new industry to come in.”
OCTOBER 9, 2020_ DISTRICT 3 SUPERVISOR SAL QUINTERO | Uploaded October 14, 2020 | 36:18-36:25
“That's where the other, the original Amazon is at.”
OCTOBER 9, 2020_ DISTRICT 3 SUPERVISOR SAL QUINTERO | Uploaded October 14, 2020 | 36:28-36:36
“JD Foods, we worked with them to open a new warehouse there.”
OCTOBER 9, 2020_ DISTRICT 3 SUPERVISOR SAL QUINTERO | Uploaded October 14, 2020 | 37:26-37:32
“There's still land available out there for big companies.”
OCTOBER 9, 2020_ DISTRICT 3 SUPERVISOR SAL QUINTERO | Uploaded October 14, 2020 | 38:08-38:12
“Amazon coming into Kalwa, JD Foods being there, bet Springs. They're all good paying jobs.”
OCTOBER 9, 2020_ DISTRICT 3 SUPERVISOR SAL QUINTERO | Uploaded October 14, 2020 | 38:57-38:57
“There's a industrial park that got built over on the southeast corner of Belmont and Fowler avenues.”
OCTOBER 9, 2020_ DISTRICT 3 SUPERVISOR SAL QUINTERO | Uploaded October 14, 2020 | 39:25-39:36
“There's a company there called Pana Pacific, and that's a good paying job.”
OCTOBER 9, 2020_ DISTRICT 3 SUPERVISOR SAL QUINTERO | Uploaded October 14, 2020 | 39:40-39:47
“They relocated there when I was on the city council.”
OCTOBER 9, 2020_ DISTRICT 3 SUPERVISOR SAL QUINTERO | Uploaded October 14, 2020 | 39:50-39:54
“It's a division of Panasonic.”
OCTOBER 9, 2020_ DISTRICT 3 SUPERVISOR SAL QUINTERO | Uploaded October 14, 2020 | 40:21-40:24
“I was also involved when I was on the city council when the gap located in Fresno.”
OCTOBER 9, 2020_ DISTRICT 3 SUPERVISOR SAL QUINTERO | Uploaded October 14, 2020 | 40:29-40:40
“That brought in a lot of tax revenue for the city of Fresno.”
OCTOBER 9, 2020_ DISTRICT 3 SUPERVISOR SAL QUINTERO | Uploaded October 14, 2020 | 40:40-40:44
“We've done, like I said, a lot of work in [Mayfair] with rebuilding the streets, cleaning the alleys.”
OCTOBER 9, 2020_ DISTRICT 3 SUPERVISOR SAL QUINTERO | Uploaded October 14, 2020 | 41:30-41:38
“The homeless situation [in Fresno County] is a big concern, and the numbers are getting bigger and bigger.”
OCTOBER 9, 2020_ DISTRICT 3 SUPERVISOR SAL QUINTERO | Uploaded October 14, 2020 | 43:38-43:56
“Caltrans is letting [homeless individuals] live [on freeway 180 and Peach] because they don't have anywhere else to go.”
OCTOBER 9, 2020_ DISTRICT 3 SUPERVISOR SAL QUINTERO | Uploaded October 14, 2020 | 44:48-45:03
“We may have something that we can do through the Fresno County Transportation Authority.”
OCTOBER 9, 2020_ DISTRICT 3 SUPERVISOR SAL QUINTERO | Uploaded October 14, 2020 | 46:19-46:25
“There's a lot of housing going on west of 99 in the central high school district, central unified.”
OCTOBER 9, 2020_ DISTRICT 3 SUPERVISOR SAL QUINTERO | Uploaded October 14, 2020 | 47:59-48:08
“I do believe that the city has done some, you know, increased some police patrols within the tower district south of the tower.”
OCTOBER 9, 2020_ DISTRICT 3 SUPERVISOR SAL QUINTERO | Uploaded October 14, 2020 | 48:59-49:11
“A church-based organization moved into the Lowell Jefferson district and invested in buying houses and community resources.”
OCTOBER 9, 2020_ DISTRICT 3 SUPERVISOR SAL QUINTERO | Uploaded October 14, 2020 | 49:29-49:41
“The city person in charge of the homeless program, HSP's, lives in the Lowell Jefferson neighborhood.”
OCTOBER 9, 2020_ DISTRICT 3 SUPERVISOR SAL QUINTERO | Uploaded October 14, 2020 | 49:29-49:41
“The Fresno Bee was being printed out of Sacramento.”
OCTOBER 9, 2020_ DISTRICT 3 SUPERVISOR SAL QUINTERO | Uploaded October 14, 2020 | 55:40-55:43
“The bee is planning, or has already planned to sell their building in Chinatown.”
OCTOBER 9, 2020_ DISTRICT 3 SUPERVISOR SAL QUINTERO | Uploaded October 14, 2020 | 56:29-56:35
“Newspapers will tell you that the labor costs are too high, the printing, the ink, the paper, all this kind of stuff.”
OCTOBER 9, 2020_ DISTRICT 3 SUPERVISOR SAL QUINTERO | Uploaded October 14, 2020 | 56:53-57:01
“It costs them far less to go do it on the Internet.”
OCTOBER 9, 2020_ DISTRICT 3 SUPERVISOR SAL QUINTERO | Uploaded October 14, 2020 | 57:01-57:07
“Increases funding sources for public schools, community colleges and local government services by changing tax assessment of commercial…”
OCTOBER 9, 2020_ DISTRICT 3 SUPERVISOR SAL QUINTERO | Uploaded October 14, 2020 | 59:55-1:00:09
“Increased property taxes on commercial properties worth more than 3 million, providing 6.5 million to 11.5 million in new funding to local…”
OCTOBER 9, 2020_ DISTRICT 3 SUPERVISOR SAL QUINTERO | Uploaded October 14, 2020 | 1:00:40-1:00:52
“When a proposition says, oh, this increases funding for schools, I'm thinking, well, why did we create the lottery that was supposed to go…”
OCTOBER 9, 2020_ DISTRICT 3 SUPERVISOR SAL QUINTERO | Uploaded October 14, 2020 | 1:00:56-1:01:07
“You can still turn them in because, number one, you don't have to give your name.”
OCTOBER 9, 2020_ DISTRICT 3 SUPERVISOR SAL QUINTERO | Uploaded October 14, 2020 | 1:04:25-1:04:30
“A code enforcement person shows up. Are you selling these? Yeah, I'm fixing them. Selling them. Okay. You got a business license and your…”
OCTOBER 9, 2020_ DISTRICT 3 SUPERVISOR SAL QUINTERO | Uploaded October 14, 2020 | 1:04:56-1:05:08
“If you call the council member that represents that area, if you call their office, code enforcement will move a little faster.”
OCTOBER 9, 2020_ DISTRICT 3 SUPERVISOR SAL QUINTERO | Uploaded October 14, 2020 | 1:05:25-1:05:33
“The 14 years I was on the city council, I think I got the record for turning in the most properties for code enforcement. We did about…”
OCTOBER 9, 2020_ DISTRICT 3 SUPERVISOR SAL QUINTERO | Uploaded October 14, 2020 | 1:06:42-1:06:49
“A lot of the rentals is the person that owned the property died and they passed it on to their children as a renter, as a property, as a…”
OCTOBER 9, 2020_ DISTRICT 3 SUPERVISOR SAL QUINTERO | Uploaded October 14, 2020 | 1:07:19-1:07:41