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March 27, 2022

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Grace

Not a big blip on the City Budget, but I am shaking my head as to why Burlingame grants $10,000 a year to the Leadership Council of San Mateo County for their "10-month intensive and experiential civics and leadership development programs for individuals from business, government, and nonprofits that will accelerate their organizational and community impact."

These are people that already have jobs. Shouldn't their employer be the one to fund training? Looking at their past "classes" it looks like a who's who of YIMBYs. I don't recognize one non-democrat and their use of pronouns in their bios is akin to a warning for conservatives to stay away. I also don't see a whole lot of people from Burlingame in the program. But some of our past and present council members do have rolls within the group which makes me think we are funding a democrat networking operative. Is that ethical or legal?

https://www.leadershipcouncilsmc.org/

Phinancier

At a minimum the County should be funding all of this, not Burlingame.

Grace

I respectfully disagree. This should be all privately funded. It has the appearance of just a Democrat networking op. I’ve brought this issue up to Brownrigg but he thinks it’s great that most of the people involved in the program are promoted soon after completion. This is antidotal since most people advance in their career trajectory. Plus there is no vetting of the people in the program. This year’s class includes a lady that is belligerent, threatens and doxxes people so I don’t think she has learned a thing. One of the people that she harassed just passed away in her sleep, and although I did not know her, have to wonder how the stress impacted her health.

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