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Friday, August 24, 2018

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Judge slices claims in sex lawsuit PLAINTIFF TO UPDATE HER COMPLAINT AGAINST CITY, PD, OFFICERS Michael Moore Reporter

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Bryce Stoepfel

A federal judge has dismissed more than half of the 15 “causes for action” cited by a former Gilroy public safety dispatch employee in a lawsuit that alleges pervasive sexual misconduct within the city’s police department. Some of Harrell’s allegations against the city and police department by Patricia Harrell, a public safety communicator for the city for 26 years, still stand, including age discrimination, gender discrimination, failure to investigate or take corrective action, retaliation and violation of federal civil rights. None of Harrell’s defendants has made a motion to strike these causes for action, according to the ruling.

MEMORIES Dave Peoples in his Garlic City Mercantile store.

Popular retailer retires DAVE PEOPLES SET TO RETIRE FROM THE GARLIC CITY MERCANTILE By Bryce Stoepfel Reporter

Dave Peoples is a “glass half full” kind of person, and if you’re going to say his retirement from Garlic City Mercantile is another sign of a dying downtown Gilroy, you better watch your tongue. He and his wife Marianne are retiring at the end of September because

they want to, and he sees promise in a renewed retail center in downtown Gilroy. “I feel that the downtown reflects the community; it’s the pulse,” Peoples said. “The community is you, me and everyone. It’s a melting pot, and for years there was no place like the downtown. If you needed shoes, you had two or three places. If you needed prescriptions, you had four drugstores downtown.” Peoples bristles at the idea of a dying downtown Gilroy. His retirement, he insists, is not a

precursor of another boardedup shop. Garlic City Embroidery Studio, run by Carol and Al Guitierrez, will remain open for business at 7550 Monterey St., and another retailer may take up the space vacated by Garlic City Mercantile. “It used to be that retail would drive activities,” Peoples said. “People would shop, and then explore what else the downtown had. Now, people go out to eat, and then maybe they go to a retail store. Young people want new things, and I think that’s what

you see downtown. It’s becoming more activity-oriented.” Nearby, customers are on the way. With the completion of large-scale affordable apartment complexes, The Cannery and Alexander Station Apartments, along with new upscale downtown apartments like Allium Luxury Apartments at 7600 Monterey St., downtown Gilroy likely will see more people in the coming years. “Density will be good for the ➝ Garlicmerc, 8

Supervisors favor banning pot cultivation Jaqueline McCool Reporter

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California voters may have approved the legalization of cannabis, but the Board of Supervisors in Santa Clara County, the state’s sixth-most populous county, has dropped plans to extend a moratorium on growing or selling cannabis, and instead is set to vote to ban pot growth altogether.

A temporary moratorium on the cultivation and sale of cannabis in unincorporated areas of the county imposed in 2017 ends Sept.12. Janice Rombeck, communication officer for Supervisor Dave Cortese, said supervisors will vote on the permanent ban Aug. 28, with a second reading on Sept. 11. It would take 30 days for the ordinance to go into effect, meaning there would be a brief period between the moratorium expiration and the permanent ban. “No one expects that gap to have

an impact on illegal cultivation,” said Rombeck. Four of five supervisors would need to agree to extend the moratorium, but approval of a ban on cannabis sale and cultivation would require just three votes. After Supervisors Cortese and Ken Yeager voted on Aug. 14 against extending the moratorium, the other supervisors decided to move forward with the ban. In response to questions about the upcoming vote, Supervisor Mike Wasserman, whose District

1 includes Gilroy and Morgan Hill, wrote in an email, “This all comes down to the health, safety and environmental concerns surrounding cannabis cultivation in unincorporated county areas. We recently had to increase funding for the Sheriff ’s Office to combat illegal grow operations, especially in the Santa Cruz Mountains.” Cortese released a public statement following his vote voicing his concern over a permanent ban. ➝ Cannabis Ban, 2

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