What about hope?

On our SJLA day earlier this week, you heard quite a large number of
despairing comments: not enough money was the overriding one. Both
from the City Council members and from Chris at VMC, the main issue
was that there are huge areas of unmet needs. But my question is, did
you find any ray of hope in what you heard? Was there a positive
message that you were able to take away at all? If so, what was it?
If not, what are our options for the future?

City Hall and Valley Med

SJLA "took it all the way to city hall" this month as they visited the San Jose City Hall. The day started with discussions with three of San Jose's city council members, Pete Constant (District 1), Sam Liccardo (District 3), and Pierluigi Oliverio (District 6). The class asked some very relevant and compelling questions about the city's budget crisis, the Little Saigon controversy and city leadership in general. Then it was on to a tour of the city hall and council chambers.

Afterward they were off to Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, a public hospital owned and operated by the county of Santa Clara. While there they toured Valley Med's Regional Burn Center, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, and world-class Rehabilitation Program.