Supervisor Joe Simitian's Telephone Town Halls
By Joe Simitian
Supervisor Joe Simitian's Telephone Town HallsApr 12, 2021
March 26, 2023 Distracted Driving Telephone Town Hall
Listen to Santa Clara County Supervisor Joe Simitian, County Sheriff Robert Jonsen and Dr. Sarah Rudman, deputy public health officer, for a telephone town hall on distracted driving.
In 2008, California implemented a law, authored by then Senator Simitian, requiring cell phones be used hands free while behind the wheel. The year following the state’s first “hands free” law, traffic fatalities dropped 20%. In 2023, distracted driving is still a concern with 13% of all car crashes due to drivers being distracted by their cell phone use.
All distractions endanger driver, passenger, and bystander safety. Please listen to the telephone town hall to learn more.
9.28.22 COVID-19 Telephone Town Hall
Looking back, looking forward. Join Joe for a telephone town hall with with Santa Clara County Counsel James Williams and Dr. Yvonne Maldonado, professor of Global Health and Infectious Diseases at Stanford School of Medicine.
Simitian Telephone Town Hall - September 26, 2021
Coronavirus—Keeping Pace with Change
While the vaccine is widely available, more testing locations are open, and booster shots are coming, many questions remain. County Supervisor Joe Simitian has scheduled a telephone town hall devoted to answering residents’ questions about COVID-19 today with Greta Hansen and Dr. George Rutherford.
Who:
- Joe Simitian, Santa Clara County Supervisor, District Five
- Greta Hansen, Chief Assistant County Counsel, Santa Clara County
- Dr. George Rutherford, Director of the Division of Infectious Disease and Global Epidemiology, University of California, San Francisco
Simitian Telephone Town Hall - May 16
Guests include - James Williams, County Counsel, Santa Clara County and Dr. Yvonne Maldonado, Professor of Global Health and Infectious Diseases, Stanford School of Medicine.
Simitian Telephone Town Hall - April 11, 2021
Guests include - Greta Hansen, Chief Assistant County Counsel, County of Santa Clara, and Dr. George Rutherford, Director, Prevention and Public Health Group, UC San Francisco.
Simitian Telephone Town Hall - January 31
Guests include - Dr. Marty Fenstersheib, COVID-19 Testing and Vaccine Officer, Santa Clara County, and Dr. Yvonne (Bonnie) Maldonado, Chief of Infection Control, Stanford University.
Simitian Telephone Town Hall - December 13
Guests include - Dr. Jeff Smith, County Executive, and James Williams, County Counsel. Both work for Santa Clara County.
Simitian Telephone Town Hall - November 15
Guests include - James Williams, County Counsel, Santa Clara County and Dr. Hilary Godwin, Dean, School of Public Health, University of Washington.
Simitian Telephone Town Hall - October 18
Guests include - Congresswoman Anna Eshoo, CA-18, and Dr. Sara Cody, Public Health Officer, Santa Clara County.
Simitian Telephone Town Hall - September 13
Guests include - Dr. Jeff Smith, Santa Clara County Executive and Luisa Buada, Chief Executive Officer, Ravenswood Family Health Center.
Simitian Telephone Town Hall - August 23
Guests include - Dr. George Rutherford, Director, Prevention and Public Health Group, UC San Francisco, and Greta Hansen, Chief Assistant County Counsel, County of Santa Clara.
Simitian Telephone Town Hall July 19th
Guests include - Dr. Jennifer Tong, Associate Chief Medical Officer, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, Tony LoPresti, Assistant County Counsel, Santa Clara County, and Marcelo Quinones, Deputy County Counsel.
Simitian Telephone Town Hall - June 28
Guests - Dr. Yvonne Maldonado, Chief of Infection Control, Stanford University and James R. Williams, County Counsel, Santa Clara County
DOES NOT WORK ON INTERNET EXPLORER.