Supervisor Joe Simitian's Telephone Town Halls: Recent Episodes
Joe Simitian
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.
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.
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
Guests include - James Williams, County Counsel, Santa Clara County and Dr. Yvonne Maldonado, Professor of Global Health and Infectious Diseases, Stanford School of Medicine.
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.
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.
Guests include - Dr. Jeff Smith, County Executive, and James Williams, County Counsel. Both work for Santa Clara County.
Guests include - James Williams, County Counsel, Santa Clara County and Dr. Hilary Godwin, Dean, School of Public Health, University of Washington.
Guests include - Congresswoman Anna Eshoo, CA-18, and Dr. Sara Cody, Public Health Officer, Santa Clara County.
Guests include - Dr. Jeff Smith, Santa Clara County Executive and Luisa Buada, Chief Executive Officer, Ravenswood Family Health Center.
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.
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.
Guests - Dr. Yvonne Maldonado, Chief of Infection Control, Stanford University and James R. Williams, County Counsel, Santa Clara County
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