“If you want people to come downtown, if you want people to work downtown and live downtown, don’t make it harder and more inaccessible for them.”
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— Rachel Warner, an employee at downtown bars Caravan and 7 Bamboo, to San Jose City Council members who considered doubling downtown parking meter rates. The council instead voted to raise parking garage rates. She added: “the best advice I ever got as a parent is don’t punish the behavior that you want to see.”
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