Questionable communication

Apr 9, 2026
16 hrs ago
2

Editor,

Councilmember Lisa Diaz Nash’s April 6 guest perspective addressing Horizon’s sobering station was an interesting yarn.

(2) comments

Taso Apr 9, 2026 7:25am

John Ebneter’s letter is a distraction from the real issue: the lack of transparency driven by Supervisor Noelia Corzo and Horizon in advancing their Detox project at 101 N. El Camino Real with up to 17,520 drop-offs near a pre-K/elementary school.

It’s also worth noting that Mr. Ebneter has publicly supported Corzo’s position on this project—where residents were kept in the dark while the County committed funding and Horizon moved forward without a full operational plan, clear safety protocols, or a transparent site-selection process.

Ebneter’s attempt to manufacture a Brown Act violation is baseless. Public officials are allowed—and expected—to state positions publicly. That’s not misconduct; that’s representation.

This raises a fair question: who is Mr. Ebneter really serving by trying to redirect attention away from Corzo’s failure to represent the very residents she sought votes from? Talk about hypocrisy—and ethically problematic.

What is truly “ethically problematic” is Corzo championing a $25 million, privately owned facility while dismissing community concerns and resisting alternatives that could deliver services faster and with accountability. Horizon, meanwhile, has failed to answer fundamental questions.

Nash did what residents have been demanding: she stood up and gave voice to a community that has been sidelined and ignored.

Calling that hypocrisy is not just wrong ---- it’s willful misdirection.

Unassigned Apr 9, 2026 9:18am

I support this response. Ms. Nash did do what the residents of this neighborhood wanted and it is rare for someone in that position to take such a clear stance in the face of the pushback she has and will receive. Thanks goes as well to Jackie Speier for her helping to stop a project which never should even have been proposed.

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