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A war Vietnam also has a largely young broadcast horror, fear and messag- veteran, Kerry first returned to population — the same demo- es of hate to recruit young people t the seventh White House throughout the world. the country in 1991, when there graphic that violent extremists are within seconds, 24 hours a day. Global Entrepreneur Sum- “Violent extremism and the was no main highway to the capi- exploiting worldwide, he observed. “Think of the peril if we leave A mit at Stanford University depth of this challenge is now felt tol, Hanoi, and infrastructure was The Digital and Information those minds ... if we leave them to Thursday morning, U.S. Secretary in every corner of this world,” he in shambles. The economic em- Ages have made the world a much the pickings of the extremists ... of State John Kerry remarked on said, addressing the gathering of bargo was still in full force. more complicated place than and demagogues,” he said. the potential of startups to fight more than 700 entrepreneurs and “Twenty five years later, Viet- when Kerry was younger. Then, “Entrepreneurship is a rebuttal extremism by creating strong eco- 300 funders from across the globe. nam has embraced a raging there were the Cold War conflicts nomic foundations in countries That extremism, he said, is un- capitalism. Getting to this point between two nations, namely the (continued on page 9) INFRASTRUCTURE Revamp of Baylands golf course to start, finally After years of delays, city now has the needed permits and construction contract by Gennady Sheyner t’s not the sand traps, the bun- cisco Bay Regional Water Qual- kers or the soil mounds at the ity Control Board. It took years IPalo Alto Municipal Golf of analysis and design modifica- Course that have been causing tions for the creek Joint Powers headaches for city officials in re- Authority, which is driving the cent years but the myriad bureau- flood-control project, to secure Veronica Weber cratic hazards that they’ve had to the water board’s permission, navigate as part of a long quest to which it finally did earlier this reconfigure the Baylands links. year. This week, however, the effort The green light for the golf- Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rosen speaks during a June 22 press conference reached two long-awaited mile- course reconfiguration, which is outside the Palo Alto Courthouse about proposed legislation that would require the application stones as the city finally received intertwined with the creek work, of mandatory minimum sentencing for cases of sexual assault on an unconscious or intoxicated the needed permits to start con- was dependent on the creek au- person. He is joined by Deputy District Attorney Alaleh Kianerci, who prosecuted the Brock struction and the City Council thority’s receipt of its permit. Last Turner sexual-assault case. swiftly approved a construction week, city Public Works staff fi- contract. The two developments nally received a draft permit from mean that a project that has been the water board. Since then, it has CRIMINAL JUSTICE in the conceptual phase since also received the draft version of 2012 will soon become reality, the Section 404 Permit from the with work set to start in July. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. If all goes as planned — ad- Joe Teresi, senior engineer with DA proposes mandatory prison mittedly a dicey proposition Public Works, said he expects to given the project’s history — the have all the final permits by June newly rechristened Baylands 24 and noted that the flood-pro- sentence for sexual-assault crimes Golf Links at Palo Alto will be tection project is now “fully per- open for business by October of mitted and the contractor is under Proposed legislation inspired by victim next year. contract to begin construction.” in Brock Turner case The $11 million reconfigura- The project includes modifi- by Elena Kadvany tion is one of two major infra- cations to all 18 holes; restored structure projects that will be wetlands areas; a shift away from n the wake of widespread out- gered by the 12-page statement the next Brock Turner to prison. taking place in the Palo Alto irrigated turf and toward natural rage over the six-month jail made by the woman in the “Let’s give the next sexual- Baylands over the next few years. Baylands landscaping; expanded Isentence that former Stanford case, Emily Doe, whose name assault victim no reason to fear The San Francisquito Creek recreation areas and a new bath- University student-athlete Brock has been changed to protect her that her attacker will be walk- flood-control project, in which room. In addition, the course has Turner received after he sexu- privacy. ing around free after spending levees will be rebuilt and an shrunk slightly, to 156 acres, as ally assaulted an unconscious, in- Her letter “started a revolu- less time in jail than a college existing channel in the area ad- some acreage will be used pri- toxicated woman on campus last tion” and demands real change, semester,” Rosen said, refer- jacent to the golf course will be marily for flood control and an- year, Santa Clara County District Rosen said at a press confer- encing the abbreviated three widened, is also poised to move other portion has been carved Attorney Jeff Rosen announced ence held on the steps of the months Turner will likely ahead. out for addition to the Baylands Wednesday proposed legislation Palo Alto courthouse where spend in jail under a practice Though the objectives of the Athletic Center. that would make years in prison Turner was tried, convicted and that gives one day of credit for two projects are drastically dif- Rob de Geus, director of the mandatory for anyone convicted sentenced. every day served. ferent, each ran into significant city’s Community Services De- of the crime and eliminate the “Let’s give her back some- The proposed legislation delays with obtaining govern- partment, called the design cre- possibility of probation. thing beyond worldwide sympa- would make the consequences mental permits, particularly ated by course architect Forrest Rosen characterized the new thy and anger,” he said. “Let’s when it came to what is known Richardson “exceptional” and bill as concrete change trig- give her a legacy that will send (continued on page 10) as the Section 401 Water Quality Certification from the San Fran- (continued on page 8) www.PaloAltoOnline.com • Palo Alto Weekly • June 24, 2016 • Page 5 Upfront 450 Cambridge Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94306 QUOTE OF THE WEEK (650) 326-8210 PUBLISHER William S.