investigative reporter anna bauman with open vallejo has been following this group for months. open vallejo, by the way, is a nonprofit, independent newsroom. anna, thanks for being with us. a lot happening here. let's just start with this. is this a cult? is there an ideology that connects these people? i yeah, thank you so much for having me. we understand that, you know, it's sort of a loosely affiliated group of individuals and has been described as a cult. there's really a number of ideological beliefs that seem to have brought them togher. one of them being a devotion to extreme veganism. concerns about artificial intelligence and the threat that it might pose to humanity. and in general, members of the group have a number of characteristics in common that we've identified. you know, they appear to have met through the rationalism community in berkeley. sort of a philosophical intellectual movement. where they originally met and came together. a lot of them are young people in their 20s and 30s. as you mentioned, some members of the group are transgender. many of them app

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bauman came in over $700,000 lower than the other two bidders. we do believe the project can be delivered at this lower amount with proper coordination. the project scope is limited to mine and natomas streets both of which can be closed during work. other than local access and this can make traffic control much easier to implement. additionally the bid being so much lower than the engineer's estimate does provide us with a comfortable contingency to cover any unknown should they arise. so to wrap it up i am recommending that the commission award the median of thomas streetscape project rebid to bauman landscaping construction in the amount of $6,946,382 with a construction duration of 600 calendar days as this very unique project brings pedestrian and beautification improvements along with in the thomas streets and helps activate this public space. >> thank you mr. bocce. it's nice to see you again and thank you for answering my questions. i had one more. i was struck when i reviewed the documents on those lovely painted pavements and i can't wa