Report 7 of 8 · standing file
Everyone connected to the two parcels + the business — one card per person, grouped by relationship. The full who's-who.
Planning consultant for the rezone, engaged through Berliner. Day-to-day driver; agreed to be primary City contact (3/19). GPA first, then Rezoning. a_crabtree@yahoo.com
🔴 Open: confirm in writing he's filing for 6/24; he needs e-signature, info verification, legal descriptions of both parcels; Tony must pick a CEQA consultant.
Partner, Berliner Cohen; quarterbacks legal; brought in Crabtree. Engagement "General Real Estate Advice" (signed 10/4/25); originally hired for the HOA/parking dispute. Stephen.Scordelis@berliner.com · 408-286-5800
Open: pin his written position on the dock/parking claim + the Pepitone family-ownership angle. Support: Jolie Houston (land-use partner), Rosie Moreno (paralegal), Dawn Sweatt.
Co-owner + managing member; co-borrower/guarantor; cc'd on all zoning/legal threads; signs off on filings. adam@southbaytraining.com · (408) 828-8313
Funded ~19% / ~$700K of the down payment (part equity, part loan; interest stopped). Co-borrower on the land/SBA. Possible 2139 co-purchaser. Personal docs contain SSN/DOB — metadata only. Email/phone to confirm.
General Manager; runs ops logistics; organized the "Hastest Meeting" (Oct 2025). (408) 655-8354
Source: 12_PEOPLE_PROFILES.md Group 1.
Escrow Officer, Fidelity National — handled the closings + the SBA/Celtic refi payoff. Sarah.Whitman@fnf.com · (408) 873-3434 · 12295 Saratoga-Sunnyvale Rd #700, Saratoga.
Key: she/Fidelity is the go-to to verify whether the easement was recorded + locate the CC&Rs/condo plan (Doc# 25353951). This resolves Tony's "Saratoga Ave title lady" flag.
Drafts/routes Scott Cooley's formal documents (carry-loan addenda). christinemcfadden10@gmail.com
Common Interest Management; runs board packets/meetings/keys; put the dock dispute on the August agenda. mkferreira@commoninterest.com · x169. (Prior manager: Tammy Forrest, x323 — the "HOA changed people" handoff. K. Snyder newly added — confirm role.)
Source: 12_PEOPLE_PROFILES.md Group 2.
Opened the case (Case #202510357, complaint 11/21/25); cooperative in tone; holds the compliance clock. karla.caceres@sanjoseca.gov. Keep her updated that GPA/rezoning is the path. (Colleagues cc'd: Marlon Aviles, Donald Timoteo.)
Author of the central unfavorable message (4/10/26): "Rezoning not likely to be approved… I do not see any code violations on the subject APN." Treat his view as the bar to clear; give him the code case number; have Crabtree/Scordelis address it before filing. (via ZoningCodeCompliance@sanjoseca.gov.)
Said staff will struggle to support the GP change under industrial-protection policy FS-4.5.
Source: 12_PEOPLE_PROFILES.md Group 3 · 04_PEOPLE.md.
Sold Tony the land + building + the 2139 carry; HOA President; landlord of ~3 units (Planet Orange, Hastest/2139, a termite co, a parkour place). Friendly. Key favorable evidence: the dock was "a trade for a right of way to your lot next door in return for loading-dock/semi-truck access." Anti-pot-club historically. scottmcooley@hotmail.com · 408-829-4130.
HOA board owner; runs 10th Street Cannabis. The consistent driver of every parking escalation; says the dock is "trespassing" and must move; "7 spaces" complaint. Threats on video (Sept–Oct 2025). duongqt@gmail.com. Keep all contact on-record; let Scordelis set position; don't escalate emotionally.
Jessie's son; cannabis store operator; part of the Duong counterparty bloc. brandoduong@yahoo.com
Attorney for the 2121–2143 owners; author of the June 18, 2025 demand letter (trespass/nuisance/zoning). No new escalation after Oct 2025. Locate the actual letter; confirm with Scordelis whether it's still live.
Sided with Tony on the dock (his tenant Evan won't use it). A supportive neighbor voice. terryhu01@yahoo.com
Chaboya Ranch Partners — 7th St land lessor (2070 S. 7th, $1,100/mo, draft/expired). Planet Orange — Cooley tenant w/ purchase option to 10/31/26. Hastest (2139) — Cooley tenant + acquisition target (possibly w/ Zaro + operators). Termite company + parkour place — Cooley tenants, names unconfirmed (parkour manager = a player's dad).
Source: 12_PEOPLE_PROFILES.md Group 4.
Source: 12_PEOPLE_PROFILES.md (Unknowns to Confirm).