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>>
.
>> All right.
Good morning folks.
We're going to get started.
>> I will now call the city
council meeting of Tuesday
APRIL 7th, 2026 to order.
Clerk please call the roll.
Thank you.
Council PRESIDENT Council
Member Campbell Council Member
Whitburn here Council Member
Foster American Council Member
Von Wilpert Council PRESIDENT
Pro Assembly Council Member
Campo Council Member Moreno
PRESIDENT Council Member Ellen
Rivera and Council PRESIDENT
LaCava present also attending
the meeting are Assistant City
Attorney Leslie Fitzgerald,
independent budget analyst
Charles Monica, a Council
Affairs advisor in the Mayor's
office, code advisor and myself
your city clerk Diana Fuentes.
>> Thank you.
Council PRESIDENT All right.
Thank you.
City Clerk a quorum is now
present.
We will begin this morning with
the land acknowledgment and
the Pledge of Allegiance led by
council member Barton Wolpert.
Thank you.
Good morning.
We respectfully acknowledge
that the culmination are
the original inhabitants of
the sea the land now known as
San Diego.
Despite enduring the horrors of
genocide and colonization,
the human spirit remains
unbroken.
We honor the resilience of
their ancestors who fought to
protect their culture and land
Today they carry their legacy
forward ensuring that their
traditions continue to thrive
in gratitude and strength.
We stand with the culmination
connected to our past and
committed to a thriving future
.
>> Please raise the flag with
that clerk Please go over how
the public can offer their
testimony.
>> Thank you.
Council PRESIDENT I'd like to
highlight the slide on
the screen that reviews
the items the instructions for
public testimony and please
note that time allocations for
proclamations and consent items
for meeting management purposes
is one minute per person for a
maximum of three minutes For
three or more items the order
can be found on the agenda
Summary found online or at
the table in the back of
the room If you are in person
please complete the speaker
slip located at the entrance of
chambers and bring it to
the front of the room placing
it in the clear box.
Council ambassadors are
available near the entrance and
can assist with questions and
speakers lips No further
in-person testimony will be
taken once the council begins
Virtual testimony.
>> Thank you Council PRESIDENT
All right.
Thank you for that.
City Clerk We will now dispense
with the approval of
the proclamation items before
we take up public comment.
I want to note for the record
that item s5o4 has a correction
to the name of the date being
proclaimed for consideration is
proclaiming MARCH 26th 2026 as
Delta Epsilon Chapter of Kappa
Alpha Phi Fraternity
Incorporated Day in the city of
San Diego.
Councilmember Foster Please
permit That is correct.
All right.
Thank you.
With that clerk please
introduce the items and proceed
with public comment If I can
have Jacob Edwards Tyler Kiley
allegedly Audra and Andrea
Irving please come up to
the front row and Jacob
Edwards.
You will have three minutes
when you get up here You're
speaking on items 30 3132 as
501 and as 502.
Please proceed.
Hello.
Thank you for letting me speak.
I would like to say that I had
declined on commenting on This
is such a lovely day with folk
to celebrate things and have a
good time and thank you all for
letting me stand amongst you.
Please encourage City Council
to allow the flow of
information Getting through to
your office.
All of these things are very
important but so is
the public's comments concerns,
complaints things we need to
bring to attention to city
council men and women that
represent us as the people.
So I'm going to decline to
speak any further other than
non agenda public comment and I
thank you all Taylor Item s501.
Good morning.
I just wanted to take a moment
and sincerely thank you for
recognizing something that
impacts so many families yet is
often carried in silence when
we say that 1 in 6 people
struggle with infertility and 1
in 4 pregnancies and a
miscarriage.
These aren't just statistics.
They represent real people,
real grief, real journeys and
deserve to be seen and
supported.
Your decision to bring
awareness through this
proclamation sends a powerful
message that those walking this
path are not alone and other
stories matter.
It helps break the stigma,
invites conversation and create
space for compassion and
community on behalf of everyone
that's experienced
The heartbreak of the waiting
the hope that comes with
building a family in unexpected
ways.
Thank you for your recognition
.
It means more than words can
fully express and it brings
light to the journey that many
carry quietly.
So thank you for standing with
us.
Thank you.
Allegedly Audra you're speaking
on s five awareness 5a2 is 5a4
and 32.
Please proceed.
>> It's interesting
the proclamations you guys
bring forward and then
the things that we don't talk
about that have to do with
these types of things like 32
an s5o2 about teachers and
education and what's really
going on in schools and what
children are and are not being
taught and the fact that they
are you know, learning more
about sexualization than their
ABCs and one two threes and
learning how to be a productive
human.
So it's very sad to see what's
happens in the public education
system because children are
given pornographic books.
In fact they can't even go read
them at their school boards
because they're so graphic And
with all of the sexual abuse
that happens with children it
is very dangerous because that
is a place where they get
groomed and things happen.
When you are sexualizing
children like that and you have
adults that come in and take
advantage of that And I just
don't think that we talk about
that as well as the Infertility
Awareness week.
I can't have kids and I know
there's reasons there's medical
reasons and medical things that
are taking place that are
causing infertility like all of
the vaccines that you guys
think are so great like a lot
of the toxic chemicals that are
in food or the water or the air
that nobody wants to really
acknowledge, you guys actually
talks of the water.
You don't make it something
that is is something that
people can drink and do it in a
way that they're going to be
healthy.
So it's like as we have these
awareness things it's like we
should be talking about why
they actually exist because it
doesn't do anybody a service
just to have a day of awareness
and it's sad And then with
the capture the sorority stuff
it's like that's a whole other
aspect of something that can be
super nefarious And it's like
we live in a world where you
know it is very inverted and
it's like people don't like to
talk about that and the real
things that are going on But
it's true And these places are
places where you know, they put
people into secret societies
because they do a lot of
nefarious things in these
sororities or frat houses.
And I mean I saw a video of
these guys.
They were sitting there bloody
the police had come and they
were all sitting there silent
because they thought it was
part of the test to stay loyal
to that entity.
And so nobody wanted to talk
about why they were all bloody
standing up against a wall and
things like that And it's like
this leads to a lot of
the nefarious things that we
see that are going on on our
world And I just think it's sad
that people don't want to
acknowledge that we look at
some things and not all things
And the more that we recognize
this place that we're in and
how inverted it is, it's
because it is void of GOD and
it's a reflection of that And
it's sad because we shouldn't
be turning away from our
creator and allowing the ruler
of this world which is our
adversary to run rampant and
the things that happens to kids
it's very sad or just
the people in our communities
and some of it's recognize and
some of it isn't It just
depends on if you check a
certain box.
So I just would hope that you
guys would course correct at
some point And I mean as I were
one 3231 you'll have three
minutes.
Please proceed.
Thank you.
My name is Andrea Ebbing and
the first one I will speak on
is as 501 So national
Infertility Awareness Week.
I just pray for the families
that are struggling to conceive
and have children because
having children is one of
the most special rewarding
blessings in this entire world
And I'm so blessed to have had
three beautiful daughters
Bianca Viera and Camille who
now reside in two separate
states with their felony
charged fathers who are both
perpetrators of domestic
violence with me as their name
victim Which charges were
removed from the charges system
after the case was buried by sd
pd and fda Because my ex is a
$6 million County contracted
rehab owner who is a partner of
a dope dealing enterprise in
San Diego.
That's a fact According to dea
convictions.
But I love my daughter so
dearly even though we are all
so deeply traumatized by
the abandonment of the city and
county and what took place, I
also hope that even though I
don't plan on having more
children that my organs are
still intact After I was
brutally beaten by the San
Diego Police Department Anthony
Warner in public on MARCH 21st
in front of 40 children who I
was encouraging to use their
First Amendment rights do
the right thing.
I think in some of the video
clips I look like I'm talking
crazy But I was telling them
you don't want to wind up in a
position where you're in jail
or you're in trouble because I
live in a you know, in a low
income community and Linda
Vista and I think these kids
are awesome and I want them to
succeed.
But I was brutally beaten and
every time I told the officer
where I was hurting most he
would hurt me there most.
There is an open rape kit for
me because when the ambulance
arrived emt had a needle in his
hand even though I was
handcuffed had a bag on my
head, several broken bones in
my face and I was in a burrito.
They still wanted to do
chemical restraint on me.
We're missing a period of time
And I was telling the officer
What if I'm pregnant?
And at that point he just
started hurting me more in that
area digging his knee, kicking
me And when they did the rape
kit they found that I have some
internal damage.
So I just hope that I don't
plan on having more children.
I just hope that I wasn't
altered in any way in terms of
APRIL 10th Francisco Castro
that day I think that's
wonderful And I just thought
that was my birthday and I
thank GOD that I will see it
here on Friday.
I'll be 46 years old and I
lived through a ruptured
aneurysm, a second rupture on
NOVEMBER 4th and they tried to
failure to appear me and put
$100,000 warrant when I was
getting brain surgery at
Scripps La Hoya.
>> So thank you.
That concludes with a comment
here in council chambers I've
started the five minute timer
going to 7499 if you can please
unmute your only speaker
currently online for approx
7499.
Please let me know which item
or items you wish to speak to.
>> Items 3132 as final one I
strive to and as vivo for thank
you you'll have three minutes.
>> Please proceed Bob Kozinski
here.
>> I'd like to amplify some of
what some of the other speakers
have said about the hypocrisy
of this council regarding De La
Hoya Shaw's proclamation and
all of these proclamation.
It's just one example of your
hypocrisy.
I'm going to read a letter from
La Hoya Shaw's Association to
Joe LaCava dated NOVEMBER 13th,
2025 just a few months ago.
Quote To whom it MAY concern
The La Hoya Shaw's Association
respectfully submits this
letter in support of
establishing the Torrey Pines
City Park Advisory Board and
its role in overseeing
Operation at the Torrey Pines
Glider port.
Our association believes this
matter is vital to the safety
of park users, visitors and
the surrounding community.
We encourage the city of San
Diego to carefully evaluate
whether solo flier pilots
should be required to pay
annual membership fees and or
maintain insurance coverage to
fly at the glider port.
These measures would help
ensure accountable and
responsible use of this unique
coastal resource while
preserving safe and equitable
access to a valued city park.
Thank you for your attention to
this issue and your continued
stewardship of Torrey Pines
City Park.
Sincerely John Pierce,
PRESIDENT Of the La Hoya,
assures Association Joe LaCava
has completely ignored this
letter and many other letters
throughout his term.
And yet he has the audacity to
proclaim it to be La Hoya
Shores Association 60th
anniversary day.
While totally ignoring
the wishes of that body and of
all the people they represent
it is disgusting how this
council has used these
proclamations to pretend that
they're on the side of
the people on the side of these
good organizations while you
just thumb your nose at what
they bring to this city and
recommend that this council do
with great disgust.
I'm done.
Thank you.
>> Travis Bouchard Please let
me know which item or items you
wish to speak to.
>> Travis I'm just speaking for
open time on I want to speak to
the cameras.
>> Okay.
They'll be during on agenda
during the end of the morning
session.
Patricia de Armond are you
speaking on the proclamations?
>> I'm speaking on knowledge
and the public comment.
>> Okay.
That will be at the end of
the meeting.
Thank you.
That does conclude public
comment on the proclamations.
>> All right.
Thank you, City Clerk I'll turn
it over to my colleague for
comments and entertain a motion
and we'll start out with
council member Moreno Thank
you.
>> I have comments on items 31
and 32 today.
Item 32 recognizes MISS Allison
LaTourette, a lifelong educator
and leader whose work has
shaped generations of students
families and communities across
Southern California.
MR. LaTourette was born in Los
Angeles, California, where she
attended local parochial
schools before graduate from St
Mary's Academy in Inglewood.
She went on to earn a Bachelor
of Arts in elementary education
from California State
University, Los Angeles and a
masters of arts in school
management from the University
of Laverne.
MS..
Slattery began her career in
the 1960s as a fourth grade
teacher in the Mountain View
School District in El Monte,
laying the foundation for a
lifelong commitment to public
education.
If we could roll the images
please over time she took on
greater responsibilities
serving as a junior high
counselor and leader as a
principal always focused on
supporting students and
strengthening school
communities.
Her dedication and leadership
to her appointments as
assistant superintendent of
personnel where she became
known for her tireless work
ethic and unwavering commitment
to both educators and students
.
In 1997, MS..
Latorre brought her experience
and leadership to the San Diego
region serving as assistant
superintendent of Personnel
services for the San Ysidro
School District.
In this role she helped
strengthen educational systems
serving families throughout
Southern California, leaving a
lasting impact on the district
and also the community of San
Ysidro.
Beyond her professional work,
MR. Latorre has been deeply
committed to expanding
opportunities for young people
and families.
She promoted literacy through
book giveaways, partnerships
with classics for kids to
introduce students to classical
music and also played a key
role in the effort to bring a
new public library to San
Ysidro.
After more than two decades of
advocacy even in retirement,
she's remained active in
numerous organizations
including the Sunnyside Women's
Club Hearts and Hands Working
together the Otay Mesa Chamber
of Commerce, the city's Senior
Affairs Advisory Board, Friends
of the Sunnyside Law Library,
the Border Transportation
Council and the San Ysidro
Education Collaborative.
On top of all that and through
her leadership she helped
raised over $500,000 and
counting and worked to
establish a lasting endowment
to fund college scholarships
and student incentive awards
for youth in San Ysidro.
This work ensures that her work
will continue for generations
opening doors and creating
opportunities for students long
into the future.
But what truly defines MS..
Torres legacy is not only her
accomplishments but the way
that she uplifts and encourages
countless families and young
people throughout her career.
Her dedication to education and
community has strengthened San
Ysidro in District eight in
ways that will be felt for
years to come.
MR. Latorre I hope to one day
have half of the heart that you
have.
You are such an amazing giver
and you're such an amazing
example of what community
members what we should strive
to be.
So it's an honor to recognize
MR. Latorre today and proclaim
APRIL 7th, 2026 as MS..
Alyssa Latorre Day in the city
of San Diego.
>> Thank you for all your work
.
>> Item 31 recognizes MR.
Francisco Rita.
He's also here as well.
If you want to raise your hand
he's dedicated more than four
decades of his life to serving
people in San Diego.
MR. Castro was born in Tijuana,
Mexico in 1996 and came to
the United States in 1972 where
he was raised in San Isidro, a
community that will later
become central to his life's
work.
Mr. Casa Rita attended local
schools in San Ysidro and
graduated from Mar Vista High
School in 1985, later earning a
bachelor's degree in business
administration from
the University of Phenix in
1984.
MR..
MR. Castro began his career
with the city of San Diego's
Park and Recreation Department
starting a journey that would
spend 42 years of dedicated
public service.
Through his career he served
multiple communities including
Sunnyside Road, Paradise Hills,
the Memorial Area and Mount
Hope Cemetery leaving a lasting
impact.
Over the years he's held
several roles including
Recreation Aide recreation
Leader one recreation center
director and area manager.
>> If I MAY have just two more
minutes.
Steadily growing as a leader
and as a mentor.
No matter the position.
MR. Castro reached out but
brought consistency,
professionalism and a strong
commitment to improving
the lives of residents through
accessibility and meaningful
community programing.
MR. Castro does work help
strengthen neighborhoods by
creating space where families
could gather, youth could grow
and communities can stay
connected.
While his professional
accomplishments are significant
,what truly defines MR. Castro
career is the way that he
approaches people with respect,
with care and a genuine
commitment to the community.
Now beyond his career, MR.
Castro is a devoted father to
Fena Lee said, and Julian and
takes great pride in his family
.
Now after 42 years of service,
MR. Castro leaves behind a
legacy built on dedication,
leadership and a lifelong
commitment to the communities
he serves.
It's an honor to recognize him
today and to proclaim APRIL
10th, 2026 as MR. Francisco
Castro Today in the city of San
Diego.
Thank you so much for your
service to the city and to
the residents of San Diego.
And with that council
PRESIDENT, I'm happy to make a
motion to move the proclamation
forward.
>> Thank you.
All right.
Thank you, council members.
So we do have a motion by
Council member Moreno to move
the proclamation and we'll go
next to council member Ella
Rivera.
Thank you, Council PRESIDENT.
Let me begin by seconding
the motion.
I'll thank my colleagues for
bringing forward
the proclamations that are in
front of us today with a
special appreciation to you and
Council member Campbell for
bringing forward item as if I
were one proclaiming APRIL 19th
to 25th to be National
Infertility Awareness Week.
As I've shared in the past,
it's a life my family's
experience pregnancy loss and
knowing how painful that
experience is, how common it is
but often untaught and spoken
about.
I do very much appreciate that
we're bringing this forward and
letting folks know who've
experienced that very, very,
very painful experience and
journey that the city is with
them and supports them.
And I want to just say thank
you for that.
Thank you, Council PRESIDENT.
All right.
Thank you, sir.
So we have motion by COUNCILMAN
Moreno on a second by council
member Eli Rivera to move
the proclamation.
We'll go next to council member
Foster.
Oh, yes.
Thank you, Council PRESIDENT
And just congratulations to all
of the proclamation and
acknowledgments.
I'd like to speak briefly on
item 31 as 5a1 in this final
four just to start with item 31
Francisco Costa with today I
just like to acknowledge
Francisco's decades of service
to southeastern San Diego 42
years of service to the city of
San Diego.
I don't think we see that too
much anymore.
Mean just on behalf of
the fourth Council district I
would like to just say thank
you.
Thank you for your years of
service.
Thank you for all the lives
that you touched.
Thank you for all the other
city employees that you helped
that you that you brought along
.
And thank you to your family.
You know the work that we do is
not always easy as you show up
and serve every day.
But thank you to the family for
sharing you for 42 years.
Thank you so much And thank you
to Councilmember Moreno for
bringing this well-deserved
recognition forward.
Item 5a1 National for
Infertility Awareness.
We want to thank Council
PRESIDENT Julia Colvin,
Councilmember Jennifer Campbell
for bringing forward this
important recognition National
Infertility Awareness Week
highlight an issue that affects
more families than many realize
.
We recognize the strength and
resilience of those navigating
infertility often quietly and
with great courage.
Too many still face barriers to
care including cost and limited
access to treatment.
This week is about raising
awareness, reducing stigma and
making sure people feel seen
and supported.
Lastly items five for Delta
Epsilon Chapter of Kappa Alpha
Safe Fraternity Inc. Day.
I'm proud to be here not just
as a council member but as a
lifetime member of Kappa Alpha
psi Fraternity Inc. An
organization that helped shape
the man I am today.
My time I was initiated spring
in 1994 at the btk chapter of
Hampton University.
And I must say being a member
of this organization has helped
to ground me in discipline,
accountability, service.
And these are the values that I
carry every day.
When I look at Delta Epsilon
chapter here in San Diego, i
see that same commitment.
Today we recognize the Delta
Epsilon chapter's legacy of
leadership and impact in
the city of San Diego.
Celebrating 75 years of service
in the city of San Diego.
This chapter has produced
leaders across education law,
public service and more
including former council member
George l Stevens.
A 1953 initiate who represented
District four a legacy I am
proud to carry forward today.
They've done the work, mentored
young men and created real
opportunities for those coming
behind them.
You can see that impact across
this city in the lives that
have been shaped and the doors
that have been opened.
So today again I want to say
congratulations on 75 years and
here's to continuing to build
lead and set the standard for
the next generation.
And I close with a yellow to
the news that concludes that
concludes my comment.
>> Thank you, Councilmember
Foster.
We'll go next to council member
Campbell.
Thank you, Council PRESIDENT.
I just as a family physician I
really should say a few words
about National Infertility
Awareness Week.
I'm so delighted that families
that are facing these problems
are able to be helped by
medical science.
And let us hope that we
continue to advance so that it
isn't quite so difficult is it
as it is, you have to be
extremely brave to go through
this.
Thank you To those families
that do and to those who who
who step up and try this.
GOD bless you and thank you so
much and thank you to
the medical community and of
which I am so proud to be a
part.
Let us continue into the future
with advancements.
Thank you so much Council
PRESIDENT And congratulations
to everyone.
All right.
Thank you.
Council member Campbell.
Seeing no one else, no lights,
all kind of wrap it up.
Thank you to my colleagues for
the proclamations that are
brought forward.
Congratulations to
the individuals, organizations
and causes that are being
recognized.
I will speak to two of
the items.
Item 30 today is La Hoya Shaw's
60th anniversary day
Proclamation recognizes
the generation of community
members who have volunteered
their time and effort since
1966.
The La Hoya Shorts Association
has served as a community forum
for the Shaw's liaison to
the larger La Hoya community an
advisory body to the city.
Thank you to all the directors
and committee members past and
present who continue to
volunteer their time.
Working to protect and enhance
La Hoya shorts for residents,
businesses and visitors and to
ensure that the La Hoya Shorts
Association is a consistent and
unified voice for
the community.
>> Thank you for your work.
Item s501.
Today I am honored to join
Councilmember Campbell in
proclaiming the week of APRIL
19th through the 25th National
Infertility Awareness Week in
the city of San Diego and shed
light on an invisible struggle
that affects millions of
individuals and their families
Acknowledging their experiences
and important step towards
building a more supportive and
aware community for all.
Another important step is
making sure individuals have
access to the proper resources
and support systems for those
navigating the challenges of
infertility.
Through organizations like
Resolve their mission to
increase accessibility to
health care, family building
resources and advocacy removes
the stigma around infertility
and allows those affected to
receive the care they need.
Thank you to all the health
care providers and fertility
specialists and organizations
like Resolve who play a vital
role in helping individuals
impacted by in-person telling
to feel acknowledged, supported
and empowered.
And with that we have a motion
by council member Moreno and a
second by council member Ella
Rivera.
Clerk Please call the roll
Please cast your vote.
The voice system is now ready.
And that passes unanimously 8
to 0 with Council PRESIDENT Pro
Tem Lee absent.
Thank you.
Okay We will now pause for
photos and we will start with
item 30 which is La Hoya Shorts
Association 60th anniversary
day.
And always keep your eye on
Heidi who will identify with
the new person
and
you
.
>> Okay, back to council
business.
We will now proceed with
the approval of the consent
items But first I will turn to
MR. Cote as advisor from
the mayor's office for a
statement.
Thank you.
Council PRESIDENT.
I do have statements on two
items quickly on item 113 there
has been a correction made to
the staff report and
the resolution for the Youth
Commission appointment.
It has been corrected from
Council District four Webster
to Council District one at La
Hoya.
And then on item 100 on
FEBRUARY 23rd the Council
approved the third addendum to
the third amended and restated
management agreement between
the city and the Convention
center due to an administrative
error An earlier version of
the third addendum that did not
include all of the language
that the city and
the Convention center had
agreed to and which
the Convention Center
Corporation's board approved
was uploaded with the materials
for that item.
The final agreed upon version
of the third addendum was
included when this item 1 to 80
on JANUARY 29th and was
described in the staff report
when it was presented to
council in FEBRUARY.
The final version is uploaded
correctly with this item today.
So again this is the version
that was approved by
the convention center by
committee but was incorrectly
uploaded when it came to
council the last time.
All right.
Thank you sir for those
corrections and clarifying
statements.
So first, are there any request
to pull an item by council not
seen any request?
>> So with that Clark, please
proceed with public comment.
Thank you.
Council PRESIDENT Please.
Now each speaker will have one
minute per item per person If
you would like to speak on
three or more items you will
have a maximum time of three
minutes.
Please make sure you submitted
your speaker slip if you have
not already or are raising your
hand Star nine or the raise
your hand icon Also let me know
for the record the potential
appointments and re
appointments that are on
the agenda this morning.
There are quite a few so please
bear with me.
I Item 110 is the potential
appointment of Miriam Mendoza
and reappointment of Lucas
Coleman Benjamin Eastman, Juan
Carlos Rivas Garcia Heidi naf
DR. Sharp Qaisara come job and
DR. Luke Lanning to
the International Affairs Board
.
Item 111 is the potential
reappointment of MR. To
temporary to the Audit
Committee Item 112 is
the potential appointment of
John Embry and Marley Merle
Richmond and reappointment of
Chase Michael Friends and Ron
Lee and Peter Dart to
the Airports Advisory Committee
and a 113 is a potential
appointment of Parsa area of as
Martin Baron Dish and Jackson
Turner to the City of San Diego
Youth Commission.
Item 114 is the potential
reappointment of Matt Stamper
and Ted Womack to the Privacy
Advisory Board.
I don't 115 is the potential
reappointment of Ian Clampett
and Erica Morgan to
the Resiliency Advisory Board
item 116 is the potential
reappointment of Jeremy Bloom,
Danielle Lehman and DR. Judith
Munoz to the Parks and
Recreation Board.
Item 117 is a potential
reappointment of Kristy Byers,
Remi Cortez, DR. Michael
Province Melissa Sophia and
Melanie Woods to the Historical
Resources Board.
Item 118 is the potential
reappointment of Patricia
Williams, Beverly and Sarah
Moga eliminate Mark Tran and
DR. Scott Walter to the Board
of Library Commissioners.
Item 119 is the potential
reappointment of Marilyn Korea
Wendy Arie Shima Khan, Gail
Fritz and Carla Nesbitt Stokes
to the Commission on the Status
of Women.
Item 120 is the potential
appointment of Lydia Ball.
Their note to the San Diego
County Regional Airport
Authority.
We did receive comments on
items 5419 in favor and items
at 114 one in favor We are e
comment form which have been
distributed to the Council now
going to those who are
participating in public
speaking here in chambers If I
can have the following
individuals please come forward
to the front row in the yellow
reserved seats and the other
seats Bethany Case, Luis
Guerrero, Patricia Mondragon
Cristoforo Gomez Oh Myra Yousef
and Romo Abdi if you can all
please come forward to
the front row Bethany case if
you can please come to
the microphone.
You're speaking on item one
seven.
>> Good morning.
My name is Bethany Case.
I'm the senior community
relations facilitator at
Southwest Middle School.
I facilitate our State
Community Schools grant which
aims to transform our school
into a community hub.
I'm here to support the Grove
Neighborhood Park.
There are several large
apartment complexes within
walking distance of the park.
And because many of our
students live in these
complexes they are deprived of
space to play, pick up games
and gather with friends.
They don't have a mall nearby
to hang out and they end up
finding places that are unsafe
or where they are unwelcome.
The area surrounding the park
doesn't have open space for
the community to gather.
And because of the pollution at
the beach, the large free area
that large free area of
recreation is not safely
available.
Additionally we have an
incredible before and after
school program called Hope who
will be able to use this space
to expand programing Expanded
programing helps keep students
who's homeschooled Southwest
Middle school from going
elsewhere and it brings
students from outside of our
zoning onto our campus which
shrinking enrollment.
>> This is a huge benefit for
them.
Thank you so much Luis Guerra
Good morning.
My name is Luis Cara.
I am the advocacy and external
relations director at
the Immigrant Defenders Law
Center, the largest nonprofit
deportation defense
organization in California.
Proudly serving the San Diego
immigrant community.
I'm here in strong support of
the passing of the Due Process
and Safety ordinance.
We want to think council member
Shawn Isla Rivera for listening
to the community and working
collaboratively to bring this
forward.
This ordinance provides
critical protections for our
most vulnerable neighbors in
much needed clarity for our
city employees by setting clear
limits on involvement in
immigration and immigration
enforcement especially at a
time where are when we're
seeing extraordinary abuses of
power at the federal level.
We urge you to support this
ordinance.
Thank you, Patricia And
Patricia, you have time people
seeing your time Erin somewhat
somewhat too aggressive.
Thank you.
And Jessie Schmidt, thank you.
You'll have three minutes.
Please proceed.
Thank you.
Good morning.
Council members Patricia Mulder
I one regional policy manager
for Alliance San Diego.
I'm here to express our strong
support from Alliance San Diego
for the Due Process and Safety
Ordinance.
This ordinance is about
upholding the most basic
promise our city can make to
its residents that everyone
deserves to be treated with
fairness, dignity and respect
no matter who they are or where
they came from.
It reinforces our shared values
of justice and equality by
ensuring that city departments
and contractors respect
people's rights and due process
Right now that due process our
safety and our rights are under
threat.
San Diego has seen a threefold
increase in immigration arrests
,arrests that have led to
family separation and a
significant increase in
the detention of children.
Residents are afraid to leave
their homes even immigrants who
have lived here for decades or
with legal status are feel
fearful that they could be
targeted or separated from
their loved ones.
This fear erodes public trust
and makes our city less safe.
The Due Process and safety
audit helps rebuild public
trust by setting clear limits
on how city resources are used
and by requiring transparency
when federal agencies operate
in our communities.
By aligning the cal with
the California Values Act, it
ensures that San Diego is doing
its part to uphold the due
process and public safety of
our residents.
>> And in reporting on Joint
Task Force's clarifies the San
Diego Police Department's role
when immigration enforcement
occurs and requires federal
agents to have judicial
warrants before entering public
spaces.
These are practical, lawful
steps to protect everyone's
rights while strengthening
community safety.
Equally important,
the ordinance protects
the privacy and freedom of all
San Diego since it prohibits
the sharing of data based on
protected activity or
characteristics and safeguards
Reproductive rights free speech
and personal autonomy.
>> These protections are
essential to a healthy
democracy and to a safe city
Passing the Due Process and
Safety ordinance is about
leading with courage.
It's about ensuring our city
operates with integrity,
transparency and compassion.
It tells every resident San
Diego will stand up for your
rights.
Thank you Council member
Cornelia Rivera for your
dedication in passing this
ordinance.
Working with advocates and
community and reaffirming San
Diego's commitment to justice,
accountability and equal
protection for all, we urge
the Council to pass the due
process and safety ordinance
today.
>> Thank you.
Thank you.
Cristoforo Gomez.
You have time to buy a Marco
Briones.
Thank you.
You'll have two minutes.
>> Good morning, council
members.
My name is Cristoforo Gomez and
I'm an organizer with the San
Diego and Imperial Counties
Labor Council.
We represent over 130 unions
and 200,000 working families
across the county.
We're also here as proud
members of the San Diego
Immigrants Rights Consortium.
So first I want to thank
Councilmember Eli Rivera and
his team for their work on
the due process to safety
ordinance and to the rest of
the council for moving it to
this point.
We are in a moment where it's
truly incumbent on local
governments to do everything in
their power to protect their
constituents.
Our workers and their families
from the terror and violence of
this federal administration.
And so we think the council for
joining in on a regional effort
to do just that.
So we urge your support today
to vote yes on the due process
safety ordinance.
Thank you.
If I can have the following
individuals please come up to
the front row as well.
Well Tazeen these are.
Come up to the microphone and
then we have Amira Sophie Ramo
of the Anita Oceanic Turner
Ramo Abdi.
I think that's a that's a dope.
Amir is also a Jew.
After that Andrea Irving
allegedly Audra we trend and
it's say Calderon Vargas If you
can all please come up to
the front row.
>> Tazeen please go to
the microphone.
Okay.
Good morning council members.
My name is to Zionism and I'm
here on behalf of the Citigroup
Immigrants Rights Consortium.
When due process is abandoned,
communities are left to live
under fear rather than the law.
Families become afraid to
report crime.
Workers avoid public spaces.
People live with a constant
threat that their rights can be
taken away any minute.
Just based on the way they
look.
This kind of environment does
not make anyone safer.
It destabilizes entire
neighborhoods and erodes trust
in every level of government.
Local governments cannot turn a
blind eye when federal agencies
engage in unconscious
delusional conduct.
My I have been a 25 year U.S.
Citizen and today I carry my
passport card with me
everywhere because I am afraid
of being taken deported without
due process.
This is why institutions need
to ensure that due process is
exercised at every level of
government.
And you my friends, are
responsible for making sure
that San Diego City practices
it on a daily basis.
Thank you.
>> o'mara Yes.
If you have time ceded to you
by Patricia Serrano Patricia if
you can.
Thank you.
You'll have two minutes.
Please proceed.
Thank you.
My name is Myra Safi with Pena.
I'm here today to express our
deep gratitude to you all and
especially Councilmember Ella
Rivera for bringing this due
process and safety ordinance
forward.
When the community need it
needs someone to like stand
with us, Councilmember.
You're always there and we
appreciate that even when it's
not the most popular opinion
you're always there and you
work with community.
So I really want to thank you
and all of you for initially
getting it passed And now we're
finally here at the other end
to the finish line.
So thank you all for that.
And the Trump administration
continues his attack on
immigrant communities and all
vulnerable communities.
Now's the time more than ever
that we need an ordinance like
this in place.
Honestly, I wish we had it a
year ago because it would have
provided valuable information
to us today.
Right.
Our local city and our police
department need transparency as
to what is happening and what
and which partnerships exist
with the federal administration
as they continue to attack our
communities.
So we're really excited that
this ordinance is coming into
fruition now.
It will provide us valuable
information but I hope we also
see it as a first step, right
that this is the first step
that council can take to
support immigrant communities
lgbt communities vulnerable to
other vulnerable communities
Muslim communities like mine
who are also under attack with
this administration.
You know, we have asked time
and time again for the city to
end its contract with Floc
because our data is not safe
with a company that continues
to collude with the Trump
administration that continues
that collaboration on the back
end.
We have seen that no matter
what we try to do at a local
level to keep our data safe.
We cannot keep us safe with
Floc so we can we ask for you
all to continue to see this as
the first step but to really
take other steps to ensure that
our communities are protected.
>> Thank you.
Raimo Abdi.
>> Hi.
Good morning.
My name is Rama Abdi, Director
of Organizing with Pana.
I'm here again to support
Express my organizational
support for due process And
thank you Council member
Chinelo for supporting these
and always standing with our
community.
This ordinance is about
protecting people who are
already caring so much.
It stand with those who are
targeted or afraid.
People seeking reproductive
health care, our immigration,
our immigrant communities,
people living with
disabilities, religious
minorities and other who just
want to live in peace and
dignity.
For San Diego and this is more
than just a policy it is
the first step towards being
safe again.
It helps clear its health, set
clear boundaries to our
community.
Know that.
Know what to expect especially
when it comes to how the police
department respond to
immigration enforcement.
It brings some light and
transparency The situation that
have caused fear and confusion
for too long.
At the end of the day this is
about people is about making
sure everyone no matter what.
Thank you for that concluding
comment.
Thank you, Anita.
>> Hi, my name is Anita with
Cynic Turner.
I didn't know I was going to
speak.
I thought we're just going to
be a proclamation and everybody
votes on it.
But I have a few things to say.
I'll keep it short.
At a time when our nation is
experiencing lawlessness
constitutional violations,
Democratic violate law
violations it is so refreshing
to think that the city Council
is bringing this up and try to
do the right thing.
And special thank you to you
for leading this And I hope
that you and and the mayor will
do the right thing and sign
the due process and safety
ordinance which protects and
implements everyone's civil
rights and ensures that our
city is no longer complicit in
unlawful or discriminatory
discriminatory enforcement.
Thank you.
Thank you, Andrea.
>> We're going to need your
time.
>> You're speaking on several
items One, two, one one, 221
over 1271111 1619 and 119
you'll have three and I'd like
to respond to that.
>> Thank you.
Okay.
Thank you.
So the hypocrisy is quite
interesting because we talk
about due process and we claim
that it's for all which this is
only being brought forward due
to undocumented immigrants.
And as a victim of somebody who
had no due process and also has
very close friends who have
also been beat up by
the sheriff.
Andrea Ebbing was just
assaulted brutally by the San
Diego Police Department and
nobody is up in arms about it.
It is very disturbing to see
that It's like if you are a
certain demographic or if you
check this box then it matters.
>> But we don't even have due
process here.
That's what's so crazy And
people are complaining about it
and it's like Welcome to
America.
That's the way it works here.
And so until you guys are going
to make it equitable and
inclusive to the people in your
own community, Raul can peel.
>> a woman was brutally
assaulted at the Linda Vista
skate park.
There are no cameras there.
There are no lighting.
There have been four murders
there to within two days.
And it's like how can women be
assaulted like this that are in
your own community and you guys
turn a blind eye if that with
an undocumented woman if she
was undocumented and that
happened and wind up at
the skate park you guys would
be.
>> It would be all over the
news.
So it is so appalling and just
offensive to have that kind of
stuff happen to you.
And nothing gets done about it
but it gets brushed under
the rug.
>> In fact the San Diego Police
Department said I am a threat
to them because I was assaulted
by a sheriff.
I still walk with the cane four
years later.
>> There's no due process.
And when you guys sit here and
you act like you care about
people that prove it, prove it.
The people in your own
community should matter.
No woman nobody should be
assaulted like that brutally.
And it's all for speaking out.
>> I was speaking at a board of
supervisors meeting and got
drug out, had my head slammed
into the ground, my back was
met.
I have dislocated ribs.
I have nerve damage in my arms
from him twisting my arm so
bad.
>> And you know what he tells
me every time I have to see him
at the Board of Supervisors.
>> You're welcome.
You're welcome for assaulting
you And nothing happened to
him.
He got exonerated.
I was told that I should have
just complied because he had a
badge.
>> He wears a costume and I
have been arrested there before
for speaking publicly using my
voice.
And that is not the protocol
that goes on.
That man is proud of beating
the out of me and driving one
of 31291 14.
You have three minutes.
Please proceed.
Thank you.
I'd like to add 54 as well.
My name is Andrea Irving
speaking on due process first
as well.
I want to talk about a case
which started about five years
ago in which I was the victim
in my children were I was
strangled on video, had my head
split open blood everywhere.
My ex admitted to sdp and fda
and Judge Paula Rosenstein who
they now work directly with in
drug care court for opioid
distribution rehab kickbacks
for Prop 36.
The gentleman back here speak
about Tent City.
He's not wrong.
He's right.
That's correct.
And to protect that enterprise
which fentanyl deaths are
uphill mill operation Elkhorn
boulevard a psychiatry issuing
injectable fentanyl and
morphine DR. Prakash Batya
that's who Summer Stephan used
to commit.
U.S. Attorney Nancy Sussman,
the partner of my ex accused of
Salerno pill mill operator
78,000 scription dead people
and prisoners names homeless
people in rehab Patients pick
them up in non-emergency
transport vehicles which
the county awarded a $1.5
million contract to under
the name of Youth services.
So these individuals I hope
everybody Google those names
are an enterprise.
The rico enterprise due process
is important because when
felony charges go missing from
the larger system and they
choose to create a falsified
case against me with motions in
limine a which say there was
never an order to be violated
which they said I violated and
that the jury should not know
this information and then
abandon my abducted children
and me and tell me that we
aren't the victims.
I am the defendant and carry it
on and don't allow me to get
emergency brain surgery at
Scripps La Hoya on NOVEMBER 4th
but do issue a $100,000 warrant
for me and then send me to Las
Colinas for eight days when I
have active shingles Extremely
contagious And they wanted to
deny me my antivirals for eight
days in a row that were
supposed to take four times a
day and my antibiotics But they
did give me a stool softener
just to make fun of me.
They thought my blood pressure
was 210 over 110 tended to be
medical care but also when I
say this was fake I don't mean
I'm not exaggerating.
Here is a call from our bail
bonds We just got the other day
because they took Why did they
take my bill away?
They got hundred thousand
dollars.
>> They came up with my
question.
You were like really, really
helpful And we're just like in
part of piecing it together I
just want to know it.
I had like I'm really tortured
And then I came up and read Why
did they take my bill away?
They got what they wanted to do
by the way, your time your time
has concluded.
We trim back and have
the following individuals
Please come up to the front
row.
So I called around Burgos Guys
Blair Beekman and Nicole Lilly.
Please proceed.
Hi, my name is DR. Director
which is my organization work
with a lot of immigrant women
community all over counties
Diego Recently we have to
organize canvasing to support
small businesses giving them
information How to protect
immigrant workers is a real
fear in my community When you
canvasing when I get missing in
the neighborhood, when I come
up to the people I can see them
scaring away trying to hi
because Asian people we learned
what I have now just by I don't
want my people to live like
this in a country when it come
to sick for for freedom for a
live opportunity.
So this is the best thing we
can do for now to protect a
region of people eventually
celebrating diversity and you
know it's a proper thing to do
to government how governments
to pull protect our people.
>> So please pass that on and
thank you.
Thank you.
Thank GOD that nobody's.
>> Good morning.
My name is DR. C.K. Color on
Burgers and I'm here on behalf
of the San Diego lgbt Community
Center in support of item 54.
Our center serves thousands of
lgbt San Diego and many of whom
are living in fear right now
fear that their gender
identity, their immigration
status or their personal
choices could make them a
target of federal enforcement.
This ordinance matters because
it ensures that San Diego's own
resources our city employees,
our contractors, our police
will not be used to harm
the people we serve lgbtq
people especially our
transgender and immigrant
community members deserve to
access health care, go to work
and live freely without fear.
Please vote yes on item 54.
Thank you Council member Ella
Rivera for your leadership and
standing with all vulnerable
communities.
Thank you.
My apologies for misspelling
misstated your name Blair
Beekman I should have three
minutes.
Oh my apologies.
Yeah thanks.
I have a whole bunch of items.
I put them all in one card for
easier.
Please proceed.
Thank you.
To speak first to Excuse me
the item 50 photocopying I have
about six items all together
here Photocopying is a contract
for about $5 million over five
years It's about $900,000 a
year.
That to me is a bit strong for
photocopying things for each
year.
I just wanted to note that and
you had this up here before so
it has to be brought back here
for some reason.
Good luck in addressing it.
That needs to be questioned.
Smart water meters You're doing
a whole series of practices
that is not just creating a new
smart future for San Diego but
it's how to involve
the community in the process
And you're really making those
efforts and I hope we can
continue this good effort so
community can call into public
utilities, have their questions
answered.
Council has been working really
well on that.
It's a community effort to
build our tech future.
Everyone it's not just you guys
thinking you're high on
the hog.
Okay we're on that.
This is a community effort of
technology.
It's not just you guys.
With that said, thank you.
On to item parks.
I have three items that you
talk about park issues 56 116
and 107 When the park
commissions get hired I hope
they're considering
the importance of
accountability and data
collection practices.
When the Trump administration
first came in, the San Diego
Park system put kind of a
hiatus and a hold on how they
are Technology is working in
their park systems.
They took a break to kind of
reassess how to move forward
and I was an awesome idea.
I think we're more reflective
and responsible how we place
tech in our park systems, learn
to really talk about it clearly
with the public and it's okay,
it's safe.
You feel it's unsafe for some
reason is they don't fear
the public in those
conversations and without at
least to item 54 Brown act
issues that thank you it's a
beautiful measure I think it
works on the early Park
Department ideas of how to
address the future of the Trump
administration and data
collection and you guys are
doing it with this item and I
hope this item is a good
beginning for, you know,
current accountability.
People take accountability.
People want to work towards a
future of a warrant for your
things.
I think this is a good start
for that kind of question to be
better asked So it's a great
measure.
Thank you.
Pb People are being rehired
reappointed Good luck to their
continuing efforts that we talk
more clearly about our care and
our international affairs.
Good luck that we really talked
.
>> You're more inclusive of an
international level and how to
talk about it.
Thank you.
>> Nicole Lilly you have at
times been ceded to you by
sparking interest.
Thank you.
You'll have two minutes.
Please proceed.
Hello, My name is Nicole Lilly.
I'm a 23 year old renter
resident of District three and
executive director of our Time
to Act, a youth led nonprofit
organizing powerful youth for a
more inclusive, equitable and
sustainable future.
It is absolutely essential that
you passed item 54 Our
community is under attack and
this ordinance affirms
the city's responsibility to
its residents.
This council is not powerless
in the face of extreme threats
we face.
I want to express gratitude to
Councilmember Ella Rivera, this
office for their leadership on
this action and in getting this
to be across county effort
across the city today and
across the county, families who
are wondering not only how they
will pay their rent, keep
the water and electricity on
and food on the table but also
whether or not it's even safe
to leave their home to go to
work and school and get their
basic needs met.
That is an unacceptable reality
And this ordinance does work to
actually protect those families
ability to live.
This item is only a first step.
This Council must go further to
protect our community.
We must cancel or contract with
block.
We must stop investing more in
surveillance and in policing of
our communities and more into
the basic needs of our
communities.
Every single day families are
struggling to live.
They are waking up and
wondering where their next meal
is going to come from,
wondering whether or not
they're going to be able to
make rent this month.
The least we could do is
protect their due process and
their safety across our city.
I sincerely urge you to pass
this ordinance and continue to
seeing that your hands are not
tied.
You are responsible to us as
your constituents.
You have a responsibility to
community with the power that
you are given as elected
officials and I sincerely hope
that you consider that going
into the budget season and
where you allocate your money
especially in consideration to
surveillance and policing of
our communities this is only a
first step and I urge you to
pass this item.
Thank you.
I'm so sorry The five minute
time we're here in council
chambers going to those
participating remotely probably
have four people in the queue
starting with Selena Sanchez.
If you can please let me know
which item or items you wish to
speak to after that is 8700 And
then Katherine Rhodes You know
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should have come up If you
can't let me know I will need
to move on to the next caller.
Eileen One of the next caller
is 700 If you can please unmute
after that is Katherine Rose
and then Hector Thank you 50
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Thank you.
Please proceed with your three
minutes.
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with Konica Smelter for print
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representation in
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in tech Latino and female in
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with a balance between white
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convention center only three
approve if you trust necessary
transfers to carry out any
budget for ip projects if
determined appropriate by
the Mayor.
Dear Mayor Yellow Canary that
is covered with Band-Aids also
known as the boiler Please turn
to the plants for this very
appropriate item to code of
the qualification on the backup
material of good item 110 and
one one 2 to 1 2011 all
together that's 1010
appointments for reappointment
and I have to give two big
thank you's on this.
First to China war and
the director of the apology
Employment Control Board and
the second to me or Gloria for
his continuing recognition
excuse me anything that
occurred to me or Gloria for
his We encourage you of this
service by the public in his
weekly newsletter.
It's well-written and really
inspiring.
So it's been a great morning
and I'll MISS This afternoon
But thank you very much
everyone for listening.
>> Well, thank you.
Next is Katherine Rhodes.
If you can please join me after
that is Hector and then
Patricia Dharma please let me
know which item of items you're
speaking to.
>> Let me thank you.
Items 5554 101 of five.
Please proceed.
Wonderful.
First for item 54 the due
process.
Thank you so much for bringing
this forward.
Yes, people need to be able to
feel safe and you know
the faith based community if
you can make sure that they get
involved too They want to help
you know they want to help keep
people safe and you know, keep
families together.
The one four item 55 East
Village green I'm hoping that
you put any of these cost
increases on the recognize
obligation payment schedule for
the successor agency to
the redevelopment agency
because this was a line item in
the right and all you have to
do in order to have the full
$84 million paid for is put it
on the right.
But did you do that?
I don't know what or what's
the funding source for this?
I'm not sure.
So anyway, back in 2014
the cost was going to be $45
million.
Now it's going to be $84
million.
So it's you know, almost double
not exactly double the cost but
you know, a very large cost
increase for what I don't know.
So you know, 12 years the costs
somehow escalated and also
$34.4 million was money that
came from the successor agency
Housing agency, affordable
housing funds.
And what happened is we bought
property on an active fault
When I told you you can't have
it on the active fault So now
you're having a park in open
space which is what you have to
do But we haven't gotten back
the 34.4 million And so I think
that you should put that on
the ramps also to get it back
for the Affordable Housing Fund
for number 100 of
the Convention Center
Corporation.
Remember in nine years if they
don't have a convention center
expansion project you're going
to lose that 3.25% of the total
that 77 million that's coming
in if you don't have a solution
for that And of course I have
the solution for that which is
a ballot measure that hopefully
you guys will put forward And
that way the it includes 1% for
the convention center.
So I think they're getting like
$45 million now It'll get
bumped down to like 35 million
but with all the other things
they should actually be able
will make the other two if
the other changes go through
Also.
So maybe you guys could
somebody can discuss that with
them because nobody's talked
about it then you have
the three surplus properties.
Two of them seems like we
should just give them to
the San Diego Housing
Commission.
How come the San Diego Housing
Commission doesn't want to use
two of these empty lots to
build a condo complex?
You can actually do this.
Why don't you keep the property
yourself and actually build
something And that's what I
would like to do.
And the other one there's one
property that is close to an
open space and it seems like
it's on a on a right next to
open space.
So I would look for that and
maybe see if you could make
that into a little pocket park
for the neighborhood on
Fairmont Avenue.
Thank you so much Your time has
concluded.
There are three speakers with
their hands raised in the five
minute timer concluded only
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taken If you were not able to
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Hector if you can please unmute
after that is Patricia Dorman
and 7499 Hector please unmute
Hector again very low on
the status committee.
>> I hope these guys have a
couple of men on on the board
there.
I'm sorry can you hold on a
second?
Which item or items do you wish
to speak to?
A 54 and the status of women I
forget the number now.
Okay so I'll be two minutes.
Please proceed.
Okay, thanks.
On Saturday women I wonder if
there's any men on the board.
That would be a good indication
of the perspective of men's
perspective on the status of
women.
I think I'm looking at it's
probably just not women but I
want to get some men on
the board next time This time
and I'm 54 This is what we call
it when Joe Biden and Kamala
Harris said you said on the tv
and said don't come, don't
come.
The trouble with that is they
came they ignored our laws.
They came with the trouble that
as to Trump he wants to come
and he's come and that's it.
So the left you can in council
chambers but you're muted I'm
not sure I'm firm yet I did go
and Trump might even have a
bounty on these guys because
they're going to charge $1,000
a day if an illegal alien has
to be in here every day.
So that's a lot of money, man.
So it could be why don't you
guys instead of living in fear
just pack up your bags and go
home.
Don't come in here anymore.
We got to redo our whole thing
But a good border now we got to
move on with America Now all
these other guys these guys
didn't killed by legal aliens
and the illegal aliens are
living in our houses taking up
our rent, driving the price of
rent up.
We get rid of 100,000 of them.
They don't lower the rent.
It'll make the freeways less
crowded.
They'll be altogether better in
San Diego if we just deport
them all rapidly and everyone
can cry about it and then we
can just get on with living
with it with our American
citizenship but not that sort.
>> Your time is concluded
Patricia There are many of you
completely new after that our
final.
Speaker 749 Patricia Good
morning to you.
>> Counsel My name is the only
sibling of Christopher d Amen.
Can you please explain to those
of 23 Excuse me ma'am please
Ma'am, can you please let me
know which item or items you
wish to speak to?
Item 54 You'll have one minute.
Let me reset your clock.
Please proceed.
I am the only civilian
Christopher De Armond who was
atrociously murdered by
the police on JANUARY 20th,
2023.
Well, I understand
the importance of this
ordinance and the need for its
implementation in order to
protect immigrants during ice
encounters.
I am curious to know how this
ordinance will affect and
protect people that continue to
be unprotected for example as
felons, people with priors or
those who simply fit a certain
stereotype The same racial
profiling that's been happening
since the Trump administration
took office have been happening
for decades on the streets
racial profiling, targeting
harassment, discrimination and
the violation of civil and
human rights But nothing new to
southeast San Diego violence
and other disparate communities
that law enforcement claims to
be up to no good.
Just as the police did in my
brother's case, my brother
Christopher was available
without a warrant on 17th
Street accused of being a drug
dealer because my dad's truck
was too nice and shiny for
the 81st neighborhood As acp pd
stated no officers After my
brother's driver's license I
apologize Your time has
concluded 7499 if you can
please.
And you please let me know
which item or items you wish to
speak to.
>> But because it's not here
I'd like to speak on 50 5152
112 and 163 minutes.
>> Please proceed.
>> 5051 and 52 These three
items alone total over $7
million in contract spending of
the people's money.
I don't know the details of
these contracts but I do know
for a fact that the city has a
dismal history of overseeing
other contracts Where I do know
all of the detail.
I urge all citizens and all
citizen advocacy groups to get
involved in digging into
the details of these kinds of
contracts.
I know what I've witnessed with
the Torrey Pines water Board
under Todd Gloria and Joe
LaCava.
It's been abysmal and that's
just one very, very little
example.
I suspect this city is riddled
with insider contracts and
gross abuse of the city's
resources.
Please find an area that
interests you and dig into it.
112 appointment and
reappointment to the airport's
advisory committee.
First of all there is no such
thing as an advisory committee.
The city charter Section 43 is
very clear that there are two
types of such groups.
The charter section 43 eight
defines what the city charter
calls advisory boards.
43 a clearly defines
the requirements and conditions
of advisory boards.
Similarly, 43 b of the City
Charter defines what the city
charter calls citizens
committees.
There is no such thing in
the city charter as an advisory
committee either an advisory
board or a citizens committee.
Period.
Yes.
Or you are appointing members
to what you call an airport
advisory committee.
The city's blurring of these
terms intentionally confuses
our citizens.
I can't understand how this
mayor and city council are so
inept that you can't even
bother to read the city charter
except when you want to
circumvent it by creating for
example, the Torrey Pines City
Park Advisory Board under City
Charter section 43 b which only
defines Citizens Committee.
Second, your lessee at the Port
Pines Glider port is claimed in
court that the Torrey Pines
Glider port is an airport.
Yet the airports advisory
Committee has not provided any
oversight of the property known
as the Torrey Pines City Park.
What's going on here?
What is keeping the city from
providing oversight of that
park?
Three The park and rec or state
assets or the misnamed Airports
Advisory Committee or
the Torrey Pines City Park
Advisory Board.
Item 116 Park and Recreation
Reappointment.
The Park and Recreation Board
has been ignoring its necessary
role in ensuring the public
safety and public access at
the Torrey Pines City Park.
Every time I've attempted to
bring this matter to the Public
Light report to the Park and
Recreation Board I've been told
to go see real estate assets
and yet real estate assets
claims that they just manage
contracts and aren't involved
in the management issues of
the park.
What kind of vetting process
produces a Park and Recreation
Board appointees who refuse to
do their job with great
disgust?
>> Thank you.
That concludes public comment
on the consent agenda.
Thank you, Council PRESIDENT.
>> All right.
Thank you for that clerk.
With that we'll turn it over to
my colleagues for questions.
>> Comments Entertain a motion
and we will start with council
member Eli Rivera.
All right.
Thank you, Council PRESIDENT.
Thank you to everyone who
engaged today.
Let me begin with the with a
handful of the appointments
that we're considering.
We've got a number of folks
from District nine and I wanna
make sure I recognize enough
Ted Womack, Daniel Limon and
Mark Tran.
All four of these folks there's
a common thread of sincere
passion for the work that they
do on these boards that is
carried out through the work
they do on a day to day basis.
I can think about
the conversations we've had
with each and every one of
these folks about why about why
they care about the work that
is involved in each of these
boards and commissions.
And so I want to say thank you
to each of them for stepping up
and serving in this capacity.
And then I want to speak to
another appointment.
I was the person who I know
best amongst the appointees
today.
Lydia Ball.
Lydia is being appointed to
the airport authority.
I think this is an outstanding
appointment that will be very,
very good for San Diego.
Lydia has a wealth of
experience in a variety of
sectors from government to
the nonprofit sector.
She's been a champion for
the environment for years which
will pair very well with
the airports commitment to
sustainability.
She's a champion for workers
rights.
She's an outstanding leader.
And if if if all that is not
enough, she has the patience of
a saint.
And how do I know that?
She worked alongside me for
four years.
So Lydia, thank you for
stepping up to serve in this
capacity.
I am really excited to see you
step into this role and see
the airport benefit from your
your leadership, your strategy,
your strategic mind and just
your overall goodness as a
human being.
So thank you for that.
Moving on to item 54,
the second reading of the Due
Process and Safety Ordinance.
We heard this way back in
OCTOBER.
A lot has happened in the world
since then But one thing that
has not changed is the need for
the city to adopt this into law
.
As a reminder, the ordinance
establishes clear
constitutional guardrails
requiring judicial warrants for
federal and out of state law
enforcement access to nonpublic
city facilities.
Extending those same
protections to city contractors
lessees and grantees.
Prohibiting participation in
any enforcement Targeting
individuals based on political
or religious expression race,
ethnicity, gender identity,
disability, reproductive care
and will mandate multilingual
know your rights education in
city sites.
The reason for this is simple
We deserve to live in a city
where law order and rights
actually mean something where
safety and dignity go hand in
hand.
And this ordinance makes it
clear that look, our local
government will uphold
the Constitution, protect our
people and fight for our
communities.
The ordinance builds upon
the California Values Act and
the Truth Act.
State privacy laws and
the Constitution itself.
Expanding the protections to a
wider range of residents and
situations including health
care, housing and faith
settings.
It also sets a new national
model extending these standards
onto the operations to city
funded entities ensuring
consistent protections across
the region.
I want to say thank you to all
the committee members who
helped us bring this forward
who provided feedback to ensure
that we are doing what we can
within the confines of this
ordinance to make sure that
it's meaningful And what it
offers to San Diego residents
and visitors to our city.
I want to say thank you to our
regional partners from various
cities including the statue of
ista and the county of San
Diego who brought forward
similar policies And in each of
those jurisdictions.
And I also wanted to mention
one thing.
This is not the protections
within this law apply to
everyone.
And there was a part of
the conversation that I think
there's an opportunity here for
folks to see that a threat
against a person's rights is
unacceptable no matter who that
person is, that rights are
rights And whether you are an
undocumented person or someone
who's lived here for years,
whether you are a person who
has who has right wing ideology
or left wing ideology whether
you are Muslim or Jewish or
Christian or atheist your
rights or your rights.
And that is the whole point of
this ordinance.
And so if your rights have been
violated that's not acceptable
regardless of what political
affiliation you have.
And so I just don't want that
to be missed here because what
we saw today were folks from or
support or vote for
the additional detriments.
The comments we heard were from
folks who stand along side
people who are people who on a
day to day basis are living in
fear because of completely
lawless federal regime is
targeting them and
the targeting that they feel is
no different than the target
and others who are in this
chamber feel.
And it doesn't matter what
the source of that targeting
is.
It's unacceptable.
And so I just wanted to be
clear that we are not
separating anyone out in terms
of protections here.
The protections in this
ordinance apply to literally
everyone.
So if you're a supporter of
rights and you believe that
government should be held in
check and there should be
commitments made, you should be
a supporter of this ordinance.
And this is a law, not just a
resolution And it is a law
because with a law becomes more
enforceability.
And that's why it took so long
at this point.
And so with that I want to say
thank you, Coto for your work
alongside Rosa in my office to
make sure that each and every
one of the cities are those are
the unions that represent
the city's workers have an
opportunity to provide to ask
questions to provide their
feedback.
I want to thank each and every
one of those areas for
providing that feedback.
And then I do need to say this
part because it's important.
This is an important ordinance.
It will certainly improve
protections and give people
stronger ground to assert their
rights.
And what it will not do
unfortunately although I wish
it could is guarantee
protection from a completely
immoral and increasingly
unhinged fascist PRESIDENT And
his fascist regime from
attacking community members.
It cannot unfortunately protect
the community leader in
District nine when she goes out
to move her car and ice agents
snatched Snatcher for no reason
whatsoever and upend her life
and her family's life.
It will not provide protections
against a military wife who is
dropping off her husband for
deployment.
I wish it could but it's
the best we can do in
the moment and we should be
proud of that and we should be
continue to be pushed to figure
out all the ways that as a
local jurisdiction we can
provide more protections and
firmer ground for San Diego and
deserves a city to assert their
rights.
I want to thank my colleagues
for support provided back in
OCTOBER.
I want to thank the community
again for everything they
provided not just in helping to
reform the language of
the ordinance but also in
continuing to push us to do
better.
With that that concludes my
comments and my motion
councilor present.
>> All right.
Thank you.
So we have a motion by
Councilmember Eli Rivera to
move the consent items will go
next to Councilmember Campbell.
>> Thank you, Council
PRESIDENT.
I'm going to speak on some of
our appointments from District
two which I am honored to
represent.
And I'm glad that Peter Donald,
a resident of Point Loma and
District two, will be
reappointed to the airport's
advisory committee.
He is an attorney and retired
superior Court commissioner.
He also served San Diego as a
public defender.
And prior to that he practiced
law in his own firm.
He has been a licensed pilot
since 1978.
MR. Doctor is an aircraft owner
and holds instrument aviation
reading.
He earned a Bachelor of Arts
from nyu and a tourist doctor
from New England School of Law
where he ranked number one in
his class.
Given his dedication in serving
San Diego and his expertise in
aviation, I support
the reappointment of Peter Dorf
to the Airports Advisory
Committee and appreciate his
willingness to continue to
serve.
Also on item 112 I'm honored to
chase friends and a resident of
Point Loma District who will be
appointed to the airport's
advisory committee also.
He held various technology
leadership roles in banking and
finance earned a Bachelor of
Arts in economics and Master of
Business Administration from
the University of Montana.
Additionally, he's a certified
pilot and flight instructor at
Montgomery Field.
Given his financial expertise
and flying certifications, I'm
grateful for MR. Franzen's
willingness to continue to
serve on the airport's advisory
committee.
On item 116 I'm honored that my
friend Judith Munoz, a resident
of Claremont and District two
is willing to be reappointed to
the parks and Recreation Board.
She's a retired vice PRESIDENT
Of the Scripps Research
Institute, has also worked as
administrator at uc San Diego
and University of San Diego.
Judith served in leadership
positions in several nonprofits
including the San Diego Natural
History Museum, the Claremont
Town Council, the San Diego
Society and is a member of
the Mission Bay Park Committee
of which she was chair.
She earned both a bachelor's
and master's degree from
University of Oregon.
Her Ph.D. Is from
the University of San Diego.
Given her dedication serving
San Diego and her patients
intelligence good heartedness I
support the reappointment of
Judith Munoz to the Parks and
Recreation Board and appreciate
her willingness to continue to
serve.
Next on item 118 I would like
to say that I'm honored that
Sara Moga, a resident of Point
Woman District two will be
reappointed to the board of
Library Commissioners.
She served as marital Gloria's
financial affairs manager where
she focused on issues related
to ports of entry and the two
one River valley.
Before this role, Sara was an
Emmy nominated news and
entertainment television
producer and a writer for
various news outlets including
cbs News Fox this week and
The Daily Beast.
Sara is a mother of three young
children and values
The Importance of Libraries in
our San Diego communities
appreciates how they can have
such a profound positive impact
on children's development.
She earned a Bachelor of Arts
in English and Spanish from
University of San Diego.
Master of Arts in Latin
American Studies from
University of Chicago.
Given her dedication to serving
our community, I'm grateful for
Sara's willingness to continue
serving on our Library Board of
Commissioners.
And I would also like to say
that Lydia, the resident of
Point Loma in District who is
willing to be appointed to
the airport authority board of
directors.
Lydia currently is a consultant
working on advancing
infrastructure, clean energy
and regional economic
development.
She advises nonprofits,
foundations and public sector
leaders.
And prior to that she was chief
of staff for Council District
nine Office.
She has also served on the San
Diego Foundation directing
their environmental programs.
She earned her Bachelor of
Science from Southern Illinois
University.
And given her dedication and
experience serving San Diego, I
support the appointment of
Lydia Ball to the Airport
Authority board of Directors
and I so appreciate her
willingness to serve.
And I would also like to second
the motion to pass the consent
agenda except I would like to
say that I will be voting no on
I want to wait and I thank you.
Council PRESIDENT.
All right.
Thank you, Council members.
So we do have a motion by
council member Eli Rivera and
second by Council member
Campbell to move the consent
agenda.
And we'll go next to Council
member Moreno.
>> Thank you.
I have comments on items 107
and 111.
Item 107 is the approval of
$4.2 million of state grants to
launch phase one of Grove
Neighborhood Park.
First and foremost I would like
to recognize the board members
of the Otay Mesa community
Council mystery Mike and
Shirley as well as other
committee members who've never
stopped pushing for what they
were promised many decades ago.
And with this support we're not
only building a park but we're
fulfilling a promise to
the Otay Mesa investor
community.
For many years residents have
looked at an empty lot and have
been told basically to wait.
This investment finally
transforms decades of advocacy
into action for a neighborhood
that has been underserved and
parked deprived for far too
long.
Phase one will deliver
essential amenities a
children's play areas, picnic
spaces, public art and new
lighting and safe walkways that
families have envisioned for
generations.
This grant ensures that phase
one is not only is not only
just a set of right away
improvements but a true park
recognizing that everybody
deserves accessible green space
and safe recreation and just
space to gather.
With phase one fully funded, a
Grove Park stands next to
Riviera del Sol Robert Edgar
Senior Coral Gate Memorial and
via park among the list of
parks our communities have seen
built or revitalized since I
took office.
This is a little bit of an
anecdote here but when the San
Diego Parks and Rec Foundation
asked for a tour of my parks I
took them to two of them.
One of them being this park.
And when we walked around in
the open plot of land it was a
really hot day too.
They said Why did you bring us
to an open plot of land?
And my response to them was
because this is what our kids
in dia have to live with day in
and day out.
So I'm very, very happy that
this is moving forward right
before I end my tenure as a
council member.
And I would be remiss if I
didn't think Assemblymember
David Alvarez who championed
this funding.
Moving on item 111 is
the approval of
the reappointment of MR. To
Victor Temporary as a public
member to the audit committee.
I would like to thank MR. Top
Sharry for his continued
service and willingness to
serve another term as a public
member of the Audit Committee.
As chair of the Audit committee
I greatly value
the perspectives that public
members bring to our discussion
and MR. He brings extensive
auditing experience from his
work with mta, sandag and
the City of San Diego.
His expertise and insight
insight have been invaluable in
our discussions in audit
Committee have helped city
departments strengthen their
processes and programs.
So MR. Sherry, thank you for
your willingness to serve and I
look forward to continuing
the work for the next eight
months.
Also I want to congratulate a
few folks on item 112 for
the Airport Authority.
MS..
Lydia Ball.
Thank you for your willingness
to serve.
And on item 117 for
the historic Resource Board.
Thank you to MR. Rami Cortez
for your willingness to serve
as well.
And that concludes my comments.
Council PRESIDENT Thank you for
the time.
All right.
Thank you.
Council member Moreno We'll go
next to Council Member Thank
you.
Council PRESIDENT Thank you to
all of the folks who are
stepping up to volunteer on
multiple boards and
commissions.
I truly appreciate them.
I do want to call attention to
new appointees who live in
district seven and representing
District 7 in 1 way or another.
John Embry from Sierra mesa
Community who will be serving
on the airport's advisory
committee.
I appreciate him reaching out
and being so concerned about
safety as it relates to
aviation around the country.
Gibbs Executive Airport For all
the people around in the flight
path which includes many, many
neighborhoods.
So I thank him for stepping up
on that and for the youth
commission.
Jackson Turner really
appreciate him Also given
the amount of time you're going
to be spending as a captain of
your varsity football team, as
the PRESIDENT Of the youth
Sports for All Club and Youth
Circle Leader while having a
4.5 gpa and taking many ap
courses.
Thank you for stepping up to be
on the Youth Commission.
Do we need leaders like you
helping the city of San Diego?
So can.
Thank you very much And that
will conclude my comments.
All right.
Thank you.
Council member Campion.
We'll go next to Council member
Foster Yes, thank you.
Council PRESIDENT And today I'd
like to provide some quick
comments on times 110 114 116
and 118 and we have quite a few
appointments on First I'd like
to congratulate MISS Miriam and
those are being appointed to
the International Affairs
Board.
Miriam is currently serving as
an international policy Advisor
for the San Diego Regional
Chamber of Commerce.
Currently she leads
the planning and implementation
of the Chamber's quarterly
International Business Affairs
Forums and a sustainability and
Industry committee.
Previously she served as a
district representative for
State Senator Padilla where she
acted as a bi national affairs
lead and also coordinated
immigration related efforts
along the California Mexico
border.
Thank you again of this Mendoza
for your willingness to serve.
Also very quickly just like say
congratulations to Ted Womack
on being reappointed
the Privacy Advisory Board in
the Equity Focus Organization
seat.
MR. Womack is the Civic
Engagement Manager for Life in
San Diego and serves on several
civic engagement coalitions and
groups.
I want to note that doing deep
civic engagement work in
the community and serving on
the board on a board like
the Privacy Advisory Board is a
heavy lift.
This board requires a strong
time commitment and requires
board members to review complex
matters.
Thank you for your leadership
and willingness to serve also
on the Park and Recreation
Board Just want to say
congratulations to Daniel Mont
on being reappointed to
the Park and Recreation Board.
Daniel is a long time volunteer
that has served on the Choice
Lake Little League Board Choice
Lake Recreation Council and
Eastern Area Community Planning
Group.
You'll always find Danielle
advocating and sharing
information about programs at
Choice Lake and community
meetings.
Thank you again Danielle for
your willingness to serve and
also am 118 reappointment to
the Board of Library
Commissioners just would like
to really thank and
congratulate MISS Patricia
Belen on being reappointed to
the board of Library
Commissioners.
This pavilion is a very active
member of the Friends of
the Oak Park Library.
Your tireless efforts in
planning for the new Oak Park
Library are deeply valued and
appreciated With all of your
efforts and others throughout
the Oak Park neighborhood, I'm
excited that we will be
breaking ground on the new Oak
Park Library on MAY 14th, 2026
.
Thank you again for serving on
this board and for being an
unwavering advocate for quality
library programing and services
in District four.
And with that that concludes my
comments.
All right.
Thank you.
Council member foster We'll go
next to Council member Lambert
Thank you very much And I want
to thank Tschida first of all
for all of the appointments to
our board the Commission and
thank my colleague to bring for
so many great nominees and item
110 for the International
Affairs Board.
I'm pleased to support
the mayor's appointment of DR.
The nine to serve Qualified
County Residency Representative
District five DR. Lanai Innate
and Associate research
scientist and director of
the Air and Sea Interaction
Laboratory at Scripps
Institution of Oceanography at
uc San Diego.
His work focuses on how
the ocean and atmosphere
interact, including our coastal
systems, surface waves and
the impacts of climate change
and incredibly important
scientific work you doing And
we appreciate you very, very
much.
And item 117 historical
resource forward and also a
plea to support the mayor's
reappointment of MS..
Woods to serve another term.
She brings real on the ground
experience in land use, housing
and workforce development areas
that are critical to our city
right now.
In her role with our California
Apartment Association she has
worked at the intersection of
government, business and
community interest helping move
forward the development of
policy here in San Diego and
addition her previous work with
the San Diego Workforce
Partnership.
She has a strong track record
of managing multimillion dollar
budgets, launching job training
programs and bringing in new
funding to expand
opportunities.
She's also become a fantastic
neighbor and friend as her
leadership with the Scripps
Create Civic Association has
been exemplary.
MS. Melanie But thank you so
much for your work.
I look forward to the next time
we have a party in one of our
parks.
I know Item 54 the Due Process
Ordinance.
I want to thank our colleague
Council for Shining Rivera for
bringing this forward to
protect the rights and safety
of the region and minimize
economic instability.
The proposed ordinance
establishes clear
constitutional guardrails to
ensure city property personnel
and funding are not used to
facilitate unauthorized
discriminatory or extrajudicial
enforcement activities from
everything from immigration to
disability status to getting a
team of transgender care to
making sure that women have
the rights to reproductive
freedom.
Our community is strongest.
We live up to our shared
American values a respect for
life, liberty, dignity and
fairness Under the law.
So thank you for bringing this
forward.
Thank you to my colleagues for
supporting it on item 124,
the San Diego Regional Airport
Authority Board I'm happy to
support the appointment of
Lydia Ball to the San Diego
Regional Airport Authority
Board of Directors a welcome
She brings a breadth of
experience in the last 20 years
advancing infrastructure, clean
energy and regional economic
development initiatives all of
which the airport is very
strong on.
And as many people have seen we
have opened only one half of
the new terminal.
We are still in the middle of
that nearly $4 billion project
And so Lydia is coming at a
time that is crucial to make
sure that that project does get
finished with the new one And
then we have much more to come.
So very excited you to join
the board.
It's a fantastic organization.
I think you're gonna love it
there.
We're going to love having you
there.
I obviously got to work with
Lydia before you went to
the city And believe me,
building green infrastructure
is one of our specialties there
So we're very excited to
welcome you and I'm very, very
happy to support your presence
Also on item 119 Commission on
the Status of Women, I am
pleased to support the Mayor's
reappointment of Marilyn Corio
with the restroom icon Gail
Freed and Carla Nisbet Stokes
to the Commission on the Status
of Women.
Thank you so much for all
the work that you have been
doing on this incredible
commission with your background
in education, workforce
development policy advocacy and
a clear commitment to helping
people grow and succeed and
the challenges that women and
especially women of color are
facing now under a federal
administration are dire.
Many people might have seen
the news just last week about
what the equal opportunity
the eeoc Commission is doing in
2024.
In the fall about 250 female
employees of a Coca-Cola
distributor are gathered for an
unremarkable meeting inside
the ballroom of a Connecticut
casino for a day of speakers
and team building exercises.
Their theme was Embrace your
authenticity.
It offered women a chance to
mingle with higher ups to bond
over their share of challenges
in a male dominated workplace.
One participant said it was
fun, energizing and youthful.
She said We learned how to deal
with irate customers for
example simple strategies for
women to succeed in their
workplaces.
Last month Trump's eeoc sued
Coca-Cola Beverages Northeast
for this conference, claiming
that they engaged in unlawful
discrimination against male
employees under the federal
Civil Rights Act.
The agency is now seeking
unspecified compensatory
damages and punitive damages
just so the public knows
The eeoc received tens of
thousands of complaints a year
for discrimination in
the workplace and they hardly
file any of the lawsuits.
It's very rare to get the eeoc
to actually take action.
And the fact that they chose to
take action against Coca-Cola
for simply having a women's
empowerment day is very, very
telling.
Founded in 1977, headquartered
in New Hampshire, the Coca-Cola
Beverages Northeast employs
about 3400 people who bottle
pack deliver and sell Coke
products across the region from
Boston to upstate New York.
More than 85% of their
employees are men.
So back in MAY 2024,
the company decided to hold its
first in-person women's forum.
Before the event, the company
notified its 11 unions asking
whether they had any objections
and not a single union raised
an objection to a woman's
forum.
At the event the attendees
heard from executives who
described their career past and
they watched a demonstration by
a trainer of a service dog
sponsored by the company.
>> One employee who attended
the 2024 event wasn't aware it
had triggered a lawsuit against
the company.
She said it should happen every
year and still uses some of
the lessons she gleaned in her
work including strategies for
meeting calm and dealing with
irate managers our customers.
She said quote It is very
empowering for women to get in
the same room.
And so what I see is that this
lawsuit really is not about a
single networking event.
It's about whether efforts to
support and advance women in
workplaces where they remain
vastly underrepresented can be
treated as discrimination
rather than progress In a
company where more than 85% of
employees are men.
A voluntary forum designed to
foster mentorship, connection
and professional growth for
women is now being framed by
Donald Trump as unlawful.
This risks turning back
the clock on so much progress
we have made.
It echoes a time when women
were excluded from opportunity
silence in professional spaces
and told that gathering to
support one another wasn't a
simple problem.
Actions like this and a
chilling message that even
modders modest efforts to level
the playing field for women MAY
be challenged or punished by
the federal government.
And that is what this
litigation is really about.
It reflects a broader fear of
women simply organizing
speaking openly about our
challenges and building
pathways to leadership in male
dominated fields and empowering
women to fully participate in
the workplace and simply ask
for equality in civic life.
Is not discrimination.
It's progress.
So I want to thank you very
much the women who are serving
on the Status Commission of
Women.
You have a dire challenge ahead
of you and you have our full
support here at the city.
So thank you very much and
thank you to my colleagues for
all of the incredible
appointments today and I'm
happy to support the consent
agenda.
All right.
Thank you.
Council member Von Wilpert.
We'll go next to Council member
Whipper Thank you, Council
PRESIDENT.
I too want to congratulate and
thank everybody who is being
appointed or reappointed to
boards and commissions today
especially all of those who
live at District three.
But thank you to all of you.
These positions are really
important and your service is
very much appreciated.
And I have 54 I would join
everybody in appreciating
Councilmember Ila Rivera for
bringing this forward and
everyone who came to City
council today to speak in favor
of it.
We live in a day when too many
Americans are afraid of their
own government.
People who were born and raised
in San Diego carry their
passports because they are
afraid of being deported.
I know some of them and I'm
glad that Councilmember Eli
Rivera made the point that
while we unfortunately can't
fully protect, say, the Reagans
from the Trump administration,
this ordinance isn't just
symbolic either.
And I appreciate the examples
that are provided at
the materials where this
ordinance can really help
protect people.
I have a lot of construction
going on in my district as does
Councilmember Rivera, some of
it funded with city resources.
And this ordinance prohibits
federal agents from going in
and detaining construction
workers at city funded projects
without a judicial warrant.
It provides due process.
There are other examples where
this could help protect our
residents from the Trump
administration.
So thank you for bringing it
forward.
I'm glad it's going to be
enacted today.
Thank you.
Council PRESIDENT.
All right.
Thank you, Council.
I would probably go back to
Councilmember Foster.
Yes, Thank you, Council
PRESIDENT.
My apologies.
I did not see Lydia here.
I just wanted to take a moment
and give Lydia a quick shout
out.
I had the pleasure to work with
Lydia as the former chief of
staff for council member and at
the time Council PRESIDENT
Shawn Rivera.
Just a pleasure to see you
back.
And I just wanted to say
congratulations and thank you
for your willingness to serve.
So thank you.
All right.
Thank you, Councilmember
Foster.
Nothing No one else in
the lights I think actually
everybody has spoken a lot.
Couple of thoughts myself.
I'll join the chorus on item 54
thanking Councilmember Eli
Rivera, the d9 staff and
everyone who worked on bringing
forward the due process
ordinance.
As I did last time it was heard
I will register a no vote on 55
item a item s 500.
This is regarding the loi
assures banner district.
I want to thank the La Hoya
Association for working through
the red tape and
the bureaucracy to expand
the boundaries of the La Hoya
Shaw's Banner district and to
develop a working relationship
between the La Hoya Shaw's
Association and the Shaw's
businesses sociation in
operating that banner district.
I know it'll accrue to
the benefit of both the La Hoya
Shaw's residents and
the businesses there and
everybody that passed through
that district.
So thank you for the good work
And a special shout out to
Abbie Reuter and my staff for
navigating this process that
turned out to be a little bit
harder than we originally
thought.
On the items 110 and one
through 120 I certainly want to
congratulate and thank to all
those who are being appointed
or reappointed.
Your volunteer time is very
much appreciated.
Serving on our city's boards
and commissions and of course a
shout out as council member of
Elmore said to MR. Warren for
all the work behind the scenes
to bring this forward.
Monitoring the vacancies,
checking people want to be
reappointed.
Validating the qualifications
of those who want to be
appointed for the first time.
And then of course docketing
the items is no easy task So
thank you for that very good
work.
>> And then on item 120 despite
the fact that Lydia
unceremoniously kicked me out
of a social justice coalition
many years ago, I hold no
grudge and will continue to
support your appointment to
the Airport authority.
Congratulations and I'm glad to
see you're back in the circle
of city business.
You'll be a great asset to that
authority.
So with that we have an
appointment.
Excuse me a motion by council
member Ella Rivera and a second
by council member Campbell.
Clerk Please call the roll.
>> Thank you.
Council PRESIDENT I'm sorry
The voting system Please cast
your vote That does pass
unanimously 8 to 0 with
Councilmember Campbell voting
no and I don't want to wait in
Council PRESIDENT Pro Tem Ken
Lee absent.
Thank you Council PRESIDENT.
All right.
Thank you for that.
And again, congratulations
everybody.
I was appointed to reappointed
.
So next item on the agenda are
there any comments by
the mayor's office City council
member, city attorney,
independent budget analyst or
city clerk?
We see the city clerk has a
comment first.
>> Thank you.
Council PRESIDENT.
I would just wanted to take a
moment to mark the 95th
anniversary of when San Diego
voters approved our city
charter on APRIL seventh, 1931,
otherwise known as Charter Day.
The document serves as
the foundation of our city
government structure and
operations.
While it has been amended over
the years, it continues to
guide our work.
And if you'd like to learn more
the City Charter is available
online at w w w dot San
diego.Gov/city Clerk Happy
Charter Day.
Thank you.
All right thank you City Clerk
And happy charter day as well.
And we'll go next to council
member Eli Rivera Thank you
council PRESIDENT Just as I as
is often the case I feel like
it's important when we at least
acknowledge things that are
completely unacceptable or
extraordinary happen outside of
this of these chambers.
This morning a increasingly
unhinged authoritarian said
that an entire civilization
could die today that
authoritarian is our PRESIDENT.
That civilization includes 92
million people in the country
of Iran and at least 5 million
people in the diaspora
including family members of at
least two of us on this dais
That would not just be a war
crime.
He literally you just said that
could be a genocide tonight.
So again, just in the spirit of
not pretending like there isn't
a maniac in the White House and
there's any semblance of
normalcy to those sort of
statements, I felt like I
needed to say something.
i pray to GOD that that is just
the rantings of a maniac and
not something that he will
actually act on Because again
there's 92 million people in
Iran and 5 million people in
the diaspora and that would be
what the death of that
civilization would look like in
human terms.
Thank you, Council PRESIDENT
All right.
Thank you.
Council member Not seeing
anybody else in the lights.
We will now take up our morning
discussion agenda.
Clerk Please introduce item
f5o3 items 5o3 is a ten year
nonprofit lease agreement
between the City of San Diego
and ywca of San Diego County a
California nonprofit
corporation for city owned
property operating as a housing
facility providing specialized
services.
If you'd like to speak on this
item please be sure to submit
your speaker slip to the front
of the room in the clear box or
for participating online.
Now's the time to raise your
hand by pressing Star nine or
the raise your hand icon.
>> Thank you Council PRESIDENT.
All right.
Thank you City Clerk I see
Staff settling in.
Please introduce yourself for
the record and let us know how
much time you need or you want
to turn the mic on.
There you go.
>> Hi, my name is Alexandra
Clark and I will lead about
four minutes.
All right.
Begin when you're ready.
>> Good morning.
Council PRESIDENT And council
members.
My name's Alex Clark, property
agent with the Economic
Development Department.
I'm joined today by deputy
director of Real estate Lucy
Contreras and Nick Baldwin,
program manager for Lease
Administration And today will
be presenting for your
consideration a lease agreement
between the city of San Diego
and the ywca of San Diego
County, a California nonprofit
corporation.
The item proposed is a ten year
lease with the ywca with one
five year option to extend for
a total potential term of 15
years for safety and
confidentiality reasons.
The specific property location
is intentionally omitted from
the public record as the site
serves individuals receiving
sensitive and protected
services staff is requesting
five actions today Make a
finding consistent with Council
policy 712 that the proposed
lease serves a valid public
purpose approve and authorize
execution of a lease agreement
.
Waive the Council policy 712
requirement for a market rent
appraisal Given the significant
significant public benefit
provided through these services
authorized the Chief Financial
Officer to accept and deposit
the lease consideration and
determine the approval.
The lease is categorically
exempt from secret under secret
guideline Section 1530 one
The ywca of San Diego County
was founded in 1907 and is
dedicated to empowering women
through services that promote
safety, stability and dignity.
They have operated at the city
owned site since 2000 providing
transitional housing and
critical supportive services to
women, children and families in
crisis including survivors of
domestic violence.
Their prior lease expired on
OCTOBER 1st, 2025 and staff
have negotiated this new
agreement to ensure continuity
of these essential services.
>> The proposed lease allows
the ywca to continue operating
these services under a ten year
term with one five year
extension option.
The annual rent is set at
the city's nonprofit
administrative fee at $4,827
with $0.50 with a 3.5% annual
increase.
The lessee will be responsible
for all costs associated with
maintenance operations and
improvements to the property.
For reference for reference an
appraisal completed was
completed in SEPTEMBER of 2025
Value the property at
approximately 3.6 million.
In summary the lease enables
the continued operation of a
long standing high impact
service provider delivering
critical housing and supportive
services to vulnerable
populations while ensuring
the city's asset remains,
maintain and operationally
self-sufficient.
Staff respectfully recommends
approval of the five requested
actions.
Thank you and we're available
for any questions.
>> All right.
Thank you for the presentation
of the work to bring this
forward.
Clerk Please proceed with
public comment.
>> Thank you.
Council PRESIDENT Andrea Irving
allegedly Audra and Blair
Beekman if you can all come
forward to the front row.
Andrea, if you can please come
up to the microphone.
You'll have two minutes.
Thank you.
My name is Andrea Irving.
I support housing women
children.
I support the funding of
programs for underprivileged
individuals.
I would just suggest that we
kind of look at not creating
those situations in the city.
>> I was a little surprised to
hear so few people speak on sb
54 after the proclamation
because I think that with due
process both federally and
locally we'll have a lot less
of these needs And I think that
we yes, we need to take care of
things like this but we also
need to care of like driving
revenue into the city as well.
There's been a really long
delay at a for an organization
or a space in Balboa Park
called Starlight Amphitheater.
And if you look at the names
that have performed there
Beastie Boys, the Rolling
Stones, The Ramones, Elvis
Costello incredible acts and I
know there was okay, they have
to pause for airplanes to fly
over but that venue is so
amazing Like it is so amazing
and I just genuinely believe
that it could drive so much
revenue into the city.
You know there is a lot of work
that's gone into it so far over
the past several years but with
just a little help maybe just
some sponsorship that could
help situations and maybe
actually help employ women that
are women and men that are
going to go into this facility
and provide employment
opportunities and great venues
for graduations, speaking
engagements and an extension of
the convention center.
I think we could upsell
the space for large speaking
engagements for orthopedic
surgeons or the ted conference
or Comic-Con.
So just something to think
about.
Thank you.
>> And allegedly under man it's
like I wish there could be
something that I could look
into and not find super
nefarious things with these
nonprofits that you guys engage
in, you've heard plenty of
information about Tent City and
Dreams for Change.
People keep coming here and
it's still open.
Steven Whitman laughed at me
when somebody died.
It's like there's this is very,
very bad and you guys are doing
a ten year contract And just
with a quick look you can see
the types of things that have
taken place with the wide uh
wca and different things like
that and you know it's when we
have these programs that are
supposed to be housing people
and it's like of course that's
what we should be doing but we
should actually be doing that
not making it harder for people
to get into housing to get off
the streets.
It's like all of these things
when we're contracting with
these nonprofits I feel like
there's no checks and balances.
It's like you guys go ahead and
get in contracts with these
people and then it's like you
just kind of go It's up to them
to do whatever.
Like you're not also complicit
in it.
I mean literally Tent City
should be shut down.
It should be ran by somebody
else.
I mean I talk to people day in
and day out These people are
actually afraid to come because
they're afraid they're going to
lose their spot there.
>> So it's like how can that
take place?
And you have people that come
in here and you don't even want
to go and talk to them and go
Hey, what's going on?
I mean deaths and sexual
assaults are bad And the fact
that the city is literally on
that site and there's code
violations up the ying yang
like it just shows that you
guys can be there, watch it
happen and not do a thing
about it but how people kick me
out so that I don't get to talk
to those people and count
the public or the homeless And
it's like I don't need to be
there to get people to come to
me.
But the fact is is that you
guys should be doing something
about it's supposed to be being
audited but it's like it's it's
still running and they're still
getting money so you can't be
trusted when you're picking
these entities.
Thank you for that concluding
comment Player Beekman Hi we're
Beekman Thank you for this item
.
I had read a news report over
the past week that Mayor Gloria
delivered a really important
memo to yourselves this past
Friday on the work that you
need to be doing.
Um in to in addressing and how
I MAY just into addressing
unhoused issues at this time
and um it stressed
the importance of what uh
the uh the tent city the city
sponsored encampments are doing
and by you know I don't know it
just to set a standard a course
of how to talk about the issue
and to prepare ourselves how to
talk about an unhoused issues
into this coming year.
So good luck What we can be
doing with those issues
together.
Gary and others have made a
really important point about
you know, there just needs to
be a better sense of
organization of how Tent City
is kept and worked on.
Good luck that we're doing that
And I've had the idea in being
from San Jose they they've
taken on the tent cities ideas
too but to a much smaller
degree in much smaller land
parcels Is that an option for
San Diego San Diego is chose
chosen this large bulk system
of tent city How about little
smaller neighborhood ones?
I know you don't like to hear
those kind of words but it can
be much easier to maintain
possibly And there's just be a
sense of uh a familiar sense
more possibly to it.
That MAY be an interesting idea
that I felt it was time to
mention along with this item
which is really important and
thank you for it and good luck
with it.
Thank you.
>> Thank you.
Sorry The five minute time
we're going to those
participating remotely starting
with 8700 If you can please
unmute you'll have two minutes
after that is Kathryn Rhodes of
Thank you Joyce And the other
three first of all, good news
on this item.
It's an in the operation of
the transitional housing
facility that's so wonderful.
And the second good news is
that 57,000 will be going to
the general fund and its
purchase is precious revenue.
So let's use it wisely.
I so before I say something
that's sort of difficult Yes.
To the ten year lease with
the ywca of San Diego County so
I just wanted to say this I've
been doing this work for about
20 years now and I have really,
really listened attentively
most of the time to the voices
And thank you Blair for what
you just said.
What I really like is that you
said How can we talk about
these things?
And that's kind of where I am
at.
There's a sense of sadness in
my heart because I want
resolution and I want
prevention and and I don't feel
we're getting this and some of
these really, really difficult
items that are coming up that
are being spoken to by
the people of San Diego.
So I don't know what to do
about that.
i just want I appreciate you
listening to me but there's
just sadness in my heart And
how do we talk about these
things?
I want more clarity on all
sides.
So thanks for listening again
and love to all.
Thank you.
Catherine Rhodes If you can
please unmute me.
>> Hello, this is Katherine
Rhodes and of course I very
much support this.
You know it's only $56,633 to
the general fund So you're
actually giving to women who
really need your help.
One of the things that when I
was just looking through this I
saw that you only have annual
rent increases of 3.5%, which
is great.
But I want to tell you, you
know a similar thing that
you're doing which is not so
great for the San Diego Housing
Commission.
It's not it's doing that's not
great for the Mount Edna
properties where they're doing
on county land up in Claremont
your San Diego housing
Commission is charging seniors
and people with mental
disability people that had
mental retardation instead of
the annual increase of only 3.5
or lower they're increasing
their rent by 8.8% for no
reason When most of the money
that came for building this
came from the county of San
Diego and from state tax
credits Not really the San
Diego Housing Commission put a
little bit of money in it but
it looks like they're trying to
make money off the poor and
the disabled and if these if
you're giving this to ymca for
an annual rent increases of
only 3.5%, I would like
somebody to to push this to
your city attorney and
the mayor's office and figure
out why the San Diego Housing
Commission is trying to charge
an 8.8% increase that will make
some of the seniors who moved
there less than a year ago and
some of the people with mental
disability and mental
retardation not be able to
afford the rent anymore.
So please somebody look into
that.
>> Thank you so much.
Thank you.
That does conclude public
comment on this item.
>> All right.
Thank you, City clerk.
With that we'll turn it over to
my council colleagues questions
Comments Entertain a motion.
We'll start out with Council
member Campo Thank you Council
PRESIDENT And thank you to our
real estate staff on this lease
here.
Thank you to the ywca for
providing this really, really
important service and I will
make a motion to approve
staff's recommendation.
Thank you.
All right.
Thank you.
Council Member Campion.
So we have the motion to move
the staff recommendation of
Council member Whitburn Well
second the item not seeing
anybody else on the light
please call the roll clerk.
Start the voting system Please
cast your vote that passes Oh 7
to 2 We shall measure Yeah that
council that passes unanimously
with Council PRESIDENT Pro Tem
Lee and Council member Campbell
absent.
Thank you.
All right Again thank you to
staff for bringing this item
forward and to the ywca.
Okay we will now take up non
agenda public comment.
The council members respect and
appreciate the public's input
and are fully committed to
protecting every participant
free speech rights at council
and committee meetings.
>> Clerk Please proceed with
public comment.
Thank you.
Council PRESIDENT Pearl 2.7 on
a general public comment is an
opportunity for members of
the public to comment on items
that are not on the agenda but
within the subject matter
jurisdiction of the City
Council.
Each speaker will have two
minutes.
Please note if there are eight
or more speakers on a single
topic that maximum time for
the topic will be 16 minutes.
If you are in chambers please
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please raise your hand to speak
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participant Star nine starting
with Jacob Edwards If you can
please come to the microphone
after a drink up we have Steve
Stopper, Henry Wallace, Andrea
Ebbing Allegedly Audra and
Blair Beekman I do not see
Jacob Edwards here in chambers
anymore.
Steve Storper please come up to
the microphone.
Yeah my colleagues have run
out.
We do not have a quorum so we
have to adjourn the meeting at
the direction of the city
attorney which I concur with
sadly and frustrated with So if
you don't have a quorum then
the public can actually take
over the meeting So that's
the problem.
Okay Until that recording says
that I'm the one that brought
it to your attention that I
would like to invoke that right
now This is serious.
>> I'm serious right now.
Okay.
To the point that security lets
you stay in here, that's fine.
The meeting itself is adjourned
under the Brown Act.
Yes, but I called Robert's
Rules.
That's fine to you doing that.
I am the one that brought it to
your attention that you did not
have a quorum.
You didn't know that until I
said something And now you're
trying to circumvent that and
say that as long as security
let me say so are you
threatening that you're going
to have them come after me
because I'm trying to take over
a meeting that you negligent
Lee did not have a quorum for
that.
We're continuing with so like
through Robert's Rules of
Order.
Okay.
All right.
You've made your point.
I understand it that you no
longer can be in control of
the meeting.
>> Okay, that's fine.
Okay, that's fine.
That's fine.
You've made your point.
I understand the point that
you've made.
>> Please, please.
I'm telling you you had no
Okay, I understand your point.
>> You are now going to
the point of being disruptive
about legality.
You cannot continue the meeting
.
>> That's right.
We are now ending the meeting.
No, Now you know what I'm doing
and you're trying to circumvent
that because you're scared
that what just happened.
I'm not correct.
Okay.
If I invoke Robert's Rules of
Order when you do that you can
no longer run the meeting is
adjourned as city council and
everybody and you're trying to
Why would you try and stop this
that because you know going