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and all right good morning.

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>> I will now call the city

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Council meeting of Monday APRIL

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20th 2026 to order Clerk Please

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call the roll.

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Thank you.

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Council PRESIDENT Council

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member Campbell Council Member

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Whitburn here Council Member

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Foster Council Ron Wilber

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Council PRESIDENT Pro Tem Lee

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Council Member Marino Present

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Council PRESIDENT LaCava

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present also in the meeting or

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here Thank you also taking

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the meeting our city attorney

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Heather Ferber, independent

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budget analyst Charles Monica

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and myself your city clerk

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Diana Fuentes.

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Thank you Council PRESIDENT All

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A quorum is now present.

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We will begin this morning with

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an invocation by Clark Fuentes

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followed with the land

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acknowledgment and the Pledge

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of Allegiance led by council

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member whipper grant Those who

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The spirit of wisdom, charity

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and justice that was steadfast

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They MAY faithfully serve in

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their offices to promote

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the well-being of all people.

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that the committee should are

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the original inhabitants of

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the Unceded land Although

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the San Diego despite enduring

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the horrors of genocide and

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colonization, the cowboy spirit

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remains unbroken.

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ancestors who fought to protect

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forward ensuring that their

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traditions continue to thrive

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and gratitude and strength We

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stand with a combination

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connected to our past and

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committed to a thriving future

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I pledge allegiance to the flag

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of the United States of America

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and to the Republic for which

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it stands One nation under GOD

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justice for all.

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Right, Clark, please go over

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a better meeting management

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The held PRESIDENT I thank you

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with that clerk please read

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the closed session items into

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>> s one Brianna Cooper versus

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city of San Diego c.

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S three Daniel Katz versus City

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of San Diego Conference with

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real real property negotiator

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pursuant to California

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c is for property 3220 3240

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Boulevard, San Diego,

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I'll do all of them please.

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litigation that comes forward,

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constantly as the people have

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the negligence of the city And

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then you know, you go on

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the streets and you still see

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making things better so that

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constant litigation, you know,

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the infrastructure when it

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could be managed better.

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thing is is a scam And it's sad

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because it's like you act like

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doing that is going to come in

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the roads and stuff like that

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supposed to trust that you guys

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that kind of money that comes

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just more transparency as far

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as litigation that comes

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office skate and hide things

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reason and a purpose so that

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the negligence of the business

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with like all of these projects

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that you guys build there is

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some kind of, you know, benefit

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that comes to someone Someone

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knows and you know so you do

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things that you wouldn't do in

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regular business that you guys

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business doing And it's just

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things that people need because

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people are suffering out on

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a broken record but it's just

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continue to do and not fix.

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Next is Blaire Beekman If you

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to fix our technical difficulty

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Blair Beekman I don't see us to

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and collecting delinquent

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with this item, how you be

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talking about it.

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important strides in how you

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deal with downtown towing

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issues and towing issues

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overall that can serve equity

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maybe the better way to put it

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that equity conversations and

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the good work you are already

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doing can be taken place and

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how to address these delinquent

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parking ticket items like this.

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So good luck in our in our

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efforts and our continuing

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efforts to go on to item three

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is this item has been to

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number of times violate Prop

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low income areas can somehow

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get a more affordable water

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rate than people who have more

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money and who can afford higher

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water rates Now that's a

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that you know San Diego Graaff

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storm to fully that everything

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has to be equal and passed and

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you nobody gets a free break

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but I think we I hope we can

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really seriously consider that

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people of low income just

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the basic logic that people in

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low income and they need more

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help in paying for services and

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people who live in higher level

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incomes they should be

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understanding that concept.

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So good luck.

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What we can do in understanding

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that concept and how it can

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relate to this.

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I have been here a few times

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and that I hope that gets

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resolved and we work towards a

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future that people can who

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can't pay for things can have

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help in paying for things or or

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perhaps everything becomes a

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lot lower to pay for

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altogether.

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That's another option you have

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and how to create living

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expenses or to think of it

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another time And the last

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excuse me the last item are

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the Sports Boulevard Sports

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arena issues Midway rising

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project issues and really nice

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words that last council last

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week Captain Rhodes offered

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some really nice words that

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surprised me her being an

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engineer There can be ways to

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mitigate sea level rise change

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for the Midway Rising project

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area.

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It sounds like she seems to be

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stating You guys have to make

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that more clear to us.

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You have to make more clear

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that there MAY be sea level

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rise issues.

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That's why you guys are going

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to court over the issue and all

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of those explanations need to

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be much better.

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Explain to the public Thank

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you.

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>> Thank you.

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The two minute timer To

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conclude no additional speakers

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will be taken.

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Mandy have your final speaker

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for today for closed session If

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you can please let me know

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which item or items you wish to

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speak to.

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>> Good afternoon.

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I'd like to speak to the sports

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arena and then I'd also like to

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speak to the afternoon session

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regarding San Diego Housing

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Commissions Performance Review.

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>> San Diego Housing Commission

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will be taken after this

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session.

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They have to be in that

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meeting.

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So just stay on and you can

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raise your hand for that one So

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you'll have one minute now and

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then we'll get to your housing

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at the right time.

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Please proceed.

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Thank you.

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Again, I believe that the state

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legislating potentially

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the required amounts that

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the state Supreme Court asked

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our city to do when with regard

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to the Midway neighborhood of

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an analyzed the traffic and

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the environmental impacts where

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we build and how we build in

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coastal community matters And I

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really wish that our city would

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work for us and not against us

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when it comes to this very

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large development that is on a

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peninsula and a coastal

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community with land that is

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owned by our city.

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Again, I think we need to look

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at the traffic impacts as well

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as the environmental impacts

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once we break ground Those

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impacts are real.

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And again just legislating away

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What the state Supreme Court

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asked you to do is something

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that is unconscious of all and

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we deserve better from our

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leadership here in San Diego.

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Thank you.

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>> Have a good day.

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Thank you.

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That concludes closed session.

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All right, Council Sorry.

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Thank you, City Clerk Now we

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will adjourn as the city

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council to convene for a

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special housing authority

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meeting to take public

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testimony on the housing

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authority Close session item

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Clerk Please read the Housing

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Authority closed session item

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into the record.

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Thank you.

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Public Employment Performance

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evaluation Pursuant to

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California Government Code

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Section 54954.5 e and 5497

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Special Housing Authority

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Closed Session Item one.

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PRESIDENT And Chief Executive

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Officer of the San Diego

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Housing Commission.

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>> All right.

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Thank you.

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City Clerk Please proceed with

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public testimony on the Housing

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Authority closed session item.

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Thank you, sir.

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At five minute timer

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the original if you can please

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unmute.

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>> Was it Just a minute?

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This is just a minute.

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It's just the line item.

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Yeah.

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Yeah.

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Okay.

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Yeah.

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For their like evaluating what

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is taking place I just feel

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like you know we need to really

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look at what's happening with

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the housing and what is and

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what isn't being provided and

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how many people actually need

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this housing and how even

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the homeless situation is not

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good Like you know tent cities

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not being mitigated although

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there is litigation coming up

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which is super exciting.

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That's on MAY 7th So I'm

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excited to see what happens

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there because there's so many

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victims that have been just

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trying to get into housing.

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So I think that we need to look

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at those types of things and

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like the amount of human

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suffering that's increased and

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is going to increase as you

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know people are being priced

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out of living just their daily

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lives.

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But yeah, so I mean you know

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I'm sure you're going to give

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them kudos or probably give

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them a raise coming up and

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different things but you know

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let's like really live in

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reality and see that there's

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homeless that your time has

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concluded and you have like if

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you can please unmute Thank

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you.

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Good afternoon.

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I'm here today regarding

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the performance evaluate ation

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of the PRESIDENT And ceo of

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the San Diego Housing

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Commission.

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Performance should be measured

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by one simple question Are we

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making housing more affordable

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for the people who need it most

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Right now residents at Mount

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Etna that are near the New

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housing the affordable housing

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bubble in Genesee they received

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an 8.8% rent increase at

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the beginning of the year.

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These are people living and

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deed restricted affordable

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housing many on fixed incomes,

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working families, seniors and

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residents who believe that they

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would have had finally had

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stability.

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Instead they are being priced

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out of the very housing that's

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meant to protect them.

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How can leadership be rewarded

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by residents are being asked to

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carry that burden?

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>> How can we justify increases

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or excellent performance

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reviews while struggling

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families are told to pay more?

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We need rent relief for

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residents in deed restricted

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housing.

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We need accountability for

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operators profiting off of

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affordable units within

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leadership.

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Your time has concluded.

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>> Blaire Beekman If you can

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please unmute.

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Hi Blaire Beekman.

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Thank you for the word to

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the Housing Commissioner on

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this side and on the previous

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consent calendar on

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the construction agenda.

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I'm not alone in my thinking Oh

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my gosh it's nice that she said

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things very nicely.

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Good luck in your review

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process.

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What we do together as a

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community towards it can be

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clear We can talk about

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environmental concerns.

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Thank you.

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To comment on this item I

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wanted to comment that I've

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been really impressed by

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the current who's ever in

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charge of working in

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the housing authority.

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I think he's been done a really

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good job and he's trying to

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navigate a lot of the current

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new presidential administration

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and federal administration.

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So I like her words.

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i like her approach and how

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she's trying to address things

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.

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I think there can be ways to

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create good dialog with federal

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agencies.

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We have to find that that way

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That I think can be a fairly

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good mediation process.

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Good luck to all of us.

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>> Thank you.

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Thank you.

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That does conclude public

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comment on the Housing

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Authority concession.

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All right.

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Thank you, City clerk.

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We will now adjourn as

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the housing authority and

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reconvene as the city council.

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We will now recess in

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the closed session and

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reconvene council today at 2

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and

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the council buy 1234 five

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so we can move on with

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the meeting.

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Good afternoon.

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I will now reconvene the City

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council meeting on Monday APRIL

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20th 2026 Clerk Please call

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the roll.

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Thank you.

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Council PRESIDENT Council

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Member Campbell here Council

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Member Whitburn here Council

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Member Foster Council Member

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Von Wilpert Council PRESIDENT

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Pro Tem Lee Council Member

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Campo here Council Member

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Moreno Present Council member

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Ella Rivera and Council

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PRESIDENT LaCava is also taking

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the meeting.

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Our Assistant City Attorney

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Michelle Garland Independent

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budget analyst Charles Monica

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Council Affairs Advisor in

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the Mayor's office Code advisor

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and myself your city Clerk

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Diana Fuentes Thank you Council

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PRESIDENT All right.

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>> Thank you.

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City Clerk a quorum is now

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present Before we begin for

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those of you who've been here

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before but especially for those

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who have not.

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I know there's a lot of energy

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and passion in the room so I

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want to remind everyone about

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the city's practices and

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procedures for public comment

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at city council meetings

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The city welcomes participation

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at our council meetings.

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Speakers MAY address

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00:23:21,966 --> 00:23:22,667
the Council during public

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comment and also in connection

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with the specific item of

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business on the agenda.

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However, the city must make

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sure that no one person or

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group of people disrupt

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the meeting in a way that

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prohibits other speakers from

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expressing their ideas and

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opinions such as excessive

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yelling, screaming or speaking

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beyond ones a lot of time or

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speaking when others are

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speaking.

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These are all examples of

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behavior that disrupts

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the meeting.

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So to make sure that everyone

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here has an opportunity to

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address the council, I will

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alert an individual or

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individuals if I think their

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00:23:53,931 --> 00:23:54,632
conduct becomes disruptive.

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If the disruption continues I

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will rule the individual out of

643
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order and if the latter option

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00:23:58,203 --> 00:23:58,937
continues further I will

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declare a recess so that we can

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restore order.

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At that point I will direct

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the individual leave the room

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and if the individual refuses

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police will escort

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the individual out of

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the building.

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And if we have to repeat this

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process of warming and warning

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and resetting the meeting, all

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members of the public will be

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00:24:17,388 --> 00:24:18,230
excused from chambers and

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00:24:18,230 --> 00:24:18,523
credentialed media will be

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allowed to remain.

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Once again we have these

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practices and procedures to

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00:24:22,394 --> 00:24:23,610
protect the rights of other

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speakers who wish to address

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the Council and to allow

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the Council to conduct

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the public's business.

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And then just a couple of

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things Again for those of you

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here very for the very first

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time.

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There's a couple of protocols

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that were adopted many years

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that seem to be particularly

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00:24:41,313 --> 00:24:42,113
successful If you hear things

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that you like give a thumbs up.

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00:24:46,350 --> 00:24:47,190
Very strong visual If you hear

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00:24:47,190 --> 00:24:50,190
things you don't like rather

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00:24:50,355 --> 00:24:50,655
than yell or protest thumbs

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down.

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Again, very strong visual if

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00:24:55,593 --> 00:24:56,327
you have a fine please be

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respectful of the people behind

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you.

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We want everyone to have full

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view of the public speaker or

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the council when they're

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speaking to do that.

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So we'll talk a little bit more

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about that on the next item

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which I think is why most of

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you are here.

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So before we get started with

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those two items on today's

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agenda, are there any comments

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00:25:18,650 --> 00:25:19,384
from the mayor's office,

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00:25:19,384 --> 00:25:19,951
council members, city attorney,

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00:25:19,951 --> 00:25:21,951
independent budget and

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Leicester City clerk Not seeing

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any clerk?

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00:25:24,689 --> 00:25:28,289
Please go over how the public

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00:25:28,293 --> 00:25:28,760
can offer their testimony.

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00:25:28,760 --> 00:25:29,461
>> Thank you.

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Council PRESIDENT I would like

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to highlight the slide on

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the screen that reviews how

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the public can offer their

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public testimony during this

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afternoon's meeting.

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The order can be found on

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the agenda summary online or at

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the table in the back of

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the room If you are in person

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00:25:43,775 --> 00:25:44,409
please complete a speaker slip

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00:25:44,409 --> 00:25:45,100
located at the entrance of

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chambers and bring it to

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the front of the room into

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the clear box.

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00:25:48,881 --> 00:25:49,581
Again as a reminder if your

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00:25:49,581 --> 00:25:52,417
seating time please make sure

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that the person your seating

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two and your slip are submitted

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together at the same time.

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00:25:57,556 --> 00:25:58,256
Council ambassadors are

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00:25:58,256 --> 00:25:58,924
available near the entrance of

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00:25:58,924 --> 00:26:01,924
chambers and can assist with

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00:26:02,227 --> 00:26:02,927
questions and speaker slips.

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00:26:02,927 --> 00:26:03,629
No further in-person testimony

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00:26:03,629 --> 00:26:06,998
will be taken once the council

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00:26:06,998 --> 00:26:07,833
begins Virtual testimony.

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00:26:07,833 --> 00:26:08,733
If you are unable to stay until

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00:26:08,733 --> 00:26:11,470
yours you are called upon in

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person.

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You can also always connect via

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zoom w w w dot San diego.Gov/cc

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00:26:15,941 --> 00:26:16,542
to keep watching the meeting

736
00:26:16,542 --> 00:26:18,942
and giving your comments

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00:26:20,712 --> 00:26:21,380
virtually.

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00:26:21,380 --> 00:26:22,113
Thank you Council PRESIDENT.

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All right thank you City Clerk.

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So we're going to take care of

741
00:26:25,383 --> 00:26:26,840
one item of business before we

742
00:26:26,840 --> 00:26:26,552
get on to the main attraction

743
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this afternoon.

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Clerk please introduce item 201

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approval.

746
00:26:30,589 --> 00:26:32,589
>> I thank you.

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00:26:32,624 --> 00:26:33,325
Council Item 2a1 is

748
00:26:33,325 --> 00:26:33,992
the approval of an affordable

749
00:26:33,992 --> 00:26:36,392
housing loan agreement with

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00:26:37,696 --> 00:26:38,329
Alpha Street Housing lp in an

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00:26:38,329 --> 00:26:40,729
amount of $4.5 million for

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00:26:42,634 --> 00:26:43,302
the 40th and Alpha Apartments

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00:26:43,302 --> 00:26:44,200
Affordable Housing project.

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00:26:44,200 --> 00:26:44,703
If you'd like to speak to this

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00:26:44,703 --> 00:26:47,706
item now's your time to raise

756
00:26:47,706 --> 00:26:48,406
your hand for a pressing star

757
00:26:48,406 --> 00:26:49,740
nine The raise your hand icon

758
00:26:49,740 --> 00:26:49,541
or submit your speaker slip

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00:26:49,541 --> 00:26:51,541
here in person.

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00:26:52,311 --> 00:26:52,611
Thank you Council PRESIDENT All

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00:26:52,611 --> 00:26:52,978
right.

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00:26:52,978 --> 00:26:53,678
Thank you.

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00:26:53,678 --> 00:26:54,379
Staff I see you're settled in.

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Please introduce yourselves to

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00:26:56,949 --> 00:26:57,550
record and let us know how much

766
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time you need for your

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presentation.

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Thank you.

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Council PRESIDENT LaCava and

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Council members.

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My name is Michelle Marano,

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Assistant Deputy Director with

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the Economic Development

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Department and with me is

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Christy Marsala, Deputy

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Director.

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It's our pleasure to present

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this item to you today We

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request approximately six

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minutes for this presentation

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when you're ready.

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Today we're requesting that

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the City Council approve

784
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the staff report actions

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00:27:20,773 --> 00:27:21,473
summarized on this slide

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The actions include approving

787
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the loan agreement with Alpha

788
00:27:26,611 --> 00:27:27,279
Street Housing lp for the 40th

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00:27:27,279 --> 00:27:27,880
and Alpha Street Apartments

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authorizing the mayor to

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execute, administer and

792
00:27:32,510 --> 00:27:34,451
implement the loan agreement

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authorizing a loan of $4.5

794
00:27:35,587 --> 00:27:38,587
million for the project and

795
00:27:38,724 --> 00:27:39,358
authorizing the $25,000

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developer deposit for city

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costs and loan repayments to be

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deposited to the low and

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moderate Income Housing Asset

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Fund before discussing

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the apartments I'll provide a

802
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brief summary of the Bridge to

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Home program.

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00:27:54,206 --> 00:27:55,740
The Bridge to Home program has

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proven to be a valuable tool in

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allocating gap financing to

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assist in meeting critical

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affordable housing needs.

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Since 2021, the Economic

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Development Department has

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issued seven rounds of its

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Bridge to Home Notice of

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funding availability.

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Round seven applications were

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received on APRIL 6th and are

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under review.

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Rounds one through six have

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resulted in 23 approved loan

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agreements and today's

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agreement is one of the three

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remaining agreements for

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Council's approval.

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Altogether these 26 loans will

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provide a total of one point

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I'm sorry $1.123 million in

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affordable housing funding

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creating 2528 total apartments

828
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including 2499 affordable

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00:28:41,787 --> 00:28:42,422
rental homes and of those 433

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are permanent housing with

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supportive services.

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00:28:46,993 --> 00:28:47,693
>> An informational

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presentation on the Bridge to

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Home Round four Notice

835
00:28:51,960 --> 00:28:51,797
the funding availability

836
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process was provided to the Ed

837
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and I r committee on DECEMBER

838
00:28:55,802 --> 00:28:58,802
11th of 2024 and six projects

839
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were recommended for loans.

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Round four projects will create

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592 affordable rental homes

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00:29:05,511 --> 00:29:06,145
including 96 permanent

843
00:29:06,145 --> 00:29:08,145
supportive housing units.

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And now I'll take a few moments

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to provide a brief description

846
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of the 40th and Alpha

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Apartments.

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The 40th and Alpha Apartments

849
00:29:16,322 --> 00:29:16,889
will be developed by a

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partnership owned and

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controlled by community housing

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Works.

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00:29:21,600 --> 00:29:24,600
This is a California nonprofit

854
00:29:24,163 --> 00:29:25,980
developer founded in 1988.

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00:29:25,980 --> 00:29:28,698
The vacant site is owned by

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00:29:29,100 --> 00:29:29,702
the city and in DECEMBER of

857
00:29:29,702 --> 00:29:32,102
2024 the City council approved

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a disposition and development

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00:29:33,973 --> 00:29:34,674
agreement for the city to sell

860
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the site to community housing

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00:29:35,307 --> 00:29:37,707
works to create affordable

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00:29:38,678 --> 00:29:39,245
housing in conformance with

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the Surplus Land Act.

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00:29:42,815 --> 00:29:43,583
The approximate half acre site

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is vacant and located on Easy

866
00:29:44,216 --> 00:29:44,683
Street in the South Crest

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neighborhood of

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the southeastern San Diego

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Community Plan area and it's

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00:29:50,222 --> 00:29:50,523
within the San Diego Promise

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Zone.

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It's in a residential

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neighborhood across from an

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elementary school in South

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00:29:58,465 --> 00:29:59,980
Crest Park and is also within a

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transit priority area and

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00:29:59,699 --> 00:30:02,699
within a quarter mile of

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multiple transit stops.

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00:30:03,670 --> 00:30:05,670
>> The proposed new

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construction includes a six

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story building and a three

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story building that will

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include 69 affordable one

884
00:30:11,310 --> 00:30:13,710
bedroom apartments and 22 two

885
00:30:14,981 --> 00:30:15,748
bedroom apartments for families

886
00:30:15,748 --> 00:30:16,349
earning between 30% to 60% of

887
00:30:16,349 --> 00:30:18,749
the area median income.

888
00:30:20,319 --> 00:30:23,319
There is also one manager's

889
00:30:24,291 --> 00:30:24,991
apartment and a 2400 square

890
00:30:24,991 --> 00:30:25,492
foot child care center with an

891
00:30:25,492 --> 00:30:27,492
outdoor play area.

892
00:30:28,962 --> 00:30:29,696
Amenities include an elevator,

893
00:30:29,696 --> 00:30:32,696
a community room, computer lab,

894
00:30:33,400 --> 00:30:34,134
kitchen laundry facilities,

895
00:30:34,134 --> 00:30:34,534
bike parking, a courtyard and a

896
00:30:34,534 --> 00:30:36,534
playground.

897
00:30:38,400 --> 00:30:38,605
The project will be Greenpoint

898
00:30:38,605 --> 00:30:39,205
Silver rated with energy

899
00:30:39,205 --> 00:30:41,205
efficient appliances and

900
00:30:42,675 --> 00:30:43,343
lighting two pane windows Water

901
00:30:43,343 --> 00:30:43,844
efficient plumbing and storm

902
00:30:43,844 --> 00:30:45,844
water filtration.

903
00:30:48,315 --> 00:30:49,150
>> The loan agreement will

904
00:30:49,150 --> 00:30:52,150
provide a $4.5 million loan at

905
00:30:53,419 --> 00:30:54,120
3% Simple interest with a 55

906
00:30:54,120 --> 00:30:57,720
year term to be repaid from

907
00:30:58,358 --> 00:30:59,580
residual receipts and the 91

908
00:30:59,580 --> 00:31:01,458
affordable apartments will be

909
00:31:02,729 --> 00:31:05,129
restricted at 30 to 60% of

910
00:31:05,966 --> 00:31:06,266
the area median income for 55

911
00:31:06,266 --> 00:31:07,000
years.

912
00:31:07,000 --> 00:31:10,000
These tables show the estimated

913
00:31:10,770 --> 00:31:11,700
projected sources and uses of

914
00:31:11,700 --> 00:31:11,705
funds.

915
00:31:11,705 --> 00:31:14,105
The $4.5 million city loan

916
00:31:15,509 --> 00:31:17,509
provides approximately $49,000

917
00:31:19,112 --> 00:31:19,446
per apartment or $39,000 per

918
00:31:19,446 --> 00:31:20,146
bedroom.

919
00:31:20,146 --> 00:31:23,146
The city funding is leveraged

920
00:31:24,150 --> 00:31:26,550
with other anticipate and

921
00:31:27,654 --> 00:31:28,187
financing sources including 1.3

922
00:31:28,187 --> 00:31:28,888
million in community

923
00:31:28,888 --> 00:31:29,589
development block grant funds

924
00:31:29,589 --> 00:31:32,492
awarded through the San Diego

925
00:31:32,492 --> 00:31:33,930
Housing Commission's notice of

926
00:31:33,930 --> 00:31:33,593
funding availability for

927
00:31:33,593 --> 00:31:35,593
acquisition costs.

928
00:31:37,433 --> 00:31:38,970
>> The total acquisition,

929
00:31:38,970 --> 00:31:40,970
development and construction

930
00:31:40,433 --> 00:31:41,334
costs are budgeted at

931
00:31:41,334 --> 00:31:43,334
approximately 59 million which

932
00:31:45,672 --> 00:31:46,206
is 641,000 per apartment and

933
00:31:46,206 --> 00:31:48,206
513,000 per bedroom.

934
00:31:50,210 --> 00:31:50,978
Please note that these sources

935
00:31:50,978 --> 00:31:54,214
and uses of funds are based on

936
00:31:54,214 --> 00:31:54,915
estimates and assumptions and

937
00:31:54,915 --> 00:31:55,682
will be finalized at closing

938
00:31:55,682 --> 00:31:58,682
once all financing sources are

939
00:31:59,553 --> 00:32:00,287
secured.

940
00:32:00,287 --> 00:32:03,287
We'll now review the tentative

941
00:32:04,240 --> 00:32:04,724
schedule for the project.

942
00:32:04,724 --> 00:32:05,392
The developer plans to apply

943
00:32:05,392 --> 00:32:08,228
for tax credits and other

944
00:32:08,228 --> 00:32:11,228
sources in 2026 and if awarded

945
00:32:11,832 --> 00:32:12,599
construction could begin in

946
00:32:12,599 --> 00:32:15,599
the first quarter of 2027 which

947
00:32:15,903 --> 00:32:16,603
is essentially a 180 days of

948
00:32:16,603 --> 00:32:19,603
award of tax credits and

949
00:32:19,673 --> 00:32:20,407
the construction period is

950
00:32:20,407 --> 00:32:20,774
anticipated to be approximately

951
00:32:20,774 --> 00:32:22,774
26 months.

952
00:32:25,120 --> 00:32:25,579
Staff recommends approval of

953
00:32:25,579 --> 00:32:26,112
the requested actions

954
00:32:26,112 --> 00:32:28,112
summarized here and

955
00:32:29,650 --> 00:32:30,450
representatives from

956
00:32:30,450 --> 00:32:31,118
the development team as well as

957
00:32:31,118 --> 00:32:34,118
city staff are available to

958
00:32:34,454 --> 00:32:35,880
respond to questions in This

959
00:32:35,880 --> 00:32:35,455
concludes my presentation.

960
00:32:35,455 --> 00:32:35,822
Thank you.

961
00:32:35,822 --> 00:32:37,822
All right.

962
00:32:38,859 --> 00:32:39,193
Thank you for the presentation

963
00:32:39,193 --> 00:32:39,859
.

964
00:32:39,859 --> 00:32:40,560
>> I believe the Office of

965
00:32:40,560 --> 00:32:41,940
the Independent Budget Analyst

966
00:32:41,940 --> 00:32:41,828
has a few comments.

967
00:32:41,828 --> 00:32:44,197
Thank you Council PRESIDENT And

968
00:32:44,197 --> 00:32:44,832
thank you to the Economic

969
00:32:44,832 --> 00:32:45,499
Development Department and

970
00:32:45,499 --> 00:32:46,199
Community Housing Works for

971
00:32:46,199 --> 00:32:46,566
taking the time to answer our

972
00:32:46,566 --> 00:32:48,566
questions.

973
00:32:49,136 --> 00:32:49,869
Our office would like to take a

974
00:32:49,869 --> 00:32:50,537
moment to highlight the sources

975
00:32:50,537 --> 00:32:50,971
of funding for the 40th and

976
00:32:50,971 --> 00:32:52,971
Alpha Project.

977
00:32:53,474 --> 00:32:54,400
The total development costs for

978
00:32:54,400 --> 00:32:56,440
the project today is

979
00:32:56,977 --> 00:32:57,610
approximately $59,000,007

980
00:32:57,610 --> 00:32:58,311
million increase from when

981
00:32:58,311 --> 00:33:00,447
the project was last presented

982
00:33:00,447 --> 00:33:01,480
to the eda and our committee in

983
00:33:01,480 --> 00:33:01,715
DECEMBER 2020 For these

984
00:33:01,715 --> 00:33:02,383
increases are reasonable and

985
00:33:02,383 --> 00:33:04,783
associated with hard direct

986
00:33:06,119 --> 00:33:06,853
cost increases over time due to

987
00:33:06,853 --> 00:33:07,154
increases in labor and material

988
00:33:07,154 --> 00:33:09,154
costs.

989
00:33:09,856 --> 00:33:10,524
Of the $59 million costs

990
00:33:10,524 --> 00:33:11,225
the developer has identified

991
00:33:11,225 --> 00:33:11,858
all sources but some of these

992
00:33:11,858 --> 00:33:14,562
sources have not yet been

993
00:33:14,562 --> 00:33:15,295
formally secured which is

994
00:33:15,295 --> 00:33:17,695
typical with affordable housing

995
00:33:18,565 --> 00:33:19,266
funding not including the 4.5

996
00:33:19,266 --> 00:33:19,966
million residual receipts loan

997
00:33:19,966 --> 00:33:21,768
before you today the developer

998
00:33:21,768 --> 00:33:22,536
will still need to secure about

999
00:33:22,536 --> 00:33:23,203
13 million in soft sources of

1000
00:33:23,203 --> 00:33:23,870
funding before they will be

1001
00:33:23,870 --> 00:33:27,308
able to apply for low income

1002
00:33:27,308 --> 00:33:28,420
housing tax credits.

1003
00:33:28,420 --> 00:33:28,742
The staff report indicates that

1004
00:33:28,742 --> 00:33:31,780
the developer intends to apply

1005
00:33:31,780 --> 00:33:31,779
for tax credits and MAY 2026

1006
00:33:31,779 --> 00:33:32,446
however, the current unsecured

1007
00:33:32,446 --> 00:33:35,446
soft sources of funding MAY

1008
00:33:36,490 --> 00:33:36,783
prohibit the developer from

1009
00:33:36,783 --> 00:33:37,484
applying for tax credits by MAY

1010
00:33:37,484 --> 00:33:37,785
if they're unable to fill that

1011
00:33:37,785 --> 00:33:39,785
hole.

1012
00:33:40,487 --> 00:33:41,122
This by no means would doom

1013
00:33:41,122 --> 00:33:41,788
the project It just means

1014
00:33:41,788 --> 00:33:42,490
the developer would have to

1015
00:33:42,490 --> 00:33:43,900
wait until the next tax credit

1016
00:33:43,900 --> 00:33:45,900
application deadline in

1017
00:33:45,326 --> 00:33:45,926
SEPTEMBER.

1018
00:33:45,926 --> 00:33:46,593
However, that would also

1019
00:33:46,593 --> 00:33:47,327
include additional carrying

1020
00:33:47,327 --> 00:33:50,327
costs and increases and pushing

1021
00:33:50,631 --> 00:33:51,365
back any groundbreaking.

1022
00:33:51,365 --> 00:33:52,660
We note this discrepancy not to

1023
00:33:52,660 --> 00:33:54,802
alarm me about the project but

1024
00:33:54,802 --> 00:33:55,503
to highlight the highly

1025
00:33:55,503 --> 00:33:56,169
competitive nature that exists

1026
00:33:56,169 --> 00:33:56,771
for securing soft sources of

1027
00:33:56,771 --> 00:33:59,171
funding to make projects

1028
00:33:59,439 --> 00:34:00,107
financially feasible.

1029
00:34:00,107 --> 00:34:02,507
This project was preliminary

1030
00:34:03,343 --> 00:34:04,111
awarded this funding back in

1031
00:34:04,111 --> 00:34:04,779
DECEMBER 2024 and MAY not be

1032
00:34:04,779 --> 00:34:05,446
able to break ground for two

1033
00:34:05,446 --> 00:34:05,746
and a half years after that

1034
00:34:05,746 --> 00:34:06,347
date.

1035
00:34:06,347 --> 00:34:07,948
While the city's low and

1036
00:34:07,948 --> 00:34:08,649
moderate Income Housing Asset

1037
00:34:08,649 --> 00:34:09,350
Fund has healthy balances, we

1038
00:34:09,350 --> 00:34:12,350
note that this council should

1039
00:34:12,453 --> 00:34:13,186
continue to be disciplined in

1040
00:34:13,186 --> 00:34:13,887
the affordable housing projects

1041
00:34:13,887 --> 00:34:14,588
that they award funding to or

1042
00:34:14,588 --> 00:34:17,558
balancing the costs and number

1043
00:34:17,558 --> 00:34:18,158
of new units produced with

1044
00:34:18,158 --> 00:34:18,726
the timing to get these

1045
00:34:18,726 --> 00:34:19,260
projects fully funded.

1046
00:34:19,260 --> 00:34:19,627
Thank you very much.

1047
00:34:19,627 --> 00:34:21,627
All right.

1048
00:34:22,290 --> 00:34:22,696
Thank you.

1049
00:34:22,696 --> 00:34:22,997
We always appreciate that

1050
00:34:22,997 --> 00:34:23,664
input.

1051
00:34:23,664 --> 00:34:26,664
So clerk please proceed with

1052
00:34:27,835 --> 00:34:28,336
public testimony on item 201.

1053
00:34:28,336 --> 00:34:29,103
>> Thank you.

1054
00:34:29,103 --> 00:34:31,204
We have no speakers here in

1055
00:34:31,204 --> 00:34:31,873
council chambers for item 2a1

1056
00:34:31,873 --> 00:34:32,239
going to those participating

1057
00:34:32,239 --> 00:34:32,873
remotely.

1058
00:34:32,873 --> 00:34:35,873
Blaire Beekman If you can

1059
00:34:36,100 --> 00:34:36,544
please unmute.

1060
00:34:36,544 --> 00:34:38,544
>> All right.

1061
00:34:41,849 --> 00:34:42,519
Thank you.

1062
00:34:42,519 --> 00:34:45,520
All right where be screen.

1063
00:34:45,520 --> 00:34:45,853
Thanks a lot for this item.

1064
00:34:45,853 --> 00:34:48,853
It sounds like you're making

1065
00:34:50,357 --> 00:34:50,992
attempts at affordable housing.

1066
00:34:50,992 --> 00:34:51,324
I mean truly affordable

1067
00:34:51,324 --> 00:34:53,324
housing.

1068
00:34:54,828 --> 00:34:55,562
Thank you.

1069
00:34:55,562 --> 00:34:56,397
I think it's really important

1070
00:34:56,397 --> 00:34:59,500
that we really have to work

1071
00:34:59,500 --> 00:35:00,201
towards the emphasis of truly

1072
00:35:00,201 --> 00:35:02,601
affordable housing And you're

1073
00:35:04,238 --> 00:35:04,639
trying to do that on this item.

1074
00:35:04,639 --> 00:35:06,639
I'm open.

1075
00:35:08,976 --> 00:35:09,844
They just passed an ordinance

1076
00:35:09,844 --> 00:35:12,844
on There are unhoused persons

1077
00:35:13,714 --> 00:35:14,448
in the city.

1078
00:35:14,448 --> 00:35:15,283
It really follows the examples

1079
00:35:15,283 --> 00:35:18,586
of San or San Diego a few years

1080
00:35:18,586 --> 00:35:19,454
ago and I'm not happy with it.

1081
00:35:19,454 --> 00:35:23,654
I think by this time we could

1082
00:35:23,891 --> 00:35:24,659
start to be doing better And so

1083
00:35:24,659 --> 00:35:28,730
I think the best way to do that

1084
00:35:28,730 --> 00:35:29,430
is that we have to consider

1085
00:35:29,430 --> 00:35:32,430
housing and what is accessible

1086
00:35:32,934 --> 00:35:33,301
housing our everybody be

1087
00:35:33,301 --> 00:35:33,968
involved.

1088
00:35:33,968 --> 00:35:37,568
I know staff has been doing

1089
00:35:38,720 --> 00:35:38,373
some really good work in that

1090
00:35:38,373 --> 00:35:39,140
field.

1091
00:35:39,140 --> 00:35:42,140
I wish that conversation could

1092
00:35:42,744 --> 00:35:43,477
just be so regular and just so

1093
00:35:43,477 --> 00:35:47,770
every day in the public meeting

1094
00:35:47,582 --> 00:35:48,283
process But it's not But we all

1095
00:35:48,283 --> 00:35:48,849
know the subject matter and we

1096
00:35:48,849 --> 00:35:49,217
all respect it a lot.

1097
00:35:49,217 --> 00:35:51,217
Good luck.

1098
00:35:52,220 --> 00:35:52,787
How to really make truly

1099
00:35:52,787 --> 00:35:54,787
affordable housing and

1100
00:35:57,580 --> 00:35:57,826
accessible to people every day.

1101
00:35:57,826 --> 00:36:00,826
The objective for ourselves in

1102
00:36:01,962 --> 00:36:02,397
our San Diego community.

1103
00:36:02,397 --> 00:36:02,763
>> Thank you.

1104
00:36:02,763 --> 00:36:03,631
Thank you.

1105
00:36:03,631 --> 00:36:04,499
Our next speaker is Andrew

1106
00:36:04,499 --> 00:36:06,499
Irving.

1107
00:36:09,304 --> 00:36:12,904
If you can please unmute you.

1108
00:36:14,843 --> 00:36:15,610
Hi this is Andrea.

1109
00:36:15,610 --> 00:36:16,411
I would just the only thing I'm

1110
00:36:16,411 --> 00:36:18,379
going to have to say about this

1111
00:36:18,379 --> 00:36:21,979
is that it looks like this

1112
00:36:22,283 --> 00:36:25,283
alpha one alpha look Alpha

1113
00:36:27,455 --> 00:36:30,455
street housing just got some

1114
00:36:30,758 --> 00:36:31,559
license on Sam talk of

1115
00:36:31,559 --> 00:36:32,227
registered on three 126 As a

1116
00:36:32,227 --> 00:36:34,627
nonprofit I would definitely

1117
00:36:36,310 --> 00:36:39,631
look into this further and all

1118
00:36:42,704 --> 00:36:43,371
parties involved through three

1119
00:36:43,371 --> 00:36:46,141
corporate week and this this

1120
00:36:46,141 --> 00:36:46,575
did a deeper dive That's all I

1121
00:36:46,575 --> 00:36:46,942
have to say.

1122
00:36:46,942 --> 00:36:47,308
Thank you.

1123
00:36:47,308 --> 00:36:48,900
Thank you.

1124
00:36:48,900 --> 00:36:48,977
Our next speaker and our final

1125
00:36:48,977 --> 00:36:52,314
speaker is or the original if

1126
00:36:52,314 --> 00:36:54,714
you can please unmute.

1127
00:36:57,118 --> 00:36:57,885
Yeah that's the thing The Alpha

1128
00:36:57,885 --> 00:37:00,285
whatever their project Alpha

1129
00:37:02,323 --> 00:37:03,910
Apartments it's it's curious

1130
00:37:03,910 --> 00:37:04,590
when we you know do engage with

1131
00:37:04,590 --> 00:37:07,395
these NGOs or when you guys sit

1132
00:37:07,395 --> 00:37:08,630
here and claim that there's any

1133
00:37:08,630 --> 00:37:08,763
kind of affordable housing I

1134
00:37:08,763 --> 00:37:12,267
mean people are barely able to

1135
00:37:12,267 --> 00:37:12,935
pay rent and when you guys you

1136
00:37:12,935 --> 00:37:15,935
know start including all of

1137
00:37:16,537 --> 00:37:17,171
these like requirements as far

1138
00:37:17,171 --> 00:37:17,906
as like mitigating vehicle

1139
00:37:17,906 --> 00:37:21,506
miles traveled and all of these

1140
00:37:21,510 --> 00:37:22,176
different things and studies

1141
00:37:22,176 --> 00:37:22,877
that that increases the cost

1142
00:37:22,877 --> 00:37:26,477
that comes down to the people

1143
00:37:26,782 --> 00:37:27,449
and you know people actually

1144
00:37:27,449 --> 00:37:28,150
really need you when you're

1145
00:37:28,150 --> 00:37:31,150
saying it's affordable for it

1146
00:37:31,919 --> 00:37:32,453
actually to be affordable and

1147
00:37:32,453 --> 00:37:34,853
it literally is not.

1148
00:37:36,191 --> 00:37:36,925
But we you guys sit here and

1149
00:37:36,925 --> 00:37:37,659
engage with these NGOs that you

1150
00:37:37,659 --> 00:37:40,659
know will get these deed

1151
00:37:41,330 --> 00:37:42,300
restrictions so they get like,

1152
00:37:42,300 --> 00:37:45,630
you know, tax credits and all

1153
00:37:46,100 --> 00:37:46,668
of these these benefits that

1154
00:37:46,668 --> 00:37:47,368
don't go down to the people.

1155
00:37:47,368 --> 00:37:50,968
So it's like you're willing to

1156
00:37:51,406 --> 00:37:52,174
work with these entities to be

1157
00:37:52,174 --> 00:37:52,841
like hey, in order for you to

1158
00:37:52,841 --> 00:37:56,780
do this will like make you

1159
00:37:56,780 --> 00:37:56,812
exempt in this And like, you

1160
00:37:56,812 --> 00:37:57,512
know, give you all these perks.

1161
00:37:57,512 --> 00:38:01,160
But when it comes down to

1162
00:38:01,160 --> 00:38:01,817
actually giving the people what

1163
00:38:01,817 --> 00:38:02,417
they need they don't really get

1164
00:38:02,417 --> 00:38:05,417
it And there is it

1165
00:38:05,521 --> 00:38:06,287
affordability happening here

1166
00:38:06,287 --> 00:38:07,220
And as we know everything is

1167
00:38:07,220 --> 00:38:10,220
just like skyrocketing in price

1168
00:38:10,959 --> 00:38:11,760
intentionally so because you've

1169
00:38:11,760 --> 00:38:12,494
got to take the people down to

1170
00:38:12,494 --> 00:38:15,931
the bottom in order for them to

1171
00:38:15,931 --> 00:38:16,698
be totally controlled.

1172
00:38:16,698 --> 00:38:17,466
And so it's working really well

1173
00:38:17,466 --> 00:38:20,502
what you guys are doing in that

1174
00:38:20,502 --> 00:38:21,202
aspect But when there's you

1175
00:38:21,202 --> 00:38:24,802
know, quid pro quo going on

1176
00:38:25,340 --> 00:38:26,108
with these, you know, NGOs that

1177
00:38:26,108 --> 00:38:26,808
you guys engage with kind of

1178
00:38:26,808 --> 00:38:29,808
like dreams for Change who's

1179
00:38:30,145 --> 00:38:30,745
supposed to be getting people

1180
00:38:30,745 --> 00:38:31,446
into affordable housing,

1181
00:38:31,446 --> 00:38:34,446
getting them off the streets,

1182
00:38:34,717 --> 00:38:35,417
not having some you know,

1183
00:38:35,417 --> 00:38:36,840
doctor and ceo say that she

1184
00:38:36,840 --> 00:38:39,587
wants them to stay there as

1185
00:38:39,587 --> 00:38:40,289
long as possible.

1186
00:38:40,289 --> 00:38:40,922
That's very detrimental to

1187
00:38:40,922 --> 00:38:41,423
those people and that's a

1188
00:38:41,423 --> 00:38:43,423
racket in itself.

1189
00:38:45,127 --> 00:38:45,794
So any time you guys are

1190
00:38:45,794 --> 00:38:46,461
engaging with these entities

1191
00:38:46,461 --> 00:38:49,461
you have to question what's

1192
00:38:49,732 --> 00:38:50,466
going on, why you pick them,

1193
00:38:50,466 --> 00:38:54,660
who's friends with who and what

1194
00:38:54,303 --> 00:38:54,970
money is being passed around on

1195
00:38:54,970 --> 00:38:55,637
the back end of it while you

1196
00:38:55,637 --> 00:38:56,710
pretend to provide your time

1197
00:38:56,710 --> 00:38:58,710
has concluded.

1198
00:38:59,700 --> 00:38:59,608
Thank you for those comments.

1199
00:38:59,608 --> 00:39:00,175
>> That concludes public

1200
00:39:00,175 --> 00:39:00,542
comment on this item.

1201
00:39:00,542 --> 00:39:02,542
All right.

1202
00:39:02,912 --> 00:39:03,612
Thank you City Clerk and I'll

1203
00:39:03,612 --> 00:39:04,245
turn over to my council

1204
00:39:04,245 --> 00:39:04,980
colleagues for questions,

1205
00:39:04,980 --> 00:39:07,883
comments and entertain a motion

1206
00:39:07,883 --> 00:39:08,483
and we'll start with Council

1207
00:39:08,483 --> 00:39:09,510
member Moreno Thank you.

1208
00:39:09,510 --> 00:39:09,752
>> Thank you for

1209
00:39:09,752 --> 00:39:12,752
the presentation and thank you

1210
00:39:13,154 --> 00:39:13,823
to Community housing Works and

1211
00:39:13,823 --> 00:39:14,289
the City for working on this

1212
00:39:14,289 --> 00:39:16,289
loan agreement.

1213
00:39:18,194 --> 00:39:18,860
This project represents an

1214
00:39:18,860 --> 00:39:21,260
important investment in our

1215
00:39:23,164 --> 00:39:23,866
community adding much needed

1216
00:39:23,866 --> 00:39:24,633
housing in a location that is

1217
00:39:24,633 --> 00:39:27,633
directly across from from a

1218
00:39:28,470 --> 00:39:31,470
park and a school Resources

1219
00:39:32,474 --> 00:39:32,841
that are critical for working

1220
00:39:32,841 --> 00:39:33,509
families.

1221
00:39:33,509 --> 00:39:35,909
I'm especially encouraged to

1222
00:39:37,346 --> 00:39:38,470
see the development will

1223
00:39:38,470 --> 00:39:38,781
include a child care component

1224
00:39:38,781 --> 00:39:42,317
operated by say San Diego which

1225
00:39:42,317 --> 00:39:43,185
is going to provide essential

1226
00:39:43,185 --> 00:39:46,185
support for parents and also

1227
00:39:47,423 --> 00:39:48,123
caregivers.

1228
00:39:48,123 --> 00:39:51,123
Thank you MR. Noah Fleishman

1229
00:39:51,994 --> 00:39:55,594
from the aba for reminding us

1230
00:39:56,699 --> 00:39:57,266
how delicate these developing

1231
00:39:57,266 --> 00:39:58,167
affordable housing is.

1232
00:39:58,167 --> 00:40:02,304
But I think it's our number one

1233
00:40:02,304 --> 00:40:03,400
priority not only in the city

1234
00:40:03,400 --> 00:40:03,439
of San Diego but in the state

1235
00:40:03,439 --> 00:40:05,439
of California.

1236
00:40:05,942 --> 00:40:06,676
Housing is by and large

1237
00:40:06,676 --> 00:40:07,420
the number one issue that folks

1238
00:40:07,420 --> 00:40:09,420
bring up.

1239
00:40:10,579 --> 00:40:11,180
So it's an honor for me to be

1240
00:40:11,180 --> 00:40:11,847
able to move staff's

1241
00:40:11,847 --> 00:40:14,247
recommendation on this item.

1242
00:40:16,185 --> 00:40:16,886
I also want to point out that I

1243
00:40:16,886 --> 00:40:19,286
asked community housing works

1244
00:40:20,957 --> 00:40:21,657
to go to the southeastern San

1245
00:40:21,657 --> 00:40:24,570
Diego Community Planning Group

1246
00:40:25,628 --> 00:40:26,495
really early on in this process

1247
00:40:26,495 --> 00:40:27,363
and they did it which I think

1248
00:40:27,363 --> 00:40:30,600
is important also to make sure

1249
00:40:30,600 --> 00:40:31,300
that the community is well

1250
00:40:31,300 --> 00:40:33,100
engaged in the process and has

1251
00:40:33,100 --> 00:40:36,100
a say in the process.

1252
00:40:38,441 --> 00:40:42,410
So these 91 one and two bedroom

1253
00:40:42,311 --> 00:40:45,311
homes will be affordable over

1254
00:40:46,382 --> 00:40:47,150
the long term to households

1255
00:40:47,150 --> 00:40:47,717
earning between 30 and 60% of

1256
00:40:47,717 --> 00:40:50,117
the area Median income

1257
00:40:51,920 --> 00:40:52,555
basically helping ensure that

1258
00:40:52,555 --> 00:40:54,955
families of varying income

1259
00:40:56,459 --> 00:40:57,930
levels can remain in and

1260
00:40:57,930 --> 00:40:59,493
succeed in our community.

1261
00:41:00,930 --> 00:41:01,697
So I understand the concerns

1262
00:41:01,697 --> 00:41:02,498
brought up but I think this is

1263
00:41:02,498 --> 00:41:05,568
part of the sausage making when

1264
00:41:05,568 --> 00:41:07,968
you're talking about affordable

1265
00:41:10,339 --> 00:41:11,107
housing when you go and apply

1266
00:41:11,107 --> 00:41:14,107
for tech funding they certainly

1267
00:41:15,144 --> 00:41:15,845
look at the local jurisdiction

1268
00:41:15,845 --> 00:41:19,382
having some skin in the game.

1269
00:41:19,382 --> 00:41:20,490
This is our skin in the game

1270
00:41:20,490 --> 00:41:20,751
saying we're standing behind

1271
00:41:20,751 --> 00:41:23,751
community housing works and we

1272
00:41:24,520 --> 00:41:25,188
absolutely want to see more

1273
00:41:25,188 --> 00:41:25,988
housing in our communities.

1274
00:41:25,988 --> 00:41:29,124
So it is my honor to make

1275
00:41:29,124 --> 00:41:29,592
the motion to move steps

1276
00:41:29,592 --> 00:41:29,959
recommendation.

1277
00:41:29,959 --> 00:41:30,325
Thank you.

1278
00:41:30,325 --> 00:41:30,960
All right.

1279
00:41:30,960 --> 00:41:33,360
Thank you Council Member.

1280
00:41:34,864 --> 00:41:35,498
So we do have a motion by

1281
00:41:35,498 --> 00:41:36,199
COUNCILMAN Moreno to move

1282
00:41:36,199 --> 00:41:38,599
The staff recommendation will

1283
00:41:39,102 --> 00:41:39,402
go next to council member Campo

1284
00:41:39,402 --> 00:41:40,169
.

1285
00:41:40,169 --> 00:41:40,837
>> Thank you So PRESIDENT I'll

1286
00:41:40,837 --> 00:41:41,504
second the motion and thank

1287
00:41:41,504 --> 00:41:43,172
Councilmember Moreno for her

1288
00:41:43,172 --> 00:41:43,706
comments.

1289
00:41:43,706 --> 00:41:44,540
I completely agree.

1290
00:41:44,540 --> 00:41:45,241
I know that we heard about this

1291
00:41:45,241 --> 00:41:47,241
particular development moving

1292
00:41:49,278 --> 00:41:50,146
forward and edi and I are I

1293
00:41:50,146 --> 00:41:52,615
think it was in 2024 and here

1294
00:41:52,615 --> 00:41:53,383
we are ready to go in 2026.

1295
00:41:53,383 --> 00:41:56,886
It's going to be a public

1296
00:41:56,886 --> 00:41:57,587
benefit undeniably So I will

1297
00:41:57,587 --> 00:41:58,540
conclude my second with that.

1298
00:41:58,540 --> 00:41:58,520
>> All right.

1299
00:41:58,520 --> 00:41:59,255
Thank you, sir.

1300
00:41:59,255 --> 00:42:02,358
So we have a motion by

1301
00:42:02,358 --> 00:42:03,590
Councilmember Moreno and a

1302
00:42:03,590 --> 00:42:03,560
second by Councilmember Campos

1303
00:42:03,560 --> 00:42:04,270
to move the staff

1304
00:42:04,270 --> 00:42:06,270
recommendation.

1305
00:42:07,463 --> 00:42:07,730
Council member Eli Rivera Thank

1306
00:42:07,730 --> 00:42:08,465
you.

1307
00:42:08,465 --> 00:42:09,198
Council PRESIDENT I just wanted

1308
00:42:09,198 --> 00:42:09,632
to say thanks to staff for your

1309
00:42:09,632 --> 00:42:11,434
work on this.

1310
00:42:11,434 --> 00:42:12,235
I want to say thank you to

1311
00:42:12,235 --> 00:42:15,835
the housing works for for their

1312
00:42:16,906 --> 00:42:17,573
efforts And Catherine Moreno,

1313
00:42:17,573 --> 00:42:20,573
thank you for continuing to

1314
00:42:21,611 --> 00:42:22,278
invite housing into your into

1315
00:42:22,278 --> 00:42:22,946
your district and affordable

1316
00:42:22,946 --> 00:42:25,346
housing into your districts.

1317
00:42:26,490 --> 00:42:26,750
As you said, this is as

1318
00:42:26,750 --> 00:42:27,384
important as it gets in terms

1319
00:42:27,384 --> 00:42:28,250
of the future of our city.

1320
00:42:28,250 --> 00:42:30,654
And the last thing I want to

1321
00:42:30,654 --> 00:42:31,354
say I have the opportunity to

1322
00:42:31,354 --> 00:42:34,354
represent this part of city

1323
00:42:35,425 --> 00:42:36,159
prior to the transition after

1324
00:42:36,159 --> 00:42:39,759
after the most recent change in

1325
00:42:39,896 --> 00:42:40,463
the lions and this community

1326
00:42:40,463 --> 00:42:42,463
deserves nice things.

1327
00:42:43,967 --> 00:42:44,734
Community housing work has

1328
00:42:44,734 --> 00:42:47,734
already delivered a very very

1329
00:42:49,573 --> 00:42:50,273
nice project right down

1330
00:42:50,273 --> 00:42:50,940
the street from this And this

1331
00:42:50,940 --> 00:42:51,675
was this is the neighborhood

1332
00:42:51,675 --> 00:42:54,945
that was impacted by the floods

1333
00:42:54,945 --> 00:42:55,644
and seen investment in that

1334
00:42:55,644 --> 00:42:58,440
community after those floods.

1335
00:42:59,150 --> 00:42:59,716
It's incredibly important While

1336
00:42:59,716 --> 00:43:00,483
you know, other folks have

1337
00:43:00,483 --> 00:43:03,483
fled, other people have tried

1338
00:43:04,387 --> 00:43:05,870
to to take advantage of

1339
00:43:05,870 --> 00:43:08,870
the situation that people find

1340
00:43:08,758 --> 00:43:09,920
themselves in after those

1341
00:43:09,920 --> 00:43:09,759
floods.

1342
00:43:09,759 --> 00:43:13,359
I'm really glad to see this

1343
00:43:13,996 --> 00:43:14,697
sort of investment from

1344
00:43:14,697 --> 00:43:15,298
the homes that will be created

1345
00:43:15,298 --> 00:43:18,298
to the child care space.

1346
00:43:19,503 --> 00:43:19,836
So thank you again for the work

1347
00:43:19,836 --> 00:43:20,537
on this.

1348
00:43:20,537 --> 00:43:20,904
>> I'm very, very supportive.

1349
00:43:20,904 --> 00:43:22,904
All right.

1350
00:43:24,241 --> 00:43:24,941
Thank you Council members So we

1351
00:43:24,941 --> 00:43:25,675
do have a motion by

1352
00:43:25,675 --> 00:43:26,210
Councilmember Moreno, second by

1353
00:43:26,210 --> 00:43:27,577
Councilmember Camp.

1354
00:43:27,577 --> 00:43:27,944
You see no one else in

1355
00:43:27,944 --> 00:43:28,644
the life.

1356
00:43:28,644 --> 00:43:29,120
>> clerk Please call the roll.

1357
00:43:29,120 --> 00:43:31,120
Thank you.

1358
00:43:31,648 --> 00:43:32,349
Council PRESIDENT I'm sorry

1359
00:43:32,349 --> 00:43:35,349
The voting system Please cast

1360
00:43:37,554 --> 00:43:38,155
your vote That passes

1361
00:43:38,155 --> 00:43:38,822
unanimously 8 to 0 with

1362
00:43:38,822 --> 00:43:40,822
Councilmember Yvonne Wolford

1363
00:43:41,491 --> 00:43:42,325
Absent.

1364
00:43:42,325 --> 00:43:42,693
>> Thank you, Council PRESIDENT

1365
00:43:42,693 --> 00:43:43,359
All right.

1366
00:43:43,359 --> 00:43:44,940
Thank you again thank you to

1367
00:43:44,940 --> 00:43:45,896
staff for the good work in

1368
00:43:45,896 --> 00:43:46,663
bringing this forward.

1369
00:43:46,663 --> 00:43:49,630
>> All right, Main attraction

1370
00:43:50,734 --> 00:43:51,370
clerk Please introduce item 200

1371
00:43:51,370 --> 00:43:51,935
.

1372
00:43:51,935 --> 00:43:54,335
>> Item 200 is the presentation

1373
00:43:54,671 --> 00:43:55,400
of the fiscal year 2027 draft

1374
00:43:55,400 --> 00:43:55,706
budget.

1375
00:43:55,706 --> 00:43:56,607
If you'd like to speak on this

1376
00:43:56,607 --> 00:44:00,100
item please be sure to submit

1377
00:44:00,100 --> 00:44:00,677
your speakers up to the front

1378
00:44:00,677 --> 00:44:01,345
of the room in the clear box

1379
00:44:01,345 --> 00:44:03,647
And if you are participating

1380
00:44:03,647 --> 00:44:04,381
online now's the time to raise

1381
00:44:04,381 --> 00:44:05,480
your hand by pressing Star nine

1382
00:44:05,480 --> 00:44:08,618
or the raise your hand icon.

1383
00:44:08,618 --> 00:44:09,119
Thank you Council PRESIDENT.

1384
00:44:09,119 --> 00:44:09,485
>> All right.

1385
00:44:09,485 --> 00:44:10,153
Thank you.

1386
00:44:10,153 --> 00:44:13,153
And with that I welcome

1387
00:44:13,490 --> 00:44:14,157
the mayor to make some opening

1388
00:44:14,157 --> 00:44:14,758
remarks before we get

1389
00:44:14,758 --> 00:44:15,425
the formal presentation.

1390
00:44:15,425 --> 00:44:15,692
So sir, turn the mic over to

1391
00:44:15,692 --> 00:44:17,692
you.

1392
00:44:18,662 --> 00:44:19,362
Thank you, council PRESIDENT

1393
00:44:19,362 --> 00:44:19,863
And good afternoon, members of

1394
00:44:19,863 --> 00:44:20,430
the city council.

1395
00:44:20,430 --> 00:44:23,660
I come before you this

1396
00:44:23,660 --> 00:44:23,667
afternoon to present the fiscal

1397
00:44:23,667 --> 00:44:25,667
year 2027 draft budget.

1398
00:44:27,671 --> 00:44:28,338
I want to start at

1399
00:44:28,338 --> 00:44:28,906
the beginning by recognizing

1400
00:44:28,906 --> 00:44:29,372
that this is a shared

1401
00:44:29,372 --> 00:44:31,372
responsibility.

1402
00:44:32,376 --> 00:44:33,760
We won't agree on every

1403
00:44:33,760 --> 00:44:33,477
decision in this proposal and

1404
00:44:33,477 --> 00:44:34,144
that's okay.

1405
00:44:34,144 --> 00:44:37,714
This is the start of a

1406
00:44:37,714 --> 00:44:38,415
multi-month process and this

1407
00:44:38,415 --> 00:44:40,815
proposal will certainly evolve

1408
00:44:42,586 --> 00:44:43,287
What we can agree on is that we

1409
00:44:43,287 --> 00:44:44,200
all share a responsibility for

1410
00:44:44,200 --> 00:44:47,200
enacting a balanced budget that

1411
00:44:47,624 --> 00:44:48,258
protects essential services

1412
00:44:48,258 --> 00:44:49,590
that San Diegans rely on.

1413
00:44:49,590 --> 00:44:52,196
That is the goal of this

1414
00:44:52,196 --> 00:44:54,196
process.

1415
00:44:55,299 --> 00:44:56,100
My draft budget is balanced and

1416
00:44:56,100 --> 00:44:58,100
responsibly confronts a $118

1417
00:44:59,770 --> 00:45:00,470
million deficit one that has

1418
00:45:00,470 --> 00:45:01,238
been building for years due to

1419
00:45:01,238 --> 00:45:04,238
rising costs slower than normal

1420
00:45:04,375 --> 00:45:05,750
revenue growth and long

1421
00:45:05,750 --> 00:45:05,642
deferred infrastructure needs.

1422
00:45:05,642 --> 00:45:08,420
This is the structural

1423
00:45:08,878 --> 00:45:09,245
imbalance that we must confront

1424
00:45:09,245 --> 00:45:09,980
together.

1425
00:45:09,980 --> 00:45:12,380
Every department contributed to

1426
00:45:13,651 --> 00:45:14,418
closing this gap.

1427
00:45:14,418 --> 00:45:17,418
No one was exempt from

1428
00:45:18,188 --> 00:45:18,521
reductions including my office

1429
00:45:18,521 --> 00:45:19,223
.

1430
00:45:19,223 --> 00:45:19,924
We have heard directly from

1431
00:45:19,924 --> 00:45:22,324
residents more than 11,000 San

1432
00:45:22,960 --> 00:45:23,661
Diegans who have responded to

1433
00:45:23,661 --> 00:45:24,395
our resident budget survey and

1434
00:45:24,395 --> 00:45:27,395
their priorities are very clear

1435
00:45:28,650 --> 00:45:28,799
Public safety, neighborhood

1436
00:45:28,799 --> 00:45:29,500
infrastructure and homelessness

1437
00:45:29,500 --> 00:45:33,137
and they want us to fund those

1438
00:45:33,137 --> 00:45:33,504
priorities with our existing

1439
00:45:33,504 --> 00:45:34,171
resources.

1440
00:45:34,171 --> 00:45:36,571
This proposal reflects those

1441
00:45:38,575 --> 00:45:39,276
priorities.

1442
00:45:39,276 --> 00:45:39,944
It maintains funding for fires

1443
00:45:39,944 --> 00:45:42,944
of police and fire, avoiding

1444
00:45:43,614 --> 00:45:44,281
fire station brownouts and

1445
00:45:44,281 --> 00:45:45,150
police station closures that

1446
00:45:45,150 --> 00:45:48,150
were considered earlier in this

1447
00:45:48,753 --> 00:45:49,353
process.

1448
00:45:49,353 --> 00:45:49,954
This budget invests in

1449
00:45:49,954 --> 00:45:52,323
the basics by committing

1450
00:45:52,323 --> 00:45:53,230
funding for more than a 311

1451
00:45:53,230 --> 00:45:56,230
lane miles of road resurfacing

1452
00:45:56,326 --> 00:45:56,961
and nearly $60 million for

1453
00:45:56,961 --> 00:45:57,661
safety improvements at key

1454
00:45:57,661 --> 00:45:59,661
intersections sometimes known

1455
00:46:01,198 --> 00:46:01,965
as the fatal 15.

1456
00:46:01,965 --> 00:46:02,667
And it protects our progress on

1457
00:46:02,667 --> 00:46:05,670
homelessness by continuing to

1458
00:46:05,969 --> 00:46:06,704
invest in the strategies that

1459
00:46:06,704 --> 00:46:07,404
helped us to reduce unsheltered

1460
00:46:07,404 --> 00:46:10,404
homelessness in our city last

1461
00:46:10,407 --> 00:46:11,175
year by 13.5%.

1462
00:46:11,175 --> 00:46:13,575
But these investments required

1463
00:46:15,412 --> 00:46:16,213
serious tradeoffs.

1464
00:46:16,213 --> 00:46:16,881
Beloved programing like library

1465
00:46:16,881 --> 00:46:19,281
and recreation center hours

1466
00:46:20,384 --> 00:46:20,985
will be reduced.

1467
00:46:20,985 --> 00:46:23,385
Grants to nonprofit arts

1468
00:46:24,922 --> 00:46:25,522
organizations are paused and as

1469
00:46:25,522 --> 00:46:26,224
I said before, no city

1470
00:46:26,224 --> 00:46:28,224
department avoided reductions.

1471
00:46:29,694 --> 00:46:30,361
This draft budget proposes

1472
00:46:30,361 --> 00:46:32,361
eliminating 198 general fund

1473
00:46:34,898 --> 00:46:35,466
positions including 48

1474
00:46:35,466 --> 00:46:36,134
management positions.

1475
00:46:36,134 --> 00:46:39,134
These decisions are not easy

1476
00:46:39,670 --> 00:46:40,337
and they will have impacts on

1477
00:46:40,337 --> 00:46:41,380
all of us But they are

1478
00:46:41,380 --> 00:46:43,438
necessary to protect core

1479
00:46:44,642 --> 00:46:45,409
services and meet our legal

1480
00:46:45,409 --> 00:46:48,409
obligation to pass a balanced

1481
00:46:48,546 --> 00:46:49,246
budget.

1482
00:46:49,246 --> 00:46:49,814
We are also approaching this

1483
00:46:49,814 --> 00:46:50,214
year's budget process

1484
00:46:50,214 --> 00:46:52,214
differently.

1485
00:46:53,884 --> 00:46:54,552
I began budget development far

1486
00:46:54,552 --> 00:46:55,153
earlier than normal and with

1487
00:46:55,153 --> 00:46:55,653
more collaboration with

1488
00:46:55,653 --> 00:46:57,653
the City Council.

1489
00:46:59,890 --> 00:46:59,791
This draft budget includes a

1490
00:46:59,791 --> 00:47:02,791
zero based review of contracts

1491
00:47:03,294 --> 00:47:04,620
reductions in middle management

1492
00:47:04,620 --> 00:47:04,662
and soon I will present you

1493
00:47:04,662 --> 00:47:05,329
with data to help guide

1494
00:47:05,329 --> 00:47:07,729
decisions on library and

1495
00:47:08,833 --> 00:47:09,534
recreation center service

1496
00:47:09,534 --> 00:47:10,234
levels so that we can meet

1497
00:47:10,234 --> 00:47:13,234
the needs of each neighborhood

1498
00:47:13,905 --> 00:47:14,204
and avoid across the board

1499
00:47:14,204 --> 00:47:14,939
cuts.

1500
00:47:14,939 --> 00:47:15,306
And that's where this work will

1501
00:47:15,306 --> 00:47:17,306
continue.

1502
00:47:18,810 --> 00:47:19,177
Council We face real financial

1503
00:47:19,177 --> 00:47:19,677
pressures.

1504
00:47:19,677 --> 00:47:21,677
Costs are rising.

1505
00:47:23,348 --> 00:47:24,115
Revenues are not keeping pace.

1506
00:47:24,115 --> 00:47:27,115
Federal and state funding is

1507
00:47:28,252 --> 00:47:28,920
uncertain and macroeconomic and

1508
00:47:28,920 --> 00:47:29,454
political conditions remain

1509
00:47:29,454 --> 00:47:31,454
very unpredictable.

1510
00:47:32,490 --> 00:47:33,157
That's why we must make

1511
00:47:33,157 --> 00:47:33,758
structural adjustment now to

1512
00:47:33,758 --> 00:47:36,158
avoid deeper cuts later.

1513
00:47:37,262 --> 00:47:37,795
We have made real progress

1514
00:47:37,795 --> 00:47:38,263
together Council on

1515
00:47:38,263 --> 00:47:38,897
Homelessness, on

1516
00:47:38,897 --> 00:47:40,897
infrastructure, on Public

1517
00:47:42,467 --> 00:47:43,670
safety and on putting our

1518
00:47:43,670 --> 00:47:43,401
finances on more stable

1519
00:47:43,401 --> 00:47:45,401
footing.

1520
00:47:47,304 --> 00:47:47,738
This draft budget builds on

1521
00:47:47,738 --> 00:47:48,439
that progress.

1522
00:47:48,439 --> 00:47:49,340
I look forward to working with

1523
00:47:49,340 --> 00:47:51,976
all of you to adopt a final

1524
00:47:51,976 --> 00:47:52,577
budget that meets this moment

1525
00:47:52,577 --> 00:47:53,311
and reflects our shared

1526
00:47:53,311 --> 00:47:56,311
responsibility to the people of

1527
00:47:57,348 --> 00:47:58,820
San Diego.

1528
00:47:58,820 --> 00:47:58,750
Now our Chief Financial officer

1529
00:47:58,750 --> 00:48:01,750
Rolando Zavala will walk you

1530
00:48:02,200 --> 00:48:02,653
through the specifics of

1531
00:48:02,653 --> 00:48:02,987
the fiscal year 2027 draft

1532
00:48:02,987 --> 00:48:03,687
budget.

1533
00:48:03,687 --> 00:48:04,550
Thank you, Council PRESIDENT.

1534
00:48:04,550 --> 00:48:04,556
All right.

1535
00:48:04,556 --> 00:48:06,556
Thank you, Mayor.

1536
00:48:07,391 --> 00:48:08,260
So those seated for

1537
00:48:08,260 --> 00:48:08,760
the presentation identify

1538
00:48:08,760 --> 00:48:11,796
yourself for the record and let

1539
00:48:11,796 --> 00:48:12,970
us know how much time you will

1540
00:48:12,970 --> 00:48:12,597
need.

1541
00:48:12,597 --> 00:48:12,897
About 25 minutes.

1542
00:48:12,897 --> 00:48:14,897
Okay.

1543
00:48:15,266 --> 00:48:15,766
When you're 25.

1544
00:48:15,766 --> 00:48:16,367
Thank you, Mayor.

1545
00:48:16,367 --> 00:48:17,680
Good afternoon, Council

1546
00:48:17,680 --> 00:48:20,380
PRESIDENT Members of the City

1547
00:48:20,380 --> 00:48:20,705
Council.

1548
00:48:20,705 --> 00:48:21,205
I'm Rolando Travaille Chief

1549
00:48:21,205 --> 00:48:21,840
Financial Officer.

1550
00:48:21,840 --> 00:48:24,809
With me is Ben Battaglia,

1551
00:48:24,809 --> 00:48:25,110
Department of Finance Director

1552
00:48:25,110 --> 00:48:27,110
.

1553
00:48:28,312 --> 00:48:28,947
By way of overview, the fy 27

1554
00:48:28,947 --> 00:48:30,947
draft budget totaled $6.4

1555
00:48:32,217 --> 00:48:32,617
billion citywide an increase of

1556
00:48:32,617 --> 00:48:33,251
about 5.2%.

1557
00:48:33,251 --> 00:48:35,651
The general fund component

1558
00:48:36,254 --> 00:48:36,755
totals about 2.2 billion an

1559
00:48:36,755 --> 00:48:38,755
increase of 3.3%.

1560
00:48:40,124 --> 00:48:40,792
This is the second year of

1561
00:48:40,792 --> 00:48:41,459
progress towards addressing

1562
00:48:41,459 --> 00:48:41,793
the general fund structural

1563
00:48:41,793 --> 00:48:43,793
deficit.

1564
00:48:45,330 --> 00:48:46,640
This shortfall shortfall has

1565
00:48:46,640 --> 00:48:46,697
been driven by rising inflation

1566
00:48:46,697 --> 00:48:49,970
and slowing major revenue

1567
00:48:49,534 --> 00:48:50,235
growth over several years.

1568
00:48:50,235 --> 00:48:50,802
The recently approved ballot

1569
00:48:50,802 --> 00:48:52,802
measures that increase

1570
00:48:54,572 --> 00:48:55,240
restricted totty and refuse

1571
00:48:55,240 --> 00:48:55,940
collection fees helped close

1572
00:48:55,940 --> 00:48:58,940
this budget gap by decreasing

1573
00:48:58,977 --> 00:48:59,477
the structural shortfall but

1574
00:48:59,477 --> 00:49:00,770
not sufficiently.

1575
00:49:00,770 --> 00:49:02,770
This required additional

1576
00:49:03,114 --> 00:49:03,615
mitigation measures mostly from

1577
00:49:03,615 --> 00:49:04,248
budget reductions.

1578
00:49:04,248 --> 00:49:07,848
This is the second year of

1579
00:49:08,850 --> 00:49:08,720
major reductions to improve

1580
00:49:08,720 --> 00:49:09,387
long term stability which

1581
00:49:09,387 --> 00:49:10,421
include significant service

1582
00:49:10,421 --> 00:49:12,421
level impacts across

1583
00:49:15,894 --> 00:49:16,761
the organization.

1584
00:49:16,761 --> 00:49:20,961
Here you can see the budget for

1585
00:49:21,990 --> 00:49:21,867
the f y 27 draft broken down by

1586
00:49:21,867 --> 00:49:22,601
fund type includes f, y 26 and

1587
00:49:22,601 --> 00:49:22,968
f y 27 data for comparison

1588
00:49:22,968 --> 00:49:24,968
purposes.

1589
00:49:26,405 --> 00:49:27,105
The general fund is increasing

1590
00:49:27,105 --> 00:49:30,105
by about 71 million mostly to

1591
00:49:30,275 --> 00:49:30,942
maintain the same level of

1592
00:49:30,942 --> 00:49:31,643
service after accounting for

1593
00:49:31,643 --> 00:49:32,243
inflationary increases in some

1594
00:49:32,243 --> 00:49:34,243
limited additions mostly

1595
00:49:35,647 --> 00:49:36,381
associated with legal

1596
00:49:36,381 --> 00:49:36,781
requirements, mandates and risk

1597
00:49:36,781 --> 00:49:38,781
mitigation.

1598
00:49:40,886 --> 00:49:41,653
To highlight a few of the other

1599
00:49:41,653 --> 00:49:42,187
significant changes from f y 26

1600
00:49:42,187 --> 00:49:44,187
Special Revenue Fund

1601
00:49:45,223 --> 00:49:45,891
expenditures and are increasing

1602
00:49:45,891 --> 00:49:48,291
by about $118 million That's

1603
00:49:49,661 --> 00:49:50,462
mostly related to additional

1604
00:49:50,462 --> 00:49:52,862
projects for the undergrounding

1605
00:49:55,100 --> 00:49:55,734
fund issuance of the tax and

1606
00:49:55,734 --> 00:49:56,301
revenue anticipation notes

1607
00:49:56,301 --> 00:49:58,701
expected for fy 27 and

1608
00:49:59,805 --> 00:50:00,505
additional reimbursements from

1609
00:50:00,505 --> 00:50:02,905
the Emergency Medical Service

1610
00:50:04,943 --> 00:50:05,443
Fund for eligible expenses in

1611
00:50:05,443 --> 00:50:06,111
the general fund.

1612
00:50:06,111 --> 00:50:08,111
Enterprise fund expenditures

1613
00:50:08,413 --> 00:50:08,747
are increasing by about 167

1614
00:50:08,747 --> 00:50:09,481
million.

1615
00:50:09,481 --> 00:50:12,985
That's due to higher water cost

1616
00:50:12,985 --> 00:50:13,652
personal expenditures to

1617
00:50:13,652 --> 00:50:14,319
support pure water Phase one

1618
00:50:14,319 --> 00:50:16,319
energy consumption increases

1619
00:50:18,457 --> 00:50:19,157
and there's also increases

1620
00:50:19,157 --> 00:50:19,758
related to a bulky item pickup

1621
00:50:19,758 --> 00:50:22,158
in the refuse collection

1622
00:50:22,561 --> 00:50:23,161
enterprise fund that was that

1623
00:50:23,161 --> 00:50:23,796
were included as part of

1624
00:50:23,796 --> 00:50:26,665
the recent rate case that

1625
00:50:26,665 --> 00:50:27,465
established the fee.

1626
00:50:27,465 --> 00:50:28,166
As the mayor stated this year.

1627
00:50:28,166 --> 00:50:30,566
We've incorporated changes to

1628
00:50:31,802 --> 00:50:32,537
the budget process itself.

1629
00:50:32,537 --> 00:50:33,171
There was greater collaboration

1630
00:50:33,171 --> 00:50:36,171
with the City council and

1631
00:50:36,776 --> 00:50:37,476
earlier information sharing is

1632
00:50:37,476 --> 00:50:38,176
zero based review of contracts

1633
00:50:38,176 --> 00:50:40,576
analysis of middle management

1634
00:50:41,447 --> 00:50:42,147
employees added over the last

1635
00:50:42,147 --> 00:50:45,147
five fiscal years data driven

1636
00:50:45,917 --> 00:50:46,484
analysis and recreation centers

1637
00:50:46,484 --> 00:50:47,186
and libraries continue

1638
00:50:47,186 --> 00:50:49,186
department consolidations and

1639
00:50:51,189 --> 00:50:51,824
the resident budget survey that

1640
00:50:51,824 --> 00:50:54,224
provided critical input in

1641
00:50:55,661 --> 00:50:56,395
budget decisions.

1642
00:50:56,395 --> 00:50:58,795
The Residents survey provided

1643
00:50:59,264 --> 00:50:59,631
input by more than 10,000

1644
00:50:59,631 --> 00:51:00,299
residents.

1645
00:51:00,299 --> 00:51:02,699
The survey results confirmed

1646
00:51:03,669 --> 00:51:04,336
that protecting public safety,

1647
00:51:04,336 --> 00:51:04,970
neighborhood infrastructure,

1648
00:51:04,970 --> 00:51:06,970
homelessness services and

1649
00:51:08,641 --> 00:51:09,241
housing is a top concern for

1650
00:51:09,241 --> 00:51:09,642
those who responded to

1651
00:51:09,642 --> 00:51:10,341
the survey.

1652
00:51:10,341 --> 00:51:12,741
Those priorities are reflected

1653
00:51:14,130 --> 00:51:14,747
in this draft budget Over

1654
00:51:14,747 --> 00:51:15,313
the course of the mayor's term,

1655
00:51:15,313 --> 00:51:17,313
the administration has

1656
00:51:19,251 --> 00:51:19,651
consolidated a total of 16

1657
00:51:19,651 --> 00:51:20,352
departments.

1658
00:51:20,352 --> 00:51:22,752
These consolidations allow for

1659
00:51:23,589 --> 00:51:24,223
cost savings and better support

1660
00:51:24,223 --> 00:51:24,623
for some of the smaller

1661
00:51:24,623 --> 00:51:25,257
departments.

1662
00:51:25,257 --> 00:51:27,257
Further consolidations of

1663
00:51:28,127 --> 00:51:28,794
departments during expected for

1664
00:51:28,794 --> 00:51:31,794
fy 27 include the Office of

1665
00:51:32,798 --> 00:51:33,398
Emergency Services which is

1666
00:51:33,398 --> 00:51:34,660
being consolidated into

1667
00:51:34,660 --> 00:51:34,700
the fire rescue department.

1668
00:51:34,700 --> 00:51:36,700
The compliance department

1669
00:51:38,637 --> 00:51:39,171
programs that are being moved

1670
00:51:39,171 --> 00:51:39,871
into three different

1671
00:51:39,871 --> 00:51:41,907
departments in special events

1672
00:51:41,907 --> 00:51:42,607
and filming which is being

1673
00:51:42,607 --> 00:51:45,700
consolidated with Parks and

1674
00:51:47,480 --> 00:51:48,181
Recreation moving back to

1675
00:51:48,181 --> 00:51:48,847
the general fund shortfall at

1676
00:51:48,847 --> 00:51:51,847
the beginning of this budget

1677
00:51:52,684 --> 00:51:55,154
cycle, the city's five year

1678
00:51:55,154 --> 00:51:55,821
financial outlook projected in

1679
00:51:55,821 --> 00:51:56,488
$88.8 million shortfall in

1680
00:51:56,488 --> 00:51:59,488
the general fund for fy 27.

1681
00:51:59,825 --> 00:52:00,525
As we moved through the budget

1682
00:52:00,525 --> 00:52:02,925
development process, that gap

1683
00:52:03,996 --> 00:52:04,597
grew to approximately $118

1684
00:52:04,597 --> 00:52:05,197
million due to three key

1685
00:52:05,197 --> 00:52:07,197
drivers lower transient

1686
00:52:09,534 --> 00:52:10,168
occupancy tax performance, a

1687
00:52:10,168 --> 00:52:10,736
higher pension payment and

1688
00:52:10,736 --> 00:52:13,136
other factors such as

1689
00:52:13,172 --> 00:52:16,172
the reduced bill part parking

1690
00:52:17,243 --> 00:52:17,910
revenue In addition to

1691
00:52:17,910 --> 00:52:18,477
the revised $180 million we

1692
00:52:18,477 --> 00:52:19,111
incorporated essential

1693
00:52:19,111 --> 00:52:21,511
additions tied to mandates

1694
00:52:22,815 --> 00:52:23,482
legal obligations and

1695
00:52:23,482 --> 00:52:24,150
operational risk mitigation

1696
00:52:24,150 --> 00:52:27,150
after which the total budget

1697
00:52:28,860 --> 00:52:28,654
that we had to solve for it was

1698
00:52:28,654 --> 00:52:30,654
about $146.2 million.

1699
00:52:31,957 --> 00:52:32,658
The draft budget is that $146.2

1700
00:52:32,658 --> 00:52:35,658
million with a combination of

1701
00:52:37,960 --> 00:52:37,597
Labor concessions and the tune

1702
00:52:37,597 --> 00:52:39,597
of $26.2 million.

1703
00:52:41,166 --> 00:52:41,801
About $76.1 million in

1704
00:52:41,801 --> 00:52:43,801
expenditure reductions and

1705
00:52:45,437 --> 00:52:46,105
about $43.9 million in

1706
00:52:46,105 --> 00:52:46,639
additional revenue in other

1707
00:52:46,639 --> 00:52:47,306
sources mostly from

1708
00:52:47,306 --> 00:52:49,306
reimbursements from general

1709
00:52:52,345 --> 00:52:52,912
from special revenue funds.

1710
00:52:52,912 --> 00:52:53,645
>> This slide shows

1711
00:52:53,645 --> 00:52:56,645
the economic indicators used to

1712
00:52:56,816 --> 00:52:57,216
develop major revenue

1713
00:52:57,216 --> 00:52:57,817
projections.

1714
00:52:57,817 --> 00:52:58,451
The first five relate to

1715
00:52:58,451 --> 00:53:00,451
property tax projections.

1716
00:53:01,754 --> 00:53:02,555
The first item in the table

1717
00:53:02,555 --> 00:53:05,555
shows a slight increase in

1718
00:53:06,324 --> 00:53:07,260
the number of home sales

1719
00:53:07,260 --> 00:53:07,693
compared to last year at about

1720
00:53:07,693 --> 00:53:07,994
11,000 close to 11,000 home

1721
00:53:07,994 --> 00:53:09,994
sales.

1722
00:53:11,300 --> 00:53:11,730
But this is significantly below

1723
00:53:11,730 --> 00:53:14,730
the 16,000 home sales that we

1724
00:53:15,768 --> 00:53:16,436
were seeing in more recent

1725
00:53:16,436 --> 00:53:19,436
years Even with slowing home

1726
00:53:20,340 --> 00:53:20,907
sales, the increase in home

1727
00:53:20,907 --> 00:53:21,541
prices as reflected in

1728
00:53:21,541 --> 00:53:24,541
the median home price and

1729
00:53:24,944 --> 00:53:25,411
Case-Shiller index for the next

1730
00:53:25,411 --> 00:53:26,112
two indicators.

1731
00:53:26,112 --> 00:53:28,512
Those increases have helped

1732
00:53:29,916 --> 00:53:30,583
offset some of this decrease in

1733
00:53:30,583 --> 00:53:33,786
in the number of home sales.

1734
00:53:33,786 --> 00:53:34,620
Foreclosure notice of default

1735
00:53:34,620 --> 00:53:35,870
to continue to be at historical

1736
00:53:35,870 --> 00:53:35,755
healthy levels.

1737
00:53:35,755 --> 00:53:38,755
And the last two indicators

1738
00:53:39,726 --> 00:53:40,930
which impact our totty and our

1739
00:53:40,930 --> 00:53:40,893
sales tax.

1740
00:53:40,893 --> 00:53:43,893
You can see there that

1741
00:53:44,970 --> 00:53:44,797
unemployment rates continue to

1742
00:53:44,797 --> 00:53:47,797
be relatively low compared to

1743
00:53:48,340 --> 00:53:48,767
historical levels at 4.5%

1744
00:53:48,767 --> 00:53:49,690
holding steady compared to last

1745
00:53:49,690 --> 00:53:51,690
year.

1746
00:53:52,505 --> 00:53:53,273
And then consumer confidence

1747
00:53:53,273 --> 00:53:54,600
that's where we have seen a

1748
00:53:54,600 --> 00:53:56,406
decrease a significant decrease

1749
00:53:57,644 --> 00:53:58,243
due to inflation concerns with

1750
00:53:58,243 --> 00:54:00,643
the federal policies and

1751
00:54:02,150 --> 00:54:02,782
geopolitical events.

1752
00:54:02,782 --> 00:54:03,349
This table shows how some of

1753
00:54:03,349 --> 00:54:05,349
that those projections

1754
00:54:07,620 --> 00:54:08,540
translate Now into our general

1755
00:54:08,540 --> 00:54:10,540
fund revenues.

1756
00:54:10,590 --> 00:54:11,357
You can see Major Avians

1757
00:54:11,357 --> 00:54:14,357
growing by about 43 million and

1758
00:54:14,494 --> 00:54:15,361
other revenues growing by about

1759
00:54:15,361 --> 00:54:15,762
28 million for a total of about

1760
00:54:15,762 --> 00:54:17,762
71 million.

1761
00:54:19,232 --> 00:54:19,666
Property taxes are growing at

1762
00:54:19,666 --> 00:54:21,666
about 4.2%.

1763
00:54:23,236 --> 00:54:23,937
Well, not as strong as a 5.5%

1764
00:54:23,937 --> 00:54:24,237
growth seen in more recent

1765
00:54:24,237 --> 00:54:26,237
years.

1766
00:54:27,807 --> 00:54:28,507
This is still represents a

1767
00:54:28,507 --> 00:54:29,108
healthy growth for an increase

1768
00:54:29,108 --> 00:54:31,508
of about $38 million in

1769
00:54:32,878 --> 00:54:33,546
property taxes Sales tax

1770
00:54:33,546 --> 00:54:35,946
growing at about 1.9% while

1771
00:54:37,150 --> 00:54:37,850
still positive and close to

1772
00:54:37,850 --> 00:54:38,451
the 3.5% increases that we've

1773
00:54:38,451 --> 00:54:41,451
seen in average for this

1774
00:54:42,488 --> 00:54:43,223
revenue source.

1775
00:54:43,223 --> 00:54:43,890
And tlt is really the most

1776
00:54:43,890 --> 00:54:46,290
impacted revenue growing at

1777
00:54:47,627 --> 00:54:50,270
just 1.5% compared to the 6%

1778
00:54:51,898 --> 00:54:52,666
average growth in prior years.

1779
00:54:52,666 --> 00:54:53,266
Much of the increase revenue

1780
00:54:53,266 --> 00:54:53,933
that you see under other

1781
00:54:53,933 --> 00:54:56,333
revenues is associated with

1782
00:54:56,603 --> 00:54:57,303
reimbursements of general fund

1783
00:54:57,303 --> 00:55:00,303
from other funds and increase

1784
00:55:01,241 --> 00:55:01,942
investment earnings assumed

1785
00:55:01,942 --> 00:55:02,642
from the issuance of the tax

1786
00:55:02,642 --> 00:55:05,420
and revenue anticipation Note

1787
00:55:09,115 --> 00:55:09,783
expected next fiscal year.

1788
00:55:09,783 --> 00:55:10,417
This slide shows significant

1789
00:55:10,417 --> 00:55:10,784
revenue increases in other

1790
00:55:10,784 --> 00:55:12,784
resources.

1791
00:55:14,654 --> 00:55:15,388
The largest resources shown on

1792
00:55:15,388 --> 00:55:16,880
this slide are additional total

1793
00:55:16,880 --> 00:55:18,488
reimbursements to the general

1794
00:55:19,659 --> 00:55:22,590
fund for eligible expenditures

1795
00:55:22,528 --> 00:55:23,129
after reductions in penny for

1796
00:55:23,129 --> 00:55:23,463
the year to about $11.8

1797
00:55:23,463 --> 00:55:25,463
million.

1798
00:55:27,467 --> 00:55:28,101
There is an additional draw

1799
00:55:28,101 --> 00:55:28,768
from the Calpers stress of

1800
00:55:28,768 --> 00:55:29,436
about $6 million to pay for

1801
00:55:29,436 --> 00:55:31,836
retiree health care cost

1802
00:55:32,405 --> 00:55:33,106
increases reimbursements from

1803
00:55:33,106 --> 00:55:33,673
the Emergency Medical Services

1804
00:55:33,673 --> 00:55:35,673
Fund, parking revenue

1805
00:55:37,177 --> 00:55:37,877
reimbursements for sidewalks,

1806
00:55:37,877 --> 00:55:38,345
sanitation and city Treasurer

1807
00:55:38,345 --> 00:55:40,345
admin services.

1808
00:55:41,214 --> 00:55:41,882
Net Interest earnings from

1809
00:55:41,882 --> 00:55:42,616
the issuance of the tax and

1810
00:55:42,616 --> 00:55:45,160
revenue Anticipation Notes Fire

1811
00:55:46,753 --> 00:55:47,354
Rescue reimbursements and

1812
00:55:47,354 --> 00:55:47,954
adjustments from grants,

1813
00:55:47,954 --> 00:55:48,287
special events and other

1814
00:55:48,287 --> 00:55:50,287
sources.

1815
00:55:50,624 --> 00:55:51,290
In additional parks and rec

1816
00:55:51,290 --> 00:55:51,958
reimbursements from the from

1817
00:55:51,958 --> 00:55:54,358
growth in the Environmental

1818
00:55:55,395 --> 00:55:56,196
Growth Fund.

1819
00:55:56,196 --> 00:55:56,796
Earlier in the presentation and

1820
00:55:56,796 --> 00:55:59,196
mentioned I mentioned an

1821
00:56:00,367 --> 00:56:01,100
increase in general fund

1822
00:56:01,100 --> 00:56:01,335
expenditures of about $71

1823
00:56:01,335 --> 00:56:01,935
million.

1824
00:56:01,935 --> 00:56:04,935
This list showed some of

1825
00:56:05,638 --> 00:56:06,139
the additions above baseline.

1826
00:56:06,139 --> 00:56:06,706
The only required

1827
00:56:06,706 --> 00:56:08,706
reimbursements through

1828
00:56:10,577 --> 00:56:11,210
the years the fund for General

1829
00:56:11,210 --> 00:56:11,778
fund related right of way

1830
00:56:11,778 --> 00:56:12,445
permits adjustments to

1831
00:56:12,445 --> 00:56:14,845
transportation over time in

1832
00:56:15,415 --> 00:56:16,116
asphalt overtime had not been

1833
00:56:16,116 --> 00:56:19,116
increased in prior years after

1834
00:56:19,786 --> 00:56:20,187
general salary increases went

1835
00:56:20,187 --> 00:56:20,954
into effect.

1836
00:56:20,954 --> 00:56:21,822
And in terms of asphalt,

1837
00:56:21,822 --> 00:56:25,422
asphalt has close to doubled in

1838
00:56:25,492 --> 00:56:26,159
cost and this adjustment brings

1839
00:56:26,159 --> 00:56:26,493
that budget to current price

1840
00:56:26,493 --> 00:56:28,493
levels.

1841
00:56:30,970 --> 00:56:30,764
There is a legally required

1842
00:56:30,764 --> 00:56:31,465
$1.9 million expenditure for

1843
00:56:31,465 --> 00:56:33,865
costs associated with services

1844
00:56:35,335 --> 00:56:36,690
for residents that have not

1845
00:56:36,690 --> 00:56:36,736
transitioned to a private trash

1846
00:56:36,736 --> 00:56:39,473
hauler that need to be paid

1847
00:56:39,473 --> 00:56:40,174
from from the general fund an

1848
00:56:40,174 --> 00:56:40,807
increase of about 1.9 million

1849
00:56:40,807 --> 00:56:43,807
for San Diego River levees

1850
00:56:44,770 --> 00:56:44,912
Engineering Studies.

1851
00:56:44,912 --> 00:56:45,579
This is to maintain our fema

1852
00:56:45,579 --> 00:56:47,979
accreditation in be eligible

1853
00:56:49,516 --> 00:56:50,250
for reimbursements should there

1854
00:56:50,250 --> 00:56:50,951
be a national disaster staffing

1855
00:56:50,951 --> 00:56:53,951
for new parks and facilities.

1856
00:56:54,455 --> 00:56:55,550
About 1.8 million in an effort

1857
00:56:55,550 --> 00:56:57,550
to increase county

1858
00:56:59,493 --> 00:57:00,270
participation in four

1859
00:57:00,270 --> 00:57:00,694
additional beds for

1860
00:57:00,694 --> 00:57:03,464
the homeless, we are adding

1861
00:57:03,464 --> 00:57:04,640
about $1.5 million to domestic

1862
00:57:04,640 --> 00:57:06,464
violence shelter with an

1863
00:57:07,267 --> 00:57:09,667
expected match of $1.5 million

1864
00:57:10,773 --> 00:57:11,471
from the county about $700,000

1865
00:57:11,471 --> 00:57:13,871
associated with settlement and

1866
00:57:15,409 --> 00:57:15,943
for the air pollution control

1867
00:57:15,943 --> 00:57:17,943
District litigation.

1868
00:57:18,946 --> 00:57:19,647
And about half $1 million for

1869
00:57:19,647 --> 00:57:20,347
various collection fee studies

1870
00:57:20,347 --> 00:57:21,470
that we anticipate will allow

1871
00:57:21,470 --> 00:57:24,470
us to bring additional revenue

1872
00:57:26,286 --> 00:57:27,121
in future years.

1873
00:57:27,121 --> 00:57:27,521
>> This slide shows significant

1874
00:57:27,521 --> 00:57:29,521
reductions.

1875
00:57:31,892 --> 00:57:34,892
You can see labor concessions

1876
00:57:35,295 --> 00:57:35,729
account to about $26.2 million

1877
00:57:35,729 --> 00:57:36,396
as mitigation.

1878
00:57:36,396 --> 00:57:39,333
This was a cause that was

1879
00:57:39,333 --> 00:57:40,101
factored into the outlook as

1880
00:57:40,101 --> 00:57:43,101
projected expenses that we are

1881
00:57:44,371 --> 00:57:46,371
avoiding expenditure reductions

1882
00:57:47,842 --> 00:57:48,509
remaining at about $76.1

1883
00:57:48,509 --> 00:57:49,210
million and some of the most

1884
00:57:49,210 --> 00:57:51,210
significant reductions include

1885
00:57:52,747 --> 00:57:53,547
classified position reductions

1886
00:57:53,547 --> 00:57:54,215
but 9.3 million the waiver of

1887
00:57:54,215 --> 00:57:56,615
the Climate Equity Fund

1888
00:57:58,452 --> 00:57:59,530
freezing some sworn police

1889
00:57:59,530 --> 00:57:59,787
leadership positions and

1890
00:57:59,787 --> 00:58:02,390
increasing the span of controls

1891
00:58:02,390 --> 00:58:03,570
of those remaining 20 library

1892
00:58:03,570 --> 00:58:05,457
and recreation center hours.

1893
00:58:07,127 --> 00:58:07,828
Homelessness programs

1894
00:58:07,828 --> 00:58:08,528
Reductions The elimination of

1895
00:58:08,528 --> 00:58:10,928
multi-modal team most related

1896
00:58:16,703 --> 00:58:17,337
to bike lane improvements in As

1897
00:58:17,337 --> 00:58:18,400
I mentioned before this is

1898
00:58:18,400 --> 00:58:21,400
the second year of significant

1899
00:58:21,475 --> 00:58:22,209
significant budget reductions.

1900
00:58:22,209 --> 00:58:24,609
This year's reductions combined

1901
00:58:26,414 --> 00:58:27,470
with last year's reductions

1902
00:58:27,470 --> 00:58:29,470
total approximately $189.2

1903
00:58:31,252 --> 00:58:31,886
million over the course of

1904
00:58:31,886 --> 00:58:32,620
these two fiscal years.

1905
00:58:32,620 --> 00:58:36,123
To put this in context, this

1906
00:58:36,123 --> 00:58:36,790
equates to the entire Parks and

1907
00:58:36,790 --> 00:58:37,570
recreation budget for our fy

1908
00:58:37,570 --> 00:58:39,570
26.

1909
00:58:40,795 --> 00:58:41,395
This shows we are dealing with

1910
00:58:41,395 --> 00:58:42,129
a structural issue that

1911
00:58:42,129 --> 00:58:44,529
requires a sustained multi-year

1912
00:58:49,704 --> 00:58:50,471
approach.

1913
00:58:50,471 --> 00:58:51,205
>> Next I'll discuss some of

1914
00:58:51,205 --> 00:58:53,605
the programmatic adjustments in

1915
00:58:54,942 --> 00:58:55,576
this budget.

1916
00:58:55,576 --> 00:58:56,277
Impacts from ongoing labor

1917
00:58:56,277 --> 00:58:56,944
negotiations are not reflected

1918
00:58:56,944 --> 00:58:59,781
in the draft budget but they

1919
00:58:59,781 --> 00:59:00,481
will be reflected in the MAY

1920
00:59:00,481 --> 00:59:00,982
revised pending conclusion of

1921
00:59:00,982 --> 00:59:02,982
the negotiations.

1922
00:59:04,752 --> 00:59:05,386
>> Overall the General Fund for

1923
00:59:05,386 --> 00:59:07,786
the General Fund personnel

1924
00:59:08,556 --> 00:59:09,257
costs are decreasing by a net 4

1925
00:59:09,257 --> 00:59:09,857
million and this is primarily

1926
00:59:09,857 --> 00:59:12,857
due to the reduction of

1927
00:59:13,461 --> 00:59:14,162
positions which is offset by a

1928
00:59:14,162 --> 00:59:14,829
decrease in budgeted personnel

1929
00:59:14,829 --> 00:59:17,829
expenditure savings due to a

1930
00:59:18,333 --> 00:59:19,330
projection of fewer vacancies

1931
00:59:19,330 --> 00:59:22,633
next year as well as positions

1932
00:59:23,337 --> 00:59:23,738
added for staff to maintain new

1933
00:59:23,738 --> 00:59:24,442
facilities.

1934
00:59:24,442 --> 00:59:26,842
Fringe benefits are increasing

1935
00:59:28,208 --> 00:59:28,977
by a net 17.7 million and this

1936
00:59:28,977 --> 00:59:32,577
is primarily due to an increase

1937
00:59:32,780 --> 00:59:33,447
in the pension payment and

1938
00:59:33,447 --> 00:59:34,248
worker's compensation costs.

1939
00:59:34,248 --> 00:59:37,452
And these are both offset by a

1940
00:59:37,452 --> 00:59:37,885
decrease in retiree health care

1941
00:59:37,885 --> 00:59:39,885
contributions.

1942
00:59:42,230 --> 00:59:42,723
For public safety, the budget

1943
00:59:42,723 --> 00:59:43,390
avoids fire station brownouts

1944
00:59:43,390 --> 00:59:45,790
and additional decreases in

1945
00:59:46,995 --> 00:59:47,629
overtime specifically in

1946
00:59:47,629 --> 00:59:50,290
the areas of neighborhood

1947
00:59:51,299 --> 00:59:51,765
policing, clean city patrol and

1948
00:59:51,765 --> 00:59:52,433
youth services.

1949
00:59:52,433 --> 00:59:54,833
It implements cross staffing

1950
00:59:56,804 --> 00:59:57,505
for the bomb squad unit in

1951
00:59:57,505 --> 00:59:58,172
reduced positions and npy that

1952
00:59:58,172 --> 01:00:00,572
are associated with training

1953
01:00:01,409 --> 01:00:02,110
recruitment and community

1954
01:00:02,110 --> 01:00:02,510
engagement in the fire rescue

1955
01:00:02,510 --> 01:00:04,510
department.

1956
01:00:05,814 --> 01:00:06,547
For the police department,

1957
01:00:06,547 --> 01:00:06,915
the budget preserves front line

1958
01:00:06,915 --> 01:00:07,548
personnel.

1959
01:00:07,548 --> 01:00:09,948
It holds sworn leadership

1960
01:00:10,885 --> 01:00:11,619
positions vacant.

1961
01:00:11,619 --> 01:00:12,286
Expanding the span of control

1962
01:00:12,286 --> 01:00:14,686
for existing leadership and

1963
01:00:16,240 --> 01:00:16,724
holds a number of police

1964
01:00:16,724 --> 01:00:18,724
investigative service officer

1965
01:00:19,861 --> 01:00:20,795
positions vacant.

1966
01:00:20,795 --> 01:00:23,195
>> The fiscal year 27 draft

1967
01:00:23,665 --> 01:00:24,265
budget includes 97.1 million in

1968
01:00:24,265 --> 01:00:26,265
funding for homelessness

1969
01:00:28,403 --> 01:00:29,400
programs and services including

1970
01:00:29,400 --> 01:00:29,637
the police department's

1971
01:00:29,637 --> 01:00:30,271
homeless outreach team and

1972
01:00:30,271 --> 01:00:32,271
the Environmental Services

1973
01:00:33,708 --> 01:00:34,420
Department's Clean City

1974
01:00:34,420 --> 01:00:34,709
program.

1975
01:00:34,709 --> 01:00:37,709
The General fund budget is

1976
01:00:37,846 --> 01:00:38,445
slightly increasing to 72.9

1977
01:00:38,445 --> 01:00:40,845
million which is mostly

1978
01:00:42,751 --> 01:00:43,385
supported by totty Measure itot

1979
01:00:43,385 --> 01:00:43,851
and Opioid Settlement Fund

1980
01:00:43,851 --> 01:00:45,851
reimbursements.

1981
01:00:46,888 --> 01:00:47,589
The remainder of the total

1982
01:00:47,589 --> 01:00:48,223
homelessness services funding

1983
01:00:48,223 --> 01:00:50,623
is primarily supported by

1984
01:00:51,493 --> 01:00:52,194
various state and federal

1985
01:00:52,194 --> 01:00:55,194
grants including hap and cdbg.

1986
01:00:56,765 --> 01:00:57,499
>> Homeless shelters continue

1987
01:00:57,499 --> 01:00:58,133
to be funded including the safe

1988
01:00:58,133 --> 01:01:00,533
parking and safe sleeping

1989
01:01:01,502 --> 01:01:02,137
programs.

1990
01:01:02,137 --> 01:01:02,838
Other programs including

1991
01:01:02,838 --> 01:01:04,838
supportive services navigation

1992
01:01:06,441 --> 01:01:07,750
programs as well as community

1993
01:01:07,750 --> 01:01:07,742
outreach are coordinated.

1994
01:01:07,742 --> 01:01:10,142
Outreach will continue next

1995
01:01:11,112 --> 01:01:11,713
year.

1996
01:01:11,713 --> 01:01:12,280
The Housing Instability

1997
01:01:12,280 --> 01:01:14,280
Prevention Program and

1998
01:01:15,984 --> 01:01:16,685
the Eviction Prevention Program

1999
01:01:16,685 --> 01:01:17,152
will carry forward at current

2000
01:01:17,152 --> 01:01:19,152
funding levels.

2001
01:01:20,655 --> 01:01:21,356
And finally the budget includes

2002
01:01:21,356 --> 01:01:22,230
programmatic reductions which

2003
01:01:22,230 --> 01:01:22,624
will be discussed in detail

2004
01:01:22,624 --> 01:01:24,624
during the homelessness

2005
01:01:25,260 --> 01:01:25,627
strategies and Solutions

2006
01:01:25,627 --> 01:01:27,627
Department Budget Review

2007
01:01:29,765 --> 01:01:30,498
Committee presentation.

2008
01:01:30,498 --> 01:01:31,199
>> Notable adjustments in

2009
01:01:31,199 --> 01:01:34,199
the area of community services

2010
01:01:34,569 --> 01:01:35,303
include the strategic reduction

2011
01:01:35,303 --> 01:01:38,903
of library and rec center hours

2012
01:01:39,374 --> 01:01:39,975
including a related reduction

2013
01:01:39,975 --> 01:01:40,575
in security services to

2014
01:01:40,575 --> 01:01:42,975
libraries or planned for

2015
01:01:44,713 --> 01:01:45,800
closure for renovation and

2016
01:01:45,800 --> 01:01:45,647
expansion.

2017
01:01:45,647 --> 01:01:48,470
There's a reduction to

2018
01:01:49,484 --> 01:01:50,218
the library donation match and

2019
01:01:50,218 --> 01:01:50,918
the Office of Child Any success

2020
01:01:50,918 --> 01:01:53,918
is proposed to be eliminated.

2021
01:01:54,823 --> 01:01:55,557
Restroom closures in select

2022
01:01:55,557 --> 01:01:59,940
parks is proposed to be reduced

2023
01:01:59,940 --> 01:01:59,427
as well as a reduction to park

2024
01:01:59,427 --> 01:02:00,280
rangers.

2025
01:02:00,280 --> 01:02:00,696
Additionally, the budget

2026
01:02:00,696 --> 01:02:02,696
includes additional staffing

2027
01:02:04,199 --> 01:02:04,833
and related costs to operate

2028
01:02:04,833 --> 01:02:05,534
and maintain new parks and

2029
01:02:05,534 --> 01:02:06,335
joint use facilities that are

2030
01:02:06,335 --> 01:02:09,335
planned to open next fiscal

2031
01:02:11,172 --> 01:02:11,940
year.

2032
01:02:11,940 --> 01:02:12,674
>> Other notable reductions

2033
01:02:12,674 --> 01:02:15,674
include the Elimination of Arts

2034
01:02:16,111 --> 01:02:16,845
and Culture grants to outside

2035
01:02:16,845 --> 01:02:18,845
organizations, various facility

2036
01:02:21,149 --> 01:02:21,849
maintenance trade positions,

2037
01:02:21,849 --> 01:02:22,551
decreased support for building

2038
01:02:22,551 --> 01:02:25,486
and zoning code enforcement as

2039
01:02:25,486 --> 01:02:29,860
well as the elimination of City

2040
01:02:30,859 --> 01:02:31,559
Council kps funding.

2041
01:02:31,559 --> 01:02:32,294
>> Overall the budget includes

2042
01:02:32,294 --> 01:02:34,694
the reduction of 288 positions.

2043
01:02:35,730 --> 01:02:37,730
Citywide with 187 positions

2044
01:02:39,868 --> 01:02:40,502
being added primarily in

2045
01:02:40,502 --> 01:02:42,902
the Solid Waste Management

2046
01:02:43,138 --> 01:02:43,739
Enterprise Fund for a net

2047
01:02:43,739 --> 01:02:44,105
reduction of 101 total

2048
01:02:44,105 --> 01:02:44,773
positions.

2049
01:02:44,773 --> 01:02:47,773
The General Fund includes a

2050
01:02:48,310 --> 01:02:50,710
reduction of 268 positions with

2051
01:02:53,215 --> 01:02:53,916
70 positions added primarily to

2052
01:02:53,916 --> 01:02:54,616
support the operations of new

2053
01:02:54,616 --> 01:02:57,616
facilities as well as parking

2054
01:02:58,287 --> 01:02:58,887
enforcement many of which are

2055
01:02:58,887 --> 01:03:01,287
reimbursable for a net

2056
01:03:01,991 --> 01:03:02,858
reduction of 198 positions.

2057
01:03:02,858 --> 01:03:05,858
To highlight a few notable

2058
01:03:06,950 --> 01:03:06,762
adjustments in the nine general

2059
01:03:06,762 --> 01:03:07,429
funds, additional funding is

2060
01:03:07,429 --> 01:03:10,429
included in the Solid Waste

2061
01:03:10,566 --> 01:03:11,266
Management Enterprise Fund for

2062
01:03:11,266 --> 01:03:11,867
expanded services supported by

2063
01:03:11,867 --> 01:03:14,267
the approved trash fee.

2064
01:03:15,770 --> 01:03:16,438
The Environmental Growth funds

2065
01:03:16,438 --> 01:03:18,838
include 7 million to support

2066
01:03:20,208 --> 01:03:20,909
wetland mitigation activities

2067
01:03:20,909 --> 01:03:21,577
related to prior storm channel

2068
01:03:21,577 --> 01:03:24,577
clearing work and the budget

2069
01:03:25,481 --> 01:03:26,182
also includes funding to

2070
01:03:26,182 --> 01:03:26,848
support Phase one of the pure

2071
01:03:26,848 --> 01:03:29,785
water program which is being

2072
01:03:29,785 --> 01:03:30,850
beginning operations next year

2073
01:03:30,850 --> 01:03:31,530
.

2074
01:03:31,530 --> 01:03:33,453
>> The fiscal year 27 capital

2075
01:03:34,723 --> 01:03:35,391
improvements Program budget

2076
01:03:35,391 --> 01:03:37,791
includes 821.7 million for a

2077
01:03:39,562 --> 01:03:40,263
variety of projects.

2078
01:03:40,263 --> 01:03:40,996
Key investments include

2079
01:03:40,996 --> 01:03:43,996
continued funding for water and

2080
01:03:45,367 --> 01:03:46,680
sewer pipeline projects.

2081
01:03:46,680 --> 01:03:49,680
Funding for the Pure water

2082
01:03:50,500 --> 01:03:50,706
program continued investment in

2083
01:03:50,706 --> 01:03:51,340
street repair investments and

2084
01:03:51,340 --> 01:03:54,340
other right of way assets

2085
01:03:54,510 --> 01:03:55,111
including the traffic safety

2086
01:03:55,111 --> 01:03:55,777
funding for storm water

2087
01:03:55,777 --> 01:03:58,177
emergency projects and other

2088
01:03:58,246 --> 01:03:58,881
projects that are scheduled to

2089
01:03:58,881 --> 01:04:01,281
go into construction next

2090
01:04:03,285 --> 01:04:03,919
fiscal year.

2091
01:04:03,919 --> 01:04:04,553
The budget includes

2092
01:04:04,553 --> 01:04:05,221
significant investment in

2093
01:04:05,221 --> 01:04:08,221
general fund assets such as

2094
01:04:09,250 --> 01:04:09,625
city facilities, storm drain

2095
01:04:09,625 --> 01:04:10,292
infrastructure, streets,

2096
01:04:10,292 --> 01:04:10,692
sidewalks and other right of

2097
01:04:10,692 --> 01:04:12,692
way assets.

2098
01:04:13,930 --> 01:04:14,696
A total of 222.3 million in

2099
01:04:14,696 --> 01:04:17,696
funding is supported by debt

2100
01:04:18,767 --> 01:04:19,401
financing and other mostly

2101
01:04:19,401 --> 01:04:19,936
restricted sources such as

2102
01:04:19,936 --> 01:04:21,936
Transnet and utility

2103
01:04:23,739 --> 01:04:24,340
undergrounding fees.

2104
01:04:24,340 --> 01:04:26,340
Major considerations for

2105
01:04:28,477 --> 01:04:29,211
funding were project readiness

2106
01:04:29,211 --> 01:04:29,845
for construction and continued

2107
01:04:29,845 --> 01:04:30,479
investment in streets and

2108
01:04:30,479 --> 01:04:32,479
stormwater infrastructure.

2109
01:04:33,950 --> 01:04:34,550
Council Policy 800 Dash 14 is

2110
01:04:34,550 --> 01:04:36,752
also used to prioritize

2111
01:04:36,752 --> 01:04:39,752
projects along with mayoral and

2112
01:04:42,492 --> 01:04:43,225
council priorities.

2113
01:04:43,225 --> 01:04:43,926
The draft budget includes 89.1

2114
01:04:43,926 --> 01:04:44,393
million for the city's street

2115
01:04:44,393 --> 01:04:46,393
repair program.

2116
01:04:47,897 --> 01:04:48,564
This funding will support

2117
01:04:48,564 --> 01:04:49,198
street maintenance including

2118
01:04:49,198 --> 01:04:52,198
slurry cape and scrub seal

2119
01:04:52,235 --> 01:04:52,968
pothole repairs and trench

2120
01:04:52,968 --> 01:04:53,502
restoration services as well as

2121
01:04:53,502 --> 01:04:55,502
street resurfacing.

2122
01:04:57,600 --> 01:04:57,674
The funding will support a

2123
01:04:57,674 --> 01:05:00,674
total of 345 miles of street

2124
01:05:01,744 --> 01:05:02,444
repair next year.

2125
01:05:02,444 --> 01:05:03,179
>> The city will also continue

2126
01:05:03,179 --> 01:05:06,179
to make investments towards its

2127
01:05:07,249 --> 01:05:07,984
vision zero goals next year and

2128
01:05:07,984 --> 01:05:08,617
the budget includes funding for

2129
01:05:08,617 --> 01:05:11,954
a variety of right of way

2130
01:05:11,954 --> 01:05:12,622
improvements that will support

2131
01:05:12,622 --> 01:05:12,955
pedestrian bike and vehicle

2132
01:05:12,955 --> 01:05:14,955
safety.

2133
01:05:16,526 --> 01:05:17,226
A total investment of

2134
01:05:17,226 --> 01:05:17,927
approximately 60 million will

2135
01:05:17,927 --> 01:05:20,263
support this effort, including

2136
01:05:20,263 --> 01:05:22,663
addressing the city's most

2137
01:05:25,635 --> 01:05:26,402
dangerous 15 intersections.

2138
01:05:26,402 --> 01:05:27,700
Stormwater emergencies continue

2139
01:05:27,700 --> 01:05:30,390
to cost millions each year.

2140
01:05:30,390 --> 01:05:30,607
The fiscal year 27 draft budget

2141
01:05:30,607 --> 01:05:32,607
includes 52.5 million

2142
01:05:35,440 --> 01:05:35,745
investment in stormwater

2143
01:05:35,745 --> 01:05:38,145
infrastructure which is in

2144
01:05:39,248 --> 01:05:39,883
addition to the $733 million

2145
01:05:39,883 --> 01:05:40,616
with a program The city is

2146
01:05:40,616 --> 01:05:43,616
continuing to set aside funding

2147
01:05:44,287 --> 01:05:45,210
annually for storm drain

2148
01:05:45,210 --> 01:05:45,722
emergencies and is investing in

2149
01:05:45,722 --> 01:05:48,722
other projects that are ready

2150
01:05:48,892 --> 01:05:49,691
for construction.

2151
01:05:49,691 --> 01:05:52,691
>> Looking ahead the aba will

2152
01:05:54,764 --> 01:05:55,465
be releasing their review of

2153
01:05:55,465 --> 01:05:56,199
the draft budget on APRIL 29th

2154
01:05:56,199 --> 01:05:59,199
and the Budget Review Committee

2155
01:05:59,335 --> 01:05:59,936
hearings are scheduled for

2156
01:05:59,936 --> 01:06:00,637
the week of MAY 4th.

2157
01:06:00,637 --> 01:06:01,337
The Department of Finance will

2158
01:06:01,337 --> 01:06:04,337
be releasing the MAY revision

2159
01:06:04,841 --> 01:06:05,475
on MAY 13th and presenting it

2160
01:06:05,475 --> 01:06:05,775
to the City Council on MAY

2161
01:06:05,775 --> 01:06:07,775
18th.

2162
01:06:09,110 --> 01:06:09,712
Finally the City Council is

2163
01:06:09,712 --> 01:06:12,712
scheduled to adopt the budget

2164
01:06:14,517 --> 01:06:15,385
on JUNE 9th.

2165
01:06:15,385 --> 01:06:16,510
>> The fiscal year 20 27 draft

2166
01:06:16,510 --> 01:06:19,510
budget is balanced and it

2167
01:06:19,922 --> 01:06:20,590
prioritizes continue to

2168
01:06:20,590 --> 01:06:21,257
investment in public safety

2169
01:06:21,257 --> 01:06:23,257
infrastructure, homelessness

2170
01:06:24,393 --> 01:06:25,161
solutions and housing.

2171
01:06:25,161 --> 01:06:25,828
This is the second year of

2172
01:06:25,828 --> 01:06:26,496
progress towards addressing

2173
01:06:26,496 --> 01:06:28,896
the general fund Structural

2174
01:06:30,299 --> 01:06:30,934
deficit and additional revenue

2175
01:06:30,934 --> 01:06:31,567
will be needed to address

2176
01:06:31,567 --> 01:06:33,967
the city's growing capital

2177
01:06:35,171 --> 01:06:35,839
improvement needs.

2178
01:06:35,839 --> 01:06:36,573
>> That concludes our

2179
01:06:36,573 --> 01:06:37,240
presentation and we're happy to

2180
01:06:37,240 --> 01:06:37,540
answer any questions you'll

2181
01:06:37,540 --> 01:06:39,540
have.

2182
01:06:40,543 --> 01:06:41,210
All right.

2183
01:06:41,210 --> 01:06:41,711
Thank you both for

2184
01:06:41,711 --> 01:06:42,378
the presentation.

2185
01:06:42,378 --> 01:06:43,120
I'll turn it over now to our

2186
01:06:43,120 --> 01:06:45,120
independent budget analyst

2187
01:06:45,915 --> 01:06:46,549
Charles Marcus for Thank you

2188
01:06:46,549 --> 01:06:47,117
council PRESIDENT, council

2189
01:06:47,117 --> 01:06:47,817
members, MR. Mayor and

2190
01:06:47,817 --> 01:06:50,353
the Department of Finance for

2191
01:06:50,353 --> 01:06:51,530
your presentation.

2192
01:06:51,530 --> 01:06:51,754
As you know, the proposed

2193
01:06:51,754 --> 01:06:54,754
budget was released last week

2194
01:06:55,158 --> 01:06:55,825
on APRIL 15th and that kicked

2195
01:06:55,825 --> 01:06:56,626
off a very intense two week

2196
01:06:56,626 --> 01:07:00,226
period during which my team is

2197
01:07:00,496 --> 01:07:01,231
working tirelessly to translate

2198
01:07:01,231 --> 01:07:01,865
the budget into a comprehensive

2199
01:07:01,865 --> 01:07:04,865
report to help guide your

2200
01:07:05,836 --> 01:07:06,102
budget review That starts in

2201
01:07:06,102 --> 01:07:06,670
MAY.

2202
01:07:06,670 --> 01:07:07,404
Given the addition of

2203
01:07:07,404 --> 01:07:09,906
the Division of Race and Equity

2204
01:07:09,906 --> 01:07:10,507
to my office this year, our

2205
01:07:10,507 --> 01:07:11,207
report will also include

2206
01:07:11,207 --> 01:07:11,841
additional focus on the equity

2207
01:07:11,841 --> 01:07:14,241
impacts of various budget

2208
01:07:15,178 --> 01:07:15,946
adjustments.

2209
01:07:15,946 --> 01:07:16,613
While the bulk of our analysis

2210
01:07:16,613 --> 01:07:17,481
is still being worked on and

2211
01:07:17,481 --> 01:07:20,884
will be included in a full

2212
01:07:20,884 --> 01:07:21,551
report that will be released on

2213
01:07:21,551 --> 01:07:22,185
APRIL 29th, I do have some

2214
01:07:22,185 --> 01:07:24,585
general remarks for today.

2215
01:07:25,956 --> 01:07:26,623
First I want to acknowledge

2216
01:07:26,623 --> 01:07:29,623
that this budget includes a

2217
01:07:31,127 --> 01:07:31,895
number of substantial cuts

2218
01:07:31,895 --> 01:07:35,320
which were necessary to close a

2219
01:07:35,320 --> 01:07:35,365
deficit of roughly $118

2220
01:07:35,365 --> 01:07:36,330
million.

2221
01:07:36,330 --> 01:07:36,700
The city has been operating

2222
01:07:36,700 --> 01:07:39,100
with structural deficit for

2223
01:07:40,304 --> 01:07:41,104
years and my office has warned

2224
01:07:41,104 --> 01:07:41,438
of them in all of our budget

2225
01:07:41,438 --> 01:07:43,438
reviews.

2226
01:07:45,342 --> 01:07:46,420
Cuts of the magnitude being

2227
01:07:46,420 --> 01:07:46,677
proposed will be difficult but

2228
01:07:46,677 --> 01:07:49,677
they are also necessary to

2229
01:07:50,313 --> 01:07:51,470
balance the budget.

2230
01:07:51,470 --> 01:07:51,615
It is important to understand

2231
01:07:51,615 --> 01:07:54,615
how the city got here.

2232
01:07:55,819 --> 01:07:56,553
This deficit is not new.

2233
01:07:56,553 --> 01:07:57,221
The city's resources have been

2234
01:07:57,221 --> 01:07:57,954
insufficient to provide for

2235
01:07:57,954 --> 01:08:00,354
the services and infrastructure

2236
01:08:01,658 --> 01:08:02,526
maintenance for decades.

2237
01:08:02,526 --> 01:08:05,462
The city realized just over 15

2238
01:08:05,462 --> 01:08:06,162
years ago in 2010 when it

2239
01:08:06,162 --> 01:08:06,663
pursued a temporary half cent

2240
01:08:06,663 --> 01:08:08,663
sales tax measure.

2241
01:08:10,234 --> 01:08:10,933
But that effort failed, causing

2242
01:08:10,933 --> 01:08:11,635
the city to pull back on both

2243
01:08:11,635 --> 01:08:13,635
infrastructure maintenance and

2244
01:08:16,720 --> 01:08:16,840
employee compensation.

2245
01:08:16,840 --> 01:08:17,707
And in 2012 when the city began

2246
01:08:17,707 --> 01:08:21,307
issuing bonds again to pay for

2247
01:08:21,678 --> 01:08:22,412
its capital infrastructure

2248
01:08:22,412 --> 01:08:22,980
needs, the city did so not with

2249
01:08:22,980 --> 01:08:24,980
the expectation that

2250
01:08:27,317 --> 01:08:27,884
infrastructure needs to be

2251
01:08:27,884 --> 01:08:28,618
fully funded but with

2252
01:08:28,618 --> 01:08:31,618
the knowledge that bond funding

2253
01:08:32,222 --> 01:08:32,890
would only allow the city to

2254
01:08:32,890 --> 01:08:33,557
slow the rate at which its

2255
01:08:33,557 --> 01:08:35,557
infrastructure deteriorated.

2256
01:08:37,895 --> 01:08:38,595
Beyond this, in the city's day

2257
01:08:38,595 --> 01:08:39,262
to day operations, some areas

2258
01:08:39,262 --> 01:08:41,662
have seen expanded services

2259
01:08:42,932 --> 01:08:43,667
while the city's actual

2260
01:08:43,667 --> 01:08:44,401
revenues particularly sales and

2261
01:08:44,401 --> 01:08:48,100
hotel taxes were and remain low

2262
01:08:49,305 --> 01:08:49,972
compared to our peer cities.

2263
01:08:49,972 --> 01:08:52,972
Another attempt was made to

2264
01:08:53,576 --> 01:08:54,210
address all of this in 2024

2265
01:08:54,210 --> 01:08:54,878
with a measure to increase

2266
01:08:54,878 --> 01:08:58,478
the city's sales tax rate by

2267
01:08:59,683 --> 01:09:00,160
$0.01 But that effort narrowly

2268
01:09:00,160 --> 01:09:00,751
failed.

2269
01:09:00,751 --> 01:09:03,887
Band aid the city has used in

2270
01:09:03,887 --> 01:09:04,588
past two decades like keeping

2271
01:09:04,588 --> 01:09:05,188
employee compensation low and

2272
01:09:05,188 --> 01:09:05,823
deferring infrastructure

2273
01:09:05,823 --> 01:09:08,223
maintenance have long term

2274
01:09:09,627 --> 01:09:10,160
consequences that we are

2275
01:09:10,160 --> 01:09:10,861
dealing with today.

2276
01:09:10,861 --> 01:09:14,461
While the city has raised pay

2277
01:09:14,965 --> 01:09:15,699
in recent years new revenues

2278
01:09:15,699 --> 01:09:16,330
for infrastructure have been

2279
01:09:16,330 --> 01:09:16,733
limited.

2280
01:09:16,733 --> 01:09:19,133
While the infrastructure needs

2281
01:09:20,437 --> 01:09:21,171
of the city have ballooned from

2282
01:09:21,171 --> 01:09:23,571
1.4 billion in unfunded capital

2283
01:09:24,909 --> 01:09:25,342
needs ten years ago to $7.8

2284
01:09:25,342 --> 01:09:26,276
billion today.

2285
01:09:26,276 --> 01:09:30,476
I do want to address a few

2286
01:09:30,714 --> 01:09:31,215
misconceptions about how

2287
01:09:31,215 --> 01:09:31,915
the city got here.

2288
01:09:31,915 --> 01:09:34,915
First, I often read complaints

2289
01:09:35,585 --> 01:09:36,190
about how much the city spends

2290
01:09:36,190 --> 01:09:36,720
on bike lanes.

2291
01:09:36,720 --> 01:09:37,521
I want to be clear that

2292
01:09:37,521 --> 01:09:41,458
the city spends a fraction of a

2293
01:09:41,458 --> 01:09:42,159
percent of its budget on bike

2294
01:09:42,159 --> 01:09:42,760
lanes in any given year and

2295
01:09:42,760 --> 01:09:43,461
that amount is generally

2296
01:09:43,461 --> 01:09:45,461
associated with straightening

2297
01:09:47,310 --> 01:09:47,731
streets after repaving Most of

2298
01:09:47,731 --> 01:09:48,465
the large and more costly bike

2299
01:09:48,465 --> 01:09:52,200
lane projects in the region are

2300
01:09:52,200 --> 01:09:52,536
completed by and funded by

2301
01:09:52,536 --> 01:09:54,936
sandag not the city.

2302
01:09:57,207 --> 01:09:57,875
Second, while some point to

2303
01:09:57,875 --> 01:09:58,608
employee pay increases over

2304
01:09:58,608 --> 01:09:59,310
the last three years as deficit

2305
01:09:59,310 --> 01:10:02,310
drivers, it is also important

2306
01:10:02,546 --> 01:10:03,247
to note that those raises were

2307
01:10:03,247 --> 01:10:03,981
designed merely to bring city

2308
01:10:03,981 --> 01:10:06,381
employee compensation closer to

2309
01:10:08,553 --> 01:10:09,220
market rates and median pay

2310
01:10:09,220 --> 01:10:12,220
Before those raises the city

2311
01:10:13,391 --> 01:10:13,957
lag far behind peers and faced

2312
01:10:13,957 --> 01:10:14,558
significant difficulty

2313
01:10:14,558 --> 01:10:15,259
recruiting and retaining

2314
01:10:15,259 --> 01:10:18,259
the workers that deliver city

2315
01:10:19,430 --> 01:10:20,970
services.

2316
01:10:20,970 --> 01:10:20,730
Finally, while many point to

2317
01:10:20,730 --> 01:10:23,130
admittedly bad real estate

2318
01:10:24,869 --> 01:10:25,536
deals, the city has made in

2319
01:10:25,536 --> 01:10:26,237
the past notably when I went

2320
01:10:26,237 --> 01:10:29,807
out as drivers of the deficit.

2321
01:10:29,807 --> 01:10:30,475
It's also important to note

2322
01:10:30,475 --> 01:10:31,175
that down from mistakes that

2323
01:10:31,175 --> 01:10:34,775
the city has learned from and

2324
01:10:35,446 --> 01:10:35,947
that they also had by and large

2325
01:10:35,947 --> 01:10:36,680
one time cost.

2326
01:10:36,680 --> 01:10:37,315
While the deficit that the city

2327
01:10:37,315 --> 01:10:40,915
needs to solve today is an

2328
01:10:41,452 --> 01:10:42,220
ongoing and structural issue.

2329
01:10:42,220 --> 01:10:45,220
In short, the city's budget

2330
01:10:46,591 --> 01:10:47,225
issue particularly when it

2331
01:10:47,225 --> 01:10:47,925
comes to infrastructure is

2332
01:10:47,925 --> 01:10:50,325
fundamentally a revenue issue.

2333
01:10:52,497 --> 01:10:53,231
Now given our current

2334
01:10:53,231 --> 01:10:53,765
resources, there is no question

2335
01:10:53,765 --> 01:10:54,465
that we need to make

2336
01:10:54,465 --> 01:10:57,465
significant cuts to bring our

2337
01:10:58,102 --> 01:10:58,436
operations into structural

2338
01:10:58,436 --> 01:10:59,137
balance.

2339
01:10:59,137 --> 01:10:59,737
But I also want to be clear

2340
01:10:59,737 --> 01:11:02,137
that even cutting entire

2341
01:11:03,607 --> 01:11:04,275
departments would not free up

2342
01:11:04,275 --> 01:11:04,876
enough resources to fix our

2343
01:11:04,876 --> 01:11:06,876
infrastructure backlog.

2344
01:11:09,470 --> 01:11:09,747
That backlog will remain until

2345
01:11:09,747 --> 01:11:10,414
and unless new revenue to

2346
01:11:10,414 --> 01:11:14,140
address it is put before and

2347
01:11:15,520 --> 01:11:15,386
ultimately approved by city

2348
01:11:15,386 --> 01:11:16,120
voters.

2349
01:11:16,120 --> 01:11:16,921
But what we are faced with

2350
01:11:16,921 --> 01:11:20,521
today is the budget has been

2351
01:11:21,590 --> 01:11:21,592
proposed and the deficit that

2352
01:11:21,592 --> 01:11:22,260
needs to be closed.

2353
01:11:22,260 --> 01:11:25,860
Over the last year the city

2354
01:11:26,297 --> 01:11:26,997
implemented several new

2355
01:11:26,997 --> 01:11:27,465
revenues to close the current

2356
01:11:27,465 --> 01:11:28,132
year's deficit.

2357
01:11:28,132 --> 01:11:30,532
Moving forward, however, we

2358
01:11:32,704 --> 01:11:33,404
cannot and should not rely on

2359
01:11:33,404 --> 01:11:33,804
large new near-term infusions

2360
01:11:33,804 --> 01:11:35,804
of revenue.

2361
01:11:38,109 --> 01:11:38,743
Cuts will need to be

2362
01:11:38,743 --> 01:11:39,443
the primary tool to bring

2363
01:11:39,443 --> 01:11:42,443
the fy 27 budget into balance.

2364
01:11:43,815 --> 01:11:44,515
I know that we will hear about

2365
01:11:44,515 --> 01:11:44,815
the negative impacts of those

2366
01:11:44,815 --> 01:11:46,815
cuts.

2367
01:11:49,254 --> 01:11:49,921
Our ipa analysis will include

2368
01:11:49,921 --> 01:11:50,555
discussions on many of those

2369
01:11:50,555 --> 01:11:51,255
impacts and in areas where

2370
01:11:51,255 --> 01:11:54,255
dollar cuts have been proposed

2371
01:11:54,526 --> 01:11:55,193
without operational details

2372
01:11:55,193 --> 01:11:55,760
particularly in libraries of

2373
01:11:55,760 --> 01:11:56,161
parks and homelessness

2374
01:11:56,161 --> 01:11:58,161
programing.

2375
01:12:00,365 --> 01:12:01,990
My team is meeting with

2376
01:12:01,990 --> 01:12:01,699
departments to understand those

2377
01:12:01,699 --> 01:12:02,367
cuts and we will include

2378
01:12:02,367 --> 01:12:05,367
additional detail on them in

2379
01:12:05,470 --> 01:12:06,137
our report.

2380
01:12:06,137 --> 01:12:06,537
But ultimately cuts will be

2381
01:12:06,537 --> 01:12:08,537
unavoidable.

2382
01:12:12,900 --> 01:12:12,711
I expect that we will hear real

2383
01:12:12,711 --> 01:12:13,445
and justifiable concerns both

2384
01:12:13,445 --> 01:12:17,450
from the Council and the public

2385
01:12:17,448 --> 01:12:18,149
about the cuts that have been

2386
01:12:18,149 --> 01:12:18,683
proposed And over the next two

2387
01:12:18,683 --> 01:12:19,417
months we will have

2388
01:12:19,417 --> 01:12:22,417
the opportunity to address some

2389
01:12:23,210 --> 01:12:23,722
of those concerns through

2390
01:12:23,722 --> 01:12:24,550
modifications to the proposed

2391
01:12:24,550 --> 01:12:24,622
budget.

2392
01:12:24,622 --> 01:12:24,989
But we also need to be

2393
01:12:24,989 --> 01:12:26,989
realistic.

2394
01:12:29,127 --> 01:12:29,760
We do not have the resources

2395
01:12:29,760 --> 01:12:32,160
needed to maintain today's

2396
01:12:34,299 --> 01:12:35,320
services and any future

2397
01:12:35,320 --> 01:12:35,700
infrastructure fix will require

2398
01:12:35,700 --> 01:12:38,700
more revenue down the road.

2399
01:12:40,372 --> 01:12:41,106
In the meantime we need to

2400
01:12:41,106 --> 01:12:41,773
structurally balance the city's

2401
01:12:41,773 --> 01:12:44,173
operations today to rebuild

2402
01:12:46,378 --> 01:12:46,845
both stability and public trust

2403
01:12:46,845 --> 01:12:47,546
for the future.

2404
01:12:47,546 --> 01:12:48,212
I would ask as groups come

2405
01:12:48,212 --> 01:12:50,612
forward to oppose particular

2406
01:12:52,170 --> 01:12:52,683
cuts that they also consider

2407
01:12:52,683 --> 01:12:53,184
suggesting alternatives That

2408
01:12:53,184 --> 01:12:55,584
will not be easy.

2409
01:12:57,556 --> 01:12:58,223
But it is ultimately necessary

2410
01:12:58,223 --> 01:13:01,223
because a city cannot spend

2411
01:13:03,395 --> 01:13:04,262
money that it does not have.

2412
01:13:04,262 --> 01:13:04,863
With that I'll wrap up by

2413
01:13:04,863 --> 01:13:07,799
noting that my team will

2414
01:13:07,799 --> 01:13:08,600
deliver our full analysis on

2415
01:13:08,600 --> 01:13:09,267
APRIL 29th and I look forward

2416
01:13:09,267 --> 01:13:09,835
to working with each of you

2417
01:13:09,835 --> 01:13:11,835
through the difficult

2418
01:13:12,837 --> 01:13:13,472
discussions that we will have

2419
01:13:13,472 --> 01:13:13,905
over the next two months.

2420
01:13:13,905 --> 01:13:14,272
>> Thank you.

2421
01:13:14,272 --> 01:13:15,600
All right.

2422
01:13:15,600 --> 01:13:18,310
Thank you very much for all

2423
01:13:18,310 --> 01:13:19,440
the input of the aba especially

2424
01:13:19,440 --> 01:13:19,577
during this particular cycle is

2425
01:13:19,577 --> 01:13:20,211
incredibly critical.

2426
01:13:20,211 --> 01:13:23,211
>> But thank you for your

2427
01:13:24,249 --> 01:13:24,982
candor.

2428
01:13:24,982 --> 01:13:25,316
>> Do we have any public

2429
01:13:25,316 --> 01:13:25,683
comment?

2430
01:13:25,683 --> 01:13:26,351
All right.

2431
01:13:26,351 --> 01:13:28,751
Please proceed with public

2432
01:13:30,422 --> 01:13:30,989
testimony and item 200.

2433
01:13:30,989 --> 01:13:31,356
>> Thank you, Council

2434
01:13:31,356 --> 01:13:32,230
PRESIDENT.

2435
01:13:32,230 --> 01:13:35,230
We do have over 160 speakers

2436
01:13:35,920 --> 01:13:35,894
here in person and with those

2437
01:13:35,894 --> 01:13:38,894
that have raised their hands

2438
01:13:47,720 --> 01:13:47,472
online that is worth

2439
01:13:47,472 --> 01:13:48,172
applauding.

2440
01:13:48,172 --> 01:13:48,874
Let that be the last clapping

2441
01:13:48,874 --> 01:13:51,677
for the rest of the session so

2442
01:13:51,677 --> 01:13:52,440
we can get through every 160

2443
01:13:52,440 --> 01:13:52,677
speakers.

2444
01:13:52,677 --> 01:13:55,677
>> Just one thing before I

2445
01:13:57,282 --> 01:13:57,916
begin We do have several seats

2446
01:13:57,916 --> 01:13:58,483
available up in the front.

2447
01:13:58,483 --> 01:13:59,117
They are reserved for

2448
01:13:59,117 --> 01:13:59,484
the speakers who are being

2449
01:13:59,484 --> 01:14:01,484
called up.

2450
01:14:03,322 --> 01:14:03,989
So as I call your name please

2451
01:14:03,989 --> 01:14:04,655
be sure to come up to

2452
01:14:04,655 --> 01:14:05,390
the yellow reserved seats at

2453
01:14:05,390 --> 01:14:09,427
the front of the room If we are

2454
01:14:09,427 --> 01:14:10,162
seating time I will be asking

2455
01:14:10,162 --> 01:14:10,929
you to raise your hand so that

2456
01:14:10,929 --> 01:14:14,529
I can see Sometimes I'm a

2457
01:14:15,934 --> 01:14:16,601
little short so please make

2458
01:14:16,601 --> 01:14:17,302
sure that the person is here

2459
01:14:17,302 --> 01:14:18,360
just to wave your hand around.

2460
01:14:18,360 --> 01:14:21,807
I will see you and we'll try to

2461
01:14:21,807 --> 01:14:22,541
get through this as efficiently

2462
01:14:22,541 --> 01:14:22,841
as possible for you all to be

2463
01:14:22,841 --> 01:14:24,841
heard.

2464
01:14:31,584 --> 01:14:32,383
Health Gallegos Munoz Munoz.

2465
01:14:32,383 --> 01:14:33,118
>> Adriana Barraza Please come

2466
01:14:33,118 --> 01:14:36,718
up to the other reserved seats.

2467
01:14:38,691 --> 01:14:39,357
Adriana Barraza Yoani Rubio

2468
01:14:39,357 --> 01:14:39,792
Please come up to the other

2469
01:14:39,792 --> 01:14:40,158
reserve seats.

2470
01:14:40,158 --> 01:14:42,158
Courtney.

2471
01:14:44,697 --> 01:14:47,970
But it's Berlinski Patrick

2472
01:14:50,169 --> 01:14:50,869
Stewart Judy Bass, Sparky

2473
01:14:50,869 --> 01:14:54,469
Mitra, Kevin Wehner If you can

2474
01:14:55,307 --> 01:14:55,975
all please come up to

2475
01:14:55,975 --> 01:14:56,776
the yellow reserved seats as

2476
01:14:56,776 --> 01:15:00,376
well as Nicole Lilly and Travis

2477
01:15:01,212 --> 01:15:02,470
Bouchard.

2478
01:15:02,470 --> 01:15:02,614
>> I suppose you can start You

2479
01:15:02,614 --> 01:15:02,982
will have one minute.

2480
01:15:02,982 --> 01:15:04,982
Thank you.

2481
01:15:07,686 --> 01:15:08,455
My name is Munoz.

2482
01:15:08,455 --> 01:15:09,121
I am the community organizing

2483
01:15:09,121 --> 01:15:11,521
coordinator for the Chicano

2484
01:15:12,491 --> 01:15:13,192
Federation, a member of

2485
01:15:13,192 --> 01:15:13,691
the Community Budget Alliance

2486
01:15:13,691 --> 01:15:14,126
and a former youth

2487
01:15:14,126 --> 01:15:14,860
commissioner.

2488
01:15:14,860 --> 01:15:17,860
When the city first established

2489
01:15:19,310 --> 01:15:19,398
that youth commission I was

2490
01:15:19,398 --> 01:15:20,132
ecstatic.

2491
01:15:20,132 --> 01:15:20,732
Finally we weren't just talking

2492
01:15:20,732 --> 01:15:21,467
about youth empowerment.

2493
01:15:21,467 --> 01:15:25,271
We were building a home for it.

2494
01:15:25,271 --> 01:15:25,938
But in all transparency those

2495
01:15:25,938 --> 01:15:26,572
early days were a struggle.

2496
01:15:26,572 --> 01:15:30,172
It felt like we were being

2497
01:15:30,776 --> 01:15:31,110
thrown into a deep end and told

2498
01:15:31,110 --> 01:15:31,777
to swim.

2499
01:15:31,777 --> 01:15:32,477
Thankfully when we advocated

2500
01:15:32,477 --> 01:15:35,477
for the support we desperately

2501
01:15:36,681 --> 01:15:37,349
needed the city delivered by

2502
01:15:37,349 --> 01:15:37,850
creating the Office of Child

2503
01:15:37,850 --> 01:15:38,550
and Youth Success.

2504
01:15:38,550 --> 01:15:42,150
Since then Jose Baez has been

2505
01:15:43,155 --> 01:15:43,789
the backbone of our community.

2506
01:15:43,789 --> 01:15:44,523
It has bridged the gap for

2507
01:15:44,523 --> 01:15:45,240
youth and our most marginalized

2508
01:15:45,240 --> 01:15:47,240
individuals in our

2509
01:15:48,927 --> 01:15:49,628
neighborhoods giving us

2510
01:15:49,628 --> 01:15:49,995
the tools to lead our own

2511
01:15:49,995 --> 01:15:50,696
progress.

2512
01:15:50,696 --> 01:15:51,297
Eliminating this office isn't

2513
01:15:51,297 --> 01:15:54,897
just a budget cut it's a

2514
01:15:56,602 --> 01:15:57,336
message When youth are not at

2515
01:15:57,336 --> 01:15:57,669
the table we're on the menu and

2516
01:15:57,669 --> 01:15:58,337
cutting.

2517
01:15:58,337 --> 01:16:01,937
And to be clear message that

2518
01:16:01,941 --> 01:16:02,374
our futures are not worth

2519
01:16:02,374 --> 01:16:03,750
fighting for.

2520
01:16:03,750 --> 01:16:03,743
>> On behalf of Chicano I ask

2521
01:16:03,743 --> 01:16:04,310
you to reconsider and please

2522
01:16:04,310 --> 01:16:07,310
keep the fight a life.

2523
01:16:07,513 --> 01:16:09,513
Rosie with us.

2524
01:16:13,986 --> 01:16:14,754
>> Are you here?

2525
01:16:14,754 --> 01:16:15,253
So I guess either coming in

2526
01:16:15,253 --> 01:16:17,253
from another room.

2527
01:16:19,291 --> 01:16:20,159
No.

2528
01:16:20,159 --> 01:16:23,159
No other brother You wanna

2529
01:16:30,970 --> 01:16:31,570
reveal?

2530
01:16:31,570 --> 01:16:32,337
>> Good afternoon.

2531
01:16:32,337 --> 01:16:33,380
My name is Ivana Madeline Rubio

2532
01:16:33,380 --> 01:16:33,472
and I'm a current resident of

2533
01:16:33,472 --> 01:16:35,472
District four.

2534
01:16:36,442 --> 01:16:37,430
I'm also a former District one

2535
01:16:37,430 --> 01:16:37,643
youth commissioner from

2536
01:16:37,643 --> 01:16:40,430
the inaugural cohort of

2537
01:16:42,548 --> 01:16:43,316
the city's youth commission.

2538
01:16:43,316 --> 01:16:44,160
My experience as a youth

2539
01:16:44,160 --> 01:16:46,416
commissioner introduced me to

2540
01:16:49,210 --> 01:16:49,654
the Brown Act and taught me how

2541
01:16:49,654 --> 01:16:50,389
to communicate with public

2542
01:16:50,389 --> 01:16:52,789
bodies and promote transparency

2543
01:16:54,360 --> 01:16:55,270
and eventually allowed me to

2544
01:16:55,270 --> 01:16:55,528
have the basic skills that I

2545
01:16:55,528 --> 01:16:56,128
needed to serve on

2546
01:16:56,128 --> 01:16:58,528
the Commission on Police

2547
01:17:00,500 --> 01:17:01,200
Practices And as a young person

2548
01:17:01,200 --> 01:17:01,801
who came from black and brown

2549
01:17:01,801 --> 01:17:03,801
communities, low income

2550
01:17:06,538 --> 01:17:07,239
communities growing up, it was

2551
01:17:07,239 --> 01:17:07,974
very important for me to serve

2552
01:17:07,974 --> 01:17:08,707
and be one of the young people

2553
01:17:08,707 --> 01:17:11,707
on that commission with retired

2554
01:17:12,211 --> 01:17:13,146
individuals.

2555
01:17:13,146 --> 01:17:13,846
So I really urge you to really

2556
01:17:13,846 --> 01:17:16,246
consider the youth Commission

2557
01:17:19,318 --> 01:17:19,752
under the office of Child and

2558
01:17:19,752 --> 01:17:20,353
Youth Success.

2559
01:17:20,353 --> 01:17:21,870
I understand that we're

2560
01:17:21,870 --> 01:17:23,487
collectively experiencing a lot

2561
01:17:24,123 --> 01:17:24,924
of cuts so I just really want

2562
01:17:24,924 --> 01:17:25,592
to put forth our youth and

2563
01:17:25,592 --> 01:17:26,325
really highlight that we're

2564
01:17:26,325 --> 01:17:29,925
doing this for our young people

2565
01:17:31,197 --> 01:17:32,650
as well.

2566
01:17:32,650 --> 01:17:32,365
>> Thank you very much for your

2567
01:17:32,365 --> 01:17:32,731
time.

2568
01:17:32,731 --> 01:17:34,731
Courtney.

2569
01:17:37,470 --> 01:17:38,710
Courtney But let's kick off

2570
01:17:38,710 --> 01:17:38,770
Courtney comes up Yeah.

2571
01:17:38,770 --> 01:17:41,770
>> Snap your fingers if you're

2572
01:17:42,608 --> 01:17:43,175
really excited maybe.

2573
01:17:43,175 --> 01:17:43,643
>> But thank you.

2574
01:17:43,643 --> 01:17:44,310
Good afternoon.

2575
01:17:44,310 --> 01:17:44,944
Honorable Council PRESIDENT,

2576
01:17:44,944 --> 01:17:47,344
Council members and Mayor

2577
01:17:48,982 --> 01:17:49,748
Gordon.

2578
01:17:49,748 --> 01:17:50,383
My name is Courtney Ball Tusky

2579
01:17:50,383 --> 01:17:50,883
with the ymca and Children

2580
01:17:50,883 --> 01:17:51,517
First Collective.

2581
01:17:51,517 --> 01:17:54,587
It's an honor to stand in

2582
01:17:54,587 --> 01:17:55,254
allyship with young people

2583
01:17:55,254 --> 01:17:55,955
today and we're all confused

2584
01:17:55,955 --> 01:17:56,589
about these budget decisions.

2585
01:17:56,589 --> 01:18:00,189
Why can't we have a tough

2586
01:18:00,793 --> 01:18:01,393
fiscal conversation in a way

2587
01:18:01,393 --> 01:18:02,940
that allows for vision,

2588
01:18:02,940 --> 01:18:04,940
collaboration and leadership?

2589
01:18:07,734 --> 01:18:08,435
It makes sense to maintain

2590
01:18:08,435 --> 01:18:09,168
the dollars for the Office of

2591
01:18:09,168 --> 01:18:09,569
Child Abuse success being youth

2592
01:18:09,569 --> 01:18:10,203
development.

2593
01:18:10,203 --> 01:18:13,803
I know that a continuum of

2594
01:18:13,940 --> 01:18:14,541
programs collaboration and

2595
01:18:14,541 --> 01:18:15,208
attention across a young

2596
01:18:15,208 --> 01:18:15,774
person's life are critical.

2597
01:18:15,774 --> 01:18:18,774
Osu I ask works across

2598
01:18:19,779 --> 01:18:20,347
community for and with kids,

2599
01:18:20,347 --> 01:18:20,880
youth and families to

2600
01:18:20,880 --> 01:18:21,547
strategize for this.

2601
01:18:21,547 --> 01:18:24,547
We've seen much trust built

2602
01:18:25,485 --> 01:18:26,152
grant secured and progress with

2603
01:18:26,152 --> 01:18:26,820
the Office of Child Success.

2604
01:18:26,820 --> 01:18:27,220
We can't afford to lose it.

2605
01:18:27,220 --> 01:18:29,220
Thank you.

2606
01:18:35,128 --> 01:18:35,862
Patrick Stewart Good afternoon.

2607
01:18:35,862 --> 01:18:36,563
>> I'll make this quick.

2608
01:18:36,563 --> 01:18:37,230
I just want to point out a

2609
01:18:37,230 --> 01:18:38,640
couple of things that I hope

2610
01:18:38,640 --> 01:18:41,134
that we get a chance to discuss

2611
01:18:41,134 --> 01:18:41,701
as we are considering the rest

2612
01:18:41,701 --> 01:18:42,268
of the budget process.

2613
01:18:42,268 --> 01:18:45,268
One I am concerned by

2614
01:18:46,907 --> 01:18:47,641
the disproportion it affects

2615
01:18:47,641 --> 01:18:48,275
that this budget as proposed is

2616
01:18:48,275 --> 01:18:48,875
going to have on children,

2617
01:18:48,875 --> 01:18:51,275
youth and families in

2618
01:18:52,846 --> 01:18:53,279
particular at a time when they

2619
01:18:53,279 --> 01:18:54,130
need us most.

2620
01:18:54,130 --> 01:18:54,681
Two I'm concerned by the either

2621
01:18:54,681 --> 01:18:57,681
or approach that this budget

2622
01:18:58,951 --> 01:18:59,653
has taken which has resulted in

2623
01:18:59,653 --> 01:19:02,530
nearly $8 million in proposed

2624
01:19:04,724 --> 01:19:05,458
reductions in or in in library

2625
01:19:05,458 --> 01:19:06,126
and park recreation hours and a

2626
01:19:06,126 --> 01:19:08,526
virtual near elimination and

2627
01:19:11,310 --> 01:19:11,564
near elimination of our arts

2628
01:19:11,564 --> 01:19:12,232
and culture budget.

2629
01:19:12,232 --> 01:19:12,932
Either or there's been zero

2630
01:19:12,932 --> 01:19:15,932
creativity in how we're going

2631
01:19:17,604 --> 01:19:18,271
to be able to still bring

2632
01:19:18,271 --> 01:19:18,571
services to the city of San

2633
01:19:18,571 --> 01:19:19,171
Diego.

2634
01:19:19,171 --> 01:19:21,571
And I'm concerned about

2635
01:19:22,676 --> 01:19:23,443
the narrative that surrounds

2636
01:19:23,443 --> 01:19:26,443
the survey that we're using

2637
01:19:27,714 --> 01:19:28,448
the narrative that 10,000

2638
01:19:28,448 --> 01:19:29,182
individuals or 10,000 responses

2639
01:19:29,182 --> 01:19:33,382
is being being used to drive a

2640
01:19:34,821 --> 01:19:35,288
decision that will affect 1.4

2641
01:19:35,288 --> 01:19:35,855
million people.

2642
01:19:35,855 --> 01:19:36,223
It's designed and it's

2643
01:19:36,223 --> 01:19:36,923
delivered.

2644
01:19:36,923 --> 01:19:37,357
Thank you for that concluding

2645
01:19:37,357 --> 01:19:39,357
comment, Judy.

2646
01:19:40,827 --> 01:19:43,827
But good afternoon City Council

2647
01:19:47,434 --> 01:19:48,134
My name is Julie Wise and

2648
01:19:48,134 --> 01:19:48,835
the public affairs manager at

2649
01:19:48,835 --> 01:19:49,202
Planned Parenthood of Pacific

2650
01:19:49,202 --> 01:19:51,202
Southwest.

2651
01:19:52,238 --> 01:19:52,839
Our zip code should not

2652
01:19:52,839 --> 01:19:53,507
determine our care, our

2653
01:19:53,507 --> 01:19:53,941
treatment and our access to

2654
01:19:53,941 --> 01:19:55,941
opportunities.

2655
01:19:57,811 --> 01:19:58,478
The funding, the arts and

2656
01:19:58,478 --> 01:19:59,146
programs that promote youth

2657
01:19:59,146 --> 01:19:59,780
success are not only harmful

2658
01:19:59,780 --> 01:20:02,780
but they also create more

2659
01:20:03,650 --> 01:20:04,151
hardship and put a burden on

2660
01:20:04,151 --> 01:20:04,785
service providers.

2661
01:20:04,785 --> 01:20:05,385
We cannot solve our budget

2662
01:20:05,385 --> 01:20:07,385
crisis while maintaining

2663
01:20:10,123 --> 01:20:10,757
essential services that promote

2664
01:20:10,757 --> 01:20:11,910
creativity, community and

2665
01:20:11,910 --> 01:20:11,758
equity.

2666
01:20:11,758 --> 01:20:12,459
Our students deserve better.

2667
01:20:12,459 --> 01:20:14,859
Our nonprofits deserve better.

2668
01:20:15,929 --> 01:20:16,396
Southeast Sandiego specifically

2669
01:20:16,396 --> 01:20:16,964
deserves better.

2670
01:20:16,964 --> 01:20:19,364
The community is here.

2671
01:20:22,235 --> 01:20:23,203
Our kids are here.

2672
01:20:23,203 --> 01:20:23,904
And I want to be clear It's our

2673
01:20:23,904 --> 01:20:24,437
job to share our stories but

2674
01:20:24,437 --> 01:20:26,837
not to buy turnips.

2675
01:20:28,775 --> 01:20:29,509
It is our job to share what

2676
01:20:29,509 --> 01:20:30,177
we're going through so that you

2677
01:20:30,177 --> 01:20:30,644
all can make the decisions.

2678
01:20:30,644 --> 01:20:31,512
We voted you in.

2679
01:20:31,512 --> 01:20:34,810
We want you to listen to us and

2680
01:20:34,810 --> 01:20:35,820
work with us.

2681
01:20:35,820 --> 01:20:35,448
>> But it is not our jobs to do

2682
01:20:35,448 --> 01:20:35,815
your job.

2683
01:20:35,815 --> 01:20:37,815
Thank you.

2684
01:20:40,587 --> 01:20:43,587
Sparky Mitra Hi Council members

2685
01:20:46,527 --> 01:20:47,227
My name is Parking Meter a

2686
01:20:47,227 --> 01:20:47,828
youth organizer, engineer and

2687
01:20:47,828 --> 01:20:48,462
District three resident.

2688
01:20:48,462 --> 01:20:49,129
I'm here today because I'm

2689
01:20:49,129 --> 01:20:52,980
appalled at what the mayor's

2690
01:20:52,980 --> 01:20:52,866
prioritized in his budget.

2691
01:20:52,866 --> 01:20:53,567
This is exactly what it is.

2692
01:20:53,567 --> 01:20:53,867
It's his budget proposal, not

2693
01:20:53,867 --> 01:20:55,867
ours.

2694
01:20:57,771 --> 01:20:58,505
This budget does nothing for

2695
01:20:58,505 --> 01:20:59,730
the community and for youth and

2696
01:20:59,730 --> 01:20:59,807
we won't stand for it.

2697
01:20:59,807 --> 01:21:02,807
The establishment of the Office

2698
01:21:03,243 --> 01:21:03,744
of Child and Youth success is

2699
01:21:03,744 --> 01:21:04,445
one that has been

2700
01:21:04,445 --> 01:21:05,790
the culmination of decades of

2701
01:21:05,790 --> 01:21:05,546
work from youth organizers

2702
01:21:05,546 --> 01:21:07,546
around the city.

2703
01:21:09,583 --> 01:21:10,316
With federal dollars already

2704
01:21:10,316 --> 01:21:10,985
being stripped from investments

2705
01:21:10,985 --> 01:21:11,584
in youth at risk communities

2706
01:21:11,584 --> 01:21:12,286
and with the increasing

2707
01:21:12,286 --> 01:21:14,686
demonization of migrants, our

2708
01:21:15,655 --> 01:21:16,256
city should be stepping up.

2709
01:21:16,256 --> 01:21:16,957
Instead, the mayor is

2710
01:21:16,957 --> 01:21:17,625
eliminating a program that has

2711
01:21:17,625 --> 01:21:20,250
brought in $1.3 million per

2712
01:21:22,695 --> 01:21:23,430
refugee Students.

2713
01:21:23,430 --> 01:21:24,970
He is stripping out the vital

2714
01:21:24,970 --> 01:21:24,431
resources like youth drop in

2715
01:21:24,431 --> 01:21:25,650
centers.

2716
01:21:25,650 --> 01:21:28,665
Let us be clear his axing

2717
01:21:30,871 --> 01:21:31,572
investment in our youth

2718
01:21:31,572 --> 01:21:32,139
the glitter hating the success

2719
01:21:32,139 --> 01:21:32,840
of our city's future,

2720
01:21:32,840 --> 01:21:34,740
the amount of revenue that oci

2721
01:21:34,740 --> 01:21:34,808
has brought into the city is an

2722
01:21:34,808 --> 01:21:35,376
order of magnitude greater than

2723
01:21:35,376 --> 01:21:37,376
its operating budget.

2724
01:21:39,713 --> 01:21:40,447
It has brought in ten times

2725
01:21:40,447 --> 01:21:40,714
the amount of money it costs to

2726
01:21:40,714 --> 01:21:41,414
run.

2727
01:21:41,414 --> 01:21:44,414
This budget doesn't serve us.

2728
01:21:46,200 --> 01:21:46,721
Fund Youth Fund a future fund

2729
01:21:46,721 --> 01:21:49,721
the people Kevin Wehner After

2730
01:21:52,159 --> 01:21:52,860
that will be Nicole Lilly,

2731
01:21:52,860 --> 01:21:53,561
Travis Bouchard, Amira Yousef

2732
01:21:53,561 --> 01:21:56,561
Lucky eight and Mohammed Omar.

2733
01:21:57,798 --> 01:21:58,165
Rachel Lozano Castro Dean

2734
01:21:58,165 --> 01:21:59,320
Charlotte.

2735
01:21:59,320 --> 01:22:03,400
If you can all please come up

2736
01:22:03,400 --> 01:22:03,638
to the front room.

2737
01:22:03,638 --> 01:22:04,338
>> Please proceed.

2738
01:22:04,338 --> 01:22:06,738
Good evening, Council Members.

2739
01:22:08,876 --> 01:22:09,510
Council Member Member LaCava

2740
01:22:09,510 --> 01:22:10,144
I'm a constituent in your

2741
01:22:10,144 --> 01:22:10,777
district and our Board of

2742
01:22:10,777 --> 01:22:11,245
Trustees at the Community

2743
01:22:11,245 --> 01:22:13,245
Planning Group.

2744
01:22:15,160 --> 01:22:15,716
I'm coming here today with our

2745
01:22:15,716 --> 01:22:16,383
contact to youth led a51c3

2746
01:22:16,383 --> 01:22:17,840
nonprofit urging you all to

2747
01:22:17,840 --> 01:22:17,317
continue the funding for O.C.

2748
01:22:17,317 --> 01:22:19,317
Y.

2749
01:22:21,522 --> 01:22:24,522
S They only require $350,000 in

2750
01:22:25,292 --> 01:22:25,893
funding while generating 3.5

2751
01:22:25,893 --> 01:22:26,561
million and grants that

2752
01:22:26,561 --> 01:22:27,161
the city would no longer be

2753
01:22:27,161 --> 01:22:27,795
able to receive if this

2754
01:22:27,795 --> 01:22:30,195
department was not funded.

2755
01:22:33,133 --> 01:22:33,835
So you're not saving the range

2756
01:22:33,835 --> 01:22:34,568
of 50,000 but actually losing

2757
01:22:34,568 --> 01:22:35,236
3.5 million in potential grants

2758
01:22:35,236 --> 01:22:37,405
that the city can no longer

2759
01:22:37,405 --> 01:22:38,105
receive.

2760
01:22:38,105 --> 01:22:38,673
Further Councilmember Look, I

2761
01:22:38,673 --> 01:22:39,307
wanted to urge you to

2762
01:22:39,307 --> 01:22:41,707
reconsider your stance on

2763
01:22:43,811 --> 01:22:44,579
police funding.

2764
01:22:44,579 --> 01:22:45,279
I know this is a difficult

2765
01:22:45,279 --> 01:22:45,947
budgetary process but this is

2766
01:22:45,947 --> 01:22:48,947
something that I think comes

2767
01:22:49,450 --> 01:22:50,184
out at the expense of many

2768
01:22:50,184 --> 01:22:53,184
taxpayers with many examples in

2769
01:22:55,323 --> 01:22:55,757
our district happening with

2770
01:22:55,757 --> 01:22:56,424
mismanagement.

2771
01:22:56,424 --> 01:22:57,910
For example, on JANUARY 7th

2772
01:22:57,910 --> 01:22:57,758
there was a homeless man who

2773
01:22:57,758 --> 01:23:00,758
locked himself in the local

2774
01:23:03,640 --> 01:23:03,797
bathroom.

2775
01:23:03,797 --> 01:23:04,498
>> The police responded with 26

2776
01:23:04,498 --> 01:23:05,199
cop cars, a swat vehicle and a

2777
01:23:05,199 --> 01:23:05,767
helicopter to someone looking

2778
01:23:05,767 --> 01:23:06,200
for something better.

2779
01:23:06,200 --> 01:23:08,200
>> Thank you.

2780
01:23:12,439 --> 01:23:13,274
Nicole Illing.

2781
01:23:13,274 --> 01:23:16,274
>> Hello, My name is Nicole.

2782
01:23:18,279 --> 01:23:18,781
I'm a 23 year old resident in

2783
01:23:18,781 --> 01:23:19,480
District three and

2784
01:23:19,480 --> 01:23:20,181
the executive director of our

2785
01:23:20,181 --> 01:23:23,781
Time to Act an entirely youth

2786
01:23:23,884 --> 01:23:24,586
founded Youth led 523 nonprofit

2787
01:23:24,586 --> 01:23:25,253
organizing Powerful Youth for

2788
01:23:25,253 --> 01:23:27,653
an inclusive, equitable and

2789
01:23:29,224 --> 01:23:29,523
sustainable future in San

2790
01:23:29,523 --> 01:23:30,225
Diego.

2791
01:23:30,225 --> 01:23:30,892
As a youth organizer who has

2792
01:23:30,892 --> 01:23:31,592
had the privilege of working

2793
01:23:31,592 --> 01:23:32,193
with the Office of Child Abuse

2794
01:23:32,193 --> 01:23:35,193
success, I can tell you

2795
01:23:36,296 --> 01:23:36,998
firsthand what a catastrophic

2796
01:23:36,998 --> 01:23:37,698
failure of leadership it would

2797
01:23:37,698 --> 01:23:38,333
be to allow policy wise to be

2798
01:23:38,333 --> 01:23:38,633
eliminated in this budget

2799
01:23:38,633 --> 01:23:40,633
cycle.

2800
01:23:41,669 --> 01:23:42,404
The mayor's proposed plan

2801
01:23:42,404 --> 01:23:43,710
slashes libraries, parks, arts,

2802
01:23:43,710 --> 01:23:46,710
housing and just about every

2803
01:23:47,308 --> 01:23:48,760
social service while attempting

2804
01:23:48,760 --> 01:23:48,409
to pit against one another for

2805
01:23:48,409 --> 01:23:49,110
crumbs.

2806
01:23:49,110 --> 01:23:49,777
Meanwhile, it pours money into

2807
01:23:49,777 --> 01:23:52,177
invasive surveillance and an

2808
01:23:53,648 --> 01:23:54,315
already bloated police budget a

2809
01:23:54,315 --> 01:23:56,715
department that broke every

2810
01:23:58,190 --> 01:23:58,653
year while funding 24 units for

2811
01:23:58,653 --> 01:23:59,387
a single car chase wasting

2812
01:23:59,387 --> 01:24:00,210
millions on unlawful arrest and

2813
01:24:00,210 --> 01:24:02,421
harassing the very youth.

2814
01:24:04,250 --> 01:24:04,726
Gloria seeks to defund.

2815
01:24:04,726 --> 01:24:05,427
Today organizations and youth

2816
01:24:05,427 --> 01:24:09,270
from across the city joined in

2817
01:24:09,731 --> 01:24:10,431
a united voice to urge you to

2818
01:24:10,431 --> 01:24:11,320
fund youth fund the people not

2819
01:24:11,320 --> 01:24:11,666
police and surveillance.

2820
01:24:11,666 --> 01:24:15,603
You have a duty to pass a

2821
01:24:15,603 --> 01:24:16,400
budget that serves our present

2822
01:24:16,400 --> 01:24:16,770
and future.

2823
01:24:16,770 --> 01:24:17,172
>> This community will hold you

2824
01:24:17,172 --> 01:24:17,538
accountable.

2825
01:24:17,538 --> 01:24:19,538
Thank you.

2826
01:24:26,114 --> 01:24:26,415
Travis Bouchard Travis District

2827
01:24:26,415 --> 01:24:27,115
seven.

2828
01:24:27,115 --> 01:24:27,748
Like when you found your way

2829
01:24:27,748 --> 01:24:28,382
into politics because you

2830
01:24:28,382 --> 01:24:30,782
wanted to improve people's

2831
01:24:32,654 --> 01:24:33,210
lives, it's noble.

2832
01:24:33,210 --> 01:24:33,688
Congrats.

2833
01:24:33,688 --> 01:24:36,880
However, this budget is

2834
01:24:39,194 --> 01:24:39,560
the antithesis of progressive

2835
01:24:39,560 --> 01:24:40,228
politics.

2836
01:24:40,228 --> 01:24:40,962
For your surveillance state

2837
01:24:40,962 --> 01:24:42,962
that disproportionately affects

2838
01:24:44,833 --> 01:24:45,500
black and brown youth while

2839
01:24:45,500 --> 01:24:46,201
defunding youth services is

2840
01:24:46,201 --> 01:24:49,201
insane like truly allowing not

2841
01:24:51,573 --> 01:24:52,700
to see the light of the day

2842
01:24:52,700 --> 01:24:52,741
should be it.

2843
01:24:52,741 --> 01:24:53,375
>> What the are we doing

2844
01:24:53,375 --> 01:24:56,177
Moment or not License like

2845
01:24:56,177 --> 01:24:56,878
cameras their full motion video

2846
01:24:56,878 --> 01:24:57,612
capture kids walking to school

2847
01:24:57,612 --> 01:25:00,612
or selling our children's data.

2848
01:25:02,450 --> 01:25:03,285
Shaming.

2849
01:25:03,285 --> 01:25:03,985
You can try to ask people to

2850
01:25:03,985 --> 01:25:06,385
continue asking people crumbs.

2851
01:25:08,690 --> 01:25:09,323
If someone eloquently described

2852
01:25:09,323 --> 01:25:10,570
earlier today you create a

2853
01:25:10,570 --> 01:25:13,570
Hunger Games situation over and

2854
01:25:14,496 --> 01:25:15,197
over people are done solely for

2855
01:25:15,197 --> 01:25:15,763
crumbs where they're going to

2856
01:25:15,763 --> 01:25:16,431
come steal your cake.

2857
01:25:16,431 --> 01:25:20,310
>> If you don't do the right

2858
01:25:23,710 --> 01:25:23,672
thing for your services, defund

2859
01:25:23,672 --> 01:25:26,720
Fork Fire Daniel the $30

2860
01:25:27,242 --> 01:25:27,775
Million Cop Barber Bowl I was

2861
01:25:27,775 --> 01:25:28,510
on my radio screen.

2862
01:25:28,510 --> 01:25:32,140
>> We're going to set the town

2863
01:25:32,140 --> 01:25:32,747
pd escort the gentleman.

2864
01:25:32,747 --> 01:25:33,481
We got to set the tone.

2865
01:25:33,481 --> 01:25:34,215
Let's all be civil about this.

2866
01:25:34,215 --> 01:25:37,815
We know how angry and how

2867
01:25:38,186 --> 01:25:39,530
passionate you are about this.

2868
01:25:39,530 --> 01:25:42,653
We've got 150 still to go so

2869
01:25:44,893 --> 01:25:45,460
let's get through it.

2870
01:25:45,460 --> 01:25:46,161
My name is Tom.

2871
01:25:46,161 --> 01:25:46,694
I used to be with

2872
01:25:46,694 --> 01:25:47,262
the Partnership for

2873
01:25:47,262 --> 01:25:47,629
the Advancement of New

2874
01:25:47,629 --> 01:25:49,629
Americans.

2875
01:25:50,265 --> 01:25:50,966
I'm here today to request that

2876
01:25:50,966 --> 01:25:53,366
council redirect funding from

2877
01:25:55,670 --> 01:25:56,438
Block lpr and restores funding

2878
01:25:56,438 --> 01:25:57,105
in youth parks, arts and all

2879
01:25:57,105 --> 01:25:59,505
the other essential services

2880
01:26:02,511 --> 01:26:03,145
that we need at San Diego And

2881
01:26:03,145 --> 01:26:03,578
we don't need more creepy

2882
01:26:03,578 --> 01:26:05,578
surveillance.

2883
01:26:07,616 --> 01:26:08,284
>> We don't need more cops on

2884
01:26:08,284 --> 01:26:08,851
the ground that are going to

2885
01:26:08,851 --> 01:26:09,517
criminalize our youth.

2886
01:26:09,517 --> 01:26:09,918
>> We need to invest in our

2887
01:26:09,918 --> 01:26:11,918
youth today.

2888
01:26:14,990 --> 01:26:17,990
Pena Pena's global village is

2889
01:26:19,527 --> 01:26:20,262
adjacent to the Coyote Triangle

2890
01:26:20,262 --> 01:26:20,962
Park Restoration project and we

2891
01:26:20,962 --> 01:26:21,563
were very disappointed to see

2892
01:26:21,563 --> 01:26:23,963
that the mayor's budget

2893
01:26:26,734 --> 01:26:27,136
provides $0 for the Choice

2894
01:26:27,136 --> 01:26:27,735
Creek Park.

2895
01:26:27,735 --> 01:26:28,370
It cuts out park rangers

2896
01:26:28,370 --> 01:26:30,370
playground maintenance and

2897
01:26:33,174 --> 01:26:33,876
the only city employee that

2898
01:26:33,876 --> 01:26:34,443
whose entire job of expanding

2899
01:26:34,443 --> 01:26:36,443
equitable recreation.

2900
01:26:39,715 --> 01:26:40,448
Please redirect this funding

2901
01:26:40,448 --> 01:26:41,316
away from a creepy surveillance

2902
01:26:41,316 --> 01:26:45,187
like Park Area lp and put it

2903
01:26:45,187 --> 01:26:48,187
into our communities instead of

2904
01:26:50,192 --> 01:26:50,492
looking lucky Item.

2905
01:26:50,492 --> 01:26:51,226
Okay.

2906
01:26:51,226 --> 01:26:53,626
Good afternoon council members.

2907
01:26:57,166 --> 01:26:57,866
My name is Lucky Youth

2908
01:26:57,866 --> 01:26:58,567
organizer with the Partnership

2909
01:26:58,567 --> 01:27:01,567
for the Maximum The Americans

2910
01:27:03,606 --> 01:27:04,206
rgv depends on parks but so

2911
01:27:04,206 --> 01:27:04,540
much more for just green

2912
01:27:04,540 --> 01:27:05,241
spaces.

2913
01:27:05,241 --> 01:27:08,510
I know for my family Parks is

2914
01:27:08,510 --> 01:27:08,977
where we gather to celebrate

2915
01:27:08,977 --> 01:27:09,678
during picnics.

2916
01:27:09,678 --> 01:27:10,312
This is where we create

2917
01:27:10,312 --> 01:27:12,312
multiple multiple memories

2918
01:27:15,651 --> 01:27:16,352
across multiple generations and

2919
01:27:16,352 --> 01:27:16,751
have meaningful time together

2920
01:27:16,751 --> 01:27:17,453
as families.

2921
01:27:17,453 --> 01:27:20,453
Recently our youth has started

2922
01:27:21,290 --> 01:27:21,957
a book club and because we

2923
01:27:21,957 --> 01:27:22,691
wanted to connect with their

2924
01:27:22,691 --> 01:27:23,392
peers and be in nature and also

2925
01:27:23,392 --> 01:27:26,992
stay active But the reality is

2926
01:27:26,996 --> 01:27:27,763
that we often have to travel 30

2927
01:27:27,763 --> 01:27:28,296
minutes just to find a park or

2928
01:27:28,296 --> 01:27:29,970
a trail to walk out.

2929
01:27:29,970 --> 01:27:33,297
For many of our youth this is

2930
01:27:33,702 --> 01:27:34,169
not accessible because of

2931
01:27:34,169 --> 01:27:34,904
transportation.

2932
01:27:34,904 --> 01:27:35,571
Having a park or show their

2933
01:27:35,571 --> 01:27:35,871
community is what we really

2934
01:27:35,871 --> 01:27:36,472
need.

2935
01:27:36,472 --> 01:27:39,472
This is why it's really

2936
01:27:39,475 --> 01:27:40,175
disappointing to see that there

2937
01:27:40,175 --> 01:27:40,575
is zero funding for the Choice

2938
01:27:40,575 --> 01:27:41,243
Creek Park.

2939
01:27:41,243 --> 01:27:41,544
This is not about building a

2940
01:27:41,544 --> 01:27:42,277
park.

2941
01:27:42,277 --> 01:27:45,877
It's making sure that there's a

2942
01:27:46,348 --> 01:27:46,849
place where family and youth

2943
01:27:46,849 --> 01:27:47,583
can truly gather.

2944
01:27:47,583 --> 01:27:48,117
Like I said, different walk and

2945
01:27:48,117 --> 01:27:49,518
invest in community.

2946
01:27:49,518 --> 01:27:51,518
Thank you.

2947
01:27:56,250 --> 01:27:56,625
>> Mohammed Omar.

2948
01:27:56,625 --> 01:27:56,959
Good afternoon, Council

2949
01:27:56,959 --> 01:27:57,593
members.

2950
01:27:57,593 --> 01:28:00,593
My name is Mohammed Omar.

2951
01:28:02,932 --> 01:28:03,499
I'm with the Partnership for

2952
01:28:03,499 --> 01:28:03,866
the Advancement of New

2953
01:28:03,866 --> 01:28:04,567
Americans.

2954
01:28:04,567 --> 01:28:05,168
I'm here today to respectfully

2955
01:28:05,168 --> 01:28:08,168
urge the city to restore

2956
01:28:08,537 --> 01:28:09,238
funding for the Cholla Straight

2957
01:28:09,238 --> 01:28:09,972
a Triangle Park and the Trails

2958
01:28:09,972 --> 01:28:12,372
Creek Restoration Project which

2959
01:28:13,776 --> 01:28:14,477
is listed on page 33 of your

2960
01:28:14,477 --> 01:28:14,877
proposed budget as unfunded at

2961
01:28:14,877 --> 01:28:16,877
35 million.

2962
01:28:19,381 --> 01:28:19,849
For many in my community parks

2963
01:28:19,849 --> 01:28:20,383
are not luxury.

2964
01:28:20,383 --> 01:28:21,830
They are essential.

2965
01:28:21,830 --> 01:28:21,684
They provide a place to escape

2966
01:28:21,684 --> 01:28:23,684
extreme heat, celebrate

2967
01:28:25,354 --> 01:28:25,988
important milestones like

2968
01:28:25,988 --> 01:28:26,656
birthdays and connect with

2969
01:28:26,656 --> 01:28:27,223
neighbors in the midst of a

2970
01:28:27,223 --> 01:28:29,223
severe housing crisis.

2971
01:28:30,960 --> 01:28:31,694
Many families do not have

2972
01:28:31,694 --> 01:28:32,328
access to backyards or adequate

2973
01:28:32,328 --> 01:28:33,620
spaces to the space where

2974
01:28:33,620 --> 01:28:36,620
people can come together safely

2975
01:28:37,633 --> 01:28:38,434
and meaningfully.

2976
01:28:38,434 --> 01:28:39,135
We are deeply concerned that

2977
01:28:39,135 --> 01:28:39,869
the proposed budget allocation

2978
01:28:39,869 --> 01:28:43,469
or funding for the Thomas Creek

2979
01:28:44,400 --> 01:28:44,640
Park in addition is reduced to

2980
01:28:44,640 --> 01:28:45,274
support for park rangers

2981
01:28:45,274 --> 01:28:45,875
playground maintenance and

2982
01:28:45,875 --> 01:28:48,275
eliminates the only city

2983
01:28:49,245 --> 01:28:49,978
position dedicated to expanding

2984
01:28:49,978 --> 01:28:52,378
equitable access to recreation.

2985
01:28:54,984 --> 01:28:55,684
This could impact not only

2986
01:28:55,684 --> 01:28:56,319
existing parks but also

2987
01:28:56,319 --> 01:28:56,786
the long term success and

2988
01:28:56,786 --> 01:28:57,320
sustainability.

2989
01:28:57,320 --> 01:28:59,720
Thank you very much.

2990
01:29:01,324 --> 01:29:01,657
Thank you for that Concluding

2991
01:29:01,657 --> 01:29:02,257
remark.

2992
01:29:02,257 --> 01:29:03,920
>> Rachel Lozano Castro.

2993
01:29:03,920 --> 01:29:07,292
You have time to go to by

2994
01:29:08,464 --> 01:29:09,650
Patricia Serrano Patricia Camp

2995
01:29:09,650 --> 01:29:09,432
to raise your hand.

2996
01:29:09,432 --> 01:29:10,320
Thank you.

2997
01:29:10,320 --> 01:29:10,699
We're going to need two

2998
01:29:10,699 --> 01:29:11,234
speakers so for me my staff

2999
01:29:11,234 --> 01:29:11,834
will be over there.

3000
01:29:11,834 --> 01:29:14,300
You'll have two minutes.

3001
01:29:14,300 --> 01:29:14,536
Please proceed.

3002
01:29:14,536 --> 01:29:15,204
>> Good afternoon.

3003
01:29:15,204 --> 01:29:15,839
My name is Rachel Castro and

3004
01:29:15,839 --> 01:29:16,138
I'm a resident in District

3005
01:29:16,138 --> 01:29:18,138
four.

3006
01:29:18,908 --> 01:29:19,341
I also run a business in

3007
01:29:19,341 --> 01:29:20,175
District four.

3008
01:29:20,175 --> 01:29:20,776
I work in District nine and

3009
01:29:20,776 --> 01:29:21,344
with the Partnership for

3010
01:29:21,344 --> 01:29:21,711
the Advancement of New

3011
01:29:21,711 --> 01:29:23,711
Americans.

3012
01:29:25,315 --> 01:29:25,782
I celebrated my 20th birthday

3013
01:29:25,782 --> 01:29:28,182
in a city park.

3014
01:29:30,520 --> 01:29:30,720
I go use one pretty much every

3015
01:29:30,720 --> 01:29:31,387
weekend when I can I take my

3016
01:29:31,387 --> 01:29:34,987
lunch breaks at a city park.

3017
01:29:36,192 --> 01:29:36,926
I have family members and

3018
01:29:36,926 --> 01:29:37,594
friends and I meet with them in

3019
01:29:37,594 --> 01:29:38,610
city parks in Point Loma and

3020
01:29:38,610 --> 01:29:40,610
Rancho Bernardo.

3021
01:29:42,970 --> 01:29:42,832
I use all of these regularly so

3022
01:29:42,832 --> 01:29:46,432
I'm asking to find the Triangle

3023
01:29:47,135 --> 01:29:47,736
Park, find the parks We already

3024
01:29:47,736 --> 01:29:48,437
have fun Choice Creek

3025
01:29:48,437 --> 01:29:49,139
restoration which is upstream

3026
01:29:49,139 --> 01:29:49,472
from the communities that were

3027
01:29:49,472 --> 01:29:51,472
flooded.

3028
01:29:54,143 --> 01:29:54,811
I'm also asking to make good on

3029
01:29:54,811 --> 01:29:55,512
the promises that have been

3030
01:29:55,512 --> 01:29:58,512
made with community input for

3031
01:30:00,215 --> 01:30:00,783
the Mid-City Community Plan

3032
01:30:00,783 --> 01:30:01,484
update which we're in

3033
01:30:01,484 --> 01:30:02,185
the middle of right now where

3034
01:30:02,185 --> 01:30:04,585
every community member should

3035
01:30:06,689 --> 01:30:07,423
be able to walk to a park.

3036
01:30:07,423 --> 01:30:08,910
T-Boz like ours at Pangea are

3037
01:30:08,910 --> 01:30:11,910
wanting to work together to

3038
01:30:11,627 --> 01:30:12,228
draw down state funds and apply

3039
01:30:12,228 --> 01:30:12,929
for competitive grants.

3040
01:30:12,929 --> 01:30:16,665
We want to make this work and

3041
01:30:16,665 --> 01:30:17,367
so we're asking you to show up

3042
01:30:17,367 --> 01:30:17,834
with us for the MAY revisions

3043
01:30:17,834 --> 01:30:19,834
of this budget.

3044
01:30:23,773 --> 01:30:24,240
Thank you.

3045
01:30:24,240 --> 01:30:24,641
Thank you, Dean.

3046
01:30:24,641 --> 01:30:26,641
Dean Shake.

3047
01:30:29,445 --> 01:30:32,445
As I count them Jermaine.

3048
01:30:35,185 --> 01:30:35,852
Jermaine.

3049
01:30:35,852 --> 01:30:36,486
After that we have C.J.

3050
01:30:36,486 --> 01:30:36,987
Mendoza, Liliana Soriano,

3051
01:30:36,987 --> 01:30:38,987
Claire Schneider.

3052
01:30:42,459 --> 01:30:42,892
We Tran Amy Lane.

3053
01:30:42,892 --> 01:30:44,892
Mariana Rosa.

3054
01:30:48,300 --> 01:30:48,398
Andrea of Narco and Alexandra

3055
01:30:48,398 --> 01:30:49,198
Castillo.

3056
01:30:49,198 --> 01:30:53,690
If you can all please come to

3057
01:30:53,690 --> 01:30:53,636
the front row.

3058
01:30:53,636 --> 01:30:55,636
I stand corrected.

3059
01:30:57,240 --> 01:31:00,240
We have 196 speakers to go.

3060
01:31:03,647 --> 01:31:05,647
Jermaine Hello everyone.

3061
01:31:09,820 --> 01:31:10,687
>> My name is Jermaine Corba.

3062
01:31:10,687 --> 01:31:11,421
I am a I work at Planet

3063
01:31:11,421 --> 01:31:13,821
Partnership for the Advancement

3064
01:31:15,925 --> 01:31:16,226
of New Americans in District

3065
01:31:16,226 --> 01:31:16,994
nine.

3066
01:31:16,994 --> 01:31:17,427
I also my family is actually in

3067
01:31:17,427 --> 01:31:19,427
District four.

3068
01:31:22,298 --> 01:31:22,999
I am here today to ask you to

3069
01:31:22,999 --> 01:31:25,399
please redistribute funding to

3070
01:31:28,105 --> 01:31:28,872
both arts and culture our

3071
01:31:28,872 --> 01:31:29,573
libraries as well as do you

3072
01:31:29,573 --> 01:31:32,573
Funding flat and investing it

3073
01:31:34,477 --> 01:31:35,145
back in our youth are youth are

3074
01:31:35,145 --> 01:31:35,846
extremely important to me I

3075
01:31:35,846 --> 01:31:38,846
actually what I speak in

3076
01:31:38,849 --> 01:31:39,583
District four where I learned

3077
01:31:39,583 --> 01:31:40,384
about arts and culture and what

3078
01:31:40,384 --> 01:31:44,584
it means to save lives and to

3079
01:31:45,656 --> 01:31:46,455
me public safety is being able

3080
01:31:46,455 --> 01:31:50,655
to have it be safer Parks just

3081
01:31:50,694 --> 01:31:51,494
like a Toys Creek just like

3082
01:31:51,494 --> 01:31:52,129
the Toys park as well as being

3083
01:31:52,129 --> 01:31:55,129
able to ensure that public

3084
01:31:56,800 --> 01:31:57,500
safety is also decriminalizing

3085
01:31:57,500 --> 01:31:58,201
our youth by investing in our

3086
01:31:58,201 --> 01:31:58,802
youth through arts and culture

3087
01:31:58,802 --> 01:32:00,802
and different services.

3088
01:32:02,639 --> 01:32:03,390
Thank you so much for having me

3089
01:32:03,390 --> 01:32:03,473
here today.

3090
01:32:03,473 --> 01:32:05,473
>> Thank you.

3091
01:32:08,145 --> 01:32:11,745
C.J. Mendoza Hello City Council

3092
01:32:15,385 --> 01:32:16,860
My name is C.J. And I am an

3093
01:32:16,860 --> 01:32:16,453
outreach and organizing intern

3094
01:32:16,453 --> 01:32:17,154
at Google.

3095
01:32:17,154 --> 01:32:18,989
I've been organizing positions

3096
01:32:18,989 --> 01:32:19,756
before being at youth Well I'm

3097
01:32:19,756 --> 01:32:20,357
22 years old and in my journey

3098
01:32:20,357 --> 01:32:20,991
of organizing where I'm

3099
01:32:20,991 --> 01:32:23,991
standing now was only made

3100
01:32:26,630 --> 01:32:26,764
possible by adult allies who

3101
01:32:26,764 --> 01:32:27,197
believe in young people and

3102
01:32:27,197 --> 01:32:27,931
their success.

3103
01:32:27,931 --> 01:32:28,665
I'm urging the city to not only

3104
01:32:28,665 --> 01:32:31,968
buy us because in order to go

3105
01:32:31,968 --> 01:32:32,569
from believing in youth it

3106
01:32:32,569 --> 01:32:33,237
means investing in their

3107
01:32:33,237 --> 01:32:33,937
success the creation of new

3108
01:32:33,937 --> 01:32:37,537
ideas as a symbol of strength

3109
01:32:37,908 --> 01:32:38,575
in numbers and the creation of

3110
01:32:38,575 --> 01:32:39,209
this office with a community

3111
01:32:39,209 --> 01:32:39,910
community oriented journey

3112
01:32:39,910 --> 01:32:42,910
The 20 year journey how young

3113
01:32:44,147 --> 01:32:44,782
people, parents, educators and

3114
01:32:44,782 --> 01:32:45,449
organizers fighting for a

3115
01:32:45,449 --> 01:32:47,849
dedicated city investment in

3116
01:32:50,988 --> 01:32:51,688
young people's futures Well do

3117
01:32:51,688 --> 01:32:52,423
I have accomplished many wins

3118
01:32:52,423 --> 01:32:55,423
that include child care access,

3119
01:32:56,360 --> 01:32:56,827
civic engagement, education and

3120
01:32:56,827 --> 01:32:57,427
so much more?

3121
01:32:57,427 --> 01:32:58,950
What do I have?

3122
01:32:58,950 --> 01:32:58,829
Continuing to win means Are

3123
01:32:58,829 --> 01:33:01,932
young people in San Diego also

3124
01:33:01,932 --> 01:33:02,232
in investment youth success

3125
01:33:02,232 --> 01:33:04,232
today?

3126
01:33:08,838 --> 01:33:09,506
Thank you Liliana Serrano Hello

3127
01:33:09,506 --> 01:33:09,840
Counsel My name is John

3128
01:33:09,840 --> 01:33:10,540
Soriano.

3129
01:33:10,540 --> 01:33:11,341
I am the director of Policy at

3130
01:33:11,341 --> 01:33:14,678
Youth where we are youth and

3131
01:33:14,678 --> 01:33:15,346
because organization asking you

3132
01:33:15,346 --> 01:33:15,946
today to not get off is

3133
01:33:15,946 --> 01:33:16,547
troubling you Success as

3134
01:33:16,547 --> 01:33:18,947
outlined in the mayor's

3135
01:33:19,283 --> 01:33:20,160
proposed budget This office was

3136
01:33:20,160 --> 01:33:20,584
established in 2022 in response

3137
01:33:20,584 --> 01:33:23,584
to not only the youth

3138
01:33:25,956 --> 01:33:26,624
development needed and made

3139
01:33:26,624 --> 01:33:27,157
the pandemic, it also is to

3140
01:33:27,157 --> 01:33:29,157
humanize our social

3141
01:33:31,295 --> 01:33:31,996
infrastructure investments

3142
01:33:31,996 --> 01:33:32,695
authorizes a powerful tool for

3143
01:33:32,695 --> 01:33:34,695
intergovernmental and outside

3144
01:33:37,401 --> 01:33:38,102
agency investments for youth it

3145
01:33:38,102 --> 01:33:38,736
has supported with securing $2

3146
01:33:38,736 --> 01:33:39,436
million for a measure each

3147
01:33:39,436 --> 01:33:41,436
implementation which supports

3148
01:33:43,674 --> 01:33:44,442
families with child care access

3149
01:33:44,442 --> 01:33:45,176
as well as a 1.3 million grant

3150
01:33:45,176 --> 01:33:48,176
in partnership with the largest

3151
01:33:50,414 --> 01:33:51,810
school district in San Diego,

3152
01:33:51,810 --> 01:33:51,748
the San Diego Unified School

3153
01:33:51,748 --> 01:33:52,116
District to support refugee

3154
01:33:52,116 --> 01:33:52,816
students.

3155
01:33:52,816 --> 01:33:55,720
The mayor's proposed budget is

3156
01:33:55,720 --> 01:33:56,387
shortsighted The elimination of

3157
01:33:56,387 --> 01:33:57,870
ocr by us sends the message

3158
01:33:57,870 --> 01:34:00,687
that youth are not a priority.

3159
01:34:00,891 --> 01:34:01,592
We are asking you to restore

3160
01:34:01,592 --> 01:34:02,192
the director level leadership

3161
01:34:02,192 --> 01:34:04,592
of Ozawa's maintain its

3162
01:34:08,232 --> 01:34:08,933
operational budget, retain its

3163
01:34:08,933 --> 01:34:09,600
staff and Charles and Council

3164
01:34:09,600 --> 01:34:12,000
respectfully money can't be

3165
01:34:13,270 --> 01:34:13,671
divested from thinking about

3166
01:34:13,671 --> 01:34:14,104
the moment.

3167
01:34:14,104 --> 01:34:14,805
Claire Snyder.

3168
01:34:14,805 --> 01:34:15,605
Claire Snyder You Have Time To

3169
01:34:15,605 --> 01:34:18,175
Give It to You by Angelica

3170
01:34:18,175 --> 01:34:18,542
Castillo Can you please raise

3171
01:34:18,542 --> 01:34:19,210
your hand?

3172
01:34:19,210 --> 01:34:21,610
>> You'll have two minutes.

3173
01:34:24,849 --> 01:34:25,252
Please proceed.

3174
01:34:25,252 --> 01:34:25,716
Thank you.

3175
01:34:25,716 --> 01:34:26,350
Good afternoon.

3176
01:34:26,350 --> 01:34:26,684
Council My name is Claire

3177
01:34:26,684 --> 01:34:27,151
Snyder.

3178
01:34:27,151 --> 01:34:29,151
I'm with youth.

3179
01:34:31,454 --> 01:34:32,156
Well, but I'm going to be

3180
01:34:32,156 --> 01:34:32,823
speaking on behalf of a youth

3181
01:34:32,823 --> 01:34:36,423
that could not be here today

3182
01:34:36,427 --> 01:34:37,127
due to me Council My name is

3183
01:34:37,127 --> 01:34:37,828
Eddie Wheeler and I serve as

3184
01:34:37,828 --> 01:34:38,462
chair of the Youth Commission.

3185
01:34:38,462 --> 01:34:41,732
I am speaking on behalf of

3186
01:34:41,732 --> 01:34:42,400
the Commission to express our

3187
01:34:42,400 --> 01:34:42,967
concerns regarding the 2627

3188
01:34:42,967 --> 01:34:43,601
budget proposal which

3189
01:34:43,601 --> 01:34:45,601
disproportionately impacts

3190
01:34:47,805 --> 01:34:48,406
youth in San Diego.

3191
01:34:48,406 --> 01:34:49,107
Youth voices are already

3192
01:34:49,107 --> 01:34:51,107
underrepresented in government

3193
01:34:53,644 --> 01:34:54,345
and this proposal reinforces

3194
01:34:54,345 --> 01:34:55,120
that reality by signaling that

3195
01:34:55,120 --> 01:34:55,713
their needs are being under

3196
01:34:55,713 --> 01:34:58,113
prioritized compared to other

3197
01:34:59,584 --> 01:35:00,351
funding increases.

3198
01:35:00,351 --> 01:35:01,180
For example, cuts to library

3199
01:35:01,180 --> 01:35:01,686
funding significantly affect

3200
01:35:01,686 --> 01:35:04,686
youth by limiting access to

3201
01:35:05,323 --> 01:35:05,990
safe quiet study environments

3202
01:35:05,990 --> 01:35:06,624
that students rely on Daily

3203
01:35:06,624 --> 01:35:08,624
library provide essential

3204
01:35:11,629 --> 01:35:12,363
resources including books,

3205
01:35:12,363 --> 01:35:12,930
technology, internet access and

3206
01:35:12,930 --> 01:35:13,631
afterschool programs.

3207
01:35:13,631 --> 01:35:17,231
They also serve as a critical

3208
01:35:17,368 --> 01:35:18,350
space for academic support

3209
01:35:18,350 --> 01:35:18,636
college and job application

3210
01:35:18,636 --> 01:35:19,270
assistance and community

3211
01:35:19,270 --> 01:35:21,270
connection especially for

3212
01:35:23,407 --> 01:35:24,108
underserved youth.

3213
01:35:24,108 --> 01:35:24,775
Similarly reductions to parks

3214
01:35:24,775 --> 01:35:25,509
and recreation funding will

3215
01:35:25,509 --> 01:35:28,980
result in fewer safe spaces for

3216
01:35:28,980 --> 01:35:29,681
young people to gather which is

3217
01:35:29,681 --> 01:35:30,247
vital to the well-being and

3218
01:35:30,247 --> 01:35:30,915
development of youth.

3219
01:35:30,915 --> 01:35:34,515
It will also result in fewer

3220
01:35:34,852 --> 01:35:35,553
sports programs recreational

3221
01:35:35,553 --> 01:35:36,540
opportunities and summer after

3222
01:35:36,540 --> 01:35:36,654
school activities.

3223
01:35:36,654 --> 01:35:37,355
We are also particularly

3224
01:35:37,355 --> 01:35:39,755
concerned with the elimination

3225
01:35:41,593 --> 01:35:42,126
of the Office of Child Needs

3226
01:35:42,126 --> 01:35:42,727
Success under which

3227
01:35:42,727 --> 01:35:44,727
the Commission operates.

3228
01:35:47,298 --> 01:35:47,998
Removing this office we can

3229
01:35:47,998 --> 01:35:48,733
coordination of youth focused

3230
01:35:48,733 --> 01:35:49,367
initiatives across the city and

3231
01:35:49,367 --> 01:35:51,767
reduce support for mental

3232
01:35:53,710 --> 01:35:53,637
health resources, youth

3233
01:35:53,637 --> 01:35:54,305
development programs,

3234
01:35:54,305 --> 01:35:54,606
leadership opportunities and

3235
01:35:54,606 --> 01:35:55,306
more.

3236
01:35:55,306 --> 01:35:57,706
Ultimately it undermines long

3237
01:35:59,778 --> 01:36:00,245
term investment in San Diego's

3238
01:36:00,245 --> 01:36:00,945
young residents.

3239
01:36:00,945 --> 01:36:01,612
That statement is being shared

3240
01:36:01,612 --> 01:36:04,612
by youth Well youth advocacy

3241
01:36:05,490 --> 01:36:05,817
group.

3242
01:36:05,817 --> 01:36:06,384
We had hoped to present these

3243
01:36:06,384 --> 01:36:07,850
concerns in person but

3244
01:36:07,850 --> 01:36:07,752
the meeting time during school

3245
01:36:07,752 --> 01:36:10,152
hours creates an additional

3246
01:36:10,722 --> 01:36:11,289
barrier to youth participation

3247
01:36:11,289 --> 01:36:11,990
and civic engagement.

3248
01:36:11,990 --> 01:36:12,590
We understand that the city is

3249
01:36:12,590 --> 01:36:14,990
facing a budget deficit.

3250
01:36:17,620 --> 01:36:17,729
However, we ask that you

3251
01:36:17,729 --> 01:36:18,430
consider the impact of this

3252
01:36:18,430 --> 01:36:20,830
budget on approximately 20% of

3253
01:36:22,867 --> 01:36:23,668
San Diego and who are youth and

3254
01:36:23,668 --> 01:36:24,369
are not able to be present

3255
01:36:24,369 --> 01:36:25,360
today to represent themselves.

3256
01:36:25,360 --> 01:36:25,469
Thank you for your time and

3257
01:36:25,469 --> 01:36:27,469
consideration.

3258
01:36:39,917 --> 01:36:40,718
We turn Hi my name We finally

3259
01:36:40,718 --> 01:36:41,786
the director I think we said so

3260
01:36:41,786 --> 01:36:42,420
back in 2018 Maybe I work with

3261
01:36:42,420 --> 01:36:43,121
John Campbell not as John

3262
01:36:43,121 --> 01:36:45,290
Campbell and I remember how to

3263
01:36:45,290 --> 01:36:45,891
tell the voters like how Kevin

3264
01:36:45,891 --> 01:36:46,591
Faulconer would leaving

3265
01:36:46,591 --> 01:36:47,292
the administration with a two

3266
01:36:47,292 --> 01:36:49,692
point something billion dollar

3267
01:36:52,564 --> 01:36:53,164
behind back infrastructure that

3268
01:36:53,164 --> 01:36:53,765
would because the way to

3269
01:36:53,765 --> 01:36:56,165
construct the people do

3270
01:36:57,680 --> 01:36:57,869
budgeting is the only fix I

3271
01:36:57,869 --> 01:36:58,603
thing in front of them and they

3272
01:36:58,603 --> 01:36:59,271
leave the infrastructure behind

3273
01:36:59,271 --> 01:37:02,871
Years later we still try to

3274
01:37:03,608 --> 01:37:04,308
catch up on that.

3275
01:37:04,308 --> 01:37:05,430
So in the same situation that

3276
01:37:05,430 --> 01:37:08,430
we have today different numbers

3277
01:37:10,882 --> 01:37:11,550
Jason same budget MAY have

3278
01:37:11,550 --> 01:37:12,250
Gloria did only focusing on

3279
01:37:12,250 --> 01:37:12,917
fixing the little thing about

3280
01:37:12,917 --> 01:37:15,253
the pain but not worry about

3281
01:37:15,253 --> 01:37:15,921
the infrastructure investment

3282
01:37:15,921 --> 01:37:16,254
of the youth, about art and

3283
01:37:16,254 --> 01:37:17,122
culture.

3284
01:37:17,122 --> 01:37:20,722
People come to San Diego for

3285
01:37:21,359 --> 01:37:22,227
that.

3286
01:37:22,227 --> 01:37:22,661
You want to bring more revenue

3287
01:37:22,661 --> 01:37:24,661
into the city.

3288
01:37:27,433 --> 01:37:27,832
You want to not cut the arts

3289
01:37:27,832 --> 01:37:28,567
and culture.

3290
01:37:28,567 --> 01:37:29,000
You want to bring the toys here

3291
01:37:29,000 --> 01:37:29,767
and the youth.

3292
01:37:29,767 --> 01:37:33,967
If we don't take care of them

3293
01:37:34,939 --> 01:37:35,674
now can you later you will have

3294
01:37:35,674 --> 01:37:36,375
a generation of people that you

3295
01:37:36,375 --> 01:37:36,674
will have no power to support

3296
01:37:36,674 --> 01:37:37,376
them.

3297
01:37:37,376 --> 01:37:40,376
>> Over time we conclude board

3298
01:37:42,481 --> 01:37:43,415
economy one.

3299
01:37:43,415 --> 01:37:43,715
>> Hello Council My name is Amy

3300
01:37:43,715 --> 01:37:45,715
Quinn.

3301
01:37:47,385 --> 01:37:47,693
I am a resident of the District

3302
01:37:47,693 --> 01:37:48,387
nine.

3303
01:37:48,387 --> 01:37:51,387
I work with youth high

3304
01:37:53,324 --> 01:37:53,992
schoolers as a college advisor

3305
01:37:53,992 --> 01:37:57,592
to make sure that they are

3306
01:37:58,230 --> 01:37:59,397
college ready, that they are

3307
01:37:59,397 --> 01:38:04,197
ready to find a job and be just

3308
01:38:05,504 --> 01:38:06,237
overall adults.

3309
01:38:06,237 --> 01:38:06,972
The cuts to libraries are going

3310
01:38:06,972 --> 01:38:07,472
to massively impacting students

3311
01:38:07,472 --> 01:38:09,872
that I work with.

3312
01:38:11,677 --> 01:38:12,311
I have so many students from

3313
01:38:12,311 --> 01:38:12,945
low income title title one

3314
01:38:12,945 --> 01:38:15,345
schools who are struggling

3315
01:38:18,250 --> 01:38:18,851
because they can't find proper

3316
01:38:18,851 --> 01:38:19,651
Wi-Fi to do their fafsa.

3317
01:38:19,651 --> 01:38:20,118
>> Like how are they going to

3318
01:38:20,118 --> 01:38:22,118
pay for college?

3319
01:38:24,990 --> 01:38:25,424
We need more investment into

3320
01:38:25,424 --> 01:38:26,910
our libraries.

3321
01:38:26,910 --> 01:38:26,391
Our students can be college

3322
01:38:26,391 --> 01:38:28,391
ready.

3323
01:38:30,162 --> 01:38:30,763
We they do not need police to

3324
01:38:30,763 --> 01:38:31,163
be there when they need

3325
01:38:31,163 --> 01:38:33,163
mentorship.

3326
01:38:36,670 --> 01:38:36,835
They need teachers.

3327
01:38:36,835 --> 01:38:37,436
They need adults to be with

3328
01:38:37,436 --> 01:38:40,436
them and teach them how

3329
01:38:42,975 --> 01:38:43,508
the world is, how to be how to

3330
01:38:43,508 --> 01:38:45,508
navigate this world.

3331
01:38:48,380 --> 01:38:48,681
>> Thank you Mariam.

3332
01:38:48,681 --> 01:38:50,681
Hello.

3333
01:38:54,887 --> 01:38:55,587
My name is Maria Hinojosa and I

3334
01:38:55,587 --> 01:38:55,887
live in City Council District

3335
01:38:55,887 --> 01:38:56,521
nine.

3336
01:38:56,521 --> 01:39:00,121
I'm here with you as well.

3337
01:39:00,759 --> 01:39:01,459
The proposed elimination of

3338
01:39:01,459 --> 01:39:02,940
the Office of Child and Youth

3339
01:39:02,940 --> 01:39:02,694
Success because it is your

3340
01:39:02,694 --> 01:39:04,694
$50,000 program that has

3341
01:39:06,131 --> 01:39:08,131
already secured over $3.7

3342
01:39:10,402 --> 01:39:11,270
million in external funding and

3343
01:39:11,270 --> 01:39:12,370
return of more than 10 to 1.

3344
01:39:12,370 --> 01:39:14,437
That includes $2 million for

3345
01:39:15,707 --> 01:39:16,375
childcare expansion and $1.3

3346
01:39:16,375 --> 01:39:16,709
million for refugee student

3347
01:39:16,709 --> 01:39:17,376
support.

3348
01:39:17,376 --> 01:39:19,776
Eliminating this office puts

3349
01:39:21,280 --> 01:39:21,980
millions of dollars and

3350
01:39:21,980 --> 01:39:22,281
hundreds of childcare slots at

3351
01:39:22,281 --> 01:39:22,882
risk.

3352
01:39:22,882 --> 01:39:24,882
Childcare already costs

3353
01:39:27,860 --> 01:39:27,386
families about $17,000 per

3354
01:39:27,386 --> 01:39:28,870
year.

3355
01:39:28,870 --> 01:39:31,870
With supply drops, costs rise

3356
01:39:32,570 --> 01:39:32,724
and access decline forcing

3357
01:39:32,724 --> 01:39:33,325
parents out of the workforce

3358
01:39:33,325 --> 01:39:33,959
and increasing economic

3359
01:39:33,959 --> 01:39:35,959
instability reducing youth

3360
01:39:38,197 --> 01:39:38,897
services also increases

3361
01:39:38,897 --> 01:39:39,565
the risk of youth homelessness

3362
01:39:39,565 --> 01:39:41,965
and long term disconnection

3363
01:39:43,869 --> 01:39:44,302
which carries far higher public

3364
01:39:44,302 --> 01:39:44,936
costs.

3365
01:39:44,936 --> 01:39:45,503
Are we prepared to accept

3366
01:39:45,503 --> 01:39:46,171
higher rates of youth

3367
01:39:46,171 --> 01:39:49,171
homelessness as a result of

3368
01:39:50,175 --> 01:39:50,776
this cut?

3369
01:39:50,776 --> 01:39:51,444
>> Are we really?

3370
01:39:51,444 --> 01:39:52,110
I urge you to restore

3371
01:39:52,110 --> 01:39:52,445
the spirit of 80,000 dollar

3372
01:39:52,445 --> 01:39:54,445
budget.

3373
01:39:57,983 --> 01:40:00,983
Thank you Andrea Nicole and

3374
01:40:02,421 --> 01:40:02,721
Nicole Alexander Castillo.

3375
01:40:02,721 --> 01:40:04,721
Hello.

3376
01:40:08,927 --> 01:40:09,661
My name is Alex Castillo on

3377
01:40:09,661 --> 01:40:10,329
the constituent from Youth from

3378
01:40:10,329 --> 01:40:10,830
District eight and I'm here

3379
01:40:10,830 --> 01:40:13,230
with you as well.

3380
01:40:15,201 --> 01:40:15,735
Do not cut the office of child

3381
01:40:15,735 --> 01:40:16,468
and Youth success.

3382
01:40:16,468 --> 01:40:17,360
Oh see why helps families in

3383
01:40:17,360 --> 01:40:19,436
San Diego by providing

3384
01:40:20,839 --> 01:40:21,307
recreational educational career

3385
01:40:21,307 --> 01:40:22,410
opportunities.

3386
01:40:22,410 --> 01:40:22,675
This is an investment for youth

3387
01:40:22,675 --> 01:40:23,376
and families When you are

3388
01:40:23,376 --> 01:40:26,976
ripping away from them it's a

3389
01:40:27,146 --> 01:40:27,813
slap in the face to San Diego

3390
01:40:27,813 --> 01:40:28,514
families in favor of police

3391
01:40:28,514 --> 01:40:29,215
spending and surveillance that

3392
01:40:29,215 --> 01:40:32,215
many community members do not

3393
01:40:33,118 --> 01:40:33,753
want Family members of San

3394
01:40:33,753 --> 01:40:34,386
Diego need assistance when

3395
01:40:34,386 --> 01:40:34,819
the cost of living goes up

3396
01:40:34,819 --> 01:40:35,521
substantially.

3397
01:40:35,521 --> 01:40:38,521
Gas prices, food prices, rent

3398
01:40:40,920 --> 01:40:40,659
prices it becomes more and more

3399
01:40:40,659 --> 01:40:41,360
challenging to pay for

3400
01:40:41,360 --> 01:40:42,600
childcare and the only way is

3401
01:40:42,600 --> 01:40:45,600
bridging that gap through with

3402
01:40:45,765 --> 01:40:46,599
childcare initiatives.

3403
01:40:46,599 --> 01:40:47,299
San Diego youth need to feel

3404
01:40:47,299 --> 01:40:47,900
supported when day in, day out

3405
01:40:47,900 --> 01:40:50,300
they feel more isolated,

3406
01:40:53,720 --> 01:40:53,738
overwhelmed by schoolwork, by

3407
01:40:53,738 --> 01:40:54,407
obligations, by growing up.

3408
01:40:54,407 --> 01:40:54,974
The O.C. Might ask you about

3409
01:40:54,974 --> 01:40:57,374
support in print Why?

3410
01:40:57,844 --> 01:40:58,644
Oh why?

3411
01:40:58,644 --> 01:40:59,345
If yes you are neglecting your

3412
01:40:59,345 --> 01:40:59,912
constituents remember you are

3413
01:40:59,912 --> 01:41:02,312
employed to serve us.

3414
01:41:09,870 --> 01:41:09,789
Thank you Christine very just

3415
01:41:09,789 --> 01:41:10,556
and very after Tristan we have

3416
01:41:10,556 --> 01:41:13,556
Carmen Penaloza Valdez If you

3417
01:41:14,894 --> 01:41:15,561
already speak in please return

3418
01:41:15,561 --> 01:41:18,561
to your seats Spoken Carmen

3419
01:41:22,168 --> 01:41:22,802
Penaloza Valdez some of about

3420
01:41:22,802 --> 01:41:25,202
four though Carly Navarro,

3421
01:41:27,574 --> 01:41:28,274
Ashley Tongue, Paloma and Mango

3422
01:41:28,274 --> 01:41:31,274
Berliner Ramirez Ali are known

3423
01:41:32,712 --> 01:41:33,679
as making payroll and Shay

3424
01:41:33,679 --> 01:41:34,314
James I think is what it is If

3425
01:41:34,314 --> 01:41:34,947
you can please come up to

3426
01:41:34,947 --> 01:41:37,347
the yellow reserved seats

3427
01:41:37,917 --> 01:41:38,384
Interesting You come up to

3428
01:41:38,384 --> 01:41:38,918
the microphone.

3429
01:41:38,918 --> 01:41:39,686
>> Thank you.

3430
01:41:39,686 --> 01:41:43,286
Hello my name is Kristen Berry

3431
01:41:44,491 --> 01:41:45,391
and I'm a youth organizer here

3432
01:41:45,391 --> 01:41:45,792
in San Diego and I'm here with

3433
01:41:45,792 --> 01:41:46,526
you as well.

3434
01:41:46,526 --> 01:41:47,590
Please do not cut the office of

3435
01:41:47,590 --> 01:41:49,590
child need success.

3436
01:41:49,295 --> 01:41:49,963
Uscis is essential and is

3437
01:41:49,963 --> 01:41:50,530
essential infrastructure and

3438
01:41:50,530 --> 01:41:51,231
cross-departmental for

3439
01:41:51,231 --> 01:41:51,931
cross-departmental and outside

3440
01:41:51,931 --> 01:41:54,331
agency coordination to ensure

3441
01:41:56,369 --> 01:41:56,769
youth well-being is a priority

3442
01:41:56,769 --> 01:41:57,470
in the city.

3443
01:41:57,470 --> 01:41:58,204
Jose Baez does an amazing job

3444
01:41:58,204 --> 01:42:00,604
of encouraging civic engagement

3445
01:42:02,275 --> 01:42:02,908
which is critical for everyone

3446
01:42:02,908 --> 01:42:03,610
to influence the city's

3447
01:42:03,610 --> 01:42:04,177
decisions and visions through

3448
01:42:04,177 --> 01:42:04,611
through both voice and

3449
01:42:04,611 --> 01:42:05,278
partnerships.

3450
01:42:05,278 --> 01:42:06,880
Hundreds of young people now

3451
01:42:06,880 --> 01:42:07,614
understand who

3452
01:42:07,614 --> 01:42:08,314
the representatives are and how

3453
01:42:08,314 --> 01:42:09,480
to get involved with the main

3454
01:42:09,480 --> 01:42:12,480
functionalities of the city and

3455
01:42:13,720 --> 01:42:14,454
what it's responsible for.

3456
01:42:14,454 --> 01:42:15,155
Additionally, the youth mission

3457
01:42:15,155 --> 01:42:15,821
needs authentic and dedicated

3458
01:42:15,821 --> 01:42:16,556
support that mainly Jose y.

3459
01:42:16,556 --> 01:42:19,492
S leadership has been providing

3460
01:42:19,492 --> 01:42:20,226
continuously.

3461
01:42:20,226 --> 01:42:20,894
At this point you have heard

3462
01:42:20,894 --> 01:42:21,527
from multiple commissioners

3463
01:42:21,527 --> 01:42:22,261
past and present about how

3464
01:42:22,261 --> 01:42:24,964
needed that leadership has been

3465
01:42:24,964 --> 01:42:25,865
and still is.

3466
01:42:25,865 --> 01:42:26,566
That is why I'm urging the city

3467
01:42:26,566 --> 01:42:29,566
to restore the director level

3468
01:42:32,720 --> 01:42:32,706
leadership for O.C. Y us

3469
01:42:32,706 --> 01:42:33,339
Maintain O.C. White House

3470
01:42:33,339 --> 01:42:34,400
operational budget of for

3471
01:42:34,400 --> 01:42:36,440
$350,000 retain those who hire

3472
01:42:37,844 --> 01:42:38,545
staff and prioritize employee

3473
01:42:38,545 --> 01:42:39,279
and empower interns to support

3474
01:42:39,279 --> 01:42:39,946
the understaffed operations and

3475
01:42:39,946 --> 01:42:42,150
divest from surveillance and

3476
01:42:42,150 --> 01:42:45,615
into youth programs like O.C.

3477
01:42:47,187 --> 01:42:47,687
Waste including Carmen Carmen

3478
01:42:47,687 --> 01:42:49,687
for social work.

3479
01:42:53,793 --> 01:42:54,950
Make sure you all can see that

3480
01:42:54,950 --> 01:42:54,494
.

3481
01:42:54,494 --> 01:42:55,328
>> Okay.

3482
01:42:55,328 --> 01:42:55,962
Hi, my name is Carmen and I'm a

3483
01:42:55,962 --> 01:42:56,662
resident of District nine.

3484
01:42:56,662 --> 01:43:00,262
I serve as a policy research

3485
01:43:00,333 --> 01:43:01,340
intern at Youth Well and I'm

3486
01:43:01,340 --> 01:43:01,500
here to comment on the mayor's

3487
01:43:01,500 --> 01:43:02,102
proposed budget.

3488
01:43:02,102 --> 01:43:02,769
Do not cut the office or

3489
01:43:02,769 --> 01:43:05,169
challenging youth access San

3490
01:43:06,172 --> 01:43:06,807
Diego youth families and their

3491
01:43:06,807 --> 01:43:07,273
children deserve more than

3492
01:43:07,273 --> 01:43:07,874
empty promises.

3493
01:43:07,874 --> 01:43:08,541
They deserve meaningful

3494
01:43:08,541 --> 01:43:10,941
investments in their future

3495
01:43:12,712 --> 01:43:13,447
such as childcare, access,

3496
01:43:13,447 --> 01:43:14,140
civic engagement, education and

3497
01:43:14,140 --> 01:43:14,681
workforce development.

3498
01:43:14,681 --> 01:43:18,151
Those why it has not really

3499
01:43:18,151 --> 01:43:18,752
been getting involved in

3500
01:43:18,752 --> 01:43:19,352
bridging the gap between

3501
01:43:19,352 --> 01:43:20,530
government and workforce

3502
01:43:20,530 --> 01:43:20,687
agencies You are continuously

3503
01:43:20,687 --> 01:43:23,870
talking about housing and

3504
01:43:24,991 --> 01:43:25,625
affordability in the city but

3505
01:43:25,625 --> 01:43:26,226
we also need to emphasize

3506
01:43:26,226 --> 01:43:26,827
the wages and employment

3507
01:43:26,827 --> 01:43:28,827
opportunities lacking in

3508
01:43:30,564 --> 01:43:31,230
the region specifically for

3509
01:43:31,230 --> 01:43:31,798
the thousands of unemployed

3510
01:43:31,798 --> 01:43:32,432
youth that there are.

3511
01:43:32,432 --> 01:43:36,320
I urge the city to restore

3512
01:43:36,569 --> 01:43:37,170
the director level leadership

3513
01:43:37,170 --> 01:43:37,737
for oas maintain

3514
01:43:37,737 --> 01:43:38,438
the operational budget

3515
01:43:38,438 --> 01:43:41,438
meritorious that there was no

3516
01:43:43,110 --> 01:43:43,710
revenue but there was grants

3517
01:43:43,710 --> 01:43:44,344
totaling 3.7 million in

3518
01:43:44,344 --> 01:43:46,744
external revenue to apply

3519
01:43:48,848 --> 01:43:49,283
retain staff and prioritize

3520
01:43:49,283 --> 01:43:50,170
their interns.

3521
01:43:50,170 --> 01:43:52,417
Cancel the $2 million contract.

3522
01:43:53,687 --> 01:43:54,655
Divest from surveillance

3523
01:43:54,655 --> 01:43:57,655
creeping in as we review

3524
01:44:06,400 --> 01:44:06,867
somewhere.

3525
01:44:06,867 --> 01:44:07,400
Good afternoon.

3526
01:44:07,400 --> 01:44:09,800
My name is Michael.

3527
01:44:11,972 --> 01:44:12,639
I'm a resident of District

3528
01:44:12,639 --> 01:44:13,106
seven usual intern and a

3529
01:44:13,106 --> 01:44:13,807
student at lsu.

3530
01:44:13,807 --> 01:44:16,807
Please do not shadows yourself

3531
01:44:17,811 --> 01:44:18,378
in this office Supports you

3532
01:44:18,378 --> 01:44:19,120
when we increase your

3533
01:44:19,120 --> 01:44:19,679
opportunities and makes a

3534
01:44:19,679 --> 01:44:20,213
difference this matter to me

3535
01:44:20,213 --> 01:44:22,613
personally I live in

3536
01:44:25,118 --> 01:44:25,819
Afghanistan where many you have

3537
01:44:25,819 --> 01:44:26,320
no support, no safe space and

3538
01:44:26,320 --> 01:44:26,887
no opportunities.

3539
01:44:26,887 --> 01:44:27,554
I've seen consequences

3540
01:44:27,554 --> 01:44:28,889
struggle, fear and sometimes

3541
01:44:28,889 --> 01:44:29,523
crime because there is no other

3542
01:44:29,523 --> 01:44:30,257
option here in San Diego.

3543
01:44:30,257 --> 01:44:30,691
I don't want you to feel

3544
01:44:30,691 --> 01:44:32,691
the same way.

3545
01:44:35,461 --> 01:44:36,130
As a student I'm learning that

3546
01:44:36,130 --> 01:44:36,630
no action can last without a

3547
01:44:36,630 --> 01:44:38,630
strong conviction.

3548
01:44:40,901 --> 01:44:41,868
So I ask everyone specifically

3549
01:44:41,868 --> 01:44:42,603
How would you feel if I build a

3550
01:44:42,603 --> 01:44:43,170
building for you in future with

3551
01:44:43,170 --> 01:44:45,570
high and beautiful top

3552
01:44:47,275 --> 01:44:48,420
foundation with you to us then

3553
01:44:48,420 --> 01:44:48,708
live in it And I am confident

3554
01:44:48,708 --> 01:44:49,376
because it will collapse And

3555
01:44:49,376 --> 01:44:52,376
that's exactly how what will

3556
01:44:52,546 --> 01:44:53,247
happen with our community

3557
01:44:53,247 --> 01:44:53,980
Removing the foundation by

3558
01:44:53,980 --> 01:44:54,682
cutting youth support will cost

3559
01:44:54,682 --> 01:44:59,482
a lot in future if you want to

3560
01:44:59,887 --> 01:45:00,587
San Diego to try when we must

3561
01:45:00,587 --> 01:45:03,524
invest and condition Are you

3562
01:45:03,524 --> 01:45:04,223
better than a basement where

3563
01:45:04,223 --> 01:45:04,824
more than 20 potential horses

3564
01:45:04,824 --> 01:45:07,224
future Thank you Carlito

3565
01:45:15,436 --> 01:45:16,700
Navarro Hello council members

3566
01:45:16,700 --> 01:45:16,870
My name is Carla Navarro.

3567
01:45:16,870 --> 01:45:20,470
I'm a second year student at

3568
01:45:21,775 --> 01:45:22,475
Miramar College, resident of

3569
01:45:22,475 --> 01:45:23,110
District nine and here with me

3570
01:45:23,110 --> 01:45:23,777
three county council and a

3571
01:45:23,777 --> 01:45:26,777
college student I have seen

3572
01:45:27,147 --> 01:45:27,815
the essential parks and

3573
01:45:27,815 --> 01:45:28,449
libraries have become such a

3574
01:45:28,449 --> 01:45:29,149
space for our young folks,

3575
01:45:29,149 --> 01:45:29,483
especially our American Youth

3576
01:45:29,483 --> 01:45:31,483
Council.

3577
01:45:33,454 --> 01:45:34,121
We love to have so many

3578
01:45:34,121 --> 01:45:34,722
projects there and currently

3579
01:45:34,722 --> 01:45:37,122
have our Jeremy Henwood

3580
01:45:38,959 --> 01:45:39,827
Rehabilitation project.

3581
01:45:39,827 --> 01:45:40,494
This is a space where you can

3582
01:45:40,494 --> 01:45:43,494
go to study access internet,

3583
01:45:45,699 --> 01:45:46,300
connect with friends and you'll

3584
01:45:46,300 --> 01:45:46,967
see for after school.

3585
01:45:46,967 --> 01:45:47,701
For many students such as

3586
01:45:47,701 --> 01:45:50,701
myself these spaces have become

3587
01:45:51,172 --> 01:45:51,906
a means of public support and

3588
01:45:51,906 --> 01:45:52,473
provide a tool for learning for

3589
01:45:52,473 --> 01:45:54,873
many students as well

3590
01:45:56,610 --> 01:45:57,110
especially with those resources

3591
01:45:57,110 --> 01:45:57,578
at home.

3592
01:45:57,578 --> 01:45:58,212
When this proposal of

3593
01:45:58,212 --> 01:45:58,946
the budget came out I was

3594
01:45:58,946 --> 01:46:01,346
extremely disappointed and even

3595
01:46:03,383 --> 01:46:04,251
worried me.

3596
01:46:04,251 --> 01:46:04,952
I have grown up around these

3597
01:46:04,952 --> 01:46:05,653
projects also Jeremy Memorial

3598
01:46:05,653 --> 01:46:09,123
Park and throughout the park I

3599
01:46:09,123 --> 01:46:09,790
always remember playing on

3600
01:46:09,790 --> 01:46:10,491
the play structures as a kid

3601
01:46:10,491 --> 01:46:11,192
and slowly growing up hanging

3602
01:46:11,192 --> 01:46:14,192
out with multiple friends and

3603
01:46:14,395 --> 01:46:14,661
now use these parks to walk or

3604
01:46:14,661 --> 01:46:15,329
run.

3605
01:46:15,329 --> 01:46:15,629
>> These spaces have really

3606
01:46:15,629 --> 01:46:17,629
grown.

3607
01:46:26,400 --> 01:46:26,807
Thank you Ashley Hello.

3608
01:46:26,807 --> 01:46:27,675
Hello, my name is Ashley Tang

3609
01:46:27,675 --> 01:46:31,875
and I'm a youth and resident at

3610
01:46:32,213 --> 01:46:32,914
City Heights in District nine

3611
01:46:32,914 --> 01:46:33,647
representing the City Council

3612
01:46:33,647 --> 01:46:36,647
youth councils and the students

3613
01:46:38,118 --> 01:46:38,719
at school right now and so we

3614
01:46:38,719 --> 01:46:39,420
came here today against

3615
01:46:39,420 --> 01:46:40,870
the budget cuts that will harm

3616
01:46:40,870 --> 01:46:43,870
our park staff like gardens

3617
01:46:44,292 --> 01:46:44,992
that tend to the classes people

3618
01:46:44,992 --> 01:46:45,693
maintain the spaces that will

3619
01:46:45,693 --> 01:46:46,360
in turn nurture the sprouts of

3620
01:46:46,360 --> 01:46:49,360
youth Every day they devote

3621
01:46:50,331 --> 01:46:51,320
their energy to ensure

3622
01:46:51,320 --> 01:46:51,699
the quality and the safety of

3623
01:46:51,699 --> 01:46:52,366
spaces for youth to connect

3624
01:46:52,366 --> 01:46:54,766
with the community exercise,

3625
01:46:57,104 --> 01:46:57,504
play and simply enjoy time with

3626
01:46:57,504 --> 01:46:58,206
loved ones.

3627
01:46:58,206 --> 01:46:58,906
Playing staff will only bring

3628
01:46:58,906 --> 01:47:01,306
about new threats endangering

3629
01:47:03,377 --> 01:47:04,450
the safety of parks and

3630
01:47:04,450 --> 01:47:04,712
the pollution of youth like

3631
01:47:04,712 --> 01:47:05,279
their weeds growing through

3632
01:47:05,279 --> 01:47:08,279
the cracks of the Met.

3633
01:47:08,483 --> 01:47:09,117
So we ask you to continue

3634
01:47:09,117 --> 01:47:09,783
funding for the parks and

3635
01:47:09,783 --> 01:47:10,485
libraries and the recreation

3636
01:47:10,485 --> 01:47:10,984
department if you advocate for

3637
01:47:10,984 --> 01:47:11,719
the city's future.

3638
01:47:11,719 --> 01:47:13,719
Thank you.

3639
01:47:16,324 --> 01:47:17,391
Thank you Paloma.

3640
01:47:17,391 --> 01:47:20,391
>> None of them well enough

3641
01:47:23,564 --> 01:47:24,464
members Hello Honorable Council

3642
01:47:24,464 --> 01:47:28,664
member I am here on behalf of

3643
01:47:29,604 --> 01:47:30,271
African and our Youth Council.

3644
01:47:30,271 --> 01:47:30,972
The Mayor in the event today

3645
01:47:30,972 --> 01:47:33,372
highlighted the ongoing shared

3646
01:47:35,900 --> 01:47:35,610
concern about the deterioration

3647
01:47:35,610 --> 01:47:37,610
of city infrastructure.

3648
01:47:38,726 --> 01:47:38,895
One of the places we see this

3649
01:47:38,895 --> 01:47:41,115
is in the backlog of backlog of

3650
01:47:41,115 --> 01:47:41,916
park repairs cutting

3651
01:47:41,916 --> 01:47:42,617
the maintenance staff and other

3652
01:47:42,617 --> 01:47:43,351
key positions in the Parks and

3653
01:47:43,351 --> 01:47:46,351
Rec department will only worsen

3654
01:47:46,521 --> 01:47:47,220
poor conditions and increase

3655
01:47:47,220 --> 01:47:47,889
the cost of eventual repairs.

3656
01:47:47,889 --> 01:47:48,622
I have an alternative cut to

3657
01:47:48,622 --> 01:47:52,222
proposed cut the amount of time

3658
01:47:53,928 --> 01:47:54,496
and the amount of money it

3659
01:47:54,496 --> 01:47:55,129
takes to repair parks.

3660
01:47:55,129 --> 01:47:57,865
Do you know how long it's

3661
01:47:57,865 --> 01:47:58,566
taking to fix one park in City

3662
01:47:58,566 --> 01:47:59,134
Heights five years and $4

3663
01:47:59,134 --> 01:47:59,534
million to replace two

3664
01:47:59,534 --> 01:48:01,534
playgrounds?

3665
01:48:03,805 --> 01:48:04,205
It's too much time and it's too

3666
01:48:04,205 --> 01:48:04,906
much money.

3667
01:48:04,906 --> 01:48:05,539
You need to implement a leaner

3668
01:48:05,539 --> 01:48:07,939
process for small capital

3669
01:48:09,430 --> 01:48:10,100
improvements.

3670
01:48:10,100 --> 01:48:10,578
We believe this can be done by

3671
01:48:10,578 --> 01:48:11,211
authorizing the Parks

3672
01:48:11,211 --> 01:48:14,211
Department to take care of

3673
01:48:15,617 --> 01:48:16,317
minor repairs in House grant

3674
01:48:16,317 --> 01:48:17,180
that grant them direct access

3675
01:48:17,180 --> 01:48:20,618
to a deputy city engineer and

3676
01:48:21,822 --> 01:48:22,290
protect the park parks asset

3677
01:48:22,290 --> 01:48:22,791
management team.

3678
01:48:22,791 --> 01:48:24,791
>> Thank you, Ali.

3679
01:48:29,931 --> 01:48:30,832
All the honor after Ali we have

3680
01:48:30,832 --> 01:48:34,432
as me control Daryl James Tiana

3681
01:48:34,969 --> 01:48:35,770
affair Pat Wilson Nadia Kean

3682
01:48:35,770 --> 01:48:38,770
Are you Cara Vetter Mike

3683
01:48:40,375 --> 01:48:40,909
Warburton, Holly Martin and

3684
01:48:40,909 --> 01:48:41,610
Christine Martinez.

3685
01:48:41,610 --> 01:48:42,430
If you can all please come to

3686
01:48:42,430 --> 01:48:44,430
the front row.

3687
01:48:45,881 --> 01:48:46,815
Please proceed.

3688
01:48:46,815 --> 01:48:47,616
>> Hello, I am 19 and I'm from

3689
01:48:47,616 --> 01:48:51,216
Chula Vista who use your social

3690
01:48:52,988 --> 01:48:53,688
work organizations If you cut

3691
01:48:53,688 --> 01:48:54,122
these programs are coming from

3692
01:48:54,122 --> 01:48:54,856
other cities.

3693
01:48:54,856 --> 01:48:55,290
I know you have trouble up here

3694
01:48:55,290 --> 01:48:57,290
for resources.

3695
01:48:59,961 --> 01:49:00,295
You are directly cutting my

3696
01:49:00,295 --> 01:49:01,290
support.

3697
01:49:01,290 --> 01:49:01,763
Are you from a low income home?

3698
01:49:01,763 --> 01:49:02,263
Do you want to affect the youth

3699
01:49:02,263 --> 01:49:04,398
in a negative way?

3700
01:49:04,398 --> 01:49:05,660
Cutting support for youth

3701
01:49:05,660 --> 01:49:05,634
creates youth crimes and low

3702
01:49:05,634 --> 01:49:06,334
mental health support.

3703
01:49:06,334 --> 01:49:09,934
You are going to raise police

3704
01:49:10,172 --> 01:49:10,872
by at the same time raise

3705
01:49:10,872 --> 01:49:11,606
crimes a never ending problem.

3706
01:49:11,606 --> 01:49:15,806
The more you cut art and youth,

3707
01:49:16,143 --> 01:49:16,912
the more people show up.

3708
01:49:16,912 --> 01:49:17,546
Your arts are for the youth and

3709
01:49:17,546 --> 01:49:18,212
adults so cutting art will

3710
01:49:18,212 --> 01:49:20,612
create mental health crisis

3711
01:49:21,983 --> 01:49:22,651
along crime.

3712
01:49:22,651 --> 01:49:23,318
Is that what you want?

3713
01:49:23,318 --> 01:49:24,520
Do you Are you here for

3714
01:49:24,520 --> 01:49:28,900
the people You want to be noble

3715
01:49:28,900 --> 01:49:28,790
You want to make things right.

3716
01:49:28,790 --> 01:49:29,491
That's why you're here, right?

3717
01:49:29,491 --> 01:49:32,491
Here's a suggestion like you

3718
01:49:34,129 --> 01:49:34,696
requested even though it's your

3719
01:49:34,696 --> 01:49:35,296
job how can we cut

3720
01:49:35,296 --> 01:49:35,630
the additional money you

3721
01:49:35,630 --> 01:49:36,297
receive?

3722
01:49:36,297 --> 01:49:39,897
Be minimum wage Know how we

3723
01:49:40,680 --> 01:49:40,802
feel and then maybe you'll see

3724
01:49:40,802 --> 01:49:41,536
why we fight the way we do Want

3725
01:49:41,536 --> 01:49:45,736
to make a cut Cut your paycheck

3726
01:49:46,700 --> 01:49:46,808
and be for people.

3727
01:49:46,808 --> 01:49:47,541
>> I would also like to say

3728
01:49:47,541 --> 01:49:48,243
that I'm here as well with with

3729
01:49:48,243 --> 01:49:48,643
the account I'm here with you

3730
01:49:48,643 --> 01:49:49,511
for support.

3731
01:49:49,511 --> 01:49:52,511
Thank you for that conclusion

3732
01:49:53,648 --> 01:49:58,448
And as me control as we can I

3733
01:49:59,487 --> 01:50:03,870
don't know as we wouldn't be

3734
01:50:05,527 --> 01:50:09,127
coming in from other room slash

3735
01:50:12,234 --> 01:50:17,139
Shea James as h a y I think it

3736
01:50:17,139 --> 01:50:17,439
says dreams straight dreams No,

3737
01:50:17,439 --> 01:50:17,939
no.

3738
01:50:17,939 --> 01:50:19,939
Show your dreams.

3739
01:50:26,848 --> 01:50:29,848
Your dreams Tiana Affair An

3740
01:50:32,954 --> 01:50:33,355
affair.

3741
01:50:33,355 --> 01:50:33,756
Okay.

3742
01:50:33,756 --> 01:50:34,156
Pat Wilson.

3743
01:50:34,156 --> 01:50:36,156
Pat Wilson.

3744
01:50:38,761 --> 01:50:39,227
You have time to go to my emcee

3745
01:50:39,227 --> 01:50:39,828
for all day.

3746
01:50:39,828 --> 01:50:40,462
Thank you very much.

3747
01:50:40,462 --> 01:50:42,862
You are all day.

3748
01:50:43,498 --> 01:50:43,966
You'll have two minutes.

3749
01:50:43,966 --> 01:50:44,333
Please proceed.

3750
01:50:44,333 --> 01:50:45,134
Thank you.

3751
01:50:45,134 --> 01:50:48,134
This is a cowardly budget

3752
01:50:49,400 --> 01:50:49,672
proposal.

3753
01:50:49,672 --> 01:50:50,338
Instead of shifting through

3754
01:50:50,338 --> 01:50:50,973
bloated department budgets,

3755
01:50:50,973 --> 01:50:53,973
finding access to trim and

3756
01:50:55,900 --> 01:50:55,711
making equal investments in

3757
01:50:55,711 --> 01:50:56,378
city services that keep people

3758
01:50:56,378 --> 01:50:59,978
safe and give them hope for

3759
01:51:00,282 --> 01:51:01,500
the future, the mayor has gone

3760
01:51:01,500 --> 01:51:01,717
back to his tried and true

3761
01:51:01,717 --> 01:51:02,383
tactics giving more money to

3762
01:51:02,383 --> 01:51:04,783
the powerful departments at

3763
01:51:06,789 --> 01:51:07,156
the expense of the others as

3764
01:51:07,156 --> 01:51:07,856
presented.

3765
01:51:07,856 --> 01:51:11,456
This proposal does what it has

3766
01:51:11,727 --> 01:51:12,460
always done tie up all but a

3767
01:51:12,460 --> 01:51:13,161
tiny bit of the general fund

3768
01:51:13,161 --> 01:51:13,461
leaving scraps for us to fight

3769
01:51:13,461 --> 01:51:15,461
over.

3770
01:51:17,650 --> 01:51:17,833
We can do better.

3771
01:51:17,833 --> 01:51:18,534
You've asked us to find cuts

3772
01:51:18,534 --> 01:51:18,867
for any funding we'd like to

3773
01:51:18,867 --> 01:51:20,867
restore.

3774
01:51:23,338 --> 01:51:24,390
Fine.

3775
01:51:24,390 --> 01:51:24,706
Where's the detail department

3776
01:51:24,706 --> 01:51:24,974
Budget data How can I access

3777
01:51:24,974 --> 01:51:26,974
it?

3778
01:51:28,944 --> 01:51:29,578
The auditor's office recently

3779
01:51:29,578 --> 01:51:30,346
released data on the year

3780
01:51:30,346 --> 01:51:33,281
released to the audit of

3781
01:51:33,281 --> 01:51:33,616
the Police department after 26

3782
01:51:33,616 --> 01:51:34,283
budget.

3783
01:51:34,283 --> 01:51:37,883
Thank you very much for that

3784
01:51:38,754 --> 01:51:39,555
and reviewing that enabled me

3785
01:51:39,555 --> 01:51:40,288
to find expenses to look to

3786
01:51:40,288 --> 01:51:40,990
merit further review but I have

3787
01:51:40,990 --> 01:51:43,990
no insight into whether those

3788
01:51:44,859 --> 01:51:45,460
expenses were cut in making

3789
01:51:45,460 --> 01:51:46,228
this fiscal 27 proposal.

3790
01:51:46,228 --> 01:51:49,228
This whole process is too

3791
01:51:50,298 --> 01:51:51,670
opaque to the public.

3792
01:51:51,670 --> 01:51:51,434
I need you to ask the hard

3793
01:51:51,434 --> 01:51:53,434
questions.

3794
01:51:56,372 --> 01:51:56,939
Look behind the adjustments

3795
01:51:56,939 --> 01:51:57,339
presented and question

3796
01:51:57,339 --> 01:51:58,700
assumptions.

3797
01:51:58,700 --> 01:52:01,607
What is the mean the medium,

3798
01:52:02,411 --> 01:52:03,450
the mode cost of a fully loaded

3799
01:52:03,450 --> 01:52:05,445
law enforcement officer Is

3800
01:52:07,883 --> 01:52:08,651
overtime actually cheaper?

3801
01:52:08,651 --> 01:52:09,318
>> We'll talk soon about how

3802
01:52:09,318 --> 01:52:12,318
cuts to libraries, parks and

3803
01:52:13,122 --> 01:52:13,789
the arts are actively harmful

3804
01:52:13,789 --> 01:52:14,423
to San Diego residents.

3805
01:52:14,423 --> 01:52:14,724
You've already heard that

3806
01:52:14,724 --> 01:52:16,724
today.

3807
01:52:18,560 --> 01:52:19,295
I look forward to further

3808
01:52:19,295 --> 01:52:20,128
conversations along here and we

3809
01:52:20,128 --> 01:52:23,432
are willing to help you find

3810
01:52:23,432 --> 01:52:23,799
cuts if you will give us

3811
01:52:23,799 --> 01:52:25,799
the data.

3812
01:52:29,500 --> 01:52:31,500
>> Thank you Nadia.

3813
01:52:35,778 --> 01:52:36,579
Nadia Keen Are you?

3814
01:52:36,579 --> 01:52:36,913
>> Good afternoon City Council

3815
01:52:36,913 --> 01:52:37,680
members.

3816
01:52:37,680 --> 01:52:38,314
My name is Maria Uber and I am

3817
01:52:38,314 --> 01:52:39,548
the executive director of

3818
01:52:39,548 --> 01:52:40,382
Rainbow Spaces.

3819
01:52:40,382 --> 01:52:40,917
And in the five years of our

3820
01:52:40,917 --> 01:52:41,517
existence I have had

3821
01:52:41,517 --> 01:52:43,917
the privilege of seeing

3822
01:52:45,220 --> 01:52:45,922
the impact of city resources

3823
01:52:45,922 --> 01:52:46,622
firsthand and the partnerships

3824
01:52:46,622 --> 01:52:50,822
we share with the City of San

3825
01:52:51,260 --> 01:52:51,393
Diego libraries and rec

3826
01:52:51,393 --> 01:52:52,940
services.

3827
01:52:52,940 --> 01:52:52,762
>> It is difficult for me to

3828
01:52:52,762 --> 01:52:55,162
advocate for simply housing,

3829
01:52:56,298 --> 01:52:56,999
youth or art services as all

3830
01:52:56,999 --> 01:52:59,999
intersect to uplift our youth.

3831
01:53:02,338 --> 01:53:02,872
To cut these funds would impact

3832
01:53:02,872 --> 01:53:03,505
those youth that use

3833
01:53:03,505 --> 01:53:04,207
the downtown library as a

3834
01:53:04,207 --> 01:53:07,430
refuge from an existence that

3835
01:53:07,430 --> 01:53:07,777
no child should have to endure

3836
01:53:07,777 --> 01:53:08,244
in a resource rich metropolitan

3837
01:53:08,244 --> 01:53:10,244
like San Diego.

3838
01:53:12,915 --> 01:53:13,583
Just a few trolley stops For

3839
01:53:13,583 --> 01:53:14,117
there you'll find dozens of

3840
01:53:14,117 --> 01:53:14,684
youth to travel from

3841
01:53:14,684 --> 01:53:16,684
surrounding schools to

3842
01:53:17,420 --> 01:53:18,870
the Logan Heights libraries

3843
01:53:18,870 --> 01:53:18,721
where they access computers,

3844
01:53:18,721 --> 01:53:21,121
stem programs and homework

3845
01:53:23,326 --> 01:53:24,270
assistance.

3846
01:53:24,270 --> 01:53:24,727
I have seen librarians, rec

3847
01:53:24,727 --> 01:53:27,127
employees and nonprofits carry

3848
01:53:28,198 --> 01:53:28,898
the weight of mental health

3849
01:53:28,898 --> 01:53:29,532
supporters, food distributors,

3850
01:53:29,532 --> 01:53:32,532
school tutors and simply a

3851
01:53:35,171 --> 01:53:35,838
shoulder as our youth carry

3852
01:53:35,838 --> 01:53:36,539
the burden of an increasing

3853
01:53:36,539 --> 01:53:37,173
mentality that supporting our

3854
01:53:37,173 --> 01:53:39,573
community are a hindering

3855
01:53:41,277 --> 01:53:41,945
comment.

3856
01:53:41,945 --> 01:53:42,278
While supporting our rich is

3857
01:53:42,278 --> 01:53:42,812
growth.

3858
01:53:42,812 --> 01:53:45,212
Thank you for that.

3859
01:53:46,382 --> 01:53:47,830
Better better You have time to

3860
01:53:47,830 --> 01:53:47,382
buy Deja Conover Thank you so

3861
01:53:47,382 --> 01:53:47,984
much.

3862
01:53:47,984 --> 01:53:50,384
You'll have two minutes.

3863
01:53:50,987 --> 01:53:51,820
Please proceed.

3864
01:53:51,820 --> 01:53:52,488
>> Thank you for this time to

3865
01:53:52,488 --> 01:53:53,122
speak on how important city

3866
01:53:53,122 --> 01:53:56,158
funding is to the arts and

3867
01:53:56,158 --> 01:53:56,459
culture community here in San

3868
01:53:56,459 --> 01:53:57,426
Diego.

3869
01:53:57,426 --> 01:53:58,127
My name is Cara Better and I am

3870
01:53:58,127 --> 01:53:58,627
part of the leadership team at

3871
01:53:58,627 --> 01:54:01,270
the Museum of Us.

3872
01:54:01,631 --> 01:54:01,931
I'm also a resident of District

3873
01:54:01,931 --> 01:54:02,565
nine.

3874
01:54:02,565 --> 01:54:03,233
Our museum is committed to

3875
01:54:03,233 --> 01:54:05,633
removing access barriers so

3876
01:54:06,702 --> 01:54:07,370
that all community members can

3877
01:54:07,370 --> 01:54:07,937
participate in the arts and

3878
01:54:07,937 --> 01:54:08,638
culture of San Diego.

3879
01:54:08,638 --> 01:54:11,807
This past fiscal year we have

3880
01:54:11,807 --> 01:54:12,541
served over 115,000 visitors

3881
01:54:12,541 --> 01:54:14,941
with over 3600 students and

3882
01:54:17,914 --> 01:54:18,615
educators doing so through

3883
01:54:18,615 --> 01:54:21,150
scholarships and free educator

3884
01:54:21,183 --> 01:54:21,851
programs and 31,000 individuals

3885
01:54:21,851 --> 01:54:22,552
received free access through

3886
01:54:22,552 --> 01:54:24,952
our equitable access programs.

3887
01:54:27,257 --> 01:54:27,958
This work requires dedicated

3888
01:54:27,958 --> 01:54:28,625
funding and we have watched as

3889
01:54:28,625 --> 01:54:31,625
city grant funding for our

3890
01:54:32,195 --> 01:54:32,829
institution and others have

3891
01:54:32,829 --> 01:54:35,229
decreased year over year.

3892
01:54:36,933 --> 01:54:37,634
The cuts proposed to the 2027

3893
01:54:37,634 --> 01:54:40,634
budget dropped that number to

3894
01:54:41,404 --> 01:54:42,500
zero and will weaken our

3895
01:54:42,500 --> 01:54:42,705
ability to support our

3896
01:54:42,705 --> 01:54:43,440
equitable access programs like

3897
01:54:43,440 --> 01:54:47,143
entry on Us and discover and go

3898
01:54:47,143 --> 01:54:47,911
passes and more.

3899
01:54:47,911 --> 01:54:48,645
These cuts mean it will be

3900
01:54:48,645 --> 01:54:49,312
harder to remain affordable and

3901
01:54:49,312 --> 01:54:51,712
accessible to our audiences.

3902
01:54:52,482 --> 01:54:53,183
And for smaller organizations

3903
01:54:53,183 --> 01:54:53,850
this means cutting or ceasing

3904
01:54:53,850 --> 01:54:56,250
services to our communities

3905
01:54:57,921 --> 01:54:58,722
altogether.

3906
01:54:58,722 --> 01:54:59,456
Many organs and organizations

3907
01:54:59,456 --> 01:55:02,892
will lose their ability to cost

3908
01:55:02,892 --> 01:55:03,760
match grants For me to work

3909
01:55:03,760 --> 01:55:04,494
while others MAY not be able to

3910
01:55:04,494 --> 01:55:08,940
keep or even grow their staff.

3911
01:55:08,965 --> 01:55:09,665
We in the arts and culture

3912
01:55:09,665 --> 01:55:10,266
community serve our audiences

3913
01:55:10,266 --> 01:55:13,266
with love and care while

3914
01:55:13,270 --> 01:55:13,937
employing many dedicated staff

3915
01:55:13,937 --> 01:55:14,604
across the San Diego region.

3916
01:55:14,604 --> 01:55:17,604
With grant funding from our

3917
01:55:18,241 --> 01:55:18,941
The City our organizations are

3918
01:55:18,941 --> 01:55:19,575
able to create vibrant events,

3919
01:55:19,575 --> 01:55:21,975
programs and exhibits that

3920
01:55:23,647 --> 01:55:24,447
celebrate the diverse stories

3921
01:55:24,447 --> 01:55:25,148
and histories of San Diego and

3922
01:55:25,148 --> 01:55:28,748
are what draws so many people

3923
01:55:29,190 --> 01:55:29,785
to our finest city as well.

3924
01:55:29,785 --> 01:55:30,453
We call on the City Council to

3925
01:55:30,453 --> 01:55:34,530
not cut this funding and to

3926
01:55:34,257 --> 01:55:34,958
keep it in place so that we can

3927
01:55:34,958 --> 01:55:35,659
continue to create and support

3928
01:55:35,659 --> 01:55:38,659
the accessible and rich civic

3929
01:55:39,596 --> 01:55:40,300
life that so many San Diegans

3930
01:55:40,300 --> 01:55:40,797
are proud of.

3931
01:55:40,797 --> 01:55:41,664
We urge you to do the right

3932
01:55:41,664 --> 01:55:44,401
thing and to come together with

3933
01:55:44,401 --> 01:55:45,101
us and find a path that

3934
01:55:45,101 --> 01:55:45,735
continues to support the arts

3935
01:55:45,735 --> 01:55:48,735
and culture of San Diego.

3936
01:55:49,339 --> 01:55:49,873
Thank you.

3937
01:55:49,873 --> 01:55:51,873
>> Mike Warburton.

3938
01:55:55,278 --> 01:55:55,879
Mike you have times needed to

3939
01:55:55,879 --> 01:55:56,246
you by Victoria Partner

3940
01:55:56,246 --> 01:55:58,246
Saunders.

3941
01:56:00,817 --> 01:56:01,384
Victoria Thank you.

3942
01:56:01,384 --> 01:56:01,852
You have two minutes.

3943
01:56:01,852 --> 01:56:02,586
Please proceed.

3944
01:56:02,586 --> 01:56:05,880
Mike Warburton sending them out

3945
01:56:05,880 --> 01:56:05,989
of every museum in Balboa Park

3946
01:56:05,989 --> 01:56:06,690
and what a slap in the face to

3947
01:56:06,690 --> 01:56:09,690
see that opening graphic with

3948
01:56:09,993 --> 01:56:10,393
the picture of the tower and

3949
01:56:10,393 --> 01:56:11,161
the dome.

3950
01:56:11,161 --> 01:56:11,495
Given these cuts for arts and

3951
01:56:11,495 --> 01:56:13,495
culture.

3952
01:56:15,398 --> 01:56:16,990
Speaking of slapping and gut

3953
01:56:16,990 --> 01:56:16,733
punching, Councilmember Kemp,

3954
01:56:16,733 --> 01:56:19,733
you had an interview this

3955
01:56:20,671 --> 01:56:21,404
morning and talked about

3956
01:56:21,404 --> 01:56:22,720
organizations in Bellevue apart

3957
01:56:22,720 --> 01:56:22,806
getting a double gut punch.

3958
01:56:22,806 --> 01:56:24,842
And honestly we've been dealing

3959
01:56:24,842 --> 01:56:25,509
with a triple gut punch.

3960
01:56:25,509 --> 01:56:26,243
The first one really is

3961
01:56:26,243 --> 01:56:29,843
the lack of response and follow

3962
01:56:30,180 --> 01:56:30,947
through on deferred maintenance

3963
01:56:30,947 --> 01:56:34,547
Seven times in six months I've

3964
01:56:35,180 --> 01:56:35,485
had water come in, come into my

3965
01:56:35,485 --> 01:56:36,153
exhibit spaces.

3966
01:56:36,153 --> 01:56:36,487
I've had sewer backups over

3967
01:56:36,487 --> 01:56:38,487
decades.

3968
01:56:39,490 --> 01:56:40,123
Last year we had $170,000 and

3969
01:56:40,123 --> 01:56:43,123
we closed for a week.

3970
01:56:44,527 --> 01:56:45,428
So that's gut punch.

3971
01:56:45,428 --> 01:56:46,130
One gut punch to of course is a

3972
01:56:46,130 --> 01:56:46,830
paid parking and we won't talk

3973
01:56:46,830 --> 01:56:49,230
about what's happening there.

3974
01:56:49,600 --> 01:56:50,133
And then this of course

3975
01:56:50,133 --> 01:56:50,868
the loss of funding.

3976
01:56:50,868 --> 01:56:51,167
I really want to talk about

3977
01:56:51,167 --> 01:56:53,167
that.

3978
01:56:55,305 --> 01:56:56,600
This goes beyond Balboa Park

3979
01:56:56,600 --> 01:56:56,573
though that we're supposed to

3980
01:56:56,573 --> 01:56:57,274
invest in the basics.

3981
01:56:57,274 --> 01:57:00,944
I think I heard the mayor say

3982
01:57:00,944 --> 01:57:01,579
but he's been pushing this fear

3983
01:57:01,579 --> 01:57:02,279
that you can have arts and

3984
01:57:02,279 --> 01:57:02,746
culture or firemen and that's

3985
01:57:02,746 --> 01:57:04,746
just not right.

3986
01:57:05,482 --> 01:57:06,150
We know that there's a huge

3987
01:57:06,150 --> 01:57:06,784
difference between critical

3988
01:57:06,784 --> 01:57:09,184
services and agenda driven

3989
01:57:09,987 --> 01:57:10,821
spending right?

3990
01:57:10,821 --> 01:57:13,821
MR. Modica There is $11 million

3991
01:57:15,258 --> 01:57:15,960
in the budget for bike facility

3992
01:57:15,960 --> 01:57:16,360
and that's a fraction of

3993
01:57:16,360 --> 01:57:17,610
the budget.

3994
01:57:17,610 --> 01:57:17,727
But that's almost exactly what

3995
01:57:17,727 --> 01:57:18,950
arts and culture funding is

3996
01:57:18,950 --> 01:57:20,950
being cut.

3997
01:57:20,431 --> 01:57:21,980
We can go bigger and 271

3998
01:57:21,980 --> 01:57:23,498
million almost a quarter

3999
01:57:25,736 --> 01:57:26,370
billion is in the Budget for

4000
01:57:26,370 --> 01:57:27,104
Climate Action plan items.

4001
01:57:27,104 --> 01:57:30,104
So these are agenda driven

4002
01:57:30,774 --> 01:57:31,541
things.

4003
01:57:31,541 --> 01:57:32,109
I'm not saying these are wrong

4004
01:57:32,109 --> 01:57:32,843
to do just they're not

4005
01:57:32,843 --> 01:57:36,346
the right thing to do Right now

4006
01:57:36,346 --> 01:57:36,647
we're in a budget crisis.

4007
01:57:36,647 --> 01:57:37,414
Right.

4008
01:57:37,414 --> 01:57:38,810
And then the last thing I want

4009
01:57:38,810 --> 01:57:38,616
to say is that this has been

4010
01:57:38,616 --> 01:57:40,616
building over years.

4011
01:57:41,180 --> 01:57:41,785
It's been said by the mayor and

4012
01:57:41,785 --> 01:57:42,486
a number of people at almost

4013
01:57:42,486 --> 01:57:43,220
everybody on this council has

4014
01:57:43,220 --> 01:57:46,524
been here five and half years

4015
01:57:46,524 --> 01:57:47,290
couple seven and a half years.

4016
01:57:47,290 --> 01:57:47,925
The mayors in your five and a

4017
01:57:47,925 --> 01:57:48,425
half years what happened?

4018
01:57:48,425 --> 01:57:50,825
Why are we here?

4019
01:57:51,629 --> 01:57:51,962
So restore arts and culture

4020
01:57:51,962 --> 01:57:52,629
funding.

4021
01:57:52,629 --> 01:57:55,833
Look at these items that are

4022
01:57:55,833 --> 01:57:56,333
agenda driven items and not

4023
01:57:56,333 --> 01:57:57,100
critical services.

4024
01:57:57,100 --> 01:58:00,100
Thank you, Holly Martin You

4025
01:58:02,600 --> 01:58:02,473
have time ceded to you by

4026
01:58:02,473 --> 01:58:02,940
Donald Ritchie.

4027
01:58:02,940 --> 01:58:03,541
>> So thank you.

4028
01:58:03,541 --> 01:58:04,700
You'll have two minutes.

4029
01:58:04,700 --> 01:58:04,375
Please proceed.

4030
01:58:04,375 --> 01:58:06,375
All right.

4031
01:58:09,380 --> 01:58:09,680
>> Happy National Library Week

4032
01:58:09,680 --> 01:58:10,414
.

4033
01:58:10,414 --> 01:58:13,414
I'm representing myself and Don

4034
01:58:14,718 --> 01:58:15,386
Ruda still from the Friends of

4035
01:58:15,386 --> 01:58:16,530
the Mission Hills Hillcrest

4036
01:58:16,530 --> 01:58:18,453
Knox Branch Library District

4037
01:58:19,790 --> 01:58:20,457
three We urge Council to reject

4038
01:58:20,457 --> 01:58:23,457
proposed cuts to the library

4039
01:58:24,428 --> 01:58:24,963
budget especially staff hours

4040
01:58:24,963 --> 01:58:25,662
and matching funds.

4041
01:58:25,662 --> 01:58:26,364
Eliminating matching funds is

4042
01:58:26,364 --> 01:58:29,964
like cutting off your nose to

4043
01:58:30,670 --> 01:58:30,801
spite your face.

4044
01:58:30,801 --> 01:58:31,536
As you know, the budget was

4045
01:58:31,536 --> 01:58:34,536
already cut by over $6 million.

4046
01:58:35,573 --> 01:58:36,340
Those cuts really resulted in

4047
01:58:36,340 --> 01:58:39,340
the closure of all 37 locations

4048
01:58:39,577 --> 01:58:39,910
on Sunday and 20 locations on

4049
01:58:39,910 --> 01:58:40,645
Mondays.

4050
01:58:40,645 --> 01:58:44,148
Our branch was one of those

4051
01:58:44,148 --> 01:58:44,849
library closures.

4052
01:58:44,849 --> 01:58:45,283
Bookstore sales have already

4053
01:58:45,283 --> 01:58:47,283
decreased 14%.

4054
01:58:49,860 --> 01:58:49,786
That's 14% less for programs,

4055
01:58:49,786 --> 01:58:52,186
resources and for matching

4056
01:58:53,657 --> 01:58:54,358
funds.

4057
01:58:54,358 --> 01:58:54,992
Our community has been making

4058
01:58:54,992 --> 01:58:57,992
its voice known through a

4059
01:58:58,963 --> 01:58:59,663
grassroots postcard campaign.

4060
01:58:59,663 --> 01:59:00,331
We will be submitting those

4061
01:59:00,331 --> 01:59:02,731
responses to Council member

4062
01:59:03,434 --> 01:59:04,135
Whitburn office soon.

4063
01:59:04,135 --> 01:59:07,135
>> The words safe space and

4064
01:59:08,539 --> 01:59:09,239
community come up a lot as well

4065
01:59:09,239 --> 01:59:12,239
as of course books closing

4066
01:59:13,677 --> 01:59:14,412
libraries shows us that our

4067
01:59:14,412 --> 01:59:14,979
mayor and council members think

4068
01:59:14,979 --> 01:59:16,979
that we're expendable.

4069
01:59:18,181 --> 01:59:18,883
But from our standpoint we're

4070
01:59:18,883 --> 01:59:19,317
basically already paying taxes

4071
01:59:19,317 --> 01:59:21,317
for services.

4072
01:59:23,587 --> 01:59:24,188
We're not getting Police and

4073
01:59:24,188 --> 01:59:26,188
protective services are

4074
01:59:28,526 --> 01:59:29,260
essential but libraries build

4075
01:59:29,260 --> 01:59:29,961
the communities that they serve

4076
01:59:29,961 --> 01:59:32,361
libraries and they're skilled

4077
01:59:33,164 --> 01:59:33,931
trained staff members actively

4078
01:59:33,931 --> 01:59:36,931
work every day to create

4079
01:59:37,802 --> 01:59:38,602
the safe third space we need

4080
01:59:38,602 --> 01:59:42,202
now more than ever to make

4081
01:59:42,940 --> 01:59:43,708
positive connection on a face

4082
01:59:43,708 --> 01:59:47,308
to face level a city without

4083
01:59:47,878 --> 01:59:48,446
those social connections will

4084
01:59:48,446 --> 01:59:50,446
be fallen, disengaged,

4085
01:59:52,182 --> 01:59:52,917
disconnected individuals unable

4086
01:59:52,917 --> 01:59:53,217
to come together for the public

4087
01:59:53,217 --> 01:59:53,952
good.

4088
01:59:53,952 --> 01:59:57,422
Nothing else in the city serves

4089
01:59:57,422 --> 01:59:58,560
so many so well as I think most

4090
01:59:58,560 --> 02:00:01,560
of our other speakers here

4091
02:00:01,526 --> 02:00:02,160
today have said public

4092
02:00:02,160 --> 02:00:02,861
libraries are the People's

4093
02:00:02,861 --> 02:00:05,261
University except for Sunday's

4094
02:00:06,497 --> 02:00:07,198
and Mondays and our community

4095
02:00:07,198 --> 02:00:07,864
and who knows when else.

4096
02:00:07,864 --> 02:00:08,399
>> Thank you for that

4097
02:00:08,399 --> 02:00:10,399
concluding comment.

4098
02:00:12,237 --> 02:00:12,904
Christine Martinez After

4099
02:00:12,904 --> 02:00:13,237
Christine Martinez Gary Bob

4100
02:00:13,237 --> 02:00:15,237
Lehman.

4101
02:00:16,707 --> 02:00:17,740
Jennifer Polian, Peter

4102
02:00:17,740 --> 02:00:19,740
Kaminski.

4103
02:00:20,978 --> 02:00:21,646
Josh Banana Joyce and yada

4104
02:00:21,646 --> 02:00:24,460
Jordan Jake Huggable Delaina

4105
02:00:26,284 --> 02:00:26,984
Delgado Andrea dela Rosa, Kate

4106
02:00:26,984 --> 02:00:29,384
Burnett, Sophie Gonzalez and

4107
02:00:32,230 --> 02:00:32,457
Dale McCain and Amy Laney.

4108
02:00:32,457 --> 02:00:34,457
My apologies.

4109
02:00:34,726 --> 02:00:35,192
Please go to the front row and

4110
02:00:35,192 --> 02:00:35,960
please proceed.

4111
02:00:35,960 --> 02:00:38,960
Hi Christine Martinez here from

4112
02:00:39,397 --> 02:00:40,265
Arts and Culture San Diego.

4113
02:00:40,265 --> 02:00:40,966
If you're here for arts and

4114
02:00:40,966 --> 02:00:43,966
culture would you mind please

4115
02:00:44,702 --> 02:00:45,370
standing up and in the overflow

4116
02:00:45,370 --> 02:00:48,370
rooms many, many more people

4117
02:00:49,674 --> 02:00:50,341
And before that at a rally

4118
02:00:50,341 --> 02:00:50,942
before this meeting hundreds

4119
02:00:50,942 --> 02:00:53,942
and hundreds of arts and

4120
02:00:55,130 --> 02:00:58,130
culture groups who were gutted

4121
02:00:58,149 --> 02:00:58,916
by this proposal $11.8 million

4122
02:00:58,916 --> 02:01:01,916
represents all of our grants

4123
02:01:02,887 --> 02:01:03,488
large and small organizations

4124
02:01:03,488 --> 02:01:06,488
will feel this The small

4125
02:01:07,859 --> 02:01:08,559
organizations MAY in fact fold

4126
02:01:08,559 --> 02:01:11,559
and that's an economic engine

4127
02:01:12,300 --> 02:01:12,731
that cannot just rev up again

4128
02:01:12,731 --> 02:01:13,310
when we have the money next

4129
02:01:13,310 --> 02:01:13,698
year.

4130
02:01:13,698 --> 02:01:16,698
This is something that will

4131
02:01:17,769 --> 02:01:18,470
fuel for generations if we

4132
02:01:18,470 --> 02:01:19,103
don't change it now we ask

4133
02:01:19,103 --> 02:01:22,103
the city Council to please

4134
02:01:22,374 --> 02:01:22,707
stand with us, give us flat

4135
02:01:22,707 --> 02:01:23,408
funding.

4136
02:01:23,408 --> 02:01:25,977
These are programs that are in

4137
02:01:25,977 --> 02:01:26,477
your districts that serve all

4138
02:01:26,477 --> 02:01:28,477
of the community.

4139
02:01:28,947 --> 02:01:30,947
Thank you.

4140
02:01:38,823 --> 02:01:39,524
Bob Lehman Council PRESIDENT

4141
02:01:39,524 --> 02:01:40,258
Council Members APRIL is Arts

4142
02:01:40,258 --> 02:01:43,258
Culture and Creativity Month in

4143
02:01:43,995 --> 02:01:44,496
the state of California and

4144
02:01:44,496 --> 02:01:45,330
here in San Diego.

4145
02:01:45,330 --> 02:01:48,200
My name is Bob Lehman Executive

4146
02:01:48,200 --> 02:01:48,967
Director San Diego are matters

4147
02:01:48,967 --> 02:01:49,601
and I'm here on behalf of

4148
02:01:49,601 --> 02:01:50,268
hundreds of organizations,

4149
02:01:50,268 --> 02:01:52,668
artists and creative workers

4150
02:01:53,540 --> 02:01:54,390
that make up San Diego arts and

4151
02:01:54,390 --> 02:01:54,705
Culture community.

4152
02:01:54,705 --> 02:01:55,407
We understand the financial

4153
02:01:55,407 --> 02:01:58,377
pressure the city is under and

4154
02:01:58,377 --> 02:01:58,944
we are willing to be part of

4155
02:01:58,944 --> 02:01:59,544
that shared solution.

4156
02:01:59,544 --> 02:01:59,911
But this is not a shared

4157
02:01:59,911 --> 02:02:01,911
reduction.

4158
02:02:02,681 --> 02:02:03,315
This is nearly a complete

4159
02:02:03,315 --> 02:02:04,160
elimination of the city's

4160
02:02:04,160 --> 02:02:07,160
investment in arts and culture

4161
02:02:08,200 --> 02:02:08,620
and the impact is real Lost

4162
02:02:08,620 --> 02:02:11,200
jobs programs, cuts from

4163
02:02:12,524 --> 02:02:13,125
neighborhood festivals to major

4164
02:02:13,125 --> 02:02:13,791
institutions, from youth

4165
02:02:13,791 --> 02:02:16,191
programs to senior services.

4166
02:02:17,828 --> 02:02:18,597
This affects every district.

4167
02:02:18,597 --> 02:02:19,197
We're not asking for you to

4168
02:02:19,197 --> 02:02:19,864
protect something extra.

4169
02:02:19,864 --> 02:02:22,334
We're asking you to protect

4170
02:02:22,334 --> 02:02:22,935
something essential And we're

4171
02:02:22,935 --> 02:02:23,868
here to work with you.

4172
02:02:23,868 --> 02:02:27,105
We urge you to restore this

4173
02:02:27,105 --> 02:02:27,773
funding, stand with your

4174
02:02:27,773 --> 02:02:28,340
creative workforce and stand

4175
02:02:28,340 --> 02:02:30,340
with your communities.

4176
02:02:30,676 --> 02:02:32,676
>> Thank you, Jennifer.

4177
02:02:35,447 --> 02:02:36,147
To plan.

4178
02:02:36,147 --> 02:02:36,915
>> Good afternoon everyone.

4179
02:02:36,915 --> 02:02:40,515
I represent Space for Art, a

4180
02:02:40,686 --> 02:02:41,420
nonprofit that provides

4181
02:02:41,420 --> 02:02:41,720
affordable artist spaces in San

4182
02:02:41,720 --> 02:02:43,720
Diego.

4183
02:02:45,624 --> 02:02:46,325
I speak for the large diverse

4184
02:02:46,325 --> 02:02:47,260
community of local artists and

4185
02:02:47,260 --> 02:02:50,260
low wage culture workers who

4186
02:02:50,596 --> 02:02:51,329
provide essential services to

4187
02:02:51,329 --> 02:02:52,310
some of the most vulnerable and

4188
02:02:52,310 --> 02:02:54,431
under-resourced members of our

4189
02:02:55,501 --> 02:02:56,368
community.

4190
02:02:56,368 --> 02:02:59,968
You all know that arts are

4191
02:03:00,380 --> 02:03:00,773
essential to the city's

4192
02:03:00,773 --> 02:03:01,507
economic and social well-being.

4193
02:03:01,507 --> 02:03:05,110
You all know that the arts are

4194
02:03:05,110 --> 02:03:05,677
an economic driver with a

4195
02:03:05,677 --> 02:03:06,312
return on investment.

4196
02:03:06,312 --> 02:03:08,312
Most Fortune 500 companies

4197
02:03:09,481 --> 02:03:10,316
would envy.

4198
02:03:10,316 --> 02:03:11,283
We are not asking for the moon.

4199
02:03:11,283 --> 02:03:14,887
We are not even asking to keep

4200
02:03:14,887 --> 02:03:15,354
pace with inflation which is

4201
02:03:15,354 --> 02:03:16,154
out of control.

4202
02:03:16,154 --> 02:03:19,154
We're asking you to maintain

4203
02:03:19,425 --> 02:03:20,920
the very small but absolutely

4204
02:03:20,920 --> 02:03:22,920
crucial cultural investment

4205
02:03:23,729 --> 02:03:24,596
that the city currently makes.

4206
02:03:24,596 --> 02:03:25,297
We'll be back another year to

4207
02:03:25,297 --> 02:03:28,801
advocate for more for an even

4208
02:03:28,801 --> 02:03:29,668
greater return on investment.

4209
02:03:29,668 --> 02:03:33,238
But today we ask that you make

4210
02:03:33,238 --> 02:03:33,873
the only choice reasonable that

4211
02:03:33,873 --> 02:03:36,273
the only reasonable choice

4212
02:03:36,775 --> 02:03:37,376
before you which is to restore

4213
02:03:37,376 --> 02:03:37,709
the 2027 funding to 2026

4214
02:03:37,709 --> 02:03:39,709
levels.

4215
02:03:42,381 --> 02:03:43,820
Thank you Peter Kaminski Peter

4216
02:03:43,820 --> 02:03:43,748
you have time seated by Teresa

4217
02:03:43,748 --> 02:03:46,748
Wolf please raise your hand.

4218
02:03:46,852 --> 02:03:49,852
Thank you by Carlos Christiane

4219
02:03:51,823 --> 02:03:52,491
and by oh there were two Carlos

4220
02:03:52,491 --> 02:03:52,824
Christiane so that is three

4221
02:03:52,824 --> 02:03:53,292
minutes.

4222
02:03:53,292 --> 02:03:55,292
Please proceed.

4223
02:03:56,495 --> 02:03:56,962
Good afternoon Chair and

4224
02:03:56,962 --> 02:03:57,696
council members.

4225
02:03:57,696 --> 02:03:58,297
I'm here because we're facing a

4226
02:03:58,297 --> 02:04:00,697
choice that will define

4227
02:04:01,634 --> 02:04:04,634
the character and economy of

4228
02:04:06,939 --> 02:04:07,807
San Diego for generations.

4229
02:04:07,807 --> 02:04:11,100
Meg MAY Gloria's proposed f y

4230
02:04:11,100 --> 02:04:11,811
27 budget doesn't just trim

4231
02:04:11,811 --> 02:04:14,211
arts funding it effectively

4232
02:04:16,315 --> 02:04:18,715
dismantles it with an $11.8

4233
02:04:20,386 --> 02:04:22,786
million reduction zeroing out

4234
02:04:28,760 --> 02:04:29,628
osp and 60 It is far too easy

4235
02:04:29,628 --> 02:04:33,228
and wrong to call arts and

4236
02:04:33,699 --> 02:04:36,699
culture a nice to have.

4237
02:04:38,604 --> 02:04:39,304
It is far too easy for

4238
02:04:39,304 --> 02:04:42,304
the administration to say we

4239
02:04:43,342 --> 02:04:44,143
wish we could while decimating

4240
02:04:44,143 --> 02:04:47,743
our communities and it is far

4241
02:04:48,947 --> 02:04:49,715
too easy and wrong to suggest

4242
02:04:49,715 --> 02:04:52,715
that because these services are

4243
02:04:54,200 --> 02:04:54,720
delivered by nonprofits rather

4244
02:04:54,720 --> 02:04:57,720
than city departments they are

4245
02:04:58,724 --> 02:05:00,724
somehow lesser priorities.

4246
02:05:03,329 --> 02:05:03,763
They should not be and they

4247
02:05:03,763 --> 02:05:04,363
must not be.

4248
02:05:04,363 --> 02:05:06,763
Let's talk about what's

4249
02:05:08,401 --> 02:05:09,168
actually at stake.

4250
02:05:09,168 --> 02:05:09,802
This sector is just isn't just

4251
02:05:09,802 --> 02:05:10,136
simply galleries or stage

4252
02:05:10,136 --> 02:05:12,136
lights.

4253
02:05:13,538 --> 02:05:16,538
It's the economic engine that

4254
02:05:18,177 --> 02:05:18,644
drives $1.1 billion in annual

4255
02:05:18,644 --> 02:05:19,378
economic impact.

4256
02:05:19,378 --> 02:05:22,378
It supports thousands of local

4257
02:05:23,583 --> 02:05:24,316
jobs jobs held by your

4258
02:05:24,316 --> 02:05:24,650
constituents who are now facing

4259
02:05:24,650 --> 02:05:26,650
layoffs.

4260
02:05:28,354 --> 02:05:29,540
New data from Arts and Culture

4261
02:05:29,540 --> 02:05:32,624
San Diego and San Diego Arts

4262
02:05:32,624 --> 02:05:33,326
Matters shows that moving

4263
02:05:33,326 --> 02:05:33,993
forward we aren't just looking

4264
02:05:33,993 --> 02:05:34,527
at fewer paintings on walls,

4265
02:05:34,527 --> 02:05:36,527
fewer gallery hours.

4266
02:05:37,597 --> 02:05:38,263
We're looking at permanent

4267
02:05:38,263 --> 02:05:40,663
closure of institutions that

4268
02:05:42,535 --> 02:05:43,360
anchor our neighborhood and our

4269
02:05:43,360 --> 02:05:45,360
cultural identity.

4270
02:05:47,574 --> 02:05:48,241
Once these organizations vanish

4271
02:05:48,241 --> 02:05:51,241
they don't simply come back

4272
02:05:52,111 --> 02:05:52,612
When the economy improves they

4273
02:05:52,612 --> 02:05:54,612
are gone forever.

4274
02:05:56,582 --> 02:05:57,283
You have each stated over

4275
02:05:57,283 --> 02:05:58,510
multiple years that arts and

4276
02:05:58,510 --> 02:06:01,510
culture a priority for your

4277
02:06:01,554 --> 02:06:02,588
district.

4278
02:06:02,588 --> 02:06:07,127
If it is a priority for you, it

4279
02:06:07,127 --> 02:06:07,426
is a priority for our community

4280
02:06:07,426 --> 02:06:08,394
.

4281
02:06:08,394 --> 02:06:10,663
She and I said If it is a

4282
02:06:10,663 --> 02:06:11,631
priority for our community it

4283
02:06:11,631 --> 02:06:15,335
must be a priority for the city

4284
02:06:15,335 --> 02:06:16,202
budget.

4285
02:06:16,202 --> 02:06:16,903
We are calling on you today to

4286
02:06:16,903 --> 02:06:19,303
reject these devastating cuts

4287
02:06:21,140 --> 02:06:21,474
and maintain the f y 26 funding

4288
02:06:21,474 --> 02:06:22,142
levels.

4289
02:06:22,142 --> 02:06:25,450
Do not accept the narrative

4290
02:06:25,450 --> 02:06:25,744
that this is an option.

4291
02:06:25,744 --> 02:06:26,446
This is the heartbeat of our

4292
02:06:26,446 --> 02:06:28,846
neighborhoods and the backbone

4293
02:06:29,448 --> 02:06:30,416
of our city.

4294
02:06:30,416 --> 02:06:34,160
San Diego can't be without a

4295
02:06:34,487 --> 02:06:35,187
soul.

4296
02:06:35,187 --> 02:06:35,922
Please stand with the workers,

4297
02:06:35,922 --> 02:06:39,522
the artists and the millions of

4298
02:06:39,726 --> 02:06:40,600
residents who rely on this

4299
02:06:40,600 --> 02:06:42,600
sector.

4300
02:06:44,731 --> 02:06:45,598
Reject these cuts cuts MAY be

4301
02:06:45,598 --> 02:06:49,198
necessary but I ask that you

4302
02:06:49,769 --> 02:06:52,769
change the language and don't

4303
02:06:53,807 --> 02:06:56,207
call these cuts necessary.

4304
02:07:01,146 --> 02:07:01,615
>> Thank you very much Josh

4305
02:07:01,615 --> 02:07:02,315
Good afternoon.

4306
02:07:02,315 --> 02:07:04,715
Council Josh Bohannan with

4307
02:07:06,686 --> 02:07:07,420
Father Joe's Villages I'm here

4308
02:07:07,420 --> 02:07:09,820
to discuss homelessness funding

4309
02:07:11,157 --> 02:07:11,858
in the budget as proposed

4310
02:07:11,858 --> 02:07:12,592
the upcoming budget eliminates

4311
02:07:12,592 --> 02:07:16,192
a day center altogether and for

4312
02:07:17,531 --> 02:07:18,198
the City of San Diego not just

4313
02:07:18,198 --> 02:07:18,865
the closure of the Good Day

4314
02:07:18,865 --> 02:07:19,332
Center but there is no data

4315
02:07:19,332 --> 02:07:21,332
center funding.

4316
02:07:21,968 --> 02:07:22,602
What so ever and the day center

4317
02:07:22,602 --> 02:07:23,269
is probably your most cost

4318
02:07:23,269 --> 02:07:25,269
effective homeless Solutions

4319
02:07:26,473 --> 02:07:26,907
program that you have operating

4320
02:07:26,907 --> 02:07:27,607
from the city.

4321
02:07:27,607 --> 02:07:30,477
It's a standing site the only

4322
02:07:30,477 --> 02:07:31,110
standing site that can work

4323
02:07:31,110 --> 02:07:33,510
with large populations of

4324
02:07:34,847 --> 02:07:35,515
people Last year saw 6700

4325
02:07:35,515 --> 02:07:37,915
individuals came through our

4326
02:07:39,219 --> 02:07:39,819
doors seeking a shower, seeking

4327
02:07:39,819 --> 02:07:41,819
meal delivery services,

4328
02:07:43,957 --> 02:07:44,357
laundry, working with case

4329
02:07:44,357 --> 02:07:45,224
managers.

4330
02:07:45,224 --> 02:07:46,920
We have to have a standing site

4331
02:07:46,920 --> 02:07:49,129
where people can go who are

4332
02:07:49,129 --> 02:07:49,829
experiencing homelessness that

4333
02:07:49,829 --> 02:07:50,497
can connect to their outreach

4334
02:07:50,497 --> 02:07:51,197
worker who's trying to find

4335
02:07:51,197 --> 02:07:54,567
them to give them shelter, try

4336
02:07:54,567 --> 02:07:55,268
to find and give them housing

4337
02:07:55,268 --> 02:07:55,936
so their medical teams who are

4338
02:07:55,936 --> 02:07:58,336
trying to refill their

4339
02:07:58,571 --> 02:07:59,272
prescriptions without a

4340
02:07:59,272 --> 02:07:59,973
physical location anywhere and

4341
02:07:59,973 --> 02:08:02,942
there's not one that I'm aware

4342
02:08:02,942 --> 02:08:03,577
of that's in the pipe

4343
02:08:03,577 --> 02:08:03,877
Homelessness services will

4344
02:08:03,877 --> 02:08:04,310
fail.

4345
02:08:04,310 --> 02:08:06,310
>> Thank you.

4346
02:08:09,250 --> 02:08:09,916
Jason Yarrow After joining out

4347
02:08:09,916 --> 02:08:12,916
it will be Jordan Haikerwal,

4348
02:08:13,520 --> 02:08:14,121
Delaina Delgado, Andrea de la

4349
02:08:14,121 --> 02:08:16,521
Rosa Kate Bernie Sophie

4350
02:08:18,910 --> 02:08:20,491
Gonzalez Dale macKinnon Richard

4351
02:08:22,129 --> 02:08:22,796
Valencia Crystal Amount Nathan

4352
02:08:22,796 --> 02:08:23,597
Jones and Carmen Quinonez.

4353
02:08:23,597 --> 02:08:24,664
If you can all please come up

4354
02:08:24,664 --> 02:08:28,264
to the yellow reserved seats at

4355
02:08:29,469 --> 02:08:31,869
the front isn't it?

4356
02:08:33,706 --> 02:08:34,641
Please proceed.

4357
02:08:34,641 --> 02:08:38,841
I am inspired by the words of

4358
02:08:39,279 --> 02:08:42,279
PRESIDENT John f Kennedy Ask

4359
02:08:44,840 --> 02:08:44,417
not what your country can do

4360
02:08:44,417 --> 02:08:46,417
for you.

4361
02:08:48,822 --> 02:08:49,390
Ask what you can do for your

4362
02:08:49,390 --> 02:08:51,790
country end of quote.

4363
02:08:54,194 --> 02:08:58,365
Dear public If all of you are

4364
02:08:58,365 --> 02:09:02,565
at the very top of our cities

4365
02:09:03,170 --> 02:09:06,170
organization chart our city has

4366
02:09:07,407 --> 02:09:09,807
a structural budget deficit.

4367
02:09:12,579 --> 02:09:13,580
Here are my inspired words for

4368
02:09:13,580 --> 02:09:17,718
all of you Ask not what your

4369
02:09:17,718 --> 02:09:20,718
city can do for you.

4370
02:09:22,890 --> 02:09:23,190
Ask what you can do for your

4371
02:09:23,190 --> 02:09:23,791
city.

4372
02:09:23,791 --> 02:09:26,191
Thank you for listening.

4373
02:09:30,998 --> 02:09:33,398
Love to all Jordan.

4374
02:09:36,937 --> 02:09:37,605
>> My name is Jordan Hackel

4375
02:09:37,605 --> 02:09:38,372
Well I'm an artist and a

4376
02:09:38,372 --> 02:09:41,908
filmmaker now as an artist I

4377
02:09:41,908 --> 02:09:42,676
see the value in the arts But

4378
02:09:42,676 --> 02:09:46,447
as a producer let me speak in

4379
02:09:46,447 --> 02:09:46,981
more practical terms The arts

4380
02:09:46,981 --> 02:09:47,715
bring in money.

4381
02:09:47,715 --> 02:09:51,218
During the six weeks of filming

4382
02:09:51,218 --> 02:09:51,852
here in San Diego County,

4383
02:09:51,852 --> 02:09:54,852
the film One Battle After

4384
02:09:55,123 --> 02:09:55,890
Another brought in an estimated

4385
02:09:55,890 --> 02:09:56,590
$7 million into our economy And

4386
02:09:56,590 --> 02:10:00,190
I know of two other major

4387
02:10:00,394 --> 02:10:01,128
productions that sat to film in

4388
02:10:01,128 --> 02:10:01,862
San Diego last year but decided

4389
02:10:01,862 --> 02:10:05,332
not to because the city was not

4390
02:10:05,332 --> 02:10:06,133
equipped to accommodate them.

4391
02:10:06,133 --> 02:10:06,801
And the mayor's proposed budget

4392
02:10:06,801 --> 02:10:07,401
seeks to remove what little

4393
02:10:07,401 --> 02:10:09,801
film engagement the city

4394
02:10:09,869 --> 02:10:10,805
already has.

4395
02:10:10,805 --> 02:10:14,608
This is just one of many facets

4396
02:10:14,608 --> 02:10:15,309
San Diego Arts of San Diego

4397
02:10:15,309 --> 02:10:16,430
Arts that are being affected.

4398
02:10:16,430 --> 02:10:16,911
I know that money is currently

4399
02:10:16,911 --> 02:10:19,113
scarce but can we really afford

4400
02:10:19,113 --> 02:10:19,814
to defund an industry that has

4401
02:10:19,814 --> 02:10:22,214
demonstrated a proven ability

4402
02:10:23,217 --> 02:10:23,584
to alleviate our financial

4403
02:10:23,584 --> 02:10:24,385
struggles?

4404
02:10:24,385 --> 02:10:25,152
All I'm asking is that you do

4405
02:10:25,152 --> 02:10:27,722
right by all of your

4406
02:10:27,722 --> 02:10:28,122
constituents.

4407
02:10:28,122 --> 02:10:30,122
Thank you.

4408
02:10:36,296 --> 02:10:36,963
Delano Delano Delgado.

4409
02:10:36,963 --> 02:10:37,932
>> Oh, that show.

4410
02:10:37,932 --> 02:10:40,467
Raise your hand when we get

4411
02:10:40,467 --> 02:10:41,235
there.

4412
02:10:41,235 --> 02:10:44,835
Andrea de la Rosa Andrea you

4413
02:10:45,139 --> 02:10:45,806
have time Seated by Bill

4414
02:10:45,806 --> 02:10:46,274
Lawrence If you can please

4415
02:10:46,274 --> 02:10:46,641
raise your hand.

4416
02:10:46,641 --> 02:10:47,207
Thank you.

4417
02:10:47,207 --> 02:10:49,607
You have two minutes.

4418
02:10:49,977 --> 02:10:50,611
Please proceed.

4419
02:10:50,611 --> 02:10:51,311
Council PRESIDENT, council

4420
02:10:51,311 --> 02:10:53,711
PRESIDENT And council members

4421
02:10:54,948 --> 02:10:55,383
and mayor Gloria My name is

4422
02:10:55,383 --> 02:10:56,830
Andrea DeRosa.

4423
02:10:56,830 --> 02:10:59,520
I'm a district two resident, a

4424
02:10:59,520 --> 02:11:00,220
business owner operating in

4425
02:11:00,220 --> 02:11:00,922
multiple districts and I serve

4426
02:11:00,922 --> 02:11:04,250
as a trustee of the San Diego

4427
02:11:04,250 --> 02:11:04,692
History Center which serves

4428
02:11:04,692 --> 02:11:05,590
constituents across all your

4429
02:11:05,590 --> 02:11:07,590
districts.

4430
02:11:09,530 --> 02:11:10,230
What if a relative small public

4431
02:11:10,230 --> 02:11:12,630
investment is helping protect

4432
02:11:13,234 --> 02:11:13,834
more than $1 billion in

4433
02:11:13,834 --> 02:11:14,168
economic activity in our

4434
02:11:14,168 --> 02:11:14,869
region?

4435
02:11:14,869 --> 02:11:17,869
That's exactly what's at risk

4436
02:11:18,139 --> 02:11:18,773
today.

4437
02:11:18,773 --> 02:11:19,474
The city's proposed budget

4438
02:11:19,474 --> 02:11:20,107
currently recommends potential

4439
02:11:20,107 --> 02:11:22,507
cuts to the organizational

4440
02:11:22,844 --> 02:11:23,411
support program administered by

4441
02:11:23,411 --> 02:11:24,111
the City of San Diego

4442
02:11:24,111 --> 02:11:27,111
Commission of Arts and Culture

4443
02:11:27,348 --> 02:11:28,160
Putting institutions like ours

4444
02:11:28,160 --> 02:11:31,160
and others at real risk.

4445
02:11:32,720 --> 02:11:33,420
The funding is not excess it is

4446
02:11:33,420 --> 02:11:35,420
essential civic infrastructure

4447
02:11:37,492 --> 02:11:41,610
in Balboa Park alone, arts and

4448
02:11:41,610 --> 02:11:41,729
culture generate more than $350

4449
02:11:41,729 --> 02:11:44,129
million annually and support

4450
02:11:46,400 --> 02:11:46,700
roughly 3000 jobs across San

4451
02:11:46,700 --> 02:11:47,335
Diego.

4452
02:11:47,335 --> 02:11:47,968
The sector drives over $1

4453
02:11:47,968 --> 02:11:50,368
billion in economic impact

4454
02:11:51,206 --> 02:11:51,806
fueling tourism, small

4455
02:11:51,806 --> 02:11:52,173
businesses and regional

4456
02:11:52,173 --> 02:11:52,740
vitality.

4457
02:11:52,740 --> 02:11:55,140
These are not marginal

4458
02:11:56,760 --> 02:11:56,845
contributions.

4459
02:11:56,845 --> 02:11:57,412
They are foundational to our

4460
02:11:57,412 --> 02:11:59,412
community and economy.

4461
02:12:01,215 --> 02:12:01,749
For the History Center,

4462
02:12:01,749 --> 02:12:02,317
the funding supports

4463
02:12:02,317 --> 02:12:04,317
exhibitions, education

4464
02:12:05,620 --> 02:12:06,540
preservation and access to our

4465
02:12:06,540 --> 02:12:06,754
shared story.

4466
02:12:06,754 --> 02:12:09,754
It's the modest investment in

4467
02:12:10,390 --> 02:12:11,159
an outsized return.

4468
02:12:11,159 --> 02:12:11,859
We are also uniquely positioned

4469
02:12:11,859 --> 02:12:14,859
through the Center for Women's

4470
02:12:15,797 --> 02:12:16,397
History ensuring women's voices

4471
02:12:16,397 --> 02:12:17,132
are not an aside but

4472
02:12:17,132 --> 02:12:20,132
permanently embedded in how our

4473
02:12:20,702 --> 02:12:21,202
region understands its past and

4474
02:12:21,202 --> 02:12:21,903
shapes its future.

4475
02:12:21,903 --> 02:12:24,903
At the same time, institutions

4476
02:12:25,840 --> 02:12:26,574
across the park are already

4477
02:12:26,574 --> 02:12:28,974
seeing declining attendance due

4478
02:12:30,110 --> 02:12:30,711
to paid parking creating new

4479
02:12:30,711 --> 02:12:31,345
barriers at a moment when

4480
02:12:31,345 --> 02:12:32,130
access should be expanding

4481
02:12:32,130 --> 02:12:34,413
cutting funding while access

4482
02:12:35,583 --> 02:12:36,284
declines does not solve a

4483
02:12:36,284 --> 02:12:39,654
deficit it compounds it it If

4484
02:12:39,654 --> 02:12:40,355
we are serious about fiscal

4485
02:12:40,355 --> 02:12:43,355
responsibility we must run our

4486
02:12:44,391 --> 02:12:44,993
city like a business protecting

4487
02:12:44,993 --> 02:12:45,593
high performing assets.

4488
02:12:45,593 --> 02:12:46,293
Arts and culture are not

4489
02:12:46,293 --> 02:12:48,293
discretionary They're revenue

4490
02:12:50,365 --> 02:12:51,660
generating infrastructure.

4491
02:12:51,660 --> 02:12:51,800
San Diego's story its economic

4492
02:12:51,800 --> 02:12:54,800
future are deeply rooted This

4493
02:12:55,700 --> 02:12:56,400
time for leadership.

4494
02:12:56,400 --> 02:12:59,604
Let's protect my girl Drive Be

4495
02:13:01,843 --> 02:13:05,443
fair Kate Burnett Hi, my name

4496
02:13:06,448 --> 02:13:07,315
is Kate.

4497
02:13:07,315 --> 02:13:08,160
I'm a resident of District nine

4498
02:13:08,160 --> 02:13:10,185
and an employee of an arts

4499
02:13:10,185 --> 02:13:10,585
institution in District three

4500
02:13:10,585 --> 02:13:11,286
Balboa Park.

4501
02:13:11,286 --> 02:13:14,286
I'd like to propose that

4502
02:13:15,423 --> 02:13:15,924
support for the arts is in fact

4503
02:13:15,924 --> 02:13:16,590
a core service.

4504
02:13:16,590 --> 02:13:17,292
There will always be another

4505
02:13:17,292 --> 02:13:20,295
pothole for the city to fill.

4506
02:13:20,295 --> 02:13:20,761
There will always be another

4507
02:13:20,761 --> 02:13:21,429
ticket to right.

4508
02:13:21,429 --> 02:13:24,429
There will always be another

4509
02:13:24,766 --> 02:13:25,433
initiative to hire somebody to

4510
02:13:25,433 --> 02:13:28,433
manage but without having a

4511
02:13:29,370 --> 02:13:29,737
museum to host something like

4512
02:13:29,737 --> 02:13:30,406
the world class exhibition of

4513
02:13:30,406 --> 02:13:33,406
artwork that Alicia Keys and

4514
02:13:34,209 --> 02:13:34,876
Swizz Beats have or keeping

4515
02:13:34,876 --> 02:13:35,577
Balboa Park and Chicano Park

4516
02:13:35,577 --> 02:13:38,577
vibrant or creating the kinds

4517
02:13:39,470 --> 02:13:39,715
of cultural opportunities that

4518
02:13:39,715 --> 02:13:42,715
make hosting a conference at

4519
02:13:43,251 --> 02:13:43,718
the Convention Center worth

4520
02:13:43,718 --> 02:13:44,519
the investment.

4521
02:13:44,519 --> 02:13:48,119
Those all take funds as well

4522
02:13:48,389 --> 02:13:49,124
and those are things we

4523
02:13:49,124 --> 02:13:49,858
consider to be core to the city

4524
02:13:49,858 --> 02:13:53,161
As you all consider this budget

4525
02:13:53,161 --> 02:13:53,828
over the next few months you

4526
02:13:53,828 --> 02:13:54,529
will define the foundational

4527
02:13:54,529 --> 02:13:57,399
structure of the city without

4528
02:13:57,399 --> 02:13:58,100
supporting the cultural

4529
02:13:58,100 --> 02:13:58,767
infrastructure that makes life

4530
02:13:58,767 --> 02:14:01,767
fulfilling a city is nothing

4531
02:14:02,104 --> 02:14:02,971
more than concrete and rebar

4532
02:14:02,971 --> 02:14:05,173
and that's not very much to

4533
02:14:05,173 --> 02:14:07,173
live.

4534
02:14:10,711 --> 02:14:11,446
Sophie Gonzalez Hello.

4535
02:14:11,446 --> 02:14:13,846
Good afternoon Council members

4536
02:14:15,830 --> 02:14:15,817
My name is Sophie Gonzalez.

4537
02:14:15,817 --> 02:14:16,385
I'm a student at the San Diego

4538
02:14:16,385 --> 02:14:18,785
School of Creative and

4539
02:14:19,287 --> 02:14:19,922
Performing Arts, a resident of

4540
02:14:19,922 --> 02:14:20,656
District eight and a proud

4541
02:14:20,656 --> 02:14:20,989
participant in San Diego Junior

4542
02:14:20,989 --> 02:14:22,989
Theater.

4543
02:14:23,258 --> 02:14:23,658
I'm a recipient of junior

4544
02:14:23,658 --> 02:14:24,392
theaters.

4545
02:14:24,392 --> 02:14:25,930
You will be found scholarship

4546
02:14:25,930 --> 02:14:27,863
ocp funding help provide these

4547
02:14:27,863 --> 02:14:28,564
scholarships and without that

4548
02:14:28,564 --> 02:14:29,264
support I would not have been

4549
02:14:29,264 --> 02:14:29,865
able to participate in Junior

4550
02:14:29,865 --> 02:14:31,865
Theater's programs That

4551
02:14:33,435 --> 02:14:34,200
scholarship didn't just help me

4552
02:14:34,200 --> 02:14:34,703
take theater classes.

4553
02:14:34,703 --> 02:14:36,972
It gave me a place to grow,

4554
02:14:36,972 --> 02:14:37,573
build confidence and discover

4555
02:14:37,573 --> 02:14:38,173
what I'm capable of.

4556
02:14:38,173 --> 02:14:39,700
The arts saved my life.

4557
02:14:39,700 --> 02:14:42,411
I'm also employed as a teaching

4558
02:14:42,411 --> 02:14:43,110
aide which means I help younger

4559
02:14:43,110 --> 02:14:43,412
students have that same

4560
02:14:43,412 --> 02:14:44,120
experience.

4561
02:14:44,120 --> 02:14:46,412
I've seen firsthand how

4562
02:14:47,182 --> 02:14:47,849
important this program is,

4563
02:14:47,849 --> 02:14:48,584
especially for students who

4564
02:14:48,584 --> 02:14:48,984
might not otherwise have access

4565
02:14:48,984 --> 02:14:50,984
to the arts.

4566
02:14:52,870 --> 02:14:52,721
The arts will save their lives

4567
02:14:52,721 --> 02:14:53,422
if funding is eliminated.

4568
02:14:53,422 --> 02:14:54,890
Opportunities like mine could

4569
02:14:54,890 --> 02:14:57,890
disappear for so many others

4570
02:14:57,926 --> 02:14:58,626
Students like me deserve a

4571
02:14:58,626 --> 02:14:59,327
chance to learn, create and be

4572
02:14:59,327 --> 02:15:01,727
part of something meaningful.

4573
02:15:02,197 --> 02:15:02,831
Please protect arts funding so

4574
02:15:02,831 --> 02:15:03,532
that more young people in

4575
02:15:03,532 --> 02:15:04,133
District eight and across San

4576
02:15:04,133 --> 02:15:06,735
Diego can have the same

4577
02:15:06,735 --> 02:15:08,735
opportunities I've had.

4578
02:15:11,239 --> 02:15:13,239
>> Thank you Dale.

4579
02:15:16,412 --> 02:15:17,479
Hi everyone.

4580
02:15:17,479 --> 02:15:18,146
Oh my GOD does love My name is

4581
02:15:18,146 --> 02:15:21,830
Dale McInerney and I'm from

4582
02:15:21,830 --> 02:15:21,749
the South There Like everyone

4583
02:15:21,749 --> 02:15:22,384
here I'm pretty disappointed

4584
02:15:22,384 --> 02:15:22,718
with the mayor's proposed

4585
02:15:22,718 --> 02:15:24,718
budget.

4586
02:15:24,987 --> 02:15:25,687
We are one of the most diverse

4587
02:15:25,687 --> 02:15:26,355
cities in the country And with

4588
02:15:26,355 --> 02:15:26,922
almost a million and a half

4589
02:15:26,922 --> 02:15:29,322
people living in our

4590
02:15:29,758 --> 02:15:30,459
neighborhoods slashing funding

4591
02:15:30,459 --> 02:15:30,893
for the arts by over 80% will

4592
02:15:30,893 --> 02:15:32,893
harm everyone.

4593
02:15:34,330 --> 02:15:35,300
Our unique position as

4594
02:15:35,300 --> 02:15:35,764
America's largest border city

4595
02:15:35,764 --> 02:15:38,764
is inseparable from San Diego's

4596
02:15:40,680 --> 02:15:40,569
artistic tradition and this is

4597
02:15:40,569 --> 02:15:41,270
worth protecting.

4598
02:15:41,270 --> 02:15:44,841
Art is how we communicate our

4599
02:15:44,841 --> 02:15:45,541
complex culture and history

4600
02:15:45,541 --> 02:15:45,841
with each other and the wider

4601
02:15:45,841 --> 02:15:46,575
world.

4602
02:15:46,575 --> 02:15:48,975
Strong funding promotes tourism

4603
02:15:50,178 --> 02:15:50,880
because you know, ask yourself

4604
02:15:50,880 --> 02:15:51,414
like you've never wanted to go

4605
02:15:51,414 --> 02:15:53,814
visit an ugly city.

4606
02:15:55,500 --> 02:15:55,751
We're very fortunate to have a

4607
02:15:55,751 --> 02:15:56,285
very beautiful city with a ton

4608
02:15:56,285 --> 02:15:58,285
of amazing artists.

4609
02:15:58,987 --> 02:15:59,722
Strong funding also creates

4610
02:15:59,722 --> 02:16:00,890
jobs and it stimulates local

4611
02:16:00,890 --> 02:16:02,890
economies.

4612
02:16:03,926 --> 02:16:04,660
Um I understand the city is in

4613
02:16:04,660 --> 02:16:08,260
a fiscal crisis but such severe

4614
02:16:08,497 --> 02:16:09,165
but such severe cuts to

4615
02:16:09,165 --> 02:16:09,832
the arts will disrupt other

4616
02:16:09,832 --> 02:16:10,332
revenue streams the city and

4617
02:16:10,332 --> 02:16:12,332
county relies on.

4618
02:16:13,669 --> 02:16:14,300
Thank you so much for your time

4619
02:16:14,300 --> 02:16:14,703
Richard.

4620
02:16:14,703 --> 02:16:17,103
>> Prevention Richard you have

4621
02:16:18,807 --> 02:16:19,542
time ceded to you by Suzanne

4622
02:16:19,542 --> 02:16:20,142
Rene of thank you so much You

4623
02:16:20,142 --> 02:16:20,476
have two minutes Please

4624
02:16:20,476 --> 02:16:22,244
proceed.

4625
02:16:22,244 --> 02:16:25,844
What a city council Happy for

4626
02:16:26,882 --> 02:16:27,917
20.

4627
02:16:27,917 --> 02:16:28,784
>> I wanted to say that my name

4628
02:16:28,784 --> 02:16:32,384
is Richard Prevents you I'm a

4629
02:16:32,387 --> 02:16:33,155
district two member.

4630
02:16:33,155 --> 02:16:36,659
I am on the board of Medium

4631
02:16:36,659 --> 02:16:37,460
photo I'm an and a father and a

4632
02:16:37,460 --> 02:16:38,226
and a whole lot of other things

4633
02:16:38,226 --> 02:16:41,226
including a veteran and a

4634
02:16:41,530 --> 02:16:41,930
former cpa which is

4635
02:16:41,930 --> 02:16:42,631
interesting.

4636
02:16:42,631 --> 02:16:43,365
I found some very interesting

4637
02:16:43,365 --> 02:16:45,765
details about the presentations

4638
02:16:46,636 --> 02:16:47,360
earlier that I would love to

4639
02:16:47,360 --> 02:16:49,360
talk about.

4640
02:16:50,339 --> 02:16:50,973
So something that one of my

4641
02:16:50,973 --> 02:16:51,674
friends Steve from Vet Art

4642
02:16:51,674 --> 02:16:55,211
always brings up and he's been

4643
02:16:55,211 --> 02:16:55,911
on a campaign to advocate for

4644
02:16:55,911 --> 02:16:56,578
more art spending in our city

4645
02:16:56,578 --> 02:16:59,578
because cities like New York

4646
02:17:00,383 --> 02:17:01,830
City have 20% of their budget

4647
02:17:01,830 --> 02:17:04,830
dedicated to the arts whereas

4648
02:17:05,421 --> 02:17:05,688
San Diego historically has only

4649
02:17:05,688 --> 02:17:06,388
8%.

4650
02:17:06,388 --> 02:17:09,388
So already there's like a

4651
02:17:09,625 --> 02:17:10,359
really small 12% difference.

4652
02:17:10,359 --> 02:17:12,759
That's a mathematic little

4653
02:17:14,229 --> 02:17:15,970
action there.

4654
02:17:15,970 --> 02:17:15,898
>> But when I when I saw

4655
02:17:15,898 --> 02:17:18,898
the presentation earlier I saw

4656
02:17:19,601 --> 02:17:23,201
the total budget was in the 6

4657
02:17:23,373 --> 02:17:24,240
billion mark and 11 million

4658
02:17:24,240 --> 02:17:27,240
divided by 6 billion That's a

4659
02:17:27,376 --> 02:17:28,110
point 2% of the budget is

4660
02:17:28,110 --> 02:17:28,710
dedicated to the arts and

4661
02:17:28,710 --> 02:17:31,710
that's what we're going after.

4662
02:17:34,950 --> 02:17:35,885
It feels a little unfair.

4663
02:17:35,885 --> 02:17:36,752
>> So to my folks behind me I

4664
02:17:36,752 --> 02:17:39,689
can't see you because I got to

4665
02:17:39,689 --> 02:17:40,123
face the microphone but just

4666
02:17:40,123 --> 02:17:40,790
pay attention.

4667
02:17:40,790 --> 02:17:41,457
Just because someone wears a

4668
02:17:41,457 --> 02:17:44,457
blue tie doesn't mean that

4669
02:17:44,593 --> 02:17:45,361
they're for the people.

4670
02:17:45,361 --> 02:17:45,962
And if your city council

4671
02:17:45,962 --> 02:17:48,962
members are also not for

4672
02:17:48,998 --> 02:17:49,665
the people then it's time to

4673
02:17:49,665 --> 02:17:50,199
get these folks out of here

4674
02:17:50,199 --> 02:17:52,599
Because I'm tired of

4675
02:17:54,370 --> 02:17:54,604
the library and the arts and

4676
02:17:54,604 --> 02:17:55,400
everything that is for

4677
02:17:55,400 --> 02:17:55,671
the people.

4678
02:17:55,671 --> 02:17:58,671
Third spaces This is what's

4679
02:17:58,941 --> 02:17:59,609
always on the cutting block.

4680
02:17:59,609 --> 02:18:00,309
This is always was on

4681
02:18:00,309 --> 02:18:03,909
the cutting block Yet we have

4682
02:18:04,800 --> 02:18:04,781
so much police spending and we

4683
02:18:04,781 --> 02:18:05,649
don't need it And nobody raise

4684
02:18:05,649 --> 02:18:08,585
your hand if you want Lock up

4685
02:18:08,585 --> 02:18:09,619
in here.

4686
02:18:09,619 --> 02:18:13,220
>> Okay So we would love it if

4687
02:18:13,220 --> 02:18:13,589
you all started listening to

4688
02:18:13,589 --> 02:18:14,290
the people instead of

4689
02:18:14,290 --> 02:18:17,290
the politicians that are paid

4690
02:18:17,627 --> 02:18:18,327
or you know they get whatever

4691
02:18:18,327 --> 02:18:21,327
whatever kind of kickbacks or

4692
02:18:21,998 --> 02:18:24,998
power or whatever they get.

4693
02:18:27,170 --> 02:18:27,904
>> Thank you, Crystal Hi.

4694
02:18:27,904 --> 02:18:30,904
My name is Crystal Pridmore.

4695
02:18:32,242 --> 02:18:35,545
I'm a lifelong San Diego and a

4696
02:18:35,545 --> 02:18:36,246
district of a resident of

4697
02:18:36,246 --> 02:18:36,880
District seven and a music

4698
02:18:36,880 --> 02:18:39,280
educator of over 20 years.

4699
02:18:39,916 --> 02:18:40,549
This year I left my position in

4700
02:18:40,549 --> 02:18:41,251
the Chula Vista Elementary

4701
02:18:41,251 --> 02:18:41,818
School District because I was

4702
02:18:41,818 --> 02:18:43,818
deeply discouraged by

4703
02:18:45,755 --> 02:18:46,456
the systematic dismantling of

4704
02:18:46,456 --> 02:18:49,456
our award winning music and

4705
02:18:49,492 --> 02:18:49,893
arts programs Over the last ten

4706
02:18:49,893 --> 02:18:50,592
years or so.

4707
02:18:50,592 --> 02:18:51,194
I now serve through the San

4708
02:18:51,194 --> 02:18:51,695
Diego Youth Symphony and

4709
02:18:51,695 --> 02:18:53,695
through guitars in

4710
02:18:53,930 --> 02:18:54,531
the classroom as a teaching

4711
02:18:54,531 --> 02:18:55,131
artist And both of these

4712
02:18:55,131 --> 02:18:57,131
organizations are facing

4713
02:18:58,635 --> 02:18:59,436
devastating cuts due to this

4714
02:18:59,436 --> 02:18:59,868
proposal we work with at Youth

4715
02:18:59,868 --> 02:19:01,868
at Risk Youth.

4716
02:19:03,607 --> 02:19:04,207
We work in public libraries.

4717
02:19:04,207 --> 02:19:04,574
We are everywhere home

4718
02:19:04,574 --> 02:19:05,308
hospitals.

4719
02:19:05,308 --> 02:19:05,642
This is not just about the kids

4720
02:19:05,642 --> 02:19:07,642
though.

4721
02:19:08,478 --> 02:19:09,179
San Diego's arts scene drives

4722
02:19:09,179 --> 02:19:09,846
tourism, supports jobs, shapes

4723
02:19:09,846 --> 02:19:12,246
our identities and taxpayers

4724
02:19:13,683 --> 02:19:14,384
benefit from a vibrant cultural

4725
02:19:14,384 --> 02:19:15,850
life not just basic services.

4726
02:19:15,850 --> 02:19:18,850
And I'm seeing a pattern

4727
02:19:18,488 --> 02:19:19,155
Schools cut the arts as soon as

4728
02:19:19,155 --> 02:19:19,961
there's a funding hiccup and

4729
02:19:19,961 --> 02:19:22,826
now the city is proposing to do

4730
02:19:22,826 --> 02:19:23,527
the same and it's not okay.

4731
02:19:23,527 --> 02:19:26,527
These cuts dismantle an entire

4732
02:19:27,731 --> 02:19:28,131
ecosystem that will not easily

4733
02:19:28,131 --> 02:19:28,831
be rebuilt.

4734
02:19:28,831 --> 02:19:31,831
>> You cannot you cannot claim

4735
02:19:32,869 --> 02:19:33,236
to support community and cut

4736
02:19:33,236 --> 02:19:34,352
the arts.

4737
02:19:34,352 --> 02:19:34,548
Thank you for that concluding

4738
02:19:34,548 --> 02:19:36,548
statement.

4739
02:19:37,841 --> 02:19:38,642
Nathan Jones Nathan Jones You

4740
02:19:38,642 --> 02:19:39,376
guys were doing so good and I

4741
02:19:39,376 --> 02:19:42,376
know you're getting excited and

4742
02:19:42,813 --> 02:19:45,813
probably a little tired when

4743
02:19:47,350 --> 02:19:48,117
you have time stated by Evelyn

4744
02:19:48,117 --> 02:19:48,785
Evelyn Mark thank you so much.

4745
02:19:48,785 --> 02:19:51,185
>> You have two minutes.

4746
02:19:52,890 --> 02:19:52,723
Please proceed.

4747
02:19:52,723 --> 02:19:53,560
>> Good afternoon Council

4748
02:19:53,560 --> 02:19:53,657
members.

4749
02:19:53,657 --> 02:19:56,526
My name is Nathan Jones.

4750
02:19:56,526 --> 02:19:57,227
i'm a District three resident

4751
02:19:57,227 --> 02:19:57,661
and I am United States Marine

4752
02:19:57,661 --> 02:19:58,362
Corps veteran.

4753
02:19:58,362 --> 02:20:01,465
I serve this country because I

4754
02:20:01,465 --> 02:20:02,165
believe in duty, courage and

4755
02:20:02,165 --> 02:20:02,832
having a backbone to look at

4756
02:20:02,832 --> 02:20:05,832
something wrong and stand up

4757
02:20:06,690 --> 02:20:06,804
against it and to be 100% clear

4758
02:20:06,804 --> 02:20:07,103
what we're seeing here today is

4759
02:20:07,103 --> 02:20:09,103
wrong.

4760
02:20:10,607 --> 02:20:11,107
I'm not just concerned about

4761
02:20:11,107 --> 02:20:11,775
this budget cuts.

4762
02:20:11,775 --> 02:20:12,477
I am deeply disappointed and

4763
02:20:12,477 --> 02:20:15,145
disgusted that this council is

4764
02:20:15,145 --> 02:20:15,913
even considering eliminating

4765
02:20:15,913 --> 02:20:16,512
arts funding in a city like San

4766
02:20:16,512 --> 02:20:18,912
Diego arguably the most

4767
02:20:20,450 --> 02:20:21,117
beautiful city in the world.

4768
02:20:21,117 --> 02:20:21,785
Cutting what makes the city

4769
02:20:21,785 --> 02:20:22,452
beautiful is not just a bad

4770
02:20:22,452 --> 02:20:24,988
decision it's a failure of

4771
02:20:24,988 --> 02:20:25,588
leadership.

4772
02:20:25,588 --> 02:20:26,256
San Diego's identity is

4773
02:20:26,256 --> 02:20:26,924
inseparable from its art and

4774
02:20:26,924 --> 02:20:29,924
culture from the museums and

4775
02:20:30,360 --> 02:20:31,270
performance spaces and

4776
02:20:31,270 --> 02:20:31,761
the organ of Balboa Park to

4777
02:20:31,761 --> 02:20:34,865
the unbridled legacy of the Old

4778
02:20:34,865 --> 02:20:35,498
Globe Theater to the powerful

4779
02:20:35,498 --> 02:20:36,132
community murals in Barrio

4780
02:20:36,132 --> 02:20:39,200
Logan This city has a rich

4781
02:20:39,200 --> 02:20:39,703
history in investing and

4782
02:20:39,703 --> 02:20:40,370
creativity because it knows it

4783
02:20:40,370 --> 02:20:40,604
matters.

4784
02:20:40,604 --> 02:20:43,604
As a marine, I've seen

4785
02:20:44,241 --> 02:20:44,808
firsthand how deeply art is

4786
02:20:44,808 --> 02:20:45,442
tied and necessary for

4787
02:20:45,442 --> 02:20:47,842
the service starting from

4788
02:20:49,413 --> 02:20:50,113
the very moment I stood upon

4789
02:20:50,113 --> 02:20:50,814
the painted yellow footprints

4790
02:20:50,814 --> 02:20:54,184
of the city's majority where I

4791
02:20:54,184 --> 02:20:54,885
vowed to protect my country, my

4792
02:20:54,885 --> 02:20:55,552
brothers in my core art from

4793
02:20:55,552 --> 02:20:57,952
yellow footprints to murals

4794
02:20:58,889 --> 02:20:59,657
allow us to tap into the truth

4795
02:20:59,657 --> 02:21:00,223
of who we are, what we endure

4796
02:21:00,223 --> 02:21:01,910
and what we stand for.

4797
02:21:01,910 --> 02:21:03,961
To stand here and watch this

4798
02:21:03,961 --> 02:21:04,628
council treat the arts as

4799
02:21:04,628 --> 02:21:05,128
expendable is disgusting and

4800
02:21:05,128 --> 02:21:05,863
frankly insulting.

4801
02:21:05,863 --> 02:21:08,832
The people who built the city's

4802
02:21:08,832 --> 02:21:09,533
cultural foundation and

4803
02:21:09,533 --> 02:21:13,133
the people of San Diego itself

4804
02:21:13,470 --> 02:21:14,104
who rely on it At the same time

4805
02:21:14,104 --> 02:21:14,805
public safety continues to

4806
02:21:14,805 --> 02:21:17,805
dominate the general fund with

4807
02:21:18,740 --> 02:21:21,740
the police department alone set

4808
02:21:22,311 --> 02:21:22,646
to receive $718.6 million in

4809
02:21:22,646 --> 02:21:23,313
funding.

4810
02:21:23,313 --> 02:21:23,881
Let's be clear a city that

4811
02:21:23,881 --> 02:21:24,548
pours everything into

4812
02:21:24,548 --> 02:21:26,548
enforcement while stripping

4813
02:21:26,650 --> 02:21:27,217
away creativity, opportunity

4814
02:21:27,217 --> 02:21:27,751
and expression is not

4815
02:21:27,751 --> 02:21:29,751
prioritizing safety.

4816
02:21:31,655 --> 02:21:32,122
It's neglecting it in a

4817
02:21:32,122 --> 02:21:32,756
different form.

4818
02:21:32,756 --> 02:21:33,391
The arts are not a luxury.

4819
02:21:33,391 --> 02:21:35,791
They are connection and

4820
02:21:35,960 --> 02:21:36,694
prevention.

4821
02:21:36,694 --> 02:21:37,361
They are healing especially for

4822
02:21:37,361 --> 02:21:38,620
veterans like myself who are

4823
02:21:38,620 --> 02:21:41,620
trying to transition and find

4824
02:21:41,498 --> 02:21:42,232
purpose after service and

4825
02:21:42,232 --> 02:21:42,832
especially to the vets who have

4826
02:21:42,832 --> 02:21:43,534
been injured in service.

4827
02:21:43,534 --> 02:21:46,403
If you're not willing to stand

4828
02:21:46,403 --> 02:21:47,370
up for something as fundamental

4829
02:21:47,370 --> 02:21:47,705
as the arts, if you're not

4830
02:21:47,705 --> 02:21:48,438
willing to push back and say

4831
02:21:48,438 --> 02:21:51,438
this matters then you seriously

4832
02:21:51,442 --> 02:21:52,900
need to ask yourself why you're

4833
02:21:52,900 --> 02:21:52,743
in those seats Because

4834
02:21:52,743 --> 02:21:53,377
leadership requires conviction.

4835
02:21:53,377 --> 02:21:55,212
You lack the conviction to

4836
02:21:55,212 --> 02:21:55,813
stand up for what's right step

4837
02:21:55,813 --> 02:21:58,213
aside for certain needs.

4838
02:22:05,756 --> 02:22:06,457
>> It has concluded Very

4839
02:22:06,457 --> 02:22:07,910
passionate Who's allowed, D.L.

4840
02:22:07,910 --> 02:22:07,390
He was allowed to make his

4841
02:22:07,390 --> 02:22:09,390
point.

4842
02:22:10,161 --> 02:22:10,761
>> Hold down the clapping and

4843
02:22:10,761 --> 02:22:11,528
then we can get through.

4844
02:22:11,528 --> 02:22:13,998
>> I don't know What if we

4845
02:22:13,998 --> 02:22:17,598
still got 100 We still got two,

4846
02:22:17,868 --> 02:22:20,868
four, six, eight and over 100.

4847
02:22:23,407 --> 02:22:24,208
So Carmen Canyon is and then as

4848
02:22:24,208 --> 02:22:27,144
Carmen comes up if I can have

4849
02:22:27,144 --> 02:22:27,845
Shawn Boyd, Alicia Prescott,

4850
02:22:27,845 --> 02:22:30,845
Lauren Cook, Fred Adair, Jess

4851
02:22:33,484 --> 02:22:34,151
Barron, Kate Burn again she

4852
02:22:34,151 --> 02:22:36,921
they come up the first time

4853
02:22:36,921 --> 02:22:37,588
Bernie Jeanette Faulkner, Kaia

4854
02:22:37,588 --> 02:22:39,988
Ortega, Michael Schmidt and

4855
02:22:41,959 --> 02:22:42,392
Valerie all Please come up to

4856
02:22:42,392 --> 02:22:42,894
the front row.

4857
02:22:42,894 --> 02:22:44,894
>> Please proceed.

4858
02:22:46,964 --> 02:22:47,665
Good afternoon.

4859
02:22:47,665 --> 02:22:48,366
Afternoon Council members My

4860
02:22:48,366 --> 02:22:49,660
name is Carmen Quinonez and I

4861
02:22:49,660 --> 02:22:51,769
reside and council member Joe

4862
02:22:51,769 --> 02:22:52,603
Lacob us District.

4863
02:22:52,603 --> 02:22:53,270
I grew up at San Diego Junior

4864
02:22:53,270 --> 02:22:54,500
Theater and the foundation I

4865
02:22:54,500 --> 02:22:56,807
built there helped propel me to

4866
02:22:56,807 --> 02:22:57,308
New York where I became a

4867
02:22:57,308 --> 02:22:58,800
Broadway producer.

4868
02:22:58,800 --> 02:23:01,800
The arts education I received

4869
02:23:01,212 --> 02:23:01,879
at Junior Theater and within

4870
02:23:01,879 --> 02:23:02,613
San Diego's vibrant arts and

4871
02:23:02,613 --> 02:23:02,980
culture scene didn't just shape

4872
02:23:02,980 --> 02:23:04,980
my career.

4873
02:23:06,451 --> 02:23:07,150
It shaped my understanding of

4874
02:23:07,150 --> 02:23:07,585
collaboration, leadership and

4875
02:23:07,585 --> 02:23:09,585
storytelling.

4876
02:23:10,221 --> 02:23:10,888
Those skills carried me into

4877
02:23:10,888 --> 02:23:11,456
one of the most competitive

4878
02:23:11,456 --> 02:23:13,456
creative industries in

4879
02:23:14,992 --> 02:23:15,560
the world Today I'm back in San

4880
02:23:15,560 --> 02:23:16,260
Diego reinvesting that

4881
02:23:16,260 --> 02:23:18,660
experience into this community

4882
02:23:19,597 --> 02:23:20,298
through arts education With

4883
02:23:20,298 --> 02:23:20,998
support from osp funding I've

4884
02:23:20,998 --> 02:23:24,101
been able to return to Junior

4885
02:23:24,101 --> 02:23:24,668
Theater as a director working

4886
02:23:24,668 --> 02:23:25,403
directly with the next

4887
02:23:25,403 --> 02:23:27,803
generation of artists, creative

4888
02:23:28,973 --> 02:23:29,741
thinkers and community leaders

4889
02:23:29,741 --> 02:23:30,642
I've seen firsthand both in New

4890
02:23:30,642 --> 02:23:34,212
York and here in San Diego how

4891
02:23:34,212 --> 02:23:34,879
the arts contribute to a

4892
02:23:34,879 --> 02:23:35,513
healthy economic ecosystem.

4893
02:23:35,513 --> 02:23:37,913
They create jobs, attract

4894
02:23:38,883 --> 02:23:39,618
investment and strengthen

4895
02:23:39,618 --> 02:23:40,217
communities things you all know

4896
02:23:40,217 --> 02:23:42,217
eliminating arts funding

4897
02:23:43,854 --> 02:23:44,554
doesn't just impact programs it

4898
02:23:44,554 --> 02:23:45,223
disrupts that entire ecosystem

4899
02:23:45,223 --> 02:23:46,657
and limits what is possible.

4900
02:23:46,657 --> 02:23:47,570
>> Thank you.

4901
02:23:47,570 --> 02:23:49,570
Thank you.

4902
02:23:52,630 --> 02:23:52,830
Sean Boyle Sean Boyd, executive

4903
02:23:52,830 --> 02:23:55,230
director of Trinity Theater

4904
02:23:56,701 --> 02:23:57,202
Company Arts and Culture is not

4905
02:23:57,202 --> 02:23:57,969
a bargaining chip.

4906
02:23:57,969 --> 02:24:00,969
Last year our funding was

4907
02:24:01,939 --> 02:24:04,339
reduced by $1.8 million which

4908
02:24:05,244 --> 02:24:05,910
led to a drop of total city

4909
02:24:05,910 --> 02:24:06,244
revenue in excess of $6

4910
02:24:06,244 --> 02:24:06,945
million.

4911
02:24:06,945 --> 02:24:09,345
The mayor's defenses regarding

4912
02:24:10,415 --> 02:24:11,820
voters tolerance for tax

4913
02:24:11,820 --> 02:24:11,815
increases are disingenuous.

4914
02:24:11,815 --> 02:24:14,815
In 2020 we passed Measure c

4915
02:24:15,787 --> 02:24:16,421
which increased the tourism tax

4916
02:24:16,421 --> 02:24:17,122
by 3% allowing funding for

4917
02:24:17,122 --> 02:24:19,522
the convention center in 2022.

4918
02:24:20,625 --> 02:24:21,326
California's passed Prop 28

4919
02:24:21,326 --> 02:24:23,994
which ensured funding for arts

4920
02:24:23,994 --> 02:24:24,462
education in schools both

4921
02:24:24,462 --> 02:24:25,196
passed with 65%.

4922
02:24:25,196 --> 02:24:25,463
The discretionary penny tax did

4923
02:24:25,463 --> 02:24:27,463
not.

4924
02:24:28,867 --> 02:24:29,501
Voters said they support

4925
02:24:29,501 --> 02:24:32,501
the arts, not the mayor's

4926
02:24:32,972 --> 02:24:33,638
discretionary spending.

4927
02:24:33,638 --> 02:24:34,305
The individuals in this room

4928
02:24:34,305 --> 02:24:35,400
are experts in their fields.

4929
02:24:35,400 --> 02:24:38,209
We are experts in the economics

4930
02:24:38,209 --> 02:24:39,430
and the arts.

4931
02:24:39,430 --> 02:24:39,777
We are experts in the economics

4932
02:24:39,777 --> 02:24:42,513
of tourism and we understand

4933
02:24:42,513 --> 02:24:43,181
deeply enter

4934
02:24:43,181 --> 02:24:43,915
the interdependency between

4935
02:24:43,915 --> 02:24:46,915
funding of our institutions and

4936
02:24:47,585 --> 02:24:48,253
the city's income.

4937
02:24:48,253 --> 02:24:51,253
The mayor does not please

4938
02:24:51,689 --> 02:24:52,357
restore our funding to $14

4939
02:24:52,357 --> 02:24:53,240
million and please invite us

4940
02:24:53,240 --> 02:24:55,424
into the conversation before

4941
02:25:00,131 --> 02:25:00,598
MAY revisions Alicia Prescott

4942
02:25:00,598 --> 02:25:01,399
Good afternoon.

4943
02:25:01,399 --> 02:25:04,436
My name is Lisa Prescott and

4944
02:25:04,436 --> 02:25:05,700
I've served 20 years in

4945
02:25:05,700 --> 02:25:05,770
the military and I'm here

4946
02:25:05,770 --> 02:25:09,207
because of the role that arts

4947
02:25:09,207 --> 02:25:09,841
has played in my healing and

4948
02:25:09,841 --> 02:25:10,575
resilience and those of my

4949
02:25:10,575 --> 02:25:13,478
brothers and sisters in arms in

4950
02:25:13,478 --> 02:25:14,346
San Diego.

4951
02:25:14,346 --> 02:25:15,460
The arts are not a luxury they

4952
02:25:15,460 --> 02:25:15,747
are a part of a mental health

4953
02:25:15,747 --> 02:25:18,416
safety net for service members

4954
02:25:18,416 --> 02:25:19,117
and veterans.

4955
02:25:19,117 --> 02:25:19,851
Creative programs are built

4956
02:25:19,851 --> 02:25:22,251
into residential and outpatient

4957
02:25:22,887 --> 02:25:23,288
treatment programs across

4958
02:25:23,288 --> 02:25:23,922
the region.

4959
02:25:23,922 --> 02:25:24,555
My peers and I personally

4960
02:25:24,555 --> 02:25:25,223
benefit from programs like

4961
02:25:25,223 --> 02:25:28,223
the Veteran's Art Project or

4962
02:25:28,393 --> 02:25:29,127
Art Therapy helps manage ptsd,

4963
02:25:29,127 --> 02:25:32,127
depression and support trend of

4964
02:25:33,230 --> 02:25:33,932
transition into civilian life.

4965
02:25:33,932 --> 02:25:34,599
These programs don't just help

4966
02:25:34,599 --> 02:25:35,200
people leave the force, they

4967
02:25:35,200 --> 02:25:38,200
help many of us stay in

4968
02:25:38,200 --> 02:25:38,336
the fight and return to

4969
02:25:38,336 --> 02:25:39,400
service.

4970
02:25:39,400 --> 02:25:39,504
Cutting arts programs means

4971
02:25:39,504 --> 02:25:40,172
cutting a part of

4972
02:25:40,172 --> 02:25:42,572
the prevention system beyond

4973
02:25:43,874 --> 02:25:44,509
health impacts arts and culture

4974
02:25:44,509 --> 02:25:45,177
support thousands of jobs

4975
02:25:45,177 --> 02:25:47,577
generate revenue revenue and

4976
02:25:48,380 --> 02:25:49,119
revenue.

4977
02:25:49,119 --> 02:25:49,815
Cutting this funding and we

4978
02:25:49,815 --> 02:25:52,215
should expect our homelessness

4979
02:25:53,151 --> 02:25:54,520
population to rise.

4980
02:25:54,520 --> 02:25:54,752
I thought I was going to have a

4981
02:25:54,752 --> 02:25:55,860
job in the arts when I got out

4982
02:25:55,860 --> 02:25:57,860
shortly.

4983
02:25:57,823 --> 02:25:58,156
I'm not sure about that anymore

4984
02:25:58,156 --> 02:25:58,824
.

4985
02:25:58,824 --> 02:26:00,824
>> 22 veterans a day.

4986
02:26:05,764 --> 02:26:06,465
Thank you Lauren Cook I'm

4987
02:26:06,465 --> 02:26:07,132
Lauren Cook with the San Diego

4988
02:26:07,132 --> 02:26:09,132
Architectural Foundation and

4989
02:26:10,735 --> 02:26:11,870
the executive director.

4990
02:26:11,870 --> 02:26:15,774
We have a small amount of this

4991
02:26:15,774 --> 02:26:16,407
funding that comes about it but

4992
02:26:16,407 --> 02:26:18,911
I stand with everyone here

4993
02:26:18,911 --> 02:26:19,611
because again, there's no one

4994
02:26:19,611 --> 02:26:23,211
in our city that isn't here.

4995
02:26:24,383 --> 02:26:24,917
Everyone is here and we are all

4996
02:26:24,917 --> 02:26:27,317
going to be cut.

4997
02:26:28,754 --> 02:26:29,454
There's nothing that we are not

4998
02:26:29,454 --> 02:26:30,188
representing here today And I

4999
02:26:30,188 --> 02:26:30,923
think that you mentioned too in

5000
02:26:30,923 --> 02:26:33,923
the budget analysis that you're

5001
02:26:34,493 --> 02:26:35,194
going to be talking about that

5002
02:26:35,194 --> 02:26:35,461
when you got to the bottom of

5003
02:26:35,461 --> 02:26:36,361
it.

5004
02:26:36,361 --> 02:26:38,430
So I guess you really don't

5005
02:26:38,430 --> 02:26:38,931
need to work on it because

5006
02:26:38,931 --> 02:26:39,497
everyone is here.

5007
02:26:39,497 --> 02:26:41,497
We're all represented.

5008
02:26:42,734 --> 02:26:43,168
So I think we probably should

5009
02:26:43,168 --> 02:26:43,669
just go home.

5010
02:26:43,669 --> 02:26:45,669
We're okay, right?

5011
02:26:47,872 --> 02:26:48,640
So what we do with our money is

5012
02:26:48,640 --> 02:26:52,511
we use it for kids something we

5013
02:26:52,511 --> 02:26:53,212
all talked about it to

5014
02:26:53,212 --> 02:26:55,612
yesterday at Fridays, Saturday

5015
02:26:57,282 --> 02:26:57,916
and Sunday They work together

5016
02:26:57,916 --> 02:26:58,550
seventh, eighth and ninth

5017
02:26:58,550 --> 02:27:00,950
graders put together city.

5018
02:27:01,853 --> 02:27:02,554
They built it and then they

5019
02:27:02,554 --> 02:27:03,222
talked about how it should be

5020
02:27:03,222 --> 02:27:06,822
developed and they got in a

5021
02:27:07,459 --> 02:27:08,260
fight about coastal access.

5022
02:27:08,260 --> 02:27:08,994
>> That's what we taught them.

5023
02:27:08,994 --> 02:27:11,994
Think about that You're for

5024
02:27:15,134 --> 02:27:19,334
that It Fred other Hi it's a

5025
02:27:20,380 --> 02:27:20,672
pleasure to meet everybody

5026
02:27:20,672 --> 02:27:23,672
today Your suits look very

5027
02:27:24,430 --> 02:27:24,743
clean well pressed and I

5028
02:27:24,743 --> 02:27:25,477
genuinely consider all of your

5029
02:27:25,477 --> 02:27:28,477
haircuts to be very fashionable

5030
02:27:29,648 --> 02:27:30,316
for the time to everybody here

5031
02:27:30,316 --> 02:27:30,683
I'm proud of everybody that

5032
02:27:30,683 --> 02:27:31,350
showed up.

5033
02:27:31,350 --> 02:27:33,886
You're all showing the guts

5034
02:27:33,886 --> 02:27:34,753
that San Diegans need to have.

5035
02:27:34,753 --> 02:27:35,621
>> We all need to have guts

5036
02:27:35,621 --> 02:27:37,990
because we're all part of San

5037
02:27:37,990 --> 02:27:38,757
Diego.

5038
02:27:38,757 --> 02:27:39,425
The fact of the matter is my

5039
02:27:39,425 --> 02:27:43,250
life was saved by the arts.

5040
02:27:43,128 --> 02:27:43,429
My dad was a pedophile and a

5041
02:27:43,429 --> 02:27:44,290
thief.

5042
02:27:44,290 --> 02:27:44,730
My mom's a drug addict.

5043
02:27:44,730 --> 02:27:47,232
My stepdad was the number one

5044
02:27:47,232 --> 02:27:47,832
heroin trafficker in

5045
02:27:47,832 --> 02:27:48,334
the Western Hemisphere.

5046
02:27:48,334 --> 02:27:48,901
His name is Mike.

5047
02:27:48,901 --> 02:27:51,301
Wait Look it up.

5048
02:27:52,470 --> 02:27:53,372
When I was beaten by the people

5049
02:27:53,372 --> 02:27:53,806
that abused me I ran to Balboa

5050
02:27:53,806 --> 02:27:55,806
Park and hid.

5051
02:27:57,343 --> 02:27:58,440
I opened a comic book store

5052
02:27:58,440 --> 02:28:01,644
here in San Diego called Crazy

5053
02:28:02,810 --> 02:28:02,882
Fred's comic book world And was

5054
02:28:02,882 --> 02:28:05,617
here for 17 years before I lost

5055
02:28:05,617 --> 02:28:06,351
everything in the riots six

5056
02:28:06,351 --> 02:28:06,651
years ago everything was burned

5057
02:28:06,651 --> 02:28:07,319
down.

5058
02:28:07,319 --> 02:28:10,288
You can see me in the news.

5059
02:28:10,288 --> 02:28:11,156
I was the only guy crying

5060
02:28:11,156 --> 02:28:11,924
because it and it was my

5061
02:28:11,924 --> 02:28:14,760
pleasure to bring the arts in

5062
02:28:14,760 --> 02:28:15,494
that fashion Like with the ten

5063
02:28:15,494 --> 02:28:15,761
year Comicon and what what have

5064
02:28:15,761 --> 02:28:17,761
you.

5065
02:28:19,365 --> 02:28:20,660
>> One of the things and

5066
02:28:20,660 --> 02:28:23,660
memories long just very going

5067
02:28:26,739 --> 02:28:29,739
to remember just burn Hi

5068
02:28:31,243 --> 02:28:31,944
friends I'm just I'm

5069
02:28:31,944 --> 02:28:32,510
the founder executive director

5070
02:28:32,510 --> 02:28:33,178
of guitars and Ukes in

5071
02:28:33,178 --> 02:28:36,178
the classroom Thank you for

5072
02:28:36,649 --> 02:28:37,316
your support I appreciate what

5073
02:28:37,316 --> 02:28:37,950
you're doing and ask you to

5074
02:28:37,950 --> 02:28:40,820
take a breath because this

5075
02:28:40,820 --> 02:28:41,621
isn't easy for you guys Just

5076
02:28:41,621 --> 02:28:42,221
like it's scary for us to get

5077
02:28:42,221 --> 02:28:45,221
up and talk about this.

5078
02:28:45,491 --> 02:28:46,125
I just want to bring one thing

5079
02:28:46,125 --> 02:28:49,125
to your attention and only

5080
02:28:50,229 --> 02:28:50,796
point 7% of San Diego responded

5081
02:28:50,796 --> 02:28:53,196
to the mayor's survey.

5082
02:28:54,400 --> 02:28:58,000
I want you to think about

5083
02:28:58,637 --> 02:28:59,372
the 97 right 99.3% of

5084
02:28:59,372 --> 02:29:00,720
the people that didn't fill out

5085
02:29:00,720 --> 02:29:03,509
the survey because most of us

5086
02:29:03,509 --> 02:29:03,943
are buried in our inboxes as

5087
02:29:03,943 --> 02:29:04,877
you guys are.

5088
02:29:04,877 --> 02:29:08,281
Right And most of us are

5089
02:29:08,281 --> 02:29:08,981
working 2 or 3 jobs or we're

5090
02:29:08,981 --> 02:29:12,385
working like me in the arts 70

5091
02:29:12,385 --> 02:29:13,252
hours a week and it's really

5092
02:29:13,252 --> 02:29:17,452
hard to get to an email survey

5093
02:29:17,523 --> 02:29:18,224
So please take these speakers

5094
02:29:18,224 --> 02:29:18,891
to heart today because they're

5095
02:29:18,891 --> 02:29:21,291
bringing you the vulnerable

5096
02:29:22,195 --> 02:29:22,929
population that we all serve.

5097
02:29:22,929 --> 02:29:23,595
We're representing San Diego

5098
02:29:23,595 --> 02:29:27,195
and the San Diego you didn't

5099
02:29:27,533 --> 02:29:28,167
hear from yet so please don't

5100
02:29:28,167 --> 02:29:31,167
rely on a little survey.

5101
02:29:32,538 --> 02:29:33,380
>> Think about this.

5102
02:29:33,380 --> 02:29:35,380
>> Thank you.

5103
02:29:38,877 --> 02:29:39,345
Kate Burnett, Kate Burnett,

5104
02:29:39,345 --> 02:29:39,712
Jenny Faulkner.

5105
02:29:39,712 --> 02:29:41,712
Jenny, go.

5106
02:29:42,681 --> 02:29:43,160
You have times needed to you by

5107
02:29:43,160 --> 02:29:43,683
itself.

5108
02:29:43,683 --> 02:29:44,500
Miranda Travis, please raise

5109
02:29:44,500 --> 02:29:46,500
your hand.

5110
02:29:47,753 --> 02:29:48,870
Thank you as well as Chad

5111
02:29:48,870 --> 02:29:48,521
Womack.

5112
02:29:48,521 --> 02:29:49,155
>> Thank you.

5113
02:29:49,155 --> 02:29:49,622
You'll have three minutes.

5114
02:29:49,622 --> 02:29:49,989
Please proceed.

5115
02:29:49,989 --> 02:29:51,989
Thank you.

5116
02:29:52,892 --> 02:29:53,560
How come in MAY you to me

5117
02:29:53,560 --> 02:29:54,393
Anyway I am Janika Addie for

5118
02:29:54,393 --> 02:29:56,462
resident with a lie in San

5119
02:29:56,462 --> 02:29:57,196
Diego in a in the member of

5120
02:29:57,196 --> 02:29:59,596
Community Budget Alliance Every

5121
02:30:01,330 --> 02:30:01,701
year we fight for a people's

5122
02:30:01,701 --> 02:30:02,334
budget that equitably spends

5123
02:30:02,334 --> 02:30:04,334
public dollars prioritizes

5124
02:30:06,205 --> 02:30:06,806
communities in neighborhoods

5125
02:30:06,806 --> 02:30:07,406
with the greatest need.

5126
02:30:07,406 --> 02:30:08,700
Our collective goal for

5127
02:30:08,700 --> 02:30:10,700
people's budget actively

5128
02:30:11,211 --> 02:30:11,845
combats systemic racism,

5129
02:30:11,845 --> 02:30:12,244
discrimination and income

5130
02:30:12,244 --> 02:30:14,244
inequality.

5131
02:30:15,882 --> 02:30:16,549
The current budget does

5132
02:30:16,549 --> 02:30:19,549
the opposite You cannot cut

5133
02:30:20,620 --> 02:30:21,387
your way out of inefficiency.

5134
02:30:21,387 --> 02:30:22,155
You have to address it.

5135
02:30:22,155 --> 02:30:25,155
The proposed budget is closing

5136
02:30:28,494 --> 02:30:29,162
a roughly $180 million gap with

5137
02:30:29,162 --> 02:30:29,863
about $7,076 million in cuts

5138
02:30:29,863 --> 02:30:31,863
$26 million in Labor

5139
02:30:33,733 --> 02:30:34,367
concessions and $44 million in

5140
02:30:34,367 --> 02:30:36,767
higher cost to residents.

5141
02:30:37,636 --> 02:30:38,238
It pushes over 100 million into

5142
02:30:38,238 --> 02:30:40,238
the future including $80

5143
02:30:41,540 --> 02:30:42,142
million in reserves and $30

5144
02:30:42,142 --> 02:30:42,875
million in risk funding.

5145
02:30:42,875 --> 02:30:46,179
The impact is landing on vital

5146
02:30:46,179 --> 02:30:46,779
services Family depend on daily

5147
02:30:46,779 --> 02:30:49,179
such as youth services,

5148
02:30:51,510 --> 02:30:51,717
libraries, rec centers, arts

5149
02:30:51,717 --> 02:30:55,122
and culture and as well as

5150
02:30:55,122 --> 02:30:55,721
the storm water department that

5151
02:30:55,721 --> 02:30:56,289
has been significantly

5152
02:30:56,289 --> 02:30:58,289
underfunded for years.

5153
02:31:00,694 --> 02:31:01,327
We the People have the power to

5154
02:31:01,327 --> 02:31:01,995
change the proposed budget

5155
02:31:01,995 --> 02:31:02,696
targeted at the programs and

5156
02:31:02,696 --> 02:31:05,960
services that our communities

5157
02:31:05,598 --> 02:31:06,199
need.

5158
02:31:06,199 --> 02:31:06,832
We need libraries.

5159
02:31:06,832 --> 02:31:09,832
We need parks and Rec.

5160
02:31:10,503 --> 02:31:11,170
We need youth programs, equity

5161
02:31:11,170 --> 02:31:11,571
offices and climate justice

5162
02:31:11,571 --> 02:31:12,271
initiatives.

5163
02:31:12,271 --> 02:31:15,208
We don't need to be poor and

5164
02:31:15,208 --> 02:31:15,675
more money into criminalizing

5165
02:31:15,675 --> 02:31:16,309
our communities.

5166
02:31:16,309 --> 02:31:18,709
These cuts strip away

5167
02:31:19,913 --> 02:31:20,580
the city's capacity to address

5168
02:31:20,580 --> 02:31:21,214
any emergency repairs on our

5169
02:31:21,214 --> 02:31:23,214
stormwater infrastructure.

5170
02:31:24,584 --> 02:31:25,219
You don't remove capacity

5171
02:31:25,219 --> 02:31:25,951
before you've built a more

5172
02:31:25,951 --> 02:31:28,951
efficient system to replace it.

5173
02:31:29,923 --> 02:31:30,691
This current budgets strategy

5174
02:31:30,691 --> 02:31:31,457
has been cut now cost later and

5175
02:31:31,457 --> 02:31:34,593
residents pain at the cost in

5176
02:31:34,593 --> 02:31:35,328
between.

5177
02:31:35,328 --> 02:31:35,962
I urge you the City council

5178
02:31:35,962 --> 02:31:38,962
members to listen to your

5179
02:31:40,299 --> 02:31:41,330
constituents and help right

5180
02:31:41,330 --> 02:31:41,735
these wrongs by fully restoring

5181
02:31:41,735 --> 02:31:44,705
these programs and services We

5182
02:31:44,705 --> 02:31:45,372
we need.

5183
02:31:45,372 --> 02:31:46,720
We need to make bold

5184
02:31:46,720 --> 02:31:46,472
investments in our people not

5185
02:31:46,472 --> 02:31:48,472
punishment.

5186
02:31:50,243 --> 02:31:50,944
Please act now to uplift

5187
02:31:50,944 --> 02:31:51,510
the people's budget and modify

5188
02:31:51,510 --> 02:31:52,780
the budget to reflect

5189
02:31:52,780 --> 02:31:54,478
the people's needs for

5190
02:31:55,148 --> 02:31:55,916
the remainder of my time I

5191
02:31:55,916 --> 02:31:56,616
would like to take a moment of

5192
02:31:56,616 --> 02:31:59,616
silence and honor the lives

5193
02:31:59,752 --> 02:32:00,530
lost in the floods of JANUARY

5194
02:32:00,530 --> 02:32:02,530
2024.

5195
02:32:50,504 --> 02:32:50,837
Thank you

5196
02:32:50,837 --> 02:32:52,837
.

5197
02:32:54,307 --> 02:32:54,708
Thank you.

5198
02:32:54,708 --> 02:32:56,708
Thank you.

5199
02:32:59,480 --> 02:33:01,880
Kaia Ortega Good afternoon

5200
02:33:04,117 --> 02:33:04,818
Council members My name is Kaia

5201
02:33:04,818 --> 02:33:08,418
Ortega and I'm here on behalf

5202
02:33:08,688 --> 02:33:09,523
of the Old Globe Theater to

5203
02:33:09,523 --> 02:33:10,124
urge you all to reconsider

5204
02:33:10,124 --> 02:33:12,524
the devastating arts and

5205
02:33:13,761 --> 02:33:14,361
culture cuts proposed in Mayor

5206
02:33:14,361 --> 02:33:16,761
Gloria's f y 27 budget.

5207
02:33:18,398 --> 02:33:19,133
These cuts actively threaten

5208
02:33:19,133 --> 02:33:19,800
our entire creative economy.

5209
02:33:19,800 --> 02:33:22,800
They threaten the art forms

5210
02:33:23,270 --> 02:33:23,937
we're trying to preserve and

5211
02:33:23,937 --> 02:33:24,571
they threaten our collective

5212
02:33:24,571 --> 02:33:26,971
capacity to deliver vital

5213
02:33:27,975 --> 02:33:28,642
programing.

5214
02:33:28,642 --> 02:33:29,430
The Old Globe is an anchor

5215
02:33:29,430 --> 02:33:29,743
institution.

5216
02:33:29,743 --> 02:33:31,745
We've been serving this city

5217
02:33:31,745 --> 02:33:32,379
for over 90 years.

5218
02:33:32,379 --> 02:33:33,790
Last year we served over

5219
02:33:33,790 --> 02:33:35,790
250,000 folks through live

5220
02:33:36,684 --> 02:33:37,284
mainstage Productions and we

5221
02:33:37,284 --> 02:33:39,284
served over 30,000 folks

5222
02:33:41,255 --> 02:33:41,655
through free community

5223
02:33:41,655 --> 02:33:42,423
programing.

5224
02:33:42,423 --> 02:33:42,723
We employ over 700 people each

5225
02:33:42,723 --> 02:33:44,723
year.

5226
02:33:46,494 --> 02:33:47,161
And with this proposed budget

5227
02:33:47,161 --> 02:33:47,895
the city is telling artists,

5228
02:33:47,895 --> 02:33:50,295
creatives, cultural workers and

5229
02:33:52,320 --> 02:33:52,733
the communities that rely on

5230
02:33:52,733 --> 02:33:53,367
this programing that the city

5231
02:33:53,367 --> 02:33:56,967
is not the city for them.

5232
02:33:57,710 --> 02:33:57,772
The globe generates more than

5233
02:33:57,772 --> 02:33:58,439
$45 million in economic impact

5234
02:33:58,439 --> 02:34:01,439
for the city supporting jobs

5235
02:34:02,760 --> 02:34:02,809
local businesses, arts and

5236
02:34:02,809 --> 02:34:05,809
tourism that benefits the city.

5237
02:34:06,146 --> 02:34:06,914
>> Thank you Michael Schmidt.

5238
02:34:06,914 --> 02:34:10,484
We still have some trickling in

5239
02:34:10,484 --> 02:34:10,785
so we're at about 115 speakers

5240
02:34:10,785 --> 02:34:11,385
left.

5241
02:34:11,385 --> 02:34:11,719
Michael Schmidt, please

5242
02:34:11,719 --> 02:34:13,719
proceed.

5243
02:34:14,888 --> 02:34:15,423
Well hello.

5244
02:34:15,423 --> 02:34:16,570
Good afternoon.

5245
02:34:16,570 --> 02:34:16,490
I am Michael Schmidt with

5246
02:34:16,490 --> 02:34:18,490
District five.

5247
02:34:20,494 --> 02:34:21,950
I just want to point out I'm

5248
02:34:21,950 --> 02:34:23,495
unhappy the fact that

5249
02:34:26,100 --> 02:34:26,967
the budget just got approved

5250
02:34:26,967 --> 02:34:30,400
that it's going to be cut and I

5251
02:34:30,400 --> 02:34:30,705
just don't appreciate a

5252
02:34:30,705 --> 02:34:31,205
especially for people cutting

5253
02:34:31,205 --> 02:34:33,605
down hours over at

5254
02:34:35,643 --> 02:34:36,344
the libraries including

5255
02:34:36,344 --> 02:34:36,977
downtown San Diego and you're

5256
02:34:36,977 --> 02:34:37,477
going to see those That's

5257
02:34:37,477 --> 02:34:39,477
almost shut down.

5258
02:34:40,470 --> 02:34:40,748
I it's just sad for me and I

5259
02:34:40,748 --> 02:34:42,650
don't appreciate it But thank

5260
02:34:42,650 --> 02:34:44,650
you very much.

5261
02:34:47,888 --> 02:34:48,556
>> Thank you, Valerie.

5262
02:34:48,556 --> 02:34:49,257
Valerie, please come up to

5263
02:34:49,257 --> 02:34:49,857
the microphone And after that

5264
02:34:49,857 --> 02:34:52,257
we have Robert Morales.

5265
02:34:52,894 --> 02:34:54,894
Greg.

5266
02:34:57,665 --> 02:34:58,533
>> Greg So is that where you

5267
02:34:58,533 --> 02:34:59,660
can tell me what it is when you

5268
02:34:59,660 --> 02:35:01,466
get up here please?

5269
02:35:02,870 --> 02:35:06,470
I'd like to know Phil Jarman.

5270
02:35:07,775 --> 02:35:08,740
Whitney Shea, Suzanne Paradiso

5271
02:35:08,740 --> 02:35:10,740
Swap.

5272
02:35:12,460 --> 02:35:12,780
David Bennett, Nate Fehrman,

5273
02:35:12,780 --> 02:35:15,780
Mary Soriano and Roll Salamanca

5274
02:35:16,583 --> 02:35:17,218
If you can all please come up

5275
02:35:17,218 --> 02:35:17,918
to the front row.

5276
02:35:17,918 --> 02:35:18,653
Roberto Robert Morales If you

5277
02:35:18,653 --> 02:35:21,653
can please come up to

5278
02:35:21,956 --> 02:35:22,724
the microphone.

5279
02:35:22,724 --> 02:35:25,724
Robert Rollins And I didn't

5280
02:35:27,610 --> 02:35:27,462
have a Valerie here.

5281
02:35:27,462 --> 02:35:28,429
Valerie No.

5282
02:35:28,429 --> 02:35:31,933
So Robert you have time to buy

5283
02:35:31,933 --> 02:35:32,600
Rudy Lombardi.

5284
02:35:32,600 --> 02:35:33,201
Thank you so much.

5285
02:35:33,201 --> 02:35:33,667
You'll have two minutes.

5286
02:35:33,667 --> 02:35:34,100
Please proceed.

5287
02:35:34,100 --> 02:35:36,100
Awesome.

5288
02:35:36,537 --> 02:35:37,500
Thank you, everyone.

5289
02:35:37,500 --> 02:35:37,572
Council members.

5290
02:35:37,572 --> 02:35:38,138
Good afternoon, folks.

5291
02:35:38,138 --> 02:35:40,538
Please stand with me.

5292
02:35:41,208 --> 02:35:42,100
This is important.

5293
02:35:42,100 --> 02:35:44,979
My name is Robert Morales.

5294
02:35:44,979 --> 02:35:45,712
I represent I.R.S. Local 122 on

5295
02:35:45,712 --> 02:35:48,683
the business manager For them I

5296
02:35:48,683 --> 02:35:49,417
represent more than 2800

5297
02:35:49,417 --> 02:35:50,510
workers across here and it goes

5298
02:35:50,510 --> 02:35:52,451
to arts and entertainment

5299
02:35:53,988 --> 02:35:54,689
industry people who bring life

5300
02:35:54,689 --> 02:35:55,422
to our stages support our

5301
02:35:55,422 --> 02:35:55,757
venues and help power the local

5302
02:35:55,757 --> 02:35:57,757
economy.

5303
02:35:58,859 --> 02:35:59,427
I want to be clear this

5304
02:35:59,427 --> 02:36:01,827
proposed budget is not

5305
02:36:03,640 --> 02:36:03,765
the numbers on a page that

5306
02:36:03,765 --> 02:36:04,432
reduction in the arts funding

5307
02:36:04,432 --> 02:36:07,432
will mean fewer jobs, fewer

5308
02:36:08,202 --> 02:36:08,703
hours and real hardship for

5309
02:36:08,703 --> 02:36:09,404
working families.

5310
02:36:09,404 --> 02:36:09,937
We are seeing longer lines in

5311
02:36:09,937 --> 02:36:12,337
our own food banks.

5312
02:36:13,740 --> 02:36:13,874
Our members are filling it now

5313
02:36:13,874 --> 02:36:17,946
but we are not here just to

5314
02:36:17,946 --> 02:36:18,880
point fingers at the problem.

5315
02:36:18,880 --> 02:36:19,313
We are here to ask for a better

5316
02:36:19,313 --> 02:36:21,313
path forward.

5317
02:36:22,417 --> 02:36:23,151
The budget is not final.

5318
02:36:23,151 --> 02:36:23,852
There is still time to make

5319
02:36:23,852 --> 02:36:26,252
adjustments that reflect true

5320
02:36:28,189 --> 02:36:28,790
value and the arts in our city

5321
02:36:28,790 --> 02:36:31,190
not just culturally but

5322
02:36:32,393 --> 02:36:32,994
economically Our industries

5323
02:36:32,994 --> 02:36:33,661
supports tourism, small

5324
02:36:33,661 --> 02:36:36,610
business and thousands of

5325
02:36:37,165 --> 02:36:38,330
livelihoods.

5326
02:36:38,330 --> 02:36:38,733
We urge you to invest in

5327
02:36:38,733 --> 02:36:41,133
solutions that grow jobs

5328
02:36:42,504 --> 02:36:42,837
supporting a stronger film

5329
02:36:42,837 --> 02:36:43,571
office.

5330
02:36:43,571 --> 02:36:46,571
That's a good thought here

5331
02:36:47,141 --> 02:36:47,809
Would attract film and

5332
02:36:47,809 --> 02:36:50,209
television production to our

5333
02:36:51,712 --> 02:36:52,447
region bringing in New jobs for

5334
02:36:52,447 --> 02:36:55,447
our workers while filling hotel

5335
02:36:56,451 --> 02:36:57,152
rooms, supporting restaurants

5336
02:36:57,152 --> 02:36:57,752
and driving revenue into our

5337
02:36:57,752 --> 02:36:59,752
local businesses across

5338
02:37:01,623 --> 02:37:02,657
the city.

5339
02:37:02,657 --> 02:37:06,594
We are asking you to work with

5340
02:37:06,594 --> 02:37:09,594
us, find solutions that protect

5341
02:37:10,498 --> 02:37:11,199
jobs, sustain our institutions

5342
02:37:11,199 --> 02:37:14,199
and ensure that San Diego's

5343
02:37:15,370 --> 02:37:16,710
future still includes thriving

5344
02:37:16,710 --> 02:37:16,471
arts and entertainment in our

5345
02:37:16,471 --> 02:37:17,238
communities.

5346
02:37:17,238 --> 02:37:20,308
Our workers are not asking for

5347
02:37:20,308 --> 02:37:20,942
a special treatment.

5348
02:37:20,942 --> 02:37:21,743
They're asking for a fair

5349
02:37:21,743 --> 02:37:24,743
chance to continue working to

5350
02:37:25,614 --> 02:37:26,214
pay their bills and to

5351
02:37:26,214 --> 02:37:28,614
contribute to this city.

5352
02:37:30,618 --> 02:37:31,386
We are ready to partner with

5353
02:37:31,386 --> 02:37:31,919
you but we need a plan that

5354
02:37:31,919 --> 02:37:34,319
includes all of us.

5355
02:37:40,428 --> 02:37:41,296
Thank you, Greg.

5356
02:37:41,296 --> 02:37:41,996
You have time to buy a rubber

5357
02:37:41,996 --> 02:37:42,363
helper If you can please raise

5358
02:37:42,363 --> 02:37:42,731
your hand.

5359
02:37:42,731 --> 02:37:44,598
Thank you.

5360
02:37:44,598 --> 02:37:44,966
And Matt Carr.

5361
02:37:44,966 --> 02:37:46,966
Thank you.

5362
02:37:48,202 --> 02:37:49,237
You'll have three minutes.

5363
02:37:49,237 --> 02:37:52,340
I was not prepared for that but

5364
02:37:52,340 --> 02:37:52,941
I'll give you a good two And so

5365
02:37:52,941 --> 02:37:53,274
good afternoon, council

5366
02:37:53,274 --> 02:37:55,274
members.

5367
02:37:57,579 --> 02:37:58,480
My name is Greg So wisdoms all

5368
02:37:58,480 --> 02:38:01,416
was a good shot though and I'm

5369
02:38:01,416 --> 02:38:02,150
here on behalf of iag Local 122

5370
02:38:02,150 --> 02:38:05,750
I understand the city is facing

5371
02:38:06,540 --> 02:38:06,755
a deficit and I understand that

5372
02:38:06,755 --> 02:38:07,488
difficult decisions have to be

5373
02:38:07,488 --> 02:38:08,155
made but cuts like these do not

5374
02:38:08,155 --> 02:38:10,558
solve the problem they make

5375
02:38:10,558 --> 02:38:11,226
them worse.

5376
02:38:11,226 --> 02:38:11,759
What is being proposed here

5377
02:38:11,759 --> 02:38:14,159
does not just affect

5378
02:38:15,697 --> 02:38:16,164
organizations on paper, it

5379
02:38:16,164 --> 02:38:16,865
affects people.

5380
02:38:16,865 --> 02:38:19,865
It affects workers, It affects

5381
02:38:20,168 --> 02:38:20,835
the crews, technicians and art

5382
02:38:20,835 --> 02:38:21,570
workers whose jobs depend on

5383
02:38:21,570 --> 02:38:23,970
these institutions and programs

5384
02:38:25,274 --> 02:38:25,941
Continuing to function.

5385
02:38:25,941 --> 02:38:26,608
These cuts would hit places

5386
02:38:26,608 --> 02:38:29,608
like the Old Globe Theater,

5387
02:38:30,478 --> 02:38:31,179
the San Diego Opera where my

5388
02:38:31,179 --> 02:38:31,880
members work there the people

5389
02:38:31,880 --> 02:38:34,716
behind the scenes who build it

5390
02:38:34,716 --> 02:38:38,916
run it, support it and make it

5391
02:38:39,621 --> 02:38:40,288
all happen when funding is cut

5392
02:38:40,288 --> 02:38:43,288
this this deeply the impact

5393
02:38:44,358 --> 02:38:45,270
does not stop at a budget line.

5394
02:38:45,270 --> 02:38:45,593
It reaches the workers whose

5395
02:38:45,593 --> 02:38:47,593
hours, livelihoods and

5396
02:38:49,310 --> 02:38:49,698
stability depend on that work

5397
02:38:49,698 --> 02:38:50,265
being there and on the film

5398
02:38:50,265 --> 02:38:52,665
side this is special.

5399
02:38:54,169 --> 02:38:54,937
This is especially troubling.

5400
02:38:54,937 --> 02:38:55,637
San Diego is just beginning to

5401
02:38:55,637 --> 02:38:58,207
see real momentum again for

5402
02:38:58,207 --> 02:38:58,873
like the first time in like 15

5403
02:38:58,873 --> 02:39:01,873
years we're starting to see

5404
02:39:02,211 --> 02:39:02,811
more activity, more interest

5405
02:39:02,811 --> 02:39:03,512
and more opportunity to

5406
02:39:03,512 --> 02:39:06,512
eliminate the film office Now

5407
02:39:07,249 --> 02:39:07,950
at the very moment that

5408
02:39:07,950 --> 02:39:10,950
momentum is starting to build

5409
02:39:11,720 --> 02:39:12,454
would be a major mistake.

5410
02:39:12,454 --> 02:39:12,855
Film production does not happen

5411
02:39:12,855 --> 02:39:13,422
by accident.

5412
02:39:13,422 --> 02:39:15,422
It takes coordination,

5413
02:39:17,590 --> 02:39:17,761
permitting response attorneys

5414
02:39:17,761 --> 02:39:18,360
and city staff who understand

5415
02:39:18,360 --> 02:39:20,760
how these projects work

5416
02:39:21,931 --> 02:39:22,697
weakening that capacity now

5417
02:39:22,697 --> 02:39:23,165
does not put San Diego in a

5418
02:39:23,165 --> 02:39:25,165
better position.

5419
02:39:27,169 --> 02:39:27,836
It puts us further behind.

5420
02:39:27,836 --> 02:39:30,836
If the city needs to

5421
02:39:31,307 --> 02:39:31,941
restructure then pass and do it

5422
02:39:31,941 --> 02:39:32,241
with the community in this

5423
02:39:32,241 --> 02:39:32,841
room.

5424
02:39:32,841 --> 02:39:35,241
Bring together the arts

5425
02:39:35,844 --> 02:39:36,545
community, labor and

5426
02:39:36,545 --> 02:39:37,246
the stakeholders who will be

5427
02:39:37,246 --> 02:39:37,613
affected and work out a better

5428
02:39:37,613 --> 02:39:39,613
solution.

5429
02:39:40,916 --> 02:39:41,617
We're here for this because

5430
02:39:41,617 --> 02:39:45,217
once this kind of capacity is

5431
02:39:45,387 --> 02:39:46,255
lost is not easy to rebuild.

5432
02:39:46,255 --> 02:39:48,924
I urge you not to move forward

5433
02:39:48,924 --> 02:39:49,658
with cuts to this magnitude

5434
02:39:49,658 --> 02:39:50,359
without first sitting down with

5435
02:39:50,359 --> 02:39:50,758
the arts community and find a

5436
02:39:50,758 --> 02:39:52,758
better path.

5437
02:39:59,168 --> 02:40:02,168
Thank you, Phil John John

5438
02:40:05,174 --> 02:40:10,746
Chapman No, no Phil j o h m o n

5439
02:40:10,746 --> 02:40:11,413
Whitney Shea.

5440
02:40:11,413 --> 02:40:11,747
>> Good afternoon, Council

5441
02:40:11,747 --> 02:40:12,347
members.

5442
02:40:12,347 --> 02:40:15,347
My name is Whitney Shea.

5443
02:40:15,551 --> 02:40:16,218
I'm a second generation San

5444
02:40:16,218 --> 02:40:19,218
Diego native and a taxpaying

5445
02:40:19,588 --> 02:40:20,456
small business owner.

5446
02:40:20,456 --> 02:40:21,156
As a full time performer here

5447
02:40:21,156 --> 02:40:24,156
I've been involved in various

5448
02:40:24,359 --> 02:40:25,940
nonprofit arts organizations in

5449
02:40:25,940 --> 02:40:28,694
San Diego as a youth attendee

5450
02:40:29,298 --> 02:40:30,266
and instructor and performer.

5451
02:40:30,266 --> 02:40:33,866
My entire life in 2020 being an

5452
02:40:33,936 --> 02:40:34,636
artist was considered the most

5453
02:40:34,636 --> 02:40:35,270
unessential occupation But we

5454
02:40:35,270 --> 02:40:37,670
quickly learned how truly

5455
02:40:39,175 --> 02:40:39,708
important the arts were during

5456
02:40:39,708 --> 02:40:40,376
that difficult time.

5457
02:40:40,376 --> 02:40:42,776
After covid decimating many

5458
02:40:44,313 --> 02:40:44,847
artists careers federal funding

5459
02:40:44,847 --> 02:40:45,547
cuts from the Trump

5460
02:40:45,547 --> 02:40:47,947
administration, I am appalled

5461
02:40:48,951 --> 02:40:49,652
that the city would propose

5462
02:40:49,652 --> 02:40:50,419
full funding cuts to hundreds

5463
02:40:50,419 --> 02:40:53,419
of arts and cultural programs

5464
02:40:53,656 --> 02:40:54,356
looking at the previous data

5465
02:40:54,356 --> 02:40:57,356
shown in the proposed budget,

5466
02:40:57,460 --> 02:40:58,161
what was not addressed was

5467
02:40:58,161 --> 02:40:59,280
the loss of thousands of jobs

5468
02:40:59,280 --> 02:41:02,628
that that will be likely and

5469
02:41:03,990 --> 02:41:03,800
the likely increase in crime

5470
02:41:03,800 --> 02:41:06,800
rates by this proposed budget.

5471
02:41:07,737 --> 02:41:08,404
Today's impassioned

5472
02:41:08,404 --> 02:41:09,380
testimonials across multiple

5473
02:41:09,380 --> 02:41:11,438
organizations are a clear

5474
02:41:13,643 --> 02:41:14,343
indicator that a limiting an

5475
02:41:14,343 --> 02:41:14,710
entire sector Your time just

5476
02:41:14,710 --> 02:41:15,377
concluded.

5477
02:41:15,377 --> 02:41:18,377
Thank you for your comments

5478
02:41:19,949 --> 02:41:22,349
Suzanne for those swap.

5479
02:41:24,487 --> 02:41:25,120
Thank you Honorable City

5480
02:41:25,120 --> 02:41:27,520
Council mayor and Council

5481
02:41:30,159 --> 02:41:30,759
PRESIDENT Thank you for your

5482
02:41:30,759 --> 02:41:31,193
time and your service to

5483
02:41:31,193 --> 02:41:31,961
the community.

5484
02:41:31,961 --> 02:41:34,897
I know this is not an easy

5485
02:41:34,897 --> 02:41:35,565
decision and yet somehow it's

5486
02:41:35,565 --> 02:41:36,232
the easiest decision of all.

5487
02:41:36,232 --> 02:41:39,832
I am the founder of Vanguard

5488
02:41:39,936 --> 02:41:40,703
Culture.

5489
02:41:40,703 --> 02:41:41,400
We're an arts magazine and we

5490
02:41:41,400 --> 02:41:41,671
serve.

5491
02:41:41,671 --> 02:41:44,607
I also serve on the Board of

5492
02:41:44,607 --> 02:41:45,241
Women and Tourism and

5493
02:41:45,241 --> 02:41:47,241
Hospitality International.

5494
02:41:47,977 --> 02:41:48,745
I'm a resident of District two

5495
02:41:48,745 --> 02:41:49,450
and my office is in District

5496
02:41:49,450 --> 02:41:49,646
three.

5497
02:41:49,646 --> 02:41:52,460
The mayor mentioned that

5498
02:41:53,216 --> 02:41:53,849
revenues are not keeping up

5499
02:41:53,849 --> 02:41:54,550
the pace with spending and

5500
02:41:54,550 --> 02:41:55,284
the reason for this is that we

5501
02:41:55,284 --> 02:41:57,684
have not invested significantly

5502
02:41:58,254 --> 02:41:58,954
in the cultural infrastructure

5503
02:41:58,954 --> 02:42:01,354
that would attract significant

5504
02:42:02,425 --> 02:42:02,758
cultural tourism to our region

5505
02:42:02,758 --> 02:42:03,426
.

5506
02:42:03,426 --> 02:42:04,930
Studies show again and again

5507
02:42:04,930 --> 02:42:06,493
that cultural tourists stay

5508
02:42:07,530 --> 02:42:08,197
longer and spend more money in

5509
02:42:08,197 --> 02:42:08,865
the cities they visit than a

5510
02:42:08,865 --> 02:42:10,865
traditional leisure tourist.

5511
02:42:12,168 --> 02:42:12,869
The spend can be between 30 and

5512
02:42:12,869 --> 02:42:15,269
60% More cultural tourists are

5513
02:42:17,207 --> 02:42:17,807
more likely to stay at hotels

5514
02:42:17,807 --> 02:42:18,507
than traditional leisure

5515
02:42:18,507 --> 02:42:21,444
Tourists heads and beds equal

5516
02:42:21,444 --> 02:42:22,780
increased to $40.

5517
02:42:22,780 --> 02:42:22,746
We cannot attract cultural

5518
02:42:22,746 --> 02:42:25,146
tourists without a thriving

5519
02:42:26,850 --> 02:42:27,517
arts and culture ecosystem that

5520
02:42:27,517 --> 02:42:29,517
requires inbound creativity.

5521
02:42:31,855 --> 02:42:32,722
>> Thank you, David Bennett

5522
02:42:32,722 --> 02:42:36,693
David do you have time ceded to

5523
02:42:36,693 --> 02:42:36,959
you by Llewellyn Crane Thank

5524
02:42:36,959 --> 02:42:37,593
you.

5525
02:42:37,593 --> 02:42:38,610
>> You have two minutes.

5526
02:42:38,610 --> 02:42:38,528
Please proceed.

5527
02:42:38,528 --> 02:42:40,528
Good afternoon.

5528
02:42:41,397 --> 02:42:41,898
Members of the City council.

5529
02:42:41,898 --> 02:42:42,598
I'm David Bennett.

5530
02:42:42,598 --> 02:42:43,300
I'm the Jo-Anne Clark general

5531
02:42:43,300 --> 02:42:45,702
director and ceo of San Diego

5532
02:42:45,702 --> 02:42:46,136
Opera and I live and work in

5533
02:42:46,136 --> 02:42:46,835
District one.

5534
02:42:46,835 --> 02:42:50,435
I'm here today to implore you

5535
02:42:50,573 --> 02:42:51,174
to reject the disastrous

5536
02:42:51,174 --> 02:42:51,841
elimination of arts and

5537
02:42:51,841 --> 02:42:52,508
cultural program support in

5538
02:42:52,508 --> 02:42:54,908
the mayor's proposed budget.

5539
02:42:55,845 --> 02:42:56,813
Today the mayor before us chose

5540
02:42:56,813 --> 02:43:01,250
to refer to this as a pause in

5541
02:43:01,250 --> 02:43:01,985
his introduction.

5542
02:43:01,985 --> 02:43:02,652
But it is an elimination.

5543
02:43:02,652 --> 02:43:06,252
No other city in the United

5544
02:43:06,289 --> 02:43:06,956
States is proposing complete

5545
02:43:06,956 --> 02:43:07,591
elimination of arts support.

5546
02:43:07,591 --> 02:43:10,591
This is not emblematic of

5547
02:43:11,327 --> 02:43:11,995
America's finest city.

5548
02:43:11,995 --> 02:43:12,729
I recognize that balancing

5549
02:43:12,729 --> 02:43:16,329
the budget is a complicated and

5550
02:43:16,466 --> 02:43:17,199
nuanced process.

5551
02:43:17,199 --> 02:43:17,868
Ask any of the arts leaders

5552
02:43:17,868 --> 02:43:21,337
that are here in the room or

5553
02:43:21,337 --> 02:43:22,500
around San Diego every year we

5554
02:43:22,500 --> 02:43:22,572
go through the same process

5555
02:43:22,572 --> 02:43:24,972
you're facing now when

5556
02:43:25,942 --> 02:43:26,710
contemplating cutting expenses.

5557
02:43:26,710 --> 02:43:27,410
I know that I have to

5558
02:43:27,410 --> 02:43:30,410
understand the impact of those

5559
02:43:30,880 --> 02:43:31,615
cuts on revenue.

5560
02:43:31,615 --> 02:43:32,415
It is generally not neutral.

5561
02:43:32,415 --> 02:43:35,415
San Diego's Arts and Cultural

5562
02:43:36,520 --> 02:43:36,786
Economic Activity The direct

5563
02:43:36,786 --> 02:43:39,186
activity is around 1.2 billion

5564
02:43:40,390 --> 02:43:40,991
but the larger economic impact

5565
02:43:40,991 --> 02:43:41,625
throughout San Diego is

5566
02:43:41,625 --> 02:43:44,250
actually nearly ten times

5567
02:43:44,895 --> 02:43:45,595
larger.

5568
02:43:45,595 --> 02:43:46,262
>> Elimination of program

5569
02:43:46,262 --> 02:43:48,662
support will absolutely mean

5570
02:43:49,933 --> 02:43:50,634
elimination of programs which

5571
02:43:50,634 --> 02:43:51,334
will mean less economic impact

5572
02:43:51,334 --> 02:43:54,334
on other businesses which will

5573
02:43:54,905 --> 02:43:55,272
result in less tax revenue to

5574
02:43:55,272 --> 02:43:55,906
the city.

5575
02:43:55,906 --> 02:43:58,306
Vibrant arts and cultural

5576
02:43:59,900 --> 02:43:59,709
activity is also strongly

5577
02:43:59,709 --> 02:44:00,344
connected to a city's ability

5578
02:44:00,344 --> 02:44:02,744
to attract new businesses.

5579
02:44:03,847 --> 02:44:04,480
Many San Diego arts

5580
02:44:04,480 --> 02:44:05,810
organizations also provide

5581
02:44:05,810 --> 02:44:07,810
desperately needed arts

5582
02:44:08,752 --> 02:44:09,286
education programs to students

5583
02:44:09,286 --> 02:44:11,286
throughout our city.

5584
02:44:11,888 --> 02:44:12,588
The opera alone spends nearly

5585
02:44:12,588 --> 02:44:13,190
$300,000 a year on such

5586
02:44:13,190 --> 02:44:13,824
programs, which leads to

5587
02:44:13,824 --> 02:44:15,824
documented higher academic

5588
02:44:17,360 --> 02:44:18,270
achievement at attendance.

5589
02:44:18,270 --> 02:44:18,628
Elimination of programmatic

5590
02:44:18,628 --> 02:44:21,280
support will surely mean

5591
02:44:22,432 --> 02:44:22,900
the elimination of many of

5592
02:44:22,900 --> 02:44:23,366
these programs.

5593
02:44:23,366 --> 02:44:25,366
On NOVEMBER 12th

5594
02:44:27,337 --> 02:44:27,937
the Union-Tribune ran an

5595
02:44:27,937 --> 02:44:28,638
article stating that you

5596
02:44:28,638 --> 02:44:31,638
the City Council declared arts

5597
02:44:32,376 --> 02:44:33,760
cuts would be off the table in

5598
02:44:33,760 --> 02:44:33,844
budget discussions this year.

5599
02:44:33,844 --> 02:44:36,980
I ask you to honor this pledge

5600
02:44:36,980 --> 02:44:37,647
and strongly reject the mayor's

5601
02:44:37,647 --> 02:44:37,981
proposed elimination of arts

5602
02:44:37,981 --> 02:44:38,348
funding.

5603
02:44:38,348 --> 02:44:39,316
Thank you.

5604
02:44:39,316 --> 02:44:41,316
Thank you.

5605
02:44:44,754 --> 02:44:47,154
>> Nate Fehrman, Nate Fehrman

5606
02:44:48,458 --> 02:44:49,590
ibew Local 465 representing

5607
02:44:49,590 --> 02:44:49,726
artists and educators at

5608
02:44:49,726 --> 02:44:50,260
the New Children's Museum in

5609
02:44:50,260 --> 02:44:52,260
downtown San Diego.

5610
02:44:53,796 --> 02:44:54,497
Please reverse the $11 million

5611
02:44:54,497 --> 02:44:55,132
in cuts to our sacred arts

5612
02:44:55,132 --> 02:44:55,499
programs that our museums

5613
02:44:55,499 --> 02:44:57,499
depend on.

5614
02:44:58,335 --> 02:44:58,969
We represent frontline artists

5615
02:44:58,969 --> 02:44:59,703
and educators who provide

5616
02:44:59,703 --> 02:45:02,103
essential services to thousands

5617
02:45:03,106 --> 02:45:03,807
of children every single year.

5618
02:45:03,807 --> 02:45:04,441
They work alongside wonderful

5619
02:45:04,441 --> 02:45:07,210
artists in the region and

5620
02:45:07,210 --> 02:45:07,945
provide priceless art

5621
02:45:07,945 --> 02:45:08,678
educational programs that spark

5622
02:45:08,678 --> 02:45:11,949
a lifelong interest in the arts

5623
02:45:11,949 --> 02:45:12,549
imagination, creativity,

5624
02:45:12,549 --> 02:45:12,883
expression, compassion,

5625
02:45:12,883 --> 02:45:13,516
empathy.

5626
02:45:13,516 --> 02:45:16,516
These seeds are planted by

5627
02:45:16,987 --> 02:45:17,720
the hard working and selfless

5628
02:45:17,720 --> 02:45:18,388
employees at the New Children's

5629
02:45:18,388 --> 02:45:21,388
Museum Our union artists at

5630
02:45:21,391 --> 02:45:22,590
the museum.

5631
02:45:22,590 --> 02:45:22,693
And with these cuts our

5632
02:45:22,693 --> 02:45:23,270
institutions like ncm will

5633
02:45:23,270 --> 02:45:25,270
suffer.

5634
02:45:26,463 --> 02:45:27,164
Our members will suffer.

5635
02:45:27,164 --> 02:45:27,497
Artists across the city will

5636
02:45:27,497 --> 02:45:28,165
suffer.

5637
02:45:28,165 --> 02:45:31,502
We plead with the Council to

5638
02:45:31,502 --> 02:45:32,203
reverse these cuts today.

5639
02:45:32,203 --> 02:45:32,602
Art is not an elective

5640
02:45:32,602 --> 02:45:33,204
experience.

5641
02:45:33,204 --> 02:45:35,940
It is the lifeblood of a

5642
02:45:35,940 --> 02:45:36,607
blossoming city and

5643
02:45:36,607 --> 02:45:36,940
the heartbeat of a brighter

5644
02:45:36,940 --> 02:45:37,608
future.

5645
02:45:37,608 --> 02:45:38,208
Don't blow out the candle of

5646
02:45:38,208 --> 02:45:40,608
our children's future by

5647
02:45:41,450 --> 02:45:41,745
eliminating the essential

5648
02:45:41,745 --> 02:45:42,179
funding to our city's arts

5649
02:45:42,179 --> 02:45:42,612
institutions.

5650
02:45:42,612 --> 02:45:44,612
>> Thank you.

5651
02:45:53,257 --> 02:45:54,191
Mary Serrano.

5652
02:45:54,191 --> 02:45:57,191
Mary Soriano, PRESIDENT Of La

5653
02:45:57,695 --> 02:45:58,329
Hoya Town Council.

5654
02:45:58,329 --> 02:46:00,729
Art represents culture and

5655
02:46:02,232 --> 02:46:02,933
assist with mental health.

5656
02:46:02,933 --> 02:46:03,334
Mayors Resident Budget Survey

5657
02:46:03,334 --> 02:46:05,334
Fiscal 2027.

5658
02:46:07,637 --> 02:46:08,338
Community feedback reflects

5659
02:46:08,338 --> 02:46:10,338
strong dissatisfaction and

5660
02:46:11,742 --> 02:46:12,376
choosing on choosing public

5661
02:46:12,376 --> 02:46:12,977
safety funding over other

5662
02:46:12,977 --> 02:46:14,977
essential city services.

5663
02:46:16,980 --> 02:46:19,980
We shouldn't have to sacrifice

5664
02:46:21,685 --> 02:46:24,850
either city reserve eliminate

5665
02:46:25,289 --> 02:46:26,123
cip five year 2027 2031.

5666
02:46:26,123 --> 02:46:28,523
Page 16 Recent City Auditor

5667
02:46:30,127 --> 02:46:30,727
estimated deferred maintenance

5668
02:46:30,727 --> 02:46:31,620
liabilities to exceed $1

5669
02:46:31,620 --> 02:46:33,620
billion.

5670
02:46:35,565 --> 02:46:36,267
If reserves are eliminated,

5671
02:46:36,267 --> 02:46:36,634
where is the city going to get

5672
02:46:36,634 --> 02:46:38,634
the money?

5673
02:46:41,338 --> 02:46:41,739
Taxpayer is fire department and

5674
02:46:41,739 --> 02:46:42,406
lifeguards.

5675
02:46:42,406 --> 02:46:45,342
We can't afford to cut

5676
02:46:45,342 --> 02:46:46,110
personnel.

5677
02:46:46,110 --> 02:46:49,460
Last year on one holiday

5678
02:46:49,460 --> 02:46:49,580
lifeguards were watching over 1

5679
02:46:49,580 --> 02:46:51,580
million beachgoers.

5680
02:46:53,617 --> 02:46:54,185
Wildfire community relations

5681
02:46:54,185 --> 02:46:54,752
also known as wildfire

5682
02:46:54,752 --> 02:46:56,752
prevention specialist.

5683
02:46:58,923 --> 02:46:59,623
Thank you for this including my

5684
02:46:59,623 --> 02:47:02,230
management role Salamanca for

5685
02:47:04,610 --> 02:47:04,762
all you have time to buy.

5686
02:47:04,762 --> 02:47:05,329
Alexandria Martinez Thank you.

5687
02:47:05,329 --> 02:47:07,729
You have two minutes.

5688
02:47:08,132 --> 02:47:08,733
Please proceed.

5689
02:47:08,733 --> 02:47:09,660
Good afternoon, Council

5690
02:47:09,660 --> 02:47:09,767
members.

5691
02:47:09,767 --> 02:47:10,267
Mayor thank you for your time

5692
02:47:10,267 --> 02:47:12,267
and your service.

5693
02:47:13,637 --> 02:47:14,305
My name is Raul Salamanca.

5694
02:47:14,305 --> 02:47:15,390
I'm the founder and artistic

5695
02:47:15,390 --> 02:47:17,908
director of Golden State Ballet

5696
02:47:17,908 --> 02:47:18,609
and co-founder and co-director

5697
02:47:18,609 --> 02:47:19,110
of Golden State Ballet Academy

5698
02:47:19,110 --> 02:47:21,510
here in San Diego.

5699
02:47:22,346 --> 02:47:25,946
And I'm also a resident of

5700
02:50:04,766 --> 02:50:05,243
members.

5701
02:50:05,243 --> 02:50:05,611
My name is Alessandra

5702
02:50:05,611 --> 02:50:07,611
Moctezuma.

5703
02:50:09,140 --> 02:50:09,682
I'm a resident of District

5704
02:50:09,682 --> 02:50:09,982
three and I work in District

5705
02:50:09,982 --> 02:50:11,982
seven.

5706
02:50:13,952 --> 02:50:14,553
I am also the chair of the San

5707
02:50:14,553 --> 02:50:15,287
Diego Arts Commission, a

5708
02:50:15,287 --> 02:50:18,287
volunteer body that advises and

5709
02:50:18,624 --> 02:50:19,357
supports cultural affairs.

5710
02:50:19,357 --> 02:50:20,580
We are the front facing

5711
02:50:20,580 --> 02:50:23,195
advocates for the arts and we

5712
02:50:23,195 --> 02:50:23,762
have been leading

5713
02:50:23,762 --> 02:50:24,463
the implementation of

5714
02:50:24,463 --> 02:50:27,463
the Creative City Master Plan.

5715
02:50:27,598 --> 02:50:28,433
And I can tell you that this

5716
02:50:28,433 --> 02:50:32,330
decision to zero out the budget

5717
02:50:32,437 --> 02:50:33,370
for f y 27 for our arts

5718
02:50:33,370 --> 02:50:33,538
organizations came as a

5719
02:50:33,538 --> 02:50:35,538
complete surprise.

5720
02:50:38,243 --> 02:50:38,577
It felt like a kick in the gut

5721
02:50:38,577 --> 02:50:39,277
.

5722
02:50:39,277 --> 02:50:39,577
The timing could not have been

5723
02:50:39,577 --> 02:50:40,312
worse.

5724
02:50:40,312 --> 02:50:43,448
We were in the middle of

5725
02:50:43,448 --> 02:50:44,116
reviewing grant applications

5726
02:50:44,116 --> 02:50:47,716
for what would have been our

5727
02:50:48,187 --> 02:50:48,687
largest group of our this ever

5728
02:50:48,687 --> 02:50:50,687
229 organizations.

5729
02:50:53,391 --> 02:50:54,930
This organization large and

5730
02:50:54,930 --> 02:50:57,930
small exists in every district

5731
02:50:57,396 --> 02:50:58,263
in the city.

5732
02:50:58,263 --> 02:51:00,663
>> More than half of

5733
02:51:02,234 --> 02:51:02,935
the programs provide that they

5734
02:51:02,935 --> 02:51:03,268
provide are free and community

5735
02:51:03,268 --> 02:51:05,268
facing.

5736
02:51:10,800 --> 02:51:10,642
For fy 2025 they including

5737
02:51:10,642 --> 02:51:11,420
included 5.3 million free

5738
02:51:11,420 --> 02:51:13,420
admissions.

5739
02:51:15,314 --> 02:51:15,947
>> Beyond the cultural value

5740
02:51:15,947 --> 02:51:16,281
they are powerful economic

5741
02:51:16,281 --> 02:51:18,281
drivers.

5742
02:51:19,351 --> 02:51:19,985
San Diego's own data shows that

5743
02:51:19,985 --> 02:51:20,585
the nonprofit arts sector

5744
02:51:20,585 --> 02:51:21,860
generates 1.2 billion in

5745
02:51:21,860 --> 02:51:23,860
economic activity.

5746
02:51:24,623 --> 02:51:27,230
And supports nearly nearly

5747
02:51:28,960 --> 02:51:29,662
170,000 jobs and produces

5748
02:51:29,662 --> 02:51:29,995
hundreds of millions in tax

5749
02:51:29,995 --> 02:51:31,995
revenue.

5750
02:51:34,366 --> 02:51:35,670
That's not abstract.

5751
02:51:35,670 --> 02:51:35,801
When people attend arts events

5752
02:51:35,801 --> 02:51:38,801
they spend money at restaurants

5753
02:51:39,710 --> 02:51:41,471
on parking, on transportation.

5754
02:51:43,409 --> 02:51:44,175
For example, Comic-Con received

5755
02:51:44,175 --> 02:51:46,575
about 300,000 in city support

5756
02:51:47,212 --> 02:51:47,713
and generated 160 million for

5757
02:51:47,713 --> 02:51:49,713
the local economy.

5758
02:51:51,450 --> 02:51:54,450
>> San Diego Pride with a

5759
02:51:55,154 --> 02:51:55,487
similar investment generated 30

5760
02:51:55,487 --> 02:51:57,487
million.

5761
02:51:59,792 --> 02:52:00,526
Anyone could tell you that an

5762
02:52:00,526 --> 02:52:02,926
investment that grows 100 times

5763
02:52:04,630 --> 02:52:08,230
or 500 times is a good one.

5764
02:52:08,234 --> 02:52:08,867
And yet we are cutting 12

5765
02:52:08,867 --> 02:52:09,200
million from a 6.4 billion

5766
02:52:09,200 --> 02:52:11,200
budget.

5767
02:52:13,172 --> 02:52:14,390
How does that make sense?

5768
02:52:14,390 --> 02:52:17,390
Cutting the smallest amounts to

5769
02:52:17,710 --> 02:52:18,577
balance the budget.

5770
02:52:18,577 --> 02:52:22,177
What does that say about equity

5771
02:52:22,281 --> 02:52:22,948
in the current federal climate?

5772
02:52:22,948 --> 02:52:25,348
Many organizations have seen

5773
02:52:27,286 --> 02:52:27,954
loss of funding with

5774
02:52:27,954 --> 02:52:30,354
the cancellation of federal

5775
02:52:31,590 --> 02:52:31,991
grants like the nea engaged an

5776
02:52:31,991 --> 02:52:32,692
email list.

5777
02:52:32,692 --> 02:52:35,920
In addition, the cancellation

5778
02:52:36,762 --> 02:52:37,363
of city funding will also put

5779
02:52:37,363 --> 02:52:39,763
at risk matching grants.

5780
02:52:41,466 --> 02:52:42,330
So it's a double loss for many

5781
02:52:42,330 --> 02:52:42,768
of the organizations.

5782
02:52:42,768 --> 02:52:45,168
>> This decision is disastrous

5783
02:52:46,338 --> 02:52:47,730
and unprecedented.

5784
02:52:47,730 --> 02:52:50,730
>> Looking back at the funding

5785
02:52:50,977 --> 02:52:51,644
for arts and culture for

5786
02:52:51,644 --> 02:52:54,644
the last 37 years the budget

5787
02:52:56,115 --> 02:52:56,782
was kept mostly whole.

5788
02:52:56,782 --> 02:52:59,782
Even in the worst economic

5789
02:53:00,190 --> 02:53:00,719
times after 2008 and during

5790
02:53:00,719 --> 02:53:02,155
the pandemic, previous mayors

5791
02:53:02,155 --> 02:53:05,755
never slashed the arts in this

5792
02:53:07,526 --> 02:53:08,460
way.

5793
02:53:08,460 --> 02:53:09,128
>> If you want to look back at

5794
02:53:09,128 --> 02:53:11,128
history, PRESIDENT Roosevelt

5795
02:53:12,665 --> 02:53:13,366
actually enacted the wpa to

5796
02:53:13,366 --> 02:53:16,366
deal with the Great Depression

5797
02:53:17,937 --> 02:53:18,771
of solution to the economic

5798
02:53:18,771 --> 02:53:21,874
crisis to provide jobs but also

5799
02:53:21,874 --> 02:53:24,874
to bring joy and relief.

5800
02:53:26,512 --> 02:53:27,279
>> As a professor of museum

5801
02:53:27,279 --> 02:53:27,980
studies, I have spent 25 years

5802
02:53:27,980 --> 02:53:30,380
preparing my students for

5803
02:53:32,170 --> 02:53:32,818
careers in this sector.

5804
02:53:32,818 --> 02:53:36,418
Right now I have students whose

5805
02:53:36,956 --> 02:53:37,722
families are in crisis.

5806
02:53:37,722 --> 02:53:41,322
This morning one told me that

5807
02:53:41,694 --> 02:53:41,995
his mother was detained by ice

5808
02:53:41,995 --> 02:53:42,695
.

5809
02:53:42,695 --> 02:53:43,696
Another has just been evicted.

5810
02:53:43,696 --> 02:53:47,867
How do I go back to my

5811
02:53:47,867 --> 02:53:48,550
classroom and tell them that

5812
02:53:48,550 --> 02:53:49,235
their city does not support

5813
02:53:49,235 --> 02:53:52,835
them or the career path that

5814
02:53:54,707 --> 02:53:55,329
they chose which is hard for

5815
02:53:55,329 --> 02:53:57,329
people of color.

5816
02:53:58,410 --> 02:53:59,178
You know, to choose this path

5817
02:53:59,178 --> 02:53:59,778
as an immigrant race with

5818
02:53:59,778 --> 02:54:02,178
within the Chicano arts

5819
02:54:04,500 --> 02:54:04,384
movement I have lived the power

5820
02:54:04,384 --> 02:54:06,384
of art.

5821
02:54:09,522 --> 02:54:10,223
Places like Chicano Park World

5822
02:54:10,223 --> 02:54:13,223
Beat Center, Structural de la

5823
02:54:13,226 --> 02:54:13,993
Raza, the Chicano Park Museum,

5824
02:54:13,993 --> 02:54:17,593
the Front in San Isidro Asia

5825
02:54:18,640 --> 02:54:18,731
projects show us that the arts

5826
02:54:18,731 --> 02:54:19,599
are not just an expression.

5827
02:54:19,599 --> 02:54:23,199
They are how they are how

5828
02:54:23,202 --> 02:54:23,770
communities find agency

5829
02:54:23,770 --> 02:54:25,770
connection and power.

5830
02:54:28,400 --> 02:54:28,708
>> The arts are not a luxury.

5831
02:54:28,708 --> 02:54:31,108
They foster economic growth.

5832
02:54:32,345 --> 02:54:35,345
But just as importantly they

5833
02:54:36,983 --> 02:54:37,851
provide healing and hope.

5834
02:54:37,851 --> 02:54:41,451
Last fall many of you made

5835
02:54:42,880 --> 02:54:42,522
commitments to keep the arts

5836
02:54:42,522 --> 02:54:43,456
funding whole.

5837
02:54:43,456 --> 02:54:47,560
I urge you to honor that

5838
02:54:47,527 --> 02:54:48,194
commitment and reconsider this

5839
02:54:48,194 --> 02:54:48,528
decision and to restore this

5840
02:54:48,528 --> 02:54:50,528
funding.

5841
02:54:52,198 --> 02:54:53,660
We in the Arts Commission will

5842
02:54:53,660 --> 02:54:56,736
be happy to sit down with you

5843
02:54:56,736 --> 02:54:57,537
and provide some alternatives

5844
02:54:57,537 --> 02:55:01,137
or advice because this is not

5845
02:55:01,808 --> 02:55:02,641
just about the arts.

5846
02:55:02,641 --> 02:55:05,512
It is about the kind of city

5847
02:55:05,512 --> 02:55:06,278
that we choose to be and

5848
02:55:06,278 --> 02:55:07,130
the kind of future we want to

5849
02:55:07,130 --> 02:55:07,581
provide to the next generation.

5850
02:55:07,581 --> 02:55:08,114
>> Thank you for that

5851
02:55:08,114 --> 02:55:10,114
concluding comments.

5852
02:55:11,250 --> 02:55:11,952
Akeelah Templeton Akeelah you

5853
02:55:11,952 --> 02:55:12,318
have time to You by Marshall

5854
02:55:12,318 --> 02:55:12,686
Anderson.

5855
02:55:12,686 --> 02:55:14,686
Thank you.

5856
02:55:15,956 --> 02:55:16,423
You'll have two minutes.

5857
02:55:16,423 --> 02:55:16,790
Please proceed.

5858
02:55:16,790 --> 02:55:17,257
Thank you.

5859
02:55:17,257 --> 02:55:19,257
Good afternoon.

5860
02:55:20,494 --> 02:55:20,827
Council PRESIDENT And council

5861
02:55:20,827 --> 02:55:21,527
members.

5862
02:55:21,527 --> 02:55:24,527
My name is Akeelah Templeton.

5863
02:55:24,865 --> 02:55:25,565
I'm the ceo of Veterans Village

5864
02:55:25,565 --> 02:55:28,702
of San Diego which has served

5865
02:55:28,702 --> 02:55:29,136
San Diego's veteran community

5866
02:55:29,136 --> 02:55:29,936
for 45 years.

5867
02:55:29,936 --> 02:55:33,536
Our mission is to leave no

5868
02:55:33,940 --> 02:55:34,607
veteran behind by providing

5869
02:55:34,607 --> 02:55:36,607
housing treatment supportive

5870
02:55:38,778 --> 02:55:39,446
services that assist homeless

5871
02:55:39,446 --> 02:55:40,180
veterans and their families.

5872
02:55:40,180 --> 02:55:43,780
I actually want to switch gears

5873
02:55:44,170 --> 02:55:44,717
here a little bit to talk about

5874
02:55:44,717 --> 02:55:45,180
funding that we actually don't

5875
02:55:45,180 --> 02:55:47,180
want.

5876
02:55:49,560 --> 02:55:49,556
Okay.

5877
02:55:49,556 --> 02:55:49,990
>> Right.

5878
02:55:49,990 --> 02:55:51,990
That's right.

5879
02:55:53,126 --> 02:55:53,894
So unfortunately the proposed

5880
02:55:53,894 --> 02:55:55,894
1.9 million allocation to

5881
02:55:57,230 --> 02:55:57,897
create a 72 bed interim shelter

5882
02:55:57,897 --> 02:56:00,897
for beds that actually don't

5883
02:56:01,702 --> 02:56:02,368
exist on our campus threatens

5884
02:56:02,368 --> 02:56:05,968
to put that mission at risk.

5885
02:56:06,873 --> 02:56:07,541
There is no guarantee that this

5886
02:56:07,541 --> 02:56:07,908
money is going to go to

5887
02:56:07,908 --> 02:56:09,908
veterans.

5888
02:56:10,677 --> 02:56:11,345
There is no plan for that money

5889
02:56:11,345 --> 02:56:11,945
to go to Veterans Village of

5890
02:56:11,945 --> 02:56:14,345
San Diego to administer

5891
02:56:15,816 --> 02:56:16,183
the types of programs that we

5892
02:56:16,183 --> 02:56:16,783
know work.

5893
02:56:16,783 --> 02:56:17,117
We did not request this

5894
02:56:17,117 --> 02:56:19,117
funding.

5895
02:56:20,420 --> 02:56:21,210
We have not agreed to any

5896
02:56:21,210 --> 02:56:21,755
program that would allow

5897
02:56:21,755 --> 02:56:24,992
the city to rest control of our

5898
02:56:24,992 --> 02:56:25,658
campus while displacing members

5899
02:56:25,658 --> 02:56:26,260
of our homeless veterans

5900
02:56:26,260 --> 02:56:26,660
community.

5901
02:56:26,660 --> 02:56:29,600
We have communicated these

5902
02:56:30,363 --> 02:56:31,970
concerns directly to

5903
02:56:31,970 --> 02:56:31,732
the mayor's office, the housing

5904
02:56:31,732 --> 02:56:34,732
commission and all of you.

5905
02:56:35,903 --> 02:56:40,103
Despite that, in a year with so

5906
02:56:40,340 --> 02:56:40,874
many cuts this item remains in

5907
02:56:40,874 --> 02:56:41,508
the proposed budget.

5908
02:56:41,508 --> 02:56:43,508
Additionally, the proposal

5909
02:56:44,945 --> 02:56:45,579
appears to have been developed

5910
02:56:45,579 --> 02:56:46,179
and advanced without your

5911
02:56:46,179 --> 02:56:48,579
direction as the Housing

5912
02:56:49,617 --> 02:56:50,250
authority and without

5913
02:56:50,250 --> 02:56:52,250
stakeholder agreement and

5914
02:56:55,220 --> 02:56:55,722
without ongoing funding it

5915
02:56:55,722 --> 02:56:56,223
seems that we have a simple

5916
02:56:56,223 --> 02:56:56,890
math problem here.

5917
02:56:56,890 --> 02:57:00,270
Take the money that we don't

5918
02:57:00,270 --> 02:57:00,461
want and give it to these fine

5919
02:57:00,461 --> 02:57:01,950
young people.

5920
02:57:01,950 --> 02:57:04,695
I'm so proud of you guys.

5921
02:57:07,000 --> 02:57:09,000
Keep fighting.

5922
02:57:12,172 --> 02:57:12,439
>> Nicole Verdi's.

5923
02:57:12,439 --> 02:57:14,439
Hi.

5924
02:57:17,544 --> 02:57:18,312
My name is Nicole.

5925
02:57:18,312 --> 02:57:19,130
>> I use the she pronouns and

5926
02:57:19,130 --> 02:57:21,949
I'm the executive director of

5927
02:57:21,949 --> 02:57:22,616
Lambda Archives of San Diego,

5928
02:57:22,616 --> 02:57:23,317
the only lgbtq plus archives

5929
02:57:23,317 --> 02:57:26,317
serving the San Diego Tijuana

5930
02:57:26,353 --> 02:57:27,154
Binational region.

5931
02:57:27,154 --> 02:57:27,821
>> I'm here because archives

5932
02:57:27,821 --> 02:57:30,821
exist at the intersection of

5933
02:57:30,924 --> 02:57:31,659
art culture and community

5934
02:57:31,659 --> 02:57:34,659
memory and this proposed budget

5935
02:57:34,928 --> 02:57:35,629
threatens all three cities that

5936
02:57:35,629 --> 02:57:36,330
invest in arts and humanities

5937
02:57:36,330 --> 02:57:39,330
invest in the conditions where

5938
02:57:39,733 --> 02:57:40,467
communities thrive connection,

5939
02:57:40,467 --> 02:57:42,467
belonging, economic opportunity

5940
02:57:44,104 --> 02:57:44,705
and the sense that every

5941
02:57:44,705 --> 02:57:45,406
person's story matters.

5942
02:57:45,406 --> 02:57:49,600
Larry Tebas the San Diego arts

5943
02:57:49,430 --> 02:57:49,677
leader and lgbtq Plus community

5944
02:57:49,677 --> 02:57:52,770
Pillar warned in 1991 that

5945
02:57:52,947 --> 02:57:53,747
budget cuts to the arts would

5946
02:57:53,747 --> 02:57:54,681
push us into a cultural war.

5947
02:57:54,681 --> 02:57:57,818
He called it the us and Them

5948
02:57:57,818 --> 02:57:58,586
syndrome.

5949
02:57:58,586 --> 02:57:58,919
>> That warning is not just

5950
02:57:58,919 --> 02:58:00,919
history.

5951
02:58:02,756 --> 02:58:03,423
It is this moment at a moment

5952
02:58:03,423 --> 02:58:04,124
when our history is being

5953
02:58:04,124 --> 02:58:04,425
actively erased at the federal

5954
02:58:04,425 --> 02:58:05,590
level.

5955
02:58:05,590 --> 02:58:07,459
>> Cutting local arts and

5956
02:58:08,610 --> 02:58:08,662
culture funding is not a

5957
02:58:08,662 --> 02:58:09,362
neutral fiscal decision.

5958
02:58:09,362 --> 02:58:12,962
It is an additional threat to

5959
02:58:13,100 --> 02:58:13,701
communities already fighting to

5960
02:58:13,701 --> 02:58:14,468
be seen and remembered.

5961
02:58:14,468 --> 02:58:15,236
>> I urge you to reject these

5962
02:58:15,236 --> 02:58:17,370
threats and invest in what

5963
02:58:17,370 --> 02:58:19,370
holds us together.

5964
02:58:22,877 --> 02:58:25,877
>> Thank you Nicole Over Nicole

5965
02:58:26,380 --> 02:58:26,747
Ogle Veronica von Barstow.

5966
02:58:26,747 --> 02:58:28,747
Hi.

5967
02:58:30,984 --> 02:58:31,685
Good afternoon.

5968
02:58:31,685 --> 02:58:32,453
I am representing District

5969
02:58:32,453 --> 02:58:35,957
three which Steven and I have

5970
02:58:35,957 --> 02:58:36,691
worked together on several

5971
02:58:36,691 --> 02:58:37,257
projects and I'm always, always

5972
02:58:37,257 --> 02:58:40,257
so proud of our mayor.

5973
02:58:40,695 --> 02:58:41,395
We've worked together for a

5974
02:58:41,395 --> 02:58:44,395
long time and all of

5975
02:58:44,798 --> 02:58:45,499
the representation that you've

5976
02:58:45,499 --> 02:58:46,167
done for the lgbt district of

5977
02:58:46,167 --> 02:58:49,167
Hillcrest and we respect and

5978
02:58:50,337 --> 02:58:51,500
honor that and thank you for

5979
02:58:51,500 --> 02:58:51,973
your work all of this time.

5980
02:58:51,973 --> 02:58:55,109
But it does need to be said

5981
02:58:55,109 --> 02:58:55,810
that this measure does

5982
02:58:55,810 --> 02:58:57,810
disproportionately affect our

5983
02:58:57,911 --> 02:59:00,911
communities that the safe area

5984
02:59:03,951 --> 02:59:04,652
and a safe space for us the old

5985
02:59:04,652 --> 02:59:05,318
theater and the more you play

5986
02:59:05,318 --> 02:59:08,318
house send more shows to

5987
02:59:08,990 --> 02:59:09,523
Broadway than any other place

5988
02:59:09,523 --> 02:59:11,923
in the entire world.

5989
02:59:13,261 --> 02:59:14,228
>> We are represented anywhere

5990
02:59:14,228 --> 02:59:18,266
that we go and San Diego is

5991
02:59:18,266 --> 02:59:18,900
the best of the art of that

5992
02:59:18,900 --> 02:59:21,300
represent in this country.

5993
02:59:22,836 --> 02:59:23,504
We are very rare and very few

5994
02:59:23,504 --> 02:59:24,205
when we are fighting to stay

5995
02:59:24,205 --> 02:59:27,675
here and we are fighting to be

5996
02:59:27,675 --> 02:59:30,675
a part of this community.

5997
02:59:32,180 --> 02:59:36,380
We ask you to return to Thank

5998
02:59:37,285 --> 02:59:37,919
you Kristen Klein You have time

5999
02:59:37,919 --> 02:59:40,319
seated by Katherine Reams.

6000
02:59:40,321 --> 02:59:40,921
Thank you.

6001
02:59:40,921 --> 02:59:43,321
You'll have two minutes.

6002
02:59:46,261 --> 02:59:46,960
Please proceed.

6003
02:59:46,960 --> 02:59:47,695
>> What up, counsel?

6004
02:59:47,695 --> 02:59:48,396
I'm Kristen Klein and I at

6005
02:59:48,396 --> 02:59:50,300
the local 122 stagehand of

6006
02:59:50,300 --> 02:59:50,831
District nine.

6007
02:59:50,831 --> 02:59:51,399
I'm asking you to reconsider

6008
02:59:51,399 --> 02:59:52,660
the mayor's proposal.

6009
02:59:52,660 --> 02:59:55,269
For many people the arts and

6010
02:59:55,269 --> 02:59:56,300
entertainment are a luxury.

6011
02:59:56,300 --> 02:59:56,671
Concerts, plays, cons and dance

6012
02:59:56,671 --> 02:59:59,671
shows can be leisure escapes

6013
03:00:00,240 --> 03:00:00,975
for these crazy times.

6014
03:00:00,975 --> 03:00:01,676
For us artists this is our

6015
03:00:01,676 --> 03:00:04,760
livelihood, our community, our

6016
03:00:05,790 --> 03:00:05,847
lives.

6017
03:00:05,847 --> 03:00:06,547
We create, perform and make art

6018
03:00:06,547 --> 03:00:09,547
and events happen to bring

6019
03:00:10,218 --> 03:00:10,718
people together in the good

6020
03:00:10,718 --> 03:00:11,486
times and the bad.

6021
03:00:11,486 --> 03:00:15,860
Even just last year when there

6022
03:00:15,190 --> 03:00:15,924
was an earthquake we brought an

6023
03:00:15,924 --> 03:00:16,591
emergency meeting together last

6024
03:00:16,591 --> 03:00:16,958
second at the Civic Theater

6025
03:00:16,958 --> 03:00:18,958
next door.

6026
03:00:19,594 --> 03:00:19,995
Do you remember that?

6027
03:00:19,995 --> 03:00:20,728
We do.

6028
03:00:20,728 --> 03:00:21,496
We come together when times are

6029
03:00:21,496 --> 03:00:24,432
hard which is why there are so

6030
03:00:24,432 --> 03:00:25,132
many of us here today.

6031
03:00:25,132 --> 03:00:25,433
America has always been known.

6032
03:00:25,433 --> 03:00:27,433
Sorry.

6033
03:00:29,737 --> 03:00:30,405
San Diego has always been known

6034
03:00:30,405 --> 03:00:33,405
as America's finest city And

6035
03:00:34,800 --> 03:00:34,909
this is because our culture

6036
03:00:34,909 --> 03:00:35,276
just as much as our location is

6037
03:00:35,276 --> 03:00:37,276
beautiful.

6038
03:00:38,980 --> 03:00:39,380
Keep our city a place worth

6039
03:00:39,380 --> 03:00:40,315
visiting.

6040
03:00:40,315 --> 03:00:43,915
>> If you want your revenue we

6041
03:00:44,180 --> 03:00:44,786
hold the famous Comic-Con.

6042
03:00:44,786 --> 03:00:45,454
There's so many music and

6043
03:00:45,454 --> 03:00:48,454
Broadway tours that start or

6044
03:00:49,424 --> 03:00:50,291
end here in San Diego.

6045
03:00:50,291 --> 03:00:50,959
We're a part of a larger

6046
03:00:50,959 --> 03:00:51,626
entertainment ecosystem than

6047
03:00:51,626 --> 03:00:54,896
just the scope of our city.

6048
03:00:54,896 --> 03:00:55,597
The arts mark the blueprints of

6049
03:00:55,597 --> 03:00:59,197
our past, our progress and our

6050
03:00:59,267 --> 03:00:59,967
teaching tool for our future

6051
03:00:59,967 --> 03:01:00,635
very inclusive for all and

6052
03:01:00,635 --> 03:01:03,350
unify our human experience.

6053
03:01:04,773 --> 03:01:05,407
Cutting the arts and library

6054
03:01:05,407 --> 03:01:08,407
budgets will not only cut

6055
03:01:08,877 --> 03:01:09,444
the heart of San Diego but of

6056
03:01:09,444 --> 03:01:10,440
our collective souls.

6057
03:01:10,440 --> 03:01:12,444
>> Please listen to us

6058
03:01:14,382 --> 03:01:15,820
The people of San Diego and

6059
03:01:15,820 --> 03:01:15,951
bring balance to the budget by

6060
03:01:15,951 --> 03:01:19,551
funding more of our culture and

6061
03:01:19,821 --> 03:01:22,221
find your cuts elsewhere.

6062
03:01:25,193 --> 03:01:27,193
Heather Rose.

6063
03:01:30,632 --> 03:01:31,366
>> Good afternoon Council and

6064
03:01:31,366 --> 03:01:31,900
specifically you MR. Whitburn I

6065
03:01:31,900 --> 03:01:33,900
am your constituent.

6066
03:01:35,904 --> 03:01:36,705
I'm really disappointed that I

6067
03:01:36,705 --> 03:01:37,138
have to be here on my day off

6068
03:01:37,138 --> 03:01:39,138
from my job.

6069
03:01:40,508 --> 03:01:41,376
This is like the day off.

6070
03:01:41,376 --> 03:01:42,770
I'm a proud union stage manager

6071
03:01:42,770 --> 03:01:44,477
who works in professional

6072
03:01:46,114 --> 03:01:46,915
theater and I came here in 2007

6073
03:01:46,915 --> 03:01:50,218
with the show and decided to

6074
03:01:50,218 --> 03:01:51,850
stay.

6075
03:01:51,850 --> 03:01:55,223
I'm a homeowner and I pay my

6076
03:01:55,223 --> 03:01:55,857
taxes and I expect you all to

6077
03:01:55,857 --> 03:01:56,591
just do your jobs better.

6078
03:01:56,591 --> 03:02:00,950
What you are proposing is a

6079
03:02:00,950 --> 03:02:00,828
line item for your budget but

6080
03:02:00,828 --> 03:02:01,530
it will affect every single one

6081
03:02:01,530 --> 03:02:01,897
of our arts organizations big

6082
03:02:01,897 --> 03:02:03,897
and small.

6083
03:02:06,330 --> 03:02:06,668
>> This proposal says that

6084
03:02:06,668 --> 03:02:07,350
the police budget is more

6085
03:02:07,350 --> 03:02:09,350
important.

6086
03:02:10,438 --> 03:02:11,239
>> It just does.

6087
03:02:11,239 --> 03:02:11,974
>> Over the last decade their

6088
03:02:11,974 --> 03:02:12,307
budget has gone up by about 200

6089
03:02:12,307 --> 03:02:14,307
million.

6090
03:02:15,977 --> 03:02:16,645
And it's not because we have

6091
03:02:16,645 --> 03:02:17,379
more officers it's overtime.

6092
03:02:17,379 --> 03:02:20,782
I don't approve them their pay.

6093
03:02:20,782 --> 03:02:21,483
But without the arts and

6094
03:02:21,483 --> 03:02:21,817
libraries their jobs will be

6095
03:02:21,817 --> 03:02:22,517
tougher.

6096
03:02:22,517 --> 03:02:25,787
But the arts and libraries are

6097
03:02:25,787 --> 03:02:26,455
safe havens for all but

6098
03:02:26,455 --> 03:02:27,890
especially those who feel on

6099
03:02:27,890 --> 03:02:30,890
the outskirts of the main

6100
03:02:30,859 --> 03:02:31,526
street.

6101
03:02:31,526 --> 03:02:32,127
>> Thank you so much.

6102
03:02:32,127 --> 03:02:34,527
Tax the rich delinquent.

6103
03:02:39,501 --> 03:02:40,202
Gillian Quint.

6104
03:02:40,202 --> 03:02:40,635
Good afternoon Council My name

6105
03:02:40,635 --> 03:02:41,303
is delinquent.

6106
03:02:41,303 --> 03:02:44,903
I'm here with the San Diego

6107
03:02:45,390 --> 03:02:45,674
River Park Foundation and

6108
03:02:45,674 --> 03:02:46,240
representing 60,000 local

6109
03:02:46,240 --> 03:02:48,240
community members and

6110
03:02:49,277 --> 03:02:49,844
supporters and partner

6111
03:02:49,844 --> 03:02:50,512
organizations that are

6112
03:02:50,512 --> 03:02:51,113
supporting and endorsing an

6113
03:02:51,113 --> 03:02:53,113
important infrastructure

6114
03:02:55,617 --> 03:02:56,284
solution to a critical gap in

6115
03:02:56,284 --> 03:02:56,618
our transportation and parks

6116
03:02:56,618 --> 03:02:57,285
network.

6117
03:02:57,285 --> 03:03:00,285
I want to begin by

6118
03:03:00,389 --> 03:03:00,955
acknowledging the city's

6119
03:03:00,955 --> 03:03:01,623
commitment to regional

6120
03:03:01,623 --> 03:03:02,230
mobility, climate action and

6121
03:03:02,230 --> 03:03:04,230
Vision Zero.

6122
03:03:05,494 --> 03:03:06,195
But meeting that commitment

6123
03:03:06,195 --> 03:03:06,595
requires us to confront what's

6124
03:03:06,595 --> 03:03:08,595
coming next.

6125
03:03:11,200 --> 03:03:11,933
The area's population is set to

6126
03:03:11,933 --> 03:03:15,533
triple by the year 2050 and our

6127
03:03:16,404 --> 03:03:17,720
current transit just isn't

6128
03:03:17,720 --> 03:03:17,639
prepared for that level of

6129
03:03:17,639 --> 03:03:18,340
density in this area.

6130
03:03:18,340 --> 03:03:21,340
A West Valley River crossing

6131
03:03:22,878 --> 03:03:23,546
for pedestrian and bikes would

6132
03:03:23,546 --> 03:03:24,280
connect the San Diego River

6133
03:03:24,280 --> 03:03:24,879
Trail and regional bike rain is

6134
03:03:24,879 --> 03:03:27,279
a recognized solution in

6135
03:03:27,482 --> 03:03:28,117
the sandag Regional Plan and

6136
03:03:28,117 --> 03:03:28,417
the commuter Corridor cmc

6137
03:03:28,417 --> 03:03:30,417
study.

6138
03:03:31,120 --> 03:03:31,755
A recent mobility audit found

6139
03:03:31,755 --> 03:03:33,755
60 bicycle and pedestrian

6140
03:03:35,123 --> 03:03:35,724
injuries and six fatalities

6141
03:03:35,724 --> 03:03:36,458
between 2020 and 2040.

6142
03:03:36,458 --> 03:03:39,458
In this segment by prioritizing

6143
03:03:40,629 --> 03:03:41,229
this link and reopening the cip

6144
03:03:41,229 --> 03:03:41,597
now the city Thank you.

6145
03:03:41,597 --> 03:03:42,163
Thank you.

6146
03:03:42,163 --> 03:03:44,163
Sherry Eden Barbara.

6147
03:03:46,969 --> 03:03:47,636
After sure we got canned on

6148
03:03:47,636 --> 03:03:50,360
Well Greg Frank, Christine,

6149
03:03:51,639 --> 03:03:51,941
Christine.

6150
03:03:51,941 --> 03:03:52,441
Frank.

6151
03:03:52,441 --> 03:03:52,875
Danielle Sabella.

6152
03:03:52,875 --> 03:03:53,309
Rachel Hayes.

6153
03:03:53,309 --> 03:03:55,309
Julie Porter.

6154
03:03:57,813 --> 03:03:58,614
Juan Perez and Carlos Angela.

6155
03:03:58,614 --> 03:03:59,314
If you can all please come up

6156
03:03:59,314 --> 03:04:01,851
to the yellow reserved seats.

6157
03:04:01,851 --> 03:04:02,451
Please proceed.

6158
03:04:02,451 --> 03:04:02,785
Good afternoon, Council

6159
03:04:02,785 --> 03:04:03,385
members.

6160
03:04:03,385 --> 03:04:03,919
I'm Sherry Egan Barber,

6161
03:04:03,919 --> 03:04:05,919
artistic director of

6162
03:04:07,623 --> 03:04:08,324
Diversionary Theater, the third

6163
03:04:08,324 --> 03:04:09,240
oldest lgbtq plush theater in

6164
03:04:09,240 --> 03:04:12,624
the country and also a former

6165
03:04:13,161 --> 03:04:13,863
resident director of Hamilton,

6166
03:04:13,863 --> 03:04:14,497
the Broadway show who fell in

6167
03:04:14,497 --> 03:04:17,566
love with the city When we

6168
03:04:17,566 --> 03:04:18,267
brought the show here two years

6169
03:04:18,267 --> 03:04:18,868
ago through the Creative City

6170
03:04:18,868 --> 03:04:21,268
Plan, the city declared

6171
03:04:21,603 --> 03:04:22,271
the arts essential supporting

6172
03:04:22,271 --> 03:04:22,637
170,000 jobs and generating

6173
03:04:22,637 --> 03:04:24,637
millions.

6174
03:04:26,750 --> 03:04:26,776
Two weeks ago many of you stood

6175
03:04:26,776 --> 03:04:30,376
on our stage at our 40th

6176
03:04:31,213 --> 03:04:31,613
anniversary gala celebrating

6177
03:04:31,613 --> 03:04:32,281
that impact.

6178
03:04:32,281 --> 03:04:32,681
I'm reminded the arts are

6179
03:04:32,681 --> 03:04:33,382
prevention.

6180
03:04:33,382 --> 03:04:35,782
They build connection, reduce

6181
03:04:36,385 --> 03:04:36,986
isolation and increase public

6182
03:04:36,986 --> 03:04:37,320
safety by giving people

6183
03:04:37,320 --> 03:04:38,154
purpose.

6184
03:04:38,154 --> 03:04:41,657
Before I came in here today I

6185
03:04:41,657 --> 03:04:42,391
reread a letter from a student

6186
03:04:42,391 --> 03:04:43,580
who came to our theater feeling

6187
03:04:43,580 --> 03:04:45,580
hopeless considering ending

6188
03:04:46,895 --> 03:04:47,630
their life until this year they

6189
03:04:47,630 --> 03:04:51,230
saw themselves on our stage and

6190
03:04:52,201 --> 03:04:53,200
chose to say they chose to stay

6191
03:04:53,200 --> 03:04:53,536
And that is not the first time

6192
03:04:53,536 --> 03:04:54,170
or the first letter.

6193
03:04:54,170 --> 03:04:57,339
This is what the arts do.

6194
03:04:57,339 --> 03:04:58,400
I am asking you to protect

6195
03:04:58,400 --> 03:04:58,774
the arts, protect the purpose,

6196
03:04:58,774 --> 03:05:02,374
protect the people of San Diego

6197
03:05:02,878 --> 03:05:03,479
and make this place not just

6198
03:05:03,479 --> 03:05:05,479
livable but meaningful.

6199
03:05:08,289 --> 03:05:10,289
>> Thank you, Kendall.

6200
03:05:14,757 --> 03:05:15,425
Hello.

6201
03:05:15,425 --> 03:05:16,192
My name is Kendall Miller.

6202
03:05:16,192 --> 03:05:16,892
I was born, raised and work

6203
03:05:16,892 --> 03:05:17,593
here in the city of San Diego

6204
03:05:17,593 --> 03:05:19,695
and I work to support children

6205
03:05:19,695 --> 03:05:20,396
across the city.

6206
03:05:20,396 --> 03:05:20,997
Mainly working with children

6207
03:05:20,997 --> 03:05:21,730
from Title one schools.

6208
03:05:21,730 --> 03:05:25,134
I'm here to speak out very much

6209
03:05:25,134 --> 03:05:25,735
against the cuts to things like

6210
03:05:25,735 --> 03:05:26,401
libraries, parks and art

6211
03:05:26,401 --> 03:05:27,690
programs and just basically

6212
03:05:27,690 --> 03:05:30,690
global social services as a

6213
03:05:30,706 --> 03:05:31,574
whole while giving more money

6214
03:05:31,574 --> 03:05:34,344
to a police department that has

6215
03:05:34,344 --> 03:05:35,177
already over $700 million.

6216
03:05:35,177 --> 03:05:35,944
If you want a caring and safer

6217
03:05:35,944 --> 03:05:38,944
community then invest in that

6218
03:05:40,483 --> 03:05:41,500
community and invest in

6219
03:05:41,500 --> 03:05:41,717
the youth programs in

6220
03:05:41,717 --> 03:05:42,418
infrastructure that actually

6221
03:05:42,418 --> 03:05:45,418
address the core causes behind

6222
03:05:46,220 --> 03:05:46,723
the desperation that we want to

6223
03:05:46,723 --> 03:05:47,323
live in a city that actually

6224
03:05:47,323 --> 03:05:49,723
funds our community and

6225
03:05:51,727 --> 03:05:52,428
actually cares about us instead

6226
03:05:52,428 --> 03:05:52,928
of focusing on non-prosecution

6227
03:05:52,928 --> 03:05:54,928
and surveillance.

6228
03:05:57,000 --> 03:05:57,800
Give us the programs that care

6229
03:05:57,800 --> 03:05:58,501
that we care about that make

6230
03:05:58,501 --> 03:05:59,168
our life worthwhile, that make

6231
03:05:59,168 --> 03:06:02,171
us all want to live here and

6232
03:06:02,171 --> 03:06:02,572
pay our taxes and keep you in

6233
03:06:02,572 --> 03:06:03,239
your seats.

6234
03:06:03,239 --> 03:06:03,907
Listen to your constituents.

6235
03:06:03,907 --> 03:06:06,907
You actually care about us.

6236
03:06:08,770 --> 03:06:08,577
Please.

6237
03:06:08,577 --> 03:06:09,145
We live here.

6238
03:06:09,145 --> 03:06:11,545
We love this city.

6239
03:06:13,750 --> 03:06:14,683
We want to be your support.

6240
03:06:14,683 --> 03:06:15,151
>> Give us that chance and a

6241
03:06:15,151 --> 03:06:15,518
reason to do it.

6242
03:06:15,518 --> 03:06:17,518
Thank you.

6243
03:06:24,460 --> 03:06:25,160
Thank you, Craig Frank.

6244
03:06:25,160 --> 03:06:25,595
>> All right, Greg Frank,

6245
03:06:25,595 --> 03:06:26,195
District six.

6246
03:06:26,195 --> 03:06:29,195
It is shameful to burden

6247
03:06:29,799 --> 03:06:30,365
the arts community with fixing

6248
03:06:30,365 --> 03:06:31,340
10% of the deficit by

6249
03:06:31,340 --> 03:06:33,340
essentially eliminating city

6250
03:06:35,710 --> 03:06:35,772
funding for arts and culture.

6251
03:06:35,772 --> 03:06:36,506
Other people have spoken about

6252
03:06:36,506 --> 03:06:40,106
the financial impact so I would

6253
03:06:40,944 --> 03:06:41,611
ask you to just pause and

6254
03:06:41,611 --> 03:06:42,445
really consider what kind of

6255
03:06:42,445 --> 03:06:46,645
city you want San Diego to be.

6256
03:06:46,682 --> 03:06:47,417
Do you want this to be a world

6257
03:06:47,417 --> 03:06:51,617
class city that is a hub for

6258
03:06:51,855 --> 03:06:52,155
arts and culture and recreation

6259
03:06:52,155 --> 03:06:52,922
?

6260
03:06:52,922 --> 03:06:53,423
Or are you willing to settle

6261
03:06:53,423 --> 03:06:53,990
for this becoming

6262
03:06:53,990 --> 03:06:56,390
the equivalent of some

6263
03:06:57,193 --> 03:06:57,861
corporate town where the bottom

6264
03:06:57,861 --> 03:06:58,227
line is more important than

6265
03:06:58,227 --> 03:07:00,227
community?

6266
03:07:02,765 --> 03:07:03,500
You cannot continue to claim

6267
03:07:03,500 --> 03:07:04,234
the moniker of America's finest

6268
03:07:04,234 --> 03:07:05,335
city while breaking the promise

6269
03:07:05,335 --> 03:07:08,335
to continue funding the arts.

6270
03:07:15,912 --> 03:07:16,245
>> Thank you, Christiane Frank

6271
03:07:16,245 --> 03:07:17,800
.

6272
03:07:17,800 --> 03:07:17,747
>> That was my husband Tom to

6273
03:07:17,747 --> 03:07:21,347
take his 10s said Okay babe,

6274
03:07:21,551 --> 03:07:21,852
I'm sorry I have been waiting a

6275
03:07:21,852 --> 03:07:22,352
while.

6276
03:07:22,352 --> 03:07:22,786
The throat is dry.

6277
03:07:22,786 --> 03:07:23,486
My apologies.

6278
03:07:23,486 --> 03:07:26,486
I'm one of Kent Lea's

6279
03:07:27,657 --> 03:07:27,957
constituents and d6 and Mira

6280
03:07:27,957 --> 03:07:28,591
mesa.

6281
03:07:28,591 --> 03:07:29,258
I'm an audience member for

6282
03:07:29,258 --> 03:07:29,960
donor to and volunteer with

6283
03:07:29,960 --> 03:07:32,696
several local arts orgs large

6284
03:07:32,696 --> 03:07:33,563
and small.

6285
03:07:33,563 --> 03:07:34,263
I am shockingly I know you've

6286
03:07:34,263 --> 03:07:37,863
read The Room opposed to these

6287
03:07:37,867 --> 03:07:38,535
extreme and shortsighted cuts

6288
03:07:38,535 --> 03:07:39,202
to the arts as well as

6289
03:07:39,202 --> 03:07:39,903
libraries, Parks and Rec And

6290
03:07:39,903 --> 03:07:40,236
you've proposed by Mayor Todd

6291
03:07:40,236 --> 03:07:42,236
Gloria.

6292
03:07:43,473 --> 03:07:44,174
So I'm asking you all truly

6293
03:07:44,174 --> 03:07:47,774
read the room not just surveys

6294
03:07:49,879 --> 03:07:50,646
that very few did.

6295
03:07:50,646 --> 03:07:51,347
>> I haven't heard a single

6296
03:07:51,347 --> 03:07:52,115
person speak in favor of these

6297
03:07:52,115 --> 03:07:54,117
cuts besides Hart and his

6298
03:07:54,117 --> 03:07:54,885
minions.

6299
03:07:54,885 --> 03:07:55,652
But I'm not an idealist.

6300
03:07:55,652 --> 03:07:55,952
i know some cuts MAY need to

6301
03:07:55,952 --> 03:07:57,952
occur.

6302
03:07:59,923 --> 03:08:00,624
However, obliterating all

6303
03:08:00,624 --> 03:08:01,291
direct funding to local arts

6304
03:08:01,291 --> 03:08:01,658
orgs jeopardizes their very

6305
03:08:01,658 --> 03:08:03,658
existence.

6306
03:08:05,561 --> 03:08:06,262
Their grant makers and private

6307
03:08:06,262 --> 03:08:06,863
donors who MAY reduce or

6308
03:08:06,863 --> 03:08:07,563
eliminate contributions.

6309
03:08:07,563 --> 03:08:10,563
If the city withdraws support

6310
03:08:11,401 --> 03:08:12,136
they will see that as a sign

6311
03:08:12,136 --> 03:08:12,769
that will be an additional body

6312
03:08:12,769 --> 03:08:13,700
blow on top of Todd's gut

6313
03:08:13,700 --> 03:08:15,700
punch.

6314
03:08:18,750 --> 03:08:18,575
The only other place pardon me

6315
03:08:18,575 --> 03:08:19,276
I want to quote.

6316
03:08:19,276 --> 03:08:19,977
Bob Lehman, executive director

6317
03:08:19,977 --> 03:08:23,577
of San Diego Arts Matters who

6318
03:08:23,813 --> 03:08:24,514
was quoted in the us last week

6319
03:08:24,514 --> 03:08:25,248
as saying The only other place

6320
03:08:25,248 --> 03:08:28,848
in this country where this type

6321
03:08:30,387 --> 03:08:31,255
of art is in the Trump budget I

6322
03:08:31,255 --> 03:08:34,859
don't want to be in a city like

6323
03:08:34,859 --> 03:08:35,625
Bala Daniels of all colors.

6324
03:08:35,625 --> 03:08:36,193
>> Thank you so much.

6325
03:08:36,193 --> 03:08:36,994
I am Daniel Savalas.

6326
03:08:36,994 --> 03:08:37,294
I'm a local actor here in San

6327
03:08:37,294 --> 03:08:39,294
Diego.

6328
03:08:39,963 --> 03:08:40,631
I've had the pleasure of using

6329
03:08:40,631 --> 03:08:41,298
many, many of the facilities

6330
03:08:41,298 --> 03:08:41,764
that the community theaters

6331
03:08:41,764 --> 03:08:43,764
have used here.

6332
03:08:46,200 --> 03:08:46,570
These facilities are severely,

6333
03:08:46,570 --> 03:08:47,271
severely underfunded.

6334
03:08:47,271 --> 03:08:47,603
I have had to change inside of

6335
03:08:47,603 --> 03:08:48,272
closets.

6336
03:08:48,272 --> 03:08:48,638
I've had to change inside of

6337
03:08:48,638 --> 03:08:50,638
workshops.

6338
03:08:52,800 --> 03:08:52,376
I've had to change inside of

6339
03:08:52,376 --> 03:08:53,420
alleyways.

6340
03:08:53,420 --> 03:08:53,577
I have seen the sort of cuts

6341
03:08:53,577 --> 03:08:54,243
that have happened.

6342
03:08:54,243 --> 03:08:54,545
I've seen an hours of unpaid

6343
03:08:54,545 --> 03:08:56,545
labor.

6344
03:08:57,647 --> 03:08:58,215
I've seen the children that are

6345
03:08:58,215 --> 03:08:58,849
exploited due to your

6346
03:08:58,849 --> 03:08:59,516
underfunded institutions.

6347
03:08:59,516 --> 03:09:00,217
I know about the protective

6348
03:09:00,217 --> 03:09:03,119
policies that were created to

6349
03:09:03,119 --> 03:09:03,987
protect children.

6350
03:09:03,987 --> 03:09:04,688
And your policies are going to

6351
03:09:04,688 --> 03:09:04,988
cut every single one of those

6352
03:09:04,988 --> 03:09:05,656
jobs.

6353
03:09:05,656 --> 03:09:09,256
Many of these people do not

6354
03:09:09,293 --> 03:09:09,860
hire these protectors because

6355
03:09:09,860 --> 03:09:10,560
of the lack of money.

6356
03:09:10,560 --> 03:09:11,195
And I've been to the San Diego

6357
03:09:11,195 --> 03:09:11,495
Civic Theater a number of

6358
03:09:11,495 --> 03:09:12,262
times.

6359
03:09:12,262 --> 03:09:15,565
I see the Presidents Club and

6360
03:09:15,565 --> 03:09:16,166
the patrons.

6361
03:09:16,166 --> 03:09:16,634
I do whisper.

6362
03:09:16,634 --> 03:09:17,268
They do whisper.

6363
03:09:17,268 --> 03:09:17,835
They do see the tarps in

6364
03:09:17,835 --> 03:09:18,335
the bedrooms outside.

6365
03:09:18,335 --> 03:09:18,869
They do see them.

6366
03:09:18,869 --> 03:09:20,869
It is embarrassing.

6367
03:09:21,906 --> 03:09:22,272
It is a stain on the San Diego

6368
03:09:22,272 --> 03:09:23,600
community.

6369
03:09:23,600 --> 03:09:23,340
It is heartbreaking to me as an

6370
03:09:23,340 --> 03:09:24,410
artist.

6371
03:09:24,410 --> 03:09:24,775
And I would just like to say I

6372
03:09:24,775 --> 03:09:26,810
want to say thank you, Sean And

6373
03:09:26,810 --> 03:09:27,444
also thank you counseling.

6374
03:09:27,444 --> 03:09:27,745
You've seen your humanity

6375
03:09:27,745 --> 03:09:28,478
today.

6376
03:09:28,478 --> 03:09:29,179
The rest of you guys I mean I'm

6377
03:09:29,179 --> 03:09:29,880
not to speak about all of you

6378
03:09:29,880 --> 03:09:33,480
guys but you I understand you

6379
03:09:33,817 --> 03:09:34,518
guys are doing your jobs.

6380
03:09:34,518 --> 03:09:35,152
>> But Charles Murdock, I've

6381
03:09:35,152 --> 03:09:35,553
seen your poker face this

6382
03:09:35,553 --> 03:09:36,186
entire time.

6383
03:09:36,186 --> 03:09:38,689
I'm not saying you smoked

6384
03:09:38,689 --> 03:09:39,122
brown, but you're not a very

6385
03:09:39,122 --> 03:09:39,823
good at crime.

6386
03:09:39,823 --> 03:09:40,123
How are you concluded Rachel

6387
03:09:40,123 --> 03:09:40,557
Hayes?

6388
03:09:40,557 --> 03:09:42,557
Rachel Hayes.

6389
03:09:47,598 --> 03:09:47,998
Please come to the mic.

6390
03:09:47,998 --> 03:09:48,833
>> Please.

6391
03:09:48,833 --> 03:09:49,500
We need to make sure that we're

6392
03:09:49,500 --> 03:09:50,234
not copying as much so that

6393
03:09:50,234 --> 03:09:50,867
people can hear their names and

6394
03:09:50,867 --> 03:09:53,867
come up to the microphone.

6395
03:09:54,338 --> 03:09:54,805
Anthony, if you can please

6396
03:09:54,805 --> 03:09:55,172
raise your hand.

6397
03:09:55,172 --> 03:09:55,773
Thank you.

6398
03:09:55,773 --> 03:09:56,240
You'll have two minutes.

6399
03:09:56,240 --> 03:09:58,240
Please proceed.

6400
03:09:59,900 --> 03:09:59,710
Hi, My name's Rachel Hayes and

6401
03:09:59,710 --> 03:10:02,710
I am representing myself and

6402
03:10:04,515 --> 03:10:05,150
the arts community which is

6403
03:10:05,150 --> 03:10:07,150
really important.

6404
03:10:10,121 --> 03:10:10,988
My son who is now Sarah Chayes

6405
03:10:10,988 --> 03:10:13,988
and self-taught on the piano

6406
03:10:17,194 --> 03:10:19,594
acoustic guitar, saxophone and

6407
03:10:22,566 --> 03:10:26,166
violin and now is on Broadway

6408
03:10:28,305 --> 03:10:28,973
in one top Voice Elementary and

6409
03:10:28,973 --> 03:10:29,640
actually sixth through 12th

6410
03:10:29,640 --> 03:10:32,640
grade on the Lawyers college

6411
03:10:34,612 --> 03:10:34,946
campus And that's where it

6412
03:10:34,946 --> 03:10:35,645
started.

6413
03:10:35,645 --> 03:10:38,645
Every generation in my family

6414
03:10:39,951 --> 03:10:42,951
have someone of musical talent.

6415
03:10:44,822 --> 03:10:48,422
And my son won their first

6416
03:10:50,928 --> 03:10:51,629
award on Broadway last year And

6417
03:10:51,629 --> 03:10:52,630
I should say my daughter his

6418
03:10:52,630 --> 03:10:54,630
name is Sarah.

6419
03:10:56,267 --> 03:10:57,101
And you know what?

6420
03:10:57,101 --> 03:10:57,935
If it wasn't for the musical

6421
03:10:57,935 --> 03:11:01,535
camps he went to every single

6422
03:11:07,244 --> 03:11:07,945
summer during high school and

6423
03:11:07,945 --> 03:11:11,545
the 2000s he would she would

6424
03:11:14,510 --> 03:11:14,919
not be the star she is today.

6425
03:11:14,919 --> 03:11:17,919
And cutting funds like this

6426
03:11:19,624 --> 03:11:22,240
it's inexcusable and it's

6427
03:11:24,996 --> 03:11:25,696
heartbreaking to know that

6428
03:11:25,696 --> 03:11:26,396
the youth of today will not

6429
03:11:26,396 --> 03:11:29,396
have what the youth of

6430
03:11:31,769 --> 03:11:32,137
yesterday had.

6431
03:11:32,137 --> 03:11:32,537
Thank you.

6432
03:11:32,537 --> 03:11:33,371
Thank you.

6433
03:11:33,371 --> 03:11:36,971
Julie Porter, if you can please

6434
03:11:37,442 --> 03:11:39,442
come forward.

6435
03:11:43,481 --> 03:11:44,182
Hello, my name is Julie Porter

6436
03:11:44,182 --> 03:11:44,682
and I'd like to thank you for

6437
03:11:44,682 --> 03:11:45,249
hearing me today.

6438
03:11:45,249 --> 03:11:48,249
It's been a long time.

6439
03:11:49,530 --> 03:11:49,653
I'm here representing myself

6440
03:11:49,653 --> 03:11:50,321
and the arts community.

6441
03:11:50,321 --> 03:11:53,321
I have two fourth generation

6442
03:11:54,759 --> 03:11:55,360
San Diego children my two

6443
03:11:55,360 --> 03:11:55,726
children that grew up in

6444
03:11:55,726 --> 03:11:56,427
the arts.

6445
03:11:56,427 --> 03:11:56,761
They attended San Diego Junior

6446
03:11:56,761 --> 03:11:58,761
Theater.

6447
03:12:02,300 --> 03:12:02,766
I got to run for parking thing

6448
03:12:02,766 --> 03:12:03,435
in Balboa Park.

6449
03:12:03,435 --> 03:12:06,737
I went and got myself a

6450
03:12:06,737 --> 03:12:07,605
well-deserved disabled platform

6451
03:12:07,605 --> 03:12:07,972
so I can park in Balboa Park

6452
03:12:07,972 --> 03:12:08,806
for free.

6453
03:12:08,806 --> 03:12:12,406
I don't live in the city

6454
03:12:13,711 --> 03:12:17,911
however we we use many, many of

6455
03:12:19,820 --> 03:12:19,951
the arts programs in San Diego

6456
03:12:19,951 --> 03:12:24,751
and I, I would hate to see what

6457
03:12:25,560 --> 03:12:25,722
will happen to San Diego Junior

6458
03:12:25,722 --> 03:12:26,423
Theater that both of my

6459
03:12:26,423 --> 03:12:27,910
children grew up in my hours

6460
03:12:27,910 --> 03:12:29,491
spent volunteering there in

6461
03:12:31,729 --> 03:12:32,464
the in the costume loft I those

6462
03:12:32,464 --> 03:12:32,763
are some of the best memories I

6463
03:12:32,763 --> 03:12:34,763
have.

6464
03:12:37,902 --> 03:12:38,269
Please don't cut these

6465
03:12:38,269 --> 03:12:38,837
programs.

6466
03:12:38,837 --> 03:12:39,571
>> The kids need you.

6467
03:12:39,571 --> 03:12:43,171
Thank you for hearing me today.

6468
03:12:45,377 --> 03:12:46,210
Thank you, Juan.

6469
03:12:46,210 --> 03:12:46,911
>> This one But as you have

6470
03:12:46,911 --> 03:12:50,215
time ceded to you by Sarah

6471
03:12:50,215 --> 03:12:50,815
Lopez thank you.

6472
03:12:50,815 --> 03:12:51,549
You'll have two minutes.

6473
03:12:51,549 --> 03:12:52,150
Hey, how's it going, everybody?

6474
03:12:52,150 --> 03:12:55,150
My name is John Perez.

6475
03:12:55,587 --> 03:12:56,254
I'm the organizer with

6476
03:12:56,254 --> 03:12:56,955
the local 122 the stagehands

6477
03:12:56,955 --> 03:13:00,555
union, our station set up for

6478
03:13:01,426 --> 03:13:02,127
events at the convention center

6479
03:13:02,127 --> 03:13:02,794
the hotels as well as theaters

6480
03:13:02,794 --> 03:13:03,461
like the Old Globe Playhouse

6481
03:13:03,461 --> 03:13:05,861
Civic Theater among others.

6482
03:13:07,264 --> 03:13:07,999
Our workforce is critical to

6483
03:13:07,999 --> 03:13:08,733
the tourism industry which this

6484
03:13:08,733 --> 03:13:12,333
city relies on for tax revenue.

6485
03:13:13,705 --> 03:13:14,372
It's no secret we work hard to

6486
03:13:14,372 --> 03:13:17,372
make these jobs into careers

6487
03:13:19,311 --> 03:13:19,844
with livable wages and benefits

6488
03:13:19,844 --> 03:13:20,579
retirement training.

6489
03:13:20,579 --> 03:13:21,245
But with these proposed cuts to

6490
03:13:21,245 --> 03:13:24,845
the arts that is a direct

6491
03:13:26,830 --> 03:13:26,651
assault on our membership and

6492
03:13:26,651 --> 03:13:27,419
on the arts community.

6493
03:13:27,419 --> 03:13:31,619
This is also an insult to our

6494
03:13:31,857 --> 03:13:32,590
youth that begin their careers

6495
03:13:32,590 --> 03:13:33,291
in high school theater programs

6496
03:13:33,291 --> 03:13:33,724
with the hope to continue once

6497
03:13:33,724 --> 03:13:35,724
they graduate.

6498
03:13:38,630 --> 03:13:39,297
But with these proposed cuts we

6499
03:13:39,297 --> 03:13:39,998
are cutting and ending their

6500
03:13:39,998 --> 03:13:42,998
dreams before they even start.

6501
03:13:44,136 --> 03:13:44,836
Why not cut the police budget

6502
03:13:44,836 --> 03:13:47,836
like they're already funded if

6503
03:13:50,375 --> 03:13:51,109
anything Right.

6504
03:13:51,109 --> 03:13:51,977
Why not cut Fox surveillance?

6505
03:13:51,977 --> 03:13:56,214
You are What if all of you guys

6506
03:13:56,214 --> 03:13:56,815
but you guys willing to re-up

6507
03:13:56,815 --> 03:13:57,582
the contract last year?

6508
03:13:57,582 --> 03:14:01,453
Why do we always have money for

6509
03:14:01,453 --> 03:14:02,120
the police tape and

6510
03:14:02,120 --> 03:14:02,787
surveillance but never for

6511
03:14:02,787 --> 03:14:05,787
the arts or our communities?

6512
03:14:08,393 --> 03:14:09,160
Read the room.

6513
03:14:09,160 --> 03:14:09,861
When's the last time you seen

6514
03:14:09,861 --> 03:14:10,295
so many community members come

6515
03:14:10,295 --> 03:14:12,295
out like this?

6516
03:14:13,932 --> 03:14:14,600
You all are politicians.

6517
03:14:14,600 --> 03:14:15,166
You're going to be seeking

6518
03:14:15,166 --> 03:14:15,867
unions, endorsements,

6519
03:14:15,867 --> 03:14:16,535
the communities, endorsements,

6520
03:14:16,535 --> 03:14:18,535
organizations, endorsements

6521
03:14:19,705 --> 03:14:20,472
their support.

6522
03:14:20,472 --> 03:14:21,273
Read the room Don't turn your

6523
03:14:21,273 --> 03:14:24,873
back on the community So screw

6524
03:14:26,770 --> 03:14:26,812
the mayors budget.

6525
03:14:26,812 --> 03:14:27,513
Be with the community and

6526
03:14:27,513 --> 03:14:31,113
the unions and the workers and

6527
03:14:32,184 --> 03:14:32,651
create a new budget.

6528
03:14:32,651 --> 03:14:34,651
>> Thank you.

6529
03:14:38,230 --> 03:14:38,357
Got a Los Angeles Hello

6530
03:14:38,357 --> 03:14:39,291
Council.

6531
03:14:39,291 --> 03:14:43,491
I was here before last year for

6532
03:14:44,830 --> 03:14:45,497
the same thing.

6533
03:14:45,497 --> 03:14:46,970
We came to argue for

6534
03:14:46,970 --> 03:14:46,798
the pennant for the art.

6535
03:14:46,798 --> 03:14:47,499
I explained the amount of work

6536
03:14:47,499 --> 03:14:51,136
that we do and I'm honored to

6537
03:14:51,136 --> 03:14:51,503
think that we help with this

6538
03:14:51,503 --> 03:14:52,203
community.

6539
03:14:52,203 --> 03:14:52,804
And today I just here to tell

6540
03:14:52,804 --> 03:14:55,804
you it doesn't help us.

6541
03:14:57,208 --> 03:14:57,910
That'll be the bike lanes.

6542
03:14:57,910 --> 03:14:58,610
That's why by million dollars

6543
03:14:58,610 --> 03:15:01,780
spurred on the bike lanes per

6544
03:15:01,780 --> 03:15:02,481
mile and then you know doesn't

6545
03:15:02,481 --> 03:15:06,840
help us as the pandas like you

6546
03:15:06,840 --> 03:15:06,952
brought over that's over $1

6547
03:15:06,952 --> 03:15:07,619
million a year In order to help

6548
03:15:07,619 --> 03:15:08,220
us to lose that $30 million

6549
03:15:08,220 --> 03:15:10,620
settlement for that kid

6550
03:15:12,992 --> 03:15:13,692
the cops shot last year

6551
03:15:13,692 --> 03:15:14,360
actually don't help because a

6552
03:15:14,360 --> 03:15:17,960
third of that we sponsor our

6553
03:15:19,970 --> 03:15:19,832
art programs in here you know

6554
03:15:19,832 --> 03:15:20,466
that year were arguing about it

6555
03:15:20,466 --> 03:15:23,466
because you wanted to give

6556
03:15:24,136 --> 03:15:25,370
money to the teachers the cops

6557
03:15:25,370 --> 03:15:25,737
I wish you better but I shall

6558
03:15:25,737 --> 03:15:26,538
not a kid two miles two blocks

6559
03:15:26,538 --> 03:15:30,138
away from when I was spending

6560
03:15:30,976 --> 03:15:31,810
the mural in the same year when

6561
03:15:31,810 --> 03:15:32,677
I see that I help you know, to

6562
03:15:32,677 --> 03:15:36,548
keep doing it I think you guys

6563
03:15:36,548 --> 03:15:37,216
you listen to the people

6564
03:15:37,216 --> 03:15:37,883
because the people that are

6565
03:15:37,883 --> 03:15:38,584
here are the people to help.

6566
03:15:38,584 --> 03:15:42,184
>> This is a people you should

6567
03:15:43,880 --> 03:15:43,722
listen to Daniel Alexandra and

6568
03:15:43,722 --> 03:15:44,230
I control Daniel I control

6569
03:15:44,230 --> 03:15:46,230
right.

6570
03:15:48,794 --> 03:15:49,461
Maybe Is there no Daniel

6571
03:15:49,461 --> 03:15:51,861
Alexandra Next speakers are

6572
03:15:53,980 --> 03:15:53,566
Jared Azaria, Jade Flower,

6573
03:15:53,566 --> 03:15:55,566
Vanessa Ramirez.

6574
03:16:01,474 --> 03:16:02,174
Allie Dressel Angel Martinez,

6575
03:16:02,174 --> 03:16:02,474
Mackenzie Viola or Holder and

6576
03:16:02,474 --> 03:16:04,474
Marie.

6577
03:16:06,612 --> 03:16:07,313
These are guys Elizabeth and

6578
03:16:07,313 --> 03:16:07,779
Cynthia some of the Yanis and

6579
03:16:07,779 --> 03:16:09,779
Lindsay Segars.

6580
03:16:12,117 --> 03:16:12,785
If you can all please come up

6581
03:16:12,785 --> 03:16:15,785
to the yellow reserved seats

6582
03:16:17,456 --> 03:16:18,157
dia Bassett, Nicole Hernandez

6583
03:16:18,157 --> 03:16:18,424
Molina Martinez Is Daniel here

6584
03:16:18,424 --> 03:16:20,424
now?

6585
03:16:28,400 --> 03:16:29,100
Daniel Jared.

6586
03:16:29,100 --> 03:16:29,902
>> Good afternoon.

6587
03:16:29,902 --> 03:16:34,102
My name is Jared Guy Larry and

6588
03:16:34,740 --> 03:16:38,940
I'm sorry and I would just like

6589
03:16:40,379 --> 03:16:41,800
to say that today I'm coming as

6590
03:16:41,800 --> 03:16:44,680
a citizen of District seven So

6591
03:16:46,819 --> 03:16:47,553
high roll and I am also a

6592
03:16:47,553 --> 03:16:48,154
representative of the San Diego

6593
03:16:48,154 --> 03:16:51,154
Ballet which has been a

6594
03:16:52,592 --> 03:16:53,258
nonprofit organization and an

6595
03:16:53,258 --> 03:16:53,693
institution in San Diego for

6596
03:16:53,693 --> 03:16:54,360
over 35 years.

6597
03:16:54,360 --> 03:16:57,360
That's longer than I've been

6598
03:16:58,397 --> 03:16:59,980
alive But I am honored to come

6599
03:16:59,980 --> 03:17:02,980
after and before so many

6600
03:17:04,637 --> 03:17:05,537
impassioned speakers today.

6601
03:17:05,537 --> 03:17:06,272
And I want to remind you all

6602
03:17:06,272 --> 03:17:07,720
just that each and every one of

6603
03:17:07,720 --> 03:17:10,720
them will feel these budget

6604
03:17:10,576 --> 03:17:11,344
cuts as much as I will.

6605
03:17:11,344 --> 03:17:14,344
>> We offer free classes in

6606
03:17:16,448 --> 03:17:17,183
some of our most underserved

6607
03:17:17,183 --> 03:17:17,849
communities in City Heights and

6608
03:17:17,849 --> 03:17:20,849
Sunny Figueroa and those are

6609
03:17:22,621 --> 03:17:22,989
funded directly by grants from

6610
03:17:22,989 --> 03:17:23,656
the city.

6611
03:17:23,656 --> 03:17:26,560
So every performance, every

6612
03:17:28,227 --> 03:17:31,827
class, every time that we every

6613
03:17:33,754 --> 03:17:33,916
life that we touch with these

6614
03:17:33,916 --> 03:17:36,916
arts will be affected including

6615
03:17:38,437 --> 03:17:39,305
sometimes jail.

6616
03:17:39,305 --> 03:17:42,905
>> Hello, my name is Chamber of

6617
03:17:44,310 --> 03:17:45,770
Flor, resident of District two

6618
03:17:45,770 --> 03:17:45,378
and born in our very own Balboa

6619
03:17:45,378 --> 03:17:45,978
Park.

6620
03:17:45,978 --> 03:17:47,978
I vehemently oppose

6621
03:17:50,490 --> 03:17:50,750
the reduction of arts funding

6622
03:17:50,750 --> 03:17:51,451
proposed in the budget a city

6623
03:17:51,451 --> 03:17:53,851
community and society without

6624
03:17:55,855 --> 03:17:56,555
sufficient support of arts and

6625
03:17:56,555 --> 03:17:57,257
culture absolutely absolutely

6626
03:17:57,257 --> 03:17:57,991
cannot and will not thrive if

6627
03:17:57,991 --> 03:18:00,991
artists and culture bearers are

6628
03:18:01,894 --> 03:18:02,595
not sustained then we will

6629
03:18:02,595 --> 03:18:06,195
surely see a decline in every

6630
03:18:07,300 --> 03:18:08,100
in and even disappearance of

6631
03:18:08,100 --> 03:18:08,601
everything that makes our city

6632
03:18:08,601 --> 03:18:09,302
wonderful by supporting

6633
03:18:09,302 --> 03:18:12,902
the arts are ensuring that San

6634
03:18:13,973 --> 03:18:14,774
Diego's and those who visit our

6635
03:18:14,774 --> 03:18:15,542
fine city are able to live and

6636
03:18:15,542 --> 03:18:19,142
to visit, Tolstoy says in order

6637
03:18:20,246 --> 03:18:20,947
to correctly define art it is

6638
03:18:20,947 --> 03:18:21,647
necessary for us first of all

6639
03:18:21,647 --> 03:18:25,518
to cease to consider it as a

6640
03:18:25,518 --> 03:18:26,386
means of pleasure and consider

6641
03:18:26,386 --> 03:18:26,786
it as one of the conditions of

6642
03:18:26,786 --> 03:18:27,486
human life.

6643
03:18:27,486 --> 03:18:31,860
Without art we lose touch with

6644
03:18:31,991 --> 03:18:32,659
our own humanity which will

6645
03:18:32,659 --> 03:18:33,226
have catastrophic impacts on

6646
03:18:33,226 --> 03:18:35,626
the health, safety and

6647
03:18:37,731 --> 03:18:38,264
happiness of all the against

6648
03:18:38,264 --> 03:18:40,264
point blank periods.

6649
03:18:44,700 --> 03:18:47,670
>> But as the Ramirez Hello my

6650
03:18:50,760 --> 03:18:50,777
name is with us Ramirez and I'm

6651
03:18:50,777 --> 03:18:51,444
a local San Diego artist and

6652
03:18:51,444 --> 03:18:55,440
born and raised in San Diego

6653
03:18:55,815 --> 03:18:56,583
and I'm representing myself and

6654
03:18:56,583 --> 03:18:56,983
I am really upset to find out

6655
03:18:56,983 --> 03:18:58,983
about this.

6656
03:19:01,887 --> 03:19:02,622
I found out about it recently

6657
03:19:02,622 --> 03:19:03,256
and we cannot cut the arts.

6658
03:19:03,256 --> 03:19:06,256
The arts is very, very

6659
03:19:08,261 --> 03:19:08,995
important And like I remember

6660
03:19:08,995 --> 03:19:12,595
going to school and like seeing

6661
03:19:13,666 --> 03:19:14,334
arts being cut like over time

6662
03:19:14,334 --> 03:19:15,350
and this would be very

6663
03:19:15,350 --> 03:19:17,435
devastating because I've seen

6664
03:19:20,607 --> 03:19:21,207
how art has been such an

6665
03:19:21,207 --> 03:19:21,842
integral part of so many

6666
03:19:21,842 --> 03:19:24,242
people's lives and myself

6667
03:19:26,112 --> 03:19:26,913
included like I would not be

6668
03:19:26,913 --> 03:19:27,781
here today if it wasn't for art

6669
03:19:27,781 --> 03:19:31,381
And I know so many people

6670
03:19:32,352 --> 03:19:33,850
though who don't feel similarly

6671
03:19:33,850 --> 03:19:33,419
so this would be a huge, huge

6672
03:19:33,419 --> 03:19:35,419
mistake.

6673
03:19:37,857 --> 03:19:39,857
Please please reconsider.

6674
03:19:44,397 --> 03:19:45,310
Thank you Ali Dressel Good

6675
03:19:45,310 --> 03:19:45,732
afternoon Council members.

6676
03:19:45,732 --> 03:19:49,932
My name is Ali Dreadful and I

6677
03:19:50,303 --> 03:19:50,871
am the emerging founder and

6678
03:19:50,871 --> 03:19:51,571
artistic director for

6679
03:19:51,571 --> 03:19:52,139
Resiliency Immersive where our

6680
03:19:52,139 --> 03:19:54,539
mission is to connect

6681
03:19:56,809 --> 03:19:57,377
communities to resilience and

6682
03:19:57,377 --> 03:19:57,744
sustainability through

6683
03:19:57,744 --> 03:19:59,744
the arts.

6684
03:20:01,447 --> 03:20:02,182
I'm here to strongly oppose

6685
03:20:02,182 --> 03:20:02,815
the proposed $12 million cut to

6686
03:20:02,815 --> 03:20:03,517
the arts and culture which

6687
03:20:03,517 --> 03:20:05,917
nearly eliminates the funding

6688
03:20:08,550 --> 03:20:08,922
for arts at all as you know.

6689
03:20:08,922 --> 03:20:13,122
But much of our work is only

6690
03:20:14,940 --> 03:20:14,895
made possible through grant

6691
03:20:14,895 --> 03:20:15,495
funding and we are a tool for

6692
03:20:15,495 --> 03:20:17,495
community and immersive

6693
03:20:20,667 --> 03:20:21,335
engagement education, creative

6694
03:20:21,335 --> 03:20:21,834
communications, storytelling

6695
03:20:21,834 --> 03:20:24,234
and so much more.

6696
03:20:26,405 --> 03:20:27,400
So we really do rely on this

6697
03:20:27,400 --> 03:20:27,641
type of grant funding And

6698
03:20:27,641 --> 03:20:30,641
according to the arts an

6699
03:20:32,513 --> 03:20:33,246
economic prosperity report San

6700
03:20:33,246 --> 03:20:33,947
Diego, a nonprofit and cultural

6701
03:20:33,947 --> 03:20:36,347
arts sector generates over $1

6702
03:20:38,786 --> 03:20:39,486
billion in economic activity

6703
03:20:39,486 --> 03:20:40,354
and supports tens of thousands

6704
03:20:40,354 --> 03:20:43,954
of jobs including my own Among

6705
03:20:45,258 --> 03:20:45,559
all of the others that you have

6706
03:20:45,559 --> 03:20:45,993
seen.

6707
03:20:45,993 --> 03:20:47,993
>> Thank you.

6708
03:20:50,664 --> 03:20:51,131
Thank you, Angel Martinez.

6709
03:20:51,131 --> 03:20:51,999
Angel Martinez.

6710
03:20:51,999 --> 03:20:55,599
Now if I can have McKenzie

6711
03:20:57,838 --> 03:20:58,538
please come up to

6712
03:20:58,538 --> 03:20:58,972
the microphone after that will

6713
03:20:58,972 --> 03:21:00,972
be Anne Marie.

6714
03:21:03,477 --> 03:21:04,770
Elizabeth Lindsey Dear Nicole

6715
03:21:04,770 --> 03:21:06,477
Molina Nancy Wen Angela

6716
03:21:09,183 --> 03:21:09,683
Mendoza, Jordan Coburn.

6717
03:21:09,683 --> 03:21:10,517
Please proceed.

6718
03:21:10,517 --> 03:21:14,655
I don't live in San Diego but

6719
03:21:14,655 --> 03:21:15,455
in Diego because of the arts

6720
03:21:15,455 --> 03:21:16,900
When my friends and I visit we

6721
03:21:16,900 --> 03:21:19,900
spend money in San Diego.

6722
03:21:21,862 --> 03:21:22,563
I know that there are a lot of

6723
03:21:22,563 --> 03:21:22,963
people that live here because

6724
03:21:22,963 --> 03:21:23,564
of the arts.

6725
03:21:23,564 --> 03:21:24,265
I know other people have

6726
03:21:24,265 --> 03:21:27,865
touched on that also you know

6727
03:21:27,902 --> 03:21:28,669
brings money in.

6728
03:21:28,669 --> 03:21:29,403
When you have a community, when

6729
03:21:29,403 --> 03:21:32,403
you have these things available

6730
03:21:33,974 --> 03:21:34,708
to the people for the tourists

6731
03:21:34,708 --> 03:21:38,908
um I know the visits will drop

6732
03:21:39,213 --> 03:21:39,880
if the arts are cut.

6733
03:21:39,880 --> 03:21:40,547
If you're so worried about

6734
03:21:40,547 --> 03:21:41,281
the money coming in nurture

6735
03:21:41,281 --> 03:21:44,752
the people of San Diego nurture

6736
03:21:44,752 --> 03:21:45,519
the arts, nurtured our culture

6737
03:21:45,519 --> 03:21:45,886
,their youth they pay

6738
03:21:45,886 --> 03:21:46,553
the taxes.

6739
03:21:46,553 --> 03:21:49,553
We're all telling you what's

6740
03:21:50,857 --> 03:21:51,558
important to us And the world

6741
03:21:51,558 --> 03:21:51,959
is really heavy right now and

6742
03:21:51,959 --> 03:21:53,959
we have art.

6743
03:21:56,931 --> 03:21:57,698
So please don't take that.

6744
03:21:57,698 --> 03:21:58,132
Don't kill that McKenzie Oh,

6745
03:21:58,132 --> 03:22:00,132
that was you.

6746
03:22:03,671 --> 03:22:04,238
My apologies.

6747
03:22:04,238 --> 03:22:05,106
I'm almost at the end.

6748
03:22:05,106 --> 03:22:07,641
I had to celebrate Anne Marie

6749
03:22:07,641 --> 03:22:08,420
and Marie.

6750
03:22:08,420 --> 03:22:08,442
>> No.

6751
03:22:08,442 --> 03:22:10,442
Anne Marie.

6752
03:22:14,715 --> 03:22:15,248
Elisabeth Hello.

6753
03:22:15,248 --> 03:22:17,248
>> I'm Elizabeth.

6754
03:22:18,586 --> 03:22:19,387
Santa Yanis and I live in

6755
03:22:19,387 --> 03:22:19,686
District two, a resident of San

6756
03:22:19,686 --> 03:22:20,387
Diego.

6757
03:22:20,387 --> 03:22:23,387
I do notice that unfortunately

6758
03:22:25,250 --> 03:22:25,759
our council member is not

6759
03:22:25,759 --> 03:22:26,326
present I believe Councilmember

6760
03:22:26,326 --> 03:22:28,726
Campbell I attended a

6761
03:22:30,960 --> 03:22:33,960
fundraiser event last night for

6762
03:22:34,936 --> 03:22:35,670
Moxie Theater and learned about

6763
03:22:35,670 --> 03:22:36,404
the $11.8 million in threatened

6764
03:22:36,404 --> 03:22:40,604
cuts to the arts in the mayor's

6765
03:22:40,807 --> 03:22:41,475
proposed budget.

6766
03:22:41,475 --> 03:22:42,142
>> This would cause

6767
03:22:42,142 --> 03:22:42,843
the elimination of most arts

6768
03:22:42,843 --> 03:22:46,443
programs and jobs in San Diego

6769
03:22:47,682 --> 03:22:48,449
and we will not stand for that.

6770
03:22:48,449 --> 03:22:49,217
>> People young and old need

6771
03:22:49,217 --> 03:22:52,817
access to the arts for their

6772
03:22:54,221 --> 03:22:54,922
health and well-being

6773
03:22:54,922 --> 03:22:55,523
especially in difficult times.

6774
03:22:55,523 --> 03:22:57,923
>> Without the arts, our

6775
03:23:00,270 --> 03:23:00,795
society would lose its soul.

6776
03:23:00,795 --> 03:23:04,395
I'm proud to be here today

6777
03:23:06,267 --> 03:23:06,901
along with so many others to

6778
03:23:06,901 --> 03:23:07,635
fight for the arts in our

6779
03:23:07,635 --> 03:23:09,635
communities, redistribute money

6780
03:23:12,720 --> 03:23:12,807
in the proposed budget to

6781
03:23:12,807 --> 03:23:15,807
support the arts and libraries.

6782
03:23:17,445 --> 03:23:18,179
>> This is essential for

6783
03:23:18,179 --> 03:23:18,913
the well-being of our youth and

6784
03:23:18,913 --> 03:23:19,814
our community For that continue

6785
03:23:19,814 --> 03:23:21,814
sometimes Lindsay Lindsay

6786
03:23:27,550 --> 03:23:27,491
figures.

6787
03:23:27,491 --> 03:23:28,189
Good evening.

6788
03:23:28,189 --> 03:23:28,556
Thank you for your service and

6789
03:23:28,556 --> 03:23:29,223
your time.

6790
03:23:29,223 --> 03:23:32,223
My name is Lindsay Seegers.

6791
03:23:32,794 --> 03:23:33,494
I serve as the executive

6792
03:23:33,494 --> 03:23:33,795
Director of Voices of our City

6793
03:23:33,795 --> 03:23:35,795
Choir.

6794
03:23:38,800 --> 03:23:39,500
We are an arts nonprofit facing

6795
03:23:39,500 --> 03:23:41,900
facing $86,000 in city grant

6796
03:23:44,505 --> 03:23:45,272
cuts If this is passed, Voices

6797
03:23:45,272 --> 03:23:46,600
brought much pride to our city

6798
03:23:46,600 --> 03:23:46,707
of San Diego just a few years

6799
03:23:46,707 --> 03:23:49,707
ago winning the golden buzzer

6800
03:23:50,645 --> 03:23:51,312
on America's Got Talent.

6801
03:23:51,312 --> 03:23:52,460
I reside in Councilmember

6802
03:23:52,460 --> 03:23:55,460
Campos district and the council

6803
03:23:56,651 --> 03:23:57,418
members Rivera and Whitburn We

6804
03:23:57,418 --> 03:23:59,818
have continued to attend

6805
03:24:02,790 --> 03:24:03,491
the concerts of our choir

6806
03:24:03,491 --> 03:24:04,292
That's made up of people who

6807
03:24:04,292 --> 03:24:07,892
are experiencing or at risk of

6808
03:24:08,930 --> 03:24:09,597
experiencing homelessness And

6809
03:24:09,597 --> 03:24:10,297
they don't just come because

6810
03:24:10,297 --> 03:24:12,697
we're a nationally recognized

6811
03:24:14,435 --> 03:24:15,360
music nonprofit they become

6812
03:24:15,360 --> 03:24:15,769
become because we are

6813
03:24:15,769 --> 03:24:16,404
nationally recognized for using

6814
03:24:16,404 --> 03:24:17,105
music and arts as a social

6815
03:24:17,105 --> 03:24:20,105
intervention in the crisis of

6816
03:24:21,142 --> 03:24:21,910
homelessness.

6817
03:24:21,910 --> 03:24:22,777
Mayor Gloria, our choir has

6818
03:24:22,777 --> 03:24:26,377
opened for you so many times

6819
03:24:27,315 --> 03:24:28,160
proudly one time three times in

6820
03:24:28,160 --> 03:24:28,750
one week we joked that we are

6821
03:24:28,750 --> 03:24:29,184
the mayor's house band So thank

6822
03:24:29,184 --> 03:24:29,615
you for that.

6823
03:24:29,615 --> 03:24:31,615
Thank you.

6824
03:24:37,959 --> 03:24:40,959
Sentence The better the event

6825
03:24:44,566 --> 03:24:45,433
And I hear Nicole Mendez Nicole

6826
03:24:45,433 --> 03:24:49,633
you have time to you by having

6827
03:24:50,438 --> 03:24:51,106
a Johnson or Xavier Johnson

6828
03:24:51,106 --> 03:24:51,839
please raise your hand thank

6829
03:24:51,839 --> 03:24:52,540
you that you clearly don't care

6830
03:24:52,540 --> 03:24:55,510
about the problem when you get

6831
03:24:55,510 --> 03:24:56,111
into the solution Art is

6832
03:24:56,111 --> 03:24:56,711
the culture and the very

6833
03:24:56,711 --> 03:24:57,412
infrastructure needed to

6834
03:24:57,412 --> 03:24:58,146
maintain the very economy that

6835
03:24:58,146 --> 03:25:01,746
you rightly claim to protect at

6836
03:25:02,830 --> 03:25:02,784
the intersection of this are

6837
03:25:02,784 --> 03:25:03,285
the people the people that are

6838
03:25:03,285 --> 03:25:03,918
creating the very

6839
03:25:03,918 --> 03:25:04,420
infrastructure that you're

6840
03:25:04,420 --> 03:25:05,153
trying to destroy.

6841
03:25:05,153 --> 03:25:08,689
My name is Nicole Hernandez and

6842
03:25:08,689 --> 03:25:09,324
I was born in Central

6843
03:25:09,324 --> 03:25:09,991
California and grew up on

6844
03:25:09,991 --> 03:25:10,625
actually be part of Mexico.

6845
03:25:10,625 --> 03:25:11,226
I'm an artist athlete and

6846
03:25:11,226 --> 03:25:13,495
the founder and creative

6847
03:25:13,495 --> 03:25:14,229
director of Nexus where we

6848
03:25:14,229 --> 03:25:14,863
highlight music, dance and film

6849
03:25:14,863 --> 03:25:15,529
hiding behind numbers and

6850
03:25:15,529 --> 03:25:16,231
statistics and a very people

6851
03:25:16,231 --> 03:25:18,631
are underpaid, overworked and

6852
03:25:20,100 --> 03:25:20,768
exploited.

6853
03:25:20,768 --> 03:25:21,336
You choose surveillance over

6854
03:25:21,336 --> 03:25:22,370
drugs, extraction over

6855
03:25:22,370 --> 03:25:22,770
transparency, pedophilia over

6856
03:25:22,770 --> 03:25:25,170
protection, profits over people

6857
03:25:25,873 --> 03:25:26,608
while duality can exist.

6858
03:25:26,608 --> 03:25:27,242
But your ego, greed and pride

6859
03:25:27,242 --> 03:25:27,909
keeps us in chains present

6860
03:25:27,909 --> 03:25:30,909
the alternative, you MAY ask

6861
03:25:31,780 --> 03:25:32,481
Invest in the people invest in

6862
03:25:32,481 --> 03:25:32,780
uplift you That is the Future

6863
03:25:32,780 --> 03:25:33,415
Fund.

6864
03:25:33,415 --> 03:25:34,149
Marginalized founders like

6865
03:25:34,149 --> 03:25:37,180
the black community has held up

6866
03:25:37,180 --> 03:25:37,652
to the standard of excellence

6867
03:25:37,652 --> 03:25:38,320
while also being the most

6868
03:25:38,320 --> 03:25:38,954
overlook and the Chicano and

6869
03:25:38,954 --> 03:25:41,354
Latino community that keep

6870
03:25:44,959 --> 03:25:45,594
the deeply personal culture

6871
03:25:45,594 --> 03:25:46,610
battle organized facing of

6872
03:25:46,610 --> 03:25:46,795
gentrification.

6873
03:25:46,795 --> 03:25:48,663
I'm turning to counterpart into

6874
03:25:48,663 --> 03:25:49,264
a tourist attraction coupled

6875
03:25:49,264 --> 03:25:49,831
with strategic corporate

6876
03:25:49,831 --> 03:25:50,565
buyouts that push out

6877
03:25:50,565 --> 03:25:50,832
the Latino community that built

6878
03:25:50,832 --> 03:25:52,832
it.

6879
03:25:55,303 --> 03:25:56,400
You can't continue to update

6880
03:25:56,400 --> 03:25:56,570
the very systems that we build

6881
03:25:56,570 --> 03:25:57,272
that sustain the great

6882
03:25:57,272 --> 03:25:57,939
businesses that we created in

6883
03:25:57,939 --> 03:25:58,606
the very communities that we

6884
03:25:58,606 --> 03:26:00,909
have Keep the people want to

6885
03:26:00,909 --> 03:26:01,609
know where every dollar is

6886
03:26:01,609 --> 03:26:02,144
going and rightfully so as its

6887
03:26:02,144 --> 03:26:02,744
use is unacceptable.

6888
03:26:02,744 --> 03:26:03,378
We demand a transparent

6889
03:26:03,378 --> 03:26:05,378
financial breakdown, make

6890
03:26:07,448 --> 03:26:08,116
the numbers public, undergo an

6891
03:26:08,116 --> 03:26:08,383
audit and that is not adding

6892
03:26:08,383 --> 03:26:09,117
up.

6893
03:26:09,117 --> 03:26:09,818
We ask why as a question why we

6894
03:26:09,818 --> 03:26:10,850
dare to dream and why we show

6895
03:26:10,850 --> 03:26:10,786
up.

6896
03:26:10,786 --> 03:26:11,485
We ask you to learn, grow and

6897
03:26:11,485 --> 03:26:15,685
open your mind and do your job

6898
03:26:15,690 --> 03:26:18,900
or retire million Molina

6899
03:26:21,930 --> 03:26:22,730
Martinez My name is Melina.

6900
03:26:22,730 --> 03:26:25,730
>> I am a first generation

6901
03:26:27,669 --> 03:26:28,103
student and resident here in

6902
03:26:28,103 --> 03:26:28,770
San Diego.

6903
03:26:28,770 --> 03:26:29,471
You claim to care about

6904
03:26:29,471 --> 03:26:30,720
the youth and the interest of

6905
03:26:30,720 --> 03:26:33,720
the people in San Diego.

6906
03:26:33,808 --> 03:26:34,510
You are willing to read

6907
03:26:34,510 --> 03:26:35,243
the educational, environmental

6908
03:26:35,243 --> 03:26:35,911
and cultural funding that would

6909
03:26:35,911 --> 03:26:38,311
promote and create equitable

6910
03:26:40,148 --> 03:26:40,682
opportunities for future and

6911
03:26:40,682 --> 03:26:41,316
current generation.

6912
03:26:41,316 --> 03:26:41,984
I am a small voice in

6913
03:26:41,984 --> 03:26:42,517
the Chicano community and I

6914
03:26:42,517 --> 03:26:44,917
have seen my people

6915
03:26:45,621 --> 03:26:46,254
continuously exploited,

6916
03:26:46,254 --> 03:26:46,755
overworked, underpaid and

6917
03:26:46,755 --> 03:26:47,422
underrepresented.

6918
03:26:47,422 --> 03:26:50,422
We have built the physical,

6919
03:26:52,527 --> 03:26:53,395
cultural and economic landscape

6920
03:26:53,395 --> 03:26:54,163
the city is built on yet we are

6921
03:26:54,163 --> 03:26:57,763
barely able to afford the basic

6922
03:26:58,534 --> 03:26:59,134
resources needed to support our

6923
03:26:59,134 --> 03:26:59,802
family and communities.

6924
03:26:59,802 --> 03:27:00,502
You fund police systems that

6925
03:27:00,502 --> 03:27:00,803
are built to oppress people of

6926
03:27:00,803 --> 03:27:02,803
color.

6927
03:27:04,273 --> 03:27:04,873
Your claim to not have

6928
03:27:04,873 --> 03:27:05,474
the necessary funding to

6929
03:27:05,474 --> 03:27:06,141
support the creative and

6930
03:27:06,141 --> 03:27:08,541
artistic programs that give

6931
03:27:10,411 --> 03:27:11,146
these people that outlet an

6932
03:27:11,146 --> 03:27:11,747
environment to heal and rebuild

6933
03:27:11,747 --> 03:27:12,181
from these brutality and

6934
03:27:12,181 --> 03:27:12,914
inequalities.

6935
03:27:12,914 --> 03:27:15,884
Why is it that we are forced to

6936
03:27:15,884 --> 03:27:16,552
create alternative

6937
03:27:16,552 --> 03:27:16,952
opportunities for a funding

6938
03:27:16,952 --> 03:27:17,619
application?

6939
03:27:17,619 --> 03:27:18,320
What we are focused on your

6940
03:27:18,320 --> 03:27:21,320
survival We're barely able to

6941
03:27:22,224 --> 03:27:22,858
afford rent, groceries and

6942
03:27:22,858 --> 03:27:23,525
utilities give us what is

6943
03:27:23,525 --> 03:27:25,925
rightfully ours power to

6944
03:27:28,997 --> 03:27:29,365
the people to get to us but it

6945
03:27:29,365 --> 03:27:31,365
ourselves.

6946
03:27:38,400 --> 03:27:38,807
>> Nancy when Nancy when Nancy

6947
03:27:38,807 --> 03:27:39,508
when and for those that have

6948
03:27:39,508 --> 03:27:40,311
already spoken please be sure

6949
03:27:40,311 --> 03:27:43,712
to return to your seat so that

6950
03:27:43,712 --> 03:27:44,113
others MAY be coming up.

6951
03:27:44,113 --> 03:27:44,846
No, Nancy.

6952
03:27:44,846 --> 03:27:47,246
When Angela Mendoza Jordan

6953
03:27:50,251 --> 03:27:50,652
Coburn, Alisha Donnelly.

6954
03:27:50,652 --> 03:27:52,652
Brad Taylor.

6955
03:27:55,791 --> 03:27:56,491
Caleb Dede Gilbert Rivera,

6956
03:27:56,491 --> 03:28:00,910
Athena Castro, if you can all

6957
03:28:01,300 --> 03:28:01,697
please come up to the front row

6958
03:28:01,697 --> 03:28:04,697
as well as our Eartha

6959
03:28:07,469 --> 03:28:08,204
Lakshmanan and Richard's

6960
03:28:08,204 --> 03:28:11,804
the other Angela, are you here?

6961
03:28:12,841 --> 03:28:13,142
Please come up to the podium

6962
03:28:13,142 --> 03:28:13,808
now.

6963
03:28:13,808 --> 03:28:16,208
Angela going once and

6964
03:28:19,215 --> 03:28:19,515
delivering twice.

6965
03:28:19,515 --> 03:28:21,515
Right.

6966
03:28:24,753 --> 03:28:27,153
Jordan Jordan Coburn No.

6967
03:28:30,960 --> 03:28:34,560
Jordan Coburn Leisha My name is

6968
03:28:36,332 --> 03:28:37,233
Lisa Donnelly.

6969
03:28:37,233 --> 03:28:37,800
I am a self-employed marketing

6970
03:28:37,800 --> 03:28:39,800
and sales consultant.

6971
03:28:42,204 --> 03:28:42,905
I've lived here 50 years in

6972
03:28:42,905 --> 03:28:46,505
District five I have had no

6973
03:28:47,343 --> 03:28:48,144
help from is Yvonne Wilford.

6974
03:28:48,144 --> 03:28:48,511
I have had two cars impounded

6975
03:28:48,511 --> 03:28:50,511
unjustly.

6976
03:28:52,815 --> 03:28:53,449
One was impounded for three

6977
03:28:53,449 --> 03:28:56,449
bogus tickets and was just

6978
03:28:58,321 --> 03:28:58,920
auctioned off a late model car

6979
03:28:58,920 --> 03:29:00,920
last week for $10,000.

6980
03:29:03,159 --> 03:29:03,926
It was a $35,000 car.

6981
03:29:03,926 --> 03:29:07,526
My second car was stolen and

6982
03:29:09,298 --> 03:29:09,932
then it was re impounded into

6983
03:29:09,932 --> 03:29:12,332
the San Diego impoundment.

6984
03:29:15,537 --> 03:29:16,505
Now they've got it up.

6985
03:29:16,505 --> 03:29:20,105
>> It is a $60,000 car and it's

6986
03:29:21,209 --> 03:29:21,844
now going to be auctioned off

6987
03:29:21,844 --> 03:29:22,778
on the 22nd of this month

6988
03:29:22,778 --> 03:29:26,978
because I have no money to pay

6989
03:29:27,160 --> 03:29:27,984
for this abomination Now I have

6990
03:29:27,984 --> 03:29:32,184
had to rely on transit which is

6991
03:29:34,123 --> 03:29:34,857
what was inaccurate for both

6992
03:29:34,857 --> 03:29:35,691
the north and the South county.

6993
03:29:35,691 --> 03:29:39,291
>> We pay over time and have

6994
03:29:39,929 --> 03:29:42,329
concluded Brad Taylor Brad

6995
03:29:51,107 --> 03:29:51,444
Taylor No Brad Taylor Caleb did

6996
03:29:51,444 --> 03:29:53,444
.

6997
03:29:57,412 --> 03:29:58,114
Caleb did Caleb They'd had

6998
03:29:58,114 --> 03:29:58,815
several people stealing their

6999
03:29:58,815 --> 03:29:59,449
time If they're still here and

7000
03:29:59,449 --> 03:29:59,916
wish to speak please go to

7001
03:29:59,916 --> 03:30:01,916
the microphone.

7002
03:30:03,419 --> 03:30:07,190
Julia Hold Lee Tongue and Dale

7003
03:30:07,323 --> 03:30:09,723
Fleming any of those

7004
03:30:18,134 --> 03:30:18,767
individuals Gilberto Vera

7005
03:30:18,767 --> 03:30:20,767
Student Council PRESIDENT

7006
03:30:24,741 --> 03:30:25,740
Council members My name is

7007
03:30:25,740 --> 03:30:25,808
Gilbert.

7008
03:30:25,808 --> 03:30:26,542
I'm the director of the Housing

7009
03:30:26,542 --> 03:30:28,942
Justice Collaborative and Legal

7010
03:30:30,113 --> 03:30:30,680
Aid to say the San Diego Legal

7011
03:30:30,680 --> 03:30:31,413
Aid is the granting of

7012
03:30:31,413 --> 03:30:32,150
the eviction prevention program

7013
03:30:32,150 --> 03:30:34,415
that provides free legal

7014
03:30:36,720 --> 03:30:37,454
services education outreach,

7015
03:30:37,454 --> 03:30:38,154
emergency rental assistance and

7016
03:30:38,154 --> 03:30:38,555
case management to low income

7017
03:30:38,555 --> 03:30:40,555
San Diegans.

7018
03:30:42,250 --> 03:30:42,759
I know it's a difficult budget

7019
03:30:42,759 --> 03:30:43,393
year and I appreciate

7020
03:30:43,393 --> 03:30:44,270
the council and the mayor

7021
03:30:44,270 --> 03:30:44,727
prioritizing homelessness

7022
03:30:44,727 --> 03:30:46,727
prevention eviction prevention

7023
03:30:48,197 --> 03:30:48,898
for the most effective and cost

7024
03:30:48,898 --> 03:30:49,532
effective strategies we have.

7025
03:30:49,532 --> 03:30:50,233
Keeping people in housing

7026
03:30:50,233 --> 03:30:50,900
avoids the human and community

7027
03:30:50,900 --> 03:30:53,300
impacts of displacement and

7028
03:30:54,403 --> 03:30:55,710
help prevent homelessness

7029
03:30:55,710 --> 03:30:55,571
before prevent homelessness

7030
03:30:55,571 --> 03:30:56,273
before it starts.

7031
03:30:56,273 --> 03:30:56,906
For example, a state audit of

7032
03:30:56,906 --> 03:30:59,906
homes programs show that a

7033
03:31:00,877 --> 03:31:01,578
chronically homeless person can

7034
03:31:01,578 --> 03:31:04,578
cost up to $50,000 per year.

7035
03:31:05,548 --> 03:31:06,248
In contrast, in fiscal year

7036
03:31:06,248 --> 03:31:08,648
2025 the mpp served over 1600

7037
03:31:10,653 --> 03:31:11,454
households in San Diego

7038
03:31:11,454 --> 03:31:14,924
averaging a one time cost of

7039
03:31:14,924 --> 03:31:15,625
about 1800 per household of

7040
03:31:15,625 --> 03:31:16,359
conservative fiscal year 2025.

7041
03:31:16,359 --> 03:31:17,270
Almost 90% avoided homelessness

7042
03:31:17,270 --> 03:31:19,427
with 80% remaining in their

7043
03:31:21,164 --> 03:31:21,865
homes and almost a 10% finding

7044
03:31:21,865 --> 03:31:22,532
new additional stable housing.

7045
03:31:22,532 --> 03:31:22,899
>> Thank you for your time.

7046
03:31:22,899 --> 03:31:24,899
Thank you.

7047
03:31:26,803 --> 03:31:27,671
Athena Castro.

7048
03:31:27,671 --> 03:31:30,671
>> Athena, you have time ceded

7049
03:31:32,375 --> 03:31:32,975
to you by Luis Castro.

7050
03:31:32,975 --> 03:31:33,576
Thank you very much.

7051
03:31:33,576 --> 03:31:35,976
You'll have two minutes.

7052
03:31:38,347 --> 03:31:38,882
Please proceed.

7053
03:31:38,882 --> 03:31:39,616
>> Good afternoon.

7054
03:31:39,616 --> 03:31:40,317
My name is Athena Castro and I

7055
03:31:40,317 --> 03:31:43,317
am a high school student

7056
03:31:45,122 --> 03:31:45,455
classical musician and cultural

7057
03:31:45,455 --> 03:31:46,189
dancer.

7058
03:31:46,189 --> 03:31:46,889
I'm here to speak on behalf of

7059
03:31:46,889 --> 03:31:47,558
my community and students and

7060
03:31:47,558 --> 03:31:50,558
the proposed budget cuts to

7061
03:31:51,600 --> 03:31:51,661
the art funding and why this

7062
03:31:51,661 --> 03:31:52,328
should be reconsidered.

7063
03:31:52,328 --> 03:31:52,996
Back in middle school I fell

7064
03:31:52,996 --> 03:31:53,397
unexpectedly in love with my

7065
03:31:53,397 --> 03:31:55,397
instrument.

7066
03:31:57,667 --> 03:31:58,335
This performing in a time in

7067
03:31:58,335 --> 03:31:59,200
life where I needed it most.

7068
03:31:59,200 --> 03:31:59,703
This love that I felt would

7069
03:31:59,703 --> 03:32:02,506
then continue to grow and grow

7070
03:32:02,506 --> 03:32:03,206
and try to find a life where

7071
03:32:03,206 --> 03:32:03,840
every day is filled with music

7072
03:32:03,840 --> 03:32:04,341
is a life I never want to

7073
03:32:04,341 --> 03:32:06,341
experience again.

7074
03:32:08,478 --> 03:32:09,112
This is not only good for

7075
03:32:09,112 --> 03:32:09,479
myself but for many other

7076
03:32:09,479 --> 03:32:10,113
children.

7077
03:32:10,113 --> 03:32:10,813
How can we call ourselves

7078
03:32:10,813 --> 03:32:13,813
the greatest city in America?

7079
03:32:14,384 --> 03:32:15,185
If you view arts education as

7080
03:32:15,185 --> 03:32:15,823
an extra or a luxury, it is a

7081
03:32:15,823 --> 03:32:18,823
core part of our education

7082
03:32:19,923 --> 03:32:20,624
system for what is a school

7083
03:32:20,624 --> 03:32:20,923
without visual and performing

7084
03:32:20,923 --> 03:32:21,490
arts.

7085
03:32:21,490 --> 03:32:22,910
When our programs are

7086
03:32:22,910 --> 03:32:22,759
accessible they provide

7087
03:32:22,759 --> 03:32:25,159
students an important outlet

7088
03:32:25,328 --> 03:32:25,795
for expression and

7089
03:32:25,795 --> 03:32:26,396
communication.

7090
03:32:26,396 --> 03:32:27,300
Moving or significantly

7091
03:32:27,300 --> 03:32:27,564
reducing funds limits this

7092
03:32:27,564 --> 03:32:29,564
funding limit These

7093
03:32:32,350 --> 03:32:32,402
opportunities encourage

7094
03:32:32,402 --> 03:32:32,936
inequity.

7095
03:32:32,936 --> 03:32:33,604
Everybody in America

7096
03:32:33,604 --> 03:32:34,304
backgrounder This is how we

7097
03:32:34,304 --> 03:32:38,108
live and how we learn to love.

7098
03:32:38,108 --> 03:32:38,809
I respectfully urge you to

7099
03:32:38,809 --> 03:32:39,476
reconsider these cuts and work

7100
03:32:39,476 --> 03:32:40,770
towards a balanced solution

7101
03:32:40,770 --> 03:32:40,777
that preserves access to

7102
03:32:40,777 --> 03:32:43,777
the arts program for students

7103
03:32:43,813 --> 03:32:44,213
like me and for a future

7104
03:32:44,213 --> 03:32:44,915
generations.

7105
03:32:44,915 --> 03:32:45,582
Just because you MAY never get

7106
03:32:45,582 --> 03:32:46,283
to see the impact it has on

7107
03:32:46,283 --> 03:32:49,586
the lives of children does not

7108
03:32:49,586 --> 03:32:50,870
mean you have the right to see

7109
03:32:50,870 --> 03:32:50,754
it as expendable.

7110
03:32:50,754 --> 03:32:51,421
I'm living proof that a city

7111
03:32:51,421 --> 03:32:53,421
with artistic opportunities

7112
03:32:55,692 --> 03:32:56,460
changes people for the better.

7113
03:32:56,460 --> 03:32:56,827
>> Thank you for your time.

7114
03:32:56,827 --> 03:32:58,827
Thank you.

7115
03:33:03,133 --> 03:33:03,801
Rc Each minute after that is

7116
03:33:03,801 --> 03:33:06,801
Richards the aba Phenix Win.

7117
03:33:08,171 --> 03:33:10,571
Kofi Asante Collin Chimezie

7118
03:33:13,770 --> 03:33:13,744
Sebastien Rubi Mona Je If you

7119
03:33:13,744 --> 03:33:14,377
can all please come up to

7120
03:33:14,377 --> 03:33:14,845
the yellow reserved seats

7121
03:33:14,845 --> 03:33:16,845
Please proceed.

7122
03:33:20,116 --> 03:33:20,884
Hello my name is Art Lakshman.

7123
03:33:20,884 --> 03:33:21,651
I'm a local artist and small

7124
03:33:21,651 --> 03:33:24,651
business order owner here in

7125
03:33:25,922 --> 03:33:26,223
University Heights in San

7126
03:33:26,223 --> 03:33:26,924
Diego.

7127
03:33:26,924 --> 03:33:30,524
I had the immense privilege to

7128
03:33:31,428 --> 03:33:32,196
live in my formative years in a

7129
03:33:32,196 --> 03:33:32,863
place that was funded by

7130
03:33:32,863 --> 03:33:33,230
the library and arts and art

7131
03:33:33,230 --> 03:33:34,310
programs.

7132
03:33:34,310 --> 03:33:37,902
I learned how to read for my

7133
03:33:37,902 --> 03:33:38,402
peers and summer programs in

7134
03:33:38,402 --> 03:33:39,300
public libraries.

7135
03:33:39,300 --> 03:33:39,636
I learned how to manage

7136
03:33:39,636 --> 03:33:40,400
emotions through music and

7137
03:33:40,400 --> 03:33:42,400
painting.

7138
03:33:43,873 --> 03:33:44,508
I learned public speaking

7139
03:33:44,508 --> 03:33:45,242
through cultural programs.

7140
03:33:45,242 --> 03:33:48,842
I taught music to children that

7141
03:33:49,146 --> 03:33:49,480
were nonverbal and learned how

7142
03:33:49,480 --> 03:33:50,213
to sing.

7143
03:33:50,213 --> 03:33:53,813
I am not alone in my

7144
03:33:54,652 --> 03:33:55,519
fundamental need for arts and

7145
03:33:55,519 --> 03:33:56,220
culture here as well as all of

7146
03:33:56,220 --> 03:33:56,554
these people here and you guys

7147
03:33:56,554 --> 03:33:58,554
as well.

7148
03:34:01,891 --> 03:34:02,560
I urge you to think about all

7149
03:34:02,560 --> 03:34:03,160
of the programs that you are

7150
03:34:03,160 --> 03:34:05,560
cutting luxardo ugly and

7151
03:34:07,264 --> 03:34:07,765
slaughtering in the name of

7152
03:34:07,765 --> 03:34:08,466
arts and culture.

7153
03:34:08,466 --> 03:34:11,635
I was a software engineer for

7154
03:34:11,635 --> 03:34:12,336
and worked in data analytics

7155
03:34:12,336 --> 03:34:13,300
for eight years so believe me

7156
03:34:13,300 --> 03:34:13,704
when I say that I know what

7157
03:34:13,704 --> 03:34:16,104
goes into analyzing financial

7158
03:34:18,142 --> 03:34:18,808
programs and choosing what

7159
03:34:18,808 --> 03:34:21,808
success metrics to track And

7160
03:34:22,612 --> 03:34:23,114
you can look at the data.

7161
03:34:23,114 --> 03:34:25,114
>> Thank you.

7162
03:34:29,286 --> 03:34:29,954
DR. Richard Silver.

7163
03:34:29,954 --> 03:34:32,354
Richard Other a local 122.

7164
03:34:33,724 --> 03:34:34,425
We are working to build

7165
03:34:34,425 --> 03:34:35,250
momentum for initiatives that

7166
03:34:35,250 --> 03:34:35,760
could bring significant

7167
03:34:35,760 --> 03:34:36,460
economic return such as efforts

7168
03:34:36,460 --> 03:34:40,600
led by my union to reestablish

7169
03:34:40,631 --> 03:34:41,165
San Diego as a hub for motion

7170
03:34:41,165 --> 03:34:41,832
picture production.

7171
03:34:41,832 --> 03:34:42,499
A local film initiative will

7172
03:34:42,499 --> 03:34:44,899
create jobs, attract outside

7173
03:34:46,690 --> 03:34:46,737
investment and boost tourism

7174
03:34:46,737 --> 03:34:47,237
benefits that ripple across

7175
03:34:47,237 --> 03:34:47,838
the entire region.

7176
03:34:47,838 --> 03:34:50,238
Cutting arts and culture

7177
03:34:52,900 --> 03:34:52,743
funding now undermines all

7178
03:34:52,743 --> 03:34:53,377
those opportunities before they

7179
03:34:53,377 --> 03:34:53,677
even have a chance to take

7180
03:34:53,677 --> 03:34:54,378
hold.

7181
03:34:54,378 --> 03:34:57,978
It sends the wrong message at

7182
03:34:58,415 --> 03:34:59,490
the wrong time signaling that

7183
03:34:59,490 --> 03:34:59,784
society is not prepared to

7184
03:34:59,784 --> 03:35:00,384
invest in sectors that generate

7185
03:35:00,384 --> 03:35:02,784
both cultural value and

7186
03:35:03,420 --> 03:35:04,210
economic growth.

7187
03:35:04,210 --> 03:35:04,755
Maintaining funding for

7188
03:35:04,755 --> 03:35:05,355
the business at the fiscal year

7189
03:35:05,355 --> 03:35:07,355
2026 levels is practical

7190
03:35:09,527 --> 03:35:09,893
Overlooking Internet for like a

7191
03:35:09,893 --> 03:35:10,527
decision.

7192
03:35:10,527 --> 03:35:11,228
It protects our workforce,

7193
03:35:11,228 --> 03:35:13,628
supports tourism and positions

7194
03:35:15,166 --> 03:35:15,833
San Diego to compete for future

7195
03:35:15,833 --> 03:35:16,234
opportunities rather than be

7196
03:35:16,234 --> 03:35:16,901
passed over.

7197
03:35:16,901 --> 03:35:20,501
We asked the city leaders to

7198
03:35:20,638 --> 03:35:21,371
stand with the arts community,

7199
03:35:21,371 --> 03:35:22,390
protect these vital investments

7200
03:35:22,390 --> 03:35:22,574
and keep San Diego moving in

7201
03:35:22,574 --> 03:35:23,700
the right direction.

7202
03:35:23,700 --> 03:35:25,700
>> Thank you.

7203
03:35:25,977 --> 03:35:27,977
Phenix Win.

7204
03:35:33,317 --> 03:35:34,180
Phenix We I am an artist and

7205
03:35:34,180 --> 03:35:34,718
math tutor and I'm here today

7206
03:35:34,718 --> 03:35:37,718
because hard math isn't adding

7207
03:35:38,288 --> 03:35:38,689
up straight from the city's

7208
03:35:38,689 --> 03:35:39,556
open books.

7209
03:35:39,556 --> 03:35:39,957
I made this chart just for you

7210
03:35:39,957 --> 03:35:41,957
guys to see.

7211
03:35:42,860 --> 03:35:43,561
While 11.8 million is stripped

7212
03:35:43,561 --> 03:35:44,295
from our arts and programs and

7213
03:35:44,295 --> 03:35:46,695
3.5 million from our libraries,

7214
03:35:48,666 --> 03:35:49,300
the police budget is magically

7215
03:35:49,300 --> 03:35:49,934
increasing by $14 million.

7216
03:35:49,934 --> 03:35:50,501
It's almost like his plan

7217
03:35:50,501 --> 03:35:52,501
doesn't actually solve

7218
03:35:54,205 --> 03:35:54,839
the deficit just moves money

7219
03:35:54,839 --> 03:35:55,340
away from the people into

7220
03:35:55,340 --> 03:35:56,400
the police state.

7221
03:35:56,400 --> 03:35:56,407
I'm going to agree with you on

7222
03:35:56,407 --> 03:35:57,750
something.

7223
03:35:57,750 --> 03:35:57,374
We do need to make some hard

7224
03:35:57,374 --> 03:35:59,374
cuts.

7225
03:36:00,978 --> 03:36:01,512
So here's my suggestion.

7226
03:36:01,512 --> 03:36:02,180
Math informed target

7227
03:36:02,180 --> 03:36:02,780
the institution that eats up

7228
03:36:02,780 --> 03:36:05,180
14% of our city budget.

7229
03:36:07,552 --> 03:36:08,386
Not the libraries.

7230
03:36:08,386 --> 03:36:09,200
In order to only take up five

7231
03:36:09,200 --> 03:36:09,721
and 1% of our city budget.

7232
03:36:09,721 --> 03:36:12,624
I even have some crazy ideas I

7233
03:36:12,624 --> 03:36:13,291
got today from MR. Monica that

7234
03:36:13,291 --> 03:36:13,992
you can tell the police.

7235
03:36:13,992 --> 03:36:14,692
Unfortunately we need to make

7236
03:36:14,692 --> 03:36:15,193
some significant cuts to solve

7237
03:36:15,193 --> 03:36:17,193
the budget crisis.

7238
03:36:18,696 --> 03:36:19,129
These cuts will be difficult

7239
03:36:19,129 --> 03:36:19,864
but necessary.

7240
03:36:19,864 --> 03:36:20,498
>> These cuts will be

7241
03:36:20,498 --> 03:36:21,320
the primary tool to solve

7242
03:36:21,320 --> 03:36:23,320
the city's program.

7243
03:36:25,203 --> 03:36:25,970
Cut the police not partizan or

7244
03:36:25,970 --> 03:36:26,671
otherwise Add to a budget that

7245
03:36:26,671 --> 03:36:27,405
Trump would be very happy for.

7246
03:36:27,405 --> 03:36:29,374
Thuggery You are disgraceful in

7247
03:36:29,374 --> 03:36:30,410
your mesa community and you're

7248
03:36:30,410 --> 03:36:30,675
just one aapi community are

7249
03:36:30,675 --> 03:36:31,309
disappointed and you are a

7250
03:36:31,309 --> 03:36:33,709
traitor to the community.

7251
03:36:36,247 --> 03:36:36,914
>> Coffee Coffee or.

7252
03:36:36,914 --> 03:36:37,614
I can have the following

7253
03:36:37,614 --> 03:36:40,614
individuals please come up to

7254
03:36:41,419 --> 03:36:41,886
the microphone to the other

7255
03:36:41,886 --> 03:36:42,354
reserved seats.

7256
03:36:42,354 --> 03:36:42,821
Coffee Atlanta.

7257
03:36:42,821 --> 03:36:44,821
No coffee Call.

7258
03:36:49,661 --> 03:36:50,261
Colin.

7259
03:36:50,261 --> 03:36:50,894
Hello, Council members.

7260
03:36:50,894 --> 03:36:53,894
I hope you're listening to

7261
03:36:56,367 --> 03:36:57,200
the people today because if you

7262
03:36:57,200 --> 03:36:57,636
don't listen to the people

7263
03:36:57,636 --> 03:36:58,360
the people will listen to

7264
03:36:58,360 --> 03:37:00,360
themselves.

7265
03:37:01,639 --> 03:37:02,307
We could have the friendly

7266
03:37:02,307 --> 03:37:04,707
librarian, the gentle youth

7267
03:37:07,211 --> 03:37:08,120
service worker, beautiful art

7268
03:37:08,120 --> 03:37:08,546
But if all we have is

7269
03:37:08,546 --> 03:37:10,546
the parking ticket,

7270
03:37:12,850 --> 03:37:13,552
the surveillance camera lens

7271
03:37:13,552 --> 03:37:14,286
tinted police window all we'll

7272
03:37:14,286 --> 03:37:17,886
have to talk to is ourselves.

7273
03:37:19,424 --> 03:37:19,757
We don't need to beg you for

7274
03:37:19,757 --> 03:37:20,225
scraps.

7275
03:37:20,225 --> 03:37:20,891
We have dignity.

7276
03:37:20,891 --> 03:37:24,491
We need you to represent us.

7277
03:37:24,996 --> 03:37:25,463
And if you can't do that, we

7278
03:37:25,463 --> 03:37:27,463
don't need you.

7279
03:37:30,869 --> 03:37:31,168
>> Sebastian Ruby.

7280
03:37:31,168 --> 03:37:33,168
Good.

7281
03:37:38,710 --> 03:37:39,111
My name Sebastian.

7282
03:37:39,111 --> 03:37:39,844
Just really.

7283
03:37:39,844 --> 03:37:40,545
I am an immigrant working in

7284
03:37:40,545 --> 03:37:41,113
the theater and arts industry

7285
03:37:41,113 --> 03:37:41,713
as a stage carpenter.

7286
03:37:41,713 --> 03:37:42,413
We have Viotti Local 122

7287
03:37:42,413 --> 03:37:43,115
resident of District three and

7288
03:37:43,115 --> 03:37:43,582
I recently celebrated 13 years

7289
03:37:43,582 --> 03:37:45,582
clean and sober.

7290
03:37:47,719 --> 03:37:48,253
I also come from a long line of

7291
03:37:48,253 --> 03:37:48,687
entertainment injury

7292
03:37:48,687 --> 03:37:49,420
professionals.

7293
03:37:49,420 --> 03:37:50,154
Cuts to arts parks in libraries

7294
03:37:50,154 --> 03:37:53,154
don't just affect programs they

7295
03:37:53,525 --> 03:37:54,910
affect people like me and

7296
03:37:54,910 --> 03:37:54,760
everyone in this room.

7297
03:37:54,760 --> 03:37:55,493
These spaces where recovery

7298
03:37:55,493 --> 03:37:57,893
communities meet where creative

7299
03:37:59,931 --> 03:38:00,599
creativity gives people purpose

7300
03:38:00,599 --> 03:38:00,965
and where many of us find

7301
03:38:00,965 --> 03:38:01,700
stability.

7302
03:38:01,700 --> 03:38:04,100
Redirecting that funding toward

7303
03:38:04,869 --> 03:38:05,604
policing privacy vision and

7304
03:38:05,604 --> 03:38:06,710
anti homeless measures does not

7305
03:38:06,710 --> 03:38:06,537
solve problems.

7306
03:38:06,537 --> 03:38:07,205
It deepens them.

7307
03:38:07,205 --> 03:38:10,205
It takes resources away from

7308
03:38:11,609 --> 03:38:12,310
prevention and healing that

7309
03:38:12,310 --> 03:38:13,780
your people desperately need.

7310
03:38:13,780 --> 03:38:17,115
San Diego is a city built on

7311
03:38:17,115 --> 03:38:17,482
immigrants culture and

7312
03:38:17,482 --> 03:38:18,216
community.

7313
03:38:18,216 --> 03:38:18,750
We should be investing in that,

7314
03:38:18,750 --> 03:38:19,585
not tearing it down.

7315
03:38:19,585 --> 03:38:23,785
You say your goal is to help

7316
03:38:24,423 --> 03:38:24,923
your constituents improve

7317
03:38:24,923 --> 03:38:25,390
standing overall.

7318
03:38:25,390 --> 03:38:26,124
Prove it, Todd.

7319
03:38:26,124 --> 03:38:26,992
If you want to help us like

7320
03:38:26,992 --> 03:38:30,592
you're supposed to get out of

7321
03:38:35,367 --> 03:38:35,834
the way, don't ag non ag.

7322
03:38:35,834 --> 03:38:37,834
Good afternoon.

7323
03:38:41,607 --> 03:38:42,373
I know I'm in your district.

7324
03:38:42,373 --> 03:38:45,973
I grew up in San Diego.

7325
03:38:46,411 --> 03:38:47,179
I've never been to a council

7326
03:38:47,179 --> 03:38:47,880
hearing but this is promised to

7327
03:38:47,880 --> 03:38:48,547
us and every citizen and it's

7328
03:38:48,547 --> 03:38:52,147
exciting to be part of it.

7329
03:38:52,785 --> 03:38:53,452
Although it is very demeaning

7330
03:38:53,452 --> 03:38:54,510
and all the news that we've

7331
03:38:54,510 --> 03:38:54,720
been saying of what our

7332
03:38:54,720 --> 03:38:57,120
country's which direction is

7333
03:38:58,523 --> 03:38:59,240
going which I'm sure you will

7334
03:38:59,240 --> 03:38:59,792
think about a lot.

7335
03:38:59,792 --> 03:39:02,192
As everyone's come outside

7336
03:39:04,495 --> 03:39:05,329
today on their time off I'm not

7337
03:39:05,329 --> 03:39:09,935
sure how they do it but we do

7338
03:39:09,935 --> 03:39:10,302
it in a measure to say these

7339
03:39:10,302 --> 03:39:11,303
concerns.

7340
03:39:11,303 --> 03:39:15,503
I can't help but feel is trying

7341
03:39:16,477 --> 03:39:17,209
to replicated in so many other

7342
03:39:17,209 --> 03:39:17,943
parts of my life and going into

7343
03:39:17,943 --> 03:39:21,513
university not just in the news

7344
03:39:21,513 --> 03:39:22,213
all around us that we see our

7345
03:39:22,213 --> 03:39:22,881
voices beyond just what seems

7346
03:39:22,881 --> 03:39:26,481
to be the bare bones of

7347
03:39:27,987 --> 03:39:28,687
infrastructure and of what we

7348
03:39:28,687 --> 03:39:31,687
deem as innovation lacking so

7349
03:39:33,392 --> 03:39:34,590
much of a tone of listening to

7350
03:39:34,590 --> 03:39:34,626
the constituents even though

7351
03:39:34,626 --> 03:39:37,260
I'm sure everything is

7352
03:39:39,632 --> 03:39:40,990
overwhelming.

7353
03:39:40,990 --> 03:39:40,732
>> Thank you.

7354
03:39:40,732 --> 03:39:41,399
The following individuals

7355
03:39:41,399 --> 03:39:41,867
please come up to the yellow

7356
03:39:41,867 --> 03:39:42,534
reserved seats.

7357
03:39:42,534 --> 03:39:44,736
These are our final speakers

7358
03:39:44,736 --> 03:39:45,204
here in council chambers.

7359
03:39:45,204 --> 03:39:47,204
Sheila Stanford.

7360
03:39:51,777 --> 03:39:52,244
Sophia Blanco.

7361
03:39:52,244 --> 03:39:52,645
Joanne Stanford.

7362
03:39:52,645 --> 03:39:53,790
Hannah Park.

7363
03:39:53,790 --> 03:39:55,790
Daniel Perez.

7364
03:39:56,916 --> 03:39:57,450
Ramses El Hector Castro.

7365
03:39:57,450 --> 03:39:59,450
Gabrielle Alabama.

7366
03:40:04,550 --> 03:40:04,757
Sarah Large and Desiree Clark

7367
03:40:04,757 --> 03:40:05,324
Miller If you can all please

7368
03:40:05,324 --> 03:40:06,250
come up to the front.

7369
03:40:06,250 --> 03:40:09,228
Shayla if you can please come

7370
03:40:09,228 --> 03:40:09,528
up to the microphone.

7371
03:40:09,528 --> 03:40:11,528
Hello.

7372
03:40:14,967 --> 03:40:15,667
Working as a director at

7373
03:40:15,667 --> 03:40:16,335
the nonprofit Heartbeat Music

7374
03:40:16,335 --> 03:40:16,902
and Performing Arts Academy

7375
03:40:16,902 --> 03:40:17,570
which Todd Gloria has

7376
03:40:17,570 --> 03:40:19,970
recognized and supported in

7377
03:40:21,400 --> 03:40:21,707
the past.

7378
03:40:21,707 --> 03:40:22,407
I've seen firsthand how much

7379
03:40:22,407 --> 03:40:23,750
the arts transform children's

7380
03:40:23,750 --> 03:40:26,750
capability to learn and keep

7381
03:40:27,713 --> 03:40:28,114
them from becoming victims of

7382
03:40:28,114 --> 03:40:28,714
the system.

7383
03:40:28,714 --> 03:40:29,414
Through the arts we have

7384
03:40:29,414 --> 03:40:30,116
personally helped many at risk

7385
03:40:30,116 --> 03:40:33,118
black and brown youth get full

7386
03:40:33,118 --> 03:40:33,852
ride music and dance

7387
03:40:33,852 --> 03:40:34,653
scholarships to major colleges.

7388
03:40:34,653 --> 03:40:38,853
If you want to save money then

7389
03:40:39,558 --> 03:40:40,226
divesting in the arts is

7390
03:40:40,226 --> 03:40:40,892
extremely counterintuitive.

7391
03:40:40,892 --> 03:40:41,627
The arts are the backbone of

7392
03:40:41,627 --> 03:40:44,627
the community not an accessory.

7393
03:40:46,165 --> 03:40:46,932
And it makes the city much more

7394
03:40:46,932 --> 03:40:47,466
money than it costs as a major

7395
03:40:47,466 --> 03:40:48,100
tourist destination.

7396
03:40:48,100 --> 03:40:48,434
It's what draws in tourism

7397
03:40:48,434 --> 03:40:50,434
dollars.

7398
03:40:51,737 --> 03:40:52,438
It's who the local businesses

7399
03:40:52,438 --> 03:40:52,772
partner with to increase their

7400
03:40:52,772 --> 03:40:53,406
revenue.

7401
03:40:53,406 --> 03:40:56,406
It helps print out workers

7402
03:40:57,610 --> 03:40:58,277
refresh and keep going.

7403
03:40:58,277 --> 03:40:58,978
As we've seen in the Great

7404
03:40:58,978 --> 03:40:59,679
Depression, the film industry

7405
03:40:59,679 --> 03:41:03,279
is one of the only industries

7406
03:41:03,983 --> 03:41:04,617
that thrived.

7407
03:41:04,617 --> 03:41:05,351
I personally experienced

7408
03:41:05,351 --> 03:41:05,918
homelessness in high school and

7409
03:41:05,918 --> 03:41:08,318
arts changed my life.

7410
03:41:09,540 --> 03:41:09,821
I went to film school at usc.

7411
03:41:09,821 --> 03:41:10,523
I ended up working at Warner

7412
03:41:10,523 --> 03:41:11,223
Brothers and have been able to

7413
03:41:11,223 --> 03:41:11,724
give back to my community and

7414
03:41:11,724 --> 03:41:13,393
the local economy.

7415
03:41:13,393 --> 03:41:13,759
Thank you for that continuing

7416
03:41:13,759 --> 03:41:15,759
sentence.

7417
03:41:18,897 --> 03:41:20,132
>> Sophia Blanco.

7418
03:41:20,132 --> 03:41:24,332
>> Hi I'm a born and raised in

7419
03:41:26,272 --> 03:41:26,939
Yagan District three I

7420
03:41:26,939 --> 03:41:27,406
represent Art Cipher in San

7421
03:41:27,406 --> 03:41:28,700
Diego Walkabout.

7422
03:41:28,700 --> 03:41:28,474
Additionally I'm a local

7423
03:41:28,474 --> 03:41:30,474
theater worker.

7424
03:41:30,977 --> 03:41:31,711
I'm constantly problem solving

7425
03:41:31,711 --> 03:41:32,770
my way out of tight budgets and

7426
03:41:32,770 --> 03:41:32,712
solutions.

7427
03:41:32,712 --> 03:41:36,312
How do we work together to

7428
03:41:36,882 --> 03:41:37,750
solve this problem?

7429
03:41:37,750 --> 03:41:38,484
I invite an important city to

7430
03:41:38,484 --> 03:41:39,185
work with the arts community to

7431
03:41:39,185 --> 03:41:42,785
find an alternative to a near

7432
03:41:43,289 --> 03:41:43,756
elimination of the arts and

7433
03:41:43,756 --> 03:41:44,457
culture budget.

7434
03:41:44,457 --> 03:41:45,124
I remind you that the cuts are

7435
03:41:45,124 --> 03:41:47,524
not an inevitable solution.

7436
03:41:48,995 --> 03:41:49,662
There are proposed suggestion

7437
03:41:49,662 --> 03:41:50,263
Please serve the communities

7438
03:41:50,263 --> 03:41:52,663
you swore to represent.

7439
03:41:52,931 --> 03:41:54,931
>> Thank you.

7440
03:42:00,730 --> 03:42:00,772
Joanne Sanford My name is John

7441
03:42:00,772 --> 03:42:01,441
Stanford and I'm an artist who

7442
03:42:01,441 --> 03:42:04,441
works for regional and local

7443
03:42:05,410 --> 03:42:06,112
theaters in San Diego And I'm

7444
03:42:06,112 --> 03:42:06,713
here to oppose the budget cuts

7445
03:42:06,713 --> 03:42:07,413
to arts and culture and

7446
03:42:07,413 --> 03:42:09,413
additionally support libraries

7447
03:42:11,551 --> 03:42:12,385
and parks and rec.

7448
03:42:12,385 --> 03:42:13,118
I can't fathom how such a small

7449
03:42:13,118 --> 03:42:13,686
portion of what the arts brings

7450
03:42:13,686 --> 03:42:16,860
to you monetarily and

7451
03:42:18,124 --> 03:42:18,391
culturally as a city is being

7452
03:42:18,391 --> 03:42:19,920
cut.

7453
03:42:19,920 --> 03:42:22,920
The arts bring in $275 million

7454
03:42:22,962 --> 03:42:23,663
in taxes alone to you and

7455
03:42:23,663 --> 03:42:24,430
the city and you are proposing

7456
03:42:24,430 --> 03:42:27,430
not reinvesting just a small

7457
03:42:28,435 --> 03:42:29,102
point 2% portion of that uc San

7458
03:42:29,102 --> 03:42:32,702
Diego is defined by its arts

7459
03:42:34,374 --> 03:42:35,107
culture and beaches are you

7460
03:42:35,107 --> 03:42:35,774
really going to cut the funding

7461
03:42:35,774 --> 03:42:36,209
to two thirds of what makes

7462
03:42:36,209 --> 03:42:38,209
them illegal?

7463
03:42:40,313 --> 03:42:41,130
The great community and city

7464
03:42:41,130 --> 03:42:41,381
that is the arts are not some

7465
03:42:41,381 --> 03:42:42,820
sideshow.

7466
03:42:42,820 --> 03:42:46,282
They are the heart and soul of

7467
03:42:46,886 --> 03:42:47,556
San Diego and the people in it.

7468
03:42:47,556 --> 03:42:48,253
They provide real jobs and

7469
03:42:48,253 --> 03:42:48,655
livelihoods to 170,000 people

7470
03:42:48,655 --> 03:42:50,655
in the city.

7471
03:42:52,892 --> 03:42:53,526
The arts are what attract

7472
03:42:53,526 --> 03:42:54,160
tourism, bring money from

7473
03:42:54,160 --> 03:42:54,461
outside the city arts save

7474
03:42:54,461 --> 03:42:56,461
lives.

7475
03:42:57,964 --> 03:42:58,698
They save my life that homeless

7476
03:42:58,698 --> 03:42:59,432
personally many individuals who

7477
03:42:59,432 --> 03:42:59,733
have said the same Thank you so

7478
03:42:59,733 --> 03:43:00,166
much.

7479
03:43:00,166 --> 03:43:02,166
>> Thank you.

7480
03:43:07,600 --> 03:43:07,773
Hanna Park Hello.

7481
03:43:07,773 --> 03:43:10,773
>> My name is Hannah Park.

7482
03:43:11,344 --> 03:43:12,790
I'm a resident of San Diego

7483
03:43:12,790 --> 03:43:12,578
District seven and a singer and

7484
03:43:12,578 --> 03:43:13,279
performing artist.

7485
03:43:13,279 --> 03:43:16,150
I'd like to call attention to

7486
03:43:16,150 --> 03:43:16,716
the proposed cuts to the arts

7487
03:43:16,716 --> 03:43:17,416
to the tune of $11.8 million

7488
03:43:17,416 --> 03:43:18,118
under the section for special

7489
03:43:18,118 --> 03:43:18,752
special promotional programs.

7490
03:43:18,752 --> 03:43:22,352
The bulk of this money is

7491
03:43:23,456 --> 03:43:24,560
allocated to local arts

7492
03:43:24,560 --> 03:43:24,758
nonprofit organizations

7493
03:43:24,758 --> 03:43:25,425
including performing ensembles

7494
03:43:25,425 --> 03:43:26,126
like the ones I am a part of

7495
03:43:26,126 --> 03:43:28,962
including the La Hoya Chorus,

7496
03:43:28,962 --> 03:43:29,531
the San Diego Master Chorale

7497
03:43:29,531 --> 03:43:30,130
and soccer performer.

7498
03:43:30,130 --> 03:43:30,797
The proposed budget cuts

7499
03:43:30,797 --> 03:43:33,797
present an enormous loss to

7500
03:43:33,867 --> 03:43:34,434
local artists and performers

7501
03:43:34,434 --> 03:43:35,134
without this funding.

7502
03:43:35,134 --> 03:43:35,836
Many of these groups will face

7503
03:43:35,836 --> 03:43:36,303
incredible struggles or simply

7504
03:43:36,303 --> 03:43:38,303
cease to exist.

7505
03:43:40,373 --> 03:43:41,108
This is a significant blow to

7506
03:43:41,108 --> 03:43:41,708
the continuation of arts in San

7507
03:43:41,708 --> 03:43:42,275
Diego and a detriment to

7508
03:43:42,275 --> 03:43:42,643
the broader San Diego

7509
03:43:42,643 --> 03:43:44,643
community.

7510
03:43:45,779 --> 03:43:46,546
The arts make our city vibrant.

7511
03:43:46,546 --> 03:43:47,213
It also presents a threat to

7512
03:43:47,213 --> 03:43:47,914
local tourism and quality of

7513
03:43:47,914 --> 03:43:51,514
life for our region that will

7514
03:43:52,520 --> 03:43:52,720
negatively impact the revenue

7515
03:43:52,720 --> 03:43:53,153
the city currently sees from

7516
03:43:53,153 --> 03:43:53,820
these avenues.

7517
03:43:53,820 --> 03:43:56,590
The city stands to lose much

7518
03:43:56,590 --> 03:43:57,290
more than it will gain by

7519
03:43:57,290 --> 03:43:58,250
putting this $11.8 million if

7520
03:43:58,250 --> 03:43:58,525
the city intends to resolve its

7521
03:43:58,525 --> 03:44:00,525
budget shortfall.

7522
03:44:02,863 --> 03:44:03,330
Cutting funding for the arts is

7523
03:44:03,330 --> 03:44:04,300
the wrong move.

7524
03:44:04,300 --> 03:44:04,597
Cuts to the arts constitute a

7525
03:44:04,597 --> 03:44:05,265
much larger impact on

7526
03:44:05,265 --> 03:44:08,265
the initial loss in funding

7527
03:44:09,735 --> 03:44:10,304
which is also a drop in

7528
03:44:10,304 --> 03:44:10,937
the bucket compared to

7529
03:44:10,937 --> 03:44:11,305
the projected $120 million

7530
03:44:11,305 --> 03:44:11,872
shortfall.

7531
03:44:11,872 --> 03:44:12,406
>> Thank you for that

7532
03:44:12,406 --> 03:44:14,140
concluding sentence.

7533
03:44:14,140 --> 03:44:16,540
I know the others.

7534
03:44:21,347 --> 03:44:22,150
How's it going for 10 million

7535
03:44:22,150 --> 03:44:22,316
budget for San Diego pd over

7536
03:44:22,316 --> 03:44:22,983
time?

7537
03:44:22,983 --> 03:44:25,983
>> This is confusing to me.

7538
03:44:26,850 --> 03:44:26,787
These are hours that have not

7539
03:44:26,787 --> 03:44:27,421
happened yet and we're cutting

7540
03:44:27,421 --> 03:44:29,821
hours That could certainly

7541
03:44:32,359 --> 03:44:33,260
happen if we invest in our

7542
03:44:33,260 --> 03:44:35,426
theater and arts community.

7543
03:44:37,464 --> 03:44:37,897
Buffalo Park is going from

7544
03:44:37,897 --> 03:44:38,565
900,000 to 0.

7545
03:44:38,565 --> 03:44:39,650
We've added parking meters.

7546
03:44:39,650 --> 03:44:41,465
Who's going to go?

7547
03:44:43,270 --> 03:44:43,971
This is not smart.

7548
03:44:43,971 --> 03:44:46,971
Support for special events is

7549
03:44:47,807 --> 03:44:48,308
being restored from 2025 budget

7550
03:44:48,308 --> 03:44:49,900
to 1.7 million.

7551
03:44:49,900 --> 03:44:49,476
Again, what special events are

7552
03:44:49,476 --> 03:44:50,144
we funding here?

7553
03:44:50,144 --> 03:44:53,144
This doesn't make very much

7554
03:44:54,447 --> 03:44:55,315
sense to me.

7555
03:44:55,315 --> 03:44:56,490
Take it with a grain of salt.

7556
03:44:56,490 --> 03:44:56,750
I work at a coffee shop and not

7557
03:44:56,750 --> 03:44:59,852
an economist but this does not

7558
03:44:59,852 --> 03:45:00,454
make much sense.

7559
03:45:00,454 --> 03:45:01,288
This is not balance.

7560
03:45:01,288 --> 03:45:01,654
Going from 100 to 0 is not safe

7561
03:45:01,654 --> 03:45:02,323
behavior.

7562
03:45:02,323 --> 03:45:02,689
You wouldn't climb a ladder

7563
03:45:02,689 --> 03:45:04,689
like this.

7564
03:45:05,959 --> 03:45:06,292
You want to go down from a

7565
03:45:06,292 --> 03:45:06,860
ladder.

7566
03:45:06,860 --> 03:45:07,261
It's not safe to hurt

7567
03:45:07,261 --> 03:45:07,961
yourselves.

7568
03:45:07,961 --> 03:45:10,361
These these institutions won't

7569
03:45:12,166 --> 03:45:13,990
make it after this year.

7570
03:45:13,990 --> 03:45:13,834
This is this is a slight injury

7571
03:45:13,834 --> 03:45:16,834
to those other institutions but

7572
03:45:17,871 --> 03:45:18,305
this is deadly to the ones that

7573
03:45:18,305 --> 03:45:19,600
matter to us.

7574
03:45:19,600 --> 03:45:19,406
>> They will not make it.

7575
03:45:19,406 --> 03:45:21,406
Thank you.

7576
03:45:30,784 --> 03:45:31,518
Ramsay's counsel.

7577
03:45:31,518 --> 03:45:32,186
I'm sure you guys recognize me.

7578
03:45:32,186 --> 03:45:35,222
For the past year I've been

7579
03:45:35,222 --> 03:45:35,990
coming consulting with counsel

7580
03:45:35,990 --> 03:45:36,656
to talk about the police budget

7581
03:45:36,656 --> 03:45:37,358
and how last year especially

7582
03:45:37,358 --> 03:45:40,358
especially after the murder of

7583
03:45:42,196 --> 03:45:42,863
Wilson and another officer

7584
03:45:42,863 --> 03:45:43,597
involved death that JANUARY

7585
03:45:43,597 --> 03:45:46,233
last year you guys struck us in

7586
03:45:46,233 --> 03:45:46,833
the face by increasing

7587
03:45:46,833 --> 03:45:47,167
the police budget by 30

7588
03:45:47,167 --> 03:45:47,868
million.

7589
03:45:47,868 --> 03:45:48,569
And I would in the same exact

7590
03:45:48,569 --> 03:45:49,170
slap in the face this year at

7591
03:45:49,170 --> 03:45:52,170
the expense of the local

7592
03:45:53,340 --> 03:45:54,740
community.

7593
03:45:54,740 --> 03:45:54,774
We know that's what happened.

7594
03:45:54,774 --> 03:45:55,409
We know that we're just moving

7595
03:45:55,409 --> 03:45:56,760
money from one section of

7596
03:45:56,760 --> 03:45:58,245
the account to the other and

7597
03:45:58,245 --> 03:45:59,180
we're just supposed to take it.

7598
03:45:59,180 --> 03:45:59,780
All I can do at this point is

7599
03:45:59,780 --> 03:46:02,180
to say police have

7600
03:46:03,851 --> 03:46:04,217
the opportunity to defend our

7601
03:46:04,217 --> 03:46:04,952
community.

7602
03:46:04,952 --> 03:46:05,686
When ice came and they chose to

7603
03:46:05,686 --> 03:46:06,353
say that they could do nothing.

7604
03:46:06,353 --> 03:46:09,953
So why should we continue to

7605
03:46:09,990 --> 03:46:10,591
give them more money when they

7606
03:46:10,591 --> 03:46:11,392
continue to do nothing?

7607
03:46:11,392 --> 03:46:14,992
>> That's all I have to say.

7608
03:46:15,262 --> 03:46:17,262
Hector Castro.

7609
03:46:22,102 --> 03:46:22,503
Hector Castro.

7610
03:46:22,503 --> 03:46:22,803
Hello.

7611
03:46:22,803 --> 03:46:23,437
Wow.

7612
03:46:23,437 --> 03:46:24,305
It's been a day today.

7613
03:46:24,305 --> 03:46:24,605
I hope you guys are okay today

7614
03:46:24,605 --> 03:46:26,605
too.

7615
03:46:29,110 --> 03:46:29,443
But good afternoon, council

7616
03:46:29,443 --> 03:46:30,111
members.

7617
03:46:30,111 --> 03:46:33,470
And there My name is Hector.

7618
03:46:33,470 --> 03:46:33,781
I'm a resident of District

7619
03:46:33,781 --> 03:46:34,382
eight as well as a coordinator

7620
03:46:34,382 --> 03:46:35,116
for the front article to

7621
03:46:35,116 --> 03:46:38,986
the art gallery that is also in

7622
03:46:38,986 --> 03:46:39,754
district eight.

7623
03:46:39,754 --> 03:46:40,487
Mayor Todd Gloria I'm here for

7624
03:46:40,487 --> 03:46:40,788
the same reason I was here last

7625
03:46:40,788 --> 03:46:42,788
year.

7626
03:46:45,192 --> 03:46:45,526
Are you cutting arts and

7627
03:46:45,526 --> 03:46:46,360
culture?

7628
03:46:46,360 --> 03:46:49,960
Have you seen a It's incredibly

7629
03:46:50,597 --> 03:46:51,131
ugly not to mention terrible

7630
03:46:51,131 --> 03:46:51,866
for the environment.

7631
03:46:51,866 --> 03:46:55,466
I don't want you having another

7632
03:46:56,237 --> 03:46:57,400
opportunity in the city.

7633
03:46:57,400 --> 03:46:57,705
I'm a community coordinator for

7634
03:46:57,705 --> 03:47:00,607
an art gallery in tiny studio

7635
03:47:00,607 --> 03:47:01,275
one of only two art spaces that

7636
03:47:01,275 --> 03:47:01,909
are within that little town.

7637
03:47:01,909 --> 03:47:02,643
I help organize events and

7638
03:47:02,643 --> 03:47:05,643
exhibitions for people of all

7639
03:47:06,514 --> 03:47:07,214
ages.

7640
03:47:07,214 --> 03:47:07,915
We provide art programs of all

7641
03:47:07,915 --> 03:47:08,582
mediums but funding we lose an

7642
03:47:08,582 --> 03:47:10,982
opportunity, provide a space

7643
03:47:11,719 --> 03:47:12,487
for expression.

7644
03:47:12,487 --> 03:47:13,187
We lose an opportunity to

7645
03:47:13,187 --> 03:47:13,487
invite our families to take a

7646
03:47:13,487 --> 03:47:14,880
break.

7647
03:47:14,880 --> 03:47:17,880
It was an opportunity to

7648
03:47:18,226 --> 03:47:19,193
inspire neighbors.

7649
03:47:19,193 --> 03:47:19,493
>> All of this has been said

7650
03:47:19,493 --> 03:47:20,127
today.

7651
03:47:20,127 --> 03:47:20,628
Please consider the arts.

7652
03:47:20,628 --> 03:47:23,280
Don't cut us off.

7653
03:47:25,320 --> 03:47:25,633
Thanks.

7654
03:47:25,633 --> 03:47:26,300
>> Thank you, Gabrielle.

7655
03:47:26,300 --> 03:47:26,767
I own it Or Gabriel.

7656
03:47:26,767 --> 03:47:28,767
All right.

7657
03:47:30,710 --> 03:47:30,338
Gabrielle.

7658
03:47:30,338 --> 03:47:30,638
Um.

7659
03:47:30,638 --> 03:47:31,372
Hello.

7660
03:47:31,372 --> 03:47:34,372
My name is Gabrielle Edwina.

7661
03:47:35,743 --> 03:47:36,310
I'm representing District three

7662
03:47:36,310 --> 03:47:37,211
and Teamsters for 81.

7663
03:47:37,211 --> 03:47:40,811
I'm here today because I was

7664
03:47:42,215 --> 03:47:42,917
moved to talk by all the people

7665
03:47:42,917 --> 03:47:46,517
in this room and everyone that

7666
03:47:47,121 --> 03:47:49,521
came before me specifically

7667
03:47:50,925 --> 03:47:51,693
because one of the slides said

7668
03:47:51,693 --> 03:47:52,393
Vision Zero and it reminded me

7669
03:47:52,393 --> 03:47:55,393
something that I learned about

7670
03:47:56,831 --> 03:47:57,498
in 2016 in Cambodia by

7671
03:47:57,498 --> 03:48:01,980
the Khmer Rouge by Pol Pot.

7672
03:48:02,360 --> 03:48:02,336
And this was an agrarian utopia

7673
03:48:02,336 --> 03:48:02,937
.

7674
03:48:02,937 --> 03:48:03,637
Eradicating all previous

7675
03:48:03,637 --> 03:48:06,370
culture, education and modern

7676
03:48:07,942 --> 03:48:08,710
technology resulted in

7677
03:48:08,710 --> 03:48:09,430
the death of 1.5 to 3 million

7678
03:48:09,430 --> 03:48:11,430
people.

7679
03:48:13,481 --> 03:48:14,248
And I ask you is this a regime,

7680
03:48:14,248 --> 03:48:17,848
a governing body that you want

7681
03:48:18,386 --> 03:48:20,786
to mimic and copy?

7682
03:48:23,491 --> 03:48:24,258
And I hope you can reflect on

7683
03:48:24,258 --> 03:48:27,195
that question All power to

7684
03:48:27,195 --> 03:48:29,195
the people.

7685
03:48:33,201 --> 03:48:33,968
>> Sara in large.

7686
03:48:33,968 --> 03:48:35,968
>> Good evening everybody.

7687
03:48:39,541 --> 03:48:40,475
My name is Sarah Large.

7688
03:48:40,475 --> 03:48:40,909
I am proud to live and work in

7689
03:48:40,909 --> 03:48:41,509
District nine.

7690
03:48:41,509 --> 03:48:43,909
I'm also the development

7691
03:48:45,347 --> 03:48:46,214
manager at Moxie Theater.

7692
03:48:46,214 --> 03:48:46,715
I hope you're all tired because

7693
03:48:46,715 --> 03:48:48,715
we certainly are.

7694
03:48:50,752 --> 03:48:51,418
Arts and culture not only heals

7695
03:48:51,418 --> 03:48:52,870
and protects our communities

7696
03:48:52,870 --> 03:48:54,487
mental, physical, social and

7697
03:48:55,924 --> 03:48:56,657
economic well-being but it is

7698
03:48:56,657 --> 03:48:57,258
one of the strongest avenues

7699
03:48:57,258 --> 03:48:57,725
for the amplification of

7700
03:48:57,725 --> 03:48:59,725
minority voices.

7701
03:49:02,363 --> 03:49:03,131
Flashing the arts and culture

7702
03:49:03,131 --> 03:49:03,865
budget is not just an attack on

7703
03:49:03,865 --> 03:49:06,865
painters and dancers and actors

7704
03:49:08,370 --> 03:49:11,970
and musicians but on people of

7705
03:49:12,707 --> 03:49:13,374
color, on women, on the lgbtq

7706
03:49:13,374 --> 03:49:13,942
plus community, on disabled

7707
03:49:13,942 --> 03:49:16,342
persons and many other

7708
03:49:18,780 --> 03:49:19,147
important members of our

7709
03:49:19,147 --> 03:49:19,847
community.

7710
03:49:19,847 --> 03:49:22,847
So please remain committed to

7711
03:49:24,119 --> 03:49:24,752
all of your constituents not

7712
03:49:24,752 --> 03:49:25,486
just the privileged ones.

7713
03:49:25,486 --> 03:49:28,486
By restoring or even better

7714
03:49:30,291 --> 03:49:30,992
increasing the funds allotted

7715
03:49:30,992 --> 03:49:31,726
to arts and culture Arts is

7716
03:49:31,726 --> 03:49:34,726
public health and public health

7717
03:49:35,463 --> 03:49:36,264
is public safety.

7718
03:49:36,264 --> 03:49:36,765
>> Surely we are worth at least

7719
03:49:36,765 --> 03:49:37,399
1% of your point.

7720
03:49:37,399 --> 03:49:40,999
Thank you so much for that

7721
03:49:43,409 --> 03:49:43,712
concluding comment.

7722
03:49:43,712 --> 03:49:44,700
Desiree Clark Miller.

7723
03:49:44,700 --> 03:49:45,741
Desiree, your final speaker

7724
03:49:45,741 --> 03:49:46,141
here in council chambers.

7725
03:49:46,141 --> 03:49:46,908
All right.

7726
03:49:46,908 --> 03:49:47,500
We'll have somebody go and talk

7727
03:49:47,500 --> 03:49:48,175
to you right now.

7728
03:49:48,175 --> 03:49:51,775
We'll make sure to get you

7729
03:49:52,470 --> 03:49:52,653
spoken.

7730
03:49:52,653 --> 03:49:52,950
Okay.

7731
03:49:52,950 --> 03:49:53,538
Okay.

7732
03:49:53,538 --> 03:49:53,881
You'll be you'll be able to

7733
03:49:53,881 --> 03:49:55,881
speak Mandarin.

7734
03:49:57,386 --> 03:49:57,885
Please proceed.

7735
03:49:57,885 --> 03:49:58,652
>> Good evening.

7736
03:49:58,652 --> 03:49:59,421
My name is Desiree Clark Miller

7737
03:49:59,421 --> 03:50:02,557
and I am the executive artistic

7738
03:50:02,557 --> 03:50:03,291
director at Moxie Theater Moxie

7739
03:50:03,291 --> 03:50:04,260
whose mission is to create more

7740
03:50:04,260 --> 03:50:07,260
diverse and honest images of

7741
03:50:07,895 --> 03:50:08,664
women plus for our culture.

7742
03:50:08,664 --> 03:50:11,664
And we are the only

7743
03:50:13,835 --> 03:50:14,503
professional theater dedicated

7744
03:50:14,503 --> 03:50:15,237
to the voices of women plus

7745
03:50:15,237 --> 03:50:18,837
that was able to survive covid.

7746
03:50:19,373 --> 03:50:19,908
And we are entering into we are

7747
03:50:19,908 --> 03:50:22,308
in our 21st season.

7748
03:50:23,612 --> 03:50:24,312
Now I moved to San Diego in

7749
03:50:24,312 --> 03:50:24,894
2021 specifically because of

7750
03:50:24,894 --> 03:50:26,894
the performing arts.

7751
03:50:28,816 --> 03:50:29,117
I knew of two large theaters

7752
03:50:29,117 --> 03:50:29,751
here.

7753
03:50:29,751 --> 03:50:30,519
I'm sure you know what I'm

7754
03:50:30,519 --> 03:50:32,519
talking about.

7755
03:50:33,822 --> 03:50:34,489
But what I found here was a

7756
03:50:34,489 --> 03:50:37,489
robust and lush and vibrant

7757
03:50:38,927 --> 03:50:39,561
arts community filled with a

7758
03:50:39,561 --> 03:50:40,294
variety of organizations.

7759
03:50:40,294 --> 03:50:40,597
And I know I'm not alone in

7760
03:50:40,597 --> 03:50:42,597
this.

7761
03:50:44,666 --> 03:50:45,367
Artists move here because of

7762
03:50:45,367 --> 03:50:49,567
the arts and we have a choice.

7763
03:50:50,380 --> 03:50:50,338
It is not easy or cheap to live

7764
03:50:50,338 --> 03:50:51,406
here.

7765
03:50:51,406 --> 03:50:54,343
We don't need to be here but we

7766
03:50:54,343 --> 03:50:55,210
choose to be here.

7767
03:50:55,210 --> 03:50:55,611
>> So I strongly urge you to

7768
03:50:55,611 --> 03:50:57,611
reconsider.

7769
03:51:00,140 --> 03:51:00,883
Thank you.

7770
03:51:00,883 --> 03:51:03,883
>> Coffee as I take it.

7771
03:51:05,787 --> 03:51:06,221
Please go to the microphone.

7772
03:51:06,221 --> 03:51:06,822
Good evening.

7773
03:51:06,822 --> 03:51:09,822
My name is Coffee Asante

7774
03:51:10,592 --> 03:51:11,590
Cinnamon Native local artists

7775
03:51:11,590 --> 03:51:11,726
global activist.

7776
03:51:11,726 --> 03:51:12,330
I have an organization here

7777
03:51:12,330 --> 03:51:12,894
called Black Star Paula.

7778
03:51:12,894 --> 03:51:15,294
We focus on providing

7779
03:51:15,631 --> 03:51:16,231
opportunities for youth in

7780
03:51:16,231 --> 03:51:16,832
aquatics and as a global

7781
03:51:16,832 --> 03:51:17,399
activist for health and

7782
03:51:17,399 --> 03:51:19,399
wellness and positive

7783
03:51:21,300 --> 03:51:21,837
opportunities for the youth.

7784
03:51:21,837 --> 03:51:22,537
I can really speak on how

7785
03:51:22,537 --> 03:51:26,137
the youth are affected when we

7786
03:51:26,408 --> 03:51:27,242
do not invest in their futures

7787
03:51:27,242 --> 03:51:27,843
,how it contributes to poverty

7788
03:51:27,843 --> 03:51:28,310
and a terrible, terrible

7789
03:51:28,310 --> 03:51:30,310
quality of life.

7790
03:51:31,914 --> 03:51:32,581
I really wanted to urge the not

7791
03:51:32,581 --> 03:51:33,182
use the funds to go towards

7792
03:51:33,182 --> 03:51:33,882
creating more agents of

7793
03:51:33,882 --> 03:51:36,882
authorities but using them to

7794
03:51:37,186 --> 03:51:37,786
create ambassadors of freedom,

7795
03:51:37,786 --> 03:51:38,387
justice, expression and

7796
03:51:38,387 --> 03:51:39,870
wellness for everybody.

7797
03:51:39,870 --> 03:51:42,657
I hope we can make a focus on

7798
03:51:42,657 --> 03:51:43,325
not just keeping these life

7799
03:51:43,325 --> 03:51:44,590
changing activities but also

7800
03:51:44,590 --> 03:51:46,459
incorporating these life saving

7801
03:51:48,664 --> 03:51:49,231
activities in the schools,

7802
03:51:49,231 --> 03:51:49,831
beaches and the pools

7803
03:51:49,831 --> 03:51:50,399
The future of the youth.

7804
03:51:50,399 --> 03:51:51,133
San Diego was my home.

7805
03:51:51,133 --> 03:51:53,869
I know the importance of coming

7806
03:51:53,869 --> 03:51:54,603
back home Help your community

7807
03:51:54,603 --> 03:51:54,970
and I hope you can all do

7808
03:51:54,970 --> 03:51:55,504
the same.

7809
03:51:55,504 --> 03:51:56,238
Thank you very much.

7810
03:51:56,238 --> 03:51:59,838
Valerie, can you please go to

7811
03:52:00,476 --> 03:52:02,476
the microphone?

7812
03:52:06,815 --> 03:52:07,449
I'm Valerie Traina of District

7813
03:52:07,449 --> 03:52:11,490
for the City of San Diego.

7814
03:52:11,720 --> 03:52:12,321
Must not cut funding to our

7815
03:52:12,321 --> 03:52:14,721
arts and music programs.

7816
03:52:16,425 --> 03:52:17,930
Our libraries or any other

7817
03:52:17,930 --> 03:52:19,930
cultural programs societies

7818
03:52:22,497 --> 03:52:23,232
can't and won't thrive if they

7819
03:52:23,232 --> 03:52:23,599
don't support their artists and

7820
03:52:23,599 --> 03:52:25,599
musicians.

7821
03:52:27,169 --> 03:52:27,837
Children cannot establish a

7822
03:52:27,837 --> 03:52:29,837
vibrant, intelligent future.

7823
03:52:32,641 --> 03:52:33,375
San Diego if their parents

7824
03:52:33,375 --> 03:52:36,375
don't provide support for their

7825
03:52:37,979 --> 03:52:38,647
spiritual expression the visual

7826
03:52:38,647 --> 03:52:41,647
arts, music, dance and every

7827
03:52:42,618 --> 03:52:43,218
other form of cultural

7828
03:52:43,218 --> 03:52:43,586
expression must be fully

7829
03:52:43,586 --> 03:52:45,586
supported.

7830
03:52:48,124 --> 03:52:48,757
If city Council and Mayor

7831
03:52:48,757 --> 03:52:49,491
Gloria are concerned about

7832
03:52:49,491 --> 03:52:52,491
balancing the budget, they must

7833
03:52:53,495 --> 03:52:53,895
cut funding to our police

7834
03:52:53,895 --> 03:52:54,563
department.

7835
03:52:54,563 --> 03:52:57,563
It's common sense that if

7836
03:52:58,801 --> 03:52:59,435
residents have their basic

7837
03:52:59,435 --> 03:53:01,835
needs met including their

7838
03:53:04,600 --> 03:53:04,707
spiritual hungers they are far

7839
03:53:04,707 --> 03:53:07,707
less likely to commit crimes.

7840
03:53:09,979 --> 03:53:10,613
I thank you for that Concluding

7841
03:53:10,613 --> 03:53:11,314
comment That does include

7842
03:53:11,314 --> 03:53:13,182
public comment here in council

7843
03:53:13,182 --> 03:53:13,816
chambers starting in the five

7844
03:53:13,816 --> 03:53:14,383
minute time going to those

7845
03:53:14,383 --> 03:53:15,840
participating online.

7846
03:53:15,840 --> 03:53:17,484
We currently have 26 speakers

7847
03:53:19,455 --> 03:53:20,223
in the queue.

7848
03:53:20,223 --> 03:53:20,823
Guthrie Leonard, if you can

7849
03:53:20,823 --> 03:53:23,223
please unmute the three.

7850
03:53:23,359 --> 03:53:23,693
Leonard if you can please

7851
03:53:23,693 --> 03:53:25,693
unmute.

7852
03:53:29,310 --> 03:53:29,732
I can't Omeo for you I can't

7853
03:53:29,732 --> 03:53:30,500
remove for you and we'll have

7854
03:53:30,500 --> 03:53:35,300
to move on in the queue if you

7855
03:53:38,307 --> 03:53:38,807
can and you just the original

7856
03:53:38,807 --> 03:53:40,807
if you can.

7857
03:53:41,344 --> 03:53:41,744
Kelsey.

7858
03:53:41,744 --> 03:53:43,744
Kelsey Fine.

7859
03:53:47,116 --> 03:53:47,483
Please unmute.

7860
03:53:47,483 --> 03:53:47,784
Yes can.

7861
03:53:47,784 --> 03:53:48,251
Yes.

7862
03:53:48,251 --> 03:53:50,251
Please proceed.

7863
03:53:51,654 --> 03:53:52,422
All right.

7864
03:53:52,422 --> 03:53:52,688
Thank you so much for hearing

7865
03:53:52,688 --> 03:53:53,323
me.

7866
03:53:53,323 --> 03:53:54,230
First I am disappointed by

7867
03:53:54,230 --> 03:53:56,423
the deceptive presentation of

7868
03:53:57,427 --> 03:53:58,600
the slides shown earlier

7869
03:53:58,600 --> 03:53:58,727
between the two slides for

7870
03:53:58,727 --> 03:53:59,940
notable budget increases and

7871
03:53:59,940 --> 03:54:01,940
decreases.

7872
03:54:02,698 --> 03:54:03,399
Cpd was only listed on

7873
03:54:03,399 --> 03:54:04,990
the budget decrease slide yet

7874
03:54:04,990 --> 03:54:07,699
they get a net increase of 15

7875
03:54:07,870 --> 03:54:08,537
million after accounting for

7876
03:54:08,537 --> 03:54:09,205
the 5.6 million reduction on

7877
03:54:09,205 --> 03:54:09,939
that budget decrease slide.

7878
03:54:09,939 --> 03:54:12,339
Additionally the slide focusing

7879
03:54:13,443 --> 03:54:14,110
on public safety stated neither

7880
03:54:14,110 --> 03:54:17,130
that increase nor the total

7881
03:54:17,130 --> 03:54:17,647
budget of 718 million to gloss

7882
03:54:17,647 --> 03:54:21,247
over the cost of the cbd.

7883
03:54:22,180 --> 03:54:22,719
It's an attempt to manipulate

7884
03:54:22,719 --> 03:54:23,319
the public into thinking that

7885
03:54:23,319 --> 03:54:23,887
there are no options for

7886
03:54:23,887 --> 03:54:25,887
adjusting the budget.

7887
03:54:26,823 --> 03:54:27,690
There clearly are distribute

7888
03:54:27,690 --> 03:54:28,390
that 15 million to the programs

7889
03:54:28,390 --> 03:54:28,725
that will crumble without city

7890
03:54:28,725 --> 03:54:29,425
funding.

7891
03:54:29,425 --> 03:54:31,825
Second, when discussing public

7892
03:54:32,161 --> 03:54:32,862
safety we need a research based

7893
03:54:32,862 --> 03:54:35,262
approach Studies dedicated to

7894
03:54:36,699 --> 03:54:37,400
the impact of arts and cultural

7895
03:54:37,400 --> 03:54:38,000
engagement on adolescents have

7896
03:54:38,000 --> 03:54:38,702
found that children who

7897
03:54:38,702 --> 03:54:41,102
participate in these programs

7898
03:54:42,172 --> 03:54:42,872
are less likely to engage in

7899
03:54:42,872 --> 03:54:43,573
criminal behaviors by cutting

7900
03:54:43,573 --> 03:54:44,274
arts funding and the Office of

7901
03:54:44,274 --> 03:54:47,274
Child and Youth access you're

7902
03:54:47,277 --> 03:54:47,977
setting up our city and county

7903
03:54:47,977 --> 03:54:48,277
for a future with higher crime

7904
03:54:48,277 --> 03:54:48,978
rates.

7905
03:54:48,978 --> 03:54:51,981
If you want a safer community,

7906
03:54:51,981 --> 03:54:52,382
pay attention to research.

7907
03:54:52,382 --> 03:54:53,149
Thank you.

7908
03:54:53,149 --> 03:54:56,149
Next is the original Please

7909
03:54:56,819 --> 03:54:58,819
unmute.

7910
03:55:02,559 --> 03:55:03,426
Yeah wake up San Diego.

7911
03:55:03,426 --> 03:55:07,960
Oh because you need a book club

7912
03:55:07,960 --> 03:55:07,396
Things are going to get a lot

7913
03:55:07,396 --> 03:55:08,264
worse.

7914
03:55:08,264 --> 03:55:11,864
This is absolutely an abuse of

7915
03:55:13,436 --> 03:55:13,970
the authority and the people on

7916
03:55:13,970 --> 03:55:14,671
the ice and Todd are

7917
03:55:14,671 --> 03:55:17,373
the drivers of the deficit as

7918
03:55:17,373 --> 03:55:17,707
they sit here and shuffle money

7919
03:55:17,707 --> 03:55:18,475
around.

7920
03:55:18,475 --> 03:55:19,174
You guys need to really start

7921
03:55:19,174 --> 03:55:21,244
paying attention to what they

7922
03:55:21,244 --> 03:55:21,878
are doing because they have

7923
03:55:21,878 --> 03:55:24,278
$6.4 billion of our money.

7924
03:55:26,550 --> 03:55:27,500
They are going to be cutting

7925
03:55:27,500 --> 03:55:29,500
after 98 stitches.

7926
03:55:31,187 --> 03:55:31,854
How and when are they going to

7927
03:55:31,854 --> 03:55:34,254
start cutting their salaries

7928
03:55:34,424 --> 03:55:35,910
Because for the $118 million

7929
03:55:35,910 --> 03:55:35,792
that you guys are shuffling

7930
03:55:35,792 --> 03:55:39,295
around from here to there and

7931
03:55:39,295 --> 03:55:40,630
you have to find from

7932
03:55:40,630 --> 03:55:40,764
the people you guys need to be

7933
03:55:40,764 --> 03:55:43,899
the ones that are showing that

7934
03:55:43,899 --> 03:55:44,568
you actually care about

7935
03:55:44,568 --> 03:55:45,169
the people because this is a

7936
03:55:45,169 --> 03:55:45,902
slap in the face to all

7937
03:55:45,902 --> 03:55:49,502
the people who work really hard

7938
03:55:49,639 --> 03:55:50,407
and you throw away their money.

7939
03:55:50,407 --> 03:55:51,140
So why don't you start saying

7940
03:55:51,140 --> 03:55:54,477
well, you know, I want to show

7941
03:55:54,477 --> 03:55:55,145
you guys that I'm loyal to you

7942
03:55:55,145 --> 03:55:56,120
and that I do care.

7943
03:55:56,120 --> 03:55:56,279
I'm going to take a cut in my

7944
03:55:56,279 --> 03:55:57,800
pay.

7945
03:55:57,800 --> 03:55:58,982
I thought you guys could all

7946
03:55:58,982 --> 03:55:59,716
give up about $100,000 each and

7947
03:55:59,716 --> 03:56:03,316
then we'll have some more money

7948
03:56:03,819 --> 03:56:04,554
in the buckets to spend.

7949
03:56:04,554 --> 03:56:06,954
>> Your time has concluded.

7950
03:56:07,791 --> 03:56:11,391
Ashley if you can please unmute

7951
03:56:13,730 --> 03:56:14,464
I Ashley purse I do see that

7952
03:56:14,464 --> 03:56:15,265
you are unmuted but we did not

7953
03:56:15,265 --> 03:56:17,267
hear you here in council

7954
03:56:17,267 --> 03:56:18,670
chambers.

7955
03:56:18,670 --> 03:56:18,768
>> I'm not sure of the device

7956
03:56:18,768 --> 03:56:21,768
that you're speaking into MAY

7957
03:56:27,478 --> 03:56:27,977
maybe muted Ashley are you able

7958
03:56:27,977 --> 03:56:28,578
to hear me now?

7959
03:56:28,578 --> 03:56:30,578
>> Yes please proceed.

7960
03:56:31,915 --> 03:56:32,849
Okay sounds good.

7961
03:56:32,849 --> 03:56:33,550
My name is Ashley and I'm a

7962
03:56:33,550 --> 03:56:34,151
sixth generation San Diego and

7963
03:56:34,151 --> 03:56:36,551
I'm current resident of

7964
03:56:37,254 --> 03:56:37,787
District One and my family

7965
03:56:37,787 --> 03:56:38,421
members are dancers,

7966
03:56:38,421 --> 03:56:40,421
photographers, musicians,

7967
03:56:41,240 --> 03:56:41,391
teachers all volunteers here in

7968
03:56:41,391 --> 03:56:42,920
San Diego.

7969
03:56:42,920 --> 03:56:44,920
They're painters, woodworkers

7970
03:56:45,729 --> 03:56:46,396
And I've always prided myself

7971
03:56:46,396 --> 03:56:47,960
on being a San Diego And

7972
03:56:47,960 --> 03:56:50,200
because of the culture that we

7973
03:56:50,200 --> 03:56:51,100
have here and that's you know,

7974
03:56:51,100 --> 03:56:54,700
it's shaped by our arts and

7975
03:56:55,138 --> 03:56:55,438
cultural institutions in San

7976
03:56:55,438 --> 03:56:56,240
Diego.

7977
03:56:56,240 --> 03:56:59,240
This budget doesn't really make

7978
03:57:00,110 --> 03:57:00,777
sense.

7979
03:57:00,777 --> 03:57:03,514
I mean ultimately it's still

7980
03:57:03,514 --> 03:57:04,281
raising from what we've seen in

7981
03:57:04,281 --> 03:57:06,681
2026 we're also spending an

7982
03:57:08,520 --> 03:57:08,752
extra from 2025 to 2027 We're

7983
03:57:08,752 --> 03:57:11,752
spending an extra 5 million on

7984
03:57:12,623 --> 03:57:13,490
golf courses alone.

7985
03:57:13,490 --> 03:57:14,224
An extra 2 million is going to

7986
03:57:14,224 --> 03:57:17,224
be raised for expenditures over

7987
03:57:17,327 --> 03:57:18,280
in Mission Bay which doesn't

7988
03:57:18,280 --> 03:57:21,280
necessarily make sense to me.

7989
03:57:22,298 --> 03:57:22,899
I in my mind we should take

7990
03:57:22,899 --> 03:57:23,634
money away from the golf

7991
03:57:23,634 --> 03:57:24,267
courses and we should take some

7992
03:57:24,267 --> 03:57:27,267
money away from the police

7993
03:57:27,504 --> 03:57:28,137
force so that we can actually

7994
03:57:28,137 --> 03:57:31,137
fund the things that makes

7995
03:57:31,408 --> 03:57:32,343
the Diego San Diego Thank you

7996
03:57:32,343 --> 03:57:35,943
John Stump If you can please

7997
03:57:36,980 --> 03:57:37,748
unmute.

7998
03:57:37,748 --> 03:57:38,150
Joan Stump Academy home for

7999
03:57:38,150 --> 03:57:40,150
you.

8000
03:57:41,652 --> 03:57:42,319
There you go.

8001
03:57:42,319 --> 03:57:44,719
>> Hey there I go.

8002
03:57:45,789 --> 03:57:46,589
Great presentation.

8003
03:57:46,589 --> 03:57:49,589
Thank you for everybody today.

8004
03:57:50,294 --> 03:57:50,928
First I want I'm very concerned

8005
03:57:50,928 --> 03:57:53,328
about the liability fund.

8006
03:57:56,000 --> 03:57:56,700
The city is looking at about a

8007
03:57:56,700 --> 03:57:59,700
half billion dollars worth of

8008
03:58:00,437 --> 03:58:01,205
liability from the 2024 floods.

8009
03:58:01,205 --> 03:58:01,538
Have you put enough money in

8010
03:58:01,538 --> 03:58:03,538
there?

8011
03:58:05,375 --> 03:58:08,375
Second, you've got to stop

8012
03:58:09,547 --> 03:58:09,947
the police fire and other

8013
03:58:09,947 --> 03:58:11,947
departments.

8014
03:58:14,185 --> 03:58:17,185
Over time scam firefighters are

8015
03:58:18,254 --> 03:58:18,889
generally pulling down a half

8016
03:58:18,889 --> 03:58:20,889
$1 million in compensation

8017
03:58:23,127 --> 03:58:23,594
mainly because a double their

8018
03:58:23,594 --> 03:58:25,594
pay in overtime.

8019
03:58:27,465 --> 03:58:30,465
Third council officers need to

8020
03:58:32,570 --> 03:58:34,970
volunteer yearly, reduce their

8021
03:58:35,673 --> 03:58:36,374
staff staffing by 10%.

8022
03:58:36,374 --> 03:58:36,674
The mayor also thank you very

8023
03:58:36,674 --> 03:58:38,674
much.

8024
03:58:40,511 --> 03:58:41,245
Good luck with this.

8025
03:58:41,245 --> 03:58:44,245
And I support the arts.

8026
03:58:45,816 --> 03:58:46,284
Thank you.

8027
03:58:46,284 --> 03:58:46,917
>> Thank you.

8028
03:58:46,917 --> 03:58:47,551
The five minute timer has

8029
03:58:47,551 --> 03:58:49,453
concluded here in council

8030
03:58:49,453 --> 03:58:50,121
chambers There were 25 people

8031
03:58:50,121 --> 03:58:50,788
with their hands up At that

8032
03:58:50,788 --> 03:58:53,188
point No additional speakers

8033
03:58:54,125 --> 03:58:54,992
will be taken.

8034
03:58:54,992 --> 03:58:55,693
You can always though continue

8035
03:58:55,693 --> 03:58:56,460
to send an email City clerk at

8036
03:58:56,460 --> 03:58:59,300
San diego.Gov and those will be

8037
03:58:59,300 --> 03:58:59,997
distributed to the council.

8038
03:58:59,997 --> 03:59:03,597
Tony Beverly if you can please

8039
03:59:03,867 --> 03:59:04,268
unmute.

8040
03:59:04,268 --> 03:59:04,836
>> Hi.

8041
03:59:04,836 --> 03:59:05,135
Can you hear me?

8042
03:59:05,135 --> 03:59:05,603
Yes.

8043
03:59:05,603 --> 03:59:07,603
Please proceed.

8044
03:59:09,206 --> 03:59:09,840
My name is Tony but I'm a

8045
03:59:09,840 --> 03:59:10,641
resident of District nine.

8046
03:59:10,641 --> 03:59:13,811
>> I saw the other day that

8047
03:59:13,811 --> 03:59:14,545
Mayor Gloria on a television

8048
03:59:14,545 --> 03:59:15,213
interview called out the Office

8049
03:59:15,213 --> 03:59:18,820
of Child Abuse success as a

8050
03:59:18,820 --> 03:59:18,783
regrets specifically having a

8051
03:59:18,783 --> 03:59:19,183
quote not insignificant price

8052
03:59:19,183 --> 03:59:21,183
tag unquote.

8053
03:59:23,988 --> 03:59:24,855
I did some research on that.

8054
03:59:24,855 --> 03:59:26,757
I saw that the O.C. Y's budget

8055
03:59:26,757 --> 03:59:29,961
is less than 0.02% of the city

8056
03:59:29,961 --> 03:59:30,728
budget less than $800,000 a

8057
03:59:30,728 --> 03:59:31,396
year which I think is about in

8058
03:59:31,396 --> 03:59:32,630
the order of the Bike Lanes

8059
03:59:32,630 --> 03:59:34,463
project mentioned earlier as

8060
03:59:34,498 --> 03:59:34,965
being a non onerous burden to

8061
03:59:34,965 --> 03:59:35,867
scale this down.

8062
03:59:35,867 --> 03:59:39,467
This is similar to me cutting

8063
03:59:40,400 --> 03:59:40,638
toothpaste out of my annual

8064
03:59:40,638 --> 03:59:43,638
personal budget in a short

8065
03:59:43,641 --> 03:59:44,175
sighted attempt to save $15 a

8066
03:59:44,175 --> 03:59:44,842
year with long term

8067
03:59:44,842 --> 03:59:47,242
implications for my health.

8068
03:59:49,314 --> 03:59:49,980
Let's stop the shortsighted

8069
03:59:49,980 --> 03:59:50,715
Let's invest in the youth of

8070
03:59:50,715 --> 03:59:54,152
San Diego and to the future and

8071
03:59:54,152 --> 03:59:54,618
keep O.C. Y us.

8072
03:59:54,618 --> 03:59:55,219
>> Thank you.

8073
03:59:55,219 --> 03:59:57,619
Next is Becky Rapp.

8074
03:59:58,560 --> 04:00:01,560
If you can please unmute.

8075
04:00:03,227 --> 04:00:04,295
>> That evening council members

8076
04:00:04,295 --> 04:00:07,966
my name is Becky Rapp and I too

8077
04:00:07,966 --> 04:00:08,699
concerned about the number

8078
04:00:08,699 --> 04:00:09,433
about the budget and the number

8079
04:00:09,433 --> 04:00:13,330
of programs being cut that were

8080
04:00:13,404 --> 04:00:14,172
only launched say a few years

8081
04:00:14,172 --> 04:00:17,508
ago And in many cases they they

8082
04:00:17,508 --> 04:00:17,908
really never fully got off

8083
04:00:17,908 --> 04:00:18,610
the ground.

8084
04:00:18,610 --> 04:00:19,310
For example, initiatives like

8085
04:00:19,310 --> 04:00:22,514
the Office of Child and Youth

8086
04:00:22,514 --> 04:00:23,180
Success which were introduced

8087
04:00:23,180 --> 04:00:26,180
with promise but the public

8088
04:00:26,951 --> 04:00:27,585
never really saw them reach

8089
04:00:27,585 --> 04:00:28,252
their full implementation.

8090
04:00:28,252 --> 04:00:30,652
So before eliminating these

8091
04:00:31,655 --> 04:00:32,323
programs, the public deserves a

8092
04:00:32,323 --> 04:00:35,323
clear cost analysis How much

8093
04:00:36,394 --> 04:00:37,280
was spent on research

8094
04:00:37,280 --> 04:00:37,728
development, staffing and

8095
04:00:37,728 --> 04:00:40,728
planning and what outcomes if

8096
04:00:41,632 --> 04:00:42,333
any were even achieved.

8097
04:00:42,333 --> 04:00:43,670
Without that transparency it's

8098
04:00:43,670 --> 04:00:45,467
difficult to understand whether

8099
04:00:46,504 --> 04:00:47,205
these were failed investment

8100
04:00:47,205 --> 04:00:47,872
myths, incomplete efforts or

8101
04:00:47,872 --> 04:00:50,272
programs that simply needed

8102
04:00:51,309 --> 04:00:52,143
more time to deliver results.

8103
04:00:52,143 --> 04:00:55,547
So I urge this Council to

8104
04:00:55,547 --> 04:00:56,214
prioritize accountability and

8105
04:00:56,214 --> 04:00:56,614
clarity fully assessing past

8106
04:00:56,614 --> 04:00:58,614
investments.

8107
04:01:00,618 --> 04:01:01,319
Share those findings publicly

8108
04:01:01,319 --> 04:01:04,319
and focus on strengthening and

8109
04:01:05,557 --> 04:01:06,191
funding the programs we already

8110
04:01:06,191 --> 04:01:06,925
have Time has concluded.

8111
04:01:06,925 --> 04:01:09,325
My apologies Sasha please

8112
04:01:10,228 --> 04:01:10,762
unmute.

8113
04:01:10,762 --> 04:01:12,762
>> Hello.

8114
04:01:15,233 --> 04:01:15,633
I'm a born and raised in a

8115
04:01:15,633 --> 04:01:16,300
native.

8116
04:01:16,300 --> 04:01:17,200
I friends and people from

8117
04:01:17,200 --> 04:01:17,669
the other states deeply enjoy

8118
04:01:17,669 --> 04:01:20,438
and appreciate the hours and

8119
04:01:20,438 --> 04:01:21,239
days the rec centers are open.

8120
04:01:21,239 --> 04:01:21,806
I on minimum use the city's rec

8121
04:01:21,806 --> 04:01:24,206
centers twice a week.

8122
04:01:24,509 --> 04:01:25,210
Those who regularly come and

8123
04:01:25,210 --> 04:01:25,911
enjoy the open gyms alongside

8124
04:01:25,911 --> 04:01:26,577
me complain to the lights turn

8125
04:01:26,577 --> 04:01:29,214
off and employees bless them

8126
04:01:29,214 --> 04:01:29,814
kick us out.

8127
04:01:29,814 --> 04:01:30,515
We love it.

8128
04:01:30,515 --> 04:01:31,820
Third spaces are becoming rare

8129
04:01:31,820 --> 04:01:33,482
and we're in America.

8130
04:01:33,618 --> 04:01:34,186
Third spaces are necessary to

8131
04:01:34,186 --> 04:01:34,886
cultivate a culture of

8132
04:01:34,886 --> 04:01:37,286
community and resiliency Which

8133
04:01:37,923 --> 04:01:38,390
is exactly why I know you're

8134
04:01:38,390 --> 04:01:39,900
targeting them.

8135
04:01:39,900 --> 04:01:39,624
The de-funding of third spaces

8136
04:01:39,624 --> 04:01:41,624
increases political

8137
04:01:42,360 --> 04:01:42,860
polarization weaken democracy

8138
04:01:42,860 --> 04:01:43,562
and social trust.

8139
04:01:43,562 --> 04:01:44,129
Third spaces are not a luxury

8140
04:01:44,129 --> 04:01:46,129
it's civic necessity.

8141
04:01:47,898 --> 04:01:48,599
I know all you council members

8142
04:01:48,599 --> 04:01:49,000
have already sided with block

8143
04:01:49,000 --> 04:01:49,667
and police.

8144
04:01:49,667 --> 04:01:52,471
These meetings are simply a

8145
04:01:52,471 --> 04:01:52,737
courtesy and obligation for you

8146
04:01:52,737 --> 04:01:53,505
all.

8147
04:01:53,505 --> 04:01:54,206
Let it be known we the People

8148
04:01:54,206 --> 04:01:56,708
are also here out of courtesy

8149
04:01:56,708 --> 04:01:57,309
for the community to react

8150
04:01:57,309 --> 04:01:57,909
proportionately to your

8151
04:01:57,909 --> 04:01:58,543
decisions on these cuts.

8152
04:01:58,543 --> 04:01:59,176
None of you will suppress

8153
04:01:59,176 --> 04:02:01,646
the rage of the beautiful

8154
04:02:01,646 --> 04:02:02,314
people San Diego.

8155
04:02:02,314 --> 04:02:02,947
Shame on the fat of talking

8156
04:02:02,947 --> 04:02:03,582
about maintaining decorum.

8157
04:02:03,582 --> 04:02:03,882
I'm at the remainder of my

8158
04:02:03,882 --> 04:02:05,882
time.

8159
04:02:07,185 --> 04:02:10,785
You, Julia Child Childs, if you

8160
04:02:11,623 --> 04:02:12,191
can please unmute.

8161
04:02:12,191 --> 04:02:12,490
Julia Childs Loman.

8162
04:02:12,490 --> 04:02:14,490
Yes.

8163
04:02:15,860 --> 04:02:16,528
Good evening everyone.

8164
04:02:16,528 --> 04:02:17,329
Thank you for your time.

8165
04:02:17,329 --> 04:02:20,232
I echo the sentiments of many

8166
04:02:20,232 --> 04:02:20,932
of the previous speakers

8167
04:02:20,932 --> 04:02:21,633
opposing the elimination of

8168
04:02:21,633 --> 04:02:21,967
the Office of Child and Youth

8169
04:02:21,967 --> 04:02:23,967
Success.

8170
04:02:26,400 --> 04:02:29,207
As a San Diego native and

8171
04:02:29,207 --> 04:02:29,841
resident for over 40 years I

8172
04:02:29,841 --> 04:02:30,541
have dedicated the past 30

8173
04:02:30,541 --> 04:02:33,512
years of my life to advocating

8174
04:02:33,512 --> 04:02:34,246
for our youngest citizens that

8175
04:02:34,246 --> 04:02:34,846
depend on us to make decisions

8176
04:02:34,846 --> 04:02:37,246
in their best interests.

8177
04:02:38,383 --> 04:02:39,840
I'm here today to express my

8178
04:02:39,840 --> 04:02:39,617
great disappointment and even

8179
04:02:39,617 --> 04:02:41,617
considering and even

8180
04:02:43,856 --> 04:02:44,155
considering the elimination of

8181
04:02:44,155 --> 04:02:44,790
Oasis.

8182
04:02:44,790 --> 04:02:47,190
San Diego finally declared

8183
04:02:48,827 --> 04:02:49,495
itself a city where children

8184
04:02:49,495 --> 04:02:52,495
and youth can thrive in 2022

8185
04:02:52,530 --> 04:02:53,232
with their creation of

8186
04:02:53,232 --> 04:02:53,898
the office in just four years.

8187
04:02:53,898 --> 04:02:54,767
It was tucked away from

8188
04:02:54,767 --> 04:02:57,336
the mayor's office to a shop in

8189
04:02:57,336 --> 04:02:58,700
the library.

8190
04:02:58,700 --> 04:02:58,737
The elimination of the office

8191
04:02:58,737 --> 04:03:01,439
will invalidate many of our

8192
04:03:01,439 --> 04:03:02,241
fears of the creation of S.F.

8193
04:03:02,241 --> 04:03:02,707
Was a performative act, not a

8194
04:03:02,707 --> 04:03:04,707
true commitment.

8195
04:03:06,245 --> 04:03:06,945
Yes, you have a difficult task

8196
04:03:06,945 --> 04:03:07,578
of task and budget for

8197
04:03:07,578 --> 04:03:08,280
the present while ensuring

8198
04:03:08,280 --> 04:03:10,680
infrastructure for the future.

8199
04:03:13,986 --> 04:03:14,653
It is just recent past present

8200
04:03:14,653 --> 04:03:17,530
and future in infrastructure

8201
04:03:17,322 --> 04:03:17,989
Don't balance this budget on

8202
04:03:17,989 --> 04:03:18,357
the back of our children has

8203
04:03:18,357 --> 04:03:20,357
concluded.

8204
04:03:21,627 --> 04:03:22,394
If you can please and you.

8205
04:03:22,394 --> 04:03:24,794
>> Hello my name is.

8206
04:03:26,164 --> 04:03:26,865
I'm an activist artist from

8207
04:03:26,865 --> 04:03:27,466
District three and I'm here to

8208
04:03:27,466 --> 04:03:29,866
oppose these budget cuts

8209
04:03:31,403 --> 04:03:32,370
because when the government

8210
04:03:32,370 --> 04:03:32,604
chooses to abandon us, art

8211
04:03:32,604 --> 04:03:34,604
builds the community.

8212
04:03:36,208 --> 04:03:36,875
And over the past three years

8213
04:03:36,875 --> 04:03:37,543
San Diego has chosen to cut

8214
04:03:37,543 --> 04:03:39,543
community services starting

8215
04:03:41,179 --> 04:03:41,780
with library hours reduced 20

8216
04:03:41,780 --> 04:03:44,180
million cut from housing

8217
04:03:45,451 --> 04:03:46,151
shelter programs, frozen

8218
04:03:46,151 --> 04:03:46,785
recently 58 jobs cut from

8219
04:03:46,785 --> 04:03:49,185
the Housing Commission all

8220
04:03:50,421 --> 04:03:52,421
while simultaneously increasing

8221
04:03:54,126 --> 04:03:54,994
police funding from 49,000,000

8222
04:03:54,994 --> 04:03:56,994
in 2024 to 600,000,000 in 2025

8223
04:03:58,397 --> 04:04:00,397
and now 700,000,000 in 2026

8224
04:04:03,602 --> 04:04:04,336
while also accepting 10 to $15

8225
04:04:04,336 --> 04:04:06,838
million annual in federal uhs-I

8226
04:04:06,838 --> 04:04:07,306
grants that require ice

8227
04:04:07,306 --> 04:04:08,700
collaboration.

8228
04:04:08,700 --> 04:04:08,641
And time and time again we've

8229
04:04:08,641 --> 04:04:11,641
seen that the police have

8230
04:04:12,110 --> 04:04:12,711
harmed and terrorized our

8231
04:04:12,711 --> 04:04:13,112
community instead of providing

8232
04:04:13,112 --> 04:04:15,112
protection.

8233
04:04:17,450 --> 04:04:18,117
I propose that we that we cap

8234
04:04:18,117 --> 04:04:20,517
police overtime by 10% over

8235
04:04:21,353 --> 04:04:22,120
bass and allocate their access

8236
04:04:22,120 --> 04:04:22,455
to the arts parks and library

8237
04:04:22,455 --> 04:04:23,122
budget.

8238
04:04:23,122 --> 04:04:26,122
The money exists You're just

8239
04:04:26,525 --> 04:04:27,226
choosing it to spend it

8240
04:04:27,226 --> 04:04:29,626
Different time has concluded.

8241
04:04:30,862 --> 04:04:31,197
Yaron if you can please unmute

8242
04:04:31,197 --> 04:04:32,231
.

8243
04:04:32,231 --> 04:04:36,431
Hello my name is here and Clark

8244
04:04:36,769 --> 04:04:37,236
and I live in North Park

8245
04:04:37,236 --> 04:04:37,936
District three.

8246
04:04:37,936 --> 04:04:40,936
I'm disappointed and angry to

8247
04:04:41,139 --> 04:04:41,774
see that the city and council

8248
04:04:41,774 --> 04:04:42,475
are addressing the budget

8249
04:04:42,475 --> 04:04:44,875
deficit by targeting essential

8250
04:04:45,845 --> 04:04:46,445
funding for youth and families

8251
04:04:46,445 --> 04:04:47,146
and investing in social

8252
04:04:47,146 --> 04:04:49,546
infrastructure like the Office

8253
04:04:50,750 --> 04:04:51,383
of Child and Youth Success.

8254
04:04:51,383 --> 04:04:52,117
Libraries and recreation

8255
04:04:52,117 --> 04:04:55,117
programs is investing in public

8256
04:04:55,788 --> 04:04:56,556
safety.

8257
04:04:56,556 --> 04:04:59,556
Instead, the city is increasing

8258
04:04:59,692 --> 04:05:00,393
funding for the police

8259
04:05:00,393 --> 04:05:01,600
department and signed a $2

8260
04:05:01,600 --> 04:05:03,600
million $2 million contract

8261
04:05:03,996 --> 04:05:04,597
with Ubec which has already

8262
04:05:04,597 --> 04:05:05,264
received massive public

8263
04:05:05,264 --> 04:05:05,832
backlash due to privacy and

8264
04:05:05,832 --> 04:05:07,832
surveillance concerns.

8265
04:05:08,900 --> 04:05:09,535
This proposed budget is

8266
04:05:09,535 --> 04:05:10,136
honestly shameful and I'm

8267
04:05:10,136 --> 04:05:10,803
struggling to understand

8268
04:05:10,803 --> 04:05:14,373
the long term goals of this

8269
04:05:14,373 --> 04:05:15,740
Could and is shameful that our

8270
04:05:15,740 --> 04:05:15,741
mayor Todd Gloria prioritizes

8271
04:05:15,741 --> 04:05:18,141
private contracts and profit

8272
04:05:18,777 --> 04:05:19,512
over protecting our youth.

8273
04:05:19,512 --> 04:05:20,246
Sam Hugo's public and community

8274
04:05:20,246 --> 04:05:23,482
spaces and the long term growth

8275
04:05:23,482 --> 04:05:24,500
and development of San Diego.

8276
04:05:24,500 --> 04:05:26,450
The public backlash on

8277
04:05:27,887 --> 04:05:28,620
the public parking fee plan

8278
04:05:28,620 --> 04:05:29,288
alone should have indicated how

8279
04:05:29,288 --> 04:05:30,990
much our San Diego community

8280
04:05:30,990 --> 04:05:31,557
respects and values public and

8281
04:05:31,557 --> 04:05:33,557
social infrastructure.

8282
04:05:34,627 --> 04:05:36,627
>> Thank you.

8283
04:05:40,533 --> 04:05:42,933
The 19 Donuts 19 Please unmute

8284
04:05:44,604 --> 04:05:45,271
Yes.

8285
04:05:45,271 --> 04:05:45,571
Can you hear me?

8286
04:05:45,571 --> 04:05:46,380
Yes.

8287
04:05:46,380 --> 04:05:46,338
Please proceed.

8288
04:05:46,338 --> 04:05:48,338
Okay.

8289
04:05:52,278 --> 04:05:53,120
Hello Council Today you heard

8290
04:05:53,120 --> 04:05:53,279
what community members meant to

8291
04:05:53,279 --> 04:05:53,913
say.

8292
04:05:53,913 --> 04:05:55,714
These are young people who

8293
04:05:55,714 --> 04:05:56,416
understand the very simple But

8294
04:05:56,416 --> 04:05:57,160
we want to show communities we

8295
04:05:57,160 --> 04:05:57,751
must invest in our youth

8296
04:05:57,751 --> 04:06:00,190
through our you drop in centers

8297
04:06:00,190 --> 04:06:00,687
We've created spaces where

8298
04:06:00,687 --> 04:06:01,420
people can find mentorships

8299
04:06:01,420 --> 04:06:02,200
the ability and opportunity for

8300
04:06:02,200 --> 04:06:04,200
programs like workforce

8301
04:06:04,824 --> 04:06:05,558
development, job then our

8302
04:06:05,558 --> 04:06:06,292
cookie culture and care program

8303
04:06:06,292 --> 04:06:06,860
where youth in real life skills

8304
04:06:06,860 --> 04:06:08,761
that prepare them for

8305
04:06:08,761 --> 04:06:09,596
the workforce.

8306
04:06:09,596 --> 04:06:10,262
Those work is rooted in our

8307
04:06:10,262 --> 04:06:10,897
social development strategy

8308
04:06:10,897 --> 04:06:13,297
selecting young people to

8309
04:06:13,932 --> 04:06:14,634
culture identity in

8310
04:06:14,634 --> 04:06:15,235
the community Because culture

8311
04:06:15,235 --> 04:06:15,802
is not just something we

8312
04:06:15,802 --> 04:06:18,202
celebrate it gives us

8313
04:06:18,838 --> 04:06:19,405
structure, it gives the youth

8314
04:06:19,405 --> 04:06:19,772
pride and builds their

8315
04:06:19,772 --> 04:06:20,440
character.

8316
04:06:20,440 --> 04:06:21,740
When people understand where

8317
04:06:21,740 --> 04:06:23,376
they come from, they carry

8318
04:06:23,376 --> 04:06:24,430
themselves differently.

8319
04:06:24,430 --> 04:06:24,711
They develop responsibility,

8320
04:06:24,711 --> 04:06:25,345
discipline and a strong work

8321
04:06:25,345 --> 04:06:28,345
ethic that will guide them

8322
04:06:28,514 --> 04:06:29,215
through life But that means

8323
04:06:29,215 --> 04:06:29,983
that you struggle with having

8324
04:06:29,983 --> 04:06:33,586
to find ways to keep a roof

8325
04:06:33,586 --> 04:06:34,287
over their heads and with that

8326
04:06:34,287 --> 04:06:34,954
they turn to mentors cultural

8327
04:06:34,954 --> 04:06:37,354
barriers, youth programs and

8328
04:06:38,658 --> 04:06:39,358
afterschool spaces to help

8329
04:06:39,358 --> 04:06:40,260
raise the children Because we

8330
04:06:40,260 --> 04:06:40,659
all know the saying that it

8331
04:06:40,659 --> 04:06:41,327
takes a village to raise a

8332
04:06:41,327 --> 04:06:43,797
child but when you get this

8333
04:06:43,797 --> 04:06:44,464
funding for these programs when

8334
04:06:44,464 --> 04:06:47,464
arts and culture are treated

8335
04:06:49,935 --> 04:06:50,637
expendable and you challenge

8336
04:06:50,637 --> 04:06:51,204
the promised resources, you're

8337
04:06:51,204 --> 04:06:51,571
telling me you're not

8338
04:06:51,571 --> 04:06:51,937
listening.

8339
04:06:51,937 --> 04:06:53,138
Thank you.

8340
04:06:53,138 --> 04:06:54,700
Your time has concluded.

8341
04:06:54,700 --> 04:06:54,340
Katie Hallett If you can please

8342
04:06:54,340 --> 04:06:54,874
unmute.

8343
04:06:54,874 --> 04:06:57,777
Yes Can you hear me?

8344
04:06:57,777 --> 04:06:58,311
Yes.

8345
04:06:58,311 --> 04:06:58,678
Please proceed.

8346
04:06:58,678 --> 04:06:59,445
All right.

8347
04:06:59,445 --> 04:07:00,179
Hi, my name is Katie Hallett.

8348
04:07:00,179 --> 04:07:02,882
I'm a born and raised Hispanic

8349
04:07:02,882 --> 04:07:03,550
San Diego and in District two

8350
04:07:03,550 --> 04:07:04,150
i'm concerned about proposed

8351
04:07:04,150 --> 04:07:07,150
cuts to the arts, youth

8352
04:07:07,653 --> 04:07:08,200
programs, Parks and Rec and

8353
04:07:08,200 --> 04:07:08,755
libraries.

8354
04:07:08,755 --> 04:07:12,355
These are areas that help us

8355
04:07:12,458 --> 04:07:13,580
maintain human connection.

8356
04:07:13,580 --> 04:07:13,659
At the last city council

8357
04:07:13,659 --> 04:07:16,590
meeting I attended which

8358
04:07:17,197 --> 04:07:17,663
happened to be on hold cos

8359
04:07:17,663 --> 04:07:18,365
Remembrance Day.

8360
04:07:18,365 --> 04:07:18,999
There was a shared recognition

8361
04:07:18,999 --> 04:07:22,202
by the City Council of how

8362
04:07:22,202 --> 04:07:22,769
important it is to stand

8363
04:07:22,769 --> 04:07:23,236
against oppression and

8364
04:07:23,236 --> 04:07:23,937
dehumanization.

8365
04:07:23,937 --> 04:07:26,640
I'm asking you to consider how

8366
04:07:26,640 --> 04:07:27,274
cutting support for these

8367
04:07:27,274 --> 04:07:27,607
programs contradicts that

8368
04:07:27,607 --> 04:07:29,607
message.

8369
04:07:30,477 --> 04:07:31,177
Historically one of the first

8370
04:07:31,177 --> 04:07:31,878
things to be committed to more

8371
04:07:31,878 --> 04:07:33,878
authoritarian environments is

8372
04:07:34,915 --> 04:07:35,581
creative expression and access

8373
04:07:35,581 --> 04:07:37,981
to shared community spaces.

8374
04:07:39,719 --> 04:07:40,253
They challenge isolation and

8375
04:07:40,253 --> 04:07:40,887
keep culture alive.

8376
04:07:40,887 --> 04:07:41,521
When we reduce funding for

8377
04:07:41,521 --> 04:07:42,188
these especially for young

8378
04:07:42,188 --> 04:07:45,250
people, we take away a safe,

8379
04:07:45,250 --> 04:07:45,725
constructive outlet that build

8380
04:07:45,725 --> 04:07:46,126
critical thinking, empathy and

8381
04:07:46,126 --> 04:07:46,793
connection.

8382
04:07:46,793 --> 04:07:49,793
If we're making tough budget

8383
04:07:49,996 --> 04:07:50,663
decisions, I urge you to

8384
04:07:50,663 --> 04:07:51,364
prioritize protecting these

8385
04:07:51,364 --> 04:07:53,364
essential community services.

8386
04:07:54,300 --> 04:07:55,350
These are spaces that keep

8387
04:07:55,350 --> 04:07:55,368
people connected, supported and

8388
04:07:55,368 --> 04:07:56,200
engaged.

8389
04:07:56,200 --> 04:07:56,402
Please don't treat art as

8390
04:07:56,402 --> 04:07:58,402
expendable.

8391
04:07:59,500 --> 04:07:59,606
It's one of the strongest

8392
04:07:59,606 --> 04:08:00,600
defenses a community has

8393
04:08:00,600 --> 04:08:00,673
against fat.

8394
04:08:00,673 --> 04:08:01,741
>> Your time has concluded.

8395
04:08:01,741 --> 04:08:02,750
Thank you for that concluding

8396
04:08:02,750 --> 04:08:04,750
comment.

8397
04:08:06,846 --> 04:08:07,147
Corrina Pugh.

8398
04:08:07,147 --> 04:08:07,747
Hello.

8399
04:08:07,747 --> 04:08:08,150
Can you hear me?

8400
04:08:08,150 --> 04:08:10,150
Yes.

8401
04:08:11,885 --> 04:08:12,586
Please proceed.

8402
04:08:12,586 --> 04:08:13,153
But evening council members My

8403
04:08:13,153 --> 04:08:13,887
name is Corrina Pugh.

8404
04:08:13,887 --> 04:08:16,256
My parents are she her And I'm

8405
04:08:16,256 --> 04:08:16,923
speaking today on behalf of

8406
04:08:16,923 --> 04:08:17,257
the San Diego lgbt Community

8407
04:08:17,257 --> 04:08:17,891
Center.

8408
04:08:17,891 --> 04:08:20,891
Today we are requesting a

8409
04:08:21,428 --> 04:08:22,128
reallocation of $300,000 from

8410
04:08:22,128 --> 04:08:22,829
the opioid settlement funds to

8411
04:08:22,829 --> 04:08:25,229
sustain the center's substance

8412
04:08:26,667 --> 04:08:27,370
use disorder treatment program

8413
04:08:27,370 --> 04:08:27,967
that serves all folks with a

8414
04:08:27,967 --> 04:08:28,335
focus on our lgbtq Plus

8415
04:08:28,335 --> 04:08:30,335
community.

8416
04:08:31,405 --> 04:08:32,380
Since its allocation last year

8417
04:08:32,380 --> 04:08:34,438
over 200 clients have been

8418
04:08:35,800 --> 04:08:35,708
served and over 600 sessions

8419
04:08:35,708 --> 04:08:36,376
have been accessed by clients

8420
04:08:36,376 --> 04:08:36,977
demonstrating a significant

8421
04:08:36,977 --> 04:08:39,377
need for these services.

8422
04:08:40,800 --> 04:08:40,814
We request this continued

8423
04:08:40,814 --> 04:08:41,448
allocation to ensure that lgbtq

8424
04:08:41,448 --> 04:08:43,448
affirming services remain

8425
04:08:44,784 --> 04:08:45,452
funded and accessible to our

8426
04:08:45,452 --> 04:08:46,530
entire San Diego community.

8427
04:08:46,530 --> 04:08:48,530
Additionally, we request

8428
04:08:49,256 --> 04:08:49,857
continued full funding to

8429
04:08:49,857 --> 04:08:50,591
the arts and culture and

8430
04:08:50,591 --> 04:08:51,291
culture industry represented by

8431
04:08:51,291 --> 04:08:51,792
many of the folks in person in

8432
04:08:51,792 --> 04:08:54,192
the room with you.

8433
04:08:55,280 --> 04:08:55,696
Arts and culture are

8434
04:08:55,696 --> 04:08:56,430
the backbone and soul of San

8435
04:08:56,430 --> 04:08:56,864
Diego both economically as well

8436
04:08:56,864 --> 04:08:58,864
as culturally.

8437
04:08:59,733 --> 04:09:00,200
Thank you.

8438
04:09:00,200 --> 04:09:00,834
>> Thank you.

8439
04:09:00,834 --> 04:09:03,234
Next is Katherine Rhodes.

8440
04:09:04,171 --> 04:09:04,605
If you can please unmute.

8441
04:09:04,605 --> 04:09:06,605
>> Hello.

8442
04:09:09,176 --> 04:09:09,943
This is Katherine Rhodes.

8443
04:09:09,943 --> 04:09:10,577
And first thank you to Council

8444
04:09:10,577 --> 04:09:12,977
PRESIDENT Joe McCarver for

8445
04:09:13,480 --> 04:09:13,980
meeting with and we have like

8446
04:09:13,980 --> 04:09:16,380
an eye on Friday.

8447
04:09:18,952 --> 04:09:19,653
And what you did is you really

8448
04:09:19,653 --> 04:09:22,653
gave us inspiration to rework

8449
04:09:22,656 --> 04:09:23,457
our ballot language So we

8450
04:09:23,457 --> 04:09:27,570
actually reworked it so that it

8451
04:09:27,895 --> 04:09:28,596
requires a two thirds super

8452
04:09:28,596 --> 04:09:31,165
majority and it's a directed

8453
04:09:31,165 --> 04:09:34,267
tax And one of the percentage

8454
04:09:34,267 --> 04:09:34,968
of direct tax which is 30

8455
04:09:34,968 --> 04:09:37,968
million to about 45 million is

8456
04:09:39,306 --> 04:09:39,940
for what we call penny for

8457
04:09:39,940 --> 04:09:40,307
the arts bubble parks and

8458
04:09:40,307 --> 04:09:42,307
libraries.

8459
04:09:44,770 --> 04:09:44,544
This would actually solve your

8460
04:09:44,544 --> 04:09:45,346
budget problem.

8461
04:09:45,346 --> 04:09:48,946
And so what I'm requesting is

8462
04:09:49,316 --> 04:09:52,316
for for your talk Gloria,

8463
04:09:53,120 --> 04:09:55,520
the independent budget analysts

8464
04:09:58,693 --> 04:09:59,360
,the city attorney my council

8465
04:09:59,360 --> 04:10:02,360
member Joe LaCava, the bike

8466
04:10:03,897 --> 04:10:04,565
side of unions and all

8467
04:10:04,565 --> 04:10:07,565
the different unions to sit

8468
04:10:09,169 --> 04:10:09,837
with me so I could actually

8469
04:10:09,837 --> 04:10:10,604
show our time has concluded.

8470
04:10:10,604 --> 04:10:13,400
>> My apologies for number

8471
04:10:23,851 --> 04:10:24,618
ending and 4065 is next 4065.

8472
04:10:24,618 --> 04:10:25,119
>> You are on mute counsel.

8473
04:10:25,119 --> 04:10:25,586
My name's Natalie.

8474
04:10:25,586 --> 04:10:25,886
Can you hear me?

8475
04:10:25,886 --> 04:10:27,688
Yes.

8476
04:10:27,688 --> 04:10:29,688
Please proceed.

8477
04:10:31,910 --> 04:10:31,392
Natalie I live in District

8478
04:10:31,392 --> 04:10:32,260
seven.

8479
04:10:32,260 --> 04:10:34,426
I represent every unhoused

8480
04:10:35,830 --> 04:10:36,163
person in the city of San Diego

8481
04:10:36,163 --> 04:10:37,310
.

8482
04:10:37,310 --> 04:10:40,534
I am one of 400 San Diego

8483
04:10:40,534 --> 04:10:40,935
households losing their voucher

8484
04:10:40,935 --> 04:10:41,802
this fall.

8485
04:10:41,802 --> 04:10:42,203
I'm not here tonight to ask you

8486
04:10:42,203 --> 04:10:44,203
to fix hud.

8487
04:10:46,139 --> 04:10:46,774
I'm here because no one in this

8488
04:10:46,774 --> 04:10:47,407
chamber is saying to name.

8489
04:10:47,407 --> 04:10:49,807
The federal government has

8490
04:10:51,112 --> 04:10:51,879
promised ahp funding through

8491
04:10:51,879 --> 04:10:54,279
2030 and they're pulling that

8492
04:10:54,615 --> 04:10:54,915
in AUGUST of 2026 four years

8493
04:10:54,915 --> 04:10:55,715
early.

8494
04:10:55,715 --> 04:10:59,820
That is not a surprise to me.

8495
04:10:59,820 --> 04:11:00,453
It's a pattern that has not

8496
04:11:00,453 --> 04:11:00,955
funded a single new public

8497
04:11:00,955 --> 04:11:02,955
housing unit since

8498
04:11:03,191 --> 04:11:03,524
the Faircloth amendment in

8499
04:11:03,524 --> 04:11:04,224
1998.

8500
04:11:04,224 --> 04:11:04,725
Section eight waitlists in San

8501
04:11:04,725 --> 04:11:06,725
Diego are closed.

8502
04:11:08,762 --> 04:11:09,130
There's no federal funding does

8503
04:11:09,130 --> 04:11:11,130
not exist.

8504
04:11:13,667 --> 04:11:14,335
So when you vote to cut

8505
04:11:14,335 --> 04:11:15,360
the detention or you are not

8506
04:11:15,360 --> 04:11:17,872
solving a budget problem, you

8507
04:11:17,872 --> 04:11:18,606
are completing a federal

8508
04:11:18,606 --> 04:11:19,600
demolition project that started

8509
04:11:19,600 --> 04:11:21,600
decades ago.

8510
04:11:23,945 --> 04:11:24,544
You are the last level of

8511
04:11:24,544 --> 04:11:24,979
government we have.

8512
04:11:24,979 --> 04:11:25,480
That failure.

8513
04:11:25,480 --> 04:11:25,847
Restore your good.

8514
04:11:25,847 --> 04:11:27,847
Thank you.

8515
04:11:30,251 --> 04:11:30,852
Next is Blaire Beekman.

8516
04:11:30,852 --> 04:11:32,852
>> Hi there, Beekman.

8517
04:11:35,289 --> 04:11:35,923
I heard a lot of public comment

8518
04:11:35,923 --> 04:11:38,923
today People asking to see

8519
04:11:40,940 --> 04:11:40,828
the budget and to get a sense

8520
04:11:40,828 --> 04:11:41,596
of it to offer ideas in return.

8521
04:11:41,596 --> 04:11:44,898
Good luck in such a process.

8522
04:11:44,898 --> 04:11:45,566
I think that's a good

8523
04:11:45,566 --> 04:11:46,670
conversation to have And if

8524
04:11:46,670 --> 04:11:48,670
we're having those

8525
04:11:49,771 --> 04:11:50,371
conversations openly as a full

8526
04:11:50,371 --> 04:11:51,720
community process that's

8527
04:11:51,720 --> 04:11:53,472
working, that's really working

8528
04:11:55,900 --> 04:11:55,643
as a community so and local

8529
04:11:55,643 --> 04:11:56,277
neighborhoods good luck in

8530
04:11:56,277 --> 04:11:59,147
those sort of good efforts

8531
04:11:59,147 --> 04:11:59,947
working together.

8532
04:11:59,947 --> 04:12:00,715
The idea that I think the city

8533
04:12:00,715 --> 04:12:03,918
of Oakland that also has a

8534
04:12:03,918 --> 04:12:04,619
strong mayor by the way is

8535
04:12:04,619 --> 04:12:05,320
the only other city that has a

8536
04:12:05,320 --> 04:12:07,720
larger budget deficit in

8537
04:12:08,890 --> 04:12:09,457
California for large cities

8538
04:12:09,457 --> 04:12:11,857
compared to San Diego.

8539
04:12:13,995 --> 04:12:14,696
They're working their budget So

8540
04:12:14,696 --> 04:12:15,363
there is not these sort of

8541
04:12:15,363 --> 04:12:17,763
austere measures being where

8542
04:12:18,399 --> 04:12:18,766
they're serving their social

8543
04:12:18,766 --> 04:12:19,668
services.

8544
04:12:19,668 --> 04:12:20,300
How do we do that in San Diego?

8545
04:12:20,300 --> 04:12:22,700
To mention our issues.

8546
04:12:23,705 --> 04:12:24,472
You know, I've spoken to over

8547
04:12:24,472 --> 04:12:28,720
year about how you can work

8548
04:12:28,542 --> 04:12:29,244
surveillance and we can leave

8549
04:12:29,244 --> 04:12:29,944
flock, find a new provider and

8550
04:12:29,944 --> 04:12:32,944
at the same time reduce

8551
04:12:33,615 --> 04:12:34,249
technology for cost savings

8552
04:12:34,249 --> 04:12:35,749
massive costs in terms of

8553
04:12:35,749 --> 04:12:39,349
concluded zoom user if you can

8554
04:12:40,755 --> 04:12:41,256
please unmute.

8555
04:12:41,256 --> 04:12:41,890
>> All right.

8556
04:12:41,890 --> 04:12:42,757
Thanks for taking my call.

8557
04:12:42,757 --> 04:12:45,593
I love it All the young guys

8558
04:12:45,593 --> 04:12:46,940
getting fired up man.

8559
04:12:46,940 --> 04:12:46,928
It's really great.

8560
04:12:46,928 --> 04:12:50,164
And also you can also just

8561
04:12:50,164 --> 04:12:50,532
raise them little finger and

8562
04:12:50,532 --> 04:12:51,132
stand up.

8563
04:12:51,132 --> 04:12:51,833
You don't have to obey

8564
04:12:51,833 --> 04:12:54,833
the rules about waving your

8565
04:12:55,437 --> 04:12:55,803
fingers up and down with

8566
04:12:55,803 --> 04:12:56,504
the thumb.

8567
04:12:56,504 --> 04:12:59,441
You can just go straight out

8568
04:12:59,441 --> 04:13:00,307
middle finger.

8569
04:13:00,307 --> 04:13:00,675
A lot of those guys are pretty

8570
04:13:00,675 --> 04:13:02,675
angry men.

8571
04:13:04,120 --> 04:13:04,879
And one thing about the city.

8572
04:13:04,879 --> 04:13:05,513
Go to the Zoom and go to

8573
04:13:05,513 --> 04:13:08,513
the meetings And then each

8574
04:13:08,782 --> 04:13:09,183
council there's nine

8575
04:13:09,183 --> 04:13:09,884
councilors.

8576
04:13:09,884 --> 04:13:13,455
A lot of those council people

8577
04:13:13,455 --> 04:13:13,855
don't know the rents they're

8578
04:13:13,855 --> 04:13:14,556
collecting.

8579
04:13:14,556 --> 04:13:17,556
The city is collecting rents.

8580
04:13:18,930 --> 04:13:18,793
And a lot of them are past do

8581
04:13:18,793 --> 04:13:21,193
their leases are outdated

8582
04:13:23,698 --> 04:13:24,432
leases The city is giving away

8583
04:13:24,432 --> 04:13:28,302
a lot of money free rent to

8584
04:13:28,302 --> 04:13:29,137
guys at least from the city.

8585
04:13:29,137 --> 04:13:29,737
So it's one way to get more

8586
04:13:29,737 --> 04:13:32,137
money in your district.

8587
04:13:33,975 --> 04:13:34,709
Go to your council and say

8588
04:13:34,709 --> 04:13:35,110
where are the leases to the are

8589
04:13:35,110 --> 04:13:35,844
our council.

8590
04:13:35,844 --> 04:13:38,844
Let's go out and collect

8591
04:13:39,470 --> 04:13:39,681
the rent for them and you guys

8592
04:13:39,681 --> 04:13:40,480
can get the money for your

8593
04:13:40,480 --> 04:13:40,715
programs.

8594
04:13:40,715 --> 04:13:41,116
That'll be a good community

8595
04:13:41,116 --> 04:13:42,783
thing to do.

8596
04:13:42,783 --> 04:13:43,285
Thanks a lot.

8597
04:13:43,285 --> 04:13:45,530
>> Good luck.

8598
04:13:45,530 --> 04:13:47,453
San Diego County Bicycle.

8599
04:13:50,525 --> 04:13:51,226
>> Please unmute.

8600
04:13:51,226 --> 04:13:52,160
Good evening City Council.

8601
04:13:52,160 --> 04:13:52,761
My name is Ian Embry and I am

8602
04:13:52,761 --> 04:13:55,161
the advocacy manager for

8603
04:13:55,330 --> 04:13:55,697
the San Diego County Bicycle

8604
04:13:55,697 --> 04:13:56,331
Coalition.

8605
04:13:56,331 --> 04:13:56,965
Our organization and many

8606
04:13:56,965 --> 04:13:59,965
others in the Vision Zero

8607
04:14:00,669 --> 04:14:01,236
Coalition are calling on you to

8608
04:14:01,236 --> 04:14:01,970
reinstate funding for

8609
04:14:01,970 --> 04:14:02,337
the multimodal team and the f y

8610
04:14:02,337 --> 04:14:04,337
27 budget.

8611
04:14:05,507 --> 04:14:06,207
This team does many things.

8612
04:14:06,207 --> 04:14:06,875
They design and implement

8613
04:14:06,875 --> 04:14:07,375
roadway improvements to make

8614
04:14:07,375 --> 04:14:07,976
our streets safer.

8615
04:14:07,976 --> 04:14:10,376
They increase access to

8616
04:14:10,745 --> 04:14:11,413
affordable housing by doing

8617
04:14:11,413 --> 04:14:11,880
bike and ped scope for state

8618
04:14:11,880 --> 04:14:13,880
agency projects.

8619
04:14:15,183 --> 04:14:15,951
And they help us get millions

8620
04:14:15,951 --> 04:14:16,451
of dollars in grants to make

8621
04:14:16,451 --> 04:14:17,118
our streets safer.

8622
04:14:17,118 --> 04:14:17,785
This draft budget shows that

8623
04:14:17,785 --> 04:14:20,455
the mayor's office does not

8624
04:14:20,455 --> 04:14:20,822
have a long term vision for

8625
04:14:20,822 --> 04:14:21,390
the city.

8626
04:14:21,390 --> 04:14:22,124
While our planning and

8627
04:14:22,124 --> 04:14:24,124
transportation departments work

8628
04:14:24,893 --> 04:14:25,594
on updating community plans and

8629
04:14:25,594 --> 04:14:26,161
the bike master plan, they're

8630
04:14:26,161 --> 04:14:26,695
proposing to sabotage

8631
04:14:26,695 --> 04:14:28,695
the future mobility

8632
04:14:29,431 --> 04:14:29,765
improvements outlined in those

8633
04:14:29,765 --> 04:14:30,498
plans.

8634
04:14:30,498 --> 04:14:31,166
But your Education Department's

8635
04:14:31,166 --> 04:14:31,800
budget is increasing due to

8636
04:14:31,800 --> 04:14:34,200
federal and state formula

8637
04:14:34,369 --> 04:14:35,370
funding.

8638
04:14:35,370 --> 04:14:35,771
You increased transportation

8639
04:14:35,771 --> 04:14:36,710
funding to keep the multi-modal

8640
04:14:36,710 --> 04:14:38,710
team.

8641
04:14:38,974 --> 04:14:39,607
Previously this council

8642
04:14:39,607 --> 04:14:40,342
recognized that state that

8643
04:14:40,342 --> 04:14:41,430
safety should be the number one

8644
04:14:41,430 --> 04:14:43,430
transportation transportation

8645
04:14:43,645 --> 04:14:44,446
related priority.

8646
04:14:44,446 --> 04:14:45,800
Please keep it moving forward

8647
04:14:45,800 --> 04:14:45,647
in our traffic safety and

8648
04:14:45,647 --> 04:14:46,215
climate goals and keep

8649
04:14:46,215 --> 04:14:48,215
the multi-modal team.

8650
04:14:48,917 --> 04:14:49,317
Thank you.

8651
04:14:49,317 --> 04:14:49,952
Thank you.

8652
04:14:49,952 --> 04:14:52,352
Next is Francine Maxwell.

8653
04:14:58,527 --> 04:14:59,270
If you can please unmute.

8654
04:14:59,270 --> 04:14:59,728
>> Sorry.

8655
04:14:59,728 --> 04:15:00,262
Francine Maxwell Southeastern

8656
04:15:00,262 --> 04:15:02,262
San Diego resident.

8657
04:15:03,398 --> 04:15:04,133
I think there's plenty of

8658
04:15:04,133 --> 04:15:04,800
opportunities within the budget

8659
04:15:04,800 --> 04:15:05,670
that the community needs to

8660
04:15:05,670 --> 04:15:07,670
see.

8661
04:15:07,936 --> 04:15:08,670
They need to see that the park

8662
04:15:08,670 --> 04:15:09,137
and Rec health is the second

8663
04:15:09,137 --> 04:15:09,805
biggest budget.

8664
04:15:09,805 --> 04:15:12,374
They need to see the budget

8665
04:15:12,374 --> 04:15:13,800
members that have been out and

8666
04:15:13,800 --> 04:15:13,709
maybe they didn't have an

8667
04:15:13,709 --> 04:15:14,430
opportunity to see the budget

8668
04:15:14,430 --> 04:15:16,430
members.

8669
04:15:17,246 --> 04:15:17,512
So those need to be brought

8670
04:15:17,512 --> 04:15:18,247
out.

8671
04:15:18,247 --> 04:15:18,947
People need to be reminded that

8672
04:15:18,947 --> 04:15:21,347
the independent budget analyst

8673
04:15:22,551 --> 04:15:23,850
is just that he cannot show

8674
04:15:23,850 --> 04:15:23,485
emotion because he's

8675
04:15:23,485 --> 04:15:25,485
independent.

8676
04:15:27,489 --> 04:15:28,190
And so people again have to be

8677
04:15:28,190 --> 04:15:28,490
reminded of what decorum looks

8678
04:15:28,490 --> 04:15:30,490
like.

8679
04:15:32,361 --> 04:15:33,128
Civic engagement is wonderful

8680
04:15:33,128 --> 04:15:33,896
and we know that children are

8681
04:15:33,896 --> 04:15:36,831
our future and we want to make

8682
04:15:36,831 --> 04:15:37,700
sure that they feel safe And if

8683
04:15:37,700 --> 04:15:38,400
they feel safe in art and they

8684
04:15:38,400 --> 04:15:39,134
feel safe at the library, then

8685
04:15:39,134 --> 04:15:42,173
we need to do everything we

8686
04:15:42,173 --> 04:15:42,904
have to do to make sure that

8687
04:15:42,904 --> 04:15:46,740
our children who are the future

8688
04:15:46,740 --> 04:15:46,742
do feel safe.

8689
04:15:46,742 --> 04:15:47,376
Again, we know and

8690
04:15:47,376 --> 04:15:50,376
the community needs to be

8691
04:15:51,213 --> 04:15:51,947
educated that the council

8692
04:15:51,947 --> 04:15:52,615
worked alongside the mayor more

8693
04:15:52,615 --> 04:15:56,215
than they have in the past.

8694
04:15:56,285 --> 04:15:56,986
And so this is not a surprise.

8695
04:15:56,986 --> 04:15:57,319
So no performative activities

8696
04:15:57,319 --> 04:15:59,319
anymore.

8697
04:16:01,230 --> 04:16:01,590
Let's get down to work and

8698
04:16:01,590 --> 04:16:02,223
let's get this ballot.

8699
04:16:02,223 --> 04:16:02,524
>> Your time has concluded

8700
04:16:02,524 --> 04:16:04,524
John.

8701
04:16:05,594 --> 04:16:08,594
If you can please unmute.

8702
04:16:09,999 --> 04:16:10,865
John I can't unmute for you.

8703
04:16:10,865 --> 04:16:11,333
I will need to move on to

8704
04:16:11,333 --> 04:16:11,767
the next caller.

8705
04:16:11,767 --> 04:16:13,767
There you go.

8706
04:16:16,710 --> 04:16:18,710
Thank you, John.

8707
04:16:19,274 --> 04:16:19,608
John Brady Libertarian Advisors

8708
04:16:19,608 --> 04:16:20,376
.

8709
04:16:20,376 --> 04:16:20,776
I have an echo in my

8710
04:16:20,776 --> 04:16:22,776
headphones.

8711
04:16:24,146 --> 04:16:24,847
Sorry about that.

8712
04:16:24,847 --> 04:16:25,347
Can you come back later?

8713
04:16:25,347 --> 04:16:27,347
We don't connect.

8714
04:16:28,783 --> 04:16:29,317
Go here.

8715
04:16:29,317 --> 04:16:29,685
>> Please proceed.

8716
04:16:29,685 --> 04:16:30,152
All right.

8717
04:16:30,152 --> 04:16:32,152
Thank you.

8718
04:16:33,189 --> 04:16:33,823
The two things that are really

8719
04:16:33,823 --> 04:16:36,223
largely responsible for my

8720
04:16:38,694 --> 04:16:39,361
recovery from homelessness

8721
04:16:39,361 --> 04:16:40,129
the new Good Day Center and

8722
04:16:40,129 --> 04:16:43,980
the voices and voices of our

8723
04:16:43,980 --> 04:16:43,499
city choir is being canceled in

8724
04:16:43,499 --> 04:16:45,499
this budget.

8725
04:16:47,737 --> 04:16:48,504
I urge you to look at other

8726
04:16:48,504 --> 04:16:51,504
solutions for those who voted

8727
04:16:52,841 --> 04:16:53,108
against an increase in sales

8728
04:16:53,108 --> 04:16:54,100
tax.

8729
04:16:54,100 --> 04:16:57,610
This is what happens when we

8730
04:16:58,800 --> 04:16:58,481
underfund government.

8731
04:16:58,481 --> 04:16:58,880
Thank you.

8732
04:16:58,880 --> 04:17:00,880
Thank you.

8733
04:17:01,117 --> 04:17:03,517
Next is Sally Swan.

8734
04:17:05,922 --> 04:17:08,922
>> If you can please unmute

8735
04:17:10,926 --> 04:17:11,626
Sally you are unmuted but we do

8736
04:17:11,626 --> 04:17:11,994
not hear you here in council

8737
04:17:11,994 --> 04:17:12,694
chambers.

8738
04:17:12,694 --> 04:17:15,263
Not sure if the device you're

8739
04:17:15,263 --> 04:17:18,263
speaking into MAY be muted.

8740
04:17:19,569 --> 04:17:23,769
>> Sally I will need to move on

8741
04:17:24,406 --> 04:17:25,240
to the next caller.

8742
04:17:25,240 --> 04:17:27,640
You're definitely still sending

8743
04:17:29,979 --> 04:17:30,646
comments City clerk at San

8744
04:17:30,646 --> 04:17:31,470
diego.Gov and those will be

8745
04:17:31,470 --> 04:17:33,470
emailed out.

8746
04:17:34,283 --> 04:17:34,550
>> Amari Rather's Can you hear

8747
04:17:34,550 --> 04:17:36,550
me?

8748
04:17:38,988 --> 04:17:39,756
Yes Please proceed.

8749
04:17:39,756 --> 04:17:40,880
>> Hi, my name is Amari

8750
04:17:40,880 --> 04:17:42,880
Mathers.

8751
04:17:43,659 --> 04:17:43,960
I'm a resident in District

8752
04:17:43,960 --> 04:17:44,660
four.

8753
04:17:44,660 --> 04:17:48,260
I also work in District four.

8754
04:17:48,865 --> 04:17:49,565
I am a performing arts

8755
04:17:49,565 --> 04:17:50,233
specialist at Heartbeat Music

8756
04:17:50,233 --> 04:17:52,633
and Performing Arts Academy.

8757
04:17:54,200 --> 04:17:54,337
I serve the students of

8758
04:17:54,337 --> 04:17:55,400
Encanto.

8759
04:17:55,400 --> 04:17:58,400
I serve the preschoolers of

8760
04:17:58,875 --> 04:17:59,542
Encanto students who are black

8761
04:17:59,542 --> 04:17:59,976
and brown students that look

8762
04:17:59,976 --> 04:18:00,843
just like me.

8763
04:18:00,843 --> 04:18:03,790
And I see you as someone who as

8764
04:18:03,790 --> 04:18:03,646
a black young woman, someone

8765
04:18:03,646 --> 04:18:06,646
who is an artist too.

8766
04:18:07,160 --> 04:18:07,416
Please see things from my

8767
04:18:07,416 --> 04:18:08,151
perspective.

8768
04:18:08,151 --> 04:18:11,151
I come from various communities

8769
04:18:11,954 --> 04:18:12,688
I've been in various states

8770
04:18:12,688 --> 04:18:15,688
where I've seen underfunding in

8771
04:18:16,959 --> 04:18:17,727
arts programs and I've seen in

8772
04:18:17,727 --> 04:18:21,327
how it's left the youth without

8773
04:18:21,530 --> 04:18:21,865
the needs that they need It to

8774
04:18:21,865 --> 04:18:22,598
be met.

8775
04:18:22,598 --> 04:18:23,333
I've seen people go into so

8776
04:18:23,333 --> 04:18:26,235
many different things that were

8777
04:18:26,235 --> 04:18:26,736
destructive to themselves but

8778
04:18:26,736 --> 04:18:27,504
also to the city.

8779
04:18:27,504 --> 04:18:31,574
If you want to think about how

8780
04:18:31,574 --> 04:18:32,275
we can help the city, how about

8781
04:18:32,275 --> 04:18:33,142
think about investing in arts

8782
04:18:33,142 --> 04:18:36,579
and maybe we will need as much

8783
04:18:36,579 --> 04:18:37,130
money in the police department.

8784
04:18:37,130 --> 04:18:37,514
>> Thank you.

8785
04:18:37,514 --> 04:18:39,514
Thank you Tony.

8786
04:18:40,683 --> 04:18:44,283
If you can please unmute low

8787
04:18:45,688 --> 04:18:46,890
city council Can you hear me?

8788
04:18:46,890 --> 04:18:46,556
>> Yes.

8789
04:18:46,556 --> 04:18:48,556
Please proceed.

8790
04:18:50,694 --> 04:18:51,361
Hey how's it going?

8791
04:18:51,361 --> 04:18:51,962
My name is Anthony Ralphs.

8792
04:18:51,962 --> 04:18:52,662
I'm the vice chair of

8793
04:18:52,662 --> 04:18:53,129
the Boulevard Planning Group.

8794
04:18:53,129 --> 04:18:54,697
I'm a musician.

8795
04:18:54,697 --> 04:18:55,364
I'm an actor.

8796
04:18:55,364 --> 04:18:56,320
I'm an all vinyl deejay.

8797
04:18:56,320 --> 04:18:56,966
I'm an event producer and I

8798
04:18:56,966 --> 04:19:00,570
don't want to see any of these

8799
04:19:00,570 --> 04:19:01,271
arts budgets cut.

8800
04:19:01,271 --> 04:19:01,971
i want to see block.

8801
04:19:01,971 --> 04:19:02,372
I want to see as deep these

8802
04:19:02,372 --> 04:19:04,372
budget cuts.

8803
04:19:04,641 --> 04:19:05,341
And I want to ask this city

8804
04:19:05,341 --> 04:19:06,900
council why do you serve as

8805
04:19:06,900 --> 04:19:08,409
deep over your constituents,

8806
04:19:10,112 --> 04:19:10,780
your constituent are asking you

8807
04:19:10,780 --> 04:19:11,481
they're demanding from you.

8808
04:19:11,481 --> 04:19:14,316
They're begging you to cut as

8809
04:19:14,316 --> 04:19:14,918
deep these funding They have a

8810
04:19:14,918 --> 04:19:15,485
way overbloated budget.

8811
04:19:15,485 --> 04:19:15,918
They're abusing their

8812
04:19:15,918 --> 04:19:17,918
constituents.

8813
04:19:19,488 --> 04:19:20,123
They're harming people on our

8814
04:19:20,123 --> 04:19:20,824
streets and they don't do

8815
04:19:20,824 --> 04:19:21,524
anything When we call them to

8816
04:19:21,524 --> 04:19:24,260
report incidents they tell us

8817
04:19:24,260 --> 04:19:25,162
it's a civic issue.

8818
04:19:25,162 --> 04:19:25,661
You have to handle it in court.

8819
04:19:25,661 --> 04:19:26,396
Well, guess what?

8820
04:19:26,396 --> 04:19:29,320
We shouldn't have a pay to play

8821
04:19:29,320 --> 04:19:29,666
judicial system where we have

8822
04:19:29,666 --> 04:19:29,999
to afford justice in this

8823
04:19:29,999 --> 04:19:30,733
country.

8824
04:19:30,733 --> 04:19:33,837
Y'all should not be giving them

8825
04:19:33,837 --> 04:19:34,437
any more ammunition to use

8826
04:19:34,437 --> 04:19:34,904
against our communities.

8827
04:19:34,904 --> 04:19:36,904
Do what's right.

8828
04:19:38,608 --> 04:19:38,942
Do what you're constituents are

8829
04:19:38,942 --> 04:19:39,676
asking.

8830
04:19:39,676 --> 04:19:43,120
Stop making me be the 200 angry

8831
04:19:43,120 --> 04:19:43,713
person that's calling in

8832
04:19:43,713 --> 04:19:44,280
demanding that you don't cut

8833
04:19:44,280 --> 04:19:46,680
the programs that are

8834
04:19:47,817 --> 04:19:48,384
essentially keeping crime from

8835
04:19:48,384 --> 04:19:49,520
being on our streets.

8836
04:19:49,520 --> 04:19:50,190
>> Your time has concluded.

8837
04:19:50,190 --> 04:19:53,190
Kathleen Lippert, If you can

8838
04:19:55,325 --> 04:19:57,725
please unmute Kathleen Lippert

8839
04:20:00,864 --> 04:20:01,331
I can unmute for you.

8840
04:20:01,331 --> 04:20:01,731
>> I will.

8841
04:20:01,731 --> 04:20:02,198
Very good.

8842
04:20:02,198 --> 04:20:02,566
Thank you again.

8843
04:20:02,566 --> 04:20:04,566
Thank you.

8844
04:20:04,667 --> 04:20:05,268
You've heard a lot today about

8845
04:20:05,268 --> 04:20:08,268
how art is essential to

8846
04:20:09,305 --> 04:20:10,600
humanity and so it is but so is

8847
04:20:10,600 --> 04:20:10,673
Open Space Park safe and clean

8848
04:20:10,673 --> 04:20:13,643
streets where the public can

8849
04:20:13,643 --> 04:20:14,344
walk.

8850
04:20:14,344 --> 04:20:17,344
The public has been influenced

8851
04:20:18,915 --> 04:20:19,583
to bring police and immigration

8852
04:20:19,583 --> 04:20:20,217
from many of the problems

8853
04:20:20,217 --> 04:20:22,617
created that are divisive

8854
04:20:24,200 --> 04:20:24,855
ideological narratives.

8855
04:20:24,855 --> 04:20:25,522
But just as calls to defund

8856
04:20:25,522 --> 04:20:27,922
the police cause unintended

8857
04:20:29,159 --> 04:20:29,792
increase in crime, reduce

8858
04:20:29,792 --> 04:20:32,192
police presence and lower

8859
04:20:34,664 --> 04:20:35,332
officer morale and lead to

8860
04:20:35,332 --> 04:20:37,332
resignations and recruitment

8861
04:20:38,869 --> 04:20:39,636
challenges and cost the city

8862
04:20:39,636 --> 04:20:43,236
more money to hire more police.

8863
04:20:43,606 --> 04:20:44,274
Cities have cities that have

8864
04:20:44,274 --> 04:20:44,941
cut police budgets such as

8865
04:20:44,941 --> 04:20:47,941
Portland, New York City and

8866
04:20:48,845 --> 04:20:49,546
Oakland saw a sharp increases

8867
04:20:49,546 --> 04:20:51,946
in shootings, carjackings and

8868
04:20:52,850 --> 04:20:53,450
overall violence, increased

8869
04:20:53,450 --> 04:20:54,500
risk to safety and other

8870
04:20:54,500 --> 04:20:56,500
unintended consequences.

8871
04:20:58,188 --> 04:21:01,788
So do calls to defund it.

8872
04:21:02,192 --> 04:21:02,893
And yes, they should start with

8873
04:21:02,893 --> 04:21:03,593
the most most dangerous people

8874
04:21:03,593 --> 04:21:03,860
which they had said they would

8875
04:21:03,860 --> 04:21:05,228
do.

8876
04:21:05,228 --> 04:21:06,262
Time has concluded.

8877
04:21:06,262 --> 04:21:09,262
>> Nancy, if you can please

8878
04:21:10,534 --> 04:21:11,468
unmute.

8879
04:21:11,468 --> 04:21:15,680
Nancy, you are unmuted but we

8880
04:21:15,739 --> 04:21:16,240
do not hear you're here in

8881
04:21:16,240 --> 04:21:16,940
council chambers.

8882
04:21:16,940 --> 04:21:20,900
Not sure if the device you're

8883
04:21:20,900 --> 04:21:20,977
speaking into MAY be muted.

8884
04:21:20,977 --> 04:21:25,177
We will have to move on to

8885
04:21:25,215 --> 04:21:25,516
the next very quickly here.

8886
04:21:25,516 --> 04:21:25,983
Yes.

8887
04:21:25,983 --> 04:21:26,282
Please proceed.

8888
04:21:26,282 --> 04:21:26,650
Okay.

8889
04:21:26,650 --> 04:21:27,150
Thank you.

8890
04:21:27,150 --> 04:21:29,150
Sorry about that.

8891
04:21:30,530 --> 04:21:33,223
My name is Nancy Rella Florida.

8892
04:21:33,223 --> 04:21:33,924
I'm a resident of District

8893
04:21:33,924 --> 04:21:34,591
three Regular San Diegans are

8894
04:21:34,591 --> 04:21:37,591
dealing with the same budget

8895
04:21:38,461 --> 04:21:39,196
crisis as the city and

8896
04:21:39,196 --> 04:21:39,829
the mayor has proposed a budget

8897
04:21:39,829 --> 04:21:42,229
that will directly cut

8898
04:21:43,333 --> 04:21:44,340
everyone's resources and safety

8899
04:21:44,340 --> 04:21:47,340
and cause harm especially for

8900
04:21:47,805 --> 04:21:48,338
those that are already

8901
04:21:48,338 --> 04:21:49,500
struggling the most.

8902
04:21:49,500 --> 04:21:51,405
Third spaces like libraries,

8903
04:21:52,942 --> 04:21:53,644
parks, arts, youth services and

8904
04:21:53,644 --> 04:21:54,277
gathering places are essential

8905
04:21:54,277 --> 04:21:57,277
to real public safety and

8906
04:21:58,115 --> 04:21:58,883
health and they are already

8907
04:21:58,883 --> 04:22:01,883
experts at making every dollar

8908
04:22:02,753 --> 04:22:03,520
count.

8909
04:22:03,520 --> 04:22:07,240
The city should talk more with

8910
04:22:07,240 --> 04:22:07,791
them about how that works.

8911
04:22:07,791 --> 04:22:08,458
The police are costing the city

8912
04:22:08,458 --> 04:22:11,458
money and credibility and we

8913
04:22:12,950 --> 04:22:12,763
don't see their budget being

8914
04:22:12,763 --> 04:22:15,763
scrutinized for any cuts let

8915
04:22:16,634 --> 04:22:17,367
alone painful necessary ones

8916
04:22:17,367 --> 04:22:18,680
that would share the burden

8917
04:22:18,680 --> 04:22:20,468
more across departments Please

8918
04:22:22,639 --> 04:22:23,240
get rid of Floc Take this

8919
04:22:23,240 --> 04:22:23,574
opportunity and save $2

8920
04:22:23,574 --> 04:22:25,574
million.

8921
04:22:27,410 --> 04:22:27,912
Surveillance is not an

8922
04:22:27,912 --> 04:22:28,479
essential service.

8923
04:22:28,479 --> 04:22:29,880
What's the difference?

8924
04:22:29,880 --> 04:22:32,880
Your time has concluded Nicole

8925
04:22:35,286 --> 04:22:36,210
if you can please unmute.

8926
04:22:36,210 --> 04:22:38,210
>> Good afternoon to

8927
04:22:40,910 --> 04:22:40,924
the Council.

8928
04:22:40,924 --> 04:22:41,592
Thank you for taking the time

8929
04:22:41,592 --> 04:22:44,695
to listen to all our voices

8930
04:22:44,695 --> 04:22:45,463
especially all those that are

8931
04:22:45,463 --> 04:22:45,930
at council And thank you all

8932
04:22:45,930 --> 04:22:46,664
for being there.

8933
04:22:46,664 --> 04:22:49,433
Those voices are loud and clear

8934
04:22:49,433 --> 04:22:50,101
and it is true We must invest

8935
04:22:50,101 --> 04:22:53,701
in our youth with our safe

8936
04:22:54,338 --> 04:22:55,390
parks, libraries, rec center,

8937
04:22:55,390 --> 04:22:55,773
the programs that serves them

8938
04:22:55,773 --> 04:22:59,373
the Choice Creek Park, the Park

8939
04:22:59,410 --> 04:23:00,143
and of course safe streets To

8940
04:23:00,143 --> 04:23:03,246
move around through the city is

8941
04:23:03,246 --> 04:23:03,814
an efficient and sustainable

8942
04:23:03,814 --> 04:23:04,582
way to move.

8943
04:23:04,582 --> 04:23:05,283
For years you know I've been

8944
04:23:05,283 --> 04:23:07,683
riding my bike for

8945
04:23:08,386 --> 04:23:09,120
transportation advocating for

8946
04:23:09,120 --> 04:23:09,820
safe streets So it's tremendous

8947
04:23:09,820 --> 04:23:13,420
that we see a multi-modal team

8948
04:23:13,457 --> 04:23:14,158
that's actually creating these

8949
04:23:14,158 --> 04:23:17,728
places for our youth to be

8950
04:23:17,728 --> 04:23:18,429
healthy and get around and get

8951
04:23:18,429 --> 04:23:19,960
to their programs and these

8952
04:23:19,960 --> 04:23:19,564
services and these parks and

8953
04:23:19,564 --> 04:23:21,564
these libraries.

8954
04:23:22,933 --> 04:23:23,801
That's what our city is about

8955
04:23:23,801 --> 04:23:24,201
is making it a livable city for

8956
04:23:24,201 --> 04:23:26,201
all of them.

8957
04:23:27,370 --> 04:23:27,672
>> So we ask you to keep that

8958
04:23:27,672 --> 04:23:29,672
transportation budget that

8959
04:23:32,276 --> 04:23:32,909
multimodal team can be funded

8960
04:23:32,909 --> 04:23:33,577
through the transportation

8961
04:23:33,577 --> 04:23:34,311
budget and it hasn't It does

8962
04:23:34,311 --> 04:23:36,813
not have to come anywhere else.

8963
04:23:36,813 --> 04:23:37,615
So please.

8964
04:23:37,615 --> 04:23:38,480
>> Safe streets for everyone.

8965
04:23:38,480 --> 04:23:38,416
Thank you all.

8966
04:23:38,416 --> 04:23:40,416
Thank you.

8967
04:23:42,553 --> 04:23:43,254
Next is Britney.

8968
04:23:43,254 --> 04:23:43,587
>> Britney, anyone else please

8969
04:23:43,587 --> 04:23:45,587
unmute.

8970
04:23:47,124 --> 04:23:47,525
I Can you hear me?

8971
04:23:47,525 --> 04:23:47,992
>> Yes.

8972
04:23:47,992 --> 04:23:48,359
Please proceed.

8973
04:23:48,359 --> 04:23:50,359
Thank you.

8974
04:23:52,162 --> 04:23:52,897
I would like I'm a resident of

8975
04:23:52,897 --> 04:23:55,967
District seven and I would like

8976
04:23:55,967 --> 04:23:56,634
to oppose the severe budget

8977
04:23:56,634 --> 04:23:57,301
cuts that were announced in

8978
04:23:57,301 --> 04:23:57,968
the mayor's proposed budget

8979
04:23:57,968 --> 04:24:00,968
That includes the Office of

8980
04:24:01,138 --> 04:24:01,905
Child Abuse Success.

8981
04:24:01,905 --> 04:24:02,540
As someone who works in social

8982
04:24:02,540 --> 04:24:04,940
services and directly with

8983
04:24:05,243 --> 04:24:06,430
youth that would be impacted by

8984
04:24:06,430 --> 04:24:06,710
these cuts, I urge Council to

8985
04:24:06,710 --> 04:24:09,710
show your support by taking

8986
04:24:10,882 --> 04:24:11,215
action and opposing this

8987
04:24:11,215 --> 04:24:11,649
budget.

8988
04:24:11,649 --> 04:24:12,160
>> Thank you.

8989
04:24:12,160 --> 04:24:14,160
Thank you.

8990
04:24:14,619 --> 04:24:18,219
Next is Madison and then our

8991
04:24:19,724 --> 04:24:20,860
final speaker is Anthony Avalos

8992
04:24:20,860 --> 04:24:20,391
.

8993
04:24:20,391 --> 04:24:21,580
>> Hi.

8994
04:24:21,580 --> 04:24:21,526
Thank you for listening to

8995
04:24:21,526 --> 04:24:23,526
everybody today.

8996
04:24:25,263 --> 04:24:25,997
I would also urge you to

8997
04:24:25,997 --> 04:24:29,534
prioritize funding for The O.C.

8998
04:24:29,534 --> 04:24:29,934
Us and for youth substance use

8999
04:24:29,934 --> 04:24:30,668
prevention.

9000
04:24:30,668 --> 04:24:33,668
Thriving for children and youth

9001
04:24:34,205 --> 04:24:34,805
includes preventing exposure

9002
04:24:34,805 --> 04:24:35,206
and access to harmful

9003
04:24:35,206 --> 04:24:35,906
substances.

9004
04:24:35,906 --> 04:24:39,476
We know that the earlier young

9005
04:24:39,476 --> 04:24:40,144
people are exposed to drugs and

9006
04:24:40,144 --> 04:24:40,745
alcohol the greater the risk

9007
04:24:40,745 --> 04:24:43,145
for long term challenges

9008
04:24:44,148 --> 04:24:44,816
impacting their mental health,

9009
04:24:44,816 --> 04:24:45,250
academic success and future

9010
04:24:45,250 --> 04:24:47,250
opportunities.

9011
04:24:48,786 --> 04:24:49,420
When we invest in prevention

9012
04:24:49,420 --> 04:24:50,870
we're investing upstream.

9013
04:24:50,870 --> 04:24:53,687
We reduce the need for more

9014
04:24:53,925 --> 04:24:54,625
costly interventions later like

9015
04:24:54,625 --> 04:24:56,625
emergency services, treatment

9016
04:24:58,763 --> 04:24:59,296
programs and involvement with

9017
04:24:59,296 --> 04:25:00,310
the justice system.

9018
04:25:00,310 --> 04:25:03,310
It's not only the compassionate

9019
04:25:03,902 --> 04:25:04,369
approach it's also the fiscally

9020
04:25:04,369 --> 04:25:05,690
responsible one.

9021
04:25:05,690 --> 04:25:08,669
If we want a safer, healthier

9022
04:25:08,873 --> 04:25:09,440
San Diego this is where it

9023
04:25:09,440 --> 04:25:10,207
starts with our kids.

9024
04:25:10,207 --> 04:25:13,544
And so as a mother of three

9025
04:25:13,544 --> 04:25:14,279
young children, I encourage you

9026
04:25:14,279 --> 04:25:14,946
to ensure that youth prevention

9027
04:25:14,946 --> 04:25:15,280
is a meaningful part of this

9028
04:25:15,280 --> 04:25:15,647
project.

9029
04:25:15,647 --> 04:25:17,647
Thank you.

9030
04:25:17,748 --> 04:25:18,583
Thank you.

9031
04:25:18,583 --> 04:25:21,583
>> Anthony Avalos if you can

9032
04:25:22,656 --> 04:25:23,121
please unmute.

9033
04:25:23,121 --> 04:25:23,855
Good afternoon.

9034
04:25:23,855 --> 04:25:26,255
Council members Anthony Avalos,

9035
04:25:27,125 --> 04:25:29,125
their district.

9036
04:25:30,428 --> 04:25:31,128
We are told San Diego faces a

9037
04:25:31,128 --> 04:25:31,863
$118 million deficit and that

9038
04:25:31,863 --> 04:25:34,863
difficult choices must be made.

9039
04:25:35,567 --> 04:25:36,167
But this budget shows those

9040
04:25:36,167 --> 04:25:36,534
choices are in no way

9041
04:25:36,534 --> 04:25:38,534
equitable.

9042
04:25:39,871 --> 04:25:40,572
It allocates over 700 million

9043
04:25:40,572 --> 04:25:43,572
to the police department while

9044
04:25:44,675 --> 04:25:45,900
cutting library recreation

9045
04:25:45,900 --> 04:25:45,443
access.

9046
04:25:45,443 --> 04:25:47,443
Arts funding.

9047
04:25:50,181 --> 04:25:50,882
Those are not extras.

9048
04:25:50,882 --> 04:25:51,716
They're core to public safety.

9049
04:25:51,716 --> 04:25:52,500
So we have to ask what is

9050
04:25:52,500 --> 04:25:54,500
safety?

9051
04:25:54,819 --> 04:25:55,220
Is it only enforcement after

9052
04:25:55,220 --> 04:25:55,854
harm occurs?

9053
04:25:55,854 --> 04:25:59,157
Or is it the programs that

9054
04:25:59,157 --> 04:25:59,457
prevent harm in the first

9055
04:25:59,457 --> 04:26:00,910
place?

9056
04:26:00,910 --> 04:26:03,910
Now right now this budget

9057
04:26:03,261 --> 04:26:03,995
treats prevention as optional

9058
04:26:03,995 --> 04:26:04,896
and policing is untouchable.

9059
04:26:04,896 --> 04:26:08,466
Even a small shift in police

9060
04:26:08,466 --> 04:26:09,660
funding could close the deficit

9061
04:26:09,660 --> 04:26:11,466
without cutting a single

9062
04:26:12,870 --> 04:26:13,405
program that stabilizes our

9063
04:26:13,405 --> 04:26:14,172
communities.

9064
04:26:14,172 --> 04:26:14,806
This is not a deficit problem.

9065
04:26:14,806 --> 04:26:17,206
It's a priorities problem.

9066
04:26:18,543 --> 04:26:19,144
I urge this Council to stop

9067
04:26:19,144 --> 04:26:19,844
balancing the budget on

9068
04:26:19,844 --> 04:26:22,844
community programs and begin a

9069
04:26:23,615 --> 04:26:24,316
real reallocation from systems

9070
04:26:24,316 --> 04:26:24,783
that respond to harm to those

9071
04:26:24,783 --> 04:26:26,783
that prevent it.

9072
04:26:28,754 --> 04:26:29,120
Thank you Your time has

9073
04:26:29,120 --> 04:26:29,754
concluded.

9074
04:26:29,754 --> 04:26:30,388
For those that continue to

9075
04:26:30,388 --> 04:26:31,890
raise their hands the five

9076
04:26:31,890 --> 04:26:33,591
minute timer I had concluded a

9077
04:26:33,591 --> 04:26:34,192
while ago and we did make note

9078
04:26:34,192 --> 04:26:34,893
of that So no additional

9079
04:26:34,893 --> 04:26:35,560
speakers were taken than those

9080
04:26:35,560 --> 04:26:38,560
that had their hands raised.

9081
04:26:39,131 --> 04:26:39,831
You can definitely still submit

9082
04:26:39,831 --> 04:26:40,499
comments The city clerk at San

9083
04:26:40,499 --> 04:26:40,899
diego.Gov and those will be

9084
04:26:40,899 --> 04:26:42,899
distributed.

9085
04:26:43,635 --> 04:26:44,335
Also to note this item did

9086
04:26:44,335 --> 04:26:45,360
receive two comments in favor

9087
04:26:45,360 --> 04:26:47,436
and 270 comments in opposition

9088
04:26:48,407 --> 04:26:49,142
b or e comment form which have

9089
04:26:49,142 --> 04:26:49,841
been distributed to the Council

9090
04:26:49,841 --> 04:26:52,841
and we did receive 14 speaker

9091
04:26:53,110 --> 04:26:53,545
slips in opposition that did

9092
04:26:53,545 --> 04:26:54,213
not wish to speak.

9093
04:26:54,213 --> 04:26:54,579
Thank you Council PRESIDENT.

9094
04:26:54,579 --> 04:26:54,946
All right.

9095
04:26:54,946 --> 04:26:56,946
Thank you.

9096
04:26:57,950 --> 04:26:58,783
City Clerk for that.

9097
04:26:58,783 --> 04:26:59,484
And as I traditionally do,

9098
04:26:59,484 --> 04:27:01,252
let's take a moment and thank

9099
04:27:01,252 --> 04:27:04,852
our city clerk and her entire

9100
04:27:06,424 --> 04:27:08,424
team for managing.

9101
04:27:11,230 --> 04:27:11,897
I think we had a good three

9102
04:27:11,897 --> 04:27:14,897
hours of public testimony so

9103
04:27:15,967 --> 04:27:16,635
All right with that.

9104
04:27:16,635 --> 04:27:17,169
This was this is an

9105
04:27:17,169 --> 04:27:19,169
informational item.

9106
04:27:21,600 --> 04:27:21,874
No motion is required.

9107
04:27:21,874 --> 04:27:22,574
We'll turn it over to my

9108
04:27:22,574 --> 04:27:23,241
colleagues on the council for

9109
04:27:23,241 --> 04:27:25,641
any questions and comments.

9110
04:27:26,244 --> 04:27:26,978
We'll start with the chair of

9111
04:27:26,978 --> 04:27:29,378
the council's budget committee.

9112
04:27:30,115 --> 04:27:30,416
Council member Foster.

9113
04:27:30,416 --> 04:27:30,815
Yes.

9114
04:27:30,815 --> 04:27:32,815
Thank you.

9115
04:27:35,621 --> 04:27:36,488
Council PRESIDENT And I will

9116
04:27:36,488 --> 04:27:40,359
try my best to make it to my

9117
04:27:40,359 --> 04:27:41,226
comments as quickly as I can.

9118
04:27:41,226 --> 04:27:41,994
I also would like to just take

9119
04:27:41,994 --> 04:27:44,994
a quick moment to thank

9120
04:27:45,497 --> 04:27:46,265
the mayor, the aba and staff

9121
04:27:46,265 --> 04:27:49,265
for their presentation of this

9122
04:27:50,236 --> 04:27:52,636
proposed f y 2027 budget.

9123
04:27:54,739 --> 04:27:55,373
First I want to start by

9124
04:27:55,373 --> 04:27:56,410
acknowledging the serious

9125
04:27:56,410 --> 04:27:58,441
fiscal challenges facing our

9126
04:27:59,770 --> 04:28:00,450
city.

9127
04:28:00,450 --> 04:28:02,445
A $120 million deficit is

9128
04:28:03,548 --> 04:28:04,317
serious.

9129
04:28:04,317 --> 04:28:06,717
And correction does directly

9130
04:28:08,754 --> 04:28:09,321
impacts services and jobs.

9131
04:28:09,321 --> 04:28:11,321
Essentially it impacts

9132
04:28:13,392 --> 04:28:14,930
the quality of life of families

9133
04:28:14,930 --> 04:28:17,930
and our young people citywide.

9134
04:28:18,497 --> 04:28:19,310
As we all move forward and look

9135
04:28:19,310 --> 04:28:19,698
at holding this city

9136
04:28:19,698 --> 04:28:22,980
accountable, let's make sure

9137
04:28:23,102 --> 04:28:23,669
that we also acknowledge

9138
04:28:23,669 --> 04:28:24,403
the decisions of past

9139
04:28:24,403 --> 04:28:26,803
administrations and councils as

9140
04:28:28,641 --> 04:28:29,141
this structural deficit was not

9141
04:28:29,141 --> 04:28:30,800
created yesterday.

9142
04:28:30,800 --> 04:28:33,679
There seems to be a lot of

9143
04:28:33,679 --> 04:28:36,790
misinformation out there by

9144
04:28:38,170 --> 04:28:38,884
these so-called past leaders.

9145
04:28:38,884 --> 04:28:39,585
It is a result of years of

9146
04:28:39,585 --> 04:28:41,985
unfortunate decisions by those

9147
04:28:43,155 --> 04:28:46,155
in power and prioritizing what

9148
04:28:47,893 --> 04:28:48,661
I will term as their friends.

9149
04:28:48,661 --> 04:28:51,661
Yes, this budget cycle does

9150
04:28:52,631 --> 04:28:53,398
demand tough decisions but even

9151
04:28:53,398 --> 04:28:57,469
in a deficit we must not lose

9152
04:28:57,469 --> 04:28:59,469
our moral compass.

9153
04:29:00,773 --> 04:29:01,507
The proposed budget presented

9154
04:29:01,507 --> 04:29:02,207
totals 6.4 billion with general

9155
04:29:02,207 --> 04:29:04,607
fund expenditures and revenue

9156
04:29:05,644 --> 04:29:05,978
coming in at approximately 2.24

9157
04:29:05,978 --> 04:29:07,978
billion.

9158
04:29:10,750 --> 04:29:14,950
With that d o f appears to

9159
04:29:15,870 --> 04:29:15,455
actually reflect an increase in

9160
04:29:15,455 --> 04:29:16,155
revenues.

9161
04:29:16,155 --> 04:29:19,155
>> As I have previously noted

9162
04:29:20,593 --> 04:29:21,260
for me this continues to be a

9163
04:29:21,260 --> 04:29:21,661
discussion about the city's

9164
04:29:21,661 --> 04:29:23,661
priorities.

9165
04:29:25,298 --> 04:29:26,320
A discussion about who and what

9166
04:29:26,320 --> 04:29:29,632
the city plans to prioritize in

9167
04:29:29,668 --> 04:29:30,369
its budget.

9168
04:29:30,369 --> 04:29:31,300
I represent communities that

9169
04:29:31,300 --> 04:29:33,403
for generations have been

9170
04:29:34,139 --> 04:29:34,573
overlooked in budget

9171
04:29:34,573 --> 04:29:35,207
conversations.

9172
04:29:35,207 --> 04:29:37,607
These are working families

9173
04:29:39,511 --> 04:29:40,110
primarily people of color who

9174
04:29:40,110 --> 04:29:40,646
have long endured

9175
04:29:40,646 --> 04:29:42,646
disinvestment, inadequate

9176
04:29:44,884 --> 04:29:47,884
infrastructure and a lack of

9177
04:29:48,754 --> 04:29:49,455
access to opportunity.

9178
04:29:49,455 --> 04:29:52,455
Let me be very clear.

9179
04:29:53,192 --> 04:29:54,260
Equity must be at the forefront

9180
04:29:54,260 --> 04:29:54,660
and must be the path forward

9181
04:29:54,660 --> 04:29:57,600
during these tough times.

9182
04:29:58,965 --> 04:29:59,632
And as I have said repeatedly,

9183
04:29:59,632 --> 04:30:02,320
repeatedly across the board

9184
04:30:03,236 --> 04:30:03,903
cuts ignores the reality that

9185
04:30:03,903 --> 04:30:06,903
some of our communities have

9186
04:30:08,207 --> 04:30:08,808
never been given a full seat at

9187
04:30:08,808 --> 04:30:11,808
the table to begin with.

9188
04:30:12,945 --> 04:30:13,813
As we continue to move forward

9189
04:30:13,813 --> 04:30:14,513
,I will be focused on how

9190
04:30:14,513 --> 04:30:18,113
equity shows up in the budget.

9191
04:30:18,184 --> 04:30:18,851
For example, as we talk about

9192
04:30:18,851 --> 04:30:21,851
the Community Equity Fund or

9193
04:30:22,288 --> 04:30:22,988
the Climate Equity Fund, we

9194
04:30:22,988 --> 04:30:23,689
must ensure that historically

9195
04:30:23,689 --> 04:30:24,423
underserved communities do not

9196
04:30:24,423 --> 04:30:26,759
continue to suffer and be taken

9197
04:30:26,759 --> 04:30:27,627
for granted.

9198
04:30:27,627 --> 04:30:28,394
We must continue to ensure our

9199
04:30:28,394 --> 04:30:31,394
residents do not face another

9200
04:30:31,964 --> 04:30:34,364
disaster like the 2024 floods.

9201
04:30:36,468 --> 04:30:37,203
This is within the cities

9202
04:30:37,203 --> 04:30:37,604
control community public safety

9203
04:30:37,604 --> 04:30:39,604
initiatives.

9204
04:30:41,741 --> 04:30:42,275
We must continue to fund the No

9205
04:30:42,275 --> 04:30:44,275
shots fired program.

9206
04:30:46,845 --> 04:30:47,179
Drop in centers and the drop in

9207
04:30:47,179 --> 04:30:47,814
centers.

9208
04:30:47,814 --> 04:30:51,217
We just had an update that

9209
04:30:51,217 --> 04:30:51,917
violent crime is down and that

9210
04:30:51,917 --> 04:30:55,517
we are the safest large city.

9211
04:30:55,788 --> 04:30:56,556
Let's not pull back.

9212
04:30:56,556 --> 04:30:56,989
These programs have a proven

9213
04:30:56,989 --> 04:30:58,989
track record.

9214
04:31:01,294 --> 04:31:01,995
We must lean in if we want to

9215
04:31:01,995 --> 04:31:04,995
continue to see violent crime

9216
04:31:04,997 --> 04:31:05,632
down and truly be the safest

9217
04:31:05,632 --> 04:31:08,632
large city in the nation.

9218
04:31:09,936 --> 04:31:10,670
Sd Access for all.

9219
04:31:10,670 --> 04:31:14,270
We've heard today a lifeline to

9220
04:31:14,540 --> 04:31:15,241
connectivity and digital equity

9221
04:31:15,241 --> 04:31:16,900
is vital to the future of

9222
04:31:16,900 --> 04:31:19,900
District four and our young

9223
04:31:19,713 --> 04:31:20,480
people Arts and culture

9224
04:31:20,480 --> 04:31:24,800
critical to the success of our

9225
04:31:24,551 --> 04:31:25,151
communities.

9226
04:31:25,151 --> 04:31:25,751
Our diversity should be

9227
04:31:25,751 --> 04:31:27,751
embraced and celebrated.

9228
04:31:29,422 --> 04:31:29,956
It is what makes San Diego

9229
04:31:29,956 --> 04:31:32,956
the city that it is.

9230
04:31:34,461 --> 04:31:34,794
Library parks and recreation

9231
04:31:34,794 --> 04:31:35,461
centers.

9232
04:31:35,461 --> 04:31:37,461
Essential community anchors

9233
04:31:39,266 --> 04:31:40,000
that provide safe spaces, youth

9234
04:31:40,000 --> 04:31:42,000
engagement, educational support

9235
04:31:44,137 --> 04:31:44,804
and critical quality of life

9236
04:31:44,804 --> 04:31:46,804
services that stabilize

9237
04:31:48,675 --> 04:31:49,442
neighborhoods.

9238
04:31:49,442 --> 04:31:49,776
We must hold the line and go

9239
04:31:49,776 --> 04:31:51,776
further.

9240
04:31:53,446 --> 04:31:54,147
We cannot support a budget that

9241
04:31:54,147 --> 04:31:56,547
undercuts library access, park

9242
04:31:57,817 --> 04:31:58,384
access and maintenance or

9243
04:31:58,384 --> 04:31:59,190
neighborhood services

9244
04:31:59,190 --> 04:32:01,190
especially in historically

9245
04:32:03,256 --> 04:32:03,690
underserved communities like

9246
04:32:03,690 --> 04:32:04,591
District four.

9247
04:32:04,591 --> 04:32:08,940
I do have a question for our

9248
04:32:08,940 --> 04:32:08,895
library director.

9249
04:32:08,895 --> 04:32:12,495
There is concern over the new

9250
04:32:12,665 --> 04:32:13,233
Oak Park Library as we are

9251
04:32:13,233 --> 04:32:13,800
faced with the budget

9252
04:32:13,800 --> 04:32:16,200
challenges that we are

9253
04:32:17,137 --> 04:32:19,137
continuing to discuss.

9254
04:32:22,308 --> 04:32:24,308
Is MR. Available?

9255
04:32:27,213 --> 04:32:27,981
Just can we get confirmation

9256
04:32:27,981 --> 04:32:28,582
that there are no impacts or

9257
04:32:28,582 --> 04:32:30,982
delays to the scheduled

9258
04:32:32,285 --> 04:32:32,919
groundbreaking next month for

9259
04:32:32,919 --> 04:32:35,919
the new Oak Park Library?

9260
04:32:36,556 --> 04:32:37,240
On MAY 14th, 2026.

9261
04:32:37,240 --> 04:32:37,657
Good afternoon.

9262
04:32:37,657 --> 04:32:39,657
Councilmember Foster Rania

9263
04:32:40,460 --> 04:32:41,940
Ahmed, the chief of Community

9264
04:32:41,940 --> 04:32:41,461
Services Officer and city

9265
04:32:41,461 --> 04:32:42,129
Engineer.

9266
04:32:42,129 --> 04:32:45,729
On behalf of Misty I can

9267
04:32:46,990 --> 04:32:46,833
confirm that there is no delays

9268
04:32:46,833 --> 04:32:50,433
and then also that is confirmed

9269
04:32:50,771 --> 04:32:51,171
by Engineering Capital Project

9270
04:32:51,171 --> 04:32:51,838
department.

9271
04:32:51,838 --> 04:32:52,439
>> They are the lead on

9272
04:32:52,439 --> 04:32:52,806
delivering this project.

9273
04:32:52,806 --> 04:32:54,806
All right.

9274
04:32:55,141 --> 04:32:56,900
Thank you for that.

9275
04:32:56,900 --> 04:32:59,609
Now I do have some concerns

9276
04:33:00,179 --> 04:33:02,579
about efficiency core services

9277
04:33:04,684 --> 04:33:05,385
and budget allocations that we

9278
04:33:05,385 --> 04:33:08,985
are presented today as we look

9279
04:33:09,723 --> 04:33:10,491
at housing and homelessness.

9280
04:33:10,491 --> 04:33:11,124
>> We need to ask ourselves

9281
04:33:11,124 --> 04:33:14,124
does the budget reflect a

9282
04:33:14,227 --> 04:33:14,895
balanced approach to housing

9283
04:33:14,895 --> 04:33:15,596
and homelessness solutions?

9284
04:33:15,596 --> 04:33:18,596
How are we implementing these

9285
04:33:19,632 --> 04:33:19,966
solutions with the allocated

9286
04:33:19,966 --> 04:33:20,702
dollars?

9287
04:33:20,702 --> 04:33:23,702
Are those impacted Meeting with

9288
04:33:24,738 --> 04:33:25,239
caseworkers and moving towards

9289
04:33:25,239 --> 04:33:27,239
permanent housing?

9290
04:33:29,610 --> 04:33:30,310
I think more conversation is

9291
04:33:30,310 --> 04:33:30,911
needed when I am in District

9292
04:33:30,911 --> 04:33:31,278
four or other areas of

9293
04:33:31,278 --> 04:33:33,278
the city.

9294
04:33:35,249 --> 04:33:35,883
I cannot confidently say we are

9295
04:33:35,883 --> 04:33:37,883
making progress especially

9296
04:33:39,860 --> 04:33:39,686
based on the investments that

9297
04:33:39,686 --> 04:33:40,621
we continue to make.

9298
04:33:40,621 --> 04:33:43,757
We must take a hard look at our

9299
04:33:43,757 --> 04:33:44,457
return on investment and

9300
04:33:44,457 --> 04:33:45,125
continue to bring our partner

9301
04:33:45,125 --> 04:33:48,628
agencies to the table and do

9302
04:33:48,628 --> 04:33:49,229
better.

9303
04:33:49,229 --> 04:33:51,229
Arts and Culture.

9304
04:33:52,599 --> 04:33:53,233
Again, I'm concerned about 100%

9305
04:33:53,233 --> 04:33:55,633
reduction in planning for

9306
04:33:57,371 --> 04:33:58,380
the arts and also to make

9307
04:33:58,380 --> 04:34:00,438
things even more difficult.

9308
04:34:02,442 --> 04:34:03,309
The cutting of cbp's and ccf

9309
04:34:03,309 --> 04:34:06,909
grant programs As we look at

9310
04:34:07,681 --> 04:34:08,382
General fund expenditures as I

9311
04:34:08,382 --> 04:34:10,782
mentioned earlier, it appears

9312
04:34:11,951 --> 04:34:12,452
there is an increase in revenue

9313
04:34:12,452 --> 04:34:13,530
and expenditures.

9314
04:34:13,530 --> 04:34:15,453
It appears there's an

9315
04:34:17,224 --> 04:34:17,791
additional $71 million that we

9316
04:34:17,791 --> 04:34:20,191
are looking to expend.

9317
04:34:22,128 --> 04:34:22,729
There is even an increase of

9318
04:34:22,729 --> 04:34:23,164
27.5 million dollars in

9319
04:34:23,164 --> 04:34:25,164
contract cost.

9320
04:34:26,433 --> 04:34:27,100
>> We're where we were supposed

9321
04:34:27,100 --> 04:34:30,100
to be bringing down contract

9322
04:34:30,905 --> 04:34:31,638
cost And again I think these

9323
04:34:31,638 --> 04:34:32,240
are questions that we will have

9324
04:34:32,240 --> 04:34:34,640
to work towards answers.

9325
04:34:36,276 --> 04:34:36,843
>> General fund expenditure

9326
04:34:36,843 --> 04:34:37,245
cuts to purchasing and

9327
04:34:37,245 --> 04:34:39,245
contracting.

9328
04:34:40,814 --> 04:34:41,415
It looks like we are cutting

9329
04:34:41,415 --> 04:34:41,948
the implementation of

9330
04:34:41,948 --> 04:34:43,948
the disparity study.

9331
04:34:50,190 --> 04:34:53,190
Why would we do that?

9332
04:34:55,362 --> 04:34:56,230
>> My apologies.

9333
04:34:56,230 --> 04:34:56,997
>> And how are we ensuring that

9334
04:34:56,997 --> 04:35:00,597
the city doesn't fall short of

9335
04:35:00,801 --> 04:35:01,101
its equity goals with cuts like

9336
04:35:01,101 --> 04:35:01,869
this?

9337
04:35:01,869 --> 04:35:05,469
As we look at the community

9338
04:35:06,600 --> 04:35:09,606
equity Fund it appears as if

9339
04:35:09,610 --> 04:35:13,210
the proposed budget shows a one

9340
04:35:13,213 --> 04:35:13,747
time resource of the funds

9341
04:35:13,747 --> 04:35:14,482
remaining $195,000.

9342
04:35:14,482 --> 04:35:17,385
Why are we not deploying these

9343
04:35:17,385 --> 04:35:18,252
dollars now?

9344
04:35:18,252 --> 04:35:18,952
Why are we not adding to

9345
04:35:18,952 --> 04:35:21,952
the subsidies or our homeless

9346
04:35:22,656 --> 04:35:23,391
prevention efforts?

9347
04:35:23,391 --> 04:35:26,894
Why are we not making this

9348
04:35:26,894 --> 04:35:27,227
available to seniors and others

9349
04:35:27,227 --> 04:35:27,929
?

9350
04:35:27,929 --> 04:35:28,329
i'll use the police budget as

9351
04:35:28,329 --> 04:35:30,329
an example.

9352
04:35:32,633 --> 04:35:33,500
As I continue to be concerned

9353
04:35:33,500 --> 04:35:37,572
as I looked at the summary of

9354
04:35:37,572 --> 04:35:38,238
the budget documents, it

9355
04:35:38,238 --> 04:35:38,873
appears the budget is being

9356
04:35:38,873 --> 04:35:40,873
increased by $14 million.

9357
04:35:43,770 --> 04:35:43,844
We have to ask why have we

9358
04:35:43,844 --> 04:35:46,844
looked at hourly positions that

9359
04:35:47,715 --> 04:35:48,182
are not critical or vacant non

9360
04:35:48,182 --> 04:35:50,182
sworn positions?

9361
04:35:51,418 --> 04:35:51,952
Have we looked at our

9362
04:35:51,952 --> 04:35:52,686
fingerprinting unit?

9363
04:35:52,686 --> 04:35:52,987
Have we looked at our polygraph

9364
04:35:52,987 --> 04:35:54,987
unit?

9365
04:35:56,590 --> 04:35:57,157
Have we looked at non sworn

9366
04:35:57,157 --> 04:35:57,859
management positions?

9367
04:35:57,859 --> 04:36:00,259
Appears there are redundancies

9368
04:36:01,929 --> 04:36:02,798
with communications in dov.

9369
04:36:02,798 --> 04:36:06,567
The one thing that I don't want

9370
04:36:06,567 --> 04:36:07,234
to do as I look at media

9371
04:36:07,234 --> 04:36:09,437
releases I don't know if

9372
04:36:09,437 --> 04:36:11,437
they're officers or

9373
04:36:14,642 --> 04:36:16,642
communication employees.

9374
04:36:19,714 --> 04:36:20,280
Also how about implementing

9375
04:36:20,280 --> 04:36:20,815
the two officer units?

9376
04:36:20,815 --> 04:36:21,449
I believe there were

9377
04:36:21,449 --> 04:36:23,449
memorandums written under

9378
04:36:24,485 --> 04:36:25,219
the previous police chief

9379
04:36:25,219 --> 04:36:28,819
especially as we are looking at

9380
04:36:29,423 --> 04:36:29,724
cost of vehicles costs of gas

9381
04:36:29,724 --> 04:36:31,724
etc..

9382
04:36:33,861 --> 04:36:34,428
Also are we looking at all of

9383
04:36:34,428 --> 04:36:34,996
our technology within

9384
04:36:34,996 --> 04:36:36,931
the police department?

9385
04:36:36,931 --> 04:36:39,931
Some technology MAY be proving

9386
04:36:42,236 --> 04:36:42,937
to be less useful than others

9387
04:36:42,937 --> 04:36:45,937
when it comes to safety.

9388
04:36:47,410 --> 04:36:47,642
>> We have to take a holistic

9389
04:36:47,642 --> 04:36:48,176
approach and look at

9390
04:36:48,176 --> 04:36:48,743
improvements through

9391
04:36:48,743 --> 04:36:50,743
environmental design.

9392
04:36:52,546 --> 04:36:53,181
We should be focusing on

9393
04:36:53,181 --> 04:36:53,781
graffiti abatement fixing

9394
04:36:53,781 --> 04:36:54,181
streetlights, sidewalks,

9395
04:36:54,181 --> 04:36:56,181
crosswalks.

9396
04:36:57,840 --> 04:36:57,719
These are efforts that help our

9397
04:36:57,719 --> 04:37:00,719
officers as we continue to

9398
04:37:00,788 --> 04:37:01,956
experience staffing challenges

9399
04:37:01,956 --> 04:37:06,494
And we need to find a way to

9400
04:37:06,494 --> 04:37:07,194
get some relief in regards to

9401
04:37:07,194 --> 04:37:09,594
our homelessness services and

9402
04:37:10,598 --> 04:37:11,532
our officers.

9403
04:37:11,532 --> 04:37:15,360
We need to get back to our core

9404
04:37:15,360 --> 04:37:16,103
services and the basics.

9405
04:37:16,103 --> 04:37:19,703
>> But all of these again speak

9406
04:37:20,341 --> 04:37:20,975
to our core services.

9407
04:37:20,975 --> 04:37:23,375
Not monumental errors from

9408
04:37:25,790 --> 04:37:25,847
the public And we as a city

9409
04:37:25,847 --> 04:37:26,247
again need to get back to

9410
04:37:26,247 --> 04:37:28,247
the basics.

9411
04:37:30,218 --> 04:37:30,885
So yes, let's fix the roads.

9412
04:37:30,885 --> 04:37:31,652
We're working People commute

9413
04:37:31,652 --> 04:37:35,252
every day and we must not

9414
04:37:35,456 --> 04:37:35,924
forget about the workers who

9415
04:37:35,924 --> 04:37:37,924
power this city.

9416
04:37:39,627 --> 04:37:40,610
City staff deserves more than

9417
04:37:40,610 --> 04:37:40,730
gratitude.

9418
04:37:40,730 --> 04:37:43,730
They deserve wages They can

9419
04:37:44,966 --> 04:37:45,633
live on vehicles that work.

9420
04:37:45,633 --> 04:37:46,267
Leadership that understands

9421
04:37:46,267 --> 04:37:46,867
their book of business and

9422
04:37:46,867 --> 04:37:48,867
departments that aren't

9423
04:37:49,771 --> 04:37:50,404
stretched to the brink to meet

9424
04:37:50,404 --> 04:37:50,771
our charter mandated core

9425
04:37:50,771 --> 04:37:52,771
services.

9426
04:37:54,409 --> 04:37:55,209
>> We must equip our workers

9427
04:37:55,209 --> 04:37:58,809
for success and we must ensure

9428
04:37:59,280 --> 04:37:59,981
their safety and any position

9429
04:37:59,981 --> 04:38:02,981
reductions need to be balanced

9430
04:38:03,718 --> 04:38:04,419
among management in our front

9431
04:38:04,419 --> 04:38:04,886
line workers and done through

9432
04:38:04,886 --> 04:38:06,886
an equity lens.

9433
04:38:08,789 --> 04:38:09,557
I cannot say this enough.

9434
04:38:09,557 --> 04:38:12,557
We cannot grow public trust

9435
04:38:13,694 --> 04:38:14,529
while eroding public services.

9436
04:38:14,529 --> 04:38:15,230
We must also continue investing

9437
04:38:15,230 --> 04:38:18,230
in housing justice from flood

9438
04:38:18,567 --> 04:38:19,267
recovery support to eviction

9439
04:38:19,267 --> 04:38:19,901
prevention to rapid rehousing

9440
04:38:19,901 --> 04:38:22,901
and rent subsidies for our

9441
04:38:23,838 --> 04:38:24,372
elders to continuing the trash

9442
04:38:24,372 --> 04:38:26,372
free waiver program.

9443
04:38:28,176 --> 04:38:28,543
Let's not just protect these

9444
04:38:28,543 --> 04:38:29,177
services.

9445
04:38:29,177 --> 04:38:32,177
Let's expand them where it

9446
04:38:33,116 --> 04:38:33,815
makes the most sense.

9447
04:38:33,815 --> 04:38:36,215
The capital improvement budget

9448
04:38:36,718 --> 04:38:37,152
includes over 89 million for

9449
04:38:37,152 --> 04:38:39,152
street repair.

9450
04:38:41,556 --> 04:38:42,123
This is not what we like but we

9451
04:38:42,123 --> 04:38:42,824
must ensure it reaches

9452
04:38:42,824 --> 04:38:43,190
the neighborhoods that need it

9453
04:38:43,190 --> 04:38:45,190
the most.

9454
04:38:47,228 --> 04:38:50,228
My district alone still has

9455
04:38:50,932 --> 04:38:51,633
nearly 150 million in unfunded

9456
04:38:51,633 --> 04:38:52,200
street improvements and I look

9457
04:38:52,200 --> 04:38:54,600
forward to the city's

9458
04:38:55,603 --> 04:38:56,338
commitment to apply

9459
04:38:56,338 --> 04:38:56,838
approximately 43% of the paving

9460
04:38:56,838 --> 04:38:58,838
dollars allocated.

9461
04:39:00,275 --> 04:39:00,609
If I can have just a few more

9462
04:39:00,609 --> 04:39:01,243
moments.

9463
04:39:01,243 --> 04:39:01,710
Paving two districts four,

9464
04:39:01,710 --> 04:39:03,710
eight and nine.

9465
04:39:05,414 --> 04:39:05,714
Again these are not wishlist

9466
04:39:05,714 --> 04:39:07,714
items.

9467
04:39:09,785 --> 04:39:10,752
They are basic overdue needs.

9468
04:39:10,752 --> 04:39:11,620
And as I close I will say again

9469
04:39:11,620 --> 04:39:15,910
this is not just a budget

9470
04:39:15,910 --> 04:39:15,890
document.

9471
04:39:15,890 --> 04:39:16,291
It's a statement of our morals

9472
04:39:16,291 --> 04:39:18,291
and values.

9473
04:39:20,328 --> 04:39:20,929
Our communities are watching

9474
04:39:20,929 --> 04:39:21,596
and I stand committed to

9475
04:39:21,596 --> 04:39:23,996
ensuring that District four

9476
04:39:24,933 --> 04:39:25,634
receives the investment that it

9477
04:39:25,634 --> 04:39:29,234
not only deserves but what it

9478
04:39:29,871 --> 04:39:30,405
needs to be a sustainable and

9479
04:39:30,405 --> 04:39:30,972
thriving community.

9480
04:39:30,972 --> 04:39:32,972
Like other communities

9481
04:39:34,643 --> 04:39:35,410
throughout the city of San

9482
04:39:35,410 --> 04:39:36,770
Diego, a city where equity

9483
04:39:36,770 --> 04:39:38,770
drives investment decisions

9484
04:39:39,981 --> 04:39:40,382
must be our standard not a

9485
04:39:40,382 --> 04:39:41,249
sound bite.

9486
04:39:41,249 --> 04:39:44,849
Let's not just say we are

9487
04:39:45,200 --> 04:39:45,787
the finest city in America.

9488
04:39:45,787 --> 04:39:49,387
Let's show the nation we are

9489
04:39:49,558 --> 04:39:50,325
the finest city in the nation.

9490
04:39:50,325 --> 04:39:50,893
I look forward to working with

9491
04:39:50,893 --> 04:39:53,293
the mayor's office, my

9492
04:39:54,997 --> 04:39:55,697
colleagues, the aba and city

9493
04:39:55,697 --> 04:39:59,297
staff as we move forward with

9494
04:39:59,534 --> 04:40:00,302
this budget cycle.

9495
04:40:00,302 --> 04:40:01,300
And so with that Council

9496
04:40:01,300 --> 04:40:03,403
PRESIDENT That concludes my

9497
04:40:04,306 --> 04:40:04,807
comments.

9498
04:40:04,807 --> 04:40:05,574
All right.

9499
04:40:05,574 --> 04:40:06,141
Thank you to our budget chair

9500
04:40:06,141 --> 04:40:08,141
Councilmember Foster.

9501
04:40:09,477 --> 04:40:09,879
We'll go next to council member

9502
04:40:09,879 --> 04:40:10,446
Eli Rivera.

9503
04:40:10,446 --> 04:40:10,812
>> Thank you, Council

9504
04:40:10,812 --> 04:40:12,812
PRESIDENT.

9505
04:40:13,115 --> 04:40:13,816
And I want to thank everyone

9506
04:40:13,816 --> 04:40:14,583
who came here today and

9507
04:40:14,583 --> 04:40:17,583
everyone who has shared your

9508
04:40:19,187 --> 04:40:19,922
stories for why you were here.

9509
04:40:19,922 --> 04:40:22,922
I very much appreciate that.

9510
04:40:23,358 --> 04:40:24,260
And then for those of you who

9511
04:40:24,260 --> 04:40:27,260
shared your talent as well,

9512
04:40:28,300 --> 04:40:28,697
whether it was spoken word or

9513
04:40:28,697 --> 04:40:32,297
some of the other folks who

9514
04:40:32,567 --> 04:40:33,368
share that talent Thank you.

9515
04:40:33,368 --> 04:40:36,968
We have a legal requirement to

9516
04:40:37,606 --> 04:40:38,374
balance the budget but that in

9517
04:40:38,374 --> 04:40:41,777
and of itself is not a vision

9518
04:40:41,777 --> 04:40:42,444
And before I can support a

9519
04:40:42,444 --> 04:40:43,450
budget especially one that's

9520
04:40:43,450 --> 04:40:45,445
proposing deep cuts like

9521
04:40:47,316 --> 04:40:48,160
the ones that were being

9522
04:40:48,160 --> 04:40:48,750
proposed, I didn't understand

9523
04:40:48,750 --> 04:40:52,350
what we were actually trying to

9524
04:40:52,554 --> 04:40:53,155
build and how what is being

9525
04:40:53,155 --> 04:40:53,822
proposed gets us there.

9526
04:40:53,822 --> 04:40:54,523
That does not mean I'm not

9527
04:40:54,523 --> 04:40:56,525
prepared to make difficult

9528
04:40:56,525 --> 04:40:56,892
decisions.

9529
04:40:56,892 --> 04:40:57,593
I am.

9530
04:40:57,593 --> 04:40:58,360
That could very well include

9531
04:40:58,360 --> 04:41:01,360
cuts even to departments and

9532
04:41:01,664 --> 04:41:02,364
programs I believe in because

9533
04:41:02,364 --> 04:41:02,998
we have a responsibility to

9534
04:41:02,998 --> 04:41:05,398
deliver a balanced budget.

9535
04:41:07,436 --> 04:41:08,360
But again I need to understand

9536
04:41:08,360 --> 04:41:08,671
what it's in pursuit of.

9537
04:41:08,671 --> 04:41:10,973
You and I have had that

9538
04:41:10,973 --> 04:41:11,841
conversation a few times.

9539
04:41:11,841 --> 04:41:12,608
And so I'm going to actually

9540
04:41:12,608 --> 04:41:16,111
start with the question for you

9541
04:41:16,111 --> 04:41:16,779
If you can share with us as a

9542
04:41:16,779 --> 04:41:19,779
council and the public about

9543
04:41:20,582 --> 04:41:21,217
what vision it is that you have

9544
04:41:21,217 --> 04:41:21,884
for the city that's being

9545
04:41:21,884 --> 04:41:22,651
pursued with this budget and

9546
04:41:22,651 --> 04:41:25,421
how the budget moves us in that

9547
04:41:25,421 --> 04:41:26,155
direction.

9548
04:41:26,155 --> 04:41:28,555
And for the question,

9549
04:41:30,326 --> 04:41:31,270
Councilmember, we have a

9550
04:41:31,270 --> 04:41:31,626
strategic plan that speaks to

9551
04:41:31,626 --> 04:41:32,161
all of this that's been

9552
04:41:32,161 --> 04:41:34,161
socialized adopted.

9553
04:41:35,297 --> 04:41:35,965
I would say with this

9554
04:41:35,965 --> 04:41:36,665
particular proposal what I'm

9555
04:41:36,665 --> 04:41:40,135
striving to do is to eliminate

9556
04:41:40,135 --> 04:41:40,770
our structural budget deficit

9557
04:41:40,770 --> 04:41:41,404
so that the annual revenue

9558
04:41:41,404 --> 04:41:42,370
growth that Councilmember

9559
04:41:42,370 --> 04:41:45,370
Foster was referring to a

9560
04:41:45,174 --> 04:41:45,841
moment ago can allow us to

9561
04:41:45,841 --> 04:41:46,542
actually restore services as

9562
04:41:46,542 --> 04:41:49,211
opposed to what we have to do

9563
04:41:49,211 --> 04:41:49,678
now where we're making cuts on

9564
04:41:49,678 --> 04:41:50,112
an annual basis.

9565
04:41:50,112 --> 04:41:50,479
>> Understood.

9566
04:41:50,479 --> 04:41:52,479
Thank you.

9567
04:41:52,481 --> 04:41:52,848
Um, I'll have a few more

9568
04:41:52,848 --> 04:41:54,848
questions.

9569
04:41:57,486 --> 04:42:00,486
Um, I appreciate that response.

9570
04:42:01,657 --> 04:42:05,857
I also will say that that that

9571
04:42:06,262 --> 04:42:06,963
also leaves me not knowing

9572
04:42:06,963 --> 04:42:07,730
where this actually puts us

9573
04:42:07,730 --> 04:42:11,330
because the balance could be we

9574
04:42:11,434 --> 04:42:12,135
could we could solve

9575
04:42:12,135 --> 04:42:12,835
the structural budget deficit

9576
04:42:12,835 --> 04:42:16,405
and the budget could still be

9577
04:42:16,405 --> 04:42:17,105
morally deficient And I want us

9578
04:42:17,105 --> 04:42:20,705
to be a city that actually

9579
04:42:20,876 --> 04:42:21,177
works for the people who are

9580
04:42:21,177 --> 04:42:21,944
here.

9581
04:42:21,944 --> 04:42:26,115
I think that there is no reason

9582
04:42:26,115 --> 04:42:26,816
why in a city with this level

9583
04:42:26,816 --> 04:42:29,816
of beauty and this hardworking

9584
04:42:30,953 --> 04:42:31,554
people that is attractive to so

9585
04:42:31,554 --> 04:42:32,255
many people from around

9586
04:42:32,255 --> 04:42:32,955
the world that this should not

9587
04:42:32,955 --> 04:42:36,225
be a place where every family

9588
04:42:36,225 --> 04:42:36,926
and every single neighborhood

9589
04:42:36,926 --> 04:42:40,620
can afford to live, where they

9590
04:42:40,620 --> 04:42:40,763
feel safe and be proud of

9591
04:42:40,763 --> 04:42:41,463
the city And that yes, that

9592
04:42:41,463 --> 04:42:42,165
means parks and libraries and

9593
04:42:42,165 --> 04:42:42,831
rec centers that actually feel

9594
04:42:42,831 --> 04:42:45,401
good to spend time in in our

9595
04:42:45,401 --> 04:42:46,680
funded roads and sidewalks that

9596
04:42:46,680 --> 04:42:46,769
are safe and workers who are

9597
04:42:46,769 --> 04:42:49,169
treated with dignity and

9598
04:42:49,705 --> 04:42:50,339
respect.

9599
04:42:50,339 --> 04:42:51,730
And very importantly young

9600
04:42:51,730 --> 04:42:54,377
people who see a future for

9601
04:42:54,377 --> 04:42:56,777
themselves here And without

9602
04:42:59,282 --> 04:43:00,490
more clarity about where we're

9603
04:43:00,490 --> 04:43:00,549
trying to go and what options

9604
04:43:00,549 --> 04:43:01,317
have been pursued.

9605
04:43:01,317 --> 04:43:04,870
I don't believe that the budget

9606
04:43:04,870 --> 04:43:04,454
as proposed moves us in that

9607
04:43:04,454 --> 04:43:06,454
direction.

9608
04:43:08,925 --> 04:43:09,625
And I think we have an

9609
04:43:09,625 --> 04:43:10,293
obligation to do everything in

9610
04:43:10,293 --> 04:43:10,959
our power to again make sure

9611
04:43:10,959 --> 04:43:13,959
that the city actually works

9612
04:43:15,498 --> 04:43:16,199
for its people.

9613
04:43:16,199 --> 04:43:19,199
Earlier today arts and culture

9614
04:43:19,202 --> 04:43:19,903
advocates and youth advocates

9615
04:43:19,903 --> 04:43:21,903
held competing press

9616
04:43:24,707 --> 04:43:26,707
conferences pleading for

9617
04:43:29,512 --> 04:43:30,313
maintaining the funding they

9618
04:43:30,313 --> 04:43:33,313
need to keep their programing

9619
04:43:35,151 --> 04:43:35,785
going and that was devastating

9620
04:43:35,785 --> 04:43:38,621
on a multitude of fronts.

9621
04:43:38,621 --> 04:43:39,322
But so I'm going to actually

9622
04:43:39,322 --> 04:43:40,550
put those two groups together

9623
04:43:40,550 --> 04:43:40,756
right now because I don't think

9624
04:43:40,756 --> 04:43:43,560
our arts and culture community

9625
04:43:43,560 --> 04:43:44,260
should be competing with our

9626
04:43:44,260 --> 04:43:47,260
youth advocates um to maintain

9627
04:43:48,497 --> 04:43:49,980
the funding that they need And

9628
04:43:49,980 --> 04:43:49,499
obviously the overlap is

9629
04:43:49,499 --> 04:43:51,499
significant.

9630
04:43:53,436 --> 04:43:54,370
The threats facing young people

9631
04:43:54,370 --> 04:43:54,637
right now are serious as

9632
04:43:54,637 --> 04:43:54,971
serious as in any recent

9633
04:43:54,971 --> 04:43:56,971
memory.

9634
04:43:57,841 --> 04:43:58,507
We've got a mental health

9635
04:43:58,507 --> 04:43:59,176
crisis amongst our youth as

9636
04:43:59,176 --> 04:44:01,576
social media platforms that

9637
04:44:03,790 --> 04:44:03,813
were designed to damage their

9638
04:44:03,813 --> 04:44:04,147
sense of self-worth wreak havoc

9639
04:44:04,147 --> 04:44:06,147
on them.

9640
04:44:08,317 --> 04:44:09,180
The economy is making housing

9641
04:44:09,180 --> 04:44:09,319
feel more and more out of

9642
04:44:09,319 --> 04:44:09,986
reach.

9643
04:44:09,986 --> 04:44:12,386
While tech companies are

9644
04:44:12,822 --> 04:44:13,523
destroying the careers that

9645
04:44:13,523 --> 04:44:16,523
these young folks are working

9646
04:44:18,327 --> 04:44:19,280
toward and our arts and culture

9647
04:44:19,280 --> 04:44:19,628
community is essential to who

9648
04:44:19,628 --> 04:44:22,831
we want to be as a city.

9649
04:44:22,831 --> 04:44:23,433
So Mayor, if I if I MAY,

9650
04:44:23,433 --> 04:44:24,134
whether it's you or

9651
04:44:24,134 --> 04:44:27,103
the Department of Finance, it

9652
04:44:27,103 --> 04:44:27,771
answers and help us understand

9653
04:44:27,771 --> 04:44:28,471
what opportunities have been

9654
04:44:28,471 --> 04:44:31,807
pursued at the state level or

9655
04:44:31,807 --> 04:44:32,475
through philanthropy that could

9656
04:44:32,475 --> 04:44:33,276
bridge the gaps in the short

9657
04:44:33,276 --> 04:44:37,476
term not just for arts but for

9658
04:44:39,949 --> 04:44:40,717
our youth programing as well?

9659
04:44:40,717 --> 04:44:41,317
>> It's a great question and

9660
04:44:41,317 --> 04:44:44,317
I've got staff to start

9661
04:44:44,621 --> 04:44:45,155
preparing a report for you all

9662
04:44:45,155 --> 04:44:45,755
to understand better

9663
04:44:45,755 --> 04:44:47,755
the philanthropic areas.

9664
04:44:48,658 --> 04:44:49,426
So to your question about youth

9665
04:44:49,426 --> 04:44:49,992
,this budget while there are

9666
04:44:49,992 --> 04:44:52,392
reductions to park and

9667
04:44:53,630 --> 04:44:54,297
recreation, what you've seen is

9668
04:44:54,297 --> 04:44:55,132
the maintenance of the parks

9669
04:44:55,132 --> 04:44:58,732
after dark programs as well as

9670
04:44:59,102 --> 04:44:59,769
likely some aquatic hours at

9671
04:44:59,769 --> 04:45:02,769
select pools south of eight.

9672
04:45:03,640 --> 04:45:04,341
Those are possible because of

9673
04:45:04,341 --> 04:45:05,800
the contributions of the Price

9674
04:45:05,800 --> 04:45:07,408
Philanthropies group that I

9675
04:45:08,445 --> 04:45:09,111
know you work closely with.

9676
04:45:09,111 --> 04:45:09,946
That would be an example.

9677
04:45:09,946 --> 04:45:13,283
I think you asked the question

9678
04:45:13,283 --> 04:45:13,750
of what we're doing at

9679
04:45:13,750 --> 04:45:14,351
the state level.

9680
04:45:14,351 --> 04:45:16,751
We continue to advocate

9681
04:45:17,454 --> 04:45:18,187
successfully to fund our city's

9682
04:45:18,187 --> 04:45:18,588
paid internship program, employ

9683
04:45:18,588 --> 04:45:19,256
and empower.

9684
04:45:19,256 --> 04:45:22,256
That will not be unchanged.

9685
04:45:22,726 --> 04:45:23,362
We are currently advocating for

9686
04:45:23,362 --> 04:45:23,927
restoration of eliminated

9687
04:45:23,927 --> 04:45:25,927
homelessness dollars.

9688
04:45:27,297 --> 04:45:27,997
This will be very important

9689
04:45:27,997 --> 04:45:28,831
because as you saw in the memo

9690
04:45:28,831 --> 04:45:29,499
I said to you a few weeks ago

9691
04:45:29,499 --> 04:45:31,899
the most expensive shelters

9692
04:45:32,668 --> 04:45:33,370
that we operate as a city are

9693
04:45:33,370 --> 04:45:34,370
those that are made available

9694
04:45:34,370 --> 04:45:37,370
to our transition age youth.

9695
04:45:37,873 --> 04:45:38,608
If the state follows through on

9696
04:45:38,608 --> 04:45:39,243
its current proposal other than

9697
04:45:39,243 --> 04:45:39,743
me half of the money they

9698
04:45:39,743 --> 04:45:41,743
normally give us.

9699
04:45:41,812 --> 04:45:42,412
I'm concerned how that will

9700
04:45:42,412 --> 04:45:42,779
impact those particular

9701
04:45:42,779 --> 04:45:43,447
shelters.

9702
04:45:43,447 --> 04:45:46,447
So there's there's more that

9703
04:45:46,783 --> 04:45:47,517
we'll give you but I think

9704
04:45:47,517 --> 04:45:48,218
those are perhaps some examples

9705
04:45:48,218 --> 04:45:48,886
of what we're trying to do at

9706
04:45:48,886 --> 04:45:51,870
least currently and through

9707
04:45:51,870 --> 04:45:51,822
this process hopefully more

9708
04:45:51,822 --> 04:45:52,523
philanthropic will come forward

9709
04:45:52,523 --> 04:45:53,189
while we see more certainty at

9710
04:45:53,189 --> 04:45:55,826
the federal and state level

9711
04:45:55,826 --> 04:45:56,192
about what their funding will

9712
04:45:56,192 --> 04:45:56,660
look like.

9713
04:45:56,660 --> 04:45:58,660
Appreciate that.

9714
04:46:00,864 --> 04:46:04,464
On another issue um streets are

9715
04:46:06,136 --> 04:46:06,437
something that you've invested

9716
04:46:06,437 --> 04:46:07,137
.

9717
04:46:07,137 --> 04:46:07,404
You believe investing heavily

9718
04:46:07,404 --> 04:46:08,380
in.

9719
04:46:08,380 --> 04:46:08,639
You've talked about public

9720
04:46:08,639 --> 04:46:09,706
safety being a priority.

9721
04:46:09,706 --> 04:46:12,706
The mobility team is being

9722
04:46:15,178 --> 04:46:15,946
proposed to be to be cut.

9723
04:46:15,946 --> 04:46:16,680
>> Are you confident that that

9724
04:46:16,680 --> 04:46:19,680
would not impact street safety?

9725
04:46:20,450 --> 04:46:21,185
Well, I MAY ask Bethany Dusek

9726
04:46:21,185 --> 04:46:21,585
maybe to talk a little bit more

9727
04:46:21,585 --> 04:46:23,585
about that.

9728
04:46:24,254 --> 04:46:24,955
But this very quickly, we've

9729
04:46:24,955 --> 04:46:25,656
heard I think we've all heard

9730
04:46:25,656 --> 04:46:28,656
very closely clearly from our

9731
04:46:28,959 --> 04:46:29,726
traffic violence advocates that

9732
04:46:29,726 --> 04:46:30,160
they want to see progress on

9733
04:46:30,160 --> 04:46:30,761
the fatal 15.

9734
04:46:30,761 --> 04:46:33,161
This proposal does that.

9735
04:46:34,197 --> 04:46:34,898
We are working after

9736
04:46:34,898 --> 04:46:35,632
the council adopted the speed

9737
04:46:35,632 --> 04:46:38,535
management plan That has not an

9738
04:46:38,535 --> 04:46:39,303
insignificant price tag but I

9739
04:46:39,303 --> 04:46:39,937
believe that there's a way that

9740
04:46:39,937 --> 04:46:40,404
we can accommodate that in

9741
04:46:40,404 --> 04:46:41,204
the MAY revise.

9742
04:46:41,204 --> 04:46:44,408
But to your question I think it

9743
04:46:44,408 --> 04:46:44,674
would be helpful maybe Zack or

9744
04:46:44,674 --> 04:46:45,409
MS..

9745
04:46:45,409 --> 04:46:48,409
Aymond can speak to our

9746
04:46:48,545 --> 04:46:49,246
existing capacity in both

9747
04:46:49,246 --> 04:46:49,880
the acp and in transportation

9748
04:46:49,880 --> 04:46:50,614
to make sure that some of

9749
04:46:50,614 --> 04:46:53,614
the traffic safety stuff that's

9750
04:46:57,387 --> 04:46:58,880
unrelated to fatal 15 and speed

9751
04:46:58,880 --> 04:47:01,688
major plan to give you some

9752
04:47:01,859 --> 04:47:02,159
hopefully some assurances that

9753
04:47:02,159 --> 04:47:02,826
.

9754
04:47:02,826 --> 04:47:03,494
>> Thanks for the question

9755
04:47:03,494 --> 04:47:04,940
Councilmember Bethany Beach

9756
04:47:04,940 --> 04:47:06,940
actually performance and

9757
04:47:06,429 --> 04:47:07,164
logistics officer so

9758
04:47:07,164 --> 04:47:07,898
the multimodal team is the team

9759
04:47:07,898 --> 04:47:10,898
that designs the striping plans

9760
04:47:11,501 --> 04:47:12,269
for the paving.

9761
04:47:12,269 --> 04:47:12,937
The vast majority of the paving

9762
04:47:12,937 --> 04:47:15,937
So the overlay projects and

9763
04:47:16,841 --> 04:47:17,141
also the armory and slurry

9764
04:47:17,141 --> 04:47:19,141
seal.

9765
04:47:20,611 --> 04:47:21,412
So that work what we would

9766
04:47:21,412 --> 04:47:22,179
still be able to stripe plans

9767
04:47:22,179 --> 04:47:25,179
but they won't be upgraded

9768
04:47:26,830 --> 04:47:26,750
plans is essentially what will

9769
04:47:26,750 --> 04:47:29,150
happen through this budget.

9770
04:47:30,320 --> 04:47:31,210
We are privatizing more

9771
04:47:31,210 --> 04:47:33,421
specific intersection types of

9772
04:47:35,659 --> 04:47:36,427
safety that will be prioritized

9773
04:47:36,427 --> 04:47:37,161
So we think crosswalk upgrades,

9774
04:47:37,161 --> 04:47:40,161
beacons, those types of things.

9775
04:47:40,597 --> 04:47:41,265
But the striping that is

9776
04:47:41,265 --> 04:47:42,166
planned would be striped in

9777
04:47:42,166 --> 04:47:45,469
kind Now on a case by case

9778
04:47:45,469 --> 04:47:46,700
basis when there is cip funding

9779
04:47:46,700 --> 04:47:49,700
what will occur is that

9780
04:47:49,840 --> 04:47:50,574
individual projects will have

9781
04:47:50,574 --> 04:47:51,242
upgrades and will have striping

9782
04:47:51,242 --> 04:47:54,612
that will happen as part of

9783
04:47:54,612 --> 04:47:55,246
those type projects But through

9784
04:47:55,246 --> 04:47:55,913
the regular paving program

9785
04:47:55,913 --> 04:47:56,214
projects would be striped in

9786
04:47:56,214 --> 04:47:56,580
kind.

9787
04:47:56,580 --> 04:47:58,580
>> Got it.

9788
04:47:59,617 --> 04:47:59,917
And one follow up to that.

9789
04:47:59,917 --> 04:48:00,617
Yes.

9790
04:48:00,617 --> 04:48:03,617
My understanding is that that

9791
04:48:03,887 --> 04:48:04,522
team has helped us maintain

9792
04:48:04,522 --> 04:48:05,389
competitiveness for state

9793
04:48:05,389 --> 04:48:08,989
grants by being able to execute

9794
04:48:09,660 --> 04:48:10,361
on on the work that they do

9795
04:48:10,361 --> 04:48:13,361
that mobility team Are you're

9796
04:48:13,364 --> 04:48:14,980
confident that we won't be

9797
04:48:14,980 --> 04:48:14,665
impeding our ability to compete

9798
04:48:14,665 --> 04:48:15,500
for those grant funds.

9799
04:48:15,500 --> 04:48:18,336
>> So we have a separate team

9800
04:48:18,336 --> 04:48:18,869
that specifically goes after

9801
04:48:18,869 --> 04:48:20,869
grant opportunities.

9802
04:48:23,207 --> 04:48:23,673
That team will remain intact as

9803
04:48:23,673 --> 04:48:24,642
part of this.

9804
04:48:24,642 --> 04:48:25,242
And so what we'll have to do is

9805
04:48:25,242 --> 04:48:27,778
just continue to be very

9806
04:48:27,778 --> 04:48:28,479
proactive in the types of

9807
04:48:28,479 --> 04:48:29,147
projects that we design in

9808
04:48:29,147 --> 04:48:29,680
advance and making sure that

9809
04:48:29,680 --> 04:48:31,680
they're aligned with

9810
04:48:32,316 --> 04:48:32,683
the funding that we believe is

9811
04:48:32,683 --> 04:48:33,117
upcoming.

9812
04:48:33,117 --> 04:48:35,117
>> Got it.

9813
04:48:37,354 --> 04:48:39,354
Thank you.

9814
04:48:42,360 --> 04:48:43,260
Perhaps this is for

9815
04:48:43,260 --> 04:48:46,260
the Department of Finance or

9816
04:48:46,731 --> 04:48:49,131
the Mayor Department Finance

9817
04:48:51,903 --> 04:48:52,604
issued a report on the way that

9818
04:48:52,604 --> 04:48:55,604
golf revenue has changed over

9819
04:48:56,574 --> 04:48:57,241
the years in terms of how it's

9820
04:48:57,241 --> 04:48:57,941
shared with the general fund

9821
04:48:57,941 --> 04:48:58,543
And there was a shift several

9822
04:48:58,543 --> 04:49:00,912
years back that actually

9823
04:49:00,912 --> 04:49:01,612
reduced the amount of dollars

9824
04:49:01,612 --> 04:49:02,346
that come to the general fund.

9825
04:49:02,346 --> 04:49:05,346
I understand that there's some

9826
04:49:06,117 --> 04:49:09,117
technical component to that but

9827
04:49:10,754 --> 04:49:11,522
was any consideration given to

9828
04:49:11,522 --> 04:49:15,122
the idea of not raiding any

9829
04:49:15,693 --> 04:49:18,997
fund but leveraging our our our

9830
04:49:18,997 --> 04:49:20,640
golf courses particularly

9831
04:49:20,640 --> 04:49:23,664
Torrey Pines which is one of

9832
04:49:24,702 --> 04:49:25,402
the most popular and beautiful

9833
04:49:25,402 --> 04:49:28,402
musical courses in the country

9834
04:49:29,807 --> 04:49:30,608
to benefit our parks and rec

9835
04:49:30,608 --> 04:49:31,476
system as a whole so that kids

9836
04:49:31,476 --> 04:49:34,445
in all parts of the city can

9837
04:49:34,445 --> 04:49:35,279
benefit rather than the select

9838
04:49:35,279 --> 04:49:38,983
few who actually get to play on

9839
04:49:38,983 --> 04:49:39,717
these courses.

9840
04:49:39,717 --> 04:49:40,151
>> Thank you for the question,

9841
04:49:40,151 --> 04:49:40,818
Councilmember.

9842
04:49:40,818 --> 04:49:43,421
Yes, that is something we're

9843
04:49:43,421 --> 04:49:44,880
looking at.

9844
04:49:44,880 --> 04:49:44,755
It was prompted by by

9845
04:49:44,755 --> 04:49:45,560
the series of questions you

9846
04:49:45,560 --> 04:49:47,560
asked.

9847
04:49:48,293 --> 04:49:51,893
We're looking at how the golf

9848
04:49:52,897 --> 04:49:53,598
fund is currently projecting

9849
04:49:53,598 --> 04:49:54,132
both revenues and expenditures

9850
04:49:54,132 --> 04:49:56,132
looking at capacity.

9851
04:49:58,336 --> 04:49:59,300
Identifying the potential step

9852
04:49:59,300 --> 04:49:59,370
projects, any potential for

9853
04:49:59,370 --> 04:50:01,370
financing.

9854
04:50:03,475 --> 04:50:03,942
So all of this all of that is

9855
04:50:03,942 --> 04:50:05,942
being evaluated.

9856
04:50:07,746 --> 04:50:08,213
And so the answer is yes.

9857
04:50:08,213 --> 04:50:08,747
All right.

9858
04:50:08,747 --> 04:50:09,447
I appreciate that.

9859
04:50:09,447 --> 04:50:10,115
I'm looking forward to seeing

9860
04:50:10,115 --> 04:50:12,417
what comes from that again.

9861
04:50:12,417 --> 04:50:13,217
I think this is an opportunity

9862
04:50:13,217 --> 04:50:13,985
to lean into the assets that

9863
04:50:13,985 --> 04:50:17,122
San Diego has as a city and

9864
04:50:17,122 --> 04:50:17,756
make sure that the benefits of

9865
04:50:17,756 --> 04:50:20,756
those assets are spread to

9866
04:50:21,392 --> 04:50:22,930
people across the city and not

9867
04:50:22,930 --> 04:50:23,695
just enjoyed by the very, very

9868
04:50:23,695 --> 04:50:26,695
few people who are currently

9869
04:50:29,670 --> 04:50:29,967
enjoying them.

9870
04:50:29,967 --> 04:50:30,735
One of my concerns and Charles,

9871
04:50:30,735 --> 04:50:33,735
I appreciate your bluntness in

9872
04:50:33,772 --> 04:50:35,772
terms of revenue.

9873
04:50:37,308 --> 04:50:38,176
We've had this conversation for

9874
04:50:38,176 --> 04:50:38,576
five and a half years now since

9875
04:50:38,576 --> 04:50:39,277
I got here.

9876
04:50:39,277 --> 04:50:42,277
And I think that's important.

9877
04:50:42,781 --> 04:50:43,848
Mayor, you referenced survey

9878
04:50:43,848 --> 04:50:47,152
data and I read it a little bit

9879
04:50:47,152 --> 04:50:47,986
differently.

9880
04:50:47,986 --> 04:50:51,586
You said that a majority of

9881
04:50:52,357 --> 04:50:53,190
folks did not want that.

9882
04:50:53,190 --> 04:50:53,791
They wanted to basically see us

9883
04:50:53,791 --> 04:50:57,295
cut our way out of this.

9884
04:50:57,295 --> 04:50:57,929
And what I see in that data and

9885
04:50:57,929 --> 04:51:00,929
noting to everyone who was

9886
04:51:01,566 --> 04:51:02,267
pointed it out that that is not

9887
04:51:02,267 --> 04:51:02,967
necessarily representative of

9888
04:51:02,967 --> 04:51:03,267
the city of San Diego as a

9889
04:51:03,267 --> 04:51:03,868
whole.

9890
04:51:03,868 --> 04:51:06,738
I would agree with that.

9891
04:51:06,738 --> 04:51:09,138
That being said, 60% of

9892
04:51:11,130 --> 04:51:11,610
respondents said that they'd

9893
04:51:11,610 --> 04:51:12,277
actually see a balanced

9894
04:51:12,277 --> 04:51:15,277
approach where we use both

9895
04:51:16,470 --> 04:51:16,581
revenue and reductions to get

9896
04:51:16,581 --> 04:51:18,981
to a better place.

9897
04:51:20,886 --> 04:51:21,686
So and 73% of those said that

9898
04:51:21,686 --> 04:51:24,686
revenue should come in part

9899
04:51:25,857 --> 04:51:26,525
from our tourism economy which

9900
04:51:26,525 --> 04:51:28,925
benefits enormously from our

9901
04:51:30,280 --> 04:51:30,729
city.

9902
04:51:30,729 --> 04:51:31,330
So I'm curious as the budget

9903
04:51:31,330 --> 04:51:31,930
was coming together and

9904
04:51:31,930 --> 04:51:34,930
the cuts that have been

9905
04:51:35,433 --> 04:51:36,134
proposed were being considered.

9906
04:51:36,134 --> 04:51:36,802
Was there any consideration of

9907
04:51:36,802 --> 04:51:39,202
putting forward proposals to

9908
04:51:40,338 --> 04:51:41,720
tax the rich or look to

9909
04:51:41,720 --> 04:51:41,739
tourists to fill the gap rather

9910
04:51:41,739 --> 04:51:44,643
than the cuts that have been

9911
04:51:44,643 --> 04:51:45,544
proposed?

9912
04:51:45,544 --> 04:51:46,177
>> Well, Councilmember, I do

9913
04:51:46,177 --> 04:51:49,177
believe that you and other

9914
04:51:49,514 --> 04:51:50,315
members of the Rules Committee

9915
04:51:50,315 --> 04:51:50,950
did vote on such proposals and

9916
04:51:50,950 --> 04:51:51,583
they're currently pending

9917
04:51:51,583 --> 04:51:51,917
before the city council is

9918
04:51:51,917 --> 04:51:53,917
welcome.

9919
04:51:53,986 --> 04:51:54,653
>> Yes, I put forward a

9920
04:51:54,653 --> 04:51:55,553
proposal to tax the rich and

9921
04:51:55,553 --> 04:51:58,789
tax second homes And I hope you

9922
04:51:58,789 --> 04:52:01,789
know that that should help.

9923
04:52:02,927 --> 04:52:03,695
>> But I also didn't know what

9924
04:52:03,695 --> 04:52:04,363
was going to be proposed in

9925
04:52:04,363 --> 04:52:05,290
the budget And so that's why

9926
04:52:05,290 --> 04:52:08,290
I'm trying to understand as

9927
04:52:08,167 --> 04:52:08,867
this was coming together and

9928
04:52:08,867 --> 04:52:09,567
the writing was on the wall

9929
04:52:09,567 --> 04:52:10,202
that the deficit was going to

9930
04:52:10,202 --> 04:52:10,969
be in place and these were

9931
04:52:10,969 --> 04:52:12,704
the sort of cuts that we were

9932
04:52:12,704 --> 04:52:13,472
going to be looking at.

9933
04:52:13,472 --> 04:52:16,472
If there are other ideas

9934
04:52:17,142 --> 04:52:17,776
considered for ways to raise

9935
04:52:17,776 --> 04:52:20,776
revenue, we all know that

9936
04:52:22,181 --> 04:52:22,914
the city is underfunded on a

9937
04:52:22,914 --> 04:52:23,515
per capita basis And just if it

9938
04:52:23,515 --> 04:52:24,283
hasn't been if it wasn't

9939
04:52:24,283 --> 04:52:27,119
considered and we were just

9940
04:52:27,119 --> 04:52:27,419
looking to the council, that's

9941
04:52:27,419 --> 04:52:28,119
fine.

9942
04:52:28,119 --> 04:52:28,587
I just it's an important thing

9943
04:52:28,587 --> 04:52:30,987
for me to know.

9944
04:52:32,240 --> 04:52:32,725
Council member So the kinds of

9945
04:52:32,725 --> 04:52:35,125
revenue resources that you're

9946
04:52:36,194 --> 04:52:36,994
discussing are only placed upon

9947
04:52:36,994 --> 04:52:37,529
the ballot by the council or by

9948
04:52:37,529 --> 04:52:39,529
the general public.

9949
04:52:40,231 --> 04:52:40,933
There's at least two tourist

9950
04:52:40,933 --> 04:52:41,466
tax measures that were before

9951
04:52:41,466 --> 04:52:43,466
the Rules Committee.

9952
04:52:45,700 --> 04:52:45,671
There is the measure that

9953
04:52:45,671 --> 04:52:46,372
you've already placed or

9954
04:52:46,372 --> 04:52:47,600
the council has already placed

9955
04:52:47,600 --> 04:52:49,975
on the on the JUNE ballot.

9956
04:52:49,975 --> 04:52:50,643
I will draw your attention to

9957
04:52:50,643 --> 04:52:51,376
comments from the city clerk

9958
04:52:51,376 --> 04:52:54,179
earlier today where the cost of

9959
04:52:54,179 --> 04:52:54,913
that ballot measure will be

9960
04:52:54,913 --> 04:52:55,614
significantly more than what we

9961
04:52:55,614 --> 04:52:56,810
have budgeted So we'll have to

9962
04:52:56,810 --> 04:52:56,715
deal with that.

9963
04:52:56,715 --> 04:52:59,284
But to your going forward

9964
04:52:59,284 --> 04:52:59,985
question, I have to say I feel

9965
04:52:59,985 --> 04:53:00,619
as though the council was near

9966
04:53:00,619 --> 04:53:03,190
unanimous in its direction

9967
04:53:03,489 --> 04:53:04,890
after the fiscal year 26 budget

9968
04:53:04,890 --> 04:53:07,890
adoption that we are not

9969
04:53:07,793 --> 04:53:08,460
seeking new revenue that after

9970
04:53:08,460 --> 04:53:09,161
what was attempted or and

9971
04:53:09,161 --> 04:53:12,161
implemented in fy 26 that that

9972
04:53:13,132 --> 04:53:13,832
was it and that this needed to

9973
04:53:13,832 --> 04:53:14,366
be generally done through our

9974
04:53:14,366 --> 04:53:16,366
existing resources.

9975
04:53:18,700 --> 04:53:18,404
Then back to your budget memos

9976
04:53:18,404 --> 04:53:19,700
.

9977
04:53:19,700 --> 04:53:22,700
The one shift that happened

9978
04:53:22,641 --> 04:53:23,342
that I took note of was

9979
04:53:23,342 --> 04:53:24,143
the elimination of Beach and

9980
04:53:24,143 --> 04:53:27,743
Bay Parking as a resource that

9981
04:53:28,180 --> 04:53:28,913
was recommended previously by I

9982
04:53:28,913 --> 04:53:29,582
believe eight councilmembers is

9983
04:53:29,582 --> 04:53:29,915
now supported by one council

9984
04:53:29,915 --> 04:53:31,915
member.

9985
04:53:33,151 --> 04:53:33,886
So again we're trying to take

9986
04:53:33,886 --> 04:53:34,420
direction and implement it into

9987
04:53:34,420 --> 04:53:36,820
a proposal for your

9988
04:53:37,890 --> 04:53:37,790
consideration that you could

9989
04:53:37,790 --> 04:53:38,424
theoretically support knowing

9990
04:53:38,424 --> 04:53:38,824
that it would be changed.

9991
04:53:38,824 --> 04:53:40,824
Understood.

9992
04:53:42,361 --> 04:53:43,280
And I.

9993
04:53:43,280 --> 04:53:43,695
Many, many policy proposals

9994
04:53:43,695 --> 04:53:46,695
come from the mayor's office

9995
04:53:48,534 --> 04:53:49,301
and we to get in a back and

9996
04:53:49,301 --> 04:53:51,770
forth about it now but

9997
04:53:51,770 --> 04:53:52,505
understood and I think that

9998
04:53:52,505 --> 04:53:55,505
the question about revenue it's

9999
04:53:56,542 --> 04:53:57,275
all about who we ask if it's

10000
04:53:57,275 --> 04:53:59,675
hardworking blue collar working

10001
04:54:01,680 --> 04:54:02,281
families hard know if it's rich

10002
04:54:02,281 --> 04:54:02,848
people and tourists I'm

10003
04:54:02,848 --> 04:54:05,248
guessing the answer is

10004
04:54:05,517 --> 04:54:06,451
different.

10005
04:54:06,451 --> 04:54:10,323
The last thing I will say and I

10006
04:54:10,323 --> 04:54:11,230
think this is important Charles

10007
04:54:11,230 --> 04:54:11,657
mentioned it MAY MAY I

10008
04:54:11,657 --> 04:54:14,570
mentioned it, My colleague

10009
04:54:15,594 --> 04:54:16,194
mentioned it and I will be

10010
04:54:16,194 --> 04:54:16,662
wrapping up right almost

10011
04:54:16,662 --> 04:54:18,662
exactly in time.

10012
04:54:20,310 --> 04:54:20,699
We did not get here overnight.

10013
04:54:20,699 --> 04:54:21,434
There was years of decisions

10014
04:54:21,434 --> 04:54:24,937
that put us here and those

10015
04:54:24,937 --> 04:54:25,637
decisions prioritize

10016
04:54:25,637 --> 04:54:26,305
the interests of visitors and

10017
04:54:26,305 --> 04:54:28,705
wealthy and powerful people

10018
04:54:29,875 --> 04:54:30,643
over the people who live here.

10019
04:54:30,643 --> 04:54:31,410
That was years and years and

10020
04:54:31,410 --> 04:54:34,847
years and years in the making

10021
04:54:34,847 --> 04:54:35,514
knowing that infrastructure is

10022
04:54:35,514 --> 04:54:36,148
being underfunded, approving

10023
04:54:36,148 --> 04:54:39,148
bad real estate deals and

10024
04:54:39,351 --> 04:54:40,190
refusing to ask folks to

10025
04:54:40,190 --> 04:54:40,820
contribute their fair share.

10026
04:54:40,820 --> 04:54:44,420
And now those same people are

10027
04:54:44,423 --> 04:54:45,123
actively working to block every

10028
04:54:45,123 --> 04:54:48,723
effort to fix what they broke.

10029
04:54:48,961 --> 04:54:49,695
They're opposing new revenue.

10030
04:54:49,695 --> 04:54:50,296
They're opposing accountability

10031
04:54:50,296 --> 04:54:50,963
and they're doing it for

10032
04:54:50,963 --> 04:54:53,332
the donors that they used to

10033
04:54:53,332 --> 04:54:53,632
work for when they sat on this

10034
04:54:53,632 --> 04:54:54,300
dais.

10035
04:54:54,300 --> 04:54:56,700
Now they're actually working

10036
04:54:58,104 --> 04:54:58,871
for the same people.

10037
04:54:58,871 --> 04:54:59,305
They drove the city's finances

10038
04:54:59,305 --> 04:55:00,390
into a ditch.

10039
04:55:00,390 --> 04:55:00,740
They want to make sure we don't

10040
04:55:00,740 --> 04:55:03,108
get out because they're trying

10041
04:55:03,108 --> 04:55:03,875
to capture all of this for

10042
04:55:03,875 --> 04:55:06,875
profit and that can't happen

10043
04:55:08,314 --> 04:55:08,848
And I want to say thank you to

10044
04:55:08,848 --> 04:55:09,382
the public for not.

10045
04:55:09,382 --> 04:55:10,830
At no point in this

10046
04:55:10,830 --> 04:55:12,830
conversation scapegoating city

10047
04:55:12,652 --> 04:55:13,190
workers for the problem that

10048
04:55:13,190 --> 04:55:13,720
we're in.

10049
04:55:13,720 --> 04:55:17,320
Because that is the old tired

10050
04:55:17,323 --> 04:55:17,991
and broken way of trying to

10051
04:55:17,991 --> 04:55:18,725
address city budget issues.

10052
04:55:18,725 --> 04:55:19,240
I so appreciate that no one did

10053
04:55:19,240 --> 04:55:21,240
that.

10054
04:55:22,962 --> 04:55:23,262
That is not the way out of

10055
04:55:23,262 --> 04:55:23,997
this.

10056
04:55:23,997 --> 04:55:24,730
So I'll be digging in obviously

10057
04:55:24,730 --> 04:55:27,130
during budget review committee.

10058
04:55:27,367 --> 04:55:27,900
Council PRESIDENT Thank you for

10059
04:55:27,900 --> 04:55:28,334
the additional time.

10060
04:55:28,334 --> 04:55:28,701
>> All right.

10061
04:55:28,701 --> 04:55:30,701
Thank you.

10062
04:55:31,870 --> 04:55:32,638
Councilmember Rivera.

10063
04:55:32,638 --> 04:55:33,172
>> We'll go next to

10064
04:55:33,172 --> 04:55:33,539
Councilmember Campo.

10065
04:55:33,539 --> 04:55:35,539
Thank you.

10066
04:55:37,310 --> 04:55:37,744
Council PRESIDENT And thank you

10067
04:55:37,744 --> 04:55:38,477
to the mayor.

10068
04:55:38,477 --> 04:55:41,314
Thank you to London and Ben and

10069
04:55:41,314 --> 04:55:42,150
your team for all the work

10070
04:55:42,150 --> 04:55:42,415
you've done to get to this

10071
04:55:42,415 --> 04:55:43,115
point today.

10072
04:55:43,115 --> 04:55:46,715
And I thank everyone who came

10073
04:55:46,719 --> 04:55:47,387
to speak today in-person and

10074
04:55:47,387 --> 04:55:50,387
online because you can feel

10075
04:55:51,857 --> 04:55:52,525
that something is not right

10076
04:55:52,525 --> 04:55:56,125
here And I feel that too.

10077
04:55:56,862 --> 04:55:57,530
I often hear that a budget is a

10078
04:55:57,530 --> 04:56:00,300
moral document and of course

10079
04:56:00,300 --> 04:56:01,670
that is true And the first

10080
04:56:01,670 --> 04:56:01,701
moral duty of a budget is to

10081
04:56:01,701 --> 04:56:03,701
competently structure it.

10082
04:56:05,371 --> 04:56:06,710
The first duty is to structure

10083
04:56:06,710 --> 04:56:09,671
it as strongly as possible for

10084
04:56:10,110 --> 04:56:10,810
the most optimal outcome for

10085
04:56:10,810 --> 04:56:11,511
the with the resources that we

10086
04:56:11,511 --> 04:56:12,212
actually have because a budget

10087
04:56:12,212 --> 04:56:15,648
can be legally balanced and it

10088
04:56:15,648 --> 04:56:16,349
can be statistically balanced

10089
04:56:16,349 --> 04:56:17,160
And we've done that for five

10090
04:56:17,160 --> 04:56:20,160
years running and four years

10091
04:56:20,320 --> 04:56:20,987
before that.

10092
04:56:20,987 --> 04:56:21,554
But that doesn't mean that

10093
04:56:21,554 --> 04:56:23,954
the budget is optimal.

10094
04:56:25,190 --> 04:56:25,792
I view the budget the same way

10095
04:56:25,792 --> 04:56:26,526
each and every year.

10096
04:56:26,526 --> 04:56:27,192
Some budget spending guarantees

10097
04:56:27,192 --> 04:56:30,192
the basics that people need

10098
04:56:31,297 --> 04:56:31,965
right now to live in a safe and

10099
04:56:31,965 --> 04:56:32,565
sound city and that's police

10100
04:56:32,565 --> 04:56:35,565
and fire and streets and

10101
04:56:35,602 --> 04:56:36,336
sidewalks, core infrastructure

10102
04:56:36,336 --> 04:56:37,170
all those things are material

10103
04:56:37,170 --> 04:56:40,770
to this fiscal year and some

10104
04:56:41,341 --> 04:56:42,420
spending helps build the kind

10105
04:56:42,420 --> 04:56:42,809
of city that can flourish over

10106
04:56:42,809 --> 04:56:45,809
time and that's parks and

10107
04:56:46,111 --> 04:56:46,612
libraries, arts and culture and

10108
04:56:46,612 --> 04:56:47,247
youth investment.

10109
04:56:47,247 --> 04:56:50,247
Those are things that are

10110
04:56:50,984 --> 04:56:51,685
material to next year and

10111
04:56:51,685 --> 04:56:52,352
the year after that and

10112
04:56:52,352 --> 04:56:52,985
the year after that both in

10113
04:56:52,985 --> 04:56:56,456
dollars on the next set of

10114
04:56:56,456 --> 04:56:56,890
budgets but also in the lives

10115
04:56:56,890 --> 04:56:57,724
of our people.

10116
04:56:57,724 --> 04:57:00,760
And so a budget has to balance

10117
04:57:00,760 --> 04:57:01,260
the present and the future as

10118
04:57:01,260 --> 04:57:01,962
much as possible.

10119
04:57:01,962 --> 04:57:05,562
What concerns me in the draft

10120
04:57:05,699 --> 04:57:06,499
is that I see in a couple of

10121
04:57:06,499 --> 04:57:07,234
key ways a weakening of both.

10122
04:57:07,234 --> 04:57:10,834
Let me start with the basics.

10123
04:57:11,605 --> 04:57:12,105
We need police and fire streets

10124
04:57:12,105 --> 04:57:12,772
and sidewalks and

10125
04:57:12,772 --> 04:57:14,772
infrastructure because those

10126
04:57:16,610 --> 04:57:16,910
support the conditions of daily

10127
04:57:16,910 --> 04:57:17,611
life.

10128
04:57:17,611 --> 04:57:18,245
And I know that because police

10129
04:57:18,245 --> 04:57:18,845
officers save people in my

10130
04:57:18,845 --> 04:57:21,245
district every day and

10131
04:57:22,249 --> 04:57:22,915
firefighters save people in my

10132
04:57:22,915 --> 04:57:25,915
district every day and safe

10133
04:57:26,720 --> 04:57:27,421
streets and sidewalks keep

10134
04:57:27,421 --> 04:57:27,787
children alive in my district

10135
04:57:27,787 --> 04:57:29,787
every day.

10136
04:57:31,758 --> 04:57:32,526
This year families came before

10137
04:57:32,526 --> 04:57:36,726
me asking for a stop sign and

10138
04:57:36,796 --> 04:57:37,431
road changes and a crosswalk at

10139
04:57:37,431 --> 04:57:38,165
they site year after year.

10140
04:57:38,165 --> 04:57:41,634
And one of those families will

10141
04:57:41,634 --> 04:57:42,502
never get their child back.

10142
04:57:42,502 --> 04:57:43,360
Two of those sisters won't get

10143
04:57:43,360 --> 04:57:43,770
their brother back.

10144
04:57:43,770 --> 04:57:47,274
That is what it means when

10145
04:57:47,274 --> 04:57:47,841
government is late to its most

10146
04:57:47,841 --> 04:57:48,542
basic responsibility.

10147
04:57:48,542 --> 04:57:52,142
That's why some of the choices

10148
04:57:52,613 --> 04:57:52,913
in this budget give me some

10149
04:57:52,913 --> 04:57:53,680
pause.

10150
04:57:53,680 --> 04:57:57,280
Now let's start with the police

10151
04:57:57,551 --> 04:57:58,218
funding.

10152
04:57:58,218 --> 04:57:58,885
The presentation describes a

10153
04:57:58,885 --> 04:58:01,285
$5.6 million in savings from

10154
04:58:02,422 --> 04:58:02,956
freezing sworn police

10155
04:58:02,956 --> 04:58:03,590
leadership positions

10156
04:58:03,590 --> 04:58:03,991
specifically sergeants and

10157
04:58:03,991 --> 04:58:05,991
lieutenants.

10158
04:58:07,227 --> 04:58:07,927
On paper that sounds very

10159
04:58:07,927 --> 04:58:08,461
technical but to me it's

10160
04:58:08,461 --> 04:58:09,620
entirely practical.

10161
04:58:09,620 --> 04:58:12,620
And a department that is

10162
04:58:13,670 --> 04:58:13,767
already very lean.

10163
04:58:13,767 --> 04:58:14,467
Fewer leadership opportunities

10164
04:58:14,467 --> 04:58:16,867
means weaker retention, weaker

10165
04:58:18,138 --> 04:58:18,839
morale and weaker staffing

10166
04:58:18,839 --> 04:58:19,472
structure over time And I know

10167
04:58:19,472 --> 04:58:20,174
many here today pointed to

10168
04:58:20,174 --> 04:58:23,177
the total number of dollars in

10169
04:58:23,177 --> 04:58:23,710
the police department and asked

10170
04:58:23,710 --> 04:58:24,645
why not look there?

10171
04:58:24,645 --> 04:58:28,148
But we are by far one of

10172
04:58:28,148 --> 04:58:28,782
the lowest resourced police

10173
04:58:28,782 --> 04:58:29,349
departments in the United

10174
04:58:29,349 --> 04:58:30,500
States and the frozen

10175
04:58:30,500 --> 04:58:32,853
leadership positions to me is

10176
04:58:32,853 --> 04:58:33,220
actually a significant

10177
04:58:33,220 --> 04:58:33,954
reduction.

10178
04:58:33,954 --> 04:58:34,621
It's one of the examples of a

10179
04:58:34,621 --> 04:58:37,210
short term undermining of

10180
04:58:38,391 --> 04:58:38,792
the basics The same is true in

10181
04:58:38,792 --> 04:58:39,426
fire rescue.

10182
04:58:39,426 --> 04:58:40,940
The budget says it reduces

10183
04:58:40,940 --> 04:58:42,494
positions and non personnel

10184
04:58:43,764 --> 04:58:44,431
spending associated with

10185
04:58:44,431 --> 04:58:45,165
training and recruitment and

10186
04:58:45,165 --> 04:58:47,565
community engagement while also

10187
04:58:49,369 --> 04:58:49,836
relying on cross staffing for

10188
04:58:49,836 --> 04:58:50,504
the bomb squad.

10189
04:58:50,504 --> 04:58:54,104
That MAY balance a line item

10190
04:58:55,175 --> 04:58:55,843
but it raises real concern to

10191
04:58:55,843 --> 04:58:56,543
me about the staffing strain

10192
04:58:56,543 --> 04:58:57,244
and the response capacity in a

10193
04:58:57,244 --> 04:59:00,547
system that does not have any

10194
04:59:00,547 --> 04:59:01,282
slack to give.

10195
04:59:01,282 --> 04:59:01,682
And then there's the facilities

10196
04:59:01,682 --> 04:59:03,682
maintenance.

10197
04:59:04,951 --> 04:59:05,652
This was a very small square on

10198
04:59:05,652 --> 04:59:06,287
that PowerPoint but the budget

10199
04:59:06,287 --> 04:59:06,587
cuts another $1.5 million

10200
04:59:06,587 --> 04:59:08,587
there.

10201
04:59:10,391 --> 04:59:11,910
Many people don't focus on that

10202
04:59:11,910 --> 04:59:14,910
line item but they experience

10203
04:59:15,930 --> 04:59:16,764
it viscerally, usually nasally.

10204
04:59:16,764 --> 04:59:20,364
Both the public and our city

10205
04:59:21,100 --> 04:59:21,668
workers experience it when

10206
04:59:21,668 --> 04:59:22,303
public buildings deteriorate

10207
04:59:22,303 --> 04:59:25,303
and when restrooms are not

10208
04:59:25,506 --> 04:59:26,140
maintained and when sinks stay

10209
04:59:26,140 --> 04:59:26,841
broken and when the spaces

10210
04:59:26,841 --> 04:59:30,441
residents walk in to tell them

10211
04:59:30,744 --> 04:59:31,378
the city has stopped caring.

10212
04:59:31,378 --> 04:59:33,778
Being hundreds of millions

10213
04:59:36,500 --> 04:59:36,717
behind on deferred maintenance

10214
04:59:36,717 --> 04:59:37,417
it's really hard to stomach

10215
04:59:37,417 --> 04:59:40,417
even 1.5 million more to me.

10216
04:59:41,655 --> 04:59:42,355
So those are some of the short

10217
04:59:42,355 --> 04:59:42,989
term problems that are choices

10218
04:59:42,989 --> 04:59:45,389
that undermine the basics.

10219
04:59:46,227 --> 04:59:46,894
But our residents we're not

10220
04:59:46,894 --> 04:59:47,261
meant to merely survive in

10221
04:59:47,261 --> 04:59:47,962
the city.

10222
04:59:47,962 --> 04:59:51,562
They were meant to flourish in

10223
04:59:51,765 --> 04:59:52,466
the city which is why the long

10224
04:59:52,466 --> 04:59:53,670
term disinvestment and youth

10225
04:59:53,670 --> 04:59:53,767
focused and arts focused

10226
04:59:53,767 --> 04:59:54,340
funding matters incredibly to

10227
04:59:54,340 --> 04:59:56,340
me.

10228
04:59:57,872 --> 04:59:58,606
This budget reduces recreation

10229
04:59:58,606 --> 04:59:59,277
center hours and library hours.

10230
04:59:59,277 --> 04:59:59,774
It eliminates the Office of

10231
04:59:59,774 --> 05:00:01,774
Child Use access.

10232
05:00:03,770 --> 05:00:03,844
It cuts arts and culture by

10233
05:00:03,844 --> 05:00:06,244
$11.8 million going from penny

10234
05:00:07,648 --> 05:00:08,150
to the arts to zero for

10235
05:00:08,150 --> 05:00:10,150
the arts.

10236
05:00:12,552 --> 05:00:13,320
Give or take a little Taken

10237
05:00:13,320 --> 05:00:14,210
together, this is more than 20

10238
05:00:14,210 --> 05:00:17,621
million cut from the parts of

10239
05:00:17,892 --> 05:00:18,592
city life that help people grow

10240
05:00:18,592 --> 05:00:18,926
and connect and create and

10241
05:00:18,926 --> 05:00:19,527
belong.

10242
05:00:19,527 --> 05:00:22,527
And for many San Diegans

10243
05:00:23,431 --> 05:00:24,980
including many veterans who

10244
05:00:24,980 --> 05:00:24,765
spoke tonight, those aren't

10245
05:00:24,765 --> 05:00:25,499
actually future investments

10246
05:00:25,499 --> 05:00:28,499
investments now in their social

10247
05:00:28,669 --> 05:00:29,303
fabric and their safety net.

10248
05:00:29,303 --> 05:00:30,400
>> Now this is usually

10249
05:00:30,400 --> 05:00:30,771
the point where my colleagues

10250
05:00:30,771 --> 05:00:34,375
worry I'm about to turn into an

10251
05:00:34,375 --> 05:00:34,876
economics lecturer and I will

10252
05:00:34,876 --> 05:00:35,376
spare you of that.

10253
05:00:35,376 --> 05:00:36,244
But I'll say this.

10254
05:00:36,244 --> 05:00:39,244
Those long term investments pay

10255
05:00:39,714 --> 05:00:40,481
off.

10256
05:00:40,481 --> 05:00:41,850
They are a good return on

10257
05:00:41,850 --> 05:00:41,682
investment a budget that

10258
05:00:41,682 --> 05:00:44,820
instills trust in our

10259
05:00:45,860 --> 05:00:45,452
competence is not just balanced

10260
05:00:45,452 --> 05:00:46,120
on paper.

10261
05:00:46,120 --> 05:00:46,621
It is structured to produce

10262
05:00:46,621 --> 05:00:48,621
the best outcome.

10263
05:00:50,727 --> 05:00:51,458
And when we cut the very things

10264
05:00:51,458 --> 05:00:54,458
that help generate civic value,

10265
05:00:55,997 --> 05:00:56,631
that create economic activity

10266
05:00:56,631 --> 05:00:57,264
including hundreds of jobs

10267
05:00:57,264 --> 05:00:57,965
including the artists who

10268
05:00:57,965 --> 05:00:58,566
showed up today who pay taxes

10269
05:00:58,566 --> 05:01:01,566
that then comes back to

10270
05:01:02,169 --> 05:01:02,836
the city so we can pay our

10271
05:01:02,836 --> 05:01:03,204
employees to go out and put

10272
05:01:03,204 --> 05:01:03,805
services.

10273
05:01:03,805 --> 05:01:06,205
That economic circle is

10274
05:01:07,308 --> 05:01:08,900
stronger with arts and culture

10275
05:01:08,900 --> 05:01:08,609
and all of that increases long

10276
05:01:08,609 --> 05:01:10,609
term public confidence.

10277
05:01:12,347 --> 05:01:13,140
But we undermine that.

10278
05:01:13,140 --> 05:01:13,747
We're not solving a problem.

10279
05:01:13,747 --> 05:01:14,182
We're making next year's budget

10280
05:01:14,182 --> 05:01:16,182
deficit worse.

10281
05:01:18,252 --> 05:01:18,920
That is what I mean when I say

10282
05:01:18,920 --> 05:01:21,920
this proposed budget MAY be

10283
05:01:22,323 --> 05:01:22,724
balanced but it's not optimally

10284
05:01:22,724 --> 05:01:23,391
structured.

10285
05:01:23,391 --> 05:01:24,580
I don't say that to vilify

10286
05:01:24,580 --> 05:01:27,580
anybody who's worked on this

10287
05:01:28,328 --> 05:01:29,970
certainly not the mayor his

10288
05:01:29,970 --> 05:01:29,897
team or anyone on this dais.

10289
05:01:29,897 --> 05:01:33,467
I think we're here sincerely to

10290
05:01:33,467 --> 05:01:34,268
create a better city.

10291
05:01:34,268 --> 05:01:34,669
But wanting the better city is

10292
05:01:34,669 --> 05:01:35,336
not enough.

10293
05:01:35,336 --> 05:01:35,904
We have to optimize a budget

10294
05:01:35,904 --> 05:01:38,304
that can deliver it.

10295
05:01:39,374 --> 05:01:39,807
And so here's the hardest part

10296
05:01:39,807 --> 05:01:40,475
of the truth.

10297
05:01:40,475 --> 05:01:43,100
I cannot sit here today and

10298
05:01:43,100 --> 05:01:43,577
promise that every one of those

10299
05:01:43,577 --> 05:01:44,245
cuts will be restored.

10300
05:01:44,245 --> 05:01:44,512
None of the council members

10301
05:01:44,512 --> 05:01:46,512
can.

10302
05:01:48,820 --> 05:01:48,449
I won't make promises that are

10303
05:01:48,449 --> 05:01:49,217
not real.

10304
05:01:49,217 --> 05:01:49,951
But if we want to restore long

10305
05:01:49,951 --> 05:01:53,254
term investments, if we want to

10306
05:01:53,254 --> 05:01:54,570
solve long term structural

10307
05:01:54,570 --> 05:01:54,422
problems we have to reduce some

10308
05:01:54,422 --> 05:01:54,923
services.

10309
05:01:54,923 --> 05:01:56,923
But the balance

10310
05:01:59,930 --> 05:01:59,694
the optimization between

10311
05:01:59,694 --> 05:02:00,428
frontline public facing

10312
05:02:00,428 --> 05:02:03,428
employees who work in libraries

10313
05:02:05,567 --> 05:02:06,233
and parks and non public facing

10314
05:02:06,233 --> 05:02:09,233
supervisory ranks I must be

10315
05:02:09,837 --> 05:02:10,437
convinced that those are at

10316
05:02:10,437 --> 05:02:11,139
the optimal proportions.

10317
05:02:11,139 --> 05:02:14,739
What I can promise is honesty

10318
05:02:16,311 --> 05:02:17,110
and scrutiny As we get to JUNE

10319
05:02:17,110 --> 05:02:17,345
9th to vote on the final

10320
05:02:17,345 --> 05:02:17,945
budget.

10321
05:02:17,945 --> 05:02:18,646
And I will advocate for

10322
05:02:18,646 --> 05:02:21,749
the people who came here into

10323
05:02:21,749 --> 05:02:22,617
this room today even if they

10324
05:02:22,617 --> 05:02:23,284
disagree with me on a couple of

10325
05:02:23,284 --> 05:02:23,985
the particulars I mentioned.

10326
05:02:23,985 --> 05:02:27,422
I will go through this budget

10327
05:02:27,422 --> 05:02:28,890
thoroughly with my colleagues

10328
05:02:28,890 --> 05:02:28,823
that will come to the table

10329
05:02:28,823 --> 05:02:29,557
with solutions and I will judge

10330
05:02:29,557 --> 05:02:33,157
the budget by a simple standard

10331
05:02:33,261 --> 05:02:33,895
At the end does it protect

10332
05:02:33,895 --> 05:02:34,629
the basics well enough for

10333
05:02:34,629 --> 05:02:38,229
people to live safely now while

10334
05:02:38,767 --> 05:02:39,501
preserving enough of the future

10335
05:02:39,501 --> 05:02:40,134
for the city to flourish later?

10336
05:02:40,134 --> 05:02:43,134
Because I know our police

10337
05:02:44,572 --> 05:02:45,272
officers and firefighters want

10338
05:02:45,272 --> 05:02:45,973
their children to have access

10339
05:02:45,973 --> 05:02:46,407
to theater and music and parks

10340
05:02:46,407 --> 05:02:48,407
and libraries.

10341
05:02:50,450 --> 05:02:50,712
And I know our artists and

10342
05:02:50,712 --> 05:02:51,445
teachers and librarians want

10343
05:02:51,445 --> 05:02:54,445
fast public safety responses in

10344
05:02:56,150 --> 05:02:56,917
their neighborhoods.

10345
05:02:56,917 --> 05:02:57,452
>> The residents of the city

10346
05:02:57,452 --> 05:02:58,860
don't live in silos.

10347
05:02:58,860 --> 05:03:01,860
They deserve both and they

10348
05:03:01,690 --> 05:03:02,624
depend on both.

10349
05:03:02,624 --> 05:03:03,291
And the job before us now is to

10350
05:03:03,291 --> 05:03:03,925
build a budget honest enough

10351
05:03:03,925 --> 05:03:06,325
and disciplined enough and

10352
05:03:08,620 --> 05:03:08,730
competently structured and

10353
05:03:08,730 --> 05:03:09,310
optimized enough to deliver

10354
05:03:09,310 --> 05:03:09,664
that.

10355
05:03:09,664 --> 05:03:10,332
So that will be the final

10356
05:03:10,332 --> 05:03:10,698
question I ask on JUNE 9th.

10357
05:03:10,698 --> 05:03:12,698
Thank you.

10358
05:03:14,202 --> 05:03:14,736
Council PRESIDENT.

10359
05:03:14,736 --> 05:03:15,370
>> All right.

10360
05:03:15,370 --> 05:03:15,703
Thank you, Council member

10361
05:03:15,703 --> 05:03:16,437
Olympia.

10362
05:03:16,437 --> 05:03:19,700
We'll go next to council member

10363
05:03:19,700 --> 05:03:19,574
right.

10364
05:03:19,574 --> 05:03:20,275
>> Thank you for

10365
05:03:20,275 --> 05:03:20,875
the presentation And I do want

10366
05:03:20,875 --> 05:03:23,875
to thank the members of

10367
05:03:24,746 --> 05:03:25,480
the public who took the time to

10368
05:03:25,480 --> 05:03:29,800
attend this meeting and also to

10369
05:03:30,418 --> 05:03:31,186
share your priorities.

10370
05:03:31,186 --> 05:03:31,820
>> Also thank you to Mayor

10371
05:03:31,820 --> 05:03:34,220
Gloria for submitting your

10372
05:03:35,490 --> 05:03:35,791
proposed budget to the Council

10373
05:03:35,791 --> 05:03:36,491
.

10374
05:03:36,491 --> 05:03:37,158
After my initial review there

10375
05:03:37,158 --> 05:03:40,158
are several concerns that I

10376
05:03:42,164 --> 05:03:42,897
want to put for the record.

10377
05:03:42,897 --> 05:03:43,532
I recognize that we're once

10378
05:03:43,532 --> 05:03:45,932
again facing a significant

10379
05:03:47,703 --> 05:03:48,370
budget deficit and I understand

10380
05:03:48,370 --> 05:03:50,770
the difficult decisions that

10381
05:03:52,707 --> 05:03:53,408
come with this Last year one of

10382
05:03:53,408 --> 05:03:54,420
the few reasons I voted no on

10383
05:03:54,420 --> 05:03:57,420
the budget was because it

10384
05:03:58,460 --> 05:03:58,714
relied on increased fees that

10385
05:03:58,714 --> 05:03:59,347
took away free resources for

10386
05:03:59,347 --> 05:04:01,747
our residents while still

10387
05:04:03,952 --> 05:04:04,553
reducing service hours at

10388
05:04:04,553 --> 05:04:05,220
libraries and parks and

10389
05:04:05,220 --> 05:04:07,220
recreation centers services

10390
05:04:09,591 --> 05:04:10,325
that my constituents rely on.

10391
05:04:10,325 --> 05:04:10,993
The budget was also balanced on

10392
05:04:10,993 --> 05:04:12,993
anticipated future revenues

10393
05:04:15,730 --> 05:04:16,397
that did not materialize and it

10394
05:04:16,397 --> 05:04:17,990
proposed drawing $10 million

10395
05:04:17,990 --> 05:04:19,499
from reserves that ultimately

10396
05:04:21,737 --> 05:04:22,437
were not realized.

10397
05:04:22,437 --> 05:04:22,837
This administration knew this

10398
05:04:22,837 --> 05:04:24,837
was coming.

10399
05:04:27,843 --> 05:04:28,477
This administration knew

10400
05:04:28,477 --> 05:04:29,144
the one time covid funding

10401
05:04:29,144 --> 05:04:32,744
would expire and was never a

10402
05:04:33,449 --> 05:04:34,149
stable ongoing revenue source.

10403
05:04:34,149 --> 05:04:34,850
Yet the city acted as though

10404
05:04:34,850 --> 05:04:38,450
nothing was wrong and did not

10405
05:04:39,354 --> 05:04:40,550
take sufficient steps early on

10406
05:04:40,550 --> 05:04:40,422
to prevent this situation from

10407
05:04:40,422 --> 05:04:42,422
worsening.

10408
05:04:44,593 --> 05:04:45,193
For too long the city has been

10409
05:04:45,193 --> 05:04:45,927
living beyond its means.

10410
05:04:45,927 --> 05:04:48,327
I'm deeply concerned about

10411
05:04:50,966 --> 05:04:51,632
the mayor's proposed budget

10412
05:04:51,632 --> 05:04:52,334
cuts, especially those that

10413
05:04:52,334 --> 05:04:54,334
continue to disproportionately

10414
05:04:57,506 --> 05:04:57,839
impact our communities of

10415
05:04:57,839 --> 05:04:58,507
concern.

10416
05:04:58,507 --> 05:04:59,273
We have seen this pattern

10417
05:04:59,273 --> 05:05:02,273
before in past where initial

10418
05:05:03,278 --> 05:05:04,130
proposals included reductions

10419
05:05:04,130 --> 05:05:07,130
that ultimately fall hardest on

10420
05:05:09,485 --> 05:05:10,850
brown and black communities

10421
05:05:10,850 --> 05:05:10,752
something that is very

10422
05:05:10,752 --> 05:05:11,530
frustrating to see this year

10423
05:05:11,530 --> 05:05:13,530
again.

10424
05:05:15,824 --> 05:05:16,425
Libraries and recreation

10425
05:05:16,425 --> 05:05:17,260
centers are not optional

10426
05:05:17,260 --> 05:05:19,426
services in my district.

10427
05:05:22,431 --> 05:05:23,400
They are essential for every

10428
05:05:23,400 --> 05:05:27,600
hour a rec center or library is

10429
05:05:28,704 --> 05:05:29,438
closed is an hour that young

10430
05:05:29,438 --> 05:05:29,872
people and families lose access

10431
05:05:29,872 --> 05:05:31,872
to safe space.

10432
05:05:34,275 --> 05:05:34,844
Structural programing and

10433
05:05:34,844 --> 05:05:35,477
community connections.

10434
05:05:35,477 --> 05:05:38,477
Those impacts are real and

10435
05:05:40,949 --> 05:05:43,949
the Arab really quickly now

10436
05:05:46,522 --> 05:05:46,822
moving on to the arts.

10437
05:05:46,822 --> 05:05:48,822
Sorry.

10438
05:05:52,527 --> 05:05:53,128
Sorry you guys.

10439
05:05:53,128 --> 05:05:53,829
I'm very concerned with

10440
05:05:53,829 --> 05:05:54,296
the mayor's proposed reduction

10441
05:05:54,296 --> 05:05:56,296
to arts funding.

10442
05:05:58,533 --> 05:05:59,135
The impact to our community has

10443
05:05:59,135 --> 05:05:59,568
for underserved folks is

10444
05:05:59,568 --> 05:06:01,568
unmeasurable.

10445
05:06:04,940 --> 05:06:05,607
For many families attending a

10446
05:06:05,607 --> 05:06:06,242
formal performance is simply

10447
05:06:06,242 --> 05:06:08,242
not financially feasible.

10448
05:06:10,613 --> 05:06:11,280
Often the only exposure young

10449
05:06:11,280 --> 05:06:11,947
people in neighborhoods like

10450
05:06:11,947 --> 05:06:12,648
San Ysidro and Logan Heights

10451
05:06:12,648 --> 05:06:16,248
have to the arts comes through

10452
05:06:17,253 --> 05:06:20,253
programs funded by the city.

10453
05:06:23,458 --> 05:06:24,930
Let me repeat that often

10454
05:06:24,930 --> 05:06:24,759
the only exposure to young

10455
05:06:24,759 --> 05:06:27,159
people in neighborhoods like

10456
05:06:30,399 --> 05:06:31,100
San Ysidro and Logan Heights

10457
05:06:31,100 --> 05:06:34,700
have to the arts comes through

10458
05:06:35,804 --> 05:06:36,405
programing funded by the city.

10459
05:06:36,405 --> 05:06:37,106
Just last week the Fleet

10460
05:06:37,106 --> 05:06:40,706
Science Center had a stem fair

10461
05:06:42,445 --> 05:06:43,112
in my district which would only

10462
05:06:43,112 --> 05:06:43,446
be possible because of city

10463
05:06:43,446 --> 05:06:45,446
funding.

10464
05:06:48,517 --> 05:06:49,184
The arts shapes a child's

10465
05:06:49,184 --> 05:06:49,852
future and it's difficult to

10466
05:06:49,852 --> 05:06:50,419
consider a budget that would

10467
05:06:50,419 --> 05:06:52,819
scale them back so

10468
05:06:54,900 --> 05:06:54,824
significantly especially

10469
05:06:54,824 --> 05:06:57,224
considering the economic impact

10470
05:07:00,530 --> 05:07:01,164
the arts has in the city.

10471
05:07:01,164 --> 05:07:01,831
According to the city's

10472
05:07:01,831 --> 05:07:04,231
Creative City Cultural plan,

10473
05:07:05,101 --> 05:07:05,735
arts and culture generated

10474
05:07:05,735 --> 05:07:06,680
$10.8 billion in economic

10475
05:07:06,680 --> 05:07:08,680
impact.

10476
05:07:10,773 --> 05:07:11,340
This council has made

10477
05:07:11,340 --> 05:07:12,410
meaningful progress in

10478
05:07:12,410 --> 05:07:15,410
expanding access to the arts,

10479
05:07:17,246 --> 05:07:17,947
particularly for low income

10480
05:07:17,947 --> 05:07:18,647
communities and this proposal

10481
05:07:18,647 --> 05:07:22,247
strikes all the work that has

10482
05:07:23,520 --> 05:07:23,820
been done.

10483
05:07:23,820 --> 05:07:24,554
This proposed budget has left

10484
05:07:24,554 --> 05:07:27,554
the arts and cultural community

10485
05:07:29,580 --> 05:07:29,558
out to dry and I for one cannot

10486
05:07:29,558 --> 05:07:31,558
stand for that.

10487
05:07:34,364 --> 05:07:35,640
One area I do not agree with is

10488
05:07:35,640 --> 05:07:38,640
the reduction of cutting sworn

10489
05:07:39,768 --> 05:07:40,435
officer positions.

10490
05:07:40,435 --> 05:07:42,835
Cutting sworn officers puts

10491
05:07:45,241 --> 05:07:45,942
public safety at risk and

10492
05:07:45,942 --> 05:07:46,376
something that our communities

10493
05:07:46,376 --> 05:07:48,376
cannot afford.

10494
05:07:51,213 --> 05:07:52,150
Response times across San Diego

10495
05:07:52,150 --> 05:07:55,615
are already too high and our

10496
05:07:55,885 --> 05:07:56,452
police department needs strong

10497
05:07:56,452 --> 05:07:57,530
first and second level

10498
05:07:57,530 --> 05:07:59,453
supervisors in place to

10499
05:08:01,324 --> 05:08:01,891
maintain accountability and

10500
05:08:01,891 --> 05:08:02,625
effective leadership.

10501
05:08:02,625 --> 05:08:03,293
I am looking forward to hearing

10502
05:08:03,293 --> 05:08:05,693
the Chief provide additional

10503
05:08:08,465 --> 05:08:11,465
context on the freezing of

10504
05:08:13,203 --> 05:08:13,937
officer positions when 110 on

10505
05:08:13,937 --> 05:08:14,637
sworn positions remain unfilled

10506
05:08:14,637 --> 05:08:18,237
and when the San Diego Police

10507
05:08:18,641 --> 05:08:19,309
Department maintains an

10508
05:08:19,309 --> 05:08:21,309
executive legislative staff.

10509
05:08:23,746 --> 05:08:24,614
If I MAY have just I think two

10510
05:08:24,614 --> 05:08:28,214
more minutes now I do recognize

10511
05:08:29,886 --> 05:08:30,519
that there are some areas in

10512
05:08:30,519 --> 05:08:31,221
this budget proposal where

10513
05:08:31,221 --> 05:08:33,621
impacts are being distributed

10514
05:08:36,292 --> 05:08:36,993
more thoughtfully, including

10515
05:08:36,993 --> 05:08:37,694
decisions that police library

10516
05:08:37,694 --> 05:08:40,940
reductions in communities that

10517
05:08:42,198 --> 05:08:42,732
are better resourced and more

10518
05:08:42,732 --> 05:08:43,366
able to absorb them.

10519
05:08:43,366 --> 05:08:46,366
I do acknowledge that this

10520
05:08:47,971 --> 05:08:48,572
administration is finally

10521
05:08:48,572 --> 05:08:49,239
looking inward as an

10522
05:08:49,239 --> 05:08:51,239
organization and identifying

10523
05:08:54,344 --> 05:08:54,911
efficiencies before asking more

10524
05:08:54,911 --> 05:08:55,645
of our residents.

10525
05:08:55,645 --> 05:08:56,312
The initial reduction in middle

10526
05:08:56,312 --> 05:08:59,312
management is a step towards

10527
05:09:00,383 --> 05:09:01,510
fiscal responsible city that

10528
05:09:01,510 --> 05:09:01,751
our residents deserve and it

10529
05:09:01,751 --> 05:09:04,151
reflects what our constituents

10530
05:09:06,489 --> 05:09:07,123
expect from us during

10531
05:09:07,123 --> 05:09:07,791
challenging fiscal times.

10532
05:09:07,791 --> 05:09:10,791
For years I have constantly

10533
05:09:12,729 --> 05:09:13,230
called for the reduction in

10534
05:09:13,230 --> 05:09:13,830
middle management.

10535
05:09:13,830 --> 05:09:14,564
And just this year we're

10536
05:09:14,564 --> 05:09:14,964
starting to see improvements on

10537
05:09:14,964 --> 05:09:16,964
that front.

10538
05:09:19,235 --> 05:09:19,769
All in all, this budget needs a

10539
05:09:19,769 --> 05:09:20,504
whole lot more work.

10540
05:09:20,504 --> 05:09:22,904
This council has consistently

10541
05:09:24,841 --> 05:09:25,475
prioritized equity and

10542
05:09:25,475 --> 05:09:26,109
investment in underserved

10543
05:09:26,109 --> 05:09:26,710
neighborhoods and we must

10544
05:09:26,710 --> 05:09:29,110
remain committed to that

10545
05:09:31,130 --> 05:09:31,481
principle throughout this

10546
05:09:31,481 --> 05:09:32,182
budget process.

10547
05:09:32,182 --> 05:09:35,182
Finally I would encourage San

10548
05:09:37,154 --> 05:09:37,821
Diegans to partitions

10549
05:09:37,821 --> 05:09:38,388
participate in the Council's

10550
05:09:38,388 --> 05:09:40,388
upcoming Budget Review

10551
05:09:41,558 --> 05:09:42,358
Committee hearings that will

10552
05:09:42,358 --> 05:09:42,959
begin MAY 4th where we will

10553
05:09:42,959 --> 05:09:43,493
take a deeper dive in

10554
05:09:43,493 --> 05:09:45,493
the proposed budget.

10555
05:09:49,198 --> 05:09:49,700
Thank you for the extra time

10556
05:09:49,700 --> 05:09:50,399
Council PRESIDENT.

10557
05:09:50,399 --> 05:09:50,767
>> That concludes my comments.

10558
05:09:50,767 --> 05:09:51,501
All right.

10559
05:09:51,501 --> 05:09:54,501
Thank you Council member Brito.

10560
05:09:54,571 --> 05:09:54,972
Not seeing anybody else on

10561
05:09:54,972 --> 05:09:56,972
the lights.

10562
05:10:00,611 --> 05:10:00,944
I'll make some closing comments

10563
05:10:00,944 --> 05:10:01,411
.

10564
05:10:01,411 --> 05:10:01,912
I knew it.

10565
05:10:01,912 --> 05:10:02,546
I knew it.

10566
05:10:02,546 --> 05:10:04,946
Council member Von Miller.

10567
05:10:07,817 --> 05:10:08,618
You sure?

10568
05:10:08,618 --> 05:10:09,253
>> Council PRESIDENT Trying to

10569
05:10:09,253 --> 05:10:12,853
save all we have in glass.

10570
05:10:12,856 --> 05:10:13,590
But thank you very much to

10571
05:10:13,590 --> 05:10:14,324
everyone who was here today and

10572
05:10:14,324 --> 05:10:14,958
thank you to Mohamed to finance

10573
05:10:14,958 --> 05:10:17,358
for shifting through very

10574
05:10:18,295 --> 05:10:18,794
difficult times that you didn't

10575
05:10:18,794 --> 05:10:19,496
personally create.

10576
05:10:19,496 --> 05:10:19,830
You're just trying to build a

10577
05:10:19,830 --> 05:10:20,564
budget.

10578
05:10:20,564 --> 05:10:23,467
And thank you to the public for

10579
05:10:23,467 --> 05:10:23,767
coming in and speaking to us

10580
05:10:23,767 --> 05:10:24,434
today.

10581
05:10:24,434 --> 05:10:27,434
We appreciate you being here

10582
05:10:30,206 --> 05:10:30,907
And also thank you to everyone

10583
05:10:30,907 --> 05:10:31,642
here in the department.

10584
05:10:31,642 --> 05:10:32,308
Head to the mayor as well And

10585
05:10:32,308 --> 05:10:32,643
for all the hard work anyone

10586
05:10:32,643 --> 05:10:34,643
put in.

10587
05:10:35,612 --> 05:10:36,380
I have many questions but we'll

10588
05:10:36,380 --> 05:10:36,847
go through it with our budget

10589
05:10:36,847 --> 05:10:37,447
review process.

10590
05:10:37,447 --> 05:10:40,447
We're going to have many

10591
05:10:40,484 --> 05:10:41,351
hearings in the first day But

10592
05:10:41,351 --> 05:10:42,520
one of them is about what is

10593
05:10:42,520 --> 05:10:42,553
the projected deficit because

10594
05:10:42,553 --> 05:10:44,953
on Slide seven of

10595
05:10:47,657 --> 05:10:48,225
the presentation we're looking

10596
05:10:48,225 --> 05:10:48,826
at around 180 million.

10597
05:10:48,826 --> 05:10:49,160
But slide eight goes 246

10598
05:10:49,160 --> 05:10:51,160
million.

10599
05:10:54,310 --> 05:10:54,430
I thought your put 100 million

10600
05:10:54,430 --> 05:10:55,165
or deficit.

10601
05:10:55,165 --> 05:10:55,799
>> Absolutely I can answer that

10602
05:10:55,799 --> 05:10:58,799
question When you look at

10603
05:10:59,703 --> 05:11:00,337
the we started with from

10604
05:11:00,337 --> 05:11:00,904
the five year outlook for

10605
05:11:00,904 --> 05:11:01,638
the general fund which

10606
05:11:01,638 --> 05:11:02,272
basically sets the beginning of

10607
05:11:02,272 --> 05:11:05,272
the budget process at that

10608
05:11:05,875 --> 05:11:06,210
point we're at about 89

10609
05:11:06,210 --> 05:11:06,911
million.

10610
05:11:06,911 --> 05:11:07,444
Things got worse grew to about

10611
05:11:07,444 --> 05:11:09,444
hundred $80 million.

10612
05:11:10,814 --> 05:11:11,648
That was our starting point.

10613
05:11:11,648 --> 05:11:15,248
But we also needed to evaluate

10614
05:11:16,854 --> 05:11:17,554
some mandated legal

10615
05:11:17,554 --> 05:11:18,155
requirements, some ads that we

10616
05:11:18,155 --> 05:11:18,488
had to make of about $28

10617
05:11:18,488 --> 05:11:20,488
million.

10618
05:11:23,600 --> 05:11:23,760
So when you add those $2

10619
05:11:23,760 --> 05:11:24,495
million and that gets you to

10620
05:11:24,495 --> 05:11:26,895
the $146 million in mitigations

10621
05:11:28,499 --> 05:11:28,800
that we had to identify.

10622
05:11:28,800 --> 05:11:29,199
Okay.

10623
05:11:29,199 --> 05:11:29,866
Got it.

10624
05:11:29,866 --> 05:11:30,600
I'd like to break down

10625
05:11:30,600 --> 05:11:30,867
the additional 20 million as we

10626
05:11:30,867 --> 05:11:32,867
go.

10627
05:11:34,938 --> 05:11:35,673
So I will Thank you Also what

10628
05:11:35,673 --> 05:11:36,106
about the annual infrastructure

10629
05:11:36,106 --> 05:11:36,707
contribution?

10630
05:11:36,707 --> 05:11:39,707
Are we not triggering it

10631
05:11:40,711 --> 05:11:41,212
because the tax on the high

10632
05:11:41,212 --> 05:11:41,679
enough this year?

10633
05:11:41,679 --> 05:11:43,679
That's correct.

10634
05:11:46,450 --> 05:11:47,217
Got it.

10635
05:11:47,217 --> 05:11:47,918
And I have a question about

10636
05:11:47,918 --> 05:11:51,518
the street repair and the cost

10637
05:11:51,588 --> 05:11:51,989
of materials we need to rebuild

10638
05:11:51,989 --> 05:11:52,656
our streets.

10639
05:11:52,656 --> 05:11:53,357
It is getting more and more

10640
05:11:53,357 --> 05:11:56,957
expensive every year And I saw

10641
05:11:58,628 --> 05:11:59,330
that the city just filed joined

10642
05:11:59,330 --> 05:12:00,630
the county in filing a lawsuit

10643
05:12:00,630 --> 05:12:00,765
against a monopoly company that

10644
05:12:00,765 --> 05:12:04,101
took over the fire engines of

10645
05:12:04,101 --> 05:12:04,768
parts and supply companies for

10646
05:12:04,768 --> 05:12:05,403
price gouging us So are we

10647
05:12:05,403 --> 05:12:07,803
thinking about going after

10648
05:12:09,807 --> 05:12:10,440
price gouging on some of these

10649
05:12:10,440 --> 05:12:10,975
companies that provide us

10650
05:12:10,975 --> 05:12:11,708
materials to fix our

10651
05:12:11,708 --> 05:12:12,376
infrastructure Because it seems

10652
05:12:12,376 --> 05:12:15,376
ridiculous how much the cost

10653
05:12:17,181 --> 05:12:17,982
directly that maybe 320

10654
05:12:17,982 --> 05:12:22,182
question But I do want to go

10655
05:12:23,540 --> 05:12:23,754
over that in the future They

10656
05:12:23,754 --> 05:12:24,188
should be taking advantage of

10657
05:12:24,188 --> 05:12:26,188
us taxpayers.

10658
05:12:27,357 --> 05:12:28,250
I'm also wondering why we're

10659
05:12:28,250 --> 05:12:28,759
spending 4.6 million of

10660
05:12:28,759 --> 05:12:29,930
the general fund on Dirty Right

10661
05:12:29,930 --> 05:12:29,794
permits.

10662
05:12:29,794 --> 05:12:30,427
Why are those not self-funding

10663
05:12:30,427 --> 05:12:32,290
when people pay for those

10664
05:12:32,290 --> 05:12:34,290
permits?

10665
05:12:37,301 --> 05:12:37,868
>> So the budget includes about

10666
05:12:37,868 --> 05:12:38,669
$10 million in total.

10667
05:12:38,669 --> 05:12:42,869
This is work that dsd does in

10668
05:12:43,207 --> 05:12:44,740
the right of way specifically

10669
05:12:44,740 --> 05:12:48,274
related to any work and it pays

10670
05:12:48,779 --> 05:12:49,480
a franchise fee and through

10671
05:12:49,480 --> 05:12:50,214
that franchise fee they they

10672
05:12:50,214 --> 05:12:51,148
are not to pay any additional

10673
05:12:51,148 --> 05:12:54,748
So the general fund has to

10674
05:12:58,756 --> 05:12:59,624
cover that cost.

10675
05:12:59,624 --> 05:13:00,291
We we negotiated as you do with

10676
05:13:00,291 --> 05:13:00,925
you so much in profits they

10677
05:13:00,925 --> 05:13:03,925
should be paying for their

10678
05:13:04,862 --> 05:13:05,530
right of way permits okay I

10679
05:13:05,530 --> 05:13:08,530
have a many other questions

10680
05:13:10,167 --> 05:13:11,680
that I'll get to you later but

10681
05:13:11,680 --> 05:13:11,769
I do just want to chat a bit

10682
05:13:11,769 --> 05:13:12,403
about you know what I've been

10683
05:13:12,403 --> 05:13:14,803
thinking and feeling going

10684
05:13:16,400 --> 05:13:16,907
through this budget cycle so

10685
05:13:16,907 --> 05:13:17,608
this is not great news for for

10686
05:13:17,608 --> 05:13:21,808
the city And we knew that when

10687
05:13:21,846 --> 05:13:22,713
the sales tax path in other

10688
05:13:22,713 --> 05:13:23,381
cities around us a sales tax or

10689
05:13:23,381 --> 05:13:24,150
have some sales tax did pass

10690
05:13:24,150 --> 05:13:24,582
and they are fully funding

10691
05:13:24,582 --> 05:13:26,582
their fire departments

10692
05:13:28,720 --> 05:13:29,420
infrastructure and others And

10693
05:13:29,420 --> 05:13:30,188
so we are now stuck with

10694
05:13:30,188 --> 05:13:33,788
the budget that we have Of

10695
05:13:34,525 --> 05:13:34,926
course we could do better in a

10696
05:13:34,926 --> 05:13:35,593
free trial.

10697
05:13:35,593 --> 05:13:36,294
I appreciate your old Monica

10698
05:13:36,294 --> 05:13:39,300
stating that you know some of

10699
05:13:39,300 --> 05:13:39,731
the folks who are most

10700
05:13:39,731 --> 05:13:40,331
criticizing the city right now

10701
05:13:40,331 --> 05:13:42,331
including the Taxpayers

10702
05:13:46,905 --> 05:13:47,638
Association didn't mention that

10703
05:13:47,638 --> 05:13:48,339
some of the authors that report

10704
05:13:48,339 --> 05:13:49,700
sat here and voted for things

10705
05:13:49,700 --> 05:13:49,640
like one on one ashtray and

10706
05:13:49,640 --> 05:13:52,400
buying an indoor skydiving

10707
05:13:52,810 --> 05:13:53,111
center that we were tendering

10708
05:13:53,111 --> 05:13:53,811
with.

10709
05:13:53,811 --> 05:13:54,646
So I'm glad that we're coming

10710
05:13:54,646 --> 05:13:57,849
out of those holes and you're

10711
05:13:57,849 --> 05:13:58,183
not doing that here at this

10712
05:13:58,183 --> 05:13:58,850
council.

10713
05:13:58,850 --> 05:13:59,150
But we do have to earn back

10714
05:13:59,150 --> 05:13:59,651
trust.

10715
05:13:59,651 --> 05:14:01,651
I understand that.

10716
05:14:04,594 --> 05:14:05,155
So I did think about this

10717
05:14:05,155 --> 05:14:05,890
budget and think about

10718
05:14:05,890 --> 05:14:06,624
the public and think that we're

10719
05:14:06,624 --> 05:14:08,893
going to do with all these cuts

10720
05:14:08,893 --> 05:14:09,861
We have to make.

10721
05:14:09,861 --> 05:14:10,595
You know, I want to talk about

10722
05:14:10,595 --> 05:14:11,196
last week where in this chamber

10723
05:14:11,196 --> 05:14:13,196
we commemorated National

10724
05:14:15,400 --> 05:14:16,100
Emergency Dispatchers Week

10725
05:14:16,100 --> 05:14:16,701
where their teams are working

10726
05:14:16,701 --> 05:14:17,368
24 seven to support our

10727
05:14:17,368 --> 05:14:19,768
firefighters, police and our

10728
05:14:21,380 --> 05:14:21,906
team services.

10729
05:14:21,906 --> 05:14:22,607
I got to go to our dispatch

10730
05:14:22,607 --> 05:14:26,207
center last week and deliver a

10731
05:14:27,478 --> 05:14:28,179
proclamation thanking them for

10732
05:14:28,179 --> 05:14:28,880
the work they're doing And if

10733
05:14:28,880 --> 05:14:29,614
you've ever been you should be

10734
05:14:29,614 --> 05:14:31,816
able to see the dispatch center

10735
05:14:31,816 --> 05:14:32,617
because listening to no one

10736
05:14:32,617 --> 05:14:33,317
calls at a dispatch center is a

10737
05:14:33,317 --> 05:14:34,520
sobering window into the most

10738
05:14:34,520 --> 05:14:37,520
urgent moments of many people's

10739
05:14:37,989 --> 05:14:38,590
lives in the city you hear

10740
05:14:38,590 --> 05:14:39,224
voices of victims of car

10741
05:14:39,224 --> 05:14:41,224
accidents, heart attacks,

10742
05:14:43,995 --> 05:14:44,629
strokes, witnesses of

10743
05:14:44,629 --> 05:14:45,960
in-progress sometimes very

10744
05:14:45,960 --> 05:14:45,763
violent crimes.

10745
05:14:45,763 --> 05:14:48,763
You hear voices of confusion

10746
05:14:50,468 --> 05:14:51,169
and courage and you also hear

10747
05:14:51,169 --> 05:14:51,870
the incredibly calm voices of

10748
05:14:51,870 --> 05:14:53,870
our 912 dispatchers themselves

10749
05:14:55,373 --> 05:14:55,974
And they talk in one ear to

10750
05:14:55,974 --> 05:14:56,607
the 911 caller and then

10751
05:14:56,607 --> 05:14:57,274
the other they talking to

10752
05:14:57,274 --> 05:14:59,674
the firefighters, the police

10753
05:15:01,780 --> 05:15:01,780
officers, the ambulance drivers

10754
05:15:01,780 --> 05:15:02,380
who are being dispatched down

10755
05:15:02,380 --> 05:15:02,746
the road to get to that

10756
05:15:02,746 --> 05:15:04,746
emergency.

10757
05:15:05,716 --> 05:15:06,484
And to me it underscored just

10758
05:15:06,484 --> 05:15:07,840
how critical it is to have

10759
05:15:07,840 --> 05:15:07,819
trained professionals On

10760
05:15:07,819 --> 05:15:11,419
the other end of those dispatch

10761
05:15:12,423 --> 05:15:13,240
lines call gather information

10762
05:15:13,240 --> 05:15:13,759
and sending out trained

10763
05:15:13,759 --> 05:15:16,159
professionals to mental health.

10764
05:15:18,620 --> 05:15:18,730
Our San Diego Police Department

10765
05:15:18,730 --> 05:15:19,331
respond to over 1.4 million

10766
05:15:19,331 --> 05:15:21,731
calls annually with over

10767
05:15:23,000 --> 05:15:23,602
700,000 calls being nine when

10768
05:15:23,602 --> 05:15:24,302
emergencies with some of

10769
05:15:24,302 --> 05:15:27,302
the lowest staffing levels of

10770
05:15:29,207 --> 05:15:29,975
any big city in the country.

10771
05:15:29,975 --> 05:15:30,641
And I applaud you all for

10772
05:15:30,641 --> 05:15:30,976
cutting down on the overtime

10773
05:15:30,976 --> 05:15:32,976
budget.

10774
05:15:34,645 --> 05:15:35,346
It's important at the same time

10775
05:15:35,346 --> 05:15:36,810
I am worried about the ability

10776
05:15:36,810 --> 05:15:36,814
to respond to calls on time and

10777
05:15:36,814 --> 05:15:39,814
how many times we're starting

10778
05:15:41,619 --> 05:15:42,320
lineups not having enough

10779
05:15:42,320 --> 05:15:43,210
officers on the line which is

10780
05:15:43,210 --> 05:15:46,210
an inevitable train because we

10781
05:15:46,959 --> 05:15:47,559
don't have enough officers to

10782
05:15:47,559 --> 05:15:48,226
cover our big city.

10783
05:15:48,226 --> 05:15:48,927
So Chief, you're in an

10784
05:15:48,927 --> 05:15:49,594
impossible position and you're

10785
05:15:49,594 --> 05:15:53,194
doing the best you can with

10786
05:15:53,765 --> 05:15:56,165
the resources you have.

10787
05:15:57,635 --> 05:15:58,369
But you were 1426 at about 9:23

10788
05:15:58,369 --> 05:15:59,700
P.M. Valentine's Day the senior

10789
05:15:59,700 --> 05:16:01,700
police communications received

10790
05:16:03,642 --> 05:16:04,342
a report of a stabbing on a

10791
05:16:04,342 --> 05:16:04,976
sidewalk near the intersection

10792
05:16:04,976 --> 05:16:05,510
of Eighth Street and City

10793
05:16:05,510 --> 05:16:06,178
Street downtown and

10794
05:16:06,178 --> 05:16:09,178
the officers found a person

10795
05:16:10,949 --> 05:16:11,650
described an adult male in his

10796
05:16:11,650 --> 05:16:12,317
42 on the sidewalk lying down

10797
05:16:12,317 --> 05:16:14,717
suffering from stab wounds.

10798
05:16:15,820 --> 05:16:16,688
The officers and medics

10799
05:16:16,688 --> 05:16:17,321
rendered aid to the man but he

10800
05:16:17,321 --> 05:16:20,321
did not survive an injury

10801
05:16:20,425 --> 05:16:21,193
injuries He was now publicly

10802
05:16:21,193 --> 05:16:21,827
identified as 41 year old Mark

10803
05:16:21,827 --> 05:16:24,827
Thomas of San Diego While

10804
05:16:26,698 --> 05:16:27,366
tending to the victim officers

10805
05:16:27,366 --> 05:16:27,966
were directed to the suspect

10806
05:16:27,966 --> 05:16:28,633
who stabbed him who had

10807
05:16:28,633 --> 05:16:29,301
retreated into the apartment

10808
05:16:29,301 --> 05:16:32,504
above and started a fire in

10809
05:16:32,504 --> 05:16:33,272
the building.

10810
05:16:33,272 --> 05:16:33,572
I know about this because I was

10811
05:16:33,572 --> 05:16:35,572
there.

10812
05:16:38,710 --> 05:16:39,444
I was on a very long that I and

10813
05:16:39,444 --> 05:16:40,145
I saw all of the equipment for

10814
05:16:40,145 --> 05:16:43,745
the city purchases and it came

10815
05:16:44,249 --> 05:16:44,950
out I finally saw the automatic

10816
05:16:44,950 --> 05:16:45,551
cpr machine that was trying to

10817
05:16:45,551 --> 05:16:46,218
pump blood to his chest.

10818
05:16:46,218 --> 05:16:50,418
I never knew why we spent so

10819
05:16:50,456 --> 05:16:51,156
much money on having no idea.

10820
05:16:51,156 --> 05:16:51,489
I saw multiple police units

10821
05:16:51,489 --> 05:16:52,191
roll up.

10822
05:16:52,191 --> 05:16:56,391
I saw a fire truck with a

10823
05:16:56,528 --> 05:16:57,161
ladder have to come out because

10824
05:16:57,161 --> 05:16:57,863
the suspect tried to wipe

10825
05:16:57,863 --> 05:16:58,597
the entire apartment building

10826
05:16:58,597 --> 05:17:02,467
on fire And I watched as police

10827
05:17:02,467 --> 05:17:03,101
and firefighters did safely

10828
05:17:03,101 --> 05:17:03,669
retrieve the suspect with

10829
05:17:03,669 --> 05:17:06,690
minimal use of force.

10830
05:17:08,273 --> 05:17:09,700
But I stood there next to

10831
05:17:09,700 --> 05:17:09,741
the victim's girlfriend and his

10832
05:17:09,741 --> 05:17:13,941
dog as they watched him die on

10833
05:17:14,120 --> 05:17:14,879
the street.

10834
05:17:14,879 --> 05:17:15,614
And so I know we have a low

10835
05:17:15,614 --> 05:17:16,470
crime rate in this new city and

10836
05:17:16,470 --> 05:17:18,470
it's amazing.

10837
05:17:19,351 --> 05:17:19,951
But there are still real

10838
05:17:19,951 --> 05:17:20,719
victims of these crimes.

10839
05:17:20,719 --> 05:17:24,319
And so when we talk about

10840
05:17:27,326 --> 05:17:27,859
cutting our fire and our

10841
05:17:27,859 --> 05:17:28,527
emergency services,

10842
05:17:28,527 --> 05:17:29,261
the terrible consequences of

10843
05:17:29,261 --> 05:17:29,962
this doesn't mean we can't make

10844
05:17:29,962 --> 05:17:33,562
a permanent change then we can

10845
05:17:33,566 --> 05:17:34,199
we can cut budgets in every

10846
05:17:34,199 --> 05:17:34,800
city and every department.

10847
05:17:34,800 --> 05:17:37,800
But I've to fire rescue

10848
05:17:38,737 --> 05:17:39,405
firefighters and medics have to

10849
05:17:39,405 --> 05:17:40,380
cover approximately 326mi in

10850
05:17:40,380 --> 05:17:43,638
the city all the way from

10851
05:17:44,276 --> 05:17:44,876
the wild little park to

10852
05:17:44,876 --> 05:17:47,876
the U.S. Ethical border

10853
05:17:48,647 --> 05:17:49,382
lifeguards protect 70 miles of

10854
05:17:49,382 --> 05:17:50,810
coastline including Ocean Beach

10855
05:17:50,810 --> 05:17:50,549
to Mission Beach specifically

10856
05:17:50,549 --> 05:17:52,549
to Mission Bay.

10857
05:17:54,920 --> 05:17:55,521
And we're protecting over a

10858
05:17:55,521 --> 05:17:56,121
million swimmers a year.

10859
05:17:56,121 --> 05:17:59,121
In addition to this fire

10860
05:18:00,893 --> 05:18:01,494
suppression, the fire

10861
05:18:01,494 --> 05:18:02,194
suppression and medical

10862
05:18:02,194 --> 05:18:02,862
response and Beach Rescue Fire

10863
05:18:02,862 --> 05:18:05,262
Department also provide bomb

10864
05:18:07,566 --> 05:18:08,300
safety threat investigation and

10865
05:18:08,300 --> 05:18:10,700
hazardous material response And

10866
05:18:12,405 --> 05:18:13,380
just yesterday copy three one

10867
05:18:13,380 --> 05:18:13,739
of our welfare helicopters

10868
05:18:13,739 --> 05:18:14,440
responded to a fire in Del Sur

10869
05:18:14,440 --> 05:18:18,400
at the end of a crowded

10870
05:18:18,310 --> 05:18:19,110
neighborhood block And between

10871
05:18:19,110 --> 05:18:19,712
Cal fires fixed wing and our

10872
05:18:19,712 --> 05:18:23,912
helicopter we put it out and I

10873
05:18:24,583 --> 05:18:25,351
got a call from my constituents

10874
05:18:25,351 --> 05:18:26,850
this morning who lives on that

10875
05:18:26,850 --> 05:18:26,718
street, who is gathering up her

10876
05:18:26,718 --> 05:18:27,386
kids and her pets and her

10877
05:18:27,386 --> 05:18:29,786
documents to evacuate before

10878
05:18:29,889 --> 05:18:30,256
the fire helicopter got there

10879
05:18:30,256 --> 05:18:30,922
last year.

10880
05:18:30,922 --> 05:18:33,322
Our wildfire helicopters put

10881
05:18:35,861 --> 05:18:36,495
out five fires in JANUARY alone

10882
05:18:36,495 --> 05:18:36,896
saving countless homes and

10883
05:18:36,896 --> 05:18:37,597
structures.

10884
05:18:37,597 --> 05:18:38,264
So I will not ever bend on our

10885
05:18:38,264 --> 05:18:41,264
area operations in our fire

10886
05:18:42,468 --> 05:18:43,169
rescue department And thank you

10887
05:18:43,169 --> 05:18:43,436
to the chief for fully funding

10888
05:18:43,436 --> 05:18:44,169
it.

10889
05:18:44,169 --> 05:18:47,169
That being said, I also

10890
05:18:48,307 --> 05:18:48,840
understand the need to have a

10891
05:18:48,840 --> 05:18:49,575
culture in the city.

10892
05:18:49,575 --> 05:18:49,908
It is more than just bricks and

10893
05:18:49,908 --> 05:18:51,908
mortar.

10894
05:18:54,446 --> 05:18:55,147
It is the people who live here

10895
05:18:55,147 --> 05:18:55,882
in the spaces we create to be

10896
05:18:55,882 --> 05:18:59,482
public funding for the arts and

10897
05:19:00,153 --> 05:19:00,853
culture is not a luxury it our

10898
05:19:00,853 --> 05:19:01,554
society tells the truth about

10899
05:19:01,554 --> 05:19:04,554
itself especially in bonds us

10900
05:19:05,958 --> 05:19:06,526
in hard times even during

10901
05:19:06,526 --> 05:19:07,226
the Great Depression.

10902
05:19:07,226 --> 05:19:07,826
Whatever our nation's darkest

10903
05:19:07,826 --> 05:19:08,360
moments Franklin Delano

10904
05:19:08,360 --> 05:19:10,360
Roosevelt understood

10905
05:19:11,631 --> 05:19:12,331
the recovery wasn't just about

10906
05:19:12,331 --> 05:19:12,898
roads and jobs but also about

10907
05:19:12,898 --> 05:19:13,466
dignity and identity.

10908
05:19:13,466 --> 05:19:15,866
So the Works Progress

10909
05:19:18,404 --> 05:19:19,370
Administration he created

10910
05:19:19,370 --> 05:19:19,772
the Federal Arts Project.

10911
05:19:19,772 --> 05:19:20,339
He put artists to work painting

10912
05:19:20,339 --> 05:19:22,339
murals, writing plays

10913
05:19:23,375 --> 05:19:24,110
documenting American life

10914
05:19:24,110 --> 05:19:27,710
because the arts cannot be left

10915
05:19:30,182 --> 05:19:30,883
to starve in this country.

10916
05:19:30,883 --> 05:19:33,283
Oh, I didn't Sorry.

10917
05:19:36,222 --> 05:19:36,922
Never mind Under 30s So I do

10918
05:19:36,922 --> 05:19:37,590
know we have to restore arts

10919
05:19:37,590 --> 05:19:37,923
and culture funding in this

10920
05:19:37,923 --> 05:19:38,524
budget.

10921
05:19:38,524 --> 05:19:42,124
We will work to do that.

10922
05:19:42,662 --> 05:19:43,329
It will be easy but you have my

10923
05:19:43,329 --> 05:19:43,996
commitment to continue to do

10924
05:19:43,996 --> 05:19:44,597
that And thank you again for

10925
05:19:44,597 --> 05:19:45,265
everyone who came down.

10926
05:19:45,265 --> 05:19:48,265
I hope you realize everyone

10927
05:19:48,701 --> 05:19:49,502
realizes how incredibly hard it

10928
05:19:49,502 --> 05:19:49,836
is for all of us but know that

10929
05:19:49,836 --> 05:19:50,536
we are.

10930
05:19:50,536 --> 05:19:51,203
Everyone here in this room is

10931
05:19:51,203 --> 05:19:55,375
working as hard as we can to

10932
05:19:55,375 --> 05:19:55,875
try and figure out the best

10933
05:19:55,875 --> 05:19:56,309
solution to this.

10934
05:19:56,309 --> 05:19:56,675
So thank you.

10935
05:19:56,675 --> 05:19:57,430
All right.

10936
05:19:57,430 --> 05:19:57,744
Thank you.

10937
05:19:57,744 --> 05:20:00,144
Council member Yvonne Wolpert

10938
05:20:00,513 --> 05:20:00,914
will go next to council member

10939
05:20:00,914 --> 05:20:01,614
with her.

10940
05:20:01,614 --> 05:20:02,348
>> Thank you Council PRESIDENT

10941
05:20:02,348 --> 05:20:05,348
I save my substantive questions

10942
05:20:06,152 --> 05:20:06,787
and comments for the full week

10943
05:20:06,787 --> 05:20:07,153
of budget review committee

10944
05:20:07,153 --> 05:20:07,820
hearings.

10945
05:20:07,820 --> 05:20:08,221
We're going to have the week

10946
05:20:08,221 --> 05:20:08,921
after next.

10947
05:20:08,921 --> 05:20:11,557
As many of you MAY know, we're

10948
05:20:11,557 --> 05:20:12,192
going to have those hearings

10949
05:20:12,192 --> 05:20:12,826
that go through the budget

10950
05:20:12,826 --> 05:20:14,826
department by department.

10951
05:20:17,897 --> 05:20:18,631
It will also have an analysis

10952
05:20:18,631 --> 05:20:19,980
of all those department budgets

10953
05:20:19,980 --> 05:20:19,799
by the Office of

10954
05:20:19,799 --> 05:20:22,199
the Independent Budget Analyst

10955
05:20:23,303 --> 05:20:23,770
which will offer some helpful

10956
05:20:23,770 --> 05:20:24,470
context as well.

10957
05:20:24,470 --> 05:20:28,700
But I do want to thank

10958
05:20:29,208 --> 05:20:29,876
everybody who spoke today and

10959
05:20:29,876 --> 05:20:30,577
share your thoughts what you

10960
05:20:30,577 --> 05:20:30,910
would like to see in the city

10961
05:20:30,910 --> 05:20:32,910
budget.

10962
05:20:35,949 --> 05:20:36,683
My team and I took a lot of

10963
05:20:36,683 --> 05:20:37,384
notes this afternoon and even I

10964
05:20:37,384 --> 05:20:41,584
saw that they are taking a lot

10965
05:20:41,754 --> 05:20:42,422
of notes as people spoke at a

10966
05:20:42,422 --> 05:20:43,230
number of you points that I

10967
05:20:43,230 --> 05:20:43,656
thought were persuasive.

10968
05:20:43,656 --> 05:20:47,256
So I'm glad that you took

10969
05:20:48,928 --> 05:20:49,496
the time to testify what

10970
05:20:49,496 --> 05:20:50,960
the people asked for.

10971
05:20:50,960 --> 05:20:53,960
They can find details on

10972
05:20:53,767 --> 05:20:54,568
the budget And I just want to

10973
05:20:54,568 --> 05:20:55,301
be sure everybody knows you can

10974
05:20:55,301 --> 05:20:58,901
find details on the whole thing

10975
05:20:59,105 --> 05:20:59,839
The city website if you go to

10976
05:20:59,839 --> 05:21:03,439
San diego.Gov/files/draft you

10977
05:21:05,879 --> 05:21:06,581
will find well over a thousand

10978
05:21:06,581 --> 05:21:07,247
pages of information there If

10979
05:21:07,247 --> 05:21:07,881
you can't remember that just

10980
05:21:07,881 --> 05:21:11,481
search for the city of San

10981
05:21:12,285 --> 05:21:12,985
Diego website and when you get

10982
05:21:12,985 --> 05:21:13,853
there go to the Department of

10983
05:21:13,853 --> 05:21:17,453
Finance and you'll see a tab

10984
05:21:18,391 --> 05:21:19,590
for the draft budgets.

10985
05:21:19,590 --> 05:21:19,659
Got everything right there.

10986
05:21:19,659 --> 05:21:20,360
There's going to be more

10987
05:21:20,360 --> 05:21:23,360
opportunities to speak out as

10988
05:21:24,363 --> 05:21:25,650
this budget evolves.

10989
05:21:25,650 --> 05:21:25,799
What note for District three

10990
05:21:25,799 --> 05:21:29,302
residents We are going to have

10991
05:21:29,302 --> 05:21:29,970
a District three budget

10992
05:21:29,970 --> 05:21:30,670
townhall with the Office of

10993
05:21:30,670 --> 05:21:31,370
the Independent Budget Analyst

10994
05:21:31,370 --> 05:21:33,370
Thank you.

10995
05:21:36,276 --> 05:21:37,144
It's going to be on Tuesday MAY

10996
05:21:37,144 --> 05:21:37,811
12th at 6 P.M. It will be right

10997
05:21:37,811 --> 05:21:38,177
here in council chambers So

10998
05:21:38,177 --> 05:21:40,177
thank you.

10999
05:21:42,215 --> 05:21:42,916
Council PRESIDENT Thank you.

11000
05:21:42,916 --> 05:21:43,483
Council weapon Oh in chambers.

11001
05:21:43,483 --> 05:21:45,883
What a brilliant idea.

11002
05:21:47,787 --> 05:21:48,488
Another advantage of being a

11003
05:21:48,488 --> 05:21:49,890
District three council member.

11004
05:21:49,890 --> 05:21:52,890
We'll go next to Council

11005
05:21:53,493 --> 05:21:54,227
PRESIDENT Pro Tem please thank

11006
05:21:54,227 --> 05:21:54,895
Council PRESIDENT And thank you

11007
05:21:54,895 --> 05:21:57,895
to the Department of Finance

11008
05:22:01,670 --> 05:22:01,702
and our cfo Linda Chavez for

11009
05:22:01,702 --> 05:22:02,269
their work in putting this

11010
05:22:02,269 --> 05:22:02,836
budget together things

11011
05:22:02,836 --> 05:22:05,236
the mayor's office and

11012
05:22:05,706 --> 05:22:06,406
the mayor for presenting this

11013
05:22:06,406 --> 05:22:07,390
to my colleagues for their

11014
05:22:07,390 --> 05:22:07,607
feedback I too appreciated

11015
05:22:07,607 --> 05:22:10,700
the straight talk from

11016
05:22:11,845 --> 05:22:12,646
the Independent budget analyst

11017
05:22:12,646 --> 05:22:13,380
to start us off because I think

11018
05:22:13,380 --> 05:22:16,380
what the public often struggles

11019
05:22:17,951 --> 05:22:18,718
most understand is the frank

11020
05:22:18,718 --> 05:22:22,318
reality of the city's level of

11021
05:22:23,656 --> 05:22:24,191
underfunding not just to

11022
05:22:24,191 --> 05:22:24,791
structurally deliver

11023
05:22:24,791 --> 05:22:27,191
the services that we're

11024
05:22:30,130 --> 05:22:30,831
discussing today but beyond

11025
05:22:30,831 --> 05:22:31,565
that even after we pass a

11026
05:22:31,565 --> 05:22:34,565
balanced budget this year, what

11027
05:22:36,503 --> 05:22:37,203
we are missing most is an

11028
05:22:37,203 --> 05:22:37,704
effort to make actual headway

11029
05:22:37,704 --> 05:22:38,372
on the decades of

11030
05:22:38,372 --> 05:22:40,372
infrastructure backlog that

11031
05:22:42,576 --> 05:22:43,310
have been left from generations

11032
05:22:43,310 --> 05:22:44,110
of passed That I think is truly

11033
05:22:44,110 --> 05:22:46,411
the structural challenge that

11034
05:22:48,749 --> 05:22:49,483
the city faces that will remain

11035
05:22:49,483 --> 05:22:52,483
unaddressed until we the public

11036
05:22:53,954 --> 05:22:54,287
choose to do something about it

11037
05:22:54,287 --> 05:22:55,880
.

11038
05:22:55,880 --> 05:22:55,756
Yet in my years in the Council

11039
05:22:55,756 --> 05:22:58,156
I've quickly understood that

11040
05:22:59,793 --> 05:23:00,427
it's one thing to educate

11041
05:23:00,427 --> 05:23:01,127
the public on the city's

11042
05:23:01,127 --> 05:23:01,795
structural fiscal challenges.

11043
05:23:01,795 --> 05:23:05,395
It's another to ask if we've

11044
05:23:06,299 --> 05:23:07,340
actually earned the trust and

11045
05:23:07,340 --> 05:23:07,767
the credibility from the public

11046
05:23:07,767 --> 05:23:11,838
to give us the tools to address

11047
05:23:11,838 --> 05:23:12,606
those challenges.

11048
05:23:12,606 --> 05:23:13,207
So we stand here again today

11049
05:23:13,207 --> 05:23:16,207
and I think we've long

11050
05:23:17,844 --> 05:23:18,478
understood that this budget

11051
05:23:18,478 --> 05:23:19,179
would be challenging, that

11052
05:23:19,179 --> 05:23:22,779
the deficit would add only add

11053
05:23:23,751 --> 05:23:24,518
on top of the difficult

11054
05:23:24,518 --> 05:23:25,319
decisions we made just one year

11055
05:23:25,319 --> 05:23:29,519
ago and no one in the city

11056
05:23:29,757 --> 05:23:30,424
seemed surprised necessarily

11057
05:23:30,424 --> 05:23:31,125
that we would have difficult

11058
05:23:31,125 --> 05:23:33,525
decisions and significant cuts

11059
05:23:36,300 --> 05:23:36,797
coming.

11060
05:23:36,797 --> 05:23:37,430
I've heard that from those in

11061
05:23:37,430 --> 05:23:38,980
the audience and who have

11062
05:23:38,980 --> 05:23:41,698
spoken on some of the topics

11063
05:23:42,360 --> 05:23:42,903
out in the concourse today.

11064
05:23:42,903 --> 05:23:43,604
I think everyone expected that

11065
05:23:43,604 --> 05:23:44,337
cuts would be coming and that

11066
05:23:44,337 --> 05:23:47,937
there would be a simple reality

11067
05:23:48,375 --> 05:23:49,760
that those cuts would translate

11068
05:23:49,760 --> 05:23:49,710
to reduce services hours and

11069
05:23:49,710 --> 05:23:50,344
especially the people who

11070
05:23:50,344 --> 05:23:52,744
deliver those services and

11071
05:23:54,140 --> 05:23:54,882
hours.

11072
05:23:54,882 --> 05:23:55,582
But even as we seek to

11073
05:23:55,582 --> 05:23:58,582
understand the need to address

11074
05:24:00,187 --> 05:24:00,855
the structural shortfall, I

11075
05:24:00,855 --> 05:24:01,688
think it's impossible not to

11076
05:24:01,688 --> 05:24:05,888
ask what does the city claim to

11077
05:24:06,260 --> 05:24:06,693
value if this budget as

11078
05:24:06,693 --> 05:24:09,693
presented is claimed to be

11079
05:24:11,698 --> 05:24:12,566
structurally sound?

11080
05:24:12,566 --> 05:24:16,766
And I think for many who are

11081
05:24:17,470 --> 05:24:18,172
looking at what's presented

11082
05:24:18,172 --> 05:24:18,905
here, the shock isn't whether

11083
05:24:18,905 --> 05:24:22,505
there were cuts, it's where and

11084
05:24:24,511 --> 05:24:25,246
to what degree those cuts have

11085
05:24:25,246 --> 05:24:28,846
chosen to be implemented with a

11086
05:24:31,886 --> 05:24:32,653
little assurance some detail So

11087
05:24:32,653 --> 05:24:32,987
Mayor silence you're still at

11088
05:24:32,987 --> 05:24:33,720
the mic.

11089
05:24:33,720 --> 05:24:34,488
I wanted to ask if you could

11090
05:24:34,488 --> 05:24:36,223
explain to us the cuts that

11091
05:24:36,223 --> 05:24:36,991
have been proposed to libraries

11092
05:24:36,991 --> 05:24:37,725
and parks and why we don't see

11093
05:24:37,725 --> 05:24:41,325
the specifics of how this would

11094
05:24:43,364 --> 05:24:44,332
be operationalized.

11095
05:24:44,332 --> 05:24:44,998
Yes, nobody asked me to come in

11096
05:24:44,998 --> 05:24:48,536
to help me come forward But

11097
05:24:48,536 --> 05:24:49,202
very simply we have a task

11098
05:24:49,202 --> 05:24:49,770
force speaking with council

11099
05:24:49,770 --> 05:24:50,437
members to try and get

11100
05:24:50,437 --> 05:24:54,370
something of a sense of what

11101
05:24:54,508 --> 05:24:55,276
you could support.

11102
05:24:55,276 --> 05:24:56,430
The message was very clear no

11103
05:24:56,430 --> 05:25:00,243
across the board cuts got it in

11104
05:25:00,515 --> 05:25:01,182
partnership with the Labor

11105
05:25:01,182 --> 05:25:01,916
Department, the procurement

11106
05:25:01,916 --> 05:25:02,550
department and Panda to provide

11107
05:25:02,550 --> 05:25:05,550
analysis to give you some

11108
05:25:06,920 --> 05:25:07,588
framework to work with and I

11109
05:25:07,588 --> 05:25:08,255
think this on the committee

11110
05:25:08,255 --> 05:25:08,889
speak to more detail on that

11111
05:25:08,889 --> 05:25:09,557
and when you might be able

11112
05:25:09,557 --> 05:25:11,959
expect that analysis so that

11113
05:25:11,959 --> 05:25:12,693
you can start helping us help

11114
05:25:12,693 --> 05:25:13,194
guide us to those reductions.

11115
05:25:13,194 --> 05:25:15,194
Thank you, Mayor.

11116
05:25:17,665 --> 05:25:18,266
So the Department is giving a

11117
05:25:18,266 --> 05:25:18,766
percentage and a target

11118
05:25:18,766 --> 05:25:20,766
percentage to meet

11119
05:25:23,737 --> 05:25:24,538
the reductions and then we

11120
05:25:24,538 --> 05:25:25,239
looked at the hours and we had

11121
05:25:25,239 --> 05:25:25,940
to to come up with some

11122
05:25:25,940 --> 05:25:28,340
different scenarios What that

11123
05:25:30,344 --> 05:25:30,978
looks some of it it's more

11124
05:25:30,978 --> 05:25:31,713
uniform across the board,

11125
05:25:31,713 --> 05:25:35,313
others that can be more focused

11126
05:25:35,983 --> 05:25:36,584
on addressing the underserved

11127
05:25:36,584 --> 05:25:36,951
communities versus other

11128
05:25:36,951 --> 05:25:38,951
locations.

11129
05:25:42,423 --> 05:25:43,124
So those are the different

11130
05:25:43,124 --> 05:25:43,858
scenarios or different options

11131
05:25:43,858 --> 05:25:46,858
that we are currently providing

11132
05:25:48,629 --> 05:25:49,330
to the base office included And

11133
05:25:49,330 --> 05:25:50,640
I report with the hope that

11134
05:25:50,640 --> 05:25:53,640
would be an interactive process

11135
05:25:54,335 --> 05:25:55,200
with the council office and

11136
05:25:55,200 --> 05:25:55,670
the stakeholders to provide

11137
05:25:55,670 --> 05:25:56,237
input while we are trying to

11138
05:25:56,237 --> 05:25:58,637
still meet the target

11139
05:26:00,700 --> 05:26:00,508
reductions for the hours of

11140
05:26:00,508 --> 05:26:01,209
the libraries and

11141
05:26:01,209 --> 05:26:04,209
the recreation center as well.

11142
05:26:06,214 --> 05:26:07,140
And then we relied on analysis

11143
05:26:07,140 --> 05:26:07,582
and data that panned out along

11144
05:26:07,582 --> 05:26:08,282
with the department is

11145
05:26:08,282 --> 05:26:11,882
performed as part of the usage

11146
05:26:12,754 --> 05:26:13,421
of locations, the conditions of

11147
05:26:13,421 --> 05:26:14,388
those facilities and so on.

11148
05:26:14,388 --> 05:26:18,459
So we have a lot of data also

11149
05:26:18,459 --> 05:26:19,127
that would be provided along

11150
05:26:19,127 --> 05:26:19,760
with those scenarios to help

11151
05:26:19,760 --> 05:26:22,160
inform the discussion and

11152
05:26:24,998 --> 05:26:25,767
the final decision.

11153
05:26:25,767 --> 05:26:26,434
Thank you and thank you for

11154
05:26:26,434 --> 05:26:26,968
sharing the work that's been

11155
05:26:26,968 --> 05:26:29,368
done on that front.

11156
05:26:30,137 --> 05:26:31,500
I think I want to point out I

11157
05:26:31,500 --> 05:26:31,705
think I think that kind of work

11158
05:26:31,705 --> 05:26:32,439
was asked for by this council

11159
05:26:32,439 --> 05:26:33,107
last year in the budget process

11160
05:26:33,107 --> 05:26:36,107
before the across the board

11161
05:26:36,577 --> 05:26:37,312
cuts were delivered And so I

11162
05:26:37,312 --> 05:26:40,312
appreciate the work that's been

11163
05:26:42,350 --> 05:26:43,170
done but also can't help it be

11164
05:26:43,170 --> 05:26:43,618
frustrated that that data is

11165
05:26:43,618 --> 05:26:46,618
not here with the budget

11166
05:26:49,190 --> 05:26:50,580
proposal.

11167
05:26:50,580 --> 05:26:50,724
And like I said when we ask

11168
05:26:50,724 --> 05:26:51,325
idea that data has not been

11169
05:26:51,325 --> 05:26:51,993
given to the idea yet as

11170
05:26:51,993 --> 05:26:54,393
they're currently working on

11171
05:26:57,532 --> 05:26:58,399
report.

11172
05:26:58,399 --> 05:27:01,999
So my team has been having

11173
05:27:04,339 --> 05:27:04,973
meetings with departments since

11174
05:27:04,973 --> 05:27:05,674
the budget was released on

11175
05:27:05,674 --> 05:27:06,374
APRIL 15th that we are set to

11176
05:27:06,374 --> 05:27:09,374
have meetings with parks and

11177
05:27:10,412 --> 05:27:10,779
libraries either today or

11178
05:27:10,779 --> 05:27:11,445
tomorrow.

11179
05:27:11,445 --> 05:27:12,130
It's more than just meeting

11180
05:27:12,130 --> 05:27:14,413
with hst on Wednesday.

11181
05:27:15,950 --> 05:27:16,517
We have had preliminary

11182
05:27:16,517 --> 05:27:17,252
communication to those

11183
05:27:17,252 --> 05:27:17,953
departments where we have asked

11184
05:27:17,953 --> 05:27:20,953
for additional details on what

11185
05:27:22,891 --> 05:27:23,592
these dollar amounts at are in

11186
05:27:23,592 --> 05:27:24,292
the budget as cuts but without

11187
05:27:24,292 --> 05:27:27,292
details what that looks like.

11188
05:27:28,230 --> 05:27:28,863
We have seen some additional

11189
05:27:28,863 --> 05:27:31,263
information related to rec

11190
05:27:33,635 --> 05:27:34,369
centers and libraries in pandas

11191
05:27:34,369 --> 05:27:35,200
approaches and attempts to kind

11192
05:27:35,200 --> 05:27:37,402
of evaluate the potential

11193
05:27:39,941 --> 05:27:40,541
impacts of them and

11194
05:27:40,541 --> 05:27:41,242
prioritization of them.

11195
05:27:41,242 --> 05:27:41,943
I believe that that should be

11196
05:27:41,943 --> 05:27:44,943
being shared with the council

11197
05:27:45,781 --> 05:27:46,515
as well.

11198
05:27:46,515 --> 05:27:47,148
Ideally all this information

11199
05:27:47,148 --> 05:27:47,815
specifics on proposed cuts

11200
05:27:47,815 --> 05:27:50,815
would have been included in

11201
05:27:52,870 --> 05:27:52,887
the proposed budget in order

11202
05:27:52,887 --> 05:27:53,555
for you to have a better idea

11203
05:27:53,555 --> 05:27:56,555
of what those dollar amounts

11204
05:27:58,360 --> 05:27:59,270
actually represent and weigh

11205
05:27:59,270 --> 05:27:59,628
them against the other cuts

11206
05:27:59,628 --> 05:28:00,328
that are being proposed.

11207
05:28:00,328 --> 05:28:03,928
They're not there right now to

11208
05:28:03,999 --> 05:28:04,733
the extent that we can flesh

11209
05:28:04,733 --> 05:28:05,434
those out and understand and we

11210
05:28:05,434 --> 05:28:06,134
will include those additional

11211
05:28:06,134 --> 05:28:09,134
details in our analysis which

11212
05:28:10,172 --> 05:28:10,906
comes out on the 29th And

11213
05:28:10,906 --> 05:28:11,606
certainly by the time we get to

11214
05:28:11,606 --> 05:28:15,206
the actual b or c presentation

11215
05:28:15,544 --> 05:28:16,440
on the week of MAY fourth, I

11216
05:28:16,440 --> 05:28:16,611
would expect that

11217
05:28:16,611 --> 05:28:17,279
the administration and

11218
05:28:17,279 --> 05:28:19,679
the departments can present

11219
05:28:21,250 --> 05:28:21,950
very clear details on what

11220
05:28:21,950 --> 05:28:22,251
those cuts could actually look

11221
05:28:22,251 --> 05:28:22,617
like.

11222
05:28:22,617 --> 05:28:24,617
Thank you.

11223
05:28:27,722 --> 05:28:28,423
So what I'm hearing is that

11224
05:28:28,423 --> 05:28:29,124
the intent here is to leave

11225
05:28:29,124 --> 05:28:29,825
the specifics of what would be

11226
05:28:29,825 --> 05:28:32,825
implemented up to some of

11227
05:28:34,429 --> 05:28:35,970
the options that would be

11228
05:28:35,970 --> 05:28:35,831
presented and ultimately for

11229
05:28:35,831 --> 05:28:36,532
this council to hear out and in

11230
05:28:36,532 --> 05:28:39,532
the budget review process and

11231
05:28:40,135 --> 05:28:40,768
to provide our feedback for

11232
05:28:40,768 --> 05:28:41,402
the only thing that's been

11233
05:28:41,402 --> 05:28:44,402
determined so far is just

11234
05:28:46,141 --> 05:28:46,775
the amount And so to some

11235
05:28:46,775 --> 05:28:47,476
degree perhaps I guess we

11236
05:28:47,476 --> 05:28:48,177
should appreciate that for all

11237
05:28:48,177 --> 05:28:51,177
of the operational choices on

11238
05:28:52,847 --> 05:28:53,248
here on these portions of

11239
05:28:53,248 --> 05:28:53,815
the budget.

11240
05:28:53,815 --> 05:28:54,483
But I also struggle to

11241
05:28:54,483 --> 05:28:57,483
understand why there isn't a

11242
05:28:58,200 --> 05:28:58,886
proposal that actually in front

11243
05:28:58,886 --> 05:29:03,860
of us that tells us what might

11244
05:29:04,930 --> 05:29:04,860
be operationally implemented

11245
05:29:04,860 --> 05:29:08,460
Opposite of that I guess can

11246
05:29:09,865 --> 05:29:10,565
you explain how with arts and

11247
05:29:10,565 --> 05:29:11,200
culture unlike with libraries

11248
05:29:11,200 --> 05:29:14,200
and parks you were already

11249
05:29:16,238 --> 05:29:16,905
already able to decide that

11250
05:29:16,905 --> 05:29:17,306
penny for the arts would be

11251
05:29:17,306 --> 05:29:17,605
zeroed out?

11252
05:29:17,605 --> 05:29:18,407
Sure.

11253
05:29:18,407 --> 05:29:21,407
Councilmember As you know and

11254
05:29:22,177 --> 05:29:22,845
it's been multiple times this

11255
05:29:22,845 --> 05:29:23,479
afternoon the city's overall

11256
05:29:23,479 --> 05:29:25,879
spend is over $6 billion.

11257
05:29:27,216 --> 05:29:27,850
Well notice that some of

11258
05:29:27,850 --> 05:29:28,584
the public speakers quite

11259
05:29:28,584 --> 05:29:29,251
appreciate is the fact the vast

11260
05:29:29,251 --> 05:29:29,818
majority of those dollars as

11261
05:29:29,818 --> 05:29:32,218
you know are lockbox.

11262
05:29:33,455 --> 05:29:34,560
We cannot utilize them in

11263
05:29:34,560 --> 05:29:34,423
different for different

11264
05:29:34,423 --> 05:29:35,157
resources.

11265
05:29:35,157 --> 05:29:37,793
So when you look at the general

11266
05:29:37,793 --> 05:29:38,560
fund as you know about 2

11267
05:29:38,560 --> 05:29:39,228
billion so about a third of

11268
05:29:39,228 --> 05:29:39,828
what we're talking about in

11269
05:29:39,828 --> 05:29:40,529
that fungible amount of

11270
05:29:40,529 --> 05:29:44,129
resources where we can put it

11271
05:29:44,666 --> 05:29:45,334
to police, we could put it to

11272
05:29:45,334 --> 05:29:45,701
fire to libraries to provide

11273
05:29:45,701 --> 05:29:47,701
the funds.

11274
05:29:48,871 --> 05:29:49,571
Support for the arts are one of

11275
05:29:49,571 --> 05:29:50,239
those fungible resources We're

11276
05:29:50,239 --> 05:29:53,239
trying to solve this massive

11277
05:29:54,576 --> 05:29:55,444
budget deficit 100 and 1846

11278
05:29:55,444 --> 05:29:58,581
depending how you look at it in

11279
05:29:58,581 --> 05:29:58,881
addition to 318 million last

11280
05:29:58,881 --> 05:29:59,582
year.

11281
05:29:59,582 --> 05:30:00,282
I don't think it's understated

11282
05:30:00,282 --> 05:30:00,549
to say that we are not cutting

11283
05:30:00,549 --> 05:30:02,549
fat.

11284
05:30:04,787 --> 05:30:05,487
We are cutting bone and we're

11285
05:30:05,487 --> 05:30:05,821
doing so We have very limited

11286
05:30:05,821 --> 05:30:06,489
options.

11287
05:30:06,489 --> 05:30:07,189
I personally cannot support

11288
05:30:07,189 --> 05:30:10,189
rounding out fire stations or

11289
05:30:11,127 --> 05:30:11,594
closing police stations.

11290
05:30:11,594 --> 05:30:12,395
I did that.

11291
05:30:12,395 --> 05:30:12,828
I voted for that as a city

11292
05:30:12,828 --> 05:30:13,461
councilmember.

11293
05:30:13,461 --> 05:30:17,610
There was a child in your

11294
05:30:18,670 --> 05:30:18,767
district, sir, named Bentley

11295
05:30:18,767 --> 05:30:19,468
Doe who died because he choked

11296
05:30:19,468 --> 05:30:20,169
on a dog on ball when he lived

11297
05:30:20,169 --> 05:30:22,300
near one of the fire stations

11298
05:30:22,300 --> 05:30:22,638
that was browned out when

11299
05:30:22,638 --> 05:30:23,305
having to choose between

11300
05:30:23,305 --> 05:30:24,500
burning up fire stations or

11301
05:30:24,500 --> 05:30:27,605
making a reduction of the arts

11302
05:30:28,277 --> 05:30:28,611
regrettably we had to make that

11303
05:30:28,611 --> 05:30:29,311
.

11304
05:30:29,311 --> 05:30:29,845
I made the recommendation to

11305
05:30:29,845 --> 05:30:30,512
make the reduction.

11306
05:30:30,512 --> 05:30:30,813
The arts has been mentioned

11307
05:30:30,813 --> 05:30:32,813
today.

11308
05:30:33,816 --> 05:30:34,417
You can certainly change it but

11309
05:30:34,417 --> 05:30:35,830
really it's coming from

11310
05:30:35,830 --> 05:30:35,751
the fact that so much of our

11311
05:30:35,751 --> 05:30:38,751
dollars are lockbox and not

11312
05:30:41,290 --> 05:30:41,957
movable And in trying to avoid

11313
05:30:41,957 --> 05:30:42,658
closure of fire stations or

11314
05:30:42,658 --> 05:30:43,225
police stations this is how we

11315
05:30:43,225 --> 05:30:45,625
came to this decision.

11316
05:30:47,496 --> 05:30:48,197
Speaking of the lockbox and

11317
05:30:48,197 --> 05:30:48,831
the funds, I guess turning to

11318
05:30:48,831 --> 05:30:49,498
the idea, Charles, can you

11319
05:30:49,498 --> 05:30:51,834
correct me if I'm wrong that

11320
05:30:51,834 --> 05:30:52,568
art and culture funding has

11321
05:30:52,568 --> 05:30:53,236
over time always traditionally

11322
05:30:53,236 --> 05:30:53,802
come out of one example of a

11323
05:30:53,802 --> 05:30:54,402
lockbox fund which is

11324
05:30:54,402 --> 05:30:56,402
the special promotional

11325
05:30:58,474 --> 05:30:58,907
programs portion of transit

11326
05:30:58,907 --> 05:30:59,375
occupancy tax.

11327
05:30:59,375 --> 05:31:01,375
That's correct.

11328
05:31:03,513 --> 05:31:04,280
Councilmember The 10.5% in fact

11329
05:31:04,280 --> 05:31:08,351
we hire because of that or see

11330
05:31:08,351 --> 05:31:09,510
implementation tot rate of

11331
05:31:09,510 --> 05:31:12,155
return applied in the city is

11332
05:31:12,155 --> 05:31:12,755
split up into different

11333
05:31:12,755 --> 05:31:13,456
components one that goes

11334
05:31:13,456 --> 05:31:14,122
directly to the general fund,

11335
05:31:14,122 --> 05:31:17,122
one that goes ultimately to

11336
05:31:19,228 --> 05:31:19,929
the general fund and then

11337
05:31:19,929 --> 05:31:20,630
another proportion that is set

11338
05:31:20,630 --> 05:31:24,230
aside to ensure that the city

11339
05:31:24,934 --> 05:31:25,568
remains a place that can

11340
05:31:25,568 --> 05:31:27,568
attract tourism visitors,

11341
05:31:31,941 --> 05:31:32,575
funding for arts programs that

11342
05:31:32,575 --> 05:31:33,276
the city has traditionally

11343
05:31:33,276 --> 05:31:33,943
provided has come from that we

11344
05:31:33,943 --> 05:31:36,343
call the special promotional

11345
05:31:36,612 --> 05:31:37,130
programs portion of

11346
05:31:37,130 --> 05:31:37,380
the revenue.

11347
05:31:37,380 --> 05:31:38,114
Thank you.

11348
05:31:38,114 --> 05:31:41,714
And and so just that correction

11349
05:31:43,453 --> 05:31:44,153
would be as I understand it,

11350
05:31:44,153 --> 05:31:44,787
the general fund is not where

11351
05:31:44,787 --> 05:31:45,320
arts and culture has been

11352
05:31:45,320 --> 05:31:45,988
funded in the past.

11353
05:31:45,988 --> 05:31:48,988
We've taken it from special

11354
05:31:50,590 --> 05:31:50,760
personnel programs which is

11355
05:31:50,760 --> 05:31:51,394
outlined in the code municipal

11356
05:31:51,394 --> 05:31:52,270
code and by council policy

11357
05:31:52,270 --> 05:31:54,270
specifically intended for

11358
05:31:55,431 --> 05:31:56,165
promotion of the city.

11359
05:31:56,165 --> 05:31:56,833
It's not the only funding

11360
05:31:56,833 --> 05:31:57,467
that's within that category.

11361
05:31:57,467 --> 05:32:00,467
There are actually quite a

11362
05:32:01,504 --> 05:32:02,105
number of other funds in that

11363
05:32:02,105 --> 05:32:02,638
category that are still

11364
05:32:02,638 --> 05:32:03,239
maintained in social

11365
05:32:03,239 --> 05:32:03,806
promotional programs for

11366
05:32:03,806 --> 05:32:06,206
promotion of the city.

11367
05:32:07,342 --> 05:32:08,111
As we understand it.

11368
05:32:08,111 --> 05:32:08,745
But over time a larger and

11369
05:32:08,745 --> 05:32:11,145
larger percentage of those

11370
05:32:13,882 --> 05:32:14,551
funds have been converted to

11371
05:32:14,551 --> 05:32:15,830
backfill other city services

11372
05:32:15,830 --> 05:32:15,752
that I think we were

11373
05:32:15,752 --> 05:32:17,752
classifying as promotional.

11374
05:32:19,923 --> 05:32:20,623
So requests I would make for

11375
05:32:20,623 --> 05:32:21,323
the idea is that as you are

11376
05:32:21,323 --> 05:32:21,958
looking at special promotional

11377
05:32:21,958 --> 05:32:22,524
programs this year and how

11378
05:32:22,524 --> 05:32:24,924
those funds are being

11379
05:32:25,127 --> 05:32:25,828
reallocated to help the Council

11380
05:32:25,828 --> 05:32:26,562
and the public perhaps better

11381
05:32:26,562 --> 05:32:30,162
understand where this is cut is

11382
05:32:30,333 --> 05:32:31,330
being made and where those

11383
05:32:31,330 --> 05:32:31,801
funds are being diverted to.

11384
05:32:31,801 --> 05:32:32,401
I think we should at least

11385
05:32:32,401 --> 05:32:34,401
transparently understand

11386
05:32:36,500 --> 05:32:36,306
the choices that are being made

11387
05:32:36,306 --> 05:32:37,340
.

11388
05:32:37,340 --> 05:32:41,540
I don't know if that was a

11389
05:32:42,545 --> 05:32:43,179
request.

11390
05:32:43,179 --> 05:32:43,913
It will certainly include

11391
05:32:43,913 --> 05:32:44,514
analysis of special promotional

11392
05:32:44,514 --> 05:32:45,810
programs in our budget.

11393
05:32:45,810 --> 05:32:48,810
We do that every year.

11394
05:32:48,840 --> 05:32:48,685
We'll continue to do that.

11395
05:32:48,685 --> 05:32:49,352
>> Thank you.

11396
05:32:49,352 --> 05:32:50,530
So I recognize just how

11397
05:32:50,530 --> 05:32:50,486
challenging this year's budget

11398
05:32:50,486 --> 05:32:52,486
decisions are.

11399
05:32:54,491 --> 05:32:55,191
We are here to determine what a

11400
05:32:55,191 --> 05:32:55,859
balanced budget will be or how

11401
05:32:55,859 --> 05:32:58,859
a balanced budget will be

11402
05:33:00,196 --> 05:33:00,930
achieved and I'm thinking of it

11403
05:33:00,930 --> 05:33:01,564
not just balanced from a dollar

11404
05:33:01,564 --> 05:33:02,265
sign perspective but also

11405
05:33:02,265 --> 05:33:05,865
balanced when it comes to our

11406
05:33:06,936 --> 05:33:07,537
values and our desire to match

11407
05:33:07,537 --> 05:33:08,271
the needs of the public.

11408
05:33:08,271 --> 05:33:11,607
We're going to continue to hear

11409
05:33:11,607 --> 05:33:12,242
that this is a collaborative

11410
05:33:12,242 --> 05:33:12,576
effort to accomplish that

11411
05:33:12,576 --> 05:33:13,209
balance.

11412
05:33:13,209 --> 05:33:14,440
But I cannot look at this

11413
05:33:14,440 --> 05:33:17,644
year's budget as we start this

11414
05:33:19,480 --> 05:33:19,783
process and not look at last

11415
05:33:19,783 --> 05:33:20,450
year's budget to note that this

11416
05:33:20,450 --> 05:33:21,151
council fought last year to

11417
05:33:21,151 --> 05:33:24,151
protect libraries and parks in

11418
05:33:24,221 --> 05:33:25,550
every way that we could.

11419
05:33:25,550 --> 05:33:25,555
We did so by including cuts to

11420
05:33:25,555 --> 05:33:27,555
management that

11421
05:33:29,826 --> 05:33:30,459
the administration made a clear

11422
05:33:30,459 --> 05:33:31,127
decision not to implement.

11423
05:33:31,127 --> 05:33:33,527
We pushed the administration

11424
05:33:35,732 --> 05:33:36,333
last year to chase every

11425
05:33:36,333 --> 05:33:37,000
opportunity for revenue.

11426
05:33:37,000 --> 05:33:37,567
It was complained that this

11427
05:33:37,567 --> 05:33:38,267
council was being too

11428
05:33:38,267 --> 05:33:41,867
aggressive and so now in front

11429
05:33:41,938 --> 05:33:42,605
of us we have a budget that

11430
05:33:42,605 --> 05:33:43,273
simultaneously cannot decide

11431
05:33:43,273 --> 05:33:43,806
how we will cut services at

11432
05:33:43,806 --> 05:33:45,806
libraries and parks.

11433
05:33:46,943 --> 05:33:47,544
It has already decided which

11434
05:33:47,544 --> 05:33:48,311
chips should fall first.

11435
05:33:48,311 --> 05:33:49,780
That's arts and culture And so

11436
05:33:49,780 --> 05:33:52,678
don't mind me for being a

11437
05:33:53,450 --> 05:33:54,510
little reluctant to trust that

11438
05:33:54,510 --> 05:33:54,617
what is proposed is what

11439
05:33:54,617 --> 05:33:57,170
deserves to be passed.

11440
05:33:58,688 --> 05:33:59,389
I for one and I hope this

11441
05:33:59,389 --> 05:34:00,900
Council will certainly be here

11442
05:34:00,900 --> 05:34:00,791
not just to make the difficult

11443
05:34:00,791 --> 05:34:03,791
decisions but to do everything

11444
05:34:04,861 --> 05:34:05,595
we can not to mitigate

11445
05:34:05,595 --> 05:34:06,229
the budgetary cuts that need to

11446
05:34:06,229 --> 05:34:06,830
be made because anyone in

11447
05:34:06,830 --> 05:34:07,464
the public get wrong At

11448
05:34:07,464 --> 05:34:09,864
the moment our structural

11449
05:34:11,134 --> 05:34:11,801
challenge does mean that cuts

11450
05:34:11,801 --> 05:34:12,468
will need to be made but

11451
05:34:12,468 --> 05:34:13,700
ultimately to help determine

11452
05:34:13,700 --> 05:34:15,470
the balance that matches

11453
05:34:17,407 --> 05:34:18,750
the values we have as a city on

11454
05:34:18,750 --> 05:34:18,575
our promises to San Diegans.

11455
05:34:18,575 --> 05:34:20,575
>> Thank you.

11456
05:34:22,913 --> 05:34:23,313
All right.

11457
05:34:23,313 --> 05:34:24,810
Thank you.

11458
05:34:24,810 --> 05:34:27,681
Council PRESIDENT Pro Tem Lee I

11459
05:34:29,850 --> 05:34:29,386
think now everybody has spoken

11460
05:34:29,386 --> 05:34:30,254
.

11461
05:34:30,254 --> 05:34:34,454
I guess I'll wrap it up Both

11462
05:34:34,491 --> 05:34:35,192
House council PRESIDENT I guess

11463
05:34:35,192 --> 05:34:35,893
with my engineering framework

11464
05:34:35,893 --> 05:34:36,559
kind of talk a little bit more

11465
05:34:36,559 --> 05:34:38,959
about process like my

11466
05:34:40,897 --> 05:34:41,564
colleagues we haven't really

11467
05:34:41,564 --> 05:34:42,198
dug into the budget yet and

11468
05:34:42,198 --> 05:34:45,198
look forward to the Budget

11469
05:34:46,503 --> 05:34:47,203
review Committee So let me

11470
05:34:47,203 --> 05:34:47,905
start by thanking the mayor

11471
05:34:47,905 --> 05:34:48,572
Rolando and Ben and the entire

11472
05:34:48,572 --> 05:34:50,972
executive team for preparing

11473
05:34:52,442 --> 05:34:53,760
and delivering the proposed

11474
05:34:53,760 --> 05:34:53,777
budget for the Council

11475
05:34:53,777 --> 05:34:56,177
the public's consideration And

11476
05:34:57,547 --> 05:34:58,214
I will note that the mayor and

11477
05:34:58,214 --> 05:34:58,848
all five chiefs have stayed

11478
05:34:58,848 --> 05:34:59,549
here throughout the entire

11479
05:34:59,549 --> 05:35:02,549
public comment period as well

11480
05:35:03,620 --> 05:35:04,354
as the council deliberations.

11481
05:35:04,354 --> 05:35:05,220
I want to thank city staff

11482
05:35:05,220 --> 05:35:07,422
through every department who

11483
05:35:08,725 --> 05:35:09,626
sharpened their pencils and dug

11484
05:35:09,626 --> 05:35:10,160
deep to try to right size their

11485
05:35:10,160 --> 05:35:10,861
department budgets.

11486
05:35:10,861 --> 05:35:14,461
A special thank you to our

11487
05:35:15,299 --> 05:35:15,866
colleague Councilmember Foster

11488
05:35:15,866 --> 05:35:16,566
for his work chairing

11489
05:35:16,566 --> 05:35:18,966
the Council's Budget Committee

11490
05:35:21,205 --> 05:35:21,805
and chairing the upcoming

11491
05:35:21,805 --> 05:35:22,573
Budget Review Committee.

11492
05:35:22,573 --> 05:35:23,273
>> I'm going to touch on some

11493
05:35:23,273 --> 05:35:26,273
of the things that my

11494
05:35:28,245 --> 05:35:28,946
colleagues refer to.

11495
05:35:28,946 --> 05:35:29,613
So this year my partnership

11496
05:35:29,613 --> 05:35:30,314
with the independent budget

11497
05:35:30,314 --> 05:35:32,714
analysts by council colleagues

11498
05:35:33,917 --> 05:35:34,551
and Special Budget Chair will

11499
05:35:34,551 --> 05:35:35,218
be more critical than ever

11500
05:35:35,218 --> 05:35:35,919
because unlike past years as

11501
05:35:35,919 --> 05:35:38,919
Council PRESIDENT Pro Tem Lee

11502
05:35:40,391 --> 05:35:41,910
dug into the proposed budget

11503
05:35:41,910 --> 05:35:41,725
only proposes single line item

11504
05:35:41,725 --> 05:35:44,125
cuts to recreation center

11505
05:35:46,397 --> 05:35:46,763
hours, library hours and other

11506
05:35:46,763 --> 05:35:47,464
services.

11507
05:35:47,464 --> 05:35:48,198
It'll be up to the council to

11508
05:35:48,198 --> 05:35:51,198
decide which center or library,

11509
05:35:51,902 --> 05:35:52,603
which days and how many hours

11510
05:35:52,603 --> 05:35:53,270
of deliberative process it has

11511
05:35:53,270 --> 05:35:55,270
Challenge challenging given

11512
05:35:57,541 --> 05:35:58,309
the Brownlee item too important

11513
05:35:58,309 --> 05:35:58,976
to do on the fly and Council

11514
05:35:58,976 --> 05:35:59,710
will have to lean heavily on

11515
05:35:59,710 --> 05:36:02,710
these and those departments and

11516
05:36:03,614 --> 05:36:04,315
the ipa to guide us.

11517
05:36:04,315 --> 05:36:04,949
And Ronnie I appreciate that

11518
05:36:04,949 --> 05:36:05,716
you're having a deep dive.

11519
05:36:05,716 --> 05:36:09,353
I seen some of the early work

11520
05:36:09,353 --> 05:36:12,353
in terms of actually deriving

11521
05:36:14,691 --> 05:36:15,226
metrics both on library and

11522
05:36:15,226 --> 05:36:15,960
recreation centers.

11523
05:36:15,960 --> 05:36:16,327
I might a little bit of

11524
05:36:16,327 --> 05:36:17,610
briefings.

11525
05:36:17,610 --> 05:36:20,661
I've learned an awful lot about

11526
05:36:21,465 --> 05:36:22,199
city operations and how rec

11527
05:36:22,199 --> 05:36:22,867
centers and libraries are being

11528
05:36:22,867 --> 05:36:25,867
used by the general public.

11529
05:36:27,538 --> 05:36:28,204
So if we do it right we're

11530
05:36:28,204 --> 05:36:28,838
doing a little efficiency in

11531
05:36:28,838 --> 05:36:29,507
operations in not actually

11532
05:36:29,507 --> 05:36:32,507
taking away the value those

11533
05:36:33,777 --> 05:36:34,545
brings to the public.

11534
05:36:34,545 --> 05:36:35,245
And so I am convinced that

11535
05:36:35,245 --> 05:36:35,913
partnering with the public we

11536
05:36:35,913 --> 05:36:39,513
will get this done on that

11537
05:36:39,717 --> 05:36:40,417
element I want to join

11538
05:36:40,417 --> 05:36:41,520
the choir and say the proposed

11539
05:36:41,520 --> 05:36:44,520
budget is only the formal

11540
05:36:46,290 --> 05:36:46,957
starting point starting point

11541
05:36:46,957 --> 05:36:47,692
in a robust process and over

11542
05:36:47,692 --> 05:36:51,292
the next two months the council

11543
05:36:51,528 --> 05:36:52,129
will be deliberating,

11544
05:36:52,129 --> 05:36:52,797
dissecting, debating and

11545
05:36:52,797 --> 05:36:53,397
deciding And we will do that

11546
05:36:53,397 --> 05:36:55,797
work at public hearings

11547
05:36:57,501 --> 05:36:58,201
including two evening sessions

11548
05:36:58,201 --> 05:36:58,869
dedicated to public testimony.

11549
05:36:58,869 --> 05:37:03,690
If you had a good time today

11550
05:37:03,407 --> 05:37:04,475
you can come on back starting

11551
05:37:04,475 --> 05:37:08,790
at 6 P.M. On MAY 4th and then

11552
05:37:08,790 --> 05:37:08,813
again on MAY 18th.

11553
05:37:08,813 --> 05:37:09,380
To do that work Council needs

11554
05:37:09,380 --> 05:37:10,140
to hear from residents

11555
05:37:10,140 --> 05:37:12,140
community organizations to

11556
05:37:15,850 --> 05:37:15,787
share your thoughts on a cut.

11557
05:37:15,787 --> 05:37:16,454
And unlike past years of

11558
05:37:16,454 --> 05:37:18,854
opportunity for funding new

11559
05:37:19,857 --> 05:37:20,224
programs of services is not on

11560
05:37:20,224 --> 05:37:20,958
the table.

11561
05:37:20,958 --> 05:37:21,626
We know the proposed budget

11562
05:37:21,626 --> 05:37:22,360
offers a mixed bag of cuts.

11563
05:37:22,360 --> 05:37:25,960
You don't like cuts you can

11564
05:37:26,631 --> 05:37:27,298
support programs and services

11565
05:37:27,298 --> 05:37:27,999
funded that you support and

11566
05:37:27,999 --> 05:37:30,999
others that you don't support

11567
05:37:33,270 --> 05:37:34,400
And if you don't like a cut,

11568
05:37:34,400 --> 05:37:34,672
tell us what program or service

11569
05:37:34,672 --> 05:37:35,205
you would like to cut and to

11570
05:37:35,205 --> 05:37:37,205
balance the budget.

11571
05:37:38,342 --> 05:37:39,100
We did hear from folks I really

11572
05:37:39,100 --> 05:37:39,714
appreciate those folks over

11573
05:37:39,714 --> 05:37:40,345
the course of the afternoon of

11574
05:37:40,345 --> 05:37:42,745
the evening that actually

11575
05:37:44,115 --> 05:37:44,816
throughout their ideas I think

11576
05:37:44,816 --> 05:37:45,383
you got some initial reaction

11577
05:37:45,383 --> 05:37:47,383
from council members.

11578
05:37:50,388 --> 05:37:50,888
So I would encourage you to pay

11579
05:37:50,888 --> 05:37:51,522
attention to that.

11580
05:37:51,522 --> 05:37:52,256
So thank you For those who

11581
05:37:52,256 --> 05:37:54,656
participate today, we certainly

11582
05:37:56,227 --> 05:37:56,960
heard loud and clear that there

11583
05:37:56,960 --> 05:37:57,695
are a number of cuts especially

11584
05:37:57,695 --> 05:38:01,895
in arts and culture that you do

11585
05:38:02,300 --> 05:38:03,100
not like The cut of penny of

11586
05:38:03,100 --> 05:38:03,735
the Arts is brutal and total

11587
05:38:03,735 --> 05:38:04,435
cuts to libraries, rec centers,

11588
05:38:04,435 --> 05:38:07,435
other services is targeted and

11589
05:38:07,972 --> 05:38:08,640
nuanced as I briefly mentioned

11590
05:38:08,640 --> 05:38:09,374
earlier and how we approach

11591
05:38:09,374 --> 05:38:12,974
each of those cuts Put aside

11592
05:38:13,811 --> 05:38:14,512
the rhetoric, roll up our

11593
05:38:14,512 --> 05:38:15,450
sleeves and work strategically

11594
05:38:15,450 --> 05:38:18,450
and not on the fly.

11595
05:38:19,184 --> 05:38:19,751
So where do we find the money

11596
05:38:19,751 --> 05:38:20,385
to restore those cuts?

11597
05:38:20,385 --> 05:38:21,520
Some of my colleagues have

11598
05:38:21,520 --> 05:38:24,520
mentioned there and I would

11599
05:38:25,490 --> 05:38:26,157
agree there is no appetite for

11600
05:38:26,157 --> 05:38:26,524
new revenue on the backs of

11601
05:38:26,524 --> 05:38:27,158
residents.

11602
05:38:27,158 --> 05:38:30,758
What I can predict when we

11603
05:38:31,229 --> 05:38:32,970
reach the end of this budget

11604
05:38:32,970 --> 05:38:32,730
cycle none of us will be fully

11605
05:38:32,730 --> 05:38:33,640
satisfied with the adopted

11606
05:38:33,640 --> 05:38:35,640
budget.

11607
05:38:37,802 --> 05:38:38,469
My goal as Council PRESIDENT Is

11608
05:38:38,469 --> 05:38:39,200
for all of us to believe

11609
05:38:39,200 --> 05:38:39,670
the process worked.

11610
05:38:39,670 --> 05:38:40,305
But the newly adopted budget

11611
05:38:40,305 --> 05:38:42,705
reflects our city's fiscal

11612
05:38:43,742 --> 05:38:44,476
reality Rather than meeting all

11613
05:38:44,476 --> 05:38:48,760
of the aspirations of what city

11614
05:38:50,150 --> 05:38:50,882
services can and should be cut

11615
05:38:50,882 --> 05:38:51,182
not new revenue is how we get

11616
05:38:51,182 --> 05:38:53,182
there.

11617
05:38:55,720 --> 05:38:56,487
City residents have sent a

11618
05:38:56,487 --> 05:38:57,222
clear message I'm not going to

11619
05:38:57,222 --> 05:38:57,922
keep repeating this Raising new

11620
05:38:57,922 --> 05:39:01,293
revenue on their backs to fill

11621
05:39:01,293 --> 05:39:02,600
the gap is not an option.

11622
05:39:02,600 --> 05:39:02,627
We must deliver a budget with

11623
05:39:02,627 --> 05:39:03,328
the resources we have.

11624
05:39:03,328 --> 05:39:06,928
It is often said that budgets

11625
05:39:07,632 --> 05:39:08,233
are a statement of values As

11626
05:39:08,233 --> 05:39:08,900
several of my colleagues

11627
05:39:08,900 --> 05:39:11,300
mentioned, this budget must

11628
05:39:13,638 --> 05:39:14,172
reflect the principal value

11629
05:39:14,172 --> 05:39:14,805
that this government

11630
05:39:14,805 --> 05:39:16,805
accountable responsive to

11631
05:39:19,177 --> 05:39:19,911
residents cuts with within

11632
05:39:19,911 --> 05:39:20,578
the proposed budget are clearly

11633
05:39:20,578 --> 05:39:22,978
drastic and include reducing

11634
05:39:25,450 --> 05:39:26,117
positions dedicated hardworking

11635
05:39:26,117 --> 05:39:26,852
city staff will be laid off,

11636
05:39:26,852 --> 05:39:29,852
City services will be impacted.

11637
05:39:30,888 --> 05:39:31,556
I do not say that lightly

11638
05:39:31,556 --> 05:39:32,457
because the very good people

11639
05:39:32,457 --> 05:39:36,657
I'll be wrapping up this is a

11640
05:39:37,462 --> 05:39:38,630
moment that requires good

11641
05:39:38,630 --> 05:39:38,730
governance not games At

11642
05:39:38,730 --> 05:39:39,464
the moment it requires us to

11643
05:39:39,464 --> 05:39:39,764
make tough decisions and take a

11644
05:39:39,764 --> 05:39:41,764
stand.

11645
05:39:42,801 --> 05:39:43,702
That's a fact.

11646
05:39:43,702 --> 05:39:44,302
This is a moment that requires

11647
05:39:44,302 --> 05:39:44,936
prudence, not politics.

11648
05:39:44,936 --> 05:39:47,336
This is what constituents

11649
05:39:48,473 --> 05:39:49,173
deserve from their elected

11650
05:39:49,173 --> 05:39:49,774
officials and what our city's

11651
05:39:49,774 --> 05:39:52,174
future demands what our

11652
05:39:55,247 --> 05:39:56,140
constituents don't deserve.

11653
05:39:56,140 --> 05:39:56,715
If the outrage from outside

11654
05:39:56,715 --> 05:39:59,715
agents that threatened to blow

11655
05:39:59,718 --> 05:40:00,385
a new $100 million hole in this

11656
05:40:00,385 --> 05:40:03,385
fragile budget if you don't

11657
05:40:04,389 --> 05:40:05,900
like the cuts in today's $118

11658
05:40:05,900 --> 05:40:05,757
million solution, you're going

11659
05:40:05,757 --> 05:40:09,357
to hate doubling up on those

11660
05:40:09,562 --> 05:40:09,927
cuts for a $218 million

11661
05:40:09,927 --> 05:40:10,495
solution.

11662
05:40:10,495 --> 05:40:12,895
That is not rhetoric.

11663
05:40:15,500 --> 05:40:15,801
That is a very real possibility

11664
05:40:15,801 --> 05:40:16,567
.

11665
05:40:16,567 --> 05:40:17,101
So in closing, the budget must

11666
05:40:17,101 --> 05:40:17,669
reflect our values.

11667
05:40:17,669 --> 05:40:20,690
This budget must make

11668
05:40:21,907 --> 05:40:22,607
measurable strides in putting

11669
05:40:22,607 --> 05:40:22,941
San Diego on firmer financial

11670
05:40:22,941 --> 05:40:24,941
footing.

11671
05:40:26,778 --> 05:40:27,790
None of this will be even easy

11672
05:40:27,790 --> 05:40:27,846
.

11673
05:40:27,846 --> 05:40:28,547
But with the public all of you

11674
05:40:28,547 --> 05:40:31,547
council and the mayor working

11675
05:40:33,718 --> 05:40:34,486
together we will get this done.

11676
05:40:34,486 --> 05:40:35,187
So I'll close there And again

11677
05:40:35,187 --> 05:40:35,554
thank you all that showed up.

11678
05:40:35,554 --> 05:40:37,554
Thank you.

11679
05:40:38,423 --> 05:40:38,723
That stuck all the way through

11680
05:40:38,723 --> 05:40:39,457
.

11681
05:40:39,457 --> 05:40:40,158
Thank you Again, the mayor and

11682
05:40:40,158 --> 05:40:40,859
the executive team that stayed

11683
05:40:40,859 --> 05:40:43,859
through the entire meeting so

11684
05:40:45,130 --> 05:40:45,897
that will wrap item 200 Now if

11685
05:40:45,897 --> 05:40:49,497
you haven't had enough, we will

11686
05:40:51,203 --> 05:40:51,537
now take up non agenda public

11687
05:40:51,537 --> 05:40:52,271
comment.

11688
05:40:52,271 --> 05:40:55,271
The council members respect and

11689
05:40:56,608 --> 05:40:57,309
appreciate the public's input

11690
05:40:57,309 --> 05:40:58,900
and are fully committed to

11691
05:40:58,900 --> 05:40:58,710
protecting every participant's

11692
05:40:58,710 --> 05:41:01,710
free speech rights at council

11693
05:41:02,948 --> 05:41:03,815
and committee meetings.

11694
05:41:03,815 --> 05:41:04,549
Clark This is not a general

11695
05:41:04,549 --> 05:41:05,250
public comment so this is not a

11696
05:41:05,250 --> 05:41:08,250
repeat of things that we've

11697
05:41:09,421 --> 05:41:10,121
already talked about today or

11698
05:41:10,121 --> 05:41:10,522
on the agenda which was pretty

11699
05:41:10,522 --> 05:41:11,223
broad based.

11700
05:41:11,223 --> 05:41:14,223
So Clark, please proceed with

11701
05:41:15,427 --> 05:41:16,127
public comment non agenda

11702
05:41:16,127 --> 05:41:16,828
public comment and thank you.

11703
05:41:16,828 --> 05:41:17,496
Council PRESIDENT Pearl 2.7 on

11704
05:41:17,496 --> 05:41:20,332
general public comment is an

11705
05:41:20,332 --> 05:41:21,330
opportunity for members of

11706
05:41:21,330 --> 05:41:21,734
the public to comment on items

11707
05:41:21,734 --> 05:41:22,367
that are not on the agenda but

11708
05:41:22,367 --> 05:41:22,968
within the subject matter

11709
05:41:22,968 --> 05:41:25,368
jurisdiction of the City

11710
05:41:26,672 --> 05:41:27,439
Council.

11711
05:41:27,439 --> 05:41:27,772
Each speaker will have two

11712
05:41:27,772 --> 05:41:28,473
minutes.

11713
05:41:28,473 --> 05:41:29,108
Please note there are eight or

11714
05:41:29,108 --> 05:41:29,407
more speakers on a single

11715
05:41:29,407 --> 05:41:31,407
topic.

11716
05:41:31,877 --> 05:41:32,411
The maximum time for the topic

11717
05:41:32,411 --> 05:41:33,780
will be 16 minutes.

11718
05:41:33,780 --> 05:41:33,812
If you're in chambers please

11719
05:41:33,812 --> 05:41:34,413
submit your speakers with them.

11720
05:41:34,413 --> 05:41:35,800
If you're joining us for

11721
05:41:35,800 --> 05:41:37,480
virtually please raise your

11722
05:41:37,850 --> 05:41:38,551
hand to speak by tapping

11723
05:41:38,551 --> 05:41:39,251
the raise your hand icon or if

11724
05:41:39,251 --> 05:41:40,853
your calling participant Star

11725
05:41:40,853 --> 05:41:43,253
nine Josh Bohannan Josh

11726
05:41:46,692 --> 05:41:47,593
Mohammed are you here So I

11727
05:41:47,593 --> 05:41:51,193
don't see a Josh and Julie

11728
05:41:53,699 --> 05:41:54,365
Arjona live.

11729
05:41:54,365 --> 05:41:55,670
I can have the following

11730
05:41:55,670 --> 05:41:55,767
individuals please come up to

11731
05:41:55,767 --> 05:41:58,767
the yellow reserved seats Mary

11732
05:41:59,400 --> 05:41:59,672
Soriano and Anthony Ross Please

11733
05:41:59,672 --> 05:41:59,971
come to the yellow reserved

11734
05:41:59,971 --> 05:42:00,573
seats.

11735
05:42:00,573 --> 05:42:01,400
You'll have two minutes.

11736
05:42:01,400 --> 05:42:03,400
Please proceed.

11737
05:42:05,244 --> 05:42:05,911
I forgot to mention that my

11738
05:42:05,911 --> 05:42:06,579
nickname is always so That's

11739
05:42:06,579 --> 05:42:07,280
why there's confusion if you

11740
05:42:07,280 --> 05:42:07,645
know that I'm doing all these

11741
05:42:07,645 --> 05:42:08,314
different.

11742
05:42:08,314 --> 05:42:10,650
Anyways I came to talk about

11743
05:42:10,650 --> 05:42:11,383
mental health and today we saw

11744
05:42:11,383 --> 05:42:12,830
a lot of emotion rises and I

11745
05:42:12,830 --> 05:42:15,683
thought this would be a great

11746
05:42:16,422 --> 05:42:17,189
thing to bring up.

11747
05:42:17,189 --> 05:42:17,889
So with the young people our

11748
05:42:17,889 --> 05:42:18,557
mental health crisis is going

11749
05:42:18,557 --> 05:42:21,827
up and up more by, you know,

11750
05:42:21,827 --> 05:42:22,527
social media by, you know,

11751
05:42:22,527 --> 05:42:22,862
bullying by a whole bunch of

11752
05:42:22,862 --> 05:42:23,596
factors.

11753
05:42:23,596 --> 05:42:27,196
And as mentioned, art is really

11754
05:42:27,667 --> 05:42:28,401
needed for that for mental

11755
05:42:28,401 --> 05:42:28,900
health and then also for social

11756
05:42:28,900 --> 05:42:29,602
work and all that.

11757
05:42:29,602 --> 05:42:30,136
I love to bring it up but it's

11758
05:42:30,136 --> 05:42:32,136
also really needed.

11759
05:42:32,938 --> 05:42:33,639
So I would like to bring up an

11760
05:42:33,639 --> 05:42:34,240
idea for youth if you would

11761
05:42:34,240 --> 05:42:37,240
like to propose this for

11762
05:42:38,577 --> 05:42:38,944
schools in your district or in

11763
05:42:38,944 --> 05:42:39,745
your area.

11764
05:42:39,745 --> 05:42:44,383
The idea is to have a space for

11765
05:42:44,383 --> 05:42:45,117
youth in their schools and they

11766
05:42:45,117 --> 05:42:45,551
can have a place where they can

11767
05:42:45,551 --> 05:42:46,252
take a sleep.

11768
05:42:46,252 --> 05:42:46,953
They could take a nap if they

11769
05:42:46,953 --> 05:42:50,455
didn't get sleep at home with

11770
05:42:50,455 --> 05:42:51,256
the day before.

11771
05:42:51,256 --> 05:42:52,570
If they're having testing diary

11772
05:42:52,570 --> 05:42:56,128
they can put a a referral to go

11773
05:42:56,128 --> 05:42:56,795
inside to the classroom that's

11774
05:42:56,795 --> 05:42:57,430
designated for this area to

11775
05:42:57,430 --> 05:42:57,763
have a moment for anxiety

11776
05:42:57,763 --> 05:42:59,763
testing.

11777
05:43:02,401 --> 05:43:03,690
It's another idea of like if

11778
05:43:03,690 --> 05:43:03,736
this is not eating our home

11779
05:43:03,736 --> 05:43:04,437
they can have a space where

11780
05:43:04,437 --> 05:43:07,139
they can go eat snacks before

11781
05:43:07,139 --> 05:43:07,907
class or they can eat lunch.

11782
05:43:07,907 --> 05:43:08,707
They have a place to eat.

11783
05:43:08,707 --> 05:43:09,442
I am a youth in Chula Vista so

11784
05:43:09,442 --> 05:43:12,478
I'm not even a part of here But

11785
05:43:12,478 --> 05:43:13,179
I want to bring this idea

11786
05:43:13,179 --> 05:43:13,880
because I feel like this idea

11787
05:43:13,880 --> 05:43:14,213
is really needed for a lot of

11788
05:43:14,213 --> 05:43:16,213
people.

11789
05:43:18,717 --> 05:43:19,385
I was a survivor of suicide

11790
05:43:19,385 --> 05:43:20,520
which I am really happy I'm

11791
05:43:20,520 --> 05:43:20,353
here still and I'm not like

11792
05:43:20,353 --> 05:43:22,353
that.

11793
05:43:24,923 --> 05:43:25,625
I am Once again I'm 19 so I

11794
05:43:25,625 --> 05:43:26,259
haven't been here for long but

11795
05:43:26,259 --> 05:43:28,561
I'm really happy I stayed.

11796
05:43:28,561 --> 05:43:29,262
I just want to bring up one

11797
05:43:29,262 --> 05:43:29,896
more thing is just the idea is

11798
05:43:29,896 --> 05:43:32,896
to have a classroom that's

11799
05:43:34,000 --> 05:43:34,766
dedicated to this realm of like

11800
05:43:34,766 --> 05:43:35,435
for anxiety for support or if

11801
05:43:35,435 --> 05:43:38,435
you need extra tutoring just

11802
05:43:40,372 --> 05:43:41,240
basically a room that students

11803
05:43:41,240 --> 05:43:41,907
can leave during class to go to

11804
05:43:41,907 --> 05:43:42,575
So that way they don't have

11805
05:43:42,575 --> 05:43:45,575
this anxiety and they don't

11806
05:43:46,120 --> 05:43:46,812
have the pressure of having

11807
05:43:46,812 --> 05:43:47,480
the best student they can be if

11808
05:43:47,480 --> 05:43:48,140
they can't even perform with

11809
05:43:48,140 --> 05:43:48,681
their mental health.

11810
05:43:48,681 --> 05:43:52,218
So that being said I know I

11811
05:43:52,218 --> 05:43:52,919
have 10s if I could request

11812
05:43:52,919 --> 05:43:53,620
more time I would love to but

11813
05:43:53,620 --> 05:43:56,955
we just basically need a room

11814
05:43:56,955 --> 05:43:57,624
that these students can go to

11815
05:43:57,624 --> 05:43:58,323
maybe once a month that they

11816
05:43:58,323 --> 05:43:58,992
can go in and request to have

11817
05:43:58,992 --> 05:43:59,658
that little space where they

11818
05:43:59,658 --> 05:44:00,259
can like perform better and

11819
05:44:00,259 --> 05:44:00,827
they can succeed There.

11820
05:44:00,827 --> 05:44:03,227
>> Thank you so much.

11821
05:44:07,934 --> 05:44:08,734
Thank you, Mary Joanna Mary

11822
05:44:08,734 --> 05:44:11,734
third PRESIDENT Of your town

11823
05:44:12,338 --> 05:44:12,972
council Marty, thank you About

11824
05:44:12,972 --> 05:44:15,372
the fire rescue department

11825
05:44:16,709 --> 05:44:17,310
There's over 50 fire safe

11826
05:44:17,310 --> 05:44:19,710
council rescue fire safe

11827
05:44:22,182 --> 05:44:22,916
councils and the community

11828
05:44:22,916 --> 05:44:23,616
officers The wildfire community

11829
05:44:23,616 --> 05:44:26,160
officers are our preventative

11830
05:44:27,954 --> 05:44:28,421
maintenance for our community.

11831
05:44:28,421 --> 05:44:29,155
We need them.

11832
05:44:29,155 --> 05:44:32,755
We can't cut them because we've

11833
05:44:33,693 --> 05:44:34,561
already failed on preventative

11834
05:44:34,561 --> 05:44:38,161
maintenance as a city And those

11835
05:44:39,198 --> 05:44:39,899
wildfire wildfire community

11836
05:44:39,899 --> 05:44:40,566
officers are our preventative

11837
05:44:40,566 --> 05:44:42,966
maintenance to the community

11838
05:44:45,105 --> 05:44:45,705
for loyal cares for our

11839
05:44:45,705 --> 05:44:46,405
neighboring town And our

11840
05:44:46,405 --> 05:44:48,805
neighboring town is Claremont

11841
05:44:50,176 --> 05:44:50,877
Mesa.

11842
05:44:50,877 --> 05:44:53,277
Claremont Mesa is experiencing

11843
05:44:56,349 --> 05:44:57,117
a battle with at&t cell Tower

11844
05:44:57,117 --> 05:44:59,517
60 foot high 50 gallon diesel

11845
05:45:02,220 --> 05:45:02,589
generator under Community Park

11846
05:45:02,589 --> 05:45:03,256
called Gershwin Park.

11847
05:45:03,256 --> 05:45:05,656
Tomorrow night the Planning

11848
05:45:07,827 --> 05:45:08,427
Commission or the planning

11849
05:45:08,427 --> 05:45:09,195
group for Claremont, mi.

11850
05:45:09,195 --> 05:45:12,599
So we'll be hearing on this And

11851
05:45:12,599 --> 05:45:13,365
there's a coalition called no

11852
05:45:13,365 --> 05:45:17,537
at&t in Claremont that will be

11853
05:45:17,537 --> 05:45:18,271
there tomorrow night at 6 P.M..

11854
05:45:18,271 --> 05:45:18,638
La Hoya has experienced several

11855
05:45:18,638 --> 05:45:20,638
of these.

11856
05:45:23,208 --> 05:45:23,910
We were playing Whac-a-Mole

11857
05:45:23,910 --> 05:45:24,677
with at&t throughout our own

11858
05:45:24,677 --> 05:45:28,181
community so we were trying to

11859
05:45:28,181 --> 05:45:29,115
definitely help them.

11860
05:45:29,115 --> 05:45:33,315
>> Also on my way here a Rodney

11861
05:45:33,920 --> 05:45:34,621
Tucker homeless gentleman over

11862
05:45:34,621 --> 05:45:35,255
at the Lower Hoya Rec Center

11863
05:45:35,255 --> 05:45:35,856
somehow must have attended

11864
05:45:35,856 --> 05:45:38,856
the La Hoya Town Council

11865
05:45:39,860 --> 05:45:40,126
meeting and got my card, called

11866
05:45:40,126 --> 05:45:40,860
me.

11867
05:45:40,860 --> 05:45:41,194
He got a ticket, a parking

11868
05:45:41,194 --> 05:45:43,194
ticket.

11869
05:45:45,398 --> 05:45:46,165
I have the citation number.

11870
05:45:46,165 --> 05:45:46,733
It's going to cost him $75.

11871
05:45:46,733 --> 05:45:49,133
This guy is homeless.

11872
05:45:50,837 --> 05:45:51,571
He moved his car around

11873
05:45:51,571 --> 05:45:52,105
the block and then got a ticket

11874
05:45:52,105 --> 05:45:52,772
on the second round.

11875
05:45:52,772 --> 05:45:53,730
>> I don't know how we can

11876
05:45:53,730 --> 05:45:55,730
help.

11877
05:45:56,760 --> 05:45:56,777
I'm not sure how our resources

11878
05:45:56,777 --> 05:45:57,477
are ticketing homeless people

11879
05:45:57,477 --> 05:46:00,477
because we obviously know that

11880
05:46:01,470 --> 05:46:01,815
they can't pay for this ticket.

11881
05:46:01,815 --> 05:46:02,516
They'd like to have you guys

11882
05:46:02,516 --> 05:46:02,983
rethink on how that is being

11883
05:46:02,983 --> 05:46:04,983
done as well.

11884
05:46:05,252 --> 05:46:05,752
Thank you.

11885
05:46:05,752 --> 05:46:07,752
>> Thank you.

11886
05:46:16,729 --> 05:46:17,431
Anthony Ross Good afternoon

11887
05:46:17,431 --> 05:46:17,730
City Council How are we doing

11888
05:46:17,730 --> 05:46:18,398
today?

11889
05:46:18,398 --> 05:46:21,398
Vice Chair of the Boulevard

11890
05:46:22,168 --> 05:46:22,635
Planning Group.

11891
05:46:22,635 --> 05:46:22,936
Artist Musician.

11892
05:46:22,936 --> 05:46:24,936
Actor.

11893
05:46:27,574 --> 05:46:28,241
Deejay And today I wanted to

11894
05:46:28,241 --> 05:46:28,942
speak about the budget cuts

11895
05:46:28,942 --> 05:46:29,610
that have been proposed but I

11896
05:46:29,610 --> 05:46:30,210
also wanted to I understand

11897
05:46:30,210 --> 05:46:32,712
it's a non agenda public

11898
05:46:32,712 --> 05:46:33,213
comment so I also wanted to

11899
05:46:33,213 --> 05:46:33,846
speak about Flock.

11900
05:46:33,846 --> 05:46:37,446
i wanted to speak about my

11901
05:46:37,617 --> 05:46:38,284
concern that I have in seeing

11902
05:46:38,284 --> 05:46:38,952
this city council repeatedly

11903
05:46:38,952 --> 05:46:41,352
have this almost obsequious

11904
05:46:43,991 --> 05:46:44,758
servile nature to stampede.

11905
05:46:44,758 --> 05:46:45,426
And I want to remind everyone

11906
05:46:45,426 --> 05:46:49,260
on the city council you work

11907
05:46:49,763 --> 05:46:50,164
for us, your constituents not

11908
05:46:50,164 --> 05:46:50,931
for sdp.

11909
05:46:50,931 --> 05:46:54,531
Sdp does not vote you into

11910
05:46:54,535 --> 05:46:55,202
power and esdp is a huge reason

11911
05:46:55,202 --> 05:46:55,636
why we are in this current

11912
05:46:55,636 --> 05:46:56,270
budget crisis.

11913
05:46:56,270 --> 05:46:59,270
Just between the deaths of

11914
05:47:00,740 --> 05:47:00,707
Hayden Shuck which was caused

11915
05:47:00,707 --> 05:47:03,107
by criminal negligence and

11916
05:47:04,544 --> 05:47:05,244
Kenosha Wilson Those two deaths

11917
05:47:05,244 --> 05:47:08,844
alone inmates in our own city

11918
05:47:09,160 --> 05:47:09,349
jails are costing the city $46

11919
05:47:09,349 --> 05:47:10,170
million.

11920
05:47:10,170 --> 05:47:13,617
That's more than a third of

11921
05:47:13,787 --> 05:47:14,870
the entire deficit that we

11922
05:47:14,870 --> 05:47:14,855
have.

11923
05:47:14,855 --> 05:47:15,489
If we want to be realistic

11924
05:47:15,489 --> 05:47:15,989
about the source of these

11925
05:47:15,989 --> 05:47:17,989
problems, we need

11926
05:47:20,194 --> 05:47:20,961
accountability.

11927
05:47:20,961 --> 05:47:21,662
We currently have a deficit

11928
05:47:21,662 --> 05:47:24,620
what over 100 police officers

11929
05:47:25,232 --> 05:47:25,666
that I read in the newspaper

11930
05:47:25,666 --> 05:47:26,400
the other day.

11931
05:47:26,400 --> 05:47:27,100
It's not a mystery why people

11932
05:47:27,100 --> 05:47:29,837
why we can't get enrollment in

11933
05:47:29,837 --> 05:47:30,538
cpd because people are tired of

11934
05:47:30,538 --> 05:47:31,238
seeing an unaccountable police

11935
05:47:31,238 --> 05:47:34,238
force that's overpaid for what

11936
05:47:35,443 --> 05:47:36,760
they're doing and they're not

11937
05:47:36,760 --> 05:47:36,710
responsive to the public.

11938
05:47:36,710 --> 05:47:37,311
I want to remind the city

11939
05:47:37,311 --> 05:47:40,311
council that you have a

11940
05:47:40,714 --> 05:47:41,415
fundamentally different

11941
05:47:41,415 --> 05:47:42,116
relationship to power than we

11942
05:47:42,116 --> 05:47:45,116
do your command the police

11943
05:47:46,153 --> 05:47:46,820
officers.

11944
05:47:46,820 --> 05:47:47,354
You all are protected by

11945
05:47:47,354 --> 05:47:48,220
the police officers.

11946
05:47:48,220 --> 05:47:52,193
But I want to ask all of you

11947
05:47:52,193 --> 05:47:52,759
who in your family or what have

11948
05:47:52,759 --> 05:47:53,494
you individually ever

11949
05:47:53,494 --> 05:47:55,894
experienced police brutality if

11950
05:47:57,640 --> 05:47:57,765
you've never experienced police

11951
05:47:57,765 --> 05:47:58,499
brutality you don't deserve to

11952
05:47:58,499 --> 05:48:02,502
be the ones that are voting for

11953
05:48:02,502 --> 05:48:03,169
increases for the dpd.

11954
05:48:03,169 --> 05:48:03,837
If you've never experienced

11955
05:48:03,837 --> 05:48:04,371
police, if you're no one in

11956
05:48:04,371 --> 05:48:06,771
your family has ever

11957
05:48:07,541 --> 05:48:08,175
experienced police brutality or

11958
05:48:08,175 --> 05:48:08,909
the consequences of being

11959
05:48:08,909 --> 05:48:11,909
overly surveilled, why is Block

11960
05:48:13,747 --> 05:48:14,215
being allowed to be put into

11961
05:48:14,215 --> 05:48:14,882
our communities?

11962
05:48:14,882 --> 05:48:15,416
I'm tired of seeing the City

11963
05:48:15,416 --> 05:48:17,416
Council not obeying

11964
05:48:19,120 --> 05:48:19,886
the Constitution.

11965
05:48:19,886 --> 05:48:20,421
>> Please thank you for your

11966
05:48:20,421 --> 05:48:21,870
concluding comment.

11967
05:48:21,870 --> 05:48:23,791
Don't keep funding Your time

11968
05:48:23,791 --> 05:48:24,492
has concluded and started

11969
05:48:24,492 --> 05:48:25,159
the five minute timer going to

11970
05:48:25,159 --> 05:48:27,159
those participating online.

11971
05:48:28,696 --> 05:48:29,297
We currently have 13 speakers

11972
05:48:29,297 --> 05:48:31,632
with their hands raised.

11973
05:48:31,632 --> 05:48:31,933
Remember there's a five minute

11974
05:48:31,933 --> 05:48:32,600
timer.

11975
05:48:32,600 --> 05:48:33,200
Nobody who raises their hand

11976
05:48:33,200 --> 05:48:34,101
after that will be taken

11977
05:48:34,101 --> 05:48:37,701
The original If you can please

11978
05:48:39,240 --> 05:48:42,240
unmute it is very concerning

11979
05:48:44,178 --> 05:48:44,978
when we talk about the police

11980
05:48:44,978 --> 05:48:48,578
department and say in tis and

11981
05:48:49,316 --> 05:48:49,984
how they're here for a public

11982
05:48:49,984 --> 05:48:50,584
safety when they're actually

11983
05:48:50,584 --> 05:48:51,252
been weaponized against

11984
05:48:51,252 --> 05:48:54,252
the people in they're going

11985
05:48:54,789 --> 05:48:55,489
against our public safety and

11986
05:48:55,489 --> 05:48:58,489
also the contract with fall

11987
05:49:00,132 --> 05:49:00,727
ambulance This is very

11988
05:49:00,727 --> 05:49:02,727
concerning along with

11989
05:49:03,764 --> 05:49:04,432
the weaponization of Prop 36

11990
05:49:04,432 --> 05:49:05,660
upon the people and what is

11991
05:49:05,660 --> 05:49:07,466
actually taking place with

11992
05:49:09,300 --> 05:49:09,536
these entities and

11993
05:49:09,536 --> 05:49:10,271
the conspiracies and

11994
05:49:10,271 --> 05:49:13,271
the conspiring together to take

11995
05:49:14,842 --> 05:49:15,276
people arrest them, even

11996
05:49:15,276 --> 05:49:15,943
assault them.

11997
05:49:15,943 --> 05:49:16,410
That's what the police do or

11998
05:49:16,410 --> 05:49:18,410
they kill them.

11999
05:49:19,447 --> 05:49:20,314
They unload their weapons on

12000
05:49:20,314 --> 05:49:23,314
mental health People who are

12001
05:49:24,185 --> 05:49:24,785
experiencing something There

12002
05:49:24,785 --> 05:49:25,420
has been sexual assault.

12003
05:49:25,420 --> 05:49:25,753
There's so many different

12004
05:49:25,753 --> 05:49:27,753
things.

12005
05:49:29,457 --> 05:49:30,224
But when the police are working

12006
05:49:30,224 --> 05:49:33,824
with the emt to put these

12007
05:49:34,495 --> 05:49:36,895
individuals into the ambulance

12008
05:49:39,200 --> 05:49:39,766
and Falck is also you know,

12009
05:49:39,766 --> 05:49:41,766
engaged and providing

12010
05:49:45,273 --> 05:49:45,940
medications that are being used

12011
05:49:45,940 --> 05:49:46,807
in these ambulances that are

12012
05:49:46,807 --> 05:49:50,210
some thing like Vir said or

12013
05:49:50,210 --> 05:49:50,812
ketamine but something that you

12014
05:49:50,812 --> 05:49:53,812
can put into your nose.

12015
05:49:55,783 --> 05:49:56,484
And so there is no kind of, you

12016
05:49:56,484 --> 05:49:59,484
know, whole from an injection

12017
05:49:59,987 --> 05:50:00,722
but it states the individual

12018
05:50:00,722 --> 05:50:01,523
and they potentially then just,

12019
05:50:01,523 --> 05:50:05,123
you know, wake up naked in

12020
05:50:05,592 --> 05:50:06,261
the hospital and wear their

12021
05:50:06,261 --> 05:50:08,661
clothes and they're bleeding

12022
05:50:10,264 --> 05:50:10,865
from their and then they get

12023
05:50:10,865 --> 05:50:14,465
sent to the police or to

12024
05:50:14,903 --> 05:50:15,603
the jail And in there they are

12025
05:50:15,603 --> 05:50:18,603
put into detox but they're

12026
05:50:19,774 --> 05:50:20,475
refused a drug test which would

12027
05:50:20,475 --> 05:50:20,875
then determine what drug they

12028
05:50:20,875 --> 05:50:21,609
were given.

12029
05:50:21,609 --> 05:50:24,609
But this is very concerning

12030
05:50:25,213 --> 05:50:28,213
because it is seeming that

12031
05:50:30,218 --> 05:50:30,885
there is a producing of these

12032
05:50:30,885 --> 05:50:31,452
patients that need to be in

12033
05:50:31,452 --> 05:50:33,452
these programs because

12034
05:50:35,823 --> 05:50:36,624
everything that happens is a

12035
05:50:36,624 --> 05:50:37,392
racket and it's very or a very

12036
05:50:37,392 --> 05:50:40,695
well organized crime And so you

12037
05:50:40,695 --> 05:50:41,329
guys need to be looking into

12038
05:50:41,329 --> 05:50:44,329
your contracts and who is

12039
05:50:44,332 --> 05:50:44,699
investing in those future has

12040
05:50:44,699 --> 05:50:45,333
concluded.

12041
05:50:45,333 --> 05:50:48,333
Barbara Gordon If you can

12042
05:50:49,204 --> 05:50:49,637
please unmute.

12043
05:50:49,637 --> 05:50:50,338
Good evening.

12044
05:50:50,338 --> 05:50:53,338
I'm a public health advocate

12045
05:50:54,409 --> 05:50:55,760
with so many needs in the city

12046
05:50:55,760 --> 05:50:58,760
and with budget shortages I

12047
05:50:59,800 --> 05:50:59,647
respectfully request that

12048
05:50:59,647 --> 05:51:00,315
the city not implement

12049
05:51:00,315 --> 05:51:02,715
the cannabis equity program.

12050
05:51:03,851 --> 05:51:04,552
The seed program is not

12051
05:51:04,552 --> 05:51:05,220
sustainable without impacting

12052
05:51:05,220 --> 05:51:07,620
the already strained budget

12053
05:51:08,889 --> 05:51:09,657
resources.

12054
05:51:09,657 --> 05:51:10,225
San Diego already has 38

12055
05:51:10,225 --> 05:51:12,225
marijuana businesses.

12056
05:51:13,928 --> 05:51:14,629
Why are we looking to expand

12057
05:51:14,629 --> 05:51:17,629
the number of these businesses

12058
05:51:18,700 --> 05:51:19,300
in the name of social equity as

12059
05:51:19,300 --> 05:51:19,734
the city struggles with

12060
05:51:19,734 --> 05:51:21,734
homelessness?

12061
05:51:23,772 --> 05:51:24,472
Many peer review study showed

12062
05:51:24,472 --> 05:51:25,140
that marijuana use contributes

12063
05:51:25,140 --> 05:51:28,140
to drug abuse and addiction

12064
05:51:28,910 --> 05:51:29,544
which is the leading cause of

12065
05:51:29,544 --> 05:51:31,944
homelessness In the latest

12066
05:51:33,214 --> 05:51:36,685
national survey on drug use and

12067
05:51:36,685 --> 05:51:37,419
Health estimated 32% of the 64

12068
05:51:37,419 --> 05:51:38,120
million passed marijuana users.

12069
05:51:38,120 --> 05:51:41,120
Well, here's an older in

12070
05:51:42,390 --> 05:51:42,991
America have cannabis use

12071
05:51:42,991 --> 05:51:45,391
disorder that number of

12072
05:51:47,328 --> 05:51:47,928
Americans addicted to marijuana

12073
05:51:47,928 --> 05:51:48,263
comes to over 20 million

12074
05:51:48,263 --> 05:51:50,263
people.

12075
05:51:52,100 --> 05:51:52,800
The profit driven marijuana

12076
05:51:52,800 --> 05:51:53,501
industry continues to produce

12077
05:51:53,501 --> 05:51:55,901
and promote stronger products

12078
05:51:56,872 --> 05:51:57,506
that are addicting millions and

12079
05:51:57,506 --> 05:51:59,506
disrupting people's lives.

12080
05:52:01,310 --> 05:52:02,900
Marijuana use is linked to

12081
05:52:02,900 --> 05:52:05,900
doubling risk of psychotic and

12082
05:52:06,247 --> 05:52:07,150
bipolar disorders.

12083
05:52:07,150 --> 05:52:07,749
This was all published in

12084
05:52:07,749 --> 05:52:10,749
the Journal of American Medical

12085
05:52:11,190 --> 05:52:11,787
Health Forum.

12086
05:52:11,787 --> 05:52:15,387
I urge the Council to not

12087
05:52:15,590 --> 05:52:16,257
prioritize this industry over

12088
05:52:16,257 --> 05:52:16,958
the many needs of the city.

12089
05:52:16,958 --> 05:52:19,358
Your focus and responsibility

12090
05:52:20,728 --> 05:52:21,330
is public health and safety.

12091
05:52:21,330 --> 05:52:23,730
Not advocating for more

12092
05:52:26,100 --> 05:52:26,768
marijuana in our city.

12093
05:52:26,768 --> 05:52:27,680
>> Thank you for letting me

12094
05:52:27,680 --> 05:52:28,704
speak.

12095
05:52:28,704 --> 05:52:29,400
Our next speaker is Catherine

12096
05:52:29,400 --> 05:52:31,400
Rose.

12097
05:52:33,909 --> 05:52:34,576
If you can please unmute.

12098
05:52:34,576 --> 05:52:34,910
Hello, this is Catherine

12099
05:52:34,910 --> 05:52:35,544
Rhoades.

12100
05:52:35,544 --> 05:52:38,881
First I want to talk about

12101
05:52:38,881 --> 05:52:42,481
where you could find my or

12102
05:52:44,152 --> 05:52:44,886
Mandy have links in my talk

12103
05:52:44,886 --> 05:52:45,320
reform measures for the transit

12104
05:52:45,320 --> 05:52:47,320
occupancy tax.

12105
05:52:48,457 --> 05:52:51,457
It's found at Tony WorldCom

12106
05:52:52,594 --> 05:52:54,594
slash 2026 0418b that's

12107
05:52:56,665 --> 05:52:57,366
tightening euro 2026 0418b And

12108
05:52:57,366 --> 05:53:00,966
another thing you could do is

12109
05:53:01,603 --> 05:53:02,304
just go to Mandy, have website

12110
05:53:02,304 --> 05:53:05,304
or contact Mandy through next

12111
05:53:06,275 --> 05:53:10,713
door and I, I want to say this

12112
05:53:10,713 --> 05:53:11,413
again I would like somebody on

12113
05:53:11,413 --> 05:53:12,147
the city council or everybody

12114
05:53:12,147 --> 05:53:15,483
on the city council to actually

12115
05:53:15,483 --> 05:53:16,850
contact me and Mandy and we

12116
05:53:16,850 --> 05:53:16,718
could just walk through

12117
05:53:16,718 --> 05:53:19,118
the super simple solution.

12118
05:53:20,356 --> 05:53:20,688
This is literally your golden

12119
05:53:20,688 --> 05:53:22,688
ticket.

12120
05:53:25,600 --> 05:53:25,727
This is this is perfect.

12121
05:53:25,727 --> 05:53:26,428
It fully fund You could

12122
05:53:26,428 --> 05:53:29,231
actually have more like ours.

12123
05:53:29,231 --> 05:53:29,932
All the ones can be put in plus

12124
05:53:29,932 --> 05:53:30,599
you could get bought library.

12125
05:53:30,599 --> 05:53:33,599
You could have every single

12126
05:53:34,369 --> 05:53:34,869
amount of dollars for the pet

12127
05:53:34,869 --> 05:53:35,604
need for the arts.

12128
05:53:35,604 --> 05:53:38,841
Now we have as part of our

12129
05:53:38,841 --> 05:53:39,441
ballot measure we have pending

12130
05:53:39,441 --> 05:53:42,441
for the arts ballpark in

12131
05:53:42,545 --> 05:53:43,312
libraries and that brings in

12132
05:53:43,312 --> 05:53:46,181
$30 million So each of the you

12133
05:53:46,181 --> 05:53:46,849
know divided by a third that's

12134
05:53:46,849 --> 05:53:49,249
$10 million each And that's

12135
05:53:50,619 --> 05:53:50,886
only if we have our measure

12136
05:53:50,886 --> 05:53:51,720
too.

12137
05:53:51,720 --> 05:53:55,691
But if we have our measure one,

12138
05:53:55,691 --> 05:53:56,625
it goes up tremendously.

12139
05:53:56,625 --> 05:54:00,429
It would you know it it's just

12140
05:54:00,429 --> 05:54:01,129
such a wonderful idea and we

12141
05:54:01,129 --> 05:54:01,797
would love the opportunity to

12142
05:54:01,797 --> 05:54:04,797
actually walk you through it

12143
05:54:05,401 --> 05:54:06,368
step by step.

12144
05:54:06,368 --> 05:54:07,235
And so I ask that you actually

12145
05:54:07,235 --> 05:54:10,720
call us and then I would ask

12146
05:54:10,720 --> 05:54:10,739
that you actually get meetings

12147
05:54:10,739 --> 05:54:14,339
with the with all the people

12148
05:54:15,111 --> 05:54:15,777
you know, the people from

12149
05:54:15,777 --> 05:54:18,777
the perhaps foundation or i

12150
05:54:19,140 --> 05:54:19,615
don't know how to pronounce it

12151
05:54:19,615 --> 05:54:20,248
the people from the arts

12152
05:54:20,248 --> 05:54:22,648
community, the people from

12153
05:54:23,986 --> 05:54:24,854
the library community and allow

12154
05:54:24,854 --> 05:54:28,924
us to bring this idea of no

12155
05:54:28,924 --> 05:54:29,458
taxes that come from any city

12156
05:54:29,458 --> 05:54:30,159
of San Diego.

12157
05:54:30,159 --> 05:54:33,159
Resident This comes from rich

12158
05:54:33,596 --> 05:54:34,363
visitors that are coming here

12159
05:54:34,363 --> 05:54:34,897
and our money is being stolen

12160
05:54:34,897 --> 05:54:35,730
through legal loop.

12161
05:54:35,730 --> 05:54:38,730
>> I'm sorry your time has

12162
05:54:38,867 --> 05:54:39,668
concluded.

12163
05:54:39,668 --> 05:54:40,303
So has the five minute timer.

12164
05:54:40,303 --> 05:54:40,969
There are 11 speakers in

12165
05:54:40,969 --> 05:54:42,872
the queue and no additional

12166
05:54:42,872 --> 05:54:43,940
speakers will be taken.

12167
05:54:43,940 --> 05:54:47,540
Blair Beekman If you can please

12168
05:54:48,100 --> 05:54:48,477
unmute.

12169
05:54:48,477 --> 05:54:48,844
>> Hi.

12170
05:54:48,844 --> 05:54:50,844
Thank you.

12171
05:54:53,549 --> 05:54:54,183
Blair Beckman Good luck to our

12172
05:54:54,183 --> 05:54:54,884
selves to good dialog and

12173
05:54:54,884 --> 05:54:55,217
communication for the next few

12174
05:54:55,217 --> 05:54:57,217
months.

12175
05:54:58,487 --> 05:54:59,422
What we have to be working on

12176
05:54:59,422 --> 05:55:03,592
in San Diego and good luck that

12177
05:55:03,592 --> 05:55:04,327
equity can have a real

12178
05:55:04,327 --> 05:55:05,270
important guiding light What we

12179
05:55:05,270 --> 05:55:08,164
talk about with each other in

12180
05:55:08,164 --> 05:55:08,564
the next few months with budget

12181
05:55:08,564 --> 05:55:09,232
issues.

12182
05:55:09,232 --> 05:55:12,232
With that said, thanks for

12183
05:55:12,735 --> 05:55:13,436
the words of Dora and Anthony a

12184
05:55:13,436 --> 05:55:16,436
public speaker who spoke at

12185
05:55:17,106 --> 05:55:17,774
the beginning today.

12186
05:55:17,774 --> 05:55:20,174
They're pretty adamant about

12187
05:55:22,512 --> 05:55:23,211
police issues right now and I

12188
05:55:23,211 --> 05:55:23,980
think I'm going to be joining

12189
05:55:23,980 --> 05:55:27,580
their efforts in am is talking

12190
05:55:27,850 --> 05:55:28,417
about a lot I've heard him talk

12191
05:55:28,417 --> 05:55:29,510
about jail issues that

12192
05:55:29,510 --> 05:55:32,510
the county jail deaths are

12193
05:55:32,555 --> 05:55:33,288
happening a lot.

12194
05:55:33,288 --> 05:55:34,890
The events that have happened

12195
05:55:34,890 --> 05:55:36,926
to Andrea Ervin are kind of

12196
05:55:36,926 --> 05:55:37,794
shocking I think.

12197
05:55:37,794 --> 05:55:38,495
I think we can all be in

12198
05:55:38,495 --> 05:55:41,631
agreement on that And I think

12199
05:55:41,631 --> 05:55:42,498
it's time to really start to

12200
05:55:42,498 --> 05:55:43,266
question if we need a bit of

12201
05:55:43,266 --> 05:55:46,602
review of how the police is

12202
05:55:46,602 --> 05:55:47,670
working in San Diego overall

12203
05:55:47,670 --> 05:55:51,541
and I hope that can be an open

12204
05:55:51,541 --> 05:55:52,342
conversation we can be having.

12205
05:55:52,342 --> 05:55:55,942
So good luck on those efforts.

12206
05:55:55,978 --> 05:55:56,646
I think it's important at this

12207
05:55:56,646 --> 05:55:57,313
time something's going wrong

12208
05:55:57,313 --> 05:55:57,680
and we have to be addressing

12209
05:55:57,680 --> 05:55:59,680
something.

12210
05:56:00,550 --> 05:56:01,117
I think it sounds like So good

12211
05:56:01,117 --> 05:56:01,850
luck in your efforts.

12212
05:56:01,850 --> 05:56:04,850
I've heard these stories before

12213
05:56:05,121 --> 05:56:05,821
in San Diego just said that a

12214
05:56:05,821 --> 05:56:06,556
shot of violence is happening

12215
05:56:06,556 --> 05:56:06,856
and we got to be addressing

12216
05:56:06,856 --> 05:56:08,856
that.

12217
05:56:10,226 --> 05:56:10,927
I think and maybe something

12218
05:56:10,927 --> 05:56:14,527
deeper MAY be involved that we

12219
05:56:15,231 --> 05:56:16,199
have to be addressing also.

12220
05:56:16,199 --> 05:56:16,966
>> So with that said again, you

12221
05:56:16,966 --> 05:56:19,966
know, I've been talking about

12222
05:56:20,103 --> 05:56:20,870
Oakland issues Good luck that

12223
05:56:20,870 --> 05:56:23,870
we can be addressing our

12224
05:56:25,141 --> 05:56:25,875
unhoused issues that we can be

12225
05:56:25,875 --> 05:56:29,475
open and clear on that subject.

12226
05:56:29,846 --> 05:56:30,479
And again just an overall

12227
05:56:30,479 --> 05:56:31,180
clarity with war going on

12228
05:56:31,180 --> 05:56:31,781
around the world still there's

12229
05:56:31,781 --> 05:56:34,181
still not there's still

12230
05:56:34,850 --> 05:56:35,518
fighting in Iran that you know,

12231
05:56:35,518 --> 05:56:37,918
it's difficult to navigate.

12232
05:56:39,756 --> 05:56:40,490
But if we talk openly and

12233
05:56:40,490 --> 05:56:41,224
clearly here at the local level

12234
05:56:41,224 --> 05:56:44,527
on our issues, then we're not

12235
05:56:44,527 --> 05:56:44,961
using fear and we're not using

12236
05:56:44,961 --> 05:56:45,728
scare tactics.

12237
05:56:45,728 --> 05:56:48,728
We're using openness and better

12238
05:56:49,666 --> 05:56:50,366
reasoning And those are

12239
05:56:50,366 --> 05:56:51,340
the concepts of peace not war.

12240
05:56:51,340 --> 05:56:51,401
>> It'll be respected around

12241
05:56:51,401 --> 05:56:51,767
the world.

12242
05:56:51,767 --> 05:56:52,135
Thank you.

12243
05:56:52,135 --> 05:56:53,569
Thank you.

12244
05:56:53,569 --> 05:56:57,169
Next John Stump if he can

12245
05:56:57,841 --> 05:56:59,841
please unmute.

12246
05:57:03,130 --> 05:57:05,413
Thank you very much.

12247
05:57:07,617 --> 05:57:08,285
I want to talk about an article

12248
05:57:08,285 --> 05:57:10,685
that was in in

12249
05:57:12,122 --> 05:57:12,888
the Union-Tribune and the front

12250
05:57:12,888 --> 05:57:16,488
page of the local section on

12251
05:57:16,960 --> 05:57:17,693
Friday.

12252
05:57:17,693 --> 05:57:20,930
That article talked about

12253
05:57:22,331 --> 05:57:25,331
SeaWorld having to rescue more

12254
05:57:26,769 --> 05:57:27,304
and more sea birds that were

12255
05:57:27,304 --> 05:57:28,370
apparently starving.

12256
05:57:28,370 --> 05:57:31,174
And what was the conclusion of

12257
05:57:31,174 --> 05:57:32,410
that article?

12258
05:57:32,410 --> 05:57:34,410
>> Global warming climate

12259
05:57:36,479 --> 05:57:38,848
change What the article

12260
05:57:38,848 --> 05:57:41,848
revealed was that the highest

12261
05:57:44,421 --> 05:57:46,821
temperatures ever measured from

12262
05:57:51,461 --> 05:57:54,461
Scripps Pier happened last week

12263
05:57:55,532 --> 05:57:56,233
and they were in the 65 to 68

12264
05:57:56,233 --> 05:57:59,233
degree level where the bigger

12265
05:58:00,470 --> 05:58:01,710
indicator where climate you're

12266
05:58:01,710 --> 05:58:04,710
going to have your first

12267
05:58:05,208 --> 05:58:06,800
climate change disaster is at

12268
05:58:06,800 --> 05:58:09,608
Rocky point at the Sea of

12269
05:58:10,460 --> 05:58:10,747
Cortez.

12270
05:58:10,747 --> 05:58:13,147
That's the traditional outlet

12271
05:58:15,285 --> 05:58:15,986
of the Colorado River into

12272
05:58:15,986 --> 05:58:16,419
the Sea of Cortez or the Gulf

12273
05:58:16,419 --> 05:58:18,419
of California.

12274
05:58:19,856 --> 05:58:22,856
The water temperature there was

12275
05:58:24,861 --> 05:58:25,262
ten degrees higher in the 76 to

12276
05:58:25,262 --> 05:58:27,262
78 degrees.

12277
05:58:30,670 --> 05:58:32,467
Eutrophication that will occur

12278
05:58:34,370 --> 05:58:34,805
there and the end of the sea of

12279
05:58:34,805 --> 05:58:38,405
Cortez will have a die out.

12280
05:58:39,576 --> 05:58:43,776
So if you want to know what

12281
05:58:44,114 --> 05:58:44,915
the future brings it brings a

12282
05:58:44,915 --> 05:58:47,315
climate change disaster that

12283
05:58:49,820 --> 05:58:53,420
will be first realized in North

12284
05:58:54,725 --> 05:58:55,125
America in the Sea of Cortez at

12285
05:58:55,125 --> 05:58:57,125
Rocky Point.

12286
05:58:58,995 --> 05:58:59,563
Please pay attention to that.

12287
05:58:59,563 --> 05:58:59,963
>> Tourism will end.

12288
05:58:59,963 --> 05:59:00,364
Thank you.

12289
05:59:00,364 --> 05:59:02,364
Thank you.

12290
05:59:04,101 --> 05:59:07,701
Next is Travis If you can

12291
05:59:09,106 --> 05:59:09,606
please unmute.

12292
05:59:09,606 --> 05:59:10,340
>> Good evening.

12293
05:59:10,340 --> 05:59:11,275
Thanks for being there all day.

12294
05:59:11,275 --> 05:59:14,311
First I'd like to thank Henry

12295
05:59:14,311 --> 05:59:15,780
Foster to have the guts to call

12296
05:59:15,780 --> 05:59:18,782
it a stop for drive around in

12297
05:59:18,782 --> 05:59:19,416
single officer patrols to

12298
05:59:19,416 --> 05:59:20,150
officer patrols are better

12299
05:59:20,150 --> 05:59:22,550
economically safer for officers

12300
05:59:23,354 --> 05:59:23,687
and safer for community

12301
05:59:23,687 --> 05:59:24,387
members.

12302
05:59:24,387 --> 05:59:24,688
Each of you should support

12303
05:59:24,688 --> 05:59:26,688
that.

12304
05:59:28,891 --> 05:59:29,593
Sean You should voice your

12305
05:59:29,593 --> 05:59:30,293
support for movie block today

12306
05:59:30,293 --> 05:59:33,293
for all Compare your cowardice

12307
05:59:33,664 --> 05:59:34,330
will not be forgotten.

12308
05:59:34,330 --> 05:59:34,632
The flock needs to go into

12309
05:59:34,632 --> 05:59:36,632
fire.

12310
05:59:37,934 --> 05:59:38,635
Daniel Gold You should be

12311
05:59:38,635 --> 05:59:41,350
demanding this $30 million cop

12312
05:59:41,871 --> 05:59:42,806
has to go.

12313
05:59:42,806 --> 05:59:46,406
Lastly please look at why this

12314
05:59:47,144 --> 05:59:47,845
is on the climate topic that

12315
05:59:47,845 --> 05:59:48,112
the last gentleman just talked

12316
05:59:48,112 --> 05:59:50,112
to.

12317
05:59:51,810 --> 05:59:54,810
Please look at why a $3.8

12318
05:59:54,217 --> 05:59:54,885
billion terminal one permit

12319
05:59:54,885 --> 05:59:57,285
project planted zero native

12320
05:59:58,789 --> 05:59:59,490
plants in their landscape.

12321
05:59:59,490 --> 06:00:00,240
It makes no sense from a

12322
06:00:00,240 --> 06:00:00,791
climate perspective.

12323
06:00:00,791 --> 06:00:04,940
It makes no sense from a common

12324
06:00:04,940 --> 06:00:04,861
sense perspective.

12325
06:00:04,861 --> 06:00:05,596
I've also checked pollinators

12326
06:00:05,596 --> 06:00:05,896
aren't political Everyone likes

12327
06:00:05,896 --> 06:00:07,896
bees.

12328
06:00:10,401 --> 06:00:11,902
I root likes and butterflies

12329
06:00:11,902 --> 06:00:12,603
plant trees, capture 5 pounds

12330
06:00:12,603 --> 06:00:13,370
of carbon a year, pine trees

12331
06:00:13,370 --> 06:00:15,770
capture 20 to 40 pounds, plant

12332
06:00:17,740 --> 06:00:17,441
trees, plant native trees and

12333
06:00:17,441 --> 06:00:19,441
do better.

12334
06:00:22,346 --> 06:00:23,114
And Joe you man.

12335
06:00:23,114 --> 06:00:23,747
I'm glad that you let 200

12336
06:00:23,747 --> 06:00:24,382
people know that you don't

12337
06:00:24,382 --> 06:00:26,782
value the First Amendment.

12338
06:00:27,718 --> 06:00:28,180
Hope you guys have a good night

12339
06:00:28,180 --> 06:00:28,786
.

12340
06:00:28,786 --> 06:00:31,786
Francine Maxwell if you can

12341
06:00:32,857 --> 06:00:33,289
please unmute.

12342
06:00:33,289 --> 06:00:33,991
Good evening.

12343
06:00:33,991 --> 06:00:35,991
Francine Maxwell Southeastern

12344
06:00:37,995 --> 06:00:38,696
San Diego resident I'm hearing

12345
06:00:38,696 --> 06:00:39,463
that we want to continue to

12346
06:00:39,463 --> 06:00:42,732
check on the pulse if we're

12347
06:00:42,732 --> 06:00:43,434
going to if we're building

12348
06:00:43,434 --> 06:00:47,340
trust I think that you should

12349
06:00:47,640 --> 06:00:48,306
know that you're not and you

12350
06:00:48,306 --> 06:00:49,600
know that there is a trust

12351
06:00:49,600 --> 06:00:52,600
issue that continues and it's

12352
06:00:53,244 --> 06:00:53,978
with the city council that's in

12353
06:00:53,978 --> 06:00:57,181
charge of the seep Again, where

12354
06:00:57,181 --> 06:00:57,982
is our independent attorney?

12355
06:00:57,982 --> 06:01:00,382
We are independent commission

12356
06:01:01,986 --> 06:01:02,954
oversight is very important as

12357
06:01:02,954 --> 06:01:07,154
it pertains to sd pd they are

12358
06:01:07,191 --> 06:01:07,858
finishing cases and by law they

12359
06:01:07,858 --> 06:01:10,858
are supposed to release and

12360
06:01:13,164 --> 06:01:13,664
make them publicly like where's

12361
06:01:13,664 --> 06:01:15,664
the transparency?

12362
06:01:17,100 --> 06:01:17,768
Where is the case that should

12363
06:01:17,768 --> 06:01:20,768
be released On Marcus Evans

12364
06:01:21,638 --> 06:01:24,942
The city of San Diego has

12365
06:01:24,942 --> 06:01:27,342
already paid 875,000 And so

12366
06:01:29,480 --> 06:01:30,180
where is the transparency for

12367
06:01:30,180 --> 06:01:33,780
the community so that we can

12368
06:01:34,251 --> 06:01:35,190
see why you paid the 875 with

12369
06:01:35,190 --> 06:01:38,190
our tax dollars and what

12370
06:01:38,990 --> 06:01:39,557
happened and who was held

12371
06:01:39,557 --> 06:01:41,957
accountable in the pd.

12372
06:01:44,128 --> 06:01:44,428
We also have the Conor Wilson

12373
06:01:44,428 --> 06:01:46,428
case.

12374
06:01:47,331 --> 06:01:47,631
The cases finish 30 million

12375
06:01:47,631 --> 06:01:48,131
paid.

12376
06:01:48,131 --> 06:01:50,531
Where is the case?

12377
06:01:52,737 --> 06:01:54,737
Transparency No trust.

12378
06:01:57,275 --> 06:01:57,875
Keep the public chair of public

12379
06:01:57,875 --> 06:02:00,275
safety is sitting there

12380
06:02:01,846 --> 06:02:02,715
chatting on the diocese and he

12381
06:02:02,715 --> 06:02:06,315
should she should be asking for

12382
06:02:07,251 --> 06:02:08,118
recommending actions on who to

12383
06:02:08,118 --> 06:02:12,257
hire for an attorney for the c

12384
06:02:12,257 --> 06:02:16,457
p She should be doing her due

12385
06:02:16,527 --> 06:02:17,395
diligence as she continues to

12386
06:02:17,395 --> 06:02:20,598
run for her next office to make

12387
06:02:20,598 --> 06:02:21,232
sure that the oversight for

12388
06:02:21,232 --> 06:02:21,533
the eighth largest city is

12389
06:02:21,533 --> 06:02:22,267
done.

12390
06:02:22,267 --> 06:02:25,867
She should be making sure that

12391
06:02:26,704 --> 06:02:27,505
all seats are full, that

12392
06:02:27,505 --> 06:02:31,576
the youth voice at p which is

12393
06:02:31,576 --> 06:02:31,910
extremely important is done do

12394
06:02:31,910 --> 06:02:32,577
better.

12395
06:02:32,577 --> 06:02:35,577
>> You are supposed to leave

12396
06:02:35,780 --> 06:02:36,470
something better than you found

12397
06:02:36,470 --> 06:02:36,747
it.

12398
06:02:36,747 --> 06:02:37,480
Thank you for allowing me to

12399
06:02:37,480 --> 06:02:38,583
speak.

12400
06:02:38,583 --> 06:02:40,983
Next is Ernie Casco.

12401
06:02:43,855 --> 06:02:44,723
If you can please unmute.

12402
06:02:44,723 --> 06:02:47,723
Hello Ernie Castro La Hoya

12403
06:02:49,600 --> 06:02:49,728
resident Another crack at

12404
06:02:49,728 --> 06:02:52,128
Torrey Pines Cloud Airport.

12405
06:02:53,397 --> 06:02:53,998
I did not fly this week because

12406
06:02:53,998 --> 06:02:54,666
of the dangerous flying

12407
06:02:54,666 --> 06:02:55,330
conditions and the threat of

12408
06:02:55,330 --> 06:02:57,330
violence.

12409
06:02:58,503 --> 06:02:59,203
Your leaseholder is breaking

12410
06:02:59,203 --> 06:03:02,203
the law selling insurance and

12411
06:03:02,607 --> 06:03:03,107
an access pass and waiver not

12412
06:03:03,107 --> 06:03:03,875
required by law.

12413
06:03:03,875 --> 06:03:06,875
This is insurance fraud and

12414
06:03:07,478 --> 06:03:08,113
misappropriation of public

12415
06:03:08,113 --> 06:03:08,813
funding going into private

12416
06:03:08,813 --> 06:03:11,813
accounts which demands a full

12417
06:03:12,717 --> 06:03:13,451
transparent city audit that

12418
06:03:13,451 --> 06:03:16,451
would end the corruption within

12419
06:03:17,322 --> 06:03:17,989
your administration And Torrey

12420
06:03:17,989 --> 06:03:20,389
Pines Glider Port Management

12421
06:03:21,326 --> 06:03:21,993
the San Diego Recreational One

12422
06:03:21,993 --> 06:03:24,393
waiver stops the corruption

12423
06:03:25,897 --> 06:03:26,565
legally secure city liability

12424
06:03:26,565 --> 06:03:28,965
isolates safety concerns and

12425
06:03:30,680 --> 06:03:30,735
stops the illegal collection of

12426
06:03:30,735 --> 06:03:31,102
public funding into private

12427
06:03:31,102 --> 06:03:31,736
accounts.

12428
06:03:31,736 --> 06:03:34,136
The San Diego recreational

12429
06:03:35,540 --> 06:03:36,241
Waiver separates the business

12430
06:03:36,241 --> 06:03:39,241
from normal free public access

12431
06:03:40,578 --> 06:03:41,246
by allowing the business to

12432
06:03:41,246 --> 06:03:41,880
stay paying their own bills

12433
06:03:41,880 --> 06:03:44,280
operating like every other

12434
06:03:45,150 --> 06:03:45,449
business in public parks and

12435
06:03:45,449 --> 06:03:46,510
lands.

12436
06:03:46,510 --> 06:03:49,510
It is the City Council's

12437
06:03:49,821 --> 06:03:50,521
responsibility to provide

12438
06:03:50,521 --> 06:03:51,222
police reports and stop

12439
06:03:51,222 --> 06:03:54,593
the violence at a public park

12440
06:03:54,593 --> 06:03:55,260
in a timely fashion.

12441
06:03:55,260 --> 06:03:55,927
Where are the police reports

12442
06:03:55,927 --> 06:03:58,327
Police reports that normally

12443
06:03:59,865 --> 06:04:00,531
provide justice for the victims

12444
06:04:00,531 --> 06:04:03,531
and witnesses that have been

12445
06:04:04,503 --> 06:04:04,869
damaged by negligent city

12446
06:04:04,869 --> 06:04:05,570
operator?

12447
06:04:05,570 --> 06:04:08,570
There are common business laws

12448
06:04:09,441 --> 06:04:10,174
to protect public on how

12449
06:04:10,174 --> 06:04:10,642
businesses should run in public

12450
06:04:10,642 --> 06:04:12,642
parks and lands.

12451
06:04:14,120 --> 06:04:14,812
The San Diego Recreational

12452
06:04:14,812 --> 06:04:15,414
waiver is a win for city

12453
06:04:15,414 --> 06:04:17,414
liabilities and legally

12454
06:04:18,884 --> 06:04:19,584
restores our recreational

12455
06:04:19,584 --> 06:04:19,918
rights and freedoms for years

12456
06:04:19,918 --> 06:04:20,285
to come.

12457
06:04:20,285 --> 06:04:22,285
Thank you.

12458
06:04:24,323 --> 06:04:27,923
Ernie Casco Next to the Zoom

12459
06:04:28,860 --> 06:04:29,527
user if you can please email.

12460
06:04:29,527 --> 06:04:32,527
Thanks a lot Hector here.

12461
06:04:33,198 --> 06:04:33,531
I want to congratulate you guys

12462
06:04:33,531 --> 06:04:34,266
.

12463
06:04:34,266 --> 06:04:35,330
You're doing a good job, man.

12464
06:04:35,330 --> 06:04:38,569
It's like if you can't take

12465
06:04:38,569 --> 06:04:38,970
the heat you got to get out of

12466
06:04:38,970 --> 06:04:39,705
the kitchen.

12467
06:04:39,705 --> 06:04:40,305
So far you guys have been doing

12468
06:04:40,305 --> 06:04:43,305
a pretty good job, man.

12469
06:04:43,942 --> 06:04:44,209
I understand why people are,

12470
06:04:44,209 --> 06:04:44,977
man.

12471
06:04:44,977 --> 06:04:48,212
Anyway, you did a good job And

12472
06:04:48,212 --> 06:04:49,810
I had a question on parking

12473
06:04:49,810 --> 06:04:52,681
thank to first time in like 20

12474
06:04:52,684 --> 06:04:53,352
years I got a parking ticket

12475
06:04:53,352 --> 06:04:54,153
I've always parked over at

12476
06:04:54,153 --> 06:04:57,753
the South Shore and Mission Bay

12477
06:04:58,590 --> 06:04:59,257
Park and they're paving half

12478
06:04:59,257 --> 06:04:59,925
the paved thing over there.

12479
06:04:59,925 --> 06:05:02,325
There's hundreds of parking

12480
06:05:03,462 --> 06:05:04,229
spaces on Saturday the park my

12481
06:05:04,229 --> 06:05:07,732
truck down there I got my bike

12482
06:05:07,732 --> 06:05:08,667
and went for a bike ride.

12483
06:05:08,667 --> 06:05:12,637
What to do like once a week And

12484
06:05:12,637 --> 06:05:13,339
then I came back and I got a

12485
06:05:13,339 --> 06:05:16,939
ticket for parking in the lot.

12486
06:05:17,576 --> 06:05:21,714
It's a free lot but and it was

12487
06:05:21,714 --> 06:05:25,314
$82 and to other people I got

12488
06:05:25,584 --> 06:05:26,385
tickets but a lot had like ski

12489
06:05:26,385 --> 06:05:26,785
boats like six ski boats, maybe

12490
06:05:26,785 --> 06:05:28,785
ten cars.

12491
06:05:30,254 --> 06:05:30,589
It was like 200 spots in

12492
06:05:30,589 --> 06:05:32,589
the lot.

12493
06:05:33,592 --> 06:05:34,560
Nobody was in there and three

12494
06:05:34,560 --> 06:05:38,760
of us got tickets My car a

12495
06:05:38,831 --> 06:05:39,598
Tesla and another car a regular

12496
06:05:39,598 --> 06:05:43,198
car and then some homeless guys

12497
06:05:44,360 --> 06:05:44,737
were living down there with rv

12498
06:05:44,737 --> 06:05:45,604
is that Indian ticket and some

12499
06:05:45,604 --> 06:05:48,172
other guys that had their old

12500
06:05:48,172 --> 06:05:48,874
cars there didn't get tickets.

12501
06:05:48,874 --> 06:05:49,608
I think it's because the guys

12502
06:05:49,608 --> 06:05:53,110
that probably been there a lot

12503
06:05:53,110 --> 06:05:53,712
and get a lot of tickets I

12504
06:05:53,712 --> 06:05:54,413
don't think they got a ticket

12505
06:05:54,413 --> 06:05:57,413
maybe like six tickets stopped

12506
06:05:57,917 --> 06:05:58,584
giving him tickets but I

12507
06:05:58,584 --> 06:06:02,184
haven't had a ticket one for

12508
06:06:03,288 --> 06:06:04,230
years and I was off because

12509
06:06:04,230 --> 06:06:07,230
I've I've parked there hundreds

12510
06:06:07,192 --> 06:06:07,927
of times with there's no

12511
06:06:07,927 --> 06:06:08,760
parking meter just parked there

12512
06:06:08,760 --> 06:06:11,797
So I got I'm trying to get a

12513
06:06:11,797 --> 06:06:12,465
flight to see what that's about

12514
06:06:12,465 --> 06:06:15,465
But I just wondered there's

12515
06:06:16,735 --> 06:06:17,135
definitely a crackdown on

12516
06:06:17,135 --> 06:06:17,903
the parking.

12517
06:06:17,903 --> 06:06:21,140
I want to warn guys about

12518
06:06:21,140 --> 06:06:21,841
the parking situation They are

12519
06:06:21,841 --> 06:06:22,608
giving tickets like where they

12520
06:06:22,608 --> 06:06:25,344
they never used to So that was

12521
06:06:25,344 --> 06:06:26,112
my fault.

12522
06:06:26,112 --> 06:06:26,811
>> But anyway, let's try to

12523
06:06:26,811 --> 06:06:30,411
fight it, see what's going on.

12524
06:06:31,170 --> 06:06:35,217
Thanks a lot Becky Rapp Can you

12525
06:06:42,194 --> 06:06:42,728
please unmute in in we can hear

12526
06:06:42,728 --> 06:06:43,950
you Please proceed.

12527
06:06:43,950 --> 06:06:43,396
Oh great.

12528
06:06:43,396 --> 06:06:45,396
Okay.

12529
06:06:47,300 --> 06:06:48,000
I wasn't terrifying muted Good

12530
06:06:48,000 --> 06:06:51,504
evening And my name is Becky

12531
06:06:51,504 --> 06:06:52,204
Rapp and I'm here tonight to

12532
06:06:52,204 --> 06:06:52,771
share an invitation and to

12533
06:06:52,771 --> 06:06:54,771
highlight an important

12534
06:06:56,642 --> 06:06:57,310
community effort that has

12535
06:06:57,310 --> 06:06:57,910
quietly made a difference in

12536
06:06:57,910 --> 06:07:01,510
the lives of some of San

12537
06:07:01,814 --> 06:07:02,481
Diego's most vulnerable youth.

12538
06:07:02,481 --> 06:07:03,850
>> Each year San Pasqual

12539
06:07:03,850 --> 06:07:05,485
Academy hosts its annual

12540
06:07:06,752 --> 06:07:07,453
service day an event that

12541
06:07:07,453 --> 06:07:08,154
brings together volunteers and

12542
06:07:08,154 --> 06:07:11,754
students in a shared effort to

12543
06:07:11,824 --> 06:07:12,325
build, restore and uplift their

12544
06:07:12,325 --> 06:07:12,992
campus community.

12545
06:07:12,992 --> 06:07:15,992
For the past several years,

12546
06:07:16,695 --> 06:07:17,363
youth from the Church of Jesus

12547
06:07:17,363 --> 06:07:18,640
Christ of Latter day Saints

12548
06:07:18,640 --> 06:07:21,640
have participated in this day

12549
06:07:21,567 --> 06:07:22,201
of service and has become a

12550
06:07:22,201 --> 06:07:24,601
powerful example of young

12551
06:07:25,304 --> 06:07:26,500
people serving young people

12552
06:07:26,500 --> 06:07:26,672
peers coming together not out

12553
06:07:26,672 --> 06:07:29,672
of obligation but out of

12554
06:07:30,943 --> 06:07:31,577
empathy and a shared purpose.

12555
06:07:31,577 --> 06:07:33,977
San Pasqual Academy serves

12556
06:07:35,180 --> 06:07:35,882
foster youth Many of whom who

12557
06:07:35,882 --> 06:07:37,882
have experienced instability,

12558
06:07:39,385 --> 06:07:40,530
trauma and in too many cases

12559
06:07:40,530 --> 06:07:40,519
the generational impacts of

12560
06:07:40,519 --> 06:07:42,519
substance abuse.

12561
06:07:44,657 --> 06:07:45,257
We know that drug abuse doesn't

12562
06:07:45,257 --> 06:07:45,958
just affect individuals.

12563
06:07:45,958 --> 06:07:48,358
It reshapes families, disrupts

12564
06:07:49,829 --> 06:07:50,563
childhoods and leaves lasting

12565
06:07:50,563 --> 06:07:53,563
effects on young people's sense

12566
06:07:53,967 --> 06:07:54,701
of safety and opportunity.

12567
06:07:54,701 --> 06:07:55,267
The Academy provides a stable,

12568
06:07:55,267 --> 06:07:57,267
supportive environment

12569
06:07:59,205 --> 06:07:59,771
promoting academic success and

12570
06:07:59,771 --> 06:08:00,306
preparing students for

12571
06:08:00,306 --> 06:08:00,907
independent living.

12572
06:08:00,907 --> 06:08:02,907
Their mission emphasizes

12573
06:08:04,110 --> 06:08:04,777
resilience, connection and

12574
06:08:04,777 --> 06:08:05,511
the belief that every young

12575
06:08:05,511 --> 06:08:07,911
person deserves the opportunity

12576
06:08:09,549 --> 06:08:09,983
to succeed despite difficult

12577
06:08:09,983 --> 06:08:10,649
circumstances.

12578
06:08:10,649 --> 06:08:13,649
This service day creates an

12579
06:08:14,353 --> 06:08:15,121
important opportunity for local

12580
06:08:15,121 --> 06:08:18,721
youth as well as residents to

12581
06:08:19,910 --> 06:08:19,959
work outside laboring together

12582
06:08:19,959 --> 06:08:22,959
in efforts to help better

12583
06:08:23,930 --> 06:08:24,797
the lives of others.

12584
06:08:24,797 --> 06:08:28,101
So I invite each of you to

12585
06:08:28,101 --> 06:08:28,701
attend and participate in this

12586
06:08:28,701 --> 06:08:29,435
year's service day.

12587
06:08:29,435 --> 06:08:32,435
Come see firsthand the strength

12588
06:08:33,372 --> 06:08:34,700
of these young people and

12589
06:08:34,700 --> 06:08:34,307
the impact a community can

12590
06:08:34,307 --> 06:08:34,674
have.

12591
06:08:34,674 --> 06:08:35,410
Thank you.

12592
06:08:35,410 --> 06:08:36,642
Thank you.

12593
06:08:36,642 --> 06:08:39,420
Next is Kathleen Lippert.

12594
06:08:42,215 --> 06:08:42,916
>> If you can please unmute.

12595
06:08:42,916 --> 06:08:43,383
After Kathleen Lippert will be

12596
06:08:43,383 --> 06:08:45,383
Terrence Kelly.

12597
06:08:46,286 --> 06:08:46,686
Please proceed.

12598
06:08:46,686 --> 06:08:47,252
Thank you.

12599
06:08:47,252 --> 06:08:47,954
Kathleen Lippert here.

12600
06:08:47,954 --> 06:08:50,954
Thank you for the opportunity

12601
06:08:50,956 --> 06:08:51,690
to address the feed program or

12602
06:08:51,690 --> 06:08:54,900
the linguistic laundering title

12603
06:08:55,862 --> 06:08:56,463
version of the Social equity

12604
06:08:56,463 --> 06:08:56,796
and economic development

12605
06:08:56,796 --> 06:08:58,796
program.

12606
06:09:00,700 --> 06:09:01,333
This would be the best source

12607
06:09:01,333 --> 06:09:03,733
of backfilling the city's

12608
06:09:05,338 --> 06:09:06,720
deficit as it was a program

12609
06:09:06,720 --> 06:09:09,672
that was never requested by any

12610
06:09:09,909 --> 06:09:10,543
of the public priorities.

12611
06:09:10,543 --> 06:09:10,844
Eliminating it would save

12612
06:09:10,844 --> 06:09:11,411
money.

12613
06:09:11,411 --> 06:09:13,811
The city's decision to

12614
06:09:15,810 --> 06:09:15,749
establish a commercial

12615
06:09:15,749 --> 06:09:18,149
marijuana ordinance has done

12616
06:09:20,153 --> 06:09:20,787
nothing to improve the health,

12617
06:09:20,787 --> 06:09:23,787
safety quality of life or

12618
06:09:24,391 --> 06:09:24,991
enhance human capacity

12619
06:09:24,991 --> 06:09:25,825
especially of our youth.

12620
06:09:25,825 --> 06:09:29,425
The use abuse and addiction of

12621
06:09:29,696 --> 06:09:30,430
marijuana contribute to

12622
06:09:30,430 --> 06:09:31,960
the most pressing of the city's

12623
06:09:31,960 --> 06:09:33,960
behavioral health problems.

12624
06:09:34,934 --> 06:09:37,334
The California Department of

12625
06:09:38,438 --> 06:09:39,205
Cannabis Control has provided

12626
06:09:39,205 --> 06:09:41,205
$157.7 million for marijuana

12627
06:09:43,109 --> 06:09:45,109
licensing Enforcement

12628
06:09:46,412 --> 06:09:47,800
Administration with

12629
06:09:47,800 --> 06:09:47,747
expenditures totaling 118.5

12630
06:09:47,747 --> 06:09:50,147
million during that period.

12631
06:09:52,118 --> 06:09:52,786
The department also managed a

12632
06:09:52,786 --> 06:09:54,786
$100 million grant program

12633
06:09:56,923 --> 06:09:57,324
aimed at assisting cannabis

12634
06:09:57,324 --> 06:09:59,324
businesses.

12635
06:10:01,227 --> 06:10:01,962
This is money that could well

12636
06:10:01,962 --> 06:10:04,962
have been spent productively in

12637
06:10:05,899 --> 06:10:09,499
pretty much any other area Then

12638
06:10:10,704 --> 06:10:11,104
adding to addiction problems in

12639
06:10:11,104 --> 06:10:12,720
the city.

12640
06:10:12,720 --> 06:10:15,672
I hope that the Council will

12641
06:10:16,430 --> 06:10:16,710
consider that there's no point

12642
06:10:16,710 --> 06:10:16,976
in putting good money after

12643
06:10:16,976 --> 06:10:18,976
bad.

12644
06:10:21,648 --> 06:10:22,382
We do need to cut back in

12645
06:10:22,382 --> 06:10:25,982
the most logical place would be

12646
06:10:26,119 --> 06:10:26,553
this program and also the taxes

12647
06:10:26,553 --> 06:10:28,553
that they owe.

12648
06:10:30,790 --> 06:10:31,792
They have not paid their taxes.

12649
06:10:31,792 --> 06:10:35,529
Many of them have will go under

12650
06:10:35,529 --> 06:10:36,229
and after committing after

12651
06:10:36,229 --> 06:10:38,629
declaring bankruptcy you won't

12652
06:10:40,500 --> 06:10:41,267
see a dime of that money.

12653
06:10:41,267 --> 06:10:41,568
So thank you for letting me

12654
06:10:41,568 --> 06:10:43,568
speak.

12655
06:10:46,572 --> 06:10:47,107
Thank you, Terry and Scully, if

12656
06:10:47,107 --> 06:10:47,773
you can please join.

12657
06:10:47,773 --> 06:10:49,760
After Terry A.B. Madison and

12658
06:10:49,760 --> 06:10:49,376
then Marco is our final speaker

12659
06:10:49,376 --> 06:10:50,143
.

12660
06:10:50,143 --> 06:10:50,477
>> Good evening, San Diego City

12661
06:10:50,477 --> 06:10:52,477
Council.

12662
06:10:54,814 --> 06:10:55,482
Heart disease remains a leading

12663
06:10:55,482 --> 06:10:58,619
cause of death in the United

12664
06:10:58,619 --> 06:10:59,286
States and Mexico and

12665
06:10:59,286 --> 06:10:59,887
the second leading cause of

12666
06:10:59,887 --> 06:11:02,887
death here in San Diego.

12667
06:11:03,390 --> 06:11:04,580
Recent data shows 1 in 5 local

12668
06:11:04,580 --> 06:11:07,580
deaths is from heart disease

12669
06:11:08,280 --> 06:11:08,762
and this number is increasing.

12670
06:11:08,762 --> 06:11:09,463
Eliminating smoking and vaping

12671
06:11:09,463 --> 06:11:11,863
behaviors is always mentioned

12672
06:11:13,267 --> 06:11:13,800
as a strategy to reduce or

12673
06:11:13,800 --> 06:11:14,234
remove heart disease

12674
06:11:14,234 --> 06:11:16,234
contributors.

12675
06:11:18,138 --> 06:11:18,771
The Journal of American Heart

12676
06:11:18,771 --> 06:11:19,473
Association released this

12677
06:11:19,473 --> 06:11:22,473
statement and I quote Cannabis

12678
06:11:23,477 --> 06:11:24,177
use possesses signet difficult

12679
06:11:24,177 --> 06:11:27,177
heart health risks because it

12680
06:11:27,680 --> 06:11:28,481
increases the likelihood of

12681
06:11:28,481 --> 06:11:29,116
heart attack, stroke and heart

12682
06:11:29,116 --> 06:11:32,116
failure Even in the young

12683
06:11:33,120 --> 06:11:33,787
healthy individuals by

12684
06:11:33,787 --> 06:11:34,355
accelerating heart rate and

12685
06:11:34,355 --> 06:11:34,988
raising blood pressure

12686
06:11:34,988 --> 06:11:36,988
straining their arteries.

12687
06:11:38,325 --> 06:11:38,926
Both marijuana smoking and

12688
06:11:38,926 --> 06:11:41,326
edibles carry risks with

12689
06:11:42,863 --> 06:11:43,330
regular use damaging blood

12690
06:11:43,330 --> 06:11:43,997
vessel function.

12691
06:11:43,997 --> 06:11:45,997
Research indicates cannabis

12692
06:11:47,635 --> 06:11:48,369
users face substantially higher

12693
06:11:48,369 --> 06:11:51,369
risks comparable to tobacco and

12694
06:11:52,206 --> 06:11:52,907
quote.

12695
06:11:52,907 --> 06:11:53,674
What can policymakers do to

12696
06:11:53,674 --> 06:11:56,674
decrease heart disease in their

12697
06:11:57,545 --> 06:11:57,945
residents and decrease the cost

12698
06:11:57,945 --> 06:11:58,579
to the city?

12699
06:11:58,579 --> 06:12:00,979
For first responders, emt

12700
06:12:02,415 --> 06:12:03,830
ambulances, police officers and

12701
06:12:03,830 --> 06:12:05,830
dispatchers create policies

12702
06:12:06,887 --> 06:12:07,521
that decrease exposure to

12703
06:12:07,521 --> 06:12:10,521
second hand and third hand

12704
06:12:12,260 --> 06:12:12,326
Marijuana and tobacco smoke and

12705
06:12:12,326 --> 06:12:13,270
vapor.

12706
06:12:13,270 --> 06:12:16,270
Like smoke free public places

12707
06:12:16,664 --> 06:12:17,364
and apartment complexes and

12708
06:12:17,364 --> 06:12:17,998
reduce exposure to billboards,

12709
06:12:17,998 --> 06:12:20,398
promotions and tobacco and

12710
06:12:21,835 --> 06:12:22,436
marijuana storefronts presents

12711
06:12:22,436 --> 06:12:23,204
here in our city.

12712
06:12:23,204 --> 06:12:23,771
>> Thank you for hearing my

12713
06:12:23,771 --> 06:12:25,575
concerns this evening.

12714
06:12:25,575 --> 06:12:27,575
Next is Madison.

12715
06:12:30,544 --> 06:12:31,212
>> If you can please unmute.

12716
06:12:31,212 --> 06:12:31,546
>> Hi, good evening City

12717
06:12:31,546 --> 06:12:33,546
Council.

12718
06:12:35,215 --> 06:12:35,983
I wanted to share the findings

12719
06:12:35,983 --> 06:12:36,650
from a new study out of

12720
06:12:36,650 --> 06:12:39,500
the University of California

12721
06:12:39,987 --> 06:12:40,688
San Diego that adds to

12722
06:12:40,688 --> 06:12:41,422
the growing evidence about how

12723
06:12:41,422 --> 06:12:43,822
marijuana affects young people.

12724
06:12:45,590 --> 06:12:45,626
Researchers followed more than

12725
06:12:45,626 --> 06:12:46,327
11,000 children across

12726
06:12:46,327 --> 06:12:49,363
the country as part of a long

12727
06:12:49,363 --> 06:12:49,664
term study on brain development

12728
06:12:49,664 --> 06:12:50,397
.

12729
06:12:50,397 --> 06:12:53,397
What they found is concerning

12730
06:12:54,134 --> 06:12:54,835
While all kids improved over

12731
06:12:54,835 --> 06:12:55,503
time as we would expect during

12732
06:12:55,503 --> 06:12:57,903
adolescence, those who used

12733
06:12:59,373 --> 06:13:00,740
cannabis showed a slower rate

12734
06:13:00,740 --> 06:13:02,474
of cognitive progress compared

12735
06:13:04,312 --> 06:13:04,979
to those who did not.

12736
06:13:04,979 --> 06:13:05,646
The tests looked at memory

12737
06:13:05,646 --> 06:13:08,460
attention and thinking speed

12738
06:13:09,650 --> 06:13:10,384
skills directly impact how kids

12739
06:13:10,384 --> 06:13:13,384
learn in school, solve problems

12740
06:13:14,121 --> 06:13:14,755
and function day to day.

12741
06:13:14,755 --> 06:13:15,423
And importantly this study

12742
06:13:15,423 --> 06:13:18,423
stands out because it didn't

12743
06:13:18,593 --> 06:13:19,260
just rely on self-reporting.

12744
06:13:19,260 --> 06:13:21,260
Researchers used biological

12745
06:13:23,331 --> 06:13:23,764
testing hair, saliva to confirm

12746
06:13:23,764 --> 06:13:25,764
cannabis use.

12747
06:13:27,602 --> 06:13:28,202
In fact, about 1 in 3 teens who

12748
06:13:28,202 --> 06:13:30,602
tested positive had not

12749
06:13:31,772 --> 06:13:32,473
reported their use, which

12750
06:13:32,473 --> 06:13:33,740
suggests the issue MAY be more

12751
06:13:33,740 --> 06:13:33,407
widespread than we even

12752
06:13:33,407 --> 06:13:35,407
realize.

12753
06:13:36,777 --> 06:13:37,412
After controlling for other

12754
06:13:37,412 --> 06:13:38,790
factors like alcohol use,

12755
06:13:38,790 --> 06:13:41,790
mental health and early life

12756
06:13:41,749 --> 06:13:42,349
conditions, the link between

12757
06:13:42,349 --> 06:13:43,840
cannabis use and slower

12758
06:13:43,840 --> 06:13:45,840
cognitive development remained.

12759
06:13:46,687 --> 06:13:47,388
The lead researcher emphasized

12760
06:13:47,388 --> 06:13:50,388
what many parents already feel

12761
06:13:51,993 --> 06:13:52,627
encouraging kids to delay or

12762
06:13:52,627 --> 06:13:53,327
avoid marijuana use during

12763
06:13:53,327 --> 06:13:56,697
these critical years is one of

12764
06:13:56,697 --> 06:13:57,298
the best things we can do to

12765
06:13:57,298 --> 06:13:57,698
support their long term

12766
06:13:57,698 --> 06:13:58,399
development.

12767
06:13:58,399 --> 06:14:01,869
At a time when marijuana is

12768
06:14:01,869 --> 06:14:02,570
increasingly normalized for

12769
06:14:02,570 --> 06:14:06,170
adults, we have to be clear

12770
06:14:06,240 --> 06:14:06,574
eyed about the risks for youth

12771
06:14:06,574 --> 06:14:07,241
.

12772
06:14:07,241 --> 06:14:07,875
Slower brain development MAY

12773
06:14:07,875 --> 06:14:10,275
not always be immediately

12774
06:14:11,345 --> 06:14:12,130
visible but it can definitely

12775
06:14:12,130 --> 06:14:12,447
shape a child's future in

12776
06:14:12,447 --> 06:14:13,281
lasting ways.

12777
06:14:13,281 --> 06:14:16,217
We owe it to our kids to take

12778
06:14:16,217 --> 06:14:16,784
this science seriously and

12779
06:14:16,784 --> 06:14:17,151
prioritize prevention.

12780
06:14:17,151 --> 06:14:17,518
Thank you.

12781
06:14:17,518 --> 06:14:19,518
Thank you.

12782
06:14:21,556 --> 06:14:22,524
And our final speaker is Marco.

12783
06:14:22,524 --> 06:14:26,124
If you can please unmute Marco

12784
06:14:26,560 --> 06:14:27,610
Espinoza.

12785
06:14:27,610 --> 06:14:27,629
Oh, testing.

12786
06:14:27,629 --> 06:14:30,290
Can you hear me?

12787
06:14:30,898 --> 06:14:31,532
Yes.

12788
06:14:31,532 --> 06:14:31,899
>> Please proceed.

12789
06:14:31,899 --> 06:14:32,333
Thank you.

12790
06:14:32,333 --> 06:14:34,333
Good evening.

12791
06:14:35,570 --> 06:14:39,170
My question was a great work

12792
06:14:40,742 --> 06:14:41,476
today on the start of this

12793
06:14:41,476 --> 06:14:44,476
coming year our annual budget.

12794
06:14:44,746 --> 06:14:45,412
Lots to look forward to and

12795
06:14:45,412 --> 06:14:46,113
difficult decisions to make.

12796
06:14:46,113 --> 06:14:49,713
But the reason I'm calling in

12797
06:14:50,251 --> 06:14:51,520
today is because a couple of

12798
06:14:51,520 --> 06:14:54,652
weeks ago I attended a council

12799
06:14:55,900 --> 06:14:58,900
meeting and the community plan

12800
06:15:00,940 --> 06:15:00,628
for Barrio Logan neighborhood

12801
06:15:00,628 --> 06:15:02,628
along Boston Avenue.

12802
06:15:04,566 --> 06:15:08,166
It was just being resound to

12803
06:15:09,270 --> 06:15:09,971
like a previous year's zoning

12804
06:15:09,971 --> 06:15:10,738
classification that designated

12805
06:15:10,738 --> 06:15:14,342
I think supposed to be like a

12806
06:15:14,342 --> 06:15:15,210
park or something like that.

12807
06:15:15,210 --> 06:15:18,780
And I remember that day I said

12808
06:15:18,780 --> 06:15:19,581
I was going to leave council

12809
06:15:19,581 --> 06:15:23,781
and then go there to see like

12810
06:15:23,918 --> 06:15:27,518
what I could think of anyways.

12811
06:15:28,550 --> 06:15:28,356
So I'll just get into it on

12812
06:15:28,356 --> 06:15:29,124
the.

12813
06:15:29,124 --> 06:15:32,124
>> So it's all along Boston

12814
06:15:33,195 --> 06:15:33,928
Avenue and including

12815
06:15:33,928 --> 06:15:34,596
the section along Charles Creek

12816
06:15:34,596 --> 06:15:36,996
where the current recycling

12817
06:15:38,633 --> 06:15:41,670
center is at first I was

12818
06:15:41,670 --> 06:15:42,337
thinking at the corner of 29th

12819
06:15:42,337 --> 06:15:44,737
and Boston definitely where

12820
06:15:47,742 --> 06:15:48,476
the connection to getting

12821
06:15:48,476 --> 06:15:49,144
the five cells right there that

12822
06:15:49,144 --> 06:15:51,544
corner definitely needs some

12823
06:15:52,514 --> 06:15:53,281
like safety traffic bollards

12824
06:15:53,281 --> 06:15:53,881
because I can just see it where

12825
06:15:53,881 --> 06:15:55,881
someone's speaking to

12826
06:15:57,786 --> 06:15:58,452
the neighborhood and one day or

12827
06:15:58,452 --> 06:16:01,452
another one night or another

12828
06:16:02,224 --> 06:16:02,691
they might lose control and end

12829
06:16:02,691 --> 06:16:03,592
up in the park.

12830
06:16:03,592 --> 06:16:07,940
So I think some safety boards

12831
06:16:07,940 --> 06:16:07,895
there the first section are

12832
06:16:07,895 --> 06:16:11,399
from 29 to 30th I think could

12833
06:16:11,399 --> 06:16:14,999
be like a little kids section

12834
06:16:15,637 --> 06:16:16,505
And then the at the 30th bridge

12835
06:16:16,505 --> 06:16:20,105
which is it described in that

12836
06:16:20,308 --> 06:16:23,908
diagram of the zoning law which

12837
06:16:24,813 --> 06:16:25,514
it could be edited because I

12838
06:16:25,514 --> 06:16:26,147
did expect that when I got

12839
06:16:26,147 --> 06:16:29,147
there after that that next

12840
06:16:30,520 --> 06:16:30,585
section I mean you can put a

12841
06:16:30,585 --> 06:16:31,286
lot of things there.

12842
06:16:31,286 --> 06:16:31,954
There's so much space I think

12843
06:16:31,954 --> 06:16:32,421
it could be a great park and

12844
06:16:32,421 --> 06:16:34,421
that's my time.

12845
06:16:34,656 --> 06:16:35,424
Thank you.

12846
06:16:35,424 --> 06:16:36,570
That does conclude on a general

12847
06:16:36,570 --> 06:16:36,391
public comment for today's

12848
06:16:36,391 --> 06:16:37,920
meeting.

12849
06:16:37,920 --> 06:16:38,794
Thank you, Council PRESIDENT.

12850
06:16:38,794 --> 06:16:39,561
All right.

12851
06:16:39,561 --> 06:16:40,228
>> Thank you, City Clerk.

12852
06:16:40,228 --> 06:16:40,895
Does the city attorney have

12853
06:16:40,895 --> 06:16:43,765
anything to report out from

12854
06:16:43,765 --> 06:16:44,299
closed session?

12855
06:16:44,299 --> 06:16:45,670
Yes, thank you.

12856
06:16:45,670 --> 06:16:45,768
There is one item to report

12857
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today and closed in the closed

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session meeting The City

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council took the following

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action.

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06:16:49,738 --> 06:16:52,107
The city Council voted on

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06:16:52,107 --> 06:16:52,807
closed session item number

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three Daniel Patz versus City

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06:16:53,241 --> 06:16:55,241
of San Diego.

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San Diego Superior Court Case

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number three seven Dash 2015

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Dash 00023413-cu-c-ctl to

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accept the mediator's $40

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million settlement proposal

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The motion passed 621 with

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Councilmember Foster voting no

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and Councilmembers Moreno and

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Van Wilpert absent.

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That concludes my report.

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All right.

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Thank you for the report.

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And before I forget again I

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want to thank city tv data

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clerk and you're still working.

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We very much appreciate your

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coverage.

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But with that we will now

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adjourn Council to

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the regularly scheduled council

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meeting on Tuesday, APRIL 21st,

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2026 at 10 A.M..

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Thank you and good night.

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Don't forget the Housing

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authority.

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Oh oh How do we do Convene so

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that we can finish?

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Oh okay.

12893
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My apologies.

12894
06:17:48,300 --> 06:17:51,300
Forget the adjournment We will

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adjourn Council to the Housing

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06:17:52,868 --> 06:17:53,535
Authority City Attorney Is

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06:17:53,535 --> 06:17:56,535
there anything to report out

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from the Housing Authority

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action?

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06:17:58,540 --> 06:17:58,807
>> There is nothing to report

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out.

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06:17:59,173 --> 06:18:01,173
All right.

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06:18:01,743 --> 06:18:02,444
We will reconvene as the city

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council process is important.

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We will now adjourn council to

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the regularly scheduled council

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meeting on Tuesday APRIL 21st,

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2026 at 10 A.M..