[6:31] all right.

[6:37] Good morning.

[6:38] I will now call the City

[6:38] Council meeting of Tuesday

[6:39] APRIL 21st 2026 to order.

[6:44] Clerk Please call the roll.

[6:44] >> Thank you.

[6:45] Council PRESIDENT Council

[6:45] Member Campbell Council Member

[6:50] Whitburn here Council Member

[6:50] Foster Council Member Ron

[6:56] Wilpert Council PRESIDENT Pro

[6:56] Tem Lee here Council Member

[7:01] Campo Council Member Moreno

[7:02] Present Council member Eli

[7:02] Rivera and Council PRESIDENT

[7:07] LaCava.

[7:08] >> Present Also taking

[7:08] the meeting our City Attorney

[7:09] Heather Ferber, Independent

[7:13] budget analyst Charles Maka

[7:14] Council Affairs Advisor in

[7:15] the Mayor's office Code advisor

[7:15] and myself your City Clerk

[7:16] Diana Fantastic Thank you

[7:19] Council PRESIDENT All right.

[7:20] Thank you.

[7:20] City Clerk a quorum is now

[7:21] present.

[7:21] We will begin this morning with

[7:25] the land acknowledgment and

[7:25] the Pledge of Allegiance led by

[7:26] council member Lambert.

[7:30] >> Please stand if you are able

[7:36] We respectfully knowledge of

[7:37] the culmination or the original

[7:38] inhabitants of the Unceded land

[7:38] now known as San Diego.

[7:43] Despite enduring the horrors of

[7:43] genocide and colonization,

[7:44] the coming ice remains

[7:44] unbroken.

[7:48] We honor the resilience of

[7:49] their ancestors who fought to

[7:50] protect their culture and land.

[7:50] Today they carry their legacy

[7:54] forward ensuring that their

[7:54] traditions continue to thrive

[7:55] and gratitude and strength.

[7:56] We stand with the Caribbean

[8:00] nation connected to our past

[8:00] and committed to a thriving

[8:01] future.

[8:06] Please take the flag again of

[8:06] the United States of America

[8:23] and I How?

[8:25] >> All right Clark, please go

[8:25] over how the public can offer

[8:26] their testimony Thank Council

[8:30] PRESIDENT Like to highlight

[8:31] the slide on the screen that

[8:31] reveals how the public can

[8:32] offer their public testimony

[8:33] during today's meeting.

[8:33] Please note the time

[8:35] allocations for proclamations

[8:36] and consent items for meeting

[8:36] management purposes The order

[8:37] can be found on the agenda

[8:42] Summary found online or at

[8:42] the table in the back of

[8:43] the room.

[8:43] If you are in person please

[8:44] complete the speaker Sleep Look

[8:47] at the entrance of chambers and

[8:48] bring it to the front of

[8:48] the room.

[8:49] Place it in the clear box.

[8:49] Council ambassadors are

[8:53] available near the entrance and

[8:54] can assist with questions and

[8:55] speaker slips.

[8:55] No further in-person testimony

[8:56] will be taken once the council

[9:00] begins Virtual testimony.

[9:00] Thank you.

[9:01] Have the PRESIDENT All right.

[9:01] Thank you.

[9:02] City clerk We'll start off this

[9:02] morning by dispensing with

[9:05] the approval of

[9:05] the proclamation items.

[9:06] Clerk Please read the items

[9:07] into the record and proceed

[9:11] with public testimony.

[9:12] >> The public comment period

[9:12] for the proclamation items is

[9:13] now open.

[9:13] Each speaker will have one

[9:14] minute per item per person.

[9:17] If you would like to speak on

[9:17] three or more items you will

[9:18] have a maximum of three

[9:18] minutes.

[9:19] The proclamation items being

[9:23] approved are items 30 through

[9:27] 34 as 500 through as 504 as 506

[9:28] and 509.

[9:29] We do have speakers here in

[9:29] council chambers starting with

[9:33] Theresa Stivers If you can

[9:34] please come up to

[9:34] the microphone After that we

[9:40] have Natasha will be Cassandra

[9:45] Wong, Lily Chong David Seed or

[9:46] Janet Kay Lauren Garcia and I

[9:47] and Johnson if you can all

[9:51] please come up to the yellow

[9:52] reserved seats at the front of

[9:57] the room please proceed.

[9:57] Hello.

[9:58] Hello, My name is Theresa

[9:58] Stivers.

[10:03] I have the honor and

[10:04] the privilege of serving as

[10:04] the ceo of Walden Family

[10:05] Services.

[10:07] As you know, we're celebrating

[10:08] our 50th year anniversary of

[10:09] helping foster children, youth

[10:14] and families not only here in

[10:15] San Diego but throughout

[10:15] Southern California.

[10:16] I'd like to thank you all for

[10:20] acknowledging the hard work,

[10:21] the dedication that we do.

[10:22] We are particularly proud of

[10:27] our programs to prevent

[10:27] homelessness so an investment

[10:28] in all the family services and

[10:29] the clients that we serve is an

[10:33] investment in San Diego and in

[10:34] our community at large.

[10:35] So on behalf of Walden Family

[10:38] Services, thank you very much

[10:39] for your acknowledgment today.

[10:40] >> Thank you.

[10:46] Natasha You have time ceded to

[10:46] you by Kevin Chen.

[10:47] Can you please raise your hand,

[10:47] Kevin?

[10:47] Thank you.

[10:51] You have two minutes.

[10:51] Please proceed.

[10:52] Thank you.

[10:53] To the San Diego City Council

[10:56] Council PRESIDENT Joe LaCava

[10:57] and Council PRESIDENT Pro Tem

[10:57] Kent Li.

[11:02] This year the Chinese School of

[11:02] San Diego is proud to celebrate

[11:07] our special milestone our 100th

[11:07] anniversary.

[11:12] Back in 1925, San Diego was a

[11:12] city of about 150,000

[11:12] residents.

[11:13] It was known as the student

[11:17] capital of the world and

[11:18] dredging had just started for

[11:19] Lindbergh Field And in

[11:23] the downtown area second and

[11:23] third and Market Street.

[11:24] There was a bustling Chinatown

[11:28] San Santiago's Chinatown was

[11:29] the center of social and

[11:29] business life for many.

[11:34] And to maintain their cultural

[11:35] identity and learn English

[11:35] together a small school was

[11:36] born.

[11:40] This small school became

[11:41] the Chinese School of San Diego

[11:41] in the mid 1980s.

[11:47] My mother Sally who's here with

[11:47] us today became the school's

[11:52] principal and she enrolled me

[11:53] when I was in elementary school

[11:53] to learn Chinese.

[11:54] I attended the school on

[11:58] Tuesday evenings and Saturday

[11:59] mornings and I met other

[12:00] Chinese American born like me.

[12:05] It made such an impact on me.

[12:05] In 2003 I served as the vice

[12:10] principal Later the principal

[12:10] and now as a superintendent.

[12:11] And I'm proud of the thousands

[12:16] of students we have educated

[12:17] and engaged.

[12:17] Our Chinese school is not just

[12:18] important for cultural and

[12:22] linguistic preservation but

[12:22] also for a sense of community

[12:23] connection.

[12:28] We could not have reached this

[12:28] special milestone without

[12:29] the support of San Diego.

[12:30] And we invite everyone to come

[12:34] celebrate with us our Golden

[12:35] 100 gala celebration on MAY 9th

[12:35] at Diamond Palace.

[12:39] Thank you.

[12:40] Thank you.

[12:45] Cassandra Wong Good morning.

[12:46] Council members, distinguished

[12:52] guests and community leaders.

[12:52] My name is Cassandra Wong.

[12:53] I am the principal of

[12:57] the Chinese School of San

[12:57] Diego.

[12:58] Imagine if you will, a small

[13:03] classroom a century ago just a

[13:04] few blocks from us wooden desks

[13:04] worn smoothly worn smooth by

[13:09] your hands, the scent of ink,

[13:10] calligraphy brushes and paper

[13:10] in the air and the sound of

[13:14] children reciting lessons in

[13:15] unison.

[13:15] That humble room was more than

[13:16] a place of learning.

[13:21] It was a seed planted in

[13:21] the soil of our Chinese

[13:22] community destined to grow into

[13:27] a towering tree of knowledge,

[13:27] culture and heritage.

[13:31] Today we gather to celebrate

[13:31] the 100th anniversary of

[13:32] the oldest Chinese school in

[13:32] San Diego.

[13:37] In our community a milestone

[13:37] that speaks not only to

[13:38] the endurance of an institution

[13:43] but to the unwavering

[13:44] commitment of generations who

[13:44] believed in the power of

[13:48] education.

[13:49] For 100 years the school has

[13:50] been more than bricks and

[13:50] mortar.

[13:51] It has been a bridge connecting

[13:55] generations to their cultural

[13:55] roots.

[13:56] Your time has concluded.

[13:56] My apologies.

[13:57] I'm sorry your time has

[13:57] concluded.

[14:02] It is a minute per person

[14:03] unless someone seated you time

[14:06] your time has concluded with

[14:07] that two minutes you didn't

[14:07] have anybody else sitting your

[14:08] time.

[14:08] Is there anybody that to join

[14:13] you that would give up a minute

[14:16] or two minutes now so you only

[14:17] get one minute per person and

[14:18] if somebody feeds you time then

[14:18] you get two minutes So there's

[14:23] nobody of course present

[14:23] present Perhaps you can add a

[14:27] minute from item as 5 or 6.

[14:28] I can notate that with that For

[14:33] the record please proceed.

[14:33] >> Okay.

[14:34] For 100 years the school has

[14:35] been more than bricks and

[14:35] mortar.

[14:38] It has been a bridge connecting

[14:39] generations to their cultural

[14:39] roots a beacon guiding young

[14:45] minds towards excellence and a

[14:46] home where values of respect,

[14:46] diligence and perseverance are

[14:47] nurtured.

[14:51] We honor the visionaries who

[14:52] founded the school in an era

[14:52] when resources were scarce but

[14:57] determination was abundant.

[14:58] We pay tribute to the teachers

[14:58] who dedicated their lives to

[14:59] shaping not just scholars but

[15:03] responsible citizens.

[15:04] A celebrated Chinese scholar

[15:09] once said something to bat

[15:10] means you're young.

[15:11] It takes ten years to cultivate

[15:11] a tree.

[15:14] It takes 100 years to cultivate

[15:15] a person.

[15:16] 100 years ago a dream took root

[15:20] here Today that dream stands

[15:21] tall, its branches reaching far

[15:21] and wide, sheltering

[15:26] generations under the shade of

[15:27] wisdom and tradition will

[15:28] continue to grow for another

[15:32] 100 years and beyond.

[15:32] >> Thank you.

[15:38] Thank you, Lily.

[15:44] Thank you for the opportunity

[15:45] to speak to members of the City

[15:51] Council and behalf of

[15:51] the Chinese community here in

[15:52] San Diego.

[15:57] I am the chair of the board of

[15:57] the San Diego Chinese

[16:03] Historical Museum situated it

[16:04] on 4 or 4 Third Avenue.

[16:09] We applaud the accomplishments

[16:10] of the San Diego Chinese School

[16:15] which was established 100 years

[16:16] ago.

[16:21] I hope it will have many more

[16:22] centuries of excellence in

[16:22] teaching.

[16:28] San Diego was where many

[16:29] Chinese landed in the 1800s.

[16:29] Many of them stay in

[16:34] the current so-called Chinatown

[16:34] very close to the city hall.

[16:40] We have today MR. Joel LaCava

[16:41] who has been given us support

[16:46] by the Education of children is

[16:47] most important.

[16:47] My congratulations.

[16:48] Thank you very much.

[16:49] Thank you for that concluding

[16:49] comment.

[16:57] David Chestnut Good morning.

[16:58] I am David Set I attended

[17:02] the jungle School from 1958 to

[17:07] 1964 and every day I would go

[17:08] and learn and develop a lot of

[17:08] friends that way.

[17:09] So wherever and whenever large

[17:14] Chinese community populations

[17:15] form they immediately think of

[17:15] educating their children in

[17:21] the language and the customs of

[17:21] their homeland.

[17:22] This was done 100 years ago.

[17:22] The proclamation today

[17:26] recognizes the efforts of

[17:26] community leaders, school

[17:27] staff, parents and students to

[17:32] establish and conduct a Chinese

[17:32] language school.

[17:33] The school helps to develop

[17:34] youth into adults who

[17:38] contribute significantly to

[17:39] their communities be at local,

[17:39] national or international

[17:40] level.

[17:45] Congratulated Sally and the up.

[17:45] So the work at the school as

[17:49] well as other arts and culture

[17:50] groups in San Diego bring

[17:51] vitality and wellbeing to

[17:51] the community.

[17:56] So I encourage the Council to

[17:56] continue supported.

[17:57] >> Thank you.

[17:57] Thank you Janet.

[18:03] Janet came after Janet.

[18:03] Those of you who have spoken if

[18:04] you can return to your seats

[18:05] please so we can have those

[18:09] available.

[18:10] Thank you so much Janet Kay

[18:10] Lauren Garcia's in Johnson and

[18:15] Huffington as well as Blair

[18:16] Beckman if you can come up to

[18:17] the yellow resources.

[18:17] Janet, you're speaking on item

[18:18] 34.

[18:20] You'll have one minute.

[18:21] Please proceed.

[18:21] Good morning, everybody.

[18:27] Thank you To the mayor,

[18:27] the city council people and

[18:28] especially our District seven

[18:32] Representative Raul Campo.

[18:33] It has been an honor to stage a

[18:38] Linda Vista multicultural fair

[18:39] and parade for over 40 years.

[18:44] We're proud of our community.

[18:45] We're proud of our board.

[18:46] And I say this on behalf of our

[18:50] current PRESIDENT Mikey Beach

[18:51] and his daughter who cannot be

[18:51] here today.

[18:56] But thank you for this

[18:56] proclamation.

[18:57] It means a lot to us and we're

[19:00] so glad to serve our community

[19:00] .

[19:00] >> Thank you.

[19:08] Lauren Garcia's Good morning

[19:09] Honorable Council member City

[19:09] Attorney and Staff My name is

[19:13] Lauren Rosita Garces and I've

[19:14] been serving as the fair

[19:14] coordinator for the Linda Vista

[19:15] Multicultural Fair in Parade

[19:16] for over a decade now We're

[19:19] celebrating 41 years this

[19:20] Saturday, APRIL 25th.

[19:20] Encourage and welcome you all

[19:21] to join us.

[19:24] It started in 1985 after

[19:24] the war as a reason for

[19:25] the Linda Vista community to

[19:29] welcome their migrant community

[19:29] neighbors.

[19:30] It was meant to break barriers

[19:30] by sharing food, culture and

[19:31] traditions.

[19:35] And that's something a spirit

[19:36] that we continue today with

[19:37] the over 22 dialects that are

[19:37] spoken in the neighborhood a

[19:41] diversity that unfortunately

[19:41] sometimes targeted.

[19:42] So we combat that with arts and

[19:43] culture.

[19:43] We combat that with education.

[19:47] It's one of the few

[19:48] neighborhoods where we can go

[19:48] from preschool to free thanks

[19:49] to you.

[19:53] So we celebrate education, arts

[19:53] and culture and the way that

[19:54] arts and culture breaks

[19:54] barriers.

[19:55] So we continue to urge you to

[19:56] support those in our

[19:59] neighborhood and the belonging

[20:00] that it creates for us as well.

[20:00] >> Thank you.

[20:01] Thank you.

[20:06] Ian Johnson.

[20:06] Ian Johnson, you have time to

[20:07] go to you by coming up here.

[20:08] Can you please raise your hand?

[20:11] Carina thank you so much.

[20:12] >> You'll have two minutes.

[20:12] Thank you.

[20:13] Good morning, City Council.

[20:14] My name is Ian Johnson.

[20:17] My parents are Hingham Hills

[20:18] and we on behalf of the San

[20:23] Diego lgbt Community Center,

[20:24] thank you so much for

[20:24] recognizing 20 years of dining

[20:28] out for life San Diego For two

[20:28] decades hundreds of local

[20:29] restaurants have committed to

[20:33] donating a portion of their

[20:34] proceeds to sustain health and

[20:35] wellness programs including hiv

[20:40] services and prevention

[20:41] programs right here in our

[20:41] community.

[20:42] This year's event carries

[20:46] special weight as the federal

[20:46] government continues to roll

[20:47] back funding for the lgbtq

[20:52] community and Ryan White

[20:53] programs support remains

[20:53] uncertain.

[20:54] The dollars raised this

[20:58] Thursday are more critical than

[20:58] ever.

[20:59] On APRIL 23rd, partners across

[21:04] a year ago including many of

[21:05] your offices will donate to

[21:06] select restaurants and directly

[21:10] support these free lifesaving

[21:11] services.

[21:11] So Dining Up for Life raises

[21:17] critical funding but it's also

[21:17] so much more.

[21:18] You know, about ten years ago

[21:19] we were here and we had a

[21:23] community member speak right

[21:23] here about the events impact.

[21:24] He had been a young adult in

[21:29] New Mexico unable to access

[21:29] Prep the once daily pill that

[21:34] prevents you from getting hiv

[21:34] and eventually received an hiv

[21:35] diagnosis.

[21:35] Facing stigma, rejection and

[21:41] uncertainty he he relocated to

[21:42] San Diego for a fresh start and

[21:46] the very day he arrived

[21:47] unknowingly was dining out for

[21:47] Life Day He walked into a

[21:53] participating restaurant Uptown

[21:54] Tavern and noticed a crowd on

[21:54] Thursday night wearing these I

[21:59] down stickers, a volunteer

[21:59] approached his table and openly

[22:00] talked about hiv prevention and

[22:05] services and the community

[22:06] fundraising around him.

[22:06] Imagine arriving in a new city

[22:11] carrying that weight and being

[22:12] welcomed into a room full of

[22:12] supporters.

[22:13] >> Thank you so much.

[22:18] Thank you.

[22:19] I think that having the help

[22:20] you're speaking on I was 32 and

[22:22] as 506 you'll have two minutes.

[22:22] All right.

[22:23] Thank you.

[22:23] Good morning.

[22:27] Council PRESIDENT And Council

[22:28] members and staff.

[22:29] My name is just into one and

[22:29] I'm honored to be here in

[22:30] strong support of this

[22:33] proclamation today recognizing

[22:34] the 100th anniversary for

[22:38] the Chinese School of San Diego

[22:38] .

[22:39] For 100 years the Chinese

[22:39] school has been a cornerstone

[22:40] of cultural education in our

[22:44] region preserving language,

[22:44] culture and identity while

[22:45] shaping generations of students

[22:46] who carry those traditions

[22:50] forward with pride.

[22:51] And it also served as a bridge

[22:51] fostering cultural

[22:52] understanding and strengthening

[22:56] connections across our diverse

[22:57] communities.

[22:58] Which 100 years is a rare

[23:01] milestone one that only a

[23:01] handful of institutions in San

[23:02] Diego can claim.

[23:06] San Diego was incorporated in

[23:07] 1850 and Chinese immigrants

[23:07] already here in those early

[23:08] years laid the foundation for

[23:12] the community that we know

[23:12] today.

[23:13] The Chinese school continues

[23:13] that legacy by ensuring future

[23:14] generations stay connected to

[23:18] that language, culture and

[23:18] heritage.

[23:19] So I thank you for recognizing

[23:24] this remarkable cornerstone in

[23:25] regards to Sally Avery which I

[23:29] am also speaking on.

[23:30] I just want to say a quick

[23:35] thanks for acknowledging her

[23:36] and her work.

[23:37] I'm sorry Of course I have not

[23:37] have my speaking points.

[23:38] I didn't know I was going to

[23:42] talk about both of them at

[23:43] the same time.

[23:43] But sadly once Avery two

[23:44] decades of leadership service

[23:48] and commitment to education and

[23:49] social service have made a

[23:49] profound and lasting impact

[23:50] here and around the globe, her

[23:54] work has touched many

[23:55] cornerstone institutions

[23:55] serving the Chinese community

[23:56] including the Chinese Service

[23:56] Center.

[24:00] The Chinese Historical Society

[24:01] Museum, Chinese Consolidated

[24:01] Benevolent Association,

[24:02] the House of China and Balboa

[24:07] Park, ucsd and the Chinese

[24:08] schools integral to name a few.

[24:08] She represents the very best of

[24:09] community leadership and it's

[24:13] fitting that we take this

[24:14] moment to recognize not just

[24:15] our accomplishments but

[24:15] the lasting legacy she

[24:19] continues to build.

[24:19] Thank you for honoring her.

[24:20] Thank you.

[24:26] Our final speaker here in

[24:26] council chambers is William

[24:27] Beekman here speaking Items

[24:30] 3032 as 509 and 503 and 502 So

[24:41] you'll have three minutes.

[24:41] All right.

[24:42] Thank you.

[24:48] Where we can some of my words

[24:48] MAY be a bit strong today I'm

[24:49] sorry but ends up happening.

[24:53] I don't mean them to be but a

[24:54] good proclamation set today I'm

[24:59] very interested to hear what

[25:00] dream day will be about what

[25:01] What will be the conversation

[25:01] here?

[25:06] It'll be nice to hear that Item

[25:11] 32 The Chinese school of San

[25:11] Diego 100th anniversary.

[25:11] Thank you.

[25:17] I used to live in kind of

[25:18] the old San Diego Chinatown

[25:19] area and it's a nice area but

[25:23] it doesn't get enough credit in

[25:24] this life.

[25:24] Hopefully we can talk about it

[25:28] more often and this is a nice

[25:29] time to do so.

[25:30] I just wanted to just be here

[25:35] to offer a hello That is

[25:35] the work that I do and

[25:36] the effort of the area is is

[25:43] nice and I hope good luck in

[25:43] the in the good efforts of

[25:44] the area and what they do as a

[25:47] school and they can continue

[25:48] the good work they do from that

[25:49] also mentioned national

[25:53] awareness day in being from

[25:54] that area in the downtown area

[25:55] around third and fourth Street

[25:59] areas there used to be a really

[26:00] serious federal issue.

[26:03] You know when I first moved

[26:04] here 2022 I mean like every few

[26:05] months there would be, you

[26:05] know, 3 or 4 guests at a time.

[26:10] Sometimes from overdose you

[26:10] know, from bad bad.

[26:11] I'd come here and I'd be

[26:12] talking to yourselves and it

[26:15] was helpful.

[26:16] Something would change after

[26:17] that And I think over time that

[26:17] that stuff isn't happening so

[26:21] much now And thank you for your

[26:22] work and effort and that we

[26:27] continue the efforts that we

[26:28] all become more aware of how to

[26:29] address our fentanyl that are

[26:33] use or ways to address it to

[26:34] curb its place in society.

[26:35] That's a lot of work we got to

[26:40] do with the issue that we don't

[26:40] know how to better talk about

[26:44] good look that we can One sd

[26:45] Day is a really interesting

[26:45] concept to me.

[26:46] I keep trying to talk about

[26:50] communication how we build

[26:51] local neighborhoods and

[26:51] community and this sounds like

[26:52] a group when a city that can

[26:56] really foster that conversation

[26:57] and create good conversations

[27:02] where are the groups MAY be

[27:02] lacking or need help when you

[27:03] can come in and offer some help

[27:08] and guidance and good luck when

[27:08] you can do for local

[27:09] neighborhoods in the future San

[27:10] Diego Towards Communication

[27:14] dialog openness all the good

[27:15] Stuff and San Diego Council on

[27:20] Literacy Day Thank you for an

[27:21] idea of Literacy Day I think

[27:25] with so much more going on with

[27:26] the us really threatening

[27:27] places like Cuba and Venezuela

[27:32] and Iran it just reminded me of

[27:32] the importance of sovereignty a

[27:33] country's sovereignty.

[27:34] They try to do really good

[27:38] things for their own people.

[27:38] So do we.

[27:39] I hope we learn to respect that

[27:40] from all of us and that's how

[27:43] we learn to build dialog and

[27:44] get along and trust.

[27:44] >> Good luck.

[27:44] Thank you.

[27:45] Thank you.

[27:46] That does include public

[27:50] comment here in council

[27:50] chambers going to those

[27:51] participating remotely Sorry

[27:52] the five minute timer starting

[27:54] with Tony if you can please

[27:55] unmute and let me know which

[27:56] item or items you wish to speak

[28:01] to.

[28:02] Tony You just wanted to speak

[28:06] to all the items please.

[28:07] >> You'll have three minutes.

[28:07] Please proceed.

[28:08] Thank you.

[28:08] Good morning.

[28:14] City Council And in support of

[28:14] this proclamation This is a

[28:15] great thing.

[28:15] I think that any time that we

[28:20] honor the cultural legacies of

[28:21] the various cultures that have

[28:21] contributed to making San Diego

[28:25] the great city that it is, I

[28:26] think that we're moving in

[28:26] the right direction.

[28:27] I think that this is part of a

[28:28] broader step that we need to be

[28:32] taking in more conscientiously

[28:32] making especially now that

[28:33] we're seeing the immigrant

[28:34] community The attack by

[28:37] the federal administration.

[28:38] So this means a lot.

[28:38] This is really fantastic.

[28:43] One of my best friends I grew

[28:44] up in going to one of these

[28:44] Chinese schools and that's

[28:45] where he learned how to speak

[28:51] Mandarin Chinese.

[28:52] And so I want to thank all

[28:52] the groups that have given

[28:53] their presentations and have

[28:56] spoken this morning.

[28:57] I want to thank Blair for his

[28:57] constant dedication to city

[29:02] council constantly coming in

[29:02] and speaking and sharing great

[29:07] ideas and all the city council

[29:08] members for deliberating as

[29:13] long as they did yesterday and

[29:14] really putting their thoughts

[29:15] and efforts and their energy

[29:21] into doing everything that they

[29:21] can to make a living.

[29:26] Thank you.

[29:27] And next is 8700.

[29:28] If you can please unmute and

[29:29] let me know which item or items

[29:36] you wish to speak to.

[29:36] Thank you.

[29:37] Good morning.

[29:41] I will be speaking on s502 and

[29:41] 503 please.

[29:42] >> You'll have two minutes.

[29:46] Please proceed.

[29:46] Thank you.

[29:52] On this one I go to this is wow

[29:53] There's just you know, days and

[29:53] weeks and months to speak on

[29:59] this But I did Google this a

[30:00] bit and the fentanyl deaths

[30:00] Here are two statistics that

[30:09] really stood out to me In 2020

[30:10] 24 men were three times more

[30:11] likely to die from an overdose

[30:15] than women and the highest

[30:16] rates were among adults aged 45

[30:16] to 64.

[30:22] That's the piece that really

[30:26] stood out to me at age 45 to

[30:27] 64.

[30:27] And then the other item on this

[30:32] highest risk groups individuals

[30:32] experiencing homelessness

[30:36] representing approximately 30%

[30:37] of all overdose deaths in

[30:44] the country.

[30:44] The big thank you to Council

[30:45] member Wolpert and Council

[30:49] Member Capital for your

[30:50] heartfelt interest and work on

[30:50] this crisis.

[30:56] Love to all and ask 5 or 3 one

[30:57] shame asking is a regional

[31:01] community building coalition

[31:02] and I pronounce this I look

[31:07] this up The Berman de Burnham

[31:07] Center for Community

[31:08] Advancement Every word in

[31:15] the list of the whereas it's

[31:16] thrilled to be in I googled to

[31:19] see and it continued everywhere

[31:20] told me a big thank you to Mo

[31:26] Mullins Vermont Hope I got that

[31:31] right you pioneer of this

[31:31] coalition and you're going to

[31:32] be 99 years old this year and

[31:38] his personal motto is Community

[31:38] before self community before

[31:44] self Isn't that a beautiful

[31:44] personal model?

[31:50] So anyway, your time has

[31:51] concluded.

[31:51] I love you.

[31:52] That does conclude public

[31:57] comment on the proclamation.

[31:57] >> Thank you.

[31:58] All right.

[31:58] Thank you.

[32:01] So we'll now turn it over to

[32:02] council members for comments

[32:02] and entertain a motion and

[32:03] we'll start with Council member

[32:03] Moreno.

[32:04] >> Wonderful.

[32:08] Good morning And I have

[32:09] comments on item three which is

[32:13] Denim day in item as 504 MR.

[32:14] Enrique Lopez Day Today we

[32:19] recognize APRIL 29th 2026 as

[32:20] denim day in the city of San

[32:20] Diego.

[32:25] A day that carries a powerful

[32:26] message rooted in justice,

[32:27] awareness and solidarity.

[32:31] Denim Day began as a response

[32:31] to a deeply troubling court

[32:32] ruling that perpetuated harmful

[32:37] lies about sexual violence and

[32:38] consent In defiance, women in

[32:42] the Italian parliament wore

[32:43] jeans to stand with survivors

[32:44] and to reject the idea that

[32:49] clothing could ever imply

[32:49] consent.

[32:50] The act of courage sparked a

[32:50] global movement one that

[32:55] reminds us that there's never

[32:55] an excuse for sexual assault.

[32:56] We are proud to recognize

[32:57] the vital work of the San Diego

[33:01] family Justice Center Your Safe

[33:02] Place which provides

[33:03] compassionate comprehensive

[33:07] services to survivors of sexual

[33:08] assault and trafficking.

[33:09] Their work ensures that anybody

[33:13] in need can find safety,

[33:13] dignity and also support.

[33:14] Wearing denim today is a

[33:19] visible statement of our shared

[33:20] values that we believe

[33:20] survivors and that we're

[33:21] committed to building a safer

[33:24] community.

[33:25] We continue this work not just

[33:26] today but every day until

[33:31] respect safety and justice are

[33:31] realities.

[33:34] Moving on to Final Four we

[33:35] celebrate and extraordinary

[33:36] milestone and an even more

[33:36] extraordinary individual.

[33:40] It's an honor to recognize

[33:41] APRIL 21st, 2026 as MR. Enrique

[33:47] Lopez Day in the city of San

[33:47] Diego.

[33:48] MR. Lopez's story is one of

[33:52] resilience, sacrifice and

[33:53] unwavering dedication.

[33:53] Born in Tijuana, Mexico, he

[33:58] took on respond a lot of

[33:59] responsibility at a young age,

[34:00] leaving school early to support

[34:04] his family with determination

[34:04] and hope.

[34:05] He came to the United States in

[34:08] pursuit of opportunity.

[34:09] Laying the foundation for a

[34:10] life defined by hard work and

[34:15] perseverance.

[34:16] From humble beginnings as a

[34:16] handyman to a distinguished

[34:20] career spanning more than 25

[34:20] years at Ralphs Bakery, MR.

[34:25] Lopez built a reputation for

[34:25] excellence.

[34:26] His artistry in cake decorating

[34:30] not only earned him awards but

[34:31] brought joy to countless

[34:31] celebrations across our

[34:37] community even creating cakes

[34:37] for beloved figures like Tony

[34:43] Gwynn himself along his wife

[34:43] MR. Lopez, he worked tirelessly

[34:44] to build a better life opening

[34:48] doors for others along the way

[34:49] providing housing support and

[34:50] opportunities to family members

[34:54] and those in need.

[34:54] His compassion extends far

[34:55] beyond his household whether it

[35:00] was saving a neighbor from a

[35:01] fire lending his skill to those

[35:06] in need or simply showing up

[35:07] when it mattered the most.

[35:08] MR. Lopez has demonstrated a

[35:12] lifetime commitment to serving

[35:12] others.

[35:13] MR. Lopez embodies the very

[35:17] best of San Diego hard work,

[35:18] generosity, resilience and a

[35:18] heart.

[35:23] His life is a testament to

[35:24] the impact one person can have

[35:24] on an entire community and it

[35:29] is my privilege to honor him

[35:29] and proclaim APRIL 21st, 2026

[35:34] as MR. And Lopez Day.

[35:35] Happy birthday as well Happy

[35:36] 70th birthday and thank you for

[35:40] inspiring us all.

[35:41] And with that I will make a

[35:42] motion to move proclamations.

[35:42] Thank you.

[35:46] All right.

[35:46] Thank you, Council members.

[35:47] So we have a motion by

[35:48] COUNCILMAN Moreno to move

[35:48] The proclamation will go next

[35:55] to council member Campbell.

[35:55] >> Thank you.

[35:56] Council PRESIDENT I'm going to

[35:59] speak about proc 30 proc 31 and

[36:04] also about Angel Castro de It's

[36:05] important for council to

[36:09] recognize Denham Day each year

[36:10] to reaffirm our commitment to

[36:11] ending sexual violence and

[36:15] supporting survivors of sexual

[36:16] assault.

[36:16] We call it Denham Day after

[36:21] the court in Italy wrongfully

[36:22] blamed a victim for her rape

[36:22] because she was wearing tight

[36:23] jeans.

[36:27] The San Diego Police Department

[36:28] and City Attorney's office have

[36:32] worked hard to pursue justice

[36:33] for victims of sexual assault

[36:33] in our city.

[36:37] And years ago when dna kits

[36:38] were backed up, our police

[36:42] department stepped up and made

[36:43] sure that every one of them was

[36:43] examined the old ones and

[36:48] the new ones And on time your

[36:52] safe place and 22 is offered

[36:53] crucial services to survivors

[36:53] of sexual violence including

[36:58] housing support, legal service,

[36:58] mental health counseling

[37:03] completely free of charge.

[37:03] We must continue to empower

[37:04] survivors and stand with them

[37:08] every day.

[37:09] It takes courage and strength

[37:10] for survivors to share their

[37:14] stories.

[37:15] We must do everything we can to

[37:15] teach respect for women and

[37:20] keep our communities safe.

[37:20] I'm grateful to all

[37:21] the community organizations who

[37:25] support survivors to the sdd

[37:26] officers and the City

[37:26] Attorney's office for their

[37:30] role in holding perpetrators

[37:36] accountable for Prop 31.

[37:37] >> I want to thank Mayor Gloria

[37:38] and my colleagues, council

[37:38] members Whitburn and Von

[37:41] Wilpert for joining me in

[37:45] proclaiming APRIL 23rd, 2026 as

[37:45] Dining Out for Life 20th

[37:46] Anniversary Day in the city of

[37:50] San Diego.

[37:51] Amazing And thank you and for

[37:52] your remarks.

[37:55] For 20 years the San Diego lgbt

[37:56] Center has partnered with

[37:56] dozens of local restaurants,

[38:00] bars and coffee shops across

[38:01] the city to support critical

[38:05] hiv aids services and

[38:05] prevention.

[38:06] This ongoing partnership has

[38:10] supported the center's ability

[38:11] to provide free health services

[38:12] including hiv testing,

[38:16] prevention, care and mental

[38:16] health support.

[38:17] This longstanding tradition

[38:21] exemplifies the good that can

[38:22] be accomplished when we come

[38:22] together as a community by

[38:26] coming together in partnership

[38:27] we support our local businesses

[38:31] who are who are providing us

[38:31] this opportunity and feeding us

[38:32] as we enjoy it and more

[38:37] importantly we are helping

[38:38] people who are experiencing

[38:38] health challenges.

[38:42] We are all collectively helping

[38:43] with this important cause that

[38:43] saves lives.

[38:48] I encourage everyone to

[38:48] participate this coming

[38:49] Thursday and go to one of

[38:50] the participating businesses.

[38:54] You can find the list of

[38:55] participating businesses on

[38:55] the center's website.

[38:59] The lgbt Center.

[39:04] Cheers to 20 years And next I

[39:05] would like to join my

[39:05] colleagues in recognizing a

[39:08] resident from my district

[39:09] District two Angel Castro for

[39:14] 45 years of dedicated service

[39:15] to our city through her role in

[39:18] Parks and Recreation Department

[39:19] .

[39:20] Amazingly, 45 years of service

[39:24] unfortunately she recently

[39:25] passed away but she left a

[39:26] lasting impact of service and

[39:30] dedication for our communities.

[39:31] She began her career leading

[39:35] recreation programs around

[39:36] the city and advanced to become

[39:36] the area manager in

[39:40] the Department of Parks and Rec

[39:40] and organized many popular

[39:45] community events including for

[39:46] holidays as well as movie

[39:46] nights and concerts in

[39:47] the park.

[39:51] My heart is with her family

[39:52] members after her passing and

[39:56] thank you for sharing with us

[39:57] and we know that her dedication

[40:02] is appreciated by all of us.

[40:02] MAY she rest in power.

[40:03] Thank you, Council PRESIDENT

[40:06] Ray Thank you to Mark Campbell.

[40:07] >> Can I take that as a second?

[40:08] Happy to second the Bronx.

[40:12] Thank you.

[40:13] So we have motion by COUNCILMAN

[40:13] Moreno second by Council Moore

[40:14] Campbell to move

[40:15] the proclamation to go next to

[40:17] council PRESIDENT Pro Tem Lee

[40:18] Thank you Council PRESIDENT

[40:19] I'll start by thanking my

[40:21] colleagues for the many

[40:22] recognitions and proclamations

[40:22] today starting with item 30

[40:27] with Denham Day especially I

[40:27] don't want to echo everything

[40:28] that everyone else has shared

[40:29] but especially thank our city

[40:31] Attorney's office and the work

[40:32] of our the U.S. Place Family

[40:36] Justice Center that we have as

[40:37] a city.

[40:37] Thank you for the work that

[40:42] that has been done by your team

[40:43] 24 for item 31 for turning out

[40:46] for life.

[40:47] I want to thank the lgbt Center

[40:48] for your work throughout

[40:52] the year and I know our team

[40:53] will be one of many across

[40:54] the states that will be joining

[40:54] you for that each year.

[40:57] We can't MISS It.

[40:58] So of course it's more than

[40:58] just an opportunity as a

[40:59] fundraiser.

[40:59] I think it's a continual

[41:02] reminder of taking that as a

[41:03] chance for us to show our

[41:04] support and to get

[41:08] the community together in a fun

[41:08] and meaningful way for that

[41:08] day.

[41:12] I've got a couple other

[41:13] proclamations I wanted to pay

[41:13] tribute to.

[41:14] One is se 501.

[41:14] I think my colleagues at

[41:17] Council PRESIDENT LaCava,

[41:17] Councilmember Campo for

[41:21] bringing forward Walden Family

[41:21] Services 50th anniversary day

[41:22] and to congratulate Walden

[41:23] Family Services and my good

[41:27] friend ceo Teresa Stivers on

[41:28] her on their 50th anniversary.

[41:28] They've been an invaluable

[41:32] organization in the city

[41:32] providing support for foster

[41:33] care and adoption, transitional

[41:36] housing for youth and other

[41:36] supportive services And since

[41:37] opening their doors have

[41:40] supported approximately 1500

[41:41] children, youth and families

[41:44] annually and have placed 233

[41:45] children in nurturing homes.

[41:46] It was a pleasure to be able to

[41:49] celebrate the occasion with you

[41:50] and your team as well as many

[41:51] of your volunteers And

[41:51] congratulations again on

[41:54] the remarkable achievement of

[41:55] 50 years of service.

[41:58] Next is item 32.

[41:59] i think everyone heard a little

[42:00] bit about the Chinese School of

[42:03] San Diego and certainly

[42:04] celebrating 100 years as an

[42:04] organization is a milestone

[42:08] feat anywhere.

[42:09] So I want to thank Council

[42:13] PRESIDENT LaCava and joining me

[42:14] to recognize the Chinese School

[42:17] of San Diego for this 100th

[42:17] anniversary as the oldest

[42:18] training school in San Diego,

[42:19] it has long provided

[42:22] opportunities for students to

[42:22] learn not just language but

[42:27] really to be immersed and to

[42:27] understand culture as well.

[42:32] And it's not just open to

[42:32] children.

[42:33] I've seen many adults as well

[42:36] participate in the programs And

[42:37] what I've seen through your

[42:38] programs is this opportunity to

[42:41] create a vibrant hub for

[42:41] seniors who are interested in

[42:42] learning a second language

[42:43] maintaining their linguistic

[42:46] heritage or deepening their

[42:47] understanding of Chinese

[42:47] culture through different

[42:51] activities from calligraphy to

[42:51] dance to seasonal festival

[42:52] celebrations.

[42:52] And I would especially note

[42:56] that the uniquely offer not

[42:57] just Mandarin Chinese but also

[43:01] Cantonese which is extremely

[43:02] rare and happens to be

[43:03] the dialect that I continue to

[43:04] speak with my mother to this

[43:06] day.

[43:07] The Chinese School of San Diego

[43:08] also houses the Chinese

[43:10] bilingual preschool which

[43:11] opened in 2008 and happens to

[43:14] be special to me because my son

[43:15] Oliver, who is now six, spent

[43:16] his early years there at

[43:20] the school So I want to take a

[43:21] moment to congratulate Sally

[43:21] Wong every superintendent and

[43:24] Tasha Wang, principal Cassandra

[43:25] Wong and the entire staff and

[43:25] community for their service as

[43:26] part of this community

[43:29] institution throughout its 100

[43:30] year journey.

[43:30] And we're going to celebrate

[43:34] that in early MAY at your

[43:35] upcoming gala which I certainly

[43:39] look forward to.

[43:40] Now maybe it's a bit of a

[43:40] surprise.

[43:41] I think it's not just enough to

[43:44] recognize this milestone moment

[43:45] for the Chinese School of San

[43:46] Diego but without also paying

[43:49] tribute to an individual who

[43:50] has been foundational to much

[43:51] of its impact over decades.

[43:55] So for item 5 or 6 it's my

[43:55] honor along with Council

[43:58] PRESIDENT LaCava to bring

[43:59] forward a proclamation

[44:00] recognizing Sally Wang Avery in

[44:03] the city of San Diego.

[44:04] When looking through Sally's

[44:05] achievements and contributions

[44:09] to our community and across

[44:09] the continent it is hard to

[44:10] choose just a few.

[44:14] Her life has truly been rooted

[44:14] in community service.

[44:15] Sally Avery was the co-founder

[44:18] of the Chinese Historical

[44:19] Society in the 1980s.

[44:20] The first woman PRESIDENT Of

[44:22] the Chinese Consolidated

[44:23] Benevolent Association in

[44:23] the 1980s.

[44:24] She was a co-founder of

[44:28] the Chinese bilingual preschool

[44:28] and served as principal of

[44:31] the Chinese School of San Diego

[44:32] from 1984 to 2012.

[44:36] Sally actually opened her law

[44:37] practice in the mid-nineties in

[44:37] the Mid-City area where she

[44:41] knew there was a influx of

[44:42] immigrant families that needed

[44:42] numerous services.

[44:43] She also helped to found

[44:46] the Chinese Service Center in

[44:46] 2003.

[44:47] And between her professional

[44:48] career as an attorney and her

[44:51] multitudes of community

[44:51] engagement, she dedicated

[44:52] countless hours to provide

[44:56] crucial pro-bono services to

[44:56] low income families and

[44:57] numerous community

[44:57] organizations.

[45:01] I remember sitting at a dinner

[45:04] just a couple of weeks ago with

[45:05] some of the very first

[45:05] Asian-American judges to serve

[45:09] in the county of San Diego.

[45:10] And they too recognized Sally

[45:11] for her many years serving as

[45:14] an interpreter and a translator

[45:15] for many immigrant families all

[45:15] as a volunteer.

[45:19] And it's one of those small

[45:20] things about family service

[45:21] that many MAY not know of that

[45:23] is part of the history right

[45:24] here in San Diego.

[45:28] Her contributions as an

[45:28] educator, an attorney and a

[45:29] philanthropist have been

[45:33] recognized far and wide.

[45:34] In 2006 she was awarded

[45:34] the Susan b Anthony Leadership

[45:35] Award.

[45:37] In 2009 the Ellis Island Medal

[45:38] of Honor.

[45:41] And in 2016 she was inducted

[45:42] into the San Diego County

[45:42] Women's Hall of Fame.

[45:46] And at her alma mater, uc San

[45:46] Diego, you can find the Sally t

[45:50] Wong Avery Library as well as

[45:51] support from us.

[45:51] Much of the East Asian Pacific

[45:55] Studies and programs that they

[45:55] have available at uc San Diego.

[46:00] >> So with that I know this is

[46:01] a surprise Sally we didn't

[46:04] necessarily share this with you

[46:05] but I'd like to share a moment.

[46:06] So if you'd like to come up

[46:09] along with Natasha Wong your

[46:10] daughter just in case you'd

[46:11] like to come up and say a few

[46:34] words I think you can feel your

[46:38] kind comment in and thank you

[46:42] Jill for supporting and coming

[46:43] to our activities throughout

[46:43] the years.

[46:47] I am very privileged to an

[46:48] honor to really share my

[46:52] culture and my language and

[46:52] help all the other people that

[46:57] are interested in joining us in

[46:57] San Diego.

[47:02] And I think starting early now

[47:05] is about 30 years.

[47:06] I can see a difference in San

[47:06] Diego.

[47:09] We teach character.

[47:10] We teach virtual.

[47:19] We teach Confucius teaching.

[47:20] And that is filial piety Honor

[47:24] the seniors and also be kind to

[47:29] handicaps people that are need.

[47:33] And it has a lot of different

[47:34] Chinese stories throughout our

[47:38] teaching out our school is

[47:43] recognized by People's Republic

[47:43] of China.

[47:48] The secretary of the education

[47:49] in Beijing came to visit us and

[47:53] was very impressed.

[47:54] And also in Taiwan where they

[47:58] have the director general also

[47:59] came and they also gave us an

[48:00] award that we hang on the wall.

[48:03] So our school is very special.

[48:04] I just love it.

[48:07] I love doing it.

[48:08] And we have trained a lot of

[48:12] young people to take over

[48:13] because I'm a little tired.

[48:13] Yeah.

[48:17] But thank you very much for

[48:18] the acknowledgment and I'm

[48:22] continuing serving in many,

[48:24] many boards and in San Diego in

[48:27] England.

[48:28] In Toronto we have a library in

[48:34] Toronto a free library that

[48:36] illustrate what the Japanese

[48:41] has done And also oh a music

[48:46] gallery in Cambridge in

[48:47] England.

[48:51] And there are others I too many

[48:52] too many to mention.

[48:52] Thank you.

[48:56] Well thank you for this

[48:56] opportunity to recognize your

[49:06] contributions to San Diego.

[49:06] >> That concludes my comments.

[49:10] All right.

[49:11] >> Thank you, sir.

[49:12] So we'll go next to council

[49:12] member Vaughn Walker.

[49:14] Thank you very much And thank

[49:14] you to my colleagues as always

[49:15] for bringing forth wonderful

[49:16] proclamations for our

[49:16] community.

[49:19] I have a bunch of comments for

[49:20] item 32 The Chinese School of

[49:23] San Diego 100th anniversary

[49:23] day.

[49:24] I too have visited the school.

[49:25] It's absolutely beautiful.

[49:28] Thank you for opening it up to

[49:28] community events including

[49:29] events by the Commission on

[49:32] the Status of Women.

[49:33] I'm very excited to come to

[49:33] the gala and celebrate with all

[49:37] of you but it's a fantastic and

[49:38] I'm looking forward to learning

[49:38] more on item five as five of

[49:39] six.

[49:42] Sally Wong Avery de Salary Wang

[49:43] Avery you have raised an

[49:46] incredible daughter as well.

[49:46] Natasha has become a good

[49:47] friend to so many of us and

[49:51] really become an ambassador for

[49:51] the Chinese community to all of

[49:52] us And so I'm very excited to

[49:55] have her as a friend and a

[49:56] mentor And also thank you for

[49:57] your service, your pro-bono

[50:00] service as a lawyer.

[50:01] That really touched me when I

[50:02] read that including, you know,

[50:02] teaching health restaurant

[50:05] workers health and sanitation.

[50:06] You really have helped so many

[50:07] people throughout your time and

[50:10] you continue to help.

[50:11] So we very much appreciate you.

[50:14] An item 502 National Fentanyl

[50:14] Awareness Day I am honored to

[50:15] join Councilor Ocampo in

[50:18] recognizing national fentanyl

[50:19] awareness and the urgent need

[50:20] to address this crisis.

[50:23] Fentanyl still remains

[50:24] the leading driver of overdose

[50:25] deaths impacting families in

[50:28] every single part of San Diego

[50:29] County.

[50:29] It's often found in counterfeit

[50:30] pills increasing the risk of

[50:33] accidental exposure and

[50:34] overdose and even small amounts

[50:35] can be fatal which is why

[50:36] prevention and public awareness

[50:38] are critical.

[50:39] Expanding access to loxo and

[50:40] investing in education are

[50:43] proving strategies to save

[50:44] lives.

[50:44] And guess what folks?

[50:45] It's working.

[50:45] We are now bending the trend

[50:49] and fewer people are losing

[50:49] their lives depending on

[50:50] overdose in San Diego County

[50:51] because of the work we've all

[50:51] done together.

[50:54] So we have to double down and

[50:54] keep and keep going.

[50:57] On item 3030 which is Denim

[50:58] Day, I'm proud to join my

[50:59] colleagues in recognizing a

[51:02] denim day in the city of San

[51:03] Diego.

[51:03] I too am reading denim.

[51:07] You can't see it very well and

[51:07] thank you to everyone who's

[51:08] come in.

[51:09] I know Blaire Beekman had asked

[51:11] what this case was about and

[51:11] unfortunately the story began

[51:16] in Italy in 1992 when an 18

[51:20] year old girl was on her first

[51:20] day of her very first driving

[51:21] lesson in her 45 year old

[51:25] driving instructor who took her

[51:26] to an isolated road, pulled her

[51:27] out of the car, removed her

[51:30] jeans and forcibly raped her.

[51:31] She reported the rape and

[51:31] the perpetrator was arrested

[51:32] and prosecuted.

[51:35] He was convicted of her and

[51:36] sentenced to jail.

[51:37] But during the appellate

[51:39] process he appealed

[51:40] the conviction claiming that

[51:41] she was wearing jeans that were

[51:45] so tight she must have helped

[51:45] him take them off.

[51:46] And the Italian Supreme Court

[51:50] agreed and overturned her

[51:50] conviction.

[51:54] Enraged by the verdict, women

[51:55] in the Italian parliament

[51:55] launched a protest wearing

[51:59] jeans on the steps of

[52:00] the Supreme Court of Italy.

[52:01] This protest was then picked up

[52:01] by the international media

[52:05] which led the California Senate

[52:05] and Assembly to do the same and

[52:06] wear denim jeans on the state

[52:09] of the California state

[52:09] capitol.

[52:10] It was then picked up in Los

[52:13] Angeles and since 1999 we have

[52:13] all been commemorating Denim

[52:14] Day every year in APRIL to

[52:17] raise awareness about sexual

[52:18] assault And that clothing will

[52:22] never ever mean consent.

[52:23] I'm also grateful for the work

[52:24] of our senior police department

[52:24] and our detectives in

[52:26] the family Justice Center who

[52:27] prosecutes anyone who commits

[52:32] sexual assault and provides

[52:33] hope for survivors.

[52:36] An item 31 Dining Out for Life.

[52:37] I'm very excited to be joining

[52:37] our friends from the lgbt

[52:41] center again and many other

[52:41] partner organizations to

[52:42] recognize Dining Out for Life

[52:45] to support hiv aids Service and

[52:46] Prevention And what a beautiful

[52:47] story you shared about someone

[52:50] finding hope in San Diego.

[52:51] I'm grateful to the restaurant

[52:51] small businesses,

[52:52] the volunteers who continue to

[52:55] show up and give back.

[52:56] I do believe we in the federal

[52:57] government to continue

[52:57] recognizing World aids Day

[53:01] supporting the Ryan White and

[53:01] Harper funds and making sure

[53:02] that we fully invest in

[53:05] science, medicine and

[53:05] prevention going forward.

[53:06] So thank you to our lgbtq

[53:06] community.

[53:09] I'm very excited to come right

[53:10] with you and eat some good food

[53:10] for a good cause.

[53:14] Next item 32 and I will need an

[53:15] additional 30 minutes please.

[53:15] Angel Castro Day.

[53:18] I want to take a moment to

[53:19] recognize Angel Castro and her

[53:19] incredible legacy of service to

[53:20] the city of San Diego.

[53:23] Having dedicated nearly 45

[53:24] years to the Parks and

[53:24] Recreation Department and

[53:25] remember it can be filled with

[53:27] communities around the city

[53:28] including in District five.

[53:29] We're very grateful for her

[53:32] legacy of leadership, including

[53:33] moving in the park to holiday

[53:36] events to help create community

[53:37] including in District five.

[53:38] So Angel, we will think about

[53:38] you often.

[53:39] Thank you very much for

[53:41] the work you have done in our

[53:42] city.

[53:45] And finally item s5a1a Daryl

[53:46] Malone Memorial Poker One day I

[53:46] am very very honored to

[53:47] recognize Daryl Malone Oriole

[53:51] poker run day and the veterans

[53:51] and honor and that this day

[53:52] supports this event brings

[53:55] together veterans writers

[53:55] families and honors service and

[54:00] strengthens our community.

[54:00] It carries forward Daryl

[54:01] Malone's legacy by continuing

[54:04] to show up for those who have

[54:05] served our country.

[54:05] I want to thank the American

[54:08] Legion Riders Chapter 365 for

[54:09] your ongoing commitment to

[54:09] supporting veterans and their

[54:13] families.

[54:14] For those who don't know, we

[54:14] have many of the members here

[54:15] with us in the audience today

[54:18] American Legion Riders Chapter

[54:18] 365 is currently the fourth

[54:19] largest chapter in California

[54:22] and among the most active

[54:23] groups right here in North

[54:23] Indio County.

[54:27] Their mission is rooted in

[54:28] service and community

[54:28] engagement and making a lasting

[54:29] impact for those who have

[54:31] served our country.

[54:32] And in fact we have one of our

[54:37] own here Alex Rodriguez, who

[54:37] served our very own San Diego

[54:38] Police Department for 26 years

[54:41] and is a retired U.S. Navy seal

[54:42] .

[54:42] I love you to come up and

[54:43] please give us some comments

[54:47] about what's going on today.

[54:48] I'm sorry, Elias.

[54:48] I said I pronounce your name

[54:49] wrong of wire service.

[54:53] >> Please come on up.

[54:54] >> Hi.

[54:54] Good morning.

[54:59] My name is Elias Rodriguez.

[54:59] I'm the director of

[55:02] the American Legion Riders 365

[55:03] located in Vista.

[55:06] And we have the American Legion

[55:07] 365.

[55:07] We'd like to thank council

[55:11] member Marni von Wilbur,

[55:11] the city of San Diego and

[55:12] the mayor for this

[55:12] proclamation.

[55:16] And although we're based out of

[55:20] Vista, we support veterans in

[55:20] the entire county.

[55:24] So the work that we do

[55:25] the volunteer hours that we put

[55:29] in and the money that we raise

[55:30] go to the veterans, their

[55:31] families and the organizations

[55:37] that support the veterans.

[55:38] This recognition is not only

[55:38] for our members who are here

[55:40] today Some past presidents as

[55:48] well, but it's for all of us

[55:52] that we contribute towards our

[55:53] cause.

[55:53] We'd like to invite you to

[55:54] the 12th annual Daryl Malone

[55:58] Poker Run.

[55:58] That's this Saturday at 1 to 3

[56:02] for Self Salopek Avenue in

[56:03] Vista where we're going to

[56:03] donate $16,000 to four

[56:07] different organizations.

[56:08] So this is how we raise We help

[56:09] raise our money.

[56:12] So if you're a motorcycle rider

[56:13] bring your motorcycle show up

[56:14] at 830 If you're going to drive

[56:17] a cage which means a car got

[56:18] four wheels show up at 12 and

[56:22] we have a barbecue, a live band

[56:22] and raffle prizes that we're

[56:27] going to be giving away.

[56:28] So thank you very much for for

[56:28] this proclamation.

[56:31] We were honored to receive that

[56:31] .

[56:32] >> Thank you very much.

[56:35] Like thank you.

[56:40] Thank you very much.

[56:41] >> And I know we have many

[56:42] veterans in the room here who

[56:43] have served everywhere wars

[56:44] from Vietnam going forward.

[56:45] >> So can our veterans please

[56:46] stand so we can recognize you

[56:59] as well?

[57:00] >> All right.

[57:00] Thank you.

[57:01] Thank you very much.

[57:01] Your work has made a real

[57:04] impact in our communities We

[57:05] continue to look forward to

[57:05] every year and I will be there

[57:06] on Saturday to celebrate with

[57:08] you So thank you so much and

[57:09] thank you very much.

[57:14] >> Council PRESIDENT All right.

[57:15] Thank you, Councilmember Van

[57:15] Wilpert.

[57:16] We'll go next to council member

[57:18] you thank you Council PRESIDENT

[57:19] And thanks to everyone who's

[57:20] here and congratulations to

[57:23] everyone receiving

[57:24] the proclamation and Denim day.

[57:25] Thank you to our city

[57:25] attorney's office and everyone

[57:28] who's helping stand against

[57:28] sexual violence.

[57:29] Dining Out for Life 20th

[57:33] Anniversary My family deeply

[57:33] appreciates that My Uncle

[57:36] Francisco who passed away in

[57:37] 1992 from hiv aids My family

[57:38] sees the work you do and really

[57:41] appreciated And the Chinese

[57:42] School of San Diego hundredth

[57:43] anniversary an incredible

[57:46] milestone.

[57:47] Congratulations on that Walden

[57:47] Family Services I'm honored to

[57:51] join your office council

[57:52] PRESIDENT And proclaiming APRIL

[57:55] 30th as Walden Family Services

[57:55] 50th Anniversary day.

[57:56] I thank them for being in

[57:59] chambers for five decades

[57:59] delivering comprehensive and

[58:00] culturally competent support to

[58:03] families and youth across

[58:04] Southern California has had a

[58:07] profound impact And MAY your

[58:08] next 50 years build on that

[58:08] legacy even further.

[58:11] I'm honored to proclaim MAY

[58:12] 12th 2026 as one San Diego Day

[58:15] and I thank the Burnham Center

[58:16] for of Community Advancement

[58:17] and their partners and their

[58:20] leadership in this as leaders

[58:25] in this region as MR. Burnham

[58:25] as one of our callers

[58:29] mentioned, 99 years old has

[58:30] contributed so much to our

[58:31] region and the Burnham Center

[58:31] continues to carry that legacy

[58:35] forward And by sharing data and

[58:35] aligning efforts and advancing

[58:36] real measurable progress, I

[58:37] know it will go even further

[58:40] together.

[58:41] And last but not least Linda

[58:44] Vista Multicultural Fair day.

[58:45] I want to thank my my good

[58:46] friends that I see every year

[58:49] Janet Kay and Lauren Garces for

[58:50] being here today and leading

[58:50] the charge to keep the amazing

[58:51] tradition going.

[58:54] It's always such a fun time

[58:55] being with you and of course

[58:55] the community that organizes

[58:56] such a great event every single

[58:59] year It's gotten bigger and

[59:00] bigger and bigger over the last

[59:00] five years and I will be there

[59:04] this weekend with my team.

[59:04] I invite everyone to be there

[59:07] on Saturday between 10 and 5

[59:08] along Linda Vista Road There's

[59:08] rides so bring kids That's

[59:12] always fun to.

[59:13] >> And with that I will

[59:13] conclude my comments.

[59:14] Thank you Council PRESIDENT All

[59:14] right Thank you.

[59:16] Council member I will go next

[59:20] to Council member Foster Thank

[59:25] you Council PRESIDENT And I

[59:26] just really want to just take a

[59:27] quick moment to acknowledge all

[59:30] of the proclamation recipients.

[59:35] A lot of good items today I'd

[59:35] like to touch on just a couple

[59:36] of them.

[59:39] One denim day I just want to

[59:40] acknowledge the mayor, city

[59:44] city attorney and my colleagues

[59:44] for bringing this proclamation

[59:45] forward.

[59:45] Denim Day is about standing

[59:49] with survivors and being clear

[59:50] that there's no excuse for

[59:54] sexual violence This is about

[59:54] challenging harmful thinking

[59:55] that shifts blame onto victims

[59:58] Instead of holding abusers

[59:59] accountable and making sure

[1:00:00] victims feel supported when

[1:00:03] they come forward.

[1:00:04] This recognition sends a clear

[1:00:05] message that we stand with

[1:00:08] survivors and against victim

[1:00:09] blaming.

[1:00:09] We must continue to provide

[1:00:13] safe places, support and

[1:00:13] protect victims and hold

[1:00:17] abusers accountable Also Dining

[1:00:18] Out for Life a 20th anniversary

[1:00:19] for 20 years dining out for

[1:00:22] life has brought people

[1:00:22] together to support critical

[1:00:23] hiv prevention care and support

[1:00:27] services here in San Diego.

[1:00:28] It's a simple idea with real

[1:00:32] impact showing up supporting

[1:00:32] local businesses and giving

[1:00:33] back At the same time, these

[1:00:36] efforts help fund services that

[1:00:37] many in our community rely on

[1:00:37] every day.

[1:00:38] I look forward to participating

[1:00:42] with my team and supporting

[1:00:42] this important cause.

[1:00:43] Thank you to the lgbt Center

[1:00:47] for continuing to stand in

[1:00:47] the gap and for the work you

[1:00:48] continue to do.

[1:00:52] The Walton Family Services 50th

[1:00:52] Anniversary I want to thank

[1:00:57] Council PRESIDENT LaCava and

[1:00:57] Councilmember Ocampo for

[1:00:58] recognizing Walton Family

[1:01:02] Services for many young people

[1:01:02] living in foster care.

[1:01:03] The transition into adulthood

[1:01:04] comes with real challenges,

[1:01:07] especially without stable

[1:01:07] housing or support.

[1:01:08] We see this across our city

[1:01:12] including in District four

[1:01:13] where too many young people are

[1:01:13] navigating the next step on

[1:01:14] their own.

[1:01:17] Organization ins like Walton

[1:01:18] Family Services provides

[1:01:19] stability and guidance on

[1:01:19] the path forward.

[1:01:22] Your work helps young people

[1:01:23] build life skills, continue

[1:01:23] their education and move toward

[1:01:27] independence.

[1:01:28] 50 years of this work has made

[1:01:29] a real difference for youth and

[1:01:32] families across our region.

[1:01:33] Thank you.

[1:01:33] Also National Fit Norm

[1:01:34] Awareness Day.

[1:01:37] Fitting all continues to impact

[1:01:38] communities across our city.

[1:01:41] And too many families have felt

[1:01:42] that loss firsthand.

[1:01:42] What makes this especially

[1:01:46] dangerous is how often people

[1:01:46] don't know what they're being

[1:01:47] exposed to.

[1:01:51] Awareness education and access

[1:01:51] to tools like Narcan are

[1:01:52] critical to preventing more

[1:01:55] lives from being lost.

[1:01:56] I'd like to acknowledge

[1:01:57] the Project Aware team and MR.

[1:02:01] Reginald Washington for all

[1:02:01] the work that him and his team

[1:02:05] do in protecting our community

[1:02:05] from this dangerous drug.

[1:02:10] Thank you to Council member Von

[1:02:10] Wilpert and Councilmember Campo

[1:02:11] for bringing this important

[1:02:14] proclamation forward.

[1:02:15] And Council PRESIDENT That will

[1:02:19] conclude my comments.

[1:02:20] And again, congratulations to

[1:02:25] all of the receivers of

[1:02:25] the proclamations today.

[1:02:26] All right.

[1:02:26] Think again about Foster will

[1:02:30] go to council member Whitburn

[1:02:30] Thank you Council PRESIDENT I

[1:02:31] too want to congratulate all of

[1:02:34] those being recognized with

[1:02:34] proclamations today.

[1:02:35] Thank you for your service to

[1:02:39] our city, to our community.

[1:02:39] Thank you to Angel Castro's

[1:02:40] family for being here and for

[1:02:41] honoring her legacy, her

[1:02:44] passion for bringing people

[1:02:44] together is missed by our

[1:02:45] entire city.

[1:02:49] I want to thank my colleagues

[1:02:49] for bringing forward

[1:02:50] the proclamation, recognizing

[1:02:54] that today millions across

[1:02:54] the nation will wear denim and

[1:02:55] stand with survivors of sexual

[1:02:58] violence On APRIL 29th we

[1:02:59] reject any excuse for sexual

[1:03:03] violence about or to join my

[1:03:04] colleagues in recognizing

[1:03:07] Dining Out for Life 20th

[1:03:07] Anniversary day this Thursday

[1:03:08] The center organizes this

[1:03:11] debate year after year making

[1:03:12] sure that those resources reach

[1:03:12] our community.

[1:03:16] For two decades San Diego has

[1:03:17] have come together to date out

[1:03:18] to directly support hiv and

[1:03:21] aids services including testing

[1:03:21] and prevention care and mental

[1:03:22] health services for those who

[1:03:23] need it most.

[1:03:26] I also want to thank the dozens

[1:03:27] of participating restaurants

[1:03:28] and bars and establishments

[1:03:31] across San Diego who donate a

[1:03:31] significant portion of their

[1:03:35] proceeds dining out for life

[1:03:36] Day to support the Center's

[1:03:37] health and wellness programs

[1:03:38] And I would encourage as many

[1:03:41] people as possible to take part

[1:03:41] this Thursday and support

[1:03:42] the businesses that are helping

[1:03:45] to make a real difference in

[1:03:46] our community particularly when

[1:03:46] you consider, as MR. Johnson

[1:03:50] said, the challenges that

[1:03:50] the community faces of

[1:03:51] the current federal

[1:03:51] environment.

[1:03:52] And I also want to thank many

[1:03:55] of my colleagues for

[1:03:55] participating in this important

[1:03:56] day on Thursday.

[1:04:00] The 100th anniversary of

[1:04:01] the Chinese School of San Diego

[1:04:01] is such a milestone.

[1:04:04] What that really highlights

[1:04:05] the contributions and influence

[1:04:06] of the Chinese community from

[1:04:09] San Diego's earliest days.

[1:04:10] Congratulations to the Wong

[1:04:11] family that everybody was

[1:04:15] attended and supported

[1:04:15] the Chinese School of San Diego

[1:04:16] over the years.

[1:04:17] I am proud that it has its

[1:04:19] roots in downtown San Diego and

[1:04:20] that we continue to have a

[1:04:21] thriving Chinese historical

[1:04:23] district dating back to

[1:04:24] the 1860s about five blocks

[1:04:28] down the street right here.

[1:04:29] It is also fitting that we are

[1:04:33] ordering Sally Wang Avery today

[1:04:34] .

[1:04:34] She stood so much to honor

[1:04:35] the heritage of San Diego's

[1:04:36] Chinese community while also

[1:04:38] ensuring that the community and

[1:04:39] culture continues to thrive in

[1:04:43] our city and in cities around

[1:04:44] the world.

[1:04:44] So thank you for contributing

[1:04:45] so much to our community over

[1:04:48] so many years.

[1:04:49] Thank you.

[1:04:50] Council PRESIDENT All right.

[1:04:50] Thank you COUNCILMAN Whitburn.

[1:04:53] Now that all my colleagues have

[1:04:54] spoken I will close out Council

[1:04:58] comments.

[1:04:59] Thank you.

[1:04:59] Our congratulations.

[1:05:00] Everybody is being recognized

[1:05:02] and the proclamations is being

[1:05:02] offered today.

[1:05:03] Thank you to my colleagues for

[1:05:04] bringing them forward.

[1:05:07] I'll speak to just a few of

[1:05:08] them starting with item 30

[1:05:12] Denim Day in collaboration with

[1:05:13] Mayor Gloria City Attorney

[1:05:14] Ferber, Councilmembers Campbell

[1:05:17] Vaughn Wolpert and Moreno.

[1:05:17] I join my colleagues in

[1:05:18] recognizing Denim Day and stand

[1:05:22] in solidarity with survivors of

[1:05:22] sexual assault.

[1:05:23] Sadly, despite the progress we

[1:05:24] have seen from the MeToo

[1:05:27] movement and up until now,

[1:05:28] recent revelations underscore

[1:05:32] that individual behavior and

[1:05:32] simple respect have so much

[1:05:33] further to go.

[1:05:36] We must continue to do all we

[1:05:37] can to eradicate sexual

[1:05:38] violence and create safe spaces

[1:05:41] for survivors to tell their

[1:05:42] stories.

[1:05:42] Denim Day provides an

[1:05:43] opportunity to show those in

[1:05:47] our community that the city of

[1:05:47] San Diego stands with survivors

[1:05:48] of sexual violence And we will

[1:05:52] continue to seek opportunities

[1:05:52] to offer support services and

[1:05:57] deter sexual violence.

[1:06:00] Item 500 Wallem Family Services

[1:06:00] a 50th anniversary Date I

[1:06:05] joined Councilmember Campo in

[1:06:05] proclaiming APRIL 30th as

[1:06:06] Baldwin Family Services 50th

[1:06:06] Anniversary Day.

[1:06:10] Anniversary Day As Theresa

[1:06:10] herself said and Councilmember

[1:06:14] Campo noted, the work being

[1:06:15] done at Walden is nothing short

[1:06:15] of extraordinary.

[1:06:19] Through their investment in

[1:06:20] foster care youth they install

[1:06:20] the knowledge and skills to

[1:06:21] thrive as youth continue to

[1:06:24] face the challenges of foster

[1:06:25] care and adoption from

[1:06:25] providing culturally responsive

[1:06:29] programs like child family

[1:06:29] therapy, transitional housing

[1:06:34] for youth and lgbtq plus

[1:06:34] services.

[1:06:35] While Family services

[1:06:38] proactively creates a safer

[1:06:39] future for San Diego's youth,

[1:06:40] thank you to all the staff at

[1:06:43] Walden Family Services for

[1:06:44] the amazing work that you do to

[1:06:45] help positively shape

[1:06:45] the future of foster care and

[1:06:48] its youth.

[1:06:52] Over the past 50 years Items

[1:06:52] 509 San Diego Council on

[1:06:53] Literacy Day.

[1:06:57] Today I joined I asked my

[1:06:57] council members to join me in

[1:06:58] proclaiming MAY 1st to San

[1:07:02] Diego Council on Literacy Day

[1:07:03] to highlight the importance of

[1:07:03] literacy rates in the city of

[1:07:07] San Diego.

[1:07:08] Literacy is more than just an

[1:07:08] academic scale It is a

[1:07:12] necessity that allows for

[1:07:12] opportunity, impacts overall

[1:07:13] quality of life.

[1:07:16] With youth literacy rates

[1:07:17] ranging from 22 to 91% in San

[1:07:21] Diego, the San Diego Council on

[1:07:22] Literacy aims to close this gap

[1:07:26] through community partnerships

[1:07:27] and local organizations.

[1:07:30] They provide on average 65,000

[1:07:31] people with literacy services

[1:07:34] that include programs and over

[1:07:35] 500,000 new books.

[1:07:35] This work would not be possible

[1:07:39] with the dedicated work of

[1:07:40] the San Diego Council on

[1:07:40] Literacy Staff volunteers,

[1:07:44] community organizers and

[1:07:44] teachers who work truly does

[1:07:45] make a difference.

[1:07:49] Thank you for your efforts in

[1:07:50] creating opportunities for San

[1:07:50] Diego.

[1:07:54] I do will join Council

[1:07:54] PRESIDENT Pro Tem Lee on item

[1:07:58] 32 in congratulating

[1:07:59] the Chinese School of San Diego

[1:08:02] on the organization's 100th

[1:08:02] anniversary.

[1:08:03] San Diego is a mosaic of

[1:08:07] diverse cultures backgrounds,

[1:08:07] histories and traditions that

[1:08:08] each contribute to our city's

[1:08:08] vibrancy.

[1:08:11] Cultural institutions and

[1:08:12] culture bearers play vital

[1:08:13] roles in our communities that

[1:08:16] preserve and strengthen our

[1:08:17] collective story for the next

[1:08:17] generation.

[1:08:21] The Chinese School of San Diego

[1:08:22] has enriched our city and

[1:08:22] provided cultural and language

[1:08:26] education providing critical

[1:08:27] ties to the past while

[1:08:27] enriching the city's future.

[1:08:30] As we celebrate 100 years, I

[1:08:31] applaud their dedication to

[1:08:34] fostering community bonds and

[1:08:35] contributions to our cultural

[1:08:40] fabric and clothing.

[1:08:45] 5 or 6 Sally Wang Every day is

[1:08:45] an important piece of Chinese

[1:08:46] school's history is Sally Wang

[1:08:46] Avery.

[1:08:49] As we've heard as one of

[1:08:50] the organization's co-founders,

[1:08:50] Sally's contributions have

[1:08:54] helped generations of Chinese

[1:08:55] Americans through financial

[1:08:55] literacy.

[1:08:59] English language classes, tax

[1:09:00] assistance and even pro-bono

[1:09:01] legal services on top of our

[1:09:04] community contributions.

[1:09:04] Sally's philanthropic

[1:09:05] contributions span the globe

[1:09:08] but also fields of study

[1:09:09] ranging from historic

[1:09:13] preservation to music through

[1:09:13] her leadership and generosity.

[1:09:14] Sally continues to leave her

[1:09:18] legacy and community

[1:09:18] empowerment and education

[1:09:19] across the world.

[1:09:19] Thank you Sally, for all

[1:09:23] the work that you have done to

[1:09:24] create connected Asian

[1:09:25] communities in San Diego.

[1:09:28] And I have said for the past

[1:09:30] four years in a row we will get

[1:09:33] via Capri repaved.

[1:09:33] This is the year we're really

[1:09:34] going to do it.

[1:09:38] So mark my words but thank you

[1:09:39] Sally for the good work that

[1:09:39] you've done.

[1:09:43] So with that and all my

[1:09:44] colleagues have now spoken.

[1:09:44] We have a motion by council

[1:09:48] member Moreno and a second by

[1:09:49] Council member Campbell.

[1:09:57] Clerk Please call the roll.

[1:09:57] >> Thank you.

[1:09:58] That does pass unanimously.

[1:09:58] All right.

[1:10:02] We will pause council hearing

[1:10:03] for photos and we will start

[1:10:07] with the San Diego Council on

[1:10:07] Literacy.

[1:10:08] So if you could please come up

[1:10:13] and then for the others look to

[1:10:13] Heidi for the order of the next

[1:12:16] one and

[1:16:10] and

[1:23:08] and

[1:23:16] you back.

[1:23:17] >> All right.

[1:23:18] Still a little bit of business

[1:23:21] to do this morning.

[1:23:21] We will now proceed with

[1:23:22] the approval of the consent

[1:23:26] items items 50 through 57 100

[1:23:30] through 108 as 5 or 5 as 5 or 7

[1:23:30] as five await Before we take

[1:23:34] public comment I will pull

[1:23:39] items 106 and 107 to be heard

[1:23:40] after the vote is taken on

[1:23:40] the balance of the consent

[1:23:41] agenda.

[1:23:44] Are there any other requests to

[1:23:44] pull any other items?

[1:23:48] Not seeing any?

[1:23:49] >> clerk Please proceed with

[1:23:50] public testimony on

[1:23:53] the remainder of the consent

[1:23:54] items.

[1:23:54] Thank you.

[1:23:55] Please Now each speaker will

[1:23:55] have one minute per item per

[1:23:58] person If you would like to

[1:23:59] speak on three or more items

[1:23:59] you will have a maximum of

[1:24:00] three minutes.

[1:24:03] The Council PRESIDENT When you

[1:24:04] read the consent agenda into

[1:24:04] the record but also let me know

[1:24:05] for the record the potential

[1:24:08] appointment that is on

[1:24:09] the agenda this morning is item

[1:24:09] 108 is the potential

[1:24:14] appointment of tb San Mateo to

[1:24:17] the Board of Administration of

[1:24:18] the San Diego City Employees

[1:24:19] Retirement System.

[1:24:23] Blair Beekman and Stephen

[1:24:23] Prescott if you can please come

[1:24:24] up to the front.

[1:24:28] Blair You're speaking on items

[1:24:31] 50 5452 100 101 and 52 So

[1:24:32] you'll have three minutes on

[1:24:34] the consent calendar if you can

[1:24:39] please come to the microphone.

[1:24:39] All right.

[1:24:40] Thank you.

[1:24:44] Player Beekman Nice

[1:24:44] proclamations today.

[1:24:49] Nice to know Cantonese.

[1:24:49] San Francisco Chinatown has a

[1:24:53] really large Cantonese language

[1:24:54] population there to know.

[1:24:59] So I just Nice proclamation Say

[1:24:59] thank you.

[1:25:07] Starting with my comments I am

[1:25:07] 50 acceptance of floating

[1:25:08] restroom.

[1:25:08] >> California Department of

[1:25:09] Parks.

[1:25:12] When you have this item comes

[1:25:13] up kind of regularly every six

[1:25:17] months or so I hear when it

[1:25:17] does.

[1:25:18] Thank you very much for it.

[1:25:21] Because it usually it's kind of

[1:25:22] an interesting idea and it kind

[1:25:27] of brings out other ideas And

[1:25:27] in future agendas like bathroom

[1:25:31] use in the downtown area and

[1:25:32] what we could be doing to

[1:25:33] better serve those kind of

[1:25:33] issues.

[1:25:37] So this item actually it floats

[1:25:37] it does float.

[1:25:38] It brings on new ideas of how

[1:25:42] we consider our issues in San

[1:25:42] Diego creative ideas.

[1:25:46] So good luck how with this item

[1:25:46] can be representing.

[1:25:47] It's expensive but good luck.

[1:25:50] We're going to be representing

[1:25:55] I am 52 is equity issues um a

[1:25:56] really you had really good

[1:25:59] equity reports on what

[1:26:00] the equity group is building

[1:26:05] for the future and you had to

[1:26:06] work out the language So it

[1:26:10] works within uh is it working

[1:26:10] within the ipa?

[1:26:11] Is that would office is that

[1:26:14] what it's doing?

[1:26:15] I see a really good potential

[1:26:15] and coordination and

[1:26:18] communication that can be

[1:26:19] developing and I think with

[1:26:20] the budget issues we had

[1:26:24] yesterday I councilperson um

[1:26:24] Foster made it so nice He said

[1:26:29] it so well that I really hope

[1:26:30] we're focusing on equity.

[1:26:34] Our community is all of us uh,

[1:26:34] the mayor's office, parts of

[1:26:35] the community that don't want

[1:26:39] to do that.

[1:26:40] I hope they really understand

[1:26:40] the value of I use the word

[1:26:44] guiding like maybe a roadmap.

[1:26:45] It's just kind of just our best

[1:26:48] ways to think about ourselves

[1:26:49] and good luck um, how that can

[1:26:50] be developing our budget this

[1:26:56] coming year for you have item

[1:26:57] 54 Again the Minnesota item is

[1:27:01] back about copying services.

[1:27:02] This is a really big contract

[1:27:03] and it's been coming back and

[1:27:06] back and back to consent

[1:27:07] calendar so you guys are really

[1:27:07] working on it Thank you that

[1:27:11] items do come back.

[1:27:12] You're making a habit of doing

[1:27:12] that.

[1:27:13] I think that's a nice feature.

[1:27:13] I think some people won't like

[1:27:16] it but I think it's kind of a

[1:27:16] good thing to do.

[1:27:17] It gives us time to talk and

[1:27:20] shows realistically what

[1:27:21] the process is actually about.

[1:27:21] You guys don't just instantly

[1:27:25] approve stuff it has to be

[1:27:26] worked out and worked out and

[1:27:27] worked out and so you're

[1:27:30] bringing it back that gives us

[1:27:31] more time to talk on issues if

[1:27:31] we want.

[1:27:31] Thank you for that.

[1:27:35] Um, that was my big three um,

[1:27:35] utility pole undergrounding.

[1:27:39] Thank you.

[1:27:40] >> Oh, that's an important

[1:27:41] issue to be working on And

[1:27:44] thanks for your time.

[1:27:45] >> Thank you.

[1:27:47] Steven you're speaking on is

[1:27:47] 5054 and 55.

[1:27:48] You will have three minutes as

[1:27:48] well.

[1:27:52] Good morning.

[1:27:53] City Council Stephen Prescott,

[1:27:56] city constituent of Imani 111

[1:27:56] While Peretz City Council

[1:28:00] District in Carmel Valley just

[1:28:00] wanted to come in today again

[1:28:01] because to thank everybody

[1:28:04] the whole city council for

[1:28:05] working for the city and being

[1:28:09] public servants one of

[1:28:09] the things I few of the things

[1:28:10] that keep coming that keep

[1:28:11] coming up over and over is

[1:28:14] the city doesn't have money and

[1:28:15] costs are too high And that's

[1:28:16] what I want to talk about this

[1:28:18] next The three consent item is

[1:28:19] about city contracting and also

[1:28:23] delivering floating bathroom.

[1:28:24] Thank you very much for

[1:28:24] thinking about the floating

[1:28:25] bathroom by Parks and Rec.

[1:28:28] However, one way to cut costs

[1:28:29] in the city is by contracting

[1:28:33] with an employee owned

[1:28:34] companies for a lot of these

[1:28:34] services and there's a lot of

[1:28:35] there's a lot of companies that

[1:28:38] are employee owned that's very

[1:28:39] democratic that are efficient,

[1:28:43] effective and cost competitive

[1:28:44] that can deliver these services

[1:28:45] for the city at most likely a

[1:28:49] lower cost than the city can

[1:28:49] deliver the services And it's

[1:28:50] very democratic and

[1:28:53] the employer and the employees

[1:28:53] and the employee owned

[1:28:54] companies are able to retire as

[1:28:55] well because they receive any

[1:28:58] profits that the company makes

[1:28:59] in their retirement plans.

[1:29:00] And I wanted to make that point

[1:29:03] for the floating bathroom.

[1:29:04] Thank you very much.

[1:29:05] The floating bathroom has some

[1:29:05] risks to it of contamination,

[1:29:07] potential spillage and things

[1:29:08] like that.

[1:29:08] The beautiful thing about

[1:29:09] contracting with a private

[1:29:12] company is liability and

[1:29:13] leaning on liability of

[1:29:14] the private companies insurance

[1:29:17] And that also goes for possibly

[1:29:18] clean and safe.

[1:29:18] Thank you very much for rolling

[1:29:19] out clean, clean and safe in

[1:29:21] downtown San Diego.

[1:29:23] In my opinion that is a that is

[1:29:27] a key component to fixing

[1:29:27] the city's finances problem

[1:29:28] finances financing problems

[1:29:32] specifically because city

[1:29:32] revenue is impacted by a

[1:29:33] downtown that's deteriorated

[1:29:36] and the lack of visitors.

[1:29:41] Now a crazy idea might be to

[1:29:41] contract clean and safe with

[1:29:42] private contractors because

[1:29:46] there's there's accountability.

[1:29:46] There's accountability.

[1:29:47] If they're not performing, a

[1:29:51] new contractor can be hired and

[1:29:51] things like that and and

[1:29:56] employee own contractors would

[1:29:57] do a great job for the city in

[1:29:57] my opinion a fantastic job most

[1:30:00] likely at a lower cost to

[1:30:01] the city would be and also

[1:30:02] become be more hire more

[1:30:04] effective.

[1:30:05] Another way to fix city budget

[1:30:06] problems is charge for parking

[1:30:09] at the beaches.

[1:30:10] The city of San Diego gets as

[1:30:14] many visitors as Las Vegas.

[1:30:15] That's what people don't

[1:30:15] realize.

[1:30:18] We get 30 million visitors a

[1:30:19] year and they will and they

[1:30:22] will gladly pay for parking

[1:30:23] because they will gladly love a

[1:30:24] nice new parking lot And that's

[1:30:28] a great source of revenue for

[1:30:28] the city potentially and maybe

[1:30:33] less controversial than the zoo

[1:30:33] than charging for parking at

[1:30:34] Balboa Park and the zoo.

[1:30:37] And I just wanted to bring that

[1:30:38] up because at our beaches we

[1:30:38] also have a bathroom problem.

[1:30:42] They're not they're not that

[1:30:42] nice.

[1:30:43] Other countries have wonderful

[1:30:47] bathrooms.

[1:30:47] The country of New Zealand

[1:30:48] competes on their public

[1:30:48] bathrooms.

[1:30:51] How nice Their bathrooms are.

[1:30:52] >> So I encourage the entire

[1:30:53] city council.

[1:30:53] Thank you.

[1:30:57] That conclude these speakers

[1:30:58] here in council chambers going

[1:30:59] to those participating remotely

[1:31:01] Tony if you can please unmute

[1:31:02] and let me know which item or

[1:31:06] items you wish to speak to.

[1:31:07] >> So I just wanted to speak to

[1:31:09] all the items please.

[1:31:15] >> Please proceed.

[1:31:16] >> Hey, good morning City

[1:31:16] Council.

[1:31:20] Just wanted to follow up on

[1:31:21] yesterday's meeting and want to

[1:31:25] do thank you all for all

[1:31:25] the work that you're putting in

[1:31:26] and I encourage you to keep

[1:31:26] going.

[1:31:31] >> That's a.

[1:31:35] >> Next speaker is item 8700.

[1:31:36] If you can please let me know

[1:31:37] which item or items you wish to

[1:31:40] speak to.

[1:31:45] Thank you.

[1:31:46] 52 103 and 108 please.

[1:31:46] Thank you.

[1:31:49] You'll have three minutes.

[1:31:50] Our next speaker will be John

[1:31:50] Stone.

[1:31:54] Please proceed.

[1:31:59] Dear Kim 52 Dear Kim Desmond

[1:31:59] and I look forward to seeing

[1:32:00] you often at next month's

[1:32:04] budget hearings since we will

[1:32:08] be using an equity lens.

[1:32:13] You've given us goal for budget

[1:32:13] equity framework.

[1:32:18] And along with that during

[1:32:18] the budget cycle each

[1:32:22] department is required to

[1:32:23] submit a budget equity impact

[1:32:28] statement while what a great

[1:32:29] part of our budget process.

[1:32:33] Thank you so much to Kim and

[1:32:34] her whole team and of course

[1:32:38] she is part of that Team 103

[1:32:43] cps funding for Seed for Summer

[1:32:48] Community Enhancement Series.

[1:32:49] This support in a beautiful way

[1:32:52] are under-served community.

[1:32:57] There you go Council member

[1:32:58] Foster the third It's a good

[1:33:02] thing for your your beautiful

[1:33:03] community.

[1:33:03] Go ahead And we're shaping up

[1:33:08] in many, many ways to help our

[1:33:08] underserved constituents.

[1:33:13] Thank you Chido Warren on 108

[1:33:17] the director of that Department

[1:33:18] of Boards and Commissions You

[1:33:22] do such great work.

[1:33:22] Thank you so much.

[1:33:27] Now this and I congratulate

[1:33:27] the person that's going to

[1:33:31] serve on the city service board

[1:33:32] The public read the article in

[1:33:40] the u-t from MARCH 14th of

[1:33:40] 2026.

[1:33:40] It's an amazing article.

[1:33:41] I don't fully understand it.

[1:33:45] I've read it twice and I'm

[1:33:45] going to study it again and

[1:33:46] again.

[1:33:49] It talks about the pension

[1:33:50] situation for San Diego and

[1:33:55] the whole system and the board

[1:33:55] and everything.

[1:33:56] So from that article I came up

[1:33:59] with the pension system I call

[1:34:03] it the group and there's nine

[1:34:04] groups on the group here it is

[1:34:08] actuary and team Sky Service

[1:34:12] Board investor Investment San

[1:34:13] Diego Key Closed session

[1:34:17] Attendees San Diego City

[1:34:21] Council Labor Team San Diego

[1:34:26] employees the public And lastly

[1:34:27] this one really really is

[1:34:31] amazing 39 California pension

[1:34:31] systems.

[1:34:36] So again thank you Tschida This

[1:34:37] is such important work and

[1:34:40] thank you everybody on

[1:34:41] the council and the public and

[1:34:45] the mayor, everyone who makes

[1:34:45] these boards happen and

[1:34:46] encourages and inspires our

[1:34:50] public to come on board and be

[1:34:51] part of that that wonderful,

[1:34:55] wonderful thing that helps us

[1:34:55] come together.

[1:34:56] Our time has concluded.

[1:34:56] So thank you for your comments.

[1:35:00] John Stump And then our final

[1:35:01] Speaker seven for 99 John Stump

[1:35:08] please unmute I John Stump

[1:35:08] First I think it's item 52.

[1:35:13] >> Can you please let me know

[1:35:14] all the items that you're

[1:35:15] speaking to so we can give you

[1:35:17] the correct to one hundred 1.1

[1:35:18] You'll have three minutes.

[1:35:18] >> Please proceed.

[1:35:22] Thank you.

[1:35:27] >> 52 deals with the rms

[1:35:32] Desmond and the office of

[1:35:32] Equity.

[1:35:37] As most of you MAY know, I was

[1:35:38] CHAIRMAN Of the city's Equal

[1:35:42] Opportunity Commission under

[1:35:46] three mayors and during my time

[1:35:47] we met and every city

[1:35:48] department met or exceeded

[1:35:52] their goals for that year.

[1:35:53] I'm concerned and I've written

[1:35:56] you a number of times that

[1:36:01] staff reports when they as a

[1:36:06] standard part of the report

[1:36:07] they ask for the whether there

[1:36:11] are impacts on the equity and

[1:36:12] diversity and they either put

[1:36:16] not applicable or nothing.

[1:36:17] I don't know how this is

[1:36:17] possible.

[1:36:22] Yes today we had it is a city's

[1:36:26] policy to have equity and to

[1:36:31] report on it And yesterday we

[1:36:35] had the report on the San Diego

[1:36:36] Gas Electric franchise

[1:36:40] compliance Review and there was

[1:36:41] no information about

[1:36:45] the utilities ation of men and

[1:36:50] women and where they came from.

[1:36:55] In the report the council, if

[1:36:56] it's committed to equity needs

[1:37:00] to require that there be a

[1:37:01] report on equal opportunity or

[1:37:05] diversity or whatever we're

[1:37:05] calling it today not only

[1:37:10] because it it says how many

[1:37:14] jobs are being given to who

[1:37:15] from what council districts but

[1:37:19] it also affects climate action

[1:37:23] because of all the employment

[1:37:24] let's say from the largest

[1:37:29] employer sd, g and e is from

[1:37:29] people who live in Riverside

[1:37:30] County.

[1:37:34] You'll never make your climate

[1:37:34] goals.

[1:37:38] Finally on one 100 and 1a1

[1:37:42] The key factor there is when sd

[1:37:47] g charges us and places

[1:37:47] utilities in the ground for

[1:37:52] undergrounding those facilities

[1:37:52] become the property of

[1:37:53] the landlord.

[1:37:57] The City of San Diego under

[1:38:01] the law of fixtures So you know

[1:38:02] we had that report giving

[1:38:06] the estimated buyout cost and I

[1:38:07] think it was wrong because it

[1:38:11] had us paying twice or thrice

[1:38:11] for things that the ratepayers

[1:38:16] have already paid for and sd g

[1:38:17] and e stuck on the ground.

[1:38:20] So let's get some equity

[1:38:21] reports.

[1:38:21] >> Thank you very much.

[1:38:22] Thank you.

[1:38:26] And our final speaker is 7499

[1:38:26] The five minute timer did

[1:38:27] conclude and this is the last

[1:38:30] speaker what there Henry is

[1:38:31] please on mute and let me know

[1:38:32] which item or items you wish to

[1:38:37] speak to 5153 through 57 1 or 2

[1:38:39] as 5 or 7 and s58.

[1:38:44] >> Please proceed.

[1:38:45] Bob Kozinski Here a huge

[1:38:46] portion of the city's budget is

[1:38:50] spent on contract like these a

[1:38:51] million here and a million

[1:38:51] there.

[1:38:52] Before you know it you're many

[1:38:55] millions of dollars in

[1:38:56] the hole.

[1:38:56] One reason that this city is

[1:38:57] cutting so many services is

[1:38:59] that you're not properly

[1:39:00] managing the many contracts or

[1:39:04] you spend the citizens money

[1:39:05] who is actually overseeing all

[1:39:05] these contracts and ensuring

[1:39:06] that these businesses are

[1:39:09] carrying out the city's goals

[1:39:10] in a fiscally responsible

[1:39:10] manner?

[1:39:14] If you look at all of these

[1:39:15] diverse agenda items, who has

[1:39:15] the background to properly

[1:39:19] oversee them All?

[1:39:19] The answer is No.

[1:39:20] One the city doesn't have

[1:39:20] the staff to properly oversee

[1:39:24] all of these contracts.

[1:39:24] I know because I've watched how

[1:39:25] this city hasn't properly

[1:39:29] overseen the one contract that

[1:39:29] I know at the Torrey Pines

[1:39:30] Glider port.

[1:39:34] Furthermore the businesses know

[1:39:34] how to schmooze the scarce

[1:39:35] oversight that they do get from

[1:39:35] the city.

[1:39:38] If you want to see this in

[1:39:39] action, make a public records

[1:39:39] request.

[1:39:43] But the communications between

[1:39:44] the city's Rose Rita Sanchez

[1:39:47] and the business that she

[1:39:48] supposedly manages at

[1:39:49] the Torrey Pines glider port is

[1:39:52] this city council too stupid to

[1:39:53] realize that you desperately

[1:39:57] need independent oversight of

[1:39:58] all of these contracts or is

[1:39:59] the city council too corrupt to

[1:40:02] do so?

[1:40:02] Which is it?

[1:40:03] Joe LaCava Are you too stupid

[1:40:07] or too corrupt?

[1:40:07] City Clerk I see the remainder

[1:40:11] of my time for any city council

[1:40:12] member to give any reasonable

[1:40:12] defense of their inactions

[1:40:14] please allow them the time to

[1:40:15] do so.

[1:40:20] Thank you.

[1:40:20] That concludes public comment

[1:40:25] on the consent items.

[1:40:25] >> All right.

[1:40:26] Thank you.

[1:40:26] City Clerk I'll turn it over to

[1:40:27] my colleagues for questions,

[1:40:28] comments and entertain a motion

[1:40:30] on the consent items and a

[1:40:31] reminder that 106 and 107 have

[1:40:34] been polled to be heard.

[1:40:35] >> Next I will move you want to

[1:40:39] move of the consent agenda All

[1:40:43] right And I do want do you want

[1:40:48] and we got a second by

[1:40:48] Councilmember Whipper so we

[1:40:49] have a motion by council member

[1:40:52] Von Wolpert to move the consent

[1:40:53] items and a second by council

[1:40:55] member Whitburn Clerk Please

[1:41:00] call the roll.

[1:41:01] >> Oh wait a minute.

[1:41:01] Don't call the roll.

[1:41:02] I want to make a couple of

[1:41:02] comments.

[1:41:04] I'm sorry.

[1:41:07] I want to thank Charles and Kim

[1:41:07] on item 52 for the good work

[1:41:13] that they did And I want to use

[1:41:13] this also as a moment of

[1:41:14] education.

[1:41:17] The reason you saw this keep

[1:41:18] coming up is because you hear

[1:41:22] it once a committee you get a

[1:41:22] first reading that council when

[1:41:23] it's an ordinance and then it

[1:41:26] comes back a second time when

[1:41:26] it's an ordinance to make sure

[1:41:27] we got the ordinance right

[1:41:27] the first time.

[1:41:30] That's why it appears that it

[1:41:31] comes up many times And while

[1:41:35] I'm happy to share constituent

[1:41:36] c so I don't know if that

[1:41:39] constituent really is in

[1:41:40] District five living in Carmel

[1:41:40] Valley or District one which is

[1:41:44] what I think of a Carmel Valley

[1:41:45] and sw 507 is in District one.

[1:41:49] It used to be in District two

[1:41:50] so not getting protective of

[1:41:50] District one boundaries but

[1:41:54] just saying so anyway, my

[1:41:55] apologies to my colleagues and

[1:41:55] the public for jumping back in

[1:41:58] now please call the roll So

[1:41:59] every story of the voting

[1:42:03] system please cast your vote

[1:42:09] and that passes unanimously 9

[1:42:09] to 0.

[1:42:10] Thank you, Council PRESIDENT.

[1:42:10] All right.

[1:42:10] Thank you.

[1:42:13] Before we proceed with items

[1:42:14] 106 and 1 or 7 that were pulled

[1:42:18] from the consent agenda Council

[1:42:19] member Von Wolpert, I believe

[1:42:19] you have a statement to make.

[1:42:20] >> Yes.

[1:42:20] Thank you.

[1:42:23] Council PRESIDENT I am recusing

[1:42:27] on item 106 item 127 and I will

[1:42:28] be leaving the room during

[1:42:28] the consideration and vote for

[1:42:29] these items.

[1:42:31] My recusal is based on

[1:42:32] the conflict of interest since

[1:42:32] I serve on both the City

[1:42:33] Council and the San Diego

[1:42:34] County Regional Airport

[1:42:37] Authority both of which are

[1:42:37] involved in these matters.

[1:42:38] I also recused from the San

[1:42:41] Diego County Regional Airport

[1:42:42] Authority's discussion and

[1:42:43] deliberation on these items on

[1:42:43] that board as well.

[1:42:46] So I stayed out of this

[1:42:47] completely.

[1:42:47] >> Thank you.

[1:42:48] All right.

[1:42:48] Thank you.

[1:42:49] We'll give you a moment to

[1:42:56] leave Chambers All right.

[1:42:59] We will now take up items 106

[1:43:00] and 107 as a joint item taking

[1:43:04] public comment one minute each

[1:43:05] for two total.

[1:43:08] So first to my colleagues want

[1:43:09] to hear any presentation since

[1:43:10] we're on the consent item on

[1:43:14] the consent agenda not see any

[1:43:14] request to hear

[1:43:15] the presentation seeing non

[1:43:18] clerk please proceed with

[1:43:19] public testimony on items 106

[1:43:23] and or 107 We have no speakers

[1:43:23] here in council chambers for

[1:43:27] those items going to those

[1:43:28] participating remotely Nobody

[1:43:28] has their hands raised.

[1:43:29] There's no public comment.

[1:43:29] Thank you.

[1:43:32] Council PRESIDENT All right

[1:43:36] with me with that I will move

[1:43:36] item 106.

[1:43:37] Can I get a second Council

[1:43:42] member whitburn So I have a

[1:43:45] motion by myself on 106 and

[1:43:46] the second by council member

[1:43:48] whitburn Please call the roll.

[1:43:58] >> Please cast your vote that

[1:44:04] passes unanimously 8 to 0 with

[1:44:05] council member Von Wilpert

[1:44:05] recusing.

[1:44:06] All right And again I'll make a

[1:44:08] motion on item 170 Council

[1:44:09] member Whitburn for the second

[1:44:12] On that please call the roll

[1:44:13] I'm sorry the voting system

[1:44:22] Please cast your vote That

[1:44:23] passes unanimously and

[1:44:23] somebody's no vote.

[1:44:26] My apologies.

[1:44:27] My apologies.

[1:44:27] I will restart the voting

[1:44:31] system.

[1:44:32] I restarted the voting system.

[1:44:42] Please cast your vote.

[1:44:42] >> It's my first time pressing

[1:44:43] the recuse button that passes

[1:44:46] unanimously 8 to 0 with council

[1:44:46] member Von Wilpert recusing.

[1:44:47] >> All right.

[1:44:50] Even though we did it just

[1:44:51] seemingly a few hours ago, are

[1:44:52] there any comments from

[1:44:52] the mayor's office city council

[1:44:56] members, city attorney's

[1:44:56] office, independent budget

[1:45:00] analyst or city clerk Not

[1:45:00] seeing any.

[1:45:01] We will now take up non agenda

[1:45:05] public comment and let's see if

[1:45:05] we can power through it and

[1:45:09] clear this morning's docket.

[1:45:10] The council members respect and

[1:45:11] appreciate the public input and

[1:45:14] are fully committed to

[1:45:14] protecting every participant's

[1:45:15] free speech rights at council

[1:45:19] and committee meetings Clerk

[1:45:19] Please proceed with public

[1:45:20] comment.

[1:45:20] >> Thank you.

[1:45:22] Council PRESIDENT Pearl $2.7

[1:45:23] General The common is an

[1:45:24] opportunity for members of

[1:45:24] the public to comment on items

[1:45:25] that are not on the agenda but

[1:45:28] within the subject matter

[1:45:29] jurisdiction of the City

[1:45:29] Council.

[1:45:30] Each speaker will have two

[1:45:30] minutes.

[1:45:31] If you're in chambers please

[1:45:33] submit your speaker slip.

[1:45:34] If you're joining us virtually

[1:45:34] now's the time to raise your

[1:45:35] hand by tapping the raise your

[1:45:37] hand icon or calling

[1:45:38] participant Star nine Jacob

[1:45:42] Edwards I did not see Jacob

[1:45:42] Edwards here.

[1:45:43] Blaire Beekman if you can

[1:45:43] please come forward.

[1:45:50] You'll have two minutes High

[1:45:51] Thank you.

[1:46:00] Where Beekman I It was nice to

[1:46:00] hear here and see so many

[1:46:04] people from San Diego at

[1:46:05] the public meeting yesterday

[1:46:05] And what we're working on are

[1:46:09] we're working on the same

[1:46:10] issues as last year.

[1:46:10] We have a mayor who's adamant

[1:46:14] who wants to control deficit

[1:46:15] spending and the San Diego

[1:46:19] budget deficit.

[1:46:20] >> I hope this year it can

[1:46:24] become more clear The ideas I

[1:46:25] tried to describe how Oakland

[1:46:29] is working in their massive

[1:46:29] deficit issues as well Um I

[1:46:35] haven't described L.A. Before.

[1:46:35] L.A. Had $1 billion deficit and

[1:46:39] they reduced it to about 200

[1:46:39] million.

[1:46:40] What do they do?

[1:46:44] Well, I think they're trying to

[1:46:44] maintain services and the mayor

[1:46:48] also took a cut in pay and he

[1:46:49] was willing to do that.

[1:46:50] I think we really have to

[1:46:54] consider that pay issue And

[1:46:55] what symbolically if nothing

[1:46:55] else, even the smallest amount

[1:46:59] symbolizes what we want to

[1:47:00] accomplish as a city.

[1:47:01] So good luck How to consider

[1:47:04] that What I've said about

[1:47:05] Oakland they have a real care

[1:47:09] for the community and social

[1:47:10] services we don't hear and

[1:47:14] the mayor is adamant on budget

[1:47:14] cutting.

[1:47:19] I hope you can understand

[1:47:20] Oakland's philosophy I was

[1:47:20] trying to think of they take a

[1:47:21] softer approach and that these

[1:47:24] things can take time.

[1:47:25] We don't have to do everything

[1:47:26] in one year or two years.

[1:47:30] This takes time to work on and

[1:47:34] by that sort of philosophy we

[1:47:35] can practice our social

[1:47:39] services and mind the budget,

[1:47:40] make those cuts when necessary

[1:47:43] but maintain our importance of

[1:47:44] social services.

[1:47:44] I hope everyone who's against

[1:47:49] revenue building and taxes

[1:47:50] understands that this isn't

[1:47:54] just cut and cut.

[1:47:55] >> Thank you.

[1:47:56] Thank you for that concluding

[1:47:56] statement Starting the five

[1:47:57] minute timer going to those

[1:48:00] participating remotely We

[1:48:00] currently have three speakers

[1:48:01] in the queue 8700 If you can

[1:48:04] please unmute the next speaker

[1:48:08] is 7499 8700 You'll have two

[1:48:08] minutes.

[1:48:09] There you go.

[1:48:13] But thank you so much.

[1:48:16] I have a batch of items Number

[1:48:22] one a show out to the Padres.

[1:48:27] They are 15 and seven one game

[1:48:31] behind the Dodgers.

[1:48:31] Best of luck to both.

[1:48:34] I connect connected two teams

[1:48:35] because I have formed fond

[1:48:40] memories of sitting on

[1:48:40] the grass at Petco and watching

[1:48:45] Padres players Dave Roberts do

[1:48:50] his award winning bass stealing

[1:48:55] Perhaps 2026 is the Padres turn

[1:48:57] to win the World Series Go

[1:49:00] Padres number two Thank you

[1:49:04] everyone for a very robust

[1:49:05] budget discussion yesterday.

[1:49:06] Council member Campbell I

[1:49:10] missed you at that meeting.

[1:49:11] I look forward to your very

[1:49:15] important comments at

[1:49:16] the upcoming budget hearings.

[1:49:20] It's all great when I look at

[1:49:21] the voting board on city clerk

[1:49:26] by city set up by city clerk

[1:49:30] and see nine green lights

[1:49:31] lighting the way on our budget

[1:49:31] agenda items.

[1:49:36] So I today I just looked at

[1:49:37] those nine lights and it was

[1:49:41] just it's thrilling You know,

[1:49:42] this is us working together So

[1:49:46] thank you everyone in the three

[1:49:46] a shout out to Catherine Roach

[1:49:50] for her ballot measure and just

[1:49:50] for her continuing service to

[1:49:51] the people of San Diego.

[1:49:55] But her ballot measure is is

[1:49:55] for a strong revenue strong

[1:50:00] revenue source.

[1:50:00] Please, please continue to look

[1:50:06] at that thoroughly to see how

[1:50:07] viable it is and how it could

[1:50:10] work because wouldn't that be

[1:50:11] terrific?

[1:50:12] Now my last item is on

[1:50:16] the furloughs.

[1:50:17] So dear public please APRIL

[1:50:21] 14th, 2016 Article six offer to

[1:50:26] the Union includes furloughs My

[1:50:26] apologies your time has

[1:50:29] concluded So 7499 If you can

[1:50:35] please unmute Bob because it's

[1:50:35] key here.

[1:50:39] We've all heard the news from

[1:50:40] the airport this past weekend

[1:50:40] There was yet another

[1:50:41] paraglider crash at the Torrey

[1:50:45] Pines glider port.

[1:50:45] There was yet another lifeguard

[1:50:46] rope rescue and yet another

[1:50:50] helicopter rescue.

[1:50:50] What do you know about

[1:50:51] the cause of this accident?

[1:50:55] Joe LaCava what do you know

[1:50:56] about the cause of this

[1:50:56] accident?

[1:50:57] Jennifer Campbell and Stephen

[1:51:01] Whitburn How about you Henry

[1:51:02] Foster and Marny Vaughn, Wilbur

[1:51:06] Kent Lee and Raul Camille what

[1:51:06] do you know about this?

[1:51:07] How about you Vivian Moreno and

[1:51:11] Shawn below Rivera What does

[1:51:12] Mayor Todd Gloria know about

[1:51:13] the cause of this accident?

[1:51:17] I'll tell you what you all know

[1:51:17] you know, whatever that

[1:51:18] business operator tells you,

[1:51:22] you have the Fox guarding

[1:51:22] the hen house at the Torrey

[1:51:23] Pines City Park.

[1:51:27] How stupid do you have to be to

[1:51:28] allow a private business to

[1:51:29] make millions of dollars a year

[1:51:33] from our public property with

[1:51:34] virtually no oversight at all?

[1:51:38] The very least you could do is

[1:51:39] step up to reactivate

[1:51:39] the Torrey Pines City Park

[1:51:40] Advisory Board.

[1:51:43] But not one of you will do that

[1:51:44] And that leaves the blood of

[1:51:45] these pilots and the blood of

[1:51:48] all past and future accidents

[1:51:49] and deaths on each of your

[1:51:53] hands and records you you know,

[1:51:54] I watch this council posturing

[1:51:58] and posing every week as if you

[1:51:59] actually care about

[1:51:59] the citizens of this city Yet

[1:52:00] how many times have you heard

[1:52:03] about these ongoing abuses and

[1:52:04] done nothing?

[1:52:05] I learned long ago that you

[1:52:09] can't judge politicians by all

[1:52:10] the posturing and posing of

[1:52:14] good public deeds that they

[1:52:14] shove in our faces.

[1:52:15] You have to judge them by all

[1:52:16] the abuses that they hide

[1:52:20] behind the scenes and won't

[1:52:21] address at all the ongoing

[1:52:22] abuses at the Torrey Pines

[1:52:26] Glider Port reflects

[1:52:27] disgustingly on each of you and

[1:52:27] that includes you Joe LaCava

[1:52:35] and you might even Wilpert I

[1:52:36] can put your comments John stop

[1:52:38] if you can please unmute your

[1:52:44] final speaker Well coming last

[1:52:49] is I guess good.

[1:52:54] I'm very disappointed by

[1:52:55] the City Council continuing to

[1:53:00] support the police and fire

[1:53:05] overtime scam.

[1:53:10] The City Council has not been

[1:53:16] able to require that the police

[1:53:17] department and fire department

[1:53:22] fully staff up since Pete

[1:53:27] Wilson's day.

[1:53:31] As some of you MAY know for

[1:53:32] nearly 20 years before I was a

[1:53:32] lawyer I was a personnel

[1:53:37] manager for the city and county

[1:53:42] and it's quite clear that

[1:53:43] the easiest and best place to

[1:53:48] recruit qualified police and

[1:53:54] firefighters is San Diego.

[1:53:55] Why?

[1:54:00] Because we have military bases

[1:54:01] here that utilizes military

[1:54:05] police and firefighters and

[1:54:06] they would want to stay in San

[1:54:12] Diego as much as anybody else.

[1:54:13] They know it.

[1:54:17] They'd like a job paying up to

[1:54:18] $500,000 a year please.

[1:54:22] When you're considering

[1:54:23] the budget I'll cut

[1:54:28] the overtime to no more than

[1:54:29] 10% and require full staffing

[1:54:29] at police and fire.

[1:54:35] Thank you very much.

[1:54:35] >> Thank you.

[1:54:36] That does include an on agenda

[1:54:37] public comment If you raise

[1:54:40] your hand after the five minute

[1:54:40] timer we cannot take you today

[1:54:41] but you can definitely send in

[1:54:43] comments to a city clerk at San

[1:54:44] diego.Gov and those will be

[1:54:44] distributed.

[1:54:45] >> Thank you Council PRESIDENT

[1:54:45] All right.

[1:54:45] Thank you.

[1:54:46] City Clerk We will now adjourn

[1:54:49] for the noon recess and

[1:54:49] reconvene open session at 2

[2:03:49] P.M. Or shortly thereafter and

[2:04:06] so All right, good afternoon.

[2:04:07] >> I will now reconvene

[2:04:12] the city council meeting of

[2:04:13] Tuesday, APRIL 21st, 2026.

[2:04:14] Please call the roll.

[2:04:14] Thank you.

[2:04:18] Council PRESIDENT Council

[2:04:19] member Campbell I heard her

[2:04:24] council member Whitburn here

[2:04:25] Councilmember Foster

[2:04:25] Councilmember Von Wilpert

[2:04:30] Council PRESIDENT Pro-Tem Lee

[2:04:30] Councilmember Campo

[2:04:36] Councilmember Moreno, Present

[2:04:37] Council member Eli Rivera and

[2:04:44] Council PRESIDENT Lee Cover I

[2:04:44] do see Councilmember Wong over

[2:04:45] in the room.

[2:04:45] Councilmember Boebert your

[2:04:48] PRESIDENT Thank you.

[2:04:49] Also attending the meeting our

[2:04:50] city Attorney Leslie Fitzgerald

[2:04:51] independent budget analyst

[2:04:55] Carlos Monaco Council Affairs

[2:04:55] Advisor in the Mayor's office,

[2:04:56] code advisor and myself for

[2:04:57] City Clerk Diana Fuentes Thank

[2:04:57] you.

[2:05:06] Council PRESIDENT All right

[2:05:07] former now present clerk please

[2:05:13] introduce items 330 and 510

[2:05:13] Thank you Council PRESIDENT.

[2:05:16] >> Item 330 is amending San

[2:05:21] Diego Municipal Code sections

[2:05:21] 21.0104 to rename Cesar Chavez

[2:05:25] Day to Farm Workers Day and

[2:05:26] item as 510 is to rename

[2:05:27] the existing point eight mile

[2:05:31] long Street Cesar Chavez

[2:05:32] Parkway from Commercial Street

[2:05:33] heading southwest to Crosby

[2:05:37] Road as Chicano Park Boulevard

[2:05:37] .

[2:05:38] Thank you Council PRESIDENT

[2:05:39] Sorry if people would like to

[2:05:39] speak to this item please be

[2:05:44] sure to submit your speakers up

[2:05:44] to the front of the room in

[2:05:45] the clear box or press star

[2:05:46] nine of the Raise your hand

[2:05:49] icon if you're in the virtual

[2:05:49] queue.

[2:05:49] Thank you.

[2:05:50] Council PRESIDENT All right.

[2:05:51] Council PRESIDENT Can I ask is

[2:05:55] there a reason why we're taking

[2:05:56] both items together?

[2:05:56] That was the way it was

[2:05:57] introduced to me.

[2:06:01] Was your preference to have

[2:06:01] them?

[2:06:02] Yeah, if we can split them up I

[2:06:03] know that there's community

[2:06:04] members that are unfortunate or

[2:06:08] fortunately attending a port

[2:06:08] meeting and they were looking

[2:06:13] to potentially come and speak

[2:06:13] on one of the items.

[2:06:14] Okay your preference for which

[2:06:14] one go first?

[2:06:19] No we could do this one first.

[2:06:19] 3030?

[2:06:20] Yeah.

[2:06:20] Thank you.

[2:06:25] We'll stand corrected and we

[2:06:25] will take the two items

[2:06:26] separately and we will start

[2:06:29] with item 330.

[2:06:30] Are you prepared for that?

[2:06:30] Well introduce yourself for

[2:06:35] the record and let us know how

[2:06:36] much time you need for item

[2:06:36] three 30.

[2:06:37] >> Good afternoon Council

[2:06:37] PRESIDENT.

[2:06:38] I will need ten minutes for

[2:06:38] today's presentation.

[2:06:41] All right.

[2:06:42] When you're ready.

[2:06:42] Good afternoon.

[2:06:43] Council PRESIDENT MacArthur and

[2:06:44] members of the City Council.

[2:06:47] My name is Luther and I am

[2:06:48] the deputy director of

[2:06:49] community engagement for Mayor

[2:06:54] Todd Gloria I want to note that

[2:06:54] today's presentation has been

[2:06:55] updated to include slide

[2:06:56] numbers and correct the year on

[2:07:02] slide number eight we come

[2:07:03] today to respectfully request

[2:07:03] the Council adopt an ordinance

[2:07:04] amending the San Diego

[2:07:09] Municipal Code to rename MARCH

[2:07:09] 31st known as Cesar Chavez Day

[2:07:14] to Farm Workers Day and to

[2:07:14] adopt an ordinance approving

[2:07:15] the renaming of Cesar Chavez

[2:07:16] Parkway to Chicano Park

[2:07:20] Boulevard and the waving of San

[2:07:23] Diego Municipal Code Section

[2:07:23] 112.0301 subsection.

[2:07:30] Next slide please.

[2:07:31] >> Recent investigative

[2:07:31] reporting by the New York Times

[2:07:32] has brought forth serious and

[2:07:36] troubling allegations regarding

[2:07:37] Cesar Chavez.

[2:07:37] The city of San Diego

[2:07:38] unequivocally stands with

[2:07:42] survivors who came forward

[2:07:43] whose courage in speaking out

[2:07:43] to disclose abuse often at

[2:07:48] great personal cost demands

[2:07:49] acknowledgment and action.

[2:07:49] The legacy of the farm workers

[2:07:54] rights movement belongs to

[2:07:54] the farm workers, organizers

[2:07:55] and families who sacrificed to

[2:07:56] build it a collective

[2:08:00] achievement that no

[2:08:00] individual's conduct can

[2:08:01] diminish or define The City of

[2:08:06] San Diego facilities programs,

[2:08:06] public assets and official

[2:08:07] definitions should reflect

[2:08:13] the values of dignity, safety

[2:08:13] and justice.

[2:08:14] But the farmworker movement

[2:08:17] fought to advance Next time

[2:08:18] Considering these troubling

[2:08:18] circumstances, Mayor Correa

[2:08:24] issued an executive order to

[2:08:25] direct all city departments to

[2:08:25] take inventory of all assets

[2:08:29] The owner Cesar Chavez and

[2:08:30] report back to the mayor's

[2:08:31] office within 30 days on their

[2:08:31] progress.

[2:08:36] These assets include the Cesar

[2:08:37] Chavez Recreation Center and

[2:08:38] front of our in the Logan

[2:08:42] Heights Library and the Cesar

[2:08:42] Chavez Parkway.

[2:08:43] Today the recreation center has

[2:08:48] been removed and the Community

[2:08:48] Recreation group will conduct

[2:08:49] the process to rename

[2:08:49] the facility.

[2:08:54] Art from the library was also

[2:08:54] taken down.

[2:08:55] The executive order also

[2:09:00] directs the mayor's office to

[2:09:00] work with the city council to

[2:09:01] amend the San Diego Municipal

[2:09:05] Code and we designate MARCH

[2:09:05] 31st as farmworkers to be

[2:09:06] replacing the current

[2:09:07] designation designation of

[2:09:11] Cesar Travesty.

[2:09:11] This will be in direct

[2:09:12] alignment with the State of

[2:09:15] the State Assembly Bill 2156

[2:09:16] approved by the Governor on

[2:09:16] MARCH 26th, 2026.

[2:09:22] Next what These actions are

[2:09:23] prompted by troubling

[2:09:28] allegations We recognize that

[2:09:29] the farmworker movement led by

[2:09:29] Father Chavez, Dolores Huerta

[2:09:33] and other leaders through

[2:09:34] the United Farm Workers remains

[2:09:34] a vital part of labor and civil

[2:09:35] rights history.

[2:09:41] At the same time

[2:09:42] the communities of Barrio

[2:09:42] Logan, Logan and Logan Heights

[2:09:45] share a nuanced, nuanced story

[2:09:46] of activism one that is

[2:09:46] grounded in the community fight

[2:09:51] to create and preserve Chicano

[2:09:51] park.

[2:09:52] Chicano Park is in the heart of

[2:09:53] Barrio Logan and embodies

[2:09:56] the resilience and collective

[2:09:57] community struggle that began

[2:09:57] over 50 years ago when

[2:09:58] the community came together to

[2:10:03] organize and ultimately reclaim

[2:10:03] the park.

[2:10:04] The establishment of

[2:10:05] the Chicano Park Steering

[2:10:10] Committee along with a mayoral

[2:10:10] movement and ongoing advocacy

[2:10:11] of advocacy efforts for access

[2:10:15] to the Bayfront are all part of

[2:10:15] a local legacy.

[2:10:21] Approving the renaming of Cesar

[2:10:22] e Travis Parkway to Chicano

[2:10:22] Park Boulevard recognizes

[2:10:23] the history that happened and

[2:10:26] lives here in this community

[2:10:27] and would greatly help restore

[2:10:28] the original intent discussed

[2:10:32] years ago to honor

[2:10:33] the internationally recognized

[2:10:34] Chicano Park movement Connect

[2:10:39] the Park neighborhood and

[2:10:39] Bayfront into one historical

[2:10:40] corridor.

[2:10:44] Acknowledge the people who

[2:10:45] fought to create and preserve

[2:10:46] the park and most importantly

[2:10:46] help rebuild trust between

[2:10:48] the community and the city.

[2:10:55] >> Thanks.

[2:10:55] >> The mayor's office is

[2:10:56] committed to honoring the labor

[2:11:00] resiliency and contributions of

[2:11:00] farmworkers and proposed

[2:11:01] amending the San Diego

[2:11:05] Municipal Code section 21 0104

[2:11:11] Subsection d which names MARCH

[2:11:12] 31st as Cesar Chavez 30 to now

[2:11:12] declare MARCH 31st as Farm

[2:11:16] Workers Day.

[2:11:17] This is in alignment with

[2:11:18] the state of California's

[2:11:21] actions to enact Assembly Bill

[2:11:22] 2156 approved by the Governor

[2:11:23] on MARCH 26th, 2026.

[2:11:29] Like the city is also also

[2:11:33] seeking the street name change

[2:11:34] pursuant to San Diego Municipal

[2:11:38] Code Section 125.1110 with

[2:11:39] supporting documentation

[2:11:40] including a circulated petition

[2:11:45] and representing support from

[2:11:45] property owners or tenants with

[2:11:46] either property with an address

[2:11:51] on the affected segment of

[2:11:51] the existing right away or a

[2:11:52] property abutting the street.

[2:11:57] >> The term I'm sorry can I

[2:11:58] I'll try to figure out how we

[2:11:58] navigate because they're doing

[2:11:59] a joint presentation.

[2:12:03] You want time and space So it's

[2:12:03] not for me.

[2:12:04] It's for the community, not for

[2:12:05] the community not to have an

[2:12:08] opportunity to come and show up

[2:12:08] .

[2:12:09] So if my request was if we

[2:12:13] could take item 330 on its own.

[2:12:14] >> On its own.

[2:12:14] Yeah.

[2:12:15] So I'm trying to figure out how

[2:12:19] to split your presentation so

[2:12:20] that we only take 330 and then

[2:12:21] come back and pick up

[2:12:21] the pieces.

[2:12:26] >> Is it possible to maybe

[2:12:26] trail us 510 way

[2:12:27] the presentation to the end of

[2:12:32] the agenda or I know the point

[2:12:33] hearing is literally happening

[2:12:33] right now or until another time

[2:12:34] to take the vote and then do

[2:12:38] public comment on that item at

[2:12:39] a later date in the agenda.

[2:12:39] Okay.

[2:12:40] Yeah we we want to hear both

[2:12:43] items and vote on both items

[2:12:43] today.

[2:12:44] We just want to take

[2:12:44] the presentation separately so

[2:12:45] that community has an

[2:12:49] opportunity to come and have

[2:12:50] their voice heard.

[2:12:50] >> Again, I'm just trying to

[2:12:51] figure out and navigate that So

[2:12:55] why don't you hold up there and

[2:12:56] anything else that has to do

[2:12:56] with Farmworkers day that you

[2:13:01] might want to add?

[2:13:02] >> I could cover

[2:13:02] the stakeholder engagement.

[2:13:12] It's similar for both monetary

[2:13:13] Okay.

[2:13:13] >> Thank you for being flexible

[2:13:19] Today we respectfully request

[2:13:20] that the City Council adopt an

[2:13:23] ordinance amending San Diego

[2:13:24] Municipal Code section 21 00104

[2:13:29] subsection d to rename MARCH

[2:13:30] 31st known as Cesar Chavez Day

[2:13:31] to now be known as Farm Workers

[2:13:34] Day.

[2:13:35] >> That concludes my

[2:13:35] presentation.

[2:13:36] All right.

[2:13:41] Thank you again.

[2:13:41] Thank you for your council

[2:13:42] friendly.

[2:13:42] So we're just going to take

[2:13:45] public comment on item 330 At

[2:13:46] this point I do not have any

[2:13:49] public comment Speakers here in

[2:13:50] chambers on item 330 I've

[2:13:50] started the five minute oh

[2:13:55] sorry what are we going to

[2:13:55] become?

[2:14:01] Please come forward.

[2:14:02] >> We have two minutes.

[2:14:02] Please proceed.

[2:14:03] Thank you.

[2:14:03] We're going to speak on Cesar

[2:14:08] Chavez dating Keach first

[2:14:09] holiday thinking Thank you.

[2:14:13] I was originally from San Jose.

[2:14:14] In the past decade few decades

[2:14:19] and now I learned a lot of

[2:14:20] their work Both Cesar Chavez

[2:14:25] and divorce work.

[2:14:26] They started in San Jose so

[2:14:30] they're pretty important there

[2:14:31] And I just learned a lot of

[2:14:32] good community advocacy ideas

[2:14:37] from their and so it just a

[2:14:42] communication sharing.

[2:14:43] Keeping it real I guess you

[2:14:44] know and just trying to be

[2:14:44] practical about it.

[2:14:49] It's a learning process for

[2:14:50] myself and so it's been helpful

[2:14:55] in learning this and I'm one of

[2:14:55] those last to know people So

[2:14:56] I'm sure this has been an issue

[2:15:01] that has been developing and

[2:15:02] for quite a number of years now

[2:15:02] and it's now finally coming to

[2:15:07] pass and I like that you've

[2:15:07] waited a bit of time before

[2:15:08] doing everything all at once

[2:15:13] and I'm better adjusting now

[2:15:14] and so I'm ready for this

[2:15:19] change and thank you thank you

[2:15:20] for the work that we can

[2:15:20] continue to do.

[2:15:26] It's really important.

[2:15:26] I don't know if I can continue

[2:15:27] to say si se puede Si se puede

[2:15:32] it to say it twice if we can.

[2:15:33] Yes we can.

[2:15:33] I think it was a beautiful

[2:15:38] statement to say and I that's

[2:15:39] in trouble how to say it out in

[2:15:39] the future But we'll always

[2:15:44] have good work The farmworkers

[2:15:44] what was accomplished and what

[2:15:45] I think you know just their

[2:15:50] legacy is the way they worked

[2:15:51] with the Filipino culture Also

[2:15:56] really good things We can be

[2:15:56] working on together and good

[2:15:57] luck in our continued efforts.

[2:16:04] >> Thank you.

[2:16:04] Thank you.

[2:16:05] Start the moment of time.

[2:16:05] We're going to those

[2:16:06] participating online Tony,

[2:16:07] you'll have two minutes.

[2:16:14] >> Please proceed.

[2:16:14] Hello?

[2:16:15] City Council can hear me?

[2:16:15] Yes.

[2:16:15] Please proceed.

[2:16:16] Hey, I just want to say that I

[2:16:22] support the teaching of the new

[2:16:22] name changes.

[2:16:23] I think that that's always been

[2:16:28] proposed in the history of

[2:16:28] Chicano Park and my

[2:16:29] understanding of it in its

[2:16:33] inception always wanted that

[2:16:34] street to be named Chicano Park

[2:16:35] Boulevard And actually our

[2:16:39] regional history is more

[2:16:40] relatable to Chicano Park than

[2:16:46] it is to Cesar Chavez And you

[2:16:46] know that that speaks more to

[2:16:47] our regional history So than

[2:16:51] that necessarily

[2:16:52] the farmworkers legacy and

[2:16:53] the farmworkers legacy is

[2:16:57] obviously here as well too.

[2:16:58] But you know, we have local

[2:16:59] history that I think should be

[2:16:59] celebrated above sort of

[2:17:04] nationwide history.

[2:17:05] And so I support these changes

[2:17:05] and I hope the council will as

[2:17:06] well.

[2:17:10] Thank you.

[2:17:10] >> Thank you.

[2:17:11] That concludes public comment

[2:17:11] on this item.

[2:17:12] All right.

[2:17:17] Thank you, City clerk Sir, We

[2:17:17] will now turn it over to

[2:17:18] council members for comments

[2:17:19] questions entertain a motion.

[2:17:22] We'll start with Councilmember

[2:17:22] Moreno.

[2:17:23] >> Thank you and thank you to

[2:17:24] the mayor staff for

[2:17:28] accommodating the community and

[2:17:29] giving them an opportunity to

[2:17:34] speak on this particular topic

[2:17:35] And thank you for your advocacy

[2:17:35] on this topic.

[2:17:36] While growing up as a Chicana

[2:17:40] there were very few people in

[2:17:41] power that actually looked like

[2:17:45] me The lack of representation

[2:17:46] and role models made it

[2:17:46] especially difficult to

[2:17:52] reconcile reconcile the recent

[2:17:52] New York Times reporting

[2:17:53] detailing allegations of deeply

[2:17:54] troubling conduct by Sister

[2:17:57] Travis.

[2:17:58] But we must confront this

[2:17:59] painful reality and stand

[2:17:59] firmly with the survivors who

[2:18:03] had the courage to come

[2:18:03] forward.

[2:18:04] Their voices matter and they

[2:18:05] deserve to be heard, believed

[2:18:09] and supported.

[2:18:10] At the same time, we must be

[2:18:11] clear that farm worker that

[2:18:11] the farm worker movement is

[2:18:15] bigger than just one person.

[2:18:16] It was built by countless farm

[2:18:21] workers people who endured

[2:18:21] backbreaking labor, who

[2:18:22] organized against injustice and

[2:18:27] who fought tirelessly for

[2:18:28] dignity, fair wages and safer

[2:18:32] working conditions because of

[2:18:33] their courage and sacrifice,

[2:18:34] real change was achieved.

[2:18:34] The movement brought national

[2:18:39] attention to the exploitation

[2:18:39] of farm workers, secured

[2:18:44] important protections and paved

[2:18:45] the way for greater equity in

[2:18:45] the workplace.

[2:18:46] It's a legacy rooted in

[2:18:51] resilience unity and

[2:18:52] the relentless pursuit of

[2:18:52] justice.

[2:18:52] That legacy belongs to

[2:18:57] the workers, to the families

[2:18:58] and to the communities who

[2:18:58] carried it forward.

[2:18:59] I recently had the opportunity

[2:19:03] to attend a coastal commission

[2:19:03] meeting in Salinas, California,

[2:19:04] where I witnessed firsthand

[2:19:09] the hard work of our farm

[2:19:10] workers.

[2:19:10] Now Salinas is definitely very

[2:19:15] far from the city of San Diego

[2:19:16] ,but it is important to

[2:19:17] understand and to know that

[2:19:22] agriculture generates over $50

[2:19:22] billion in annual revenue and

[2:19:26] that it employs more than

[2:19:27] 420,000 people in the state of

[2:19:27] California.

[2:19:32] California remains the most

[2:19:33] important agricultural sector

[2:19:33] in this country.

[2:19:34] And so by renaming the State

[2:19:39] Farm Worker Day, we're

[2:19:39] uplifting the collective

[2:19:40] strength and achievement of a

[2:19:45] movement that has done

[2:19:45] tremendous good and continues

[2:19:46] to inspire progress today.

[2:19:51] So with that council PRESIDENT

[2:19:51] I move to approve staff's

[2:19:52] recommendation on item 330.

[2:19:57] And that concludes my comments.

[2:19:58] >> Thank you.

[2:19:58] All right.

[2:19:59] Thank you, Councilmember.

[2:19:59] So we have motion by

[2:20:00] Councilmember Moreno to move

[2:20:05] the recommendation Right In 330

[2:20:06] we'll go next to Councilmember

[2:20:06] Campo.

[2:20:07] Thank you, council PRESIDENT

[2:20:07] And thank you Councilmember

[2:20:09] Reno for your very strong

[2:20:09] words.

[2:20:10] I'll second the motion and call

[2:20:14] attention to the farmworkers

[2:20:15] movement which is a movement

[2:20:16] that is ongoing today in that

[2:20:16] which we should continue to

[2:20:21] celebrate and recognize their

[2:20:22] contribution not just to

[2:20:22] California but to the United

[2:20:23] States of America.

[2:20:23] And of course the farmworkers

[2:20:27] themselves are the men and

[2:20:28] women who bend down in

[2:20:28] the fields and under the heat

[2:20:33] and oftentimes the poverty and

[2:20:34] indignity and still find

[2:20:34] the courage to organize and

[2:20:35] MARCH and boycott and demand

[2:20:39] something very simple which is

[2:20:39] respect for their labor.

[2:20:40] My family's history with

[2:20:45] farmworkers is personal.

[2:20:46] My grandparents both sides of

[2:20:47] my family my mother and father

[2:20:47] grew up in Calexico, a

[2:20:51] community deeply connected to

[2:20:52] farm labor and to the lives of

[2:20:52] the working people in those

[2:20:53] fields in the 60s and 70s.

[2:20:57] They support the farmworkers

[2:20:58] movement especially during

[2:20:59] the lettuce and grape boycotts

[2:20:59] and stood with the United Farm

[2:21:00] Workers.

[2:21:03] And it's hard to understate

[2:21:04] the amount of racism that came

[2:21:05] from standing up for yourself

[2:21:09] along the border At that time.

[2:21:10] And yet here we are and we

[2:21:14] still see a lot of that same

[2:21:15] treatment.

[2:21:16] But nonetheless the power of

[2:21:21] the people who work in those

[2:21:22] fields And of course I think

[2:21:23] the respect that the state of

[2:21:23] California has shown them

[2:21:27] through the education we have

[2:21:27] in our public education

[2:21:28] classrooms and the fact that we

[2:21:33] are recognizing them now today

[2:21:33] not because of one leader who

[2:21:34] in very, very shockingly to all

[2:21:38] I would say all

[2:21:39] Mexican-American families whose

[2:21:40] grandmothers had a crucifix and

[2:21:44] the Virgin Mary and then right

[2:21:45] next to them Cesar Chavez up on

[2:21:46] their wall, we now realize that

[2:21:51] history was long shrouded And

[2:21:51] nonetheless we're grateful that

[2:21:56] the survivors of his

[2:21:57] disreputable conduct so many

[2:21:57] years ago has come.

[2:22:02] They've come forward so that we

[2:22:03] could know the truth and give

[2:22:04] the people the credit who

[2:22:04] deserve it which are

[2:22:05] the farmworkers themselves.

[2:22:08] So this recognition is deeply

[2:22:08] important and personal to

[2:22:12] families like mine And though

[2:22:18] that was one I've cousins who

[2:22:19] were married in the Chavez

[2:22:19] family I have cousins whose

[2:22:23] last name were Chavez whose

[2:22:24] great uncle was Cesar Chavez

[2:22:25] And I know that for them it was

[2:22:29] as shocking as anything but I

[2:22:30] know that they themselves,

[2:22:31] the family as they grapple with

[2:22:31] this understand it was not

[2:22:36] about their deal or their

[2:22:37] business or whatever title he

[2:22:38] had in their family.

[2:22:38] It was about the people they

[2:22:41] were marching for.

[2:22:42] And so we do the right thing by

[2:22:43] celebrating the farmworkers and

[2:22:46] remembering that their labor

[2:22:47] mattered.

[2:22:47] Their struggle matters.

[2:22:48] Their legacy still matters.

[2:22:49] And as we think about this day

[2:22:52] in history, we remember

[2:22:53] the families that Cesar Chavez,

[2:22:59] the indignity and

[2:23:00] the disrespect and the violence

[2:23:00] he put them through.

[2:23:01] We need to remember them.

[2:23:01] And so this is an important

[2:23:05] step forward And I appreciate

[2:23:06] Councilmember Moreno's

[2:23:06] leadership on this.

[2:23:06] Thank you.

[2:23:07] Council PRESIDENT.

[2:23:07] All right.

[2:23:08] Thank you.

[2:23:12] Council member We have a motion

[2:23:12] by COUNCILMAN Moreno,

[2:23:13] the second by council member

[2:23:13] companies to move a staff

[2:23:18] recommendation on item 332.

[2:23:18] >> Councilmember Ila Rideau

[2:23:19] Thank you.

[2:23:19] Council PRESIDENT Thank you

[2:23:23] Lucero for the presentation and

[2:23:24] your work on this.

[2:23:24] Everyone in their office and

[2:23:29] city staff can move quickly.

[2:23:30] A few weeks ago and

[2:23:34] Councilmember Moreno, thank you

[2:23:35] for speaking quickly and very

[2:23:41] directly.

[2:23:42] I think you said that our event

[2:23:42] heroes have their day of

[2:23:43] reckoning and we should not

[2:23:47] safeguard their heinous actions

[2:23:47] .

[2:23:48] So thank you for doing that

[2:23:48] quickly And I'm leading in a

[2:23:54] moment where the community saw

[2:24:00] someone that they looked up to

[2:24:00] completely kind of vanish

[2:24:01] before.

[2:24:01] Right.

[2:24:05] And that takes a lot of

[2:24:05] leadership.

[2:24:06] So thank you for doing that.

[2:24:11] Ana Maria Debora Rojas Dolores

[2:24:11] Huerta and other survivors came

[2:24:12] forward with their truth but

[2:24:17] truth and as survivors they

[2:24:18] deserve our respect, our

[2:24:19] support and our commitment to

[2:24:19] act.

[2:24:23] And this is kind of the bare

[2:24:24] minimum in terms of action that

[2:24:24] can be taken And I'm glad we're

[2:24:25] doing that today.

[2:24:28] Accountability cannot be

[2:24:29] reserved for everyone except

[2:24:30] the rich, the famous and

[2:24:30] celebrated and those who've

[2:24:34] been lifted up and held in high

[2:24:35] regard must also be held

[2:24:36] accountable to the same

[2:24:36] standards we hold everyone else

[2:24:40] to If not higher standards.

[2:24:41] So while this is a moment of

[2:24:42] accountability, I also

[2:24:47] appreciate the other form of

[2:24:47] justice in this moment that my

[2:24:48] colleagues Catherine Moreno and

[2:24:52] Councilmember Caputo spoke to

[2:24:53] the lifting up of people who

[2:24:54] have nourished us while being

[2:24:58] mistreated, disrespected and

[2:24:58] underappreciated.

[2:24:59] The farm workers rights

[2:24:59] movement was never one man.

[2:25:05] It was built It was built by

[2:25:05] thousands of workers

[2:25:06] overwhelmingly immigrants,

[2:25:10] overwhelmingly people of color

[2:25:10] who fed this country while

[2:25:11] being deliberately excluded

[2:25:12] from the most basic protections

[2:25:12] Every other worker was

[2:25:16] guaranteed.

[2:25:16] They were explicitly left out

[2:25:20] of the National Labor Relations

[2:25:20] Act of 1935 That gives workers

[2:25:21] the right to organize and

[2:25:22] bargain collectively.

[2:25:22] Every other worker had that

[2:25:26] right.

[2:25:27] Farm workers did not And this

[2:25:32] was a multiracial movement as

[2:25:32] well, Larry.

[2:25:33] It along in the Agricultural

[2:25:33] Workers Organizing Committee

[2:25:36] led 5000 Filipino workers on

[2:25:36] strike against grape grape

[2:25:42] growers And that solidarity

[2:25:48] that multiracial, multiethnic

[2:25:49] solidarity is what built a

[2:25:50] movement And an action like

[2:25:50] this actually creates more

[2:25:54] space to recognize that that

[2:25:55] solidarity they these workers

[2:26:00] had to fight for decades just

[2:26:00] to get shade in the fields and

[2:26:01] water when temperatures climbed

[2:26:06] to unsurvivable levels.

[2:26:07] These are workers who are 35

[2:26:08] times more likely to die from

[2:26:08] heat related stress than

[2:26:13] workers in any other industry

[2:26:14] and they deserve protection and

[2:26:14] recognition.

[2:26:15] We've seen California take

[2:26:19] strides on that front.

[2:26:20] Some of the legislation

[2:26:20] authored by Lorena the da which

[2:26:25] ended farmworkers being denied

[2:26:25] the same overtime rights as

[2:26:30] every other California worker.

[2:26:31] So again, while I am glad that

[2:26:32] we are taking the action to

[2:26:38] strike Cesar is his name from

[2:26:43] from this day I think it's

[2:26:43] really important that we take a

[2:26:44] moment to really recognize

[2:26:49] the workers who who

[2:26:49] the movement was truly about.

[2:26:50] There was a line in the in

[2:26:54] The New York Times story that

[2:26:55] really stood out to me when I

[2:26:56] read it And the line was from

[2:27:01] Esmeralda Lopez who was 19 when

[2:27:02] a 61 year old Chavez tried to

[2:27:06] use his clout to sleep with her

[2:27:06] .

[2:27:07] She concluded that the article

[2:27:08] concluded with a quote from her

[2:27:12] where she said The movement

[2:27:13] that's the hero And there's

[2:27:13] incredible wisdom in that And

[2:27:20] I'm glad that that's what we're

[2:27:20] honoring today.

[2:27:21] And so I'm very proud to

[2:27:21] support this.

[2:27:21] Thank you.

[2:27:22] All right.

[2:27:23] Thank you, Councilmember

[2:27:24] Rivera.

[2:27:24] We'll go next to Councilmember

[2:27:29] Bob Wilbert.

[2:27:30] Thank you very much And thank

[2:27:37] you to my colleagues for

[2:27:38] the really open words about

[2:27:38] that.

[2:27:39] Thank you so much for bringing

[2:27:39] this forward to our staff and

[2:27:41] to thank you to the mayor's

[2:27:41] team as well.

[2:27:42] Well, it is it's a very sad

[2:27:43] moment today that we have to do

[2:27:43] this.

[2:27:47] It's also very important to

[2:27:48] recognize that as incredible

[2:27:48] leaders like Dolores Huerta

[2:27:49] always said, this was never

[2:27:53] about one person and it's about

[2:27:54] all the people who work day in

[2:27:55] and day out As my colleagues

[2:27:59] have already mentioned, to

[2:28:00] revive the basic nourishment

[2:28:00] that our society relies on And

[2:28:05] we are not done.

[2:28:06] Basic role such as making sure

[2:28:06] that people have safe transport

[2:28:07] to and from work.

[2:28:11] When you work on farms is a

[2:28:12] battle we're still fighting.

[2:28:12] There were some horrific

[2:28:13] accidents in the last few years

[2:28:16] where farm workers were

[2:28:17] transported in completely

[2:28:18] unsafe vehicles and dozens of

[2:28:18] people lost their lives in

[2:28:22] really terrible car accidents

[2:28:23] And in 2024 the Department of

[2:28:28] Labor federally required that

[2:28:28] workers in agricultural sites

[2:28:29] be provided with restraints,

[2:28:30] seatbelts when they're

[2:28:30] transported to and from work.

[2:28:35] And we're seeing the current

[2:28:36] ministration is rolling back

[2:28:36] that rule for now.

[2:28:37] So we still have to make sure

[2:28:40] we can do everything we can

[2:28:40] here to protect farm workers

[2:28:41] And we have them here in

[2:28:42] the city of San Diego of us all

[2:28:46] Valley is actually farmland and

[2:28:47] we are incredible farm workers

[2:28:48] working every day on our dairy

[2:28:52] farms, our citrus farms,

[2:28:52] avocado farms, our soils.

[2:28:53] It's some of the best climate

[2:28:54] action work we're doing

[2:28:57] actually is in the farm bills

[2:28:58] globally.

[2:28:59] And so I want to thank everyone

[2:29:03] today for the work we're still

[2:29:04] doing to mark progress of

[2:29:04] the nation even though we're

[2:29:05] still confronting painful

[2:29:10] realities like a reality with

[2:29:11] Esther Chavez in the cannot be

[2:29:11] ignored.

[2:29:12] But at the same time we are

[2:29:12] recognizing the historic stride

[2:29:15] of the farm worker movement one

[2:29:16] of the most important struggles

[2:29:16] for labor rights, humanity,

[2:29:17] dignity in our country built by

[2:29:21] workers, families and

[2:29:22] organizers who fought for

[2:29:23] fairness, safety and respect.

[2:29:23] And today we celebrate the farm

[2:29:28] workers and the resilient They

[2:29:28] represent the dignity they

[2:29:29] bring to our nation's kitchen

[2:29:34] tables Literally and justice

[2:29:34] while also honoring survivors

[2:29:35] by centering their voices and

[2:29:36] committing ourselves to a

[2:29:39] future where safety, truth and

[2:29:40] accountability are not simply

[2:29:41] ideals but realities like many

[2:29:41] today.

[2:29:45] So I'm going to be very happy

[2:29:46] to celebrate Farm Workers Day

[2:29:47] going forward every year and

[2:29:47] thank you for bringing it

[2:29:51] forward.

[2:29:51] All right.

[2:29:52] Thank you all for it And I'll

[2:29:53] see anybody else in the lights

[2:29:53] all that kind of a small

[2:29:54] footnote.

[2:29:58] Thank you, Council member Reno

[2:29:58] for your quick reaction once

[2:29:59] the news started breaking and

[2:30:03] doing exactly what needed to be

[2:30:04] done.

[2:30:04] Thank you The mayor's office

[2:30:05] and for navigating

[2:30:05] the bureaucratic process that

[2:30:09] we have to do and how we do

[2:30:10] things here at the city and

[2:30:11] bringing this material forward

[2:30:11] and your flexibility on simply

[2:30:15] splitting the two items.

[2:30:16] I think there's a certain tiny

[2:30:17] bit of elegance that we had

[2:30:21] down day proclamation that

[2:30:21] speaks to these very kinds of

[2:30:27] issues and it's not just about

[2:30:27] bringing a project forward and

[2:30:28] saying nice words but it's

[2:30:29] actually doing the work when

[2:30:33] the moment calls for it.

[2:30:34] And I think it's all of us kind

[2:30:35] of reflected this morning

[2:30:39] despite some of the progress

[2:30:39] there's still a lot of work to

[2:30:40] be done in a lot of areas and

[2:30:41] whether it's recent activities

[2:30:45] or those from long past that

[2:30:45] are finally surfacing and

[2:30:50] individuals are finally brave

[2:30:50] enough to come forward and

[2:30:51] share their awful tragic

[2:30:51] stories.

[2:30:56] So thank you all for your

[2:30:57] various roles.

[2:30:58] So with that we have a motion

[2:30:58] by Councilmember Moreno and

[2:30:59] second by council member

[2:31:03] Camille Clark.

[2:31:04] >> Please call the roll on item

[2:31:04] 330 I start the voting system.

[2:31:15] Please cast your vote That

[2:31:16] passes unanimously 9 to 0.

[2:31:17] Right now I've been watching it

[2:31:17] or I don't think anybody who

[2:31:20] came in yet So we will trail

[2:31:21] and get my numbers right.

[2:31:31] We will try all 510 until after

[2:31:32] 333 and 332 So thank you for

[2:31:37] that and thank you to staff.

[2:31:38] Yeah.

[2:31:39] What were your thoughts at that

[2:31:39] time If members of the public

[2:31:43] have not made it in chambers So

[2:31:44] with that council a number of

[2:31:45] them operate I understand you

[2:31:45] want to make a statement before

[2:31:55] we introduce item 333 The gas

[2:32:00] station myself is incorrect

[2:32:01] item 332 think council members

[2:32:02] on what We just want to make a

[2:32:02] statement.

[2:32:03] >> I do not want to make it to

[2:32:03] you on this one.

[2:32:04] Thank you.

[2:32:05] All right with that and that

[2:32:05] cleared up.

[2:32:10] Clerk please introduce item

[2:32:10] 333.

[2:32:10] >> Thank you.

[2:32:11] Council PRESIDENT Item 333 1606

[2:32:15] Market Street Gas Station

[2:32:20] Project number p r 1102 575

[2:32:20] This item is not subject to

[2:32:21] the mayor's veto.

[2:32:21] If you'd like to speak on this

[2:32:26] item please be sure to submit

[2:32:27] your speaker slip to the high

[2:32:28] lector and in the clear in

[2:32:28] the clear box If you are

[2:32:32] participating remotely you can

[2:32:32] raise your hand by pressing

[2:32:33] Star nine or the raise your

[2:32:39] hand icon Thank you Council

[2:32:39] PRESIDENT All right.

[2:32:40] I think staff are settling in.

[2:32:41] Once you're ready introduce

[2:32:45] yourselves for the record and

[2:32:45] let us know how much time you

[2:32:46] need for your presentation.

[2:32:50] >> Good afternoon.

[2:32:51] James Alexander Development

[2:32:52] Project Manager, Urban

[2:32:52] Innovation Division of

[2:32:53] the Department Services

[2:32:56] Department.

[2:32:57] We'll just need about five

[2:32:57] minutes.

[2:32:57] All right.

[2:33:02] We are ready.

[2:33:03] Like I said, my name is James

[2:33:04] Alexander from the Urban

[2:33:04] Innovation Division.

[2:33:05] I'm joined by Kelly Rasmussen's

[2:33:08] associate planner in

[2:33:09] the Environmental Analysis

[2:33:09] section of the Department

[2:33:14] Services Department.

[2:33:15] The action before you today is

[2:33:15] a gas station project at 1606

[2:33:16] Market Street in downtown San

[2:33:20] Diego.

[2:33:20] Okay.

[2:33:21] Can you stop for a second?

[2:33:22] It is not appropriate to have

[2:33:22] these kind of conversations in

[2:33:25] public in chambers.

[2:33:26] You want to step outside, do

[2:33:27] whatever you want But we're

[2:33:28] actually trying to conduct

[2:33:31] quasi judicial hearings and I

[2:33:32] think we ought to operate under

[2:33:33] a certain protocol.

[2:33:33] My apologies.

[2:33:34] Please continue.

[2:33:39] And if you want to start over

[2:33:39] come forward.

[2:33:40] Council member That was my

[2:33:40] fault But please don't blame

[2:33:41] Marcellus for I ask you to

[2:33:43] speak to me Just for the record

[2:33:50] the products I is at 1606

[2:33:50] Market Street.

[2:33:51] >> It's on the north side of

[2:33:54] Market Street between 16th and

[2:33:55] 17th Streets and just west of

[2:33:56] Interstate five it's in

[2:33:56] the East Village neighborhood

[2:33:57] the Downtown Community Plan

[2:34:01] area and it's surrounded by a

[2:34:01] mix of uses including

[2:34:02] residential development which

[2:34:03] I've highlighted in yellow on

[2:34:07] this slide Note For some quick

[2:34:08] background on the project's

[2:34:08] environmental path, I'm going

[2:34:12] to turn it over to Kelly.

[2:34:13] Thank you, Jim.

[2:34:13] The slide before you

[2:34:14] the timeline of the project

[2:34:18] Environmental Review pathway to

[2:34:18] today's hearing when

[2:34:19] the project was being reviewed

[2:34:20] by the Development Services

[2:34:24] Department necessary

[2:34:25] information regarding vehicle

[2:34:25] access driveways was not

[2:34:26] provided by the applicant which

[2:34:30] prevented staff from completing

[2:34:31] their review resulting in

[2:34:31] unresolved issues and

[2:34:32] preventing a full environmental

[2:34:36] review Pursuant to section

[2:34:37] guidelines an environmental

[2:34:37] determination must be made

[2:34:38] before presenting a project and

[2:34:42] a public hearing for approval

[2:34:42] With the issues remaining

[2:34:43] unresolved and the applicant's

[2:34:47] desire to move the project to a

[2:34:48] hearing as expeditiously as

[2:34:48] possible.

[2:34:49] Staff provided the applicant

[2:34:50] with three options to move

[2:34:54] the project forward

[2:34:55] the applicant chose to proceed

[2:34:55] with without addressing

[2:34:56] the unresolved issues a staff

[2:34:57] recommendation of denial and a

[2:35:00] frequent denial of exemption

[2:35:01] pursuant to article guidelines

[2:35:05] Section 15270a statutory

[2:35:06] exemption for projects which

[2:35:06] are disapproved shortly after

[2:35:11] an appeal of this environmental

[2:35:12] determined was filed by

[2:35:12] the applicant which was

[2:35:13] presented to the City Council

[2:35:16] on JULY 22nd 2025 Council

[2:35:17] decided to uphold that

[2:35:17] environmental appeal and

[2:35:22] directed city staff and

[2:35:23] the applicant to continue to

[2:35:23] work together to resolve

[2:35:24] the remaining issues so that a

[2:35:28] full environmental review of

[2:35:29] the project can be completed.

[2:35:29] After the council decision on

[2:35:30] the appeal, city staff worked

[2:35:34] with the applicant and

[2:35:35] additional information

[2:35:35] regarding the vehicle access

[2:35:36] driveways was provided enabling

[2:35:41] staff to complete the review

[2:35:41] Subsequent to that that a

[2:35:42] complete environmental review

[2:35:43] was conducted and a new single

[2:35:47] determination was issued

[2:35:47] allowing staff to return to

[2:35:48] the item.

[2:35:48] >> Today the City Council with

[2:35:53] all issues resolved.

[2:35:53] >> The second determination was

[2:35:54] made that the project is

[2:35:55] consistent with the previously

[2:35:59] certified solution Diego

[2:35:59] Downtown program earned

[2:36:03] pursuant to article guidelines

[2:36:04] Section 151621 has been

[2:36:04] certified No subsequent or

[2:36:05] supplemental air shall be

[2:36:09] prepared for a project unless

[2:36:10] new significant environmental

[2:36:10] effects are determined

[2:36:11] associated with the project

[2:36:15] that were not in the certified

[2:36:15] documents upon the full

[2:36:16] environmental review of

[2:36:16] the project.

[2:36:20] No additional significant

[2:36:21] issues were identified and

[2:36:21] a15162 consistency analysis

[2:36:22] checklist pursuant to section

[2:36:26] was prepared to be clear this

[2:36:27] consistency analysis confirms

[2:36:27] that the project is within

[2:36:32] the scope of the previously

[2:36:33] certified Downtown Community

[2:36:33] Plan update final year and no

[2:36:37] action is required by the City

[2:36:38] Council on this Environmental

[2:36:38] determination.

[2:36:43] >> The project includes a

[2:36:44] neighborhood use permit for

[2:36:45] the expansion of the previously

[2:36:45] conforming gas station

[2:36:46] convenience market building to

[2:36:50] add new uses a new food and

[2:36:50] beverage vendor attached to

[2:36:51] the existing market which is in

[2:36:52] green on the slide and a new

[2:36:55] drive thru in red on this

[2:36:56] slide.

[2:36:56] Also this expansion triggers

[2:36:57] the municipal code requirement

[2:36:58] to replace the surrounding

[2:37:02] public improvements and

[2:37:02] the rights of way to current

[2:37:03] city standards for which

[2:37:04] deviations are requested

[2:37:04] through a plan development

[2:37:08] permit Specifically for

[2:37:09] the vehicle access driveways in

[2:37:09] yellow On this slide

[2:37:10] the currently nonconforming

[2:37:15] existing driveways are proposed

[2:37:15] to be rebuilt but not to

[2:37:16] current standards.

[2:37:16] The rebuilt driveways propose

[2:37:20] these deviations on this slide

[2:37:21] from current code regulations

[2:37:22] which are to increase

[2:37:22] the maximum combined length of

[2:37:26] all curb cuts allowed on

[2:37:27] the site by 100ft Increase

[2:37:28] the maximum length for a single

[2:37:31] curb cut by ten feet, reduce

[2:37:32] the minimum distance from a

[2:37:33] curb, cut to the nearest

[2:37:33] intersection by 42ft.

[2:37:37] Reduce the minimum separation

[2:37:38] distance between curb cuts by

[2:37:39] 43ft and allow two curb cuts on

[2:37:44] Market Street which is subject

[2:37:45] to the limited vehicle access

[2:37:45] overlay zone of the Center City

[2:37:49] Plan District which prohibits

[2:37:50] curb curb cuts on that street.

[2:37:51] Since the last hearing staff

[2:37:52] worked with the applicant to

[2:37:56] analyze the proposed driveways

[2:37:57] and how they impact vehicle and

[2:37:57] pedestrian traffic in and

[2:37:58] around the site.

[2:38:02] The downtown community plan

[2:38:02] establishes goals and policies

[2:38:03] that prioritize pedestrians to

[2:38:04] create a safe and walkable

[2:38:07] downtown.

[2:38:08] The implementation of

[2:38:09] the developer regulations that

[2:38:09] advance those goals and

[2:38:13] policies is important to

[2:38:14] incorporate into all future

[2:38:14] development In order to achieve

[2:38:15] those priorities of

[2:38:20] the Downtown Community Plan.

[2:38:20] Although the deviations from

[2:38:21] the developed regulations for

[2:38:22] the driveways are substantial

[2:38:25] when compared to the baseline

[2:38:26] requirement of the code,

[2:38:26] the project does reduce

[2:38:27] the overall amount of driveways

[2:38:31] onto the site by about 66ft

[2:38:32] from its existing condition

[2:38:33] which is an improvement for

[2:38:37] pedestrians.

[2:38:37] So as such findings for

[2:38:38] approval have been provided to

[2:38:39] council in the draft resolution

[2:38:43] and the staff recommendation is

[2:38:44] to approve if Council affirms

[2:38:44] the findings.

[2:38:45] That concludes my presentation.

[2:38:46] Kelly and I are available for

[2:38:50] questions.

[2:38:50] We also have staff from

[2:38:51] the transportation development

[2:38:52] team here to answer questions

[2:38:56] and the applicant team is here

[2:38:57] to make a brief statement as

[2:38:57] well.

[2:38:57] All right.

[2:38:58] Thank you for the presentation

[2:38:59] Again, my apologies for

[2:38:59] the interruption.

[2:39:03] Yes, I understand the applicant

[2:39:04] will have comments so this

[2:39:04] would be the appropriate time

[2:39:05] and let us know how much time

[2:39:09] you need My comments will be

[2:39:09] brief.

[2:39:09] Less than three minutes.

[2:39:10] My name is Robert Modafferi.

[2:39:11] I'm here today representing

[2:39:15] the Briscoes Joey and Eddie are

[2:39:16] in the audience here today.

[2:39:17] It took us a lot to get to this

[2:39:21] point and I'm really proud of

[2:39:22] the work that we've been able

[2:39:23] to do with staff Specifically I

[2:39:28] want to thank the leadership of

[2:39:29] Elise Lowe, Samir Hajari of

[2:39:33] course James Alexander and

[2:39:34] Brian Jordache.

[2:39:38] We really have worked hard over

[2:39:39] the last several months since

[2:39:40] JULY and we just ask for your

[2:39:45] approval and we will make this

[2:39:46] a much better site for the East

[2:39:51] Village and one that we can all

[2:39:51] be proud of.

[2:39:52] >> Thank you.

[2:39:52] All right.

[2:39:53] That concludes the applicant

[2:39:57] statement.

[2:39:57] Thank you for that.

[2:39:58] So with that clerk please

[2:39:59] proceed with public testimony

[2:39:59] on this item.

[2:40:03] I have four speakers that

[2:40:04] request submitted a in favor

[2:40:09] with no request to speak in

[2:40:09] favor And then Blair Beekman if

[2:40:15] you can please come forward for

[2:40:16] time for that we're in favor

[2:40:21] which I'm a dove for for

[2:40:21] Missouri Joseph Griego and Kyle

[2:40:26] Alderman All right thank you

[2:40:32] Where we been reviewing this in

[2:40:38] this presentation I was at that

[2:40:38] corner a lot.

[2:40:39] I take the bus and it's a

[2:40:44] really vital bus corner for

[2:40:45] the three bus and the bypass

[2:40:45] And a lot of people from

[2:40:49] the unhoused community need

[2:40:50] that bus line.

[2:40:51] It's important that there's a

[2:40:51] lot of pedestrian use and that

[2:40:56] means there's a lot of you

[2:40:57] know, people are not always in

[2:41:01] the greatest space but people

[2:41:02] are trying and chugging along

[2:41:08] and the project it seems it has

[2:41:12] like 1 or 2 too many gas pump

[2:41:13] things and it's just going to

[2:41:14] create I think you guys are

[2:41:19] already debating this you know

[2:41:19] ,how is the entrance and exit

[2:41:20] going to go with so many gas

[2:41:20] pumps?

[2:41:25] Can you reduce one set of gas

[2:41:25] pumps, two set of gas pumps and

[2:41:30] still profit and still, you

[2:41:31] know, have a good feeling for

[2:41:32] the place and it can do its job

[2:41:36] And I think if you do it would

[2:41:37] be inviting pedestrian traffic

[2:41:38] that I'm not hearing you guys

[2:41:39] talked so much about and what

[2:41:43] what's the pedestrian situation

[2:41:43] in all of this I mean how are

[2:41:44] your cars only can be making a

[2:41:48] right turn out of the place it

[2:41:49] sounds like I mean it seems

[2:41:50] like it's really tight left

[2:41:50] turn to go back on to our

[2:41:55] market street So I see a few

[2:41:55] pedestrian issues and just

[2:42:01] reducing pumps by at least 1 or

[2:42:01] 2 would help ensure that

[2:42:07] there's just an overall flow

[2:42:07] and we're always trying to work

[2:42:08] towards overall flow these days

[2:42:12] of pedestrian traffic cars and

[2:42:13] not just all one or the other I

[2:42:14] mean preferably obviously

[2:42:14] pedestrian but we need to mind

[2:42:19] that we need to create that

[2:42:19] balance and talk about this

[2:42:20] balance here.

[2:42:24] I'm not hearing it talked about

[2:42:25] so good luck in those efforts

[2:42:26] And we need to keep this

[2:42:26] village as a pedestrian zone

[2:42:27] not just traffic, not just

[2:42:27] cars.

[2:42:34] >> Thank you.

[2:42:34] Thank you.

[2:42:35] That completes the public

[2:42:36] speakers here in council

[2:42:36] chambers starting the five

[2:42:37] minute timer and going those

[2:42:40] participating online starting

[2:42:41] with Zoom user if you please

[2:42:41] unmute and Blair I see you

[2:42:47] online but you already spoke so

[2:42:48] I will be lowering your hand

[2:42:49] Zoom user enter your picture

[2:42:52] here I remember thing coming up

[2:42:53] a few months ago at the city

[2:42:56] for this I think you should

[2:42:56] refund about 30 grand of his

[2:42:57] fees his permit fees This guy's

[2:43:02] been in business a long time.

[2:43:03] He wants the best for his

[2:43:04] business More gas pumps quicker

[2:43:08] service more people can come

[2:43:09] and go and then send the city

[2:43:10] guys over there to use

[2:43:14] the station, tell them to you

[2:43:15] know, hey man, let's go over

[2:43:15] this guy's place on market.

[2:43:19] There's no gas stations rather

[2:43:20] just getting businessmen man

[2:43:20] city guys that drive around

[2:43:26] those cars you know it's all a

[2:43:26] hassle this family getting a

[2:43:27] lawyer to to put in a parking

[2:43:30] ban or put in a driveway.

[2:43:31] Come on, man.

[2:43:32] It's it's just typical city

[2:43:38] stuff in the third grade refund

[2:43:39] as well as fees to the city and

[2:43:42] then send some customers.

[2:43:42] >> Thanks a lot.

[2:43:43] Thank you.

[2:43:43] That does conclude public

[2:43:48] comment on this item.

[2:43:49] All right.

[2:43:49] Thank you to the clerk.

[2:43:50] With that I'll turn it over to

[2:43:51] the council for questions.

[2:43:54] Comments Entertain a motion and

[2:43:55] we'll start with council member

[2:43:55] Whitman Thank you.

[2:43:56] Council PRESIDENT Thank you

[2:44:00] very much to MR. Alexander and

[2:44:00] the entire development services

[2:44:01] team for your continued work on

[2:44:05] this project.

[2:44:06] Thank you to the applicant for

[2:44:06] working with staff to improve

[2:44:11] this area of downtown.

[2:44:11] Last JULY, as many of my

[2:44:12] colleagues will remember, this

[2:44:13] Council granted

[2:44:16] the environmental appeal and

[2:44:17] asked staff and the applicant

[2:44:18] to work together to resolve

[2:44:23] the outstanding driveway

[2:44:23] questions they did that this

[2:44:24] project improves on what exists

[2:44:28] there today It reduces total

[2:44:29] driveway footage by nearly a

[2:44:29] third.

[2:44:34] It upgrades the public right of

[2:44:35] way.

[2:44:35] It adds sidewalks and street

[2:44:36] trees, installs a new concrete

[2:44:39] bus pad and actually relocates

[2:44:40] the bus stop to a better

[2:44:40] position.

[2:44:41] This will break new commercial

[2:44:42] activity to a site that has

[2:44:45] served the downtown

[2:44:46] neighborhood since 1954 And it

[2:44:47] leaves this corner of East

[2:44:51] Village better than it felt it

[2:44:52] .

[2:44:52] And with that I will make

[2:44:53] the motion to approve the staff

[2:44:54] recommendation.

[2:44:54] All right.

[2:44:55] Thank you, council members.

[2:44:56] So we have a motion by Council

[2:44:57] member Whitburn to move

[2:45:03] approval of the resolution

[2:45:04] because if not actually staff's

[2:45:04] recommendation.

[2:45:09] So so and that's how I normally

[2:45:10] should say it and I don't

[2:45:10] typically it correctly So my

[2:45:11] apologies.

[2:45:13] So but you're moving

[2:45:14] the resolution approval of

[2:45:19] the resolution the staff

[2:45:20] recommendation is approval of

[2:45:21] the project and adoption of

[2:45:30] resolution is it not 20 644 one

[2:45:30] fourth I just want to make sure

[2:45:31] we were clear.

[2:45:31] Okay.

[2:45:32] My apologies if I could confuse

[2:45:35] this situation.

[2:45:35] You're good.

[2:45:35] Okay.

[2:45:36] I believe the staff

[2:45:40] recommendation which includes

[2:45:41] adoption of the resolution I

[2:45:41] guess my apologies with that

[2:45:42] will go to Councilmember

[2:45:42] Campbell.

[2:45:46] >> Happy to second the motion.

[2:45:47] >> All right.

[2:45:48] So we have a motion by council

[2:45:52] member whitburn to move

[2:45:53] the staff recommendation and a

[2:45:53] second by Council member

[2:45:58] Campbell and we'll go now to

[2:45:58] council member Eli Rivera.

[2:45:59] >> Thank you.

[2:46:03] Council PRESIDENT The last was

[2:46:03] the last slide you showed

[2:46:04] before the one that was just up

[2:46:08] there.

[2:46:19] Jessica bring it up.

[2:46:19] This is the last slide.

[2:46:20] Oh, sorry.

[2:46:54] Can I not

[2:46:55] I'm trying to

[2:46:56] apologize for the delay.

[2:47:00] I'm trying to reconcile what I

[2:47:00] understood to be

[2:47:01] the recommendation in the staff

[2:47:12] report which So what I'm what

[2:47:13] I'm reading with the requested

[2:47:13] action is to consider

[2:47:16] the request approve a

[2:47:17] resolution or approve

[2:47:22] the project with modifications

[2:47:23] .

[2:47:23] But the end says the staff

[2:47:24] recommendation is approval.

[2:47:25] The project of the council

[2:47:25] makes the findings and

[2:47:30] the attached resolution so that

[2:47:31] staff recommendation is

[2:47:32] approval If council makes

[2:47:36] the findings.

[2:47:37] Yeah okay.

[2:47:42] I would typically be very

[2:47:43] deferential to this being in

[2:47:43] other council members District

[2:47:47] I presentation that I just saw

[2:47:52] the report that I read that

[2:47:53] those findings that doesn't add

[2:47:54] up to me just like it is no

[2:47:57] doubt better than what is

[2:47:58] currently there today.

[2:48:02] The deviations though are still

[2:48:03] meaningful and I think

[2:48:08] impactful and run counter to

[2:48:08] priorities related to

[2:48:13] pedestrian safety cycle safety

[2:48:13] and our climate goals.

[2:48:19] So for those reasons I will not

[2:48:20] be supporting that The motion

[2:48:20] in front of us Thank you.

[2:48:24] Council PRESIDENT All right.

[2:48:25] Thank you Council Member Hill

[2:48:26] or dare not see anybody else in

[2:48:29] the light.

[2:48:30] This is a quasi judicial so I

[2:48:30] haven't talked to anybody about

[2:48:34] this except with my staff And

[2:48:40] again with deference we have

[2:48:41] not colluded on this in any

[2:48:41] way.

[2:48:42] I have a long standing

[2:48:45] opposition to drive through and

[2:48:46] I've been trying to get

[2:48:47] the land development code

[2:48:47] changed and commercial

[2:48:51] interests step forward to that

[2:48:51] attempt even though there's a

[2:48:52] lot of agreement with that.

[2:48:55] I noticed the planning group

[2:48:56] voted against this unless

[2:48:57] changes were made where changes

[2:49:01] made or help us understand what

[2:49:01] changes were made no changes

[2:49:02] were made.

[2:49:05] We just received more

[2:49:06] information over time and yes

[2:49:07] when it was presented to

[2:49:11] the downtown community planning

[2:49:11] Council they voted to recommend

[2:49:12] denial.

[2:49:13] Okay I just want to make sure I

[2:49:16] wasn't missing something having

[2:49:17] not mentioned the entire

[2:49:17] history.

[2:49:18] So with due respect to my

[2:49:22] colleague I won't be supporting

[2:49:22] this item because it's

[2:49:23] consistent with the positions

[2:49:27] I've taken on adding drive

[2:49:28] thrus and locations where we

[2:49:32] are going for pedestrian and

[2:49:33] given what the downtown

[2:49:34] community plan is trying to do

[2:49:38] in that area.

[2:49:39] So I find it a little

[2:49:39] disingenuous to think a lot of

[2:49:43] staff who are probably

[2:49:44] struggling with this going

[2:49:44] forward So I'm not going to ask

[2:49:45] any of you to come up and speak

[2:49:48] on this issue So Council member

[2:49:49] Weprin, thank you very much.

[2:49:53] Council PRESIDENT What I'm

[2:49:54] going for is an improvement to

[2:49:58] downtown.

[2:50:03] The current site is with

[2:50:04] forgiveness to the odors not

[2:50:08] attractive and if we do nothing

[2:50:09] it remains that way.

[2:50:13] That helps Absolutely nobody.

[2:50:14] It helps nobody to have all

[2:50:15] the curb cuts that currently

[2:50:15] exist there.

[2:50:19] It helps nobody to have it

[2:50:21] continue to appear The way it

[2:50:27] appears I want a better block

[2:50:27] in downtown.

[2:50:32] This project reduces the number

[2:50:32] of curb cuts.

[2:50:33] It makes it safer for

[2:50:34] pedestrians, it improves

[2:50:37] the area, it adds a retail

[2:50:37] amenity.

[2:50:42] I think it's better for

[2:50:43] downtown, it's better for my

[2:50:43] constituents and I strongly

[2:50:46] support this.

[2:50:47] >> Thank you and I fully

[2:50:53] respect it is better So the No.

[2:50:54] One else in the lights we have

[2:50:54] a motion by Councilmember

[2:50:57] Whitburn and a second by

[2:50:58] council member Campbell.

[2:51:00] Clerk Please call the roll

[2:51:05] Sorry as voters and please vote

[2:51:06] And that passes 7 to 2 with

[2:51:12] Council PRESIDENT La Casa and

[2:51:12] Council member Yellow River

[2:51:13] voting No Thank you Council

[2:51:13] PRESIDENT.

[2:51:14] All right.

[2:51:16] Congratulations to

[2:51:17] the applicant for the good work

[2:51:17] you've put in and

[2:51:18] the apparently tons of permit

[2:51:21] fees you had to pay to get

[2:51:21] here.

[2:51:22] Dsd and the Enterprise Fund

[2:51:27] greatly appreciates that.

[2:51:28] >> COUNCILMAN Brown, what

[2:51:31] update has anything changed?

[2:51:32] You make a statement or are you

[2:51:32] on 332?

[2:51:36] Yes, we're yeah it's time.

[2:51:37] So before we introduce item

[2:51:40] three three do you want to make

[2:51:41] a statement?

[2:51:41] All right.

[2:51:41] Thank you.

[2:51:44] Um, during the past 12 months I

[2:51:45] disclosing that I received

[2:51:46] campaign contributions of more

[2:51:49] than $250 MR. Mike Burnett was

[2:51:50] a party to the right away

[2:51:50] vacation which is before

[2:51:51] the council Item 332.

[2:51:54] Therefore I'm currently

[2:51:54] reviewing from item 332.

[2:51:55] >> All right.

[2:51:56] Let me give you a moment My

[2:51:58] apologies.

[2:51:59] You said more than 250 wasn't

[2:52:00] more than 500 based on

[2:52:04] the living Act.

[2:52:05] Yeah, that was the old divine

[2:52:05] act language.

[2:52:07] It's more than 500.

[2:52:08] Thank you.

[2:52:13] Oh, we are a little bump.

[2:52:14] All right.

[2:52:14] Council member Wolpert has left

[2:52:18] chambers so with that clerk

[2:52:18] please introduce item 332 item

[2:52:19] three 32 Is the public right of

[2:52:23] way vacation for a portion of

[2:52:24] Harvey Milk Street Project

[2:52:28] number pr j 11 40038 This item

[2:52:28] is not subject to the mayor's

[2:52:29] veto.

[2:52:29] If you'd like to speak to this

[2:52:32] item please be sure to submit a

[2:52:33] speaker slip to the front of

[2:52:34] the room in the clear box or to

[2:52:37] raise your hand Now by pressing

[2:52:37] Star nine or the raise your

[2:52:38] hand icon.

[2:52:39] Thank you Council PRESIDENT All

[2:52:39] right.

[2:52:42] Thank you and see staff seated.

[2:52:43] So introduce yourselves for

[2:52:44] the record and let us know how

[2:52:44] much time you need for your

[2:52:47] presentation.

[2:52:48] >> Sure.

[2:52:48] Good afternoon.

[2:52:49] So about this study one project

[2:52:50] manager and I'm just going to

[2:52:50] need five minutes when you're

[2:52:54] ready.

[2:52:54] Good afternoon.

[2:52:55] Council PRESIDENT LaCava and

[2:52:56] council members.

[2:52:58] My name is also about these two

[2:52:58] presenting item number 332

[2:52:59] Harvey Milk Street Location On

[2:53:05] today's agenda the project

[2:53:06] before you proposes a public

[2:53:10] right away street location of a

[2:53:11] portion of Harvey Milk Street

[2:53:15] formerly known as Blaine Avenue

[2:53:16] which is located directly south

[2:53:20] and adjacent to 3912 Center

[2:53:24] Street The 00.04 acre portion

[2:53:25] of Harvey Milk Street to be

[2:53:29] vacated is located within

[2:53:29] the residential multiple unit

[2:53:30] base zone in the Hillcrest

[2:53:34] neighborhood of the Uptown

[2:53:34] Community Plan.

[2:53:35] The project is seeking approval

[2:53:39] of public right of way vacation

[2:53:43] permit number pmt dash 3364437

[2:53:43] which does require a city

[2:53:47] Council decision.

[2:53:48] The project was deemed to be

[2:53:49] exempt from the California

[2:53:49] Environmental Quality Act

[2:53:53] pursuant to school guidelines

[2:53:54] Section 1.305 for minor

[2:53:55] alterations and land use

[2:54:01] limitations.

[2:54:02] This area view shows the 11

[2:54:04] foot wide by 100 foot long

[2:54:05] portion of Harvey Milk Street

[2:54:09] to be vacated which is

[2:54:10] highlighted in yellow and is

[2:54:10] located directly south and

[2:54:14] adjacent to 3912 Center Street.

[2:54:15] It is designated for

[2:54:19] residential land use per

[2:54:20] the Uptown Community Plan.

[2:54:20] This portion of Harvey Milk

[2:54:24] Street was previously improved

[2:54:25] with private landscape and

[2:54:29] hardscape improvements of 3912

[2:54:30] Center Street and therefore was

[2:54:33] never utilized for public use.

[2:54:34] It has no dedicated portions

[2:54:38] remaining to the north and only

[2:54:39] serves 39 of Center Street

[2:54:40] which is currently under

[2:54:44] construction for a multi

[2:54:47] dwelling unit Residential

[2:54:48] Development 3912 Center Street

[2:54:49] is the only parcel that has

[2:54:51] previously and will continue to

[2:54:56] utilize the area The project

[2:55:01] proposes to summarily vacate a

[2:55:02] 0.04 acre portion of Harvey

[2:55:05] Milk Street.

[2:55:06] There are no existing or

[2:55:07] proposed public utilities

[2:55:07] within the project site which

[2:55:10] is highlighted in yellow and it

[2:55:11] is not required for street or

[2:55:15] highway purposes.

[2:55:16] The proposed public roadway

[2:55:16] vacation will not change

[2:55:19] the current land use

[2:55:20] designation or zoning and it

[2:55:24] will still provide a 14 foot

[2:55:24] wide parkway for pedestrian

[2:55:25] usage which is highlighted in

[2:55:28] green.

[2:55:29] It will not be impacted and

[2:55:30] conforms with the city street

[2:55:33] design manual Once vacated this

[2:55:38] public right of way portion

[2:55:39] would revert to the abutting

[2:55:39] parcel to the north.

[2:55:40] There are no plans for

[2:55:43] development on the area to be

[2:55:44] vacated other than private

[2:55:45] improvements which are

[2:55:49] associated with the residential

[2:55:49] development that is currently

[2:55:50] under construction and has

[2:55:54] already been reviewed and

[2:55:54] approved by Development

[2:55:55] Services Department.

[2:55:58] This includes walkways to

[2:55:58] access the first floor

[2:56:03] residential units on DECEMBER

[2:56:08] 2nd, 2025 the Uptown Community

[2:56:08] Planning Group voted seven yes

[2:56:11] to four nos and one abstention

[2:56:12] to recommend approval of

[2:56:12] the project without any

[2:56:15] conditions City staff

[2:56:21] recommends to council adopt a

[2:56:21] resolution for the categorical

[2:56:22] sequel exemption pursuant to

[2:56:25] school guidelines Section 15305

[2:56:26] and to adopt a resolution to

[2:56:31] vacate a portion of the Beach

[2:56:32] street public right away.

[2:56:38] Vacation Permit Number pm

[2:56:39] 23364437 The This concludes

[2:56:39] that presentation.

[2:56:43] City Review staff myself and

[2:56:43] the applicants team are

[2:56:44] available for any questions.

[2:56:45] >> Thank you.

[2:56:45] All right thank you for

[2:56:49] the presentation and did

[2:56:50] the applicant want to make a

[2:56:50] statement?

[2:56:53] Okay scene they will path Clerk

[2:56:54] Please proceed with public

[2:56:54] testimony.

[2:56:56] >> Blair Brickman please come

[2:57:01] forward And we had four

[2:57:03] speakers in favor with no need

[2:57:09] to speak.

[2:57:09] Hi baby.

[2:57:14] Can I wish I had more to say on

[2:57:14] this item?

[2:57:18] Thank you That if this is a

[2:57:19] Harvey Milk Street it's being

[2:57:19] done respectfully and whatever

[2:57:27] it can be And thank you.

[2:57:27] Thank you.

[2:57:28] I'm sorry The five minute timer

[2:57:29] going to those participating

[2:57:30] remotely starting with Tony if

[2:57:40] you can please unmute Tony or

[2:57:41] there you go.

[2:57:41] Yes.

[2:57:41] Category Yes.

[2:57:44] Please proceed.

[2:57:45] >> Yes, Thank you.

[2:57:46] Just wanted to say that I'm in

[2:57:46] support of this item.

[2:57:49] I think that it's a good idea

[2:57:50] and hopefully it passes.

[2:57:54] Thank you.

[2:57:54] >> Thank you.

[2:57:55] That concludes public comment

[2:57:55] on this item.

[2:57:56] All right.

[2:57:56] Thank you.

[2:57:59] City clerk With that will turn

[2:58:00] it over to the council for

[2:58:00] questions.

[2:58:03] Comments Entertain a motion and

[2:58:04] we will start with Council

[2:58:04] Member Whipple.

[2:58:04] Thank you.

[2:58:08] Council PRESIDENT Again this

[2:58:09] item is a public right of way

[2:58:09] vacation for a narrow 11 foot

[2:58:13] strip of Harvey Milk Street in

[2:58:14] Hillcrest.

[2:58:14] It's been part of the public

[2:58:17] right of way since 1888 but it

[2:58:17] has never been improved.

[2:58:18] It's never been used for public

[2:58:19] purposes.

[2:58:22] This vacation is not going to

[2:58:23] impact the sidewalk or parking

[2:58:26] or the parkway strip along

[2:58:27] Harvey Milk Street.

[2:58:27] It will not affect pedestrians,

[2:58:31] cyclists or vehicles The city

[2:58:32] benefits by sharing

[2:58:36] the maintenance liability and

[2:58:37] with no community opposition I

[2:58:41] am happy to support staff

[2:58:42] recommendation and I will make

[2:58:43] the motion to approve the staff

[2:58:43] recommendation.

[2:58:47] All right.

[2:58:47] Thank you Council members.

[2:58:48] So we do have a motion by

[2:58:49] Council member Whitburn to move

[2:58:51] the staff recommendation will

[2:58:51] go to Council member Campbell

[2:58:52] Thank you Council PRESIDENT I

[2:58:56] am happy to second the motion.

[2:58:56] >> All right.

[2:58:57] A motion by Council member

[2:59:00] Whitburn the second by Council

[2:59:01] member Campbell to move a staff

[2:59:01] recommendation not seeing

[2:59:04] anybody else in the light I'll

[2:59:04] simply say I's dotted, t's

[2:59:05] crossed and I'll be in support.

[2:59:09] So Clerk please call the roll

[2:59:10] star the voting system Please

[2:59:22] cast your vote That passes 8 to

[2:59:22] 0 with council member Von

[2:59:27] Wilpert recused.

[2:59:28] >> All right.

[2:59:28] Thank you, COUNCILMAN Moreno.

[2:59:31] I know some folks have joined

[2:59:32] us in chambers.

[2:59:33] >> Is that can we move forward

[2:59:37] or if we have a little bit more

[2:59:37] time I would like to give them

[2:59:38] time If we're at the end of

[2:59:42] the council meeting then no,

[2:59:42] no.

[2:59:43] >> We still have work to do.

[2:59:43] Please.

[2:59:44] Thank you.

[2:59:46] All right.

[2:59:47] We will continue the trail as

[2:59:47] 510.

[2:59:51] We'll try again after s 511 and

[2:59:55] we'll see whether folks have

[3:00:00] have arrived But we'll continue

[3:00:00] to monitor.

[3:00:01] So with that if someone could

[3:00:06] let oh I think actually they're

[3:00:06] here so.

[3:00:07] >> clerk please introduce item

[3:00:09] 511 items 511 is the draft

[3:00:09] fiscal year 2027 Annual Action

[3:00:14] Plan for hud programs fiscal

[3:00:14] year 2027 Annual hud programs

[3:00:19] allocations and Associated

[3:00:19] actions.

[3:00:20] If you're here in chambers and

[3:00:20] like to speak to this item,

[3:00:21] please be sure to submit your

[3:00:24] speakers up to the front of

[3:00:24] the room If you're

[3:00:25] participating online, now's

[3:00:27] the time to raise your hand by

[3:00:28] pressing Star nine or the raise

[3:00:28] your hand icon.

[3:00:29] Thank you Council PRESIDENT All

[3:00:29] right.

[3:00:30] Thank you.

[3:00:33] I see that staff started to

[3:00:33] settle in.

[3:00:34] Let us please introduce

[3:00:34] yourself for the record.

[3:00:35] Let us know how much time you

[3:00:40] need.

[3:00:40] >> Good afternoon.

[3:00:41] Honorable Council PRESIDENT

[3:00:45] McAvoy Members of the Council.

[3:00:46] My name is Melissa Ponto and

[3:00:46] I'm a community development

[3:00:47] coordinator with Economic

[3:00:50] Development Department.

[3:00:50] With me today is Nadine Hansen,

[3:00:51] community Development

[3:00:52] specialist And it is our

[3:00:54] pleasure to present you to you

[3:00:58] the draft fiscal Year 2027

[3:00:58] Annual Action Plan and we

[3:00:59] respectfully request 12 minutes

[3:01:00] for the presentation.

[3:01:00] All right.

[3:01:03] When you're ready at the end of

[3:01:08] this presentation the council

[3:01:08] will be asked to approve action

[3:01:09] items one through 20 related to

[3:01:12] the fiscal year 2027 Annual

[3:01:13] Action Plan and hud entitlement

[3:01:16] allocations and other actions

[3:01:17] associated with the ongoing

[3:01:18] management of hud entitlement

[3:01:18] grant programs administered by

[3:01:19] the Economic Development

[3:01:24] Department.

[3:01:25] The Action Plan serves as

[3:01:28] the city's application to hud

[3:01:28] for fy 27 entitlement grant

[3:01:29] funds projects and programs

[3:01:33] recommended for funding will

[3:01:34] help the city make progress

[3:01:34] towards achieving its five

[3:01:37] Consolidated Plan goals.

[3:01:38] The Action Plan includes

[3:01:38] budgets for three hud

[3:01:42] entitlement grant programs cdbg

[3:01:43] but cdbg with a budget of

[3:01:46] roughly 13.8 million which

[3:01:47] focuses on improving the living

[3:01:48] environment for low and

[3:01:48] moderate income individuals.

[3:01:52] Households in neighborhoods

[3:01:52] home with a budget of

[3:01:55] approximately 31.5 million

[3:01:56] which increases affordable

[3:01:57] housing opportunities with

[3:01:57] rental housing production and

[3:02:04] homeownership assistance and

[3:02:05] esg 969,322, which provides

[3:02:06] shelters, outreach and rapid

[3:02:06] rehousing services and

[3:02:09] homelessness prevention

[3:02:10] programs.

[3:02:10] These budgets reflect

[3:02:11] the confirmed hud entitlement

[3:02:15] grant amounts released on APRIL

[3:02:18] 30th, 2026.

[3:02:18] >> The cdbg budgets presented

[3:02:23] to you today are based on hud

[3:02:23] regulations and budgetary

[3:02:24] priorities.

[3:02:27] To summarize hud regulations

[3:02:28] limit administrative

[3:02:28] expenditures to 20% of

[3:02:32] the overall cdbg budget.

[3:02:33] Nonprofit capacity building and

[3:02:34] fair housing services are also

[3:02:37] supported with and funds public

[3:02:38] services.

[3:02:39] Public services expenditures

[3:02:42] are limited to 3,015% of

[3:02:43] the overall cdbg budget.

[3:02:46] The remaining 65% of the cdbg

[3:02:47] budget is currently split

[3:02:50] between affordable housing at

[3:02:50] 10% city and nonprofit

[3:02:51] facilities at 35% and economic

[3:02:58] development at 20%.

[3:02:59] The Action Plan process begins

[3:02:59] with the cdg annual notice of

[3:03:03] funding availability also known

[3:03:04] as an offer which includes an

[3:03:05] rfq to determine an

[3:03:08] organization's eligibility to

[3:03:09] receive and successfully manage

[3:03:09] cdbg funds.

[3:03:13] Qualified applicants are

[3:03:13] invited to an rfp and proposals

[3:03:14] are scored by the Consolidated

[3:03:18] Plan Advisory Board.

[3:03:18] Details on this timeline and

[3:03:21] process can be found in

[3:03:21] Attachment six.

[3:03:22] We will now go over

[3:03:26] the organization's proposal for

[3:03:27] cdbg funding in fy 27.

[3:03:31] The consolidated plan Goal for

[3:03:32] economic Development focuses on

[3:03:32] inclusive economic growth

[3:03:35] strengthening the small

[3:03:36] businesses, supporting local

[3:03:37] entrepreneurs, expanding

[3:03:37] workforce development and

[3:03:40] improving access to job

[3:03:41] opportunities.

[3:03:42] To this end, 11 organizations

[3:03:45] are recommended for funding for

[3:03:46] awards totaling 2.3 million.

[3:03:47] All organizations are repeat

[3:03:54] cdbg and said awardees.

[3:03:55] Another consolidated plan goal

[3:03:55] is to develop vibrant and

[3:03:56] equitable neighborhoods by

[3:04:00] investing in public facilities,

[3:04:00] critical infrastructure and

[3:04:01] nonprofit facilities that

[3:04:04] enhance accessibility,

[3:04:05] resiliency and sustainability.

[3:04:09] This goal is associated with

[3:04:09] nonprofit capital improvement

[3:04:10] projects Under this goal for

[3:04:14] organizations I recommended for

[3:04:14] awards totaling about $2.3

[3:04:15] million.

[3:04:19] Promise to Kids Foundation is a

[3:04:20] new awardee of cdbg and the nci

[3:04:24] category for public services.

[3:04:25] The Associated Consolidated

[3:04:28] Plan goal focuses on improving

[3:04:29] community services by

[3:04:29] addressing critical needs and

[3:04:32] promoting equity through

[3:04:33] improved and or increased

[3:04:34] access to community programing

[3:04:38] under the school organizations

[3:04:38] i recommended for awards.

[3:04:42] Approximately $1.26 million All

[3:04:46] organizations are repeat audits

[3:04:47] of cdbg and the public services

[3:04:47] category.

[3:04:51] The services provided under

[3:04:52] these projects are varied and

[3:04:53] include meal delivery, health

[3:04:57] services, apprenticeship and

[3:04:57] workforce training and youth

[3:04:58] services.

[3:04:58] Funding within this category is

[3:05:02] capped at a maximum of 15% of

[3:05:03] the entitlement allocation and

[3:05:03] program income.

[3:05:07] This 15% includes the homeless

[3:05:12] set aside as just mentioned And

[3:05:13] your action plan before

[3:05:13] the Council today also includes

[3:05:14] recommended allocations for

[3:05:17] projects related to homeless

[3:05:17] services as defined by Council

[3:05:21] policy 700 Dash two which

[3:05:21] states that up to 25% of

[3:05:25] the city's annual cdbg public

[3:05:26] services budget not to exceed

[3:05:30] $1 million shall be set aside

[3:05:30] for the city's homeless

[3:05:30] programs.

[3:05:34] In fy 27 this is approximately

[3:05:35] $441,000.

[3:05:39] >> The cdbg Homeless services

[3:05:40] set aside is expected to fund

[3:05:44] one program the City of San

[3:05:45] Diego Family Shelter Program.

[3:05:46] This program's goal is to

[3:05:49] improve housing stability for

[3:05:49] individuals and households with

[3:05:50] critical needs including and

[3:05:51] persons experiencing are at

[3:05:54] risk of homelessness by

[3:05:55] providing appropriate housing

[3:05:59] and service solutions grounded

[3:05:59] in best practices.

[3:06:04] >> The Annual Action Plan also

[3:06:04] includes approximately 1.38

[3:06:05] million for the Bridge to Home

[3:06:08] program which provides

[3:06:09] financing to help affordable

[3:06:10] housing projects move forward

[3:06:10] and create a home for

[3:06:13] households and able to afford

[3:06:16] market rate housing And

[3:06:17] approximately 3.26 million to

[3:06:18] allow contingency increases of

[3:06:21] program budgets for previously

[3:06:22] approved slips or nonprofit

[3:06:23] facility improvement projects

[3:06:26] up to the originally approved

[3:06:27] allocation.

[3:06:27] In order to ensure timely

[3:06:31] completion of projects, any new

[3:06:32] city projects if identified

[3:06:36] during the fiscal year would be

[3:06:36] presented to City Council for

[3:06:37] approval.

[3:06:37] I will now hand

[3:06:40] the presentation opportunity to

[3:06:41] review the other hud

[3:06:41] entitlement grant programs.

[3:06:45] Thank you Martha.

[3:06:46] The two remaining hud

[3:06:46] entitlement programs included

[3:06:49] in the fiscal year 2027 Action

[3:06:50] Plan are the Home program and

[3:06:50] the Emergency Solutions Grant

[3:06:53] program.

[3:06:54] The home program is

[3:06:55] administered by the San Diego

[3:06:55] Housing Commission and provides

[3:06:59] federal funds for housing

[3:06:59] activities such as construction

[3:07:00] acquisition and rehabilitation

[3:07:04] of affordable housing.

[3:07:04] First time homebuyer down

[3:07:05] payment financial assistance

[3:07:06] and hand based rental

[3:07:13] assistance In fiscal year 2027

[3:07:13] home funds are proposed to be

[3:07:14] allocated to rental housing

[3:07:15] unit production and first time

[3:07:22] homebuyer assistance and apply

[3:07:23] 27 new grant funds will be $4.8

[3:07:25] million with an anticipated

[3:07:26] $2.8 million in program income

[3:07:30] from loan payments and $23.9

[3:07:30] million in previous year's

[3:07:33] grant funding for a total

[3:07:33] anticipated home budget of

[3:07:34] $31.5 million.

[3:07:37] The Housing Commission proposes

[3:07:38] allocating $30 million to

[3:07:39] affordable rental housing

[3:07:39] developer development.

[3:07:43] Please note that of the $30

[3:07:44] million 13 million is earmarked

[3:07:44] for the know for and

[3:07:48] the remaining balances already

[3:07:48] committed to existing home

[3:07:49] projects.

[3:07:49] The first time homebuyer

[3:07:53] program will receive $370,000

[3:07:54] of home funds which represents

[3:07:58] a portion of the overall fte hb

[3:07:58] budget of $3 million.

[3:08:02] And $1 million will go to

[3:08:06] Program administration.

[3:08:07] These are examples of two

[3:08:08] projects funded in part with

[3:08:08] home funds.

[3:08:12] On the left is Jacaranda on

[3:08:13] ninth formerly known as Cortez

[3:08:13] Hill.

[3:08:16] The development received a $5

[3:08:20] million Housing Commission loan

[3:08:20] including $1.8 million in

[3:08:21] federal home funds.

[3:08:24] It includes 87 affordable

[3:08:24] rental units 14 for individuals

[3:08:25] experiencing chronic

[3:08:29] homelessness and 73 for

[3:08:29] households with extremely low

[3:08:30] income.

[3:08:34] The Housing Commission has also

[3:08:34] awarded 87 hud project based

[3:08:35] vouchers to this project.

[3:08:38] The project is fully leased and

[3:08:39] will celebrate its grand

[3:08:39] opening on MAY 7th.

[3:08:43] On the right is Allen Sandoval,

[3:08:44] located in San Ysidro and

[3:08:47] currently under construction.

[3:08:48] The project received a $4.12

[3:08:52] million Housing Commission loan

[3:08:52] with $3 million in federal home

[3:08:53] funds.

[3:08:55] It will include 101 affordable

[3:08:56] units plus two monetary units

[3:09:00] and will remain affordable for

[3:09:01] 55 years for households earning

[3:09:01] 30 to 60% of the area.

[3:09:04] Median income.

[3:09:05] This project broke ground on

[3:09:08] OCTOBER 14th, 2025 and is

[3:09:09] expected to be completed in

[3:09:09] summer 2027.

[3:09:13] The final hud grant program we

[3:09:14] will discuss is the Emergency

[3:09:17] Solutions grant Program or usg

[3:09:18] to provide funding for

[3:09:19] homelessness activities.

[3:09:22] Eligible activities include

[3:09:23] outreach and engagement and

[3:09:24] shelter operations,

[3:09:24] homelessness prevention and

[3:09:27] rapid rehousing.

[3:09:28] The Housing Commission

[3:09:29] administers the usg program on

[3:09:32] behalf of the City of San Diego

[3:09:33] in coordination with

[3:09:33] the regional continuum of care

[3:09:34] in the city's Homelessness

[3:09:35] Strategies and Solutions

[3:09:37] Department.

[3:09:38] The Housing Commission proposes

[3:09:42] to use esg funds for

[3:09:43] the following two programs

[3:09:44] The Connections Housing

[3:09:44] Shelter.

[3:09:47] This program is contracted with

[3:09:48] the people assisting

[3:09:49] the homeless path to provide up

[3:09:49] to 70 emergency shelter beds

[3:09:52] for single adults experiencing

[3:09:53] unsheltered homelessness in

[3:09:54] the city of San Diego.

[3:09:57] It is anticipated to serve

[3:09:58] approximately 160 individuals

[3:10:01] and successfully 42 residents

[3:10:02] to permanent housing in fiscal

[3:10:03] year 2027.

[3:10:06] The second project is

[3:10:07] the Homelessness Prevention

[3:10:07] Program.

[3:10:08] This program offers short term

[3:10:11] assistance paired with case

[3:10:12] management, with case

[3:10:13] management services and

[3:10:16] financial resources to help

[3:10:17] clients either remain in their

[3:10:17] current housing or to explore

[3:10:18] other housing options.

[3:10:22] The center superior to serve 31

[3:10:22] households at risk of

[3:10:25] homelessness in fiscal year

[3:10:25] 2027.

[3:10:29] As an overview of the projected

[3:10:30] esg funding for fy 27,

[3:10:30] the Housing Commission

[3:10:34] anticipates spending 60% of

[3:10:35] the allocation on shelter

[3:10:38] activities 33% on prevention an

[3:10:39] approximately 7% on

[3:10:39] administration costs which are

[3:10:40] split between the Housing

[3:10:46] Commission and the city.

[3:10:46] >> The public comment period

[3:10:47] for the draft action plan began

[3:10:51] on APRIL seven and will end on

[3:10:52] MAY 7th.

[3:10:52] All comments received during

[3:10:56] the public comment period and

[3:10:56] during the public meetings

[3:10:57] including today's meeting will

[3:10:57] be included in the final

[3:11:00] version of the action Plan

[3:11:01] before it submitted to hud and

[3:11:02] safe responses will be included

[3:11:06] when merited.

[3:11:06] On APRIL 8th the Power Advisory

[3:11:07] Board voted to recommend

[3:11:10] council approval of the plan

[3:11:11] and on APRIL 16th the A.D. And

[3:11:12] I r committee voted to

[3:11:15] recommend Council approval.

[3:11:16] Upon City Council approval we

[3:11:16] intend to submit the final

[3:11:20] action plan to hud by MAY 15th,

[3:11:20] 2026.

[3:11:25] That concludes our presentation

[3:11:25] and City and Housing Commission

[3:11:26] staff are available for

[3:11:26] questions.

[3:11:29] Thank you.

[3:11:30] >> All right.

[3:11:31] Thank you for the presentation

[3:11:31] and the work to bring this item

[3:11:32] forward.

[3:11:35] Clerk Please proceed with

[3:11:35] public testimony.

[3:11:36] >> Thank you.

[3:11:36] We have Vanessa Ruiz.

[3:11:39] If you can please come up to

[3:11:40] the microphone.

[3:11:40] And then after that is Blair

[3:11:41] Beekman.

[3:11:41] If you can please come forward

[3:11:43] to the yellow reserved seats.

[3:11:44] You'll have two minutes.

[3:11:49] Good afternoon.

[3:11:49] My name is Vanessa Ruiz.

[3:11:50] I'm representing promises to

[3:11:50] kids.

[3:11:53] Promises to kids as requested

[3:11:54] support for renovation of our

[3:11:55] new Mission Valley facility

[3:11:55] which will serve San Diego

[3:11:59] Current San Diego current and

[3:11:59] former foster youth by

[3:12:00] improving access to our

[3:12:03] supportive case management

[3:12:04] assistance with education and

[3:12:08] employment, Child care a basic

[3:12:09] needs pantry therapeutic

[3:12:09] counseling and community

[3:12:13] meeting spaces.

[3:12:13] This new Foster Youth and

[3:12:14] Family Support Campus will

[3:12:18] provide greater service access

[3:12:18] to the approximately 500

[3:12:19] current and former foster youth

[3:12:23] who reside in the city of San

[3:12:24] Diego.

[3:12:24] This is a critical need given

[3:12:27] that approximately 50% of

[3:12:28] unhoused individuals indicate

[3:12:29] that they were previously in

[3:12:32] foster care a fate that can be

[3:12:33] avoided by providing accessible

[3:12:36] supportive services.

[3:12:37] Upon completion of

[3:12:37] the renovation for which we

[3:12:38] have requested cdbg funds.

[3:12:42] The campus will become a vital

[3:12:42] community asset as it gives

[3:12:45] youth who have experienced

[3:12:46] abuse and neglect a place to

[3:12:47] build healing and hope as they

[3:12:51] prepare for a self-sufficient

[3:12:51] future.

[3:12:52] >> Thank you for your

[3:12:52] consideration.

[3:12:53] Thank you.

[3:13:01] Blair Rickman.

[3:13:02] All right.

[3:13:02] Thank you.

[3:13:05] Where Beekman I mentioned

[3:13:05] yesterday that the budget items

[3:13:06] what Oakland is going through

[3:13:10] right now they are going

[3:13:11] through with their unhoused

[3:13:11] issues.

[3:13:12] They're starting to put into

[3:13:14] process what we did here a few

[3:13:18] years ago.

[3:13:19] It's so sad that I wish I don't

[3:13:23] know how we can be considering

[3:13:28] extremely low income housing

[3:13:28] and how to call it truly

[3:13:29] affordable housing a more

[3:13:33] regular part of this process.

[3:13:34] And I know you guys want to be

[3:13:35] working towards those things

[3:13:38] and it sounds like, you know,

[3:13:38] you're not getting as much help

[3:13:43] from hud as we can and good

[3:13:43] luck what we can be doing with

[3:13:44] hud.

[3:13:47] I am very hopeful still that

[3:13:48] there can be a really good

[3:13:49] mediation process to really

[3:13:52] understand what our local

[3:13:53] communities need with with hud

[3:13:57] and federal agencies and for

[3:13:57] them understanding that I think

[3:14:02] can be a real foundational

[3:14:02] building good relationships

[3:14:03] with our federal government in

[3:14:07] the next few years and

[3:14:07] hopefully the last few years or

[3:14:08] the remaining few years of

[3:14:12] the current administration in

[3:14:13] that time I hope I hope we can

[3:14:16] be developing just gosh darn

[3:14:17] good things together And I

[3:14:18] think it's possible and I think

[3:14:21] they want to be and we just

[3:14:22] have to be showing how we can

[3:14:22] do that.

[3:14:26] I think it's based on our our

[3:14:27] descriptions of what's

[3:14:27] important is we have to be

[3:14:31] developing truly affordable

[3:14:32] housing means San Diego has an

[3:14:36] awesome ability that their

[3:14:37] construction costs are

[3:14:37] considerably lower than the San

[3:14:41] Francisco Bay Area and that

[3:14:42] with that it makes it a lot,

[3:14:46] lot easier to build affordable

[3:14:46] housing And that's just an

[3:14:47] awesome combination that I hope

[3:14:51] we really want to be working

[3:14:52] towards And we've always been

[3:14:53] thinking about middle income as

[3:14:55] a good housing development

[3:14:56] idea.

[3:14:56] I hope that can be respected at

[3:14:59] this time It's tough

[3:15:00] conversations but really

[3:15:01] logical and good reason.

[3:15:01] >> Thank you.

[3:15:05] Thank you for that concluding

[3:15:05] comment.

[3:15:06] I started the five minute timer

[3:15:07] going to those participating

[3:15:07] remotely Hassan if you can

[3:15:12] please unmute.

[3:15:12] Good afternoon.

[3:15:17] My name is Hassan under Herman

[3:15:18] I am with Somali Family

[3:15:18] Service, a community based

[3:15:19] nonprofit organization

[3:15:22] dedicated to serving low income

[3:15:22] families in San Diego for

[3:15:25] the past 26 years.

[3:15:26] I'm speaking here today

[3:15:26] strongly to strongly support

[3:15:31] the proposed f y 2027 cdbg

[3:15:32] Community Economic Development

[3:15:32] Projects.

[3:15:36] I would like to thank the City

[3:15:36] Council members for your

[3:15:40] consideration and thank

[3:15:40] the Economic Development staff

[3:15:41] for the City of San Diego for

[3:15:45] their due diligence, guidance

[3:15:45] and support to ensure City of

[3:15:46] San Diego has the best possible

[3:15:50] projects in challenging

[3:15:50] economic times sending in its

[3:15:54] effective community economic

[3:15:55] development projects that build

[3:15:55] solutions, helping small

[3:15:59] businesses establish in San

[3:16:00] Diego and provide technical

[3:16:04] assistance to independent needs

[3:16:05] directly to economic mobility

[3:16:08] and job creation.

[3:16:09] Most importantly, this

[3:16:10] investments reach reaches

[3:16:13] residents who need it the most

[3:16:14] are unemployed and

[3:16:18] underemployed neighbors who

[3:16:19] wants to work but lack

[3:16:19] the connection training or

[3:16:23] access.

[3:16:23] Those projects are specifically

[3:16:28] designed to help them become

[3:16:28] self-sufficient and reduce

[3:16:29] demand on other services.

[3:16:33] Service Safety Net Services

[3:16:33] Please support the proposed

[3:16:37] cdbg c d projects.

[3:16:38] Thank you for your

[3:16:39] consideration.

[3:16:39] Thank you.

[3:16:42] Our next speaker is Toni.

[3:16:43] If you can please unmute and

[3:16:44] then our final speaker after

[3:16:49] that is 8700 Toni.

[3:16:50] >> Yes hello City Council can

[3:16:50] you hear me?

[3:16:54] Yes Please proceed.

[3:16:54] >> Thank you.

[3:16:55] I just wanted to say that and

[3:16:56] I'm strongly in support of this

[3:16:56] project.

[3:16:59] I think that any time that

[3:17:00] we're addressing homelessness

[3:17:03] we're actually also dropping

[3:17:04] crime prevention.

[3:17:05] And this is what I really want

[3:17:08] to see us funding more of.

[3:17:09] I don't I think that this

[3:17:14] actually is does more to keep

[3:17:14] crime off of our streets than

[3:17:15] sd pd does.

[3:17:18] And I would love to see more

[3:17:18] money invested in our people as

[3:17:23] opposed to, you know, an

[3:17:27] unaccountable police force that

[3:17:28] doesn't have any consequences

[3:17:32] for the tremendous budget

[3:17:33] crisis that they've put us into

[3:17:34] with all of the lawsuits that

[3:17:38] they're costing the city.

[3:17:39] So again, any time that we can

[3:17:42] defer those funds into actual

[3:17:43] programs that help people and

[3:17:46] not a militarized police force

[3:17:47] that's in service of protecting

[3:17:51] private property that has its

[3:17:52] origins in slave catching.

[3:17:56] I think that we're doing really

[3:17:56] good.

[3:17:57] So I want to I'm super grateful

[3:18:01] for the presentation.

[3:18:02] Thank you to hud for all of

[3:18:03] their work that they've done in

[3:18:06] putting this proposal forward.

[3:18:07] And I really hope that City

[3:18:11] Council will put this through.

[3:18:11] >> Thank you.

[3:18:11] Thank you.

[3:18:13] And our final speaker 8700 if

[3:18:19] you can please unmute Star six

[3:18:19] .

[3:18:24] >> Thank you Joy Assembly at

[3:18:24] 83.

[3:18:25] First of all thank you.

[3:18:29] Of course for the beautiful

[3:18:29] presentation.

[3:18:33] And I followed this item for

[3:18:33] years.

[3:18:34] And here we are doing excellent

[3:18:38] work with it and I congratulate

[3:18:38] you on that.

[3:18:42] And thank you so very much to

[3:18:43] the whole team that's involved

[3:18:44] with this from start to finish

[3:18:47] implementation and the whole

[3:18:48] ball wax.

[3:18:49] So it is my understanding that

[3:18:52] hud has tightened its

[3:18:52] monitoring and oversight of its

[3:18:57] regulations not just on this

[3:18:57] item but in general.

[3:19:03] So you they have a sweet spot.

[3:19:03] We all do.

[3:19:07] So let's work on collaboration

[3:19:08] in understanding of what they

[3:19:12] face.

[3:19:13] And it's very important to our

[3:19:14] work with with them and with

[3:19:18] housing.

[3:19:18] So I have a little different

[3:19:19] focus here.

[3:19:19] I've said this before on

[3:19:22] the eeoc program evaluation I

[3:19:26] quote Amount of action is about

[3:19:27] $16.5 million.

[3:19:31] Funding source of course is hud

[3:19:31] Equal Employment Opportunity

[3:19:32] Compliance contracts and

[3:19:36] agreements associated with this

[3:19:37] action are subject to

[3:19:41] the city's outreach program.

[3:19:42] So I wondered this is a new

[3:19:42] point.

[3:19:47] I wondered if the recent equity

[3:19:48] follows any of this and check

[3:19:51] some of that because I think

[3:19:52] that's critical in any e o c or

[3:19:55] e o c is involved.

[3:19:56] Question On the esg grant money

[3:20:00] I think they're trending this

[3:20:01] year but I didn't see that in

[3:20:05] the report at limited amount

[3:20:06] that I didn't have time to read

[3:20:06] it.

[3:20:10] So the proposed actions number

[3:20:11] 14 I'd like more data.

[3:20:15] Number 15 transparency and

[3:20:15] accountability.

[3:20:18] Number 14 Data.

[3:20:19] And number 18 ties in with

[3:20:22] hud's strict regulation

[3:20:23] monitoring now.

[3:20:27] So you're going to be providing

[3:20:28] them with that information

[3:20:29] That's for your time has

[3:20:32] concluded.

[3:20:33] Your time has concluded and so

[3:20:34] have all the public comments

[3:20:34] for this item.

[3:20:34] Thank you.

[3:20:35] Council PRESIDENT.

[3:20:37] All right.

[3:20:37] Thank you City Clerk.

[3:20:38] With that will turn it over to

[3:20:39] council members for questions

[3:20:41] comments Entertain a motion and

[3:20:42] we'll start out with the chair

[3:20:43] of our adr committee.

[3:20:48] Council Member Kimball Thank

[3:20:48] you Council PRESIDENT Thank you

[3:20:49] to our staff.

[3:20:51] We heard this at our last E.D.

[3:20:52] And I r committee where it

[3:20:52] passed unanimously.

[3:20:53] Of course working with this

[3:20:56] money and putting it in

[3:20:57] the hands of organizations and

[3:20:58] around the community in a way

[3:21:00] to help our most vulnerable

[3:21:01] communities.

[3:21:01] It's been very, very important

[3:21:02] and successful in the past as

[3:21:05] you could hear from members of

[3:21:05] the public who called in.

[3:21:06] So I thank them for their work

[3:21:11] on this on the annual action

[3:21:11] plan and I will move approval

[3:21:12] of staff recommendation.

[3:21:12] >> All right.

[3:21:16] Thank you, sir.

[3:21:17] We have motion by Council

[3:21:18] member Campo to move the staff

[3:21:18] recommendation.

[3:21:19] We'll go next to Council member

[3:21:20] Moreno.

[3:21:21] >> Happy to second the motion

[3:21:21] on the floor.

[3:21:22] Okay.

[3:21:22] Thank you, Council members.

[3:21:25] So we have a motion by Council

[3:21:26] member Campo and a second by

[3:21:26] Council member Reynold to move

[3:21:27] the staff recommendation.

[3:21:31] We'll go next to Council member

[3:21:31] Isla Rivera.

[3:21:32] >> Thank you Council PRESIDENT

[3:21:35] Thanks for the all the work on

[3:21:39] this and the presentation The.

[3:21:40] As is always the case with

[3:21:43] almost always the case there's

[3:21:44] only one time where I saw

[3:21:45] something I did not want to

[3:21:48] spend this money.

[3:21:53] allocations are are this is

[3:21:53] going to fund good things And

[3:21:54] as always I'm very cut up on

[3:21:58] process and making sure that

[3:21:58] the council has the most

[3:22:02] opportunity to shape the way

[3:22:03] the dollars that flow into this

[3:22:07] city are spent.

[3:22:12] So I am curious where a couple

[3:22:13] of years now into a new

[3:22:13] administration is there any

[3:22:17] more clarity about what

[3:22:17] the process will look like

[3:22:21] moving forward and what that

[3:22:22] could mean for council?

[3:22:26] Not feedback with council input

[3:22:27] earlier on in the process

[3:22:27] Because I understand we've got

[3:22:28] a deadline that we're up

[3:22:33] against.

[3:22:34] I don't know if that's a

[3:22:42] question for Christina or to

[3:22:43] thank you for the question.

[3:22:47] Councilmember In a couple of

[3:22:48] previous years we've had

[3:22:49] the opportunity and taken

[3:22:52] advantage of waivers as a

[3:22:52] result of the federal

[3:22:53] government maybe not making

[3:22:54] decisions as quickly as they

[3:22:57] needed to to that point it

[3:22:58] worked in the city's favor And

[3:22:58] and maybe we're able to take

[3:23:02] consideration of budget

[3:23:02] priorities This council had set

[3:23:07] forward in this case There is

[3:23:07] no waiver this year and we're

[3:23:11] moving forward on timelines

[3:23:12] that they've set forward.

[3:23:13] They're not exactly inviting

[3:23:17] local government to make a lot

[3:23:17] of input but when they did last

[3:23:21] fall we absolutely put forward

[3:23:22] our recommendations about

[3:23:23] timing, about some changes And

[3:23:26] as I understand through our

[3:23:27] government affairs team took

[3:23:28] some of that into consideration

[3:23:31] specifically on home dollars.

[3:23:32] And so we'll keep

[3:23:33] the conversation open and we

[3:23:33] have a very good working

[3:23:37] relationship with our regional

[3:23:37] partners that does that as best

[3:23:38] as the update as I have today.

[3:23:38] Okay.

[3:23:41] That's helpful.

[3:23:42] And so with that in mind, what

[3:23:42] might be useful in the future

[3:23:46] would be to start

[3:23:46] the conversation with

[3:23:47] the Council earlier.

[3:23:47] If we don't anticipate that

[3:23:51] the timeline will change which

[3:23:51] you know that's the prerogative

[3:23:55] And even if it's a fairly rigid

[3:23:56] set of they're fairly rigid in

[3:24:00] in what the potential use of

[3:24:05] the funds could be, I still

[3:24:06] think there's opportunity for

[3:24:06] council to provide some

[3:24:10] prioritization.

[3:24:10] So again that's my

[3:24:11] recommendation that

[3:24:15] the conversation just start a

[3:24:15] bit earlier But the content

[3:24:20] here is is good and definitely

[3:24:21] I want to hold it up knowing

[3:24:22] that the deadline is what it

[3:24:22] is.

[3:24:22] Thank you.

[3:24:23] Council PRESIDENT I'll support

[3:24:24] that.

[3:24:24] All right.

[3:24:25] Thank you, Councilmember

[3:24:25] Talavera.

[3:24:26] We'll go next to Councilmember

[3:24:29] Foster.

[3:24:29] Oh, yes.

[3:24:30] Thank you, Council PRESIDENT

[3:24:31] Thank you staff for their

[3:24:33] presentation.

[3:24:34] I have just I think a couple of

[3:24:39] questions and well, I guess

[3:24:40] maybe one I know it's a

[3:24:43] competitive process as we look

[3:24:44] at the different um categories

[3:24:48] in which um, things are

[3:24:53] selected or awarded for those

[3:24:53] that do not make the award

[3:24:57] list, is there an opportunity

[3:24:58] for um a debrief Um, and can

[3:25:02] you kind of kind of provide

[3:25:03] some information on how that

[3:25:03] works?

[3:25:07] So who they call how how that

[3:25:12] how that functions I can start

[3:25:12] with that.

[3:25:13] Thank you for the question

[3:25:16] Councilmember Foster So for

[3:25:17] the organizations that do not

[3:25:18] make it are not invited to

[3:25:21] the rfp and once they get

[3:25:22] through the rfq review we do

[3:25:22] offer the opportunity for a

[3:25:26] technical assistance to help

[3:25:26] them understand why they're not

[3:25:27] moving forward to the rfp

[3:25:31] process and then for

[3:25:32] the organizations that don't

[3:25:32] make it through the rfp or on

[3:25:35] to cpa Review, we also offer

[3:25:36] them at that point an

[3:25:37] opportunity to meet with us and

[3:25:41] discuss the reasons why they

[3:25:41] are not making it through.

[3:25:45] We offer them this opportunity

[3:25:46] to ask questions.

[3:25:47] We screen share with them kind

[3:25:50] of points in their application

[3:25:51] process That might have been

[3:25:52] some blocks to look for in

[3:25:52] the following year.

[3:25:55] We encourage them to reapply

[3:25:56] and we encourage them to take

[3:25:57] the opportunity to meet with us

[3:26:00] again both during the rfq tos

[3:26:01] and the rfp.

[3:26:04] So we do really encourage

[3:26:05] the opportunity to meet with us

[3:26:06] virtually for a technical

[3:26:09] assistance sessions one on one

[3:26:10] technical assistance sessions

[3:26:10] Okay.

[3:26:11] >> And one last question.

[3:26:15] I think um, um as folks want to

[3:26:19] look at that is it fair to

[3:26:20] assume that both the response

[3:26:24] to the rfq and the response to

[3:26:25] the rfp at some point in time

[3:26:28] um is available via pr or

[3:26:29] something to that effect?

[3:26:33] The folks want to look at what

[3:26:33] was submitted on how certain

[3:26:37] things were put together just

[3:26:38] as a template or to understand

[3:26:42] how they got over those finish

[3:26:43] lines I guess I'll say yes.

[3:26:47] So thank you for that question

[3:26:48] as well.

[3:26:48] Councilmember Foster So you

[3:26:49] offer them before

[3:26:52] the application process begins

[3:26:53] and they have the we have

[3:26:57] the scoring criteria That's

[3:26:58] superb proposes and approves

[3:26:58] and they have the opportunity

[3:27:02] to review that and

[3:27:03] the materials for

[3:27:03] the application.

[3:27:07] They also after that after

[3:27:08] the no fair process once

[3:27:08] council approves

[3:27:12] the allocations we open it up

[3:27:13] to organizations to be able to

[3:27:14] request a copy of their scoring

[3:27:18] sheets and so that's made

[3:27:18] available to them as well so

[3:27:22] they can see specific feedback

[3:27:23] from the cpa members in

[3:27:24] different areas of their

[3:27:26] application.

[3:27:27] All right.

[3:27:32] Thank you.

[3:27:32] All right.

[3:27:33] Thank you, Councilmember

[3:27:33] Foster.

[3:27:34] Not seeing anybody else in

[3:27:36] the lights a couple of

[3:27:36] questions.

[3:27:37] Thank you for the good work

[3:27:38] Council PRESIDENT, if I MAY, I

[3:27:41] think we had another oh I'm

[3:27:41] sorry my vacation council

[3:27:42] PRESIDENT I just wanted to add

[3:27:46] to the question or the response

[3:27:46] to the question about providing

[3:27:47] feedback to organizations that

[3:27:51] MAY not have qualified.

[3:27:52] There is a grace period also

[3:27:56] that we've offered to organized

[3:27:56] sessions through the rfq,

[3:27:57] the requests for qualifications

[3:28:01] if perhaps they might have been

[3:28:01] disqualified because they're

[3:28:05] missing one document or we do

[3:28:06] give organizations

[3:28:06] the opportunity to cure that

[3:28:10] before they submit to request

[3:28:11] for proposals.

[3:28:12] So we do provide that extra

[3:28:15] that grace as well.

[3:28:16] Just wanted to add that

[3:28:16] already.

[3:28:16] Thank you so much.

[3:28:20] And I would assume that's done

[3:28:21] via notification of deficiency.

[3:28:21] I guess I'll see your notice to

[3:28:24] cure.

[3:28:25] That's correct.

[3:28:25] Yes.

[3:28:25] All right.

[3:28:26] Thank you.

[3:28:31] Modification My apologies I if

[3:28:32] I had not and I challenge of

[3:28:34] that so my apologies.

[3:28:35] So I'll jump back in.

[3:28:35] Thank you for the good work.

[3:28:36] I think I'm far enough away

[3:28:39] that I can't claim any

[3:28:39] knowledge of the process you go

[3:28:40] through these days but I know

[3:28:43] that it's very important work

[3:28:44] and there's a lot of grinding

[3:28:48] and evaluating all

[3:28:48] the applications that come in

[3:28:49] and try to separate very good

[3:28:54] application ins to just ones

[3:28:54] that are just that much better

[3:28:55] And you have to draw the line

[3:28:58] somewhere with the limited

[3:28:58] funds Is our annual allocation

[3:29:02] kind of still holding steady

[3:29:03] over the past couple of years

[3:29:07] or have we heard any indication

[3:29:07] that it might change?

[3:29:08] >> Thank you for the question.

[3:29:12] Council PRESIDENT Look over our

[3:29:13] allocation from last year to

[3:29:14] this year's trending down for

[3:29:21] all grant funds cdg and Homes

[3:29:22] from 2 to 3%.

[3:29:22] >> So it is slightly

[3:29:23] decreasing.

[3:29:23] Okay.

[3:29:26] I know the need is growing and

[3:29:27] the funding is lesser And to

[3:29:31] the comments about meeting with

[3:29:31] I think the city has done an

[3:29:32] excellent job of trying to meet

[3:29:35] with hud, both city of San

[3:29:36] Diego and the Housing

[3:29:40] Commission that have it's

[3:29:40] really up to the federal

[3:29:41] government to decide they're

[3:29:44] going to do things differently

[3:29:45] and we hope they put off some

[3:29:46] of the more difficult things

[3:29:46] that they've tossed around as

[3:29:50] ideas going forward.

[3:29:51] And I also like to disabuse

[3:29:55] people to not buy into

[3:29:55] the rhetoric that some members

[3:29:56] of the public talked about that

[3:29:57] as too that we don't do

[3:29:59] affordable housing capital,

[3:29:59] affordable income, restricted

[3:30:03] housing I know the word gets

[3:30:07] abused affordable lowercase a

[3:30:08] attainable often gets thrown

[3:30:09] around a lot.

[3:30:09] That's not what we're talking

[3:30:13] about.

[3:30:13] We're talking about truly

[3:30:14] affordable income restricted to

[3:30:17] help the most vulnerable and

[3:30:18] there's just simply not enough

[3:30:22] funds to meet the need.

[3:30:23] If we had more funding through

[3:30:24] the general fund, through state

[3:30:27] funds, through federal

[3:30:28] government fund, we would

[3:30:32] happily accept that and do more

[3:30:33] because it's absolutely needed.

[3:30:37] So don't let other people

[3:30:38] confuse you as to how hard this

[3:30:42] city is working especially

[3:30:43] the good folks in eda that you

[3:30:46] do that good work every day.

[3:30:47] >> So with that we have a

[3:30:52] motion by council member Campo

[3:30:53] and a second by Council member

[3:30:53] Moreno.

[3:30:55] Clerk Please call the roll

[3:30:56] start of the voting system.

[3:31:05] Please cast your vote.

[3:31:10] The virus has gone down.

[3:31:11] If you can let me know your

[3:31:11] vote for the record My

[3:31:13] apologies.

[3:31:17] I vote yes or no.

[3:31:22] That's because I My apologies.

[3:31:26] That does pass unanimously 920

[3:31:27] being council PRESIDENT.

[3:31:27] >> All right.

[3:31:28] Again, thank you for the good

[3:31:31] work and bringing that forward.

[3:31:36] >> So um with apologies to

[3:31:36] the good folks who have stepped

[3:31:40] in the chambers we are now

[3:31:41] going to go back and pick up

[3:31:45] item f 510 So Clerk please

[3:31:46] reintroduce item s 510 for

[3:31:49] the record items 510 is to

[3:31:52] rename the existing 0.8 mile

[3:31:53] long street Cesar Chavez

[3:31:54] Parkway from Commercial Street

[3:31:58] heading southwest to Crosby

[3:32:02] Road as Chicano Park Boulevard

[3:32:03] .

[3:32:03] If you're hearing council

[3:32:04] chambers now's the time to

[3:32:05] submit your speaker slip to

[3:32:07] the front of the room Or if

[3:32:08] you're participating remotely

[3:32:10] please raise your hand by

[3:32:11] pressing Star nine or the raise

[3:32:11] your hand icon.

[3:32:12] >> Thank you, Council PRESIDENT

[3:32:13] All right.

[3:32:20] Thank you.

[3:32:20] All right.

[3:32:21] Again, thank you to staff for

[3:32:25] your flexibility.

[3:32:25] If you could really use

[3:32:26] yourselves for the record and

[3:32:27] then maybe provide an

[3:32:30] abbreviated presentation on f

[3:32:35] 510 I'll let you do it at your

[3:32:35] discretion.

[3:32:35] >> Thank you.

[3:32:36] Good afternoon.

[3:32:37] Council PRESIDENT McAvan,

[3:32:40] members of the City Council

[3:32:41] Again my name is MR. McGowan

[3:32:41] that I am the Deputy Director

[3:32:44] of Community Engagement for

[3:32:45] Mayor Todd Gloria And joining

[3:32:46] me today is Michelle about

[3:32:46] the director of community

[3:32:49] engagement for Mayor Todd.

[3:32:50] Gloria, we will need about five

[3:32:50] minutes to conclude

[3:32:51] the presentation when you're

[3:32:53] ready.

[3:32:54] Thank you.

[3:32:55] Today we come to the council to

[3:32:59] respectfully request and adopt

[3:33:00] to adopt an ordinance approving

[3:33:03] the renaming of Cesar Chavez

[3:33:04] Parkway to Chicano Park

[3:33:04] Boulevard and waiving of

[3:33:05] the San Diego Municipal Code

[3:33:13] section 112.0301 Subsection a

[3:33:18] title.

[3:33:19] While today's actions are

[3:33:19] prompted by troubling

[3:33:20] allegations we recognize

[3:33:23] the farmworkers movement led by

[3:33:24] Cesar Chavez, Dolores Huerta

[3:33:25] and other leaders to the United

[3:33:28] Farm Workers remains a vital

[3:33:28] part of labor and civil rights

[3:33:29] history.

[3:33:33] At the same time,

[3:33:33] the communities of Barrio Logan

[3:33:34] and Logan Heights share a

[3:33:37] nuanced story of activism one

[3:33:38] that is grounded in

[3:33:38] the community fight to create

[3:33:42] and preserve Chicano park.

[3:33:43] Chicano Park is in the heart of

[3:33:47] Barrio Logan and embodies

[3:33:48] the resilience and collective

[3:33:48] community struggle that began

[3:33:49] over 50 years ago when

[3:33:52] the community came together to

[3:33:53] organize and ultimately reclaim

[3:33:53] the park.

[3:33:57] The establishment of

[3:33:58] the Chicano Park Steering

[3:33:58] Committee along with the mural

[3:34:01] movement and ongoing advocacy

[3:34:02] for access to the Bayfront are

[3:34:07] all part of a local legacy

[3:34:07] Approving the renaming of Cesar

[3:34:11] Chavez Parkway to Chicano Park

[3:34:12] Boulevard.

[3:34:13] It recognizes the history that

[3:34:13] happened and lives here in

[3:34:16] the community and this

[3:34:16] community and would help

[3:34:17] restore the original intent

[3:34:20] discussed years ago.

[3:34:21] Honor the internationally

[3:34:22] recognized Chicano Park

[3:34:26] movement connect the Park

[3:34:26] neighborhood and Bayfront into

[3:34:31] one historical corridor to

[3:34:31] acknowledge the people who

[3:34:32] fought to create and preserve

[3:34:35] the park and most importantly

[3:34:36] help rebuild the trust between

[3:34:42] the community and the city.

[3:34:45] The city is seeking to

[3:34:46] the street name change pursuant

[3:34:46] to San Diego Municipal Code

[3:34:50] Section 125.1110 with

[3:34:50] supporting documentation

[3:34:54] including the circulated

[3:34:55] petition representing support

[3:34:59] from property owners or tenants

[3:34:59] with either property with

[3:35:00] either a property with an

[3:35:03] address on the affected segment

[3:35:04] of the existing right away or a

[3:35:08] property abutting the street.

[3:35:09] The Transportation Department

[3:35:13] posted a-frame signage along

[3:35:13] Cesar Chavez Parkway along

[3:35:14] the following intersections.

[3:35:18] Cesar Chavez Parkway and Main

[3:35:19] Street National Avenue.

[3:35:19] Kearny Avenue.

[3:35:23] Irving Avenue and Harrison

[3:35:24] Avenue.

[3:35:24] These signs have remained in

[3:35:28] place until this hearing.

[3:35:29] Given the expediency to process

[3:35:33] the street renaming and

[3:35:33] the broad public interest a

[3:35:34] waiver of the requirement for a

[3:35:38] notice of application at at

[3:35:39] least 60 calendar days prior to

[3:35:39] the first public hearing is

[3:35:43] requested in addition to

[3:35:43] the required public hearing

[3:35:44] notice.

[3:35:47] Extensive outreach was

[3:35:48] conducted with community

[3:35:48] stakeholders to ensure all

[3:35:51] interested parties have been

[3:35:56] informed of these efforts.

[3:35:56] >> On MARCH 22nd, 2026

[3:36:00] the Chicano Park Steering

[3:36:01] Committee met and issued a

[3:36:02] public statement that they were

[3:36:02] actively working with the city

[3:36:06] to rename Cesar Chavez Parkway

[3:36:06] to Chicano Park Boulevard.

[3:36:11] On MARCH 25th the Barrio Logan

[3:36:11] Association held a special

[3:36:15] meeting and voted in support of

[3:36:16] renaming the street to Chicano

[3:36:16] Park Boulevard.

[3:36:21] On APRIL second the Barrio

[3:36:21] Logan Planning Group held a

[3:36:22] special meeting and voted

[3:36:25] unanimously in support of

[3:36:26] Rename the Street to Chicano

[3:36:27] Park Boulevard.

[3:36:30] The Transportation Department

[3:36:31] mailed notification to property

[3:36:34] owners and tenants within 300ft

[3:36:35] of the street.

[3:36:39] The mayor's office conducted

[3:36:39] twice a week door to door

[3:36:40] canvasing efforts to impacted

[3:36:44] residents along Cesar Chavez

[3:36:45] Parkway including distributions

[3:36:48] of bilingual fliers with

[3:36:49] the renaming efforts

[3:36:49] Information.

[3:36:50] Barrio Logan Planning Group

[3:36:53] Special Meeting Date and

[3:36:54] today's City Council Date.

[3:36:58] Outreach efforts included

[3:36:58] coordination and communication

[3:36:59] with other public agencies like

[3:37:03] the California Department of

[3:37:04] Transportation, the Port of San

[3:37:05] Diego and the San Diego

[3:37:10] Community College District.

[3:37:11] >> To conclude, we respectfully

[3:37:15] request that the Council adopt

[3:37:16] an ordinance approving

[3:37:17] the renaming of Cesar Chavez

[3:37:17] Parkway to Chicano Park

[3:37:20] Boulevard waving San Diego

[3:37:25] Municipal Code Section 112.0301

[3:37:25] Subsection a.

[3:37:29] This proposed change in name

[3:37:30] reflect the cultural,

[3:37:30] historical and community

[3:37:34] significance of Chicano park

[3:37:34] and the surrounding Barrio

[3:37:35] Logan neighborhood.

[3:37:36] And we request your vote in

[3:37:38] support.

[3:37:39] >> That concludes my

[3:37:40] presentation.

[3:37:40] Happy to take any questions?

[3:37:41] All right.

[3:37:44] Again, thank you for

[3:37:44] the presentation and your

[3:37:45] flexibility.

[3:37:45] >> Very much appreciate it.

[3:37:48] So with that clerk please go to

[3:37:49] public comment.

[3:37:49] >> Thank you.

[3:37:53] Council PRESIDENT Blair

[3:37:54] Beckman, if you can please come

[3:37:57] forward.

[3:37:58] We'll be going to a minute and

[3:38:02] a half.

[3:38:03] Okay?

[3:38:03] Thank you.

[3:38:03] Hi.

[3:38:07] Uh, we're Beakman part two for

[3:38:07] this item.

[3:38:07] Thank you.

[3:38:08] I think it's a pretty good name

[3:38:12] change.

[3:38:12] I don't know enough about San

[3:38:16] Diego history to know that

[3:38:16] the intricacies of why it's

[3:38:17] named Chicano Park.

[3:38:21] But I've been here for a few

[3:38:21] years now.

[3:38:22] I've seen some initial reasons

[3:38:25] why and it's its history and

[3:38:26] it's uh it's nice.

[3:38:27] It's a it's a good name I

[3:38:27] think.

[3:38:30] So thank you for that.

[3:38:31] I wanted to comment that in my

[3:38:35] whatever forms of advocacy by

[3:38:36] the way thank you to

[3:38:37] Councilperson Carver's words I

[3:38:40] will have to reshape my words

[3:38:41] accordingly or I will shape my

[3:38:42] reshaped my words accordingly

[3:38:45] from the previous item.

[3:38:46] Um for I've learned a lot of

[3:38:50] good activism from San Jose as

[3:38:51] I was learning whatever forms

[3:38:52] of activism I have.

[3:38:56] Um from a lot from Delores Word

[3:39:00] more so actually than Cesar

[3:39:00] Chavez.

[3:39:01] So I've been kind of learning

[3:39:05] from her styles and I think

[3:39:06] that was being promoted by uh,

[3:39:07] you know to young people.

[3:39:10] Her importance and what she

[3:39:11] offered And Councilperson Van

[3:39:12] Wilpert offered very good

[3:39:15] advice that you know, it's not

[3:39:15] just one person.

[3:39:16] It's it's it's a collective It

[3:39:19] is somebody.

[3:39:20] And working towards our

[3:39:25] concepts of indigenous issues,

[3:39:25] the indigenous concepts and

[3:39:30] sort of working together is

[3:39:30] interesting and um good look

[3:39:31] what we can do together

[3:39:35] continuing Thank you.

[3:39:40] >> Thank you David Rico Like

[3:39:41] was following individuals

[3:39:41] please come forward to

[3:39:42] the other reserved seats.

[3:39:43] David Rico done and seen seen

[3:39:44] that Sanchez and Sylvia and

[3:39:53] Ricky MR. Meek we're here.

[3:39:54] Thank you for your time.

[3:39:58] I just want to say that I want

[3:39:59] to support the name change to

[3:40:03] Chicano Park Boulevard And also

[3:40:03] there's a lot of community

[3:40:07] members and there are not able

[3:40:08] to come here And I've talked to

[3:40:12] and so I want to also let you

[3:40:13] guys know that there's a lot of

[3:40:14] people in support of the name

[3:40:17] change because we had one of

[3:40:18] that name change a long time

[3:40:18] ago.

[3:40:22] There was a proposal for

[3:40:23] the name change I don't exactly

[3:40:27] know the exact year but I just

[3:40:28] want to say that I support it

[3:40:32] and I hope that it can be done

[3:40:33] .

[3:40:33] >> The name change.

[3:40:34] Thank you.

[3:40:37] Um but on things you know you

[3:40:38] do have check that people are

[3:40:38] saying your time but I don't

[3:40:43] see any other speaker slips.

[3:40:44] Uh so then it's a Sylvia wants

[3:40:46] to give me hers so I don't but

[3:40:52] I if I take longer than a

[3:40:53] minute and a half then I am

[3:40:53] going to continue speaking just

[3:40:54] f I because I do feel it's

[3:40:56] important that certain things

[3:40:57] be said and noted So good

[3:41:02] afternoon Council members.

[3:41:03] My name is on 19 Guadalupe

[3:41:06] Sanchez I also go my senior I'm

[3:41:06] the youngest daughter of Ramon

[3:41:07] Chunky Sanchez and he's a very

[3:41:10] Sanchez and I'm also

[3:41:11] the current vice chair of

[3:41:12] the cpc and a direct descendant

[3:41:15] of the original founding

[3:41:16] families of Chicano Park in

[3:41:17] Chicano Park on the Bay.

[3:41:18] As you know, the cpc has served

[3:41:20] as the caretakers and

[3:41:21] protectors of Chicano Park for

[3:41:21] more than 50 years.

[3:41:26] That's why I am the reason

[3:41:27] we've been jurors excuse me so

[3:41:29] long and more than five decades

[3:41:30] is very simple We refuse to be

[3:41:31] sellouts or compromise our

[3:41:34] morals.

[3:41:34] We are refused to become

[3:41:35] disconnected from the community

[3:41:39] and we have refused to become

[3:41:39] under the outside pressures our

[3:41:43] responsibility has always been

[3:41:44] for the people that we advocate

[3:41:48] for within our community and

[3:41:49] that is also why relationships

[3:41:49] and communication is very

[3:41:53] crucial to the work that we do.

[3:41:54] Having strong communications

[3:41:54] and connections with council

[3:41:59] members or their

[3:41:59] representatives like you said

[3:42:00] Oh my GOD and I hope ensure

[3:42:03] that our community stays

[3:42:04] connected to decisions

[3:42:04] affecting our neighborhood, our

[3:42:08] park and our cultural spaces

[3:42:08] spaces.

[3:42:09] So when issues arise we know

[3:42:09] who to call, how to communicate

[3:42:12] and how to ensure our

[3:42:13] community's voice is heard.

[3:42:14] Additionally, the cbc efforts

[3:42:18] have gone beyond the park for

[3:42:18] 70 years cbc members like

[3:42:19] the late Ronnie Trujillo who

[3:42:23] said Gomez Rico Bueno or Chunky

[3:42:24] Sanchez battle for Access to

[3:42:27] the Waterfront and Chicano Park

[3:42:28] on the Bay was created as a

[3:42:28] result of that effort.

[3:42:29] Our advocacy to restore names

[3:42:32] and histories connected to

[3:42:32] Chicano Park existed long

[3:42:33] before the current

[3:42:34] conversations around the street

[3:42:36] renaming names matter.

[3:42:37] They carry the story of a place

[3:42:38] and the people who fought for

[3:42:42] it.

[3:42:43] Renaming for such obvious

[3:42:43] Parkway to Chicano Park

[3:42:44] Boulevard recognizes

[3:42:47] the movement that was born in

[3:42:48] Barrio Logan slash Logan

[3:42:48] Heights the struggle,

[3:42:49] the organizing, the resistance

[3:42:51] and the collective

[3:42:51] determination that created one

[3:42:52] of the most important cultural

[3:42:53] landmarks not only in this

[3:42:56] country but I believe

[3:42:57] throughout the whole world.

[3:42:58] For decades our community has

[3:42:58] had to defend our land, our

[3:43:01] culture and our history against

[3:43:02] forces that attempted to

[3:43:02] overlook or erase it.

[3:43:06] And even still to this day But

[3:43:07] yet we are still here The park

[3:43:07] remains.

[3:43:10] The murals remain and

[3:43:11] the people definitely remain.

[3:43:11] This work has always been

[3:43:14] collective and it will continue

[3:43:15] to be collective And speaking

[3:43:16] personally I will not stop

[3:43:20] advocating for this community

[3:43:21] until the cultural erasure that

[3:43:22] neighborhoods like Barrio Logan

[3:43:24] have faced finally come to an

[3:43:25] end Because our history

[3:43:26] deserves to be protected and

[3:43:26] our story deserves to be told

[3:43:30] by the people who lived it.

[3:43:31] >> Thank you.

[3:43:31] All right.

[3:43:32] For the record, Councilmember

[3:43:35] Foster gave a minute and a half

[3:43:36] so thank you, sir Sylvia and

[3:43:48] Ricky and the gentleman who

[3:43:49] spoke first the people you see

[3:43:52] here and the presented do and

[3:43:53] are and have been and continue

[3:43:58] and will be always as long as I

[3:44:02] live Part of that history they

[3:44:03] are generally representational

[3:44:07] of the people who originally

[3:44:08] took over the park land that we

[3:44:11] were promised which was being

[3:44:12] created or used or going to be

[3:44:16] used as a highway patrol

[3:44:17] station But we did not need

[3:44:22] that so we took it over and it

[3:44:23] became what you see now is

[3:44:24] Chicano Park a national

[3:44:27] historically recognized

[3:44:27] monument to art which has many

[3:44:32] cultural influences which is

[3:44:33] what makes up the barrio.

[3:44:37] And so we honored that

[3:44:41] the street as named as the city

[3:44:42] has noted does not represent

[3:44:46] what we want to be represented

[3:44:47] .

[3:44:47] We want to be represented as

[3:44:48] the community that was not

[3:44:51] divided before the five was

[3:44:56] built which was I believe in 19

[3:44:56] whatever you that history and

[3:45:00] you can look it up anyway But

[3:45:04] then again here we are facing

[3:45:05] an issue that is morally and

[3:45:10] socially important to be

[3:45:10] represented by the city because

[3:45:14] Chicano Park represent

[3:45:15] represents this community

[3:45:15] the city of San Diego,

[3:45:19] the state of California and

[3:45:20] this area of the us integrated

[3:45:25] state worldwide worldwide.

[3:45:30] We are in that meeting

[3:45:30] recognize a park.

[3:45:31] In addition to that we are

[3:45:32] the only Chicano park in

[3:45:35] the world with murals as large

[3:45:39] as for anyone who passes by

[3:45:40] even or goes over the bridge

[3:45:44] can see it's art and once we

[3:45:44] start disassociating our art

[3:45:49] and its origins origins to

[3:45:49] access then we are not doing a

[3:45:50] service to the artist, to

[3:45:54] the community and to

[3:45:54] the region.

[3:45:58] So I encourage we do rename

[3:45:59] that avenue whatever it's

[3:46:00] called now whatever it was

[3:46:08] called before from what is it

[3:46:08] the beginning association of

[3:46:09] the name to the end by the Bay

[3:46:13] And I let you know I just came

[3:46:14] We just came from the bay from

[3:46:18] the Coastal Commission office.

[3:46:18] They're waiting for your

[3:46:19] decision on what to do So I

[3:46:22] hope you do the right thing.

[3:46:23] But in addition to that I want

[3:46:24] to end with something that is

[3:46:27] really, really very relevant

[3:46:27] because all the people here

[3:46:32] that you see talking except for

[3:46:33] the gentleman over there is

[3:46:36] related to someone who said

[3:46:37] there is an energy here.

[3:46:41] There that's hard to describe

[3:46:45] when you see your people

[3:46:46] struggling for something

[3:46:46] positive.

[3:46:51] >> It's very inspiring.

[3:46:52] The park was brought about by

[3:46:55] sacrifice and it demonstrates

[3:46:56] what a community can do when

[3:47:00] they stick together and make it

[3:47:01] happen.

[3:47:05] This is from your own website

[3:47:10] for your tourist attractions

[3:47:10] your general outreach to

[3:47:15] the world Chicano Park

[3:47:15] Boulevard will provide easier

[3:47:19] access by no no name include

[3:47:20] nomenclature from the freeway,

[3:47:20] from the streets everywhere and

[3:47:25] that I am hoping you support as

[3:47:25] well for Chicano Park on

[3:47:29] the Bay because that's what it

[3:47:30] was named when the original

[3:47:33] plans were drawn and approved

[3:47:33] by the port in 1989 and never

[3:47:34] enacted.

[3:47:38] We are now pushing for that as

[3:47:39] well So we hope you have that.

[3:47:40] And speaking about petitions

[3:47:43] this is the boots on the Street

[3:47:44] petition one page only of

[3:47:44] signatures that we're getting

[3:47:48] door to door people the people

[3:47:48] we walk the streets.

[3:47:49] We spend the evenings talking

[3:47:53] to workers.

[3:47:54] We go to their lunch hour at

[3:47:55] the one Chicano park in

[3:47:55] the bay.

[3:47:56] We are getting signatures.

[3:47:58] We don't have enough work to

[3:47:59] present today because one boots

[3:48:02] on the street We didn't get

[3:48:03] them together in time but that

[3:48:03] is a sample and I believe you

[3:48:06] have it in your packet.

[3:48:11] So Chicano Park on the Bay is

[3:48:11] the end of Chicano Park

[3:48:15] Boulevard which comes from

[3:48:15] the Five to Chicano Park And so

[3:48:20] I hope you do the right thing.

[3:48:20] >> Thank you.

[3:48:24] And for the record I gave three

[3:48:24] minutes but that concludes with

[3:48:29] a comment here in council

[3:48:30] chambers I'm giving a starting

[3:48:30] the five minute timer and going

[3:48:32] to those participating online

[3:48:38] hassles Martin Gallegos you are

[3:48:43] in okay.

[3:48:44] Hi, good afternoon.

[3:48:45] My name excuse was not a thing

[3:48:46] that there was Munoz community

[3:48:47] organizing coordinator that you

[3:48:48] kind of federation as a first

[3:48:52] generation Mexican-American.

[3:48:53] I grew up with the lessons of

[3:48:53] the farmworkers movement,

[3:48:54] lessons of the collective fight

[3:48:58] against injustices that have

[3:48:58] been instilled in our

[3:48:59] identities.

[3:49:02] The news about Cesar's conduct

[3:49:02] shocked our community and this

[3:49:03] is it is clear it is a clear

[3:49:05] violation of our movement's

[3:49:06] values.

[3:49:07] But as we continue to fight for

[3:49:07] justice, accountability and

[3:49:11] respect, we must recognize

[3:49:12] the systemic harms and continue

[3:49:12] on a transformative path to

[3:49:16] heal past wrongs and forge new

[3:49:17] paths at the Chicano

[3:49:17] Federation.

[3:49:21] We believe that this movement

[3:49:21] has always been greater than

[3:49:22] one individual and our

[3:49:23] community has been at

[3:49:25] the forefront of that movement

[3:49:26] here in San Diego with

[3:49:26] the fight for Chicano Park

[3:49:31] recognizing farmworkers Day and

[3:49:31] changing the name of our street

[3:49:32] to Chicano Park full of art is

[3:49:34] a great first step On behalf of

[3:49:35] the Chicano Federation.

[3:49:35] We support both these

[3:49:39] initiatives and we hope they

[3:49:40] will serve as a catalyst to

[3:49:41] recognize harms and restore

[3:49:41] justice.

[3:49:44] Justice.

[3:49:45] >> Next is Zoom user.

[3:49:53] If you can please unmute.

[3:49:54] >> Thank thanks for taking my

[3:49:54] call.

[3:49:55] Yeah as a white guy it really

[3:49:58] saddened me to hear about Cesar

[3:49:58] .

[3:49:59] You know I always respected

[3:49:59] him.

[3:50:00] I knew the story being born in

[3:50:02] San Diego in the 50s and it

[3:50:03] saddens me too that this is

[3:50:06] turnout like this but I think

[3:50:07] we should have like Barrio Low

[3:50:10] can have its own city give them

[3:50:11] a mayor, maybe let them make

[3:50:12] more decisions for their own

[3:50:16] place.

[3:50:17] So it's a great place.

[3:50:18] So it's a no brainer They're

[3:50:19] going to change the name of

[3:50:21] that street.

[3:50:22] It's a no brainer but there

[3:50:23] could be other things that they

[3:50:26] have that that they have wants

[3:50:26] for and the city should meet

[3:50:29] their wants like 3 or 4 more

[3:50:30] just while we're doing this

[3:50:34] renaming a street So have a

[3:50:35] good day.

[3:50:35] >> Goodbye.

[3:50:37] Next is Tony If you can please

[3:50:41] unmute.

[3:50:41] Yes hello.

[3:50:42] Thank you.

[3:50:46] I'm in strong support of this

[3:50:47] decision to rename this street.

[3:50:51] I think that extending

[3:50:51] the origins of the history like

[3:50:52] I said earlier, that's what

[3:50:53] the people have always wanted

[3:50:56] as a Chicano activist this was

[3:50:59] a huge disappointment to learn

[3:51:00] this information or to hear

[3:51:05] these allegations and yeah, I'm

[3:51:06] in support of changing the name

[3:51:06] so hopefully that gets done.

[3:51:10] Thank you.

[3:51:10] >> Next is Andy Garcia.

[3:51:19] If you can please unmute.

[3:51:20] Thank you Council members of

[3:51:20] San Diego.

[3:51:24] My name is Andy Garcia, founder

[3:51:25] of Ortega Park Steering

[3:51:26] Committee in Santa Barbara.

[3:51:29] We are a sister park to Chicano

[3:51:29] Park.

[3:51:30] I am here in support of

[3:51:33] the renaming to Chicano

[3:51:34] Parkway.

[3:51:34] We are here to also state that

[3:51:38] Chicano Park its founding

[3:51:39] families like the Sanchez

[3:51:40] family and the current steering

[3:51:43] committee are nationally known

[3:51:44] entities that have influence

[3:51:48] and impacted millions globally.

[3:51:49] I am a former student of San

[3:51:53] Diego colleges and my own

[3:51:53] connection with Chicano Park

[3:51:58] its legacy that has fueled my

[3:51:58] own community work.

[3:52:03] It is in fact Chicano Park song

[3:52:03] that inspired me to leave Santa

[3:52:08] Barbara and attend college in

[3:52:08] San Diego.

[3:52:09] I'm sorry I'm just quite

[3:52:09] emotional.

[3:52:13] It's it's a home to me.

[3:52:14] We applaud this council and San

[3:52:17] Diego community in making this

[3:52:18] adjustment to move forward

[3:52:23] upward and for generations to

[3:52:23] come.

[3:52:27] Give me the Chicano Parkway.

[3:52:28] >> Thank you so much.

[3:52:28] Thank you.

[3:52:35] Next is 8700 Some people some

[3:52:36] people have been putting their

[3:52:37] hand up and down So just make

[3:52:37] sure you leave your hand up.

[3:52:40] 8700 Please proceed.

[3:52:41] I'm sorry.

[3:52:45] A city clerk How much time?

[3:52:46] A minute and a half.

[3:52:50] Thank you so much, Joy.

[3:52:51] Assume that I have to start out

[3:52:54] by saying I'm sorry.

[3:52:55] I just raised my hand.

[3:52:59] I just needed to tell you why,

[3:53:00] But I really don't know

[3:53:00] the history of this and I can't

[3:53:04] speak well to it for you so

[3:53:08] I'll leave that all up to you

[3:53:08] to make your decision.

[3:53:09] But certainly listening to

[3:53:14] everyone which I did it seems

[3:53:14] very clear which way to go.

[3:53:19] But I want to say this

[3:53:19] PRESIDENT Elect Crowther and

[3:53:23] Councilmember Moreno I was just

[3:53:27] very touched by the dialog that

[3:53:28] happened between the two of you

[3:53:33] and how we were willing to be

[3:53:33] malleable and shape shifts

[3:53:34] the rules of things or

[3:53:38] the procedures of things or

[3:53:39] change the process of things.

[3:53:43] This is what's exciting about

[3:53:43] life When we can go outside to

[3:53:47] the edges and and just meet

[3:53:48] the moment and that's

[3:53:52] the opportunity of life.

[3:53:53] And I just was really touched

[3:53:54] by seeing that back and forth

[3:53:57] between the two of you and of

[3:53:58] course being a participant.

[3:54:01] I was part of that and seeing

[3:54:02] the flow of the agenda items

[3:54:02] and so forth.

[3:54:06] So it was just a beautiful

[3:54:07] experience for me And I'm going

[3:54:07] to tell you how much that meant

[3:54:11] to me and we need more of that

[3:54:12] in our government and in our

[3:54:15] processes of government.

[3:54:16] So thank you very much.

[3:54:17] It's been a great week you all

[3:54:20] Thank you.

[3:54:21] >> That does conclude public

[3:54:21] comment for this item.

[3:54:22] All right.

[3:54:22] Thank you.

[3:54:25] City clerk.

[3:54:26] So we will now turn it over to

[3:54:26] council members.

[3:54:29] The comments questions

[3:54:30] entertain a motion on item s

[3:54:31] 510 and we'll start with

[3:54:34] council member Moreno Thank

[3:54:34] you.

[3:54:35] >> And I want to start off by

[3:54:39] thanking all of the residents

[3:54:40] that spoke on this item today

[3:54:40] And I also want to thank MS..

[3:54:44] Maganda from the Mayor's office

[3:54:44] for your work in advancing this

[3:54:48] item Forward.

[3:54:49] Today's action is about more

[3:54:49] than renaming a street.

[3:54:53] It's about community identity

[3:54:54] and ensuring that our public

[3:54:58] spaces reflect the people in

[3:54:59] history that define them.

[3:55:04] The recent reporting on Cesar

[3:55:04] Chavez has raised serious and

[3:55:05] deeply troubling concerns that

[3:55:08] we cannot ignore.

[3:55:09] It's important that we take

[3:55:10] these matters seriously and

[3:55:13] ensure that the names of our

[3:55:13] public spaces reflect

[3:55:18] the values we uphold as a city

[3:55:18] .

[3:55:18] This action is not about

[3:55:19] diminishing the broader

[3:55:22] movement but about making a

[3:55:23] thoughtful decision in light of

[3:55:23] information.

[3:55:27] Renaming the street allows us

[3:55:28] to move forward in a way that

[3:55:28] centers community values and

[3:55:32] respects the voices and

[3:55:33] concerns that have been raised.

[3:55:33] I'm pleased to see the strong

[3:55:37] support from Barrio Logan for

[3:55:38] renaming the street to Chicano

[3:55:38] Park Boulevard.

[3:55:42] It shows that this decision is

[3:55:42] grounded in the voices of

[3:55:46] residents, community leaders

[3:55:46] and organizations who know this

[3:55:51] neighborhood The best Chicano

[3:55:51] park is not just a national

[3:55:52] historic landmark.

[3:55:53] It's the cultural heart of

[3:55:57] the Latino community in San

[3:55:57] Diego.

[3:55:57] It is sacred land.

[3:56:02] It represents decades, decades

[3:56:02] of activism, our resilience and

[3:56:03] also pride.

[3:56:06] We must also recognize our

[3:56:07] ancestors past and present,

[3:56:11] past and present who fought for

[3:56:12] this land to become a park.

[3:56:15] Renaming the street to reflect

[3:56:16] the legacy honors the community

[3:56:16] as a whole and recognizes a

[3:56:20] place that has inspired

[3:56:21] generations.

[3:56:21] This is a meaningful and

[3:56:25] positive step and I'm glad to

[3:56:26] support it.

[3:56:30] I do have a few items for staff

[3:56:30] .

[3:56:31] Number one, how long will it

[3:56:34] take to fully implement these

[3:56:35] changes, particularly

[3:56:35] the installation of new street

[3:56:38] signs along the corridor and

[3:56:43] the freeway exits?

[3:56:44] Question comes from Moreno.

[3:56:45] So the ordinance is going to be

[3:56:49] coming back to council for a

[3:56:49] second reading and then we

[3:56:50] would need to wait 30 days

[3:56:53] before we can change the signs.

[3:56:54] It'll put us at around mid-JUNE

[3:56:58] as the earliest date for us to

[3:56:58] install.

[3:56:59] And as I mentioned earlier, we

[3:57:03] are coordinating with other

[3:57:04] agencies including Caltrans and

[3:57:04] they're currently working on a

[3:57:05] project.

[3:57:08] This fall.

[3:57:09] So we'll need to have

[3:57:09] additional coordination with

[3:57:10] them as well.

[3:57:12] Okay.

[3:57:13] So it sounds like the street

[3:57:14] signs are going to go first and

[3:57:14] then we'll start seeing

[3:57:17] movement around fall with

[3:57:17] Caltrans.

[3:57:18] Correct.

[3:57:18] Okay.

[3:57:22] Thank you for that.

[3:57:22] Second, what support will be

[3:57:23] available for residents and

[3:57:26] businesses who MAY face

[3:57:27] challenges updating their

[3:57:27] address?

[3:57:28] This includes things like

[3:57:31] drivers license identification

[3:57:32] card, mail services, business

[3:57:36] records, legal documents,

[3:57:37] passports and other important

[3:57:37] records.

[3:57:41] I'd like to understand how

[3:57:42] the city plans to assist in

[3:57:46] easing this transition.

[3:57:46] >> Thank you for that question.

[3:57:50] Well, this is typically not

[3:57:51] part of the renaming process.

[3:57:51] The mayor's office is

[3:57:55] committing to putting a

[3:57:56] bilingual one pager together to

[3:57:59] provide guidance for all of

[3:58:00] those personal documents that

[3:58:01] need to be updated.

[3:58:04] And as mentioned, we did do

[3:58:05] door to door canvasing and

[3:58:06] planning to continue to do so

[3:58:06] following the adoption of this

[3:58:09] item.

[3:58:10] We did also coordinate with

[3:58:10] the Barrio Logan Association

[3:58:14] and they've agreed to support

[3:58:14] these efforts.

[3:58:15] >> Thank you.

[3:58:15] Thank you for answering this

[3:58:19] question and or the two

[3:58:19] questions I had.

[3:58:20] I do believe this is a

[3:58:23] meaningful and deeply

[3:58:24] thoughtful action one that

[3:58:25] reflects the strength,

[3:58:29] resilience and enduring

[3:58:29] cultural identity of Barrio

[3:58:30] Logan.

[3:58:30] This is a community shaped by

[3:58:34] struggle, pride and generations

[3:58:35] who turned hardship into art

[3:58:39] Voice and visibility creating

[3:58:40] something truly powerful and

[3:58:44] irreplaceable.

[3:58:44] It honors what makes this

[3:58:45] neighborhood not only unique

[3:58:49] but profoundly important to

[3:58:50] the story of our region.

[3:58:54] Chicano Park stands as a living

[3:58:54] monument to the legacy a

[3:58:55] testament to the Chicano

[3:58:56] movement and the generations

[3:58:59] who fought to be seen, heard

[3:58:59] and remembered with dignity and

[3:59:04] respect.

[3:59:04] And with that I'm happy to move

[3:59:09] staffs and move approval for

[3:59:09] staff's recommendation.

[3:59:13] >> It can be Raza or I think

[3:59:14] council members.

[3:59:15] So we do have a motion by

[3:59:15] Councilmember Moreno to move

[3:59:16] staff recommendation.

[3:59:18] We'll go next to Councilmember

[3:59:18] Campbell.

[3:59:19] Thank you, Council PRESIDENT.

[3:59:19] I'll second the motion.

[3:59:22] I think Councilmember Moreno

[3:59:23] first very, very strong words

[3:59:24] and thank the members of

[3:59:26] the public who came in today to

[3:59:27] represent the community so

[3:59:27] well.

[3:59:28] Thank you for being here and

[3:59:28] thank you for fighting for

[3:59:32] decades for it.

[3:59:32] That concludes my second.

[3:59:33] All right.

[3:59:33] Thank you, council members.

[3:59:34] So we have a motion by

[3:59:37] COUNCILMAN Moreno, second by

[3:59:38] Councilmember Campo to move

[3:59:39] the staff recommendation.

[3:59:39] We'll go next to council member

[3:59:42] Gila Rivera.

[3:59:43] >> Council PRESIDENT I'll just

[3:59:44] reiterate the appreciation to

[3:59:46] staff for moving quickly on

[3:59:47] this community for being

[3:59:47] engaged.

[3:59:51] And I just like I'm really,

[3:59:52] really glad we're doing this.

[3:59:55] This is a moment in time where

[3:59:56] cities, state institutions are

[4:00:00] running away from from actions

[4:00:01] like this that proudly lean

[4:00:05] into culture and identity.

[4:00:06] And I'm glad that we're not

[4:00:10] allowing the Trump regime to

[4:00:10] intimidate San Diego away from

[4:00:14] from actions like this.

[4:00:15] I think that's really

[4:00:15] important.

[4:00:16] So all of the history that

[4:00:19] built to this moment I think

[4:00:20] that's that's why we didn't

[4:00:20] even consider that if there

[4:00:21] hadn't been decades of moving

[4:00:26] work there's a different world,

[4:00:31] a different reality where we

[4:00:32] default to the preferences of

[4:00:36] the regime and and move away

[4:00:37] from identity.

[4:00:37] And thankfully all that

[4:00:41] movement work happened And

[4:00:42] we're here in this place where

[4:00:42] don't bat an eye.

[4:00:43] We lean into it.

[4:00:47] We're proud of it.

[4:00:48] It's core to who San Diego is.

[4:00:48] So we are glad to see that.

[4:00:51] Thank you for everyone who has

[4:00:52] been part of that effort, part

[4:00:52] of that movement work.

[4:00:53] I'm very, very supportive.

[4:00:53] Thank you.

[4:00:56] All right.

[4:00:57] Thank you.

[4:00:58] Councilmember De La Rivera not

[4:00:58] seeing anybody else in

[4:00:59] the lights.

[4:01:01] I will reiterate my thanks to

[4:01:02] COUNCILMAN Moreno for

[4:01:03] the leadership on this and

[4:01:05] the quick reaction and to

[4:01:05] the mayor's office for your

[4:01:06] response And once again

[4:01:10] navigating the nuances of

[4:01:11] the municipal code and how we

[4:01:12] can actually get these things

[4:01:12] done and coordinating with

[4:01:15] other outside agencies that

[4:01:16] also will be affected by this

[4:01:16] action.

[4:01:20] So with that we have a motion

[4:01:20] by Councilmember Moreno and a

[4:01:21] second by council member come

[4:01:32] here and please call the roll

[4:01:32] Stars voting system.

[4:01:37] Please cast your vote.

[4:01:43] Oh sorry That passes

[4:01:44] unanimously 920.

[4:01:44] >> Thank you.

[4:02:03] Council PRESIDENT That is that

[4:02:03] .

[4:02:04] Thank you.

[4:02:05] Thank you.

[4:02:09] Thank you and thank you.

[4:02:14] Thank you the staff for your

[4:02:14] flexibility in navigating these

[4:02:15] two items.

[4:02:15] I think it was exactly

[4:02:19] the right thing to do So with

[4:02:19] that.

[4:02:20] Clerk please introduce the city

[4:02:23] council and the Public

[4:02:24] Facilities Finance Authority

[4:02:24] Companion items.

[4:02:25] >> Thank you.

[4:02:25] Council PRESIDENT.

[4:02:28] Item 331 is the authorization

[4:02:29] for the Public Facilities

[4:02:29] Financing Authority of the City

[4:02:34] of San Diego Sewer Revenue

[4:02:34] Bonds Areas 2026 and Series

[4:02:37] 2026 be the 2026 Sewer revenue

[4:02:38] bonds preliminary unofficial

[4:02:41] official statement and item fa1

[4:02:42] is the approval of the form and

[4:02:42] authorization of

[4:02:43] the distribution of

[4:02:43] the permanent official

[4:02:46] statement authorization of

[4:02:47] the execution delivery and

[4:02:48] distribution of the official

[4:02:51] statement in connection with

[4:02:52] the issuance and sale by

[4:02:53] the Public Utilities Financing

[4:02:55] Authority of the City of San

[4:02:56] Diego Series 2026 eight and

[4:02:57] Series 2026 be sewer revenue

[4:02:57] bonds.

[4:03:01] This item is not subject to

[4:03:02] the mayor's veto in council

[4:03:03] PRESIDENT All right, thank you

[4:03:03] City Clerk And with that staff

[4:03:06] as you settle in please

[4:03:07] introduce yourself for

[4:03:07] the record.

[4:03:08] >> Let us know how much time

[4:03:08] you need.

[4:03:09] Good afternoon.

[4:03:12] Council PRESIDENT LaCava and

[4:03:13] members of the Council this is

[4:03:13] Jodi Pant Lu, Assistant

[4:03:14] director of the Department of

[4:03:17] Finance And presenting with me

[4:03:18] today are Kevin Bonner, finance

[4:03:18] and coordinator.

[4:03:21] Also with us and Deputy City

[4:03:22] Attorney David Powell.

[4:03:23] You need about ten minutes.

[4:03:26] All right when you're ready.

[4:03:26] Thank you The action for your

[4:03:27] consideration this afternoon as

[4:03:31] the authorization of

[4:03:31] the preliminary official

[4:03:32] statement for the public

[4:03:32] Facilities Financing authority

[4:03:36] sewer revenue Bonds Series 2026

[4:03:40] eight and 2026 b as also

[4:03:41] standard practice for long term

[4:03:41] bond issuances.

[4:03:42] The authorization is obtained

[4:03:46] through a two step process

[4:03:47] The first step approval by

[4:03:49] the City Council and the pfa of

[4:03:50] the legal framework for

[4:03:51] the bonds was completed late

[4:03:51] last calendar year.

[4:03:55] This included authorization to

[4:03:56] issue bonds and a principal

[4:03:59] amount not to exceed 240

[4:03:59] million as well as

[4:04:00] authorization to refund

[4:04:00] the existing sewer revenue

[4:04:05] bonds.

[4:04:06] Today we are here for

[4:04:06] the second step of the process

[4:04:07] seeking authorization for

[4:04:10] the post for these bonds.

[4:04:11] With that I will turn it over

[4:04:12] to Kevin.

[4:04:12] Thank you Jose.

[4:04:15] I'm here to give a 2026 sewer

[4:04:18] revenue bond update with our

[4:04:19] 2026 series our New Money.

[4:04:23] We anticipate receiving $226

[4:04:23] million of proceeds at a true

[4:04:24] interest cost of 4.43%.

[4:04:29] That makes an annual estimated

[4:04:29] annual debt service of $14

[4:04:32] million from f y 2027 through

[4:04:32] 2056.

[4:04:36] In addition, our 2026 series a

[4:04:37] Refunding bonds we will be

[4:04:41] refunding 2015 2016 aa bonds in

[4:04:42] order to achieve savings will

[4:04:46] have net present value savings

[4:04:46] of around 11% and those annual

[4:04:50] savings is approximately $3

[4:04:51] million from fiscal year 2027.

[4:04:56] The fiscal year 2039 on an

[4:05:00] annual basis our 2026 series b

[4:05:01] This is a short term issuance.

[4:05:01] This provides liquidity to

[4:05:05] the system.

[4:05:05] We anticipate the proceeds to

[4:05:06] be approximately $30 million.

[4:05:10] The purpose of this is for

[4:05:10] providing liquidity for srf

[4:05:11] loan reimbursement, timing

[4:05:15] issues and year end true up

[4:05:15] statements.

[4:05:16] This item the total interest

[4:05:21] cost is about $2.8 million and

[4:05:22] charges MAY 15th, 2028.

[4:05:26] This is anticipated to be

[4:05:31] revenue neutral as the interest

[4:05:31] earnings on the amount that we

[4:05:32] borrow will cover the cost of

[4:05:38] interest on the bonds.

[4:05:39] >> In addition we have just

[4:05:44] estimated sources and uses a

[4:05:45] table put on here as well as we

[4:05:45] have finalized our underwriter

[4:05:49] syndicate We are going a

[4:05:50] negotiated route for our

[4:05:50] underwriters syndicate.

[4:05:54] Our underwriters sell the bonds

[4:05:54] for for the city.

[4:05:55] Our underwriters include Bank

[4:05:59] of America, Wells Fargo Academy

[4:06:00] Securities and Siebert Williams

[4:06:04] and Shank.

[4:06:05] The city also recently received

[4:06:08] strong credit ratings for

[4:06:09] the 2026 a and b source of

[4:06:10] revenue bonds with a rating

[4:06:14] from s&p global ratings and a

[4:06:15] Double-a rating with a negative

[4:06:16] outlook from Fitch Ratings.

[4:06:16] The negative outlook from Fitch

[4:06:20] is a new development for

[4:06:20] the wastewater system and

[4:06:21] reflects their view of

[4:06:24] the city's increasing capital

[4:06:25] needs over time including major

[4:06:26] investments such as pure water

[4:06:28] phase one channel water phase

[4:06:29] two and broader system wide

[4:06:30] sewer improvements.

[4:06:33] Importantly, the underlying

[4:06:34] rating remains intact

[4:06:35] indicating continued confidence

[4:06:39] in the sewer systems credit

[4:06:40] fundamentals.

[4:06:40] A memo will be circulated in

[4:06:41] the next few days to City

[4:06:44] Council regarding additional

[4:06:45] detail on the Fitch's rating

[4:06:48] outlook for our 2026 sewer

[4:06:49] revenue bonds financing

[4:06:49] schedule.

[4:06:50] We are hoping for approval

[4:06:51] today from both the Council and

[4:06:54] pfa.

[4:06:55] We would release the policy

[4:06:55] later this week.

[4:07:00] A bond sale is happening most

[4:07:01] likely on Tuesday MAY 5th with

[4:07:04] our bond closing on MAY 27th.

[4:07:05] The bond closing is when we

[4:07:06] receive all the funds.

[4:07:07] With that I'll turn it over to

[4:07:10] David Powell from city

[4:07:10] attorney's office.

[4:07:11] Thank you, Karen.

[4:07:14] So I'm going to first discuss

[4:07:15] the 2026 sewer bonds, our

[4:07:15] preliminary statement or post

[4:07:19] as we call it, which is

[4:07:20] the city's marketing document

[4:07:20] which is designed to provide

[4:07:21] information that reasonable

[4:07:25] investor would consider

[4:07:25] material in making informed

[4:07:26] investment decisions.

[4:07:27] So some of the items that are

[4:07:30] included in the sewer policy

[4:07:31] are going to be the bond terms

[4:07:32] plan of finance security and

[4:07:35] sources of payment information

[4:07:35] regarding the wastewater

[4:07:36] system.

[4:07:40] Some risk factors the ratings

[4:07:41] and pertinent system financial

[4:07:42] regulatory information

[4:07:42] including service area

[4:07:46] facilities, capital improvement

[4:07:47] program finance operations,

[4:07:51] labor insurance, pension and

[4:07:52] some litigation information as

[4:07:52] well.

[4:07:53] Additionally you can see there

[4:07:57] are several appendices that are

[4:07:57] listed here on the slide that

[4:07:58] are included with the policy as

[4:08:02] well.

[4:08:02] >> Also included are risk

[4:08:03] factors related to the sewer

[4:08:08] system or the wastewater system

[4:08:08] which include the demand

[4:08:09] expense collection rate setting

[4:08:13] and the supply water supply and

[4:08:14] risk to the bonds themselves

[4:08:14] which are that there are

[4:08:19] limited obligations

[4:08:19] the acceleration provisions,

[4:08:20] limitations on remedies, tax

[4:08:21] exemptions and absence of a

[4:08:24] secondary market and then other

[4:08:25] risks which include potential

[4:08:25] impact of climate change,

[4:08:29] cybersecurity, economic,

[4:08:30] political and social

[4:08:31] environmental conditions

[4:08:35] associated with the issuance of

[4:08:35] the bonds.

[4:08:36] Finally, I'll quickly go over

[4:08:36] the preliminary official

[4:08:40] statement Disclosure process

[4:08:41] which many of you have heard

[4:08:42] several times before But it's

[4:08:46] worth repeating as it I believe

[4:08:47] gets security for you all in

[4:08:48] making your decision today.

[4:08:48] So the security disclosure

[4:08:51] ordinance establishes

[4:08:52] the Disclosure Practices

[4:08:52] Working Group or d p g which

[4:08:57] includes the ceo, the city

[4:08:58] attorney, the cfo, the deputy

[4:08:59] city attorney for finance and

[4:09:02] disclosure outside and outside

[4:09:03] Disclosure counsel dpw

[4:09:04] establishes our controls and

[4:09:08] procedures which outline

[4:09:09] the disclosure process.

[4:09:09] This mandates certifications

[4:09:10] from the Mayor, the city

[4:09:13] attorney, the cfo sitting there

[4:09:14] no material misstatements or

[4:09:14] omissions in the disclosure

[4:09:19] document, in the policy.

[4:09:19] >> This also includes

[4:09:20] solicitation of information

[4:09:21] from the City Attorney's office

[4:09:24] pwd Department of Finance and

[4:09:25] other contributing departments

[4:09:25] in addition to publicly

[4:09:26] available sources of

[4:09:30] information believed to be

[4:09:31] reliable.

[4:09:31] Also there is a review of

[4:09:36] multiple drafts of the policy

[4:09:37] with the financing team, city

[4:09:37] officials and dpw.

[4:09:38] Ag Prior to your consideration

[4:09:42] here today the financing group

[4:09:42] and contributing departments

[4:09:43] also certified to dpw on

[4:09:46] the process and content of

[4:09:47] the policy prior to posting and

[4:09:52] sale.

[4:09:53] So the policy is ultimately

[4:09:53] approved by dpw pursuant to

[4:09:57] the controls and procedures.

[4:09:58] Also there are certifications

[4:09:58] by the mayor, the city

[4:10:03] attorney, the cfo and dpw

[4:10:03] provided the City Council view

[4:10:04] the Disclosure Responsibilities

[4:10:05] memo issued by the City

[4:10:05] Attorney's Office.

[4:10:08] This memo, as you know,

[4:10:09] outlines the City Council's

[4:10:10] legal obligations and includes

[4:10:14] certifications from all

[4:10:15] the contributing departments.

[4:10:15] Any final updates of the policy

[4:10:16] will be provided to City

[4:10:20] Council prior to posting.

[4:10:21] And I will turn back over to

[4:10:21] Kevin.

[4:10:22] Thank you.

[4:10:22] These are the items for

[4:10:26] consideration for

[4:10:26] the distribution of the library

[4:10:27] official statement and

[4:10:28] authorization and execution of

[4:10:32] the official statement after

[4:10:32] pressing the buttons.

[4:10:33] With that concludes our

[4:10:33] presentation open for

[4:10:34] questions.

[4:10:34] All right.

[4:10:37] Thank you for the presentation

[4:10:38] and the work to bring this item

[4:10:38] forward.

[4:10:39] Clark please proceed with

[4:10:42] public testimony for these two

[4:10:42] items.

[4:10:42] Blair Brickman if you can

[4:10:50] please come forward.

[4:10:57] You'll have two minutes.

[4:10:58] I will begin.

[4:10:58] Thank you for this item.

[4:11:02] I didn't quite understand all

[4:11:07] the other bond mentions for

[4:11:08] items such as cyber security.

[4:11:13] How that relates to the sewer

[4:11:13] bond issues.

[4:11:14] I'm just starting to learn to

[4:11:20] separate or further understand

[4:11:21] the differences between sewer

[4:11:26] bond issues and stormwater

[4:11:27] issues So good luck in that

[4:11:27] process.

[4:11:32] It's an important separation of

[4:11:32] the two items and I'm trying to

[4:11:37] better better understand that.

[4:11:38] I just I guess with bond issues

[4:11:44] a you know if we if you're

[4:11:44] dealing with at some level

[4:11:49] cyber security bond concepts,

[4:11:50] the work we do with tech

[4:11:50] accountability just makes our

[4:11:55] city we do it well more

[4:11:55] valuable, more people are more

[4:12:00] interested And I guess I'm

[4:12:01] hearing that that that includes

[4:12:01] the money situations as well.

[4:12:06] So we're just considered a more

[4:12:07] a better way around.

[4:12:12] So good luck.

[4:12:13] Tech accountability can help It

[4:12:13] helps with the procurement

[4:12:14] process as well and how you

[4:12:17] talk to other people about when

[4:12:18] you present that we have good

[4:12:19] tech accountability that helps

[4:12:23] everyone and that means also

[4:12:24] we're practicing safely and

[4:12:24] that means that people don't

[4:12:29] want to hack us as much if

[4:12:30] we're doing good things and

[4:12:31] building trust, people won't

[4:12:31] want to hack us As much simple

[4:12:35] as that with the cyber security

[4:12:35] stuff.

[4:12:36] Thank you for that To our

[4:12:40] patients with that overall.

[4:12:41] That's my description of my

[4:12:42] life trying to understand

[4:12:43] the differences between sewer

[4:12:46] and stormwater issues for

[4:12:47] ourselves.

[4:12:48] Good luck what you can be doing

[4:12:52] and with these sort of items

[4:12:53] and and working on our sewer

[4:12:59] issues and how we can talk to

[4:12:59] Mexico about sewer things.

[4:13:00] >> Thank you.

[4:13:05] I started the five minute timer

[4:13:05] going to those online 8700 If

[4:13:17] you can please unmute.

[4:13:17] Thank you Sinclair Joyce and

[4:13:18] the other 53 I'm going out on a

[4:13:22] limb on this because I'm just

[4:13:28] getting putting my big toe in

[4:13:34] this bond debt system and so

[4:13:34] forth.

[4:13:35] But here's just one thing that

[4:13:36] popped up It's going to be

[4:13:36] short.

[4:13:40] I did look at the policy on

[4:13:41] Google.

[4:13:41] It was very it's very fast And

[4:13:46] I just had a quick and you

[4:13:46] know, it's very critical to

[4:13:47] the investors So I'm concerned

[4:13:53] about the ip gap and how much

[4:13:53] we have to express about that

[4:13:58] to be investors and how that

[4:13:59] exacerbates our risk.

[4:14:00] So I don't know if that's those

[4:14:05] are decent comments or a decent

[4:14:06] question from a public person

[4:14:06] but I thought I'd put that out

[4:14:07] there for you.

[4:14:11] I thank you so much you all.

[4:14:12] >> Thank you.

[4:14:12] That does conclude public

[4:14:19] comment on this item Item.

[4:14:20] All right.

[4:14:20] We'll turn over to council

[4:14:21] members for questions and

[4:14:22] comments and will entertain a

[4:14:26] motion on each of the two items

[4:14:26] starting with item 331.

[4:14:27] But we'll start with

[4:14:31] Councilmember Moreno.

[4:14:31] >> Wonderful.

[4:14:32] Thank you so much for

[4:14:37] the presentation and as always

[4:14:37] I appreciate the work of debt

[4:14:38] management and the Department

[4:14:38] of Finance.

[4:14:43] I would also like to thank

[4:14:44] the Disclosure Practice Working

[4:14:44] Group for the review of

[4:14:45] the preliminary official

[4:14:49] statements.

[4:14:50] I do have a few questions that

[4:14:50] I will be asking For the record

[4:14:51] Do you believe that all

[4:14:55] relevant and material

[4:14:55] information that would need to

[4:14:56] be considered by potential

[4:15:00] bondholders and investors has

[4:15:01] been disclosed in

[4:15:01] the preliminary official

[4:15:02] statement?

[4:15:07] Yes.

[4:15:07] Do you believe that any

[4:15:08] information contained in

[4:15:08] the preliminary official

[4:15:12] statement is in accurate or

[4:15:13] misleading to potential

[4:15:14] bondholders and investors?

[4:15:19] No.

[4:15:19] Is there any additional

[4:15:20] material information that

[4:15:21] the city council should be

[4:15:21] aware of today concerning

[4:15:26] the content of these

[4:15:27] preliminary official statements

[4:15:27] And that so and are there any

[4:15:32] questions that council has not

[4:15:33] asked that should have been

[4:15:33] asked?

[4:15:33] I don't believe so.

[4:15:34] With that I'm happy to make a

[4:15:38] motion to move staff's

[4:15:39] recommendation.

[4:15:40] Thank you, Council PRESIDENT

[4:15:40] All right.

[4:15:41] We have a motion by Council

[4:15:41] member Marino to move the staff

[4:15:43] recommendation Item 331.

[4:15:44] >> We'll go next to council

[4:15:45] member Campbell thank you so

[4:15:45] much.

[4:15:50] Thank you for the presentation

[4:15:51] and for all your thoughtfulness

[4:15:51] in regard to these kind of

[4:15:52] matters.

[4:15:56] I'm very happy to second

[4:15:56] the motion.

[4:15:57] >> All right.

[4:15:57] Thank you, Council members.

[4:16:01] So we have a motion by

[4:16:02] COUNCILMAN Marino, second by

[4:16:03] Council member Campbell to move

[4:16:06] the staff recommendation and

[4:16:07] item 331 will go to council

[4:16:08] member Ron Wolpert.

[4:16:08] I thank you very much for

[4:16:12] the presentation and the work

[4:16:12] on it.

[4:16:13] I know a lot of work goes into

[4:16:14] putting in the bond financing

[4:16:15] document disclosures and I just

[4:16:18] want to make sure that this is

[4:16:19] planned for in our debt ratios

[4:16:19] correct.

[4:16:23] We're still not going to bump

[4:16:24] the need to be below a council

[4:16:25] member for clarification.

[4:16:30] >> This is the sole credit that

[4:16:31] the debt ratios are only for

[4:16:31] the general fund these revenue

[4:16:32] bonds So the sewer bonds are

[4:16:36] governed by the coverage ratios

[4:16:37] as spelled out in this word

[4:16:38] legal documents.

[4:16:43] And so it's an enterprise fund.

[4:16:43] Yes.

[4:16:43] Okay.

[4:16:44] Got it Right.

[4:16:44] Thank you.

[4:16:45] Thank you for reminding me of

[4:16:45] that.

[4:16:48] It's over already in budget

[4:16:48] season.

[4:16:49] I'm getting confused in our

[4:16:50] fund So thank you very much and

[4:16:50] I'm happy to support

[4:16:51] the motion.

[4:16:51] All right.

[4:16:54] Thanks COUNCILMAN Vaughn.

[4:16:55] Anybody else in the lights?

[4:16:55] We have a motion by

[4:16:56] Councilmember Moreno and second

[4:16:57] by Councilmember Campbell to

[4:17:00] move the staff recommendation

[4:17:01] on item 331 please call

[4:17:01] the roll clerk as are

[4:17:02] the voting system.

[4:17:06] >> Please cast your vote And

[4:17:10] that passes unanimously 9 to 0

[4:17:10] The council PRESIDENT We will

[4:17:11] now adjourn as the city Council

[4:17:12] and convene as the public

[4:17:16] facilities Financing Authority

[4:17:17] to vote on the Public

[4:17:17] Facilities Finance Authority

[4:17:22] Item Councilmember Moreno and

[4:17:23] customary Campbell the second

[4:17:24] All right so we have a motion

[4:17:28] by Councilmember Moreno and a

[4:17:29] second by council member

[4:17:30] Campbell to move the staff

[4:17:34] recommendation on public

[4:17:35] facilities financing authority

[4:17:36] Item for one please call

[4:17:39] the roll I sorry I'm sorry.

[4:17:40] Attorney for some please cast

[4:17:45] your vote And that passes

[4:17:46] unanimously 920 Thank you

[4:17:50] Council PRESIDENT Thank you.

[4:17:51] And with that we will now take

[4:17:52] up the Public Facilities

[4:17:53] Financing Authority non agenda

[4:17:56] public comment Public

[4:17:57] Facilities Finance Authority

[4:17:58] That number is respected.

[4:17:58] I appreciate the public input

[4:17:59] and fully committed to

[4:18:02] protecting every participant's

[4:18:03] free speech rights at

[4:18:04] the Public Facilities Financing

[4:18:04] Authority meeting Park proceed

[4:18:10] with public comment Thank you

[4:18:10] Council PRESIDENT For rule 2.7

[4:18:11] Knowledge in a public comment

[4:18:14] is an opportunity for members

[4:18:15] of the public to comment on

[4:18:15] items that are not on

[4:18:16] the agenda but within

[4:18:17] the subject matter jurisdiction

[4:18:21] of the public facilities

[4:18:21] Financing Authority.

[4:18:22] Each speaker will have two

[4:18:22] minutes.

[4:18:23] If you are in chambers please

[4:18:27] limit your speaker slip.

[4:18:28] If you're joining us virtually

[4:18:29] please raise your hand to speak

[4:18:30] by tapping Raise your hand icon

[4:18:30] or star nine We're going to go

[4:18:35] to the microphone.

[4:18:36] All right.

[4:18:36] Thank you.

[4:18:37] We're Beakman Thank you for

[4:18:37] taking my card.

[4:18:41] I I wanted to offer I really

[4:18:42] meant to offer more from

[4:18:47] the sewer bond issue that you

[4:18:48] know you just you just worked

[4:18:53] on an arrangement for Choice

[4:18:54] Creek I think a very new

[4:19:00] innovative underground water

[4:19:01] pipe system that has filtration

[4:19:05] systems that that leak into

[4:19:06] the marshlands at the end and

[4:19:11] end of its journey And it's

[4:19:12] like innovative and interesting

[4:19:18] And I think those ideas from

[4:19:18] Mexico could be really helpful

[4:19:19] in how we're trying to address

[4:19:20] Mexico at this time.

[4:19:23] And I have a really interesting

[4:19:24] thought that there there's I've

[4:19:29] been back and forth in San

[4:19:30] Diego since the late 80s and

[4:19:36] it's like there's always this

[4:19:36] code that we're not supposed to

[4:19:37] quite be fully working with

[4:19:41] Tijuana in some ways And

[4:19:42] interestingly I just realize

[4:19:47] that do you want to kind of

[4:19:48] probably has the same feeling

[4:19:49] about San Diego And so it's

[4:19:53] that rub that we don't quite

[4:19:53] get things accomplished

[4:19:54] together.

[4:19:54] I mean there's a lot of worry

[4:19:59] about what do you want Two

[4:19:59] Rivers doing right now?

[4:20:03] That same worry was there in

[4:20:04] the 1980s and the same

[4:20:04] conversations were happening

[4:20:05] then as they're happening now

[4:20:09] where we have some conversation

[4:20:10] in other ways we don't talk to

[4:20:10] each other And I'm trying to

[4:20:11] figure out ways that, you know,

[4:20:16] we build up certain societal

[4:20:16] standards that we don't work

[4:20:17] with Tijuana and they do

[4:20:22] the same And how do we work

[4:20:22] through that at this time?

[4:20:23] Good luck in your efforts with

[4:20:27] this sort of item or with

[4:20:28] the previous item with with

[4:20:29] sewer issues and how to develop

[4:20:34] good communication and dialog

[4:20:34] with Mexico into technology?

[4:20:35] >> Right.

[4:20:35] Thank you.

[4:20:39] I'm sorry the five minute timer

[4:20:39] going on was participating

[4:20:40] remotely 8700 If you can please

[4:20:44] unmute.

[4:20:44] Thank you.

[4:20:52] Feel joy It's an outdoor

[4:20:55] council member Moreno You know

[4:21:01] member I hope that my loved you

[4:21:02] ask those questions and I think

[4:21:03] everybody knows what I mean by

[4:21:08] that She just asked him on that

[4:21:14] last item And to my question

[4:21:15] Councilmember Moreno is it who

[4:21:15] are you going to pass

[4:21:20] the question the time to before

[4:21:20] you leave and thank you for

[4:21:21] your beautiful service to

[4:21:25] the people of San Diego.

[4:21:26] But I'm really concerned about

[4:21:27] that because those questions

[4:21:27] must be asked and I don't

[4:21:33] remember anyone before you

[4:21:34] really asking the questions

[4:21:34] the way you do And in just your

[4:21:39] sincerity and your power behind

[4:21:39] them.

[4:21:40] So thank you know, a little

[4:21:40] more on this.

[4:21:45] So let me if I have time I hope

[4:21:46] you'll read this from

[4:21:47] the pension article The higher

[4:21:50] payment this year comes despite

[4:21:50] the city's unfunded pension

[4:21:55] debt shrinking slightly from

[4:21:56] 3.49 billion to 3.646 billion.

[4:22:02] The debt formerly called an

[4:22:02] unfunded actuarial liability is

[4:22:07] based on Kowalski's long term

[4:22:12] liability projection of 14.5

[4:22:13] billion compared to his long

[4:22:18] term asset projection of 11.5

[4:22:19] billion.

[4:22:24] So I'm just getting into this

[4:22:25] power of debt And San Diego

[4:22:31] County Water Authority there is

[4:22:31] some problem with their debt to

[4:22:32] or they're going into a problem

[4:22:37] with it in the future.

[4:22:38] I just briefly read that for

[4:22:38] sure.

[4:22:43] I just read that to you.

[4:22:43] I don't get it but it's a

[4:22:44] concern on the debt So that's

[4:22:49] going to be I just wanted to

[4:22:50] put that out to you that that

[4:22:51] this is a place where I think a

[4:22:52] lot of the public just has no

[4:22:55] idea.

[4:22:56] Oh my apologies.

[4:22:56] Your time has concluded that as

[4:22:57] a manager general public

[4:23:01] comment for the beginning of

[4:23:01] All right Thank you City clerk

[4:23:02] We will we will adjourn as

[4:23:06] the public facilities finance

[4:23:07] Authority and reconvene as

[4:23:11] the City council will close

[4:23:12] with two adjournments in memory

[4:23:12] And we will start with Council

[4:23:20] member Foster the Third Circuit

[4:23:20] .

[4:23:20] Thank you.

[4:23:26] Council PRESIDENT Today we

[4:23:27] adjourn this City Council

[4:23:27] meeting in memory of Coach Tony

[4:23:32] Devine Jackson a mentor, a

[4:23:33] leader and someone who was

[4:23:34] deeply significant to my

[4:23:37] community and who meant a great

[4:23:43] deal to me because Jackson was

[4:23:44] born on JULY 27th, 1957 in

[4:23:49] Oklahoma.

[4:23:50] He moved to San Diego at 13

[4:23:50] years old And from that point

[4:23:54] on this became his home a place

[4:23:55] where he would grow, where he

[4:23:56] would go on to make a lasting

[4:24:00] impact.

[4:24:01] He attended o'Farrell Junior

[4:24:01] High School and graduate

[4:24:02] o'Farrell Junior High and

[4:24:06] graduated from Patrick Henry

[4:24:07] High School where he stood out

[4:24:12] in both football and basketball

[4:24:12] .

[4:24:13] Even early on you could see

[4:24:14] the discipline and leadership

[4:24:18] that would define his life, he

[4:24:19] continued his education at San

[4:24:19] Diego City College, then San

[4:24:20] Diego State University where he

[4:24:25] earned his teaching credential.

[4:24:26] He later earned his master's

[4:24:26] degree from Mizuho Pacific

[4:24:30] University.

[4:24:31] Education mattered to Coach

[4:24:32] Jackson not only for himself

[4:24:32] but for the young people.

[4:24:37] He would go on to guide Coach

[4:24:37] Jackson dedicated his life to

[4:24:38] working with youth as a teacher

[4:24:43] and a coach.

[4:24:44] He showed up every day with

[4:24:44] purpose.

[4:24:45] He taught the game but more

[4:24:49] importantly he taught

[4:24:49] accountability, discipline and

[4:24:50] how to carry yourself.

[4:24:54] He made sure you understood

[4:24:55] that what you did off the field

[4:24:55] mattered just as much.

[4:24:56] He began coaching at Helix High

[4:25:01] School in 1980 but his legacy

[4:25:02] is deeply rooted at Lincoln

[4:25:06] High School, where he spent

[4:25:06] more than 15 years shaping

[4:25:07] young men and leading teams to

[4:25:12] championships and building

[4:25:13] something bigger than the game

[4:25:14] as a league in high school

[4:25:17] Among them Coach Jackson was

[4:25:18] one of my coaches.

[4:25:18] He expected a lot from his

[4:25:19] athletes and students and he

[4:25:23] never lowered that standard.

[4:25:24] He pushed us because he cared

[4:25:25] because he saw something in us

[4:25:29] and he made sure we saw it too.

[4:25:30] That's something you carry with

[4:25:31] you long after the practices

[4:25:36] and long after the games

[4:25:36] the discipline,

[4:25:37] the accountability,

[4:25:37] the expectations, the way you

[4:25:42] show up in life that stays with

[4:25:42] you And it's part of his

[4:25:43] legacy.

[4:25:47] He poured into young people

[4:25:48] across El Diego monitors

[4:25:49] the Southwestern college youth

[4:25:53] leagues and travel teams always

[4:25:54] giving his time and energy to

[4:25:54] others.

[4:25:55] And through all of that he

[4:26:00] remained grounded in his faith,

[4:26:00] his family and his community.

[4:26:01] He makes you feel seen and he

[4:26:05] made you feel like you mattered

[4:26:06] not just as an athlete but as a

[4:26:06] person.

[4:26:11] He built a life centered on

[4:26:12] love, family and connection and

[4:26:12] that showed and that showed in

[4:26:17] how he led and how he lived.

[4:26:18] I extend my deepest condolences

[4:26:23] to his family, loved ones and

[4:26:24] all those who had the privilege

[4:26:24] of knowing him and with great

[4:26:29] respect.

[4:26:30] We honor the life of Coach Tony

[4:26:31] Davon Jackson, his impact and

[4:26:34] the legacy he lives.

[4:26:35] He leaves behind a council

[4:26:35] PRESIDENT.

[4:26:37] That concludes my comments.

[4:26:44] Thank you Council member.

[4:26:45] I will have the second

[4:26:45] adjournment in memory.

[4:26:46] It is with a heavy heart that I

[4:26:50] adjourn today's meeting in

[4:26:50] memory of Angel Castro a

[4:26:51] beloved daughter, sister, wife

[4:26:56] friend, dog mom and dedicated

[4:26:57] city employee Angel with a

[4:26:58] lifelong San Diego.

[4:27:02] Spending her childhood and

[4:27:03] adult life as a proud resident

[4:27:07] of Claremont for nearly 45

[4:27:07] years she served as a dedicated

[4:27:08] city of San Diego Parks and

[4:27:12] Recreation employee starting

[4:27:13] with the Parks and Recreation

[4:27:14] Department in 1981 as a

[4:27:14] recreation aide and rising

[4:27:19] through the ranks with her most

[4:27:19] recent position as an area

[4:27:20] manager within the department.

[4:27:25] She also served over ten

[4:27:25] different communities in

[4:27:26] the city of San Diego spanning

[4:27:30] council districts one, three

[4:27:30] and six angels All

[4:27:31] the successful opening of both

[4:27:35] the Carmel Mountain and Silver

[4:27:35] Springs Rec Center and

[4:27:36] the Pacific Highlands Ranch Rec

[4:27:36] Center.

[4:27:42] A few examples of how Angels

[4:27:42] work was celebrated within

[4:27:43] the Parks and Rec department

[4:27:44] include her participation in

[4:27:47] the automated external

[4:27:48] defibrillator deployment at

[4:27:52] the Ocean Beach Rec Center in

[4:27:53] 2005 and her receipt of

[4:27:54] the Exemplary Performance award

[4:27:58] for covid 19 in JANUARY 2021.

[4:27:58] Angel Specialty was her

[4:27:59] meticulously planned and joy

[4:28:03] filled community events that

[4:28:04] have a reputation of drawing in

[4:28:05] crowds worthy of.

[4:28:10] Some of her well-known events

[4:28:10] were movies and concerts in

[4:28:11] the park.

[4:28:15] Breakfast with Santa Spring

[4:28:15] excuse me Spring Egg hunts and

[4:28:20] Halloween carnivals in Carmel

[4:28:21] Valley and Pacific Islands

[4:28:21] Ranch.

[4:28:22] She partnered with the San

[4:28:22] Diego Police Department

[4:28:23] Northwestern Division on

[4:28:27] multiple successful events like

[4:28:28] Skate gym trunk or Treat and

[4:28:33] holiday toy drives each year.

[4:28:34] These events have grown larger

[4:28:35] and these communities have

[4:28:35] become more connected and

[4:28:36] engaged with each other.

[4:28:39] As a result of her work, her

[4:28:40] gift of making others welcome

[4:28:41] and creating lasting

[4:28:46] connections earned her

[4:28:46] the title of second mom to many

[4:28:47] of those around her.

[4:28:52] Selflessness was Angel's

[4:28:52] defining characteristic

[4:28:53] manifesting itself through her

[4:28:58] acts of service towards

[4:28:58] the people she loved and

[4:28:59] the city she called home.

[4:29:00] Always first in line to be a

[4:29:03] helping hand or someone to talk

[4:29:04] to.

[4:29:04] Angel.

[4:29:05] Angel did it all.

[4:29:09] Angel passed away on FEBRUARY

[4:29:10] 22nd 2026 leaving behind a

[4:29:10] legacy of service, community

[4:29:16] and less kindness to

[4:29:17] the community she served.

[4:29:17] The Parks and Rec,

[4:29:18] the recreation Department and

[4:29:19] her friends and family.

[4:29:25] Rest in peace Angel.

[4:29:26] And with that we will now

[4:29:27] adjourn Council to the next

[4:29:27] regularly scheduled council

[4:29:30] meeting on Monday MAY 11th,

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