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All right, good morning.
I will now call the City Council meeting of Tuesday, April 21, 2026 to order.
Clerk, please call the roll.
Thank you, Council President.
Council Member Campbell.
Council Member Whippern.
Here.
Council Member Foster.
Council Member Van Loper.
Council President Protem Lee.
Here.
Council Member Campio.
Council Member Vorano.
Present.
Council Member Ela Rivera.
Council President LaCava.
Present.
Also attending the meeting of our city attorney Heather Furvert.
Independent budget analyst Charles Monica.
Council Affairs Advisor in the Mayor's office co-desizer.
And myself, your city clerk.
Deanna Fuentes.
Thank you, Council President.
All right.
Thank you, City Clerk.
Corrum is now present.
We will begin this morning with the land acknowledgement and the pledge of allegiance led by Council Member
Van Loper.
Please stand if you're able.
We respectfully acknowledge that the Kumi I nation are the original inhabitants of the
Unceded land now known as San Diego.
Despite enduring the horrors of genocide and colonization, the Kumi I spirit remains unbroken.
We honor the resilience of their ancestors who fought to protect their culture and land.
Today they carry their legacy forward ensuring that their traditions continue to thrive and
gratitude and strength.
We stand with the Kumi I nation connected to our past and committed to a thriving future.
Please face the flag.
Ready?
Begin.
All right.
Clerk, please go over how the public can offer their testimony.
Thank you, Council President.
I'd like to highlight the slide on the screen.
There reviews how the public can offer their public testimony.
During today's meeting, please note the time allocations for
proclamations and consent items for meeting management purposes.
The order can be found on the agenda summary found online or at the table in the back of the room.
If you are in person, please complete a speaker slip look at the entrance of chambers and bring it to the front of the room,
place it in the clear box.
Council ambassadors are available near the entrance and can assist with questions and speakerslips.
No further in person testimony will be taken once the council begins for a child testimony.
Thank you, Council President.
All right.
Clerk, we'll start off this morning by dispensing with the approval of the proclamation items.
Clerk, please read the items in the record and proceed with public testimony.
The public comment period for the proclamation items is now open.
Each speaker will have one minute per item per person.
If you would like to speak on three or more items, you will have a maximum of three minutes.
The proclamation item is being approved or items 3334.
S504, S506, and S509.
We do have speakers here in council chambers starting with Theresa Stivers.
If you can please come up to the microphone.
After that, we have Natasha Wilvie Cassandra Wong, Lily Zhang, David Seed,
or sect Janet Kay, Lauren Garsey's, and I in Johnson.
If you can all please come up to the yellow reserve seats at the front of the room.
Please proceed.
Hello.
My name is Theresa Stivers.
I have the honor and the privilege of serving as the CEO of Walden Family Services.
As you know, we're celebrating our 50th year anniversary of helping foster children youth and families.
Not only here in San Diego, but throughout Southern California.
I'd like you to thank you all for acknowledging the hard work, the dedication that we do.
We are particularly proud of our programs to prevent homelessness.
So an investment in Walden Family Services and the clients that we serve is an investment in San Diego and in our community at large.
So on behalf of Walden Family Services, thank you very much for your acknowledgement today.
Thank you.
Natasha?
You have time seated to you by Kevin Chen.
Can you please raise your hand, Kevin?
Thank you.
You'll have two minutes.
Please proceed.
Thank you.
Thank you to the San Diego City Council, Council President Joe LaCava, and Council President Protem can't be.
This year, the Chinese School of San Diego is proud to celebrate our special milestone, our 100th anniversary.
Back in 1925, San Diego was a city of about 150,000 residents.
It was known as the Tuna Capital of the World and Dredging had just started for the Lindbergh Field.
And in the downtown area, second and third and market streets, there was a bustling Chinatown.
San Diego's Chinatown was the center of social and business life for many and to maintain their cultural identity and learn English together.
A small school was born.
This small school became the Chinese school of San Diego.
In the mid-1980s, my mother Sally, who's here with us today, became the Joan Law School's principal.
And she enrolled me when I was an elementary school to learn Chinese.
I attended the school on Tuesday evenings and Saturday mornings, and I met other Chinese Americans born like me.
It made such an impact on me in 2003.
I served as a vice principal, later the principal, and now as the superintendent.
And I'm proud of the thousands of students we have educated and engaged.
Our Chinese school is not just important for cultural and linguistic preservation, but also for a sense of community connection.
We could not have reached the special milestone without the support of San Diego.
And we invite everyone to come celebrate with us.
Our Golden 100 Gala celebration on May 9th at Diamond Palace.
Thank you.
Thank you, Cassandra Wong.
Good morning, Council members.
Distinguished guests and community leaders.
My name is Cassandra Wong.
I am the principal of the Chinese School of San Diego.
Imagine, if you will, a small classroom of century ago.
Just a few blocks from us, wooden desks, worn smoothly, worn smooth by eager hands,
the scent of ink, calligraphy brushes, and paper in the air.
And the sound of children reciting lessons in unison.
That humble room was more than a place of learning.
It was a seed planted in the soil of our Chinese community.
Descend to grow into a towering tree of knowledge, culture, and heritage.
Today, we gather to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the oldest Chinese school in San Diego in our community.
A milestone that speaks not only to the endurance of an institution, but to the unwavering commitment of generations who believed in the power of education.
For 100 years, the school has been more than bricks and mortar.
It has been a bridge connecting generations to their cultural roots.
Your time has concluded, my apologies.
I'm sorry.
Your time has concluded it is a minute per person unless someone seeded you time.
Your time has concluded.
Was that two minutes?
You didn't have anybody else seeding you time?
Is there anybody that's joining you that would give up a minute?
Was that two minutes?
No, so you only get one minute per person.
And if somebody seeds you time, then you get two minutes.
So there's nobody else.
Cancel President Percent, perhaps you can add a minute from item S506.
I can note that.
For the record.
Please proceed.
For 100 years, the school has been more than bricks and mortar.
It has been a bridge connecting generations to their cultural roots.
A beast wants and a home where values virgins are nurtured.
Weas were scarce, but determination was abundant.
We pay tributes to shaping not just scholars, but responsible citizens.
Goonsy once said.
Sub念書末, back念.
In 2024, men were three times more likely to die from an overdose than women. And the highest rates were among adults aged 45 to 64. That's the piece that really stood out to me.
And then the other item on this highest risk groups, individuals experiencing homelessness, represent approximately 30% of all overdose of deaths in the country.
Big, big thank you to council number one welfare in council member can feel for your heartfelt interest and work on this crisis, love to all.
On S503, one sandy, one SD is a regional community building coalition under the, I pronounce this, I look this up the burn on the Burnham Center for Community Advancement.
Every word in the list of the warehouses thrilled me, then I googled one SD and it continued, every word thrilled me, a big thank you to my, my own Burnham.
Well, I got that right.
He's the pioneer of this coalition and he's going to be 99 years old this year and this personal model is community before sell community before sell, isn't it a beautiful personal model.
So anyway, your time has, sorry.
That does conclude public comment on the proclamation. Thank you.
All right, thank you, City Clerk. So we'll now turn it over to council members for comments and entertain a motion and we'll start with council member Marino.
Wonderful, good morning and I have comments on item 30, which is denim day and item S504, Mr. Enrique Lopez day, today we recognize April 29, 2026 as denim day in the city of San Diego.
A day that carries a powerful message rooted in justice awareness and solidarity denim day began as a response to a deeply troubling court ruling that perpetuated harmful lies about sexual violence and consent.
In defiance women in the Italian parliament war genes to stand with survivors and to reject the idea that clothing could ever imply consent.
The act of courage sparked a global movement, one that reminds us that there's never an excuse for sexual assault.
We are proud to recognize the vital work of the San Diego family justice center, your safe place, which provides compassionate comprehensive services to survivors of sexual assault and trafficking.
Our work ensures that anybody in need can find safety, dignity and also support.
Wearing denim today is a visible statement of our shared values that we believe survivors and that we're committed to building a safer community.
We continue this work not just today but every day until respect safety and justice are realities.
Moving on to S504, we celebrate an extraordinary milestone and an even more extraordinary individual.
It's an honor to recognize April 21, 2026 as Mr. Enrique Lopez day in the city of San Diego.
Mr. Lopez's story is one of resilience, sacrifice and unwavering dedication.
Born in the Juanamexico, he took on a lot of responsibility at a young age, leaving school early to support his family.
With determination and hope he came to the United States in pursuit of opportunity.
Lying the foundation for life defined by hard work and perseverance.
From humble beginnings as a handyman to distinguish careers spanning more than 25 years at Ralph Spakery, Mr. Lopez built a reputation for excellence.
His artistry and cake decorating not only earned him awards but brought joy to countless celebrations across our community.
Even creating cakes for beloved figures like Tony Quinn himself.
Along his wife, Mr. Lopez, he worked tirelessly to build a better life, opening doors for others along the way, providing housing support and opportunities to family members and those in need.
His compassion extends far beyond his household, whether it was saving a neighbor from a fire,
lending his skill to those in need or simply showing up when it matters the most.
Mr. Lopez has demonstrated a lifetime commitment to serving others.
Mr. Lopez embodies a very best of San Diego, hard work, generosity, resilience and heart.
His life as a testament to the impact one person can have on an entire community and it is my privilege to honor him and proclaim April 21st, 2026 as Mr. Enrique Lopez.
Happy birthday as well, happy 70th birthday and thank you for inspiring us all and with that I will make a motion to move proclamations.
Thank you.
All right, thank you council members, so we have a motion by council member Marina to move the proclamations.
We'll go next to council member Campbell.
Thank you, council president.
I'm going to speak about proct 30 and proct 31 and also about Angel Castro day.
It's important for council to recognize denim day each year to reaffirm our commitment to ending sexual violence
and supporting survivors of sexual assault.
We call it denim day after the court in Italy, wrongfully blamed a victim for her rape because she was wearing tight jeans.
The San Diego police department and city attorney's office have worked hard to pursue justice for victims of sexual assault in our city.
And years ago, when DNA kits were backed up, our police department stepped up and made sure that every one of them was examined.
The old ones and the new ones and on time.
Your safe place since 2002 has offered crucial services to survivors of sexual violence, including housing support, legal service, mental health counseling, completely free of charge.
We must continue to empower survivors and stand with them every day.
It takes courage and strength for survivors to share their stories.
We must do everything we can to teach respect for women and keep our communities safe.
I'm grateful to all the community organizations and supports of survivors to the SDPD officers and the city attorney's office for their role in holding perpetrators accountable.
For proc 31, I want to thank Mayor Gloria and my colleagues, council members Whitburn and Vaughan Wilper for joining me in proclaiming April 23, 2026 is dining out for life.
20th anniversary day in the city of San Diego, amazing.
And thank you, Ian, for your remarks.
For 20 years, the San Diego LGBT Center has partnered with dozens of local restaurants bars and coffee shops across the city to support critical HIV aid services and prevention.
This ongoing partnership has supported the center's ability to provide free health services, including HIV testing prevention care and mental health support.
This long-standing tradition exemplifies the good that can be accomplished when we come together as community.
By coming together in partnership, we support our local businesses who are providing us this opportunity and feeding us as we enjoy it.
And more importantly, we are helping people who are experiencing health challenges.
We are all collectively helping with the support and cause that saves lives.
I encourage everyone to participate this coming Thursday and go to one of the participating businesses.
You can find the list of participating businesses on the center's website, the LGBT Center, cheers to 20 years.
And next, I would like to join my colleagues in recognizing a resident from my district district to Angel Castro.
For 45 years of dedicated service to our city, through her role in parks and recreation department, amazingly 45 years of service.
Unfortunately, she recently passed away, but she left a lasting impact of service and dedication for our communities.
She began her career leading recreation programs around the city and advanced to become the area manager in the Department of Parks and Rec.
Angel organized many popular community events, including for holidays, as well as movie nights at concerts in the park.
My heart is with her family members after her passing, and thank you for sharing Angel with us.
And we know that her dedication is appreciated by all of us.
May she rest in power.
Thank you, Council President.
All right, thank you, Council Mark, can I take that as a second?
Happy to second the Bronx.
All right, thank you.
So we have motion by Councilmember Marinel's second by Councilmember Campbell to move the proclamations.
We'll go next to Council President.
Thank you, Council President.
I'll start by thanking my colleagues for the many recommendations and proclamations today.
Starting with item 30 with denim day.
Especially I don't want to echo everything that everyone else has shared, but especially thanking our city attorney's office.
And the work of our the your safe place family just center that we have as a city.
Thank you for the work that that is being done by your team turning for a group.
For item 31 for dining out for life.
I want to thank the LGBT center for your work throughout the year.
And I know our team will be one of many classes that will be joining you further that each year.
We can't miss it.
So of course it's more than just an opportunity as a fundraiser.
I think it's a continual reminder of taking that as a transfer us to show our support and to get the community together.
And a fun and meaningful way for that day.
I've got a couple other proclamations.
I wanted to pay tribute to one is S500 and one I think by colleagues.
Council President Lacaba.
Council member Campio for bringing forward Walden's family services 50th anniversary day.
And to congratulate Walden family services and my good friend C.O.
Theresa Stivers on her on their 50th anniversary.
They've been an invaluable organization in the city providing support for foster care and adoption.
Transitional housing for youth and other supportive services.
And since opening their doors have supported approximately 1,500 children youth and families annually.
And have placed 233 children in nurturing homes.
It was a pleasure to be able to celebrate the occasion with you and your team as well as many of your volunteers.
Congratulations again on the remarkable achievement of 50 years of service.
Next is item 32.
I think everyone heard a little bit about the Chinese School of San Diego.
And certainly celebrating 100 years as an organization is a milestone feat anywhere.
So I want to thank Council President Lacaba and for leading me to recognize the Chinese School of San Diego for this 100th anniversary.
As the oldest Chinese School in San Diego, it has long provided opportunities for students to learn.
Not just language but really to be immersed in to understand culture as well.
And it's not just open to children.
I've seen many adults as well participate in the programs.
And what I've seen through your programs is this opportunity to create a vibrant hub for standing against who are interested in learning a second language, maintaining their linguistic heritage,
deepening their understanding of Chinese culture through different activities, from calligraphy to dance to seasonal festival celebrations.
And I would especially note that they uniquely offer not just Mandarin Chinese but also Cantonese, which is extremely rare.
And it happens to be the dialect that I continue to speak with my mother to this day.
The Chinese School of San Diego also houses the Chinese bilingual preschool, which opened in 2008, and happens to be special to me, because my son Oliver, who is now six, spent his early years there at the school.
So I want to take a moment to congratulate Sally Wong Avery, Superintendent and Tasha Wong, Principal Cassandra Wong, and the entire staff and community for their services part of this community institution.
Throughout its 100 year journey.
And we're going to celebrate that in early May at your upcoming Gala, which I certainly look forward to.
Now, maybe as a bit of a surprise, I think it's not just enough to recognize this milestone moment for the Chinese School of San Diego without also paying tribute to an individual who has been foundational to much of its impact over decades.
So, for item 506, it's my honor, along with Council President LaCava, to bring forward a proclamation, recognizing Sally Wong Avery in the city of San Diego.
When looking through Sally's achievements and contributions to our community and across the continent, it is hard to choose just a few.
Her life has truly been rooted in community service. Sally Wong Avery was the co-founder of the Chinese Historical Society in the 1980s.
The first woman president of the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association in the 1990s.
She was a co-founder of the Chinese Bilingual Pre-School, and served as Principal of the Chinese School of San Diego from 1984 to 2012.
Sally actually opened her law practice in the mid-90s in the mid-city area where she knew there was a influx of immigrant families that needed numerous services.
She also helped to found the Chinese Service Center in 2003, and put between her professional career as an attorney and her multitudes of community engagement.
She dedicated countless hours to provide crucial, pro bono services to low-income families and numerous community organizations.
I remember sitting at a dinner just a couple of weeks ago with some of the very first Asian...
American judges to serve in the county of San Diego, and they too recognize Sally for her many years serving
as an interpreter and a translator for many immigrant families, all is a volunteer. And it's one of
those small things about Sally's service that many may not know of that is part of the history
right here in San Diego. Her contributions as an educator, an attorney, and a philanthropist have been
recognized far and wide. In 2006, she was awarded the Susan B. Anthony Leadership Award in 2009,
the Ellis Island Medal of Honor, and in 2016, she was inducted in the San Diego County Woman's Hall of Fame.
And at her alma mater, UC San Diego, you can find the Sally T. Wong Avery library,
as well as support for much of the East Asian Pacific studies and programs that they have available
at UC San Diego. So with that, I know this is a surprise, Sally. We didn't necessarily share this
with you. But I'd like to share a moment. Sally, if you'd like to come up along with Natasha Wong,
your daughter just in case you'd like to come up and say a few words.
Thank you, Ken, for your kind comment. And thank you, Joe, for supporting and coming to our
activities throughout the years. I am very privileged to and honor to really share my culture
and my language and help all the other people that are interested in Chinese in San Diego.
And I think starting early, now is about 30 years, I can see a difference in San Diego.
We teach character, we teach virtual, we teach Confucius, teaching, and that is
filipiety, honor the seniors, and also be kind to handicaps, people that are neat,
and it has a lot of different Chinese stories throughout our teaching. Our school is recognized by
people's Republic of China, the Secretary of Education in Beijing came and visited us and was
very impressed. And also Taiwan, where they have the director general, who's looking and they also give
us an award that we hang on the wall. So our school is very special. I just love it, I love doing it,
and we have trained a lot of young people to take over because I'm really tired. But thank you very
much for the acknowledgement and I'm continuing serving in many, many boards of San Diego in England
in Toronto. We have a library in Toronto, a very library that illustrates what the Japanese
has done, and also music gallery in Cambridge in England. And there are two, two, two, many,
two mentioned. Thank you. Well, thank you for this opportunity to recognize your contributions to San Diego.
I can present that concludes my comments. All right, thank you, sir. So we'll go to the council member
Bob Wilber. Thank you very much. And thank you to my colleagues as always for bringing forth wonderful
recommendations for our community. I have a bunch of comments, but item 32, the Chinese School of San Diego
and 100th anniversary day. I too have visited this school. It's absolutely beautiful. Thank you for
opening it up to community events, including events by the Commission on the Status of Women. I'm very excited to
come to the gala and celebrate with all of you, but it's fantastic. And I'm looking forward to learning more on
item 50, as 50, six, Sally Wong, every day, Sally Wong, you have raised an incredible daughter as well.
Natasha has become a good friend to so many of us and really become an ambassador for the Chinese community
to all of us. And so very excited to have her as a friend and a mentor. And also thank you for your service,
your pro bono service as a lawyer. That really touched me when I read that, including teaching health
restaurant workers, health and sanitation. You really have helped so many people throughout your time.
And you continue to help, so we very much appreciate you. On item S502, National Sentinel Awareness Day,
I'm honored to join Councilor L. Campio in recognizing National Sentinel Awareness in the urgent need to
address this crisis. Sentinel still remains the leading driver of overdose deaths impacting families in
every single part of San Diego County. It's often found in counterfeit pills, increasing the risk of
accidental exposure and overdose and even small amounts can be fatal, which is by prevention and
public awareness or critical, expanding access to in a lock zone, investing in education,
or proving strategies to save lives and guess what folks it's working. We are now bending the
trends and fewer people are losing their lives to mental overdose and San Diego County because of the
work we've all done together. So we have to double down and keep going. On item 3030, which is denim day,
I'm proud to join my colleagues in recognizing denim day in the city of San Diego, I too am reading
denim. You can't see it very well. And thank you to everyone who's come in. I know Blair Beacon
had asked what this case was about. And unfortunately, the story began in Italy in 1992 when an 18-year-old
girl was on her first day of her very first driving lesson and her 45-year-old driving instructor
took her to an isolated road, pulled her out of the car, removed her jeans, and possibly raped her.
She reported the rape and the perpetrator was arrested and prosecuted. He was convicted of raping
her and sentenced to jail. But during the appellate process, he appealed the conviction claiming that
she was wearing jeans that were so tight, she must have helped him take them off. And the Italians
Supreme Court agreed and overturned her conviction. Enraged by the verdict, woman in the Italian
Parliament launched a protest wearing jeans on the steps of the Supreme Court of Italy.
This protest was then picked up by the International Media, which led the California Senate in assembly
to do the same and wear denim jeans on the state of the California State Capitol. It was then picked up
in Los Angeles and since 1999, we have all been commemorating denim day every year in April to raise
awareness about sexual assault and that clothing will never, ever mean consent. I'm also grateful
to the work of our CNU Police Department and our detectives in the Family Justice Center who prosecutes
anyone who commits sexual assault and provides hope for survivors. On item 31, dining out for life,
I'm very excited to be joining our friends from the LGBT Center again and many other partner
organizations to recognize dining out for life to support HIVA's service and prevention and what a
beautiful story you shared about someone finding hope in San Diego. I'm grateful to the restaurants,
small businesses and volunteers who continue to show up and give back. I do believe we in the
federal government need to continue recognizing roll-aids day, supporting the right-and-white and
hop-lifunds and making sure that we fully invest in science, medicine and prevention going forward. So
thank you to our LGBT community. I'm very excited to commemorate with you. I need some good food.
For a good cause. Next item 32, and I will need my additional three minutes please. Angel Castro Day,
I want to take a moment to recognize Angel Castro and her incredible legacy of service to the city of
San Diego. Having dedicated nearly 45 years to the Parks and Recreation Department,
and Remet can be filled in communities around the city, including in District 5. We're very grateful for
her legacy of leadership, including movies in the park, to holiday events, to help create community,
including in District 5. So Angel, we will think about you often. Thank you very much for the work
you have done in our city. And finally, item S501, Darrell Malone, Memorial Poker 1 Day. I am very,
very honored to recognize Darrell Malone, Memorial Poker 1 Day, and the veterans and
honorings at this day supports. This event brings together veterans, writers, families, and honors
service and strengthens our community. It carries forward Darrell Malone's legacy by continuing to show
up for those who have served our country. I want to thank the American Legion writers, chapter 365,
for your ongoing commitment to supporting veterans and their families. For those who don't know,
we have many of the members here with us in the audience. Today, American Legion writers chapter
365 is currently the fourth largest chapter in California, and among the most active groups right here
in North San Diego County. Their mission is rooted in service and community engagement and making a
lasting impact for those who have served our country. And in fact, we have one of our own here.
Elias Rodriguez, who served our very own San Diego Police Department for 26 years and is a retired
US Navy SEAL. I love you to come up and please give us some comments about what's going on today.
I'm sorry Elias, I put down your name wrong. Elias Rodriguez, please come on up.
Hi, good morning. My name is Elias Rodriguez. I'm the director of the American Legion writers
365 located in Vista. And behalf of the American Legion 365, we'd like to thank Council Member
Marnie Van Wilbur, the City of San Diego, and the mayor for this proclamation.
And although we're based out of Vista, we support veterans in the entire county. So the work that
we do, the volunteer hours that we put in and the money that we raise, go to the veterans,
their families and the organizations that support veterans.
This recognition is not only for members who are here today, some past presidents as well,
but it's for all of us that we contribute towards our cause. We'd like to invite you to the
12th Annual Dara Malone Pokerun. That's this Saturday at 1-2-3-4 South Santa Fe Avenue in Vista.
We're going to donate $16,000 to four different organizations. So this is how we raise,
we help raise our money. So if you're a motorcycle writer, bring your motorcycle, show pity 30.
If you're going to drive a cage, which means a car got four wheels, show up at 12. And we have a barbecue,
a live band, and a raffle prices that we're going to be given away. So thank you very much for
this proclamation. We're honored to receive that. Thank you very much. Thank you.
Thank you very much. And I know we have many veterans in the room here who have served every
worse from Vietnam going forward. So can our veterans please stand so we can recognize you as well?
All right. Thank you. Thank you very much. Your work has made a real impact to our communities.
We continue to look forward to every year. And I will be there on Saturday to celebrate with you.
So thank you so much. And thank you very much. Thank you. All right. Thank you.
Thank you council member. Vaughn wallpaper. We'll go next. The council member can be.
Thank you council president. And thanks to everyone who's here. And congratulations to everyone
receiving the proclamation. And denim day. Thank you to our city attorney's office and everyone who's
helping stand against sexual violence, dining out for life 20th anniversary. My family deeply appreciates that.
My uncle, Francis Co. passed away in 1992 from HIV Aids. My family sees the work you do and really
appreciate it. And the Chinese school of San Diego, 100th anniversary and incredible milestone.
Congratulations on that. Walden family services. I'm honored to join your office council
president and proclaiming April 30th as Walden family services 50th anniversary day. I think them for
being in chambers for five decades delivering comprehensive and culturally competent support to families
and youth across Southern California has had a profound impact. And may your next 50 years build on
that legacy even further. I'm honored to proclaim May 12th, 2026 as one San Diego day. And I think
the Burnham Center for the of community advancement and their partners and their leadership in this
as leaders in this region as Mr. Burnham as one of our colors mentioned 99 years old has
contributed so much to our region and the Burnham Center continues to carry that legacy forward and by
sharing data and aligning efforts and advancing real measurable progress. I know we'll go even further
together. And last but not least, Linda Vista, my multicultural fair day. I want to think my good friends
that I see every year Janet Kay and Lauren Garasis for being here today and leading the charge to
keep the amazing tradition going. It's always such a fun time being with you. And of course,
the community that organizes such a great event every single year. It's gotten bigger and bigger and bigger
over the last five years. And I will be there this weekend with my team. I invite everyone to be there
on Saturday between 10 and 5 along Linda Vista Road. There's rides. So bring kids. That's always fun too.
And with that, I will conclude my comments. Thank you, council president.
All right, thank you, council member Campia. We'll go next to council member Foster.
Thank you, council president. And just really want to just take a quick moment acknowledge all of the
proclamation recipients. A lot of good items today. I'd like to touch on just a couple of them.
One, denim day. I just want to acknowledge the mayor city, city attorney and my colleagues for bringing
this proclamation forward. denim days about standing with survivors and being clear that there's no
excuse for sexual violence. This is about challenging harmful thinking that's just blame onto victims.
Instead of holding a abusers accountable and making sure victims feel supported when they come forward.
This recognition sends a clear message.
That we stand with survivors in against victim blaming. We must continue to provide safe places, support and protect victims and hold abusers accountable.
Also, dining out for life, 20th anniversary for 20 years, dining out for life, has brought people together to support critical HIV prevention, care, and support services here in San Diego.
It's a simple idea with real impact showing supporting local businesses and giving back at the same time.
These efforts help fund services at meeting our community rely on every day.
I look forward to participating with my team and supporting this important cause.
Thank you to the LGBT Center for continuing to stand in the gap and for the work you continue to do.
The Walden Family Services, 50th anniversary, I want to thank Council President LeCave and Council member Campio for recognizing Walden Family Services.
For many young people leaving foster care, the transition into adulthood comes with real challenges, especially without stable housing or support.
We see this across our city, including in District 4, where too many young people are navigating the next step on their own.
Organizations like Walden Family Services provides stability and guidance on the path forward.
Your work helps young people build life skills, continuing their education, and move toward independence.
Fifty years of this work has made a real difference for youth and families across our region.
Thank you.
Also, national fit and long awareness day, fit and all continues to impact communities across our city.
And too many families have felt that loss firsthand.
What makes this especially dangerous is how often people don't know what they're being exposed to.
Awareness, education, and access to tools like Narcon, or critical to preventing more lives from being lost.
I'd like to acknowledge the project of where team and Mr. Reginald Washington for all the work that him and his team do in protecting our community from this dangerous drug.
Thank you to Council Member von Wilpert and Council Member Compeo for bringing this important proclamation forward.
And Council President, that will conclude my comments.
And again, congratulations to all of the receivers of the proclamations today.
All right. Thank you, Councillor Foster. We'll go to Council Member Whitburn.
Thank you, Council President. I too would congratulate all of those being recognized with proclamations today.
Thank you for your service to our city, to our community.
Thank you to Angel Castro's family for being here, and for honoring her legacy, her passion for bringing people together is missed by our entire city.
I want to thank my colleagues for bringing forward the proclamation recognizing dead end day millions across the nation.
We'll wear denim and stand with survivors of sexual violence on April 29.
We reject any excuse for sexual violence.
I'm honored to join my colleagues in recognizing dieting out for life 20th anniversary day this Thursday.
The Center organizes us event year after year making sure that those resources reach our community for two decades.
San Diego's have come together to diet out to directly support HIV and AIDS services, including testing and prevention care and mental health services for those who need it most.
I also want to thank the dozens of participating restaurants and bars and establishments across San Diego who donate a significant portion of their proceeds on dieting out for life data support the centers health and wellness programs.
And I would encourage as many people as possible to take part this Thursday at support the businesses that are helping to make a real difference in our community, particularly when you consider as Mr Johnson said the challenges that the community faces of the current federal environment.
And I also want to thank many of my colleagues for participating in this important day on Thursday.
The 100th anniversary of the Chinese School of San Diego is such a milestone, one that really highlights the contributions and influence of the Chinese community from San Diego's earliest days.
Congratulations to the Wang family and everybody was attended and supported the Chinese School of San Diego over the years.
I am proud that it has its roots in downtown San Diego and that we continue to have a thriving Chinese historical district dating back to the 1860s about five blocks style of the street right here.
It is also fitting that we are honoring Sally Wang every today.
She's done so much to out of the heritage of San Diego's Chinese community while also ensuring that the community and culture continues to thrive in our city and cities around the world.
So thank you for contributing so much to our community over so many years.
Thank you.
All right, thank you council member Whippern. Now that all my colleagues have spoken, I will close out council comments.
Thank you, our congratulations everybody has been recognized and the proclamations being offered today.
Thank you to my colleagues for bringing them forward.
I'll speak to just a few of them starting with item 30, denim day in collaboration with Mayor Gloria city attorney.
Council members Campbell Von Wuppert and Marano.
I join my colleagues in recognizing denim day and stand and solidarity with survivors of sexual assault.
Sadly, despite the progress we have seen from the me two movement until now.
Recent revelations underscore that individual behavior and simple respect has so much further to go.
We must continue to do all we can to eradicate sexual violence and create safe spaces for survivors to tell their stories.
denim day provides an opportunity to show those in our community that the city of San Diego stands with survivors of sexual violence.
And we will continue to seek opportunities to offer support services and deter sexual violence.
Item as 500 wall them family services 50th anniversary day.
As to reset herself said and council member camp you noted the work being done at Walden is nothing short extraordinary.
Through their investment in foster care youth they instilled in knowledge and skills to thrive as youth continue to face the challenges of foster care and adoption.
The cultural response of programs like child family therapy transitional housing for youth and LGBTQ plus services.
Walden family services proactively creates a safer future for San Diego's youth.
Thank you to all the staff at Walden family services for the amazing work that you do to help positively shape the future of foster care and its youth over the past 50 years.
I am S509, San Diego Council on Literacy Day.
Today, I ask my council members to join me in proclaiming May 1 to San Diego Council on Literacy Day to highlight the importance of literacy rates in the city of San Diego.
Literacy is more than just an academic scale.
It is a necessity that allows for opportunity impacts overall quality of life.
With youth literacy rates ranging from 22 to 91% in San Diego, the San Diego Council on Literacy aims to close this gap.
Through community partnerships and local organizations, they provide on average 65,000 people with literacy services that include programs and over 500,000 new books.
This work would not be possible with the dedicated work of the San Diego Council on Literacy staff, volunteers, community organizers, and teachers who work truly does make a difference.
Thank you for your efforts in creating opportunities for San Diego.
I too will join Council President Protam Lee on item 32.
In congratulating the Chinese School of San Diego on the organization's 100th anniversary.
San Diego is a mosaic of diverse cultures background histories and traditions that each contribute to our city's vibrancy.
Cultural institutions and culture bears play vital roles in our communities that preserve and strengthen our collective story for the next generation.
The Chinese School of San Diego has enriched our city in providing cultural and language education providing critical ties to the past while enriching the city's future.
As they celebrate 100 years, I applaud their dedication to fostering community bonds and contributions to our cultural fabric.
And closing S506, Sally Wong, Avery Day.
An important piece of Chinese school's history is Sally Wong, Avery, as we've heard.
As one of the organizations, co-founders, Sally's contributions help generations of Chinese Americans through financial literacy, English language classes, taxes systems and even pro bono legal services.
On top of our community contributions, Sally's philanthropic contribution span the globe, but also fields of study ranging from historic preservation to music.
Through her leadership in generosity, Sally continues to leave her legacy in community empowerment and education across the world.
Thank you, Sally, for all the work that you've done to create connected Asian communities in San Diego.
And I have said, for the past four years in a row, we will get via Capri repaved.
This is the year we're really going to do it.
So mark my words, but thank you, Sally, for the good work that you've done.
So with that, and all my colleagues have now spoken, we have a motion by Councilmember Moreno.
And a second by Councilmember Campbell.
Clerk, please call the roll.
Thank you, that does pass unanimously.
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All right, little business to do this morning.
We will now proceed with the approval of the consent items, items 50-557108-505-507-508.
Before we take public comment, I will pull items 106 and 107 to be heard after the vote is taken on the balance of the consent agenda.
Are there any other requests to pull any other items?
Not seen any.
Clerk, please proceed with public testimony on the remainder of the consent items.
Thank you.
Please note, each speaker will have one minute per item per person if you would like to speak on three or more items.
You will have a maximum of three minutes.
The council president already read the consent agenda into the record, but also let me note for the record.
The potential appointment that is on the agenda this morning is item 108.
Is the potential appointment of T.B. A. Shsa Matovu to the Board of Administration of the San Diego City Employees Retirement System.
Blair Beekman and Steven Prescott.
If you can please come up to the front.
Blair, you're speaking on items 50-54, 52-101, and 52.
So you'll have three minutes on the consent calendar.
If you can please come to the microphone.
Hi. Thank you. Blair Beekman.
Nice parking lotions today. Nice to know Cantonese San Francisco Chinatown has a really large Cantonese language population there to know.
So nice parking lotions today. Thank you.
Starting with my comments.
Item 50, acceptance of floating restroom, California Department of Parks.
When you have this item comes up kind of regularly every six months or so here.
When it does, thank you very much for it, because it usually, it's kind of an interesting idea.
It kind of brings out other ideas and future agendas like bathroom use in the downtown area.
And what we could be doing to better serve those kind of issues.
So this item actually, it floats. It does float.
It brings on new ideas of how we consider our issues in San Diego creative ideas.
So good luck how what this item can be representing is expensive, but good luck what it can be representing.
Item 52 is equity issues.
Really, you had really good equity reports on what the equity group is building for the future.
And you had to work out the language, so it works within.
Is it working within the IBA? Is that what it's doing?
I see a really good potential and coordination and communication that can be developing.
I think with the budget issues we had yesterday, Councilperson Foster made it so nice.
He said it's so well that I really hope we're focusing on equity.
Our community is all of us.
The mayor's office parts of the community that don't want to do that.
I hope they really understand the value of, I use the word guiding like maybe a roadmap.
It's just kind of just our best ways to think about ourselves.
And to look how that can be developing our budget to this coming year.
For you have item 54, again the Minota item is back about copying services.
This is a really big contract and it's been coming back and back to consent calendar.
So you guys are really working on it.
Thank you that items do come back. You're making a habit of doing that.
I think that's a nice feature. I think some people won't like it, but I think it's kind of a good thing to do.
It gives us time to talk and shows realistically what the process is actually about.
You guys don't just instantly approve stuff.
It has to be worked out and worked out and worked out.
So you're bringing it back.
That gives us more time to talk on issues if we want.
Thank you for that.
That was my big three.
You truly pull underground in.
Thank you. It's an important issue to be working on.
And thanks for your time.
Thank you Steven.
You're speaking on I was 50, 54 and 55.
You will have three minutes as well.
Good morning city council. Steven Prescott city constituent.
I'm in Marty Vaughn wall perts city council district in Carmel Valley.
Just wanted to come in today again because to thank everybody the whole city council for working for the city and being public servants.
One of the things, a few of the things that keep coming up over and over as a city doesn't have money in cost or too high.
And that's where I want to talk about.
There's the three consent items about city contracting and also delivering the floating bathroom.
Thank you very much for thinking about the floating bathroom by parks and wrecks.
However, one way to cut costs in the city is by contracting with employee owned companies for a lot of these services.
And there's a lot of companies that are employed on that's very democratic.
That are efficient, effective, and cost competitive that can deliver these services for the city.
At most likely a lower cost than this city can deliver the services.
And it's very democratic and the employees and the employee owned companies are able to retire as well because they receive any profits that the company makes in their retirement plans.
And I wanted to make that point for the floating bathroom.
Thank you very much.
The floating bathroom has some risk to it of contamination, potential spillage and things like that.
The beautiful thing about contracting with a private company is liability.
And leading on liability of the private company's insurance.
And that also goes for possibly clean and safe.
Thank you very much for rolling out clean and safe in downtown San Diego.
In my opinion, that is a key component to fixing the city's finances, financing problems, specifically because city revenue is impacted by a downtown that's deteriorated.
And the lack of visitors.
Now, a crazy idea might be to contract clean and safe with private contractors.
Because there's accountability.
There's accountability if they're not performing a new contractor can be hired.
And things like that.
And employee owned contractors would do a great job for the city, in my opinion.
Fantastic job, most likely at a lower cost to the city, and also become higher, more effective.
Another way to fix.
City budget problems is charged for parking at the beaches. The city of San Diego gets as many visitors
as Las Vegas. That's what people don't realize. We get 30 million visitors a year, and they will
and they will gladly pay for parking because they will gladly love a nice new parking lot,
and that's a great source of revenue for the city potentially, and maybe less controversial than
the zoo. Then, charging for parking at Velbo Park in the zoo. And I just want to bring that up because,
at our beaches, we also have a bathroom problem. They're not, they're not that nice. Other countries
have wonderful bathrooms. The country in New Zealand competes on their public bathrooms. How nice
their bathrooms are. So, I encourage the entire city council. Thank you. Thank you. That concludes
speakers here in Council Chambers going to those participating remotely. Tony, if you can please
unmute, and let me know which item our items you wish to speak to you.
Hello, I just wanted to speak to all the items, please. Please proceed.
Hey, good morning, city council. Just wanted to follow up on yesterday's meeting and I want to do
thank y'all for all the work that you're putting in and encourage you to keep going. That's it.
Next speaker is item 8700. If you can please let me know which item our items you wish to speak to.
Thank you. 52 103 and 108. Please. Thank you. I'll have three minutes. Our next speaker will be
reached on stop. Please proceed. Dear Kim 52, dear Kim Desmond, I look forward to seeing you
often at next month's budget hearings. Since we will be using an equity lens, you've given us
gold for budget equity framework. And along with that, during the budget cycle, each department
is required to submit a budget equity impact statement. Wow, what a great part of our budget process.
Thank you so much to Kim and her whole team. And of course, the IBA is part of that team.
103, TPS funding for CD4, summer community enhancement series. This supports in a beautiful way
our underserved community. There you go, council member fostered the third. It's a good thing
for your your beautiful community. Go ahead. We're shaping up in many, many ways to help our underserved
constituents. Thank you, China Warren on 108. The director of that department of boards and
commissions, you do such great work. Thank you so much. Now, this and I congratulate the person
that's going to serve on the STC's board. Give public read the article in the UK from March
14 of 2026. It's an amazing article. I don't fully understand that I've read a twice and I'm going
to study it again and again. I talks about the pension situation for San Diego and the whole
system and the board and everything. So from that article, I came up with the pension system.
I call it the group and there's nine groups on the group. Here it is, actuary and team,
STC's board, investor investments, San Diego key closed session attendees, San Diego City Council,
labor team, San Diego employees, the public. And lastly, this one really, really is amazing.
39 California pension systems. So again, thank you, China. This is such important work and thank
you everybody on the council and the public and the mayor, everyone who makes these boards
happen and encourages and inspires our public to come on board and be part of that wonderful, wonderful
thing that helps us come together. Sure time has concluded. Thank you for your comments, John Sump,
and then our final speaker, 7499, John Sump, please unmute. I, John Sump, first done. I think it's
item 52. Can you please let me know all the items that you're speaking to so we can give you the correct time?
Do 100, 101. You'll have three minutes, please proceed. Thank you. 52 deals with the
Ms. Desvin and the Office of Equity. As most of you may know, I was chairman of the city's
equal opportunity commission under three mayors. And during my time, we met every city department
met or exceeded their goals for that year. I'm concerned that I've written you a number of times that
staff reports when they, as a standard part of the report, they ask for the, whether they're
in impacts on the equity and diversity and they either put not applicable or nothing. I don't know
how this is possible. Yesterday we had, it is the city's policy to have equity and to report on it.
And yesterday we had the report on the San Diego gas electric franchise compliance review
and there was no information about the utilization of men and women and where they came from
in the report. The council of its committed to equity needs to require that there be a report
on equal opportunity or diversity or whatever we're calling it today. Not only because
it says how many jobs you're being given to who from what council districts, but it also affects
climate action. Because if all the employment, let's say from the largest employer, SDG and E, is
from people who live in Riverside County, you'll never make your climate goals. Finally on 101,
the key factor there is when SDG and E charges us in places, utilities in the ground,
for undergrounding, those facilities become the property of the landlord, the city of San Diego,
under the law of fixtures. So, you know, we had that report giving the estimated buyout costs and I
think it was wrong because it had as paying twice, it's rice for things that the rate pairs
of already paid for and SDG and E stuck in the ground. So, let's get some equity reports. Thank you very much.
Thank you and our final speaker is 7499, the five minute timer did conclude and this is a last speaker with
their hand raised. Please on me and let me know which item or items you wish to speak to.
51, 53, through 57, 102, as 507 and as 508.
Thanks for seeing. Bob Kuzuzki here, a huge portion of this city's budget is spent on contracts like these,
a million here and a million there. Before you know it, you're many millions of dollars in the hole.
One reason that this city is cutting so many services is that you're not properly managing
the many contracts where you spend the city's money. Who is actually overseeing all these contracts and
ensuring that these businesses are carrying out the city's goals in a physically responsible manner.
If you look at all of these diverse agenda items, who has the background to properly oversee them all?
The answer is no one. The city doesn't have the staff to properly oversee all of these contracts.
I know because I've watched how this city hasn't properly overseen the one contract that I know
at the Tory Pines Glider Fort. Furthermore, the businesses know how to smooth the scarce oversight
that they do get from the city. If you want to see this in action, make a public record's request
for the communications between the city's Roswita Sanchez and the business that she supposedly manages
at the Tory Pines Glider Fort. Is this city council too stupid to realize that you desperately
need independent oversight of all of these contracts? Or is the city council too corrupt to do so?
Which is it, Joe Lacava? Are you too stupid or too corrupt? City clerk, I see the remainder of my time
for any city council member to give any reasonable defense of their inactions. Please allow them the time
to do so. Thank you. That concludes public comment on the consent items.
All right. Thank you, City Clerk. I'll turn it over to my colleagues for questions comments and entertain
a motion on the consent items and a reminder that 106 and 107 have been pulled to be heard next.
I will move. You want to move the consent item? All right. And I do want to do one.
And we got a second by council member, Whipper. So we have a motion by council member,
fund Whipper, to move the consent items and a second by council member Whipper.
Clerk, please call the roll. Wait a minute. Don't call the roll. I want to make a couple of comments.
I'm sorry. I want to thank Charles and Kim on item 52 for the good work that they did.
And I want to use this also as a moment of education. The reason you saw this keep coming up is
because you hear it once at committee. You get a first reading that council, whether it's an ordinance,
and then it comes back a second time when it's an ordinance to make sure we got the ordinance right.
The first time. That's why it appears that it comes up many times. And while I'm happy to share
constituency. So I don't know if that constituent really is. In district five, living in
Cardinal Valley or district one, which is what I think of a Cardinal Valley. And S507 is in district one.
It used to be in district two. So not getting protective of district one boundaries, but just saying so.
Anyway, my apologies to my colleagues and the public for jumping back in now. Please call the roll.
Sorry, every sorry at the voting system. Please cast your vote.
And that passes unanimously, nine to zero. Thank you, council president.
All right, thank you. Before we proceed with items 106 and 107 that were pulled from the consent agenda.
Council member of on Wilbur. I believe you have a statement to make. Yes, thank you, council president.
I am refusing on item one of six item one of seven. And I'll be leaving the room during the consideration and vote for these items very
acusual is based on the conflict of interest and size serve on both the city council and the San Diego County regional airport authority.
Both of which are involved in these matters. I also have accused from the San Diego County regional airport authorities discussion and deliberation on these items on that board as well.
So I'm state out. That's completely. Thank you. All right. Thank you. We'll give you a moment to lead chambers.
All right, we will now take up items 106 and 107 as a joint item.
Taking public comment at one minute each or two total. So first, do my colleagues want to hear any presentations.
These were on the consent item on the consent agenda. Not seeing any request to hear the presentation.
Seeing none clerk, please proceed with public testimony on items 106 and or 107.
We have no speakers hearing council chambers for those items going to those participating remotely.
Nobody has their hands raised. There's no public comment. Thank you, council president.
All right. Excuse me with that. I will move item 106. Can I get a second? Council member Whitburn.
So I have a motion by myself on 106 and a second by council member Whitburn. Please call the roll.
Please cast your vote.
That passes unanimously eight to zero with council member on Wilbur, refusing.
All right. Again, I'll make a motion on item 107 take council member Whitburn for the second on that. Please call the roll.
I'm sorry. The voting system. Please cast your vote.
That passes unanimously. It's somebody. No vote. My apologies.
My apologies. I will restart the voting system.
I'm.
I'm sorry. The voting system. Please cast your vote.
It's my first time pressing the recuse button. That passes unanimously eight to zero with council member
Von Wilbur, refusing. All right. Even though we did it, just seemingly a few hours ago.
Are there any comments from the mayor's office, city council members, city attorneys,
office independent budget analyst, or city clerk? Not seeing any. We will now take up non agenda public comment.
And let's see if we can power through.
And clear this morning's document. The Council members respect and appreciate the public's input, and are fully committed to protecting every participants for speech rights at council and committee meetings.
Please proceed with public comment.
Thank you, Council President.
I'm proud to point seven on agenda public comment is an opportunity for members of the public to comment on items that are not on the agenda, but within the subject manager is six on the city council.
It's a speaker we'll have two minutes. If you're in chambers, please submit your speakers.
The meeting is virtually not as a time to raise your hand by tapping the raise your hand icon or call and participants star nine.
Jacob Edwards. I did not see Jacob Edwards here. Blair Beekman. If you can please come forward. You'll have two minutes.
Hi. Thank you. Blair Beekman.
It was nice to hear here and see so many people from San Diego at the public meeting yesterday and what we're working on.
We're working on the same issues this last year.
We have a mayor who's adamant who wants to control deficits spending and the San Diego budget deficit.
I hope this year can become more clear the ideas I tried to describe how Oakland is working in their massive deficit issues as well.
I haven't described LA before. LA has an $1 billion deficit and they reduced it to about 200 million.
What do they do?
Well, I think they're trying to maintain services and the mayor also took a cut and pay.
And she was willing to do that. I think we really have to consider that pay issue and what symbolically of nothing else.
Even the smallest amounts symbolizes what we want to accomplish as a city.
So good luck how to consider that.
What I've said about Oakland.
They have a real care community and social services. We don't hear.
The mayor is adamant on budget cutting.
I hope you can understand Oakland's philosophy I was trying to think of.
They take a softer approach and that these things can take time.
We don't have to do everything in one year or two years.
This takes time to work on.
And by that sort of philosophy, we can practice our social services.
And mind the budget.
Make those cuts when necessary.
But maintain our importance of social services.
I hope everyone who's against revenue building and taxes understands that.
This isn't just cut and cut.
Thank you for that concluding statement.
Starting the five minute time required of those participating remotely.
We currently have three speakers in the queue.
87 hundred if you can please unmute.
The next speaker is 7499.
87 hundred. You'll have two minutes.
There you go.
Thank you so much.
I have a batch of items.
Number one, a shout out to the Padres.
They are 15 and 7.
One game behind the Dodgers.
Best of luck to both.
I connect to two teams because I have found cloud memories of sitting on the grass at pet go and watching.
Padres player Dave Roberts do his award winning base stealing.
Perhaps 2026 is the Padres turn to win the World Series go Padres.
Number two.
Thank you everyone.
For a very robust budget discussion yesterday.
I'll come to my table.
I missed you at that meeting.
I look forward to your very important comments.
At the upcoming budget hearings.
It's so great when I look at the voting board.
On city clerk by city clerk set up by city clerk and see nine green lights.
On the way on our budget agenda items.
So today I just looked at those nine lights.
And it was just, it's thrilling.
You know, this is us working together.
So thank you everyone.
Number three, a shout out to Catherine Rhodes for her ballad measure.
And just for her continuing service to the people of San Diego.
But her ballad measure is for strong revenue.
Of strong revenue source.
Please please continue to look at that thoroughly.
To see how viable it is and how it could work because wouldn't that be terrific.
Now my last item is on the furloughs.
So dear public please read April 1426 UT article.
The SDEs also to union.
It comes for apologies.
Your time has concluded.
So seven four nine nine.
If you can please unmute.
Bob Kuzuzki here.
We've all heard the news from the Gliderport this past weekend.
There was yet another paragraph crash at the Tory pint Gliderport.
There was yet another lifeguard rope rescue and yet another helicopter rescue.
What do you know about the cause of this accident?
Joe LaCava.
What do you know about the cause of this accident?
Jennifer Campbell and Stephen Whitburne.
How about you, Henry Foster and Marne Ivonne Wilburne.
Kent Lee and Role Compio.
What do you know about this?
How about you, Vivian Marino and Sean Elo Rivera?
What does Mayor Todd Gloria know about the cause of this accident?
I'll tell you what you all know.
You know whatever that business operator tells you.
You have a Fox guarding the head house at the Tory pint city park.
How stupid do you have to be to allow a private business to make millions of dollars a year from our public property
with virtually no oversight at all?
The very least you could do is step up to reactivate the Tory pint city park advisory board.
But not one of you will do that.
And that leaves the blood of these pilots and the blood of all past and future accidents and deaths on each of your hand and records.
You know, I watched this council posturing and posing every week.
As if you actually care about the citizens of this city.
Yet how many times have you heard about these ongoing abuses and done nothing?
I learned long ago that you can't judge politicians by all the posturing and posing of good public deeds that they shove in our faces.
You have to judge them by all the abuses that they hide behind the scenes and won't address it all.
The ongoing abuses at the Tory pint's blighter park reflects disgustingly on each of you.
That includes you, Joel Acaba, and you, Marty Vaughan Wilper.
That concludes your comments.
John Stumb, if you can please unmute your final speaker.
Well, coming last is, I guess, good.
I'm very disappointed by the city council continuing to support the police and fire over time.
The city council has not been able to require that the police department and fire department fully staff up since Pete Wilson's day.
As some of you may know, for nearly 20 years before I was a lawyer, I was a personnel manager for the city and counties.
And it's quite clear that the easiest and best place to recruit qualified police and firefighters is San Diego.
Why? Because we have military bases here that utilizes military police and firefighters.
And they would want to stay in San Diego as much as anybody else.
They know it. They'd like a job paying up to $500,000 a year.
Please, when you're considering the budget, I'll cut the overtime to no more than 10% and require full staffing at police and fire.
Thank you very much.
Thank you. That doesn't include an unagenda public comment.
If you raise your hand after the five minute timer, we cannot take you today.
But you can definitely send in comments to city clerk at San Diego.gov.
And those will be distributed. Thank you, council president.
All right. Thank you, city clerk. We will now adjourn for the noon recess and reconvene open session at 2 p.m.
Or shortly thereafter.
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But what they said was real, who makes they all still live in underhouse.
Get some living out of the house.
All's I got this time, got the needy just to run.
Take time with the wounded hand, cause the light is still.
I like the still, I'm happy that I used to be.
I'm happy that I used to be.
Feeling uninspired.
Take a start of five.
Everybody run.
Five is got to come.
Think you're kind of neat.
Then you tell me I'm a creep.
Friends don't need a thing.
Get some living out of the house.
Take time with the wounded hand, cause the light is still.
I like to steal.
I'm happy that I used to be.
Take time with the wounded hand, cause the light is still.
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All right. Good afternoon. I will now reconvene the city council meeting of Tuesday, April 21,
2026. Clerk, please call the roll.
Thank you, council president council member Campbell.
I heard her council member Whippburn.
Here.
Council member Foster. Council member Bonwilper.
Council president Protemly.
Council member Campio.
Council member Marana.
Council member Ilor Rivera.
Council president LaCava.
I do see council member Bonwilper in the room.
Council member Bonwilper, your president.
Thank you.
Also attending the meeting of our Assistant City Attorney Leslie Fitzgerald independent budget analyst Charles Matika.
Council representativeizer in the mayor's office co-desizer.
And myself, your city clerk, the Anna Fuentes.
Thank you, council president.
All right.
Forum is now present.
Clerk, please introduce items 330 and S510.
Thank you, council president.
Item 330 is a Mending San Diego Municipal Code.
Section 21.0104 to rename Caesar Chavez Day to farm workers day.
And item S510 is to rename the existing 0.8 mile long streets.
Caesar A. Chavez Parkway from commercial street heading south west across be road as Chicano Park Boulevard.
Thank you, council president.
Sorry, if people would like to speak to this item.
Please be sure to submit your speakers up to the front of the room in the clear box.
Or press star 9 or the raise your hand icon if you're in the virtual queue.
Thank you, council president.
All right.
Council president, could I ask is there a reason why we're taking both items together?
That was the way it was introduced to me.
Was your preference to have them?
Yeah, if we could split them up, I know that there's community members that are unfortunately attending a port meeting.
And they were looking to potentially come and speak on one of the items.
Okay.
Do you have any preference for which one to go first?
No.
We could do this one first.
The 330.
Yeah.
Thank you.
We'll stay on correct then we will take the two items separately and we will start with item 330.
Are you prepared for that?
Well introduce yourself for the record and let us know how much time you need for item 330.
Good afternoon, council president.
I will need 10 minutes for today's presentation.
All right.
When you're ready.
Good afternoon, council president.
I'm a member of the city council.
My name is Lucera Maganna and I am the deputy director of community engagement for Mayor Todd Gloria.
I want to know that today's presentation has been updated to include slight numbers and correct the year on slight number eight.
Next slide.
We come today to respectfully request the council adopted ordinance,
reminding the San Diego Municipal Code to rename March 31st,
known as Caesar Chavez Day, to farm workers day.
And to adopt the ordinance approving the renaming of Caesar each other's parkway to check out a park boulevard.
And the waving of San Diego Municipal Code section 112.0301 subsection eight.
Next slide please.
Recent investigative reporting by the New York Times has brought forward serious and troubling allegations regarding Caesar Chavez.
The city of San Diego unequivocally stands with survivors who came forward.
Whose courage and speaking out to disclose abuse often at great personal costs,
demands acknowledgement and action.
The legacy of the farm workers rights movement belongs to the farm workers,
organizers and families who sacrifice to build it.
A collective achievement that no individuals conduct can diminish or define.
The city of San Diego's facilities, programs, public assets, and official designations should reflect the values of dignity, safety, and justice that the farm worker movement fought to advance.
Considering these troubling circumstances, may Gloria issued an executive order to direct all city departments to take inventory of all assets that honor Caesar Chavez
and report back to the mayor's office within 30 days on their progress.
These assets include the Caesar Chavez Recreation Center in San Diego are in the Logan Heights Library and the Caesar Chavez Parkway.
Today, the Recreation Center has been removed and the community recreation group will conduct the process to rename the facility.
Art from the library was also taken down.
The executive order also directs the mayor's office to work with the city council to amend the San Diego Municipal Code and re-designate March 31 as farm workers stay,
replacing the current designation of Caesar Chavez stay.
This will be in direct alignment with the state assembly bill 2156 approved by the governor on March 26, 2026.
While today's actions are prompted by troubling allegations, we recognize that the farm worker movement led by Caesar Chavez Dolores Warta
and other leaders through the United Farm Workers remains a vital part of lever and civil rights history.
At the same time, the communities of Barrio Logan Logan and Logan Heights share a nuanced history of activism.
One that is grounded in the community fight to create and preserve Chicano Park.
Chicano Park is in the heart of Barrio Logan and embodies the resilience and collective community struggle that began over 50 years ago
when the community came together to organize and ultimately reclaim the park.
The establishment of Chicano Park steering committee along with the mural movement and ongoing advocacy efforts for access to the Bayfront are all part of a local legacy.
Approving the renaming of Caesar E. Chavez Parkway to Chicano Park Boulevard recognizes the history that happened and lives here in this community
and would greatly help restore the original intent discussed years ago.
Honor the internationally recognized Chicano Park movement, connect the park neighborhood and Bayfront into one historical corridor.
I acknowledge the people who fought to create and preserve the park and most importantly help rebuild trust between the community and the city.
The mayor's office is committed to honoring the labor resiliency and contributions of farm workers and proposed amending the San Diego Municipal Code section 21.0104 subsection D which names March 31 as Caesar Chavez Day to now declare March 31 as farm workers day.
This is an alignment with the state of California's actions to enact assembly bill 2156 approved by the governor on March 2626.
Next slide.
The city is also seeking this state name change pursuant to San Diego Municipal Code section 125.110 with supporting documentation including a circulated petition representing support from property owners or tenants.
With either property with an address on the effected segment of the existing right away or property abutting the street.
I'm sorry.
I'm trying to figure out how we navigate because they're doing a joint presentation.
I'm trying to figure out how to split your presentation so that we only take 3-3-0 and then come back and pick up the pieces.
Is it possible to maybe trail S510 wave the presentation to the end of the agenda where I know the port hearing is literally happening right now or until another time to take the vote and then do public comment on that item at a later date in the agenda.
We want to hear both items and vote on both items today we just want to take the presentation separately so that community has an opportunity to come and have their voice heard.
I'm trying to figure out how to navigate that so why don't you hold off there and anything else that has to do with farm workers day that you might want to add.
I could cover the stakeholder engagement it's similar for both.
Why don't you do.
Thank you for being flexible.
Today we respectfully request that the city council adopted ordinance.
A Mending San Diego municipal code section 21 dot zero zero one zero four subsection D to rename March 31 known as Caesar Chavez day to now be known as farm workers day.
That concludes my presentation.
Thank you and again thank you for your flexibility.
So we're just going to take public comment on item three thirty at this point.
I do not have any public comment speakers here in chambers on items three thirty of started the five minute.
Oh sorry.
Blair Beckman if you can please come forward.
You'll have two minutes please proceed.
Thank you.
We're going to speak on Caesar Chavez day name change first.
All the day name change.
Thank you.
I was originally from San Jose in the past decades few decades and.
Man I learned a lot of their work both.
Caesar Chavez and Dolores what they started in San Jose so they're pretty important there.
And I just learned a lot of good community advocacy ideas from there.
And so just a communication sharing.
Keeping it real I guess you know just trying to be practical about it.
It's a learning process for myself and so it's been.
Her full learning this and I'm one of those last to know people so I'm sure this has been an issue that has been developing and for quite a number of years now and it's now finally coming to pass and.
I like that you've waited a bit of time before doing everything all at once, and I'm a better
adjusting now.
So, I'm ready for this change and thank you for the work that we can continue to do is really
important. I don't know if I can continue to say, CSAP, where the CSAP would say, to say
at twice, if we can, yes we can. I think it was a beautiful statement to say, and
And I, that's in trouble, how to say that in the future.
But we'll always have good work on the farm workers, what was accomplished, and what, I think,
you know, just their legacies, the way they work with the Filipino culture, also really
good things we can be working on together, and good luck on our continued efforts.
Thank you.
Sorry, the five minutes time, we're going to those participating online.
Tony, you'll have two minutes.
Please proceed.
I don't know the city council can hear me?
Yes, please proceed.
Hey, I just want to say that I support the, the adaptation of the new name changes.
I think that that's always been proposed in the history of Chicano Park.
I'm, and my understanding of it, in its inception, always wanted that street to be
named Chicano Park Boulevard, and actually our regional history is more relatable to Chicano
Park than it is to Cesar Chavez, and, you know, that, that speaks more to our regional history.
So, then, then necessarily, the farm workers, like I see, now, the farm workers like I see, obviously,
here is well too, but, you know, we have local history that I think should be celebrated
above sort of a nation-wide history, and so I support these changes, and I hope the council
will, as well.
Thank you.
That concludes public comment on this item.
All right.
Thank you, City Clerk.
So, we will now turn it over to council members for comments, questions, and entertain a motion.
We'll start with council member Marito.
Thank you.
And thank you to the Mayor's staff for accommodating the community and giving them an opportunity
to speak on this particular topic, and thank you for your advocacy on this topic.
While growing up as a Chicano, there were very few people in power that actually look like me.
The lack of representation and role models made it, especially difficult to reconcile the recent
New York Times reporting detailing allegations of deeply troubling conduct by Cesar Chavez,
but we must confront this painful reality and stand firmly with survivors who've had the
courage to come forward.
Their voices matter, and they deserve to be heard, believed, and supported.
At the same time, we must be clear that the farm worker movement is bigger than just one person.
It was built by countless farm workers, people who endured back-breaking labor, who organized
against injustice, and who fought tirelessly for dignity, fair wages, and safer working conditions.
Because of their courage and sacrifice, real change was achieved.
The movement brought national attention to the exploitation of farm workers, secured important protections
and paved the way for greater equity in the workplace.
It's a legacy rooted in resilience, unity, and the relentless pursuit of justice.
That legacy belongs to the workers, to the families, and to the communities who carried it forward.
I recently had the opportunity to attend a coastal commission meeting in Salinas, California,
where I witnessed firsthand the hard work of our farm workers.
Now, Salinas is definitely very far from the city of San Diego, but it is important to understand
and to know that agriculture generates over $50 billion in annual revenue,
and it had an employees more than 420,000 people in the state of California.
California remains the most important agricultural sector in this country.
And so by renaming the state farm worker day, we're uplifting the collective strength and achievement
of a movement that has done tremendous good and continues to inspire progress today.
With that council president, I move to approve staff's recommendation on item 330, and that concludes my comments.
Thank you.
All right, thank you, council member.
So we have a motion by council member.
Marraine, I'll move the recommendation for item 330.
We'll go next to council member, Campio.
Thank you, council president, and thank you, council member Reno, for your very strong words.
Hold second, the motion, and call attention to the farm workers movement, which is a movement
that is ongoing today, in that which we should continue to celebrate and recognize their contribution,
not just to California, but to the United States of America.
And of course, the farm workers themselves are the men and women who bend down in the fields,
and endure the heat, and oftentimes the poverty and indignity, and still find the courage to
organize and march and boycott and demand something very simple, which is respect for their labor.
My family's history with farm workers is personal, my grandparents, both sides of my family,
mother and father grew up in Calexico, a community deeply connected to farm labor into the lives
of the working people in those fields, in the 60s and 70s, they supported the farm workers movement,
especially during the lettuce and great boycotts, and stood with the United Farm Workers,
and it's hard to understate the amount of racism that came from standing up for yourself
along the border at that time, and yet here we are, and we still see a lot of that same treatment.
But nonetheless, the power of the people who work in those fields, and of course,
I think the respect that a state of California has shown them through the education we have in our
public education classrooms, and the fact that we are recognizing them now today, not because of
one leader who, in very, very shockingly to all, I would say, all Mexican-American families whose grandmothers
had a crucifix and the Virgin Mary, and then right next to them, Caesar Chavez, up on their wall,
we now realize that history was long shrouded, and nonetheless we're grateful that the survivors of
his stereotypical conduct so many years ago has come, they've come forward so that we could know the
truth and give the people to credit who deserve it, which are the farm workers themselves. So this recognition
is deeply important and personal to families like mine, and that was, well, of cousins who were married
in the Chavez family, have cousins who's last name or Chavez, whose great uncle was says our
Chavez, and I know that for them, it was as shocking as anything, but I know that they themselves,
the family, as they grapple with this, understand it was not about their deal, or there would be said,
well, or whatever title he had in their family, it was about the people they were marching for, and so we do
the right thing by celebrating the farm workers, and remembering that their labor matter, their struggle matters,
their legacy still matters, and as we think about this day in history, we remember the families that
says our Chavez, the indignity and the disrespect and the violence he put them through, we need to remember them,
and so this is an important step forward, and I appreciate Councilmember Morano's leadership on this.
Thank you, Councilmember. All right, thank you, Councilmember. We have a motion by Councilmember Morano,
and I'll second by Councilmember Campio to move the staff recommendation on item 330, we'll go to
Councilmember ELO Rivera. Thank you, Councilmember President. Thank you, Lucero, for the presentation, and you're
working on this. Everyone in there is office in city staff who moves quickly a few weeks ago.
And Councilmember Morano, thank you for speaking quickly and very directly. I think you said that
even our heroes have their day of reckoning and we should not safeguard their heinous actions.
So thank you for doing that quickly and leading in a moment where
community saw someone that they looked up to completely kind of banished before arrives.
And that takes a lot of leadership, so thank you for doing that.
Honomar guilla de Rojas, Dolores Huerta, and other survivors came forward with their truth,
with truth. And as survivors, they deserve our respect, our support, and our commitment to act.
And this is kind of the bare minimum in terms of action that can be taken. And I'm glad we're doing that today.
Accountability cannot be reserved for everyone except the rich, the famous, and the celebrated
and those who've been lifted up in held in high regard must also be held accountable
into the same standards we hold everyone else to, if not, higher standards. So while this is a moment
of accountability, I also appreciate the other form of justice in this moment that my colleagues,
Councilmember Morano, and Councilmember Kapil, spoke to the lifting up of people who have
nursed us while being mistreated, disrespected and underappreciated. The farm workers,
rights movement was never one man. It was built by thousands of workers, overwhelmingly immigrants,
overwhelmingly people of color who fed this country while being deliberately excluded from the
most basic protections every other worker was guaranteed. We were explicitly left out of the National
Labor Relations Act in 1935 that gives workers the right to organize and bargain collectively.
Every other worker had that right. Farm workers did not. And this was a multi-racial movement as well.
Larry, it along and the agricultural workers organizing committee, like 1500 Filipino workers on strike against
great growers. And that solidarity, that multi-racial, multi-ethnic solidarity is what built
the movement and an action like this actually creates more space to recognize that solidarity.
These workers had to fight for decades just to get shade in the fields and water when temperatures
climbed to unsurviable levels. These are workers who were 35 times more likely to die from
heat-related stress than workers in any other industry. And they deserve protection and recognition.
We've seen California take strides on that front, some of the legislation authored by
Lorraine Gonzalez, which ended farm workers being denied the same overtime rights as every other
California worker. So again, while I'm glad that we were taking the action to strike,
say there's our top as his name from this day, I think it's really important that we take a moment to
really recognize the workers who the movement was truly about. There was a line in the New York
time story that really stood out to me when I read it. And the line was from Esmerado Lopez who
was 19 when his 61-year-old Chavez tried to use his cloud to sleep with her. She concluded that the
article concluded with a quote from her where she said, the movement, that's the hero. And there's
incredible wisdom in that. And I'm glad that that's what we're honoring today and so I'm very proud
to support this. Thank you. All right, thank you, Councilmember Loververa. We'll go next to Councilmember
Bon Wilbur. Thank you very much. And thank you to my colleagues for
there. Yeah, I can't words about this. Thank you so much for bringing this forward to
come from the Reno staff and to thank you to the mayor's team as well. While it is, it's a very
sad moment today that we have to do this. It's also very important to recognize that
as incredible leaders like Dolorsworth always said, this movement was never about one person.
And it's about all the people who work day in and day out as my colleagues have already mentioned to
write the basic nourishment that our society relies on. And we are not done. Basic rules such as
making sure that people have safe transport to and from work when they work on farms is a battle we're still
fighting. There was some horrific accidents in the last few years where farm workers were transported and
completely unsafe vehicles and dozens of people lost their lives and really terrible car accidents.
And in 2024 the Department of Labor federally required that workers and agricultural sites be provided with
restraints, seat belts when they're transported to and from work and we're seeing the current
administration is rolling back that rule right now. So we still have to make sure we can do everything we
can here to protect farm workers and we have them here in the city of San Diego. In the San
of San basketball Valley is actually farmland and we have incredible farm workers working
every day on our dairy farms, our citrus farms, avocado farms, our soils, it's some of the best climate
action we're doing actually is in the San basketball Valley, so I want to thank everyone today for
for the work we're still doing to mark progress has a nation even though we're still confronting
painful realities like the reality was such a shot us and they do not be ignored.
But at the same time, we are recognizing the historic strides of the farm
recruitment, one of the most important struggles for labor rights, humanity,
dignity in our country, built by workers, families, and organizers who fought for
fairness, safety, and respect.
And today, let us celebrate the farm workers and the resilience they represent, the dignity
they bring to our nation's kitchen tables, literally, and justice will also earn
honoring survivors by centering their voices and committing ourselves to a future
or safety truth and accountability, are not simply ideals, but realities like
we're making today.
So I'm going to be very happy to celebrate farm workers day going forward every year
and thank you for bringing this forward.
All right, thank you, Gels, I'm our normal person.
I've seen anybody else in the light.
It's all that kind of a small footnote.
Thank you, Gels, I'm our Marrano for your quick reaction.
Once the news started breaking and knowing exactly what needed to be done,
thank you to the mayor's office for navigating the bureaucratic process.
That we have to do, and how we do things here at the city, and bringing this material forward and your flexibility on splitting the two items.
I think there's a certain tiny bit of elegance that we had denim day, proclamation, that speaks to these very kinds of issues, and it's not just about bringing a proc forward and saying nice words, but it's actually doing the work when the moment calls for it.
And I think it's all of us kind of reflected this morning, despite some of the progress, there's still a lot of work to be done in a lot of areas, some whether it's recent activities, or those from long paths that are finally surfacing and individuals are finally brave enough to come forward and share their awful tragic stories.
So thank you all for your various roles. So with that, we have a motion by council member Marino and a second by council member Kempeo. Please call the roll on item 330.
I started the voting system, please cast your vote.
That passes unanimously, nine to zero.
All right, now I've been watching the door, I don't think anybody knew came in yet, so we will trail.
Again, my number is right. We will trial S510 until after 333 and 332.
Thank you for that, and thank you to staff.
Yeah, well reassess at that time, if members of the public have not made it in chambers. So with that council member of all members, I understand you want to make a statement before we introduce item 333.
Yeah, session.
My staff is incorrect as item 332.
So I understand council member of all members does not want to make a statement.
I do not want to make a statement on this one, thank you though.
All right, with that in that clear it up, please introduce item 333.
Thank you, council president. Item 333 is 1606 Market Street gas station project number PRJ 1102575.
This item is not subject to the mayor's veto. If you'd like to speak on this item, please be sure to submit your speaker slip to the high lectern in the clear box.
If you are participating remotely, you can raise your hand by pressing star 9 or the raise your hand icon. Thank you, council president.
All right, I see staff for settling in. Once you're ready, introduce yourselves for the record.
Yeah, let us know how much time you need for your presentation.
Good afternoon, James Alexander development project manager urban innovation division of the development services department.
We'll just need about five minutes.
All right, again, we're ready.
Like I said, my name is James Alexander from the urban innovation division. I'm joined by Kelly Rasmus, associate planner in the environmental analysis section of the development services department.
The action before you today is a gas station project at 1606 Market Street in downtown San Diego.
You need to stop for a second. It is not appropriate to have these kind of conversations in public in chambers. You want to step outside, do whatever you want.
But we're actually trying to conduct quasi judicial hearings.
And I think we ought to operate under a certain protocol. My apologies. Please continue.
And if you want to start over, feel free.
Council member, that was my fault, though. Please don't play Marcel Esquireck. I asked for to speak to me.
The project site is at 1606 Market Street. It's on the north side of Market Street between 16th and 17th streets and just west of interstate five.
It's in the East Village neighbor to the downtown community plan area.
And it's surrounded by a mix of uses, including residential development, which I've highlighted in yellow on this slide.
And now for some quick background on the project's environmental path, I'm going to turn it over to Kelly.
Thank you, James.
This slide before you is a timeline of the project's environmental review pathway to today's hearing.
When the project was being reviewed by the development services department, necessary information regarding vehicle access driveways was not provided by the applicant,
which prevented staff from completing their review, resulting in unresolved issues and preventing a full environmental review.
Pursuant to seek what guidelines and environmental determination must be made before presenting a project in a public hearing for approval.
With the issues remaining unresolved and the applicant's desire to move the project to a hearing as expeditiously as possible,
staff provided the applicant with three options to move the project forward.
The applicant chose to proceed with without addressing the unresolved issues, a staff recommendation of denial and a secret denial of exemption, pursuant to seek what guidelines section 15270, statutory exemption for projects which are disapproved.
Shortly after, an appeal of this environmental determined was filed by the applicant, which was presented to the city council on July 22, 2025.
Council decided to uphold that environmental appeal and directed city staff and the applicant to continue to work together to resolve remaining issues, so that a full environmental review of the project can be completed.
After the council decision on the appeal, city staff worked with the applicant and additional information regarding the vehicle access driveways was provided, enabling staff to complete the review.
Subsequent to that that a complete environmental review was conducted and a new secret determination was issued allowing staff to return to the item today to city council.
With all issues resolved, the secret determination was made that the project is consistent with the previously certified city of San Diego downtown program EIR.
pursuant to secret guidelines section 15162 when an EIR has been certified, no subsequent or supplemental EIR shall be prepared for a project unless new significant environmental effects are determined associated with the project that were not in the certified document.
Upon the full environmental review of the project, no additional significant issues were identified and a 15162 consistency analysis checklist pursuant to seek o as prepared.
To be clear, this consistency analysis confirms that the project is within the scope of the previously certified downtown community plan update final EIR and no action is required by the city council on this environmental determination.
The project includes a neighborhood use permit for the expansion of the previously conforming gas station convenience market building to add new uses a new food and beverage vendor attached to the existing market which is in green on this slide and a new drive through in red on this slide.
Also, this expansion triggers the municipal code requirement to replace the surrounding public improvements in the rights of way to current city standards for which deviations are requested through a planned development permit specifically for the vehicle access driveways in yellow on this slide.
The currently non-conforming existing driveways are proposed to be rebuilt but not to current standards.
The rebuild driveways proposed these deviations on the slide from current code regulations which are to increase the maximum combined length of all curb cuts allowed on the site by a hundred feet.
Increase the maximum length for a single curb cut by 10 feet reduce the minimum distance from a curb cut to the nearest intersection by 42 feet reduce the minimum separation distance between curb cuts by 43 feet and allow two curb cuts on market street, which is subject to the limited vehicle access overlay zone of the center city plan district which prohibits curb cuts on that street.
Assuring staff work with the applicant to analyze the proposed driveways and how they impact vehicle and pedestrian traffic in and around the site.
The downtown community plan establishes goals and policies that prioritize pedestrians to create a safe and walkable downtown.
The implementation of the development regulations that advance those goals and policies is important to incorporate into all future development in order to achieve those priorities of the downtown community plan.
Although the deviations from the development regulations for the driveways are substantial when compared to the baseline requirement of the code.
The project does reduce the overall amount of driveways onto the site by about 66 feet from its existing condition which is an improvement for pedestrians.
So as such findings for approval have been provided a council in the draft resolution and the staff recommendation is to approve if council affirms the findings.
That concludes my presentation Kelly and I are available for questions.
We also have staff from the transportation development team here to answer questions and the applicant team is here to make a brief statement as well.
All right, thank you for the presentation again my apologies for the interruption.
Yes, I understand the applicant will have comments.
So this would be the appropriate time and let us know how much time you need.
My comments will be brief less than three minutes.
My name is Robin Medaffer.
I'm here today representing the breakos.
Joey and Eddie are in the audience here today.
It took us a lot to get to this point and I'm really proud of the work that we've been able to do with staff.
Specifically, I want to thank the leadership of Elise low.
Samir Hadjiri.
Of course, James Alexander.
Lister when.
And Brian Show and Fish.
We really have worked hard over the last several months since July and we just ask for your approval.
And we will make this a much better site for the East Village and one that we can all be proud of.
Thank you.
All right, that concludes the applicant statement.
Thank you for that.
So with that clerk, please proceed with public testimony on this slide.
I have four speakers that requested that submitted a in favor with no request to speak.
In favor and then Blair Beekman.
If you can please come forward.
Just a time before that we're in favor.
We're dramatic effort, fair.
I'm sorry.
Just a breako and Kyle Alderman.
Hi.
Thank you.
Where we can.
Revealing this.
Seeing this.
Presentation.
I visit that corner a lot.
I take the bus and it's a really vital bus corner for the three bus and the five bus.
And a lot of people from the unhoused community need that bus line.
It's important.
That means there's a lot of pedestrian use.
And that means there's a lot of, you know.
People are not always in the greatest of space.
But people are trying and chugging along.
And the project it seems it has like one or two too many gas pump things.
And it's just going to create.
I think you guys are already debating this.
You know, how is the entrance and exits going to go with so many gas pumps.
Can you reduce one set of gas pumps, two set of gas pumps and still.
You know, have a.
A good feeling for the place and a conduit job.
And I think if you do, it would be inviting pedestrian traffic that I'm not hearing you guys talk so much about.
And what what's the pedestrian situation in all of this?
I mean, how are car.
He cars only can be making a right turn out of the place it sounds like.
I mean, it seems like it's really tight left turn to go back on to market street.
So I see a few pedestrian issues and just reducing the the pumps by at least one or two.
Would help ensure that there's just an overall flow and we're always trying to work towards overall flow these days of pedestrian traffic cars.
And not just all one of the other.
I mean, probably obviously pedestrian, but we need to mind that.
We need to mind and create that balance and talk about this balance here.
I'm not hearing it talked about.
So good luck on those efforts.
And we need to keep these villages a pedestrian zone, not just traffic, not just cars.
Thank you.
That does complete public speakers here in Council Chambers starting the five minute timer.
And going to those participating online starting with Zoom user.
If you please unmute and blur, I see you online, but you already spoke.
So I will be lowering your hand.
Zoom user.
I remember saying coming up a few months ago at the city, but I think you should refund about 30 grand of his fees is permit fees.
This guy's been in business a long time.
He wants the best for his business.
More gas pumps, quicker service, more people can come and go.
And then send the city guys over there to use a station.
Tell him to, you know, hey, man, let's go over this guy's place on market.
There's no gas stations, rather.
Just give business man, the city guys that drive around those cars.
You know, it's already half of his family.
You got to get a lawyer to put in a parking thing or put in a driveway.
Come on, man.
It's just typical city stuff.
Give him a 30 grand refund on his fees to the city and then send him some customers.
Thanks a lot.
Thank you.
That does conclude public comment on this item.
All right.
Thank you, City Clerk.
With that, we'll turn it over to the council for questions.
Comments in our team.
A motionable start with council member Whipper.
Thank you, council president.
Thank you very much to Mr Alexander.
The entire development services team for your continued work of this project.
Thank you to the applicant for working with staff to improve this area of doubt.
Last July, as many of my colleagues will remember, this council granted the environmental appeal and asked staff and the applicant to work together to resolve the outstanding driveway questions.
And they did that.
This project improves on what exists there today.
It reduces total driveway footage by nearly a third.
It upgrades the public right of way.
It adds sidewalks and street trees.
It stalls a new concrete bus pad.
It actually relocates the bus stop to a better position.
This will bring new commercial activity to a site that has served the doubt how neighborhoods in 1954 and it leaves this corridor of east village better than it found it.
And with that, I will make the motion to approve the staff recommendation.
All right, thank you.
Council member.
So we have a motion by council member Whipper.
To move approval of the resolution.
Because that's not actually staff's recommendation.
So, and that's how I normally should say it, and I don't typically fan correctly, so my apologies.
But you're moving in the resolution. Approval of the resolution.
The staff recommendation is approval of the project and adoption of resolution.
Is it not? 20264 or 14. I just want to make sure we're clear.
Okay. My apologies if I confuse this situation.
You're good. Okay. I'm moving the staff recommendation, which includes adoption of the resolution.
My apologies. With that, we'll go to council member Campbell.
Happy to second emotion.
All right. So we have a motion by council member Whitburn to move the staff recommendation.
And a second by council member Campbell. And we'll go now to council member ELO Rivera.
Thank you, council president. The last, what was the last slide you showed before the.
When that was just up there.
Just a second, I'll bring it up.
This is the last slide. Oh, sorry, can I?
Not so.
I'm trying to sort of apologies for the delay. I'm trying to reconcile.
What I understood to be the recommendation in the staff report.
Which. So what I'm what I'm reading with the requested actions consider the request.
The approval resolution or approve the project with modifications.
But the end says the staff recommendation is approval the project of the council makes the findings in the attached resolution.
So is that.
Staff recommendation is approval if council makes the findings.
Yeah, okay.
I would typically be very different to this being in another council member's district.
I presentation that I what just saw the report that I read that's those findings that doesn't add up to me.
Just I just no doubt better than what is currently there today.
The deviations though are still meaningful.
And I think impactful and run counter to priorities related to pedestrian safety, cyclist safety.
And our climate goals so.
For those reasons I will not be supporting the motion.
I think you got to visit.
All right. Thank you.
Thank you.
I'm not seeing anybody else in the light.
This is a quasi judicial. So I haven't talked to anybody about this except with my staff.
And again, with different we have not colluded on this anyway.
I have a long standing opposition to drive through.
And I've been trying to get the land development code changed.
And commercial interest that thwarted that attempt even though there's a lot of agreement with that.
I noticed the planning group voted against this unless changes were made.
We're changed as made.
Or help us understand what changes were made.
No changes were made.
We just received more information over time.
And yes, when it was presented to downtown community planning council.
They voted to recommend denial.
Okay, I just want to make sure I wasn't missing something.
Having not mentioned the entire history.
So with the respect to my colleague.
I won't be supporting the fight them because it's consistent with the positions I've taken on adding dry throughs and locations where we're going for pedestrian and given what the downtown community plan is trying to do in that area.
So, and I find it a little disingenuous to think a lot of staff who are probably struggling with this going forward.
So I'm not going to ask any of you to come up and speak on this issue.
So council member, whatever.
Thank you very much.
Council president.
What I'm going for is an improvement to downtown.
The current site is with forgiveness to the owners not attractive.
And if we do nothing, it remains that way.
That helps absolutely nobody.
It helps nobody to have all the curb cuts that currently exist there.
It helps nobody to have it continue to appear the way it appears.
I want a better block in downtown.
This project reduces the number of curb cuts it makes it safer for pedestrians.
It improves the area.
It adds a retail amenity.
I think it's better for downtown.
It's better for bike constituents and I strongly support this.
Thank you.
And I fully respect it as better.
So seeing no-one else in lights, we have a motion by council member Whitburn and a second by council member Campbell clerk.
Please call the roll.
Sorry, the voice system, please vote.
And that passes seven to two with council president LaCava and council member Ello River voting.
Thank you, council president.
All right, congratulations.
The applicant for the good work.
And the apparently tons of permit fees that you had to pay to get here.
DST and the enterprise fund greatly appreciates that.
Council member, what is anything changed?
Do you make a statement or are you on three, three, two, yes?
Yeah, it's time.
So before we introduce item three, three, two, you want to make a statement?
All right, thank you.
During the past 12 months, I an disclosing diversity of campaign contributions of more than $250.
Mr. Mike Burnett was a part of the right away vacation, which is before the council's item three, three, two.
Therefore, I'm kindly refusing from item three, three, two.
All right.
We'll give you a moment.
My apologies, you said more than 250 was it more than 500 based on the Levin Act.
Yeah, that was the old Levin Act language.
It's more than 500, thank you.
Thank you.
Oh.
We have a little bump.
All right.
Council member, if all member has left chambers.
So with that clerk, please introduce item three, three, two.
Item three, thirty, two is the public right away vacation for a portion of Harvey Milk Street.
Project number PRJ 114038.
This item is not subject to the mayor's veto.
If you'd like to speak to this item, please be sure to submit a speaker's slip to the front of the room in the clear box.
Or to raise your hand now by pressing star nine or the raise your hand icon.
Thank you, council president.
All right.
Thank you.
CCF seated.
So we introduce yourselves for the record.
And let us know how much time you need for your presentation.
Sure.
Good afternoon.
I'll say about these that they've learned project manager.
And I'm just going to need five minutes.
All right.
When you're ready.
Good afternoon.
Council President LaCava and council members.
My name is also about these presenting item number three, three, two.
Harvey Milk Street location on today's agenda.
The project before you propose as a public right away street vacation of a portion of Harvey Milk Street.
Formally known as the Lane Avenue, which is located directly south and adjacent to 3912.
Center Street.
The zero zero point zero four acre portion of Harvey Milk Street to be vacated is located within the residential multiple unit base zone in the Hillcrest neighborhood of the uptown community plan.
The project is seeking approval of public right away vacation permit number PMT-336-4437, which does require a city council decision.
The project was deemed to be exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act,
pursuing to SQL guidelines section one, five, three, zero five for minor alterations and land use limitations.
This area of use shows the 11 foot wide by a hundred foot long portion of Harvey Milk Street to be vacated, which is highlighted in yellow and is located directly south and adjacent to 3912.
It is designated for residential land use per the uptown community plan.
This portion of Harvey Milk Street was previously improved with private landscape and hard scape improvements of 3912 Center Street and therefore was never utilized for publicly used.
It has no dedicated portions remain to the north and only serves 3912 Center Street, which is currently under construction for a multi dual unit residential development.
3912 Center Street is the only parcel that has previously and will continue to utilize the area.
The project proposes to summary vacate a 0.04 acre portion of Harvey Milk Street.
There are no existing or proposed public utilities within the project site, which is highlighted in yellow, and it is not required for street or highway purposes.
The proposed public right away vacation will not change the current land use designation or zoning, and it will still provide a 14 foot wide pathway for pedestrian usage, which is highlighted in green.
It will not be impacted and conforms with the city street design manual.
Once vacated, this public right away portion would be referred to the abutting parcel to the north.
There are no plans for development on the area to be vacated other than private improvements, which are associated with the residential development that is currently under construction and has already been reviewed and approved by development services department.
This includes walkways to access the first floor residential units.
On December 2nd, 2025, the uptown community planning group voted seven yes to four nose and one abstention to recommend approval of the project without any conditions.
City staff recommends a council adopt the resolution for the categorical SQL exemption pursuant to SQL guidelines section 1, 5, 305 and to adopt a resolution to vacated portion of the beach street public right away vacation number permit number PMT3364437.
This concludes staff presentation city review staff myself and the applicant's team are available for any questions.
Thank you.
All right, thank you for the presentation.
Did the applicant want to make statement?
Okay, seeing they will pass.
Clerk, please proceed with public testimony.
Clerk, please come forward.
And we had four speakers in favor with no need to speak.
Hi, we're be good.
I wish I had more to say on this item.
Thank you that if this is a Harvey Milk Street that it's being done respectfully and whatever it can be.
I am, thank you.
Thank you.
I started the five minute timer going to those participating remotely starting with Tony.
If you can please unmute.
Tony, yes.
There you go.
Yes, please proceed.
Yes, thank you.
I just wanted to say that I've been supportive of this item.
I think that it's a good idea.
And hopefully it passes.
Thank you.
That concludes public comment on this item.
All right.
Thank you, City Clerk.
With that, we'll turn it over to the council for questions comments in our team of motion.
And we will start with council member Woodburn.
Thank you, council president.
Again, this item is a public right away vacation for a narrow 11 foot strip of Harvey Milk Street.
In Hillcrest, it's been part of the public right away since 1888, but it has never been improved.
It's never been used for public purposes.
This vacation is not going to impact the sidewalk or parking or the Parkway strip along the Harvey Milk Street.
It will not affect pedestrians, cyclists, or vehicles.
The city benefits by shedding the maintenance liability.
And with low community opposition, I am happy to support staff recommendation.
And I will make the motion to approve the staff recommendation.
All right.
The members that we do have a motion by council member Whitburn to move the staff recommendation.
We'll go to council member Campbell.
Thank you, council president.
I'm happy to second the motion.
All right.
Motion by council member Whitburn.
The second by council member Campbell to move the staff recommendation.
Not seen anybody else in the lights.
I'll simply say I dotted T's cross and I'll be in support.
So, clerk, please call the roll.
Sorry, the voting system.
Please cast your vote.
That passes eight to zero with council member.
Vaughan Wilbur at request.
All right.
Thank you, clerk.
Council member Marena, I know some folks have joined us in chambers.
Is that can we move forward?
Or if we have a little bit more time, I would like to give them time.
If we're at the end of the council meeting, then.
No, no.
Okay.
Thank you.
All right.
We will continue to trail S510.
We'll try again after S511.
And we'll see whether folks have.
Have arrived, but don't.
We'll continue to monitor.
So with that, if someone could let.
Oh, I think actually they're here.
So, clerk, please introduce item S511.
Item S511 is the draft fiscal year 27 annual action plan for HUD programs, fiscal year 27 annual HUD programs,
allocations and associated actions. If you're hearing chambers and like to speak to this item, please be sure to submit your speaker slip to the front of the room.
If you're participating online, now's the time to raise your hand by pressing star 9 or the raise your hand icon. Thank you, council president.
All right, thank you. I see that staff started to settle in, whether it's previously introduced yourself for the record. Let us know how much time you need.
Good afternoon, Honourable. Council President LaCava members of the council.
My name is Melissa Villapondo and I'm a community development coordinator with economic development department.
With me today as Nadine Hasun, community development specialist and it is our pleasure to present you to you the draft fiscal year 27 annual action plan.
I respectfully request 12 minutes for the presentation.
All right, when you're ready.
At the end of this presentation, the council will be asked to approve action items 1 through 20,
related to the fiscal year 27 annual action plan and HUD entitlement allocations and other actions associated with the ongoing management of HUD entitlement grant programs administered by the economic development department.
The action plan serves as a city's application to HUD for FY27 entitlement grant funds.
Projects and programs recommended for funding will help the city make progress towards achieving its five consolidated plan goals.
The action plan includes budgets for three HUD entitlement grant programs.
CDBG, but CDBG with a budget of roughly 13.8 million, which focuses on improving the living environment for low and moderate income individuals household neighborhoods.
Home with a budget of approximately 31.5 million, which increases affordable housing opportunities with rental housing production home ownership assistance.
The ESG at 969,322, which provides shelters, outreach and rapid re-housing services and homelessness prevention programs.
These budgets reflect the confirmed HUD entitlement grant amounts released on April 3rd to 2026.
The CDBG budgets presented to you today are based on HUD regulations and budgetary priorities.
This summarized HUD regulations limit administrative expenditures to 20% of the overall CDBG budget.
Non-profit capacity building and fair housing services are also supported with end funds.
Public services, public services expenditures are limited to 15% of the overall CDBG budget.
CDBG budget is currently split between affordable housing at 10%, city and non-profit facilities at 35% and economic development at 20%.
The action plan process begins with a CDBG annual notice of funding availability, also known as a NOFA, which includes an RFQ to determine an organization's eligibility to receive and successfully manage CDBG funds.
Allified applicants are invited to an RFP and proposals are scored by the consolidated plan advisory board.
Details on this timeline and process can be found in attachment six.
We will now go over the organizations proposed for sub CDBG funding in FY27.
The consolidated plan goal for economic development focuses on inclusive economic growth, strengthening the small businesses supporting local entrepreneurs, expanding workforce development and improving access to job opportunities.
To this end, 11 organizations are recommended for funding for awards totaling 2.3 million.
All organizations are repeat CDBG and CDB awardees.
Another consolidated plan goal is to develop vibrant equitable neighborhoods by investing in the public facilities, critical infrastructure and non-profit facilities that enhance accessibility, resiliency and sustainability.
This goal is associated with non-profit capital improvement projects.
Under this goal, four organizations are recommended for awards totaling about 2.3 million dollars.
Promise to kids foundation is a new awardee of CDBG and the NCIP category.
Four public services that associated consolidated plan goal focuses on improving community services by addressing critical needs in promoting equity through improved and increased access to community programming.
Under this goal, eight organizations are recommended for awards approximately 1.26 million dollars.
All organizations are repeat or deeds of CDBG and the public services category.
The services provided under these projects are varied and include meal delivery, health services, apprenticeship and workforce training and youth services.
Funding within this category is capital maximum of 15% of the entitlement allocation and programming come.
This is 10% includes the homeless at a side.
As just mentioned, the annual action plan before the council today also includes recommended allocations for projects related to homeless services,
as defined by council policy 700.2, which states that up to 25% of the city's annual CDBG public services budget, not to exceed 1 million dollars.
Shelby set aside for the city's homeless programs.
And FY27, this is approximately 441,000 dollars.
The CDBG homeless services set aside is expected to fund.
One program, the city of San Diego family shelter program.
This program's goal is to improve housing stability for individuals and households with critical needs, including in person's experiencing or at risk of homelessness.
By providing appropriate housing and service solutions grounded in best practices.
The annual action plan also includes approximately 1.38 million for the bridge to home program, which provides gap financing to help affordable housing projects move forward and create home for households unable to afford market rate housing.
And approximately 3.26 million to allow contingency increases of program budgets for previously approved CIPs or non-profit facility improvement projects up to the originally approved allocation in order to ensure timely completion of projects.
Any new city projects, if identified during the fiscal year, would be presented to city council for approval.
I will now hand the presentation opportunity to review the other HUD entitlement grant programs.
Thank you, Melissa.
The two remaining HUD entitlement programs included in the fiscal year 2027 action plan are the home program and the emergency solutions grant program.
The home program is administered by the San Diego Housing Commission and provides federal funds for housing activities such as construction acquisition and rehabilitation of affordable housing.
First time home buyer down payment financial assistance and tenant based rental assistance.
In fiscal year 2027 home funds are proposed to be allocated to rental housing unit production and first-time home buyer assistance.
And FY27 new grant funds will be $4.8 million with an anticipated $2.8 million in program income from loan payments and $23.9 million in previous year's grant funding for a total anticipated home budget of $31.5 million.
The Housing Commission proposes allocating $30 million to affordable rental housing development.
Please note that of the $30 million, $13 million is earmarked for the NOFA and the remaining balances already committed to existing home projects.
The first-time home buyer program will receive $370,000 of home funds which represents a portion of the overall FTHB budget of $3 million.
And $1 million will go to program administration.
These are examples of two projects funded in part with home funds.
On the left is Hakananda Online, formerly known as Cortez Hill.
The development received a $5 million housing commission loan including $1.8 million in federal home funds.
It includes 87 affordable rental units, 14 for individuals experiencing chronic homelessness and 73 for households with extremely low income.
The Housing Commission has also awarded 87-hood project-based vouchers to this project.
The project is fully released and will celebrate its grant opening on May 7.
On the right is Evans Ando located in San Isitro and currently under construction.
The project received a $4.12 million housing commission loan with $3 million in federal home funds.
It will include 101 affordable units plus two managers units and will remain affordable for 55 years for households earning 30-60% of the area median income.
This project broke ground on October 14, 2025 and is expected to be completed in summer of 2027.
The final HUD grant program we will discuss is the Emergency Solutions Grant Program, or ESG, to provide funding for homelessness activities.
Eligible activities include outreach and engagement, shelter operations, homelessness prevention and rapid rehab.
The Housing Commission administers the ESG program on behalf of the city of San Diego in coordination with the regional continuum of care in the city's homelessness strategies and solutions department.
The Housing Commission proposes to use ESG funds for the following two programs, the Connections Housing Shelter.
This program is contracted with the people assisting the homeless path to provide up to 70 emergency shelter beds for single adults experiencing unsheltered homelessness in the city of San Diego.
It's anticipated to serve approximately 116 individuals and successfully exit 42 residents to permanent housing in fiscal year 2020.
The second project is the homelessness prevention program.
This program offers short-term assistance, paired with case management, with case management services and financial resources, help clients either remain in the current housing or to explore other housing options.
It's anticipated to serve 31 households at risk of homelessness in fiscal year 2027.
As an overview of the projected ESG funding for FY27, the Housing Commission anticipates spending 60% of the allocation on shelter activities, 33% on prevention and approximately 7% on administration costs, which are split between the Housing Commission and the city.
The public comment period for the draft action plan began April 7 and will end on May 7.
All comments received during the public comment period and during the public meetings, including today's meeting, will be included in the final version of the action plan before it's submitted to HUD.
And staff responses will be included when merited.
On April 8, the consolidated plan advisory board voted to recommend council approval of the plan and on April 16, the AD and IR committee voted to recommend council approval.
Upon City Council approval, we intend to submit the final action plan to HUD by May 15, 2020.
That concludes our presentation and city and housing commission staff are available for questions.
Thank you.
All right. Thank you for the presentation and the work to bring this item forward.
Clerk, please proceed with public testimony.
Thank you. We have Vanessa Roree, so if you can please come up to the microphone.
And then after that is Blair Beckman, if you can please come forward to the yellow reserve seats.
You'll have two minutes.
Good afternoon. My name is Vanessa Roree.
I'm representing promises to kids.
Promises to kids has requested support for renovation of our new Mission Valley facility, which will serve San Diego current,
San Diego current and former foster youth by improving access to our support of case management assistance with education and employment, child care, a basic needs pantry,
therapeutic counseling and community meeting spaces.
This new foster youth and family support campus will provide greater service access to the approximately 500 current and former foster youth,
who reside in the city of San Diego.
This is a critical need given that approximately 50% of housing individuals indicate that they were previously in foster care,
a fate that can be avoided by providing accessible supportive services.
Upon completion of the renovation for which we have requested CDBG funds, the campus will become a vital community asset,
as it gives youth who have experienced abuse and neglect, a place to build healing and hope as they prepare for a self-sufficient future.
Thank you for your consideration.
Thank you, Blair Beckman.
I mentioned yesterday at the budget items what Oakland is going through right now.
They are going through it with their own house issues.
They're starting to put into process what we did here a few years ago.
It's so sad that I wish I don't know how we can be considering extremely low income housing and how to call it truly affordable housing.
A more regular part of this process.
I know you guys want to be working towards those things and it sounds like you're not getting as much help from HUD as we can.
And good luck what we can be doing with HUD.
I'm very hopeful still that there can be a really good mediation process to really understand what our local communities need with HUD and federal agencies.
And for them understanding that I think it can be a real foundational building good relationships with our federal government in the next few years and hopefully the last few years with the remaining few years of the current administration.
And that time I hope we can be developing just gosh darn good things together.
And I think it's possible and I think they want to be and we just have to be showing how we can do that.
I think it's based on our descriptions of what's important is we have to be developing truly affordable housing names.
San Diego has an awesome ability that their construction costs are considerably lower than the San Francisco Bay area.
And that with that it makes it a lot, a lot easier to build affordable housing.
And that's just an awesome combination that I hope we really want to be working towards and we've always been thinking about middle income as a good housing development idea.
I hope that can be respected at this time it's tough conversations but really logical and good reasoning.
Thank you.
Thank you for that concluding comment.
Good afternoon. Good afternoon. My name is Hassan Adirhamad. I am with some IDFM in service. I committed to facing unprofitabilization dedicated to serving low income families in the area for the past 26 years. I'm speaking here today strongly to strongly support the proposed FY 2020's FNCDVG community economic development projects.
I would like to thank the city council members for your consideration and thank the economic development staff for the seat of Sunday ago for their due diligence, guidance and support to ensure city of Sunday ago has the best possible projects.
In challenging economic times and digging its effective community economic development projects that build solutions, helping small businesses establish, incentive and provide technical assistance to deepen its direct economic mobility and job creation.
Most importantly, this investment reaches residents who need it the most.
Unemployed and under-employed neighbors who wants to work at electric connection, training or access.
Those projects are specifically designed to help them become self-sufficient and reduce demand on other services.
Please support the proposed CDBG CD projects. Thank you for your consideration.
Thank you, your next speaker is Tony. If you can please unmute.
And then our final speaker after that is 8700 Tony.
Yes, hello, city council. Can you hear me?
Yes, please proceed.
Thank you. I just wanted to say that I'm strongly in support of this project.
I think that any time that we're addressing homeless, we're actually also a dripping crime prevention.
And this is what I really want to see us funding more of.
I think that this actually does more to keep crime off of our streets than SDPD does.
And I'd love to see more money invested in our people as opposed to, you know, an unaccountable police force that.
Doesn't have any consequences for the tremendous budget crisis that they've put us into with all of the lawsuits that they're costing the city.
So again, any time that we can defer those funds into actual programs that help people and not a militarized police force that's in service of protecting private property that has its origins in slave catching.
I think that we're doing really good.
So I want to, I'm super grateful for the presentation.
Thank you.
To HUD for all of their work that they've done in putting this proposal forward and I really hope that city council will flip this through.
Thank you.
Thank you on our final speaker, 87 hundred if you can please unmute.
Star six.
Thank you.
Joy.
Thank you of course for the view for presentation.
And I followed this item for years and here we are doing excellent work with it and I congratulate you on that.
And thank you so very much to the whole team that's involved with this from start to finish implementation and whole bottlenecks.
So it is my understanding that HUD has tightened its monitoring and oversight of its regulations.
Now it has done this item, but in general, so they have a sweet spot we all do.
So let's work on collaboration in understanding of what they face and it's very important to to our work with with them and with housing.
So I have a little different focus here.
I said this before on the EOC program evaluation.
I quote, among the action is about sixteen and a half million dollars funding source of course is HUD equal employment opportunity compliance contracts and agreements associated with this action.
So I wondered, this is a new point.
I wondered if the race in equity follows any of this and checks on this on that because I think that's critical in any time EOC or EOC is involved.
Question on the ESG grant money.
I think that's ending this year, but I didn't see that in the report as limited.
And I did have time to read it.
So past proposed actions number 14, I'd like more data.
Number 15 transparency and accountability on number 14 data.
And number 18 ties in with HUD's strict regulation monitoring now.
So you're going to be providing them with that information.
Your time has concluded.
And so have all the public comments for this item.
Thank you, council president.
All right.
Thank you, City Clerk.
With that, we'll turn it over to council members.
Questions, comments, entertain a motion.
And we'll start out with a chair of our EDIR committee.
Council member, can be you.
Thank you, council president.
Thank you to our EDD staff.
We heard this at our last EDIR committee.
We're at past unanimously.
Of course, working with this money and putting in the hands of organizations and around the community in a way to help our most vulnerable communities.
It's been very, very important and successful in the past as you could hear from members of the public who called in.
So I think them for their work on this on the annual action plan.
And I will move approval of staff recommendation.
All right.
Thank you, sir.
We have a motion by council member, can be you to move the staff recommendation.
We'll go next to council member.
We'll right off.
Happy to second to motion on the floor.
Okay.
Thank you, council members.
So we have a motion by council member, can be you.
Second by council member, right off to move the staff recommendation.
We'll go next to council member, ELO Rivera.
Thank you, council president.
Thanks for the all the work on this and the presentation.
The as is always the case with almost always the case.
There's only one time where I saw something that I did not want to spend with this money.
The the allocations are her.
This is going to fun good things.
And as always, I'm very caught up on process and making sure that the council has the
council has the most opportunity to shape the way the dollars of flow into the city are
spent.
So I am curious.
We're a couple years now into a new administration.
Is there any more clarity about what the process will look like moving forward and what that
could mean for council not feedback but council input earlier on in the process.
I understand we've got a deadline that we're up against.
I don't know if that's a question for Christina or.
Who.
Thank you for the question, council member.
In a couple of previous years, we've had the opportunity in taking advantage of waivers as a result of the federal government.
Maybe not making decisions as quickly as they needed to to that point at work in the city's favor and maybe we're able to take
consideration of budget priorities this council had set forward.
In this case, there is no waiver this year and we're moving forward on the.
The timelines that they've set forward.
They're not exactly inviting local government to make a lot of input.
But when they did last fall, we absolutely put forward our recommendations about timing about some changes.
And as I understand through our government affairs team took some of that into consideration specifically on home dollars.
And so we'll keep the conversation open and we have a very good working relationship with our regional partners.
That's the best of the update as I have today.
Okay, that's helpful.
And so with that in mind what might be useful in the future would be to start the conversation with the council earlier.
If we don't anticipate that the timeline will change, which, you know, that's the prerogative.
And even if it's a fairly rigid set of.
They're fairly rigid in what the potential use of the funds could be.
I still think there's an opportunity for council to ride some prioritization.
So I guess that's my recommendation that the conversation just started a bit earlier.
But the content here is is good and definitely don't want to hold it up knowing that the deadline is what it is.
Thank you, council president.
I'll support the vote.
All right, thank you, council member.
We'll go next to council member.
Foster.
Yes, thank you.
Council president, thank you staff for the presentation.
I have just I think a couple of questions.
And I guess maybe one.
I know it's a competitive process as we look at the different categories in which.
Things are are are selected or awarded for those that do not make the award list.
Is there an opportunity for a debrief and can you kind of.
Kind of provide some information on how that works.
So who they call how how that how that functions.
I can start with that.
Thank you for the question council member.
Foster.
So for the organizations that do not make it or not invited to the RFP once they get through the RFQ.
Review we do offer the opportunity for technical assistance to help them understand why they are not moving forward to the RFP process.
And then for the organizations that don't make it through the RFP or on to see pub review.
We also offer them at that point an opportunity to meet with us and discuss the reasons why they are not making it through.
We offer them this opportunity to ask questions.
We screen share with them kind of points in their application process might have been some blocks to look up or in the following year.
We encourage them to reapply and we encourage them to take up the opportunity to meet with us again both during the RFQ TAs and the RFP TAs.
So we do really encourage the opportunity to meet with us virtually for technical assistance sessions.
One on one technical assistance sessions.
Okay and one last question I think.
As folks want to look at that.
Is it fair to assume that both the response to the RFQ and the response to the RFP at some point in time is available via PRA or something to that effect.
Folks want to look at what was submitted on how certain things were put together.
Just as a template or to understand how they got over those finished lines.
I guess.
Yes.
So thank you for that question as well.
Council Member Foster.
So we offer them before the application process begins.
They have the we have the scoring criteria that see pub poses and approves and they have the opportunity to review that in the materials for the application.
They also after that after the no-for process.
Once council approves, allocations we open it up to organizations to be able to request a copy of their scoring sheets.
And so that's made available to them as well so that they can see specific feedback from the CPAP members in different areas of their application.
All right. Thank you.
All right. Thank you. Council Member Foster and not seeing anybody else in the lights.
A couple of questions. Thank you for the good work.
Council President.
I think we had another.
Oh, I'm sorry.
My application.
All right.
Council President.
I just wanted to add to the question or the response to the question about providing feedback to organizations that may not have qualified.
There is a grace period.
Also that we've offered to organizations through the RFQ request for qualifications.
If perhaps they might have been disqualified because they're missing one document or we do give organizations the opportunity to cure that before they submit to request for proposals.
So we do provide that extra that grace as well.
Just wanted to add that.
All right. Thank you so much.
I know I was assume that's done via notification of deficiency. I guess I'll say or notice to cure.
That's correct. Yes.
All right. Thank you.
My apologies.
I thought I had not.
I kind of missed it.
So my apologies.
So I'll jump back in.
Thank you for the good work.
I think I'm far enough away that I can't claim any knowledge of the process you go through these days.
But I know that it's.
Very important work and there's a lot of grinding and evaluating all the applications that come in and try to.
Separate.
Very good applications to just ones that are just that much better and you have to draw the line somewhere with the.
The limited funds.
Is our annual allocation kind of still holding steady.
Over the past couple of years or have we heard any indication that it might change.
Thank you for the question.
Council present.
Our allocation from last year to this year is trending down for all grant funds.
CDBG. Yes.
GM homes from 2 to 3%.
So it is slightly decreasing.
Okay.
The need is growing and the funding is lesser.
And to the comments about meeting with I think cities and an excellent job of trying to meet with.
I've had both.
City of San Diego and the housing commission is has.
It's really up to the federal government to decide they're going to do things differently.
And we hope they put off some of the more difficult things that they've tossed around as ideas.
Going forward.
And I also like to disabuse people to not buy into the rhetoric that some members of the public talk about that.
That we don't do affordable housing.
Capital A affordable income restricted housing.
I know the word gets abused.
This is a affordable, lower case, a attainable, often gets thrown around a lot. That's not what we're talking about.
We're talking about truly affordable, income restricted to help the most vulnerable, and there's just simply not enough funds to meet the need.
If we had more funding through the general fund, through state funds, through federal government funds, we would happily accept that and do more,
because it's absolutely needed. So, don't let other people confuse you as to how hard this city is working, especially the good folks in EDD, that you do that good work every day.
So, with that, we have a motion by Council Member Campio, and a second by Council Member Marino.
Clerk, please call the roll.
Sorry, the voting system, please cancel your vote.
The virus has gone down.
If you can let me know your vote for the record, my apologies. I put yes.
Oh, no, that's because I pressed it.
My apologies. That does pass unanimously, nine to zero.
Thank you, Council President.
All right, again, thank you for the good work and bringing that on board.
So, with apologies to the good folks who have stepped in the chambers.
We are now going to go back and pick up item S510.
So, Clerk, please reintroduce item S510 for the record.
Item S510 is to rename the existing 0.8 mile long street Caesar E. Chavez Parkway from commercial street heading southwest to
Crosby Road as Chicano Park Boulevard.
If you're hearing Council Chambers as a time to submit your speaker slip to the front of the room,
or if you're participating remotely, please raise your hand.
By pressing star nine or the raise your hand icon. Thank you, Council President.
All right, thank you.
All right, again, thank you to staff for your flexibility.
If you could reintroduce yourselves for the record, and then maybe provide an abbreviated presentation on S510.
I'll use, let you do it at your discretion.
Thank you. Good afternoon.
Council President, we'll call the members of the city council.
Again, my name is Susera Maganda.
I am the deputy director of community engagement for Mayor talk Gloria.
We will need about five minutes to conclude the presentation.
All right, what you're ready?
Thank you.
Today we come to the council to respectfully request an adopt to adopt an ordinance of proving the
renaming of Caesar Chavez Parkway to Chicano Park Boulevard and waving of the San Diego municipal code
section one one two dot zero three zero one subsection a.
While today's actions are prompted by troubling allegations, we recognize the farm workers movement led by Caesar Chavez.
So notice what that and other leaders to the united farm workers remains a vital part of labor and civil rights history.
At the same time, the communities of Barrio Logan and Logan Heights share a new story of activism.
One that is grounded in the community fight to create and preserve Chicano Park.
Chicano Park is in the heart of Barrio Logan and embodies the resilience and collective community struggle that began over 50 years ago when the community came together to organize and ultimately reclaim the park.
The establishment of the Chicano Park steering committee along with the mural movement and ongoing advocacy for access to the Bayfront are all part of a local legacy.
Approving the renaming of Caesar Chavez Parkway to Chicano Park Boulevard recognizes the history that happened and lives here in the community and would help restore the original intent discussed years ago.
After the internationally recognized Chicano Park movement connect the park neighborhood and Bayfront into one historical corridor acknowledge the people who fought to create and preserve the park and most importantly help rebuild the trust between the community and the city.
The city seeking to the street name change pursuant to stand of a municipal code section one to five dot one one one zero supporting documentation including the circulated petition representing support from property owners or tenants with either property with either property with an address on the affected segment of the existing right away or property of budding the street.
The transportation department posted a frame signage along Caesar Chavez Parkway along the following intersections.
Caesar Chavez Parkway and Main Street National Avenue, Courney Avenue, Irving Avenue and Harrison Avenue.
The signs have remained in place until this hearing.
Given the expediency to process the street renaming and the broad public interest, a waiver of the requirement for a notice of application at at least 60 calendar days prior to the first public hearing is requested.
In addition to the required public hearing notice, extensive outreach was conducted with communities stakeholders to ensure all interested parties have been informed of these efforts.
In 22nd, 2026, the Chicano Park steering committee met and issued a public statement that they were actively working with the city to rename Caesar Chavez Parkway to Chicano Park Boulevard.
On March 25, the Barrier Logan Association, how the special meeting and voted in support of renaming the street to Chicano Park Boulevard.
On April 2nd, the Barrier Logan Planning Group held a special meeting and voted unanimously in support of renaming the street to Chicano Park Boulevard.
The transportation department met notification to property owners and tenants within 300 feet of the street.
Mayor's office conducted twice a week door-to-door counseling efforts to impacted residents along Caesar Chavez Parkway, including distributions of bilingual flyers with the renaming efforts information, Barrier Logan Planning Group's special meeting date and today's city council date.
Outreach efforts included coordination and communication with other public agencies like the California Department of Transportation, the Port of San Diego and the San Diego Community College District.
To conclude, we respectfully request that the council adopted an ordinance approving the renaming of Caesar Chavez Parkway to Chicano Park Boulevard, waving San Diego Municipal Code Section 112.0301 subsection A.
This proposed change and name reflect the cultural, historical and community significance of Chicano Park and the surrounding Barrier Logan neighborhood.
And we request your vote and support. That concludes my presentation. I'll be to take any questions.
All right, again, thank you for the presentation and your flexibility. Very much appreciated.
So with that clerk, please go to public comment.
Thank you, Council President Blair. Big men, if you can please come forward.
We'll be going to a minute and a half.
Okay. Thank you.
Blair Beckman, part two for this item. Thank you.
I think it's a pretty good name change. I don't know enough about San Diego history to know the intricacies of why it's named Chicano Park.
But I've been here for a few years now. I've seen some initial reasons why and it's history.
It's nice. It's a good name, I think. So thank you for that.
I wanted to comment that in my whatever forms of advocacy.
By the way, thank you to Council person, the covers words. I will have to reshape my words accordingly.
Or I will shape my reshape my words accordingly from the previous item.
For I learned a lot of good activism from San Jose as I was learning whatever forms of activism I have.
From a lot from Dolores Puerto, more so actually than Cesar Chavez.
So I've been kind of learning from her styles.
And I think that was being promoted to young people, her importance and what she offered.
And Council person from Wilpert, Albert Gray, good advice.
It's not just one person. It's a collective. It's an embodiment.
And working towards that concepts of indigenous issues.
The indigenous concepts in the sort of working together is interesting and good luck what we can do together continuing.
Thank you.
Thank you, David Riko.
Like I'm following individuals, please come forward to the other reserve seats.
David Riko, Don Enzina, Sanchez and Sylvia and Rika.
This is the mic right here.
Thank you for your time. I just want to say that I want to support the name change to Chicano Park Boulevard.
And also there's a lot of community members that are not able to come here and that I've talked to.
And so I want to also let you guys know that there's a lot of people in support of the name change because we had wanted that name change a long time ago.
There was a proposal for the name change.
I don't want to exactly know the exact year.
But I just want to say that I support it and I hope that it can be done the name change.
Thank you.
Thank you, David.
Don Enzina.
You do have check that people are seeing you time, but I don't see any other speaker slips.
So then it's a mess.
I don't know.
But I if I take longer than a minute and a half than I am going to continue speaking just FYI because I do feel it's important that certain things be said and noted.
So I'm good afternoon council members.
My name is Sanchez.
I also go by seeing it.
I'm the youngest daughter of Ramon Chunky Sanchez and he's a registered and I'm also the current vice chair of the CPSC.
And a direct descendant of the original founding families of Chicano Park in Chicano Park on the Bay.
As you know, the CPSC has served as the caretakers and protectors of Chicano Park for more than 50 years.
That's why the reason we've endured this gives me so long and more than five decades is very simple.
We refuse to be sellouts or compromise on morals.
We are refused to become disconnected from the community.
And we have refused to become under the outside pressures.
Our responsibility has always been for the people that we advocate for within our community.
And that is also why relationships and communication is very crucial to the work that we do.
Having strong communications and connections with council members or the representatives.
Like Lucero Magandai helps ensure that our community stays connected to decisions affecting our neighborhood, our park and our cultural spaces.
So when issues arise, we know who to call, how to communicate and how to ensure our community's voices heard.
Additionally, the CPSC's efforts have gone beyond the park.
For 70 years, CPSC members like the lay running through Heo Jose Gomez, Rico Bueno, Trunkey Sanchez,
battle for access to the waterfront and Chicano Park on the bay was created as a result of that effort.
Our advocacy to restore names in history is connected to Chicano Park existed long before the current conversations around this street renaming names matter.
They carry the story of a place and the people who fought for it.
Renaming says such as parkway to Chicano Park Boulevard recognizes the movement that was born in bodyologans, slash Logan Heights.
The struggle, the organizing, the resistance and the collective determination that created one of the most important cultural landmarks, not only in this country, but I believe throughout the whole world.
For decades, our community has had to defend our land, our culture and our history against forces that attempted to overlook or erase it and even still to this day.
But yeah, we are still here. The park remains, the murals remain, and the people definitely remain.
This work has always been collective and it will continue to be collective and speaking personally.
I will not stop advocating for this community until the cultural erasure that neighborhoods like Mario Logan have faced finally come to an end.
Because our history deserves to be protected and our story deserves to be told by the people who lived it. Thank you.
All right, so the record counts the number of foster gave a minute and a half. So thank you, sir.
So the end.
The people you see here presented do and are and have been and continue and will be always as long as I live part of that history.
They are generally representational of the people who originally took over the park land that we were promised, which was being created or used or going to be used as a Harry patrol station.
But we did not need that. So we took it over and it became what you see now, as you can park a national wall historically recognized monument to art, which has many cultural influences, which is what makes up the material.
And so we honor that the street as named as the city has noted does not represent what we want to be represented.
We want to be very represented as the community that was did not not divide it before the five was built.
Which was I believe in 19 whatever you will that's history and we can look it up anyway, but then again here we are faced.
We have seen an issue that is morally and socially important to be represented by the city because
Chicano Park rebrands represents this community, the city of San Diego, the state of California,
and this area of the U.S. integrated states. Worldwide. Worldwide. We are in Kashmir,
recognize part in addition to that we are the only Chicano Park in the world with murals,
as large as for anyone who passes by even our goals of the bridge and see its art.
And once we start disassociating our art and its origins to access,
then we are not doing a service to the artists, to the community, and to the region.
So I encourage we do rename that avenue, whatever it's called now, whatever it was called before,
from, what is it? The beginning association of the name to the end by the bay. And I let you know,
I just came, we just came from the bay, from the coastal commission office. They're waiting for
your decision on what to do. So I hope you do the right thing. But in addition to that, I want to end with
something that is really, really, very relevant because all the people here that you see talking
except for the gentleman over there is related to someone who said, there is an energy here there
that's hard to describe. When you see your people struggling for something positive, it's very inspiring.
The park was about my sacrifice and it demonstrates what a community can do when they stick together
and make it happen. This is from your own website for your tourist attractions. Your general outreach to the
world. Chicana Park Boulevard will provide easier access by no, no name and click, no,
inclature from the freeway, from the streets, everywhere. And that, I am hoping you support as well
for Chicana Park on the bay because that's what it was named when the original plans were drawn and approved
by the port in 1989 and never enacted. We are now pushing for that as well. So we hope you have that.
And speaking about petitions, this is boots on the street petition, one page only of signatures that
were getting door to door. People, the people, we walk the streets. We spend the evening talking to workers.
We go to their lunch hours when Chicana Park and the bay. We are getting signatures. We don't have enough
for it to present for today because one boots on the street. We didn't get them together in time. But that
is a sample that I believe you have it in your packet. Chicana Park on the bay is the end of Chicana
Park Boulevard, which comes from the five to Chicana Park. And so I hope you do the right thing. Thank you.
And further record, I gave three minutes.
That concludes with the comment here in Council Chambers. I'm giving a story in the five minute timer
and going to those participating online. Hesus Martin Gallegos.
You all right. Okay. Okay.
Hi, good afternoon. My name is Hesus Martin Gallegos. I'm a community organizing coordinator at the Chicana
Federation. As a first generation Mexican American, I grew up with the lessons of the farm workers movement,
lessons of the collective fight against injustice that have been instilled in our identities.
The news about Cesar's conduct shocker community and this is it is clear. It is a clear violation
of our movement's values. But as we continue to fight for justice, accountability and respect,
we must recognize the systemic harms and continue on a transformative path to heal past wrongs
and forge new paths. At the Chicana Federation, we believe that this movement has always been greater than
one individual. And our community has been at the forefront of that movement here in San Diego with the
fight for Chicana Park. Recognizing foreign workers day and changing the name of our street to Chicana
Park Boulevard is a great first step. On behalf of the Chicana Federation, we support both these initiatives
and we hope they will serve us a catalyst to recognize harms and we start justice. Yes. Yes.
Next is Zoom user. If you can please unmute.
Thanks for taking my call. As a white guy, it really saddened me to hear about Cesar.
You know, always respected him. I need the story being born in San Diego in the 50s.
And it saddens me to that this is turning now like this. But I think we should have like
Barrio Locan have its own city. Give them a mayor. Maybe let them make more decisions for their own place.
So it's a great place. So it's a no-brainer. They're going to change the name of the other street. It's
no-brainer. But there could be other things that they have that they have wants for. And the city should
meet their wants like three or four more. Just while we're doing this renaming a street. So have a good day.
Okay. Bye. Next is Tony. If you can please unmute.
Yes. Hello. Thank you. I'm in strong support of this decision to rename this street. I think like
studying the origins of the history like I said earlier, that's what the people have always wanted.
As a Chicano activist, this was a huge disappointment to learn this information or to hear these allegations.
And yeah, I'm in support of changing the name. So hopefully that gets done. Thank you.
Next is Andy Garcia. If you can please unmute.
Thank you council members of San Diego. My name is Andy Garcia. Founder of Ortega Park's
steering committee in Santa Barbara. We are a sister park to Chicano Park. I am here in support of
the renaming to Chicano Park way. We are here to also state that Chicano Park is founding families like the
Sanchez family and the current steering committee are nationally known entities that have employed
influence and impacted millions globally. I'm a former student of San Diego colleges and my own
connection with Chicano Park. It's legacy that has fueled my own community work. It is in fact the
Chicano Park song that inspired me to leave Santa Barbara in a 10 college in San Diego. I'm sorry. I'm just
quite emotional. It's it's a home to me. We applaud this council and San Diego community in making
this adjustment to move forward, upward, and for generations to come. Give Eva Chicano Park way.
Thank you so much. Thank you. Next is 8700. Some people, some people have been putting their hand up
and down. So just make sure you leave your hand up. 8700 please proceed. I'm sorry. A city court
for how much time. I'm in and a half. Thank you so much. Joy of Sanyata. I have to start out
by saying I'm sorry. I just raised my hand. I just needed to, you know, tell you why. But I really don't
know the history of this and I can't speak well to it for you. So I'll leave that all up to you to make your
decision. But certainly listening to everyone, which I did, it seems very clear which way to go.
But I want to say this, President Alacaba, and and council member Marino. I was just very touched
by the dialogue that happened between the two of you and how we're willing to be knowledgeable and shapeshifts
through rules of things or the procedures of things or change the process of things. This is what's
exciting about life when we can go outside to the edges and and just meet the moment. And that's the
opportunity of life and I just was really touched by seeing that back and forth between the two of you
and, you know, of course being a participant. I was part of that, you know, seeing the floor of the
agenda items and and so forth. So it's just a beautiful experience for me and I'm going to try
how much that meant to be and we need more of that in our government, in our processes of government.
So thank you very much. It's been a great week. Love to all. Thank you. That does things good for the
comment for this item. All right. Thank you, City Clerk. So we will now turn it over to council members,
the comments questions in our team of motion on item S510 and we'll start with council member Marino.
Thank you and I want to start off by thanking all of the residents that spoke on this item today.
And I also want to thank Ms. Maganda from the Mayor's office for your work in advancing the
item forward. Today's action is about more than renaming a street. It's about community, identity,
and ensuring that our public spaces reflect the people in history that define them. The recent
reporting on S6Haviz has raised serious and deeply troubling concerns that we cannot ignore. It's
important that we take these matters seriously and ensure that the names of our public spaces reflect the
values we uphold as a city. This action is not about diminishing the broader movement,
but about making a thoughtful decision in light of information. Renaming the street allows us to move
forward in a way that centers community values and respects the voices and concerns that have been raised.
I'm pleased to see the strong support from Barrio Logan for renaming the street to Chicano Park
Boulevard. It shows that this decision is grounded in the voices of residents, community leaders,
and organizations who know this neighborhood the best. Chicano Park is not just a national
historic landmark. It's the cultural heart of the Latino community in San Diego. It is sacred land.
It represents decades of activism, our resilience, and also pride. We must also recognize our ancestors
past and present and present who fought for this land to become a park. Renaming the street to reflect
the legacy honors the community as a whole and recognizes a place that has inspired generations.
This is a meaningful and positive step and I'm glad to support it. I do have a few items for staff.
Number one, how long will it take to fully implement these changes? Particularly the installation
of new street signs along the corridor and the freeway exits? Thank you for your question,
councilmember. The ordinance is going to be coming back to council for a second reading and then we
would need to wait 30 days before we can change the signs. It'll put us around mid-June as the earliest date
for us to install. As I mentioned earlier, we are coordinating with other agencies including
CalTrans and they're currently working on a project. This fall will need to have additional
coordination with them as well. It sounds like the streets signs are going to go first and then we'll
start seeing movement around fall with CalTrans. Correct. Thank you for that. Second, what support
will be available for residents and businesses who may face challenges updating their address. This
includes things like driver's license, identification card, mail services, business records, legal
documents, passports and other important records. I'd like to understand how the city plans to assist in
easing this transition. Thank you for that question. Well, this is typically not part of the
renaming process. The mayor's office is committing to putting a bilingual one-pager together to provide
guidance for all of those personal documents that need to be updated. As mentioned, we did do
door-to-door canvassing and plan to continue to do so following the adoption of this item. We did also
coordinate with the Barrier Logan Association and they've agreed to support these efforts. Thank you.
Thank you for answering this question. Or the two questions I had, I do believe this is a meaningful
and deeply thoughtful action. One that reflects the strength resilience and enduring cultural
identity of Barrier Logan. This is a community shaped by struggle pride and generations who turned
hardship into art, voice and visibility creating something truly powerful and irreplaceable.
It honors what makes this neighborhood not only unique but profoundly important to the story of our region.
Chicano Park stands as a living monument to the legacy, a testament to the Chicano movement and
the generations who fought to be seen, heard, and remembered with dignity and respect. And with that,
I'm happy to move staffs, move approval for staff's recommendation. Ikevi Valarasa.
All right, thank you, council members. If we do a motion by council member Maran on the move staff recommendation,
we'll go next to council member Kempeo. Thank you, council president. I'll second the motion.
I think council member Maran offers very, very strong words and thank the members of the
public who came in today to represent the community. So well, thank you for being here and thank you for
fighting for decades for that concludes my second. All right. Thank you, council members. So we have a motion by
council member Maran on the second by council member Kempeo to move the staff recommendation.
We'll go next to council member Eli Rivera. Thank you, council president. I'll just reiterate the appreciation
to staff from moving quickly on this community for being engaged. And I'll just like I'm really,
really glad we're doing this. This is a moment in time where cities, states, institutions are running
away from actions like this that proudly lean into culture and identity.
And I'm glad that we're not allowing the dashed Trump regime to intimidate San Diego away from actions like this. I think that's really important.
So all of the history that built to this moment, I think that's why we didn't even consider that.
If there hadn't been decades of movement work, there's a different world, a different reality, where we default to the preferences of the regime,
and move away from identity, and thankfully, all that movement work happened.
And we're hearing this place where, don't bet an aye, we lean into it, we're proud of it, it's a court of who San Diego is.
So we're glad to see that. Thank you for everyone who's been part of that effort, part of that movement work.
Very, very supportive. Thank you.
All right, thank you, Council Member Yola Rivera, not seeing anybody else in the lights.
I, too, will reiterate my thanks to Councillor Morano for the leadership on that.
And the quick reaction and to the mayor's office for your response.
And once again, navigating the nuances of the municipal code and how we can actually get these things done.
And coordinating with other outside agencies that also will be affected by this action.
So with that, we have a motion by Council Member Morano and a second by Council Member Camp Hugh.
And please call the roll.
Sorry, the voting system, please guess your vote.
Oh, sorry.
That passes unanimously, nine to zero. Thank you, Council President.
Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you.
Thank you.
And thank you, go ahead, thank you to staff for your flexibility and now we're getting these two items.
I think it was exactly the right thing to do.
So with that, clerk, please introduce the city council and the public facilities finance authority companion items.
Thank you, Council President.
Item 3301 is the authorization for the public facilities financing authority of the city of San Diego,
who are revenue bonds series 26A and series 26B.
The 262 are revenue bonds preliminary official official statement.
And item FA1 is the approval of the form and authorization of the distribution of the preliminary official statement,
authorization of the execution delivery and distribution of the official statement,
in connection with the issuance and sale by the public facilities financing authority of the city of San Diego,
series 26A and series 26B.
So we're revenue bonds.
This item is not subject to the mayor's veto.
Thank you, Council President.
All right, thank you, City Clerk.
And with that staff, as you settle in, please introduce yourself for the record.
Let us know how much time you need.
Good afternoon, Council President LaCaba and members of the council.
This is your deep on the assistant director of the department of finance.
And presenting with me today are Kevin Warner, finance and coordinator.
Also with DOF and deputy city attorney, David Powell.
You'll need about 10 minutes.
Thank you.
The action for your consideration this afternoon is the authorization of the preliminary official statement
for the public facilities financing authority, sewer revenue bonds, series 2026A and 2026B.
As a standard practice for long term bond issuances, the authorization is obtained through a two step process.
The first step, approval by the city council and the PFA fee of the legal framework for the bonds was completed late last calendar year.
This included authorization to issue bonds in a principle amount not to exceed 240 million, as well as authorization to refund the existing sewer revenue bonds.
Today we are here for the second step of the process seeking authorization for the POS for these bonds.
But that I will turn it over to Kevin.
Thank you, Joe.
I'm here to give a 2026 sewer revenue bond update.
With our 2026 series AR new money, we anticipate receiving 226 million dollars of proceeds that a true interest cost of a 4.43% that makes an annual estimated annual debt service of $14 million from FY 2021 through 256.
In addition, our 2026 series A refunding bonds, we will be refunding 2015 and 2016 A bonds in order to achieve savings.
We will have that present value savings of around 11%.
And those annual savings is approximately $3 million from fiscal year 2027 to fiscal year 2039 on an annual basis.
Our 2026 series B, this is a short term issuance.
This provides a liquidity to the system.
We anticipate the proceeds to be approximately $30 million.
The purpose of this is for providing liquidity for SRF loan reimbursement timing issues and year-end true up statements.
This item, the total interest cost is about $2.8 million and the majority is May 15, 2021.
This is anticipated to be revenue neutral as the interest earnings on the amount that we borrow will cover the cost of interest on the bonds.
In addition, we have just the estimated sources and uses table put on here.
As well as we have finalized our underwriter Syndicate, we are going to negotiate it route for our underwriters Syndicate, our underwriters sell the bonds for the city.
Our underwriters include Bank of America, Wells Fargo, Academy Securities and Seabird Williams and Chank.
The city also recently received strong credit ratings for the 2006 A and B's to a revenue bonds with a double A rating from S&P Global ratings and a double A rating with a negative outlook from Fits ratings.
The negative outlook from Fits is a new development for the wastewater system and reflects their view of the city's increasing capital needs over time, including major investments such as pure water phase 1, pure water phase 2, and broader system-wide sewer improvements.
Importantly, the underlying double A rating remains intact indicating continued confidence in the sewer system's credit fundamentals.
A memo will be circulated in the next few days to city council regarding additional detail on the Fits' rating outlook.
For our 2026 sewer revenue bonds financing schedule, we are hoping for approval today from both the council and PFFA.
We would release the POS later this week.
A bond sale happening most likely in Tuesday, May 5th with our bond closing on May 27th, the bond closing is when we receive all the funds.
With that, I'll turn it over to David Powell from the city attorney's office.
Thank you, Kevin.
So I'm going to first discuss the 26 sewer bonds preliminary fiscal statement or POS as we call it, which is the city's marketing document, which is designed to provide information in the reasonable investor,
would consider material in making informed investment decision.
So some of the items that are included in the sewer POS are going to be the bond terms.
Plan of finance, security and sources of payment, information regarding the wastewater system, some risk factors, the ratings,
and pertinent system financial regulatory information, including service area facilities, capital improvement program, financial operations, labor insurance, pension and some litigation information as well.
Additionally, you can see there are several appendices that are listed here on the slide that are included with the POS as well.
Also included are risk factors related to the sewer system or the wastewater system, which include the demand expense collection, rate setting and the supply, water supply, and risk to the bonds themselves, which are that they're limited obligations, this acceleration provisions, limitations on revenues,
tax exemptions and absence of a secondary market, and then other risks, which include potential impact, the climate change, cybersecurity, economic, political and social environmental conditions associated with the issuance of the bonds.
Finally, I'll quickly go over the preliminary official statement disclosure process, which many of you have heard several times before, but it's worth repeating, as I believe is security for you all in making your decision today.
So, the security disclosure ordinance establishes the disclosure practice working group or DPWG, which includes the COO, the city attorney, the CFO, the deputy city attorney for finance and disclosure outside disclosure council.
DPWG establishes our controls and procedures which outline the disclosure process.
This mandate certifications from the mayor, the city attorney, the CFO, sitting there in no material, mistreatment sort of missions in the disclosure document in the POS.
This also includes solicitation of information from the city attorney's office, PUD, Department of Finance and other contributing departments, in addition to publicly available sources of information, to be reliable.
Also, there is a review of multiple drafts of the POS with the finance team, city officials and DPWG prior to your consideration here today.
The finance and group and contributing departments also certified a DPWG on the process and content of the POS prior to posting and sale.
So, the POS is ultimately approved by DPWG, pursuant to the controls and procedures.
Also, there are certifications by the mayor, the city attorney, the CFO, and DPWG provided the city council via the disclosure responsibilities memo issued by the city attorney's office.
This memo, as you know, outlines the city council's legal obligations and includes certifications from all the contributing departments.
Any final updates of the POS will be provided to the city council prior to posting.
And I will turn back over to Kevin.
Thank you.
These are the items for consideration for the distribution of the preliminary official statement and authorization and execution of the official statement after the pricing and the bonds.
With that, concludes our presentation.
We're open for questions.
All right. Thank you for the presentation and the work to bring inside and forward.
Clerk, please proceed with the public testimony for these two items.
Blair, be prepared if you can, please come forward.
You'll have two minutes.
Hi. Where are we? Thank you for this item.
I didn't quite understand all the other.
I don't know if you have any questions on mentions for items such as cybersecurity.
How that relates to the sewer bond issues.
I'm just starting to learn to to re separate further understand the differences between sewer bond issues and storm water issues.
So good luck in that process.
It's an important separation of the two items and I'm trying to better understand that.
Just I guess with bond issues, you know, if you're dealing with at some level cybersecurity bond concepts,
the work we do with tech accountability just makes our city, if we do it well, more valuable, more people are more interested.
And I guess I'm hearing that that includes the money situations as well.
So we're just considered a more a better way around.
So good luck tech accountability can help helps with the procurement process as well.
And how you talk to other people about when you present that we have good tech accountability that helps everyone.
And that means also we're practicing safely and that means people don't want to hack us as much.
If we're doing good things and building trust people won't want to hack us as much as simple as that with the cybersecurity stuff.
Thank you for that patience with that.
Overall, this is my description of my life trying to understand the differences between sewer and storm water issues for ourselves.
Good luck with what you can be doing and with these sort of items.
And I'm working on our sewer issues and how we can talk to Mexico about good sewer things.
Thank you.
I started the five minute time we're going to those online 8700 if you can please unmute.
Thank you, city clerk. Joyce and you out of CD 3.
I'm going on a limb on this because I'm just getting.
Putting my big toe in this bond.
Get.
System and so forth.
But what just here's just one thing that popped up it's going to be short.
I didn't look at the PLS on Google it was very it's very fascinating.
I just had to run through it quick and you know it's very critical to the investors.
So I'm concerned about this our CIP that and how much we have to express about that to the investors and how that exacerbates our risk.
So I don't know if that's those are decent comments or a decent question from a public person, but I thought I'd put that out there for you.
I think you so much love to all.
Thank you.
That does conclude public comment on this item items.
All right.
We'll turn over to council members for questions and comments and we'll entertain and motion on each of the two items starting with item 331.
But we'll start with council member Marino.
Wonderful.
Thank you so much for the presentation.
I appreciate the work of debt management and the Department of Finance.
I would also like to think the disclosure practice working group for the review of the pre-liminary official statements.
I do have a few questions that I will be asking for the record.
Do you believe that all relevant and material information that would need to be considered by potential bond holders and investors has been disclosed in the pre-liminary official statement?
Yes.
Thank you.
Do you believe that any information contained in the preliminary official statement is inaccurate
or misleading to potential bond holders and investors? No. Is there any additional material
information that this city council should be aware of today concerning the content of these
preliminary official statements? And are there any questions? This council has not asked
that should have been asked. I don't believe so. With that, I'm happy to make a motion to move staff's
recommendation. Thank you, council president. All right. We have a motion by council member Marena to move the staff
recommendation on item 331. We'll go next to council member Campbell. Thank you so much. Thank you for the
presentation and for all your thoughtfulness and regard to these kind of matters. I'm very happy to second
motion. All right. Thank you. Council member. So we have a motion by council member Marena.
A second by council member Campbell to move the staff recommendation on item 331. We'll go to council member,
a lot of open. Thank you very much for the presentation and the work on this and a lot of work goes
into putting in the bond financing document disclosures. And I just want to make sure that this is planned
for in our debt ratios. Correct. We're still not going to bump above line that we need to be below.
Council member for clarification. This is the sewer credit. The debt ratios are only
for the general fund. Okay. At least you have a new bond. So the sewer bonds are governed by the
coverage ratios as spelled out in the sewer legal documents and Senator Price Fund. Yes. Okay.
Got it. All right. Thank you. Thank you for reminding me of that. It's already in budget season. I'm
getting confused on our funds. Thank you very much. And I'm happy to support the motion. All right. Thank
you. I think council member Vaughan Wilpert not seeing anybody else in the lights. We have a motion
by council member Marena on the second by council member Campbell to move the staff recommendation on item 331.
Please call the roll clerk. I started the voting system. Please guess your vote.
And that passes unanimously. 9 to 0. Thank you, council president. We will now adjourn as the city council
and convene as the public facilities financing authority to vote on the public facilities finance
authority item council member Marena and council member Campbell. All right. So we have a motion by council
member Marena on the second by council member Campbell to move the staff recommendation on public facilities
financing authority item FAA one. Clerk. Please call the roll. I started the vote. I started the vote.
I'm voting to some please cast your vote. And that passes unanimously. 9 to 0. Thank you.
And with that we will now take up the public facilities financing authority non agenda public comment.
Public facilities finance authority number is respecting and appreciates the public input and fully
committed to protecting every participant's free speech rights at the public facilities financing authority
meeting clerk proceed with public comment. I think council president per roll 2.7.
Not agenda public comment is an opportunity for members of the public to comment on items
that are not on the agenda but within the subject matter jurisdiction of the public facilities financing
authority each speaker will have two minutes if you are in chambers. Please submit your speakers. If you're
joining us virtually please raise your hand to speak by tapping raise your hand icon or star 9.
Blair Bigwin you can go to the microphone. Hi thank you Blair Bigwin. Thank you for taking my card.
I wanted to offer I really meant to offer more from the sewer bond issue that you know you just you just
worked on an arrangement for Troyus Creek I think a very new innovative underground water pipe system.
That has filtration systems that leak into the marshlands at the end and end of its journey.
It's like innovative and interesting and I think those ideas for Mexico could be really helpful
and how we're trying to address Mexico at this time and I had the really interesting thought that
there's I've been back and forth in San Diego since the late eighties and it's like
there's always this code that we're not supposed to quite be fully working with Tijuana in some ways
and interestingly I just realized that Tijuana probably has the same feeling about San Diego
and so it's that rub that we don't quite get things accomplished together. I mean there's a lot of
worry about what the Tijuana rivers doing right now. That same worry was there in the 1980s and the same
conversations were happening then as they're happening now where we have some conversation in other ways we
don't talk to each other and I'm trying to figure out ways that you know we build up certain societal
standards that we don't work with Tijuana and they do the same and how do we work through that at this
time. Good luck in your efforts with this sort of item or with the previous item with with
sewer issues and how to develop good communication and dialogue with Mexico and
technology practices. Thank you. I'm sorry the five minute timer going to this participating remotely
8700 if you can please unmute. Thank you Tijuana. Joy is in Nata. I can't remember
morning you know you remember I hope that I have loved when you asked those questions and I think
everybody knows what I mean by that she just asked them on that last item and so my request for
you to consider the marina is that who are you going to pass the question the time to before you leave
and thank you for your beautiful service to the people of San Diego but I'm really concerned about that
because those questions must be asked and I don't remember anyone before you really asking the questions
of the way you do and just your sincerity and your power behind them so thank you. Now a little
more on this so let me if I have time I hope so then we read this from the pension article. The higher
payment this year comes despite the city's unfunded pension debt shrinking slightly from 3.49 billion
to 3.646 billion the debt formerly called an unfunded actuarial liability is based on
co-worsties long-term reliability projection of 14.5 billion compared to his long-term
asset projection of 11.5 billion so I'm just getting into this tower of debt and
San Diego coming water authority there's some problem with their debt too or they're going into a
problem with it in the future I just briefly read that and and SD serves I just read that to you
I don't get it but it's a concern on the debt so that's new to me I just wanted to put that out to you that
that this is a place where I think a lot of the public just has no idea or time that I have
concluded my apologies your time has concluded that does conclude not agenda public comment
for the PFA. All right thank you City Clerk we will adjourn as the public facilities finance authority
and reconvene as the city council will close with two adjournments in memory and we will start with council
member foster the third sir. Thank you council president today we adjourn this city council meeting
in memory of coach Tony Devon Jackson a mentor a leader and someone who was deeply significant to my
community and who meant a great deal to me. Coach Jackson was born on July 27, 1957 in Oklahoma
he moved to San Diego at 13 years old and from that point on this became his home a place where he would
grow where he would go on to make a lasting impact he attended a federal junior high school and graduate
or federal junior high and graduated from Patrick Henry high school where he stood out in both football
and basketball even early on you could see the discipline and leadership that would define his life.
He continued his education at San Diego City College then San Diego State University where he earned his
teaching credential. He later earned his master's degree from Wazusa Pacific University education
matter to coach Jackson not only for himself but for the young people he would go on to guide.
Coach Jackson dedicated his life to working with youth as a teacher and the coach. He showed up every
day with purpose. He taught the game but more importantly he taught accountability, discipline and how to
carry yourself. He made sure you understood that what you did off the field matter just as much.
He began coaching at Helix High School in 1980 but his legacy is deeply rooted at Lincoln High School
where he spent more than 15 years shaping young men and leading teams of championships and building
something bigger than the game. As a Lincoln High School alum, Coach Jackson was one of my coaches.
He expected a lot from his athletes and students and he never lowered that standard. He pushed us because he
cared because he saw something in us and he made sure we saw it too. That's something you carry with
you long after the practices and long after the games, the discipline, the accountability, the
expectations, the way you show up in life. That stays with you and is part of his legacy. He poured into
young people across San Diego, Monavista, Southwestern College, youth leagues and travel teams.
Always giving his time and energy to others and through all of that he remained grounded in his
faith, his family and his community. He made you feel seen and he made you feel like you mattered, not just
as an athlete but as a person. He built a life centered on love, family and connection and that showed
and that showed in how he led and how he lived. I extend my deepest condolences to his family,
loved ones and all those who had the privilege of knowing him. And with great respect,
we honor the life of Coach Tony Devon Jackson, his impact and the legacy he lives, he leaves behind.
Council President, that concludes my comments. Thank you, Council Member.
I will have the second adjournment in memory. It is with a heavy heart that I adjourned today's
meeting in memory of Angel Castro. A beloved daughter, sister, wife, friend, dog mom, and dedicated
city employee. Angel was a lifelong San Diego spending her childhood and adult life as a proud resident of
Claire Mon. For nearly 45 years, she served as a dedicated city of San Diego, parks and recreation
employee. Starting with the parks and recreation department in 1981 as a recreation aid and rising
through the ranks with her most recent position as an area manager within the department. She also
served over 10 different communities in the city of San Diego, spanning council districts 1, 3, and 6.
Angel saw the successful opening of both the Carmel Mountain and the Saber Springs Rec Center
and the Pacific Highlands Ranch Rec Center. A few examples of how Angel's work was celebrated within the
parks and recreation department include her participation in the automated external defibrillator
deployment at the Ocean Beach Rec Center in 2005 and her receipt of the exemplary performance award
for COVID-19 in January 2021. Angel's specialty was her meticulously planned and joy-filled
community events that had a reputation of drawing in crowds worthy of all. Some of her well-known events
were movies and concerts in the park, breakfast with Santa, spring egg, excuse me, spring egg
hunt and Halloween carnivals. In Carmel Valley and Pacific Kindlands Ranch, she partnered with
the San Diego Police Department Northwestern Division on multiple successful events like skate,
jam, trunk or tree and holiday toy drives. Each year, these events have grown larger and these
communities have become more connected and engaged with each other as a result of her work.
Her gift of making others welcome and creating lasting connections earned her the title of
second mom to many of those around her. Selflessness was Angel's defining characteristic,
manifesting itself through her acts of service towards the people she loved and the city she called home.
Always first in line to be a helping hand or someone to talk to Angel. Angel did it all.
Angel passed away on February 22nd, 2026, leaving behind a legacy of service, community, and endless
kindness to the community she served. The parks and rectum recreation apartment and her friends and family.
Rest in peace, Angel. And with that we will now adjourn counsel to the next regularly scheduled
council meeting on Monday, May 11th, 2026 at 10 a.m.